The Most Terrifying Traps Used in the Vietnam War

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[@sighansen3055]

Let me see that non sposored package of sheeth underwear that you replaced recipe or it didnt happen

[@ApathyBM]

What an apt ad, bamboo underwear right after a segment on bamboo murder traps

[@andybrooke1961]

I like the way you talked about the Sheath underwear being made of bamboo as you told about all the ways bamboo was used in deadly traps😂😂

[@four_20hitman___97]

My dad was in Vietnam (USMC) 67-68 He has a photo album and it’s amazing and horrifying at the same time. Rows and rows of dead Vietnamese soldiers/people. With soldiers just casually standing around smoking. He told me horror stories of what some of his friends in the pictures were like and I won’t repeat them but it’s nasty. I told him my son was going to join, which he did, and he almost cried. He was so nervous. Begging me to talk him out of it. His first words were “can Nathan stab someone in the eye socket and see his soul leave his body then go back for chow an hour later?” His next words were “either way, do u want him to be able to”.

[@beckyowens2586]

I was terrified when we found out my nephew was going to deploy. He's a 31K. He went to Kosovo so we all collectively unpuckered our butt cheeks. He worked with Ukranian soldiers, said they were awesome. He's now in Alabama. Far far away from anything spicy.

[@murrayscott9546]

​@@Ali-x3x2gThat's an unjustified slur against Neanderthals . You've never met one so how would you know ? Some of their blood runs through us, to this day. They probably liked peace and quiet as much as anybody else.

[@princeendymion9044]

@@murrayscott9546 brother they're extinct. You're really acting as if he said a racial slur. Neanderthals have less in common with Homo Sapiens as Pitbulls do to pugs. We were the same species but completely different

[@harryhanz1690]

Neanderthals seem to have been fairly peaceable. Violence is a trait of Sapiens.

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

@@harryhanz1690 Our ancestors mated with the Neanderthals so they are part of it now

[@QueenetBowie]

I’ve know several Vietnam vets, including a relative…. None of them ever speak about the war. I know plenty of other vets, some served in the gulf war, some in Bosnia, some in Afghanistan, some in Iraq, most of them will mention their wars in conversations at some point that I’ve known them, but Vietnam vets always seem so unable to talk about it mentally.

[@nola281]

They saw too much, did too much and wanted to never remember. One of my uncles was a tunnel rat and he never talked about it, no one asked him because he didn't react well. My father in law was in Vietnam and he never slept in a bed, only a chair and would yell at night about tiger traps. No one came back alright.

[@opossom1968]

i had a friend in school who's dad was in Vietnam. One day we was talking and i asked him that one day he would have to tell us what it was like in the war. He looked right into my eye's, into my soul and said. "No i do not and will not ever talk about it." so serious we all quit talking, that was the wrong thing to bring up. He went all dark inside from laughing to silence, just sat there staring at me with those dead eye's. I have NEVER asked a vet about that war again.

[@fr2ncm9]

My dad fought in Europe in WW2. He always made his war experience seem like a boring camping trip. It wasn't until years later that he talked about some of his experiences. He saw soldiers driven mad by the battle jumping up from their trenches and running toward the enemy never to be heard of again. When the movie Saving Private Ryan came out. Stories came out about how it retraumatized the vets. He never watched the film

[@Agorax_gg]

Tip Stop killing millions of the people in their homeland

[@MGUnger]

My father-in-law was in the war and he still screams at night. He is Puerto Rican and small in stature. He mentioned he had a lower caliber side arm... Add that up... no doubt he was a tunnel rat. He too, will not say anything about it. A rough man with no friends and just works in his yard. I can't and don't want to imagine what he has seen.

[@carpeinferi]

The brilliance of the VC's traps is they were aimed more to maim than kill. An injured soldier ties up more resources than a dead one.

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

sad fact but a true statement!

[@joebeast15]

Gotta say, I have to hand it to them. These were some extremely effective means to combat a technologically advanced foe.

[@nicholasbrown6997]

Going from bamboo death traps to an ad for bamboo underwear was an interesting choice lol

[@UkDave3856]

I’ve been on a guided tour of some of the Cu Chi tunnel complex in Vietnam (a beautiful country) and the uniformed guide who showed us around looked old enough to be a Vietcong veteran. He seemed extremely proud of how ingenious the tunnel networks and trap systems were, which indeed they were. Outside of the popular culture espoused by the Hollywood film industry, it is obvious when you visit there, that outside of Saigon and a few forward bases, the US never had control of a square foot of Vietnam. They may generally be small and diminutive, but they are an exceptionally determined and hardy people who seem to be able to take everyday privation in their stride without complaint. These traps may seem (and arguably are) cruel, but what do you do when your small almost medieval tech country is being invaded by a technologically superior and relentless foreign superpower? You fight with the weapons you have, which in this case is sharpened sticks covered in shit

[@sd-ch2cq]

I read an interview with a Vietcong veteran: these people won eventually but they were every bit as traumatized by the war as the westerners that kept trying to colonize them (To them 'french' and 'american' was just 'white colonizer', while communism did not have much ideological backing and was just 'the dudes that help us')

[@LuKaZz420]

Been there as well, also visited Khe Sanh and Dien Bien Phu. Amazing country and people.

[@AdmRose]

Bamboo spikes, bamboo maces, bamboo whips and bamboo underwear. A little unintended awkwardness always makes it more interesting.

[@StefanMedici]

I dunno. Bamboo is just an all-round go to material. 😂

[@magicbrian4928]

My grandfather fought in Vietnam and came back with a hearty fear of snakes. He was what they called a tunnel rat. The Vietnamese had many tunnels throughout the jungle and it was my grandfathers job to go in them (because he was small, this is also how he got the nickname Jack the giant killer) they would nail those venomous snakes to the walls of these tunnels so its totally understandable that he hated snakes

[@cospitoj8562]

My dad fought there, has mad respect for the tunnel rats. For my dad, it was the tigers, he hates them. They’re scavengers, they’d follow the squads around, you could hear them at night, they’d be waiting for a firefight cause they knew they’d have dinner

[@sarge420]

Your grandpa is crazy, but a highly respected Vietnam Veteran. -Ret USAF

[@jughead8988]

My dad volunteered to go to Vietnam twice. The first time he went he was in the first infantry but the boobie traps scared the crap out of him so he transferred to the 101 engineers and was a tank commander for the next 20 years or so.

[@ItsNotAdamG]

Thanks for admitting youre from a family of war criminals

[@philipminns3933]

Out of interest, what made him take such a decision? From this (relatively) young European's perspective it seems like madness, but I assume he had his reasons.

[@jughead8988]

@@philipminns3933 the only job opportunities available at the time was in a underground coal mine back when it was pick and shovel and pulling cars out with a pony. His exact works where "I worked 2½ days in the mines and quite and went to Vietnam where it was safe!" He ended up serving 22½ years in the army and then pulled another 12 years as a civil servant.

[@drakebenelli2]

This is what you get when you invade someone else's country.

[@michaelmayhem350]

The draft should have been on this list.

[@RefreshingShamrock]

💀💀💀 HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@asafoster7954]

Haha

[@tammyhollandaise]

Another grenade trap was a relatively obvious grenade on a stick, with its pin attached to a tripwire. Underground was a second grenade, with its pin attached to the stick. When the grenade on a stick was found and removed, the underground grenade would detonate.

[@foo219]

I already admired the Viet Cong, but this is amazing. Reminds me of what my instructors kept drilling in. If you kill an enemy soldier you've taken one soldier out of action, but if you wound them you've taken three soldiers out of action. The casualty, and the two stretcher bearers. Plus now they have to evacuate the casualty, take them to a hospital, and spend vital supplies treating them. And helicopters are easy targets.

[@jrfish007]

Only Simon would talk about bamboo underwear just after punji sticks 😮

[@Zepplin76]

For the ladies, there's bamboo bras.

[@jessebell1930]

Cheap, efficient and an excellent morale killer. A lot of soldiers (especially Special Forces) are trained in booby-trapping in Western militaries. Or at least used to be. Very easy to learn as well. The name in Australia for the cartridge trap is foot-fucker. Usually using shotgun cartridges. Rarely lethal but often resulting in maiming. They have been used predominately on drug plantations to target cops, thieves and poachers.

[@opossom1968]

i had a friend in school who's dad was in Vietnam. One day we was talking and i asked him that one day he would have to tell us what it was like in the war. He looked right into my eye's, into my soul and said. "No i do not and will not ever talk about it." so serious we all quit talking, that was the wrong thing to bring up. He went all dark inside from laughing to silence, just sat there staring at me with those dead eye's. I have NEVER asked a vet about that war again.

[@mousermind]

*whose dad *eyes (x2) who's = who + is whose = possessive (think "his") Remember, 's is never used to make a plural.

[@micahsean8664]

Dude that bamboo whip is absolutely horrific. Just imagine witnessing that...

[@nhatnguyenminh9369]

Just the whip alone would cause enough force to break some bone, no spike or metal attach needed.

[@kiranmuraleekrishnan]

@@nhatnguyenminh9369 will shit my pants and when able to move after petrified in place, scream and run into the next one myself.!

[@howardlloyd9183]

We had a few dirty tricks up our sleeves also. Agent orange and napalm to name a coulpe.

[@johnsaunders8315]

The Afghans (Taliban) were just as inventive with low-tech but highly effective traps. It's a common theme in counterinsurgency warfare.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

The horrors of the Vietnam War were seemingly endless.

[@V3RTIGO222]

On thr topic of grenade traps, they also replaced fuses with ones that would immediately detonate upon triggering, and also put live grenades underneath bodies so if the body was turned over the grenade would trigger

[@isu.f.osevenathing4932]

In a war with machine guns and explosives a 2% casualty rate from really simple booby traps is impressive

[@skykiller040]

My dad did two tours in Vietnam... and that's all I ever needed to know.

[@PetThePeeves]

My dad’s older brother turned 18 right before they stopped the draft. He was lucky. Dad was just a little bit too young. That war seems to be the one that no vet wants to talk about. I’m sure most don’t want to talk about some of the things they saw but Vietnam vets don’t want to even acknowledge it. And that shows you exactly how brutal it was.

[@TheOneWhoKnocks969]

This guy is insane producing videos all day

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Vietnam Kong was a term invented by the CIA.

[@johnathanadams6378]

It’s almost like it’s his job 😂

[@wowplayer160]

@@johnathanadams6378 You mean it doesnt just appear? Weird.

[@DelDuio]

Insane- all the way to the bank!

[@heikos4264]

@@johnathanadams6378 and it's almost like he is not doing this alone 🙂

[@justandy333]

I've got a severe aversion to snakes bordering on a phobia. I cannot imagine being a so called Tunnel Rat and having a bunch of vipers landing on you in such am enclosed space. I'm getting sweaty palms just typing this! And thats just 1 example of the guerilla tactics used. Very brave soldiers, very brave indeed. No wonder so many came back with PTSD, having to deal with all that.

[@RyanzPVTS]

For all those soldiers that were injured in maimed but survived the war, they get to think the United States government for sending them to Vietnam for no good reason and not supporting them once they were there.

[@trollmaster4523]

I remember in Gate JSDF (basically good modern army vs Evil Medieval Empire) the modern army suffered some casualties when 25,000 medieval soldiers entrench themselves in a large forest (Marais) while the modern army expected ambushes they was still suprised by Vietcong like tactics... Then the modern army had enough and bombarded the entire forest with napalm, bombing runs and artillery.

[@DecanFrost]

i wish the editor would stop the annoying sound distortion. we're trying to enjoy some story time here and you're interrupting it. 6:39

[@sixshooterz]

This right here! It was fine for the advert but now it’s well overused!

[@jl3039]

Can't agree more with this. Every video has been worse since they started doing this crap.

[@liamwilkinson5563]

Agreed its fucking annoying

[@BradleyT1995]

How the civilised Americans survive is beyond me.

[@johnhoofman9431]

@@BradleyT1995it civilized with a Z

[@MaliVal]

this is why the modern U.S. military loses so many wars. the people they are fighting have something to actually fight for, where as the US soldiers don’t even know why they are there.

[@ZAV1944]

There is no definite big bad like Hitler and Nazi Germany anymore, though depending on how things go Putin or Xi the Pooh could fit the bill in the future.

[@StefanMedici]

Pretty much. Add to the fact home side knowledge. The defence always tends to have an advantage, all things being equal.

[@cleverusername9369]

Simon, whoever does the sound editing NEEDS to please knock it off with the distortion effect. It's really annoying, random, and distracting.

[@nzkshatriya6298]

I say keep it, as you are the only one annoyed by it

[@cleverusername9369]

@@nzkshatriya6298 there are at least 4 other comments to the same effect.

[@sarahwisniewski6722]

@@nzkshatriya6298 You need to look at his other videos. Lots of people hate it, and it's going to show in the views.

[@pembrokelove]

Yeah I don’t know that going from punji sticks to advertising bamboo underpants and then going back to the deadly bamboo whip was a great idea. 😂😂😂

[@marcalvarez4890]

This was one of your best videos ever. Much id never known.

[@Thromash]

Man said he is wearing the sponsor, prove it! Need to fully sell the product, best way is to model them yourself surely.

[@Svensk7119]

A reverse of the grenade traps were helicopter grenades. Pull the pin, drop it in a jar, and drop the jar. Don't touch nothin'. That's still keepsake training today.

[@benjaminharcourt4861]

These traps are genius. Brains over brawn on full display.

[@paulheydarian1281]

The VietCong were defending their homeland from foreign invaders. Everyone has the right to defend their homeland.

[@j.p.6932]

7:21 So was one bite lethal or just debilitating?

[@theawesomeman9821]

I feel bad for what Vietnam War Veterans went through.

[@noi000]

...and all for nothing.

[@philipminns3933]

I feel bad for the ones who were drafted.

[@aarnoarnold1973]

If the politicians and power players ever understood just how unimaginably horrible war is, they might think twice before throwing their own citizens into them.

[@d-bro5695]

No mate, unfortunately I don’t think they would

[@PlazDreamweaver]

Oh, you poor, innocent thing. They know full well and they couldn't care less. The only thing that matters to them is wealth and status, and they will do quite literally anything to obtain it.

[@brucemanly]

Replace their citizens with their children and you're half right.

[@nbarnes6225]

Oh my god. Horrifying that young men had to deal with the physical and psychological terror. My uncle fought in Vietnam and I could never talked to him about it because he was sprayed with agent orange and ended up with MS. He died a very long (decades) and painful death. My father said he came back and wasn't the same. That the war wasn't necessary-- and frankly illegal-- makes all of this so much worse. I see vets all the time at my work and this is what I'm going to think about now when I see them.

[@asafoster7954]

I mean, they could have stayed home

[@willowmoon7]

​@@asafoster7954I mean, you could do some research

[@castleanthrax1833]

@aussieobserver, I guess you've never heard of a conscientious objector?

[@castleanthrax1833]

@aussieobserver3219 If it is I to whom you are speaking, I know plenty regarding Australian troops and the role they played... possibly more than you know. Why are you assuming I'm American?

[@lissaw4]

I'm sure you are aware of the physical and psychological terror the Vietnamese people lived through as well. It was absolutely horrific and many of the effects of atrocities live on (like most wars.) Much of the terror of war is white washed and ignored when one group of people think of themselves as the "winner." It's even worse when we romanticize certain wars and battles, because we have a way of claiming everything and anything was for a just cause. We never really learn from the horrors of others and choose a new route, do we?

[@Shoelessjoe78]

The disturbing part of all this is that much like landmines. These traps don't care who triggered them. Lots of fatalities on both sides including civilians. War just plan sucks.

[@hanknotchinaski8222]

Terrifying and absolutely ingenious. And it helped a poor nation to expel the biggest military bully in the world. Ahem

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Punjin stick 3:05 - Mid roll ads 4:55 - Chapter 2 - Bamboo whips 5:45 - Chapter 3 - Cartridge traps 6:40 - Chapter 4 - Snake pit 7:30 - Chapter 5 - Tiger traps 8:25 - Chapter 6 - Grenades 10:20 - Chapter 7 - Don't capture the flag 11:00 - Chapter 8 - Swinging maces

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

Those soldiers affected by the puni sticks would likely die later, or have a shorter life span after that: The survival rate for Sepsis is about 50%. The risk of secondary sepsis, or that sepsis moving to a place where it cannot be treated, is extremely high after the first instance of sepsis. Survive sepsis once and you are not out of the woods yet (pun not intended). If it gets into the blood, and it can form a biofilm or abscess somewhere, it is nearly impossible to get rid of, even with today's technology. Perhaps administering high doses of antibiotics right at the moment of injury might reduce the probability of sepsis, but it does not eliminate that risk.

[@j.p.6932]

8:45 I thought grenades allowed enough time for one to throw it before detonating. Surely if it were a trip wire: it wouldn’t go off immediately.

[@noi000]

you can shorten the fuse.

[@BigMobe]

I entered service in 2000 and jungle boots with a layer of flexible sheetmetal in the sole were still being issued. We were also trained to move through wooded areas at night without setting off trip wires flixed to flash bangs.

[@paddor]

How? Flashlight on and always scanning for trip wires?

[@TM-yn4iu]

What jungle, service where, not training - but service where?

[@bradjohnson482]

@@paddor No. The point man would move very, very slowly while using the back of his hand to gently move up and down in front of himself. Reaching up and then slowly moving down toward the ground to feel for wires or other obstacles. This was done when there was a higher-than-normal chance of booby traps while on patrol. During training, the point man was replaced when a trap was discovered by the point man or by the loud bang indicating that the point man had allowed himself, and a few of the squad, to be "killed". USMC - '89 MCT Pendleton.

[@BigMobe]

@@paddor Not quite. Walking almost crouched while moving your hand in around near the ground in front of yourself. You take turns going point so that one person doesn't get worn out. You can also splot the lines if the moon is bright enough to make them shine. If not infrared with NVGs has a similar effect

[@BigMobe]

@@TM-yn4iu Initally in dense vegetation at MCRD Paris Island and Camp Geiger. Then a refresher at MCAS Fuetenma.

[@meligoth]

There's a reason why Combat Engineers do not have the ego of infantrymen and Marines. We actually lead the way! Essayons!

[@bentboybbz]

Someone showed me how to booby trap multiple trees...takes a good while but holy crap, imagine walking through the jungle and you hear a crack...and then you realize all of the the massive trees around you are falling...i would think that the psychological effects of making your enemies afraid of trees in the jungle might slow them down also 😂

[@murrayscott9546]

In civilian life, too. When walking in the woods, during or after a wind-storm indeed at all times cast your eyes up occasionally and spot those potential widow-makers.

[@timlowdon2943]

I thought this was going to be lesser known ones. I'm pretty sure Simon has another list of these on one of his other channels.

[@seermayton-el3488]

My stepgrandfather had a story where he was helping with salavaging a downed patrol. He was with the engineers. They were escorted by marines. They came upon the wreckage and no sooner did they get out they came under fire. For almost half an hour they hid taking fire till eventually they were able to call a napalm strike. The pilot screwed up the directions and dropped the flames behind them. Very quickly they knew they had to get out since the fire would take away their oxygen. All the soldiers piled into the trucks and my stepgrandfather was so scared asking how are they going to get out. His sergeant yanked him onto the bed of the truck and told the driver to "Get us the fuck out of here" All of the trucks drove through the flames and sped till they made it back to base. He did not sleep at all that night.

[@F-L-O-F-F-A]

There’s an irony talking about bamboo pungy (pungie? Poongie?) and then having an ad about Sheath’s women’s bamboo underwear 😂 made me chuckle tho maybe not intended.

[@j.p.6932]

8:17 I mean; I know it’s war and the Americans weren’t exactly using Nerf guns, but these are just brutal. Is it worse the be a quick death or sit there and suffer and maybe survive?

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

I nearly nearly was conscripted, then they cancelled the war. I was so lucky. Had to take a deep breath, and continue. But now, I would like to visit N. Vietnam. It is a very pretty place.

[@StefanMedici]

Vietnam was unified in 1976, so I'm assuming you just mean the regions that are in the north of the country?

[@TheRjb2010]

These traps look very terrifying. The problem with most of these traps is that they look like they could only take out one person at a time. Whether a hole in the ground or swinging from a tree, or what have you.

[@koharumi1]

The Vietnam war was about independence for the Vietnamese. Unfortunately America did not understand this.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@grandslapper]

So do they make Y fronts?

[@sarge420]

Between Agent Orange, and 200+ days in combat, every Vietnam 🇻🇳 Veteran should have rated at 100% disabled. PTSD, and numerous cancers. -Ret USAF

[@lealach]

I went to a war museum when I was in Vietnam and they never showed us any of this 😂 Goes to show you don't need fire power if you're smart, well organized, and use good strategy

[@ItsNotAdamG]

You also don’t need to brag about creating awful murder weapons which is why Vietnam will always be 1000000x better than USA

[@lealach]

@@ItsNotAdamG Are you from the area? Or just extremely passionate about war criminals? I agree with your sentiment about it either way

[@riswey]

Great video just thought I'd add a couple of minor points that it's customary for any country to attack an invading army like the US. And guerrilla weapons and tactics are just military weapons and tactics there is no difference.

[@inutero10]

Man a pit full of venomous snakes hidden by god knows what. Completley out of plain site is absolutely terrifying.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

when u said tiger traps I imagined a pit with tigers in it lol.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

May I suggest Simon model a pair of Sheath next time?

[@denisecorzette1676]

Punji stake is why my dad received a purple heart.

[@Tanya49655]

The swinging maces has to be the scariest

[@officereric36]

I've lost track of how many channels narrator is on lol

[@ujustgotpwned2008]

Simon segues from potentially lethal Vietnamese trap design to underpants and back like a pro, lol.

[@CrankyQuokka]

One major issue here. The US were NOT the only forces there. Australia had well over 50,000 members of our Army, Navy and Air Force over 9 years (1963-1972 if I remember correctly). Another US centric war story.

[@mrnobodytheuser2950]

South Korea had a massive force too.

[@tenanaciouz]

oh im sorry do you want to help the ameirca shoulder the burden of losing the war? Please step up and claim your prize of wasting men's lives and millions of dollars on a worthless imperialistic war

[@BuzzKiller23]

Bamboo underwear and punji sticks, a match made in heaven!

[@remigusker6024]

I'm surprised by the lack of mention roller traps

[@CharlesMears-t1u]

The Vietnamese are geniuses!!!

[@Imacomingtoo]

After watching this I feel completely bamboozled

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

The problem with the mud ball grenade idea is that it can only be used in the dry season.

[@paddor]

That’s half or even more than half of the year, depending on where in Vietnam.

[@ashproof]

I'm picturing the scene in Rambo where the guy gets his wee man cut off. You wouldn't notice unless you're watching for it.

[@philip4846]

The ancient Romans did something like that 2000 years ago, they called them "lilies "

[@cekojuna6930]

Does Sheath also protect me from all these bamboo traps?

[@drewmagnet]

Bamboo traps either side of an ad for bamboo underwear, interesting strategy. 🤣

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

You forgot the most dangerous trap of them all... RAMBO 💥

[@ChrisS-v4f]

One thing they were resourceful sneaky little ground dewellers

[@thestrangah9690]

I’ve read about WW1 cartridge traps

[@tyler8320]

The over-use of the voice distorting is annoying.

[@kingjellybean9795]

Sg shell, rat trap, soldering iron fishing string

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

First Blood deleted scenes show's Rambo passing a massive Rambo TURD. Then smeared it on the spikey bits as well as himself.

[@AlexBailey11]

Part 2 please!

[@SeverityOne]

Nice that your sponsor has a "bamboo" line, considering the subject matter of the video.

[@xx7secondsxx]

SHEATH sound AMAZING for a Florida man!!!! You go out in summer and it feels like you peed ur pants! Separate beans and Frank would DEF help with that feeling!

[@JustinRevis]

I was waiting for him to say that the snakes in the booby-trap were also covered in feces

[@LeoHKepler]

And people think it was just for fun that we napalmed huge swaths of the forest.

[@arisaga822]

6 feet or 2 metres, right, nevermind the rounding.

[@simonayers8033]

Why is Simon’s voice so familiar. I feel like I’ve heard him on other things

[@bwines16]

I’d rather face any of these over that snake pit.

[@murrayscott9546]

Ingenious.

[@55tranquility]

Vietnam and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the US and Allied 20 year invasion of Afghanistan are examples where hugely powerful countries underestimate an enemy they regard as inferior. When you invade a country so different from your own you put them in a situation where they have absolutely nothing to lose and the willingness and commitment to fight and die to protect your wife and family, friends country and way of life is overwhelmingly more important than superior technology when the vast majority of your enemies troops are fighting with the goal to stay alive and go home. Couple this with a situation where the environment is completely alien to you but your enemy knows it inside out history has shown the invader loses. The most recent occupation of Afghanistan with the aim of removing the Taliban is probably the most pointless two decade long example with none of the objectives met with the Taliban reclaiming power only days after the US quickly withdrew with any gains being almost immediately reversed by the Taliban.

[@davidk7212]

This narrator sounds just like my English neighbor in the Czech Republic.

[@ricf9592]

Hey Mr Yank, we got medieval on your arses.

[@giovannihartman-qy4vw]

My grandfather was in Vietnam never spoke of it since to anyone must have seen some bad shit never been the same since

[@liamwinter4512]

That's a great look.