The Only Land Battle Fought on U.S. soil in WWII (Strange Stories)

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The Aleutian Islands Campaign was a military campaign led by U.S. and Canadian forces on the Islands of Attu and Kiska.
It saw the only land battle fought on U.S. soil in World War two. .
Apart from that, the invasion of the Kiska island known as Operation Cottage is remembered as one of the most bizarre actions in the entire war.
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[@Simplehistory]

On the The Aleutian Islands campaign , the Canadian soldiers were issued with American M1 helmets to avoid friendly fire incidents..

[@crazyvideos2007]

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[@abramo7700]

Pro Tip: Use the same helmet and uniform as your enemies. The enemies will be so paranoid, that they'll kill each other without knowing.

[@reekidjr3582]

Awesome video I really did enjoy it

[@jhonnyringo217]

Battle of guadalcanal

[@seanniver5418]

Simple History What were they wearing before that would tag them as hostile?

[@American22people]

When a Japanese soldier 5000 miles away from the island receives 100 XP from that randomly placed booby trap he set weeks earlier.

[@JesusChrist-bx8ge]

200 IQ outplay

[@JesusChrist-bx8ge]

Teemo

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

Big brain time

[@orion4017]

That’s me in fortnite

[@foodank_atr817]

The ol' GTA Online proxy drop

[@MrCrumpets368]

Japan: *leaves* US and Canada: so anyway, I started blasting!

[@leithesocialistyuricon8981]

MrCrumpets368 We*

[@eugenekrabsalt]

@@leithesocialistyuricon8981 it's a reference. "I" is correct

[@captainaya3415]

hahaha

[@GreatNishanka]

@@leithesocialistyuricon8981 COMMUNISM

[@leithesocialistyuricon8981]

Eugene Krabs I get that, but I made a change because it’s Canada and the Yanks

[@dr.kodeen1705]

Americans/Canadians: “Hah, nobody can beat us!” Americans/Canadians: “Not so fast.”

[@Awfulfeature]

Japan: I used the U.S and Canada to destroy the U.S and Canada

[@mafyboy0420]

No thats just the amercians

[@StevenTheAristolianNerd]

@@mafyboy0420 Canadians were involved it's nothing to be offended about.

[@StevenTheAristolianNerd]

I too have an impulse to defend the reputation of my country however I have to look past it to see what was really happening. It's because of all the patriotic conditioning we got as kids.

[@zaydenm]

@@StevenTheAristolianNerd I think everyone should be patriotic tbh

[@crunchwrapsupreme9372]

ISIS would still probably claim responsibility for this incident

[@outcast8223]

Grandpa in Isis: so anyways there was this time in WW2.... (Few hours later) So yeah now you know how Isis started friendly fire. Grandchild: but you were born on 1950 and Isis weren't even a thought then? Isis G: DIE TRAITOR!

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

Person isis dislike Trips and splits his skull then diyng Isis claims responsibility

[@ericdpeerik3928]

ISIS killed my hamster! 😢

[@atoka2206]

I laughed so loud my ears started ringing XD

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

@@ericdpeerik3928 sad

[@hellowelcometochillis2781]

Best war ever: United States and Canada vs United States and Canada

[@moralcoach717]

War: There are no winners

[@wellingtonrodrigues7654]

😂👌

[@UngasBungus69]

I think the United States and Canada would win

[@Yceb0x]

I thought the same, but United States and Canada lost

[@Wortlethal]

That is just War Thunder mixed battles

[@foxtrotnine]

Meanwhile the Japanese: Didn't expect that reaction but that's Ok.

[@banzaiperson]

"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one."

[@foxtrotnine]

Thanks for the likes!

[@shepdog1274]

banzaiperson ITS “a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one” 😤

[@theburgernoder2441]

Shep Dog beat me too it

[@travelleryu]

Didn't mention the traps set by the Japanese. I don't think they were surprised.

[@DaveMustaineShreds]

Fun fact, Hitler used this exact strategy when he killed Hitler.

[@sunnyztmoney]

Hitler survived ww2 the us got released documents years ago about this..

[@daquaviousdinglemeisterxvi3205]

@@sunnyztmoney Fun fact, CONSPIRACY means a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful, not a true fact.

[@roguespearsf]

Hitler didn't commit suicide, that's just Soviet propaganda. He escaped to the German Antarctic base under the ice (yes, there were verified NSDAP military bases on Antarctica, some were hidden and could only be accessed by submarine) and then later to Argentina where the American FBI believes he died

[@Nice-ck7rq]

@@roguespearsf Hitler died In Berlin along with the rest of Germany that day no way he would of wanted to go on after the war.

[@unused7629]

@@roguespearsf conspiracy theories are theories, not facts 🤡

[@MarcoPolo-zc6zo]

My Gramps was there in the 7th ID. He said the reason they didn’t have winter gear was because they were prepping for Africa when they were redirected to Alaska. At that point they had trained for deserts, urban, mountains, river and beach landings, jungles, but never planned on cold weather. He told me Attu haunted him more than any other experience in the Pacific. He said the contrast of the blood on the snow was on his mind for years after the war. He stayed on until ‘48 or so for the occupation and transition of power. After he passed I learned that I was the only person he ever talked to about his service time. God bless all our service members.

[@lcdream4213]

your grandpa is a hero bless him

[@theglaze8927]

Wow nice story God bless him............ Name?

[@MarcoPolo-zc6zo]

@@dannyluciano1 What does that mean?

[@marmer4541]

@@dannyluciano1 ?

[@AwesomeIan135]

I can’t even imagine how disorientating it would be to train and prepare for desert combat, only to then be thrown into a battle in the arctic.

[@pedrojuan8050]

The Japanese : *Couldn't defeat the Americans and Canadians* Americans and Canadians : "Fine, I'll do it myself"

[@WSHong-oe7bg]

Pedro Juan 69 likes nice

[@homielove9305]

Nice 69

[@homielove9305]

Just imagin i liked too

[@metalheadmachines9800]

Best comment award

[@yoda5280]

Pedro Juan The Canadians didn’t fight the Japanese lmao but okay boomer

[@xx_admiralhipper420_xx9]

When no body is on the enemy team so you start killing your friends in the server

[@elnub-nub9399]

This is actually accurate

[@star-army]

Announcer: "You have been auto-balanced to the losing team."

[@djgreg20]

Wesley Davis XD

[@weedwhacker287]

Wesley Davis bro they accidentally left friendly on

[@soos1885]

Gay picture

[@catechism6913]

Imagine training all of your life just to be killed by your own comrades

[@faselfasel2864]

Except you only trained a few month and then get thrown into battle

[@fortheloveofnoise9298]

Hardcore Search & Destroy in a nutshell.

[@ethanor]

@@faselfasel2864 There was a large amount of well trained soldiers for America. Many knew the US was going to join the war in Europe early on and joined up, getting 2-3 years of training. It was the later replacements that revived like 6 weeks of training

[@toxicworld7211]

@@ethanor It said in the video that each regiment, except for the 1st special service force were young and inexperienced in this specific operation.

[@crunchwrapsupreme9372]

@@ethanor Ever seen old footage of high school gym class prior to WW2? Looked very similar to military training. Everyone was ripped because of it.

[@usssanjacinto1]

The last time the US fought the Canadians in a war was in South Park, where the US implemented Operation Human Shield.

[@thelittlebeefcake4831]

Fucking windows 98

[@awookiefromendor]

I don’t listen to hip hop.

[@djgreg20]

“You have been kicked from the match for team killing”

[@youtubeshowrandom]

Team damage -25

[@qm43]

Press x to boot player from match fpr betraying you.

[@marcthecanadian]

DANG IT

[@srsherman7390]

Aw cmon! I didn’t even know who it was!

[@wudhiponmahattanakul5046]

Friendly Fire -6000sl

[@jasonhuestis4682]

Japanese: If anyone asks, this was our plan the whole time..

[@leonardusrakapradayan2253]

Jason Huestis you fools you fell for the oldest trick in the book

[@qm43]

@leon oh how the turntables

[@mariacorazondevelos7178]

Japanese high command: good work in fooling the Americans and Canadians at the aleutian islands making them kill each other while we didn't lose a single soldier at all good work! Japanese army: say what?....i mean yes! that was our plan all along sir

[@wylece3521]

Fools

[@nicm8909]

Loool

[@t.g_buffington]

My great-grandfather was apart of this battle. He was also stationed in Alaska

[@farahahmedkarim377]

Did he survive? If he did, I salute him for his service. If he died, well, may he R.I.P.

[@Gamemaster-64]

did he killed any Canadian or US?

[@tongsllc]

Did he win any battle medals?

[@andyroberts4387]

*a part

[@kapnerad]

I can imagine some instructor in some military school or training course pointing out this incident and saying, "So, here's how to NOT advance into enemy-held territory with limited visibility."

[@williammarsh1390]

So true.

[@roguespearsf]

It is exactly how you advance, violence of action. >t. Actual infantryman

[@type1life304]

*Japanese show up after fight* "Did... Did we win?!?!"

[@warlerker]

Kisuke, Are we ze Baddies.

[@hanniballanda794]

Iiiee.

[@MechWarrior894]

More like "We abandoned the island and snuck past ya through the fog. We thought you guys wouldn't bother going there."

[@reallyrandomrescacs529]

Japanese when they run out of ammo:What do we do? Japanese:Surprise attack

[@claytonpactol8851]

No.

[@user-Jay178]

I never knew this battle existed until now. Thank you for telling me

[@indyangler8967]

Same here

[@notaidan4451]

I bet most of us didn’t. I’m surprised I didn’t wonder what happened to the Aleutian Islands after Midway

[@dnrspdr03canadian95]

It's a little sad the Americans aren't taught about this battle, though to be fair, when I was learning about ww2, we weren't given tons of details about the incident.

[@Blazeit-wr3fd]

In high school they told me the only casualty in WW2 on US was an incident of a deadly balloon flying booby trap from Japan it accidentally killed a boy or 2 in San Francisco

[@artiemiranda9404]

420 Blazeit - its crazy, I went to the sight in Oregon. Killed 5 kids on a field trip I believe

[@vanguardoftruth4166]

I'm in the aleutian islands right now and got to hike to the ww2 memorial area. It's insane how we could build concrete pill boxes on the side of the cliffs. I could see bullet holes too.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

This is probably why sign and counter sign, such as "Flash!" "Thunder!" was so important

[@patrickweber8750]

"Hold Your Fire!" "Did you say fire?" "I said hold your fire!" "Alright I'm going to fire!"

[@a-nikmakorntheimsiri3394]

Blyat

[@goooz3369]

Patrick Weber Boston massacre be like

[@benchmarking6875]

But my dog fire is at my house?

[@patrickweber8750]

I see a lot of people are not getting the other reference to a movie.

[@imeverygenderyougottaprobl2709]

@Charger SPS yes

[@nixcortez4019]

When you got shot and you heard "sorry" instead of "banzai"

[@kylestroup3077]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theemptylegend0]

Lmao

[@bababooey3534]

@@kylestroup3077 oh my god your emojis

[@cameroncritch]

😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@how2changemyname765]

Americans: *hold up*

[@marlahorn7163]

My father was on Attu and Kiska during WWII. It haunted him, the things he saw and the elements they had to deal with. On the "Canada vs US" I don't see how people can joke about it. It was a horrible situation and lack of communication was a real problem. Imagine the horror the soldiers must have felt when they realized what was happening.

[@thunderbird1921]

Another HORRIFYING friendly fire situation happened during the Korean War. In order to distinguish friend from foe in the rough terrain, UN forces used ground signals to communicate with overhead aircraft. Problem is, the North Koreans figured out the signals and began copying them to confuse the American and other coalition pilots. This led to a couple of incidents IIRC where bombs were dropped on UN troops, one of them napalm. The poor American pilots literally were distraught and probably wished they were dead. I believe the signals were quickly changed, but talk about a DISASTROUS compromise of communications to the enemy!

[@lavieestlenfer]

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

[@uberd3323]

@@lavieestlenfer Except when it comes to the Holocaust for some reason

[@lavieestlenfer]

@@uberd3323 Plenty of humor police out there telling you what you can't laugh at.

[@erwinsmith61]

Something: * move * American and canadian: so anyway I started blasting

[@sskuk1095]

Canadians and Americans: *Kill numerous soldiers in a friendly fire incident* Austria: "first time?"

[@thediversifier1739]

Lol I appreciate this

[@waffa9545]

@William Signs just practice for vietnam

[@oneotuvalev9297]

Did Canadians apologize for that?

[@IlluminatorBoiiii]

That was my comment

[@stukablyat6266]

sskuk 10 ottoman laughing in distance from their graves

[@jerrythebritishinfantryman7541]

*Canadians Speaking French shouting Friendly!* American Company Leader: “IT’S A JAPANESE, OPEN FIRE!!”

[@TheHDPerspective]

Well they were from Winnipeg, which is English speaking...

[@axelouellet9635]

@@TheHDPerspective there is french speakers in Winnipeg

[@fflavoie27]

The fussiliers regiment is francophone. From Quebec.

[@xylarbadon3147]

Peter C 😂😂😂 “winterpeg”

[@harrypoosie3035]

An American would never say “it’s a Japanese.” Ya numb nuts

[@starsjosephfrost]

"You have turn off Friendly Fire on this match" *6 minutes later* "You where ban from this server for Team Killing"

[@aghouser4159]

Canada didn't just say sorry for this. They wrote an entire essay that they're still reading today.

[@moon_raven0495]

Japan **inflicts casualties without using troops** Japan: i see this as an absolute win

[@funguystudios6906]

Gets nuked twice.

[@UnordinaryCarl]

@@funguystudios6906 uh oh stinky *Japan goes time travel unit 713 in alternate reality* ah yes man in the high castle win

[@tomato9593]

*surrenders*

[@debluephroggo3087]

Americans: *taking notes* Intrestsing

[@hatepurrpp2651]

Tomato cheeto.

[@noodles5438]

It was just one mistake and yet it cost so many lives.

[@Justin-np9yj]

Damn😔

[@Autobotmatt428]

ProDeathBot20 sometimes that’s all it takes

[@varez6268]

Damn😞

[@unbelivableLP]

@Lil Heinz94 I'm sorry but the US is responsible for so many blue on blue casualties, im surprised you would even say that. You guys really need to rethink this "shoot first, ask questions later" logic. Canada had been at war since 1939. 12 PPCLI infanteers, 4 of them who died, would beg to differ when they received a 250kg bomb from a US F16. The only thing I'll give you is that the canadian military lacks funding and equipment.

[@angelito2336]

Phantom The "shoot first, ask questions later" logic is a stereotype for Americans. You have too be real stupid to believe that quote.

[@yankeegonesouth4973]

This was fascinating to me because my grandfather was stationed in Attu after the war. He was in the Navy, and he just said it was miserably cold (this, from someone who had grown up in Western NY) and when he left he swore he would never play pinochle again. He kept that promise,

[@peoplesyoutubechannels5379]

for Japaneses - Achievement Unlocked- "Enemy killed even I was not present " for Americans and Canadians- misfortune encountered-"Accidental friendly fire on allies "

[@justarandomsovietofficerwi2023]

When the fog starts apologizing: *Peace was never an option*

[@theswaff699]

They're Canadian, it was french

[@skelworthvods984]

Swaffle Canada speaks both English and French and Quebec is the only province that mainly speaks French and the one army on the island was the Winnipeg army unit and wennipeg speaks mainly English so it is a good joke but you should correct it

[@orderchaos5526]

@@skelworthvods984 wtf?

[@orlock20]

When the fog of war is not a metaphor.

[@festethephule7553]

@@orderchaos5526 What are you confused about?

[@Burgerzaza]

Moral of the story: Communication is key in every close relationship

[@chrisbbacon7750]

Did u mean communism

[@Ohflipsnap]

I agree with ChrisBBacon; that's not how you properly spell communism.

[@harrisn3693]

You mean NATO cronyism?

[@ameyas7726]

Honey I cheated on you with Lucy next doors...see but the important thing is we are communicating!!!

[@Zionist654]

He doesn’t mean Communism he means Communication like he said dumb nuts

[@simonaspalovis1204]

Capturing an island by attacking you own troops: *Task failed successfully*

[@wadahadal3517]

Great video thanks

[@SirStalingrad]

Recommendation, read the book: Ghosts in the Fog It’s about the invasion and everything

[@gunner3457]

Great book

[@certifiedyaminspector-dadd6224]

Someone else commented this 1st but you have way more likes. Funny how that works sometimes

[@SirStalingrad]

Kangaroo_Jack 69 one of my favorites of WW2

[@noah5524]

Jack Sorell I almost bought that book but I seemed boring

[@noah5524]

Jack Sorell is there a lot of action in it

[@p.f.886]

*When the fog starts speaking English instead of Japanese.*

[@visum4518]

**confused screaming**

[@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343]

*unvisible confession covered by fog*

[@nytrex_yt7417]

**visible confusion**

[@Goober_80]

Oh Neptune

[@jimtaylor294]

@@nytrex_yt7417 >invisible confusion

[@realbobphilips]

I don't know why but this is probably my favorite video on your channel.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@fifthrider]

"Gee Grandpa, how many of the enemy did you kill in the war?" "Well,... Let's put it this way. I shot fifteen soldiers who died. Let's just leave it at that."

[@christopherbayne9061]

Ha!

[@bryanmorgan4391]

My Grandpa brought down 10 German airplanes. He was easily the worst mechanic in the Luftwaffe.

[@christopherbayne9061]

Bryan Morgan Nein gut - nein gut. Ha!

[@chocolateface8664]

My great grandfather was a kamikaze pilot. He flew one mission and had one kill

[@zepter00]

Me in team death match in reality mode. I killed 52 enemy soldiers... including 8 enemies.

[@Noggg.]

Japan: *Invades Alaskan islands* Uncle Sam: *Breathes heavily*

[@kurtberliner7049]

Operation Anchorage

[@thecoolguy4553]

Fallout

[@connormacleod4922]

Problem with that is it was the Chinese that invaded in Fallout, not the Japanese.

[@adrianlanda7206]

@@kurtberliner7049 i am playing fallout 3

[@analien3831]

@@adrianlanda7206 New Vegas is better

[@fieroboom]

These stories are heartbreaking. Just so sad... 😢😢😢

[@didyouknowjustwalk8915]

How is that heartbreaking?

[@ForestExotics]

Thanks for the history

[@sgtdanny69148]

Canadian Soldier: Merde!!!! American Soldier: I didn't hear English, smoke em!

[@culturedman1310]

Bruh moment

[@itsvague990]

sgtdanny69148 😂😂😂

[@rj-mu7ns]

GOD DAMMIT MOST CANADIANS DONT SPEAK FRENCH

[@parabellum9367]

@@rj-mu7ns but there are some that do

[@rj-mu7ns]

@@parabellum9367 I know. I'm just saying most don't

[@adamon5577]

When they landed on the island they heard *Free For All*

[@strider029]

More like **It's a Battle Royale**

[@playerbruv9329]

@@strider029 battle royale is trash so no its ffa

[@user-ni1wy8fg7e]

“Shut up lock in and load up” BO2 best line ever

[@michaelsa4233]

@@strider029 no free for all from call of duty voice

[@mantislake4141]

"Free For All", the 1976 Ted Nugent album?

[@RealRotkohl]

There was something similar during WW2, but with the Germans. During "Operation Wikinger", couple of German ship sank, due to awful communication, without the British being present.

[@robertjohnson8938]

Good info

[@Mc__Nugget]

*Britain has declared war on Germany* *Canada has declared war on Germany* *Canada has declared war on Japan* *Canada has declared war on America* *Canada has declared war on Canada* Canada: Guys help my controls aren't working

[@huntertabobandung9028]

Civ

[@WindiChilliwack]

haha!

[@subbytubby7423]

They're red on the radar. Smoke em boys!

[@babyskittles1250]

@@subbytubby7423 it why is it smoky outside?

[@Starscreamm4]

Lol

[@elitemation]

This is where you can use the meme where 2 spidermen point at each other

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

I never knew any of this. Thanks for sharing this story.

[@marryson123]

Canadians are so nice, even if they fire at you its still a "friendly" fire

[@animatedadventurez1811]

I see

[@DerSingh0329]

Yeah.... This is not the only fight between Canadians and Americans, You Know what I meant....

[@trickc1790]

Google those British soldiers killed by yanks in desert storm.id rather of had the French with us

[@elijahking728]

@@trickc1790 link?

[@JN1-506]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brandons.7056]

"Yo is friendly fire on?" "Nah man you're good"

[@scoman44]

"The only land battle fought on U.S. soil in WWII" is simply not true - Guam was U.S. territory just like Alaska (which was not a state at this point)

[@NagaEvolution]

Philippines being taking within the first few months: Am I a joke to you?

[@kevingee2064]

My father and his brother joined the army together and this is where they were deployed. Dad only talked about it once but I overheard them talking to each other about it. Brutal and when they first landed, they didn't have cold weather gear at all.

[@lancewang4923]

Canadians are friendly, even when it comes to initiating friendly fire.

[@dragoonTT]

@Kayden Hutchinson I think thousands of armed young men getting spooked in the fog of war is what caused it.. I'm Canadian and don't speak French unfortunately.

[@knox7945]

*Canadian kills friendlies.* Canadian: Sorry!

[@javiert5352]

So did canada won because they killed more americans?

[@vaasmontenegro481]

Ah Canada, killing friendlies and enemies, with a smile :)

[@miadeyell9078]

I am canadian

[@jdotoz]

With Alaska still more than a decade away from statehood, what made Kiska and Attu different from Guam?

[@rickybobby1055]

I never knew this. Thank you.

[@ReaperofValhalla]

This is a good setting for a military horror movie.

[@bandolando3265]

Why hasn't this been made yet? Id pay to see it

[@ENiceGeo]

Right down to the missing villagers who lived there.

[@RSID]

US soldiers land on island full of spooky fog and receives incoming misterious fire from ghosts. And then at the end of the movie there are voices from the fog, "I think I got em 'eh."

[@nicechoicee]

@@bandolando3265 because the embarrassment will start to sink in again LMAO

[@ReaperofValhalla]

Gregory Jason I was thinking more of a actual entity that leaves no bodies or blood when it hunts and the stories of friendly fire were the cover story

[@ThePrizmbot]

Americans when the trees speak Vietnamese Russians when the snow speaks Finnish Canadians when the fog speaks American

[@fuzzball7972]

I laughed, and then laughed even harder at your name. Thank you.

[@Prizrak131]

Are you dumb? It isnt American, its Americanese

[@yoraccattack]

@@Prizrak131 you sure it isn't Americanglish?

[@hecunt3633]

@@yoraccattack No, it's Americkish

[@MilkmanSuper]

@@sienag313 And also germans when the building started speaking Russian

[@fatedsculpture2596]

*Friendly fire will not be tolerated… unless you’re on a foggy island*

[@ahmetbakisenayl3950]

Someone needs to make a movie about this!!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Alaskan bullworm destroyed the Japanese occupation

[@holguineromambi]

Good one

[@leithesocialistyuricon8981]

Avery the Cuban-American Hello again, Avery!

[@fuciugaming4956]

Damn it you again

[@Nugcon]

nice

[@fuciugaming4956]

@@Nugcon noicce

[@omendium2918]

“ So anyway Grandad, who did you kill more of, the Japanese or the Germans?” Grandad:

[@trophymaster1330]

Italy: :(

[@omendium2918]

@@trophymaster1330 I can’t believe I Left my boys the Italians out of this comment, frick

[@jackwilson2418]

@@omendium2918 Just Edit the comment

[@Florentinogarcia88]

😂😄 awkward!

[@Fiftypilotz]

He killed 1 german and 45 Japanese soilders my buddy.

[@n.a.m.e5220]

Thanks!

[@antoniogrijalva2038]

I’ve been to Dutch harbor Unalaska (one of the Aleutian Islands) and it’s super cool to see the bunkers along the coast line. There’s one next to the rat saloon!

[@HandsumeAJ]

When you liberate the island from your self

[@axelouellet9635]

Your profile picture fits pretty well with your comment

[@dapperfield595]

POOT

[@xotl2780]

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places

[@srsherman7390]

This is more of a civil war joke but ok 👌

[@Leg8]

liberate'nt

[@KDannXII]

Starts shooting, hears "it's us stop firing!" proceeds to throw grenades.

[@mrniceface]

"Oh god, these guys are so annoying. Now I definitely have to kill them"

[@KandiKlover]

That poor idiot. RIP.

[@jeverett1738]

it reminds me of the deer hunting skit from whitest kids you know.... he really ricked him

[@metrocop8484]

Well he technically stopped shooting he tossed a grenade

[@cakepower1]

He had them on mute

[@real.MinatoYellowFlash]

As an Alaskan, I am glad to hear this. Not many people outside of Alaska know about this.

[@_ELIT3_07]

I'm glad they started teaching us about these mistakes and showing us how to deal with it so it wont happen again...

[@goose9631]

Fog: *fog noises* Some random Canadian: “so anyways I started blasting”

[@velcranoxofficials9970]

I thought it was the Americans

[@danielevans8910]

Velcranox Naziri the Americans and Canadians both fought each other accidentally but it was a Canadian soldier that fired first.

[@velcranoxofficials9970]

Damn, that Canadian got the highest kill streak then

[@dreadpiraterobertsii4420]

28 Americans dead versus 4 Canadians that says a lot

[@anarchonazbol6768]

@@dreadpiraterobertsii4420 it's even more embasrsing for the Americans when the Canadian soldiers were "zombies".

[@tabby4696]

"You've been booted from the match for team killing"

[@dwb3212]

“Banned for team killing: 1440 second(s)”

[@emilartwave]

World Of Tanks ?

[@misteronsepatro7018]

Reverse friendly fire activated

[@whodini591]

Speaking of the Aleutian Islands battle, recommend reading the book “The Storm on Our Shores”

[@SaintOutlaww]

COD MW2 quote: Canadians are friendly, even when initiating friendly fire. -Canadian

[@mmmcounts]

Yeah, so that fog. It was a real problem. So I shot at it. .... Mist.

[@leonardusrakapradayan2253]

Badum tssk

[@thatguynamedaci1067]

Hahaha...

[@jasonacosta8084]

😂

[@DRACOFURY]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🗡️

[@__red_lightning__2502]

This comment is just.... golden

[@Rashed1255]

“Friendly fire will not be tolerated” didn’t activate?

[@rynehubbs7032]

They must have disabled it using console controls.

[@Rashed1255]

Ryne Hubbs I guess they wanted the noobs to destroy each other

[@eviloompaloompa7313]

Mods

[@renelammers813]

Rashed1255 -100

[@captainsternn7684]

It did when that guy started chucking grenades

[@phillhuddleston9445]

Aside from the enemies fire fear is your second biggest enemy in war.

[@tylerj6589]

Never knew about this but my great grandfather was one of the Canadian troops sent to Alaska

[@jaycoolx3]

Japanese in the the distance: Who are they shooting at? Other soldier: Idk

[@jaycoolx3]

@@sampappas6934 I don't think the other 200 share your dumb opinion

[@mangomart1342]

😂 best comment here

[@andrealugo841]

Japanese: Who they shooting at? Soldier: Idk sir. Officer: They are shooting E A C H O T H E R because they have no idea where we are 😆😂 we win. Canadian Soldiers: Kill em all!! Smoke em! Ahh! I’m hit! US Soldiers: What the f? Wait stop shooting!! They’re Canadians?! HOW. Japanese: no u

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

@@andrealugo841 Chill.

[@andrealugo841]

The heroic watering can 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤 *chills out* 'kay

[@josh5220]

Literally everybody when the host of the server suddenly turns on friendly fire

[@Noyoki]

@Hardcore Nightcore it's one of those counter-intuitive sentences. 'Friendly fire' refers to friendlies shooting each other. So off means it can't happen, on means it can.

[@ravefeild9995]

My Grandfather fought in the pacific, mostly in the Philippines. then we was going to be apart of Operation Downfall. but he sat on a ship watching the bombs hit the two city's. he stayed in japan for 2 more year before returning home. his wife had 6 brothers all in the war to, one in the battle of the bulge, 3 in the pacific. and 2 in Alaska fighting the Japanese. its truly amazing how all of them came back home.

[@andrespatino2761]

God is good. Supernatural protection from the most high is real. God bless.

[@DonaldJDuck-ql3jj]

I feel terrible that I'd never heard of these battles until I saw this video

[@phuri100]

Americans & Canadians: *Peace was never an option.*

[@coffeelink943]

Night Hamburgers vs Maple syrup

[@warboss1117]

@@coffeelink943 Maple syrup Buffalo burgers! ( it doesn't get more North American than that)

[@SPSJ173]

@Singha Mura *Rolls the abomination into a sushi roll* It only descends into further madness from here. Muahahahahaha!

[@isaiahcampbell488]

@@SPSJ173 That's essentially what happens every time a history themed anime comes out.

[@JParma77]

This reminds me of an Episode in Clone Wars where the 501st Battalion and the 212th fought both each other believing the other were disguised enemies, and when they realised a mistake was made, it was too late. So many brothers had fallen

[@christiandavies8131]

Battle of umbara

[@thedeadlymauraderthedeadly801]

A lot of the Clone Wars were influenced by events in Wars, such as the battle of Umbara being influenced by the Vietnam war, hence the umbarans were using guerrilla warfare like the Vietcong in the Vietnam war since they knew they couldn’t take the Clone army head on.

[@christiandavies8131]

@@thedeadlymauraderthedeadly801 many of the fighters and warships take inspiration from many real world aircraft and ships as vell

[@netrolancer1061]

@@thedeadlymauraderthedeadly801 Also, the Onderon Arc was influenced by the Soviet Afghan war.

[@XDlosDominicans]

bruuh... the feels :( those episodes were hard to watch. Contrary to the real life scenario, the Clones were intentionally put into positions and ordered to shoot at one another by that so-called "Jedi Master", who's name I forget and I don't want to remember cause he's a pos lol

[@bubbaandrayearl1678]

Been there. There's a Coast Guard base on Attu. I was stationed at Shemya. That was in '86. We were still finding UXO (unexploded ordnance). I found a case of dynamite with nitroglycerin leaking out of it in a small cave.

[@fuzzyapplepie6940]

When you switch from team death match to free for all.

[@iknowhowkingcrimsonworks531]

I want to join the Canadian “other smaller regiments” unit

[@dnrspdr03canadian95]

Most likely units were just taken from other units and combined to make one big unit, it was most likely probably a batch of Victoria's Rifles, Duke of Connaught's, and South Alberta troops combined with other regiments as listed to form one big regiment.

[@justin764]

You ain’t small enough.

[@osmarplayz9329]

Jajaja

[@allthingsonline4214]

KarDboard98 dude same. They sound hardcore

[@MrUltimategamer44]

KarDboard98 I knew a guy from the unit named John Doe

[@Andy-iq9pz]

If only they had a *"If you continue to attack the allies, you will be returned the main menu"* message

[@ethanor]

"You have been kicked by the admin for teamkilling"

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Friendly fire will not be tolerated

[@RogelioV1985]

*Gets banned for killing Timmy* :(

[@mattz459]

I only learned about this when my ship visited Dutch Harbor, AL in Jan ‘22.

[@fleetwoodray]

Wish they had spent time elaborating on the fierce hand to hand combat fighting that was truly brutal. There are actual time period videos of the history, the buildup, fighting and decommissioning.

[@snipingflute4346]

The Americans and Canadians fought hand-to-hand on that island too?

[@stephen8785]

I Really want to see a movie about this lol. Think about it, The long drawn out build-up and tension. Add in some psychological horror elements. An unseen enemy, soldiers frantically shooting each other, realizing after that they've shot their own comrades. And after all of the build up and losses, they find out in the end that it was all for nothing. It would definitely be an interesting and different take on a WW2 movie.

[@bobcrane8783]

The Enemy at the Fog A tale of an American sniper who had the biggest friendly fire kill count of the entire war.

[@daniela.3781]

Hollywood doesn't approve your comment buddy.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Sounds like an episode of The Twilight Zone.

[@comegdjeja6557]

That would be a super cool film. Would be super tragic tho

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Show the actual effects and process of death by gunshot wound and grenade. Show red tracer ripping through the fog. Show the terrified soldiers straining to hear the slightest sound, and later after taking fire, firing on anything that moves. Don't make anything up, just use the eyewitness accounts to piece together a narrative. This will be the scariest horror movie ever, and then you get the psychological horror of them realizing that the enemy wasn't even present and it was all friendly fire. You'll win an Oscar.

[@hype3074]

fun fact: when Japanese army leave the island. Japanese military doctor put a sign which says "Plague patients Isolation Facilities” as a prank. after allies captured the island they translated the sign and panicked. this prank cost huge amount of Plague vaccine.

[@itsyoboiivan3255]

They do a little trolling

[@Hans140]

The Japanese: “we do a little trolling around here”

[@Redisonthelaptop]

Hey at least they increased the production just to waste it on 2009 bacteria something

[@buukute]

It's just a prank bro! Relax, you on camera

[@josephburnside2135]

@old man strength because the japanise had likely been taking care of it up until they left the island.

[@linkin0983]

Now I know about this battle, and it's honestly ridiculous and horrible how it went. These soldiers would've been alive if it weren't for the awful communication, and sending inexperienced soldiers there. Adding that the weather wasn't the greatest, it was a recipe for disaster. Thanks for showing this battle 👍🏻 I really would like a psychological horror film based on this while having a social commentary on what happened.

[@mattxgaming4053]

Very eerie

[@BanditoBurrito]

Imagine being sent to a misty island that’s freezing, you’ve never seen combat before and have to essentially survive a horror movie at 18-19.

[@vladimirgolosin4699]

And than relive it in your nightmares for the rest of your life...

[@ivanov7867]

That was literally the Falklands War

[@Brandon-xm4mp]

omg this was botched form the beginning

[@marcus8414]

Imagine how scary it would be if u were one of the child soldiers on Germany's side

[@marcus8414]

@United states of America WhAT iS JApaN?

[@franklinclinton4539]

They did what every man does at some point of their life. Tested if friendly fire is on.

[@qm43]

As said in the tobuscus trailer for AC revlations "friendly fires on... Apparently"

[@jd-dayepicgaming1902]

So true...

[@Tyrekred]

Ok YNW Melly

[@japancsp6213]

True

[@RenarchyLeader]

Ay Franklin, did you kill Devin?

[@ctv186]

Reminds me of a schoolmate's army training incident, that fortunately had no live rounds.

[@MrTwubbles]

I’ve never seen this before now but thought I’d leave this here. One of the coolest things my grandpa showed me 7-8 years ago(he passed just before Memorial Day this year)- was the bronze star citation paperwork he had kept for decades from his father who served in WW2. He participated in these battles. At the time he was a civil engineer attached to the army corps of engineers. The citation stated that their camp came under fire from a Japanese machine gun position in the middle of the night ambushing the camp, and the commanding officer commanded 3 man nearest the area to engage, flank and eliminate the position- my great grandfather being one of them. He acted with the other 2 soldiers- one being killed and another wounded and down, with one of the enemy killed during this. My great grandfather managed to flank the position alone, took an enemy with what ammo remained in the rifle he’d gotten, and another in hand to hand combat- sustaining a grazing bayonet wound- disabling the machine gun position. The commanding officer recommended him partly due to the fact that he was not a service member during this engagement, but accepted in the moment the call to protect the men he’d been assisting as an engineer . One of the letters was a response stating he could not receive the bronze star at the time because he was a civilian. My great grandfather later joined the army officially, and was finally given the commendation in 47-48. My grandfather later served as an officer in Korea, following in his dads footsteps.

[@HiVizCamo]

At least they found thier dog, so there's something.

[@chocomanger6873]

That was pretty nice of the Japanese soldiers. Definitely a gesture.

[@Zalwalloo]

@@chocomanger6873 obviously the Americans didn't get the message because they nuked them

[@chocomanger6873]

@@Zalwalloo Different people.

[@MrTheBaron]

@Creeping Death So let it be written. So let it be done, that you have the best comment out of this thread. (I can't help it. Your name was asking to be referenced)