The Rules of war ALL Soldiers MUST OBEY

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[@Simplehistory]

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[@iagomatos4304]

Huh

[@mathaissjsj]

hi

[@mystican22]

wait it says u posted this 1 day ago but this vid was posted 4 min ago-

[@Nogh_the_gamer]

Nice video simple history

[@user-cc4su4bg4c]

Geneva Convention HA more like Geneva suggestion

[@marcelxd1633]

Rule 1: No cheating Rule 2: No spawncamping Rule 3: Don't be toxic Rule 4: No teaming

[@mao-tse-tung-games]

Cheating: Use other team color's as your own Spawncamping: Get in a bush as a sniper and camp outside a military base or hospital Toxic: Mustard and gas Teaming: Join your enemy to kill your enemy (???)

[@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female]

These are the only actual rules of war.

[@believeinmatter]

@@mao-tse-tung-games “mustard and gas”

[@canon07]

​@@mao-tse-tung-gamesthe spy who can disguised as the other team.

[@nothing-mm8ui]

nah spawncamping is camping outside a hospital

[@aronfreyr2752]

The code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. -captain barbossa

[@TANKTheImmortal]

Beat me to it I was about to say that 😂

[@nothanks9503]

My great grandpa was killed for choosing to be a pirate not a soldier

[@TheIronKangaroo]

@@nothanks9503your great grandpa? That would be like 1914+ No pirates then.Not even in Somali

[@nothanks9503]

@@TheIronKangaroo try again you’re right it wasn’t Somalia

[@nothanks9503]

@@TheIronKangaroo you ever consider that people who are between choosing being a pirate and soldier might have shorter lives

[@xperiencerecordz]

Those rules about not shooting medics or temporary medics don't work in Ukraine, on either side. They drone each other while the wounded or dead are being carried.

[@Drekken-ow4kn]

Yep, the geneva convention is completely ignored by both sides over there

[@DonutVIP]

Imagine the aftermath from the geneva convention

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Is it really a Rule or Law when it cannot be enforced? Like how the UN cannot enforce anything if a Strong Nation says no?

[@NorthernNorthdude91749]

@@Drekken-ow4kn Given Ukraine is fighting for their very existence as a nation and people against a fascist, imperialistic invader, I'd say they're justified in any and all acts taken against Russia.

[@narele25]

​@stridingwombat9780 so you could say the same about Palestinians, that have been systematically ethnically cleansed and now being exterminated by a fascist ethno-supremacist apartheid regime illegally occupying and settling on their territories, but instead, the occupier is "allowed" to commit literally everything on this list TIMES 1000, especially in gaza in the last 2 months, and now israeli "soldiers" are just shooting and executing civilians waving white flags (recently woman and children, some newborn babies, sheltering in a school) and they even "accidentally" executed 3 hostages that had makeshift white flags, but i'm sure that there will be some double standard applied.

[@SoloKyoto]

The thing about the "rules of war" is they only matter when both sides believe in them and follow them. Everything is fair in war as the law has no bearing on the drive to survive and when it comes down to the bottom line people will do ANYTHING to survive.

[@starlightningduelist7273]

Remember, only the lost get convicted of war crimes

[@damiencurry7842]

hi

[@narele25]

"Surviving" is one thing, massacring civilians or blowing up medics or journalists has nothing to do with surviving, and there is a human consensus about morality, even in times of war, any nation who believes they are exempt are criminal and terrorist states.

[@natsune09]

That isn't true. It does matter, even when only one side follows the rules. Look at Iraq and Afghanistan. We (I'm a veteran) were there and as my regimental commander put it (H.R. McMaster), we are fighting over a commodity, and the commodity is people. We get them on our side by treating them with respect. They try to get them by using fear. Along with that, is the international community is watching us. If we obey the rules, and they don't, other nations are more willing to help us. If we break the rules, the international community will not help us. You can't argue about being on the morale high ground while at the same time breaking the rules of war.

[@sebastian-FX357Z1]

What the point of signing the treaty since all side r not going to abide by it?

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Every military: "We follow the rules, honest as they are a guide." It honestly falls on the individuals to police their conflict.

[@jds0406]

The real if seem when the don't follow, though.

[@eu_bebo_oleo]

no one actually follows them

[@shrekdaddyyo9632]

doesnt sound like theyve ever been as far as want to do look more like to me, but im just guessing

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

@@shrekdaddyyo9632 true.

[@phyrr2]

Why would individuals police the period? What did it do?

[@Erik-hi]

As an Iraq combat medic i can confirm the enemy didnt care or repect the rules of war. It was advantageous for them not to. No one in my unit wore the red cross and all of us were armed. No point in following medic rules if the enemy won't

[@death2sora]

y’all got squad wiped 🤣

[@TheManofthecross]

aka unrestricted warfare is the name of the game and ccp china is playing to those rules.

[@hAn_TYkje]

@@death2sora by warcriminals

[@death2sora]

@@hAn_TYkje every soul ever involved in a war is a criminal. It's murder lol.

[@simplylethul]

The american military has never cared or followed the the "rules of war," either. I find it convenient that you fail to mention that.

[@Wolf-wc1js]

Meanwhile Japan: extra points for hitting a bullseye on that Red Cross

[@griffinmckinven9024]

Lol

[@haydenwright-tw1io]

They were trained to shoot the swizz flag i guess

[@CWG-op9td]

🇯🇵 ignored all rules

[@metoo7557]

"All soldiers must obey" Haha, that's a good one. You can't find a war, without these rules being broken. by all sides.

[@nospoon4799]

Which is the exception that proves there are no rules.

[@serpentlag8960]

theres alot of war crimes that are swept under the rug an old guy from my job was a veteran and he told me they abuse these rules anyway. He told me that you arent supposed to use anti tank guns on people because the rule says it can only be used on equipment, this dude told me their sergeants say aim for their tool belts to kill them because they are considered equipment.

[@peterwhitcomb8315]

"Collateral Damage" was our instructors buzz word. The use of anti-material projectiles on soldiers is strictly prohibited but if they are standing in front of "said equipment" then they became collateral damage.

[@user-co3uc8vt7e]

"We're good guys, so screw those rules!" - every war criminal, ever

[@starlingLee]

The Laconia Incident

[@simplylethul]

​@@starlingLeeThe Mai Lai Massacre

[@CamPope-vm3rj]

​@@simplylethul it's only a war crime if we loose the war 🙃

[@nekad2000]

It's not an argument for rules to not exist, but All of the rules of war have pretty much been broken in every war. Since policing is always done by the victor, it's by nature of selective. The whole system seems ridiculous.

[@ryrygoogoo]

Maybe but I think that the rules encourage understanding and cooperation. For example, gas wasn’t used in WW2 even though the war was filled with countries that had no regard for human rights or the conventions.

[@JoeyP946]

Policing is done by the victor? If both sides are at war, both sides need to police their own forces, when there is a victor, there is no more policing of soldiers necessary..

[@laecard1778]

„There will always be crime, so why bother having laws“ And no, countries, at least the not-crappy ones, do enforce the rules of war to at least some extent. Having them also helps foster social and institutional norms that make armies less likely to engage in atrocities.

[@themurmeli88]

To the ignorant it seems ridiculous, because they do not realize that without some basic rules, every single war would turn into biological, chemical and nuclear warfare with full on terrorist divisions as long as either side has access to such weapons.

[@nobleactual7693]

@ryrygoogoo Don't quote me on this, but I believe Hitler, a WW1 vet, had an extreme aversion to gas, given what he saw and experienced in the trenches. He knew that if Germans would use gas, the Allies would retaliate with the same.

[@indianajones4321]

Rules of War: Exist WW2 Japan: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

[@sheepwool7998]

Japan never signed in Geneva

[@nasirzurmi2630]

Rules Of War: Exist Israel: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@RebelWvlf]

Literally the entire Balkan and Russia: "that's very cute, do you need some dressing for that word salad?"

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

​​​@@nasirzurmi2630 *Israel drops leaflets and calls civilians to warn them about an imminent airstrike while Hamas coaxes them to stay You: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

[@MatthewLawrence.]

@@nasirzurmi2630Rules of War: Exist Almost all of the Military groups in the Middle East: “I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that”

[@danielperry8532]

Love the Agent 47 reference when talking about disguises. Adding the garrote is a nice touch.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

One time i saw an animated horror stories compilation (the validity of some was questionable) one of the stories was about a Wife spying on her Husband while he hired a hitman and his design looked like 47 suit and all. Sometimes i appreciate little jokes like that

[@DocM.]

19:31 It was nice of Agent 47 to make an appearance 😂 Just need that subtle head tilt

[@joge2]

Finally found someone that also noticed that reference

[@Echo4Sierra4160]

"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." ~William T. Sherman

[@JaimeBlackwater-io6vl]

And create generations of hateful victims that will always challenge and destroy. Smart take.

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

Well, If think a wars length is more important than its level of devastation ...

[@korhol2065]

@@JaimeBlackwater-io6vlif that was the case wouldn’t the confederacy have started a second secession? This really only applies to giving a country a peace that would leave them hating the victors, just look at Germany and France

[@edgychico9311]

"I don't believe in human rights!" *PHONK INTENSIFIES!!!*

[@AnotherPlagueDoctorGaming]

Nice joke you stole from the russianbadger! Also, I guess it kinda fits the context

[@korhol2065]

If it fits it fits, cept when it’s an inside joke no one gets then it never fits

[@neofulcrum5013]

Can you guys cover the history of guerrilla warfare tactics?

[@chireiuji2047]

That's why war crimes were conducted by US & PRC in DRV... the Vietnamese red army did everything to blend into manage guerrilla ops.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

There’s a reason why officers don’t wear bright rank and we don’t salute them down range.

[@seansloan7015]

The story of the 2 medics using the Church makes me tear up for some reason every time. The idea these men earned such respect that whenever they were seen running to an injured soldier both sides would cease fire so they could run by safely

[@connorlyons2376]

The term “alls fair in war” has been around in some derivative for much longer than any signed convention

[@Ozzy08018]

A list of objectives for me to commit when i get drafted.

[@yugoslavball1945]

“To do” list

[@Ozzy08018]

@@yugoslavball1945 That implies I'll be doing them like an achivement hunter and not doing it like I see an oppurtunity to shoot a medic while dressed as an enemy with exploding bullets before yeeting a landmine into a shopping mall.

[@joshgreen2164]

Geneva checklist

[@JulioGonzalez-yc2wu]

Mickey mouse smokes cocaine to maintain the circular posture of his ears.

[@thetinyant5251]

plastic landmine even​@@Ozzy08018

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I imagine the conventions get quite messy when a country invades a country with an armed civillian populace.

[@user-st9eo2ox7w]

yup the civilian population of that country suffers horrendously

[@ops2mops954]

Invading side issues a decree of confiscation of civilian weapons, its that easy

[@BM1982.V2]

It gets extra messy when the country committing the war crimes is either the US or a US ally cause the US is too powerful to receive consequences and it extends that protection to allies no matter what their crimes. They have veto power so even if every other country agrees its a war crime they can just veto any resolutions.

[@peterwhitcomb8315]

@@BM1982.V2 Yup, as long as you have strong allies you never have to suffer the consequences. Which is the major failure to the Geneva War Conventions.

[@TexasHoosier3118]

Give some examples. @@BM1982.V2

[@Derpyeyeballs]

Lol i love how when the child soldier character was being sentenced to execution he just had his arms crossed and rolled his eyes as if his father was lecturing him

[@lfcrodrago9659]

YOOO A SIMPLE HISTORY VID ON MY BIRTHDAY LETS GOOOOOO

[@Eric_Nguyen.]

I loved the story in 5:07 that 2 paratrooper medics using a French Church as a medical station and both sides respected the laws of war in the West. There was a moment when a higher up used his rank to give orders to the medics. Bluntly put, remove themselves from their station and move to the front. It's said that a medic do have ranks, but are removed out of chain of command when doing their job. Here's a Vid that explains every action from the drop to situations and what they did after the war until they died: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmrOenaDhpt3e68&ab_channel=Yarnhub

[@neville3059]

There are still blood stains on the pews that are used every Sunday.

[@Mrkabrat]

Trying to apply rules to war feels like trying to baptize the cat

[@fizjoterapiasan9359]

And it has never worked anyway, there was no war without a cruelty. It's like making a football game of it by making rules.

[@adzi6164]

Laws of war do not aim to eliminate cruelty, for it is impossible. They aim to reduce long-term fallout.

[@Clippidyclappidy]

@@fizjoterapiasan9359Warfare has had rules to varying degrees since ancient times.

[@joedoe7041]

@@adzi6164 unfortunately, a lot of people in this comment section don't seem to get that fact. or why it was important for military's to hold their soldiers accountable for such rules and laws.

[@Christian777_]

Could you guys maybe make some video about wars in Yugoslavia?it would be epic

[@americusfallout4777]

I think the hollow point is more needed for when on ships or submarines to prevent sinking if used to defend ship but not sure what other uses would warrant a hollowpoint in war vs regular bullets.

[@YourPalHDee]

They have high stopping power as they generally create a larger wound with their higher surface area. You're more likely to get a hollow point lodged inside you or have it move around internally before exiting. Pointed rounds are far more likely to penetrate in a roughly straight trajectory. So if your goal was maximum damage, it would make sense.

[@Site_142]

Thanks for these videos I think everyone likes them

[@MarcoAAOrtiz]

Very good content!

[@redman0324]

Navy coorpmen for Marines are generally assumed by all as combatants.

[@emberfist8347]

Mostly because they are armed these days which voids their protection.

[@justinewing4414]

should mention the german soldier told to play piano and to be executed after he was done and he went on to play for like 22 hours before collapsing with a sob being congratulated by the russians then executed.

[@Lions10Fish0]

The IDF could learn a thing or two from this video or perhaps its an achievement checklist just like in GTA.

[@AhmedEssam-ou6pq]

they can't , they don't view pa*lestinians as human nor do the idf have any moral codes. plus the US supports their genocide.

[@JK-dv3qe]

also the palestinians

[@thetruthmongerer777]

Bro really defending terrorists f palistine....

[@subtome10892.]

War rules Rule 1: no teaming Rule2 no killing or injured or medics Rule 3: cheats will be disabled

[@JK-dv3qe]

Rule 4: none of the above apply

[@Dexxyboi24]

15:34 look at the arisaka rifle with the bayonet, it cycles the bolt by itself

[@user-sk3uj1ez8w]

i live in swizerland and geniva is called genf here it realy cunfused me at first BTW thanks for notifying me that shooting non combatans is iligal was about to do some "stuff".

[@yugoslavball1945]

Petition for Simple History to cover the first and second Chechen Wars or the Yugoslav Wars

[@foolsfolly3476]

It appears the BRIT “specials” didn’t follow these rules where I grew up lad.

[@basedelon]

Take it you were a victim too, Patrick?

[@dr.floridaman4805]

Ireland for the Irish Take back your heritage! Your birthright! Your inheritance!

[@foolsfolly3476]

@@basedelon My 15 year old brother was a victim when he “disappeared” comin home from a football game in 69 I was 3, those I saw when I was 6 from a blast at a pub were victims, my 12 year old cousin who was taken from a “rubber bullet“ was a victim, my 12 year old sister who was S assaulted at more than one checkpoint was a victim; I merely survived.

[@justjealousjunior]

Remember, it ain’t that simple without the history!!!

[@shampoo1991]

15:34 the rifle in this shot cycles the bolt magically lol

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

medics - A medic carrying out or seen to be carrying out offensive actions was considered a viable target. this means a medic seen in an assault, firing their weapon, could be targeted and shot. This is something that got the US in trouble a few times, as some medics would run up "firing" on an enemy position while trying to reach a downed soldier. ambulances, medical ships, and hosptials may NOT be used for offensive operations, may not stockpile arms, and may not be used for the transfer of active weapons or personal. - UK pulled this bs in both ww1 and ww2. they didn't like that a medical ship would carry wounded back to england, then head back to europe empty... so they decided, lets just load it with meds and soldiers and send it back full. This stripped not just that ship but any ship of that nation of protections as any could be carrying supplies and combat personal on offensive operations. This issue came up with red cross, as without telling the red cross, one country smuggled spy devises in via red cross packages, including a radio hidden inside a cross. This pissed the red cross off because it removed the neutrality of their entire agency.

[@jaxofdeth1]

Interesting fact, the XM-25 smart grenade launcher from the US Army was removed from service because any grenade under 30mm is considered an exploding bullet

[@gabriellabonte6401]

15:35 the rifle reloads itself. Damn ghost guns on the field

[@taylor7772]

Can't forget the relatively unknown incident known as the Biscari massacre. American soldiers gunned down a bunch of unarmed Italian and German POWs. Some say the soldiers were acting on the orders of General Patton.

[@Vang2009]

These are more suggestions than rules

[@CARL_093]

The Japanese infantry men were not taught to distinguish between medics and other soldiers. They saw every enemy soldier as valid targets. According to oral records, the soldiers were unaware of the Geneva Convention.

[@k.t.1641]

Mmmhhmmm. It was all just a misunderstanding right……. I have a boat I want to sell you by the way

[@federalreservewolflegend3523]

Sounds like Israels daily operation.....

[@benpoke]

🧢

[@Shade01982]

You mean, the Convention that was ratified several years *after* WW2? That Geneva Convention?

[@joedoe7041]

@@Shade01982 you should do some research then.

[@theromanorder]

please do a video on these (this is a copy and paste list for a few channels) units and tactics/evaluation of loadouts of troops (from different jobs (and other branches) like the 82 snd 101 airborne units or infantry tank units, (or when tanks were assigned a infantry unit like i think earlier war Russia then all tanks were formed into there own units wich meant the infantry no longer knew the true strength of there own tanks but alowed tank units to fight more efficiently) the tank doctrine of countries evaluation of tank veiw ports evaluation of tanks/armored vehicles of different countries evaluation of aircraft types of different countries, different between navil and army/air force fighters logistics units of the axes and allied powers in ww2 ww1 estern front tactics Russian Civil war tactics and strategies navil ship cross sections (all the rooms and how it all works) evaluation of types of ships or evaluation of navil warfare air craft carrier strike group formations exsamples (from different countries) ancient persan ships, ancient veneti ships (gauls that fought ceaser) ships used by genoa and the vernesain republic the vernesain republic government all sailing ships, (i know theres many on yt but some contradict each other and i think theres more left out) cast vs welded vs rivited tank armor 2b9 vasilyok morter tactics used so far in the Ukraine war, better for squads to be 2 teams of 5 or 3 teams of 3, and probably the easiest, better to keep troops well feed or starved like an animal how dose age effect comsnders eg napoleon got older so took less risks, ancient urban warfare ww2 tactics in Asia, tactics in the Chinese age of warlords, (and Chinese civil war) tactics in the ruso jap war cold war navil tactics, Korean war tactics, strange tactics or unque battles from the American war of independence and America civil war how were 17th centry sailing ships build types of bombs lunched by drones comands given on sailing ships (like ease the sheets and get ready to chine, or slack n beases, basically things you hear movie capitns say) why did the nazis never return (or a video on best occupations) why did the Japanese empire fall, dont just say "America" like things like how there army and navy argued alot alot more on the Polynesians and māori, but please learn pronounceations if you do this

[@theromanorder]

@@griffinmckinven9024 if thats what you think is long then If your male: i feel sorry for your gf If you female: boys you can come out of hiding

[@GereBrewstein]

27:10 this rule goes if i've got it right, One may not use exploding bullet or another direct fire explosive against human being directly. how ever hand grenade like many other grenades does not fill this direct fire category. explosive large caliber ammunition against vehicles is allowed such as anti-aircraft and anti-armour (or anti-tank)

[@adzi6164]

It's the matter of application. An "exploding bullet", or, more commonly, expanding one, requires hitting the target enemy in the same way as with a normal bullet, so it doesn't provide an advantage for hitting the target. If a soldier is hit, and their armor is pierced, they are most probably down and out of combat, even without the use of banned ammo types - so it doesn't give any benefit of eliminating a threat over normal ammo, either. Now, grenades and cannons have the advantages of ability to be applied where firearms can't reach the targets, as well as the ability to hit multiple targets. They are a completely different category than firearm ammo. Geneva Convention isn't about fighting fair. If you mortar enemy squad to oblivion, you are smart. If you shoot them with hollow-point ammo, you are needlessly cruel. (and you are, frankly, putting yourself at disadvantage, as hollow-point ammo has bigger trouble piercing through cover and armor)

[@A_B_N1]

One thing, incindary tools are allowed in war unless you use it on someone. (Or any way not used for path clearing that’s not good.)

[@emberfist8347]

Depends on what type you use. Flamethrowers are legally allowed to be used against combatants.

[@Xaiff]

Releasing captured medics sounds like a huge risk. what’s stopping them from giving intel to their own forces? Might as well use them to treat the other POWs.

[@emberfist8347]

A captured Medic is going to be given all the plans by the enemy.

[@radicaljellyfish4435]

27:24 I know it shouldn’t be funny but I love how you guys blurred out the poor man facing four 20mm(?) cannons.

[@dylantriantis6005]

Please do a video about the Ilya Muromets, a revolutionary military and commercial aircraft from WW1 Russia that had great potential but was gone too soon from circumstances.

[@ninjamasterbuilder8675]

The medic one along with the others except for the child soldiers will be ignored by people who play team based shooters for advantages

[@TheManofthecross]

and the child soldiers one will be used against players in those games to boot. now if someone can pull it off in game that will be something.

[@elsydeon666]

Medics and Clergy can be retained by the Detaining Power and perform their duties for POWs of their nation.

[@MegaGator39]

It was actually Benedict Arnold that told Daniel Morgan “that man is a nuisance to the cause. He must be taken out” or something along those lines.

[@paulnejtek6588]

What man?

[@WBKasper]

Ahh yes "Geneva suggestions" or "geneva to-do checklist"

[@k_isforkaito.]

Geneva Options

[@WBKasper]

Also acceptable 😅

[@senshinshosuro]

"Geneva convention only prevails in Geneva." Dieudonné

[@alexdeghost2729]

Marcus Luttrell explains this perfectly imo

[@alexlindekugel8727]

yep. in nam my uncles chopper got shot down he was part of a medical unit and was a field medic. they really didn't care the viet kong. makes me sick. that day lost 6 injured soldiers and 4 of 5 medics. by sum act of god my uncle was the only one that survived. fell about 50ft out of the chopper when it got hit. he almost died him self. but there was a group of us marines that saw it get shot down and they ran over to see if any one was alive,

[@kathyebuen7909]

1:58 second to first soldier on the left has a overlapping enemy soldier in the helmet.

[@alpo67]

Rules are written by winners and i think people do everything to win.

[@dakotakues7314]

"History is written by the victor" General Shepherd

[@TheHiredGun187]

@29:24 If I was a military commander...The only time I would authorize the use of cluster munitions is against OpFor airbase runways. Alot of little destructions of a runway is alot harder to fix than one big hole from a 500lb bomb. Other than that there really is no legit use for cluster munitions in mordern warfare

[@JustALoyalWorker]

"gentleman as far as I'm concerned there's only 3 rules of war" 1.don't torture the enemy that has surrender. 2.innocents shouldn't be targeted. 3 Do not spare anyone(Adolf Was spared and look what happened)

[@gl_tonight]

There are no "Rules of war" the application of a rule would mean that there is a detracting sanction. Thus far no such sanctions exist. Many counties have committed crimes, but those are far and away from being a rule of war. Just freaking level an entire country and find out how much these rules apply.

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

"Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters."

[@ataaslan5177]

simple history makes complicated history simple

[@caelgrayheavens1234]

I’m very curious WHERE you would even start with writing “rules for war” If everyone agreed upon rules would you have a war❔

[@johnnicastro5931]

No aimbot and no screen peaking

[@griffinmckinven9024]

Lol

[@corymorimacori1059]

“You should be ashamed of your military honor!” Theodore Roosevelt

[@jebusbedevelopment8986]

i am sure they all will follow these at all times

[@trevorslinkard31]

“War is cruelty, and you CANNOT refine it.” -Maj General William T. Sherman

[@HSamee]

Collective punishment seems more like a strategy nowadays than a war crime.

[@JoeyP946]

It is not Israel's responsibility to give Palestine food, water, medicine, fuel and whatever else. It is not Russia's responsibility to provide this for Ukraine.

[@Hand33345]

@@JoeyP946Palestine, yes because they are under Israel control they have to be given the same treatments as Israelites

[@freerangefloof6674]

@@JoeyP946The issue is not what is Israel’s responsibility to provide. It’s about Israel controlling most of those supplies that goes Palestine. It was happening long before this current conflict. Israel is currently not allowing those supplies to get into Palestine and Civilians are dying as a result.

[@JoeyP946]

@@Hand33345 Palestine rejected every single 2 state solution, and they also do not want to be part of Israel. There was no Israeli inside Gaza since 2005

[@JoeyP946]

@@freerangefloof6674 The West alone has send billions and billions to Gaza in aid, water and sewage pipes, cement and food. None of this went into actual things to improve Gaza, everything has been used to get more weapons, to build more tunnels, and to plan terrorist attacks. Stop blaming Israel for the situation of a country that voted for a recognised terror group as their government, where a majority of Gazans do not want or believe in a peace with Israel. What kind of culture is it to hand out candies to children after succesful "martyr operations" you'd think that in almost 20 years time Gaza would have been able to get some water and electricity themselves? But no, 1500 terror tunnels is what they have

[@coldturkey5333]

Geneva Convention ? More like Geneva Suggestion

[@Gunman-Dead_Eye]

Yup

[@GhostyWins]

Geneva checklist

[@2w8w.]

I was playin with the like button for a bit 😂

[@twistedyogert]

This might sound strange, but I've always thought that tear gas shouldn't be banned since it is not designed to kill or cause permanent damage to someone's body.

[@Amin.Ashraf]

Clearly mark land mine area.😅 Not just non combatants and civilian can avoid the area, including the enemy soldiers.

[@mbpaintballa]

Mine signs are great, it keeps people from being cute. Mines or not.

[@combinecommando001]

That's the point, you pretty much force the enemy to either commit to finding and disarming the mines, which wastes valuable time, giving your end breathing room to plan a defence or counter offensive OR if they simply use the designated path, you herd them where you expect them to be and can ambush or be ready for an assault from that front. It's a win-win regardless.

[@crysosisback7115]

Mines are a defensive option Back then you mined around camp to be clear from any ambush during nights. Also used to keep a new offensive from happening, as you mine your progression Which is kinda what happens in ukraine, there's so much mines in the ground, it's a shitshow to even go through it...

[@eeveelutiongaming69]

15:35 the dead soldiers rifle plays a reloading animation

[@myithspa25]

1:50 there's a layering issue between the second soldier's hat/helmet thing and the bottom half of the third enemy soldier.

[@user-ix2qu7bf6h]

People in the comments (and common people) need to understand that questioning and undermining the importance of the Geneva conventions and the HL doesn't help anywhere. Yes sure most of the times the law doesnt get respected and there arent proportional repercussions but the amount of lives that have been saved and helped by the ICRC is immense. There are actual people out there on the conflict zones that risk their lives so they can help both combatants and non-combatants, yeah the media won't show it because a hospital getting bombed on a front page sells more than 1000 people getting food and water on a daily basis so that they can keep on living. What about the times when IHL actually worked? What about the guns that have been banned (dum dum bullets, tear gas, mines carefully demarcated etc.) ? It's so easy to question something that doesnt properly work inside your peaceful little neighborhood, but a step to the right direction demands reinforcement and expansion of the humanitarian law, because it CAN work and we have seen it many times. PS. Keep in mind that it's a fairly new law that started on the Battle of Solferino, only on 1864. Urban law still doesn't work well enough and it is centuries old.

[@joedoe7041]

I honestly wish I could your comment more likes.

[@isimiel3405]

Japan: We signed it just to ignore it

[@user-st9eo2ox7w]

America : Oh we did the same thing with the Naval battleship restrictions prior to ww2 as with several other signings looked over and not talked about because we won the war

[@sempikush9inchcockbro752]

And they wine and complained when nuked

[@jameshannagan4256]

The Japanese broke the same rules and they did it first.@@user-st9eo2ox7w

[@bloxking9446]

19:43 its funny the way he yses Agent 47 to choke the guy and steal the disgusie

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

My friend was a PJ in the USAF during the Vietnam War. He said the Viet Cong used the red cross on his helmet for a target.

[@randomclips8369]

Japan in ww2: "Im gona ignore all that bs"

[@YourPalHDee]

^ Japan throughout all of recorded history

[@antcommander1367]

Also ruskies, look how much is change in 80-ish years. In winter war and continuation war, in their own words "we only targets Finnish military targets", hits civilian targets. Currently in Ukraine "We only targets Ukraine military targets." Hits almost everywhere else than military targets.

[@The_Grandpa]

Russians: What rules?

[@saschaberger3212]

Drinking game: every time you see a war crime here that you know the Russians violated since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, you drink. You're dead half way through

[@jeremymott]

​@@saschaberger3212I know right 😂

[@basedelon]

@@saschaberger3212 stop drinking and go fight them.

[@saschaberger3212]

@@GhostyWins my comment got deleted about my grandpa fighting the Russians before. Guess it's not ok to say anything if you're German. Thanks channel

[@shinysniper9537]

25:55 I think being blind was the least of that guy’s worries

[@sanguisdominus]

A lot of it just gets ignored anyway... like, there're no repercussions. Whether it's the Russians targeting civilian populated areas in Ukraine, Hamas taking civilian hostages or Israel shelling civilians... Also, torture is counter-productive, even if it wasn't immoral. You're FAR more likely to get actionable intel from a POW you treat with respect than you are a POW you torture to gather information - not to mention the fact that if you have a reputation for treating prisoners well your enemy is more likely to surrender than they are if they think they'll be tortured if they're captured. Especially if they're in a conscripted force, or were put onto the battlefield against their will in the first place. Like... imagine you're forced into combat, and you know that if you surrender you'll be taken somewhere safe, fed well and treated respectfully, vs if you surrender you know you'll spend months - possibly years - of your life being tortured and broken... in which instance would you surrender, and which instance would you fight to the death?

[@spretcher]

I prefer the term "War bingo", first one to fill the board wins!

[@lancevance2005]

If a war crime happens in the woods and no one survives who can report it, did a war crime even happen?

[@dr.floridaman4805]

If a war crime is made up say WMDs in Iraq does the invading commander in chief get executed for war crimes?

[@YourPalHDee]

Since warcrimes are just a manmade and totally subjective thing, yeah I see your point. Hardly possible to prove a war-crime that's committed on enough people. I often wonder what happened to the people of Tartary and I imagine it was a war-crime or untold proportions.

[@YourPalHDee]

​@@dr.floridaman4805most people are in agreement that Bush is a war criminal

[@user-cu9rb9cx6m]

No. War crime is like a crime or other actions in normal life. Cheating in a game won't give consequences if it wasn't noticed. But it's still a warcrime so it is naturally

[@abzzeus]

Argentina in Falklands War painted the red cross on everything include munitions stores

[@stuarthall9854]

When it comes to war crimes and the fairness/unfairness by any side in war, it’s important to remember: “History is written by the victors.”

[@McGovern1981]

Setting rules to murder is an exercise in futility. Only the winner at the end will enforce them.

[@emberfist8347]

Geneva says otherwise.

[@hellfire0332]

It's technically not murder when the other guy is shooting back.

[@aracool444]

Merica be like

[@JackYOgurl606]

I never knew you couldn't use higher caliber rounds that you stated... I've committed so many war crimes in video games...

[@user-st9eo2ox7w]

video games are not the same thing as combat

[@JackYOgurl606]

@@user-st9eo2ox7w My life will never be the same

[@hamster2845]

When will humanity realize that in war there are no rules?

[@cephalonein2141]

IDF definitely didn't watch this the second you mentioned "War Crimes against medics" hence the hospital bombing.

[@SASHAHAG]

How many of these rules dose Hamas follow?

[@jeremymott]

None

[@gustavwingren3844]

Not a hamas supporter but they do actually follow more war rules than IDF

[@SASHAHAG]

@jeremymott IDF hides all their weapons in religious sites, schools and hospitals, kidnapping citizens, using medical vehicles as military transportation and beheads media members?

[@Adam-wg2rf]

​@@gustavwingren3844hmmmmmmmmm you're funny here a peny for that's great joke, what a great one saing that Hamas is better then the IDF so funny.🤣

[@happyhoneybees3689]

​@@Adam-wg2rfHow many homes did Hamas level, and how many children have they sniped and other basic human rights have they violated?

[@Christian777_]

Japanese: Is that red cross for a primary targets?

[@silosneeded]

Good ol' checklist.

[@Fplush360]

15:33 ghost was bout to end that man

[@gemstonehiphop]

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” - Einstein 1949

[@ntluck1592]

Meanwhile, Israel be checking this list to see which war crime they have not yet committed

[@shawnshoptaugh4907]

Yep, and continue to claim victimhood

[@happyhoneybees3689]

Good one!