Black soldiers did fight in ww1 just not under an American flag like white troops. Instead they were given to the French as supplementary infantry and were the first of the Allie’s to cross into German territory. They were called the 369th infantry regiment better known as the Harlem hell fighters.
@zeroturn7091 Жыл бұрын
That’s interesting, I just found out that my great grandfather served during WWI. I’ll have to read up more to see if he saw combat, thanks.
@KOMET2006 Жыл бұрын
You're speaking of the 93rd Infantry Division, which General Pershing (the commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France) "loaned" to the French Army for the duration of the War. The 93rd distinguished itself in combat on the Western Front, earning high praise (as well as medals for valor, like the Croix de Guerre) from the French.
@mujahudin Жыл бұрын
No way I could see myself fighting for this Country now, so especially not during those times. Not for a country that considers me inferior just because of the color of my skin.
@Dagothownsneravar Жыл бұрын
Fr that name is tough af. The Harlem hell fighters
@williamwinston9671 Жыл бұрын
The 92nd and 93rd divisions saw combat in WW1 as well in the battle of the Argonne. The 369th known as the harlem hellfighters fought under the French flag. My great uncle was in the 92nd and survived the war.
@puravida5683 Жыл бұрын
I am bi-racial German/Afro-American. My German mother often told me stories of when black soldiers first entered her hometown in Munich during WWII. As opposed to the white soldiers. Black soldiers were kind, treated the Germans with respect, and offered children and women food and chocolate. Even though, white soldiers mistreated black soldiers, worse than the German soldiers they captured. My German grandfather was in the German Army, captured by Americans, and sent to a prison camp in Texas. He told me he was shocked that the black soldiers in Texas, were still treated as slaves, by white soldiers.
@StromLxrd6 Жыл бұрын
a damn shame
@Imissyoulou Жыл бұрын
Black, with a capital B
@d2dar459 Жыл бұрын
@@Imissyoulou Discretionary, but u can do that if u want.
@thegoddessdiana9185 Жыл бұрын
@@d2dar459 No, the grammatical rules were changed three years ago in August-September, 2020. The changes were made because the word, "Black", when referring to people both describes an ethnicity and a culture. Look it up. The only ones who capitalize "white" in the same context are said or tend to be ws and wn.
@d2dar459 Жыл бұрын
@@thegoddessdiana9185 Really? Who was the authority that oversaw this change? Genuine question.
@KhemistryIBMOR Жыл бұрын
As a U.S. Army retiree, I thank you for this American history lesson, which is sorely needed.
@reginaldselby5074 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you.
@reginaldjones6024 Жыл бұрын
We aren't black or African American. We are American Aboriginal ( Indians)
@KhemistryIBMOR Жыл бұрын
@@reginaldjones6024 Whatever moniker we/you choose, the message of the history lesson remains the same.
@realdeal8303 Жыл бұрын
@@KhemistryIBMORwould you fight for your own sovereign rights if need be ?
@CollinMac96 Жыл бұрын
@@reginaldjones6024I’m a black american all that other nonsense you’re spewing does nothing
@girldaddividendinvestor Жыл бұрын
I never thought my grandfather was, "lying," about his treatment during WWII and Korea, but hearing the MULTIPLE sources confirm Nazis were treated better than Black soldiers after capture is SO Amerikkka. Thank you for this.
@raakmore4443 Жыл бұрын
WW3 is coming do you think it has anything to do with the rise of biracial and black population on census reports? Everyone knows the Nazi is the secret rulling class.
@zeroturn7091 Жыл бұрын
The U.S. has a large Dutch background, you have to remember that the country wanted no part of WWII (outside of sanctions) until Pearl Harbor. The protonazis.
@dirkdillary4925 Жыл бұрын
The Nazi's were in America way before the wars! Look into the American Bund! Looking into how many Germans illegally immigrated to North America in the late 1800s (1860s and later)! Ask yourself why did they come and what was happening to the Negros in America during that time!
@TheLAGopher Жыл бұрын
The war between the western alliance and Nazi Germany was the closest WWII hot to being a “Gentleman’s War” the US Army was segregated and captured Germans were seen as fellow white men under the influence of an evil regime. They were not hated as a people. A large chunk of the white American population is of Herman descent. They did face much discrimination in the First World War period but by WWII they had Anglolized to such a degree that they were left alone in while public wrath turned against Japanese Americans.
@jamesblunt1915 Жыл бұрын
@@TheLAGopherWhat wrath did Japanese Americans endure. I don't remember any JA being lynched or houses, and towns being burned down 🤔
@markopolozoomanitty6574 Жыл бұрын
Now you know why Muhammad Ali stayed home.. You fight for those who love you. Not for those who hate you..
@f430ferrari5 Жыл бұрын
Japanese Americans turned that hate into love. 442/100 👍. Most highly decorated unit in WW2. Purple Heart Battalion. Constant suicide missions. Saved the Texas Lost Battalion. Families locked up in camps back home.
@GhostCell47 Жыл бұрын
Truer words were never said.
@Matice2111 ай бұрын
Ali said” why should I fight for my oppressor? If anything I’ll join your enemy to help fight you “
@ceolagordon113211 ай бұрын
@@Matice21yes my dear one, it's a dang.gone shame that these hateful people were so devious and highly unprofessional unworthy of being in charge or command over even one fighting soldier. These were boys and young men away from home and possibly could lose their lives at any moment and yet being treated as a unwanted house guest! A damn shame!!😮😢❤️
@casper1236511 ай бұрын
During the draft...my mother sent my brother (18 years old at the time) to Canada. My mom said no, no, I don't think so. Not MY son.
@really8930 Жыл бұрын
The more I learn of the way this country has treated African Americans, the more disgusted I feel. Feelings that any rational, reasonable, fair person ought to share. I salute African Americans for the way they have shouldered the many outrageous burdens yet remained loyal to the country. Giving their lives for a country which did not consider them full human beings. Astonishing.
@jumantewashington8715 Жыл бұрын
How many Black Americans do you think died in WW2?
@StromLxrd6 Жыл бұрын
Our ancestors were definitely built different than today's generation, a lot stronger physically and mentally.
@adui_yako Жыл бұрын
@@jumantewashington8715 RELEVANCE?!
@JUDALATION Жыл бұрын
Only a FOOL remains loyal to a country hellbent at the destruction of their people...AA are clowns for staying in the USA when blacks in Kenya, Barbados, Netherlands, Australia, are better off...
@troyelam8978 Жыл бұрын
It’s even worse than you’ve heard. This is why any black person claiming they should not receive some form of reparations truly doesn’t understand how far this country has set them back, even before they were born!
@anactualalpaca7016 Жыл бұрын
There's a story I heard from ww1 where a regiment of black us troops was sent to aid the French, and they were legitimately amazed at how the French treated them like actual people and didn't subject them to racial semantics like they experienced in the US.
@barryrobinson1041 Жыл бұрын
The 369th Infantry Regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" fought with distinction with the French during WW1
@TheLAGopher11 ай бұрын
Black US troops were also amazed by the treatement they received from French civilians who welcomed them without racial segregation. In WW2 this occured again for Black US troops in England and Australia, which led to racial clashes with white US soldiers who didn't want Black US soldiers dating white women they could meet as local clubs that didn't segregate as US run servicemen's clubs did. I was said that part of the concern for General Pershing during WW1 was that if Black troops were treated the same as white ones, they would date French women which would set off the white troops. Black soldiers were mostly relegated to working the docks until French demands for US troops cause Pershing to transfer Black units to French commnd.
@Max-wd3wz10 ай бұрын
they where the hell fighters from harlem ny
@williesweetjr871310 ай бұрын
My Great Uncle told me of the same experience in France during WWI. Treatment he didn't receive in his Murfreesboro, TN home.
@dcornelious80809 ай бұрын
Stories upon Stories of this all swept under the white rug
@curtisthomas2670 Жыл бұрын
One of the Tuskegee airmen volunteered to fight for Ethiopia in its war against Italy and eventually was in command of its small air force. He then went on to pioneer civil aviation in Ethiopia heading up what became one of the safest airlines in the world Ethiopian Airlines
@rjhoover55439 ай бұрын
That would make a great movie!
@bruno812611 ай бұрын
My grandfather was a white soldier during WWII, and he had friends who were black, there was a lot of bulling withing white soldiers and other white solders in the barracks, my grandfather said how black soldiers acted more Collected, respectful and professional towards each other.
@anthonybryant1969 Жыл бұрын
I see why Ali didn't want to be apart of the military.
@TheLilhoop23 Жыл бұрын
You know the USA was racist when African American troops during WW1 had to fight with the French troops..the French actually gave African American troops war medals for their service. #Harlem Hellfighters
@MalevolentBite Жыл бұрын
France is still racist as hell. Both are racist. Don't draw that line. France always used blacks for their dirty work they are just more open about it than America.
@0lionheart Жыл бұрын
2/3's of the Free French Army was African, but you rarely hear about that. The British and US fought to keep African troops out of the victory parades because it was a "white man's war" kind of deal. Fucking sucks man, ain't right.
@ivicahudika337911 ай бұрын
The Allies wanted to use the American units as replacements for the French and British armies, they did not want to use them as a separate fighting force. General Pershing fought really hard to keep the American Forces as a separate fighting force. There were several compromises he made. One was to have the American “black” 369 inf join the French 15th Div which was made up of French black Senegalese troops. Other American “white” regiments i believe there were four of them joined British units. The rest of the American Army stayed together. Pershing did a great job and was a platoon commander in an all black unit in his early days and had high respect for African American soldiers. Everyone received medals from France, because they fought in France and medals from the American Army. The reason black soldiers went to a French unit was more political and nothing to do with racism.
@raheemjenkins611011 ай бұрын
@@ivicahudika3379lol. Keep telling yourself that.
@ivicahudika337911 ай бұрын
@@raheemjenkins6110 it’s true, do some research
@18breaths66 Жыл бұрын
We need to go back to separate medical facilities. They low key killing us.
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
It's not low key anymore it's open. Seek black Dr.s if you can.
@duanelynch3730 Жыл бұрын
My father had bitter memories of how he and other black soldiers were treated in Hawaii before being shipped off to fight in the battle of Okinawa in 1945. Black soldiers were not allowed leave in Honolulu because the white soldiers, sailors and marines would attack them. He spoke of how black soldiers would become seriously seasick as they we’re segregated in the bottom levels of the troop ships sailing to Okinawa. Yet he and his fellow black soldiers fought bravely against the Japanese. You don’t see this on the movies! 🤔🦾😤😡
@19Pyrus70 Жыл бұрын
They've even stopped talking about the cook who managed to shoot down a zero during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
@defoegrinda Жыл бұрын
I salute and thank your father for his service and sacrifice, there’s a special place in Heaven for your fatter and all these black men that had to endure this treatment, they were very strong minded men, my respect to all of them
@mjanny6330 Жыл бұрын
It was the opposite lol.
@Nghilifa Жыл бұрын
@@19Pyrus70 That's not correct, I mean, they're naming a new aircraft carrier after him the USS Doris Miller CVN-81.
@19Pyrus70 Жыл бұрын
@@Nghilifa If that's true, I believe I'll stand at least partially corrected!😅
@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын
Paused @1:09 That Black Americans were treated so badly after the sacrifices in WW1 reminds me of the experience of a Black soldier in Europe in 1944-5. He wrote of how the Black soldiers were treated in France as liberators and heroes, with no discrimination by the the French people. He had hoped that things would be different in the US post war. But on return, despite having served their country, they were treated the same old discrimination. Apologies for not having a source. It was shown on a British TV documentary commemoration the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Europe. Now I fear that the rise of the right will undo the rights that have been achieved in the latter part of the 20th century. And what happens in the USA tends to be smuggled into the UK too It's a constant and totally unnecessary fight for minority rights that never seems to bloody end.
@Imissyoulou Жыл бұрын
Unfortuantly, there seemed to be a group of Blacks leaning toward the right, but that is their right.
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
No need to fear. The nation was built on racism and ws. We are truly living behind enemy lines. However our enemies will be our footstool.
@melaninfuture Жыл бұрын
Your fear is misguided. Look at the current state of Black americans collectively, what has either party done to repair the damage caused by this anti-black country?
@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын
@@melaninfuture Not sure you grasp what I mean by right wing. The Republican party have moved further right. The Dems are generally better on social issues but are still conservative on the whole. The latter are also neoliberal economically and so have done sweet Fanny Adams to address the structural causes of racism. If you think that they are the same as the vile and hostile Republicans however, you must have been walking around turning a blind eye.
@user-kv2ei5bh9k11 ай бұрын
If I had been a soldier doing that time I would have made my way back there to live it sound like a good place for black men doing that time, come back home and white people ready to kill a black soldier if he was know to have killed a lot of white people in the war, some did get killed for it.
@Hero4Hire4 Жыл бұрын
The more things have changed; the more they have remained the same. 😢
@briggstondade4986 Жыл бұрын
Black people being treated as a renewable resource? Yea I said it.
@jumantewashington8715 Жыл бұрын
Blacks still whining.
@kerrydoe9810 Жыл бұрын
What goes around, comes around... so I guess ain't shit changed
@RUTHLESSambition5 Жыл бұрын
I would have fled and join the opposition. Would have gotten a way better deal. if I'm able to fight in the next big war I'm joining the ops. I wont give my life for these wyte crazies
@jumantewashington8715 Жыл бұрын
@@RUTHLESSambition5 You would have swapped a job working in a canteen or driving an officer around for being a slave in a Nazi concentration camp.
@ronaldgreen8423 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a cook on an island campaign and his unit was in heavy combat. At first they treated him bad and looked down on him. But once the white soldiers started to get took out. A sergeant went to him and told him he was sorry for everything and that he was needed to fight the Japanese. They gave him a rifle and ammo and the rest is history. He earned got a purple heart to go along with his bronze star.🤔🇺🇸
@karithema9ician657 Жыл бұрын
A ♟ in their little games 🤷🏾♂️. Respect to him though he had massive balls to do what he did. I never want to deminish these brothers accomplishments. But I can’t turn a blind eye to injustice and it still only compounds the EVIL.
@d2dar459 Жыл бұрын
Once they had no choice, they saw him as the man and soldier with skills equal to white soldiers he was. Ur grandfather deserves a thousand salutes 💯💯 but I can't pretend it's not disgusting that the sergeant refused to see that until he needed a favour.
@marshdell Жыл бұрын
Nothing quite like mass casualties to tear down that illusion of "supremacy" anything. Me? I'd ask Sarge if the guys wanted rice or grits for chow.
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
@@marshdellHELL YEAH!
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
Which campaign? Which outfit?
@UnlimitedMullets11 ай бұрын
This was by far the most jampacked informative video I’ve seen on the topic of our Black men in WWII. Thank you for doing them this honor and for sharing their unbelievable contributions and sacrifices toward the effort to defend democracy.
@jessejohnson6799 Жыл бұрын
Seeing all of this makes my blood boil how the black soldiers who fought and died for a country who they truly believed in
@jamesnevitt3400 Жыл бұрын
Not really wanting acceptance can be a problem . Especially amongst people that don't mean you any good that goes for any sisuation.
@y.v.n.gvidsstuff1057 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesnevitt3400What are you even talking about it was wrong they even had to fight to do that. But your trying to say they're wrong for wanting to be treated equally in there own country ?
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
@@y.v.n.gvidsstuff1057he’s either a racist or a “sambo”.
@swannoir7949 Жыл бұрын
Before Tuskegee, many Black pilots were being trained in a small town called Robbins, Illinois, until 1937 when a storm destroyed the hangar, where it was briefly relocated to somewhere in the Southside of Chicago, until they found their permanent home at Tuskegee. Robbins is home to basketball player Dwayne Wade, and the actress from Star Trek (original series) Nichelle Nichols, and Keke Palmer.
@denno312410 ай бұрын
How do you know about Robbins, Illinois? You sound like you're from there.
@michaelodonnell824 Жыл бұрын
Jim Crown in the Military was strictly enforced. Even when serving overseas, US Military Police approached Restaurants, Cafes and Bars DEMANDING that they Segregate - ie NOT serve Black US Service people. Some UK pubs complied, but most did not...
@garawa1987 Жыл бұрын
Even in Australia during that time when black Americans soldiers were stationed in Australia there were not allowed to mix with the general public
@coreylevine8095 Жыл бұрын
After the War Black G.I was treated as bad the Military try to keep Black Soilders from dating local women in Germany,Italy,Japan and Korea by telling the people there that they had monkey tail and had STD and all that
@PumaFau Жыл бұрын
I read once that a UK bar was told to segregate black soldiers. So the bar banned all the white troops and only let the black troops drink.
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
Which culminated into the Battle of Bamber Bridge.
@curtisthomas2670 Жыл бұрын
All the pub owners in the English town of Bamber Bridge responded to the segregation demands by putting up signs saying they would only serve black US troops and NOT white US troops 😅
@romecottrell6444 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad that I have seen this video, it's a shame how African American soldiers was so mistreated after fighting in every war that the United States of America 🇺🇸 has ever fought 😢 in . More should be done to repay African -Americans soldiers today for the work they put in to protect this nation 🇺🇲 .
@jumantewashington8715 Жыл бұрын
400,000 White Americans died in WW2. 708 Black Americans were killed in combat in WW2. 7000 Black Americans were killed by Black Americans in 2021.
@deloreswillis922411 ай бұрын
I totally concur
@MrTwenty20video Жыл бұрын
This video is well needed and appreciated. Thank you. 11:46 is a fact that everyone in the world should be told about. This is history and a current event in America.
@willcrute7477 Жыл бұрын
This country has never won a war until they let the black men fight yet they were still discriminated against
@addicted2truth408 Жыл бұрын
Hitler had black soldiers too......
@johnblaze6269 Жыл бұрын
Oh brother 🤦🏾♂️
@NotLoxcal Жыл бұрын
@@addicted2truth408because they had similar goals
@odgreen565510 ай бұрын
This country does not not have a war Black men did not fight in.
@roderickstockdale167810 ай бұрын
@@odgreen5655 two words:Crispus Attucks.
@jmar1973 Жыл бұрын
My uncle served on a Huey helicopter crew in Vietnam. He ended up being in that situation because of his high test scores. I can't help but think that he was considered for that at all because of the sacrifices and hard work of the Black men who served in WW11. Awesome video,you really did your research. 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 Much appreciated, looking forward to seeing more from you!💯
@dat3rdsideboy386 Жыл бұрын
They had most black people fly because it was bigger risk and they didn’t care if they died my great grandfather was a Tuskegee airman he told me a lot about wwii
@y.v.n.gvidsstuff1057 Жыл бұрын
@@dat3rdsideboy386yep and we still kicked some butt in that line of duty to. 👊🏾🇺🇸
@roderickstockdale167810 ай бұрын
Was he a door gunner because they had the highest casualty rate!?
@senrab99 Жыл бұрын
My father was a WW2 Pacific vet. He stated to me that in garrison the social norms were in place, but melted away when the bullets flew. Black troops were mostly regulated to support actions, but the Japanese did not respect those boundaries. I salute the civilian and military heroes of our communities of that time. Heroes = The common person.
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
Army or Montford Point Marine?
@senrab99 Жыл бұрын
Primary job was Army radio operator, the Marines were not taking many negroes at the time. They joined the fight on hopes for a brighter future. They endured for better opportunities, and they were right. The old lies of laziness, incompetence, and cowardness could not be kept. WW1 and WW2 firmly planted the seeds for the Civil Rights movement because there were too many positive factors to ignore.
@paulhunter6742 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this Documentary on Black Soliders in US Military. My father served during Korea War although he lucky not enter combat zone. After he passed away in 2017 i found Military scrapbook. He never talked about his Service during that Warm
@2Tall03XX Жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of knowing one of the first black Marines who fought in WW2. The stories and knowledge he had. May he RIP!
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
Which one? I’m interested in them and I’d like to look him up!
@2Tall03XX Жыл бұрын
@@roderickstockdale1678 his name was PFC Leon Dixon. He passed away in July 2021.
@chriswilliams7504 Жыл бұрын
Needs to be a movie for the Tankers
@18YoungFLY Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same
@KhemistryIBMOR Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@benjaminfrazier5419 Жыл бұрын
Former USMC M-60A1 tanker here. I agree!!! I nominate Spike Lee to produce a movie about the 761st….. 🦅🌎⚓️✊🏾❤️🇺🇸
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
Needs to be more books that can detail our experiences in the Services. I don't care to see a heavily edited and then inaccurate movie on our experiences. The best format is books so that way the author has the freedom to expound and expand on the events.
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
@@benjaminfrazier5419Spike gets facts wrong too. I nominate somebody more insightful, maybe Tyler. He’ll tell it with the passion that it needs. His drama is always in-depth with it.
@STLKRACKER Жыл бұрын
It takes a very special person to fight for a country that treated them as subhuman.
@carveslipknot56powerman7 Жыл бұрын
I have a great grandfather who fought in the second world war and he managed to become a officer. I didn't know him too much because he wasn't in my life does he passed away earlier in my mom's life. But now that I've been listening to this thing it's kind of crazy that he must have experienced some of these and it must have changed him. What I can recall from my great-grandmother's life with him. Things must have changed drastically after the war... Plus given with this knowledge I can probably tell why
@dwaynejeffers1632 Жыл бұрын
As a veteran of the US Army I appreciate the service of my fellow veterans no matter what the branch of military they served with.
@nyyt854tufc Жыл бұрын
First thing is black people have never been considered American 🙁
@wanderfull5829 Жыл бұрын
There are good reasons for Black Americans to serve in the military. But there are better reasons not to serve. I would never encourage my kid to serve, not for America.
@WeAllWeGot333 Жыл бұрын
Not smart going to college is the worst thing someone can do rn the military gave me disability free money forever and experience you can’t get in the civilian world
@serious1756 Жыл бұрын
No, only for wakanda. Right
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
@@WeAllWeGot333true, brotherhood is one.
@t.r.stephens7547 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather fought in WW2 and saw it is an opportunity to personally leave the south and Jim Crow not only that his younger brother was able to receive a job working in the defense industry in Chicago. After the war my grandfather did not go back south he stayed in NYC and used the training he received in the navy as a long shore man and heavy equipment operator to earn a very good living for the time he was also able to use VA gi bill to purchase his home and raise a family. Yes it was rough times for black servicemen but it was rough both in the military but especially as a sharecropper in the south. So in short this war pulled us out of poverty in a way but by no means granted us complete equality. It also laid the ground work for militancy that was used to achieve civil rights 2 decades after the war. So my point is that even wars can benefit if you can look at it in a constructive manner. 25 years in the military helped me to realize this myself and gave me a great appreciation of what times were like.
@Neake22 Жыл бұрын
My friend. Wars instigated and caused by white men will NEVER benefit us AS A WHOLE in America.
@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын
The question your anecdote begs is, why tf does it take a war to raise up some people who were lucky enough to obtain some economic security. I have no figures but I highly doubt your family's experience was the norm. You also ignore the fact that the opportunity cost of spending so much on the military is the potential spending on social programmes that could lift entire demographics out of poverty.
@t.r.stephens7547 Жыл бұрын
Read a history book of your choice from that era if you want to know or even better find a black veteran from that generation and really talk to them. Yes you are right it is a shame that it took a war to start a process of change however wars have been a catalyst for change throughout human history for better and worse and any major war will effect every culture on the planet in one form or another. Progress is slow and comes in many unexpected and sometimes in undesirable ways but change is always constant.
@t.r.stephens7547 Жыл бұрын
@@pencilpauli9442 besides this is my family’s story I understand that not everyone was able to benefit at the time but that’s how the world works ,and that I learned from grandpa I personally care for those who are members of my family and can only truthfully speak on my family’s American experience.
@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын
@@t.r.stephens7547 No shade intended for you or your grandfather of whom you are rightly proud. He did what he thought was best for his family and rightly so. Likewise yourself. It's the system that I am criticising. The military has been used post war to pursue a colonial agenda that has persecuted and oppressed non-White peoples overseas. It's not something that is widely discussed
@briandozier911311 ай бұрын
Got in an argument with my first sergeant (Mexican dude) about Mohammed Ali “dodging the draft” during Vietnam. My thing is it takes balls to ask a people who you oppress rape murder kidnap experiment on and forbid drinking from the same water fountain to “ hey come fight for democracy for us over seas we need your help. My uncle was a tanker in Vietnam and was killed and my grandmothers family remained in poverty and segregation for the rest of the era minus her brother👏🏾 such a grateful country, why I left the army. No more serving this place. Not while being black they took enough from us
@odgreen565510 ай бұрын
There are men that I would call draft dodgers. Muhammad Ali is not one. He did more for this country refusing to comply with the draft than he ever could have done going to Vietnam.
@Jalenlane93 Жыл бұрын
This country never deserved our honor, blood and sacrifice. I understand why black people serve because of the benefits but they need to remember this history.
@hiramlewis3873 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting all this information. We don't see this everyday as some would want you not to know real history. They want to control what you need to know. Once again, Thank you. I subscribed for more future content
@confusedson Жыл бұрын
Good documentary, with some chilling thoughts about it's time. One thing that perhaps deserves a mention would be how rape convictions were virtually NEVER brought against white American soldiers, despite THOUSANDS of accusations, whereas black American soldiers accused of rape faced very severe penalties (not to mention lynchings from their own side and such).
@user-kv2ei5bh9k11 ай бұрын
That has kept me from dating any woman except women of color, the power is still there anytime a white woman wants to use it, I heard a story where these three black soldiers were accused of raping a white woman doing the second world war, she pointed out two of the men, but they killed all three of them, one wrote his mother and told her he had nothing to do with raping that woman, but they were going to kill him the next day.
@acecreations1 Жыл бұрын
I totally appreciate that your video highlighted the plights of Black soldiers… I wish that more time or efforts were put forth in your grammatical errors which is a a reflection of your dedication to prove we are capable of presenting facts.
@desertdetroiter428 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes I HATE that I served this country.
@The.Original.Potatocakes Жыл бұрын
You could be in a 3rd world country. 🤷♂️
@desertdetroiter428 Жыл бұрын
@@The.Original.Potatocakes how could I be in a 3td world country? Based on what? I’m not the descendant of immigrants (like you), and my family on both sides have been on this soil for 350 years. So no, I couldn’t be in a 3rd world country. You could perhaps.
@dei-wan-grey3888 Жыл бұрын
@@The.Original.PotatocakesA Sick UNGODLY People these Demonic Bigots are Disgusting to hear this type of Degenerate Filth was Happening truly Of Satanic Origin
@paulhunter6742 Жыл бұрын
Please do not disregard your Service to this Country. Even if your fellow soldiers and officers didn't acknowledge that Service. You're still just a much hero as anyone else. God Bless you.
@user-qm2li8zx2d Жыл бұрын
@@desertdetroiter428Tell him one more time! They kill me with that crap. Ask them why their ancestors left Europe. To get out of their s#ithole countries is why.
@muttley678 Жыл бұрын
my bahamian pops bless him served in ww2! much respect for him and All blk veterans like my self 80's !!!
@reginaldselby5074 Жыл бұрын
I just recently brought a book called Patton's Panthers, great eye opening read. It should be a must read for anyone studying military history.
@karenchandler2921 Жыл бұрын
I had never heard of the Black Panthers but of course I have had of the Red Tails. Thank you so much for this history lesson. This means the world to me.
@reginaldselby5074 Жыл бұрын
Check out a book called Patton's Panthers. It's eye opening.
@odgreen565510 ай бұрын
You can buy their uniform patch online!
@Cal3000 Жыл бұрын
Great video. I've been watching a lot of WW2 videos lately and was always wondering how black people were treated then. It give me a lot of anxiety learning everything that they had to do through to want to gain respect.
@JackPetraitis Жыл бұрын
Lol W.B. DuBois does sound like WB tha boys. Some of these captions are whacked out but this whole video is golden. Thanks for creating it!
@KhemistryIBMOR Жыл бұрын
Excellent work!
@phatgringo2.0 Жыл бұрын
Great video and timely release!
@redsns195711 ай бұрын
My father served in the Pacific during the war...he told his four sons...that the US military was no place for a Black man... especially during Vietnam it seemed that the government was playing catch up with Black soldiers sending everybody except those with money...he made sure those of my brothers that were eligible for the draft was in college
@duanerice-mason2115 Жыл бұрын
MY FATHER AND GRAND UNCLES SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR HOWEVER THEY ALL ADMITTED THAT IF THEY COULD HAVE LEGALLY AVOIDED MILITARY SERVICE THEY WOULD HAVE I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED JIM CROW THEY DID😢
@karithema9ician657 Жыл бұрын
Nuff said 🤷🏾♂️ 🇺🇸= 🗑
@zeroturn7091 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather was drafted due to having a February birthday, and all five of his remaining brothers signed up to join him. Their father served in WWI. What’s even more peculiar is that my paternal grandfather was a Marine during WWII.
@TheLAGopher Жыл бұрын
It didn’t help that all black units were often poorly led by white officers who showed open disdain at the idea of black men as good soldiers. While certain all black units with black officers or enlightened white ones did perform competently those led by bigoted whites especially those from the south, performed poorly and that was used to tarnish the reputation of all black troops. Also black troops during the world wars were vastly under awarded compared to their counterparts in both earlier wars like the Civil War Spanish American War and Indian Wars or later wars such Korea or Vietnam. Some suspect that it was a deliberate policy to under award black troops to keep the support of southern whites for the world wars.
@susandalton7889 Жыл бұрын
It's all a darn shame. My dad was a World War Two veteran, originally from Brooklyn, New York. He kept a diary concerning his service in the European theater of operations. Even he, as a young soldier, mentioned in his writings how poorly black troops were treated by the Army.
@antoineferbos3586 Жыл бұрын
Great history video. In these times we need to remind the younger generation of our struggles in the past as well as in the future. GOD bless us all !!
@AJ-bb1tc Жыл бұрын
No one cares about you people except you people 😂
@Fck_the_atf11 ай бұрын
We need to teach people about history but leave the victim blaming and race hustling out of it. I know you didn’t say it but it is a slap in the face to all the men in this video who died for equality just for their descendants to use their skin color to play the victim.
@jakolby651111 ай бұрын
@@Fck_the_atfblacks have been playing victim since the 60’s. It has only gotten worse in the 2020’s as they become more entitled.
@Spongebrain9711 ай бұрын
@@Fck_the_atfwhy are you so offended by the history of racism? It's less about "victim blaming" and more about you being uncomfortable when people talk about historical injustices
@daffyd5867 Жыл бұрын
My father was a British army vet of ww2 and korea...he was always amazed at how poorly white American troops treated black troops....
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed why these African Americans never considered rebelling and joining the enemy. A lot in the US could have acted as spies and saboteurs.
@msgtvarela Жыл бұрын
This. This is the kind of stuff that’s never talked about in history classes in the public school system. You gotta enroll in college level courses just to learn this
@MMOfreakOUT111 ай бұрын
Please, let's not turn history lessons about World War 2 into how Black People were treated... What I believe we have to include more is what atrocities the allies did to Germany and even the FRENCH. Allied troops - including Black Americans - participated in sexual violence. It was, ofc, much worse on the Eastern Front where the numbers hit millions of women. The treatment of Black Americans is quite irrelevant to World War 2.
@jakolby651111 ай бұрын
@@MMOfreakOUT1atrocities? To the French? The Germans deserved everything they got.
@NoahPanton11 ай бұрын
@@MMOfreakOUT1I hope you look back on your comment in shame.
@MMOfreakOUT111 ай бұрын
@@NoahPanton I don't. People gotta stop treating Black People like innocent children. I've studied World War 2 throughout my life. Fact of the matter is that the only interesting part of Black People in WW2 was that the Americans and English got into fights over the Jim Crow laws that Americans had included in their military. But truth is that they didn't have much of a role back then. During the occupation of France, Nazis pretty much only picked up jews. Why should I learn about Black People in World War 2 when their role was so insignifact? There were Black SA members and there was Black American soldiers who r4ped Women. We gonna include them as well? Or is that gonna be left out? The only people who would think of Black People in relation to World War 2 would be Americans because of Jim Crow.
@NoahPanton11 ай бұрын
@@MMOfreakOUT1 you sound bitter! All that you’ve commented, has been done by your own people’s ancestors. Also I’d like to hear your evidence on those claims? All talk until we see your source🤮
@Neake22 Жыл бұрын
Us helping these people fight THEIR WARS needs to stop.
@Ms.Byrd68 Жыл бұрын
We don't serve for THEM... we serve for US!
@Neake22 Жыл бұрын
@@Ms.Byrd68 but what are you "serving"? And who's conflicts are you "serving" to end? I have yet to see a conflict America was involved in to benefit us.
@Ms.Byrd68 Жыл бұрын
@@Neake22 My people, my family and whatever conflict that would threaten them! These men's service lead to finally & truly DESEGREGATING the Military, ending the discrimination in advancements, promotions and Military opportunities afforded to my family. They served for THEIR PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILY. I served for mine... YOUR WELCOME!
@s-madegames Жыл бұрын
@@Ms.Byrd68 Yet Racism is nowhere near an end in the US
@Neake22 Жыл бұрын
@@Ms.Byrd68 You're missing the point. I'm not trying to discredit you or your family being inlisted. But we have been helping these people since the revolutionary war. That's no different than the black people from the civil rights era getting beat up and bashed in the head at restaurants just so they could eat with white people. You just had 2 brothers get discriminated against at Dennys. IT'S THEIR MILITARY, THEIR WARS!
@edwarddanso5289 Жыл бұрын
The black earth belongs to blackmen.The long suffering is going to be long and joy for ever.
@2REAL4MOST Жыл бұрын
Reparations Right Now for FBA-B1
@erichall465 Жыл бұрын
This country is mad evil.🤔
@datzitteezy Жыл бұрын
My great uncle served during world war 2. He said they wouldn't issue him a rifle. His job was to sneak up and place sticky bombs on german tanks and sneak away without being detected.
@user-kv2ei5bh9k11 ай бұрын
That was messed up and stupid why didn't the white soldier do that job sense they didn't want to give the man a gun
@cripplehawk11 ай бұрын
A small trivia The first picture at 0:00 are men from the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion. The reason they looked upset because they were captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge and are being photographed by the German cameramen for the "Die Deutche Wochenchau" (German Weekly) (These men were in the front line area in Belgium). They fought but ran out of ammo
@mauricegilliam7102 Жыл бұрын
Shows u how strong Black people are. Racism couldn't stop us.❤
@FatherAirBorne7 Жыл бұрын
We used to be the majority now we are the minority think about that.
@MaterialGworlKodi2 ай бұрын
Such an amazing video! Thank you my brother 🙏
@DisHappah11 ай бұрын
Well, no matter what they went through and how much they might hate the country or their superiors for what they went through, they have my gratitude and respect. Thank you, brave soldiers, for stopping Nazi tyranny.
@timstewart902610 ай бұрын
Thanks for an excellent black history lesson. I had the honor of meeting a few of the veteran red tails when they spoke at Compton College when I worked in the 1980s. in fact my jr. high school (also in Compton) was named after General Benjamin O Davis jr.
@williammitchell357411 ай бұрын
Hollywood needs to make a movie about the 761 tank group. #THE REAL BLACK PANTHERS!!!
@jimmiephantomtv664511 ай бұрын
Outstanding information 👏 ww1 Black troops... 💯 Respect most be Heard awesome stuff here
@tommywilliams4073 Жыл бұрын
I whole heartedly thank and commend you all for this essay on the brave Black men and women who severed,and are currently enlisted,in the armed forces of this nation. Their outstanding heroism is a blatant example of their determination to give their all in spite of the racism of this country. However, I'd like to make a correction,if I may,as to the type of aircraft the 332nd Fighter Group was mentioned as flying in the video in mid 1944. It was stated that the group was issued the " P-34 Thunderjet". This was untrue as the F-84 Thunderjet wasn't invented until right before the Korean War in the 1950s,and as indicated by its name the Thunderjet was a jet fighter aircraft. The United States had developed no jet planes that flew in combat during World War 2. The plane the commenter probably was thinking of was the amazing P-51 Mustang,a sleek,piston powered workhorse of a fighter,that the 332nd used to sweep the skies before them.
@user-kv2ei5bh9k11 ай бұрын
You are right there were no jets used in world war two from the USA.
@darrenhunt904911 ай бұрын
As a former Australian Army member I salute all you Seppos regardless. Definitely miss you Jarhead bastards.
@jasonstevens2679 Жыл бұрын
They said Black service men weren't smart enough, brave enough and strong enough they were underestimated at each turn I now turn to White service men who among you is smart enough brave enough and strong enough to take a stand against discrimination in all forms JS
@caveiragames46 Жыл бұрын
Such injustice. This badass soldiers should not have been harassed for their race , but treated as war heroes .
@theannouncer5538 Жыл бұрын
You know something is wrong when nazis are criticizing how your country is treating you😭
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
That was propaganda. The Nazi party ain’t care about the negroes either.
@odgreen565510 ай бұрын
Vietcong as well.
@catherineharris47469 ай бұрын
The most truthful channel I've ever watched about the mistreatment of our black soldiers, and it really pisses me off!😡 To fight and die for a country that hates you, yet this country gives billions of our dollars to other racist countries that hate our people, instead of taking care of our own brave men that faught for this country!😞
@royhenry-do9hq11 ай бұрын
Sadly a lot of black infantry men in ww2 were given “shit jobs”. They were the ones who who had to do the mine sweeping, which is scary as hell. One wrong step and that’s it. I do believe that times have changed since then but it doesn’t excuse the past behavior and treatments. It wasent until 2003 that the Navajo code talkers were officially acknowledged as war heroes. That’s a darn shame
@JustPlainAwful Жыл бұрын
Driving 400 miles at night with no headlights..🤝❤ God bless these men and their families
@darrelllovett4722 Жыл бұрын
My Grandfather served in the Red Ball Express
@jeffreyyounger5772 Жыл бұрын
It goes to show, how far we come in the military 😉🪖 black men and women warrior s, during world war 2
@linzierogers5024 Жыл бұрын
Americas garment will always have an indelible stain on it.
@jayxtacee5695 Жыл бұрын
You forgot to talk about The Battle of Bamber Bridge during World War 2 when racist white American soldiers & officers were jealous and hated how Black American soldiers were welcomed in an English town and were allowed entry into bars and English white women were throwing themselves at them, this led to conflict
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
That was an outrageous event and downright embarrassment to white GI's. The Brits said the Black soldiers were civilized and good to get along with while the whites were uncouth.
@patricefrancq2277 Жыл бұрын
merci pour votre service
@BlackMarvel25 Жыл бұрын
Nazis were treated better than black americans. Its really sad. They thought if they participated and helped during ww1 and ww2 that the rest of the country would see them a little bit better... but they didnt. Henry johnson is a good example of what happened to us after the wars.
@nick6779 Жыл бұрын
When refitted with new airplanes to replace the P40 Warhawk fighter plane the 99th(332nd) Squadrons were flying they were given the P51 Mustang fighter plane at Ramitelli, Italy and not the "P37 Thunder Jet", a plane mentioned here that I have never heard of
@leodouskyron5671 Жыл бұрын
Got the picture right but the name wrong. They started with the P-40 Warhawk (OLD but reliable FOR GROUND SUPPORT), P-38 Airacobras and the P-51 Thunderbolt and eventually were upgraded to the P-51 Mustang (supply I believe was the reason).
@HaloFTW5511 ай бұрын
@@leodouskyron5671 The P-47 Thunderbolt?
@Jarod-te2bi11 ай бұрын
The 93rd & 92nd divisions deserve a video.
@lorned.shieldssr.2684 Жыл бұрын
As a proud BLACK VET, I very much appreciate your telling of the black Veterans' accomplishments and struggles. The fact that we have fought with honor and dignity for this country, only to still have been treated with such disrespect, hurts me DEEPLY! I SALUTE THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE ME!!!
@CopperJedi Жыл бұрын
It's deeper than that. But I'm glad people are putting in the work. Soon, we'll realize that we've been duped out our own land. This is why many black communities lack black business owners. Instead, there are always foreign entities that set up shop because of Americas trade agreements. Many black cities were destroyed during both wars, similar to the Indians (black Americans) camps being destroyed while men were off to battle
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
Look up Seneca Village
@michaelstagar4254 Жыл бұрын
Can you do some videos on the wars since? Vietnam would be the most interesting.
@Mocha69A Жыл бұрын
Every single war is most interesting
@user-tv7ln8to9o Жыл бұрын
After all of this ....they came back home to have to go in the back door of the restaurant. My dad was in WW2
@philyd48 Жыл бұрын
This type of usery of Black Americans in war time is very animalistic and uncivilized.
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Like Argentina they used us as Cannon Fodder
@maureencora1 Жыл бұрын
Do a Story About Montford Point Marines Combat in the Pacific, Semper-Fi.
@benjaminfrazier5419 Жыл бұрын
🦅🌎⚓️👍🏾❤️✊🏾🇺🇸
@odgreen565510 ай бұрын
I met one years ago that said he had been trained by Hashmark Johnson. It was such an honor!
@maureencora110 ай бұрын
@@odgreen5655 Touche' (smile)
@user-ti3vy4mf6p Жыл бұрын
SHOUT OUT TO All Those who survived the Marshall Islands jungle. And to come home deaf in one ear and never getting a pension, even at 86 years of age, no pension!!!!!!
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
Who particularly?
@BigJack27311 ай бұрын
I think the right thing to do for Afican Americans is to get paid reparations 😢
@sageex393111 ай бұрын
Yep
@user-qm2li8zx2d Жыл бұрын
Both grandfathers were infantry. One in Italy, one in France all the way to Germany.
@roderickstockdale1678 Жыл бұрын
Which outfit was the Fortress one with?
@user-qm2li8zx2d Жыл бұрын
@@roderickstockdale1678 I don't know what company he was in I just know it was "colored" one.
@reddysg Жыл бұрын
Like i always say. Im an American but ill fight the enemy from my doorstep while supporting the troops 🖤🫡
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft Жыл бұрын
So U support war 🤣🤦🏾♂️ We so slo smh War iz ritualistic sacrifice. Y tha rich elite don't fyte?? Think it thru
@reddysg Жыл бұрын
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft I support defense. Protecting My Family. If the enemy attacks, I support the people CHOOSING to risk their lives to protect me and Americans. I will protect my family, home, and freedom personally. I don't believe in war.
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft Жыл бұрын
@reddysg can't have it both wayz. If U support tha troops, that meenz U support war lol iss literally their only objective. I can find more information about soldiers stealin & raypin than actually helpin... but ur free 2c thingz howevr U like
@HobbsBhipp Жыл бұрын
A well researched video; the subtitles had a few misspelled words though. Also, how about the Pacific theatre?
@rodneymorton29704 ай бұрын
Myself it's Good to hear the whole history of our wars. We all Bleed the same Red Blood. And sacrifice and service. 😊👍💯❣🇺🇸🙃🌏👍
@Ealdorman_of_Mercia Жыл бұрын
They are the bravest of the brave. The buffalo soldiers were also regarded as elite. I don’t understand why blacks would fight and die for whites people that treated them worse than animals though.. I feel anger and sadness on how they were treated.
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft Жыл бұрын
Evrythang they can do, we can do betr 🤷🏾♂️
@eugeneewings952211 ай бұрын
I don't think black men though was to fight for white men but about respect for there selfs hopefully white America respect us and a lot of blacks needed jobs to send money home to there family and maybe other little perks that may have been offer
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft11 ай бұрын
@@eugeneewings9522 valid points... but thinkin they'd earn respeck aftr bein brutalyzed 4 hundredz of yeerz... Y wood they evn give a dam about that?
@feet9100 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great insight
@solrosenberg4529 Жыл бұрын
The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, in Northern England during the Second World War. Tensions had been high following a failed attempt by US commanders to racially segregate pubs in the village, and worsened after the 1943 Detroit race riot. The battle started when white American Military Police (MPs) attempted to arrest several African American soldiers from the racially segregated 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment for being out of uniform at the Ye Olde Hob Inn public house in Bamber Bridge. In a confrontation on the street afterwards, a white MP shot and killed Private William Crossland. More military police then arrived armed with machine guns and grenades, and black soldiers armed themselves with rifles from their base armoury for protection. Both sides exchanged fire through the night. Although a court martial convicted 32 African American soldiers of mutiny and related crimes, poor leadership and the racist attitudes of the MPs were acknowledged as causes.
@gobot4455 Жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't black people hate fighting in wars for a country where they were (are) treated like second class citizens?
@mrcocoloco7200 Жыл бұрын
Jesus! That's insane and freaking depressing!
@johnheigis83 Жыл бұрын
Very well done. Thanks.
@cgee2224 Жыл бұрын
33:15 There was no such aircraft called P-37 thunderjets. They were Republic P-47 Thunderbolts and North American P-51 Mustangs
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
You mean the messofshits
@mjanny6330 Жыл бұрын
There's heaps of lies in this lol.
@slimpickens01 Жыл бұрын
@@mjanny6330 sounds about white to me..... Grow up ya salty saltine mayonated MZUNGU!!
@terejosh13 Жыл бұрын
@mjanny6330 and your sources ohh you have none other than your WS rhetoric that is very poorly executed and educated
@makaronytony1788 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather still living 102 ww2 veteran Sargent