Wacky War Tactics in yet another Nutshell | BlueJay | History Teacher Reacts

[@MrTerry]

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[@TheGameDomeGuy]

Peak history content right there

[@tnndll4294]

SCOTT HORTON is rising in the "denier" industry.

[@PsychicWars]

The nervous eye-darting when the jar was mentioned had me rolling.

[@sweetpuppies1065]

Those nuclear land mines didn’t get installed eventually but another plan did get developed. It involved paratroopers dropping behind the lines with a nuclear bomb in a backpack. The Cold War really enhanced human creativity.

[@not_that_person]

@@sweetpuppies1065 That's a very different project and only connected by the fact that it also involved nuclear bombs. The USA developed tactical nukes that were small enough to be carried by a single person. They were considered as nuclear artillery shells as well as the warhead for a handheld nuclear rocket launcher, the "Davy Crockett".

[@cidiracing7481]

Not just landmines. I'm from Vienna and it's more common than one would think for undetonated bombs to be found during construction works in the city. Also a lot of undetonated grenades, ammo, etc. that is still lying around in the in the woods. Some years ago we also had a tourist trying to take an undetonated artillery shell with her. And with her I mean on board an airplane to take it home as a souvenir. You can guess in what country her home is with that bright idea. 🤣

[@sweetpuppies1065]

There’s several thousand kilos of explosives sitting in an unexploded mine in my country. Nobody really knows where it is exactly. The last one that failed to detonate during WW1 exploded several decades ago during a thunderstorm. So feel free to visit if you’re looking for some unstable explosives. You can buy a shovel at all the local shops.

[@not_that_person]

Was about to say that. Minefields are usually not directly inside populated areas and you wouldn't evacuate a neighborhood for a puny little mine. That's reserved for 100+ pound bombs they dig up.

[@DeadliestDuck]

China?

[@grbggaming6885]

Not all Americans are that dumb lol

[@cidiracing7481]

@@grbggaming6885 Not all, but a not insignificant amount. xD

[@MrTerry]

Which idea was the best? Which was the worst?

[@ZombieSlayerTakashi]

Best: Alexander's Bridge Worst: NUCLEAR F-ING LANDMINES LIKE WTF!?!?!?!?

[@tnndll4294]

Please critique SCOTT HORTON on PIERS Morgan. NATO "history".

[@ThePheenixKing.]

@23:22 I work as a geotechnical engineer in Austria and in some regions we are required to have the area sweeped for underground mines via miagnetic-interference-detectors (not sure if that is the correct translation) before we can start drilling or digging.

[@WanderingWriter]

to the chickens that were martyrs for the UK's nuclear goals

[@MetalMania613]

Me seeing dj peach cobbler in here hoping a certain high school history teacher from Utah would react to… Christmas miracle?

[@RiteTheWrongs]

Ironically, Alexander’s respect for other cultures is what caused the fall of Babylon. Alex planned to rule from Babylon, like most great empires had been doing, so he had a bunch of buildings demolished so they could be rebuilt. Too bad he died before the ‘rebuilt’ part. And Babylon never recovered.

[@nickywags0712]

You should react to DJ Peach Cobbler, very few people react to his videos. It’s who Blue Jay mentioned making a response to his last wacky war tactics video disproving the Egyptian cat thing

[@Jeremiah-x2l]

I'd pay to see him watch a flesh simulator video

[@MattnessLP]

You mentioned the problem with undetonated land mines (at around 22:50), and we've got these quite close to where I live. There's this forest belonging to the nearby town of Xanten, which contained a semi-subterranean munitions factory/depot during WW2, and to this day you are forbidden to leave the designated trails through the forest, as there's a real danger of old land mines and unexploded munitions hiding beneath the leaves. Also, I used to work in the nearby city of Wesel (like Xanten, it sits right at the bank of the Rhine river), and it feels like every other month, they discovered some old bombs during constructions works, causing a wide area inside the city to be closed off. The Rhine region is of course notorious for that, as it was one of the last heavily defended areas towards the end of the war, with the industrial heartland of the Ruhr being almost as much of a priority for both sides as Berlin was.

[@leutmatho9456]

The retreat from Gallipoli by the Anzac forces is considered one of the most if not the most successful operation of ww1 with no casualties sustained during on the final evacuation

[@riverraven7359]

The Gordian Knot was tied around king Cyrus the Great's chariot (the guy who created the Persian empire) so taking his ride was seen as inheriting the power to conquer Asia.

[@sweetpuppies1065]

Gallipoli. One of those brilliant military strategical moves conjured up by Churchill. Dude should have stuck to politics.

[@dein_mein_youtube]

22:50 as a german, it's common for people to find old ww2 bombs while construction work.

[@alrun1836]

You definitely need to check out the DJ Peach Cobbler video Bluejay mentioned if you haven’t l. It’s very informative and funny. Also the comments section DJ and Bluejay amicably discuss the subject in some very long winded comments. The fake beef is funny though.

[@austinzipfel3911]

The chinese tactic of throat cutting makes the russian stupidity of today look like rocket science. Also the fat electrician made a video about operation blue peacock and i love his story telling along with his little witty additions 😂 nick is a class act and im always here for the reactions.

[@StrIke5628]

Regarding Tyre being conquered: It was actually prophesied that Tyre would be destroyed and it's ruins thrown into the sea. At the time of writing said prophesy the city of Tyre consisted of 2 parts: the mainland part and the island part. The mainland part was destroyed by the Babylonians and remained largely rubble, causing the Phoenicians to retreat to the island and make that it's city proper. Fast forward to Alexander's arrival, and he used the rubble of old Tyre to construct his bridge. After this he would conquer Judea, where he was told about not just this prophesy hat he fulfilled, but also about the prophesy written by Daniel that a Great king of Greece would conquer Persia along with pretty much all the known world at the time. Not known is if he was told about the second part of the prophesy which told that the king would die soon after he accomplished this, and that the Greek kingdom would go, not to his descendants, but to 4 others. And as history tells: as soon as Alexander the great stopped conquering and started nation-building, he died. His empire was fought over, with eventually just 4 generals walking away with the biggest pieces.

[@sweetpuppies1065]

Alexander never stopped conquering new lands, he just halted every now and then to consolidate his gains. And his empire didn’t split into four parts, it took years of wars before four empires eventually remained for a relatively longish time. That’s not mentioning that just about everything is prophesied if you’re willing to interpret the available texts to your liking. But anyway, I’ve read the bible and the Torah and I just can’t remember reading about the part with some Macedonian conquering Persia. Can you help me out here ?

[@sweetpuppies1065]

Hold on. I just reread that passage. Are you seriously suggesting that’s an actual depiction of history? Some stuff about animals with horns? One with two unequal horns, one with one horn (coming in from the west) that looses its horn at some point and grows four instead? That’s what you call an accurate prophecy? You need to be seriously creative to get anything from that fairytale.

[@sweetpuppies1065]

Read up some more and there’s no mention whatsoever about the city of Tyre. I know there’s a thing called creative writing but creative reading isn’t a thing as far as I’m aware.

[@StrIke5628]

@@sweetpuppies1065 As for Tyre, that prophesy is written in 2 Different books: Isaiah and Ezekiel. Isaiah 23 mentions the destruction of Old Tyre, with verse 13 specifically mentioning the Chaldeans (Babylonians) as the one doing so. It also mentions how Tyre would recover in verse 15-17 mentioning that Tyre would recover. Ezekiel 26 mentions in verse 3-4 that Tyre would be destroyed by multiple nations, with verse 7 naming is particular King Nebuchadnezzar of the Babylonians to succeed for the first time. By verse 12 it shows that Old Tyre would be thrown into the sea, verse 14 shows only rock would remain of Tyre at all, with it's destruction being a shocking example to the islands of the sea at verse 15, and that the waters of the sea would cover her by verse 19. Tyre, the city of the Phoenicians, would be gone forever. First by destruction of the mainland part, then entirely with the destruction of it's Island city. I can't see my previous reply, so I'll mention it here again, sorry. The prophesy is written in Daniel chapter 7 and 8. Chapter 7 deals in major empires that would rule over God's people, with it's major characteristics. Actual prophesy are verses 2-8 with the explaination written in verses 17-20 and 23-25. These Empires depicted are: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, with the final horn of Rome becoming the Empire depicted in Revelation 13: the 2-horned Empire that would set up and empower an 'image' or 'representation' of the World-Wide political powers, the UN. As for a detailed look at Greece, Daniel 8 verses 3-8 depict Greece destroying Medo-Persia under a great king, but that king dying and his kingdom splitting up. Again there is a explanation available at verses 20-22. The kingdom of Greece being mentioned specifically. I hope this helps your search. 😁

[@sweetpuppies1065]

@ hold on. Those texts were definitely written after the events you mentioned. So that’s not prophetic, that’s an account of events at best.

[@Crissy_the_wonder]

"Britain, your food is so bad"... from the land of cheese in a can and chemicals in food other countries ban

[@jrocket570]

I mean.. the US also bans chemicals that the EU/Canada still use, so.. it goes both ways

[@somethingsomething9198]

It makes me so happy that all my favorite history youtubers know and interact with eachother. Always peak content

[@asszudemi3650]

i had to laugh when you mentioned the landmine problems we have in europe. i live in cologne since 2004 one of the most bombarded cities during world war 2 and i had 4 bomb alarms ever since i moved here. The most recent one was in August last year right around the corner of my apartement. Me and all my Neighbors had to be evacuated because of the disarming. Bomb findings are such a common occurance that the people living here consider them nuisances instead of actual threats

[@migga86]

That awesome idea of chickens keeping electronics warm. It's like a Taco Bell-End idea. They probably forgot, that the chicken would have to survive the 8 days after activation.

[@P.T.S.E.]

Aside from landmines, they are still finding WW2 unexploded ordnance all over Europe. For example, just this October, they found a one ton aerial bomb in Budapest, Hungary at a construction site. In poor areas, where metal collecting is a source of income, it happens that these collectors show up with land mines or grenades at the collection points - without being aware what they are carrying around. Also, when magnet fishing became a trend, a lot of ordnance got pulled out from rivers. Not to mention that WW2 was not the last armed conflict in Europe. While unconventional armies don't, conventional armies tend to keep track of where they have laid down minefields, but I don't think that anyone tracks bombs, grenades or artillery shells that have not exploded, except those who happen to live in the neighborhood. And as no one lives in the lakes, rivers or farmland, when these ordnances fell and failed to explode, they tend to go unnoticed.

[@BelgorathTheSorcerer]

I learned about Operation Blue Peacock from the Fat Electrician. I think he even made a similar museum joke.

[@InstrucTube]

Fat Electrician did a vid on the nuclear chicken-powered landmine. All his animal weapons vids are awesome

[@paulblack-ty4iv]

Yo Teach..love the hats and your vids..

[@frost598]

I never finished highschool, dropped out and went to college, so I consider Mr terry my history teacher as a result, anyone else also consider Mr terry your honorary history teacher?

[@Draugo]

How about reacting to some Citation Needed episodes. It seems to be an untapped market and there are some truly wonderful historical topics covered like Jack Churchill.

[@Thomas_TdK]

You’re almost correct, it is unexploded bombs that are the problem. Landmines not so much.

[@kineuhansen8629]

alexandria is my favorite for sure

[@ActuallyJamie]

TFE did a video about the bomb with the chicken several years back

[@kolosmenus]

22:20 The "Lebron of steamrolling through eastern europe comment" seems quite inaccurate, especially using the Soviet Invasion of Poland as an example, considering that Poland beat the Soviet Union within a year.

[@theblackwingangel]

You gotta get chris from vth on the game show! He is my fav history youtuber. Everyone youve gotten so far i watch regularly.

[@GdzieJestNemo]

Mines/duds are a problem in northern France from ww1, Germany (and lesser degree Poland) ww2 air raids and fronts moving back and forth and Bosnia from Yugo wars

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

Yo, if you go to Chat History, they covered this same bomb on one of their videos. I forgot which one though: either the one on war animals or scrapped war stuff

[@Squareptune]

I love the new pfp

[@briancox2721]

The nuclear land mines were going to be a last ditch effort to plug the Fulda gap. The geography between East and West Germany is mountainous with one relatively small area of plains that widens as you head east. If the balloon had gone up and Stalin had charged west with the huge number of tanks the Soviets had at the time, the mines would be armed during a NATO forces retreat and then donated under the Russian armored columns to destroy them and halt the advance. Communism sucks so bad, NATO would rather have nuked a chunk of Germany than live under it. Also, those plains extend eastwards almost unbroken right to Moscow, which is why Russia is touchy about Eastern European nations joining NATO to this day. If NATO has forces stationed east of the gap already, there's not much geography available to use as choke points, and defending a Western invasion becomes much, much harder.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

When the UK say nuke a chicken they really mean it with a real nuke. LOL Yep they actually built it but didn't deploy it, maybe QEII decided to pardon a few birds to feel more like a POTUS.

[@Best_Username777]

Can’t hear you smh, chasing my dog who’s chasing my cat who I’m holding

[@havocvortexx4295]

hey brother be careful with to much exposure to screens it ruined my vision

[@batjargaltemujin7179]

Mr.Terry, why don't you watch the video? See for yourself. +it would be great content.

[@bigenglishmonkey]

why is it people always point out Britain's colonial troops as if they are separate? i never hear people do the same for othere empires, when people talk of Rome they never talk of their Auxilia, or all the non-greeks in alexanders army. why does everyone dismantle Britain's power as an empire into modern states while ignoring the same thing for other empires? we say the USSR, we dont say russia with ukraine, estonia, latvia, mongolia, etc. we dont say rome with gaul, spain, egypt. we dont say Macedon with sparta, india, persia. its USSR, Rome, Macedonian not being personal, but you did it too, and you're a history teacher. so is there a reason why people tend to do it? is it because britain is the last true empire, or is it because the countries that made the empire are more clear to us today than others? its just that even when people look at troop numbers during WW1 and 2, the british empire is always cut up into countries, while others arent

[@granlunda65]

interesting

[@djackklingler3]

4:15 Can someone please explain trenches? They were "connected" to other trenches by connectors, but how do they disconnect a trench say after the enemy has taken it because couldn't they go up and down the trenches as far as it was connected and shoot people? And then you have the connections to the secondary and tertiary trenches. Or when they overran a trench was it so far overrun that it no longer mattered? I have never understood that.

[@milleniumsword1558]

Communication trenches when they were built were usually very small and perpendicular to the Defensive trench. So it becomes a fatal funnel. Other then that either plug it up or blow parts of it up.