The Art of War: Guerrilla Warfare

Discover the history and strategy of guerrilla warfare in this captivating video! Learn about its role in modern conflicts, from ISIS to Ukraine, and its potential to level the playing field.
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[@neofulcrum5013]

I admire guerrilla tactics very much. It shows the resourcefulness and determination of what a smaller force can do to a larger one.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Its wrong to admire the evil.Whether they are guerillas or not.

[@Tob1Kadach1]

"The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence under no circumstances can it be neglected." - Sun Tzu

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

"war is god"- blood meridian there's actually a really good longer passage in blood meridian that that quote is excerpted from that had me convinced for a few seconds that war might actually be god.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

All warfare is based - Sun Tzu

[@cheebsgod]

@@Matt-xc6sp something like that yeah

[@ammitthedevourerofsouls]

The actual art of war. Never start a war because they're very hard to stop until everyone is out of resources all their armies are exhausted and everyone gives up in the end. Begging God to help man stop the wars they just had to start. War Games. What's the only way to win the game? Never play the game.

[@kevmoful]

I just began reading the book . So far it’s not been disappointing. Just finished Atlas Shrugged. I hadn’t read a book since my last military deployment in 2011 . I was silly to give it up .

[@Gaunteh]

Surprised the Irish War of Independence wasn't mentioned. The flying columns and the hit squad led by Michael Collins was a textbook example of a guerilla resistance.

[@jimmcgann]

Ho Chi Minh was aware of Collins tactics against the British as he was working in London up to 1919. IRA Flying Columns were very effective against much larger forces especially in counties Cork, Kerry and Longford.

[@conorjordan784]

No mention of collins or dan breen

[@gdxdesigns1310]

Guerilla days in Ireland by Tom Barry was cited by Mao, Castro and Che Guevara. Simon has his Biases

[@johnroche7541]

It is surprising that the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921 was not mentioned. A couple of years ago a poll was carried out by British historians and ex British military men and they put Michael Collins and the IRA(of this period) only behind George Washington and the Continental Army as the Britains most formidable guerilla opponents. People will argue for the Boers but they had artillery, and modern weapons and fought both conventional and guerilla war just like Washington and the latter also had military aid from military powers like France. The Flying Columns of the IRA could range from 25 riflemen to over 100 men like Tom Barry's column at the close of the war. There was no standard size unit. These operated in the country on foot and the Active Service Units operated in urban areas. The IRA at its peak could only put 2,500-3,000 men into the field in terms of actually armed men. Although they had thousands more but these had no arms and carried out other work and were obviously a manpower resource for replacing casualties..The Crown Forces had a strength of over 58,000 regular Brirish troops,over 15,500 Police. I have no numbers for Royal Marines,Royal Navy and RAF personnel. The British presence in Ireland could be at least be calculated at 80,000 or more. The IRA of this period are hardly ever mentioned in military publications dedicated to guerillas. The IRA in military terms were just an army of riflemen. The vast majority of the IRA arsenal was contraband of war. They also had a couple of machine guns and the heaviest weapon in the IRA arsenal were IED's. They would force an imperial global power like the British Empire to the negotiation table. The British would withdraw from 26 of Irelands 32 counties and the other 6 counties remain part of the UK as at the time they were mostly Unionist and Loyalist. The IRA men of the Flying Columns could justifiably be considered first rate light infantry. Many were veterans of WW1 and some had been awarded for gallantry. It is no coincidence that the best IRA units had Great War veterans in their ranks. The most successful IRA Field Commander in the conflict was Tom Barry who had served with the Royal Field Artillery in WW1. Although the Irish War of Independence is chronicled as beginning in 1919 and ending in 1921 but the true insurgency was literally from the summer of 1920 to the summer of 1921. The British Army lost more soldiers in the last 6 months of the conflict than they did in either the worst full year for the conflict in Northern Ireland or the war in Afghanistan. What is surprising about the insurgency is how quickly it developed. For example a small unit of IRA in Co.Cork ambushed a cycle patrol of Cameron Highlanders. The IRA were only armed with hurleys(like hockey sticks) and captured 12 rifles with no fatalities for either side. However within a couple of months the IRA would be attacking British convoys with IED's. Despite the plethora of books written about the famous Thompson sub machine gun and numerous documentaries made about this iconic weapon it never mentions the historic fact which is this machine gun made its military debut in Dublin in the summer of 1921. By the time it became available for the US Army in Europe the Great War had ended. The IRA were the first army(albeit guerilla army) to fire it in actual combat. The infantry tactics of the IRA at the time would be recognisable to anyone who has served as an infantry man in modern armies. At the time the IRA would (a) travel to and from on foot( sometimes many miles) to POC(Point of contact) with the British,(b) get really close to the enemy which we recognise today as CQB (Close quarter battle),(c) construct sophisticated ambushes and KZ(Kill Zone),(d) implement proper E&E(escape and evasion) techniques after successful attacks. Two British soldiers who fought against the IRA during the 1919-1921 conflict would be influenced by their tactics and they are Major John Holland and Major Colin Gubbins. These two men would be instrumental in setting up the Commandos and the SOE and the latter was to "set Europe ablaze" in Churchills words. Major Bernard Montgomery served in Co.Cork and later would be victorious over Field Marshal Rommel at the Battle of El Alamein. General Arthur Percival also served in Co.Cork and would later surrender Singapore to the Japanese in WW2 which Churchill described as "the blackest day in the history of the British Empire" . Major Douglas Wimberly who also served in Co.Cork commanded the the Cameron Highlanders and would later in WW2 command the 51st Highland Brigade at El-Alamein. The IRA of the 1919-1921 period deserve to be mentioned in military publications just like any other formidable irregular fighters.

[@Gaunteh]

@John Roche That is an absolutely brilliant reply John! You are a man far more knowledgeable than me on the subject and I loved reading every word of that comment. I thought I had a firm grasp on Irish history but I didn't know a few points you mentioned there. Thanks for the reply!

[@WIGDIGITY1]

I read something recently that got me thinking about fighting and war. “If one finds themselves in a fair fight, then you need to re-examine your strategy and tactics.

[@pagarb]

The Spanish weren't opposing Wellesley, they were opposed to the Napoleonic Army of France that invaded Spain. Wellesley was there to lead a professional English army to support the Spanish "guerrillas" as part of a larger policy intent on defeating Napoleon.

[@buncer]

Yeah, Napoleon had installed a puppet ruler in Spain (a family member if I’m remembering correctly). I think the book Rifleman Dodd is set during the British campaign to drive out Napoleon’s installed regime. And(again if I’m remembering correctly) Napoleon only got involved personally after one of his subordinates fluffed the defense and it was one of his earliest strategic losses.

[@danfreezin2040]

@@buncer Napoleon never really got directly involved in Spain. He was more concerned with the rest of Europe and especially Russia. There was a reason that Wellesley never faced Napoleon on a battlefield until Waterloo.

[@lullu311]

​@@danfreezin2040 That is not true. Napoleon personally led his Spanish campaign in 1808 until he thought it strategically won. You are right in that he never faced Wellesley in Spain though.

[@pedrorequio5515]

@@ZS-ns6fhSaying that the Duke of Wellington one of Britain greatest heros in their history lead a French expedition is indeed a very large error, and a very big one.

[@LordSluggo]

@@pedrorequio5515 I noticed when Team Simon started getting big and overextending themselves that a lot of really basic errors started cropping up in their scripts.

[@bigjohnson3381]

It's not about winning the war. It's about breaking their will to fight. Basically what guerrilla warfare is.

[@otgenesis7410]

I'd love to see more of this. Knowing warfare is one thing. Knowing what it's made of is another.

[@swampfox984]

I fully support the idea of this series. I will watch every one and probably share them with friends. Please make more. I love the videos from this channel.

[@satanicmicrochipv5656]

Ich auch.

[@jonroads8281]

Ok, this sounds like an amazing series, definitely up for as many of these videos as you can make!

[@Zoe-uz9kn]

I’d love a video on Sun Tsu’s Art of War and how every principles have been used in various conflicts (knowingly or not)

[@gamingcultist]

If you like power metal, give the Swedish band Sabaton a listen. They have a concept album dedicated to exactly what you're asking for, titled "Art of War," naturally.

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

​​@@gamingcultist I will run, they will hunt me in vain; I will hide, they'll be searching. I'll regroup, feign retreat, they'll pursue, coup de grace, I will win but never fight...

[@jamesfermor425]

Really like the idea for this Art of War series. Covering the general concepts of war and how they’ve changed over the centuries.

[@tondekoddar7837]

Isn't it a cycle also. From gaining power over certain system (trying different strategies), standardizing spread and stopping when too large area/technology spread/food issues, finding solutions to most important issue(s), standardizing solutions and expanding. When some critical mass is achieved, enemies/other tribes/safety area acquired reinforcing and standardizing culture/religion/safety type/warfare type. Some else actor will guerilla- takeover, say, economics or policymaking/something, and restart the process. Stopgaps on technology advancement/population/religion etc... Too bad we atm live in worldwide "interesting times" in many different areas (everything changing fast). High values of volatility atm. Some (semi)abstract math models do exist, and AI will one day be in good position to use those to some extent, though I believe we're far away from AGI of such scope. Chinas runaway surveillance, darpa may make runaway tech in some areas, some AI may combine many areas and find which variables to use in order to have manageable amount of data of most important things to put into said models.

[@ayushacharya972]

Great work Simon & Team. Yes, I endorse your channel covering the art of war.

[@Nefville]

Simon is a guerilla KZbinr. His agile force of channels perform hit and runs dropping videos when other KZbinrs least expect it, his many channels able to respond to developing situations quickly by each utilizing their own specialized skills. Using his online might Simon is able to conquer many subscribers and best many channels by occupying so many different regions of KZbin simultaneously.

[@CDTyphol]

Simon? Can you be more specific?

[@tondekoddar7837]

​@@CDTyphol Having many channels in case one gets blocked by YT or other actors gives income revenue continuance. Having many different avenues (military, technology, megaprojects) each having many editors, many writers etc, he's secure in both vertical, top-down and some kind of more than 3d-space secure. YT, podcasts, twitters, tiktok and I presume he has something outside internet I have no clue about (sorry Simon) going on, but anyhow. (good example, see "today I found out" -special telling about that channel's origins etc, published lately). Having (I think) both GB and local citizenship, using different styles in different channels, having even rotten turtle and beard products... Security even in area of operations, area of support (even up to different politics, EU, GB), stating several times what kind of content is too dangerous to cover but giving politics a word here and there while not hurting too heavy opponents too much (or making a joke of it) etc. You'd do well to study the methodology, basement and whole operation of whistleverse. Be sure to send me a synopsis please :)

[@Haashi77k]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:35 - Chapter 1 - The method 8:25 - Chapter 2 - The history 15:40 - Chapter 3 - The modern day 22:55 - Chapter 4 - Aftermath PS: *If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight* - Rick Tzu / Sun May PPS : If you are referencing Sun Tzu, why not dedicating one video to each of the 13 chapters with real - life example (like _Classification of terrain_ ; _Use of energy_ or _Use of spies_ )

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

Cause he invented it then he perfected it so no man may beast him in the ring of honor. Then he used his fight money to buy two of every planet on earth then herded them onto a boat and then beat the crap out of every single one. Heeeeeeeeeheee that why when there more than one animal in one place it’s called a Zoo………….. unless it’s a farm.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

@@gideonhorwitz9434 Godspeech you magnificient cupcake !

[@kingace6186]

Guerrilla combat is a great way to start this analysis of warfare. I can't wait for more videos to drop on this 'Art of War' series. Hopefully, you can get Sun Tzu to co-host the next ones.

[@jackklemp631]

Great video! Definitely do more of these although Wellington would be livid as the Guerrilla's in Spain contributed significantly to his overall success in Spain and were a constant thorn for Napoleon that led to his downfall

[@MrZombiekiller23]

i LOVE THAT YOU HAVE TO PRETEND MAO IS A MASS MURDERER WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING HIS GENIUS AND TACTICAL CAUTION IN ATTACKING THE ENEMY WITHOUT CAUSING A LOT OF COLLATORAL DAMAGE

[@staringback05]

The art of war: logistics The art of war: intelligence

[@evilwelshman]

I really like the concept of new mini-series and look forward to seeing more. One suggestion I have for future episodes is to include a little bit more on the weaknesses and drawbacks of the strategy/tactic being focused on in a particular episode. For instance, the video generally focused on the strengths and success stories about guerilla warfare, without really covering its weaknesses and drawbacks. This then creates a situation where people might wonder why countries often don't design their military with this strategy in mind, and why it is instead often only used as a strategy of last resort.

[@bentleymalshi7953]

Guerrilla warfare from the Art of War is more practical now than ever before because things are getting crazier every single day in life.

[@mgmstudies7022]

I would definitely be interested in learning more about the different versions of the art of war.

[@JamesFromTexas]

If Iraq taught me anything its that guerrilla warfare (or as they called it asymetrical warfare) is highly effective against a uniformed, organized army even by small, independent, and unorganized groups.

[@Jarl4ad]

This is awesome guys. This was the documentary series I didn't know that I needed

[@keeftbeef]

Great work as always team. Really looking forward to the rest of this series 🤟

[@vipbaepsae]

This is actually more interesting than single conflicts imo as you explain general strategies with examples. so this format is more generally educational. I mean individual conflicts are still interesting but please post more of these, yes!

[@sunlight9056]

Simon, you and your team are my KZbin icons. I don't know how you pull it off but bravo 🎉 every video is a treat and the beard is coming on amazingly.

[@TheCybertrophy]

I would love to see a video like. This on wars of attrition

[@yami6499]

Two important and effective usage of Guerilla warfare in Indian history were 1.Chandragupta&Chanakya using it to defeat Nanda Empire(the same which alexander's army refused to fight) and establish Mauryan Empire. 2.Maratha Empire's usage guerilla warfare against Mughal empire. Considering Mughal empire was 2nd richest empire in world when it happen..it shows its effectiveness.

[@blazer9547]

Saying South Asian history is more accurate.

[@yami6499]

@@blazer9547 Both these empire come from India only so no saying it Indian history is totally accurate. And irregardless, that's Indian subcontinent...just because few american&EU univs have suddenly coined a new term called south asia few years back doesnt mean it has changed.

[@chiapets2594]

Nobody cares confucious

[@entireglxy4338]

@@yami6499 Lol, look at you trying to victimize yourself. The EU and Americans didn't "coin" that term, its derived from basic geography, similar to southern Europe, southern Africa etc. And he is right it didnt just involve India because of the empires which YOU mentioned like the Mughal empire stretched all the way to Afghanistan which no one would consider Indian...

[@yami6499]

​@@entireglxy4338 No one used the term 'South asia' up unitl few decades ago...just like no one used the term 'Middle-east' or MENA till few decades back...when some random Univs. made up those terms. Those regions were always called Arabia and India since era of ancient greeks...by everyone including the europeans which is why u had 5-6 'east india companies' made by french,british,portuguese etc......and no 'south asia company'. As for mughals.....their rule 'extended' till Afghanistan.....their capital,adminstration,centrestay and everything was in India....and they referred themselves as kings of 'hindustan'(another name of india given by persians)...so your point doesnt stand. Irregardless, Mauryan empie too covered entire Indian subcontinent(except Myanmar&sri lanka with whom they had links) and stretched to Afghanistan...and predates mughals(that were limited to North india) by 2 millenias.

[@richardjohnson6849]

Love this line of thought! Please keep them coming.

[@Warmaker01]

It's good that in covering guerilla warfare, you also mentioned some of the counters against it. The British experience in the Boer wars is a great example you mentioned because the first war the Brits were shocked. It has to be said that the Boers were also getting backing from Imperial Germany, the Kaiser was more than happy to send them new German weapons. The second war British got their act together and won. A major reason for Mao's success was because the Imperial Japanese Army was focused on Mao's rivals: Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist China. In 1944 the Japanese army conducted Operation Ichi-Go, the largest offensive by Imperial Japan. Mao sat this out knowing full well the Nationalists would take this offensive to the teeth. Imperial Japan had other problems elsewhere and would lose the war, but the damage they inflicted on the Nationalists were so extreme that it determined that Mao's Communists would win the civil war when peace in WWII was finalized. Germany in WWII was royally screwed. It was caught in a massive conventional war in several theaters while forced to garrison lots of captured locations. Some of these conquered areas had a bitter insurgency going on. Yugoslavia was partisan warfare hell for the Axis. Tito led a very popular insurgency. The Germans had over 100k men there dealing with the mess. The Axis resorted to brutality but it only fed the insurgency. It became a vicious circle that fed itself and grew to cruelty that only became worse. In the American Revolution the colonists faced a lot of defeats. Washington himself lost several. The main thing he did was despite these losses, he preserved the army. A super convenient thing for the Americans was the British have long been in a competitive struggle with other European powers. The Seven Years War before had the Brits on top and a bunch of guys on the bad end of that peace treaty wanted ways to get back at the British. Spain, the Netherlands, and the French. American diplomats were getting material support to feed the revolution from these powers. Eventually that support became outright open warfare. The Americans were successful in enlarging the war where major European powers now became directly involved, and now it became way too costly for the British.

[@tonyramos6265]

This is a very interesting series. As someone who never served in the Arm Forces, I would like to know more about the strategies applied in combat.

[@clementmace3037]

I do have a french biais but here the study of asymetric warfare is centered around the experience of French Officiers coming from the French resistance who fought the first Indochina War (Vietnam) and developped a "Counter Insurgency" theory that was implemented during the Algeria War. As they had practised guerilla tactics themselves and fought against an opponent using it , they had a lot of background to develop "good" solutions (good inst to be taken as moral). That was succesfull on the field against the FLN guerilla but as these officers were banished by De Gaulle after the war they went to instruct their theory in the Manaus Military School of The Jungle where all the dictatorships of Southern America whent and learn this. I do have friends in Central America that still remind me that "Death Columns" of dictactor state where all trained by former French Officers to fight against guerillas. On the matter of guerilla warfare, if you can understand French i do recommand a French Military Historian Channel on KZbin called "Sur le Champ" (on the battleground) where he did post a few videos on the "Little War" centered around the French experience in Portugal during Napoleonic times. and around all the failures of the Napoleonic army theory.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! It's incredible getting such a clear explanation of guerrilla warfare and the concept applied to instances in history. It's incredibly useful and really quite the experience watching this video and the one about urban warfare for the two Art of War videos.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

I really like this change of pace. I'm looking forward to seeing more about tactics such as pincer movements and how they originated and why it's important to use

[@MrWright85]

This is a very interesting subject, this series would be something I would be interested in seeing. Speaking of interest, I would like to see a video about the rise and fall of ISIS.

[@keithwalmsley1830]

Great video, guerilla warfare has been around as long as warfare itself and is probably the hardest form of opposition to defeat, America in Vietnam, the Soviet Union/Russia in Afghanistan/Ukraine, the West in Afghanistan! Look forward to more videos on this theme.

[@jonathanramos8414]

An interesting topic today is if we should make Mexican cartels foreign terrorist organizations. Rather than just drug trafficking organizations

[@shadowslayer9988]

​@@jonathanramos8414We should label Americans that buy drugs that come from Mexican cartels as terriost financiers.

[@davidbenner2289]

Dad is a legend from the Laotion Civil War and the Hmong People. Only, you'll never hear if him outside of the Hmong. Starting circa 1950 through 1974, on and off. His sons and grandsons have followed him.

[@Boxerdude]

"A general too far ahead of his army is perceived as the enemy" Sun Tzu. Other episodes could include Psy-Opps, mechanized warfare, proxy wars, technology's influence in war, tactics and topography, and robotics and the soldier.

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

Yes please Simon, more videos on the art of war and one on the Islamic state. Thanks for sharing the instances of Ukrainian sabotage within Russia. I didn't know this. Another great video. Thanks!

[@SteffonDudley]

The British didn't fight in lines because it was "gentlemanly." Every army that used muskets did this because muskets were inaccurate. Firing volleys from a condensed formation like that increased the odds of the volley being effective.

[@brs690]

Bring this series back

[@PremeTeamTX]

Big fan of this concept. This has quickly become one of my favorite channels on YT, I learn something new every video

[@republic9299]

Please keep these coming. With the world was, is, and going to, understanding how wars are fought is both fascinating and relevant.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Being Greek I Absolutely love love that you started this new series with guerilla warfare I mean modern Greece came to be after 10 years of guerilla war against the ottomans Even in modern Greek navy we say " think like a pirate" Because guerilla warfare can be applied at sea as well As the 1800s Greeks did or modern Ukrainians do with the help of modern technology 😉

[@Tob1Kadach1]

And then Greece joined the EU and the country collapsed, still hasn't recovered to this day. Beautiful country though, and great food.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@Tob1Kadach1 I will say " collapsed" is a bit of stretch The main reason for the main reason for the financial troubles of Greece was the Goldman Sachs collapse The Greek banking system was very exposed towards them Of course the austerity Measures made things even worse, as later IMF admitted Anyway we been though worse During ww2 Greece lost 10% of population to the great famine of 1941 - 1947!! That's why I tend to see it as a success story People from all walks of life joined together so history won't repeat it self I have seen Clergymen working with mostly atheist anarchist to try to make sure that everyone will have food On the table Neighbors helping out each other ect Of course there was a terrible price to be paid The real tragedy isn't the financial troubles The real one is the brain drain More than 900.000 well educated Greeks, like lawyers, medical professionals, engineers ect left the country.. And probably will never come back... And that's a far bigger problem..

[@bjkarana]

Yasou!

[@Kmlcvlk999]

​@@Tob1Kadach1greece collapsed because their politics were corrupt as fuck and their main parties do nothing to adress the coming crisis.

[@tondekoddar7837]

@@Pavlos_CharalambousI think Greece saw fit to fake its financial status and fake numbers in order to gain more existential (military) safety by joining EU, maybe even made some risky economy maneuverings too. Like Finns turned from 15% pro nato full turn, even with EU backup already hard bought by becoming minor outlier poor(ish) country to payer (example: when Germans plant food with EU's mountain-subsidiary pay, Finnish farmers have some months of half meter of snow ahead without any subsidiary before planting for short summer growing season). etc, all EU members have their own hidden motives many of which stay hidden (some more than others but nevertheless)

[@lars3877]

Love the idea of a "The Art of War" series.

[@DogeickBateman]

"The Ooga Boogaloo hath begun." -Chimp Tzu, The Art of Gorilla Warfare

[@spacecadet9663]

Fun fact: chimpanzees actually have been known to go to war with each other. Jane Goodall observed a war between two different packs of chimpanzees in the 70s, where one pack basically genocided all of the males of another pack over the course of a month or so. There are a couple of good documentaries about it.

[@rashkavar]

The oldest example of guerrilla warfare in a major conflict I can think of apparently predates the term by quite some margin - it's the Imjin War - the Japanese invasion of Korea led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592. The Japanese forces, hardened after decades of the intense civil war known as the Sengoku Jidai pretty much steamrolled Korea's conventional forces long before their Chinese allies could mobilize a force to counterattack. This left only 2 problems, to which a third was soon added: -Admiral Yi Sun-sin's astonishingly advanced understanding of age of sail naval tactics for his time, which led to some ridiculously lopsided victories (Most notably the battle of Myeongnyang, where he led a fleet of 13 ships against a Japanese fleet of 133 warships and 200+ support ships to victory without losing a single ship, sinking 31 warships before the Japanese withdrew. Yes, there are records of this on both sides. It's notable that the Koreans had cannons and some of their ships had armour plates that made boarding operations basically impossible (for the same reason that jumping onto a tank is generally not a threat to the tank crew inside it), while the Japanese had archers and swordsmen and relied on boarding operations, so...there's a massive technological mismatch to be exploited.) Admiral Yi's fleet was never very large, but his continued success up until a very Nelson-like death from a gunshot wound in the final battle of the war meant that the Japanese could never just assume ships going between Japan and Korea would make it safely. (Though Yi did it first, so perhaps it's better to say that Nelson died much like Yi did. -The general Korean populace was, uhh...not willing to accept Japanese rule. So they fought a guerilla war, harassing Japanese occupying forces and generally making it impossible for the Japanese to relax. -And then the Chinese army arrived and pushed Japanese forces south (not precisely along the same lines as North and South Korea today, but it resulted in a situation somewhat comparable to the Korean war aside from the South being rather less interested in helping the military forces occupying that side.) Both armies had major supply issues - Yi and the guerillas making planning anything a nightmare for the Japanese, and the very long walk from China's seat of power to Korea causing just as many problems for Chinese/Korean forces. (Side note: this was one of the biggest seaborne invasions in history, with over 300 000 Japanese troops sent in - the largest until the Normandy invasion in 1944 where ~352 000 Allied soldiers went in.)

[@blackwindfarms]

The Germanic tribes used guerilla warfare against the Roman Legions.

[@HighlanderWest]

Imjin war was in the 1500’s. Guerrilla warfare has been around just as long as human conflict itself.

[@patrickmonahan5272]

This is an incredible summary of the overestimation of guerrilla warfare throughout history. In almost all of these cases, it avoids the fact that many of these groups required supplies and training from professional armies. The American revolution was won by the professional armies that the revoltonarys devolped, it seems to ignore that in mutiple cases these groups fought agasint massive but bloated states some of whom were dealing with more than just them. Germanys incapablites to fully annhilated the various resistance groups were a direct result of tis total war with other european states. Guerilla warfare doesn't just work by itself. It requires several factors to work effectivly, foregin support, regional support, capability to fight, the effects are present but in the grand scheme would be completley irrelavant with the lack of other support. It can make good support but is no collum by itself. Combined with the often result of massive massacres that come from using a civlian populace as a military tool its not some unbeatable or great stratagey but a tool needed when its needed or useful rather.

[@CharlesD-qb9nm]

I find studying Guerilla tactics fascinating, a series devoted to their tactics or separate conflicts would be very cool.

[@erikscott4141]

Looking forward to this series, Simon!

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

Awesome video! I would love to see a series on each of the groups you mentioned today. I'd like to see it start with the non-western groups, as I don't think the get the credit they've earned for battlefield successes. Just don't forget the more Western aligned groups.

[@Aemilius46]

A very interesting type of Warfare!! Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucous was One of the Greatest when it came to Guerilla Warfare!! 🛡️🗡️

[@chiapets2594]

Nope n why

[@chiapets2594]

Well I'm Chiaius petucious recruiting more guerillas against the Yt comment sections

[@Aemilius46]

@@chiapets2594 ????

[@Zoom_fast911]

I'd like to learn more about the war Against ISIS/ The Islamic state Keep up the great work ❤

[@bobbo3139]

Very enjoyable Video and I much look forward to seeing the next one. Keep up the fine work and those ideas sound like winners!

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

It occurs to me that within all conventional wars there's always still an element of guerilla warfare in the form of separatists, rebels etc committing acts of sabotage, espionage and misinformation or the undermining of misinformation Even though these things aren't seldom described as guerilla warfare on their own, they do constitute significant pieces of guerilla strategies

[@jonathanramos8414]

Case in point the vietcong, IRA, FARC, Chechen rebels, Mujahideen, taliban, PLO, FMLN, Zapatistas, 26th of July movement, red army faction, ETA,

[@charliescott2810]

Please do more of these I absolutely love this idea and need more!

[@theredjediknight]

Love to see more of these videos please, so so informative, humourous & doing what the BBC used to do very wel.

[@GrownRealityCheque]

Absolutely love these videos, keep doing what you’re doing🫡

[@chiapets2594]

Why

[@bnorris8625]

Do all as u planned when it comes to the types of war. I have been really into these videos. Top job Simon

[@Mrsection8eight]

Really in the vids. The info and the way its told is perfect . Thank you

[@jahma7514]

Great concept! Can’t wait for the next video 2:31

[@ricklupien7598]

As a vet in Nam I knew we couldn''t win, And as a sailor we could only rely on the carriers. My fav, the river boats, kicked ass but were just a minor inpact on the overall (war)..The cong had the advantage in home court and will to fight...Over 58k U.S died in vain in my opinion....

[@rosscarr6817]

Love this idea. Very excited to see the rest of the series.

[@gishman5000]

I love this Art of War series. It's extremely interesting. Definitely keep up the awesome work!!

[@jeremiahmoffitt3679]

loved the video, do one on thunder runs or blitz tactics in general!

[@dolorismachina2]

I'd love an episode on the IS. This one was great

[@Dipshit1900]

Star crusher is underrated and deserves more views we all love you my man

[@ShaneShellmore]

YES,, YES, AND YES SIMON! ALSO BOER WAR TOO,,COME ON, MAN!

[@paulpennington2239]

I support the Idea of this series. I would like to see an episode or two on manoeuvre warfare, from prehistory through to Ukraine.

[@calvinflight]

Fantastic video yet again, I look forward to future episodes on this topic!

[@hopefullynotbutprobably6643]

My great-grandfather fought in the gorilla wars. My father said that even when he was an old man he still got PTSD from seeing bananas or Donkey Kong.

[@chiapets2594]

I do too and my chia pets are winning with ots guerilla tactics against Yt and it's comment section i can use a guerilla vets offsprings help. With a fookin pencil

[@kevmoful]

My grandfather that fought in Korea went out of his way to tell anyone he had no hatred towards the Chinese or NK. He only hated you had to stack em 6 high to get a decent barrier , they don’t got no cornbread . Skinny little fellas . He really did hate Chinese anything .

[@nikmona1288]

I absolutely loved this video. More like this, please! Well done to all involved in the production.

[@mn_rifleman]

“You can’t fight the US Government they have Jets and Tanks” 🤓 Afghan and Vietnamese Farmers have entered the Chat:

[@PranofCinglesLmao]

Bingo

[@jacobwilson989]

Use artillery against your own cities?

[@pawel.szyszko]

Great one! I hope, there'll be more.

[@rockybalboa3868]

Love the idea of this series! Keep them coming

[@mrz3r012]

I absolutely love these. You guys make amazing content. 2:36 confused the shit out of me.. thanks for a long, unnecessary laugh. Keep up the great work!

[@jamesclinton8544]

Brilliant! Well done sir. Can't wait for the next in series.

[@SirFleetingFury]

Love the series idea. Yes please!!

[@cbraden1998]

I would love to see this become a several episode series

[@juozasluksa9967]

These keep getting better. I will be here for The Art of War series, as well as the rise, fall, and resurgence of the Islamic State.

[@AutumnWind92]

So the Taliban first managed to survive and win against the soviets and then did it again against US. Against all odds.

[@showtime1235]

i guess it depends on how you see a “win” because america basically genocided that region before leaving really sad stuff

[@sabarsherzad]

A great video as always, Simon! Please do make more videos about this subject and especially the one you mentioned about IS. It would also be great to consider the various Kurdish guerilla fights across time and different countries, that would truly be amazing! Thank you

[@cheebsgod]

I love this idea and I'd love to see some lesser well known tactics covered in this series!

[@chiapets2594]

Why

[@EmilyJelassi]

I really like this new series about the art of war. Please make more.. it’s fascinating!

[@antonios.6278]

I´m not sure if I misheard that part at the beginning... But the guerrillas in the Peninsular Campaing didn´t oppose the Duke of Wellington, they were his allies against the French.

[@derekspradling1558]

Definitely make more of these

[@ludoka58leo]

Excellent! More videos like this.

[@stevenbastida2013]

Great episode. How about doing one on the Rodisha war

[@connormoylan2466]

I'm related to sir Francis Marrion he came up with the guerrilla warfare our troops used in the south during the revolutionary war, his nickname was the swamp fox

[@swampfox984]

Love Francis Marion. As you may be able to tell from my username.

[@connormoylan2466]

Hell yea bro

[@nickbaspaly6239]

Fantastic episode, super interesting!

[@maze4725]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@CharlesD-qb9nm]

🤣 Thats why I loved this.

[@uruuphiil8335]

Excellent. Can't wait for more! :)

[@John-jf2er]

Awesome thanks,great video 🎥 from American Grandson John Robert Bruffett Junior USA 51 in memory of FBI Commander Roll 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸, thanks again

[@tomhill8093]

I love this exploration of this warfare subject.

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

Dude WHAT?! The Portuguese and Spanish were ALLIES of Wellington against Napoleon. The Spaniards resisted the French using guerrilla warfare (hence the Spanish word). This is such a major error idk whether to continue the video.

[@michelleneous6480]

Yeah I'd like to see more from this "art of war" series. This is was very well done and shows promise for what else this series could show

[@josephhebert1785]

I always hit like on the warographics videos before they even start, they're just that good!

[@loupiscanis9449]

I Liked this , Make more . Thank you . 🐺

[@lorrainedent8008]

I'm definitely interested in more of this series. Thanks ❤

[@nobdyspecial]

Please keep up with this series!