Weakest WW1 Soldier

Henry Johnson, otherwise known as the "Black Death", was one of the most deadliest Black American soldiers in WW1
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[@MasterofRoflness]

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[@greatlol2049]

no do titanic memepost it's literally april 14 same sunday when she sank

[@death-istic9586]

Hi😊❤

[@apollomars1678]

point you forgot to mention. a) these germans had rations, who were close to starvation, while trying to storm his bunkers. b) the French, UK and USA command send colonial and afroamerican troops onto the front and hard sections, to prevent riots by large looses in their white units and to bleed germany dead in this war of attrition, while just loosing some useless colonial black people. c) his treatment in the army and after the war proves my point, that he and all other colonial troops fighting in europa were cannon fodder and he was just the propaganda-tool to make black Americans to sign for the army. The USA came late to the party, their supplies won the war, the US soldiers were not even close in performance to the veteran units, who fought already for years in these circumstances. It is even kinda embarassing how outdated some parts of the US-WW1 fought, while they had years to modernize their army, while observing the war. Even in WW2 the US army didnt meet expectations, while their supplies had in many areas actual superior performance. (Not their tanks)

[@RedSander_BR]

I really want you do do a: CIA history be like:

[@DiogotheSilva]

Wait untill you hear about soldier Millions. Soldado Milhões.

[@munanchoinc]

Dude deserved that Badass Nickname.

[@alexandrefillot9600]

Oh, hi there, Munanchoinc from the Munancho inc. channel!

[@BeachFactoryTycoon]

yeah bro i agree he deserved that black ass nickname

[@benjaminlundman6143]

WW1: Black death WW2: White death WW3: Grey death

[@cleeiii357]

Hello there.

[@minhmeo9506]

He’s too overpowered to the point God decided to reincarnated him in USA as the last-ditch effort to nerf him 💀

[@unowno123]

When? How? The guy died from his ww1 injuries and was discarded by his own state

[@filin_fill1760]

@@unowno123 I think he means when god made him he thought "Damn, this bitch too strong" and threw him in the USA

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

@@unowno123exactly, the joke is that the USA was really racist in ww1 and therefore being a black American would be a nerf to an otherwise extremely powerful dude.

[@filin_fill1760]

When he was born, you piece of cheese that can't understand simple narrative and concepts

[@mashucha]

@@unowno123you got the point, but missed the meaning

[@PHRCpvh]

A lot of black U.S soldiers got far more respect from the French than in homeland...in both wars.

[@nicolasfigueiredo6167]

Even the germans respected them more.

[@csolisr]

France, back when its colonies dissolved, did have some degree of respect for their African former subjects, even giving them a quick path to nationalization. Sure it was an absolute jerk to some other Black-majority countries such as Haiti, but otherwise Africans and their descendants were treated with slightly more respect than in the US

[@JohnDoe-sw1rs]

The Germans dropped pamphlets encouraging black American soldiers to shoot their white officers in the back and switch sides because it made no sense fighting for your enemy and oppressor. As far as I know, none defected that way

[@alephmale3171]

@@nicolasfigueiredo6167 Everyone needs to know that the Nazis were literally inspired by America's post-WW1 Eugenical and Racist policies, and actually thought Americans wen't too far with their 1-drop rule against blacks, and allowed people with a Jewish Great-Grandfather to be considered free and fully German.

[@caio7946]

Murica 🎸

[@andrewrogers3067]

There is a reason why black soldiers preferred to stay in France post war RIP Henry, fought like a legend.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

also Bullard, the pilot

[@inspectorrectum2183]

They were known to rake the countryfolk. There are many news papers on this from the era

[@martingodoy5698]

Weakest harlem hellfighter

[@raptorbrotherhood766]

“All I’m surrounded by is fear and dead men” - Henry Jonhson

[@lukemorgan6166]

Edgy jokes aside Treating people badly just because they're black is actually just insanity

[@jasonmaguire7552]

Insanity is countless US cities being ruined after desegregation

[@lupettoversilia]

👍 ​@@jasonmaguire7552

[@yulee3266]

​@@jasonmaguire7552both can be bad

[@ralphmarx7554]

​@@jasonmaguire7552okay whitey

[@nathansullivan4433]

@@jasonmaguire7552 The two aren’t mutually exclusive, and imagine actually trying to justify segregation 🤦‍♂️

[@drekbleh7081]

Of course, disease could only take him. I'm fairly certain bullets were afraid

[@Finn21077]

Fun fact he was also the first american soldier to get the croix de guerre (one of the most prestigious french military awards) even getting it before any white american

[@danielutriabrooks477]

So the meme of the US mistreating its veterans goes back to at least WW1. Good to know

[@josephr4761]

The treatment of WW1 veterans was legendarily bad. Couldn't pay them for their service so paid them in Treasury Bonds. When the Great Depression happened and the veterans were starving, the government offered to pay a few pennies per dollar value for their bonds and they had to accept as they had no choice. When they protested and set up a camp outside the white house, the US called in the military and destroyed the camp with tanks. Even Civil War veterans were disrespected. Don't even look into Banana War veterans.

[@DOSFS]

Most countries' veterans : 💀 US veterans affair looks totally heaven compare to SEA veterans affair.

[@fedyx1544]

@@DOSFS except the US is literally the richest country in the world and they have a huge military fetish, unlike most other countries. And despite this, they still cannot treat their vets right.

[@josephr4761]

I got censored describing the treatment of WW1 veterans, but you should look into it. 2 time Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Butler had a lot to say.

[@briantarigan7685]

​@@DOSFSbullshit, not treating your veterans for service related disease is f*cked up

[@smittyjjensin558]

After years of racism, dude finally got his revenge.

[@unowno123]

How lol? He got discarded and shunned after his service to the united states and france.

[@ellidominusser1138]

revenge... on germans? At the end of the day, he died for the US which didn't even want him and refused to give him rewards. I don't think the germans were the ones that discriminated him.

[@xxsteve666xx2]

You dumb

[@josephr4761]

He was used, crippled and then discarded. That isn't revenge.

[@jasonmaguire7552]

Revenge against...Germans? It's hilarious when people try and make everything in ww1/ww2 Germany about black people

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

When your enemy respects and commends you more than your own country does...

[@alexandrefillot9600]

But strangely, there was no mention of the German empire operatives even acknowledging this soldier in the entire video, so what are you talking about?

[@Badhero4]

@@alexandrefillot9600 ???????? this sounds like a rabbit hole, please provide more information.

[@lilkobabunga]

@@alexandrefillot9600 I think this is more of the case of the USA treating him and the 369th so god damn badly that the Germans shooting at them were considered more respectful

[@unowno123]

Probably a french nickname

[@alexandrefillot9600]

@@Badhero4 Turtle has been notorious to spam rage bait on the good channels, that's what I think it is, because he never seems to answer (as if he knew he's just bullshitting). In this scenario, he declares the enemy of the Entente aka the Triple alliance (which includes the *German Empire,* whose men the soldier fought off during the raid) were apparently more respectful than the US (in reference to the struggle there was to grant him his medals), but he never said or proved existence of anything talking of Germans talking about the African American soldier (which means the first part of the enemy respecting and commending the AAS is false). TLDR : assume that whatever Turtle is saying is just rage bait purposed bullshitting, because his comments are not reinforced by a source.

[@challengeaccepted5613]

"i'm not stuck here with you, you're stuck here with me"

[@VideaVice25]

Even the french didn't mind fighting along side him. Always so backward U.S of A.

[@gont183]

You're German? 😂

[@joshuafrimpong244]

@@gont183 is he wrong?

[@angelcabeza6464]

Nope ​@@joshuafrimpong244

[@gloverfox9135]

Still won both world wars

[@user-vi4px6ob7o]

The african-americans in ww1 fought for their rights and the country whose majority disliked them. Their heroic deeds deserve all the respect we could ever give.

[@sentaveliki425]

Yeah but they aren't my people so dont care

[@josephr4761]

They didn't fight for rights. They were mostly conscripted and went to fight under threat of imprisonment.

[@Gothicc_senpai]

@@sentaveliki425 loser

[@analien5251]

@@sentaveliki425what?

[@wandiriswan6116]

​@@sentaveliki425U commented so clearly you do care

[@roderenredondo2091]

video idea: weakest american naval captain john paul jones

[@josephr4761]

Also weakest Bassist.

[@nickklavdianos5136]

Nah he wasn't that impressive. That honour belongs to captain Evans of the USS Johnston.

[@ikillstupidcomments]

@@nickklavdianos5136 Personally I'd give it as a collective award to all of Taffy 3.

[@hello-rq8kf]

@@josephr4761real

[@kjj26k]

The fact that there are immediately 2 other contenders in here means "Weakest American Captain" is actually worth something.

[@aubs400]

British and French in WW1 & WW2: A well-motivated man ready to fight, eh? Welcome abord, fancy a drink? Americans in both wars: Ewww, your skin colour is different to mine. Croatians: *redacted*

[@then00brathalos]

British troops in ww2 is a stewpot mix of ethnicity. you can possibly have a anglo saxon fighting alongside a canadian along side an indian along side a nepalese along side an iban along side a chinese and the list goes on and on

[@watermelon5521]

190 thousand people 💀

[@ProudTurkroach]

@@then00brathalos And somehow they understood each other 😂😂😂

[@yareyare7806]

I appreciate the use of All American Badass

[@sunnyyoutuber10000]

A true patriot and warrior who was not respected by the US in his lifetime, but glad that he was finally respected many years later

[@unbiasedman2752]

As the war rages on At the depths of the Argonne Hellfighters EARNING their name 'Sick Guitar Riff Commencing'

[@mvpleeke9933]

Hellfighter Motto: God Damn, Let’s Go

[@jonbaxter2254]

Anyone remember the first level in Battlefield 1? A slaughter.

[@AReservoirDog]

you are not expected to survive.

[@doublestarships646]

We will remember you, sir.

[@vivecald-vehk6978]

God, and the French, knew his valour. What a legend

[@agthe18themperor]

Bro was so OP a white southerner newspaper writer commorated him

[@sergioescobar1391]

You could've made an entire video on just the WW1 Harlem Hellfighters (yes, there was a black regiment called that) and they were surprisingly good jazz players!

[@blacksad23]

Can't forget Needham was a G as well. Johnson told him to make a run for it to alert the rest of the unit while he fought alone. He did so, but Needham came back to help Johnson and wouldn't abandon him. That's when he got injured. After the war Needham couldn't find regular employment due to his injuries and could only do lecture tours. But, after breaking his silence on the treatment of black soldiers offers to have him speak dried up. He was accused of molesting a child (a likely false and racially motivated accusation) and he and his wife committed suicide together.

[@KahinAhmed72]

Damn, that’s sad. 😔

[@Killerqueen69420]

It’s so weird that the french of all people treated him better than his own homeland

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

why of all people? The French had black generals 130 years before this.

[@adrianaslund8605]

Not really. They were the ones with most ties to Africa at this point.

[@KahinAhmed72]

@@AlexC-ou4juReally? How interesting…

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

@@KahinAhmed72 Thomas-Alexandre Dumas served with Napoleon in Egypt and was the ancestor of Alexandre Dumas who wrote the three musketeers and the count of monte cristo.

[@wariodude128]

When you get a nickname that was once the other name for the bubonic plague, you are officially a badass.

[@Minat96]

Henry + Simo = Grey Death.

[@joshuagunderson6593]

Weakest black king vs strongest honkaloid platoon

[@somerandomname3124]

Classic American Veteran moment. Being discarded post war and left to die.

[@skeletonking4119]

He was the bravest , The honest, And the kindest . He never left his follow troops behind, even if they mean him harm . Yet they did not rewarded him :(

[@SirEzyy]

The reason for him not firing any bullets in the fight because his rifle got jammed because the french stripper clip jammed his rifle

[@GoodOlChat]

Damn, he died quite young!

[@josephr4761]

Getting crippled and forced to live in total poverty has that effect.

[@RandomFurry07]

What disease and poverty does to a mf

[@facundoriesco1369]

i cant belive woke hollywood keeps making king arthur black but they dont know this incredible (real) story

[@MrRawrCEO]

Well it's because woke marketing is just marketing. It's a bunch of extremely out of touch execs and investors puzzling over marketing research and saying, "Hmmm...King Arthur is popular...Diversity is popular...Make King Arthur...Black? Yes...Make King Arthur BLACK." They don't care about diversity, they just look at data and make stupid impulsive decisions in the hopes that it'll boost profit margins.

[@MiguelAMorales]

Because real inclusion is not their goal

[@KahinAhmed72]

@@MiguelAMoralesThen what is?

[@MiguelAMorales]

@@KahinAhmed72 I want to believe is just dirty and old money

[@boxdynomite3]

Always sad when I see content about how black war heroes came home to a racist and/or segregated USA. People kept seeing them for only their looks instead of their actions.

[@jasonmaguire7552]

The consequences of desegregation have been disastrous for American cities.

[@olamideojetunde9419]

​@@jasonmaguire7552how so ?

[@Tubular_dude_20y_ago]

​@@jasonmaguire7552The conquences of deez nuts have been disastrous for your chin. (I'm literally 12)

[@yulee3266]

​@@jasonmaguire7552segregation in a country that boasted about being free diverse and having rights for all is pretty ironic

[@yumanorfolk3103]

​@@yulee3266 God I love the USA 😂

[@watermelon5521]

As the war rages on At the edge of the Argonne Hellfighters earning their name

[@fairshareofdrownedsouls]

Great video! Thank you 👍🏾

[@Iraniwegian]

Stay safe if a war breaks out brother. From 🇮🇷🇳🇴

[@ICEcoldAryan]

The whole Middle East is just a brink away from war. I hope all the dickhead leaders keep their ego aside and think of people first. Stay safe all

[@corentinesummers8259]

They should be making documentaries about this guy instead of blackwashing historical figures

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

That's Hollywood for you. Instead of reaching for black history and black culture to find inspiration for movies they just insert black characters into what was traditionally white culture Better than not acknowledging the existence of black people at all or even whitewashing them but still. Hollywood can do better

[@joshuafrimpong244]

No, as they will still fuck it up

[@alejandrochalco6893]

What an absolute legend of man, It’s a shame prejudice kept the US from recognizing his courage until so recently.

[@benw4409]

FROM A LAND ACROSS THE OCEAN

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

Sadly he never lived to see the US armed forces integrated.

[@jasonmaguire7552]

Good

[@TheAxeLord47911]

@@jasonmaguire7552Ow the edge

[@joshuafrimpong244]

​@@jasonmaguire7552cringe edgelord

[@LaRavachole]

​@@jasonmaguire7552Glad that neither will you live to see your preferred Ethnostate.

[@ves5932]

@@LaRavacholedont get too cocky things can be unpredictable

[@jffry890]

Harlem Hellfighters saw 191 days of consecutive combat and were the first Allied regiment to cross the Rhine into Germany. Henry Lincoln Johnson kicked so much ass and more. All this happened while Roberts was being dragged as a prisoner to German lines across No Man's Land. Johnson dragged Roberts back to their foxhole and the two were found the next morning amongst a blazing campfire and happily singing jazz songs. Johnson won the French Croix De Guerre and the US Distinguished Sevice Cross. He was nominated for the US MoH but I think was denied because he was black. Can't confirm.

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Bro the Lisa the Joyful music playing was something I didn't expect but am so glad to hear

[@joseaca1010]

I AM NOT TRAPPED IN A TRENCH FULL OF GERMANS, YOU ARE ALL TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME!

[@gaychinloong462]

Video idea: jack churchill (born in hongkong, raised by british-scottish family) who brought a broadsword, longbow and a bagpipe to a ww2 landing operations

[@masv1pe694]

I like when text to speech so I don’t have to pause every frame

[@ME262MKI]

"As the war rages on, at the edge of the Argonne Hellfighters earning their name"

[@turkey4231]

bros the doomslayer of ww1

[@bombbastic785]

I'm glad to come from a military family, I learned about Henry Johnson from my mother when I was a kid. 💪🏿

[@zebra1327]

As a German who has no love whatsoever for the times of the German Empire, this is extremely based.

[@lucascreediv1283]

Verräterische Schlange mit klarem Bauch

[@DiamondKingStudios]

Another worthy candidate for such a video topic is Eugene Bullard (1895-1961), a guy from my hometown who stowed away on a freighter to Scotland as a teenager to escape racial discrimination here in Georgia and volunteered to fight for the French during WWI. While recovering from a serious injury sustained in Verdun, he learned to fly and served as a combat pilot, being known among his French brothers-in-arms as “the Black Swallow”. After the war he was also a boxer and jazz drummer, owning a nightclub in Paris until its destruction during WWII. He was also a _Croix du Guerre_ recipient. While it would be nice for our government here to recognize Bullard, I doubt there is much we could do, since he never fought for the United States, only for France.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Did Bullard survive WWII?

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@flyingstonemon3564 After being wounded in the defense of Orléans he escaped to Spain and then to the US, living until his death in New York in 1961.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@DiamondKingStudios Oh glad to hear he survived much longer after the initial loss of his business!

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@flyingstonemon3564 Don’t think he ever really recovered from his wound, though.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@DiamondKingStudios He took so much, It makes sense his body couldn't cope with the damage or pain, wished medecine was better back then, but It was making big progress due to the war I suppose, sadly not fast enough for proper relief or recuperation

[@CoolAgentXcle04]

Oh my god, It's Rhodey's Great Grandfather from Iron Man

[@alexernst9448]

There were only two types of Allied soldiers on the Western Front that the Germans truly feared: Canadians, and black Americans.

[@KahinAhmed72]

I wonder how scared the Germans in WW1 would be if they saw a black Canadian on the battlefield. LOL 😂

[@theonlycatonice]

Hell yeah Big Lincoln theme song!

[@LuckyBird551]

Ever heard the story of how an Argentine cavalry charge attacked and defeated a British naval ship during the 19th century british invasion of Buenos Aires?

[@VainerCactus0]

Civilisation moment.

[@ImperfectCT]

Johnson... Johnson... where have I heard that before? "..You hit, marine?"

[@VainerCactus0]

He knows what the ladies like!

[@jnes3736]

I wish there was a movie made about this guy so that the public can know about his battlefield feats.

[@nathansullivan4433]

There NEEDS to be a movie about Henry Johnson, he was too badass to not have a film made about him

[@matthewyeldig4608]

Had Henrey survived, the second half of the war would've been: the invasion of Poland, Henrey learns of mustashe-man, the retaking of Poland, Death of a painter.

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

The Finnish sniper earned the nickname, "The White Death." He earned the nickname the "Black Death."

[@mr.beercan5379]

Do a video on the Austro Hungarian black soldier

[@baronvonduddo6992]

The crazy part is, he was limited to the knife and gunstock. He tried loading French Lebel rounds into his American rifle chambered for 30.06 and jammed the gun. Dude had to improvise with the melee combat.

[@FormerlyAVM]

Hey they finally gave the Battlefield 1 guy a backstory.

[@RandomInternetDude5000]

Soldiers rumored that he’s the inventor of drive by shooting

[@TheOpethOfMastodon]

Army base in Louisiana was renamed after him recently.

[@TeSnnr]

If your lookin for another cool WW1 hero, Francis Pegahmagabow he walked so Leo Major could run.

[@Kaarajann]

HEAR THE TOLL OF THE BELL, OVER 6 MONTHS IN HELL, HELLFIGHTERS EARNING THEIR NAME

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

Both world wars were important for black liberation. Black soldiers were treated like heroes in Europe which encouraged them to fight for equality at home

[@mnymonlavador6933]

Hey bro can you do "philippine history be like:"

[@Hepheat75]

Bro is literally John Wick

[@boomstick7506]

All he is missing to be a true legend is a Sabaton Song

[@VainerCactus0]

Wait a minute....

[@notoriousrapscallion]

0:28 COBSON

[@notsofrenchy]

This dude is just sergeant Johnson from halo

[@24packofcrayolabrandcrayon74]

imagine doing all that and not getting any help for your injuries and sickness you got in war or even get medals and recognition out of racism

[@0o-0o694]

I guess this servers as a kind reminder no matter what you do for America or Americans they will never be grateful and will always treat you like a disposable peice of garbage. Dont die for this country they will never care. Life for yourself.

[@eidorm.7953]

Yo dude Yudah the Hasmonean is epic, you must talk about his brother's 'allahuakbar' moment with the elephant

[@cstan8345]

lisa ost music 🔥🔥🔥

[@kurkkamambusu4063]

Respect where respect is deserved👍

[@FinDan07]

I want to see the Black Death and the White Death duel in the afterlife

[@oshkeet]

If grandpa's comments were anything to go buy, it's a hell of a thing to fight for the same country that'd spit on you if they had the chance, and still go do it.

[@lord_kuech8563]

Isn’t there a thing like they were the most decorated WW1 US regiment but like with French medals or a thing like that ?

[@pierreyboi]

Even the Asian US vet got to show his war scars to see what true patriotism really is

[@KahinAhmed72]

Oh yeah! I saw that video months ago. He sure SHOWED THEM! “Is this patriot enough?”

[@nicbahtin4774]

marshal Oudinot still got more wounds check him out

[@Sheesh7328]

o7. A true American hero. Gave his life for a country that didn’t want him

[@brezzendorf]

Yea and Hollywood haven't make a movie about him, why?

[@OperatorJackYT]

*RAH RAH RAH!* 💪🦅

[@malcolmoluwasanmi6398]

Thank you for this

[@imperialhonorguard1483]

warrior gene

[@jaeger2225]

On behalf if the french people Thanks to all the Harlem Hellfighters for their service and bravery

[@bastait]

something something harlem hellfighters go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@Leif208]

He probably deserved the more like a bronze or silver star, but the Medal of Honor was awarded to him due to his race. By normal Medal of Honor standards, fighting off a force of 12 men, killing four, even while wounded, normally wouldn't warrant a Medal of Honor for a white soldier (more like a bronze or silver star). By contrast, Alvin York (initially awarded only the Distinguished Service Cross till upgraded) played a key role in a key battle, personally killing between 25-35 soldiers, destroying 35 machine gun nests, capturing 132 soldiers, and saving at least dozens of lives. Or, Audie Murphy, "ordered his men to retreat to positions in the woods, remaining alone at his post, shooting his M1 carbine and directing artillery fire via his field radio while the Germans aimed fire directly at his position. Murphy mounted the abandoned, burning tank destroyer and began firing its .50 caliber machine gun at the advancing Germans, killing a squad crawling through a ditch towards him.[83] For an hour, Murphy stood on the flaming tank destroyer returning German fire from foot soldiers and advancing tanks, killing or wounding 50 Germans (though officially credited with killing 240 soldiers during the war). He sustained a leg wound during his stand, and stopped only after he ran out of ammunition. Murphy rejoined his men, disregarding his own injury, and led them back to repel the Germans. He insisted on remaining with his men while his wounds were treated." He was still certainly heroic, though.

[@bobsnow6242]

Myocarditis huh? *vAXxED?*

[@jannchavez9257]

That bolo knife was used against the Spanish and Americans by the Filipinos, good to see it fought Germans.

[@hindoto5691]

He knows what the ladies like

[@VainerCactus0]

halo!

[@jsg9575]

What a badass

[@mikayelalikhanyan1587]

bro we need the ai voice back

[@planetclownfishbrain7052]

The good guys lost that one too.