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[@memevel]

A Saltwater crocodile ❌ Assault water crocodile ✔️

[@manuelhernandez2017]

😆😂😆😂 underrated comment

[@pepe6666]

Top quality comment.

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

@@manuelhernandez2017 severely

[@NorthernMouse52]

🏆👍

[@choppalungon]

you need more likes

[@MustacheCashStash125]

“And that’s the story of how I got my samurai sword” - Grandpa crocodile

[@TheColosiss]

Some of the WWII stories from Poland are something out of a fever dream. I bet Wojtek was a massive moral boost for the troops and the people alike during a critical time.

[@totallyfrozen]

I’m sure he was. So like most “heroes” the stories were exaggerated into stupidity. A cigarette smoking bear they helped the boys carry ammo crates. GTFO.

[@monsieurduquack5440]

Don't be mistaken, Emus are not the ones being protected, They are the one protecting Australia

[@cheshirecynic3061]

Australia has never been successfully invaded since it was founded. Checkmate, anti-emu imperialists.

[@CollegeBallYouknow]

The real reason as to why all the cities are located on the Australian coast is because that’s as far as the Emus have allowed them to settle in. Any further and then there will be trouble.

[@DipUniversal]

The Emus are like great beasts of myth, you go up to them, prepared to be b***h slapped with claws as sharp as knives. Oh and the fact that they can shrug off bullets

[@MrCopperpott]

This is why Australians don't need to own guns. SHAME SHAME

[@voxnox6267]

The real question is How did that emu get stuck in the steering wheel? 🤔

[@SeoulMan]

10:01 "Oh my, look at all this delicious wheat that just so happens to be growing here in large quantities. Hey guys, get a load of this!"

[@burnbabyburn924]

"Hey farmer Bruce, where did you find that hat? The toilet?"

[@jaimeenotjamie]

Nice😂

[@mr.gameandwatchandredman7976]

“We run away”

[@burnbabyburn924]

@@mr.gameandwatchandredman7976 "sir, you're genius!"

[@mdj.6179]

The Emu is now on their coat of arms...they were victorious. No Aborigines on the emblem...

[@CliffCardi]

Me: “They’re flightless birds! How hard could it be to figh-“ Australians: “You weren’t there!”

[@hamishanders8508]

*aussies in the corner crying as emus run circles around them*

[@CliffCardi]

@@hamishanders8508 *T-posing

[@Muhammadwasapedo]

It was really a dumb way to confront them. It was a waste of ammunition. As any hunter can tell you, most animals know you're there before they see you. A better tactic would have been to use long-range rifles picking a few off at a time, follow them, and pick off more when they settle.

[@BraytonWilliams-jd4lm]

😂😂😂

[@michaelhowell2326]

I think that in the centuries to come people will debate whether the ammo-carrying bear and his exploits ever existed. He's just too cool.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

🐻 🇵🇱

[@Phooenixification]

The fact that they found him as a cub, he was raised by the men and surely considered them as his elder brothers or something, just copying what they were doing. There is also real pictures of the bear in the army if you google it.

[@firstlast9846]

*In the same way “Walk Hard” mocked music biopics* we need an “Emu War” movie that mocks war movies… the main character has a “Girl Back Home” but has nightmares that he comes home to the ranch and sees his wife left him for an Emu.. the whole movie is ridiculous but takes itself seriously like it’s Oscar Bait

[@voidpathing]

This sounds like an absolute banger of a movie. If any oil barons are in this comment section, toss this man a couple million for the movie.

[@brainflash1]

Look up "1932: The Great Emu War"

[@revan0890]

There is something similar here on KZbin. Look up Emu War. It's around an hour I think.

[@sangreesraro3996]

That'd be pretty funny

[@DipUniversal]

Well I'd leave him too if an emu wants you to go somewhere you don't disagree. There's a reason they won against people with guns, vehicles.

[@JukeboxJaw_]

I just bought the game Iron Harvest on steam, one of the units you can command is a bear that carries medical supplies named Wojtek. When listening to this video and heard they named it, I jokingly said wojtek then spit out my drink when I was right

[@BillyWitchDoctorDotCom]

Good game, great artwork.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

That's where the Inspiration came from.

[@harmlessratz7151]

Such a shame that paradox ruins the game with every update

[@davidcaddell9290]

@@harmlessratz7151 That would be Hearts of Iron. Iron Harvest is an Alt History RTS in the vein of Company of Heroes, with giant steampunk mechs.

[@DGZwiro]

Since it's polish game, from polish "universe", it's not so strange. :)

[@piterjacksonpl0776]

Im from Poland we learn abaut wojtek in history textbooks here. He is a national hero ans even has a monument in one city.

[@dev2379]

Amazing

[@skytrooperss892]

"You can't fight nature, Jack" - Monsoon

[@aliefabdurrahman3302]

0:05 Wojtek The soldier bear 2:20 Japanese army VS salt water Crocodiles Remree Island 9:20 The great Emu war Australia 13:00 The great plauge of London 15:50 Unbelivable plauge curse in Middle age/The Black death 26:17 The plauge that made people dance until death 32:53 Swine and Punishment. The Pig tried for murder in medieval France

[@loszhor]

Thanks.

[@probablysomeguy4806]

Plauge…. LoL

[@believeinmatter]

@@probablysomeguy4806 jeez, not only once but *three* times 🤦‍♂️

[@ThePaperKhan]

You should edit your comment, it's plague "cures" not curse.

[@cbabb83]

Thank you :D

[@Masonthebaconhair]

This is what it truly mean to not mess with Mother Nature, even if you are in the military.

[@Green-ader]

Doubt

[@delorne2776]

I never really understood this saying. Humans are part of nature, we aren't aliens. Everything is nature. There is no "not messing with it". I can appreciate it trying to say "don't tempt things far more powerful than yourself" but that goes for everything. Whether it's a giant salt water crocodile or heavy machinery. So saying "don't mess with mother nature" doesn't really mean anything lol. It just boils down to "don't be stupid".

[@Saanonymous80]

@@callumkristofer7793 never go into the swamp on foot.

[@callumkristofer7793]

@@Saanonymous80 so? They had no other options. The Brits destroyed what boats they had.

[@mooty.]

Nah just don't miss your shots like a dumbass

[@peaveyst7]

its good to know that in all times, people behave like infants during diseases...

[@estebannunez6902]

@@text-1987Gift shut up u scammer

[@devonterminator2697]

yep they die fast

[@MrGraveBait]

we cant all be as perfect as you

[@Muhammadwasapedo]

Some people are rational and capable of deciding for themselves if they want to take a risk.

[@alejandroflores6284]

I will only say two things: 1) 2:30 Now I understand the fear of the Japanese to Godzilla 2) 9:06 Romel: Give me two divisions of emus and I'll conquer the world

[@wermWeiners]

Godzilla is a lizard

[@AustroHungarianEmpire1867]

And crocodiles are lizards.

[@laur0k]

@@AustroHungarianEmpire1867 f

[@doctordavidjpackenwood2204]

Goddzirrrraaaaa

[@dunnomynameso746]

@@wermWeiners yes and crocodiles are lizards

[@linkincsar269]

As a soldier of 15 year, I fully respect that bear 🐻 🫡. What an awesome story

[@anna-gt2mu]

A

[@babylon5reimaginedseries]

I am a trained RN (Registered Nurse) and in 18+ years of Nursing the last 12 of which were on a respiratory care unit, I can safely say that I have used NONE of the "plague cures" mentioned in this video. Nor was I even taught them in nursing school. And now, I feel strangely let down by that!

[@Nigetsu]

I think it’s because they used different cures in those times

[@strikereureka345]

Stupid health system not bold enough to use plague doctors again.

[@jayschoenhaaar5369]

I’ve been in nursing for 35 years I’m a DNP and still haven’t used any of those cures. I do have a masters in medical history studying the Black Death ☠️.

[@dunnomynameso746]

We have technological advancment and know a lot about medicine and diseases unlike before.

[@arronpigford3129]

The old practices are out dated so to say.

[@brainflash1]

In the beginning of the Wizard of Oz, there's a brief panic when Dorothy falls into the pigsty. When I first saw the scene as a child, I thought the reason was that she was likely to be trampled. It wasn't until I was watching Hannibal with my father years later, and we got to the scene where Hannibal is about to fed to wild boars, that he explained the *real* threat to me.

[@cheshirecynic3061]

It never really clicked for me until I watched Deadwood. Mr. Wu's pigs are basically the town morticians.

[@RyuichiNoGekido]

I almost kind of wish salt water crocs were part of that swamp level in CoD:WaW. It probably would've sucked as much as the CoD:Ghosts sharks... but it's kind of a cool idea.

[@Bigmoney_makers]

Me too

[@yourbuddy6556]

"How you treat your war veterans?" "Well, there's one that we locked up in a zoo for the rest of his life"

[@thelmagreenwood3377]

Bet he didn't get any more beer or cigarettes from the zookeeper either!!

[@Saanonymous80]

@@thelmagreenwood3377 the visitors from his unit supposedly always snuck him some

[@thelmagreenwood3377]

@@Saanonymous80 I would hope so, he certainly deserved it! :)

[@CWG-op9td]

@@thelmagreenwood3377I read they mistreated the brace bear 😢

[@tafhimulhossain]

I loved it how he described the Japanese soldier like am animal

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

Ever played bolt action?

[@peaveyst7]

citizens during plague: doctor help me, im dying. doctors be like: best i can do is death.

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

The story of Winnie the Poo is similar. A Canadian soldier going to fight in World War I bought a bear cub in Winnepeg, Manitoba, and went to Europe in 1915. She didn't go to France but was put in the London Zoo where she was visited by A.A. Milne, and his son, Christopher Robin, and became the inspiration for the litary character Winnie the Poo.

[@rhalfzanjoedicam8456]

(10:41) Hahahahaha the Emu dodge the bullets 😂🤣

[@kelvinhow1965]

Or caught on the truck steering wheel 😂

[@The_Essential_Review]

@Simple History You missed the sharks that preyed on USS Indianapolis sailors! 😢

[@jfkshouldofducked4348]

You forgot the part of the story for voytec the bear, the ex service men would routinely be caught sneaking into his zoo den to drink beer with him

[@psychicrenegade]

When Nature Fights Back:

[@idkcake6116]

26:16 They really took Dance Till your dead to a whole nother level

[@Fluffy_Space_Ball]

@@text-1987Gift nahhh dawg scam who told u das

[@jelanimillner3167]

Nah its just a normal tf2 casual server

[@idkcake6116]

@@jelanimillner3167 That got me laughing actually

[@smtoonturkce]

*Ah yes. The Great Emu War.*

[@fedorgranovski444]

Great job man, keep up with the videos!

[@cougar2k720]

It's awesome that Sam O Nella Academy and Oversimplify did the Emu war, now SH did one too!

[@tootallforyou112]

Everyone always forgets that pigs are omnivores, and they aren't picky

[@mikhaildice6116]

Fax

[@aedensdinoworldtoysreview565]

10:51 Just swap out the Emus for Velociraptors & you got a part of my dream Jurassic Park movie😂

[@synical6817]

Like the effort in the simple animations👍🏼

[@drkinferno72]

"What I remember about the rise of the Great Emu Empire is... is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Emu Wars, the Emu Legion was discreetly transferred back to Sydney. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private, traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Sydney, not when the order came down, and not when we marched into the Opera House. Not a word."

[@alias_aka_alias]

„Master Koala, there are to many of them, what shall we do?!“ *pulls out laser-Bowie knife*

[@daghettoghost5539]

This is why i love reserching ww2 you find some of the crazyest stories and at first they cant be belived until u look them up gotta love it

[@rolandoscar1696]

Hallucinations make sense with the dancing folks. The dream function gets activated, regardless of whether the person is deprived of sleep, or not.

[@BillyWitchDoctorDotCom]

Emus can be raised for their meat, which is red and rich like beef. Very delicious

[@timmy6890]

0:09 Bro what’s up with that flag?

[@anthonyrufino9271]

It looks like it's having a seizure

[@timmy6890]

@@anthonyrufino9271 yeah

[@gru8327]

Why is it Bri’sh

[@RomeGod177]

Emu an Australian war is perhaps one if my most favorite wars. Simple due to how hilarious it was.

[@n.mcneil4066]

The Emu War would have been more successful for the soldiers if they used pump action shotguns. They have more spread than machine guns.

[@crusader.survivor]

I love this!!! Emus are truly formidable!

[@yangr5481]

How to piss off a Australian. "Imagine loosing a war to birds" Also auzies are hilarious because they couldn't figure out hot to fight emus and get mad very easily 😂

[@RenegadeRanga]

Mate I can't believe the ridiculous great emu war was included 🤣🤣🤣 Wojtek is one of the best stories ever. No one can doubt it happened because they have photos of Wojtek.

[@eurosonly]

This video was two stories about animals in war, and after that, it turned into bubonic plague stories. The last story was most interesting.

[@donutlovingwerewolf8837]

Three

[@dirt372]

Imagine how many lives would've been saved. If they were able to simply keep themselves clean and dry. It's sad.

[@Cwasont822]

Hello simply history I am a big fan of you. I love history keep up the good work.

[@polishtonkman185]

I really enjoy in the information you give in these videos. I like them! Keep up the good work!

[@ColinTherac117]

God bless that bear. "Poland is not yet lost"!

[@silverhawkscape2677]

That Thumbnail is Amazing.

[@darkosbeast6333]

I already knew wojtek story and i love this story each time i see it

[@cannonball666]

The first story was bearly believable, and the second video was a croc

[@kamikazekyre6101]

You can leave now

[@brucebelvin2058]

@@kamikazekyre6101 You're just jealous because you're a dimwit.

[@youknow2849]

Lol

[@kolossis8283]

Nice pun

[@Jzhao18]

Please don’t tell me that was a pun

[@1875Riordave]

Wojtek now has a statue commemorated to him, and the Polish soldiers who fought, in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh

[@AngryAndNegativeHistoryProject]

This is an interesting video. Must've taken a lot of time and work. Good job

[@feldgeist2637]

a few minutes of editing old episodes together

[@omegon2540]

Moral of the emu war: Note where animals migrate , it can avoid conflicts

[@prai710]

There is a portugese soldier called soldier Anibal Milhais he earn the portuguese medal of honor because he saved the lives of fellow portuguese french and scothish soldiers in ww1 maybe a cool video idea for this channel

[@prai710]

I want to claim it

[@oliversherman2414]

Everyone's a gangster till the Australian outback starts speaking Emu XD 😂🤣😆

[@Godly_Message]

The best good animation I have ever seen works great

[@tipsyXtwo]

The problem with Ramree Island was that an hour later, the crocodiles were hungry again

[@djphlange]

the thing with the "emu war" was that it was just a few men against birds if they wanted round 2, im sure we'd send in a few more lads

[@Scott-gs1ep]

For the dancing mania, most likely, it was tainted water/booze which went hand in hand. I would not doubt if the church did it.

[@donttouchmyfro]

Ok the pigeon with the machine gun was a brilliant idea whoever came up with it. Im sure a birdologist will tell me Ive misidentified it but.. whatev

[@heatherhoward4197]

Yeah dude bird go brrrrrt

[@kendallkahl8725]

My great uncle had a son that was eaten by pigs. They figured he slipped while kicking away the hogs so the piglets could get to the trough and knocked himself out.

[@chrisp6365]

This is interesting, I need to find out more about this.

[@bradleycapit5684]

Can you make a animated video about Philippine Scout Ranger 🇵🇭 the unit specializing in anti-guerrilla jungle warfare, raids, ambushes, close quarters combat, urban warfare and sabotage. I hope you read this comment 😊

[@robloxworldandantscanadafa7493]

I read

[@zanzillavids7759]

When you combine history and zoology together...

[@MigorRortis]

The trickle syrup looks like the sauce in Salad Fingers

[@coreyhoward4352]

I would say the dancing mania might have been from ergot poisoning. It matches all the symptoms.

[@ThatOneO5-SillyO5.]

I loved the first story, it was BEAR-ly believable as a bear could carry some artillery shells to where it had to go.

[@annettefoun7980]

I heard of this guy who went to the place where all those soldiers were eaten by crocs and while he was there a kid got attacked by a croc. He found out that the croc that had attacked the kid was 100 years old so that croc probably ate Soldiers in ww2.

[@TheRandomKids954]

The Crocs really said "MY TURF!"

[@KnightSlasher]

Mother nature is one thing you don't want to mess with because eventually it will bite you back examples like Vietnam show that it is best to use nature to your advantage rather than fight it

[@TheEldestSoulDrinker]

You cant fight nature unless you’re in a jaeger

[@TheEldestSoulDrinker]

Pacific rim

[@ojasbaghel8535]

Wojtek the soldier bear vs assault water crocodile vs Emu. Who will win?

[@dunnomynameso746]

13:00 I was not expecting such a voice, oh my

[@yesterdayschunda1760]

No one ever seems to want to mention the part where Australia nuked the Emu fields

[@Harryjay6]

The egregious misuse of the term "decimated" or "decimation" within these scripts is unacceptable.

[@Harryjay6]

1/10. That is the only definition.

[@gabrielc7861]

@@Harryjay6 what definition

[@MorkiMoo]

I hope Simple History does a video on Osama Bin Laden the elephant one day. It’s a real departure from what they normally cover, but it’s still an interesting story.

[@darthhyoh7117]

What about wolves 🐺 that fought in WW1 against Russia 🇷🇺 and Germany 🇩🇪. Even it was forgotten, can you do that history

[@johnfreeman2956]

@21:00 wooden ships would sometimes have barrels of urine sitting out, and then ammonia would develop the urine sat out. So, essentially, you would be sitting in a vat of ammonia. I mean it probably killed the germs on the surface but not much else lol

[@stuffezvous4372]

I guess we could say that the enemy couldn’t ‘bear’ wotjek’s power

[@hackermanwannabe3031]

1:18 AGENT B, dubi doo ba doo bi doobi do ba

[@27sanderrm]

The Crocs thinking "Imma eat good tonight."

[@dan-jada-pas8133]

Simple History, I love your videos and always learn something so damn cool. Please consider making videos about the M1941 Johnson rifle, Rajneesh or Osho, Ruby Ridge, Waco siege, the Covenant Sword and arm of the Lord siege, the Malheur occupation, and I may get some flak for this one but, Anna Delvey! thank you!

[@cheshirecynic3061]

"...Ruby Ridge, Waco siege..." You're just waiting with your popcorn to see the comment section go up in flames, aren't you? lol

[@CJDunehew1]

Gonna be honest I thought those crushed emeralds were “Heisenberg’s meth collection” LOl

[@haroldthaf]

The Emu General was clearly brazen, but effective.

[@Sarge92]

the amount of money australia spent to figure out that all they had to do was offer money to hunters

[@jogsingumboots]

Thanks for saying 'emu' the Australian way.

[@IRumburakI]

When they play your song on radio and you think nobody looking. "OH NO!!! A demonic possession!"

[@Normski89]

The Japanese being eaten by crocodiles is suspected not to have happened at all, or if it did, it was extremely exaggerated. The ecosystem of the mangroves could not have supported thousands of crocs and most historians agree that it didn’t happen.

[@cryptoluigi6969]

bro the bear got me laughing

[@underworldguardian704]

You should do a video on the Vyborg Massacre during the Soviet-Finnish war.

[@JRGProjects]

Those crocodiles signed a defense pact with the Allies before they landed.

[@Snipcktrix]

This was supposed to be about animals in warfare, now it’s just about these weird diseases

[@82dorrin]

Australian soldiers: *Some of the best allied troops of WWI* Also Australian soldiers: *Lose a war to flightless birds.*

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

General Winter vs Marshall Emu, who wins?

[@2thPasteFr]

“Ugh! You have the Black Death! Get away from me!” “Says the one that got cured by it by drinking urine…”

[@elfascisto6549]

"Soldier Bear off in it, oh Watch me claw 'em, watch me roar Watch me bite that Soldier Boy Then Superbear that, oh Now watch me cheew Now watch me cheww"

[@AMBUSH19273]

Fun fact: wojtek in polish iš happy warrior

[@ant5963]

this video is how i picture a monday morning in Australia.

[@logancanannane6198]

You know what's funny I literally just heard a speech and it talked about this baer yesterday