Why Falling Asleep is FATAL in War

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Nothing is more closely intertwined with war than extreme sleep deprivation, which can have major performance and morale-sapping effects on the rank-and-file.
It’s pretty hard to remain enthusiastic on a campaign when your eyelids feel like lead blocks.
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[@rioyr6210]

‘No SGT I wasn’t asleep I was resting my eyes’

[@SnickC13]

It is a legit thing.

[@matthewskudzienski888]

(Staff SGT)”No it wasn’t he said was resting their Eyes what are you Blind, Deaf or Stupid?!, but no it was not illegal!”

[@gregoryriojas16]

Just say “amen” act like you prayed

[@Ben-uq4uy]

Sounds like terson to me

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

0:19 Sleeping Canadian soldier Reference.

[@whywhy3289]

I had a buddy who was an Afghanistan vet in the army. He wasn’t on guard duty so sleeping wasn’t a problem but his outpost was attacked at night he got stuck in his sleeping bag for what he said felt like 5 minutes. He ended up running into the battle in his damn boxers and t shirt and a bullet grazed the side of his head while he manned a machine gun.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Internet troll: “R/That happened!” But seriously, much respect to your friend for his service.

[@whywhy3289]

@@princessmarlena1359 I knew he served but I wouldn’t have all the way believed him if he tried to paint himself as a badass but he was making a joke of himself the whole time lmao. He ended the story saying “and yeah man my head was bleeding I was pissed and I just wanted to get back to sleep” “why was your head bleeding? “Oh yeah a bullet grazed it look you can see the scar haha”. That Vet sense of humor is different.

[@HellecticMojo]

​@@whywhy3289sometimes coping with trauma comes with jokes. Especially when you know it could've been worse. It's important to laugh at yourself not others for a reason.

[@tachapaksupun1936]

M

[@pirateplebxd1440]

​@@HellecticMojoagree with first part, but dont laugh at yourself too much, kids, self respect is importaint. Even when others dont value it that high, always respect yourself.

[@alamindumengjiala5214]

The question is: How to stay awake and full alert while you haven’t had enough sleep?

[@MIMALECKIPL]

Coffeine

[@John_Smith_86]

Drugs

[@alamindumengjiala5214]

Something else than Drugs or caffeine. Not a specific technique or so?

[@ZOV24-2-22]

@@alamindumengjiala5214There is no other real strategy, Caffeine, Nicotine and sometimes they give you Ritalin like substances. You could try putting yourself in a less comfortable position but that works only sometimes. If your in an active war zone with Artillery staying awake shouldn’t he a problem

[@janvandeven906]

@@alamindumengjiala5214 Good rotation

[@OchaFauzan01]

To be fair, being anywhere doing anything in war is FATAL

[@bunnington1187]

Mopping the floor inside a nuclear bunker...

[@voidwarden1413]

​​@@bunnington1187 unless the enemy has anti-bunker ammo...

[@R4in46]

​@@bunnington1187 What if the enemy sent a commando group, they infiltrated and since they need to do a mission in stealth, they should kill you so you don't see them?

[@girl1213]

I remember a story of one the USS Enterprise's crewmen fell asleep during his watch and accidentally hit the General Quarters alarm with his head. He implies that people would have done "something" to him if they found out it was him who triggered the false alarm because he fell asleep. Apparently, it would be one thing if he mistook something for a genuine threat (it was WWII after all, and someone had earlier mistaken a mop handle bobbing in the water for a periscope), but it's another if you're found out to have slept on the job.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

​@@Ono-Lin_Tampermanent hearing damage is so hilarious

[@doktorduggieducker9615]

@@Ono-Lin_Tam so you're a rat.

[@lordlopikong6940]

Do you think they don't have that? If the entire trench was bomb 3 days straight do you think after it Anyone had the opportunity to sleep during the bombing and then be ready for Sentry watch?

[@gmanm1907]

It was the Yeoman

[@Jason-fm4my]

Not surprising, In my service (on cvn65) going 72 hours without sleeping was a weekly occurrence in some departments. Deck, Engineering, and aviation usually have it the worst. There's typically aircraft flying 24/7 and shipwide drills running between 2000 and 0400. A lot of days your off time is less than 2 hours, so you just have time for a shower and some ramen or gym time. If you eat at the mess deck you could use up your hour in line and not get food. I don't think I could do it again. It's apparently gotten worse since the Bonhomie Richard fire, since big navy responsively added additional watches in port. Mysteriously missing recruiting targets as well now...😅

[@maxmann-td4hn]

My dad was in Korea, didn't talk much about it however, One of the few stories he told me, he was on night guard duty, fell asleep and his gun went off... Someone up in rank asked my father what happened? He replied, I heard a sound. I asked them to identify themselves, they didn't so I shot....(he would have been in deep trouble if he had told him what happened) Dad said as a result that place lit up like the 4th of July, Said he couldn't imagine what that "battle" cost that night

[@Marinealver]

Life Lesson, if you fall asleep fall asleep on the trigger/alarm so you can blame a false alarm instead of admitting you dozed off and get court martialed.

[@Sam-pv1hz]

@@Marinealver that could be so much worse though if the enemy doesn't already know where you are, and now you've just blatantly said "Hi boys!"

[@Bryan48950]

Proof?

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

Especially knowing Chinese very likely to assault during night.

[@bananaboy2012]

​@@Bryan48950 What is he supposed to say? Come over to my place I have a recorded interview with my father?

[@bloodysimile4893]

Next video: Why not getting any sleep in war is fatal.

[@Great_Sandwich]

You grab it where you can. If you have 15 minutes with nothing to do, you grab 14 minutes of sleep. This video was about sleeping on duty/sentry. But you NEVER catch up and get the sleep you require.

[@anton2maa]

It's things like the sentry duty that remind me that being a soldier in a highly disciplined army is more akin to being a slave, a mere cog in the machine rather than a warrior. Being a soldier is exhaustive to begin with and if the exhaustion catches up to you, the punishment can be beyond severe.

[@Marinealver]

What is worse is the leadership, the wealthy, and even the protected public all tend to view themselves as "better" than the soldier. It will be catastrophic when that delusion gets shattered.

[@Verde_547]

You're God damn right.

[@citrosoda5370]

Armies always wanted to control their warriors like slaves, now they have the ability to do so

[@jonathanwells223]

You signed your rights away to Uncle Sam on the dotted line. You’re lucky it wasn’t in your own blood too.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

Sometimes you are just so tired that you just cannot stay awake, no matter how hard you try. There should be a system in place where if you feel like you are completely unable to stay awake whilst on watch you can report it to a senior officer and they will let you stand down and be replaced. Obviously anyone constantly abusing this method should face a disciplinary hearing or face some kind of punishment.

[@CornPop2]

Its really hard to fall asleep if your doing push ups tho

[@Cobbysalright]

Most civilian take I've ever seen (I'm a civilian)

[@Gameprojordan]

Yeah it's called methamphetamine doses

[@JUNGLESTRIKEOFDOOM]

It’s a limited manpower situation. You try to divide gaurd shifts up evenly among the junior enlisted but especially during a big operation everyone gets pushed to their limits. My record is seven days without sleeping in combat. The more traditional military solution is to stand up when you start nodding off.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@@Gameprojordan they were popping those pills all the time in WW2. Probably not an established code of conduct now tho 😄

[@chrislaurent1137]

“Aaw look at em! Sleeping like little angels…spare no one” Moe from the Simpsons Trojan War episode

[@J1ianThe155]

They literally became as the little angels

[@Filiplego1]

In Serbia during Kosovo war 1998s / 1999s; there was a Serbian soldier who was so sleep deprived that fell asleep while they were bombing him with mortar rounds because he put his head down and shut his eyes off and fell asleep like that. When two Serbian soldiers came after the bombing to the same spot, to see if anyone survived they though there was no one. But the sleeping soldier just woke up after he slept through a bombardment and carried on with them.

[@kyledunn6853]

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN DOING THIS! ONE OF US FALLS ASLEEP. ONE OF US GETS LAZY. AND THIS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS!" Gunnery Sergeant Elmo Haney

[@animalmother5728]

Pelelieu episode

[@Mrtotot]

Just watched this last night, for the 6th time lol

[@user-bv7um2ej2i]

Elmo

[@QuasiMonkey]

"They murdered sleep." - PFC Robert Leckie. Fantastic miniseries

[@joseantoniobatac6322]

"The moment you close your eyes on the battlefield is the moment you never open them again. That's why I don't sleep here." - The End (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)

[@MrGiygas1]

Fun fact: snakes lack eyelids

[@hartantoanggoro]

Considering he dies in 1 week after encountering him

[@STINGERY234]

​@@hartantoanggoroto be fair, he is very old.

[@thibaultsardet7399]

In WW1, the French soldier Albert Severin Roche was almost executed, because he fell asleep after bringing his injured captain back from No man's land, for 6 hours. Those who found him thought he was a deserter.

[@eekus1494]

"During the Second Battle of the Aisne, Albert's captain was seriously wounded and fell between the lines. Albert crawled under fire for six hours to reach him and then another four hours to finally hand him over to stretcher-bearers. Exhausted, he fell asleep in a guard hole, but was awakened by a patrol who mistook him for sleeping on duty. Abandoning a post under fire was punishable by being shot within 24 hours. In spite of his denials, Albert had no witnesses and he was sent to a detention barracks to await execution. Albert wrote to his father: 'In an hour I shall be shot, but I assure you that I am innocent.' As Albert was taken in front of a firing squad, a messenger arrived interrupting them. Albert's captain had just awoken from his coma and brought his favorable testimony.[5] By the end of the war, Albert had been wounded nine times and had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. At the end of the conflict, at 23, he was still a second-class soldier."

[@stormhawk4422]

Sabaton refernce mentioned Rahhhhhh. WTF IS 0 HISTORY KNOWLEDGE💥💥💥

[@silly8492]

​@@stormhawk4422 FROM THE SOUTH TO THE FRONT OF THE BATTLEFIELD, FROM A FARM TO A HERO OF F****CE?!!!!1!1!1!1!1! 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🦅🙀🦅🦅🦅🦅💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 #SABATONSWEEP #IEDGETOSABATON

[@gracida6]

they send you to fight their wars, and still punish you for something as normal as falling asleep

[@lillemy5062]

Meanwhile the politicians that sent you there are sleeping during meetings and gatherings.

[@Marinealver]

Don't worry, it's not like they will just abandon you and intentionally lose the war you fought so hard and so many others died for, wait...oh.

[@yummygoy5138]

​@@lillemy5062sleepy joe

[@AyuwuSuperFan]

Its almost like falling asleep costs lives and we willingly signed up to be put in hazardous conditions so the rest of society doesnt have to...

[@AyuwuSuperFan]

​@@Marinealveryou have no idea what youre talking about

[@Marinealver]

So in 2000 after boot camp we were doing field exercises for MCT. After an evening patrol that ended up with me either being captured or killed, we went back to base on top of Old Smokey where we were told that the other platoon is at the line at 50-50 and after 4 hours we will relieve them. So we all crawled into our sleeping bags to get some quick rest before taking the line. Well when I woke up at dawn (obviously more than 4 hours later) at first I thought someone forgot to wake us up. Then when I looked to the left and right and saw the same guys next to me I was wondering what happened. One of the golden boys from "special platoon" walked down and told us the enemy (opposing team) took the hill. I asked "what do you mean, our base is the hill?" He then said "Yeah, the 1st and 2nd lines fell asleep and they walked in and took the hill." crawled out of my sleeping bags and started to wake up the rest around me shouting "Wake up zombies. We're Dead, AGAIN!"

[@robertlukacs4954]

Sleep deprivation was the hardest part of my basic training.

[@Marinealver]

Nothing like watching the sun go up, go down, go up again go down again and go up one last time on the same day.

[@robertlukacs4954]

@@Marinealver And then rucking up a mountain after not sleeping for 2 days

[@dombay5594]

@@robertlukacs4954preach brother

[@robbobbrah8953]

Oh wow, basic. Dang. How tough

[@robertlukacs4954]

@robbobbrah8953 OK Mr SAS

[@walterbar3118]

The Finns have a saying: "Fall asleep an guard, wake up to the loughing of a cossak." I love that.

[@foomersaved8184]

When I went through infantry training, there was one training where we had to attack a position in the afternoon and spend a whole night fortifying the defenses by digging shell scrapes and trenches. I didn't sleep for the whole night. The second day, while I was keeping watch, I had my head tilted in a way that looked like I was aiming down sight and didn't get caught lol.

[@mikegammaray46]

Bro said he had his head tilted at the downsights you are a training legend 😭😭 you had to be some type of conscious if you can still hold your head

[@OverwatchExtractor]

I'd been up over 48 hrs and was on watch in a tower. It was cold, wet and freezing rain was coming down in the middle of the night. In the center of the tower was an open hole to the access ladder. I had a microsleep as I was walking past it and my buddy just barely caught me by the strap on the back of my tac vest before I fell. No matter how hard you fight sleep, your body will claw it back. I'm grateful my buddy was watching my back, but it was a good reminder on why you always work as a team. We spent the next few hours keeping each other awake and let me tell you, after that was over I had the best nap of my life. I was out like a light.

[@nicflatterie7772]

70 hours into an exercise I started hallucinating and firing in the darkness at smurfs. I was sent back for a 4 hours rest period. Wow, refreshing!

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

"Sleep is for the Enemy" -Sun Tzu, Art of War

[@The_Dudester]

So, when I was in the Marine Corps reserve, I needed a full time job (reserve pay nowhere meets the needs of rent + food) and I landed a part time gig as a "private investigator" for a security company. My first job was to break into a microchip manufacturing plant. My employer gave me a tip that Sunday morning was the best time to get in. For the first half hour, I watched the front of the building. I saw the security guard finish his rounds, come back to the main desk, put his feet up to cover the turnstile and take a nap. When I was sure he was asleep, I picked the lock on the front door, belly crawled under the turnstile, and then I was in. My instructions were to take pictures and pick up documents to prove I was there. The whole time I watched carefully for other people (there was one other person in the building, besides the guard). I took the pictures and picked up documents. I crawled under the turnstile again (the guard was still asleep). From the spot where I watched the building I saw the guard asleep and I thought, "I can't leave the place like this." I found the nearest payphone (this was 40 years ago) and I called the security desk, waking the guard. I told him someone had broken into the building and I gave him information from things I had seen in the building. I then went to the nearest one hour photo processing booth and dropped off the film (picking it up 90 minutes later). I then drove to the security company and placed everything in a large manila envelope and dropped it in the drop off slot. The next morning, I got a call from the security manager asking me to come in. When I got to his office, the manager was with the security director from the microchip company. They asked me how I got in and I told them the entire story, including calling and waking the guard. Both men started laughing hysterically. When they finished and gave me a "well done" I started to leave, but as I did, I heard the guard (in another office) from the day before pleading for his job. I guess his boss had seen the pictures and documents and that was enough. I hate getting someone fired, but I had to put food on my table.

[@BonShula]

Things that never happened

[@BlackbeardEVO]

@@BonShula mhm

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

I call BS...

[@The_Dudester]

@@BonShula If you leave the basement, touch grass and get a job, you would be absolutely amazed at the things that happen in the world.

[@The_Dudester]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou If you leave the basement, touch grass and get a job, you would be amazed at the things that happen in the world.

[@wilhelmvillagracia9670]

I would never fall sleep...whilst watching simple history.

[@maxmann-td4hn]

Actually I did... True story

[@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936]

When bro fall asleep first at the sleepover.

[@Newdivide]

One example was a Union soldier who was almost executed for sleeping on the job but was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln William Scott (April 6, 1839 - April 17, 1862) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was the "Sleeping Sentinel" who was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln and memorialized by a poem and then a 1914 silent film. Scott's company initially performed sentry duty in and around Washington, D.C. While on guard duty near the Chain Bridge on August 31, 1861, Scott was found asleep at his post. He was subsequently court-martialed, and sentenced to be executed. In Scott's defense, he had volunteered to take the place of a comrade the night before and was himself exhausted. These facts were known to the court at the time and figured prominently in newspaper reports, appeals by his superiors for clemency, and his subsequent reprieve. On September 9, Scott was scheduled to be executed. During the proceedings, after the death sentence had been read, a pardon was read, sparing his life. Scott served faithfully with his regiment until the Battle at Lee's Mills where he was mortally wounded charging the "rifle pits". He was eventually interred at Yorktown National Cemetery in Yorktown, Virginia. Newspapers of the team reported the death of the "famous" sleeping Sentinel and reported that he fell and was initially buried on the same spot as a Revolutionary War soldier as evidenced by buttons and a belt buckle turned up as the grave was dug. Lucius E. Chittenden, a Vermonter serving as Register of the Treasury, was credited with bringing the matter of Scott's court martial to the attention of President Lincoln after he had been asked to do so by several Vermonters serving in the Army. Lincoln agreed with Chittenden's request to pardon Scott, and interceded with General George B. McClellan

[@alexandrefillot9600]

I guess he found Redemption in rendering the Reds (Confederates, not the Communists) Dead.

[@AmericanGrunt.]

Executed for sleeping on the job is the wildest thing I've heard today

[@benfrank9622]

@@AmericanGrunt. Sleeping does count as disobeying orders.

[@ussearchandrecovery7518]

I wasn't sleeping; I was praying 🙏

[@mr.patriotjol]

Well is that why we have night scouts lmao

[@corymorimacori1059]

“Roach, hang in there! Come on, get up! Get up, get up, we’re almost there!” Ghost

[@toyocolla6374]

Meanwhile in the trenches: "Look who fell asleep first!" "Prank 'em John!" "Haha, you already know!"

[@Randomdude-mr7ce]

*Pulls out a grenade* *Explosion* Orrr.... *Clap Clap Clap* Yoo.. YOO YOO!!!!!

[@christopherparker7588]

One of the greatest ironies in war is that we used to put the biggest shitbags/idiots on these despised early morning hours of fire watch, which in hindsight, was just a terrible idea in Afghanistan.

[@Fiirow1]

Everyone hates the 2-3AM watch, right in the middle of the resting period, can't sleep long before, can't sleep long after. I often assigned myself to this watch, lifted morale and it seemed appreciated by the guys (OR-4 myself). But yea, it's important that at least one of the blokes on watch is enough of an adult to realize the situation. I once nicked the thermals from an OP(exercise), because I walked by them sleeping... They were scared shitless the next day, when they tried quietly asking around for a thermal device. Eventually they owned up to their mistake and told the sgt. ^^

[@daviddowney-fe7xw]

Active duty military here, falling asleep on duty, fire guard, post etc is more common than you think. Never heard of someone getting discharged for it though. Obviously it depends on the circumstances and context of the situation. Usually you get blasted (yelled at), forced to do extra work, or negative paperwork or as a punishment. If you’re a respectable person in any branch of the military and that’s one of the few times you mess up, you more or less get a slap on the wrist. It also depends greatly on who catches you. It could be anything from negative paperwork, to getting a demotion. Hope this helped!

[@baha3alshamari152]

" It also depends greatly on who catches you " What if it was the enemy ?

[@daviddowney-fe7xw]

@@baha3alshamari152 death or you become a prisoner of war. Any other scenario is highly implausible.

[@victuz]

​@@baha3alshamari152 In that case you get captured if you're lucky, unless you're fighting psychopaths, then you'll be lucky if you don't get captured.

[@peppermintflap5743]

DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!! *sleeps*

[@GhostyWins]

*dies*

[@user-kw7nb8tx1z]

HEY HE’S SLEEPING!

[@ShadowFlipsy]

during my service i had the biggest problem regardless between 3am-4am i HAD sleep after that i can go overdrive as if i slept for 24 hours but that 1 hour was the worst case scenario if i wasnt relived of duty

[@saberserpent1134]

I've never served, but I've worked with LEO'S and as private security/event security, and I totally agree. That hour window between 3am and 4am is absolutely brutal. No matter how much sleep I had prior. That hour I would always get heavy eyed and "spacey". Like you also said, if I can push through that hour to daybreak, I can go the majority of the next day until actual normal sleep time. Circadian Rythym/Metabolism can do some wild tricks.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@user-kr7yh8vw9m]

Interesting video as always Simple History. Well done🫡

[@wote2760]

It was years ago, but I remember watching a liveleak video of some insurgents sneaking up on some us soldiers. The guy who was on watch was asleep and had earbuds in so he didn't even hear them as they cut his throat. The rest of the video was gruesome. The rest of the platoon was killed in their sleep or were too late to defend themselves. I still remember the sentinel's sleeping face.

[@goyim14eight]

Wow this is the first time I've ever heard about fragging and it's crazy because my grandfather could have been a potential victim of that I don't know what he may have done to his unit but he lost his hearing because someone threw a grenade in his tent I always thought it was the enemy

[@jacobwiles547]

This video really speaks to me! It is important that we do our jobs to the best of our abilities!

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Man, what a wonderful advise to take into consideration.

[@carguy3028]

This is one of the reasons why so many veterans get insomnia. There is a price to pay for sleep deprivation. Since your body will shut down at some point without sleep people have historically resorted to drugs to stay awake. There are many hours of training that go into keeping you awake but I bet most people don’t understand you can fall asleep while standing, only those who have served understand this. Being sleep deprived and moving usually keeps you awake but when you stop you nod off maybe not completely but you loose partial awareness, no matter how hard you fight it, caffeine and other drugs come into play here because there is a physical limit to how long you can go without sleep and drugs overcome this limit but at cost.

[@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936]

Just like class. Bro got ‘eepy? Death.

[@Dad_Life_Marine_Vet]

I fell asleep multiple time in Afghanistan during 'Operaiton Diesel'. Couldn't help it as we kept going static for a while. I woke up with our interpretur shaking me and bullets flying past/ smacking agaisnt the burial mounds (we were in a cemetary).

[@youresoold1216]

That is crazy man, glad you were alright. Waking up to that bro..

[@cannonball666]

Sentry 1: "I could use something to help me stay awake" Sentry 2: "Pervitin?" Sentry 1: Did you just call me a pervert?"

[@99mrpogi]

There's also a time during the mexican american war in which a mexican officer told his soldiers to sleep and as a result despite their numerical advantage they were defeated by their american opponents

[@VelvetMagician]

Wasn’t that during the attack in Gen. Santa Ana’s camp?

[@codycole377]

@@VelvetMagicianit was

[@Finlandball39]

I feel like physicality being unable to stay awake and getting punished for it is a problem. Like if you fell asleep without realizing and you get sentenced to prison or death? It sounds a bit excessive.

[@Cacowninja]

It is excessive but that's what governments do.

[@kamekazi1123]

Yeh but when you country or home and everyone elses is on the line not sleeping more important.

[@AMV10069]

This is my favorite KZbin channel

[@seafafrage6934]

next video: WHY YOU SHOULD BREATHE AIR?

[@Falkriim]

I fall asleep extremely easily, so I’d be a terrible sentry

[@MIMALECKIPL]

You would be dead sentry

[@rosaria8384]

You'd be lucky if your commanding officer knew about it firsthand and gave you a different job

[@Fiirow1]

You'd learn.

[@Falkriim]

@@MIMALECKIPL To be honest would probably end up dead either way

[@mchrome3366]

Benedict Arnold capture of Fort Ticonderoga was to prevent British ships from coming down Lake Champlain not a nearby river. Although the lake narrows considerably after the fort it’s still a lake. Not a small geographical error.

[@malstre942]

Was hoping the end also would talk about Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, but I think I gotta do more research on it since I only recalled the film

[@matthewskudzienski888]

(SGT as the Judge)”You’re Found Guilty for a Crime murder of your Soldiers and I’m sentencing you 20 days in prison!.”

[@Otaku155]

Patton: Soldier, what are you doing down there? Soldier: Just trying to get some sleep sir... Patton: Well, get back down there son; you're the only man in this outfit who know what he is trying to do.

[@gamer969rivere5]

You can't just turn your need for sleep off so it seems unrealistic expect shompoti to just stand in place for hours and not fall sleep.

[@TheRedArrowExpress]

Please tell my NCO

[@victuz]

I get it that you can stay awake for 48 hours if you had a great prior sleep, but after that it becomes impossible to stay fully awake unless you take hard drugs, and even then, drugs can only take you so far before you pass out and collapse anyways because you aren't made of steel

[@bear_8758]

Wow this is groundbreaking, i would never have guessed that myself. Just sleeping seems the ultimate warfare, glad you cleared this up professor!

[@vinlateo2179]

great video, thanks

[@Quepasa_mufasa]

I joined the Corps during war time and left for combat training in early 2008. Very first day we had a Corporal in charge of the platoon for receiving. That very first night the platoon was woken up by the corporal with his gun to our very first firewatch young marine students who had fallen asleep. Turns put the corporal was on his way out the corps do to heavy ptsd. He had woke us up to screaming “i should kill you right now!” lol apparently it happened to him during a tour, his watch partner (from some other country) had fell a sleep and a big incident happened. Anyways, always slept with an eye open since that day.

[@AP-kk4ys]

General Patton found a soldier sleeping and the soldier was honest with him. He tells the soldier to go back to sleep as he was the only SOB that knew what he was doing.

[@SuperBigdude77]

I like how they used the platoon movie inspiration.

[@hippoguy17]

one of Mapoleon's generals found his own son asleep on his post and had his own son executed.

[@statinskill]

That must have been his son Mançois Marles Moseph Monamarte.

[@Rolf-son-of-an-electrician]

Let me fix your title: "Why not rotating your troops out of combat is lethal."

[@victuz]

Yeah I agree, that is more of a poor logistical management rather than being lazy on the battlefield.

[@Rax--]

Sometimes, this can also save one's life. For example, there is the story of a teacher who had to fight as a soldier in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. During the battle for a farmhouse and garden, he fell asleep from exhaustion after his company had to endure fierce defensive battles. The garden was already full of dead bodies when the French attacked again and briefly took over the farmhouse, mistaking him for dead. When he woke up some time later, the French had been repelled. If he had not fallen asleep from exhaustion, he would most likely have been killed in the subsequent attack.

[@garebare940]

I had a long day at college and was pretty tired from it. Not long before me typing this, I went to lie down in my bed and I ended up napping for about an hour. By the time I woke up, I opened up youtube and found this video stairing me down as the top thing in my reccomended. Its ironic that I took a short nap, then immediately found a video about the punishments of napping in war.

[@oliversherman2414]

The Allies would've still won the war even if D-Day failed. It msy have taken a little longer than real life, but the Soviets would've reached Berlin eventually

[@capitan_gorgonzolazola]

Big caveat, fascist Europe doesn't sound much better than fascist europe

[@oliversherman2414]

@@capitan_gorgonzolazola what?

[@Cacowninja]

@@oliversherman2414I think he meant to say communist Europe doesn't sound much better than fascist Europe.

[@oliversherman2414]

@@Cacowninja Communism isn't good, but fascism is definitely worse

[@gloopdevyoinky9271]

@@oliversherman2414 Fascism is unironically heaven in comparison to any communuist state.

[@dansmith4077]

Comment for the algorithm excellent video.

[@dawleymatthew]

Im currently reading Sledge's book.

[@TomFromYoutube]

My grandpa told a story of the guard falling asleep when he was in Korea. Luckily he grabbed a machine gun and handled things though. It was the only time I've heard specifically of him killing anybody.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

I remember when my father told me stories of his time in the secret war. He would hide behind cover. Have a rocket launcher beside him and take mini naps before firing. Being under constant fire with rain pouring doesnt give a perfect rest but it gave him enough energy to reload and fire another rocket before he could nap again. He practically lost all hearing on one side of his ears.

[@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813]

6:48 I knew this for years a history Channel documentary mention this back in the 90's

[@TylerMcNamer]

The question isn't why falling asleep becomes fatal, the question is how to stay awake during the war.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Commander : That's your problem

[@victuz]

Either coffeine or if that doesn't help, only hard drugs will keep you awake, and even then you will pass out and collapse if you don't sleep for days on end, even with hard drugs.

[@shaider1982]

In fairness to Dolfy, it might not have mattered if he was awake or not during D-day

[@99mrpogi]

Hey Dolfy, Watcha planning? Alfred jodl

[@ProfessorDreamer]

Simple History can you do a video on the list of Hate Crimes That Happened In The History Of Wars.

[@dysnomia-anarchia]

Fragging rocked

[@Semper_Iratus]

Fairly obvious even to a civilian, like me.

[@icy3-1]

*The moment you close your eyes on the battlefield is the moment you never open them again. That's why I don't sleep here.* -The End, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

[@ruffle321]

Imagine getting executed because you were sleeping but you were drafted

[@Finlandball39]

Prisoner: What are you in for? Soldier: Falling asleep.

[@91mrpogi]

Plot twist. The prisoner is several times larger than the soldier.

[@robertdeen8741]

I thought the traditional place to frag a brown bar was while he was in the lateine. Re WW1 trench raiding. Weren't the Canadians considered the best at the tactic?

[@TokerJoker420]

Yeah i would not want to fall asleep in battle and wake up surrounded by the enemy

[@Fiirow1]

Not to worry, you wouldn't ^^ Wake up that is...

[@ABSTRACT278]

LET’S GOOO, HE IS BACK

[@carlossandoval1007]

In Afghanistan in the early 2000’s a Marine fell asleep on guard, guarding POW. The next hour woke up 30 minutes late to find his buddies throat slit and his rifle gone.

[@whitehawk85]

If anyone gets the chance I recommend reading the railwayman it’s about British soldiers captured during ww2 by the Japanese. They at one point forced the POWs to stand for three days at attention and when the fell they were dragged away and beaten. It was hard to read.

[@henrytang2203]

If only humans could bank sleep like we can bank food. It would be awesome to sleep for 1 week continuously and function nearly optimally for 2 weeks without sleep.

[@devanov3103]

Try Meth, it comes close. You can stay awake for 1-2 weeks (your body will take several short naps during that time that you won't even notice) and then sleep for 3-4 days straight with several short interruptions for drinking water and urinating. But your critical thinking goes out the window and you also start hallucinating after 3-5 days awake.

[@marcuscampbell2805]

Simple history can you do one about WW2 in Trinidad and Tobago and the 99 years lease program

[@squarebox3928]

sir, i was just checking my eyelids for cracks.

[@OfficalTabbyEntertainment]

How to win a war: Do not sleep for as long as the war lasts

[@Marinealver]

The Hundred Year War uas entered the chat

[@OfficalTabbyEntertainment]

@@Marinealver LOL

[@OfficalTabbyEntertainment]

@@Marinealver stay awake for 100 years challenge

[@91mrpogi]

Don't be too harsh on fellow soldiers for they could end up turning against you through any means which may range from getting murdered, deserted or betrayed by the mistreated soldier

[@Gourmand69]

​@91mrpogi what if he's talking about some lone Soldier or some madman that stayed awake for years just to kill his enemies

[@akramgimmini8165]

Time for Bed

[@adamjenkins190]

Is the D-day story true? If so thats astonishing. It would've been the turning point of said battle

[@feralinc.8693]

Night watch is always important.

[@72tadrian65]

In regards to Hitler sleeping, could you imagine trying to wake up a heavily sedated meth head?

[@johnmcmanus6909]

The Australians at Gallipoli weren’t executed because the Australian Army doesn’t have capital punishment, due to the fact that all soldiers in the AIF in WW1 were volunteers .

[@micemb2570]

And because of what the British did during the Second Boer War

[@phonicstream5235]

I kinda feel like that this just makes sense

[@internetuser3578]

3:58 "...Suppose one is convicted of being drunk, sleeping on the post, or leaving the post before being relieved. In that case, the maximum possible punishment is a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for one year. If the offense occurred while the accused received special pay, the maximum punishment includes a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for ten years. If the offense occurred during the war, the maximum possible punishment is death..."

[@nots3ed]

Baba sheep

[@princeofpokemon2934]

Moving in when your enemies are sleeping is a completely unfair advantage. They still have to keep themselves healthy by getting enough sleep, food, water and exercise

[@Great_Sandwich]

Never spent a day in uniform nor done anything even remotely rugged, have you?

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@Great_Sandwich I've never even gone through ROTC. After watching this video and finding out that even sleeping could even become punishable by Death, it made me reconsider ever enlisting in the US Military. There are some people who probably won't get enough sleep at night time or suffering from sleep deprivation or fatigue. If you have medical issues that can cause you to fall asleep or give you trouble when you try to fall asleep, there's no way you should be punished for that

[@Great_Sandwich]

@@princeofpokemon2934 A civilian's perspective. That's fine, everyone's entitled to an opinion. But this is one that soldiers would find hilarious. Carry on, lad.

[@GhostyWins]

​@@Great_Sandwichwe all know you ain't in the military, let alone gone outside. Stfu

[@hyperx72]

@@princeofpokemon2934 Oh trust there are a lot of things that are stupid unhealthy that soldiers have to put themselves through

[@wattsnottaken1]

My goodness look at those 1914 German “Helmets” in the thumbnail picture

[@jeraldlim384]

3:51 hey I remember that Canadian army while sleeping on duty, gut blasted an artillery to Wake him up

[@aleksandarvil5718]

History Teacher: "Why Hitler lost World War 2??!?" Me, as an intelectual: 6:51 - 8:28

[@saberserpent1134]

Good thing there's a plethora of stimulants available for those on watch or deep cover missions. "Pop a couple of these, you won't sleep for 4 days.."

[@rafaelramos1486]

Pulling CQ and the SDNCO showing up at 3 am.