Why The #1 Fact Of Military History Is A Lie - Hilarious Helmet History #2

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[@Taylor_Lindise]

You can't use the Mongols as an example because they are the exception!!!

[@Corey-dk3xi]

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[@leavy]

Tyler Lindsey-Delise hey I got the reference!!

[@crasherdgrate]

Tyler Lindsey-Delise Cue the Mongoltage!

[@danielkorladis7869]

*chaotic sounding trumpet music*

[@Germania9]

I'm Green with that reference.

[@user-oj7ye9zp6p]

First rule of History: The Mongols follow none of the Rules of History.

[@BlackSteelKeyChain]

Ma. D. Fa Stark yes and that is cause they wrote the rules of history deliberately wrong to stop everyone else from copying of their success

[@erdrickcapet3945]

Except for... wait for it... The Mongols. (cue the Mongoltage)

[@marcopena7638]

Ma. D. Fa Stark They followed one: Invade Russia from EAST TO WEST, NOT the other way around. Russian strategy has never been something besides retreat to siberia. As long as you take siberia first, the russians are the ones stuck in place. Japan won the ruso-japanese war for the exact same reason.

[@vguyver2]

Not sure there ever were rules. But everyone had an interesting approach. Rome: Kill the enemy, parade their leaders, enslave some of them, and make the rest pay Rome tribute. Napoleon: We defeat them into a peace treaty, make them pay taxes while forcing them ally with us against Britain. Dutch: We steal everything the Portuguese and Spaniards have gained. Portugal: We mostly want to trade, but God forbid you don't give us exclusive trading rights, or we'll take down your Empire. By the way, do you mind selling us some slaves? Spain: We kill their leaders, enslave those that that can mine gold, and convert all of them to Christianity. Assyrians: We take over the lands and resettle the entire population in all corners of our empire causing them a cultural-linguistic genocide without mass murder. Mongolians: We tax 10% of everything, including able men and children ....but if they rebel, wipe out 90% of the population.

[@josephleonard6695]

@@vguyver2 genghis khan is a badass

[@wjd23104]

Arguably Hitler did have to Invade Russia. While Stalin and Hitler had signed a peace agreement, they both did so to buy time. Stalin assumed the French and British would fight a long exhausting war with Germany and whoever eventually one would be severely weakened (Obviously this kind of blew up in his face France surrendered within a couple of weeks). For Hitler it was a matter of wanting to avoid a two front war. The peace agreement gave him time to dispatch the Brits and the French and then fight Russia but he was fully aware that Russia remained a threat and when he couldn't achieve a decisive victory over Britain he launched a surprise on Russia nearly reaching Moscow.

[@RatherEmpty]

what?

[@EmpressLeana]

Daniel White If this were true, Russia wouldn't have been so hilariously underprepared for war, and shouldn't have invaded Poland.

[@krombopulos_michael]

I thought the real point is that his whole plane revolved around getting Russia. That wasn't a last-minute cocky impulse, that was the plan from the start. Taking France was done to pre-emptively prevent the same thing that happened in WW1

[@crazycakemanflies]

Stalin didn't even believe Germany had invaded until after Kiev (I think it was Kiev) had fallen. So for a leader who was making preparations for invasion he certainly wasn't aware it would happen to him. I dont think Stalin ever considered stabbing hitler in the back...

[@user-rh8lh5ix2s]

Stalin literally went AWOL and got drunk after he was told about the invasion. sure he probably thought they'd eventually come blows but he was not even remotely ready

[@nathanseper8738]

He also glosses over how the Mongols were able to overcome the rasputitsa: they used the frozen rivers of Russia as an invasion route, showing how one CAN successfully conquer Russia in winter.

[@cringename4391]

Mongols use winter against winter

[@nathanseper8738]

@@cringename4391 Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@stevewondering6311]

darn asians...

[@Gia1911Logous]

Yeah, when there is no one to fight you, is it really a fight?

[@MrStolboy]

Are you actually dumb? Did you see kievan rus when mongols invaded? They just could walk in because siberia was not even discovered.

[@goneutt]

The Mongols are probably still ahead of us on coat technology

[@luisgraciaschaziga8559]

Matthew Trzcinski they are not idiot in this day we can buy winter clothes that provide us heat in temperatures of -10° C

[@PainMonkey]

It takes an astonishingly sophisticated synthetic fiber to really compete with the heat retention of the right furs. We got them now...but they cost a fortune and probably come with an alternate heating source.

[@Zamolxes77]

Yeah, that's Minnesota, in Russia gets to -50 C and regularly into -30C, so your state of the art -10C clothes are as good as toilet paper. Have you peed in -30C weather ? I did, while being drunk, caroling on Christmas in '94 or '95. It was -28C, in the city, and the hot pee froze as it hit the ground, creating small pyramid like structures.

[@MultiMixSAint]

Zamolxes77 lucky you didn’t freeze your nuts off

[@orszag572]

Some acquaintances of mine went to Kamchatka during the winter, and they had to replace their hi-tech arctic clothes with wolfhide coats from the local market, because they weren't warm enough...

[@SilentMover95]

Lesson : Dont invade Russia in winter if you are not Mongolians.

[@krombopulos_michael]

Nikola Tesla its pretty rare that any great powers war ever would be so fast that they could end it before winter came around.

[@Darth_Valken]

Or Polish, apperently

[@brainwasher9876]

or the Germans, in WWI, who invaded during the winter and won. Hitler invaded in the spring in WWII and lost.

[@InfernosReaper]

Pro-Tip, don't invade a place without a supply line.

[@Frost517]

lol In Supreme Ruler 2020 I had a booming economy based in upstate New York, New England, and PEI. I saw Saskatchewan, Canada ripe for the taking... but because a supply line was impossible across so much Canada it was an utter failure. lmfao Those damn canooks were just mad I took PEI and made it a booming port territory. LOL

[@jacobwoolf2010]

how do you fight an enemy thats willing to destroy it self to win.

[@vasectomyfail442]

just tell him his crowd size is smaller than the women's march.

[@XXC0Y]

You keep a good supply line, rebuild, enforce your newly won positions, look well after the people still living there who just lost everything, so they see no reason to fight you - and don't even bother rushing after the army that destroyed their homes.

[@Sorain1]

Basically. The government and military might be perfectly willing to burn down their cities, and fields, and infrastructure. Hell, even some of the population might be okay with it. But not all the population. If they're willing to let you take the ground, then you dig in to keep it and suddenly their loss of all that stuff, especially if your the one the locals who didn't flee depend on for food/burnables/ect? They've lost a chunk of their country. Yes, you didn't get all the shines because they burned them, but it's not your shines being burned here. No nation can keep that up indefinitely because no population can withstand that for terribly long. It takes your winning being WORSE then having everything they know destroyed for that kind of thing to fly. When time with you holding land proves your being in charge is demonstrably not worse? Support for their war effort implodes on them. Now if you mean an enemy on the smaller scale (individual, unit of troops ect.) then you just set up a position where you have hideously overwhelming advantage (Fortified position with machine-guns covering the approach vs infantry for example) and let them kill themselves on you for minimal loss. They're willing to die, meaning their judgement of risk to themselves is already compromised. Keep in mind that's not 'willing to risk death', that is 'willing to accept the certainty of their death'. It does make them dangerous by conventional standards, but if you know your going up against it, you can swap tactics and get kill ratios so high your likely to be investigated by the Hague.

[@ReverendTed]

Easy - let it destroy itself.

[@agilemind6241]

+Sorain1 That only works if you can afford a prolonged war, because a weaker force is unlikely to attack a fortified position unless they are incredibly stupid. Neither Napoleon nor Hitler could really do that because it would give the UK and her overseas allies time to regroup and launch an offensive against them leading to war on multiple fronts which would spread their troops, resource, and supplies thin. Rebuilding fortifications and maintaining supply lines to secure captured Russian territory would have been too costly as every mile deeper into Russian territory increases the length of the front/border that would have to be defended. In addition, they would be extremely vulnerable to insurgency from starving Russian citizens who are just as likely to blame you for invading as their own leaders for destroying their own land to prevent you from capturing anything of value. Keeping the Russian citizens in the captured territory happy would add even more expense as would defending against resistance/insurgent fighters supported by guerrilla tactics by the Russian army since they had an advantage in manoeuvrability. All of which would leave Hitler/Napoleon extremely vulnerable to attack from UK & her allies.

[@AmanShah187]

More of these, really like ur history videos

[@launderedsilvrr2110]

most of their videos have bullshit distorted history, because all of the actual historical topics have already been covered by people who are way better

[@cameronsipka3352]

laundered silvrr haters gonna hate

[@mestowigge6503]

Cameron Sipka yes cause why should facts get in the way of your ideas?

[@peteard5089]

mesto wigge Alternative truth media? There's a name for that.

[@laurahewitt5451]

Haakon IV. Nobody talks about Haakon IV.

[@pablononescobar]

The German army in WWII actually had far more horses than tracked or even wheeled vehicles

[@surprisedgordon7786]

Really? Tell me more about it

[@r2zdena]

He didn't send more tanks because they had problem with oil shortages

[@dystrophic]

I thought the #1 fact of military history is that the victor writes the history books.

[@JorisVDC]

Most important fact when you look at 'his story'.

[@unknowngamer7325]

dystrophic I dont know how you can call someone who conquers an entire continent stupid, they just applied what worked for them until then

[@seankraus5246]

dystrophic cracked would say anything for views they just dont give a fuck anymore.

[@dharmictribulations]

People who write write the history books. Genghis Khan won but no one think's he's a great guy.

[@michieljames737]

dystrophic Truth spoken right there!

[@JD1010101110]

Wait did he just boil down the entire battle of britain "to Britain had to many boats to be invaded" ?!

[@NexusDarkworld338]

For most of modern history we had the best naval fleets in the world, so that isn't too surprising if that ended up being a major factor.

[@Tuning3434]

+JD1010101110 It is not completely untrue: the Luftwaffe had to face the RAF in order to bomb out the British ports and the Royal Navy. Without uncontested air superiority above the Channel, there was no way that German invasion forces could out maneuver Royal Navy units.

[@georgelaidlaw3748]

Fundementally true. Even if the Germans had mananged to win air superiority or even supremacy over the UK, they still had to deal with the Royal Navy. While you can bomb individual ships into oblivion, it is rather more difficult to destroy entire fleets that are protected by carriers, ship AA and harbour defenses. The RN would still need beating and the Germans had pretty much no good, quick way to beat it. That further hinders their ability to attack the Navy because they now have to divert planes to maintaining air supremacy etc. Would not be fun to be living in a British city and logistics would get even more complex but losing the Battle of Britain would, contray to popular opinion, not have immediately led to a successful Operation Sea Lion. There were significant questions as to whether the German transport barges were suitable even for the short trip across the Channel and they were certainly not amphibious assault craft. Once you have dispatched the RAF and RN, you still have to deal with the British Army who would ferociously resist any attempted landings leading to heavy casualties for the Germans. Most historians agree that Operation Sea Lion was doomed to utter failure regardless of the Battle of Britain.

[@scott8074]

Maybe my history education isn't up to snuff on this but didn't RADAR play a big role in the battle of Britain?

[@danielkorladis7869]

Yes, because it basically comes down to that. The Royal Navy was far too strong for the Germans to mount an amphibious invasion. Yes, Germany could have used paratroopers, but they'd have to be resupplied somehow, and you run into the same problem. That's why the Luftwaffe tried to bomb Britain into submission, especially terror bombing against civilian targets, meant to demoralize the public (it didn't work, obviously). It's also the reason for the U-boat commerce raiding campaign, to try to starve Britain out (despite some successes, this also failed). If not for the presence of the *massive* Royal Navy, the Germans would just have invaded Britain like everywhere else.

[@ysbrandvdvelde4352]

Fun fact: Most millitairies around the world use a upgraded cavelar version of the German penis helmet. Becauze it's the best helmet out there even the US uses it today.

[@nikobellic3716]

Ysbrand vd Velde not Indian tho they wear turbans, square helmets n half helmats

[@ysbrandvdvelde4352]

Hey Niko! It's Roman, let's go bowling.

[@modrotpendragon5781]

Niko Bellic maybe their turbans are just a kevlar cloth.

[@JacktheRah]

Fun fact: the helmets aren't really supposed to stop bullets they're supposed to kill you quick. The helmet will deform to break your skull. So you're better off wearing a hat.

[@LeeCzere]

That might have been a fact, but, it was not fun.

[@rebeccaliar9873]

All I've gained from this video is a new meme: The Mongols were badass enough to invade Russia in winter.

[@mindseyemelodies]

Just ask John Green...

[@redrounin1440]

Unless you're...wait for it...

[@smithnwesson990]

Anyone large enough can invade Russia. The germans MASSACRED Russia in WW1. Russia is actually isolated to about 6 to 8 major cities maybe less. Sure the continent is big but most is uninhabited

[@russianbear7832]

“Nobody conquers Russia!” Mongols: That's where you’re wrong kiddo.

[@WastedEfforts]

@Ron Burgundy Moscow wasn't Capital and he didn't fucked anyone in Moscow either since it was abandoned, you deranged memer.

[@stephenstokes4350]

2:00 "i dont read" lmao yeah clearly

[@legoinsomniac]

"You fell pray to one of the classic blunders! The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly less well known is this! Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!"

[@davidb5205]

AHAHAHA AHAHAHA AHA-----

[@JOEking990]

I haven't heard someone say "give me the penis helmet" over and over since the 8th grade.

[@lancerd4934]

If there's a penis helmet, it's definitely the ancient Greek "Corynthian" style one, not the german. s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/16/a9/36/16a9360396a857fa081d8758e9b23c74.jpg

[@erikthegodeatingpenguin2335]

Holy shit!

[@lancerd4934]

Erik the God Eating Penguin Yeah, it's funny how they left that detail out of _300._ I can't Imagine why lol

[@lancerd4934]

RockPapersBeer That helmet is derived from the 15th century sallet. You know you're probably onto a good thing when it survives 500 years of warfare.

[@lancerd4934]

K Will So advanced it came from the 15th century lol

[@ripopol]

might want to rename the show "hilarious HEADGEAR history" as it encompasses both Hats and Helmets

[@jonathanm9993]

"EvErYbodY gEt's tHis wroNg, we aRe verY sMart!" The same guy: "WW1 Germany attacked Russia AFTER the October revolution"

[@alextaws6657]

i had to scroll down far too long to find that! :D (I heard/saw this "legend" it on other channels, too. I mean, it's on wikipedia, c'mon, people...)

[@xbox7]

German WWII helmets were badass.

[@MinnesotaMontage]

Wacky Tic Tac and they provided the best protection

[@user-mb9nm7bq5e]

Wacky Tic Tac I hate nazis. So much, but their outfits look super cool. Too bad they suuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkjkkkkk

[@justinb954]

That's Hugo Boss!! He designed 2000 different 'High' fashion Nazi Uniforms.

[@tadhgknight3484]

Nah fam German Pickelhaube (yes I am aware the Stahlhelm provided waaay more protection, it just didn’t look as cool as the Pickelhaube)

[@sethskinner1897]

The stalhelm "penis" one or the one with a spike?

[@tereziamarkova2822]

Good point, and I am glad that Hillarious Helmet History is back. I love your passion for popularization of science and history.

[@launderedsilvrr2110]

you realize this is just a bunch of cherry picked facts with clickbait titles right? most of what he says is absolute bullshit

[@Pivitrix]

People who payed attention in history class should know this, so yeah. Not really... I won't deny the clickbait, and some of it is abit oversimplified. But please realize you were dumb.

[@captainobvious1415]

I came so early, the past is pregnant.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

The present is clearly a miscarriage and you're the one to blame.

[@dizzyiguana981]

Bear Arms lol

[@Klerik131]

You act as if it were just these 2 that caused the saying, leaving out Prussia, The Ottomans, The Tutons and the Swedes, to name just a couple more. They saying is also because nothing grows in Russia in the winter, so there is nothing to forage and armies starve. I mean, you are trying to put an effort into this video, but it's really not well researched and very cherry picked.

[@launderedsilvrr2110]

i agree completely. It physically hurts when someone says "oh, I learned so much from these videos"

[@adityac90]

Well, I seriously doubt anyone is looking to a get a PhD level knowledge of history from a 6 minute comedy video. This hits several big points on misconceptions and the viewers are free to explore further if they are so inclined online.

[@kourii]

+K Will you have a 'millennial' view of spelling

[@marcl637]

they eaven took pictures from the german army after ww2, just 0 reserch

[@Vityvikt0r]

K Will I really hope you were born before 1980.

[@AnDream109]

"They weren't ready to visit Minesota, much less beat Stalin in an away game." Is probably the best understatement of a military tragedy ever.

[@anthonymacgregor9790]

I am pretty sure by the time of napoleon we had books for the trick to be written in

[@Glaucus08]

Anthony Macgregor I think he was saying Fabius Maximus didn't have books

[@Jeddostotle7]

He was basically saying that the "trick" was so old, it predated books.

[@leavy]

Anthony Macgregor I'm pretty sure pbbshhfjkkannjckkleknmmnmmmnnnnnnnsoif

[@HamuraiC-137]

Jeddostotle7 it wasn't

[@maxmustermann9058]

Everybody knew what fabian tactics were at the time. Napoleon even studied Charles XII failed swedish invasion of Russia (which he coveniently left out) in order to avoid the same mistakes. His downfall was that nobody from europe expected them to burn down Moscow, at the time you basically won if you took the capital. Fabius would not have burned Rome, nor would the french have burned down Paris.

[@ciangargan]

What about Afghanistan being uninvadeable. The British tried in the 1800s, the Soviets tried, the Americans are still trying 15 years later. The landscape makes it near impossible.

[@jamesoleary2476]

Cian Gargan not uninvadeable. Just incredible expensive and difficult to occupy.

[@BaresarkSlayne]

+Triggered lol - Well, that isn't entirely true. The soviets were not on their knees when they started. They started their campaign to get into Afghanistan 20 years before they finally did (so around 1960). Then it was impossible to hold on top of finally getting into there.

[@SpriteCranberry666]

didn't the Mongols invaded Afghanistan

[@qwerty83408]

3 Indian Hindu empires have ruled over Afghanistan for total of 1017 years Alexander the Great has alsoconquered it and Greeks ruled over it too

[@SamuelSwinton]

Cian Gargan the Americans did it successfully right away. The thing that is taking time is killing the terrorists

[@johnboone45]

"Napoleon got 'rope-a-doped'" is the best historical metaphor I've ever heard. So catastrophically true.

[@raggedyanarchist]

Someone make sort of a shoegazey alt-rock band called The False Dimitris. I have already pre-ordered all your albums. Thanks in advance.

[@cuindless189]

Here it is, four years later, and the line "They weren't ready to visit Minnesota, let alone beat Stalin in an away game," cracks me the hell up.

[@olliemad]

When he started getting a crook in his neck, I started smiling thinking his death was coming, but no, what?Alex didn't die?

[@MFD388]

I think I could watch Alex talk all day about pretty much anything.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

Alex has a unique style. I could listen to him ranting about anything a whole day and I would not get distracted. Great presenter.

[@michaeldellarippa4168]

You forgot Charles the XII of Sweden.

[@mgump71]

You forgot Charles XII, when Sweden invaded Russia in the Great Northern War in 1707. This caused Sweden’s demise.

[@lightzpy8049]

Napoleon: Was fasting way too much Meanwhile Hitler: Got dementia History: "This cake is a lie"

[@valathe]

aaaaaaaactually, the russian revolution(s) happened in 1917, 3 years *after* the start of ww1 (the russian empire was actually the very first to mobilize its army in the build-up to the war). the february revolution of 1917 saw the end of romanov rule (the romanov dynasty had ruled russia for over 300 years); but the provisional government decided to stay in the war against germany. thus the german empire arranged for vladimir lenin to be brought to russia from his swiss exile with the specific purpose of further destabilizing russia, which eventually succeeded with the october revolution of 1917

[@Niilo-]

1. A Stahelm looks nothing like a penis 2. Napaleon recruited more men along 3. The hell is a Pershing doing in Russia 4. "This hat is heavy so I want a helmet"

[@Niilo-]

That Oneguy A tiger II isn't a super heavy tank

[@ethan9869]

Where was the Pershing?

[@modrotpendragon5781]

4:22 are you talking about this?

[@sauronthegreat7778]

Henry Walker Those are T-34’s, how the hell do they resemble a Pershing in any way!?

[@brennanschrader3608]

Nazi helmets are actually pretty practical

[@2534H]

The Russian Revolution occurred DUE to Russia's defeat in WW1. When the Mongols and the Polish defeated the Russians they weren't fighting a United country but instead fighting independent principalities. You can't say that just because those guys defeated "Russia" in a certain manner, that Napoleon and Hitler could have done it the same way. The circumstances were quite different.

[@horationelson1840]

HAAHHA. HOTLER COSPLAYING AS NAPOLEON. LMFAO!

[@Figgy_Tree]

I think from what I remember Napoleon had like half a million men during the Russian invasion and like 95% of them died. That is alot of dead people.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

Minor casualties... just 96% of the forces.

[@Fancypants117]

while this is true and it's kind of silly people think that winter was the only reason the nazis/napoleon lost in russia and it is a pretty big misconception, cracked just has a tendency to omit small details that explain lots of things Like the fact the nazis didn't have any tracked vehicles was mostly because the production of these vehicles was very new and the idea of massive numbers of tracked tanks everywhere was still barely even seen in the world's army's The production line at the factories were already producing all these vehicles and to switch around the assembly line to new ones would set back the production of new equipment for troops that needed it by months even years not just in the troop waiting to invade Russia but also in the Africa front that was an on going battle Hitler had a loose peace at best with Stalin, the communists were planning on invading Germany after they had their internal issues figured out after the great purge, the Germans were trying to take advantage of the Russian lack of command structure while they could, it's why they took as much as they did in the first place

[@charlescalthrop2535]

Ardail Coffey I wouldn’t even call the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact a peace treaty. It was basically just utilisation of mutual motivation. Hitler was always going to fight the CCCP, as this was a major factor in his political theory of Judeo-Bolshevism. As you said the Stalin was also going to invade Germany so their pact was basically worthless.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@charlescalthrop2535 Stalin literally didn’t fire back initially when they were invaded because he thought Hitler made some kind of mistake. The only ones who warned Stalin was the UK, but he kept dismissing their warnings. Stalin even locked himself in his room and had a breakdown because of it. That’s not someone who’s expecting war.

[@jacobasher5507]

early 18th century military hats: they look so weird because they had to be seen and be distinguishable from other ranks in a cloud of rifle smoke.

[@HollywoodTacticool]

Also, the Mongol invasion HAD to happen in winter, because that's when the rivers in Russia freeze over, and they could cross them on their ponies. Additionally, Mongol ponies were smaller than typical horses of the era and able to forage in snow. The Vikings also conquered Russia several times, and once they were finally kicked out, were literally invited back to rule once local Russian Princess started feuding. Furthermore, most of Hitler's army (contrary to popular misconception) was primarily horse-drawn (the so-called blitzkrieg was more propaganda than historifact), whereas the Soviet army was provided Ford trucks through lend-lease programs by the US.

[@MrJohnycomelately21]

Just don't invade Russia..... just don't.

[@windex527]

Nuke it instead

[@sebastianquintero1834]

Mahmud Chariev what if their nukes get nuked

[@Peregrin3]

considering that most of them are hidden and mobile that would be a bit problematic

[@daisygowanditchburn4844]

Nuking something into oblivion doesn't really count as victory. I mean you'd never be able to show people what you'd conquered. You'd show the children your achievements and they'd say "But all I see is a pile of ash, that's not so hard to take." Sure you've won but you wouldn't be able to do the whole march around like you're the coolest guy on earth making fun of the locals. No triumphal parades.... Basically the only things that would make it worth while.

[@ranger-rj2ym]

Gowan James Ditchburn "Look children. You see that Radioactive country over their. That I nuked the crap out of because of a Russian named Soviet Haxker. Now he won't hack bullet force anymore."

[@philv2529]

never get involved in a land war in asia

[@Ruffceyx530]

Russians should've known to not invade Finland in the Winter.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

It was successfully conquered in 1809 and remained a part of Russia for *more than a century* before Bolsheviks came and severely weakened Russian state.

[@lufo4599]

Cracked, I found 2 major historical inaccuracies in this video. 1. You are dead wrong that Russians had "zero fear of casualties" at Stalingrad. A lot of them had to be coerced through the threat of execution for retreating. 2. The Rapallo Pact did not mean that Hitler didn't have to invade Russia. It was Hitler's plan to invade Russia all along.

[@TheHippoBLT]

There is a lot of factors to Napoleon’s failed invasion. The fierce storms in July killed hundreds of horses, the spread of disease like Typhus killed his thousands. Plus he didn’t invade Russia for territory, he had no intentions to take any territory but to enforce his blockade on Britain. Napoleon’s only choice of succeeding in the invasion was by stopping at Smolensk which all of his senior generals decided on, but Napoleon confident in pursuing the enemy had support from one general.

[@BuzzinVideography]

Uhm. I thought number one was *THE VICTOR WRITES THE BOOK*

[@andyb6177]

Guys, can we all at least agree that this click bait needs to stop.

[@hilpano]

What clickbait? this is content

[@davidinmossy]

Thanks Russia for your major sacrifice during WW2 the west tries to forget this fact and big up America but we know who the real heroes of WW2 where! Thank you comrade!

[@carterdc3576]

Do you not remember the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact? The Soviets were fine letting the countries of Europe fall to the Germans as long as they weren’t effected. The Russians should not be considered heroes in the West, because they fought in the war not to help the Allies, but to defeat the Germans. Refer also to the Cold War.

[@obviousstalinist2750]

It looked like Germany was going to win on the Eastern Front until somewhere around mid 1942, which is when things started to slow down. The Germans made massive encirclements of Soviet troops and almost completely annihilated the Soviet airforce in the beginning of the war. They didnt think the Soviet Union wouldve been able to recover from the several total military catastrophes the Red Army suffered during the firts half of the war. Also it was mostly not the Russian winter that stopped Hitler. The Red Army and its leadership learned from their mistakes in the beginning of the war. The development and changes in Red Army doctrine from 1941 to 1944/45 was pretty massive. Also the idea that the soviets just threw men at the germans completely disregarding casualties is also wrong. This mostly comes from the catastrophic defeats of the Red Army in the beginning of the war and the conditions that the Red Army fought in at the battle of Rzev. not far from Moscow in 1942.

[@Kinnacat]

Fun hat history: The hat is called a bicorne, which is a later variation of the tricorne commonly seen during the American Revolutionary War/French Civil War era. Both were a round wide-brimmed hat pinned up at the sides to allow guns to rest on the shoulder and the hat to be carried more easily. Because they were pinned, all but the fanciest of them COULD have been unpinned to function as a real hat. The tricorne evolved into the bicorne which was pointed in the front and back (commonly pictured on sea captains). The French and a few others turned it sideways, making it more stylish but less useful for the guns. The sideways bicorne is only pictured on generals and the like because of the musket-carrying issue.

[@Confirmed105]

I like how when people talk of invading Russia they forget the Swedish Empire (as it were a major power then).

[@enqrbit]

The mongols is an exception.

[@PoggoMcDawggo]

Stan role the Mongol clip!

[@Chris-hp9be]

Don’t forget to be awesome

[@MaskofAgamemnon]

The number one fact in all of military history can be summarized in a single quote from Thucydides "war is a matter not so much of arms as of money"

[@Jackalope904]

Where were these videos when I was in school? Learned more in 7 minutes than at least a month or so of 90 minute classes.

[@debries1553]

This hat is because.

[@Caleb-zz8sg]

Mongols were always the exception

[@eagle-tn6br]

They got defeated in egypt....

[@Daniel-ys2uk]

The modern day mongols have nothing to do with the Moguls of the Grand Tartary. Those guys were white. Not Asian. The whole myth of Asian modern day mongols being descendants of those guys that build the Grand Tartary is a ... myth.

[@paulmentzer7658]

No, they did invade Russia in winter. The problem is invading Russia in SUMMER. In summer, you have to cross rivers, lakes and swamps. All three slow down armies in the Summer. Come winter Russia's rivers, lakes and swamps all freeze over thus Russia becomes a huge flat pancake. The Mongols attacked in winter when Russia is a huge flat pancake. Napaleon and Hitler attack in Summer with all of its problems and then faced the mud seasons marching instead of holding up till winter kickes in. You attack Russia in winter, then find a place to stay during the thraw or Mud season and consolidate your conquest in the summer. Thus long moves in winter where the rivers, lakes and swamps are frozen so none are barriers. Short moves between rivers and lakes in summer to consolidate your conquest. Simple, but you have to make sure your troops can move in winter and that requires good boots and other winter gear.

[@drizzy6302]

Daniel S what do you mean by white they were modern day americans?

[@justgamesaaron7968]

@@eagle-tn6br thats true

[@cpi23]

OMG you're like the nerdy sarcastic kid at the back of the Crash Course World History classroom this is great

[@MaH-gl6jj]

You forgot the Swedish empire who actually invaded Russia in the winter

[@flawlessbinary7449]

. This video is a fail. First, *Hitler needed to invade the USSR* - The USSR was planning to invade Europe after Britain fell to the Axis - The USSR was the number one supplier of Metals/Oil for the Axis, which made the Axis very vulnerable - The USSR hated being rejected from the Axis Second, Hitler invaded Russia during the great purges, which meant that almost no one was there to lead the army and that Russian officials were too busy fighting each other. *Hitler was even quoted saying:* You Only have to kick the door and the whole structure will come crashing down. - Adolf Hitler (1941)

[@LutherusPXCs]

"The USSR was planning to invade Europe after Britain fell to the Axis" That is bullshit. There are virtually no credible sources alluding to that whatsoever. The red army as disorganized, unprepared and showed no stance of immediate invasion. If Stalin wanted to conquer Nazi Germany early on he would have struck at Romania where the Wehrmacht was getting its supply of oil. Hitler even said it himself, that the USSR could have easily broken them if the Red army made that move but they didnt. "Hitler invaded Russia during the great purges, which meant that almost no one was there to lead the army and that Russian officials were too busy fighting each other." Actually it was just after the great purges in the Soviet union. Things were still bad in the USSR but dramatically died down at the start of the second world war.

[@WM01129]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it still failed. Lololololololololololololololololol so much for a video to fail

[@isprikitikburkabush6200]

this video is about facts not about conspiracy theories

[@davidhoward4715]

@@isprikitikburkabush6200 ... and pro-Nazi propaganda.

[@tph420]

The movie 1612 is a fictional fantasy, it had unicorns in it. Russia loses wars and gets invaded like any other country. Poland captured Moscow and the polish armies stayed in Moscow for two years. After negotiations failed, the Poles returned home. Russia was suppose to join the Polish Commonwealth, but difference in religion prevented the Polish King and the Russian nobility to agree on terms. When they left, Poland took a chunk of Russia to compensate (Smolensk area). That's how wars worked in the old days. Two countries go to war, the winner takes only a chunk of territory and not the hole country. Basically you can't take the hole country because the population will rebel and unless your OK with mass genocide, you better off taking a small piece. Usually rebels get financed by foreign powers and try to break up the hosting country. Same with Germany in ww1, they won against Russia. Just look at the territorial changes after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Just check out territorial changes of Russia in general. When it looses a chunk that's because it lost a war.

[@thedreaddeagle8561]

Yosemite Russia lost those territories because people who lived there wanted an independence and Russia defeat was like a perfect moment to declare it.

[@Kevin-sd9ec]

Almost your whole comment is flawed

[@Kevin-sd9ec]

Russa used to be fractured, but whole

[@NotADuncon]

It wasn't "a difference in religion" The Polish King was a Catholic nutjob. He was so crazy about religion his own family didn't want him in Sweden so they sent this rotten egg to us in Poland. If he was more accepting towards religious freedom in Russia and didn't insist on sitting on both trones himself Russia would be part of Commonwealth. He also could have controlled the Swedish throne but again his bird brain catholicism prevented him because he couldn't stand Lutherans.

[@justinian-the-great]

@@NotADuncon Yeah, by that point in history there is no way that there could live both catholic and ortodox Christians in the same country without troubles and wars, no matter how much religious freedom you give to them!

[@engleshen]

Trump is taking notes right now

[@engineerzerochannel]

This is the most intelligent and well-informed analysis I've seen on the subject of invading Russia.

[@williamkelly53]

Thanks Team Cracked knowledge wrapped in humor is one of my greatest loves ❤🖖!

[@sergeykhristoforov3414]

So you assume to invade Russia soon?

[@Voronza]

Thanks for funny and good stuff! From Russia with love.

[@ThogusDonatus]

Sweden did also invade Russia and failed as well :/

[@Hairysteed]

I think Jakob De La Gardie might disagree

[@Capitalist_Pig314]

If I’m not mistaken, the German army in World War II was heavily dependent on horses and horse drawn wagons. They did not have enough motorized vehicles. They took 600,000 horses with them into Russia.

[@Otm_Shank]

Why is this hat? Same reasons the dinosaurs died. Because you touch yourself at night.

[@surgeon36]

I like your videos Sheldon Cooper

[@85gamingwot55]

The #2 fact is never screw with Finland

[@alisilcox6036]

This doesn't really refute the axiom. It doesn't mean "snow stops invasions of Russia", it means "properly factor in attrition in difficult environments and ensure you complete your campaign before it sets in".

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

This is so amusingly instructive I can't look away to anything else.. help

[@58LewisK]

I stopped watching as soon as he said, "I don't read"

[@grief6052]

The german attack on russia in ww1 was a total victory for a number of reasons one of them is that germany was more technologically advanced

[@Sp1n1985]

عبدالله العويس are you saying Nazi Germany was less advanced than commie Russia?

[@awada1467]

Marcus INfinity commie Russia didn't exist in ww

[@awada1467]

1

[@Sp1n1985]

big a games gt and more I was talking about ww2

[@haiickentnwo9cu2uufhehi]

عبدالله العويس but they lost

[@robin6084]

Idk what it is, but this guy is so funny and likable. Definitely subbing!

[@KarmaTiger]

virtually every lesson from history ends in "except the Mongols"

[@ElderTechDragon]

Well, the other thing was that instead of focusing his force on Stalingrad, he split his army. Hitler's main objective was to capture the oil fields in the Caucasus. Ignoring warnings from his underlings, when they reached the area East of Stalingrad, Hitler ordered half his troops to go take the city while the other half continued North to the fields. Just as they arrived at the city, they ran completely out of fuel. Came to a dead stop because the many reasons listed in the video above diminished their fuel reserves. They were out of everything else too. So they had no choice. There was no retreat. They either had to take the city or starve and freeze to death.

[@mythopoeic8236]

This guy is hilarious

[@Redparade87]

a lot of inaccuracies in this video

[@Kevin-sd9ec]

mch efrt pt in2 ur comnt

[@Abaddonian]

So point them out.

[@asdf-fl1ib]

how about the title LIE? Cracked made up this lie. I haven't heard of history facts talk solely about Winter/cold weather winning the war(s). This is just like a hollywood movie taking bits of history and making it a movie.

[@davieduckett5265]

Come on Cracked, stop making me learn stuff

[@imperviousness1010]

i like how this was about how the attacking forces were stupid instead of the defending forces having superior fighting tactics

[@semperludens9241]

"Lost half of his troops to death" hahaha xD Are you sure you haven't just lost them? Where did you last see them? Did you check the lost and found?

[@BloodyCrooked1977]

quite inaccurate on many points..

[@elsu4042]

Tancredi Caltagirone Especially on Hitlers behalf

[@jedimindtricks7257]

Explain??

[@yeeterskeeter1577]

Andrew Vasirov I am not sure whether to clap or yell at your comment

[@AndrewVasirov]

chinadian They aren't mutually exclusive, so why not both? :D

[@AndrewVasirov]

I know, but I was making a joke ;)

[@MikeyDoe]

The atomic bomb had nothing to do with Japan's surrender.

[@Humbilly]

Well, not the first.

[@samosullivan5568]

Japan was on its knees and in a situation where it needed to surrender before the first bomb was dropped on Nagisaki

[@Humbilly]

First Bomb? Nagisaki?

[@stevethecatcouch6532]

Truman knew in Late July, 1945, through Churchill, that the Japanese had contacted the Russians, the only Allied Power Japan was not at war with, to begin surrender negotiations.

[@Humbilly]

The US also demanded surrender in late July 1945. The 28th to be exact.

[@abbigailkey15]

“They weren’t ready to visit Minnesota let alone beat Stalin in an away game.” made me cry. That’s my new favorite phrase.

[@Billabongs122988]

Looks like there are only 3 nations left for this mission conquest. 1. Americans march to Moscow from Western Europe. 2. Chinese march from Siberia to Moscow. 3. Chuck Norris Republic.

[@Akkeo0o]

you forgot sweden we invaded russia many times and we won and conquered moscow but we left it because it was so poor back then

[@enqrbit]

Akke And that is why the Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth also conquered western Russia. I feel like they also should mentioned Russia's geopolitics because western Russian is just a flat plain .

[@queenwednesdayart]

They waited 19 years to bury Napoleon.

[@ghdelao]

the dry humor in this video is brilliant

[@WestofWonder]

This is the most cringey shit I have ever seen... the jokes aren’t even accurate... especially the helmet one. Also, Hitler didn’t invade Britain because their navy was too large - he just got caught up in bombing cities rather than attacking strategic military objectives with Britain. Note that many of Britain’s ships had to stay in port because of U-boats and German air superiority. There is also speculations that Hitler thought Britain would help him invade Russia (because British and German were fairly racial similar, while he saw Russians as a petty race). Not to mention much of operation seal-lion (invasion of Britain) involved paratroopers being dropped at strategic locations all over Britain. Basically, he waited too long, the good seasonal weather was ending so they gave up and set up preparations for invading Russia. So please at least do some real research before labelling yourself as, essentially, an educational history channel and then pulling shit like that in your video. I know you want to keep it short, but please, history is much more complicated than you let it seem to be here buddy. I don’t think history is you’re kind of subject... no offence - but please stop.

[@mrtrugglez5567]

Sorry but no. Hitler can't invade Britain precisely because Britain has a bigger navy and also Britain having air superiority over the British Isles. When you try to invade an island, you want to make sure that after the initial landings, you will be able to supply your troops in enemy territory through sea. And to do that, you need air superiority to clear out close air supports from pummelling your troops, fighters from destroying your close air supports. And also Naval superiority to actually LAND and SUPPLY troops through barges along with shielding the invasion force from enemy ships or troops in land through naval cannons. It is exactly because Britain has a larger navy and air superiority over Britain and the Channel at the very start, they can intercept and destroy the German invasion force along with what ever German screen ship protecting it. And also "Many of Britain's ships had to stay in port because of U-boats and German air superiority"? Many =/= Most. Not to mention that Britain was able to send its fleet to patrol the channel, the north sea (Home fleet) and convoys with escorts (Destroyers, Corvettes and other screening ships) as well as the Mediterranean to disrupt Italian supplies commanded by the great Andrew Cunningham. Also U boats? Did you forget escorts have torpedo, depth charges and radar to spot submarines? And that U boats are pretty much a non factor post 1942? Not to mention the Brits launched an actual invasion in 1942 (well it's more of a raid). The Dieppe Raid, which managed to land British commandos inside Nazi occupied France by sea. So please enlighten me how naval supremacy is a non factor in invading an island nation.

[@opusmagnum4651]

DuncanDunkin Totally agree with you.

[@opusmagnum4651]

You guys are losing the point, Hitler didn't invade Britain because of is naval superiority, Hitler didn't invade Britain because he was distracted by the fact that he wanted to invade Russia, a stupid idea, but a valid idea.

[@kitfisto2347]

dionicio garcia So you deny facts?

[@EriqCarey]

Mr Trugglez thanks mate, was gonna respond to this bullshit but you did it for me

[@DanielPeterR]

He forgot to point out when the Mongolians conquered Russia, it was called the Kingdom of the Rus. The capital was Kiev, further to the south west. Moscow was a minor city at the time. Long story short, anyone who conquer or beat the Russians ended up being conquer back by the Russian and then Ruled over by them. Read Bismarck's many quotes about the Russians, the man had it figured out.

[@Zman44444]

As I’ve hypothesized for years. You push hard during the summer. Maybe you only conquer a 50 mile deep line, along the whole front. Stop. Wait for the mud to solidify in the winter. Keep your supply lines going. Push a little further. Wait. Reinforce. Wait. Push. Wait. Reinforce. Push. Eh? Anyone got an idea?

[@isaacmiller5688]

5:34 Uh, is the king of Poland holding the holy hand grenade? Lol

[@jeffspc88mx]

I love this series. Too bad there aren't more.

[@knuckduster]

Lmao "..and if you make that mistake..ehh..je m'appelle Alex" 😂 dude you crack me up

[@Tareltonlives]

To be fair, Charles XII lost too, but because he didn't follow up on his Estonian victory and instead attacked Poland, believing Saxony and Poland to be the greater threat. By the time he came back, Czar Peter had a professional, artillery-full battle-hardened army waiting for him.

[@noahyoung9651]

If you are wondering what the “False Dmitris” are, most Balkan states claimed to have Russian royalty and used it as leverage to prevent being invaded. When Russia demanded they sent those royal dudes, they got a shitload of dudes named “Dmitri” who weren’t Russian. Russia still fell for it every time, however, and it truly is a fun topic.

[@Peregrin3]

one thing that is often misrepresented about the ussr vs germany was the amount of casualties russia inflicted on german troops during the first 5 months of the war, when the germans invaded they had a significant numerical advantage, the soviets did have more tanks and planes but most were obsolete. After 5 months of fighting the ussr had heavy losses but so did the germans and many of the german army and air divisions were down to under 40-30 percent of initial forces and this was before winter.