Old WW1 Veterans who Kept Fighting in WW2
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I wonder what was the best way to survive in world war I oh life expectancy
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@@Nemesistyxprobably because he didn't fight in World War II he just led the country but I do believe Erwin Rommel fought in World War I but I could definitely be incorrect about that
“Let’s show the whippersnappers how to fight a war”
"By golly, I think we shall."
"Oi, Gramps! Retirement Home's not here. Do you even know what a proper tank and radio is?😏"
Some British paratrooper, probably.
Yeah
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@@BriselanceHold my severed hand sonny boy!
Interesting thing about Patton.
After the 'Slapping Incident', he became interested in 'Shell Shock' and became educated about it.
He realized what it was and it's effects and afterwards had compassion for those affected.
I feel if he had lived into his later years, he would have become an advocate for the treatment of PTSD.
His son did, and he was a benefactor for the Patton Memorial Wing of the Philippine General Hospital Psychology Department
Patton was in 1916 fighting in Mexico against Pancho Villa/
@@TellySavalas-or5hf And?
From his extensive research of Patton historian Kevin Hymel actually learned that Patton had a fellow soldier who committed suicide from what can now be called depression that he believed could have still been alive if they had just slapped sense into him.
Say what you will about medical/recreational marijuana use, but some of Patton's descendants have opened a dispensary in Massachusetts that primarily serves Veterans from around the area, helping some of them treat any lingering mental/physical health issues they might have suffered during their service. I think its great that Patton's legacy has become one of helping soldiers with PTSD
I remember there was a story of a US Civil War veteran who served in WWI in the Canadian military. He was in drummer boy for a Michigan regiment and lied about his age to enlist. He then lied about his age to join the Canadian army but was found out and sent home.
You're thinkin' 'bout Johnny Shiloh. 😎
He would be 60 on that time
Going through WW1 and deciding you still have enough fight in you for a WW2 is nothing short of impressive
Understatement
My great grandfather had fought in both world wars. He joined young lying about his age and fought in France. Then at the time WW2 rolled around many families especially ones from farming communities were hit hard by the great depession. So that on top of wanting to serve the country he rejoined. And once again went to France and the Netherlnds. He survived both wars and eventually died in a car accident in his late 70's.
Most elderly men of german Volkssturm had beeñ veterans of wwl. And retired fieldmarshall von Mackensen, who fought in german - french war of 1870 was still alive.
While he didn't get deployed in WWI, Norman Cota definitely deserves a mention. He was an instructor during WWI, and he personally landed during D-Day in WWII despite being over 50.
High command ignored his warnings about D-Day (he wanted to land at night/pre-dawn), and General Bradley ignored is warnings about Hürtgen Forest (in that it was a deathtrap).
He will get a mention in YOUR video on the topic.
@@user-oi9to7ux7kdumbhead response, dumbhead responder
ty, looked him up. He knew how to rally the troops too. that is a must in a good leader.
Also gave the rangers their motto. "God damn it Rangers lead the way. "
@@primalwolfe4711 As much as a fanboy of him as I am, didn't know he gave them the motto.
Force of steel.
Funfact: The famous German general, Erwin Rommel fought at the Italian front in WW1
Rommel is legendary. He kept a cool head, but a determined heart in the heat of battle.
So did Hitler goring and many others
Didn't know Rommel was a WW1 vet
Infantry Attacks!
pretty much every german general served in ww1
Can’t wait for the stories about WWII vets serving in WWIII.
Millennials telling Gen Z to survive? You're welcome.
Thatd be like the civil war vet who tried to fight in ww2
Yeah, that’s not gonna happen. Nowadays they got all kinds of permits and customs. You gotta go through to join the military.
@@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 Blind leading the blind
@@billclay9511 If ww3 happened what do?
Don't mess with those who survived the first world war. They know a thing or two those youngsters don't.
its kinda hard to mess with them since none of them exist anymore boss
@krazyspartanodst At the time they were plentiful, nowadays it's more anyone who survived Vietnam that could be the closest comparison.
those ww1 vets experienced a more painful battlefield than ww2 because of the use of chemical warfare.
im not discrediting ww2 by any means but from what i could tell, seeing people slowly die from that gas sticks to you, kind of like seeing someone get tortured alive.
@@nullvoid2560 yea WW2 has more casualties and shortened lifespan after the war
Yeah like Tactics that don’t make sense
My great grand father served, starting aged 15, in the First World War. As a Royal Marine in the trenches.
When demobbed, he returned to the naval shipyard he was at, but saw the way the wind was blowing and managed to enlist in the Royal Navy. He recived a commision and was serving on HMS Warspite from 1936-1944.
The Grand Old Lady. Belli Dura Despicio, "I despise the hard knocks of war."
B.S
My Great Grandfather was one of these. Italian side of WW1 at 17, and his son was reserve canon-crew American in Vietnam.We still have an old canon shell, vintage fire extinguisher, and a bayonet marked U.S 1945 from him. I wish to be as amazing as Gaetano and Francis were.
“Grandpa what did you do during the war?”
“Which one?”
_“There are old soldiers and there are bold soldiers, but there are very few old, bold soldiers.”_
*- Unknown*
_“Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.”_
*- Anonymous*
_“Old soldiers never die...And they _*_don't_*_ fade away.”_
*- Jack Morrison/Soldier: 76,* _Overwatch_
Imagine ruinnng a McArthur Qoute,shameful....
wich one?@@rogerloger1935
People just really really love to find a way to start a argument do they
"They’re gonna have to bury what’s left of ya in a soup can"
Demoman, Team Fortress 2
@@SirEcuadorian God bless you dude, that was a good laugh :D
Take “once a marine, always a marine.” To a next level.
My grandfather was in ww2 , korea, and Vietnam. He was not normal. He self deleted at the age of 89 when he lost the ability to care for himself. He made E6 and E8 2x , he only did what he thought was right .
I mean it’s a shame how he finished, but it makes sense. He sounds like he was a badass and very much sufficient
Self deleted? Was it sui**de?
@@borninthewoods4482 yep that’s what he did . Right in front of my grandma.
@@kevmoful I wasn’t quite sure what you meant at first that’s why I asked, sorry for bringing the subject up. And right in front of your grandma. 🙁That makes it worse…
B.S
Wally: no retreat, no surrender.
Devart: the guy that even god wouldn’t be abble to kill.
Paton: *bald eagle scream*
DeWiart*
Patton is bascilly the TF2 Soldier
@@lancechua9743 I wouldn't be surprised if he were the inspiration.
@@lancechua9743 how is he? He didn't fight in WWII and in WWI he was in a tank for the last bit of a war that had already been won.
@@lancechua9743 being a General is a Commanding Officer position. He did no fighting in WWII
Fighting in and surviving both world wars is a crazy accomplishment.
Regular Soldier: I lost my hand can I go home?
Adrian Carton de Wiart: Tis but a scratch! I've had worse.
A scratch? Your hand's off!
Dude’s ballsy af. And that’s considering how many injuries he has & how many battles he fought in.
My great grandfather served in both ww1 and ww2, he was with the Canadian army. He was supposed to go ashore on D-day but broke his leg days prior too and remained in England.
ahh broke my leg in 2021 when kicked a scooter and nearly died off blood poisonning
My great-grandfather was born in 1895 in a small village at the foot of Monte Grappa. In the First World War he served as an infantry sergeant on the Isonzo front and later on the Trentino front, in the regiment that first liberated Trento in 1918.
He was decorated with seven medals (two of which however were awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the victory).
In 1939 he was sent by the fascist government, together with many others from his hometown, as Italian workforce (Fremdarbeiter) in a German factory that produced tanks.
With the signing of the Italian armistice of 1943 he was put into forced labor for a few months, then he was forced to join a Panzer division of the German Army in the role of field repair mechanic.
He remained at the front with them until March 1945, when they were captured by the Americans near Nuremberg.
He remained a POW until the end of the conflict and then was able to return home.
Basically you can say that he took part in both world wars!
I would definitely have added Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Fought on the Western Front, then re-enlisted during WWII and participated in Operation Torch and D-Day even though he was in his mid-50s by then. A remarkable life.
Yes. He was call Jr. because Teddy (who was the true Jr.) didn’t adopt it. He was actually the 3rd. His son (the 4th) was a young ambassador in west Africa in the late ‘60s. I met him there (I was 5-10 yrs younger). He was a great guy and very adventurous.
My Great Grandfather fought in World Wars I & II
What an awesome gentleman he is!
Same, my gramps, his son also did.
B.S
@@vbadimothebadassjackass8011 Liked your own comment. Opinion invalid.
@RyanGosling_Sigma Jealous?
Fun Fact Patton was the last official Gunfighter/Gunslinger of the old west
When Pancho Villa was running around, Patton fought in Mexico where he got into a Gunfight with five Mexican Bandits
Patton used a six shooter too.
@stunner9005 it was the same Six Shooter that he used in that Gunfight in Mexico You can see the notches cut into it of how many men he killed in Mexico
My grandfather was in the first World War he came over from Italy and became an American citizen and was eager to fight for his new country. I remember the stories he told me when I was a little kid, he lost his sight and his hair years later from the usage of mustard gas in the war. He told me about the trench fighting and how difficult it was for many of them. He lived to 98 years old I'm glad I was able to have memories of him and his experiences.
Agent Orange in WW1?
@@daleupthegrove6396 Mustard gas, pardon me.
B.S
Honourable mention to the men of the German Volkssturm levy, many of whom were WW1 veterans, and who, in a more just world, should really have had the opportunity to retire in peace, having already absorbed their fair share of danger on their country's behalf. :(
Well NO because that would be against the agenda
There's even an honorable mention at the end of world 2 , where in American group teamed up with the wehrmacht and French celebrities to save a castle from the waffen ss , a.k.a hitlers special army .
The Americans French and wehrmacht soldiers completely destroyed the waffen SS trying to take over the castle, for more information wendigoon has a video on it I could probably find a link too
czcams.com/video/ScHzMnAcn_s/video.htmlfeature=shared
Here it is
There is even a few famous pictures that were hand-drawn at the time of the based on the events of the defense of this castle with the Americans and Germans of the wehrmacht drank liquor and started singing songs and dancing together
@@djraythefurry0420 Howard Kippennburgger ended up in charge of new zealand army for 3 months in italy 1944 , when Freyburg had to go to a London city allied generaals meeting- both a German names.
My grandfather served in World War I in the US Army (he was stationed in Panama guarding the canal) & in World War II in the Coast Guard - he was a boilermaker's mate on a Landing Ship Tank vessel in the invasion of the Philippines
General Bernard Freyburg V C. Born in the UK but grew up in Wellington, NZ. Joined the NZ Army on the out break of WW1. A champion swimmer, he swam ashore at Gallipoli 25 April 1915 before the main landings to light decoy flares to distract the Turks. In 1916, he transferred to the Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and fought at the Somme, winning the Victoria Cross for commanding his battalion, despite severe injuries. At the war's end, he was a brigadier in the Royal Navy Division. Stayed in the British Army as a staff officer until just before WW2 started. Recalled to active service, he was promoted to General and given command of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, which fought with distinction in Greece, Crete, Syria, the North Africa campaign (including both Alamein battles) and Italy. Was popular with the troops under his command, who knew he would take care of them. His appointment as Governor General of New Zealand after the war was very popular with the public.
My 2nd Great Granduncle served in the First World War with the Royal Canadian Artillery notably helping with the barrage at Vimy Ridge, in 1927 he achieved the rank of Master Gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery and he fought in the Second World War with the Veteran Guard of Canada, he finally retired in 1959.
This is why the WW1 Generation were the actual 'Greatest Generation'. Not only did they fight in both wars, they voluntarily enlsited in WW2 knowing what the horrors of modern warfare actually were and didn't join out of any sense of 'adventure' and 'romanticism', nor were they drafted (in most countries). They also raised families and fought their own post war demons through the Great Depression and led their country in the post war economic boom of the 1950's. They never beat their own chests or wore fancy hats around expecting praise everywhere they went. And then they quietly faded away. No other modern generation has matched them
These old politicians should fight their own damn wars.
Na it's not there it's urs lol 😂🤣🤣 turyh and reality don't care about ur morals philosophy
Na it's ur war it's not there reality is not philosophy by deflecting the responsibility
In my care our civilization existance is in stake
When simple history posts a video it’s a good day 100%
Once a badass always a badass
JRR Tolkien: I caught my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt through Vietnam!
Winston Churchill: I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!
Theodore Roosevelt: Let’s face it, you’re not all that great! You tossed away lives in Gallipoli like they were scraps off your plate!
Someone has seen a few Epic Rap Battles of History lol
5:04 He survived because the enemy feared his bayonet.
Salute 🫡 to all the veterans out here.
Happy Veteran's Day!
That are in good standing
You should make more tank videos of ww2. Like the M6 or the T1 heavy! Thanks and keep up the awesome content
04:09
Well... in his case, he was absolutely not too old. As long as they are fit and resilient enough to pass PT and boot camp, let them join the young blood.
"Only the dead have seen the end of war"- Plato
Very cool video it taught me a lot
Gunny Haney, K 3/5. Oorah, Happy Birthday Marines
Another amazing from Simple History, kudos. Also salute for those brave young men who laid down their lives for their countries🫡
Adrian Carton “literally having too much fun to die” De Wiart
“You damn kids get off my lawn!” -These soldiers apparently.
There were thousands of soldiers in the Bulgarian army durring ww2,that not only fought in ww1 but in balkan wars as well. Most of them were either senior NCO's or served in support units, it wasn't uncomon for some to serve as artillery men or machine gunner's.
LTG Samuel Williams. Joined the Army during the Pancho Villa expedition, deployed to WWI a year later, WWII, Korea, and ended his career in Vietnam as the commander of MAAG-Indochina (later MACV). He began his career on the eve of americas involvement in WWI and ended it overseeing the advisory phase of the Vietnam war and the first US casualties in 1959.
4:18 "They say that the pen is mightier than the sword, i know which I would choose" Those were the words of Adrian Carton de Wiart before joining the war... After the war, his words became legendary
*INTO THE FIRE THROUGH TRENCHES AND MUD
SON OF BELGIUM AND IRELAND WITH WAR IN HIS BLOOD
LEADING THE CHARGE INTO HOSTILE BARRAGE
BY DESIGN, HE WAS MADE FOR THE FRONTLINE*
Happy remembrance day for tomorrow may there rest in peace all of the soldiers
I have been to Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery a few times. Among the head stones, they list the wars the veteran had served during. I remember seeing a few read "WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam"
Among the high ranked officers being a veteran of WW1 was kinda a standard in WW2, rather than something exceptional.
Thanks for fighting for my country Wally you died like a badass
Brings to mind an old quote I've heard.
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.”
4:20 INTO THE FIRE THROUGH TRENCHES AND MUD
My grandfather was a motor machinest mate submarines, served in both
I have been watching you for years and u have made me love history than ever before
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Reminds me of that German Gendarmerie scene in Band of Brothers.
Great video! Congratulations!
This is a neat video keep it up
my great grandfather fought in both world wars on the german side, and he survived it all! The only thing that has happened him was hearing loss on one ear after a grenade exploded nearby.
Wish i could have met him in Person.
Absoluter Ehrenmann
My great grandfather did kind of the same, he was a soldier for Germany in WW1 and was then in the holocaust (as we are Jews)
1:55 Benchmade crooked River at the top of the screen. Such a beautiful knife.
Charles Herbert Lightoller, Second Officer onboard the famous Titanic, was one of only a handful of survivors to be rescued from the sea. Most of them were saved by him. He later was a naval commander during the first world war, where he committed war crimes such as shooting surrendering Germans. In the second world war, he helped rescue the stranded troops at Dunkirk by using his own civilian vessel. He survived the war, but lost a son.
Bro really heard "Round 2"
Simple history has been on fire lately!!
Once a soldier always a soldier
Erwin Rommel also served in ww1, if I remember correctly, he was a seargent and received the iron cross.
Simple History can you do a two videos on the atrocities committed during the French Revolution and during the American Revolutionary War and The American Revolution.
Left out the English civil wars
@@tomhenry897 right shouldn't hav elf them out since they were just as horrible and brutal.
Grandad served as a sapper (combat engineer) in WWI. Got a recall notice at age 47 in 1945. He’d built bridges and steel frame building in the interwar years and they were so desperate for engineers for the invasion of Japan…thankfully war ended firs
my Great-Great-Grandpa was one of those men, being born in 1896 Germany, he won the Iron Cross 2nd Class in 1918 before joining the Kriegsmarine in WW2
i love how this was posted right on my birthday
Great video, Adrian was a beast by the sound of it
He certainly was tbf if i where a WW2 german i be scared to death of meeting him on the battlefield it would just drop my gun and surrender no point tryin kill a man who has survived taking a shell in the stomach and survived 2 plane crashes and survived gettin shot at places where an average soldier would die i am not fightin a man whos impossibel to beat get what i mean?
My great uncle fought in both world wars. In WWI he was an Austria-Hungarian cavalryman and in WWII he drove a truck for the USA in North Africa. He died in the summer of 1999, aged 102.
B.S
paul papa hausser born 1880 fought in both ww1 and ww2 was age 59 when ww2 started and lived to be 92 when he died in 1972
I wish we had these men now!!
Imagine being 19 years old and a dude old enough to be your grandpa annihilates your squad and makes you surrender
What’s even worse is that Patton died in a car crash a month and 19 days after World War 2 ended
Hey his hand grew back! 6:24
Great channel
A friend of my maternal grandfather had been 25 years in the US navy. He renlisted in 1942. He was too old for sea duty but helped by served in administration on a naval base. Many older men did so.
Adrian Carton De Wairt needs a movie ASAP. What an absolute UNIT! He has such a crazy life
Patton shouldn't really count as the vast majority of WW2 generals were also WW1 veterans. Montgomery was one of the first British soldiers in action in WW1 as a Captain in the early 1914 campaign, Mons, Le Cateau etc. With the small 'Old Contemptibles' professional British Army. He was wounded during that campaign.
One of my relatives served in both ww1 and ww2 and in fact i know someone still alive whos apart of my family and he served in vietnam in a infantry division thats headquarters is in my state pretty cool.
My grandpa is a world war 2 veteran and really hated patton for his decision to make him and every other solider stay and push forward for so long during the Normandy invasion.
The immortal soldier finds his home.
Can you do a Video on Homeguard in Uk,Aus,Nz and Canada and the State defense Force Us WWII?
Massive respect to Walter Ernest Wally Brown for helping defend Singapore against the Japanese
Something not mentioned was that the soldiers under Patton absolutely loved and respected him. He wasn't a nasty man. He was a tenacious and stubborn man. A man with unique beliefs about himself, and a large ego to boot. But he cared deeply for the soldiers under his command. He expected the best. He got the best, and he gave back the best. The man was one of the greatest generals of WW2, and gained the respect of both his allies AND his enemies. He earned every bit of the fame he recieved.
the pipes on this narrator are gold!!
1:28 imagine considering yourself ubermenchs, and then losing to a single aussie in hand to hand violence and being like, yeah, no, this squad from major to private are all going for a walk to their POW camp.
Gets shot: “boy I took a cannonball in 1914 you think this will stop me?”
My grand-grandfather served in the Russian Imperial Army, then the Red Guard, then Red Army. He have fought in both World wars and Russian Civil war, was discharged due to a wound in 1943 and died being 103 years old.
My granddad. Boy seaman (14) served from 1914-18, including Jutland.
Reservist called up in 1941 (age 41) Served in the Arctic and on D-Day.
That thumbnail is pure gold lol
good one
For all those eldery veterans!!!!
Legends
They really said get of my lawn
Maitland Madge MM Australian Aboriginal served in WW1 where he received the Military Medal on the Western Front. During WW2 he with many other Allies got captured at the Fall of Singapore later on died a P.O.W during WW2
Volkssturm battalion "Siemensstadt", which had almost 800 mostly former WW1 veterans with good officers and reasonable good weapons hold their positions in the battle of Berlin from 21.4 until 2.5. when they fall back after heavy losses, many were awarded with iron cross.
i guess i thought the voice was computer generated all this time. You have an amazing narrator voice!!!
Wiart, a man completely too chill to die. it literally took god making him fall down the stairs just to keep him in bed for a short while.