The Fascinating Story Behind the Molotov Cocktail and How It Got Its Name
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I feel attacked e.e
Listen to "Nyet molotov" song it's a propaganda song
Do a video about how nicotine by itself isn’t actually addictive at all.
@@HorizonEyes im pretty sure it is.
Cocaine gum?
I love how this joke about Molotov’s cocktails carried on throughout the ages
Unlike wine they never sour
@@playandgrowtv9846?
@@playandgrowtv9846 I literally got doorbells... Just doorbells.
Speaking of Germany, How many Germans does it take to change a lightbulb? One.
@@elias_xp95 does he hold the bulb in place, and the world revolves around him?
You actually won’t want to stuff the rag in the bottle. That’s a great way to get gas all over yourself when you go to throw it. It’s best to seal the bottle and tie the the cloth around the neck of the bottle. That way it only ignites on impact. Hope this helps.
Thanks, I was just planning my own revolution this sunny, sunday morning.
That you kind stranger for information I didn´t know I´d love to have.
This. It was highly amusing to watch many an antifa member douse themselves in flaming petrol over the summer.
You can make self starting mixes with potperm and glycerin however they aren't a guaranteed start. Best option is to soak two matches in wax and place them head to head on one side of the bottle then strike the matches on a rough surface before throwing.
if you want to keep it sealed taping something like a sparkler to the side might be a better bet than a rag that still needs to be soaked in fuel.
Actually, yes. That is very helpful. Thank you.
Probably the most universal and accessible weapon there is - the Molotov can be made by pretty much anyone who has access to a shop, and therefore it is the hardest to control.
22 rimfire bullets in beer bottles are mean hand grenades.
Add styrofoam cups to get napalm
*Curls fist*
Behold!
I give you, an uncontrollable weapon!
You need a shop to fill a bottle with gas and a rag?
@@macdjord No, you need a shop to buy gas a bottle and a rag. He didn't mean a workshop for weapon-smithing, he meant a literal shop
Everybody underestimates the power of a maniac with a crowbar
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
Archimedes
crowbars are pretty good against zombies
Antifa don’t know how to use crowbars 😂
@@ajhproductions2347 Odd underestimation to make. I'd say the former OSS would offer significant proof to the contrary.
@@Dan-ud8hz no seriously, there’s video of this loser attempting to break a window with a crowbar and he just can’t do it. That’s what I’m referring to. Just because you disagree with someone doesn’t make them a fascist, but that’s their mentality. Then they threaten anyone who accurately reports what they do. So to protest fascism they commit acts of fascism? Makes no sense
@@ajhproductions2347 So you saw a video of a random guy failing to break tempered glass and you generalize that to a group of people who share a single belief? Not very thoughtful, bucko.
Ah, the Winter War. When humanity’s greatest sniper single handedly terrorized a world super power for 100 days (using iron sights), got shot in the face with an explosive round, KILLED HIS ATTACKER, made his way back to base and woke up the day the war ended (the Russian army obviously didn’t want to face him again) and proceeded to live on until the ripe old age of 96.
An absolute legend of a man that will no doubt destroy Apollo in Ragnarok.
actually he passed out after he got hit, he absolutely did not kill the soviet sniper nor did he get back to base on his own
@@coolbean9880 He absolutely did kill his attacker and make his way back to base before passing out. He operated alone. He would have died otherwise.
@@Living_Life242 No he was in open conflict the day he got shot. He wasn't just sitting in a ditch waiting that day.
And Sabaton starts playing in the back... 🤘🏻
@@Living_Life242 he was shot while fighting at the front, not as a sniper.
He was not outsniper, he was shot by an enemy and a friend dragged him back
Think how proud the guy who made up the joke would be… literally his joke is in countless movies and video games… truly an icon
It's impressive how fast the name spread. In American WW2 instructional films for soldiers to be deployed abroad it's already called that. I reckon it's largely thanks to the insultingly named period of Phoney War, during which France and the UK saw very limited action, despite being formally at war with Germany. The Winter War happened during that period, so the audience in the West had all the time in the world to pay attention to it.
Fun fact: Rajamäki distillery used bottle caps with the name "Rajamäki" on them. Obviously bottle caps survived the explosions and at some point Soviets noticed the text on the cap. Then they looked the place up from the map and dropped some bombs.
Yes, and that is why Rajamäki alcohol distillery built two towers and bought two anti-aircraft cannons to secure the factory. Success.
Finns really don't like their personal space being invaded.
True, we don't :D
Torille!
@@Floran_Plantman "You don't tell us what to do!"
Today i learned my cat is secretly finnish
We've been socially distancing since the end of the last ice age, therefore the pandemic didn't change things all that much around here.
The Winter war was apparently very brutal. The Russians had met their match with an enemy who live in a more extreme climate than them and was thus slightly more insane.
The Finns fought like hell, and bled the Soviets white. They were only nation that kept Stalin from completely taking over their nation, and embarrassed him to no end with their valiant defense.
Well, the climate's actually quite similar, or a bit milder. Same latitudes but the closeness of the Gulf Stream makes it somewhat warmer. Though the 1949-40 winter was a particularly cold one.
But there was a couple of aspects that greatly hampered the Soviets' efforts in addition to the leadership problems resulting from Stalin's purges. First off there was the ill-prepared equipping of the troops. A very quick victory in as little as two weeks was anticipated, so winter gear, from basic winter clothing to skis, was lacking. Secondly, quite a lot of the Red Army troops fighting in the campaign were brought in from regions far away. A sound idea in theory - you're not going to do well pitting basically neighbouring peoples from across the borders against one another, but problems arose from some of those troops not being accustomed to harsh winters, and morale being understandably poor across the board. Being sent to another corner of the country to fight people you have zero qualms with, or haven't even heard of before in your life, and being told you're there to be supposedly liberating them, while it's constantly very obvious they're not exactly too keen on being "liberated". Not hard to imagine the spirits weren't super high.
@@MosoKaiser Well the plan was to cut Finland from the middle and invade the nation in two weeks. That was the reason why the troops didn't have proper winter gear.
It was so brutal that one time when the Soviets actually broke through the Finnish defensive lines and had a clear road to Helsinki with no obstacles, they decided to stop and raid the Finnish field kitchens.
This raid gave the Finnish cooks and other rear guard personnel the opportunity to ambush these Soviet troops and seal up the breach, reforming the defensive line.
This battle then became to be known as the 'Sausage War'.
The Soviets were so poorly supported that even when faced with an easy short victory, they chose to stop to eat.
@@Caldera01 "An Army Marches On Its Stomach" -Napoleon/Frederik the Great.
Fun fact: Only place in Finland that had flak towers was the ALKO factory mention in the video. Priorities!
Well there was uproar on the front lines, when they started to bring in the molotov cocktails.. troops were pissed off they ruined good drink with tar.. some proceeded to drink it anyway, until military added gasoline in it... and even then some tried to drink it. Least this is the folk story going around and its very believable...witch after troops started to make moonshine on their tents...
I actually live right next to the town with said factory and have seen the flak towers in person!
The thing is, alot of our factories didn't really need anything else than good camouflague. On account of the Soviets poor maps, and knowledge of our land. They simply couldn't find important factories. You've also got to remember that at that time warplanes were a new thing, and you basically couldn't see shit out of the cockpit.
@@santerikorteoja638 Yup, they tried bombing my town, Kokkola a few times (harbor and munition depot) but missed by miles, once mistakenly bombing a nearby village that is 20km from the coast.
@@squidcaps4308 One funny thing was when Helsinki was under heavy air raids, lights and small fired were set up on islands outside Helsinki. Since most Soviet bombing raids happened during night, Soviets only saw the lights and fires, and dropped the bombs into sea and uninhabited islands.
Tanks and vehicles also have grease throughout their parts. So a Molotov cocktail would often ignite any bit that had grease or oil it came in contact with, resulting in a conflagration.
grease is not a fire hazard, dont talk bs
@@stopstalkingyouspookybastard Ever have a grease fire on the stove-top? Any oil or fat based products will be ready fuel for fire. I've worked in shops that required all cleaning rags used to wipe lubricant, grease or oil were required to be put in red metal cans becasue they were a fire hazard.
All vehicles have oil leaks and stains that provide tinder for a excessive heat source like a flaming Molotov cocktail . So don't accuse me of talking "bs" unless you are an expert petroleum employee or fireman and can prove otherwise.
@@stopstalkingyouspookybastard I think you should look up “Auto-Ignition of
Cooking Oils”…
@@Rosyna if you compare cooking oil with machine grease i dont have anything to say to you. just know that ignition hazard does not equal to fire hazard. anything, and i repeat, ANYTHING can be burned, even noble gases, that doesnt mean they are fire hazard
@@blank557 we are talking about grease on machine parts being a fire hazard. i have phd in mechanical engineering and yes, its complete bs that they are fire hazard on machines. unless a moron mechanic/technician completely failed their job
Takeaway:
Don't bring a hammer and sickle to a reindeer fight.
Can't beat stupidity.
Its`s all good until the snow starts speaking finnish.
Don't bring a hammer and sickle to *ANY* fight.
@@aldousorwell3807 But but but, not doing that makes you a white supremacist fascist who hates freedom! REEEEEEEE!!!! 😋
Rudolf's gonna show you where you can put that hammer and sickle....
It is understandable that the Russians underestimated the Finns. They simply thought they had won once they crossed the Finnish line.
* facepalm *
They have a but of a history crossing that line and before sweden had happily let go. This time there was no sweden.
I can’t even pay attention to the video because of all these witty responses
The Soviets fell victim to their own propaganda.
@@Yupppi Well, it was the Swedes who taught the Finns how to fight.
I'm going to save this video in my "Just in case it hits the fan" playlist
Actually, throwing bombs is what makes the whatever hits the fan. Better it would be to work for a society where you don't need those cocktails.
Wanna add knowing how to make thermite to that list? Napalm? Poison gas? I can hook you up.
@@cazador7131 strike anywhere match tips in a tennis ball
Is it time to return to this video?
I've heard the Molotov Cocktail referenced and have seen them countless times but never knew where it came from. Great video!
To anyone interested: mix 2/3 of gasoline with 1/3 of heating oil, put some sand in the bottle first if its rather light so its better to throw. You can also mix in some styrofoam so the mixture spreads better. Use thin walled bottles. Put a cork in thereto to seal it and tie the cotton rag tightly around the neck of the bottle. Preparation done. To deploy put a little bit of gasoline onto the rag and light it, but hold it in a 45 degree angle to do so. Then yeet it onto your target sidearm, never over your head. If you want to use a slingshot test beforehand if your particular glass bottles can handle that without breaking. Keep upt the good work comrades.
Oh and also check your local laws regarding the manufacturing, where i live its illegal.
"Keep upt the good work comrades." This weapon was made for you. And , it does not use rags.
@Ronan McDonald i am providing tecnical information, how could that be read as a confession to anything
@@axbrax5697 it is slightly concerning, that's what they meant, I assume. You've very extensive knowledge on how to create effective improvised weaponry, and I must say, it is... odd.
@@Creepernom as others have pointed out, i have made some mistakes in the discription, mostly because english is not my first language and „rag“ would be how i would translate the peice of cloth, but appara inam wrong. Honestly i just once have read the Wikipedia article because i was interested on the history, and the history if improvised weaponry in general, also i move in polital circles where there are made jokes about improvised weapons, revolution and so on. The left wing kind, not the faschist kind.
@@Creepernom Dunno where the OP lives but in Finland making home made explosives is like tradition for kids/teens.
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New Year is the best time ever, not because fireworks itself but because you can brake those fireworks down and make your own stuff with the materials. Me and boys always stocked up tons of gunpowder/black powder during that time so we could blow things up during summer as well, god i miss those times so much.
Funnily enough Molotov cocktails are regulated in the US the same as hand grenades(officially) and theoretically anyone in possession of the components(glass bottles, flammable liquid, and cloth) could be charged with constructive intent which carries the same penalty as possession of an unregistered destructive device. The penalty involves a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
...So if you have a car, a liquer cabinet and a dishcloth then you've technically already committed a felony?
@@MrMortull if the cops were dicks they could probably make an arrest, but any almost judge would dismiss the case outright.
@@joshuaradick5679 The key part in that statement is "almost" any judge. Never discount law being used in an unfair and punitive manner.
The Finnish Army puts a whole new spin on the phrase "FINISH HIM!!!"
I also vote that the opposite of a Pyrrhic Victory is a Finnish Defeat (sure, the enemy eventually beat you; by my god you milked them dry first!)
They are the same thing just different sides of the same conflict right?
Finland retained it's independence and freedom. That is a victory.
TIFO: "...though hopelessly outmanned and outgunned--"
Me, despite the mouthful of tea still in my mouth: "OUTNUMBERED, OUTPLANNED!"
Wouldn't call "Walk in and win" Outplanning anyone. Probably why finns did so well without George Washington.
Stalin: 'This will be easy'
White Death: 'Hai there!'
Conclusion: still easy...
@@DxBlack yet, it wasent
Simo was a bad ass
Another one of my "Role models" I have quite the collection, most are Soviets I'm not a Commie, the white death, the Nacht Hexes some are Native American and African American very few are so-called Americans John Wayne was a Puss.
Has Simon done a a Biographics on The White Death?
a molotov cocktail is a self igniting mixture of gasoline and phosphor which catches fire once exposed to oxygen.
not to be confused with a regular fire bomb which is gasoline with a burning rag.
-source 1970's Dutch infantry handbook.
The regular fire bomb is also known as a Mazel Tov Cocktail
-CNN
Bottle go whoosh.
- Finnish infantryman
@@ccubsfan94 at least it's mostly peaceful
It’s called the molotov ‘cocktail’ for a reason.
They got it wrong because what the Finns, who gave it the name, used was not self igniting.
3:50 and then the snow started speaking finnish.
Wow. Almost perfect way saying Molotovin koktaili. 9.5/10 for Simon. 😄
He almost pronounces words so perfectly it makes me physically upset.
Is this the line to join the sh*t march? Cause Ive been eating taco bell and loading putrid mason jars for weeks, I AM READY
When mom finds the poop sock one too many times 😡
I was curious about this very thing recently so I already knew this history, but I had never heard of the poopootov cocktail. That's hilarious and awesome!
The way this man says things is just satisfying for some reason
What the hell? I followed your recipe, and now there are federal agents at my house who are telling me that I am under arrest and will be imprisoned for life. Worst DIY ever.
Fight back. You have molotov cocktails. Do the feds have molotov cocktails? No they do not, because they are big dumb idiots.
"do the feds have Molotov cocktails?" I think not! Get to throwing those suckers Sean 😂
Tell those men in black that they look more like the milkman that brought milk in the same glass jars that you are delivering back at them..
Shit bombs are not illegal
@@marcussmart3275 yeah, they are. It's covered under "incendiary devices", an "infernal machine", and "possession of an destructive device". Trust me, I have an fbi file.
Thankyou for an accurate historical account for both the name and the device. Most accounts by youtubers miss the actual joke behind the name and the connection to the "bread baskets".
Me: *sees title of the video*
Me: GASP!! THE WINTER _WAAAAAR!!_
I had a friend who called his Ford Pinto 'The Molotov'.
Cause you know what happens if you get rear ended
I'm now imaging guerrilla fighters just flooring a Ford Pinto in reverse into a tank 🤣
@@briansullivan5908 Your next of kin gets a check from Ford to pay for the funeral urn.
@@harrybetteridge7532 this comment floored me mate 10/10 great job
@@revenevan11 i can just see kamikaze pilots that are too scared to fly a plane so they use a fucking ford pinto xD
Speedy Gonzalez, I mean Speedy Simon. Your narration left me breathless! I think I'll have a Molotov cocktail right now. Stirred not shaken.
5:02 since you were talking about Finland I thought you meant Finns instead of fins for a moment there
SIP grenade and Molotov Cocktail--somebody had a sense of humor!
Those are two things I would never sip. 🤣🤣
Ooh, I can't believe I missed that!
Finns have a dry humor. When Sweden took over many years ago the natives trolled the surveyors sent by the swedes. When asked the names of lakes rivers peninsulas etc we gave names like f*ck yourself river, shit mountain etc. The swedes who obviously didn't know a word of Finnish wrote it down. Those names have stuck until the present
@@thomashaapalainen4108 Trolling is like part of Finnish genes, going back in the times of crusades you see that same trolling being done even back then. They have found graves of fallen Templar knights and instead of them having a coins in their eyes to "pay their trip in afterlife" finns put horse manure on their eyes and mouth so they would "pay" with shit instead :D
@@Winland88 yeah I'm aware. I am a Finn. My father is Finnish my mother American she says we are both sarcastic A holes
Always wondered about molotov cocktails
Pro tip, don't let the flame go down the neck of the bottle.
Pro tip two, add soap flakes.
Gotta really pack the opening with the rag so it doesn't fall out and keeps the fire out of the fuel.
@@jblack7054 no, do not do that. Cap or cork the bottle and tie the rag around the neck, never stuff it in
Remember guys, throw side arm, not overhead lol.
Also: don't stuff the cloth but wrap it around. Otherwise it might burn during the flight
@@emilychloee then how will it burn lol we're not making a f*king candle here?
@@sprite8344 if you stuff it the cloth will suck up the fuel, lighting the cloth will instantly explode the cocktail in your hands. If you wrap it, it'll start burning only on impact where the bottle bursts and the flame comes into contact with the fuel.
@@emilychloee but if you wrap around how will the flame reach the petrol?
@@sprite8344 when the bottle hits the ground it bursts, letting the petrol out to touch the flame
(By wrapping I mean tying a knot around the upper part of a bottle)
Also might be worth pointing out, the company who was making the molotovs for Finnish troops printed their logo on the bottles, once russia got their hands on some of the unused bottles and seen the logo they quickly found out where they were being manufactured and bombed the company.
They bombed the town of Rajamäki but they didn't hit the factory itself.
Did Simon really just give a health warning/disclaimer for one of his sponsors products? 🤣🤣👌🏻
Make a mix of 50% gasoline and 50% car undercoating (not the spray kind but the kind u apply with a brush), bottle it up, take a tampon and stuck it on the bottle and turn it upside down. Now the tampon will expand and give a nice seal to the molotow, while being pretty secure on it's place and also flamable. 😊
Molotov: *bombs Finnish cities, killing and injuring hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians*
Also Molotov: "We're distributing food and water to the Finns…in a way so that less people will get those resources."
There was only couple of bombings and only few hundred finnish civilians died in the war. It was mostly soldiers who died.
Finland's whole population in 1939 was only 3.6 million, so hundreds of thousands of casualties in the bombings would have been practically impossible. For reference, the Soviet Union in 1939 had 170 million people! So, it was a real lilliputian vs giant fight.
The White Death helped too...
The ancient Greeks had a similar weapon using pitch and clay pots.
That was Greek fire aka napalm.
@@garretth8224 "Greek fire " or more persist " liquid fire" ( υγρό πυρ ) was an medieval weapon and an entire different level of firepower.. it was usually delivered by flamethrowers mounted on ships or on city walls
Also foot soldiers was getting a kinda of flamethrower known as " sifoonator-ras " that probably could be fired only ones before need refilling..
Fascinating stuff! Thanks for doing this.
A snarky somewhat apocryphal quote from the Fins at the start of the Winter War was, "They are so many and our nation so small, where will we find space to bury them all?"
An old friend of mine volontered in the Swedish army in the winterwar
How old are you
Hyvää Kalevalan päivää toverit!
"911, what is your emergency?"
"I... found a box of bombs under my house..."
We acctually used tree trunks mostly instead of crowbars. My grandpa used to tell me about the war a lot. He was only 17 years old during the winter war but he always laughed when he told how the mighty soviet tanks were useless against some finnish lumber and molotov's.
One of most infamous weapon in world equally as infamous as AK- 47/ M
Pro tip uses either engine starter fluid or take styrofoam and pour kerosene over it and it will melt the styrofoam into a thick glue like gel that acts similarly to napalm.
gasoline, Styrofoam, and liquid soap will do nearly the same thing.
@@piedpiper1185 gasoline and Styrofoam I'll make something similar to pitch too, if you use little enough gasoline. Idk what it could be useful for, but it's cool to know
Molotov said on radio that he'd be drinking cocktails in Helsinki next week, or something, a squadron of KV-tanks broke thorough lines and FInnish infantry jumped on them without any AT-weapons..
Fun fact; out of all countries that fought in the WW2 in Europe, only 3 capitals were speared of invasion: London, Moscow and Helsinki.
Dang, is being speared better or worse than being bombed? I bet it hurts more.
A few hours ago I was literally wondering where the name Molotov came from after watching a Dark Docs about Fighting Girlfriend!!!
Fun fact: Molotov cocktails work best when you scream "BORTLES!!!" when throwing them.
"PERKELE!"
Any time you have a problem, throw a Molotov. Then, you'll have an entirely *different* problem.
Holay frikkin shirt!
I believe the correct phrase to be "Tulta munille!"
I get that reference.
My older brother and I invented this when we were 6 and 8 years old. Started out with coke bottles and loading bees in em, then whipping them at barn walls
Simon could title this video: 'The Boring Story Behind the Molitov Cocktail..' and i'd still be watching
The wordplay with “Lucy” is hilarious to me.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who made the connection, But then I've been a smoker since Carter was president. (Actually I started smoking BECAUSE Carter was President, LOL)
If memory serves the bottling plant that made them and is still in business as Finlandia Vodka.
Hey Simon! Not exactly sure which channel you could use this idea for, but a video on the history of the America’s Cup would be super cool! It’s the longest standing sports trophy in the world at over 170 years old! This years americas cup boats are the AC75 and have gotten up to speeds of 61mph (53.31 knots per hour) and quite literally fly over the water using hydrofoils!
Love the content!
it's all fun and sh** in WW2 Finland until someone says "THINK FAST CHUCKLENUTS!" and an molotov Cocktail appears from somewhere.
Best youtuber out there Simon!
I would love to see an episode tackling the historic labeling of public leaders and officials as Antichrists :) there's so many in the US alone, I've just yet to see a good video tackling the subject collectively in one video. Thanks for keeping us educated :)
well, i didn't expect you will talk about our famous popotovs, so thankyou! XD
An overwhelming majority of those who successfully quit smoking do so by going cold turkey. Most of those who try to quit by replacing cigarettes with other nicotine products are back smoking quickly enough.
Then why are they recommended for use by the NHS?
@@caracrotalus fuck knows, but those are the number as best I know them. I must assume they're still better than cigarettes.
Really, the relationship is a bit sketchy. Some believe the success of cold turkey is more because the people who go that route tend to want it more, so their will is less likely to be overpowered by the addiction, but as best I understand it there is no definitive proof one way or the other.
My speculation is swapping the source of nicotine for another just means it takes longer to get off the chemical addiction, so you have more chances to fail.
At any rate, with something like quitting smoking I suspect you have better chances by trying your best to interpret the raw data on your own than taking advice from sources potentially tied to the pharmaceutical industry. It's a big enough market not to warrant the same level of trust as on other matters I think.
@@Poldovico I did look at the raw data but everything used "smoking-cessation" so could be either NRT or addiction therapy (also NHS is run by the UK government so that would be a major corruption scandal, not to say that it doesn't happen though)
Maybe, but I stopped smoking using gums and never stopped the gums. I don't like the smell, the stigma and the health consequences of cigaret, but I like nicotine.
@@TheMiningOutpostDude I think on the chemical side, that still counts as addiction to nicotine?
Not that it matters in the end. If it works for you, you're almost certainly healthier than if you'd kept smoking.
Tip for pronouncing Finnish words: Stress the first syllable.
*O* kay
@@seanbaugh3239 funnily enough could be up to perfectly intelligible as finnish
FFFFFFFFFFinland
Especially stress the first vowel, not just the first syllable.
For example, "I love you" in Finnish is...
"mInä rAkastan sInua"
@@iliketrains0pwned That's going to fuck it up worse than it already is.
Don’t know why this popped up but I appreciate the change of pace.
Saw an interview with Dr Ruth once, where she talked about her early days and mentioned, in passing, she could probably still throw a Molatov with the best of them.
We gotta admire Findland's Resolve! Well Done!
I somehow doubt that this gum will give me the type of buzz I'm looking for, Simon.
Suggestion for a future episode (my apologies, I'm not sure where else to place this but on a thread to a recent video): Modern food additives. I think it would be fascinating to dissect an ingredient list (for example, maybe a Swanson frozen dinner entrée) and see what exactly behind the cacophony of words in the ingredient list, especially as it relates to all the additives/preservatives. It would be fascinating to know how those additives were even discovered in the first place and how they "distill" them into a form that food manufactures use enmasse. There is so much horrible crap in processed food that it would be interesting to get transparency as to the what's/how's/why's, etc.
Thank you Simon!!!
Pro tip: Don't ask for one at a bar.
You got something against 151 rum? It burn alway down and your head is on fire the next day. Great stuff.
we spent the late 70s and early 80s digging up old WW2 munitions, downed planes and ammo dumps, we used to take it all apart and dry iy out and make our own bombs, the bomb squad were always on the south downs in sussex 'dealing ' with old mortors we dug up and reported and us watching them blow it all up, great fun.
I had forgotten the fu-gas(sp). The base camp I was at in Viet Nam had many on the defense perimeter. One evening the company armorer was testing the firing circuit and set one off. lots of flame and smoke. As it was the dry season there was a fine grass fire also.
7:40 Damn, Captain Mainwering is not screwing around :S
I want to see simon testing nicotine gum... then becoming addicted to it and trying to introduce it as a channel personality like the heater...
Russia attacking a neighboring country because of paranoia? Oh, I'm sure that will never happen again. HmmmmmmMMMMMMM
I’m re-watching The Good Place right now, this video is good timing, lol
The Winter War also starred the Finnish Sniper, Simo Hayha The White Death. That victory felt very pyric for the USSR
I will probably have to check out the sponsor at some point
thanks :) as a fin im deeply gratefull for the mension of winter war :)
It's kinda weird how Molotov Cocktail has become widely used term even for some basic fire bombs used by protesters.
In Finland the the word Molotov Cocktail is very rarely used in news and such since they know that in reality you need very specific ingredients for an actual Molotov Cocktail and use the word fire bomb more commonly to describe them.
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In America a "loosey" is a single cigarette sold at a corner store or bodega.
I seen them sold for a quarter as a kid, and sold for a dollar as an adult.
It's also illegal to sell them like that as it's considered a way to avoid the normally high sales tax on cigarettes.
A (Lucy) is a cigarette dipped in formaldehyde.
Which proves that some humans are really busy looking for the exits...
One other note was that the Molotov cocktail was actually particularly effective against the early Soviet designs mentioned in the video. This was because the gaps in the hull for view ports, machine guns, the turret ring or the cupola were often improperly welded or riveted into place, allowing the flaming liquid to just straight up get into the crewed sections of the tank. Many Soviet tank drivers actually went blind or suffered severe face injuries after Molotov cocktails where deliberately aimed at the drivers viewport. This assisted in the mentioned use of crowbars to disable the vehicle on a number of occasions, as while the crew was distracted by switching out or aiding the driver, they would be unable to defend the tank.
Wehrmacht: the Tiger tank is the toughest combat vehincle ever in this era
Russians: blyat, Vodka goes bang bang
I didn't know the vsauce guy and simon were the same person. MIND=BLOWN
The name "Molotov cocktail" was coined by the Finns during the Winter War, called Molotovin koktaili in Finnish. The name was a pejorative reference to Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, who was one of the architects of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed in late August 1939.
The name's origin came from the propaganda Molotov produced during the Winter War, mainly his declaration on Soviet state radio that bombing missions over Finland were actually airborne humanitarian food deliveries for their starving neighbours. As a result, the Finns sarcastically dubbed the Soviet cluster bombs "Molotov bread baskets" in reference to Molotov's propaganda broadcasts. When the hand-held bottle firebomb was developed to attack and destroy Soviet tanks, the Finns called it the "Molotov cocktail", as "a drink to go with his food parcels.
and russia uses same lies today as well. " humanitarian" mission to defeat nazis. since they are the nazis maybe they need to defeat themselves. that has actually happened.
Wait, are we not going to mention Simo Haya? This person sent more deadly lead down range than anyone else in a war.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4
What does Häyhä have anything to do with Molotov coctails?
9:42 Was literally, LITERALLY spooning chocolate pudding in my mouth.
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I don’t want it anymore.
Wow! After all the old fashioned stuff you've done....... You did a tobacco commercial? (I know it's not real tobacco) when I listen and don't watch it reminds me of old radio programs. Love it!
P.S. I love everything you do!!!
I can't believe you covered this! It's literally my favorite bit of history from WWII!
It's quite amazing how prevalent it's been throughout history, all over the world. It's like a poor man's AK47 lol
A couple of years ago some groundworkers found some phosphorous grenades from WW2 during some works in Plymouth. The workers stopped, closed the site and called the MoD Bomb Squad. They arrived eventually and with a lot of fussing declared they had disposed the grenades. A few hours later a bin at the KFC next door caught fire. Yes, that is where the grenades had been 'disposed'. Brilliant.
1:18 No more Nicotine! "The Molotov Cocktail is the local drink..."
I have never made a molotov cocktail, however I have started hard to start boiler's with a mixture of diesel and petrol. I could imagine a petrolium jelly version. It is something to be tinkered with to get the right viscosity using different ingredients and percentage of mix.
"What's the range on these mortars?"
"2-3 yards"
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"What?"
he did say 200 but not 2 to 3 but that would have been a funny gaff. not that 200 yards is particularly far.
It was actually centripetal force.
Yep.
The last factoid pushed me over the edge into a like
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away. A (Molotov) cocktail a day, keeps the feds away.