Senegalese Tirailleurs (World War II)

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  • @megaton_bomb1946
    @megaton_bomb1946 Před 5 lety +1251

    “Look Idrissa, we are kings!”

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Před 5 lety +2790

    Battlefield V - completed it

    • @JoeFresi
      @JoeFresi Před 5 lety +131

      Simple History did everyone get equal representation? If the foxes didn’t I’m going to be triggered

    • @masquerad3209
      @masquerad3209 Před 5 lety +20

      Simple History i love history👌

    • @justmark1464
      @justmark1464 Před 5 lety +7

      Simple History nice!

    • @mrpolands1284
      @mrpolands1284 Před 5 lety +5

      Simple History good for you

    • @dabruh8212
      @dabruh8212 Před 5 lety +11

      I havent started it yet is it good?

  • @milanstevanovic3522
    @milanstevanovic3522 Před 5 lety +270

    I'd say the massacre is a dark spot in french history, and not in the Tirailleurs history

    • @LOeuffy
      @LOeuffy Před 4 lety +7

      Both I'll said.

    • @DxAxMxD
      @DxAxMxD Před 4 lety +22

      French history is almost nothing but dark spans.

    • @LOeuffy
      @LOeuffy Před 4 lety +15

      @@DxAxMxD World History tho, History is bloody and violent.

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Před 3 lety +9

      The French relied on huge amounts of troops from its colonies throughout its empire. These men fought and died to liberate France, and those who returned home thought that a graceful France would improve the conditions under which they lived in the colonies, which were forced labour or very menial wages, minimal human rights, poverty, apartheid - like systems in some places, etc. and many began speaking out and clamoring for better treatment.
      France's response was to wage war on its colonies in a manner reminiscent of German atrocities: mass detentions, crackdowns, raids and destruction of town and villages, ariel bombings, mass rape, mass murder, summary executions and other war crimes etc. France killed millions in the colonies that helped liberate it. Especially hard hit were Senegal, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Syria, Madagascar, Indochina (Vietnam).

    • @LanMandragon1720
      @LanMandragon1720 Před rokem

      @@curtisthomas2670 From what I've read a substantial amount of the SS ended up in the Foreign Legion post war. I don't know how true that is but assuming it is. That makes such atrocities make alot of sense.

  • @QuanBellic
    @QuanBellic Před 5 lety +138

    I leaned about them in battlefield v, thanks DICE

  • @isaacesturt
    @isaacesturt Před 5 lety +3191

    British person: It’s disgraceful how our government has treated Gurkha veterans!
    French person: hold my wine.

    • @attiepollard7847
      @attiepollard7847 Před 5 lety +61

      Hey it was the 1940s everyone was doing it so get over it

    • @Garangus
      @Garangus Před 5 lety +399

      @@attiepollard7847 No. History should not be forgotten.

    • @attiepollard7847
      @attiepollard7847 Před 5 lety +55

      @@Garangus it Should not be forgotten. But can you stop talkin about it 24/7? People get sick and tired of hearing that all time and it makes people believe you have a total hate for white people when they try to clean up the sin of some of their ancestors and great-great-grandparents. Don't be a douchebag

    • @ThunderBuddy
      @ThunderBuddy Před 5 lety +258

      @@attiepollard7847 the only one moaning is you

    • @francisluglio6611
      @francisluglio6611 Před 5 lety +49

      Ever notice how there cannot be a problem until an "Attie Pollard" jumps into the chat? I cant think of a scenario where there's a problem other than someone whining that there's a problem

  • @misteronsepatro7018
    @misteronsepatro7018 Před 4 lety +168

    My great grandfather was one of them and his brother got shot at thiarroye

    • @daviesugo7641
      @daviesugo7641 Před 4 lety +25

      I'm thinking of writing a book on the topic. Can u like this message so I can ask you some questions on it.

    • @worldwarrior2223
      @worldwarrior2223 Před 4 lety +3

      @@daviesugo7641 One of the war stories of the ww2 game battlefield 5

    • @misteronsepatro7018
      @misteronsepatro7018 Před 3 lety +6

      @solidmoni another uneducated fat kid thinking french soldiers are surrendering all the Time

    • @danielmeb84
      @danielmeb84 Před 3 lety +1

      @solidmoni Where are you from then tough guy?

    • @ronalddino6370
      @ronalddino6370 Před 3 lety

      😪

  • @migraine461
    @migraine461 Před 5 lety +2449

    Loyal to another mans country. Saving people that does not speak the same language as you. Then get’s betrayed and slaughtered like animals. Horrible end to great warriors. Rest easy soldiers.

    • @arifsheikh6599
      @arifsheikh6599 Před 5 lety +29

      Damn it,France.You should do better than that.Have some sense in your head,would ya?

    • @hafidbendris3084
      @hafidbendris3084 Před 5 lety +99

      France promise Algerian (North africa ) they will give them their freedom if they won the war in Europe (ww2) they took north Africans without giving them choice my grand father was one of them
      After the war ended France rained fire on Algerian on 5 May 1945 killing 45 000 unarmed civilians

    • @StressmanFIN
      @StressmanFIN Před 5 lety +20

      It seems even back then, there was color discrimination.... :(
      Even the name of the order sounds like bleaching.

    • @matthill8884
      @matthill8884 Před 5 lety +66

      StressmanFIN “even back then”? Do you think racism is a new concept or something? Trump didn’t invent hate, despite what the media will have you believe.

    • @chadkingoffuckmountain970
      @chadkingoffuckmountain970 Před 5 lety +9

      @Provocateur ok /pol/

  • @splatm4n8
    @splatm4n8 Před 3 lety +69

    As a Frenchman, I can't believe that some of us would treat our fellow brothers like this! Whoever didn't give them equal pay is not a true Frenchman!

    • @planiyewry3779
      @planiyewry3779 Před 2 lety +8

      What that’s worse ... my grandfather was a Senegalese Tirailleur who was kidnapped by the Germans during ww2 while performing a mission sorry my English isn’t good so but yea that’s really would have not been a better idea

    • @leduoanime9156
      @leduoanime9156 Před 10 měsíci

      Remember that the "Blanchissement" was ordered by American army, who where in charge.
      They forgot this important detail.

  • @Bobafett-lc2vx
    @Bobafett-lc2vx Před 5 lety +1497

    *Creates BFV related comment, but notices that simple history already posted one*

    • @ethans1321
      @ethans1321 Před 5 lety +14

      That "image" at 5:10 was in the BFV trailer

    • @Capellix0001
      @Capellix0001 Před 5 lety +4

      Battlefield V sucks

    • @marynezis
      @marynezis Před 5 lety +13

      Colonel Radec Of The Helghast Empire so do u.....

    • @samh864
      @samh864 Před 5 lety +10

      Colonel Radec Of The Helghast Empire nah it’s quite a good game

    • @Capellix0001
      @Capellix0001 Před 5 lety +1

      @@samh864 Maybe if you like politically correct garbage in your games. Not me.

  • @warriorkid
    @warriorkid Před 5 lety +474

    Respect to these brave heroes fighting battles for freedom, freedom they didn't have themselves.

  • @123sarge123
    @123sarge123 Před 5 lety +259

    They didnt deserve such a fate. They were the only part of the BFV campaign I liked, and made me truly respect and admire them. Great men, of great virtue. I only wish we could have done more

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před 4 lety

      I suppose I shouldn't mention an incident after Monte Casino where they raped, murdered, and burnt several nearby villages.

    • @benjaminharris170
      @benjaminharris170 Před 4 lety +12

      @@addisonwelsh No they didn't?

    • @jeffreypyne4455
      @jeffreypyne4455 Před 4 lety +10

      @@addisonwelsh I'm pretty sure Marocchinate was done by Moroccan Colonial Troops, not Senegalese.

    • @benjaminbordonado2643
      @benjaminbordonado2643 Před 4 lety +8

      @@addisonwelsh oooh i see you are still victim of german propaganda of the time, what a shame

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před 4 lety +2

      @@benjaminbordonado2643 I don't speak German.

  • @abendiaye3330
    @abendiaye3330 Před 3 lety +36

    Thank you for telling our story. History has forgotten us. You guys are helping the world remember. Thanks again!

    • @kslo6179
      @kslo6179 Před 2 lety +7

      Your people are absolute heros brother, im not senegalese but there is no greater sacrifice then fighting and dying for people, even if they hate you for your color. Respect ✊

    • @cazvekmusic3076
      @cazvekmusic3076 Před 2 lety +4

      Your bravery and resilience will never be forgotten. Bless you all! 🥺❤️

  • @richie_23
    @richie_23 Před 5 lety +744

    can you guys do the 1683 siege of Vienna!?
    *winged hussars intensifies*

  • @andrewxiao2262
    @andrewxiao2262 Před 5 lety +619

    The blue part of the polish flag represents good allies

    • @UlulvarCape
      @UlulvarCape Před 5 lety +120

      The green in Germany represents winning a world war.

    • @qwertyduckblank8278
      @qwertyduckblank8278 Před 5 lety +28

      @@UlulvarCape pre ww1 germamy/prussia were almost undefeated and were known world wide as having the best armies and tactics

    • @richie_23
      @richie_23 Před 5 lety +78

      The blue in italy represents not switching sides

    • @FunkyAceFR
      @FunkyAceFR Před 5 lety +54

      The grey part of the US flag represents winning a war against rice-farmers

    • @lordyaromir6407
      @lordyaromir6407 Před 5 lety +12

      Green part of Czech Republic and Slovakia represents good allies...

  • @quatlego
    @quatlego Před 5 lety +1474

    They used soldiers from a colony to defend their own country and then abandoned them after their usefulness expired, disgraceful.

    • @rasmuskock8077
      @rasmuskock8077 Před 5 lety +57

      It's sad really

    • @IceWolve67
      @IceWolve67 Před 5 lety +49

      @Provocateur "the french", to be fair, give me ONE major country that wasn't like this ? USA, UK, Germany, each one is guilty of identic crimes

    • @Vantor01
      @Vantor01 Před 5 lety +40

      @Provocateur Ironically your nickname is in french
      + the US Army treated worstly the black soldiers

    • @andrewkennedy7561
      @andrewkennedy7561 Před 5 lety +27

      Provocateur traitors to who? The French have produced out standing soldiers, and commanders over the years. They have repelled invasion , and unlike the British fought their own government to bring in a better political system. They toppled the monarchy , unlike the brits who lost their balls to fight their government a long time ago. The French are far from cowards, but I’m willing to bet you are. On,y a coward would think such things about brave men who fought ,and died for their country. SMH we need a better education system.

    • @ShinigamiInuyasha777
      @ShinigamiInuyasha777 Před 5 lety +5

      @Provocateur So...racism is okey if is not hypocrital???

  • @fl333r
    @fl333r Před 5 lety +283

    Then France does the same thing again to the Algerians who fought for France during the Algerian War of Independence. Left them behind in Algeria to be massacred by the new government.

    • @agoranox9607
      @agoranox9607 Před 5 lety +32

      Actually most harkis were brought to France
      But nowdays, their descendents are discriminated against by the descendents of Algerian rebels who immigrated en mass to France in the 70s when their country became a shithole due to France leaving

    • @BALLARDTWIN
      @BALLARDTWIN Před 5 lety +18

      @@agoranox9607
      Algeria isn't even close to being a shithole
      Wtf lol

    • @benjaminharris170
      @benjaminharris170 Před 4 lety +1

      @Orel Brenn it's one of the richest countries in africa, and is soon to rival european economies, im lost by your statement

    • @theogodard7744
      @theogodard7744 Před 4 lety

      Republic and democracy are good for that ;-)

    • @psychronic8327
      @psychronic8327 Před 4 lety +1

      If you haven't already realized, most countries / governments throughout the years have always done this. Doesn't matter what race or political orientation. Most people in high positions prefer their pride and public appearance to be very selective and nich to portray how they are the best shoulder to lean on in times of crisis.

  • @monsieur6927
    @monsieur6927 Před 5 lety +822

    WWII’s Harlem hellfighters.

    • @benitomussolini7382
      @benitomussolini7382 Před 5 lety +14

      @Young Thinker - iuvenis animo actually more African Americans saw combat in ww1 then ww2 only 700 african americans were killed in the us army during ww2.

    • @Autobotmatt428
      @Autobotmatt428 Před 5 lety +9

      Young Thinker - iuvenis animo don’t for get the African American Tankers and Tank Destroyers and Artillery units

    • @masfarizal6210
      @masfarizal6210 Před 5 lety +11

      Austin Smith there was Harlem hellfighter in ww2

    • @benitomussolini7382
      @benitomussolini7382 Před 5 lety

      @@Autobotmatt428 it kind of does

    • @monsieur6927
      @monsieur6927 Před 5 lety +3

      MRF 140802_03 From my knowledge, there weren’t, but I may need to look more into that.
      Edit: there were, but from my research, they were no where near as present as when they were during WWI.

  • @benparsons4979
    @benparsons4979 Před 5 lety +492

    Jesus... They fought and died for a country they had never seen before, and were brutally massacred by those they fought alongside

  • @JSMEsq
    @JSMEsq Před 5 lety +40

    4:40 I like the way there standing it looks like the picture from BFV

  • @Mikrakra77
    @Mikrakra77 Před 5 lety +99

    Senegalese Tirailleurs were also famous for their brave deeds in WWI, as a French i'm deeply ashamed of how my country dealt with such valorous and patriotic men, it goes the same for North African Tirailleurs...

    • @mathieushifera7265
      @mathieushifera7265 Před rokem +1

      Helas les sensibilités de l'époque laissent beaucoup à désirer. En tant que français noir, ça me fait plaisir de voir les nouvelles générations françaises qui assument la honte du passé et s'engagent contre le racisme pour un monde meilleur

    • @leduoanime9156
      @leduoanime9156 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@mathieushifera7265C'est certains, mais ils oublient des détails importants.
      Le « blanchiment » n'a jamais été fait à l'initiative de De Gaulle, mais sur ordre des américains, encore dans leur ségrégation. Et vu que c'est eux qui dirigeaient les forces alliées... C'est leur décision qui a primée.

  • @superxxx47maxxan63
    @superxxx47maxxan63 Před 5 lety +367

    My parents are from Senegal 🇸🇳

    • @gaetaboss_mattj3047
      @gaetaboss_mattj3047 Před 5 lety +56

      As a french I thank your people for the blood they shed for my family's freedom. Colonial troops are too often forgotten...

    • @Garangus
      @Garangus Před 5 lety +16

      @@JesusRocksTryPrayin ??????????????

    • @cashysnipes
      @cashysnipes Před 5 lety +14

      theCrpldOrphnPrjct that’s disrespectful and no need for that comment

    • @superxxx47maxxan63
      @superxxx47maxxan63 Před 5 lety

      Watch it bro

    • @superxxx47maxxan63
      @superxxx47maxxan63 Před 5 lety +1

      theCrpldOrphnPrjct wtf are you saying

  • @AncientHistoryGuy
    @AncientHistoryGuy Před 5 lety +275

    Sees a new Simple History Video, clicks it, watches it, enjoys it. :)

  • @FunkyAceFR
    @FunkyAceFR Před 5 lety +38

    An important and unseen aspect of the war would be the "Malgré-nous", part of the French population from Alsace and Lorraine were incorporated within the German Army and the Waffen SS after the German conquest of France. I would love an episode on that!

  • @Chicknnudlsup
    @Chicknnudlsup Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you for covering these theatres of the war, it's so interesting yet barely taught about and it means a lot that big pages like this take effort into making these. Thanks again!

  • @CallyWasHereOfficial
    @CallyWasHereOfficial Před 5 lety +852

    Horrible what happened to black soldiers after the war

  • @konata1810
    @konata1810 Před 5 lety +729

    Hey guys so we need you for war....
    Ok, well fight
    * does many advancments and fights with honor *
    *War is ending *
    So, we dont need you anymore,yeah were like sending you back
    Back for what
    For......recreation and rest
    ...sounds good...
    Actually treats them more unfairly and executes some of them
    * RACISM TIME *

    • @Blazeit-wr3fd
      @Blazeit-wr3fd Před 5 lety +36

      *Executes a lot of them*

    • @aniellord7088
      @aniellord7088 Před 5 lety +25

      WW3 came
      France: Senegal! We need your help!
      Senegal: Yeah? Sorry busy. Call you later. Byieeeeeeeeee

    • @ousou78
      @ousou78 Před 5 lety +5

      @@aniellord7088 Well not so sure the current Senegale president is basically a puppet, throw a little cash to him and he will lick your boots.
      He declared that Senegale "colonial troupes were lucky compared to other because they got dessert at least"
      Or he send soldier in Yemen to fight with their "ally" Saoudit Arabia (and by pure conincidence Saoudit Arabia financial help to Senegal rose).

    • @markguardiana600
      @markguardiana600 Před 5 lety +1

      Since Nazism is over, its time for *RACISM*

    • @LoLMasterManiac
      @LoLMasterManiac Před 5 lety +2

      They didn't fight with honour, they looted and raped the cities they "liberated" from "evil" nazis

  • @Ruthl3ssKill3rx
    @Ruthl3ssKill3rx Před 5 lety +15

    5:00 battlefield V has this exact scene at the beginning at its beautiful

  • @shounak000
    @shounak000 Před 4 lety +6

    Your efforts at bringing the world's attention to the forgotten soldiers of WW2 are admirable. In that case, you can make one video about The British Indian Army, the largest volunteer force of the war and also, mostly forgotten among the general public

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy Před 5 lety +265

    Sengalese nuts

  • @baptiste6875
    @baptiste6875 Před rokem +5

    I'm sorry but I must add something that seems to be systematically forgotten: when the Harlem Hellfighters arrived in the French army, they were impressed to see how much better they were treated than in the United States, and at the end of the First World War, some of them didn't even want to return to the US! France may not have treated black people in the most idealistic way, but it is still the western, colonial country that treated them best. Let's never forget that ! In any case, as a Frenchman, I will never forget their bravery and their loyalty to my country : RESPECT !

  • @bjmccann1
    @bjmccann1 Před 5 lety +1

    Simple History, thank you for being honest enough, and brave enough to post this entertaining and educational video!!!

  • @billypham4405
    @billypham4405 Před 5 lety +515

    Do the Viet Cong/NVA (North Vietnamese Army) Vietnam War infantry weapons - Like if Agree
    Edit: WOW I got a lot of likes from this

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  Před 5 lety +34

      More nam!

    • @BorutoUzumaki-ts9fc
      @BorutoUzumaki-ts9fc Před 5 lety +1

      Liked or first

    • @a.t.t.g8359
      @a.t.t.g8359 Před 5 lety

      Could be hard as they had a variety of weapons, I think it'll be interesting though

    • @itsvince0679
      @itsvince0679 Před 5 lety +2

      Hey! I'm Vietnamese too, my mom was forced to leave as a refugee with her 9 year old sister (my mom was 11) on a fishing boat. They then went to Taiwan and then was transferred to the U.S.

    • @das_edelweiss8736
      @das_edelweiss8736 Před 5 lety

      I wanna see you guys do the "Secret war" in Laos, something history books barley cover at all and most historians or history buffs never talk about it or never even heard of it.

  • @Sahelian
    @Sahelian Před 4 lety +44

    My great Grandpa fighted in WW2 as a tirailleur and survived

  • @user-tt2vx7ky3m
    @user-tt2vx7ky3m Před 5 lety +45

    There’s a war story of the tiraliurs in battlefield 5

    • @nolanduarte
      @nolanduarte Před 3 lety

      There were more than 5 battle fields.

  • @castsmith6783
    @castsmith6783 Před 5 lety +300

    Imagine having to die for your colonial master

  • @sirenestripped1834
    @sirenestripped1834 Před 4 lety +7

    Have never heard about them. It's a good job you are telling us about such facts in history. Thanks to Tirailleurs for having contributed to the common goal.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked Před 3 lety

      I learned from them in BFV

  • @punman5392
    @punman5392 Před 4 lety +10

    The BFV story about these guys is probably the most intense and best written of all the ones in the game. Soldiers like these, fighting for a government that does not trust them, often have everything to prove and will go to great lengths to prove themselves.

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před 4 lety

      Matt Bowen Except it's a complete lie. The French knew the value of the Tirailleurs, they'd used Tirailleur units extensively in WWI. Also, Tirailleur units were mixed race: half black, half white.

    • @afroartist1086
      @afroartist1086 Před rokem

      ​@@addisonwelsh Battlefield 5 is about WW2, not WW1.

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před rokem

      @@afroartist1086 Yeah, and by that point to the Tirailleurs had more than proven their worth to the French military.
      Try reading the entire comment before you respond.

    • @afroartist1086
      @afroartist1086 Před rokem

      @Addison Welsh Your comme implied that you were unaware that BF5 was about WW2, either way your claims certainly aren't true in most cases. Ironically the video itself would suggest otherwise.

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před rokem

      @@afroartist1086 No, the video conveniently omits that the reason France didn't pay the Tirailleurs their bonus because they were still recovering from the German occupation. The were in the process of gathering money when the mutiny happened, and the bonus was paid shortly afterwards.
      This is why Simple History isn't respected in the historical CZcams community. Their videos are always missing important context and information.

  • @savagemonkeez
    @savagemonkeez Před 5 lety +53

    They probably weren't volunteers, they were probably drafted...

    • @ibrahimadiop7074
      @ibrahimadiop7074 Před 4 lety +5

      eric burks nope. The brave men volunteered

    • @konstantinosnikolakakis8125
      @konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Před 4 lety +4

      As far as we can tell, the vast majority were volunteers, the Troupes coloniales was an all volunteer force, with three main parts, the native units recruited in the colonies, the French units recruited for overseas service, and the Foreign Legion, all were volunteers.

    • @samuelademeso9041
      @samuelademeso9041 Před 4 lety +5

      @@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 well there were some volunteers, the majority where drafted by the colonial government: some were pressed ganged from their villages, work place etc and where giving the choice to serve or be killed.
      This isn't to say that there weren't those that genuinely choose to fight based on ideal or whatnot, but it hard to believe all of join up willingly

    • @Congomany
      @Congomany Před 4 lety +1

      Konstantinos Nikolakakis stfu my grandfather fought and he was not volunteer and the kost wetent voluntuur

    • @leviops4244
      @leviops4244 Před 4 lety

      @@Congomany bro you are from brazil xD

  • @guts4brekfest
    @guts4brekfest Před 5 lety +2

    This is the part of history no one talks about. Thanks SimpleHistory i learned something today!

  • @BlueDebut
    @BlueDebut Před 5 lety +1

    Wow! This is badass! Keep the series on cool units up!

  • @cika7312
    @cika7312 Před 5 lety +207

    French foreign legion plz

    • @kachel313
      @kachel313 Před 5 lety +2

      Hiro Shao "muh racism". That word lost its meaning years ago.

    • @kachel313
      @kachel313 Před 5 lety

      Hiro Shao
      动态网自由门 天安門 天安门 法輪功 李洪志 Free Tibet 六四天安門事件 The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 天安門大屠殺 The Tiananmen Square Massacre 反右派鬥爭 The Anti-Rightist Struggle 大躍進政策 The Great Leap Forward 文化大革命 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 人權 Human Rights 民運 Democratization 自由 Freedom 獨立 Independence 多黨制 Multi-party system 台灣 臺灣 Taiwan Formosa 中華民國 Republic of China 西藏 土伯特 唐古特 Tibet 達賴喇嘛 Dalai Lama 法輪功 Falun Dafa 新疆維吾爾自治區 The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 諾貝爾和平獎 Nobel Peace Prize 劉暁波 Liu Xiaobo 民主 言論 思想 反共 反革命 抗議 運動 騷亂 暴亂 騷擾 擾亂 抗暴 平反 維權 示威游行 李洪志 法輪大法 大法弟子 強制斷種 強制堕胎 民族淨化 人體實驗 肅清 胡耀邦 趙紫陽 魏京生 王丹 還政於民 和平演變 激流中國 北京之春 大紀元時報 九評論共産黨 獨裁 專制 壓制 統一 監視 鎮壓 迫害 侵略 掠奪 破壞 拷問 屠殺 活摘器官 誘拐 買賣人口 遊進 走私 毒品 賣淫 春畫 賭博 六合彩 天安門 天安门 法輪功 李洪志 Free Tibet 劉曉波动态网自由门

    • @allahblessrussia7592
      @allahblessrussia7592 Před 5 lety +1

      Ya, I would like to see that

  • @redcommierad2447
    @redcommierad2447 Před 4 lety +5

    My country used to be a colony of France. During world war 1, 45000 malagasy joined the army and 10000 were part of the 12th malagasy battalion. They carried important missions in Africa and even got rewarded by the french army. Despite that, the malagasy soldiers were still mistreated when they came back. Leading them to join an uprising in 1947 causing the death of 90000 malagasy. My mom told me that my grand father lost his uncle and his father during that uprising.

  • @theresarapistinmyboot1081
    @theresarapistinmyboot1081 Před 5 lety +286

    Wow France
    Your much ruder than I expected.

    • @gognub
      @gognub Před 4 lety +5

      *You're

    • @v5in88
      @v5in88 Před 4 lety +1

      Milosz Vasily I read that with a french accent

    • @misteronsepatro7018
      @misteronsepatro7018 Před 4 lety +6

      France has some stupid politicians sometimes

    • @teddybear698
      @teddybear698 Před 3 lety +7

      France is the worst country when it comes to racism lmao disgusting

    • @especedandouille9613
      @especedandouille9613 Před 3 lety +2

      @@teddybear698
      For about 40 years, France has been repopulating itself with Africans because the French are not renewing their generations. Within a few decades France will have a demographic majority of Africans.
      If the French were so racist, there would already have been a civil war.
      You're talking nonsense. You don't know what you're talking about. You are a victim of your prejudices and your anti-white racism.

  • @ryder6526
    @ryder6526 Před 5 lety

    You guys make me love history SOMEHOW

  • @gaiusjuliuscaesar3808
    @gaiusjuliuscaesar3808 Před 5 lety +8

    I suggest you make an episode about the Bosniaken soldiers which served the Austro-Hungarian armed forces during ww1. They were an elite unit and after the war, a Bosnian unit was the most decorated unit in the entire army.

  • @Cable069
    @Cable069 Před 5 lety +3

    Thank you for your Service, HEROES!!!!

  • @dylantriantis6005
    @dylantriantis6005 Před 5 lety

    Nice job on getting the Tirailleurs, I didn't know about them until now.

  • @ioana26bc
    @ioana26bc Před 5 lety

    Every time I wait for new videos and love it

  • @harvey4958
    @harvey4958 Před 3 lety +4

    I never knew about this until I played bf5 I’m really pleased to see that a game has really put into perspective how these guys fort for the future and got nothing from it, truly upsetting, they really had hearts of soldiers and true warriors

  • @smokedtea1768
    @smokedtea1768 Před 4 lety +4

    i'm just amazed that this guy can say tirailleurs over and over without messing up

  • @hayderfeleyeh476
    @hayderfeleyeh476 Před 5 lety +1

    Nice video simple history 👍

  • @r3d_d3d64
    @r3d_d3d64 Před 5 lety +2

    I showed my teacher this channel now if we have a topic about one of the world wars we watch one of your videos

  • @TheRaptorSh00T
    @TheRaptorSh00T Před 5 lety +5

    National shame... I'm a french patriot, serving in the reserve and a student in history... I can't decribe my feelings every time I read/see/hear this story...

  • @j.alexander7554
    @j.alexander7554 Před 3 lety +12

    "they developed a mutual respect for another"
    Aww, that's wholsome
    *and then they massacred them after the war*

    • @radjadawamindra697
      @radjadawamindra697 Před 2 lety

      Nah it's the French who massacred them, not the Americans

    • @florex5480
      @florex5480 Před 2 lety

      @@radjadawamindra697 lol u know nothing about Americans for say something like that 😂😂

  • @ilovemuslimfood666
    @ilovemuslimfood666 Před 5 lety

    I love these videos about unsung heroes from both World Wars.

  • @IntrepidMilo
    @IntrepidMilo Před 5 lety

    Great video!

  • @Daniel-mq9ij
    @Daniel-mq9ij Před 5 lety +76

    Do a Rhodesian Bush War episode or something about them.

    • @jaypea30
      @jaypea30 Před 5 lety +7

      YES I NEED THIS

    • @bollejos3756
      @bollejos3756 Před 4 lety +4

      Which rhodesia lost

    • @2UNIEK
      @2UNIEK Před 4 lety

      @TheCrazyKid1381 Yep. Starving in present day Zimbabwe is absolutely kino.

  • @arandomsamurai6288
    @arandomsamurai6288 Před 5 lety +5

    hey simple history maybe you can make a video about the alamo it does have many storys from it from
    The line in alamo to Davy Crockets death

  • @devilpupbear09
    @devilpupbear09 Před 5 lety +3

    "The problem with loyalty to a cause is that the cause will always betray you "

  • @hypershock0storm479
    @hypershock0storm479 Před 5 lety +2

    Apparently when the Tirailleur units were dissolved a lot of their former members joined newly formed national armies of nations that gained independence in Africa back in the late 50s. Some still served in the French army as individual volunteers in integrated Colonial (later Marine) Infantry or Artillery units.

  • @claireferrer1438
    @claireferrer1438 Před 3 lety +5

    The ending was so sad for them:(( may you rest in peace soldiers🥺✊

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před 3 lety +1

      Only 34 people died. The other 1000+ surrendered peacefully.

    • @charlesuzozie5747
      @charlesuzozie5747 Před 2 lety +1

      @@addisonwelsh That makes it better, how?

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před 2 lety +1

      @@charlesuzozie5747 Because the video makes it seem like it was some kind of Order 66 massacre. This is why simple history doesn't have the best reputation amongst CZcams history channels.

    • @planiyewry3779
      @planiyewry3779 Před 2 lety +2

      @@addisonwelsh 🤨😒🙄🙄please sit down that doest make it it right for them to kill them 😤

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh Před 2 lety

      @@planiyewry3779 Mutiny is a crime that is still punishable by death in many militaries today. The fact that they only people who died were the ones who didn't surrender is rather gratuitous.
      Spend more time researching history, less time spamming cartoon faces.

  • @jaredfrancisaragon2618
    @jaredfrancisaragon2618 Před 5 lety +11

    Can you make a video about the battle of yultong?

  • @xbio1
    @xbio1 Před 5 lety +1

    Loved this video. Colonial troops aren't always that big a theme. Nice to hear their history.

  • @codshyper5564
    @codshyper5564 Před 5 lety +34

    EA has joined the chat

  • @batzathebeast6750
    @batzathebeast6750 Před 5 lety +33

    Yep played this in BFV

  • @nyere1656
    @nyere1656 Před 5 lety +34

    Video on THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN NEXT ...That’s all I got to say bout that

  • @centurion1314
    @centurion1314 Před 5 lety

    Simple History!I like your videos so much!
    Can you do a vid about Michael Wittmann

  • @vincentmalab3289
    @vincentmalab3289 Před 5 lety +1

    Please make a video on how Simple History started.

  • @tacocat0436
    @tacocat0436 Před 5 lety +7

    The song in the start is
    Kevin Macleod - Crossing the Chasm
    (don't thank me)

  • @andban8185
    @andban8185 Před 5 lety +49

    Don’t you hate it when you think your first but then you see about 1000 people saying first before u

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect Před 5 lety +4

      But don't you find it sad that instead of watching the content of the new vid, they desperately scrabble to the comments to post "First"... I don't get It lol maybe I'm too old to understand the significance?

    • @bakedhawaii
      @bakedhawaii Před 5 lety

      Lmao

    • @NUTella_enjoyer
      @NUTella_enjoyer Před 5 lety +1

      @@residentelect True

    • @NUTella_enjoyer
      @NUTella_enjoyer Před 5 lety +1

      @@residentelect and that is sad 😪

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect Před 5 lety

      @@NUTella_enjoyer
      It happens every time I am early, for example if I am texting when the SH video notification pops up; I head straight to the video and despite it only being up for maybe 1 minute, and the videos length is 10 minutes, dozens of people have already commented "FIRST!!!!"
      Why..? The content is what we all enjoy. What is so rewarding about being the first person to leave a comment? And the "comment" isn't even relevant to the content of the video?!? ARRRRGGHHH!!! *BANG!*

  • @robcoopz2444
    @robcoopz2444 Před 5 lety +13

    1:37 one of the Germans has an ss camo smock while the rest wear the normal heer uniforms

  • @MichaelMiller-up5zi
    @MichaelMiller-up5zi Před 5 lety

    I have played bf5 as them and dice got their design spot on

  • @fingernailclipper2152
    @fingernailclipper2152 Před 5 lety +50

    Woah try saying that 10 times fast

    • @chriskane1
      @chriskane1 Před 5 lety +5

      Dude, this was soo hard to narrate it's not even funny! 😉

    • @lordfoogthe2st68
      @lordfoogthe2st68 Před 5 lety +2

      Try saying "sugondese" 10 times fast

    • @bakedhawaii
      @bakedhawaii Před 5 lety +1

      Fingernail Clipper
      Fingernail Clipper
      Fingernail Clipper
      Fingernail Clipper
      Fingernail Clipper
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      Wow

  • @leonbriski5929
    @leonbriski5929 Před 5 lety +8

    Please do yugoslavia during WW2 or yugoslavian wars of the 90s. It is very interesting with many different factions in it

    • @strechemall
      @strechemall Před 5 lety

      Nah Pre WW1 Balkan wars are more interesting and very unsung outside of Serbia.

    • @leonbriski5929
      @leonbriski5929 Před 5 lety

      @@strechemall to me personaly not. I would like to see something involving my country as well

    • @franciscopizarro8642
      @franciscopizarro8642 Před 5 lety +1

      *Laughs in Croatian*

    • @sakuta2231
      @sakuta2231 Před 5 lety

      The Balkans were the first Battle Royale

  • @herkko1960
    @herkko1960 Před 5 lety +41

    Can you do Norwegian resistance? Not that fake one with a teenager asian girl on skis.

  • @tedgarrett9437
    @tedgarrett9437 Před 5 lety +4

    Maybe do a video on the Buffalo soldier oh, and the trail of tears!

  • @Mr.LaughingDuck
    @Mr.LaughingDuck Před 5 lety +8

    442nd Regiment and 100th Battalion (aka Purple Heart Battalion)
    "Go for broke!"
    The late Sen. Dan Inouye's Medal of Honor citation is metal af.
    With his unit pinned, the guy charged a hill full of Germans, tossing grenades and spraying foxholes with a tommy machine gun. After clearing several foxholes, he took and survived a German RGP to his right arm. With live grenade still clutched his useless right hand (only continue to his shoulder by a few sinews), he used his left to pry out the grenade, and toss it the German who fired it. He then proceeded to continue fighting for another hour and a half while rallying his men to move forward.
    And this and the rescue of the "Lost Battalion" (141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division, originally Texas National Guard) are only a two of many examples of this brave group of Japanese-American soldiers trying to prove their patriotism their nation despite the rampant hate and racism back home.

    • @Munching
      @Munching Před 5 lety

      He took a RPG to the arm no that’s not how it works you mean he took shrapnel to the arm you can’t take a RPG any where near your body it’s meant to destroy tanks sooo yeah human flesh is a lot different than metal makes me wonder if you over exaggerating

  • @twniks3720
    @twniks3720 Před 5 lety +5

    5:57 "dark"
    ha. good one.

  • @abdielpalma4736
    @abdielpalma4736 Před 5 lety

    Interesting video!

  • @agustincorales4786
    @agustincorales4786 Před 5 lety

    0:09 and foward: Chauchat malfunctions, what a detail!

  • @fartingducky1493
    @fartingducky1493 Před 5 lety +5

    Could you make a fallschirmjager video?

  • @seansteinhorst542
    @seansteinhorst542 Před 2 lety +3

    merci pour votre sacrifice mes compatriotes votre combativité et votre honneur me font pleurer merci nous n'oublierons jamais

  • @gabiedude
    @gabiedude Před 5 lety +1

    For the next video
    Do BONNIE & CLYDE
    2 of America's most notorious outlaws
    P.S. there favorite wepon was the Browning Automatic Rifle

  • @antera1524
    @antera1524 Před 5 lety +15

    1:05 french tirailleurs sénégalais with m1 garand
    1:06 german soldier with a mg42 during the battle of France
    I have nothing to say!

    • @johnnysteele5934
      @johnnysteele5934 Před 4 lety +1

      On one hand, that's the MG-34. On the second, the US military supplied the Allies with their weaponry before joining the war. Far fetched, I know, but a possibility none the less.

    • @konstantinosnikolakakis8125
      @konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Před 4 lety

      @@johnnysteele5934 Actually, it was virtually impossible for them to have a Garand by this point, the US officially adopted the Garand in 1936, but they didn't start using it en mass until 1942.

    • @mwhd629
      @mwhd629 Před 3 lety

      @@johnnysteele5934 how can u make the difference between a mg34 and mg42

    • @crowdedboss8399
      @crowdedboss8399 Před 2 lety

      ​@@mwhd629To put it simply, a mg34 has a more rounded barrel where as the mg42 has a rectangular barrel.

  • @PateRiot
    @PateRiot Před 5 lety +37

    The disappearence of Béla Kiss WW1
    Or the hunt for The Bismark ww2?

    • @captainvalourous6668
      @captainvalourous6668 Před 5 lety +1

      The Hunt for Bismark

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect Před 5 lety +5

      Bismarck would be an excellent episode.
      2000 hands went down with her, and when HMS Hood exploded, after attempting to stop Bismarck, 1400 crew perished.
      Bismark was finally crippled by the Fleet Air Arm off the coast of France, before being surrounded by three Royal Navy vessels, including the Battle Ship HMS Prince of Wales.
      An epic sea battle during which far too many good men, on both sides, made the ultimate sacrifice.

    • @captainvalourous6668
      @captainvalourous6668 Před 5 lety +1

      @@residentelect and that is one of the main reasons why I have to get her in World of Warships Blitz. 🤩

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect Před 5 lety

      @@captainvalourous6668
      Lol I have never played any of the "World Of..." Games. Thanks to work I hardly get chance to even switch on my PS4 nowadays 😔
      Warships does look good!
      Is it only WW2 ships, or can you upgrade to more modern craft?

    • @captainvalourous6668
      @captainvalourous6668 Před 5 lety

      @@residentelect well there are only ww2 ships but you can upgrade them to enhance their armor and firepower.

  • @GiornoGiovannaASMR
    @GiornoGiovannaASMR Před 5 lety +70

    Look at them.
    Brave French soldiers, ready to die for their country.
    They were heroes, these men.
    But they were not the only ones who fought.
    I'm going to tell you a story...
    ...That you don't know...
    -Deme Cisse

    • @AdamKk60
      @AdamKk60 Před 5 lety +10

      Why dont we know it ? Because EA made it up ^^

    • @desertman8092
      @desertman8092 Před 5 lety +2

      *Blitzkrieg Intensifies*

    • @DivingHawker
      @DivingHawker Před 5 lety +13

      Tirailleurs were French soldiers, just like the others. They were heroes as well. Why does EA has to tell this as if they were slaves and had 0 recognition.

    • @cjsteward4250
      @cjsteward4250 Před 5 lety +18

      DivingHawker they were mistreated after they helped... also they didn’t receive any honor that’s pretty messed up and yes i didn’t know about tirailleurs until bf5 and this

    • @niggapenis159
      @niggapenis159 Před 5 lety +7

      French and brave in the same sentence? These fucking cowards just let the germans go around and then run away, and you're telling me they're brave?

  • @duffzilla1292
    @duffzilla1292 Před 5 lety

    Could you do a video on the Battle of George Square, that would be really cool

  • @hibikiakatsuki7687
    @hibikiakatsuki7687 Před 5 lety

    Coming!

  • @ianf9974
    @ianf9974 Před 5 lety +40

    Could you do the Philippine Hukbalahap (Hukbong laban sa Hapon/Group against the Japanese) A Filipino guerilla force around WW2.

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs Před 5 lety +2

      The Resistance? (Ordinary Filipino Citizens Fight Against Japanese During WW2?)

    • @oddish2253
      @oddish2253 Před 5 lety +3

      Spanish rebellion
      American rebellion
      Japanese rebellion
      Communist rebellion
      Muslim rebellion
      philippines always have rebels.

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs Před 5 lety

      @@oddish2253 You Mean
      Spanish Revolution
      American Revolution
      Japanese Revolution?

    • @miked884
      @miked884 Před 5 lety

      @@Nietabs there were alot guerrilla fronts the Hukbalahap is one there also ROTC hunters President Quezons own Guerrillas, filipino- American irregular forces the Wachi Guerrillas the Black Army etc but the ROTC hunters are my favorite a bunch of college kids and cadets from the Philippine military academy who did not get their commission and teenagers of 14 to 20 year olds fighting with few rifles and guloks (bolos) turn into one of the best guerrilla groups in Luzon now thats something

    • @sarhentomarino1968
      @sarhentomarino1968 Před 5 lety +1

      Correction tol, Hukbong Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon HukBaLaHap no hate

  • @mikechiropolos3324
    @mikechiropolos3324 Před 3 lety +3

    The massacre was not a dark spot in the history of "Senegalese Tiralleurs" -- but on France. That's not a "tragic" incident, but an abomination, and a war crime against allies who were essential to the allied victory and liberation.
    I'm proud to count "Anciens Combattants" in Africa among my friends and mentors during my time in West and Central Africa. Mamadou Kahnsaye was a fighter to the end. In his 60s or 70s, there was a corrupt local governmental official who was stealing the pensions of veterans. Sergeant Kahnsaye went to the regional capital, faced down the thief, and returned home with everything he had due. I met a comrade of Kanhsaye, who was from Malie, in a northern Cameroun village in 1988 - they hadn't seen each other since '44 but reconnected through the visitor. I carried greetings and tidings from Cameroun back to Sergeant Kahnsaye, who was like an adopted Grand-Pere, in Bandiagara. Respect, gratitude, appreciation, awe.

  • @salmoffa5401
    @salmoffa5401 Před 5 lety

    You tell this better than the actual war story in battlefield

  • @Briselance
    @Briselance Před 5 lety +1

    03:03:
    Lebel Berthier? Those are two different rifles, and the ones at 03:02 were, if I'm not mistaken, Berthier 1907 or 1907/1915 (unextended magazine) and Berthier 1907/1915 M1916 (magazine extended to have five cartridges instead of only two).

  • @markguardiana600
    @markguardiana600 Před 5 lety +6

    COD WW2 didnt offered this Millatary Company but Battlefield V offered it

  • @garmenlin5990
    @garmenlin5990 Před 3 lety +3

    Senegalese Tiralleurs: Fought for their colonial overlords and got disrespected.
    Viet Minh: Fought for themselves and against their colonial overlords and got everything.

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob Před 5 lety +2

    *The Senegalese Tirailleurs,Gurka and The Herlem Hellfighters were soldiers that fought alongside the Allies even though they were secretly or post-war mistreated*

  • @criperx1331
    @criperx1331 Před 6 měsíci

    Fun fact some Senegalese tirailleurs (les tirailleurs sénégalais du Tchad) were in Africa and a won an incredible battle against the Italians at koufra, after this a part of the regiment went to fight in France and one part stayed and the other part went to France and renamed themselves the RMT (regiment de marche du Tchad) and later went on to be the first regiment to enter Paris.

  • @Leviathis_Krade
    @Leviathis_Krade Před 5 lety +6

    take a drink anytime he says a variant of Senegalese Tirailleurs; in honor of the fallen french soldiers.

  • @angelosikolakis7619
    @angelosikolakis7619 Před 5 lety +7

    Take a shot every time you hear tirailleurs

  • @aziz00181
    @aziz00181 Před 3 lety +1

    Not just Senegalese,Moroccans and Algerians too, they played a Key Role in the WW2 European Battlefields, like Monte Casino, Stuttgart,Munich and Austria too

  • @thetimelapseperson2589

    Good vid