The Worst Places in History to Have Been Alive
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Rwandan genocide? Siege of Leningrad? Congo under Leopold? Great Chinese famine? Sack of Constantinople (either one)? Khmer Rouge? Holocaust?
That's what I was thinking/wondering.
It's a top tenz list,he can't include them all in one episode 🤷🏻♂️.
History has too many atrocities to fit in a single top 10 list.
Cambodia under Pol Pot must surely be on here.
Ir Romania under Ceaucescu
@@GredelsRage Nowhere in the same league as pol Pot, though.
Ceausescu was just a paranoid tin pot dictator, and human rights weren't really a concern, but during his rule he did modernize the country's industry, and at least you didn't get sent to a death camp simply for wearing glasses. Only if you were critical of the regime.
Meanwhile, Pol Pot literally tried to bring his entire country back to the stone age. He had millions of people killed for being educated. Or, for simply *looking* educated (see the commentr about wearing glasses).
Na
Can we get a TopTenz list of simons various channels?
Simon is a beast on you tube I swear he puts out videos quicker than I can even watch them
He made 3 videos while you were typing....
And another 2 while You replied. Yet another 3 while I replied.
I such assume they are older until I look at time stamp and I'm like damn another one
Most under rated comment on you tube! He and his team really are amazing props bud,keep on killing it simon
I just hope he doesn't work himself to death. He must spend hours every day talking to camera.
Everytime people talk about this current covid-time being to tough🙄 I watch one of Simon's videos about terrible times in history, just to put things back into perspective
The past was the worst, am I right, Gerhard?!
I was one of those who just kind of went with the comparisons between Covid and like Spanish Flu... then you look at the numbers and its not even the same league. Perspective changes sooooo much but unfortunately most people seem to lack the ability for it.
Soon
@@SpyralHax hasn't u.s covid deaths passed u.s spanish flu deaths now though?
@@Laocoon283 In terms of pure numbers, yes. But percentage wise, not so much. Remember, global population in 1918 was less than half of what we have nowadays. So 5 million out of 8 billion is way better odds than 20 million out of 2 billion. Lots of additional factors, but yeah, Spanish Flu was way scarier, to me anyway, than corona.
Operation Barbarossa was over by the time the battle for Stalingrad took place. That happened during the second German offensive in the east code named, Fall Blau. (Case Blue.) Barbarossa was in many respects a failure most notably for not knocking the Soviets out of the war, as was it's main objective. It also cost the Wehrmacht a massive amount of casualties they could ill afford to lose & proved the red army could launch successful counter offensives despite suffering staggering loses of their own. Barbarossa's failures were enough to put the Third Reich on it's inevitable road to ruin. The Wehrmacht weren't the same unstoppable force after Barbarossa they had been across Europe. They were far from out, but the writing of their destruction was on the wall. The battle of Stalingrad was the pièce de résistance of their fate.
Stalingrad was yet one more piece of evidence showing the absolute psycopathy of Hitler who ordered his generals to fight to the last man rather than withdraw, or later, surrender when withdrawal was no longer an option. He even broadcast speeches praising their sacrifice for the Fatherland while they were still fighting for survival. Imagine hearing that while fighting for your life against the Russians and starvation.
Just started watching. If Khmer Rouge Cambodia isn’t number 1, I’ll be terrified to see what is.
there are some events and places missing. Eastern Europe as a Jew in 1942 must have been horrible and deadly, so let's take Auschwitz as memento. And Khmer Rouge and Stalins red terror in the Soviet Union... So many horrible times and places that the sacking of Baghdad in 1258 is a mere footnote - how is it different from the fall of Constantinople 200 years later?
Pity that this one was missed
Checking in on Simons beard. Yep still getting HUGE.
Chad beard
Man, you could really say that....
The Past Was The Worst
If only there was a t-shirt or something.....
My buddy is from Bosnia and lived through the war there in the 90s before being smuggled into Austria with his brother and mom. He tells some of the most jaw-dropping stories. Oof.
Yes right in kindergarten I made 2 friends I'm still close with to this day, Adi from Bosnia and Ardit from Albania. In fact ADIs family became friends with my fam. My Lil bro was banging his sister for a while and I bought weed from his mom for years. But they got some absolutely wild stories. Ardits dad was shot and killed during the fleeing Sprint to the border, Adi lost a brother and dog, and he and his fam we're running in the first place cuz partizan soldiers kept busting into his house and taking his stuff.
@@davidtownsend6092 hi, I am from Bosnia and lived in Bosnia in the 90s. I just wanted to inform you that they were called Chetnik not partisans. Partisans are revolutionary army who was fighting Hitler in WWII not in the 90s
@@althioxshay8179 partisan is also a more general word used to describe such groups, not necessarily tied to one particular group or event. It's simply a descriptor to indicate what kind of fighting force you're hearing about.
@@althioxshay8179 Partisans and chetniks, both were criminals and bandits either way.
Can we get a “Week in the Life of Simon” video? I think all of us would like to see a look behind the curtain of the man with 45 CZcams channels
Winston Churchill described the Boer War as "the last of the old wars, which were cruel and magnificent. The Great War was the first of the modern wars, which are cruel and squalid".
I'm from Bosnia and I can testify that it was a horrible genocide kids murdered women raped men forced to dig graves for 1000s of his fellow countrymen just to have to kill them with a shovel and usually forced to live with what they did as a sick joke leaving him or then alive. Mines to this day still killing children
That's horrible man.
Sarajevo is still a symbol of the ineptitude and incapability of Europe in maintaining peace within its own borders. It was only with the intervention of the US that the evil forces of Karadic and his minioins were smashed
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Sure. And I’m from North Korea and I can testify that reindeers fall from the sky every Wednesday.
People are the worst.
Sarajevo is not the longest siege in history, not even close.
Candia lasted 26 years. Lol Philadelphia was a decade. Don't know where he got that from........
I think he was referring to modern times not in history all together.
@@althioxshay8179 Maybe, but the script he was reading off of was definitely wrong. A slight correction can only help to enlighten viewers who might otherwise accept his words without question.
MORE SIMON....MORE!!!!
Another excellent episode. Thankyou TT team.
In the future, they'll speak of the Whistler Clone Wars where there simply weren't enough subjects to go around for the channels and it started a bloody, bald & bearded war!
Don't say you weren't warned when bald, bearded and pleasant sounding terminators turn up with a 'Your subjects and data... *GIVE THEM TO ME!!'* 😊🤣
The final showdown of the bald and bearded. Team Simon vs Team Babish.
🤣🤣🤣
@@tklube308 😆😆😆agreed!👍👍😆
I would add Germany during the thirty years war (1618-1648) to that list. Also, small error: plague is a bacterium, not a virus. Otherwise, great video - as always :)
No kidding. When I lived in Germany,I hiked quite often through the Odenwald region. Reading the historical markers, I was shocked how many towns and villages were completely depopulated during the war. And this was only one small region that didn't even see the heaviest or longest fighting.
I came here to give the same correction about the plague. It's a very small issue though. His videos are so well researched.
Well, 2020/2021 doesn't seem nearly so bad now.
Well, what if we are just now entering the worst era of human existence.
Great video Simon
The siege of Sarajevo wasn't even close to being the longest siege in history. The siege of Cetua, in Spain lasted for 26 years, from 1694 - 1720. The siege of Candia in Venetian controlled Greece lasted 22 years, from 1648 - 1669. Etc...
I read that the Mongol commander when told he couldn't shed the blood of the caliph had him rolled into a carpet and trampled to death.
the Mongols did this to all royals they put to death, shedding royal blood was seen as bad practice.
Cannot believe it. Day after day quality vids from 'yer man'
Still love these historical vids the most :)
My great grandmother was apart of the committee that gave approval for the dropping of the bomb and she never said a word about it until she was on her death bed and alot of things she took to the grave with her
This was the first interesting video I've seen on this channel in at least a month
Simon thank you for been the voice I fall asleep to every night.
Ive always said that it's the end of the world for someone every day.
I'm sure the last thoughts of many dead were "Is this the apocalypse?"
I’m going to visit Bosnia & Herzegovina in September while vacationing in Croatia had no idea it was that bad
This guy… has so many channels yet there always awesome and worth watching
they're*
Spin me a tale of misery fact boy.
I feel like I really got something from this, like my brain got a decent snack.
Keep em coming, love the Vikings and the Gauls, do one for the Picts! Unless you already have. Cheers man keep up the good work. #TopTenrules
Just got through the Casual Criminalist, dam it was long. Now time for more Simon, woo hoo!
Same!
I've avoided the casual an watched this an unsolved first, but now to casual an not looking forward to a thing where some horrid person claims their child was eaten by a wild animal.
He just released several hours worth of vids tonight what a treat
I've got the same pathing to you. 👌
He's Everywhere 😅🤣
Can anyone shed any light on danny in the basement? See if Simon has fed him...
His litter got changed. He should be on for now - allegedly !
So basically, Earth, during the Human period... :P
Well all the mass extinctions were worse than anything we went through as a species if you want to look at things in a macro level.
@@timothybrown8424 but all those derps lacked self awareness and had no idea what was going on
"Redistribution of land" sounds like a good opportunity for corruption.
Tokyo firebombing raids were eluded to in the movie This Corner of the World currently available on netflix..
the beard is looking THICC today!
I have a (absolutely gorgeous) friend who was a child during the Bosnian-Herzegovina war. She was in her home when it was hit by a bomb, nearly losing her right leg below the knee, (she is actually missing muscle on that leg but can walk fine). (I still need to visit her parents’ place (here in America) to try her mom’s fresh baked bread.)
So many parenthesis
Okies I’m 🔝 get a few
I went to a high school that had a bunch of Bosnian refugee students and they all looked like models it was crazy
What you mean by that 🤔
I’m ok 🙂 what time do you want me to pick it
At 9:33 I constantly understand "for one year", which is certainly a mistake on my side, since the Battle of Stalingrad didn't even last for 6 months and the TopTenz-team would with 100% certainty know that, but what else did Simon say then?
Artillery shells didn’t occasionally hit their targets. They are responsible for the highest amount of corpses of any weapon deployed in WW1 by a good margin. They may have had issues with always detonating but the sheer volume of shells made that inconsequential
Simon is the man!!!
Top 10 Simon channels!
How did "living in the philippines" at any point in time not make the list
I would add my mother-in-law's home. You haven't seen true horror until you seen her potato salad.
Top ten thank God I got stuck at work for 14hrs last night and haven't been to bed yet..
LONGEST Siege in history is 26 years, the siege of Ceuta, then is siege of Candia with 21 years. Sarajevo with it's 4 years is far from the top 3. Sorry for the nitpicking. :) Love your content, you and your teams are legends.
I agree with the Red Army not getting enough credit in the West for WW2. On behalf of this American, thank you guys.
You mean the same Red Army that initially sided with Hitler's lot? They are hardly ignored.
Really depressing. Humans are awful to each other.
Why just stop at the trenches in WW1? It was just as horrible in the East African guerrila campaigns. And now that I think about it, it must have been pretty bad in those early U-boats, too.
We can’t forget the Khmer Rouge, the regime that ruled Cambodia in the 1970s.
Rwanda should be there because of the small size, duration and personal brutality. It changed how I look at tragedy now. A few hundred dead, no big deal.
After reading about the the Rape of Nanking, the Bataan Death March, the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore, plus the horrific battles of the US's island hopping campaign in the Pacific, I feel that the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were absolutely necessary, in addition to the firebombing of Japanese cities like Tokyo. The Imperial Japanese war machine definitely had to be stopped, and the Japanese citizenry would never give up fighting unless their Emperor ordered them to.
Wait, it's all Simon?!
Always has been!
Conquest of the Americas
Picking a whole year is cheating TT team. You missed the sacking(s?) of Constantinople, Antietam Creek on September 17th 1862, Second Battle of Fallujah, and pretty notably: the Hue and Somme events respectively.
Bengal Famine
How did you forget Bengal famine caused by wiston churchil and british army which lead to death of 50 million people. Mention of London is just exaggeration and should be replace with bengal.
Hey Simon
I’m surprised the WWII bombing of Dresden didn’t make the list.
My thoughts as well. I don't understand how the firebombing of Tokyo can be mentioned and not Dresden.
@@reddog-ex4dx I honestly never heard about the firebombing of Tokyo until I saw this. I had to Google it. I knew about Dresden well and I even read a book about it.
Well, that's life-affirming.
All of this is relating to human beings alone.
I personally would put the KT event on this list, following the the Asteroid🦕🦖 impact, the catastrophic aftermath would result in the slow death of the Dinosaurs who survived the initial stages,beginning with the herbivores.
Don't forget most animals feel pain too you know 😒
Real hot take.
@@edwarddawson42 Even the KT event is overshadowed by an even worse 1 long before that and Dinosaurs as a whole!
As this was likely intended to be about human history the KT event 66 million years ago do not really qualify. Neighter does the
Ordovician-silurian Extinction 440 million years ago, the Devonian Extinction 365 million years ago, the Permian-triassic Extinction 252 million years ago or the Triassic-jurassic Extinction 210 million years ago.
Even during the almost 4 billion (at most) years of evolving living micro organisms that came before the cambrian explosion 541-530 million years ago there were at least a few mass extinctions.
Simon, please consider making a video about mass extinctions on your into the shadows channel perhaps. It would offer a great ending with the ongoing anthropocene epoc
@@poonoi1968 Here was 1 Simon already has done to which I loved human related - Tsunami that destroyed dogger land, a consequence of a North Sea land slide and indefinitely cut off the UK from mainland Europe.
@@EAcapuccino I know about the storegga landslide that permanently made Doggerland a hashtag. I live on the soutwest coast of Norway so this story is part of early education here. Probably is in UK too. That event was even more significant there cutting you off from the pesky french.
Must have been one epic wet week for whoever Mesolitic inhabitants occuping any European coast lines at that time, but probably nobody more so than those calling Doggerland home turf.
There were 5 sieges that lasted over 5 years. Sarajevo was not the longest by a long shot. Siege of Candia lasted 26 years!
Brain Blaze and Casual Criminalist are the real Simon, TopTenz and Geographics and Side Projects get AI deepfake Simon lol
Hadn't heard of the sacking of Baghdad, that's an interesting one for me to follow up on!
Fun fact: The Mongols didn't kill the Christians of Baghdad when they conquered it.
I hate to be THAT person but the plague of London was 1665 into I believe early 1666 (later that year London would burn, yea London couldn't get a break)
Sadly, there’s no shortage of examples that could be represented here.
Well now I want to know if the Taiping emperor actually had a brother who claimed to be Jesus. You'd assume everyone would just follow that guy.
Magellans ships or Paris in the late 19th century..
To quote the blaze: THE PAST WAS THE WORST.
Great video, but just a quick correction on some facts - at around 1:46 you stated that the the Chinese Communist Party came into power in 1959. They actually came into power in 1949, a decade earlier! Thanks.
Random person- Dear God, please let me get this frivolous thing that will make my life easier...
God, watching a genocide happen- Yeah, I'm listening.
Simon, why not have Grimfrost sponsor you? You are getting to where beard beads would work very well!
Because Simon is committed to accuracy and Grimfrost is decidedly not. Lol
I don't know that beard beads are really Simon's style though 🤔
Poland any time between 1850-1990... just not a great era for the Poles.
Rather grim. Everyone was either killed or was sold into slavery. The river ran red. Sounds like truly the worst time to be around if your not Mongolian.
Simon & Team; can you please do some more badass women? The story of the two Dutch (?) sisters who were Nazi slayers was amazing, for example.
More of that please 🙏
*btw yer fkn beard is getting close to epic 👍
That would be cool.
I've been hoping for him to do the pirate queen Granuaile/grace O'Malley for awhile now.
one day perhaps.
Oh yes! Please!
@@Lady_Chalk
You meant (please)
didn't you?
The past was the worst!!
Though we don’t know what the future holds.
Damn… one could say… The past was the worst
The Congo in the 19th century doesn't get on this list?
Ukraine 2022 might end up on the next draft of this list. To that point, what about when Putin invaded Crimea? Why are we only now so mad at Putin?
Sarajevo is not the longest siege in history, by a long shot.
It is in modern history
@@mikeoxlong246 That qualification was not made in the presentation, I blame the ignorant American researchers, scriptwriters and editors.
@@owenshebbeare2999
Hmmm, British narrator....
@@mikeoxlong246 The video isn't called "The Worst Places In Modern History To Be Alive."
@@gunzakimbo why are you telling me this? I was just replying to OPs comment. And even if the siege of Sarajevo is not the longest siege in history, it still is the longest siege in modern warfare. Just imagine daily bombings for almost 4 years with 3777 bomb shells fired in just one day. 100000 people died. I'd say it was honestly the fucking worst to live in Sarajevo during the 90'.
sooo.....................................................................................................................
history DOES have a REAL rabbit hole
he he
p.s.
keep it up guys
Rwanda?
Simon: The past was the worst.....except when you could get Heroin cough syrup and COCAINE BABY!!
those have played a big enough part in my life with out them being cheaper lol
The Bosnian war/genocide is not talked about nearly enough nowadays. It has 3 presidents (for each ethnicity/religion) and is still stuck in the past in many ways. I think it would be a great video topic for one of your channels.
What about Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted or Java when Krakatoa erupted those people have painful deaths
so interesting
I just came here for a crap VPN ad
tolkien, the man who wrote "the lord of the rings", had 6een in the trenches during ww1.
and 6efore hitler came along, napoleon had also tried to conquer russia in the middle of winter. hitler made that same mistake; it was also said that hitler admired napoleon. so it's funny he made the same strategic error as napoleon had.
the issue was hitler invaded russia when it was raining so the german tanks got stuck and became sitting targets for russian planes, but it was winter by the time they reached moscow.
@@robinstack7309 oh, okay. guess i got it slightly wrong. : )
@@quinnoshaughnessy you werent totally wrong though. The Russians did use the scorch earth policy in both moscow and st petersburg.
Is this the guy from biographics ?
No.2: why would/does the temperature drop around the globe when a population stops farming and natural vegetaion comes back?
I know that I'm a couple days late but...
No. 1
"The Sacking Of Baghdad"
Me:
which one?
That place gets burnt to the ground and or "sacked" like once every few years..
Middlesbrough at any time, should be number 1. 👍
Yup 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Technically, that's one of the places that never graduated from pre-history :) Don't worry, there's one in every country
Well sieges weren't target specifically at the civilians, it was targeted at literally everyone in the city.
"The battles in the west had no impact" What? The fact that the Russians barely won mean that without Germany being tied up elsewhere they'd have lost. Even if we take your percentages at face value 20% is a large percentage.
"The most conservative estimated put the causalities at 56 million people." What!? The "average" estimate varies wildly, and I'd say the higher numbers are suspect. But even going off just the averages that's 48 million. And that's skewed by some ridiculously high number estimates. (Though you could also argue it does have some low number estimates too, that's true.)
Baghdad was never known as the greatest city in the world. That usually belongs to Chinese cities.
The simple fact that the Russians almost obliterated Armee Gruppe Ost, captured almost 250,000 men and put the phantom of the unstoppable 'Reich' to bed speaks volumes for the dogged tenacity and sheer fanaticism of the Red Army. Let us not forget that
Great, am travelling in August, can I come and try her bread?
Now🤔
those asians tho...
Interesting
Yay