The One-eyed Scout who Liberated a Whole Town by Himself

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  • Léo Major a French-Canadian captured the Dutch town of Zwolle by himself during World War II. He was on a recon mission but went above and beyond.
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Komentáře • 14K

  • @Raccski
    @Raccski Před 4 lety +7854

    The reason he doesn’t have a statue is because they wouldn’t have enough materials for the balls

    • @habsburgsaxecoburggotha
      @habsburgsaxecoburggotha Před 4 lety +97

      Eric Stockwell I get itttttttt. Because he has BIG balls.😏

    • @zombaldag9337
      @zombaldag9337 Před 4 lety +197

      @@habsburgsaxecoburggotha big is an understatement

    • @johanlopez7507
      @johanlopez7507 Před 4 lety +65

      Zombaldag HUGE would be a better description

    • @mrquac1242
      @mrquac1242 Před 4 lety +111

      @@johanlopez7507 Huge is still an understatement, there is no word in any language that can describe the size of his balls.

    • @coreflakes
      @coreflakes Před 4 lety +41

      not even hargiantuassive

  • @Solnoric
    @Solnoric Před 3 lety +7700

    "leo, how did you capture 93 germans by yourself?"
    "I surrounded them"

  • @nhatvinhnhatvinh7310
    @nhatvinhnhatvinh7310 Před rokem +1324

    Dude literally invented the "Single Player Mode" that we see in modern FPS games.

    • @welkingunther5417
      @welkingunther5417 Před rokem +57

      It honestly does feel like that, sounds like something out of COD tbh

    • @Yen-jw1ls
      @Yen-jw1ls Před rokem +1

      kinda look like solid snake too

    • @dariuswilliams7509
      @dariuswilliams7509 Před 11 měsíci +30

      Facing the Germans alone was impressive but capturing some of them and bringing them back and going out again is God tier main character finesse 😂😂

    • @kevincloud574
      @kevincloud574 Před 10 měsíci +12

      ​@@dariuswilliams7509not just that but literally multiple times

    • @HawkFest
      @HawkFest Před 3 měsíci +1

      If Léo Major comes by, you know the war ends the next morning at the latest

  • @aaronfr7685
    @aaronfr7685 Před rokem +371

    Refusing a reward because you deem the officer issuing it to be incompetent is the most baller move of all time

  • @user-fu7eh2mk5n
    @user-fu7eh2mk5n Před 4 lety +168

    They need to stop pairing high level players with low level players it’s too unfair 🤦‍♂️

    • @Packman6000
      @Packman6000 Před 4 lety

      Pinkfongesse IKR it’s like they always put the prestige master lvl 1000s with the non-prestige bots.

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Před 4 lety

      this was the reason why skill based mathmaking was introduced

  • @darnit1944
    @darnit1944 Před 4 lety +593

    4:28 Hit a landmine, everyone's dead except Leo? Jesus, this guy is literally protected by plot.

  • @trevanminnig3499
    @trevanminnig3499 Před 2 lety +498

    I still love the thought of some guy breaking into a house, armed to the teeth, the people living there thinking they’re in trouble, and as soon as they learn he’s Canadian, they’re perfectly fine helping him

    • @ainarsakm5672
      @ainarsakm5672 Před 2 lety +21

      Leo Major was lucky to fin there clever and fast thinking, war experienced Duch

    • @CountryLifestyle2023
      @CountryLifestyle2023 Před 9 měsíci +12

      Plus I mean... he's speaking French not German and not wearing German uniforms..

    • @foxshoot3138
      @foxshoot3138 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I mean i wont to be in the worng side of the teeth armed Canadian

    • @trevanminnig3499
      @trevanminnig3499 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@foxshoot3138 I can’t even be mad lol

  • @richardsousa2625
    @richardsousa2625 Před rokem +198

    Leo never died. He went ahead to scout out the after life

    • @franzicoy
      @franzicoy Před rokem +10

      And decided to shoot demons & evil spirits with holy bullets with crosses indented into them, holy hand grenades, & holy versions of his other equipment. And the ghost of his dead buddy who also has holy versions of HIS gear.

    • @mini_tinibrasil3429
      @mini_tinibrasil3429 Před 7 měsíci +5

      ​@@franzicoyman became doom slayer

  • @mstheman10
    @mstheman10 Před 3 lety +4104

    Him not accepting the medal because it was being given to him by an Englishmen is the most Montreal thing I've ever seen.

    • @wilsonhuber
      @wilsonhuber Před 3 lety +27

      seen*

    • @SagaciousNihilist
      @SagaciousNihilist Před 3 lety +373

      Thats not what the video said, it was not because he was english, but because he deemed him incompetent

    • @owenofhb8319
      @owenofhb8319 Před 3 lety +22

      @@SagaciousNihilist yeah

    • @acarriere30
      @acarriere30 Před 3 lety +8

      seen* C'est pas une
      scène....

    • @tony_5156
      @tony_5156 Před 3 lety +59

      If he was Irish he would have knocked the teeth out the English man!

  • @natalie6811
    @natalie6811 Před 4 lety +13117

    Lesson learned:
    Canadians are nice
    *Until they’re not.*

    • @TrevJamesBailey
      @TrevJamesBailey Před 4 lety +1145

      "Do not mistake my peacefulness for weakness"

    • @Niiue
      @Niiue Před 4 lety +226

      they angry boi

    • @trio8265
      @trio8265 Před 4 lety +341

      They don't smile out of happiness they smile out of rage

    • @sen6728
      @sen6728 Před 4 lety +353

      leo joined the war because the germans stole 70% of quebecs maple syrup supply/

    • @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly
      @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly Před 4 lety +178

      "Remember, no canadian"

  • @jessecerasus9621
    @jessecerasus9621 Před rokem +16

    The list of French-Canadians badass is just insane!

  • @user-ky8nb8fn6i
    @user-ky8nb8fn6i Před 2 měsíci +8

    They gotta make a movie about this guy. I’m a Canadian and I’m pretty proud to hear this story.

    • @coldlakealta4043
      @coldlakealta4043 Před 2 dny

      if he had been American there would have been a bunch of worshipful block busters starring American actors who sat out the war. I think he would have preferred it the way his life worked out quietly.

  • @carlpeng2580
    @carlpeng2580 Před 3 lety +2724

    "I am frozen and wet because of you so you will pay."
    Yep. He was truly pissed.

    • @Phelisreal
      @Phelisreal Před 3 lety +52

      A true Québecois quote

    • @ther6sshieldmain937
      @ther6sshieldmain937 Před 3 lety +71

      honestly, mans was wearing sneakers in this weather, one way or another; they were dead

    • @dandandevil2640
      @dandandevil2640 Před 3 lety +12

      This is why us british were so good
      Were always cold and wet

    • @DinsRune
      @DinsRune Před 3 lety +14

      As someone who's had to hike through snow in wet boots, his reaction was entirely reasonable.

    • @ARC-8846
      @ARC-8846 Před 3 lety +9

      @@DinsRune I've hiked in snow, wearing tennis shoes before, I agree, this is a reasonable reaction

  • @firefighterstation3
    @firefighterstation3 Před 4 lety +2192

    The one eye scout who liberated a whole town by himself while wearing dad shoes.

    • @dcoing1907
      @dcoing1907 Před 4 lety +47

      firefighterstation3 this wasn’t the only cookout this man has showed up to 😂😂

    • @Soulemst
      @Soulemst Před 4 lety +82

      They're called sneakers for a reason lmao

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 Před 4 lety +3

      Ayden Diaz Nice

    • @gregorybowe7556
      @gregorybowe7556 Před 4 lety +2

      This is highly underliked

    • @PerseusR51
      @PerseusR51 Před 4 lety +6

      Dude be rolling out, flexing his clean white sneakers while liberating a town by himself

  • @ryzekiv7147
    @ryzekiv7147 Před 2 lety +832

    He died in 2008, at the age of 87…
    He returned to his native Quebec 3 years later, having escaped Paradise, navigating the weirdness of Purgatory, fistfighting his way through the Nine Circles, and besting the devil in a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors.

    • @mokooify
      @mokooify Před rokem +52

      No, he played the fiddle better than the devil.

    • @jade-reaper
      @jade-reaper Před rokem +12

      @@mokooify nice futurama reference

    • @sixmanace5710
      @sixmanace5710 Před rokem +22

      @@jade-reaper I guess you don't know of the song called "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

    • @ghanthor
      @ghanthor Před rokem +5

      ...and besting the devil in a game of Rock-Paper-Leo

    • @flumphflumph6021
      @flumphflumph6021 Před rokem +12

      He chose Rock and punched the Devil in the face.

  • @coenwijngaertvande4003
    @coenwijngaertvande4003 Před rokem +23

    I am from Zwolle. This story is fully true. A true true hero!

  • @ezzyrush2253
    @ezzyrush2253 Před 4 lety +2259

    If he had both eyes he would have liberated a whole country

    • @somedudefromapharmacy
      @somedudefromapharmacy Před 4 lety +155

      Ezekiel Burua if he had a third eye he would liberated the whole world

    • @coltenrice5992
      @coltenrice5992 Před 4 lety +51

      @@somedudefromapharmacy If he had a third eye he would have liberated the Illuminati

    • @shackman7456
      @shackman7456 Před 4 lety +6

      He do have a third eye doe

    • @bananacarlin
      @bananacarlin Před 4 lety +21

      If he has 4 he would liberate the universe

    • @yuzhenliu2198
      @yuzhenliu2198 Před 4 lety +3

      Ezy Burua lol

  • @mr.belowaverage4651
    @mr.belowaverage4651 Před 4 lety +1376

    Being married for 57 years is almost as incredible as his war achievements.
    That’s a man.

    • @andreraymond6860
      @andreraymond6860 Před 4 lety +106

      I had a short correspondance with his son before he died of cancer. He wrote tghat his dad never spoke of his military achievements. His son had to find out about Leo from a third party and then had trouble believing the stories until Léo broke down and told him first hand what and how he did it. The whole family travelled to the Netherlands and Holland where the city of Zwolle named a main boulevard of the town in Léo's honor.

    • @leokasper1595
      @leokasper1595 Před 4 lety +1

      Definitely not in the slightest.

    • @bjjennings5540
      @bjjennings5540 Před 4 lety +9

      The guy's last name was literally major, can you expect anything less than badassery?

    • @terminator572
      @terminator572 Před 4 lety

      Why do boomers get married if they hate their wives

    • @franciscraig8164
      @franciscraig8164 Před 4 lety +18

      @@terminator572 Leo wasn't a boomer tho. He belonged to the greatest generation. ;)

  • @lasermanso
    @lasermanso Před rokem +125

    I was museum guide at the citadel of Quebec, home of the Royal 22e, and Leo Major is a certified badass, we have a part dedicated to him and let me tell you he got much more other over the top achievement in his carreer. the guy was a true Quebecois force of nature !!!

  • @dillis2188
    @dillis2188 Před 2 lety +111

    "The family discovered that there was, and still is, a street named for Major in Zwolle, and when he passed away several years ago, Dutch nationals made the trip across the ocean to attend the service.
    "It was really strange for me to see that," Daniel-Aimé said on Daybreak.
    "There were citizens from the Netherlands, and there was a general from the Netherlands and the mayor [of Zwolle] was there too." "

  • @-economix.9483
    @-economix.9483 Před 4 lety +2620

    This is what happens when a Canadian forgets to say "sorry"

    • @that_boy_johnny1234
      @that_boy_johnny1234 Před 4 lety +6

      @Tiens ma bière Ah! Tien mes maudits Americain lol

    • @rencrab7265
      @rencrab7265 Před 4 lety +6

      @Tiens ma bière as a canadian i do not accept but i guess yeah cuz he from Quebec

    • @sirtornado2938
      @sirtornado2938 Před 4 lety

      Yes

    • @powerllesss2672
      @powerllesss2672 Před 4 lety +4

      Tiens ma bière tu parles français? Ne fais pas semblant, s’il te plaît Québécois.

    • @tommyboisvert9570
      @tommyboisvert9570 Před 4 lety +3

      @Tiens ma bière Il ne faut jamais faire chier un Québecois avec un gun!

  • @kirasilent8234
    @kirasilent8234 Před 3 lety +5021

    Bruh, Imagine getting your whole platoon captured by some guy with an eyepatch wearin' sneakers, and thinking that a whole army is against you.
    What a freaking legend

    • @waldo8158
      @waldo8158 Před 3 lety +136

      At this point I ask myself, where is his goddamn movi!

    • @jqlio18
      @jqlio18 Před 3 lety +146

      He is a Quebecer and at this time he were seen has "inferior" because he was speaking french. Today not many people knows about him because his heroism was kind of hidden even in Quebec. This story NEEDS a movie.

    • @toasterbathbombs139
      @toasterbathbombs139 Před 3 lety +40

      Wearing fuckin sneakers

    • @datonesaltyfungus6064
      @datonesaltyfungus6064 Před 3 lety +69

      They surrendered because of his drip

    • @xleaderx1289
      @xleaderx1289 Před 3 lety +45

      @@datonesaltyfungus6064 sneakers n eye patch = charisma 100

  • @RenegadeRanga
    @RenegadeRanga Před 11 měsíci +10

    Some dudes are built different. What a savage.

  • @youricoenen3882
    @youricoenen3882 Před 9 měsíci +33

    as an habitant of zwolle i am this man greatfull till my death, without this man Zwolle would be a modern boring town, now it is hostorical and beautiful thanks yo him❤

  • @DeNihility
    @DeNihility Před 4 lety +2719

    *Mission:* "Stealth is optional."
    *Leo Major:* "COWABUNGA IT IS!"

  • @marcusbenton7283
    @marcusbenton7283 Před 3 lety +4798

    His kids officially won the "My dad can beat up your dad" argument

    • @DerDoenerInMir
      @DerDoenerInMir Před 2 lety +518

      Yeah, more like my dad can obliterate your village

    • @jor-eld9093
      @jor-eld9093 Před 2 lety +285

      more like my dad is the DOOM slayer

    • @krieger8825
      @krieger8825 Před 2 lety +48

      @@jor-eld9093 with no crucible

    • @gamertimefriend1286
      @gamertimefriend1286 Před 2 lety +104

      “My dad can level your dads platoon”

    • @mareklwhip4590
      @mareklwhip4590 Před 2 lety +9

      "My dad can beat up hundreds of Nazi's and Chinese communists."

  • @goatyqt4553
    @goatyqt4553 Před rokem +25

    Fun fact : he was interviewed after his second medal by René Lévesque, who to this day remains one of the most influential and important people in Québec history. In fact, the guy would become the prime minister of Québec and found one of its major parties, while creating a strong independentist movement that almost made Québec a nation.

    • @melindacadarette3447
      @melindacadarette3447 Před rokem +3

      Premier not Prime Minister. The PM is the head of the country - a premier is the head of the province. And I think you meant "sovereign nation" - "nation" itself just means "people" and Quebec is already recognized as such under our constitution.

    • @goatyqt4553
      @goatyqt4553 Před rokem +1

      @@melindacadarette3447 Thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind!

    • @TheEllord33
      @TheEllord33 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@melindacadarette3447 A constitution that was never agreed and approved by a foreign Queen we don't respect, so we call PM if we want to call it PM

  • @VoldraLightningfrost
    @VoldraLightningfrost Před rokem +29

    I'd pay 50 dollars to play this single player campaign. Somebody please make a game on this guy, what a legend.

  • @BolisStewie
    @BolisStewie Před 4 lety +12858

    Not even in videogames you can do what he did without dying 2 or 3 times

    • @DaWizard11
      @DaWizard11 Před 4 lety +1022

      Maybe he did, but respawned and nobody ever knew

    • @omsim7086
      @omsim7086 Před 4 lety +563

      Or maybe his blatant cheater and have aimbot

    • @BeAPro
      @BeAPro Před 4 lety +331

      Or maybe he only hears boss music.

    • @bartosh2865
      @bartosh2865 Před 4 lety +200

      @@BeAPro Or maybe he finished COD in 6 hours

    • @silverletter4551
      @silverletter4551 Před 4 lety +84

      This is from the side which made up things like "carrots give people night vision" to confuse the enemy. Making the Germans think they were fighting against invincible super soldiers would ruin their morale.

  • @223Drone
    @223Drone Před 4 lety +1563

    Germans: "There is no way a single person can capture this town on their own."
    Léo Major: "Observe".

    • @ISawABear
      @ISawABear Před 4 lety +31

      "Observez"

    • @spike-km9je
      @spike-km9je Před 4 lety +23

      Léo Major: tiens ma bière et regarde ça

    • @bsc4344
      @bsc4344 Před 4 lety +4

      DeadlyMargiKarp223 Two Canadians took a HUGE number of trenched Germans in WWI by pretending to be more Canucks than just two, so its been done before.
      And they were ENGLISH Canadians. Bet you wont bother looking it up....

    • @223Drone
      @223Drone Před 4 lety +6

      @@bsc4344 Do you have point or do you lack a sense or humor?

    • @bsc4344
      @bsc4344 Před 4 lety +1

      DeadlyMargiKarp223 yah?. War is so hilarious to you i see. Tons of "hilarious" people here...And too clueless to see the historical point I made, thats on you

  • @martinbelec1826
    @martinbelec1826 Před rokem +118

    The most I credible is that Leo never told anyone about his exploits he live a simple life without ever bragging about his time in the army. His wife and family came to know about his exploits when the people of Zwolle wanted to commemorate his exploits and managed to find him and invite him to the Netherlands and only then did we hear about what he had done. By the way he was for Québec's independence.

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk Před rokem +24

      Leo’s Wife: I’m sorry my husband did WHAT?!

    • @CountryLifestyle2023
      @CountryLifestyle2023 Před 5 měsíci +4

      And how does him being for quebecs independence matter in this conversation ?
      My entire family, and myself(from Quebec) protested against Quebec leaving. Saying that if Quebec leaves, than that part of Quebec will join Canada.
      It's a stupid idea if actually thought out.

    • @martinbelec1826
      @martinbelec1826 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@CountryLifestyle2023 I just want to point out that this guy is celebrated across Canada as a true Canadian hero. It's ironic given that Leo was for Québec independence. Fighting for Canada and being for the separation of Canada! That is also why I admire this man so much cause I also want Québec to become independent. Vive la liberté, vive l' indépendance.

    • @dartmansam10
      @dartmansam10 Před 4 měsíci +5

      ​@@CountryLifestyle2023it wasn't stupid at the time, considering the conscription crisis, the french canadians being used as cannon fodder, and the fact that quebecers had and have their own identity seperate from canada.

    • @CountryLifestyle2023
      @CountryLifestyle2023 Před 4 měsíci

      @dartmansam10 Every part of Canada has a separate identity.
      Heck BC is so far away from Ottawa that is disconnected from the rest of Canada,,yet they don't separate.
      Separation is just a stupid idea. Anyway you look at it.
      It was war,,everyone was cannon fodder, battle of the somme had 1 million casualties.... was it only French Canadians being used as Canon fodder there ?
      List your reasons for separation

  • @jamiebray8532
    @jamiebray8532 Před rokem +28

    This is the 1st I've heard of Leo. He is now added to my list of heros of admiration.

  • @salt-emoji
    @salt-emoji Před 4 lety +625

    "he's too incompetent to award this medal to anyone I don want it" legendary 😂😂

    • @libertyprime4457
      @libertyprime4457 Před 4 lety +6

      Ouch

    • @randomguy7176
      @randomguy7176 Před 4 lety +4

      MadLad

    • @michaeltorres638
      @michaeltorres638 Před 4 lety +8

      I have to agree with Leo Major about Montgomery, he was a commander with more fluff than substance (in metaphor).

    • @edparadis6685
      @edparadis6685 Před 4 lety +2

      @@michaeltorres638Torres yep and "Good Old Monty" got lucky with Romell at the end. Canada needs to talk about its fighting soldiers from before Starting with hi, then bring up a few others as well. This is proof enough that Canada's military was respected and feared at one time.

  • @giggle7500
    @giggle7500 Před 4 lety +3829

    -takes out 4 people with a gun
    -takes 93 prisoners
    -the only surviver of a tank explosion
    -takes out a entire city
    -retires

    • @stephenmcculley788
      @stephenmcculley788 Před 4 lety +164

      You forgot the hill un Korea

    • @caseyb1346
      @caseyb1346 Před 4 lety +233

      -takes out 4 people with a gun
      -takes 93 prisoners
      -the only surviver of a tank explosion
      -takes out a entire city
      -takes out multiple divisions of Chinese and Koreans
      -retires
      ftfy

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety +97

      He didn't take out a town. He captured it. Far harder.

    • @stephenmcculley788
      @stephenmcculley788 Před 4 lety +9

      @@LegendStormcrow Now what do I do? To much to repair. You guys have it back.

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 4 lety +17

      @@stephenmcculley788 he could have fixed it. He just wanted to give it back as he had not the time and had too much freedom to give. Freedom to live for the allies, freedom from life for the Axis.

  • @fotisk-sg2sh
    @fotisk-sg2sh Před 11 měsíci +8

    he liberates a town by himself alone, captured whole german platoons several times, and held a hill in the korean war, and he wasn't awarded the victorian cross... Those guys who were held to award soldiers were either on drugs or were dropped on their heads when they were babies

  • @BRUTALB0RIS
    @BRUTALB0RIS Před rokem +12

    In the province of Québec, lots of people knows the bravery of Léo Major. In the english speaking part of Canada no one ever heard of Léo, not even militaries. I have personally witness more recognition at the international about french speaking Royal 22e Regiment than anywhere in english speaking Canada. there's , statues, memorial and plaque in french about the bravery and or collaboration all around Europe even in Colorado Spring NORAD base about the 22e regiments and others franch speaking regiments. Nothing about that in Canada, only in Québec like they say.....

  • @RedGreekWolf
    @RedGreekWolf Před 4 lety +6138

    This guy is absolutely amazing, his whole military career reads like a movie script

    • @dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791
      @dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791 Před 4 lety +245

      He needs a sabaton song

    • @build2270
      @build2270 Před 4 lety +47

      @@dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791 HE DIDNT LIBERATE A CITY ALONE, BECAUSE ITS NOT THERE

    • @The-Big-Boss
      @The-Big-Boss Před 4 lety +9

      Roy benodivaz reads the same way

    • @neonlight5355
      @neonlight5355 Před 4 lety +17

      Maybe because it's a movie script.

    • @clxma
      @clxma Před 4 lety +44

      i reckon there will be a movie in the future haha

  • @dotdot1743
    @dotdot1743 Před 4 lety +3420

    Leo: captures 93 soldiers by himself with one eye, and sneakers
    *you are awarded second place, could have done better.*

    • @RyougiVector
      @RyougiVector Před 4 lety +200

      It's not hard to improve on garbage.

    • @rebeccaoregan8036
      @rebeccaoregan8036 Před 4 lety +103

      **TRY AGAIN?**

    • @yourcricketguide8966
      @yourcricketguide8966 Před 4 lety +184

      He needed hundred for side mission achievement.. So yes second place

    • @razenoid1554
      @razenoid1554 Před 4 lety +97

      I find it strange he captured 93 they were fired upon killing and wounding some of them and proceeds to hand 93 prisoners to his commander so where did the replacements for the killed ones come from

    • @lastdogstanding7723
      @lastdogstanding7723 Před 4 lety +24

      @@razenoid1554
      You think that was all the soldiers in the town

  • @shaneharris3926
    @shaneharris3926 Před rokem +15

    How has nobody made a movie about this guy this is got to be the single most impressive story I've ever heard in my life

  • @Cwillz303
    @Cwillz303 Před rokem +404

    “Leo had to wear an eyepatch while his eye healed and remarked on how he looked like a pirate.”
    He then proceeded to undertake the most Jack Sparrow-esque Shenanigans of WWII

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk Před rokem +38

      Leo Major: Today was the day you *almost* caught Leo Major.
      *jumps from a castle balcony into a river, swimming away unharmed*
      German General: MMMAAAAAAAJJJJOOOOORRRRRR!!!

    • @LunatiqHigh
      @LunatiqHigh Před rokem +5

      Ahhhhh, but you heard of him.

  • @vidrow1932
    @vidrow1932 Před 4 lety +1905

    German solider: shoots Leo's friend
    Also German solder: Why do i hear boss music

    • @delgado8130
      @delgado8130 Před 4 lety +91

      You had 2 chances to type "soldier" right

    • @eclipsedninja1346
      @eclipsedninja1346 Před 4 lety +40

      This action will instantly kill you continue?
      German Soldier:
      [Shoot] Live

    • @timtams5283
      @timtams5283 Před 4 lety +8

      Heavy metal music starts playing

    • @foxybluescoutthefox74
      @foxybluescoutthefox74 Před 4 lety +2

      leo : no my friend Grrr *shoots the German Soliders*

    • @Torus2112
      @Torus2112 Před 4 lety +7

      Leo: Omae wa mou shindeiru.

  • @oliverhilton6086
    @oliverhilton6086 Před 4 lety +567

    _“We’re going to take Zwolle tomorrow”_
    _”Already done it.”_

    • @ScipionLaurentiend
      @ScipionLaurentiend Před 4 lety +9

      déjà fait...

    • @brizzled5193
      @brizzled5193 Před 4 lety +3

      Oliver Hilton NANI

    • @masonsilvers6789
      @masonsilvers6789 Před 4 lety +3

      _"your getting the second highest award."_

    • @sentientlemonbattery
      @sentientlemonbattery Před 4 lety +5

      Britain:you might have made a german garrison surrender,attack and liberate an entire town with one eye while being badly damaged by a land mine before said liberarion,but you only get _the 2nd highest award_ :D

    • @robertkenobi9016
      @robertkenobi9016 Před 4 lety

      The Herman Brood of the 40s😂

  • @AuskaDezjArdamaath
    @AuskaDezjArdamaath Před 10 měsíci +8

    I can just imagine him, grumbling under his breath, using every swear word in the Quebecois vocabulary. There’d be enough cussing to give the pope in Rome a heart attack and make the devil blush 😂

    • @Nikki7B
      @Nikki7B Před 2 měsíci +2

      Lol...tabernak

  • @noobsybot9926
    @noobsybot9926 Před 2 lety +33

    How has nobody made a biopic about this guy? I’ll bet he is the inspiration for nearly all action heroes.

    • @Betterthandre
      @Betterthandre Před 11 měsíci +6

      Leo was an ardent separatist, that would be why nobody knows him in Canada...

  • @SerasXHarkonnen
    @SerasXHarkonnen Před 4 lety +1922

    Spartans: *we held off the Persians with only 300 men*
    Leo: *you needed 300?*

  • @trigger5258
    @trigger5258 Před 4 lety +2135

    German: *kills friend”
    Leo: so you have chosen...complete anihilation.

  • @milesipka
    @milesipka Před 2 lety +16

    Leo Major, the WWII Canadian version of Snake Plissken.
    Awesome badass legend, may he rest in peace and his life story be celebrated forever.

  • @Supersoup65
    @Supersoup65 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Rest in peace leo 🫡

  • @CriticalCoen
    @CriticalCoen Před 3 lety +5680

    I live in Zwolle and never knew he alone liberated my town.
    I knew of him because there is a street here named after him.
    What a badass.

  • @wheresjal9043
    @wheresjal9043 Před 4 lety +2274

    Everyone’s just ignoring the fact that he’s wearing sneakers and not boots. Man’s from the future.

    • @Sqwaush
      @Sqwaush Před 4 lety +142

      that's why they were called SNEAKers

    • @wheresjal9043
      @wheresjal9043 Před 4 lety +15

      brapganistan woah because he’s sneaky?

    • @Sqwaush
      @Sqwaush Před 4 lety +7

      @@wheresjal9043 wait idk 🤔

    • @wheresjal9043
      @wheresjal9043 Před 4 lety

      brapganistan oh, ok then

    • @achronos178
      @achronos178 Před 4 lety +58

      Cant be caught not looking fresh in war.

  • @Deziar28
    @Deziar28 Před rokem +3

    There is some details that was missing. The famous hill 355 was lost by 10 000 americans. When Léo was asked to take it, he requested carte blanche on the operation, choosing the men he trained himself and asked for a bottle of rhum and 8 days leave for each of them.
    He faced in total 14 000 men, holding the line for 3 days before being replaced by other canadians. He suffered no loss and only one injured. And despite his painful back from Holland, Léo took care by himself to bring the soldier down the hill on his own shoulders.
    Remember kids, he's not a canadian, he is a french canadian, he is a quebeccer and one of the greatest war hero of all time!
    Merci Léo!

  • @spartanslay3r88
    @spartanslay3r88 Před 2 lety +4

    Take it stealthily
    Leo: did you mean *Fully automatic unsupressed assault*

  • @savage7882
    @savage7882 Před 4 lety +389

    Germans: Kill leo's friend
    Leo: So anyways, i started blastin'

    • @Redsmiv
      @Redsmiv Před 4 lety +1

      Lol

    • @brogamer4520
      @brogamer4520 Před 4 lety +1

      😂🤣🤣😂🤣 Clasic

    • @killian9314
      @killian9314 Před 4 lety

      As did audie, it's almost like killing a friend releases the beast

  • @darnchacha1632
    @darnchacha1632 Před 4 lety +302

    This guy was a living Metal of Honor play through.

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 Před 4 lety +1

      @National Socialist Squad hrnnnmmm.

    • @ikmal017
      @ikmal017 Před 4 lety +2

      Jimmy Patterson has rival now

    • @darnchacha1632
      @darnchacha1632 Před 4 lety +1

      @National Socialist Squad wood

    • @Plaguebearer7
      @Plaguebearer7 Před 4 lety +1

      Its actually Medal of honor

    • @joewow1229
      @joewow1229 Před 4 lety +1

      He was just speedrunning the game

  • @alejandrogonzalezgaray7034

    Thank you for your service💯

  • @goku_dunker_420
    @goku_dunker_420 Před 2 lety +5

    How someone goes from being a Pipe fitter, to being the main character in real, then going back to being a pipe fitter, then going BACK is beyond me

  • @TonecrafteLuthiery
    @TonecrafteLuthiery Před 4 lety +479

    The word "badass" was invented for this guy.

    • @theforgottenaccident3298
      @theforgottenaccident3298 Před 4 lety +9

      Happy Thoughts that word is to weak for him he has a whole other word that is so cool no one knows what it is

    • @sckecherten8304
      @sckecherten8304 Před 4 lety +2

      This guy is in room guy level of badassery

    • @kwerty9671
      @kwerty9671 Před 4 lety

      How long in Heaven will this guy actually realize that he can’t sprint and still stand when shot once by a bullet

    • @zelithfang2365
      @zelithfang2365 Před 4 lety +3

      Badass is a hilarious understatement for him. The guy wasn't even injured once when taking the whole place.

    • @sckecherten8304
      @sckecherten8304 Před 4 lety

      That's supposed to be "doom guy"

  • @LilShrimp01
    @LilShrimp01 Před 4 lety +480

    And here, children, is what we like to call a real-life mad lad.

    • @ECHOFOXTROT289
      @ECHOFOXTROT289 Před 4 lety +3

      Lil Shrimp01 TOTAL MAD LAD

    • @Struggler3831
      @Struggler3831 Před 4 lety +1

      Mad jack was such a mad lad that they fused his name with madlad

  • @solless2504
    @solless2504 Před rokem +9

    How has his story not been made into a movie. They could probably make it into 2 or 3 movies with the accomplishments this badass has. It would be kinda like saving private Ryan or hacksaw ridge but on steroids😂.

  • @Apistogramma_cacatuoides
    @Apistogramma_cacatuoides Před 7 měsíci +3

    He is a force of nature…

  • @Frazer2
    @Frazer2 Před 3 lety +4837

    "Don't worry, I'm Canadian."
    "Understandable, have a nice rampage."

    • @stopsign2594
      @stopsign2594 Před 3 lety +134

      Leo after killing the whole german: poggers

    • @geertgietman
      @geertgietman Před 3 lety +47

      @@stopsign2594 no

    • @arden7713
      @arden7713 Před 3 lety +12

      I don't understand fbi why are you mad he threw over a raysheame

    • @geertgietman
      @geertgietman Před 3 lety +21

      @@arden7713 no I can’t stand the word poggers

    • @Dorfs
      @Dorfs Před 3 lety +22

      @@geertgietman poggers dude

  • @alejandrojoserodriguezarre45
    @alejandrojoserodriguezarre45 Před 4 lety +2230

    So this man was an actual FPS character in real life

    • @htsur13
      @htsur13 Před 4 lety +28

      no my friend this is what a Bada** from Canada is like

    • @RememberVietnam
      @RememberVietnam Před 4 lety +91

      Actually the fps character was this man.

    • @Toxin_Glitch
      @Toxin_Glitch Před 4 lety +40

      Reminds me of that one scene in Call of Duty Black Ops 2 with Menendez

    • @tianglistrikkonoha7713
      @tianglistrikkonoha7713 Před 4 lety +12

      Lol he has one eye too

    • @Ballistic_Beanie
      @Ballistic_Beanie Před 4 lety +5

      Well yes but actually no ( *he cant summon fucking self-controlled planes* )

  • @nguntial888
    @nguntial888 Před rokem +4

    "Léo Major friend gets killed"
    German Soldier: "why is doom music playing in the backround?"

  • @pawsakhithie4253
    @pawsakhithie4253 Před rokem +1

    What a man he was. Wow, man couldnt be more braver than he is. Salute Sir.

  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 Před 4 lety +667

    Leo: "Towns occupied"
    Canadian Command: "What?"
    Leo: **loads gun** "Towns occupied"

  • @misterkid
    @misterkid Před 4 lety +591

    "You're too incompetent to award me"

  • @FlyJonat
    @FlyJonat Před 7 měsíci +4

    I never expected millions of people to watch that video when I wrote an email to Simple History to suggest Léo's story back in early 2019.

    • @Compteauhasard
      @Compteauhasard Před 6 měsíci +1

      That's funny because I wrote an email to the Infographics Show at about the same time and didn't know yours was coming out too. You got luckier, Simple History's video is admittedly of better quality and without any cheesy humor, but I am glad we got both them to be made anyway. The Infographics Show one is still perfectly okay to me in its own Infographics Show kind of way and I thank the great team of people who made it. It also got 2.8 million views, a bit less but still really awesome.

    • @FlyJonat
      @FlyJonat Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@Compteauhasard That's interesting. I looked again at that video and that channel said that they received the suggestion in february 2019. So we had the same idea and sent our emails around the same time (early march 2019 for me).
      I was checking Léo's story for a few months at that time. I had watched a documentary in french and got a book about him during christmas 2018. I knew that simple history would be interested by the subject.

    • @Compteauhasard
      @Compteauhasard Před 6 měsíci

      @@FlyJonat I have known about him since at least 2008 when I read a Journal de Montréal article about him passing away, although I believe I had heard of his exploits earlier than that. I remember thinking at the time that I wish more people could know about this guy and that I would have liked to meet him in person.

  • @dougjamesvandals
    @dougjamesvandals Před rokem +2

    No words! Thank you!

  • @flavc5434
    @flavc5434 Před 4 lety +2198

    The most impressive thing isn't the fact he took the town by himself, it is the fact that after all of those injuries he lived to 87

    • @MyCheese123456789
      @MyCheese123456789 Před 4 lety +85

      Flav C it took those 60 odd years for death to find enough backup to take him

    • @b4ushoutxyz_66
      @b4ushoutxyz_66 Před 4 lety +23

      This guy just lost an eye and broke his back

    • @milkharder3239
      @milkharder3239 Před 4 lety +15

      getgud1190r a grenade exploded on him

    • @b4ushoutxyz_66
      @b4ushoutxyz_66 Před 4 lety +3

      @@milkharder3239 he lost an eye because of it, that was what I meant

    • @michellambert3936
      @michellambert3936 Před 4 lety +27

      @@MyCheese123456789 actually as story go, death asked him politely if he was bored enough to finally go

  • @russianman2997
    @russianman2997 Před 4 lety +280

    You know that saying this “man is literally too angry to die”

  • @damiantencate3949
    @damiantencate3949 Před rokem +9

    Léo i salute you, en mogen u rusten in vrede. 🇨🇦🇳🇱

  • @jetstreamsam906
    @jetstreamsam906 Před 2 lety +3

    "Kept you waiting huh?"

  • @mudkiptyler
    @mudkiptyler Před 4 lety +382

    When his kids say "My dad could beat up your dad!" they are right.

    • @Born2Losenot2win
      @Born2Losenot2win Před 4 lety +1

      Rad Bones
      Hahahaahahahashshahshshahah

    • @dy1angi11ey6
      @dy1angi11ey6 Před 4 lety +14

      Rad Bones his kids could say “my dad could beat up your whole family” and be right

    • @mudkiptyler
      @mudkiptyler Před 4 lety

      @@dy1angi11ey6 ok nerd

    • @gagida1829
      @gagida1829 Před 4 lety

      XDXDXD

    • @dy1angi11ey6
      @dy1angi11ey6 Před 4 lety

      Rad Bones says the kid who plays roblox, shouldn’t you be practicing your alphabet or something?

  • @doodskie999
    @doodskie999 Před 4 lety +224

    This guy was in his 20's being heroic
    And here I am crying about getting a flat tire

  • @brucejedilee5290
    @brucejedilee5290 Před 2 lety +5

    The first two stories alone makes him one of the biggest badassws in the war. This guy might be the biggest badass in history

    • @Wirmish
      @Wirmish Před rokem

      I think they made Rambo after him...

  • @morussell4033
    @morussell4033 Před rokem +2

    Thank You For Your Service, Sir. 🇨🇦🙏🏾✝️✌🏾☮️💖💯...

  • @SgtShakenBake
    @SgtShakenBake Před 4 lety +356

    He goes on a scouting mission, wearing running shoes and and with an eye-patch, and comes back with 93 prisoners. I am in awe of this man.

  • @WebertNelson
    @WebertNelson Před 4 lety +396

    German: Don’t worry, it’s just a Canadian!
    Leo Major: *Laughs in Hospitality.*

  • @vg2448
    @vg2448 Před 2 lety +2

    It's surprising that so many Canadians got statues made for them and streets named after them, but to this day Canada teaches nothing about them. Surprisingly, so too, the USA teaches nothing about our allies and their greatest heroes and martyrs. It's a big damn shame.
    These are the kind of people who make big, massive changes to our world and are responsible why we all exist today. They deserve all the respect they deserve and to be honored for life.

  • @pavan923
    @pavan923 Před 4 lety +2154

    He captured an entire town by himself, with one eye, during nighttime, with sneakers, and saving the town from being bombed
    Given the *second* best award

    • @generalzod8589
      @generalzod8589 Před 4 lety +127

      Typical U.K. snobs.

    • @marshallallen2474
      @marshallallen2474 Před 4 lety +93

      The Victorian cross is given to a person when that act is witnessed: tl:dr it has to be witnessed

    • @Admiral.Snakbar
      @Admiral.Snakbar Před 4 lety +140

      @@marshallallen2474 Billy Bishop got the Victoria Cross for doing a solo aerial attack on a german aerodrome.

    • @Arutima
      @Arutima Před 4 lety +196

      Brits has snobbed a lot of French Canadians and NCOs / privates from getting the Victoria Cross.

    • @jean-rochdion4898
      @jean-rochdion4898 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Arutima yup...but 2 exception Triquet and Keable!

  • @anakinskywalker4086
    @anakinskywalker4086 Před 4 lety +537

    This man wearing sneakers in a war, although he’s vibing though.

    • @anakinskywalker4086
      @anakinskywalker4086 Před 4 lety +3

      Cmdr. Lewdiepie haha oh no.

    • @a.charles8080
      @a.charles8080 Před 4 lety +10

      When the world’s at war but you still gotta flex

    • @x3x189
      @x3x189 Před 4 lety

      @Cmdr. Lewdiepie lol

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Před 4 lety +3

      he was flexing on the germans

    • @KFCGAMING55
      @KFCGAMING55 Před 4 lety +1

      He took an entire village by himself, he could've been wearing timbs and still look menacing

  • @Trey_816
    @Trey_816 Před rokem +4

    This guy makes the British grenadiers step aside.

  • @AsobiMedio
    @AsobiMedio Před rokem +2

    Right. Adding Leo Major to my growing list of absolute fucking badasses throughout history.

  • @kurtberliner7049
    @kurtberliner7049 Před 4 lety +1851

    *When your last name actually just describes the rank you deserve*

  • @FarEast56
    @FarEast56 Před 4 lety +452

    The Real Story of:
    *MAN LITERALLY TOO ANGRY TO DIE*

    • @abhott96
      @abhott96 Před 4 lety +16

      Neo Faris *MAN IS KILLED BUT IS TOO ANGRY TO DIE*

    • @hanging_out_with_Mp
      @hanging_out_with_Mp Před 4 lety +7

      So the Canadian version of Chuck Norris.

    • @soop597
      @soop597 Před 4 lety +2

      Is this Canadian mad Jack Churchill

    • @apfeltasche5669
      @apfeltasche5669 Před 4 lety +3

      Starring
      That one eyed-guy
      in
      DIE HARD: WW2

    • @ankithtirumala6259
      @ankithtirumala6259 Před 4 lety +2

      German garrison: We have 93 elite trained riflemen, this town is ours!
      Leo Major: *Laughs in eyepatch*

  • @yumnamahiladevi2124
    @yumnamahiladevi2124 Před rokem +1

    this man is a legend he should be remembered by every people in this world

  • @theyearwas1473
    @theyearwas1473 Před rokem +13

    Dude is the epitome of the word metal 🤘
    Just imagine how horrible every one of those people in his platoon felt when he kept walking back and dropping off prisoners and they just sat there

  • @TerisOfficial
    @TerisOfficial Před 4 lety +801

    "Big Boss liberates a town by himself"

  • @Nekyomi
    @Nekyomi Před 4 lety +251

    Solo Campaign:
    “Just like the simulations”

  • @lauperleo
    @lauperleo Před 2 lety

    We need this man more than ever

  • @phillipstrait9387
    @phillipstrait9387 Před 8 měsíci +1

    How come this is the first time hearing of this HERO, Canadian or not he fought for the Allies ,HERO

  • @waserdert6259
    @waserdert6259 Před 4 lety +4403

    *Everybody gangsta till Léo shows up with sum fresh lookin sneakers.*

    • @randallvalderrama2332
      @randallvalderrama2332 Před 4 lety +32

      LOL

    • @chanjohan4894
      @chanjohan4894 Před 4 lety +153

      Leo shows up
      Fellow soldiers : damn leo back again with those white vans

    • @kolamoose8717
      @kolamoose8717 Před 4 lety +32

      people who wear black air force ones

    • @dendyhernawan9670
      @dendyhernawan9670 Před 4 lety +23

      @@kolamoose8717 leo was gangster untill he meet ss captain using black air force lol

    • @steffen5121
      @steffen5121 Před 4 lety +53

      He was angry cause the enemy stepped on his Jordans.

  • @cmj-5975
    @cmj-5975 Před 3 lety +3114

    Imagine walking back to your platoon and saying.” We won’t have to fight tomorrow lads, I’ve already liberated the town.”

    • @gtasanandreascluckinbell
      @gtasanandreascluckinbell Před 2 lety +56

      Or "remember when we were supposed to bomb the place?" Yes."well no need" why? "Because i liberated it

    • @surfskatechill127
      @surfskatechill127 Před 2 lety +112

      @@gtasanandreascluckinbell If I was a regular soldier and caught wind of this guy I'd be asking my COs to send this guy in and save me the trouble of dying.

    • @gtasanandreascluckinbell
      @gtasanandreascluckinbell Před 2 lety +61

      @@surfskatechill127 yeah, imagine saying: bring in the major

    • @surfskatechill127
      @surfskatechill127 Před 2 lety +10

      @@gtasanandreascluckinbell Maybe I am missing your joke, but, in case you took it serious, I was just sharing a funny thought.

    • @gtasanandreascluckinbell
      @gtasanandreascluckinbell Před 2 lety +8

      @@surfskatechill127 it was a following of my joke

  • @levismathieu8171
    @levismathieu8171 Před rokem +8

    Wow on parle d’un québécois sur une chaîne américaine je suis si fière de notre rambo québécois 😂😌

  • @GODISHERE156
    @GODISHERE156 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The definition of fearless and badass

  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 Před 4 lety +252

    How does this dude not have a movie?
    Like... He belongs with the Avengers

    • @jokuvaan5175
      @jokuvaan5175 Před 4 lety +49

      Maybe it's because no one would believe the movie was based on real events

    • @shaneeder7709
      @shaneeder7709 Před 4 lety +33

      @@jokuvaan5175 truth is stranger than fiction

    • @EGRJ
      @EGRJ Před 4 lety +4

      @@jokuvaan5175 Ah, so the Audie Murphy problem.

    • @samsmith6791
      @samsmith6791 Před 4 lety +13

      He does have a movie here in Quebec, but it isn't really an action movie. It's more of a biography

    • @zach7372
      @zach7372 Před 4 lety +5

      A lot of people deserve movies but people don't like history nearly as much as they like superheroes.

  • @dimsy8199
    @dimsy8199 Před 4 lety +569

    Adding the third machinegun to his inventory
    COD player : "No, You can't do that"

  • @johnivantaro6684
    @johnivantaro6684 Před 2 lety +3

    Leo Major in a nutshell: Canadian man too loyal to his country to give up in a fight. Even though I am American, I salute Leo Major.

  • @medic5633
    @medic5633 Před 2 lety

    He is a true live action hero and he had a great value to the freedom of my country, your name won’t be forgotten 🇨🇦🇳🇱

  • @agentmonika2521
    @agentmonika2521 Před 4 lety +287

    This story sounds like a mission in Metal Gear and a Wolfenstein dlc combined