Dirtiest Tricks Used in War

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Před 7 měsíci +135

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    • @chuchulainn9275
      @chuchulainn9275 Před 7 měsíci +6

      You guys are being demonetized?

    • @Blippitybloppitybloop
      @Blippitybloppitybloop Před 7 měsíci

      "August 1964, the U.S. entered the Vietnam War based on reports of an unprovoked attack in the Gulf of Tonkin - which the president knew were false." AKA the Vietnam war was started based on a lie and it got thousands upon thousands of innocent fighting age men killed. And people still trust their government.
      Here is a list* of the countries bombed and/or invaded by the United States from the end of the Second World War to 2020:
      Afghanistan 1998, 2001-
      Bosnia 1994, 1995
      Cambodia 1969-70
      China 1945-46
      Congo 1964
      Cuba 1959-1961
      El Salvador 1980s
      Korea 1950-53
      Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69
      Indonesia 1958 Laos 1964-73
      Grenada 1983
      Iraq 1991-2000s, 2015-
      Iran 1987
      Korea 1950-53
      Kuwait 1991
      Lebanon 1983, 1984
      Libya 1986, 2011-
      Nicaragua 1980s
      Pakistan 2003, 2006- Palestine 2010
      Panama 1989
      Peru 1965
      Somalia 1993, 2007-08, 2010-
      Sudan 1998
      Syria 2014-
      Vietnam 1961-73
      Yemen 2002, 2009-
      Yugoslavia 1999
      Note that these countries represent roughly one-third of the people on earth. 'Murica! *sigh* I wish we could all get along but as long as bloodthirsty psychopaths stay in power all over the world, they will pit us against each other like pawns in a sick chess game and the endless wars will never end.

    • @TvGunslingeRvT
      @TvGunslingeRvT Před 7 měsíci +5

      Please make a video about Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno karabakh war.

    • @technoguyify
      @technoguyify Před 7 měsíci +2

      Q try

    • @TheMilitantMazdakite
      @TheMilitantMazdakite Před 7 měsíci +1

      Hey, Zoroastrian here. You know, we revere all life, too. Just read the Gathas.

  • @XA1985
    @XA1985 Před 7 měsíci +3768

    In Iraq we would often play loud heavy metal music when the enemy was near because we knew they HATE IT, so much it would distract them 😅, it worked well

    • @piranhaattack4836
      @piranhaattack4836 Před 7 měsíci +36

      Nuh uh

    • @rayzina147
      @rayzina147 Před 7 měsíci +107

      Yoo that’s smart

    • @tommylawton6253
      @tommylawton6253 Před 7 měsíci +235

      I’m Brit
      If I heard your music,
      Just call in a CAS
      Get out my phone
      Watch the 1000lb slam into your speakers
      *save to gallary*

    • @butterfacemcgillicutty
      @butterfacemcgillicutty Před 7 měsíci +148

      Wow, you're an entire geographic country? When did you become sentient enough yo write CZcams comments?
      EDIT: Dangit, OP corrected his poor now my comment makes no sense lol

    • @hellgato777
      @hellgato777 Před 7 měsíci +42

      Did you guys have any favorite songs or bands in particular that you'd play for the insurgents?

  • @actionjackson1stIDF
    @actionjackson1stIDF Před 7 měsíci +1460

    As the old saying goes "If you find yourself in a fair fight it's time to re-evaluate your tactics". No such thing as a "Dirty Trick" when it comes to surviving combat.

    • @blacklight1104
      @blacklight1104 Před 7 měsíci +78

      "Only the dead fight fair" as they say.

    • @thebunnybun
      @thebunnybun Před 7 měsíci +7

      Truth

    • @SicFromTheKush
      @SicFromTheKush Před 7 měsíci +22

      If you aint cheating you aint trying

    • @David-uh3co
      @David-uh3co Před 7 měsíci +42

      I dunno.. Brokering an armistice just so you can kill some 700 unarmed soldiers sounds like murder to me

    • @aighti
      @aighti Před 7 měsíci +4

      England acted very imperialistic and were the baddies imo. But I don't know much. But still.

  • @Phoenix8492
    @Phoenix8492 Před 7 měsíci +792

    The most absurd thing about the electrified marshes battle is not simply the scale of how ACME the plan is, but that it worked spectacularly

    • @k3kboi665
      @k3kboi665 Před 7 měsíci +55

      Iraq had a lot of smart educated men back then.

    • @warpigs9069
      @warpigs9069 Před 7 měsíci +23

      ​@@k3kboi665even now. They're a capable nation

    • @basedman66868
      @basedman66868 Před 7 měsíci

      they still lol @@warpigs9069

    • @basedman66868
      @basedman66868 Před 7 měsíci

      nope @@k3kboi665

    • @basedman66868
      @basedman66868 Před 7 měsíci +23

      it worked so well that they stil lost the land

  • @ramtin5152
    @ramtin5152 Před 7 měsíci +170

    Because of that cat trick the Egyptian army suffered 50,000 casualties while the Achaemenid casualties were only 7,000
    Seems like Cambyses inflicted a cat-astrophic defeat on his enemy with a perrrrfect plan

  • @rosaria8384
    @rosaria8384 Před 7 měsíci +675

    Holy cow that swampland electrocution is the dirtiest here ngl - using the walkable water as a natural barricade using conductivity, now that's proper defense.

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j Před 7 měsíci +31

      You should see the photograph of the poor Iranian boy that was crawling through the electrified marshes

    • @alfredfabulous3640
      @alfredfabulous3640 Před 7 měsíci +34

      What about the many creatures inhabiting those swamplands - fishes, frogs and other amphibia, insects and plants. ...why doesn't anyone think about these?

    • @cyberdyne9480
      @cyberdyne9480 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@alfredfabulous3640❄️

    • @Theangryscallywag.
      @Theangryscallywag. Před 7 měsíci +59

      ​@@alfredfabulous3640No soldier Cares about any Other Life than ITS selfs Life

    • @dneirF552
      @dneirF552 Před 7 měsíci +15

      tbh it was a genius tactic credits to whoever got the idea

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 Před 7 měsíci +387

    We say that the Germans have no sense of humour, but they certainly knew how to troll...
    What I like about it is that it required few resources or violence and still had a major impact on the enemy as they became paranoid and withdrew troops from the front to chase after ghosts... Heck, it changed travel plans and some celebs were detained as potential Germans...

    • @antimatteranon
      @antimatteranon Před 7 měsíci +18

      it was good, but not good enough.

    • @slick8038
      @slick8038 Před 7 měsíci +14

      Omar Bradley even was questioned haha! Surprised they mentioned Bryan Clark and not Omar Bradley

    • @NemesisOgreKing
      @NemesisOgreKing Před 7 měsíci +8

      German: Kills thousands of soldiers with gas
      USA: Uses shotguns in trench warfare
      German: STOP AMERICA! That's cheating. Britan tell them to stop using those.
      USA: ?

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo Před 7 měsíci +6

      ​@@NemesisOgreKing different wars

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo Před 7 měsíci +3

      ​@NemesisOgreKing apologies I misread your comment you are correct

  • @domination1985
    @domination1985 Před 7 měsíci +198

    I think one of the weirdest ones I ever heard of was something Canada did during world war 1. They would throw cans of food into the German trenches and when they heard people run up to the food they would toss grenades in.

    • @radicalazuw9964
      @radicalazuw9964 Před 7 měsíci

      The Canadians were VILE during ww1. It was the geneva suggestion for them lol.

    • @antimatteranon
      @antimatteranon Před 7 měsíci +50

      not weird. Canada used to be pretty savage too. i heard a story where Canadian troops drew straws for German prisoners, and then they executed the ones who got a short straw. or just shot them if they decided it wasn't worth it.
      i don't know about Canada today. it hasn't fought a major war in a long time and it's gotten very passive and feeble.

    • @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378
      @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 Před 7 měsíci +20

      ​@@antimatteranoneven in WW1 there some stories that German soldiers who got scalped after being killed

    • @danielokeefe8066
      @danielokeefe8066 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@lagoonraccoonfuckyeah Our present government of Canada wants to reduce military spending by nearly one billion over the next four years, even though we are well under our NATO obligations at the present spending rates. Cheap out on defence, forsake our allies, and undermind the brave individuals who protect our country. I guess it's no surprise that electing a clown resulted in a circus.

    • @basilcarroll9729
      @basilcarroll9729 Před 7 měsíci +11

      ​@@antimatteranonAfghanistan mission is not that long ago.

  • @Boomer8404
    @Boomer8404 Před 7 měsíci +361

    Years ago I remember talking to a Vietnam vet, he said he was special forces during the time. He told me about how they would sneak rounds of ammo loaded with C4 explosive, into Charlie’s ammo caches. It’s cool to see video talking about the actual mission.

  • @holopilot2241
    @holopilot2241 Před 7 měsíci +317

    The Iran-Iraq war in the 80s was such a brutal war that the use of electricity to counter that Iranian offensive still makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

    • @DogeickBateman
      @DogeickBateman Před 7 měsíci +34

      A good ton of those Iranians on the front were kids too younger than 18
      💀

    • @moonstryder1740
      @moonstryder1740 Před 7 měsíci +21

      ​@DogeickBateman then they shouldnt be on the field. The moment you pick up the gun you are a soldier. Blame their command

    • @DogeickBateman
      @DogeickBateman Před 7 měsíci +45

      @@moonstryder1740 They were drafted by the clerics for human wave charges on the iraqis.
      Absolutely messed up

    • @Miloperoza
      @Miloperoza Před 7 měsíci

      @@moonstryder1740what choice did they have when the scum of this earth was slaughtering them

    • @juliemunoz2762
      @juliemunoz2762 Před 7 měsíci +9

      It seems like a brilliant defense plan.

  • @imperfectly-balanced8861
    @imperfectly-balanced8861 Před 7 měsíci +56

    Regarding the first part (switching the ammo with overcharged rounds):
    Just incase anyone is interested in exactly what the catastrophic failure of a firearm and the damage it can do to the user, the channel/"Gun-tuber" 'Kentuckyballistics" has several videos of different guns being blown up using overcharged rounds, including the AK-47!
    And to help picture just how insanely high pressure the rounds were that the MACV-SOG units were sabotaging the ammo supplied with, there's two videos in which Kentuckyballistics blows up .50cal rifles, which normally use rounds with an average operating pressure of 55,000psi, the one he uses to cause the rapid disassembly of the .50's is overcharged to about 190,000 psi.. MACV-SOG were by all accounts making rounds with upwards of 250,000psi.. and in a cartridge thats more than half the size of a .50cal round..
    That's insane.. that would have been like a grenade going off in your hand/in your face.

    • @coolsnake1134
      @coolsnake1134 Před 7 měsíci +5

      And that is also after he had an accident that almost killed him involving a defective overpressured 50 BMG round that blew up his serbu RN50 single shot rifle.

    • @imperfectly-balanced8861
      @imperfectly-balanced8861 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@coolsnake1134 Ps I appreciate ya sharing that rather important bit of lore too bro!
      I realised not long after I posted that comment that I forgot to add that part in hahah. Kinda forgot the most important and badass part 😅

  • @jarrettowens6073
    @jarrettowens6073 Před 7 měsíci +239

    This video teaches a valuable lesson: War isn't fair.

    • @jarrettowens6073
      @jarrettowens6073 Před 7 měsíci +16

      Actually, it teaches another valuable lesson: Both sides will do ANYTHING to drive someone up the wall.

    • @jamierupert7563
      @jamierupert7563 Před 6 měsíci +6

      As the saying goes, all's fair in love and war.

    • @rohan_3128
      @rohan_3128 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Even the life isn't fair!

    • @RicardoSantos-oz3uj
      @RicardoSantos-oz3uj Před 6 měsíci

      You do not win wars by being good. You win wars by being ruthless.
      And those who start the wars, the bankers, are never affected.

    • @maltsday
      @maltsday Před 5 měsíci

      Yeah but the brits tricking the tibetians who Just wanted Peace has nothing to do with being not "fair", it Just shows how horriffic britains colonialism has been. I'm all about tricks in wars as long as these are legit wars.

  • @darylcheshire1618
    @darylcheshire1618 Před 7 měsíci +68

    Cambyses was interesting, he marched an army of probsbly 5000 men into the desert and disappeared without trace. Some versions say 50,000 men. Apparently in a big sandstorm. There are no big piles of bodies and it was suspected that this army got lost and dispersed into local villages and didn’t die.

    • @braveheartz263
      @braveheartz263 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I wonder if LIDAR is being used to find them?

    • @Kokong
      @Kokong Před 5 měsíci +2

      I bet he got turned into a human scorpion.

  • @cameronhermann9400
    @cameronhermann9400 Před 7 měsíci +134

    The Egyptian story, releasing cats at the enemy is funny and genius. I wish I could see this in real life it would be adorable

  • @Newdivide
    @Newdivide Před 7 měsíci +316

    Napoleon did one dirty trick back when he was emperor. Before the battle of Austerlitz, the Russian army retreated when Napoleon began to approach them just to undermine him
    So Napoleon tricked Tsar Alexander I into battle by sending a letter to him saying he was in a vulnerable position. The tsar believed him & met at Austerlitz, the Austrian empire
    During the battle of Austerlitz, Napolean retreated from the high ground and the Russians took it. Only for them to realise it was a deception tactic as that is what Napolean wanted
    Thanks to the fog, his army surrounded them & the Russians were forced to retreat giving Napolean the victory

  • @youngspectre5356
    @youngspectre5356 Před 7 měsíci +18

    Stokes: Who brings a gun to a knife fight?
    Grissom: The winner.

  • @dvb2957
    @dvb2957 Před 7 měsíci +146

    Always cheat. Always win. The only fair fight is the fight that you lose.

  • @SlyCooper1920
    @SlyCooper1920 Před 7 měsíci +152

    During war and in some cases, reasonable men must do unreasonable things to win the day

    • @soccerandtrack10
      @soccerandtrack10 Před 7 měsíci

      Like turn people into robots,shove some1 into a cofin thats on a robot,forced galaxy slavery,forced galaxy recrutment,kill whole planets,kill a group of solders because they learned the truth,make up fake stories,kill planets because,rebbelled because no rights,or because they stopped giveing people or not worshipping,sending googleplex people to die by aleins,tortureing millions (why=?),kidnapping kids who survived wars when a kid,then 90% die because of training,destroying nature on planets to build muintain corperations(litterly.),kidnapping people and forceing them to train,or just killing really powerful super people,ignoreing "help!"because it doesnt have power?

    • @General_Tso762
      @General_Tso762 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Calling bullshit on that

    • @0utlawactual363
      @0utlawactual363 Před 7 měsíci +18

      @@General_Tso762 you mean that reasonable people will NEVER end up doing smt fucked up or dirty to survive/win? Im calling bs on that.

    • @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378
      @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@General_Tso762 You're just too pathetic that enemy deploys desperate tactics an you stay on the one side of it?

    • @SlyCooper1920
      @SlyCooper1920 Před 7 měsíci +5

      @General_Tso762 War is war, gotta do anything to win even if some acts are questionable or dirty

  • @MrHrannsi
    @MrHrannsi Před 7 měsíci +37

    Ah, the ancient Egyptian reverence for cats.
    Every living cat on this planet today still remembers that 😊

  • @SAMAYDOSTDAR
    @SAMAYDOSTDAR Před 7 měsíci +158

    In Afghanistan 🇦🇫 when we fought against the soviets we would stick a lamp to a dozen of goats and send them towards the enemy at nights the soviets would think that they were enemies and waste all of their bullets on the goats and we would attack from the other side 😂

    • @danendraarkananta9442
      @danendraarkananta9442 Před 7 měsíci +7

      GG

    • @alfredfabulous3640
      @alfredfabulous3640 Před 7 měsíci +8

      Poor creatures....those goats :(
      This is why I am a misanthrop!

    • @IdiotIdiot69
      @IdiotIdiot69 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Their sentries had nightvision, idk exactly if all of them did.

    • @mikethemechanic7395
      @mikethemechanic7395 Před 7 měsíci +28

      Nice! Your war made me not join after 9/11 happened. Seved 93-97 Us Army. Was asked to rejoin after 9/11. Told my recruiter. The Russians lost. Why would the US do any better? I was right over 20 years later.

    • @SadKnight48
      @SadKnight48 Před 7 měsíci

      @@alfredfabulous3640 If it works, it works

  • @cygnusereve4779
    @cygnusereve4779 Před 7 měsíci +19

    What about the Canadians throwing canned food to fool the Germans during WW1. When the Germans begged for more food, the Canadians threw grenades.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před 7 měsíci +8

    War: *Breaks out*
    Special forces: Time to pull a pro gamer move

  • @user-vh9hs4qe7r
    @user-vh9hs4qe7r Před 7 měsíci +32

    Watching this video I got flashbacks from when Beretta pistols, their slide was cracking they were putting a larger charge in the bullet, and that was causing the damage to the pistol. Long story short, Beretta sued the US government for that sure would love to see a story on that.

  • @jaymie855
    @jaymie855 Před 7 měsíci +47

    Germany: Hey you're cheating. No shotgun.
    US: We'll stop using shotgun if you stop using gas attacks.
    Germany: NO!
    US: Hey, you're cheating. No sticks.
    Vietnam: We'll stop using sticks if you gtfo our country.
    US: NO! Okay, we get out.

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Don't forget German use of Flamethrowers during WW1 !!!

    • @360pboi4
      @360pboi4 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Americans in vietnam: used speakers to make vietcong
      Suffer panic attacks

    • @BernieGores-ji3hd
      @BernieGores-ji3hd Před 7 měsíci +2

      They weren't in their country. A completely different country was invaded and we the good guys came to their defense

    • @mrinsomniac2968
      @mrinsomniac2968 Před 5 měsíci

      @@BernieGores-ji3hd your insufferable

    • @Truerussiantigershark
      @Truerussiantigershark Před 2 měsíci

      Russia casually in both of them doing nothing about it

  • @brawlstarssponsorships
    @brawlstarssponsorships Před 7 měsíci +45

    Wow, that SOG thing was interesting. More videos like that would be cool.

  • @dallasyap3064
    @dallasyap3064 Před 6 měsíci +22

    The electrocution tactic damn, I've always thought that such tactic was possible but never thought that someone will actually use it. The ancient Persian and Egypt using cat was hilarious. My favorite is still project eldest son. Read that story years ago, and was amazed and impressed by it. The Green Berets basically took guerrilla warfare to a whole new level.

    • @chamuuemura5314
      @chamuuemura5314 Před 4 měsíci

      The odd thing though, it was unnecessary. Percussion damage from exploding shells underwater would be sufficient to cause major organ damage. The Iranians jumping into the water were sadly going to lose their lives either way.

  • @praevasc4299
    @praevasc4299 Před 7 měsíci +33

    There is an alleged trick, I don't remember if from the Korean or Vietnam war, where Americans wanted to capture a strategic position but did not have enough troops ready, so they walked against the enemy defensive lines with a marching band playing victory songs, and the enemy though that the Americans have won and were celebrating their victory, so they withdrew. I don't know how much of this happened or is a legend.

    • @a_good_doggo
      @a_good_doggo Před 7 měsíci +7

      High risk high reward

    • @gsteel98
      @gsteel98 Před 6 měsíci +2

      That's way too ballsy

    • @a_good_doggo
      @a_good_doggo Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@gsteel98 it worked

    • @jamierupert7563
      @jamierupert7563 Před 6 měsíci +4

      ​@@a_good_doggoyep

    • @philiprice7875
      @philiprice7875 Před 2 měsíci +1

      germans did that in norway WW2 marched into town behind a band told the local milita that the Oslo government has surrendered

  • @TitanAEX4
    @TitanAEX4 Před 7 měsíci +24

    The opening scenes had me speculate we'd hear about rye ergot - one of the first cases of biological warfare was by the Assyrians, where they would dump the potentially-deadly fungus into enemy wells to poison them.

    • @donaldmackerer9032
      @donaldmackerer9032 Před 6 měsíci +1

      It would cause the enemy to have massive hallucinations.

  • @Stealth86651
    @Stealth86651 Před 7 měsíci +29

    I knew from the start that the generator/swamp bit was from the Iraq Iran War, there were so many weird and unbelievable events in that one. Check out Lions Led by Donkeys if you want military stories of failure/weirdness/etc.

  • @kaylenwardlow3961
    @kaylenwardlow3961 Před 7 měsíci +86

    I'm surprised Operation Eland from the Rhodesian Bush War wasn't mentioned in this list.

    • @mondo3556
      @mondo3556 Před 7 měsíci +16

      Less of a dirty tactic, more like an atrocity

    • @pgbrofficialyoutube349
      @pgbrofficialyoutube349 Před 7 měsíci

      @@mondo3556 Was it not an atrocity when those same guerillas shot down that air liner full of civilians?

    • @tommyhijmensen6257
      @tommyhijmensen6257 Před 7 měsíci +10

      ​@@mondo3556😂its a long way from mukumbura

    • @blackjed
      @blackjed Před 7 měsíci +3

      What happened there?

    • @mondo3556
      @mondo3556 Před 7 měsíci

      @@blackjed basically Ian Smith ordered Rhodesian troops to murder a bunch of refugees

  • @carlosferreira6420
    @carlosferreira6420 Před 7 měsíci +70

    Well this tatics are dirties?
    Sure, but.
    WAR, IS WAR!

  • @thepilotofepic
    @thepilotofepic Před 7 měsíci +8

    Fun fact: theres still Eldest Son ammo kicking around

  • @nightmaretrooper5064
    @nightmaretrooper5064 Před 7 měsíci +136

    There is no such thing as a fair fight. I learned that from Combat Veterans.

    • @landryjennings9774
      @landryjennings9774 Před 7 měsíci +5

      There’s only survival.

    • @rynun7620
      @rynun7620 Před 7 měsíci +10

      That's because your combat veterans were born in the modern era. Guerilla warfare wasn't always commonplace, y'know. There were some folks had honor back then. Just look up the combat of the thirty

    • @landryjennings9774
      @landryjennings9774 Před 7 měsíci +18

      @@rynun7620 I don’t see much honor in standing in a straight line getting mowed down while the people telling you to stand there are far away.

    • @battlesheep2552
      @battlesheep2552 Před 7 měsíci +13

      Honor in combat is such a dumb concept any way. There is no honor in killing someone, so might as well just get the job done in the most efficient way possible.

    • @landryjennings9774
      @landryjennings9774 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@battlesheep2552 people need to read the book of 5 rings.

  • @bumpermanthesecond615
    @bumpermanthesecond615 Před 7 měsíci +44

    "It's not war crime if we won"

  • @T34-Tank-Commander-Volkov
    @T34-Tank-Commander-Volkov Před 7 měsíci +55

    Can’t wait to use these tactics in the Minecraft server!

  • @draganobradovic7512
    @draganobradovic7512 Před 7 měsíci +41

    The action to release Mussolini was designed as a PR promotion, as can be seen from the photos where the Italian guards are photographed together with the German paratroopers .

  • @Tim.1113
    @Tim.1113 Před 3 měsíci +6

    If I was a general in a war, I would build a giant wooden horse to give to the enemy as a gift. I would load the horse with soldiers and as soon as it was in place, the attack would be on. Genius

  • @sayansp1105
    @sayansp1105 Před 7 měsíci +34

    We won war with superior weapons : we won the war haha
    We lost war : they fighting nasty and doing war crimes
    What a joke

    • @cyberdyne9480
      @cyberdyne9480 Před 7 měsíci

      🧂

    • @Sebastian36962
      @Sebastian36962 Před 7 měsíci +4

      US when they won a war:💪😎
      US when they lost a war : 💀

    • @sayansp1105
      @sayansp1105 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@Sebastian36962 not only USA bro every country is like that

    • @Broski2445
      @Broski2445 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@sayansp1105not the uk lol

    • @sayansp1105
      @sayansp1105 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Broski2445 let's see that country who colonized Asia,America and Africa and looted everything
      OH YES

  • @Danzel_Gaming
    @Danzel_Gaming Před 7 měsíci +7

    "Hey, Its War Baby"
    -Honest Abe

  • @idontno0
    @idontno0 Před 7 měsíci +20

    Macv sog was absolutely amazing. I recommend reading books about what they did in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam or listening to the ones that are still alive on jocko podcast. Absolutely insane stories, stuff you would think is only in movies.

  • @JOSHSLEGO
    @JOSHSLEGO Před 7 měsíci +49

    I really like your videos, they teach me more than school and are very entertaining 👍

  • @juanelorriaga2840
    @juanelorriaga2840 Před 7 měsíci +16

    The Iran Iraq war was a brutal strange war with a lot of firsts and WW1 tactics it even excelled medical treatment to wounded soliders and only war so far that has had attack choppers fights…..so far

  • @Billchu13
    @Billchu13 Před 7 měsíci +33

    What's dirtier: an invading force using napalm, or a defending force using pungee pits?

    • @dub3r5
      @dub3r5 Před 7 měsíci

      Invading with napalm is scary because it can just fall out of the sky while it lands and sticks on people and houses burning everything and spreading in your home town and you can’t do anything to stop it.

    • @mill2712
      @mill2712 Před 7 měsíci +10

      Pungee pits won't cause a wild fire.

    • @morisco56
      @morisco56 Před 7 měsíci +7

      Also agent orange and white phosporus

    • @mrinsomniac2968
      @mrinsomniac2968 Před 5 měsíci +4

      One kills more than people, it kills entire sections of forest which contain vital wild life which can cause a inbalance and even worse conditions to everybody else living within said location. the other while still cruel it only goes towards enemy soldiers and not anyone else

    • @illcommunicvtion
      @illcommunicvtion Před 2 měsíci

      Or poisoning their crops and food supply.

  • @goodgame3374
    @goodgame3374 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Poor Tibetans, they have had a rough go of it.

  • @usmcdevildog3497
    @usmcdevildog3497 Před 7 měsíci +6

    1:01 YESSSSSS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, more for SOG video and operations

  • @JackBarrett7
    @JackBarrett7 Před 7 měsíci +15

    I read once about a bunch of prisoners somewhere who would get tattoos of Jesus and Mary on their chest, as there was a similar law about desecrating an image of them, and the prisoners stopped their own executions, bc firing squad was the only method, and the condemned were shot in the heart.

    • @phatphil7836
      @phatphil7836 Před 6 měsíci +8

      In Soviet gulags, prisoners would get chest tattoos of Stalin and Lenin for the same reason.

  • @giraffesinc.2193
    @giraffesinc.2193 Před 7 měsíci +21

    Amazing content, Simple History!!!! Thank you so much!

  • @6.0.1breacher2
    @6.0.1breacher2 Před 7 měsíci +84

    I really hope someone invents some sort of spectators version of time travel..I’d love to go back and be able to watch these battles with a Birds Eye view

    • @user-bm6wu9zw9m
      @user-bm6wu9zw9m Před 7 měsíci +10

      I thought I was the only one.

    • @meicc398
      @meicc398 Před 6 měsíci

      You wanna see people dying?

    • @chamuuemura5314
      @chamuuemura5314 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Why’d you want to witness the suffering and death of thousands of youth? Seems rather psychopathic to be honest.

    • @pesokpesok
      @pesokpesok Před 4 měsíci

      already exists in Vatican Archives - Chrono something is the name

  • @ALLMETAL1970
    @ALLMETAL1970 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Forgot about Byzantine blinding, the byzantines would take thousands of Bulgarian pow's and round them in groups of 100. 99 would have both eyes gouged out, while the 100th men would have 1 eye gouged out to lead the Bulgarians home. When tsar Samuel of Bulgaria saw his troops, he died of a heart attack.

  • @user-bh1se3in3p
    @user-bh1se3in3p Před 7 měsíci +8

    I think it was in the Iraq-Iran war . They would have children hold each other's hands, standing side by side. Then they were told to march forward across mine fields. They used them to clear minefields this way , for the troops

    • @jamiejohnson8176
      @jamiejohnson8176 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Wow sad I heard stories about like that from Vietnam war to

    • @jamierupert7563
      @jamierupert7563 Před 6 měsíci

      Probably afghanistan. They'll blow up their own children with a suicide vest. They don't care. They're evil.

  • @Mach5Johnny
    @Mach5Johnny Před 7 měsíci +8

    I’m honestly shocked that you guys didn’t mention The Byzantine Blinding.

    • @jacklucas5908
      @jacklucas5908 Před 7 měsíci +3

      That happened after the war was over though. I think they actually talked about it in an older video about brutal punishments.

  • @JerryRigedRebel
    @JerryRigedRebel Před 3 měsíci

    I love these videos . They are very informative and give me something to listen to while I work on trucks at work. Thank you guys for everything you do on your channel .

  • @dy9955
    @dy9955 Před 7 měsíci +18

    Just remember. There are NO RULES in war. No matter what someone tells you. The moment you follow the rules is the moment your enemy will brake them to kill you.

  • @devonflood8232
    @devonflood8232 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Should have included the skirmish between the German raider Kormoran and the HMAS Sydney that was pretty dirty!

  • @TS-rf3sy
    @TS-rf3sy Před 7 měsíci +6

    The dirtiest trick is the "free health care" benefit.

  • @eastside2473
    @eastside2473 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The greatest era ever!!! Stephanie and Sean deserve their respect both were so great at selling every Angel they were in

  • @bhiei
    @bhiei Před 7 měsíci +1

    Incredible, learned a lot on this, keep it going

  • @brainflash1
    @brainflash1 Před 7 měsíci +17

    3:40 FFS Sometimes the press needs to learn to keep its mouth shut.

    • @12b_engineer
      @12b_engineer Před 7 měsíci

      They shouldn't even be allowed in combat

    • @greggrace967
      @greggrace967 Před 7 měsíci +3

      I would just appreciate them not lieing all the time!! About EVERYTHING.

    • @brainflash1
      @brainflash1 Před 7 měsíci

      @@greggrace967 *lying

    • @kremepye3613
      @kremepye3613 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@brainflash1*who cares

    • @greggrace967
      @greggrace967 Před 7 měsíci

      @@kremepye3613 what a dim wit huh? People like that have no friends.

  • @christopherdempsey3878
    @christopherdempsey3878 Před 7 měsíci +4

    These days we just refer to it as a pro gamer move.

  • @TheHammerGuy94
    @TheHammerGuy94 Před 7 měsíci +7

    that ammo sabotage trick...
    How do I dissuade bike thieves from stealing
    Bike Lock? that will just make them jump to another bike to steal.
    Brake lock? sabotage the brakes from functioning if I am not using it.
    either that will teach them a lesson, or think twice about stealing an unlocked bike next time.

    • @coolsnake1134
      @coolsnake1134 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Love the old meme of the yeet seat bicycle anti-theft device, basically the meme showed a person cutting open their bike seat and sticking petn explosives into it, sewing it back up and putting a barbecue grill igniter as a trigger. So that way when the thief sat on the seat it would set off the explosives

    • @TheHammerGuy94
      @TheHammerGuy94 Před 6 měsíci

      @@coolsnake1134
      As much as I would like to do that, That sounds like the shotgun door booby trap that was featured in simple history.
      Using lethal methods to dissuade perpetrators, which could possibly lead to a lawsuit if they do survive or if somebody witness it.
      At least the way I am planning to do it, Is to make the perpetrator be more vulnerable to getting into an accident
      In considering they value their escape more than being safe, they won't be getting away.

  • @bipedallifeform3990
    @bipedallifeform3990 Před 10 dny

    You have one of the best narrators on CZcams. Keep this guy for as long as you can.

  • @Mizzle420420
    @Mizzle420420 Před 6 měsíci +4

    These animations are so detailed. I love how at 12:25 you can see Hitler hiding his tremoring hand behind his back

  • @user-gp8of2yl4u
    @user-gp8of2yl4u Před 7 měsíci +6

    Great Video Simple History

  • @theofficialken1755
    @theofficialken1755 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Dad still dreams of playing "Fortunate Son" over the fields of Vietnam.

  • @dereckhasken9055
    @dereckhasken9055 Před 7 měsíci +5

    The doctoring of weapons was first documented during the Malaya Insurgency (1950’s)
    rifle barrels found by British Army were slightly bent to ensure they exploded a bit easier than
    replacing propellant

  • @davealmighty9638
    @davealmighty9638 Před 7 měsíci +7

    My grandfather was awarded 5 bronze starts, 3 with valor, and a silver star. He was a Sgt. Major, who fought in Korea, and 4 tours in Vietnam. He was one of the first 500 Americans sent to Vietnam as an advisor. He was with a small attachment of south Vietnamese troops, and was one of only 3 americans on this patrol. They had reports of a patrol of around 50 NVA troops coming there way. They sent scouts, and soon learned that it was closer to 300 NVA troops. They were outnumbered and were low on ammo, but had plenty of explosives and det cord. They expected the NVA to come thru a narrow valley, on their way south. They lined explosives in 3 X patterns thru the valley, across about 100 yards and had claymores on both sides of the valley, all was connected with detenation cord, and had troops on the hills of both sides. They waited for the NVA to come thru the valley, and from a single detonator, caused a massive series of explosions, eliminated almost of the enemy at once. Troops picked off the few survivors, and took many prisoners. They also got a lot of valuable intel from captured NVA. He was awarded the bronze star with valor, and the paperwork that comes with that award is quite fun to read. The story of his silver star is also a good read, but is a story for another day.

  • @richardpickett3882
    @richardpickett3882 Před 6 měsíci +17

    Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @WoziduranJahemter
    @WoziduranJahemter Před 7 měsíci +6

    Additional funding leverage for this channel, great history and very important lessons! Just awesomely great! ++

  • @MulToyVerse
    @MulToyVerse Před 7 měsíci +7

    3:08. "Good Morning Vietnam!"

  • @Techgnome21
    @Techgnome21 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Man-of-wars used to flag different, paint their ships different colors and further change their appearance to trick the enemy.

  • @furanduron4926
    @furanduron4926 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Best way to defeat your enemy is to know them.

  • @HATECELL
    @HATECELL Před 7 měsíci +16

    If those generators were just standard industrial equipment with 230V outputs it is likely that some of the soldiers didn't die from the electricity, they just got paralysed and drowned

    • @clydedoris5002
      @clydedoris5002 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I've heard that when you got alot of electricity going through you, you are unable to move only when someone pushes you with something nonconductive

    • @Mere-Lachaiselongue
      @Mere-Lachaiselongue Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@clydedoris5002 Correct. The electricity makes your whole body use it's muscles so for example people that have intrusive thoughts and put a fork or something in an outlet aren't able to let go even if they want to.

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@clydedoris5002when I got tased in highschool I couldn’t move until the cop pushed me into a glass wall

    • @jamierupert7563
      @jamierupert7563 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@JoeRogansForeheadhahaha why'd you get tased in high school?

    • @colonelfustercluck486
      @colonelfustercluck486 Před 15 dny

      @@JoeRogansForehead .. you didn't do the homework?

  • @ToudaHell
    @ToudaHell Před 7 měsíci +4

    I thought theres no rules in war. Theres no dirty tricks, just excellent strategy.

  • @guardianofthetoasters2323
    @guardianofthetoasters2323 Před 7 měsíci +16

    So long as they don't drag civis almost all dirty tactics seemed to be a viable option and to not use them is stupid

  • @DeadGothicRed
    @DeadGothicRed Před 7 měsíci +5

    Fun fact, OGA (Other Government Agency) units in Iraq and Afghanistan would do sabotaged ammo A LOT.

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv Před 7 měsíci +2

      What means

    • @alexcosentino4649
      @alexcosentino4649 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@AC-hj9tvOGA? CIA

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@alexcosentino4649 thank you

    • @MrHrannsi
      @MrHrannsi Před 7 měsíci +1

      Indeed, quite a few videos of exploding mortars floating around the internet.

    • @tundranomad
      @tundranomad Před 7 měsíci

      Interesting, I didn't know that about Iraq/Afghanistan. If you Google search "last photo combat camera", you'll see the last photo that a US soldier took as a mortar round exploded in the tube. Story will be with the photo. I wonder if that's the real truth behind that occurrence.

  • @MHLegacy
    @MHLegacy Před 3 měsíci

    (12:23) Great job animating that famous footage of Hitler's last appearance greeting those young soldiers, holding his trembling hand behind him. Nice attention to detail in including the trembling hand.

  • @TcMizah
    @TcMizah Před 7 měsíci

    I love the fact that the radio brodcast clip was a reference to the Robin Williams Movie Good Morning Vietnam.

  • @EpiclilJohnny
    @EpiclilJohnny Před 7 měsíci +22

    When I have kids they're going to watch your Channel. 🙌 I'll have to become a donator at that point to get your exclusive content.
    Keep up the good work! You teach history better than Public School Systems!

  • @nathanielschwartz425
    @nathanielschwartz425 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I’m kinda surprised that he didn’t talk about (or even mention) Operation Wandering Soul from the Vietnam War. This was a tape recording, labeled “Ghost Tape #10” and was a recording of ghostly wines and cries that the US played on full blast on loud speakers in helicopters over the enemy. The goal was to scare the Vietnam soldiers forcing them to give away their positions. It was based on the Vietnam’s belief that after a person dies their soul will haunt people if they are not properly buried.

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 Před 5 měsíci +1

      It has its specific video already

    • @nathanielschwartz425
      @nathanielschwartz425 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Oh. But still they could've at least mentioned it. I mean, it would've really fit the theme of this video as well.@@rosaria8384

    • @odayconhadep68
      @odayconhadep68 Před 4 měsíci

      AND VIETNAM RESPONDED WITH HANNAH HANOI

  • @teonatsios491
    @teonatsios491 Před 7 měsíci

    Very informative video
    Good work

  • @profeta1982
    @profeta1982 Před 3 měsíci

    thank you for the amazing material

  • @predetor911
    @predetor911 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Remember, all's fair in love and war.

  • @salvatoreregalbuto5444
    @salvatoreregalbuto5444 Před 7 měsíci +5

    war’s should not have any rules other than the basic dont execute prisoners. any weapons should be at your disposal.

    • @greggrace967
      @greggrace967 Před 7 měsíci +1

      War DOESN'T have any rules now!! Where are you from? geez....

    • @salvatoreregalbuto5444
      @salvatoreregalbuto5444 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@greggrace967there are plenty of weapons banned in war makes no sense

    • @Iauchmitschlauch
      @Iauchmitschlauch Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@salvatoreregalbuto5444nothing is banned, just some countries signed treaties that they would not use certain weapons

  • @-I-Use-Punctuation
    @-I-Use-Punctuation Před 6 měsíci

    Cool history, you definitely missed some other notable battlefield tricks, Make it a series 👍👍

  • @worldofwarcraftman2
    @worldofwarcraftman2 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Would have figured you would have mentioned that Canadians would throw cans of food into the German trenches of ww1 and when the Germans went for the food they'd throw grenades in right after. A good way to describe the Geneva convention after ww1 is that it is a list of things the Canadians are no longer allowed to do in war.

  • @PawAshtraysMatter
    @PawAshtraysMatter Před 7 měsíci +3

    A group of rivals were kidnapped and the lone survivor was dressed like a cop, shot and left on street. When officers arrived a nearby car bomb went off.

  • @BennyFromFalloutNewVegas
    @BennyFromFalloutNewVegas Před 7 měsíci +7

    You missed the mouse trap suit! Where the enemy wears several mouse traps on their uniforms. So after you kill them, you get your nuts caught in a mousetrap when you teabag them!

  • @r.h.9338
    @r.h.9338 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Keep up the great work.

  • @whovianhistorybuff
    @whovianhistorybuff Před 2 měsíci +1

    Will Turner: you cheated
    Jack Sparrow: Pirate!
    Will: You didn't beat me, you ignored the rules of engagement, in a fair fight I'd kill you
    Jack: that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then is it?

  • @mcbrians.8508
    @mcbrians.8508 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Love you Chris!

  • @mcmelonmaster
    @mcmelonmaster Před 7 měsíci +7

    The russians used boobytrap magazines in Afghanistan too.

  • @alm5992
    @alm5992 Před 7 měsíci

    0:48 *COD ear ringing* "You were killed by a trap. Keep an eye out for enemy tripwires."

  • @williambenson1477
    @williambenson1477 Před 7 měsíci +3

    war is suppose to be horrific. by making it 'fair', nobody minds going to war. if it were an horrific thing, everyone would avoid it

  • @BillaCode
    @BillaCode Před 7 měsíci +4

    History is wonderful, same historical incodents are taught completely differently in different countries

  • @archlich4489
    @archlich4489 Před 7 měsíci

    Great video! Subbed.

  • @1truthbegettingtold275
    @1truthbegettingtold275 Před 7 měsíci +1

    In Project Reality I play dead, I climb trees, I pull grenade pin and put it back in enemy kit (its a surprise that will help us later)

  • @merlebarney
    @merlebarney Před 7 měsíci +3

    The only honour in war is surviving.

  • @davesthrowawayacc1162
    @davesthrowawayacc1162 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Britain and perfiddy - name a more iconic combo

  • @matthewwilson5548
    @matthewwilson5548 Před 7 měsíci

    awesome, very interesting! very good and well done