Mercenaries get bad press....but it's undeniable that they have value. The LRA led a 10 year reign of terror in Sierra Leonne, killing and maiming at will, with the Government unable to stop them. Executive Outcomes (full of South African mercenaries) defeated them in 6 months. These same mercenaries, as mentioned in the video, more-or-less defeated Boko Haram in Nigeria (and located the 200 kidnapped Chibok girls)...Boko Haram's recent resurgence has only come after the Nigerian governments withdrawal of the South African mercenaries.

@opelopeoluwaadesina8349

4 жыл бұрын

Right, and to correct more, the Boko Haram wasn't trying to sabotage the elections. But they were just a nuisance disturbing the peace and killing people for some cynical reasons. Virtually everyone has already forgotten about

@brucepedersen4032

3 жыл бұрын

Break up Boko Harem ith new mercs and publicize it !

@arthas640

2 жыл бұрын

I think they're underappreciated today due to politics. Many of the wars since WW1 have face issues since they'll lack experienced men or experienced trainers in some armies and have to rely on men without real experience to train conscripts and throw them into combat. Mercenaries can have experience in different climates or different styles of combat and they can offer their experience as trainers or as an experienced core of soldiers to serve as elites in an army

@excurrahee

2 жыл бұрын

@@arthas640 Governments (supported by their media mouthpieces) don't like the idea of independent soldiers. In the end all things will always come down to force, and governments want a monopoly on force.

I mean you act as though one of the oldest professions is somehow weird, up until a few hundred years ago the majority of the wars were fought by mercs..

@stevedevice1866

5 жыл бұрын

Typical wikipedia historian. Shame he wasnt born in Rhodesia like some of my friends, they had zero choice on their path in life. This wanker does.

@Ducaso

5 жыл бұрын

They still are

5 жыл бұрын

Lots of Germans were leased from princes to fight for the British in 1776.

@thomashyle6098

4 жыл бұрын

that's like thinking hunter gatherers had a Life expectancy in the thirties; IRL that's the early industrial age you're thinking of; most Wars have been fought by clan militias.

@wootendaniel40

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the oldest profession was prostitution......... never heard that term used for soldiers of fortune

When I was younger I used to follow Mad Mike's Hoare's career in the press. I recall an interview he conducted on the old "Tomorrow Show" with host Tom Snyder in 1978. He was quite engaging. What's most surprising is the fact he is still alive at the ripe old age of 99! He turns 100 in March.

@marktaha2701

3 ай бұрын

A great man.surely hiring mercenaaries is more moral than conscription?

Mercenary is one of the most fascinating careers in all of history to me. They've been more or less necessary to every state in all of history to deal with countless wars and political disputes . But at the same time they're dangerous to keep around in large numbers since they have a tendency to turn against you and loot and pillage at a moments notice over something as simple as a pay dispute.

@SlashinatorZ

5 жыл бұрын

Mercenaries playground of destruction

Mad Mike Hoare will turn 100 in March. What can one say about an old man in a profession where most die young?

@networkbike543

4 жыл бұрын

Died aged 100 Feb 2, 2020

@haskellyoung3121

4 жыл бұрын

An apex predator in a field of predators.

@SomeHarbourBastard

3 жыл бұрын

@@networkbike543 Dead one year today. Rest In Power

@terryranson8480

3 жыл бұрын

I still can't believe the airport fiasco; this blunder was so unlike a professional like Hoare. Still, he came out on top. What a man!

It should be remembered being a mercenary does not mean you are without your political beliefs. Many of the mercenaries who fought in the Congo, including Mad Mike Hoare, were very anti-Communist, and what was left out here was Hoare faced off and beat Che Guevara in the Congo. Of the ones listed here I find Hoare to be the most interesting because he was organized and understood how to build a fighting force from scratch. Being a charted accountant might seem like a joke to some, but it also meant he understood finances and the importance of organization (I believe he trained as an accountant before enlisting in the British Army during WWII).

In 1967, Polish mercenary Rafal Gan Ganowicz was asked what it felt like to take a human life, he answered: "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed communists" *BASED*

@eviltwinzak

5 жыл бұрын

Poetry.

@wahlex841

5 жыл бұрын

Citation needed.

@pudder68

5 жыл бұрын

Mic drop

@suma4m

5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe he didn't mention Ganowicz nor Jan Zumbach.

@suma4m

5 жыл бұрын

No one claims he was a hero. He is just worth mentioning.

The South Africans were screwed by govt pensions. They lost their retirement and thus had to go back to work.

@harmgregory4560

5 жыл бұрын

Terribly unfair that some of these guys, who were a bit like a racist gestapo (no, not all), didn't get pensions from the new majority South African government.

@sethlance8009

5 жыл бұрын

@@harmgregory4560 just like the racist S.A. communist goverment setting white wemon and children on fire stripping white people of their land and enciting a race war against white people. Maybe apartheid wasn't crazy.

@frankmurphy7234

5 жыл бұрын

@@sethlance8009 u no they're in Africa right

@frankmurphy7234

5 жыл бұрын

GUD

@KumaBean

4 жыл бұрын

You know that S.A. can mean South Africa right? GUD

Your so out of date. Many soldiers in the UK can’t get work and end up on the streets. So the private security service is an obvious choice. Also many struggle to fit back into civi life.

@onwardupward9392

3 жыл бұрын

4,000 UK ex military are currently registered homeless

Can I just correct you on a few facts regarding the South African "mercenaries". These guys were not apartheid regime racists who became mercenaries. We were all just normal guys who served in the defence force and some of us went on after years of service to become contractors or private military operators. Mainly because some guys loved their work and spent years doing what they loved and decided to persue it after retiring from the army

@jeromevillaflor3896

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah , that's what bothered me a bit. Of course some of them will still hold racist views but to put them in a blanket statement is just wrong in my opinion.

@johnbondza

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, you don't have anything against floppies... these dom okies really seem get in the way. Why did you call them floppies. Is that the sound their dead bodies make as they hit the ground. I watched these types of guys in Angola 1976 and they are MUCH MUCH more disgusting than you imagine. Anyone who stuck round and didn't run (Like quit a few of us yellow chickens) was involved and should be considered guilty until proved beyond reasonable doubt to be innocent.

@joshualance6005

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnbondza that's not how justice works and u didn t know all these men and I say they saved south Africa from the communist even if it was short lived

@johnbondza

5 жыл бұрын

@@joshualance6005 America saved South Africa from democracy. They also saved Chile from Democracy in early 1970s. Argentina, Panama, Indonesia, Congo and countless others were saved from democracy, ofte many times. We're encouraged to see Russia saving America from democracy by supporting and working with Trump. No collusion you see, just mutual assistance. Mutual assistance was EXACTLY what the USA called it too. By 1975, there was no steam left in the USSR policies. Only the Cubans fought for Communism in Africa. America fought for dictatorships completely loyal to the US. The only way you Yankies can sing " ... The brave and the free" is by attacking very little countries and trying to suppressing freedom everywhere else". Syria was too big for the USA so youve left it to others including Russia. Even the small country of Vietnam, Ethiopia and Libya became too big for the USA. You have the 2nd Amendment right to own any type of gun so you can kill people. All civilised countries shake their heads In disbelief. Unfortunately thats all America knows. Murder and Dictatorship. Welcome home. Congratulations Emperor Trump.

@joshualance6005

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnbondza no we had trade embargo on south Africa during apartheid now they are communist. Lybia was a dictatorship and the revolution started before usa got involved. Argentina was backed by the usa as was Panama a huge mistake but the communist were worse than the dictators. Syria has been leveled and we only attacked Syria because of Isis was taking the entire middle east including Iraq who had just started to stabilize. And we were never really involved in Congo. And we have never been in Ethiopia that was Somalia Also trump has bashed Russia every chance he gets and condemns them all the time so how do u think he is controlled by Russia wouldn't he support Russia if he was? And new warfare no longer allowed full on warfare back in the day we leveled cities and dropped nukes we could still do that but everyone would hate the usa for genocide. Vietnam was also a defensive war we went over there thinking the south was willing to fight for freedom like the Koreans but they did not want to fight so we pulled out

How misguided you are sir... stating that all South Africans serving during the Apartheid Years on the border wars between Angola, Cuba, Russia and the old RSA. They were ordinary service men, having to serve when they were called up. Some were racists yeah, but to say all the mercenaries serving now that served in RSA are racist. By that logic I could call all British serving “creators of concentration camps etc...” That’s rubbish mate

@RachaelSA

3 жыл бұрын

ja, se ma vir hom. :p

We sleep safe in our beds because violent men will visit violence on our enemies.

@petergray2712

5 жыл бұрын

Fallacious argument. Mr. Orwell had been a colonial police officer, and he was being ironic because of his firsthand experience when he wrote this. Because the "enemy" was usually the nations conquered by European empires, and the violence visited upon them was usually one sided and disproportionate, in the name of preserving their ill-gotten gains

@mrzed2349

5 жыл бұрын

@@petergray2712 well the spoils always go to the victor. It's not fair. It is the ways of our species

@thomasmitchell1579

5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to point out something. This is just a guess on my part but it seems like the conclusion isn't that hard to understand. One of the men on this list said he would not train certain people unless they had certain experiences. It seems to me that he said that because when someone has no love to draw from and in turn no pain, then the man would most likely hesitate at the moment of truth. Not easy to stay alive that way.

....Being a Mercenary is illegal...being a 'Contract Worker' for Blackwater will earn you a decent paycheck..

@SlashinatorZ

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder how Mattias Nilsson would do at Blackwater

@GigawingsVideo

5 жыл бұрын

Mercenary is actually not illegal. They changed their title to "contract worker" or "Private Military Contractor" because the term mercenary is getting worse nowadays so they prefer alternative title for it. Mercenary is actually very common up until World War 1.

@themalibumessiah4596

5 жыл бұрын

The EU or NATO say there illegal but the USA and British didn't agree/ vote on it so basically making it ok

@mzeewatk846

5 жыл бұрын

John Licon ...I hope you grow out of that.

@lemaygaming6952

5 жыл бұрын

@John Licon So you're going to let the military train you then betray them? Wow.

you forgot roland the headless thompson gunner

@mikewilliams9597

4 жыл бұрын

I see you’re a warren zevon fan

@braydengibbs6011

3 жыл бұрын

Myth bud even tho i wish he was real merc

@spacecatboy2962

3 жыл бұрын

@@braydengibbs6011 the man, the myth, the legend

@timothyball3144

3 жыл бұрын

Just checking to be sure Roland was mentioned.

@dmmchugh3714

2 жыл бұрын

"Time stands still till he evens up the score" - thank you Warren Zevon

This guy's incompetence is mind blowing

If I was soldier who went to war after high school I’d look into becoming a mercenary. It’s your only actual profitable skill. Think of going to war as your degree. I think as long as you are picking contracts that don’t go against your values it’s really not that bad. It’s basically getting paid to do the same work for better pay, most of the soldiers in the middle east currently are contractors.

@onwardupward9392

3 жыл бұрын

Except your family receive no pension when you get killed

Raf Gan-Ganowicz. Keeping continuous fire on the Soviet "embassy" in Yemen (actually the hq of their "advisors"). Many so-called merc were actually people who had very concrete politiccal beliefs and weren't just hired guns they fought for what they believed was right while their countries didn't or weren't even independent. On the other side they had red revolutionaries who are rarely called mercenaries but they were in the same way as the people on the list. It was a war of ideas.

@wahlex841

5 жыл бұрын

If you get paid for that, you are a mercenary. You can be a mercenary with a cause, but you are still a mercenary.

@justinmeasday8930

5 жыл бұрын

@@wahlex841 this would make virtually every soldier in the world a mercenary.

@wahlex841

5 жыл бұрын

@@justinmeasday8930 Okay, a correction - if you get paid for that while you are not a part of a regular army. Though in a sense they are. Those who aren't conscripts that is.

@ShHeMiLeRe

5 жыл бұрын

That guy prefered the term condottieri because of negative connotations of mercenaries and the issue is only with the fact that some people may think that they will fight for anyone (he even gladly rejected the offer from rebels associated with Che Guevara in Bolivia who himself was as much of a mercenary as he was).

@wahlex841

5 жыл бұрын

Still, there's something incredibly hypocritical in fighting for a cause and making money out of this at the same time.

A hit with a bullet from an FN proved almost always fatal.....Mad Mike.

Your assumptions about the South African soldiers are completely missing the boat and leaves me questioning just how accurate your input is on the other people.

@CanadianPhinsFan853

2 жыл бұрын

He is a neo liberal What do you expect of him?

Mad Mike Hoare is a most interesting character. He wrote a number of books on his experiences in the Congo and leading #5 Commando (also known as The Wild Geese) and you can find them on Audible. In later life he served as technical adviser for the 1978 movie The Wild Geese (starring Richard Burton, Richard Harris and Roger Moore). Then a couple years later he organized a failed coup attempt to displace the Communist ruler of the Seychelles.

*happy new year toptenz!!!!!*

Have you interviewed the South African mercenaries in order to determine their political views?

@darylnd

5 жыл бұрын

That might interfere with the virtue signaling.

@PracticalTacticalSheepDog

5 жыл бұрын

He doesnt need too. He's a liberal, there for everyone around him except him is a racist bigot.

@cultural_marxism_fan

5 жыл бұрын

Them being racist and defending apartheid is quite literally well known though lmao

@anthonysalgado5118

4 жыл бұрын

No he has not he just takes them and the rest of us to be racist. At least those South Africans got things done.

You have much to learn about South Africa Simon.

@anthonysalgado5118

4 жыл бұрын

Yep he has much to learn and not from MSM.

@wootendaniel40

4 жыл бұрын

"Are you a white South African claiming you've done nothing wrong? " Jim Jefferies

@anthonysalgado5118

4 жыл бұрын

@@wootendaniel40 Like what?

@wootendaniel40

4 жыл бұрын

It's a line from a Jim Jefferies stand up routine

@Khate999

4 жыл бұрын

Did you happen to notice title of the video was not "Top 10 Mercenaries of SOUTH AFRICA"?

We're just glossing over the man thrown into the volcano then yeah?

When #7 started, I thought Simon Whistler was going to confess to us!

Two oldest recorded professions in human history: -Prostitutes -Mercenaries Why? The require nothing more than an able body.

10 Amazing Stories Where Simon Profusely Apologizes For And Mansplains The Subject Matter.

love the 2019 on the description

HAving worked with mercenaries ("Private Military Contractors" as my Uncle Sam likes to call them), I found that the saddest thing was seeing the change in these men (and a few women). Most merc's come from the military. All professional militaries instill pride, respect, disciple, and professionalism in their soldiers. But it does not take long for merc's to start to loose these traits. I saw men who only a year before were truly disciplined and fine soldiers, who now had no problems with killing civilians, raping women, and stealing anything that wasn't cemented in place. I worked and fought alongside the the US Army, Marine Corp., Navy, and Air Force, as well as Her Majesties Royal Marines. And I fought alongside merc's. The differences were startling and terrible. It was a major reason I got out of government service. I would be honored to fight alongside true soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen again, but I will never work with mercenaries (no matter what anyone wants to call them).

@anon2034

8 ай бұрын

"who now had no problems with killing civilians, raping women, and stealing anything that wasn't cemented in place." I find it doubtful. What you just tag along?

@valleyscottblog2440

8 ай бұрын

@@anon2034 No, I did my job. Tried to stop what I could. But the people up the chain of command were often looking the other way.

Simon I love you and your look and your voice and channel !!

Ive seen people remark about how terribly unfactual your other videos are. Never thought much about it until I literally took 2 minutes to read the Wikipedia entry on Robert Mackenzie. “Shot in Bosnia”...what?? How do you get Sierra Leone confused with Bosnia, bruh? And the Gurkhas werent “training” to fight a war. They were in *Sierra Leone* to train Sierra Leonians. Maybe you shouldnt have an intern write your scripts

@harmgregory4560

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds a little like someone didn't listen too carefully.

@dapper2407

4 жыл бұрын

He has like 6 channels, relax. He and his team are obviously trying the best they can. Maybe stop being so critical over someone who does more in a week then you do in a year.

@wootendaniel40

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure mistakes have been made. But I still find his videos interesting. Also, you did one of the most important things you could ever do. You went and found out for yourself, and didn't just take everything at face value! Congratulations for thinking and operating on a much higher level than most. You've just beat level 3 of the simulation games!

@surlygirly1926

4 жыл бұрын

@@dapper2407 So, it's okay to spread misinformation - and not correct it - because they're spreading themselves too thin? Here's a thought: Work just as hard in one week as 'the commenter you're dissing' does in a year, but use that time fact checking. It's all about *quality* over quantity when producing documentaries.

@LazyAndFabulous

4 жыл бұрын

@@dapper2407 Sorry you don't want someone correct you to fix problem? How do you live your life with fixing problems on your own when you think that correcting is criticism? Are you perfect, what about your desire that you never will repair it.

fred burnham was in africa when at night he got in a river to sneak down and by the enemy. Imagine the nerve it takes to get in the water in africa at night

I missed the birth of my son because I was off Adventuring in Somalia. Airborne!

@christelheadington1136

5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the birth,condolences on missing the moment.

@christineparis5607

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Congrats!!

@chaos6695

5 жыл бұрын

I missed the conception of mine...

@rockyaqua4382

5 жыл бұрын

Your son better not be a dirty nasty leg, recruit.

@alldaydevo

5 жыл бұрын

It's like watching your favorite pub burn down

MacKenzie was not shoot in Bosnia. Specially not while he was training Gurkas (in Bosnia?) for action in Sierra Leone. He was killed in Sierra Leone, well after he has left Bosnia.

As an avid, hardcore roadie, even I have to admit, 13:18 This is taking le Tour fandom a step too far.

this man seems to have a particular bias against mercenaries in my opinion.

When did being in your 50's or 60's make you elderly?

@josephparr9199

5 жыл бұрын

Rupert Harrison when “context” is recognized

@jaysomdahl8707

5 жыл бұрын

@@josephparr9199 got'em

@RupertAH

5 жыл бұрын

@@josephparr9199 being elderly is not a matter of context at all. Its purely a matter of age.

@CavTanker88

5 жыл бұрын

It's not the years, it is the miles. I am 50, but I damn sure have seen more than most men 20 years my senior.

@izzojoseph2

5 жыл бұрын

Be wary of the old man in a profession where men die young.

My best friends dad works for Blackwater/Academi. He has some straight savage stories.

'Dey waz racist' NPC says dey bad, now give me youtube sheckles.

@commissarlugh1040

5 жыл бұрын

Didnt exspect to see you here

Never underestimate an old man in a young man's game.

The dull life of a chartered accountant

I denegrate a late 19th century man for “reportedly” having little “concern” for his family.... As if the technology then (idk- transportation, communication, and the work required for his chosen profession) lended to “contact”. FFS

So interesting! I have to say I love this channel and Biographics, just love learning so much. How do you and your team keep coming up with ideas for videos? Keep on Simon

I love our morally superior sensitive bearded man host... who's never been in a street fight. Yet really needs a punch in the face.

@wootendaniel40

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone should experience being punched in the face at least once in their lives. I'd go as far as adding getting kicked in the head or face as well. In context, I mean getting kicked while standing. I don't mean while on the ground because of that punch either.

Ripe old age of 59? 😂. Mr Camper, a different kettle of fish. Amazing as is per usual sir, thanks again for your show.👍

Those were some pretty ignorant low blows taken at ex SADF soldiers, painting them all like bloodthirsty racists like that. If you were so informed about the South African mercenary you would have included Eben Barlow and Executive Outcomes. As a side note: funny how most of these stories had a connection to South Africa in some way.

There's something just perfect in "the current year" about hearing stories about these hardened men from this guy.

Cool!

Ummmm.... You forgot. It was NELSON MANDELA who was famous for necklacing. Perhaps some others copied him. Jeez! Even in California we knew that!

@cultural_marxism_fan

5 жыл бұрын

mandela did nothing wrong

@anthonysalgado5118

4 жыл бұрын

It was his wife Winnie Mandela that started it it was her groups favourite killing method to strike fear into the opposition .

@elpistolero9394

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Shinlever Yeah, just blowing up kids in a mall.

Real men......!

Make zimbabwe Rhodesia again

@joshualance6005

5 жыл бұрын

Yep it's sad what happened to Rhodesia but I don't support racism

@simba4572

5 жыл бұрын

not in a thousand years

@cultural_marxism_fan

5 жыл бұрын

found the fash

merc work isn't strange, it's pretty fun

Happiness is warm gun & adventure ..love it :)

If mercenaries are such a bad thing how come America relies so heavily on them to support their armed forces abroad, referring to them as PMC in a veiled effort to hide what they really are .

@bestleesinna7702

5 жыл бұрын

They're bad for more reasons than I can mention. You might want to consider talking to a mercenary to understand.

@lemaygaming6952

5 жыл бұрын

@@em1osmurf Yes, and an anti-patriot.

@daltonpatterson3402

5 жыл бұрын

The military has to obide by rules of engagement and the Geneva conventions, to where private security companies don't.

@SlashinatorZ

5 жыл бұрын

Mercenaries Playground of destruction

@sheadjohn

5 жыл бұрын

@Davvy Jannes how many times did you copy the same reply?

Omg, how many channels are you on? I only know about Today I learned.

It’s amazing what people were able to accomplish personally before the advent of entertainment media...

Great video to start 2019. Could you please do a video on aqauponics please.

Curious question but what’s with the peculiar pattern with these mercs? Are there No famous colored mercenaries?

The PMCs/Mercenaries that i see here in Africa is Chinese PMC companies and South African mercenaries

Wow, that's close to home! Private investigator Adams is local to me.

Soldier of Fortune is by far my favorite nom de plum for mercs. I was obsessed with that magazine as a child, alas, I can’t shoot a gun for shite and could never take orders well.

professional soldiers or mercenary's were the norm for warfighting

Weird.... I'm not on here? Time to kit up!

To anyone claiming otherwise: Soldiers and mercenaries differ in the way that soldier takes their orders and wages from a national government. Mercenaries choose their own missions due to demand and pay, sometimes devoid of morals. Respect your soldiers, they're the ones that keep you safe whatever you might think.

Amazing brave men that keep the peace. Fantastic , loyal men who do the job properly. Odd how Eben Barlow was missed ....

@WIT_WOLF

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing

nope, no bias here

You didnt mentioned that bod denar took weeks to bet a small force of Irish in the Congo and he took 2000 caustalties to 0 no Irish one

@RandyMarshSP

5 жыл бұрын

It's ironic that the moniker fighting Irish literally came from Irish mercenaries but the greatest battle fought by the Irish army was against mercenaries..

@nameuser6740

5 жыл бұрын

mark mclarnon I don’t think that was him, could be wrong though.

@youngdenard264

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not Bob Denard but Faulques,learn history Denard would capture the Irish in 1 hour

Simon Mann's story is very interesting, worth a biographic

11:15 Look up Babies for Biafra. He flew Malmo in attacks that destroyed Migs on the ground before they could take off

I'm South African, and even with my countries horrible history, I`m truly surprised how often my country has popped up on this list.

@petergray2712

5 жыл бұрын

Most of them were fleeing criminal prosecution for crimes committed under Apartheid, and SA intelligence and special operations forces were already familiar with the African mercenary trade. Combine their venality with the residual cruelty of former colonial governments lingering among African governments and their security forces, and then throw in the anarchy of 1990s Africa (Zaire, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Angola, Liberia) and it was exactly perfect combination of circumstances to establish notoriety

@cm2973

5 жыл бұрын

I'm very sorry about your country falling apart.

@devonhar

5 жыл бұрын

@@cm2973 atleast its not as bad as America at the moment

Fascinating!! Loved it! Great job!!

Get your facts straight and try to at least hide your bias

Top Tenz seems to be down on the "guns for hire" trade. No where did he mention the benefits of using soldiers for hire. These dedicated professionals are involved in all matters of conflict in many different roles. He didn't mention the drop in the number of cargo ships being taken by Somali pirates since these shipping companies using contractors onboard their vessels to fight off pirates. Or the numerous security details these guys run all over the world. In theaters of war, they have and do bolster regular military in many support roles. As to why they do it? The money in most cases is excellent and why not capitalize on skills one has attained through years of training and conflict. Painting a picture of these guys as blood thirsty or war mongers is not accurate. Sure, there were some...most, however, that is not the case. A lot of these guys, once they returned to civilian life, got bored with the 9-5 lifestyle to the point of being depressed. Some company offers you 3-5 times what you could make in a year for a 6-9 month rotation and back into a lifestyle you enjoy....why wouldn't you?

@artwerksDallas

3 жыл бұрын

False statement.

@oneyedjake4768

3 жыл бұрын

@@artwerksDallas ambiguous comment.

Literally cut out Simon Mann’s actions to resolve Angola and Seirra Leone... like none of Mann’s actual mercenary work

Calling the South African mercenaries “racist” is not only offensive, it is a stereotype. Get ALL the info

@elpistolero9394

4 жыл бұрын

Larry Thomas It’s standard from the Left. And they’ll only and exclusively label white people as racist. Every other racist scumbag that’s non white is a “freedom fighter”. White self loathing and white guilt is a strange affliction.

Some of these guys would make awesome Mad Lads episodes! Minus Simon Mann because Dankula already did a Mad Lads episode on him.

Roland Deschain the "Gunslinger" of Gilead that was, of the bloodline of Arthur Eld, of the White. "Long day's and pleasant night's."

Zimbaway? you mean Rhodesia!

My Uncle met Mann at a party over Christmas in England

Relics from a bygone age... How about the fact we're the only one's that gave Boko Haram a poesklap!

@MOOSEDOWNUNDER

4 жыл бұрын

These clowns have no idea bra. 2015 seems like an age for these idiots.

@aldimeissenheimer3217

4 жыл бұрын

Idiots are abound.

3:07 video skipped. Sneaky editing I wonder what we missed 🤔

Rudolph Steiner was certainly worthy of a mention, he really should have been listed number 2.

Why make a list of these guys if you’re going to just tear them down. Woke I suppose. Judge much?

@onwardupward9392

3 жыл бұрын

They are serial killers,learn your subject

The general contempt in which you are holding mercenaries is not warranted. What counts is what the individual has done. Most mercenaries fought for causes they believed in. The thing was - during the Cold War - the Communists were trying to start revolutions to spread their bankrupt ideology all over the world. They'd send military and political advisors into poor countries and begin training units to push their revolutions. So - someone else hires mercenaries to train troops to resist these revolutions. Considering the state of most of the nations where these revolutions succeeded preserving the governments the rebels were trying to over throw may well have been the lesser of the evil choices that were extant. A lot of these wars are inherently dirty wars. The rebels are fighting dirty. They pretend to be innocent civilians during the day and then come kill your men at night. How would you feel about having that done to people whose lives were YOUR responsibility? You have fat, lazy, Western cultures where all the young people want is sex, drugs and rock & roll. They are not willing to go do something hard to try and save thousands if not millions from brutal oppressive regimes. So - you have wealthy people looking to preserve some aspect of their wealth - that hire mercenaries to fight the revolutionaries. They do it for their own reasons - but it gives the ordinary people of a nation an chance to resist monstrous ideologies.

The whole Pakistani Army is mercenary, although their soldiers march under the banner of the United Nations as 'Peacekeeping' forces.

@lemaygaming6952

5 жыл бұрын

So not mercenaries then.

Thought for sure Bloho would be on the list

As opposed to these individuals, over my many decades of reading, admittedly a lot of it being novels, I've come across mention of the Irish Wild Geese, the Swiss Mercenaries ( pikemen come to mind), and more recently the Flying Tigers. To add an individual, I believe Albrecht von Wallenstein could be could be considered a merc.

No Jason Blaha? wtf

Siegfried Müller is also a pretty interesting Story and mercenary

Try to turn on subtitles at 15:53 and then look at how they interpreted Hoare

14:30 LMAO "....robin hood and baron von munchausen" ......XDXDXD!!!

What about Eeben Barlow, who founded Executive Outcomes?

Oh dear now i question the truth in all your other videos. Rather disappointed. Your ignorance has been revealed how sad Am subscribing.

@apacifistmachinegunner669

5 жыл бұрын

Simon’s SJW is starting to show

where do i sign up

7:31 Dude looks like Jon Berthal from The Walking Dead haha

Mad Mike is a legend.

As a former soldier I find it bizarre that mercenaries are often much maligned as though though the actions of a soldiers government are somehow sanctified and righteous, strange indeed.

@petergray2712

5 жыл бұрын

Selling your skill set for money always strikes people as the epitome of venality. Soldiers are seen as sworn servants of the law, subject to rules and oversight, while a merc is a loose cannon freelancer with no morals. This is course overly idealized, as soldiers shouldn't be reduced to heroes, and mercs vilified based upon their professional affiliation

Not one mention of Roland the headless thompson gunner? Warren Zevon is rolling in his grave..sad

This guy is a bit soft.

@slappy8941

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's a waste.

@commercialforhamguy8571

5 жыл бұрын

He is S#$thead...