"We tell them that: We will not attack!, Then BAAMM!! we attack" -General Custer from Night of The Museum

@daryljosephsajulga4912

3 жыл бұрын

Suprise attack.

@randomsoup9465

3 жыл бұрын

Surprise Surprise attack.

@matthewdanley6901

3 жыл бұрын

Also in that movie it showed clusters luck when he is cloth hanged off the bike

Sir, they have more men then we have bullets! Custer: “excellent”!

@antonielramirez7653

4 жыл бұрын

You placed the explanation mark in the wrong place buckero.

@LDJ42069

4 жыл бұрын

Antonìe Loñdon Ramìrez lol what is an explanation mark??

@Oh-ss8rl

4 жыл бұрын

Christian Cruz this!

@seeyoujimmy8677

4 жыл бұрын

I had Covid 19 at the time and I wasn't feeling well. Yours sincerely, General George Armstrong Custard.

@josh_the_alien

3 жыл бұрын

@@LDJ42069 !

We had an ice cream shop by me called “ Custards Last Stand”

@jasonbrown372

2 жыл бұрын

Was it rotten on the inside? Or displaced by corporate interests?

@davidrichardson6749

2 жыл бұрын

That’s messed up because I jokingly told my coworker a couple months ago if he wanted to make an ice cream shop called that.

@awzthemusicalreviews

2 жыл бұрын

Also, one of the many great gags in West of Loathing

@SP-qo3pd

2 жыл бұрын

We have one in Cincinnati.

@user-io1bo5gr2m

Күн бұрын

I had been there! 🍦🍧🍨

When I was in ROTC we studied this battle. Custer made just about every single tactical and strategic mistake a field commander can make. With entirely predictable results.

@jaceseldom8236

2 жыл бұрын

So not being reinforced was his fault? Did they tell you that after this generals had a huge amount of power taken away? They no longer can choose where to go and whom to reinforce.

@patraic5241

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaceseldom8236 We studied His command decisions. His operations planning and strategy. His decisions once the attack was underway. At every turn he systematically ignored information and failed to adapt his attack accordingly. He made everything mistake in the book, made a complete hash of it, and got his entire command slaughtered.

@jaceseldom8236

2 жыл бұрын

@@patraic5241 but would the same thing of happened if he was reinforced? Everyone failed in this operation.

@patraic5241

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaceseldom8236 The scope of our analysis was his decisions. Were there other factors that might have made a difference? Probably. Would it have prevented the crushing defeat? Personally I doubt it. Not with the way he so totally underestimated the Sioux and botched the attack planning.

@patraic5241

2 жыл бұрын

@@winterleia9027 He was much more badly outnumbered than you think. The Sioux encampment was enormous. Far larger than most people would believe then or today. There are no hard numbers available of course. However, it's most likely there were between 3,000 and 5,000 Warriors in the Sioux encampment. US doctrine, even at that time, is that you don't attack without 2:1 odds in the open or 3:1 against a prepared defense. This is the single biggest intelligence failure of the battle as far as the US Army is concerned. Custer was also counting on the element of Surprise. Which was blown when Sioux hunting parties spotted the troopers hours before they were in position. It didn't help that Custer ordered his men to leave their sabers behind in an effort to move quietly. Not that it would have mattered in the end. There were more than enough Sioux to block, and then encircle, every column of attack as it came in. Custer pushed way to close to the encampment to have a prayer of falling back as Reno did. You are right that he split his command in the face of being totally outnumbered. If he had remained concentrated he would have stood a real chance of pulling back with most of his command intact.

"Dumbest general in history?" No no, There's still time. There will be more, many more.

@Sea-zu4bj

4 жыл бұрын

You sound very sure

@Eli-jt9yn

4 жыл бұрын

Quak toons it’s only been 3 minutes of the video going out the videos 12 minutes long now stop trying to get subs from comments

@kzkaa.

4 жыл бұрын

The number's beyond comprehension

@FrankCastle-he8fl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sea-zu4bj the guys facts are f***** up

@quaktoons331

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sea-zu4bj its math(probability). If there where some there will be others.

And he helped a night guard to win the "battle of Smithsonian" 🔦❤️🤣

@colby9529

3 жыл бұрын

Wait that was him 😂

@RC21YT

3 жыл бұрын

@@colby9529 yeah it is 😂😂

@yagmomru5207

3 жыл бұрын

Brooo I totally forgot about that movie. That movie made my childhood

@Shanetronic

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@princesslightning5447

3 жыл бұрын

PHAHAHAHAHA

“You’re the worst general I’ve ever heard of” “But you have heard of me”

@styx53ocean

2 жыл бұрын

Nice POTC reference.

@coolchange954

2 жыл бұрын

So you think Benedict Arnold is better!

@thomasbabcock

Жыл бұрын

@@coolchange954 Mike Pence?????? benedict arnolds grand son?

"And even put a stick up his... manhood" RIP

@tomlantgen6941

2 жыл бұрын

How big a stick?

@chriskeith5742

2 жыл бұрын

No biggier than the one you use

"He always dressed in the height of late 17th century fashion..." So he was 200 years out of fashion.

@gl9248

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too!

@michaelk9339

4 жыл бұрын

What a ledg

@SlimeTracks

4 жыл бұрын

17th century = 1800s

@karthikvenkataramanapemmar6225

4 жыл бұрын

@@SlimeTracks Nope 17th century = 1600s

@siggietyrone3965

4 жыл бұрын

@@SlimeTracks it's always 100 years behind.

"Don't worry, guys. This'll be a piece of cake." -- Custer before his Last Stand, probably

@YouveBeenMegged

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean a piece of CUSTERd I will apologize for nothing

@DiegoTheRebel

3 жыл бұрын

@@YouveBeenMegged that was clever

@YouveBeenMegged

3 жыл бұрын

@@DiegoTheRebel Thanks

@DrCruel

3 жыл бұрын

"The cake is a lie." -- Little Big Man at the Little Big Horn

@danielpalmer5138

2 жыл бұрын

Hold my beer

Fun fact: He finished dead last in his class at West Point and would not have even graduated had the Army not needed every West Point trained officer they could. Bear in mind, half of the graduates from 1861 immediately defected to the Confederacy.

@CanadioIsCool

3 жыл бұрын

He said that first part

@brianeleighton

3 жыл бұрын

@@CanadioIsCool Yeah, but he was literally released from the stockade straight to the front in 1861. Without the Civil War, Custer is kicked out of the Army in disgrace.

@CanadioIsCool

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianeleightonDo you not understand my reply? I MEANT THAT HE SAID "He finished dead last in his class" IN VIDEO!

@joshm3257

2 жыл бұрын

@@CanadioIsCool grumpy

@CanadioIsCool

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshm3257 no u

"they have more men than we have bullets" Warhammer 40K entered the chat

Her father thought he was beneath her. Custer: Not yet I’m not...

@RedWinter21

3 жыл бұрын

hahhahahaha

@tomaszgaluba1459

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually fun when the lady is on top of you. Maybe her father caught them when she was playing the cowgirl and got angry about the fact.

@1922Skidoo

3 жыл бұрын

😆🤣😂

@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854

3 жыл бұрын

He was just embarrassed about his 1600 year era outfits that he wear in mid 1800's.

Custer in a nutshell: “ight ima head in”

@mrnubbones8626

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@mkratos17

4 жыл бұрын

Or Leroy Jenkins

@DaneAraux

4 жыл бұрын

discorperted ...what...??? Stooopid

@mkratos17

4 жыл бұрын

@skullpull 101 yeah you need bold leaders but also cautious careful planers they balance each other out

What happened at the Little Big Horn, including the events leading up to it is very complex. Hindsight makes everything clear and precise. Custer's orders from General Terry, his experience fighting on the plains, and limited available battle space intelligence all converged on those dusty slopes. If we were faced with the exact same scenario, what would we do better? History is judged by fools with the benefit of hindsight and perfect knowledge. Custer may not have always been a hero, but neither was he always an arrogant villain. His actions that day essentially brought an end to the Plains warfare which is exactly what the expedition of 1876 and President Grant desired. Highly recommend A Terrible Glory by James Donovan.

@gregorylapointe4157

Жыл бұрын

Custer was used by President Grant to solve the "Indian problem". Custer wanted to bring the gatling guns but wouldn't be able to meet the timetable that Grant had established for him if he had to lug the guns behind him. I think Grant deserves as much as the blame as Custer. At that point in his career, Custer wanted to retire and hit the lecture circuit in Philadelphia, New York and Washington.

@ethanweeter2732

Жыл бұрын

I believe he was technically defying orders by fighting this battle actually.

@caedo7090

Жыл бұрын

@@ethanweeter2732 Not really. Terry’s orders were to find the Indians and return. But he including a caveat so he wouldn’t get any blame; he told Custer that if the conditions were right, to attack. Which he knew Custer would do anyway.

@hubbs5759

Жыл бұрын

Custer definitely got what he had coming to him.

@hithere1060

Жыл бұрын

@@hubbs5759 Thanks for your insightful comment. You may want to read the other comments and compare theirs with yours.

Custer was a Colonel at the Little Bighorn. After the Civil War, the army massively downsized and he lost the rank of Brigadier General.

@stevenjohnson8507

4 ай бұрын

Lieutenant Colonel. His final brevet (temporary) rank in the Civil War was a major general.

*"I DIDNT LOSE, I merely failed to win"*

@thegenuinehamslice3944

4 жыл бұрын

they have to much men i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore give me all your men so i can lose i mean win

@spoon7016

4 жыл бұрын

*_Dude! So Uncool_*

@rizalalbar

4 жыл бұрын

You know what old buddy, old pal. You're fired

@alexlee1117

4 жыл бұрын

THE COMMUNIST CHANNEL” we didn’t lose”

@ThumbsUP-ThumbsDOWN

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegenuinehamslice3944 .

"That sure is a lot of indians" Custer's last words.

@abetheconservationist595

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, his last words were "We've caught them napping!"

@yourdaddy5435

2 жыл бұрын

@just me "whi peepo bad"

@MILITIAGAMER2000

2 жыл бұрын

Custers last words: OH HI GUYS, I SEE YOU BROUGHT YOUR FRIENDS, IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE?

@srgmiller340

2 жыл бұрын

No Custers last words were OUCH

@bglyngdohmawphlang6749

2 жыл бұрын

.

After the Civil War Robert E. Lee was asked about the cause of the South's defeat. He replied to the effect: "I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." A similar statement might be made about Custer. Why did he loose the battle? Perhaps the the Indians had something to do with it.

@TigerRifle1

Жыл бұрын

That was Pickett not Lee.

One thing that really resonated with me is from night at the museum of all things. Custer was ashamed that the biggest thing he is known for is his greatest defeat. Obviously he didn't actually say that, he was killed and has been dead for a long time now. But I know that he would feel that way had he survived or were here now.

@caedo7090

Жыл бұрын

Ironically, the movie was actually accurate😂 Custer was debatably the best cavalry commander in the Civil War, and was known to his superiors as a daring and clever commander.

When you want to do the night at the museum joke but someone already did it: "I didnt lose I mearly failed to make the joke."

@dogefeedproductions410

4 жыл бұрын

ur fired

“There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” - Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief

@kevinhartmemes3821

4 жыл бұрын

Code Roser is your prof pic that fairy eating thing from a movie?

@stoicspic9698

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhartmemes3821 from pan's labyrinth? Yes it is.

@salimdin8160

4 жыл бұрын

@Lance May total horseshit..

@salimdin8160

4 жыл бұрын

Very true..

@bhaskarhalder6501

4 жыл бұрын

Are you an ICSE STUDENT??

11 horses shot out from underneath him… sounds like an unbelievably courageous soldier !

@NormanBraslow-nh2tz

5 ай бұрын

He was.

You should look up Mark Milley then😂 my dude has publicly committed treason twice in the last month

"Leeeroooy jenkins" Custer probably.

@mu2960

4 жыл бұрын

Was just thinking this

@jreyn2043

3 жыл бұрын

Nailed it

@magnusdiridian

3 жыл бұрын

At least he has bison

@coprsez9241

3 жыл бұрын

👍😂

@omgitsjoetime

3 жыл бұрын

Under rated comment

It is interesting that only three years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the British, under General Lord Chelmsford made exactly the same error, i.e. he under estimated native indigenous warriors - with exactly the same results. The battle of Isandlwana was almost a rerun of Custer's debacle, only about five times bigger. One of the cardinal rules of war (according to Sun Tsu) is to never under estimate the enemy, yet here we are, 150 years later still making the same mistake.

@gengreb75

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@Seriona1

2 жыл бұрын

This mistake basically won't happen again. We reached a point in human history where firearms vs cold weapons won't happen in mass battle. In fact, the last time I'm aware of it is in China during WWII and I'm not even sure the size of some Chinese militia using cold weapons vs Japanese with firearms.

@madgeordie4469

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seriona1 No, human stupidity can overcome all. In the last 150 years Afghanistan has been invaded by the British (twice), the Soviets and the western allies. Each time the opposition was underestimated and the results are history.

@Seriona1

2 жыл бұрын

@@madgeordie4469 That has nothing to do with what I said....at all.

@madgeordie4469

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seriona1 No, I am speaking of the military failing of underestimating the enemy. You are claiming that this could not happen again because of developments in weapon design. You are the one who has gone off the point here.

2 things to note which I think you covered well. First, Custer for some reason is thought my modern society to be a coward. He was not a coward. He had many faults, but lack of bravery was not one of them. Second- Many people don't know that Custer played a significant role at Gettysburg. I think you could have covered his charge into Stuart's men better. Custer was outnumbered, outgunned, and totally rammed the confederates. It was a crazy clash of horses. I never knew Custer was a Buckeye. I'm not sure there is another state that is responsible for the destruction of the South like Ohio- Grand, Sherman, and now Custer were born in Ohio.

@Eadbhard

2 жыл бұрын

General Sheridan was born there too, as was General George Crook. I'm from Ohio myself, and I have visited Grant's birthplace, Custer's birthplace, and both Sherman's and Sheridan's birthplace. Two personal heroes of mine were born in Ohio: George Armstrong Custer, and the greatest Native leader that ever lived - Tecumseh of the Shawnee.

@mp22833

Жыл бұрын

Take this channel for what it is...a joke.

@monkeyoperator1360

Жыл бұрын

bloodshed for money

General custer: i am the dumbest general! General mcclellan : hold my stupidity

Not only did he get himself killed but he got his brother killed whom was the first person to be awarded the Medal of Honor twice.

@AudieHolland

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, grabbing the enemy's colours and returning them to one's own lines were enough to be awarded that medal. Major Smedley Butler was awarded the Medal of Honor during the occupation of Vera Cruz, together with... 56 other military personnel from the Army, Marine Corps and Navy. Butler tried to return his medal because he said he hadn't done anything to deserve it but higher ups told him to shut up and keep the medal.

@makerstudios5456

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah back then the Medal of Honor didn’t have the same weight.

@mummyenthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

@@makerstudios5456 yeah they also really just gave them out like candy smh

@makerstudios5456

3 жыл бұрын

Mummy Enthusiast If you don’t believe me google how many medals of honor were given out to the soldiers at Wounded Knee and what they are for. These practices change over time.

@scintillam_dei

3 жыл бұрын

What does the US know about honour? It's the country created by the American genocide Brits started.

"We Cheyenne called him (Custer) 'Hi-Es-Tsie'-Long Hair. The Arikara called him 'Creeping Panther Who Comes in the Night.' The Crow called him 'Son of the Morning Star Who Attacks at Dawn.' I remember him. I saw him die." - Kate Bighead, Son of the Morning Star (1991 TV miniseries).

@Flame_67

3 жыл бұрын

I call him a “person who deserved to die in a terrific way”

@killsinwater4159

3 жыл бұрын

i love that movie. I'm half oglala and half sicangu.

@touranzohdy3251

3 жыл бұрын

Is there any eyewitness testimony as to WHEN during the battle Custer was killed ? I wonder if was he alive long enough at the so-called "last stand" to see his blunder ?

@jeremiahattento

3 жыл бұрын

@@touranzohdy3251 Custer's body was found at the top of Last Stand Hill, so he most likely was still alive by the time he began his retreat up to the time his column began to collapse and was eventually overwhelmed.

@arthurkeen934

3 жыл бұрын

In the series you mention Kate Big Head talks about Custer child being a blonde haired girl that died young, actually the child if his.. was a male and lived to be 20.. Captain Tom Custer had an illegitimate son, and he was treated for V.D. during the Civil War, so that shoots down Jeffrey Wert,s belief you cant have children if you had VD

Taking anyone's rear by surprise is never okay. It's painful, and illegal.

cant find it now but i remember seeing a video analyzing the battle arguing that custer wasn't an idiot just didnt have the whole picture. not only did he underestimate the size of the indian force but he also didnt know where they were positioned. really wish i could find the vid, it was quite informative.

The worst general in history is General Sheperd

@michaelk9339

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@nebynodle

4 жыл бұрын

ikr

@Zephyr_Weiss

4 жыл бұрын

Commander Shephard saved the galaxy dude. Died twice for the galaxy

@jaidenstowers8314

4 жыл бұрын

“History is written by the victors”. “I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye and the world just freaking watched”

@dustyv8168

4 жыл бұрын

lol

Major general - Lt. Colonel isnt a promotion.....ITS A HUGE DEMOTION

@dustyv8168

4 жыл бұрын

There was a surplus of Generals at the end of the American Civil War, resulting in many demotions.

@stephenmahood8724

3 жыл бұрын

In the service, officers hold both temporary and permanent ranks. Typically the permanent rank is lower than the temporary rank which one gains during wartime... and most officers are reduced to their permanent rank in peacetime.

@georgebeckydragan6389

3 жыл бұрын

Custer's rank of Maj Gen was a "brevet" rank. Brevet is awarded for bravery, but it is temporary in nature. He was LtCol by regular rank. So, he wasn't demoted. He reverted to regular rank. This is normal and not a punishment.

@SVSky

3 жыл бұрын

Brevet rank != Permanent Rank

@letoubib21

3 жыл бұрын

Major general was a brevet rank only *. . .*

Went to custard shop in upstate NY called “Custard’s Last Stand”. Bomb asf

I think Mark Milley has got that title now

I feel attacked somehow

@RuiMadeNeneBot

3 жыл бұрын

XD

@maxxysitlhou6266

3 жыл бұрын

Why

@maxxysitlhou6266

3 жыл бұрын

Oh

"He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. And his troopers died for it."

@scottdamon677

4 жыл бұрын

The last samurai?

@paulsciria8921

4 жыл бұрын

“Beautiful everyone”

@pelinalwhitestrake8195

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottdamon677 yep

@justsomeguy8409

4 жыл бұрын

That's a quality film

@milugardeimagenysonido

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was a murderer who executed the plans of the government..

Custer: LEEROY! JENKINS! U.S. Military: *facepalm*

it’s unfair to consider custer completely incompetent when he was instrumental at gettysburg.

@Demicleas

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say instrumental it was more like at the right place at the right time kind of deal he litteraly graduated last if it were not for the civil war he wouldn't of been in the army. Bassicly he was just really lucky.

@nikoc8968

2 жыл бұрын

@@Demicleas ...you can say the same about any general or historical figure, then..."just in the right place at the right time". in reality, Custer was a sensational general whose accomplishments are more historically significant than biased modern interpretations would suggest.

@jimmytwo-times2641

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikoc8968 People don't realize he was the unsung hero of Gettysburg, took on a force way bigger then his and stopped the north from being completely flanked by the confederacy

@Eadbhard

2 жыл бұрын

@@Demicleas "Lucky", that's funny. Maybe he carried a rabbit's foot too, always avoided the number 13, never walked under ladders, and avoided breaking mirrors at all costs. You're an idiot.

@Eadbhard

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikoc8968 Yes!

dumbest US general *the united states: impossible*

@vanukas8783

4 жыл бұрын

USSR: *dont look at me* And yes I know that the soviet union didnt exist back then.

@houby1632

4 жыл бұрын

@TheOGGamer0428 Xbox-Minecraft no one said it doese though

@houby1632

4 жыл бұрын

@TheOGGamer0428 Xbox-Minecraft cant i see what

@OctoRang

4 жыл бұрын

TheOGGamer0428 Xbox-Minecraft the true idiot is the one who refuses to argue

@jamesricker3997

4 жыл бұрын

McClellan and McArthur both have Custer beat in the stupidity department

All I can see is Bill Hader in Night at the Museum

@wanyusofzakaria1253

4 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one!!!

@andrewrivera7496

4 жыл бұрын

@@468erpeashooter9 probably the most recognition i have ever gotten and will ever get

It is important to know that Custer was NOT a US General during the battle of the Little Big Horn .

@lorenzocassaro3054

2 жыл бұрын

?

@owenwilson912

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, he was a Colonel.

@lorenzocassaro3054

2 жыл бұрын

@@owenwilson912 Oh

@kobehollowhorn4180

2 жыл бұрын

You're ignorant. The US ORDERED him to do it, wdym not a US General? Have fun saying that to the Native Americans today.

@nikoc8968

2 жыл бұрын

whats your point? are you insinuating that his actions werent legal?

After the Civil War, Custer joined the RA at the reduced rank of Lt. Col. and that was his rank when he left his mortal bonds.

7:56 "Customer" lol

@TheDevoutMasculinist

4 жыл бұрын

gamer7234 I caught that too 😂

I'm intrigued on how he got promoted to general.

@ilkkarautio2449

4 жыл бұрын

Lack of officers during major conflict.

@nohomo47

4 жыл бұрын

He captured the most enemy equipment and battle flags in the civil war

@jimnpen8451

4 жыл бұрын

Youd have to understand the spirit of military at the time. He certainly wasnt the dumbest, he blundered badly and underestimated the Lakota spirit.

@richardcopersroommate8928

4 жыл бұрын

Axor Unknown he was smart and daring . Plenty of armies overcame the numbers disadvantage that he had before his doom , so you can blame his death on his own soldiers that failed him that day , and the lack of reinforcements.

@pyrrhusinvictus6186

4 жыл бұрын

This video is intentionally trying to make him look bad and did very little research. He was known for carefully scouting areas and then personally leading the charges himself (generals don't do that). Surprise, speed, and aggression made him victorious many times, and he fought in several major battles in the Civil War. He was promoted to General (by age 23) because the Union was looking for officers to fight the enemy, not advance their own political careers. The Union Army was plagued by bad career officers while Custer had the experience. He also had a successful career after the war, mostly against Indian tribes. This video is covering events from the early 1860s to the late 1870s. There is also more about the battle than the video showed. His regiment wasn't wiped out, just the portion he led into battle. Yes, this was a loss for the Army, and Custer was killed, but it was due to poor coordination and overwhelming numbers. This battle is highly criticized because everybody thinks he could have done things differently. But he didn't have the information we have today and used tactics that have been highly successful. In my opinion, this battle comes down to "you win some, you lose some."

This needs to be updated to have Mark Millie

When I was a kid there was a local ice cream stand near where I lived called Custard's Last Stand, I associate that with the real life Custer.

You mess with the “ BULL” you get the “ HORNS”

@brandonjennings9941

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Catalano yeah until the Indians caught the real horns weeks later

Clicked on this expecting George McClellan.

@jamesricker3997

3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting Douglas MacArthur

@adielomarsandoval5226

3 жыл бұрын

@@rylanholt9258 oversimplified reference

@jeddkeech259

3 жыл бұрын

No kidding

@bigbillyb0b

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. McClellan was by far the worst general. Even after he was fired, he still tried to lose the war for the Union by running for president on a platform of peace when total destruction of the Confederacy was practically assured. An incompetent loser and a coward almost to the point of treason.

@iamgian2925

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Me: *looks at title* Also me: allow me to introduce you to McClellan...

General Yamashita if he read an American history book: "I like zis Generaru Custer." 👏😃

I’ve been to the battle field where he died before, I think there is still a cannon there

@bloodrave9578

4 жыл бұрын

@@MPeaches1958 Don't split an outnumbered force for starters and keep ego in check

@gulasd3025

4 жыл бұрын

I was there too. Ate a buffalo burger at the diner across the street.

@admiralgoodboy

4 жыл бұрын

gulasd3025 cool

@lindaterrell5535

4 жыл бұрын

blood rave Like Lee did at Chancellorsville?

@DaveGIS123

4 жыл бұрын

My Canadian dad once visited the Little Bighorn battlefield when a fat man with a deep southern accent piped up and said "I always wanted to see where that Yankee died!"

Had an ancestor riding under J.E.B. Stuart's unit who faced Custer and the Michigan Brigade on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Wrote in a journal that they were some of the best horse soldiers and cavalrymen he'd ever seen -- Federal or Confederate

@stevenjohnson8507

4 ай бұрын

General Sherman once complimented Custer's rashness and said it was a good trait for a cavalry officer who needed to think quickly.

"I rike this General Custer." - Lord Katsumoto

All I know is that it’s always easy for us to see all the mistakes or to know how much better we would have done it when we are sitting on our couches, warm, well fed and made well aware of the ins and outs of the area and situation. To me it’s just a really sad situation that could have been avoided had there have been reasonable choices made from both sides. So sad that all of these mostly young men were under fed, hard driven, cold and sleep deprived and not at their best. When you are in a panic, you are already not at your best. A lot of these 16 to 25 year olds were sons of immigrants whose family came here for a better life. Also so sad for the Custer family that lost so many family members in this battle. 😢

@mrdave777

7 ай бұрын

Great comment. Everyone just loves to slam Custer. Forgetting entirely his incredible service for the Union.

@grumblesa10

2 ай бұрын

But there are basic aspects of military leadership, and tactical competence that are expected from the officers in the lead. In this case, he failed to listen to his scouts who reported that trail sign alone indicated a major concentration of Native Americans. THEN, he failed to confirm or deny by a personal recce. He split his force in the face of an enemy who was AT LEAST his size, if not larger. He failed to ensure his troopers were issued more ammo, as they were about to go into a fight, regardless of numbers. He failed to concentrate his forces thus they were strung out all along the ridgeline and in Reno's case down in the valley; where they could not mutually support each other. AFA Command climate he was, arrogant, short with his company commanders and put himself exactly where he could not influence the fight once joined.

I'm French and I know more dumb than him.... Our generals during WW2

@youraveragescotsman7119

3 жыл бұрын

Mate, I feel so sorry for the French Army during WW2. You lot had over 100 divisions. You could have EASILY rolled the Germans up with our help, but Generals were too stuck in the past to realise that.

@harshbansal7982

3 жыл бұрын

Your Average Scotsman if the Belgians had allowed the French to complete the magiot line , the war would’ve won in 1941.

@justjust5580

3 жыл бұрын

French intelligence: generals the Germans have a lot of motorized vehicles lined up outside the Ardennes French High Command: that’s preposterous, you can’t move vehicles through the Ardennes. Don’t change a single thing (That’s an actual fact btw)

@hyhena-gaming9986

3 жыл бұрын

They still had Calvary!

@apotato1386

3 жыл бұрын

@@justjust5580 French generals be like "it's just a motor show, totally not preparing for an assault"

This was actually my social studies assignment yesterday

@muhsin.h

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@MGJDMNJ

4 жыл бұрын

Be sure to include the stabbing of his ears with sewing needles so he would hear better in the afterlife

@jamalbrown6240

4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t school out?

@JeffersonSteelflexx

4 жыл бұрын

Jamal Brown schooling is being done online

@Dr_Universe2007

4 жыл бұрын

Helios Sphere for some reason other schools call it social studies. Mine included

"Don't worry. I got this."- General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

"Dumbest US General in History?" That would be McClellan.

@gojira4036

3 жыл бұрын

“I’m not Dumb I just failed to be smart!”

"17th century fashion" You mean 19th century right? I wouldn't imagine him wearing powdered wigs and knickers

@tobytawaqal3678

4 жыл бұрын

A little correction if you don't mind :p, powdered wigs were 18th century fashion, Custer & confederate cavalry general J.E.B Stuart evokes the 17th century cavalier persona with wide-brimed hats & boots.

@alundavies8402

3 жыл бұрын

I probably sound like an anachronism but. How dare that scumbag wear the style of the heroic Cavaliers they already knew that they couldn’t win but it was a divine right thing that some people still believe in I know because I am one of them

@thegodfather_8455

3 жыл бұрын

@@alundavies8402 he was a brilliant general

@zaniyanironeyes6575

3 жыл бұрын

racist

"12,000 warriors waited they were unanticipated and the general he don't ride well anymore" - Johnny Cash

@johnbockelie3899

2 жыл бұрын

Errol Flynn played Custer in the 1941 movie " They died with their boots on " The end was sort of made up.

He had 11 horses shot out from under him. The man truly was a war hero.

@raymonddonahue7282

2 жыл бұрын

Finally someone who can think for himself

@foursup3139

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymonddonahue7282 lucky racist

@Ranwolfe

Жыл бұрын

A war criminal who got what he deserved

They pierce custards eardrum to hear better Custard's soul:👁️👄👁️

Custer was NOT dumb. Anyone wanting to know actual true history should read Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Live of Two American Warriors.

@ElBandito

4 жыл бұрын

Hence the title had a question mark in it.

@bwana3006

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, i will

@zaniyanironeyes6575

4 жыл бұрын

He was dumb enough to charge into a village of 2000 Sioux warriors lol

@PeriodVampire

4 жыл бұрын

Zane Pain They didn’t know how many people were in that village, thus meaning he can’t be called dumb for that, he can never be called dumb, he just made a mistake, we all make mistakes so by your logic, everyone is dumb

@bwana3006

4 жыл бұрын

Crusader King custer was arrogant but dumb is perspective. He did finish last in his class at WestPoint. Look up the oral history of the battle of little big horn told by a native American. Very interesting. The people were suprised by custer and attacked immediately. It lasted 10 minutes

Imagine if Christopher Nolan directed a movie about it

@jaymichels1123

4 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about how great of a movie this would be. A scrappy young hero that the audience loves at first but the heroism slowly falls out until greed for power gets the best of him and he leads his last charge

@randomonegaming897

4 жыл бұрын

That would be so call

@iamedyson

4 жыл бұрын

No.

@anandnairkollam

4 жыл бұрын

He won't. Only ridley Scott can make it

@FabledGentleman

4 жыл бұрын

This is not movie material, it's a too rich story with too many moving parts, spanning decades. A 10 episode mini series of 10 hours can get it done properly.

A boxing glove in a box, classic!🥊🤯

Custer was a Lieutenant-Colonel at the time of his death. General was a brevet rank for the duration of the civil war and all of his contemporaries were put back to lieutenants whereas Custer was put back to Captain because his wife was from a prominent family and she petitioned his superiors to get him a higher rank. There was no last stand.

@quasarsavage

Жыл бұрын

Funny how in the civil war 2LT made BG after 1-2 years at like 24/25 years old. Madness glad they got sorted back down after the war, or else it would be very lopsided and hard to promote (it already was hard enough back then)

His arrogance, disobedience, and vanity got himself and his whole unit slaughtered.

@jasona9

2 жыл бұрын

Well written👍. He turned down extra men and Gatling Guns! His ego got the better of him. He wanted victory for himself and HIS 7th Calvary only.

@josephdelatorre3751

2 жыл бұрын

Had he retired after the Civil War, he would have went down as a real hero.

@stephenburke5967

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasona9 Give facts regarding"he turned down Gatlin Guns"because he didn't turn down Gatlin guns. When posting make sure you have some sort of knowledge on facts which you clearly are lacking in.

@jaceseldom8236

2 жыл бұрын

No, a fellow general who was supposed to reinforce him didn't show

@SP-qo3pd

2 жыл бұрын

Actually he was close to victory, but his Captains failed to save him.

How many vids you want in a day? Infographic show : yes .

Not every military officer graduated in the higher grades of their military academy graduating class. 😆

The Battle was legendary

Mathematically, one does not need to be lucky: If there's a 95% chance of succeeding in an action & a 5% chance of dying, most generals would not take the action because they don't want to die. They have worked their way up over the course of a lifetime & will feel they have too much to lose. But if a general took a course of action of such risk a dozen times, not only would the press hail him as a daredevil, but he would still have only a 46% chance of being dead. The human brain tends to exaggerate moderate risks of death because it quite simply doesn't want to be dead. It is interesting how the young are always the ones to take risks. Humans instinctively value the life that they have already led more than that which is yet to come.

@cartier-8548

4 жыл бұрын

You my friend, is very intriguing

@lt.random210

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but 11 of his horses were shot! Let’s say you 2 times more likely to have your horse shot then you getting shot, just due to size. Still, he is really lucky that his horses got shot 11 times and didn’t get seriously injured. That’s pretty lucku

@letstryeverything6717

4 жыл бұрын

ccityplanner12 : Simply amazing

@fpsreactions8481

4 жыл бұрын

Your theory is outstanding

@campbrown1342

4 жыл бұрын

Someones gonna get laid in college

Chief Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse are both some badass names.

@Infamous932

3 жыл бұрын

You think so? 😅 what do you think of my traditional Lakota name? Zuyá Gli. It’s translated to “He Came Home Unscathed”

@user-jh4tp5vx4h

3 жыл бұрын

Crazy horse most have been an interesting character to get a name like that.

@lhs66

3 жыл бұрын

So is Sioux, name your son that

@stevenjohnson8507

4 ай бұрын

We shortened Crazy Horse's name. In Oglala Lakota, his name was The Man Who's Horse Is Crazy.

Imagine ol J.E.B Stuart after Custer went to Little Big Horn… “Good day sir!”

hey man love your vids why havent you made a video about gerionmo

Wouldn’t say he was dumb, he was actually known for his tactical intelligence like keeping hostages as human shields and march through enemy lines , his death was caused due to ignorance and glory hunting as refused to wait for back up and wanted to accomplish the mission with his own men

@Didismack

4 жыл бұрын

That's dumb though. So is shooting your own horse in the back of the head on accident while riding it. A contributing factor to his seemingly revolving door of horses lol.

@walterdayrit675

4 жыл бұрын

He used hostages as human shields? Wow.

@matthewct8167

4 жыл бұрын

John-Peter Warren the point of his mission was hostage taking

@MS-dp9up

4 жыл бұрын

bojo perez ridiculous. Ever heard of war chiefs? Warriors?

@MS-dp9up

4 жыл бұрын

Thun Dara ridiculous. You have no clue about the Indian wars. Check Dog Soldiers, warchiefs of the Washita.

No. Lieutenant Colonel Custer did that. He held a brevet as general* of volunteers during the Civil War. But his regular Army rank was Lieutenant Colonel. *brigadier general.

@kevanbaconofficial

4 жыл бұрын

The Hand Exactly. I believe a similar thing happened in WWII. Weird note, the SS did this as well, but in reverse: men would have a high rank in the regular SS (often due to sycophantic behaviour rather than skill), and would be given a Waffen SS rank more suitable to their experience and skill when they were transferred to the armed branch.

@desmondwilliams562

4 жыл бұрын

Battlefield promotion

@patrickmcshane7658

4 жыл бұрын

His permanent rank was Captain.

@toddtaylor4238

4 жыл бұрын

He made the mistake saying Custer was promoted to lieutenant Colonel, but he was a Brigadier General at the time.

@C.R.W

4 жыл бұрын

Not a mistake. As the above comments collectively state. Custer was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel following the Civil War. He received a battlefield promotion (brevet promotion) during the Civil War to Brigadier General. Following the war, he reverted to his rank of Captain. He was then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, the rank he held when he died at LBH.

He was considered a brilliant commander of horse in the civil war. He didn’t suddenly forget everything he knew about it in one day.

@TTTT-oc4eb

3 жыл бұрын

His Civil War record showed that he indeed was an aggressive, quick thinking and very competent cavalry leader who was adored by both his soldiers and superiors.

@jamesricker3997

3 жыл бұрын

No he was a reckless Commander He never did proper reconnaissance That cost him at Little Bighorn His troops to not like him he was referred to as iron bottom

@lindaterrell5535

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesricker3997 That’s why he had scouts out in the van inspecting the lay of the land. His methods that day were Army SOP for fighting Indians.

@xaviervega468

2 жыл бұрын

@Linda Terrell. Too bad he ignored his scouts at Little Big Horn and got his men slaughtered.

@lindaterrell5535

2 жыл бұрын

@@xaviervega468 Read again. He didn’t ignore them. The crow advised attacking “now” or lose them. In fact, he argued with them over it. He was going to stand pat overnight and attack the next day. Then word came back that the regiment had been “discovered.”

Custer: Hold my beer watch this

Having been to the Little Big Horn battlefield, I can see why Reno and Benteen didn't come to Custer's aid. First, they were about 2 miles from where Custer was, pinned on a small hilltop by some of the Plains Indians. They couldn't go anywhere. Custer's problem was that he and his men were driven to Last Stand Hill by the native Americans' counterattack. Having some military background, I could immediately see that Last Stand Hill was a BAD position - it has lots of dead ground that allows your opponent to get within a few yards of your position. However, it was the last piece of high ground on the west end of the ridge, so they were trapped. My favorite summary of the battle I ever heard was from a conversation between a couple of bikers who were leaving the interpretive centre. As one biker related to the other, "If I was sitting around a campfire with my friends and family singing "Kumbaya" and the Feds attacked, I would be p****d too!"

@rialobran

3 жыл бұрын

I went there a couple of years ago, a buckets list thing to travel from the UK to do. I couldn't agree more with you summary of the Benteen/Reno position. They had a defensible spot from which they were pinned, to leave would have been near suicidal. The one thing that has always puzzled me is the grave markers for the Custer position. If that is indeed where they made their last stand it was awful, the side of a steep incline a few feet from the crest, a half blind man with a bent rifle barrel could have picked them off. The flat top although not perfect would of at least given better protection, it's the one aspect I just didn't get. An interesting place I'd visit again.

@nicholasconder4703

3 жыл бұрын

@@rialobran Well, considering they were in full flight, being chased by the native Americans, they didn't have much of a choice. Last Stand Hill is at the far end of the ridge, and with flat open terrain on three sides and the Plains Indians closing in from behind, they had nowhere else to go. You also have to consider that the US Cavalry horses were likely exhausted after galloping for 2-3 miles, while the Plains horses would have been much fresher, having travelled half that distance. Once their section of the army was routed, I think their only chance would have been to get out of the wash they were in and move northeast into the hills, more or less back in the direction they came from. But they didn't, and so were trapped.

@elennapointer701

2 жыл бұрын

@@rialobran Version I heard from Indian sources was the Custer fight was over "in the time it takes a hungry man to eat his dinner", so the impression is while some of the Sioux were firing on Custer's position, others were sneaking in via the dead ground. The Indian source suggests these infiltrators basically opened fire from point-black range and annihilated Custer's position in a few ragged volleys, then picked off the survivors at their leisure.

@lordofthewasteland4525

2 жыл бұрын

There was a big brush fire a while back 80s and probably even during the battle, so stop your armchair gen.

@elennapointer701

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordofthewasteland4525 What "armchair generalling" is there to be found in repeating verbatim what someone else is reported to have said? I think you misunderstand the term, champ.

*Don't y'all hate when they transferred the KZread comment section*

@roddman17

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was only me

@blackgold754

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@sagetheassassin3192

4 жыл бұрын

I hate it so much😓

@thechosenone1533

4 жыл бұрын

I used to hate it,but now I am used to the new place.

@jeffreygao3956

3 жыл бұрын

@@thechosenone1533 Finally.

General Custer’s civil war exploits were stellar, most especially at Gettysburg where he may well have saved the battle by preventing the Confederate cavalry enveloping the Union Army’s center which was facing a frontal assault. He was not dumb but he was very brave. He just didn’t know what he was getting into at the Little Big Horn and he was following orders.

The 7th was a divided regiment. Custer's biggest mistake was not assigning Tom with Reno and Keogh with Benteen...or vic versa. That would have altered the decisions of Custer's "enemies".....and history. If Keogh and Tom Custer had been with Reno and Benteen...I can assure you that those two battalions would have certainly, "Moved to the sound of the gunfire." And that the day would have ended very differently.

This is a channel I can actually learn from, I am doing online school and am not learning anything. Most of my information/education comes from this channel, not from school. Keep it up Infographics show!

@may9560

4 жыл бұрын

Try out Oversimplified

@cultist_npc

4 жыл бұрын

If you want accurate unbiased info I reccomend Kurgeist (might have spelled it wrong)

@PureFPSPwnage

4 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome channel... BUT... I would DEFINITELY use this as a supplement and NOT the end all, be all of a lesson.

@Adaptationz_

4 жыл бұрын

Bro the battle took place in North Dakota so this isn’t the best way to learn

@pogglethelesser4688

4 жыл бұрын

@@Adaptationz_ Well, it's still better than school.

Who’s out here just binging Infographics show in quarantine?

Surprised there hasn't been a movie about Custer. A big Dances With Wolves type production.

Finally SD is on the infographic show

That ‘minor battle’ was the Battle of Hanover (live there currently). By Custer joining Farnsworth and pushing Stuart from a direct route to Gettysburg, the confederate forces were doomed without its cavalry.

2:15 ..and this is how battles are fought.. you just neatly and in organized manner smile at your enemy as you gently pass them by and try to be synchronized so it all looks like smooth waves on a calm sea, just don't fall of the horse, don't bump into anyone.. remember, be gentle..

Once you get to 7:16 the film shows its ignorance of the battle and Custer's plans and tactics.

Cthulhu'akhbar! 1) It has been said before, but Custer was a LtCol and regimental CO at Little Big Horn. He was not a general in the regular army. 2) Custer's track record during the War of Southern Insurrection was actually pretty decent, his exploits at Gettysburg were quite spectacular. 3) Custer's main fault was his arrogance and contempt with the "savages", who showed him the error of his ways. With respect to rank, it is interesting that at one time, Custer had 3 different ranks all at once, Captain in the regular army, Brevet Major General in the Regular Army and Major General of Volunters.

George B McClellan: are you challenging me?

@erlosung5112

4 жыл бұрын

He would challenge him then not engage at all.

@anteres2123

4 жыл бұрын

No I merely failed to win!

@jamesricker3997

4 жыл бұрын

Douglas McArthur: I accept that challenge

@erlosung5112

4 жыл бұрын

@@anteres2123 lol

@bloodrave9578

4 жыл бұрын

Or Burnside

"Dumbest US general in History?"... maybe, but It would be interesting to search who provided Crazy Horse with better rifles than those of the US Cavalry.

@cusefan5510

3 жыл бұрын

Douglas MacArthur in Korea certainly would give him a run for his money. He lead his troops into a slaughter the same way Custer did. Then he blamed it on the marines.

@tomaszgaluba1459

3 жыл бұрын

Success has many fathers, but the failure eventually becomes an orphan.

@themanimal369

3 жыл бұрын

the Military thought repeating rifles were a gimmick in their mind single shots were better, which sounds dumb

@andrewojanen9167

3 жыл бұрын

@@themanimal369 but yet they had the then shiny and new colt revolver as their sidearm. maybe they thought the repeating rifles were less accurate for some reason

@windhvit

3 жыл бұрын

@@themanimal369 No, they outfitted some cavalry units with the repeating rifles but deemed it too expensive to give out to the regular infantry.

I remember my teacher explaining this in the 9th grade ohhh the memories

Dan Sickles: Allow me to introduce myself

His decision to attack the Little Bighorn camp was based on his success in capturing a superior Cheyenne force at the Washita.

@D0nnyy

3 жыл бұрын

A superior force of women and children?????

@jerikromero1746

3 жыл бұрын

@@lednails capturing women and children in camp at Washita was how he got the Cheyenne warriors to surrender without breaking into a prolonged fire fight and sustaining casualties. IDK, sounds like something Sun Tzu would approve of to me.

@D0nnyy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerikromero1746 he killed woman and children he was a coward

@khoile9807

2 жыл бұрын

@@D0nnyy Yes, because killing thousands of men on the battlefield is more noble than taking a few hundreds of women and children as captive in order to avoid further bloodshed. Who teaches you this "moral"?

@Eadbhard

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerikromero1746 Indeed, It was genius. But Custer took most of the women and children captive before his regiment was threatened by other tribes further downriver. As warriors from these other tribes (more Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapaho...) began to surround his regiment, Custer ordered his men to position the captives close around the regiment. It was an ingenious idea, and Custer thought of it on the quick. He then made a feint, as if his regiment was going to attack, and all the warriors from all the other tribes hightailed it out of there. As Sun Tzu writes: "Always do what your enemy doesn't expect you to do".

"This funny and fascinating one" My recommendation: Soldier Encounter Mysterious Monsters in Vietnam

You'd think going into a battle called "Custers last stand" you'd know it was your last one...

@zilvertron

2 жыл бұрын

What about if you knew it as "the battle of little big horn"?

@Eadbhard

2 жыл бұрын

WTF?

I don't care what you say, the first I knew of Custer was the Errol Flynn movie and I still love it! You know what they say? "When Legend becomes fact, print the Legend!" BTW, I really do enjoy your posts, keep up the good work! 😅😅😅👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧