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@JaBismarck

10 ай бұрын

Love your videos Keep up the good work

@AidanStudios

10 ай бұрын

Pin of shame. Sellout

@kiggs-piggs

10 ай бұрын

Stop, I HAVE 10 MILLION POWER IN RISE OF KINGDOMS

@BGAMERCZROBLOXX396

10 ай бұрын

I Love Your Videos! And i Like @SimpleHistory!

@speedfreak8200

10 ай бұрын

@@engineergaming8920 thanks I will unsubscribe from this biased channel

Fun fact, after the British Invasion, a British Commander informed Lord West over the phone by saying, “I’m afraid we’ve invaded Spain, but we don’t think they’ve noticed.”

@Yukifnyu

10 ай бұрын

Lol

@Kingthere

10 ай бұрын

spanish people didnt defend it lol, the mayor do be capping

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

haha, that's a hilarious fact, The British invasion of Spain must have been quite stealthy.

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

@@Kingthere haha, the mayor be capping, huh? That's wild, bro.

@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536

9 ай бұрын

The Most british explonation i read

I remember that incident of the British invading Spain by mistake. My sibling and I's immediate reaction: "Gibraltar has a big rock, the beach you landed on doesn't - kind of a dead giveaway, chaps!"

@SuperSaiyanD48

9 ай бұрын

Lmao!

@SuperSaiyanD48

9 ай бұрын

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2 Shut up.

@Espartanica

9 ай бұрын

​@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2Take your propoganda elsewhere

@thomascaduff5731

8 ай бұрын

Im Swiss and The Swiss Army had a similar incident when a Swiss Infantry Platoon falsely marched into Lichtenstein during a trainig exercice.

@bastait

3 ай бұрын

the swiss never invade anyone though lichtenstein must of been wildly confused like um switzerland why are you ending your centuries long none aggression policies. @@thomascaduff5731

0:32 Operation Tiger 2:40 Sponsor 4:18 Battle of Crete 7:04 British Invasion of Spain 9:17 Charge of the Light Brigade 12:39 Battle of Adwa 15:13 Battle of Karansebes 17:39 Battle of Red Cliffs

@forrix6294

10 ай бұрын

You're a hero!

@BrickSoldierz

10 ай бұрын

@@forrix6294thank you😊

@agentgedwards7777

10 ай бұрын

Not the man we deserved, but the man we needed.

@cristsan4171

10 ай бұрын

2:40 *Operation Sponsor

@astronicss7891

10 ай бұрын

@@cristsan4171Operation Money*

The Royal Marines landing on south Spanish coast as opposed to Gibraltar for a training exercise is the only military blunder were you can see the funny side.

@wilsonweiseng6485

10 ай бұрын

Imagine this scene recreated by Mr Bean

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

haha, that's a pretty funny military blunder, bro! Gotta love those unexpected training exercises.

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

@@wilsonweiseng6485 Haha, that would be hilarious! Mr. Bean putting his comedic twist on that scene would be pure gold.

@OscarOSullivan

9 ай бұрын

@@SOLDAT_MENDES British officers and their poor map reading skills

@OscarOSullivan

9 ай бұрын

@@wilsonweiseng6485 More Monty Python

That Spanish mayor has a great sense of humor.

@mrbisshie

9 ай бұрын

Those Fisherman sure showed those invading Brits!

For the British marines accidentally invading Spain, I half expected John Cleese as Sir Lancelot to pop out and say, "Sorry. Sorry, everyone. We sometimes get carried away."

@WanderlustZero

9 ай бұрын

'We've invaded Spain, but I think we got away with it;

@williammitchell4417

9 ай бұрын

And Eric Idle would pop up from the crowd and yell "Albatross!!!"

@johnrust592

9 ай бұрын

@@williammitchell4417 What flavor is it?

@MacedoinaChoirs

6 ай бұрын

Haha, That s what I was thinking. It sounds like a Monte Python skit.

@timtheskeptic1147

4 ай бұрын

I imagine the scene from Life of Brian where an entire Roman legion is searching a tiny apartment.

My great great great grandfather survived the Charge of the Light Brigade, as a corporal in the 17th Lancers. Last summer in London I met a Kazakh gentleman whose ancestors had commanded a cossack unit which tried to plug the gap caused when the Light Brigade eventually reached the Russian gunners. A sobering but tantalising prospect that our ancestors quite possibly crossed swords. We had a jolly good chat over a few drams of whisky.

@TheNonChillDude9182

9 ай бұрын

Damn your great great great grandpa must be a veteran 🗿🍷

@muhammadishfaq3907

9 ай бұрын

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@smgdfcmfah

9 ай бұрын

@@muhammadishfaq3907 You need a lesson in bragging! 🤣

@hansofaxalia

3 ай бұрын

My great great grandpa was actually the pontoon boat your great great grandpa was on, they might have known each other

@bastait

3 ай бұрын

a turk and a brit walk into a bar.....

That Gibraltar incident reminds me a bit of an incident that happened in the Czech Republic in 2020. Due to a navigation error, several Polish soldiers occupied a chapel on the territory of the Czech Republic and prevented the locals from accessing it until they were informed that they were not in Poland but in the Czech Republic.

@brucechmiel7964

9 ай бұрын

You cant fully blame the Pols. They forgot the recipe for ice.

@newsieboys1171

9 ай бұрын

Easy mistake to make. I actually entered Poland by mistake from the Czech Republic by train one time. 😄

@thunderbird1921

9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned here. That was a bigtime screwup.

@martinmendl1399

7 ай бұрын

​@@newsieboys1171How xddd

The fact the Para’s in Crete got smoked so heavily and still went on to do what they did is an absolute testimate to their program.

@hawkmattz4215

10 ай бұрын

I mean their loss to capture ratio was insane. Far from failure for the Germans

@TheWoollyFrog

10 ай бұрын

@@hawkmattz4215 I mean their loses were so high that this was the last major para operation the no-no Germans attempted. And don't forget that they captured Crete only after the gliders and transport planes continued to land and bring in reinforcements... while the Allies had communication problems.

@Joseph-ic8xd

9 ай бұрын

@@TheWoollyFrog Communication problems? The entire first day was a shooting gallery of gently floating Nazi's.

@bertiemascaro2385

9 ай бұрын

​@@Joseph-ic8xdand the Allied suffered almost 3,500 casualties (of which just over 1,700 were killed) and almost 12,000 were taken prisoner. The Royal Navy suffered 1 aircraft carrier, two battleships, six cruisers and seven destroyers badly damaged and another three cruisers and six destroyers sunk... German troops surrendered on march 1945.

@armija

9 ай бұрын

@@hawkmattz4215 Why is the myth of Crete "disaster" still a thing?? It was a costly victory by Axis, but it is by no means a fail, let alone an embarrassing one. German paratroopers captured an Island that was defended by force twice their size and they inflicted significantly higher casualties on an opponent. The capture of Crete was a very important task since it staying in British hands would be a significant headache for the Axis. Axis didn't have naval superiority or capacity to mount a naval invasion so airborne invasion was the only option. Yes, it was a costly one, but still, it was a victory and a rather impressive one at that.

Also never forget, a Toilet destroyed an entire submarine

@thirdanimator3347

10 ай бұрын

And then the surviving crew got captured

@safariman6710

10 ай бұрын

Bruh moment

@SeanDahle

10 ай бұрын

U-1206 to be exact

@pabcu2507

10 ай бұрын

@@SeanDahle correct

@arturvasques3376

10 ай бұрын

My dad if he workerd in a dock

I wouldn't call the accidental invasion of Spain an embarrassment because Spain themselves clearly took it in stride and both side had their fun with it.

@holdencolfield6676

9 ай бұрын

amazing how not so long ago they were mortal enemies, but then such a foible happening later on after a long war had already happened previously is a matter of humor. it's the thing about wars of money. wars of money end when the rich have made enough or die. on the other hand, wars of religion or ideals continue killing for millennia. it's a major relief, when the leader says "do it for your country" instead of "do it for your god". because you know it'll be over relatively soon or at least in the space of just one human lifetime instead of several.

@konnerkramer329

8 ай бұрын

​@holdencolfield6676 well to be fair if the British were to actually invade Spain I think they would bring more than a few guys... it was pretty obvious it wasn't an invasion force and was a few confused men

@holdencolfield6676

8 ай бұрын

@@konnerkramer329 fair point!

@byrons1339

8 ай бұрын

What about the USA's incompetent retreat from Afghanistan?

@samuel10125

8 ай бұрын

@byrons1339 That was Bidens fault everyone from day one including Trump said if we just pull the ripcord on the drawdown things will spiral out of control quickly Trump while in office had a plan properly drawn up that involved a somewhat steady and slow evacuation that would have kept things somewhat calm and gave less problems but obviously Bidens ilk threw the plan out once he took office and like everything he done since day one he made a complete shambles of it.

My favorite military disaster has to the MISADVENTURES of the Baltic fleet sailing to Port Arthur during the Ruso-Japanesse war

@edwardhuggins84

10 ай бұрын

It wasn't the Baltic Fleet but the second pacific squadron

@RadioactiveSherbet

10 ай бұрын

Do you see torpedo boats? (cookie if you get the reference)

@edwardhuggins84

10 ай бұрын

@RadioactiveSherbet what Japanese one's in the north sea

@RadioactiveSherbet

10 ай бұрын

@@edwardhuggins84 Yeah. That "event" is mentioned in video about the 2nd Pacific Squadron by Drachinifel (which is where I learned of it.)

@johnrust592

10 ай бұрын

@@RadioactiveSherbet No torpedo boats, but I did see snakes and lizards all over the deck . . . and a parrot called me the most disagreeable name.

Bro shoulda mentioned the navy seals who got caught storming a beach in mogadishu and were met with cameras and tourists.

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

10 ай бұрын

Literally the thumbnail.

@C_Eagle

10 ай бұрын

@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094royal marines and Navy seals are abit different my friend

@Roofus1212

10 ай бұрын

@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 yeah but those arent seals lol, it was also at night

@ButcherSevenActual

10 ай бұрын

It was SEALs and Marine Force Reconnaissance, and the reporters had been tipped off by the Pentagon ahead of time about the landing site for the purpose of getting good coverage, but the notice to keep the reporters away from the landing site until after the troops landed was sent out too late.

"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Winston Churchill.

@Krizzylys

10 ай бұрын

He spoke facts.

@zane5805

10 ай бұрын

Ghost Winston Churchill: I'm looking at you Putin.

@honor_et_patria2

10 ай бұрын

time for the 2nd battle of posada

@Interdictiondeltawing

10 ай бұрын

And here we are

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094

10 ай бұрын

Says the guy who tossed away lives at Gallipoli like they were scraps off his plate.

Honestly, I was fully expecting The Battle Of Little Bighorn to be on here. General Custer was way in over his head believing that superior firepower was gonna take down the Sioux, never realizing the enemy had a superior positional advantage and outnumbered them 3,000 to 700.

@lordjazoijua94

9 ай бұрын

And superior firearms.

@commonsenseking6386

9 ай бұрын

Right, Bay of Pigs 1961 as well.

@TheBraderz67

9 ай бұрын

It's an Amercian chanel they tend to gloss over their owns mistakes.

@HunterBidenscrack

9 ай бұрын

@@TheBraderz67 we don’t make mistakes, just happy accidents.

@patricksmith5282

9 ай бұрын

@@TheBraderz67no really, I’m sure your side never made any mistakes at all, probably someone else’s fault.

Germans: *land on Crete* meanwhile the local Cretans: Time for the durability test.

@BibleBlack666

9 ай бұрын

Yes and then they got tested too, the durability of Kandanos (and its population) wasn't that high.

@averagejoe8358

9 ай бұрын

Cretans*

@stephanos2758

3 ай бұрын

@@BibleBlack666laughs in Berlin getting razed

The battle of Karansebes has to be THE most embarrassing defeat. Defeat? I don't even think it could be considered a defeat if you're firing on your own guys.

@villiamanimelover

2 ай бұрын

The absolute worst case of friendly fire where you get a perma-ban from life if killed.

Custer at Little bighorn, the British at Isandlwana, Operation Barbarossa, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the French at Dien bien phu, Lloyd ferdinandall at Kasserine pass, US entry into Vietnam, Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, the list goes on

@StaffSergeantSigmon

10 ай бұрын

Well Confederates are idiot traitors, so not surprising

@eaglesfan226

10 ай бұрын

The Zulus made their king proud. Amandla! 🇿🇦✊🏼🇺🇸

@RestlessBogatyr

10 ай бұрын

The Soviets won both the Winter War and the Continuation war. Casualties don't come into it, wasn't "The loss outweighed the gain" the Soviets controlled the Finnish Economy and took alot of their commercial economy and resources for well over after the death of Stalin.

@danny117fc

10 ай бұрын

@@eaglesfan226 and the 24th Regiment of Foot made their queen proud

@retroand

10 ай бұрын

The Disaster of Annual

The only positive of the Charge of the Light Brigade was the Russians thought the English Calvary were maniacs who would gladly die to advance on their positions and it scared them greatly. Also, it was not mentioned the gallantry of the French calvary who advanced to save their British ally and diverted a lot of the Russian fire which is how the Light Brigade escaped.

@ryssa2409

6 ай бұрын

bongs made it up actually, russians probably thought british were retarded

“You’re a superpower, but who paid the price with the endless destruction of Russian lives!” Rasputin

@coolgamerkato4592

10 ай бұрын

ERB!

@believeinmatter

10 ай бұрын

🌽

@ethangotreaux2

10 ай бұрын

Idk but that kind of sounds cool.

@BentleysUniverse

10 ай бұрын

Ok

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

"Hey, man, it's all about the consequences of power, right? Every superpower has its costs, and unfortunately, Russian lives paid a heavy price. History can be brutal like that."

the spanish mayor's speech about defending the town the british accidentaly landed on, is pretty tounge and cheeck about the incdent imo. as other than giving some fisherman a mini heartattack, nothing else really happened

@lpedr0l

10 ай бұрын

Propaganda

@tonypeppermint5329

10 ай бұрын

So good.

@Bluepizza1684

10 ай бұрын

@@lpedr0l that to tho who would use that as proaganda?

@sushiwushi5335

10 ай бұрын

​@@Bluepizza1684probably the Spanish Mayor.

@lpedr0l

10 ай бұрын

@@Bluepizza1684 Sorry mate, I don't get what you meant by "that to tho"

"Slaughtered by enraged Cretins." Never thought I'd ever hear that.

@lemax6865

9 ай бұрын

"Cretans", but unfortunately the two words do sound basically the same.

Ah, the red cliff was more incredible than embarrassing. The masterful mind of zhuge liang predicted an un-seasonal southern wind as the army of wei came from the north. Had this wind not come the fire attack would have failed. Wei's strategists covered everything they could, but the weather is difficult to predict, especially back then. It is never embarrassing to lose to the sleeping dragon. The embarrassing part was cao cao and his significantly reduced forces running all the way back to north china and after this devastating loss, wei was never able to make a serious push south ever again.

@MrAnonymous00100

10 ай бұрын

Some historians believe that the burning of Cao Cao's army isn't from failed into ruse, but due to plague occured in his army and old way to deal with plague is to burn the corpse and ship of infected. Cao Cao want to hid this issue so said his ship burned from enemy ruse which opponent choose to take credit from it.

@wilsonweiseng6485

10 ай бұрын

Also Cao Cao had sent a spy to the Sung clan, an idiot who was supposed to learn of their secrets. Instead he took a letter, which was a trap by the Sung clan, and the letter describes the Cao cao' s navy trainers( or was it commanders) were secretly sabotages for the Sung clan, they're not but Cao cao' s spy was sure the information was genuine. So the Sung clan made Cao cao executed two of his men and found out the hard way

@wilsonweiseng6485

10 ай бұрын

​@@MrAnonymous00100I heard it was ocean sickness or something like that since the troops weren't used to navy warfare

@tootallforyou112

10 ай бұрын

@@MrAnonymous00100 well I am not some historians

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, the Battle of Red Cliff was definitely a remarkable feat of strategy by Zhuge Liang. The unpredictable southern wind played a crucial role in the success of the fire attack. Losing to the sleeping dragon is no embarrassment, and it had long-lasting effects on Wei's ability to advance south. Impressive stuff.

I understand not everyone is talented to lead, but I thought through climbing the military ranks, if someone is able to become a 4 star general or any senior level, he or she should be talented enough to lead. If not, then the problem is not the person at the position, but the system that puts him there.

@wilsonweiseng6485

10 ай бұрын

Dumb luck

@TheWoollyFrog

10 ай бұрын

Meritocracy is a relatively new invention. In the old days military commanders were appointed for having the right family name. The idea was that since elites had the means to educate their kids in a variety of subjects (including matters of war), those kids would grow up to be good leaders. That didn't always work out. And even with the meritocratic system of today, corruption still allows individuals to grab ranks they don't deserve due to family wealth or social capital.

@wilsonweiseng6485

10 ай бұрын

@@TheWoollyFrog kinda explains why back in the day when the emperor would execute a who clan when it's one man's fault

@christophercooper5843

9 ай бұрын

Got that right..probably paid for rank...or knew the right people

@dravenocklost4253

9 ай бұрын

I think from Lt. Colonel on up its a Congressional approval. So most of those ranks are political in nature. Also, during times of peace and not life and death, complacency happens. It's a complicated situation and this is a simplified answer but here you are.

When you included an animation of a Union general being shot in the intro, I was ready to come in to General Sedgewicks defense, because you had previously made a mockery of him in a different video. Gen Sedgewick was a beloved general, and was extremely intelligent. His death was, to put it lightly, really unexpected, as rifled muskets weren't in wide use at the time. His death sent ripples throughout the army, and he was mourned by many, even by some Confederate officers who had known him.

I like how the sponsor shows greece and when it ends it shows about crete.

@Nicholas7137

10 ай бұрын

crete is apart of Greece lol

@DespothLord

10 ай бұрын

@@Nicholas7137 Nope its part of Türkiye

@kittylikemebluejay9723

10 ай бұрын

@@Nicholas7137 i know dude.

@user-no4su7je2n

10 ай бұрын

@@DespothLord Turks are from central Asia they do not own Anatolia,Cyprus or the rest of Greece

@NorthernDragon100

10 ай бұрын

@@user-no4su7je2nThat may be where they originated but the nation of Turkey does at least officially hold anatolia and arguably a part of cyprus…

These visuals are AWESOME, makes me enjoy history even more!

Your using the Term battleship, for a landing craft support ship, i feel there are a few mistakes in this bit. I don't mean this as hostile critisums but prehap when you write your script, verify the proper classes, because a battle ship and a landing craft support vessel are vastly different. You also use missles instead of torpedos, which are different even refering to missle in the general can cause confusion.

@alexturnbackthearmy1907

10 ай бұрын

Also E-boats. Wtf are those?

@Vsm426

10 ай бұрын

​@@alexturnbackthearmy1907boats made by tesla

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

You're right, battleships and landing craft support ships are indeed different. And I'll make sure to clarify the distinction between missiles and torpedoes to avoid any confusion.

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 E-boats, also known as Schnellboote or S-boats, were fast attack craft used by the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. They were armed with torpedoes, Flak guns, and machine guns, and played a significant role in naval warfare.

@alexturnbackthearmy1907

10 ай бұрын

@@SOLDAT_MENDES Thanks. Never heard them called that way, its either Schnellbort or torpedo boat.

The British Invasion of Spain is the only comedic one on the list because no one got hurt and even the most well trained and competent soldier can make a mistake.

8:50 invading for just 5 minutes truly goes to show how successfully invasion was

@JaBismarck

10 ай бұрын

Talk about top military successes

@kiggs-piggs

10 ай бұрын

Bot

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

nah, bro, invading for just 5 minutes doesn't really make it a successful invasion. It's more like a failed attempt or a minor skirmish.

@tonypeppermint5329

10 ай бұрын

​@@SOLDAT_MENDESYeah, and it was a embarrassing moment.

I was expecting a story about the former danish navy frigate HDMS Peder Skram, that during a training session, accidentally fired a live Harpoon missile into a summerhouse area, severing several powerlines on it's way and blew up 4 summerhouses and damaging additional 130. No people were killed or hurt.

@Scrapyard24c

9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the USS William D. Porter, a U.S. Naval Destroyer whose mistakes included shooting a live torpedo at the USS Iowa, which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt happened to be on board.

@KaptajnKaffe

8 ай бұрын

A Danish uboat also shoot a torpedo into a beach outside a summerhouse area by accident. It blew up, but only made a hole in the ground.

@casterbong6707

7 ай бұрын

​@Scrapyard24c I remember that, this was covered by thefatelectrician

The Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna, after winning the battle of the Alamo, set up a camp on the banks of the San Jacinto River and left this position without sentinels. In 18 minutes, 1,900 Texans defeated all the Mexican army due to an omission by their general.

@dolphingoreeaccount7395

10 ай бұрын

Didn't help that the Mexicans were having a Siesta. The Texians (they called themselves that at the time) knew that. Also, the USA was definitely looking for a fight in the Mexican-American war, but Mexico clearly wasn't trying to avoid one either. Kind of an L on them

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

Oops! Santa Anna's omission of leaving the camp without sentinels was a major blunder. In just 18 minutes, the Texans took advantage and defeated the Mexican army. Talk about a costly mistake.

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

@@dolphingoreeaccount7395 haha, siesta or not, the Texans took advantage of the situation! And yeah, both sides were ready for a fight in the Mexican-American war. It was an L for Mexico indeed.

@RaidenTheRipper950

9 ай бұрын

Man tried to be Napoleon of the Americas and Alamo was a Pyrrhic Victory, after that Sam Houston cleaned the Santa Anna mess.

@marioneno

9 ай бұрын

'Two for Texas,' a movie that came out a while back about that battle. Also was included in the latest 'Alamo' remake, I think in 2005. Short and rather one-sided, but still intense, in my opinion.

shocked in finally seeing the man behind the voice for such a long time now and on top of that. he mentions the game i have been invested in for the past 3 years. amazing game and nice to finally put a face to the voice

Hello from Detroit Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us along with you on your adventure through time

It reminds me of an incident a few decades ago. NATO was having an exercise and some US vehicles were going to take a civilian car ferry from Denmark to Norway. They ended up in Sweden and were met by Swedish police who rejected the squad. I don't remember which ferry they then took.

The fallschirjager in 1941 were unable to carry their own weapons as the were to heavy so they were armed only with knifes of pistols and had to look for supply drops that contained their main weapons. Great video still

@JRath905

9 ай бұрын

You gotta admit though, despite its weight, The FG42 Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 was a pretty innovative/ awesome firearm with its open / closed bolt design for single fire accuracy and better cooling for auto. I wish they were more common.

@joshuajoaquin5099

9 ай бұрын

​@@JRath905The FG-42 may be advance in the time but does the gun will change the Battle of Crete even produced in substantial numbers? I think not since it will be dropped in separate weapon crates and the battle will be the same Plus this battle is the last hurrah of fallschirmjäger being airworthy. It was noted by Kurtz student that Crete is the graveyard of the fallschirmjäger

@finnwedemann3658

9 ай бұрын

​@@JRath905the FG42 was being designed and built after Operation Merkur. Back then they were armed with pistols, Mp40s, k98k and MG34.

@emberfist8347

9 ай бұрын

@@JRath905It was an overly complicated and over-engineered gun. It would be better if it was just a closed bolt only design.

The Italian loss in Ethiopia is even worse when you consider it's about 1 combat soldier for every 2.5 support soldiers. So losing 9,000 captured or killed out of 20,000 amounts to losing nearly every combat soldier and significant numbers of support units captured. That force was virtually wiped off the map.

“Perpetrated by hopeless half-wits claiming to be commanders of men.” …BARS

Hopefully there's a part 2 of this video, showcasing more failures like the Bay of Pigs 1961.

When you said led by their unit commander. I totally heard eunich commander and was like was that statement necessary 😂😂

@borregoayudando1481

10 ай бұрын

"should we hatch a plan to frag the co?" "yeah" "how should we go about it, cut off his genitals?" "nah, he came out of the academy that way"

Of all the military fails that are on the list, the battle of karanzabes is probably the most craziest military fails that we have ever seen and how chaotic it really is, I mean it only happened only because of getting drunk.

@Max-hn5fs

9 ай бұрын

and it's probably fake

Awesome to see an event from The Three Kingdoms. Even better when you got the names correct. 👍

We finally see the gentleman who narrates this great bits of history. Great job with this great channel! 👍

I think this could become a series as there are so many examples 😮

Ok. Accidentally invading an ally through training is too funny. Glad both sides had a laugh in that. 😂

@smgdfcmfah

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like the movie Stripes!

Videos like these are important because it helps us learn from our mistakes

That is not at all what I thought u looked like

Non-combat but rather hilarious addition: In 1935 the Mauna Loa volcano of Hawaii erupted and lava flows threatened the town of Hilo. The Army Air Corps responded by dropping bombs containing 355 pounds of TNT on the volcano in an effort to divert them. This failed quite spectacularly. Not only did the bombs fail to divert the lava flows, but several failed to detonate, leaving the area with a combined erupting volcano/unexploded ordinance situation. So basically if anyone asks, the answer to “Has the US Army ever bombed a volcano?” is a resounding “Yes.”

7:04 let the first person who never made a mistake at work cast the first stone.

Napoleon's march to Moscow qualifies too. He basically destroyed his momentum and empire in a futile campaign against an enemy that was more interested in bleeding his army than fighting straight away.

I thought Custer and The Battle of Little Bighorn would’ve been on here for sure.

This guy teaches me more about war than my history teacher

@AutisticPlays

10 ай бұрын

Its not always war for history teachers to teach their students they need to follow the syllabus

The American Civil War battle of Cold Harbor, 1864, would have made a good addition to this list. General Grant completely dropped the ball with his army, sending 5000 men to their deaths in less than 20 minutes, due to poor planning of all kinds, over confidence, and selfishness. The carnage that followed the 2 waves of attacking Union troops was so bloody, so quick, so complete, that the 3rd wave of infantry refused to charge when given the order. Then Grant would not allow the wounded to be evacuated from the field, because to him, that would imply he lost, and his ego would not have it. Ironically, though, some Confederate soldiers left their emplacements to rescue the nearest wounded Union soldiers. Only after the battle was completely over, and the Confederates had left, did Grant allow the evacuation of fallen soldiers, but it was too late - all but 2 of them had died. Later, however, Grant himself said he would always regret the attack at Cold Harbor. And he should. Perhaps that is where he earned the nickname 'The Butcher.'

I wouldn't call the last one an embarrassing fail but rather a genius way to fend off a larger army.

2:16 isn't a battleship, it's an LST

Just to note, Cao Cao's clan name was not 'Wei' 魏 it was "Cao' 曹. Wei comes from his personal fiefdom, the Duchy [213 AD] and later the Kingdom [216 AD] bestowed on him by the then Emperor Xian of Han.

@LukeCassidy

7 ай бұрын

Damn this makes me wanna play Dynasty Warriors!! Wei Yan was my guy!

So, this is where the poem Charge of the Light Brigade came from.

Way to go Simple History!

The poem "Charge of the Light Brigade" inspired the 1983 Iron Maiden song "The Trooper."

@strazed1

10 ай бұрын

really? i like that song it goes hard

@furimindusties5736

10 ай бұрын

​@@strazed1it's a pretty dope song.

@eaglesfan226

10 ай бұрын

I saw the movie

@SilverFang2789

10 ай бұрын

@@furimindusties5736 pretty overplayed but yes definitely a dope song

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

10 ай бұрын

​@@eaglesfan2261936 & 1967

You are like a history teacher for yong kids you are truly a good man

One "small" blunder can make the whole house of cards collapse.

Army:"The army don't make mistakes son" Me: ._.

As for the Battle of Karansebes, that goes to show reality is often stranger / more ridiculous than fiction.

History will always remind us about mistakes being made in battle.

Other examples: King Guy vs Saladin, Romania in 1916, WW2 Italy in Greece & Egypt, USSR in Finland, Pickett's Charge, Carrus vs Parthians, Battle of Teutoburg Forest, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Vaslui, 2nd siege of Vienna, King Harold vs William the Conqueror Final Battle, Battle of Agincourt, Dunkirk, France during the Ardennes campaign, Santa Anna's siesta, operation cottage, eagle claw, John Chapman's last stand, Bay of pigs, Paraguay during War of the Triple Alliance.

@marioneno

9 ай бұрын

The Finns were amazing in their fight against the Soviet army. Even though they lost, the Finnish army used incredible tactics against their enemy, and it resulted in total chaos for the Russians: What was supposed to take 6 weeks (according to some sources) at the most, it took 6 months, and almost a million Soviet soldiers to finally achieve what they wanted. Also, from what I heard, Stalin was said to have lost his temper at his army's delay at some point, when the weeks started turning into months. One officer (or whoever) that bore the brunt of this verbal assault, was said to have responded angrily himself, reminding Stalin that he killed 90 percent of his officers - including his best generals. This did not go unnoticed by Hitler, and probably emboldened him even more to invade the USSR, and Stalin's military purges and complacency almost lost him his own country.

@Blox117

3 ай бұрын

@@marioneno anyone who willingly implements communism is not the brightest of the bunch. in fact, they arent bright at all

Where is the Emu War?

I'm surprised that the Battle of Little Bighorn (AKA Custer's Last Stand) wasn't included in this list.

@sharpshotm16

9 ай бұрын

That and the entirety of Vietnam. But y'know Americans won't talk about that.

@emberfist8347

9 ай бұрын

@@sharpshotm16Vietnam was marked by multiple military successes. The battles were all victory. It was the South Vietnamese who lost the war.

@sharpshotm16

9 ай бұрын

@@emberfist8347 The south Vietnamese did lose the war, but so did the American populous. 282 thousand US and allied dead. Many more wounded. War crimes by both sides, US diverting funds to Vietnam rather than the ongoing civil rights issue, invasion of neutral countries (Laos and Cambodia) 168 billion dollars spent. And for what. You may have inflicted more deaths on VC and NVA (plus Chinese support) than they did on US or ARVN, but when the country falls almost immediately after you leave, with little to no progress from 1964 to 1972, and the deaths of countless civilians (See My Lai massacre) with 30% of US troops on hard drugs to cope, and many more with long lasting PTSD, are you really winning? Just because you pushed back the Tet offensive after a week, just because you suffered less casualties than the opposing side, does not mean a war was won. The US should not have been involved in Vietnam in the first place, should not have funded the French when it was under french control, should not have set up Diem as a tyrannical leader to the South Vietnamese, despite their protest, (See Quang Duc) and just to commit massacres, and I do not deny NVA / VC massacres of POWs, but to then abandon the country to save their own skin, abandoning Thieu after saying that Vietnamisation would work. The US fought a pointless ideological proxy war, starving the US citizens of funding for social issues, sentenced many to their deaths, and ravaged the Vietnamese with chemical warfare (see agent orange) and napalm that still cause cancer and saw the destruction of many civilians homes. That is not winning a war.

@marioneno

9 ай бұрын

@@sharpshotm16 Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The promises of 'The Great Society' have shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam." He was right.

@sharpshotm16

9 ай бұрын

@@marioneno Fully agree. That war cost US development many years

After playing Dynasty warriors for so long it is strange to see Cao Cao and Wei not wearing blue XD And it was Pang Tong who convinced Cao Cao to chain up his ships to shop his men from getting sea sick, but that was part of Zhou Yu's and Zhuge Liang's plan

Intresting stories are only told by real man thank you for your time great story telling

Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake

Ah yes, nothing like watching a video that released 4 minutes ago at 10PM after trying to book a cruise only to realise all of the rooms were booked ._.

@bvllseye4068

10 ай бұрын

Mediterranean?

@abcdefgh6143

10 ай бұрын

@@bvllseye4068 yep

The Simple History guy has the greatest voice!!!

You know you fuc*ed up when your paratroopers are killed by farmers with pitchforks.

Well, it starts with the classic mortar fails...

In red cliff movie cao cao beheaded both of his naval officers over some conspiracies treason thing and one of his guy said if they beheaded both there will be no one command the fleet and cao cao was too late to stop exercution and both get beheaded and the fleet command collapse and then get destroyed during battle started Ps: all of this was set up by Zhou yu and Zhuge Liang (Play by Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro in film) thinking that his officers donating the arrow and try to kill him But he realised he was being tricked

Have a great weekend everybody!

5:47 best sentences in the video

I'm from the UK but I've been living in southern Spain for the past year. I also happen to live a 20 minute drive from Gibraltar and I've visited the territory many times since my move. It's a nice little reminder of home and the people there are very friendly and pro-British 🇬🇧🇬🇮

The airborne invasion of Crete had far reaching consequences as it was ultimately the cause of the scraping of operation Herkules which meant that Malta got to fight on! Although, I think Herkules would probably have been an even bigger disaster had it gone ahead.

As a Briton I would like to point out that this video demonstrates how we managed to persuade the world that we invaded Spain just by an innocent navigational accident. So we can't really be blamed. I see reputation-saving opportunity here. Now all we have to do is persuade the world we thought Egypt, South Africa, America, Canada, the Bahamas, India, Burma , Singapore, and Hong Kong were just misguided attempts by the Mersey ferry to find Birkenhead. Then maybe they'd let us off? 🤔

"God, its a barren featureless desert out there."

"Embarrasing military fails" the entire soviet military:

@tforaodg

10 ай бұрын

Current Indian military ( sunk its own submarine, shot down its own helicopter, lots of planes crash...)

@supersigma.9

10 ай бұрын

​@@tforaodgyes lol

@1900OP

10 ай бұрын

@@AfraimAtta an exhausted Germany

@supersigma.9

10 ай бұрын

@@AfraimAtta an exhausted germany that was having to deal with a real threat the allies and was fighting an enemy being supported by said allies and the allies having turned their resources and factories into Ash a union that only could hold because of germanys weakness and the allies and their human wave strategys

@geckel2145

10 ай бұрын

At least they won WW2

I was lucky my grandfather was on the other side of the island of kriti (in the hospital) when the Nazis landed right next to his hometown But my grand uncles were some of the ones getting rifles from museums and using pitchforks

Someone in the comments said the one sentence that nails all of this, and it's a quote from the art of war by Sun Tzu,and that is never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake. I think that sums up in 1 short sentence all the military debacles of history and the people who made them.

More of these, even if shorter, i love how silly these are

Thumbnail: "WE'RE SEIZING THIS NUDE BEACH!!!!...For freedom!"

It so rare to see simple history teaching about ancient chinese history

16:22 A new definition of the enemy conquering you without firing a single shot.

7:54 i like how the marines are portraid with fearless faces making the marines, while also drinking tea, making them British. 😂

Spanish fisherman:"You no come back ever. I don't like you British soldier. And all you British soldier look alike!" British soldier:"Huh? We all look alike, eh? Well, look who's talking!"

This animation is off the chain💯💯💯 Can you do a documentary on Tupac Shakur?

Honorable mention: Custard’s Last Stand

The civilians on Crete should’ve all received the Greek equivalent of the Medal of Honor

@user-no4su7je2n

10 ай бұрын

Most who assulted German paratroopers didnt survive the war

I like how simple history means not knowing the difference between a missile and a torpedo

Remember dynasty warriors game one of the levels base on the battle of the red cliffs.

"Your commander is in the moor." "il est mort?" Alleged exchange between a local farmer and French mercenaries in the 1100's in the Netherlands, after which the mercenaries retreated, splitting the invasion force in two, creating an opportunity for frisian warriors to destroy the invading army.

“Ohhh, what a humiliating defeat! Ik when I am beat, so of course take a seeeat!” Ivan the Terrible

@believeinmatter

10 ай бұрын

Cringe

@corymorimacori1059

10 ай бұрын

@@believeinmatterdude, so uncool

@coolgamerkato4592

10 ай бұрын

Epic rap battles of history!

@believeinmatter

10 ай бұрын

@@corymorimacori1059 signing in to your other profile to leave a comment on your own comment 😂

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

Haha, Ivan the Terrible had his fair share of defeats, no doubt, Taking a seat after a humiliating defeat is sometimes the best move.

I feel the entire Russian Civil War and Chinese Civil War (the 1949 one, not the trillion other ones) fit in this category. Oh and maybe some of our wars in the Middle East, except those were more or less short term successes that collapsed hard over time.

@leoli2450

10 ай бұрын

How are those "military fails" though? They are an entire conflict made up of hundreds of thousands of smaller battles that eventually decided the fate of billions of men, not a single battle that one side failed due to incompetence.

@stevemc01

10 ай бұрын

@@leoli2450 incompetent heads of leadership that basically lost the war before any battle was fought. Victories on the field are useless if the momentum behind those can't shift with it.

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

russian civil war, chinese civil war, middle east wars - a whole lot of chaos and shifting fortunes, bro, Some short-term successes, but long-term stability can be a challenge.

@SOLDAT_MENDES

10 ай бұрын

@@leoli2450 true, bro, The Russian Civil War and Chinese Civil War were complex conflicts with numerous battles and factors at play. It's more about the overall outcome and the impact on the nations involved rather than individual military fails.

@stevemc01

9 ай бұрын

@@SOLDAT_MENDES we took the Middle East easily, but that was because we opened the war with conventional warfare. It was the guerilla war that followed that spelled our downfall.

5:29: I don't know what I'd find worse if I had been a Fallschirmjäger during the invasion of Crete: Getting down to the ground with a violent bout of dizziness, or getting killed while suffering said dizziness in mid-air. 8:55: The shortest, funniest and un-bloodiest invasion in human history! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 16:03: One's worst enemy can truly be yourself.