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@angelpalazzolo1660

7 ай бұрын

Still waiting for a video recognizing the bravery off the italian soldiers just like u did with french

@wuzziemaster

7 ай бұрын

H Chris. I love your videos (and your voice) Currently homeless and struggling. But I usually fall asleep watching your videos (in a good way)) Whenever I get back on track I'll be a true patreon member. L Stay safe!

@user-nn9qg7or2y

7 ай бұрын

The Arditi? Ah..... That military group so fearful in battlefield.

@Peter-ii6in

7 ай бұрын

Why do the French uniformed soldiers wear Stahlhelme?

@angelpalazzolo1660

7 ай бұрын

@@Peter-ii6in Those are austro hungarians not french

Fun fact: making into Arditi was already hard and the training was the hardest. Some of the Arditi died during training. Their hand to hand prowess wasn't just because they had a knife: they studied a 15th century military manual that had a lot of dagger fighting situations, joint locks, wrestling and anything useful for really close encounters. Few of them carried pistols, preventing cross fire incidents in the trenches.

@mirakhalifa8704

7 ай бұрын

​@@check_profile29383these nuts

@chriscostello9111

7 ай бұрын

I like that their fighting knives were reminiscent of stiletto daggers or fairbain Sykes knives

@Kz-up

7 ай бұрын

SAS beats them any day they ain’t nothing special

@sandycaspillo6731

7 ай бұрын

@@Kz-up So what . Special forces like SAS and The Arditi are both special for both countries Italy and UK. And there is nothing you can do about it.

@neththeobnoxioussponge8929

7 ай бұрын

​@@Kz-upwho asked?

"Our task was to support Matteo's battalion. We were a proud unit. We changed the war for Italy. The Arditi."

@BaxterAndLunala

7 ай бұрын

Another Battlefield 1 player, I see.

@neofulcrum5013

7 ай бұрын

Good story that one

@Izzy-sj3ck

7 ай бұрын

"o la vittoria o tutti accoppati" that phrase goes hard

@L.P.1987

7 ай бұрын

Bf1

@swing2006

7 ай бұрын

Best campaign.

Thank you for the inclusion of the Gurkhas❤️Truly one of the most fearless, courageous and diligent soldiers in history💪🏼🇳🇵

@whaurproblem3879

5 ай бұрын

Jai sri ram bhai 🗿🍷

@Xeyed

4 ай бұрын

I am from Nepal 🎉🎉

@matinadinning9713

3 ай бұрын

Jai nepal ❤❤🇳🇵🇳🇵

@Himalayanempire23

2 ай бұрын

​@@whaurproblem3879jay pashupatinath 🇳🇵🔱

@Iam_og

2 ай бұрын

Jay Shri Ram bro​@@whaurproblem3879

TIMESTAMPS 0:26 The Arditi (WW1 Italian Melee Assault Troops) 4:55 The Gurkhas (Nepalese Warrior Infantry) 7:31 Zulu Warriors (19th Century African Superpower) 11:35 Commanche (Texan Native American Tribe) 14:55 Māori (Tribal New Zealand Culture)

@mastersplinter5966

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Omega. I don't know why they didn't do it.

@prajitrayamajhi592

7 ай бұрын

@OmegaCorsair gurkhas are nepalese not indian- nepalese

@Arviragus13

7 ай бұрын

Bit of a nitpick but the Māori are a whole culture and still consist of many tribes, rather than them being a tribe

@saramshagorkhali101

7 ай бұрын

Gurkhas exclusively Nepalese

@OmegaCorsair

7 ай бұрын

I changed it

When I was in the Yorkshire Regiment of the British army, I trained with the Gurkhas once. I got to hear them talk, fight and March. I have nothing but the upmost respect for them and all I can say is I’m glad their on our side

@Iamtheliquor

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your service. From t’other side of The Pennines

@Spurr_ovo

7 ай бұрын

@@Iamtheliquor ta fella.

@ImaSMACKHEAD982

7 ай бұрын

Did you ever hear the story about hogans bar in darlington 😅

@onyx2372

7 ай бұрын

@@ImaSMACKHEAD982 what’s the story then ?

@ImaSMACKHEAD982

7 ай бұрын

@@onyx2372 4 PARAs went into the bar thinking they are the top boys only to get their heads kicked in by some irish travellers, the next day 2 gurkhas went into the bar and nearly killed the travellers it was around 2009/2010

The Apache and Commanche bands went hard whenever it came to war. What looked like guerrilla warfare to us was another day of survival as a way of life for them.

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female

7 ай бұрын

I like how the left calls native groups peaceful.

@psychobeam99

7 ай бұрын

​@UltraMAGA420 Yeah, well, some of those settlers didn't exactly do any better to them.

@JackDiamond21

7 ай бұрын

The reason for the Comanche coming south is because of the Sioux they never went back. Chased the Kiowa south too, a small Sioux war party numbered about 2000 warriors, a small Comanche war party was far less even with their Kiowa allies. Back then I'd say it was safe to say the Sioux outnumbered the Comanche 10 to 1, the Sioux were numerous and just as fierce as the Comanche.

@0WickedSensation0

7 ай бұрын

BS hollywood history.

@0WickedSensation0

7 ай бұрын

@@Lingwasta_Manager keep believing that Hollywood crap, The falsehoods of Indian prowess is well documented in history. The noble savage is a lie.

"it is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both"-Machlavelli

@honor9lite1337

7 ай бұрын

You couldn't do both.

@twztdned

7 ай бұрын

​@@honor9lite1337a wise princes subjects fear his displeasure and work for his love. If you have to choose, choose fear. What a prince must avoid at all costs is his people's hatred. Read the prince

@willfakaroni5808

3 ай бұрын

@@twztdnedyeah but the Prince was meant to be satire

''Aayo Gorkhali'' ... Proud to be Gorkhali Proud to be Nepali

@4AM-214

7 ай бұрын

💪 love from assam brother

@pratik4157

6 ай бұрын

​@@4AM-214which country is it?

@4AM-214

6 ай бұрын

@@pratik4157 vai North East assam 🙄

@Xeyed

4 ай бұрын

I am Nepali!🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

Respect to these amazing warriors and the training and skill set they achieved

@Ar_airsoft

7 ай бұрын

Facts

As a New Zealander and Māori, I love how you represented my people with honour and let us keep our mana as warriors, thank you. And I love your content, keep it up 👍🏻

@thehoffe1

7 ай бұрын

Likewise.

@theroomates5668

7 ай бұрын

Tena Koutou

@23kilkenny23

7 ай бұрын

with a name like that highly doubt that you are maori. esecially since the last full blooded died out decades ago, doubt there are any quarter cast left aswell

@thehoffe1

7 ай бұрын

@@23kilkenny23 Maybe not but I am a born New Zealander so ANY mention of my home in Simple History is a big deal for me.

@vhob9761

7 ай бұрын

@@23kilkenny23 I'm a quarter cast, we aren't that uncommon but I'm proud to say that I am Maori, its a part of NZ culture

LOVE the Gurkha's!

Just imagine an Ardito making the Haka, and bracing a Zulu shiled and holding a Kukri and with some Comanche feather in the hat and with a kilt, you're basically done...

“Cause all I hear is threats from a brute with no discipline and I’m ruling over you like a boot full of my citizens!” Julius Caesar

@noir6904

7 ай бұрын

“And you should take your cow skin shield and hide under it You're fucking with the most triumphant third of the triumvirate” Julius Caesar

@Albion-zo9kr

7 ай бұрын

@@noir6904I’m first of the empire and last of the republicans

@aleksr2329

7 ай бұрын

Bars

@dakotasan8719

7 ай бұрын

@@Albion-zo9krAnd I’m huntin’ you accompanied by Legions of my countrymen!

@cameronmays480

7 ай бұрын

Ask my kidnappers if I'm just a s**t talker. Doc J dunk on ya like "Boom shakalaka"

My grandfather was a US Army engineer in the India-China-Burma campaign. He commanded a unit of black engineers attached to a British engineering outfit. Attached to this outfit were gurkhas, who provided security during daylight building operations (the Burma Road) and night time patrols. Grandfather said he had the greatest respect for them. If, as an officer you told them No One gets into this building, then, you were likely to find a dead body outside the building, typically a Japanese soldier. He said they were pure killers.

@yodangurung6825

3 ай бұрын

My grandfather was a Gurkha soldier in Burma during WW2, but that's all I know. It's cool to hear this story, maybe our grandparents worked together

@aldenhaverfield655

3 ай бұрын

@@yodangurung6825 he brought back a kukhri knife with scabbard! I still have it!

@akumasimpai5310

3 ай бұрын

​@@yodangurung6825 hey my great grandfather (gurkha)was also in burma during ww2

“Nessuno all’attacco fu primo, poiché nessuno fu secondo”- Arditi. ❤️🇮🇹 (None was the first in the assault because none was second)

My grandad fought with the Gurkhas many times, he was a tank commander and he said they would sit on the tank or jog next to the tank 😅 they’re unbreakable…

The full Gurkhas battle cry is “Glory to Great Kali, The Gurkhas are upon you!”

@_NT91

3 ай бұрын

Who's the great Kali? I only know of the wrestling guy.

@RupeshJoshi-sk3vi

3 ай бұрын

@@_NT91 its not great kali, its Mahakali, Hindu godddess of death and time.

@RupeshJoshi-sk3vi

3 ай бұрын

*Jay Mahakali! Aayo Gorkhali! 🇳🇵*

@_NT91

3 ай бұрын

@@RupeshJoshi-sk3vi oh that's cool. I love learning about different cultures very interesting

@user-pw6pg8hz1n

Ай бұрын

​@@RupeshJoshi-sk3viNot actually Mahakali but Gorakhkali . There is a temple called gorakhkali on Nepal. I am also from Gorkha. Later indian army created this slogan but actually its Jay Gorakhkali means gorkha ka kali

among the arditi there was also a Japanese man who was a Japanese teacher in Naples, he joined the army and subsequently enlisted as a volunteer in the arditi, he was nicknamed "Il Camerata Samurai" and taught the way of Karate to the arditi Italians. His name was Harukichi Shimoi.🇮🇹🤝🏻🇯🇵

@JarodFarrant

5 ай бұрын

That story needs a movie!

@Luca-5382

4 ай бұрын

​@@JarodFarrantyes, it need

@RebelAnimalMother

3 ай бұрын

What amazing story!

@kozmokramer7398

2 ай бұрын

wow

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw famously stated: "When a soldier says they are not afraid to die; they are either lying, or is a Gurkha." EDIT: Found the source, updated the quote as appropriate.

Imagine a Valhalla, where all these warriors get to eternally rest and tell stories of their triumphs..

@ZudinGodofWar

7 ай бұрын

I'm slightly surprised that the Viking berserkers weren't touched upon

@DeNihility

7 ай бұрын

​@@ZudinGodofWarNo offense but I feel like modern conflicts and the warriors that fought in them kinda dwarf the vikings.

@ZudinGodofWar

7 ай бұрын

@@DeNihility I don't know if you would consider the Spartans liable for Valhalla

@dchiznit209

7 ай бұрын

@@ZudinGodofWarCan you imagine a bunch Spartans and Legionaires showing up in Valhalla because they got lost on the way to Elysium?

@Arviragus13

7 ай бұрын

resting in valhalla?

I would have been very disappointed if the Gurkhas never made the list in all honesty Those Mountains breed the best of fighting men and are a credit to their own people and Britain's Armed Forces 🤟🏻Much respect!

@jamesanthony2044

7 ай бұрын

First ones I thought of when I read the title of the video. Cheers

@OmegaCorsair

7 ай бұрын

4:55

@Rudraksh-ql4ce

7 ай бұрын

I am disappointed that there's no Sikhs

@karlossingh842

7 ай бұрын

@@Rudraksh-ql4ceme to

@generalkenobi1980

6 ай бұрын

​@@Rudraksh-ql4ceand no marathas

My grandmother used to live in Brunei and Oman and the head of the Gurkhas was a bird watcher, so was she so when she spotted a bird he'd been looking for a while he gave her a ceremonial knife with a place in it saying who gifted it and who received it.

5:09 Thank You Gurkhas for protecting Hong Kong For many decades, we owe you all a lot 😢

@pratik4157

2 ай бұрын

​@@SunnySide388tell me you are sikh with telling me you are sikh

@SunnySide388

Ай бұрын

@@pratik4157 I'm Hindu...

@SunnySide388

Ай бұрын

@@pratik4157 judging from your other comments on this video you need help. You literally only leave hate comments. You wrote a bunch of anti sikh comments and called Filipino people cowards...

@pzol46

Ай бұрын

​@@SunnySide388 this is not for you boy,so mind ur business n be educated

@SunnySide388

Ай бұрын

@@pzol46 how is it not for me? I'm not diminishing anything the gurkhas did and everything iv said is true, feel free to look it up yourself.

YOU DID IT FINALLY after years of commenting to cover my nepalese gurkhas and italian arditis you even added both in one video thank you so much as a half italian half nepalese from switzerland i can die with happy tears now 🦾

@felixrabbitsoni9204

7 ай бұрын

You sure are special

@pravinschmidley4711

6 ай бұрын

Hello from a half Nepalese half American

@yodangurung6825

3 ай бұрын

Nepalese people are sexy. There's gonna be a lot more halfies in the future now that we're spreading out over the globe

@Rajpeanut

2 ай бұрын

And greetings from a half English half Nepali

@trevor9747

Ай бұрын

We got warriors blood... Jai gurkha

In Iraq, saw a house guarded with crossed kukri sign. He salutes me (US Officer), I returned it and shook his hand explaining to my assistant that his unit was among the best of history

The Sioux are the reason the Comanche went south, and never raided much north of their lands because the Cheyenne. Us Army said it was the Sioux that was the best. Comanche were beat by a handful of Texas Rangers, also the Sioux are the only tribe to capture the American flag from the US Army. But the mountain men who knew the natives the best said it was the Blackfoot that were the best. In case anyone wondered why Comanche raiding lands never came that far up north but way deep into Mexico. The Comanche are only known because of their brutality, they aren't that good at fighting without a horse. The Blackfoot, Sioux, Cheyenne all dismounted to fight.

@dylanryan8241

7 ай бұрын

5 Sioux beat 20 comanche

@gypsydildopunks7083

7 ай бұрын

Oglala represent

@therealhanksteele502

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, which is why our badge has a horse rider

@kamiskenaw4340

7 ай бұрын

And we Anishnabbe are the reason why the Sioux fled the great lakes ahahahhahaha

@kamiskenaw4340

7 ай бұрын

I'm a Cree and Saultaux, many of our relative tribes forget that us Cree and Anishnaabe are the ones who drove those out, we are the ones that have such vast majority because we would obliterate the Dené, Sioux, Blackfoot, Shawnee, Pawnee, Inuit and sometimes even the Mohawks, but the Mohawks were formidable fighters.

My kids and I every night or 2 will watch one of your videos for story time. Thank you for providing content that is researched and inspires the need to remember the amazing histories of the world. We enjoy it all!

“O la vittoria, o tutti accoppati!” -The Arditi

Thanks for discussing New Zealand Māori 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Thanks for discussing my people! Love from NZ

The art for the Comanche section is actually quite amazing..... all these videos have wonderful production value, but the Comanche animations were stunning.

This topic deserves multiple sequels.

The lyrics of probably the widest known haka warcry Ka Mate (courtesy of the All Blacks) was from the story of a defeated tribe chief surviving certain death

@ruthlessgaming3869

5 ай бұрын

Well his tribe Ngati Toa wasn’t totally defeated he actually led them on a migration south from kawhia to Kapiti island and then used it as a base of operations to raid and conquer the lower north island before ravaging the South Island for greenstone and Utu after his uncle was killed by Ngai Tahu.

@user-st9eo2ox7w

5 ай бұрын

Yes he hid from his enemy in a Kumara pit with friendly female villager blocking the entrance to it by sitting over it peeling kumara, The actual lyrics of that haka are not the usual provocative bravado and threats of violence usually found in haka but the story of that defeated cheif looking up through the legs of that woman and seeing the sunlight shine through her pubic hairs as he contemplated wether he would survive to see the next day

@user-st9eo2ox7w

5 ай бұрын

Ngati Toa ( Tribe of the Warrior in English ) @@ruthlessgaming3869

Thanks for the episode. Well done

I wish Deadliest Warrior was still on the air.😥 But thank you Simple History. 👍

@keltonchavis5983

7 ай бұрын

The show could of made bank just using the animations like used here on simple history it would of easily pleased older generations and even captured the attention of younger people and kids as well by the cartoon like animations

@caesar4409

7 ай бұрын

Man, Deadliest Warriors was goofy at times and put uneven battles at some points. Like, Napoleon would've won straight up against George for his logistics and swordsman ship.

@arkinyte13

7 ай бұрын

@@caesar4409 Al capone’s gang lost to Jessie Jame’s gang wth?

@caesar4409

7 ай бұрын

​@@arkinyte13Or a knight loosing to a pirate, which are two different time periods and the pirate had the advantage of gunpowder

If anyone is interested in the bears-wolf warriors of ancient and medieval Europe I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series

@FC-yg4wi

6 ай бұрын

thanks for the reccomendation, it seems to be a really good page, actually.

@JaemanEdwards

6 ай бұрын

From where exactly ?

the arditi were just juggernauts

@BaxterAndLunala

7 ай бұрын

They were, and I can confirm as an eyewitness after seeing one of them down multiple Austro-Hungarian planes with an AA gun before they bombed the side of a mountain. I like to think that guy survived the landslide.

@moreofjosem5363

7 ай бұрын

I thought it was rdd lmao

@injun-_-joe.

7 ай бұрын

@@BaxterAndLunala mhm me to saw him first hand

@edwalmsley1401

7 ай бұрын

​@@BaxterAndLunalamate your not gonna believe this but that guy you saw. . ...it was me,yeah I was fine tbh broke my spine a bit and even more annoying lost my bloody lighter but yeah punched a tank to death the morning after

@Mr_da_cheems

7 ай бұрын

@@edwalmsley1401oh yea it was you do you remember me I gave you a biscuit

During ww1 French soilders reported that serbs ran faster then their horses during battle while carrying all of their equipment without hesitation or fear. There are many more other stories of courage by serbs during ww1 but most of have been lost to time

@JaemanEdwards

6 ай бұрын

I never knew about the Serbs. There's been a couple of mentions. Must investigate. Respect to Serbia.

@kidflame2210

6 ай бұрын

No one care

@zachterry7203

6 ай бұрын

@@kidflame2210 shut albanian

@NP-CB

5 ай бұрын

@@kidflame2210 No One Care's*

the british commanders were told to consider the zulu warriors as a cavalry charge, thats how fast they were-

Erwin Rommel once commented on the Māori Battalion saying ‘Give me the Māori Battalion and I will conquer the world’ the Māori battalion were the perfect example for warriors on the battlefield. As their parents, grandparents and great grandparents were also apart of war. Look into the NZ land wars and wars with the British empire. If the men died the women would fight

There should be a part 2 that has things like the Samurai, Spartans, Seals, SAS

Good work Simple History ..Respect

Omg yes. Keep making more. I love them. The animation is sick. Cheers

The Freikorps-Arditi aesthetic went pretty hard.

“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.” Sam Manekshaw Former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

Kia Kaha Simple History, I’m sure your channel will continue to thrive.

We need a mini series about the Arditi

Winged hussars🇵🇱 Knights Templar ✝️ Vikings 🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪

@silveriver9

7 ай бұрын

The Mongols steamrolled Europe's resistance.

@coolguyhennan

7 ай бұрын

@@silveriver9 To begin with, then a warrior monk was sent to kingdoms of europe, learning them to counter fight the Mongols. Hungarians made meatballs of the Mongols the second time they came.

@spyrofrost9158

7 ай бұрын

The Mongols barely got into Europe before they ran out of steam and fell apart. Mostly because old Genghis passed away.

@silveriver9

7 ай бұрын

@spyrofrost9158 Mongols conquered half of Europe and only stopped and left when a royal family member died in Mongolia. Europe was lucky.

@Peter-ii6in

7 ай бұрын

Schwarze Reiter

I trained with the ghurkas in 2008. Great dudes, lots of fun. They can run forever and carry ridiculous weight

As a zulu man am glad that my tribe was brought up

@Googleisstupid-sk3hm

4 ай бұрын

It will always be brought up! Not only Defeated the so called greatest undefeated modern army ,but gave them their GREATEST defeat. If only they would have used guns.

@stiancrous2243

4 ай бұрын

Slag van Bloedrivier🤔

@Factchekka

3 ай бұрын

​@@Googleisstupid-sk3hmEver heard the saying "We lost a battle, but we will win the war!"? Case in point, right there! 🇬🇧

total respect to our Gurkah friends. even today they are great warriors.

So amazing to see New Zealand getting some credit, next time please Simple History make a video about the Samoan warriors, that would be amazing!!

missed quite a bit for New Zealand Maori, they werre early inevators of trench warfare, bunkers and foxholes .

@simonpathomas4421

3 ай бұрын

British copied it obviously nek minute trench warfare in WW1

Honored to see some love shown for the Arditi

History fact for those who do not know New Zealand history. What caused the war between the Maori and Pakeha, often called the New Zealand land wars, was a mistranslation of a treaty known as the Treaty of Waitangi. Just felt like pointing that out to anyone who was interested.

@temforbes

3 ай бұрын

And the mistranslation (and whether or not it was deliberate) is still being debated to this day

Anyone who has lived closely with or is familiar with Nepalese, would attest that they are otherwise some of the simplest, calmest, gentlest, friendliest, god-fearing and most hardworking people. But as soldiers, God bless their enemy.😂

Great video. Love from south Africa.... The pronunciation is almost perfect too good on you keep up with the greatness of history

Have great respect for the gurkhas a gurkha saved my grandfather's life when he was serving in Oman really nice people I grew up around them were I lived in England and they are not the biggest most imposing of men but they are tough bastards if you're unlucky enough to have a fight with one let's just say I saw a 5 foot 8 gurkha friend of mine absolutely decimate a 6 foot guy that hit him

@anmoldhoju8926

Ай бұрын

Fortunately the 6 foot lived to see another day

@pzol46

Ай бұрын

​@@anmoldhoju8926 you wish for that

@pzol46

Ай бұрын

You wish

The fact that The Spartans and Templars weren’t mentioned Disturbs me

More stuff bout the Māori toa!! I've been watching this channel for years and finally something about the māori (my own people)

Finally someone mentions Māori, our tupuna were fierce warriors and chieftains. We also invented trench warfare before the imperial colonisers took our tactic and implemented it

@ismaeljimenez6562

4 ай бұрын

Romans actually beat y'all to the punch by a couple hundred years

@ismaeljimenez6562

4 ай бұрын

@@Temoananuiakiwa_ I know, but don't be making claims outta nowhere

@temforbes

3 ай бұрын

Maori revolutionised trench warfare, and successfully implemented trench warfare designs and tactics that rivalled the superior technology and numbers of colonial forces. As the british took those lessons into future conflicts (world wars being notable examples), Maori essentially modernised trench warfare and showed others how to best utilise your surroundings during battle preparations. I'd wager that many cultures used some form of trench warfare (Romans did it 1,000 years before Maori) but none did it as effectively or devastatingly as the Maori@@ismaeljimenez6562

@kml7121

2 ай бұрын

@@ismaeljimenez6562definitely didn’t invent trenches, but laid the groundwork for modern trench warfare in the world wars thanks Europeans military experience going against Māori trenches during the Land wars.

@ismaeljimenez6562

2 ай бұрын

@@kml7121 not at all, it was all the Romans

The Taiaha is a multi purpose weapon used to strike, thrust or parry. It has four eyes that see in all directions and a tongue to taste the opponents blood.

I've learnt so much about the past TYSM

Gorkhali people are the most humble , nice and helpful people until you do something which will force them to take our their Khukhuri. Nothing but respect for the Nepalese out there . Although they are so skilled and powerful in warfare they maintain their calmness and choose peace over violence. But when Nepal needs them they will butcher anyone that touches their peaceful land. Its amazing really, Nepal such a beautiful place with mountains and rivers and the fact that Lord Buddha was born there makes it so peace friendly country and I guess that having responsibility of protecting such a place would make anyone a skilled warrior .

I wish you would’ve mentioned how the Zulus rushed cannon fire and machine gun turrets. That separates the Zulus in my opinion

@Ironcurtainproductions

6 ай бұрын

“The bravest of the brave could never match the maxim gun”

Please make a part 2 to this video!

Please make a part 2 🙏🏼 ( including mongols, templars, vikings, samurais, assassins )

Great video and wonderful mentions to honorable warriors. A little sad that the Conquistadors or Tercios of Spain were not mentioned.

@valeriociarla1817

7 ай бұрын

Lol they fought with rifles and armors tribes that had swords and were naked

@real_attilathehung

7 ай бұрын

@@valeriociarla1817 Less than 30% of the Tercio's unit composition consisted of rifles. Most combat against the Aztec and Inca warriors were very close range melee combat. Spain was also the dominant power of Europe for nearly 200 years during the era of pike and shot and played a pivotal role in liberating Budapest from the Ottoman Empire. Brush up on your history, buddy, you sound real ignorant.

@valeriociarla1817

7 ай бұрын

@@real_attilathehung if u are comparing Spanish empires technology with aztec and incas one and think its a fair comparison sorry but the ignorant is you. Also no one doubted spains power during that time

@real_attilathehung

7 ай бұрын

@@valeriociarla1817 Then why are doubting The Tercios and Conquistadors. And you're really not giving those American civilizations the credit they deserve as formidable opponent's. No other European power was able to do what Spain achieved at that time. Please pick up some books and actually do your research before looking like an idiot in public.

@Rudraksh-ql4ce

7 ай бұрын

Rather than tecrios he should have mentioned Sikhs from India

Y’all remember the reaction of the United States Olympic basketball team watching the New Zealand basketball team do that dance? That was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

@StupidityisKey487

4 ай бұрын

It is wasn’t as potent as the Rugby teams Haka, and yet it was funny to watch If you haven’t seen it already, you should watch any Haka against the South African Rugby team its usually the most intense I’d never compare war & sports but NZ vs SA rugby might be the closest thing 🏉

"He never got older. And here I am, still. Who decides such things?" - Luca Vincenzo Cocchiola, Avanti Savoia, Battlefield 1

@aleksandarvil5718

7 ай бұрын

*Buon Compleanno, Matteo!* 😢😢😢😭😭😭

Wish they had mentioned the 32 Battalion or the Boer kommandos

@eaglesfan226

2 ай бұрын

I thought the 32 Battalion was during the apartheid

make a second part, that's my request, I really liked it, I even downloaded the video

Amazing video

Most of the battle is psychological, the rest is due to artillery.

@honor9lite1337

7 ай бұрын

Understood.

Great video Simple History as always and as an Italian i'm proud that you included the Arditi🫡

Polish American volunteers in France, The Blue Army. Please

@matthewskudzienski888

7 ай бұрын

I’m Polish American🇵🇱🇺🇸

@dakotasan8719

7 ай бұрын

The Devils in Blue, right?

@Number1Irishlad

7 ай бұрын

​@@dakotasan8719 no, not devils in blue, i havent seen anything that says that. Known as Blue army, or "Haller's Army"

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

7 ай бұрын

​@@dakotasan8719no

I love History and Geography. Thank you for this channel. Ive learned more history from YT then school. Thanks.

Also, nice addition to the list would be Bosniaks in Austrohungarian army in WW1, unit known for fighting till the end in the style of janissaries, to the point where Austrohungaria would dispatch red feses (which were specific for Bosniaks) to other units in order to scare enemies

In France during WWI we have the Francs Corps.

The Arditi also had a song for their group known as: Le fiamme nere

Very interesting!

Firstly the Gurkhas never served the British during the Indian War of Independence ( Which you condescend to call the Indian Mutiny )They was a column sent by the ruler to aid the British, as was the Sikhs who were sent by their ruler to aid the British. Both had their own agendas. Secondly one cannot depict exceptional warriors without mentioning the Sultan of Sulus Tausug warriors. When the western powers dominated the seas & setting up their colonial empires. They opted to pay protection money to the sultan rather than face the Tausug warriors in battle.

Imagine demoneytising history chanels for not censoring their videos. *History should not be censored*

Am from South Africa 😁🤚the way you spoke about our King Shaka kaSenzangakhona is great. Amazing content

The Arditis task is almost genius in it's crunch time of tactics pairing those grenades with artillery. Effectively nulling the trenches whole purpose to then turn it into a even odds playing field where one unit is simply more highly trained in close quarters combat and more prepared than the other. Genius

Arditi really got that Call of duty world at war veteran campaign loadout

You should try Vikings or spartan

This channel should do a "what if they versed each other" scenario with various historical armies.

@lordlundin6495

6 ай бұрын

That comment section would devolve rappidly.

@JaemanEdwards

6 ай бұрын

I remember that warrior vs warrior series. Exactly like the predator vs predator series You know Tiger vs Lion and Crocodile vs Shark. In case you've never seen it, they give all their stats, weight, bite force, armour, agility, weapons, tooth and claw length, strengths, weaknesses. Then they have an animated fight at the end to see who takes it. The tiger was bigger and stronger, and gets the initial upper hand, but the Lion was a more experienced fighter, fitter, with a bigger heart. Lion wins. The shark was way faster in the water than the croc and was bullying the croc landing many bites, but the crocs armour and strong thrashing made it hard for the shark to get a good bite and hold. When the shark came back around for another go he came in for a side shot and the croc spun around and clamped on to its nose and started death spinning. Then it stopped holding the shark belly up. When sharks are belly up they go docile. Then the croc let go, the docile shark floating helpless in the water, swum around, and chomped straight into the sharks torso. Croc wins. The warrior series was the same. The only difference was the fight at the end was filmed with actors instead of animated like the animal series. Stats like average height, weight, weapons, armour, agility ability, training, strengths and weaknesses, and experts in each field discussing all variables. Apache vs Gladiator , and Maori warrior vs Shaolin Monk were two. The Apache ends up being far too athletic and agile for the Gladiator. Apache wins. The Maori is kicking the Shaolin Monk from pillar to post as they were twice the size, more powerful and athletic, and a martial artist too. The Shaolin Monk is battered and bleeding and on the ropes, but still standing, The cocky Maori moves in to deliver the death blow, as the monk looks forlornly into his eyes and seems resigned to his fate, when out of nowhere, he puts two long sharp metal knitting needles into each side of the Maori's head. Steel weapons and the Maori's overconfidence were the keys to this result.

@nahnotatall4291

6 ай бұрын

Pointless it’s all conjecture

@JaemanEdwards

6 ай бұрын

@@nahnotatall4291 So is the GOAT conversations but everyone loves those. If we're talking armies, the USA win. But a warrior is not really a soldier to me. Warriors usually aren't being paid clothed and fed to fight. Unless they're gladiators.

@nahnotatall4291

6 ай бұрын

@@JaemanEdwards goat conversations you have a resume and accolades to validate points this is just fantasy and opinion no real unit of measurement. USA had a stronger army than Vietnam and Afghanistan but couldn’t defeat them you have to measure on more than personnel and budget spends.

I think a pt2 would make sense considering that there are way more interesting special units lije sturmtruppen.

Gurkhas fights like an anime main character who agress 😂

Respect given where respect is earned. Other notable opponents: the huns, the Mongols, and the Blackfoot tribes

The Comanche hacked off many branches of my family tree, ferocious may be underselling it.

3:37 that quotes is still a fire on my heart when play Battlefield 1: We either win or we all die! - O la vittoria, o tutti accoppati!"

I remember that When i was in Grade 1 We did the haka dance, i was confused cause i didnt know what that dance was about, until now. Thank you simple history:D

You forgot to put one in this list. Sarawak Rangers or Iban Head Hunter. You've made a video about these warriors and how their tradition beheading the enemy every time they defeated them caused fear to the invading Imperial Japanese Army in Borneo tropical rainforests with their specialty in jungle warfare, their expertise in camouflage that makes them invisible to the enemy and their silent poisonous blow darts and arrows that make enemies's faced unexpected death. Also, the Vietcong. Every world's super power no matter how powerful they are, would tremble in fear when they stepped foot in the Vietnam jungle. Because that's what they're mostly gonna lose other than their lives. Their feet, when they unknowingly stepped into booby traps that were made from sharpened sticks and mines that till these days, there are still live booby traps and land mines in Vietnam jungles.

@g.r9736

7 ай бұрын

I'm kinda disappointed they didn't include the Ibans. Ibans are truly fearsome warriors. They fought the Japanese during WW2. Then they were against the communist in Malaya. Basically the jungle was their playground, anyone who went up against them might as well start counting the days they have left.

@Rudraksh-ql4ce

7 ай бұрын

I'm disappointed that he didn't include sikhs

Sorts of fighters like these have also inspired works of fiction such as The Paid Soldiers of Dorsai, the many alien warrior races in science fiction. Even in my own science fantasy with a more "On the tin" name: Man of War

5:55 that feller on the bottom left don’t know how to use a bayonet smh

Arditi irl: All we need is a knife and a grenade Arditi in BF1: Hahaha look at my cool armour and big machine gun

@Vespa-Due

7 ай бұрын

Cool for the sake of gameplay. Would have been interesting play as a realistic Ardito btw. Light, fast and knife based.

@oliversherman2414

7 ай бұрын

@@Vespa-Due Yeah but I guess a large amount of players like to play guns blazing

It's a rich man's war but, it's the poor that fight.