I ate meals during sand storms... To this day I hate anything gritty. The worst was when a gust flipped my porkchop right off my plate before I had a single bite. -101st airborne
You hate anything 'gritty' ... hmmm. Remind me to keep you away from Sand Paper Dinner Plates. lol (Note: Sorry, am feeling frisky first thing in the morning and -- as you too were in the Army .... thought some 'trench humor' would cause a grin.) Be well, be safe ... Go Airborne & "Garryowen"
The Devil's Brigade...the soldiers from WWII...were truly the greatest generation. What would the world look like today without their patriotism & bravery? A big thank you to vets & those currently serving. I am so proud to be an American. God bless America, her allies, & our military. 🙏🏻🇺🇲❤🇨🇦✌🏻🇬🇧
@@kylew6635 I would LOVE to talk to a member of the Devil's Brigade. I was too young at the time, to ask questions about WWII, from the vets I knew and was related to. They all passed in the 90's. My grandmother had a cousin who saw a lot of combat in Europe. He married German woman named Irma, & moved her to America. She used to teach me German words at family reunions. She was a beautiful blonde woman, even in her later years. I would have tons of question for them now. WWII vets have amazing stories. My grandfather was in Korea and NEVER spoke of it. Not even to his wife or children.
Well, my dad, who enlisted in the Marines after Pearl Harbor and fought in numerous island campaigns in the Pacific, including the Battle of Saipan and also Iwo Jima said that the “Greatest Generation” was a bunch of....well, I’ll say crap, to keep it clean. Any glorification of any war irritated him intensely, but WWII was the worst. He saw so many men cut down on the island invasions bc there was never any cover, just open beaches, so many wasted young lives. My late father-in-law who was a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne and was holed up in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge said that the Greatest Generation could only have been dreamed up by somebody who’d never been in the military. Curiously, Tom Brokaw’s name never came up for the Vietnam draft.
@@voraciousreader3341 I definitely think my great grandparent's generation (WWI & WWII), & My grandparent's generation (Korea), beats the generation of youth today, hands down. They lived through the struggle of the Great Depression. Social media and time out has ruined the world. I am a parent of a teenager, so I can attest to that. I was born in 81 & graduated in 2000. The boys I went to school with enlisted & served in Afghanistan. Maybe the current generation hasn't been put to the ultimate test...yet. They have always lived in a world where their country was at war. Every generation prays that their children will never have to fight in war, but war has been a part of life since the beginning. Perhaps, every generation has its greats. 🇺🇲❤
During those days you'd be happy to have those equipment. Both my grandpa's survived world war 2 as guerillas and they only have their bolos on their side.
I’d have tried the cliff when I was 12. My cousin, age 11, and I climbed to the third arm of an abandoned high tension wire tower (no wires!). We each went out on an arm and took pictures with our 119 Instamatic cameras. We accessed the worker’s climbing prongs by using an extension ladder. We brought no ropes, nothing for safety. The idea that we could fall, or that we could die, it just never crossed our minds. My aunt still has the photos to prove our folly. My uncle drove in the driveway just as Shane lowered onto the ladder. When it was found out we’d really done it, Shane got a beating and I got grounded for 12 days and was given lots of distasteful or useless chores. The state took out the towers several years after our escapades when it turned out we weren’t the only kids to try such a stunt. A boy fell from one and ended up paralyzed. It did put some sense into me.
This is why nations like their soldiers young. The areas of their brain that are responsible for quantifying consequences simply haven't developed yet. Why do you think Officers usually are aged around their late 20's and lower ranks are slightly younger? The areas of your brain responsible for quantifying consequences for actions and forward thinking finish developing around age 27-28. So the Officers can think slightly more conservatively than the gung-ho soldiers they're in charge of. Don't get me started about the old sociopathic men that send all these kids into battle though. There's no explaining the insanity they possess...
The Kernmantel Rope was a WWII invention, so that’s true. Here they aren’t lead climbing, but Top Roping. Your point is quite valid as during this time they would have led/climbed using the European Pitons , which were soft & malleable. The case hardened Piton wasn’t invented until around 1949 by Swiss Expat Climber & Blacksmith John Salathe. Salathe used model•T axles that he melted down & forged. He created them to climb the granite of Yosemite Valley
Kept the boys busy, doing demonstration stuff for the civilians.. Lol we call those "Dog and Pony " shows, in the military. I always enjoyed them. I believe soldiers generally do. Through out history..
Danish M58 boots cost us 12$ a pair when i was in the army, today Danish soldiers get boots for 150$ a pair. The old 10$ boots, where really good boots, when they were done tearing away the part of your foot that did not fit the boot. Our trainers where like 6$ a pair.
I don’t know when these interviews were made with the persons being interviewed. If you were 20, in 1942, you would be approx 97 years old when this was published in 2019.
This is really cool, thanks for posting this! When did this come out? i'd love to do something like this....I got anxious for the people scaling the rock wall :)
+Edward Fletcher That was a WW2 bayonet, so you really do need a file ( or even better, a Dremel tool with a grind-stone tip ) to set some kind of edge on it, then hone it with a whetstone and some honing oil. I collect old WW2 weapons, gear, and memorabilia, and the bayonets I got for both of my K98 Mausers required setting an edge and then honing them. While they were meant to be sharpened, they were primarily a stabbing weapon, and it was up to the individual rifleman to set an edge and sharpen his bayonet. I bought a lot of the old WW2 bolt-actions and pistols ( and got a WW2 era Walther PPK in .32ACP, with German military markings, for my birthday a long time ago ) when the bolt action rifles could be had very cheaply on the surplus market in the 90s, either guns that weren't issued, or "arsenal re-builds" ( where they fix anything that needs fixing, refinish them, and sell them to collectors ). My preferred hunting rifles are rifles like the 7.62x54mmR Mosin Nagant and 30-06 Springfield 1903. The rifles of that era were so much more powerful and accurate, that I would much rather have a Mauser, Springfield, Mosin Nagant, and .303 British Enfield in combat than some high powered .22 like the AR-15, or any 5.56mm rifle ( but my favorite, go-to rifle for defensive weaponry is the AK-47/AKM, which is really a copy of the German STG-44 Sturmgewehr. The STG-44 even looks like a prototype AK ). I had a chance to buy a WW1 Luger P-08 for $40 or $40 worth of heroin by some junkie a friend of mine knew. I told him to keep the guy there and tell him to keep the Luger for me and I would buy the junkie $100 worth of heroin. By the time I made the 15 minute drive, the guy had sold it, scored, and left
Interestingly as a former Mountain Guide who taught Basic Rock•Craft & Mountaineering I’ve felt the same way in regards to how cute Military participants could be. Knowing the Metric System has very little to do with being a Military SME. Perhaps the writers meant 300m/1000’? The Editors should’ve caught that
I'm sure a .30-06 round *could* kill someone at 3000m, it's just that that hit would be completely by chance, and not by any sort of deliberate attempt, most likely. It would also be falling out of the sky like a mortar.
@@robertnewell4054 Most likely the script should have read 3,000 ft. or even better say it in yds or meters. That makes sense because a good shot is able to hit someone at 1,000 yds range with an M1 Garand using a scope - not every time tho it depends a lot on conditions.
All these soldiers had to do, ( using the late 60's to 90's period equipment & weapons), like the FNC1, FNC2 NATO personal weapons, "No more 106 mm recoilless " Wearing items like the SSF jump smock, the SSF shoulder badges, as such things were unique to the time etc... was to go to some exercises with the 1 RCR in London Ontario. Special Service Force, after the devil's brigade of WW II. Today's special operations. The biggest change was the airborne in Petawawa, home to some of the best training ground, and the Matawa plains, that was disbanded since it was finally decided they were getting out of hand. Often, a lot of the airborne went to the RCR anyway. Besides, 3 Mechanised in Germany had also been disbanded by 1972 or so.
You can tell these guys were not instructed on how to carry their rifles. The "low ready", the rifle being at a downward 25-45 degree angle straight out from the body, is a modern creation. In WW2, the men were taught to carry their weapons parallel and diagonal to their body. You can see it if you watch old footage of GIs. If you watch Band of Brothers, you can see this small detail was taught to the actors.
+Randomly Entertaining The WW2 rifle carry method you describe is how I carry my AKMs and .308 military rifles while training in the woods around my house. I live in a very isolated place up in the Great Smokey Mountains, with no cops and neighbors for miles, so I can train in the woods and shoot all I want, though pricey ammo nowadays makes me kinda reluctant to train and expend the good stocks of ammo I was smart enough to buy before the election debates even got started. I guess I foresaw Biden getting in and the panic buying thing. At least I have guns, ammo, and mags stockpiled, even if I'm afraid to expend the ammo and have fun with them
@@cthulhu6697 I also carry my AKM in the high ready. Longer rifles can be harder to carry in a low ready especially in close quarters. Not to mention high ready is more comfortable to carry over distance.
I maybe wrong here. I am sure David Sterling had the Devils Brigade in mind when he single handedly, with Churchills insistence combined the LRDG with the newly formed SAS in North Africa. For those of you not familiar, the defeat of the Africa Corp spelt disaster for the German war effort. Hail the Devils.
Went with my wife when ahe was interviewed by the police after having to shoot at someone who broke in. They asked how many times shed shot that gun before and what kind of practice we did. Officer was amazed she'd put 100 rounds through it and i taught her reactive firing. He said most cops in the department dont fire that many rounds in a year and none of them were taught reactive shooting scenarios... may not have needed to use it if we could have gotten them to come out and invesgigate the first couple times stuff was going on.
Coverts diffrent but in general SOLIDERS always Quietly DUG in even just a scoop Incase of MOTAR fire 🔥. Get me Our training was at any stop try to quietly dig in or find good banyan always camo with fresh leaves etc . When the arts falling with mortars you need To be UNDERGROUND
That was target shooting with a non standard weapon they are not familiar with. Combat shooting is about putting your opponent down either killing him or into a state where he could be killed.
That sucks for Scott. At MCRD guys would try and muscle the rope climb. Some could get away with it but most got 3/4 of the way up got gassed out! I’ve seen way worse rope burns than that. For those reading this that don’t know there is a climbing technique.
Lmaooo WOW how insulting. I guess they don’t expect any of us to have any long range rifle training. The garand is chambered in 30-06. A 30-06 is in no way at all effective at 3,000 meters. ESPECIALLY not a semi automatic one. You lose a lot of accuracy and a bit of force(due to some bullet force being used to cycle the action and load the next round) with a semi automatic. Even so, a bolt action 30-06 has an effect range of about 1500 m and that’s being quite generous. I’m betting that the garand isn’t accurate at all past 800-900 m
quote Special forces missions are built on 4 principles 1 Planning 2 Reconnaissance 3 Assault 4 Extraction same rules now as in 1942 ,no better way to evaluate an enemy position then human eyes on the target so what's the UK government doing going into cyber warfare and cutting back boots on the ground do they ever learn or listen
5:00 that Sowa guy can go to ----. 1) The only thing a kid could be carrying is messages in WW2, today, maybe a bomb. There's no reason not to wait for the kid to cross, go in an alley, nab him and take his stuff. Now you have their communication. 2) You shoot the kid, no officer is coming across that bridge now. 3) You shoot, you gave away your position. They may not have even known that there were snipers at all, but now they do. 4) The local population hates your guts. Count them out next time you need something. 5) Your team loses their morale because they realize they kill kids on orders. 6) All it cost the enemy was a kid they don't care about in the first place. RUclips censors the language I want to use to describe people like Sowa. He's ignorant and thoughtless. I know a dozen guys like him. All of them want to be the tough guy. They compare how hard they are to other people and push the limits, way past the point of doing anything that makes sense. That Bill Wolf guy from ep 1, he was cruel. But he was doing it for a reason, to make a point and bring people home. Sowa's just full of it, and it's not uncommon.
People who start sentences with “Bruh” give the everlasting impression that they’re 13 and extremely undereducated, if not uneducated. And YOU didn’t use anything in WWI....the soldiers did.
You know how they got that name "Devil's Brigade" it was given to them by the Germans who had the misfortune of having to face them in battle. I'm not sure but I think they were deployed in Sicily or Italy.
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The FSSF were not in Sicily. They reached Oran in 11/43
The LT took his time to put rounds down range and is rewarded for that. I'm sorry but as a former firearms instructor in the military I think he was over rated. He even said that on his next tour in Iraq he would have an M9! SO? More rounds equals more chances to live? THAT is the problem with our modern military. Oh, I missed, so what? I have a DOZEN more rounds to kill the MFr with. A soldier should NEVER think like that! Eliminate the MOST individuals trying to kill you with the amount of rounds you have. It should be one (or two) rounds for EVERY person trying to kill YOU!
+ScottyFox Because the U.S. military was still issuing those WW2 1911s in Vietnam, and they were so ragged to death by then that soldiers and Marines were complaining about the guns not being able to hit a barn and needing all kinds of parts like main springs, barrels, recoil springs, screws, sights, bent feed lips on the mags, needed follower springs on the mags, and so on. The govt. sold tons of them to the public for cheap, even placing ads in gun magazines ( because they weren't trying to disarm the public then ), while they were looking to buy new pistols. They made the mistake of settling on a weaker, smaller caliber around 1985-1986 ( the 9x19mm. I'm aware that's a lot of people's favorite, pet semi-auto pistol round and people will hurl insults at me, but the fact is, the 9x19mm is a shitty anti-personnel round. To compound that, they chose the piece of shit Beretta M92FS. I had one and they suck. But what the hell, they'd already replaced the very good and powerful, reliable .308 Winchester caliber M-14 with the jam-prone, high powered .22 called the AR-15/M-16. Again, people who love them will respond with hatred as if I pimp-slapped their mothers, but I don't care. Both of those guns and calibers suck ). Now to sit back and laugh at all of hateful comments by people who were probably shitting in their diapers when I was already an adult with a good arsenal. Everything I just typed was the truth, but for some reason, the Disciples of the AR-15 and the Cult of the "Wonder Nine" get all in their feelings about what I, a stranger on the internet, said about their guns of preference. I don't understand why, they can shoot what they like, as can I. Oh well, they can get their panties in a wad and throw tantrums all they want, I care not
These guys got German weapons bc the real Devil’s Brigade used German weaponry, so that they could resupply themselves in occupied territories....they had no way to have anything sent to them. It’s explained in the first episode.
Joe Butt jou Gat....It just sounds good in Afrikaans.. In Primary and early High School (Whites) for Boys(mid 80's) in South Africa we sing songs over the Green Bereis ("Berets"). It was said that the Lt, who is als a Economic teachers, is not Leadership material. It is Education that put a person in an leadership postion. BUT natural leaders do not need education. They have a certain kind of caracter/ personality...Like a salesmen. A salesman is not a dr, and some salesman have more money that a doctor... Jacob Zuma had not finished his Primary School, but still he beat Pres. Thabo Mbeki, MA (Economy , Surry Uni, UK) to became President of ZA. And then Pres. Zuma F-up the Economy.... The plan of a jogger was very COOOOL!
The Japanese invation was the second invation of US soil after the Canadians. The first one was Pancho Villa who invaded the US at the beginning of the XX century. General Pershing, WWI hero, was sent to capture Pancho Villa but was unsuccessful in this. Pancho Villa outrun him all the time.
@@voraciousreader3341 its crazy I live in a small town and knew all the ww2 vet their is only 1 left from 5 that I knew of, the last to pass wanted to go to a memorial so bad telling my dad that he thought it would be his last so he drove him 60 km in his ute to go there then he past not long after.
Sent home for that little bit of skin missing?? I’ve had my whole palm melted off from off season American football and still had to train. But maybe that’s why I joined the Marines after high school. Just built different lol
10:10 Wrong. American soil was occupied as early as December 1941. Guam, Wake, Philippines, American diplomatic facilities, all are/were part of the United States (many still are).
Nope, I thought I was tough,,,, I would not have had the stuff to be one of the Devil Brigade,, no frigg'n way. Those men were and are what the Special Forces were supposed to be. ONLY the toughest could be among them, weak physically and mentally soldiers had no place in the Devils Brigade. I do believe however that our Navy Seals, our present day Special Forces, the SAS could have met the challenges to be counted among the Devils Brigade. I was a soldier - enlisted March 1967. Spent my basic and AIT at Ft. Lewis, WA as an 11B10. Was assigned to APC driver as I made it to Spec 4. Decided I wanted more rank for the money so signed up to go to NCO school, then on to OCS again, for the added income. After attending Branch Qualification at Ft. Sill, OK I was assigned to 2nd Bttn, 218th Arty. Wore the gold bars for almost 3 years and was promoted to Battery A XO just prior to pinning on my silver bars I decided 7 years was enough. Wanted to do something else.
Ooh please The cliff climb . All the Ooh arrr strain The originals had no proper safety team And they climbed with rifles banging around packs getting caught up . K thought this was Gona be a bunch of proper Spec Forces showing how well fed weightlifting jogging everyday MFs wer Gona show them The way . But Nope 👎 Modern career SOLIDERS spend to much time in the Gym bulking up . When I served the toughest guys wer slim 5"6 - 5"8 guys wiry could do one arm pull ups . Our P E guy was a little Scotsman never said 2 words without swearing 3 times . The guy Would trip u amd beat you up no matter how big you thought you was I Rember this 6"4 230lb black guy street wise the works That PE instructor had him on his back choke hold and knocked him out in a minute . . True storh
Probably civilian. Seems to be a civilian production with military approval. If it was military made, it would have been hokier and be twice as long, with lots of painting rocks and collecting cigarette butts.
Nonimportant Creature This wasn’t an actual military run course. This was a documentary made by a civilian production company, Frantic Films. Not sure on everyone’s status as it’s been a while but I do know that the active duty soldiers had to get permission prior to filming. Also, it’s a union gig, as most bigger budget productions are, so the camerawork was definitely civilian.
When they were doing their pistol shooting were they weren't using the weaver stance? Was it not allowed? I think their top shooter should have been the fastest highest scorer. Not the LT who took his time.
@@atomicmillenial9728 Yep, the static military pistol stance of that era ( stand with your side facing target, one arm behind your back and the the shooting hand and arm extended ) was the way the military taught pistols from at least WW1 to Korea, maybe longer. A very ineffective way to actually shoot and totally useless when your target wasn't paper silhouettes but a man shooting at you. I don't remember when they started teaching the isosceles stance. Personally, I mostly train pistols by point shooting, sighting along the top of the slide ( or barrel if revolver ) and using the front sight blade like sighting a shotgun. You look at it as if there is no distance between you and your target and, just as your key finds the keyhole, your rounds will find your target. It works out for me very good every time
The First Special Service Force were _not_ the first special forces unit, as the intro makes out. Even if we exclude all the units formed before WW2 that performed the same role as what a modern SF unit would, they wouldn't be the first, the first special forces of WW2 were the British Commandos of the Special Service Brigade (1940). Hell, they're not even the first _US_ special forces unit. That honour goes to (depending on who you ask) either the US Army Rangers, or the Marine Corps "Raiders". Though all 3 US units _did_ form in 1942.
This, no one else points out this factual error. The British are the ones that formed the first modern special forces in the Commandos, which is widely accepted the world over. Yet another production for the American ego.
damn straight Canadians in 1812 (yes technically called British but it was Canadian people who fought since Britain was focused in Europe with Napoleon)
@ 6:20 With all due respect I fundamentally disagree with the statement "There is nothing morally wrong with a soldier doing his job [taking another man's life]" I understand the concept you are trying to represent but it _is_ flawed. There certainly *is* something *morally wrong* with a soldier killing an enemy combatant even if it was to protect his own life or those of his fellows. It is morally wrong to take _any_ life. We are all brothers. At our most basic level we do not want to kill each other so _yes_ it *is* morally wrong. What I will say though is that I would *never* look down on any soldier for having to preform that terrible duty because I understand the larger picture they are placed in. So if you don't mind I would like to rephrase your thesis: It is _always morally wrong_ for any man to take another's life. *But it is for that very reason that we must always respect the burden our soldiers have to bear when they must make that decision to end the life of another* because although it should never be morally acceptable, the real world doesn't always cooperate. You may not agree with a certain war, but please respect the burden our soldiers have to bear to fulfilling a nasty and horrible duty that shouldn't be forced upon any man.
“An enemy that wouldn’t cut and run”?!? “Some of the bloodiest combat in the Second World War”?? Is this narrator for real?? The Japanese left bc the position wasn’t worth fighting over, it had no strategic value. Did they “cut and run” from Guadalcanal?? Tarawa?? The Philippines?? How about the battle of Saipan, where US soldiers DID land on a flat beach, under the nose of Japanese machine guns, and were mown down like hay in July, bc there wasn’t any cover, anywhere?? How about the roughly 29,000 Japanese soldiers who were ordered to fight to the death, bc their resupply routes were wrecked from the Battle of the Philippine Sea?? Eventually, the Marines (my dad was one) and Army infantry were using flame throwers to roast the soldiers alive in caves and trenches....was _THAT_ “cutting and running”?!? THEN my dad went to Iwo Jima, and THEN was preparing to invade the Japanese mainland when the bombs were dropped....can any of these nutcases imagine how horrible that would have been? Gee, maybe they’d send in the Devil’s Brigade to kill all the women and children, bc they were so tough! I’m sorry, but people say the stupidest things, especially when they’re trying to hype a show that has no drama!
Meanwhile in England, the British Commandos and SAS were doing this stuff long before 1943, in fact the British trained the first US Rangers in Commando tactics, the Rangers were supposed to be the first US SF's but got their arses kicked at Anzio.
It's not about who's dick is bigger, it's about fighting the good fight to the end, the brothers around you and Us all living in FREEDOM! Seen all kinds of badasses from all over in combat 3x's wounded, Iraq 2004 FISTER
The British were getting schooled from the Mi’kmaq to Magau. The ambush in The Last Of The Mohicans is pretty epic. Grey Hair getting some too is as enjoyable. There’s a reason the Devils Brigade patch is shaped as it is. The same as today’s version. Just sayin’.
**** _YOU WOULD THINK ... that the PRODUCERS & EDITORS ... would have taken the 'N' Word Labled C-47 out of this. I find it, especially in these times, insensitive & morally offensive. __45:46__ ... not cool, folks._ D.A.
Dang. Would say nice catch but that’s not a nice word scrawled on the fuselage. Glad they left it in. Points out the hypocrisy of fighting for freedom. Also, brings the spotlight to the history of racism and it being the norm of its day. One of the most well known members of the Devils Brigade was Tommy Prince. First Nations. He was one hell of a soldier and when he got home, he had to get used to being just another “Indian.” He volunteered a second time and went to Korea. Riding high in the saddle then coming home to shit. Was too much for him and I can plainly see why.
@@nozecone I dunno -- maybe because I direct commercials and I've always been one of those dorks that memorize everything they see. Then -- you see something as repugnant as what was painted on the side of that C-47 and I feel ill. Maybe that 'N' Word was what was way back then -- but it sure (no pun intended) don't fly today -- dig-?
@@MeBeTheDB What's with the "dig-?" - trying to start a fight or something? Okay, I get it: you've got yourself all worked up and are ready to do battle. Sorry, I'm not interested - I was just wondering how you saw that, as I said. My eyes aren't what they used to be, but I had to spend a minute or two going frame to frame, back and forth, before I made out what was written on the plane - you clearly have a trained eye for that sort of thing if you just picked it up in a split second. Or else I'd better get to the eye doctor.
@@nozecone Forgive the wrong intention of 'dig-?' .... if we were actually talking -- the 'dig-?' would be an 'aside' ... you know, something of a shorthand to a friend. Apologies for any confusion, amigo. Hope that makes sense ... and like yourself, my body has met with the ravages of the years ... so 'ouch' is a noise surrounding my bruised and battered almost 63 year old carcass .......... Happy Tuesday!
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I ate meals during sand storms...
To this day I hate anything gritty.
The worst was when a gust flipped my porkchop right off my plate before I had a single bite.
-101st airborne
Pork chop down...
Did the same thing in Kuwait waiting to fly into Baghdad. Only time I never did 5 second rules
101st afghanistan vet here. dust it off and scarf it down, lol.
You hate anything 'gritty' ... hmmm. Remind me to keep you away from Sand Paper Dinner Plates. lol
(Note: Sorry, am feeling frisky first thing in the morning and -- as you too were in the Army .... thought some 'trench humor' would cause a grin.)
Be well, be safe ... Go Airborne & "Garryowen"
I have known a couple of WW2 veterans whose experience with food issues coloured their food attitudes for the rest of their lives.
Finally the term "clip" being used correctly.....
This is the comment that made me laugh out loud
The Devil's Brigade...the soldiers from WWII...were truly the greatest generation. What would the world look like today without their patriotism & bravery? A big thank you to vets & those currently serving. I am so proud to be an American. God bless America, her allies, & our military. 🙏🏻🇺🇲❤🇨🇦✌🏻🇬🇧
I was good friends with a member named joe glass he sadly passed away 4 years ago
@@kylew6635 I would LOVE to talk to a member of the Devil's Brigade. I was too young at the time, to ask questions about WWII, from the vets I knew and was related to. They all passed in the 90's. My grandmother had a cousin who saw a lot of combat in Europe. He married German woman named Irma, & moved her to America. She used to teach me German words at family reunions. She was a beautiful blonde woman, even in her later years. I would have tons of question for them now. WWII vets have amazing stories. My grandfather was in Korea and NEVER spoke of it. Not even to his wife or children.
Well, my dad, who enlisted in the Marines after Pearl Harbor and fought in numerous island campaigns in the Pacific, including the Battle of Saipan and also Iwo Jima said that the “Greatest Generation” was a bunch of....well, I’ll say crap, to keep it clean. Any glorification of any war irritated him intensely, but WWII was the worst. He saw so many men cut down on the island invasions bc there was never any cover, just open beaches, so many wasted young lives. My late father-in-law who was a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne and was holed up in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge said that the Greatest Generation could only have been dreamed up by somebody who’d never been in the military. Curiously, Tom Brokaw’s name never came up for the Vietnam draft.
@@voraciousreader3341 I definitely think my great grandparent's generation (WWI & WWII), & My grandparent's generation (Korea), beats the generation of youth today, hands down. They lived through the struggle of the Great Depression. Social media and time out has ruined the world. I am a parent of a teenager, so I can attest to that. I was born in 81 & graduated in 2000. The boys I went to school with enlisted & served in Afghanistan. Maybe the current generation hasn't been put to the ultimate test...yet. They have always lived in a world where their country was at war. Every generation prays that their children will never have to fight in war, but war has been a part of life since the beginning. Perhaps, every generation has its greats. 🇺🇲❤
I really feel bad for scott young i could feel the sadness in his voice , i wish him well
During those days you'd be happy to have those equipment. Both my grandpa's survived world war 2 as guerillas and they only have their bolos on their side.
They also have the jungle on their side 😉.
@@dirkdigler595 they also had people intent on killing them on the other side smileyface weeehooo
the first guy that dropped out saying the equipment was raggy just couldn't cut it thats all
8 up from the floor up
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@@elevenbravo1991 in May 😆🤙
Forgot his binkey
Got his eye poked out ;)
Why is this so interesting ima give the whole night to this
I’d have tried the cliff when I was 12. My cousin, age 11, and I climbed to the third arm of an abandoned high tension wire tower (no wires!). We each went out on an arm and took pictures with our 119 Instamatic cameras. We accessed the worker’s climbing prongs by using an extension ladder. We brought no ropes, nothing for safety. The idea that we could fall, or that we could die, it just never crossed our minds. My aunt still has the photos to prove our folly. My uncle drove in the driveway just as Shane lowered onto the ladder. When it was found out we’d really done it, Shane got a beating and I got grounded for 12 days and was given lots of distasteful or useless chores. The state took out the towers several years after our escapades when it turned out we weren’t the only kids to try such a stunt. A boy fell from one and ended up paralyzed. It did put some sense into me.
Crazy that kids kinda live in the now rather then us adults that are like holy shiz their is way to much that can go wrong
This is why nations like their soldiers young. The areas of their brain that are responsible for quantifying consequences simply haven't developed yet. Why do you think Officers usually are aged around their late 20's and lower ranks are slightly younger? The areas of your brain responsible for quantifying consequences for actions and forward thinking finish developing around age 27-28. So the Officers can think slightly more conservatively than the gung-ho soldiers they're in charge of. Don't get me started about the old sociopathic men that send all these kids into battle though. There's no explaining the insanity they possess...
I would say the guy who put 6 in the center and 1 just outside in quick firing action was the winner, he would do well in a fire fight.
Dang these boys ate good!!! Elk meat is incredible!!!!!
Seeing those men climbing that rock face, without the gear like men WW2 did, it just give me questions. I know, it's a television show. But still.
In the Marines we say, "the only stupid question is the one you didnt ask, and got you killed".
What's your question?
They had a safety line in this episode.
The Kernmantel Rope was a WWII invention, so that’s true. Here they aren’t lead climbing, but Top Roping. Your point is quite valid as during this time they would have led/climbed using the European Pitons , which were soft & malleable. The case hardened Piton wasn’t invented until around 1949 by Swiss Expat Climber & Blacksmith John Salathe. Salathe used model•T axles that he melted down & forged. He created them to climb the granite of Yosemite Valley
45:46 Does that plane really say what I think it does on the side? LOLOLOLOL
Of all the planes they could have chosen ☠☠☠
D E A D
I had to rewind it when I saw it lol
Kept the boys busy, doing demonstration stuff for the civilians..
Lol we call those "Dog and Pony " shows, in the military. I always enjoyed them. I believe soldiers generally do. Through out history..
The preparation for them is what sucks.
Oh the sarcasm
@@Skinwalkerxiv no honestly..lol
Its usually kids and they think youre a hero..it really makes you feel good.
Plus its easy lol. Like a day iff
I noticed they’re not wearing period boots. Probably because to buy everyone period boots would have quadrupled the budget of this project haha
The FSSF wore Cocharan Boots, considered “swag”
Danish M58 boots cost us 12$ a pair when i was in the army, today Danish soldiers get boots for 150$ a pair. The old 10$ boots, where really good boots, when they were done tearing away the part of your foot that did not fit the boot.
Our trainers where like 6$ a pair.
I don’t know when these interviews were made with the persons being interviewed. If you were 20, in 1942, you would be approx 97 years old when this was published in 2019.
This was originally made in the early 2000s. In the first episode the narrator talks about how WWII was 60 years ago
the video was made around 2006.
This is really cool, thanks for posting this! When did this come out? i'd love to do something like this....I got anxious for the people scaling the rock wall :)
Wow,this is great!
WTH was Jay Budd doing to his dagger with that horrible file ?
He was filing the edge off the blade ! Jeeezuz...
+Edward Fletcher That was a WW2 bayonet, so you really do need a file ( or even better, a Dremel tool with a grind-stone tip ) to set some kind of edge on it, then hone it with a whetstone and some honing oil. I collect old WW2 weapons, gear, and memorabilia, and the bayonets I got for both of my K98 Mausers required setting an edge and then honing them. While they were meant to be sharpened, they were primarily a stabbing weapon, and it was up to the individual rifleman to set an edge and sharpen his bayonet. I bought a lot of the old WW2 bolt-actions and pistols ( and got a WW2 era Walther PPK in .32ACP, with German military markings, for my birthday a long time ago ) when the bolt action rifles could be had very cheaply on the surplus market in the 90s, either guns that weren't issued, or "arsenal re-builds" ( where they fix anything that needs fixing, refinish them, and sell them to collectors ).
My preferred hunting rifles are rifles like the 7.62x54mmR Mosin Nagant and 30-06 Springfield 1903. The rifles of that era were so much more powerful and accurate, that I would much rather have a Mauser, Springfield, Mosin Nagant, and .303 British Enfield in combat than some high powered .22 like the AR-15, or any 5.56mm rifle ( but my favorite, go-to rifle for defensive weaponry is the AK-47/AKM, which is really a copy of the German STG-44 Sturmgewehr. The STG-44 even looks like a prototype AK ). I had a chance to buy a WW1 Luger P-08 for $40 or $40 worth of heroin by some junkie a friend of mine knew. I told him to keep the guy there and tell him to keep the Luger for me and I would buy the junkie $100 worth of heroin. By the time I made the 15 minute drive, the guy had sold it, scored, and left
3:30 "deadly to a range of 3000 meters" O____O lolz (aww civilians are so cute) Great uploads though, many Thanks Syndicado
Interestingly as a former Mountain Guide who taught Basic Rock•Craft & Mountaineering I’ve felt the same way in regards to how cute Military participants could be. Knowing the Metric System has very little to do with being a Military SME. Perhaps the writers meant 300m/1000’? The Editors should’ve caught that
Life long civilian here. Knew that was bs the second I heard it lol.
I'm sure a .30-06 round *could* kill someone at 3000m, it's just that that hit would be completely by chance, and not by any sort of deliberate attempt, most likely. It would also be falling out of the sky like a mortar.
@@robertnewell4054 Most likely the script should have read 3,000 ft. or even better say it in yds or meters. That makes sense because a good shot is able to hit someone at 1,000 yds range with an M1 Garand using a scope - not every time tho it depends a lot on conditions.
@@dannygjk ..... that’s why I thought he meant 300m (approximately 1000’)
This was great!
I like how the canadian preemptively excused his horrible grouping
Rifle and 60 lb ruck up a rock face wall, in combat boots. That's a Bad Ass.
A series a la Band of Brothers of these guys would be awesome.
45:46 like when you see the surprise.
All these soldiers had to do, ( using the late 60's to 90's period equipment & weapons), like the FNC1, FNC2 NATO personal weapons, "No more 106 mm recoilless " Wearing items like the SSF jump smock, the SSF shoulder badges, as such things were unique to the time etc... was to go to some exercises with the 1 RCR in London Ontario. Special Service Force, after the devil's brigade of WW II. Today's special operations. The biggest change was the airborne in Petawawa, home to some of the best training ground, and the Matawa plains, that was disbanded since it was finally decided they were getting out of hand. Often, a lot of the airborne went to the RCR anyway. Besides, 3 Mechanised in Germany had also been disbanded by 1972 or so.
You can tell these guys were not instructed on how to carry their rifles. The "low ready", the rifle being at a downward 25-45 degree angle straight out from the body, is a modern creation. In WW2, the men were taught to carry their weapons parallel and diagonal to their body. You can see it if you watch old footage of GIs. If you watch Band of Brothers, you can see this small detail was taught to the actors.
+Randomly Entertaining The WW2 rifle carry method you describe is how I carry my AKMs and .308 military rifles while training in the woods around my house. I live in a very isolated place up in the Great Smokey Mountains, with no cops and neighbors for miles, so I can train in the woods and shoot all I want, though pricey ammo nowadays makes me kinda reluctant to train and expend the good stocks of ammo I was smart enough to buy before the election debates even got started. I guess I foresaw Biden getting in and the panic buying thing. At least I have guns, ammo, and mags stockpiled, even if I'm afraid to expend the ammo and have fun with them
@@cthulhu6697 I also carry my AKM in the high ready. Longer rifles can be harder to carry in a low ready especially in close quarters. Not to mention high ready is more comfortable to carry over distance.
9:55 anyone else get that warm fuzzy feeling that all 3 of us have that special bond? =)
I maybe wrong here. I am sure David Sterling had the Devils Brigade in mind when he single handedly, with Churchills insistence combined the LRDG with the newly
formed SAS in North Africa. For those of you not familiar, the defeat of the Africa Corp spelt disaster for the German war effort. Hail the Devils.
29:18 No groupings? BULLSHIT!
Somebody needs to contact the Winnipeg PD and tell them that their marksmanship training is inadequately served.
Went with my wife when ahe was interviewed by the police after having to shoot at someone who broke in. They asked how many times shed shot that gun before and what kind of practice we did. Officer was amazed she'd put 100 rounds through it and i taught her reactive firing. He said most cops in the department dont fire that many rounds in a year and none of them were taught reactive shooting scenarios... may not have needed to use it if we could have gotten them to come out and invesgigate the first couple times stuff was going on.
The Fallschirmjäger 1938 ,The Waffen SS 1940 ,The SAS was founded in 1941,June 1940 British Commandos tough stuff thanks
What does the fallschirmjäger and the Waffen SS have to do with the SAS and the British Commandos?
Coverts diffrent but in general SOLIDERS always Quietly DUG in even just a scoop Incase of MOTAR fire 🔥. Get me Our training was at any stop try to quietly dig in or find good banyan always camo with fresh leaves etc . When the arts falling with mortars you need To be UNDERGROUND
Amazing that none of these guys can shoot a handgun very accurately. Some were very effective.
That was target shooting with a non standard weapon they are not familiar with. Combat shooting is about putting your opponent down either killing him or into a state where he could be killed.
The M1 had a 8 round CLIP , not magazine .
the national guard who got shot by the guy that posed as a jogger got played lol
we used to do the same thing when I was in the army, think outside the box and don't follow the assumed rules.
No names mentioned was lucky to have one of these instructors in my basic training 1979
Worst day for me was during minefield training it was raining so much my Plate got wet and folded in the middle into my lap
That sucks for Scott. At MCRD guys would try and muscle the rope climb. Some could get away with it but most got 3/4 of the way up got gassed out! I’ve seen way worse rope burns than that. For those reading this that don’t know there is a climbing technique.
Lmaooo WOW how insulting. I guess they don’t expect any of us to have any long range rifle training. The garand is chambered in 30-06. A 30-06 is in no way at all effective at 3,000 meters. ESPECIALLY not a semi automatic one. You lose a lot of accuracy and a bit of force(due to some bullet force being used to cycle the action and load the next round) with a semi automatic. Even so, a bolt action 30-06 has an effect range of about 1500 m and that’s being quite generous. I’m betting that the garand isn’t accurate at all past 800-900 m
I think he meant that it will travel that far once fired, not that you can reliably hit a target at that far.
quote Special forces missions are built on 4 principles
1 Planning
2 Reconnaissance
3 Assault
4 Extraction
same rules now as in 1942 ,no better way to evaluate an enemy position then human eyes on the target
so what's the UK government doing going into cyber warfare and cutting back boots on the ground
do they ever learn or listen
Lol, the dubbed over gun sounds
This is stuff my Son’s Boy Scout Troop did. Also spent 12 days in the Canadian lake country. How do I know. I was there.
Why they have a modern 1911 with a 3 -dot sight?
5:00 that Sowa guy can go to ----. 1) The only thing a kid could be carrying is messages in WW2, today, maybe a bomb. There's no reason not to wait for the kid to cross, go in an alley, nab him and take his stuff. Now you have their communication. 2) You shoot the kid, no officer is coming across that bridge now. 3) You shoot, you gave away your position. They may not have even known that there were snipers at all, but now they do. 4) The local population hates your guts. Count them out next time you need something. 5) Your team loses their morale because they realize they kill kids on orders. 6) All it cost the enemy was a kid they don't care about in the first place.
RUclips censors the language I want to use to describe people like Sowa. He's ignorant and thoughtless. I know a dozen guys like him. All of them want to be the tough guy. They compare how hard they are to other people and push the limits, way past the point of doing anything that makes sense. That Bill Wolf guy from ep 1, he was cruel. But he was doing it for a reason, to make a point and bring people home. Sowa's just full of it, and it's not uncommon.
You do understand that the Germans did recruit teens ands kids towards the end of the war
@@universal1014 That is totally irrelevant. Still easier and more fruitful to nab them. Still demoralizing to blow away a twelve year old.
Bruh the Mauser had been around since WWI we even used somewhat of a variant of it in the M1903
People who start sentences with “Bruh” give the everlasting impression that they’re 13 and extremely undereducated, if not uneducated. And YOU didn’t use anything in WWI....the soldiers did.
@@voraciousreader3341 ok my bad but by we I meant the United States as I am a citizen of the United States so my bad that I was not around back then
Garand m1 has Mexican Mondregon characteristics.
Why aren’t they wearing the right equipment and. Helmets . Rather defeats the object of the exercise
You know how they got that name "Devil's Brigade" it was given to them by the Germans who had the misfortune of having to face them in battle. I'm not sure but I think they were deployed in Sicily or Italy.
The FSSF were not in Sicily. They reached Oran in 11/43
The LT took his time to put rounds down range and is rewarded for that. I'm sorry but as a former firearms instructor in the military I think he was over rated. He even said that on his next tour in Iraq he would have an M9! SO? More rounds equals more chances to live? THAT is the problem with our modern military. Oh, I missed, so what? I have a DOZEN more rounds to kill the MFr with. A soldier should NEVER think like that! Eliminate the MOST individuals trying to kill you with the amount of rounds you have. It should be one (or two) rounds for EVERY person trying to kill YOU!
That shooting with the pistol on a paper target was a real embarrassment.
The weapons were unfamiliar, and to achieve accuracy in that kind of shooting, frequent practice is needed.
@@voraciousreader3341 Well. In the end everything is down to the practice. Unfamiliarity is not an excuse.
Wondering why they didn't use WW2 government issue 1911's 45s for the pistol competition ?
+ScottyFox Because the U.S. military was still issuing those WW2 1911s in Vietnam, and they were so ragged to death by then that soldiers and Marines were complaining about the guns not being able to hit a barn and needing all kinds of parts like main springs, barrels, recoil springs, screws, sights, bent feed lips on the mags, needed follower springs on the mags, and so on. The govt. sold tons of them to the public for cheap, even placing ads in gun magazines ( because they weren't trying to disarm the public then ), while they were looking to buy new pistols.
They made the mistake of settling on a weaker, smaller caliber around 1985-1986 ( the 9x19mm. I'm aware that's a lot of people's favorite, pet semi-auto pistol round and people will hurl insults at me, but the fact is, the 9x19mm is a shitty anti-personnel round. To compound that, they chose the piece of shit Beretta M92FS. I had one and they suck. But what the hell, they'd already replaced the very good and powerful, reliable .308 Winchester caliber M-14 with the jam-prone, high powered .22 called the AR-15/M-16. Again, people who love them will respond with hatred as if I pimp-slapped their mothers, but I don't care. Both of those guns and calibers suck ). Now to sit back and laugh at all of hateful comments by people who were probably shitting in their diapers when I was already an adult with a good arsenal. Everything I just typed was the truth, but for some reason, the Disciples of the AR-15 and the Cult of the "Wonder Nine" get all in their feelings about what I, a stranger on the internet, said about their guns of preference. I don't understand why, they can shoot what they like, as can I. Oh well, they can get their panties in a wad and throw tantrums all they want, I care not
These guys got German weapons bc the real Devil’s Brigade used German weaponry, so that they could resupply themselves in occupied territories....they had no way to have anything sent to them. It’s explained in the first episode.
The army misses training just because they skin their hand?!
Joe Butt jou Gat....It just sounds good in Afrikaans.. In Primary and early High School (Whites) for Boys(mid 80's) in South Africa we sing songs over the Green Bereis ("Berets").
It was said that the Lt, who is als a Economic teachers, is not Leadership material. It is Education that put a person in an leadership postion. BUT natural leaders do not need education. They have a certain kind of caracter/ personality...Like a salesmen. A salesman is not a dr, and some salesman have more money that a doctor... Jacob Zuma had not finished his Primary School, but still he beat Pres. Thabo Mbeki, MA (Economy , Surry Uni, UK) to became President of ZA. And then Pres. Zuma F-up the Economy....
The plan of a jogger was very COOOOL!
When was the footage shot with the original brigade's men?
I believe that in the first episode, the narrator said 1942.
Fad Bother Muckers.
You mean to tell me they have re-ginas in Canada?! Here we only have unginas.
The Japanese invation was the second invation of US soil after the Canadians. The first one was Pancho Villa who invaded the US at the beginning of the XX century. General Pershing, WWI hero, was sent to capture Pancho Villa but was unsuccessful in this. Pancho Villa outrun him all the time.
its sad to think that some day their will be no ww2 vets alive
We’re getting close now. My father would have been 100 in 2023. Unfortunately, he died in 1999.
@@voraciousreader3341 its crazy I live in a small town and knew all the ww2 vet their is only 1 left from 5 that I knew of, the last to pass wanted to go to a memorial so bad telling my dad that he thought it would be his last so he drove him 60 km in his ute to go there then he past not long after.
BOERRESHD GABBORB OGLE SHBOIBLE TZAPPLORT, COLT 1911 45ACP MAPF OND ROELLPERS BIBBID ! ! !
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Sent home for that little bit of skin missing?? I’ve had my whole palm melted off from off season American football and still had to train. But maybe that’s why I joined the Marines after high school. Just built different lol
this is voluteer training not real work it not worth causing real injuries when you do not have to
10:10 Wrong. American soil was occupied as early as December 1941. Guam, Wake, Philippines, American diplomatic facilities, all are/were part of the United States (many still are).
Nope, I thought I was tough,,,, I would not have had the stuff to be one of the Devil Brigade,, no frigg'n way. Those men were and are what the Special Forces were supposed to be. ONLY the toughest could be among them, weak physically and mentally soldiers had no place in the Devils Brigade. I do believe however that our Navy Seals, our present day Special Forces, the SAS could have met the challenges to be counted among the Devils Brigade. I was a soldier - enlisted March 1967. Spent my basic and AIT at Ft. Lewis, WA as an 11B10. Was assigned to APC driver as I made it to Spec 4. Decided I wanted more rank for the money so signed up to go to NCO school, then on to OCS again, for the added income. After attending Branch Qualification at Ft. Sill, OK I was assigned to 2nd Bttn, 218th Arty. Wore the gold bars for almost 3 years and was promoted to Battery A XO just prior to pinning on my silver bars I decided 7 years was enough. Wanted to do something else.
I see the garand thumb at 31:30
Their 1911's have WAY better sights. The GI spec sights on an A1 at that time were barely there.
Ooh please The cliff climb . All the Ooh arrr strain The originals had no proper safety team And they climbed with rifles banging around packs getting caught up . K thought this was Gona be a bunch of proper Spec Forces showing how well fed weightlifting jogging everyday MFs wer Gona show them
The way . But Nope 👎 Modern career SOLIDERS spend to much time in the Gym bulking up . When I served the toughest guys wer slim 5"6 - 5"8 guys wiry could do one arm pull ups . Our P E guy was a little Scotsman never said 2 words without swearing 3 times . The guy Would trip u amd beat you up no matter how big you thought you was I Rember this 6"4 230lb black guy street wise the works That PE instructor had him on his back choke hold and knocked him out in a minute . . True storh
39:54 that is cheating. There was no duct tape back then..
yeah....and Bill Wolfe you know all that from all your vast experience in what the military or police or swat? Seriously, post your bio please?
So are the cameramen enlisted ?
Probably civilian.
Seems to be a civilian production with military approval.
If it was military made, it would have been hokier and be twice as long, with lots of painting rocks and collecting cigarette butts.
@@spoton6906 the cameramen completed the course tho
Nonimportant Creature This wasn’t an actual military run course.
This was a documentary made by a civilian production company, Frantic Films.
Not sure on everyone’s status as it’s been a while but I do know that the active duty soldiers had to get permission prior to filming.
Also, it’s a union gig, as most bigger budget productions are, so the camerawork was definitely civilian.
@@spoton6906 so are they worthy 😂
When they were doing their pistol shooting were they weren't using the weaver stance? Was it not allowed?
I think their top shooter should have been the fastest highest scorer. Not the LT who took his time.
The Weaver Stance wasn't developed until the late 1950s.
@@atomicmillenial9728 Yep, the static military pistol stance of that era ( stand with your side facing target, one arm behind your back and the the shooting hand and arm extended ) was the way the military taught pistols from at least WW1 to Korea, maybe longer. A very ineffective way to actually shoot and totally useless when your target wasn't paper silhouettes but a man shooting at you. I don't remember when they started teaching the isosceles stance. Personally, I mostly train pistols by point shooting, sighting along the top of the slide ( or barrel if revolver ) and using the front sight blade like sighting a shotgun. You look at it as if there is no distance between you and your target and, just as your key finds the keyhole, your rounds will find your target. It works out for me very good every time
I glad they made this when they did. 2021Today they would be to macho and to white and no females.
Isn't m60 a version of mg42 which Germans robbed from Polish military who developed it.
The First Special Service Force were _not_ the first special forces unit, as the intro makes out. Even if we exclude all the units formed before WW2 that performed the same role as what a modern SF unit would, they wouldn't be the first, the first special forces of WW2 were the British Commandos of the Special Service Brigade (1940).
Hell, they're not even the first _US_ special forces unit. That honour goes to (depending on who you ask) either the US Army Rangers, or the Marine Corps "Raiders". Though all 3 US units _did_ form in 1942.
This, no one else points out this factual error. The British are the ones that formed the first modern special forces in the Commandos, which is widely accepted the world over. Yet another production for the American ego.
damn straight Canadians in 1812 (yes technically called British but it was Canadian people who fought since Britain was focused in Europe with Napoleon)
Actually it was a mix of British troops, Canadian militia and First Nations troops as well. The actual mix varied from battle to battle.
@ 6:20 With all due respect I fundamentally disagree with the statement "There is nothing morally wrong with a soldier doing his job [taking another man's life]" I understand the concept you are trying to represent but it _is_ flawed. There certainly *is* something *morally wrong* with a soldier killing an enemy combatant even if it was to protect his own life or those of his fellows. It is morally wrong to take _any_ life. We are all brothers. At our most basic level we do not want to kill each other so _yes_ it *is* morally wrong. What I will say though is that I would *never* look down on any soldier for having to preform that terrible duty because I understand the larger picture they are placed in. So if you don't mind I would like to rephrase your thesis: It is _always morally wrong_ for any man to take another's life. *But it is for that very reason that we must always respect the burden our soldiers have to bear when they must make that decision to end the life of another* because although it should never be morally acceptable, the real world doesn't always cooperate. You may not agree with a certain war, but please respect the burden our soldiers have to bear to fulfilling a nasty and horrible duty that shouldn't be forced upon any man.
They didn't have high profile 3 dot sights on 1911's back in the day.
Anyone else catch the name of the plane at 45:46?? 🤣🤣
Was looking for this comment lmaoo
lmao 45:45
“An enemy that wouldn’t cut and run”?!? “Some of the bloodiest combat in the Second World War”?? Is this narrator for real?? The Japanese left bc the position wasn’t worth fighting over, it had no strategic value. Did they “cut and run” from Guadalcanal?? Tarawa?? The Philippines?? How about the battle of Saipan, where US soldiers DID land on a flat beach, under the nose of Japanese machine guns, and were mown down like hay in July, bc there wasn’t any cover, anywhere?? How about the roughly 29,000 Japanese soldiers who were ordered to fight to the death, bc their resupply routes were wrecked from the Battle of the Philippine Sea?? Eventually, the Marines (my dad was one) and Army infantry were using flame throwers to roast the soldiers alive in caves and trenches....was _THAT_ “cutting and running”?!? THEN my dad went to Iwo Jima, and THEN was preparing to invade the Japanese mainland when the bombs were dropped....can any of these nutcases imagine how horrible that would have been? Gee, maybe they’d send in the Devil’s Brigade to kill all the women and children, bc they were so tough! I’m sorry, but people say the stupidest things, especially when they’re trying to hype a show that has no drama!
45:46 does that say what I think it says?!
So the iconic American rifle was Canadian
45:46 george floyd plane
SHPLEYTZIE DOUGLAS C47 OGLE DC3 OND ROLLMS PELLFLOST PARA RODAU ! ! !
Meanwhile in England, the British Commandos and SAS were doing this stuff long before 1943, in fact the British trained the first US Rangers in Commando tactics, the Rangers were supposed to be the first US SF's but got their arses kicked at Anzio.
It's not about who's dick is bigger, it's about fighting the good fight to the end, the brothers around you and Us all living in FREEDOM! Seen all kinds of badasses from all over in combat
3x's wounded, Iraq 2004 FISTER
When you say England do you mean the UK and Commonwealth?
To be fair everyone got their shit kicked in during the italian campaign. It's mostly due to attacking an entrenched enemy in horrendous terrain.
@@Its_shiki_time4876 Italy, the so called soft underbelly of Europe.
The British were getting schooled from the Mi’kmaq to Magau.
The ambush in The Last Of The Mohicans is pretty epic. Grey Hair getting some too is as enjoyable.
There’s a reason the Devils Brigade patch is shaped as it is. The same as today’s version. Just sayin’.
**** _YOU WOULD THINK ... that the PRODUCERS & EDITORS ... would have taken the 'N' Word Labled C-47 out of this. I find it, especially in these times, insensitive & morally offensive. __45:46__ ... not cool, folks._
D.A.
Dang. Would say nice catch but that’s not a nice word scrawled on the fuselage.
Glad they left it in. Points out the hypocrisy of fighting for freedom.
Also, brings the spotlight to the history of racism and it being the norm of its day.
One of the most well known members of the Devils Brigade was Tommy Prince. First Nations. He was one hell of a soldier and when he got home, he had to get used to being just another “Indian.” He volunteered a second time and went to Korea. Riding high in the saddle then coming home to shit. Was too much for him and I can plainly see why.
How did you even see that??
@@nozecone I dunno -- maybe because I direct commercials and I've always been one of those dorks that memorize everything they see.
Then -- you see something as repugnant as what was painted on the side of that C-47 and I feel ill.
Maybe that 'N' Word was what was way back then -- but it sure (no pun intended) don't fly today -- dig-?
@@MeBeTheDB What's with the "dig-?" - trying to start a fight or something? Okay, I get it: you've got yourself all worked up and are ready to do battle. Sorry, I'm not interested - I was just wondering how you saw that, as I said. My eyes aren't what they used to be, but I had to spend a minute or two going frame to frame, back and forth, before I made out what was written on the plane - you clearly have a trained eye for that sort of thing if you just picked it up in a split second. Or else I'd better get to the eye doctor.
@@nozecone Forgive the wrong intention of 'dig-?' .... if we were actually talking -- the 'dig-?' would be an 'aside' ... you know, something of a shorthand to a friend.
Apologies for any confusion, amigo.
Hope that makes sense ... and like yourself, my body has met with the ravages of the years ... so 'ouch' is a noise surrounding my bruised and battered almost 63 year old carcass ..........
Happy Tuesday!
so some guys pretend to be in a fake war? i've never laughed harder! how much more usa can you get! its so pathetic!
Did you forget about the canadians?
A lot of these guys are combat vets
@Abe Froman I'm pretty sure training in the military is very similar.
@Abe Froman they literally play war for training in the military. How is this any different?
@Abe Froman poor or not it doesn't change the fact that this is no different than training