Jesse Ling well it is absolutely true if you are talking about the Second World War.With few exceptions the performances of the Italian army were poor. During the First World War the Italians fought bravely for two years before their disastrous defeat at Caporetto. But everybody tends to forget that afterwords they scored two major and overwhelming victories:the battles of Piave and Vittorio Veneto, which provoked the total collapse of the Austrian army.Furthermore,two Italian divisions fought gallantly against the Germans in France in 1918.
@@antoniotorcoli9145Yes, I have always thought it was to Italian soldiers' credit in WWII if they did not have their heart in a fight for what was after all a fascist state.
I can't imagine it ended well for knifefighters who found themselves inadvertently up against somebody using a submachine gun. (Assuming these fighters were still around in 1918.)
World War One was a horrific war. The tactics that were used are very interesting to study and at this point in time the idea of having soldiers attack with melee weapons would have seemed archaic, but here it was somewhat effective. Also when it comes to WWI people usually talk about the Germans fighting the French and British at the Western Front, so a video about the Italians fighting the Austro-Hungarians is refreshing.
@@bouse23 not really, Napoleon used different type of strategy, just only the fact that the trench were used rarely it's a big difference, indeed he had wins so easily because introduce a new idea of the war, one more fast and flexible; totally different from the positioning war of the wwI
@ Karate was introduced in the 10s actually, though I'll give you that by then it probably still was some niche stuff. Then again he still could have known that... It's possible that he taught karate or perhaps he didn't actually teach karate but some other kind of martial art that later was confused with karate. In any case he did do martial traning work
@ I admit that I should investigate the matter. It is true that it's commonly said that he taught karate but that could be a mistake, a lot of people, myself included, are not so knowledgeable on eastern martial arts and possibly the press confused the terms in the following years already. It is also possible that he knew something, but thanks for the remark. Until I learn more about this I modified my previous comment and put martial arts instead of karate
That is a definitely wrong line. Italian army spent the whole WWI on the attack, until the Caporetto defeat, on a front that greatly favoured the defender, with great losses for a number of reasons,but for sure not for the lack of courage. To attack for 11 different battles on a such a difficult front shows that the problem was elsewhere (equipment, leadership,…)
ww1: attack the trenches with a knife ww2: attack the british tank with grenades, attack the russians with horses and attack the british ships with human torpedoes. and the absurd thing is that it worked
And it spans multiple places in europe like ac 1 2 and brotherhood small maps but detailed and mutiple side quest like hvt and recovering pigeons amd hurt allies amd do sometype of spy work with the story i can imagi 3 now outrunning planes or artillery
@@commiefornian7496 The idea of outrunning artillery is brilliant, Also recovering allies fallen behind enemy lines where major stealth sequences are implored is extraordinarily genius. And yes I would expect finding platoon leaders and captains would be the assassination part. It would work so well!
@@TheManWithoutAName1120 ofc it has go be third person and your charachter might have to is3 a fortnite like fameplay for gunfights becuase its set in world war
@@commiefornian7496 most infantry weapons of WW1 were bolt action rifles, you could take out one person but if there is a squad your dead. That’s why stealth would be a major focus when your solo
Italy didn't betray anyone, the pact was defensive and Austria attacked first, so we weren't supposed to side with them if we didn't want. Plus, Italian-Austrian unfriendship was known years before. And ww1 Italian army was poorly led until general Diaz took power. Italian soldiers were very brave and capable throughout all the war.
also you know, the whole war started with the pretext of a Serb minority committing an act of rebellion therefore let's invade Serbia. There were plenty of Italian Minorities in Austria-Hungary clamoring to join Italy so really, the way Austira-Hungary invaded Serbia could happen to the Italians a few months down the line.
@@jinglejangle3287 sure. Living right next to the area with still living grandparents who have seen these things with their own eyes just isn't enough.
"Italy wasnt known for having the bravest troops during the World Wars" Bruh their bravery was highly admired by the Germans. The only reason they were terrible in conflict was their generals poor decisions. And in WW1 their only available combat zone was along a river delta marsh. Fencing is akin to knife to knife combat.
@@TheMateo123 there were many incidents where they were admired by generals such as Rommel and their are stories which suggests they fought with the and bravery and tenacity as other nations. But they were generally poorly equipped and poorly led.
Italians were the same who did the last cavalry charge in history armed with daggers against a russian artillery rgt. The same who invented special forces both of the army and navy and whose navy frogmen equipped with home made torpedoes sank 3 major british battle ships in harbors controlled by the enemy. And what about the Folgore and Ariete division who fought until the last man in North Africa against an enemy 10 times bigger and better equipped? Every single time allies asked to Folgore division to surrender they shout: "FOLGORE!" But yeah, we are pasta and mandolino, no?
The history of why Italy left the Triple Entente is more complicate than this. It was a Defensive pact, not an Alliance (a totally different thing). The article 7 of the Triple Entente stated that not a single nation member of the defensive treaty should've had become an aggressor, otherwise the all the nations involved would have been automatically considered neutral and the treaty withot any legal value. Rome warned many times Vienna to not attack Serbia, cause it was an infringment of the Article 7, but to resolve the casus belli with the Diplomacy. Vienna do not did that, they declared war to Serbia and the treaty with Germany and Italy becomes null. Then Italy as any other Nation would have done, choose his path looking at national interests. So i laugh when i ear someone say that Italy betrayed the "Alliance"...on contrary, after WW1 who was betrayed by Americans was Italy itself, that wasn't granted with the lands previously agreed, wich Americans refused to vote in favoir to give to Italy in the pact of London. Also, the stereotypes that Italians regularly underperformed in War is just that, a stereotype. Italian soldiers did stuff in WW1 and WW2 that no other army had never even thinked about it. The problem of Italians was their higher officials (inept noblesman) and the lack of bellic industry and oil resource. Also, on Arditi, their standardized equipment was a knife and hand grenades, in fact when they was assaulting the trenches they was doing it with the knife in their mouth and a ready grenade in their hand. They was using also flametrower and muskets. The armor aka "Corazza Farina" wasn't a common equipment, but was given only to that Arditi that was doing some suicidal mission, to protect themselves from shrapnel. Also the Arditi trained also an US Unit, the 813th company
@@antoinelachapelle3405 Yep. The muskets were of the same model supplied to the cavalry, of a shorter type than that of the infantry and with folding bayonet (Mod. 91 TS), flanked in the last months of the war by the MAB 18, a sort of machine gun hybridized with a musket .
Well said. I like hearing alternate versions of what my school teacher taught me here in the states. The victors write the history books. So of course some of what is taught is skewed and wrong. Thankyou for taking the time to describe in detail!
@@solinvictus1234 I respect that English is likely not your first language, but if you are going to engage in lengthy discussions like this, you need to use correct terminology. A Carcano is a repeating, bolt action rifle. A musket neither repeats, or uses a bolt action. "Rifle" would be the correct term to use. Muskets haven't been used by a major military since the 1800s.
There were actually some interesting social dynamics that contributed to the entirely unwarranted enthusiasm so many people had for the war. Too long for here -- it was in a Great Courses audiobook from Audible, can't remember the professor's name.
@@jp4431 True Story. The Boogeyman isn’t scary when you know when where and how he’s coming well in advance. No training could prepare young boys raised in peace for blood, guts, and up close and personal carnage. They weren’t desensitized like our children are today.
The Chinese & North Korean sappers were quite effective 🔪killers on sleeping or smoking US troops on watch during the UN police action in Korea. Demoralizing
watch "forgotten weapons" one of the best gun channel on youtube, he said the carcano was one of the best Rifle of WW2, he is a profi, you are a desktop warrior without knowledge
Actually Carcanos were bad because it switched caliber mid war with a slightly smaller one that fitted the "older" caliber but effected terribly the accuracy. Logistic were bad not Carcanos
“Do you know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can’t savor all the..... little emotions. In... you see, their last moments, people show you who they really are.” - The Joker
Video said they had body armor . I recon a chest plate and a backplate too . Video depicted the Arditi had bucklers strapped to their forarrms. I wonder what Matt Easton would say .
He is mixing true facts (Italy was affected by bad leaders and mediocre weapons even in WWI) with false/misportrayed ones (not only the arditi performed good, a lot of other italian troops performed very well in WWI, like bersaglieri, alpini, artillery and cavalry forces, contributing to the final victory against Austria-Hungary). Also, the "legend" of Italy changing side is simply a stretch, the fact is that Austria betrayed one of the clauses of the (defensive) alliance with Italy starting a war without previously informing his ally. So the alliance ceased automatically and Italy was free to accept new pacts. Only after a year Italy entered the war on the English/French side.
Narrator: "Imagine your shock as guys with Knives and not guns jump in your trench " Me: "Imagine your shock when Big foot walks behind you after surprising some enemy troops" 4:07
Actually Austro-Hungarian talked pretty well to Germans about Italian army. Don't forget Italy was constantly conquering territories until the German help to Austro-Hungarians. They were on the same level, a newly formed country against a decadent old empire, with a stagnating economy and aristocratic old military commands. Against modern german tactics, Italy army indeed fell apart (mostly captured before they can even react during the battle of Caporetto) but the same happenend to Austro-Hungarian against the French on the Alps.
Italy annihilated the combined Austro German forces on the Piave river and at Vittorio Veneto, the reason for the Collapse at Caporetto was due to overstreched supply lines after the Italian conquest of Gorizia. The Austro/German forces failed to defeat the Italians after Caporetto exactly for the same reason, topography and logistics. Italian geography favors the defender, not the attacker, so the defeat at Caporetto actually did, logistically and tactically speaking, a favor to the Italian army.
Italian fought against German in the western front too and they did it very well. In the battle of Chemin des Dames Italian troops won against German and were admired by French. I think you just don't know.
*Looks at the title and the thumbnail* Must be the Arditi. Video: *confirms it* Me: Of course! \^o^/ "Pugnal fra denti, la bomba a mano!" (Knife in mouth, grenade in the hand.)- lyrics to their hymn "Le fiame nerre" (The black flame- Arditi's insignia)
Who knew that Italy, once known for the Roman Empire, had a regiment that was specialized in knife and sword fighting in WWI and it was their best one at that. Maybe they never should of picked up the guns and stuck with what they know. xD
Italians are the old Romans. I would never allow myself close combat with people who’s main accomplishment was conquering the entirety of modern Europe and maintaining a Pax Romana. As an American Indian with technologically “superior” firepower, the spirit of Italians will never die. I’d rather see them as allies rather than enemies.
There were more accomplishments beyond what I speak here, and I’m aware of them. Just didn’t feel the need to list all of their power. If you know, you know.
A knife won't jam, doesn't need to be reloaded or taken apart, and kills silently in both day and night, on dry land and in the water. Nothing beats a knife if you know your enemy and know yourself.
Other nations: I want planes bombing, then an artillery barrage. After that I want landships to smash through barbed wide, followed by light machinegunners doing walking fire and infantry following behind them Italy: "You see that trench?" "Yes" "Here's a knife. Run towards it. Don't worry, we'll shell the whole place while you're there to give you cover" "Si. O LA VITTORIA O TUTTI ACCOPPATI"
Romans : OK let's try those Spanish short swords Result : Beat the Greeks, Gauls, Punics... Italians : Leave the rifle, take only the bayonet Result : We still joke about Italy in both world wars
Anglo-French ancestors: Let's go beat some Romans, *Get enslaved and become the joke of the century* Anglo-French: "Let's defeat Tirks and Germans! *Get beaten and become the joke of the century* 😂
In all fairness they didn't only carry knives, they carried rifles carbines pistols and all the grenades they could carry. Also they tended to go all stabby after they cleared the trenches with grenades....
I love this channel! So very very interesting and informative! The huge Austro-Hungarian vs Italian or Russian battles are often overlooked or eclipsed by the Western Front through mainstream media... and in movies... The movie Saving Private Ryan turned me into a "War Documentary Buff"... since 1998 I been reading about WW1 and WW2 and other "major" battles... but watching these documentaries on youtube is so much better! Thanx again guys. Again... love your channel!
Mio nonno e suo fratello erano negli arditi, e si sarebbero sentiti insultati all’idea che qualcuno potesse pensare che agivano per avidità e guadagno personale. Erano missioni troppo rischioso per farle per questo motivo, moltissimi di loro morivano, tutti loro erano motivati da idealismo è amore per la patria, ed i piccoli vantaggi che avevano nemmeno gli importavano.
Actually arditi fought with knife and handgranades. They also had some people with small machine guns. First small machine guns was used by them ( fiat mod. 1915 "Villar Perosa"). Arditi training and tactics were alteady in use by german Sturmtruppen. Hand to hand weapons were commonly in use in wwi. Maces, spiked clubs etc. were used also by austrians because they were more effective in trenches (small space). I also remind you first "sea commando" operation realized in wwi. Two Italian soldiers sunk the austrians battleship viribus unitis sneaking underwater in a full guarded austrian Port to Place a bomb.
very interesting video finally you speak a bit of Italy and as an Italian I take the opportunity to ask you for a video of military confrontation between Italy and Turkey considering the history that binds us and above all the difficult political position of Italy in the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey
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"No offense to the Italian army"
Proceeds to diss the Italian Army for 10 minutes straight...
It's not a diss if its true.
Jesse Ling well it is absolutely true if you are talking about the Second World War.With few exceptions the performances of the Italian army were poor. During the First World War the Italians fought bravely for two years before their disastrous defeat at Caporetto. But everybody tends to forget that afterwords they scored two major and overwhelming victories:the battles of Piave and Vittorio Veneto, which provoked the total collapse of the Austrian army.Furthermore,two Italian divisions fought gallantly against the Germans in France in 1918.
Lol
@@BastardOfTheNorth Absolutely not true... This video is just Fiction!
@@antoniotorcoli9145Yes, I have always thought it was to Italian soldiers' credit in WWII if they did not have their heart in a fight for what was after all a fascist state.
“Let the knife do the work” -Gordon Ramsay
That sounds like Philippine soldiers and their fighting with the karambit.
This needs more likes
Perfect comment 👌
Must be Italian descendants.
Doesn't make any sense. Reported.
So, Italians basically *broke* the saying
“Never bring a knife to a gun fight”
always bring a knife to a gun fight?
TF are you two saying?
Maybe the saying is always bring a knife and a gun to a knife or gun fight
@FBI what are those other people in the reply saying?
I can't imagine it ended well for knifefighters who found themselves inadvertently up against somebody using a submachine gun. (Assuming these fighters were still around in 1918.)
Italian: *jumps into the trench wielding nothing but knife
Austria-hungarian: "Your tactic confuse and frighten me sir."
“remember, using your knife is always faster then reloading.”
@Skip ads COD reference pal...
Bayonets
And so does using ur gun as a club
*than
A second gun is also faster than reloading.
World War One was a horrific war. The tactics that were used are very interesting to study and at this point in time the idea of having soldiers attack with melee weapons would have seemed archaic, but here it was somewhat effective. Also when it comes to WWI people usually talk about the Germans fighting the French and British at the Western Front, so a video about the Italians fighting the Austro-Hungarians is refreshing.
Refreshing?
The tactics in 1914 were based on napoleonic tactics they didnt take into account modern weapons like machine gun etc
Melee weapons are still being used... just look at the India china border conflict in 2020.
@@deth3021 link???
@@bouse23 not really, Napoleon used different type of strategy, just only the fact that the trench were used rarely it's a big difference, indeed he had wins so easily because introduce a new idea of the war, one more fast and flexible; totally different from the positioning war of the wwI
Fun Fact: a Japanese warrior fought as a volunteer alongside Arditi and taught them martial arts too!
Source, link?
@@travisj8091 Look up for Harukichi Shimoi
Unlikely since karate was not introduced into japan (from Okinawa) until the 1920s (the war ended in 1918).
@ Karate was introduced in the 10s actually, though I'll give you that by then it probably still was some niche stuff. Then again he still could have known that... It's possible that he taught karate or perhaps he didn't actually teach karate but some other kind of martial art that later was confused with karate. In any case he did do martial traning work
@ I admit that I should investigate the matter. It is true that it's commonly said that he taught karate but that could be a mistake, a lot of people, myself included, are not so knowledgeable on eastern martial arts and possibly the press confused the terms in the following years already. It is also possible that he knew something, but thanks for the remark. Until I learn more about this I modified my previous comment and put martial arts instead of karate
"Never bring a knife in a gunfight"
Italians: So anyway i started stabbing
Underrated
😂🤣🤣🤣😅
GLI ARDITI
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Funker did a video on that within the reactionary gap space and that saying does not always hold true.
Rest of world: U have to fight with guns
Italians: Weapon is weapon!
I bet Mad Jack would’ve been yelling “YES” if he was in these kinds of situations.
Facts
Truth👍
He was born in 1906. Too late for WW1, otherwise he would have been participating.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y *10 year old Mad Jack wants to know your location*
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y I doubt young age would stop him
Austrian soldier: "Ha, puny Italians call that an army?"
Italian Commander: "UNLEASH THE LEGIONNAIRES."
:)
Legio, Aeterna, Aeterna, Victrix 🇮🇹 ♥
@@tommasobergamaschi4277 ROOOMMAAAAA
@@mattoxakira4568 INVICTA!!!!
When you're out of ammo and weapons
Honoured to be the first reply
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Please get a life and don’t comment
1:24 "Italy isn't usually known for being the country with the bravest troops...." Julius Caesar and Roman Empire officials want to talk to you.
“During the world wars”
That is a definitely wrong line. Italian army spent the whole WWI on the attack, until the Caporetto defeat, on a front that greatly favoured the defender, with great losses for a number of reasons,but for sure not for the lack of courage. To attack for 11 different battles on a such a difficult front shows that the problem was elsewhere (equipment, leadership,…)
The Germans are listening, and are not impressed by your Romans
@@joshuagraham967 The Germans ignoring the history
Those are Romans not Italians lol
ww1: attack the trenches with a knife ww2: attack the british tank with grenades, attack the russians with horses and attack the british ships with human torpedoes. and the absurd thing is that it worked
@Mirko Valbusa that is sadly true...
@Mirko Valbusa ci vuole coraggio e basta
In Italy we call it "Arte di arrangiarsi", "The art of getting by".
@@damianolanzoni9583 siamo i numeri 1… abbiamo sempre piani geniali fuori dal comune
Bravo!! You know the facts 💯 my friend!!
Imagine a Assasins creed based in WW1 when you play as an ancestor that served in the Arditi
@Christianity has expired I know, I wanted next gen features and to be involved in trench warfare where it would actually make sense.
And it spans multiple places in europe like ac 1 2 and brotherhood small maps but detailed and mutiple side quest like hvt and recovering pigeons amd hurt allies amd do sometype of spy work with the story i can imagi 3 now outrunning planes or artillery
@@commiefornian7496 The idea of outrunning artillery is brilliant, Also recovering allies fallen behind enemy lines where major stealth sequences are implored is extraordinarily genius. And yes I would expect finding platoon leaders and captains would be the assassination part. It would work so well!
@@TheManWithoutAName1120 ofc it has go be third person and your charachter might have to is3 a fortnite like fameplay for gunfights becuase its set in world war
@@commiefornian7496 most infantry weapons of WW1 were bolt action rifles, you could take out one person but if there is a squad your dead. That’s why stealth would be a major focus when your solo
Imagine seeing a man rush at your with a knife in the middle of of a battle
Pew
So.... every military battle before roughly around the late 1800s when automatic loading guns became a thing🤷♂️
You clearly dont play battlefield
All they need is a flash grenade
Cod.
“I used to be an Austro-Hungarian soldier, Then I took a knife to the knee”
Sauce for your profile pic?
fun fact: the "G" in knife stands for gentle
Fun fact: love is strong, but a jet engine is stronger
💀💀
Whot?
Fun fact: shut up
@@cinnamoncigarettes Fun Fact: Nobody likes you and you know it!
Therapist: competent Italians aren’t real, they can’t hurt you.
Competent Italians:
lol and first comment
This is what ignorant people like to think.
@FBI House raid isn't the french flag solid white? oh wait...
@@lorenzo4408 you guys were using ww1 cartridges in ww2
@@Chaosfragment1809 So did the Russians, the Americans, the British, the Japanese and yeah the technologically advanced Germans as well.
Nobody:
Not even the Chinese:
Some random italians: Haha knife go brrrr.
brrrrrrrr could in swiss graubünden
Mess with birdo u get the stabo
Another cringe nobody comment
Reddit moment
Knife go slish slash
Italy didn't betray anyone, the pact was defensive and Austria attacked first, so we weren't supposed to side with them if we didn't want. Plus, Italian-Austrian unfriendship was known years before. And ww1 Italian army was poorly led until general Diaz took power. Italian soldiers were very brave and capable throughout all the war.
also you know, the whole war started with the pretext of a Serb minority committing an act of rebellion therefore let's invade Serbia.
There were plenty of Italian Minorities in Austria-Hungary clamoring to join Italy so really, the way Austira-Hungary invaded Serbia could happen to the Italians a few months down the line.
@Stadia IT nope, both Fascists and Partisans fought for Italy, but they had different views.
Lol u gus got rekt everywhere
@@MetalRampage23 dude, you seriously should open an History book.
@@jinglejangle3287 sure. Living right next to the area with still living grandparents who have seen these things with their own eyes just isn't enough.
The oposite team: *knife only?*
The winning team: *yes*
"Italy wasnt known for having the bravest troops during the World Wars"
Bruh their bravery was highly admired by the Germans. The only reason they were terrible in conflict was their generals poor decisions.
And in WW1 their only available combat zone was along a river delta marsh.
Fencing is akin to knife to knife combat.
No, they were known as a bad army
@@TheMateo123 there were many incidents where they were admired by generals such as Rommel and their are stories which suggests they fought with the and bravery and tenacity as other nations. But they were generally poorly equipped and poorly led.
Actually
Fencing is a very diffirent thing
Italians were the same who did the last cavalry charge in history armed with daggers against a russian artillery rgt. The same who invented special forces both of the army and navy and whose navy frogmen equipped with home made torpedoes sank 3 major british battle ships in harbors controlled by the enemy. And what about the Folgore and Ariete division who fought until the last man in North Africa against an enemy 10 times bigger and better equipped? Every single time allies asked to Folgore division to surrender they shout: "FOLGORE!" But yeah, we are pasta and mandolino, no?
"Never bring a knife to a gun fight"
Italian Knife Fighting Soldiers:Are you sure about that?
Austrian: Yes
We all know what happened next.
@@californiaball2599 so what appened next? The crushing defeat of Austria-Hungary?
Yup
Actually it was more like an ethnic collapse really.
But still *Stab*
The history of why Italy left the Triple Entente is more complicate than this. It was a Defensive pact, not an Alliance (a totally different thing).
The article 7 of the Triple Entente stated that not a single nation member of the defensive treaty should've had become an aggressor, otherwise the all the nations involved would have been automatically considered neutral and the treaty withot any legal value.
Rome warned many times Vienna to not attack Serbia, cause it was an infringment of the Article 7, but to resolve the casus belli with the Diplomacy. Vienna do not did that, they declared war to Serbia and the treaty with Germany and Italy becomes null.
Then Italy as any other Nation would have done, choose his path looking at national interests.
So i laugh when i ear someone say that Italy betrayed the "Alliance"...on contrary, after WW1 who was betrayed by Americans was Italy itself, that wasn't granted with the lands previously agreed, wich Americans refused to vote in favoir to give to Italy in the pact of London.
Also, the stereotypes that Italians regularly underperformed in War is just that, a stereotype. Italian soldiers did stuff in WW1 and WW2 that no other army had never even thinked about it.
The problem of Italians was their higher officials (inept noblesman) and the lack of bellic industry and oil resource.
Also, on Arditi, their standardized equipment was a knife and hand grenades, in fact when they was assaulting the trenches they was doing it with the knife in their mouth and a ready grenade in their hand. They was using also flametrower and muskets.
The armor aka "Corazza Farina" wasn't a common equipment, but was given only to that Arditi that was doing some suicidal mission, to protect themselves from shrapnel.
Also the Arditi trained also an US Unit, the 813th company
A musket ? i mean, Everything else you said seems on point but are you sure about the musket ?
@@antoinelachapelle3405 Yep. The muskets were of the same model supplied to the cavalry, of a shorter type than that of the infantry and with folding bayonet (Mod. 91 TS), flanked in the last months of the war by the MAB 18, a sort of machine gun hybridized with a musket .
Well said. I like hearing alternate versions of what my school teacher taught me here in the states. The victors write the history books. So of course some of what is taught is skewed and wrong. Thankyou for taking the time to describe in detail!
@@solinvictus1234 I respect that English is likely not your first language, but if you are going to engage in lengthy discussions like this, you need to use correct terminology. A Carcano is a repeating, bolt action rifle. A musket neither repeats, or uses a bolt action. "Rifle" would be the correct term to use. Muskets haven't been used by a major military since the 1800s.
@@loungelizard3922 Thanks for the correction.
WW1 is literally terrifying. Imagine, people actually went out of their way to get enlisted. The memory of those before us pave the way to victory.
They didn't know it would be that terrifying. 18 year olds wanting to fight for glory for themselves and their country is perfectly understandable.
There were actually some interesting social dynamics that contributed to the entirely unwarranted enthusiasm so many people had for the war. Too long for here -- it was in a Great Courses audiobook from Audible, can't remember the professor's name.
@@jp4431 True Story. The Boogeyman isn’t scary when you know when where and how he’s coming well in advance. No training could prepare young boys raised in peace for blood, guts, and up close and personal carnage. They weren’t desensitized like our children are today.
They are the European ninjas!!
you don’t want a girl to give you a white feather of cowardice
Never bring a knife to a gun fight
Italians: hold my Peroni.
You should see how shocked I was in CALL OF DUTY when that one guy brought the knife to a gun fight and won...
The Planet Saturn could swim on Water
Must be The veteran
Who doesn't use a knife in call of duty
The Chinese & North Korean sappers were quite effective 🔪killers on sleeping or smoking US troops on watch during the UN police action in Korea. Demoralizing
@@xtremedeathgaming He’s talking about the scene when your friend gets into a gun/knife fight with a knife wielding soldier and is stabbed
Whooh Earlier than Nevada ✅
😂
This should be a top comment 😂😂
Arditi:get paid better
Every normal soldier:wait, you guys actually get paid?
When your Carcano rifles are so bad you’re better off literally charging enemy fire with knives
Carcanos were great rifles stop posting s*** you learn from infographics
watch "forgotten weapons" one of the best gun channel on youtube, he said the carcano was one of the best Rifle of WW2, he is a profi, you are a desktop warrior without knowledge
Carcanos dominated NATO marksmanship competitions through the 60s...
Actually Carcanos were bad because it switched caliber mid war with a slightly smaller one that fitted the "older" caliber but effected terribly the accuracy. Logistic were bad not Carcanos
Dude Kennedy's head may have a different opinion
Never bring a knife to a gun fight...
Italians: Hold my Lasagne...
Their weapons never jam... and they got infinte ammo "Arditi Mindset"
But their range is very short.
@@darryljones6129 But they win the war
"It started out with their karate moves and backflipping."
"When they began bringing pp-19 bisons to a knife fight that's when it got worse"
@BigfootSquad BWPP idk, its warmer than Virginia.
@BigfootSquad BWPP lol no.
The Arditi actually had a karate instructor!
@BigfootSquad BWPP ꪜ
Laughs in Wisconsin
10°? Shorts weather
Narrator:”On the up side they were absolutely insane”
Also Narrator:”On the down side they were absolutely insane”
He did say that would you believe it!
„The German soldier has astonished the world; the Italian Bersagliere has astonished the German soldier.“ - Erwin Rommel
My great-grandfather participated in World War 1✊🏿
Nice
How old is hw
I mean he
Thank him for me
Wow I have respect for ur great grandfather
“Do you know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can’t savor all the..... little emotions. In... you see, their last moments, people show you who they really are.” - The Joker
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surprised they don’t have a riot shield on their back
Riot shields didn’t exist then but that would be cool
@@toastboi5106 pretty sure it was a call of duty reference
Only old roman towet shields.
Video said they had body armor . I recon a chest plate and a backplate too . Video depicted the Arditi had bucklers strapped to their forarrms. I wonder what Matt Easton would say .
@@victorwaddell6530 i was making a call of duty joke but thanks for the info 😂
He is mixing true facts (Italy was affected by bad leaders and mediocre weapons even in WWI) with false/misportrayed ones (not only the arditi performed good, a lot of other italian troops performed very well in WWI, like bersaglieri, alpini, artillery and cavalry forces, contributing to the final victory against Austria-Hungary). Also, the "legend" of Italy changing side is simply a stretch, the fact is that Austria betrayed one of the clauses of the (defensive) alliance with Italy starting a war without previously informing his ally. So the alliance ceased automatically and Italy was free to accept new pacts. Only after a year Italy entered the war on the English/French side.
Exactly 💯
Narrator: "Imagine your shock as guys with Knives and not guns jump in your trench "
Me: "Imagine your shock when Big foot walks behind you after surprising some enemy troops" 4:07
Good spot
"REGGIIIIIIIIIIE!"
-Woodhouse
I loved that scene
I hoped I'd find a comment about Woodhouse
Nah woodhouse killed Germans for their German scalps he must have had 50 of ‘em
Roadhouse.
Killing with a knife seems so badass and makes anyone who does it look tough
It's because it is tough
@@jeez5735 true
Aw yes, the floor here is made out of floor
Seen people on RUclips attacking single mom with baby with machetes and knives different video different story on camera
Like OJ?
Sorry... Too soon?
Me: killing someone with my knife too save ammo Everyone else at laser tag: 😐
"He's one shot lets knife him boys."
Actually Austro-Hungarian talked pretty well to Germans about Italian army. Don't forget Italy was constantly conquering territories until the German help to Austro-Hungarians. They were on the same level, a newly formed country against a decadent old empire, with a stagnating economy and aristocratic old military commands.
Against modern german tactics, Italy army indeed fell apart (mostly captured before they can even react during the battle of Caporetto) but the same happenend to Austro-Hungarian against the French on the Alps.
Italy annihilated the combined Austro German forces on the Piave river and at Vittorio Veneto, the reason for the Collapse at Caporetto was due to overstreched supply lines after the Italian conquest of Gorizia. The Austro/German forces failed to defeat the Italians after Caporetto exactly for the same reason, topography and logistics. Italian geography favors the defender, not the attacker, so the defeat at Caporetto actually did, logistically and tactically speaking, a favor to the Italian army.
Italian fought against German in the western front too and they did it very well. In the battle of Chemin des Dames Italian troops won against German and were admired by French. I think you just don't know.
@@andreadimatteo1036 Italians were on the western front at the end of the war.
@@FunkyRezable so? what is your point? Italians fought well anyway. For sure much more trained and motivated that americans
As a Hispanic Italian this brings a tear to my eye.....my people were so spiteful we deliberately brought knives to a gunfight 😂
I love how this video starts with a beautiful mountain range and landscape… to talk about a brutal group of knife trench warfare fighters.
Pov. You just watched The Kingsman and was looking for the knife scene on the battlefield
The knife fight scene in the trenches in "The King's Man" was horrifying. Check it up..
*Looks at the title and the thumbnail* Must be the Arditi.
Video: *confirms it*
Me: Of course! \^o^/
"Pugnal fra denti, la bomba a mano!" (Knife in mouth, grenade in the hand.)- lyrics to their hymn "Le fiame nerre" (The black flame- Arditi's insignia)
le bombe* ;)
This is so incorect, it is impressive.
They are Descendants of Roman Empire,just thinking 😂😂😂
I respect all soldiers from all the countries who fought and dead in WW1
Better than our American President.
This is basically the history of the guys in Modern Warfare that use the combat knife and concussion grenades
Who brings a knife to a gun fight, answer the italians.
Who knew that Italy, once known for the Roman Empire, had a regiment that was specialized in knife and sword fighting in WWI and it was their best one at that. Maybe they never should of picked up the guns and stuck with what they know. xD
One regiment? Pffffttt 27 divisions of them were created
who here was thinking of the battlefield 1 campaign when he said the arditi
4:07 nice putting in that sasquatch lol
Italy has always had incredible soldiers and poor commanders (and politicians)
HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THESE GUYS?
Thanks for making my weekend. :D
Arditi, the world's first existing special force.
Italians are the old Romans. I would never allow myself close combat with people who’s main accomplishment was conquering the entirety of modern Europe and maintaining a Pax Romana. As an American Indian with technologically “superior” firepower, the spirit of Italians will never die. I’d rather see them as allies rather than enemies.
There were more accomplishments beyond what I speak here, and I’m aware of them. Just didn’t feel the need to list all of their power. If you know, you know.
My great-grandfather was a prussian hussar in ww1✴
How many young men did he send to their death?
@@iamnotevenanumber3312 what??
A knife won't jam, doesn't need to be reloaded or taken apart, and kills silently in both day and night, on dry land and in the water. Nothing beats a knife if you know your enemy and know yourself.
I mean it makes sense considering Italians have thousands years of history of sword and knife fighting.
No. It does not make much of a sense.
Other nations: I want planes bombing, then an artillery barrage. After that I want landships to smash through barbed wide, followed by light machinegunners doing walking fire and infantry following behind them
Italy:
"You see that trench?"
"Yes"
"Here's a knife. Run towards it. Don't worry, we'll shell the whole place while you're there to give you cover"
"Si. O LA VITTORIA O TUTTI ACCOPPATI"
I am surprised. Infographics is totally ignoring existence of Gurkhas
The most terrifying knife welding in Military History...
They were junkies
@Evilpimp Gurkhas fought on both world wars for brits. Dont you know that? And which was that episode where they covered about gurkhas?
@Enderlance indeed. The Arditi were even more badass, and nobody knows them. I'm disappointed.
Literally brought knives to a gunfight.
4:07
big foot: oh im just gonna...
4:07 this guy really added BigFoot 💀😂
My great grandfather became an “ardito” by mistake! Luckily he made it through
Bigfoot makes a surprise appearance at 4:08. Love it!!!
I'd not previously heard of the Arditi. Very interesting and entertaining, thank you.
Imagine being one of those Italian soldiers 🤯
Could we stop picking on Italians for a war they actually won ?
4:07 bigfoot just vibin in the background 😂
Fun fact: There was a Japanese guy who joined the arditi during ww1.
D'Annunzio 's samurai 😏
Yeah you're right.
@@jinglejangle3287 Yay I'm right. At least I'm something
@@GuerrillaPM during the war he also met D'Annunzio.
Romans : OK let's try those Spanish short swords
Result : Beat the Greeks, Gauls, Punics...
Italians : Leave the rifle, take only the bayonet
Result : We still joke about Italy in both world wars
Anglo-French ancestors: Let's go beat some Romans,
*Get enslaved and become the joke of the century*
Anglo-French: "Let's defeat Tirks and Germans!
*Get beaten and become the joke of the century*
😂
I believe the title means how knive fighting put soldiers into a state of *shock*
shell shock? Get it? I'll see myself out.
World War 1 was an interesting intersection of major technological innovation and old world weapons.
The Italians are famous for producing top grade cutlery and i think those historic knives are still produced by a small company called Extrema Ratio.
....Exactly.... 😎😎
That scene from Kingsman was very accurate in their depiction of nighttime melee fighting.
In all fairness they didn't only carry knives, they carried rifles carbines pistols and all the grenades they could carry.
Also they tended to go all stabby after they cleared the trenches with grenades....
Italians have created ultramarines before warhammer 40.000
I love this channel! So very very interesting and informative! The huge Austro-Hungarian vs Italian or Russian battles are often overlooked or eclipsed by the Western Front through mainstream media... and in movies... The movie Saving Private Ryan turned me into a "War Documentary Buff"... since 1998 I been reading about WW1 and WW2 and other "major" battles... but watching these documentaries on youtube is so much better! Thanx again guys. Again... love your channel!
Mio nonno e suo fratello erano negli arditi, e si sarebbero sentiti insultati all’idea che qualcuno potesse pensare che agivano per avidità e guadagno personale. Erano missioni troppo rischioso per farle per questo motivo, moltissimi di loro morivano, tutti loro erano motivati da idealismo è amore per la patria, ed i piccoli vantaggi che avevano nemmeno gli importavano.
Another daily dose of Infographics show
Man I’m loving these double uploads
No big deal for us, my ancestors and a few of us still practice brutal knife fights.
Actually arditi fought with knife and handgranades. They also had some people with small machine guns.
First small machine guns was used by them ( fiat mod. 1915 "Villar Perosa").
Arditi training and tactics were alteady in use by german Sturmtruppen.
Hand to hand weapons were commonly in use in wwi. Maces, spiked clubs etc. were used also by austrians because they were more effective in trenches (small space).
I also remind you first "sea commando" operation realized in wwi. Two Italian soldiers sunk the austrians battleship viribus unitis sneaking underwater in a full guarded austrian Port to Place a bomb.
they were trolling the enemy like we do in cod
Knife fighting Italians and Bigfoot. Legendary video
And they say never bring a knife to a gun fight.
Me in Battlefield 1: use knife or shovel
Me: Shovel
very interesting video finally you speak a bit of Italy and as an Italian I take the opportunity to ask you for a video of military confrontation between Italy and Turkey considering the history that binds us and above all the difficult political position of Italy in the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey
The kings man brought me here
Spending 24 hours in a haunted house
@David Villalba Do it Do it now :3
Very interesting I've never heard of these units...Thanks for sharing!
yeah im third i get a bronze medal
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I love the bigfoot scene