Biggest Idiots In War

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  23 часа назад +20

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  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 20 часов назад +183

    *_"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."_*
    - Napoleon Bonaparte

    • @linuxsuperuser
      @linuxsuperuser 19 часов назад +15

      i feel like he learned that from experience.

    • @PaintingWithLindy
      @PaintingWithLindy 18 часов назад +9

      @@linuxsuperuser Most likely from Russia 🇷🇺

    • @kingofohio5689
      @kingofohio5689 18 часов назад +3

      Goes still Hard 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Sandman10032
    @Sandman10032 20 часов назад +180

    Okay but imagine going down in history as the man who saved the president who ended WW2, by shooting a moving torpedo with a pistol

    • @liamhashmi7750
      @liamhashmi7750 19 часов назад +4

      wait what??

    • @cartoonraccoon2078
      @cartoonraccoon2078 19 часов назад +15

      @@liamhashmi7750 Didn't watch the video and went straight to the comments, huh?

    • @cartraz1839
      @cartraz1839 19 часов назад +10

      Some guy tracked the torpedo with his pistol but didn't shoot

    • @liamhashmi7750
      @liamhashmi7750 19 часов назад +2

      @@cartoonraccoon2078 yea pretty much lol

    • @pfiction2453
      @pfiction2453 16 часов назад

      He saved Rosevelt, who won WWII, is what he meant to say.

  • @nizaralsaidi4279
    @nizaralsaidi4279 20 часов назад +91

    Letting soldiers take their families with them on a large-scale suicide mission is just peak idiocracy.

    • @fiyahquacker2835
      @fiyahquacker2835 19 часов назад +6

      1863 Civil War watchouts in a nutshell.

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice 16 часов назад +3

      Camp followers were common practice in pre-industrial wars. They took care of logistics - foraging/preparing food, repairing clothes/weapons/shoes, medical care, etc.
      The Romans also had relatively good relations with the Germanic tribes in the area at the time, they thought they were still in friendly territory.

  • @ExtantPerson
    @ExtantPerson 19 часов назад +45

    Luigi Cadorna would be an excellent lesson for aspiring officers so that they can learn everything NOT to do.

    • @markstyles1246
      @markstyles1246 13 часов назад

      If you can't be a good example, try to be AN example?

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 20 часов назад +63

    "I'm surrounded by idiots"-Scar The Lion King

    • @Scrapyard24c
      @Scrapyard24c 17 часов назад +5

      "I've got morons on my team!" - Megatron, Transformers Generation 1

    • @TheOneManWhoBeatYou
      @TheOneManWhoBeatYou 16 часов назад +6

      "I'm surrounded by assholes!"
      -Dark Helmet, Spaceballs

  • @MTTT1234
    @MTTT1234 19 часов назад +36

    Not really an idiot, but more of an arogant fool, was Augustus Adolphus of Sweden, who killed because he refused to wear glasses. During a battle he lost sight of his own troops and rode on his horse towards what he assumed were friendly soldiers. They were not.

    • @Scavneger776
      @Scavneger776 15 часов назад +2

      100% he was a very good leader that just made a fatal mistake that cost of him his life and more.

  • @Ccdddttt
    @Ccdddttt 20 часов назад +42

    90% is crazy but at least he died in battle and not hiding inside a bunker.

    • @fiyahquacker2835
      @fiyahquacker2835 19 часов назад +7

      That kinda feels like put how good he is from 1 to 1.01

    • @tylerredforge5563
      @tylerredforge5563 17 часов назад

      @@fiyahquacker2835 truuuu lulllll

    • @PohEnYuDariusBsss
      @PohEnYuDariusBsss 14 часов назад

      Then again bunkers didn't really exist at the time

  • @wilhelmvillagracia9670
    @wilhelmvillagracia9670 16 часов назад +10

    Luigi Cardona was the best Austro-Hungarian general ever.

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 20 часов назад +75

    For the military: Luigi Cadorna and Conrad Von Hötzendorf
    In general: The Politicians

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 20 часов назад +7

      Muhammad II of Kwarazm AND Francisco Solano Lopez are in
      BOTH categories!!!

    • @GageEsterly-us7xm
      @GageEsterly-us7xm 16 часов назад

      Hotzendorf is largely to blame for WW1

  • @sankyu3950
    @sankyu3950 20 часов назад +64

    Atleast they didnt comitted martial law at 3am

    • @cowboys25489
      @cowboys25489 19 часов назад +5

      Oh give it time the day is still young

  • @cloud2389
    @cloud2389 19 часов назад +15

    “Don’t shoot we’re republicans!”
    Other ships in the Pacific fleet to the “Willie D”

  • @peterwhite6415
    @peterwhite6415 20 часов назад +23

    The Dawnson I think can be excused due to it being an acident and atempting to fix his mistake, but hes still an idiot.
    Everyone else on this list? Absolutly pathetic and infuriating, to the point they activly dont seem to think on the posisble consequences.

  • @cutlassken6194
    @cutlassken6194 20 часов назад +22

    Varus! Oh Quinctilius Varus! Give me back my legions!

  • @knightingale9833
    @knightingale9833 19 часов назад +11

    Who was more stupid though, Cadorna or the people who took two whole years to relieve him 🤔

  • @flamethefirefox9006
    @flamethefirefox9006 20 часов назад +53

    I'm surprised you didn't include U.S. General George A. Custer, considering the fact that he was a glory seeking egotist.

    • @commonsenseking6386
      @commonsenseking6386 18 часов назад +6

      Yeah, or Santa Ana. Even Crassus, who just defeated Spartacus but met his end with the Parthian Empire. He was a very wealthy man it is like the owners of Tesla, Facebook, and Microsoft were given an army to do due battle.

    • @AutismTakesOn
      @AutismTakesOn 18 часов назад +5

      Well, at least Custer was never president and did some good work in the American Civil War before.... That

    • @thomassabino13
      @thomassabino13 17 часов назад

      Yeah you're clearly no history major lol pipe down

    • @IsaiahRichards692
      @IsaiahRichards692 16 часов назад

      Francisco Solano Lopez doesn’t belong on this list! He had a smaller, more elite force than Argentina and Brazil and his plan, on paper, was sound. Also, he suffered regular casualties for the time period but is seen as a butcher because Paraguay already had a small population!

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 20 часов назад +13

    "Fool of a took"-Gadalf the white

  • @robertdacquisto6871
    @robertdacquisto6871 18 часов назад +8

    “Wheel him to the deck for a better view”, man they don’t make em like FDR anymore.

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 20 часов назад +71

    Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!

    • @VivaLaEdits
      @VivaLaEdits 20 часов назад +3

      👏

    • @cowboys25489
      @cowboys25489 19 часов назад +2

      I won't find a better comment today this is it for sure....has never rolling ima go back and rewatch it

    • @wnc1129
      @wnc1129 19 часов назад +5

      "Everyone know you were back home saying Thank God for Pearl Hahbar!"

    • @ExtantPerson
      @ExtantPerson 19 часов назад +1

      You comment this on every video, and on this one it fits perfectly. I admire the perseverance.

    • @aaronfield7899
      @aaronfield7899 13 часов назад

      Did he really say that?

  • @jacobzehner2004
    @jacobzehner2004 20 часов назад +5

    3:46
    A man unimaginative martinet who was ruthless with his troops and dismissive of his country's political authorities.

  • @mattiafrancesco
    @mattiafrancesco 17 часов назад +5

    It’s interesting that in Italy, many squares and streets are still named after Luigi Cadorna. Historians have mixed opinions on his contributions during the war.

  • @knightingale9833
    @knightingale9833 19 часов назад +7

    13:10 low end estimate indeed, I’ve heard the population of modern day Iran is still lower than it was before Ghengis Khan invaded

  • @Goc4ever
    @Goc4ever 19 часов назад +3

    I agree Simple History, in war there are heroes and fools and these guys fit the the latter category.

  • @Gideon0215
    @Gideon0215 20 часов назад +7

    Honorable mention-Sir William Elphinstone

  • @Harikejn
    @Harikejn 16 часов назад +8

    Here are some couple of fun facts.
    Firstly, I'll say about Mongols two things. In Europe, Mongol Empire reached the Southern - East Europe, almost to the Danube (taking the Pannonian Plain in Balkan peninsula).
    Second thing is that Mongol Empire have defeated the Ottoman Empire in 15th century.
    Secondly, I'll say about French Empire (about the Napoleon here two things). First thing is, when he was invading Europe, he took the Dalmatia (also in Balkan peninsula).
    Second thing is that when the Napoleon tried to invade Russia, he firstly helped Turks with weapons, so the Turks could start to recapture territories from Serbs in 1813.
    Well also during the WWII when Germany was preparing to invade Yugoslavia in 1941, the Yugoslavian fighter planes and bombers had white cross with red an blue insignia. When the planes were moving Germans thought that those are their planes, no matter how does this color scheme of Yugoslavian planes was different.
    18:07 Nicola Tesla (awesome).
    Next time in Simple History print, put also following people. Those are: Michelle Pupin, Michelle Petrović, and Milutin Milanković.

  • @lauratomaszewski7942
    @lauratomaszewski7942 20 часов назад +6

    The thumbnail is truly amazing

  • @shashwatsreenivasan4505
    @shashwatsreenivasan4505 19 часов назад +4

    Oh man sam o nella doing the fdr torpedo one was also funny

  • @BaxterAndLunala
    @BaxterAndLunala 18 часов назад +3

    6:07: Is it any wonder why anyone would quote Vaas? He's one of the most iconic video game villains ever, up there with the likes of Senator Armstrong and Handsome Jack.

  • @seanmueller7125
    @seanmueller7125 16 часов назад +4

    Ngl, surprised Custer didn't make it on this list for his idiocy at Little Big Horn 😅

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 15 часов назад

      In truth Custer was one the Union army most skilled commanders winning lots of battles. In the war against the Indians, Custer pushed for diplomacy and integration than outright hostility, but was overruled by the War office. In Little Big Horn, Col. Custer was leading the initial patrol group when he got surrounded by Sitting Bulls forces. He was expecting the main US Union forces down the hill to come and releave his trapped forces, as was planned, but the commanding General opt to stay put and sent a smaller group to try to rescue Custer, obviously it failed. Custer then ordered his remaining troops to try to break through from the encirclment and reach the main Army group. Only one survived.

  • @sabiant.lawson2909
    @sabiant.lawson2909 19 часов назад +7

    6:08 Far Cry 3! Let's go!

  • @Battleship009
    @Battleship009 20 часов назад +5

    You have the Iowa in her 1980's configuration, not her 1940's configuration.

    • @ModernNCRph
      @ModernNCRph 17 часов назад

      They tried their best to visualize the ship. Fucking ingrate🤓

  • @ben9724
    @ben9724 14 часов назад +1

    Should do a video about the most intelligent soldiers. I pretty sure that Canadian soldier Arthur Currie would be there since he studied the battlefields to limit the losses

  • @VeryGrainyBread-c6k
    @VeryGrainyBread-c6k 18 часов назад +4

    im suprised franz ferdinand isn't on here.

  • @jeremypope9534
    @jeremypope9534 18 часов назад +3

    Left out a Soviet generals in the early years of WWII.

  • @lisalennox7835
    @lisalennox7835 20 часов назад +4

    I watched one about WWll in history class today!

  • @alexyswarjovaara3993
    @alexyswarjovaara3993 19 часов назад +6

    0:30 ”peabrained prat” 😂

  • @k07bcetrioloofficial78
    @k07bcetrioloofficial78 18 часов назад +2

    You made a considerable mistake in the video: the french didn’t stabilize the italian front (neither did the british or the americans), as their camp was too far from the front. The italian troops themselves stopped the austro-german offensive on the Piave.

  • @BensonCaisip
    @BensonCaisip 16 часов назад +2

    To this day, Varus still hasn't given back his 3 Legions.

  • @Tripact_of_fire
    @Tripact_of_fire 18 часов назад +3

    Immediately when i saw the name of Varus i said oh no. "Quinctilius Varus give me back my legions"

  • @PohEnYuDariusBsss
    @PohEnYuDariusBsss 13 часов назад +1

    Many brain cells died in the line of duty while making this video

  • @HammerJammer81
    @HammerJammer81 19 часов назад +3

    LMAO .. The animation for the first "Idiot" ... hahahaha

  • @rbrice4128
    @rbrice4128 20 часов назад +2

    I love this! Thank You!

  • @Shaosprojects
    @Shaosprojects 20 часов назад +2

    I saw the title of this this video and I immediately thought of Luigi Cadorna
    I wasn’t surprised to see him in this list 😅

  • @KyleShiflet13666
    @KyleShiflet13666 19 часов назад +4

    You need to do a solo episode on "The Willie D"

    • @michaelaustin334
      @michaelaustin334 18 часов назад +2

      Cracked already did it. Not a video hillarious.

  • @johnmcvey4243
    @johnmcvey4243 20 часов назад +3

    Im surprised general santa anna isnt on here.

  • @TheEmolano
    @TheEmolano 15 часов назад +1

    Fun fact: Brazil and Argentina went to war multiple times over Uruguay before Paraguay decided to piss both of them. After that both countries never fought angain. Solano should at least have waited until the next war before atacking one of the larger countries.

  • @movingwater7312
    @movingwater7312 19 часов назад +3

    i like how the candidates fart as they die. south park style.

  • @Panzersoldaten
    @Panzersoldaten 18 часов назад +2

    3:48 yes Cadorna was a huge Baffoon. He literally tried to attack Austria in the worst places. Now if he attacked Tyrol that does bring up harder challenges due to the very poor terrain but Italy was not prepared to attack such a position on the isonzo. Cadorna could’ve possibly just waited for proper siege artillery then do anything but a frontal assault. One of his generals Armando Diaz and his army was the only one to make progress in the isonzo river battles but Diaz was able to bring victory

    • @mirceazaharia2094
      @mirceazaharia2094 18 часов назад

      I'm pretty sure I played a similar battle in Battlefield 1. It was a tough fight... Damn you, Cadorna!

    • @GPDermawan
      @GPDermawan 17 часов назад

      More like Italian idiot general

  • @AirJoe
    @AirJoe 20 часов назад +2

    7:09 I'd like to imagine he actually ran away like that 😂

  • @Hathur
    @Hathur 15 часов назад +1

    Correction: Longbows did NOT exist during the Roman Empire. It was a Medieval era invention (about 1,200 years after Publius was even born). The best bow during the Roman Empire was the composite bow... considerably shorter range than the medieval longbow. In fact, Roman Legions rarely used bows at all and Publius would not have had many at all in his ranks, if any. The pilum and javelin were the preferred ranged weapon of Roman Legions in his time.

    • @jffry890
      @jffry890 14 часов назад

      Slings outranged bows anyways.

  • @rpower1401
    @rpower1401 15 часов назад +1

    How did a guy who just missed the arming device on one of three torpedoes (and maybe a few other things) end up on a list with these far greater disaster makers? I'm not sure which side is to be insulted by the combination, but somebody is being snubbed!

  • @ianblake815
    @ianblake815 20 часов назад +3

    Also shout out to L. Ron Hubbard 😆

  • @sgufanboy
    @sgufanboy 19 часов назад +2

    I wish I was lucky enough to be a famous military idiot

  • @time_warriors
    @time_warriors 20 часов назад +3

    The way history and animation are combined is brilliant, and the storytelling keeps you hooked until the very end. Thank you for making history this exciting! 🏛🔥good job man

  • @wnc1129
    @wnc1129 20 часов назад +4

    You sure know how to title a video for us to click on

  • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
    @luisemoralesfalcon4716 20 часов назад +3

    The guy who enlisted after exiting the bar.

  • @JoseHernandez-Mendez
    @JoseHernandez-Mendez 20 часов назад +3

    9:45 I'm Glenn Quagmire

  • @Grumpyburger0
    @Grumpyburger0 20 часов назад +2

    Nice 👌 you never disappoint us

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 20 часов назад +2

    No Field Marshal Douglas Haig, Maurice Gamelin, French Kings Philip VI of Valois and his son John II The Good, William Elphinstone & John Shelton, George McClellan, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Quintus Servilius Caepio, Antonio López de Santa Anna, General George Custer ?!???

    • @gmf121266
      @gmf121266 14 часов назад

      Dont forget General Redvers Buller.

  • @akahlulwazitoti
    @akahlulwazitoti 20 часов назад +2

    Make part 2 video

  • @LIamMar-pq8zw
    @LIamMar-pq8zw 19 часов назад +2

    Um that Iowa there, that a Persian gulf version not a world war 2 version

  • @SwattyBoiPlays
    @SwattyBoiPlays 18 часов назад +1

    3:41 bro stood up for the torpedo man dawson

    • @blackfox7448
      @blackfox7448 15 часов назад

      I mean to be fair, he did order to make the simulation that eventually lead to the accidental firing of a live torpedo so i guess he felt somewhat responsible xD

  • @FrostyLego22
    @FrostyLego22 20 часов назад +4

    EARLY i love ur channel som much

  • @n.a.4292
    @n.a.4292 20 часов назад +11

    Dude, if you want to make fun of the guy, at least write his name right: it's "Cadorna", not "Cardona"...

    • @lostcanadianz
      @lostcanadianz 14 часов назад

      If you're making fun of someone, do it however you want

    • @cibularas3485
      @cibularas3485 13 часов назад

      Shush nerd

  • @dallinn9164
    @dallinn9164 14 часов назад

    "There's a torpedo coming!"
    FDR: "My time has come."

  • @thesilentscreamer1595
    @thesilentscreamer1595 14 часов назад

    "Not sure what he was expecting to achieve there"
    Funny enough, this remark perfectly describes my old boss (the owner of that company, not my manager) every time he made stupid & reckless decisions in his way of business operation.

  • @yallprettysus
    @yallprettysus 20 часов назад +5

    I always joked on these guys, but I understand now the urge to comment first😂 you just dont have any material to base a joke on but want to seize the opportunity.

  • @ShadoWolf9339
    @ShadoWolf9339 14 часов назад

    0:40 Gotta love the Phalanx CIWS version 1944

  • @AFatT34
    @AFatT34 17 часов назад +1

    I am having hard time watching this video without CC, I am deaf so I rely on it so I can understand whats going on in this video. Can you please enable or add it?

  • @holysol
    @holysol 13 часов назад +1

    that thumbnail changed reeeeal fast

  • @HRHooChicken
    @HRHooChicken 12 часов назад

    What about Winston Churchill? His list of blunders is impressive

  • @goldosprey
    @goldosprey 15 часов назад

    11:13 I love the fact that even when the Mongols were bloodthirty, they weren't shy to use a pen. Which makes the dumbass emperor killing their messenger even dumber

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf 16 часов назад

    From what I remember from the Sam O'Nella video about the USS Porter, the entire ship's crew was utterly incompetent.

  • @korhol2065
    @korhol2065 14 часов назад

    Surprised you never said anything about picket, the guy literally moved his camp from one part of the island he was stationed at to another part which was equally exposed

  • @cowboys25489
    @cowboys25489 19 часов назад +5

    FDR handled that situation calmly and with class....god i wish america had a roosevelt right now

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 13 часов назад

    I've never understood idolising Napoleon. Great commanders do not lose 90% of their "Grande Armée" as he did.

  • @YuTheNoob
    @YuTheNoob 20 часов назад

    yes simple history

  • @SansFilet
    @SansFilet 17 часов назад

    Why is there a countdown at 6:36 ? It's counting to what exactly?

  • @Chobittsu
    @Chobittsu 12 часов назад

    Maaaannnn you could do a whole video on the USS William D. Porter

  • @Lobos222
    @Lobos222 14 часов назад +1

    Many farts were spent to make this video.

  • @roland969
    @roland969 20 часов назад +1

    Ah yes the battle of isonzo.....

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 20 часов назад

    0:01 = 7:09
    Meme Man : *KOMEDY 100*
    **Pizza time stops**

  • @legoeasycompany
    @legoeasycompany 15 часов назад

    Idk how to feel about Lawton Dawson getting this label, yes it was stupid but we're also talking a navy of only 125k people in '39 growing to 1.7 million by '43 so more than a few people ended up in positions they might not have been qualified for. But this seems like a one time thing blown out of proportions because of who was on the boat accidentally fired upon... especially when compared to others in this lineup

  • @bryant7542
    @bryant7542 14 часов назад

    I heard of Cadorna. The suicide charge tactician

  • @jessesims6232
    @jessesims6232 17 часов назад

    That thumbnail is savage😂

  • @robertkillis8490
    @robertkillis8490 14 часов назад

    6:02 the Alpes are not incapable, Hanable did it... kinda lol

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 17 часов назад

    *_"I've got morons on my team."_*
    ~ G1!Megatron

  • @LIamMar-pq8zw
    @LIamMar-pq8zw 19 часов назад

    And hey maybe you can do a history of the uss iowa

  • @seanbigay1042
    @seanbigay1042 18 часов назад

    After the torpedo incident, there was this joke at the Willie D's expense: "Don't shoot! We're Republicans!"

  • @jeffwilliams8424
    @jeffwilliams8424 20 часов назад

    The 3rd torpedo wasn't planned.

  • @CapeBreton1100
    @CapeBreton1100 14 часов назад

    Cadorna, not Cardona!

  • @Laywer_1
    @Laywer_1 20 часов назад +1

    🎉

  • @iiwidowla99lambo65
    @iiwidowla99lambo65 18 часов назад

    General Luigi and Mario, Luigi crossover

  • @YaBoiDave14
    @YaBoiDave14 17 часов назад

    That first dude was clearly frickin’ drunk

  • @alwaysgoingpostal
    @alwaysgoingpostal 13 часов назад

    the biggest idiot in ww1 is when that british soldier spared wounded hitler

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 17 часов назад

    Ha

  • @linuxsuperuser
    @linuxsuperuser 19 часов назад

    EPIC - this video has made me realize more than any other force on Earth. Humans have and always will be: our own wurst enemy.

  • @Madcash1235
    @Madcash1235 14 часов назад

    The biggest flex is that im working on the USS iowa😅

  • @vinicius6170
    @vinicius6170 14 часов назад

    Uru-Gay... I laughed so hard as a Brazilian.

  • @dustybunny6716
    @dustybunny6716 13 часов назад

    Surprised that Putin isn't on this list but I guess that's an easy target