What Really Happened When America Tried to Invade Britain?

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  3 года назад +203

    Thanks for watching! And thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring today’s video. Go to curiositystream.thld.co/thoughty2_1021 and use code Thoughty2 to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year.

    • @user-ew5vj1sl1u
      @user-ew5vj1sl1u 3 года назад +5

      Hello

    • @bum1128
      @bum1128 3 года назад +3

      Hello

    • @battery781
      @battery781 3 года назад +2

      You should do a video on Bobby Fischer

    • @No2Guy
      @No2Guy 3 года назад +3

      Hi, your video mentions where I live which is Dumfries and Galloway, that’s awesome for a change! Kircudbright is close to where I live. I’m sorry to point out but you butchered the pronunciation.

    • @No2Guy
      @No2Guy 3 года назад +3

      Hi, your video mentions where I live which is Dumfries and Galloway, that’s awesome for a change! Kircudbright is close to where I live. I’m sorry to point out but you butchered the pronunciation.

  • @HairyTheCandyMan
    @HairyTheCandyMan 3 года назад +1580

    John P Jones with his single ship:
    England: You've got to be the worst navy we've ever heard of.
    John P: But you have heard of me.

    • @atkguy7109
      @atkguy7109 3 года назад +69

      CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!!!!!!!

    • @mandodelorian4668
      @mandodelorian4668 3 года назад +4

      @@atkguy7109 ruclips.net/video/GI6CfKcMhjY/видео.html

    • @YanPagh
      @YanPagh 3 года назад +11

      Jack Sparrow quote ftw

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 3 года назад +37

      The only reason an Englishman remembers the name 'John Paul Jones' is because he's a musician who played bass and mandolin with Led Zeppelin.

    • @mrnobody2873
      @mrnobody2873 3 года назад +11

      @@sunnyjim1355 Actually he's more well known for his arrangements. The string arrangements on Kasmir and the recorders on Stairway, for example. He then did arrangements for other artists on some very famous songs.

  • @mathewwinn
    @mathewwinn 3 года назад +1610

    Not going to lie, the biggest twist of this whole story is an English fleet being saved by an Irishmen. Pretty sure you could classify the Anglo-Irish relationship as ‘special’ also, though for entirely different reasons haha

    • @scotfly4172
      @scotfly4172 3 года назад +110

      The fact that Jones was Scottish (with a Welsh name) makes this even funnier 😂

    • @mathewwinn
      @mathewwinn 3 года назад +42

      @@scotfly4172 There's all sorts of messed-up going on here lol

    • @btk1213
      @btk1213 3 года назад +12

      Obviously he meant a special relationship, not with the US or Ireland, it's probably Britain and France ? Spain ? Germany ? The Dutch? Ah... nevermind.

    • @colmlambe4068
      @colmlambe4068 3 года назад +22

      Lol I know right as a Canadian Irishman myself I didn't see that coming lol 😆

    • @ILikeMyPrivacytbt
      @ILikeMyPrivacytbt 3 года назад +11

      Maybe he was North Irish. Nah, just kidding, was North Ireland even a country then? It's not important enough for me to google.

  • @The1920sChannel
    @The1920sChannel 3 года назад +194

    Another fun fact about John Paul Jones is that after the Revolutionary War, he actually made his way back to England, lived another 150 years, and became a really good bass player

    • @BogusJNutherwebb
      @BogusJNutherwebb Год назад +2

      As with keyboard , I if I heard correctly a classical orchestra director? I'm not sure about the last, but as a kid in the 70's I'd all the records up to that point. I recorded what I thought were all my favourite what I call pump up songs of theirs and would listen before sports events.

    • @nickna7387
      @nickna7387 Год назад +3

      ​@BogusJNutherwebb-me6pn keyboard and bassist on songs like trampled under foot and since I've been loving you. He wrote the orchestral section of kashmir, making it one of the most recognizable songs of the past 100 years. Not to mention the legendary bass lines on immigrant song, dazed and confused and heartbreaker just to name a few

    • @lynby6231
      @lynby6231 Год назад +4

      Did you know that he almost left Led Zeppelin to become the organist at Winchester cathedral?

    • @chipsthedog1
      @chipsthedog1 Год назад +5

      Also in his spare time I believe he was Pope John Paul.

    • @jamjardj1974
      @jamjardj1974 Год назад +2

      🤣🤣

  • @Snp2024
    @Snp2024 3 года назад +229

    Britain never recovered from backstreet boys vicious attack some people even say it was one of reason for 2008 crash

  • @fishcreekcountrygal9896
    @fishcreekcountrygal9896 3 года назад +509

    It's ironic that my least favorite class in high school was history, but as an adult I can't get enough! Too bad history teachers don't take a lesson on how to make it interesting when you're young!

    • @Dj.MODÆO
      @Dj.MODÆO 3 года назад +14

      Yep, and it’s the one class that could be made interesting.

    • @freedapeeple4049
      @freedapeeple4049 3 года назад +17

      It isn't usually the teacher; they can only teach with the textbooks and curriculum they are allowed, not whatever they choose themselves.

    • @tafftastic
      @tafftastic 3 года назад +5

      Every history lesson, my secondary school teacher would hand us copies taken from history books then he’d leave the class. Every lesson, for two years.

    • @isaiahsimmons5776
      @isaiahsimmons5776 3 года назад +2

      teachers on the grindset

    • @alastorclark3492
      @alastorclark3492 3 года назад +1

      My history teacher was my gym teacher and my gym teacher handed me a lie and told me to study it.

  • @davebeat
    @davebeat 3 года назад +45

    "Raid the pub" in a town with no fewer than 134 pubs by the 1800s. What an absolute Mad Lad. He's still a bit of a legend in Whitehaven, we named a pub after him, errected statues around the town in memory of him and his crew, and pardoned him in 1999.

    • @peterbenson2185
      @peterbenson2185 3 года назад +5

      I spent many a good time in the JPJ in "Whitehevven" in the 90's/ 2000's. !

    • @ChrisCrossClash
      @ChrisCrossClash 2 года назад

      Did you also know he raped a 10 year old girl? they didn't tell you about that did they?

    • @davebeat
      @davebeat 2 года назад

      @@ChrisCrossClash Perhaps he was practicing to become POTUS one day.

    • @ChrisCrossClash
      @ChrisCrossClash 2 года назад +1

      @@davebeat Yeah that's right trying to make a joke out of something serious.

  • @smithryansmith
    @smithryansmith 3 года назад +756

    Can we get a video on John Paul Jones' military career in the Russian military after he left the US. He had a whole second career in the black sea.

    • @jinz0
      @jinz0 3 года назад +16

      no it's not important

    • @dragonoftheeast7572
      @dragonoftheeast7572 3 года назад +79

      @@jinz0 wrong.. It is important. And I'd like thoughty2 to do an episode in it awell

    • @jinz0
      @jinz0 3 года назад +17

      @@dragonoftheeast7572 he won't because it's not important

    • @rocksolid6494
      @rocksolid6494 3 года назад +55

      You are not important

    • @jinz0
      @jinz0 3 года назад +29

      @@rocksolid6494 neither is john paul jones career in russia

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 3 года назад +274

    The Port of Whitehaven pardoned John Paul Jones in 1999 for his raid on the town back in 1778.

    • @michaels8628
      @michaels8628 3 года назад +109

      Upon realising the far greater threat of the backstreet boys.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 3 года назад +14

      @@michaels8628 Lol

    • @1974ted
      @1974ted 3 года назад +11

      Don’t forget John Bonham, Jimmy page and Robert Plant

    • @akramgimmini8165
      @akramgimmini8165 3 года назад +5

      Better Late than Never right?

    • @sumvs5992
      @sumvs5992 3 года назад +3

      They were just trying to be cute about it with the triple same number right there, weren't they?

  • @nathanm5653
    @nathanm5653 3 года назад +94

    Also, I want to add that the winter uniforms that George Washington and his men wore when crossing the Delaware River in the winter of 1776 were British uniforms that were part of the Drake's shipment of supplies to the British army, and were sent to the Continental Army by John Paul Jones upon his return to America.

  • @TheEDFLegacy
    @TheEDFLegacy 3 года назад +1174

    John Paul Jones: "Let's sink supply ships and bring the United Kingdom to its knees with a single ship."
    Germany: _"...Write that down! Write that down!!!"_

    • @sizwe.amabaso732
      @sizwe.amabaso732 3 года назад +1

      Long beach griphy?

    • @BarryHWhite
      @BarryHWhite 3 года назад +2

      Nice1 lol

    • @Triangleinformation
      @Triangleinformation 3 года назад +57

      Why do Sotts wear kilts? Because SHEEP CAN HEAR ZIPPERS.
      Yeah that’s funny. No matter how you pronounce it.

    • @abeliiibecerra5281
      @abeliiibecerra5281 3 года назад +2

      @@Triangleinformation 🤣💀

    • @camohamm
      @camohamm 3 года назад +2

      This is the kind of comment we need.

  • @robburgess4556
    @robburgess4556 3 года назад +395

    And not a single mention of John Paul Jones' career as bass player for Led Zeppelin

    • @erock.steady
      @erock.steady 3 года назад +3

      sure-fire (!) swan song (!!) for the episode eh?

    • @freedapeeple4049
      @freedapeeple4049 3 года назад +5

      Some people just have no sense of history.

    • @Hypercube9
      @Hypercube9 3 года назад +16

      Don't forget his brother Davy who was a member of the Monkees!

    • @denimdan908
      @denimdan908 3 года назад +5

      Jimmy Page said that Jones was the greatest musician that he's ever known, that there wasn't an instrument that he couldn't play.

    • @FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV
      @FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV 3 года назад +4

      @@denimdan908 It's pretty accurate, considering he was known to have played something like 26 different instruments with Led Zep. And coming from one of greatest guitarists ever, too!

  • @johncroyfindlay
    @johncroyfindlay Год назад +17

    Very interesting. Like Jones himself I'm Scottish, too, but I live in the port of Leith (Edinburgh) which also has a connection to the story.
    On 14th August 1779 Jones set sail on another tour of Britain as commodore of a squadron of seven ships. The plan was to destroy British commerce in the North Sea and Jones sailed round Ireland and Scotland entering Leith harbour on 16th September. He intended to capture it and extract a ransom of £50,000 but he was thwarted when a gale sprung up and blew him out of the Firth of Forth.
    A recently renamed street in Leith references the incident. John Paul Jones View.
    P.S. the pronunciation of Kirkcudbright was hilarious here. It's pronounced Kirk-coo-brie

    • @pogmothoin00001
      @pogmothoin00001 6 месяцев назад +2

      aye, his pronunciation made me wince 😂

    • @craigoliver8712
      @craigoliver8712 5 месяцев назад +1

      The guy isn't a Jock give him a break

    • @Ricardo-i3s7f
      @Ricardo-i3s7f Месяц назад

      I can’t believe the US had the audacity to actually attack the UK! The cheek of it 😅. It’s like challenging your big brother prematurely & realising I’m not ready yet- give it a couple more years 😂

  • @bigmike9128
    @bigmike9128 3 года назад +171

    I am actually surprised matches aren't older.

    • @siddharthvivek2278
      @siddharthvivek2278 3 года назад +3

      Matches are, the safety matches which you use today are not.

    • @BoonieDutchman
      @BoonieDutchman 3 года назад +1

      @@siddharthvivek2278 Wouldnt consider it "safety" matches as in that era it gave you phossy jaw

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 3 года назад +9

      Getting a fire going with flint and steel and dry kindling can often be time consuming. I know because it tried doing it back when I was a Boy Scout. Trying to get a fire going by quickly rubbing 2 pieces of wood together is extremely difficult, I gave up on that after my hands felt like blisters were forming.

    • @michaeltheoret8913
      @michaeltheoret8913 3 года назад

      As am I . I actually thought that some types matches were invented basically around the time that gun powder was being used in fireworks ( before 1200s ) .

    • @siddharthvivek2278
      @siddharthvivek2278 3 года назад +4

      @@michaeltheoret8913They're even older than that! Ancient Egyptians used pieces of wood dipped in sulphur as a quick way to start fires.

  • @iamnotawiseguy8034
    @iamnotawiseguy8034 3 года назад +424

    I've learned a lot in this channel more than listening to my teachers

    • @TwistedSoul2002
      @TwistedSoul2002 3 года назад +11

      You should work on your listing skills then.

    • @Getorix
      @Getorix 3 года назад +20

      @@TwistedSoul2002 listing skills?

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 3 года назад +9

      In this video he did not mention that the Port of Whitehaven pardoned John Paul Jones in 1999 for his raid on the town back in 1778.

    • @perskarva123
      @perskarva123 3 года назад +1

      How much of it do you remember? 3 2 1 GO!

    • @JadeBarricade
      @JadeBarricade 3 года назад +4

      @@Getorix Guess they need to work on their typing skills.

  • @LifeInPink999
    @LifeInPink999 2 года назад +17

    I just love how he considered setting an entire fleet in fire, then a kidnapping yet returned the silver with an apology note.

    • @favesongslist
      @favesongslist 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yet he missed so much more about the almost unbelievable story of his life.
      Destroying a massive Turkish fleet in the Black sea at the Dnieper river (as like the now Ukraine war)
      Honoured by Empress Catherine II for his role as a Russia rear Admiral, similar honours by the French King Louis XVI, Politically accused of rape of a 10 year old in St Petersburg!!!, buried in a lead coffin in Paris, took years to find his body to ship him back to the USA etc etc

  • @petermuise4927
    @petermuise4927 3 года назад +990

    What happened when Britain invaded America? We got The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who and Pink Floyd. Thank you, you guys rock!

    • @stlvn6363
      @stlvn6363 3 года назад +58

      John Paul Jones is always involved

    • @petermuise4927
      @petermuise4927 3 года назад +12

      @@stlvn6363 Nail on the head!

    • @locker011
      @locker011 3 года назад +14

      We also got a Bo'ohw'o'wo'er

    • @03stmlax
      @03stmlax 3 года назад +12

      Also racism...

    • @jameslyddall
      @jameslyddall 3 года назад +24

      Iron maiden and Motörhead :)

  • @Timmy-fk8uk
    @Timmy-fk8uk 3 года назад +172

    You didn’t mention arguably the best part. Long story short, he ended up with a “Bad Company”-esque fleet of ships and crew and was given the USS Bonhomme Richard (thank you Ben Franklin and France), which John Paul Jones armed with junkyard canons. Since canons are expensive. Anyways, those of the crew who didn’t just up and sail away engaged the British Serapis (the ship the flag Ranger flies in the video got its name from it). It essentially ended up with a fucking free for all of everybody shooting at each other, including one of the ships from Jones’ crew who previously left, coming back and firing at the Bonhomme Richard with the others. John Paul Jonás, at a disadvantage in every possible way, rammed the Serapis with Bonhomme Richard, which should NOT have even been floating by this point. After more exchanging of fire, at some point the British captain or someone calls for their surrender, to which, after PLENTY of fighting, outgunned, outmanned, with much of his crew dead, having been fired on by his own ships, John Paul Jones let’s go his famous quote: “I have not yet begun to fight!”
    To end the battle, two or three from Jones’ crew boards the ship with grenades and, in Death Star-like fashion, they drop grenades down some hatch to the ammo stores. First grenade doesn’t work, second sets off the ammo and about destroys the ship. The British surrender and Jones takes the ship.
    I don’t remember the specifics, but they take it somewhere to get repaired, but since it wasn’t flying under a flag, Ben Franklin tried to describe the flag to the people repairing, who made the flag. Thus, the flag of the Serapis (the one in the video) was born.
    There’s probably enough inaccuracies in here to give a historian an aneurysm, but it’s hopefully close enough. By far my favorite story in history

    • @jacktankersley6089
      @jacktankersley6089 3 года назад +13

      What an absolute mad lad.

    • @rayrecrok
      @rayrecrok 3 года назад +8

      And wreck lies off Flamborough Head in the North Sea, it is known as the battle of Flamborough Head, folk watched from the cliffs as the battle waged. Americans have had various expeditions trying to find what is left of the wreck, and of course failed, even with the best gear and loads of money chucked at it. By all accounts, it took two days to sink burning all the time and the tides at the head are very fierce so the wreck could be anywhere, or is it?.

    • @trippmoore
      @trippmoore 3 года назад +4

      That plan sounds like it will go down like a Led Zeppelin!

    • @user-uc4vg4rg9e
      @user-uc4vg4rg9e 3 года назад +3

      That's just badass

    • @Timmy-fk8uk
      @Timmy-fk8uk 3 года назад

      @@danimayb it’s his world and we’re just living in it

  • @SunKing968
    @SunKing968 Год назад +11

    Wow...I knew John Paul Jones' skills were underrated but I never dreamed he stretched THIS far beyond bass playing....the man is versatile!

  • @dehnger
    @dehnger 3 года назад +21

    Love it. You're a joy to watch sir and have a peculiarly apt humor. Thank you eternally for all your efforts.

  • @darkhumour40
    @darkhumour40 3 года назад +5

    As being from near whitehaven (workington) it's mad to hear this guy talking about this town after watching him for about 5 years

  • @nrgao
    @nrgao 3 года назад +33

    Imagine throwing in that matches were invented after the lighter casually at the 10:00 minute mark, completely shattering my perception of history and then continuing on with your story while the foundation of how i've ever operated crumbles around me. Another great video mate! Cheers indeed LMAO

  • @OCRay1
    @OCRay1 3 года назад +471

    To be fair, had Jones had a crew that wasn’t full of idiots and a traitor he would have likely had a fairly successful trip. Crazy as it may have been.

    • @amusarung7828
      @amusarung7828 3 года назад +112

      well to attack the greatest navy on earth with a single ship you need a crazy insane idiotic crew to begin with

    • @jgr7487
      @jgr7487 3 года назад +18

      @@amusarung7828 either that or a film crew or even a TTRPG party.

    • @taitano12
      @taitano12 3 года назад +12

      @@amusarung7828 Damn catch 22, that one.

    • @ttorrr
      @ttorrr 3 года назад +5

      WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE.
      COULD THIS BE A LESSER THAN KNOWN REVELATION THAT TIES TO ROGER FROM ONE PIECE????

    • @joneshugh
      @joneshugh 3 года назад +5

      @@amusarung7828 they watched too many Rock/Schwarzenegger action movies :)

  • @mickey_-gd1gb
    @mickey_-gd1gb 3 года назад +15

    Amazing content! Congrats on your skill of finding recourses and making great videos.

  • @Svensk7119
    @Svensk7119 2 года назад +5

    I knew about this affair, though the source I read called it a "raid". His captaining of the Bonhome Richard and the capture of Serapis will still be his most famous endeavor.

  • @kenstr321
    @kenstr321 3 года назад +47

    "John Paul Jones was British" no shit? Wasn't everyone in the colony more or less British before and even during the war for independence?

    • @finngregory3599
      @finngregory3599 3 года назад +7

      I suppose it's surprising as he was born and raised in the UK

    • @DillonRust
      @DillonRust 3 года назад +10

      By around 1750 the majority of Colonists were born Native to the States. However, even during the Revolutionary war between 30% - 50% of Colonists remained Loyal to the crown and actively worked against the Revolution. We called them Loyalists and they were frequently Tarred and Feathered. 😂
      We have always been more culturally similar than most would care to admit though, even to this day.

    • @mazambane286
      @mazambane286 3 года назад +8

      Well actually that war should be renamed the First US Civil War. As there was no such thing as a US citizen during that period as both sides were subjects of the Crown.
      In fact both Colonialists and British born fought on both sides.
      What the Yanks call the Civil War should be renamed the War of northern aggression.

    • @C0Durp
      @C0Durp 3 года назад +9

      The original colonies were founded by British ppl

    • @glastonbury4304
      @glastonbury4304 3 года назад

      @@mazambane286 exactly ...

  • @hardiejf
    @hardiejf 3 года назад +34

    you absolutely murdered the pronunciation of Kirkcudbright

    • @Dashdecent
      @Dashdecent 3 года назад

      I'm wondering if it was ever pronounced that way.

    • @fredericksaxton3991
      @fredericksaxton3991 3 года назад +6

      I was always told it was "Kerrkubree" ?

    • @Conmac1888
      @Conmac1888 3 года назад +3

      @@fredericksaxton3991 That's it

    • @fredericksaxton3991
      @fredericksaxton3991 3 года назад

      @@Conmac1888 Thank you. I am half Scot on my mothers side and I took my aunt & uncle up there 12 years ago and was sure it was pronounced that way. :)

    • @tdoco747
      @tdoco747 3 года назад +4

      @@fredericksaxton3991 i live 9 miles away from it it’s kirk cu bray

  • @adampecore6917
    @adampecore6917 2 года назад +5

    As an American, the Back Street Boys is one invasion where I wish Britain would have held them as POWs!!

  • @Getorix
    @Getorix 3 года назад +96

    John Paul Jones "I haven't even begun to fight!" Fuck yeah! Personal hero of mine. Bigger balls than his head.

    • @Samvicorp
      @Samvicorp 3 года назад +3

      I don't think he was dumb, just overly ambitious. His plans were sort of working but his men though hahahaha

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 3 года назад +2

      which head?

    • @taitano12
      @taitano12 3 года назад

      ... Which explains a lot. LOL

    • @mikeupton5406
      @mikeupton5406 3 года назад

      Bigger balls than his head. well 42 just happens to advertise products for balls.....

  • @veronkrahss482
    @veronkrahss482 3 года назад +13

    Wow, never heard about this when growing up. They pretty much only teach us about the revolutionary war and the war of 1812. They do a good job at making it look like we never really took an offensive position. Well, you know, apart from the sneak attacks at the beginning.

  • @19RORABOUGH90
    @19RORABOUGH90 3 года назад +3

    Always vastly enjoy your videos. Ever since you first started the channel. Thanks for all of it!

  • @andrewwillard5625
    @andrewwillard5625 3 года назад +7

    Your videos literally are so amazing it’s not easy to make storytelling as entertaining as you do been binging your videos for days can’t get enough

  • @frasermackie19
    @frasermackie19 3 года назад +16

    Really interesting and entertaining. That 1999 backstreet boys legit got me haha

  • @TrueApostle1
    @TrueApostle1 3 года назад +12

    That was incredible. I have been an American (USA) and history is my favorite subject, for decades and I have never heard this tale yet. Great work, buddy! Is why I and anyone else should contribute, if even a few $1's .... 5, 10. It goes far to keeping true facts really alive. This is an amazing time. ^^

    • @thebigRON-h9y
      @thebigRON-h9y Год назад

      Learn about the British empire and the Spanish empire they is way more history to them nations

  • @stevepritchett6563
    @stevepritchett6563 3 года назад +52

    Love the story telling & animation, however, the Scottish town of Kirkudbright is pronounced Kirkoobree :)
    Keep up the great work

    • @Eron_W
      @Eron_W 3 года назад +2

      Yep, and don't hang about on the 'koobree' bit. The pronunciation is equal timing on each vowel sound and pronounced - kir-koobree or kir-koobray not kirk- oobray. Apart from that, great video!! 😁

    • @LB1973
      @LB1973 3 года назад +5

      Oh how I cringed at how he said it lol. Danced around the fact JPJ was a Scot too. He was christened John Paul only adding the Jones after fleeing to America in 1770

    • @CazTanto
      @CazTanto 3 года назад +8

      Was coming to see if I needed to say this or not lol. Despite the fact I'm from Medway in Kent, born and raised, I happen to know of this town and how to say it's name. My Gran was Scottish see and had a VHS of a show called the Singing Kettle. My absolute favourite song from it was always The Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede lol. I must have watched that video hundreds of times and to this day know the words to that song off-by-heart.

  • @derptyderp5287
    @derptyderp5287 3 года назад +24

    I was expecting some sort of Leeroy Jenkins attempt at failure, but it sounds like the madlad almost managed it... Only to be foiled by a hitchhiking Irishman.

    • @IamRayson
      @IamRayson 3 года назад +5

      And lollygagging sailors

  • @dionysusthagod18
    @dionysusthagod18 2 года назад +3

    That "Friends with benefits" joke was seriously perfectly executed :D

  • @ProtectMyLiberty
    @ProtectMyLiberty 3 года назад +11

    JPJ was quite the character. Returning the accidentally stolen silver was just hilarious. Never knew that. BTW, really enjoy your channel.

    • @normanby100
      @normanby100 3 года назад

      And he was a decent bassist for Led Zeppelin too!

  • @ahuddleston6512
    @ahuddleston6512 3 года назад +56

    This is hilarious!😂 I can just imagine a crazy comedy film done about this.

    • @jasonrist6582
      @jasonrist6582 3 года назад

      could you just imagine. thats what i thought about as well. would be a real hoot

    • @azurplex
      @azurplex 3 года назад

      You listening Terry Jones?

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 3 года назад

      Yakety sax has to play for the whole thing

    • @GreatestCornholio
      @GreatestCornholio 3 года назад

      It would make a fantastic film!

    • @glastonbury4304
      @glastonbury4304 3 года назад +1

      It's a bit like painting a submarine pink....lol

  • @samuelasnake3234
    @samuelasnake3234 3 года назад +12

    Your narration is second to none. The way you present the stories is brilliant. I could watch your videos all day long.

    • @elemar5
      @elemar5 Год назад

      Kirkcudbright? It hurt my ears.

  • @christ-abel8774
    @christ-abel8774 3 года назад +279

    "As a Brit myself, I can confirm that there is literally no social situation that can't be made less awkward by tea - even a kidnapping."
    Thoughty2, 2021

    • @rusko123
      @rusko123 3 года назад +2

      Totally disagree.

    • @christ-abel8774
      @christ-abel8774 3 года назад +1

      @@rusko123 please, feel free to expand.

    • @rusko123
      @rusko123 3 года назад +5

      @@christ-abel8774 tea cures all. perhaps we could have a nice cuppa whilst I explain.

    • @christ-abel8774
      @christ-abel8774 3 года назад +3

      @@rusko123 Oh, I see... Please my friend, don't let me stop you. Here ☕☕

    • @thelmagreenwood1429
      @thelmagreenwood1429 3 года назад

      Oh, Damn - Can't drink tea.

  • @sirvipernoodle6954
    @sirvipernoodle6954 3 года назад +52

    It must have been fun as hell to a part of the crew for the Ranger

    • @CaffeineConnoisseurs
      @CaffeineConnoisseurs 3 года назад +10

      I always like to think it would have been fun but most likely being on a ship during that time would have sucked. A lot.

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 3 года назад

      @@CaffeineConnoisseurs stinky, for sure

    • @Sgt.chickens
      @Sgt.chickens 6 месяцев назад

      Probably not, according to John paul jones his crew were actually quite poor, and wanted to "burn and pillage all they could" in the town of whitehaven, He had to allow them to steal a small portion of silver from the earls family there, which he later purchased back and returned to the Earl after the war.
      by all accouns john paul jones was an honorable guy and that didn't allways sit well with his Crew who "acted more as if they were aboard a privateer than a warship"

  • @shepshape2585
    @shepshape2585 Год назад +4

    As an aside, I just wanted to point out that very few Americans have actually eaten Shepherd's pie. In the US, this meal is made with ground beef. Shepherds don't guard cows, they guard sheep. The ground beef version is called Cottage Pie. You have to use ground lamb to make Shepherd's Pie. And now you know.

  • @wagwan2038
    @wagwan2038 3 года назад +329

    So, a Brit who ran away on murder charges was one of the founders of the US navy, and decided to go and attack the British isles with only 1 ship against the greatest force in the world at the time. Sounds about British honestly

    • @jasonallen3678
      @jasonallen3678 2 года назад +3

      Most American's at the time were victims of British tyranny and that's why they left the island,Duh..

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 2 года назад +73

      @@jasonallen3678 “most Americans were victims of British tyranny”
      I think you mean the rich slave owners didn’t want to pay taxes after being defended in a war they had a hand in starting ?
      This isn’t a dig, I have respect & admiration for the US, and I’m sure some of the complaints were valid. I just don’t think it amounts to tyranny.
      You could point to British rule over Ireland or India and then it would have to be said it was tyrannical. But tyranny in the 13 colonies ? Barely

    • @tubuskan4348
      @tubuskan4348 2 года назад

      @@fredbarker9201 British opposed insane taxes and taxed just about everything on Americans add a massacre and that sounds pretty tyrannical to me we won a war and escaped the tyranny of the British empire

    • @tubuskan4348
      @tubuskan4348 2 года назад

      @@fredbarker9201 and everyone was slave owners at that time why people act like we are the only people to enslave others every group has enslaved every group throughout history

    • @ChrisCrossClash
      @ChrisCrossClash 2 года назад +19

      @@jasonallen3678 "British tyranny" yeah good one. 😂😂

  • @LeoStaley
    @LeoStaley 3 года назад +45

    I love how you kept confusing backstreet boys and Nsync.

    • @brandonbowden1262
      @brandonbowden1262 3 года назад +13

      I love that you can distinguish between them.
      To me they may as well be the same group.

    • @frankowalker4662
      @frankowalker4662 3 года назад +4

      I never noticed. :)

    • @GB-ol9mu
      @GB-ol9mu 3 года назад

      is there any other way? 😁

    • @HellCow420
      @HellCow420 3 года назад +3

      Lol is there a difference?

    • @HellCow420
      @HellCow420 3 года назад +2

      Lol is there a difference?

  • @zak-a-roo264
    @zak-a-roo264 3 года назад +1

    That's awesome, the Ranger was built a few hundred yards from where I was born , the Jone Paul Jones house where he stayed during its building is about midway between the port and the old Portsmouth NH hospital.

  • @mortonuser
    @mortonuser 3 года назад +7

    I could binge-watching your videos. It is not only for the historical education but for your incredible mesmerizing accent and
    emphasis of words. Man, i love it. Keep going.

  • @kevins8386
    @kevins8386 3 года назад +5

    Lighter was invented before the match.. This is one reason I love this channel

  • @samuelruakere7728
    @samuelruakere7728 3 месяца назад

    John's Crew - "This Is Either Madness, Or Brilliance"
    Him - "It's Remarkable How Often Those Two Traits Coincide"

  • @boomerix
    @boomerix 3 года назад +27

    "The United States and Britain have the greatest friendship"
    **Looks at Poland and Hungary making out on the couch**

  • @fredrickhinojosa4568
    @fredrickhinojosa4568 3 года назад +15

    You have to admit a one man wrecking crew did much more than expected ,John Paul Jones if it weren't for the one turn coat would have been a larger success. Many pirates wouldn't take Irish crew men because of their free nature, as one pirate put it you never know what they will say in the shadows to the crew to make them turn on the captain! However there were many great Irish pirates!

  • @PardonMeBut...
    @PardonMeBut... 2 месяца назад +1

    5:00 THE ANTS GO MARCHING ONE BY ONE

  • @llYossarian
    @llYossarian 3 года назад +13

    1:51 - That was a _justified_ retaliation for the Spice Girls World Tour in '98...

  • @nrgao
    @nrgao 3 года назад +7

    I've always prided myself on my knowledge of so many different kinds of histories, especially technological history. And tonight, I just had all of that pride wrecked by learning that the first "friction" match (traditional stick match you see in a box of matches) was invented three years AFTER the first cigarette lighter! Match AFTER the LIGHTER. you know, the thing that you think of being one of the first things to create the literal FIRST technological discovery of man. Here's how the history goes... fire discovery -somewhere around the early stone age... then cradle of civilization, tons of tribes, then we get all the religions, Egyptians, all African civilizations, Rome and Greece do their things, Europe goes crazy with power, America pops up, James Monroe takes office and BAM, cigarette lighter pops up for the first time out of nowhere, and then... THEN, after John Quincy Adams is elected as America's SIXTH president, someone FINALLY invented the stick match? Who you ask? It doesn't matter. It came WAY too late! lol bravo Thoughty2! You've broken my brain! lol

  • @iproprophecy_1901
    @iproprophecy_1901 2 года назад +6

    Everyone skipping the fact this guy was BRITISH.

    • @ryandanngetich2524
      @ryandanngetich2524 4 месяца назад

      Yea just like the founding fathers and most President after that who have British ancestry

  • @Echo4Sierra4160
    @Echo4Sierra4160 3 года назад +7

    John Paul Jones was essentially a pirate.... love the guy :)
    Totally insane

  • @gregaaron89
    @gregaaron89 3 года назад +12

    Now THIS would make a great script for a comedy

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 года назад

      I can imagine the plot of kidnapping the Earl to be funny.

    • @SykoticBanana
      @SykoticBanana 3 года назад

      It would have to be a comedy... because the audience would be laughing anyway even if it were written as a serious documentary

  • @DolisianX
    @DolisianX 3 года назад +4

    Such good content and animation, love watching these 👏

  • @gordonpeden6234
    @gordonpeden6234 3 года назад +7

    Best yet! I've never heard of this, Should be made into a movie.🙂 "Kirkcudbright" is pronounced 'Kirk coob rie'

  • @Nightmare_vZ
    @Nightmare_vZ 3 года назад +84

    Keep ripping in heaven, John Paul Jones

    • @Bread-O5-3
      @Bread-O5-3 3 года назад +2

      "You're an angel now" - Oversimplified

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 3 года назад +1

      so he's farting a lot then

    • @Mike-ul1xn
      @Mike-ul1xn 3 года назад

      *Valhalla for sure

  • @bitcoincryptofreedom3652
    @bitcoincryptofreedom3652 Год назад +3

    I'm British and I recently did a DNA test and I was pleasantly suprised to see so many 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th cousins from all over the United States. We really are family. ❤❤❤

  • @nuvostef
    @nuvostef Год назад +3

    I never heard about this…adventure! What a ridiculous, ludicrous farce.. 🤣 I loved your humor, BTW. Thanks from a former US sailor. 🤙🏼

  • @bobjackson4720
    @bobjackson4720 3 года назад +4

    John Paul Jones was a Scots man. He came from Southerness a village a few miles from the small town of Dumfries.

    • @sutty85
      @sutty85 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, we know
      But ihe is still British. He also lived in England and was based there for years until going to the 🇺🇸

  • @Valyoyoable
    @Valyoyoable 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing video. Beside the information, I absolutely love your animations and sense of humor. Had plenty of laugh watching your video. Thanks !

  • @dadw7og116
    @dadw7og116 3 года назад +5

    Interesting. It appears that American and English history differ a bit on the subject of the naval battle. What about "I have not yet begun to fight."? Also, while the Bonhomme Richard was credited with the kill, there were several other smaller American ships involved.

  • @JamesFromTexas
    @JamesFromTexas 3 года назад +17

    I'm glad we're allies. Worked with some great Black Watch soldiers in iraq!

  • @drscopeify
    @drscopeify 3 года назад +2

    It's important to note that John Paul Jones was only beginning his Naval carrier at the time and went on to lead many other ships and situations as well as a long stint with the Russian Navy.

  • @lunaumbra
    @lunaumbra 3 года назад +8

    How often have we all nipped into a pub for a quick pint and ended up having 5 followed by a few chasers. It happens 😵

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 3 года назад +1

      Happens every time. 'Just popped in for a couple then straight home' 5 hours later a few stellas and shorts then the wife walks in with all my clothes in a bin bag,known as being bin bagged

  • @romanpaladino
    @romanpaladino 3 года назад +3

    I never knew about this little chapter in the Revolutionary War, interesting.
    Would love to see a video about the English Armada (or Counter Armada).

  • @mechastrizan3767
    @mechastrizan3767 2 года назад +1

    When thoughty2 mentioned the beer thing, it all started to make sense. The pieces of the puzzle came together.

  • @aliencat11
    @aliencat11 3 года назад +17

    The USA has sadly negected historical education. This story should be taught! If only for the sure audacity of the attack.

    • @Griblin1
      @Griblin1 3 года назад +3

      I was literally told this in my 11th grade US history class, the class literally goes from the revolutionary war to the Vietnam war.

    • @aliencat11
      @aliencat11 3 года назад

      @@Griblin1 im glad things have improved. We got basically nothing.

    • @Swearengen1980
      @Swearengen1980 3 года назад +5

      The US isn't neglecting historical education, they're intentionally altering history itself. Neglecting it would be better than the creating lies about it and erasing the truth.

    • @Griblin1
      @Griblin1 3 года назад +3

      @@Swearengen1980 yeah sadly most countries do that, but we aren’t as bad as what is happening in Japan, they stopped teaching about WW2 all together.

    • @aliencat11
      @aliencat11 3 года назад +1

      @@Swearengen1980 this was during the early 70s. I'm sure that has been going in even earlier than that. I've since learned a lot on my own since then.

  • @averageperson8882
    @averageperson8882 3 года назад +101

    I’m surprised the Americans didn’t create a holiday for this as well.

    • @angelcommand
      @angelcommand 3 года назад +9

      We do have a holiday for it. It's called the marine corps birthday.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 3 года назад +6

      I'm trying to get Columbus Day replaced by it.

    • @jefferyreed4073
      @jefferyreed4073 3 года назад +3

      I'm a proud American but I agree that America has way to many holidays

    • @jefferyreed4073
      @jefferyreed4073 3 года назад +1

      @viaductdreams well ur right on that where I work at we don't get paid holidays so yea ur right

    • @divineknowledge4607
      @divineknowledge4607 3 года назад +3

      The Americans only needed one, the one when they kicked all the tea, shitte and pride out of your guts for their independence lmfao 🤣.

  • @darlenelang3681
    @darlenelang3681 Год назад

    Always watch your Videos. Love them. Thanks for being there for us😊

  • @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
    @jimsbooksreadingandstuff 3 года назад +4

    Kirkcudbright is pronounced /kɜːrˈkuːbri/ 13:17 (ker-koo-bree)

  • @Johten
    @Johten 3 года назад +8

    I just finished this playlist literally 2 minutes ago!
    And then you upload ANOTHER episode!
    Welp, I can't complain. Love your channel Thoughy2!!!

  • @dokuujin1851
    @dokuujin1851 3 года назад +3

    "He attacked with a single ship."
    Me: "Dude thinks he's a video game protagonist lol."

    • @dattebayo7139
      @dattebayo7139 5 месяцев назад

      man think he's an assassin's creed character

  • @1324Hairdoist
    @1324Hairdoist 3 года назад +30

    So I’m curious have you ever done a video on the natural sleep cycle where people generally had “first sleep” and “second sleep” apparently people weren’t ment to sleep the full 8 hours straight but 4 and 4 with with 1-2 hours of wake time ! I’d love to hear your take!!

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 3 года назад +7

      I want to know more about that but fear watching the video would put me to sleep.

    • @dontcomply3976
      @dontcomply3976 3 года назад

      I am pretty sure he did a few years back
      Sorry, can't find it though

    • @lj7169
      @lj7169 3 года назад

      Wow that sounds so thrilling, I really hope he does. In fact I'm going to bombard him with a dozen emails about it now because I want him to do it so much.

    • @sko1beer
      @sko1beer 3 года назад

      Seen a medical report on doing that apparently it’s not good for the body .
      can’t remember what it was but I remember it had something to do with the blood sugar levels going up and down or some other organs levels

  • @janiced9960
    @janiced9960 3 года назад +12

    I thought that this would be about the failed attempts ( and I do mean attempts- plural, 5 in all ) of the US to invade Canada which was then a colony or whatever of the UK during the War of 1812. However, no, this was something completely different and just as daft which I had not heard before. Loved it.

    • @Saskatchetooner
      @Saskatchetooner 2 года назад +2

      Americans tried to conquer Canada, it was not successful. We have never lost a war 🍁

  • @jestingapple1287
    @jestingapple1287 11 месяцев назад

    Fantastic video, the only wee gripe, is that Kirkudbright is pronounced.... KUR-COOD-BRAY, (said quite fast) hehe.... Great and informative video, really enjoyed the vid 👍👍

  • @jaybee6786
    @jaybee6786 3 года назад +5

    As an Englishman, I object to you using the incorrect term "Revolutionary War". The correct term is "Colonial Hissyfit of Ingratitude".

  • @christopherjustice6411
    @christopherjustice6411 3 года назад +16

    John Paul Jones, Handsome, Scottish and Absolutely Insane. A true American Hero.

    • @donovanlong596
      @donovanlong596 3 года назад

      Keep RIPping in heaven you're an angel now.

    • @No2Guy
      @No2Guy 3 года назад +4

      Just so you know, I’m from Scotland, and we don’t like Americans. Sorry to disappoint.

    • @danielaustin3650
      @danielaustin3650 3 года назад +2

      Oversimplified quote

    • @Youtubesucks565
      @Youtubesucks565 3 года назад +1

      @@No2Guy One I don’t think we give a fuck what you like and two is it because it took one British American to what Scotland couldn’t do for centuries. That’s invade England. It’s ok! 😂

  • @HW-kf7hi
    @HW-kf7hi Год назад

    Interesting and entertaining vid. Just 1 thing to note. You should pronounce Kirkcudbright Kir-coo-brie (thats my attempt at least at typing it phonetically). Coronation Street filmed there years ago with a story of 2 teens eloping and got a bit of stick for saying it the way you did. One of those places pronounced quite a bit different to how it's spelt.

  • @Landlockedcc
    @Landlockedcc 3 года назад +11

    I do love Britain ❤️ from Minnesota

    • @rektified4508
      @rektified4508 3 года назад +5

      Love murica ❤️ from Hull, England

    • @quietcorner293
      @quietcorner293 3 года назад +2

      I grew up in Minn and spent 3 years in Britain back in the 90s. Good times!

    • @rektified4508
      @rektified4508 3 года назад

      @@quietcorner293 where did you stay in Britain?

    • @quietcorner293
      @quietcorner293 3 года назад +1

      @@rektified4508 RAF Lakenheath between Norwich & Cambridge.

    • @quietcorner293
      @quietcorner293 3 года назад +1

      @@rektified4508 My friend had a cousin up in Cheshire which we used to travel up there a lot. Used to party in Warrington and Liverpool. The people were friendly and the beer was cheap.

  • @AugmentedGravity
    @AugmentedGravity 3 года назад +29

    I would say that's pretty good for a single ship and drunken crew.

  • @joeantrobus2118
    @joeantrobus2118 3 года назад +2

    Great video as usual. Just to let you know it’s pronounced Kur-coo-bree. Keep up the good work!

  • @ordinarysavage
    @ordinarysavage 3 года назад +4

    Never heard this one before. Sounds alot like a Mel Brooks movie . Hilarious presentation.

  • @SwtorChops
    @SwtorChops 3 года назад +5

    Can I get a video of the incredible Thomas Cochran? The guy is BEYOND interesting

  • @dianeporter5493
    @dianeporter5493 3 года назад

    I'm from Whitehaven! John Paul Jones is well known to us locals! Small town but if passing a visit to the rum story and the beacon is a must. As is food in zest or Georgian house 😊

  • @footballgeorgiebest
    @footballgeorgiebest 3 года назад +4

    They should make a movie of this story. It hilarious 😂

  • @willong1000
    @willong1000 3 года назад +8

    I must admit that certain aspects of your story make me embarrassed for my long-dead countrymen. That said, well done Lady Selkirk! (And well done John Paul Jones for his war efforts, and also the class he exhibited in restoring the silver to the earl and lady.)

  • @garethhughes5745
    @garethhughes5745 6 месяцев назад

    Awesome bit of history. I live near whitehaven but didnt know about this thank you :)

  • @andorastorm1000
    @andorastorm1000 3 года назад +27

    Ah a perfect example of a American! R.I.P. to the 1st "Hold My Beer" legend John Paul Jones! 🇺🇸

    • @kinshuksinghania4289
      @kinshuksinghania4289 3 года назад +6

      R.I.P. English language!

    • @finngregory3599
      @finngregory3599 3 года назад +8

      He was British

    • @gallorumrex
      @gallorumrex 3 года назад +7

      The idea of our entire country was hatched in a tavern. Hence, everything the USA has ever done, is one long 200+ year "Hold My Beer" moment ;-)

    • @respectfulanarchist427
      @respectfulanarchist427 3 года назад +3

      Being a fan of you Americans this story only makes me feel even fonder of you. We are best when we work together.

    • @finngregory3599
      @finngregory3599 3 года назад +2

      @@MrR-M but even after the war he would still be considered a Brit, he was born and raised there, you can't get more British than that.

  • @STE6677
    @STE6677 3 года назад +99

    The only American with the balls to attack Britain was a Brit 🤣

    • @optimusmoose9171
      @optimusmoose9171 3 года назад +31

      @@archnouff7599 still British

    • @queencerseilannister3519
      @queencerseilannister3519 3 года назад +9

      Most of our forefathers were British, so this applies to them too. lol

    • @iamgroot4080
      @iamgroot4080 3 года назад +17

      But... Isn't America just British colony that just went rouge?

    • @BrandonDriver99
      @BrandonDriver99 3 года назад

      It has nothing to do with balls. It is strategy

    • @stlvn6363
      @stlvn6363 3 года назад +1

      Scottish too

  • @libertycowboy2495
    @libertycowboy2495 10 месяцев назад +1

    Been to his tomb at the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

  • @AlexGroverUnfiltered
    @AlexGroverUnfiltered 3 года назад +9

    This is the first SEAL mission it so appears.

  • @kylemenzies4447
    @kylemenzies4447 3 года назад +29

    A rebel Irishman helping the English? A first and last surely.

    • @Mike-ul1xn
      @Mike-ul1xn 3 года назад +3

      he was probably just drunk

    • @IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX
      @IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX 3 года назад +5

      Neither a first nor a last. Especially not if he was a Protestant, which would have made him of English or Scottish descent - Daniel Freeman hardly sounds like an "Irish" name. There is, of course, the famous quote of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington, who was born in Ireland and was very briefly our Prime Minister: "Being born in a stable does not make one a horse." In history, there were 8 Irish regiments in the "English" military, and still in existence is the Irish Guards.

    • @Harlemfreeq
      @Harlemfreeq 3 года назад

      @@IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX Daniel o Connell said that, not Wellington.

    • @IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX
      @IUsedToBeSomeoneElseX 3 года назад

      @@Harlemfreeq Thank you for correcting me on this. You are right, O'Connell said this _about_ Wellington.

    • @jev4786
      @jev4786 Год назад +1

      Don’t worry we don’t condone the Irish in England, your a embarrassment 🤣🤣

  • @mikiroony
    @mikiroony 3 года назад

    "The buttler answered. Naturally" xD Epic line.

  • @Savvysnek
    @Savvysnek 3 года назад +13

    I love how this guy played the Revolutionary War like it was a video game. Reminds me of the stupid stuff people try to do in Sea of Thieves but with actual consequences. What a chad.

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 3 года назад

      It was like watching an episode of captain pugwash

  • @yuligamein5502
    @yuligamein5502 3 года назад +8

    im from the usa...and ive never heard that we..invaded good ol england

  • @cleoldbagtraallsorts3380
    @cleoldbagtraallsorts3380 3 года назад +2

    I have never heard this story before. Really a wild and entertaining tale.