Well Britain became a supporting actor after the US started getting involved. So of course a Brit will love North Africa. (They would have lost that too without the Australian 9th Inf. Division (with some friends) heroic stand at Tobruk. Longest seige in British military history)
I just love listening to all his knowledge, usually I'd never watch a video of one hour without doing anything on the side. But Lindy just requires my full attention and I love it!
Thank you, Lloyd. You always amuse, usually inform, often surprise... and now and again, enough, Sir? You truly inspire. I write this through a fog of tears, quite unusual for me. Fortunately, my fingers remember a keyboard. And a trigger.
Being of German decent whose family fought for and against the Reich "Lets give Fritz a bloodier Nose" maybe the most British thing I've ever heard... Raising a glass to their sacrifice, Prost
The 'Fritz' bit really took the shine off the whole video fir me, along with the inaccurate sideswipe at the EU. It was a spectacular action and worth telling, but thank God there is no chance that we'll fight each other in Europe any more - except over beach towels in Spain.
@@hughallen6621 Lloyd had an over the top, slightly camp presentation style with all that stuff. Can be irritating but I think its _generally_ meant in good humour
The morse "V" really got me... Thanks for keeping history and the heroic deeds and sacrifice of these brave men alive through these stories. Lest we forget.
Same here ... it was a thrilling story ... but the part about sending the "V" code really got to me. Like Ankle D. I had to pause the vid and take some time out. Smashing vid Lindy. btw my next door neighbour is 95 and the street celebrated in the recent VE celebrations ... he was in the RAF and took part in the Tirpitz raids in Norway. On the actual VE day he was flying Halifaxes shadowing German U-boats to make sure they actually sailed into and surrendered in UK ports!
@@oldfella3919 Mind forwarding my gratitude? I, for one, am very gratefull for all their service and sacrifice. Might not mean much comming from a country that was "neutral", but i am very glad to not have to live under actual Nazi rule.
My Grandad was one of the nine survivors from the 155th Battery. He was the soldier you referred to that made it back to base after a 4 day trek with only a bottle of water and a bar of chocolate. Thanks so much for taking the time to make the video - so interesting to understand what exactly happened, in its correct context, given he is sadly no longer with us. Needless to say his surviving family is incredibly proud of him.
If that's the case, I would be very proud of him too, my grandfather fought on a tin can in the navy against the Japanese ww2 and am very proud of the sacrifice that generation made for freedom and their countries, we live in the world created by that cataclysm that they lived through and the many that didn't...
Yay, one hour of needlessly in depth, and I predict full of unplanned rambling, talk about a minor event in British military history. Exactly what I subscribed for, keep'em coming.
It wasn’t a minor event because it led directly to Kessler being beaten back in North Africa. Saying that why were the British high command so useless for so long that events like needed to take place?
@Silver Chariot: The only thing I would change about your comment is the removal of the word "needlessly" Much of the information is important context. In depth is a good thing. Too many people measure their attention span to 140 characters. I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment though. This story needed to be told. Same reason I watch The History Guy as well.
The sentiment (rant) at the end is a very important point. When we learn about these battles that occurred, we are not glorifying the war, we are learning the context of why the end of the war is so important. And this applies to any war, not just WW2.
@@derekbutts947 While war shows humanity at its worst, it can also show it at its best. It's difficult to communicate this without seeming like glorifying war, but at the same time, who can hear the tale of the 155th, or that of Taffy 3 at the Battle of Samar, and not be moved by the gallantry and sacrifice of those involved?
more military "history" folks need to learn this, without it we are but bloodthirsty war fanboys devouring propaganda prepared by the people who benefit from these wars
All wars are bankers wars, they fund both sides and collect the interest on the debt for 100 year from the future generations. Bankers win every war and all the people and their children loose.
@@MegaDavyk That's kind of funny. Once somebody is shooting at your or trying to kill you, it doesn't matter. You're welcome to stand up and say "Hey! Don't fight for the banker, come and have a beer!" Once the beer runs out, offer bratwurst. Then, I guess, it's a grocer's war.
people like those young kids disgust me Lindy, people like them would sit by and let tyranny rise and control all, their cowards and are weak willed. They would never oppose Hitler and they are so quick yet to shout everyone they don't like is Hitler. they say they would punch a Nazis and fight them and such, but i tell you really these kids would never have the balls to stand up and fight against any future Hitlers or stalins.
Some of them would even support them here in the US, it's absolutely disgusting. I'm american and even I got a little worked up over him saying they crushed the bunkers with men still alive in them. I love your channel, man, keep telling these stories. They need to be told.
@@RomanHistoryFan476AD Theres plenty resisting the most aggressive Nation on earth - USA We resisted the British Empire right here in their back garden. They didnt even stop in Europes most "secure" prisons. Put mortar shells in Downing street. Put bombs where the lutwaffe couldnt. And kept them bogged down in the longest ever military operation involving 30,000 men and another 15,000 paramilitary police. Afghan peasants and Iraqis resist against weapons that the Nazis could even dream of.
I served in the Royal Artillery for eleven years. As Lindy says, artillery guns are not so good for direct fire. Artillery is placed behind the lines and should never see enemy tanks attacking, and they're defended by infantry. To man a field gun in direct fire is the most dangerous scenario. It's nice to hear of stories like this. So often the great efforts and bravery go unknown or forgotten. RIP men of 155 Battery. My sincere gratitude for your sacrifice.
@@ronaldderooij1774 The Lessons learned from the War have prevented a further War.. You sound like a coward who would cry like a baby for getting a papercut... Just remember what these and other countless other men died for , just so you can spout your splineless crap
It is. It is a monologue probably only understood by those of us who have been bewildered by those who are so uncaring about our history. We can make it about the evils of empire. Since I was of war fighting age it was all about failed morality and wasted courage. All as in Hue wasted. Individual battles that added up to nothing. WWII and all the individual little battles added up to one and then two great victories. We did in America have a New Deal FDR Democracy for awhile, and then we morned it, and now, now we have to live in the streets.
Lindybeige Drinking game: Easy mode: Take a shot everytime Lindy goes of on a tangent Hardcore mode: Start drinking from the bottle at the start of the tangent until he is back on track.
"Artillery thought their job was to look after the infantry; the infantry thought that their job was to protect the artillery." Reminded me of an incident in George Blackburn's Guns of Normandy. He returned to his battery from a spell as FOO, and every man in the unit was prostrated with dysentery. (He thought at first that they were all dead, until he saw one breathing.) Desperate to get them up and moving, he went to the toughest man in the battery, a senior NCO, and spoke that magic formula which would raise gunners from death, real or apparent: "THE INFANTRY NEEDS US." The Sergeant Major got to his feet... and then another, and another, and the men who were apparently dead, went back to war. The infantry needed them, you see.
A fantastic book. Anyone with even a passing interest in WW2 in Europe should read it - and it should be mandatory for all Gunners and Canadians, and if you’re a Canadian Gunner, well you get the idea...
The lnk between supported infantry and supporting artillery was manifest by the HQ of artilllery being up with the command of the supported formation. The Commanding officer of guns was right physically next to the CO of infantry. Thus requests for support appeared at the guns as direct orders to fire from the CO. The radios Wireless Set 22 of artillery were slightly different from the WS 19 sets of the infantry and ran on a different network, a whole different communication plan. What I'm saying is that the whole relationship had been valued and worked out during WW1 and systemic measures taken to optimise total performance had been taken. Sources various Ubique Reg'tal history of 1st Rg't Mountain Artillery (on line excerpt) UNofficial Memoir of Same "Hoofprints on the Mountain Jeep Tracks in the Mud" m\any other confirming sources (no record kept)
Never apologize, Lindy. That was a great rant at the end. My dad was in the US Army and fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and finally Germany. I'm proud of him for his service.
As a Brit, my heart swells with pride and gratitude hearing stories like this. I wonder if I could ever live up to these men's memory. I am not worthy.
I really hope we will not be part of stories like this. Don't take me wrong, it is amazing story. There are many amazing stories from WWII, but personally, I don't want to a protagonist in a story like this or even "happy ending" story written by those who survived, because all those stories are full of despair and death of close friends.
I really liked the typical understatement of UK vets, "I did my bit." Classic Brit. And in terms of your worthiness, I'm sure you would surprise yourself.
Just watched your video on Bombardment: “When a unit loses 10% of their men, their fighting effectiveness goes down to (approximately) zero...” Nobody informed the boys of the 155th at Sidi Nsir that I guess 💪🏻
When I was in we typically coulsnt rlly operate effectively under 85% but I believe the SOP was to continue on until around 70%. Replacements were often cycled in to keep numbers up. I was even loaned to the 2nd MEU and 101st Airborne in Ramadi 05-06'.... I think. I'm getting hold! Lmbo
That's where the Roman (Latin) term decimation comes from. Through hundreds of years of experience, the Romans had established that if they killed 10% of the enemy, the enemy fighting effectiveness dropped dramatically and their own troops' morale increased proportionally.
Very fine history lesson; well done! I am a confirmed Anglophile having had the privilege of serving as the American Medical Liaison Officer to Her Majesty’s Forces - my experience is that the wounded do not complain when the chips are down. Again, well done!
*ratatatatatat* "right then, we're surrounded, we've no air cover, we've no ammunition, we're completely cut off and we're being shelled, strafed and decimated.. suggestions?" *BOOM!* *BOOM!* "cup of tea, Captain?" *RATATATATATATATAT!* "oh, I say, Sergeant, awfully kind, yes, I believe a brew would help me enormously" *BOOM!* RATATATATATATAT!* *BOOM!* "permission to speak , Sir?" *BOOM!* "yes, Private Gunner?" *BOOM!* "it's serious, Sir, we've run out of milk.."
I am an old man now but I can still remember being told as a child that if I should ever see a barn driving towards me waving a telegraph pole out of its side, that would be a Tiger!
That was a remarkably good video, especially the rant at the end. While you likely won't see this Lindy, I hope you know that there are a lot of people who love your work. And a lot of people grateful for men like those of 155 Battery.
"We will defend our island, whatever the cost may be ". It took immense courage to make that statement. It took ultimate courage to live it. Don't celebrate war, but celebrate the men who bought peace with ultimate courage.
This story gave me goosebumps and nearly brought a tear to my eye, words can not describe the pride I feel to be cut from the same cloth as these hardy souls. They shall not be forgotten. V.
The ending monologue was without a doubt the best monologue I’ve ever heard in a lindy episode. You can tell quite clearly how passionate Lloyd is at the end there. That being said, how is this free? This is amazing content and he’s clearly one of the best orators on the platform. I would love to see a video for how Lloyd prepares to do a video like this.
Most people that give epistemic presentations are probably working from a selectively researched, carefully prepared and meticulously rehearsed script. I am sure Mr Beige does all of this. However the ability to deviate authoritatively from aforementioned script, or indeed completely off subject into another hellishly intellectual subject, requires an encyclopaedic range of highly specific and background knowledge.This alone is massively impressive, but to take a subject that can be incredibly soporific and make it so compelling, to even those vehemently uninterested in the subject, that we can't wait for the next installment, requires inspirational charisma. And he can sing and dance too!
@@Extraordinarylurker True passion for the subject cannot be faked, nor can an encyclopedic knowledge. I also admire the fact that he is not afraid to actually speak his mind even if the opinion might be all hurty and "unsafe" for some of our snow flaky brethren!
@@sunsetlights100 Just to be devil's advocate. When two people are lecturing on the subject of a past event, would be rather dubious if their accounts differed wildly!
Mr. Lloyd As a Pole, whose kin fought in places like Wizna or Zadwórze - desperate action, to delay, to get as many enemies as one can, just to help others fight less in the future, even if that would mean certain meeting with Mother - Death... A member of nation, that was well on its way to extermination camps, and because of that how imortant it was to us even after the war, to oppose in any way possible, that resistance to any form of tyrany is in our blood to this day... This whole story resonates with me in a way i didn`t really expect, when i read the title. Gratitude to the great men is first thing we owe them. Second is the awe. Third is memory of them. And anybody, who is complaining about remembering is either foolish enough(no offence to your friends) to not really understand, what really is celebrated during those particualr days, when we remember wars, or they are callous and self- important(in a holier- than- thou way) enough to not care, in which case, i do hope they never will have to depend on someone else`s good grace- they might find out, that day, that there is more like them in the World... And there is nothing wrong with being moved by the story :) no need to turn away, as the tears show up, in my opinion that shows great empathy and respect to those men - i never did managed to go through the story of captain Raginis, or Lviv Eaglets myself without my voice breaking down or having at least glassy eyes. I didn`t know the story earlier, but i, for whatever it is worth, bow my head to the bravery and determination of those men, and shed few tears for them, because we do need more like them, and far less of those, who would like to forget, because "it is all history now". (Sorry, for the rant. It was really short and mild for my standards) Edit: my comment about being Pole is not about people remembering my kin contributions- it was about the fact, i felt connection to story of those brave English soldiers, despite being of different nation. About the fact, that bravery and defiance even when Death stares people in the face, is something, that moves our hearts- and that I had no idea, i would shed a tear for people I never knew, that i would link them in my heart with some of my kin, that I hold in highest regard. So please, stop commenting about what Poles did. I know that, you know as well. But neither the story, nor the comment are about that... sorry
I used to work with a guy called Ralph Pickett (RIP). He was a WWII gunner in the 7th RA (Heavy) firing 7.2" howitzers - the same regiment as Spike Milligan who was 4 guns down the line. He has some wonderful war stories having fought in North Africa and through Italy. He said Spike was a lunatic even in those days.
@@spudgunn8695 You are probably correct. Old age and memory are not what they were. 46 years since I spoke to Ralph and probably 40 years since I read Spike's books.
Wow! My great grandfather served in Africa with the 5th Battalion of the Hampshires! I never would've known he *might* have been involved in something this heroic. Thanks, Lindy!
@@BigBirbler cowardice is not ordered by the army.... how about them helping their fellow soldiers ..struggling with the guns.. "Cya 155 battery, sucks to be you lot.. we're off to have some spam and a nice cup of tea, bit of a rest and then back into it... shame you are all dead..but hey ho... "
As a Texan, I really appreciate a good fight till the end story. It is thanks to the bravery of men like the 155th that we have enjoyed the freedoms, peace & prosperity that we have. I have listened to the stories of a Romanian talking about his family living under the fascists & then the communists, thank God we avoided that.
As a “Yankee Texan,” lived there for 15 years, I know the real story of the Alamo. The majority of the defenders were Mexican *Tejanos* not Anglos. I’m an Anglo *Californio* who spent my childhood in Coachella-all my neighbors were the children of “Braseros.” I loved my childhood with them speaking “Spanglish” and having *real* Mexican food! We grew up to be about the toughest men alive-don’t start fights, but always finish them, even if you don’t win, make sure the bastards remember it.
This is the first Lindybeige video I've seen, and I was very impressed. I hadn't heard of this particular action, but as a one-time artilleryman myself, I can well appreciate the bravery and determination of the men of 155 Battery. Their performance was magnificent - heroic on a scale seldom seen anywhere. As Lindy said at the end, it is well worthy of memory and honor. A society that can't appreciate such heroism isn't capable of producing it.
It really was a tremendous and extremely gallant last stand. My wife’s grandfather, Major John Raworth, was the Battery C.O. and won the Military Cross for his part in the battle. He didn’t actually die at the time but was one of around 20 or so survivors who were taken prisoner. His M.C. Is on loan to the Royal Artillery museum in Woolwich. He died around 19 years ago. The press nicknamed them the V.C Battery and it is rumoured that recommendations for Victoria Crosses were made. However the story goes that a General dealing with it said that too many men survived and were were taken prisoner and so decided to reduce the level of the gallantry awards.
This video has been well presented, and well spoken. The idea of brothers in arms looking at eachother, knowing that the end of their lives is over a few hundred yards away, and fighting on... it brings tears of pride and gratitude to my eyes. God bless them and give them peace.
All wars are bankers wars, they fund both sides and collect the interest on the debt for 100 year from the future generations. Bankers win every war and all the people and their children loose.
As an American, I appreciate the proud history of those who fought to preserve freedom during WWII. It's men like the men of the 155 Battery, who never saw the end of war or the freedoms that were preserved through their sacrifices, that I honor and celebrate VE Day. This was very eye opening and I hope to hear more about such deeds from our brothers across the sea. May we see peace and hope restored during this tumultuous time.
Yeah brits fought to preserve freedom so much and hard that they gave independence to Indonesia, that they didnt return colonial rule to other parts of indochina....or it was different and they just fought to preserve own colonial empire built on slavery work (of second class citizens all over the world).
@@jonnyjones4347 do you have even basic knowledge? Brits came to indonesia and forced movement of independence to disarm. They forced back Dutch colonialists. Same happened in vietnam. Brits and French kept fucking up with entire indochina and other regions there. The fight for freedom meant fight for themselves and their own interests. With WWII won both empires tried to keep shackels on many occupied nations world wide, supressing their own desire for freedom often with guns.Those nations were more often than not second rate citizens within the empires despite empires draining their lands and building their wealth on abused people (and stolen riches). It was nazi germany that let western nations to taste their own mistreatment, treating them like they did to the people in their own colonies. Still many nations had to fight bloody wars for own freedom once the WAR FOR FREEDOM (as west calls it) had been supposedly succesfully won in 45 lol.
@@jiridrapal7512 Troll. Go cry about it somewhere else there champ. What you said has nothing to do with what this video was about, I'm sure there are other videos where you can complain that actually fits the narrative! SMH
I'm a former artilleryman you brought a tear to my eye with this video and that ending sir. What an orator ans what an example of British pride think u lindybeige.
Puts Messerschmitt-sounds over his talking so I can't hear him. Later tries to get me interested in buying earbuds while saying that I might be interested in hearing what he's saying. Well played.. Also, judging by this video and the unboxing video you did for that mattress I would conclude that your interest in boxes rival that of most cats. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work.
@@illustriouschin Well, I was already using a pretty decent headset, and it didn't really help, so I doubt it. But I guess we'll never know cause I'm not buying them.
Im listening through a set of RAYCON EVERYDAY E25's right now and can confirm I could hear everything he said, the sound quality is crystal clear and the bass is phenomenal
"Declaring war on France turned out to be a completely safe thing to do". When it's less than a minute in and Lloyd is already throwing shade at the French; you know this is going to be a classic.
@@wuffothewonderdog Not all French hate the British. I don't, and most of my favourite RUclipsrs are British, like Lloyd. It makes me laugh when he makes fun of the French, it's all in good fun :)
As a Brit it sickens me how the French get shade for WW2, when in fact they wanted to counter attack the Germans after they broke through the Ardennes Forest, but the British refused and insisted on running away, leaving their Allies in an impossible situation. Nevertheless, 40,000 French troops volunteered to stay behind and stop the Germans reaching Dunkirk. They amazed the Germans with their ferocity, despite being vastly outnumbered and surrounded. They even successfully advanced and gained ground. They fought on, only surrendering once all the BEF had been evacuated and sacrificed their lives and liberty to help the Brits run away.
@@Cervando I think your comment might the 1st I've ever seen coming from a Brit saying something positive about the French regarding WW2. I'm so used to the usual "French are cowards haha", "They surrendered without a fight haha", "Their best weapon is a white flag haha" that I've kind of become numb to it. It's always the same insulting and derogatory jokes and comments, over and over again, coming from Brits or Americans. It gets old really fast. I don't have hatred for, or negative views and opinion of the citizens of any nation, and I think the people who do are misguided and I pity them. It's saddening, really. That's why I greatly appreciate your comment. That means a lot. Thank you, sir.
@@NihonNiv My pleasure. Unfortunately the History taught in British schools is very one sided, as I assume it is elsewhere. Later in life I got more interested in history and looked for other sources from other countries to get a more rounded understanding and it proved enlightening.
Good Lord. I never cry, but when I heard what the last signal of this doomed defense was, I couldn't help but tear up a bit. How astonishing it is that so much bravery, sacrifice and sheer-bloody-mindedness could be compressed into one letter.
You can not achieve greatness or anything of consequence unless you have something or someone to compare yourself to. These men have set a high bar to live up to. Thank you.
I'm an Irishman and of no great affection for the British or former empire but have great admiration for your patriotism. It's a corrupted word these days but your love of British culture and by extension country and her majesty is borderline on many a fine line. Its a joy to hear. I hope you make many more like this and others.
Sabaton song when? Those boys of 155 had such grit. As a young man of military age nothing puts my own weakness in perspective more than the epic histories of the men of WW1 and WW2. Valor didn't run dry for the 155. I hope we never forget them. They shaped a century. Can you imagine the Germans? When this base tier unit of arty is fighting you like demons. Firing again and again. Humping ammo by hand. Taking fire from a full combined arms offensive and they just, keep, firing. They fight you at point blank range. They don't stop. You silence gun after gun. Your enemy doesn't care. They keep knocking out tanks. You see panzers continue to take fire from men that decided to stand and fight to the last. Absolutely crushing. Those 12 hours were bought with the blood of 116 men from the 155. 12 hours that led to as of yet 75 years of peace in western Europe. By God I pray we can give them another 41. We too often forget that peace is bought with blood. A price few are willing to pay. Rest in Peace 155. You paid more than you're fair share. ..._
@@caldera11 Mockery? Couldn't be farthest from the truth if you've tried your best. Their music inspires me to read up on the events they cover, and learn more. They've pointed me in war history to stories I would have found on my own, albeit with added difficulty since I'm not an eager historian. I live in an entirely different culture that doesn't give much attention to WW2 as it's had near nothing to do with the war. So I say Sabaton have done a cracking good job at spreading the stories and paying tribute to the fallen the best way they could. What have you done to commemorate the fallen, while we're at it?
Sabaton defence force in full throttle I see, they're a band making party music about war and insulting the soldiers who died in it with their party-ass sound, what a fucking joke
@Joe Average you shouldnt use the word systemic because it is disingenuous. You should say that a portion of _insert establishment or business/official here_ is racially biased and or racially violent. Saying systemic means that it is taught through the system to be racist, which would also mean that every business is inherently racist toward one group or another and that would also mean that these orders are given from the top of the chain which would mean that the presidents of the USA were and are all racist. And in short would also mean that the former president willfully aided and commanded a house of officials to implement or continue to implement hidden racist policy. Because systemic means it's in the system and if the system is racist then so would the software that allows the system to thrive. Also if systemic racism is your purpose of resistance you need to swap it for something that has more clearer lines, because if you're in a store and a teller refuses to serve you based on skin tone and or nationality but everyone else will serve you it's not the store that's racist it's that one person. P.s. I have no problem with hating something evil like racism as a child of interracial origin I've dealt with racism more times than I can count (from mostly the black side because my country is majority black) on levels like that of the real Jim crow segregation laws (I couldnt use the playground because I was to bright, my grandparent's house was burnt down because they bought land and built it in a black neighborhood, as examples). That is an almost systemic racism. Almost because my government does not support it if they did, then it would be. And finally i find it some what uncalled for, for most people to claim racism when the most they've ever dealt with is a voice on the other end of a video game or someone giving them I side ways look in an elevator.
@Joe Average and "cause a ruckus" is not the term people who are victims of looting and burnt businesses would use to describe the actions of those who are or are not associated with the BLM movement. To describe it as such is putting those who protest peacefully and those who commit atrocities in the same column. And that's not right because the late great M.L.K. told the world not just the black community to judge one another by their strength of character not their skin tone. (paraphrasing). And if we want that to happen it starts with all of us as individuals not segregated factions. That's just WWII all over again.
Lloyd... The section of this video where you discuss people dealing with pain (starting at around 24:45) really rings true. I deal with a large amount of pain on a daily basis due to neuropathy and permanent damage from work related injuries. And some of the people around me wonder why I don't complain about it so much. Your summation is, in my opinion, exactly correct. No amount of complaining will change what I feel. It will only disturb those around me that I care about. So why do it? So I "stay calm and soldier on" with smiles when I can manage.
When he said "tell me it was worth it" I physically said "Lindy. it was worth it" I don't know why but there was so much emotion, there. You're a good man, Lloyd.
The value of their sacrifice isn't measured by their descendants' appreciation. But maybe the value of this generation can be gauged by It's appreciation of the sacrifice?
Well said and proclaimed,sir, about V-E Day. The sacrifices of our progenitors is striking against the ignorance of the present generation. Thank for the rant.
I hope God allows me to face my end with such grace as the boys singing "Praise the Lord and Pass the ammunition" when the time comes. What absolute lads
John's has more promptness and states things. Linda's a bit more like an overly caffeinated rabbit, demands your attention and is just fascinated in what happens next.
" I like his humour." Tu dois pas vraiment comprendre la différence entre l'humour et l'ingratitude. "Malgré notre écrasante supériorité numérique et matérielle, les troupes françaises contre-attaquent en plusieurs endroits. Je ne parviens pas à comprendre comme d’aussi valeureux soldats, luttant en divers endroits à un contre dix (parfois même un contre trente), parviennent à trouver encore suffisamment de force pour passer à l’assaut : c’est tout simplement stupéfiant ! Je retrouve chez les soldats français de Dunkerque la même fougue que celle des poilus de Verdun en 1916. Depuis plusieurs jours des centaines de bombardiers et de canons pilonnent les défenses françaises. Or, c’est toujours la même chose, notre infanterie et nos chars ne peuvent percer, malgré quelques succès locaux éphémères.“ „ Dunkerque m’apporte la preuve que le soldat français est l’un des meilleurs du monde. L’artillerie française, tant redoutée en 14-18, démontre une fois de plus sa redoutale efficacité. Nos pertes sont terrifiantes : de nombreux bataillons ont perdu 60 % de leurs effectifs, parfois même plus ! “ „ En résistant une dizaine de jours à nos forces nettement supérieures en effectifs et en moyens, l’armée française a accompli, à Dunkerque, un superbe exploit qu’il convient de saluer. Elle a certainement sauvé la Grande-Bretagne de la défaite, en permettant à son armée professionelle de rejoindre les côtes anglaises.“ Général Von Küchler commandant de la XVIIIe armée lors de la dernière bataille de l'armée française pour couvrir les Britanniques à Dunkerque. [Bir Hakeim] est bien une nouvelle preuve de la thèse que j'ai toujours soutenue, à savoir que les Français sont, après nous, les meilleurs soldats de toute l'Europe. » Adolf Hitler 1942 l'humour de lidybeige :Les Britanniques fuient héroïquement tandis que les les Français se battent à dix contre un comme les lâches qu'ils sont. Sauf qu'il le crois et apparemment toi aussi.
As a Desert Rat, and an ex-fitter in REME, a few things you mentioned stirred a few memories back into life. You mentioned: 1. Open sight gunnery 2. "a few [REME] fitters ..." amongst the last men manning the final 3 guns up on the heights. Back in the late 80's whilst serving in BAOR I remember there being a huge kerfuffle because the REME LAD fitters attached to a Royal Artillery Regiment had the audacity to win the 'Open sights' segment of the annual gunnery competition at Larkhill. I thought nothing of it at the time, but my Dad (ex-RA) explained to me that Open sight gunnery was a very important factor of field gunnery. I can now see why. Lest we forget.
Whenever I hear of stories like this, I always tend to picture what's going on in terms of some sort of really good historical movie. Every now and then when I listen to Lloyd recount these historical memoirs and/or goings on of past wars, I can very clearly see how I would fit each piece of the puzzle into a framework. Almost as if I'm seeing how I would introduce a particular character, whose point of view from which the story should be told at each point in the narrative, what bits of information I could sprinkle on the audience to hint at what is to come, and how to pay off those hints in exactly the right way in order to achieve their proper impact. It becomes very easy to think "Man, I'd be a great director!" and then I realize the only reason I am so vividly seeing what's happening, the reason I can see what people do and feel, as well understand the "Gestalt", the overall tone of the story, is because Lloyd is an EXTREMELY talented storyteller, and I'm actually not doing any of the work, I'm just going along for a very well curated, well thought out, and well delivered ride. It ought not go amiss how important Lloyd's delivery goes into getting the message across. As an aspiring filmmaker, these videos give me hope that truly moving and important stories can still be told in engaging and respectful ways. Lloyd, your focus on the study of rhetoric has not been in vain, and it is truly appreciated.
I still firmly believe, that it is in times of War or great civil unrest, that the true nature of men is shown, and if there will be one statement that shall be humanity's legacy, it will be "From the Gates of Hell, I spit at thee!" simply because how fiercely we love a good story about a last stand, be it Leonidas at Thermopylae or the 155th Battery at Sidi Nsir, or even the the actions of the 12th Germany Army in 1945. We honour them, yes, we are saddened by the loss, yes. But there is also a feeling of pride, isn't there? To think back on those brave souls, and know, that few stoods against many, that the sacrifice of a few good men(and/or women!) made an impact beyond the sum of their parts in the effort to turn the tide. That's atleast my thoughts on it, and I refuse to believe I am the only one who get's a warm, weird, feeling of something when I hear/read about such events (might be my family's military history as well) As for the V-day thing I say because of people like that, we should keep it going! "uuuh, why do we care?" Lest you forget, you recycled teabag!
It was in Tunisia that my father, an RA motorcycle rider, was wounded by an S mine that his forward officer, spotting had triggered. The officer was killed and my father had a perforated eardrum and small steel shrapnel pellets would come to the surface into the 1970s. He was in a West Kent TA AT unit. He was at war from 1939 to 1946.
Well Sir, I did not expect the monolog at the end. I completely stopped what I working on, sat down and listened intently. In the context of what brought this monolog, I applaud you for standing up and stating WHY it is important to celebrate and honor those who fought World War II. 1000 x1000 small actions of bravery and sacrifice is what wins a war. A war that definitively changed the world. Thank you for this presentation. Bless the souls of those that fought the Axis powers.
As a 25 y.o. Yank I look on at these men with gratitude and a sense of 2nd hand pride for having friends such as yall. Praise the lord and pass the ammo boys. RIP The 155.
When you mentioned the ..._ it almost brought a tear to my eye. That may not sound like much but tears don't come easy to me. Barely shed one at my mother's funeral. Makes me wonder if that kind of bravery is even possible today. Being born of Dutch decent VE day means very much to me. I will never forget the 115. It's burned in my head like Roches Drift.
Bloody marvellous! Well done. I whole heartedly agree with your end comments. Like you, thankfull to all those who made the greatest sacrifice for the life style we get to enjoy today. An amazing story well told. Only one minor criticism on terminology, when it comes to the destruction of military material to prevent it falling into enemy hands - you 'skuttle' a ship, you 'spike' a gun . Thank you again most enlightening, entertaining and moving.
Thank you for explaining the V. I didn't know that particular thing, even if I knew it was Morse Code. The more people know about it, the less likely it is to be lost. With the loss of details like that, everyone is diminished. I grew up knowing about the Norwegian symbol of resistance H7 but I didn't know this one. I am appalled that educated people at University teaching level could say "oh let's forget about the war, why even bother". *We need to remember.* The point of teaching history, among other benefits, is so that we can learn from it. We desperately need to remember what happens with wars - how they start, the sacrifices and suffering they entail, and that they can be ended. VE Day is a symbol of the ending of war and a remembrance for those who fought and those who died (Home Front included). I wonder if such people would say that to their grandparents' faces?
The magnificent rant at the end reminded me of a conversation I had with an Afghan officer through an interpreter in Arghandab. I told him that one day there would be peace, and I would return with my family and we would have a picnic together in that place which was so beautiful but so full of bombs and evil. I don't even know if he's still alive, but I do know that one day there will be peace, and I still hope to fulfill my promise. Madness, hatred and carnage never lasts forever, but it does too often last for generations.
@@quentinfairchild2263 Most Christians aren't like the Westboro Baptist Church, most atheists aren't like Stalinists and most Muslims aren't like the Taliban.
@@Derna1804 , you fail to understand the talisman are following the qur'an. Where the qur'an goes terror and violence follow. sura 8:12. It doesn't take most of your selected groups to cause major troubles. Few Christians are like Westboro because they aren't following scripture. Same with many big name churches. Most atheists are like Stalin, they just haven't had the power to enforce communism on us before. The ideology is full holes that can be seen by anyone with a functioning brain and some real life experience.
@@quentinfairchild2263 Everyone is religious, few people are spiritual. I mean this in the opposite view of a person who says "I'm spiritual not religious." To be spiritual is to take a keen interest in theological matters, to be religious is to believe in anything at all. So in most cases, people take their queues from others, and a minority leads the majority by the nose. In an Islamic country to get ahead you have to profess Islam. In the West, you have to profess secularism. Neither situation is ideal. But merely looking at the cases of expansionism over the course of the first years 900 years of Islam as a case for the aggressive nature of Islam is extremely out of focus. We could cherry pick examples over such a broad spectrum of time and paint anything any way we please. The historical reality is that Islamic society has been in retreat for 500 years, chipped away at its borders and eroded from within. That is the context from which we get radical groups exploiting the general sense of malaise to try to seize power for themselves. The Taliban are first and foremost a political revolution with material aims, their ideology is there to justify their behavior, their behavior is old-fashioned gangsterism, not ideological per se. If you want to find a similar group in the West, look no further than the Cartels of Mexico. We could go back and forth about the nature of the theology and how it generates ideologies, but the proof of the pudding is right there in the eating. The Taliban have today fewer than 10,000 fighters available, the Islamic Republic on the other hand, has nearly half a million. Even when the Taliban had international backing through the ISI and the country was in a period of anarchy, the Taliban never succeeded in taking control of the whole country. All the warlords an politicians united against them to form a united front, so they relied on Pakistani madrassas for manpower, and never ceased to rely on taking indoctrinated orphans from those madrassas to do their fighting. We're talking about people who outlawed music and sport, executed young people for eloping after their parents had already acquiesced to the union, beat men for not being hairy enough, imprisoned people for growing poppy the got involved in the opium trade themselves, massacred 7,000 Shi'ites in a single day even though that is taqfir. They're not devout and honest Muslims motivated by zealotry, they're just in it for profit. We see this in the West too. How many atheist politicians spend their whole lives pretending to be devout Christians because they think it will get them votes?
God Bless you, Lindy Beige. You brought me to tears describing the conversation at the end. I, like you, am appalled by the arrogance and ungratefulnes. But, your passion and honor brought me an emense amount of joy that literally brought tears to my eyes. Again, Thank You and God Bless you, Lindy Beige.
I will be buying some based on his magnificent and compelling sales pitch, so convincing, I'll bet his sponsors will be thrilled as the orders roll in. What will they send him next? toy 25 pounders would be my guess.
I've been thinking about the "Year of the rat 2020" graphic overlay for almost half the video, and first now I realize that it's something on your wall.
this story brought a tear to my eye. the sacrifice those men gave and so many like them. its why I will never feel I've learned enough history. lest we forget.
Lindybeige the story at the end reminded me of 2018 when my college were celebrating the 100th anniversary of ww1. We were all outside, the usual marches, speeches and a flag being raised with a moment of silence and im stood paying my respects when I heard a couple of guys laughing and mutering that this was all a waste of time and we shouldnt remember the loss and made it all seem a waste of time, I love history its the subject I love, follow and especially love learning about the men (and women) who sacrificed their lives for us because to me its important. I didn't say anything then and kept cool because i knew it would not be good for me but as an 18y old the tales of sacrifice from both sides of the war not just the allies, many do forget for example the Wehrmacht were also men and boys in a war, are the reason we are alive and are key to the future. It hurts that there are people in todays world saying learning about WW1 and WW2 harm the youth and shouldn't be remembered or your example of people who fought are dead now so it doesn't matter, it does! Although the wars were horiffic there is also glimses of pure happiness, when you said about the men who sang the famous song of the time just before they died is an example of that. they knew their time was nearly up, they didnt cry or run away they stood together blocked the pain and fear and replaced it with a song something our generation couldnt do. We need to care for those who survived and those who lost as its what makes us who we are and im glad to say those who fought for us will remain in my thoughts and their legend will stay in my heart. Sorry all for the long post but its wrong, just so incredibly wrong and I just needed to get it all out. thank you Lloyd for telling this story.
Lindy's favorite theater is North Africa, because all the uniforms and gear are _desert beige._
Unlike his jumper.
even the desert itself is beige!
@@EirikXL
No , its often very white.
Did you know the sun can melt glass out of the sand in crystals that can grow to 12 feet high ?
Well Britain became a supporting actor after the US started getting involved.
So of course a Brit will love North Africa.
(They would have lost that too without the Australian 9th Inf. Division (with some friends) heroic stand at Tobruk. Longest seige in British military history)
Ryan Paton, do Americans actually get taught that?
This is why I love Lindybeige.
Not just the story, but the glistening eyes at the end.
I just love listening to all his knowledge, usually I'd never watch a video of one hour without doing anything on the side. But Lindy just requires my full attention and I love it!
Indeed. A beautiful final segment, and one I agree with whole-heartedly.
Hiraghm
Not only glistening, look at the state of the skin surrounding his sockets.
Edited much, third or fourth attempt at the recording ?
Thank you, Lloyd.
You always amuse, usually inform, often surprise... and now and again, enough, Sir? You truly inspire. I write this through a fog of tears, quite unusual for me. Fortunately, my fingers remember a keyboard. And a trigger.
Lindy seems like an entertaining High School History School teacher. I have to admit that he would have kept my attention.😊
Being of German decent whose family fought for and against the Reich "Lets give Fritz a bloodier Nose" maybe the most British thing I've ever heard... Raising a glass to their sacrifice, Prost
Sorry bro, we defeated the wrong enemy
@@viktordickinson7844 spoken like a damn true wehraboo lurking on RUclips comments
@@viktordickinson7844 the comment is 10m old man, get a grip and move on!
The 'Fritz' bit really took the shine off the whole video fir me, along with the inaccurate sideswipe at the EU. It was a spectacular action and worth telling, but thank God there is no chance that we'll fight each other in Europe any more - except over beach towels in Spain.
@@hughallen6621 Lloyd had an over the top, slightly camp presentation style with all that stuff. Can be irritating but I think its _generally_ meant in good humour
Dear Raycon: Lindy is the only RUclipsr that I will actually sit thru the commercial for. Even his ads are entertaining.
My sentements, word for word.
You could be deaf and still find Lindy's rendition of the advert appealing. Probably.
True wireless recharging cable!
Shame they'll ship them to him just to advertise, but not to the UK to actually buy...
This is true haha
The morse "V" really got me... Thanks for keeping history and the heroic deeds and sacrifice of these brave men alive through these stories. Lest we forget.
*...-*
I really thought it was going to be SOS cut off half way through, so the V really made my eyes leak.
When I heard the dit dit dit dah, I had to pause the video and regain my composure.
Same here ... it was a thrilling story ... but the part about sending the "V" code really got to me. Like Ankle D. I had to pause the vid and take some time out. Smashing vid Lindy. btw my next door neighbour is 95 and the street celebrated in the recent VE celebrations ... he was in the RAF and took part in the Tirpitz raids in Norway. On the actual VE day he was flying Halifaxes shadowing German U-boats to make sure they actually sailed into and surrendered in UK ports!
@@oldfella3919 Mind forwarding my gratitude? I, for one, am very gratefull for all their service and sacrifice. Might not mean much comming from a country that was "neutral", but i am very glad to not have to live under actual Nazi rule.
My Grandad was one of the nine survivors from the 155th Battery. He was the soldier you referred to that made it back to base after a 4 day trek with only a bottle of water and a bar of chocolate. Thanks so much for taking the time to make the video - so interesting to understand what exactly happened, in its correct context, given he is sadly no longer with us. Needless to say his surviving family is incredibly proud of him.
Lol no he wasn’t
@@natty4316 that is the first thing I thought😂😂😂
Maybe he was, how should you know?
In every historical video, you always have the top comment being "my grandfather was one of XXX"
Very Very highgly doubt thoose
If that's the case, I would be very proud of him too, my grandfather fought on a tin can in the navy against the Japanese ww2 and am very proud of the sacrifice that generation made for freedom and their countries, we live in the world created by that cataclysm that they lived through and the many that didn't...
Yay, one hour of needlessly in depth, and I predict full of unplanned rambling, talk about a minor event in British military history.
Exactly what I subscribed for, keep'em coming.
3 minutes in and it's already gone off the rails, please never change
Ha, JoJo
It wasn’t a minor event because it led directly to Kessler being beaten back in North Africa.
Saying that why were the British high command so useless for so long that events like needed to take place?
This and this and this.
@Silver Chariot: The only thing I would change about your comment is the removal of the word "needlessly" Much of the information is important context.
In depth is a good thing.
Too many people measure their attention span to 140 characters.
I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment though. This story needed to be told.
Same reason I watch The History Guy as well.
The sentiment (rant) at the end is a very important point. When we learn about these battles that occurred, we are not glorifying the war, we are learning the context of why the end of the war is so important.
And this applies to any war, not just WW2.
We celebrate the end of a war, only those ignorant of battle celebrate war or the blood thirsty.
@@derekbutts947 While war shows humanity at its worst, it can also show it at its best. It's difficult to communicate this without seeming like glorifying war, but at the same time, who can hear the tale of the 155th, or that of Taffy 3 at the Battle of Samar, and not be moved by the gallantry and sacrifice of those involved?
more military "history" folks need to learn this, without it we are but bloodthirsty war fanboys devouring propaganda prepared by the people who benefit from these wars
It's not even about celebrating the war or its end, but the examples of the sheer human spirit and its greatness that went into it.
Some people just "get it."
Thank you, Lloyd.
RIP 155 Bty; we are grateful.
All wars are bankers wars, they fund both sides and collect the interest on the debt for 100 year from the future generations. Bankers win every war and all the people and their children loose.
@@MegaDavyk you're a waste
@@MegaDavyk disgraceful
@@philconti1945 Your a Troll with a "Sock Puppet Account" no surprise there.
@@MegaDavyk That's kind of funny.
Once somebody is shooting at your or trying to kill you, it doesn't matter.
You're welcome to stand up and say "Hey! Don't fight for the banker, come and have a beer!"
Once the beer runs out, offer bratwurst.
Then, I guess, it's a grocer's war.
Did I catch Lindy tearing up a little in the final monologue? Lloyd's passion for history is incredible. Thank you for sharing these unknown stories.
people like those young kids disgust me Lindy, people like them would sit by and let tyranny rise and control all, their cowards and are weak willed. They would never oppose Hitler and they are so quick yet to shout everyone they don't like is Hitler. they say they would punch a Nazis and fight them and such, but i tell you really these kids would never have the balls to stand up and fight against any future Hitlers or stalins.
Some of them would even support them here in the US, it's absolutely disgusting. I'm american and even I got a little worked up over him saying they crushed the bunkers with men still alive in them.
I love your channel, man, keep telling these stories. They need to be told.
@@RomanHistoryFan476AD
Theres plenty resisting the most aggressive Nation on earth - USA
We resisted the British Empire right here in their back garden.
They didnt even stop in Europes most "secure" prisons.
Put mortar shells in Downing street.
Put bombs where the lutwaffe couldnt.
And kept them bogged down in the longest ever military operation involving 30,000 men and another 15,000 paramilitary police.
Afghan peasants and Iraqis resist against weapons that the Nazis could even dream of.
@@olliephelan Yeah and still the North stayed with the UK.
@@RomanHistoryFan476AD
And because of them , its no longer an apartheid failed state.
I served in the Royal Artillery for eleven years. As Lindy says, artillery guns are not so good for direct fire. Artillery is placed behind the lines and should never see enemy tanks attacking, and they're defended by infantry. To man a field gun in direct fire is the most dangerous scenario.
It's nice to hear of stories like this. So often the great efforts and bravery go unknown or forgotten.
RIP men of 155 Battery. My sincere gratitude for your sacrifice.
Well said, ditto.
“Out of ammunition. God save the King.” - Last radio broadcast from 1st Para units at Arnhem Bridge, 1944.
My great uncle fought in that battle
@@MrTangolizard That does not make you special.
@@Pepe_Silvia doesn’t it ? There was me thinking it did but I guess it doesn’t because apparently that’s what I was implying according to you
@Wilhelm Wonka Why do you even imply that? Deserves respect nonetheless
Holy shit.
That ending monologue, goddamned well spoke.
Speech 100
Maybe, but I disagree completely with Lindybeige on that. Sorry.
@@ronaldderooij1774 The Lessons learned from the War have prevented a further War.. You sound like a coward who would cry like a baby for getting a papercut... Just remember what these and other countless other men died for , just so you can spout your splineless crap
Lest We Forget is as sacred and binding as an oath. Anyone who wilfully ignores that is an oathbreaker.
And we all know how oathbreakers are treated.
It is. It is a monologue probably only understood by those of us who have been bewildered by those who are so uncaring about our history. We can make it about the evils of empire. Since I was of war fighting age it was all about failed morality and wasted courage. All as in Hue wasted. Individual battles that added up to nothing. WWII and all the individual little battles added up to one and then two great victories. We did in America have a New Deal FDR Democracy for awhile, and then we morned it, and now, now we have to live in the streets.
Lindybeige Drinking game:
Easy mode: Take a shot everytime Lindy goes of on a tangent
Hardcore mode: Start drinking from the bottle at the start of the tangent until he is back on track.
Jesus
So you want to people to die eh
We’re gonna need a bigger bottle
Weren't kiddin', were ya?
Five minutes in, already wasted
I hope I wasn't the only person who had to pause for a few moments at the 'V' morse. That was indeed powerful.
You were not
The most moving moment.
"Artillery thought their job was to look after the infantry; the infantry thought that their job was to protect the artillery."
Reminded me of an incident in George Blackburn's Guns of Normandy. He returned to his battery from a spell as FOO, and every man in the unit was prostrated with dysentery. (He thought at first that they were all dead, until he saw one breathing.)
Desperate to get them up and moving, he went to the toughest man in the battery, a senior NCO, and spoke that magic formula which would raise gunners from death, real or apparent:
"THE INFANTRY NEEDS US."
The Sergeant Major got to his feet... and then another, and another, and the men who were apparently dead, went back to war.
The infantry needed them, you see.
A fantastic book. Anyone with even a passing interest in WW2 in Europe should read it - and it should be mandatory for all Gunners and Canadians, and if you’re a Canadian Gunner, well you get the idea...
Isn't the purpose of combined arms to make sure the enemy's rock never beats your scissors?
The lnk between supported infantry and supporting artillery was manifest by the HQ of artilllery being up with the command of the supported formation. The Commanding officer of guns was right physically next to the CO of infantry. Thus requests for support appeared at the guns as direct orders to fire from the CO. The radios Wireless Set 22 of artillery were slightly different from the WS 19 sets of the infantry and ran on a different network, a whole different communication plan.
What I'm saying is that the whole relationship had been valued and worked out during WW1 and systemic measures taken to optimise total performance had been taken.
Sources various
Ubique
Reg'tal history of 1st Rg't Mountain Artillery (on line excerpt)
UNofficial Memoir of Same "Hoofprints on the Mountain Jeep Tracks in the Mud"
m\any other confirming sources (no record kept)
Love it.
Blackburn is / was a national treasure.
Never apologize, Lindy. That was a great rant at the end. My dad was in the US Army and fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and finally Germany. I'm proud of him for his service.
Your dad was 1st Infantry Division, perhaps?
@@CERDIP I was about to ask the same thing
>Sicily, Italy
glad to see american education doing its thing.
@@tafazzi-on-discord he means mainland Italy, Sicily is an island that belongs to Italy.
@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 I get that's what's implied but it's not a good way to put it. Also I despise the allies.
As a Brit, my heart swells with pride and gratitude hearing stories like this. I wonder if I could ever live up to these men's memory. I am not worthy.
I really hope we will not be part of stories like this. Don't take me wrong, it is amazing story. There are many amazing stories from WWII, but personally, I don't want to a protagonist in a story like this or even "happy ending" story written by those who survived, because all those stories are full of despair and death of close friends.
Sometimes war brings out the worst in man but sometimes it brings out the best in man
Gratitude for what exactly? Child drag queens or demographic replacement?
I really liked the typical understatement of UK vets, "I did my bit." Classic Brit. And in terms of your worthiness, I'm sure you would surprise yourself.
Join the Army
The ending monologue made me shed one tear.
Respect from Argentina. May their sacrifice never be forgotten.
Why only one tear?
@@hobmoor2042 lol, but they don't like Jeremy Clarkson 😀
Why not no tears Larry
Just watched your video on Bombardment: “When a unit loses 10% of their men, their fighting effectiveness goes down to (approximately) zero...” Nobody informed the boys of the 155th at Sidi Nsir that I guess 💪🏻
When I was in we typically coulsnt rlly operate effectively under 85% but I believe the SOP was to continue on until around 70%. Replacements were often cycled in to keep numbers up. I was even loaned to the 2nd MEU and 101st Airborne in Ramadi 05-06'.... I think. I'm getting hold! Lmbo
That's where the Roman (Latin) term decimation comes from. Through hundreds of years of experience, the Romans had established that if they killed 10% of the enemy, the enemy fighting effectiveness dropped dramatically and their own troops' morale increased proportionally.
@BenjaminTheRogue and may have only ever happened once
@BenjaminTheRogue pretty much
@BenjaminTheRogue
yes thats right.
1 in 10 were killed.
I dont think it was one of Romes best ideas
Very fine history lesson; well done! I am a confirmed Anglophile having had the privilege of serving as the American Medical Liaison Officer to Her Majesty’s Forces - my experience is that the wounded do not complain when the chips are down. Again, well done!
Anglophilia is bipocophobia
That ending monologue: I applaud you sir.
Made me cry.
I commend you Sir! God bless all of you lovely historians! Cheers! 😎👍🏻🇺🇸
*ratatatatatat*
"right then, we're surrounded, we've no air cover, we've no ammunition, we're completely cut off and we're being shelled, strafed and decimated.. suggestions?"
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
"cup of tea, Captain?"
*RATATATATATATATAT!*
"oh, I say, Sergeant, awfully kind, yes, I believe a brew would help me enormously"
*BOOM!*
RATATATATATATAT!*
*BOOM!*
"permission to speak , Sir?"
*BOOM!*
"yes, Private Gunner?"
*BOOM!*
"it's serious, Sir, we've run out of milk.."
Genius.
You don’t use milk if you’re gonna drink tea “properly”
@@kshatriya1414 yet the whole of Britain has it with milk? You can not possibly live here to say such a thing 🤣
Good stiff upper lip
@@kshatriya1414 you clearly aren't British.
They praised the Lord and passed the ammunition and we all stayed free. Thank you 155 Battery and all the other men who sacrificed themselves.
The stuff of movies and legends. ...and we all staid freee..._
"and we all stayed free"
Really now. Is this what you'd call freedom? I'd rather be speaking German.
@@peterhoulihan9766Uh huh, until that 3% slavic dna gets you gassed
An hour of Lindybeige? A great treat in the Quarantine. Thanks, Lloyd.
I am an old man now but I can still remember being told as a child that if I should ever see a barn driving towards me waving a telegraph pole out of its side, that would be a Tiger!
Do you remember who told you that one or know their name? Just to keep it alive.
" waving a telegraph pole out of its side"
I don't get it. O_o
@@Briselance it’s as big as a barn and it’s gun is the size of a telegraph pole.
@@elijahbachrach6579 the 88 was a wickedly effective weapon. I can see the telephone pole reference :)
That was a remarkably good video, especially the rant at the end. While you likely won't see this Lindy, I hope you know that there are a lot of people who love your work. And a lot of people grateful for men like those of 155 Battery.
"We will defend our island, whatever the cost may be ". It took immense courage to make that statement. It took ultimate courage to live it. Don't celebrate war, but celebrate the men who bought peace with ultimate courage.
At the end you asked, “was it worth it”. .
The men who were there thought it was.
RIP 155.
Thanks for sharing.
Worth it!
This story gave me goosebumps and nearly brought a tear to my eye, words can not describe the pride I feel to be cut from the same cloth as these hardy souls. They shall not be forgotten. V.
The ending monologue was without a doubt the best monologue I’ve ever heard in a lindy episode. You can tell quite clearly how passionate Lloyd is at the end there.
That being said, how is this free? This is amazing content and he’s clearly one of the best orators on the platform. I would love to see a video for how Lloyd prepares to do a video like this.
Shhhhh, don’t give him any ideas
Most people that give epistemic presentations are probably working from a selectively researched, carefully prepared and meticulously rehearsed script. I am sure Mr Beige does all of this. However the ability to deviate authoritatively from aforementioned script, or indeed completely off subject into another hellishly intellectual subject, requires an encyclopaedic range of highly specific and background knowledge.This alone is massively impressive, but to take a subject that can be incredibly soporific and make it so compelling, to even those vehemently uninterested in the subject, that we can't wait for the next installment, requires inspirational charisma. And he can sing and dance too!
@@Extraordinarylurker True passion for the subject cannot be faked, nor can an encyclopedic knowledge. I also admire the fact that he is not afraid to actually speak his mind even if the opinion might be all hurty and "unsafe" for some of our snow flaky brethren!
Lloyd lifts some if his ideas from other utubers ie he's not 💯% original still good though.
@@sunsetlights100 Just to be devil's advocate. When two people are lecturing on the subject of a past event, would be rather dubious if their accounts differed wildly!
Mr. Lloyd
As a Pole, whose kin fought in places like Wizna or Zadwórze - desperate action, to delay, to get as many enemies as one can, just to help others fight less in the future, even if that would mean certain meeting with Mother - Death... A member of nation, that was well on its way to extermination camps, and because of that how imortant it was to us even after the war, to oppose in any way possible, that resistance to any form of tyrany is in our blood to this day... This whole story resonates with me in a way i didn`t really expect, when i read the title. Gratitude to the great men is first thing we owe them. Second is the awe. Third is memory of them.
And anybody, who is complaining about remembering is either foolish enough(no offence to your friends) to not really understand, what really is celebrated during those particualr days, when we remember wars, or they are callous and self- important(in a holier- than- thou way) enough to not care, in which case, i do hope they never will have to depend on someone else`s good grace- they might find out, that day, that there is more like them in the World...
And there is nothing wrong with being moved by the story :) no need to turn away, as the tears show up, in my opinion that shows great empathy and respect to those men - i never did managed to go through the story of captain Raginis, or Lviv Eaglets myself without my voice breaking down or having at least glassy eyes.
I didn`t know the story earlier, but i, for whatever it is worth, bow my head to the bravery and determination of those men, and shed few tears for them, because we do need more like them, and far less of those, who would like to forget, because "it is all history now".
(Sorry, for the rant. It was really short and mild for my standards)
Edit: my comment about being Pole is not about people remembering my kin contributions- it was about the fact, i felt connection to story of those brave English soldiers, despite being of different nation. About the fact, that bravery and defiance even when Death stares people in the face, is something, that moves our hearts- and that I had no idea, i would shed a tear for people I never knew, that i would link them in my heart with some of my kin, that I hold in highest regard.
So please, stop commenting about what Poles did. I know that, you know as well. But neither the story, nor the comment are about that... sorry
Italiener sind keine Soldaten
Not a rant on your part. A profound statement needed to be said!
@@gunguide9201 Das Schreiben fehlgeleiteter Trivia auf Deutsch macht es nicht tiefgreifend
Ranting?
More like a profound truth of a sort the world could do with more of Heretyk
Definitely not a rant, good words and true meaning. Thank you.
I used to work with a guy called Ralph Pickett (RIP). He was a WWII gunner in the 7th RA (Heavy) firing 7.2" howitzers - the same regiment as Spike Milligan who was 4 guns down the line. He has some wonderful war stories having fought in North Africa and through Italy. He said Spike was a lunatic even in those days.
Spike was in the 56th Heavy regiment, not the 7th. Are you sure he didn't mean 7th company of the 56th?
@@spudgunn8695 You are probably correct. Old age and memory are not what they were. 46 years since I spoke to Ralph and probably 40 years since I read Spike's books.
@@csjrogerson2377 must admit I reread all of Spikes war memoirs in the last year. Great reads.
@@csjrogerson2377 mind you, it's been 40 years since I first read the first 4 books in one go..made me laugh slightly more than it made me cry..
I thought I was having another one of my "episodes" when I started hearing a disembodied voice repeating the word "lorries" in my ear.
lorries!
L O R R I E S
TRUCKS !
Lastkraftwagen.
"Sarge why us?"
"Cos wer'e here lad"
Everyone loves a Zulu quote! "JONES, you are alive. I've seen you!
"Because, Grif, watching you die is a dream come true." -Sarge of red team
"Nobody else, just us."
@@TheLoxxxton It's "HITCH, you're alive, I saw you."
@Bill Whittaker 'Shoot that man, somebody' - (thats a qute not a request, I hasten to add).
"The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice."
I wish that could be the epitaph upon my tombstone someday...
Is that the same as the love that dare not speak it's name- now called the love that can't shut up
@@MrArthoz it can can't it? I'm pretty sure it's enough to tell someone close to you and boom, you'll have a great tombstone.
13,000 men under him is still beat out by the typical american woman.
this should be inscribed into every single British war grave...
Wow! My great grandfather served in Africa with the 5th Battalion of the Hampshires! I never would've known he *might* have been involved in something this heroic. Thanks, Lindy!
One of the 200 that legged it , leaving the Gun crews to die ..
@@kittyhawk9707 you do what you're told in the army im afraid
Ian Johnson or one of the replacements that back filled after most of the unit was lost with the guns...
Try not to be an ass your whole life Ian.
@@kittyhawk9707 : Don't be too judgemental, even the very wise cannot see all ends.
@@BigBirbler cowardice is not ordered by the army.... how about them helping their fellow soldiers ..struggling with the guns.. "Cya 155 battery, sucks to be you lot.. we're off to have some spam and a nice cup of tea, bit of a rest and then back into it... shame you are all dead..but hey ho... "
To Raycon: this was the best ad for a product I have ever seen in a video on RUclips. Your money was well spent.
As a Texan, I really appreciate a good fight till the end story. It is thanks to the bravery of men like the 155th that we have enjoyed the freedoms, peace & prosperity that we have. I have listened to the stories of a Romanian talking about his family living under the fascists & then the communists, thank God we avoided that.
Pray that we continue to.
@@markhonerbaum3920 Hear, hear!
As a Texan I too love these stories my wish is that they're not forgotten
Hmmm... you're not going to avoid living under the communists for much longer
As a “Yankee Texan,” lived there for 15 years, I know the real story of the Alamo. The majority of the defenders were Mexican *Tejanos* not Anglos.
I’m an Anglo *Californio* who spent my childhood in Coachella-all my neighbors were the children of “Braseros.”
I loved my childhood with them speaking “Spanglish” and having *real* Mexican food!
We grew up to be about the toughest men alive-don’t start fights, but always finish them, even if you don’t win, make sure the bastards remember it.
Lindybiege you are absolutely correct. These British heroes fought like Leonides 300 at Thermopolia.
Thanks for sharing.
So, what's "Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition" in Ancient Greek?
Well, 300 + 900 perioikoi + an unknown number of helots.
Come now, the historian Kanye has told us that the 300 were actually Romans. Tsk tsk.
@@gizzardlicka ?
@@KaikanoSei Remarking on the ignorance of one Mr. Kanye West, I believe.
This is the first Lindybeige video I've seen, and I was very impressed. I hadn't heard of this particular action, but as a one-time artilleryman myself, I can well appreciate the bravery and determination of the men of 155 Battery. Their performance was magnificent - heroic on a scale seldom seen anywhere. As Lindy said at the end, it is well worthy of memory and honor. A society that can't appreciate such heroism isn't capable of producing it.
It really was a tremendous and extremely gallant last stand. My wife’s grandfather, Major John Raworth, was the Battery C.O. and won the Military Cross for his part in the battle. He didn’t actually die at the time but was one of around 20 or so survivors who were taken prisoner. His M.C. Is on loan to the Royal Artillery museum in Woolwich. He died around 19 years ago. The press nicknamed them the V.C Battery and it is rumoured that recommendations for Victoria Crosses were made. However the story goes that a General dealing with it said that too many men survived and were were taken prisoner and so decided to reduce the level of the gallantry awards.
Damn. That final Morse code message actually sent shivers, and brought a tear.
37:43
This video has been well presented, and well spoken. The idea of brothers in arms looking at eachother, knowing that the end of their lives is over a few hundred yards away, and fighting on... it brings tears of pride and gratitude to my eyes. God bless them and give them peace.
"tell me this sacrifice was for something, tell me it was worth it"
damn, renewed vigour for VE day
All wars are bankers wars, they fund both sides and collect the interest on the debt for 100 year from the future generations. Bankers win every war and all the people and their children loose.
Ask the girls in Rotherham, Manchester etc if it was all worth it...
they end up jailing people for joking abou Floyd. The bad guys won.
@@tafazzi-on-discord I don't think the bad guys won, I just think the good guys became the bad guys.
@@memesistolefromifunny9165 The EMPIRE lost to the degenerate democracy. The bad guys won WW1
As an American, I appreciate the proud history of those who fought to preserve freedom during WWII. It's men like the men of the 155 Battery, who never saw the end of war or the freedoms that were preserved through their sacrifices, that I honor and celebrate VE Day.
This was very eye opening and I hope to hear more about such deeds from our brothers across the sea.
May we see peace and hope restored during this tumultuous time.
Yeah brits fought to preserve freedom so much and hard that they gave independence to Indonesia, that they didnt return colonial rule to other parts of indochina....or it was different and they just fought to preserve own colonial empire built on slavery work (of second class citizens all over the world).
@Jiri Drapal. Indonesia? Indochina? You clearly have a very poor grasp of history. You need to establish the facts before making a comment.
@@jonnyjones4347 do you have even basic knowledge? Brits came to indonesia and forced movement of independence to disarm. They forced back Dutch colonialists. Same happened in vietnam. Brits and French kept fucking up with entire indochina and other regions there. The fight for freedom meant fight for themselves and their own interests. With WWII won both empires tried to keep shackels on many occupied nations world wide, supressing their own desire for freedom often with guns.Those nations were more often than not second rate citizens within the empires despite empires draining their lands and building their wealth on abused people (and stolen riches). It was nazi germany that let western nations to taste their own mistreatment, treating them like they did to the people in their own colonies. Still many nations had to fight bloody wars for own freedom once the WAR FOR FREEDOM (as west calls it) had been supposedly succesfully won in 45 lol.
Also American well said!
@@jiridrapal7512 Troll. Go cry about it somewhere else there champ. What you said has nothing to do with what this video was about, I'm sure there are other videos where you can complain that actually fits the narrative! SMH
Mostly digression, Lindybeige-style, has been shown, once again, to be a very good thing.
Yeah i was going to say, thats not unusual for lindy lol. The quote is wrong :P
I love them. I don't like getting an alarm for them though.
Well said!
Digression alarm is a nice touch.
Digression is context and colour.
I'm a former artilleryman you brought a tear to my eye with this video and that ending sir. What an orator ans what an example of British pride think u lindybeige.
Puts Messerschmitt-sounds over his talking so I can't hear him. Later tries to get me interested in buying earbuds while saying that I might be interested in hearing what he's saying. Well played..
Also, judging by this video and the unboxing video you did for that mattress I would conclude that your interest in boxes rival that of most cats.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work.
If you had Raycon Earbuds you would be able to hear both Lindy and the Messerschmitts.
@@illustriouschin Well, I was already using a pretty decent headset, and it didn't really help, so I doubt it. But I guess we'll never know cause I'm not buying them.
Im listening through a set of RAYCON EVERYDAY E25's right now and can confirm I could hear everything he said, the sound quality is crystal clear and the bass is phenomenal
Maybe if there were more patrons Nick wouldn't need sponsors?
"Declaring war on France turned out to be a completely safe thing to do". When it's less than a minute in and Lloyd is already throwing shade at the French; you know this is going to be a classic.
He has my views and opinion of the French.
The French hate us more than they do the Germans.
Probably because half the French have German fathers.
@@wuffothewonderdog Not all French hate the British. I don't, and most of my favourite RUclipsrs are British, like Lloyd. It makes me laugh when he makes fun of the French, it's all in good fun :)
As a Brit it sickens me how the French get shade for WW2, when in fact they wanted to counter attack the Germans after they broke through the Ardennes Forest, but the British refused and insisted on running away, leaving their Allies in an impossible situation. Nevertheless, 40,000 French troops volunteered to stay behind and stop the Germans reaching Dunkirk. They amazed the Germans with their ferocity, despite being vastly outnumbered and surrounded. They even successfully advanced and gained ground. They fought on, only surrendering once all the BEF had been evacuated and sacrificed their lives and liberty to help the Brits run away.
@@Cervando I think your comment might the 1st I've ever seen coming from a Brit saying something positive about the French regarding WW2.
I'm so used to the usual "French are cowards haha", "They surrendered without a fight haha", "Their best weapon is a white flag haha" that I've kind of become numb to it. It's always the same insulting and derogatory jokes and comments, over and over again, coming from Brits or Americans. It gets old really fast.
I don't have hatred for, or negative views and opinion of the citizens of any nation, and I think the people who do are misguided and I pity them. It's saddening, really.
That's why I greatly appreciate your comment. That means a lot. Thank you, sir.
@@NihonNiv My pleasure. Unfortunately the History taught in British schools is very one sided, as I assume it is elsewhere. Later in life I got more interested in history and looked for other sources from other countries to get a more rounded understanding and it proved enlightening.
Good Lord. I never cry, but when I heard what the last signal of this doomed defense was, I couldn't help but tear up a bit. How astonishing it is that so much bravery, sacrifice and sheer-bloody-mindedness could be compressed into one letter.
It was 10 mins in before i realized that "Year of the Rat" square was not an overlay on the video but an actual poster...
Oh... my... f****!!!.... god!
Thank you brother
its so distracting lmfao
Just realised that when I saw this comment, can't unsee
I presume you mean the Divisional badge of 7thArmoured- the Desert Rats.
You can not achieve greatness or anything of consequence unless you have something or someone to compare yourself to. These men have set a high bar to live up to. Thank you.
I'm an Irishman and of no great affection for the British or former empire but have great admiration for your patriotism. It's a corrupted word these days but your love of British culture and by extension country and her majesty is borderline on many a fine line. Its a joy to hear.
I hope you make many more like this and others.
"Dit-Dit-Dit-Dah" First time a youtube video ever gave me chills.
maybe you haven't watched his back catalog?
Sabaton song when? Those boys of 155 had such grit. As a young man of military age nothing puts my own weakness in perspective more than the epic histories of the men of WW1 and WW2. Valor didn't run dry for the 155. I hope we never forget them. They shaped a century.
Can you imagine the Germans? When this base tier unit of arty is fighting you like demons. Firing again and again. Humping ammo by hand. Taking fire from a full combined arms offensive and they just, keep, firing. They fight you at point blank range. They don't stop. You silence gun after gun. Your enemy doesn't care. They keep knocking out tanks. You see panzers continue to take fire from men that decided to stand and fight to the last. Absolutely crushing.
Those 12 hours were bought with the blood of 116 men from the 155. 12 hours that led to as of yet 75 years of peace in western Europe. By God I pray we can give them another 41. We too often forget that peace is bought with blood. A price few are willing to pay. Rest in Peace 155. You paid more than you're fair share.
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Sabaton's a joke and makes a mockery of war
@@caldera11 they sound fucking epic though
@@caldera11 Mockery? Couldn't be farthest from the truth if you've tried your best.
Their music inspires me to read up on the events they cover, and learn more. They've pointed me in war history to stories I would have found on my own, albeit with added difficulty since I'm not an eager historian.
I live in an entirely different culture that doesn't give much attention to WW2 as it's had near nothing to do with the war.
So I say Sabaton have done a cracking good job at spreading the stories and paying tribute to the fallen the best way they could.
What have you done to commemorate the fallen, while we're at it?
I dislike Sabaton's music (i think 1914 is a much better band), but hey, taste.
Sabaton defence force in full throttle I see, they're a band making party music about war and insulting the soldiers who died in it with their party-ass sound, what a fucking joke
"If there's _one thing_ worth celebrating, it's the _end_ of the _worst thing to have ever happened._ "
"Praise the Lord, and Pass the Ammunition" was one of the songs from WWII my dad used to sing to me.
We are singing that now defending our town from the BLM mobs!
We sang it in the military sometimes during OEF. Been home for a decade now, but they probably still sing it today.
@Joe Average you shouldnt use the word systemic because it is disingenuous. You should say that a portion of _insert establishment or business/official here_ is racially biased and or racially violent. Saying systemic means that it is taught through the system to be racist, which would also mean that every business is inherently racist toward one group or another and that would also mean that these orders are given from the top of the chain which would mean that the presidents of the USA were and are all racist. And in short would also mean that the former president willfully aided and commanded a house of officials to implement or continue to implement hidden racist policy. Because systemic means it's in the system and if the system is racist then so would the software that allows the system to thrive. Also if systemic racism is your purpose of resistance you need to swap it for something that has more clearer lines, because if you're in a store and a teller refuses to serve you based on skin tone and or nationality but everyone else will serve you it's not the store that's racist it's that one person.
P.s. I have no problem with hating something evil like racism as a child of interracial origin I've dealt with racism more times than I can count (from mostly the black side because my country is majority black) on levels like that of the real Jim crow segregation laws (I couldnt use the playground because I was to bright, my grandparent's house was burnt down because they bought land and built it in a black neighborhood, as examples). That is an almost systemic racism. Almost because my government does not support it if they did, then it would be. And finally i find it some what uncalled for, for most people to claim racism when the most they've ever dealt with is a voice on the other end of a video game or someone giving them I side ways look in an elevator.
@Joe Average and "cause a ruckus" is not the term people who are victims of looting and burnt businesses would use to describe the actions of those who are or are not associated with the BLM movement. To describe it as such is putting those who protest peacefully and those who commit atrocities in the same column. And that's not right because the late great M.L.K. told the world not just the black community to judge one another by their strength of character not their skin tone. (paraphrasing). And if we want that to happen it starts with all of us as individuals not segregated factions. That's just WWII all over again.
Lloyd... The section of this video where you discuss people dealing with pain (starting at around 24:45) really rings true. I deal with a large amount of pain on a daily basis due to neuropathy and permanent damage from work related injuries. And some of the people around me wonder why I don't complain about it so much. Your summation is, in my opinion, exactly correct. No amount of complaining will change what I feel. It will only disturb those around me that I care about. So why do it? So I "stay calm and soldier on" with smiles when I can manage.
Thank you. Your rant at the end actually moved me and shifted my perspective. The story of 155 was well told and I'm glad to have heard it.
That closing rant.... MAGNIFICENT!
When he said "tell me it was worth it" I physically said "Lindy. it was worth it"
I don't know why but there was so much emotion, there. You're a good man, Lloyd.
me too
The value of their sacrifice isn't measured by their descendants' appreciation.
But maybe the value of this generation can be gauged by It's appreciation of the sacrifice?
I am profoundly grateful to those who fought and those who died to resist the axis in WW2.
Ditto.
If he ever gave a lecture near me, I would attend immediately - I could listen for hours to his tales, ramblings and advanced digressions!
@joanne chon how exciting...
Well said and proclaimed,sir, about V-E Day. The sacrifices of our progenitors is striking against the ignorance of the present generation. Thank for the rant.
Really love the way you do ads "a visual aid for the uncommonly unimaginative"
I hope God allows me to face my end with such grace as the boys singing "Praise the Lord and Pass the ammunition" when the time comes. What absolute lads
I am a french guy. I like his humour. He reminds me John Cleese from Monthy Python. Kind of same voice.
Good stuff!
100% agreement that Lindy and John Cleese sound virtually indistinguishable from one another in terms of their vocal characteristics.
Don’t mention the war
John's has more promptness and states things.
Linda's a bit more like an overly caffeinated rabbit, demands your attention and is just fascinated in what happens next.
@@greenmountainhistory7335 I know it’s wrong, but whenever I hear German being spoken, I think about this skit
" I like his humour." Tu dois pas vraiment comprendre la différence entre l'humour et l'ingratitude.
"Malgré notre écrasante supériorité numérique et matérielle, les troupes françaises contre-attaquent en plusieurs endroits. Je ne parviens pas à comprendre comme d’aussi valeureux soldats, luttant en divers endroits à un contre dix (parfois même un contre trente), parviennent à trouver encore suffisamment de force pour passer à l’assaut : c’est tout simplement stupéfiant !
Je retrouve chez les soldats français de Dunkerque la même fougue que celle des poilus de Verdun en 1916. Depuis plusieurs jours des centaines de bombardiers et de canons pilonnent les défenses françaises. Or, c’est toujours la même chose, notre infanterie et nos chars ne peuvent percer, malgré quelques succès locaux éphémères.“
„ Dunkerque m’apporte la preuve que le soldat français est l’un des meilleurs du monde. L’artillerie française, tant redoutée en 14-18, démontre une fois de plus sa redoutale efficacité. Nos pertes sont terrifiantes : de nombreux bataillons ont perdu 60 % de leurs effectifs, parfois même plus ! “
„ En résistant une dizaine de jours à nos forces nettement supérieures en effectifs et en moyens, l’armée française a accompli, à Dunkerque, un superbe exploit qu’il convient de saluer. Elle a certainement sauvé la Grande-Bretagne de la défaite, en permettant à son armée professionelle de rejoindre les côtes anglaises.“
Général Von Küchler commandant de la XVIIIe armée
lors de la dernière bataille de l'armée française pour couvrir les Britanniques à Dunkerque.
[Bir Hakeim] est bien une nouvelle preuve de la thèse que j'ai toujours soutenue, à savoir que les Français sont, après nous, les meilleurs soldats de toute l'Europe. » Adolf Hitler 1942
l'humour de lidybeige :Les Britanniques fuient héroïquement tandis que les
les Français se battent à dix contre un comme les lâches qu'ils sont.
Sauf qu'il le crois et apparemment toi aussi.
As a Desert Rat, and an ex-fitter in REME, a few things you mentioned stirred a few memories back into life. You mentioned:
1. Open sight gunnery
2. "a few [REME] fitters ..." amongst the last men manning the final 3 guns up on the heights.
Back in the late 80's whilst serving in BAOR I remember there being a huge kerfuffle because the REME LAD fitters attached to a Royal Artillery Regiment had the audacity to win the 'Open sights' segment of the annual gunnery competition at Larkhill. I thought nothing of it at the time, but my Dad (ex-RA) explained to me that Open sight gunnery was a very important factor of field gunnery. I can now see why.
Lest we forget.
As an ex gunner trained on 25 pdr we heard of this story... god bless em ... thank you for retelling the story😎💪🏼
And it was so well told.
Man, you could see a tear being held back when he talked about VE Day... almost got me teary too.
Did get me crying
Whenever I hear of stories like this, I always tend to picture what's going on in terms of some sort of really good historical movie. Every now and then when I listen to Lloyd recount these historical memoirs and/or goings on of past wars, I can very clearly see how I would fit each piece of the puzzle into a framework. Almost as if I'm seeing how I would introduce a particular character, whose point of view from which the story should be told at each point in the narrative, what bits of information I could sprinkle on the audience to hint at what is to come, and how to pay off those hints in exactly the right way in order to achieve their proper impact. It becomes very easy to think "Man, I'd be a great director!" and then I realize the only reason I am so vividly seeing what's happening, the reason I can see what people do and feel, as well understand the "Gestalt", the overall tone of the story, is because Lloyd is an EXTREMELY talented storyteller, and I'm actually not doing any of the work, I'm just going along for a very well curated, well thought out, and well delivered ride. It ought not go amiss how important Lloyd's delivery goes into getting the message across. As an aspiring filmmaker, these videos give me hope that truly moving and important stories can still be told in engaging and respectful ways. Lloyd, your focus on the study of rhetoric has not been in vain, and it is truly appreciated.
It's a good day when there's a new lindybeige video
Yeah I agree
How do I like a comment more than once?
Yeeee
Indeed
I still firmly believe, that it is in times of War or great civil unrest, that the true nature of men is shown, and if there will be one statement that shall be humanity's legacy, it will be "From the Gates of Hell, I spit at thee!" simply because how fiercely we love a good story about a last stand, be it Leonidas at Thermopylae or the 155th Battery at Sidi Nsir, or even the the actions of the 12th Germany Army in 1945. We honour them, yes, we are saddened by the loss, yes. But there is also a feeling of pride, isn't there? To think back on those brave souls, and know, that few stoods against many, that the sacrifice of a few good men(and/or women!) made an impact beyond the sum of their parts in the effort to turn the tide.
That's atleast my thoughts on it, and I refuse to believe I am the only one who get's a warm, weird, feeling of something when I hear/read about such events (might be my family's military history as well)
As for the V-day thing
I say because of people like that, we should keep it going! "uuuh, why do we care?" Lest you forget, you recycled teabag!
I freakin love that he does his ads with gusto but also with an irrepressible awareness of the silliness of it. "plush box"
It was in Tunisia that my father, an RA motorcycle rider, was wounded by an S mine that his forward officer, spotting had triggered. The officer was killed and my father had a perforated eardrum and small steel shrapnel pellets would come to the surface into the 1970s. He was in a West Kent TA AT unit. He was at war from 1939 to 1946.
Well Sir, I did not expect the monolog at the end. I completely stopped what I working on, sat down and listened intently. In the context of what brought this monolog, I applaud you for standing up and stating WHY it is important to celebrate and honor those who fought World War II.
1000 x1000 small actions of bravery and sacrifice is what wins a war. A war that definitively changed the world.
Thank you for this presentation.
Bless the souls of those that fought the Axis powers.
As a 25 y.o. Yank I look on at these men with gratitude and a sense of 2nd hand pride for having friends such as yall. Praise the lord and pass the ammo boys. RIP The 155.
When you mentioned the ..._ it almost brought a tear to my eye. That may not sound like much but tears don't come easy to me. Barely shed one at my mother's funeral.
Makes me wonder if that kind of bravery is even possible today.
Being born of Dutch decent VE day means very much to me. I will never forget the 115. It's burned in my head like Roches Drift.
Brought a tear to this British eye.
sent a chill down my spine
Yes sir. It happens nearly every day. Just not fashionable to report it any more.
Thank you for this piece.
An amazing story of heroism and comradeship under fire.
LEAST WE FORGET
If ever there was a film in the making. Lindy = technical advisor.
The world needs more lindybeige unboxing videos lol "I'm not entirely sure WHY this piece of paper exists but it does" 🤣
He should do every advert for every product ever made. By law. Would be no need for TV programs
My grandfather was a captain of the 186th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Great work as always Lloyd; thank you very much!
Bloody marvellous! Well done. I whole heartedly agree with your end comments. Like you, thankfull to all those who made the greatest sacrifice for the life style we get to enjoy today. An amazing story well told. Only one minor criticism on terminology, when it comes to the destruction of military material to prevent it falling into enemy hands - you 'skuttle' a ship, you 'spike' a gun . Thank you again most enlightening, entertaining and moving.
Thank you for explaining the V. I didn't know that particular thing, even if I knew it was Morse Code. The more people know about it, the less likely it is to be lost. With the loss of details like that, everyone is diminished. I grew up knowing about the Norwegian symbol of resistance H7 but I didn't know this one.
I am appalled that educated people at University teaching level could say "oh let's forget about the war, why even bother". *We need to remember.* The point of teaching history, among other benefits, is so that we can learn from it. We desperately need to remember what happens with wars - how they start, the sacrifices and suffering they entail, and that they can be ended. VE Day is a symbol of the ending of war and a remembrance for those who fought and those who died (Home Front included).
I wonder if such people would say that to their grandparents' faces?
The magnificent rant at the end reminded me of a conversation I had with an Afghan officer through an interpreter in Arghandab. I told him that one day there would be peace, and I would return with my family and we would have a picnic together in that place which was so beautiful but so full of bombs and evil. I don't even know if he's still alive, but I do know that one day there will be peace, and I still hope to fulfill my promise. Madness, hatred and carnage never lasts forever, but it does too often last for generations.
It will last as long there is a qur'an being followed.
@@quentinfairchild2263 Most Christians aren't like the Westboro Baptist Church, most atheists aren't like Stalinists and most Muslims aren't like the Taliban.
@@Derna1804 , you fail to understand the talisman are following the qur'an. Where the qur'an goes terror and violence follow. sura 8:12.
It doesn't take most of your selected groups to cause major troubles. Few Christians are like Westboro because they aren't following scripture. Same with many big name churches. Most atheists are like Stalin, they just haven't had the power to enforce communism on us before. The ideology is full holes that can be seen by anyone with a functioning brain and some real life experience.
@@quentinfairchild2263 Everyone is religious, few people are spiritual. I mean this in the opposite view of a person who says "I'm spiritual not religious." To be spiritual is to take a keen interest in theological matters, to be religious is to believe in anything at all. So in most cases, people take their queues from others, and a minority leads the majority by the nose. In an Islamic country to get ahead you have to profess Islam. In the West, you have to profess secularism. Neither situation is ideal.
But merely looking at the cases of expansionism over the course of the first years 900 years of Islam as a case for the aggressive nature of Islam is extremely out of focus. We could cherry pick examples over such a broad spectrum of time and paint anything any way we please. The historical reality is that Islamic society has been in retreat for 500 years, chipped away at its borders and eroded from within.
That is the context from which we get radical groups exploiting the general sense of malaise to try to seize power for themselves. The Taliban are first and foremost a political revolution with material aims, their ideology is there to justify their behavior, their behavior is old-fashioned gangsterism, not ideological per se.
If you want to find a similar group in the West, look no further than the Cartels of Mexico.
We could go back and forth about the nature of the theology and how it generates ideologies, but the proof of the pudding is right there in the eating. The Taliban have today fewer than 10,000 fighters available, the Islamic Republic on the other hand, has nearly half a million. Even when the Taliban had international backing through the ISI and the country was in a period of anarchy, the Taliban never succeeded in taking control of the whole country. All the warlords an politicians united against them to form a united front, so they relied on Pakistani madrassas for manpower, and never ceased to rely on taking indoctrinated orphans from those madrassas to do their fighting.
We're talking about people who outlawed music and sport, executed young people for eloping after their parents had already acquiesced to the union, beat men for not being hairy enough, imprisoned people for growing poppy the got involved in the opium trade themselves, massacred 7,000 Shi'ites in a single day even though that is taqfir. They're not devout and honest Muslims motivated by zealotry, they're just in it for profit. We see this in the West too. How many atheist politicians spend their whole lives pretending to be devout Christians because they think it will get them votes?
God Bless you, Lindy Beige. You brought me to tears describing the conversation at the end. I, like you, am appalled by the arrogance and ungratefulnes. But, your passion and honor brought me an emense amount of joy that literally brought tears to my eyes. Again, Thank You and God Bless you, Lindy Beige.
I love Lindy’s take on his sponsors.... without degrading his awesome videos, his sponsor presentations are 1/2 the reason I watch
I will be buying some based on his magnificent and compelling sales pitch, so convincing, I'll bet his sponsors will be thrilled as the orders roll in. What will they send him next? toy 25 pounders would be my guess.
I've been thinking about the "Year of the rat 2020" graphic overlay for almost half the video, and first now I realize that it's something on your wall.
"Nah, we're going to stay here" words to live by.
I love how Lindy is so not afraid to take the piss out of his sponsors.
this story brought a tear to my eye. the sacrifice those men gave and so many like them. its why I will never feel I've learned enough history. lest we forget.
Amazing. Brought tears to my eyes. Brave men, so grateful. V.
I never thought I would be watching a lindy video with tears in my eyes. Well said at the end.
Cut away just before shedding a tear. I was welling up with you. Gratitude is the correct sentiment.
The ending is so powerful for me, I come back to this about once every 3 or 4 months just to hear it again. I am an American.
Over here in the US we have had a rough go of it as of late. Thanks for this video Lloyd, really puts things in perspective.
The ending of this video is so important, and those soldiers were happy as they were fighting for freedom
That end really brought tears to my eyes.... 🤧 That speech should be in a movie.
Lindybeige the story at the end reminded me of 2018 when my college were celebrating the 100th anniversary of ww1. We were all outside, the usual marches, speeches and a flag being raised with a moment of silence and im stood paying my respects when I heard a couple of guys laughing and mutering that this was all a waste of time and we shouldnt remember the loss and made it all seem a waste of time, I love history its the subject I love, follow and especially love learning about the men (and women) who sacrificed their lives for us because to me its important. I didn't say anything then and kept cool because i knew it would not be good for me but as an 18y old the tales of sacrifice from both sides of the war not just the allies, many do forget for example the Wehrmacht were also men and boys in a war, are the reason we are alive and are key to the future. It hurts that there are people in todays world saying learning about WW1 and WW2 harm the youth and shouldn't be remembered or your example of people who fought are dead now so it doesn't matter, it does! Although the wars were horiffic there is also glimses of pure happiness, when you said about the men who sang the famous song of the time just before they died is an example of that. they knew their time was nearly up, they didnt cry or run away they stood together blocked the pain and fear and replaced it with a song something our generation couldnt do. We need to care for those who survived and those who lost as its what makes us who we are and im glad to say those who fought for us will remain in my thoughts and their legend will stay in my heart. Sorry all for the long post but its wrong, just so incredibly wrong and I just needed to get it all out.
thank you Lloyd for telling this story.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
Well Spoken