Here’s some time stamps if anybody wants them. 0:08 - Roy Benevidez 9:07 - Leo Major 19:37 - Seige of Jadotville 29:00 - John Chapman 36:44 - Battle of Mirbat
When you look at how many thousands, tens of thousands, millions of men die to give rise to even a single story like this, it really does put the phrase "one in a million" in perspective.
That caught my attention too. You would have thought that Jimmy Carter would have done it in his first year.. SMH. Meanwhile in world War II, Truman was handing them out, right after the war was over. To deserving recipients of course
2010 I had a friend of African descent (high school) and his grandfather was finally rewarded a bronze star and a purple heart with a cluster? For actions he took in Korea.
For non Canadians the nuance will not be seen. He’s a French-Canadian, quebecois, strong divide (even more so back then) between French-Canadians and Anglo-Canadians. He’s saying Brit’s and Anglo Canadians can’t shoot
@@superdrew8564 As an Anglo-Canuck, I totally caught that. Don't care... Leo is an Allied Hero, a Canadian Hero and a Quebec Hero. Even though he was born in the USA.
Whilst all amazing stories of true heros, Leo's was particularly amazing. As a Brit/ex military I don't think our Canadian brother's get enough praise. Thanks Leo, his fellow country men and Canada, from the UK.
My God is Benevidez even human??? Dude took half a dozen bullets, bayoneted, bashed, hit in the back with shrapnel, but somehow just became even angrier and more determined after each instance. What an absolutely terrifying beast. Took 37 total different wounds and still made it home.
Learned about it from Qxir 2 years ago. Absolutely disgraceful what those brave and determined troops were put through during and after Jadotville. It's horrible that so many soldiers have gotten similar treatment throughout history.
Labba Labba is a MONSTER! You realize to run one of those 25pdr's it does take a team of 4 to hit a round a minute with almost perfect sync. This guy was hucking those rounds like the world depended on it. Rest in Peace. You earned a rest.
Hope you’re doing relatively okay! Chronic pain is no joke, it’s extremely physically and mentally exhausting battling it every day (permanent nerve damage for me with mobility issues, walk with a cane but I’m limited). I pray you are able to battle victoriously against this ugly enemy of ours, that you have great comrades in your life whom are understanding, and that you can slowly learn to walk again. Also might sound strange but I do it sometimes just cus it feels nice; visit a park and have someone help you take your shoes off so you can feel the grass on your feet, or a beach to feel the sand! My carer helps me do this sometimes because it’s honestly just nice to feel these things! I can’t bend/stretch/lift any real weight but I can get my carer to help me feel the world at my feet, it’s the little things in life!
The requirements for a VC are stupid high. Canada hasn’t presented one since WW2 I think. Add to that, that it’s a French-Canadian…at a time when French-Canadians were seen like crap on your boot by most anglophones, who were majority of higher ups….
Simple History has made another great one. Unavoidably though, time restrictions prevented them from being able to retell these stories in a way that reflects how fearfully awesome they really were. To those interested, you can hear MSG Benevidez recall the events of the worst day of his life, in sharp detail. I don’t remember where/the source, but the video is out there.
I originally thought this was about the smoking snakes story. 3 vs 5000 Germans who held the line so well that even the German commander gave them a full soldiers burial with full color guard and salute.
@@f1rebreather123 The thing is that I know a bit about this story already and from what I remember the story tells that the 3 soldiers were cut off from the rest of their unit instead of just left behind with their rear supply lines secure. In fact, it is rather unknown how much of this is truth and how much is just a war myth. Though the 3 soldiers do have names. Can't remember them right now, but you can look that up.
Okay, first of all, it wasn't 5000 Germans. It was 3 Brazilians who got trapped by a German unit that had an MG42 crew with them. What happened was that these Brazilians happened upon a German unit, but instead of surrendering as the Germans ordered them to do, they fought back with all they had to stall the Germans. When all they had left was their bayonets, they charged at the German defenses, getting cut down by the MG42. The German soldiers were so impressed by their sense of duty and bravery in the face of death that they were given a military funeral.
I would love to see my grandfathers story researched and detailed. You have covered (wonderfully BTW!!!) a lot of famous subjects; your perspective, humor and delivery are outstanding! ...i wish my electricians had a third of your energy! (I own a drywall co... ) Anyway, my grandfather, Stanly (redacted) was too young for WW1 and too old for WW2.. but served in both wars in France. If you're intersted, id be happy to share some more info and help you bring a common soldiers story to life. ...he passed years ago at 103 years of age.... Was awarded the Legion of Honor and was a dirty oldan till the day he died.
Very good job fellows throughout the 2nd century felicitous week of said May!! Congratulations. Roy Benavidez is such a legend, we learned about him in basic in a small book we had to memorize. Him and Audie Murphy are absolute units.
These are some of the craziest and most unbelievable stories i've ever heard. Whatta bunch of absolute legends. Great job keeping their stories out there. Thanks to all who serve.
I think you also should have added the story of rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, who fought and stalled the Chinese invasion single-handedly for 72 hours (although 2 local girls helped him with food and water )...even the Chinese were so impressed of his bravery that they returned a brass bust of him, with his head.
Uh, interesting that you posted this video right when I was thinking about how feasible it is to train a smaller professional army in comparison to a larger body of conscripts and how well the well trained soldiers would perform against the cons. Like, how much does individual skill actually matter in modern warfare?
@@Deltathegoldenretriever Interesting, because I've just watched The Templin Institute's most recent video of "Why the Proud Warrior Race is doomed to fail" saying the exact opposite of that at one early specific part of the episode. But then again, Templin's not necessarily the most reliable source for that matter all the time and he himself admits that all of that is just his personal opinion.
Fun fact: Canadians were so scary that germans would rather attack Americans and british positions before attacking the Canadians. Another Fun Fact: during D-Day, the Canadians (with some british help I believe) had to clear Juno beach, which was the second most defended beach, with less men then the other positions. They were the last ones to land and the first to clear their beach.
yeah well the british tend to not send those towards colonial troops and especialy since he was a québécois, this is why Canada literaly created it's own VC in 1993 lol
The guys at Jadotville really were heros! Quite amazing that they survived to go back home, I'm fairly sure THAT wouldn't happen nowadays. Disgraceful how they were treated by the Irish Government! :(
The mountains have been an insurgents ultimate weapon since the soviet invasion. (In my mind) The ability to learn from an enemies mistakes was not taken into acount, and these men, 2,402 as listed, payed the ultimate price for it.
Robert’s fought until he ran out of ammunition, captured, tortured and executed. The SEALs left Chapman once they recovered Robert’s body. The SEAL commander, Sr Ch panicked and requested exfiltration. The Command Post personnel watched his optics rise and fall, but the SEALs claimed they couldn’t return. The cover up was complete with the Navy awarding a MOH to the Senior SEAL and spent YEARS fighting Chapman’s upgrade to the MOH for fear of people finding out the SEALs left him behind!
They gotta do a part 2 and include Franklin Miller (MACVSOG), the Canadians during the second battle of Ypres, and maybe John Basilone’s story from bloody ridge
Basilone’s story always blows me away. Possibly the greatest machine gunner in military history. He literally stacked bodies so high he had to push them down to see again.
leo major was a member of the Royal 22e Régiment the first french speaking unit of the Canadian army. so all orders would have been issued in french as well as it being the predominant language.
My uncle was one of them. He survived Vietnam and died in upstate New York after a fall off of some high rocks/waterfall area around 1980. He was with his girlfriend and she said he was either posing for a picture or going up high to snap a picture I forget which it was. Guy was fearless. My dad has his medals and a Chinese rifle he brought home.
the story of rifleman Lachhiman Gurung who single handedly killed all Japanese soldiers while blinded in one eye and a severed arm was the greatest ever
As a French Canadian from Montreal. I cannot help myself but to feel an unhealthy admiration for Leo Major. The fact he did what needed to be done while at the same time showing the finger to the Brit monarchy is absolutely emblematic of our people.
It also always irked me how they did the Irish platoon dirty like that. They literally fought to the last bullet and improvised explosives. Suffered no deaths. The only thing they could have done differently was suicide into the enemy with knives. Which like. No. Thats stupid. And I assume they never allowed the commander to lead again. Or gave him nothing positions in middle of nowhere. Such a waste of a legendary commander.
Dang, That first story, It really describes what was such a damn problem about the Vietnam war. So many of the objectives boiled down to just being a suicide mission ! Going to take control of a hill, having a lot of soldiers die and or severely wounded in the process, securing the hill from enemy, And then, leaving to go secure another place, all the while enemy has retook the last hill that so many soldiers have already died for. Over and over. Groups stranded and surrounded, helicopters not being able to land close enough without being shot down themselves. US knew when the SAM sites were being constructed, Yet would not give the orders for jets to bomb the SAM construction sites, Until finally after they were constructed then giving orders to bomb them. So then jets getting hit by the SAMs. The Ho Chi Min trail (however that's spelled) left intact for NVA to always have a steady stream of weapons, supplies, personnel shipped down it. Lots of great people did their best though. No shortage of bravery from that war. Aaaaaaand to add, Afghanistan seems like it was just the desert version of Vietnam, where the taliban was both NVA and Vietcong combined. Because they were basically the government of the country, trying to take the government of the country (and did obviously) AND they were the underground "resistance" similar to how the Vietcong were. Endless stream of them. So, desert-Vietnam. Not completely obviously. Lots of detailed differences, but in general, to my outlook at least.
At least we can see with the Taliban now we were fighting for something, like the right for girls to go to school. It was a little different than Vietnam. They weren’t suicide missions in Afghanistan. It was more like whack-a-mole.
That's the main problem with the world today. Blame is shifted onto people who least deserve it and they are the ones condemned. It's appalling it took four decades for them to receive recognition.
Marches 93 men alone alone and fired upon by other soldiers naaaa not good enough for the Victoria cross, also him I liberated a city all by myself one man assault, hmmm better but still not good enough
Looking through the comments and not one person commenting with regards to the Siege of Jadotville, in 1961, the Irish army were not tested in battle, the lot of them were never once in combat, yet 155 Irish troops went toe to toe against 3,000 Katanga mercenaries and irregulars led by Belgian, French and Rhodesian mercenaries, and 1 close air support jet aircraft, they killed 300 and wounded another 1,000 battle hardened troops, with only 5 men injured! the Irish troops only surrendered after the U.N failed to get through the Katangese lines to rescue them, as well as failing to resupply them.
Semper FI boys, great job. When I was in the Marines 1987-1991. 1988, I was stationed in Pannama and Nicaragua. The Contras and sadenistas were fighting back and fourth. My Marine Forced Recon unit, were searching for drug labs to blow up. I covered them with my spotter. They blew up 2 drug labs in 2 hours. They made it back to the LZ! My spotter had the RT on his back he could hear an Army Ranger unit being cut in half down in the valley! I told my spotter to request that we would go help them out. Our unit was done and lifting off. My Major gave me a red light. I go their dieing down in that valley sir! Major shouted to get on the chopper with my unit and return to base. I turned off our RTO and we headed down into the valley. Fog mist was all over the canapy that's why air support could help out. We found 2 50 cal machine gun nests. One had a gunner and A gunner and 3 support teams for both machine guns. My spotter set up.200 meters from one nest facing the team in the banker and I on the other bunker. We fire our bolt actions Brownings 300 grain magnums and looked through our scopes and took out both nests. There was another drug lab that the Rangers ran into. They had no idea. My spotter got ahold of them and said you can breathe both gun nests and were taken out over. We got down to them and rendering first aid to the wounded Rangers. Then call base for a medavac. The Ranger team's Lt. Thank me along with there platoon Sgt. My major wanted me court Marshalled! Figures. But my Cornal and Captain had my back. I got a medal instead! Lol.
Roy Benavidez is such a legend, we learned about him in basic in a small book we had to memorize. Him and Audie Murphy are absolute units.
Who is audy murphy? I'm Rather curious
and Sgt. York. We learned about him too, remember?
@@totallyfrozen Before make this movie in real life Sgt York played by Gary Cooper
Respect
Also Shuggart and Gordon
Here’s some time stamps if anybody wants them.
0:08 - Roy Benevidez
9:07 - Leo Major
19:37 - Seige of Jadotville
29:00 - John Chapman
36:44 - Battle of Mirbat
Thank you!
Respect thanks
@@SUPERPAIN Respect
thanks
respect!
Honestly at first I couldn't believe any of these stories such an exemplary courage ,grit shown by these men.
When you look at how many thousands, tens of thousands, millions of men die to give rise to even a single story like this, it really does put the phrase "one in a million" in perspective.
It is tearjerking to know that it took decades for Roy to be properly rewarded by the military for his heroic actions under fire.
That is almost always the case just how it goes
My city is infamous for refusing burial of a soldier so he was granted a spot in Arlington.
They also tried to take away his disability back in 1983. Don’t ever join the military they don’t care about you.
That caught my attention too. You would have thought that Jimmy Carter would have done it in his first year.. SMH. Meanwhile in world War II, Truman was handing them out, right after the war was over. To deserving recipients of course
2010 I had a friend of African descent (high school) and his grandfather was finally rewarded a bronze star and a purple heart with a cluster? For actions he took in Korea.
Leo’s line about how he was so happy that his friendlies couldn’t shoot had me dying.
For non Canadians the nuance will not be seen.
He’s a French-Canadian, quebecois, strong divide (even more so back then) between French-Canadians and Anglo-Canadians.
He’s saying Brit’s and Anglo Canadians can’t shoot
All his enemies, too.
Damn
@@superdrew8564 As an Anglo-Canuck, I totally caught that.
Don't care... Leo is an Allied Hero, a Canadian Hero and a Quebec Hero. Even though he was born in the USA.
Whilst all amazing stories of true heros, Leo's was particularly amazing. As a Brit/ex military I don't think our Canadian brother's get enough praise. Thanks Leo, his fellow country men and Canada, from the UK.
Struth
As a family of French Canadian Vet. I appreciate your acknowledgement.
He is Quebecois not Canadian
Leo is just the main character while everyone else is a npc in his campaign
HAHA!
True
Ok
Ok ok ok
Im infuriated that leo never got the victoria cross..hey he just captured 100+ enemies and liberated a city
My God is Benevidez even human??? Dude took half a dozen bullets, bayoneted, bashed, hit in the back with shrapnel, but somehow just became even angrier and more determined after each instance. What an absolutely terrifying beast. Took 37 total different wounds and still made it home.
"man litteraly too angry to die"
Like wolverine or Rambo
@@sneakysasquatch6014 ID: more like The Slayer
bro is legit the terminator
Like Goku, he only gets stronger as he gets angrier
So glad to see the Siege of Jadotville getting recognition. I wrote about it for my final year history project. Makes me very proud to be Irish.
Learned about it from Qxir 2 years ago. Absolutely disgraceful what those brave and determined troops were put through during and after Jadotville. It's horrible that so many soldiers have gotten similar treatment throughout history.
Shameful treatment of brave men.
Learn the real story is not so glorious
“I was saving the planet from an axis of darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill
"You were born asthmatic, you're going to choke hard while I wake up every day and chain-smoke cigars!"
You comment the same thing on every video. Chill out.
@@wackojacko0295 "I'll fight you on the beaches, I'll fight you on the beats, yes!
Any way you want to fight I'll fight ya and I'll beat ya, see?"
I might be battling you even tho I'm toasted but tomorrow I'll be sober and you'll still be ROASTED
*the rarest momment of you*
You just achieved an Axis in your comment*
The jadotville movie sparked my interest in military history and because of that movie I found this channel
I sincerely hope a movie is made about Roy Benavidez.
They did. It was called Rambo😂
@@yankees29i think there's also another one from 2016 called 'Roy Benavidez: Unkillable Vietnam War Hero' or something like that
Unfortunately it will probably be looked at as right-wing propaganda & be shunned in most of the mainstream media. 😢
Labba Labba is a MONSTER! You realize to run one of those 25pdr's it does take a team of 4 to hit a round a minute with almost perfect sync. This guy was hucking those rounds like the world depended on it. Rest in Peace. You earned a rest.
until you realise he even more of a monster when you saw the location of the 25pdr inside the map.True badass
1 Fijian is equivalent to 4 men
Rambo ain't got chit on Roy Benavidez
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These examples are what I think about whenever I read the phrase "numbers don't win a battle".
*Giggling in Soviet Union*
Still true, actually...
If we keep throwing men at them they will run out of bullets eventually
@sary7154 quantity is a quality of its own is correct its just the quality is terrible
Imagine your entire platoon being captured by ONE Franco-Canadian soldier who had one functioning eye and was wearing sneakers 💀
Would be crazy indeed, if it actually happened.
@@DautFromX huh
@@Keegan_Marcusdon’t worry, just another conspiracy freak
@@DautFromXit’s just happened bro learn history
@@youngdenard264 You are an NPC who will believe just about anything if you take this seriously. Allied propaganda, clearly.
I was paralyzed 3 years ago and have felt with horrible pain but I’m learning to walk again.
Congrats! Keep it up!
Hope you’re doing relatively okay! Chronic pain is no joke, it’s extremely physically and mentally exhausting battling it every day (permanent nerve damage for me with mobility issues, walk with a cane but I’m limited). I pray you are able to battle victoriously against this ugly enemy of ours, that you have great comrades in your life whom are understanding, and that you can slowly learn to walk again. Also might sound strange but I do it sometimes just cus it feels nice; visit a park and have someone help you take your shoes off so you can feel the grass on your feet, or a beach to feel the sand! My carer helps me do this sometimes because it’s honestly just nice to feel these things! I can’t bend/stretch/lift any real weight but I can get my carer to help me feel the world at my feet, it’s the little things in life!
Good on you I hope it's all going well
I don’t understand how Leo literally liberated an entire town single-handedly, and still didn’t receive the Victoria Cross. What’s a man gotta do?
The requirements for a VC are stupid high. Canada hasn’t presented one since WW2 I think.
Add to that, that it’s a French-Canadian…at a time when French-Canadians were seen like crap on your boot by most anglophones, who were majority of higher ups….
@@superdrew8564 thanks for an actually informative answer!
Pride is peoples downfall. Beware of it. I get results in everything I do. It's not about glory. It's about leading by example.
In most cases, dying is the stipulation.
@@superdrew8564 Especially when the First Nations were allowed to have higher rewards and medals than the French Canadians.
'Doctor's said he'd never walk again...' them doctors didn't know my man, Roy Benavides 🙏💯 What a warrior 🪖 makes me proud to be a Hispanic 💪
"Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most and believe in it the longest." - Randall Wallace
Simple History has made another great one. Unavoidably though, time restrictions prevented them from being able to retell these stories in a way that reflects how fearfully awesome they really were.
To those interested, you can hear MSG Benevidez recall the events of the worst day of his life, in sharp detail. I don’t remember where/the source, but the video is out there.
I originally thought this was about the smoking snakes story. 3 vs 5000 Germans who held the line so well that even the German commander gave them a full soldiers burial with full color guard and salute.
Wait wait wait, 3 vs 5000??? Ain't no way this is real. How would they even have the ammunition to do that?
@mekingtiger9095 in a defensive scenario, having thousands of rounds isn't unrealistic.
@@f1rebreather123 The thing is that I know a bit about this story already and from what I remember the story tells that the 3 soldiers were cut off from the rest of their unit instead of just left behind with their rear supply lines secure.
In fact, it is rather unknown how much of this is truth and how much is just a war myth. Though the 3 soldiers do have names. Can't remember them right now, but you can look that up.
3 Brazilians who held a German unit
Okay, first of all, it wasn't 5000 Germans. It was 3 Brazilians who got trapped by a German unit that had an MG42 crew with them. What happened was that these Brazilians happened upon a German unit, but instead of surrendering as the Germans ordered them to do, they fought back with all they had to stall the Germans. When all they had left was their bayonets, they charged at the German defenses, getting cut down by the MG42. The German soldiers were so impressed by their sense of duty and bravery in the face of death that they were given a military funeral.
This collection opens up with a very strong start. Can’t recall how many times I’ve heard this man’s story. Still consider him a great hero.
I would love to see my grandfathers story researched and detailed. You have covered (wonderfully BTW!!!) a lot of famous subjects; your perspective, humor and delivery are outstanding! ...i wish my electricians had a third of your energy! (I own a drywall co... ) Anyway, my grandfather, Stanly (redacted) was too young for WW1 and too old for WW2.. but served in both wars in France. If you're intersted, id be happy to share some more info and help you bring a common soldiers story to life. ...he passed years ago at 103 years of age.... Was awarded the Legion of Honor and was a dirty oldan till the day he died.
How have I never heard of Leo Major? That man was incredible.
He was French Canadian. That's why. Our heroes and exploits tend to be silenced, because the government, to this day hates us.
"Private Billy Ready, who fired a warning shot"
never was a man more appropriately named for his more known actions.
The siege of Jadotville.... Irish UN soldiers 158 vs 3000 mercenaries soldiers from Katanga
Very good job fellows throughout the 2nd century felicitous week of said May!! Congratulations. Roy Benavidez is such a legend, we learned about him in basic in a small book we had to memorize. Him and Audie Murphy are absolute units.
These are some of the craziest and most unbelievable stories i've ever heard. Whatta bunch of absolute legends. Great job keeping their stories out there. Thanks to all who serve.
Gotta love the Fijians getting a mention. Proud of Labalaba, Takavesi and our servicemen.
Through history we learn of armies fighting but an army wouldn’t be anything without individuals who carry out there duties along with brave actions
Can you guys cover the history of guerrilla warfare tactics?
Benevidez was a real fighter. In every sense of the word.
I think you also should have added the story of rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, who fought and stalled the Chinese invasion single-handedly for 72 hours (although 2 local girls helped him with food and water )...even the Chinese were so impressed of his bravery that they returned a brass bust of him, with his head.
Uh, interesting that you posted this video right when I was thinking about how feasible it is to train a smaller professional army in comparison to a larger body of conscripts and how well the well trained soldiers would perform against the cons. Like, how much does individual skill actually matter in modern warfare?
the falklands war is a good example of that
It matters more than you could ever imagine
@@Deltathegoldenretriever Interesting, because I've just watched The Templin Institute's most recent video of "Why the Proud Warrior Race is doomed to fail" saying the exact opposite of that at one early specific part of the episode. But then again, Templin's not necessarily the most reliable source for that matter all the time and he himself admits that all of that is just his personal opinion.
@@viranchijani6322 Explain further
@@viranchijani6322 I don't see how that is a good example, Britain also suffered many losses.
I love ALL your True History animation videos, DON'T STOP, KEEP it coming, I'm enjoying and learning so much. Thank you again.
Fun fact: Canadians were so scary that germans would rather attack Americans and british positions before attacking the Canadians.
Another Fun Fact: during D-Day, the Canadians (with some british help I believe) had to clear Juno beach, which was the second most defended beach, with less men then the other positions. They were the last ones to land and the first to clear their beach.
Link for this FACT?!
Assisted by a full battalion of Royal Marines, as well as some Norwegian and free French troops.
@@Darkpara121k troops landed on Juno, 14k of them were canadians
Fun fact: James Doohan, "Scotty" from Star Trek TOS was wounded on Juno Beach on D-Day losing some fingers on his left hand.
Leo deserved to be awarded the VC, as well as the DOM
yeah well the british tend to not send those towards colonial troops and especialy since he was a québécois, this is why Canada literaly created it's own VC in 1993 lol
Sir we’re surrounded.
Good That simplifies the problem.
Boudica next! She was a Celtic Queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. 60
Leo is just the main character while everyone else is the NPCs in his campaign
The guys at Jadotville really were heros! Quite amazing that they survived to go back home, I'm fairly sure THAT wouldn't happen nowadays. Disgraceful how they were treated by the Irish Government! :(
Absolutely. ☘️
Many killed themselves afterwards :(
Doctors said you’ll never walk again. And he walked out himself in 6 months, what a badazz already man.
The mountains have been an insurgents ultimate weapon since the soviet invasion. (In my mind) The ability to learn from an enemies mistakes was not taken into acount, and these men, 2,402 as listed, payed the ultimate price for it.
Robert’s fought until he ran out of ammunition, captured, tortured and executed. The SEALs left Chapman once they recovered Robert’s body. The SEAL commander, Sr Ch panicked and requested exfiltration. The Command
Post personnel watched his optics rise and fall, but the SEALs claimed they couldn’t return. The cover up was complete with the Navy awarding a MOH to the Senior SEAL and spent YEARS fighting Chapman’s upgrade to the MOH for fear of people finding out the SEALs left him behind!
They gotta do a part 2 and include Franklin Miller (MACVSOG), the Canadians during the second battle of Ypres, and maybe John Basilone’s story from bloody ridge
Basilone’s story always blows me away. Possibly the greatest machine gunner in military history. He literally stacked bodies so high he had to push them down to see again.
leo major was a member of the Royal 22e Régiment the first french speaking unit of the Canadian army. so all orders would have been issued in french as well as it being the predominant language.
Small note: Zwolle is not a "Smal town", but a full city, even back then it was.
23:12 I guess Private Billy Ready....*puts on sunglasses* was ready.
YYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!
amazing content thanks for making this.
Roy you were the stud of all time! Rest in peace, you're a hero x 10!
I've seen this story before, VERY INTENSE! 👍🏻🇺🇲
Benavides really playing a game of Escape From Tarkov in real life.
All jokes aside what an absolute hero
Leo’s life was like a cod campaign
It's been many years but I've never forgot Master Sgt Roy Benevidez name or face.
Selous Scouts deserve a episode on their own also.
The Vietnam Air cavalry dudes were fuckin nuts
My uncle was one of them. He survived Vietnam and died in upstate New York after a fall off of some high rocks/waterfall area around 1980. He was with his girlfriend and she said he was either posing for a picture or going up high to snap a picture I forget which it was. Guy was fearless. My dad has his medals and a Chinese rifle he brought home.
the story of rifleman Lachhiman Gurung who single handedly killed all Japanese soldiers while blinded in one eye and a severed arm was the greatest ever
Canadian dude capturing germans with drip
That last part about the British SAS, getting that award. Harry and Meagan took the shine from the men that were awarded 😢
"we want our privacy"
The bravery soldiers who try to outnumber the larger was a true legend and the solider who still try to rejoin the military are main legends
As a French Canadian from Montreal. I cannot help myself but to feel an unhealthy admiration for Leo Major.
The fact he did what needed to be done while at the same time showing the finger to the Brit monarchy is absolutely emblematic of our people.
Roy Benavidez is a true warrior 👍🏿👍🏿💯 may he rest in peace 😢
It’s amazing what a man can do when he excepts that he will definitely/probably die it shows his true character
When most soldiers were just trying to survive, these men were playing an FPS in real life.
Roy was in the cadre that we had to memorize in the early 90’s
Roy Benavidez and Leo are the real life Punisher
General: We don’t know how many Germans there are in this town.
Leo (Coming back with prisoners): it’s zero now.
Canadians are always known to be a beast during war, respect to Leo 🇺🇲🤝🇨🇦
That man literally brought a knife to a gunfight.
They need to make a movie about master sergeant Roy Benavidez.
They have to make movies off all these guys. Leo was a badass.
I still don’t understand why they didn’t name Fort Hood as Fort Benavides.
I swear Leo's charisma stat is maxed out
For the next vid, can you do Rorke's Drift?
Roy M/M was so determined that he invented physical therapy. Damn.
Benavidez deserves 2 medals of honor for that heroism.
You missed the Philippine Expeditionary Force that was sent to South Korea in the Battle of Yultong.
It also always irked me how they did the Irish platoon dirty like that. They literally fought to the last bullet and improvised explosives. Suffered no deaths. The only thing they could have done differently was suicide into the enemy with knives. Which like. No. Thats stupid.
And I assume they never allowed the commander to lead again. Or gave him nothing positions in middle of nowhere.
Such a waste of a legendary commander.
Dang, That first story, It really describes what was such a damn problem about the Vietnam war. So many of the objectives boiled down to just being a suicide mission ! Going to take control of a hill, having a lot of soldiers die and or severely wounded in the process, securing the hill from enemy, And then, leaving to go secure another place, all the while enemy has retook the last hill that so many soldiers have already died for. Over and over. Groups stranded and surrounded, helicopters not being able to land close enough without being shot down themselves. US knew when the SAM sites were being constructed, Yet would not give the orders for jets to bomb the SAM construction sites, Until finally after they were constructed then giving orders to bomb them. So then jets getting hit by the SAMs. The Ho Chi Min trail (however that's spelled) left intact for NVA to always have a steady stream of weapons, supplies, personnel shipped down it. Lots of great people did their best though. No shortage of bravery from that war.
Aaaaaaand to add, Afghanistan seems like it was just the desert version of Vietnam, where the taliban was both NVA and Vietcong combined. Because they were basically the government of the country, trying to take the government of the country (and did obviously) AND they were the underground "resistance" similar to how the Vietcong were. Endless stream of them. So, desert-Vietnam. Not completely obviously. Lots of detailed differences, but in general, to my outlook at least.
At least we can see with the Taliban now we were fighting for something, like the right for girls to go to school. It was a little different than Vietnam. They weren’t suicide missions in Afghanistan. It was more like whack-a-mole.
@@ferretyluv Very true point
Very good. Thank you.
Roy mustive seen "your hurt get to cover" alot lol but fr dudes a legend
A friend (retired airborne) has 2 Roy Benavidez "GI Joe" type action figures. 🇺🇸
Benavidez is the definition of "too angry to die" 😂
Real Soldier photos
Do it Warsaw uprising 1944
Imagine being Leo's child:
*"I singlehandedly liberated a town from Nazis and you can't finish your vegetables?"*
😂
That's the main problem with the world today. Blame is shifted onto people who least deserve it and they are the ones condemned. It's appalling it took four decades for them to receive recognition.
Soldier : ok we are heavily outnumbered, i'd say 1 against 5, we are lost !!
French Legionnaire : lost ? noo just a normal situation to start the game
Another W video from Simple History
The siege of JadotVille was a good movie
People always underestimate the Irish. Some of the most capable soldiers and freedom fighters in history.
Mr. Benavides stands as the greatist Texan ive ever heard of.
About as tough as they come
Marches 93 men alone alone and fired upon by other soldiers naaaa not good enough for the Victoria cross, also him I liberated a city all by myself one man assault, hmmm better but still not good enough
He’s French-Canadian…
Looking through the comments and not one person commenting with regards to the Siege of Jadotville, in 1961, the Irish army were not tested in battle, the lot of them were never once in combat, yet 155 Irish troops went toe to toe against 3,000 Katanga mercenaries and irregulars led by Belgian, French and Rhodesian mercenaries, and 1 close air support jet aircraft, they killed 300 and wounded another 1,000 battle hardened troops, with only 5 men injured! the Irish troops only surrendered after the U.N failed to get through the Katangese lines to rescue them, as well as failing to resupply them.
Also some of those French mercenaries were veterans of the Algerian War of Independence where they fought the FLN.
Great stuff.
Even Billy's Parents Knew He Would be Ready 😂
Benavidez literally just took over 5 bullet wounds, a grenade, a bayonet and a broken jaw, and still lived up to 63
Roy was a tough son of bytch. They don’t make them like him anymore….
Benavidez needs a damn movie that man is insane wow
AKA When the Doom OST hits you IRL
Semper FI boys, great job. When I was in the Marines 1987-1991. 1988, I was stationed in Pannama and Nicaragua. The Contras and sadenistas were fighting back and fourth. My Marine Forced Recon unit, were searching for drug labs to blow up. I covered them with my spotter. They blew up 2 drug labs in 2 hours. They made it back to the LZ! My spotter had the RT on his back he could hear an Army Ranger unit being cut in half down in the valley! I told my spotter to request that we would go help them out. Our unit was done and lifting off. My Major gave me a red light. I go their dieing down in that valley sir! Major shouted to get on the chopper with my unit and return to base. I turned off our RTO and we headed down into the valley. Fog mist was all over the canapy that's why air support could help out. We found 2 50 cal machine gun nests. One had a gunner and A gunner and 3 support teams for both machine guns. My spotter set up.200 meters from one nest facing the team in the banker and I on the other bunker. We fire our bolt actions Brownings 300 grain magnums and looked through our scopes and took out both nests. There was another drug lab that the Rangers ran into. They had no idea. My spotter got ahold of them and said you can breathe both gun nests and were taken out over. We got down to them and rendering first aid to the wounded Rangers. Then call base for a medavac. The Ranger team's Lt. Thank me along with there platoon Sgt. My major wanted me court Marshalled! Figures. But my Cornal and Captain had my back. I got a medal instead! Lol.