People actively competed to be first over the wall during medieval sieges. It had a massive reward if you survived, and could make a peasant into a lord overnight.
01:22 Mustard gas is NOT a gas. This is something everybody neglects to mention. It's a viscous liquid, almost as thick as food oil, which splatters into microscopic drops and evaporates extremely slowly. It sticks to everything, and even the tiniest amount causes chemical burns on exposed skin. This is why it's so nasty: soldiers may carry unnoticed drops of it on their uniforms and equipment, and get injured days, or even weeks after the attack. But it does not attack the respiratory system, unless somehow it gets into the victim's air vents, and doesn't linger in the air, because it's not a gas. It's confused with chlorine gas here, that's what has this kind of effect. Mustard gas can only be neutralized with strong chemicals which may cause injury themselves: solution of sodium hypochlorite (aka. bleach) or calcium hypochlorite, concentrated ozone gas, etc.
I was coming to say something similar. In my 21 years I didn't see a whole lot of volunteering, but was on the backend of being voluntold a lot as a private and part of that E-4 mafia.b😂😂😂😂 I handed out a lot of voluntolds as a NCO.
My grandfather in the navy and some other sailors were asked by a superior for a volunteer to “Drive a Pickup.” He raised his hand and was led to a wheelbarrow. Couldn’t question it before he was told to “Pick up.”
In reality with the enemy who is dishonorable would say “Sure” shooting the officers because all warfare is deception and doesn’t follow any sense of honor. War isn’t about fighting for honor and glory, it’s all about fighting dirty and winning. It’s true everyone has to play fair and square but not everyone plays fair.
In old times, the officers were sons of nobles and other wealthy classes. It was more favorable to capture them and then ransom them back for money. It was expected of both sides to do this since those that started the war (nobles and other wealthy classes) had their sons in the war as well. It wasn't so much as not allowed to kill but if one side broke the rule, then the other side would do as well. This would result in loss of their sons and a loss of revenue. As for the foot soldiers, they were peasants and weren't an issue for the rulers.
@@Trystan-k5s yes that is very true Trystan-k5s, but you do need to know that over the years the nobility realized that war isn’t for them anymore because if they were to get captured they would get killed or never released from their captors. They would let their generals take over, the wealthy nobles have to realize that all warfare is deception, infiltration and manipulation with someone else who doesn’t follow any kind of chivalry and code of honor. It is what war is about for it is not about honor and glory. It’s all about winning.
When I used to serve as an NCO in the Austrian Army back in the 1990ies, a fellow NCO used to say: "Ein Freiwilliger ist jemand, der die Frage falsch verstanden hat" = "A volunteer is someone who misheard the question". 🙂 On the other hand, I frequently did what one might call "tactical volunteering": for instance, when we went on field exercises with our conscripts, I always volunteered for duty officer right on the first day to get it over with. Because not only would I be off the hook for DO duty for the rest of the exercise (and thus e.g. was always able to take part in the interesting stuff during an exercise), it also put me in my CSMs good book (and as probably anyone who served might know, earning your CSMs respect will go a long way if you do need _their_ support someday).
When I was sworn in, I asked my brigade commander if he had any suggestions before I went off for training. This was national guard, and he would swear in new recruits when he was there. His answer was never volunteer for anything. I replied, "Would you make that an order. A drill Sargeant asked me why I never volunteered, and I told him I was under orders not to.
As I recollect in "With the Old Breed". Eugene Sledge's buddies Bill and Sam got into a nocturnal brawl in their foxhole, but nobody got killed as a result.
This was fascinating! Never thought about the dangers of volunteering in the military like this. The bit about the Canary Girls was especially eye-opening (no pun intended!). Great research and storytelling 👍
I was navy. One strategy my command would use is about 1 out of 20 volunteer times it would be get off watch. All the other times would be something horrible.
2:18 don't put soldiers through that for crying out loud! Same with the nuclear tests a decade later. Take life in prison people and give them the opportunity to do it for something
That’s a 1903, the marine Corp was reluctant to adopt the newer m1 Garand over their battle tested 1903, as they were afraid of the semi auto mechanism jamming
Freddie Mercury: You think I haven’t heard of things before?You’re just a bully who’s too scared to go to war. Michael Jackson: You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone! Even Tito looks better than you! Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!
During my time in the Army, myself and several people in my platoon tried to decline the anthrax vaccine cause it wasn't fully tested. We got marched to the highest ranking NCO in our battalion, who politely informed us that we are the ones they were testing it on and then politely threatened us with jail and dishonorable discharge if we didn't take it. We took it.
It's a common misconception that "mustard gas" is a gas. It's an oily binary liquid that covers the area of effect and persists for up to 60 days. After the inital barrage the liquid begins to off-gas, hence "mustard gas". In the armory it's called Lewisite+Sulfur Mustard.
0:30 That's what a certain lance-corporal in the Bavarian Regiment of the German Army did, in the "Great War." In later times, many have said he was, as they say of ANY nasty and suicidal opponent (eg, suicide bombers, the 9-11 attackers, etc), a "coward." While he did some VERY naughty things, later in his life, a COWARD, he was not.
Lesson Learn from this Video: 1. There's **NO RULES IN WAR** Because People will do Anything to Win the War (Like it or Not) 2. If There's Rules, There's People who will Broke it no matter how high your Status Is
0:41 volunteer, yes, that's what we'll call it You really think if no one volunteers they're going to go. Oh well, we'll just get another plan then If Chain of command wants it to happen It's going to happen. You'll be volunTold to go do it if nobody volunteers
I often served on night watch. You don't have a choice; it's just what you do. I've had "friendly forces" point rifles at me on guard duty until we discovered that we had a common language, usually English, Turkish, or German. For medics, I found it always best to make friends with the medics in my battalion. They went in unarmed, and were the ones to save your butt. I have to say that making friends with the medics while in garrison helped me a lot when we were deployed.
Interesting fact: During the bombing of Belgrade in the outbreak of WWII in Yugoslavia in 1941, some Luftwaffe pilots were shooting at Yugoslav pilots when they had to bail out from their burning planes. While they were parachuting, some of the Yugoslavian pilots were target to German pilots.
Other countries: You should target their officers, they know what's going on and are leading. United States: Don't target their officers, they are the only ones enforcing the Geneva Suggestions. You're just lifting restrictions from the US Soldiers.
Everyone playing electronic games wants to play a sniper . But during war, anyone getting caught carrying a sniper rifle can expect to be executed if captured .
You can absolutely target medical staff IF they are providing to a war effort such as firing a weapon, driving healthy combatants/smuggling troops or weapons same with civilians
Everyone knows that you never volunteer. The trick is learning how to avoid being volunTOLD. By being mysteriously absent when they recruit volunteers, or acting like you were just about to volunteer before someone beat you to it. Mastering the art of the sham is how you earn your E4.
You would think in today's world of redundant cross training everyone would be taught enough aboutgeneral triage to be just as effective as their fallen medic so long as his supplies were intact.
It is best to leave war to the video game, paintball, and airsoft world, where typically the greatest danger is to your wallet (especially when paradox releases a new game and it takes 90 DLCs for it to become complete).
if Medics were to be equipped with tasers (which is a less-lethal weapon) or pepper-sprays (which is definitely non-lethal, most of the time), could the non-combatant status still be forfeited or not? Just wondering? [otherwise it's just that the "Medic hurting/attacking a soldier in a heat of warfare losing its status" is simply a generalization]
Soldier you look like a Man who appreciates a good hotdog boy is it your lucky day iv got an assignment that need volunteers first come first serve. What's the assignment? Ohh you don't gotta do nothing just get your 3 meals and something to do with I don't know more of ketchup man myself haha Alright I'm in!
We have a different history, while as a french I can only advocate the courage and mourn the losses of D-day, this was not such a tremendous turning point in WWII, more a race to Berlin with the soviets in an already won war (oversimplifying her, obviously).
What once was common sense is now uncommon sense. Through daily experience, and from what I see online in the news, I’d guess 95+% of people are stupid and or ignorant. Most everybody’s good and intelligent about something such as their job, but other than that most people are just lost.
People actively competed to be first over the wall during medieval sieges. It had a massive reward if you survived, and could make a peasant into a lord overnight.
colloquially known as the "forlorn hope".
Sadly, no-one ever survived being the first up that ladder 😂
@@Owen_Rubix
If that were true, no one would do it.
saw that video too
You are absolutely correct
01:22 Mustard gas is NOT a gas. This is something everybody neglects to mention. It's a viscous liquid, almost as thick as food oil, which splatters into microscopic drops and evaporates extremely slowly. It sticks to everything, and even the tiniest amount causes chemical burns on exposed skin. This is why it's so nasty: soldiers may carry unnoticed drops of it on their uniforms and equipment, and get injured days, or even weeks after the attack. But it does not attack the respiratory system, unless somehow it gets into the victim's air vents, and doesn't linger in the air, because it's not a gas. It's confused with chlorine gas here, that's what has this kind of effect.
Mustard gas can only be neutralized with strong chemicals which may cause injury themselves: solution of sodium hypochlorite (aka. bleach) or calcium hypochlorite, concentrated ozone gas, etc.
Even if you don’t volunteer, you can still get voluntold hahahaha
I was coming to say something similar. In my 21 years I didn't see a whole lot of volunteering, but was on the backend of being voluntold a lot as a private and part of that E-4 mafia.b😂😂😂😂 I handed out a lot of voluntolds as a NCO.
And that's how the "superiors" get volun-fragged.
What is the punishment for running away?
Death?
But volunteering is fun! Who doesn’t miss the sandbox? Lmao
😂😂😂
I work with a Navy servicemen who told me "N.A.V.Y" stood for "Never again volunteer yourself".....😂
Navy vet here. Can confirm this is true
Yep, that is what it means alright
I was a Corpsman in the Navy. I loved my Marines. But I swear, they had zero survival instinct nor forethought of consequences.
Man i wanna know more about you as a Corpsman and your marines
You say zero survival instincts I say alcohol was involved
That is our value sir! 😂
They’re trained to literally not think. They’re the only branch that still believes the propaganda after boot camp/basic.
@@jordengriffith1512You have no idea.
My grandfather in the navy and some other sailors were asked by a superior for a volunteer to “Drive a Pickup.” He raised his hand and was led to a wheelbarrow. Couldn’t question it before he was told to “Pick up.”
lol guess by time i went in navy in 80s navy stood for Never Again Volinteer Yourself
As a former hunter education instructor, thank you for including the 4 basic rules of gun safety.
When I was in the usmc i volunteered for every working party and firewater. It gave you time to relax in a weird way
My friend kived by the addage -- "Never volunteer until you know EXACTLY what you're volhnteering for."
Before you volunteer make sure you read the guidelines on what you’re job description in the military is before you started.
I hate when they say it falls within these guide lines an it clearly doesn't but hey its all good sir
Gentlemanly warfare by not shooting officers really meant, "we have money and are superior to everyone else, so you're not allowed to kill us"
American rednecks “ I got a rifle “
In reality with the enemy who is dishonorable would say “Sure” shooting the officers because all warfare is deception and doesn’t follow any sense of honor. War isn’t about fighting for honor and glory, it’s all about fighting dirty and winning. It’s true everyone has to play fair and square but not everyone plays fair.
In old times, the officers were sons of nobles and other wealthy classes. It was more favorable to capture them and then ransom them back for money. It was expected of both sides to do this since those that started the war (nobles and other wealthy classes) had their sons in the war as well. It wasn't so much as not allowed to kill but if one side broke the rule, then the other side would do as well. This would result in loss of their sons and a loss of revenue. As for the foot soldiers, they were peasants and weren't an issue for the rulers.
@Trystan-k5s that's exactly what I'm talking about. The wealthy (elite, superior) were the officers. I understand what you're saying, though.
@@Trystan-k5s yes that is very true Trystan-k5s, but you do need to know that over the years the nobility realized that war isn’t for them anymore because if they were to get captured they would get killed or never released from their captors. They would let their generals take over, the wealthy nobles have to realize that all warfare is deception, infiltration and manipulation with someone else who doesn’t follow any kind of chivalry and code of honor. It is what war is about for it is not about honor and glory. It’s all about winning.
First thing you learn in navy boot camp is N means never,A means again,V means volunteer, and Y means yourself…
So true.
When I used to serve as an NCO in the Austrian Army back in the 1990ies, a fellow NCO used to say: "Ein Freiwilliger ist jemand, der die Frage falsch verstanden hat" = "A volunteer is someone who misheard the question". 🙂
On the other hand, I frequently did what one might call "tactical volunteering": for instance, when we went on field exercises with our conscripts, I always volunteered for duty officer right on the first day to get it over with. Because not only would I be off the hook for DO duty for the rest of the exercise (and thus e.g. was always able to take part in the interesting stuff during an exercise), it also put me in my CSMs good book (and as probably anyone who served might know, earning your CSMs respect will go a long way if you do need _their_ support someday).
Latrine duty in Afghanistan was not volunteer. Everyone had to take a turn doing the job.
Including officers?
This compilation was fantastic, nicely done Simple History. The thumbnail is really amazing to look at.
When I was sworn in, I asked my brigade commander if he had any suggestions before I went off for training. This was
national guard, and he would swear in new recruits when he was there. His answer was never volunteer for anything. I replied, "Would you make that an order. A drill Sargeant asked me why I never volunteered, and I told him I was under orders not to.
As I recollect in "With the Old Breed". Eugene Sledge's buddies Bill and Sam got into a nocturnal brawl in their foxhole, but nobody got killed as a result.
Even in war, there are Dumb Ways To Die.
Especially in war.
Are you guys from simple history going to post some videos about yugoslav wars and breakup of yugoslavia i bet people would LOVE them 🙌
Drinking and bingeing these videos never get old
When I was in the military I never volunteer.
Me neither,I saw through others who volunteered it never,ever benefited them. LOL.
This was fascinating! Never thought about the dangers of volunteering in the military like this. The bit about the Canary Girls was especially eye-opening (no pun intended!). Great research and storytelling 👍
8:11 5 Miles for 250k Lifes.
50k dead Humans per Miles, Military Tactics at its finest.
It was through volunteering that allowed the guys in the 101st airborne to land in Normandy during WW2
you can also be charged with damaging govt property if you harm yourself, even for something like getting a sunburn..
I was navy. One strategy my command would use is about 1 out of 20 volunteer times it would be get off watch. All the other times would be something horrible.
If I checked a barrel of a loaded gun I'd just look away real fast if it went off
2:18 don't put soldiers through that for crying out loud! Same with the nuclear tests a decade later. Take life in prison people and give them the opportunity to do it for something
Lol basic at great lakes taught me to Never Again Volunteer Yourself 🙃
Don't forget when you're secretary of state and you sleep through requests for backup from Benghazi.
"They were given milk to drink to counteract the effect of the chemicals"
Bruh, they think they're living in minecraft 😭
If it wasn't for those heroes that did volunteer we would not have the freedom that we have today
When they ask for volunteers. Never under any circumstances volunteer
33:50 I actually know the guy this is based on.
Who?
@France_467 youtube.com/@lawmanland?feature=shared
@Leonidas20116 oh ok
17:12 why the m1 garand rifle is bolt action not semi auto
That’s a 1903, the marine Corp was reluctant to adopt the newer m1 Garand over their battle tested 1903, as they were afraid of the semi auto mechanism jamming
Those are M1903A3 “Springfield” rifles.
Apparently Doc, you weren't part of any unit of which I was attached . Semper Fi
Freddie Mercury: You think I haven’t heard of things before?You’re just a bully who’s too scared to go to war.
Michael Jackson: You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone! Even Tito looks better than you!
Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!
0:28 Nice reference.
Great movie
Being the first one on the ladders in the Medieval wars was actually an honou and paid by huge amounts of money and was one way to nobleity.
3:23 the guy in the grey clothes kinda looks like grand moff Tarkin.
1st Sgt asking for 3 volunteers: “I need 3 volunteers, you, you and YOU!”. Thanks Top 😂
Imagine being the first up the ladder and watching a tower siege engine open next to you a few minutes later
Ayooo, Band of Brothers Episode 2 reference
During my time in the Army, myself and several people in my platoon tried to decline the anthrax vaccine cause it wasn't fully tested. We got marched to the highest ranking NCO in our battalion, who politely informed us that we are the ones they were testing it on and then politely threatened us with jail and dishonorable discharge if we didn't take it. We took it.
Never underestimate a simple messenger boy running between the trenches until the mustard gas hits....and...well....long story.
Fraging is awesome 😮
Night watch? Fire watch! Every marine stands watch.
33:58 that was hilarious 😆
Never ever ever shot at Doc
It's a common misconception that "mustard gas" is a gas. It's an oily binary liquid that covers the area of effect and persists for up to 60 days. After the inital barrage the liquid begins to off-gas, hence "mustard gas". In the armory it's called Lewisite+Sulfur Mustard.
0:30 That's what a certain lance-corporal in the Bavarian Regiment of the German Army did, in the "Great War." In later times, many have said he was, as they say of ANY nasty and suicidal opponent (eg, suicide bombers, the 9-11 attackers, etc), a "coward." While he did some VERY naughty things, later in his life, a COWARD, he was not.
Myth busters proved Claymore C4 could be used as a fire starter.
Interesting
Lesson Learn from this Video:
1. There's **NO RULES IN WAR** Because People will do Anything to Win the War (Like it or Not)
2. If There's Rules, There's People who will Broke it no matter how high your Status Is
0:41 volunteer, yes, that's what we'll call it
You really think if no one volunteers they're going to go. Oh well, we'll just get another plan then
If Chain of command wants it to happen It's going to happen. You'll be volunTold to go do it if nobody volunteers
me: i sleep
that enemy: _🗿_
There's no such thing as "volunteered" during a war. Instead, you will be "voluntold".
Thanks to all the Men and Women that did volunteer 👍🇺🇸
“Ze healing is not za rewarding as za hurting”
“My professional opinion?”
“YOU’RE *DEAD!*”
I often served on night watch. You don't have a choice; it's just what you do. I've had "friendly forces" point rifles at me on guard duty until we discovered that we had a common language, usually English, Turkish, or German.
For medics, I found it always best to make friends with the medics in my battalion. They went in unarmed, and were the ones to save your butt. I have to say that making friends with the medics while in garrison helped me a lot when we were deployed.
In :30 of the video there is a scene from the movie 1917 love that movie.
Interesting fact:
During the bombing of Belgrade in the outbreak of WWII in Yugoslavia in 1941, some Luftwaffe pilots were shooting at Yugoslav pilots when they had to bail out from their burning planes. While they were parachuting, some of the Yugoslavian pilots were target to German pilots.
The best way to win is to not play
Please make a video on KS-23 shotgun
Really need safety with early SKS and Styre bullpups. They can go off just by impacts
First rule of firearm safety is to have the most fun possible
All the safety warnings you have ever read are written in someone else's blood.
Other countries: You should target their officers, they know what's going on and are leading.
United States: Don't target their officers, they are the only ones enforcing the Geneva Suggestions. You're just lifting restrictions from the US Soldiers.
Rule one never look important in combat, outside the wire I would remove everything that made me diffrent
Everyone playing electronic games wants to play a sniper . But during war, anyone getting caught carrying a sniper rifle can expect to be executed if captured .
Only true heroes volunteer
24th November 2024 6:24pm Universe > Milky way > earth> Asia > India > nagaland> kohima> lower PWD> bed > butt naked.
Merry Christmas ⛄
Things that could get end
See we got the old narrator back
Navy.
Never
Again
Volunteer
Yourself
You can absolutely target medical staff IF they are providing to a war effort such as firing a weapon, driving healthy combatants/smuggling troops or weapons same with civilians
Everyone knows that you never volunteer. The trick is learning how to avoid being volunTOLD. By being mysteriously absent when they recruit volunteers, or acting like you were just about to volunteer before someone beat you to it. Mastering the art of the sham is how you earn your E4.
0:24 I need two for a detail
You would think in today's world of redundant cross training everyone would be taught enough aboutgeneral triage to be just as effective as their fallen medic so long as his supplies were intact.
Eek!
It is best to leave war to the video game, paintball, and airsoft world, where typically the greatest danger is to your wallet (especially when paradox releases a new game and it takes 90 DLCs for it to become complete).
if Medics were to be equipped with tasers (which is a less-lethal weapon) or pepper-sprays (which is definitely non-lethal, most of the time), could the non-combatant status still be forfeited or not? Just wondering?
[otherwise it's just that the "Medic hurting/attacking a soldier in a heat of warfare losing its status" is simply a generalization]
"Things that could get end your career in the military" -original title
Is there any statistic for the men who suffered from TNT exposure? I can't imagine they switched to a hazardous chemical after the women came in.
Can you post a video about the north hollywood shootout
This is WAR Peacock!
34:35 Peak American physique
Peak sexiness.
Many were ordered to volunteer anyway 😅
Mustard Gas derivative is used today for chemotherapy this comment a test of YT censorship
Yo bro 0:01
I am back
Guess what we have now. They call it sleep apnea.
When you find one, is he sleeping or uncounsous?
Oh well, Im CBRN so I have no choice in the first one.
Soldier you look like a Man who appreciates a good hotdog boy is it your lucky day iv got an assignment that need volunteers first come first serve.
What's the assignment?
Ohh you don't gotta do nothing just get your 3 meals and something to do with I don't know more of ketchup man myself haha
Alright I'm in!
We have a different history, while as a french I can only advocate the courage and mourn the losses of D-day, this was not such a tremendous turning point in WWII, more a race to Berlin with the soviets in an already won war (oversimplifying her, obviously).
Cool
My grandpa and dad never volunteer
" volunteered" ....... or get an article 15 and the boot
Mustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard!
Can you make a video about Turkish stahlhelm please ?
What do you use to animate?
Can you make a video about Korean guns?😊😊
What once was common sense is now uncommon sense. Through daily experience, and from what I see online in the news, I’d guess 95+% of people are stupid and or ignorant. Most everybody’s good and intelligent about something such as their job, but other than that most people are just lost.