What it is like to be shelled by the Russians
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In this, we hear what it is like to be at the receiving end of artillery, mortars, rockets, cluster bombs and more.
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12:15 for anyone who is curious, the Geneva conventions do not prohibit modern cluster munitions. The primary source of international legislation on cluster munitions is the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. None of the United States the Russian Federation, or Ukraine are signatories to that convention.
IHL f*#@ yeah!
But should you have signed, then it would be against the convention. So as someone from a country that did sign the convention, it's against the Geneva convention to use cluster munitions.
The Geneva Conventions in fact does put restrictions about *how* cluster munitions can be used and how they are constructed. When they are used indiscriminately against civilians or have these effects by leaving behind many unexploded duds, the use of cluster munitions is not legal.
Explosions are explosions the bad part of these weapons are the little bomblets that don’t explode and kill later many of these become land mines that can maim and kill forever
@redbeard Noone gives fuck, Ukrainians and Russians using phosphor bombs, cluster bombs and Ukrainians uses petal mines also banned, do your homework.
It's so great that Lloyd lets the soldier talk the entire time and doesn't once try to insert himself into the interview or wow anyone with his knowledge.
very interesting cowardy brit
My father, a German soldier, was on the eastern front facing the Russians, and he said the only time he could sleep was when the Russians were using their artillery - either you get hit or you don't, but the dangerous time was when it was quiet after an artillery strike because then you knew Russian soldiers were heading in your direction.
That’s a scary detail indeed.
He should've asked to get transferry to the Western front ! That way he could sleep all the time......👻
So......your father was on the Eastern Front in, shall we say, 1942. That would mean that if your dad was a teenager then he was born in the 1920's.
And so the Nazis are at it again. This time the Brits on their side. God save the Russians fighting for the freedom of the world from these monsters
УРRRrrrАААааааа Z ... :}
"Sometimes as a soldier your job is to stay put, and die. And if thats what it takes, thats what it takes." What an amazing quote in a truly amazing interview. Thanks for getting him on and having his story shared
But...he ran away? He's not in Ukraine now is he?
@@paimonpress6760 He spent what, 8 fucking months there? How many months have you been fighting the Russians?
@@paimonpress6760 Well he is not stupid himself, he's not even jabbed
And considering his "love of khukuris" in a combat situation he should probably become a bit more familiar with the Ghurkhas, 😆 who are stalwart examples of "If its my job to die, its my job to die" . Being trained to use that knife in warfare is not going out in the woods, building a fire and having a cup of tea
@@serbrighterunagainst9231 that was sarcastic. did you miss the big white text?
I'm a trained soldier and have served in the British army. What Big Mac says about war being a 'lottery' is absolutely spot on. Training doesn't make you bullet proof and bad luck can end your career no matter who you are. He's a switched on guy; the man you'd want to be with in a fox hole. These vids are MASSIVELY educational to anybody pursuing a role in the military.
I bet you were a clerk or chef lol.
@@stevovimy Thanks for sharing your masculine insecurity with the whole of RUclips
@@stevovimy a chef is arguably the most imported role in the company
@@jackslaughter3233 he's got a point you did call it a fox hole it's a shell scrape. He's a switched on guy? Why? He's a civvie. You've just let everyone on RUclips know you've never done a tour. Cheers for that.
@@RyanDogs 🤦🏻 So many levels of ignorance I wouldn't even know where to start... So I won't 🤷🏻😂
I was a child in WWII. I got to know the sound of bombs and planes too. Also how far away but mostly the woof-woof of the air pressure. Many years after the war in London at the time of the Irish troubles a bomb went off some miles away. Someone whom I happened to be with who was born after the war would not believe it was a bomb. It was an IRA bomb planted at a government minister’s house. You don't fool anyone who has been in a war. Quite different to car crashes or other bangs. We used to pickup shrapnel in the garden most morning during the Battle of Britain.
So interesting to me to hear stories from people who experienced being bombed as civilians! It's something hardly covered in most modern media. Merry Christmas!
Where was your house
Thank you Julie for telling your story, very interesting!
Yeah its quite true i father lived in one of the most bombed cities in Germany during the war and ever after he got very good at recogniding a plane just by the sound it made, he said you could tell by the feeling of the explosion if it was a strike on a building or a bomb that penetrated the ground.. Vthe brits and americans bomed anything and then bombed it some more.. Civilkians were the primary targets as germans aa batteries were very densely placed around the military and strategic targets and pretty good at shooting allied planes down , was revenge for bombing london id presume 😉.. Bombs then incendiarys afterwards to get the stragglers
My grandfather was in the homeguard during the Blitz. He arrived after bombing had already begun and was shocked at life just going on in the city. Bombs would fall, and nobody would run because you'd just die tired. He said it really was just luck of the draw
Joe Mac… on being shelled. He certainly knows how to tell a story. A real character, mesmerising. ”Thought we’d been nuked…had a cigarette and thought of the best shag I’d had…very soldierly way to react”. Lol!
He's definitely on the spectrum
@@TheFjerstad The U.S. armed forces don’t accept people on the spectrum
@@TheFjerstad He is like one of the characters you meet in a pub once in a while and spend whole night listening to his stories.
@@TheFjerstad I that a bad thing? Why does it even matter?
ruclips.net/video/DgHNwEij1lo/видео.html I cannot verify in all certainty. But hearing his story I looked on the web and found this.
Marine grunt here and I also took up smoking in 2004 in Iraq. Was offered a cigar after a particularly bad mission and was pleasantly surprised at how relaxing it was. Different kind of war but many similarities. We always started our days with getting munitions rained on our head. Usually 81mm from what I remember. Rockets as well but not nearly the size he describes. The big bangs for us where 155mm artillery shell IEDs that we would hit every day on mission. Almost got my head cut off by wires stretched across the road at turret head level. Ended up medaled up for not taking cover while machine gun battling over our dead. In some odd way I sure do miss those days. Very much enjoyed listening to this good ol boy. Brought back some interesting memories. Doubt you will see this comment but if so thanks for the story bro and I'm glad you survived.
semper fi, i served with lots of Devil Dogs over there, top guys
The comradery is usually the most missed.
Love from India
Was that a lie?
@@RaferJeffersonIII was what a lie?
These videos are just fantastic. Raw, gritty and well told, not sugar coated in the slightest - the way it should be.
I'd love to see this kind of interview from a Russian who got the other end.
@@firingallcylinders2949 I’m sure that after the war, we will have interviews with two people on either side fighting against each other in the same battle. There are interviews exactly like this regarding the Falklands war.
damn u hit the nail on the b head bro, soldering is a no bs business
I’m going to assume they won’t be as funny as Joe, though
Technically we don't know whether that's sugarcoated and the reality was even worse - but I'm inclined to believe as you do.
"then things stop go boom - we look around and make tea."
-Joe McDonald 2022
This is now my favorite quote in military history.
its so british
2 Sugars please
I loved that part.
this video came up today of ultimate hot drink priority ruclips.net/video/UrdlYbV9B8k/видео.html
When is it? I must have missed it.
Fantastic and spot on. Spent 26 months in Vietnam (US Army 1/68-3/70) through some of the worst fighting to include TET '68 and this is every soldier's experience in combat. Wounded, carrying around some metal, deaf to high frequencies, but I survived with the same preparation, luck and soldier humor as this young man! Welcome to the brotherhood of combat tested soldiers.
Were you ever wounded?
@@jshepard152 Twice
did You kill anyone?....if You did, You must be proud////question, You served in Vietnam....why were You there?
@@mak2866 because his country asked him to be there. It was a job.
@MA K you don't ask vets if they killed anyone. Wounded twice I'd bet my life he's killed numerous people. Have some respect.
This guy missed his calling. He is such an entertaining story teller. May he stay safe. 👍🇨🇦
That’s exactly what they are stories he’s talking a load of crap
@@camerontwyford5015 Cameron, you've missed out. Having a 122mm rocket pass over your head and landing 75 yards away will give you a whole new outlook on life.
@@aceroadholder2185 I’ve had that happen he’s full of shit
@@camerontwyford5015 Your source "trust me bro"...
@@VHS_NEON my Facebook is no different from my RUclips don’t believe me look me up
I just realized one of the reasons I like Joe so much in these videos.... he reminds me of Lister from Red Dwarf. Put this guy in a runaway mining space ship in the distant future and he'd probably figure out how to make that work as well.
Oh my god, I was wondering the whole 3 episodes who it was he was reminding me of! Dave Lister is that person. It's the relentless cheerfullness in the face of danger.
Yes from the first second except the accent! 😂
I'm not alone! Love this guy
Really? He sounds like he's from the midlands or Lincolnshire to me 🤔
@@matt.willoughby it's not the accent, it's the demeanor, and maybe some facial expressions
Lloyd, well done for your interview technique of asking an open question and then just let the other person talk. Of course it helps if the interviewee is this guy :-)
Someone like him who can keep his sense of rationality, humor, and humanity in the extremes of hell -- I bet he was an anchor to the recruits.
Joe comes across as a really competent guy. Thanks to both of you for making this interview, really enjoyed this series.
My grandfather survived ww1. It was only when I was older, i realized his black nose, and cheeks, and his black scarred legs, were full of metal. Despite that, he survived to see 96. I also understood his saying. When I was a child, and fell over, and cut my knees, one of his comments was, didna greet, its a long way from your heart.
My grandfather died in the Holocaust.. poor bastard fell out of a guard tower.
There were a LOT of ukrainians and russians fighting on the german side in ww2. They were integrated into regular army divisions and other separate units.
In the case for ukraine for example a bunch of those who were part of the sowjet destruction bataillons sided with the germans and became chief of police, mayor and other jobs.
There is one "class" of people, especialy ukrainians and russians ans ww2 that are little known about:
Hilfswillige
In Sept 1941 Hitler reluctantly agreed to allow recruitment of Soviet citizens as unarmed Voluntary Assistants (sing. Hilfswilliger, abbreviated Hiwi)
in numbers up to 15 per cent of a division's strength (about 2,500 men) in Rear Areas, but soon armed Hiwis in numbers in excess of
authorized limits were serving in combat units. For example, 134th Inf Div in 2nd Pz Army comprised 50% Hiwis in late 1942,
while 6th Army defended Stalingrad with 25% Hiwis. A few discrete Hiwi units, such as Hiwi Ersatz Bataillon (depot bn) 46, were formed later in the war.
By 1944 the German Army contained at least 600,000 Hiwis, including female medical officers and nurses.
German attitudes towards them varied from hostility to admiration; for their part the Hiwis, with everything to lose if they returned to Soviet lines, usually served loyally.
After the war most of those who sided with the germans and went west were caught by the western allies and were given to the sowjets (along with "sowjet citizens" who left the sowjet union right at their revolution and in the 1920s and were in exile since then).
You can guess what happened. The Lienz Cossacks (50.000 men, 11.000 women and children) are probably the most known example.
In addition to that fighting in "the east" went on into the late 1950s and in the baltics the last forest brothers (anti sowjet partisans) walked out of the woods in the 1990s.
It has also been rumored that the sowjets "kept" western allied prisoners of war who they "freed" from german POW camps. The same with workers who were send to the sowjet union to set up production sites as part or in addition to the Lend-Lease-Act.
Conviniently a lot of them were counted as "losses" for the sowjets after ww2, although it ws the sowjets who killed them.
The official population numbers in "the east" that are used for different things (sowjet vs german) are quite interesting when you look at them.
Not to forget all the german civilians (millions) who , according to the first "west german" Bundeskanzler who are still unaccounted for and just perished.
Solschenizyn wrote about some of the things that happened.
@@mrd7067 and yet all these decades later, it's the wectern bloc which is killd their own pe.ople the most, as you can see from mod.ern dem ographiks
@@Specificify
There are people who argue that my country hasn`t been independent since ww2, is still occupied and being genocided.
There are real arguments for that including international law like the hague convention, geneva convention, UN genocide convention, the unequal applied "law", or parts of the subtitute for a constitution.
From the german basic law:
GG Article 120
[Occupation costs - Burdens resulting from the war]
(1) The Federation shall finance the expenditures for occupation costs and other internal and external burdens resulting from the war, as regulated in detail by federal laws. To the extent that these war burdens were regulated by federal laws on or before 1 October 1969, the Federation and the Länder shall finance such expenditures in the proportion established by such federal laws. Insofar as expenditures for such of these war burdens as neither have been nor will be regulated by federal laws were met on or before 1 October 1965 by Länder, municipalities (associations of municipalities) or other entities performing functions of the Länder or municipalities, the Federation shall not be obliged to finance them even after that date. The Federation shall be responsible for subsidies towards meeting the costs of social security, including unemployment insurance and public assistance to the unemployed. The distribution of war burdens between the Federation and the Länder prescribed by this paragraph shall not be construed to affect any law regarding claims for compensation for consequences of the war.
Art. 146
Dieses Grundgesetz, das nach Vollendung der Einheit und Freiheit Deutschlands für das gesamte deutsche Volk gilt, verliert seine Gültigkeit an dem Tage, an dem eine Verfassung in Kraft tritt, die von dem deutschen Volke in freier Entscheidung beschlossen worden ist.
Article 146
[Duration of the Basic Law]
This Basic Law, which, since the achievement of the unity and freedom of Germany, applies to the entire German people, shall cease to apply on the day on which a constitution freely adopted by the German people takes effect.
The official site the translation from german to english of article 146 isn`t one to one and can be missleading.
My translation:
This Basic Law, which, after the achievement of the unity and freedom of Germany applies to the entire German people, ceases to apply on the day on which a constitution freely adopted by the German people takes effect.
Not to forget e cleansing. To my understanding the US army did it to the town one of my grandmothers was from. Purschau in the county of Tachau.
You might be interested in the following books:
Theodore N. Kaufman: Germany must perish (1941)
Earnest Hooton: Hooton Plan (1943)
Louis Nizer: What to do with germany (1944)
The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre
Professor R. M. Douglas: "Orderly And Humane" (2013)
Crimes Unspoken: The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War by Miriam Gebhardt
What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France
The online articles "The Dark Side of GIs in Liberated France" are also very interesting and everyone in the US should know about this.
@@mrd7067 it's true, your country is still occupi.ed and not independent. and looking at DDR, it did a lot better than western germany. for all the negatives, at least it was ger.man, instead of actively trying to get ri.d of it's volk
I laughed a hell of a lot @ the _"...while fitness is important, if you're actually going to be fighting, _*_smoking is very important._*_ Smoking saves lives"_ part
but its true af
Yup, most sought after contraband in a U.S. infantry unit. Fact.
Makes a lovely hotspot in a winter forest when looking thru a light amplifier. So do that in a trench, not standing in the open.
😱in his own view if you get tired of waiting to be anhilate, you can do it on your own by smoking cigarrette🤔🤪😄😚
Sad surviving a war and then dying from lung cancer.
An excellent effort as always Lindy. Joe is someone I can recognise with as an Aussie - especially his dry humour. His understatement and humour conveys the truth and horror he really endured. I am grateful he has survived to tell us his story. I find it incredible he is as sane as he appears after his experience. I also feel sorry for the Russians (not only Ukranians) who have to fight (or other who chose to fight) a war they as a people did not agree too or need to fight. It was the Russian government that decided.
Most of russians want to fight for their empire "greatness", the others make money and just don't care about casualties of their war. They like and support war, tell you as person who see them everyday.
They fight to get rid of ukranian nazi threats.
Most of Russians are approving their troops and their soldiers have no pity for the lives of Ukrainians they kill on the daily basis. I have close relatives in Russia and I always dodging their interrogations about my stance towards their 'special military operation ' their troops conduct. They are pretty cunning and tricky when arguments erupt thus can easily justify any kind of atrocities their army commit. Thus they all deserve what they get and what emerges to happen to their army of criminals.
Well they had no choice and they didnt start it.
My point exactly. Glad you agree.@@armageddon1403
He speaks to the strange schizophrenic tension between fatalism and self-determination. Before/between combats are your moments to act to stack the odds in your favor as best you can, actions like improving trenches and fighting positions, improving concealment, cleaning your weapon. Once things get spicy, fatalism kicks in as an adaptive response to the terror of imminent impersonal death.
Never quite heard of it in those words but it makes sense
"Sometimes, as a soldier, your job is to stay put, and die." Wow. That should go in a book of quotations.
This has been known for generations and represents a typical army principle.
You never heard "Some of you may die, but that is a risk I am willing to take"? Pretty much the same concept.
I would recommend to watch these series of videos to understand what war really is from first hand experience. Raw, cruel and simple. And sobering, because daily reports from front will never tell you that.
Yeah if you think war is glamorous after this series, you need your head read.
He looks a lot like Punisher. Thanks for sharing the direct experience of this soldier through this interview. I I often watch interviews of soldiers who fought in Vietnam or WW2 when available and they really provide a very vivid description of what actually went on. Smashing content.
he looks alot a like a jerk)
He actually reminds me of a young Lister from Red Dwarf!
@@ChuckstaGaming It's the accent. They're both from Liverpool. He's probably toned it down a bit for the camera without realising it
I live in the South of England and can barely understand conversations with majority Northerners unless they address me directly
@@hazzardalsohazzard2624 Hi, fellow southerner, Surrey here :)
Yeah, TV and films make most people understandable, then you meet them in real life and you find you need a translator! At least, initially.
Punisher? Like from marvel? Where exactly do you see the resemblance here?
He is the incarnation of why it is AWESOME to serve along side British Soldiers! Love their attitude, they are the highest motivated people to be around.
“Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his own way of going about it. In general, it means lying face down and contracting your body into as small a space as possible.”
- Louis Simpson
after a while infantry becomes so used to it we don't even react when we're shelled. People panic we are calm
It's great when someone who has lived through interesting events is also a great story teller. He didnt talk about the language barrier very much
He was in the International Legion, so not much Ukrainian was spoken.
That is what I was wanting to be answered as well. Even if they didn't speak Ukrainian, did they like default on English because it is a common language.
@@Jermster_91 I think he talked about that in the first video of the interview
@@lindybeige we demand more interviews!
You get some that multilingual, but more so orders from the top.
"Sometimes your job as a soldier is to stay put and die. And if that's what it takes, that's what it takes. The war is not about your individual story"
Cluster Bombs are not against the Geneva Convention, they are against the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It's a common misconception. Ukraine, the United States, Russia, China, and India are significant non signatories. The treaty was drafted in 2008.
That piece about the last two mates who died.. there's something special about it.
Yes. Very poignant. No humour, just respect and reflection on the threads of fate. You could see in his eyes...something painful there.
jup. No amount of training can make you shrapnelproof. That hit unexpectedly hard.
@@leod-sigefast Mr. McDonald often has quite a jovial attitude throughout these interviews, even when discussing moments of incredible terror, so to see him suddenly get incredibly serious like that ... well, it _is_ an incredibly serious matter.
“Whats it like being shelled?”
“Mm so” 😂😂
5\5 Would do again...
Reminds me of Adrian deWiart who got shot multiple times and shrapneled and lost his eye and said "frankly, I enjoyed the war"
If you like that, it gets better at 25:00.
@@firingallcylinders2949 That guy was a mad lad!
@@firingallcylinders2949 you won't get Joe showing you the injuries he says he got, got he don't have any. He's the epitome of stolen Valor, the guy is an unpalatable fraud and it's sad people can't see through his lies and stories. Third video in a row he's criticised ppl and made himself look good. Got a commendation, kept his head while everyone else is in panic, so expert at shelling he can drink coffee while he sends everyone else to the bunker. Had multiple mortar land at about five feet away and survives no bother. Quotes band of brothers to big himself up. When a guy grins throughout his talking you know he's enjoying his own bullshit and getting off on having someone else buy it all. Pathological liar.
Thank you for doing the interview, it's nice to get some insight first hand on what goes on
He reminds me a bit of the character Lister from Red Dwarf.
Thanks for what you did and are still doing for freedom for us all mate..
This bloke is just gold, they way he explained people pulling down in the helmet and screaming, getting 80-90 of your body in the helmet, you always see soldiers doing that when being shelled, just human nature it is the only thing you can do XD
Usually your instinct is to get prone, it takes conscious effort to put yourself into a turtle position until you get used to it.
Source: the few times I went through mortar and rocket attacks half a lifetime ago. Nothing like what he went through.
19:18 - “There’s a good line in Band of Brothers, where I think Spears says: ‘to be an effective soldier in war, you have to accept that you’re already dead’… and I took that to heart. It’s something I agree with.
Sometimes your job, as a soldier, is to stay put - and die. And if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes. You know?
War is not about your individual story. It’s not about you charging bridges, taking positions and winning glory… it’s about what the army needs, and what the war needs.”
"Sometimes you have to got sit in a trench and smoke cigarettes so some millionaire guy that likes dancing in leather pants can launder billions in weapons contracts."
"OMG it's just like my MOOOOOOOOOOVIE! *I'm* like one of those brave guys in the Hollywood pictures!"
At least they named those little rocket launcher things after these useful soldiers...
That's why nobody should be forced to be a soldier. I only have 1 life to live, and as far as I'm concerned that trumps all the geopolitics of the world and ambitions of leaders.
@@BuzzKirill3D So everyone should just give up and surrender to an invading force?
@@datalt7873 good question. It depends. When Nazi Germany invaded Russia their rhetoric was that slavs were subhuman. Its understandable to organise and fight against an enemy who's racially motivated to subjugate you.
Great interview. What a great storyteller. Gives a feel for what it’s like to fight for freedom. Slava Ukraine
Thank you to the both of you for these interviews.
It’s crazy to hear him talk about all the bombs in the first three minutes then say “then we got to the front and it got turned up a notch “
misguided lad, beleives all the media/bbc/cnn . fake news etc.
Crazier yet is the satirical “I’m special” patch he has stitched on. Fantastic orator commendable operator, keep that fighting spirit.
Fracking hell... At first I thought "What the smeg"?!?! is this some brilliant piss take mix of Red Dwarf. Black Adder Goes Forth and Monty Python but his "knowledge" of all that criminal insanity soon revealed why the Ukranians and others fell for a treasonous stooge of a comedian...
Lol he's a nutcase . Spent the war sitting in trenches unarmed and being shelled . Might as well have been a wild rabbit . He luved it
War = 90% utter boredom + 10% pure terror. What a brilliant addition to the earlier two videos. And so clearly and sincerely explained. A brilliant story teller, and authentic witness to these events. So kind of him to share this with us all, and so perceptive and sensitive of Lindy to conduct these interviews in the 'minimalist interviewer' style that he has. Absolutely brilliant stuff. BZ
Read about the US annexation of Texas, California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico
@@chris1806 why
@@chris1806 Imagen if the US annexed the whole Mexico. Life would be much better south of the border. Just look at San Diego and Tijuana.
@@lesp315 Well on one hand the very same people who push for open borders and globalisation also push for sovereignty. Double standards and hypocrisy. It is up to the Mexican people whether they want to be Annexed by the USA. Imagine there was a referendum. You know the end result.
@@chris1806 thanks for the reminder Mr. Bot. “History” illustrating what we are supposed have grown out of in 1945!
Some people commenting he is a good actor. Noh, he is a good and great person. They say he claims to 40% hearing loss and never ask to repeat a question twice. Hearing loss is a intensity related. The other person is speaking in a decibel around 50-60 db,sitting closely in a quiet room which is quite relatable. Infact, the first easy signs of deafness is that he is talking louder than the interviewer, the person is not unable to hear the loudness of his own voice
Thanks Lindy for sharing these interviews with us. This is a conflict that has been so saturated in propaganda (going all the way back to 2014) so it is very welcome to get the common soldiers unfiltered perspective. So thanks for sharing and also thanks for keeping it strictly on topic and not devolving in to the 'we said/they said' tit for tat obfuscations that are all too common now when discussing this topic. Very professional, I hope to see more interviews like this.
I can see that Joe would have been a good bloke to share a trench with. He was probably keeping morale up with the troops around him. Sad at the thought of the randomness of death in that environment, but that's what being shelled is like, I guess. And he's right, modern armies haven't gone through that experience en masse since WWII
If he's so great why is he in England, and not at the front line? Lost forty percent of my hearing, yet never once did he ask for a question to be repeated. Funny That. He's a better actor than Zelensky.
@@jojoarpa33 um, rotating soldiers In and out has been in practice since WW1. the french tried to keep their men on the front continuously without leave and they almost mutinied. That's a dumb comment
@@jojoarpa33 Because people at war get sent back home every now and then. Happened in WW1, WW2 and any kind of sustained combat. They go back home, spend some time with family & friends, etc., and then go back in.
@@jojoarpa33 Hey look its another member of the Putin Merkin Society. Funny how people don't need to ask someone to repeat themselves when in a quiet room talking to that 1 person directly about a subject. Its always interesting how people who aren't actors can talk with great detail about a subject they are intimately familiar with. I'm sure you could do the same about wearing diapers.
@@jojoarpa33 don't worry he will be back in Ukraine, eliminating Russians, russians are going to be on the endangered species list
At 19:40 he absolutely nails it! True soldier. “Sometimes the right thing to do as a soldier is to stay put and die”.
stay put
You clearly have never been in any kind of life or death situation, if you had you would never make such a comment with so much unrestrained glee..
Wow, thank you for your service. One of the best mates i've seen on the interview
"I'm in my sleeping bag, I'm not getting out, I'm just going to lie here and see where these land. Sometimes you do." I totally get this. During the gulf war, we had air raid sirens every night. And although we knew that we could die, eventually you stop caring. Anything can be normalized if it happens enough. And you want to just sleep.
So true!
Exactly, what can you do? If a big 1 ton warhead scud lands on your position it's game over, doesn't matter how deep you dig your shell scrape.
Did the Iraqis actually fire a shot in the gulf war?
@@djharto4917 The ground forces? Pretty much no. But it took a while to get to that point. Despite the legends we now hold to be gospel, the initial air war was quite a fair fight. Every few years I check Wikipedia, and the number of Allied losses they've admitted to, grows. Currently, we're up to the Allies losing 75 aircraft. Iraq lost 36... but lost 254 on the ground. Probably because the Allies had 3 times the air power. But Iraq didn't lose 3 times as much. Depends how you slice it. How you perceive or justify one narrative over another. In the beginning, there was no reason to think the Iraqis weren't a threat. I was in Ras Tanura, next to Daharan. Up until the last day of the war, Iraq was a threat. A missile hit the Daharan barracks and killed 100s of soldiers on I think it was the last day. War is nasty for everyone, and theres no such thing as a safe war where everyone is OK.
This guy feels like a bloke you can find in the local pub and talk with him everyday and never find out he was actually in a war. Also his story of being "nuked"reminds years ago when there was a big earthquake near where I lived and I was on the 10th floor so the shaking was immense. Did I panic? No because I was drinking brandy and I thought to myself by the time I try to escape the building it may collapse on me. So I finished my drink and went to bed after the tremors. Is it the same thing? Fuck no but its close enough I can understand the logic.
I left Ukraine at the end of February, stood outside in really cold temperatures at the border to Poland for about 2 days. There was a terrible crowd surge and my family and I were at the front of the crowd. There was a lot of loud banging on the corrugated fencing next to our line, and in my hypothermic sleep deprivation I resigned myself to death because I thought something else more explosive was happening. It felt oddly peaceful. I protected my children but was accepting that it could be the end. On my mind the whole time was the thought that russians might missle strike refugees at the checkpoint.
About an earthquake - the first time, it's true you don't panic because you're puzzled about what's going on and your brain is looking for a logical conclusion for everything moving. I suspect you might start to panic if the quake goes on for long enough, but I haven't experienced that. The aftershock was almost more concerning - like a hundred thousand orcs stamping their feet ever more loudly and then stopping abruptly.
The second time I experienced a short quake though, I knew exactly what it was.
@@rolandfold I have experienced quite a few quakes. As for the aftershocks in this particular case it happened when I was going to bed. It was far less scarier IMO since it was weaker. So I went to bed.
Joe McDonald's insight into so much from top to bottom made by observations with no military background is both astounding and incredibly.
This man is a most rare, immesurably valuable man who I would want to be in his Outfit, to serve under him I would be both honored and follow him wherever he said "Lets Go".
This man I hope is training those going.
He will save many lives by his leadership and skills.
To borrow from him, he has The Stones. He's a rare man.
He has my greatest Respect..
These are such good interviews that I will just have to watch them all again.
Well done to all.😊
I can totally relate. I grew up in Lebanon during the civil war. I have been at the nasty end of a Dushka, AK-47, M-16, my role in that war was to be an innocent bystander (I'm very good at that). They usually dont fire at bystanders (except for snipers taking pot shots), they just spray in a general direction for god knows what reason (those firing probably don't know themselves) and we happen to be in the way. The Dushka, you actually hear the round go past you with a noise like an express train, and you have no idea how close it was. You just duck and run. We even had a grad rocket launcher firing from a position about 2 km away, the building I lived in was shaking, so yes, you might think it was really close. We were lucky that the Lebanese civil war was pretty much low intensity compared to Ukraine, calm most of the time with occasional short eruptions of violence.
I can only imagine. Dshk is has more propellant than 50 bmg, and those things are for taking out vehicles.
Glad you made it through all that mate, I hope you're doing well now.
Lighter vehicles if I may add but, Scary nonetheless.
May you be well and have chill days.
LIVING BEING IS OUR RACE, MANKIND IS OUR RELIGION, HINDU,MUSLIM,SIKH,CHRISTAIN, THERE IS NO SEPARATE RELIGION
ALMIGHTY GOD KABIR is the father of all souls that JESUS, MOHAMMAD, GURU NANAK, VEDH was telling in BIBLE, QURAN, GURU GRANTHA SAHEB
.. In OLD Orthodox Jewish Bible KABIR is mentioned...KABIR means (GREAT or MIGHTY GOD) in hebrew...but when translated in different languages translator removed KABIR word
Quran written in arabic has also KABIR word....KABIR means THE GREAT in arabic.
In vedh also KABIR is mentioned....
GURU NANAK himself described that LORD KABIR is his Guru and Lord KABIR met him..and in GURU GRANTHA SAHEB Guru Nanak called Lord kabir as kartar (GOD)
Just by reading holy books it is impossible to get depth knowledge of Holy text because we are just a living beings.. In vedhas also KABIR is mentioned...our brain isnot capable and doesnot understands the secrets behind the words and world.....GURU NANAK, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD were aware of LORD KABIR but later followers were not able to get depth knowledge
@@bibekjung7404 uh ok
Thank you for sharing your story, i can imagine how shitty it must feel to be shot at while going grocery shopping.
While the shells are falling around you have a "hamlet moment"😂😂😂... this guy is a legend
Amazing interview! Thanks so much for sharing of this man's experiences!
Please please please do more videos with him! He has lots of love here in the USA!! Hugs and kisses to you love from the south!!
Thank you both for this fantastic record of history. By my Slav powers, I can understand Russian for the most part, and to a limited extent Ukrainian as well, and I've consumed a lot of soldier interviews from this war. This one, by virtue of the interviewer and his subject, has been thoroughly engaging, felt genuine and informative, and for me it's up there with the best of them. Many thanks and greetings from Bulgaria!
It's rather simple to understand us - we're not russians. That's all to it.
And it's an offence to ruskies that we actually have a history and we don't agree with living as miserably as they do. We don't agree to our history and identity being denied. They see us as their property, like if russian empire is still alive and has any rights to us.
Like if.
@@oleksii-kozakI meant that I could in general watch interviews such as Botusov interview with "Frost". I want to make it clear that there is nothing for me to understand with ебаните руснаци. They come with blood and you only get rid of them by blood. Ukraine and her heroes get the Слава, as they are fighting for freedom beyond their own. Дякуемо!
@@mmitak understood, mate! I believe the interview you're mentioning is actually recorded in russian (since there's a lot of fighting folk around speaking russian), that's why it might have been more understandable.
Anyway, thanks for clarification!
@@oleksii-kozak the ancient history of Ukraine be like: here was cossacks who identify themselves as Russians( example the letter of Getman Bogdan Chmelnitsky to Polish king: "мы, Богдан Хмельницкий, гетман Войска Запорожского и все войско Запорожское и весь мир христианский РОССИЙСКИЙ". And Galitsia in Polska until 18 (1793) century was named as Województwo ruskie) , reunite with Russia and until Civil War live as Russian seb-ethnos (Mallorossiyans), then bang Petlura comes to Kiev (and even Ukraine language speaker don't understand him, you can read in Bulgakov "White guard') and suddenly there a Ukraine ethnos.
@@user-yc8od7in6c you're trying to lecture on ukrainian history? Well, try better.
Try reading about Kievan Rus, about Danylo of Galicia, early Rus history. About maybe hetmans before Khmelnytsky (you spelled that wrong) and after. By the way, if you don't know about Pereyaslav Council, don't bother opening your mouth.
Bulgakov is a very reliable source, of course, yeeeah. If you even try to mention Civil War in russian empire and UPR (which you didn't), you should've remembered Gryshevsky (which AGAIN, you didn't).
All you know is random bits of su propaganda, so get lost. Don't go swaying your arrogance all over the internet, unless you're paid to do so.
Honestly... THIS interviews are a much better insight as any "NEWS" you get from western or eastern media... thank you!
100%.
Yep it's literally nonsense on both sides we need more videos like this
Biden is friends with the Russian government.
the channel willybeatingcancer has a lot of this sort of stuff hes a really cool guy too. @southpark333gaming @teilzeitpirat
@@firingallcylinders2949 what do you mean nonsense on both sides? Just out of curiosity since I'm not exactly sure what you mean.
Thank you for this first person account of the situation, much love to all
"If you're actually going to be fighting, smoking saves lives"
I get the sentiment, as someone that quit I wouldn't recommend starting but I know whenever I got stressed out, being able to light a smoke, collect my thoughts and just focus on enjoying my dart was what kept me sane while working 14 hours a day 7 days a week.
That said, I've also never been shelled, so I can't speak to how well it works for that.
nicotine... it is apparently very similiar in the focus and general calming effects that drugs like cocaine and or stims have
I've also experienced indirect fire. The psychological aspect cannot be underestimated. The sense of impotence because you cannot shoot back is great. You just have to endure it. But when your side's counterbattery starts, you cannot help but cheer in your heart.
The shouting thing really does work. Psychologically, everyone feels better, because being in a crowd of people at a concert and cheering is fun. It's the same behaviour.
Soldiers then get a little less scared at least and less likely to panic.
He’s making a joke! Classic dry humor.
Pretty much. That is why the Soviets used the "Oooraaah!" battlecry. A less known fact is that the Germans actually used it as well to boost morale, especially while storming trenches.
@@jirkazalabak1514
In the book, "Visions From A Foxhole", by WW2 US infantry veteran, William Foley, he mentions that in a mass assault the men spontaneously cry out en masse.
Yelling equalizes pressure on the ears
@@geoffgill5334it probably also minimizes the damage a pressure wave can do on the lungs, but that really only matters if you are dangerously close to the explosion.
Every day more brutal battles that humanity has not seen since the First World War...Kilometers of Trenches and Trenches...The noise of artillery that does not stop its battle, every day our soldiers kill waves of several hundred invaders, they stick impossible masses of meat, this is a huge Horde, but we fight with it, we cling to its throat and we will not let them go until they die or leave our land...
We need the best soldiers from all over the world, we are happy for you, my people are indescribably grateful to every soldier who came to fight against the Russian invasion
Ha ha
Great Job. Thank you very much for your time and effort fot this rich quality content...keep up like that.
"Smoke a few cigarettes and ehh... hope you don't die" I love this lad. If I was in a trench he'd be someone I'd want be around
3:30 the front, morters,
5:40 turteling
6:12 artillery
7:52 sounds and range of danger
10:11 enemy story
11:42 rokets
13:57 sounds
14:48 roll of artillery
16:03 more sounds
16:50 knowledge in direction and MORE SOUND
19:19 quote and situations
I added these quotes from them instead of a title cuse i though they were a little funny
23:46 "smoking saves lives"
25:00 "whats it like to be nuked"(stalemate condition then kharkiv offensive)
27:22 big fake nuke
30:10 other weppons
31:30 DIGGING
32:26 got hit by shrapnel
35:48 hearing
This guy is fighting Ukraine while his own country is getting actively invaded by relentless waves of fighting age migrants that hate his ppl. Priority of westerners is so off base.
What would men who fought in WW2 think about the UK today, their grandchildren a minority in their own capital.
Pathetic state of affairs, Russia is the last of our worries.
carkevi is very interesting spelling. I'd suggest using Kharkiv instead
@@Lukas-lw4eg i know i miss spellt it but too lazy and i only put this here for my own use. Good to see its being used by others
@@Lukas-lw4eg i know i miss spellt it but too lazy and i only put this here for my own use. Good to see its being used by others
Since you're getting pulled up on your spelling OP, here you go, corrected it for you if you want to edit your post bud.
3:30 Mortars. And the front.
5:40 Turtling.
6:12 Artillery.
7:52 Sounds, and range of danger.
10:11 Enemy story.
11:42 Rockets.
13:57 Sounds.
14:48 Role of artillery.
16:03 More sounds.
16:50 Knowledge in direction and MORE SOUND.
19:19 Quotes and situations.
I added these quotes from them instead of a title cuse i though they were a little funny
23:46 "Smoking saves lives"
25:00 "What's it like to be nuked?"(stalemate condition then Kharkiv offensive)
27:22 Big fake nuke.
30:10 Other weapons.
31:30 DIGGING!
32:26 Got hit by shrapnel.
35:48 Hearing.
I've watched all three videos now, and I gotta say Mr. McDonald is a typical soldier, but with a storytelling flair. I've not been to war but have served in the US military in between conflicts (my timing was indescribably spot-on). He sounds like every one of the guys with whom I've served that had seen combat (Korea, Vietnam): great stories, funny jokes, and a certain take on life that's a little different. While I was watching, I saw that he was speaking of Kaliber missiles; so I have a little joke for you: what do you call a Kaliber missile that just blew up? An Ex-Kaliber.
Yeah. Pretty bad. I'd leave now but have one more thing to say. At the end of the video you were asking about suggestions on what alternatives these dudes could employ as a distraction instead of smoking; well, the obvious one for a soldier in the field would be *drum roll*.............................porn.
I'll see myself out now. Keep up the good work, Lindybeige.
This guy has an awesome sense of humor, im.sure that's a necessity. I pray he keeps it for a LONG time
The veterans of WW2 are getting rare, and not much people can articulate what it is to be in war.. This fella is very articulate. Very good series here Lindybeige, thumbs up!
very interesting cowardy brit
@@eliotness4029 He's an ignorant adventure seeker who went to fight in a war he didn't even bother to learn about.
Absolutely disgusting.
@@FreshGreenMoss not adventure seeker but money lover, Mercenaries receive between $500 and $1,000 a day from American taxpayers.
@@eliotness4029 Even the English ones ? That really is disgusting. No wonder the DPR are giving them the death sentence.
This guy is so cheerful it's easy to forget how extremely badass he is.
So casual about what most soldiers who went on some smaller missions would retell as major mind blowing war stories.
I've met a guy as cheerful as Joe who had 40 confirmed kills and I wouldn't guess he is even in the military at the first place. 128th assault brigade of the AFU, had an opportunity to meet them during this March. Solid guys with great sense of humor.
I wouldn't call him "badass". I'd call him an idiot
So badass he fights on the side of Nazis. Yeah, he's great.
@@gregor9189 if you didn't get the memo (which is understandable, it's only been circulating for a couple years now): it's the Russians who are the fascists now.
@@gregor9189 Even nazi's can be badass (even if fighting for the wrong cause) no?
"Fair enough, so...er....what's it like to be NUKED?" Bro I died
This is an amazing story here. There's not enough information about what's actually going on in the war, and hearing this story gives you such a good amount of context for what is happening. Thanks to him for all he's doing to help Ukraine and fight the russians. Sending a donation. And thanks to lindy for giving this man a well deserved platform and being such a good interviewer.
The start of the video sounds so steriotypical of a British soldier:
Big thing go boom - we run into forest
More things go boom - we hide
Things go boom more - we hide more
Then things stop go boom - we look around and make tea
Because everything seems better after a nice cup of tea!
Perfect ❤
British ish
*sips tea as artillery comes in* "Don't worry, it's not for us!"
I can listen this man's experience for hours and hours.
Great storytelling skills.
Ditto
Дякую Джо та таким як Джо, хто допомагає боронити Україну зі зброєю в руках.
он вовремя свалил ибо запахло жаренным
Defend UKRAINE?
I do think that this series of interviews will go down in history as a important source many many years from now. Thank you for saving this interview.
Telegram channels has tons of war footage
Lol this is comedy gold . He sat in trenches and made bombing noises without a weapon and made tea . Might as well have been a wild rabbit . Hilarious
Thanks from Ukraine. What a lovely chap. Thank you for your service, Joe. And thank you Lindy, for you as usual lovely presentation! Maybe one day I could treat both of you to a glass or two of fines Ukrainian beer and whisky! Cheers! Будьмо!
Joe is such a likeable bloke. I'm glad he got back to the UK safely, and I'm fascinated by what he has to say about his experiences. Thanks for sharing Joe and thanks Lloyd for arranging and doing these interviews!
Such an excellent interview!
That turtle tactics are genus I wonder why they didn't teach us about it. Well everyone knows that screaming really loud scares any artillery round away and this will keep you safe.
Big Mac you mad bastard!glad to see you got home safe. thank you for reflecting on the legion experience from a realistic view point,from former platoon commander honeybadger.slava Ukraini!
That's some quality content, Lloyd. I'm actually one of the polish guys doing the supply runs mentioned in the video. I noticed that lately you became quite interested in the topic of Russo-Ukrainian war, so if you want to know the perspective of an amateur smuggler active from the day one of this conflict, I'd be more than happy to help. Cheers!
I'd love to hear your tales
Sounds fascinating
Good lad
How do you feel fighting, dying and having your country used by your mater U.S.A? Russia is not your enemy, wake up save your children.
@@alexkimmey 😂 you like war tales remember you guys lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, what stories did you hear about killing innocent children and mothers, destroying millions of lives all for lies and still no accountable and or learning.
Most cavalier person.... Ever!
I cannot wait until I enlist in the UVB/Foreign unit
Making tea after shelling means this man is a legit Brit.
We all need to have this gentleman’s attitude about life. Bad things happened and he moves on. He doesn’t seem to dwell on it. Just moves on. I respect that.
I was once working on a surveillance camera system on a ammunition disposal facility where they destroyed old FAK 88 Rounds and one went off, I was on a lifting Plattform around 500m away and felt a hit in the chest from the shockwave. It was tremendous and I don’t want to imagine how real shelling feels like. Probs to the hero in front of us and I hope he and his comrades are always well and have enough tea!
''and have enough tea''
cause its the only thing they will ever get for going head on like fools in a conflict they knew nothing about
Stepan banderas was Ukrainian and he was a general for the nazees. He led multiple genocides in poland hes responsible for 250k jewish deaths. Ukraine built statues for him and renamed streets after him. They even have a national holiday that they have parades for. Theis is not the country u think it is and they shouldnt b getting western support.
I could listen to this guy all day!
These videos provide an important individual perspective on the war and in addition to videos made by Perun are a godsend to better understand what's likely one of the most significant events to happen in my lifetime. Many thanks for these interviews and especially to Joe. He's certainly done more to defend democracy than I ever have in the voting booth.
Check out Willy Oam's channel for more interviews with guys actually on the ground .Unpopular opinion coming up.......:IMO Perun's analysis is worthless. He is ladling out wordy powerpoints of the bleeding obvious (equipment gets destroyed and armies suffer casualties in war.....who knew?) whilst sucking up and blowing out industrial grade propaganda.
Listening to the accounts of actual foot soldiers, none of them tell a story that actally aligns with the 'Russians are being beaten easily" narrative.
What Ukrainian democracy? Lmfao
Joe Macdonald is such a damn good storyteller. I hope there are a lot more videos with him.
My grandpa fought in WWII. He never spoke about his experiences though. There's a line of thought saying that the ones who talk the most, saw the least.
@@MrFreeGman He's the epitome of stolen Valor, the guy is an unpalatable fraud and it's sad people can't see through his lies and stories. Third video in a row he's criticised ppl and made himself look good. Got a commendation, kept his head while everyone else is in panic, so expert at shelling he can drink coffee while he sends everyone else to the bunker. Had multiple mortar land at about five feet away and survives no bother. Quotes band of brothers to big himself up. When a guy grins throughout his talking you know he's enjoying his own bullshit and getting off on having someone else buy it all. Pathological liar.
@@MrFreeGman Yeah, Joe basically said as much in the videos. He was only there for 7 months, whereas WW2 went on for 6 years. Joe also said he had spent a bunch of that time training, being ill, and working at the command post.
He's not trying to come off as a war hero here. He's just saying "I went to Ukraine to fight, got bombed a bit, fought a bit, here's what happened."
@@Crowbars2 but that's the thing, he is painting himself as some big shot hero when the truth is he never left a command post, did a bit of training and had belly ache. Everything else is fiction, and Lloyds filming hours of fiction. Sad as fuck.
@@Crowbars2 yes but for a lot of the 6 years for the western allies there wasn’t much fighting. 1940 up up until D Day 1944 the majority was done on the east.
Excellent interviewer. Asked a question let him talk never interrupted, professional. 🍻
"lucky" is right. Good for you. Glad you are alive.
Fascinating stuff! I'd love to hear more interviews like this with other soldiers
This one is interesting, an account from a Swedish volunteer. ; ruclips.net/video/lbDNRMfABWg/видео.html
You mean more actors. Most who fought on the front line are dead.
@@jojoarpa33 More like.
@@jojoarpa33, so brave you are. But I wouldn’t trust internet anonymity that much.
@@jojoarpa33 lol no proof
As a Ukrainian I can just say - Magnificent series of interviews! Thanks!
@@cobrazcd What kind of sick mind thinks that 360,000 deaths are something to be laughed at?
So did you get drafted?
I love it that both chaps have a great sense of humour. “If you scream a bit when you’re being shelled, I’ve heard that helps.” 😂👏❤️. EDIT You might want to turn the union flag round, by the way.
Keeping your mouth open is also important to deal with the effects of concussions from explosions
Thank you International Legion! Thank you channel!
If there's anything I could bring into war; a British Sense of Humor!
Thank you for the service Big Mac! It may not be for my country but with yours and so many others honorable act of volunteering, it may very well keep the aggressors away from here and so many other places.
These have been a privilege Lloyd! Thank you. o7
This guy is the epitome of a good british soldier.
He is going to need an ear trumpet in a few years time.
*mercenary
@@Nodsaibot Russian Batty boy 😂..... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@Nodsaibot Mercenaries are soldiers as well (Ukrainian foreign legion doesn't fall under the definition of a merc unit either btw)
@@SEIKOAE86 of course we must ALL eat the propaganda or we are russian, you pro war maniacs are wired the same
Love Joe's description of being under missile attack. "Big thing go boom". I was a US Army Infantry SGT. I love Joe McDonald. He really speaks the language of the Grunt!
I love this guy. Unflappable, for.thright, humorous on top of it all. Admirable. Thanks for putting this interview together.
i haven't heard a more pleasant interview in my life :)
This is a fantastic style of video for you Lloyd, and I for one would be very interested in seeing more interviews from other folks who've experienced unique times or lived through somewhat different experiences than your average person.
Maybe from the troubles or Sarajevo
@@folvr Sarajevo would be very interesting! French Foreign Legion as well? That'd be good
@@pauldavison3426 the stories from the balkans are pretty heavy...
I dont understand why someone goes to war in a foreign country. The french Legion is part of their army and excellent trained soldiers, not civilians like in Ukraine , thats close to canon fodder in Ukraine.
@@semperfidelis3432
It had one of the largest well equipped armies on the planet.
Billions of those arms were sold off after the fall of the USSR, but youd also wonder why a country with a population of 40 million would need civilians from Britain.
He wasnt there for long.
This interview was advertised as he left.
This interview was already agreed before he left.
It seems the whole purpose of going there was for a 3 hour interview to be seen by 1.22 million subscribers.
A civilian cannot go over there, get given a rifle , get stuck in for a few weeks and then come home.
I remember when people on social media were rooting for Donbass, there were foreigners trying to advise civilians to NOT show up unless they had some of the language and skills to offer, or else theyd just end up clearing up rubble like any other civilian (at their own expense).
Civilians, or even soldiers with no language or experience will be just a huge inconvenience.
I believe its just PR.
Its why hes still wearing that spotless uniform
This man could certainly write an interesting memoir.
You have to do more videos with this guy. All three videos so far are great 👍 Thanks for sharing 👍👍
I really enjoyed it thanks.