Badass Week: Leo Major and His Balls of Solid Steel

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    Leo Major was a French Canadian man born in 1921. He probably didn’t think he was going to be more of a hero than the average soldier when he joined up with the Canadian Army at the start of World War II-supposedly he simply joined up because he wanted to show his father, with whom he had a shaky relationship, that he could do something to be proud of.
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  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  6 лет назад +53

    Now that you know the story of Leo Major and his balls of solid steel check out this video and find out about Forgotten History- The Battleship Built in Union Square:
    ruclips.net/video/aWa1kXzCk9g/видео.html

    • @DChuck
      @DChuck 5 лет назад +3

      The fact that I'm Canadian and never learned about this guy in school is unacceptable!

    • @Keboomrang
      @Keboomrang 5 лет назад +2

      Quebecois Rambo

    • @Keboomrang
      @Keboomrang 5 лет назад

      If this Quebecois was an anglo-saxon, he would received 2-3 victoria-cross... fuck the Queen!

    • @joshfritz5345
      @joshfritz5345 5 лет назад +2

      We're not surrounded, we're just in a target rich environment

    • @zainulzainul1880
      @zainulzainul1880 5 лет назад +1

      Today I Found Out They say ' sometimes , the truth is stranger than fiction ' . And no Hollywood writer would dare create fiction of this sort of feats .

  • @Zonic0000
    @Zonic0000 6 лет назад +656

    Man with balls massive enough to be qualified as binary stars system

    • @SaltineChips
      @SaltineChips 6 лет назад +2

      Right?

    • @morsecodereviews1553
      @morsecodereviews1553 6 лет назад +3

      super leo lol clever

    • @raaston9761
      @raaston9761 6 лет назад +5

      super leo agree but i think its masive enough to qualify as dimensions

    • @winterweasel425
      @winterweasel425 6 лет назад +8

      when in doubt, remember this great french canadian word wich takes up 1/5 of our language
      TABARNAK!

    • @DelireWeb
      @DelireWeb 5 лет назад +1

      @@winterweasel425 And when Léo says "TABARNAK" the earth is shaking

  • @irispostema
    @irispostema 6 лет назад +586

    I live in Zwolle and we have a road named after him!

    • @abxorb
      @abxorb 6 лет назад +49

      Robin the Rabbit The Leo Majorlaan! (I also live in Zwolle.)

    • @bastobasto4866
      @bastobasto4866 6 лет назад +36

      yay then you can meet up and fuck together

    • @bastobasto4866
      @bastobasto4866 6 лет назад +16

      and i can watch

    • @lesslisilverman
      @lesslisilverman 6 лет назад +13

      You're a moron.

    • @artsy2502
      @artsy2502 5 лет назад +1

      Wacht, welke wijk dan?

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean 6 лет назад +219

    Leo Major: "As of this morning, there is no enemy presence in Zwolle."
    Commanding officer: "We noticed."

    • @709mash
      @709mash 4 года назад +1

      Love it!

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 6 лет назад +211

    "We got a dangerous recon mission sir."
    "Eh send the one eyed scout"

    • @realcanadiangirl64
      @realcanadiangirl64 3 года назад +8

      I'm Canadian and we would say "send the one eyed scout Eh" 🇨🇦

    • @justsomemustachewithoutaguy-
      @justsomemustachewithoutaguy- 2 года назад +2

      @@realcanadiangirl64 im from canada and you forgot some stuff, we woulda said "eh oi fuck bud, just send the one eyed scout over to deal with em tings so we can watch hockey"

    • @ataylor6460
      @ataylor6460 Год назад +1

      A Canadian puts the eh at the end, including making derisive retorts.

  • @okkk934
    @okkk934 3 года назад +36

    I’m Canadian, we studied the holocaust. How didn’t I learn about him till now? This guy needs to be in our textbooks. They don’t talk about Canada’s role in WWII enough

    • @bartwilson2513
      @bartwilson2513 10 месяцев назад +2

      Leo Major kept his war life mostly secret, even from his family. It wasn't until DECADES later when a journalist knocked on the family home door to speak with Leo, did his family and the rest of Canada find out the extent of his bravery.

  • @XAbbeldydooX
    @XAbbeldydooX 6 лет назад +865

    This dude should have a movie made about him.

    • @TheMajorStranger
      @TheMajorStranger 6 лет назад +135

      They tried to get a script accepted but no one in hollywood accepted to make the movie. Apparently it was to unbelievable for them.

    • @t.maxwell8618
      @t.maxwell8618 6 лет назад +48

      TheMajorStranger but action movies where heroes survive multiple explosions are realistic or people getting hit multiple times to the head and not getting koed(well in bocing that can happen but normally one hit to the head is enough for ko? I am so sad, i would have enjoyed watching a film about this unrealistic story...

    • @CrimsonTide001
      @CrimsonTide001 6 лет назад +67

      Since its a Canadian it won't be made, did you see what they did to Argo? Its also why you'll never see the war of 1812 from the Canadian side (Brock and Tecumseh were just as badass as this guy).

    • @snek9353
      @snek9353 6 лет назад +31

      TheMajorStranger hit the nail on the head. It's too unbelievable to be told as a true story, there's actually a fair amount of stories like this that don't get told in the way they should, Roy Benavidez comes to mind. These should be our popular heroes not celebrities, ball players, and fictional characters.

    • @SaltineChips
      @SaltineChips 6 лет назад +5

      TheMajorStranger So was Hacksaw Ridge

  • @HaumcasKaerlion
    @HaumcasKaerlion 6 лет назад +309

    Yep a hero! If my mind isn't doing me tricks his own family only found out in 1968 what he had done when a Dutch delegation finally found him after years of searching for him. After asking him why he kept all this to himself, he said something like "Well, nobody would believe me."

    • @andreraymond6860
      @andreraymond6860 6 лет назад +13

      I read something similar from his son before he died of cancer.

    • @BWBDCan
      @BWBDCan 3 года назад +10

      In ways it is hard to believe all that he did. But we have records and such to prove it happened. As a Canadian this man is our badass of war. Should have got a VC in Korea.

    • @jean-rochdion4898
      @jean-rochdion4898 2 года назад +11

      @Sam Chau is wife didn't untill that moment and she's the one who asked this question!! he said "would you believe me?" she said no!😉
      Nice and humble man I serve in the same unit same recon pletoon! 2R22R je me souviens

  • @GatorScientist
    @GatorScientist 6 лет назад +1622

    His father still probably thought he wasn't good enough.

    • @GatorScientist
      @GatorScientist 6 лет назад +10

      Jacob Barron ~ Yep

    • @frac
      @frac 6 лет назад +52

      I think I detect some unresolved family issues....

    • @GatorScientist
      @GatorScientist 6 лет назад +56

      Fracture ~ Nope, totally resolved. Sometimes you just have to accept certain family members can be jealous asses.

    • @nodustollens9183
      @nodustollens9183 6 лет назад +2

      ゲーター 科学者 Kafka over here

    • @absurdjoebob
      @absurdjoebob 6 лет назад +1

      ゲーター 科学者 ~ Mind if I copy your way of replying I really like it

  • @dsutton777
    @dsutton777 3 года назад +32

    Leo doesn't accept medals.. medals accept him 🏅

  • @MyLateralThawts
    @MyLateralThawts 6 лет назад +315

    In the town of Zwolle, the One Eyed Man is King!

    • @SimonRancourt
      @SimonRancourt 6 лет назад +13

      Christian Unger A street bears his name.

    • @nodustollens9183
      @nodustollens9183 6 лет назад +23

      Sounds like a badass metal song

    • @CheeseLord
      @CheeseLord 6 лет назад +13

      @sabaton *hint hint wink wink*

    • @andreraymond6860
      @andreraymond6860 6 лет назад +4

      I believe it is the main boulevard of the town actually.

    • @piranha031091
      @piranha031091 6 лет назад +2

      Hail to the king, Baby!

  • @ajhail3488
    @ajhail3488 6 лет назад +565

    i wonder if he ever reached the rank of major. that would make him Major Major

    • @dougmoore6612
      @dougmoore6612 6 лет назад +69

      Guy Wit a goat, in the Navy I knew a Midshipman Shipman, Seaman Spray, and Sergeant Major (Marine).

    • @hamos4744
      @hamos4744 6 лет назад +92

      "Sergeant Major" I'm sure that confused new guys.

    • @ABW941
      @ABW941 6 лет назад +53

      Seaman Spray? it must have been such a relief when he got a higher rank.

    • @dougmoore6612
      @dougmoore6612 6 лет назад +41

      He was in my first barracks after Boot Camp. Every day liberty call was announced over the 1MC at 1600. Invariably, at 1550 we would hear, "Seaman Spray to the quarter deck. Seaman Spray."

    • @themadhammer3305
      @themadhammer3305 6 лет назад +21

      Doug Moore I'm sure the new guys must have thought Sargent major made up his last name to fuck with them

  • @jasonflay8818
    @jasonflay8818 6 лет назад +258

    The town of Zwolle was taken with no civilian or military casualties ...... Except for the German troops that had the misfortune to encounter Major!

    • @johncrafton8319
      @johncrafton8319 6 лет назад +31

      Except for Major's partner.

    • @shmander
      @shmander 6 лет назад +4

      Willie died on the outskirts of Zwolle so i don't think it counts

    • @TheNacropolice
      @TheNacropolice 6 лет назад +6

      To quote an exchange from Hellsing abridged.
      The Doctor: "Our soldiers are literally being slaughtered".
      The Major: "Who gives a shit, they're Nazis"

    • @TP-tc7vp
      @TP-tc7vp 6 лет назад +1

      The recon mission had casualties. The invasion of the city, slated for the next day with an initial artillery barrage, instead had no casualties due to the few the night before that prevented the need for artillery.
      It was worded correctly, you guys are assuming he referred to the recon mission as part of the invasion

    • @puppykicker6701
      @puppykicker6701 5 лет назад +1

      @@TP-tc7vp
      Don't invasions usually start with some sort of recon?
      If so, then it could be argued that the recon was the first step of the invasion.
      This is not to say, of course, that all recon is part of an invasion, but that invasions do typically begin with some sort of recon.

  • @cheesystylewot1984
    @cheesystylewot1984 6 лет назад +136

    Finally. Someone is talking about him

  • @francoisrousseau2202
    @francoisrousseau2202 6 лет назад +48

    This bad ass soldier is buried in Longueuil south of Montreal. I need to pay respect to that guy.

    • @gryph01
      @gryph01 3 года назад +2

      Me too.

  • @louis-ericsimard7659
    @louis-ericsimard7659 2 года назад +12

    3 years ago you were the first RUclipsr to produce a video about him, others followed your lead. In the last few days the Quebec government -- given the renewed interest -- decided to name a major road after him. Thank you !

  • @user-ns3vs3bp3e
    @user-ns3vs3bp3e 6 лет назад +635

    So this guy was basically ww2 punisher right lol cleared an entire battalion by himself

    • @philllllllll
      @philllllllll 6 лет назад +33

      123 456 More like Nick Fury than Punisher. With the eyepatch and everything.

    • @cropathfinder
      @cropathfinder 6 лет назад +11

      You haven't heard of the guy who charged the germans with a claymore

    • @user-ns3vs3bp3e
      @user-ns3vs3bp3e 6 лет назад +3

      cropathfinder you mean Jack Churchill? The guy that was captured by the Germans... not following your logic here

    • @mikemarks6136
      @mikemarks6136 6 лет назад +1

      Flying Toaster i just said this lmao man was legit a real life nick fury

    • @mikemarks6136
      @mikemarks6136 6 лет назад +1

      MMO-Grind3r go look at the original nick fury

  • @zintyderfel
    @zintyderfel 6 лет назад +295

    Thank you so much.
    He isn’t even listed in the Canadian museum of war, last time I checked, I hope more people knowing about this amazing man will make him noticed.

    • @JustJohnny
      @JustJohnny 6 лет назад +62

      You didn't notice the two massive cannon balls on display?

    • @Nick007Gaming
      @Nick007Gaming 6 лет назад +7

      Yeah.. thats strange. I was at the museum in Ottawa

    • @Kamfrenchie
      @Kamfrenchie 6 лет назад +18

      i've been told it's because he was for quebec independance

    • @ChrisWilson999
      @ChrisWilson999 6 лет назад +28

      I'm not so sure this guy couldn't have liberated Quebec alone.

    • @jasonfenton8250
      @jasonfenton8250 6 лет назад +26

      The man wasn't afraid to speak his mind, he refused to receive medals from Montgomery himself because he didn't like the man, and said as much. No doubt he pissed off the higher ups.

  • @phillipbraham7847
    @phillipbraham7847 6 лет назад +81

    On hill 335 he was calling airstrikes on himself then moving away from the position, also he broke his back at some point but went AWOL and rested up with a Dutch family for a while before returning to duty ............proper badass

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 4 года назад

      That was around the time of the half track affair in Normandy.

    • @kenmolinaro
      @kenmolinaro 4 года назад +7

      Broke both ankles, 4 ribs, and his back in 3 places. 28 days later he was back on duty.

    • @kozlav
      @kozlav 3 года назад +6

      Correction! He was actually calling artillery and mortar fire on his position every time the Chinese were on the verge of overtaking them, not air strikes! That being said, it's unfortunate how his insane Zwolè feat just overshadows how he found a way to input a real life cheat code to somehow retake and hold that hill despite facing 2 whole Chinese DIVISIONS.... being outnumbered by well over 1:2000

    • @michellambert3936
      @michellambert3936 3 года назад +2

      About the time he went AWOL : he actually managed to run away from the hospital with a broken back because the doctors were really going to send it back this time.

    • @jean-rochdion4898
      @jean-rochdion4898 Год назад +3

      Hill #355 nick name Little Gibraltar

  • @echowolf5638
    @echowolf5638 6 лет назад +45

    Boot: Seems awfully dangerous don't you think?
    Leo: This is just a walk in the woods.
    Boot: But you're walking into the middle of a town!
    Leo: Sunday stroll then.

  • @RichardsWorld
    @RichardsWorld 6 лет назад +240

    He is a much better Canadian than Justin Bieber. That's for sure.

    • @stmaurice2045
      @stmaurice2045 6 лет назад +6

      Richard's World Traveler
      Yes, but you have to forgive Justin Bieber. He's only half French-Canadian.
      ethnicelebs.com/justin-bieber

    • @lrd.suckme4513
      @lrd.suckme4513 6 лет назад +18

      Every. Single. Other. Canadian... is better than Beiber.

    • @winterweasel425
      @winterweasel425 6 лет назад

      only living ones, we have some dead assholes sent by the british to give smallpox infested blankets to the natives.

    • @winterweasel425
      @winterweasel425 6 лет назад

      yeah but they gae that to allied tribes, and fyour gonna kill somoene you could at least just shoot em

    • @Trillock-hy1cf
      @Trillock-hy1cf 6 лет назад +4

      I would suggest that every normal person in the world is much better than that baby faced cretin.

  • @Infrared73
    @Infrared73 6 лет назад +6

    I visited Zwolle two years ago and was a bit surprised to see a Canadian Flag flying where I would expect to see a Dutch Flag. I had just arrived and was tired so I didn't look into it until the next day. I wish I had taken a picture then. That was when I learned of the story of Leo Major. As a Dutch Canadian, I was both proud and grateful.

  • @Knight_Astolfo
    @Knight_Astolfo 6 лет назад +172

    Duke Nukem would be proud.

    • @Menuki
      @Menuki 6 лет назад +13

      Seraephus more like BJ Blaskowich from Wolfenstein

  • @alexseguin5245
    @alexseguin5245 6 лет назад +53

    From what I heard, French Canadians had a reputation of being ruthless on the battlefield. Hearing about this guy, I can understand why.

    • @SimonRancourt
      @SimonRancourt 5 лет назад +13

      In WWI the 22nd Canadian Regiment the only French-Canadian regiment was so good, it was later (1922), given the title ; "Royal" by the British crown.

    • @stephenle-surf9893
      @stephenle-surf9893 5 лет назад +5

      Being Canadian i can't help think at the end of his attacks, he looks back at the slaughter he's left behind him and said sorry about that class people

    • @vincentlefebvre9255
      @vincentlefebvre9255 4 года назад +1

      @@SimonRancourt C'était un bataillon en 14-18 . Quelques annés après il fut décidé d'augmenter le nombre d'hommes pour en faire un régiment .

  • @PABeaulieu
    @PABeaulieu 6 лет назад +24

    Léo Major deserves to be the subject of a movie.

    • @lexsduck6892
      @lexsduck6892 5 лет назад

      Hollywood would decline saying its simply not realistic

    • @TheNightlessFall
      @TheNightlessFall 4 года назад

      @@lexsduck6892 *COUGH! RAMBO! COUCH!*

    • @ThePhantom712
      @ThePhantom712 3 года назад

      Vasily Zaitsev had his own movie Enemy at the gates.

  • @rogerlafaille9938
    @rogerlafaille9938 4 года назад +4

    I'm from Zwolle this man is a bloody hero

  • @ferociousfil5747
    @ferociousfil5747 5 лет назад +12

    You forgot a part of the story where he was helping a padre recover dead bodies and the truck they where travelling on rolled on a mine breaking Leo's back and killing the padre. He was in a field hospital waiting to go back to England with his war over when he escaped and rejoined his unit to continue the fight. He also called artillery on his own position in defense of the hill in Korea.
    He was quite the character and is buried in a military cemetery in Pointe Claire(a burrough of Montreal). The city of Zwolle name a main artery after him and his story is very well alive there as he saved this beautiful city from being shelled by Canadian artillery that would of most likely cause lots of civilian casualties...RIP Leo Major.You earned it!

  • @kirtil5177
    @kirtil5177 6 лет назад +12

    a one-eyed soldier making a garrison of soldiers flee from their position
    sounds like a backstory to any army themed single player games

  • @987946216430
    @987946216430 6 лет назад +36

    Great Canadian story, Thanks for sharing this, I wasn't aware of this great man and the amazing tale along with it. Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan.

  • @AHDBification
    @AHDBification 5 лет назад +8

    I love that he pissed on Monty's medal, too. Courage and conviction. No need for fame, just a job well done.

    • @dross2172
      @dross2172 2 года назад +2

      Well, it didn't take long for Canadian, Aussie and Kiwi troops to find out that Monty was an idiot who didn't mind the shedding of blood as long as it wasn't British blood. Monty needlessly and recklessly sacrifices thousands of men from the aforementioned troops in some sick and twisted ways while accomplishing absolutely nothing. That is why, even today, commonwealth troops are wary of foreign generals commanding their ranks even if they are engaged together in fighting the same enemy.

  • @timothyissler3815
    @timothyissler3815 5 лет назад +16

    As a Canadian, I have so much to brag about from this video, but the kicker for me was the Korean War one:
    Thousands of Americans vs. thousands of Chinese, America loses.
    20 Canadians vs. thousands of Chinese, Canadians win.
    The Spartans really said: "This is Leo Major!"
    Tim Hortons turns your balls to steel.
    Eh

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 5 лет назад

      The problem is what Tim Hortons does to your gut these days. It's also not even Canadian-owned anymore.

  • @math2222322
    @math2222322 6 лет назад +12

    That guy has been my hero for so many years and the reason why i enlisted in the Canadian armed forces. Honorable and brave

  • @Bruno-cb5gk
    @Bruno-cb5gk 6 лет назад +29

    Finally! As soon as I heard of Badass Week, I was hoping Leo would make an appearance, and he did. Thanks!

  • @ace-kz9zd
    @ace-kz9zd 6 лет назад +50

    "If i had british officers, american engineering and canadian soldiers i could win any war" paraphrased but still real quote from winston churchill

    • @matthewjackman8410
      @matthewjackman8410 6 лет назад +3

      Cherry picking a little don't you think, Kobra?

    • @darthgorthaur258
      @darthgorthaur258 6 лет назад

      Projekt Kobra right well you have your 3 or 4 battles and well just take the two WORLD WARS....your welcome.

    • @darthgorthaur258
      @darthgorthaur258 6 лет назад

      Projekt Kobra no I definitely ment to say your. But if you think that's being smart maybe I do need to elaborate on my comment.
      In the short form, I'm saying that while you might of taken vimy ridge with "your planning" (which isn't entirely true anyway) and maybe there is one or two other battles that was won by Canadians and Aussie planning the fact still stands that neither world war would of been won if it wasn't for the British doing 80-90% of the fighting and planning. Want to argue about it just go look up which of the allied armies spent the longest time fighting and were the only ones to fight alone during the war...

    • @darthgorthaur258
      @darthgorthaur258 6 лет назад

      Projekt Kobra oh I see because you don't actually have a clue let alone any real arguments against my points your just going to pick on my dyslexia how big and brave of you.
      Right then tell me smart ass why did Canada declare war on the same day ? Could it be solely because there were part of the empire and HAD to by law? And well your at it tell me since when ha signing a piece of paper equatied to troops actually arriving to fight ? Because a load of British soilders were long dead before they even arrived.
      You've got some front to say I'm being the desrespectful one when I'm acknowledging the sacrifices made by the commonwealth soldiers well you have tryed to play down the effort made by the British in favour of some cheap pot shots to make the others look like they did more than they did. That is fucking evil your trying to give credit to people who didn't earn it while taking it away from men and boys who died for it....

    • @andreraymond6860
      @andreraymond6860 6 лет назад +1

      Lets be truthful though. The overall commander was Julian Byng... British. He was smart enough to use the troops he was given in the best, most effective way possible. He heeded their ideas and encouraged their initiatives. He didn't look down on them as mere colonial canon fodder. Pierre Burton wrote one of the great non-fiction Canadian war books about the battle. A must read.

  • @SolyomSzava
    @SolyomSzava 6 лет назад +3

    You forgot to mention that while holding that hill, he was calling in mortar support basically on his own position (so close that the mortar team could hear their own shells exploding over the radio).... that is determination.

    • @jean-rochdion4898
      @jean-rochdion4898 2 года назад

      yup and Forbes was hearing the mortar on the other side of the Mike!!! I hear the story from both man...well all my unit hear it...well it was there unit before!!! dont forgot with one eyes and a broken back!!

  • @CrazyBear65
    @CrazyBear65 6 лет назад +12

    The men and women who fought in WW2, my dad and his generation, most of them are gone now, may they rest in peace. Those still living are deserving of respect. My dad was in the battle of the bulge. He drove an ambulance. A bullet pierced his helmet, grazed his scalp, and out the other side. Knocked his helmet off. He kept on driving. He didn't get a medal for it. He was on guard duty at a MASH unit, and he killed a German commando. He didn't get a medal for that either. He was just doing what needed done. I don't care what anybody says, that's fuckin badass.

  • @abxorb
    @abxorb 6 лет назад +11

    Zwolle (where I live) has an avenue named after him, called "Leo Majorlaan".

  • @alphapennsylvania9439
    @alphapennsylvania9439 6 лет назад +49

    Death had to sneak up on him in his sleep or there would have been a fight. And major would have won.

    • @cap.deanmarcelwinchester
      @cap.deanmarcelwinchester 2 года назад

      NO. Death had to be Polite & Respectful, and ask nicely.

    • @goatyqt4553
      @goatyqt4553 2 года назад

      Death didn’t kill his friend, the Germans did.

  • @lucguillemet1011
    @lucguillemet1011 3 года назад +3

    Merci d'avoir parlé de lui / Thank you for you talking about him 😃

  • @vincynator
    @vincynator 3 года назад +2

    This man also later fought (not with guns fortunately lol) for Québec's independance from Canada. A true hero for us.

  • @danturner4709
    @danturner4709 5 лет назад +3

    God bless our Northern neighbors, I meet more than a few at the spring grand trap event in Tucson. Great people who love fresh grapefruit. I had never heard of this magnificent solder before.

  • @cascadianrangers728
    @cascadianrangers728 6 лет назад +7

    There is still a street in Zwolle named after Leo Major, and the mayor awarded an honorary citizenship in appreciation of the lone liberator.

  • @Buzzkill-wn7tf
    @Buzzkill-wn7tf 6 лет назад +3

    Being Canadian, I know there are lots of crazy Canadian war hero stories but thanks for posting this! Never heard this one before. And he did all this without a hockey stick, or Gordie Howe.

  • @ABaumstumpf
    @ABaumstumpf 6 лет назад +10

    Good thing he wasn't called William - would be strange to read in a history book that a german army was trying to beat the one eyed Willy.

  • @guillaumegiroux9425
    @guillaumegiroux9425 6 лет назад +54

    We call him "Le Rambo Québécois"

  • @drakesucks
    @drakesucks 6 лет назад +18

    This guy needs a Sabaton song.

    • @TheNightlessFall
      @TheNightlessFall 4 года назад +2

      Kill fight win
      That's what a hero should do
      Top of his game, earning his name
      He is leo major
      A true war machine
      He's a french canadian
      (Sabaton The devil dogs parody :D)
      For real, someone should to tell the story of Leo Major to Joakim.

  • @bokvarv1926
    @bokvarv1926 5 лет назад +19

    Leo Major actually died in France in 44, however death took that long to build up courage to tell him

    • @cotefabrice1801
      @cotefabrice1801 5 лет назад

      hmmm noo

    • @MrFanfois1
      @MrFanfois1 3 года назад

      is dead in 2008 au Québec

    • @claudegaumond6754
      @claudegaumond6754 2 года назад

      @@MrFanfois1 vous n'avez pas compris l'allusion au dire du médecin qui lui signifiait que la guerre était terminée pour lui.

    • @shawnclaveau4038
      @shawnclaveau4038 Год назад

      @@cotefabrice1801 c'est une blague du genre Chuck Noris

    • @cotefabrice1801
      @cotefabrice1801 Год назад

      @@shawnclaveau4038 ouais j'était trop jeune pour comprendre

  • @baldswordgaming9888
    @baldswordgaming9888 6 лет назад +30

    1 fresh Sparta meme
    2i love this guy

    • @ngamashaka4894
      @ngamashaka4894 5 лет назад

      The movie 300 was filmed in Montreal. Assassin's creed odyssey was made in Quebec city.. Everything conects :)

  • @ButtThuck
    @ButtThuck 6 лет назад +5

    All I'm picturing is some guy running down the street, screaming in a French and underhanding grenades in one hand and madly firing a Thompson with the other

    • @kozlav
      @kozlav 2 года назад

      A sten gun actually but yeah that pretty much sums it up lol

  • @pierrealexguev
    @pierrealexguev 5 лет назад +6

    As a good French Canadian, the rumor wants he went home and ordered a poutine.

  • @simonrancourt7834
    @simonrancourt7834 4 года назад +6

    Léo Major is called the French-canadian Rambo.
    - John Rambo : Thanks for the compliment.

    • @zandarzandarevic5466
      @zandarzandarevic5466 4 года назад

      What?

    • @TheNightlessFall
      @TheNightlessFall 4 года назад +1

      John Rambo: i am the hell on earth, my name is, John Rambo.
      Léo Major: hmm that's realy cute! It's sound like a fairy tale name.
      Jhon Rambo: eh, i have 5 movies.
      Léo Major: i have a true story tabarnak.

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 3 года назад

      @@TheNightlessFall
      Léo : hold my beer

    • @claudegaumond6754
      @claudegaumond6754 2 года назад

      @@TheNightlessFall Oui m'sieur!

  • @acrosstheacross677
    @acrosstheacross677 6 лет назад +2

    Today I Found Out, can we PLEASE get more Bad Ass Week weeks throughout the next year? These are incredible, and these people's tales deserve to be spoken of with high regard for centuries to come!!!

  • @pkwaker
    @pkwaker 6 лет назад +2

    Good to note, according to the Dutch Wikipedia article about him, he also single handedly captured multiple groups of around 10 Germans a time in the night he took Zwolle, only stopping sometimes to break in some house and rest a bit. He was indeed quite the bad ass.

  • @attiasprouse682
    @attiasprouse682 6 лет назад +55

    I want to know what his dad thought of all this and what became of their relationship.

    • @fhuber7507
      @fhuber7507 6 лет назад +23

      His dad probably sniffed and said: "You wasted a lot of grenades."

    • @jolihobo
      @jolihobo 5 лет назад

      F Huber LOL

    • @SimonRancourt
      @SimonRancourt 5 лет назад +4

      He didn't talk about his exploits, thinking nobody would beleive him.

  • @Slymel22
    @Slymel22 5 лет назад +19

    And the only reason history doesnt really speak about him, probly cuz he's French Canadian.

    • @paddy19656
      @paddy19656 3 года назад +2

      French Canadian, English Canadian, Native Canadian, let's keep it quiet. We may need us some day. Shhhh.

    • @stmaurice2045
      @stmaurice2045 3 года назад

      Do a search on Google or on YTube. You will find that there are many more videos and articles on Leo in English than in French. So, please, stop playing the victim.

    • @mikhaelvaillancourt8623
      @mikhaelvaillancourt8623 3 года назад

      @@stmaurice2045 there is atleast 10 french for 1 English if I type Leo major.

    • @claudegaumond6754
      @claudegaumond6754 2 года назад

      The real reason is probably that even is own wife didn't knew all the facts of his life in the army until april 1970 when he was honored by the Queen Juliana of Nederland.

    • @cotefabrice1801
      @cotefabrice1801 2 года назад

      @@paddy19656 right let’s keep it quiet 😂

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 6 лет назад +2

    The definition of a hero is someone who's tired enough, cold enough, hungry enough, or plain crazy enough to just not give a damn.

    • @paddy19656
      @paddy19656 3 года назад

      You are so juvenile. What a clown thing to say.

  • @minguyen-rl7sn
    @minguyen-rl7sn 4 года назад +1

    This man does not hesitate in combat. And survived.

  • @tawon1984
    @tawon1984 6 лет назад +3

    The thumbnail looks like Captain Steve Rogers. He's the true Super Soldier 💪👍

  • @lukefwhite
    @lukefwhite 5 лет назад +3

    Hold up my great grandpa
    served in the royal Canadian navy during D-Day ... maybe they knew each other lol

  • @LiveMusicOntario
    @LiveMusicOntario 5 лет назад +1

    Glad to see you got to Leo Major in your series. It's a good thing he could reach inside himself and effect some anger management while under stress.
    One can read between the lines that many of those German regulars saw the writing on the wall by 1944 and weren't going to resist a chance to be out of the war, even if they could only find one Canadian to usher them in the right direction.

  • @noodlehammer4551
    @noodlehammer4551 5 лет назад +1

    I remember Jingles talking about Leo. My favourite war story, makes me feel good to be Canadian.

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 5 лет назад +4

    Army: we want to give you a medal.
    Major: don't want it.
    Army: why not?
    Major: my commanding officer isn't worthy of giving it to me.
    Pay attention kids. That's how you speak truth to power.

  • @jtc1947
    @jtc1947 6 лет назад +2

    When the enemy encounters what appears to be a MAD-MAN? The figure that discretion is the better part of valor and RETREAT! The man was an absolute MARVEL!

  • @shaggysstonedagain1218
    @shaggysstonedagain1218 9 месяцев назад

    "The second one he CHOSE to accept" just that sentence right their speaks to his character and badassery

  • @Jicko1560
    @Jicko1560 6 лет назад +17

    Yeaaaaah that's what French Canadian can do! Should do a video on Louis Cyr at some point

    • @richardcyr2952
      @richardcyr2952 6 лет назад +5

      I second that. No vested interest, of course.

    • @andreraymond6860
      @andreraymond6860 6 лет назад +2

      I would like to see Joseph Montferrand's fight against 100 shiners on the Rideau river bridge.

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 4 года назад

      Already done in 2013 :
      ruclips.net/video/re-AOJ8ZlJA/видео.html

  • @redtony58
    @redtony58 6 лет назад +11

    I thought this was going to be about Lee Majors. He had bionic balls.

    • @jean-rochdion4898
      @jean-rochdion4898 2 года назад

      @Tsimpy yup Mad Jack can be one....but Léo his the GOAT

  • @daisy8284
    @daisy8284 6 лет назад +1

    I expected possible click bait but this guy really did have balls of steel!

  • @thenerdsentertainmentchann7922
    @thenerdsentertainmentchann7922 4 года назад +3

    as a Québecois this make me very proud

  • @KingKalashnikov
    @KingKalashnikov 5 лет назад +13

    When Leo's reign of terror ended, the stereotype of apologizing Canadians emerged...

    • @Rakshasa1986
      @Rakshasa1986 4 года назад +4

      Sorry about that.

    • @UNSCPILOT
      @UNSCPILOT Год назад +1

      Fear the polite man who goes to war, for those who do not, we are Sorry

  • @o.l4890
    @o.l4890 4 года назад +5

    *I'm coming from simple history SO AS YOU*

  • @annoyed707
    @annoyed707 5 лет назад +3

    Don't forget the capture of the half-track with the code book in Normandy.

  • @enoughofyourkoicarp
    @enoughofyourkoicarp 6 лет назад +1

    Gotta say, you guys are nailing it with this selection, yet another total badass.

  • @sorenkazaren4659
    @sorenkazaren4659 5 лет назад +2

    Wow. This man is legend status. My brain cannot even process everything he did.

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 5 лет назад

      And that's not everything.

  • @ttrev007
    @ttrev007 5 лет назад +4

    You made one error. There was one casualty. His buddy.

  • @binnysan
    @binnysan 4 года назад +1

    The Grim Reaper had to ask Leo politely to escort him from his bed.

  • @Nepheos
    @Nepheos 3 года назад +2

    this guy is the "challenged accepted!" meme in human form.

  • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
    @The_Republic_of_Ireland 4 года назад +3

    Americans: we are the ultimate badasses, nobody can top us
    Leo Major: that's cute

    • @peterson7082
      @peterson7082 4 года назад +2

      Most countries have their own Leo Major during the war in terms of outstanding acts under fire. The British had John "Mad Jack" Churchill plus countless Commonwealth individuals, the U.S. had 2LT Audie Murphy and CAPT Benjamin Salomon (ranks of both at the time of the former's citation for the Medal of Honor, and the latter's death ), the Finns had Simo Häyhä and Lauri Törni (admittedly his actions are more remembered for the Waffen-SS and later the Green Berets ). The Germans and Soviets of course had their own, but their names do not come to me and some information on those individuals are more hearsay than actually documented.

    • @claudegaumond6754
      @claudegaumond6754 2 года назад

      Léo was born january 23rd 1921 in New Bedford, Mass. only because his father, a railroad worker had a temporary affectation there. The family were french-canadian from Montréal. They returned in Montréal on september the same year. Sa famille habite successivement au 1351 des Érables en 1924, au 4389 Chambord en 1935, puis finalement sur la rue Frontenac à partir de 1938. Au plaisir!

  • @laurencemoore2105
    @laurencemoore2105 5 лет назад +4

    The man chuck norris turns to for advice.

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 5 лет назад

      And Chuck is sure to ask very nicely...

  • @ekramer2478
    @ekramer2478 6 лет назад +1

    It would have been a true honor to shine those solid steel balls.

  • @dianethedinosaur3228
    @dianethedinosaur3228 6 лет назад +3

    They seemed have been born a lot tougher back then. I hope his relationship with his father got better after the war.

  • @MidnightTea7
    @MidnightTea7 6 лет назад +79

    Was Captain America based on Captain Canada!?

    • @mreddyfeelgood
      @mreddyfeelgood 5 лет назад +18

      Yo captain Québec wtf

    • @NihilistAlien
      @NihilistAlien 5 лет назад +13

      Don't call Quebecois Canadians. Very bad idea.

    • @mreddyfeelgood
      @mreddyfeelgood 5 лет назад +2

      @@TheJimyyy Do you know what is a nation? You dumb fuck you dont know shit about what your talking about

    • @NihilistAlien
      @NihilistAlien 5 лет назад +5

      @@TheJimyyy they are a special ethnicity with their own culture. Most of them want to be their own nation. The only reason they are not is their location, Canada will never let the saint Laurent eharbour be independant

    • @NihilistAlien
      @NihilistAlien 5 лет назад +2

      @@TheJimyyy if you really did, you wouldn't say that out loud. All francophones want to throw Anglophones out. With good reasons.

  • @SkipTerrio
    @SkipTerrio 6 лет назад +4

    His wallet is the one that says "BAD MOTHER FUCKER" in it.

  • @gideonjones5712
    @gideonjones5712 6 лет назад +1

    Again, so many great movies could be made from these!!!

  • @cornemuse61
    @cornemuse61 5 лет назад +1

    A hometown hero kind of totally unknown here in his own country....... Later in Korea war.. This guy and 17 other fellow soldiers stayed their ground facing 4 waves of China soldier attacks in 4 days... about 14000 Chineeses soldiers..!!!
    It make me heartfull that an European country so far away still remember and honour his memory... Thanks and respect Zwolle!! Hope to have the opportunity to visit you one day... I LOVE Scandinavians countries...

    • @acebaker3623
      @acebaker3623 Год назад

      Zwolle is in Holland, not in Scandinavia. Just FYI.

    • @cornemuse61
      @cornemuse61 Год назад

      @@acebaker3623 You're right... my bad... I corrected... thanks for the heads up.. ;)

  • @WhateverNick
    @WhateverNick 6 лет назад +22

    A Canadian got cold????

    • @jblob5764
      @jblob5764 6 лет назад +8

      Nick Tan something isnt right about that part of the story. I think he was just bored

  • @jfjoubertquebec
    @jfjoubertquebec 6 лет назад +3

    Yeeeee Quebec hero :D So proud!

  • @charlesmiller6826
    @charlesmiller6826 6 лет назад +2

    Oh, Canada indeed.

  • @tomservo5007
    @tomservo5007 6 лет назад +2

    and here I am. Wake up, go to work, come home to a wife and kids that despise me ... rinse , repeat

  • @santaclausisreal8373
    @santaclausisreal8373 6 лет назад +3

    Good old Canadian boy

  • @numbcuticles5158
    @numbcuticles5158 4 года назад +3

    Leo major , the Cyclops of WW2

  • @b0wie13
    @b0wie13 6 лет назад +2

    Overall I love every video you make but bad ass week has been incredible and this guy is at the top!!!!!

  • @valerieclark4580
    @valerieclark4580 2 года назад

    An astonishing man and his hard to believe accomplishments!

  • @topshaggeralfieg9130
    @topshaggeralfieg9130 6 лет назад +5

    God damn imagine if you were one of those survivor of those 14,000 soldiers that attacked the hill, probably thinking you were up against at least 1000 or so us troops and then hearing afterwards that it was only 20

  • @dpokan
    @dpokan 6 лет назад +20

    Now I have a question that must be answered: Wolverine based on this guy?

    • @palawanrexx1331
      @palawanrexx1331 6 лет назад

      Forty-2 he is the real life logan 😁

    • @epicdude1944
      @epicdude1944 5 лет назад +3

      Forty-2 actually Don’t know for sure but I think there was a comic where wolverine and Leo teamed up.

    • @SimonRancourt
      @SimonRancourt 5 лет назад

      Both are Canadian.
      Both are badass.

    • @fumblerooskie
      @fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

      Yeah, except that Wolverine is from Alberta.

  • @olaftrettevik7196
    @olaftrettevik7196 6 лет назад +1

    Wow thanks I am genuinely impressed thank you man for the video

  • @user-hq8mx7mn3u
    @user-hq8mx7mn3u 6 лет назад +1

    testament to the fact that if you're fearless enough, you can do literally anything. treating real war like a video game is apparently a lot easier than i thought

  • @duffduffington843
    @duffduffington843 6 лет назад +3

    If I was playing a video game character that pulled all of that off, I'd probably call BS & feel like the 4th wall was broken.

  • @joshuahunt3032
    @joshuahunt3032 6 лет назад +3

    This guy’s guts don’t sound like steel. They sound more like carbon nanotubes. “Steel” is an understatement here, I feel.

  • @billswingle2672
    @billswingle2672 6 лет назад +1

    Astonishing!!!!

  • @korbiniansteger2665
    @korbiniansteger2665 6 лет назад +1

    That's really awesome, I love your Badass Week :D