@@rorycox4330 He was still around, posting vague threats through numerous means of communication. Morse code, telegram, and he was even caught spam posting on online forums that didn't even exist yet. Only discovered years later after they created it, a random folder popped up, just waiting to be opened. It was stuffed full his cryptic preface messages. Truly remarkable.
You clearly have never seen war with your own eyes, because if you have, you’d be horrified by someone who actually said he enjoyed it. Regardless of how “cool” his story seems to you, seing people being ripped to shreds around you is traumatizing to anyone with normal human psyche.
In my family we all live in his shadow. 'The General' married my grandmother and moved to County Cork in 1950. I remember him well even as a 5 yr old and am honoured to be related to him. When I need inspiration - I read his book.
Arguably the most important in war. Im no soldier, but one can only imagine that his sheer determination and vigour in battle, as a young and old man would have given hope and motivation for everyone he was fighting with. "If this one eyed amputee can still be going then what tf am I complaining about?" @@SaltNBattery
He STILL skipped the best part. For a while he retired to poland until september 1939..... when the nazis tried to SPECIFICALLY bomb his house.... when he wasnt home. He escaped the country by QUOTE: "hooking his stump arm around a hand railing of a fleeing train, while holding off nazi pursuers by firing a stolen German MP38 with his good hand" He also spent a ton of time hunting warthogs in africa after losing his hand.... with nothing but a fucking combat knife. I shit you not. This guy is what happens when a serial killer is born in the right place at the right time with the right people guiding him.
@@yougthakuri3616 it's pretty solid but even they leave out a lot of the craziest details so people will believe the story at all lol. It's like how The Revenant with Leonardo Dicaprio is not even close to how insane the REAL story of Hugh Glass is. Great flick but often times truth is more bizzare than fiction.
@@kornaros96 Whilst I DO appreciate you giving the name, as I forgot to put it in my own comment, I've listened to The War To End All Wars at least 20-30 times through. Good on you for putting the song name here though, I actually do appreciate that!
accurate as can be. Read a story about a honey badge escaping his denn. getting rowdy with a lioness. Lioness nearly killed him. weeks of recovery later. he escaped the enclosure again to ask what the cats damn issue was.
@@JesseVin11 Just messing with you man. If you knew of this mans story previously, then you get respect - he is awesome and deserves to have his story told, by all.
@@RomeWill thats possibly the most bada$$ thing, although not as flashy - despite everything he went through the bastard lived until 80-something , had a family and died peacefully
He was an absolute chad. Some other facts are: He was sent as an attache to Poland when they were fighting the Soviets in 1919 and stayed there till WW2 broke out and escaped with the Polish Government He was the one to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces in Singapore at the end of the war He didn't officially retire from military service until in 1947 he broke his back after falling down some stairs. Sabaton made a song about him rightly titled "The Unkillable Soldier"
When I was in school 20 years ago my History teacher was one of the best you could ever ask for, and would teach us about these British officers who were just absolutely bonkers. If you enjoyed this, look up "Mad Jack" Churchill... He fought WW2 with a Scottish Broadsword, and Bow and Arrows, and a set of bagpipes on his back.... ABSOLUTE Legend.
"A mortar shell killed or wounded everyone but Churchill, who was playing "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" on his pipes as the Germans advanced" this dude was playing his bagpipes with incoming mortar shells
There are so many stories of unbelievable heroism in WW2 - people today have no idea. Until I started reading about it I had no idea. Absolutely insane.
@@chronicles8324 Look out for a book called pegasus bridge - Just read it - mind blown. Also St Nazaire U boat pens raid and bordeaux canoe raid. Ridiculous. The decision and bravery to do what they successfully did is wild. I'd cry and curl up like a baby given the same odds.
Theres plenty more. History is filled with comedy. Fiction is limited to what is believable, history has no bounds. Eg. The Great Emu War, or Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. And many more. If things like that show up in fiction, it gets rejected as unrealistic. Reality is often unrealistic, or cartoonish, though.
Adrian Carton de Wiart is the great grandfather of Anthony Loyd, a British war journalist who wrote an incredible book in his time covering the Bosnian War and Chechen War while battling heroin addiction. My War Gone By, I Miss It So is the name of the book. Really recommend it. My second favorite book of all time. He dedicates a good bit of the book to discussing his family’s (including Carter de Wiart) war stories.
Thanks, just ordered it on Amazon, one hardcopy left! Cheers. What is you #1 book? I am reading Wild Bill Hickcock right now, biography that's pretty entertaining. Although I find with people like him and Ernest Hemingway, the 'legend' gets built and fictionalized over time. Kind of like you don't want to meet you hero in real life.
@@anotheroneal3380 it’s a tie between East of Eden by Steinbeck or Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Biblical allegory told in WW1 era America vs the ultimate anti-western full of visceral realities of Texas post Mexican-American War, 1848.
I read his book. His matter of fact story telling was outstanding. One hell of a soldier and a giant of a human with that dry British wit from the past century.
"Into the fire through trenches and mud Son of Belgium and Ireland with war in his blood Leading the charge into hostile barrage By design, he was made for the frontline Studied law, with a thirst for war Fought in Africa, wanted more Back in Europe then straight to France He's joining the allied advance Through the Somme and the Devil's Wood All the battles that he withstood Born a soldier, enjoyed the war He always kept coming for more Never die, shot through the eye Never surrender however they try How they try, shot through the eye He'll never die At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness An immortal soldier finds his home Proven under fire, over trench and wire No fear of death, he's unshakeable In the battles, when he was shot Kept on fighting, and never stopped In Arras, Cambrai, Passchendaele Ignoring his wounds he prevailed Save the day, he'll never stray Facing the foes that are coming his way Come his way, he'll never stray Saving the day At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness An immortal soldier finds his home Proven under fire, over trench and wire Forged for the war, he's unbreakable At the edge of madness, he will show no sadness Never broken, he'll be back for more Proven under fire, over trench and wire No fear of death, he's unshakeable"
I somehow came across Carton de Wiart's Wiki a while ago, unbelievable! I love Williamson's enthusiasm to tell the story of The Unkillable Soldier and Joe's reacation!
SISU is a movie from Finland and the word means strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. I recommend watching the movie. Its great!
as a native Finn in 3rd generation, I feel ashamed when we talk of sisu (~guts). Pick pretty much any Asian, _that's_ what I think is sisu. We get all easy compared to them, and whenever I hear a story that should be about sisu I remember at least 5 things written in history about some Asians, what they endured and still managed through it with honour.
@@edvardm4348 The you dont understand the meaning of sisu, it has very little to do with honour or exemplary service that are both highly regarded in Japan and Korea for instance. The greatest example of sisu is sometimes shown by the meekest of men without any concept of honour, exemplary sisu can be shown outside of combat aswell. You cant even put it next to "guts" even if they have the same type of feel, sisu is when you have nothing prove or to gain but you still give it your all and despite succeeding you might not get any recognition or positive feelings from it. Sisu is a Finnish mentality that only fully shows itself under the harshest of conditions and these days we live too comfortable lives for it to manifest. Its a word Finns dont take lightly or if you do you are missing the point. I dont think you can ever truly understand the Finnish mindset if you dont grasp the concept of sisu.
@@KimTheGrim I'm a native Finn in nth generation, I'm quite certain I understand what it means :D Sisu tarkoittaa sitkeyttä, kestävyyttä ja periksiantamattomuutta monenmuotoisten vaikeuksien edessä. That being said, I admit that putting "honour" to the end was unnecessary, it's not that much related, but I guess I intuitively put it there because I value that in people, standing for what they believe what is right
@@edvardm4348 Yes, i understand but those three things are just the premise of sisu for me. You can show guts in picking up girls for example but it has nothing to do with sisu, you can show honour in every day life but you cant sisu. One of the keys to sisu for me atleast is doing all those things without caring of the outcome or even if things get better. And there is no sisu without winter so maybe thats the biggest thing that sets it apart for me, you are right that Asians are the only people that i can relate to feelings of sisu and the brutality that has been experienced there might make them of stronger character but sisu has nothing to do with ethics or morality.
General Adrian Carton de Wiart was my great grandfather's all time hero! Which made me sit up and take notice as kid... Pop was a WW2 and Korea vet, who spent his entire working life in the Australian army... He was such a hard mofo, he lied about his age to enlist and escape his life as a farm hand (indentured servant basically) only to get shipped off to north Africa and almost got himself captured immediately. He was the toughest man I ever met, and that includes my dad's cousin Richard "Dick" G Fecteau , who was one of the very first CIA operatives. He was a paramilitary trainer who was training fifth pillar resistance operatives embedded in 1950s China, but their plane was shot down and he spent twenty years in a Chinese prison for his troubles. Spent the first three years being tortured, but refused to give them anything substantial or admit he was CIA, so he spent those years giving them the information of his college football team, just "to have a little fun with them, cause I figured they were gonna kill me anyway" The CIA made a film "Extraordinary Fidelity" about him and Jack Downey, the two longest serving POWs in US military history. It's actually a weird family thing on both sides, with my cousin and best mate (he's a bit older) being one of the Australian SASR's most decorated commanding officers having been awarded the Bronze Star by the USMC for his role in operating Anaconda, among a slew of other metalware they tried to take from him after the media smear jobs and war crime allegations. In the ABC reports about 3 Squadron, the C/O referred to as commander A who (allegedly) says "you better be prepared to see me put my pistol up against some c*nts temple and pull the trigger... And leave it in the theatre. Cause I don't wanna be reading about your "trauma" in the papers in ten years time" That dude is my cuz... apparently It's cool we mention that shit now. The ADF has found a PR and recruiting role, so allegations of war crimes are kinda in vogue lol That would have been fucking hilarious if you knew him, but I get why the guy who he said that to had a cry about it. My cuz said he could tell he wasn't made of the right stuff and I don't blame him. Those guys are not normal. They're not monsters, but they sure ain't normal.
I'm so happy that Carton got a mention on Joe Rogan!! He deserves to be well known about. May I highly recommend his book "Happy Odyssey". Undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary characters you will ever read about.
"We had been crawling the whole time along the English wire. They had heard us and now had come out of the trench to examine the ground in front of them. Such moments on the prowl by night are unforgettable...The safety-catch of your revolver goes back with a little metallic click- a sound that goes through the nerves like a knife. The teeth grate on the fuse-pin of the grenade. The fray will have to be short and murderous. You are aquiver with two violent sensations- the tense excitement of the hunter and the terror of the hunted. You are a world in yourself, and the dark and horrible atmosphere that broods over the waste land has sucked you in utterly to itself"....from Ernst Junger, Storm of Steel
Bingo! I was thinking about Junger during this story. Also Guy Sajer (The Forgotten Soldier) and Eugene Sledge (With the Old Breed). Or, in a different twist, Japanese fighter pilot Saburo Sakai (Samurai!) who was wounded many times and still survived the war.
Because it would seem ridiculous that he went through all that and was still alive. Imagine if you didn't know the truth and saw a movie about him. You'd be screaming at the screen, this is BS!
Because no one would take it seriously if it was a serious drama. It would have to be made into a comedy or parody and that would only be an insult to his legacy.
The general was my father's cousin's maternal grandfather. I met him in 1961 at the age of six. With his eyepatch, I thought I was looking at a pirate. According to my father he said to me..."Right my boy...always obey your father, always serve your country, and never give up whatever the odds are against you". I wish I had been older to really appreciate who I had just met!
like Blas de Lezo "the half man" the dude lost a leg an arm an eye, half of the body covered in splinters, and was still beeing one of the best commanders of the sail era.
You'd probably like "what it takes to win the V.C" by Jeremy Clarkson...pretty much all V.C winners are like this...the V C is made from captured Russian cannons. Only 15 have been awarded since WW2 with only 10 V C winners Currently living. To win a V.C you're extraordinary
Studied law, with a thirst for war Fought in Africa, wanted more Back in Europe then straight to France He's joining the allied advance Through the Somme and the Devil's Wood All the battles that he withstood Born a soldier, enjoyed the war He always kept coming for more
Carton De Wiart is the type of guy who would use a shower of bullets to clean himself, cook his pizza with a flamethrower and watch John Wick movies as an alternative for a comedy film.
I'd like to take the opportunity to honor the name and memory of Monsieur Léo Major (1921 - 2008) Fought WW2 and War of Korea. He was the real life Rambo from Québec, Canada 🇨🇦
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Many wars suffered PTSD after their experience with Adrian Carton de Wiart
That beats all Chuck Norris facts
WW3 won't even start because technology may bring back an AI Adrian Carton de Wiart
@@RQFumbles Everyone thinks the Cold War happened because of nukes when really it was because Adrian was still around
@@rorycox4330 He was still around, posting vague threats through numerous means of communication. Morse code, telegram, and he was even caught spam posting on online forums that didn't even exist yet. Only discovered years later after they created it, a random folder popped up, just waiting to be opened. It was stuffed full his cryptic preface messages. Truly remarkable.
😂😂 😂
I am absolutely in love with this man. Adrian Carton de Wiart drinks napalm to fight his heartburn.
Best Joe Rogan podcast ever
Gay!!
Sabaton made a song about this guy and its as badass as he is its called the unkillable soldier
You clearly have never seen war with your own eyes, because if you have, you’d be horrified by someone who actually said he enjoyed it. Regardless of how “cool” his story seems to you, seing people being ripped to shreds around you is traumatizing to anyone with normal human psyche.
I feel like you and Joe might both like the story of Wojtek the soldier bear who served during WW2.
"At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness, an immortal soldier finds his home!!!!"
Proven under fire
hell yeah!!!!
@@enderengineer3934over trench and wire
No fear of death, he's unshakable
@RakRescue No fear of death, he's unshakable
In my family we all live in his shadow. 'The General' married my grandmother and moved to County Cork in 1950. I remember him well even as a 5 yr old and am honoured to be related to him. When I need inspiration - I read his book.
What an inspiration, and such wonderful memories for you.
Find the sabaton song about hims
Sounds like he used up all his skill points into Vitality and Endurance.
Arguably the most important in war. Im no soldier, but one can only imagine that his sheer determination and vigour in battle, as a young and old man would have given hope and motivation for everyone he was fighting with. "If this one eyed amputee can still be going then what tf am I complaining about?" @@SaltNBattery
What is the name of his boom you read?
The man that keeps Chuck Norris up at night 😂 legend
That was a good one!!!! 😂
LMAO!!!!
Chuck Norris's dad.
🤣
Rumor has it Chuck Norris looks up to him.
A story like this deserved that impeccable narration. Unreal.
Hopefully, The Fat Electrician will do a video on him.
He STILL skipped the best part. For a while he retired to poland until september 1939..... when the nazis tried to SPECIFICALLY bomb his house.... when he wasnt home. He escaped the country by QUOTE: "hooking his stump arm around a hand railing of a fleeing train, while holding off nazi pursuers by firing a stolen German MP38 with his good hand"
He also spent a ton of time hunting warthogs in africa after losing his hand.... with nothing but a fucking combat knife.
I shit you not. This guy is what happens when a serial killer is born in the right place at the right time with the right people guiding him.
By Morgan freeman
Infographic has his story animated
@@yougthakuri3616 it's pretty solid but even they leave out a lot of the craziest details so people will believe the story at all lol. It's like how The Revenant with Leonardo Dicaprio is not even close to how insane the REAL story of Hugh Glass is. Great flick but often times truth is more bizzare than fiction.
A band name Sabaton made a song for this guy, unbelievable that someone like him existed
Its an absolute banger
@@Werewolf.exe77 That it is
@@Ferrett115the unkillable soldier
@@kornaros96 Whilst I DO appreciate you giving the name, as I forgot to put it in my own comment, I've listened to The War To End All Wars at least 20-30 times through. Good on you for putting the song name here though, I actually do appreciate that!
There have been a handful of people like him
"A human honey badger" sounds about right, dude was fearless and no pain could stop him.
accurate as can be. Read a story about a honey badge escaping his denn. getting rowdy with a lioness. Lioness nearly killed him. weeks of recovery later. he escaped the enclosure again to ask what the cats damn issue was.
Sounds like you knew him well.
Clearly you don't know the pain of having a abscess on your nerve in your tooth...
War is tough, abscess on nerve is automatic defeat.
lol Rogan was so impressed by this story, that was about the only thing he said besides his classic “wow”
@@kygodragon4782amen
Monty Python made a skit about this guys great grandfather. Lost all his limbs and was still screaming "get back here you chicken!" to his enemies.
Tis merely a flesh wound!
@@bigdeal5394 Aww...beat me to it :-)
My thought exactly!
What a movie. Coconuts for horses. lol
@@FishDoExist you know what they say about great minds and all
Using real horses was bananas
This man was born to tell stories and win bar bets. Absolute savage of a man.
I am so glad this is being told to a wider audience Adrian Carton de Wiart story has fascinated me for years
This is like the old " I used to listen to them before they were cool" 😂
@@zimbonz ah geez you're not wrong reading it back
@@JesseVin11 Just messing with you man. If you knew of this mans story previously, then you get respect - he is awesome and deserves to have his story told, by all.
Check out sabaton they are a metal band that sing.about battles heroes etc they did a song about him "the unkillable soldier @@JesseVin11
"Excuse me sir. It appears you have lost your arm". Carton: "That's fine. I'll pick it up on my way back". 😂
"I haven't lost my arm, brother. It's right over there! I'm still in this! I'm fine!"
I think he lost his ability to tell the truth
The man who inspired Monty Python: "It's just a flesh wound"
@@JC-ye7pj😂😂😂
@@spikegilfer1997 "Put me back in coach, I still got some fight left" 😂😂
That “look at him look at him “ at the end, you can tell how much he admires that guy a lot of passion. That guy is great!
Sounded like Joe almost saying that 😂
Whats not to love
Im from Ireland, Adrian retired here. He lived in Co.Cork what a legend.
MOT
@@chronicles8324 alaw
@@TheGeneral_LUFC Champions of Europe
But did he ever retire?
@@RomeWill thats possibly the most bada$$ thing, although not as flashy - despite everything he went through the bastard lived until 80-something , had a family and died peacefully
Nothing on this planet gets me more inspired than hearing stories like these
He’s like that knight in Monty Python and The Holy Grail who loses all his limbs and still wants to fight. Mother effing legend!
That was Sir adrian Ancestor
Bro finally someone brings him up on the podcast, this dude needs a movie! With the right people making it’ll be amazing
Leo
You could make a series about the absolute inhumans that turned up.
The problem is, it would be too unbelievable
Christian Bale
Nah it'd get woked
imagine they made a movie about this guy.
Who would play such a legendary man?
i thought they didnt....
Wasnt it like.... Die Hard or something?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
people would think he's fictional.
Clearly you need a non-binary woman of color to play such a badass and rake in the millions.
They'd magically make him American
Great tale!! This guy tells the epic story flawlessly!
Love from a sputh african boer 🇿🇦 a history worth to look up alot of brave people fought boer,brits and even zulu
Never forget the xhosa
@@AJakes93 ofcourse 🔥
He was an absolute chad. Some other facts are:
He was sent as an attache to Poland when they were fighting the Soviets in 1919 and stayed there till WW2 broke out and escaped with the Polish Government
He was the one to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces in Singapore at the end of the war
He didn't officially retire from military service until in 1947 he broke his back after falling down some stairs.
Sabaton made a song about him rightly titled "The Unkillable Soldier"
To think that all it took to end his carreer was some stairs. Being old probably helped too.
I was hoping for a Sabaton Shout out over here
@@Ustaleonehe probably beat the shit out of those stairs
Is he the one with the white flag he chucks to the ground in singapore!.
@@Ustaleone Everyone loses everything in extreme old age, and it comes faster when you've been such a hero for so long.
-Who will carry the boats?
-That guy obviously, you can sit down Mr goggins.
Exactly , talk about a whole different level of the meaning, STAY HARD !
@@hectz441con4frfr
Goggins is a wiener next to this dude !
Ever wondered how a tiny damp island at the edge of the Roman world spread English speaking civilisation to a quarter of the world?
Spreading...like the plague right?😂
Bring back the old Britain...
Like a flame in the night
@@edger7425the sexiest of all the plagues
Yeah! Through murder, displacing people, torture, atrocities and what not...
As we Brits would say "Jolly bad luck old boy" Great vlog
When I was in school 20 years ago my History teacher was one of the best you could ever ask for, and would teach us about these British officers who were just absolutely bonkers.
If you enjoyed this, look up "Mad Jack" Churchill... He fought WW2 with a Scottish Broadsword, and Bow and Arrows, and a set of bagpipes on his back.... ABSOLUTE Legend.
"A mortar shell killed or wounded everyone but Churchill, who was playing "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" on his pipes as the Germans advanced"
this dude was playing his bagpipes with incoming mortar shells
He marched up and down the beach at Normandy, playing his bagpipe, and the Germans were too spooked to shoot at him.
Thanks mate I’ve just really enjoyed learning about mad Jack. You got any more??
Bagpipes are the ultimate moral boost
Incredible that people like this exist!! 😂
Every time I hear about this man he bewilders and astonishes me.
Built. Different.
This needs to be a movie..legend!
There are so many stories of unbelievable heroism in WW2 - people today have no idea. Until I started reading about it I had no idea. Absolutely insane.
Amen.........
@@chronicles8324 Look out for a book called pegasus bridge - Just read it - mind blown. Also St Nazaire U boat pens raid and bordeaux canoe raid. Ridiculous.
The decision and bravery to do what they successfully did is wild. I'd cry and curl up like a baby given the same odds.
Dude, Carton de Wiart, Desmond Doss and Simo Hayha were literally superheroes. There are some people who are just cut from a different cloth.
"This guy's a badger." 🤣 First history lesson that I have ever laughed through the entire way!
Theres plenty more.
History is filled with comedy. Fiction is limited to what is believable, history has no bounds.
Eg. The Great Emu War, or Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. And many more. If things like that show up in fiction, it gets rejected as unrealistic. Reality is often unrealistic, or cartoonish, though.
More of a honey badger😂
Whole new meaning to "Never Give Up."
Never gonna give you up
@@memesalvv3226 never gonna let you down 🎵
@@J.D.Mc. never gonna run around and forget you
@@memesalvv3226 🎵🎶💯💥🤘🏻😝👍🏻
No it does not mean never give up .
It mean "what is give up?
The most incredible life story of the most epic soldier ever. WHAT A BADASS.
This story built into a movie. Wouldn’t need the “Hollywood spin” to be interesting. This guy is awesome
Adrian Carton de Wiart is the great grandfather of Anthony Loyd, a British war journalist who wrote an incredible book in his time covering the Bosnian War and Chechen War while battling heroin addiction. My War Gone By, I Miss It So is the name of the book. Really recommend it. My second favorite book of all time. He dedicates a good bit of the book to discussing his family’s (including Carter de Wiart) war stories.
What's your favorite book of all time?
Thanks, just ordered it on Amazon, one hardcopy left! Cheers. What is you #1 book? I am reading Wild Bill Hickcock right now, biography that's pretty entertaining. Although I find with people like him and Ernest Hemingway, the 'legend' gets built and fictionalized over time. Kind of like you don't want to meet you hero in real life.
@@anotheroneal3380 it’s a tie between East of Eden by Steinbeck or Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Biblical allegory told in WW1 era America vs the ultimate anti-western full of visceral realities of Texas post Mexican-American War, 1848.
They were related? Goddamn, I've read that book and he had a similar attitude to being in the middle of war.
Probably the bible 😂 jokes. Best book of all time is one flew over the cuckoo's nest
I read his book. His matter of fact story telling was outstanding. One hell of a soldier and a giant of a human with that dry British wit from the past century.
A true hero. I am surprised there isnt a movie about his life.
I’m surprised there isn’t a life about his movie
Need a movie about this man .
We need a movie or TV series of this guy ASAP
There is a song called unkilliable soldier
No chance: too white and too male for todays namby pamby wokeist media elites
"Into the fire through trenches and mud
Son of Belgium and Ireland with war in his blood
Leading the charge into hostile barrage
By design, he was made for the frontline
Studied law, with a thirst for war
Fought in Africa, wanted more
Back in Europe then straight to France
He's joining the allied advance
Through the Somme and the Devil's Wood
All the battles that he withstood
Born a soldier, enjoyed the war
He always kept coming for more
Never die, shot through the eye
Never surrender however they try
How they try, shot through the eye
He'll never die
At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness
An immortal soldier finds his home
Proven under fire, over trench and wire
No fear of death, he's unshakeable
In the battles, when he was shot
Kept on fighting, and never stopped
In Arras, Cambrai, Passchendaele
Ignoring his wounds he prevailed
Save the day, he'll never stray
Facing the foes that are coming his way
Come his way, he'll never stray
Saving the day
At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness
An immortal soldier finds his home
Proven under fire, over trench and wire
Forged for the war, he's unbreakable
At the edge of madness, he will show no sadness
Never broken, he'll be back for more
Proven under fire, over trench and wire
No fear of death, he's unshakeable"
Thanks for telling us about this guy. i feel so lost and down and this guys story is kind of inspiring
Everyone needs this level of commitment!
Dude was a true warrior
So was Tango Mike Mike.
lauri törni. Cut and paste. Some men are just built different
Roy Benavides, one of the toughest mf'ers to walk the planet
I somehow came across Carton de Wiart's Wiki a while ago, unbelievable! I love Williamson's enthusiasm to tell the story of The Unkillable Soldier and Joe's reacation!
An example of the true strength & perseverance of the human spirit.
Dude legitimately unlocked invincibility mode like a video game character. Incredible he survived so much damage.
Sabaton made a song about this guy and its as badass as he is its called the unkillable soldier
Cough
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SISU is a movie from Finland and the word means strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. I recommend watching the movie. Its great!
Thanks for this comment wanted to know what is was ❤️
as a native Finn in 3rd generation, I feel ashamed when we talk of sisu (~guts). Pick pretty much any Asian, _that's_ what I think is sisu. We get all easy compared to them, and whenever I hear a story that should be about sisu I remember at least 5 things written in history about some Asians, what they endured and still managed through it with honour.
@@edvardm4348 The you dont understand the meaning of sisu, it has very little to do with honour or exemplary service that are both highly regarded in Japan and Korea for instance. The greatest example of sisu is sometimes shown by the meekest of men without any concept of honour, exemplary sisu can be shown outside of combat aswell. You cant even put it next to "guts" even if they have the same type of feel, sisu is when you have nothing prove or to gain but you still give it your all and despite succeeding you might not get any recognition or positive feelings from it. Sisu is a Finnish mentality that only fully shows itself under the harshest of conditions and these days we live too comfortable lives for it to manifest. Its a word Finns dont take lightly or if you do you are missing the point. I dont think you can ever truly understand the Finnish mindset if you dont grasp the concept of sisu.
@@KimTheGrim I'm a native Finn in nth generation, I'm quite certain I understand what it means :D Sisu tarkoittaa sitkeyttä, kestävyyttä ja periksiantamattomuutta monenmuotoisten vaikeuksien edessä. That being said, I admit that putting "honour" to the end was unnecessary, it's not that much related, but I guess I intuitively put it there because I value that in people, standing for what they believe what is right
@@edvardm4348 Yes, i understand but those three things are just the premise of sisu for me. You can show guts in picking up girls for example but it has nothing to do with sisu, you can show honour in every day life but you cant sisu. One of the keys to sisu for me atleast is doing all those things without caring of the outcome or even if things get better. And there is no sisu without winter so maybe thats the biggest thing that sets it apart for me, you are right that Asians are the only people that i can relate to feelings of sisu and the brutality that has been experienced there might make them of stronger character but sisu has nothing to do with ethics or morality.
Legend! Thank you for sharing this amazing part of history.
Listening to this is giving me heartburn.
We need a movie for this guy
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Gotta be Daniel Day Lewis!
Sabaton - The Unkillable Soldier music video are great!
Or atleast a couple missions on a game
Sabaton introduced me to the Unkillable Soldier. Awesome song, even more awesome story.
Chris is such a smart fella, he knew this story would be made a clip 🙌
I learnt about him from Sabaton and now I just can't stop simping for this guy
If that makes you simp, is that a good thing. Is this guy's model of that of a simp? Dust off that intellect.
Sabaton made an awesome song about him!
Came here to post this🤘
I actually got to see them live! That's what got me into them, never heard of them before that show
@@GyzelE We're seeing them in May with Judas Priest. Can't wait
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War can turn a psycho into a hero.
lol Indeed. That man ain't right in the head. The type of guy you're just glad is on your side.
Yeah, I don't think he was all there in the good guy department. He enjoyed ww1?
Damn, this deserves a film!
Read about him when i was a kid in a horrible histories book. A legend.
General Adrian Carton de Wiart was my great grandfather's all time hero! Which made me sit up and take notice as kid...
Pop was a WW2 and Korea vet, who spent his entire working life in the Australian army... He was such a hard mofo, he lied about his age to enlist and escape his life as a farm hand (indentured servant basically) only to get shipped off to north Africa and almost got himself captured immediately.
He was the toughest man I ever met, and that includes my dad's cousin Richard "Dick" G Fecteau , who was one of the very first CIA operatives. He was a paramilitary trainer who was training fifth pillar resistance operatives embedded in 1950s China, but their plane was shot down and he spent twenty years in a Chinese prison for his troubles.
Spent the first three years being tortured, but refused to give them anything substantial or admit he was CIA, so he spent those years giving them the information of his college football team, just "to have a little fun with them, cause I figured they were gonna kill me anyway"
The CIA made a film "Extraordinary Fidelity" about him and Jack Downey, the two longest serving POWs in US military history.
It's actually a weird family thing on both sides, with my cousin and best mate (he's a bit older) being one of the Australian SASR's most decorated commanding officers having been awarded the Bronze Star by the USMC for his role in operating Anaconda, among a slew of other metalware they tried to take from him after the media smear jobs and war crime allegations.
In the ABC reports about 3 Squadron, the C/O referred to as commander A who (allegedly) says "you better be prepared to see me put my pistol up against some c*nts temple and pull the trigger... And leave it in the theatre. Cause I don't wanna be reading about your "trauma" in the papers in ten years time"
That dude is my cuz... apparently It's cool we mention that shit now. The ADF has found a PR and recruiting role, so allegations of war crimes are kinda in vogue lol
That would have been fucking hilarious if you knew him, but I get why the guy who he said that to had a cry about it. My cuz said he could tell he wasn't made of the right stuff and I don't blame him. Those guys are not normal.
They're not monsters, but they sure ain't normal.
Sisu is crazy buddy survived the most ridiculous stuff in that movie
Yeah that movie is a little over the top
@@suntzu94And so is real life sometimes 😂 Crazy shit could happen that you wouldn’t believe until you saw it for yourself
True but hearing what the unkillable soldier survived it's not too crazy.
didn't think I'd ever see great grandad being spoken bout on this show!
Being dubbed 'Human badger' is the highest form of praise humanly possible
I'm so happy that Carton got a mention on Joe Rogan!! He deserves to be well known about. May I highly recommend his book "Happy Odyssey". Undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary characters you will ever read about.
The Victoria Cross is much, much harder to win than a Medal of Honor.
They should definitely make a movie about this man
There needs to be a movie on this guy ASAP !!
the definition of build different. what a guy.
"We had been crawling the whole time along the English wire. They had heard us and now had come out of the trench to examine the ground in front of them. Such moments on the prowl by night are unforgettable...The safety-catch of your revolver goes back with a little metallic click- a sound that goes through the nerves like a knife. The teeth grate on the fuse-pin of the grenade. The fray will have to be short and murderous. You are aquiver with two violent sensations- the tense excitement of the hunter and the terror of the hunted. You are a world in yourself, and the dark and horrible atmosphere that broods over the waste land has sucked you in utterly to itself"....from Ernst Junger, Storm of Steel
Bingo! I was thinking about Junger during this story. Also Guy Sajer (The Forgotten Soldier) and Eugene Sledge (With the Old Breed). Or, in a different twist, Japanese fighter pilot Saburo Sakai (Samurai!) who was wounded many times and still survived the war.
@tommyrq180 good i wasnt the only one, fantastic book
That guy could never die of a heartattack because his heart wouldn't be stupid enough to attack him.
this needs to be made into a game.
Read his autobiography "Happy Odyssey" - excellent and fascinating.
Bro definitely researched this guy specifically for JRE. He knew Joe would love it
For sure. Man just recited his wiki, was definitely a late night search the night before looking for topics to impress Joe with
The man did not die in war either. He lived to be 83 and died of old age.
This deserves a movie
How is there no movie about this guy yet? My lord there should be!
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Because it would seem ridiculous that he went through all that and was still alive. Imagine if you didn't know the truth and saw a movie about him. You'd be screaming at the screen, this is BS!
@@doop6769 it could be a dark comedy lol
@@JoeRandoms Honestly yeah, with all his horrific injuries and Incredible will it would make for the perfect "Unkillable soldier" comedy.
Because no one would take it seriously if it was a serious drama. It would have to be made into a comedy or parody and that would only be an insult to his legacy.
Zero fuks giving, i want to see a movie on this guy, he deserves the legacy to be continued...
Exactly. What a story.
I'm surprised there hasn't been a film made about him.
The general was my father's cousin's maternal grandfather. I met him in 1961 at the age of six. With his eyepatch, I thought I was looking at a pirate. According to my father he said to me..."Right my boy...always obey your father, always serve your country, and never give up whatever the odds are against you". I wish I had been older to really appreciate who I had just met!
like Blas de Lezo "the half man" the dude lost a leg an arm an eye, half of the body covered in splinters, and was still beeing one of the best commanders of the sail era.
I'm definitely trying to immediately look for a doc on this guy . I love stories about these badass guys from WW1 and 2
You'd probably like "what it takes to win the V.C" by Jeremy Clarkson...pretty much all V.C winners are like this...the V C is made from captured Russian cannons. Only 15 have been awarded since WW2 with only 10 V C winners Currently living. To win a V.C you're extraordinary
Wow...thank you for sharing this story!
What a amazing beautiful story
He lived the life i dreamed to live😢
Fuck yeah!
💪💪💪. Adrian Carton de Wairt!!!! My monocular and law school educated hero.
Love this!
Feels like what joe rogan episodes used to be in the past.
More episodes like this!
When Adrian was born, he named his parents
They need to make a movie about this guy what a legend 👍
BRO I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR JOE TO TALK ABOUT THIS GUY FOR FOREVER
Shoutout From Raleigh NC!
Studied law, with a thirst for war
Fought in Africa, wanted more
Back in Europe then straight to France
He's joining the allied advance
Through the Somme and the Devil's Wood
All the battles that he withstood
Born a soldier, enjoyed the war
He always kept coming for more
HBO needs to make a TV show of this.
Carton De Wiart is the type of guy who would use a shower of bullets to clean himself, cook his pizza with a flamethrower and watch John Wick movies as an alternative for a comedy film.
John Wick is his idea of a romcom.
I'd like to take the opportunity to honor the name and memory of Monsieur Léo Major (1921 - 2008)
Fought WW2 and War of Korea.
He was the real life Rambo from Québec, Canada 🇨🇦
Wow thanks joe I just looked at the trailer for sisu, That looks amazing
Beautifully narrated Story... I wish I will narrate it with this much interest and quality when I get the chance.. 👌👌
Belgian here, never heard of him! Awesome story!
Sabaton did an awesome song about him.
this man deserves a movie
Yeah, Sisu is ABSOLUTELY incredible!!
bless this man's heart
Properly Why the lord giving a Long Life.
The man the myth the legend 🙏
the myth part is correct. Never happend that way.
Don't forget the psychopath.
Massive thanks and rest in rest man 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Wow. Amazing story!