What Food did Soldiers Eat?

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Комментарии • 3,5 тыс.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 лет назад +4107

    My soldiers don't eat anything because I eat all the food before it gets to them. Yet I have the fourth largest army, not sure how they survive

    • @robertkalinic335
      @robertkalinic335 5 лет назад +868

      You dont have the fourth largest army, its just that you guys look all the same and its hard to count you.

    • @stardust4001
      @stardust4001 5 лет назад +217

      @@robertkalinic335
      Haha BUUUUUUUUUUURN

    • @Tarik360
      @Tarik360 5 лет назад +171

      It's actually quite fascinating. (Look I'm not gonna defend DPRK on this)
      The DPRK has this protocol for food rationing ruling that the military has top priority of being fed, hence they're the least likely to starve out of that population.
      I wonder how much rice they import though.

    • @noxscotchxtape
      @noxscotchxtape 5 лет назад +29

      They just eat spanials

    • @nightblade6962
      @nightblade6962 5 лет назад +119

      Guys what if we send Kim jong in a lot of big Macs so he will die of diabetesand we can win against north korea

  • @laserdiscisawesome1263
    @laserdiscisawesome1263 4 года назад +4220

    How to survive in the military: Befriend and protect the cooks

  • @matthewkim7962
    @matthewkim7962 4 года назад +3671

    What did German soilders eat?
    *L u f t w a f f l e s*

  • @yeetyeetus6760
    @yeetyeetus6760 5 лет назад +5380

    In soviet russia, they serve medium cooked air.

  • @harryzhao727
    @harryzhao727 5 лет назад +2076

    What did soldiers eat?
    Russian/soviets:wait you guys get food?

    • @yangs975
      @yangs975 5 лет назад +31

      Truee

    • @missyyolo2362
      @missyyolo2362 5 лет назад +112

      In us you eat food
      In Soviet Russia FOOD EATS YOU!

    • @ayushchauhan1388
      @ayushchauhan1388 5 лет назад +106

      Comrade soviet army does not run on food ,it runs on red patriotism and vodka

    • @Feffdc
      @Feffdc 5 лет назад +15

      @@yangs975 Thats not even remotely true

    • @alexeydzema5268
      @alexeydzema5268 5 лет назад +6

      Ur mom

  • @TheAntonicKnight
    @TheAntonicKnight 5 лет назад +886

    "An army marches on its stomach"
    - Napoleon "A little cold never killed a man" Bonaparte

    • @peterbarca8783
      @peterbarca8783 5 лет назад +42

      -Most of his army fell to starvation by the time they reached Moscow.-

    • @Laspartam
      @Laspartam 5 лет назад +23

      The cold weather wasn't the reason behind Napoléon death, it was because of the strategy-geostrategy transition...

    • @biliminsrlar5752
      @biliminsrlar5752 5 лет назад +13

      Who would win?
      Some angry French guy who invaded half of Europe and Egypt or some season...

    • @comradestalin4826
      @comradestalin4826 4 года назад +4

      Don't mess with us Russians

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 3 года назад +5

      @@comradestalin4826 *Don’t mess with a soviet*

  • @trycoldman2358
    @trycoldman2358 5 лет назад +2697

    German soldier : Panzerplatten
    Normal soldier : Tank plates?
    German soldier : *Panzerplatten*

  • @TheBigBadBeowulf
    @TheBigBadBeowulf 5 лет назад +937

    A journal by a soldier I believe a Corporal in the Continental Army of the United States in the War of 1812 stated that he was given preserved salted meat a pound that was so salty that he had to boil it three times in order to make it even remotely edible and even then he had to boil it again in order to make a suitable soup

    • @jonathanlemon544
      @jonathanlemon544 4 года назад +82

      You always have to do that with salt pork back then. There is a cooking channel that shows recipes from back then and he outlines that

    • @thegoose5294
      @thegoose5294 4 года назад +74

      @@jonathanlemon544 The channel is Townsend. Jas. Townsend and Son.

    • @komiks42
      @komiks42 3 года назад +6

      Thats quiet normal

    • @timber9468
      @timber9468 3 года назад +23

      “what’s for dinner?”
      “this block of salt.

    • @garge7676
      @garge7676 3 года назад +7

      I think he also mentioned somewhere in his book that there were rumors that the meat was likely leftovers from the Revolutionary War

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 лет назад +4595

    I am 100% certain they ate food

  • @OGBootleg
    @OGBootleg 5 лет назад +1268

    If Skyrim has taught me anything, its that soldiers ate Sweetrolls...

    • @salted6422
      @salted6422 5 лет назад +126

      And it was a great dishonor to have your sweetroll stolen.

    • @troxity5589
      @troxity5589 5 лет назад +19

      Bet it was nazeem

    • @linkieloos
      @linkieloos 5 лет назад +31

      "Let me guess: Someone stole your sweet roll?"

    • @JSSQuelloAutentico
      @JSSQuelloAutentico 5 лет назад +22

      Nope, they ate 300 apples right in battle.

    • @Kevin-oh9ov
      @Kevin-oh9ov 5 лет назад +11

      @David McConville "you have commited crimes against skyrim and it's people what say you in your defence?"

  • @pewp1605
    @pewp1605 4 года назад +564

    *”Po-tay-toes! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.”*

  • @murderousintent7838
    @murderousintent7838 4 года назад +271

    2:41 that little kitty in the bottom right corner
    he stole a fish

    • @dashtron7966
      @dashtron7966 4 года назад +25

      He deserves it

    • @pepsi-cola2791
      @pepsi-cola2791 4 года назад +9

      Good

    • @Snarkythecat
      @Snarkythecat 4 года назад +11

      Radioactive Reptile dude, I was listening to that part and I thought I heard a cat meow. I was confused af until I saw this comment.

    • @JackOSUrulz
      @JackOSUrulz 4 года назад +2

      Why that little BASTID!!

    • @lolpace312
      @lolpace312 4 года назад +6

      Shhh the cat need the food

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  5 лет назад +1844

    "An army marches on its stomach" Napoleon may or may not have said that but it is an important observation. Canning was invented when Napoleon offered 12,000 francs as a prize for whoever could preserve food for his army. Nicolas Appert would win the prize, creating a method involving heating, boiling and sealing food in airtight glass jars. Napoleon's soldiers would have these in a very limited amount as the technology was still in its infancy. In 1810 Frenchman Philippe de Girard invented tin canning and British merchant Peter Durand patented it. Canning was a big innovation seen in today's army rations.

  • @evaristegalois6282
    @evaristegalois6282 5 лет назад +3166

    _But where’s the lamb sauce??_

    • @boris335
      @boris335 5 лет назад +39

      It looks like Gahndis Flipflop

    • @ykrareih1559
      @ykrareih1559 5 лет назад +52

      Dude on thumbnail looks like Gordon Ramsay lol

    • @LexicroftAlpha
      @LexicroftAlpha 5 лет назад +19

      My name is NINOOOOOOO and I cleaned battlefield after war and took photo of it

    • @funnyperson7656
      @funnyperson7656 5 лет назад +10

      That wouldn't even pass as fookin kity cat fookin cat food.

    • @SavCorp
      @SavCorp 5 лет назад +7

      R A W

  • @rturae
    @rturae 3 года назад +848

    Romans: mmm 🍞🍖🧀🫘🫒
    Britons: mmm 🌿🌱🌳🍃💧

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад +47

      *CHEESE*

    • @erinandcory7812
      @erinandcory7812 2 года назад +29

      Cheese.

    • @lc9245
      @lc9245 2 года назад +64

      Little did they know it doomed the Isle to have bland food until this very day.

    • @HavanaSyndrome69
      @HavanaSyndrome69 2 года назад +29

      The Britons could eat during cold months or when their farms were looted by invading armies around harvest season or burned. Leeks, cabbage, berries, small game, big game if you're lucky enough in a region full of hungry soldiers, birds, wild vegetables (always tiny compared to domestic counterparts which were tiny themselves compared to our modern farmed foods). The Britons knew their environment best and knew what to go to in the forest during their own famines.

    • @tankhead2645
      @tankhead2645 2 года назад +19

      Russians: mmm air 💨

  • @Twigs1836
    @Twigs1836 4 года назад +1722

    "You guys are being fed?" -The Soviet Army

    • @comradestalin4826
      @comradestalin4826 4 года назад +144

      I feed my comrades with vodka and snow

    • @danielasefa1884
      @danielasefa1884 4 года назад +26

      Comrade Stalin nice

    • @Imnotsmg4bob
      @Imnotsmg4bob 4 года назад +20

      Thought you guys ate only air

    • @tomi9562
      @tomi9562 3 года назад +20

      @@comradestalin4826 what if that snow talks?

    • @clxwncrxwn
      @clxwncrxwn 3 года назад +11

      A hungry soldier will fight for his meal rather than a soldier who just ate. This was even mentioned in the Witcher 3 during the side mission looking for that guys lost brother, and they find him with a foreign soldier exchanging stories

  • @settkundesu
    @settkundesu 5 лет назад +2733

    Western armies: *died of hunger*
    Eastern armies: **RIIIIIIIIICE**

    • @patrickgoode4230
      @patrickgoode4230 5 лет назад +261

      Eventually we researched potatoes and boy were those great.

    • @anddrom6853
      @anddrom6853 5 лет назад +29

      @hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 that is really impressive! Reminds me about Finland against the Soviet union

    • @independentquebec3500
      @independentquebec3500 5 лет назад +27

      @@patrickgoode4230 I love being asian :)

    • @quocvietophu1627
      @quocvietophu1627 5 лет назад +10

      @hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 Rip grammar

    • @duosisi
      @duosisi 5 лет назад +7

      True

  • @nikolanikolesic8202
    @nikolanikolesic8202 5 лет назад +277

    What did soldiers eat?
    Short answer: Food
    Long answer: *this video that I'll watch anyway*

    • @dolsopolar
      @dolsopolar 5 лет назад +4

      Soldiers eat this video that i'll watch anyway?

    • @Sniper_4_Life
      @Sniper_4_Life 3 года назад +1

      No, they were feeding off the enemy soldiers desperation

  • @LU1SJJ
    @LU1SJJ 5 лет назад +457

    “Hey what food do your soldiers have”
    USSR: **Laughs in Starvation**

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 3 года назад +7

      Weak no one eats food

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 3 года назад +13

      That’s not true, heard they served medium cooked air

    • @aussieaudir8lms871
      @aussieaudir8lms871 3 года назад +4

      @@alanmaclaren4118 and raw rats

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 3 года назад +3

      @Sanela Smajić no are you crazy? Raw rats are way too expens- I mean unhealthy for the soldiers

    • @guizhenzou3722
      @guizhenzou3722 3 года назад +1

      As if they need food they only need the air of the Rhine to keep them motivated and ready to kill

  • @thetruegunginginga29yearsa66
    @thetruegunginginga29yearsa66 3 года назад +287

    0:29 is it me or do i find it wholesome that soldiers, known to be the most tough and feared, are in raincoats eating warm food

    • @Saipan2297
      @Saipan2297 3 года назад +8

      Lol sameee

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад +18

      Only to find out a Japanese was hiding in one of those crates bayonet ready

    • @ColdSalt99
      @ColdSalt99 2 года назад +24

      @@afailureofaanimator6744 The Japanese soldiers were hiding inside the raincoats

    • @ismellofsandwiches7058
      @ismellofsandwiches7058 2 года назад +2

      HOW DID YOU COMMENT 29 YEARS AGO?

    • @Rusue
      @Rusue 2 года назад +5

      @@ismellofsandwiches7058 he didn't lol. Take a closer look

  • @republikperangid
    @republikperangid 5 лет назад +494

    *"Ration already exist back in acient empire"*
    *Steve1989Mre with red glowing eyes* : NIIIIIIIICEEEEEEE!!!!!

  • @coledavis5212
    @coledavis5212 5 лет назад +743

    Everyone forgets about the Panzer cooked eggs.

    • @greyseer7998
      @greyseer7998 5 лет назад +93

      Yes cooking eggs on your tank in the African heat good times.

    • @kneegrow913
      @kneegrow913 5 лет назад +31

      Unsere rommel

    • @tiang1493
      @tiang1493 5 лет назад +7

      Wir Sind Das Deutschland afrika korps

    • @Madmaxxxx1984
      @Madmaxxxx1984 5 лет назад +1

      sean andrews thank you for your service

    • @enrl5221
      @enrl5221 5 лет назад

      My boys taste them they said those eggs taste fuel and egg

  • @brandonfeng3780
    @brandonfeng3780 5 лет назад +872

    * trains for months, perfect physical condition *
    Slaves carry every thing he owns

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 3 года назад +57

      Fighting demands excelent physical condition

    • @alanmaclaren4118
      @alanmaclaren4118 3 года назад +22

      Sometimes laziness can be come incurable

    • @VentiVonOsterreich
      @VentiVonOsterreich 3 года назад +62

      Tire the soldiers with excess weight and they'll be too weak to fight

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 3 года назад +7

      @@VentiVonOsterreich Yup, I mean it was something necessary for them, but if I was in their shoes, I will gave a very good Pay for any "slave" I had, they were important for the hoplites however you want to see it

    • @VentiVonOsterreich
      @VentiVonOsterreich 3 года назад +2

      @@alejandroelluxray5298 I do wonder if their slaves actually get paid at all

  • @mraaronhd
    @mraaronhd 4 года назад +53

    2:43 Awwwww!!! Look at the little kitty cat with the fish in his mouth!!!! 😍

  • @TakeswithTitan23
    @TakeswithTitan23 5 лет назад +211

    "What did soldiers eat?"
    Me:
    *Food*

    • @nashw_1828
      @nashw_1828 5 лет назад +1

      That Guy Who Comments what type of food?

    • @thermite5060
      @thermite5060 5 лет назад +2

      What food?

    • @das3610
      @das3610 5 лет назад +1

      Kill ScoPez the one that is edible to human beings

    • @ciderhat2760
      @ciderhat2760 5 лет назад

      @@thermite5060 the edible kind

    • @LAV-III
      @LAV-III 5 лет назад

      @@nashw_1828 RAWW food

  • @asainpersuasion1219
    @asainpersuasion1219 5 лет назад +378

    Fun fact- During WW2, the United States government approached Chef Boyardee so that the troops could have something enjoyable to eat. Chef Boyardee was successful in creating a new recipe to could canned and stay preserved for a long time. The same recipe is sold from store shelves today.

  • @tellmesomethingamisayingto3957
    @tellmesomethingamisayingto3957 4 года назад +170

    When an armies has cheese in the diet
    *Wallace wants to join the army*
    CHEESE!

    • @galaxy-wg1lf
      @galaxy-wg1lf 4 года назад +17

      And that's How Wallace earned medals for his unrelenting bravery and courage during The second world war.

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад +5

      @@galaxy-wg1lf all for that *ChEDdeR*

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад

      Soon however Wallace started a rebellion due to english production laws allowing only cheddar and had forbidden all other types of cheese.

    • @tellmesomethingamisayingto3957
      @tellmesomethingamisayingto3957 2 года назад

      @@afailureofaanimator6744 "Not even Wensleydale?"

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад +1

      @@tellmesomethingamisayingto3957 “Well then… I will find ways to have my *wensleydale*.”

  • @perceptionmatters7082
    @perceptionmatters7082 5 лет назад +306

    Always found this fascinating about the military.
    My grandfather was a Engineer in the Korean war (He would repair airfields from what I've been told). He loved canned hash for the longest time. After serving he no longer liked it due to it being a regular part of his meals during his service.
    I think of this every-time I have a can of hash.

    • @dienstagmitte3930
      @dienstagmitte3930 5 лет назад +8

      My Grandpa was with the Dutch navy in Korea! God bless your family.

    • @Vodkasnez
      @Vodkasnez 5 лет назад +6

      My grandad used to love corned beef hash, but after WW2 he never wanted to see another plate of it ever again.

    • @perceptionmatters7082
      @perceptionmatters7082 5 лет назад +7

      Diced potatoes with beef(Normally) (Cooked of course). Its a breakfast item that is popular to my knowledge in the UK, US and Australia. Google it, recommend it with a runny egg.

    • @obotprime339
      @obotprime339 5 лет назад +5

      Finally, a comment that isn't a meme...

    • @leolim1333
      @leolim1333 5 лет назад +3

      my granddad died in the navy. i never met him :(

  • @brandonkim2410
    @brandonkim2410 5 лет назад +541

    I've had MREs
    Not great

  • @TheMilitantHorse
    @TheMilitantHorse 5 лет назад +106

    The logistics of armies is sometimes just as fascinating as that of the battles they fight in themselves.

  • @bandit5747
    @bandit5747 5 лет назад +541

    G Fuel, Hot pockets and Cheetos
    Oh, so Modern Warfare 2 doesn't count as a war?

    • @MoreTrenMoreMen69
      @MoreTrenMoreMen69 5 лет назад +3

      that’s the life

    • @MxCP11
      @MxCP11 4 года назад +3

      Spoof more like Mountain Dew(or Monster) and doritos

    • @leedleleedle234
      @leedleleedle234 4 года назад +4

      Spoof the real forgotten war

    • @dragoljubantic9962
      @dragoljubantic9962 4 года назад +2

      And doritos

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 4 года назад +4

      Gaming rations usually consist of Red Bull, Taco Bell, Doritos, and different choices of Mountain Dew.

  • @CreativeAvenueKai
    @CreativeAvenueKai 5 лет назад +61

    Hey Simple History, To create more detail when you’re using grassland locales you could create a method for drawing grass or lines that make it look like grass fields. It would increase the complexity of the composition while being a simple method. Maybe draw tufts of grass put randomly all over the terrain, thus giving the illusion of a field of grass.

  • @ehhm8070
    @ehhm8070 5 лет назад +347

    "What food is soldiers eat?"
    "Some ad pop up on my screen"
    McDonald's!

    • @amirzafri5306
      @amirzafri5306 5 лет назад +4

      Lol

    • @independentquebec3500
      @independentquebec3500 5 лет назад

      I got an insurance ad

    • @benitomussolini5927
      @benitomussolini5927 5 лет назад

      "Deliciously Infectious"

    • @kacpernap2863
      @kacpernap2863 5 лет назад +1

      Imagine you see your fellow comrade just order a big happy meal
      And you became his best friend

    • @jacklarkson4505
      @jacklarkson4505 4 года назад +1

      use adblock plus dumbass.
      i cant believe its 2019 and still there is some people complain about internet ads.

  • @no4785
    @no4785 4 года назад +69

    european armies when they forget the hardtack: "wE'vE fOrgOTteN tHe cRaCKErs!"

  • @Intranetusa
    @Intranetusa 5 лет назад +143

    Grain were likely the main source of calories for every army around the world. The Han Dynasty army in ancient China gave their soldiers ~52 to 64 liters of grain rations per month (~1.38kg to 1.7kg of grains per day) composed of millet, wheat, and/or barley. So the average Han Dynasty soldier would be consuming approximately 4706 to 5780 Calories per day and 180 to 221 grams of protein per day from their grain rations alone. This is roughly comparable to the Calories that the Roman soldiers were consuming as well from what I've read.
    -p. 74 of Military Culture in Imperial China (2009) by Nicola di Cosmo
    Edit: Since some people are questioning these numbers, here is the actual quote from the source along with calculations:
    "...a total force of 10,281 men (amnestied convicts who had volunteered, infantry and private retainers), he cites 27,363 hu of grain and 308 hu of salt. This last set of figures amounts to a monthly ration of 2.6 hu of grain and 0.03 hu of salt. These may be compared with figures seen in a document from Juyan which suggest a ration of 3.2 hu of grain and 0.03 hu of salt. These figures correspond as follows (taking the hu at 19.968 liters): 2.6 hu - 51.9 liters; 3.2 hu - 63.8 liters; 0.03 hu - 0.5 liters."
    -page 74 of "Military Culture in Imperial China" by Nicola Di Cosmo, Robin D. S. Yates, and Ralph D. Sawyer
    Calculations of Calories and Protein from this source:
    1 liter volume of dry grain converts to ~0.8 kg in mass. See: aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume-to-weight/substance/grain-blank-wheat
    So these soldiers had 41.52 kg to 51.04 kg of dry grains a month, which comes out to 1.384 to 1.7 kg of grains a day.
    100 grams of whole grain wheat has 340 Calories, 13 grams of protein, and 2.5 grams of fat.
    100 grams of millet has 378 Calories, 11 grams of protein, and 4.2 grams of fat.
    100 grams of uncooked long grain brown rice has 370 Calories, 8 grams of protein, and 2.9 grams of fat.
    Wheat and millet would have been the primary crops at the time. If we use wheat to calculate their Calories, this would come out to 340 x 13.84 = 1705 or 340 x 17.0 = 5780. Protein would be 13 x 13.84 ~179.92 or 13 x 17.0 ~221 grams.
    So the average soldier would be consuming approximately to 4706 to 5780 Calories per day and 180 to 221 grams of protein per day from their grain rations alone.

    • @melktert1763
      @melktert1763 4 года назад

      Thank you

    • @spinner771
      @spinner771 4 года назад +7

      I was calling bs till you hit me with a source.

    • @qwertyaskwhy
      @qwertyaskwhy 4 года назад +3

      @@spinner771 same here haha

    • @sciuresci1403
      @sciuresci1403 4 года назад +5

      Lmao this is by far the biggest pile of bs I've seen regarding military rations. Even in 2019,chinese soldiers are issued around 3000 calories per day. What makes you think they had 6000 during that time ? Eating 2 kg of grains every day isn't possible anyway.

    • @ilosttehlegs4517
      @ilosttehlegs4517 4 года назад

      Hold up
      Rice is a grain

  • @itsyaboiyt2338
    @itsyaboiyt2338 5 лет назад +151

    They learn how to made food by...
    SKILLSHARE

  • @fredricknoe3114
    @fredricknoe3114 5 лет назад +28

    At 5:53 2 soldiers are mocking eachother.

  • @louielamlouie
    @louielamlouie 5 лет назад +211

    Title is missing "Western". The Asian armies carried very different food.

    • @ritzkola2302
      @ritzkola2302 4 года назад +6

      Louie Lam Asian & Afrikan & American. Only Europeans suffered like this

    • @LastBastion
      @LastBastion 3 года назад +9

      @@shyuse nah, usually they just get rice,

    • @Shadow-gc6le
      @Shadow-gc6le 3 года назад +7

      If I remember correctly the incas had the usual plus freeze dried fruits.

    • @komiks42
      @komiks42 3 года назад +5

      To cover all armies rations would be massive

    • @whatamidoingwithmylife4108
      @whatamidoingwithmylife4108 3 года назад

      @@shyuse Cats. They carried cats and dogs with them.

  • @Napoleon_Blownapart
    @Napoleon_Blownapart 3 года назад +15

    "An army marches on its stomach." - Me

  • @fredricknoe3114
    @fredricknoe3114 5 лет назад +315

    Well for The Soviet Troops the awnser is no.

  • @thestupidgamerz5352
    @thestupidgamerz5352 5 лет назад +274

    I know marines eat crayons.

  • @MightyElo
    @MightyElo 5 лет назад +12

    I actually had MREs when I was part of tour visiting a military base. The soldiers told us that they would often open all their MREs at the same time and trade with each other to make different combinations of food.

  • @Rex-xj4dj
    @Rex-xj4dj 3 года назад +12

    eating while watching this video is a whole new experience

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 2 года назад

      Espically if you're eating something that a soldier would eat.

  • @ibrahimb4422
    @ibrahimb4422 5 лет назад +83

    Soviets ate 2 potato and 2 pints of *VODKA*

  • @Nintendofan570
    @Nintendofan570 5 лет назад +295

    I know what the Soviets ate.....nothing

  • @SikenServent
    @SikenServent 5 лет назад +12

    Funny enough I was a culinary specialist in the Navy, and the amount of logistics behind feeding a single ship are staggering much less an entire fleet but we do it every day

  • @LivingWithTheGuzmans
    @LivingWithTheGuzmans 5 лет назад +149

    Thanks for the info

  • @zerokilo5811
    @zerokilo5811 5 лет назад +76

    MRE stands for "Meals Ready to Explode your poor POG stomach.

    • @drillz7582
      @drillz7582 5 лет назад

      NO IT MEANS MEAL READY TO EAT

    • @zerokilo5811
      @zerokilo5811 5 лет назад +1

      @@drillz7582
      LIES
      REEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @PaddyInf
      @PaddyInf 5 лет назад +7

      Meals Rejected by Eathiopians.

    • @ryerwilkes3051
      @ryerwilkes3051 5 лет назад

      Kasper Björklund r/wooooooooooosh

    • @thevigilante5623
      @thevigilante5623 5 лет назад +1

      Meals Rejected by the Enemy

  • @zesshi34
    @zesshi34 5 лет назад +323

    What food did soldiers eat?
    Looks At *Soviet Union*

  • @alejandromedina4597
    @alejandromedina4597 4 года назад +5

    If you read "The Gallic wars" Written by Caesar its very clear how Vital was to keep and decent amount of food for every soldier. Its such an obvious thing that we kinda forget. in several parts Caesar describes that when reaching a new place the priority was dig trenches for protection and simultaneously send parties for foraging food.

  • @siriusblack7382
    @siriusblack7382 5 лет назад +1212

    “Eat?”
    _We don’t do that here_
    This post was made by the communists gang

    • @Norah439
      @Norah439 4 года назад +4

      The Soviet union

    • @eetsman3683
      @eetsman3683 4 года назад +1

      HARRY POTTER

    • @dumbasswatermelon
      @dumbasswatermelon 4 года назад +11

      “Share?”
      We don’t do that her
      This post was made by the anti-communists gang

    • @gigachad-jh1dh
      @gigachad-jh1dh 4 года назад +9

      Alexander Bogdanov r/whoosh

    • @funnelingspace9268
      @funnelingspace9268 4 года назад +14

      @Alexander Bogdanov at least there's people that actually do something about it unlike the Soviet union

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  5 лет назад +1163

    This episode will make you hungry 🍇🍳🍔🥪🌭🍕🥤☕

    • @das3610
      @das3610 5 лет назад +14

      Simple History only 9 likes wtf, maybe pin?

    • @iluoreasekomhe3953
      @iluoreasekomhe3953 5 лет назад +5

      True

    • @christossymeonides8310
      @christossymeonides8310 5 лет назад +6

      Yeah cause hard tack will make me hungry?😂😂

    • @justme6094
      @justme6094 5 лет назад +2

      I got myself some food before watching this video. Thank you :)

    • @Spectral55
      @Spectral55 5 лет назад +1

      *are you sure about that* ?

  • @jerichamesclammay3107
    @jerichamesclammay3107 5 лет назад +5

    "NO! please! not my rum! you can kill me if you want! but please don't make me face this bloody war sober!"

  • @arshbahl1074
    @arshbahl1074 5 лет назад +38

    Why does the thumbnail soldier look like Gordon Ramsay

  • @theteacher7619
    @theteacher7619 5 лет назад +22

    This was a GREAT episode!!! Please do more episodes on food throughout history. Food is such an awesome way for us to connect with our ancestors. A couple of suggestions: What they ate during the Middle Ages and during the Great Depression. Thanks for such awesome content Simple History!

    • @nguyenduyphuc3924
      @nguyenduyphuc3924 5 лет назад +5

      Anne James what did they ate during the Great Depression?
      *they don’t*

    • @theteacher7619
      @theteacher7619 5 лет назад +2

      @@nguyenduyphuc3924 Good Point

  • @erica9160
    @erica9160 5 лет назад +271

    Easy they ate hot pockets and ramen noodles

    • @missyyolo2362
      @missyyolo2362 5 лет назад +25

      Don’t forget some Big Macs with a large drink and large fries.

    • @erica9160
      @erica9160 5 лет назад +4

      @@missyyolo2362 yeah that tooo

    • @pats.8511
      @pats.8511 5 лет назад +10

      Bagel bites and pizza rolls.

    • @cliftonjames785
      @cliftonjames785 5 лет назад +3

      Dude, I literally only ate hot pockets and ramen noodles today before I saw your comment lol

    • @erica9160
      @erica9160 5 лет назад +4

      @@cliftonjames785 where do u live invite me for dinner

  • @roigipot8120
    @roigipot8120 5 лет назад +56

    What did soldiers eat?
    Soviets: You guys are getting fed?

  • @skillshotgaming444
    @skillshotgaming444 5 лет назад +19

    What soldiers drink?
    Me: Vodka and energy drink.
    *Russian Hardbass starts playing*

  • @aaronslater470
    @aaronslater470 5 лет назад +6

    I remember reading about the Roman Legionnaries preferring a type of fish paste. At the time the best way to preserve fish for transport was to submerge the fish in olive oil in a clay vessel. Once delivered the fish would be saturated and easy to break apart creating a preserved, high calorie, tasty spread for bread.

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 5 лет назад +277

    I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure they didn't eat food.

    • @focustr9yearsago617
      @focustr9yearsago617 5 лет назад +3

      Dagan Ward Justin Y is a stalker am I right?

    • @vylrent
      @vylrent 5 лет назад +1

      well they actually did, WWI they had kitchens. WWII supply trucks and pocket meals

    • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
      @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 5 лет назад +9

      @@focustr9yearsago617 or is it the other way around? He just comments on a random yt vid, and then we somehow always find his comment out of the billions of comments on yt.
      Maybe we're the stalkers🤔

    • @Fatihturk0071
      @Fatihturk0071 5 лет назад +6

      Especially the Russians

    • @jerememechild2129
      @jerememechild2129 5 лет назад +3

      yeah, the brits ate grass

  • @Sin1s_ter
    @Sin1s_ter 5 лет назад +16

    This reminds me of a Film Bit about WW1
    where a French soldier was Informing his battalion About the war ending in 11AM and saying they will get Hot soup
    Unfortunately, he literally dies 10:59AM

    • @ivanchan659
      @ivanchan659 5 лет назад

      Yes i remember seeing that video

    • @moodylad2033
      @moodylad2033 5 лет назад

      Yup I saw that

    • @datwibgai7233
      @datwibgai7233 4 года назад

      @@ivanchan659 can someone tell me where that video is?

    • @Starshina-yo8ue
      @Starshina-yo8ue 4 года назад

      @@datwibgai7233 last minutes of ww1 ,should pop up

    • @thatonepriest69
      @thatonepriest69 4 года назад

      hariss nasry
      ruclips.net/video/U10ON2aau3g/видео.html

  • @MyTownDrunk
    @MyTownDrunk 3 года назад +2

    I swear anytime I have things to do I play this in the background. Smoking, simple history, chores simple history, driving to work simple history. Love you guys thanks for everything you do ❤️

  • @Gillan1220
    @Gillan1220 5 лет назад +18

    Rations! No food, no fight!
    - Metal Slug Advance

  • @ostekakeutenost1308
    @ostekakeutenost1308 5 лет назад +47

    Bisquits and tea mate

    • @das3610
      @das3610 5 лет назад +3

      F.B.I_ but you’re the FBI......?

    • @marcomenabue7717
      @marcomenabue7717 5 лет назад +1

      @@das3610 he Is a mi6 under cover ajent

    • @das3610
      @das3610 5 лет назад +2

      Marco Menabue No he’s not *wink wink*

    • @vegasspaceprogram6623
      @vegasspaceprogram6623 5 лет назад +2

      *puts on German accent*bloody British!!!!

    • @twistedsis100
      @twistedsis100 5 лет назад +1

      Quit that bis

  • @chrisidoo
    @chrisidoo Год назад +2

    I don't know why, but this episode's always been.. cozy to me, for some reason. The music, the vibrant colors, the food shown, etc.

  • @lovepeace9727
    @lovepeace9727 5 лет назад +260

    50% - "is that Gordon Ramsey on thumbnail?"
    30% - stupid jokes about soviet/russian army.
    15% - *panzer cookies*.
    5% - normies.

  • @PopPopPopPop
    @PopPopPopPop 5 лет назад +69

    >eats performance bar while laughing at the egytians

  • @AncientHistoryGuy
    @AncientHistoryGuy 5 лет назад +457

    spoiler... they ate food... :D Interesting subject though none the less! :D

  • @TheSpritz0
    @TheSpritz0 2 года назад +20

    I fought in 2 wars eating MRE's they were actually pretty good! Convenient and did the job, easy to carry, and never got food poisoning!

  • @jacksonrozycki8867
    @jacksonrozycki8867 3 года назад

    This is one of my favorite videos that you ever made!

  • @magnemerstrand2289
    @magnemerstrand2289 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks! For being just for being. I cant explain how much you have helped me, during School projects/ exams, arguments etc. I bases a WW1 project around trenches, only on your videos, and a Few irl sources. So I can’t thank you enough. I personally LOVE Your channel. Much love - Magne

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher 5 лет назад +72

    I think they ate food

  • @heylinedgear3510
    @heylinedgear3510 2 года назад +7

    Whenever I eat a scuffed meal (bread and beef jerky or something similar), I watch this video and pretend I’m a soldier lol

  • @RenMagnum4057
    @RenMagnum4057 5 лет назад +69

    What do soldiers eat?
    Soviets in Stalingrad: *RATS AND HUMANS*

    • @lovepeace9727
      @lovepeace9727 5 лет назад +5

      *That's how survival works*

    • @nikolaibelinski3433
      @nikolaibelinski3433 4 года назад +3

      Ugggh that's disgust it's a good thing I have vodka

    • @comradestalin4826
      @comradestalin4826 4 года назад +5

      Vodka too

    • @kevinnguyen3087
      @kevinnguyen3087 3 года назад +1

      CANNIBALISM

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 3 года назад

      The Soviets in Stalingrad weren't cut off from their supply lines, the German 6th Army under von Paulus however were and as time went on their rations shrunk drastically, and they were reduced to cutting hunks of frozen meat off dead horses.

  • @Nik-nc4xb
    @Nik-nc4xb 5 лет назад +4

    Great video as always! Really wanted this

  • @scottjohnson3881
    @scottjohnson3881 5 лет назад +19

    I love it when u make vids like this

  • @BattalionCommanderMK
    @BattalionCommanderMK 2 года назад

    Wow this is incredible! Please make more!

  • @taniakeen4375
    @taniakeen4375 Год назад

    Informative thanks

  • @amben6619
    @amben6619 5 лет назад +45

    Changed title made half of comments useless
    *Oustanding Move*

  • @MrBassmann15
    @MrBassmann15 5 лет назад +70

    You're not a real soldier until you eat your own MRE.

    • @culiusjaesar
      @culiusjaesar 5 лет назад

      gay political compass

    • @MrBassmann15
      @MrBassmann15 5 лет назад

      @@culiusjaesar What's so "gay" about it?

    • @juann7213
      @juann7213 5 лет назад

      @@MrBassmann15 your political views are gay

    • @booobillionaires7584
      @booobillionaires7584 5 лет назад

      Alexander Backert you arent very good at economics

    • @halo3odst
      @halo3odst 5 лет назад +1

      At least he isnt one of the fascists in the red corner of the compass

  • @code010
    @code010 5 лет назад +5

    0:43 Minecraft eating sounds

  • @izakireemsi2783
    @izakireemsi2783 4 года назад +44

    What food does soldiers eat: *show cheese, meat, bread, etc.*
    Me: *starving* I'm following Soviet way! Don't judge me!

    • @comradestalin4826
      @comradestalin4826 4 года назад +1

      Nice comrade

    • @olp3850
      @olp3850 3 года назад

      If you want to do the soviet way then eat spam

    • @afailureofaanimator6744
      @afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад

      @@olp3850 Nyet. That is American pork with all that disgusting capitalism mixed in!

    • @olp3850
      @olp3850 2 года назад

      @@afailureofaanimator6744 I mean true but that's one thing that kept the soviets alive during Germanys great crusade

  • @erichunsaker4969
    @erichunsaker4969 5 лет назад +4

    I did a presentation on a candy brand a few years ago for my computer science class, I talked about Tootsie Rolls. Fun fact about American WW2 field rations is that they had Tootsie Rolls with them. In fact, Tootsie rolls didn't melt in the high temperatures of jungles and deserts so they were great to have in field rations.

  • @ulitonkinng3485
    @ulitonkinng3485 5 лет назад +38

    Soviet people and soldiers:
    You guys even get food?!?

    • @Gothic7876
      @Gothic7876 4 года назад +1

      And yet the Soviet Army smashed the Germans and pushed all the way back to Berlin. Hmm...

    • @xi.na_
      @xi.na_ 4 года назад +3

      @@Gothic7876 Consider the 9-13 Million dead soldiers.

    • @xi.na_
      @xi.na_ 4 года назад

      @Joe Cervantes if you cut these numbers in half, then it would make a bit more sence.

    • @xi.na_
      @xi.na_ 4 года назад

      @Joe Cervantes en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_casualties_in_World_War_II

    • @xi.na_
      @xi.na_ 4 года назад

      @Joe Cervantes many axis had to fight in the italian and Western Front agains the allies. What is even your point? We have seen how well the soviet did agains the finnish.

  • @samedwards3285
    @samedwards3285 4 года назад +34

    POV: you're a slave and accompanying a hop-lite
    the hop-lite dies
    *_prosper_*

  • @nonexistantman5797
    @nonexistantman5797 4 года назад +32

    6:22
    A fortnight long March.
    Kids:FORTNIGHT HEHEHEHEHE FORTNIGHT TEHEHEHEHE

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy 4 года назад +3

      Teenagers and adults that hate fortnight loving kids: OH FOR GODS FREAKING-

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 года назад +5

      Fortnite is cancer

    • @thunderkatz4219
      @thunderkatz4219 3 года назад

      @@blankblank5409 Minecraft is gay but apex is better

  • @potatosmasher1072
    @potatosmasher1072 5 лет назад +17

    So many Last Shelter Survival ads lmao

  • @yoboikamil525
    @yoboikamil525 2 года назад +15

    as a kid I thought hoplite's slaves were actually his friend, so when I was playing with a friend and made him carry everything, my mom asked me why and I said "he's my slave".
    I still feel the pain from the spanking.

  • @mk-1579
    @mk-1579 5 лет назад +2

    I sound like such a nerd rn, but I get overly excited when I see a Simple History episode get put out, keep up the amazing work!!

  • @mandytran8023
    @mandytran8023 5 лет назад +195

    USA: We get MREs
    Russians/Soviets: Woah, you get MREs? We eat our dead...wait what? What did I say? I meant to say we eat our dead cows, yeah totally *runs out with vodka*

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 5 лет назад

      You eat your Marys!?

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 4 года назад +10

      MREs were once so disgusting they were called Meals Rejected by the Enemy

    • @comradestalin4826
      @comradestalin4826 4 года назад +1

      I can confirm

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 года назад

      Comrade Stalin A delicacy

    • @m1garand903
      @m1garand903 4 года назад

      rejvaik the MREs are really good now. I had one before

  • @kleodaereuz3698
    @kleodaereuz3698 4 года назад +8

    4:03 british armies are goats🐐

  • @claysoggyfries
    @claysoggyfries 5 лет назад +140

    They ate food. Your welcome

    • @ABC-in2le
      @ABC-in2le 5 лет назад +8

      Clay Soggyfries you’re*
      You’re welcome.

    • @LAV-III
      @LAV-III 5 лет назад +2

      No they ate *WaTeR*

    • @troxity5589
      @troxity5589 5 лет назад

      They ate food. You’re welcome.*
      Your welcome.

    • @caise3910
      @caise3910 5 лет назад +1

      Yea but what kind of foo-

    • @independentquebec3500
      @independentquebec3500 5 лет назад

      Soviets:Wait what?

  • @dy3560
    @dy3560 5 лет назад

    I love your guys videos I always learn new things from u guys and no history is my favorite subject. Thank you guys

  • @clappedcosmic9204
    @clappedcosmic9204 5 лет назад +1

    Love your videos

  • @mikitz
    @mikitz 5 лет назад +5

    During the 18th and 19th centuries, soldiers in many armies had 'portable' ovens for baking their own bread. Could've mentioned the introduction of canned food somewhere in the mid-19th century.

  • @edwinthomasr
    @edwinthomasr 2 года назад +5

    One time while I was in the US army, I swapped a couple MREs with a British soldier for a 24 hours of food box. What a great ration it was!

  • @historiousedward4145
    @historiousedward4145 2 года назад

    Watching this while having lunch...best feeling ever

  • @thetriumphofthethrill2457
    @thetriumphofthethrill2457 3 года назад +1

    Well-done and informative video, cute animation too. 😊

  • @SomeGuy-lr7ms
    @SomeGuy-lr7ms 4 года назад +24

    General: hey you looted no more alcohol for you
    Me who never drinks alcohol: k

  • @biggvshavtivsdickvsii8541
    @biggvshavtivsdickvsii8541 5 лет назад +30

    I eat so much food at times I cannot March on my stomach; I just loll around on the palace floor like a beached whale 🐳