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  • @HeyHistorically
    @HeyHistorically Year ago +1311

    🧡 Like what we do? Support us on Patreon! :D
    ➡ www.patreon.com/HeyHistorically
    God this was so much work..... I'm tired Dx
    I really hope you enjoy this video. It took longer than I wanted to due to a lot of horrible stuff. I faced famiy abuse, moved countries to live with my wife and that country ended up in an escalated civil war with explosions on a daily occurrence. Additionally internet was cut off frequently and electricity only on 3 hours a day. What a crazy couple months it was!
    On to the next video, within a month :)

    • @Sircowcosmic
      @Sircowcosmic Year ago +44

      Hope your doing well now man

    • @PatheticPaladin
      @PatheticPaladin Year ago +25

      I hope your okay now.

    • @alexneff
      @alexneff Year ago +16

      Yes make this a game

    • @lucieciepka1031
      @lucieciepka1031 Year ago +8

      This was a great video, I’ve been waiting for it for some time. I was so happy when I saw a new video coming. I like your animation and the style of presentation (even though this was so creepy 🫣 especially the last part)
      We can’t give much but I hope, many drops can turn a stream into a river.

    • @kirbyandcalle5540
      @kirbyandcalle5540 Year ago +6

      Congrats on your wedding!!!

  • @RehanTAREEN-q2m
    @RehanTAREEN-q2m Year ago +6655

    I love the way you explained how historians sometimes strip someone of their achievements just because they weren’t on their side.

    • @lima4-2angel
      @lima4-2angel Year ago +306

      Even if the other side is or isn’t entirely in the wrong, i think it’s still important to hold nuance regarding acts in combat between two warring entities. The debate on who was right can be relegated to politics and the accounting of crimes and abuses.

    • @RehanTAREEN-q2m
      @RehanTAREEN-q2m Year ago +43

      @lima4-2angel Very well sad

    • @ckrat3
      @ckrat3 Year ago

      ​@RehanTAREEN-q2m*said

    • @vel-l7w
      @vel-l7w Year ago +29

      @lima4-2angel i actually agree with you

    • @nekomasteryoutube3232
      @nekomasteryoutube3232 Year ago +50

      Most of the bias I have for stuff is because I dont want to be associated with Nazi's just because I look up german stuff in WW2

  • @ryanreviews8566
    @ryanreviews8566 8 months ago +2825

    Leo Major is an actual human with main character plot armor lmao

    • @elasticnoob123
      @elasticnoob123 6 months ago +17

      @Conyeastrnit’s real and documented.

    • @Anime_adventur
      @Anime_adventur 6 months ago +2

      @Conyeastrnsomeone sounding German

    • @gwanael34
      @gwanael34 6 months ago +71

      French Canadians are just built different

    • @ImLeolol
      @ImLeolol 5 months ago +4

      yes

    • @whatdahecko9328
      @whatdahecko9328 5 months ago +2

      @elasticnoob123 😭theres no way its real I want to believe it but its too ridiculous

  • @lafureur4127
    @lafureur4127 11 months ago +1613

    14:22 "and leo survived hitting a landmine" gng casually dropped that like it was a casual tuesday routine for leo 😭🙏

    • @therandomcanadian
      @therandomcanadian 8 months ago +47

      It was

    • @Ada_ckr
      @Ada_ckr 6 months ago +13

      MY JAW DROPPED AND VRO MOVED ON

    • @gwanael34
      @gwanael34 6 months ago +27

      It litterally broke his back too. After a couple weeks he again refused to be medically discharged and sent back home just to go back on the front line.
      The guy was a real life rambo

    • @ImLeolol
      @ImLeolol 5 months ago

      it was

    • @XenonDem
      @XenonDem 5 months ago

      at this point it was

  • @Seanmacguirethethird
    @Seanmacguirethethird 2 months ago +367

    Now we need “WW1’s BEST Soldiers…”

    • @darkestsouls2638
      @darkestsouls2638 2 months ago +6

      so like three people

    • @TheNoobRapter
      @TheNoobRapter 2 months ago +7

      ​@darkestsouls2638 to be fair, one of them did write a book

    • @GrayGun12
      @GrayGun12 Month ago

      ​@TheNoobRapterand tried to overthrow the german government but I dunno

    • @Seanmacguirethethird
      @Seanmacguirethethird Month ago +1

      @darkestsouls2638there’s way more than 3 people 💔🥀

    • @Cairo40000
      @Cairo40000 Month ago

      @TheNoobRapter Hope he does a video on Ernst Jünger he’s such an interesting guy

  • @PolishLikeABoss
    @PolishLikeABoss 9 months ago +982

    Btw Wojtek (bear) got his own uniform in sise XXL, and it fitted him perfectly. He liked chockolate too.

    • @만타노
      @만타노 6 months ago +15

      Wait a sec bears can eat chocolate?

    • @xReteo
      @xReteo 6 months ago +29

      @만타노 no, but they can participate in military operations.

    • @elfyye
      @elfyye 5 months ago +14

      ​@만타노they can eat anything if they wanted too... Yeah bears can basically eat anything😶

    • @williamwhetstone2335
      @williamwhetstone2335 5 months ago

      @elfyyethey are descendants of dogs, can dogs eat chocolate, no and chocolate is man made

    • @antekfecko7061
      @antekfecko7061 5 months ago

      this bear can also drink vodka and smoke cigarets with solider

  • @jamesxtwo
    @jamesxtwo Year ago +3093

    an HOUR of historically content? its not even my birthday!

    • @Liffibo
      @Liffibo Year ago +50

      It is mine

    • @HeyHistorically
      @HeyHistorically Year ago +305

      No it was your birthday yesterday, did you forget?!

    • @jamesxtwo
      @jamesxtwo Year ago +157

      @HeyHistorically Oh it *was* my birthday! Maybe the excitement of the video gave me amnesia!

    • @_Be_Mesmerized_
      @_Be_Mesmerized_ Year ago +9

      Or mine

    • @samkaa-m6e
      @samkaa-m6e 9 months ago +1

      Hahaha! True even though im 14 I already know ww1 ww2 n entire beef about russia n usa and exactly language families n historical leader of many countries I just love history sooooo much XD

  • @Arstozka1982
    @Arstozka1982 Year ago +8243

    I would absolutely love a game like that. I mean, the Illustration alone is S-Tier

  • @Banderson565
    @Banderson565 28 days ago +36

    Fun fact: Wojtek was promoted from Privet to Corporal after that battle. Which makes him the first animal to ever get promoted.

    • @talonia_622
      @talonia_622 15 days ago

      Wasn’t Cher Ami promoted in WW1?

    • @johndurrick1497
      @johndurrick1497 8 days ago

      There was a duck on the American side that was promoted to Major

  • @llamalinguist3250
    @llamalinguist3250 10 months ago +616

    Leo Major: When you don't have main character syndrome, rather, you really *are* the main character.

    • @stillgettingsmarter
      @stillgettingsmarter 7 months ago +10

      Not trying to hate on your comment and I mean in context he was, but I’m a history guy, really into ww2, and I never got around to him (regrettably but also not bc now I have somethin to look into) but like H-man never did anything this cool or interesting imo, and he’s the MAIN character of ww2 by a long shot. Just goes to show the actual main character is usually not the main character and is just a face for an ideal or entity

    • @justinharrison6807
      @justinharrison6807 6 months ago +8

      Dude was a WW 2 solid snake.

    • @pokerraper1
      @pokerraper1 5 months ago +13

      to be fair, he was canadian. I have yet to know a canadian who's not deranged enough to not be protected by plot armor

  • @EmersonNapoli
    @EmersonNapoli Year ago +2564

    This is so Good, the most important thing is He post Earlier than Oversimplified

    • @SmileyFace-v1q
      @SmileyFace-v1q Year ago +22

      Lol😂

    • @doglover5591
      @doglover5591 Year ago +97

      oversimplified is the father christmas of history. you simply must wait until the day comes.
      also please, improve your grammar for gods sake DX

    • @robloxstudiodump6767
      @robloxstudiodump6767 Year ago +76

      ⁠​⁠@doglover5591 someone from a diff country: “hello my is name is-“
      you: “FIX YOUR GRAMMAR OR YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A NOOB AT GRAMMAR IS”

    • @sandhyamahesh5605
      @sandhyamahesh5605 Year ago +152

      I don't disrespect both of these creators in any way and I am not saying any one of these creators are better than the other, but the thing is that Oversimplified posts later than historically bcuz he is the one doing everything from writing to animating that's why he posts later than historically. So don't compare them please🙏

    • @doglover5591
      @doglover5591 Year ago +6

      @robloxstudiodump6767 how was i supposed to know they come from a diff country. its not like i know literally every personal detail abt them T_T

  • @YourLocalGoat-u7w
    @YourLocalGoat-u7w Year ago +952

    Bro why does this channel have lore 💀
    And why is it so interesting!?

  • @barbaricerik8669
    @barbaricerik8669 Month ago +13

    20:40 Bro was so mad about his friends death he turned into Kaneki for a split second

  • @P0T_3M
    @P0T_3M Year ago +2616

    Historically: "Why do people only talk about them overrated dudes like Churchill, Hitler and Stalin?"
    Also Historically: *Brings out a bear*

    • @mrfrog0913
      @mrfrog0913 Year ago +75

      Bears are sick though.

    • @clivah1499
      @clivah1499 Year ago +23

      @mrfrog0913 sick? you mean "awesome?"

    • @swedishfish2357
      @swedishfish2357 Year ago +24

      ​@clivah1499Yes, in common English parlance, "sick" can be synonymous with "awesome"

    • @rawshart
      @rawshart Year ago +1

      he is talking about a different churchill

    • @Access-Mind
      @Access-Mind Year ago +16

      not just any bear this is Wojtek

  • @enjoyer9525
    @enjoyer9525 Year ago +1103

    "Frankly I enjoyed the war" was a quote not by Jack Churchill, but by Adrian Carton de Wiart (a WW1 officer that could have his own video made about him).

    • @elizabethcassidy8082
      @elizabethcassidy8082 Year ago +105

      To Me, the fact that this was said by a WWI vet only makes him more unhinged.
      He def deserves a video

    • @MX_996
      @MX_996 Year ago +81

      He also fought in the second boer war, a Somalian rebellion(as the British), WW1, The polish-Soviet war, WW2, he was captured by the Italians and was imprisoned for two years in a prison for senior officers and in 1943 he was released by the Italians to help delegate their peace conference with the allies, insulted Mao Zedong to his face, survived two plane crashes and was shot 17 times and still managed to live to the ripe old age of 83.

    • @lokikinch
      @lokikinch Year ago +45

      Video? Brother he fought in the second Boer war all the way up to WW2 and even insulted Mao Zedong to his face, INSIDE of communist China.
      He could have an entire movie made on him.

    • @InternetSurfer1215
      @InternetSurfer1215 Year ago

      ​@elizabethcassidy8082 Totally agree 👍

    • @Rogue-Dawn-Studios
      @Rogue-Dawn-Studios Year ago +10

      Mad Jack said almost the equivalent at various points

  • @KeKe-bv8qv
    @KeKe-bv8qv 11 months ago +800

    Wasn't expecting the lore or high production value here but now I'm hooked.

  • @klebsei9289
    @klebsei9289 4 months ago +1252

    Do NOT use betterhelp

    • @Kr4shDown
      @Kr4shDown 4 months ago +29

      Why?

    • @PancakedPolites
      @PancakedPolites 4 months ago +71

      @Kr4shDownin previous controversies they sold all of your information you give them

    • @Fisher_007
      @Fisher_007 4 months ago +163

      @Kr4shDown Also they will match you with a random dude who said "trust me I know psychology", but actually just watched 3 youtube videos and really don't care about you. The whole platform is a scam.

    • @Socrates-r1j
      @Socrates-r1j 4 months ago +94

      Do NOT use betterhelp

    • @王婵婵-z5c
      @王婵婵-z5c 4 months ago +3

      ❤❤❤❤

  • @OackishWaves
    @OackishWaves Year ago +530

    So you’re telling me, that in five months you created a one hour long animated video??? HOW

  • @hello_hi____the
    @hello_hi____the Year ago +3556

    This thumbnail would be a great meme template

  • @CocoCake99
    @CocoCake99 7 months ago +426

    As a Canadian born in Quebec, I'm really sad that Leo Major was put aside in our collective memory... I learned about him thru my stepdad who has lots of knowledge on wars. i'm glad that @HeyHistorically has put him in the spotlight.

    • @Delta_Lord_42
      @Delta_Lord_42 5 months ago +13

      If he was American he would have had ton of movie made about him, but sadly for the collective memory he was born Québécois (even if he was actually born in Boston)

    • @maka6134
      @maka6134 5 months ago +1

      What are your thoughts. Do you think any of his stories were accurate or exaggarated?

    • @Delta_Lord_42
      @Delta_Lord_42 5 months ago +3

      ​@maka6134most likely the most exaggerated story is the capture of the one hundred germans at once. And for the most accurate, it wouod be the liberation of Zwolle and the holding of hill 224 agaisnt the Chinese army, 19 men against ~17,000, which make around 786 Chinese per Canadian soldier,

    • @maka6134
      @maka6134 5 months ago +6

      @Delta_Lord_42 I am Dutch and i can tell you right now no he did not liberate Zwolle here in my home country. Even the museum that used to proudly talk about his achievements here has retracted their story somewhat and now clearly states its more likely a good story than a real event. All we know for sure is that he was the first noteworthy person to make contact but not a single bit of evidence supports him taking over the city. In recent years a lot of historians from my country tried to figure out what happened and concluded he didnt take over the city. We dont know which forces did take it just that he wasnt alone in doing so instead a bigger army captured it.

    • @Delta_Lord_42
      @Delta_Lord_42 5 months ago

      ​@maka6134oh, I didn't knew, well thank you for this information

  • @LeonaAhon-es2dn
    @LeonaAhon-es2dn 22 days ago +9

    33:09 ....the y/n guy is SOOOO CUTTTTEEEE 😭 😭 😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @JohnMO-bf8wx
    @JohnMO-bf8wx Year ago +2064

    5:54 my German is bad, but this is a rough translation.
    "Yes yes delicious German with my friends"
    5:56 "I am so bad at German"
    5:59 "Too bad"(repeated several times)
    6:10 "Apple strudel"(??)
    6:18 "I love your dog"
    Anyone who is fluent or a native speaker feel free to correct me

    • @dasgefalltoma5931
      @dasgefalltoma5931 Year ago +294

      It's "Apfelstrudel" it is a kind of apple cake. The dough is put around the filling.

    • @Theboredhistorian
      @Theboredhistorian Year ago +193

      He says "yes yes let me speak german with my friends, Im so bad at speaking german boy(a term we call or friends sometimes)
      "Thats to bad" sevreal times
      "APFELSTRUDEL!" (A german kinda apple pie)
      "I LOVE YOUR DOG!"

    • @colemanstrange4857
      @colemanstrange4857 Year ago +43

      I seriously spent 10 min trying to figure out what he said at 6:10 and I go to the comments and see it’s “apple strudel”

    • @futuresquirrel3660
      @futuresquirrel3660 Year ago +8

      I have like 300 days on duolingo german and i came here to say the exact same thing

    • @snortsalineoflavender
      @snortsalineoflavender Year ago

      @futuresquirrel3660 German is such a fuck ass language (coming from a native speaker)

  • @gabvib9389
    @gabvib9389 Year ago +681

    Leo Major is truly a one man army

    • @TheLamp-396
      @TheLamp-396 Year ago +35

      Literally AND figuratively

    • @RazorsharpLT
      @RazorsharpLT Year ago +6

      Except his exploits aren't real.

    • @StuckStruck
      @StuckStruck Year ago +6

      @RazorsharpLT ?

    • @RazorsharpLT
      @RazorsharpLT Year ago +9

      @ Nice coincidences that when he had to "go to the city" or "Arrest all those guys" apparently his friend either didn't go or die there.

    • @Luna_0.16
      @Luna_0.16 Year ago +6

      ​@RazorsharpLTDo you have any explanations abaut how he made 93 soldiers surrender ?

  • @Njurdzik
    @Njurdzik 5 months ago +124

    24:47 for polish ppl the joke is funny bc the city nam "częstochowa" means "often hides" and he said "where is this city anyway" then smirked so it was an intended pun witch i actualy found funny

    • @X-AKL-47
      @X-AKL-47 2 months ago +4

      clever joke

    • @ibrahin8172
      @ibrahin8172 2 months ago +1

      Ohio 😂😂😂😂 like if you 67🎉🎉😢😢

    • @Theo-f5G
      @Theo-f5G Month ago

      @ibrahin8172 What the genuine fuck is wrong with you

    • @NPC_1234YT
      @NPC_1234YT 18 days ago +1

      @ibrahin8172wth

  • @TheRix54321
    @TheRix54321 2 months ago +13

    1:05 I never EVER in my life thought I'd see the day where Churchil, Hitler and Stalin are all said in the same word, literally.

  • @thatasianguy9448
    @thatasianguy9448 Year ago +162

    Hard to believe we get to watch something this high quality for free

    • @tudoria
      @tudoria Year ago +1

      You didn't. Rewind about 23 minutes for the sacrifice.

  • @MC_Noob1
    @MC_Noob1 11 months ago +305

    This is low-key the best video about anything educational I've ever seen, literally stopped playing games for 1¼ to watch this

  • @JamWithTheWaffles
    @JamWithTheWaffles 9 months ago +220

    57:54 Wojtek was actually treated as a Polish Soldier and was given cigars and beer as treats and when soldiers were drunk ACTUALLY wrestled them that takes lots of trust for a Bear

  • @LycheeShortcake
    @LycheeShortcake 14 days ago +2

    25:18 Did our tour guide just got shot

  • @kiboma4209
    @kiboma4209 5 months ago +259

    only guy missing is Desmond Doss, bro had plot armor

    • @DarkBiCin
      @DarkBiCin 4 months ago +14

      Tbf he seems to be trying to talk about lesser known soliders

    • @Tragonspl
      @Tragonspl 4 months ago +5

      Sergei aleshkov hello?

    • @Nobody4786
      @Nobody4786 3 months ago +8

      @D@DarkBiCin Michael Wittman and Wojtek are NOT lesser known

    • @Vincent-restoreBritain
      @Vincent-restoreBritain 3 months ago +6

      "Lord please help me get one more"

    • @DevilChild6100
      @DevilChild6100 3 months ago

      ​@Nobody4786lesser known than Desmond doss forsure

  • @loganslife2407
    @loganslife2407 Year ago +390

    This has to be the most underrated history channel out there!

    • @Maija-b5h
      @Maija-b5h Year ago +4

      Frr!

    • @TheFishInfantry
      @TheFishInfantry Year ago +1

      Real

    • @ElijahAbrahams-z3u
      @ElijahAbrahams-z3u 9 months ago

      I hate you

    • @BoredGerman
      @BoredGerman 9 months ago +1

      IMO the most underrated one is the tank museum. They had a whole video just for villers bocage with INSANE quality and still had less than 300k views on that video

  • @НастяНебеснова-ы7м

    There’s a book called Windswept Lies of War-it covers everything from hidden truths and restricted documents to the secrets that history books left out about World War II. You won’t regret checking it out.

    • @AfrikanDog
      @AfrikanDog Year ago +15

      sybau bot

    • @BloxfruitPlayer-i8e
      @BloxfruitPlayer-i8e Year ago +3

      Thanks man

    • @bsquared89
      @bsquared89 Year ago +33

      @BloxfruitPlayer-i8ethat’s a bot spamming a conspiracy book. You can find them on most ww2 themed videos on RUclips. Don’t bother reading that trash.

    • @rainerklessinger8843
      @rainerklessinger8843 10 months ago +2

      Oy vey shut IT down

    • @robinevergarden
      @robinevergarden 10 months ago +8

      @bsquared89 yeah, 100%. I looked the book up and I saw that the cover and stuff was all AI generated, which is pretty shitty. But the fact that it's a conspiracy book is even more disgusting.

  • @taikidesu1768
    @taikidesu1768 Month ago +2

    16:57 wasn’t expecting a fear and hunger reference

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345

    Pilecki was also a devout Catholic and his faith inspired great sensetivity. His daughter Zofia (who's still alive today at 91 years old) said in a few interviews how her Father taught her to value all life. She recalled one key moment where she almost stepped on a ladybug, and he told her to take it outside to be safe. She says that she regularly takes care of homeless cats, titmice and pigeons.

  • @WT_Player-u8d
    @WT_Player-u8d Year ago +106

    55:03 YES OF COURSE

  • @tagalsiralamin2008
    @tagalsiralamin2008 8 months ago +232

    I like the way you explained how some people work so hard for their achievements but they get stripped out of them just because they were not on the winning side

  • @HAKARIFROMJJS
    @HAKARIFROMJJS Month ago +2

    For those who don’t know, “we” died when the legs were cut off

  • @teamofwar6757
    @teamofwar6757 Year ago +61

    9:27 Pooits engage reference?

    • @SirWyed-b8v
      @SirWyed-b8v 9 months ago +9

      Omg a fellow tf2 enjoyer i love pootis ingage its a masterpiece and i love buff soldier

    • @Aussie163
      @Aussie163 9 months ago +1

      @SirWyed-b8vYESSS

    • @darknessdragon270
      @darknessdragon270 8 months ago +7

      I think that joke came before Pootis Engage, but I'm not sure

    • @jaden-gamin
      @jaden-gamin 6 months ago +3

      Yes, yes it is a pootis engage reference

    • @search_up_kurrmailence
      @search_up_kurrmailence Month ago +1

      ​@darknessdragon270it did, came from a tumblr post. this dude talking about this "new anime plot"

  • @loyalpiper
    @loyalpiper Year ago +454

    Should clarify when I visited wotjecks statue in Edinburgh I didn’t look like a gay university lecturer from the 60’s 😂

  • @Lylith016
    @Lylith016 Year ago +14

    25:13
    NOOOO MISTER HISTORICALLY NARRATOR-

  • @H.J.K-n6g
    @H.J.K-n6g 4 months ago +6

    1:11 this has a lot of aura

  • @danielshibata155
    @danielshibata155 Year ago +493

    I know it's not much but thank you for the video I really don't know these stories I hope a success in the channel

  • @B1SCR0W
    @B1SCR0W 10 months ago +72

    From a WW2 Documentary to a conspiracy unveiler to a complete LORE FILLED cinematic artwork... Its not only the duration thats speaks for itself, its the quality too: THIS IS A MOVIE-AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SEQUEL.

  • @Maysonroyceee
    @Maysonroyceee Year ago +57

    Did bro really have to take our legs😭 49:01

    • @AkamusPenguin
      @AkamusPenguin 11 months ago +7

      It was much more than that O.O 1:13:12

    • @TheConfusedKazakhMario
      @TheConfusedKazakhMario 4 months ago +1

      bro when he said "my disabled friend" i was like, oh no he has cameras in my house 😭

    • @Adamsakr116
      @Adamsakr116 2 months ago +1

      Waldo is evil af

    • @xsoosx.
      @xsoosx. 2 months ago +1

      ​@Adamsakr116 and we love evil characters

  • @LycheeShortcake
    @LycheeShortcake 12 days ago +4

    In 1:13:13 shows that the Death time of the little guy is around 25 minutes and 35 seconds ago. So 73(60)+ 13 (time of the scene)- 25(60)+35 (Death Time) = 4,393-1,535 = 2,858.
    Which in fact is 47 minutes and 38 seconds. 47:38
    The last scene where the little guy is seen alive(or not)is in 48:51 , this proves that the team actually paid a LOT OF EFFORT in making the death time accurate and the whole story is AWESOME
    25:06 appearance of Waldo (old man)
    (Btw is Oliver the younger version of Waldo in 1:14:34 ?)

  • @00700A
    @00700A Year ago +77

    2 polish corp was the saddest army ever , they all were ex-gulaks prisoners.And with army go thousands of orphans who was forced to see a death of they parents in Siberian's prisons. Wojtek sometimes work as a emotional support for depressed children.

  • @hello_hi____the
    @hello_hi____the Year ago +44

    34:39 This dance could be a meme

  • @R0bloksiann
    @R0bloksiann Year ago +49

    1:11:24 Budget ran out

  • @PvtPardt
    @PvtPardt 18 days ago +1

    Ain't no way an amazing history channel has hidden lore

  • @whitenight1707
    @whitenight1707 Year ago +111

    8:23 "Hello everybody, Im Markiplier"

  • @Mew246
    @Mew246 Year ago +28

    THEY DEPLOYED FREDDY FAZBEAR?? 3:14

    • @GabrielHorne
      @GabrielHorne 2 months ago +3

      "What if Freddy Fazbear Stormed Normandy"

  • @finczuello8223
    @finczuello8223 Year ago +97

    16:58 FEAR AND HUNGER REFERENCE!!!!!

  • @RickTheDoorTec
    @RickTheDoorTec 16 days ago +1

    3:18 that German is about to experience the bite of 44

  • @Frs.2275K
    @Frs.2275K Year ago +55

    4:20 henry stickmin

  • @owlyon
    @owlyon Year ago +122

    13:15 >captures 100 german soldiers and brings them to allied army camp
    >convinces the german commander too and got him to come
    >is given very prestigious award medal for his work but declines
    >refuses to elaborate, leaves army camp
    >Leo Major the Chad scout.

    • @mroscar7474
      @mroscar7474 Year ago +3

      Leo is fucking awesome, he could read his enemies like a book and plan for it. Makes me want to be like Leo lmao

    • @gwanael34
      @gwanael34 6 months ago +1

      He explicitly said he refused the medal because he didnt like the general that was giving it to him lmao.

  • @EspressosWork
    @EspressosWork Year ago +799

    I find it a bit funny that after the stories about Leo Major and Michael Wittman, the narrator brings up the possibility that Leo's story was sensationalized to the point of fiction for the purposes of propaganda. While listening to this, something didn't really vibe. I've done a lot of study on WW2. Most of these stories I've heard. 'course, not all of them-- but Wojtek and "Mad Fighting Jack" I've had many run-ins with.
    I made a note on my desk pad to look up the Leo Major story after watching the video and check sources to check validity before that part played, not because the accomplishments felt off-- but because there was never any impartial witness to the achievement. It was always solo. Just unusual. Granted, not impossible-- but Whittman's story definitely felt much more realistic in terms of possibility and consistency.
    I've heard a lot of off the wall accomplishments in history, but usually it has to do with things that are a product of the situation causing events to allow for such a thing-- people in-general are not generally incompetent for an entire war. So, while looking for sources-- I'm not surprised to find that it's very murky on Major's story. I think the idea it might be propagandized is not entirely incorrect. A shame, considering how many incredible stories that weren't embellished came from the war.

    • @owlyon
      @owlyon Year ago +99

      To be fair (to Leo Major) even Michael Wittman's kill count and achievements were questioned after the war. Historians claimed he destroyed less allied tanks than what the germans claimed and that he counted abandoned tanks as kills too. It was also proven that german high command would exagerate the amount of kills of their ace pilots for aircraft.
      Leo Major does also have some serious courage to lie about these events (if he did lie) when he is often the only source and person on his missions.

    • @Sillyguy013
      @Sillyguy013 Year ago +70

      It's just better to admit that neither side of the war can be trusted to give out “most accurate” information. One side will tell one sweet little lie, the other will tell tall tales of “great men”. I just wish there was more freedom of information to give the common person the ability to dissect history.

    • @YuzukiShinji
      @YuzukiShinji Year ago +7

      ​@owlyon but still he manage to save the korean place even tho they're outnumbered

    • @dasamont8274
      @dasamont8274 Year ago

      I'm just glad he didn't bring up Christopher Lee's possibly stolen valor.

    • @EspressosWork
      @EspressosWork Year ago +11

      That doesn’t surprise me at all. Honestly all numbers are grain of salt moments. That all being said, one got promoted very very quickly in an extremely high jump. The other not so quickly and verification on both sides is a bit difficult. I really don’t find war stories incredibly heroic or inspiring to begin with since it’s a matter of idolizing murder- but in the moment and directly after it isn’t much different from a game match. The man with the bigger count has a more compelling story. They get remembered.
      All-in-all they’re both interesting stories. There’s a healthy amount of doubt on both ends, but I do agree with the video making the point of history being dictated by the victor, and the losing side did have less tales of valor than the allies. Not because they didn’t have as many harrowing encounters- but because it would have been socially life-ending to openly tell such stories after the axis were defeated.

  • @T29Heavy
    @T29Heavy 4 months ago +1

    4:21 It's a goddamn Henry Stickmin Reference. The channel is not only cultured in history but also on the pop culture media like TF2, Valiant Hearts, and Jojo bizarre Adventure

  • @painlessjeans83
    @painlessjeans83 Year ago +85

    1:52 right as the flashbang went off I got an ad.

  • @Deathnote2539
    @Deathnote2539 11 months ago +8

    I am so disappointed in my Candian education for never teaching me about Leo Major

  • @DarthTrooper2021
    @DarthTrooper2021 Year ago +90

    So this is why you have been absent for months, you were cooking us a movie.

    • @permanentvisitor2460
      @permanentvisitor2460 11 months ago

      That, and the wild list of hardships and other difficulties in their pinned comment

  • @czorcikm6305
    @czorcikm6305 27 days ago +1

    0:27 THE OVERSIMPLIFIED PIECE IS REAL

  • @grusio_die_kosmonautin

    6:00 I just love how you said youre bad at speaking German XD

  • @marinagrecu1887
    @marinagrecu1887 8 months ago +21

    8:20 OMG MINE TURTLE

  • @AnthonyFreire-yc5ow
    @AnthonyFreire-yc5ow Year ago +19

    9:36 IS THAT THE LINE FROM POOTIS ENGAGE?!?!?

  • @stringiestworm
    @stringiestworm 4 months ago +1

    1:02:36 friendship ended with wittman now otto is my best friend

  • @hello_hi____the
    @hello_hi____the Year ago +128

    0:10 **Chomp**

  • @BreadKnight1337
    @BreadKnight1337 Year ago +17

    25:08 Can't beleive they found him.

  • @Capsters_ghost
    @Capsters_ghost Year ago +35

    6:09 i agree bro. the apfelstrudel is also my favorite austrian dessert

  • @Sivakento5049
    @Sivakento5049 2 months ago +1

    21:37 bro did all that badass things and died peacefully. Holy badass guy

  • @josephramirez5670
    @josephramirez5670 Year ago +17

    History is told by its victories 47:26

  • @K.bricks8
    @K.bricks8 Year ago +16

    25:19 Waldo was found…. Armed

  • @uex6317
    @uex6317 11 months ago +53

    That fear and hunger reference on 16:58 is chefs kiss. Awesome video!

  • @Irl_salmon
    @Irl_salmon 3 months ago +1

    6:09 APFELSTRUDEL🗣️🔥

  • @woutergrob8587
    @woutergrob8587 9 months ago +15

    47:12 Those headlines had me in stitches.
    They Read.
    April 12th
    -Sarah's cat has been stolen again.
    -Bike thrown in water
    April 13th
    -Slept safe and sound
    Nothing
    April 14th
    -Do we want more or less nazi's? (In reference to something a dutch populist politician asked about muslims a few years back).
    -Liberated the city

  • @buffdoge31
    @buffdoge31 Year ago +15

    1:00:28 STANDING HERE I REALIZE

  • @Hølløwguy-f7q
    @Hølløwguy-f7q Year ago +13

    42:06 literally tank horror movie

  • @Wanderer-with-iron-deficiency

    It's crazy to think that these lads were in the same war

  • @Husary12
    @Husary12 Year ago +12

    58:13 Mistake - Those Polish soldiers didn't flee from Germany. They were released from Soviet POW after being captured in 1939. In 1941 they were released due to German invasion of Soviet Union when the Brits told them to because they wanted to make an alliance. They made it to Iraq on their own with no help from Brits or Russians.

  • @mooncraft45
    @mooncraft45 Year ago +135

    Most other history youtuber: *talk about the general of ww2 not the person
    Historically: "Fine I'll do it myself"

    • @McMasterTy
      @McMasterTy Year ago +7

      And got most of the facts wrong, like he messed up so many things on Leo Major, it hurts my soul...

  • @PrateekPakhare102
    @PrateekPakhare102 Year ago +8

    Keeping young generation hooked on to history for an hour when most of them have an attention span of barely ten seconds is an accomplishment in itself. 1:14:25

  • @MateoAriza-g2y
    @MateoAriza-g2y 15 days ago +1

    0:31 oversimplified I love that channel

  • @NatsukiNafis24
    @NatsukiNafis24 8 months ago +10

    20:38 Oshiete Oshiete yo TOKYO GHOUL REFERENCE!!!!!

  • @TheRandomEnder
    @TheRandomEnder Year ago +16

    6:26 as a german this is so funny

  • @catwithaneyepatch
    @catwithaneyepatch 11 months ago +247

    This might be, no joke, the best videos I’ve ever seen on youtube. Well done, team.

  • @ExcuseYourLanguage
    @ExcuseYourLanguage 4 months ago +4

    Witold Pilecki wasn't able to do much but still did a lot he gave hope to people, which helped even if it was small

  • @AChickendroid4471
    @AChickendroid4471 Year ago +12

    47:38 calculated the exact time the viewer died based on the time of death at the end, its here
    Edit: DANGIT IM WRONG, or the plotholes win

  • @stecarta2660
    @stecarta2660 Year ago +277

    This is one of the best, if not THE best historic video I've ever seen.
    Just like you said, a lot of people do make video about WW2, but almost no one talks about this type of characters, that are often overshadowed by something bigger.
    The style of the drawings, the narrative and the jokes with the spectator make your videos even more entertaining and funny to watch, while still learning interesting historcal facts.
    And you didn't talk only about the Allies and criticize the Nazi's stories just because they are Nazis, but you simply tell the facts, without discrediting one side or the other.
    I love your videos man, you are the best history youtuber right now, and you have the potential to grow even bigger.
    I'm really sad that your art is underrated, you deserve a lot more followers.
    I'm sorry that I dont have the money to join your Patreon right now, but I will do it for sure in the future, if you continue being so good.
    I hope you'll have a great day man, thank you so much for your artwork.
    (I apologize in advance if I made any grammatical errors, English is not my first language.)

    • @HeyHistorically
      @HeyHistorically Year ago +35

      Thank you so much for the kind words! We will only get better and better :)

    • @ultimadeusumbra
      @ultimadeusumbra Year ago +9

      "Facts" is a strong word. More like telling the accepted story of the time.

    • @stecarta2660
      @stecarta2660 Year ago

      ​@HeyHistoricallyall the words that I wrote were deserved :)

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. Year ago

      @stecarta2660 Oh, please. The whole "history is written by the victors" narrative in the context of WW2 is bulshit. Even the mainstream professional Western historiography was for decades treating the self-aggredizing and whitewashing accounts of German generals, like Franz Halder and Heinz Guderian, not nearly critically enough. Plus, there are a lot of pop-historians and military history fans with borderline fetishist obsession with the Nazies.

    • @McMasterTy
      @McMasterTy Year ago +7

      This is overly exaggerated and some points (a lot) are wrong, for example Leo Major, it is inaccurate on one of my favourite French Canadians.

  • @chichone
    @chichone Year ago +8

    I love how Leo Major is like an overpowered anime character lol

  • @TheRealDemonGod
    @TheRealDemonGod 2 months ago +1

    14:54 This part made me nearly CRY. DAMN YOU HISTORICALLY FOR MAKING ME FEEL THINGS!

  • @uptoolsYTK
    @uptoolsYTK Year ago +40

    5:54 German soldiers talking in Duolingo is a scene I did't know I needed until now.

  • @concretesniffer
    @concretesniffer Year ago +15

    22:25 Peak video but NOOOOO NOT A BETTER HELP AD T_T

  • @WoahWandell
    @WoahWandell 9 months ago +19

    20:44 why he look so scary

  • @Losnombressonparatonotos-o1t

    My theory is that Waldo is the future version of Oliver, and he did something TERRIBLE TO TIME. And now he's trying to kill his past self to avoid making that mistake

  • @darcbunnygaming
    @darcbunnygaming Year ago +8

    22:07 I heard Michael Wittman and my immediate reaction was “Oh, that guy. The German propaganda poster boy.”

  • @PerfectPotato-g1x
    @PerfectPotato-g1x Year ago +9

    This looks like a character selection screen 1:07

  • @user-su5lo6nz3o
    @user-su5lo6nz3o 5 months ago +10

    8:40 is that the walk from jjk?

  • @questyquesty
    @questyquesty 4 months ago +1

    17:00 no way, fear and hunger refrence

  • @themariusz4928
    @themariusz4928 7 months ago +66

    Mentioning Wojtek and Pilecki is like a goodnight kiss on a forehead. Thanks for that amazing vid!!

  • @Sak_kraft
    @Sak_kraft Year ago +111

    I LOVE THIS ANIMATION, what's more, I am grateful to you for showing people the history of polish hero, Pilecki.

    • @moon_spirit1
      @moon_spirit1 Year ago +2

      his sweatshop artists meeting quota 🔥

  • @Laserprinter1
    @Laserprinter1 Year ago +10

    "Third installment of the trilogy" is crazy😭😭😭0:36