Most Unfair Wars in History
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Posters used
Dalrymple, Louis, "The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a worse fate" 1898
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Dalrymple, Louis, "Save me from my friends!" 1898
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Gillam, F. Victor, Remember the Maine! And Don't Forget the Starving Cubans!
New York, May 7, 1898, volume 34, page 312, Arkell Publishing Company
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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Robert De Graff
Narrator:
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Sucks that I’m broke
@@R142-2 fr same
Its just now that you show las Malvinas being a part of Argentina I am proud of you for not being British
30 bucks 😢 that's way too expensive
30 BUCKS FOR PLASTIC!?!?! I'll pass
When the U.S. fired on Guam, the Spanish governor thought the U.S. Navy was saluting the Spanish flag. He did not even know the U.S. was at war with Spain until he was made a prisoner of the U.S.A. Despite the USS Charleston firing 13 shells at Guam's fortifications, no one was killed or injured, with all 54 Spanish surrendering peacefully to U.S. troops.
History matters
And he apologizes to the Americans for not saluting back
@@NewdivideHe even explicitly told them had no shot left and asked if they could lent him some.
Sounded like a chill guy.
“There’s the dude, fire at him!”
“Oh how nice, they are saluting our flag!”
“You’ll be taken to a POW camp.”
“So, come here offen?”
Australia vs emus.
The aussies never stood a chance
they were lacking so much in brain cells with how they confronted them...
Someday not planet of apes will happen.
Someday planet of emus will happen
@@marcelxd1633would watch a "Planet of the Emus" movie
Someone pitched that to a Hollywood producer a few years back. The producer turned it down, said it would never take off.....@@jeremymott
A very gay internet meme that gets gayer details added with each retelling. REALITY - they slaughtered half the emu plague, then stopped due to a dispute over who was funding it all.
Fun Fact: Communist Grenada kept the British Queen as Their head of state, Becoming a "Communist Monarchy"
@SGongalong
Kingdom of Romania between 1944 and 1947: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!??*
@@aleksandarvil5718 yuh
Aaayyooo WTF 😂😂😂
There had been one before - early years of Red Mongolia.
@@TomasFunes-rt8rd Uh what?
I believe the British "casualty" from the Anglo-Zanzibar War was a crew member on one of the ships accidentally dropping a shell on his foot
Edit: I want to come back to this comment and quickly further state the the man lived.
I bet he got a lot of s-- for ruining their perfect record…
@@RyariosMakes me think of that episode of McHale’s Navy where one of the crew got a Purple Heart for a shrapnel cut on his finger when a Japanese sub torpedoed the laundry barrel being dragged behind their PT boat.
The 30+ Minute duration of the Anglo-Zanzibar War it would had the same duration as watching an episode of your fave drama or anime
@@Ryarios Honestly, I think his accident enhanced it; 'no casualties' implies they're being loose with the truth, 'one casualty' that upon further inspection was a minor accident implies that they really had to lower the bar to get anything worth reporting.
I used to watch this in math class while I was supposed to be doing assignments I’m graduated now but the memories are key
That Action Figurine has been through a lot of unfair wars
Attention men of 33rd!, Delta force action figures is now sale, Repeat! Is available in the mall!.
Some have committed war crimes and genocide
It has
Iraq war 2003-2011
@@RachiuwuI spotted a plushie in Africa one time the whole village it was spotted in was glassed these plush filled mongrels know no bounds to their cruelty 😂
"If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
Lt. Col. Allen West
I’m stealing that saying
@@kaaronhudson8112wouldn't be a saying if nobody did
@@Voidi-Void 😎
As a Filipino fan of the channel, the Spanish-American War is one of my favorite wars because of the Battle of Manila Bay as mentioned. I know the Americans were victorious because of their superior fleet, but I prefer the ships of the Spanish fleet. Though all of them are old, they're so interesting to know what ships that the Philippines' first colonizer had anchored at Manila Bay.
Filipino is like the biggest ho of Asia, getting f-ed by just about any nations, not to mention it is named after their colonizer - King Philip of Spain.
I walk around Manila and think about the battles that have gone on here. This place has a fascinating history
That's a good attitude
I'm Filipino American :)
@@warpigs9069ahhh Kamusta??
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." -John Steinbeck
"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." -David Hackworth
The Russian invasion of Ukraine should not have been a fair fight, but Russia's tactics sucked and didn't plan properly, so here we are.
That and the crippling amount of corruption in the Russian military and government
Or the 80+ billion dollars of aid and weapons the US sent them had something to do with grinding the male population of Ukraine into the dirt. Just so the powers at be can have an easier time being corrupted, who's gunna stop them now? Grandpa?
They fought unfairly (the T-54s everyone mocked them for bringing out of storage were used as suicide tanks) too but they had other issues namely the weather became their enemy since they invaded in the mud season and they are using tanks in urban engagements which is the Achilles heel of any tank.
@@emberfist8347and they still use human waves to overwhelm positions, one of the least effective tactics in a modern environement where you WILL be anihilated if you are out of cover for too long and not moving fast enough, which is not hard when you are pinned down by defenders.
It still is a unfair fight as Russia still way more resources than Ukraine
You forgot one even more unfair than Ethiopia, Fascist Italy invasion of Albania, coward king zog flew the country and army disbanded and it was a huge italian army vs some guerilla who died fighting.
And YOU forgot to mention that there was enormous collaboration by the Albanians, who were happier under fascist occupation that probably any other country in Europe.
Zog was great, keep quiet u Hoxa lover. The 1997 referendum was rigged
@@TomasFunes-rt8rddunno bout that I mean the war crimes committed in Abyssinia say otherwise weird take you got bud
@@sleepyherbs6303 The war crimes committed in Abyssinia were absolutely real, including gassing of civilian villages and a general massacre on the streets of Addis Ababa in revenge for an attempt on Graziani's life. But the lack of international support for the Abbyssinians is their own fault : they committed appalling mutilations of Italian prisoners.
@@TomasFunes-rt8rd Nah the Croats were definitely more happy once they were given their holds in Axis occupied Yugoslavia...
*"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth*
This is like my 20th time seeing this comment on these videos today.
Colin Powell said in an interview on a Gulf War documentary something like "There's no such thing as a fair war, I'm a soldier, not a boxer"
He's right, even when you go with overwhelming firepower it's not a guarantee of victory. The other side can put an unexpected fight, you never know
For example the NVA and the US during the Vietnam war. Ya the US won most of the battles but the NVA still won the whole war years later.
@@mrsecuroserv8292 I wouldn't say the war against North Vietnam was unbalanced, they had a professional army and air force that proved to be a match to the US, although most of the battles (if not all) were won by the US. A marine in a Frontline episode called "The Bloods of Nam" from 1986 said that facing the NVA sometimes were like facing another marine platoon, the used the same tactics, hand signs to communicate etc. The thing about Vietnam was just the fact that it was a war that drowned US money and blood for too long, same thing with those wars like the Soviet Afghan war, Chechnya,the Afghan war after 2011 etc
@@isaacdepaula2103 true
@@isaacdepaula2103Their air force certainly didn't match the United States. The US dominated the sky while most of the North's pilots were rookies being trained on Soviet planes. It was a large reason why the US won most ground battles
@@isaacdepaula2103matched us Air Force? It’s hard to express how incorrect this is. The US had OVERWHELMING air superiority. But engaging MiGs for the sake of such as the Korean War wasn’t the purpose. The objective was to preserve strike flights, that’s it. Also the idea something was Drained (I think you meant) I’m not even sure what this means but it had little to do with money. All war is money but that’s not why. It was the style of fighting. It wasn’t a “fair” fight in terms of overall strength but odds were evened by the oppositions tactics reducing numerical advantages to Nil. You cite things like the Afghan war again absolutely nothing to do with Money - this was overall objectives issue (nation building) plus opposition strategy again. Sprawling terrain to hide and spread out forces in difficult terrain is tough to habitually fight with prototypical munitions and matériel.
About Operation Urgent Fury, one of my friends who was a former CH-53 pilot was a part of the campaign. He even sent me a photo of a CH-46 lifting from the assault ship based near the island.
It’s funny that his ship to fight the British was called Glasgow 😂
And funnier still that they then lost 😉😂
From Wikipedia:
“Glasgow was used by Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar as the model for his royal yacht HHS Glasgow, Bargash having been impressed by the ship when she visited Zanzibar in 1873.[4]”
In defence of the conduct of the Glasgow, it had drunk 10 cans of carlsberg super and smoked 3 grams of heroin and was in no fit state to fight
@@lonesheepdog6337 And some Bucksfast too I'd imagine 😉😂
@@lonesheepdog6337No it was recovering from its injuries after kicking a burning terrorist in the balls.
Now do the longest wars in history as a follow up
The Third Punic war, the peace treaty was signed 2134 years after us started.
@jamesxiaolong2199 That doesn't count as it wasn't an ongoing conflict until then. It was also purely symbolic.
The 1898 Battle of Manila Bay is so one-sided, we often label it in our history as a "mock battle"
4:11 NOT THE CAPCUT EFFECTS
In Operation Desert Storm, almost all of the Iraqi Air Force was destroyed on the ground.
That’s a flex
In terms of Iraqi missiles bound for Israel being taken out that was also Australian SAS soldiers driving around in 4WDs taking out those installations. Not just yanks.
And British
@@steveforster9764 France,U.A.E, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait and TOO much of them that I can't tell.
@@steveforster9764I heard it was primarily British SAS.
Australian SAS, thats cute, lol
@@phoenixfox3379 Australia has never been invaded. Where are you from?
Wait. im sure iraq didnt have T-80s. But would have used T-55s and T 60s.
Having T-80s and 70s would surely mean thatbtheir tanks would have been rather new.
no t-80s but t-69 chinese made and Soviet t-55, t-62 and t-72
Not a vet but know a few and they said they did not encounter any T-80s.
@@FishKepr Ithought not.
yes t 55 t62 and t 72 and t 59 the chines t55
@@Fyrdman According to reports by the Iraqi military and the US military after they invaded Iraq in 2003 to mostly remove Sudden from power? Iraq didn't have any Soviet T-80 Main Battle Tanks. But China did sold them lots of Type 59 and Type 69 Main Battle Tanks. They also did have other Russian aka Soviet tanks but none of them were T-80.
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this should be renamed to most unEVEN wars.. unfair wars are something completely different. I was confused and interpreted it as weakest casus belly wars
You must be thinking of unjustified wars, then.
The second italo-abyssinian war (1935-36) comes to mind just like the anglo-zanzubar and anglo-zulu war
That was more of a fair fight. Ethopia avoided colonization before that for a reason despite the innovations that allowed the rest of Africa to be carved by Europe and Liberia like a Thanksgiving Turkey.
@@emberfist8347 i mean fighting air craft and tanks with just rifles and artillery is a huge missmatch
@@RodolfoGaming That also happened in WWI.
I'm surprised the Rhodesian conflict didn't come up (although I realize it's controversial). But having the Rhodesians highly trained and equipped by comparison made them battlefield victorious again and again while ultimately losing the war. Although I guess that disqualifies them from it being one-sided since they ultimately lost (although on the battlefield it was one-sided).
Rhodesia was the bread basket of Africa and the Rhodesian SAS were one of the best special forces units that ever existed. Look at what has happened to that once great country since independence 😢
"Rhodesians never die!" 🎶
Owning a Rhodesian FAL is flex for a reason
Right, nor did the Mexican American War, or Zulu War 1879.
I'd include the hilariously one-sided British invasion of Ethiopia in 1868. An insane ruler started kidnapping priests and diplomats. Britian sailed in a rescue force of 20,000 British and Indian troops with 40,000 horses and elephants - Marched across a mountainous desert, won over the locals, annialated the Emperor's army, rescued the hostages, and then went home again. It would be amazing logistics now, but in the 1860s it was next level.
Idk how true it is, especially since it wasn’t said in the video, but always heard a story about the only American tank casualty in desert storm/saber was an accidental friendly fire that over-penetrated through an Iraqi tank and hit a fellow American one
That story is partially true. Some of the Americans were knocked out by friendly fire and so were the Bradleys (which thanks to the Pentagon Wars got an unfair reputation as a death trap on tracks) I think there were more than though as a few tanks were disabled and I remember another story that some Abrams had to shoot around another disabled Abrams so it could be recovered.
I personally would have thought that the Rif War (1921 - 1926) would have been on this list.
Always love watching you guys so I figure why not support the channel and get a cool little army guy
3:00 the engagement was of course more than 38 minutes long . That was when threats were acted on. However taking over and occupying is an act of war. This is why I would say the football or 100 hours war is the best example as it’s got more casualties so there was actually an engagement but also proper declarations of war from opposing governments
Yo
That is the brutal natures of all wars throughout the history in all honesty. People gotta do whatever it takes to survive, gain personal glory, supporting their countries and many other reasons for selfish causes. Unfortunately in today's history, many politicians do not learn the lessons of the past and somehow to choose to repeat or makes the same mistakes as other notorious figures like i.e Hitler, Stalin, Mao. So unfortunately, we come to a conclusion that history will rhythm itself again.
However, new mistakes can be made as well
15:33 another GuP reference : )
This is a great video as usual Simple History, well done. Btw these uneven engagements are referred to by TV Tropes as "Curb-Stomp Battle".
The Anglo-Zanzibar War: *Lasts only 38 minutes*
Average battle in a CoD game: Amateurs
It’s genuinely crazy to see history books talk about the Persian gulf war when I grew up with my dad talking about being a marine during desert storm.
In combat, there are no rules, always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
Yep. Rules and honor only apply in duels and games.
Well remember? You can't redo or respawn like in video games but in real life you only get 1 chance only you die you die for real.
Do people always forget about the Geneva Convention?
@@thenexus8384On this channel yes.
@simplehistory I love your Channel been following since 013, you missed the Biafran war as an unfair war. Hope you cover that some day
1:51 that was excellent British accent! Fantastic video
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
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thank you so much keep up the good work
You damn right it wasn't fair. The Ethiopians were still in the middle of upgrading from swords to black power rifles.
Black Power rifles ✊️
They already had black powder rifles from the previous war with the Italians
In the words of compatriot852 “Definitely ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’ matchmaking”
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15:35 the L3s blowing In the wind 🤣
Real. I love your Videos man.
I think that you should create a limited edition collectable set of the you tube soldiers having a soldier from each branch of the US military and from each war beginning with the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. Each one being designed with the correct style uniform and weaponry.
And not just the regular soldier but special units and weapons such as airborne, flame throwers, sniper, fighter pilots, tank crew, medics, calvary, etc.
My dad was one of the US soldiers deployed to the conflict in Grenada! He told me that his unit was sent in after the airport was taken to hold the airport.
Seriously, that little soldier is something I’d absolutely love to have sitting on my desk. Unfortunately I have far more essential things to pay for right now, but if the preorders don’t sell out before I’m able to get paid again, I’ll definitely consider plonking down some cash for my own little happy American G.I. to keep the transformers figurines and stress ball in line while I’m away from my office.
The 1rst Gulf War and the U.S. invasion of Grenada was one of the wars that my dad was almost in along with the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Was he special forces or something?
@@emberfist8347 he was in the Army National Guard.
once again a very intresting video
Excellent as usual!
'It will be us today, and you tomorrow': Emperor Haile Selasie, never a truer words spoken
My father was on one of those Carriers in Desert Storm. He was a Petty Officer.
Well, the monster of a combat. War is never a guaranteed regardless of supply lines and cash reserves.
20:13 who doesn’t love a little bit of hypocrisie.
War is no sport
War is war and everyone who knows anything about war knows that no battle plans survive the battle field
we need more youtooz collaberations
"Use the air defenses!"
"WE CAN'T SEE THE DAMN THINGS!"
A couple of notes about the 2nd Italo-Ethiopian war. 1) Emperor Haile Silase appealed for intervention from the League of Nations, but was turned down due to fears that intervention might precipitate what would later be WW2.
2) While Italians claimed Ethiopia as part of Italian East Africa, resistance lasted longer than months: indeed Ethiopians viewed Italian presence as occupation, and recognition of IEA did not come readily (plus no settlers came). Resistance was bolstered by the British and Yugoslavian advisors, such that by 1941, the Italians had been driven out
I would actually buy that little action figure . Dude looks like he means business
Me vs TH-cam ads, average battle: 5 seconds.
15:35 Girls und Panzer reference
yes YES HE said las malvinas is a part of argentina 19:09 LOOK
Simple History, Can you make a figurine that has an m-43 jacket, m1 garand, and non camo helmet, essentially a US GI in the european theatre
Khalid bin Barghash: I will put an end to the tyrannical British rule of this nation!
The people: Yeah!
Barghash: I will bring Zanzibar liberty!
The people: Wooo!
Barghash: So I can reinstate slavery and rule over my kingdom with an iron fist!
The people: ...Wait what?
Barghash: **Flees the palace while telling his loyalists to never surrender. Leaving them to die in the bombardment.**
5:00 the start of the biggest war crimes in history
the "any % speedrun timer" thumbnail is CRAZZZY
Fun fact: during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, Roberto Farinacci, a higher-up of the Fascist Party, lost his hand to a grenade. According to the citation of his war wound pension, it was a battle wound. In truth, he screwed up while grenade fishing, and Mussolini forced him to give his pension to charity.
Falkland Islands say hi and want their list spot.
Australia VS Emus
As I Grenadian fan of the channel, I didn't expect to see what happened in 1974 in this list👏🏾
During Operation Desert storm. F14 Tomcat also involved .
Glad you mentioned Grenada and Desert Storm
Second! Also thanks for posting right after I left school bro you’re goated
The US used "Buffalo Hunter" recon drones as early as mid Vietnam war.
Another quote is " truth is the first casualty of war"
There are like so many unfair wars that should have been included in this video. It was way too short but regardless still a good video.
Honestly surprised the Third Punic War wasn't mentioned... that was the definition of unfair lol
The thumbnail is giving off mad "Obviously, you don't own an air fryer" energy
There is no such thing as an unfair fight. you fight to win no matter what. False notions of honor be damned
That’s crazy Saddam Hussein thought Iraq was Germany. At least Germany stood a chance.
What a coincidence. "Perfect timing".
“Neutral Israel” LMAOOO
15:25 wait a second that seems familiar... WAIT you know what nvm i don't wanna be called out for that
We all know an important moral in war...War is not fair!
You forget every single skirmishes the military committed against every native tribes on American soil.
So all is not always _"fair and square"_ in war like that quote say. 😅
Who have the best wepons, tatics, suply lines, commanders, and a big brain, always win!
(Or uses chemical weapons)
Chemical weapons have been banned and for good reason.
@@ParisFletcher yup
No ones gonna die because a poison gas
@@ParisFletcherBecause they dont want the little guy to win, little can a small nation do to win wars with majors if not play dirty. Imagine beliving in " fair game " and " war " " crimes " kek
Imagine being a president that wants just some land and all of sudden all countries in the world team up on u
Fun fact: The explosion of the Maine was found out to come from inside of the ship and the invasion of Puerto Rico was not without resistance. By the time of the cease fire not only the USA invasion had been stopped in the middle of the island it was slowly being pushed back to the coast.
Cuba however was curbstomp for the Spanish which is understandable as not did they have to face the legendary Teddy Roosevelt, but also the local Cubans who were on the American side.
2:15 😂😂😂😂
16:43 such a funny scene 😂
Can I ask, WHERE is the figurine made and produced?
Everyone talks about the F117 but the F111s did most of the hard work. A lot of the imagery from f111s got credited to the stealth fighters. The “stealth fighter” got all the credit. Ask an aardvark pilot who served in the first gulf war about it.
Uruguay, brasil and argentina got together in a bloody "war" against paraguay. This is known as the "triple alianza" war (the triple alliance war).
Paraguay was very powerful and rich country, which obviously was something that non of the other countrys liked. They invaded paraguay, three countries against one, it quickly became a genocide, there are stories about paraguay being so short in resourses due to this really unfair fight that civilians started fighting with sticks and stones.
Truly one of the worst acts from south american countries. We exterminated a whole generation and prevented a country from becoming a powerful country. Shameful they don't teach it that much in school.
Cheers from uruguay, i love the channel, i wish you could talk about "el plan condor" and the atrocities comitted during dictatorships in south america.
Dang as a marine vet I woulda loved to buy one of these looks like I missed the time window just found the channel today 😂
America VS the smallest country in the world that has 1 pint of oil:
No, you don't get it, they're hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction/terrorists (oil)
We never invade for oil that is a myth. We have plenty of oil in our own territories. We also went to Afghanistan for longer than oil rich Iraq.
You missed the one where Germany fought the USSR, France, England, India, Canada, Australia, the USA, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Poland and more at the same time, and even took the handicap of having to feed and protect Italian soldiers.
Italian soldiers didn’t need harboring. It’s a common myth spouted post 1943 as the eastern front collapsed. The reason Italy underperformed was Hitlers pact was forcibly enforced drawing Italy into a 1940 conflict unprepared.
The fact that the German invasion of Denmark wasn't on this list was insane, it ended in like 6 hours iirc.
10:48 LOL :D