The 6 Year Old Red Army Lieutenant of WW2 (Youngest Soldier of the War)

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    During the Great Patriotic War against the Germans from 1941 to 1945, the Soviet Union mobilized all of its resources to defend the Motherland. Over 34 million people bore arms during the four years of the conflict, including women, old men, and youngsters. It is estimated that thousands of children under the age of 16 years old fought in the ranks of the Red Army. One of them was Sergei “Seryozha” Aleshkov, the youngest soldier of World War Two.
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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1185

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  • @blackegret666
    @blackegret666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5766

    Nikolai: "I'm not THAT old to fight!"
    Sergey: "I'm not THAT young to fight!"

    • @blacktemplar2377
      @blacktemplar2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      There's a video about his father's story here th-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @tristan203
      @tristan203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      @@blacktemplar2377 you fool!
      I've memories the rickroll link

    • @sineese6593
      @sineese6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@blacktemplar2377 people beware that a rickroll link always end with XcQ remember that

    • @randomthings4815
      @randomthings4815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@tristan203 You save me, I am forever in your debt.

    • @everby9998
      @everby9998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@sineese6593 I personally remember "dQw4w"

  • @Joe_Mama661
    @Joe_Mama661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2948

    "Hey kid, want a present?"
    "Okay!"
    *Hands him a browning pistol*
    "Don't tell your dad."

    • @dapperfield595
      @dapperfield595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý I've seen better scammers, try better

    • @Profkol0rado
      @Profkol0rado 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý shut up

    • @aria_11
      @aria_11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý Atleast You tried

    • @tidepod10yearsago97
      @tidepod10yearsago97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý bot

    • @thatawkardsilencewhenyoufa1590
      @thatawkardsilencewhenyoufa1590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Don’t worry guys, I reported the scammer.

  • @Violent2aShadow
    @Violent2aShadow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +884

    Adult to a 9 year old American: "A BB gun? No! You'll shoot your eye out!"
    Adult to a 6 year old Soviet: "Here's a pistol. For the motherland, comrade!"

    • @plasmawolf7960
      @plasmawolf7960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      What part of America do you live in?!? Everyone I know learned to shoot rifles at 6 at oldest

    • @gracejudedescallar8217
      @gracejudedescallar8217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yas

    • @mrlodgereal
      @mrlodgereal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@plasmawolf7960 California

    • @plasmawolf7960
      @plasmawolf7960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@mrlodgereal you poor soul. I live in upstate ny.

    • @ADMICKEY
      @ADMICKEY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrlodgereal oof

  • @brittislove
    @brittislove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    For those who were curious what became of Sergei he lived a pretty good life it seems. He did not stay in the military as he was a heavy chainsmoker from a very early age (who can blame him) but he got a law degree and lived in the Urals and passed away from a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 54.
    Sergei, you absolute badass
    /

    • @yunglacez2955
      @yunglacez2955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Nice that he didn't see USSR collapse :troll:

    • @SinoLegionaire
      @SinoLegionaire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Damn Russia could use a man like him these days.

    • @kosh6739
      @kosh6739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And why in the cursed one?If you're talking about Ukraine, then the United States has been cursed for a long time, because it has invaded the Middle East many times, so let's not have double standards and Russophobia, OK?

    • @NachtEule71
      @NachtEule71 ปีที่แล้ว

      Almost saw the end of the U.S.S.R :(

    • @damianh4510
      @damianh4510 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kosh6739 russia invaded it too 😂

  • @sketchygetchey8299
    @sketchygetchey8299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4918

    US recruiter talking to 16 year old: sorry son, you’re not old enough yet.
    Russian recruiter (talking to 6 year old): you get your own platoon!

    • @piyushprasad2878
      @piyushprasad2878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +466

      Well atleast the US recruit got 2 moms

    • @swizzy6010
      @swizzy6010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@piyushprasad2878 stromg wahmen

    • @mandalortemaan7510
      @mandalortemaan7510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      "And you, you get a Tank Platoon!"

    • @colleen9026
      @colleen9026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I understand the joke but I just want to say this for the sake of history and to give these children attention as well. During the U.S Civil War there was between 250,000 and 420,000 males (both sides combined) thag were under the age of 18 who got involved in the conflict. Including It's estimated that around 100,000 Union soldiers were 15 years or younger. The youngest soldier in the entire conflict would be "Edward Black" who was only 8 years old. He would also be considered the youngest casualty (wounded). The youngest soldier killed during the conflict would be "Charles Edwin" who would be hit by an enemy shell during the battle of Antietam. He died from his wounds 3 days later at the age 13. Keep in mind that a musician was also considered a soldier. There was 80,000 - 100,000 Musicians in the war. But it is not guaranteed that these numbers were mostly those under 18, among these musicians were also grown men. Majority of these minors weren't forced but rather volunteers due to the mind set of "Adventure, Fun, and Glory"
      The youngest noncommissioned officer would be "Johnny Clem" who became a sergeant at the age of 13 after he shot a Confederate Colonel.
      Also keep in mind that many minors would lie about their age meaning a minor who claims to be 18 but was really let's say...16 could've taken that secret to his grave when killed.

    • @dylanhaugen3739
      @dylanhaugen3739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      If I remember right the US had a 13 year old boy in its ranks during WW2, granted he lied about his age, but I'm not sure how you mistake a middle schooler for a high school senior.

  • @_Cleveland_
    @_Cleveland_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7921

    "Bro, your aim sucks! You can't even hit a target point blank!"
    "You died to a 6 year old with binoculars."

    • @legoclonetrooper
      @legoclonetrooper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      Danm son! 😂

    • @BlueBl_xx
      @BlueBl_xx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Are you winning son?

    • @mszalans4817
      @mszalans4817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Same thing was said to me after one LoL match. Common thing down there.

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      That COD on a nutshell well it there own fault as everyone is running around not checking around LMAO

    • @aluminium5738
      @aluminium5738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      get the thot police

  • @diverzant8786
    @diverzant8786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Just think about the amount of positive effect this kid had on the moral of the unit, but it's double edged sword, if he actually got killed it would impact the unit even more in the negative context

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Probably why they kept him in the rear.

    • @thebronyhoodpony5627
      @thebronyhoodpony5627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      A possibility could also happened that the soldiers who had witnessed this , could either be extremely demoralized or have the extreme urge to win as to avenge him

    • @bestleesinna7702
      @bestleesinna7702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I think it would be the other way around. If he died, those men would stop at nothing to brutally murder every last german they could find. If he died, I would want nothing but vengeance.

  • @robertwilson522
    @robertwilson522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +767

    Imagine this kid, now a grandparent, telling his grandkids about his adventures

    • @BossTwan-kk6bp
      @BossTwan-kk6bp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I have to disapoint you but I searched him up and he died in the 90's :(

    • @tangerinepaint3643
      @tangerinepaint3643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@BossTwan-kk6bp he could’ve gotten at least kids in that time period

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      he could have told his grandkid in the '90s that whined about walking to school that back in his day when he was on his way to school he had to every morning stop the german warmachine.

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know he had at least two children and lived to see the birth of his grandchildren. So I have no doubt, even if they didn't hear it from him, he would have at least told his children, who pass along those stories. They know their grandpa.

    • @sven9900
      @sven9900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      imagine the german solder was dumbfounded when they capture sergei

  • @brendanyeo6260
    @brendanyeo6260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2738

    “Aren’t you a little short to be a shocktrooper?”
    - Comrade Leia

    • @djsourcream2668
      @djsourcream2668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Didn't she say stromtrooper instead of shocktrooper.

    • @terminal8531
      @terminal8531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@djsourcream2668 Ok so let me explain the history of the Shock Trooper in short term. Shock troopers were mainly equipped with light armor and a PPSH-41. Essentially the stormtrooper of 1941-1945 Russia.

    • @djsourcream2668
      @djsourcream2668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@terminal8531 Oh, okay, that's what you meant. In the star wars universe shocktroopers are a special type of stormtrooper that have heavier armor and carry heavy blasters. In A New Hope, Leia specifically says to Luke " aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?". She uses the term stormtrooper specifically. So when you said shocktrooper, I thought you meant a star wars shocktrooper, not a russian one.

    • @terminal8531
      @terminal8531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@djsourcream2668 Alright then glad to help

    • @person7597
      @person7597 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@terminal8531 well yeah but og stormtroopers came form germany in ww1

  • @XNIExodus
    @XNIExodus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3766

    "When I was your age, Little Timmy, I WAS A LIEUTENANT OF THE RED ARMY AND NOT SPILLING MILK ON THE CARPET"

    • @dealwithitdoge9534
      @dealwithitdoge9534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      DAMMIT TIMMY

    • @redactedcanceledcensored6890
      @redactedcanceledcensored6890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      and spilling vodka

    • @snowballin7416
      @snowballin7416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      GOD DAMNIT TIMMY, UR DRINKING ALMOND MILK AGAIN?

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@snowballin7416 WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE I DRANK VODKA

    • @FrustratedCat33
      @FrustratedCat33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I DON'T FUCKING CARE THAT IT WAS SLIPPERY ON THE OUTSIDES I AM GETTING MY BELT

  • @eliteonline7674
    @eliteonline7674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    "I fear no man"
    "But that thing?"
    *points at kid*
    "It scares me"

    • @Jimmy2003MLPFIM
      @Jimmy2003MLPFIM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Heavy?

    • @spencergacker9553
      @spencergacker9553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Da.

    • @VadulTharys
      @VadulTharys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Having been shot by a child soldier in Africa, I can say that is exactly how I feel.

  • @willivers4249
    @willivers4249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    "Every Russian man, woman, and child will do their part in the war effort." -Joseph Stalin
    Damn, this man wasn't kidding

    • @DMlTREl
      @DMlTREl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Do you know why? Because all USSR civilians survival depended on it. Search for german plan OST

    • @tsarnicholasii66
      @tsarnicholasii66 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow he wasn't kidding

    • @easternbloc5529
      @easternbloc5529 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tsarnicholasii66 Boi I thought u were dead

  • @CliffCardi
    @CliffCardi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3613

    “Aren’t you a little young to be a soldier?”
    Sergei: “Yes, yes I am.”

    • @90sHighSpeed
      @90sHighSpeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Phineas and Ferb?

    • @hazeldiez7778
      @hazeldiez7778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This line is so nostalgic

    • @haoviet8388
      @haoviet8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Mom, Sergei is a soldier

    • @CliffCardi
      @CliffCardi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      “Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today”
      *begins construction of a 1:1 scale replica of Stalingrad for re-enactment*

    • @craigthemonke794
      @craigthemonke794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Alright carry on then

  • @Cruzader79
    @Cruzader79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    German officer: "We would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for that meddling kid!"
    The legend of Sergei-doo

    • @enfield3963
      @enfield3963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bruh ahahaha

    • @Bigstarrocker9
      @Bigstarrocker9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sergei dooby dooooo!

    • @Weezerand...
      @Weezerand... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sergei-doo where are you!?

    • @biko9824
      @biko9824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Certified Bruh Comment of the Day™ goes to this comment. Congratulations!

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quote by Hans and Hans in the haystack

  • @mayankanand1153
    @mayankanand1153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    That kid saw more things in his childhood than an average person's whole life.
    Died before Soviet union collapse,true Soviet patriot.

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      he died in 1990 and soviet union collapse 1991 coincidence? Probably.

    • @randomvideos3190
      @randomvideos3190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Jebu911 It's like Soviet Union was doomed to fall after his death

    • @user-rl8hf8kt1r
      @user-rl8hf8kt1r ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randomvideos3190 its more like he had seen the future....and didn't want to live in it specilly 90's russia

  • @icespyda
    @icespyda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It’s beautiful how deeply rooted our survival brings us together. It breaks my heart knowing so many children shared the same childhood as this little soldier.

  • @michaelmccarthy4892
    @michaelmccarthy4892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1368

    "Go to bed, you're no good to us cranky."
    "But I'm not tired."

    • @TheRealTacoJohn
      @TheRealTacoJohn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And then he led the hellfish

    • @ernestov1777
      @ernestov1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      When this kid was shot, German soldiers were severely wounded.

    • @michaelmccarthy4892
      @michaelmccarthy4892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheRealTacoJohn Can't believe there are legs in that gag, I thought it was just a goofy Abe Simpson senility moment.

    • @NichtIchSage
      @NichtIchSage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good night grandpa.

    • @bradleymasters1456
      @bradleymasters1456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you know this must be good when even the bots watch it

  • @BusterScruggsss
    @BusterScruggsss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1653

    Stalin: Every Russian man woman and children will do there part in the war effort
    This kid: Ight bet

    • @ernestov1777
      @ernestov1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      When this kid was born, he named his parents and grandparents.

    • @griddy922
      @griddy922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He went to crank some nineties

    • @f-ckmyr0fil788
      @f-ckmyr0fil788 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ‘Whither away so early, Little Red-Cap?’💢💤💌❣️💟💞💝

    • @f-ckmyr0fil788
      @f-ckmyr0fil788 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And whenever she had picked one🥧🍰🎂🍪🍩🍨🍤

    • @f-ckmyr0fil788
      @f-ckmyr0fil788 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      and when you are going😇🤬🤮🤧🤢🤕🤒

  • @maxthecharacter1296
    @maxthecharacter1296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Damn...What a great kid. Probably the bravest kid in history. If it weren't for that heart attack, he could've lived to this year.
    Just imagine all the stories he could've told and the honor he would've received in today's time. It would've been amazing, especially since he was so young back then.

    • @SuperKlondike64
      @SuperKlondike64 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He got a heart attack due to his constant smoking, which was pretty common at the time.

    • @maxthecharacter1296
      @maxthecharacter1296 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SuperKlondike64 Thanks for the info. I didn't know about it. But my point still stands.

    • @koyomiaragoto1493
      @koyomiaragoto1493 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@maxthecharacter1296definitely and if he did he would prob be the some of the last veteran of ww2 to live after the 2020s and 2030s

  • @lolipopplayzzz7825
    @lolipopplayzzz7825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This was adorable to see how the soldiers took the boy in and loved him like their own son. Maybe some of them did have sons waiting for them back home or their sons were sent to war too on other regiments.

  • @c1lancy
    @c1lancy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3044

    "You can't bully me, I fought in the war. Respect your elders!" - Sergei in college.

    • @hunterofdarkness8329
      @hunterofdarkness8329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      His classmates would be afraid of him

    • @Josef6360
      @Josef6360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@hunterofdarkness8329 he will said i killed soildier of the mustache man

    • @Josef6360
      @Josef6360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Kung fu Jesus nah the funny mustache man that who ever saw him shall raise his right hand

    • @grumogus
      @grumogus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is no college in russia

    • @raider7876
      @raider7876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@grumogus really?

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1378

    Imagine actually being in this kids shoes. Imagine if when you grew up, you didn't have memories of going to school, but memories of war, bombs, gunfire, death and bloodshed, if that was how you grew up. Imagine fighting side by side with men that were terrified to do the same thing that you were, when other kids are afraid of the dark. Seriously, this is an unbelievable feat, I never knew about this story, I'm glad that I now do. What an absolute badass.....

    • @m200dreamer7
      @m200dreamer7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Not only that the war would be over before he is even 18. Imagine all the ptsd and trauma he would face and no therapy etc like no a days.

    • @hunterofdarkness8329
      @hunterofdarkness8329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@m200dreamer7
      He probably have a tough mentality to survive a genocide without going insane

    • @josephmountford2292
      @josephmountford2292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I think seeing his mother and brother murdered at age 5 sealed his fate

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@josephmountford2292 yeah, that undoubtedly sparked the fire of revenge in the poor kid.

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@josephmountford2292 and also, from a more practical point of view, left him with no other means of survival..

  • @vegitoblue5000
    @vegitoblue5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    When Hitler heard of the amazing feats the Soviet 6 year old solider did, he ordered all boys 6 years and younger to die to prevent anyone else becoming a solider. He then decided to create his own, so as to outmatch the Soviets, and to show who the real superior being is.
    He lost.

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Alfred Zech a 12year old german boy who singlehandedly saved 12 soldiers lives. Not as young as the russian kid but still pretty impressive.

    • @Eli-jc5ki
      @Eli-jc5ki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      German Baby: kills 30 Russians and used 1 bomb

    • @reginaldgemini8607
      @reginaldgemini8607 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was the other way around remember the brown shirts or maybe the American boy scouts are the true rip-off of both?

    • @ComradeRandolph
      @ComradeRandolph ปีที่แล้ว

      My man got owned by the Soviets

  • @thelastarcadegamer6655
    @thelastarcadegamer6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love that they keep adding in characters they’ve done in the background or focusing on it and not referencing it

  • @yeettheheat
    @yeettheheat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    I can imagine him just absolutely flexing on his class with his uniform, gun and medals.

    • @alexsoklakov7454
      @alexsoklakov7454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Not really. Child-soldiers dont usually flash what they done at war. First of all - war is traumatizing experience

    • @Minecraftian2345432
      @Minecraftian2345432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@alexsoklakov7454 Depends on the person. Some people revel in it, other are scared by it. For a more extreme example of revelry, think about Mad Jack Churchill.

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @warpatato
      @warpatato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Pinnedby Śīmpļē Hīşťôřý This account is so cursed.

    • @USSCYT
      @USSCYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Pinnedby Śīmpļē Hīşťôřý God, what an awful attempt at spam.

  • @Ricky-ce3jo
    @Ricky-ce3jo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1818

    "HANS! WE ARE GOING TO DIE!"
    "Calm down, the T-34 is gone now!"
    "It's not that, there's a six year old with a pistol and he knows how to use it!"

    • @david36051
      @david36051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý you think we are dumb? You are obviously a fake account

    • @samfriendsyt1353
      @samfriendsyt1353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý fake.

    • @NavrajThapa2002
      @NavrajThapa2002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Pinnedby Linus tech tips There was the 6 year old Sergei, who joined the Red Army, as seen in the video and then there's this "6 year old".

    • @niggleabductor
      @niggleabductor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Pinnedby Linus tech tips Yeah idc, anyways, did you know that there was a 6 year old in ww2?

    • @radu8547
      @radu8547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Everyone aiming at head level:
      The boy : *goblin laughter*

  • @KyriosMirage
    @KyriosMirage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    If Warpath wants to claim historical accuracy, they might want to put the landing gear on the Stukas...

    • @starspace352
      @starspace352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol i just noticed

  • @StiffsCompany
    @StiffsCompany ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Even taking into consideration the horrors Sereja been through, I am pretty sure that he had a great childhood! He had a huge family of all the squad members. They were also the perfect role models for the boy! Pretty sure he grew up to be a real wise and kind man!

  • @MegaKaiser45
    @MegaKaiser45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3681

    "The Soviets enrolled them all. And not just the men, but the women, and the children too" - Historian Anakin Skywalker.

    • @michael9260
      @michael9260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Lol

    • @user-fi2vc7ei8v
      @user-fi2vc7ei8v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      69th like

    • @jfsmith0942
      @jfsmith0942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      He do be spittin facts doe 🥺🥺😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😠🤒😠🤓🥴🤫🥺🤧🤕😠🥴🤒🤒🦌🦓🐴🦌🦌🐴🦓🐄🐗🐑🥈🏆🥉🎟🏆🎗🥎🎎🎎🎎🎎🎎🎗🧧🥉🎊🏉🎊🎑🎑🎖

    • @devilpupbear09
      @devilpupbear09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I never understood how idiots dress up as him for comic con after he betrayed his people & slaughtered millions of children.

    • @A-man-Capitals301
      @A-man-Capitals301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      🤣🤯 we will watch your career with great interest 😉

  • @senpaihentaithehentailord2073
    @senpaihentaithehentailord2073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    That is young to be lieutenant and that is an impressive track record for someone so young

    • @andyfriederichsen
      @andyfriederichsen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @Just Dope Don't spam links. We know you are using an alt account to artificially increase the views to the videos on your other account.

    • @harrymorris2361
      @harrymorris2361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’ve got a feeling it was because, if say, a new soldier struck him, or did anything to him, the soldier could be charged with “
      Assaulting a superior officer”

    • @senpaihentaithehentailord2073
      @senpaihentaithehentailord2073 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@harrymorris2361 I wonder if it actually happened

    • @cross-san7585
      @cross-san7585 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great name

    • @senpaihentaithehentailord2073
      @senpaihentaithehentailord2073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cross-san7585 thanks

  • @PANCERNY87
    @PANCERNY87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The youngest soldier of the Polish Army was Stefan Wesołowski (9) and he came from a noble family. He knew his ancestors' duty and took an active part in many fights. He was not a mascot, but a regular soldier. I'm not proud of it, because we should protect the children, but there were times when every "neighbor" wanted to slaughter us, so praise for the heroism of the youngest. I remember him because he died in the year I was born in 1987.

  • @sm1522
    @sm1522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolute legend, after watching the oldest and youngest solider you really see how important every life was against the fight against evil

  • @kingkermit7323
    @kingkermit7323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Everyone: wow can you guys believe that a 83-year-old fought in the Soviet Army
    The Soviets: You ain't seen Nothing yet

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      At this point the Soviets we both Cruel and Meme.

    • @dwarow2508
      @dwarow2508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@silverhawkscape2677 How was this cruel?

    • @NishiMiyamura
      @NishiMiyamura 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Soviet Union in ww2:if you're a living creature you're fighting for the motherland whether you like it or not

    • @kingkermit7323
      @kingkermit7323 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NishiMiyamura literally anyone who could hold a gun was conscripted in the army lol

    • @technoimperialist9509
      @technoimperialist9509 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Just Dope JUST STOP JUST STOP!!!!!!

  • @xxxgoblinslayerxd6975
    @xxxgoblinslayerxd6975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4084

    Stalin: "I will use every man, women, and child to defend the motherland...I'm not kidding about the child part."

  • @louisfk9880
    @louisfk9880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Some person whose a pre-teen or teenager: I’m too young to die in battle!
    Sergei: Uhh, u think???

  • @The_belligerant_servo_skull
    @The_belligerant_servo_skull 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've been told, some of the least appreciated (by civilians) lads are the forward observers, forward air controllers, Aka FO, often some of the closest to the enemy, making sure our lads in contact have support, regularly in a spot where if they get pinned they're on their own..
    Big respect, you should sleep sound knowing you've done your duty.

  • @takakocaesar579
    @takakocaesar579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1941

    he has a backstory of every shonen protagonist ever

    • @bondbond8260
      @bondbond8260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      No no, every Shonen HAVE his backstory

    • @shaftoe195
      @shaftoe195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      The other way around. The boy was first, Japanese anime characters came later.

    • @yuugagazamee6020
      @yuugagazamee6020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      The Soviet Union, precursors to Anime itself

    • @printersappreciationassoci8567
      @printersappreciationassoci8567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      At first... when I was hearing "young soldier" , "Adopted" , "father was a major", "war"
      I was first thinking that this might be related to violet evergarden

    • @Toblerown_ch
      @Toblerown_ch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@printersappreciationassoci8567 was going for Tanya Degurechaff but this works too

  • @Troonielicious
    @Troonielicious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Poor kid,all he knew was war and made him and he was a badass kid,fearless.

    • @GhostChild808
      @GhostChild808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In a way...sorta like a Spartan in the real world or from Halo Spartan

    • @senatorcatotheelder7530
      @senatorcatotheelder7530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Pinnedby Śīmpļē Hīşťôřý scam

    • @tundrazzr3659
      @tundrazzr3659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Pinnedby Śīmpļē Hīşťôřý Thank you simple history, I watch all your video. Please do one on the Alamo.

    • @isaacyang265
      @isaacyang265 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And why is that poor?

    • @Troonielicious
      @Troonielicious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@isaacyang265 maybe cause children should never have to experience war? War is not a game dude, it’s horrible and it changes your life forever

  • @RubMySchmeat
    @RubMySchmeat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A kid who fought for his country he didn’t know any better all he knew was to defend his mother land that’s mad respect right there.

  • @gravedigr12
    @gravedigr12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I asked my opa one time ''what was it like to be a young man was it hard for you'' and he replied with the most painful answer I had ever heard he said ''when I was 17 they conscripted me into the army when I was in my late 20's I was released from my p.o.w camp he said I never got to be a young man'' those words still stick with me to this day his brothers his family all taken from him by the war his only saving grace was he was to be sent to Stalingrad but his train was so late he was re assigned to czech and before people start hurling insults he was a machinist and he had no damn choice in the matter.

  • @xx_insert_cool_username_he6876
    @xx_insert_cool_username_he6876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1792

    "for mama?"
    "no"
    "for papa?"
    "no
    " *FOR THE MOTHERLAND?* "
    " *YES* "
    *grabs nearby PPSH 41*

  • @barsustun3243
    @barsustun3243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +655

    imagine how the countless sergeants in red army felt when they learned they outranked by a 6 year old kid

    • @andrewkappler5503
      @andrewkappler5503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Lol probably happy bc the officers were the first to be executed. Lol

    • @niviera7807
      @niviera7807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He's using hax i'm gonna report him

    • @schizophreniagaming1187
      @schizophreniagaming1187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      probably pay 2 win

    • @generalkenobi6687
      @generalkenobi6687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@andrewkappler5503 Learn history first and then say your things

    • @urmother6557
      @urmother6557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh

  • @kurotsuki7427
    @kurotsuki7427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was concerned about a 6 year old in the army but he's mostly a letter boy and moral booster with some keen eyes. That makes me feel better.

  • @thuhtetaung6655
    @thuhtetaung6655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    US kid:Marched for equity.
    Russian kid:legendary ability,brilliant leadership,fight for country.

    • @maprochan5954
      @maprochan5954 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      US kid is busy with gender

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3994

    Looks like AKs aren’t the only Soviet Idea that African Rebels are using right now

  • @KingAsaBeatz
    @KingAsaBeatz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1117

    Liberian Child Soldier: "I- I can't believe I shot someone!!"
    Sergei: "first time?"

    • @raindoset5408
      @raindoset5408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sergei: more

    • @gebermotta2558
      @gebermotta2558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ^___________________________^

    • @SpidaMez
      @SpidaMez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      that kid never even shot anyone lol

    • @KingAsaBeatz
      @KingAsaBeatz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@SpidaMez shhh

    • @jerinimo8917
      @jerinimo8917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SpidaMez shhh

  • @xumo4732
    @xumo4732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how much the animation improved, especially since the characters' side profile doesn't look weird anymore.

  • @loszhor
    @loszhor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    8:27 What a gift giver!

  • @francoquispe656
    @francoquispe656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    I'd love to see this "oldest and youngest warriors" series but for every country that participated in WWI and WWII

    • @mrbrazilian7172
      @mrbrazilian7172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it would be great!!

    • @Pommezul
      @Pommezul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let them hear it! It would be fantastic to see that as a series

    • @dageneral7708
      @dageneral7708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nikolai tgat fought in ww2 for the soviets

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Poland would definitely be the 8 year old nurse who participated in the Warsaw uprising.

    • @mieszkothemigrantmercenary2808
      @mieszkothemigrantmercenary2808 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, including Costa Rica

  • @stopsign2594
    @stopsign2594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +739

    "Sir we are losing"
    "By what?"
    *BY A CHILD*

    • @MrAlex_Raven
      @MrAlex_Raven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Perfect Cell: "You're a CHILD!"

    • @mctlp2323
      @mctlp2323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's all fun and games until Germans call techno and tell him he's an orphan

    • @SwagTinCommander
      @SwagTinCommander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mctlp2323 you didn't need to put that emoji there

    • @mctlp2323
      @mctlp2323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SwagTinCommander ok

  • @matthewesposito5177
    @matthewesposito5177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brave young comrade. You did great work! Thank you for shining bright with a red flame.

  • @MCVillager461
    @MCVillager461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've watched this video 5 times and every time I have had happiness shine into my heart. Every cloud has a silver lining

  • @Setantacu
    @Setantacu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    Anyone else reminded about the time grandpa Simpson was telling Bart how he was a lieutenant in ww1 when he was 4 years olds

  • @georgekaragiannakis6637
    @georgekaragiannakis6637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +915

    The Russian movie “Soldier Boy” is a heart warming portrayal of Sergei Aleshkov. Your video closely reflects the film version.

    • @abelrefasa3382
      @abelrefasa3382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Youuuuuuuuuu

    • @tokreds2
      @tokreds2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Really good movie

    • @aegis6485
      @aegis6485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@abelrefasa3382 I understood that reference.

    • @larryoconnor7094
      @larryoconnor7094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He was a communist.

    • @aegis6485
      @aegis6485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@larryoconnor7094 And? So were a lot of soldiers on the Russian front of WWII? Does that disqualify their sacrifice?

  • @TheKohakuEverythingChannel
    @TheKohakuEverythingChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Hans, the 6 year old is looking at us!"
    'So? he is a child!"
    *HE HAS A PISTOL AND HE KNOWS HOW TO USE IT*

  • @JohanKlein
    @JohanKlein ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If that story is impressive enough then have a look at Alexander Alexandrovich "San Sanych" Kolesnikov. He became a son of the regiment at 12, but he actually hang a lot with the recon troop becoming a recon-sabateur himself. Ended up highly decorated (even by adult standards) and severely wounded a few times. His story is depicted in the film "Это было в разведке" (or "that happened in the reconnaissance"). There was a quite strong scene in the film when he came to the mess hall with all his awards at his chest making the elder soldiers who had ridiculed him earlier feel really awkward.

  • @bingchillundstalhelm
    @bingchillundstalhelm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    'How old are you?'
    '6 years'
    'Where did you get that pistol?'
    'The general gave me it'
    *faints*

  • @theoreoman4597
    @theoreoman4597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2035

    "Imagine dying to a 6 year old lmao"
    - Sun Tzu probably

    • @pranavdube6720
      @pranavdube6720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lol 😂

    • @ricefarmer-kr4yv
      @ricefarmer-kr4yv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Plot twist: he actually a pro but he just smuff them

    • @sakitaru64ツ
      @sakitaru64ツ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      sun tzu said that!

    • @theoreoman4597
      @theoreoman4597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sakitaru64ツ No, but it'd be funny if he did lmao.
      Edit: 3 weeks later I finally understand what you mean

    • @Ttegegg
      @Ttegegg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sun ztu has a quote for everything

  • @imakeplaylists159
    @imakeplaylists159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This kid deserves a movie made about him… he truly lived an epic life

    • @NAME-yg8sl
      @NAME-yg8sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a movie already, it's called Soldier Boy

  • @user-pr4vf2lp4k
    @user-pr4vf2lp4k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this story!

  • @Loup-mx7yt
    @Loup-mx7yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    Here is a clarification, children couldn't be conscripted in the red army. These were often orphans who joined on their own will. They often were given the role of distributing munition and few ever touched a gun. The uniforms were often resized by custom tailors to fit the child or teen. Their age would often be exagerated in documents.

    • @bearmarco1944
      @bearmarco1944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      "Hey, Alexandr. This kid's onlyfour years old. He doesn't know what he's getting himself into!"
      "The documents say he's 40. Good enough for me, Romanov."

    • @vegitoblue5000
      @vegitoblue5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yes, that is true. And the Soviet Union and Russia does not try to hide it. There was even a scene when a child had a pistol and shot a German machine gunner at point blank range.

    • @garlkurzer
      @garlkurzer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vegitoblue5000
      What scene?

    • @adviksingh6181
      @adviksingh6181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@vegitoblue5000 you gotta tell us. what scene?

  • @zakiducky
    @zakiducky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    The irony of him being too frail to continue military service after the war. What a tragic life, but also what a hero.

    • @LeCommieBoi
      @LeCommieBoi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      It might even be what he endured during the war that made him too frail for post-war military service

    • @zakiducky
      @zakiducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@LeCommieBoi That’s a possibility! My money, however, is in the fact that the Soviets needed every man they could get during WW2. After the war, they could afford to be more selective again and needed men back into civilian life to rebuild the economy. But I’m not a historian, so that’s my best guess.

    • @aldo1871
      @aldo1871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Pretty sure that mine fucked him up in the long run

    • @agooddemoman8603
      @agooddemoman8603 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aldo1871 8:00 didnt it say he ended up without a scratch

    • @aldo1871
      @aldo1871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@agooddemoman8603 yea but there’s still energy from the blast that could’ve hurt his brain internally

  • @TupDigital
    @TupDigital 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "the youngest combatant of WW2..."
    Japanese toddlers training to be the last human wave banzai lines during the approaching invasion of the mainland:
    *"Hold my sake"*

  • @timetravelingtraveler
    @timetravelingtraveler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That "6 year old" must've been more mature than most of my classmates

  • @soyjackz
    @soyjackz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +828

    "Heya, is that a 6 year old over there hans?"
    "Yeah, think so!"
    "Were gonna die to a 6 year old with a pistol."

  • @ComicalRealm
    @ComicalRealm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +537

    Crazy. At six years old, many kids play soldier. This one did it for real.

    • @38thirtyeight
      @38thirtyeight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At 6, I was playing GI Joe's action figures from Mattel.
      A gun shoots unlimited gasoline and a second gun shoots a cool fire ball.

    • @outdoorvideoswithbrad
      @outdoorvideoswithbrad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kid soldiers are more ruthless, there’s plenty of them it’s not a uncommon thing In certain parts of the world, and back then they had honor and actually took responsibility instead of playing victim, kids or teens would run away from home in the civil war or to fight in ww1 and ww2 or lie about age, they didn’t care they just needed man power

    • @apotato5567
      @apotato5567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@outdoorvideoswithbrad oh comeone glorifying brainwashing young people and sending them to their death

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@outdoorvideoswithbrad and same kids where trying to get STDs to get out of war we should not glorify or use child soilders Sergey is example of extreme situation and definitely should not be normalised by stupidity of "BACK THAN"

    • @firelordazula386
      @firelordazula386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      he even got a real gun, shame on us that play airsoft gun in the age of 6

  • @Niagro0j
    @Niagro0j 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I will dance for the motherlands

  • @markedwards6455
    @markedwards6455 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I served during the Cold War.. When the Soviet Union was our greatest threat.. But I believed in knowing my enemy, so I read whatever I could find in the base Library, first hand accounts by Red Army soldiers and civilians.. and the lesson I cam e away with, was that the Soviet government was my enemy, our enemy.. But the average Russian human being was not.. I never "hated" the Russians.. something that surprisingly, the Air Force encouraged.. "hate" is a useless emotion that can drive you to tragic mistakes.. and we didn't do "mistakes"
    This young man.. is an inspiration.. after all the horrors he endured, survived.. he accepted the soldiers as his new family.. and he didn't fight to kill for it's own sake.. he put himself in harm's way to HELP his new family get through, to survive.. He worked to lift spirits amidst the horror they all faced.. He fought FOR life... not simply to take it.
    To my mind that makes him the greatest kind of hero.. One I can respect... even if he was in the Red Army.. and I was in a Nuclear Missile Wing..
    That we never had to fight the Russians is one of the greatest non events in History.. One I am still grateful to God that cooler heads prevailed.. May those saner voices be heard again in the current events.. and there be no hot war..
    God Bless everyone and may we never know another world war..

  • @ananglophile4764
    @ananglophile4764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +907

    The only boomer capable of saying "back in my time" with respect.

    • @Lupinthe3rd.
      @Lupinthe3rd. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Well he was 6 in 1941 which means he was born in the 1930s s o he is not a boomer. A boomer was born between 1945 and 1965.

    • @ananglophile4764
      @ananglophile4764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Lupinthe3rd. well a slightly older boomer

    • @_Observer_961
      @_Observer_961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ananglophile4764 ah yes makes sense xd

    • @thecrippledpancake9455
      @thecrippledpancake9455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ananglophile4764 No, my grandparents call their younger friends boomers. Don’t get it twisted, they don’t want to associate with that crowd.

    • @SideWays8Productions
      @SideWays8Productions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not only is he not a boomer (the literal term stemming from the term “baby boom”), but Russians don’t have a word for boomers, or what came before them, since the birth rate didn’t skyrocket the way it did in the US.

  • @GrayD_Fox
    @GrayD_Fox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    “SIR WERE BEING FLANKED WHAT DO WE DO!?”
    “I wanna take a nap”

  • @KarmaDarkStar
    @KarmaDarkStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There’s actually a Russian movie made about this story. It’s called Soldier Boy for those who are interested.

    • @bmhater1283
      @bmhater1283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just watched it after some comment made 1 week ago talked about the movie, goddamn it's really good

    • @Sergio-kd9wm
      @Sergio-kd9wm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No it’s called “come and see”

    • @KarmaDarkStar
      @KarmaDarkStar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sergio-kd9wm “come and play” is a different movie that isn’t based on the true story of the video and movie “Soldier Boy”, and I’m pretty sure “come and play” isn’t based on a true story.

    • @Sergio-kd9wm
      @Sergio-kd9wm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KarmaDarkStar yea I know I was just joking 🙃 I’ve yet to the see the movie your talking about but this story kind of reminded of come and see that’s why I mentioned it

  • @G__Brtz
    @G__Brtz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Citizen: Why did i get arrested? 😭
    Officer: The higher command will tell you why
    (Goes to the room)
    Citizen: Eyy, why did i get arrested?
    Kid: Becawse you did not sell me the candy fow fwee

  • @silverhawkscape2677
    @silverhawkscape2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    When Stalin said he wanted every pair of hands for the defence of the motherland. He REALLY wasn't kidding.

    • @tristan203
      @tristan203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Just Dope shut up bot

    • @nikitagukassov9781
      @nikitagukassov9781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They fought for their survival against the war machine of the third reich, they had no choice but to fight against the nazis as if they won, they would have exterminated us, and the possibility of their victory was actually not that small, at least in 1941/42. It makes sense that every one had to be involved and at that time no one was joking, Stalin’s order to fully mobilise makes sense and is justified

    • @ggbroggbro545
      @ggbroggbro545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      KIDding lol

    • @pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195
      @pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stalin: Every hand shall defend the Motherland!
      Apes: *Has hands*
      Stalin: 👀

    • @AReyes-uw6qf
      @AReyes-uw6qf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nikitagukassov9781 They should have

  • @mpcrauzer
    @mpcrauzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Sergey: at the age of 5 Saw his mother was shoot dead, 10 year old brother hanged, lost everything he has it, and got his final revenge without knowing at the age of 10.
    Mother Rússia is pround of her little soldiers

    • @snipingflute4346
      @snipingflute4346 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like Goblin Slayer’s origin story.

    • @AnshuOP69
      @AnshuOP69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pinnedby Śīmpļē Hīşťôřý spammer

    • @AnshuOP69
      @AnshuOP69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @some dumbass on the Internet i did

  • @spinosaurus9518
    @spinosaurus9518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    me literally just watching this disappointed and also proud at the same time

  • @Yes-vx2un
    @Yes-vx2un 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Normal recruiter: Son, I'm sorry but you just ain't old enough to be in the army
    Russian recruiter: Here's your gun, vodka, and uniform. I will be seeing you my little comrade

  • @Panzerbaguette1944
    @Panzerbaguette1944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    Imagine being part of the most dreaded force in Europe and training for the Fatherland only to be killed by a 6 year old Soviet boy

    • @revanofkorriban1505
      @revanofkorriban1505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Such is the pointlessness of war.

    • @Void_Wars
      @Void_Wars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Your choice of words to describe war criminals that target civilians is super freaky.

    • @marcusyoung2870
      @marcusyoung2870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Void_Wars Every country involved in the war targeted civilians......

    • @vitoremanuel4374
      @vitoremanuel4374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Void_Wars Everyone focused on civilians

    • @spencergacker9553
      @spencergacker9553 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Void_Wars A good chunk of Germans weren’t Nazi’s some were even from Ukraine.

  • @rockld122
    @rockld122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I have a little brother the same age as Sergei and I couldn’t imagine him doing the stuff this child accomplished.

    • @zechariahtaylor4039
      @zechariahtaylor4039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @ktheterkuceder6825
      @ktheterkuceder6825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Humans will be fundamentally different. This guy could do it your brother probably can not. And that is the beauty of humanity.

    • @cortex8239
      @cortex8239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah. People back then were built very different. Guess a desperate war will do that

    • @kiyru
      @kiyru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My brother is the same age and he can’t even speak

    • @thomasn4347
      @thomasn4347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hard times create strong men as the saying goes

  • @user-bu9ok5in5v
    @user-bu9ok5in5v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Мой прадед тоже воевал, он встретил войну в 12 лет и так как его папа был командиром бригады, то и он стал сыном полка. Сражался мой прадед в Крыму и был трижды ранен, имел государственные награды!!!

  • @parkerbeebe4383
    @parkerbeebe4383 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    War changes every aspect of a person and this 6 year old shows that war makes you mature quickly but still had the aspects of a child by keeping the soldiers morals up

  • @dementia__gaming
    @dementia__gaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    “What do we do for a gift?”
    “Eh, give the six year old a pistol”

    • @ryvjaydenabello2601
      @ryvjaydenabello2601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL

    • @iron4517
      @iron4517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      “Wow thats a great idea”

    • @karapuzo1
      @karapuzo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      In 1944 he would have been 9, a much more responsible age /s

    • @pohorex6834
      @pohorex6834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@karapuzo1 is it sarcasm? Because technically that is right, 9 is a much more responsible age

    • @pohorex6834
      @pohorex6834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-po3hz1bz4g okay?

  • @seages7511
    @seages7511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    It wasn't Sergey's mother that saved him. It was his neighbor.

    • @krazyhistoryfan997
      @krazyhistoryfan997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But before she could join him she got shot by german soldiers

  • @freshbanana9948
    @freshbanana9948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This child did more than my life :(

  • @slashshooter003
    @slashshooter003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You died to a Soviet Baby, armed with Soviet Baby Cart, and a PPSH-41."
    ~ Misleading Thumbnail

  • @sleepyboi5804
    @sleepyboi5804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    It's wholesome that he was loved by his unit

    • @gratius1394
      @gratius1394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      A lot of Soviet units had such children in their roster, so called battalion's sons/daughters. Most of them was orphaned and had no one to take care of them. Sergei was one of the youngest, that's why his story is relatively known. As strange as it may sound, children provided soldiers with emotional anchors amidst the carnage they were experiencing every day.

    • @ShinigamiInuyasha777
      @ShinigamiInuyasha777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, except the part were the nazis butchered his hometown...

    • @ahmedaliyu1495
      @ahmedaliyu1495 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shows that Family is not always blood type.

  • @shermantankstudios9086
    @shermantankstudios9086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    The story of Sergei Aleshkov is one of my favorite World War II stories. It goes to show that even a kid can make a big difference during a dark time in history.

    • @shadowkiller7510
      @shadowkiller7510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý bro shut up who are you

    • @oasis1282
      @oasis1282 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shadowkiller7510 your mother

    • @manface2806
      @manface2806 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pinnedby Sìmpļē Hîštorý you scammer

  • @kitadrian2115
    @kitadrian2115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It gets crazier and crazier

  • @conaltierney740
    @conaltierney740 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most wholesome World War 2 story

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Soldier: “I’m doing my part!”
    Other soldier: “I’m doing MY part!”
    Another soldier: “I’m doing my part!”
    Kid soldier: “I’m doing MY PART, TOO!”
    Rest of the soldiers: **laughter**

    • @TheRealMarx
      @TheRealMarx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I get the reference😂

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheRealMarx a fellow Vivziepop fan, I see (and a fan of Loona nonetheless). 👍

    • @juliusquasar1565
      @juliusquasar1565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      “They’re doing their part! Are YOU?”

    • @TheRealMarx
      @TheRealMarx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@princessmarlena1359 Finally someone that notices😁 People keep thinking that my profile name is referring to the K-pop band named Loona.

    • @50calM82A1
      @50calM82A1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Would you like to know more?

  • @potatortheomnipotentspud
    @potatortheomnipotentspud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Kid: I wanna be a soldier when I grow up!
    Stalin: Why wait? (Hands him a rifle, bayonet, manual, uniform)

  • @aewhatever
    @aewhatever 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This movie is actually on you tube with English subtitles " Soldier Boy" . if anyone is interested

  • @normalguy7567
    @normalguy7567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I Fear No Man"
    "But That Baby It Scares Me"

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    *Interesting fact from the movie, the young soldier hid under some trees when he saw a Gemran patrol coming his way and to make matters worse, a snake hung low near the little boy yet he stayed still and quiet, knowing that being bitten would have been preferable to being found by the Germans and captured or shot.*

    • @jeeeyouuu1053
      @jeeeyouuu1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      that’s from the movie bro

    • @Imnotsmg4bob
      @Imnotsmg4bob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeeeyouuu1053 though it could be based on real life events

    • @jeeeyouuu1053
      @jeeeyouuu1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Imnotsmg4bob nah it didn’t happen that was added by the director so the beginning wasn’t just him eating berrys in a forest

    • @Imnotsmg4bob
      @Imnotsmg4bob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeeeyouuu1053 eh, I'll edit it as a "based on the" movie fun fact then

    • @JV-bj4kx
      @JV-bj4kx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Imnotsmg4bob Did you know that Germans used people for Blitzkrieg

  • @NoobNoobNews
    @NoobNoobNews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Imagine going to military school surrounded by people twice your age and you nor only have more medals than your teacher, but outrank them.

    • @joemontague8394
      @joemontague8394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That would be a little embarrassing

    • @kyle333halfevil
      @kyle333halfevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joemontague8394 For the teacher.

    • @DJScootagroov
      @DJScootagroov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this kid 100% pulled rank to avoid doing homework.

    • @localcrackhead4038
      @localcrackhead4038 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DJScootagroov *SERGEY I demand your homework immediately*
      *flashes medal*
      *Ahh what did you say?*

  • @stoneforest2639
    @stoneforest2639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No child should ever deserve to grow up so young. All the children I’ve met who acted mature had pasts they try to forget.

  • @SimplyDuker
    @SimplyDuker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This kid really took the "built different" to a whole another level.

  • @Yoshikage..
    @Yoshikage.. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Nikolai: Aigh, WE NEED BACKUP
    Sergei: ok ill get my friends.
    "Later in the russian kindergarten"
    Sergei: hey i need help.
    Everyone on the school: *Okay*

    • @Yoshikage..
      @Yoshikage.. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello

    • @Yoshikage..
      @Yoshikage.. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @some dumbass on the Internet good, just makin netherite armor on minecraft

    • @PANZERFAUST90
      @PANZERFAUST90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wow stupid :)

    • @Type90-IIM
      @Type90-IIM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Yoshikage.. Hi.

    • @fanartalexis6921
      @fanartalexis6921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Anti furry Patrol *do it and succesfully capture you* challange accepted

  • @RebelRenegade76
    @RebelRenegade76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +765

    The Soviet’s took “Scraping the Barrel” more seriously than anyone else, good god

    • @josephstalin2526
      @josephstalin2526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You gotta do what you gotta do

    • @Hellenic_Empire
      @Hellenic_Empire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Ah damn, this Germany player must have grinded Soviet manpower, so the Soviet player had to scrap the barrel

    • @dwarow2508
      @dwarow2508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They didn't though. No child or woman was force conscripted into the army

    • @Hellenic_Empire
      @Hellenic_Empire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@dwarow2508 if you didn't get it it was a hoi4 joke/reference

    • @josephstalin2526
      @josephstalin2526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dwarow2508 woman were kinda allowed whan the germans were really close to Moscow

  • @otaviol.c.5586
    @otaviol.c.5586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This lad here literally fought WW2 and meanwhile im here on my bed crying that im useless for not being competent