Idi Amin: The Butcher of Uganda
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Could you please do a video on Dian Fossey?
Dont put ads in the middle
Could you do a biography on King Leopold of Belgium. A cousin of the reigning Monarch of England. Who oversaw the killing & maiming of over 10 million Africans while he sucked the wealth out of the Congo. Look forward to hearing from u on it. If u have the cojones.
Excellent as always!!
At 19:20 I think you misspoke when you stated that Tanzanian forces surged into Northern Uganda. Since Tanzania is South of Uganda I believe the invasion started there.
Famous Idi Amin quote: Freedom of speech, I can guarantee, but freedom after speech I can't guarantee that.
@Holzkopf Baumfaust You're a right-winger, yes?
@Holzkopf Baumfaust or from Justin Trudeau.
@Holzkopf Baumfaust do you get jailed in Germany nowadays for stating your opinion?
@Holzkopf Baumfaust I don't really know what you are talking about. Would you mind explaining
Lonely Heart Productions yes you do
6'4, 240 pounds and was the Ugandan light heavyweight boxing champion... I'd hate to see the size of their heavyweights.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing lol
Matlock Wallace nICE!
If your gonna be dumb you got to be tuff.
For real....maybe the 240 figure is later on in life?
I think he lost the heavyweight title if I remember right, his brother-in-law told me the story in Calgary where he had a boxing gym. He trained the guy who beat Idi and the guy disappeared, then Idi banned all the East Indians and Mansour /Ismael lost a five million dollar business and fled to Canada.
I'm Ugandan and you don't hear anything about this man in school or anywhere unless you talk to someone who lived through his regime so thank you so much for this!
Isn’t that kinda like how Japanese schools don’t teach students about atrocities the Japanese army committed in WW2?
I offered History in A_level. We studied Amin and other dictators, presidents, nationalists and all African history under History paper 1, then European History in paper 4 I think. We did go deep into other countries like India, Japan, Etc. Unless you offered other Arts subjects, or Sciences or never joined A_level.
I'm Ugandan and was taught about him along with lots of other Ugandans. He does get mentioned a lot in political talks on the Ugandan media.
Oh,. My,.
@@semdavidanger what
I'm from Uganda, and even though I didn't experience Id Amin, mom sadly recalls his regime as the hottest hell on Earth. I remember she shed tears once when she saw his name on TV one day. :(
Give love to your mother, She needs it.
I pray the Lord heals Your Mother's heart 💖
@@AnyoneCanSee bruh
I was raised in Uganda & we left right before Idi Amin. I was broken hearted & never recovered. I reunited with old neighbors & they are traumatized by the experience.
@Kawuma_Derrick bro how is life in Uganda now? Media is full of b.s and I wanna hear the real situation from a local. Is it safe to visit Uganda now in 2022?
Note to Self: Next time you plan to start a war with Tanzania, don't murder all of your military officers first. You might need them for stuff.
Hey! I never thought of that! (Neither did Amin, obviously.)
Neither did Stalin , that’s why Russia got routed at the start of the German invasion
He made the same mistake Stalin did before invading Finland.
Tanzanian forces were backed by Israelites,u forget that ,remember amin had fucked up Israelites by refusing them to settle in Northern Uganda near the Nile,,in addition he also hijacked their plane at Entebbe Airport leaving Netanyahu brother dead,so Israelites had to invade thru weak tanzania
AYE STALIN, MY FRIEND COME OVER HERE!
Stalin:
OH NOW YOU TELL ME!
I was 5 years old, living with my parents and my twin sister in Entebbe, on the 25 January 1971 when Idi Amin came to power. I can still remember the squealing as people were dragged out of cars, matatus and buses and shot in the streets outside our house. We stayed through the escalating chaos of the Asian expulsion, and after about 6 months my mother and my sister and I drove (escaped) in our Peugeot 504 all the way to Mombasa, breaking the journey with friends for one night in Nairobi. 800 miles in two days across African roads. Interesting times.
we're glad u made it through that and are with us today :)
I hope it never happens to you again
I wonder how badly you want to throttle someone complaining about their phone not working or their flight being delayed.
marty mcfly have u seen the region of Africa gadaffi was in control of since he died??. Lol they shoulda left his ass in power sadly
Wow
"An incredible person who certainly is not mad"
Those choice of words just scream "HELP US! HE'S A PSYCHOPATH".
Yep
Exactly. That's the equivalent of blink twice if you need help.
Lmao
Facts! 💀 I was like who said he was mad?
As a Ugandan, I thank you so much for this. Many young Ugandans these days praise Idi Amin without knowing the brutality of his reign
He freed you from the Indian merchant class who looked down on you.
in hindsight he did more good than bad.... we r not any better now... wish he was here
@Running Dumpster nothing says freeing you like killing 500k people, a 200% inflation rate and so much debt the country is still broke
@thinktankinit their economy was tanked because of him. He let the country fall apart by spending money on the military, devalued the currency by over printing
@@ProjectHyena he was far worse than them
“... he was born between 1925 and 1928...”
Wow, long labour...
He was a huge baby, three years labour was needed.
i feel the pain of his momma.
He is like my cat he can't decide if he wants to go out or stay in.
He was a big fella
Mr Nice
...In or out of your house, I hope 😂
Idi Amin to the hostages: "Why are you running? Why are you running?"
This meme has nothing to do with this video
@@mychannel-rt2gn we know
@@mychannel-rt2gn of course it has something to do.
my channel it’s still funny
Which hostages?
It always amazes me just how many cruel people get away with their actions and live long lives and die peacefully.
Look at Trump! I suppose a record number of convictions for those surrounding him... Oh pardons
@@dmd7472 any evidence to support such claim?
@@mrhollow8697 26 convictions just for the Mueller report. And the entire Trump organization is going to be inculpated very soon.
But we are far from the subject of Amin Dada
@@dmd7472 Its fine to be horny for him but please don't post it in a sfw area.
@@dmd7472 Alright, back to Reddit with you
Fun fact: in 2003 my father was working as a doctor in the ICU at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, and one of his patients was Idi Amin. He was one of two ICU doctors who cared for Idi Amin during the last several weeks of his life.
Really? I thought he had died prior to 2000! But your story in interesting! When President Reagan was shot in 1981, My Brother was on duty at the ER he was taken to!
@@spaceace1006 died in 2003... He was exiled to Saudi Arabia if I recall....
Did Amin tell your dad that he was in his dream about how he would die?
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@@RogueBoyScout Haha, not that I know of. :)
What was he like?
"He made sweeping changes to the structure of the army.......
...by killing the army"
That's awful what he did
@Meyaka Brown so....what did you mean
Meyaka Brown mate he did a lot but he didn’t kill the army
I think the analogy between Trump getting rid of things; wasn’t a remark that he gets rid of the army/officers, it was that he gets rid of things he disagrees with... is what they were getting at, I think.
Meyaka Brown that’s sounds like a stupid comparison
I'm impressed with all the "self-awarded" medals he gave himself.
The Victoria Cross that he wore was stolen from the Byrne family . Obviously there was no way it was going to be recovered. The family petitioned the Home Office , the Royal family and anyone else who would listen for a new one . Eventually it was reissued . ( only 4 have ever been cast and reissued ). When they received it , they promptly sold it !
I think I saw one for cycling proficiency on his chest
One for butchering?
@@redoak3069 no, like trump did on Wednesday last week at the Capitol...
@@handyvickers hooray for another Beijing Biden zombie! How long u been cheering on globalists?
He offered to broker peace in Northern Ireland… Gotta love this guy’s confidence 😄
“... virtually bone from the neck up and needs things explained in words of one letter.” What a BURN 😂
And a university STILL gave him a PhD........
Yeh,pit he hadn't been "bonedead" from the waist down,he may not have fathered so many kids.I hope they turned out ok.
Ngl I didn't see this as a burn. I saw it as he's hardheaded and doesn't care for complex explanations ie he was very efficient and borderline unstoppable lol
It's really quite an inspirational story. To go from goat herder to brutal dictator.
Just goes to show you should never give up on your dreams.
😂
No more shoe shines
Billy Batts who tf dreams to be a brutal dictator
😂L😂O😂L.😂 L😂O😂L😂
you mean my dreams of commiting genocide could be realised? Thanks dude. I needed the pep.
'Lord of all beasts of the earth and fishes of the sea'
Yep, seems perfectly sane to me.
His country didn’t even have a sea
He also claimed to be the king of Scotland
What's insane isthe UK and the US at this time still considered he could be managed. They supported (or tolerated) him because he wasn't allied to Russia. They never supported Tanzania because of this reason.
😂😂😂right
He just another version of Trump
I remember in an interview, his chair creaking under the weight of his huge bulk as he leaned towards the interviewer and said "I consider myself to be the most powerful man in the world and you are very lucky to be interviewing me".
I am Ugandan but your knowledge of our history is outstanding, good stuff mate!
People are saying he’s lying in the comments about the person in the video I’m confused I’m American so not informed properly on this person was he bad person or not?
@@bryeetsonny9458 No, he definitely was bad.
@@halfway7690 Thanks for the reply
@JeffChad are u sick Indians aren't a tribe in Uganda that is only in Kenya
@JeffChad Jesus Christ , them being recognized as a group doesn't make them a tribe in Uganda , there are many foreign pipo of different heritage in Uganda that are recognized as a group but not as a tribe . that Indian issue was closed years back when they wanted 2 be called the "bayiindi" just like in Kenya but the parliament didn't approve of that becoz statistically they are more Indians who are non natives compared 2 those that have been born and raised from here ( many Indians over here 2day are just migrated 2 Uganda of recent and very few are Even first generation settlers ) . It was among this reason why people of Rwandan heritage were recognized constitutionally as a tribe ( u will find most are like 5th generation settlers ) but recently they were facing trouble with national ID registration and they were told by the government to change their name.
In conclusion , the Indians aren't recognized as a tribe and u won't find that anywhere in Uganda's constitution coz that it was thrown out . unless u sticking to your imagination.
British officer: I'm about to start this man's whole career
Solid twist on the meme.
Ami actually said that he is the conquerd of the brithis empire
@Rome Fortunato he became president at the hands of the british
@Rome Fortunato no he’s saying that all of this was possible when a British officer let him into the army
Lol
Hey, as a Kenyan that's never had an easily consumable form of African Historical content i really appreciate this. Any chance we could see more on the continent?
He did a video about Robert Mugabe
I love it, too. shocked he helped the British fight Maumau. Very much not our friend.
@@GraceMusyoka Amin wanted to annex parts of Kenya and almost started a war with the nation in 1976. And yes, he also did help crush the Mau Mau Uprising as part of the King’s African Rifles.
there is a channel called New Africa about African history it's good
Plenty of warlords to talk about
I didn’t experience Idd Amin , but I come from a part in Tanzania that was being fought over by both my country and Uganda at the time , and to this day in my village you hear children sing this eerie hymn “ when Idd Amin dies , I will not cry , I will throw him in River Kagera to be fed to the crocodiles”
It wasn’t that Idi Amin deliberately withheld air support from the Ugandan invasion of Tanzania. The problem was that the Israel Defence Force destroyed a large portion of the Ugandan Air Force during the Entebbe Raid. Amin’s idiocy rests in the fact that rather than postponing the invasion until the air force could be replenished, he went ahead with it anyways. Also, he had already purged all qualified military officers from the country, meaning that the invasion force literally knew nothing about military strategy or tactics.
“Politics is like boxing, you try to knock out your opponents” ~ Idi Amin (yes he actually said that)
Fax doe
Oh,. My,.
He just forgot that killing in boxing gets you disqualified.
@@primosdesegundograu1204o it doesn’t. You win still even if they die
"Like boxing" hard difference @@primosdesegundograu1204
"An incredible person, who is certainly not mad.."
"Having to say he's "not mad" is giving me doubts..."
Tmack
Stable Genius.
Tmack my thoughts exactly :)
@@embe1 denying the rumour that is widespread -.-
It's likely a report just after someone called him insane
Suspiciously specific denial.
Very well-done video. I remember being in elementary school when many of his later exploits were being discussed in the news. Btw the image at 17:32 is not Idi Amin, but of late actor, Yaphet Kotto, who portrayed him in the 1977 NBC tv movie "Raid on Entebbe".
You know there’s one person in particular I want a biographics done about, you yourself Simon Whistler. I’ve seen you on so many different channels and your face and voice are recognizable to me to the point where it feels like I’ve met you in person. I’ve grown up on this platform and I’ve been following you for quite some time. I may be but one person but I would like to get to know your career path and early life. I love your unbiased look at information. Even while talking about murderous dictators you don’t bother to slander their names. I respect you a lot and I hope to see a biographics on a face I’ve been seeing since I was in my early teens playing minecraft and watching top tens
lol
9:38 "...he found a scapegoat.."
its gonna be Jews, its gonna be Jews.
"...asains... "
Huh, that's a new one.
See, i was not the only one who was surprised.
Das Carlin Well, he got around to the Jews later.
@@PirateFunk why?
@@paulstenberg3915 because then you will understand why it happened.
@@k3kboi665 And why did it happen?
Interesting Fact: The israeli soldier killed during the rescue mission was Jonathan Netanjahu, the older brother of the current prime minister of israel Benjamin Netanjahu.
That is actually interesting, was their whole family Special forces or something.
Don Dada wait I know you
Don Dada I know you man you shouldn’t hate trump supporters or Israelis that much if you talk to us you’ll see we’re not bad heck trumps called for more immigration.
I would like to thank you for supporting my channel too.
@Don Dada poor you, what do you do? Cry bitch and moan on the internet? Lmao.
God bless israel
Thanks so much for all your efforts.
Flawless video as ever Simon thank you.😊
> "I need more time to properly reform the government"
> * becomes Lord of all beasts of the earth and fishes of the sea *
What government doesn't claim it's
FOOOOO DAAA PIIIIPPPPOOLLLEEE.
@Graig Simmonette Half wrong yes their are just brainwashed Americans but most Americans don't like any of them and know but can't do anything as they out spend the other candidate's so when voting time comes their the only one most people know about Money in Politics corrupt the system the People themselves actaully do know what they want and are on the right side but since this country is representative and their representatives are bribed by the donor class they of course wont represent the peoples will but get relected because they can simply outspend the rest it's not that the voters like them. Americans have woke to this and are moving out of the established parties funded by corporations and the wealthy to grass roots movement that are against this but it's a uphill battle as we will never be able to out spend them but we have the ideas and the people we just need keep going. You know bernie Sanders would be president he was frauded by the Clintons and DNC but Even after he'd be beating trump by double digits and it was simply his ideas that are for people. I am tired of living in a world where they talk about how we humans are so advanced yet we can't even take care of the basics.
trump: working on it, working on it.
Hahaha, ya, that's one of the best lines of a dictator of all time. He wasn't fucking around
>implying greentext originated on 4chan
In high school I did a spoken presentation biography report on Idi Amin. The teacher didn't know who he was and I had to wait a week to get a grade. I wound up getting an A.
I think your teacher only know good guys's biography
Easy to narrow it down to you being an American...
And had a worthless degree......
@Charlie K No, he knew the more notable things like the operation entebbe hostage thing and being part of the British army, but didn't know smaller things such as the boxing champ and him flunking aptitude tests then going into receive university degrees etc. It was also the mid to late 90s era and he was old and was sticking mainly to what was in the curriculum and probably retired shortly after I graduated. And to be honest even finding anything on him at the time was difficult to find in print, I just liked the nickname the butcher of Uganda. He did some research and after giving me an a thanked me for not picking the generic Martin Luther King and John f Kennedy biography reports like he gets every year.
A world history teacher once counted me wrong for identifying "Russia" on a map when he said it was actually "The former Soviet Union." I told him that was like identifying Asia as "former Mongolia." He said, "When did Mongolia take over Asia?" I switched classes to US history, but ... you know. The Mongols.
"Idi Amin Dada, that's 3 A's, 3 D's, and one gun" Richard Pryor.
Idi Amin was the type of guy to write OK under 'do not write in this space'.
🤣🤣
Lol :D
😂😂
Yes, but he'd use your blood rather than ink
It's funny how such stupid people tend to get so famous and powerful. What, obviously, leads to terrible things like seen in the video.
Captain Alex would've taken him down
This is probably the best comment in this comment section
Commando,,man drop da bomb
GUAGUAGUAGUAGUAGUAGUAGUAGUAGUAGUAG
Captain Alex is dead. It's all up to Fat Commander now.
*A C T I O N P A C K E D M O V I E*
A great video, Simon!
Once again very well done 👍🏼
Forest Whitaker was amazing in his portrayal of Amin in 'The Last King of Scotland'.
Yes he was and he sure deserved that award he got, I was in 3rd grade when he was finally ousted, Idi Amin was brutal and had 1st grader vocabulary when he spoke English
Great movie
Yes. I met Idi Amin and Whittaker became Idi Amin. The story is not true - the characters swapped out - but painted a perfect portrait anyway.
Idi's Dr Barkham was was our neighbor & Amin's "Little White Monkey" was a creature called Bob Astol - or Bob Asshole as he was called. A
min's 3rd wife did have an affair with a Dr & got pregnant. Botched abortion & the Dr committed suicide.
Great movie
@Kerrie Wilson Agreed. However, the film never claimed to be a biopic, but rather an adaptation of a fictional novel by Giles Foden.
“An incredible person who certainly is not mad" did he have a gun to this guys head or something? Who points that out when they're complimenting somebody?
Idi "stable genius" Amin
Probably sarcastic
😂🤣😂
9o
I feel like that was a “subtle” way of informing people that he was mad without directly saying it.
so so informative, and educational thank you for this.
Great work. You should do an episode on Mobutu Sese Seko.
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hajj Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.
no delusions of grandeur there.
That's a very modest title.
stephen mccarthy Sarcasm
stephen mccarthy Very common in those days unfortunately, look at the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo's official title.
You also forgot to mention that he forbade using title "president" for others so he could be the only one in whole country. Really.
Well he didn’t claim dominion of the birds in the sky
Simon don't explain urself about the ads. We understand. Quality content need to be reinbursed, u r taking time to produce the videos and time is money. I am glad u found the sponsors. Keep making great videos.
Exactly my thought, these ads aren't annoying at all especially if we know it'll help them create these videos.
"And as he finished removing the now severed heads, he looked back, his eyes shone with rage, and mindlessly he began lunging at the young woman to-" (Commerical)
"New Axe body spray to takes all your blues away, let me tell you about this amazing product for three minutes!!".
Not annoying at all. 🙄
I don't think you're receiving the message he's broadcasting. By reminding you about the ad he is asking you buy the product
@@TH-camTH-cam-hy4sl
And I don't think you understand what good storytelling is, all you have to do is not interrupt yourself with something completely unrelated, stick to the script so to speak.
TH-cam does a fine job of reminding you of the ads, you get 1 to 5 depending on the channel.
It breaks immersion.
Great roundup - thanks 👍🏽
Worth mentioning about the aftermath of the Entebbe raid is that Amin had several army officers arrested and shot because they were suspected of collaborating with the Israelis. When Dora Bloch was dragged from her hospital bed, several doctors and nurses who tried to intervene were killed as well. On their way back to Israel the IDF planes made a refueling stop in Kenya. Angered, Amin had well over 200 Kenyans living in Uganda killed, a further 3000 fled the country.
The cycle of tyrants, they first appear as a dreamed ruler before falling into paranoia and then, brutality.
What a familiar theme in recent and current days.
Yeah... Donald trump could've followed that trend, had he been able to... Same personality type!
@big Feet Well, Idriss Deby isn't really that much better than Hissene Habre
@@handyvickers trump man is as bad as a brutal dictator apparently, get help
@famous austrian painter I come from Africa, a continent full of dictators...
It doesn't make T**** any less dangerous or evil...
Finally you listened to me. Do Eduardo dos Santos "the silent dictator" who ruled Angola for 41yrs without anyone knowing him. He retired quietly last yr.
was he bad?
Is it him or his daughter that is worth something like $20bil US?
Why dont you at least say please!
@@MrCordycep the daughter
@@MrCordycep Is she hot though ?
Thanks Simon loved this you should be on telly 👍
"An incredible person who certainly is not mad"
sounds like someone risked their life to warn everyone
A witch doctor has a son who she makes memorize the Koran, and then he grows to be 6'4", 250+ lbs. What could possibly go wrong?
Witchcraft in general is haram so I dunno why they even consider themselves Muslim
man had 35 kids wtf..
Joonieverse yeah
Lol
@@residentimp Folk magic and thinly veiled Pagan practices were pretty common all throughout Christian Europe for many centuries. Why should followers of any sect of Islam or any religion be that different? This sort of thing is historically very common. I mean even now people who consider themselves devout Christians in the southern U.S.A. practice Hoodoo, similar things are still true of people who live in the English countryside, and in Russia something referred to as "Double Faith" was pretty common. Go to Indonesia and you'll find plenty of Muslims who revere and work with Spirits. Religion is a very complicated matter the world over.
Also has anyone here even skimmed The Qur'an? It's really no more screwed up than any other holy text. It also explicitly condemns a lot of the abuses people such as him engage in.
Started from the bottom now we here
Lmao you got this
You learned how to write?
Kurtis C. No, type
Thats a crule, and insensitive joke mate
@Kobi Farmer lol
"lord of all the beasts of the earth and fishes of the seas" made me spit my drink out laughing
TH-cam been suggesting this for two years...I’m finally watching it
I live in South Africa and saw the heads in the freezer, among other atrocities, in the media. I don't believe we had television back then. The images in the freezer stuck in my head, and I'm 68 years 0ld! It was frightening!
Maya Naicker
Now l'm more certain he should be-- resurrected-and pay an official visit to
The British parliament
What a "heady" story!
Maya Naicker movies but not in real life
@@tomjanik4671 not funny
🤣 You saw the heads In a movie. Stop being dramatic 🤦🏽♀️🙄
0:45 - Chapter 1 - The early years
2:20 - Chapter 2 - A model soldier
4:55 - Chapter 3 - A new nation
7:10 - Chapter 4 - The brute emerges
9:10 - Chapter 5 - Dictator
10:45 - Chapter 6 - Finding new friends
13:25 - Mid roll ads
14:15 - Chapter 7 - The madman exposed
17:00 - Chapter 8 - Raid on entebbe
14:42 is madman exposed...
subd, what a great channel, we have learned more important history from here than in school.
very good video compilation
Myself and my team met Idi Amin (General ), in the 70's greeting us at the Kampala Airport, We were hired to build a 50K watt jamming station, We worked for General Dynamics..A personable fellow, Champion boxer, we all shook his hand. I was an olympic weightlifter 245lb, and I felt small . he spoke fair english, Never thought he would be such a monster. Glad we got out of there.
Bravo
IMPERATOR!!
Good job you never fell behind schedule or something, that could've been messy.
My grandad was the general in the Tanzanian army that defeated Idi amin. John Butler Walden, he’s even got a wiki. He’s a critical part of that period in history. Would be nice if you add that detail.
Maureen Marandu your grandpa is a hero along with the other soldiers that defeated that mad dictator.
That’s incredible!
wow what a story!
Thank you!
Yep. He's there on Wiki alright.
"His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"
~Idi Amin's full title
is "king of scotland" included?
First video I've seen on your channel and you did that well I'm subscribing
my father was born in kampala uganda just before amin's reign, luckily him and the rest of his family was able to escape before, Amin's purge came into full effect. God forbid he may not have survived
Ben McNutt I am glad your family got out. That sounds like pure chaos! Rampant murders, sponsored racism and increasing inflation. I had no idea the people of Uganda had to suffer from this just a generation ago! That picture of skulls on the cart is shocking.
@@alexisjankowski3281 sadly this is largely what a majority of Africa has had to go through
It's strange how governments never learn mistakes of history and always back the biggest monsters and sadists and still do
Yup that’s why got Trump , a Sociopath. His niece said that in her book. I was thinking 😩 Too late.
@@sabrinanascimento5248 my god why does it always have to go back to trump we know you hated him I think you guys have said that about more times than you can count just be glad you have forget me lots as your president now
@@sabrinanascimento5248 Oh my. A severe case of TDS.
Leftist cult member? CNN and MSNBC viewer?
@@sabrinanascimento5248 look there were things about him I didn’t like but he isn’t nowhere near a Stalin or this monster….
@@sabrinanascimento5248 trump the guy who's against centralized power and decreased government regulations is considered a tyrant.
Just found this channel in gonna be here all day 😂🔥🔥🔥
My mom was born and brought up in Kampala. My great great grandfather migrated to Uganda from India back in 1890s. As you can imagine, my maternal family, even though Indian, always felt as though they were Africans. In 1971, when my mom was 14, Indians were given a 2 day notice period to leave Uganda. Suddenly, all her African family and friends also seemed to side with Idi Amin’s decision. There was a prevalent racism against southeast Asians although she remembers fondly of the African friends she had. So she tearfully parted Uganda the very same day leaving behind all our properties. We went from rich to paupers in a matter of a few hours. She sought asylum in Nigeria and UK, and then immigrated to India. Even until today she never feels home in India and has been wanting to move back to Uganda. She’s been fighting court cases to get back her properties in Uganda. Although we know she won’t get anywhere with it we just let her chase after them for her happiness.
90 days was given, if one of us is being honest here.
@@jackwarner8253 yeah you’re right it’s 90 days
My dad grew up in Kampala Uganda, he was 9 when he and his family fled as refugees, similar story to many I have heard in the comments, my fam fled to England and then bc Canada. My dad has told me stories of hiding under his bed to dodge bullets and witnessing people getting murdered left right and center. The doctor character in "last king of scotland" was a person friend of my families. Not the white one, the one who gets executed. Anyways, I am so lucky to be here today considering what my entire dad's side of the family went through to make it to Canada. Much love to everyone
You mean Dr. Obene?
Come back home ,Kampala misses you
@@Ali-tu8yz yeah even tho i'm not a mind reader i think he's good dude
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?!?!
Because Amin killed "da queen"
@@CmdrTobs that is an oddly specific number
*CLICKING INTENSIFIES*
Why are you running is Nigerian not Ugandan
he did not know da wae
"an incredible person who's certainly not mad" 2:25
Great video👍
He died of a bad kidney, he had to have some in refrigerator
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Likely freezer burnt by the time he got to them.
heheee..good one.
Sadly he had it all cooked
@@hiseverest9074 ya he was a cannibalist. Horrible
Something tells me Amin would have felt right at home on TH-cam....
I think you're onto something there.
Haha, yea boye.
Look at some of the comments here and you will see how right you are.
"What's up Amin-ers" "today we're going to *prank* my high ranking officers" 🤣🤪🤪😈
He Simon. My name is Simon as well, I’ve been watching your videos and you’ve inspired me to find my personal legend. You are a great storyteller and master at the tone that helps to picture the scenario. Keep us up with the amazing work.
honestly.. the only ads i enjoy watching
I just came across this guys channel through Reddit. Awesome channel
Last king of Scotland with forest Whittaker was a good take on this.
great movie
Whittaker's portrayal was a joke. It was nowhere near Amin in real life.
That was a chilling an fantastic movie. That scene with the scrambled limbs still haunts me.
Go Forest long days from fast times a ridgemont high
@Ewarton Charlton , I've been intrigued by this guy my whole life. My dad would speak about him when I was a child. Could you please tell me where I could find more accuracy on the man?
Fact: Before Amins war with Tanzania, he had threatened to annex part of Kenya but he feared brutal retaliation by Kenyatta
Kenyatta was also not to be messed around with. Stories of what he said about Idi Amin even thinking he can annex part of Kenya were chilling to Amin himself
That's what Kenyans have to say of course. But I must say, Kenyatta was great.
Love you Simon for your concise illiteration.
He had my father killed the only thing I regret about Amin's death is my hands were not around his neck wringing the life out of him.
Sorry for your loss man 😔 I hope this savage rots in hell
Why he kill your dad?
He ate my grand fathers friend, honestly this was a story I heard growing up
I heard Idi was just fed up with the guy...
Was he a comedian? Idi said he tasted funny.
Jesus
Hey it all takes like chicken
I don't believe it for a second...more Western lies.
The ppl here saying Idi Amin was in some way a "hero" are delusional.
The British made him a soldier, but he became a monster on his own. There were/are endless African men who became soldiers in the British colonial armies and remained upstanding men. The British did many terrible things, but they didn't create the monster of Idi Amin.
Colonialism was bad enough. Probably responsible for way more deaths too. So wheres that story?
Anyone who is backed by Britain, Europe or America is a puppet. His or hers number one priority will be the above meddling devil countries, last on the list will be their own people/countries. If a leader comes along and dose not comply with the above devil countries he/she will be eliminated.
It is the British monarchy which taught Amin about butchering his victims.
He trained with the Brita the most brutal colonial power with many atrocities including the army. Just because you're doing what about ISM about other soldiers who probably found another purpose to participate in besides politics doesn't equate to the fact that the military training and the colonial footprint was brutal
Biographies are some of the most interesting offerings of the channel
The man died in peace and never faced a single hour of being held accountable
I remember reading Amin's want ads in Soldier of Fortune magazine looking for merc's to help him retake the country back in the 80's
I almost answered one!
Yes right next to the X-ray vision glasses
My favorite Amin fact is that he use to say “human meat is salty like jaguars meat” always thought that was a hard flex
Would you think that if you were one of his victims?
@@cheebacheeba6507 yeah even more so actually I’d be like “dudes talking about eating Jaguars and people there’s no getting out of this one” lmao
Too hard for me😂😂
@@spankymcanus999 💀
There are no facts in what u said . the cannibalism stuff was just mere propaganda
Thank you for all the amazing video's you have done. You often ask for suggestions and I was wondering maybe here or Geographics, cover the Rwandan genocide?
My Indian grand uncle told me he was studying abroad in India when he heard his entire family fled to England and he was stuck in India unable to return to his home in Uganda and had to move to Canada and only returned decades later, still remembering his home before a monster took it
How many ugandans own houses in India?
@@thatgirllivy9096 because ugandians are not brought as slaves to india
@@thatgirllivy9096dunno about Ugandans specifically but there are African communities that have lived in India for generations. And yes, a lot of them own homes. Now go light a candle for your Idi Amin.
6-4, 240 pounds and he was the “light” heavyweight champion. Damn where does the heavyweight division start?
You can cut 40 lbs if you’re a boxer
@@noticemesenpai69 200 lb is not light weight
@@kingwahangman432 you don’t know what “light heavyweight” division is. You don’t know boxing. Please stfu and learn boxing weight classes. Thx
@@noticemesenpai69 175lbs is light heavyweight in boxing, 200lbs is cruiser weight you mistaken UFC weights for boxing
@@noticemesenpai69 The highest weight for Light Heavy weight considered in some places is 209 pounds 240 is bigger than 209 I highly doubt he would be considered a light heavyweight nearly anywhere
Your got your facts straight, your relatable, and you have soothing voice. Got my support!
Thank you :)
You've got a white stain on the left corner of your cheek.
Appreciate the thorough detail and creation for a good mini biography 🔥🖤
Shout out from Uganda over here
Afew mispronunciations here and there but it is still good
Interesting video! 🙋🏼🌌🌃
I was a teenager in the 1970's, and I remember Idi Amin, and Pol Pot, though living in America, it still scared me that there were people like this in the world. I hated the Vietnam War, because I realized that Americans were dying there. Thanks Simon for the history lesson, because I was young then I didn't know the whole story.
I'd hate it more to see my compatriots soiling their honor and the country's honor by killing innocent people and dying doing it, rather than just the deaths in "our team". Dishonor was brought to the country, especially with Kissinger and Nixon, Reagan was no different
I was a small child in the 70s, but I remember Idi Amin being a pop-culture catch-phrase for crazy.
In 1980, I met and worked with a former Ugandan army officer, who told me of all those horrible atrocities. His name was also Amin, but he had no relation to !di. He said they often threw people off buildings and bridges while the victims cried and begged for their lives.
The crocodiles learned to stay under and near the bridges, as they knew a meal would come soon. He told me the crocs would fight over the bodies. Many were eaten while still alive.
He escaped Uganda while inspecting an outgoing flight for wanted suspects. He pulled a gun on the pilot, and told him to take off. He had learned from a friend, that Idi had his name on a hit list.
He ended up in England and then eventually migrated to the U.S. This guy had horrible anger issues, and I was afraid of him a little, He had a lot of blood on his hands.
What was his work in 1980
He was a factory production line mechanis, and a damn good electrician.
@@uralbob1 Did he tell you why idi wanted him dead if he was his officer
@@MarvoloSalazar Well. I'm not completely sure. He would kill people who knew things, or had done something he didn't like. The guy I knew had rounded up many people of all social strata, in and out of government.
He once threw an African chief off a 10 story building because the chief wouldn't make his women cover their breasts as per their culture.
I asked him once if people didn't beg and scream for their lives. He said "of course, all of them did".
I think that many of the people that Amin killed had just lived out their usefulness and probably knew things that might cause trouble in the future.
It was very disturbing for me, but I wanted to know.
@@uralbob1 well thats disturbing growing up we learned about him and i got to see images of his victims they were very gruesome but first hand accounts are different. The fact that he casually said all this to you would make me stay away from him. Honestly dont know how such people live with themselves. I do understand the curiosity though haha
That was very informative. I makes think of Cambodia back in the mid to late 70s. I wish you could do one on Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime.
Very good!
The only Israeli paratrooper to have died in the Entebbe raid was the elder brother of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Don't feel bad Netanyahu has killed dozens in raids of all kind especially Air Raids.
@@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724 🤔
@@manindrachoudhary1471 What are you confused on?
@@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724 Yes, I'm a bit confused. I had merely stated a fact, when I wrote that Netanyahu's elder brother died the during. What made you think that I felt anything about stating a mere fact.
@@manindrachoudhary1471 ooh just a comment on the yahus. Yiah Netanyahu has slaughtered many with even more impunity. What was his older brother doing in africa?
Have you done an episode on Belgium King Leopold who killed over 15 million and maimed millions more
Its better when the person is a psychopath.
smith maiming 30 million and killing 15 million doesn't qualify???
He couldnt have possibly killed that many people the numbers are just too high. He would have to be killing and maiming 24/7 for years to kill that many people.
@@igotthejuice read and check your history
Ahh ok I checked up on it, turns out he was just king of the congo while the atrocities happened. A group of mercenaries called "the force publique" (or something) actually carried them out. Im glad I was able to help clarify that for you so you dont make the same mistake in the future.
"Bone from the neck up and needs things explained in words with one letter" OMG that is the biggest burn