U.S Green Berets and Russian Spetsnaz Joint Fire Fight
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- On the border of Kosovo, a team of US Army Special Forces soldiers conducted joint missions with Russian Spetsnaz marking the only time in history that American operators worked with their Russian counterparts. This odd moment in history sees the two adversarial teams talking with each other about geopolitics over vodka and reacting to firefights in the streets.
This occurred during a period of heightened tensions between the West and the post-Soviet Russian Federation. NATO had just intervened in the Bosnia and Kosovo Wars which were areas that Russia viewed as within its sphere of influence. After a sniper killed a Russian soldier the two reacted to contact conducting a raid on a compound together.
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00:00 - 02:20 Introduction
2:20 - 5:54 Green Berets and Spetsnaz Meet
5:54 - 08:04 Dangerous Trip into Serbia
08:04 - 10:47 Geopolitics of the conflict
10:47 - 13:33 Sniper Fire
13:33 - 16:10 Joint Raid Fire Fight
16:10 - 17:51 Ending
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I found this story interesting because it shows adversaries working towards the same goal and the massive difference in understanding between the two sides. I think it's kind of an uncomfortable moment in history to look at but I can't help but feeling like its important to remember cooperation is possible. With all the talk of total war we rarely stop to think of times where under the right circumstances war is avoided.
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Great video
I think that incident with the Brits and Norwegians might be the one from the story old Top Gear fans may remember the musician James Blunt talking about when he was on as a guest. The 'You're Beautiful' singer was formerly a British tank commander who dismissed an order from General Wesley Clark to smash through the Russian front line, backed up by his Colonel Mike Jackson (not the US king of pop) who told Clark he would not be starting world war three for him.
And what's the point exactly? Adversaries around the world going on jolly cooperation right now to subjugate Ukraine. To everyone's entertainment. Is it the right time to picture ""adversaries"" as acthually "nice and cooperative" people?
@Devin_Laugherin You obviously missed the point.
"How much they hated the politicians" a group of 3 x different militaries agreeing on one thing.
😂😂 don't we all, most of us anyway
Because the truth is, politicians hide in their offices and decide who will k*ll whom. For their interests. They are the ones who want more d**ths.
None of them want a peaceful coexistence.
Almost any conflict of our time could be resolved by diplomacy but we all see what happening today.
(Thanks TH-cam, I know that this is a free platform and that’s why there is censorship***)
The truth is, politicians hide in their offices and decide who will k*// whom. They want all these things and de#@$ for their own interests. Almost every military conflict could've be solved by diplomacy.
But we all see what happening today.
🙅🏼♀️ now, come on guys, I mean, consider
*Gun Arming Noises Intensify*
🤷🏼♀️🙇🏼♀️ ok aight nvm fam back to being quiet
russians are allowed to hate only forigen politics
We can all agree politicians suck
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And yet, we still let them fucking with us in the background. Like shouldn't we do something about that at this point?
@@SimplyDuker Humanity is so diverse lmao
Besides Trump
"We can avert war between our nations. Just two of us, no money changing hands. Just soldiers speaking the truth."
BF3 or....
Dima and Blackburn ❤
@@boris001000pipe through chest man says it
Video game / movie logic, never happened once in the history of humanity. 🤣
I just bought and played through the singleplayer campaign after years of watching it on TH-cam. I recommend, it's like $5 on steam right now.
I worked in Kosovo as a UNMIK police officer. The Russians protected the airport. We would have to pass their checkpoint sometimes. The Russians would stop an entire French convoy to allow us to pass. We would bring them fresh bread and they were very friendly to us Americans then. Always wanting to chat. Good times.
There is a phenomenal lecture by a French Russian Journalist (Vladimir Pozner) who worked at Pravda(The Soviet propaganda outlet), about how dangerous the hostile sentiments of the 21st century are. In his own words the Russians were "Anti United States, Anti NATO, but never Anti American" and it is rather terrifying that that sentiment is flipping, on both sides.
@@GuidelinesViolatorsore loser
Ha, they gave you guys priority over the Frogs!
@GuidelinesViolater RussiansLearn to spell Ukro bot
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 watch your mouth🐸
I worked at Camp Ugly, Bosnia in 1999. Spetnaz was on one side of the river, SF was on the other. Fun times!
I was a bosniak kid & I loved running after your convoys !!! I was screaming "Hello Guten Tag" and waving like an idiot. US soldiers always gave me biscuits/chocolate and they even showed me their vehicles once lol. I wonder if they ever got scared when they saw me running towards their convoy by surprise lol.
@@adisproject Nah,this was way before OIF/OEF and the mass use of IEDs..
Those convoys were called "Driving around Bosnia" or DAB and when that was tried in 2003/4 in Iraq with non uparmored veichles that lesson was learned the hard way I'm afraid.
Yummy Thanksgiving feast that year!
Any stories, or were they just guys you saw at a distance?
sorry for the things you might have seen there bro.
Came for a war story, stayed for the geopolitical lessons. I knew none of this... Great vid.
@@alexanderdantonio8999 as a serb I can tell you this was the most unbiased report of this story that I have heard so far
@@nenadrajic9740 shame on every serb who support war crimes and how can a serb be patriotic guy when you have always do is massacres and rape and all kinds of terrible things. Even the song from your serbs is disgusting like my father is a war criminal. Well im talking about the majority of serbs but are you one of them?
@@nenadrajic9740 serbs like saying i hate the usa cause of 1999. The answer is why did you kill people in Croatia/Bosnia/Kosovo?
@@nenadrajic9740 serbs like saying i hate the USA cause of 1999. Why did you kill people in Croatia/Bosnia/Kosovo? Shame on every serb who support war crimes and how can a serb be proud of their country and be patriotic, when you have do is massacres and rapes and all kinds of terrible things that. YOU SERBS ARE DISGUSTING even the music you have: MY FATHER IS A WAR CRIMINAL AND YOU CAN'T BRING HIM IN COURT and the younger generations like denying that their country did all kinds of terrible war crimes and be patriotic like patriotic and trying justify evil. That's the majority of the serbs are you one of them?
wish he’d specify it was an illegal bombing that used depleted uranium, and add a little more history on Kosovo
I thought this cooperation would only existed in movies fighting aliens from space 😂
Well it happen in Star Gate SG1, which take place around this time period.
Pretty sure Reagan asked Gorbachev if they would cooperate against an alien invasion
Never say never
relations with russia werent bad in the late 90s and early 2000s just remember stargate
@@TempoMontages yeah but the State department was working overtime back then to make sure the good times with Russia didn't last. For more details i'd recommend listening to Jeffery Sachs, he explains it all in great detail.
You know you are fu**ed when these two are teaming up against you 😂
The 2000's were such a vibe. Sure there were conflicts, but the Berlin wall was down. China was looking moderate. Putin was still friendly to the west. I seemed like "Peace in our time" would be achievable. But the Rwandan Genocide should have been the writing on the wall. That our optimism was about to be checked real hard. And it was.
The Partnership for Peace came about a few years before and there genuinely could have been peace in Europe between NATO members, former Warsaw Pact nations and Russia. The problems started when Russia destroyed Chechnya in its attempts to quell insurgencies there, along with starting small border wars with former Soviet neighbors.
Its pretty simple, really. Theres too much money to be made during war time.
@@ktimmer2should have listened to Dwight.
China was painting the US as its primary enemy domestically even back then. The US government thanks to the language barrier and only seeing dollar signs ignored it. Plus back then they had plenty of foreigners to use as a scape goat for the parties incompetence.
French had their hands in that one.
US and Russians are the best frienemies ever. If you played online video games, you have a crazy Russian homie......well, maybe had. RIP for all the fallen Rainbow six seige homies I didn't understand, but they always invited me.
God only knows how they ended up
@@frakismaximus3052 Russia never stopped conscripting, so anything is possible. Perhaps they're running bot farms to spread misinformation? Perhaps they're feeding Ukrainian crops?
Nikolai from cod is always memorable. Made me happy they included him in mw 2019 even though he's kinda a minor character
Shoutout to my Dota 2 Russian comrads , privet
I have a mate from Ohio. He's a nice guy.
The saying "truth is stranger than fiction" applies here Americans working with Russians sounds like a movie
Many movies!
wait until you hear the one where they worked together with the wehrmacht against the ss
@@nicksande6880 Sadly, I don't think a Castle Itter movie will ever be made.
@@MM22966 But it definitely should!
This is nothing out of the ordinary. The United States had a joint operation with the Soviets post WW11 operation fish bowl. They also work very closely in space and Russia has always welcomed astronauts to stay at their large space stations. O yeah and that one time they teamed up at the UN charter against the Israelis, the British and French empire during the Suez Canal crisis in order to protect Egypt.
I was US Army and trained as a Russian translator and interpreter (not the same!) during the cold war & shortly afterwards. Got to spend lots of time in Russia from the west all the way as far east as you can get. Met tons of Russians from all walks of life and being able to speak Russian I got to meet & get to know lots of people and go places foreigners usually never do. All I can say is it's a damn fucking shame the US & Russia aren't allies. We had a small window of opportunity but politicians wouldn't have it. Oh well.
I agree. I've only been to Russia a few times, but I loved it there and am quite impressed with the people. Also, my wife is a Russian interpreter, my dad was a German translator, you're right, the two are NOT interchangeable terms, though most people seem to think they are.
I'm more of less monolingual English though, with a embarrassingly little Russian and Spanish.
Медведь, медведь, научи меня пердеть.
I'm going to assume the interpreter requires a much deeper cultural understanding than translator; "what they meant" as opposed to "what they said".
@@thekinginyellow1744 Right on.
@@thekinginyellow1744Not exactly. Translator is written documents, and almost always in one direction. My dad did not and could not translate English into German, only German to English. Interpreter is spoken word, real time in both directions. My wife does not and cannot translate, but she interprets back and forth between Russian and English. One is not really deeper than the other, they are just separate skills. Translators shoot for the highest precision on legal documents often requiring lots of research, while interpreters think on their feet.
Now that's wild, I would never expect the Russians and green berets working together. Love your content bro
It makes sense, they are both, at the end of the day, soldiers. They understand their task and they execute it
There are most likely many other past accounts both known and unknown in military history where enemies from different sides for whatever mutual reasons temporally have to band together.
USA army is a joke
@@Hashiriya714 In WW2, didn't US and German Werchmant (regular) troops, team up, to assault an Waffen SS held castle?
@@MrPolicekarim That is correct, there were some TH-cam videos talking about that incident.
I can hear Netflix writers scribbling frantically
Na, they are too brainwashed yo hive Russia any positive vibes.
They'll destroy the story, the casting would be laughable.
nah they aint gonna make a movie on this, dunno abt 1 movie abt the yugoslav wars from america
@@BillyraycyrusIII Ah like making the Serbian or Russian soldiers African American or something?
@@fash6085 behind enemy lines?
Will, considering that only the US had a "first strike" nuclear doctrine, the Russian perspective was actually spot on.
God, imagine what we can achieve if world governments can get along
"Not a single ethnic minority in sight"
We can have star trek
@@mynthecooldudeha, the only way for us all to be united is an alien threat
"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." - Jack Handey
No more brother wars.
As a former US Army cav scout here still have my 2 KFOR badges from 2001. As a regular army soldier at Camp McGovern I got to meet regulars (non-special forces soldiers) from the Russian army. Some of the dudes were pretty cool. One of my buddies traded his cold weather cap for a Russian cold weather cap. Those were the best and scariest 8 months of my military career.
How active were things then? I've heard stories about landmines scattered all over, but was there shooting/sniping/active aggression from local factions?
May I ask why it was scary?
"We can avert war between our nations. Just two of us.
No politicians, no money changing hands.
Just two soldiers speaking the truth." Dima Mayakovski - Battlefield 3
@@AmelpsXettGuess you're one of those "intellectuals" who believe that video games are stupid.Sorry to break it to you bud but they're really not.
@@AdmiralPrestonJColeTheGigaChad videogames are indeed stupid lmao. Only a small handful has anything meaningful going for them, and Battlefield series are not one of them. Its just a fast food junk
@@AmelpsXett And besides....people play video games for a variety of reasons and "fun" is the most common element in all of it.Battlefield games are "fun",yes but are they meaningful or realistic?... absolutely freaking not! but who tf cares anyway? we're trying to have fun.The same goes for every other game regardless of types or categories.
@@AdmiralPrestonJColeTheGigaChad its ok to play games for fun, i wasnt denying that. But its clear that games corrupt weak minds. You immediately got into a defensive posture to defend your addiction, even though i was pointing at a guy using a dumb quote from a dumb game to comment on a real situation to further the escapism.
@@AmelpsXett It's funny hearing you say it now that games should be played for fun while your previous reply to this supposedly "dumb" comment was "stop playing video games...it rots your brain aah!"😂
When your choices are so bad that you manage to make the greatest arch enemies team up briefly just to get rid of you.
But honestly. The story of the speznas, the green barets and the serbians drinking alcohol together strikes me similarly to the christmas truce of 1914.
Deep down we know it's not the countries that are enemies but the polititians that are enemies to all.
This is such an oversimplification that I actually hate you more than any politician wtf
In a foreign land where we faced our fears
We were soldiers
Carried the war on our shoulders
For our nations
Is that why we bury our friends?
Sabaton
@@wedgeantilles8575i knew this seemed familiar :D
I couldn't agree more, and couldn't have said it better myself
How powerful of an alliance would it be militarily and economically if the US and Russia partnered up. Just seems so stupid to me that we’re enemies.
Possibly the only time they worked together directly, but russia and the US were together in the whole War on Terror thing in the 2000s. Both countries supported each other and shared intel when fighting terrorists (Al Qaeda in case of the US and the Chechen/Dagestani rebels in russia).
Except those were not rebels but people fighting for their country that ruzzia wanted to keep occupied.
Funny thing is, the US warned Putin about the Moscow terrorist attack a couple months before then a couple days before. Putin went on national TV and mocked the US and the West. Then when the attack happened, turned around and blamed the US and Ukraine for the attack. Lol. The US intelligence does not play games and no matter who might get attacked, they'll give information. Always have.
Everyone hated Al Qaeda in the early 2000s. Even the Chinese collaborated.
Their intelligence communities have backchannel dialogues. Probably much fewer of them now, though.
That's one reason the US was so confused when those Wagner schmucks decided to attack a US outpost in Syria. "Really? You don't have anyone attacking US targets in Syria? Then who are these guys in Mockba's shooting RPG's at us? Okay, if you say they aren't yours then you wont mind us obliterating them."
The disproportionate response in fending off that attack was a deliberate bit of posturing meant to reinforce the importance of those backchannels.
I hate to be that guy but the Chechens are the reason putin was able to rise to power. And we all know what happened after that
We’re enemies because our politicians say we are.
True true reality is a sad fate that and Russian soldiers who take the orders and with each step by the commanders words and politicians intentions leads to more conflict in another life we are close but now things are tense
@@Channel-23s american soldiers do the same thing and have ruined many countries around the world. why do you speak as if this is exclusive to russia? two wrongs don't make a right but painting a picture with ill intent is just as bad
@@rzt430 When did I say American soldiers never went to war or that Russia is the only one that does it or speak like it as I mentioned like the comment does how soldiers must obey orders that lead to conflict even rn that’s happening but America isn’t at war rn . Russian soldiers are a lot less disciplined then American soldiers but if we talk about who’s worst definitely Russia who held half of Europe hostage/occupied before collapsing in 1991 after the Cold War or Stalin who also was incredibly horrible both to Russians but also Ukrainians who invaded more of its neighbors past or present and rn throw threats to nuke EU and America, who’s lost more troops in 2-3 years of war then America has the past 65-75 years combined and as for America ruining countries I’m going to call false as American soldiers have been apart of more situations helping out then ruining countries you’d have a better case arguing CIA which Americans hate too kinda like KGB seems you’re against the reality of the Russia being called out when it’s basic logic by how it’s going 1M Russian soldiers will have been taken out or injured in a couple years two wrongs don’t make a right but abandoning Ukraine will make things worst and the underdog certainly looks a lot better then the side with a dictatorship right now and in the past as calling out a wrong or showing a right vs a wrong is not bad at all I was never painting a picture with ill intent you did by acting as if ignoring the truth is better, let’s not paint a picture of peace that’s ill intent is just worst and bad faith.
(I’m guessing ya didn’t see my last part which was talking about in another life we’re allies or that the meaning of the comment of them forced to go because of others Will into a Meat Grinder although some do so knowing the risk or want to this is the 2nd invasion,to think showing facts are “painting a picture with ill intent” can’t be farther from the case either making incorrect assumptions or you’re angered by a single mention of Russia both are not rational options but this aggression towards Ukraine is definitely exclusive to Russia directly doing so others might be supporting but nowhere near as involved)
@@Channel-23s i am literally from one such country that america has ruined for its own economic and political benefit. it's obvious that you grew up with american propaganda. use your own damn eyes, google is not a substitute for life experience. there has never been a point in history where america is not at war. a proxy war is still a war, it's just semantics. i do not hate america but your ignorance and arrogance sure makes me want to
For years, Russia state media has considered 'the west' led by america as their biggest enemy. Since Feb 2022, it has gotten worse, and they have shown maps of how they could bomb us and claim they should just nuke everyone.
I was in Kosovo 2001-2002 Task Force Falcon. Being around and working with the Russians was surreal. Those I worked with we would all agree how it sucked the next time we would assuredly be on opposite side's again. Trading Sony anti skip CD player's for those fluffy Russian jackets was great.
My unit deployed to kosovo month in Jan 2003. The line company that we supported was patrolling the serbian border and we would resupply them at this coldesac village at the base of the hillside. On one particular occasion while waiting on the line company to show up in their SUSV this russian convoy had arrived at our location. They had dismounted from their vehicles and started gesturing about trading. I guess our Leatherman multi tools were what they were mostly after. Most of the the russian service members were offering their pin on insignia for us service members Leathermans. When this junior sergeant approached me he gestured towards my Leatherman for his insignia. I didn't care that much for the pin on stuff and then he pulled at his cold weather jacket as an offer for my Leatherman. I accepted and he took the jacket off his back for trade for my Leatherman. I still have that thing hanging in my closet today.
I cannot imagine how terrifying it must have been to see prime spetsnaz just disappearing into a forest hungry for blood.
You Sir are no longer just an normal Infantryman. Thank you for your service. I appreciate the videos.
During the American Revolution, a captured American officer, Daniel Morgan was allowed to demonstrate his marksmanship skills for English nobility. They were impressed and asked how his skills compared with other American rebels. Morgan replied that every American could shoot that good. So… “average (American ) infantryman.”
I was a 11B in the 101st Airborne Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1/327th Infantry Regiment. When I went through Boot Camp and AIT at Benning I was in Bravo 2/54.
It is unfortunate that US and Russia are considered 'enemies' of each other right now. They would make a powerful and amazing force if they were allied.
Ok, but a powerful force against who? Each side has its own interests and partners/allies. It is hard to imagine how they joining forces would help any of them. I can think of this scenario materializing in the case of an alien invasion, or more generally, to help improve the world. Reduce poverty, advance humanity knowledge on sciences. Have you imagined Russian and American scientists working together to advance space exploration? Or human health? That would be truly amazing.
@@User-jr7vf Against China. Which is a growing Imperialist threat in the east and is powerful enough to completely overpower the CIS all on it's own. Khabarovsk was also a taste of what's to come for Russia. It is quite possible that Russo-Chinese relations might deteriorate further down the line. Russia needs to stop wasting resources bullying small insignificant countries and spending millions in attempts to assimilate them and realize who's the real enemy here.
I believe that this will happen in the future. Can't quite say whether that'll be in 10 years or 2.
Russia would be a liability in the vast majority of operations, lol.
Becoming the enemy of the world is the sinister choice of modern American leadership - deal with it.
Russia was powerful in the Cold War but Americans actually don't want powerful allies diluting their leadership (hence why they ally with small token countries instead).
This is why aliens needs to invade Earth. Nothing unites us like common enemy
Depends on how an "invasion" happened. If aliens landed and said "Hey, North Korea, we'll give you rayguns and help you conquer the planet in our name!", it would probably take the Norks about 5 seconds to decide to betray humanity.
@@MM22966Aliens wouldn’t see humanity with nationality
@@enriqueperezarce5485 Aliens wouldn't see! (presuming eyeballs!) LOL!
@@MM22966Perceive*
is that better? 😂
I choose alien side!
It's not hard to imagine if you know that the world runs on realpolitik, there are no eternal enemies, only momentary differing interests.
Hmmmm. Has there ever been a set of countries/nations/tribes that have ALWAYS been enemies???
My father-in-law went on a "training exercise" with Spetsnaz back in the eighties. A former coworker of mine was part of an exchange with the Soviet Military as a member of the West German Bundeswehr. It is more common than you might think, and not often talked about.
He isnt talking about Germany and Russia.
@@user-lx8xw6pn4v I was talking about a Green Beret, and a sniper. You could have asked for clarification.
@@Mure_nos Your post does not make sense.
@@user-lx8xw6pn4v seems straightforward to me, what part confuses you?
I heard a similar view from my Russian instructor, that Russian expected American to nuke them at some point. Same reason too, that they nuked Japan so why not?
They seriously couldn’t see the difference between the two situations?
Total war with a state which is attempting to take over the Pacific, versus defending borders? 🙄
@@TesterAnimal1 I don't think so. That was before the invasion. Decades ago. They were even buddy with Ukraine back then, I think.
But as a matric user who drive on the left, I don't think your point make that much sense to me. The fact that you molest a child while drunk surely certainly absolutely make me cautious while you're in priest uniform. Yes, the situations are different, but all three crime factors are there. You have intention, ability, and opportunity to do so, and more than a criminal, also a history doing it.
Ps. The **you** in my example is a placrholder for someone, not as 2nd pronoun. I don't assume your pronoun. Have a nice day.
@@jarnMod Mate we are still sorta buddies with ukraine, its more of a fucking civilian war :(
The amount of betrayal on both sides is cosmic, lots of russians side with ukraine, lots of ukrainians side with Russia, lots of neutral people on both sides.
Essentially its two oppressive and corrupt governments fighting. One of the governments probably a lot worse than the another though :(
Ever since Tito died, Yugoslavia has never been its communist self.
When I went through intelligence school back in 1999 it was based upon vintage cold war/gulf War era principles. It is very similar to neer peer warfare. Change is the only constant It seems.
Interesting story Chris. The way you tell the story makes me want to purchase the book myself! I really like how you have began to venture into geopolitics. I have been interested in geopolitics since I was taught to love the subject in the Army.
Perhaps, because it never had been "communist"
@@dodic8574”socialist federal republic of yugoslavia”
@@Cthulhuwarlord you found out the full name. good for you. now, if only you lived in that country, and say SSSR, or Hungary, or Romania, or Bulgaria or Albania (all neighbors), at the same time, you would have actually noticed a huge difference, in almost every possible way you can imagine. One of the reasons Albanians defected in large numbers and settled in Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija. Hungarians did the same, Romanians and Bulgarians in much lesser numbers. It was a different, decent, good society with perspective. And if only you knew what you are talking about, you would have never used the word "communist"
@@dodic8574 ah yes a country behind the iron curtain with a puppet government for the ussr totally not communist
@@dodic8574 He wasn't using "communist" negatively. Everyone with a brain knows that Tito was the greatest leader that Yugoslavia ever had. It's not even close.
What he probably means is "ever since Tito died, the spirit of Yugoslavia died". It became stagnant and then a faction of Serbian imperialists took the principle of 'Brotherhood and Unity' and threw it into the garbage.
Please do one episode on USA and China joint operations against Japanese during ww2. The Merrill's Marauders
we're working on this story as well as the flying tigers story
@@Taskandpurposeplease do a video on how the US and western allies almost invaded/bombed India in the Indo-Pak war in 1971 and how the USSR was the one who prevented that by putting its nuclear subs between them. Not many people know about it and my family talks about how it was a very tense and scary time. It also can give clarity on India's geopolitical stance
@@Taskandpurposeplease do one episode on Yunus-bel Yevkurov and his recon team clearing and taking control of the Slatina airport. It was portrayed in the movie “Balkan frontier” or something. They alone cleared area from Albanian terrorists and waited for arrival of Russian KFOR.
@@Taskandpurposeif I may; I would suggest highlighting Stillwell and Chiang's relationship and how that damaged relations to this day. And I mean this was personal between the two. Stillwell wrote a dis poem and everything.
distinct disconnects between politicians and soldiers
I miss the few years where the west and Russia were getting along.
Literally only while Russia was crumbling and playing by the rules out of fear.
This is an awesome war story. I recall in 1989 that word came down that we were no longer to refer in training to the Soviet Union as our enemy, but simply “threat forces.”
In the early 90s edition of FM 90-10-1 (the MOUT manual) there is a section on shot placement and the target illustration is of an East German soldier.
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 I remember those targets on ranges in the early-mid 80s.
Why do you think it changed?
RAKIA - connecting people
Great video, please make more with this in-depth format explaining the historical order of effect that has brought us to the geopolitical situation we are in now.
@@FarmerDrew This is more of a combat history channel, more in depth ones are channels such as inforgraphics/Into the Shadows.
Saddened by how things could have been, compared to how they are.
You never fail to deliver interesting information. Thanks man
they were definitely spetsnaz GRU,
45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade to be more exact.
its the VDV's Special Operations Unit (similar to the 75th Rangers RRC) that is a suboordinate of the GRU
That AI generated content is nightmare fuel, even in small doses.
We were experimenting with the idea of incorporating some AI generated images in this episode to enhance the storytelling aspect, and looking forward to hearing the viewers opinion on their usage. As the editor who worked on this video I appreciate your feedback and we will take that into account for future episodes.
@@MichaelMichaelides it really takes away from the usual quality. Definitely not something I expected to see or enjoyed. The video itself is fantastic, but the AI works not so.
@@MichaelMichaelides It was worth the experimentation but I have to agree with the others. Regardless, thanks for helping bring this quality content to life! One of my favorite channels.
Great video, Cappy 👍🏻
It was interesting to learn about the joint combat operation of Spetsnaz and Green Berets, I did not know such facts. I served in Kosovo from 1999 to 2000 in the Ukrainian peacekeeping forces, we worked in the US area of responsibility in the south of Kosovo, although convoys were carried out to the northeast of Kosovo where there were Russian peacekeepers, and our MI-8 helicopters flew all over Kosovo. I remember we even took pictures together, Ukrainian airborne, Russian airborne and US special forces, when we formed a civilian convoy from Serbia to the south of Kosovo (cameras then were not digital but with film). I remembered the mountains, where the snow on the top is visible even in summer, Serbian rakia (moonshine from plums))), Bondsteel military base where we lived, for us Ukrainian military (then in 1999 our army had the standards of the Soviet army) the dining room was a shock at Bondsteel Base, a gym, a PX store, joint convoys with the Green Berets, Blackhawk helicopters and much more. Damn, that was 25 years ago. How quickly time flies.
Great memories. Are you currently serving?
Yeah of course you didn't know, the Americans helped to create the wars in Yugoslavia by giving the ethnic Russian Serbs the green light to create a Greater Serbia. I saw the American General who was at the meeting stating it in a documentary that they gave Serbia the option of reversing the independence of Slovenia and Croatia, or letting them make a Greater Serbia, and the Russo-Serbs elected for creating a Greater Serbia - that was the deal. So they made war in Slovenia to link up Russo-Serbs in Slovenia and they failed miserably. Then they made war against Croatia and took 1/3rd of Croatia through ethnic cleansing and expulsions and genocide. Then they made war in Bosnia and took half the territory again through ethnic cleansing and genocide. They started to cleans Kosovo of Albanians but NATO bombed them and stopped them as it was looking like a masacre again big time. They slaughtered 10,000 Albanians in no time, and NATO quickly jumped in.
NATO stopped it happening in Macedonia and Montenegro too, because the Russo-Serbs would have attempted to annex territory there too.
Kosovo was their homeland originally called Ruskia, but the Turks came and they fled north into todays Bulgaria. The turks took Bulgaria too and the Russo-Serbs managed to ethnically cleans Western Bulgaria of Bulgars even under occupation by the Turks. British forces liberated Western Bulgaria during the first Balkans war and Britain created the new state of Serbia upon Bulgarian territory, and Bulgaria had to go along with it because the Russians (The brothers of the Serbs) had capture Bulgaria. Albanians filled the vacuum after the Serbs fled Kosovo/Ruskia.
I wonder if those Russians you mentioned are alive after ukraine crisis??
I hope that you realize that "south Kosovo" is basically a bit down south from Priština.
Were you maybe in Metohija, down around Peć and Prizren?
Thank you for telling this incredible story.
Fascinating, thank you. It’s rare that a soldier has the opportunity to see that the individual painted in their mind as their sworn enemy is in many ways a simple reflection of their own selves.
Bro, I dig your shit. As an infantry vet, you’re my fav vet owned channel and my favorite news channel, period. You really don’t let any bias through on ANY subject. Thanks
One of your best videos yet, super interesting
As a veteran of the Kosovo war, thank you for covering a story from that unique time. Many people back here the states did not know about US forces involvement in Bosnia and coastal in the 90s. After Somalia, nobody wanted to know anything about the military until 911.
Cappy, did you notice the AI had the troops moonwalking at .. 15:36? 😅
The British were ordered by the American commander to remove the russian forces from the airport by force. Fortunately the British commander declined to follow that order. He knew the Russian commander from a course they had both attended. They met up and were able to diffuse the situation, thus avoiding ww3 being started by the Americans!
If the original Modern Warfare campaigns have taught me anything, it's that when an American General brings the world on the brink of chaos, it takes a British soldier to sort things out.
Keep up the good work Cappy!
Cappy, fhis is one of the best storries you put out recently. I like pretty much every one of giur videos. This one was unique. Well done
One thing this teaches us, is regular soldiers and booze leads to peace and friendship. Booze makes friends
At one time, there was a good chance for better US-Russia relations, that after 9/11 Putin offered Russia's full help in Afghanistan, including troops, but Bush turned them down. There was a period when post Cold War, many in Russia wanted to move closer with the US, however things changed and Russia became more hardline. Putin, while anti-US, was open to better relations to further Russia's global post Soviet ambitions. Though there was a pro-Russia joining NATO movement that collapsed in the mid 2000s that had as much as 20% of the vote.
Damn, crazy story Cappy!!!!
I Listened beginning to end. You prepared and told a terrific story. I thoroughly enjoyed its insight, intelligence and outcome. Info that I had not heard reported or read. Thank you Task and Purpose. JAL
It's wild how history could have went.
This is some extremely profound content, thank you for covering this. People might say that it's old, and not relevant but I think it's more relevant now than it ever has been because it just goes to show how quickly and people and ideology can change, how people can go from friends to enemies enemies to friends and back again in the short term. I'm almost at a loss for words at the moment still digesting the ehole story, but I am really interested in that book now!
Love your unique style, never change!
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Im honestly surprised there hasnt been any videogames or mainstream movies based around these events. This is probably one of the most interesting events in recent history.
Super interesting as always! Thanks!
This is fascinating and very telling. It reveals to me how limited I am in that I was aware of this conflict at the time but only on a very superficial level. Makes me wonder how very superficial my understanding of what's going on in the world right now.
Great episode. Thank you for all your hard work.
I like to think of myself as somewhat knowledgeable, but i never knew this! Good work man!
I am consistently impressed with the quality of Task & Purpose videos.
Thank you for doing the research on this video.
The AI troopers moonwalking at 15:30...
Great video on something I heard for the first time 👍🧐
Never heard of it! It's cool that you're covering such unique stories
A story like this along with soldiers from the trenches of WW1 singing together on Christmas should remind us that the first people who go to the front in a war should be the politicians who vote for it and the generals who encourage it. If that was the law would there be any more conflicts?
The patches from that mission would be badass
Battlefield 3 ahh situation
There was a lot of hope in the '90s, that we could get past the old historical differences.
Very well put together video.
As an American-Yugoslavian. This was awesome. No biased opinions but the factual events that took place. One of the many reasons i keep subbed to task & purpose
Saying that Yugoslavia was carrying out an ethnic cleansing is not a fact, it's a straight up a lie used to justify the attack.
In reality US strikes killed more albanian civilians than Yugoslav police/military did.
Don't people sense strong cognitive dissonance ? US supported the same forces in Kosovo. And then when they gave a country to those terrorists they built a base in there and stopped supporting the same forces in South Serbia and North Macedonia. Serbia also runed several operation to get rid of this groups.
I’m totally convinced that if we got to know the average Russian or Chinese citizen, we’d realize we are all the same and this video only makes me think that more.
It’s only the politicians that divide us.
It's been established the ccp brainwashed there citizens bring up 911 see how they act. But russia we could easily be more allied with then not.
No, chinese no. They actually are very different from us europeans/christians.
@@KolyaUrtzaverage Chinese citizen in China is still a fairly normal person and are extremely nice and welcoming. They differ in their cultural norms, but other than politics, they are just like the rest of us. Now... Average Chinese tourist you find anywhere in the world is like a cancer, worse than the stigma US tourists used to get when traveling (minus a lot of boomer tourists, they're still the worst of all).
Russians yes, Chinese, very much different.
Definitely not the Chinese. There definitely different from us.
Just remember it’s not the people who are enemies it’s their politicians.
Very interesting history of joint operation ! Unusual, thankyou T & P from AUS.
Proof that if it were not for politicians, most of us would get along.
It shows over and over again if we observe them speaking outside official channels. Imo
I've heard variations of this all my life, said as if it were true....and it is, between INDIVIDUALS. Once you get people together in big groups and form tribes, the whole calculus changes.
not necessarily true. The beginning of WW1 for example was highly supported by the common man thanks to nationalism and revanchism.
@@adambrande I privately nickname this phenomenon "Bull Run Fever". It happens when a nation has a aggressive/expansionist/glory-in-war attitude and has gone more than a generation without a serious conflict to temper their expectations. Men will enlist in droves because they are afraid they'll MISS the war, and 100% sure it will all be over in the first battle...In victory, of course.
The Chinese are probably thinking this way right now...
Great Video Chris and Highliting the complex history of Balkan and when once coming together to enforce Peace
An irony of warfare. Enemy soldiers understand soldiers more than their own civilians understand them...
YES, How fantastic you did this great show. Very interesting, thank you.
Absolutely amazing video.
The singer James blunt played a big part in the standoff over the airport.. blunt was ordered by an American officer to engage the Russians.. blunt decided to refuse that order.. and waited it out until the Russians run out of food and came asking the brits for food…
Thanks!
Very good video.
Video of the year!
Proof that rival nations can succeed creating joint peace forces
Not anymore
Thanks to cold war era president like biden
I met a guy who had been a captain in the Canadian Airborne. He had worked with a Spetnaz unit in Russia during that period when the Russians were really open to the west. His comment was they were the crazist soldiers he had met. He had experience with several of the US special forces and the SAS. He said they woulfd take chances for example in opening parachutes much later than neccesary and similar. He said also they were willing to trade almost anything such as the furred Russian military hat for an ordinary cap.
Great video, as always!
Good story mate . Thanks.
Makes you think. If we could all just get together and talk as people, then maybe we could get along. If politicians call for military action, they should be leading the way in-person.
Go look at WW1, or WW2, or the beginning of the US Civil War, and say that again.
@@MM22966Exactly all of these wars could have been prevented by simple humanity and conversation
@@yourbadger5486 What do think wars are caused by? War is part of humanity's makeup. If conversation was all it took, there would be only State Departments/Foreign ministries, not Defense Departments/War ministries, too.
It's not politicians. It's the ideas.
@@emilianstefan4424 And who holds ideas and acts on them?
Taking down that camp absolutely saved the lives of many Serbs. Thank you, brothers 🙏 Нека вам се Бог свима осмехне
Take a shot of rakija every time he says "rakidža"
or KAMENIKA
Looking at the broader picture, this temporary alliance was a big step in Kosovo independence. I guess finding even the smallest common ground among great powers can bring great things to fruition. Great vid.
Great things?
Like giving a precedent that terrorism and ethic cleansing pays off as long as you are supported by the west?
Nothing about that situation is great.
What the US did was delay the end of that war by a few decades, and it will be even bloodier than the last.
I'd advise you to look into history to better understan what I am talking about.
4:59 This Russian spetsnaz operator not knowing how mutually assured destruction worked is terrifying.
you'd be surprised with how much russians dont know about even after having fast and affordable internet. Comparable to villagers
It is terrifying how naive you are.
You really believe there are reasonable people in charge of such decisions, that would never allow escalation to get nuclear?
I also assume you've never heard of the prisoner's dilemma.
All in all, you're just too naive. Some people just want to see the world in flames. And sometimes this people do get power to do so.
@@user-m3hwh6t3v3r The spetsnaz said the US had dropped two nuclear weapons on Japan, so he questioned why the US wouldn't do it to the Soviet Union. The answer is because the Soviet Union also had nukes and could retaliate. Japan did not have nukes.
The spetsnaz's example was incredibly flawed. He should've known about all of this.
There is an argument to be made about unhinged people in control of nuclear arsenals who don't care about ending the entire world.
But that is not connected to the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I served at Pristina Airport in 99 with KFOR - let's just say they were 'interesting' times! Gunpoint face offs with the RUSFOR contingent were not unusual...
One Green Beret is a fantastic book. Worth the time.
I wonder if a film about this will ever be made?
Nice vid bro
I love that TH-cam is asking me if I want to "Translate to English" your comment.
As somebody who likes to study history, situations like these are always very interesting. For instance, one of my favorite stories to come out of the Second World War was the impromptu joint operation between US expeditionary forces and the German army against the German SS in order to save several French prisoners. If I remember correctly, there are several stories to come out of Libya and Syria, of US and Russian forces working together, as well as a couple of times where the Wagner Group and other Russian forces decided they wanted to poke us. It is surprising how quickly two groups who are prepared and or actively shooting at each other can become friendly and amicable when they have either a common enemy or no reason to shoot at each other. And how that situation can help reduce tensions between the two groups. If I remember correctly, the KFOR operation was a fairly significant turning point in the rehabilitation of Russia's image on the world stage and helped contribute to a significant period of time where Russian and NATO relationships were pretty warm by comparison to how they had been up until that point and have been ever since.
You're talking about Castle Itter (WW2).
This video gives me vibes of what we could have been.