You think 25 is young? My grandfather had a receding hairline in high school as evidenced by his yearbook photo. Thankfully, I got my hair genes from the other side of the family.
My little brother is bald, my best mate is bald... and I have long luxurious hair. It looks like I won't be contacting Keeps for any of their products :)
My first thought was of the classic movie, ‘The African Queen’, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, which is loosely based on the Battle of Lake Tanganyika. Great old film! 🍿
Maybe it's just my sick sense of humor, but as a military man, I absolutely love these boat names. Send in Mimi and Toutou! Do not make me send in Fifi! Fifi is not house trained yet!
@@joshshin6819 better than meowmeow and bow wow, its literally like a 3 year old was in charge of naming ships. Mind you they wer named by 1 person in the service and not put up to a vote of millions lol
This is another great story, with so much information that I had to pause to digest everything, about a piece of history I didn't know. Thank you for your excellent work.
I read this history in a book while staying with my in-laws (one of the few in their library in English) in Lisbon in 1963. It was a translation from the German Commander's memoirs. His instructions were to create a diversionary force in East Africa to drain "enemy" forces away from the European theatre. His force, which included a number of Native members (and their families, as was the way then) was not very numerous, but highly mobile. Since this was his memoirs, he obviously survived - for the whole duration of WW1. Despite histories written by the victors, General Paul von Lettow Vorbeck was the hero in this little tale. If you can find a copy, I would highly recommend this autobiography as a "Ripping Yarn".
Bogart was a sailor all his life, serving in U. S. Navy as a coxswain third class. The "African Queen" would have been just the right size for him. "Leaches. Leaches. I hate leaches!" Tender words from a tough actor.
Poor old Spicer Simpson, stepping ashore for a nice little afternoon boffing and having his ship immediately torpedoed! If this whole tale wasn't fact, it would be hard to believe.
Fun fact, the graf van goetzen is the only imperial german navy boat still sailing anywhere in the world, of course as m.v. liemba today They raised her in 1927 amd began using her as a transport.
Fifi is also used in affectionate way (mainly by grandma to their granddaughter ) as it's derived from "fille" girl in French.. Exm : look at my beautiful fifi (girl)
Daven: People seem to love Brain Blaze. Hey Simon, can you please integrate more of your Brain Blaze personality here? Simon: Sure. Daven: But not too much for this episode. Simon: Ok.
Fun fact, in African Queen they had to make Humphrey Bogart's character Canadian because he couldn't speak with a British accent and by that time in the war when the movie takes place the United States was not involved.
Interesting and yes the story is kind of familiar. I say the 1812 naval battles on the great lakes as weirder. It was an lake gunboat fight who escalated up to ship of the line level at the end. And as you covered the US having two carriers on the great lake during WW 2 and they also build plenty of destroyers in Chicago during that war.
Really nice piece. I do not understand how someone could give a cleat historical bit of reportage a thumbs down. Odd, that. 78 odd minds in this festival of life we call home.
I was watching this video and was thinking that this could make a great film. I’ve just watched the African Queen today and although based on a book which was loosely based on the battle reports I still don’t think it does the true story any justice, the film for it’s time was great though. We’ve got the technology now to recreate the battles so I think it’s time for a remake of that film.
I can't remember the authors name but he wrote the Horatio Hornblower series . I want to say Cornelius ... something but I'm too old & so... oh well it didn't come to me. 💩💨
How about an episode on PJ Pretorius and the sinking of German cruiser Konigsberg in the Rufiji river in 1915? Or Karamojo Bell's service in Africa and Europe as a pilot in WW l? Both of them led "Never a Dull Moment" lives.
This is the first video from Simon that I actually enjoyed. There were, for once, no howling mistakes. I wouldn't have called it the "Littlest" Naval War, though. "Smallest" would have been better. "Littlest" sounds like American baby-talk.
In 1883, the chilean navy transported torpedo boat "Colo Colo" from the pacific to lake titicaca (3812 meters above sea level) to take control of the lake, achieving the surrender of all the peruavian ships. So, taking into account that this vessel was only 14 meters long, adn with 25 men as its crew, i would say this battle was smaller 👀
It was Tou-Tou (pronounced too too) not Toto. One thing rarely mentioned about Spicer-Simpson (think it was covered by Dan Snow for a BBC program on this campaign) was he was considered to have gone 'native' and knowing his camp could be spied from the lake by the Germans would parade out every morning to take a bath outside in full view. I believe the Graf von Goetzen/MV Liemba may have finally been retired a few years back - I last heard a talk on this whole subject a couple of years back.
No matter how small the body of water, us Brits will conquer it apparently, must remember to put up defences round that water barrel in the garden......... :P
They stick in the wood and cause it to splinter. If they're high enough caliber they'll punch straight through. If they're incendiary they can start fires, it and if explosive... Well...
So one of the lake gunboats was named "TouTuo", French for "Bow-wow". I wonder if that French word inspired the name for Dorothy's dog in the original 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; anglicized to "ToTo"?
Why is the volume qualities so much clearer and less punchy on bio and geo channels but not this one. No big deal i just find it strange. Use the same compressor charlie
Ghana German? Wrong - it was a British colony, Gold Coast. Mozambique was Portuguese, and had been for a very long time. You really ought to get your facts right. Otherwise it was very good and correct. I have the book = Mimi and Toutou go forth - too!
Technically youre both right. Whilst neither Ghana nor Mozambique were conrtrolled by grrmany both had parts of there modern day counterparts under the control of the Kaiser. For Mozambique that would be the Kionga Triangle which was owned by the Germans between 1894 and 1916. The book to find any info on this would be Thomas, H.B; The Kionga Triangle. For Ghana the region now known as British Togoland was a part of the larger german colony of Togoland. While this one has no easy to refrence book there is still much evidence you can find for yourself
Same here. The Great War is an awesome channel. I found a book later that went in to more detail. Indy didn’t even mention that the mission’s doctor started a wildfire that nearly killed everyone and burned the ship’s because he set the home of a Greek trader on fire because it was infested with insects.
Yeah, that fucker may haunt us longer than Hitler considering how much shit is named after him. There probably will still be a "Bismarck-Something" even if the concept of Germany has long since passed into history.
so your telling me that a 12lbs gun was needed for a boat with NO ARMOR. You cant tell me a small boat using a few heavy machine guns (Hotchkiss Model 1910) could not effectively destroy these boat and then later destroy if need with demolition charges.
Geoff was a relative of mine. While certainly eccentric some of his unusual habits had reasons behind them. Most of the books on the subject share information from 1 source. The Doctor from the expedition. Unfortunately from the old letters i have read he seemed to have a rather bitter outlook on the mission. A film would be most entertaining indeed.
It was a skirt not a kilt. He told the other officers his wife made them for him, and he found them to be much cooler than trousers. Trying to justify to an army officer why he had not attacked the unarmed fort mentioned in the video was perhaps undermined because he was doing so while wearing said skirt. The locals were so impressed by the old times sailor tattoos covering Spicer Simpson’s arm and torso that he had a daily bathing routine in which he would take his shirt off and flex for the gathered crowd before hopping in the tub. There were rumors he had begun to be regarded as a powerful sorcerer or perhaps even a minor god because of these tattoos and performances He also took to smoking monogrammed cigarettes when he found out that the navy would provide him with them if ordered. Seriously, find a book about this or watch the video The Great War did on it if you can. This story is even more bizarre than this video makes it seem.
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You think 25 is young? My grandfather had a receding hairline in high school as evidenced by his yearbook photo. Thankfully, I got my hair genes from the other side of the family.
Wheres the yelling? Wheres the horribly planned prewritten script with 10 minutes of opening before the video actually starts lol
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My little brother is bald, my best mate is bald... and I have long luxurious hair. It looks like I won't be contacting Keeps for any of their products :)
How about doing one on the Königsberg? Now there's an African war story worth telling (and a book worth reading).
My first thought was of the classic movie, ‘The African Queen’, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, which is loosely based on the Battle of Lake Tanganyika. Great old film! 🍿
First thing I thought of too.
One of Bogie's best .
"Oh, I'm not worried, miss. Gave myself up for dead back where we started."
Leaches!!!
I thought the same thing, African Queen one of my favorite movies !😀
Maybe it's just my sick sense of humor, but as a military man, I absolutely love these boat names. Send in Mimi and Toutou! Do not make me send in Fifi! Fifi is not house trained yet!
Boats being disassembled and re-assembled seems crazy. Simon can you do a video on this?
Good call. Sounds like a megaproject, or at least a sideproject. Thankfully, Whistle-boi has us covered either way…
This is how the Spanish defeated the Aztecs on Lake Texcoco
@@seankauder9721 That would also be an interesting topic!
They were not big boats.
You mean ships. In 5000 crates
And people thought "Boaty McBoatface" was a bad name...
It still is 😁
@@joshshin6819 better than meowmeow and bow wow, its literally like a 3 year old was in charge of naming ships. Mind you they wer named by 1 person in the service and not put up to a vote of millions lol
Wdym boatymcboatface is a bad name, it’s the pinnacle of the internet’s accumulative intellect
This is another great story, with so much information that I had to pause to digest everything, about a piece of history I didn't know. Thank you for your excellent work.
I read this history in a book while staying with my in-laws (one of the few in their library in English) in Lisbon in 1963. It was a translation from the German Commander's memoirs.
His instructions were to create a diversionary force in East Africa to drain "enemy" forces away from the European theatre.
His force, which included a number of Native members (and their families, as was the way then) was not very numerous, but highly mobile.
Since this was his memoirs, he obviously survived - for the whole duration of WW1.
Despite histories written by the victors, General Paul von Lettow Vorbeck was the hero in this little tale.
If you can find a copy, I would highly recommend this autobiography as a "Ripping Yarn".
"I understand that von Lettow told Hitler to go fuck himself."
"That's right, except that I don't think he put it that politely."
Bogart was a sailor all his life, serving in U. S. Navy as a coxswain third class. The "African Queen" would have been just the right size for him. "Leaches. Leaches. I hate leaches!" Tender words from a tough actor.
Poor old Spicer Simpson, stepping ashore for a nice little afternoon boffing and having his ship immediately torpedoed! If this whole tale wasn't fact, it would be hard to believe.
So no harbour defences or anti submarine nets then, not his fault !
That was cool thanks, it just needed an Indiana Jones style map and line showing the journey as you narrated it
Map would have been good
Fun fact, the graf van goetzen is the only imperial german navy boat still sailing anywhere in the world, of course as m.v. liemba today
They raised her in 1927 amd began using her as a transport.
On Lake Tanganyika? Or one of the other rift lakes??
Ahhh the Humphie BRO-gart glitch for the algorithm engagement! Well played Simon, well played sir!👍
Ah the famous Humphrey Bro-Guard ^^
Yes, we know about this from the documentary “The African Queen” and the battle was won by two Americans. :-)
Lol
The captions are pretty clear that Anton Powers had a lot of trouble fighting Germany. Was he a relative of Austin?
Nah, it’s a new drink concentrate. It’s called Entente Cordial.
Fifi is also used in affectionate way (mainly by grandma to their granddaughter ) as it's derived from "fille" girl in French.. Exm : look at my beautiful fifi (girl)
less of a naval battle but more like a brawl in a swimming pool, lol.
Depends if your one of the crew killed
I was waiting for one of the German ships to be called the Königin Luise.
New Zealand also took German Pacific territories. Samoa was part of New Zealand for around 50 years.
Did not know that!
3 weeks into my keeps routine, thanks Simon. first one that’s actually helping
This amusing story needs a movie, properly shot and epic.
0:15 Simon your bald head is iconic. It suits you so well. Do not be ashamed. Be proud.
Daven: People seem to love Brain Blaze. Hey Simon, can you please integrate more of your Brain Blaze personality here?
Simon: Sure.
Daven: But not too much for this episode.
Simon: Ok.
Hes got more Top10z Net vibes here lol
What Simon may lack up top, he makes up for tenfold with that magnificent beard.
Should see his junk... it's like a potato poking out of a mountain of hair
@@kingjellybean9795 wtf 😆 how do you know this?
His hair is not gone, it migrated south.
Many a true word said in jest, and unfortunately your comment has ironically gone straight over the head of many viewers!
Hair and wisdom rarely occupy the same head :)
I adore Simon's title screens
Fun fact, in African Queen they had to make Humphrey Bogart's character Canadian because he couldn't speak with a British accent and by that time in the war when the movie takes place the United States was not involved.
Did Simon just say, "Humphrey BROgart"?
Yes he did.
Interesting and yes the story is kind of familiar.
I say the 1812 naval battles on the great lakes as weirder. It was an lake gunboat fight who escalated up to ship of the line level at the end.
And as you covered the US having two carriers on the great lake during WW 2 and they also build plenty of destroyers in Chicago during that war.
HANG ON!!!
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So, you’re telling me that Dorothy named her dog _”Bark”_ ??
Well, roughly translated. Technically she named him BowWow.
@@dyslexicboogaloo vowvow
@@mattmattmatt6700 Everyone’s a critic.
Nah, you’re probably right.
May the legend of Captain Simpson live on forever. Here's to you, you absolutely magnificent madman.
This guy can talk faster than I can listen
Damn, they must've really wanted that small sausage factory...
Was "shout at the devil " a 1979 movie inspired by this story.
Really nice piece. I do not understand how someone could give a cleat historical bit of reportage a thumbs down.
Odd, that. 78 odd minds in this festival of life we call home.
I was watching this video and was thinking that this could make a great film.
I’ve just watched the African Queen today and although based on a book which was loosely based on the battle reports I still don’t think it does the true story any justice, the film for it’s time was great though.
We’ve got the technology now to recreate the battles so I think it’s time for a remake of that film.
I can't remember the authors name but he wrote the Horatio Hornblower series . I want to say Cornelius ... something but I'm too old & so... oh well it didn't come to me. 💩💨
How about an episode on PJ Pretorius and the sinking of German cruiser Konigsberg in the Rufiji river in 1915? Or Karamojo Bell's service in Africa and Europe as a pilot in WW l? Both of them led "Never a Dull Moment" lives.
This is the first video from Simon that I actually enjoyed. There were, for once, no howling mistakes. I wouldn't have called it the "Littlest" Naval War, though. "Smallest" would have been better.
"Littlest" sounds like American baby-talk.
This gives Voyage of the Mimi a whole other meaning to me now.
Littlest naval war but significant in those war days.
If I had the skills and contacts, This could be a halfway decent movie.
In 1883, the chilean navy transported torpedo boat "Colo Colo" from the pacific to lake titicaca (3812 meters above sea level) to take control of the lake, achieving the surrender of all the peruavian ships.
So, taking into account that this vessel was only 14 meters long, adn with 25 men as its crew, i would say this battle was smaller 👀
I live in a 1954 wooden yacht similar to those pictured in this video. My new name is First Sea Lord Audrey SeaMonkey!
...of the Fi-Fi 😂
Take care! ❤
Whenever he does the keeps ad read, I always thanks the stars keeps wasn't around when he was young so we get to see Simon in all his bald glory.
There are already quite a few videos about Spicer-Simpson and the two gunboats, as well as several excellent books.
I couldn't believe it when I saw a documentary of it and I would kill for a movie.
It's not totally accurate but the old movie the African Queen is based on it
I'm gonna be real with you, I don't think a bald man can make a good advertisement for an hair loss treatment product.
Can you imagine a group of people meeting to share an entire content....what kind of people do things like that....
Shout at the Devil...brilliant
I knew I'd remember the name when I read it !
The African Queen was awesome which gets combined again this time with Disney Plus to become Jungle Cruise.
It was Tou-Tou (pronounced too too) not Toto.
One thing rarely mentioned about Spicer-Simpson (think it was covered by Dan Snow for a BBC program on this campaign) was he was considered to have gone 'native' and knowing his camp could be spied from the lake by the Germans would parade out every morning to take a bath outside in full view.
I believe the Graf von Goetzen/MV Liemba may have finally been retired a few years back - I last heard a talk on this whole subject a couple of years back.
No matter how small the body of water, us Brits will conquer it apparently, must remember to put up defences round that water barrel in the garden......... :P
Yeah except for the great lakes where you surrendered an entire fleet to a bunch of upstart Americans
I wonder how bullets affect a wooden boat is mahogany that good
They stick in the wood and cause it to splinter. If they're high enough caliber they'll punch straight through.
If they're incendiary they can start fires, it and if explosive... Well...
Germany claimed New Guinea. Papua was a British colony administered by Australia.
Can we talk about the heavy arm Chinese fishing boats? Please
That would be the channel China Uncensored.
Thanx for confirming the movie link, I thought it sounded familiar
1:05 to skip ad
So one of the lake gunboats was named "TouTuo", French for "Bow-wow". I wonder if that French word inspired the name for Dorothy's dog in the original 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; anglicized to "ToTo"?
Toto, yes they miss the rain in Africa...
The whole country of Tanzania used to be named “Tanganyika” as well! Much cooler.
German Kamerun had a an elephant head on its flag, and I think it is a shame no modern country does.
Can you do a video on António Salazar the Portuguese dictator who ruled Portugal for 48 years.
Loved this adventure 😍
whenever i think hair loss i think of my uncle, he started balding when he was 25, he’s not even 30 yet but he’s more bald than my 42 year old father
Your recent video about England and peanuts was about this same geographic area. Coincidence?
I'd love your take on the aircraft carriers Eagle and Hermes taking Chinese pirates to task.
Brogart...haha.
hey Brogart....hahah
oh god i remember reading about this one many years ago xD
Do the Tsar tank next!
I got you beat, by 14 I was losing hair, but the upside is by 16 I had a full beard lol
Bet Harry Potter was shocked when he found out his Owl was a WW1 Veteran ;-)
Why is the volume qualities so much clearer and less punchy on bio and geo channels but not this one. No big deal i just find it strange. Use the same compressor charlie
I'm happy with my Kojak look fella!!🤣
"Henry Brogart" is now his official name, thank you for this
dammit, *humphrey, the joke is ruined. I'll go hide now
Free documentary has an episode with the gun boat doing ferry runs.
Ghana German? Wrong - it was a British colony, Gold Coast. Mozambique was Portuguese, and had been for a very long time. You really ought to get your facts right. Otherwise it was very good and correct. I have the book = Mimi and Toutou go forth - too!
Where are your facts to back up your statements or are you just spouting nonsense. If he's wrong the burden of proof is on you.
Technically youre both right. Whilst neither Ghana nor Mozambique were conrtrolled by grrmany both had parts of there modern day counterparts under the control of the Kaiser. For Mozambique that would be the Kionga Triangle which was owned by the Germans between 1894 and 1916. The book to find any info on this would be Thomas, H.B; The Kionga Triangle. For Ghana the region now known as British Togoland was a part of the larger german colony of Togoland. While this one has no easy to refrence book there is still much evidence you can find for yourself
This hair loss sponsorship is hilarious 😂
I suppose I can thank Indy Neidell for teaching me about this battle.
Same here. The Great War is an awesome channel. I found a book later that went in to more detail. Indy didn’t even mention that the mission’s doctor started a wildfire that nearly killed everyone and burned the ship’s because he set the home of a Greek trader on fire because it was infested with insects.
I'm always impressed with what humans are capable of when they need to.
when they need to kill eachother*
All this water mine
Great video!!
When I see Simon with a full head of hair, from using those Keep pills, I may give em a go.
Humphrey Brogart? niiiiice
In french you wouldn't pronounce the boats name as "Toto" but rather "Tootoo"
He spoke German and French, making him perfect for the mission.
Because who's going to need to talk kiswahili in East Africa?
Right? Its just unrealistic for the natives to learn either of those languages just because they would need it to communicate with the government! 😡
did you just say the head engineer of the steam boat struck his colours?
From the sound of it, he was the highest ranking officer left aboard, which made it his command.
Can I add he didn't loose a single man during the operation. Something unheard-of.
Simon: “Bismarckberg”
Me: *chortles* Also known as “GERMANS ARE HERE!”
Yeah, that fucker may haunt us longer than Hitler considering how much shit is named after him. There probably will still be a "Bismarck-Something" even if the concept of Germany has long since passed into history.
There's even a Bismarck in North Dakota
6:40 "outlandish"
so your telling me that a 12lbs gun was needed for a boat with NO ARMOR. You cant tell me a small boat using a few heavy machine guns (Hotchkiss Model 1910) could not effectively destroy these boat and then later destroy if need with demolition charges.
Here Simon! Read this as fast as you can!
Why is there not a modern movie about this?
Brogart? No, Bogart.
Yo dude, have seen Brogart? He owes me a pizza.
Geoff was a relative of mine. While certainly eccentric some of his unusual habits had reasons behind them. Most of the books on the subject share information from 1 source. The Doctor from the expedition. Unfortunately from the old letters i have read he seemed to have a rather bitter outlook on the mission. A film would be most entertaining indeed.
I found it :)
I'm so re-watching The African Queen after this!!!
Thank you .
"Brougeart "?? Really .
And ,Yes I watched un-till the end , (As all ways ).
I firmly believe Keeps us really trying to sale their product to Simon Whistler
It was a skirt not a kilt. He told the other officers his wife made them for him, and he found them to be much cooler than trousers. Trying to justify to an army officer why he had not attacked the unarmed fort mentioned in the video was perhaps undermined because he was doing so while wearing said skirt.
The locals were so impressed by the old times sailor tattoos covering Spicer Simpson’s arm and torso that he had a daily bathing routine in which he would take his shirt off and flex for the gathered crowd before hopping in the tub. There were rumors he had begun to be regarded as a powerful sorcerer or perhaps even a minor god because of these tattoos and performances
He also took to smoking monogrammed cigarettes when he found out that the navy would provide him with them if ordered.
Seriously, find a book about this or watch the video The Great War did on it if you can. This story is even more bizarre than this video makes it seem.
Humphry Brogart eh? lol
7mm guns? Holes in your boat could be fixed with bubblegum. That had to be wrong.
8:02 Two 3lb quick firing cannons are not 7mm
Good video 👍
Simon sold the shit out of Keeps
not really, i cant get past the plural of symptoms, who knew there were more symptoms to hair loss than hair loss......