Economic Warfare-How to Quietly Devastate a Country

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  • @lirrobinson8377
    @lirrobinson8377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    As a sailor in the U.S. Navy, I can honestly say that ice cream supplies are strategically important.

    • @jeffdingle9677
      @jeffdingle9677 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey...don't forget the coke machines...

    • @joythought
      @joythought ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ice-cream, coke, coffee, and cigarettes. I'm sure there's a few other items that are truly critical.

    • @rnish2958
      @rnish2958 ปีที่แล้ว

      Almonds. How else do you make almond milk?

  • @kiwi_comanche
    @kiwi_comanche 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The book, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman." is a brilliant take on this subject. Well worth reading.

    • @joythought
      @joythought ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good book. China has been trying out it's own versions of this recently.

    • @kiwi_comanche
      @kiwi_comanche ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joythought Yeah for sure.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    0:45 - Chapter 1 - Starvation
    4:35 - Chapter 2 - Sanctions
    12:30 - Chapter 3 - WWII

    • @snaiper195
      @snaiper195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      20:12 My little pony/anime/furry/not bald adaptation of Simon

  • @marcobonesi6794
    @marcobonesi6794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    the funny thing is that here in italy most of the public opinion think that the sanctions are useless.None remember the effects of the sanctions imposed on us in after the conquest of ethiopia in 1936.

    • @Natogoon
      @Natogoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Ye because they're all dead

    • @bonafidemonafide7810
      @bonafidemonafide7810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Natogoon LMAO TRUE

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The world has changed a lot over the last century. Globalization has made it where countries become very dependent on one another. Even the US and Chinese economies can't operate without the other.
      Also, Italians are looking for any excuse to be soft on Putin as many care more about cheap energy than democracy and human rights.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I guess really the verbiage of
      _those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it_
      rings true in this instance

    • @finthehuman7517
      @finthehuman7517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      sanctions take years to show any effect and are usually the first step of action

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    As Napoleon once famously said
    "an army marches on its stomach"
    If your logistics fails because your larger economic system at home fails you effectively taken the army out of the game

    • @renaissanceredneck73
      @renaissanceredneck73 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amateurs talk about tactics, professionals study logistics. - Gen. Robert H. Barrow, USMC

    • @mr.w6023
      @mr.w6023 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      too bad he forgot that when pushing into russia.

  • @adamesd3699
    @adamesd3699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It wasn’t so much that the starvation caused the German public to become anti-war. The home front never really broke. The army itself was short of food. During the spring 1918 offensive, when high command asked why the soldiers weren’t advancing faster, one officer responded that they were looking for potatoes.

  • @andyyang3029
    @andyyang3029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I had never heard about Germany's winter in WW1, all I was ever taught was about the combat on the front lines.... Thanks for another good video 👍

    • @jakesully2868
      @jakesully2868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Find Dan Carlin's Blueprint for Armageddon series of podcasts if you want a deep dive into WW1.

    • @MrBizteck
      @MrBizteck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I believe the in WW1 POWs were better fed than the guards as loved ones could send food to prisoners.
      This allowed POWs to bribe guards with food

    • @boldCactuslad
      @boldCactuslad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      people don't like to talk about the millions of civilians killed in germany due to the civil war or either world war, especially in reference to starvation caused by sanctions or allied scorched earth, probably because its hard to write without implying that they were the victim. sort of like how like schools just glaze over or ignore some of churchill's more racist/genocidal views in favor of pointing out the heroic bits.

    • @jezalb2710
      @jezalb2710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@johngalt2506 it was. On the western front. Hence they asked for the armistice

    • @jezalb2710
      @jezalb2710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@johngalt2506 the army was collapsing. Surrendering left right and centre. They asked for the armistice. They begged for the hostilities to stop.

  • @fathertimegaming17
    @fathertimegaming17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    For these videos about more current events, it might be handy to add a recorded on date in the notes so that we can put some of the comments into context of the time.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a good idea.

    • @DonSuperbe
      @DonSuperbe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would even go so far as to call it a very good idea.

    • @slaphappyduplenty2436
      @slaphappyduplenty2436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would venture to suggest that it is indeed a *superb* idea!

    • @warographics643
      @warographics643  2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I generally try to mention a rough date when its important, e.g. "Early November" etc.

    • @DonSuperbe
      @DonSuperbe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slaphappyduplenty2436 Who would be so mad as to disagree with these assessments??? Just imagine the shere affront to our most inner self...

  • @marcusmoonstein242
    @marcusmoonstein242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You forgot to mention my favorite form of economic warfare practiced during WW2! Both the British and the Germans printed huge quantities of counterfeit versions each others ration books and paper currency. These were then air dropped over the opposing country at night to be discovered by random civilians who would then try to spend the currency or claim the rations. This caused major economic disruptions for both sides of the conflict.

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    “Where goods do not cross borders, armies will.”
    -Frédéric Bastiat

  • @scottsmith7051
    @scottsmith7051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank You for illustrating current events in light of history.

  • @richcotton4974
    @richcotton4974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fritz Haber is worth a Biographics episode, especially for what he "accomplished" after receiving the Nobel Prize

    • @christaylorvu
      @christaylorvu ปีที่แล้ว

      Although I think it was Haber who formulated the gas for the"Final Solution.

  • @benlamprecht6414
    @benlamprecht6414 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for yet another informative and well researched video.

  • @sodog44
    @sodog44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Economic warfare can also lead to desperate actions that have horrifying effects, ie Pearl Harbor. When a nation's back is to the wall, sometimes they act in ways that the hope didn't anticipate. It also leads to coalitions of unfriendly natures that can end up biting the sanctioners.

    • @HeadStronger-HS
      @HeadStronger-HS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly .. which has many worried about poking the bear (Russia), or formation of BRICS ..

    • @benghiskahn3673
      @benghiskahn3673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@HeadStronger-HS Paper bear.

    • @thetruthsayer8347
      @thetruthsayer8347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HeadStronger-HS lol Brics can’t work well. None of the proposed member state is economically strong or dumb enough to be carry the rest of the group in times of crisis.

    • @antonionotmyrealnamo6333
      @antonionotmyrealnamo6333 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's just like open warfare though, you have to be careful about who you 'attack'.

  • @phils5423
    @phils5423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have enjoyed dozens of the videos you narrate thank you

  • @simongrazebrook6093
    @simongrazebrook6093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Excellent informative video. If you take suggestions, how about a weird battle from Down Under?
    The battle of Brisbane was a large scale riot between Australian and American soldiers that killed one and injured 100's over 24 hours in WW2.
    It was caused by a multitude of reasons, and might be a good jumping off point for the many, many similar riots between American and Commonwealth soldiers through-out the war

    • @unanaspig
      @unanaspig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow that’s so interesting. I never even knew about this!

  • @cheesecake6696
    @cheesecake6696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To anyone who found this interesting check out 'the economic war's by extra credits, extra history. Great series and a great channel.

  • @KIXWASHERE
    @KIXWASHERE ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Take a shot every time he says sanctions

  • @alexcarter8807
    @alexcarter8807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Putin: Does absolutely horrific things like bombing orphanages and hospitals.
    Putin: Is absolutely astonished that other countries would put sanctions on Russia
    Putin: Does even more utterly reprehensible stuff. The latest being raining white phosphorus down on Kherson for Christmas day.

    • @ravanpee1325
      @ravanpee1325 ปีที่แล้ว

      The US and the Saudis did exactly the same without any sanctions

    • @Diezeling
      @Diezeling ปีที่แล้ว

      America dropped two bombs in Japan on innocent civilians , oh I forgot they don’t teach American history no more , it’s to offensive. I can’t stand CNN cheerleaders !!!

  • @mattcromwell4308
    @mattcromwell4308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Yet another banger, so many good episodes in a row. This is definitely a top3 Simon channel, along with into the shadows👍👍

  • @EditioCastigata
    @EditioCastigata ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grain supply was suficient. Prices rose due to speculation.

  • @ToastyMeadows
    @ToastyMeadows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is my first video of this channel, didn’t even know of its existence but as soon as I saw Simon’s face I knew It’d be grand and Subscribed 👌🏽🔥

  • @themanlett2351
    @themanlett2351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi a video on the South African border war from 1966-1990 would be Brilliant. Big fan of your videos and would be interesting to see that.

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "You win or lose a war through the stomachs of its soldiers!"

  • @kingdomofbird8174
    @kingdomofbird8174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Germany:
    >Get's blocked by britain
    Germany:
    >Makes fertilizer out of thin air
    Germany
    >Still loses the war
    >Not stonks 😩

  • @gregoryferraro7379
    @gregoryferraro7379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ancient and Medieval siege tactics could be considered to have a trade embargo element to them, since the siege prevented supplies from entering a city.

  • @Lakeman3211
    @Lakeman3211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interrupt any of the three “F,s”, food, fuel, firepower and any army is done!, nor do army’s supply these items to themselves so economics are a direct line to success or failure!

  • @ghemingway787
    @ghemingway787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ive watched dozens and dozens of your videos across all of your channels over the years, now after watching the little segment on the russian sanctions i have to wonder how many other videos ive watched have been so drastically inaccurate

  • @victoriaeads6126
    @victoriaeads6126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "American steel, British intelligence, and Soviet blood." First time hearing the phrase. It's pretty logical, though.

  • @seanbrazell7095
    @seanbrazell7095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It would be helpful if you include a date written tag somewhere easy to see, particularly for a rapidly changing topic like this one is. Fantastic episode regardless!

    • @JohnWick-vb9pc
      @JohnWick-vb9pc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey you should create your own content and include a written date 😉

    • @andruloni
      @andruloni 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnWick-vb9pc 🤡

    • @JohnWick-vb9pc
      @JohnWick-vb9pc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andruloni 👸

  • @TheAmbex
    @TheAmbex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sanctions don't stop wars, but they do limit what the target can do. The majority of missiles fired into Ukraine at the moment are repurposed anti-air missiles like the S-300. They did this because they are running out of regular ground attack missiles. Russia cannot replace these because they cannot make their own advanced computer chips. Eventually they will run out of all advanced weapons which will make it easier for Ukraine to advance.

    • @cooldudecs
      @cooldudecs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are getting missiles from Iran but that will stop as soon as a plane is shot out of the sky by some unknown thing

    • @TheAmbex
      @TheAmbex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cooldudecs North Korea as well potentially.

  • @zemog1025
    @zemog1025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    seems like the government is waging a war like this on us

  • @12tremblay
    @12tremblay 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done sir !

  • @johnthomson9702
    @johnthomson9702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done.

  • @mackzun
    @mackzun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love u simon

  • @jacobdewey2053
    @jacobdewey2053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For all of the talk about U-Boats when WW2 submarine warfare is discussed, it's nice to hear about how the US submarine fleet utterly crippled Japan. I would argue the US had the best sub fleet by far in the war and they were by far the most successful. they were even sinking Japanese carriers on training missions in their own home waters (and of course there's the case of the US sub destroying a Japanese train)

    • @karlr750
      @karlr750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The U.S. submarines would have been a lot more effective if the flaws with the Mark 14 and Mark 15 torpedoes had been identified and corrected earlier. Imagine the impact if the U.S. had effective torpedoes starting in 1941, rather than 1943.
      As far as I can tell (and I'm not an expert), the effectiveness of the U.S. submarine fleet was largely due to Japan's lack of defense for its merchant fleet. The Germans had far more submarines (three times as many?) and great tactics, but England and the U.S. developed very good anti-submarine tactics (including the breaking of the Enigma code) that allowed them to win the Battle of the Atlantic.
      It seems that Japan ignored the potential of the submarine as a tool of economic warfare, both offensively and defensively, which ended up costing them terribly. I think that contributed heavily to the success of the U.S. submarine force. But I agree that those successes are largely overlooked by historians … in part because of the secrecy that surrounded those operations at the time.

    • @thomasbaker6563
      @thomasbaker6563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@karlr750 The Japanese hadn't had the shock of Germany's ww1 U-boat camping on unescorted merchant men to shake them into something like a proper awareness of submarine warfare, it might have contributed to there terrible escort work?

    • @andrewallen9993
      @andrewallen9993 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True that. The US had the best submarine navy whose not invented here attitude had the worst torpedoes of the war instead of using British torpedoes made under licence like aero engines.

  • @richbattaglia5350
    @richbattaglia5350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After Rome sacked Carthage the legions poured salt upon the North African fields.
    Never again would Carthage rise against the north.

    • @davidedbrooke9324
      @davidedbrooke9324 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Short sighted ruining North Africa which they later conquered totally.

  • @adamesd3699
    @adamesd3699 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simon Simon Simon. I love your videos. But don’t forget the editing. Take for example 11:35 when you talk about Iran’s Islamic Revolution. First, you call it Iran’s first Islamist revolution. First? Then you date it to 1917, while showing video of Khomeini from the late 1970s.
    Also, while the Arab oil embargo was not very effective in changing US support for Israel in the 1973 war, it was more effective in changing European and Japanese policies.
    But still, great video and it really emphasizes the logistical and economic aspects of war.

  • @jimyoung9262
    @jimyoung9262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the elephants fight...
    The grass dies...

  • @Ulani101
    @Ulani101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An island is a body of land surrounded by submarines. As the Japanese discovered the hard way.

  • @ronsarteins
    @ronsarteins ปีที่แล้ว

    Please more about Economic Warfare

  • @apokalipsx25
    @apokalipsx25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As estonian i can speak russian and two more languages like english and german. I can easy watch russian content on youtube and of course speak for my own country about the sanctions. Trust me people. Sanctions dont work on a country so big like Russia. They have literally everything already self replaced and some of the events mentioned in the video are a bit wrong explained. Its difficult for me to explained in english but for russian speaking its not even necessary.

    • @kerriwilson7732
      @kerriwilson7732 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So Russia is retreating while their robust economy funds an ambitious military operation in Ukraine? 🤔

    • @DeadJDona
      @DeadJDona ปีที่แล้ว

      so you are non-citizen?

    • @apokalipsx25
      @apokalipsx25 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a citizen of Russia but a citizen of USSR ! Estonia became independent and I automatically gotten citizenship because of my parents. Everybody with Estonian parents got automatically documents from the government without any questions or tests.

    • @DeadJDona
      @DeadJDona ปีที่แล้ว

      @@apokalipsx25 Anyone who settled in the country during the 1940-1991 German and Soviet occupations, and their children, did *not* automatically become Estonian citizens in 1991, and many of these first and second generation immigrants have remained in Estonia as *noncitizen* residents.

    • @apokalipsx25
      @apokalipsx25 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's true but not in my case. Konstantin Ramul is my grandgrandgrandfather. I dont know exactly how many times i can use "grand" in english. I hope its somehow correct. You can read about him on Wikipedia. My family has a long history in Estonia.

  • @ThePhysicalReaction
    @ThePhysicalReaction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo!

  • @TheVortexmaster100
    @TheVortexmaster100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    War, War never changes

    • @MrKrill614
      @MrKrill614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The truth is......the game was rigged from the start.

    • @monkeydank7842
      @monkeydank7842 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every war is different. Every war is the same…😢

  • @quasarsavage
    @quasarsavage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    another banger sir. happy christmas break uall :)

  • @stevenverdoliva6217
    @stevenverdoliva6217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done

  • @SMunro
    @SMunro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    War is a crime so participation is a warcrime.

  • @Shado_wolf
    @Shado_wolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    China recently tried this on Australia through sanctions/restrictions on our exports. With China being one of our largest trading "partners" it seemed like it would work, get us to stop asking questions they didn't like........ unfortunately for China it didn't work and ended up causing THEM issues. Plus it was nice to be able to buy cheap lobster for Christmas, usually most of it gets exported so we would pay quite a high price!

    • @glenisold79
      @glenisold79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We did stop asking the questions though.

    • @shotgunjackalQ
      @shotgunjackalQ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glenisold79 only because they stopped replying. You can't have a conversation with only one party

    • @bumpy783
      @bumpy783 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure if that’s true that USA enjoys a bump in trade w china on an ozzy loss. I did watch an interesting report by abc on the bump nz enjoyed with the Chinese restrictions. I feel the Ozzie’s have been principled and nz opportunistic and china childish.

    • @Shado_wolf
      @Shado_wolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gcyalbert we did increase a lot of our trade with old and new partners. Sure, it might not have made up for the loss with China but our economy was chugging along just fine... meanwhile China was at risk of power shortage in the winter due to not buying our better quality coal 🤷
      I don't think we should have pushed the question of "was covid China's fault" but at the same time, we were not the only ones asking that question but we were the only ones they tried to punish 🤷

  • @asdfasdfasdf8523
    @asdfasdfasdf8523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Neutral perspective. Great video

  • @realshompa
    @realshompa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    please correct at 5:57 No oligarch's money have been sized. They all have Israeli passports. You can fact-check this with a simple google search and confirmed by Israeli media.

  • @romanregman1469
    @romanregman1469 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lebaboneze people being blown-away by russ fertilizer is even harder to understand as to why they didn't split the ammonium into free fertilizer sacks for local farmers growing the Cedars of Lebanese.

  • @Jkp1321
    @Jkp1321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always important to consider how war might backfire on you

    • @EAWanderer
      @EAWanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      5 leaders who so far learned that the hard way...
      Napoleon Bonaparte
      Benito Musselini
      Adolf Hitler
      Idi Amin
      Vladimir - - - - - ? 😏
      Although the USA 🇺🇸 had the same outcome having left Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and Vietnam 🇻🇳

    • @andyyang3029
      @andyyang3029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Germany learned that the hard way - twice 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅🦅

    • @tardvandecluntproductions1278
      @tardvandecluntproductions1278 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless you can win the war very fast, there will only be losers.

    • @LoboalphaMASTER
      @LoboalphaMASTER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EAWanderer I don't see how the USA had the same outcome as those

    • @EAWanderer
      @EAWanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LoboalphaMASTER well, hippy peace movements across the USA brought the war to an end
      America left South Vietnam to defend itself alone after intense years of training.
      But the North invaded again after the US withdrawal, then united the whole of Vietnam 🇻🇳 under communism
      As for Afghanistan 🇦🇫
      The US staged and invasion of the country ousting the Taliban
      Fast forward 20 years later, the USA leaves and the Taliban take over again! 2 failures from 2 wars
      The original intent, backfired catastrophically!
      Of the 2, Vietnam had far less to lose than Afghanistan

  • @davecormack8950
    @davecormack8950 ปีที่แล้ว

    England has been doing this to Scotland since 1707 and had a damn good try at Ireland in the 19th century.

  • @minimax9452
    @minimax9452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    as a matter of fact - the starvation in ww1 germany also layed the groundwork for Hitler and ww2.
    The british were so "kind" to endure the blockade even after the armistice to put pressure on the Versailles treaty. This is against geneva convention.

  • @Jr-qo4ls
    @Jr-qo4ls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If needed, the UN should use naval and military forces to protect food shipments from Ukraine to those African and Asian nations to prevent famines.

  • @ianmurphy9955
    @ianmurphy9955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Economic warfare or as the tories call it daily life in Britain now days

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brexit is British sanctions on Britain.

  • @ChrisBlackburn-dz6wh
    @ChrisBlackburn-dz6wh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice beard trim Simon!

  • @timothymachen687
    @timothymachen687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fantastic analysis, great job of connecting all the dots! You people are amazing! Please keep them coming !

  • @marcdavis4509
    @marcdavis4509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A bit tardy on the video delivery. Turkish warships are escorting Ukrainian ships. The russians have been effectively neutered.

  • @BleedingBasco
    @BleedingBasco 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why the high pitch background noise?

  • @mwolkove
    @mwolkove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you cover the war in Yemen?

  • @TheChuckwagonLite
    @TheChuckwagonLite ปีที่แล้ว

    If you can hire a retired Boeing employee, you can build your own military weaponry. If you're reading this, welcome to a list.

  • @daniloalves1139
    @daniloalves1139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why you don't talk about Cuba? USA does that for ages with them

    • @yucol5661
      @yucol5661 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it’s quietly devastated-ness disputed?

  • @Simpsxn
    @Simpsxn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Call of Duty - Economic Warfare

    • @rickyal9810
      @rickyal9810 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hah, now THAT is a CoD I'd let my son play.

  • @renaissanceredneck73
    @renaissanceredneck73 ปีที่แล้ว

    If this doesn't tell ya not to poke the Eagle, I don't think anything will. After Pearl Harbor, Adm Nimitz was told one of the ships he needed would not be sea worthy for weeks or months, he said you have 3 days. And by God in 3 days that ship was sailing with his fleet once more. Yamamoto said; for the first six months I will have victory after victory, but beyond that I see no hope for success. If America is pushed to the point where we are put on a total war footing, there isn't a nation on the planet that can match us. If America truly was this great conquering juggernaut that is hell bent on taking over the world, the rest of the world would be duly and fully conquered by now. But hey what do I know I'm just an old Redneck

    • @Rjsjrjsjrjsj
      @Rjsjrjsjrjsj ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, for a redneck (and I've met a few), you actually have it right. 👍

  • @BatCaveOz
    @BatCaveOz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Iranian revolution was in 1979... not 1917.

  • @jamesneutron1351
    @jamesneutron1351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The world would be a much bleaker place if Simon didn't exist plain and simple.
    From being a lovable jackass in some channels to having a very well read spirit in others watching his content is oddly comforting.

  • @Coco111s2
    @Coco111s2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If i find 1 more channel voiced by simon.....

  • @seangannon6081
    @seangannon6081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There was an analysis of food exports in Africa, and they said between the shutdowns, and bottleneck in transport because of covid, and the war in Ukraine they expect around 20 million people to starve to death in Africa and Asia. That’s by the end of 2023.

    • @TheBurnedGamers
      @TheBurnedGamers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn, that's insanely sad. Do you have a link to the analysis?

  • @MitchellTF
    @MitchellTF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another thing to bring up with Sanctions, is that they are more effective the more UNEXPECTED they are. Especially monetary sanctions, with trade sanctions having chokepoint technologies.
    Sanctions on Iran are ineffective, because they don't rely on chokepoint technologies from people who sanction them. Russia DOES.

  • @dlight9849
    @dlight9849 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:00 Not true, Caterpillar has continued business with Russia during the entire war. Caterpillar supplies Russia with parts and defense items.

  • @zhenyaka13
    @zhenyaka13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Um… 70k didn’t die due to blockade by Allies, they died because their government’s policy of resource allocation.

  • @dreamdiction
    @dreamdiction ปีที่แล้ว

    "Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars".

  • @mattcromwell4308
    @mattcromwell4308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Been watching since February, when the channel was fairly new and only had like 50k subscrbers. impressive to see how much it's grown in less than a year.

    • @Mr.Mister2
      @Mr.Mister2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When your videos are quality they deserve to grow quickly

    • @joshuarosenblatt
      @joshuarosenblatt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should have far more subscribers than they have.

    • @YeviG
      @YeviG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When you publish anything that has severe bias towards the target audience of course they're going to suck it all up. But half of these videos are nothing but liberal talking points that are not backed by facts.

  • @okwatever3582
    @okwatever3582 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m thinking about North Korea and autarky. If a nation is self sufficient with food and resources, would sanctions on it still be as effective as on a country relying on trade?

    • @Rjsjrjsjrjsj
      @Rjsjrjsjrjsj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NK is not self sufficient. But to answer your question, no, they would not.

  • @bobfg3130
    @bobfg3130 ปีที่แล้ว

    Russia changed its mind about the wheat deal because its Black Sea fleet has been crippled.

  • @herbertkeithmiller
    @herbertkeithmiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Once World War II Japan had conquered the territories in the Pacific it lacked a means of bringing those resources back to the home islands. It figured on trading to supply it. Well no trade ship is going to sail into a war zone. So no independent third party shipping was possible. Japan created an economic cooperation zone with many of these islands with the cooperation being that they would trade with Japan. But when Japan conquered them trade with the rest of the world was virtually cut off. Japan wasn't buying much of what they produced. Japan had little to export to these countries. This once again didn't go over well and Japan failed to get the resources in trade.
    Then America sent in the submarines. Much like Germany tried to close the Atlantic cutting off Britain from trade, America closed the Pacific to Japanese trade.
    Japan's widely scattered sources of trade made forming convoys difficult. American submarines were very successful in cutting those trade routes and sinking much of the shipping going to Japan. And so Japan never benefited from the one thing it wanted in its war of expansion resources.
    Much of this comes from the World War II channel and this specific episode about Japan's trade.
    th-cam.com/video/_Z6HNH4-6_I/w-d-xo.html

  • @FerretPirate
    @FerretPirate 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had never heard that saying.

  • @kylefowler5082
    @kylefowler5082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sanctions won't stop Russia simply because they are food and energy independent. But applying them is still the right thing to do. As they run out of unobtainable resources they are regressing to technologies that they can use with the materials at hand. This means a return to 1960's technology. While ineffective at offensive war this technology is ok at defense as the Ukraine war has turned into a land war. Drones and missiles are not air superiority, Ukraine has those as well. Putin has to be counting on outlasting the current crop of leaders in the West and is betting on a negotiated end to the war when the West tires of high prices and wants to move on at the expense of Ukraine. The question is whether this tactic will work or not

    • @rufusshinra9124
      @rufusshinra9124 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Russia can import any goods it needs from China, which manufacturers much of the products utilized in Western nations anyways. China can buy microchips in bulk quantities and sell them to Russia.

    • @kylefowler5082
      @kylefowler5082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rufusshinra9124 Chinese companies could sell the components to Russia and indeed probably are however the US is trade blacklisting those companies they find out that are. Overall it doesn't seem like China has much stomach to help Russia. To quote the Wall Street Journal: "overall exports from China to Russia have fallen substantially this year as many Chinese companies fear running afoul of the U.S."
      Small scale easy to hide clandestine trade won't help Russia's war machine in a meaningful way.

  • @davidworsley7969
    @davidworsley7969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who were "The allies" in 1940 ?

  • @barcode6495
    @barcode6495 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro. No gas no production in germany or europe. Pls comment

    • @bjarkiengelsson
      @bjarkiengelsson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *cough 🇳🇴 cough*

    • @that.schamp
      @that.schamp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Norway, UK, Netherlands, and Romania have active production. Romania is rapidly expanding production. Turkey starts production this year. Turkey is also adding pipelines to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to supply Europe bypassing Russia.
      Natural Gas can sail. Two new LNG terminals online this year, two more within six months. By Dec 1, Europe had filled storage to 94% of capacity, and caused a brief period of negative spot prices, because LNG vessels were lined up, but could not unload, and it was costing the operators.
      And if all else fails, a team of Texans can take a trip through Britain, Norway, Germany and France, crack some shale with Hydraulic fluids and unleash enough natural gas that the Greens will all commit seppuku.
      So the Russian embargo is a minor inconvenience to Europe.... Unless Russia wants to start shooting international commerce in the Atlantic, which would be a terrible idea.

  • @ryansh9928
    @ryansh9928 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My gosh they don't teach u all this in school.!!!

  • @MSportsEngineering
    @MSportsEngineering 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Companies gaping Putin. Love to hear it.

  • @EAWanderer
    @EAWanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Scorched earth tactics work both ways 😒 sadly ➡️☠⬅️
    For the Aggressor and for the defender
    War may seem like explosive action, fun and adrenaline in the films and games
    BUT in reality, it's absolute hell for civilians and soldiers alike
    Unless you're in the air force(?) 🤔

    • @laurenf.7922
      @laurenf.7922 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope Air force gets targeted constantly, and if shot down the crew might die on the ground or while in the plane.

    • @EAWanderer
      @EAWanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@laurenf.7922
      Hmm...
      Depending on which Air Force will depend on the likelyhood of that happening
      I'd rather be in an F16 than a MiG 21

  • @joemama370
    @joemama370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Starve the Keep, and you Starve the Nation. WoLoLo.

  • @ehrldawg
    @ehrldawg ปีที่แล้ว

    Up next;Belleau Woods

  • @laopang91362
    @laopang91362 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sanctions is not a magic bullet.

  • @blakemtg47
    @blakemtg47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Japans attack on pearl harbour is what lost the axis powers the war

  • @figadodeporco
    @figadodeporco ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy again? On how many channels does he feature his unique skill to fkg rush reading the script while stock footage in on screen?

  • @maplesyrup7959
    @maplesyrup7959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jesus 😮
    Never been taught or knew about this naval blockade during WW1!
    Let alone mass starvation in Germany 🇩🇪 and the Ottoman 🇹🇷 occupied middle east!

    • @andyyang3029
      @andyyang3029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here, school in USA taught us about Frontline combat and trench warfare, I had no idea Germany was starving

    • @roflmatol
      @roflmatol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's because it would make it obvious the allies weren't the "good guys"

    • @angrydoggy9170
      @angrydoggy9170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@roflmatol Both sides tried the same thing.

    • @Katt1n
      @Katt1n 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We know what countries you are referring to when you type their names. You don't need to make your sentence unreadable by adding flags in the middle of them. That's not how you use emojiis.

    • @angrydoggy9170
      @angrydoggy9170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Katt1n Not to mention those flags are incorrect for the period.

  • @stephenclark9917
    @stephenclark9917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An army marches on its stomach.

  • @ag7898
    @ag7898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A much more in depth (and far more Power Point-y) examination of the sections against Russia, check out the fabulous TH-cam channel Perun!

  • @ld9044
    @ld9044 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish they would figure out how to target the leaders, common people are victims not war starters

  • @michaelrowave
    @michaelrowave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, that is a stunning revelation. Regarding starvation after depleting fertilizer in 1917.

  • @PegasusFleets
    @PegasusFleets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keeping God number one and following the Golden Rule is the only way to really win anything ✨️ !!
    After one has clearly won 🏆, it's important to show acceptable kindness and conditional mercy and grace to the defeated surrendered forces !!
    ...
    ...

  • @WalterPolzl
    @WalterPolzl ปีที่แล้ว

    If I knew it would be a video about russia I wouldnt have started watch

  • @Rjsjrjsjrjsj
    @Rjsjrjsjrjsj ปีที่แล้ว

    What? Sanctions work?!?! That can't be right.
    🤣

  • @operator.k
    @operator.k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We should arm the mega yacht in to a WW2 style merchant navy and give them to the Ukraine just as a fu to Russia. They won't that effective but you will really anger the owners when you have to sink one

    • @jbbeiser983
      @jbbeiser983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never felt sorry for billionaires and their loss of mega yachts

  • @johnfitzaffee5605
    @johnfitzaffee5605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Russia is hardly crippled by the sanctions.

  • @ElladanKenet
    @ElladanKenet 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thing about embargos is they only have an effect if you have trade to begin with. Sounds silly, right? But if, for example, you basically have no trade at all with the US, and the US isn't giving you anything vital to your war effort, then do you really care if they stop trade with you?
    The issue of course is more complex than that makes it. For instance, Japan largely went to war against the US because they felt economically threatened and strangulated by the US withholding oil. So they went to war over it to push America and the Allies out of SE Asia and give Japan access to all the resources they wanted and needed.
    You also have other countries, like North Korea, that have basically 0 trade with the US. You think the Kim family cares if we slap more sanctions on them? It's an almost meaningless gesture. Far more deadly would be if the US convinced what few trading partners NK has, like Russia and China, to also apply sanctions. Anytime China gets angry, Kim deescalates and calms things down.
    Case in point, Russia. Russia doesn't have a huge amount of trade with the US, so the US cutting trade wasn't a deal-breaker. The entire European Union however is a different matter. When the US and Ukraine have convinced most of the world that you're being evil and destroying your economy... well..... you're kinda screwed.
    To a point, it hasn't been a hugely devasting issue immediately, because Russia is big and does have lots of resources and industries of its own. But not enough to do what it needs to, it seems.