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Chris might be the only guy to say he doesn’t know something about a certain war… Then proceeds to tell us that he has an uncle that fought in that war and then can tell us what infantry and regiment he fought in
@@SwineBrothers given what happened in Korea, I’m not surprised at all. My uncle was in there and he was around the same age. Even as a kid, it was just understood among us kids that we didn’t ask Uncle Wayne about Korea.
@@ericbadertscher6978 the Korean Conflict is one of the least known and studied conflicts. I wonder if a lot of veterans from that conflict not talking about it is a big reason why.
What @Cervanntes said. I do too. You probably do too. Most of us do. Not all of us know about it, though. If you do some research into your own ancestors, you'll probably find a lot of connections like that.
I feel old. My great grandad fought in the Boer War lol. That said, I'm only a few years older than you Chris, we just have some big age gaps in my family.
I have two generations of small age gaps followed by a large one. I was born in 1977, my mom in 1960, her mom in 1943. But My grandma, born in 1943, was the child of parents born in 1894 and 1897. But then on my dad's side I had a great great grandma born in 1894 that was alive until I was 12.
@@VloggingThroughHistory I was born in 1974, my mum in 1950 and my granny in 1913. Not sure when great grandad was born, but I do know granny was his last kid. Oh I should have said, I really love your channel, only found it a couple of weeks ago. I am a huge history nerd, especially UK history, and I really enjoy your commentary on the vids you react to!
As a big fan of Lewis & Clark, I think one of my favorite plot twists is the Corp desperately seeking horses after crossing the continental divide, only to stumble across a band of Shoshone that just happened to be led by Cameahwait, the brother of Sacagawea, who provided them not only with horses but with someone to guide them across the Bitterroots. It's one of those historical events that, if written as a work of fiction, would be heavily criticized for being too unbelievably convenient.
That expedition started from the head waters of the Missouri River, that was already mapped by David Thompson of The Hudson Bay Co. That map is in Jeffersons' papers in the Library of Congress.
Funny thing on the Berlin Wall. In the handbook for the guards it was mentioned to look for the speaker of such groups. And on one gate the officer wanted to allow some of these very loud spokesmen to pass, but when they led a few over the border, the whole rest moved on behind and they were not able to stop them unless they would shoot, what at that point no guard did.
One of the plot twists I think I would add is Caeser's journey into the British Isles, there were numerous times where Caeser could/should have died, and a Caeser who dies in Britain I think leads to a very different history
Being that our mechanics held together our vehicles by duct tape and green parachute cord when I was in OIF I, I totally believe the tootsie roll thing. At the age I am, I remember watching the Berlin Wall fall as a kid. I never thought it was important then but I see it now!
One of my favorite plot twists was the Miracle of Empel. In 1585 during the 80 years war, a Spanish army numbering between 3-5,000 men was surrounded and stuck on an island in the Netherlands against a superior enemy of about 25-30,000. The battle took place from December 6-8. While the Spanish were digging trenches, a soldier hit a hard object and when they rigged it out, it was an image of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. They paraded the icon and on the night of the 7th, temperatures dropped below freezing and the river froze. The Spanish took the advantage and attacked the Dutch army by surprise and captured many men and ships on the 8th. In 1880s, in honor of the event, the Immaculate Conception became the patron saint of the Spanish infantry. If you go to Empel today, you’ll find a chapel near where the event took place
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There was a whole British Commonwealth contingent fighting in Korea. A small force of Australian & Canadian troops stopped a Chinese wave invasion from reaching Seoul in one battle. They received a US Presidential Unit Citation for their sacrifices. Look up the Battle of Kapyong.
When I went to Berlin we went to checkpoint Charlie and when our local guide was explaining some nearby photos of post Reich Berlin he told us the story of how he found out he was one of the children in a photo of the Berlin Airlift.
I liked the Tootise Rolls for awhile, but after having so many times I quickly got sick of them. If anyone could, I recommend just eat the flavor ones instead of the plain. You'll have a better experience
I've been on the USS Yorktown II which is a non-functional Aircraft Carrier museum. Really fun. Even got to tour a nuclear sub and our guide accidentally took us to the missle Bay. We heard him getting chewed out many feet away lol
27:10 The second miracle of the House of Brandenburg, as Frederick himself called it. He wrote in his journal that "The Messalina of the North is dead. Morta la Bestia."
Folks don’t ever play a drinking game based on taking a drink when Chris mentions a relative you will end up very very drunk as Chris has relatives all over the world through out history 😉 lol. He is a great guy and deserves every sub.
For over 5 years now, I've wondered why the item that cures poison in "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night" is called Mithridate instead of the usual Antidote like in other RPGs or Metroidvanias...holy cow that's an awesome backstory.
The battle of Pharsalus, because if Caesar had lost and then been executed for treason, this would be a very different world. But apart from battles, there's one political instance I can think of, when the cardinal de Richelieu was just about to be revoked but was fully reinstated instead, the event was called "the Day of the Dupes".
There was a guy in my neighborhood who fought in the Korean War at the Yellow River. He was in a foxhole when the Chinese rushed over the frozen river. The story that always had us in awe was that during that attack, he had left his foxhole to get more ammunition and supplies for him and his partner. An artillery shell landed in the foxhole shortly after he left. The blast was so powerful that it lifted him off his feet and threw him about 10 feet across the ground, but he survived. By the time he made it back to the foxhole, he realized the foxhole itself was the impact point. His partner had been completely vaporized, and no trace of him was ever found. Both of them were 19 years old.
Speaking of the Korea war, the regiment I served with PPCLI, got a US presidential citation at the battle of kapyong. Specially the 2nd Battalion. To this day they wear it on their dress uniforms and it's even on their PT gear.
I can remember sailing down the river Trave to Lubeck in the early eighties when I was in the Royal Navy. And the contrast between the two banks of the river when you first get to the mouth of the river and sail down it was really sharp. On the West German side there was a town full of life and on the East German side fences and watch towers with guards with binoculars watching us as we sailed past. For the first time it actually bought home to me how different the East and the West was.
A reason why the Military called the 60mm mortar rounds tootsie rolls is because the mortar rounds are encased in a tubular pack (kind of like the Tootsie Roll packet), before it is put in a wooden crate. To me it looks more like a small version of a Pringles can. 👍🏾🇺🇸
3:00 funny, just realized my phone was sitting right next to a tootsie roll as I was listening to this, my bank always gives them out when I go pay my rent.😅
I only became aware of Canada’s role during the Korean War after buying some books about it. Another one I got was To The Last Round by Andrew Salmon. It’s about the British and their epic holding action at Imjin River. They eventually had to withdraw and set up a temporary base while tens of thousands of South Korean refugees had to fend for themselves in awful weather conditions. One British soldier who had survived being a POW in a Japanese camp must have been reminded of his horrific experience listening to what the refugees were going through. It affected him so bad that he had a mental breakdown and was eventually sent home and ended up being institutionalized. A terrible war that should be better covered imho.
Someone needs to explain to the writers of history that sometime, plot twists are *not* better than the regular ending. But they do make history really funny sometimes. Sigurd the Mighty died because the tooth of his enemy's severed head scratched his leg and caused sepsis.
I was in Germany in the summer of 1990, which means that officially they were still East and West until October. We were able to walknover to the east without problem since most of the iron curtain was taken down by then
The Ems Dispatch caused a plot twist, what was an account of a morning stroll meeting between the French Ambassador Benedetti and Prussian King Wilhelm I, asking the King to guarantee that there would be no Hohenzollern on the Spanish throne, was quickly re - written by Bismarck in a way that it caused the Franco - Prussian War of 1870.
My grandfather faught in the Korean war, yet it's a war I know next to nothing about beyond the basics. I think I know more about the war of 1812. There's just not many documentaries or books about the war that I've found.
Tootsie rolls to repair trucks and stuff sounds a little overboard, but I can confirm that as a boy scout i l learn candy can help a little against hypothermia because it's easy calories to burn and keeps the body active both inside and out.
19:30 I'm 50, the previous generation remembers exactly where they were when Kennedy was shot, ours remember the day the Berlin Wall and the twin towers fell, one with extreme joy, the latter with extreme sadness.
I recommend watching two videos relating to the Italian Wars, during the Renaissance Period. I suggest watching Overly Sarcastic Productions' telling of it first, and then watch Kings and Generals Documentaries on the subject.
Yorktown was NOT scuttled. She was heavily damaged on the afternoon of the June 4, but remained afloat through the night. On June 6, the fleet tug Vireo took her under tow to take her back to Pearl Harbor while a small crew worked onboard to repair what they could. While that was in process and despite a screen of 5 destroyers, the IJN submarine I-168 spotted the Yorktown and was able to slip into a favorable attack position without detection. I-168 fired 4 torpedoes, with one striking (and sinking) the destroyer Hammann, two hitting Yorktown and one missing. On the morning of June 7, the Yorktown capsized and sank.
I think the mistake on the number of carriers could be due to the fact that the Americans used the island itself as a "fourth carrier" of sorts. Maybe the creator saw a reference to that?
Dont forget Leonard Bernsteins performance of Beethovens 9th at the fall of the wall.....wherein they change the word Freuede (friends) to "Freedom"......
You are correct - the US had 3 carriers at Midway. USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise and USS Hornet. The Japanese had 4 - Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu. Probably a slip of the tongue the video creator didn't catch in editing. Also, Midway took place ONE month after Coral Sea, not several months later (Coral Sea was May 4-8, 1942 and Miday was June 4-6, 1942). That's partly why the Japanese were surprised to see a third carrier (Yorktown), as they thought she was sunk or damaged sufficiently at Coral Sea to not be able to participate. (The other US carriers were USS Saratoga, transiting from San Diego to Pearl Harbor after torpedo damage repair, USS Ranger and USS Wasp in the Atlantic, with the Wasp transferring to the Pacific in June 1942 to replace losses from Coral Sea and Midway).
Rome was definately full of plot twists. One that always comes to mind is when Ceasar Marcus Aurelius was fighting the Germanian tribes. He go ill and everyone taught that he was dead, Marcus Aurelius wife paniced and contacted one of the Roman generals to be the next Emperor. So the general toik hes legions and started to march towards Rome. Marcus had to leave the battlefront and face this new inner thread but when the generals legions heard that Ceasar Marcus Aurelius whas alive they killed their rebellious general and bought hes head to Marcus Aurelius. If this Ceasar sounds familiar it’s because he is the one in the film called Gladiator. Altough hes son Commondus became Ceasar or emperor without killing hes father so the film itself is pure fantasy.
Teddy Roosevelt essentially preventing the carve up of China could be seen as a bit of a plot twist. Looking at Africa and much of Asia at the time, it would have been expected that the European powers divide up the whole of China between themselves. It is difficult to see China reuniting if such a carve up had happened, and world politics today would be very different.
What would I add to the list. I would say Benedict Arnold is one definitely caught some members of the continental congress in a twist. The other is probably Napoleon coming back and reigning briefly the second time
The United Nations contingent in South Korea included Americans, British and Commonwealth, Colombians, Turks, Filipinos, Abyssinians, Brazilians, Belgians, and Luxembourgish troops.
Something that could have gone differently is some of the Berlin Wall guards choosing to respond to people trying to cross with the usual drastic measures. Imagine what would have happened if the population gets told on TV "you can leave, effective- immediately without delay (I think)", only to then be cut down by the dozen at the wall. My guess would have been that the next Monday-Demonstration would have been moved to Friday, and much more violent. The DDR would probably not have survived that, but would Gorbachev have sent in troops to stabilize the situation? How would the west, and especially West Germany reacted to that? Would some parts of the government have tried to launch a coup?
Hey VTH! Just watched an amazing video by Lalex 2015 called Alternate History of the United States 1788-2029. It’s fantastic and so much fun to geek out on. Definitely give it shot and don’t read the comments they spoil some of the cool events
Went to Berlin on november 1991 and got myself a piece of that wall . It's just concret but it is a concret part of History 😂. They made the wall fall on my 16th birthday and i said to my parents' i don't want any presents this year ! This is as good as it gets for me !! 'We sort of knew something was bound to happen though because of the storming of the ambassies days before which occured without rétribution from the communist regime. We were like' hoho this is odd '
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I have never heard of "Totsie Rolls"
Chris might be the only guy to say he doesn’t know something about a certain war… Then proceeds to tell us that he has an uncle that fought in that war and then can tell us what infantry and regiment he fought in
That's true. My grandfather was in Korea, but I don't know much about his experience. He never talked about it. He was like 17.
@@SwineBrothers given what happened in Korea, I’m not surprised at all. My uncle was in there and he was around the same age. Even as a kid, it was just understood among us kids that we didn’t ask Uncle Wayne about Korea.
@@ericbadertscher6978 the Korean Conflict is one of the least known and studied conflicts. I wonder if a lot of veterans from that conflict not talking about it is a big reason why.
"Don't ask me for troops. Ask Mao for those." - Joseph Stalin to Kim Il Sung when he was discussing the idea of starting the Korean war with him.
@@SwineBrothers my great uncle was 15-16
I swear Chris must have a family tree like Peter Griffin, because this guy has an uncle or and aunt that was adjacent to every historical event
To be fair, anyone who can trace their family back far enough is going to be adjacent to a whole lot of major historical events.
What @Cervanntes said. I do too. You probably do too. Most of us do. Not all of us know about it, though. If you do some research into your own ancestors, you'll probably find a lot of connections like that.
He's the real life ancestor to Forrest Gump lol
VTH: This is worst than the time my X did Y.
@@atlasmasterdmind4070More like Lieutenant Dan😂
The biggest plot twist is that Chris is just a fake identity, and his real name is Sam Nixon!
Shhhhhh. Don't tell everyone.
The biggest plot twitst is the recent change from Indian content!
I went on active duty in USAF in September 1989. 8 weeks later the wall came down. Still waiting for my Cold War Victory Medal.
1:20 Indy Neidell just talked about this battle on the Korean War channel.
.... they've done a Korean War channel now?
Thanks for the info!
Plus a series about the lead up to WW2. They plan on doing a post-Korea series too. No word on Vietnam though @iammattc1
I feel old. My great grandad fought in the Boer War lol. That said, I'm only a few years older than you Chris, we just have some big age gaps in my family.
I have two generations of small age gaps followed by a large one. I was born in 1977, my mom in 1960, her mom in 1943. But My grandma, born in 1943, was the child of parents born in 1894 and 1897. But then on my dad's side I had a great great grandma born in 1894 that was alive until I was 12.
@@VloggingThroughHistory I was born in 1974, my mum in 1950 and my granny in 1913. Not sure when great grandad was born, but I do know granny was his last kid. Oh I should have said, I really love your channel, only found it a couple of weeks ago. I am a huge history nerd, especially UK history, and I really enjoy your commentary on the vids you react to!
The fall of the Berlin Wall really was that sudden and sporadic. All because someone skimmed a piece of paper, and didn't see a date.
Yep. I remember that week. I knew it was important, but didn't realize I was standing there existing in a moment in history others would write about.
As a big fan of Lewis & Clark, I think one of my favorite plot twists is the Corp desperately seeking horses after crossing the continental divide, only to stumble across a band of Shoshone that just happened to be led by Cameahwait, the brother of Sacagawea, who provided them not only with horses but with someone to guide them across the Bitterroots. It's one of those historical events that, if written as a work of fiction, would be heavily criticized for being too unbelievably convenient.
That expedition started from the head waters of the Missouri River, that was already mapped by David Thompson of The Hudson Bay Co. That map is in Jeffersons' papers in the Library of Congress.
Too bad that guide got lost in the Bitterroots, if I'm remembering correctly.
Funny thing on the Berlin Wall.
In the handbook for the guards it was mentioned to look for the speaker of such groups.
And on one gate the officer wanted to allow some of these very loud spokesmen to pass, but when they led a few over the border, the whole rest moved on behind and they were not able to stop them unless they would shoot, what at that point no guard did.
I know you're probably Napoleoned out, but Epic history tv released a couple videos about Nelson you might enjoy looking at
Their vids about Cape St-Vincent and the Nile are absolutely phenomenal.
I think a Trafalgar video is in the works
In an older video he said he would check out that series.
Haha, thinking Chris is Napoleoned out, absurd.
13:30 "...after WW ONE..." *sorry Chris*
Yeah I think he meant WWII
Well, technically it WAS after WW1😂
:p
One of the plot twists I think I would add is Caeser's journey into the British Isles, there were numerous times where Caeser could/should have died, and a Caeser who dies in Britain I think leads to a very different history
1000%. The Beatles and mic jagger would probably be French or Italian🤣
Being that our mechanics held together our vehicles by duct tape and green parachute cord when I was in OIF I, I totally believe the tootsie roll thing. At the age I am, I remember watching the Berlin Wall fall as a kid. I never thought it was important then but I see it now!
I knew Snickers and m&Ms and mars bars were around the great depression but learned something new about Tootsie rolls
Chris, you forgot the 4th American CV at the battle of Midway! Midway Atoll herself!
One of my favorite plot twists was the Miracle of Empel. In 1585 during the 80 years war, a Spanish army numbering between 3-5,000 men was surrounded and stuck on an island in the Netherlands against a superior enemy of about 25-30,000. The battle took place from December 6-8. While the Spanish were digging trenches, a soldier hit a hard object and when they rigged it out, it was an image of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. They paraded the icon and on the night of the 7th, temperatures dropped below freezing and the river froze. The Spanish took the advantage and attacked the Dutch army by surprise and captured many men and ships on the 8th. In 1880s, in honor of the event, the Immaculate Conception became the patron saint of the Spanish infantry. If you go to Empel today, you’ll find a chapel near where the event took place
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There was a whole British Commonwealth contingent fighting in Korea. A small force of Australian & Canadian troops stopped a Chinese wave invasion from reaching Seoul in one battle.
They received a US Presidential Unit Citation for their sacrifices. Look up the Battle of Kapyong.
When I went to Berlin we went to checkpoint Charlie and when our local guide was explaining some nearby photos of post Reich Berlin he told us the story of how he found out he was one of the children in a photo of the Berlin Airlift.
I liked the Tootise Rolls for awhile, but after having so many times I quickly got sick of them. If anyone could, I recommend just eat the flavor ones instead of the plain. You'll have a better experience
Never been a fan of Tootsie Rolls, but I love Kit-Kats: Mostly plain, Dark Chocolate, and Milk Chocolate. 👍
Love your commentary. Keep it up brother
I've been on the USS Yorktown II which is a non-functional Aircraft Carrier museum. Really fun. Even got to tour a nuclear sub and our guide accidentally took us to the missle Bay. We heard him getting chewed out many feet away lol
27:10 The second miracle of the House of Brandenburg, as Frederick himself called it.
He wrote in his journal that "The Messalina of the North is dead. Morta la Bestia."
Folks don’t ever play a drinking game based on taking a drink when Chris mentions a relative you will end up very very drunk as Chris has relatives all over the world through out history 😉 lol.
He is a great guy and deserves every sub.
For over 5 years now, I've wondered why the item that cures poison in "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night" is called Mithridate instead of the usual Antidote like in other RPGs or Metroidvanias...holy cow that's an awesome backstory.
The battle of Pharsalus, because if Caesar had lost and then been executed for treason, this would be a very different world. But apart from battles, there's one political instance I can think of, when the cardinal de Richelieu was just about to be revoked but was fully reinstated instead, the event was called "the Day of the Dupes".
The second story is pretty interesting, considdering I just finished reading the book that tied in with the tv show The Pacific. Nice!
Can You Do More Ancient Roman History Please ❤🏛
There was a guy in my neighborhood who fought in the Korean War at the Yellow River. He was in a foxhole when the Chinese rushed over the frozen river.
The story that always had us in awe was that during that attack, he had left his foxhole to get more ammunition and supplies for him and his partner. An artillery shell landed in the foxhole shortly after he left. The blast was so powerful that it lifted him off his feet and threw him about 10 feet across the ground, but he survived.
By the time he made it back to the foxhole, he realized the foxhole itself was the impact point. His partner had been completely vaporized, and no trace of him was ever found.
Both of them were 19 years old.
Speaking of the Korea war, the regiment I served with PPCLI, got a US presidential citation at the battle of kapyong. Specially the 2nd Battalion. To this day they wear it on their dress uniforms and it's even on their PT gear.
Wilson winning that election against Taft and Roosevelt maybe??? I would have thought Roosevelt was going to win at the time
Yeah, me too. I remember going to one of his rallies and being like, "this guy's got it made."
I can remember sailing down the river Trave to Lubeck in the early eighties when I was in the Royal Navy. And the contrast between the two banks of the river when you first get to the mouth of the river and sail down it was really sharp. On the West German side there was a town full of life and on the East German side fences and watch towers with guards with binoculars watching us as we sailed past. For the first time it actually bought home to me how different the East and the West was.
My dad was a cook at Checkpoint Charlie during the 80s. My mom has a piece of the Wall in her souvenirs.
A reason why the Military called the 60mm mortar rounds tootsie rolls is because the mortar rounds are encased in a tubular pack (kind of like the Tootsie Roll packet), before it is put in a wooden crate. To me it looks more like a small version of a Pringles can. 👍🏾🇺🇸
3:00 funny, just realized my phone was sitting right next to a tootsie roll as I was listening to this, my bank always gives them out when I go pay my rent.😅
I only became aware of Canada’s role during the Korean War after buying some books about it. Another one I got was To The Last Round by Andrew Salmon. It’s about the British and their epic holding action at Imjin River. They eventually had to withdraw and set up a temporary base while tens of thousands of South Korean refugees had to fend for themselves in awful weather conditions. One British soldier who had survived being a POW in a Japanese camp must have been reminded of his horrific experience listening to what the refugees were going through. It affected him so bad that he had a mental breakdown and was eventually sent home and ended up being institutionalized. A terrible war that should be better covered imho.
If you haven't listened to Dan Carlin's telling of Midway, it's worth a listen. He'd be a great guy to have on your channel sometime.
Tom Hollands Rubicon is a superb read! Persian Fire is also a great book.
The biggest plot was the Norman conquest’s of England and the discovery of penicillin
Yeah, don't know why they said 4 carriers at Midway. That's pretty easily researched.
23:29 Mithridates conducting a morbid early version of the scientific method.
Rubicon is one of my favourite books on the Roman Republic and it’s fall
Someone needs to explain to the writers of history that sometime, plot twists are *not* better than the regular ending.
But they do make history really funny sometimes. Sigurd the Mighty died because the tooth of his enemy's severed head scratched his leg and caused sepsis.
Shout out KY, in central KY here. Love the show
I was in Germany in the summer of 1990, which means that officially they were still East and West until October. We were able to walknover to the east without problem since most of the iron curtain was taken down by then
3:47 perhaps your best take ever, tootsie rolls are bleh
Further plot twist for Berlin wall was the origin of Vladimir Putin.
The Ems Dispatch caused a plot twist, what was an account of a morning stroll meeting between the French Ambassador Benedetti and Prussian King Wilhelm I, asking the King to guarantee that there would be no Hohenzollern on the Spanish throne, was quickly re - written by Bismarck in a way that it caused the Franco - Prussian War of 1870.
My great great uncle Algora Hardee was a marine and fought at Chosin reservoir
My grandfather faught in the Korean war, yet it's a war I know next to nothing about beyond the basics. I think I know more about the war of 1812. There's just not many documentaries or books about the war that I've found.
Double check 13:30 it sure sounds like you say after WWI Berlin is divided into four zones. Which is incorrect.
Biggest plot twist is Tom Holland switching from acting to book writing !
I'm with you. I'm not a huge fan of tootsie rolls. But I have a new-found respect for them at least.
Hey Chris, planning on reacting to the Belisarius series by Epic History anytime soon? High quality and very interesting
Perhaps you misspoke, but it was after WW2, not WW1 that the Berlin wall was built (technically it was after WW1 of course)
Tootsie rolls from my mre single handedly got me thru the crucible
"All good stories deserve a little embellishment"
Tootsie rolls to repair trucks and stuff sounds a little overboard, but I can confirm that as a boy scout i l learn candy can help a little against hypothermia because it's easy calories to burn and keeps the body active both inside and out.
19:30 I'm 50, the previous generation remembers exactly where they were when Kennedy was shot, ours remember the day the Berlin Wall and the twin towers fell, one with extreme joy, the latter with extreme sadness.
I recommend watching two videos relating to the Italian Wars, during the Renaissance Period. I suggest watching Overly Sarcastic Productions' telling of it first, and then watch Kings and Generals Documentaries on the subject.
Check out 'the Glorious Gloucesters; in Korea. A regiment to have a cap badge back and front!
Yorktown was NOT scuttled. She was heavily damaged on the afternoon of the June 4, but remained afloat through the night. On June 6, the fleet tug Vireo took her under tow to take her back to Pearl Harbor while a small crew worked onboard to repair what they could. While that was in process and despite a screen of 5 destroyers, the IJN submarine I-168 spotted the Yorktown and was able to slip into a favorable attack position without detection.
I-168 fired 4 torpedoes, with one striking (and sinking) the destroyer Hammann, two hitting Yorktown and one missing. On the morning of June 7, the Yorktown capsized and sank.
I think the mistake on the number of carriers could be due to the fact that the Americans used the island itself as a "fourth carrier" of sorts. Maybe the creator saw a reference to that?
Dont forget Leonard Bernsteins performance of Beethovens 9th at the fall of the wall.....wherein they change the word Freuede (friends) to "Freedom"......
I believe the comment you made said the Berlin Wall was in WW1 the Berlin was a direct effect of WW2 . Big fan
13:28 I believe you meant WWII
Now that Vance is vice-president we can finally get a president with beard. He really looks like Ulysses Grant.
Vice President-elect. He’s not the Vice President yet.
One of these days i want to make one of these trips just can’t seem time to find the time off right now
Wrestling fans like me love a good plot twist!
My uncle was at the Chosin- he died never speaking of it ever.
I've always loved Tootsie Rolls
22:12 he was probably just curious about how well his methods worked
Tootsie rolls are awful and they still have in our MREs 😂😂
I heard the tootsie roll story from a visit to the marine museum in Virginia.
You should do more simple history stuff
If you look into military MRE's, they always have some kind of chocolate or candy.
You've probably already seen it but there is a history buffs out on Chernobyl. I think that would be an awesome 2 or 3 part reaction!
I remember the fall of the Berlin Wall. My aunt even bought a brick (or what was ostensibly a brick, I have no idea if it was legit) from it.
You are correct - the US had 3 carriers at Midway. USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise and USS Hornet.
The Japanese had 4 - Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu. Probably a slip of the tongue the video creator didn't catch in editing.
Also, Midway took place ONE month after Coral Sea, not several months later (Coral Sea was May 4-8, 1942 and Miday was June 4-6, 1942). That's partly why the Japanese were surprised to see a third carrier (Yorktown), as they thought she was sunk or damaged sufficiently at Coral Sea to not be able to participate. (The other US carriers were USS Saratoga, transiting from San Diego to Pearl Harbor after torpedo damage repair, USS Ranger and USS Wasp in the Atlantic, with the Wasp transferring to the Pacific in June 1942 to replace losses from Coral Sea and Midway).
13:30 Maybe the 4 occupation zones were established after WW II?? Just a question?
They plugged a bullet wound with candy. He died but they did it.
Rome was definately full of plot twists. One that always comes to mind is when Ceasar Marcus Aurelius was fighting the Germanian tribes. He go ill and everyone taught that he was dead, Marcus Aurelius wife paniced and contacted one of the Roman generals to be the next Emperor. So the general toik hes legions and started to march towards Rome. Marcus had to leave the battlefront and face this new inner thread but when the generals legions heard that Ceasar Marcus Aurelius whas alive they killed their rebellious general and bought hes head to Marcus Aurelius. If this Ceasar sounds familiar it’s because he is the one in the film called Gladiator. Altough hes son Commondus became Ceasar or emperor without killing hes father so the film itself is pure fantasy.
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The Battle of Midway was in June of 1942. The war ended in August of 1945.
Teddy Roosevelt essentially preventing the carve up of China could be seen as a bit of a plot twist.
Looking at Africa and much of Asia at the time, it would have been expected that the European powers divide up the whole of China between themselves.
It is difficult to see China reuniting if such a carve up had happened, and world politics today would be very different.
What would I add to the list. I would say Benedict Arnold is one definitely caught some members of the continental congress in a twist. The other is probably Napoleon coming back and reigning briefly the second time
The World Trade Centre in Montreal, has a portion of the Berlin Wall on display.
Rolls might work especially frozen.
The frozen chosin. Rrrrrrrrahhh.
The United Nations contingent in South Korea included Americans, British and Commonwealth, Colombians, Turks, Filipinos, Abyssinians, Brazilians, Belgians, and Luxembourgish troops.
Something that could have gone differently is some of the Berlin Wall guards choosing to respond to people trying to cross with the usual drastic measures.
Imagine what would have happened if the population gets told on TV "you can leave, effective- immediately without delay (I think)", only to then be cut down by the dozen at the wall.
My guess would have been that the next Monday-Demonstration would have been moved to Friday, and much more violent.
The DDR would probably not have survived that, but would Gorbachev have sent in troops to stabilize the situation? How would the west, and especially West Germany reacted to that? Would some parts of the government have tried to launch a coup?
The demonstrations in the GDR started in Leipzig.
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Hey VTH! Just watched an amazing video by Lalex 2015 called Alternate History of the United States 1788-2029. It’s fantastic and so much fun to geek out on. Definitely give it shot and don’t read the comments they spoil some of the cool events
Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet.
Went to Berlin on november 1991 and got myself a piece of that wall . It's just concret but it is a concret part of History 😂. They made the wall fall on my 16th birthday and i said to my parents' i don't want any presents this year ! This is as good as it gets for me !! 'We sort of knew something was bound to happen though because of the storming of the ambassies days before which occured without rétribution from the communist regime. We were like' hoho this is odd '
25:15 Frederick the Great was never an Emperor. He was King in Prussia and later King of Prussia.
Shout out to “the rest is history” pod. Tom Holland and domanic samdbrook are great