Why The #1 Fact Of Military History Is A Lie - Hilarious Helmet History #2
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You can't use the Mongols as an example because they are the exception!!!
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Tyler Lindsey-Delise hey I got the reference!!
Tyler Lindsey-Delise Cue the Mongoltage!
*chaotic sounding trumpet music*
I'm Green with that reference.
More of these, really like ur history videos
most of their videos have bullshit distorted history, because all of the actual historical topics have already been covered by people who are way better
laundered silvrr haters gonna hate
Cameron Sipka yes cause why should facts get in the way of your ideas?
mesto wigge Alternative truth media? There's a name for that.
Haakon IV. Nobody talks about Haakon IV.
First rule of History: The Mongols follow none of the Rules of History.
Ma. D. Fa Stark yes and that is cause they wrote the rules of history deliberately wrong to stop everyone else from copying of their success
Except for... wait for it... The Mongols. (cue the Mongoltage)
Ma. D. Fa Stark
They followed one:
Invade Russia from EAST TO WEST, NOT the other way around.
Russian strategy has never been something besides retreat to siberia. As long as you take siberia first, the russians are the ones stuck in place.
Japan won the ruso-japanese war for the exact same reason.
Not sure there ever were rules. But everyone had an interesting approach.
Rome: Kill the enemy, parade their leaders, enslave some of them, and make the rest pay Rome tribute.
Napoleon: We defeat them into a peace treaty, make them pay taxes while forcing them ally with us against Britain.
Dutch: We steal everything the Portuguese and Spaniards have gained.
Portugal: We mostly want to trade, but God forbid you don't give us exclusive trading rights, or we'll take down your Empire. By the way, do you mind selling us some slaves?
Spain: We kill their leaders, enslave those that that can mine gold, and convert all of them to Christianity.
Assyrians: We take over the lands and resettle the entire population in all corners of our empire causing them a cultural-linguistic genocide without mass murder.
Mongolians: We tax 10% of everything, including able men and children ....but if they rebel, wipe out 90% of the population.
@@vguyver2 genghis khan is a badass
He also glosses over how the Mongols were able to overcome the rasputitsa: they used the frozen rivers of Russia as an invasion route, showing how one CAN successfully conquer Russia in winter.
Mongols use winter against winter
@@cringename4391 Couldn't have said it better myself.
darn asians...
Yeah, when there is no one to fight you, is it really a fight?
Are you actually dumb? Did you see kievan rus when mongols invaded? They just could walk in because siberia was not even discovered.
The Mongols are probably still ahead of us on coat technology
Matthew Trzcinski they are not idiot in this day we can buy winter clothes that provide us heat in temperatures of -10° C
It takes an astonishingly sophisticated synthetic fiber to really compete with the heat retention of the right furs. We got them now...but they cost a fortune and probably come with an alternate heating source.
Yeah, that's Minnesota, in Russia gets to -50 C and regularly into -30C, so your state of the art -10C clothes are as good as toilet paper.
Have you peed in -30C weather ? I did, while being drunk, caroling on Christmas in '94 or '95. It was -28C, in the city, and the hot pee froze as it hit the ground, creating small pyramid like structures.
Zamolxes77 lucky you didn’t freeze your nuts off
Some acquaintances of mine went to Kamchatka during the winter, and they had to replace their hi-tech arctic clothes with wolfhide coats from the local market, because they weren't warm enough...
Lesson : Dont invade Russia in winter if you are not Mongolians.
Nikola Tesla its pretty rare that any great powers war ever would be so fast that they could end it before winter came around.
Or Polish, apperently
or the Germans, in WWI, who invaded during the winter and won. Hitler invaded in the spring in WWII and lost.
Pro-Tip, don't invade a place without a supply line.
lol In Supreme Ruler 2020 I had a booming economy based in upstate New York, New England, and PEI. I saw Saskatchewan, Canada ripe for the taking... but because a supply line was impossible across so much Canada it was an utter failure. lmfao Those damn canooks were just mad I took PEI and made it a booming port territory. LOL
how do you fight an enemy thats willing to destroy it self to win.
just tell him his crowd size is smaller than the women's march.
You keep a good supply line, rebuild, enforce your newly won positions, look well after the people still living there who just lost everything, so they see no reason to fight you - and don't even bother rushing after the army that destroyed their homes.
Basically. The government and military might be perfectly willing to burn down their cities, and fields, and infrastructure. Hell, even some of the population might be okay with it. But not all the population.
If they're willing to let you take the ground, then you dig in to keep it and suddenly their loss of all that stuff, especially if your the one the locals who didn't flee depend on for food/burnables/ect? They've lost a chunk of their country.
Yes, you didn't get all the shines because they burned them, but it's not your shines being burned here. No nation can keep that up indefinitely because no population can withstand that for terribly long.
It takes your winning being WORSE then having everything they know destroyed for that kind of thing to fly. When time with you holding land proves your being in charge is demonstrably not worse? Support for their war effort implodes on them.
Now if you mean an enemy on the smaller scale (individual, unit of troops ect.) then you just set up a position where you have hideously overwhelming advantage (Fortified position with machine-guns covering the approach vs infantry for example) and let them kill themselves on you for minimal loss. They're willing to die, meaning their judgement of risk to themselves is already compromised.
Keep in mind that's not 'willing to risk death', that is 'willing to accept the certainty of their death'. It does make them dangerous by conventional standards, but if you know your going up against it, you can swap tactics and get kill ratios so high your likely to be investigated by the Hague.
Easy - let it destroy itself.
+Sorain1 That only works if you can afford a prolonged war, because a weaker force is unlikely to attack a fortified position unless they are incredibly stupid. Neither Napoleon nor Hitler could really do that because it would give the UK and her overseas allies time to regroup and launch an offensive against them leading to war on multiple fronts which would spread their troops, resource, and supplies thin. Rebuilding fortifications and maintaining supply lines to secure captured Russian territory would have been too costly as every mile deeper into Russian territory increases the length of the front/border that would have to be defended. In addition, they would be extremely vulnerable to insurgency from starving Russian citizens who are just as likely to blame you for invading as their own leaders for destroying their own land to prevent you from capturing anything of value. Keeping the Russian citizens in the captured territory happy would add even more expense as would defending against resistance/insurgent fighters supported by guerrilla tactics by the Russian army since they had an advantage in manoeuvrability. All of which would leave Hitler/Napoleon extremely vulnerable to attack from UK & her allies.
Arguably Hitler did have to Invade Russia. While Stalin and Hitler had signed a peace agreement, they both did so to buy time. Stalin assumed the French and British would fight a long exhausting war with Germany and whoever eventually one would be severely weakened (Obviously this kind of blew up in his face France surrendered within a couple of weeks). For Hitler it was a matter of wanting to avoid a two front war. The peace agreement gave him time to dispatch the Brits and the French and then fight Russia but he was fully aware that Russia remained a threat and when he couldn't achieve a decisive victory over Britain he launched a surprise on Russia nearly reaching Moscow.
what?
Daniel White If this were true, Russia wouldn't have been so hilariously underprepared for war, and shouldn't have invaded Poland.
I thought the real point is that his whole plane revolved around getting Russia. That wasn't a last-minute cocky impulse, that was the plan from the start. Taking France was done to pre-emptively prevent the same thing that happened in WW1
Stalin didn't even believe Germany had invaded until after Kiev (I think it was Kiev) had fallen. So for a leader who was making preparations for invasion he certainly wasn't aware it would happen to him. I dont think Stalin ever considered stabbing hitler in the back...
Stalin literally went AWOL and got drunk after he was told about the invasion. sure he probably thought they'd eventually come blows but he was not even remotely ready
The "penis helmet" or stahlhelm is actually one of the best helmet designs and is the basis for many modern helmets
Alex Bassett We all were penis helmets then
You are right..he is a real dumbass.. and soo disrespectful
Well, the ancient Boaecian helmet used famously by Alexander the Great was very much like this and the first of its kind.
Its a legit design. Only complain about it was about being heavy. On the other hand allies didn't even had size variations for their helmets...
@@kunaljanvalkar2850 I believe the Americans were the only ones who didn’t
I thought the #1 fact of military history is that the victor writes the history books.
Most important fact when you look at 'his story'.
dystrophic I dont know how you can call someone who conquers an entire continent stupid, they just applied what worked for them until then
dystrophic cracked would say anything for views they just dont give a fuck anymore.
People who write write the history books. Genghis Khan won but no one think's he's a great guy.
dystrophic Truth spoken right there!
The German army in WWII actually had far more horses than tracked or even wheeled vehicles
Really? Tell me more about it
He didn't send more tanks because they had problem with oil shortages
All I've gained from this video is a new meme:
The Mongols were badass enough to invade Russia in winter.
Just ask John Green...
Unless you're...wait for it...
Anyone large enough can invade Russia. The germans MASSACRED Russia in WW1. Russia is actually isolated to about 6 to 8 major cities maybe less. Sure the continent is big but most is uninhabited
“Nobody conquers Russia!”
Mongols: That's where you’re wrong kiddo.
@Ron Burgundy Moscow wasn't Capital and he didn't fucked anyone in Moscow either since it was abandoned, you deranged memer.
Fun fact: Most millitairies around the world use a upgraded cavelar version of the German penis helmet. Becauze it's the best helmet out there even the US uses it today.
Ysbrand vd Velde not Indian tho they wear turbans, square helmets n half helmats
Hey Niko! It's Roman, let's go bowling.
Niko Bellic maybe their turbans are just a kevlar cloth.
Fun fact: the helmets aren't really supposed to stop bullets they're supposed to kill you quick. The helmet will deform to break your skull. So you're better off wearing a hat.
That might have been a fact, but, it was not fun.
HEY!!!! YOU FORGOT SWEDEN!!!
we invaded Russia too..
Then we got tired of war... because Meh!
ZerqTM then you got destroyed and your empire collapsed
Yeah! And maybe they didn't actually invade Russia, but the Finns kicked their asses too.
The Finnish were defensive.
@@arthurwu6030 that is often the case russia tend to absorbe and disipate the impact of invaders... but they are still paranoid due to the lack of obstructing landmark like mountains or rivers etc...
@@user-lv2yo5vh4c probably why they where successful... no one successfuly invaded russia since the Rus people basically..
German WWII helmets were badass.
Wacky Tic Tac and they provided the best protection
Wacky Tic Tac I hate nazis. So much, but their outfits look super cool. Too bad they suuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkjkkkkk
That's Hugo Boss!! He designed 2000 different 'High' fashion Nazi Uniforms.
Nah fam German Pickelhaube (yes I am aware the Stahlhelm provided waaay more protection, it just didn’t look as cool as the Pickelhaube)
The stalhelm "penis" one or the one with a spike?
Wait did he just boil down the entire battle of britain "to Britain had to many boats to be invaded" ?!
For most of modern history we had the best naval fleets in the world, so that isn't too surprising if that ended up being a major factor.
+JD1010101110
It is not completely untrue: the Luftwaffe had to face the RAF in order to bomb out the British ports and the Royal Navy. Without uncontested air superiority above the Channel, there was no way that German invasion forces could out maneuver Royal Navy units.
Fundementally true. Even if the Germans had mananged to win air superiority or even supremacy over the UK, they still had to deal with the Royal Navy. While you can bomb individual ships into oblivion, it is rather more difficult to destroy entire fleets that are protected by carriers, ship AA and harbour defenses. The RN would still need beating and the Germans had pretty much no good, quick way to beat it. That further hinders their ability to attack the Navy because they now have to divert planes to maintaining air supremacy etc. Would not be fun to be living in a British city and logistics would get even more complex but losing the Battle of Britain would, contray to popular opinion, not have immediately led to a successful Operation Sea Lion. There were significant questions as to whether the German transport barges were suitable even for the short trip across the Channel and they were certainly not amphibious assault craft. Once you have dispatched the RAF and RN, you still have to deal with the British Army who would ferociously resist any attempted landings leading to heavy casualties for the Germans. Most historians agree that Operation Sea Lion was doomed to utter failure regardless of the Battle of Britain.
Maybe my history education isn't up to snuff on this but didn't RADAR play a big role in the battle of Britain?
Yes, because it basically comes down to that.
The Royal Navy was far too strong for the Germans to mount an amphibious invasion. Yes, Germany could have used paratroopers, but they'd have to be resupplied somehow, and you run into the same problem.
That's why the Luftwaffe tried to bomb Britain into submission, especially terror bombing against civilian targets, meant to demoralize the public (it didn't work, obviously).
It's also the reason for the U-boat commerce raiding campaign, to try to starve Britain out (despite some successes, this also failed).
If not for the presence of the *massive* Royal Navy, the Germans would just have invaded Britain like everywhere else.
You act as if it were just these 2 that caused the saying, leaving out Prussia, The Ottomans, The Tutons and the Swedes, to name just a couple more. They saying is also because nothing grows in Russia in the winter, so there is nothing to forage and armies starve. I mean, you are trying to put an effort into this video, but it's really not well researched and very cherry picked.
i agree completely. It physically hurts when someone says "oh, I learned so much from these videos"
Well, I seriously doubt anyone is looking to a get a PhD level knowledge of history from a 6 minute comedy video. This hits several big points on misconceptions and the viewers are free to explore further if they are so inclined online.
+K Will you have a 'millennial' view of spelling
they eaven took pictures from the german army after ww2, just 0 reserch
K Will
I really hope you were born before 1980.
I haven't heard someone say "give me the penis helmet" over and over since the 8th grade.
If there's a penis helmet, it's definitely the ancient Greek "Corynthian" style one, not the german. s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/16/a9/36/16a9360396a857fa081d8758e9b23c74.jpg
Holy shit!
Erik the God Eating Penguin Yeah, it's funny how they left that detail out of _300._ I can't Imagine why lol
RockPapersBeer That helmet is derived from the 15th century sallet. You know you're probably onto a good thing when it survives 500 years of warfare.
K Will So advanced it came from the 15th century lol
Someone make sort of a shoegazey alt-rock band called The False Dimitris. I have already pre-ordered all your albums. Thanks in advance.
"EvErYbodY gEt's tHis wroNg, we aRe verY sMart!"
The same guy: "WW1 Germany attacked Russia AFTER the October revolution"
i had to scroll down far too long to find that! :D (I heard/saw this "legend" it on other channels, too. I mean, it's on wikipedia, c'mon, people...)
might want to rename the show "hilarious HEADGEAR history" as it encompasses both Hats and Helmets
I came so early, the past is pregnant.
The present is clearly a miscarriage and you're the one to blame.
Bear Arms lol
Good point, and I am glad that Hillarious Helmet History is back. I love your passion for popularization of science and history.
you realize this is just a bunch of cherry picked facts with clickbait titles right? most of what he says is absolute bullshit
People who payed attention in history class should know this, so yeah. Not really... I won't deny the clickbait, and some of it is abit oversimplified. But please realize you were dumb.
2:00 "i dont read" lmao yeah clearly
Thanks Russia for your major sacrifice during WW2 the west tries to forget this fact and big up America but we know who the real heroes of WW2 where! Thank you comrade!
Do you not remember the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact? The Soviets were fine letting the countries of Europe fall to the Germans as long as they weren’t effected. The Russians should not be considered heroes in the West, because they fought in the war not to help the Allies, but to defeat the Germans. Refer also to the Cold War.
"You fell pray to one of the classic blunders! The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly less well known is this! Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!"
AHAHAHA AHAHAHA AHA-----
I am pretty sure by the time of napoleon we had books for the trick to be written in
Anthony Macgregor I think he was saying Fabius Maximus didn't have books
He was basically saying that the "trick" was so old, it predated books.
Anthony Macgregor I'm pretty sure pbbshhfjkkannjckkleknmmnmmmnnnnnnnsoif
Jeddostotle7 it wasn't
Everybody knew what fabian tactics were at the time. Napoleon even studied Charles XII failed swedish invasion of Russia (which he coveniently left out) in order to avoid the same mistakes. His downfall was that nobody from europe expected them to burn down Moscow, at the time you basically won if you took the capital. Fabius would not have burned Rome, nor would the french have burned down Paris.
Just don't invade Russia..... just don't.
Nuke it instead
Mahmud Chariev what if their nukes get nuked
considering that most of them are hidden and mobile that would be a bit problematic
Nuking something into oblivion doesn't really count as victory. I mean you'd never be able to show people what you'd conquered. You'd show the children your achievements and they'd say "But all I see is a pile of ash, that's not so hard to take."
Sure you've won but you wouldn't be able to do the whole march around like you're the coolest guy on earth making fun of the locals. No triumphal parades.... Basically the only things that would make it worth while.
Gowan James Ditchburn "Look children. You see that Radioactive country over their. That I nuked the crap out of because of a Russian named Soviet Haxker. Now he won't hack bullet force anymore."
while this is true and it's kind of silly people think that winter was the only reason the nazis/napoleon lost in russia and it is a pretty big misconception, cracked just has a tendency to omit small details that explain lots of things
Like the fact the nazis didn't have any tracked vehicles was mostly because the production of these vehicles was very new and the idea of massive numbers of tracked tanks everywhere was still barely even seen in the world's army's
The production line at the factories were already producing all these vehicles and to switch around the assembly line to new ones would set back the production of new equipment for troops that needed it by months even years not just in the troop waiting to invade Russia but also in the Africa front that was an on going battle
Hitler had a loose peace at best with Stalin, the communists were planning on invading Germany after they had their internal issues figured out after the great purge, the Germans were trying to take advantage of the Russian lack of command structure while they could, it's why they took as much as they did in the first place
Ardail Coffey I wouldn’t even call the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact a peace treaty. It was basically just utilisation of mutual motivation. Hitler was always going to fight the CCCP, as this was a major factor in his political theory of Judeo-Bolshevism. As you said the Stalin was also going to invade Germany so their pact was basically worthless.
@@charlescalthrop2535 Stalin literally didn’t fire back initially when they were invaded because he thought Hitler made some kind of mistake. The only ones who warned Stalin was the UK, but he kept dismissing their warnings. Stalin even locked himself in his room and had a breakdown because of it. That’s not someone who’s expecting war.
Nazi helmets are actually pretty practical
can you make 20 to 30 minutes explaining a countries history in a really brief way but funny
he'd do america and skip the trail of tears and the imprisonment of japanese americans during ww2. Also slavery
Well that is the only way to make it "funny"
Check out geography now, it has what you are looking for but shorter format.
What about Afghanistan being uninvadeable. The British tried in the 1800s, the Soviets tried, the Americans are still trying 15 years later. The landscape makes it near impossible.
Cian Gargan not uninvadeable. Just incredible expensive and difficult to occupy.
+Triggered lol - Well, that isn't entirely true. The soviets were not on their knees when they started. They started their campaign to get into Afghanistan 20 years before they finally did (so around 1960). Then it was impossible to hold on top of finally getting into there.
didn't the Mongols invaded Afghanistan
3 Indian Hindu empires have ruled over Afghanistan for total of 1017 years
Alexander the Great has alsoconquered it and Greeks ruled over it too
Cian Gargan the Americans did it successfully right away. The thing that is taking time is killing the terrorists
Hmmm... As a frenchman, one would think Napoleon would know a lottle about the Fabian strategy.
Angry Yogbuscus that part....
Angry Yogbuscus 😂😂
aaaaaaaactually, the russian revolution(s) happened in 1917, 3 years *after* the start of ww1 (the russian empire was actually the very first to mobilize its army in the build-up to the war). the february revolution of 1917 saw the end of romanov rule (the romanov dynasty had ruled russia for over 300 years); but the provisional government decided to stay in the war against germany. thus the german empire arranged for vladimir lenin to be brought to russia from his swiss exile with the specific purpose of further destabilizing russia, which eventually succeeded with the october revolution of 1917
this man said he doesnt read half way through the video, and then went on to make up a lot of history and push it as fact. what a channel
1. A Stahelm looks nothing like a penis 2. Napaleon recruited more men along 3. The hell is a Pershing doing in Russia 4. "This hat is heavy so I want a helmet"
That Oneguy A tiger II isn't a super heavy tank
Where was the Pershing?
4:22 are you talking about this?
Henry Walker Those are T-34’s, how the hell do they resemble a Pershing in any way!?
Trump is taking notes right now
4:05 "they all died" hahahaha
sir, your way to explain history is outstanding.....
Uhm. I thought number one was
*THE VICTOR WRITES THE BOOK*
I stopped watching as soon as he said, "I don't read"
. This video is a fail.
First,
*Hitler needed to invade the USSR*
- The USSR was planning to invade Europe after Britain fell to the Axis
- The USSR was the number one supplier of Metals/Oil for the Axis, which made the Axis very vulnerable
- The USSR hated being rejected from the Axis
Second,
Hitler invaded Russia during the great purges, which meant that almost no one was there to lead the army and that Russian officials were too busy fighting each other.
*Hitler was even quoted saying:*
You Only have to kick the door and the whole structure will come crashing down.
- Adolf Hitler (1941)
"The USSR was planning to invade Europe after Britain fell to the Axis" That is bullshit. There are virtually no credible sources alluding to that whatsoever. The red army as disorganized, unprepared and showed no stance of immediate invasion. If Stalin wanted to conquer Nazi Germany early on he would have struck at Romania where the Wehrmacht was getting its supply of oil. Hitler even said it himself, that the USSR could have easily broken them if the Red army made that move but they didnt.
"Hitler invaded Russia during the great purges, which meant that almost no one was there to lead the army and that Russian officials were too busy fighting each other." Actually it was just after the great purges in the Soviet union. Things were still bad in the USSR but dramatically died down at the start of the second world war.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it still failed.
Lololololololololololololololololol so much for a video to fail
this video is about facts not about conspiracy theories
@@isprikitikburkabush6200 ... and pro-Nazi propaganda.
never get involved in a land war in asia
I think from what I remember Napoleon had like half a million men during the Russian invasion and like 95% of them died. That is alot of dead people.
Minor casualties... just 96% of the forces.
The mongols is an exception.
Stan role the Mongol clip!
Don’t forget to be awesome
Guys, can we all at least agree that this click bait needs to stop.
What clickbait? this is content
Russians should've known to not invade Finland in the Winter.
It was successfully conquered in 1809 and remained a part of Russia for *more than a century* before Bolsheviks came and severely weakened Russian state.
When he started getting a crook in his neck, I started smiling thinking his death was coming, but no, what?Alex didn't die?
I want to watch helmet history every day for the rest of my life! And since i plan to live forever you should get on that!!!!
Mongols were always the exception
They got defeated in egypt....
The modern day mongols have nothing to do with the Moguls of the Grand Tartary. Those guys were white. Not Asian. The whole myth of Asian modern day mongols being descendants of those guys that build the Grand Tartary is a ... myth.
No, they did invade Russia in winter. The problem is invading Russia in SUMMER. In summer, you have to cross rivers, lakes and swamps. All three slow down armies in the Summer. Come winter Russia's rivers, lakes and swamps all freeze over thus Russia becomes a huge flat pancake. The Mongols attacked in winter when Russia is a huge flat pancake. Napaleon and Hitler attack in Summer with all of its problems and then faced the mud seasons marching instead of holding up till winter kickes in. You attack Russia in winter, then find a place to stay during the thraw or Mud season and consolidate your conquest in the summer. Thus long moves in winter where the rivers, lakes and swamps are frozen so none are barriers. Short moves between rivers and lakes in summer to consolidate your conquest. Simple, but you have to make sure your troops can move in winter and that requires good boots and other winter gear.
Daniel S what do you mean by white they were modern day americans?
@@eagle-tn6br thats true
So you assume to invade Russia soon?
The movie 1612 is a fictional fantasy, it had unicorns in it. Russia loses wars and gets invaded like any other country.
Poland captured Moscow and the polish armies stayed in Moscow for two years. After negotiations failed, the Poles returned home. Russia was suppose to join the Polish Commonwealth, but difference in religion prevented the Polish King and the Russian nobility to agree on terms. When they left, Poland took a chunk of Russia to compensate (Smolensk area). That's how wars worked in the old days. Two countries go to war, the winner takes only a chunk of territory and not the hole country. Basically you can't take the hole country because the population will rebel and unless your OK with mass genocide, you better off taking a small piece. Usually rebels get financed by foreign powers and try to break up the hosting country.
Same with Germany in ww1, they won against Russia. Just look at the territorial changes after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
Just check out territorial changes of Russia in general. When it looses a chunk that's because it lost a war.
Yosemite Russia lost those territories because people who lived there wanted an independence and Russia defeat was like a perfect moment to declare it.
Almost your whole comment is flawed
Russa used to be fractured, but whole
It wasn't "a difference in religion" The Polish King was a Catholic nutjob. He was so crazy about religion his own family didn't want him in Sweden so they sent this rotten egg to us in Poland. If he was more accepting towards religious freedom in Russia and didn't insist on sitting on both trones himself Russia would be part of Commonwealth. He also could have controlled the Swedish throne but again his bird brain catholicism prevented him because he couldn't stand Lutherans.
@@NotADuncon Yeah, by that point in history there is no way that there could live both catholic and ortodox Christians in the same country without troubles and wars, no matter how much religious freedom you give to them!
"They weren't ready to visit Minesota, much less beat Stalin in an away game." Is probably the best understatement of a military tragedy ever.
The Russian Revolution occurred DUE to Russia's defeat in WW1. When the Mongols and the Polish defeated the Russians they weren't fighting a United country but instead fighting independent principalities. You can't say that just because those guys defeated "Russia" in a certain manner, that Napoleon and Hitler could have done it the same way. The circumstances were quite different.
It looked like Germany was going to win on the Eastern Front until somewhere around mid 1942, which is when things started to slow down. The Germans made massive encirclements of Soviet troops and almost completely annihilated the Soviet airforce in the beginning of the war. They didnt think the Soviet Union wouldve been able to recover from the several total military catastrophes the Red Army suffered during the firts half of the war.
Also it was mostly not the Russian winter that stopped Hitler. The Red Army and its leadership learned from their mistakes in the beginning of the war. The development and changes in Red Army doctrine from 1941 to 1944/45 was pretty massive. Also the idea that the soviets just threw men at the germans completely disregarding casualties is also wrong. This mostly comes from the catastrophic defeats of the Red Army in the beginning of the war and the conditions that the Red Army fought in at the battle of Rzev. not far from Moscow in 1942.
This hat is because.
I'm always a little disappointed when Alex reaches the end of a video without dying.
You forgot Charles the XII of Sweden.
If Russia is not politically divided, then it is not Russia. We are clearly talking about Russia that is united under 1 flag.
This is the most intelligent and well-informed analysis I've seen on the subject of invading Russia.
I like how when people talk of invading Russia they forget the Swedish Empire (as it were a major power then).
I like your videos Sheldon Cooper
Thanks for funny and good stuff! From Russia with love.
"Napoleon got 'rope-a-doped'" is the best historical metaphor I've ever heard. So catastrophically true.
Also, the Mongol invasion HAD to happen in winter, because that's when the rivers in Russia freeze over, and they could cross them on their ponies. Additionally, Mongol ponies were smaller than typical horses of the era and able to forage in snow. The Vikings also conquered Russia several times, and once they were finally kicked out, were literally invited back to rule once local Russian Princess started feuding. Furthermore, most of Hitler's army (contrary to popular misconception) was primarily horse-drawn (the so-called blitzkrieg was more propaganda than historifact), whereas the Soviet army was provided Ford trucks through lend-lease programs by the US.
I think I could watch Alex talk all day about pretty much anything.
Alex has a unique style. I could listen to him ranting about anything a whole day and I would not get distracted. Great presenter.
Sweden did also invade Russia and failed as well :/
I think Jakob De La Gardie might disagree
a lot of inaccuracies in this video
mch efrt pt in2 ur comnt
So point them out.
how about the title LIE? Cracked made up this lie. I haven't heard of history facts talk solely about Winter/cold weather winning the war(s). This is just like a hollywood movie taking bits of history and making it a movie.
Yeah but you're forgetting that both Moustache Model Austrian Edition and Moustache Model Georgian Edition knew that an invasion was inevitable
If Germany didn't invade, the Soviets would at some point
Also not invading Russia went against Moustache Man's own book and his idea that Communism and Slavs were as low as Jews
Amd it wasn't just Moustache man thinking that
All high ranking officials were completely with Moustache man on Operation Barbarossa
wtf...nobody ever said they invaded in winter. what is widespread is that winter DEFEATED them both. The germans got stuck in front of moscow because of it and the extreme weather is what decimated napoleons army on the retreat. get your facts straight.
Completely accurate. BTW the examples of others that defeated russia do not really count, because they only captured/ defeated a small portion of russia. Russia's strength comes from being 11% (!!) of the worlds landmass and having the oppurtunity to use fabian tactics as well as being able to have a function country while having an enemy within the borders, (for example: the russians moved an unbelievable amount of factories to the east before and during the nazi invasion). Only the mongols really were capable to concer russia and they are the mongols; they are the defenition of effecient war.
The german attack on russia in ww1 was a total victory for a number of reasons one of them is that germany was more technologically advanced
عبدالله العويس are you saying Nazi Germany was less advanced than commie Russia?
Marcus INfinity commie Russia didn't exist in ww
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big a games gt and more I was talking about ww2
عبدالله العويس but they lost
The #2 fact is never screw with Finland
This guy is hilarious
I took me two times watching the intro to understand it was an attempt at french.
Five more times to understand that he tried to say "Est connerie" wich is grammatically incorrect :P "est une connerie" serait déjà plus adéquat, mais encore, on parle de traduire des expressions familières.
Ok so you claim that the Germans sent heavy tanks and keeps and shit. And also said that they had tracked vehicles which if you had researched this subject well, you'd know they're called halftracks. But in reality Germany didn't have many halftracks and at the time of Operation Barbarossa, they didn't have a heavy tank. Mainly they were using light to medium tanks, like the Panzer 2,3,4 and Stug. All of those were able to Blitz the shit out of the soviets. Until they encountered T34's or KV1's. Which is why Hitler pushed Porsche and Henschel to produce the Tiger. And I'd say that Russia was at its strongest under Stalin. He could force millions to die with no questions asked. So to say Hitler just brought the wrong shit is quite false, he brought his best shit and when it got destroyed he made some shit that could destroy it. And then that shit got stuck in the mud. Also don't call it a Penis helmet it's a Stahlhelm.
#cringe
Planet Jr You cant just say that and use the fucking hashtag
*Give me the penis helmet*
quite inaccurate on many points..
Tancredi Caltagirone Especially on Hitlers behalf
Explain??
Andrew Vasirov I am not sure whether to clap or yell at your comment
chinadian They aren't mutually exclusive, so why not both? :D
I know, but I was making a joke ;)
Germany had created the first assault rifle the stg 43 and it was used in the early stage of operation Barbarosa (Russias invasion) , it made a lot of damage among the russian ranks and suddenly idk why Hitler took it out of service and replaced it with traditional rifle. The stg 43 was retaken in 1944 but it was too late. Good job Hitler.
Ben Dover you right m8.
Well. Your gay.
As a 17 yo Russian I have to say I've never heard of "rasputitsa" before. The "mud season" is just normal fall/spring in Russia, since our shitty government can't build any roads Russians experience mud season twice a year, so if you'll try to concur Russia don't forget, Russia has no roads, only directions))
He forgot to point out when the Mongolians conquered Russia, it was called the Kingdom of the Rus. The capital was Kiev, further to the south west. Moscow was a minor city at the time. Long story short, anyone who conquer or beat the Russians ended up being conquer back by the Russian and then Ruled over by them. Read Bismarck's many quotes about the Russians, the man had it figured out.
Idk what it is, but this guy is so funny and likable. Definitely subbing!
This is the most cringey shit I have ever seen... the jokes aren’t even accurate... especially the helmet one. Also, Hitler didn’t invade Britain because their navy was too large - he just got caught up in bombing cities rather than attacking strategic military objectives with Britain. Note that many of Britain’s ships had to stay in port because of U-boats and German air superiority. There is also speculations that Hitler thought Britain would help him invade Russia (because British and German were fairly racial similar, while he saw Russians as a petty race). Not to mention much of operation seal-lion (invasion of Britain) involved paratroopers being dropped at strategic locations all over Britain. Basically, he waited too long, the good seasonal weather was ending so they gave up and set up preparations for invading Russia. So please at least do some real research before labelling yourself as, essentially, an educational history channel and then pulling shit like that in your video. I know you want to keep it short, but please, history is much more complicated than you let it seem to be here buddy. I don’t think history is you’re kind of subject... no offence - but please stop.
Sorry but no. Hitler can't invade Britain precisely because Britain has a bigger navy and also Britain having air superiority over the British Isles. When you try to invade an island, you want to make sure that after the initial landings, you will be able to supply your troops in enemy territory through sea. And to do that, you need air superiority to clear out close air supports from pummelling your troops, fighters from destroying your close air supports. And also Naval superiority to actually LAND and SUPPLY troops through barges along with shielding the invasion force from enemy ships or troops in land through naval cannons. It is exactly because Britain has a larger navy and air superiority over Britain and the Channel at the very start, they can intercept and destroy the German invasion force along with what ever German screen ship protecting it.
And also "Many of Britain's ships had to stay in port because of U-boats and German air superiority"? Many =/= Most. Not to mention that Britain was able to send its fleet to patrol the channel, the north sea (Home fleet) and convoys with escorts (Destroyers, Corvettes and other screening ships) as well as the Mediterranean to disrupt Italian supplies commanded by the great Andrew Cunningham. Also U boats? Did you forget escorts have torpedo, depth charges and radar to spot submarines? And that U boats are pretty much a non factor post 1942?
Not to mention the Brits launched an actual invasion in 1942 (well it's more of a raid). The Dieppe Raid, which managed to land British commandos inside Nazi occupied France by sea. So please enlighten me how naval supremacy is a non factor in invading an island nation.
DuncanDunkin Totally agree with you.
You guys are losing the point, Hitler didn't invade Britain because of is naval superiority, Hitler didn't invade Britain because he was distracted by the fact that he wanted to invade Russia, a stupid idea, but a valid idea.
dionicio garcia So you deny facts?
Mr Trugglez thanks mate, was gonna respond to this bullshit but you did it for me
you forgot sweden we invaded russia many times and we won and conquered moscow but we left it because it was so poor back then
Akke And that is why the Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth also conquered western Russia. I feel like they also should mentioned Russia's geopolitics because western Russian is just a flat plain .
You forgot Charles XII, when Sweden invaded Russia in the Great Northern War in 1707. This caused Sweden’s demise.
The germans had no heavy tanks at the start of the invasion. They also were not aware at beginning of the heavy support of supplies by the USA, the crawler wheels of the tanks were small and thus not good in mud unlike the russian ones, the strong winter came around 2 month earliert hen regularly and thus expected thats why they were not prepared. Hitler knew he had not the ressources for a long war thats why he speculated for a short blitzkrieg like in france. This channel is good but god this guy is so cringy.
The atomic bomb had nothing to do with Japan's surrender.
Well, not the first.
Japan was on its knees and in a situation where it needed to surrender before the first bomb was dropped on Nagisaki
First Bomb? Nagisaki?
Truman knew in Late July, 1945, through Churchill, that the Japanese had contacted the Russians, the only Allied Power Japan was not at war with, to begin surrender negotiations.
The US also demanded surrender in late July 1945. The 28th to be exact.
Well pretty funny video, though you don't really know history, my friend) So don't make it look like you do. Russia wasn't EVER conquered, Mongols conquered Russian's principalities(basically many independent states) and only in about 1497 Russia actually begins as a united country(after Mongol yoke, who actually helped in creating it in the first place).
And you clearly understimate Napoleon, who wasn't just the Greatest ruler of his time, but also Hitler who almost made the whole World his bitch.
Well, the mongols didn't conquer the Russia we know today, but that's only because that Russia didn't exist back then. They crushed the Russian princes and ruled over the area that would become Russia for a few centuries, with one of the longest lasting mongol clans the Golden Horde.
mongols crushed kievan rus. novgorod stayed out of much trouble. some cities sacked indeed but the rest of the northern principalities was spared. big taxes were paid to the mongols however
It was only never "conquered" in the sense it never got annexed. By that token, the same could be said of a lot of countries. It lost land a fair bit.
hitler was a complete disaster from start to finish, his success was almost entirely due to the group of politicians and businessmen that used hitler as a puppet, he was a totally colossal moron and is the single greatest reason the Nazis lost, by the end anybody with good advice just got shot, axed, or ordered to go die fighting in a completely useless last stand (completely useless because his stated purpose would be so they could stall the incoming forces for instance, ever though most of those forces would simply go around and directly attack an even less defended berlin after encircling the armies hitler literally ordered to just die)
keep in mind, the amount of land hitler conquered really doesn't matter for 2 major reasons, 1. he invaded a de-escalating Europe that was very intentionally trying to prevent future wars, he caught them by surprise, not by being outright logistically and thereotically a superior force (apparently a lot of meth helped this speedy advance aswell) which he couldn't hold worth a damn, he lost his entire 'empire' in just a few years, why? because 2.the Nazi's themselves weren't brilliant at much of anything, their rocketry for instance was less scifi and more 'adapted from fringe American researchers', their advanced military theory also didn't evolve to counter the counters allies developed, they came up with one tactic (completely ignored their navy) and repeatedly hammered away with the same technique, even after facing failures. meanwhile the allies genuinely won because the allied organization and adaptability was far superior, they saw problems and fixed them to save lives, while Nazis tended to just pile up more 'volunteers' willing to die.
Riders of Icarus Icarus Online Hitler almost made the world his bitch? He gained and lost everything in fewer than ten years. There’s no almost to it. In historical terms, many have accomplished far more.
Come on Cracked, stop making me learn stuff
They wouldn't be calling Hitler and napoleon stupid if they was here..hahahah
Didn't Charles XII of Sweden also fail in conquering Russia? Peter the Great (of Russia) also used the Fabian strategy. do you ever get tired of being wrong??
You forgot the Swedish empire who actually invaded Russia in the winter
I would love to fight you id straight drop u
Number #1 military tactic fact is that you have to know your terrain & enemy. 🤔
And weather here is same as in russia, only difference is that most things suck in russia. 🤔😪
The mistake of both men was hubris. They were both believers that they were invincible conquers who had yet to taste the bitterness and agony of defeat. They had both been so successful in battle that the idea of losing would have made them laugh because it was impossible.
phoeniximperator or maybe it was that and because they stole german land in world war 1, continued to kill Germans trapped in the stolen land known as Poland and then tried to declare war on Hitler 3 times (when he non-violently took it back without firing a shot) before he finally said fuck it. Winners write the history books.
If you tell me that invading Russia in the winter is a good idea I swear to god...
Edit: TIME TO DIE
"Lost half of his troops to death" hahaha xD
Are you sure you haven't just lost them? Where did you last see them? Did you check the lost and found?
Just saying Soviet Union were near surrender/overall defeat but after the failure of the siege of Stalingrad, that lead towards Adolf Hitler's downfall. Before that he decimated every challenge that was given to him. To laugh and neglect that is quite disappointing.
Don't be stupid in Russia, pretty much.
Napoleon: Was fasting way too much
Meanwhile
Hitler: Got dementia
History: "This cake is a lie"
Scorched Earth