The Beast of Omaha (Stories from D-Day)

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    Heinrich Severloh became known as the “Beast of Omaha” a title given to him after the casualties he inflicted on U.S. soldiers at Omaha Beach on D-day June 6th, 1944.
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    WN 62: A German Soldier's Memories of the Defense of Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944
    by Hein Severloh
    The Germans in Normandy
    By Richard Hargreaves
    The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
    By John C. McManus
    The Fury of Battle: A D-Day Landing As It Happened
    By Robert Kershaw
    Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach
    By Robert Kershaw
    MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns
    By Chris McNab

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  • @Simplehistory
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    • @GlitchItOut
      @GlitchItOut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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    • @alanadrovic3169
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      @jayjohnson7216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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    • @indianajones4321
      @indianajones4321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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    • @ollerydberg1508
      @ollerydberg1508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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  • @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370
    @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12454

    White Death: conscripted farmer.
    Lady Death: conscripted farmer.
    Beast of Omaha: conscripted farmer.
    Notice something familiar?

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +748

      10% of Polish Army in 1920 was made out of volunteers (including farmers).

    • @luizitoh7453
      @luizitoh7453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +476

      Desmond Doss?

    • @Dogirot
      @Dogirot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      Audie Murphy

    • @Hubert_Cumberdale_
      @Hubert_Cumberdale_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +572

      There were alot more farmers back then.

    • @Highlander_Pr
      @Highlander_Pr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

      What about Vietnamese farmer?

  • @nebuenteh
    @nebuenteh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5093

    This guy lived two villages over from my home and told us about his story during Sunday school in 2002. He implored us to be grateful for peace. He did not lose his nightmares, ever.

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +417

      Kids dont understand that freedom aint free.

    • @willhall796
      @willhall796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      American here but that still must have been a huge honor to be able to just listen to the man himself- thanks for sharing!

    • @DGFishRfine1
      @DGFishRfine1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@willhall796 l

    • @DBZ483
      @DBZ483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That's crazy

    • @DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi
      @DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      I realized that only now. I am living 50km (like 5 towns away) from the place this guy was born. I should visit his grave and leave flowers.

  • @sumi7921
    @sumi7921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2554

    US Marines: "Stop spawncamping"
    Severloh: "Stop spawning"

  • @justintimm9078
    @justintimm9078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +812

    Severloh has a Kind of Legendary Status in the bundeswehr. My squadleader really admires him and says "he Mastered the Machine gun". On that day Severloh had 3 rifles and 11 extra barrels and each of them were Used so extensively that at the end of the day all 11 barrels were red hot. He probably is the best Machine gunner of all time.

    • @steveonysid1521
      @steveonysid1521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      I was in the German army too he is a hero

    • @judd-on5vz
      @judd-on5vz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      wow 11 barrels for one gun, see my other comment.

    • @nathanwilliams3877
      @nathanwilliams3877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Probably not, there are countless examples of dudes mowing down other dudes by the droves with just one MG. Educate yourself a little bit.

    • @justintimm9078
      @justintimm9078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@nathanwilliams3877 well its very much possible that the Story got glorified over the years but by got that soldier knew his weapon and he knew it well. By his own account he Killer or wounded between 2000 and 3000 allied (mostly american) soldiers.

    • @trololoev
      @trololoev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@justintimm9078 by my own account i personally murder 17000 of German soldiers. But i didn't participate in war, but i can talk.

  • @mysteriousowen5205
    @mysteriousowen5205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1881

    The Beast of Omaha sounds like an Urban Legend Monster from WW2

    • @McShaggswell
      @McShaggswell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Plot Twist: They mean Omaha Nebraska.

    • @JoelMiller165
      @JoelMiller165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s what I thought the video was about in my notifications

    • @robertlcgarcia123
      @robertlcgarcia123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@McShaggswell the war between the farmer and the rat army in order to protect his crops

    • @davidrodgers9558
      @davidrodgers9558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can see know one here has delt with a mg42 .. Two trained men could holed off the world .. If the ammo and barrels held out ... We had them in Bosnia.. The Mean Stick.. Peace to all who made it out of Bosnia alive..

    • @TotallyNotARebel_550
      @TotallyNotARebel_550 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The white death

  • @ge_oark2905
    @ge_oark2905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6249

    US Propaganda: "Don't worry, this gun sounds scary, but it is not accurate"
    US Infantry: thats a f.cking lie....

    • @Ethan-qe8pe
      @Ethan-qe8pe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +304

      That was not the best propaganda video.

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +630

      Accuracy is not needed when you're spitting rounds out at 1,200 per minute lol

    • @RanzigeWurst
      @RanzigeWurst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      The U.S. Army had a propaganda video about the MG'42??? I've never heard about it.

    • @jojojaja129
      @jojojaja129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      @@RanzigeWurst yes U.S. Army had propaganda video and test it in Shooting range and tell U.S. army MG is more accurate german MG are not accurate

    • @sabritas1111
      @sabritas1111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It was but since the Germans had the high ground it was easier to spray

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1108

    Other German soldiers: I can’t use tracers I need to save those for planes
    Severloh: bullet is bullet

    • @mattphillips6007
      @mattphillips6007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      But then they see ware you are shooting from thus the artillery fire targets the position

    • @chairsilver2
      @chairsilver2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      hey uh you're using anti-aircraft bullets ya know......
      BULLET IS BULLET IT HAS THE SAME PURPOSE!

    • @retroschrott1560
      @retroschrott1560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mattphillips6007 i see your point... but i actually think this was not a battle fought to be "won", it was more about weaken enemy numbers and delay the landing
      EDIT: So my conclusion is: making as much damage as possible with whatever is available (from a military pov)

    • @Je-yj6bc
      @Je-yj6bc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mattphillips6007 i remember the old says..
      "If the enemy team throw their best gun/effort on you and you alone, you do the right thing"

    • @MyGeorg13
      @MyGeorg13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      if it dosnt jam its gonna hurt you more then me o.o

  • @gisangel12
    @gisangel12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2436

    Imagine finding the mg42 that the soldier had.

    • @kevinnguyen3087
      @kevinnguyen3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Which by the way, the MG-42 would be replaced by the MG-3KWS.

    • @trevorslinkard31
      @trevorslinkard31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Probably ended up in a scrap pile somewhere. I have my doubts.

    • @fancy_cyka3594
      @fancy_cyka3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It would be worth so much

    • @vanya3935
      @vanya3935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      It would be worth making fan fiction about it being cursed. Much like a blade that claims thousands of lives.

    • @nicolascorea8727
      @nicolascorea8727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@-69-., would depend how strong you are and and how much pounds of force you can handle, age to.

  • @nukeops2828
    @nukeops2828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6572

    There are rumors that the barrel is still cooling down on the Omaha Beach.

    • @milkchocoranger1885
      @milkchocoranger1885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Lmao

    • @hudsontoo1212
      @hudsontoo1212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Lol

    • @zsoltpapp3363
      @zsoltpapp3363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Mg42 barrels were changed frequently. They used one barrel and cooled the other one. The change took like 5-10 seconds for the crew of 2

    • @okbudde4873
      @okbudde4873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      ​@@zsoltpapp3363 you just had to tell us that, and not recognise that it's a joke

    • @zsoltpapp3363
      @zsoltpapp3363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I also reflected to the video, no mentions about barrel changes.

  • @nightmare8292
    @nightmare8292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15326

    The Beast of omaha sounds like a Sabaton song

    • @shadowraven8061
      @shadowraven8061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +677

      Maybe they'll write a song about Heinrich sometime

    • @nightmare8292
      @nightmare8292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      ShadowRaven yep

    • @emirvisnjic1051
      @emirvisnjic1051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

      I'm so happy when i see another Sabaton fan :D

    • @misfit666_usmc6
      @misfit666_usmc6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Beat me to it

    • @nightmare8292
      @nightmare8292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Emir Višnjić me too :)

  • @anthonykatsivalis224
    @anthonykatsivalis224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1287

    I find it interesting to see the German perspective of the D-day landings beacuse we are always told of the American British and the Canadian perspective, yet we very rarely talk about the German perspective of the landings.

    • @FormulaVase-kp3dc
      @FormulaVase-kp3dc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Thats because you probably live in a country that won the battle. History is written by the victors

    • @Jiji-the-cat5425
      @Jiji-the-cat5425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      The German perspective is actually pretty interesting. There were still a lot of interesting aspects of it.

    • @lagg1e
      @lagg1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Mitsi Grabblerberg On the other hand, the bunkers didn't have naval and air support. The worst job at the battle was being in one of the landing boats.

    • @DarkSygil666
      @DarkSygil666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@FormulaVase-kp3dc Preach it Scipio. Btw, sorry things didn't work out for you in Africa. I always wanted to tell you that. Now I just need to bump into your buddy Caesar.

    • @livingcorpse5664
      @livingcorpse5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The perspective I got was war is scary and sucks no matter which side you're on.

  • @ArmenianDude88
    @ArmenianDude88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    USA: dumps more men than the Germans have ammo
    USSR: you and I aren't so diffrent

    • @seanrh4294
      @seanrh4294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      The USA lost a couple hundred thousand troops against the Germans but the Russians 15-18 Million......

    • @la-li-lu-le-lo9444
      @la-li-lu-le-lo9444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@seanrh4294 right.... ignorant comment by OP

    • @andershargrave7246
      @andershargrave7246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@seanrh4294ACKSHUALLY something like >20 millions

    • @sweaspurdoddd5466
      @sweaspurdoddd5466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@seanrh4294 the Russian were a lot more effective at using cannon fodders.

    • @mrcaboosevg6089
      @mrcaboosevg6089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A sea invasions is very different to sending men to die in waves just to slow the enemy down. Britain didn't have much trouble landing on the beach only because it wasn't well defended like Omaha, the Americans clearly didn't expect it

  • @josephstalin9868
    @josephstalin9868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1998

    *when You Rack so much kills The Enemy has called artillery support on you*

    • @SlimeJime
      @SlimeJime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      In reality it was german artillery that killed most of the american soldiers. And they weren't doing much at all, just stuck on the beach under machine-gun proof cover but no way out

    • @thomasbummer4361
      @thomasbummer4361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@SlimeJime u talk absolute bullshit lol

    • @McTorwid
      @McTorwid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      when you fight with nazis in warsaw uprising for freedom and sucker stalin stop his troops a few kilometers near warsaw and allow germans to destroy uprising

    • @youngmoney4693
      @youngmoney4693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Death streaks suck I don’t know why they put them in the game

    • @chaosdweller
      @chaosdweller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's what you would call a buzz kill.

  • @elitemation
    @elitemation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4480

    Soldiers in war: Good aim mostly follows orders
    Farmers in war: God aim, called in hacks, Average kill is 90000+

    • @ct-411ponds5
      @ct-411ponds5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Makes sense

    • @mich4408
      @mich4408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Makes sense

    • @eqhsw3979
      @eqhsw3979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Thats actully finland

    • @prelkat
      @prelkat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@eqhsw3979 You mean nokia 3310 bazooka from finland?

    • @anhvunguyen3995
      @anhvunguyen3995 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ct-411ponds5 True

  • @slyguythreeonetwonine3172
    @slyguythreeonetwonine3172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +862

    When you are so badass the US Navy decides it needs to focus on you alone.😂

    • @d-daystudios6831
      @d-daystudios6831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      The tracer rounds he used made him look like a bigger gun.

    • @livingcorpse5664
      @livingcorpse5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Well and the gun was that powerful too. If any of the other gunners had used tracer rounds the ships would have been ordered to fire on them instead, I feel like even getting one of those guns removed from the equation would have made the battle significantly less problematic.

    • @leeonardodienfield402
      @leeonardodienfield402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      competent gunner and assistant gunner will change battles

    • @coltoncyr2283
      @coltoncyr2283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The first attempt of destroying these spots failed on the air attacks. Battleships should've been called in much earlier imo

    • @drphot6050
      @drphot6050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omaha Omaha!
      - Peyton Manning

  • @livingcorpse5664
    @livingcorpse5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    It sounds to me that he didn't claim he killed 1000 as something to brag about but something he felt guilty about, even if he killed fewer than 1000 he still feels the most responsible for the deaths. Survivors guilt to the extreme.

    • @xtxownage
      @xtxownage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Basically. He was pretty traumatised after the war.

    • @Memnon-ro4cl
      @Memnon-ro4cl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude this never happened. There is no source that supports his claims

    • @izperehoda
      @izperehoda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Memnon-ro4cl he still killed a lot of people tho

    • @livingcorpse5664
      @livingcorpse5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Memnon-ro4cl He didn't say it as a flex or to brag, he feels guilty. He knows logically he wasn't the only one killing people but his survivors guilt has messed him up and feel like he was responsible for everyone's death.

    • @Memnon-ro4cl
      @Memnon-ro4cl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@livingcorpse5664 buddy. No historian in the world supports any of his claims. He is delusional at best.

  • @Surgicalshred
    @Surgicalshred 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6398

    “War is young men dying and old men talking”
    - Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • @thischannelisnowdefunct
      @thischannelisnowdefunct 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Ironic

    • @Arengeesus
      @Arengeesus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      So true

    • @dra6o0n
      @dra6o0n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Had war never existed, humanity might have strayed into a different path of evolution in society.
      War causes degeneration of tech in some cases, where wartorn nations will not see further growth and is in a state of recovery. It only brings tech and innovation to the victors who are usually far from said warzone.

    • @potatoraider7320
      @potatoraider7320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      @@dra6o0n war does not cause degeneration of technology... it advanced them... war spends alot of research on developing breakthrough technology to topple the other enemy, which the other enemy also had the same idea in mind.

    • @gloriesnormaldude7513
      @gloriesnormaldude7513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@dra6o0n with out war humanity would be weak and would not survive

  • @muhammadyudhi1338
    @muhammadyudhi1338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2676

    "There's no glory on the beach that day's... Only much blood, screaming, and young men dying"
    - Heinrich Severloh

    • @yalingli3419
      @yalingli3419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Muhammad Yudhi So anyway, I started blasting

    • @Noobmaster-lb9sn
      @Noobmaster-lb9sn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ya ling Li you ar a fucking legend 😂😂

    • @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat
      @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Back to the time I was a kid watching DDay related movie, it was too scary so I laughed...

    • @MB-ux9me
      @MB-ux9me 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      "Es gibt keinen Ruhm an diesem Strand. Nur Blut, Schreie und junge Männer, die sterben."

    • @kerry3387
      @kerry3387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @12BJJohnson Imaging believing this

  • @chrovos4044
    @chrovos4044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    You know your a badass when it takes a naval fleet to make you retreat

  • @Vdk758
    @Vdk758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    I would love to see a movie about this
    (Not made by Hollywood because we all know how Hollywood treats their movies these days)

    • @SrGillespie
      @SrGillespie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @Cristo39 and also gay with a lot of propaganda of cola or chips. Try to search a korean movie called "My way" last 3 hours and you can see soviet, german, japanese and murican soldiers

    • @hairglowingkyle4572
      @hairglowingkyle4572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Don't wanna start a long thread here but honestly it really depends on the film staff, especially the director.

    • @JP-rk9rt
      @JP-rk9rt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      They would also include a trans couple.

    • @doop2794
      @doop2794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow y’all are pressed stop being so mad

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@doop2794 SHUT

  • @jameswhite5720
    @jameswhite5720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5625

    Hollywood movies like "Fury" depict German soldiers as laughably incompetent robots who were easily slaughtered. Which is an enormous injustice both to them and the heroism and sacrifice of the Allied soldiers who actually had to fight them.

    • @welcometothehonorguard8987
      @welcometothehonorguard8987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +594

      Ever heard this saying "history is written with the blood of the defeated"

    • @welcometothehonorguard8987
      @welcometothehonorguard8987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +525

      Or was it "history is written by the victors"

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      @@welcometothehonorguard8987 Of course you are absolutely right, but sometimes I am still pissed about how a lot of movies sell complete crap as 'historcally accurate'.
      .
      I mean, a lot of people complain about that fight against the Tiger and they are right, but not even because of the Tiger leaving a perfectly fine position only to get itself into a less advantageous position, but actually because 'Fury' was an M1A3E8 or 'Easy 8' version of the Sherman that came with a 76 mm high velocity gun that shot HVAP ammunition that was perfectly able to knock out a Tiger from the _front_ even over larger distances. And the way infantry on both sides was portrayed was just plain stupidity.
      .
      This is even more annoying because there _are_ quite accurate depictions of the war, 'Band of Brothers' comes to mind, for instance.
      .
      So the really annoying thing to me is that a lot of those inaccuracies in movies and tv shows are not even caused by victors making propaganda, but simply by an immense ignorance and stupidity.

    • @historyjunky1299
      @historyjunky1299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      Right. They always have accuracy equivalent to troopers in star wars. Never hit anything..... germans had the best weapons hands down. Completely inaccurate movie.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@historyjunky1299 Storntroopers weren't even inaccurate in the Star Wars films.

  • @cromwell4029
    @cromwell4029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1378

    When R2 is jammed on ur controller and the only thing you can do is fire

    • @spikeyjay6236
      @spikeyjay6236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That happens to my controller when the battery is low

    • @Ollie4u
      @Ollie4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Imposter

    • @cromwell4029
      @cromwell4029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Cup Of Tea hello dear brother

    • @MasterYoda420
      @MasterYoda420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ollie4u LOL

    • @Ollie4u
      @Ollie4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Drink me

  • @Nighttimeqt1
    @Nighttimeqt1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Meanwhile in omaha
    Severloh: prepare for trouble
    Mg42: and make it double

  • @penzorphallos3199
    @penzorphallos3199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    There is testimonials of other dday bunker gunners who ran out of replacement barrels and just dumped red hot barrels in water drums. Eventually they ran out of water as it evaporated and resorted to pissing on the glowing barrels.

    • @alswann2702
      @alswann2702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At the other end of the climate spectrum one of Patton's tankers had to piss on his frozen .50 caliber early one morning during the Battle of the Bulge as it had frozen the previous night and he was attacked at dawn.

    • @Johndoe-gf7eu
      @Johndoe-gf7eu ปีที่แล้ว

      And then American soldiers pissed on the dead german bodies 😂

    • @strangeman1822
      @strangeman1822 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Johndoe-gf7euThey didn't because you Americans used to be honorable people

  • @griggs2316
    @griggs2316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1929

    “This lead to his detection by the USS Frankfurt” ironic.

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Confirmed: USS Frankford, DD-497. Not sure if people misheard or the narrator misspoke...just one of many problems with this BS story.

    • @crassus300
      @crassus300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@jacksons1010 Hows the story BS?

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @john bloggs Which is - quite ironically a direct English Translation of Frankfurt. Also makes sense considering the state of Kentucky being inhabited mostly by Americans of German descend.
      Makes me wonder though: has there ever been a ship named "USS Bismarck" after the State Capital of North Dakota?

    • @Torbintime
      @Torbintime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Exodon2020 most likely bs since she was named after john Frankford and not Frankfurt

    • @americanpanzer4163
      @americanpanzer4163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Exodon2020
      There is a USS Bismarck, although it is an aircraft carrier, built by Kaiser Shipyards

  • @Kukus-xy3gi
    @Kukus-xy3gi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2247

    Imagine the cost of firing 7.92mm for 9 straight hours in todays economy

    • @zacmorgenstern7370
      @zacmorgenstern7370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

      Thats perhaps why the Reich lost...

    • @somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872
      @somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

      Not to mention that they spent half of their funds on experimentation and inventing meth.

    • @seanwalters1977
      @seanwalters1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +327

      From what I've found today's price of a 198 grain 7.92mm round on average is roughly $.30. The video estimated he shot about 12,000 rounds so .30*12,000 = $3,600.

    • @chavonjames8941
      @chavonjames8941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sean Walters 3600 in today’s exchange?

    • @seanwalters1977
      @seanwalters1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@chavonjames8941 Yes, today's USD.

  • @erikspencer2396
    @erikspencer2396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Makes me wonder now…the MG-42 gunner that we see first in Saving Private Ryan…if that’s “The Beast”

    • @cuse445
      @cuse445 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, this is WN-62 which was in easy red, I believe what you see in the movie is Dog Green (sector) and they (Hanks and the 29th) take out WN 70 & WN 71 with a MG-42 nest on the right of the 88 bunker.

  • @edwardmills5009
    @edwardmills5009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Heinrich Severloh: "Welcome to Europe"

  • @SwtorSateleShanFan
    @SwtorSateleShanFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3390

    It's really amazing to see how far the animations have come! Keep it up!

    • @MatiasPalacios2
      @MatiasPalacios2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      They are getting better and better

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      thanks!

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Oh Yeah!

    • @SwtorSateleShanFan
      @SwtorSateleShanFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      M-Ray ikr!

    • @zycklacon9588
      @zycklacon9588 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are getting so much better, i Hope they remake their old videos I hate seeing those old animations

  • @ceesarpi
    @ceesarpi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    Everybody Gangsta' till the farmer starts firing.

    • @yalingli3419
      @yalingli3419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dank Man So anyway, I started blasting

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dank Man very true in many cases

    • @Phoenix_The_HeroHater
      @Phoenix_The_HeroHater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dank Man you have no subscribers?

    • @Luffy3713
      @Luffy3713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everyone gangsta til that farmer picks up a flame thrower

    • @sta982
      @sta982 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

  • @diymicha4905
    @diymicha4905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    2000 casualtys of severloh isn't that far from truth. I was standing up there at WN62 a few years ago and watching over the vast beach. You can see over several kilometers, and they attacked during ebb tide. It was 600-800 meters straight way to the shore line. Absolutely no problem for an MG42 if you got enough spare barrels.

    • @TEXASREDD76
      @TEXASREDD76 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve heard he had 11 spare barrels a K98 and his loaders K98 along with ample ammunition supply for all his weapons

  • @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it
    @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This dude took “so anyways, I stared blasting” way to seriously

  • @monkeyfool4532
    @monkeyfool4532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4295

    Today in my English class we had to write about someone we admire.
    Teacher was not impressed

    • @mikegreen2213
      @mikegreen2213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      What did they say?

    • @paulfrompayroll
      @paulfrompayroll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      that sucks man i bet it was a really good essay!

    • @monkeyfool4532
      @monkeyfool4532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +375

      Mike Green she told me not to glorify “nazis”

    • @l_____________l_______l
      @l_____________l_______l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      All nazis are evil but not all germans are nazis - George S Patton. Or something like that I can't remember exactly.

    • @zoranlazarevic7526
      @zoranlazarevic7526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@l_____________l_______l To which I'd answer all Nazis are German

  • @americohagim1131
    @americohagim1131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3439

    Ahhh.... so this is the guy that constantly killed me in COD WW2.

    • @DJSCRMNGHST
      @DJSCRMNGHST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      And call of duty 2

    • @metalattheshop250435
      @metalattheshop250435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      DJ SCR34M1NGH0ST Eh but Call if Duty 2 you attack Utah beach instead of Omaha

    • @bjek343
      @bjek343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      metalattheshop250435 no

    • @bjek343
      @bjek343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      metalattheshop250435 you attack pointe du hoc

    • @metalattheshop250435
      @metalattheshop250435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Kats pointe du hoc was located on Utah Beach

  • @mzin2534
    @mzin2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "get out of my lawn" *loads mg42*

  • @brittanyharrigan9553
    @brittanyharrigan9553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    U.S: Dude can you stop killing our guys?!
    Severloh: Stop sending your guys

  • @abooga8
    @abooga8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3841

    Can we give some props to Severloh's assistant gunner who fed him bullets that whole time?

    • @PANZERFAUST90
      @PANZERFAUST90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      no

    • @azutard9839
      @azutard9839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      yes

    • @GradeAMasterLukens
      @GradeAMasterLukens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Yeah no

    • @asdfghjk5880
      @asdfghjk5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Yes

    • @Prometheus19853
      @Prometheus19853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

      Not only that, but his assistant gunner was most likely the guy shooting the stragglers that made it past the MG42 as well. That was one of the duties for an assistant gunner in an MG42 team, close defense of the gun and gunner.

  • @Messines17
    @Messines17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2601

    Nice balance here, not all those defending Normandy were 'Nazis', it was kill or be killed.

    • @kloa4219
      @kloa4219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +323

      REEEEE ALL OF THEM WERE EVIL AND ATE CHILDREEEEEN

    • @WinterYuzu
      @WinterYuzu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kloa4219 was? .-.

    • @sam8404
      @sam8404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@WinterYuzu was what?

    • @abisrizvi2621
      @abisrizvi2621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@sam8404 lol bro, was IS what in German

    • @Faygo2215
      @Faygo2215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@kloa4219 ah yes I remember the nazis ate fucking children. The nazis were preity evil, but most of the soldiers were drafted and didn't want to be nazis

  • @horehoundbasedcandy8736
    @horehoundbasedcandy8736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    My great grandfather on my mother side was a German at Normandy Beach, on my fathers side my great grandfather was an American soldier at Hacksaw ridge. 😂
    Both my grandparents said if they had met, none of us would’ve existed.
    Apparently they got into a fight at the wedding between my grandmother and grandfather

    • @awoki4261
      @awoki4261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @tootaashraf1
      @tootaashraf1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i feel like what you said was a lie..

    • @firemangan2731
      @firemangan2731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tootaashraf1 Oh you would not believe how many strange stories are out there that turned out to be true...

    • @tootaashraf1
      @tootaashraf1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@firemangan2731 It's like apparently everyone's great grandfather was a soldier on D-Day.

    • @Johnny12575
      @Johnny12575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tootaashraf1 I mean, do you know how many grandfathers fought at D-day?

  • @lenney1833
    @lenney1833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    He lived in the same town as me.
    After the war he lived in lachendorf my hometown. There is also a street named after him. His family hat a nice small farm shop.
    Sorry for my Englisch😂

    • @zoria2527
      @zoria2527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats a pretty much a nice flex having a neighbour like severloh

    • @firemangan2731
      @firemangan2731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its rare to have WW2 veterans as neighbors nowadays. Remeber back then when the chances that your neighbors served in WW2 were high? Oh thoes were the days, even tho I wasen’t born at those times.

    • @darklibertario5001
      @darklibertario5001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      for some reason I think it's unlikely that they named a street in germany after a wehrmacht veteran who killed hundreds of allied soldiers

  • @golbalhelmut8442
    @golbalhelmut8442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +581

    In a German documentary he said, that he always had to vomit and cry his entire life after that day, because he couldn’t forget this 04:10 mentioned head shot. David Silver was the first man ne was able to talk with, years after this horrible day. They became very strong friends. David Silver introduced him also to other survivors during a Veteran’s meeting. The American soldiers gave him a chance to apologise and to made his peace. A lot of them (I have heard all of them, but I am not sure) became friends with him.
    Franz Gockel, another German survivor of D-Day and Heinrich Severloh dedicated their lives to the reconciliation of former enemies of war.

    • @bingobongo1615
      @bingobongo1615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Yes and the headshot was done with his rifle not the MG. That made it personal to him

    • @Halcon_Sierreno
      @Halcon_Sierreno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They were the ones invading.

    • @nathanrawlinson2614
      @nathanrawlinson2614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I don't see why he had to appoagise tbh. He wasn't fighting a war that day he was fighting for his life. He didn't really have a choice. Are Americans ever going to appoagise for all the people they have killed?

    • @Sgt.Grinch
      @Sgt.Grinch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bir asker savaşı kaybettikten sonra özür dilemeye zorunlu bırakılıyor ne saçma birşey müttefikler hiç sevmiyorum almanya tebrik ederim 2.dünya savaşındaki başarılarını

    • @thejohn6614
      @thejohn6614 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sgt.Grinch where are you from?

  • @Divert486
    @Divert486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2301

    The script they had you read for the sponsor was disgusting..

    • @gru7259
      @gru7259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      LMAOOOO it was so funny tho

    • @lordomega9959
      @lordomega9959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      O t t o m a n

    • @sammaxgoof8507
      @sammaxgoof8507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Better than youtubes trash ads if i see any people from their ads in real life someone is walking away with less teeth

    • @michaelmorse4444
      @michaelmorse4444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's like watching this video I saw about baby seals and otters.

    • @jabloko992
      @jabloko992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I refuse to watch or listen to ads/sponsors, could you tell me what it was like?

  • @ACM1PT95
    @ACM1PT95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The assistant gunner's assist kills ratio must had been quite remarkable

  • @famedgaming1865
    @famedgaming1865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The MG42 is the only gun that can earn a man the title of "Beast".

    • @Brokendog-wt4ul
      @Brokendog-wt4ul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *laughs in M134

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But M/28 gives you the title of "white death". But then again when you are the deadliest soldier i think "death" is a fair title.

    • @johnmurcott1273
      @johnmurcott1273 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Laughs in ma deuce

    • @Ak-47doge
      @Ak-47doge ปีที่แล้ว

      You never heard Of the m2 browning

  • @semirechicus5362
    @semirechicus5362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1546

    simo haya: I tip my hat one legend to another
    beast of Omaha: *tips MG42*

    • @oyuk4618
      @oyuk4618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      More like this

    • @oyuk4618
      @oyuk4618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Simo: I tip my Mosin Nagant to you, one legend to another.
      Severloh: tips MG42

    • @acornlord4553
      @acornlord4553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Did you just quote Rango

    • @ricky6608
      @ricky6608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *tips stahlhelm*

    • @jussieronen3707
      @jussieronen3707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@oyuk4618 Pystykorva, not Mosin Nagant

  • @AB-vf7ls
    @AB-vf7ls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    what do White death, beast of omaha and thanos have in common?
    *They all were or became Farmers*

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      The remains of the dead must make for good fertile ground.

    • @iamthehype3684
      @iamthehype3684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ricojes ironically they do.

    • @NUTella_enjoyer
      @NUTella_enjoyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Underrated

    • @elijah4606
      @elijah4606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Cincinnatus

    • @Phoenix8492
      @Phoenix8492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ricojes What makes the grass grow?
      _BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD!_
      Let’s also not forget Alvin York, even though he was from a totally different war

  • @marabiofitsialnyy3530
    @marabiofitsialnyy3530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i have a friend from america hes an old retired pilot and he told me his story and how he loves flight and this is his favorite song, my friend died bcus of tuberculosis, i will never forget him

  • @ray4nn
    @ray4nn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a hero
    Respect

  • @herrdoctor2895
    @herrdoctor2895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +670

    Severloh: shoot a G.I soldier 3 times.
    That soldier:I got a feeling that the guy that shot me 3 times will be my best friend.

    • @LongingSubset9
      @LongingSubset9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      They were friendship rounds.

    • @D-Z321
      @D-Z321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      GI Chaplin*

    • @Blei1986
      @Blei1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@LongingSubset9 friendly fire ;-)

    • @jaykovmalani9583
      @jaykovmalani9583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Blei1986 Me every time in a new game.

    • @JohnDoe-on6ru
      @JohnDoe-on6ru ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When boys fight vs when girls fight:

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    Just in case anyone couldn't figure it out, yes a MG-42 could plausibly be fired for 9 straight hours IF enough replacement barrels were available. Replacing the barrel on a MG-42 is quite easy and quick.

    • @benmaneson4420
      @benmaneson4420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Paul Bryson 12.000 plus rounds will not produce THAT many empty cases ...
      You don't shoot constantly but in bursts. Possible. Horrific and possible. It's sad what happens in war.

    • @benmaneson4420
      @benmaneson4420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @Paul Bryson Math ... i suppose (used to be in the army and know the MG42/MG3 with a decreased firerate). And horrifying theoretical thinking.
      The MG 42 is capable of up to 1.500 shots per minute. Not possible to fire that many rounds at once. You fire in bursts. So the barrel has time to cool down in between.
      Also you still have to aim ... Under ideal circumstances a barrel would last up to 4.000 rounds (8.000 with a chromed barrel).
      So ... i suppose he would have had a need for around 6 barrels if we suggested about 2.000 rounds per barrel. 6 to 8 barrels ... let's say 10. One every 1.200 rounds - fired in bursts.
      He had at least someone to supply him with barrels and ammunition. One box/magazine (belt fed) used to hold 250 rounds. Enough for a few minutes of surpressing fire. 12.000 rounds devided through 250 ... that's 48 boxes.
      You see ... it is possible to do that. Hard but possible. I heard that he most likely killed 600 - 1.000 men. That's enough, i think. Enough to spend the rest of your life thinking about the lifes you took. One life can bring you nightmares until you close your eyes for the last time.

    • @benmaneson4420
      @benmaneson4420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Paul Bryson That is what war does to us people :-(

    • @Prometheus19853
      @Prometheus19853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Paul Bryson - You can store 10k 7.62x54 NATO rounds in a fairly small space, the Abrams has a single 10k round belt for its coax. 7.92x57mm isn't much bigger, and came in either 250 round belts, or 50 round "assault cans". Since he was in a fixed position, it's reasonable to assume a large stockpile, and a pallet of ammo cans would only take up a couple square feet of floor space. The barrels also take up little space, as they're simply the barrel and a small square section that locks it to the chamber. IIRC mobile gunnery teams carried a legitimate quiver of spare barrels, roughly 3-5. A fixed position would probably have a few crates of barrels available since weight is no issue, 10-20 spares for a fixed MG42 expecting heavy fighting would be both reasonable and easy to store.
      All in all, the required supplies could easily fit in the back of a modern pickup with room to spare.

    • @TheGuyThatsNotFunny
      @TheGuyThatsNotFunny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good to know.

  • @englandtehbest1922
    @englandtehbest1922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    American Solider: *STOP SPAMMING!*
    Severlo: *And I Took That Personally...*

  • @eJoops
    @eJoops 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I don’t know who is more of the beast, the MG42, or the man shooting it.

  • @otlayr3030
    @otlayr3030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +876

    I love how the MG42 sounds better in this than COD WWII

    • @jeronimo4702
      @jeronimo4702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      J.H. Goodsir The gun sounds are from the OG COD2

    • @isaacmarrufo8935
      @isaacmarrufo8935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Jeroen Gruyters I can still remember the Russian mission when you snipe a bunch of people on mg42s repelling an attack

    • @KianoUyMOOP
      @KianoUyMOOP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It sounds like a plasma repeater in that game; dreadful, as Gordon Ramsay would put it.

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cod ww2 sounds like pea shooter

    • @kquindarlewisfyindujbar
      @kquindarlewisfyindujbar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thats why I hate COD WW2. The sound design is half assed. And boring. Nothing is the proper fire rate. Nothing sounds how it should. Its fucking garbage.

  • @bestgaming4344
    @bestgaming4344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +649

    “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” - G.K. Chesterton

    • @robertanthonybermudez5545
      @robertanthonybermudez5545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Nah. Thats just a plain stupid prop to trick the young to fight an old man's war.

    • @FormulaVase-kp3dc
      @FormulaVase-kp3dc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not true, its a bit of both.

    • @16BitGamerCat
      @16BitGamerCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Except Mad Jack apparently. He just loved fighting.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some people fight because it gives them energy

    • @maksytheslav
      @maksytheslav 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah ok because that was why germany kept invading neutral countries

  • @pixynowwithevenmorebelkanb6965
    @pixynowwithevenmorebelkanb6965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    minigun: i am the be-
    MG 42: observe-
    MG 3: watch this

  • @gabrieldauz3533
    @gabrieldauz3533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im sad for those who died and for those who lived and had ptsd about the experience

    • @gabrieldauz3533
      @gabrieldauz3533 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Überzeugter Kafir they had no choice. They are even fighting this battle on france which was invaded by Germany. The US can't just stand by and wait for the germans to conquer mo countries gather resources and be stronger which ends up with germany invading the US

  • @brendandl.brandez6571
    @brendandl.brandez6571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    I keep noticing this common cliche
    Farmers = Great Warriors

    • @ottersirotten4290
      @ottersirotten4290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      cliches dont materialize out of thin air

    • @dudeman4514
      @dudeman4514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@ottersirotten4290 they materialize out of farms

    • @armija
      @armija 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      People who work hard in peace time tend to be better soldiers, it is not a cliche it is FACT.

    • @ottersirotten4290
      @ottersirotten4290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@armija Also the common Soldier learns Marksmanship during Infantrytraining, the common Farmboy learns Marksmanship when hes old enough to carry a Rifle, knowing the Target runs away if the first Shot misses.
      There was an Instance during the Boer Wars were the british Army Doctrin said a Firefight beyond 300m or something is impossible, they changed that after they got wrecked by Boer Kommandos at a Distance of 500-600m

    • @rasgrul8778
      @rasgrul8778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah most warrior classes in early years was the farming lower class. Kinda runs in their blood

  • @rsuriyop
    @rsuriyop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When you end up collecting kill counts like this guy, I don't think any kind of therapy would ever allow you to live life normally again. Same thing happened to Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier during WWII, who suffered from severe PTSD. These men were essentially internally condemned for the rest of their lives, even if they did manage to survive WWII.

    • @applesandgrapesfordinner4626
      @applesandgrapesfordinner4626 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He felt even more guilty after watching a documentary on German war orphans. Even in a justified war were one has little reason to feel guilty for, the tragedy of it all will make the victor a loser

  • @michaeljohnmorales7613
    @michaeljohnmorales7613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kill : 982
    Assist : 13
    Death : 0
    Damn that's OP

    • @troystaunton254
      @troystaunton254 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guy goes on a kill streak and god gives the nuclear strike prize to his enemy.

  • @memmoman
    @memmoman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2965

    WW2 Dream Team:
    Sniper: Simo Häyhä
    Leader: Mad Jack Churchill
    Scout: Leo Major
    Machine Gunner: Heinrich Severloh
    Pilot: Douglas Bader
    Pilot #2: Erik Hartmann
    Medic: Desmond Doss
    Artillery: Vojtek the Bear
    Tank commander: Erwin Rommel
    Rifleman: Audie Murphy
    Sniper #2: Vasily Zaitsev
    Survival Specialist: Hiroo Onoda
    Sniper #3: Ljudmila Pawlitschenko
    Second In Command: Lauri “Larry Thorne” Törni
    Tank Commander #2: Kurt Knispel
    Gurkha: Laachiman Gurung
    Add suggestions in the answers

    • @leopardcentury4079
      @leopardcentury4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      I'd say pilot: Galland

    • @takumifujiwara5679
      @takumifujiwara5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Medic: Desmond Doss

    • @americancaesar1830
      @americancaesar1830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +335

      @@takumifujiwara5679 Slav: Viktor Reznov

    • @memmoman
      @memmoman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@takumifujiwara5679 damn i forgot, thanks

    • @porthard5951
      @porthard5951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      101 airborne captain winters(combat leader) hang tough

  • @hyungilkoo9340
    @hyungilkoo9340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3931

    Fired for 9 hours, wow, the quality of German stuff

    • @nicknewton3390
      @nicknewton3390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      HYUNG IL KOO except the entire story is bullshit.

    • @thecreativetype3273
      @thecreativetype3273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1153

      @@nicknewton3390 triggered american

    • @nanab256
      @nanab256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      12000 rounds is 10min of constant shooting, this story is fake or he shooting only 1s for every 1min

    • @Erraddo
      @Erraddo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

      @@nanab256 you fire machineguns in short bursts of less than a second, aim between bursts, and often change barrels. Also, there were lulls in the fighting. 12000 per 9h is believable.

    • @nanab256
      @nanab256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Erraddo this mean two 0,5s bursts for every minute, 30s aiming for one burst? still unbeliveable. U cant overheat barell shooting like this. replacing mg42's barell =5 seconds

  • @dizzi051herab7
    @dizzi051herab7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Impressive yes, but given the fact that the mg 42 has a fire rate of 1000-1400 rounds a minute (depending on the version, the early versions of the mg 42 had a much higher rate of fire but misfunctioned more often because of that, so they dropped the fire rate a bit) most of the time he was probably using his infantry rifle, letting his mg cooling down. Cause 12.000 rounds/ 1000 or 1400 rounds a minute isn’t that much time firing the mg, so I think that the impressive part is that he got through firing a repeater for most of the time, that’s gotta hurt your shoulder after a while.

  • @SantaCelest1na
    @SantaCelest1na 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    1000+ kills and 0 death...
    I think he is using “aim bot” and other hacker’s souspicious things.

  • @parakitjrgensen3658
    @parakitjrgensen3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1039

    Smooth Kill Death Ratio of 1000 - 1.

    • @Adrianrafael04
      @Adrianrafael04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      DavidsonParaquet it’s between 1 and 2 thousand.

    • @minh6327
      @minh6327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Don’t think most people understand this comment but I’m learning ratios so I do.

    • @PassTheSnails
      @PassTheSnails 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      100% Highlights uh ratios are super easy to understand I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t get this comment

    • @benaskalinskas4154
      @benaskalinskas4154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@minh6327 do you seriously think "most people" dont understand ratios?

    • @Adrianrafael04
      @Adrianrafael04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Kaul Brendamin he’s gotta be trolling

  • @bananawizard8084
    @bananawizard8084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4528

    If he'd been an American soldier, he would have been called "The hero of Omaha"

    • @rickyjagodowski69
      @rickyjagodowski69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +498

      If he'd been an American soldier, he wouldn't have had a machine gun. He would only have had a rifle.

    • @marcosburgos8415
      @marcosburgos8415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +389

      If he were an American soldier he would have probably died on the beach helping the allies liberate Europe from the Germans

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@rickyjagodowski69 What he meant was a reversal of the situation

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene!!! Canadians also won, Canadians speak mostly French or English

    • @Vindicator_SD
      @Vindicator_SD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      I feel like beast still implies a bit of respect to him, like it gives him a kind of mythological aura. Same way the marines are called devil dogs, taken literally that might not be a compliment but figuratively its a nice catchphrase. Also if a GI did that he could've gotten that name too just sayn

  • @catholicracialist776
    @catholicracialist776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Germans: "Welcome to Europe"

    • @blackappleslo
      @blackappleslo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe they should welcome the refugees now the same

    • @catholicracialist776
      @catholicracialist776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@blackappleslo They are not the only problem.

    • @blackappleslo
      @blackappleslo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Catholic Racialist definitely not, but still one of it. Also people who despise their own culture.

    • @catholicracialist776
      @catholicracialist776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@blackappleslo More than 80% of the white skinned population in Europe has mixed D-N-A now (not racially pure Celtic, germanic or slavic D-N-A)

    • @catholicracialist776
      @catholicracialist776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is an absolute tragedy for Europe

  • @royalmatty6273
    @royalmatty6273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn that guy has a very good gaming chair

  • @projectkepleren
    @projectkepleren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    a farmer with gun is still the most effective infrantry

    • @BIGBLOCK5022006
      @BIGBLOCK5022006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Otokichi786 Same thing with Simo Hayha and Audie Murphy.

    • @johannschmidt3389
      @johannschmidt3389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's what we keep trying to tell you, but no one listens

    • @pittsburghpirate58
      @pittsburghpirate58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Surfers are better

    • @johannschmidt3389
      @johannschmidt3389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      pittsburghpirate58, Surfers are the worst people to exist

    • @kristopherrosales9643
      @kristopherrosales9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about the civil war

  • @Igyzone
    @Igyzone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    *When you loose a match because no one in your team killed the mg camper*

    • @sheinannawack7518
      @sheinannawack7518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Including you

    • @bubblegumgun3292
      @bubblegumgun3292 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      as an MG camper with threat detector in cod bops 2 In the Map Raid . you know the spot asolute non stop fire.

    • @blaineerp9225
      @blaineerp9225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mounted MG42 with rapid fire and FMJ in cod WW2 Search absolute endless firing

    • @johns5638
      @johns5638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *lose

  • @ssanyal8867
    @ssanyal8867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He is the Hero of Omaha. He was fighting for his country.

    • @magentachaos9080
      @magentachaos9080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed

    • @captainsandwhich7469
      @captainsandwhich7469 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He literally fought on land his country invaded

    • @hil449
      @hil449 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Volksgrenadier cope what? You're reported

    • @crescelo5172
      @crescelo5172 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Volksgrenadier he still lost so go cry

    • @ravanpee1325
      @ravanpee1325 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@captainsandwhich7469 France declared war first after we invaded Poland

  • @terranceippolito5061
    @terranceippolito5061 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My all time favorite Line from this is when he says. “He was Fed Ammunition from a soldier he didn’t Know..”

  • @Makkis
    @Makkis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    1:16 end of ad

    • @no_kasa
      @no_kasa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thanks

    • @starkiller6864
      @starkiller6864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A true hero

    • @no_kasa
      @no_kasa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@starkiller6864 yes you are right

    • @burde109
      @burde109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You will be honored

    • @F1Z5Y
      @F1Z5Y 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sponsoring*

  • @vergilsmotivation5126
    @vergilsmotivation5126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2569

    The Beast of Omaha was no hero, nor was he a villain, he was just serving his country and doing his part in defending it. If going by that logic, then every man fighting for their country, every soldier, would be a villain.

    • @lvpo8866
      @lvpo8866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Duolingo Bird war hero that should have been able to get an iron cross 1st class

    • @aoi_hanazawa
      @aoi_hanazawa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Except terrorists.

    • @ProcyonAlpha
      @ProcyonAlpha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      It was France, not his fucking country.

    • @Snoooo
      @Snoooo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ProcyonAlpha France is a joke anyway, better to let stronger countries get it.

    • @vergilsmotivation5126
      @vergilsmotivation5126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      ProcyonAlpha are you seriously that stupid? He was fighting for Germany. He is German. Yeah, he was fighting in France

  • @shrekgamer4199
    @shrekgamer4199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow This guy was destined to protect his bases

    • @Kxy2x
      @Kxy2x 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing thoughts shrek gamer

  • @fancydoggo3065
    @fancydoggo3065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That one teammate that goes berserk if the enemy invade his squad’s land.

  • @fedemedina3129
    @fedemedina3129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +444

    Legends say after that day, the mg 42 was nerfed

    • @Zaluskowsky
      @Zaluskowsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Belt length - 10
      Reload +120 ms
      Barrel Heat Resistance - 30

    • @TheWolvesCurse
      @TheWolvesCurse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      the nerfed version is called mg3

    • @InfamousMax
      @InfamousMax 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ... and the nerf continued
      MG42:
      8mm Mauser
      50 - 120 rounds
      1200 - 1500 rpm
      battlerange 800m (bipod) 1200m (lafette)
      MG3:
      .308 Winchester
      120 - 150 rounds
      1200 rpm
      battlerange 800 (bipod) 1200m (lafette)
      MG5:
      .308 Winchester
      50 - 100 rounds
      approx. 720 rpm
      battlerange 600m (bipod) approx. 1000m (lafette)

    • @TheWolvesCurse
      @TheWolvesCurse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@InfamousMax that's not accurate. 3500m battlerange? not in your wildest dreams.
      mg3 also has the lafette. battlerange on bipod is 600meters and 1200 on lafette. it's the same for the mg42.

    • @InfamousMax
      @InfamousMax 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheWolvesCurse directly from Wikipedia:
      200-2,000 m (219-2,187 yd) sight adjustments
      3,500 m (3,828 yd) with tripod and telescopic sight
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_42
      For the MG3 they didn't distinguished between bipod and lafette on the german site, but you seem to be correct there.

  • @pineapplelapolynesia1994
    @pineapplelapolynesia1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    4:58 He didn’t get the kill he only got hit markers
    Gotta hate the juggernaut perk

    • @Chrisey96.
      @Chrisey96. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1000 kills that's like 40 tactical nukes

  • @ButterBallTheOpossum
    @ButterBallTheOpossum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He reached level 10 prestige in 9 hours.

  • @dheemantanil
    @dheemantanil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Gentleman, Welcome to Europe "

    • @barryrims9098
      @barryrims9098 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah and the allies basically took over europe within a year

  • @manutd22
    @manutd22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1558

    American bombers missed their target b'cos of unstable internet connection

    • @Tikii_9
      @Tikii_9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      War Feather funny joke but it was because of thick fog

    • @animeshhazarika669
      @animeshhazarika669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      250ms ping and 5% loss packets

    • @baseballcentral5355
      @baseballcentral5355 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carlos Andujar
      They were told to drop late.

    • @chonktiger2632
      @chonktiger2632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      P25 ANI should be 800+ ping, as i always play on 250 ping and it works fine

    • @wild_insomnia
      @wild_insomnia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      very funny,moron

  • @wolfmanAl
    @wolfmanAl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1011

    Cotton Hill: "I killed fiddy men!"
    Hein Severloh: "Halt mal mein Bier..."

    • @jonnelmadanlo7154
      @jonnelmadanlo7154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Bro it means "Stop my beer" its actually Halten Sie mein Bier

    • @wolfmanAl
      @wolfmanAl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@jonnelmadanlo7154 Uhm... I AM German. I know what it means. "Halten SIE mein Bier. " is formal. "Halt mal mein Bier. " is informal and something people would rather say in daily life.
      You need to know the way people speak here before you correkt an actual German about his own langlauge.

    • @hoxxi2373
      @hoxxi2373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      wolfmanAl Der Typ der dich halt verbessert hat kennt anscheinend keine umgangssprache

    • @yareyare_dechi
      @yareyare_dechi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      are you sure you're really german? A true german wouldnt ask someone to hold his beer. hed just shout PROST! skol it then get on with the task

    • @AlvosElRey
      @AlvosElRey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go back to Jersey!

  • @gabejona7832
    @gabejona7832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    His accuracy was beyond good

    • @oluftheexplorer9476
      @oluftheexplorer9476 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think you understand accuracy. Have you ever gone shooting, either at a range, or just in your backyard at stationary objects and or targets? You literally can't miss unless you try to miss.
      This is what it was, so saying his accuracy is good is laughable

    • @gabejona7832
      @gabejona7832 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oluftheexplorer9476 bruh the machine gun 42 fired like crazy and had crazy recoil, for him to kill that many soldiers, he must’ve been skilled

  • @nodev1
    @nodev1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    9 hours of constant shooting would have been 650-800k rounds depending on the rate of fire of the MG42. Maybe he meant minutes, that would have been in line with the claimed 12k rounds.

    • @FlyLeah
      @FlyLeah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its fired in bursts.

    • @ajvarninja415
      @ajvarninja415 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gl firing 1200 rounds on any weapon without changing or cleaning the barrel

  • @baduploadschedule1015
    @baduploadschedule1015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    4:22 sounds like one of the death audio cues from Lego Star Wars

  • @Lebschig
    @Lebschig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    Farmers understand the saying: "this is our land!" literally

    • @mustard4762
      @mustard4762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Get off my farm!

    • @sooryan_1018
      @sooryan_1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OUR LAND?
      Those are Soviet and Vietnamese farmers my man

    • @lawrencetalbot8346
      @lawrencetalbot8346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Except it wasn’t. It was Frances

    • @kalanimoeai584
      @kalanimoeai584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lawrencetalbot8346 ok

    • @oannamphuong6373
      @oannamphuong6373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sooryan_1018 farmers are farmers!

  • @Plush_180
    @Plush_180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Damn had they gave him more ammo then d-day would have been stopped

    • @Tom-2142
      @Tom-2142 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No it wouldn’t have, he’s one man against thousands

    • @medic9967
      @medic9967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well that's only omaha. The other landing sites were taken already.

    • @knutritter461
      @knutritter461 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was not just about ammo. You forget about more barrels for the MG42...

    • @azureprophet
      @azureprophet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guess you didn't see the part where his gun was destroyed by a ship.

    • @d4tas42
      @d4tas42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@azureprophet only because he didn`t have ammo

  • @jacobdavis7732
    @jacobdavis7732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sponsorship ends at 1:16 fellas

  • @vorples4886
    @vorples4886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    I really like hearing stories from the German perspective, it’s a side you don’t see often.

    • @Halcon_Sierreno
      @Halcon_Sierreno 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If his claims are correct then he was basically responsible for about 50% of the total number of dead soldiers during the Normandy landings. You ok with that?

    • @oluftheexplorer9476
      @oluftheexplorer9476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@Larsa "Did his duty" ... Defending a immoral, robotic, unfeeling, unthinking German soldier are we? Interesting.

    • @WHistory430
      @WHistory430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Oluf The Explorer Just remember, the allies deliberately killed over 4000 civilians in Dresden and they killed over 30 German and Italian soldiers who had already surrendered in cold blood at Biscari, Italy. Also, just remember Severloh was in the Wehrmacht, the regular German army, not the Waffen SS, who ran the concentration camps. Severloh's lieutenant ordered him to kill any Americans he saw. The Germans were also trained from a very young age, on average, 8-9 years old, to show no mercy to the allies in battle. So don't call him "immoral, robotic, unfeeling, or unthinking", because he was doing his duty as a soldier in the Whermacht.

    • @tiagomonteiro130
      @tiagomonteiro130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@oluftheexplorer9476 Lol you don't understand that every army in the world is different that's just how German Soldiers work modern German Soldiers do exactly the same thing a modern German Soldier said i'm a Soldier so i don't think about why i'am here i just do my job the government had a reason for sending us that's just how German Soldiers are and always were

    • @tiagomonteiro130
      @tiagomonteiro130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@oluftheexplorer9476 Your problem is you think like a Civillian but this is the military

  • @hardware199
    @hardware199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1253

    This wouldn´t have happened if they had banned him from the server.

    • @RigoMcBloxian
      @RigoMcBloxian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      *Truly Facisinating*

    • @troopx
      @troopx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He got an exploit.

    • @lugie
      @lugie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Damn camper

    • @minotaur6360
      @minotaur6360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      There wouldn't be world war 2, if they banned hitler.

    • @notibutthespicegirls9372
      @notibutthespicegirls9372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm getting tired of comments like this.

  • @JohnRamboPT
    @JohnRamboPT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this story, u got a new sub, keep up good content

  • @madmanpete
    @madmanpete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1st rule of History: DONT LOSE WARS
    if your side lost, your side will be called evil in the years to come

  • @1negative169
    @1negative169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    my grandfather told his stories on d day, He said when the Door fell, his friend in front of him died instantly, my grandfather was buried among the bodies until allies found him, alive with a scar on his cheek and his gun still with him hes cleans everyweek, he was given the purple heart.

    • @dhdhhuddxnxnxnxnx5438
      @dhdhhuddxnxnxnxnx5438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      th-cam.com/video/y4bPLEaPsFM/w-d-xo.html

    • @judd-on5vz
      @judd-on5vz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      thank your grandfather for his service for me!

    • @meyr1992
      @meyr1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      not to be rude but he was given the purple heart for staying under his dead friends and not participating in the battle ?

    • @jamescooke5091
      @jamescooke5091 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@meyr1992 really? What would you have done in this situation if the person directly infront of you was instantly killed. He probably (maybe) had never experienced this type of conflict before and in this extreme case I think I’d drop down to the floor too in panic and shock knowing that somehow I’m still alive and everyone around me is dead because they stayed stood up.

    • @meyr1992
      @meyr1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamescooke5091 i would totally do the same too but would be really surprised to get a reward for it

  • @kal.50bmg32
    @kal.50bmg32 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    I met him in 2001. He still was awfully sorry for what he did, but he simply wanted to survive.

    • @ayyarmia9186
      @ayyarmia9186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow..

    • @serdarcam99
      @serdarcam99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      he was doing hes duty to defend hes country there was lots of war crimes on ww2 but that wasnt one of them that was just stupid usa generals who thinked they can capture fortified beach rushing only and without support

    • @umberto7773
      @umberto7773 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@serdarcam99 so France was his country?

    • @serdarcam99
      @serdarcam99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@umberto7773 if nazis would won the war it will be

    • @chiefsosaalmighty3320
      @chiefsosaalmighty3320 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      R/that happened

  • @Cobretsov2022
    @Cobretsov2022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That moment when you are on a very good killstreak that the enemy team orders a whole ship on your position.

  • @roseaceae
    @roseaceae 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have tinnitus and when you said that he’d been shooting for nine straight hours, I randomly got a super loud, sharp ringing. I thought it was the video and had to pause before realizing it was my own ears.

  • @theparrot7473
    @theparrot7473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    I like how you show the Germans as humans who have emotions.

    • @johncaedo2147
      @johncaedo2147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Should we show the Taliban as humans?

    • @cutelasscutlass876
      @cutelasscutlass876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      John Caedo Maybe not all the religious extremists causing the fighting, but the young men forced into it.

    • @_GatoradeMeBitch
      @_GatoradeMeBitch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@valentino4321 Where do you find stuff to back that up? Such a vague sentence and not even a big percentage.. Probably 20% of students in any given classroom are unhappy with the school, doesn't mean anything

    • @spookbuster4862
      @spookbuster4862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johncaedo2147 They are, so probably.

    • @herculean616
      @herculean616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      The Germans fought with actual respect for the enemy whilst the current religious extremists now fight for someone who doesn't exist.

  • @LordSummerIsle73
    @LordSummerIsle73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    Farmers seem to have good aim, imagine if storm troopers were farmers, Star Wars would last about 2 seconds before everyone was instantly demolished by storm troopers god like aim

    • @gamerized
      @gamerized 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Cameron Steven The stormtroopers firing at Luke, Han, and others were given orders not to kill them, but strike fear or detain them.

    • @ChallisVenstra
      @ChallisVenstra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      “Look at these blast points, too precise for sand people.” *storm trooper miss everyone*

    • @NareshSinghOctagon
      @NareshSinghOctagon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Don't forget,Luke is also a farm boy.

    • @obamnaprismus
      @obamnaprismus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gamerized hey, they were under luke's fathers orders so I think it explains itself

    • @mcstriker
      @mcstriker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stormtroopers weren't the main army for the Empire. There was the Imperial Army instead. Stormtroopers were used for their name. To *storm* and take over areas of key importance, not for defence which is why they were often seen as ineffective within Star Wars.

  • @jillhasenberggindt4236
    @jillhasenberggindt4236 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for making these video the make me so happy

  • @DraftTheHippies
    @DraftTheHippies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s a miracle that despite the intense fighting, the casualties were low compared to the disaster that was the Somme