The Invincible Soldier Who Would Not Die

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  • @forti3814
    @forti3814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5920

    "At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness
    An immortal soldier finds his home
    Proven under fire, over trench and wire
    No fear of death, he's unshakeable"

    • @roncyrebello6407
      @roncyrebello6407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      Sabaton

    • @jackiesharp7408
      @jackiesharp7408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      @@roncyrebello6407 I am here too. Sabaton kill it every time.

    • @AcidifiedMammoth
      @AcidifiedMammoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      SA BA TON SA BA TON

    • @raf6029
      @raf6029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      "No fear of death, he is forged for the war!
      He will always be coming for more!"

    • @bloodthirstycorse7956
      @bloodthirstycorse7956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      At the edge of madness, he will show no sadness
      Never broken, he'll be back for more
      Proven under fire, over trench and wire
      Forged for the war, he's unbreakable!

  • @zelithfang2365
    @zelithfang2365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6064

    I've always heard the saying "He was made for war" but I never seen an example so accurate to this quote. This man was quite literally made for war

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Destined for war

    • @wheelocheese7602
      @wheelocheese7602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Nah, war was made for this man

    • @zachpalmero1356
      @zachpalmero1356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@wheelocheese7602 great name mate

    • @eldi9729
      @eldi9729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Designed for war

    • @nathanrabbani5035
      @nathanrabbani5035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yeah dude his plot armour is of the chart's

  • @madeyalook121
    @madeyalook121 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    This man fought in both World War's, getting severe injuries throughout both, and managed to make it to 80+. Absolute unit. Respect

    • @thepapakeeganshow6440
      @thepapakeeganshow6440 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      In total he survived 5 wars, 5 plane crashes, 13 injuries, and a multitude of POW camps

    • @FreelancerFreak
      @FreelancerFreak ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pretty epic

    • @mozxz
      @mozxz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      and yet, some stairs gave him his greatest injury......

    • @merafirewing6591
      @merafirewing6591 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@mozxz the worst enemy of all.

    • @RekhaSaxena-xv5xm
      @RekhaSaxena-xv5xm 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The worst injury yet was done by some measly stairs😢

  • @alexthompson3500
    @alexthompson3500 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    I love how he ONLY retired after he fell down stairs. Not from the many, MANY injuries from battle (like how any SANE person would). No- only from falling down a flight of stairs. This man is THE real life final boss.

    • @MisterHowzat
      @MisterHowzat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Gives a new meaning to "These stairs are killing me."

    • @Nick._.Production_team
      @Nick._.Production_team 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      idk how but I hate stairs now

    • @neo-didact9285
      @neo-didact9285 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He was on his last bar of HP when that happened.

    • @Nick._.Production_team
      @Nick._.Production_team 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@neo-didact9285 *Bombastic side eye*

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2821

    This guy was willing to *bite* off his own fingers so that the nurses had to amputate it, *the balls of this man*

    • @suhanhwang9988
      @suhanhwang9988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      More like he bit the fingers off because the nurses weren't gutso enough to do it for him.

    • @alexavieralagao3343
      @alexavieralagao3343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I see what you did there

    • @EpicYoutubeHandle
      @EpicYoutubeHandle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Titanium balls

    • @CRENOKOGOD
      @CRENOKOGOD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      So big they collapse space time

    • @alrn1282
      @alrn1282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Pain is weakness leaving the body

  • @SmotheryAxe1414
    @SmotheryAxe1414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3764

    This guy brings a whole new meaning to the term "built different"

    • @DeathHelper420
      @DeathHelper420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol fr that is true . The men in ww1 was insane aswell. It was digging n hand to hand combat. The other weapons were straight up artillery lined up. The germans theory was " if you shoot 50 artillery in a area. Its eventually going to hit something". At that time the weapons was primitive. Basically were the name ( No Mans Land ) comes from burned out fields* of 100s of acres . Not noticing it came from artillery from 1 to 2 miles away hiding

    • @frankangelino6058
      @frankangelino6058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@DeathHelper420 What do you mean the weapons were "primitive." They were modern weapons that killed like twelve million people

    • @zaodedong9935
      @zaodedong9935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@frankangelino6058 for real. 🤣
      I didn't know rifles and artillery were primitive weapons. 🤣

    • @chaseviking5096
      @chaseviking5096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He's a perfect example of what a warrior is

    • @TheAKgunner
      @TheAKgunner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@zaodedong9935 He most likely referred to the clubs and handmade maces soldiers used on trench raids.

  • @JustBreme
    @JustBreme ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Bro remember his dad's word
    *"Son remember, dying is gay"*

    • @furiouschicken1
      @furiouschicken1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wanna react but I dont wanna change the number

    • @ghostcasper3185
      @ghostcasper3185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lmmfao😂

  • @multifister47
    @multifister47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Now I think it’s safe to say the majority of you have never seen a grenade, much less held and operated one. So I think it is worth mentioning that to pull a grenade with your teeth implies you have no other plans for your teeth after whatever it is you’re doing at that time. This dude did that multiple times. What an absolute mad lad

    • @dominykasmetlevski1896
      @dominykasmetlevski1896 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      That's the case for modern grenades. The whole grenade pin teeth-pulling thing originated from WW1/WW2 when the amount of force needed to pull out the pin wasn't as high. Later on, they made it higher for safety purposes but the trope would continue to exist in movies.

    • @multifister47
      @multifister47 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@dominykasmetlevski1896 well that would certainly makes sense. Safety regulation wasn’t necessarily a primary concern back in those days lmao

    • @dominykasmetlevski1896
      @dominykasmetlevski1896 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@multifister47 It would be pretty crazy if it was the case with this guy though. Considering the other stuff he did I wouldn't be surprised. I'd imagine he would shatter some teeth and then save each tooth for one grenade lmao

    • @tylergooden2183
      @tylergooden2183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ve seen a grenade. They look like small pineapples.

  • @danielnavarro537
    @danielnavarro537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3413

    I’ve heard of this man. Served in Africa, World War One in some horrific battles, wars during the Russian civil war, and in World War Two. Man was surely a warrior at heart. He kept going on for his country. For king and country. Godspeed Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart.

    • @iijoe138
      @iijoe138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don’t spill the beans.

    • @iijoe138
      @iijoe138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      kidding

    • @NoFaceCobain
      @NoFaceCobain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      For king and country 🎖🏅

    • @danielnavarro537
      @danielnavarro537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@NoFaceCobain 🇬🇧

    • @iijoe138
      @iijoe138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh

  • @ryanlucas5278
    @ryanlucas5278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2620

    You can’t help but respect a man who amputated his own fingers oh and a man who survived both world wars on the frontline

    • @LoudaroundLincoln
      @LoudaroundLincoln 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You ever see Dad's Army? Arnold Ridley who played Pvt Godfrey lost the use of his arm after being bayonetted in the first war and then volunteered again as an officer in the second war. He was denied front line service but they still kept him around for logistical service I believe.
      Kind of ironic as his character was portrayed as a conscientious objector.

    • @nolanbugg
      @nolanbugg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He’s one of da boys taking bullets for his friends country and family fighting for freedom

    • @chillylizerd
      @chillylizerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      All while running, headfirst, at the enemies.

    • @carlbirtles4518
      @carlbirtles4518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@LoudaroundLincoln Godfrey was indeed a conscientious objector, but he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a stretcher bearer and during the Battle of the Somme, he went out into No Man’s Land under heavy fire and saved the lives of several soldiers and was awarded the Military Medal for his efforts.

    • @ajarofmayonnaise3250
      @ajarofmayonnaise3250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nolanbugg dont about the freedom part tho. He was imperialist.

  • @user-hn3uu3gj2g
    @user-hn3uu3gj2g ปีที่แล้ว +114

    My father served under him in Norway. In there retreat he sensed they were being followed by scouts. He used himself as bait to throw off the enemy and literally single handedly beat 4 of the enemy in hand to hand combat. He when used an elk carcass for earth to make it through the night before regrouping. He saved my fathers life.

    • @wildyoda2931
      @wildyoda2931 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow incredible story

    • @xXDarkeyXx
      @xXDarkeyXx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      damn

    • @MisterHowzat
      @MisterHowzat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I don't understand "He when used an elk carcass for earth to make it through the night...."

    • @five5762
      @five5762 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@MisterHowzat I'm going out on a limb here and guess that it actually says, "He then used an elk carcass for WARMTH to make it through the night."

    • @MisterHowzat
      @MisterHowzat 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@five5762 Yeah, what you say makes sense.

  • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
    @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y ปีที่แล้ว +30

    “But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood, restless harbingers of violence and bloodshed, knowing no other path....”
    ― Robert E. Howard

  • @cacadordevacilao6788
    @cacadordevacilao6788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5257

    This man lived his life as an fps protagonist, huge respect for such warrior

    • @San_1942_donotask
      @San_1942_donotask 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      C a ç a d o r d e v a c i l ã o

    • @MosquitoDoidoMaluco
      @MosquitoDoidoMaluco 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@San_1942_donotask KKKKKK

    • @Hideor
      @Hideor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      mf should have just touched a medkit

    • @gamevidz8763
      @gamevidz8763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Our real life Captain Price

    • @geraintdavies5137
      @geraintdavies5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sorry to ruin the belief of this great story and soilder but As a Historian myself this is fake. the first reason is that the channel maker simple history is lying as they say that the soilder joined the army in the second world war in 1899 which isnt the correct date if this war. the second world war began in 1939 september 1st. the second reason is that it is a extremely low chance to survive the injuries. As i may not be a scientist or medical profeesional i did learn a lot about that type of stuff. i also have a freind is a Doctor and i asked them to look into the injuries which the soilder had. they said alot of the injuries would normally kill someone either in about a day or a week without immediate medical care and surgeory. also the bullet around the back of the head depending where it hit would probally make the soilder unable to do alot of there everyday things. Just to be clear i am not putting any hate onto this youtuber there are quite a bit of facts and knowledge they say and also they just want to make interesting and entertaining content. i just wanted to clear up the miss infomation also im not saying the youtuber is lying they may have got it from a false source of infomation.

  • @sebastianmartellisr.3587
    @sebastianmartellisr.3587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1977

    An example of the differences between a Boss and a Leader... He was a Leader, I'm not saying he wasn't Reckless, but the Respect that he gained was earned in the most difficult way possible

    • @pedrobarbosaduarte3704
      @pedrobarbosaduarte3704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Uhm k?

    • @officalcrim
      @officalcrim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Applause to simple historys attention to detail ex 1907 smle bayonet

    • @xeanderman6688
      @xeanderman6688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He's not just a Boss
      He's Big Boss

    • @lukassvitek9561
      @lukassvitek9561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@xeanderman6688 I was just going to write that

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      well at least he lead from the front and not the rear. I can respect a guy like that.

  • @cyansorcerer6491
    @cyansorcerer6491 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    this man's bravery is quite impossible to put into words

  • @htx_locowedo
    @htx_locowedo ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My Great Grandfather was wounded in action in Germany December 4, 1944 on a reconnaissance patrol. He was shredded with machine bullets. 12 bullets. And 5 shrapnel pieces. 17 wounds. He would live on until 1964.

  • @greva2904
    @greva2904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1723

    The more action he saw, the more body parts he lost, and the less of him was left for his enemies to shoot at next time. No wonder he was so hard to kill!

    • @dragoon260
      @dragoon260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      Yeah his hitbox got smaller

    • @insertcoolnamehere8516
      @insertcoolnamehere8516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      That’s one way to look at it lol

    • @maquahuitl1989
      @maquahuitl1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      He was an adrenaline junkie who enjoyed a challenge

    • @dominikmeril1720
      @dominikmeril1720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That one is dark bro😂

    • @parkerf6649
      @parkerf6649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dragoon260 Hmmm. Realistic games would be really interesting

  • @marshall_19
    @marshall_19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1569

    "I swear to God I killed him 3 times already"
    -German Soldier

    • @yoda6292
      @yoda6292 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      "TODAY"*

    • @harlleygurrola8394
      @harlleygurrola8394 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      *De Wiart:* smirks

    • @e.j5813
      @e.j5813 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That’s super Mario for ya

    • @diSSonanceternal
      @diSSonanceternal ปีที่แล้ว +22

      he was MOTIVATED

    • @marshall_19
      @marshall_19 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@diSSonanceternal indeed he was

  • @tstreb66
    @tstreb66 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The invincible soldier who would not die:
    Stairs: Hold my beer.

  • @jarrettowens6073
    @jarrettowens6073 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    To know this guy survived all those injuries is as hard to believe as the story of Desmond Doss.

  • @gbmgaming
    @gbmgaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1059

    I imagine this guy's autobiography is just a page that says this:
    "The great war,
    Trenches, mud, blood, shell shock, death everywhere you look, misery all around.
    I miss it dearly"

    • @cookiemonsterwithrtxenable5015
      @cookiemonsterwithrtxenable5015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."

    • @Cha-Khia
      @Cha-Khia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@cookiemonsterwithrtxenable5015 Literally a thing he said... wrote.

    • @barebonesjones
      @barebonesjones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Cha-Khia alot of people do/did, it just isn't put in the media as much because some people find it disturbing.

    • @evoculusthechampion7510
      @evoculusthechampion7510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "I miss the bloodshed"

    • @Ferixstn
      @Ferixstn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@evoculusthechampion7510 THERE WILL BE...sorry carried away a bit

  • @MaskedButcher7
    @MaskedButcher7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1185

    Remember son, dying is gay
    Him: Yes, father

    • @geraintdavies5137
      @geraintdavies5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      is that a joke a little bit offensive but who cares its a good joke

    • @PurpleBroadcast
      @PurpleBroadcast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@geraintdavies5137 its not

    • @PurpleBroadcast
      @PurpleBroadcast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I did not have permission to die!

    • @PoznaTwizzy
      @PoznaTwizzy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@geraintdavies5137 bruh who tf cares

    • @StockyDude
      @StockyDude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LOL

  • @Sniper_shooter36
    @Sniper_shooter36 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bro was the main character💀💀

  • @CoolBluBoi
    @CoolBluBoi ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I guess you can say he was The Unkillable Soldier!
    Shot through the eye! Never surrender however they try

  • @GuitarxWolf
    @GuitarxWolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    *people starts attacking the train you’re on*
    Most people: “Damn it!”
    Adrian Carton: “Yessss! Finally!”

    • @comradpingu5745
      @comradpingu5745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Oh no! We are all going to die!
      Adrian Carton : "FINALLY, Someone worth the opponent, our battle will be legendary!"

    • @tlshortyshorty5810
      @tlshortyshorty5810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Passengers: "oh fu-"
      Adrian Carton: YOOOOO LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @thenexus8384
      @thenexus8384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Adrian Carton: "you dare oppose me mortal"

    • @MNM-lq9te
      @MNM-lq9te 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Blood for the blood god! Even though khorn would probaly be abit disappointed that he was using ranged weapons

    • @abysswalker2594
      @abysswalker2594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got a .455 With your name on it

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    “Frankly I had enjoyed the war”
    -Carton de Wiart
    What a guy

    • @polygonalfortress
      @polygonalfortress 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Reality is crazier than fiction

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@polygonalfortress movie producers: sounds unrealistic, let's tone it down.
      People who know the history well: WTF is this? This guy should be way more badass irl.

    • @dantemoriarty4059
      @dantemoriarty4059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He enjoyed the war. The FIRST World War. The most horrific one for the soldiers. That guy was batshit insane.

    • @Crested-jh3mb
      @Crested-jh3mb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like an alright guy to me.🤣

    • @michaelmorrison5280
      @michaelmorrison5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Generally, people who enjoy war are psychopaths. A psychopath's brain develops differently regarding sociality and emotions, so they are often confused and unhappy navigating other peoples' emotions in this contrived social construct we call society. When they're in war--where many emotionally healthy people dissociate due to PTSD--the psychopath feels like the world finally makes sense. They live for combat because in war they don't have to pretend to care about other peoples' feelings. If they kill their rivals and take their things, they're rewarded rather than punished. The bond with their brothers in arms is more real to them than any emotion ever was.

  • @tomaskennedy
    @tomaskennedy ปีที่แล้ว +51

    How was there never a movie made about this man?! 😳

    • @Green-ader
      @Green-ader ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because it would bring horror to Germans who react to it

    • @Aetila
      @Aetila ปีที่แล้ว +11

      But there is: "Terminator"

    • @platzpropeller858
      @platzpropeller858 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It might be very difficult to do so without glamorizing the concept of war

    • @merafirewing6591
      @merafirewing6591 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@platzpropeller858 You would have to be a director with serious balls to make a movie about become a reality in this day and age.

  • @oafishblowfish8951
    @oafishblowfish8951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    There`s a difference between bravery and madness. This man clearly was insane.

    • @screenname6829
      @screenname6829 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank god

    • @ChaplainPhantasm
      @ChaplainPhantasm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He was at the edge of madness, so to speak

    • @snappythesnapster1856
      @snappythesnapster1856 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@ChaplainPhantasmIn a time of sadness as well

    • @tavoa952
      @tavoa952 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@snappythesnapster1856 he's an inmortal soldier who finds his home

  • @mbrooks0711
    @mbrooks0711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1789

    I think my favorite part of this story is the fact that he spent 8 days “hiding” in the village where he escaped from prison. Pretty sure the Italians were checking every guy missing a left arm AND left eye. Still took them 8 days to find him lol

    • @limwater8230
      @limwater8230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Oh my god! Didn’t think of that!

    • @ryanphillips5688
      @ryanphillips5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      😂😂

    • @amuroray9115
      @amuroray9115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      He was a master of trolling lol

    • @brianmcintosh8337
      @brianmcintosh8337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ITALIANS KNOW HOW TO PARTY.THIS IS WHERE THE SCREEN PLOT FOR "WEEKEND AT BURNEYS" CAME FROM.DID THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VERSION OF DILUADID?WAS THERE HASHISH?DID THE ITALIANS INTRODUCE THIS GUY TO THEIR SISTERS?

    • @DaddySantaClaus
      @DaddySantaClaus ปีที่แล้ว +4

      have you ever been to italy??

  • @awc6007
    @awc6007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1915

    I learned about this guy a few years back. A true war legend. The real Big Boss

    • @killerqueen6054
      @killerqueen6054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I’m Big Boss, and you are too...

    • @jacaredosvudu1638
      @jacaredosvudu1638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No no no he was a chad

    • @Beretsquid
      @Beretsquid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@jacaredosvudu1638 just one problem; Big Boss IS a chad.

    • @jacaredosvudu1638
      @jacaredosvudu1638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Beretsquid A BIG CHAD BOSS

    • @StevenCodeBlack
      @StevenCodeBlack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The British World War I era equivalent to Big Boss and Big Boss would later be the American Cold War Era equivalent to him.

  • @RotaryMarx
    @RotaryMarx ปีที่แล้ว +7

    8:35 you can get brave wounds, but the chance of unbrave ones still exist.

  • @the_Ikar
    @the_Ikar ปีที่แล้ว +6

    First time I hear about him but I'm glad I do. Didn't expect him to be in Poland, my country. As a Pole and an ally, I salute him

  • @Bormannator
    @Bormannator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +925

    Another example of a soldier who wouldn't die is Medal of Honor recipient Matt Urban. He fought in WW2 and kept going AWOL to get back to his men after being wounded. The Germans started calling him "the ghost" because he always kept coming back.

    • @juj9305
      @juj9305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @St Hurley there are more that we probably don't know about that's the sad thing

    • @caydenrgarrett
      @caydenrgarrett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Another soldier is Matt Chapman, who was shot 16 times fighting the taliban with shrapnel wounds, holding his own, he was a one man army, there is a recording of it and it’s the first Medal of Honor ever recorded of all time.

    • @ay6033
      @ay6033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read about him in a book that man was an absolute legend

    • @giovannyc.1724
      @giovannyc.1724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did this inspire COD Ghost?

    • @Hateandlotus
      @Hateandlotus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      E 260th that was my first infanty co. Our basic training shirts had urban on them. High standard. That company was also disbanded due to "being too harsh"

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 2 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    This man can’t be hurt! He cannot be destroyed ! He’s-
    *Invincible title card*

    • @spiffygonzales5899
      @spiffygonzales5899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      "what will you have after FIVE.HUNDRED.YEARS!?!?"
      "My other eye"

    • @g3tshotheett
      @g3tshotheett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @99mrpogi
      @99mrpogi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chuck Norris

    • @fluffdragon6305
      @fluffdragon6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But a stair killed him

    • @spiffygonzales5899
      @spiffygonzales5899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fluffdragon6305
      The stair didn't kill him, he outlived life on top of the stairs

  • @brem-
    @brem- ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I find it kinda amazing that he was able to wander around for 8 days before being recaptured.
    Like he's a very distinc individual, idk if there were many Italian peasants who were missing their left eye, left hand, and part of their left ear.

  • @XLORDPROPL
    @XLORDPROPL ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:08 You called me a pole?!

  • @toothlessa7811
    @toothlessa7811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +776

    after every injury i was expecting him to say "where he died" or "he died shortly after" but no that guy was an absolute tank

    • @jaanuspapp1333
      @jaanuspapp1333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      He lived to be 83, death was simply too scared to take him before

    • @Yreev
      @Yreev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Maxed out his DEF stats.

    • @plavobackasredalarmsleader241
      @plavobackasredalarmsleader241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dude this guy is tank armor! I can’t even scream in pain when I stub my toe

    • @KetamineUser69
      @KetamineUser69 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Yreev nah fam he maxed out his healthpointz

    • @obi-wankenobi1750
      @obi-wankenobi1750 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was gonna die on his own terms

  • @blitz1738
    @blitz1738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1430

    Fun Fact: One of Napoleon's Marshal Oudinot, receive atleast 34 wounds in battle, 12 of witch where sabre slashes or thrust, 8 of which where gunshot wounds, 1 broken leg and 2 artillery wounds (canister/grape shot wound).

  • @michaelthemonkey112
    @michaelthemonkey112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This dude earns the definition of respect

  • @WorldWalker128
    @WorldWalker128 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Every decade a Hero is born. They don't always join a war, but when they do they inspire the generations that come after.
    What a soldier!

  • @williamhe1967
    @williamhe1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    Extra story: He [Adrian] met Mao Zedong at dinner and had a memorable exchange with him, interrupting his propaganda speech to criticise him for holding back from fighting the Japanese for domestic political reasons. Mao was briefly stunned, and then laughed.

    • @polygonalfortress
      @polygonalfortress 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      What a badass

    • @sunofgun07
      @sunofgun07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      What a badass

    • @berkerrang4149
      @berkerrang4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Legend.

    • @EthanJaye
      @EthanJaye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      This man is the personification of the word badass

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      the only person to criticise mao and get away with it

  • @j.peters1222
    @j.peters1222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +616

    What a badass. Not many people can claim to have had a more adventurous life than Adrian Carton De Wiart. A great story of perseverance through his many injuries accumulated during his decorated military career.

  • @davidwatt4511
    @davidwatt4511 ปีที่แล้ว

    Found this channel by accident 3 days ago and im loving it.Nice short informed videos.Got alot of catching up to do!!!

    • @davidwatt4511
      @davidwatt4511 ปีที่แล้ว

      As for the subject of the video he was as tough as old boots to use an old british saying...

  • @ranlit78
    @ranlit78 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The living embodiment of 'it's only a flesh wound.'

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1242

    On his experiences in World War I: "Frankly I had enjoyed the war." - Adrian Carton de Wiart

    • @youdontknowme403
      @youdontknowme403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      It was a Battlefield 1 match to him

    • @Lorddonen
      @Lorddonen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What an amazing soldier

    • @victormoisesgalvan1596
      @victormoisesgalvan1596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Give us something on the Battle of Mirbat

    • @Autobotmatt428
      @Autobotmatt428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ha! I mean you can't make this stuff up. Awesome just awesome

    • @SlyCooper1920
      @SlyCooper1920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@youdontknowme403 I'd say he's truly a mad Chad, Thad, AND Lad

  • @usurperslayer5057
    @usurperslayer5057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    The real “to angry to die”, awesome history, a real man how came back to battle not afraid of death.

    • @migglesism
      @migglesism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Too

    • @goldenmemes51
      @goldenmemes51 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tryndamere ult if you know you know

    • @Non-vegen
      @Non-vegen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldenmemes51 i get it

    • @FriendlySniperYT
      @FriendlySniperYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Polymer Tools He didn't fear death tho.

    • @zidanerizalalghifaryalghif3248
      @zidanerizalalghifaryalghif3248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      nah that's for the attack of the dead men
      for this guy it is, "to adventurous to die"

  • @alexanda7876
    @alexanda7876 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This man has lived the most eventful life of anyone on this planet ever in history

  • @TimeWizard727
    @TimeWizard727 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I respect him the most for not letting his disabilities stop him. I've gone through a lot in my life now that's lead me to have a stroke at 24. I escaped my family who imprisoned and noise tortured me for over 13 years, freeing myself and my sister and then climbing up from 11 years of homelessness using a background of psychological knowledge to do so. I used my knowledge of meditation and hypnosis in 2020 to not give up but heal myself entirely and make a full recovery. I've escaped death over 10 times now myself. This man is a great inspiration to keep going when things get hard. Thank you.

  • @Leanzazzy
    @Leanzazzy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    You have to remember that this man was born in 1880.
    He fought in both World Wars and during the Second World War (when the British Army called him back from Poland) he was literally 60+ years old.
    Yet he still came back and fought several campaigns and wars.
    How many people can say that today?

    • @yontbg1581
      @yontbg1581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Dunno maybe a grand total of 0

    • @dude9318
      @dude9318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      None dude .This man deserves a movie

    • @Ferixstn
      @Ferixstn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We are close to see people trough walls and using sci fi equippment like in the movies, dont know how many can even TRY

    • @mrredwastakenn
      @mrredwastakenn ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Even if there were more wars none would

    • @space4166
      @space4166 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nobody cuz everyone complain about their rights

  • @piercepayumo4212
    @piercepayumo4212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    This guy is Wolverine except without the healing factor.

  • @JOHNZNKCZ
    @JOHNZNKCZ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i really love the animation great work soldier!

  • @chosen_undeadd544
    @chosen_undeadd544 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Death is patient, it will wait." -The Ancestor

  • @willmorrell488
    @willmorrell488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    I love how he decided to casually just spend time in the Italian town rather than escape the country. What a Chad.

    • @willmorrell488
      @willmorrell488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @gonk droid Thanks. You should post it as a comment if you haven't already.

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He likely planning his next behind enemy lines move, an op to insurrect the occupying nazis when ripest.

  • @Thomas20Smith
    @Thomas20Smith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Adrian Carton de Wiart: “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
    Absolute legend, all us today wish we were as badass as this guy

  • @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle
    @LichsuhoathinhDrabattle ปีที่แล้ว

    The video is very good, the historical knowledge about the war is good and easy to absorb. I hope the channel grows more and more🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @andreijoaquin7342
    @andreijoaquin7342 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Survived war with 11 injuries
    Stairs: I'm about to end this whole man's career

    • @ketch10
      @ketch10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💀

  • @lammabearded3913
    @lammabearded3913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    this man is literally the saying "balls of steel" honestly mad respect to him.

    • @jamesalexander3530
      @jamesalexander3530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      With all those wounds no doubt his balls of steel were also blown off by a mine

    • @brendanliamgill99
      @brendanliamgill99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maddoxorellana7507 from what I remember but I could be mistaken he did have children at some point. so ether before that injury or somehow the enemy missed the "beans and stock" of steel. And just made a hole past them and out his behind making it hard to sit down.

    • @geraintdavies5137
      @geraintdavies5137 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry to ruin the belief of this great story and soilder but As a Historian myself this is fake. the first reason is that the channel maker simple history is lying as they say that the soilder joined the army in the second world war in 1899 which isnt the correct date if this war. the second world war began in 1939 september 1st. the second reason is that it is a extremely low chance to survive the injuries. As i may not be a scientist or medical profeesional i did learn a lot about that type of stuff. i also have a freind is a Doctor and i asked them to look into the injuries which the soilder had. they said alot of the injuries would normally kill someone either in about a day or a week without immediate medical care and surgeory. also the bullet around the back of the head depending where it hit would probally make the soilder unable to do alot of there everyday things. Just to be clear i am not putting any hate onto this youtuber there are quite a bit of facts and knowledge they say and also they just want to make interesting and entertaining content. i just wanted to clear up the miss infomation also im not saying the youtuber is lying they may have got it from a false source of infomation.

    • @lammabearded3913
      @lammabearded3913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@geraintdavies5137 let me guess, you were a navy seal officer promoted to general of the army when you were ten, got into Harvard at age 5, and graduated high school with a 10 GPA, with athletic abilities and being popular.
      edit: he enlisted in the army in 1899, to fight in the second war of something diffrent. mabye ur hearing is not right?

    • @leonweichand841
      @leonweichand841 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steel ? I think you meant tungsten.

  • @Furzkampfbomber
    @Furzkampfbomber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +857

    His greatest task, though, was to fully memorize the full name of his future wife after they've met for the very first time and to recite it on their second meeting without even one slip. Which impressed _Countess Friederike Maria Karoline Henriette Rosa Sabina Franziska Fugger von Babenhausen_ so much that she basically saw herself forced to marry him.

    • @clxse1
      @clxse1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

    • @abc_playzgames4657
      @abc_playzgames4657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I"m sorry but WHAT!?

    • @philiphockenbury6563
      @philiphockenbury6563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      A true gentleman.

    • @thebestever42
      @thebestever42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      My guy. Tf. I sometimes forget the wimmens in my bed..

    • @Ferixstn
      @Ferixstn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Aand he made her father mad af since he was a (german general?) Or something

  • @jianzhenzhao4173
    @jianzhenzhao4173 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Adrian was a great person was a boss and legend and the fact that he gave the credit to other soldiers was insanity. The bullet in the eye was insane how he lived and was a crazy guy with a rough life,lost ear,lost eye,lost hand,his hips,left arm,stomach,head,leg and ankle.he was one of the greatest soldiers in history,what a legend.His death was nostalgic and depressing😢

  • @lorinebfuston4728
    @lorinebfuston4728 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing work

  • @cheriefsadeksadek2108
    @cheriefsadeksadek2108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    When Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart was asked about His experience in the First World War he said "Frankly I had enjoyed the war "

  • @johngavin3180
    @johngavin3180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    You can tell a man is a legend when given a highly honorable commendation, he doesn't give himself the praise but praises the men who served along side him.

  • @cristhianbenitez5084
    @cristhianbenitez5084 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such an amazing story. It made me feel little sad when he passed away at 83, it was the same age my father passed away this year as well.

  • @itiswhatitis8160
    @itiswhatitis8160 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not even his body could stop him, absolute LEGEND

  • @Chapter-cz6ct
    @Chapter-cz6ct 2 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    This guy takes more bullets than I do in a first-person shooter game, wow!

    • @nickangelosuson2454
      @nickangelosuson2454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He takes more bullets than me in a easy mode level with the best armor

    • @Hussar117
      @Hussar117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh, took more bullets the a Call Of Duty Protagonist

    • @unitedkingdom4304
      @unitedkingdom4304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hussar117 i mean like cod potaganist just go to cover and he will heal

    • @Hussar117
      @Hussar117 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@unitedkingdom4304 True

    • @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s
      @WarbossR0kt00fSant0s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hussar117 Raul Menendez in full-on berserk Doom Slayer mode.

  • @toainsully
    @toainsully 2 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    Adrian Carton de Wiart is the real definition of "Too Angry to Die"

    • @user-im7km8tq7j
      @user-im7km8tq7j 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      finally some comment from where I can copypaste his name to google
      damn how channel did not wrote it in video description

    • @fallsprig4581
      @fallsprig4581 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-im7km8tq7jlowkey i respect this channel but they probably were too scared of getting fact checked into oblivion by the tide of military-history neckbeards

  • @jishin4657
    @jishin4657 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This brave man reminds me of Antonio Maceo Grajales, a hero of the Cuban war of independence. He received a total of 27 wounds, and the number 28 caused his death. Due to his great size and strength, along with his fighting spirit, he ended up nicknamed "The Bronze Titan".

  • @Liquidmetal6661
    @Liquidmetal6661 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would once again like to thank Sabaton for helping the newer generations understand the horrors and heroism of battles gone. I've always said that it's important to shed light on the forgotten stories too

  • @Mifey05
    @Mifey05 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I love how his body just goes
    'stop, we can't take this anymore!' and made him slip so that he retire

    • @levi_ellis
      @levi_ellis ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is no gonna comment on how he was Winston Churchill's ASSISTANT

  • @cytorakdemon
    @cytorakdemon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +900

    The angel of death came down for the soldier, only to feel a firm hand on her shoulder.
    "This one is mine," Ares said with a smile under his helmet.

  • @johansmallberries9874
    @johansmallberries9874 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The living embodiment of “tis but a flesh wound!”

  • @ironandrew022
    @ironandrew022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “Is it possible to learn this power?”
    -Anakin Skywalker
    “Revenge does wonders to the will to live”
    -Grand Inquisitor
    These two quotes just fit this de Wiart too well

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    “Bro I hit this guy already!”
    “So did I! I took out his eye!”
    “Should we call a admin?”
    “Idk”

    • @jamiehughes5573
      @jamiehughes5573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He was banned for using godmode

  • @lightningscreations
    @lightningscreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    God: how much health do we wanna give this guy?
    Adrian: Yes

  • @deepakk1347
    @deepakk1347 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Respect for the military doctor that saved him that many times

  • @Sph_611
    @Sph_611 ปีที่แล้ว

    The animations are very well done

  • @ledgaming6489
    @ledgaming6489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    Absolute beast. The world has always needed men like him and on occasion they pop up throughout history. It’s amazing how many came about during the 2 world wars.

    • @dwighthayes4738
      @dwighthayes4738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tons of these types of men came about during Vietnam as well

    • @oraldouku9593
      @oraldouku9593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      there are always man made of steel hearts like him , its just that nowdays there are no events to demand among us to show our true nature and see whom of us man today is a rare specimen like him.

    • @dwighthayes4738
      @dwighthayes4738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oraldouku9593 That's very true

    • @RoulicisThe
      @RoulicisThe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Times of harship birth heroes" That's why

    • @brendanliamgill99
      @brendanliamgill99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RoulicisThe so in theory these last couple years could be shaping the next generation that could be held to the same regard as the men who served in the world wars?

  • @baileyryan488
    @baileyryan488 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am so happy for this soldier. He lived a life. I'm proud for him

  • @delta9685
    @delta9685 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never has the meme:
    "Were you killed?"
    "Sadly yes... but I LIVED!"
    - been more accurate. What a man that trooper.

  • @suiiiiiiiiii9235
    @suiiiiiiiiii9235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Imagine, You are a German Soldier during WW1, You look over into the distance and just see some random guy with a missing eye and hand grenade spamming his way to victory. You would be so confused lol

    • @genus5987
      @genus5987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Cod waw in a nutshell but opposite

    • @thenexus8384
      @thenexus8384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The German soldier: "at least this commendable"

  • @zerixor8134
    @zerixor8134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    "At the edge of madness
    In a time of sadness
    An immortal soldier
    Finds his home
    Proven under fire
    Over trench and wire
    No fear of death he's unshakeable"

    • @glockfragz3251
      @glockfragz3251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      GIGACHAD SABATON ENJOYER

    • @mrredwastakenn
      @mrredwastakenn ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sabaton fan detected, opinion tolerated

    • @constantinethegreat6713
      @constantinethegreat6713 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *Never die*
      *Shot through the eye*
      *Never surrender, however they tried*
      *How they tried, shot through the eye*
      *HE'LL NEVER DIE!*

    • @yoda6292
      @yoda6292 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrredwastakenn ZYZZ and sabaton enjoyer detected, opinion accepted

    • @blacktemplar1139
      @blacktemplar1139 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@constantinethegreat6713 rolls right off the tongue

  • @shanebattles6132
    @shanebattles6132 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir

  • @fluxasyt
    @fluxasyt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy manage to earn a stack of totem of undying.

  • @RetroBlockade
    @RetroBlockade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    In his autobiography after the war, he wrote "Frankly I enjoyed the war"
    effing legend

    • @youneskasdi
      @youneskasdi ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Every other war veteran: "war was brutal i wish i never go back to that time"
      this madlad who probably suffered the most: "Frankly I enjoyed the war"

    • @OrangetheMartian
      @OrangetheMartian 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      This war gave me PTSD! Him: That was fun!

    • @whiteeye3453
      @whiteeye3453 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is those people decide not embrace their inner warrior

  • @terminatorm134d3
    @terminatorm134d3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Funny thing for me is, that when he was in Norway he came to the small little town of Namsos, which is the place where I was born and currently live. He came here in a Sunderland floatplane and on his arrival he got his welcome by a german aircraft which shot him while he was inside of the plane. I think it's really funny that this legend of a man came to my little unknown town and fought along and for my ancestors.

  • @HistoryShort101
    @HistoryShort101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Death can have me when it earns me" -Kratos

  • @laytonrobinson-gr5qp
    @laytonrobinson-gr5qp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    at the edge of madness in a time of sadness…

  • @matthewpeluso3914
    @matthewpeluso3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Why can’t we get a movie of guys like this? I love this channel for always pointing out the real heroes of history’s battlefields

  • @theanglo-lithuanian1768
    @theanglo-lithuanian1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    This guy truly deserves the title of "chad"

  • @XLORDPROPL
    @XLORDPROPL ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:30 He died because of what?! O_o

  • @trontosaurusrex9532
    @trontosaurusrex9532 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol those yells in the ad 🤣

  • @timthefinner
    @timthefinner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    It is crazy, how much he survived - but also how war hungry this man happened to be. Determined till the end.

  • @propellerknight6334
    @propellerknight6334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    The universe created this man as an unkillable war machine. His story is just incredible.

    • @michaelbujaki2462
      @michaelbujaki2462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And in the end he was defeated by a flight of stairs. 8:25

    • @worldwarnerf4130
      @worldwarnerf4130 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelbujaki2462 bruh

    • @panagiotismagos3649
      @panagiotismagos3649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelbujaki2462 He died many years after falling the stairs, peacefully in his sleep

  • @thewaryears
    @thewaryears ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @jayanthakumari9663
    @jayanthakumari9663 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is just so much to beleive how is one man able to do all of this and even with wounds in head he survived he is a very special unit ❤ Respect

  • @nathankosanke2093
    @nathankosanke2093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    You know, he married an actual princess in 1908. He was as sophisticated as they come. Also, his Victoria Cross certificate mentions his coolness. Man, even the medal can't keep it together!

  • @benyopad
    @benyopad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Gunther: "HANS THE BRITISH ARE CHEATING AGAIN!"
    Hans: "GOD MODE AGAIN!?"
    Gunther: "Yeah.. can't wait for the second world war update.."

  • @BIG-SHOT1997
    @BIG-SHOT1997 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Remember son dying is gay" Adrian's dad

  • @leehyun6513
    @leehyun6513 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This man didn't have a permission to die!

  • @Paul_Sergeyev
    @Paul_Sergeyev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Can you please make a video about Alexey Maresyev? It's a very famous story in Russia and other post soviet countries, but it seems to be virtually unknown in the English speaking countries.
    He was shot down while dogfighting and had to crawl in the woods in winter for who weeks with broken legs which later had to be amputated, but after that recovered, regained his health and battled his way back to flying, shooting down more enemies without legs than he did with them.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A Soviet alter-ego to Douglas Bader, it seems. Indeed, his story should be more told.

    • @RyhoLV
      @RyhoLV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      hmmmm.... is this just some glorified soviet story used for propaganda or something?
      There were a lot of these back in the soviet days.

    • @elektrofumigator
      @elektrofumigator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Was a book written about him, that went something along the lines of „A tale of real man”?
      Edit: just checked and yeah, it's about him. Great book.

    • @waffles5397
      @waffles5397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      th-cam.com/video/E4vG-F2taU4/w-d-xo.html
      The video is made by the Infographics show, which is similar to Simple History. After watching the video, I realized that Alexy Mareysev is not only physically strong but also mentally!

    • @Paul_Sergeyev
      @Paul_Sergeyev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@RyhoLV you might call it glorified, because it became famous after Boris Polevoy, a writer, wrote a book about it called "Tale of a true human", but the story itself is true. In fact, because of the scale and the character of the war on the Eastern war, there were several more similar but lesser known stories of soviet pilots. I don't agree that it is a piece of propaganda. This way story of this british soldier of other western soldiers can also be called just glorified western propaganda, despite them being true. If the story comes from USSR doesn't automatically mean it's propaganda. Feats of heroism were very common amongst red army soldiers because the war waged against soviet union was a war of total extermination and the soldiers knew that. The way those people were raised was also different, because they grew up in most difficult time in history of Russia, with several wars happening which made them stronger in their spirits, but also with major economic breakthroughs such as НЭП and industrialisation bringing hope and enthusiasm. Many civil rights were given to the people such as widespread free education and equality of sexes in the period they grew up which also made those people more eager to fight for their country. Acts of heroism were often acknowledged even by german soldiers in their letters home.