Men of Valor - Compilation Series 1

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  • A compilation of the first anthology of the Men of Valor series on Simple History.
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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3067

    Demonetised (even though individually the videos are not?) 'Discussions of modern acts of terror, events resulting in the catastrophic loss of human life or controversial social issues'

    • @mikhail6746
      @mikhail6746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Oof

    • @galvatron0810
      @galvatron0810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Bruh

    • @santamere2441
      @santamere2441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Simple History you should do a video on the Memphis Belle

    • @jirirowdyrampula4127
      @jirirowdyrampula4127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Why don't do the Women of valor video?😉😁

    • @mack7235
      @mack7235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      That’s so stupid, I’m sorry

  • @chris9242
    @chris9242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1067

    Roy: shot 7 times, exposed intestine, bleeding out, broken jaw, temporarily blinded, loaded several men onto a chopper with his wounds
    *dies from diabetes*

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Sugar retardation is no joke, takes all

    • @Captan40000
      @Captan40000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@snanoopis6584 He’s not really joking, he’s saying what serve injuries Roy had yet survived, but died from diabetes.

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Captan40000 I understood the joke

    • @Sgt_Long_Dong
      @Sgt_Long_Dong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@snanoopis6584 did you not read the comment? He’s not joking

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Sgt_Long_Dong I know he’s not joking ffs

  • @SpritelyGuys
    @SpritelyGuys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2197

    Enjoy darls
    0:10 - Roy Benavidez 'The Green Beret'
    9:08 - John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill 'Mad Jack' - The man who fought with a longbow and a sword
    15:03 - Lachhiman Gurung the Gurkha who took on 200 soldiers with one hand
    19:06 - Owen J. Baggett the Pilot who shot down a plane with a pistol while parachuting
    25:56 - Leo Major the one-eyed scout who liberated a whole town by himself
    36:30 - Douglas Bader the flying ace with no legs
    41:53 - Lauri Törni the soldier of three armies
    55:40 - George H.W. Bush the President who avoided being eaten by cannibals in WW2
    1:01:19 - Sergeant-Major John Robert Osborn the soldier who threw himself on a grenade
    1:04:23 - Desmond Doss the medic who fought a war without a weapon

  • @mrs.chandler9384
    @mrs.chandler9384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    Dude with his eye shot out that kept fighting was a boss too

    • @tiddyfard4517
      @tiddyfard4517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      for real, I'd just call it a day on living at that point

    • @lostvayne104
      @lostvayne104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bruh what is that name

    • @austinbutcher8106
      @austinbutcher8106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was like, ehh fk tht eye, didn't need it anyway

    • @Rickyrocket51
      @Rickyrocket51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some might even say he was the biggest of bosses.

    • @EgotisticalDev
      @EgotisticalDev 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lostvayne104 one of roy's friends
      Not leo

  • @marcelerystick7416
    @marcelerystick7416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    "I SWEAR IF YOU TRY TO ESCAPE ONE MORE DAMN TIME, WE'LL TAKE AWAY YOUR LEG PRIVILEGES"

  • @thatmariohead1741
    @thatmariohead1741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3961

    It's amazing how the real world is often more interesting than many movies

    • @amdolfussussus1338
      @amdolfussussus1338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yeah...

    • @Usucas
      @Usucas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      True

    • @Salpeteroxid
      @Salpeteroxid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Real world have more versions of even a single event (everyones experience, seen through different eyes and time) while there are not that many movies in comparison so ofc reality is more interesting.

    • @echo8481
      @echo8481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Salpeteroxid Yeah.

  • @R3GARnator
    @R3GARnator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3854

    Simple History: Balls of Steel edition.

  • @antoinelachapelle3405
    @antoinelachapelle3405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    That first guy blew my mind. How do you go from "you'll never walk again" to "you've qualified for the goddamn special forces". ???????? I've never even sprained my back and I wouldn't qualify for special forces lol

    • @Tito-bv6om
      @Tito-bv6om 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They should make a movie about his life just like they did with Desmond doss

    • @jeffthemercenary
      @jeffthemercenary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And the fact that he tanks so much bullets even a video game character wont survive

    • @jrm6183
      @jrm6183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Kaio-Guy10 His special power move would be called One Man Army. Increased levels of adrenaline and stamina and is impervious to bullets, shrapnel though at the cost of a 3 1/2 minute cooldown time to reuse.

    • @Doxsein
      @Doxsein 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Determination and grit.

    • @owhamdvid7837
      @owhamdvid7837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He was built different

  • @Galvaxatron
    @Galvaxatron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Each of these brave men could be great movie material, but Léo Major by himself is enough for a 2 season mini series. What a boss.

  • @gudadryckful
    @gudadryckful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1769

    This guys voice was made for telling stories. Can listen for hours

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Thank you! I'm glad my voice works for this type of content! 😊💗

    • @mattcullen6109
      @mattcullen6109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ChrisKane- I thought you were Charlie sheen. Lol

    • @kirkbupkis
      @kirkbupkis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@mattcullen6109 Now I can't un-hear Charlie Sheen, I'm just waiting for him to say the soldier had tiger blood 😂😂

    • @mattcullen6109
      @mattcullen6109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kirkbupkis .lol.😀

    • @Tommy2shoe811
      @Tommy2shoe811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is an excellent voice it sounds very similar to Martin Sheen’s

  • @matthewkrupa-gregory9682
    @matthewkrupa-gregory9682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    “That he had.. liberated.. from gardens” 😂😂

    • @wattsnottaken1
      @wattsnottaken1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Matthew Krupa-Gregory he ran a quick drill on that garden.

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      never gets old

    • @CaptainRagnarok15
      @CaptainRagnarok15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The perfect excuse for taking stuff you are not supposed to take

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’m liberating your virginity from you.

    • @SideComment24
      @SideComment24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fancy term for stealing. Hey, history is written by the victors. And he needed to do that to survive.
      Like the European settlers "discovered" North America.

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    Imagine Mad Jack would have Fight in the Pacific
    And would have an Sword Duell with a Japanese Officer
    That would be Epic

    • @Mnj.1
      @Mnj.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      lol

    • @bookafrm217
      @bookafrm217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No 🧢

    • @slooeverysunday7065
      @slooeverysunday7065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      BANZA-*gets killed by mad jack*

    • @welkingunther5417
      @welkingunther5417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah, imagining that is pretty epic

    • @ethanjardim5230
      @ethanjardim5230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Mad Jacks broadsword vs a Japanese officers katana, yea that would be epic

  • @afrenchdude2137
    @afrenchdude2137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "Vegetables that he, l I b e r a t e d from gardens"
    -Simple History

  • @asianmations5710
    @asianmations5710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    German : I’m totally safe in this town
    Leo : *”Sup bi*ch.”*

    • @marko-pk6qt
      @marko-pk6qt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      German:"Scheiße"

    • @warhamer-ne8mi
      @warhamer-ne8mi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      German: SHITZER

    • @xanderm7231
      @xanderm7231 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Germans left the game

    • @olba52
      @olba52 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stewie2k

    • @AD-dm7bm
      @AD-dm7bm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      German: yeah right no one would be stupid enough to charge us with a long bow and a broadsword.
      Jack Churchill: hello there

  • @rgcproductions6220
    @rgcproductions6220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    Benavidez: Eyes glued shut from dried blood. Jaw broken.
    Also Benevidez: Manages to see the doctor and spit at him

  • @balls9420
    @balls9420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "When he skied over a friendly shrapnel mine"
    Doesn't sound that friendly to me

    • @rangercav7189
      @rangercav7189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It means his own armie’s shrapnel mine

    • @balls9420
      @balls9420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rangercav7189 thanks for telling me information i already know but did you get the joke

    • @rangercav7189
      @rangercav7189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balls9420 yeah i did cause it hurt him pretty badly

    • @balls9420
      @balls9420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rangercav7189 ok good

  • @matthewdoherty803
    @matthewdoherty803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Doctor: you won’t walk again
    Mike: hold my wheel chair

  • @seumasmacdhomhnaill4395
    @seumasmacdhomhnaill4395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    "People are less likely to shoot you if you're smiling at them" 😂🤣

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In Jack Churchill's case if anyone knew who he was they were probably soiling themselves to see him approaching and SMILING! That is "Mad Jack" Churchill coming at you, while smiling, you are well and truly screwed.

  • @matthewklitzke2970
    @matthewklitzke2970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    Was about to go watch Netflix when I saw the simple history alert, had to drop everything.

  • @dgwooten7
    @dgwooten7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Benevidez's story brought me to tears, a true man

  • @andrewince8824
    @andrewince8824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Blown up, told he'd never walk again. Within two years he was walking, fighting and sporting the Green Beret. Roy really was the baddest badass. He didn't do what he was trained to do, he exceeded what any man should be capable of.

  • @virgiljericho664
    @virgiljericho664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    Leo Major: *Walks into town*
    German Army: why do I here boss music

    • @AspiLeo
      @AspiLeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That’s the moment the germans realised that he was level 100 and they forgot to level themselves up to level two...

    • @snikrepak
      @snikrepak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Leo Major: Laughs in Berserker
      German officer: ZZZZzzzz*taptap* "shizzzzer"

    • @anakinstartpanikan9485
      @anakinstartpanikan9485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pew pew pew boom boom

    • @helldd5807
      @helldd5807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      megalovainia plays

    • @remi4778
      @remi4778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Death to the MPLA!!!

  • @tristin6995
    @tristin6995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Got to meet roy benevedez’s daughter this year on memorial day. she had me and my wingman take some pictures next to his gravestone and i felt so honored to take part in his history

  • @SomePersonInTheWorld
    @SomePersonInTheWorld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    "He was hit in the leg, thinking it was a torn bush"
    What??
    "His eyeball was hanging out but he was determined to keep shooting"
    WHAT!!???!?

    • @MiguelPerez-rf2sx
      @MiguelPerez-rf2sx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tis but a scratch

    • @mapleleaf1254
      @mapleleaf1254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Eyeball thing was the other guy

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mapleleaf1254 they’re both crazy though

    • @thediamond6977
      @thediamond6977 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its because of the adrenaline

  • @grumpyoldrecluse1295
    @grumpyoldrecluse1295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    *Twenty-year-old men in the 1940's: "I'm gonna go over there and kill that enemy platoon with my bare hands." *Twenty-year-old men in 2020: "Is that hand lotion organic?"

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      People change in war.

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Tom_Cruise_Missile Well today's people wouldn't even survive war.

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@silverhawkscape2677 Bullshit. That's just some baby boomer nonsense. "This generation couldn't survive back in MY day!"

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Tom_Cruise_Missile Oh please, this is the most coddled generation of Americans and those serving in WW2 were living through the Great Depression.
      This Generation wouldn't even survive the great depression much less a war.
      Can't even handle misgendering.

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@silverhawkscape2677 This generation is, right now, fighting wars, and they're wars that the American public don't even fucking support. But oh no tell me all about how weak we are compared to the spoiled entitled babies that were and ARE the boomers.

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +670

    BENAVIDEZ: "Why the hospital? I just got a few mosquito bites and scratches from thorns..."
    MEDIC: "Aside from the 37 bullet, bayonet and shrapnel wounds, your intestines are hanging out of your belly."
    BENAVIDEZ: "So what's the big deal? Don't you have any Band-Aids in that first-aid kit?"

    • @oblivious1516
      @oblivious1516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Tim Sullivan TIS ONLY A SCRATCH. Please tell me somebody knows this reference

    • @timsullivan4566
      @timsullivan4566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@oblivious1516 "A scratch? Your ARM'S off!"

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Benavidez: "Well get the medics over here with their super glue and glue me back together."

    • @ruairiodonohoe2533
      @ruairiodonohoe2533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@timsullivan4566 no its not

    • @johnloman4164
      @johnloman4164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ruairiodonohoe2533 Then what's that

  • @invictusprima4437
    @invictusprima4437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +515

    Japanese: believes honor is the most important thing
    Also Japanese: *eats prisoners*

    • @hitoshisawa8479
      @hitoshisawa8479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      singed geneva convention under sick and wounded only yeh

    • @themightysovietunion7563
      @themightysovietunion7563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Also Japanese :Have leader which surrenders

    • @Nepal.17
      @Nepal.17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      until one arms man walk in their territory🤘

    • @thiccchungo1041
      @thiccchungo1041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Japan missed the Geneva convention those years because they were busy attacking clearly marked medics and bombing civilian targets

    • @Become-Eggplant
      @Become-Eggplant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They made it feel like they were more human during the sengoku period or something. Like jesus christ! Cannibal japanese soldiers? Thats probably more insane than all their wars against each other.

  • @vergil8257
    @vergil8257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The first guy was like the real man of steel.

  • @mtdavidsongaming6462
    @mtdavidsongaming6462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Leo the one-eyed scout is like playing GTA in real life, lol.

  • @LORDMEHMOODPASHA
    @LORDMEHMOODPASHA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    Hypothetically: If any nation had all these guys as the members of a single squad, as long as even one lives, that nation would never lose a war.

    • @raawesome3851
      @raawesome3851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope we have those people at the front line every day.

    • @koencagurangan3256
      @koencagurangan3256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Nah, don’t even need to worry about one of them dying as long as Doss is on the squad
      Except for maybe Douglas and Owen, since they’re fighter pilots, and i don’t think there’s a medic for a pilot that gets shot down and has his plane blow up

    • @kevinknutson7205
      @kevinknutson7205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think you are thinking of Sparta

    • @remi4778
      @remi4778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's actualy the task force 141 😅😂

    • @bookafrm217
      @bookafrm217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No 🧢

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    The Sniper: Simo Häya
    The Beret: Roy Benavidez
    The Man: John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill
    The Medic: Desmond Doss
    The Tank Type: Léo Major
    The Martyr: John Robert Osborne
    The Gurkha: Lachhiman Gurung
    The Pilot: Douglas Bader
    The Soldier: Lauri Törni
    The President: George Herbert Walker Bush
    The Thug: Owen J. Bagett

    • @witheredbonnie9268
      @witheredbonnie9268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      GamingWithCarl YT I like it

    • @animeneweablet
      @animeneweablet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@witheredbonnie9268 Thanks!

    • @masonsilvers6789
      @masonsilvers6789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The perfect team

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “The Man”
      Hmm yes the hero is made out of hero

    • @Nicoder6884
      @Nicoder6884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmm, we have sniper, medic and soldier, how about the other six classes? :P Jack Churchill could de Demoknight maybe?

  • @ColonelCampbellAI2024
    @ColonelCampbellAI2024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I feel like we 1000% owe these legendary heroes their stories being historically recreated as absolute best-quality VR battle scenarios.
    🤯😢✊

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    0:08 Roy Benavídez
    9:09 Mad Jack (John Thorpe)
    15:05 Lachhiman Gurung
    19:07 Owen J. Bagget
    25:56 Léo Major
    36:31 Douglas Bader
    41:54 Lauri Törni
    55:41 George H. W. Bush
    1:01:19 Sergeant-Major Osborn
    1:04:25 Desmond Doss

    • @GarfieldRex
      @GarfieldRex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Just one Bigfoot With WiFi aaaaa I didn't know. Sorry and thanks 😅

    • @aronic2864
      @aronic2864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jan Borbély Technically if you look through newest first, this is newest out of the two, but still no proof for being stolen.

  • @sankyu3950
    @sankyu3950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Cant wait for the new expendable movie staring all these characters

    • @Phantom-qr1ug
      @Phantom-qr1ug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      All Expendable style teams needs at least one sniper. I'd recomend Simo "The White Death" Häyhä

    • @bradlygamez4549
      @bradlygamez4549 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahh yes George HW Bush in the expendables

  • @pajuhasdied
    @pajuhasdied 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    *gets shot in the leg*
    "oh damn I must've hit my leg on a thorn bush"

  • @fartgaming_53768
    @fartgaming_53768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    0:08 Green Beret
    9:08 Mad Jack
    25:56 Leò Major
    36:32 Douglass Bader
    41:55 Lauri Törni
    55:42 George H.W Bush
    1:01:19 Sargeant Major Osbrone
    1:04:25 Desmond Doss

  • @MicTheOni
    @MicTheOni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    The original GI Joe!
    Seriously though there should be a movie where all of these guys meet in some way and just do badass things.

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like killing people, or serving the homeless soup?

    • @kimjongun5676
      @kimjongun5676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@behindthen0thing what about the 3rd were they get beer

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kimjongun5676 бееr is toxic. Why can't they get a fruit smoothie

    • @kimjongun5676
      @kimjongun5676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@behindthen0thing because the quartermaster said fruit it going to the germans and the rations ran out

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kimjongun5676 ah cool. So maybe they can split MREs instead?

  • @VegasViking420
    @VegasViking420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Mad Jack story and the one handed ghurka story, THESE ARE EXAMPLES FOR YOUNG MEN TO FOLLOW!

  • @chancetrombley3114
    @chancetrombley3114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lauri torni was my personal favorite due to his diverse combat experience. I also watch a biographics video on him.

  • @KoreanDan310
    @KoreanDan310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    10:35
    Soldier: Why did you shoot that guy with your bow, sir?
    Mad Jack: Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.
    Soldier: What? Sir, you shot him with a barbed arrow.

    • @maddog7795
      @maddog7795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      you misunderstood the video, what the video was pointing out was he was so badass he shot his sword like it was an arrow from his long bow that's how badass he was

    • @frostythesnowman9101
      @frostythesnowman9101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      HO LAM YIU did you just get wooshed yourself? I’m pretty sure he was joking

    • @250-daffazhafrank3
      @250-daffazhafrank3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      maddog he’s archer EMIYA (if you know the reference, good job!)

    • @grownfungus
      @grownfungus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @HO LAM YIU Bruh he was obviously joking and playing along. YOU got wooshed you goof.

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Soldier: "Sir, why did you shoot that man with a bow?!"
      Jack Churchill: "Because I was holding a bow, pay attention, lad!"

  • @mack7235
    @mack7235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +592

    *There are about as many ads in this video as Roy Benavidez got hit with bullets or shrapnel*
    Edit: since I wrote my comment all the ads went away

  • @FCWW87
    @FCWW87 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    It’s so outrageous, what some of these men did…. You have to take a moment to appreciate the gravity…. Close your eyes and imagine being in any of their shoes. You have to have balls of steel, super human strength, and be absolutely fearless.

    • @flyingvct7214
      @flyingvct7214 ปีที่แล้ว

      Better to be shot in the chest fighting than in the back running

    • @zirconalian
      @zirconalian ปีที่แล้ว +1

      man played the fucking bagpipes on a battlefield in ww2 💀💀

    • @MrNiceGuyHistory
      @MrNiceGuyHistory ปีที่แล้ว

      I think in most cases these men achieved an ascended state of consciousness during battle. This can be activated by a combination of adrenaline with the right emotional triggers. In this state, confidence is supreme, reflexes increase, strength and stamina are greatly improved and time slows down.

  • @MrBikboi
    @MrBikboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad you did this series, the majority of viewers are younger kids, nice to give these legit heroes some recognition.

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    OFFICER: "So I had to wait ALL night for your recon report because your initial estimate was off by 100%?"
    LEO: "Sorry, sir, but the more I scouted, the more I adjustments I made to enemy troop strength."
    OFFICER: "But you were off by 100%, Leo? So there's twice as many Germans in Zwolle than first thought?"
    LEO: "No sir, that adjustment I made to enemy troop numbers was a 100% reduction, sir." (LITERALLY!)

    • @theflyingeyeball
      @theflyingeyeball 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I refuse to believe this man had anything less than balls of pure titanium

    • @Requis272
      @Requis272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Officer told him recon. Leo heard search and destroy.

    • @AspiLeo
      @AspiLeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@theflyingeyeball Titanium is not as reliable as steel...
      But he has Balls of tungsten!

    • @kidjames6875
      @kidjames6875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theflyingeyeball Try adamantium

    • @eelchiong6709
      @eelchiong6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kidjames6875
      Bah! No such thing as adamantium!
      Mithril my boy, Mithril!

  • @el-guard645
    @el-guard645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    *THE ARMY IS MY LIFE.*
    That’s how you get included in a simple history video.

    • @johnveno7704
      @johnveno7704 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aaaaaaaaaaa

    • @johnveno7704
      @johnveno7704 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uu

    • @snikrepak
      @snikrepak 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah until your back goes! Still, these Brothers in arms are the definition of super human. If we had more people like these in the civilian world, we would have so much more backbone and decorum!

    • @el-guard645
      @el-guard645 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@snikrepak I know right, bit unfortunately not all men are created equal

  • @foxpupray1342
    @foxpupray1342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: i know the grandson/grand nephew of Roy Benavidez. Old guy living in colorado now but hearing the story from his perspective was fascinating

  • @Ridz149
    @Ridz149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Benavidez: **gets hit by a train**
    Benavidez: keeps walking

  • @Dennis-nc3vw
    @Dennis-nc3vw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Wow...just wow. Perfect one to end on, Desmond Doss. I'm on the verge of tears. Genuinely had me on the edge of my seat if he'd live. Of all these men, I think he would be the best for a movie.

    • @ChuckDanger
      @ChuckDanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's a film. Hacksaw Ridge.

    • @chiefin2012
      @chiefin2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You’re trippin, hacksaw ridge is a good movie but I think if they made a movie about Roy Benavidez it would be better

    • @TheKairon999
      @TheKairon999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "The Miracle Medic"

    • @eddiecowen2624
      @eddiecowen2624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They made a movie on The battle of Hacksaw Ridge, titled just that, Hacksaw Ridge, but if my memory serves me correctly Doss' actions where not portrayed in the movie, and im not 100% on this, because the directors thought that the viewers would think it didn't actually happen

    • @Gamnesia_
      @Gamnesia_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eddiecowen2624 the movie is all about doss

  • @dinosatay
    @dinosatay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    In the end you should have said "and finally, everyone who served in the war. Rest well heroes, rest well"

    • @pu3rto
      @pu3rto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh that’s good

    • @Martinerofsea
      @Martinerofsea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Didn't nazis also participate in ww2

    • @dinosatay
      @dinosatay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Martinerofsea may they rest well and never come back

    • @dinosatay
      @dinosatay 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      gosh dangit past me stop being cringe for 5 seconds

    • @Martinerofsea
      @Martinerofsea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dinosatay lmao, what about the Japanese during ww2

  • @salinibagchi4370
    @salinibagchi4370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This episode compilation was very awesome, Simple History!!

  • @imarknutt5638
    @imarknutt5638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine all of them on one team. The enemy would see them and be like
    “I want to apologise” lol

  • @Tsukiko.97
    @Tsukiko.97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    It's content like this and more as to why I decided to subscribe monthly to SimpleHistory.
    These valor stories are moments in history that deserve to be remembered!

  • @jorgeroque1995
    @jorgeroque1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    This video: *exists*
    Sabaton: it's free real estate

    • @boatwreks
      @boatwreks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jim, it’s a free house.

    • @shiningamaterasu2579
      @shiningamaterasu2579 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@boatwreks sir this is a wendy's

  • @SuperNatblessed
    @SuperNatblessed 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just subscribed to your channel! It is so awesome! I watched the one about the prisoner that kept escaping from japan. I watched about the black death. Now I'm watching this one! It's awesome!!
    I love to learn! And thank you for taking the time to do these videos 🩷🔥🤎🙌🏾💪🏾

  • @enjoyer9542
    @enjoyer9542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Doss is genuinely my favorite person that exist ever his story is amazing

  • @austinkue3175
    @austinkue3175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    When you rushing a camp but then you hear “Come and fight a GURKHA”

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Gurkha: "Anything more than 0 hp means I am ready to rumble, COME AT ME BRO!!!!"

    • @owenfuhrman65
      @owenfuhrman65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was at this moment he knew he screwed up

    • @jakerocinante1133
      @jakerocinante1133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think I’d rather hunt a grizzly bear with a blow dart, better odds than fighting a Gurkha.

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If one of them thought about shooting a well aimed shot, that wouldn't happen. 1 headshot and it's over.

    • @fynnla.e
      @fynnla.e 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yoboikamil525 Yes I’m sure you would be able to hit a perfect shot on a small target as a poorly trained conscript who had probably never shot a rifle before and had been living in dogshit conditions while also hopped up on adrenaline.

  • @gogo-mo7cr
    @gogo-mo7cr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    When you know you're a proper simple history fan as you already have watched every video

  • @douglasrollinsii1010
    @douglasrollinsii1010 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for keeping these wonderful historic acts of heroism of brave soldiers and warriors who fought for their country, beliefs, and freedom bravely without fear !!! Thank you for collecting and showing their great stories, thank you !!!

  • @greghunt3790
    @greghunt3790 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos man. Thank you

  • @carterspringer48
    @carterspringer48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    “Please God Give Me One More”

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      what

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ElaRoamMaince it’s an reference to this really weird but pretty family friendly legend

    • @chrisking3569
      @chrisking3569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@freshfrozen3035 he’s not weird literally the most bravest one out of all of them continuously heading into dangerous war zones without a weapon risking his life to save others having faith in nothing but god and his country single handedly saved countless lives in the process. Made the rest of these legends easier to believe, they saved the best story for last in this video.

    • @dantheman3375
      @dantheman3375 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SquooshyCatboy bruh-

  • @PsychoticLeprachaun
    @PsychoticLeprachaun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "Come and fight a ghurka." No, I don't think I will.

  • @mateomartinezhernandez832
    @mateomartinezhernandez832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "What was your role in the military?"
    "Longbowman"

  • @channy2457
    @channy2457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your voice was so good for telling the stories . you're doing really great! Simple History! 😉

  • @petartoshkov2076
    @petartoshkov2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Simple History: Here's an 1 hour long compilation
    Me in 1:41 AM: Yeah I got time

  • @Henry-vg8fw
    @Henry-vg8fw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    DO A VIDEO ON THE LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON.

    • @matthewsoileau3353
      @matthewsoileau3353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oki papi

    • @will6412
      @will6412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Patton was a good military strategist but if he were a politician he would have been awful

    • @chrisjackson8889
      @chrisjackson8889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They spoke of him but as a war criminal

    • @ScriptedLinks
      @ScriptedLinks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@will6412 The only reason for that is due to the people, not him. People are too fucking weak to understand him.

    • @metallicarchaea1820
      @metallicarchaea1820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doesn't matter. Trump is Patton's current reincarnation. Look it up.

  • @patrickdean9797
    @patrickdean9797 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video i watched them all individually and now altogether great video

  • @Wiggles_vs._snuggles
    @Wiggles_vs._snuggles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work and attention to detail

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "Roy Benavidez - The Guy Who Disagreed With Everyone" BULLIES: "Loser!" - Nope, he works to support family then enlists. SPECIALIST M.D.: "Never walk again." - Walks again. ARMY: "Just a desk job." - As if! Makes the Green Berets. EVERYONE: "No-one can save those guys now." - Who needs a gun? Saves 8 of his buds. BASE DOC: " He's dead" - He spits in Doc's face. DOC: "I think he'll make it" - FINALLY someone Roy could agree with!

    • @Snuckster2
      @Snuckster2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm related
      the fact he's the 1st person mentioned surprises me.
      fact is most people didn't know his story until the very early 2000s when they realeased his GI Joe action figure
      they need to make a movie

  • @tx1881
    @tx1881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Brotherhood of heroes

  • @maniac_mike6062
    @maniac_mike6062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My father was a green beret in Vietnam my dad was a sergeant major also a paratrooper amongst other things and many achievements

  • @izabelakon6949
    @izabelakon6949 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man i Love your chanel keep your work :)

  • @d-day7567
    @d-day7567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    These are one of the few toughest men that ever lived

  • @fnfallout5664
    @fnfallout5664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Men of Valor - Compilation Series 1
    1. 0:08 Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez (U.S.)
    2. 9:08 John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill (Britain)
    3. 15:05 Lachiman Gurung (Nepal)
    4. 19:06 Owen John Baggett (U.S.)
    5.25:56 Léo Major (Canada)
    6. 36:30 Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (Britain)
    7. 41:54 Lauri Allan Törni (Finland)
    8. 55:40 George Herbert Walker Bush (U.S.)
    9. 1:01:18 John Robert Osborn (Canada)
    10. 1:04:24 Desmond Thomas Doss (U.S.)

    • @owenfuhrman65
      @owenfuhrman65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THX

    • @rafaellima7162
      @rafaellima7162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many U.S soldiers.

    • @fnfallout5664
      @fnfallout5664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Just one Bigfoot With WiFi Not stolen. I went through all of their full names one by one.

    • @fnfallout5664
      @fnfallout5664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @God is the way Nope.

    • @Nepal.17
      @Nepal.17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nepal is best 🤘

  • @InTheBasementProduct
    @InTheBasementProduct 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should do a bit on Daniel Inouye. Japanese American soldier, senator, Medal of Honour recipient, and certified badass. Takes on bunch of German machine gun nests, is severely wounded and when men under his command gathered around him as he was being evacuated he scolded them telling them to get back to work "No one called off the war". And that wasn't even half the story.

  • @tammy_silver
    @tammy_silver 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this video was truly amazing! watch the whole thing in awe

  • @SouthernGentleman
    @SouthernGentleman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    All great heroes with great stories. A lot of movie content here too.

    • @atune2682
      @atune2682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Southern Gentleman true

    • @matthewsoileau3353
      @matthewsoileau3353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i see you are a fellow confederate

    • @unknown-dq6df
      @unknown-dq6df 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ‘Don’t tread on us’ they will regret the day they burned our towns

    • @SouthernGentleman
      @SouthernGentleman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Matthew Soileau but still a unionist

    • @dreams4956
      @dreams4956 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Southern Gentleman People often misinterpret Southern pride with racism or anti patriotism, which is pretty simple minded. Confederate flags represent the South and their freedom, not Racist Union haters

  • @logger22
    @logger22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    It's sad to know that there are people who pretend they fought and risked there lives just so they can get discounts

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah now give me my veteran disount

    • @Z01nkScoobs
      @Z01nkScoobs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes now salute me.

  • @SteveBrownRocks2023
    @SteveBrownRocks2023 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always! ✨👏🏼😎✨

  • @gulurathod9770
    @gulurathod9770 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos

  • @elijahaitaok8624
    @elijahaitaok8624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Simple History: Men too angry to die

  • @ryanlorenzo5003
    @ryanlorenzo5003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Dream Team
    Tango Mike - The guy whose passionate in the awesome ways
    Mad Jack - The guy whose passionate in the weird ways
    Gurung - The really intense guy
    Baggett - The "Ayo watch this shot" guy
    Leo - The nice guy with a hair trigger
    Bader - The guy who just can't help but show off
    Lauri - That guy who survived too many game sessions.
    Bush - That guy whose game session got weird.
    Osborn - The guy who dies first.
    Doss - The guy who's going to save that guy who died and no one's going to stop him.

  • @deathhexxxgaming3431
    @deathhexxxgaming3431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember reading of the exploits of Roy Benevidez out of a Basic Training manual in 2004. The name has always been stuck in my head. A true hero and one of the hardest mf's to ever wear a US Army Uniform. Any time I've been faced with something I wasn't sure I would be able to handle, I would recall this man and his exploits. May the legend of this man never die!

  • @Tr1f4ct
    @Tr1f4ct 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simple history is very underrated and they publish true videos about people that would keep me up because I am so invested in the stories so thank you simple history.

  • @TouchofShunshine
    @TouchofShunshine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Real-life is more amazing than fiction.

  • @cdnb2626
    @cdnb2626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fallen, but, not forgotten. As time carries on, we remember. Less we forget. ❤ Thank you, for your sacrifices brave men and women at arms.

  • @valerie_420
    @valerie_420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video! Really puts life into perspective, I'm so grateful to be with my family every night.

  • @depressotheespresso1063
    @depressotheespresso1063 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    These type of videos are far better than many movies. I can watch these kind of videos all year non-stop :)

  • @curtibirdie3595
    @curtibirdie3595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ooooo waited for this, thank you so much!

  • @Raving
    @Raving 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I met Roy Benavidez when riding around South Texas on my motorcycle. A personable, friendly guy who you felt immediately would give you all he had if you needed it. A better man I have not met in all my life.

  • @MD-pm6nc
    @MD-pm6nc ปีที่แล้ว

    I like these long form videos. I can put it on and chill for a while.

  • @devon9791
    @devon9791 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your service roy

  • @vincentmalab3289
    @vincentmalab3289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The longest Simple History Video.
    Thank you very much Simple History for this Men of Valor saga. I hope you will also make Women of Valor saga in the future.

    • @grmarci1989
      @grmarci1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lyudmila Pavlochenka, Nancy Wake, Joan de Arc, Boudicca, and how many others?

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Simple History compilation? *Grabs popcorn*

  • @isabellguzmen5695
    @isabellguzmen5695 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing vid

  • @wadepenley8234
    @wadepenley8234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for an hour long add!!!

  • @Sh31ny
    @Sh31ny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That last guy, medic. He deserve a lot more than a medal. Guy was a hero who saved hundreds of soldiers and being injured never stop doing his duty.

    • @FlackBackTV
      @FlackBackTV ปีที่แล้ว

      "Above all else, do no harm."

  • @yeetboi5061
    @yeetboi5061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Hey this sounds like the enemy team on call of duty.

  • @Excel-erate-
    @Excel-erate- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't believe this guy captured over 200 German troops single handedly.

  • @L3GHO5T
    @L3GHO5T 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “If it wasn’t for them damn yanks we could have kept the war going another 10 years” some of the hardest words ever spoken. These guys are the absolute top echelon of manly men

  • @Beesechurgerplease
    @Beesechurgerplease 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Some of the videos on his channel actually helped me get an A on my history test. And they said I procrastinate too much