Yknow, if BF 5 had had a story about this lady, they could have have had their female amputee character and actually represented history correctly both at once, and no one (well, no one worth listening to) would have complained. What a legend this woman was.
Virginia was the definition to the JoJo meme 'You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting.' But you gotta add " " around the first outsmarted.
The "leaked communique" incident before D-Day is an epic story all its own. Rommel was by far the best and most successful general Germany had at this point in the war, so Germany does the logical thing and puts him in charge of the Atlantic Wall. Rommel is completely convinced that Patton is the best general that the Allies have at this point in the war, and he may not have been wrong. Rommel is 100% deadset in the idea that Patton will be leading the charge when the Allies invade. The Allies know all this and decide to use it. They put Patton in charge of a MASSIVE army group in England preparing for an invasion, specifically, the army group is positioned at the closest point in England to the French mainland, that spot on the mainland being the Pont de Calais, making Rommel 100% deadset that the invasion is coming at Calais. The twist is that the MASSIVE army group under Patton's command only exists on paper. In reality he has about 100 men who drive a handful of actual vehicles around non-stop to make lots of vehicle tracks and move tons of inflatable dummy vehicles around each day to make it look like a massive army to aerial reconnaissance. The cherry on top is the "leak". There is a party being held, all the top brass stationed in England are in attendance, but this is still a public event, so both Patton and a number of German agents are there. Patton gets thoroughly drunk(some accounts claim he was just acting others say he legit got hammered), and in the middle of this incredibly busy, and very much public event roars out "I'll see you on the Pont de Calais!" Making the Germans think that they weren't supposed to hear this, and even more sure than ever before that Patton will be leading the attack at the Pont de Calais. Rommel is slow to react to the actual landings because he is completely convinced that they are just a diversion, a small feint to draw his forces away before Patton attacks there. That delay may have changed history.
On the topic of inflatable dummy vehicles, here's an excerpt from the TVTropes Real Life / Refuge In Audacity page: On one particular occasion shortly after D-Day, two Frenchmen were riding along and to their astonishment saw four American soldiers effortlessly lift an (inflatable, unbeknownst to the Frenchmen) Sherman tank by the corners and turn it around. They looked at Soldier Arthur Shilstone, who could only come up with this as an answer: "The Americans are very strong."
Actually the issue of the Germans thinking Americans couldn't do a "perfect" French accent was based upon the fact that America had regional "dialects" that would make it harder to do "perfect" French. Whereas the Canadians could easily pick someone from "French Quebec" (where they have been using French basically from birth) and easily ship them over to France while pretending to be anything from "Welsh" to "Nordic" or even "Slavik" far better than anyone else. Because all they would need to do is to get a "pretty good" accent going from Ireland to Moscow and pass as "foreigner from somewhere in Europe" without exposing themself for being Canadian.
I believe the rule for disabled diplomats (or lack thereof) was due to concerns that other cultures view things like that differently and so it could negatively affect negotiations off rip by having them as an ambassador. Not sure if true, could be misremembering, but I think that was the logic
my fathers culture has a bad habbit of thinking a physical injury or disability reflexs a deeper mental disability. if you dont have a foot... you must be stupid.. its weird im 100% against it. but for the greater area if a diplomat came in without a leg oh god....
Some points on no amputee diplomats. Handicap accessibility wasn't really a thing, especially in poorer nations and wheelchair/prosthetic technology was far worse. Also you don't have to worry about your diplomats not being able to physically partake in local culture or offending less modern cultures who see an amputee as a lesser being.
When it comes to the supply drops She was definitely getting some of the liberator’s (stamped 45 single shot you mentioned) but it’s very likely she also had stens as well as some French bolt actions and british Enfields.
Cargo pants because then you don’t have to put anything in the back pockets. Yea I’ve never put anything in my back pockets because I like to sit down and not fear breaking anything
Every time I get to the part in Fat Electrician's video about Virigina blowing her foot off with a shotgun, I remember the story my mother told me about one of her friends. Her friend had an accident involving a lawnmower and cut half of her foot off. 26:40 MVP: Most Valuable Priest
Even FDR had special braces so he could stand when needed. He hid the fact he was wheel chair bound. An pictures in his wheel chair are extremely rare.
Seeing that map of occupied vs unoccupied France hit me… my grandmother was from Lille and my father was born there. Man, she told me some of the insanity she saw with her own eyes when under the occupation and I’ll never forget those conversations.
The answer to Kips question @ about 22:03 "why does this come naturally to me?"... The answer is twofold.... what stories/media did you grow up watching.... and or what video games did you grow up playing.
Dude, it fucking starts with the ones for Being born and Having a pulse... And some-fucking-how, I am still convinced that I can vaguely remember when it was actually in that order... Prolly by most of the same bullshit logic that our parents can remember when civility and voting were actually worth a damn...
As far as I'm concerned, the moment my SO expresses interest in an open relationship, it's already over. She has made the decision that she isn't happy with just me, and that's a low blow no go bro.
It's fine going into a marriage and already having had that conversation at the dating stage. Once it gets brought up into the marriage, there's a harder fall if things go south.
@KipReacts kinda. What I'm saying is that for me personally, I have no interest in being with a women that would even entertain the idea of an open relationship. Maybe I'm old fashioned, or maybe the world is losing it, I'm not sure, but I firmly believe that romantic relationships should always be exclusive. Spouses especially should be 100% dedicated to each other. (Statistics also seems to agree as something like 94% of non-exclusive marriages fail.)
Nah, it's not old fashioned per say, it's just your preference. I've been around people and friends that have been in poly and open situations, it just isn't for me the more I age. I have the right to say that I don't want that, and it's someone else's right to say that they want that. If they want to be open and you don't, you don't have to do anything further with them. Statistics aside, it's just common courtesy and respect for others. If someone wants to try being open, well, shouldn't his have been discussed before getting married or entirely exclusive?
8:20 Turkey changed the spelling of the name to Türkiye, which was the original name of the country back in 1923 when they first became independent. If I recall correctly the pronunciation is more or less "Turkey-ay".
You shouldn't drive with a wallet in your back pocket, basically your 4th pt of contact (your ass) is uneven, which can mess your back up. -friendly 88M
About firearm safety, there's a scene in Black hawk down where delta has there safety off, and says his finger is he safety... F____ milspec I run a drop in tune to FAFO, the safety is ALWAYS ON, cause I don't want to find out lol
Yeah, I would not want to cross a female spy who’s the mastermind of an entire network and her only distinguishing feature is she has a wooden leg. For all anyone knows she could have been hiding a sawed off shotgun in there the whole time.
Yeah, the money went down and the mortality was inversely proportional to the money... Also, best foot forward? Really punny, Kip. MVP? Most valuable... priest?
Turkey has been spelled and pronounced Türkiye (Tur-kee-yeah) in Turkish since the country became a republic in 1923. The country began a push for the rest of the world to adopt the same spelling and pronunciation in 2021.
I have a strong suspicion that the complexity and providence that brought about victory in Lord Of the Rings comparative to the complexity and providence that brought about Allied victory in WW2 is the reason so many people keep claiming that Tolkien drew from his own war experience when writing LOTR, despite the fact that Tolkien himself categorically stated this was not the case. An astonishing number of commentors seem to confuse WW1 with WW2, apparently just because they were both World Wars and both had largely the same main antagonists/defenders. Don't get me wrong, WW1 was also complex and horrific, but it was an entirely different kettle of fish from WW2, both in terms of tactics and in terms of politics. As horrific as it was, the divide of good side versus evil side wasn't nearly as evident in WW1. That might actually be what made WW1's unique horror.
About the watch list, I'm from the Philippines. We're your Pacific neighbor, one of your international audience and also where the majority of the vtubing community's audience are. So there's a chance of you being in the watch list when it comes to certain topics (that gives off red flags)
Kip Virginia was on winning side. there is no war crime for winning side.... or rather chances of u being called for them is veeery low and you really needed to hit front page for them to even be charged
so...nice long rant on something that's easily answerable. The marriage is obviously set up by both mothers..and he has as much interest in it as she did...easy way out...just go off an cheat, she'll get mad, break it off...win win. moving on. Because in those days that's how marriages were done, more so in rich / wealthy families. They were arranged... 13:36 " THEY " didn't have her do anything. SHE...went and did it of her own volition. ( she left the diplomatic corps because she wasn't making any headway in getting rules changed so she VOLUTEERED to be an ambulance driver for the French)
So I’ve played Skyrim it was my first intro into elder scrolls. I thought hey I’ll try morrowwind and oblivion and just can’t. Idk why but they just are like blah compared to Skyrim. I’m sure they were great for the time of release
Be nice if he could get a whole sentence out before you pause to tell your 20 minute stories. By the time you get around to listening to him again. we've forgotten what he was saying.
If you want to know what Fat Electrician is saying, watch the original video. And 20 minutes, you must’ve been watching a completely different video. Or you know, just don’t watch reaction videos, it’s kinda of in the name what’s going on.
Yknow, if BF 5 had had a story about this lady, they could have have had their female amputee character and actually represented history correctly both at once, and no one (well, no one worth listening to) would have complained. What a legend this woman was.
dice and microsoft were more interested in writing the Norwegians out of their own story.
I am willing to die on that hill too with ya.
And Virginia is a stunner too in her time!
Virginia was the definition to the JoJo meme 'You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting.'
But you gotta add " " around the first outsmarted.
The "leaked communique" incident before D-Day is an epic story all its own. Rommel was by far the best and most successful general Germany had at this point in the war, so Germany does the logical thing and puts him in charge of the Atlantic Wall. Rommel is completely convinced that Patton is the best general that the Allies have at this point in the war, and he may not have been wrong. Rommel is 100% deadset in the idea that Patton will be leading the charge when the Allies invade. The Allies know all this and decide to use it. They put Patton in charge of a MASSIVE army group in England preparing for an invasion, specifically, the army group is positioned at the closest point in England to the French mainland, that spot on the mainland being the Pont de Calais, making Rommel 100% deadset that the invasion is coming at Calais. The twist is that the MASSIVE army group under Patton's command only exists on paper. In reality he has about 100 men who drive a handful of actual vehicles around non-stop to make lots of vehicle tracks and move tons of inflatable dummy vehicles around each day to make it look like a massive army to aerial reconnaissance. The cherry on top is the "leak". There is a party being held, all the top brass stationed in England are in attendance, but this is still a public event, so both Patton and a number of German agents are there. Patton gets thoroughly drunk(some accounts claim he was just acting others say he legit got hammered), and in the middle of this incredibly busy, and very much public event roars out "I'll see you on the Pont de Calais!" Making the Germans think that they weren't supposed to hear this, and even more sure than ever before that Patton will be leading the attack at the Pont de Calais. Rommel is slow to react to the actual landings because he is completely convinced that they are just a diversion, a small feint to draw his forces away before Patton attacks there. That delay may have changed history.
On the topic of inflatable dummy vehicles, here's an excerpt from the TVTropes Real Life / Refuge In Audacity page:
On one particular occasion shortly after D-Day, two Frenchmen were riding along and to their astonishment saw four American soldiers effortlessly lift an (inflatable, unbeknownst to the Frenchmen) Sherman tank by the corners and turn it around. They looked at Soldier Arthur Shilstone, who could only come up with this as an answer:
"The Americans are very strong."
Actually the issue of the Germans thinking Americans couldn't do a "perfect" French accent was based upon the fact that America had regional "dialects" that would make it harder to do "perfect" French.
Whereas the Canadians could easily pick someone from "French Quebec" (where they have been using French basically from birth) and easily ship them over to France while pretending to be anything from "Welsh" to "Nordic" or even "Slavik" far better than anyone else. Because all they would need to do is to get a "pretty good" accent going from Ireland to Moscow and pass as "foreigner from somewhere in Europe" without exposing themself for being Canadian.
FASCINATING!
If you're at the point of cheating, your passed the point of leaving
I believe the rule for disabled diplomats (or lack thereof) was due to concerns that other cultures view things like that differently and so it could negatively affect negotiations off rip by having them as an ambassador.
Not sure if true, could be misremembering, but I think that was the logic
my fathers culture has a bad habbit of thinking a physical injury or disability reflexs a deeper mental disability. if you dont have a foot... you must be stupid.. its weird im 100% against it. but for the greater area if a diplomat came in without a leg oh god....
8:19
In case no one answered this; they changed the spelling of their country’s name.
Turkey -> Türkiye; still pronounced the same way
Upvote ❤😊
Was it because turkey would also show up in a search for Turkey?
Some points on no amputee diplomats. Handicap accessibility wasn't really a thing, especially in poorer nations and wheelchair/prosthetic technology was far worse.
Also you don't have to worry about your diplomats not being able to physically partake in local culture or offending less modern cultures who see an amputee as a lesser being.
When it comes to the supply drops
She was definitely getting some of the liberator’s (stamped 45 single shot you mentioned) but it’s very likely she also had stens as well as some French bolt actions and british Enfields.
My uncles lived through the depression.. and even today they try to save everything wrapping paper, and other items
I've said it once I've said it twice and I'll continue to say it until the day I die "Reality is stranger than fiction"
Cargo pants because then you don’t have to put anything in the back pockets. Yea I’ve never put anything in my back pockets because I like to sit down and not fear breaking anything
Every time I get to the part in Fat Electrician's video about Virigina blowing her foot off with a shotgun, I remember the story my mother told me about one of her friends. Her friend had an accident involving a lawnmower and cut half of her foot off.
26:40 MVP: Most Valuable Priest
Even FDR had special braces so he could stand when needed. He hid the fact he was wheel chair bound. An pictures in his wheel chair are extremely rare.
Seeing that map of occupied vs unoccupied France hit me… my grandmother was from Lille and my father was born there. Man, she told me some of the insanity she saw with her own eyes when under the occupation and I’ll never forget those conversations.
The answer to Kips question @ about 22:03 "why does this come naturally to me?"... The answer is twofold.... what stories/media did you grow up watching.... and or what video games did you grow up playing.
It's not a question of *IF* you are on a watch list, it's how many.
And also on WHAT and WHO's lists. It is important to know, in my opinion.
The simple answer is Yes.
Dude, it fucking starts with the ones for
Being born and
Having a pulse...
And some-fucking-how, I am still convinced that I can vaguely remember when it was actually in that order...
Prolly by most of the same bullshit logic that our parents can remember when civility and voting were actually worth a damn...
As far as I'm concerned, the moment my SO expresses interest in an open relationship, it's already over. She has made the decision that she isn't happy with just me, and that's a low blow no go bro.
It's fine going into a marriage and already having had that conversation at the dating stage.
Once it gets brought up into the marriage, there's a harder fall if things go south.
@KipReacts kinda. What I'm saying is that for me personally, I have no interest in being with a women that would even entertain the idea of an open relationship. Maybe I'm old fashioned, or maybe the world is losing it, I'm not sure, but I firmly believe that romantic relationships should always be exclusive. Spouses especially should be 100% dedicated to each other. (Statistics also seems to agree as something like 94% of non-exclusive marriages fail.)
Nah, it's not old fashioned per say, it's just your preference. I've been around people and friends that have been in poly and open situations, it just isn't for me the more I age. I have the right to say that I don't want that, and it's someone else's right to say that they want that. If they want to be open and you don't, you don't have to do anything further with them. Statistics aside, it's just common courtesy and respect for others. If someone wants to try being open, well, shouldn't his have been discussed before getting married or entirely exclusive?
8:20 Turkey changed the spelling of the name to Türkiye, which was the original name of the country back in 1923 when they first became independent. If I recall correctly the pronunciation is more or less "Turkey-ay".
9:40; fun fact, I almost got gangrene in my gallbladder… because I’m an idiot and thought the 1 inch diameter gall stone was just indigestion.
18:45 shit _definitely_ got that inventive Canadian energy.
Look. My mom's from Stettler, okay? I can say that.
I think my grandparents were from Crow's Nest Pass.
Kip trying to say feminety reminds me of when Disney Nemo trying to say what he lives in.
He has a second channel called the fat files
You shouldn't drive with a wallet in your back pocket, basically your 4th pt of contact (your ass) is uneven, which can mess your back up.
-friendly 88M
Thank you for this PSA!
About firearm safety, there's a scene in Black hawk down where delta has there safety off, and says his finger is he safety... F____ milspec I run a drop in tune to FAFO, the safety is ALWAYS ON, cause I don't want to find out lol
Great reaction video kip
Thank you!
Yeah, I would not want to cross a female spy who’s the mastermind of an entire network and her only distinguishing feature is she has a wooden leg. For all anyone knows she could have been hiding a sawed off shotgun in there the whole time.
20:26 lets call this the ClitzKrieg tactic
Yeah, the money went down and the mortality was inversely proportional to the money...
Also, best foot forward? Really punny, Kip.
MVP? Most valuable... priest?
Most Valuable Personell, also Most Valuable Persian.
Also sorry, I forgot about The Priest in the Fat Electritian's and this videos.
I didn’t learn until my grandmother passed away that she was a honorary Hells Angel. She got the respect of a leader.
This their social media division make special meme that they change nation name and cuntry name to confuse enemies and ally nations.
You should watch the most hilarious spy of world war 2 by wendigoon
We love Chubby Electron Guy.
Turkey has been spelled and pronounced Türkiye (Tur-kee-yeah) in Turkish since the country became a republic in 1923. The country began a push for the rest of the world to adopt the same spelling and pronunciation in 2021.
remember its never a warcrime the first time
Polish dude scored best waifu of WW2.
Probably the only person/group that survives WW2 completely inta5
I have a strong suspicion that the complexity and providence that brought about victory in Lord Of the Rings comparative to the complexity and providence that brought about Allied victory in WW2 is the reason so many people keep claiming that Tolkien drew from his own war experience when writing LOTR, despite the fact that Tolkien himself categorically stated this was not the case. An astonishing number of commentors seem to confuse WW1 with WW2, apparently just because they were both World Wars and both had largely the same main antagonists/defenders.
Don't get me wrong, WW1 was also complex and horrific, but it was an entirely different kettle of fish from WW2, both in terms of tactics and in terms of politics. As horrific as it was, the divide of good side versus evil side wasn't nearly as evident in WW1. That might actually be what made WW1's unique horror.
You should check out DJ peach cobbler's Top 5 failures of the CIA
About the watch list, I'm from the Philippines. We're your Pacific neighbor, one of your international audience and also where the majority of the vtubing community's audience are. So there's a chance of you being in the watch list when it comes to certain topics (that gives off red flags)
murca answer to all questions
Psy-ops i’d say not black ops
18:44 only if it wasn’t the first time 😎
Yeah, do not underestimate the effects of hindering mobility in war.
those weird guns you are talking about are liberators. I'm 99% sure those were moreso later in the war
18:47 “Perhaps.”
Like, it’s war, and there’s degrees of separation, _and_ it’s espionage. If you’re not warcriming, are you trying?
It's never a war crime the first time. If you can even prove it
Puts in incredibles 2 meme format “TURKEY IS TURKEY!!!”
Kip Virginia was on winning side. there is no war crime for winning side.... or rather chances of u being called for them is veeery low and you really needed to hit front page for them to even be charged
If you want some navel history, give what you said at the start, look into drachinifel. He does navel history from the age of sail to just after wwii
so...nice long rant on something that's easily answerable. The marriage is obviously set up by both mothers..and he has as much interest in it as she did...easy way out...just go off an cheat, she'll get mad, break it off...win win. moving on. Because in those days that's how marriages were done, more so in rich / wealthy families. They were arranged...
13:36 " THEY " didn't have her do anything. SHE...went and did it of her own volition. ( she left the diplomatic corps because she wasn't making any headway in getting rules changed so she VOLUTEERED to be an ambulance driver for the French)
So I’ve played Skyrim it was my first intro into elder scrolls. I thought hey I’ll try morrowwind and oblivion and just can’t. Idk why but they just are like blah compared to Skyrim. I’m sure they were great for the time of release
yea i could never cheat. a few months ago my fiance got pregnant but wasn't mine and i wouldn't wish that type of hurt on anyone
I understand. Had a cute girl want to come home with my wife and I once. "I will ask"!! The answer was F-ing NO!!
First for once
Be nice if he could get a whole sentence out before you pause to tell your 20 minute stories. By the time you get around to listening to him again. we've forgotten what he was saying.
If you want to know what Fat Electrician is saying, watch the original video. And 20 minutes, you must’ve been watching a completely different video. Or you know, just don’t watch reaction videos, it’s kinda of in the name what’s going on.
My school in Texas covers Virginia Hall