"The Unkillable Soldier" - The Legend of Adrian Carton de Wiart

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.พ. 2024
  • Taken from JRE #2104 w/Chris Williamson:
    open.spotify.com/episode/7iLn...

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  • @mbendahl
    @mbendahl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1629

    Many wars suffered PTSD after their experience with Adrian Carton de Wiart

    • @114Riggs
      @114Riggs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      That beats all Chuck Norris facts

    • @RQFumbles
      @RQFumbles 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      WW3 won't even start because technology may bring back an AI Adrian Carton de Wiart

    • @rorycox4330
      @rorycox4330 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      ​@@RQFumbles Everyone thinks the Cold War happened because of nukes when really it was because Adrian was still around

    • @beyondthesacrosanctbreeze
      @beyondthesacrosanctbreeze 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@rorycox4330 He was still around, posting vague threats through numerous means of communication. Morse code, telegram, and he was even caught spam posting on online forums that didn't even exist yet. Only discovered years later after they created it, a random folder popped up, just waiting to be opened. It was stuffed full his cryptic preface messages. Truly remarkable.

    • @jesushernandez-oc2nz
      @jesushernandez-oc2nz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂 😂

  • @ChrisWillx
    @ChrisWillx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3716

    I am absolutely in love with this man. Adrian Carton de Wiart drinks napalm to fight his heartburn.

    • @Fraunzi
      @Fraunzi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      Best Joe Rogan podcast ever

    • @zach3955
      @zach3955 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      Gay!!

    • @welshradz5132
      @welshradz5132 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Sabaton made a song about this guy and its as badass as he is its called the unkillable soldier

    • @Catcatcat237
      @Catcatcat237 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      You clearly have never seen war with your own eyes, because if you have, you’d be horrified by someone who actually said he enjoyed it. Regardless of how “cool” his story seems to you, seing people being ripped to shreds around you is traumatizing to anyone with normal human psyche.

    • @Wolish
      @Wolish 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I feel like you and Joe might both like the story of Wojtek the soldier bear who served during WW2.

  • @theMAN3554
    @theMAN3554 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +390

    "At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness, an immortal soldier finds his home!!!!"

    • @enderengineer3934
      @enderengineer3934 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Proven under fire

    • @karlobujan
      @karlobujan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      hell yeah!!!!

    • @RakRescue
      @RakRescue 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​@@enderengineer3934over trench and wire

    • @adrianaceves3199
      @adrianaceves3199 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      No fear of death, he's unshakable

    • @adrianaceves3199
      @adrianaceves3199 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@RakRescue No fear of death, he's unshakable

  • @user-kx1co7wh7w
    @user-kx1co7wh7w 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +515

    In my family we all live in his shadow. 'The General' married my grandmother and moved to County Cork in 1950. I remember him well even as a 5 yr old and am honoured to be related to him. When I need inspiration - I read his book.

    • @patrickgeraghty9132
      @patrickgeraghty9132 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      What an inspiration, and such wonderful memories for you.

    • @blackcountryme
      @blackcountryme 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Find the sabaton song about hims

    • @SaltNBattery
      @SaltNBattery 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Sounds like he used up all his skill points into Vitality and Endurance.

    • @Mike-ud6hd
      @Mike-ud6hd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Arguably the most important in war. Im no soldier, but one can only imagine that his sheer determination and vigour in battle, as a young and old man would have given hope and motivation for everyone he was fighting with. "If this one eyed amputee can still be going then what tf am I complaining about?" @@SaltNBattery

    • @moe5796
      @moe5796 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What is the name of his boom you read?

  • @renew5751
    @renew5751 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1613

    A story like this deserved that impeccable narration. Unreal.

    • @MrVvulf
      @MrVvulf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Hopefully, The Fat Electrician will do a video on him.

    • @herrikudo
      @herrikudo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      He STILL skipped the best part. For a while he retired to poland until september 1939..... when the nazis tried to SPECIFICALLY bomb his house.... when he wasnt home. He escaped the country by QUOTE: "hooking his stump arm around a hand railing of a fleeing train, while holding off nazi pursuers by firing a stolen German MP38 with his good hand"
      He also spent a ton of time hunting warthogs in africa after losing his hand.... with nothing but a fucking combat knife.
      I shit you not. This guy is what happens when a serial killer is born in the right place at the right time with the right people guiding him.

    • @nflman618
      @nflman618 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      By Morgan freeman

    • @yougthakuri3616
      @yougthakuri3616 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Infographic has his story animated

    • @herrikudo
      @herrikudo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@yougthakuri3616 it's pretty solid but even they leave out a lot of the craziest details so people will believe the story at all lol. It's like how The Revenant with Leonardo Dicaprio is not even close to how insane the REAL story of Hugh Glass is. Great flick but often times truth is more bizzare than fiction.

  • @lopezlion3164
    @lopezlion3164 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3415

    The man that keeps Chuck Norris up at night 😂 legend

    • @newmula5045
      @newmula5045 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      That was a good one!!!! 😂

    • @michaelcervantez3570
      @michaelcervantez3570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      LMAO!!!!

    • @nwilt7114
      @nwilt7114 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Chuck Norris's dad.

    • @skarzynd
      @skarzynd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      🤣

    • @wastingsanity
      @wastingsanity 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Rumor has it Chuck Norris looks up to him.

  • @iliastopalidis6270
    @iliastopalidis6270 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +203

    A band name Sabaton made a song for this guy, unbelievable that someone like him existed

    • @Werewolf.exe77
      @Werewolf.exe77 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Its an absolute banger

    • @Ferrett115
      @Ferrett115 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@Werewolf.exe77 That it is

    • @kornaros96
      @kornaros96 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@Ferrett115the unkillable soldier

    • @Ferrett115
      @Ferrett115 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@kornaros96 Whilst I DO appreciate you giving the name, as I forgot to put it in my own comment, I've listened to The War To End All Wars at least 20-30 times through. Good on you for putting the song name here though, I actually do appreciate that!

    • @MV-ri7zu
      @MV-ri7zu หลายเดือนก่อน

      There have been a handful of people like him

  • @RamnaViaz
    @RamnaViaz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1376

    "A human honey badger" sounds about right, dude was fearless and no pain could stop him.

    • @114Riggs
      @114Riggs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      accurate as can be. Read a story about a honey badge escaping his denn. getting rowdy with a lioness. Lioness nearly killed him. weeks of recovery later. he escaped the enclosure again to ask what the cats damn issue was.

    • @ArdynSol
      @ArdynSol 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sounds like you knew him well.

    • @kygodragon4782
      @kygodragon4782 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Clearly you don't know the pain of having a abscess on your nerve in your tooth...
      War is tough, abscess on nerve is automatic defeat.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      lol Rogan was so impressed by this story, that was about the only thing he said besides his classic “wow”

    • @TheLoverOfYourMother1
      @TheLoverOfYourMother1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kygodragon4782amen

  • @user-lf4ck9ve5l
    @user-lf4ck9ve5l 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +987

    Monty Python made a skit about this guys great grandfather. Lost all his limbs and was still screaming "get back here you chicken!" to his enemies.

    • @bigdeal5394
      @bigdeal5394 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

      Tis merely a flesh wound!

    • @FishDoExist
      @FishDoExist 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@bigdeal5394 Aww...beat me to it :-)

    • @studleydewrite2942
      @studleydewrite2942 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      My thought exactly!
      What a movie. Coconuts for horses. lol

    • @user-lf4ck9ve5l
      @user-lf4ck9ve5l 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@FishDoExist you know what they say about great minds and all

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Using real horses was bananas

  • @JesseVin11
    @JesseVin11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +105

    I am so glad this is being told to a wider audience Adrian Carton de Wiart story has fascinated me for years

    • @zimbonz
      @zimbonz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is like the old " I used to listen to them before they were cool" 😂

    • @JesseVin11
      @JesseVin11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@zimbonz ah geez you're not wrong reading it back

    • @zimbonz
      @zimbonz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JesseVin11 Just messing with you man. If you knew of this mans story previously, then you get respect - he is awesome and deserves to have his story told, by all.

    • @kingseb2252
      @kingseb2252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check out sabaton they are a metal band that sing.about battles heroes etc they did a song about him "the unkillable​ soldier @@JesseVin11

  • @magnetsoldiercephas331
    @magnetsoldiercephas331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    This man was born to tell stories and win bar bets. Absolute savage of a man.

  • @ryanlemley4866
    @ryanlemley4866 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +562

    "Excuse me sir. It appears you have lost your arm". Carton: "That's fine. I'll pick it up on my way back". 😂

    • @spikegilfer1997
      @spikegilfer1997 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      "I haven't lost my arm, brother. It's right over there! I'm still in this! I'm fine!"

    • @Bla_bla_blablatron
      @Bla_bla_blablatron 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think he lost his ability to tell the truth

    • @JC-ye7pj
      @JC-ye7pj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      The man who inspired Monty Python: "It's just a flesh wound"

    • @moniqueengleman873
      @moniqueengleman873 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@JC-ye7pj😂😂😂

    • @aleksiheija8170
      @aleksiheija8170 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@spikegilfer1997 "Put me back in coach, I still got some fight left" 😂😂

  • @Truemeaning-
    @Truemeaning- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +530

    Bro finally someone brings him up on the podcast, this dude needs a movie! With the right people making it’ll be amazing

    • @titopuente6149
      @titopuente6149 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Leo

    • @DG-mk7kd
      @DG-mk7kd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You could make a series about the absolute inhumans that turned up.

    • @baeo.wolffe5179
      @baeo.wolffe5179 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      The problem is, it would be too unbelievable

    • @momalwayssaiddontplayballi3973
      @momalwayssaiddontplayballi3973 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Christian Bale

    • @wastedpotato4555
      @wastedpotato4555 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Nah it'd get woked

  • @TheGeneral_LUFC
    @TheGeneral_LUFC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    Im from Ireland, Adrian retired here. He lived in Co.Cork what a legend.

    • @chronicles8324
      @chronicles8324 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      MOT

    • @TheGeneral_LUFC
      @TheGeneral_LUFC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@chronicles8324 alaw

    • @chronicles8324
      @chronicles8324 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@TheGeneral_LUFC Champions of Europe

    • @RomeWill
      @RomeWill 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      But did he ever retire?

    • @maciejmazur2622
      @maciejmazur2622 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@RomeWill thats possibly the most bada$$ thing, although not as flashy - despite everything he went through the bastard lived until 80-something , had a family and died peacefully

  • @SpiteBellow
    @SpiteBellow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Nothing on this planet gets me more inspired than hearing stories like these

  • @bradthemadlad
    @bradthemadlad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Love from a sputh african boer 🇿🇦 a history worth to look up alot of brave people fought boer,brits and even zulu

    • @AJakes93
      @AJakes93 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Never forget the xhosa

    • @bradthemadlad
      @bradthemadlad หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AJakes93 ofcourse 🔥

  • @thedarkemperor7144
    @thedarkemperor7144 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +274

    That “look at him look at him “ at the end, you can tell how much he admires that guy a lot of passion. That guy is great!

    • @s0ldier898
      @s0ldier898 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounded like Joe almost saying that 😂

    • @Silirion
      @Silirion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Whats not to love

  • @nashzahm
    @nashzahm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +577

    He was an absolute chad. Some other facts are:
    He was sent as an attache to Poland when they were fighting the Soviets in 1919 and stayed there till WW2 broke out and escaped with the Polish Government
    He was the one to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces in Singapore at the end of the war
    He didn't officially retire from military service until in 1947 he broke his back after falling down some stairs.
    Sabaton made a song about him rightly titled "The Unkillable Soldier"

    • @Ustaleone
      @Ustaleone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      To think that all it took to end his carreer was some stairs. Being old probably helped too.

    • @114Riggs
      @114Riggs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      I was hoping for a Sabaton Shout out over here

    • @oghash4912
      @oghash4912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      ​@@Ustaleonehe probably beat the shit out of those stairs

    • @nudgenudgewinkwink3212
      @nudgenudgewinkwink3212 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is he the one with the white flag he chucks to the ground in singapore!.

    • @MrLoobu
      @MrLoobu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@Ustaleone Everyone loses everything in extreme old age, and it comes faster when you've been such a hero for so long.

  • @ReverendSoupbone
    @ReverendSoupbone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Great tale!! This guy tells the epic story flawlessly!

  • @andybals216
    @andybals216 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This needs to be a movie..legend!

  • @Max_Ivanov_Pro
    @Max_Ivanov_Pro 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1153

    imagine they made a movie about this guy.

    • @chosenchad1155
      @chosenchad1155 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Who would play such a legendary man?

    • @mattlol163
      @mattlol163 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      i thought they didnt....
      Wasnt it like.... Die Hard or something?
      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @emrekagan49
      @emrekagan49 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      people would think he's fictional.

    • @dontcheckthisbox2753
      @dontcheckthisbox2753 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Clearly you need a non-binary woman of color to play such a badass and rake in the millions.

    • @billdoor3140
      @billdoor3140 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

      They'd magically make him American

  • @joshuawalker301
    @joshuawalker301 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    -Who will carry the boats?
    -That guy obviously, you can sit down Mr goggins.

    • @hectz441con4
      @hectz441con4 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Exactly , talk about a whole different level of the meaning, STAY HARD !

    • @ibmor7674
      @ibmor7674 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hectz441con4frfr

    • @nathanrose3523
      @nathanrose3523 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Goggins is a wiener next to this dude !

  • @gdreading9088
    @gdreading9088 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    As we Brits would say "Jolly bad luck old boy" Great vlog

  • @henryburton6529
    @henryburton6529 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    There are so many stories of unbelievable heroism in WW2 - people today have no idea. Until I started reading about it I had no idea. Absolutely insane.

    • @chronicles8324
      @chronicles8324 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen.........

    • @henryburton6529
      @henryburton6529 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chronicles8324 Look out for a book called pegasus bridge - Just read it - mind blown. Also St Nazaire U boat pens raid and bordeaux canoe raid. Ridiculous.
      The decision and bravery to do what they successfully did is wild. I'd cry and curl up like a baby given the same odds.

    • @Maniaco1612
      @Maniaco1612 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dude, Carton de Wiart, Desmond Doss and Simo Hayha were literally superheroes. There are some people who are just cut from a different cloth.

  • @Truffle_Pup
    @Truffle_Pup 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +265

    When I was in school 20 years ago my History teacher was one of the best you could ever ask for, and would teach us about these British officers who were just absolutely bonkers.
    If you enjoyed this, look up "Mad Jack" Churchill... He fought WW2 with a Scottish Broadsword, and Bow and Arrows, and a set of bagpipes on his back.... ABSOLUTE Legend.

    • @giampaolomannucci8281
      @giampaolomannucci8281 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      "A mortar shell killed or wounded everyone but Churchill, who was playing "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" on his pipes as the Germans advanced"
      this dude was playing his bagpipes with incoming mortar shells

    • @jimbarino2
      @jimbarino2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      He marched up and down the beach at Normandy, playing his bagpipe, and the Germans were too spooked to shoot at him.

    • @mickydem5920
      @mickydem5920 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks mate I’ve just really enjoyed learning about mad Jack. You got any more??

    • @jaysonparkhurst7422
      @jaysonparkhurst7422 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Bagpipes are the ultimate moral boost

    • @nickmoyer9112
      @nickmoyer9112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Incredible that people like this exist!! 😂

  • @courtneymeehan504
    @courtneymeehan504 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +117

    "This guy's a badger." 🤣 First history lesson that I have ever laughed through the entire way!

    • @pkz420
      @pkz420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Theres plenty more.
      History is filled with comedy. Fiction is limited to what is believable, history has no bounds.
      Eg. The Great Emu War, or Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. And many more. If things like that show up in fiction, it gets rejected as unrealistic. Reality is often unrealistic, or cartoonish, though.

    • @staffh3815
      @staffh3815 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More of a honey badger😂

  • @chrisbryan89
    @chrisbryan89 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    He’s like that knight in Monty Python and The Holy Grail who loses all his limbs and still wants to fight. Mother effing legend!

    • @gerogero2011
      @gerogero2011 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That was Sir adrian Ancestor

  • @thesaltysergeant4103
    @thesaltysergeant4103 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A true hero. I am surprised there isnt a movie about his life.

    • @alecbaker13
      @alecbaker13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m surprised there isn’t a life about his movie

  • @J.D.Mc.
    @J.D.Mc. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +245

    Whole new meaning to "Never Give Up."

    • @memesalvv3226
      @memesalvv3226 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Never gonna give you up

    • @J.D.Mc.
      @J.D.Mc. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@memesalvv3226 never gonna let you down 🎵

    • @memesalvv3226
      @memesalvv3226 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@J.D.Mc. never gonna run around and forget you

    • @J.D.Mc.
      @J.D.Mc. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@memesalvv3226 🎵🎶💯💥🤘🏻😝👍🏻

    • @user-wq1zh6sq3m
      @user-wq1zh6sq3m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No it does not mean never give up .
      It mean "what is give up?

  • @theodoreaguglia8902
    @theodoreaguglia8902 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    Dude was a true warrior

    • @MR-nl8xr
      @MR-nl8xr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So was Tango Mike Mike.

    • @theodoreaguglia8902
      @theodoreaguglia8902 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lauri törni. Cut and paste. Some men are just built different

    • @theodoreaguglia8902
      @theodoreaguglia8902 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Roy Benavides, one of the toughest mf'ers to walk the planet

  • @b.alexanderjohnstone9774
    @b.alexanderjohnstone9774 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    Ever wondered how a tiny damp island at the edge of the Roman world spread English speaking civilisation to a quarter of the world?

    • @raiiiar
      @raiiiar 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Spreading...like the plague right?😂

    • @pratyushbhattacharjee5532
      @pratyushbhattacharjee5532 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Bring back the old Britain...

    • @AB-eb2wy
      @AB-eb2wy 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Like a flame in the night

    • @Rubionion
      @Rubionion 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@edger7425the sexiest of all the plagues

    • @johnplayer1052
      @johnplayer1052 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah! Through murder, displacing people, torture, atrocities and what not...

  • @jayjones2017
    @jayjones2017 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks for telling us about this guy. i feel so lost and down and this guys story is kind of inspiring

  • @KenKennedy-pz5xo
    @KenKennedy-pz5xo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

    We need a movie or TV series of this guy ASAP

    • @lukehawes2949
      @lukehawes2949 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      There is a song called unkilliable soldier

    • @beardmeetsworld0707
      @beardmeetsworld0707 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No chance: too white and too male for todays namby pamby wokeist media elites

  • @iiPrOpHcY
    @iiPrOpHcY 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +138

    Adrian Carton de Wiart is the great grandfather of Anthony Loyd, a British war journalist who wrote an incredible book in his time covering the Bosnian War and Chechen War while battling heroin addiction. My War Gone By, I Miss It So is the name of the book. Really recommend it. My second favorite book of all time. He dedicates a good bit of the book to discussing his family’s (including Carter de Wiart) war stories.

    • @anotheroneal3380
      @anotheroneal3380 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      What's your favorite book of all time?

    • @ianmacrae4963
      @ianmacrae4963 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks, just ordered it on Amazon, one hardcopy left! Cheers. What is you #1 book? I am reading Wild Bill Hickcock right now, biography that's pretty entertaining. Although I find with people like him and Ernest Hemingway, the 'legend' gets built and fictionalized over time. Kind of like you don't want to meet you hero in real life.

    • @iiPrOpHcY
      @iiPrOpHcY 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@anotheroneal3380 it’s a tie between East of Eden by Steinbeck or Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Biblical allegory told in WW1 era America vs the ultimate anti-western full of visceral realities of Texas post Mexican-American War, 1848.

    • @Jamie_Wulfyr
      @Jamie_Wulfyr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They were related? Goddamn, I've read that book and he had a similar attitude to being in the middle of war.

    • @triztenklk
      @triztenklk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably the bible 😂 jokes. Best book of all time is one flew over the cuckoo's nest

  • @AlphaSergio-pl4bm
    @AlphaSergio-pl4bm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Need a movie about this man .

  • @karlobujan
    @karlobujan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The most incredible life story of the most epic soldier ever. WHAT A BADASS.

  • @craig_ramjet990
    @craig_ramjet990 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    I read his book. His matter of fact story telling was outstanding. One hell of a soldier and a giant of a human with that dry British wit from the past century.

  • @KimTheGrim
    @KimTheGrim 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    SISU is a movie from Finland and the word means strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. I recommend watching the movie. Its great!

    • @bennymac_10
      @bennymac_10 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for this comment wanted to know what is was ❤️

    • @edvardm4348
      @edvardm4348 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as a native Finn in 3rd generation, I feel ashamed when we talk of sisu (~guts). Pick pretty much any Asian, _that's_ what I think is sisu. We get all easy compared to them, and whenever I hear a story that should be about sisu I remember at least 5 things written in history about some Asians, what they endured and still managed through it with honour.

    • @KimTheGrim
      @KimTheGrim 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@edvardm4348 The you dont understand the meaning of sisu, it has very little to do with honour or exemplary service that are both highly regarded in Japan and Korea for instance. The greatest example of sisu is sometimes shown by the meekest of men without any concept of honour, exemplary sisu can be shown outside of combat aswell. You cant even put it next to "guts" even if they have the same type of feel, sisu is when you have nothing prove or to gain but you still give it your all and despite succeeding you might not get any recognition or positive feelings from it. Sisu is a Finnish mentality that only fully shows itself under the harshest of conditions and these days we live too comfortable lives for it to manifest. Its a word Finns dont take lightly or if you do you are missing the point. I dont think you can ever truly understand the Finnish mindset if you dont grasp the concept of sisu.

    • @edvardm4348
      @edvardm4348 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KimTheGrim I'm a native Finn in nth generation, I'm quite certain I understand what it means :D Sisu tarkoittaa sitkeyttä, kestävyyttä ja periksiantamattomuutta monenmuotoisten vaikeuksien edessä. That being said, I admit that putting "honour" to the end was unnecessary, it's not that much related, but I guess I intuitively put it there because I value that in people, standing for what they believe what is right

    • @KimTheGrim
      @KimTheGrim 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@edvardm4348 Yes, i understand but those three things are just the premise of sisu for me. You can show guts in picking up girls for example but it has nothing to do with sisu, you can show honour in every day life but you cant sisu. One of the keys to sisu for me atleast is doing all those things without caring of the outcome or even if things get better. And there is no sisu without winter so maybe thats the biggest thing that sets it apart for me, you are right that Asians are the only people that i can relate to feelings of sisu and the brutality that has been experienced there might make them of stronger character but sisu has nothing to do with ethics or morality.

  • @Elwooddudes
    @Elwooddudes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Everyone needs this level of commitment!

  • @ThuNguyen-tj4ek
    @ThuNguyen-tj4ek 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Legend! Thank you for sharing this amazing part of history.

  • @Zanefilmprologue
    @Zanefilmprologue 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    We need a movie for this guy

    • @MagnusBerger
      @MagnusBerger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=23vZRFu3aW3MZoXE

    • @elingrome5853
      @elingrome5853 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Gotta be Daniel Day Lewis!

    • @Echoes-
      @Echoes- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Sabaton - The Unkillable Soldier music video are great!

    • @Anninukichild
      @Anninukichild 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or atleast a couple missions on a game

  • @spikegilfer1997
    @spikegilfer1997 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Every time I hear about this man he bewilders and astonishes me.
    Built. Different.

  • @PublishHisWords
    @PublishHisWords 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Listening to this is giving me heartburn.

  • @chewy739
    @chewy739 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This story built into a movie. Wouldn’t need the “Hollywood spin” to be interesting. This guy is awesome

  • @welshradz5132
    @welshradz5132 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Sabaton made a song about this guy and its as badass as he is its called the unkillable soldier

    • @samanthanelson5143
      @samanthanelson5143 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cough

    • @MagnusBerger
      @MagnusBerger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=23vZRFu3aW3MZoXE

  • @Flagg795
    @Flagg795 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +213

    Sabaton made an awesome song about him!

    • @theunforgiven462
      @theunforgiven462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Came here to post this🤘

    • @GyzelE
      @GyzelE 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I actually got to see them live! That's what got me into them, never heard of them before that show

    • @theunforgiven462
      @theunforgiven462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@GyzelE We're seeing them in May with Judas Priest. Can't wait

    • @DaSillyCat895
      @DaSillyCat895 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      🗿🤝🗿

    • @MagnusBerger
      @MagnusBerger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=23vZRFu3aW3MZoXE

  • @philipbunney9445
    @philipbunney9445 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    An example of the true strength & perseverance of the human spirit.

  • @potatomine6678
    @potatomine6678 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I learnt about him from Sabaton and now I just can't stop simping for this guy

    • @tuhphuh9772
      @tuhphuh9772 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If that makes you simp, is that a good thing. Is this guy's model of that of a simp? Dust off that intellect.

  • @marksasahara1115
    @marksasahara1115 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I somehow came across Carton de Wiart's Wiki a while ago, unbelievable! I love Williamson's enthusiasm to tell the story of The Unkillable Soldier and Joe's reacation!

  • @jackmazza5742
    @jackmazza5742 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    "Into the fire through trenches and mud
    Son of Belgium and Ireland with war in his blood
    Leading the charge into hostile barrage
    By design, he was made for the frontline
    Studied law, with a thirst for war
    Fought in Africa, wanted more
    Back in Europe then straight to France
    He's joining the allied advance
    Through the Somme and the Devil's Wood
    All the battles that he withstood
    Born a soldier, enjoyed the war
    He always kept coming for more
    Never die, shot through the eye
    Never surrender however they try
    How they try, shot through the eye
    He'll never die
    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
    In the battles, when he was shot
    Kept on fighting, and never stopped
    In Arras, Cambrai, Passchendaele
    Ignoring his wounds he prevailed
    Save the day, he'll never stray
    Facing the foes that are coming his way
    Come his way, he'll never stray
    Saving the day
    At the edge of madness, in a time of sadness
    An immortal soldier finds his home
    Proven under fire, over trench and wire
    Forged for the war, he's unbreakable
    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
    No fear of death, he's unshakeable"

  • @heytherebarry
    @heytherebarry 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Chris is such a smart fella, he knew this story would be made a clip 🙌

  • @KangoV
    @KangoV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Damn, this deserves a film!

  • @musikbox83
    @musikbox83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Sabaton introduced me to the Unkillable Soldier. Awesome song, even more awesome story.

  • @jopo7996
    @jopo7996 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    War can turn a psycho into a hero.

    • @JorgeRojas-ut3wj
      @JorgeRojas-ut3wj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      lol Indeed. That man ain't right in the head. The type of guy you're just glad is on your side.

    • @X-Prime123
      @X-Prime123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, I don't think he was all there in the good guy department. He enjoyed ww1?

  • @sisnaustinyazzie-mcdonald1282
    @sisnaustinyazzie-mcdonald1282 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a amazing beautiful story

  • @zanelampen5288
    @zanelampen5288 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Read about him when i was a kid in a horrible histories book. A legend.

  • @brendanfields3691
    @brendanfields3691 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    Sisu is crazy buddy survived the most ridiculous stuff in that movie

    • @suntzu94
      @suntzu94 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah that movie is a little over the top

    • @iDeathMaximuMII
      @iDeathMaximuMII 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@suntzu94And so is real life sometimes 😂 Crazy shit could happen that you wouldn’t believe until you saw it for yourself

    • @MikeMJPMUNCH
      @MikeMJPMUNCH 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True but hearing what the unkillable soldier survived it's not too crazy.

  • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
    @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    General Adrian Carton de Wiart was my great grandfather's all time hero! Which made me sit up and take notice as kid...
    Pop was a WW2 and Korea vet, who spent his entire working life in the Australian army... He was such a hard mofo, he lied about his age to enlist and escape his life as a farm hand (indentured servant basically) only to get shipped off to north Africa and almost got himself captured immediately.
    He was the toughest man I ever met, and that includes my dad's cousin Richard "Dick" G Fecteau , who was one of the very first CIA operatives. He was a paramilitary trainer who was training fifth pillar resistance operatives embedded in 1950s China, but their plane was shot down and he spent twenty years in a Chinese prison for his troubles.
    Spent the first three years being tortured, but refused to give them anything substantial or admit he was CIA, so he spent those years giving them the information of his college football team, just "to have a little fun with them, cause I figured they were gonna kill me anyway"
    The CIA made a film "Extraordinary Fidelity" about him and Jack Downey, the two longest serving POWs in US military history.
    It's actually a weird family thing on both sides, with my cousin and best mate (he's a bit older) being one of the Australian SASR's most decorated commanding officers having been awarded the Bronze Star by the USMC for his role in operating Anaconda, among a slew of other metalware they tried to take from him after the media smear jobs and war crime allegations.
    In the ABC reports about 3 Squadron, the C/O referred to as commander A who (allegedly) says "you better be prepared to see me put my pistol up against some c*nts temple and pull the trigger... And leave it in the theatre. Cause I don't wanna be reading about your "trauma" in the papers in ten years time"
    That dude is my cuz... apparently It's cool we mention that shit now. The ADF has found a PR and recruiting role, so allegations of war crimes are kinda in vogue lol
    That would have been fucking hilarious if you knew him, but I get why the guy who he said that to had a cry about it. My cuz said he could tell he wasn't made of the right stuff and I don't blame him. Those guys are not normal.
    They're not monsters, but they sure ain't normal.

  • @slo232000
    @slo232000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dude legitimately unlocked invincibility mode like a video game character. Incredible he survived so much damage.

  • @charlielawson1979
    @charlielawson1979 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    didn't think I'd ever see great grandad being spoken bout on this show!

  • @alh-xj6gt
    @alh-xj6gt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    the definition of build different. what a guy.

  • @Charles-xe2qh
    @Charles-xe2qh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I'm so happy that Carton got a mention on Joe Rogan!! He deserves to be well known about. May I highly recommend his book "Happy Odyssey". Undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary characters you will ever read about.

  • @_Since-1994
    @_Since-1994 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He lived the life i dreamed to live😢

    • @Joshua-sw1bo
      @Joshua-sw1bo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fuck yeah!

  • @keithprescott007
    @keithprescott007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They need to make a movie about this guy what a legend 👍

  • @Charles-xe2qh
    @Charles-xe2qh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Read his autobiography "Happy Odyssey" - excellent and fascinating.

  • @KnOnHeavensDoor
    @KnOnHeavensDoor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm definitely trying to immediately look for a doc on this guy . I love stories about these badass guys from WW1 and 2

    • @billdoor3140
      @billdoor3140 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You'd probably like "what it takes to win the V.C" by Jeremy Clarkson...pretty much all V.C winners are like this...the V C is made from captured Russian cannons. Only 15 have been awarded since WW2 with only 10 V C winners Currently living. To win a V.C you're extraordinary

  • @mattinterweb
    @mattinterweb 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow. Amazing story!

  • @hazar-5504
    @hazar-5504 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There needs to be a movie on this guy ASAP !!

  • @ProdigyHighlights
    @ProdigyHighlights 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    "We had been crawling the whole time along the English wire. They had heard us and now had come out of the trench to examine the ground in front of them. Such moments on the prowl by night are unforgettable...The safety-catch of your revolver goes back with a little metallic click- a sound that goes through the nerves like a knife. The teeth grate on the fuse-pin of the grenade. The fray will have to be short and murderous. You are aquiver with two violent sensations- the tense excitement of the hunter and the terror of the hunted. You are a world in yourself, and the dark and horrible atmosphere that broods over the waste land has sucked you in utterly to itself"....from Ernst Junger, Storm of Steel

    • @tommyrq180
      @tommyrq180 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Bingo! I was thinking about Junger during this story. Also Guy Sajer (The Forgotten Soldier) and Eugene Sledge (With the Old Breed). Or, in a different twist, Japanese fighter pilot Saburo Sakai (Samurai!) who was wounded many times and still survived the war.

    • @therealone1288
      @therealone1288 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@tommyrq180 good i wasnt the only one, fantastic book

  • @GIGrandpa
    @GIGrandpa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow...thank you for sharing this story!

  • @Dewiart16
    @Dewiart16 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The general was my father's cousin's maternal grandfather. I met him in 1961 at the age of six. With his eyepatch, I thought I was looking at a pirate. According to my father he said to me..."Right my boy...always obey your father, always serve your country, and never give up whatever the odds are against you". I wish I had been older to really appreciate who I had just met!

  • @hfrt29
    @hfrt29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow thanks joe I just looked at the trailer for sisu, That looks amazing

  • @tuggl0750
    @tuggl0750 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    The man the myth the legend 🙏

    • @ar007r
      @ar007r 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the myth part is correct. Never happend that way.

    • @X-Prime123
      @X-Prime123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't forget the psychopath.

  • @user-ud7ko4cq1n
    @user-ud7ko4cq1n 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    How is there no movie about this guy yet? My lord there should be!

    • @MagnusBerger
      @MagnusBerger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=23vZRFu3aW3MZoXE

    • @doop6769
      @doop6769 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Because it would seem ridiculous that he went through all that and was still alive. Imagine if you didn't know the truth and saw a movie about him. You'd be screaming at the screen, this is BS!

    • @JoeRandoms
      @JoeRandoms 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@doop6769 it could be a dark comedy lol

    • @henz5497
      @henz5497 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@JoeRandoms Honestly yeah, with all his horrific injuries and Incredible will it would make for the perfect "Unkillable soldier" comedy.

    • @Livingvapour
      @Livingvapour 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because no one would take it seriously if it was a serious drama. It would have to be made into a comedy or parody and that would only be an insult to his legacy.

  • @BeckyShaw-rz9tv
    @BeckyShaw-rz9tv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Massive thanks and rest in rest man 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @ChubbyGames
    @ChubbyGames 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They should definitely make a movie about this man

  • @zombiekillaz589
    @zombiekillaz589 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Shoutout From Raleigh NC!

  • @scottgriggs9168
    @scottgriggs9168 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Zero fuks giving, i want to see a movie on this guy, he deserves the legacy to be continued...

    • @StimParavane
      @StimParavane 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly. What a story.

    • @TheRetroManRandySavage
      @TheRetroManRandySavage 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm surprised there hasn't been a film made about him.

  • @zyfryth
    @zyfryth 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Being dubbed 'Human badger' is the highest form of praise humanly possible

  • @notoffendedanymore5526
    @notoffendedanymore5526 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautifully narrated Story... I wish I will narrate it with this much interest and quality when I get the chance.. 👌👌

  • @adamcraig1468
    @adamcraig1468 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Bro definitely researched this guy specifically for JRE. He knew Joe would love it

    • @chriswyatt9869
      @chriswyatt9869 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For sure. Man just recited his wiki, was definitely a late night search the night before looking for topics to impress Joe with

  • @groovytau
    @groovytau 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    bless this man's heart

    • @langbo9999
      @langbo9999 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Properly Why the lord giving a Long Life.

  • @johanelenius7878
    @johanelenius7878 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i want a movie of this man

  • @Melloboy7777
    @Melloboy7777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love Chris's enthusiasm lol

  • @believe722
    @believe722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Just incredible!

  • @rickygreen8639
    @rickygreen8639 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Love this!
    Feels like what joe rogan episodes used to be in the past.
    More episodes like this!

  • @14energy
    @14energy 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This deserves a movie

  • @jonacker6991
    @jonacker6991 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The definition of a mad lad :,)

  • @tinytim71301
    @tinytim71301 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    💪💪💪. Adrian Carton de Wairt!!!! My monocular and law school educated hero.

  • @truckerfromreno
    @truckerfromreno 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Victoria Cross is much, much harder to win than a Medal of Honor.

  • @stefanwalters5891
    @stefanwalters5891 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this man deserves a movie

  • @krypttt
    @krypttt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this needs to be made into a game.

  • @nicolasdhulst1451
    @nicolasdhulst1451 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Belgian here, never heard of him! Awesome story!

  • @MarkIrmina
    @MarkIrmina 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Crying from laughter 😂. Best story ever

  • @a5_muffin807
    @a5_muffin807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That guy could never die of a heartattack because his heart wouldn't be stupid enough to attack him.

  • @ianriley2554
    @ianriley2554 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love the Sabaton song about him!!

  • @deadman2419
    @deadman2419 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Sabaton did an awesome song about him.

  • @iMertin
    @iMertin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    What a mad lad

  • @Unknownpersonmr
    @Unknownpersonmr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need this movie

  • @dapples13
    @dapples13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In the valley of the shadow of death... this man casts the shadow