ULYSSES FILES is a RU-vid channel dedicated to showcasing primarily military history content (plus certain other topics) in short documentary form, featuring interesting and quirky characters and stories from the late 19th Century on through the 1st and 2nd World Wars to the present.
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The alliance was asking for it. Leave over a hundred aircraft worth hundreds of millions of USD sitting alone way too deep into enemy territory and have it be guarded by a company of local militia? Sounds like a gross oversight to say the least.
The day before the battle, a Colonel of the US 33rd National Guard Division told his men, "You're going into action with some mighty celebrated troops, and you've got to get up to their level and stay there with them. There will be a whole lot of people looking on at you, and you've got to make good!" By all accounts, the Americans took that to heart.
Yes! I'm glad that you praised John Monash and covered the Battle of Hamel. I also highly suggest making a documentary on the Battle of Beersheba in October 1917. Involving the Australian Lighthorse and New Zealand Mounted Rifles, it was one of the last successful mounted charges in history. Thank you!
Hi kiwigaming, thanks and yes that’s been on my list - a fascinating battle and as u say one of the last successful mounted charges. Should be a. V interesting episode! 🍻👌🏻
Nice to see you mention that MoH & VC recipients & I respect the hard work, research & obvious high regard for Monash but you also forgot to mention that Hamel was the first time the Americans and Australians ever fought alongside each other. Also my High School history teacher also described combined arms by another name… Blitzkrieg. He described Hamel as the first Blitzkrieg in history. I mention this because you could change the video’s title if it doesn’t do well to something more catchy 🤷♂️
Hi Croc feels a long time since we last chatted 🤓 Yes this was the first time Aussies and Americans fought together, and that’s a great idea 💡 for an alternative title! “The First Blitzkrieg in History “ đeffo sounds v catchy! Did you notice my dodgy pronunciation of Thomas Axford’s surname (I say ‘Oxford’ 🥲🙃) - just noticed that 😆
I’m thinking a complete change. Some topics I’m looking at: a Greek Theban general, a Japanese samurai, the Hitlerjugend Division at Normandy… A pretty disparate selection lol 😂😅
Just a Hero and lets remember him on this very special day, The 80th anniversary of D-Day 6th of June 2024. Lest we forget. On this day "when all gave some and some gave all" May God Bless all the Fallen and reserve their place in Heaven as Crowned Martyrs.
Never heard of him until I came across his burial monument. You know he must have been a wild man for that much love and respect from his wife, to have that mausoleum commissioned for them! Heck, I'd love for a monument like that for myself rather than deep under the dirt!
I have had the opportunity to read several of Mr Fairbairn’s books and greatly enjoyed his great insight into hand to hand fighting. I feel, he has not been given proper credit for equipping the WWII soldiers from many nations in winning the war against Germany. May we always remember this great man who gave the world the greatest training in hand to hand combat.
. Great short docs. Please do more of these. The relatively lesser known Canadian, Bill Underwood and the Americans, Rex Applegate and Charles Nelson would be some suggestions.👍
Sufferings for common people. These and other killer machines should not be eulogized. All munitions are to create innumerable sufferings for innocent people.
Cool video. A few nerdy notes to add. The truly obscure F/S knife is the Shanghai dagger. The new Sheffield builds are far more thin and dainty than their WW2 counterparts. I'd call the modern Sheffield's deadly but not as field worthy. The original Case V-42 is by all means a very fancy version of the F/S, directly inspired by it with the ability to slash better, impact on the pommel harder, and do a more powerful forward thrust with a modified saber grip, which was intended for but never used against heavy winter clothing. And to oldrocker's point, it too is blatantly also inspired by a centuries old design in current production by Todd Cutler that I bet someone saw at the Royal Armories when it was being designed.
Thank you for mentioning the Battle of Hamel. It was a brilliant feat of combined arms by the Australian John Monash. I have another suggestion: the Battle of Kapyong. In April 1951, soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry - supported by gunners from 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery - repulsed a 10,600-strong Chinese force at the valley of Kapyong. This prevented South Korea from being overrun by the Chinese before the Korean War became a stalemate. The battle resulted in 32 Australians and 10 Canadians killed as well as around 2,000 Chinese casualties. The Australians and Canadians were awarded the United States Presidential Unit Citation and the New Zealanders given the South Korean Presidential Unit Citation for their roles at Kapyong. Thank you!
Hi Croc - wow that’s an amazing feat! I’ll look into him and try to do something on him - have a couple more videos in pipeline till then including one on the Battle of Hamel - Sir John Monash’s amazing combined arms achievement… 🍻
The Captain of the Admiral Hipper recommended Lieutenant Commander Gerard Roope for the VC, although there were other witnesses on the Allied side. Interesting nonetheless!
Notre Glorieux 75 ! On en trouve dans certains villages meusiens, servant de décoration mémorielle. N'hésitez pas à venir passer quelques jours en Meuse.
