Historian Gets Mad at BATTLEFIELD 5: Tirailleur Mission (FULL ANALYSIS) 

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Actually the french government did not stop paying pensions when the colonies got independant, but froze the value, no longer tied to inflation. That's why it fell so low.

What pisses me off is that this is not just insulting to the men who fought, but also their descendants. The French are very proud of the colonial troops during the first and second world wars; writing numerous books and media showing them in high estimate along with their French comrades. What is even more insulting is the other missions- the main offender being the one in Norway; where they ignore the heroic actions of a group of Norwegian commandos that raided the Nazi heavy water shipment, and instead made a completely fictional story with a marry sue. In all honesty, WW2 is such a rich and diverse setting that one can easily show diversity where it actually existed- want female fighters to look at the Eastern front, want mixed-race army formations to look at the allies in the west, or the numerous other fronts. Or if they want to show minorities and "bring their stories to light" show some of the amazing stories and people who really existed. If you want women then have a mission where you are in a tank with Aleksandra Samusenko (the first female tank commander in the red army- 1st guards tank army), that way you can have a fun tank mission and show a real person and have your representation instead of rewriting history (seriously disabled females on the front lines was once a bloody meme).

I am Algerian I used to know a guy who had a veteran grandfather And he had a story He told me that his grandfather had some problems with his family so he traveled to another city. there was a mobilization there . he was recruited I think that was in 1939 Anyway he was sent to France and fought on the front line. He had a French officer and they unit was mostly Algeria recruits. They were so afraid and shocked from the German plains bombardment it had a frightening sound They were hiding in a forest they fortified the place . Their officer had no idea what to do since the Germans kept bombing them After the bombardment, the Germans attacked using tanks. After some fighting, the French officer lost his leg due to an explosion The Algerian guy surrendered to the Germans and he was taken as a POW he was treated well by the Germans he was sent to a camp where he spent the rest of the war. Until he was liberated in 1945 or 44 not sure And then he was sent back home. Also, my grandfather cosine fought with the French in Italy but idk a lot of stories about him. He survived the war and then participated in the Algerian revolution and he survived again. People who served in ww2 here call the war war of the Germans

I like he isn’t about race or religion or anything he’s just a historian. He’s not biased either he gets the facts done and that’s perfect yk?

22:17 It's actually a Canadian-made Ross Mk.III; a rifle that became infamous during the First World War for jamming. Needless to say, they fell totally out of favor by WWII. Completely historically inaccurate.

19:38 he's actually super lucky, my great grandfather was an algerian soldier and for the horrible injury he sustained in combat which cost him his legs and then his life in the 50s the french government granted him the grand prize of 30 francs per month :l Needless to say it probably wasn't enough to break da coco

The game is frustrating on multiple levels - the way they smugly tell the story as if they're revealing true history, all while getting basic facts flat out wrong. Another thing that makes me angry is when my fellow Americans equate European actions and history with American ones because I guess we both have white skin we MUST be the same exact people, right?? It's shameful and insulting to all parties involved. They infantilized the African troops and demonized the French. No wonder the world hates us...

Originally the British supplied and equipped all the "free forces"- France, Poland, Netherlands etc in ww2 from 1940. When USA entrerd the war, eventually.. it was decided they would supply the Free French forces as they were largest single component. So from 1944 you'll see French in US gear.. The original French stuff was mostly oudated.

What would’ve been interesting is if Dice made a mission that focused on an Italian Askari during some of the battles of the East African campaign like the battle of Culqualber.

I'm honestly amazed that you didn't touch on what was by far the most heinous historical inaccuracy of the entire war story: that being the claim from the main character that the German forces that they were fighting were "elite and well-equipped". In reality, all of the German troops in Southern France were 4th-rate cannon fodder (primarily wounded old veterans, Polish and Czechoslovak Volksdeutsche volunteers and volunteering/forcibly-conscripted Ostlegionen/Ostbataillone troops from the Soviet Union and other nations across Eastern Europe) that were laughably poorly-equipped (being forced to mainly use a combination of captured Soviet, Polish, Czechoslovak, French and Italian rifles, artillery pieces and mortars that were all in pitifully piss-poor condition), completely demoralized and practically-untrained. 4 out of the 11 German divisions that were allotted to the defense of Southern France were static divisions (meaning that they had absolutely zero mechanized and motorized capabilities and were effectively forced to remain in place with absolutely zero possibility of maneuver), both the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine had only a completely negligible presence that made them all but entirely worthless to the German defense of Southern France and the German defenders in Southern France only had 1 panzer division that only had half of its allotted tank strength. The American and French invasion forces only encountered a hilariously outgunned, hopelessly outnumbered, comically weak German force that was more than easily swept aside during Operation: Dragoon. Talk about an epic fail on the part of DICE.

This, to me, is the most infuriating thing about BFV. They had one of the most advanced story telling tools in the world at the time, and were covering a period of time where all races and sexes participated in the conflict in some way, shape, or form. There were real people, doing actual brave things, in insane situations, making a huge difference. But the fuck did dice do? They just rewrote history to accommodate a message. I don't care that that they put women in multilayer, whatever,, but don't write over the actual stories and discredit the real people who's lives were actually sacrificed or put at risk to be ring the world back from the Depths of hell. I've literally never played this game and never will. Instead of women sneaking into Germany to stop the nuclear program, do a level about resistance fighters.. Or the code breakers in Guadalcanal, like my grandma. Or the Russian female tanker (I know of one, maybe there were more). Real. People. Trying their best at impossibly great risk to themselves to themselves to bring the world back to piece. Instead of shitting on these black soldiers, just tell it how it was and then show the aftermath. Just tell the story for real. As accurately as possible, with a little creative license for fun in terms of game play. And after the community of players and historians rallied against them for this, they called everyone unwoke and sexists and racists. For a company that made two decades of my favorite games, 1942 to battlefield 4, dice sure has become a shit show. *edit* -funny- sad how many comments below mine are basically exactly the same.

The battlerifle provided "en masse" by the US to the FFF was the Enfield M1917. The other option was the M1903 Springfield. Only one unit of french paratroopers got the Garand near the end of the war. Otherwise they got M1 carbines, M1928 and maybe some M1 Thompsons SMG and so on.

Imagine if instead of the Senegalese Tirailleurs, it was actually the Gurhka Rifles wearing vintage British WW1 uniforms.

HHAAHHA bro the final “break the coco” killed me I wasn’t expecting it and almost choked on my drink. Upvoted this was entertaining hahah thanks for respecting troops from our background (African). I wonder what you would have though of charles Alexander Dumas in assassins creed.

I have to say, you are quickly becoming my favorite content creator. You inspire me to fine tune my history knowledge and grasp. Thank you so much for putting such hard work and dedication in your fantastic videos sir

The money>The Agenda>The Twitter Publicity>The Game>The History 😓

wow much respect, am from morocco brother and i think that you are the only channel that actualy tell the history as it happend + the fact that you explaine in much detail, am talking about military stategies of russian advances, the reality behind the storie(s) (agendas/narrativers), i played Battlefield 5 ill just say that i did like how you explained everything, bien joue pour toute les vidéos sur la chaine, bravo pour ton honnêteté le fait que tu donne des détails style la phrase utiliser par les marocain "Zidou Lgoudam", waw me suis abonné direct chapeau

Great job as always!! I am also very happy for you that you got this good opportunity to have a sponsor of your video, it gotta help a lot :D

I can kinda see where they were going with this though because of the aftermath of Operation Dragoon. In the fall of '44, 15,000 Senegalese skirmishers of both the 9th Colonial Infantry Division, 1st Free French and 2nd Armored Division were completely replaced by troops of the FFI (French Forces in the Interior) aka the French Resistance. When De Gaulle said "I want my countrymen to liberate the nations capital", the Americans agree but on one condition: that a division of white troops do it. In a confidential memo to De Gaulle from Walter Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff to General Eisenhower, it says "It is most desirable that the division above consists of white personnel. This would indicate the Second Armored Division, which with only one fourth native personnel, is the only French division operationally available that could be made one hundred percent white." (the Chad Regiment that is part of the French 2nd Armored also consists of a company of exiled Spanish Republicans). On top of that, Fredrick Morgan, a British General wrote a letter to Allied Command: ""It is unfortunate that the only French formation that is 100% white is an armoured division in Morocco. Every other French division is only about 40% white. I have told Colonel de Chevene that his chances of getting what he wants will be vastly improved if he can produce a white infantry division." The African troops were withdrawn from the colder regions to warmer ones in France or back to Africa for both R&R and training, however some did stick around fighting in the Vosges and other places. Whether it from the "Blanchiment" policy or for the troops' well-being, they left the Battlefield and returned home. It ended on December 1st, 1944 when 35 (or 300 depending on sources) Tirailleurs were killed by French troops at a camp in Thiaroye, Dakar. So thats why I say I see what the message is trying to tell here. Also I recommend you and everyone the movie he is talking about at 20:11. It's english title is Days of Glory Btw the weapon that is shown at 22:29 is not a Lee-Enfield but a Canadian made Ross straight pulled bolt-action rifle which was never issued to the French army during the war. They should have given them a Mas 36, M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, Lebel's and some others. For more info on that: www.imfdb.org/wiki/List_of_weapons_used_by_French_Armed_Forces

i really love your videos. The way you breakdown and explain things is amazing. I'm waiting for the next update video on Russo-Ukrainian war coz the shitty media just focuses on Mariupol, every single day they just show what's happening in Mariupol. That's why i eagerly wait for an update video of yours.

Love the new style, instead of raging mindlessly, offering suggestions and insight what you would have done differently, how it could be improved. Massive upvote

My grandfather took part of Operation Dragoon with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion.

Amazing video! Finally someone breaking up the entire "racial struggle" narrative with simple facts. :)

I knew there was something deeply strange with that mission

In the mission, to be more realistic, I picked up a lee-Enfield off one of my dead comrades and used that the entire playthrough of the mission. It made it more difficult due to me not being able to stealth but it was fun.

Best content on RU-vid, educational and entertaining. Thank you 🙏

Thank you for this remarkable video on the Tirailleurs Senegalais of the french army. regarding the Tirailleurs algeriens, marocains, and tunisiens yes they were great soldiers but in WWII french europeans from north Africa (Pieds noirs) were largely integrated in this tirailleurs regiments (my uncle in one of them). Before and after WWII Europeans used to be integrated in the Zouaves for infantry and Chasseurs d'Afrique fot cavalry whereas natives north africans were in the Tirailleurs for infantry and Spahis for cavalry. Vous êtes français ?

Ironically this mission made me want to research more about the topic (I knew french forces used african troops, but not to the extent the game wants you to believe)

7:01 "No coco for him" LMAO

12:12 yea literally call of duty 2 when you start in the desert and they shoot the machine gunner and then you take his position xD

Another good one. Thanks!

There’s no way they would have had them digging, they were frontline troops, they weren’t worried about them dying is why, the game could have easily made the same point in a historically accurate way

The good vids are back!

You should definitely react to the Last Tiger mission from BFV! Also, when are you uploading the next Ukraine war analysis?

I waited a while for one of these

Amazing video very informative. I definitely learned something new . I had no idea about the North African troops and their significant contribution to the liberation of France during the second world war. You learned something new everyday . What a shame and a kick in face how the surviving Senegalese got screwed on payment and retirement pension . For €75 I would of thrown that ambassador out on his ass .

Great video!!!

5:38 A real Chad

I dont care about what you show of the games at all. Just love all the actual history you throw at me. Keep it up!

A mission like this would’ve been much better for bf1 with the Harlem hellfighters imo

Great video

Finally, a Battlefield V video. This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for.

That guy really is the commander. The captain is barely shown . He is the guy with his back turned in the cutscene.

Nice content bro ! Try doing BF 1 missions it’s really nice

the rifle you claimed at 22:22 that was a Lee Enfield was probably a Ross Rifle, chambered in .303 and produced in Canada. you can tell by the bolt with a punctured hole in the knob of it.

When you get mad, it's gonna be fun.

The rifle in the end is a Ross mkIII from Canada, a ww1 not so known weapon

Thank you, I love you for this. My grandfather's story should be told

Thx for talking about these men my great-great grandfather was in the invasion of Indochina in the 1880's I think I don't now exactly in what year but he was there and my grandfather was a resistance fighter against the French colonists in Tunisia

at this point all these games should just have a "not completely accurate" disclaimer

You realize that ranking the effectiveness of troops by how many Medals they have can have many issues

That rifle at 7:29 looks to be the silhouette of a 1917 Enfield.

Apparently that “Young” French Captain is supposed to be Charles De Gaulle.

The rifle the soldiers are using is a mk3 ross rifle, not a lee enfield. It's a ww1 era Canadian rifle and was mainly used by naval units. Love the vids tho. You should check out Hell Let Loose if you want to react to a mostly realistic ww2 game.

Actually that last weapon that you asked about isn't a SMLE, nor is it a NO. 4 Lee Enfield. That Bolt action rifle is a Ross Mk III. And these are older WW1 Rifles.

I remeber in CoD Finest Hour where you fought as a Tanker of the 761st tank battalion, or the black panthers, that mission will always be my favorite, cause it told the story of these brave men without having to write away other people to make it happen.

I worked in a shop in the town of Airaines, where captain N'Tchoréré was murdered by the germans. N'Tchoréré was a French captain of Gabonese origin who was commanding a mixed regiment (composed of both black and white soldiers). He was murdered when he refused to be separated from other french officers by the germans as the black were considered untermensh by them. He asked the honour of staying to cover the evacuation of the reste of the battailon bataillon in frond of Rommel's the 7th german panzer division after the destruction of their ammunition depot rendered its situation hopeless. They run out of ammo on the 7th of june with just 10 black and 5 white soldiers valid under N'Tchoréré's command. Off topic I saw a book with many old pictures of the town before the war and it was an absolutely beautiful town. Most of it like many other towns was completely ruined.

You should look into some of the old medal of honor games, it is a bit dramatic how they portray it but I think thats where a lot of the newer generations of war games come from

Video of senegalese troops, no garands. I don't want to criticize, you are doing a great job. I love your videos! The meaning of the video is, that EA hadn't researched a bit about the heroes they want to portray. Not even esthetically. But in the coloured video, if you pay attention, are visibile bolt action, an muzzles with a not garandish shape (which is quite distinct)

Is that helmet original cause I have an original m1 steel pot and I love the effort on the raid add it was pretty cool

It wasn’t a lee enfield. You can tell from the “magazine” and exposed barrel in the forward hand guard. It also doesn’t have a metal strip between the bolt and trigger guard.

11:30 About the Captain. That guy wasn’t the Captain, I believe he was a Colonel? Unsure. But, the man next to him in the tent talking to him was the Captain. Love the videos, keep the good stuff up!

Still waiting for "letters from iwo jima"

The gun they're using looks to be the P1917 Enfield rather than the M1 Garand. It's clear to see in the colour picture of the uniform and equipment.

Love layering about history Senegalese tirailleurs history is fascinating as well.

i believe the rifle he had in the end scenes was a ross mk3 not a lee enfield

Hi. I don't know if you're gonna read this but I think you should react to the 1st episode of a mini series called "Kerchi", It's a georgian war mini series that have alot of realistic weapons, tactics, scenes and so on, I think you'd love it because of how realistic it is, it is in georgian and russian but you can use subtitles I'm sure.

now i could be wrong here, but the rifle seen at 22:21 isn't a Lee-Enfield, but a Ross rifle. why would these troops have those rifles?

sry for correcting but the rifle that the MC in all cutscene here his holding a Ross Mk3 i can tell by the bolt and the sights

Where can I get the documentary

The weapon he was holding in the end was a Ross Mk3 rifle. A Canadian gun. So I guess it is wrong.

As an Italian, it's nice that I can sort of understand a bit of French.

7:31- From what I see, thats incorrect. Its actually an M1917 Enfield Rifle, because in the image you showed at 7:16, on the left you see an M1917 Enfield rifle, as well as in the footage in 7:44-8:05 where you can see the M1917 Enfield on their back because the barrel looks different

7:25 I believe that might be a bolt action Enfield m1917 rather than the M1 Garand. US marines were still using them on guadalcanal roughly around the same time as the campaign in North Africa, the garand didn’t become the standard battle rifle across all US units until 1943, a lot of guys still had holy actions until they reached mainland Europe

Dont really see what's controversial about this. "Oh noooooo, the French are using Europeans when fighting for Europe!" Ummmm yeah, that's how it should be. Wrong to involve colonial troops in the first place.

22:30 thats Ros MK.III

Can you make another vanguard video plz,your videos are the best and sadly I bought vanguard before knowing you

22:33 that's a Canadian Ross Rifle

Merci de rétablir la vérité j'adore votre travail ( Thanks to retablish truth i like your job )

If I were gonna make a first person shooter game, I'd try to make about 5 campaigns, based off the most decorated units of each Major Allied Power, namely, America, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, and France, and I believe the most decorated French Unit of WW2 was the 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment. As far as I can tell, they were mostly decked out in American M1 Carbines and British Sten guns, and that would be the only blatant inaccuracy in my game, because I'd want them to have French MAS-36 Rifles and French MAS-38 Submachine Guns. May not be totally accurate, but I believe it is still authentic, and I believe that matters most, though general accuracy is important too.

Hey can you cover last tiger mission too

Hey, I don't know if you have already but I would love to see you react to COD World at War or any of the Sniper Elite games.

Interesting to see that the message of hate and division has permeated computer games as well as movies and media outlets

22:18 That rifle is a Canadian Ross rifle, not a Lee Enfield. So the congratulations on battlefields part is still unearned.

Will you check out Days of Glory French War movie ?

Good video ! I think it's interesting to mention the Thiaroye massacre, where Tirailleurs sénégalais were killed by french troops because they asked for the same pay and the same treatment as the white soldiers.

The 1er Division française libre and the 2ème Division Blindé (2°DB) are the most famous. For exemple the 2°DB was the first division to be in germany and in Kehlsteinhaus the Eagle Nest and i think they have the record of the most destroyed tank in 1 battle *For the 1944 part ( in 1940 they have so much incredible unit)

The issue with this level is that they had the soldiers treated as if they were done the same way as the Black soldiers in the US Army during WWI and to a lesser degree WWII which is even more egregious. Case in point, the 93rd Infantry Division in the Pacific during WWII was trained for combat but spent most of their service in the Pacific doing a combination of labor details, patrols and mop-up operations. While the French did employ some colonial forces for labor details in Italy during WWII, they weren’t doing what the US did to Black combat units and were taking them to convert into Engineer and Service Units like what was done to the 366th Infantry, 353rd Field Artillery and numerous Black Tank Destroyer Battalions raised early on.

Im mad at this level. Due to a update to multiplayr. It caused the dont get caught objective to no longer be obtainable. And cant get the melee weapon unlock

Thumbnail is questionable, the picture is taken of a American soldier alongside a French resistance member during the liberation of France, World War 2, but the arrow points to a French African colonial soldier during World War One

That rifle you congratulated Battlefield with is Canadian Ross rifle.

You should react to the hell let loose eastern front trailer, you’ll be amazed.

The Chauchat were used in WWII. It was given to French Republic/Free French reserve troops and maybe some Colonial troops.

You should check out battlefield V prologue it's beautiful and has amazing history .

Honestly the Raid Shadow Legends ad was probably more historically accurate than this mission

historical accuracy will never be accurate, its just a game anyways

I would not say that the convoy getting attacked by Stukas is impossible. Yes by summer 1944 German air superiority has dwindled a bit. Only operating fighter from the fatherland itself to shoot down bombers. A FW190 attacking them with cannons would be more likely. Still stukas dive bombing them is possible

SsethTzeentach cameo at 8:08

Regarding the overall obsession with ww1 guns and equipments in this game, lets not underestimate cost saving in the production: they are the same assets from battlefield 1