I didn’t know this happened an I’m American. I just found out through comments right after the war started last year in Ukraine. So I had to look into it.
I heard that in WWII, a soldier was asked how they knew who they up against. He replied, "If we shoot, and return fire is accurate timed gunfire, they're British. If it's massive machine gun fire, they're German. If there is a pause, then you are hit with everything possible - artillery, planes, mortar, etc., they're American."
I heard the same sort of stories from my English Uncle who fought in WWII. He said that the "Yanks" were always so well coordinated and seemed to have planned for every eventuality before engaging.
As an American, I can tell you we are very proud of the men and women that serve and protect our country. They are the heroes that protect our democracy and freedom. We are proud, that we stand beside our friends in their time of need. freedom and democracy is everyone’s right and someday I hope that is recognized world wide
@@CasuallyCareening trillion wasted and billions in heavily armored vehicles and highly trained soldiers and still lost to undertrained farmers in sandals using rust bucket pickup trucks it sucks y’all didn’t learn y’all’s lesson in Vietnam hahaha USA 🗑
Yep. Yankee Doodle Dandy was literally a reference to Americans being rude dumb hicks, and the feather in the cap and called it macaroni was that we had no fashion sense, but were still homosexuals. 😂😂😂
I have a friend who was in the command center. After the battle the commanders were somber, quiet, and asked for the chaplain's assistant to lead a prayer. While it was a solid victory, it was a tragic loss of life. The weight of that was not lost on our military.
Thank you for sharing that-It's hard to look beyond the cartoonish evil of the whole event, but 200-300 human beings lost their lives and everyone else, including the Americans + SDF, were traumatized for life. Hope your friend and his fellow soldiers are well.
@@trololoev hahahaha No it's not. You know that North America has more oil under it than the Middle East right? It's just cheaper to get it from the middle east, and let them pollute their land than our own. All those capped oil wells in Texas are still tapped, and still have oil under them. OPEC is the reason why we don't produce more oil than we do because they can produce it cheaper, not because they have more of it, and most of the world oil is still processed in the US regardless of where it comes from. So, no, we are not in Syria for the oil, fool.
As a former AFSOC gunship pilot, it makes me proud to know that things have remained unchanged as far as readiness/willingness to fight and defend our US forces. And to the KIWI nation, thank you so much for being our friends and allies! We value our relationship and know that your armed forces are some of the best out there!
Simular to an incident during the Korean 'conflict'. the battleship USS Wisconsin, along with other Naval vessels, was patrolling along the North Korea coast, where a North Korean artillery base fired a single 155mm shell at the Wisconsin. The shell hit the deck on the Wisconsin. This prompted the Wisconsin to return fire, with ALL NINE 16 inch guns. This obliterated the North Korean based, which caused the Captain of one of the other Naval vessels to radio to the Wisconsin 'temper, temper!'
*Russian Commander hangs up the phone* "Let's see what these Yankees pull out today" . . . *7 minutes later* . . ."Yeah don't scramble the fighter-jets, we're F**ked" - actual intercepted transmission. lmao
I think this is true, The Russian mercenaries were testing our response. Ordered by the Kremlin, they sent their men to unknown graves. They now know you dont provoke the bear... Could not have said it better myself
Except this never happened. 100% made up U.S. Mickey Mouse bs.... They bombed a Syrian unit named ISIS Hunters from V SAA Corps. USA criminals were angry because Syrians are fighting against US sponsored terrorists. The only connection with Russia is they trained this unit.
Former US Marine here. Our military can absolutely devastate an enemy, we’re always fighting with our hands behind our back and jumping on one foot. If the shackles were ever taken off…it’d be over.
American military nobody. They couldn't win in Vietnam, and in Afghanistan they got cunts. You could only destroy the peaceful population, but when armed defenders stood up against the American forces, Americans always fled in crutches
@@NAMELESS-u1s I don't know how Russia was involved in the genocide in Vietnam, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Korea, Afghanistan, and soon in Ukraine, and Taiwan
Thats bullshit, We dont know what peace is. We have a collective 15 years of peace under our belt. And when we get bored we get into internal conflicts.
This happened in 2018 when I was in Afghanistan. Because of the nature of my unit, we heard about this then but it was hushed quick because it was classified quick to avoid panic and escalation. I can tell you, with my ten years in the service, 4 combat deployments, you WONT hear about 90% of the crazy, scary, and just oddly irrational things that take place across the world battlefields…
One underrated but often overlooked element is that we (the US) have rarely NOT been in some state of conflict in our history, including very recently. So if anyone wants to poke this bear, they should know that we have current experience in the subject matter and can/will adapt on the fly.
Truth. Out of the 234-ish years since the ratification of the US Constitution, the US has only not been at war or similar armed conflict for between 12-17 years of them (depending on who's doing the tallying). Military conflict is and has most assuredly been one of our most practiced skills. Consequently, when unshackled from (usually) self-imposed constraints, we tend to be pretty good at it.
this honestly has probably been Russia’s greatest downfall in most of their modern conflicts. they really just have next to no experience with combined arms tactics in modern combat as their last real full scale conflict prior to Ukraine was Chechnya, and the way that was approached was very different. They seem to not realize the US industrial military complex never really stalled, even after the cold war. Its focus just shifted. But even then, in the past 30 years we still crushed the 4th largest army 2 times and did it under 2 months both times.
I'm a retired Army Combat Medic, Baghdad class of 2004. The way the Armed Forces interract with each other when attacked are nothing short of amazingly destructive. The A10 Warthog is awesome, but you should see what the AH64 Apache gunship can do. Thanks for your video.
Do not call AH-64s "gunships". We NEVER called our AH-1s or AH-64s "gunships". The media incorrectly calls them "gunships". We called our AH-1s and AH-64s "attack helicopters". The AH in AH-1 and AH-64 actually stands for "attack helicopter" not "gunship".
@@oscargrouch7962"A gunship is a military aircraft armed with heavy aircraft guns, primarily intended for attacking ground targets either as airstrike or as close air support." Call it what makes you feel good, it's still a gunship.
@@Firedrake1313 What "gunship" did you work on or fly? That's what I thought. I worked on Bell AH-1Ss as an enlisted MOS 67Y in the US Army. Later, I flew Bell AH-1Fs and Hughes / McDonnell Douglas / Boeing AH64As as a US Army warrant officer in Attack Helicopter Battalions and we *NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER* called our AH-1s or AH-64s "gunships". The "AH" in AH-1 and AH-64 stands for "Attack Helicopter" not "Gunship". Imagine that! Also, the US Army Attack Helicopter Battalions I was a member of were *NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER* called "Gunship Helicopter Battalions". We cringed every time the Know-Nothing-About-Attack-Helicopters media called our AH-1s and AH-64s "gunships". We *ALWAYS* called our AH-1 and AH-64 attack helicopters "attack helicopters". Now you know but I am certain you will find another way to make yourself look stupid.
The Russians were testing American resolve, and tactics. They studied everything that happened as a response to the aggression. I want to thank you for being so supportive of America. You're genuinely nice people and im so proud to be your fan. With much ❤ Thank You!!!
Ну да , американские террористы пришли в чужую страну и решили там порядок навести ))))) Причем победу над ИГИЛ уже себе приписали )))))) Напали на ЧВК и всему миру опять рассказывают какие они гордые и отважные , победили Русских )))))
Love you guys, I get it, your content is from a NZ family getting into USA culture and I totally think it's cool and like to share how you feel about us. It's all good , your honest and real and this brings people together. We live in a complicated world , but we're all just people living a life. "_ thanks to your Family !
I love ya's channels. ( I'm from the south, aka Florida) we say ya and we say yonder ( which means over there, where ever there is when you point in a direction.) Lol.
Итак, американцы оккупанты захватили месторождение нефти чужой страны. А когда подошли сирийцы и помогающие им Вагнер, то разгромили их в численном арт и воздушном огне. И теперь гордятся этим. Браво.
Они скорее всего пиздят потомучто они не показали достоверных фактов (выслали видео где типо мол самолёт растреливает колонну однако эта была взято из игры военного симулятора на телефон)
I was a AC130U Crewchief and did a couple deployments with the platform in the early 2000s. What an amazing weapon system. Loved every minute of working with that airframe.
@@Qwerty22t, sure thing Ivan. Good luck pulling out that MANPAD, getting into the open, and getting a shot off while Apaches, F-22s, drones, and other artillery rain down around you. You might get one off, in response to which, the AC130 will deploy her first set of angel wings. You will not get a second shot, as you are now a high priority target.
It's called "Combined Arms", a concept America was forced to learn the hard way during WW2, Not just combining weapons systems but learning How, When, Where and in what various concentrations they're to be used. Till someone knocks us off the Ant Hill America does it better than anybody with some of the best weapons.
I'm a bit of a military history buff and came across an awesome video about a WWII medal of honor recipient, Audie Murphy who was the most decorated American soldier of WWII. The channel is "Battle Guide" and titled, "One American Vs. 250 Germans" A good one to watch with or without the kids.
The look up the story of Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone USMC awarded the MoH action Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands Oct, 1942. Now in Feb, 1945 action Iwo Jima awarded Navy Cross thus becoming the only enlisted Marine to be awarded both the Navy Cross and Medal of Honor.
Audie Murphy is a Legend and a Hero. There are many from WW2 that deserve praise and respect, but NONE of them except Audie portrayed himself in a movie about his own WW2 actions..........To Hell And Back. He plays himself obviously.
@@dougfurr5217 Yeah it's odd I'm now old enough that there are American adults just finding out about Audie Murphy and had never heard of him before. Even as a kid in the 80s I knew the name Audie Murphy. I guess after time some names fade from public memory.
I was aware of this battle soon after it occurred but seeing you watch this documentary reminded me how it felt. That Russian cope medal is the funniest part of the whole event. I'm sure it's a sought after collectible in the US special operations community.
I love that you guys started doing these more adult themed things. Your kids are terrific. The videos you do with them are very entertaining and I’ve never missed one. But this is great. I hope you continue doing it. Showing your adult sides a little bit. Good stuff.
Это была русская позиция на заводе. Но американцы зашли туда и назвали ее своей, когда там никого не было. Конвой был отправлен для укрепления позиции, а американцы их расстреляли. Из всех видов тяжелого оружия по автоматчикам
One of my favorite stories of psychological warfare was during the Cold War when the C.I.A. had care packages emblazoned with U.S.A. air dropped around the Soviet Union that included common products found in America, along with some democratic propaganda. In an attempt to demoralize the male population, one of the items in the box was a package of absolutely enormous condoms that were labeled "Medium Sized" in Russian.
@osamabinladenssecondgirlfr4241 It was actually just a plan that put together, but they never executed it. Search “CIA Russian condoms” in Google and tons of articles will pop up about it.
the condoms part never actually happened. it was an idea that the CIA had tossed around the brainstorm table but decided not to do it. would have been a lot cooler if they did though.
Good reaction video is The rescue of Jessica Buchanan from Somalia kidnapping. Not sure if you reacted to that one yet. Love all your videos and Atlanta’s Kitchen. Stay AWESOME 💕
Not exactly. NZ has banned certain US vessels from their territorial waters and ports, particularly nuclear-powered ones, and the ones possibly carrying nuclear weapons. This bugs the US Navy enough that NZ vessels participating in joint war games around Hawaii must dock in Honolulu Harbor instead of Pearl Harbor, where warships of other participating countries can dock.
With the weapons of those soldiers had versus the Apache gunships, they might as well been throwing tennis balls at them The Apache is such a bad ass helicopter The cockpit of that aircraft is reinforced with titanium and carbon fiber That chain gun sits on the bottom of the belly of that beast is went right to the gunners helmet wherever he looks, the gun looking he can move as fast as he can move his head. Whatever he looks at the gun looks at.
I was in the US Army from 1999-2010, I deployed to war several times as I was an Infantryman. If we had AC-130 support at night, I did not fear anything I was being asked to do, if that makes sense. The plane see's everything and as you saw, if very effective at helping get you from being jammed up. Love your families Tube! Amazing content!
Let me remember how you fled from us in Syria when you saw that Wagner's PMCs column was coming, those were wonderful days, by the way, watch on your BBC channel how Dick Mr. Wagner sends his regards to you.🤙
As a veteran I served proudly in the USAF. The thing the world needs to know is that The United States acts as a protector for those that can not protect themselves from common bullies. 200 years ago we were bullied, stood up and NO ONE HAS EVER FORGOTTEN THAT. Freedom is a great thing and every person on earth should feel safe. USA won't pick a fight, but will certainly end it.
Every time you watch a documentary about our military operations, remember The Star-Spangled Banner. That inner spark is the fuel our military operates on.
Yes, they got smoked but the american's were contacting russian headquarters. It was not cleared in the video that the russian headquarter's contaced Wagner PMC nor asked about if they were advancing toward SDF and American held oil fields. This is clearly a problem in the russian HQ, if HQ would have asked or contacted any russian forces this would not have happened.
Straight storytellers like the brothers Grimm, only when Russia entered Syria and smashed suicide bombers, the Syrians were happy and said that the United States could not or would not do it for many years, and that's all that just pouring Sanya into their ears shows
Funnily Enough PMC Wagner holds very high respects and regards to the US. A US Volunteer that has recently died in Ukraine was found by PMC Wagner and the leader himself said that the soldier died honorably and that he would be returned to the US draped in an American flag as long as his body remained in PMC Wagner Hands.
I live in Riverside California near March Air Force Base. Last month the base had a free air show that had the Blue Angels and various airplanes on display. While they practiced they would fly over my house and you were able to see US air power. It would have been something you would have enjoyed. It would have been a great experience for your family. Then you would have been able to come to my house for some REAL Mexican food. Not taco bell stuff😊. My name is Martha and I live in Moreno Valley a city next to the city of Riverside.
I have nothing against US veterans and do not stand on anyone's side, but to be extremely honest and without pathos, so far Wagner and the Russian Troops in the 21st century are really participating and gaining experience in a real war with modern technology, against a large the number of the enemy, and so on and so forth, which has the support of the same United States with intelligence, money, weapons, and training. That is, not with African natives or Arabs in slippers somewhere in the mountains. In Syria, the government invited Russian troops (they send military police, mercenaries and aircraft), unlike the United States wich were there illegal according to the standards of international law, so it's too early to say who is cooler and not.
If anyone ever says Russia is a match for the USA---they need to see this video. 40 years ago, the USSR was a match for the USA---Russia today can't even take Ukraine.
Everybody, not just Russia never takes on f22's in dogfights. A wise policy if you wish to keep your expensive fighter jets. However, the tech gap between the US and Russia jets has closed a lot in this generation, the US still has clear air superiority in both tech and numbers. Another issue is that the US has f35's, that can detect and fire upon enemy jets before they can be detected. They hang out far away and are capable of helping any f22 who might be in a dogfight with precise long range missiles. Turns out being able to detect and fire on an enemy before they can even detect you is a huge advantage. So you see, even if the Russians have a better pilot, it is still not a fair fight. And because of this, we may never know how much better the Raptor is in a dogfight(if any) than other jets because nobody tries to take it on.
Тоже смотрю и удивляюсь, как они америкосам жопку лижут, знаю английский 🤣 Щас случись настоящая война, авторы видео первые побегут в подвал, а не защищать свою родину, они только голословить могут...
There's another version of this story I watched wherein, at the end of the battle, the American commander on the ground used the hotline to communicate with Russian command one last time and told them, "You're right, there are no Russian forces in the area". 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
One of my favorite stories about world war II is when the Kentucky or Tennessee national guard, who came ashore on Normandy and never had a pause, engage the waffen SS around the battle of the bulge. Bulge. Those backwood boys who've been putting food on their mom's table since they were five of the firearm we're picking these guys off to the point where the waffen SS made five charges and were repelled all five times! It wasn't US army airborne, or the airborne rangers, or any special operations guys. It was just the Kentucky or Tennessee national guard!!!
Normandy Omaha Beach the 29th with the 115th and the 116th companies were almost pushed off the beaches, they got their stuff together and took Omaha. My Pop was in the first wave on Omaha.....we his company was finally relieved they at that point were only counting no more than 20 men of their company. amazing
While I served in the U.S. Military there were numerous encounters that were never mentioned in the media. The results were always positive for our units and not so positive for the enemy. It has always been such an honor to have had the opportunity to serve the American people and our allies.
Imagine being poor and homeless. You win the lottery and never worry again about your next meal or how you will pay your bills. It feels good knowing that i live in the most powerful country in the world and i never have to worry about being invaded by another country because of the brave men and woman who defend this great land.
Hi Sam and Naomi, great video reaction. I think it's a great call that you are trying to not have the kids watch these videos that are about heavy subjects. I have a suffreioan for another video for just the two pd you to react to without the kids. New York Times- "Retro Report: On Shaky Ground: The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake". I lived through it, I was 13 years old at times time. It was scary. I remember the quake and the aftermath vividly to this day, more then 30 years later!
Are you guys going to let the kids do their own videos? It be fun to see them to react to sports bloopers or whatever interest them without parental interaction.
Yea good idea. Maybe something comedic. Denzel cracked up so bad at something one time I was crying. 😂😂 Didn’t even think what he was laughing at was funny, but laughter is contagious.
Yep, as far as our military goes, we are NOT to be messed with. We would prefer to have peace time after so many years of war, but when we have to get up and remind some one who is the top dog, we’ll do it. Almost expected of us at this point
I’ve actually watched this video shown on a few RU-vid channels. In fact, I just watched it yesterday on a RU-vid channel. With that being said, what I loved the most about watching this video on THIS RU-vid channel over ALL the other channels, is that these two basically just let it roll with very little stopping and adding inane chatter! I swore on those other channels that I would never watch another of their reaction videos due to their way too much talking over the video and excessive stopping of the video. I will subscribe to this channel to watch more of their reaction videos! Hopefully they will do the same on those as well! Bravo! Great job!
I recall being told that during WWII, a German on the Normandy coast who got the first look at the fleets sitting in the water, guns blasting, said something to the affect 'We should not have engaged these people'. A Japanese Admiral who attended the surrender treaty signing with MacArthur, surrounded by soldiers, sailors, ships and planes, had to be thinking the exact same thing.
It was widely reported by American newspapers when it happened but it was against a group of mercenaries so I guess it really didn't hit everyone's radar at the time. Now though everyone know of Wagner and this story just digs so much deeper into their skin.😁
У США самая сильная и самая спонсируемая армия в мире на данный момент. Также как у фашисткой Германии в 1939 г. была самая спонсируемая армия. Также как в начале 19 века армия Наполеона была самая спонсируемая. В начале 20 века самая спонсируемая и сильная армия была у Германской империи (первая мировая война). В 1970-е СССР имел наиболее богатую армию. Выявляется одна закономерность - кто имеет самую сильную армию и кто тратит денег больше всего на армию, тот истинный агрессор в мире! На видео сказано, что русские за нефтью пришли в Сирию. А США разве нет? Детей пришли защищать что ли?
While we are last member of NATO (Finland) and got longest border with Russia. We killed them in Winter war almost 200.000 without any foreign help and continuation war another about 300.000 more. And still they win the war. So 200 is nice and brutal in few minutes. But most of im happy that we're allied to country like Australia what is literally opposite side of the planet. What is kinda mind blowing.
American father here, these videos are fun to watch with my daughters. Maybe Americans just love hearing how formidable our military is but I genuinely enjoy hearing the perspective of people from different lands. Long Live New Zealand!
What many folks don't know is, that on that day, not only Russians and Syrians got heavy beatings, but also the terrorist group of the Lebanese Hezbollah, which are ally to the Syrian regime, lost over 120 terrorists who wore Syrian uniforms. The original footage tells the story from the second part of the battle, as the reinforcements arrive. The first part was more heroic in my military few, as just a small US-Platoon and the FDS withhold, heavy waves of attacks for more than 7 hours, before the US-Forces decided to react. This nice family saw just the finishing part of the disaster. The first part is just pure gold in my few.
Retired US Air Force here... The other services like to call us the CHAIR Force... Fair enough... But we are the KINGS of worldwide UNhealthcare.... WE are the ones that the absolute badasses in the US military call when THIER brand of unhealthcare falters.
A lot of countries that think they are all that and a bag of chips when it comes to air superiority often forget that the world's largest and one of the most advanced air force is the United States Air Force. They also seem to forget that the world's second largest air force is the United States Navy.
