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For arms dealers like Basil Zaharoff, the late 19th and early 20th century was a time of never ending business opportunities, the great European powers modernised their armies drastically and conflicts like the Russo-Japanese War or the Balkan Wars meant that weapons of all kinds were always in demand. But no other man knew how to influence and profit from the waring nations like "The Merchant of Death" - Basil Zaharoff.
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@DomKin
@DomKin 6 лет назад
"And what do you do for a living?" "I'm an arsonist for the fire department." *"WAIT WHAT?!"*
@vincedibona4687
@vincedibona4687 5 лет назад
Fahrenheit 451
@timomastosalo
@timomastosalo 4 года назад
@@vincedibona4687 So that too, was based on Zaharoff
@DotepenecPL
@DotepenecPL 4 года назад
Terry Pratchett's inspiration.
@zarabada6125
@zarabada6125 4 года назад
@@timomastosalo Not really. It is about burning books, not buildings. It is a commentary on America's flirtation with censorship over fears of communism in the 1950s. I can't see any connection to the early life of an Ottoman arsonist, who would grow up to be an arms dealer.
@nicholasbrooks7349
@nicholasbrooks7349 3 года назад
@@zarabada6125 r/woosh
@williamprince1114
@williamprince1114 6 лет назад
Zaharoff sounds almost like a James Bond villain.
@jeroldproductions6367
@jeroldproductions6367 6 лет назад
Well he has been expected him
@1969cmp
@1969cmp 5 лет назад
He is featured in 'Reilly Ace of Spies' who some thing Reilly is who James Bind is based off. The whole series is on youtube.
@timomastosalo
@timomastosalo 4 года назад
'Almost'. Chronologically, it's the other way around. Would you believe, that Fleming working in espionage not that long after Zaharoff's death, tripping over his weapons, would find material for his villains from him?
@georgew2014
@georgew2014 4 года назад
@@1969cmp There's a story that when Fleming wrote the first Bond book, one of the first things he reportedly said was that Bond was NOT based on Reilly. Which says a lot about Reilly's story being more or less common knowledge.
@1969cmp
@1969cmp 4 года назад
@@georgew2014 ThanKS 😎
@RolandWieffering1
@RolandWieffering1 6 лет назад
"What do I care about 10.000.000 dead, I just sold them the weapons. I never said they should be used to kill each other..." B. Zaharoff
@rronaldreagan
@rronaldreagan 4 года назад
Spoken like a true j.e.w
@Crimethoughtfull
@Crimethoughtfull 4 года назад
Sounds like the reasoning of Yuri Orlov in Lord of War
@nouser6541
@nouser6541 4 года назад
its true. in any murder case the last consious decion that deliberatly lead to death is at fault ie pulling the trigger. he did nothing even vaguely wrong in the sale of weapons
@joshuamarvin7400
@joshuamarvin7400 4 года назад
Hey, the words that spurred Hiram Maxim onto going through with his whole 'machine gun' idea was a man telling him that if she wanted to make real money, best he 'market a device to help these Europeans cut each others throats quicker'.
@jakublulek3261
@jakublulek3261 4 года назад
I mean, he wasn't entirely wrong. He didn't kill anybody. Just like any arms maker/dealer.
@RahellOmer
@RahellOmer 6 лет назад
"He was also a philanthropist" *Awkward silence follows.... *
@Fastwinstondoom
@Fastwinstondoom 6 лет назад
"Arsonist for the fire department" ...when real life is weirder than even Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
@TheBespectacledN00b
@TheBespectacledN00b 6 лет назад
Fastwinstondoom He didn't a lot of the more absurd Discworld stuff from history.
@royalradish9412
@royalradish9412 6 лет назад
Love it
@edwardnigma9756
@edwardnigma9756 6 лет назад
It was pretty common throughout history and only recently have fire departments stopped burning down houses deliberately. A lot of fire departments were privately owned back in the day, so naturally they had to get "creative" to fund themselves. Marcus Crassus had his men burn/collapse houses on purpose in order to buy the land for cheap and rebuild it with slave labour. If you didn't want it destroyed, you had to pay him. He became one of the richest men of Rome, if not the world as a result of this. Unlike most, he got his comeuppance in the end.
@nicholaspatton5590
@nicholaspatton5590 6 лет назад
Like in Fahrenheit 451, when Firemen burn books with flamethrowers.
@stupidturntable
@stupidturntable 6 лет назад
Fire brigades often used arsonists for the interests in the 19th century. Another disgusting way to generate income for the was their influence in politics. Especially in the US, they were hired to incite riots, fires and threatening and beating up voters for the opposing parties by the politicians of the day.
@Kugel--
@Kugel-- 6 лет назад
This guy was truly the Littlefinger of WW1
@97CoolDragon
@97CoolDragon 6 лет назад
Yeah. You could say he brought chaos to Europe. A great big pit in the earth to swallow us all. Wait for it :D
@biggiec8224
@biggiec8224 6 лет назад
Mr. Smile chaos is a ladder.
@chongli8409
@chongli8409 6 лет назад
omg GoT is degenerate
@ozone2031
@ozone2031 6 лет назад
Despite the fact Zaharaoff was not kill by a 12 years old girl. oopsie spoiler
@97CoolDragon
@97CoolDragon 6 лет назад
The Chief gets it :D
@akrybion
@akrybion 6 лет назад
Are we sure this guy didn't pay the Black Hand to shoot Franz Ferdinand? He sounds like the kind of Littlefinger to do this.
@VladTevez
@VladTevez 6 лет назад
+P K There is also a rumour that he financed the Freikorps
@jeromesassani9537
@jeromesassani9537 5 лет назад
Serbia recently dedicated a statue to Gravil Princip.
@ferdblu1946
@ferdblu1946 3 года назад
jerome sassani really?
@puzzled012
@puzzled012 3 года назад
uhm, unless all of the historians and documents are lying, Young Bosnia killed archduke. and the members were (oh shock!) from Bosnia
@davididiart5934
@davididiart5934 6 лет назад
"He was also very involved in Philanthropy." Well, then that's alright. All else forgiven Basil!
@marcppparis
@marcppparis 6 лет назад
Why isn't this story a movie
@briansmith9439
@briansmith9439 6 лет назад
Not a movie, but a biased documentary: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VJpG_7qEPOI.html
@teddythefourth2831
@teddythefourth2831 6 лет назад
I believe the first Sherlock Holmes movie was inspired by this story
@deanstuart8012
@deanstuart8012 6 лет назад
He does appear a few times in "Reilly, Ace of Spies".
@MrShaneVicious
@MrShaneVicious 6 лет назад
thedudepdx he's in the Sidney Reilly mini-series.
@blaximperia
@blaximperia 6 лет назад
It was the second Sherlock Holmes. An arms supplier stoking anarchy to pit the European nations against each other.
@ThePerfectRed
@ThePerfectRed 6 лет назад
Wow, you never hear about people like that in mainstream documentations.
@borkwoof696
@borkwoof696 6 лет назад
Funny Farmer because mainstream documentaries only cover mainstream topics
@sounaksamanta8426
@sounaksamanta8426 Год назад
In the story "The Broken Ear" by Herge, from the Tintin series, there is a reference to this character. Although the name had been changed to Basil Bazarov. He too was arms dealer, and the name of his company was "Korrupt Arms".
@beckettfordahl5450
@beckettfordahl5450 6 лет назад
What a loyal patriot!
@cerealkiller7143
@cerealkiller7143 6 лет назад
Welcome to Greece. Greece is known to produce heroes and traitors in equal amounts.
@helicongremory8480
@helicongremory8480 5 лет назад
@@cerealkiller7143 And sometimes both at the same time. Themistocles and Alcibiades for starter.
@Alchymicae
@Alchymicae 5 лет назад
CEREAL KILLER technically he was an ottoman product but you can keep it in Greece it’s like we don’t want him but...
@basiltheflowerboy143
@basiltheflowerboy143 3 года назад
-every nation he sold stuff to
@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 3 года назад
@@Alchymicae He was an Ottoman Greek. Actual history does not care about anyone's feelings or views.
@MephLeo
@MephLeo 6 лет назад
We still have our own modern Zaharoffs, though.
@MemeMaster-bg4mf
@MemeMaster-bg4mf 5 лет назад
Leo And his name was Captain Jack Sparrow.
@arostwocents
@arostwocents 4 года назад
A curse on all weapon dealers houses
@linusdn2777
@linusdn2777 3 года назад
And they pretty much run the world
@nikoscarrotkiller1947
@nikoscarrotkiller1947 6 лет назад
what a life though...
@joshuadevonshire4561
@joshuadevonshire4561 6 лет назад
nikos carrotkiller it's near incompressible how he was able to do so much
@PetarJovanovic993
@PetarJovanovic993 6 лет назад
People where really productive without the internet back then.
@ls200076
@ls200076 5 лет назад
@@PetarJovanovic993 Just imagine with the internet *Cries in Cisco*
@uzivatel56
@uzivatel56 3 года назад
he sure had bollocks
@misterrocketman
@misterrocketman 6 лет назад
I think there's only one thing to say about Basil Zaharoff: What a character.
@Dsdcain
@Dsdcain 6 лет назад
This one was really great, thoroughly enjoyed it, and learned a lot.
@andrewhetchler3670
@andrewhetchler3670 6 лет назад
Be honest did you guys photo shop a puggle in to that shot in Athens?
@97CoolDragon
@97CoolDragon 6 лет назад
And people say WW1 was boring. Questions. How did he keep track of all his contacts and move around the world? Did he have a boat which doubled as a HQ?
@VladTevez
@VladTevez 6 лет назад
+Mr. Smile he had many agents, from politicians to prostitutes, so he was in everything
@TheDifferenced
@TheDifferenced 6 лет назад
Facebook doesn't exist on that time so he can move on plain sight without any gossipers nor reckless paparazzi's. Yes there's a BIG news that surrounds him BUT it would take a lot of weeks before they knew what he really was. Once they knew it, the did is done. 1 step ahead while they're 2 steps behind.
@Spartan412
@Spartan412 6 лет назад
You could say that he was the Wolf Of Arms Industry
@rooseveltbrentwood9654
@rooseveltbrentwood9654 4 года назад
Spartan 412 War Dogs?
@theblackprince1346
@theblackprince1346 6 лет назад
You've done two of the three cousins at war: Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II so what about King George V?
@silvoslaf
@silvoslaf 6 лет назад
you know it's coming tho
@edwardcamp3376
@edwardcamp3376 6 лет назад
He didn't play the active role that Willy and Nicky played since British monarchs are so limited in power. Seems like it'd be a pretty dull special imo.
@vincedibona4687
@vincedibona4687 5 лет назад
You've seen it by now, right?
@georgew2014
@georgew2014 4 года назад
@@edwardcamp3376 But King George V did change "Saxe Coburg and Gotha" to the "House of Windsor."he fact he felt compelled to do that, despite the deference to the Royal family that existed at that time, might actually make for an interesting story.
@tomasziskierka9557
@tomasziskierka9557 4 года назад
It's shame that almost nobody talks about this story.This should be taught in schools. This guy helps to made neutral Grace to go into civil war and later into WW1 in order to sell more weapons.This is closest thing to real life Bond-like villian that you can get. At last at this time.
@pippadawg7037
@pippadawg7037 7 месяцев назад
It makes you wonder what sort of moral paragons are running our current arms businesses.
@Basilzaharoff1
@Basilzaharoff1 6 лет назад
Im honored
@VladTevez
@VladTevez 6 лет назад
+Basil Zaharoff Thanks, boss!
@tsar389
@tsar389 6 лет назад
Thank you, Sir.
@wolfhound113
@wolfhound113 6 лет назад
Zaharoff was portrayed by Leo McKern in the 1983 ITV series Reilly, Ace of Spies. If you ever get the chance, see this series or read the book it's based on. It pretty well much covers the whole period Indy just described.
@ThePond1955
@ThePond1955 6 лет назад
An amazing character played to perfection by Leo Mckern in the equally fantastic story of Sidney Reilly: Ace of Spies. I can't recommend this series enough!
@Pauschke
@Pauschke 6 лет назад
This is totally a movie plot
@97CoolDragon
@97CoolDragon 6 лет назад
Better. A mini series.
@jien1988
@jien1988 6 лет назад
Mr. Smile Maybe like Breaking Bad
@exploatores
@exploatores 6 лет назад
Selling guns to all side, when I growe up we called it Neutrality :)
@davidhoran7116
@davidhoran7116 6 лет назад
Exploatores happen to be Swiss?
@exploatores
@exploatores 6 лет назад
No but you got four letters right, three even in the right place :)
@theflyingdutchman167
@theflyingdutchman167 6 лет назад
Exploatores Swedish?
@TheFenderBass1
@TheFenderBass1 6 лет назад
Ah sweden my own land and the most unneutral neutral country in the world
@rozakfassah7730
@rozakfassah7730 4 года назад
I call it Switzerland
@Rickinsf
@Rickinsf 6 лет назад
Interesting..after she died, I found a scrapbook from my mother's youth and in it she'd put Zaharoff's obituary notice. Would've liked to have asked her "wtf, mom?"
@psychronic8327
@psychronic8327 5 лет назад
Hey man what normal lady can resist that charm and debonair demeanour
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 6 лет назад
As a loyal patriot of mars, Zaharoff sold death rays to martians too.
@infrared8612
@infrared8612 Год назад
I am greek .I learned Basil Zacharoff by reading a historical ,biografical fiction story:'Tereza' who was one of the first lovers of Ernest Heminway by a great Greek reporter Freddie Germanos.I was not taught about him from school and there was no reference of him in the public school textbooks.I am really ashamed of my country's poor public education and how classical and general education has been sacrificed to prioritizethe subjects of university entrance . luckily i have a rich library filled with interesting history books and i aspire to cover the gaps that school left me with.Everyone should do that cause if you dont know your history you are doomed to repeat it.
@LukeVilent
@LukeVilent 4 года назад
Started as an arsonist for the Istanbul fire department. Ended as an arsonist for the World.
@schwarzhund2740
@schwarzhund2740 6 лет назад
so this is basically the puppet master of the great war
@jonaspete
@jonaspete 6 лет назад
schwarz hund nope. There are many such as Rothschild.
@markwalshopoulos
@markwalshopoulos 6 лет назад
keroji s lol no. Is the earth also flat? The moon a projection?
@aantony2001
@aantony2001 6 лет назад
This reminds me, how are people so upset about a Jewish conspiracy when you have Onasis and Zaharoff and prominent Greek lobbies in Washington? If anything people should be talking about a Greek conspiracy.
@kadudeduder5103
@kadudeduder5103 6 лет назад
Steve Kaczynski and then you have to ask who of them actually believe in it?
@gordonshan
@gordonshan 6 лет назад
Keith - please take conspiracy to another channel.
@Armageddon2077
@Armageddon2077 6 лет назад
This guy needs a movie or a TV series
@eddgrs9193
@eddgrs9193 6 лет назад
People would call it unrealistic...
@chadkingoffuckmountain970
@chadkingoffuckmountain970 6 лет назад
They could practically make a movie about this guy
@infrared8612
@infrared8612 Год назад
they should
@IamSalvatore
@IamSalvatore 6 лет назад
I really love these episodes about figures of WW1, since I've read about the war a fair bit myself, seeing these figures I only knew vaguely get fleshed out for their own story is fascinating.
@_Braised
@_Braised 6 лет назад
Glad to see the Tintin mention. Amazing to think of essentially a children's comic book strip self-aware enough to show such a character, along with it's depiction of Japan's invasion of China en.tintin.com/images/tintin/albums/05oreille/Zaharoff.jpg
@yuppy1967
@yuppy1967 5 лет назад
“What does it profit a man if he gained the entire world, but in the process lost his own soul” J.C.
@milencenov6421
@milencenov6421 6 лет назад
This story deserves a Hollywood movie based on it... Thumbs up !!!
@andrepduarte
@andrepduarte 5 лет назад
In Tintin's "The Broken Ear", the merchant that sells arms to both sides, and instigates war to sell them, was based on this guy.
@billythesentinel1164
@billythesentinel1164 6 лет назад
Imagine if your video got taken down, you could just add it to the list you mentioned at the beginning
@jeffreaves6107
@jeffreaves6107 4 года назад
This episode takes the cake! I've watched and rewatched for years but this one is too much. Thank you for this bit of history.. truly.
@cerealkiller7143
@cerealkiller7143 6 лет назад
As a Greek I find this episode very interesting.
@hewydewy2164
@hewydewy2164 6 лет назад
This would be an epic movie or mini series.
@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 6 лет назад
thank you.i was waiting for this one.
@Green_clust3r
@Green_clust3r 4 года назад
And 100 years plus later, we haven't yet learned from our past mistakes. Never let a single individual control so much up to include newspapers.
@Doping1234
@Doping1234 6 лет назад
There sure were some weird figures alive during the war...
@RoyRogerer
@RoyRogerer 5 лет назад
I am asking myself if these people were truly ahead of their time. In the time when long distance travel and communication is just becoming a thing, they come up with using it to dip their finger in everything, exploiting the fact that information doesn't get everywhere, giving the edge for lot's of con artists. We should remember such infrastructure was not a thing back then, and to see this exploit is quite remarkable.
@klavakkhazga3996
@klavakkhazga3996 6 лет назад
Thanks for mentioning Isaac Peral, brilliant man, not very celebrated here in Spain.
@PhilDeville
@PhilDeville 6 лет назад
Great episode! Well done.
@anderseriksson6926
@anderseriksson6926 6 лет назад
Wow, this guy really was a textbook psychopath! But often such personality traits can be really useful in wartime..
@eddgrs9193
@eddgrs9193 6 лет назад
They are useful at any time. There was a study made on CEOs of big companies, most of them have psychopathic traits.
@wattsnottaken1
@wattsnottaken1 3 года назад
Anders Eriksson very true but so EVILL
@zenmkultra
@zenmkultra 2 года назад
Yeah every smart person is a psycho
@SPARTANHAMMOND
@SPARTANHAMMOND 6 лет назад
This man was so devious I wouldn't be surprised if he had a hand in starting wars
@TheDifferenced
@TheDifferenced 6 лет назад
And that's the most scariest part. We don't even know if HE did started the war. Hitler? Japan? Who knows! He died with the history on his own mind. Through old age but still, people like him wouldn't even bother revealing it till to their grave. That's how hiding in the shadows are MORE powerful than being a show off.
@themsmloveswar3985
@themsmloveswar3985 6 лет назад
He was a serial conartist and dead merchant...but..."he was also very much in philantropy". Most con-artists have a veneer to maintain.
@VladTevez
@VladTevez 6 лет назад
+Consider the petition to remove CNN from airports Al Capone used philanthropy as well
@themsmloveswar3985
@themsmloveswar3985 6 лет назад
Fair point. Thanks for updating me on that.
@mmakrlik
@mmakrlik 6 лет назад
Some 10 years ago I got a random book, it was by Donald McCormick about Zaharoff and it kickstarted my interest in WW1
@victorwashington4433
@victorwashington4433 6 лет назад
An excellent, enlightening and entertaining history crash course
@johnnyvonjoe
@johnnyvonjoe 6 лет назад
Great episode guys ,easily one of my favorite ones!
@js357s
@js357s 6 лет назад
Really great series. I speak for many when I say thank you for sharing your knowledge. I believe we are in a knowledge revolution because of people like you.
@XxDEDEYExX
@XxDEDEYExX 6 лет назад
fantastic story about a despicable man. thank you. truly educational.
@bretak1760
@bretak1760 6 лет назад
now that you have done a special on Basil Zaharoff, would be great to see one on the famous Krupp Dynasty! :D
@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад
+Michael Morgan Yeah we should do that too
@VChen-vk1lh
@VChen-vk1lh 6 лет назад
KRUPP STEEL MADE IN GERMANY IS STRONK
@jerrycrute1428
@jerrycrute1428 5 лет назад
This was your best episode by far.
@dumptrump3788
@dumptrump3788 6 лет назад
This is probably the best episode I've seen so far, what a story & what POS Zaharov seems to be.
@telsah1
@telsah1 6 лет назад
I love listening to this channel. Thank you again :)
@MarkSashegyi
@MarkSashegyi 6 лет назад
The Littlefinger of the Great War
@TheDifferenced
@TheDifferenced 6 лет назад
And succeeded without a creepy crippled boy with mind bending powers. Boy I love GoT but damn, they killed Littlerfinger like a fan fiction. At least in real life, there's no magics.
@josephstraley9205
@josephstraley9205 6 лет назад
Uggh! I believe this is my favourite RU-vid video this year!
@gortnewton4765
@gortnewton4765 6 лет назад
Wow! Love those kinds of stories about WW1 (etc.).
@FabianK95
@FabianK95 6 лет назад
Awesome episode, thanks!
@brendissimo1306
@brendissimo1306 6 лет назад
Growing up and reading Tintin, I never knew that the arms dealer character was based on a real person. Finding that out a couple years ago was quite a surprise.
@Vulpatron
@Vulpatron 4 года назад
That was one of the most interesting biopic stories I’ve ever heard!
@brookbank
@brookbank 6 лет назад
as always great content!
@Killgoretrout855
@Killgoretrout855 6 лет назад
Great episode
@Jeremyramone
@Jeremyramone 6 лет назад
Truly one of your very best, vielen dank
@bigmal1690
@bigmal1690 6 лет назад
What a guy, his story would make a really great movie
@Miamcoline
@Miamcoline 6 лет назад
Really cool one!
@MrBandholm
@MrBandholm 6 лет назад
That was a fascinating story and man!
@ardshielcomplex8917
@ardshielcomplex8917 3 года назад
Love your presentations Indie
@n00btub3r2012
@n00btub3r2012 5 лет назад
Very interesting video. Learned something new
@DANALDTRAMP
@DANALDTRAMP 6 лет назад
Great show
@garret3222
@garret3222 6 лет назад
I just discovered your channel and I've been binge watching it all day I really hope you keep these up because these are good
@PedroG78
@PedroG78 6 лет назад
This chapter has been the fastest to become my new favorite.
@AnimeOtaku2
@AnimeOtaku2 6 лет назад
3:30 There must be a Walpole in this guy's lineage somewhere.
@nerdymidgetkid
@nerdymidgetkid 6 лет назад
His life really ought to be a movie.
@NormanMStewart
@NormanMStewart 6 лет назад
How would you feel if you actually meet these Who Did What? personalities in this day and age? Just asking out of curiosity. Great luck with your show.
@ivvan497
@ivvan497 6 лет назад
Tell them exactly what happens, and when it happens and they finally believe you, ask for a lot of money in exchange for more future.
@NormanMStewart
@NormanMStewart 6 лет назад
3ziz_G4ming_ 420 Why?
@pierosa1315
@pierosa1315 6 лет назад
Very interesting video! Why haven't we heard about him in school. I'm honoured to support you guys on Patreon, you are amazing!
@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад
+Piero Sá thanks for your support
@AleF202
@AleF202 6 лет назад
If anything, you can truly say he was amongst the best bussiness man oneself could hear about.
@anthonywhite2271
@anthonywhite2271 5 лет назад
Love your channel! Finally a badass named Basil!
@TheJalipa
@TheJalipa 6 лет назад
Leo McKern portrayed him in Riley Ace of Spies
@Busterlanger1
@Busterlanger1 6 лет назад
This guy's charisma is through the roof...
@andysatrioajie7886
@andysatrioajie7886 6 лет назад
i have no word to describe this man.
@MrOtis909
@MrOtis909 6 лет назад
I just discovered your channel, Indy and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Thank you!
@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад
+Mr. Freen welcome to the show!
@paulosabib
@paulosabib 6 лет назад
Disgusting guy. Could very well apply to a political office nowadays, and earn as much money.
@phileas007
@phileas007 6 лет назад
#ZaharoffDidNothingWrong
@snowwhite7677
@snowwhite7677 6 лет назад
Psychopaths like Basil Zaharoff have existed in every Era and are a constant Plague to Humanity. Eventually Humanity WILL have to figure a way to accurately ID these people and remove them BEFORE they cause harm...
@gandalfstormcloud7514
@gandalfstormcloud7514 5 лет назад
obama gave 185 billion dollars to terrorists and clinton sold 20% of US uranium to Russia
@MaxwellAerialPhotography
@MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 лет назад
Nah, he'd be a lobbyist
@georgew2014
@georgew2014 5 лет назад
Politicians today are rank amateurs compared to Zaharoff. And no current arms dealers is nearly as shameless.
@ysvry
@ysvry 4 года назад
great topic thx.
@davidfouts1939
@davidfouts1939 6 лет назад
This guy needs a book, a movie, and miniseries.
@kaibaskywalker2725
@kaibaskywalker2725 6 лет назад
man I love this channel
@ccchipcraw179
@ccchipcraw179 6 лет назад
great series
@Qardo
@Qardo 6 лет назад
Wait...Basil was a Bond villain. Before there was even a James Bond! BRILLANT!
@FireMarshall75
@FireMarshall75 5 лет назад
Netflix could make a great series about Zaharoff’s life! And many will like it :)
@ErikBramsen
@ErikBramsen 6 лет назад
Amazing story. Thanks.
@venom2k2
@venom2k2 6 лет назад
What a crazy biography! Really amazing.
@Cataegis
@Cataegis 6 лет назад
Best youtube channel ever...!!!!
@daraghaherne-clarke2910
@daraghaherne-clarke2910 6 лет назад
I just discovered your channel . Well done. Great work. Thank you.
@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад
+daragh aherne-clarke welcome to the show
@nosubscribe6233
@nosubscribe6233 6 лет назад
what a guy
@KingoftheSlavs
@KingoftheSlavs 6 лет назад
Would love to see a movie about this guy and no Nicolas Cage in the Lord of War doesn't count.
@Worldtimes1
@Worldtimes1 6 лет назад
This is the best episode so far
@victorlee8064
@victorlee8064 6 лет назад
Jhony S yes
@butchmaidment
@butchmaidment 6 лет назад
Any chance of one of these episodes focussing on Adrian Carton de Wiart? His story is absolutely incredible, plus fun, and I think he deserves to be better known. Viewers would love the tales of his Great War experiences (and injuries).
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