The Oldest WW2 Soldier, who died aged 92 in 1946

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When, at the age of 87, Nikolai Morozov picked up a rifle to fight the Germans, he became the oldest combatant of World War Two.
In the winter of 1942, Morozov volunteered to help break the siege of Leningrad that had lasted for more than a year.
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@rexjolles 3 года назад

This takes "my grandpa fought in ww2" to a whole nother level

@fuze5983 3 года назад

great grandpa

@RiffSilverthe1andonly 3 года назад

It may be a common saying now but not when some kid said it in 1950

@funzjag 3 года назад

No doubt! My grandfathers were teenagers when they took their first shots in WWII!

@rexjolles 3 года назад

@@RiffSilverthe1andonly thats the joke

@akramgimmini8165 3 года назад

My Grandfather was Truck-Driver in the German Army A Nice Guy never killed a Man (directly)

@thatlawnmowerguy9 3 года назад

"My grandpa fought in WW2" "That's cool" "He also saw the Crimean War when he was younger" "Wait what-"

@Njuregen 2 года назад

He was born around the start of the Crimean war in 1854-1856. funny joke though ;P

@chernovbrichtofen4767 2 года назад

Before Germany United and was still Prussia, Hanover, saxony and other smaller German states

@indahf.freztiyana824 2 года назад

He probably regrets for missing World War 1, and join in on his old days to make sure ain't missing another... xD

@lucasbishop8437 2 года назад

You could have said he was also best friends with Crimean war veterans

@adamdenton1543 2 года назад

This is a fake history actually. Nikolai Morozov was a real person, but never fought in WW2. This myth was created in early 2000s

@ThorrorkAirsoft 3 года назад

This guy was born before Germany even existed as a single nation, and he was damn sure going to make that the case again

@melu4everngcamphalala702 3 года назад

😂 You are a very funny man

@calm1tbh 3 года назад

This guy outlasted 3 Germanys

@Vampybattie 3 года назад

😂😂😂 bruh

@weebishusername9288 2 года назад

@@calm1tbh 2* the other one doesn't count

@the-charlycode8117 2 года назад

@@weebishusername9288 why wouldn’t it?

@vonkuton 3 года назад

“War is where old men talk and young men fight" Nikolai Morozov: Hold my walking stick

@coniston3106 2 года назад

You won it

@adamdenton1543 2 года назад

This is a fake history actually. Nikolai Morozov was a real person, but never fought in WW2. This myth was created in early 2000s

@riichobamin7612 2 года назад

@@adamdenton1543 any proof ?

@adamdenton1543 2 года назад

@@riichobamin7612 He spend ww2 in Kremlin hospital (Блюменау В. А. «Н. А. Морозов в Кремлёвской больнице». Записки из дневника. Архив РАН). This is his official biography: Шикман: Николай Морозов. Мистификация длиною в век

@riichobamin7612 2 года назад

@@adamdenton1543 I cannot read Cyrillic man. Can you post the link ? I will translate it.

@notmrprez 3 года назад

“My grandpa fought in world war 2” “Wow thats cool” “And so did I” …

@enderlinde3152 3 года назад

@@bigmoniesponge Just be happy we were some of the last ones to see these magnificent, brave men.

@yamatohime2035 3 года назад

Considering his age and standards of that time... If he would go with normal life, he would be great grandfather.

@jarryanevincent 3 года назад

"Did your grandpa fought in WW2?" "Yes" "How old was he when he joined the war" "87"

@aleksandarvil5718 3 года назад

*/Record Scratch*

@zoe6174 3 года назад

"Understandable, have a great day"

@belonn6121 3 года назад

Marisa

@jarryanevincent 3 года назад

This comment is only a hour old lol

@dominionofquebec10452 3 года назад

Saw the comment on the discord

@patrickt7 3 года назад

This man was 35 years old when Hitler was born. And to think he fought in a war which was started by Hitler. That's insane

@IAmGlutton4Life 3 года назад

You know what's also crazy that he met Karl Marx

@PolskiKrajowa 3 года назад

He fought in a war that ended hitler, he outlived all

@IAmGlutton4Life 3 года назад

@@PolskiKrajowa indeed he did. And also he got to see the dramatic leap in technology from Cars 2 radio 2 film

@bellacosmos607 2 года назад

Actually Poland started ww2 by aggression against germany

@patrickt7 2 года назад

@@bellacosmos607 I highly recommend you read about the Attack of Gleiwitz and Operation Himmler, because what you've said is not true.

@danny_7505 3 года назад

My grandpa fought in ww2 and now he is 104 yrs old. Still alive, drinking and cursing germans. He is so lucky

@comradekenobi6908 3 года назад

@@GARRY3754 sukin syn

@comradekenobi6908 3 года назад

@@elchicano187 agree

@desimasala114 2 года назад

I want to talk to him and take interview plz plz plz 😻

@sqwid9105 2 года назад

Bro that’s awesome

@American-Orthodox-Christian 2 года назад

@@GARRY3754 Makes no sense but ok?

@ultimatestoryteller 3 года назад

So basically a man in his late 80s goes to fight in the deadliest war ever, just for a month as a sniper, and still scores 10 kills ? Nothing short of impressive.

@travishabursky4362 3 года назад

Considering my Grandpa’s eyesight at that age, its very impressive.

@starstencahl8985 3 года назад

Ontop of that, he didn’t even die in the war, but just afterwards by natural causes

@liam6170 3 года назад

An I thought teddy Roosevelt jr was the most impressive old man of ww2

@suspiciushomer5909 3 года назад

10 CONFIRMNED KILLS, he probobly got more

@IMAN-od8jv 3 года назад

@@starstencahl8985 yeah

@johnclement189 3 года назад

Death : Your time is up. Nikolai : I want to kill nazis. Death : Fine, just do it fast.

@slayride136 3 года назад

Lol

@unkledoda420 3 года назад

Did you see how long it took him to walk outside and pick up his rifle in the part at the end of the video? He may have killed some Nazis but he damn sure didn't "do it fast".

@unkledoda420 3 года назад

@@Crash_- i was joking too. I thought that would be clear when i referenced the part of the video that had him moving in really slow, old man speed, which I assumed was also a joke. Oops. I'll try harder next time.

@tmiarcnjh2648 2 года назад

*insert the dream speedrun music here* [yes i hate that i felt the need to type this]

@joe125ful 2 года назад

Fast??In 92 Age:)

@jodofe4879 2 года назад

This takes "You kids get off my lawn!" to an entirely new level.

@adamdenton1543 2 года назад

This is a fake history actually. Nikolai Morozov was a real person, but never fought in WW2. This myth was created in early 2000s

@PelsckoPolesko 2 года назад

@@adamdenton1543 Angry Ukrainian

@711jastin 3 года назад

Dude literally could have been given a position in the war office, with his connection with the OG Bolsheviks but madlad decided to fight the nazis hand to hand.

@Saurophaganax1931 3 года назад

I’m not actually sure which was more dangerous. Fighting on the front, or being connected to the OG Bolsheviks while holding a position of command.

@711jastin 3 года назад

@@Saurophaganax1931 consider the Eastern front being compared as a meat grinder, the risk is almost equivalent.

@lc9245 2 года назад

It’s the opposite to be fair. Old Bolsheviks were mostly ousted and purged by Stalin’s faction.

@TheLastArbiter 3 года назад

Never underestimate old folks, they could have a lot left in the tank and the experience to reinforce it

@rejvaik00 3 года назад

"Fear the old man in a profession where it's comon to die young"

@lexo6987 3 года назад

@@rejvaik00 yep that roman was right

@liam6170 3 года назад

They should do one on teddy Roosevelt jr next

@deanfirnatine7814 3 года назад

I compete in long range shooting and three gun competitions and there are some old timers who are incredibly accurate shot and some still have incredible hand speed.

@JK-gu3tl 3 года назад

and nothing to lose.

@dannyengineer9862 3 года назад

Imagine being a killed by a 90 year old guy with a mosin nagant, as a german.

@silverhawkscape2677 3 года назад

What's funny is that since he was a Sniper they likely never knew an Old man killed them.

@nicholascecil6733 3 года назад

Better than a 9 year old kid with an AK, as a Congolese

@greenpenguin0763 3 года назад

Could be worse, a zoomer 360⁰ no scope you while blasting Gucci Gang

@zyzor 3 года назад

Or a German machine gunner who got pummeled to death by a Russian only armed with his fists. Or an Italian motor convoy surrendering to Ethiopians on horseback with outdated rifles.

@renanribeiro8137 3 года назад

He was actually older than the rifle itselft!!!!! He as born in 1854, the Mosin Nagant wss introduced into service in 1891, when he was 37.

@Edwardnarby92 3 года назад

There was an elderly man out here in Hong Kong who was 77 years old when the Japanese invaded in December 1941. He was a veteran of the b Boer War and had come here to retire. I'm not sure which unit he was in, but he was killed in action rifle in hand while defending the North Point Power Station.

@Edwardnarby92 3 года назад

I did some research, The 77-year-old KIA was Private Sir Edward Des Voeux , a member of the Hughes Group, a baronet and a private soldier. Killed at North Point Power Station.

@stoopidphersun7436 3 года назад

@curiouscoffee8181 3 года назад

@PatrickBrousseau 3 года назад

@@Edwardnarby92 Hopefully you know the nickname, Hughseliers! Give me a shout next time you take the tram down Des Voeux

@Edwardnarby92 3 года назад

@@PatrickBrousseau Of course I have heard the term many times but forgive me I had forgotten the abbreviation!

@user-xq5og9lt8p 3 года назад

Others: I know Stalin, don't send me to the front! Morozov: I know Stalin, and *if you don't send me to the front...*

@moon_wei 2 года назад

I'm gonna ask Stalin to punish you severely

@MahdiHatesLife 2 года назад

@@moon_wei -3000000 Social Credits

@PelsckoPolesko 2 года назад

@@MahdiHatesLife wtf are social credits?

@flakenbake01 3 года назад

This dude is literally The End off of MGS3: Snake Eater.

@iqshubbytrigger2958 3 года назад

Damn it.... I was gonna post that, welp guess I was a little late huh? But good one dude

@flakenbake01 3 года назад

@@iqshubbytrigger2958 Yep, figured I'd take the initiative lol.

@SharpForceTrauma 3 года назад

i thought the same thing

@elvergalarga4461 3 года назад

dude, I just ended yhatbgame yesterday.

@lasombra1469 3 года назад

Except that he didnt die while his enemy waited for a week

@imranbutt1929 3 года назад

"Hey, my Grandfather is fighting in the war." " i think you mean *fought* " "No, He is fighting in the war."

@DZ477 3 года назад

Doesn't really make sense since this conversation wouldn't work during or after WW2 happening.

@sooryan_1018 3 года назад

@@DZ477 eh... It can be. Like on WW2 when his friends think that his grandpa fought in like Russo Japanese war or something, but in reality, he's fighting at Leningrad

@big_sea 3 года назад

yes

@anmordi285 3 года назад

@@DZ477 would work

@anmordi285 3 года назад

@@DZ477 R/woooosh

@Renegade_7274 3 года назад

I love how at the end of the video is just a single second of him firing a minigun

@Chad_Thundernuts 3 года назад

Invading soldier: "You should get out of here, Grandpa. It's dangerous." Grandpa: "I AM the danger!" **Doom music starts playing**

@riotson 3 года назад

Hahaha, that's great!

@Nuclear_Potato-rt8pl 3 года назад

Literally made me laugh out loud

@user-tg6co4zp6w 2 года назад

Написал полный бред даже обидно что есть люди настолько незнакомые с историей

@Interdictiondeltawing 3 года назад

Therapist: Nikolai With Minigun doesn’t exist he can’t hurt you Nikolai With Minigun: 11:45

@APersonOnYouTubeX 3 года назад

WW2 Grandpa Nikolai wielding a mini gun doesn’t exist and can’t hurt u WW2 Grandpa Nikolai wielding a mini gun doenst exist and can’t hurt you: 11:45

@Detah_ 3 года назад

I am heavy weapons guy and this is my weapon

@stridsvagn1223 3 года назад

Vodka

@voyager2230 3 года назад

Hah , they eventually do that after cracking his backbone

@voyager2230 3 года назад

@T teg Egg sadly no I think

@_vla 3 года назад

German soldier: **dies** Nikolai: "hahah cope harder kid skill issue hahah"

@bloxracer3627 3 года назад

"Balanced Team", never heard of it

@veyron7412 3 года назад

German Soldier: Shut up ur hacking bro

@sarge89 3 года назад

Nikolai: get gud scrub

@sooryan_1018 3 года назад

Nikolai just had better gaming chair 😎

@Oof-th5hz 3 года назад

Hahaha git rekt skrub

@williamwillis1506 3 года назад

Soviet russia: we're looking for soldiers Morozov: move out of my way noobs, I'm here to stack nazis!

@user-ey9er8do1c 2 года назад

What is mean???

@joe125ful 2 года назад

Yes!

@joe125ful 2 года назад

@@user-ey9er8do1c That means greenhors cant do that so he can:)

@acutechicken5798 2 года назад

@@user-ey9er8do1c CCCР: Мы ищем солдат. Морозов: Уйдите с моего пути, новички: я пошёл сюда за убить фашистов. (Извини за мой плохой Русски.)

@Juraimy 2 года назад

@@acutechicken5798 translation: CCCP: We are looking for soldiers. Morozov:Get out of my way, newbies: i went here to kill fascists.

@nitsu2947 3 года назад

Soviet Union: we're desperate for men to fight Morozev: im fighting Soviet Union: we're *THAT* desperate

@matthewnguyen5325 3 года назад

Imagine having to tell the soldier's family about his death. "Mrs. Schneider I am so sorry." "Please just tell me he went down fighting bravely for the Deutschland." "No sorry he got sniped by some old gheezer lmao we even let him tbag him." "... what?"

@andrewchesler2029 3 года назад

Commy folks do what commy folks do.

@williamshakespeare5703 3 года назад

“It was the law we had to let him do it”

@Spalbeert 3 года назад

Cringe

@Ruebenbayona 3 года назад

Lol

@FlameRetardant1 3 года назад

@@Spalbeert saying cringe is cringe

@pfcparts7728 3 года назад

“War is where old men talk and young men fight.” *“… but not him.”*

@martinbogado4924 3 года назад

"Both, both is good"

@truecaliber1995 3 года назад

That sounds like a very badass intro to some Michael Bay action flick.

@sooryan_1018 3 года назад

Tfw when your age can fit to that of the father of the leader of your country

@ShitBoi 3 года назад

“I fear no one… but, that thing” *puts at Nikolai* “It scares me”

@reaperknight--2252 3 года назад

DEAD☭:nice joke DEAD卐:nice joke

@jeodraws2473 2 года назад

Imagine him coming home to his family. And needing to explain how he obtained ww2 medals on a business trip

@cameronnewton7053 3 года назад

11:41 the painting of Stalin in the building was a nice touch.

@dAnIeLmOnGe2000 3 года назад

He might not have been a soldier all his life, but as the old saying goes: "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

@ynol4879 3 года назад

11:45

@Alexq79- 3 года назад

@@ynol4879 lmao

@communist_pride 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CaRAWAyDfn0.html

@tiyenin 3 года назад

New, moving outro, I see.

@richardides2035 2 года назад

SPARTA!

@crusiethmaximuss 3 года назад

The scene at the end showing him fire a mini gun is amusing.

@Hannibalkakihara 3 года назад

Its brilliant lmao. They really reward those who stay

@crusiethmaximuss 3 года назад

11:44 🤣😂😁🤭

@LonesomeDrifter1987 3 года назад

@Park Lee Studios old man heavy that is

@eriolhiiragizawa729 3 года назад

@Park Lee Studios "I am Old Man Heavy. And THIS is my weapon. . ."

@Ashfielder 3 года назад

“War is just old men sending young men to die.” Or old men sending older men to die.

@kinggluestick9596 2 года назад

Or old men sending older men to get 10 kill kill streaks

@DMlTREl 2 года назад

Or old want to protect his country

@aluthewox467 2 года назад

It's more like cowards sending the brave to die.

@huuduyvu9714 2 года назад

@@aluthewox467 it's the voluntarily will which anticoms twist anyway.

@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 3 года назад

For a man born in the 1850s to fight in WW2 is equivalent to someone from WW2 fighting in todays wars.

@yeng1855 Год назад

If only... around 60 is the maximum to be in the Military. The closest we ever got was Sergeant Plumely fighting in Vietnam. Who also fought in WW2 and Korea.

@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 Год назад

@@yeng1855 One person who comes to mind as a close example would be Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, who joined the British Army before WW1 and retired during the late 1950s, imagine serving from the age of horses to the age of the helicopter? from being a recruit using a Lee Enfield and finally witnessing the dawn of the FN FAL and most probably seeing Americans preparing to introduce the M16? going from seeing war consisting almost entirely of large scale conventional warfare to seeing COIN and guerrilla warfare taking over?

@albertonam3688 3 года назад

"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." - General MacArthur (sorry for the typo)

@DTHPLYZ 3 года назад

"macharther*

@RuralTowner 3 года назад

Correction to the Correction to the Correction. It's MacArthur.

@DTHPLYZ 3 года назад

@@RuralTowner ik it's macarthur

@communist_pride 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CaRAWAyDfn0.html

@upbeat3535 3 года назад

@Mikhail Raleigh Patricio Guys he made a small and understandable typo let's make fun of them because that's the only thing that brings me joy. Lol XD

@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit 3 года назад

He's better known by his codename: The End.

@prussianapples1489 3 года назад

Or in Max0r terms: Burne Sanders

@uzoma1541 3 года назад

Lol

@priscillaappiah-kubi846 3 года назад

You know he is a soviet he will never spare a german

@johnmanole4779 3 года назад

Rex: "99 you can't!" 99: " I am a soldier, like you!"

@cigercihakan5558 2 года назад

@noble9864 2 года назад

Rest in Peace, 99.

@maxoverridemax 2 года назад

😢 that's hits hard.

@starwolfcyberlight4546 3 года назад

I like imagine him telling stories to other soldiers and comforting people in the night.

@shroder2748 3 года назад

Imagine going through several years of training, learning and labour to become part of one of the most feared army's in Europe only to get 360 no scoped by some grandpa

@yaz2928 3 года назад

Of THE most feared army in Europe, but Grandpa didn't care.

@Jack-ce1vn 3 года назад

This genuinely made my day

@enderlaptopminecrafter390 2 года назад

i came back from the little 6yo kid and it was almost the same comment that a german soldier got no scoped by a kid with binoculars (they got spotted) 😂

@NotPengu 2 года назад

@@enderlaptopminecrafter390 LMAO I LITERALLY JUST WATCHED THAT VIDEO TOO 😂🤣

@loko450 2 года назад

There is nothing to come to Russia

@Heyylivv 3 года назад

Just imagine dying in the Front lines to a 87 year old man. This guy is so based and brave.

@mouseemperor3188 3 года назад

So so so fucking based man

@halo3odst 3 года назад

socialism isnt based. the USSR tried to make monkey men.

@megancrager4397 3 года назад

It never was. He fought for Stalin yo.

@filo8197 3 года назад

@@halo3odst Yeah, back then it was genocide, epic Stalin like leaders and based empires. Now it's just 14 year old girls on Twitter

@halo3odst 3 года назад

@@megancrager4397 yeah, i changed my mind. it was always cringe. Stalin tried to make monkey men.

@seleganttwanty1525 3 года назад

The last frame was worth the waiting until he finally reached that door

@dawidwojacki5049 3 года назад

"I lived my life long enough, I don't fear death." - what this guy could say on draft

@Imnotsmg4bob 3 года назад

Old Man, again: *Back in my day, we didn't have time to waste on dying, we had to shoot and that was all we had to do!*

@reniswastika7432 3 года назад

Germany: you underestimate my power Soviet: here’s an old man Germany: oh no…

@Cbrmkn98xs 3 года назад

Germany: understandable, have a nice day *leaves*

@dinonuggies449 3 года назад

*Now we know Germany is scared of an old man* **Noted**

@Juraimy 2 года назад

Also Soviet: here's a child.

@dinonuggies449 2 года назад

@@Juraimy Soviet too: and he has a gun too so your welcome Germany :)

@KimLeaTV 2 года назад

@@Juraimy The child: *THANKS FOR THE PISTOL :D*

@Kriegter 3 года назад

"My grandpa still talks about his experiences in the war" "What are you talking about the war just ended"

@nirmalgogineni1432 3 года назад

“So you want to join the red army?” “Yes” “You’re 87” “Ok and”

@nicholasjackson358 3 года назад

My grandpa enlisted when he was 17, because his father fought in ww1. He said if you enlist now you can pick the navy. If you get drafted, you’re going to be infantry. God bless my great grandpa

@braintyp8959 3 года назад

God Bless your grandfathers

@LexieAssassin 3 года назад

Sounds akin to my maternal grandpa. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor b/c he figured he'd be drafted sooner or later, and wound up driving a jeep in the pacific.

@yer4054 3 года назад

My grand daddy killes lots of American during the viet war. I have a cool american helmets with one of the poker card thing

@edwardjones7225 3 года назад

No one feed the troll

@trk1b28varianrhesa4 2 года назад

@@yer4054 wow thats really cool dude

@TarnaBarTM 3 года назад

When you have to activate that Scraping the Barrel because you fucked up. Also I think nothing could be worse than seeing granpa charging you with a mosin & bayonet. You know he has nothing to loose.

@Deridus 3 года назад

Tanu Tuva for the win.

@jfchshshdjchdjshdbsbudufhd4904 3 года назад

@@Deridus tannu tuva is op lmfaooo

@Deridus 3 года назад

@@jfchshshdjchdjshdbsbudufhd4904 Never win the Great Patriotic War without them...

@jfchshshdjchdjshdbsbudufhd4904 3 года назад

@@Deridus scraping barrel with tuva and fight ww2, focus on planes. Use planes to grind up tokens for negotiation and snag a german territory. Easy mp and resources.

@SoulSoundMuisc 3 года назад

Giles Corey: "That guy has balls..." Inquisitor: "How do you plead!!?" Giles: "oh. Sorry, was watching a video. Um. More weight, I guess."

@OhSPY. 3 года назад

Like my grandmother always taught me: “The older the lion, the sharper the claws”

@phillhuddleston9445 3 года назад

This actually makes sense in some cases, old men have less to lose and if they can do the job then why not. This illustrates why a militia is so important, at some point the regular army may not be enough and you may need the help of trained civilians even old ones. You don't always have to be able to run for miles with a heavy backpack, just as long as you can get to the fight and accurately fire a rifle that is sometimes good enough.

@wolfheardt4169 3 года назад

Technically speaking he had ALOT to lose, he spent his whole life on science and revolution, losing to Nazis would take both away. It’s not about what you can lose, it’s about what must be protected at all costs.

@phillhuddleston9445 3 года назад

@@wolfheardt4169 True but he only had a year or two left in his life to use that knowledge while most soldiers have decades left if they survive the war. Would you rather die at 18 or eighty and which would result in a more productive life?

@wolfheardt4169 3 года назад

@@phillhuddleston9445 nobody knows when they will die, 18 or 80, you might just have a heart stop or get hit by a bus. To all accounts with good life of his, he could have lived until his 100s, plus a man of science would never just leave his intellect to die stupidly in battle. To add to that, some people will be far more productive in two years than some will be in 30. Nobody can know how their life will turn out, and nobody goes anywhere to just die.

@steirqwe7956 3 года назад

Their martial prowess and capabilities are deteriorated due being old age, however they need provision and quarters just like younger soldiers. This mean you are wasting resources on second grade sodiers, putting extra strain on your logistics.

@phillhuddleston9445 3 года назад

@@steirqwe7956 True in situations where you have enough young able-bodied soldiers but I am talking about situations where you may not have enough young trained soldiers where you may need back-up soldiers possibly to defend the homeland in an invasion. If for example WW3 broke out and China invaded the US with troops on the ground while the majority of US soldiers were fighting elsewhere. Civilians old and young would be needed to defend our nation, this is obviously a worst case scenario other than a nuclear war.

@theravingtimes9582 3 года назад

"My grandfather fought in the 2nd World War." "We know because we just saw him snipe that artillery officer ... and we're still in the middle of World War II."

@DN_123 3 года назад

This man is an equivalent of old man anime characters.

@preppychrisbou 2 года назад

Ok, the minigun at the end was my favorite part.

@Simplehistory 3 года назад

In war age is just a number?

@chiken1627 3 года назад

Yes

@What101Ak 3 года назад

yes

@faven5916 3 года назад

yes

@ColonialEagle5455 3 года назад

Yes

@Chinaball-fx7gi 3 года назад

Yes

@homelessman5446 3 года назад

This man lived a very exciting life. I mean he taught science to kids in the university of St. Petersburg, was one of the few Russians who flew a plane and fought in ww2 as a sniper for a month and was able to kill 10 guys.

@ramiel7666 3 года назад

You have to respect this kind of person, he lived and fought for his believes to the end.

@nobudobu5444 3 года назад

People always say "Respect your elders" but this one takes on the another level.

@GnumblinJones2 3 года назад

I don’t have a joke this guy is just cool

@AP0ll012 3 года назад

Uh yeah can i get a Whopper and Large fries

@tejthetoj4907 3 года назад

I’ll get a Diet Coke as well on the side

@olympusentertainment2638 3 года назад

You are a joke MD. 😂

@TDJIMAGS 3 года назад

Fix the ice cream machine please 👍 but this guy is cool

@IvanPlayyz 3 года назад

Ur the joke

@kingkermit7323 3 года назад

Kid: Mom Grandpa is talking about how he was fighting in the red Army for comrade Stalin again. Mom: Honey that's because he *IS* in the red Army.

@OrkOfOhio 3 года назад

Foolish child, he IS the red army!

@kingkermit7323 3 года назад

@@OrkOfOhio lol

@explorer949 2 года назад

IS 2 , IS 3 , IS 4, IS 5, IS 7 tonks

@Jade_1872 2 года назад

I’ve seen the youngest soldier now I get to see the oldest, love this channel

@BattlefieldFan35 3 года назад

Great Men. Great Story's. Thank you Simple History.

@TheButterMinecart1 3 года назад

His whole life was badass. Lived through a ton of history.

@whosgrshh2596 3 года назад

I can't believe whoever draws these animations decided to conjure the idea of drawing an old Russian man firing a mini-gun. Props to you lmaooo

@TheUnforgiven59 3 года назад

They found out that Team Fortress 2 was coming back to prominence, so they did it.

@808ct 2 года назад

imagine charging in a battlefield only to get shot by a 90 year old

@Sinisphere 3 года назад

Bet that did weird things to morale on both sides. Imagine the soldier that has a lower kill count than the OAP that was on the front for a month.

@Simplehistory 3 года назад

Grandpa is angry !

@doozy435 2 года назад

@Roy_venegas07 3 года назад

It can’t be Nikolai it’s probably Reznov from BO1 or from WAW

@ihate_my_life 3 года назад

In WaW he was 30-40 sorry for destroying your dreams pal

@raimundowilson2140 3 года назад

@@bigmoniesponge Reznov fought on ww2

@Roy_venegas07 3 года назад

It was a joke Randy but yeah lol

@aveteranplayer6403 3 года назад

First Reznov is not from Bo1 is from Waw

@aveteranplayer6403 3 года назад

@@bigmoniesponge Lol, Nikolai if you ever played Zombies you would know that the Original cast version 2.0 of Zombies characters composed by Richtofen, Nikolai, Takeo and Dempsey they are clearly are on their 20s, Origins introduce themselves on the 1st World war fiction of zombies besides that is clearly their version of ww2.

@Jarod-vg9wq 2 года назад

This man lived such a interesting life even before the war.

@WhiteGuardOfficer 2 года назад

THESE VIDEOS ARE SO GOOD LIKE WHAT THE HECK THESE ARE DONE SO WELL

@johnwipf9499 3 года назад

If he had a grandson. "Hey you fought in WWII?" "Yes, alongside my grandfather".

@adamdenton1543 2 года назад

This is a fake history actually. Nikolai Morozov was a real person, but never fought in WW2. This myth was created in early 2000s

@zad_rasera 2 года назад

@@adamdenton1543 Yeah they mentioned this might be the case at the end of the video

@adamdenton1543 2 года назад

@@zad_rasera Yeah, but this is the obvious fake. Every ww2 historian from Russia can confirm this. And the creators of this video make a little accent about this.

@imadequate3376 3 года назад

He could fly a plane and was in the Civil defense, plus a college professor. I believe this man was more than qualified to defend his nation!

@artiombeknazaryan7542 2 года назад

also a political prisoner, a Leningrad siege survivor, a professional revolutionary and a guy who personally met Marx.

@zkybi 3 года назад

I love all your videos, is a really good way to learn history in my opinion.

@Is_This_Really_Necessary 3 года назад

I would love to see this as a movie, in the same vein as "Enemy at the Gates", "Band of Brothers", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Stalingrad".

@table_9993 Год назад

he has tv series about him named "Дед Морозов" (it's like Santa Clausov)

@CNTRION 3 года назад

"Scraping the Barrel" Conscription Law be like:

@bryancomlor1435 3 года назад

"No country for old men" unlocked

@shermantankstudios9086 3 года назад

I have never heard the story about the oldest soldier of World War II. But I've heard of the story of the youngest soldier of World War II: Sergey Aleshkov. He was just six years old when he served; Simple History should create a video about him.

@thomaspark1202 3 года назад

Upvote this pleas

@noggy3133 3 года назад

Of course he was russian lol.

@wolfheardt4169 3 года назад

@@noggy3133 “Children of the Regiment”, kids whose parents were killed by Nazis during battles or occupational cleansing , and got rescued by Red Army, with nowhere to go. Every story harsher than other.

@nikolaivanov7400 3 года назад

So now the red army owns the credits for enlisting the oldest and the youngest soldier in all ww2 crist

@comradekenobi6908 3 года назад

@@nikolaivanov7400 well if you’re facing things like Generalplan OST it’s understandable

@akemap4 2 года назад

my grandfather is 85, and he is active as one would expect from a 50 years old person. Everyday he goes to jog at our neighborhood, then after he lift some weights. He is an inspiration to every plus 80 person. Because of that, i don't doublt this strory. My grandfather could easly manage a gun and run. Leave alone be at the rear with a sniper.

@muskreality 3 года назад

"You can never snare an old fox"

@silverhawkscape2677 3 года назад

Imagine being a Young lad in his Twenties Fighting the Soviets only to be sent to the grave by a 92 year old man.

@LaatiMafia 3 года назад

A bullet travelling at 700 m/s doesn't ask if you are old enough to buy beer or not.

@HistoryOfRevolutions 3 года назад

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi once wrote: "It is not truth, justice, liberty, that men seek; they seek only themselves. - And oh, that they knew how to seek themselves aright!"

@lazychromebox7678 3 года назад

When you have the “Scraping the barrel” conscription law in hearts of iron 4

@starkillerdude1914 3 года назад

This guy makes John J. Pershing look like a wimp for retiring before ww2

@General-HD 3 года назад

This guy had the balls of stalin "steel"

@dominusnoobus1589 3 года назад

Balls of stalium

@afinoxi 3 года назад

"How... Old are you ?" "87." "...Young enough I guess."

@Dungeon_Master32 3 года назад

Yeah , it's young enough for turtles))))

@brodytaylor2075 3 года назад

Love the video keep the good work up

@Thewildbunny1959 3 года назад

The mini-gun at the end took my by surprise.

@nikolai0875 3 года назад

Now that is some story now that's what I call a Fearless Soldier doesn't even care about his age just fights

@TedBronson1918 3 года назад

At 87 he had no reason to fear death. The young men with life ahead of them did.

@martonpapp269 3 года назад

Make a video of the youngest soldier of ww2, he was 6 when he joinded the army, his father died in war, her mother and sister were killed by the invaiders, so he was found in the forest by soviet troops. Than je joined the army and actially he fought with a pistol. He also served as an artilerry spotter too. Any more info in a video from you would be welcomed. Thanks.

@Mirza00023 3 года назад

Those were called "children of the regiment" (дети полка). They were kids found on the battlefields and taken care by soldiers until they can be evacuated at some orphanage or adopted. Until then, they performed support duties for the unit, but very rarely saw any real combat

@lasombra1469 3 года назад

Most of the youngest soldiers of WW2 are going to be german ones since they had the "hitler youth"

@carsonm7292 3 года назад

@@lasombra1469 The Hitler Youth wasn't a military organization. They were more like fanatical indoctrinated boy scouts. However, members of the volkssturm militia were captured as young as 8 years old.

@lasombra1469 3 года назад

@@carsonm7292 and still they fought for a country that was already being crushed by two fronts as soldiers

@republic0_032 3 года назад

@@lasombra1469 yes that's what fanatically indoctrinated means

@obj1669 3 года назад

Simple History,you make my life better.Thanks for that bro.

@joshandlena13 2 года назад

Sees the title "I bet it's a mad old Russian" 15 seconds in after ad "ILLBEDAMNED!!!"

@giganticranger5692 3 года назад

11:45 Old man: has to use a cain to walk. Also him: minigun noises go brrrr

@fookcensorship820 3 года назад

Heavy is here.

@comettamer 3 года назад

With age comes much wisdom and much experience. Normally the tradeoff is that one's body degrades. This man had the wisdom, experience and enough strength left to carve a legacy truly worthy of the title badass.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад

Guy could’ve fought in all other wars in his lifetime had he joined the Imperial Army, and would’ve been the soldier with the most wars served.

@hypohunter1963 3 года назад

Except World War Two as the red army wouldn’t have accepted an imperialist

@MemoryOfTheAncestors 3 года назад

He was a war correspondent on the eastern front during the early stages of World War I in 1914.

@4thmonitorion731 3 года назад

Imagine if your grandfather actually fought modern wars today.

@talknight2 3 года назад

Maybe on the *other* side...

@jrapcdaikari 3 года назад

funny, I was expecting a German since the Nazis forced young boys and old men to fight in the Volksstrum

@sooryan_1018 3 года назад

Soviet Union - Senile old people Germany - 5 year olds lol

@elgringo8585 3 года назад

Soviets forced everybody with 2 legs. 13 million dead Russian soldiers!! 5-6 million Germans, who were fighting the whole world says it all

@sooryan_1018 3 года назад

@@elgringo8585 yes. Your point being...?

@user-me5oq3kl4h 3 года назад

@@elgringo8585 Germans forced anyone with two legs. Even with one leg, volksturm wasn’t a pleasant to look at

@v21059 3 года назад

@@elgringo8585 Apart from the Germans, all of Europe was there. All Western European countries except England. Millions of French, Poles, Golands, Danes, Swedes, Romanians, Spaniards, Italians, Shvetsarians. The Soviet Union confronted virtually all of Europe.

@keith8225 3 года назад

This man lived through the American civil war, assassination of Lincon, fall of the wild west, development of the aeroplane, establishment of the Soviet Union and two world wars. What a legend.

@twilightknight7726 2 года назад

He’s not as young as he has his post to be in the army but he has it something that most soldiers don’t have a knees days spirit, determination and Fire burning in their heart