British and German piolets respected each other. They both thought of killing each other in flight as a sport. British held high respect for the Red Baron. They also really feared him.
Can i just say, the red baron might have actually have had better camouflage on account of allied pilots thinking they had spots in their eyes (from the sun) when seeing a brightly coloured speck.
@@zyanego3170 Actually, Mongols succeeded only couse dukes of Rus screwed themselves in battle by river Kalka, where 9 dukes, novelty elite warriors and 9/10 of army were lost. That only happened, couse dukes could not decide what to do, and every duke decided to act for his own, instead of command work. If they cooperated, they would easily crush Mongols and had enough power to stop them. Actions of dukes during that battle is one big facepalm.
@CatzMan Kievan Rus is modern historical name for better understanding of time period. That time it was called Rus, capital was transferred from Novgorod to Kiev after conquer of Kiev, couse better climate and it was important point, which controlled trade routes from varyags to bizantium. Kievan Rus is only time period when Kiev was capital. Poland could take only for 2 years in times of "great smuta" when Rus was screwing itself.
"The Soviet Union dissolved, so who really got the last laugh?" Speaking of which, today marks the exact 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR.
1:10 Fun fact: There's a comedy and satirical movie called "Death of Stalin" that tells the figth for power after Stallin's OOF and actually is pretty realistic (obviously not 100% historical)
5:46 , It is to be noted that they didnt technically win. All of the Sikhs defending the post were killed by the Afghan tribals and the tribes took over the fort, But the sheer amount of time they held out allowed the British soldiers at Fort Gullistan and Lockhart to provide reinforcements and take back the post
So they achieved all their tactical goals, and their actions led to victory on the wider battle? I dunno, that sounds like a win to me, even if a pretty bloody one.
Yeah movie had some problems but atleast. They showed properly how you should take advantage of your geographical position/ along with morale when fighting superior numbers
4:15 That's Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's generals who was adopted as the heir to the Swedish throne since king Charles XIII had no children. He was crowned Charles XIV John in 1818.
5:38 fun fact: during the Greek revoloution of 1821 there was a battle in Gravia ,118 Greeks and 8000 Ottomans,more than 300 hundred ottomans were killedand 600 injured but just 6 greeks were killed and 2 injured. the Greek rebels won the Battle.
Not really that meme just didnt list the american accomplishments. Russians had the first satellite in space. The US caught up in 4 months Russia had the first animal in space America got a chimp into space and brought it back alive Russia got first man in space, america caught up 1 month later. Russia got first woman in space. that one took the US a decade so fair win for them on that. Russia got first space walk US caught up in 5 months. Russia got first space station america caught up 2 years later. America got first man on moon. Russia never caught up. America got first successful mars lander russia never caught up America got first to Jupiter russia never caught up America got first to Saturn russia never caught up America got first to Uranus russia never caught up America got first to Neptune russia never caught up America got first object to leave the solar system russia never caught up America got first geostationary satellite America got first solar powered satellite America got first communications satellite America got first reusable spacecraft America got first pilot controlled spacecraft America got first space telescope America got first weather satellite America got first spacecraft docking operation and finally America got first spy satellite. Totals America 17 Russia 6
The thing no one understands about medieval war vs modern was the change in operations tempo. A medieval soldier would march around for weeks in-between battles which would usually last a day or 2, giving them time to grieve their losses and come to terms with what has happened. Compare that to ww1 where soldiers spent months on the front, never entirely out of combat areas, rarely, if ever, more than a mile from the front.
Winning in wars or conflicts doesn't necessarily mean you need to survive but you need to be successful in achieving your desired goal, which they were able to. Their goal was to keep the fort from falling till reinforcements came & they did that, eventually allowing the reinforcements to regain control of the fort.
Evryone should know about the "BATTLE of LONGEWALLA"which was a part of the 1971 indo-pak war 🇮🇳 🇵🇰!! It was 120 indian soldiers and a jeep mounted M40 recoiless rifle vs 2000-3000 pakistani soldiers equipped with 40 american patton tanks!! Result: Decisive indian 🇮🇳victory🤣
The tank with the 4 guns actually ended up being a ridiculous effective anti-infantry weapon. I belive the high rate of fire forced enemy combatants out of cover making them easy pickings. But because it was designed to shoot down planes, and it never did (because there were no more planes) it ended up being scrapped with only one made.
Fun fact: in early ww1 pilots didn't have anything on their planes. They had to fire at each others with pistols and rifles, when they had to throw bombs they had a big bag of bombs lying around the cockpit which they had to pick up by hand and throw outside
Actually The whole squadron of the red baron was painted red after the red baron said he wanted his plane painted red because it would have been to easy to spot him
Switzerland was never neutral because they were irrelevant. They were neutral because everyone was afraid of them. Also: The Red Baron was obviously an Ace Combat protagonist.
The one about the PTSD is just completely wrong. PTSD did not really exist back then. Because 99% of a soldier's life was simply marching, foraging, garrisoning and camping. Battles were rare and usually lasted less than a day, whereas a campaign could last many months. Compare this to WW1 and onwards, where you would be in near constant danger and fear for weeks or even months at a time.
8:19 I feel that Romania got some certain eastern part of Hungary. Also, Bulgaria didn't get Southern Dobruja as an aftermath of the war, but before that (around 1940) when they forced Romania to give them the teritorry (at that time both countries were neutral) Although, Northern Transylvania was something that Romania got as an aftermath of the war. So this is historically incorrect! (At least by my knowledge) Oh, and by the way, Bessarabia was also annexed by the USSR also before Romania joined the war
No reason ? France needed 6 full month to have a fully operational army. French army was made to defend not attack because there were 2 german for 1 french. British troops in Europe were ridiculous in number. They were supposed to be operational in 1941...
@@himlingpatrice Actually by the time of the Saar Offensive was over France had a sizeable military to do it again yet they didnt, they dropped leaflets on Poland, even during the main offensive the German troops were focused on Poland so the French would have the upper hand even if Germany had called reinforcements from Poland, France's army was large enough to push far into Germany or atleast until an armistice is signed.
Siege of Rosclogher 1588. For 17 days, 9 Spaniards from the Tercio withstood the attack of 1.700 English soldiers, thanks to the boggy terrain and gunfire of the Spanish, and the storm during the 17th day which forced the English to retreat, the English were unable to defeat 9 lonely men. the Battle of Jemmingen 1568 where at one point in the battle, a group of 26 Spaniards defending their position at a bridge defeated 4.000 Dutch troops after fighting for half an hour, or the Sieges of Oran and Mers El-Kèbir 1563, which started with the attack of the 100.000-strong Ottoman force (including Jannissaries) on the Torre de Todos los Santos, defended by barely 200 Spaniards, and the Ottomans were unable to defeat the Spaniards by taking it by assault, just after the cannons tore down the walls/ or ammunition and food run out (depending on the source) the Ottomans took the position, and ended with the defence of the remaining less than 500 Spaniards against more than 90.000 remaining Ottomans, and won. 😐 Take into consideration these are victories against possibly the best armies in the world alongside the Spanish at the time, not some random country with not particularly efficient armies. Oh, and the Battle of Saragarhi, although a valiant last stand, was a defeat after all against the rebel army. I could really name more actions involving outnumbered Spanish troops eventually winning against vastly numerically superior forces, but I believe these ones in particular deserve recognition, because winning against such powerful armies while being outnumbered by a ratio of hundreds is not something that happens regularly.
Switzerland: Exist Every powerful country during war: "what a safe place to send our money just in case..." Lichtsteiner: Also exist Switzerland: "What a safe place to send our money along with the others money just in case..." Lichtsteiner with all the money of the world during war: "now what?" (🤣🤣🤣)
Red Baron did not paint his plane red because he wanted people to fear him, but because his squadron was nicknamed the "Flying Cirrus" due to the squadron painting their aircraft in bright colors.
they were called the flying cirrus after the bright colours, which was his subordinates following his lead and painting their planes brightly for recognition. but its true he painted it red not for fear of the enemies but courage for his allies from recognising him (specifically his allies on the ground)
5:51 Its funny how no one really know about the battle of chamkaur where just 40 soldiers fought with 100k Mughal soldiers but still Guru Gobind ji (the 10th and last Sikh guru) was successfully able to escape this unexpected battle done by tyrant Aurangzeb
5:34 it was a real power player during 18th, 19th century they had French Canada, Luisiana, and Daddy Napoleon not to mention they won the most battles they respected native territories, and traded with them instead of English and later American settlers and soldiers whom brought the proud first nations to their knees instead of uplifting them.
The US sending the first animal to space, the first rocket to space intentionally and the furthest probe from earth (also the first successful mars mission): Am I a joke to you?
Bernadotte or as he was known before his empire, Charles XIV John, was Napoleon's marshal and also one of Napoleon's best cavalry general during his time in power. Bernadotte was given Sweden to act as a buffer and client kingdom to Napoleon's France and also as a method to pay back Bernadotte for his efforts at Austerlitz and subsequent Coalition Wars. However, he was then psychoed by the British to betray Napoleon and when Napoleon and the French invaded Pomerania which was part of Sweden's territory at that point of time, Bernadotte flipped and joined the Sixth Coalition together with Russia, Prussia, Britain and Austria to knock Napoleon out of the game.
