Marine reacts to Canadians when They Hear the Word "War"

[Music] in said raids the canadians gorged their bayonets with blood and made good use of improvised melee weapons paying little attention to attempts at surrender and skewering bandaged and unarmed men just the same as men on their feet with rifles all right y'all welcome back to comet arms channel all right so we're doing an old recommendation today now i'm glad i'm finally able to hit up this video so this is a video canadians change when they hear the word war now you guys recommended this a bunch i think when i did the first reaction to the canadian military about the bmq you guys were recommending it a lot and then when i think i did i did a video about the royal canadian mounted police and you guys recommended it a bunch there so i'm glad i'm finally able to hit it up i did put it on my list but i've been seeing it show up more and more so i definitely want to do a reaction to it i've not seen it at all i've seen maybe like 10 seconds just to sort of get a feel for the video but it seems like a pretty high quality video it's from the youtube channel the front i'm not really familiar with their stuff but i guess this will give us a good idea of the sort of content they produce but seems very awesome so far and i know you guys have been recommending this a lot to me because you really want me to understand how canadians do change when they hear the word war when they have to go to war so i'm not really too sure about the canadian like military background or how much they've been involved with i know of course they've been in afghanistan um during world war two they they were a part of the allies but i think outside of that i don't really know too much about the canadian military i've only worked with them very briefly in like romania and we didn't really work like side by side so i didn't really get a good feel for them i don't even know what unit it was to be honest so i'm not really too sure or too savvy on the canadian military so this will give me a good background as to what the canadian military might have done and yeah just their overall mindset so it'd be very cool to check out again you guys might be able to see underneath the video there's some merch sort of popping up now i do have the merch on redbubble but i also have the merch on teespring so if you guys have any preference you can go and check that out feel free to buy some channel merch i have some stuff so i have some stickers right here and then i also have some some shirts as well that i've ordered so i like redbubble teespring is another awesome option i'm just not as familiar with their products but if you guys want to buy some merch that'll be down in the video description and also underneath the video and of course armistice day was a few days ago so i hope you guys were able to uh to take that and do some remembrance if you had any family or friends that served during world war one hopefully you guys had a good holiday and we're able to appreciate it but yeah let us get into this video i know the canadian celebrates they might call it just like remembrance day but i know they celebrate it so again if i have any canadians out there i hope you guys were able to enjoy that holiday but let us get into this video and see how canadians change when they hear the word war sorry not sorry while canadians are nowadays subject to the stereotype of hockey loving maple syrup chugging overly polite potheads their wartime stereotypes first and second world wars had their enemies trembling in their boots and making a hot mess in their trousers it's as if when the canadians see the word war their insatiable desire for maple syrup and canadian beer turns into an insatiable desire for blood in saying that however all right that has rush enemy positions with bayonets meet cleavers and spiked clubs but were some of the most well trained and formidable soldiers on any front in any war in this video we're going to explore canadian wartime reputation keeping our scope focused on world war ii and the heroic feats of individual canadian soldiers therein okay so i kind of like how he's talking about the the reputation of war because that's not really something that people like to focus on so much because it gets very very touchy when you sure when you talk about like certain conflicts or even specific years in certain conflicts so yeah it's kind of interesting that he's bringing up the reputation again we don't really or at least i don't know too much about the canadian military or their history as far as what they've been involved in but talking about the reputation is a good is a good starting point because you can sort of see like how they operated what their mindset was and just overall how they were with in you know in relation to the enemy or how they treated them so yeah that's a good starting point i'm glad he's actually talking about that reputation okay solid editing wow that puts my editing to shame to get the puck sliding let's move our scope quickly to the first world war in which the canadians laid the groundwork for their reputation as shock troopers mostly the troops of the canadian corps were known for their savage raids on enemy trenches and their unwritten take no prisoner and kill the wounded policies locked in style made in opposing trenches the canadians devised all manner of strategies and weaponry to flip the chessboard upside down and clean up the enemy pieces cutting through barbed wire they crept upon them in the cover of night with painted faces launching either savage unforeshadowed raids or perking up their ears and eavesdropping on enemy planes in said raids the canadians gorged their bayonets with blood and made good use of improvised melee weapons paying little attention to attempts at surrender and skewering bandaged and unarmed men just the same as men on their feet with rifles all right yeah so again we're talking about the reputation and we're getting a lot of information already about the canadian military of course world war one was a very weird war and this is when like really modern tactics were actually starting to get implemented and people were starting to do things that you didn't see in in war traditionally so moving up to the trenches and having these like trench having this trench warfare is just a completely different mindset from what people were really used to with these modern weapons so of course you have like the the shock and dog because they're talking about them being shock troopers they had the shock and all you know painting their faces getting that reconnaissance like doing that eavesdropping like they were saying and then going in there and just assaulting as violently as possible so you will get a reputation of just being extremely scary when you have people who have painted faces coming in with all these close quarters you know close quarter combat weapons and just you know brutalizing everyone you're going to get a reputation whether it be good or bad it's probably going to have an effect in your favor if you have that sort of violence and i feel bad saying but i didn't really know canada's involvement in world war one too much so it's good to learn some stuff they even concocted an alchemist shelf of homebrew explosives like pipe bombs and jam jars loaded with nails and gunpowder here i think it's a safe bet to say that at least one grenade is made with a maple syrup chart there are also tales of canadian always goes back to the maple syrup like on christmas day as a chance to catch their enemy with his stockings on sending him grenades instead of christmas ham and bullets through the brain instead of seasons greetings good grief now it could be argued that canadians were acting out of vengeance but couldn't that argument be used to justify most atrocities in most wars yeah canadian lieutenant rc jermaine's letter home to his parents makes the revenge excuse about as clear as the sap from a freshly tapped maple tree oh my gosh half of my company there we rushed them and they had the nerve to throw up their hands and cry kamahad all the camera they got was a foot of cold steel while i blew their brains out with my revolver alright despite being a little stab happy with enemy soldiers canadian troops were known for being quiet as we contemporary folk have come to expect polite to civilian populations before we have a look at canadian reputation in world war ii and some of its stories it might pay to know a boot canada's involvement in the war canada waited out to the 10th of september 1939 to declare war in germany because it didn't want to follow britain like a commonwealth sheep it took canada until the 11th of june 1940 to declare war in italy and the 7th of december 1941 to declare it on japan overall about 10 of canada's population fought for her and the allies this amounted to around 1 million 100 000 canadians serving in the canadian army the royal canadian navy and the royal canada that's a lot of people of this one million one hundred thousand the majority were volunteers okay well that that's actually a huge distinction that he did right there so the majority were volunteers i'm not sure if they actually have like a draft or anything um like we saw in the u.s but yeah i mean one or one million 100 000 people going and most of them being volunteers it's it's pretty solid it goes to show the mindset that they actually had or the canadian people actually had as far as going into world war ii because they were probably able to see how it was affecting other people and that's probably why a lot of them were motivated to go and serve but yeah ten percent of the population doesn't seem like much but when you're talking about 1 million 100 000 people and most of them being volunteers that definitely makes a huge distinction canadians fought in almost every theater of world war ii notably in the defense of the united kingdom the battle of hong kong the diya parade the invasions of sicily and italy the normandy landings and the liberation of france and the liberation of belgium and the netherlands the canadian navy escorted allied ships across the atlantic and maintained a high presence in the pacific ocean and pilots from the canadian air force flew under the wing of the british royal air force that's pretty good submarines sunk canadian naval and merchant vessels in the water of canada and newfoundland and attack the loading pier at bell island and the japanese also attacked a lighthouse on vancouver island though little else occurred in canadian waters or on mainland canada of the military operations in which canadians were involved their ferocity and inventiveness stood out in the battle of ortona the normandy landings and the liberation of belgium and the netherlands so i like to think i know a decent amount about world war ii i mean at least a little bit more than what most people know but honestly what what he's saying right now a lot of it does not ring a bell as far as the liberation of belgium and the netherlands i know pretty much nothing about that uh i mean i know where they are geographically and i can sort of assume the course of events for some of the things but yeah that entire region like with the belgium netherlands i mean even denmark you know sweden i don't really know a whole lot about their involvement in world war ii so i mean it's nice to find some bits and pieces but i think i really need to do a little bit more research about it but it's nice to sort of hear the canadian perspective and how they were sort of you know doing all these different operations that i was completely clueless about through the medieval streets of ortona italy the canadians and germans engaged in brutal room-to-room hand-to-hand fighting with the germans eventually having to withdraw here the canadians coined the tactic mouse holding which is basically blowing holes in buildings to allow the passage of infantry rather than running into enemy bullets in the open right okay in the d-days the canadians landed on juno beach the second most resistant beachhead besides omaha the canadians penetrated further inland than anyone else coming up against some of the strongest units in the german military bad asses in belgium and the netherlands the canadians spent thousands and thousands of canadian lives to drive the germans back and get food to the starving civilian populations wow they even shared rations with civilians and gave them blankets some of the most intense combat here was in the battle of sheld where the allies fought through flooded terrain against stiff german defenses for about a month this battle alone cost the canadians more than six thousand casualties this triumph particularly the part about getting food to the starving civilians is certainly keeping with canadian tendencies in the first world war though the following atrocity paints a bit of a different picture okay canadian lieutenants colonel frederick e wiggles was shot dead on approach to the town of freizoyto germany and the rumour spread that it was a civilian sniper from that town who shot him back on that revenge train the canadians burnt down the entire town apparently moving its citizenship before setting their homes on fire okay it was discovered later that wiggle was shot by german soldiers now the intent of yeah again you will see sort of one-off scenarios where something bad happens and you know the units or whatever just responds in a way that isn't keeping with the rest of what you've seen from that particular military but we see that all the time in in several conflicts like world war one world war ii the vietnam war i'm sure there's a bunch of that's in the korean war as well so yeah you sort of see this all the time and you can't really attribute the entire military just based off of like these these one things it's definitely important to know definitely important to study and find out you know what sort of cause the the whole cause and effect of everything but yeah i mean it's it's something to keep in mind but you shouldn't judge the entire military off of it you know generally speaking but we were able to see that they were helping the civilian populace out as far as giving them blankets and rations and all that good stuff which is awesome to see again winning the hearts and minds is a is a big thing um and some people don't even do it for like the whole political favor sometimes you'll try and win the hearts and minds just to get like political favor but a lot of times it's just people trying to be people and humans helping other humans out so it's cool to see that sort of side of it but i did not know that they lost that many people um you know in the in belgium and in the netherlands so it's awesome to hear about it it's cool to finally learn up on that because again i was completely clueless about their involvement there emphasizing canadian brutality in world war one and mentioning the frey zoita incident is not to take away from canadian bravery and either world conflict like i said before canadians were some of the most well-trained and formidable soldiers on any front in any war and i think the best way to communicate that is to share some stories involving some of the most heroic canadian soldiers oh yeah let's do it on the 14th of december 1943 canadian captain paul triker and his company supported by an almond squadron tried to cross the guli and take the casa baradi a hamlet on the orto orsona lateral italy under heavy machine gun and mortar fire tricker ran around organizing and inspiring what remained of his men saying there are enemy in front of us behind us and on our flanks it's very one safe place that is on the objective before charging forward and breaking through the enemy line pricker's company and the supporting tank squadron pushed right up to the edge of casa barrardi where he set up defenses and fought for tanks supported german counter-attack with whatever weapons he could find he hold the defensive parameter against superior numbers until the rest of the battalion came in and relieved the company flickers utter disregard of danger his faithfulness and tireless devotion inspired his men and his tactical skill and leadership facilitated the capture at a viral point on the ortona or sauna lateral [Music] so in the us marines i heard that a couple times you know in the infantry you'll hear all these motivational things and such but i heard several times where they were saying the safest place to be you know when when things start kicking off is going to be the objective and it sounds weird and sort of counterintuitive but it makes sense generally speaking and and i can understand the mindset behind it so i kind of wonder if that specific phrase or you know that sort of mindset came from this specific individual so that's kind of cool to think about if that is the case because there are a lot of quotes you hear and a lot of phrases you'll hear and you don't really understand the origin or people don't really know the origin so i don't know that i could possibly attribute that to him just saying that um in in italy so i mean that's kind of cool to think about it's it's cool to sort of correlate these things from different militaries as far as like famous quotes to motivate a us marine infantry platoon in the year 2016 to something that this canadian did in italy during world war ii it's cool to think about on the 18th of august 1944 canadian major david vivian curry was in command of a force of tanks self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry his task was to block an escape route from the filet's pocket in the village of solambo so diver normandy curry went in alone defenses and to free the crew of two allied tanks which were previously disabled under heavy modifier he succeeded the germans then kept throwing counter-attacks at korean his men until on the 20th one final german counter-attack was thwarted by curry costing the germans some 2900 casualties holy cow about these three categories curry displayed gallant conduct and a contempt of danger and collected and inspired his men one of his officers said we knew at one stage that it was going to be a fight to the finish but he was so cool about it it was impossible for us to get excited over the three days curry barry got an hour's sleep and when it was over he fell asleep standing and then crashed to the ground curry's courageous had a far-reaching effect on the successful outcome of the battle dude that goes to show like if you're like a solid leader and you can inspire people a certain way then it's going to take it pretty far but dude a counter-attack and they took down like over 2 000 people like being in the in the infantry you sort of train for like small counter attacks like maybe a platoon possibly a company but having over 2 000 people that's a very serious operation i mean of course we see that all the time during like world war ii where these huge offenses but attributing like an entire defense to one person's leadership kind of just goes to show how much of a solid leader they were and how many people they were able to actually influence with all that so i mean yeah it's awesome to hear these stories and awesome to see these like specific individuals and how effective they were at inspiring these people and i mean it goes to show back in world war ii yeah you wouldn't expect this sort of stuff to happen because everyone has modern technology it might just come down to technology versus technology but if you have some solid leaders then you can really turn the tide french canadian corporal leo major was also in normandy where he captured a german armored vehicle which held secret codes and lost an eye to a phosphorus grenade he stayed in service saying that he looked like a pirate however he took it in normandy where leo earned his first distinguished conduct medal but in the netherlands 1945. actually before we go there leo single-handedly captured 93 germans in the battle of sheld when out on a solo reconnaissance mission in 1944 he escorted all 93 of them back to his camp where he would not accept a dcm because he considered the person awarding it to him to be incompetent 1945 and the real dcn after breaking his back ribs and both ankles when the car he was in was hit by a landmine leo went on a recon mission with a friend in the city of zwolle his friend was killed so major continued alone capturing a german soldier making the soldier take him to his officer who was in a bar and then telling that german officer that the canadian artillery was going to shell and kill them all leo then ran through the city firing his gun and lobbing grenades calling the germans into thinking the canadian army was invading major brought captured german troops back to his camp resting in civilian houses whenever he needed to catch his breath he then set a gestapo hq on fire and assaulted a nazi ss hq before meeting with members of the dutch resistance and informing them that he had liberated the entire city by himself i've got to say that last minute is pure insanity what an absolute machine overall based on the available evidence at least i think canadians in world war ii abandon their unofficial take no prisoner and kill the wounded policies of world war one obviously this is a generalization and the frisoeta incident certainly demonstrates that they were at least capable of unjust violence though there is no comparing the deeds of the canadians to say the germans the japanese and the soviets as invinced by the stories of portraiture david curry and leo major canadian courage and formidability was in no short supply and i believe modern day canadians should be proud of how the canadian military cleaned up their act after world war one and made such a brave and significant contribution to an allied victory in the second world war oh yeah anyways guys make sure you let me know your thoughts on canada and some of the supervisors okay awesome awesome video so yeah that was made by the front he's almost at 200 000 subscribers so definitely feel free to go over to his channel and show him some love maybe by the time this video comes out he'd be at 200 000 but if not definitely show him some love regardless that was a very awesome video some pretty solid research went into it and of course it's always fun to sort of hear those maple syrup jokes and everything but i really do like how he went to talk about how canada was in world war one and how they had a pretty bad reputation but then when they moved to world war ii they really regained that that reputation so it's kind of interesting to think about so you see a lot of countries where they get into a bad rap and they get a bad reputation of just being like war mongers or just being super cruel and they sort of just run with that and it doesn't really get any better but it's sort of cool to to compare how canada was in world war one with you know their actions in world war ii very very awesome to see and then he was talking about those specific individuals where i mean again you hear these crazy badass stories of like one person one person like taking hundreds of people prisoner or what have you and it's just mind-blowing to think about but you had these people and all these different militaries that were capable of doing that because again in world war ii it did have to boil down to technology sometimes but you have these people that use this psychological warfare or use their leadership to really change the tide of specific battles or specific operations and it's really cool to attribute that to one person so canada again like he was saying there was no there's no shortness of these badasses or these heroes or these incredible leaders so very very cool to hear about now if y'all are in the canadian military and you know any other stories or any other badasses or if you have any other videos you'd like me to check out definitely put those out in the comments section if you guys are just historians and you know more about canada than i do feel free to drop that in the comments section as well because again i don't really know too much which is why it's awesome to do these youtube videos because you guys send me these awesome recommendations of all these you know different videos and these these operations and these people and i get to learn a whole bunch and i don't know just from doing like these reaction videos for i don't know roughly eight months now i've learned a whole lot so i really do appreciate that and hopefully you guys have learned a lot watching some of my videos it's very very cool to to do this sort of community where you have me learning and you have you guys learning off the back ends so very very cool to hear about thank you for sending this amazing recommendation and hopefully you guys will send some awesome stuff in the future i'm very confident you guys will because i have a list full of awesome videos that i still need to check out so i will continue to work on that but again i hope you guys enjoyed this video thank you very much for watching but that is it for this one so we'll see on the next one

Channel: Combat Arms Channel

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Keywords: canadians, canada, when, they, hear, the, word, war, change, marine, army, soldier, military, reacts, reaction, american, us, world, ww2, wwii, wwi, famous

Id: XrjAwhEZ41s

Length: 24min 59sec (1499 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 15 2020