9 Year Old Corporal

In August 1914 Momčilo Gavrić was orphaned at 8 years old and was adopted by unit that took revenge for the loss of his family. Assisting the troops during battle he was unflinching in his bravery and was promoted to Corporal at the age of just 9 years old. He fought in the great war and saw action in WW2 once again fighting the Germans and remained defiant even after his capture. An incredible story of bravery, friendship and duty.

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[RebelWvlf]

To add to video - he survived the slaughter of his family solely because his dad sent him to uncle to borrow a cart. According to what his son said, he was haunted by the image of his family being hanged (mother, father, four sisters and grandma) and his house burnt to the ground to the end of his days. The murderers were from Austro-Hungarian 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division, also nicknamed "Devil's Division" for their horrible crimes.

[harrisonlewis]

Living in America, many, many stories about men and women, serving in the wars of Europe, are not told in America and the the heroism of them are inspiring. Thank you for their stories.

[Filiplego]

One important thing he also was part of "Solunski" front that brought the end of WW1, so basically he was from the very beginning of WW1 to the very end of WW1.
There's a excellent Serbian movie depicting real historical figures "King Peter the First" or "Kralj Petar Prvi", of course film is about King Peter but also one of the main characters is Momčilo Gavrić and tells his and entire Serbian infantry story from the beginning to the Crete, later Serbia rejoined the war and fought along side French and sometimes British to reclaim all of Balkan.

[LancelotChan]

It's especially touching how he insisted not to leave his care taker on the mountain, and thus in return saved his care taker!

[hereLiesThisTroper]

Yarnhub to History Channel: When I watched you I was but a learner, now I am the master.

[luccavanopdorp]

No joke, the first second of the video I thought 'huh this looks like real trees, did they do like a live action part in it?' then I realized the animation was just so damn good. It's amazing to keep seeing the quality progress!

[shermantankstudios]

This story kinda reminds me of the story of, Sergei Aleshkov. He was a six-year-old orphan who was rescued by a Red Army unit (142nd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 47th Guards Rifle Division) and would not only be adopted by the unit's commander, Commander Kutzenov, but would become part of the regiment.

[Electrikall]

His family was more than "harmed", they were massacred by Austro Hungarian troops, like many others during the savage invasion and occupation of Serbia.
I encourage anyone interested in WW1 history to read about Momčilo Gavrilivić, story is way longer and obviously cant fit in a short video, but im really glad this story is covered, hopefully it sparks some interest for "forgotten" front of WW1.
And i would also recommend reading about retreat of Serbian army and civilians across the Albanian mountains. Its an incredible story of struggle for survival. Never before or since has something like that happened. It was such an incredible feat that survivors who managed to return alive to Serbia received an award called "Albanska spomenica".

There is a monument built in city of Loznica, it belongs to our boy, Momčilo.
Thank you Yarnhub for keeping the memory of Momčilo Gavrilović alive.

Živela Srbija!

[clappincheeks]

Gotta be one of my favorite stories yet! That boy was a man since age 9. He survived too much to be held captive either, it would seem.

[tuga_ace]

Let’s just apreciate that they actually got serbian voice actors for the voicelines

[pokefan-ixsh]

Momčilo Gavrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Гаврић; 1 May 1906 – 28 April 1993) was the youngest known soldier ever and youngest Serbian soldier, he became a soldier at the age of eight.

[makicproic]

As Serb I gota tell you I am proud of you and Momčilo. My hart is warm when I watch videos like these.
Kepp good work up!

[oliversherman]

This kid was so much braver than many grown men at the time. Serious respect to him for going through that kind of life 07 (that's a salute btw)

[xdeepxfreezex]

Yarnhub the animation quality that y'all have accomplished is amazing. What's next? Live reenactments with actual people? When are we going to see Yarnhub time travel and just interview the people in real time. Astounding work. Keep up the amazing stories

[andrijasaviccsavic]

Good video, there is also a funny story about his recalling to royal yugoslav army: when he recieved a call, he was still young, and he joked that he was already in the war, and they didnt believe him and he was put in prison, only later the older officers who knew him said to guards that he was actually talking a truth, and he still fought in ww2, as mentioned in video. I heard this story from my history teacher, but I cant replicate the way he told it to my class, he really knew to talk stories.

[waffles]

This reminds me of one of the last American WW1 veterans I met when traveling through West Virginia. Lied about his age and joined at 12, got into Artillery and served with distinction. Became a construction contractor, and was captured by the Japanese in the pacific at the outbreak of WW2 and survived all 4 years as a POW, and swore to never leave the US again after he came home.

[dootgod]

This brings a whole new meaning to “When I was your age…”

[gaston]

when the company requires at least 20 years of experience...

[mychannelsucks]

Your videos are super entertaining and really do teach a lot about history, I never skip your videos at all! Keep it up and hopefully you can get 600k soon.