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[Cheater]

Okay the Polish attack of cavalry on tanks is a myth propagated by axis powers, in reality the horses were used to tow supplies and anti tank guns, but Italian reporters couldn't let the thing go.

[CheckrBoard]

The whole rivalry between France and Great Britian feels like a season of Tom and Jerry

[HypnoticChronic]

Fun facts:

#1: Germany also used cavalry in the early years of the war including the invasion of Poland i.e. 1st Cavalry Division (1. Kavallerie-Division) formed October 25, 1939 which was originally formed as a brigade prior to that date and Germany had a total of 6 cavalry divisions at the onset of the war.

#2: Poland had tanks at the start of the war namely the TK-3, Renault Char léger Modèle 1935 R, Hotchkiss Char léger modèle 1935 H, Vickers Mark E, 7TP dw, 9TP. While none of them were particularly good tanks outright, but they could still go toe to toe (in particular the 7TP) with the German models at the time.
This was still the point in time where tanks were still being experimented with globally, something which Poland contributed to by inventing the 360 degree tank periscope initially for the 7TP and offered to the Brits shortly before the war and then was subsequently stolen by the Germans and Russians after their invasions of Poland.

#3: Polish cavalry never charged German tanks, that is purely a myth propagated by German propaganda, the Poles did however use cavalry to combat tanks by having horses used by anti tank riflemen for increased mobility and to ferry supplies between the front and rear of the lines, as well as for overrunning infantry and or entrenched positions that supported the tanks and much like the anti tank riflemen the normal riflemen used horses to rapidly reinforce positions, those units being referred to a dragoons.

#4: The Poles and Germans fought one of the last cavalry on cavalry engagements in history at the Battle of Krasnobród September 23, 1939 at the start of the war which resulted in a Polish victory, Poles likewise took part in the very last cavalry engagement of the war on when on March 1, 1945 the 1st Independent "Warsaw" Brigade overran German anti tank positions at the Battle of Schoenfeld again resulting in a Polish victory. Suffice to say Poles know how to use cavalry very well thanks to a very long history of superbly employing them.

[The_war_kid]

You changed my life. You make my days so much better. This is a way of thanks. Thanks and have a good day.

[Plab]

3:43 military avgeek here, drew you gotta be trolling us right? There we no way you think a frickin' jet was used in ww1, and yes jets were used in ww2, but in small quantities.
That plane on the top is the f86 sabre, built in the 1950's in response to the Soviet mig-15, both were simple planes as they had no real radar systems or missiles in any way, they were only equipped with guns, thats why the korean war was one of the most dangerous wars to be a pilot in, as you had to come close to your enemy to fire at them.
The plane at the bottom is a bit more famous, the f16, the f16 is fitted with a actual radar, and can be equipped with heat guided missiles or radar guided missiles, it still has guns of course, but its much more advanced, but yeah, its crazy that was like what 50 years ago? We progress so fast

[DopeSauceBenevolence]

Mussolini’s son was one of the most highly regarded jazz musicians of the time so it makes sense his granddaughter would be a jpop star

[Interesting-igwi]

The funny thing is that the polish tanks actually outmatched quite a few german tanks

[Luizguilherme-izyl]

2:10 for us in Brasil england was definetly way more influencial to our current state, tho i would say both us and Portugal are more at fault, spain tho did basically nothing besides "giving us land" during the period portugal and spain were one

[miscellaneoussarnian]

0:22 don’t forget about the RMS Lusitania

although not directly responsible, it’s sinking was a key part of why the United States joined WW1

[pchvgel]

My first "US boat war" thought wasn't pearl harbour, it was the Lousitania during WW1

[deemi]

2:02 for brazil it was the uk'e fault becauee of the treaty of Methuen that portugal made with england, where portugal could ONLY sell wine to england and england would "give a preference" when selling fabric and would sell more to portugal than to other countries. The problem is that fabric was realy expensive back then and wine wasnt as good, and that made portugal EXTREMELY dependant on britain for an realy long while and it coincided with the finfing or gold in brazil so basicaly most of our gold is now owed by the uk.

[Hugo_Mendez]

8:31 Well, having a civil war before both world wars helped us to not joining the loser side in both world wars so, we were lucky I guess?

[xwxgamerxwx]

3:07 both Wenck and Steiner betrayed hilter

[arugula]

As a Croat, I believe that Croatia disappeared between the years 1942-1945.

[TanKail]

Bro casually called the F-86 Sabre a "WW1 or WW2 Plane" 💀

[Kamellia_of_Caturn]

3:43 Wow… My man Drew really called the F86 Sabre a *WW2 PLANE*

[dzianisgaming]

Poland had tanks and cavalry was mostly used for quick movement and not charges

[jeffreyw]

Isn't the meme at 1:40 about the Rurikid Dynasty and the Varangians

[EvanMcClurg-tbbz]

At 3:32 Your looking at an f-86 saber which was from the Korean war.
P.S. Fighter jets didn't enter service until around 1944-1945

[ruibragançalima]

08:34 yeah but Portugal during the 60s and 70s also fought in the colonies