The BIGGEST Accidents In War

War is hazardous by its very nature, with life and limb constantly at risk due to enemy action. Sometimes, however, it is not the enemy that is the danger. Occasionally, whether through circumstance, incompetence, or just plain bad luck, some soldiers find themselves in life-threatening situations purely by accident.

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Credit:
Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script Writer: Robert de Graaf
Narrator: Chris Kane

[jokodihaynes]

"Friendly fire will not be tolerated"-call of duty

[Vladpryde]

I couldn't even imagine what that maintenance worker must have felt when he dropped that wrench. It probably still haunts him to this day.

[talonvillacres]

Imagine how that one dude who dropped the socket that led to that disaster felt and still feels to this day if he's still alive. 😓

[phantomofsociety]

Should have included the crash of the USS Akron as a dishonorable mention. Happened during interwar years but it was a Naval failure (fully avoidable) and the airship crash with the highest fatalities, surpassing even the Hindenburg and R101

[MrMisterDerp]

I feel like the Trojan horse was the biggest accident in war, imagine taking in what you think is a victory trophy only for it to let out an army.

[corymorimacori]

Master Oogway: Accidents don’t exist.

Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!

[nir]

My guy doing some laps to calm down 🏃 3:01

[krixpop]

Not a mention of the Deadliest Fart accident of 1985. Varshaw Pact.
Occured after the consumption of dubious cans of beef and beans by an entire company .
The horor still lingers since the entire compound is still abandoned ...

[michaelhowell]

If the Navy lists a lost submarine as "on eternal patrol" the families of those submariners should get a paycheck until the family line ends.

[micahistory]

last time I was this early, we had no war

[underworldguardian]

Your honor, my client pleads Oppies Daisy.

[kryhvwm]

Thanks Simple History for this interesting video. It really pains me how these incidents can take place in multiple ways like the Sultana, Operation Cobra, Operation Eagle Claw, the sinking of the USS Thresher and many more. It pains me especially for all the lives that were lost😔.

[MM]

Battle of Karansebes. Only recorded instance of an army defeating itself in battle.

[kimberlyporter]

Any sea vessel with 'Titan' in it's name is doomed to sink.

[murdochscharnhorst]

I'd like a video on the 1996 Black Hawke helicopter collision just outside of Townsville Australia

[southeastgamiing]

3:56
Who would win?
A 42 ton war machine

*H E D G E*

[luisemoralesfalcon]

The: "It wasn't me and those doesn't qualify for VA until 20 years passed and this act was signed."

[ProfessorDreamer]

Simple History can you do a Simple History video on The Most Disloyal and Treacherous Double Agents.

[dallinlutz]

Geez that Tehran mission was a dumpster fire

[vichyfrance]

3:09 you all know where this, is going, the titan sub got destroyed by a catastrophic implosion and the thresher sank due to some balast tanks or flooding that led it to the crush depth