Comments by "Bullet-Tooth Tony" (@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-) on "Ranger Regiment: The Army’s radical future soldiers" video.

Quality over quantity
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@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 There's also the Battle of Kohima where just 1,500 British and Commonwealth soldiers repelled a Japanese army of 15,000 men. Quality does work too ;)
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@glynnwadeson5605 I don't remember a time where our soldiers were completely wiped out, even if we bring up Dunkirk over 300,000 men managed to escape in reasonably good order.
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El Alamein?
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@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 "As for the other wars you've mentioned, you were aligned with numerous other powers, or invaded a far inferior enemy as far as feat of arms and military technology was concerned. " Literally invaded France on numerous occasions but okay whatever you say lol. The only "inferior'" enemies that Britain has ever fought were Zulu's in Africa, but apart from that their main rivals, were always France and Spain.
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@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Those two divisions didn't arrive until about 13 days after the British and Indian brigade had held on during the japanese siege. "but in a large-scale near peer asymmetrical conflict, you're going to want to outsmart and outlast your opponents." Ok i agree.
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@elcormoran1 The Russians have admitted that the British have the best light infantry in the world
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@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 "In reality, you were constantly sharing power with France, Spain, Russia, Prussia etc. " Actually after Napoleon was beaten Britain overtook Europe as the dominant global power. Pax Britannica as it was known. "You didn't fight anyone on your own either." Literally fought the combined fleets of Spain and France alone in 1805. "So while our supremacy may not last as long as yours, just know ours was larger, and will always be larger" Err the British Empire controlled 25 percent of the world and 412 million people, so no it's not larger is it. American dominance has only come very recently with the end of WW2 and the start of the Cold War.
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@sexminky Apart from Montgomerys Eighth army and 21st Army Group.
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@MrBlaxjax The Hundred Years war is the closest England came to dominating the continent, battles like Agincourt is what really cemented our reputation. Henry V was the most bad ass warrior king this country ever had. Outnumbered 3 to 1 and with a starving army he crushed the French, at the cost of just 600 killed compared to at least 8,200 casualties ( 6,000 killed, 2,200 captured) on the opponents side.
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@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 So much incorrect information is spun abut the British involvement in Basra positing some sort of defeat, British re-positioning was in line with sensible FP measures and was skillfully conducted without loss of life, and handover to the Iraqi Army was in line with the strategy. Wikipedia: “In March through to May 2003, the outskirts of Basra were the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. British forces, led by the 7th Armoured Brigade, took the city on 6 April 2003. This city was the first stop for the United States and the United Kingdom during the 2003 invasion of Iraq”. The plan was for provinces to be gradually handed over to Iraqi Security Forces: Basra was the ninth of Iraq's 18 provinces to resume responsibility for its own security and the fourth to be handed over by British forces after Muthanna, Maysan and Dhi Qar. BBC: “UK forces had five bases in and around Basra. They began to vacate them or hand them over to the Iraqis during 2007”, over 4 years after first arriving, in accordance with the strategic plan.
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@aufwiedersehen9348 17 Royal Marines holding off 500 French troops at Gibraltar also
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@mikeycraig8970 Dont forget the Hundred Years War Mike. Agincourt, Crecy, Potiers, Vernuill, Sluys are among the best victories England has ever won.
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IDF are conscripts though arent they
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@rac4687 Casualties were heavier on the Norths side.
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@fod1855 Apart from the Royal Marines, Paras, SAS SBS and Gurkhas lol
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@L3gionMusic Think he might have got banned
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