Comments by "Kris Frederick" (@krisfrederick5001) on "The Armchair Historian" channel.

  1. I love the "Downfall" inspired thumbnail. Absolutely incredible film. You forget you're even watching one and not a documentary, or even in the room yourself. The fact that it was done by the Germans themselves, makes it all the more stunning.
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  2. British soldier in North Africa: "Aye bloke, isn't that your tank?"
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  3. Being part Polish German and French this tears me apart. Genetically
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  4. It's shocking how Iraq overshadowed this, thank you.
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  5.  Acoustic02 _  If I'm going to fight, I don't want it to be fair.
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  6. The mustache wasn't strong enough with this one.
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  7. @Krähen an die Macht Don't ask me, ask my great grandparents.
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  8. When the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Then becomes the enemy. How convenient .
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  9. Churchill feared the U-Boat threat most of all. But craved Greece like an empire nostalgic beast.
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  10. Son of a BITCH
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  11.  @spoonovic  Absolutely
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  12. "Stalin killed his own people and we're sort of fine with that, well go ahead we've been trying to do it for ages. Now Hitler killed the people next door, stupid man, for a couple years we won't put up with that" Eddie Izzard.
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  13. I always thought it was pronounced Bag-ray-shun. Learn something new every day
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  14. Russia and China should remember they would not likely have survived without the U.S. in WW2.
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  15. I really feel like the Arab League nations could have handled this on their own. But we had a lot of new toys, the Soviet threat was gone and we wanted to play. Show them what we could do.
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  16. China better watch their step. And should pay attention to Russian presumptions before they made their fatal mistake in Ukraine. 💙💛
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  17.  @gigachad7153  I remember how jarring it was to even have someone portray him in a War movie.(In a serious way) Beyond just the painting on the wall or a picture on a German Generals desk.
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  18. That and Berlin has become a city of "where" houses. "Where's my house?"
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  19. I am formally requesting an Armchair Historian Coloring Book for this Holiday Season
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  20. "Bonjourrrrrrrrr, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys!" I'm French and German and Polish so this is conflicting. Pun well intended -Groundskeeper Willie
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  21.  @johnsmith4811  Oh John S. Are you my buddy from Al Jazeera? But I am me and blood is is blood. As advertized. German French and Polish. Why are you concerned?
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  22. Apparently there is a new game coming out based on the War in Iraq. There are a lot of strong feelings on both sides, some say if you don't acknowledge violence and War where is the line drawn. I think this is a moot point, in fact I made their point more eloquent. I have many friends that served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan when they signed up after 9/11, we were the class of 2001. I think it's too soon for that, it isn't Call of Duty storming the beaches of Normandy. You tell me
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  23. There was plenty of Hurt in that forest..
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  24. "These men will stay here: Keitel, Jodl, Krebs and Burgdorf...Wenck will come."
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  25. "The Germans, very organized, always built an empire. Eins, zwei, eins, zwei. Very Prussian. Then they’d celebrate with a World War, then lose the whole f*cking empire by the end of the war. The ’30s. Hitler, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Second World War, Russian front not a good idea. Hitler never played Risk when he was a kid. In Risk, you could never keep Asia. That Asian-Eastern European area, you could never hold it. Seven extra men in every go but you couldn’t f*cking hold it!" -Eddie Izzard
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  26.  @LC-dc7ec  I haven't seen that one thank you. I'm a novice WW2 historian. What do you think of When Trumpets Fade? It had the misfortune of being released the same year as Saving Private Ryan. Spielberg will happen lol
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  27.  @bman6065  I didn't think it was bad at all. Noticeable but not notable.
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  28. Oui, surrender.
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  29. Fake news
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  30.  @usssanjacinto1  I greatly admire you
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  31. So why didn't Uncle Joe make such a big stink about Stalino? Sounded pretty Stalin to me
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  32.  @su-hoonc3073  That's better, mine was a Canadian exchange student living in England
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  33. Note to self for any future military planner* Never expect anything to be over by Christmas.
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  34. The flak towers still stand
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  35. Vodka
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  36. The winners write the history books.
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  37. No one ever talks about the Battle of Amoco anymore
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  38. All in on Red...Black and White.
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  39.  @granville7  There's always that. Yes.
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  40.  @redcloud0315  And American at that
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  41.  @wik7or214  It's certainly conflicting
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  42.  @simohayha6031  Perhaps, is there something you need to get off your chest?
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  43. Heard what
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  44. Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese intelligence officer who for 29 years after the end of World War II continued to hide, fight and kill in the jungles of the Philippines because he did not believe the war was over...Poor son of a bitch.
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  45. Is Ozzy narrating this? The U.S. is officially no longer allowed to spread "Democracy" around the world with bombs when we don't protect our own.
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  46. It always struck me how panicked the U.S. was when we Lost 4,000 or so troops in the years of the Iraq war, but lost half of that in hours on D-DAY....I have many friends that served in the invasion and in Afghanistan and not showing any disrespect, so don't send it.
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  47. Who knew Rommel named "The Longest Day?"
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  48. Not to mention the skill and experience of the Germans at that point.
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  49.  @ShamanMcLamie  I understand the reasons, I was more or less trying to say it was a shame.
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  50. I don't blame Saddam (from a dictators perspective). That was just too tempting.
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  51. Gulf War 1
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  52. M4 Sherman: "Tommy Cookers" -The Wehrmacht
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  53. Italy was always effective, they made great Vino and pasta the entire time. Based on a true story.
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  54. Imagine the amount of rotations the inventor of the gun has done in their grave...what have I done?
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  55. "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld That's kind of bull sh*t that got my friends killed after 9/11. I almost signed up too
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  56. Clearly speaking from a strategic and not humanitarian standpoint and ignoring all of the horrible things he was doing. If we actually "knew" he didn't have wmd's and continued to let the rest of the world believe he did, which he was bluffing. We would have been better off leaving Saddam in power. Strategically, we're playing Risk here, I have friends who fought in that war so don't lecture me.
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  57.  @markphelt6395  Yeah, I know what I'm talking about. I appreciate that you do too.
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  58. "Hey man, can I bum a Sherman?"
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  59. Never heard about the USS Stark, rest in peace boys. My nephew is in the Navy.
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  60. Led Zeppelin wrote a song about this. "Kashmir" It's essentially the Israeli Palestinian conflict but they both have nukes. The Pakistani's never fully went after the Taliban in Afghanistan because they are essentially a back up plan against India, despite billions from the U.S. in military aid. "It's an international game of poker and everyone is cheating" -Beau of the Fifth Column
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  61. They eventually became MAGA
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