Eggnog Riot At West Point - A Military Christmas Story

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@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

Keep the future video suggestions coming! Also i started another channel called “the fat files” check it out

@justjohn9784 5 ай бұрын

Just subscribed

@unclesam1869 5 ай бұрын

Gotta do one on Roy Benavidez!

@bobbyrobinette5772 5 ай бұрын

I'm just wondering where the D in Scheel's is? 🤔

@scottthompson3670 5 ай бұрын

Could you do a video on the destroyer escort uss tabberer?

@m60pattoncovidiot29 5 ай бұрын

A video about desert storm, a video on the f35 or a video shitting on Russian equipment

@vibechecker3168 5 ай бұрын

I swear half of these stories make you go “no way this happened.” Then you find out that not only did this thing happen, but it was actually only the 7th craziest thing to happen in that units history, just under that time when ol’ rusty Bob McGill fought of 100 Moro warriors with a wooden stick, a needle and a rifle cartridge.

@sgtslaughter54 5 ай бұрын

Not even a rifle, a rifle cartridge.

@scotthartley7837 5 ай бұрын

That's how you know they did

@deangeloellis729 5 ай бұрын

holy shit

@kalebgetoffit3529 5 ай бұрын

Every time I see the titles to this guys videos that’s exactly what I say I literally said it out loud this time and saw your pinned comment 😂 A+ comment

@TheCheffer76 5 ай бұрын

I love that he was “rusty” and you know he ain’t made of metal.

@aganaom1712 5 ай бұрын

The egg nog riot truly was the window into which we could see how well prohibition would play out

@dylanmulvaney9912 5 ай бұрын

Yep

@patrickpendergast898 5 ай бұрын

See some racing carriages! 😂😂

@THeMightyWarHamster 5 ай бұрын

Still wild that the idea of prohibition went over helluva lot of desks and nobody in charge said "look, our nation's origin story is basically 'you're not my effing boss'. this is gonna be such a bad idea."

@trailblazer632 5 ай бұрын

@@THeMightyWarHamsterwith guns... dont forget the guns 😂 america was built on booze guns and "you cant make me" attitude 😂😂😂

@GoblinKnightLeo 5 ай бұрын

Oh, it gets better: this is *before* the big wave of German immigrants came in the 1850s.

@Raji-yw1ce 5 ай бұрын

The teachers teaching these cadets were probably quietly proud that even in a drunken state their cadets were able to fortify a position and were ready to defend it relatively quickly

@Majin_Fuu 3 ай бұрын

SSGTs are proud but cadets are still getting it in the morning 😅

@MonumentToSin 5 ай бұрын

"And all the drunk cadets start fortifying their barracks" Can we just take a minute to recognize that even at peak inebriation, the cadets had the wherewithal to mount a defense against an imaginary enemy? Makes me proud, in a way lol.

@andreatomasi3755 Ай бұрын

Biggest flex from the drill instructor:"this fuckers are ready to fight at a moment notice even when they are Soo fucking drunk they can't even remember their own name"

@MrMikeV00 Ай бұрын

Metal double bunks are great.

@themindakviking 5 ай бұрын

I swear half of the events in this whole story end with "and then they passed out drunk on the floor." God damn it, I love this country so much.

@tsmitz8184 5 ай бұрын

Not an officer, didn’t go to West Point, but a lot of my military stories also end with myself and others passed out drunk on the floor. So it’s accurate if nothing else

@markuhler2664 5 ай бұрын

If that's not how the story ends, does the story really need to be told?

@cfields8507 4 ай бұрын

@markuhler2664 some of my best end with a drunken stumble home at dawn 😂

@markuhler2664 4 ай бұрын

@@cfields8507 Last time I tried that, my dad's funeral days before the COVID lockdowns, it took me 3 days to recover. Getting old sucks. I used to be able to walk up the quarterdeck, put on my khakis, and get to work

@rickhileman5254 4 ай бұрын

❤

@n1njachikin 5 ай бұрын

As a west pointer I’m so happy you’re making this video! The eggnog riot is one of our favorite stories and hearing someone retell it like this is amazing.

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

Howd i do with it?

@n1njachikin 5 ай бұрын

@@the_fat_electrician amazing! A lot of stuff I didn’t know. One thing that I remember from the oral tradition at school is that at some point during the night a bunch of cadets pointed a cannon at Thayer’s house (which still stands to this day, the Superintendent lives there). Also, Benny Havens is still known and loved. Our oldest song, “Benny Havens Oh” honors his memory as one of the most important figures in our history. A section of the West Point Band that does performances at some events is called the Benny Havens Band.

@poseidenforceccj2528 5 ай бұрын

@@n1njachikinyo, are you currently attending? Or already graduated?(im applying for USNA, USMA, and USAFA to be apart of the class of 2028)

@plotholedetective4166 5 ай бұрын

Well hello officer I see you there

@Ladco77 5 ай бұрын

Must be liking having Samuel L. Jackson retell how you lost your virginity.

@LananeRyuu 5 ай бұрын

Speaking of Christmas stories, you should do one on the origins of NORAD's Santa tracker. One single misprint in the newspaper started something so wholesome from the military.

@JonSnow-pj7qz 5 ай бұрын

Yeah

@Hakar17 5 ай бұрын

I mean we gotta make sure we don't shoot the old boy down. Imagine how pissed the Marines would be if their baby girls didn't get that doll....😢😊It's gonna get ugly real fast 😂😂

@gregsteele806 2 ай бұрын

Let's be honest. Mike Rowe already covered that one about as well as anyone could.

@gramfero 5 ай бұрын

Kind of crazy how this went from "soldiers were banned from drinking on campus grounds" to "drunk soldiers tried to kill an officer and received 0 punishment"

@PhantomObserver 5 ай бұрын

“Teamwork makes the dream work, even if the dream is to be an asshole on Christmas Eve.” Definitely famous words to live by.

@MrMikeV00 Ай бұрын

Christmas. I don't celebrate it. Kidnapp me to go drinking on Christmas day. Ill love you forever.

@williamcostigan91 5 ай бұрын

That fact that history only remembers Grant as "THE" drunk Westpointer is the oddest part of the school's long glorious tale to me.

@ferrusmanus184 5 ай бұрын

Half of this guy's stories involve Marines and alcohol as the main plot points and I LOVE IT.

@keithfagan5424 5 ай бұрын

I'm a Vet and have learned more about real history of our country from you than all my years of schooling, keep it up.

@Mr_SeaWolf 5 ай бұрын

I love how Nic tells storys and makes you feel like you are there even though he wasn't there himself.

@MIKE_F44 5 ай бұрын

I agree. He really has a way of pulling you into the story

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

Thats the goal lol

@Mr_SeaWolf 5 ай бұрын

@@MIKE_F44 He does, it's like MrBallen but with war stories and he cusses wich make things better.

@Mr_SeaWolf 5 ай бұрын

@@the_fat_electricianIt's really cool to get a hearted comment and a reply from you, also I love how you made Unsubscribe your own.

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

@@Mr_SeaWolf unsub is a good time for sure lol

@adrianlankford5765 5 ай бұрын

Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. "Mad Jack" British officer who went into battle with bagpipes, a broadsword and a longbow....in WW2. Has the last confirmed longbow kill. This man is a legend and needs his own episode.

@jrbenson810 5 ай бұрын

This is the exact reason History was my favorite subject. I got that early onset republican syndrome in me LMFAOO.

@TheTaffy2499 5 ай бұрын

We need an episode on Mad Jack, and on Sir Christopher Lee as well.

@odinsson204 5 ай бұрын

Hitchcock should have been called Old Ironballs.

@davidjacobs3275 5 ай бұрын

Not only "Mad Jack," but "Mad Mike" Hoare the mercenary. Just as colorful

@damoclesecoe7184 5 ай бұрын

I first heard about Mad Jack on the TV Tropes page for Refuge in Audacity. The man exemplifies that.

@barnabykardashianiii3637 5 ай бұрын

I almost choked on my food when the bugle part came up. Jesus Christ this has got to be one of my favorite military stories of all time

@MasonWelds 2 ай бұрын

the quiet, terrible bugling in the background at that part of the story is priceless

@JunkyardDigs 5 ай бұрын

I guess we have a new goal for the next trip to Texas 😂

@colton75 5 ай бұрын

Whats my favorite car channel doing here???

@wayneperkins7605 5 ай бұрын

Dude... I see people from all around the world reacting to your stories. Great job in spreading American greatness to the world.

@marooner-martin 5 ай бұрын

Dude same, it’s fun to watch the Brits react to it positively lmao

@kaitlanparks8061 5 ай бұрын

The “European React” channel covered his “Proportional” video and it was incredible. The appreciation he showed for the story was wonderful to see. Sharing our histories/cultures is the very best thing that could be happening and Fat Electrician is helping spread positive things through otherwise outrageous stories.

@OldMusicFan83 5 ай бұрын

Glory

@catlady443 5 ай бұрын

Wanna know America's military secret? Mor hutzpah than brains. America is predictably unpredictable. Some stuff we paln. Some of it is seat of your pants the rest of it is, America really real unpredictable to the extreme. and are capable of cleaning up the mess from someone else's mess on the fly. Take the boat episode. It's just that we don't do anything predictably if being unpredictable works too. The rest of the world just haven't been able to understand or plans. And that's because the people we end up having to fight, are unable to think on the fly. Mix that with those considered as Gangster, come up solutions to issues they haven't even thought about. After only 15 years of peace in 250 years makes us highly unpredictable, but that even the rank and file in the US thought was crazy.

@phillipdavis5175 5 ай бұрын

True, a Swede, a Brit, a couple in Guersey and several here.

@elizabethannedavis5176 5 ай бұрын

My son is 17 year years old. And we share a love of history and we always share your videos and have gone down so many history rabbit holes because of you. It's awesome. Hes started a bet with his friends about beating their test scores, cause after watching your videos, his friends grades are up too. So in other words. Your videos are making at least half the boys in my son's history class pass, all because of you. 😂😂😂 So thanks from From a history living Mom.ñ

@AaronCurtright 5 ай бұрын

Maybe there is hope for the younger generation…

@shadowuaw-0001 5 ай бұрын

@@AaronCurtright wouldn't you know it, you just need teachers who are passionate to ignite the spark in the next generation. Almost like this is what my generation was screaming in the early 2000s.

@MrGaryGG48 5 ай бұрын

@@shadowuaw-0001 That's a great idea... but what do we have to do to get Nick to sign on as an itinerant high school history teacher/professor? You gotta know that's way too much for a run-of-the-mill high school teacher!! 😂🤣 Don'tcha know that the local Board of Education would all be having conniption fits at the next board meeting!! 😆🤣 Don't feel bad, my generation was doing a lot of the same screaming in the early '60s! History was always sooooo dry. Nick would draw a crowd and fill a classroom in any generation.

@trailblazer632 5 ай бұрын

@@MrGaryGG48nothing? Thats the beauty of the internet... hes already doing that. Look a lot of the home school and online schooling programs for k-12 use videos like this. Mythbusters famously features prominently in many of the science courses curriculum.

@Absentiment4l 5 ай бұрын

Some of the craziest stories I’d ever heard were when I worked on a military base but I’m pretty sure this story takes the cake.

@wittsullivan8130 5 ай бұрын

One of my classmates at junior college was having his second go at college. His first time, he went to Ole Miss for almost a year. It didn't work out too well. There were two dorms across the street from each other and they developed a rivalry, probably from sheer boredom. Anyway. My classmate's room mate brought a box full of fireworks left over from New Year's. They got drunk and decided to aim rockets and Roman candles at the open windows across the street. Someone across across the street had some fireworks and they fired back and forth at each other. He said some fireballs landed in their closet and destroyed all of their clothes, but they didn't care.

@lightwalker222 5 ай бұрын

Please please please do an episode on Mad Jack Churchill, the WWII commando who went into special operations missions with a longbow and broadsword, stormed the beaches of Norway playing the bagpipes and only pausing to throw grenades. One of the greatest legends to ever live

@Honor_and_Steel 5 ай бұрын

A quote of his discussing the use of the atomic bomb: "If it wasn't for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!" 🤣🤣🤣

@CaptainFrost32 5 ай бұрын

(you mean a long-form video, as he did one before.)

@Volvith 5 ай бұрын

_"If it wasn't for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going for another 4 years!..."_ - Mad Jack Churchill, actual f*cking quote. In case it wasn't obvious where the 'MAD' part came from. :)

@lightwalker222 5 ай бұрын

@@CaptainFrost32 Did he? I just checked when I saw your comment and it didn't come up in my search. What was the title?

@dalecornelius4374 5 ай бұрын

I don't think he's done Mad Jack yet. He has done one on Douglas Bader who flew fighters with no legs. Similar sounding story, there are so many absolute bad asses from that time period. He will eventually cover all of them he can find stories on. I will be here for all of them and then some.

@officerrebar3839 5 ай бұрын

History was always my favorite subject. I think I’ve learned more from this channel than I did in school

@trailblazer632 5 ай бұрын

Honestly reminds me of the old glory days of the history channel... with more humor 😂

@itwaswalpole 5 ай бұрын

A serious contender for a new video should be Josef Menčik, the last knight. He was a Czech guy living in the 20th century who liked to ride a horse wearing full medieval plate armour and lived in a castle with no electricity. He collected medieval artifacts and tried to get young people interested in history by inviting schools to his castle. In 1938 the Nazis crossed the border into Czechoslovakia and Menčik prepared for war. Despite being 68 he got into his armour, onto his horse and charged at panzers crossing the border with his halberd. He wasn't shot at by the invading Nazis and was left be. He survived the war and died in 1945, a few days after his castle was nationalised by the Czechoslovak government.

@JakeW72 5 ай бұрын

Can we just acknowledge how much of a gangster Hitchcock is in this story?😂 Just casually blowing off almost getting shot. Also, Merry Christmas to you and yours Nic. My dad (who’s a vet) and I love your videos, I introduced him to the channel back in June.

@seraphi3387 3 ай бұрын

The poor guy was like, "I'm not getting paid enough to deal with this..." 😂 Let the man sleep in peace.

@platitudepete8 5 ай бұрын

Benny Havens was so beloved by the Corps of Cadets that they composed a song in his honor, which remains a classic among the Corps to this day (search “Benny Havens, oh” it’s a somber tune about slow promotions and not having booze). One of the bands at the academy is also named after him.

@formwiz7096 5 ай бұрын

It's sung in one of Errol Flynn's cavalry Westerns.

@thornajal1045 5 ай бұрын

Man, the west point class that held what would be future generals fighting against each other in the civil war is just wild. Even some of the stories of when they met in battle and talked are insane

@joshuahnatek3342 5 ай бұрын

You sound almost surprised that Davis wasn’t punished, but the man’s involvement began and ended with acquiring the booze. When caught and ordered to bed, he obeyed. Man generally gets a bad rap without any recognition of the good things he did; able infantry commander in Mexico, worked hard to modernize the US Arsenal as secretary of war, and acted to limit the worst excesses of the politicians in CSA.

@trygveplaustrum4634 5 ай бұрын

Also, actively anti-war throughout the entire Civil War when everyone else itched for a fight. For all his faults, he was a philosopher.

@joshuahnatek3342 4 ай бұрын

‘Anti-war’ might be a bit of a stretch, but definitely wanted a negotiated peace as soon as possible and worked to keep the war as humane as any can be. Ironically he was also one of the guys arguing against secession in the years leading up to the war, and basically gets picked as CSA president because they know he won’t want it (and the provisional government can’t agree on anyone else).

@ericsfishingadventures4433 5 ай бұрын

Your history lessons are by some of the best out there! Because it's like "there's no way this actually happened" but here we are with a story with evidence to back it up. 👏👏👏

@gavinsmith6108 5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to see that Nick has recovered from his accident

@SharpForceTrauma 5 ай бұрын

Wait accident? What happened?

@perrywaaz3660 5 ай бұрын

In joke from the Unsubscribe podcast

@waltewhitesPhD 5 ай бұрын

I swear I see an inside joke and instantly know it comes from UnsubPod.

@fireantfury2539 5 ай бұрын

Yeah it's been mentioned the last several episodes 😂

@GetFitNick 5 ай бұрын

I'm fueled by Eggnog and Hate during the holidays.

@Tocookforever 5 ай бұрын

New shirt?

@officerrebar3839 5 ай бұрын

That needs to be on a shirt

@SupersuMC 5 ай бұрын

Definitely needs a shirt.

@willdavidson2528 Ай бұрын

😂

@alexbrewer9930 5 ай бұрын

This is a story I have been waiting to hear you tell, because it’s ridiculous on its own, but your storytelling style seems perfect for it.

@kevinlewis7250 2 ай бұрын

The fact that they were so hammered, they thought the staff were gonna start shelling the barracks is just hilarious

@joshuayarrington9684 5 ай бұрын

Please do videos on the following: -The Woobie -Jim Corbett the Modern Dragonslayer -The F-15 EX Eagle 2 -The Story of John Paul Jones -The time the US Postmaster tried to deliver mail by Missile. -The SS Warrimoo and its incredible time hack. -The great escape of Gene Hambleton. -The Nutty Bet of Bill Williams. -The standoff between Steve Anthony and Hollywood. -The Story of the Lost Confederate Statue "Dutchy". -The time Idaho Fish & Gane parachuted beavers away from McCall ID.

@VictorRomeo1917 5 ай бұрын

oh, Bat-21, that story is just wild!

@ealtar 5 ай бұрын

WHAT ???? bu, Be b, ... .. WHAT ?????

@darksu6947 5 ай бұрын

Mail by missle? I need to know more!

@xSovrnx 5 ай бұрын

Your story telling is legendary and I absolutely go feral waiting for uploads. Keep crushing it bro. Much love!

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that

@gekpobactezun2862 5 ай бұрын

a story on Sgt. York of the 82nd infantry division would be a great story. The company commanders would require new troop's of the 82nd Airborne to learn about him.

@WillF1980 5 ай бұрын

Scheels is a STACATTO DEALER! And priced better than other stores.. I love that place

@enoughothis 5 ай бұрын

Those carved stone steps were part of the the training, how to complete complex physical tasks while being absolutely plastered. A skill members of the military still find useful.

@renagornquickblade997 5 ай бұрын

I joined the Air Force back 2014, and I ended up in med hold while in BMT. When I got there they had recently instituted a rule where we weren't allowed to have our phones in med hold anymore. Turns out that's because the dorm across from mine has decided to have a "naked bubble party" where they suddsed up the entire dorm and slid naked across the floor like penguins. The idiots of course recorded the whole thing and posted it; hence no phones. The kicker was another guy from my flight had got to Med Hold before me and was one of the culprits. I was like "what the heck dude, you're the reason we can't have our phones?" And just when "Heh... Yeah that was fun."

@kasper_429 5 ай бұрын

Video suggestion: PLEASE do a video about Billy Waugh!! You've done so many other stories/videos about badass dudes, and Mr. Waugh definitely deserves one. He passed earlier this year at 93 y/o. He served in Army SF in Korea and Vietnam, and then after he got out of the military he went on to work with the CIA SAD. He was still doing reconnaissance missions during GWOT at like 70-something years old. If you need/want reading material as a reference, check out the book called "Surprise, Kill, Vanish" by Annie Jacobsen. It has multiple stories in it, but the majority of the book is about Billy and his story.

@Hakar17 5 ай бұрын

Damn dude was "having discussions" at 70? What a G

@kasper_429 5 ай бұрын

@@Hakar17 Lol yup, he was a badass. If you like books, I highly suggest reading the book I mentioned, "Surprise, Kill, Vanish" by Annie Jacobsen. It talks about a few people, but mainly Mr. Waugh.

@willy_b_coyote 5 ай бұрын

You need to do a video on The Great Locomotive Chase. The story of a group of Union Army spies who Strategically Transferred Equipment to an Alternate Location via a Confederate Military Locomotive that they “acquired” called “The General” and proceeded to make a “Proportional” response to southern secession by “Proportionally” tearing up the main rail line from Atlanta to Chattanooga. And it got made into a Buster Keaton movie.

@TheRustyCorner 5 ай бұрын

My wife and I have been talking about home schooling our kids, and I swear if we do your channel will be part of their classes!

@matthewperkins368 5 ай бұрын

Speaking as someone who was homeschooled, DO IT!!! Obviously the language is a little rough for younger ears so maybe save it for later grades. 😂. But definitely a wonderful teaching tool.

@DJKoren04 5 ай бұрын

Remember. ‘It’s never a war crime the first time!’ Especially at West Point. Thank you for the amazing tales of bravery, heroism, and occasionally just humor. All the ‘freedom factions’ (yes i omitted the r) of love this christmas!!

@ABurketon 5 ай бұрын

I saw a tiktok about a US special forces veteran taking on the crips in a shootout at home. Love to see your video on it!

@MrCharon1965 5 ай бұрын

The military and alcohol... a timeless love story.

@jimreilly917 5 ай бұрын

😂

@3-2-1-. 5 ай бұрын

First thing I learned to say in West Germany was, "Guten tag, ein bier, bitte."

@JesterMotley 5 ай бұрын

You have a gift for telling stories and coining phrases, and I love it. I drop damn near everything when I see you've posted a new vid, and its worth it, everytime.

@DethOnHigh 5 ай бұрын

Since you love military history and are a fellow Iowan, you should read up on Fort Des Moines and its history with training black officers during WWI and female officers during WWII. A deep dive into the 34th ID is a good idea too. They saw a ton of action in WWII in North Africa and Italy (which my grandfather who raised me was a Red Bull Soldier).

@muzzlevelocity4397 5 ай бұрын

"The two times a year that the cadets are allowed to drink on campus, the 4th of July and Christmas,"; I don't like where this is going and at the same time I love where this is going!

@kellysmith6815 5 ай бұрын

I can’t tell how happy this made me! A story about my school on Christmas! Thank you!

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

Happy holidays!

@HERETIC529 5 ай бұрын

Your reasoning for why to wear the glove is probably the best sell I’ve seen in an ad.

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

The wife approved lol

@ashspades5307 5 ай бұрын

I started to tell my dad things from history from this channel because I majored in it studied the crap out of military history and love this channel and he loves to hear these lesser known things just like I do!

@paulstuartwilson485 5 ай бұрын

Excellently done, brother. Thanks for your service and Merry Christmas. 👍🇺🇸

@victorialynnstruble 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if the people in charge of the history channels I follow get together to decide their topics. This is now the third video I have seen in the last 7 days telling us about the eggnog riot. That being said the moment I saw the very first video and learned about this story I immediately wanted to hear quack Bang tell it

@WreckerWarsdotcom 5 ай бұрын

Its actually a phenomenon that happens. Watched a mini documentary about it. I can't remember what its called

@JayDubb3BCT 5 ай бұрын

Eggnog must have played a part into TFE"s super fast recovery from his accident!

@RB-tb2kt 5 ай бұрын

Merry early Christmas TFE. Thank you for the content here, unsubscribe podcast, and all others you have been associated with or featured on. You’re videos have honestly been great for getting my 14 year old daughter interested in not so commonly known history

@timlindblom4202 18 күн бұрын

They bribed the guard with .35 cents. which even today is only 11 bucks. That guard must have been a true bro!

@johngillespie3409 5 ай бұрын

Miss drinking all day 🍻 Could you do Witold Pilecki the Polish Cav officer that infiltrated Auschwitz and escaped a few years later 🇵🇱 Polska

@Honor_and_Steel 5 ай бұрын

He did WHAT?

@johngillespie3409 5 ай бұрын

@@Honor_and_Steelhe was a Intel officer and got himself caught by the nazis, escaped and reported what the nazis were doing.

@canhelpwithgames 5 ай бұрын

@@Honor_and_Steel HE BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ WITH A CAMERA RECORDED A FEW PICTURES BROKE OUT THEN TURNED THE INTEL OVER TO US/UK INTEL AGENCYS THEY REFUSED TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAW AS TRUE IN 1943 AND IN 1944 HE BROKE BACK INTO IT AND FINISHED OUT THE WAR THERE (THEN WAS KILLED BY THE PUPPET GOVERNMENT IN POLAND THE SOVIETS INSTALLED IN 1949 FOR REFUSING TO ACCEPT THEM AS A LEGIT GOVERNMENT)

@black_wolf365 5 ай бұрын

@@Honor_and_Steel he's the guy who brought out the atrocities that were carried out by the Nazis in the concentration camps through his detailed reports - and yes, he included the details of how The Holocaust was being carried out in his reports. Dude got out, fought in the Warsaw Uprisings, got caught "legitimately" this time around. Later when he returned in 1945 to report on the situation of Poland under the Commies - he was caught by their version of the KGB, tortured and was then finally executed in 1948. The Commies didn't want him to be known BUT history has a way of correcting itself even though it's inconvenient for some (like the Commies). Honestly, I really don't know HOW and WHY and exactly WHAT makes the Polish so insanely brave! 🤯 Did you know that the Polish quite literally blackmailed their way into NATO? 🤣🤣🤣 That makes for an epic story by itself! 🤣🤣🤣

@Heetmaot 5 ай бұрын

@@black_wolf365 must be the vodka

@capp00 5 ай бұрын

I do love your videos. I've been following you since your first Marine video went viral on tiktok. Watched all of them over there as soon as you posted, and then came over here to follow along. Awesome to see how much you've grown in such a short time. Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas!

@ntmeangreen 5 ай бұрын

What an absolutely beautiful Christmas story! I’m going to watch this every Christmas after Die Hard. A new Christmas tradition!

@alexpkitten7381 5 ай бұрын

Finally this gets attention! I knew this for years and my friends are like why do you know this!

@RussellWarshay 5 ай бұрын

I’m just here for the quality jiggling.

@MagDumpsBicepPumps 5 ай бұрын

Every west pointer I meet is either a nerd or has a "how I snuck alcohol into West Point" story

@TheMoparman 5 ай бұрын

I'm sitting here listening to this while I work, having just returned from time off for New Years... and I'm trying not to laugh, but I'm just bouncing in my chair and tears are streaming. OMG this is GOLD!!! Love your channel and I have one of your merch shirts.

@garrettsctt 5 ай бұрын

I just started watching the fat election like 6 months ago. I just watched one of his older videos that was originally on Tick Tok and was only like 4 min long. I'm so glad he's switched over to KZfaq. The videos have gotten a lot better and actually long enough to get the whole story and the best part more jokes. Keep up the good work

@ThatGUY666666 5 ай бұрын

I was never in the military so I am probably projecting when I say this but I get the feeling that if I was an instructor at West Point I think I would have had very mixed feelings about the whole affair. On the one hand I would be absolutely pissed off that the riot happened to begin with, but on the other hand I think I would have to be at least a little bit proud of the cadets that managed to organize and fortify their position despite being so shit-faced. Love your work it is always a joy to listen to

@thefancytiefling 5 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for this. I've spent every waking moment of the last 2 weeks anticipating your Christmas special and it's finally here. And it's one of the most least spoken outside of the West point community stories that I've seen in a long time. The fact that you keep finding these hidden gems of history is absolutely amazing. Keep up the great work and quack bang out

@Crisv241 5 ай бұрын

So happy you did a story about West Point, went there for my prom and I love watching them paradrop in the summer at constitution marsh, such a view

@michaelheliker2835 5 ай бұрын

My whole family enjoys your work. thanks for what you do. History + funny = awesome.

@MIKE_F44 5 ай бұрын

I just want to say that I’m probably your biggest fan. Keep up the great work. I thought history was dumb and I had no interest in it until you started making videos.

@cpt.fignuts 5 ай бұрын

I'm at the point now where I check everyday for your videos and I hit the like button even before watching them. My pewpew chat with my buddies is filled with your vids lol. I love the videos you have been doing the past year about particular people. Great stuff man, keep it up!

@uncleloof 5 ай бұрын

I used to live across the Hudson River from West Point. I spent quite a bit of time on the WP campus when I was a kid.During the summers we would go for band concerts, every Labor Day would be an 1812 Overture concert... they had howitzer batteries banging away. Stayed the Thayer Inn once. Core childhood memory.

@jimbokyzar8170 5 ай бұрын

I love your stories! I can relate to them. Especially the "and then he passed out drunk on the floor part of it." Reminds me of college.😂

@cliffordjamesjr5765 5 ай бұрын

Amazing!! Still waiting for the Navajo Code Talkers video! Love from the Navajo Nation!! 💙

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

On my list

@crosswalkguy435 5 ай бұрын

That was an absolutly amazing story! Thank you!

@bobbydrake2145 5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and yours! Thank you for another great video

@Stevarooni 5 ай бұрын

Don't have much to say but those Perma-Safe gloves are downright awesome!

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

They are!

@CindySylvester 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for another Great few minutes in American Military history. After watching your video for the first time i shared with my 2 sons. Both said to me " wow! Why couldnt we have someone like him for a US History teacher?" Thank you for great interesting content. Merry Christmas to you & your family.🎄

@danorris5235 3 ай бұрын

"Why don't you inherently respect officers are your betters?" Is a question I heard phrased one way or another. This. This and many other reasons.

@philarthur3217 5 ай бұрын

Love your channel, best story teller on the tube!

@ScurvyStew 5 ай бұрын

I found your channel not that long ago, and as a history fan myself, I've been enjoying the deep dive into your content 😉 That's for this present, and I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

@cosperpaul 5 ай бұрын

You really should do a video on Commander Mush Morton! Should’ve won a Medal of Honor but he had one little oppssy and never did but this man created the tactics that submarines would begin to use throughout WWII!

@windwalker5765 5 ай бұрын

Second highest scoring American submariner... and he trained the top scorer, Dick O'Kane. Though Mush was maybe a little too aggressive for his own good.

@cosperpaul 5 ай бұрын

@@windwalker5765 he was good and aggressive as hell but made a big mistake but other than that his tactics were hard to counter and some of the best!

@windwalker5765 5 ай бұрын

@@cosperpaulAbsolutely, and most of the successful submariners in '44 on were using his tactics. But his orders were to _not_ attack ships while leaving the Sea of Japan on his last patrol. He disobeyed those orders and sunk three ships. Problem was, those sinkings let the Japanese connect the dots and predict his course and speed of advance. That's not a problem in the open sea, but he had to transit La Perouse Strait. They knew exactly what time to expect him to be there, and the strait is narrow and shallow. Aircraft caught him and crippled the boat, then destroyers finished him off. If he were a little less aggressive, he would live to fight another day. This was late 1943-Wahoo was due for a refit to get better radar, sonar, and fire control. Throw in the torpedo fix, and he'd have gotten twice as many ships by war's end.

@cosperpaul 5 ай бұрын

@@windwalker5765 look I agree that he was over zealous but his aggression is what led to his success and sometimes that gets you killed. If it wasn’t for him though Captains like O’kane, Flucky, Ramage, and Burlington would have never been as good or successful if it wasn’t for what they all learned from Morton. It’s war and mistakes are made and Morton had his fair share as did everyone but he still was extremely successful and put a huge hurting on the Japanese war effort! He also showed a single submarine could do more damage than a whole wolf pack.

@j_prince_67 Ай бұрын

“Bribed the guard with 35 cents to look the other way” That is adjusted for inflation $11.04 today 😂

@TiernanWilkinson 5 ай бұрын

Loved this! Stories like these make me really look forward to all the shenanigans we're gonna pull with the boys once the next big war finakly kicks off and we all get drafted.

@JO-xt3om 5 ай бұрын

I am thankful for many things this Christmas: my beautiful family, another year of life, and all of my other blessings! I am also thankful for you and your channel! Your videos are always entertaining and very well researched. In addition, they are sometimes hilarious!! This one hit a new "high" for me! Ahhh...the "demon rum;" fueling Mother Green and her fighting machine since the 1800's!! Seriously, when your videos come out, they are a highlight of my day. Please, keep them coming! I'm counting your videos as one of my blessings now. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

@dawolf3199 5 ай бұрын

The content you upload always manages to thoroughly entertain me while teaching me history so thank you so much for your time and effort you put in to the videos

@114Riggs 5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas mate, and thanks for all the laughs this year

@kylemclaughlin1009 5 ай бұрын

These videos make my 3:00 am deliveries bearable. Thanks for the content brotha🙏

@kamina7347 5 ай бұрын

😂😂 the fact that an entire battle got named after a drink is the most American thing

@matthewlenard8346 5 ай бұрын

You had me at Eggnog Riot.

@dabbo.1999 3 ай бұрын

Super excited for this! I remember reading about this crazy story once upon a time.

@Just-A-Panda 5 ай бұрын

3 seconds in and I like it. The eggnog riot sounds so dumb that it can’t be something that can’t faked!!

@garce7039 5 ай бұрын

Love the stories and storytelling. Just found the channel a couple of months ago. Any chance of bring some of the old t-shirts back for sale?

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

Some of the most popular one come back around! Which one u want

@garce7039 5 ай бұрын

@@the_fat_electrician Warheads on Foreheads, No Metric System on the Moon and there was one other, but can't think of it at the moment

@the_fat_electrician 5 ай бұрын

@@garce7039 warhead on foreheads is constantly coming back

@garce7039 5 ай бұрын

@@the_fat_electrician Freedom Fractions is the other. I'll keep an eye out for the Warheads. Thanks for the replies.

@leojamesclune1730 5 ай бұрын

I did not expect that to basically be swept under the rug. I wholeheartedly expected the drunken cadets to wake up to a boatload of soldiers just looking at them and waiting.

@2atalkandpolitics422 5 ай бұрын

Merry christmas Nic! Thanks for the damn good channel you have

@jacksuffield9126 5 ай бұрын

Sweet I was bored af doing laundry, hope you’re fam is well man!

@firecwby1999 5 ай бұрын

Dude, you should make slightly edited versions of these videos for teachers to use in classrooms. If I had you for a history teacher back in the day I would have paid attention.

@TheEagleEyeValor 5 ай бұрын

Nah. Play them in full. Nothing TFE has said in any of these rises to a level that I think would be super offensive. If we can learn about Unit 731 in high school and what all went down there, I think TFE saying “Do I have to show you fuckers what it feels like to chew five gum?” is INCREDIBLY mild in comparison. And this is coming from a mega bleeding heart lefty.

@ginanowell8842 2 ай бұрын

Love your stories! You make history so interesting and fun! Thanks for the incredible research!

@notsomadscientist9602 5 ай бұрын

Oh my god I am in tears! This was how building 369 on Ft. Stewart was circa 2006! I've seen MPs shoved in the truck of their own cars and driven around base! Wow this sure brought back memories of barracks brawls!

@esk8er900 5 ай бұрын

I’d love to hear something about the primary air campaign over Berlin towards the end of WW2 since my grandfather was proudly dropping liberty all over the place. Which was all the more awe inspiring since when I visited there a few years ago it almost looked like nothing ever happened except ½ the city is “old” & ½ is “new”… kinda like Warsaw too. I’m a spitting image of old gramps so I like to imagine him like me “I’ll get chewed out I been chewed out before.”

@rickjames8317 5 ай бұрын

If you haven't already heard of it, I recommend the channel HardThraser to you. Essentially, it's war history told with humor, so in the same ballpark as Fat Electrician. HardThraser is a Brit that is quite funny in a "British" kind of way. He has recently put out a series of videos about the "Bomber War" of WW2. The channel was recommended by LazerPig. I enjoy it, and you may also.