A Frenchy Reacts to Band of Beavers! Let’s talk about Operation Beaver Drop, where AKA the only beaver parachuting operation in History (as far as I know), in this reaction video to the Fat Electrician “Band of Beavers!”
Original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcdvP8CYPB0&t=618s
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Another nice reaction, I love your commentary.
Fantastic video my friend,I've heard of this story,but it's great to hear it again,it sounds so stupid,but it works,an you have to credit they team,for doing such a great job.
And as for the beaver that was on top of his box an jumped,last words were Im Spartacus,no wait,im Geronimo.
FYI, the capital of Iowa is the city of Des Moines, located at the confluence of the Des Moines River and the Raccoon River. It was first stettled by Europeans as a French colonial trading post. Later the U.S. Army established Fort Des Moines (named after the river) which eventually became the city of Des Moines. Go Google the Iowa state flag and i think yiu will be pleasantly surprised. 😊
Can't go wrong with the fat electrician, he's amazing! What a story, parachuting beavers, saving the environment, heroes. I agree, they were probably reenacting Normandy just for fun. Can you imagine some poor guy just out for a nature walk and running around telling everyone he just about got hit by a beaver in a parachute?😊. Always appreciate the lunchtime treat, thank you as always and let's appreciate the fat electrician for upping his game of double entendre 😊
Totally agree with your take on the post-war years in America and would add that it was probably our most confident period in modern times — culturally as well as economically and geopolitically.
Every time I see your reactions it reminds me why up until ww2 most Americans had a much bigger bond with France than Britain. The French spirit is so much more like American than British it's crazy
Yesterday it hit 44° C 109° F here yesterday so a high in the mid 80's doesn't impress me much. Sorry.😂
I’m with you. We’ve been in a heat wave for almost 3 weeks now. It’s been between 95 and 105 where I am in North Carolina. The humidity here is unbearable. It feels like you just stepped into a pot of consommé every time you walk out of the house.
GERONIMO!!!
5:10 I for one am likely different from the average American who looks at the 1950's to 1970's with abject disgust.
I feel it does no good to look at things in the perspective that the US or its people are "evil" considering my people, Black and Latino people, were part of those American people fighting to make things right.
The fact we openly reflect or can criticize our legacy should be something we're pleased with, rather than being disappointed in our past or holding ourselves in the present guilty for the sins of those before us.
Yes, the fight for Civil Rights continues, but "The Golden Age" I feel is apt. More Americans in the same spirit of those in the 1860's fought for an equal America, to atone for the sins of its past.
The interwar periods hasv always been of interest to me as a american the decades just after both the wars heavily influenced our culture and really changed it into what we are today and it was the first time where america truly started to get recognized as a world power.
My state finally gets a mention in a history video :D(idaho)
I think pretty much everywhere is in a heat wave right now
My headcannon is Geronimo is the world's first adrenaline junkie beaver😂
You comparing yourself to the Matrix scene of him cursing in French made me laugh so hard😂 Great reaction bro!
5:30 the 50's-70's were definitely a prosperous time in American history but set up alot of the issues we have today. Like the military industrial complex, welfare programs started to encurage single parent households especially among low income families, we started down the road of being a consumer culture, and the power really shifted towards government bureaucracy.
Seems like you were channeling your inner Joan wanting to put a Navy in the river in Paris.
I view the post-war period as The Great Deception — a time when America gained an inflated concept of its greatness because most of its potential competitors were busy rebuilding from WWII. It's not that the US wasn't capable, but it instilled the idea that the other countries weren't. So, when the late-60s and onward hit and other companies not only had industrial production, but modernized industrial production, America just wasn't prepared for the playing field to level. That, combined with a couple of decades of social strife, caused the US to start having recurring bouts of a crisis of confidence.
I liked your face of confusion at 2:07 until he started explaining himself lol
I'm going to make a vagina joke I like beaver😊
WHAT???? you wouldn't invade LUXEMBOURG EH?🍁🍁🍁🍁
I would really love to see you react to Fat Electrician's video about America's war horse marine: Sergeant Reckless
5:00 at this particular time in history England and Europe and the Baltics were recovering from the destruction caused by the war while the United States became a super power
Postwar America is what life SHOULD be like in America except only for SOME people. The 50s plus civil rights equals a country and era that is absolutely the best humans can realistically hope for.
I posted a comment before but it was removed. Probably because it mentioned visiting Spain Napoleonic style after the football game 😂😂
Just making a new comment now to support the channel.
My dad was born in 1951. He's often said that "the good ol' days weren't" and "there's a reason the '60s happened."
Not related, but I am a second generation American and my grandparents spoke with very heavy French accents and your accent brings back my memories of them.
So, America, we have a beaver who is jump certified, which is more bad ass then my army service. The other funny thing is i am outranked by a horse in the marines.
FE is so great, and you have great takes on his videos. Post WW2 America boomed as it was one of the only countries in the world not bombed to smithereens. We went from depression to super power in the world in 15 years. All the stuff that was closed up for the Depression was opened up for the war effort even before the US got into it. We sold to Germany and everyone else pre the USA getting into the war, then it ramped up by 5 during the war. Basically from 1945-1960 It the top for the USA IMHO.
Keep it up man.
the fat electrician did a short 5 minute video a while ago on the bazooka vespa that was really funny imo
Yep my friend on all the other things of post ww2. The point is beavers in idaho.
The wait is almost over Epic History tv is finishing production on The Battle Of The Nile where Lord Nelson defeated Napoleon’s Navy and The Battle Of Trafalgar is in Production