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Life in German-Occupied Poland | Animated History

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@TheArmchairHistorian3 years ago Download Lords Mobile to win BIG prizes here:
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@Knowledgia3 years ago In order for such horrible things to never happen again, we should learn about them, not censor them. Just by remembering hell, we can avoid it. 9676
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@KC-Mitch3 years ago What most people don' t realize is that no matter howa building is in warsaw, it is a recreation of the original, because the entire city was leveled. That' s just insane to imagine. 6195
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@tvrtkolozic22883 years ago My grand grandpa (leopold buczkoeski) fought in the battle of warszaw, he wasn' t killed there but the nazis took him to a concetration camp. While . ...Expand 842
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@pabloleopolis42213 years ago In poland we strongly believe: " better to die standing than to live on your knees" 203
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@edwardhahm77303 years ago As another nation that suffered greatly under the hands of fascist oppression, i send love from korea! Poland and korea have such similar histories, always . ...Expand 2568
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@galacticbananastopmotions72922 years ago Im a polish jewish american and a year or 2 ago this girl in school was trying to say that my family cant have an opinion on oppression because my fam . ...Expand 226
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@afinoxi3 years ago Youtube: we' re against nazism
historians: makes a video against nazism
youtube: wait. That' s illegal. 5900
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@racingraptor47583 years ago I' m a grown man but that made me cry. It is a history of my country. Also interesting thing: my grandpa ( who is 86 years old) told me some stories . ...Expand 1255
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@otoja26093 years ago Finally, someone who understands the polish sensitivity. Meanwhile, poland is accused of the worst crimes by those, who used to suffer during the german occupation together with ethnic poles. 407
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@user-oi8yj4uc8p2 years ago Best wishes to poland - from korea
korea also suffered from neighboring super powers (china, japan) throughout the korean history and our ancestors . ...Expand 121
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@Nemesis-wj7mk3 years ago Poland is not yet lost! Greetings from serbia polish brothers! 126
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@istvanerdei84603 years ago Im a typical hungarian. See a video of our brothers, i click. 766
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@Memelander3 years ago Fun fact: the 2 finger salute of the veteran in the opening scene is unique to poland. It has its own history too. Its said that in the battle of olszynka it is also thought that it was adopted because it points at the polish white eagle, found on the headgear of military personnel. Since the eagle symbolizes courage, strength and independence, the salute pointed to the fact that even though they were conquered, the polish people would still be courageous and fight for their independence. ...Expand 2704
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@rajendrashetti23632 years ago As an indian, i send my deepest respect, sympathy, and love to the indomitable spirit of the polish people. 86
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@xXNITR0MAN356Xx3 years ago Never forget the 50 thousand polish troops who came in to relieve the battered allied forces in italy at monte cassino. They fought hard and had more to . ...Expand 401
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@yousefshahin26543 years ago I am egyptian. And thus i almost have no relation to poland. But it' s so sad to think how much poland suffered. Egypt stands with poland. 253
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@talalel-ali82913 years ago The poles that fought with the allies, had the reputation of being the most fiercest and fearless soldiers on the battlefield. 118
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@xxxdarksiderxxxaarnthemena5853 years ago Filipino suffered the same fate when japanese occupied the philippines prayers to all the victims of the war and who passed away: 60
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@bigsmoke45923 years ago As a german i think it' s outrageous youtube restricts this.
too many people even in my country don' t know nearly enough about this. 3457
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@samgill81833 years ago Fear the man who' s lost everything, for he has nothing less to lose. 121
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@theawesomeman98213 years ago Interesting fact: many americans who fought in europe had both polish and german ancestries, which was useful since many of them spoke either german, polish i remember a teacher of mine claimed that her grandfather was raised to speak german his father' s tongue while his little brother spoke polish his mother tongue. Both brothers were used as translators and medics during wwii.
both the poles and germans they gave medical attention were surprised of their mixed ancestry and the fact that many american catholics had both german and polish ancestry. ...Expand 162
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@avatar23503 years ago It' s tragic to know that the whole world, all of us, failed poland when they needed us most. Much love from mexico my friends. 53
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@rastas47663 years ago That footage of the man being beaten by that german officer is heartbreaking. I know its animated, but jesus man. I feel that was all to real. Its the . ...Expand 119
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@chad60342 years ago As an indian i can feel the pain of polish people. My country too was betrayed and we payed hell for it. But props to the polish people who fought valiantly. 205
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@Charles-mz7rm3 years ago " i want to learn about history"
yt: sorry, that' s offensive. 1649
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@tim.a.k.mertens3 years ago People who criticize poland for being too nationalistic or religious today need to understand that the polish nation has fought tooth and nail to even . ...Expand 782
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@bobing17523 years ago this scene is absolutely chilling. Now repeat several million times and you start approaching the horror of this occupation which is too much ignored in Western Europe.
Good job for putting such a nightmare into animation. .. ...Expand 313
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@militustoica3 years ago The warsaw uprising is one of the bravest things ever done by a people. I wish the us couldve provided better tactical and resupply air support. 57
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@aleksggaming45403 years ago The fact that my grandparents lived warsaw during ww2 and fought in the warsaw uprising surviving it is crazy to think about. 162
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@anthonykatsivalis2243 years ago Respect to the poles, fellow resistance fighters, from greece. 45
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@calitraveler933 years ago The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history
-george orwell. 1222
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@sweetdreams50243 years ago My deepest respect to the polish people. Jeszcze polska nie zgina. 290
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@dhaz44553 years ago One of the few youtube videos that has made me cry, poland truly is a nation of brave people
love from colombia. 27
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@Bread-jc4jt3 years ago I cried at the start as my grandma survived holocaust in the 40-s and she was polish. 64
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@sab56863 years ago I' m a polish jew in america and this hits hard. It makes me really sad to think about what would have happened to me and my family if we didn' t immigrate beforehand. 89
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@toxicman91283 years ago America was one of the few western nations to send aid to poland via airdroppedtook off from italy)
sending respect and admiration to the poles from america. You guys deserve it. 59
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@ArghastOfTheAlliance3 years ago " we wanted to be free, and owe our freedom to nobody" this is written on the wall when you enter the uprising museum in warsaw. 1067
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@panpitu73083 years ago About that forced labour, my friend' s great grandfather was sent to germany, and everyone in his village and family thought he was dead. But after . ...Expand 108
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@shanemize37753 years ago It is beyond comprehension what the poles went through. That they endured and overcame facism and communism and are now a free nation with a vibrant, free . ...Expand 53
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@luckydernoob55173 years ago My biggest respect to the polish people, these guys have balls of steel! 49
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@TopGuardDawg3 years ago Its crazy to see how far poland has come even after ww2 and the fall of the soviet union they never gave up i tip my hat to them. 55
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@loganbagley78223 years ago That opening with the old soldier is amazing. A lot of emotions in just a few seconds. With love from america. 29
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@thomasspeer13883 years ago We now live in a time where historical events can be censored. 5449
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@dk24283 years ago Even when you know the story, its still hard to watch. My deepest respect to the Polish people! 56
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@magentuspriest3 years ago This might be your best one yet griffin. Had me in tears. Please don' t ever stop making these videos. 47
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@marie21223 years ago As a military historian, i' m grateful for your coverage of this. As an american, i' m even more grateful for the courageous example and enormous contribution of our resistance friends in poland. 34
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@Oversamma3 years ago The unimaginable horror inflicted by my country at its lowest point truly never ceases to shock and appall.
the polish people endured such excruciating . ...Expand 27
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@tiborpurzsas21363 years ago My dear polish sisters and brothers! Lots and lots of love from hungary! Over here we all love you guys! I wish i could go back in time and fight id="hidden23" on your side! Its blood boiling how the krauts and the soviets tried to erase your encient country from the map! Like two rabid wolfs trying to rip apartinsult to injury, you guys had to pretend to be in love with the soviets for the next 45 years (the same goes for hungary as well ). ...Expand 38
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@4thmonitorion7313 years ago I beg youtube to at least make a setting fortopic" so the offensive histories could be monetized even with violence. 1723
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@masoukamil3 years ago I grew up in poland with my mother and i miss this country very much. I always admired the resilience and hard work of poles. No matter where i am, my . ...Expand 23
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@bjrnjordan43743 years ago The poles fought bravely they have the spirits of spartans as a polish officer once said niech zyje polska. 91
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@zakanglin28853 years ago Love learning about polish history. My great grandparents came to america from poland. I never got to meet them but, my grandma could speak, read, and write in polish and i thought that was so cool. 19
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@louiseogden12963 years ago Jeszcze polska nie zgina. Four important words of defiance.
i lived in warsaw for a summer in 2003 while studying and it was just amazing walking a . ...Expand 51
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@simonhill90123 years ago Huge polish community in my town, amazing people, glad to have them on our side. 20
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@HistoryHustle3 years ago Life in the general government was brutal. Hans frank (the german governor, seated in krakw)his wife as the queen of poland. His son frank) one day asked his father about atrocities he witnessed. His father scolded him for it. Niklas frank later became a journalist and wrote a book about his father he considered a war criminal. Thanks for making this video. ...Expand 1090
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@carterzhang29773 years ago As a chinese, my heart goes out to the polish people, since we also experienced horrid brutality during ww2. 1300
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@reidvillage3 years ago I love this comment section. Theres so much support for poland and i love seeing how many different countries people are from.
i wish i could have a more interesting country but greetings from the usa! 36
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@valuepak2 years ago The most underrated armchair history video ever. I get chills watching this, and come back every once in a while. Reminds me of movies likelist.
absolutely insane this is real. 10
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@ania65773 years ago " i judged the poles by their enemies.
and i found it was an almost unfailing- truth
that their enemies were the enemies of magna- nimity and manhood. If a man loved slavery,
if he loved usury, if he loved terrorism and all
the trampled mire of materialistic politics, i
have always found that he added to these
affections the passion of a hatred of poland.
she could be judged in the light of that hatred;
and the judgment has proved to be right.
g. K. Chesterton. ...Expand 26
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@dawidmarkowicz41713 years ago Quoting the classic: " we do not beg for freedom. We fight for it! " 17
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@Gunslinger6763 years ago Its actually pretty incredible how much poland is left out of media and culture about ww2 in western europe. When talking about resistance organizations p . ...Expand 801
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@lowlylad34573 years ago After this i did the salute that the polish vet did and took a moment to remember those millions of souls who were murdered. Sending love from new zealand. 25
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@t-3p0163 years ago I' m part polish, so it' s really interesting to learn about what happened back in the day. Kinda wish youtube didn' t censor history tho. 28
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@hamzamahmood95652 years ago The worst thing one can do to victims of historical tragedy is remove their history. Shame on youtube for censoring such valuable content! 35
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@mudithawijesundara57923 years ago I feel bad for the pols. The way you made it made me almost come to tears. Great video armchair historian. 34
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@davidjackowski43363 years ago My grandparents met as teens on a forced labour farm. They didn' t talk much about those times. 31
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@NUKEKING20253 years ago My grandad was born in poland in 1920, he lived a good life in warsaw until the germans bombed the city in 1939. He joined the polish resistance, risked . ...Expand 361
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@donpylon51023 years ago I gotta say the illustrations have improved so much over the past few years, big shoutout to the people working on them, they really deserve more praise. 8
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@ethanarnold44412 years ago I' m really pissed off about youtube censoring educational historical videos! How the hell are we supposed to learn from history and prevent it' s . ...Expand 12
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@yoshisilver23863 years ago As an indonesian i kinda feel bad for poland they were betrayed by the uk and france saying that they will protect poland but instead they just sit down . ...Expand 135
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@thatrandomguy56yrago662 years ago A polish division liberated the town where i live in france, must say that i was craving to know more about poland during that time than the ordinary they got invaded stuff.
must say that im not disappointed. 9
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@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs3 years ago Being born in poland is life on hard mode. 7517
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@dwaynehicks68383 years ago Great country with fantastic friendly people is poland, love from the uk. 39
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@bruceraykiewicz62743 years ago As all can notice, my last name, is almost pure polish, one letter change, should be rajkiewicz) even though i am a fourth generation american/pole, i . ...Expand 11
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@watrobkasmaczna13 years ago As polish, i say thank you for spreading our history to young people in other countries. 38
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@shamikghosh71973 years ago Everytime i hear about the history of poland, i cannot help but be sad and emotional, poles had to go through so much in the past so that they could have . ...Expand 57
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@johnkittoiv25723 years ago The fact that the nazis systematically leveled an entire city and murdered thousands of it' s people out of pure spite is appalling.
i always to all the poles out there, god bless you. I do not speak for all of my countrymen, but i salute you all, here in the us state of texas. ...Expand 55
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@tylerhaddock69993 years ago Poland is one of the most underrated factions in ww2. They never gave up and never surrendered. 1303
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@Novac_Alexandru3 years ago The quality of these animations are getting better and better, this would be the future, also the soundtrack is describing how the people had fell! Anyway . ...Expand 10
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@gorbe47273 years ago I know i' m very late to comment on this video, but i am really eager to share my view about this topic with you.
as an iranian, i completely god curse the occupiers, may they burn in hell for the unforgivable actions they did, either allies or the axis. ...Expand 14
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@avi41323 years ago Im proud of being polish and of my family who served during wwii. 17
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@toddbonin69263 years ago This is an excellent documentary. Im so heartbroken over the suffering endured by the poles. How horrible. 13
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@mikikaboom90843 years ago That reminds me of my great-grandfather, who was a mayor of a village in Eastern Poland at the time. The Germans came and ordered him to give them food and otherwise satisfy their needs. In fear of burning down the village, he agreed to provide support to them, for which, after the war, he was imprisoned by the Soviets, who had just annexed the lands he lived on. He wasn't released during the amnesty in 1956 and had to spend a few more years in prison. Shortly after finally getting out, he died. .. ...Expand 14
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@mr.vietnam15753 years ago Man what a amazing documentary, the polish have now earned my respect. 23
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@wakeringlivinghistorygroup82943 years ago Its a shame youtube dont let history content in there site its educational, just because others dont understand shouldnt mean the rest of the world id="hidden44" has to be blinded from history
thanks for creating these informative videos and keeping history going!. ...Expand 10
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@kiriseraph96742 years ago I met a pole once who told me a little about this and their feelings of resentment and abandonment, makes me feel ashamed at my country. So much for truth and liberty: 10
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@STRZB0013 years ago As a polish jew descendant, this is hard to see. I cant imagine how another person with a conscious. Im really glad that my grandmother was able to id="hidden46"come to the us after this. I couldnt ever imagine what she went through and what everyone else went through.
the world has come a long way and lets all rejoice in that. ...Expand 31
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@WaitWhatUhhhlast year This made me realise, not enough people know about these disgusting and very messed up events.
niech yje polska! 12
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@matthewkoessler75443 years ago Nazis and soviets: we have conquered poland!
poland: i didnt hear no bell. 1275
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@Mar-ub3db3 years ago They had it so hard, just shed a couple tears. Awsome video! 8
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@JustVince78109 months ago I may be filipino, but the fact that poland fearlessly fought their occupants reminds me of the ww2 japanese occupation here in the philippines. Our methods . ...Expand 7
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@Zombiecane3 years ago My dude, you should do more life in_ videos. Always been curious to see something like that for the low countries and the rest of eastern europe. 13
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@ukaszhya53543 years ago Man! Thank you so much for this video. Love to listen history of my fatherland from someone who has not born here. Thats always an interesting perspective, how people of other country sees history of your country; 4
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@pablorambo1233 years ago As a pole, i want to say:
" forgive, but never forget" 2588
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@jasdeepsingh78743 years ago As a person from a country which has been invaded the most times i send my best wishes to the polish. 14
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@daviddickson22282 years ago This is the best video on this channel i' ve watched. Amazing work, dude. 2