Disasters of the Century | Episode 46 | Soldiers at Rest

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• GR

  @grapeshot · 5 years ago

  Wow this reminds me of fire at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston Massachusetts during World War II at least 55 military personnel was killed in that fire that ultimately claimed 491 lives.

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• CR

  @CrazyCatLady1996 · 5 years ago

  Reminds me of how the Our Lady of the Angels school fire occurred. Got up in the attic and couldn't break through the roof due to all of the tar paper on the roof. Burst through the ceiling on the 2nd floor and those kids and nuns didn't stand a chance :(

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• AQ

  @aquachonk · 5 years ago

  Those of us with PTSD do not appreciate the jump scare explosion in the intro.

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• MR

  @mrjackstand863 · 5 years ago

  Keep up the good work, man. DOTC rocks. I think we missed the Meuse Valley Fog which happened 11 days ago in 1930, and all of us look forward to seeing that.

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• SM

  @Smokes_Alot · 5 years ago (edited)

  My mom was supposed to go to the dance but couldn't go. I remember her talking about the fire. Thank you for posting this video.

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• DV

  @DVR01 · 5 years ago (edited)

  If there had been fire hydrants and sprinklers installed in the building and the constables had alerted the fire brigade, no one would have been killed.

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• MA

  @Maven0666 · 5 years ago

  Thank you for covering this tragedy. I learn a lot from your channel. Once again,thank you so very much!

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• EQ

  @equarg · 5 years ago

  Wow. I have never heard of this fire. I thought after the Coconut Grove more public places internationally would have their doors hinged outwards.<br>As an American, I think Canadian service members deserve more credit in the wars of the 21st century. They too fought hard for freedom.<br>Also, if this was intentional....I hope that person has a nice toasty corner of Hell saved for them.<br>There is war, and then just flat out murder.<br>Setting fire to a building full of sleeping men and dance party in the middle of a civilian population is just cowardly in my book.<br><br>As my Grandpa mentioned (fought in the Pacific during WW2) “At least the Japanese attacked military facility and some of the soldiers did/were able to fight back”.<br>Apparently some Japanese pilots (a few exceptions looking at bullets in a few civilian buildings) felt great shame learning we were not given the mandatory 1/2 warning declaration of war before they were attacked.<br>They could not speak out for fear or retaliation, but I remember one elderly Japanese pilot during an interview.....he looked like he wanted to cry when he learned what had happened. He still felt so much shame.<br>Even in the Samurai tradition, if stealth was used, you did not kill your enemy while he slept, but kicked him out of bed and threw him a sword to at least give him a fighting chance. &nbsp;<br><br>War is getting uglier and uglier it seems. There is no honor in war, period. But there needs to be some standards it seems.<br>Now we can just kill from half a world away without even seeing our enemy,<br>I fear this will result in the near or total extinction of the human race.<br><br>Even in the chaos of war, seeing your enemy sometimes elicits sparks of humanity (stories from WW1 and WW2) for both sides.<br><br>In our instinctive drive for total domination and conquest, often both sides loose. Maybe not in the short term, but in the long term.

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• SK

  @skatpak2967 · 5 years ago

  wow &nbsp;i cried inside for these people on this one..so many soldiers &nbsp;such a cruel death and in a happy time..its just so tragic and un called for..fighting something that is standing next to you..is a hard find..always be away..trust no man...trust God

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• MA

  @Margann1987 · 5 years ago

  Here I was, not realizing that you had already uploaded this one. I have been waiting to see it. Thank you!

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• AP

  @aporcelaingirl · 5 years ago

  The intro mentioned another story about a train in addition to the fire, but it seems to have been cut out. Is it available in the full-length version of this episode?

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• KO

  @kotiefourie8407 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m so sad for all of lives that was lost 😓