World's Deadliest Warriors DON'T Wear Underwear Strange History Of Going Commando
[0:00:00] So, I’m watching Braveheart the other day.
First time my son is seeing this movie. And remember that scene in the Battle of Stirling,
yeah, that scene when the Scots lift their kilts up and taunt the English. Now, it’s
a funny scene, my son was laughing so hard that he just about choked on his popcorn.
That being said, that part of the film is historically inaccurate. [sound effect] First
up, it was the Battle of Stirling Bridge in which the bridge was actually key to the tactics.
In the movie, there was no bridge. They also placed it in a flat area, where they were
able to throw in a cavalry charge, which was repulsed by some tactic, which apparently
was never used. In addition, let’s talk about those kilts.
So, the year was 1297, kilts didn’t become popular in Scotland ‘til the 16th century.
In addition, William Wallace was a lowland Scot. Lowland Scots actually wear trousers,
not kilts. All that being said, the question is when
Scots wear a kilt, do they wear underwear and what warriors have ran into combat basically
going commando with no underwear? The answer, well, gentlemen, that’s the subject of today’s
video. [Music]
To start things off, let’s talk about the kilt. The kilt is a skirt-like garment with
pleats in the back worn by men and boys of the Scottish highlands.
Now, the early great kilts were a full length garment that could also be worn as a cloak.
Nowadays, a modern kilt is going to cover a man from the waist down to the center point
of the knee. In addition, you’ll see them wearing with
highly decorative sporrans that are worn around the waist in addition to socks that are going
to go up to almost the height of the knee. And now, at this point the question arises,
do you wear underwear with a kilt? Now, apparently there isn’t a rule here. Now, you have had
some people at high levels say, “You know what? That’s unhygienic and it’s childish.”
Apparently, though, there’s a specific term. True Scotsman, which defines a man who is
wearing a kilt without undergarments. Is this practiced today? What’s going on under those
kilts? So, back in 1997 over in Hong Kong, there
was a Black Watch, let’s just say that his kilt caught a bit of air. Now, apparently
the term evolved out of the military. There, they called it going regimental military practice.
This is the 18th century. Understand we got the Battle of Waterloo and there are actually
drawings I think this one out of 1815 of the French women were very curious when these
Scottish soldiers were occupying Paris, are they wearing anything underneath?
Even at World War I, there were stories apparently that they were doing inspections and that
if you were found actually wearing pants because apparently they had mirrors, that you would
have to go back and take them off. Now, during World War Ii, they actually got
rid of the kilt and one of the reasons being, they didn’t want to expose so much flesh
basically, you know, chemical agents and stuff like that, you wanted to actually wear trousers.
But, you can see actually where these curiosities and these traditions came from.
And in case you’re curious, places in film, where we’ve seen true Scotsmen, On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service, James Bond, and the Disney movie, Brave. Multiple times it’s alluded
to that they male warriors aren’t wearing underwear. And let’s not forget, Groundskeeper
Willie of the Simpsons. Now, gents, I’m going to throw this out
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[0:04:56] Now, at this point you’re probably asking
or maybe not, are there any historic examples of men actually running into combat without
underwear? Basically, running into combat naked?
The answer is yes. So, first up, let’s eliminate one of the choices, which a lot of you guys
are thinking about and that is the Spartans. [sound effect]
Now, we’ve all watched the movie, 300, and not every Spartan had six-pack abs and they
did not go into combat basically dressed like that.
In fact, Spartans, when you do talk with, you know, Frank Miller and the whole comic
series, the whole point of that look was so that you could tell them apart and it gave
them more personalities and they probably sold more books and sold more movies.
Point being is that, you know, that was all fictitious. That wasn’t real. Spartans actually
had armor. They were smart about that. But, not everybody was in history when they were
running into battle. So, apparently there are historic depictions
at the Battle of Telamon in 225 BC. Apparently, this is where we had naked Celts running into
combat. Now, apparently, this was a specific group,
the Gaesatae, and they were basically Celt mercenaries. And they had reasons for running
into combat naked. So, the first reason is they thought it would
give them advantage. They thought they would be able to move quicker through all of the
brush. Apparently, there was a lot of vegetation and they thought their clothing was going
to get caught up and just thought like, “You know what? If we go through this stuff naked,
we’ll be able to move quicker. We’ll be able to meet the enemy much quicker.” To
me, this just sounds incredibly painful. On top of that, there were two other reasons.
One, being able to intimidate your opponent and being able to show your confidence. Apparently,
this wasn’t the first time, but it was the first time in a big setting that these Celtic
warriors were fighting naked. Now, running in the battle fully armored,
that’s dangerous. But, running in the battle naked, yeah, that’s pretty crazy especially
when your enemy had these long javelins. Let’s just say the battle did not end well for these
naked guys. Now, gents, if you would run into combat naked,
do me a favor, smash that like button. Seriously, guys, if you’re enjoying the video, let
me know. That way I can make more videos like this.
Now, what about the Gauls? What’s today modern day Germany? There are multiple accounts
over a period of hundreds of years of, you know, the Greeks going up that way, the Romans
going up that way and running into fierce fighters, who fought them in the nude.
In fact, the historian, Polybius, wrote about them at one battle actually doing this. They
discarded their garments only to their proud confidence in themselves and stood naked with
nothing, but their arms in front of the whole army, thinking that thus they would be more
efficient in the use of their weapons. I mean, just look at the sculpture of the Dying Gaul,
the guy clearly isn’t wearing any clothes. Now, what about Viking berserkers? Occasionally,
you’ll hear stories about these guys fighting naked after, you know, they’re high on drugs
going into combat, going to head off to Valhalla after they disemboweled quite a few guys.
No, actually, they would still wear clothing, but when they say naked, what they’re meaning
is that they were not wearing armor. Now, gents, I’m not a historian and I don’t
play one on television, so if I made a mistake, let me know down in the comments.
So, what video to watch next? Well, how you study the history of the codpiece. Yes, this
is actually what this thing was called. In this video, I go into the history of underwear.
There’s a lot of interesting things that you probably have never heard of. Go check
it out, guys. It’s a great video, go deep into history and have a little bit of fun.
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