There is no time more terrifying than wartime the one thing that causes the most
psychological damage during war is the sounds from the noises of planes and rockets that are
the last sounds many soldiers will ever hear two terrifying sounds that made entire military units
go insane i'm charlie and today we're going to look at the scariest sounds of war ghost
tape 10 during the vietnam war the usa used many dirty tactics they would burn down entire villages
and indiscriminately spray the poisonous chemical agent orange but one of the scariest things the
usa did was psychological warfare one of the usa's biggest psychological warfare campaigns was
known as operation wandering soul they would play very scary sounds for the enemy vietcong to hear
they played this from speakers mounted on boats and helicopters
the unsettling track was named ghost tape 10. it sounds like some kind of animal or
human screaming the supernatural sounds and sobs made the vietcong very creeped out just imagine
hiding out in the jungle in the dead of night and hearing these demonic sounds from the ground
and sky the sounds petrified the vietcong soldier so much that many simply surrendered and went home
many vietcong soldiers believed in the afterlife spirits and ghosts and the us
army sought to exploit these beliefs if any vietcong soldiers ever called back
to these voices then the u.s troops would fire upon them taking their lives warthog
america's aerial arsenal is feared around the world but one of the scariest planes in
the usa's fleet is the a-10 thunderbolt 2. this is a fighter jet it's been a part of the us air
force since the 1970s it is better known as the warthog it gets its name from the terrifying sound
it makes the fighter jet was first used during the gulf war and it's still in use to this day
the warthog's main weapon is a massive auto cannon this is known as the avenger
it fires massive armor-piercing shells made of depleted uranium the warthog sound is the last
noise many enemy troops and vehicles ever hear the avenger is one of the most powerful weapons
ever attached to an aircraft it can fire at an insane 3900 rounds per minute meaning that
if you get caught in the warthogs crosshairs there's no escape the sound of the warthog's gun
firing can actually open the sound barrier just imagine being in the battlefield and hearing this
sound enemy soldiers have described the wartog's noise as one of the most ominous sounds of war
ever encountered the warthog's gun is so powerful that the plane was actually designed around it
and firing it slows down the warthog's speed of flight aztec death whistle not all of the scariest
sounds of war are modern some are ancient the aztec death whistle was a small flute
it was an instrument used by the aztec people during battle the flute made a bone-chilling sound
it was designed to emulate a shrieking human voice the noise alone was enough to scare some
enemies into surrendering the aztecs would blow these flutes while marching into battle
this would intimidate their enemies so much that their fighting would not be as good
the death whistles also look very scary they're shaped as skulls and animals to make things
even more scary the aztecs would sometimes bury these whistles with the bodies of their enemies
they would do this as part of a sacrificial ritual even though the aztecs were ancient they were not
to be messed with v1 pulse rocket the v-1 flying bomb was a cruise missile developed by the german
luftwaffe it was used during world war ii and terrified the allied forces and sent chills down
the allied forces spines it pulsed at more than 50 times a second and this made an incredibly ominous
noise this led to it being nicknamed the doodlebug or buzzbomb the sound caused massive psychological
stress to soldiers and civilians and many got ptsd just from the noises the reason why it was
so scary was because targets would hear the noise but they had no idea where the bombs would land
this created a massive amount of anxiety over 10 000 of these bombs were dropped on britain alone
atomic bomb in 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki
the survivors of these bombings did not hear the blasts but those further away did
people further away said they heard a massive crack this was as the heat and air expanded
they then heard a groan from deep within the earth and many said this caused their bones to vibrate
this is one of the only recordings of an atomic bomb after the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki
there was a massive thunderstrike in the air and then thick black rain began to fall from
the sky this was because of the intense fires and large amounts of ash in the atmosphere
normal hitler one of the scariest sounds of world war ii is not necessarily all of the bombs
planes and guns instead many say it's the voice of the man that started it all everyone has heard
hitler's theatrical speaking during his speeches recordings of hitler's natural speaking voice are
very rare but in 1942 one was secretly recorded this was during a private conversation on a train
hitler was meeting with finland's general and that's when hitler began ranting about the soviet
union he expressed concerns of the soviet union's massive amount of tanks calling their fleet of
35 000 tanks immense and crazy it's incredibly unsettling to hear one of the most evil men to
ever live speaking in a normal voice hanoi hannah hanoi hannah was the pseudonym of an unidentified
radio voice during the vietnam war the woman's voice would terrify u.s troops she was employed
by the viet cong she would speak in english to the us troops she would shame them and intimidate them
into abandoning the war and deserting the army d.i your government has abandoned you they have
ordered you to die d.i do not trust them defect gi it is a very good idea to leave a sinking ship
the viet cong would play her voice loudly from radios she would often name dead or captured u.s
troops to demoralize the u.s army she worked for the north vietnamese radio hanoi and she would
sometimes call out the exact locations of u.s army units your government has betrayed you you
will not return for you g.i your airplanes bombed your own men you are not safe here her broadcasts
ran for eight years until 1973 when most of the us army left vietnam to this day many vietnam
troops are left with ptsd from her voice jericho trumpets the jericho trumpets were mounted on 87b
dive bombers they were used as a propaganda tool by germany during the blitzkrieg in world war ii
they were sirens which were powered by propellers and they produced a very scary piercing sound this
would lower enemy morale and make civilians very scared and intimidated but now it's time for you
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