THIS WAS SO INFORMATIVE! First Time Reaction To World War 1 (Part 6/6) - 1918 Epic History!
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- 📜 About the Video:
Part 6 of Epic History's World War 1 series focuses on the climactic year of 1918, the final year of the Great War. This episode covers everything from the last major offensives to the signing of the Armistice that ended the fighting. The video provides detailed insights into the strategies, battles, and political maneuvers that led to the conclusion of one of the most devastating conflicts in history.
Join us as we watch and react to the final installment of the World War 1 series, exploring the events of 1918 for the first time! This year brought dramatic changes on and off the battlefield, including significant shifts in military tactics and the global impact of the war’s end. Watch our reaction to understand how these historical events unfolded and their profound effects on the world stage.
🎖 What to Expect in This Video:
First Impressions: Our initial reactions to the strategic decisions and key battles of 1918.
Historical Analysis: Insights into the military tactics and political agreements that shaped the war's outcome.
Emotional Impact: Reflecting on the human cost of the war and the relief and repercussions of its conclusion.
Global Context: Discussing how the end of World War I influenced the geopolitical landscape and set the stage for future conflicts.
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Others have already said it, but Epic History's Napoleonic Wars videos are really good and I'd highly recommend reacting to them
I really love quote from Battlefield 1: "More than 60 million soldiers fought in 'The War to End All Wars'. It ended nothing, yet it changed the world forever."
Treaties in WWI were direct reasons of starting WWII. Great War effectively killed absolute monarch rule and was a beginning of end of European dominance on the world.
WW1 also brought us the rise of communism (Russian Revolution) and thus the future cold war, created the conditions for the rise of fascism & nazism, and resulted in the current mess we find the Middle East (betrayal of promises to the Arabs & British endorsement of Zionism/future rise of Israel contributed to rise of radical islamism).
It brought down autocratic monarchism but simultaneously spawned most of the tyrannical and absolutist ideologies that have defined the modern world.
You should react to his Napoleonic wars series next!
definitely a must watch
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Hell yeah. Everyone should watch the series on that pesky Corsican. 🎉
In short: Russia left WW1 because it was in the interest of Russian Communists (Bolsheviks) who took power in November 1917 ( = Oktober revolution, they used different calendar) The Bolsheviks' priority was to win a civil war against their domestic opponents, not to fight in WW1.
excellent point and important to understanding events to follow.
Yes, just like Germany left WW1 in 1918 because they had other priorities.
Not to mention, the Bolsheviks came to power thanks to Germany in the first place. Germans sent Lenin back to Russia to start a revolution
Even if it's not entirely wrong, it's misleading: The Russian revolution happened to begin with because Russia was ruined and starving. Russia had to give Germany a lot of valuable land with 1/4th of their industry (!) and 1/4th of their population. That's no small loss, that's complete defeat.
Lenin promised to end the war, and delivered.
The Epic History TV Napoleonic Wars series is a must watch! Easily the best history series on RUclips although it is long!
Alexander the Great by Epic History TV is really good aswell
This was super fun to react to again with people/ community. Epic HistoryTV is always worth a rewatch with some peeps, if even random.
The Napoleonic series (all of them) from Epic are amazing, it's absolutely their best work and they are well aware of it. Hate him or love him, this dude has a truly unbelievable life. There's no syfi out there that quite compares to him.
His political/ military genius is one thing, being probably the luckiest human ever time and time again is truly hard to believe.
Epic has them a bit separated, so it can be confusing at first glance but if it's any help to future videos;
-Battle of Toulon (independent video)
- Napoleon in Italy (5 part series)
- Napoleon in Egypt (2 part)
- Napoleons Coup (independent video)
- The actual Napoleonic series playlist (from Emperor to Downfall + Waterloo)
- The battle of Eylau (independent video on a battle that was skimmed over in the playlist and made after the series was done)
Lotta content to do, but it's incredible history to know. Learn alot more independent story telling in the Napoleon as well series.
I can"t agree more
my grandfather fought in WW1. Even though he was born in America, Chicago. German parents immigrant’s. so he was stationed in Arizona in the cavalry. He latered always how angry he was because he was an American. My grandfather was born in Chicago from a German family. but the fires in Chicago destroyed his birth records. So he helped the American troops in whatever way he could. My grandfather was amazing. I still miss him. I thought he was amazing. Later my father landed father German descent, landed on the beaches of Normandy. and survived.
My Oldest Great Grandpa served in World War One. Henry Otto Grill Private First Class United States Army 1895-1979. I was born in 1997.
I also bet your grandfather was relieved to have his boy home and alive.
More epic history!! My favorite reactions and awesome videos
This is a longer series but it would be absolutely amazing if you could do Epic History’s Napoleon series.
Regarding Lettow-Vorbeck: after the war, He fell on hard times (like most soldiers). His adversary, Spee, petitioned the British govt to provide him with a pension. The British govt agreed and provided Lettow-Vorbeck with a pension.
You should do a review of the “Red Barron” fascinating story, from his history to his controversial death… There has been considerable discussion and debate regarding aspects of his career, especially the circumstances of his death. He remains one of the most widely known fighter pilots of all time, and has been the subject of many books, films, and other media. To this day he’s probably one, 21:23 if not the greatest Pilot Ace who ever lived.
My Grandfather fought at Ypres, The Somme, Vimy Ridge, Amiens and in The Hundred Day Offensive at The D.Q. Line. He was wounded four times but survived the war. Sadly he never escaped it.and he continued to have nightmares of what happened to him and his friends on The Western Front until he passed away in 1981. Deas Gu Cath
Loved the series guys it was really informative. Great reaction as usual guys and Peace out 🙏 ✌️ ☮️
I read a statistic that said at Verdun, the longest battle, they estimate 1000 rounds of artillery fell per square yard of the battlefield. Unbelievable.
The complexity of WWI, marked by empires either clashing or forming alliances, muah, love it. People are still people.
A Canadian pilot shot down the Red Baron. The Canadians captured the hardest German strong hold of Vimy Ridge. You guys should watch the documentary of the Memorial at Vimy Ridge. The French gave the land to Canada for all time.
Not true. He was killed by AA gun. Pretty common knowledge.
So much conjecture over who killed him, however most historians now agree he was killed from AA fire from the ground due to the evidence of entry and exit wounds of the bullet...
I would highly recommend you guys watching "World war 1: The Seminal tragedy" by Extra History. It's a 4 part series and goes very well through the lead-up to ww1 and gives more depth and insight on how it all went down.
I would argue that the United Nations has actually done a lot of good, sometimes they are involved in arms like we’re doing you with Ukraine, but they are fighting themselves and in the Middle East we’re trying to negotiate humanitarian relief as well as peace treaties, but you have to remember that when two parties are at war Nobody can actually force them to do anything they don’t want to.
Gavrilo Princip changed the world forever
My great grandfather Thomas Joseph canny was a lighthorseman at Beersheba in the first world of famous charge of Beersheba in first world war 31st Oct 1917 and you should do a reaction of famous charge of the lighthorseman at Beersheba in first world war
I agree such a significant battle opened up the liberation of Gaza
As you are Canadian's, you should watch a video of the WW1 Battle of Vimy Ridge.
Alexander the Great from Epic History should be next.
In 1919 Foch said that it was merely an armistice for 20 years not a peace
World War 1 officially ended on November 11th 1919
World war 2 officially started on September 1st, 1939
Just two months and 10 days before exactly 20 years went by day for day
The guy just knew that the treaty of Versailles was a horrible one and he had the competence and expertise to foresee the consequences of that treaty
As Canadians, you should react to The First Nations soldier who was the most deadly sniper in the Canadian Army in WWI. His name was Francis Pegahmagabow
To better understand the things that you guys were unsure of, I would suggest watching EpicHistory, Oversimplified, and whoever else you've watched in the past, specifically about Napoleon, Franco-Prussian War, Sino-Japanese War, Russian Revolution, and Otto von Bismark to get a better understanding of everything that led up to this.
Excellent discussion by you two after the video. Footnotes: Adolph Hitler was a Corporal fighting in France. A Communist revolution was happening in Russia - Civil War took the leaders' attention. WWII was, to many Europeans, Germans, and including Hitler, inevitable. WWII was fought by the same principle nations as was WWI. More history videos please. Too few know enough history - or any.
Cheers.
You should react to Sabaton’s song The Red Baron, animated video. Gives a brief overview of his bravery mixed with some heavy metal.
Amazing how many countries it took to beat Germany .
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS IS THE BEST SERIES U HAVE TO WATCH IT make sure to watch it in chronological order
Btw the austro-hungarian empire, austrian gran duke, ruled over an empire with most people not being austrian and most of the thinking went to Austria and Hungaria And for a lot of its century long existence there diress. So imo if they didn't partition Austria-Hungary then, there would be a partition in the future that might have not been so civil.
Napoleonic wars got to be next .. I mean it's a must
Please do more Epic History episodes.
Charles Schulz, the Peanuts cartoon creator called Snoopy the Red Baron when he flies sitting on his dog house pretending to be a WW 1 aviator.
No, Snoopy imagines himself fighting the Red Baron. The Red Baron shoots Snoopy's doghouse down each time.
There are German war graves, mainly aircrew, throughout the U.K. from WW2. The Germans honoured allied aircrew in the same way with full military honours.
You should react to "World War I Every Day Army Size", it's just one single 10mins video and it would be a good complement to that series. You would see why the western front, and maybe the eastern front, were central in that war.
12:08 The Christmas truce and burial of the Red Baron
Now is a good time for "Snoopy and the Red Baron" AND "Snoopy's Christmas." I'm not kidding.
Nice reaction series. I would like to see more in that direction on your channel.
Constructive feedback:
You misunderstood the thing with Poland: They didn't stop to exist for the duration of WW1. They stopped to exist for a HUNDRED YEARS before re-emerging as a nation after WW1.
Further: You seem not to watch the terrible drone videos on a daily base from the Ukraine war, what I can perfectly well understand, because they are horrific. In short: No, there will be no second display of respect, like seen in the funeral of the Red Baron.
More Epic History please. The Napoleonic wars😊
Hello Phil & Sam, I thought I'd suggest something a bit different, if interested. "The Berlin Wall: How Communism Turned East Berlin Into A Prison State" (by the channel: The Fat Electrician) --The Fat Electrician is a popular content creator known for his humorous and educational videos on military life and equipment. And (IMO) a great storyteller (but with historical facts) 😏And as always, I enjoyed hanging out learning new stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Even though the armistice took effect at 11 am on November 11, there were still over 10,000 casualties that day, including over 2,700 killed. Everyone knew it was over, the documents were signed 6 hours earlier and still, all that suffering and death. And, the fighting in some parts of the world drug on for months and months.
you two need to watch the movie "lawrence of arabia". good movie. loved living in the desert.
Love the History content
you should definitely do the Napoleonic Wars by the same channel
if you want you can watch World War Two animated: Western Front 1940 by Eastory if you want to continue to watch history videos
"The fallen of WW2" is good one to start with as far WW2 is concerned .Its on RUclips .
React to epic history Napoleon serues
Napoleon series next by the same channel!
The Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918 is past down into the US Marine Corps' folklore/history because of the Marines' tenacity nicknamed the 'Devil dogs' by the US press put up against the Germans.
Later, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of WWI General John J. Pershing quoted of the US Marines: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle."
Break up of empires creating national borders with little regards to ethnic population is prettymuch what made WWII inevitable. You could almost consider wwi and ii as a single war given there was not hardly a minutes peace between them. Recommend looking up time ghost histories series between two wars where they cover in great depth the period between them.
Poland didn’t exist from like 1796-1807 and 1815-1918
u must see the post war in the (The Great War Channel) the war isn't over until the fighting STOPS and that happens 1923
I LOVE the way this videos spends just 10 seconds on the most important part of WWI. When those US Marines charged across that wheat field during the battle of Belleau Wood. They suffered 5000 casualties in 5 minutes, but did they stop, NO! (Semper Fidelis my brothers.) They rolled up the Germany line in that sector which started the general collapse of the German army on the western front. The Devil Dogs will never be forgotten. Not a criticism of your reaction, I enjoy them.
React napoleonic wars by epic history!
allied pilots in the begining were not given parachutesas it was deamed by allied commanders that the pilots would jump out of there planes at the sight of the enemy.So pilots had three choices if there plane caught fire jump to there death , burn alive or if they had a revolver shot themselves.One last thing somewhere in france there is a cemetary were the first and last soldiers killed in ww1 are buried six feet away from each other i think
A shame Epic History never did a World War 2 video
It's in the planning stages at the moment!
Lenin, the first Communist leader of the United Soviet Socialist Republics, was brought to tsarist Russia by the Germans. He had been living in Switzerland. As part of his release, he had to pull the nation out of the war. The Bolsheviks then had to battle what became known as the White Army to gain control of the former tsarist empire. By 1922, the USSR was formed with 12 republics, including Ukraine and Belarus.
My deceased grand father Laurie Jones Sr took bayonet in guy France trenches from German WW1
React to napoleon's series now 🎉
Do epic history on napoleon
Lots of soldiers died from Spanish influenza as well in 1918. Do a video on that
Way to order them around instead of asking.
Hey! Get your fingers out of your hairy azzz.
You are forgetting the millions who died of spanish flu . I think it was over 20 million, where peoples health was at an all time low
Semper Fi.
do ww2 next ❤
The reason Russia pull out of the war was because they are in a state of civil war at this point in 1918
Hell... If you want to know about WW I, buy the PBS documentary "The Great War'.... You'll thank me later...
If you want to do a WW1 and comedy combined reaction you should react to the fourth series of Blackadder called Blackadder Goes Forth.
It's only 6 half hour episodes but if you don't want to do the whole series then there are clips on RUclips other reactors have reacted to already.
I'd start with Advanced WW1 tactics with General Melchett if I were you. Here's the link
ruclips.net/video/rblfKREj50o/видео.html
React to History of Russia
And with the arriving Americans they brought the "Spanish" Flue with them.
There's always a lame complainer.
@@kbrewski1 Who? You?
@MrBoombast64
No, you Mr Boomy Complainer.
@@kbrewski1 LOL! Agitaded much?!
How weird must it feel to one day be part of Russia or Germany, and the other day being an independent country.
Slavs, Poles, Czechs, etc probably despised Germany and Russia etc all along, they lived together in regions and communities by ethnicity for the most part.
Guess I'm the first comment on a last video of a series
Almost a million dead in Russia and Ukraine Combined 😭😭😭
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I think you're fine what actually happened in the end is that the German army say it said to the Kaiser the one of the generals had basically told the Kaiser that the German army will return to Germany but at the same time the German army know how long has a confidence in the Kaiser soda kaiser was basically told also by the military that it had he had to abdicate it doesn't say anything about Mr Wilson demanding that's one of the conditions for peace
Unfortunately this episode isn't accurate, the allied offensive on the western front started at the battle of Hamel with the Australian 1st army the US, British and Canadian troops under the command of Sir John Monash (Australia's greatest general) who invented modern warfare and ended trench wars. Oh and the surrender of the Ottoman Empire happened after the fall of Beersheba which withstood the attack of 60 thousand British troops, it wasn't until 800 troops of the Australian light horse charged the lines and claimed victory.
I love how these wacked Australians chime in on these history and War videos and basically claim that the Aussies won every major significant battle by themselves. It's hilarious. In the WWII video, there was some goomba claiming that the Aussies won all the Pacific battles with Japan,not the US. I couldn't stop laughing for a month.
@@kbrewski1 it's called history fool look it up!
@@kbrewski1 yeah and you still can't rebut what I said in the last WW2 video can you? I'm still waiting.....
Ohh that's right I forgot your American so facts and history don't matter just the BS propaganda. Come on now bring it on clown rebut all my claims.
@@kbrewski1 oh that's right you still haven't rebutted my "claims" have you and I've noticed that you deleted your comments on my last post...why? Is it because you couldn't prove me wrong hmm?
Aren't you the same fool who thought victory was measured in lives lost hahaha 🤣😂 go learn some bloody history mate.
@@matthewburgess1406 Anzacs lose in gallipoli then in iraq Battle of kut in iraq beat british army Turkish war freedom battles that against that treaty Atatürk come this era Ottomans vs russia italians greek Armenian australia new zealand french british that survive for turks were pushed enemies then ww2 changed world history for end colonial european empires.
All modern wars, including WWI & WWII, are about RESOURCES nothing else.
And those RESOURCES are in black and brown countries.
SAYING war is about terrorism is VERY naive.
Then you don't understand middle East Muslim Radicals and their wacked religious beliefs. You might want to read a book or 2, or watch some documentaries on why 9/11 occurred. Straight from the Radical Muslims mouths.
German is really a big guy powerful and very strong people like bruh ...
Oh the Napoleonic Wars from this very same channel has got to be next. It's worth your while
I second this. The Napoleon series by Epic History TV is my favorite history series on RUclips.
Please do more Epic history,there are other great series from epic series..that one about Napoleons marchals is GREAT....Im sure you guys would like it..:)
24:00 The combined effect of WW1 and the Spanish Flu means 1918 is widely thought to be the only year that the world's population went into reverse since the Black Plague of the 1300's.
People think this modern era is apocalyptic, but no doubt 1914-1918 Must have truly felt like the end
I enjoyed this guys , please more Epic history tv, you guys are perceptive and it is one of my favorite channels
1) The new communist government of Russia signed that treaty which was very favorable to Germany because they knew the Russia people desperately wanted peace, and they hoped that ending the war with Germany would make the communists more popular in the Russian Civil War that had just begun. Also, the communists assumed as a matter of faith that the "inevitable" global socialist revolution was just around the corner, at which point they believed national borders wouldn't matter much, or even exist.
2) In 1918, the military-led German government hid that the situation was getting increasingly worse. The surrender came as a shock to civilians, even though they were nearly starving. In the years of suffering after the war, the civilian and military leaders who ended the war came to be known as the "November criminals" who had "stabbed in the back" the German people. This lie was a large part of Nazi propaganda, and you can guess which group of people they believed had conspired to persuade Germany's leaders to surrender.
3) At 16:14, that rail carriage would be used again. When the French surrendered in 1940, they were made to sign the documents in the same carriage where Germany had surrendered in 1918.
4) There was criticism of Allied generals for launching utterly pointless attacks on November 11, 1918, in the hours before the ceasefire they knew was coming. It's estimated that there were 11,000 casualties on both sides, including 2750 killed.
5) The Paris Peace Conference did try to draw the new borders in central and eastern Europe as fairly as possible. Because of the intermixed ethnic population patterns, as well as historical claims by one country to territory of its neighbor, it was impossible to satisfy everyone. Naturally, the Allies tended to lean in favor of peoples who had supported the winning side. For the territory of the former Ottoman Empire, the boundaries were drawn with little or no concern for who lived where, thanks to the racial and colonial attitudes of the time. Perhaps it wouldn't have mattered if more of the nations of the Middle East were prosperous democracies, but they aren't. The civil wars in Iraq and Syria in this century have been fueled by the ethnic and religious hostilities among their people.
6) The Treaty of Versailles was resented by Germany, but it's too simple to say it caused WW2. There were several years in the 1930s, when a growing Nazi Germany was still weak, that France and UK could have used more effective diplomacy or even military force to enforce the parts of the treaty that were being violated and possibly end the rule of Adolf, but they lacked the political will to do so. Winston Churchill said the two world wars and the peace in between were a "second Thirty Years' War" (the first was a religious one in 1618-1648). A second war might have been inevitable.
Russia was about to face civil war that would kill millions. Also many in Russia wanted an end to the war as quickly as possible. Remember that the army of Russia had stopped fighting long before the official treaty. (Basically Russia was collapsing and quality of life was rapidly deteriorating)
do Napoléon Bonaparte in italy, but start with toulon. epic history fyi
Answering your doubts as to why Russia withdrew from the war. Russia was coming through an internal crisis even before World War I, and its army was not capable of facing a war with the countries of Europe, this demonstrated in the War with Japan in 1905, in which the Japanese defeated the Russians. During World War I, Tzar Nicholas (the leader of Russia at the time) became very involved with the military and failed to attend to the needs of his people, causing the people of Russia, especially the peasants, to want Russia to leave the war and for Tzar Nicholas to resign his position. Lenin, who was exiled in Switzerland, was brought to Russia thanks to Germany taking advantage of the internal crisis so Lenin could realize his dream of communism, and this was useful to Germany because Lenin wanted to withdraw Russia from the war because he considered it "a capitalist war". Once Tzar Nicholas abdicated, a provisional republic was created in Russia but they wanted to continue the war, therefore, Lenin spread his desire to take Russia out of the war and this convinced the peasants, workers and also the Russian army. Lenin took control of Russia and signed the armistice with the countries of the central alliance, they gave up their territories and Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania emerged as independent countries. As World War I continued the "White Army", a counterrevolutionary group, was formed, the western countries joined this group because they wanted to put an end to communism. France, Great Britain, Japan, China, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Romania,Greece and the United States went to support the White Army but the Soviets were victorious in the Russian Civil War (1917-1923).
Victorious no the powers against Russia were just tired of fighting and Russia was contained. The communist kill over the years millions of the Russian people were is the victory.
Please watch the video about the “Navajo code talkers” it’s so interesting.
Since you just learned of the Red Baron here is the good song for you to react to. "Snoopy vs the Red Baron"by the Royal Garden.
Pls react to the suez crisis by epic history tv next.
BARS & BARBELLS, Dude, your videos are fire. Wanna collab?
I've watched all 6 parts of your reaction and you guys are absolutely clueless about this major historical event that is WW1, to me it's shameful, you're Canadian and don't even know the history of your own country, you seem to also praise the supposed almightly American superpower, while at this time this country wasn't a major player at all, and became one thanks to the huge profits it made during this war, selling supplies to the western allies while staying neutral until the last months of the war.
But I don't blame you, I rather blame your education system, American cultural propaganda, and Canada's inability to do the work of remembrance so that its children who fell on the field of honour, and the reasons why they fell, are not forgotten.
About Russia lefting the war: The country was torned apart after the revolution with many factions struggling for power, so the communist were forced to concede land for peace in order to focus on solidifying their power and reconquer the territories later (wich they mostly did, some after the war, others later in 1939)
You should react Napoleons First Campaign by Epic History
Love these reactions. I think after the war series are done you have to check out Jeremy Clarkson’s What it takes to win The Victoria Cross and also The Greatest Raid of All. If you haven’t already.
World War I was known as the "War to end all wars." The term, originally from the 1914 book The War That Will End War by H. G. Wells), is now mainly used sardonically, since not only was World War I not history's final war, but its aftermath also indirectly contributed to the outbreak of the even more devastating World War II.
Concerning Poland: The Kingdom of Poland was carved up by Prussia, Russia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the second half of the eighteenth century. From 1795 to 1918, Poland ceased to exist.
You did not have family members fighting. In WW2 my. Father was German descent. German was WWII. shot by a German sniper Ironicaly. They were incriedible. my Grandfather was william percy. Freise.
I think your thinking of NATO and not UN possibly, I could be wrong.
There are a lot of conflicting reports about who shot down The Red Baron
The League of Nations never succeeded in serving as a check on empire-building or in enforcing international law and norms. It was never truly representative of the nations of the world, and countries largely ignored it. That began with the United States, which did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and did not join League, even though the U.S. president had been the one to propose it. The U.S. Senate was dominated by isolationists, who saw the treaty and the League as an opportunity to hamstring Wilson politically as being too out of touch with U.S. affairs. btw/The United Nations is fatally flawed because of the composition of the Security Council. The permanent members (U.S., UK, China, France and Russia) are constantly at odds over world affairs, and they possess a veto to block all action on global security matters. It is not the UN versus everyone, it's the fatal division within the UN that renders it inert.
The deaths were much larger because of the pandemic, which probably helped spread it because of the war. You should do a video about the 1917-1918 pandemic, which is called the "Spanish Flu", because the first press release about it happened in Spain, but it's unknown where it started and is debated to this day, as there was an outbreak in a US army barracks around the same time period. It's just another interesting historical event from that time period and is even more interesting as it started almost concurrently with the end of the war.