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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
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    Prior, Robin and Trevor Wilson. Passchendaele: The Untold Story. 2nd ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
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  • @TheArmchairHistorian
    @TheArmchairHistorian  Месяц назад +132

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  • @sonnyjim5268
    @sonnyjim5268 Месяц назад +1087

    "By the time the town was captured, it had lost all strategic significance". That sums up most of WW1.

    • @user-fr6tt6hb7k
      @user-fr6tt6hb7k Месяц назад +14

      Город потерял стратегическое значение - любимая отговорка Украинских политиков.

    • @thefrenchbaguette919
      @thefrenchbaguette919 Месяц назад +43

      ​@@user-fr6tt6hb7kIt's true in most situations when all that remains of a city is rubble defending it has little benefit in addition if fortifications have been made in rear defending a destroyed city is useless

    • @Chosen_Ash
      @Chosen_Ash Месяц назад

      @@thefrenchbaguette919the land is worthless to russia anyways

    • @user-fr6tt6hb7k
      @user-fr6tt6hb7k Месяц назад

      @@thefrenchbaguette919 да ,но надо учитывать что перед каждым началом обороны города украинцы говорят ,что этот город сломит русских, уничтожит их армию.А по итогу ВСУ получают по полной программе и отходят с огромными потерями,а наши войска с меньшими потерями в город заходят.А также нужно учитывать что каждый город это дороги , ЖД пути и даже после штурма они не потеряют свое значение в войне.

    • @chloeholmes4641
      @chloeholmes4641 Месяц назад

      ​​@@user-fr6tt6hb7k tell me vatnik. How's the kharkiv offensive doing? Last I heard vovchansk is still not in total russian control!
      How many soldiers does it take to "liberate" a settlment that sued to house tens of thousands that now has no strategic value whatsoever?
      Facts don't care about your feelings. Stop reiterating peso propaganda from Scott Ritter! 🤮

  • @lampshadehitman6771
    @lampshadehitman6771 Месяц назад +922

    One side of my family is German, and the other is English. My family on both sides fought on the western front. Little did they know 90 years later, they would go from fighting one another to joining arms in marriage.

    • @Cosmo-hw1cd
      @Cosmo-hw1cd Месяц назад +35

      Coincidence,one side of my family is German other is English

    • @lampshadehitman6771
      @lampshadehitman6771 Месяц назад

      Must be common i guess​@@Cosmo-hw1cd

    • @somkeshav4143
      @somkeshav4143 Месяц назад +36

      WW2 must have been awkward then

    • @lampshadehitman6771
      @lampshadehitman6771 Месяц назад +41

      @somkeshav4143 most of my German family left during or after ww1. I'd rather be blissfully unaware of what the young German men who stayed did during the second world war.

    • @somkeshav4143
      @somkeshav4143 Месяц назад +7

      @@lampshadehitman6771 valid opinion

  • @ConstantineTheEmperor562
    @ConstantineTheEmperor562 Месяц назад +1739

    LETS GO ANOTHER UPLOAD WHILE I EAT A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH!

  • @mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936
    @mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936 Месяц назад +325

    It’s weird how WW1 had a more apocalyptic vibe than any war prior or since.

    • @melancholymelon5316
      @melancholymelon5316 Месяц назад +47

      Definitely. Probably cause of how long the battles were in ww1. While ww2 was devastating, the battles weren't as dragged out most of the time, whereas in ww1 areas were shelled for months and years without much advance.

    • @bloodyair269
      @bloodyair269 28 дней назад +24

      Modern weapons used with old school tactics

    • @RyujinNoKami
      @RyujinNoKami 24 дня назад +13

      Because of technological shock with how deadly weapons have become while military doctrines have been practically stuck many decades back causing unnecessary loss of human life due to barely effective strategies and tactics

    • @garretrasmussen5253
      @garretrasmussen5253 11 дней назад +1

      Ever heard of the Iran Iraq war ?

    • @mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936
      @mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936 11 дней назад +2

      @@garretrasmussen5253 most people haven’t, but that one also had a lot in common with WW1.

  • @NegiTaiMetal011
    @NegiTaiMetal011 Месяц назад +436

    "In a foreign field, he lay
    Lonely soldier, unknown grave
    On his dying words, he prays
    Tell the world of Passchendaele
    Relive all that he's been through
    Last communion of his soul
    Rust your bullets with his tears
    Let me tell you 'bout his years"
    - Paschendale, by Iron Maiden
    "Thousands of feet march to the beat
    It's an army on the march
    Long way from home
    Paying the price in young men's lives
    Thousands of feet march to the beat
    It's an army in despair
    Knee-deep in mud
    Stuck in the trench with no way out"
    - The Price of a Mile, by Sabaton

    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 Месяц назад +20

      I love that Sabaton song.

    • @terranboot9405
      @terranboot9405 Месяц назад +24

      The historian in me takes history very seriously and with respect but I still hear iron maiden’s guitar rift when I hear paschendale.

    • @hebakewolf
      @hebakewolf Месяц назад +2

      I love that Song. It is a really sorrow song

    • @0Zolrender0
      @0Zolrender0 Месяц назад +4

      Both awesome songs about an awful battle.

    • @hebakewolf
      @hebakewolf Месяц назад

      @@0Zolrender0 yea like Gallipoli or Hearts of Iron

  • @TristanOlea-Rivera
    @TristanOlea-Rivera Месяц назад +618

    “The British army had lost its spirit of optimism. All that remained was a deadly sense of depression among the officers and men.”-Phillip Gibbs a war journalist at passchendal

    • @Stokie.Mount007
      @Stokie.Mount007 Месяц назад +16

      By 1917, Britain literally carried the heaviest weight on the WF. And by 1917, most of the men deployed were 16-19yo.

    • @Hunter-tn7og
      @Hunter-tn7og Месяц назад

      @@Stokie.Mount007 What do you mean they carried the heaviest weight?

    • @jonataspereira1691
      @jonataspereira1691 Месяц назад +17

      @@Hunter-tn7og That they did most of the fighting between 1917 and 1918, which is true, they deployed the largest number of divisions and soldiers. 4.5 million in all.

    • @urmum3773
      @urmum3773 Месяц назад

      @@Hunter-tn7ogcry

    • @Hunter-tn7og
      @Hunter-tn7og Месяц назад +5

      @@jonataspereira1691
      You're completely wrong, both of those categories go to France. France had close to 30 more divisions of men than Britain did and was also involved in some of the heaviest fighting of 1917 and 1918. French divisions had to be sent north to pad out the British lines during the German offensive in the spring of 1918 for example. As well France had the largest amount of men on the western front when the armistice was signed even though Britain had been transferring troops away from the front with the Ottomans to the western front through most of 1918

  • @jammyscouser2583
    @jammyscouser2583 Месяц назад +166

    October 12th 1917, New Zealands darkest day. 0.1% of the countries entire population was wiped out that morning in those muddy fields

    • @woodliceworm4565
      @woodliceworm4565 29 дней назад +7

      An AB CLass Locomotive - which now runs as a heritage train in NZ- is fully restored, It was originally named Paschendale in respect to the rail employees who, as soldiers lost their lives in that action. Many tourists ask why the name - it is a task to explain it - The train can be seen mostly in the lower North Island, at its base in Paekākāriki The full war history can be found at Te Papa.

    • @LeviBarnard-gl8xm
      @LeviBarnard-gl8xm 27 дней назад

      Erm wut Dur sigma?

  • @zetectic7968
    @zetectic7968 Месяц назад +143

    You overlooked the very good Passchendaele: The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917 by Lyn Macdonald with its quote "We died in Hell, some called it Passchendaele"

  • @neilhannan5112
    @neilhannan5112 Месяц назад +530

    Everyone forgots how horrifying WW1 was 😢 and everyone focuses on WW2 instead

    • @georgefalcon14
      @georgefalcon14 Месяц назад +65

      Well WWI was much less covered or shown less in video format in comparison to WWII, also if you mean on YT well it's a USA made app, and the USA was much more involved in WWII, that may be why WWII is much more covered or understood, especially when it comes to the USA

    • @1977Yakko
      @1977Yakko Месяц назад +62

      A lot less footage of WWI. No surviving vets of WWI. Less U.S. involvement in the war as well so less remembered here in the U.S.
      When the last WWII vet dies, I wonder how much that war will fall into faded memory as well.

    • @neilhannan5112
      @neilhannan5112 Месяц назад +37

      Also did you know Toilken the writer of Lord of the Rings was inspired by battle of Somme because he fought in it as a soldier it's reference in the two towers when frodo Sam and gollum travel to marshes the mud and swarm was like during the battle

    • @vincentxu4709
      @vincentxu4709 Месяц назад +7

      Maybe because the world in ww2 were more involved than ww1

    • @Brownducklingg
      @Brownducklingg Месяц назад +6

      If you see videos that describe napoleon's wars it's horrible

  • @chinook-pg7eb
    @chinook-pg7eb Месяц назад +152

    There is a map in battlefield one based on this battle. It was part of the apocalypse DLC and looks amazingly horrific with mud, gas, fire and craters everywhere

    • @Gunther_The_Brave
      @Gunther_The_Brave Месяц назад +4

      Yeah it’s quite scary

    • @methheadtrucker4124
      @methheadtrucker4124 Месяц назад +6

      Also don’t forget the livens projector

    • @lLIBER4TORl
      @lLIBER4TORl Месяц назад

      Is that the nightime one with the red glow?

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 Месяц назад

      Yes

    • @BigJoe2.0
      @BigJoe2.0 Месяц назад +1

      That map was one of the worst ones due to its difficulty. Between hard to see enemies due to terrain and poison gas it definitely wasn't fun lol

  • @nathansullivan4433
    @nathansullivan4433 Месяц назад +93

    This is a crazy coincidence for an upload, I was in Passchendaele just a few days ago! I highly recommend WWI enthusiasts visit Ypres, Belgium, as it houses several WWI museums and memorials, including the “In Flanders Fields Museum”, the Last Post, and the Passchendaele Museum for WWI.

    • @6Pokefan9Hatt
      @6Pokefan9Hatt Месяц назад +6

      bro I think we went on the same trip

    • @howiehall4622
      @howiehall4622 Месяц назад

      Stupid Flanders.

    • @nathansullivan4433
      @nathansullivan4433 Месяц назад +3

      @@6Pokefan9Hatt Damn, that’s crazy lol! I’m actually in Normandy right now, but I’m heading back to the States soon

  • @rydekk-4644
    @rydekk-4644 Месяц назад +124

    Y'know as a Belgian and living in the region, I still find it hard at times to think about the horrors of that time, especially when I drive through the- now peaceful- areas around the city.
    Even to this day, farmers and building crews find unexploded ordenance, weapons and small-arms munitions, the occasional human remain... Watching these kind of videos, I just wonder what the point of it all was. My deepest gratitude to those who fought for my country back in 1914-18 & 1939-45.

    • @howiehall4622
      @howiehall4622 Месяц назад +17

      Wars are usually pointless sadly.

    • @TrueMortalGaming
      @TrueMortalGaming Месяц назад +1

      if you find, lets say, a WW1 era German rifle are you required to turn it in or are you allowed to keep it?

    • @Jadeerai738
      @Jadeerai738 Месяц назад

      @@TrueMortalGamingprobably not.

    • @TrueMortalGaming
      @TrueMortalGaming Месяц назад

      @@Jadeerai738 lamee

    • @Jadeerai738
      @Jadeerai738 Месяц назад

      @@TrueMortalGaming lmao

  • @teatanks6481
    @teatanks6481 Месяц назад +45

    My great great grandfather was killed during the offensive at Ypres, visited the cemetery he was buried at. Somewhat surreal to stand where he died over a hundred years later.

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 Месяц назад +458

    “I caught my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt through Vietnam!” JRR Tolkien

    • @mikehicks1282
      @mikehicks1282 Месяц назад +42

      Ah yes, you too are cultured

    • @clark1048
      @clark1048 Месяц назад +31

      "And it's hard for me to take criticism on clothes. From a dude who sends a raven to say "hi" to his toes!"

    • @georgefalcon14
      @georgefalcon14 Месяц назад +37

      Sorry to be that guy, but it's "Cut my teeth."

    • @willy-yum5820
      @willy-yum5820 Месяц назад +5

      EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HIIISSSSTORY!!

    • @kevinhekers2380
      @kevinhekers2380 Месяц назад

      Who's next you decide ​@@willy-yum5820

  • @vulture6302
    @vulture6302 Месяц назад +24

    I am only here today as my 18 year old great-great-grandfather slipped over and was on the ground as the men around him were cut down by machine gun fire at passchendaele. He laid in a ditch for 2 days and eventually snuck back to his lines under a rainstorm at night.
    The more tragic thing is he would go on to lose 2 of his sons in WW2.

    • @Ami-jc2oo
      @Ami-jc2oo 26 дней назад

      That's sad that he lost 2 of his sons. I hope he had a good life afterwards.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Месяц назад +13

    My great great uncle fought and died in this battle. He was a private in the British army and served in Flanders. One day he got wounded during the fighting and was taken to a frontline hospital tent for treatment. Unfortunately for him and everyone in that tent, a rogue German artillery shell hit the tent square on. The tent was destroyed and everyone inside was instantly killed

  • @ColeckZz
    @ColeckZz 26 дней назад +7

    "And then the rain began" is how every important Belgian battle starts. Or even the non-important ones

  • @daehr9399
    @daehr9399 Месяц назад +24

    Griffin, I have been an amateur historian of WW1 since I was 19. I'm now 31. This is elating to FINALLY see an Armchair History video on Passchendaele.

  • @MrSwaws
    @MrSwaws Месяц назад +46

    Its allways good when the armchair historian uploads a new video

  • @Corrello88
    @Corrello88 Месяц назад +14

    My great Grandfather was killed the night before this battle on his way to the jump off lines he was hit by a shrapnel shell through his forehead , they found his body after he didn't answer roll call, his brother went through Somme and Ypres and other offensives until 1918.

  • @6Pokefan9Hatt
    @6Pokefan9Hatt Месяц назад +25

    I went to Pashdale not even a week ago. I went to the museum. All I have to say is it was stunning. It had replica trenches and all.

  • @yesman1345
    @yesman1345 Месяц назад +116

    Who remembers the flash game Mud and Blood?

  • @JahJah-CleverHandle
    @JahJah-CleverHandle Месяц назад +73

    “I died in hell, they called it Passchendaele”
    - Sassoon

  • @b1646717
    @b1646717 Месяц назад +27

    " We all had such a good time that we agreed to meet again in 25 years and bring our kids!"

  • @WidgetSkullster-pz6qh
    @WidgetSkullster-pz6qh Месяц назад +12

    I find it so impressive how often they pump out these videos considering how incredibly high quality they area. Great Job Armchair team!

  • @Gballer46
    @Gballer46 Месяц назад +40

    Guadalcanal would be a good episode

  • @Politidoxy
    @Politidoxy Месяц назад +162

    Sabaton vibes
    What’s the price of a mile?

    • @goldosprey
      @goldosprey Месяц назад +5

      Agreed

    • @GarlicPudding
      @GarlicPudding Месяц назад +8

      Iron Maiden did it too

    • @justagoofyperson-zd9pb
      @justagoofyperson-zd9pb Месяц назад +12

      It is not allowed to make a video about this battle without at least one sabaton reference in the comments. Thank you, for giving us that reference.

    • @Politidoxy
      @Politidoxy Месяц назад +3

      @@justagoofyperson-zd9pb it's my honor

    • @goldosprey
      @goldosprey Месяц назад

      @@GarlicPudding they indeed did

  • @MichalKolac
    @MichalKolac Месяц назад +20

    The ground became a quagmire.

    • @CrisisHedgehog
      @CrisisHedgehog Месяц назад +5

      we have to don’t really think about the mud of war. But it’s something fucking different…

    • @MichalKolac
      @MichalKolac Месяц назад +11

      @@CrisisHedgehog gigitty

    • @sevvythe3rd597
      @sevvythe3rd597 Месяц назад +5

      Hey lois

    • @welporajackwelp4899
      @welporajackwelp4899 Месяц назад +5

      Who else but Quagmire

  • @ghost7344
    @ghost7344 Месяц назад +18

    Editor here, thank you for watching! Tell us what you liked/disliked about this video, also hope you guys enjoyed the musical choices for this video, I wanted to go down a more cinematic route, encouraging our sound designer to also go down that way since the artists and animators, like always, outdid themselves in this one. Would you like us to go down the cinematic-documentary route(like this video), or a more casual video style?
    P.S.: I will take my time to try to respond to every question to this comment.

    • @howiehall4622
      @howiehall4622 Месяц назад +7

      Fantastic as usual! I would like to have seen more maps but I'm just a map guy. I would love to see you all do a video on the War of 1812. It's kind of a forgotten war in American history but I think it's interesting that it took place only a couple of decades after US independence. Thanks!

    • @giffordsamuelson2163
      @giffordsamuelson2163 27 дней назад +1

      I am a fan of the cinematic route. Especially for todays subject. I think it depends on what the video is about, but this is a good fit for you guys

  • @Rexzerboi
    @Rexzerboi Месяц назад +14

    Another fine video about WW1!!

  • @user-zq4ls1ml4j
    @user-zq4ls1ml4j Месяц назад +5

    I haven't even watched the video yet and I already know it's gonna be awesome! Ive been binge-watching your channel the last couple days and can only say: Thank you! Absolutely amazing videos you are producing.

  • @miladeskandari7
    @miladeskandari7 Месяц назад +7

    My God this channel has come a long way since a few years ago. Great production quality.

  • @daehr9399
    @daehr9399 Месяц назад +3

    0:33 - 0:50 just want to compliment your team on that fade transition shot from those timestamps. That was REALLY well done cinematography. Wow. This is why you have 2.3 million subs!

    • @ghost7344
      @ghost7344 Месяц назад

      Thanks! We worked hard on this

  • @stoni27
    @stoni27 Месяц назад +6

    I love the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales inspo!

  • @Shiroya_Rumika
    @Shiroya_Rumika Месяц назад +12

    THERE'S A PRICE OF A MILE!

  • @anonymous-uf4hg
    @anonymous-uf4hg Месяц назад +23

    The Canadians played just as big of a role as the Brits for taking Pashendale, and then the Brits took all the credit. The poppy was popularised because of a poem made by a cnadian at Pashendale.

    • @real514
      @real514 29 дней назад

      Your comment is severely underrated

    • @sebdunleavy1608
      @sebdunleavy1608 27 дней назад +4

      the commonwealth contribution is well documented in arguably all accounts of the battle, corroborated by the war memorials for the Canadians and the Anzacs all across France and Belgium. where is your source for the Brits taking all the credit? the very nature of the battle, the absolute destruction it caused would lead few to rush to take credit for it

    • @scottwallace5239
      @scottwallace5239 6 дней назад

      ​@sebdunleavy1608 there is no source other than he made it up out of a weird victim complex that seems pervasive online where 'brits' are the boogeyman going around and not giving credit for any of their acts

  • @ScottSummers-m5l
    @ScottSummers-m5l Месяц назад +29

    As a kid i thought "Passiondale" was a grass, flowers and fruit tree laden fields, hills and streams where pretty ladies wink and blowkisses at relaxing soldiers..
    Then i read ahead..😮

  • @Leavemealone-v3h
    @Leavemealone-v3h Месяц назад +7

    Another banger! keep it up, i love your videos!

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 Месяц назад +6

    Six miles of ground has been won,
    Half a million men are gone...

  • @poisonousbadge126
    @poisonousbadge126 Месяц назад +5

    Keep these vids up! Been here since the beginning, the channel has come so far!

  • @kristian2497
    @kristian2497 Месяц назад +3

    OMG! Been waiting for a good doucmentary on this battle (shockingly few on RUclips). Thank you for your service Griffin 😄

  • @AymanKhan
    @AymanKhan Месяц назад +4

    Really enjoying the new visuals, very striking

  • @cooperchappell8310
    @cooperchappell8310 Месяц назад +4

    Let's gooo! I was hoping you'd cover this!
    EDIT: You should cover the battle of Cambria next.

  • @GageEsterly-us7xm
    @GageEsterly-us7xm Месяц назад +9

    " I died in hell, they called it paschendale"

    • @vincentxu4709
      @vincentxu4709 Месяц назад +1

      Who said this quote?

    • @opinionatortv6457
      @opinionatortv6457 Месяц назад +5

      ​@@vincentxu4709 from a poem by Siegfried Sassoon. Written from the perspective of a soldier who fought and died in Passchendaele

  • @2packrm781
    @2packrm781 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you Griffin for making another amazing upload on WW1 & this was worth the waiting to watch.

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq Месяц назад +3

    The symbolism imagine in this video is Haunting and beautiful.

  • @pheeku6996
    @pheeku6996 29 дней назад +3

    Could you please make a video about the Eastern front of WW1? It's so different from the trenches of the Western front and often overlooked

  • @user-tl5gj9dw4x
    @user-tl5gj9dw4x Месяц назад +7

    0:56 1:04 Them transitions get me in the mood for technical graphics.

    • @ghost7344
      @ghost7344 Месяц назад +2

      Thanks so much! We worked hard on this

  • @cxcarmic
    @cxcarmic Месяц назад +5

    Pure coincidence that I was listeninng to Paschendale by Iron Maiden before I saw the notification for this video.

  • @gregoryjack5080
    @gregoryjack5080 Месяц назад +1

    This was an excellent video. I look forward to using it in my classroom. One of my favorite metal bands named Sabaton, wrote two songs about this battle. The songs are titled Price of a Mile and Great War.

  • @pieterrogge1970
    @pieterrogge1970 26 дней назад

    I live close to Messines and the Messines ridge. The landscape is still very much showing the scars from the mine-explosions. Also: several mines remain burried and undetonated up until today. Their locations forgotten after 100+ years.

  • @davidguedes5857
    @davidguedes5857 Месяц назад +23

    Idk how all of your videos are very fun

    • @beaverdam1199
      @beaverdam1199 Месяц назад +2

      ?

    • @2packrm781
      @2packrm781 Месяц назад +2

      It's because of the animations, the level of depth reading into the history, asking for other ppl's help with making these uploads, & doing check ups with YT viewers on what to upload next.

    • @ROMANTIKILLER2
      @ROMANTIKILLER2 Месяц назад +4

      "Fun" is an interesting choice of words.
      But interesting, engaging, and well put together, for sure.

  • @messier-8165
    @messier-8165 Месяц назад +6

    Cool story, Thanks Armchair!

  • @donaldhambright969
    @donaldhambright969 29 дней назад +2

    Great presentation...thank you

  • @maximilianodelrio
    @maximilianodelrio Месяц назад +14

    I was literally just looking up videos about this battle haha

    • @spiffygonzales5160
      @spiffygonzales5160 Месяц назад

      Ever notice how that seems to be the case?
      There all in on it. Historinatti confirmed! 🧐

  • @Shinyworldwide
    @Shinyworldwide 23 дня назад +1

    The battle of passchendaele if very close to my aunt. In fact while looking out over her backyard you can see where the german line was and where the british line was.

  • @sap_phys
    @sap_phys Месяц назад

    Thank you for keeping the memory of WW1 alive on your channel. Lots of other history channels have moved on to other subjects, but I can never get enough WW1.

  • @Yoo-Kang
    @Yoo-Kang Месяц назад +12

    How far our society has gone in warfare. From sticks and stones, to drone warfare. We are truly an interesting species when it comes to survival and war.

  • @rustyshackleford5269
    @rustyshackleford5269 Месяц назад

    My great grandfather was an Engineer in WW1. I wish I knew more about him. Like what battles he saw and things he did. My grandfather was a WW2 vet. I wish I had enlisted. I'm 38 and still look up to my Grandfather as a bad ass. I never got to talk to him about his life. He passed when I was a kid.

  • @StephenMackay-hx1bp
    @StephenMackay-hx1bp Месяц назад +1

    My Great Grandfather was an infantryman at Passchendaele. He survived but most of his toes didn’t. They were lost to trench foot.
    He was transferred to the Labour Corps at the end of 1917.

  • @MichaelWarman
    @MichaelWarman Месяц назад +2

    5:12 I've been to one of those enormous craters. It's a surreal experience. There are trees growing in the crater that don't reach out of it.

  • @vhallis
    @vhallis Месяц назад +6

    That thumbnail goes hard

  • @-Nameless-NO
    @-Nameless-NO Месяц назад +2

    This is the definition of hell

  • @dragonstarv8154
    @dragonstarv8154 24 дня назад +1

    “6 miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone!” -Sabaton

  • @grilledpanini22
    @grilledpanini22 Месяц назад +2

    Great video. The music is also awesome.

    • @ghost7344
      @ghost7344 Месяц назад +1

      Thanks, I wanted to go cinematic on this one!

  • @noliebowtie1315
    @noliebowtie1315 Месяц назад +1

    I actually got the My Heritage kit because Paul Joseph Watson was sponsored by them. I was kinda surprised by my results. For sure worth doing if you don't care about your DNA privacy.

  • @skm4459
    @skm4459 29 дней назад +1

    Great episode!

  • @jacksontaylor290
    @jacksontaylor290 Месяц назад +1

    One of your best vids right here 💪🏻

  • @jarrellfernandez9341
    @jarrellfernandez9341 Месяц назад +3

    Was waiting for this one.

  • @thefrontlines-hl5td
    @thefrontlines-hl5td Месяц назад +1

    Let's go I have loved you making these WW1 videos more often keep up the good work

  • @nucleja
    @nucleja Месяц назад +1

    the animations are next level in this one! love it!

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Месяц назад +1

    Never heard of this battle before.
    I learned something new.

  • @SteelFlesher
    @SteelFlesher Месяц назад +5

    Yall need to play To The Trenches

  • @GratedCheddar-zu3pc
    @GratedCheddar-zu3pc Месяц назад

    I remember that one of my great, great Grandfathers fought in Flanders. All that my family knows of what happened is that he went missing.

  • @aLl-soRTs-vw67
    @aLl-soRTs-vw67 Месяц назад

    haven’t seen your content in ages, love your videos and the way you animate them, it’s really nice

  • @xangarvey
    @xangarvey Месяц назад

    I lost several family members in this battle, two of whom (distant uncles) were not formally identified and repatriated until 2018. It was a very sombre day for us, knowing our own kin had suffered such an unspeakable fate.

  • @FoardenotFord
    @FoardenotFord 54 минуты назад

    Slowly sinking in mud that’s filled with human waste, decomposing bodies, and poison gas, has to be one of the worst ways to die in WWI.

  • @michelvondenhoff9673
    @michelvondenhoff9673 Месяц назад +1

    Passchendaele museum in Zonnebeke highly recommended.

  • @gamingledgens2112
    @gamingledgens2112 Месяц назад +3

    What music was user in this video? Its really good.

  • @austenfalk6018
    @austenfalk6018 12 дней назад +1

    "Hell isn't fire, hell is mud"

  • @stealthfinger
    @stealthfinger Месяц назад +3

    And then it started to rain. Says it all really.

  • @jayssonjefferson4389
    @jayssonjefferson4389 Месяц назад +1

    Great video

  • @Falkriim
    @Falkriim Месяц назад +3

    Great video. Good stuff

  • @NaviRyan
    @NaviRyan Месяц назад +1

    Did ancestry dna test mom says her grandma came to Canada from Russia. However the dna test came back 31% Scottish 19% Irish 15% English/north west European, 33% German and 2% Sweden/denmark. What I believe the explanation as to why their is no Russian is mom’s Russian family were most likely Volga Germans who mostly kept to themselves and obviously aren’t in Russia anymore. Mom’s grandmother left during the Bolshevik revolution and could speak German.

  • @Type_shi
    @Type_shi 26 дней назад +1

    1.6 million shells fired in 20 days is really crazy holy shi

  • @michalblusk4240
    @michalblusk4240 25 дней назад

    I find the discord group of yours really amazing, just wanted to say that

  • @Tisrok
    @Tisrok Месяц назад

    "One shell a second for twenty days" Absolutely terrifying. Calling it hell would have been a severe understatement.

  • @redhutsgaming3067
    @redhutsgaming3067 Месяц назад

    I went to Ypres with my class a year or so ago and there are still unstable tunnels with active explosive under the ground. They can’t disarm them due to the tunnels being overflowed with water.
    The remaining trenches and craters are really cool to see but somewhat scary due to the explosives under the ground.

  • @williamgreer9482
    @williamgreer9482 Месяц назад

    I wrote an article back in 2017 about Passchendaele and the memory of WW1 (I won't post the link b/c I'm not sure its appropriate?). Anyway, I love this video! Really well done.

  • @seanoconnor8843
    @seanoconnor8843 Месяц назад +1

    I remember some the old boys of the Lancashire Fusiliers who fought at Paschendale

  • @DOAIG
    @DOAIG Месяц назад

    Just a random fun fact, the ANZAC corps used to call Ypres "Wipers" because alot of the troops had trouble pronouncing the name.

  • @EpicJoshua314
    @EpicJoshua314 Месяц назад

    Would love to see a video about the Ice City in the Marmolada Glacier during WW1.

  • @SamwiseOutdoors
    @SamwiseOutdoors Месяц назад

    Thanks, I'll be looping "Passchendaele" by Iron Maiden for the next six weeks.

  • @hoofgripweightlifting6872
    @hoofgripweightlifting6872 5 дней назад

    I’m a gun nut second amendment supporter. I really like the details on the British Enfield and German Gewehr rifles. Well done.

  • @user-wz6jc9wt4l
    @user-wz6jc9wt4l Месяц назад +1

    PLS do Battel at Jutland

  • @pokefan-ix7sh
    @pokefan-ix7sh Месяц назад

    4:49 fun fact: the explosion can be heard as far away as british isles and a whole of europe (close) and some parts far from europe

  • @ChinaBallOfficial
    @ChinaBallOfficial Месяц назад

    Another Armchair Historian banger 🔥🔥🔥. No matter how much you hate me Griff, I will always support

  • @UnknownSoulGuy
    @UnknownSoulGuy Месяц назад +3

    6 miles of ground have been won... half a million men are gone...

  • @jasondrouin3255
    @jasondrouin3255 Месяц назад

    DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE “MUD & BLOOD” FLASH GAME!?!? Greatest flash game ever