You can buy "War of the Worlds: Tripods Vs Tanks", the wargame that fits in a card-box, here: www.wargamevault.com/product/461823/War-of-the-Worlds-Tripods-V-Tanks If you enjoy wargames but don't often have the time, money, and patience to set them all up, it's definitely for you! Likewise, if you have any interest in my new book all about privation and suffering across military history, you can find it here: www.nativeoak.org/bookshop
This actually led to the little-known German "Pretend to lob the artillery and then hide it behind our backs" offensive of 1916. The offensive finally pawsed after the soldiers lost interest and began to lick themselves.
I can’t even imagine the potency of the sounds and barrage of noise they had to endure. I guess at some point they’d start to get used to the different sounds and start to tune them out, but still it’d be like having your fire alarm going off your entire workday.
Before I got my first dog, I read about soldiers who took dogs with them on trench raids. That sounded crazy to me, because if the dog barked just once at the wrong time, he would attract snipers and tok emma fire. Then, when I finally got one, I would often walk him at night, especially in summer. It was clear he just instinctively knew he needed to be quiet. He never barks when we're in enemy territory, and he rarely barks at night, even when he's at home. If the door opens unexpectedly (because I didn't shut it all the way) he just gets goose bumps and slowly turns to look at the open door with an anxious expression. He's also the only dog I ever knew who wasn't bothered at all by thunder and lightning. Gus would have made a good war dog, but I'm glad he isn't one.
I haven't stormed trenches with my dog yet, but we have doen alot together and he did help me get through a bad spot in life. Where we go, our four legged friends will be there!
A great story and well told Brandon! I really learned something from this one! Troops "feeding and fussing" over the dogs? Well of course, they're Brits! As I understand it an Englishman will kick his grandmother before he'd EVER kick his dog! 🤣 And something like that warning over "feeding and fussing" carries over to our own time, I'm sure we've all seen people out with service dogs wearing vests asking people to not pet or otherwise distract the dog. Great background, that painting of that artillery position and I was impressed that the artist got the detail of that striped aiming stake out in front of the gun. I don't know how it's done now but aiming stakes were very much in use in the 1970s. Just so everyone knows they don't really "aim" with the aiming stakes, they're really compass reference points. Good show today! Thanks for posting!
@@BrandonF haha it is my dude, I totally agree with you. Your passion for it is infectious which I admire and I believe is a necessary trait in an educator 👍🤙 if I had any sort of $ id totally buy your book to support you. But I did like and I am subscribed 🤙🤙
Great video having cared for dogs with psychological issues as a pet sitter I would imagine Before Prozac and other antidepressants that are sometimes used to lessen the severity of these types of behaviors Being calm and clearheaded would have
Great video having cared for dogs with psychological issues as a pet sitter I would imagine Before Prozac and other antidepressants that are sometimes used to lessen the severity of these types of behaviors Being calm and clearheaded would have helped
On a tangential note, I very much enjoy seeing dog/animal reenactors at events. It reminds us that while the major component of any given period is the human element, our relationships with animals are inherently tied to this as well. If only my own trio of pups travelled well, I think they’d like the attention of being “reenactors” at least 😂.
It's interesting that pigeons have a higher profile as messengers in the war than dogs so, given the usual reputations each of the animals have. Although maybe a video about pigeons some time in future would also be fun.
@@BrandonF pigeons have an amazing history in war. You of course have the messenger variety, But did you know they were also trained to guide missiles?
There may be folks who can resist a video titled "the goodest boys of WW1" - but I don't wanna know 'em. This is more evidence, if it were needed, that we really don't deserve dogs. Great presentation!
There's a RN ships cat that survived three sinkings with his crew. He also had a war against a king rat, lucked his way through a few sea battles using a few more lives and eventually retired with a military pension when he got too slow for mousing.
I find it interesting that the tone described by soldier to the dogs sense of duty to be simply a reflection of the mind of that soldier. And the times that they lived in. They felt that way, and the humans around them felt that way, and so they see that anywhere the look so to say. Also mustard is not a gas it is particulate matter that can be breathed and settle onto skin. It makes quite a lot of sense that the dogs fur could form a protective layer from the mustard. However I don't have an answer to why they might not have been breathing it in
I didn't know dogs had such an important role in war! I had seen the occasional photo but thought they were kept for morale or something along the lines. They're so much smarter and disciplined than I ever thought ☺️🐾
Look up the United States National Dog Cemetery. It's not in Washington DC, New York, or anywhere else you'd expect. It's at Naval Base Guam a stone's throw away from (what used to be) military housing (and some may say impressionable young minds).
All right! Fascinated with both war animals and life and death and death in the trenches so this is great! Hoping for another video on dogs in the Georgian period, too- King Charles spaniels originated from Tudor imports of monastic-turned-palace dogs given between ambassadors, made popular by the Restoration, and in the Georgian period were lapdogs for the aristocracy. Lady can be the host and do the ads Awwwww. Cutest little grunt. I don't think she'd be willing to be part of the impression. Saw a link on my FB feed about the Belgian gun mastiffs. New to me! I had no idea that they existed and Chien de Trait Belge went extinct after the wars. "Tell them about how we're better than radios, Brandon! " Game looks great I was amused by both the animals and soldiers distracting each other. Too cute for their own good. I immediately assumed heavy casualties- man and horse fell heavily in these battles and even a fast, agile dog will still fall to the sheer amount of fire, not to mention being attacked by enemy soldiers. Great idea for a video.
Please consider the stress the keepers were under. Some other bloke takes one of the keeper's dogs off to Hell, and the keeper can only wait for the dog to come back.
I hadn't considered that stress, that's a very good point. I'll have to look through the book again to see if I can't find some examples of such stress.
@@BrandonF You may not find much. Psychiatry was in its early stages during the WWI era. The keepers' anxiety would probably be lumped into the catch all phrase "shell shock," seen as a general response to being in the trenches.
That reminds me of inscriptions on roman dog toombs, i like those kind of topic, however gruesome it might be, those things really break that barrier we ( or at least i) sometimes have, instead heroes bravery defending mother land, villans with more sexism, xenophobia, and classis that one can imagine, savages eating human flesh and sacrificing children, glorious conquerors bringing civilization to foreign lands, noble angels natives living close to nature massacred by evil colonialist, or monsters exploiting people on their own land for profit, for once they're just people... morning loss of their pet, just like most of us once did,
Its for humans already insufferable to endure the cacophony of drumfire, how much more gruelling had it been for dogs who can hear 5x better then us? And then the smell of the WW1 battlefields, and Iam not talking about the smell of death but of chemical weapons but also of the pulverized earth due to said drumfire. Anyway, for the almighty algorithm I leave this here!
I havent got to the end of the episode yet but yeah our pets couldnt find their way home from the end the street but. They couldif trained😊, also my family member had a labrador that could swim fetch and all sorts, sometimes we would send him to fetch then hide and he would find us tail wagging ❤😊
Aye, so sorry for totally derailing the topic of the video, but are you still planning on addressing the "Thomas Jefferson Argument" as you put it in your "Even Worse Arguments About Slavery" video? Love the content, keep up the great work!
You can buy "War of the Worlds: Tripods Vs Tanks", the wargame that fits in a card-box, here: www.wargamevault.com/product/461823/War-of-the-Worlds-Tripods-V-Tanks
If you enjoy wargames but don't often have the time, money, and patience to set them all up, it's definitely for you!
Likewise, if you have any interest in my new book all about privation and suffering across military history, you can find it here: www.nativeoak.org/bookshop
“For king and country….and also the doggy treats!” :- Dog veteran.
The greatest of rewards!
@@BrandonF If I were more talented, you would be getting a box of dog treats shaped like medals.
He takes the King's biscut.
@@masongoser5627 The VC cookie!
I bet more than a few soldiers got doggy treats too...
Military working dogs are so fascinating, touching, and sad. Videos of Vietnam vets talking about having to leave their dogs behind is heartbreaking.
Not to forget the lesser known Cat Corps, who served with distinction by keeping piles of laundry warm for the lads by sitting on them.
o7
This actually led to the little-known German "Pretend to lob the artillery and then hide it behind our backs" offensive of 1916. The offensive finally pawsed after the soldiers lost interest and began to lick themselves.
I see what you did there!...😂
0:05 you can see the 1000 yard stare. Those eyes have truly seen the horrors of war.
I can’t even imagine the potency of the sounds and barrage of noise they had to endure. I guess at some point they’d start to get used to the different sounds and start to tune them out, but still it’d be like having your fire alarm going off your entire workday.
Before I got my first dog, I read about soldiers who took dogs with them on trench raids. That sounded crazy to me, because if the dog barked just once at the wrong time, he would attract snipers and tok emma fire. Then, when I finally got one, I would often walk him at night, especially in summer. It was clear he just instinctively knew he needed to be quiet. He never barks when we're in enemy territory, and he rarely barks at night, even when he's at home. If the door opens unexpectedly (because I didn't shut it all the way) he just gets goose bumps and slowly turns to look at the open door with an anxious expression.
He's also the only dog I ever knew who wasn't bothered at all by thunder and lightning. Gus would have made a good war dog, but I'm glad he isn't one.
I haven't stormed trenches with my dog yet, but we have doen alot together and he did help me get through a bad spot in life. Where we go, our four legged friends will be there!
Brandon; “Dogs had to be fed every twenty….squirrel!”
Why are dogs better? Sometimes your human message runner grows a little mustache, seizes control of the government and starts WWII.
But that human messenger also had a dog companion
what a glorious moustache this good fella on the far right was having at 0:36! I hope he lived a long and prosperous life!
Semper fido!
A great story and well told Brandon! I really learned something from this one!
Troops "feeding and fussing" over the dogs? Well of course, they're Brits! As I understand it an Englishman will kick his grandmother before he'd EVER kick his dog! 🤣
And something like that warning over "feeding and fussing" carries over to our own time, I'm sure we've all seen people out with service dogs wearing vests asking people to not pet or otherwise distract the dog.
Great background, that painting of that artillery position and I was impressed that the artist got the detail of that striped aiming stake out in front of the gun. I don't know how it's done now but aiming stakes were very much in use in the 1970s. Just so everyone knows they don't really "aim" with the aiming stakes, they're really compass reference points.
Good show today! Thanks for posting!
Painting is the Canadians at Vimy ridge IIRC
@@moritamikamikara3879 Thanks!
That boy better get some premium peanut butter
Hi Brandon, been looking forward to this vid ever since you made the Community Post
Hello Brandon. Faithful Yorkshire Airedale dog successfully delivers message "Send three and fourpence in stamps!" plus a wargame in a card packet.
haha I love how "into it" this guy gets lol great job my man!
History is a lot of fun!
@@BrandonF haha it is my dude, I totally agree with you. Your passion for it is infectious which I admire and I believe is a necessary trait in an educator 👍🤙 if I had any sort of $ id totally buy your book to support you. But I did like and I am subscribed 🤙🤙
@@AngelYZ125 That is strong enough support in its own right, and I appreciate it!
Great video having cared for dogs with psychological issues as a pet sitter I would imagine Before Prozac and other antidepressants that are sometimes used to lessen the severity of these types of behaviors Being calm and clearheaded would have
Great video having cared for dogs with psychological issues as a pet sitter I would imagine Before Prozac and other antidepressants that are sometimes used to lessen the severity of these types of behaviors Being calm and clearheaded would have helped
On a tangential note, I very much enjoy seeing dog/animal reenactors at events. It reminds us that while the major component of any given period is the human element, our relationships with animals are inherently tied to this as well. If only my own trio of pups travelled well, I think they’d like the attention of being “reenactors” at least 😂.
Love that the dog from the intro is named lady
This is most interesting I did not realize they used dogs for Messengers I knew they used pigeons but I didn't know they used dogs
It's interesting that pigeons have a higher profile as messengers in the war than dogs so, given the usual reputations each of the animals have. Although maybe a video about pigeons some time in future would also be fun.
@@BrandonF pigeons have an amazing history in war. You of course have the messenger variety, But did you know they were also trained to guide missiles?
@@masongoser5627 not to mention that incendiary bats have been attempted at least twice
You have such an adorable dog Brandon!
Another great video on an interesting topic.
You're back! Glad to have you releasing again.
(P.S Lovely dog!)
Thank you for your work, Brandon.
There may be folks who can resist a video titled "the goodest boys of WW1" - but I don't wanna know 'em. This is more evidence, if it were needed, that we really don't deserve dogs. Great presentation!
Haha that's very kind, thank you! I was definitely surprised at how poorly this video did compared with my usual.
There's a RN ships cat that survived three sinkings with his crew. He also had a war against a king rat, lucked his way through a few sea battles using a few more lives and eventually retired with a military pension when he got too slow for mousing.
what a great cat!
0:37 That guy on the far right should try a different style for his moustache. The one he has in this picture doesn't really suit him.
@@_chew_ Would you prefer his next style?
Wow. I had no idea. Very interesting, and heartbreaking of course. Its war after all.
Nicely done sir 😉👍
Animals are too good for us❤
Love the silliness.
I find it interesting that the tone described by soldier to the dogs sense of duty to be simply a reflection of the mind of that soldier. And the times that they lived in. They felt that way, and the humans around them felt that way, and so they see that anywhere the look so to say.
Also mustard is not a gas it is particulate matter that can be breathed and settle onto skin. It makes quite a lot of sense that the dogs fur could form a protective layer from the mustard. However I don't have an answer to why they might not have been breathing it in
Never have so many owed so.mucj, to so few.
I didn't know dogs had such an important role in war! I had seen the occasional photo but thought they were kept for morale or something along the lines. They're so much smarter and disciplined than I ever thought ☺️🐾
To all of the canines who have ever served or given their lives while doing so, they were the bestest boys. May they Rest in Peace in dog heaven.
Thank you.
They called it "puppy-love" .
Comment to fight the algorithm!
Look up the United States National Dog Cemetery. It's not in Washington DC, New York, or anywhere else you'd expect. It's at Naval Base Guam a stone's throw away from (what used to be) military housing (and some may say impressionable young minds).
I knew today was going to be good
All right! Fascinated with both war animals and life and death and death in the trenches so this is great! Hoping for another video on dogs in the Georgian period, too- King Charles spaniels originated from Tudor imports of monastic-turned-palace dogs given between ambassadors, made popular by the Restoration, and in the Georgian period were lapdogs for the aristocracy. Lady can be the host and do the ads
Awwwww. Cutest little grunt. I don't think she'd be willing to be part of the impression.
Saw a link on my FB feed about the Belgian gun mastiffs. New to me! I had no idea that they existed and Chien de Trait Belge went extinct after the wars.
"Tell them about how we're better than radios, Brandon! "
Game looks great
I was amused by both the animals and soldiers distracting each other. Too cute for their own good.
I immediately assumed heavy casualties- man and horse fell heavily in these battles and even a fast, agile dog will still fall to the sheer amount of fire, not to mention being attacked by enemy soldiers.
Great idea for a video.
Please consider the stress the keepers were under. Some other bloke takes one of the keeper's dogs off to Hell, and the keeper can only wait for the dog to come back.
I hadn't considered that stress, that's a very good point. I'll have to look through the book again to see if I can't find some examples of such stress.
@@BrandonF You may not find much. Psychiatry was in its early stages during the WWI era. The keepers' anxiety would probably be lumped into the catch all phrase "shell shock," seen as a general response to being in the trenches.
This is how they train the messenger ravens in game of thrones. They train them to fly between different castles
"Dog is man's best friend" Horses who rode with us to battles withiut fear in their eyes: Are we a fucking joke to you?
That reminds me of inscriptions on roman dog toombs, i like those kind of topic, however gruesome it might be, those things really break that barrier we ( or at least i) sometimes have, instead heroes bravery defending mother land, villans with more sexism, xenophobia, and classis that one can imagine, savages eating human flesh and sacrificing children, glorious conquerors bringing civilization to foreign lands, noble angels natives living close to nature massacred by evil colonialist, or monsters exploiting people on their own land for profit, for once they're just people... morning loss of their pet, just like most of us once did,
Its for humans already insufferable to endure the cacophony of drumfire, how much more gruelling had it been for dogs who can hear 5x better then us? And then the smell of the WW1 battlefields, and Iam not talking about the smell of death but of chemical weapons but also of the pulverized earth due to said drumfire. Anyway, for the almighty algorithm I leave this here!
I havent got to the end of the episode yet but yeah our pets couldnt find their way home from the end the street but. They couldif trained😊, also my family member had a labrador that could swim fetch and all sorts, sometimes we would send him to fetch then hide and he would find us tail wagging ❤😊
All dogs are good boys and girls.
Not to be dramatic, but I'd fight under Lady's banner.
If I could salute you properly, my furry ones, I surely would.
iirc the French had a cat shot, for fraternizing with the enemy.
Average French punishment
Once again I am reminded that dogs are too good for us
That's a cute dog
Love your channel
You posted them the day my dog got put down
i send you hugs and love for your departed pup x
Im pretty sure my dog would last a lot longer than me in a frontline 😂😂😂
interesting video, not a video I would have expected to see you make
War isn't even fit for mankind
And we brought our dogs with us?
What is it about dogs' anatomy or physiology that makes them so much less susceptible to mustard gas injuries?
Maybe use the beginning with Lady as a short or tiktok to promote this video
14:10 Clack Clack,
Had the same thought.
Does that first photo figure Corporal A. Hitl’ar mustachio?
they also had medical dogs that would go out and look for wounded
Brandon. Were there ever colonial American regiments that served the British army overseas? Europe or any other colonies?
Aye, so sorry for totally derailing the topic of the video, but are you still planning on addressing the "Thomas Jefferson Argument" as you put it in your "Even Worse Arguments About Slavery" video? Love the content, keep up the great work!
Yes, it's just a matter of putting together the script! Too many on my list to do!
@BrandonF fair enough, it's better to have high quality than high quantity! Thanks for the great videos!
will you do a sequel for WWII?
Wheres my boy stubby
Can someone tell me if this includes descriptions of bad things happening to dogs? I think I might sit this one out.
The last section of the video does- I actually give a warning before it gets to that!
@@BrandonF Heh. That's more than someone! Thank you for the reply, and I love your videos.
First child soldiers, now military animals. Tsk tsk tsk, BrandonF's morality is last century.
Epic.
also ..lady..id fight for her
0:37 i believe i just saw Hitler in that photo? correct me if im wrong tho
They were basically just pigeons that didn't fly
:)
Dog spelled backwards is God
Neat.
Gud dogi.
TLDR: 1917 would be way easier when the two blokes would be dogs.
Dogs are animals.
It seems unfair to involve animals in our wars.
I understand why its done, but it still seems unfair.
0:37 hmm...🧐🧐
What's so sus about that picture? It's just some guys and a dog
@@schlieffenman957
Austrian painter on the far right
@@zapatino2401 ohh... oh dear
95th
Change back the title of the video
I'm experimenting because the video isn't doing too well I'm afraid!
Orrible rename
Brandon giving us the history lessons we need and want 🫶🏻🤘🏻