Ah yes, Chemin Des Dames, Valiant Hearts had a rather memorable level based on the battle and it didn't shy away from the carnage. The image of using body's as cover to cross the battlefield as your friends get mowed done is hard to forget. I can't imagine how horrible it had to be for the French to eventually mutiny all across the front.
Oh glad someone else remembers that underrated masterpiece. It really made feel like I was losing my mind. The first time the loading screen mocked me it totally got me off guard, its one of the best uses of a non joking forth wall break that's unnerving.
Man how can anyone forget that level, I remember watching a play through being horrified, then playing it years later with such disgust. Amazing game and definitely a horrifying moment for my ancestor's country
Went to a hearing clinic today to have my ears sorted. Got talking to the consultant and we got onto the average age of his clients. Turns out Harry Patch one of the last British ww1 vets was a client of his a few years back. Told me about how at 109 years old he was still doing his ears. Showed me a photo and has Harrys actual poppy in his office. Was so in awe to know he had met and treated such an amazing man. We chatted a little about ww1 and Harry whilst doing my treatment. Harry was a quiet but fortright man who said the generals should have been sent to fight eachother not everyday men. Harry passed away in 2009 but what a life he had.
Muzz UK Have you read "All quiet on the Western Front"? The part about wanting the generals to fight it out themselves reminds me of a passage where the soldiers talk about how those who really want the war, like politicians and generals should just fight with sticks in a circus while the people can watch them and eat cotton candy. For some reason this is one of the most memorable parts of the whole book
I know right? They are doing 100% exactly what I hoped someone would do. Explain the war in semi-real time. The past couple years have given me a different perceptive on the war which I really appreciate.
IKR they gave me sense of time. The war (show) started at the same time as my last (4th) grade in highschool. Now I'm almost done with 2nd year in college and the war is still going strong, as is the show. And this is the smaller and shorther one of the two world wars. WW2 was 50% longer. If they ever do this for WW2 I feel as if by the end of it I'll have my first grandchild.
@That Guy @nate dean @Artur M. Indy Niedell and his team have stated many times that they do not plan on doing a series on WWII due to the fact that it is a very extensive subject and it's already been covered by many, *many* documentaries. They're thinking more seriously about doing a series on Korea as it's a personal favorite of Indy's, and hasn't been covered nearly as well or extensively.
que Dieu benisse ton heros d'arriere grand-oncle. Pas une famille francaise n'est revenue de la Grande Guerre sans avoir ete ampute d'un membre de famille
Modern man cannot comprehend the carnage of The Great War. This channel does a great job in helping us try to understand it and to appreciate the sacrifices of so many doomed young men.
- Say Pierre, where shall I put the fuel tank on this tank? - Put it at the front, Claude. - Shall I put armour on it too? - Non, Claude, it will be fine. - Mon dieu Pierre, you are a genius. Seriously though, did this conversation happen?
On one hand you could say "this was all new, no one knew what a tank was supposed to really look like or do"- on the other hand......DUUHHHHHH! lets put a poorly armored box full of flamable liquid UP FRONT where the enemy would NEVER shoot at it...
Monsieur! where are we supposed to put the highly flammable and explosive fueltank on our new tank? Well on the front of course! the enemy would never expect it!
Unfortunately (or rather fortunately) the French allowed Nivelle only one try. The Italians let Cadorna try again 12 times ! Nivelle never had the chance to compete...
If losing a battle means the general was Cadorna, then could we also call Hindenburg and Ludendorff German Cardona as well? Or Rommel Desert's Cardona?
Yes, what he did was the immense fault of our army... well, one of many but certanly the biggest. As an italian i say that cadorna was unsuit for his role and too arrogant as most of the officers ( and as sometimes still are); nontheless our soldiers achieved in patching up what incompetent officers did, for that we remember the soldiers efforts and not so much the strategies of officers. Except for the reform of General Diaz that introduced more humanity in the ranks.
It's not about winning or losing, it is about being unable to learn from the clear evidence of what was happening around him, it is about being a shortsighted, dogmatic, outdated piece of a human being. In one word, it is about being incompetent. No, I don't think Nivelle reaches Cadorna levels. Which isn't to say he was good at his job, either...
"Every word of dissent, Nivelle had rejected; every plea to reconsider - from Petain Painleve and his own generals - he flung them to the wind, wildly confident of his belief in Germany's imminent defeat. 'No consideration should intervene of a nature to weaken the élan of the attack' Nivelle said on 1 April. By then, Nivelle was beyond recall to a saner world" - Paul Ham (Passchendaele, 2016)
''Sir, where do we put these fueltanks on our armoured machine?'' *Rubs moustache* ''Well, private, surprise is the key to victory in war.'' ''Put them at the front! They'll never expect that!''
The opening music like it belongs in a tragedy scene then again in a way WWI was a tragedy. Fun fact: In WWII Hitler ordered the SS to guard memorial to prevent it from being defaced.
FINALLY. I discovered this channel through History Buffs back in Nov. 2016. Since then I've watched each weeks video! I love this channel and I can't wait to enjoy it week by week with the rest of you. Finally caught up with everything! Keep up the good work!
Hey Indy Thank you so much for what you've been doing. This is Bloody April, it's time to talk about Werner Voss, Albert Ball,Billy Bishop, Georges Guynemer, Rene Fonck and my favorite Charles Nungesser. Keep up.the Good Work
Maybe some people think Canadians fought with sticks against german tanks rather than advancing after a well done barrage. Or they think Nivelle had the right idea but his soldiers were not up to it. You never know what preconceptions people have.
Good morning Indy and crew, I really love your content and I hope your channel expands even further. I have a question, what did the soldiers mainly use for entertainment, of course they played cards and stuff but were they provided with tobacco and alcohol, or with board games etc. thank you as always for the amazing work.
Depending on frontline, time and logistics involved, the soldiers were supplied with tobacco and alcohol on a regular basis. Sometimes even with simple boardgames yes. Other than that they wrote. A lot. Some three or four letters a day. But life in the trenches was more often than not extremely dull and depressiv.
I'm new to this channel and hooked. I can only imagine how much research is involved in all your videos. Thanks for making learning history so much fun.
This channel is what I always wanted historical war education to be like in the sense that it is done chronologically. In school we talked about WW1 for like a day or two, and aside from trench warfare and the Allies winning I couldn't have told you a thing.
4:15 I have NEVER heard a soldier speak maliciously and mutinously of their leadership, much less hear them referred to as a "MASS MURDERER". Frankly he's not entirely wrong- the offensive might've gone better if they didn't have gas tanks.... on the front....
Question for Out of the Trenches: I did a mini-biography on Dexter Perkins, and I learned that he served in France in the US Army's Historical Section. Thing is, I had never heard of the Historical Section. They did not bombard the Germans with vicious history quizzes, they just saved documents. It made me wonder what other little-known sections were part of each countries' armies 100 years ago? Thanks for all your fantastic work!
The Germans were more in favour of leaving memorials alone but changing the surroundings subtly as a symbolic message. For instance the statue of the Maréchal Foch in the Glade of the Armistice was left standing but the surrounds were ravaged (a kind of 'look how useless your victory was') while at Verdun they liked to drape the French memorial in the swastika or march past ('Yes we did pass'). However an Australian memorial at Mont Saint-Quentin I think, showing an Anzac 'slaying' the German eagle was pulled down in 1940
Indi, Love the show! You mentioned in this episode the impromptu Easter celebrations between Russian and German Troops. Like most, I was aware of the more famous Christmas truces on the Western front but this was something new to me, and most enjoyable to learn. You did however mention that Easter had been the week before... but without mentioning the reason why they would have been celebrating on the 15th at all. This might leave some viewers with the impression that there was something rather odd about this event. Certainly any ceasefire would have been "odd" ... but, as an Orthodox Christian, I must say that the date of this celebration on the front was only perfectly natural! The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates "Easter" on a different calendar reckoning than do Western churches and nations. This is true of nearly all Eastern Orthodox Christian Communities and they typically call the celebration "Pascha" rather than Easter. For the Germans the 1917 Easter had indeed been on April 8th, but it looks like they were more than happy to come out of the teaches to help the the Russians celebrate the Holy Resurrection, a week later, on April 15th. Cheers, Zachary, a fan of the show
Picked up "Poilu" by Barthas based on this shows say so and its amazing. If you're watching this show you would love the book. Thanks Indy, Flo and everyone else.
I'd like to hear more details about that as well. I don't know if the flotilla had any impact on the war, but Japanese involvement in Europe deserves more than just one sentence of comment.
Surprised how some videos have gone for the 10 minute mark for extra ad revenue (I'm not complaining, this channel deserve it imo) and some like this are 6 seconds from it. I think you should extend the intro for it personally :P
That last quote regarding on whose side of the line the sons of bitches actually were, was a much needed and very welcome bit of comic relief in amongst the continueing carnage and devastation.
I've worked my way through late 1915 so far in your excellent series and learned a great deal from it. Keep up the good work! Also, may I suggest, "after the war is over," this format of presenting history would be well applied to the English Civil War/War of the Three Kingdoms. That conflict was similar in its level of political and social complexity (with multiple countries, cultures, religions and agendas at play) and, like the Great War, can't really be adequately described in the traditional 1-2 hour documentary format. Hope you'll consider that subject matter at some point!
Every time when I watch one of these videos and you name casualties, its just INSANE. These numbers are making me sick! 40000 there 5000 over there. It almost sounds like it is nothing 'it's only 5000' but think about that 5000 people damn..
Why was Nivelle, whose incompetence seems unanimously recognized, a simple artillery colonel at the start of the war, so quickly promoted and appointed, in 1917, to supreme command? Did he even design the attack plans for the Chemin des Dames, for which he is accused? And to what extent and for what reasons was the offensive a failure? Is Nivelle really responsible, as rumor has it, for the events which would lead the French army to the edge of the abyss? Did he have more contempt for human life than other generals?
I have a question for out of the trench's. In the treaty of Versailles one of the things banned was the unification of Germany and Austria. This seems oddly specific. Were the two countries likely to unify due to them losing so much in the war. I hope my question makes and thank you for reading!
I have two questions (maybe for Out of the trenches): What are these big "pipes" the german and ottoman soldiers are holding in the pictures at 6:24 and 7:49 ? Are these early Anti Tank weapons? Second: Were artillery pieces that were relativ useless in trench warfare due to low firing angles (like the french Canon de 75) used against tanks?
1. They are rangefinders / binoculars 2. The Germans used the Feldkanone or Minenwerfer in direct fire against tanks. Deadly in theory but anti-tank doctrins were still not established.
I'm especially interested in how Japan's military evolved from this point on in its history. They had actual experience of fighting a great power before the war, the Russo-Japanese war 1905.
Hi Indy, if i remember correctly, there were also Russian volunteers divisions participating in the Chemin-des-Dames offensive. Being involved in this butchery and learning at the same time what was happening in their country, how would they have felt ? That may be an interesting subject for an "out of the trenches"
I see in one of the images used in this video a German soldier using what looks like a bazooka or some other such anti armour weapon. Can you elaborate on their use at this point in the war?
Greetings from France to Indy and The Great War crew, you're making a great job ! I was wondering, could you make a "who did what in ww1" episode about Charles de Gaulle ? Keep up the good work !
I've been to the cemetary in Arras and the place with all the Canadian trees. Both were bigger than I could ever imagine, but I guess that was modern war :(
Well, you could say that Caporetto was the best thing that could happend to the Italian Army in WWI. Not only did it remove Cardona and shame the whole Army into reforms, it also put the Austrian Army in a new position where they had neither enough troops to hold nor courage to retreat from.
Any chance on a special about Bloody April? I'd be fascinated to see you guys cover the see-sawing battle for design supremacy of each side's fighter aircraft. The Albatross D.III debuted around this time didn't it?
I'm not sure what they were expecting after the first use of tanks. For the Central Powers to *not* prioritize the metal death machines for counter-barraging?(Defensive barraging?)
This is such a wonderful series about WWI. I was wondering if it would be possible to please do a segment on the Crown Prince Wilhelm. the Kaiser's son. Thank you.
Great episode on more tragic fighting. It is interesting that there was an Easter break or "truce" perhaps the Central powers were starting to loose some control in the ranks?
One thank you very much Indy and crew.Two could you cover the progression of tattoos during the war? I was researching a German tattoo artist that migrated. I found it all interesting.
Over 35,000 lives lost by the Allies in a single battle (not to mention how many the Germans and their allies lost)...good God, that is carnage on a level that I don't think any of us in modern times can comprehend.
Dear Indy, why the description of the Ottoman Battles are much shorter and less in information ? what exactly happens in first and second battles of Gaza ? the British was defeated yes but who were the commanders ? the weapons used on both sides ( specially the ottomans ) ? is there any German support ? what is the tactics ? etc !
Hi Enjoy the show just wanted to ask you more info on The (Attack on the dead). It took place in Poland when German troops tried to take a fort but failed all 3 times what happened after that event
Have you done an episode on the treatment of captured military personnel in different regions/ countries involved in the war? It would be interesting to see how the Russian treatment of captured soldiers compared with German, English, French, Italian or Ottoman treatment. All the best.
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"Disaster of extraordinary magnitude" is really a good summation of the Great War.
Yeah, no, the Great War is much worse.
That and much more.
Lions led by Donkeys
Ah yes, Chemin Des Dames, Valiant Hearts had a rather memorable level based on the battle and it didn't shy away from the carnage. The image of using body's as cover to cross the battlefield as your friends get mowed done is hard to forget. I can't imagine how horrible it had to be for the French to eventually mutiny all across the front.
Tyler Bioshock R They should make a review of such a great game.
pun intended
I would agree, it was quite a great underlooked game from 2014.
Christ that game broke me emotionally.
Oh glad someone else remembers that underrated masterpiece. It really made feel like I was losing my mind. The first time the loading screen mocked me it totally got me off guard, its one of the best uses of a non joking forth wall break that's unnerving.
Man how can anyone forget that level, I remember watching a play through being horrified, then playing it years later with such disgust. Amazing game and definitely a horrifying moment for my ancestor's country
Went to a hearing clinic today to have my ears sorted. Got talking to the consultant and we got onto the average age of his clients. Turns out Harry Patch one of the last British ww1 vets was a client of his a few years back. Told me about how at 109 years old he was still doing his ears. Showed me a photo and has Harrys actual poppy in his office. Was so in awe to know he had met and treated such an amazing man. We chatted a little about ww1 and Harry whilst doing my treatment. Harry was a quiet but fortright man who said the generals should have been sent to fight eachother not everyday men. Harry passed away in 2009 but what a life he had.
He surely did.
Muzz UK Have you read "All quiet on the Western Front"? The part about wanting the generals to fight it out themselves reminds me of a passage where the soldiers talk about how those who really want the war, like politicians and generals should just fight with sticks in a circus while the people can watch them and eat cotton candy. For some reason this is one of the most memorable parts of the whole book
No I havent I have read Harrys book and a few ww1 stories and diaries. I must pick up All Quiet and Louis Barthas diaries.
I am so happy there is a educational channel about World War 1.Keep up the good work.
I know right? They are doing 100% exactly what I hoped someone would do. Explain the war in semi-real time. The past couple years have given me a different perceptive on the war which I really appreciate.
IKR they gave me sense of time. The war (show) started at the same time as my last (4th) grade in highschool. Now I'm almost done with 2nd year in college and the war is still going strong, as is the show.
And this is the smaller and shorther one of the two world wars. WW2 was 50% longer. If they ever do this for WW2 I feel as if by the end of it I'll have my first grandchild.
Nikola Bačić i actually asked if they would continue the show into world war 2. no answer =(
+Nikola Bačić I agree, comrade!
@That Guy @nate dean @Artur M. Indy Niedell and his team have stated many times that they do not plan on doing a series on WWII due to the fact that it is a very extensive subject and it's already been covered by many, *many* documentaries. They're thinking more seriously about doing a series on Korea as it's a personal favorite of Indy's, and hasn't been covered nearly as well or extensively.
Mr. Little has a point there. I really like this end quote.
Very true words...
My Great Granduncle was killed in this disastrous offensive.
François Collin
Private
99th Infantry Regiment
No. 12308
1897-1917
Interesting
Sorry for your family's loss.
@@828enigma6 Thank you.
Lest we forget
que Dieu benisse ton heros d'arriere grand-oncle. Pas une famille francaise n'est revenue de la Grande Guerre sans avoir ete ampute d'un membre de famille
Japanese in the Mediterranean.. sounds like a hearts of iron game hahaha
true
"Italy has capitulated to Japan"
Grrr the AI and their obsession with naval invasions.
It's pretty real thought. 14 destroyers.
Better yet, the Allies land and capitulate Austria-Hungary in 1916. (Great War mod)
Hard to imagine 70 thousand combat deaths in a day.
Similar to the Battle of Cannae.
Modern man cannot comprehend the carnage of The Great War. This channel does a great job in helping us try to understand it and to appreciate the sacrifices of so many doomed young men.
The Russian Ukraine war in 2022 has only causaulties in 10 k in total.
@@stevensamuels4041 it’s not a war it’s an offensive operation
@@andrestyles4Its a war.
- Say Pierre, where shall I put the fuel tank on this tank?
- Put it at the front, Claude.
- Shall I put armour on it too?
- Non, Claude, it will be fine.
- Mon dieu Pierre, you are a genius.
Seriously though, did this conversation happen?
Bullets are slowed down by water, fuel acts like water, it's like having liquid armour !
Yes. This was modern artillery with Alot of old fashioned battle manouvers. Carnage ensued
On one hand you could say "this was all new, no one knew what a tank was supposed to really look like or do"- on the other hand......DUUHHHHHH! lets put a poorly armored box full of flamable liquid UP FRONT where the enemy would NEVER shoot at it...
"Put it in the front! They'll never suspect a thing!"
Am I the only one who loves the room in which he records himself? :)
He doesn't, they have a production team.
The set is awesome though.
Man cave idea!
The Blue Mapper I love you're videos man after Daniel and Bob you are my fav
Thanks
Monsieur! where are we supposed to put the highly flammable and explosive fueltank on our new tank? Well on the front of course! the enemy would never expect it!
What difference did it make if you put them in the rear? That some crew member would block the projectile? LOL
McDragoneer You can say they were anticipating a retreat...
English Mk I tanks had the fuel tanks at the exact same spot. They were not stupid, there must have been an engineering logic behind this.
Tell me how the French inevitably managed to win the war by retreating ?
France won by choosing good friends...
Robert Nivelle, the French Cadorna.
Unfortunately (or rather fortunately) the French allowed Nivelle only one try.
The Italians let Cadorna try again 12 times ! Nivelle never had the chance to compete...
If losing a battle means the general was Cadorna, then could we also call Hindenburg and Ludendorff German Cardona as well? Or Rommel Desert's Cardona?
Yes, what he did was the immense fault of our army... well, one of many but certanly the biggest. As an italian i say that cadorna was unsuit for his role and too arrogant as most of the officers ( and as sometimes still are); nontheless our soldiers achieved in patching up what incompetent officers did, for that we remember the soldiers efforts and not so much the strategies of officers. Except for the reform of General Diaz that introduced more humanity in the ranks.
It's not about winning or losing, it is about being unable to learn from the clear evidence of what was happening around him, it is about being a shortsighted, dogmatic, outdated piece of a human being. In one word, it is about being incompetent. No, I don't think Nivelle reaches Cadorna levels. Which isn't to say he was good at his job, either...
christorq86 is Cadorna the new Hotzendorf?
"Every word of dissent, Nivelle had rejected; every plea to reconsider - from Petain Painleve and his own generals - he flung them to the wind, wildly confident of his belief in Germany's imminent defeat.
'No consideration should intervene of a nature to weaken the élan of the attack' Nivelle said on 1 April.
By then, Nivelle was beyond recall to a saner world"
- Paul Ham (Passchendaele, 2016)
I am enjoying learning about the Nevelle offensive.
Im glad to have this indepth look at WWI. It has really helped in my ability to understand what is going on in Ukraine right now
''Sir, where do we put these fueltanks on our armoured machine?''
*Rubs moustache* ''Well, private, surprise is the key to victory in war.'' ''Put them at the front! They'll never expect that!''
You forgot the "hon hon hon" at the end lol
The opening music like it belongs in a tragedy scene then again in a way WWI was a tragedy.
Fun fact: In WWII Hitler ordered the SS to guard memorial to prevent it from being defaced.
FINALLY. I discovered this channel through History Buffs back in Nov. 2016. Since then I've watched each weeks video! I love this channel and I can't wait to enjoy it week by week with the rest of you. Finally caught up with everything! Keep up the good work!
I have been to the war memorial at Vimy Ridge and truly it is a remarkable place. I would recommend seeing the beautiful war memorial there.
The casualty numbers for all these offensives - ever since the very start of the war - are just mind-blowing. I can't even comprehend it.
That's what you get when you have a bunch of callous old farts take charge of an army.
At 6:24 it looks like a AT-4 or Carl Gustaf
Hey Indy Thank you so much for what you've been doing. This is Bloody April, it's time to talk about Werner Voss, Albert Ball,Billy Bishop, Georges Guynemer, Rene Fonck and my favorite Charles Nungesser. Keep up.the Good Work
Who dislikes these videos? Conrad Von Hotzendorf maybe?
His descendants, of course
Nivelle and Cardona's relatives as well.
Maybe some people think Canadians fought with sticks against german tanks rather than advancing after a well done barrage. Or they think Nivelle had the right idea but his soldiers were not up to it. You never know what preconceptions people have.
It's probably Cadorna
Maybe Luigi Cadorna? He never did get along with anyone who disagreed with him.
Good morning Indy and crew, I really love your content and I hope your channel expands even further. I have a question, what did the soldiers mainly use for entertainment, of course they played cards and stuff but were they provided with tobacco and alcohol, or with board games etc. thank you as always for the amazing work.
William Lag Reading books
Depending on frontline, time and logistics involved, the soldiers were supplied with tobacco and alcohol on a regular basis. Sometimes even with simple boardgames yes. Other than that they wrote. A lot. Some three or four letters a day. But life in the trenches was more often than not extremely dull and depressiv.
Great video! Thanks!
It's nice how you included trivia about the war cemetaries the french "gifted" to the canadians. Love it.
I'm new to this channel and hooked. I can only imagine how much research is involved in all your videos. Thanks for making learning history so much fun.
When one thinks Pétain had warned about that offensive...And that the best results will be on his sector...
Well spoken, Private Little :)
The last part was very sad
This channel is what I always wanted historical war education to be like in the sense that it is done chronologically. In school we talked about WW1 for like a day or two, and aside from trench warfare and the Allies winning I couldn't have told you a thing.
4:15 I have NEVER heard a soldier speak maliciously and mutinously of their leadership, much less hear them referred to as a "MASS MURDERER".
Frankly he's not entirely wrong- the offensive might've gone better if they didn't have gas tanks.... on the front....
Thursday is the highlight of my week. Keep up the good job you are doing with this important piece of history.
I learned this by playing valiant hearts
what weapon is the german soldier using in 6:27 looks like a bazooka
Question for Out of the Trenches: I did a mini-biography on Dexter Perkins, and I learned that he served in France in the US Army's Historical Section. Thing is, I had never heard of the Historical Section. They did not bombard the Germans with vicious history quizzes, they just saved documents. It made me wonder what other little-known sections were part of each countries' armies 100 years ago? Thanks for all your fantastic work!
GREAT!
👍👍👍
Hey, thanks again for naming me as the Supporter of the Week!
Were any of these WW1 Memorials in France destroyed during WWII, needing to be rebuilt?
The VImy memorial was undamaged. There is a Wikipedia article about he memorial which has a paragraph about WW11's effect on it.
The Great War Kind of a shame the German military didn't have a similar amount of respect for places like Guernica :/
The Germans were more in favour of leaving memorials alone but changing the surroundings subtly as a symbolic message. For instance the statue of the Maréchal Foch in the Glade of the Armistice was left standing but the surrounds were ravaged (a kind of 'look how useless your victory was') while at Verdun they liked to drape the French memorial in the swastika or march past ('Yes we did pass'). However an Australian memorial at Mont Saint-Quentin I think, showing an Anzac 'slaying' the German eagle was pulled down in 1940
After hearing these casualty statistics, it's unfathomable that anyone even survived the battle, let alone surviving the whole war...
2:37 either an deserter running in the opposite direction, or maby he dropped a piece of equipment...
Indi, Love the show!
You mentioned in this episode the impromptu Easter celebrations between Russian and German Troops. Like most, I was aware of the more famous Christmas truces on the Western front but this was something new to me, and most enjoyable to learn. You did however mention that Easter had been the week before... but without mentioning the reason why they would have been celebrating on the 15th at all. This might leave some viewers with the impression that there was something rather odd about this event.
Certainly any ceasefire would have been "odd" ... but, as an Orthodox Christian, I must say that the date of this celebration on the front was only perfectly natural!
The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates "Easter" on a different calendar reckoning than do Western churches and nations. This is true of nearly all Eastern Orthodox Christian Communities and they typically call the celebration "Pascha" rather than Easter.
For the Germans the 1917 Easter had indeed been on April 8th, but it looks like they were more than happy to come out of the teaches to help the the Russians celebrate the Holy Resurrection, a week later, on April 15th.
Cheers,
Zachary, a fan of the show
Picked up "Poilu" by Barthas based on this shows say so and its amazing. If you're watching this show you would love the book. Thanks Indy, Flo and everyone else.
Its our pleasure.
great show
me and my oldest son like it a lot.
keep them coming.
awesome work
Keep up the good work indi
The subtitles are awesome.
8:45 _Japanese_ flotilla in the Mediterranean? what? how? why?
I'd like to hear more details about that as well. I don't know if the flotilla had any impact on the war, but Japanese involvement in Europe deserves more than just one sentence of comment.
@Donna Sachs Thank you for the information.
Yakhashe I HAVE SO MANNY QUESTIONNNSS
Because this is modern war !
Very nice to hear mention of the Newfoundland Regiment. Great Great Uncle was there at Arras with the regiment.
Surprised how some videos have gone for the 10 minute mark for extra ad revenue (I'm not complaining, this channel deserve it imo) and some like this are 6 seconds from it.
I think you should extend the intro for it personally :P
That last quote regarding on whose side of the line the sons of bitches actually were, was a much needed and very welcome bit of comic relief in amongst the continueing carnage and devastation.
Pointless unending violence...
I've worked my way through late 1915 so far in your excellent series and learned a great deal from it. Keep up the good work! Also, may I suggest, "after the war is over," this format of presenting history would be well applied to the English Civil War/War of the Three Kingdoms. That conflict was similar in its level of political and social complexity (with multiple countries, cultures, religions and agendas at play) and, like the Great War, can't really be adequately described in the traditional 1-2 hour documentary format. Hope you'll consider that subject matter at some point!
If you'd like a good place to go for TGW on tour, I recommend the British Cemetery and memorial at Thiepval on the Somme battlefield
Every time when I watch one of these videos and you name casualties, its just INSANE. These numbers are making me sick! 40000 there 5000 over there. It almost sounds like it is nothing 'it's only 5000' but think about that 5000 people damn..
Why was Nivelle, whose incompetence seems unanimously recognized, a simple artillery colonel at the start of the war, so quickly promoted and appointed, in 1917, to supreme command? Did he even design the attack plans for the Chemin des Dames, for which he is accused? And to what extent and for what reasons was the offensive a failure? Is Nivelle really responsible, as rumor has it, for the events which would lead the French army to the edge of the abyss? Did he have more contempt for human life than other generals?
that was a great quote at the end.
I have a question for out of the trench's. In the treaty of Versailles one of the things banned was the unification of Germany and Austria. This seems oddly specific. Were the two countries likely to unify due to them losing so much in the war. I hope my question makes and thank you for reading!
Austria lost their empire, they became a small country, uniting with Germany was the obvious choice left for the Austrians.
Oh great vid Sir...I liked this A LOT.
Great video Indy and crew.
Thank you!
great video keep them coming
oh man finally I catched up on the war...
5:50 Doggo🐾
I have two questions (maybe for Out of the trenches): What are these big "pipes" the german and ottoman soldiers are holding in the pictures at 6:24 and 7:49 ? Are these early Anti Tank weapons?
Second: Were artillery pieces that were relativ useless in trench warfare due to low firing angles (like the french Canon de 75) used against tanks?
1. They are rangefinders / binoculars 2. The Germans used the Feldkanone or Minenwerfer in direct fire against tanks. Deadly in theory but anti-tank doctrins were still not established.
thanks you very much
You are the best RUclips channel ever your stuff on ww1 is amazing keep it up
Ils ne passeront pas !
Wrong battle.
nope lol
Japanese in the mediterranean ! :O I'd have never known had I not seen this channel :)
Japan special is coming soon - so you might learn even more :)
I'm especially interested in how Japan's military evolved from this point on in its history. They had actual experience of fighting a great power before the war, the Russo-Japanese war 1905.
Hi Indy, if i remember correctly, there were also Russian volunteers divisions participating in the Chemin-des-Dames offensive.
Being involved in this butchery and learning at the same time what was happening in their country, how would they have felt ?
That may be an interesting subject for an "out of the trenches"
They had their own "soviet" established and actually voted if they wanted to join the offensive or not. They voted yes.
I see in one of the images used in this video a German soldier using what looks like a bazooka or some other such anti armour weapon. Can you elaborate on their use at this point in the war?
Optical range finder.
to Indy and crew
what did the royal Marines have in ww1 thank you for the great show
Around 6:30, we see a German soldier with some kind of anti-tank weapon (perhaps) that looks like a form of bazooka. Anyone know what that is
Someone said a rangefinder
at 3:50 what are the soldiers carrying? Is it some sort of camouflage?
Greetings from France to Indy and The Great War crew, you're making a great job ! I was wondering, could you make a "who did what in ww1" episode about Charles de Gaulle ?
Keep up the good work !
Great episode!
I've been to the cemetary in Arras and the place with all the Canadian trees. Both were bigger than I could ever imagine, but I guess that was modern war :(
Conrad for world leader!
Said nobody.
Love this channel. Ps, can you do another special on the trenches, specifically on how each country's trench line varied from one another?
beeing italian and knowing the caporetto offensive is coming...
Well, you could say that Caporetto was the best thing that could happend to the Italian Army in WWI. Not only did it remove Cardona and shame the whole Army into reforms, it also put the Austrian Army in a new position where they had neither enough troops to hold nor courage to retreat from.
We still have two battles for the Isonzo to get through.
And don't forget the Ortigara.
However, the best thing that happened to the italian army in WWI was the russian army...
*sad beep *
I love these vids of world war 1 im in england 5am just bing watching thanks
I'm from Newfoundland so what ever they did in the great war was taught to us in grade 9 social studies and I think grade 10 Newfoundland studies.
Any chance on a special about Bloody April? I'd be fascinated to see you guys cover the see-sawing battle for design supremacy of each side's fighter aircraft. The Albatross D.III debuted around this time didn't it?
I'm not sure what they were expecting after the first use of tanks. For the Central Powers to *not* prioritize the metal death machines for counter-barraging?(Defensive barraging?)
Can anyone tell me what's the tubular thing the soldier to the right is holding at 6:25?
Fuzzy Dunlop That is a coincidence rangefinder
Dear indy, wonder if you visited laon. Should be an interesting spot for your series. Thx
This is such a wonderful series about WWI. I was wondering if it would be possible to please do a segment on the Crown Prince Wilhelm. the Kaiser's son. Thank you.
Thank you! He certainly is interesting and we have some ideas but nothing concrete yet.
No matter what, I'll continue enjoying this series . Again, thank you for such a well done and educational series on WW1.
6:05 - An upside down horseshoe, that's bad luck.
are those some sort of bullet sheild that those soldiers are using around the 3 minute 45 second mark??
Great episode on more tragic fighting. It is interesting that there was an Easter break or "truce" perhaps the Central powers were starting to loose some control in the ranks?
The Russians did for sure.
One thank you very much Indy and crew.Two could you cover the progression of tattoos during the war? I was researching a German tattoo artist that migrated. I found it all interesting.
8:17 looks like a tin opener job.
Will there be a special about the Easter cease-fire? I only ever remember hearing about the Christmas one at the beginning of the war.
Over 35,000 lives lost by the Allies in a single battle (not to mention how many the Germans and their allies lost)...good God, that is carnage on a level that I don't think any of us in modern times can comprehend.
Dear Indy, why the description of the Ottoman Battles are much shorter and less in information ? what exactly happens in first and second battles of Gaza ? the British was defeated yes but who were the commanders ? the weapons used on both sides ( specially the ottomans ) ? is there any German support ? what is the tactics ? etc !
Hi
Enjoy the show just wanted to ask
you more info on The (Attack on the dead). It took place in Poland
when German troops tried to take a fort but failed all 3 times what happened after that event
Have you done an episode on the treatment of captured military personnel in different regions/ countries involved in the war? It would be interesting to see how the Russian treatment of captured soldiers compared with German, English, French, Italian or Ottoman treatment. All the best.
For goodness sake Nivelle, get your army together!
Sir Douglas Haig At least he has an army.
Kaiser Franz Joseph I At least im alive still
The British army casualties seem to disagree.
Kaiser Franz Joseph I Because your casualties were much better
Sir Douglas Haig a
I didn't command my army in practice so yes mine were better thanks Haig for pointing it out.
The basic idea of Nivelle seems sound, just sounds like he was incapable of carrying it out
Hi Indy, I know it is not quite time, but have you spoken about Passchendaele in any of your videos?
French soldiers? More like, bullet sponges. Amazing how much the French high command had wasted lives.
what's that thing the soldier is holding on 6:24?