Spain in this time was a mess, Barcelona and some other cities seemed like the Wild West, with gunman's all over the places shooting each other for politic issues.
I would also mention the puny response to Spanish victims of German submarine attacks, famously the musician Granados on the Sheffield in 1916 but also merchant vessels. Also, the large office set up by King Alfonso XIII to locate missing combatants in POW camps. Families from all over wrote to Madrid in a last ditch effort to locate their loved ones, sometimes with success. The office negotiated the release of some celebrities. The office documents have been researched.
Robert Duif Our great musician Enrique Granados died in an attempt to save their wife Amparo. But their boat was the passenger ferry "Sussex" not the "Sheffield". Regards! :)
What if Spain entered the war on the Central Powers side in August 1914? Would France be able to fight in two fronts? Would Italy be more commited to join the war on the Central Powers side? What would have happened?
Well, it would probably end up in a Spanish Civil War during WW1, as Indy explained that the country was deeply divided. In my opinion, I think it would have distanced nations from the CPs, as they don't want to end up like Spain. As for France, they both would probably bog down in the Pyrenees, which may help the Germans gain some ground (say, instead of being along the Ainse maybe they would be along the Marne), but not enough to change the outcome of the war.
It would have gotten stomped, Spain's economy and military were a joke. Not only that, Spain's society was deeply divided between the ruling right and the dissenting left. The Entente would've had a field day igniting rebellions everywhere.
People is saying that the Spanish army at that time was pretty bad and it's true, but it's not that simple actually. Spain had not the power to destroy French armies on the field, but if France had tried to invade Spain, maybe it wouldn't end well for the French. Spain has a very complicated geography with lots of mountains everywhere and has nearly no navigable rivers. Communications are bad and every region of the country is relatively isolated from the others. Militarily speaking, Spain is similar to Afghanistan. Not a great thread but can be very problematic.
Spain was too weak and too internally divided for this. If the Spanish government had joined the Central powers, they'd face a uprising and a Civil War.
Peter Stadlmaier because in this country there are three idioms german italian and french. and french was most talked in these moments, and france was only country that made many business in industries like uniform and weapons with spain and '' suiza''
@@peterstadlmaier3107 , Hispano-Suiza 8 aviation engines were produced in several of the company's factories (in France ... and in Spain), as well as, under license, by numerous companies in many countries of the world (Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and the U.S.).
10:21 That caused a great controversy in the army between the "africanists" (who served in Africa, they wanted more promotions by war merits) and the "peninsulars" (who served in mainland Spain, they wanted a strict order by number of years in service).
You miss King Alfonso's involvement in the Red cross and the welfare of war prissoners. Also de the anarchist's revolts and strikes predate the Great war by at least three years. Spain aldo made a fortune lelling mules and horses to France. The technological advance offered by Spain to France and it's allies was paramount in aircraft engines, the Hispano-Suiza 300 hp aircraft engine was to the Great War what the Rolls-Royce Merlin was to WW II. The Spad and S.E. 5 had hispano engines.
Almost everyone in Spain was pro Allies. Only part of the carlist movement was "germanophilic", indeed, the movement split in two parts because of this. And the Canary Islands have never been a colonial possession.
@RageKomm No crees que colonizar, asi como lo has definido tu, es un termino demasiado amplio que pierde cualquier significado que pudiera tener? Quiero decir, asi como lo has puesto tu, todos los territorios del mundo han sido colonizados por tanto no tiene sentido singularizar un territorio diciendo que fue una colonia, pq todos los territorios son/han sido colonias. Es como decir: esa persona es muy bella, tiene dos ojos nariz y boca. Es decir, afirmar que Canarias fue colonizada no tiene valor, ya que la frase: [ x pais o region ] fue colonizado/a siempre sera cierta, segun tu definicion. Creo que seria mas constructivo restringir mas la definicion de colonia/colonizar.
@RATommunity NO, no dejaron a nadie con vida que pudiera reprocharlo. Los guanches estaban en la edad de piedra y ya no existen más que como recuerdo y para meter la mano en el bolsillo a los que vivimos en las provincias "paganas" del Estado de las autonomías.
My new least favorite phrase, "out of the scope of this show." =( I know it would be a monumental project, but with all the crazy happenings across the world after the war, maybe you guys should consider simply continuing the show into 1919, 20, etc.. Scale back the show to once a month after the war ends, and just keep going! Wishful thinking on my part perhaps. The whole Great War team is awesome!
Parts of the world were still suffering from the flu pandemic well into 1919. If they do an episode about the flu, they could probably keep going into the early 1920s about how the world reacted to such an enormous loss of life on the heels of a world war.
Yeah, WW1 was less a singular war than it was a period of conflicts. Balkan Wars, Chinese Civil War, Italo-Turkish War, Mexican Civil War, then the Great War proper, Russian Civil War, Soviet-Polish War, Turkish wars against French, Italians, and Greeks, rebellion in Ireland, Civil wars and coups in Germany and Hungary, and the UK's desperate struggles to control its newly acquired lands in the Middle East after the war(In fact, the Brits actually wanted the US to annex the Caucasus region as a LoN Mandate, but Wilson wouldn't have it). Interesting stuff. But then we're approaching the 1930s, with more civil war in China, Japan annexing Manchuria, and US interventions in Central America and the Caribbean.
Perhaps other important contribution of Spanish industry to WWI were the Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines, much used in Entente airplanes, and license manufactured in several countries.
You Forgot that one of the factors that made Spain be Neutral was that Spain was having the Rif War against the Moroccan Rebels directed by Ab el-Krim against the control of Spain in the Rif,the northern part or Morocco.
@@austrianguy7813 durante la primera guerra mundial España suspendio en gran medida las operaciones en Marruecos. Se retomarían en los años 20, donde ocurriría el desastre de Annual en 1921
Great episode, I loved it so much, although I would have talked about Alfonso XIII "Oficina Pro Cautivos" which helped and saved over 200000 soldiers of all countries (in fact he was candidate of Nobel Peace Price)
I love the new look of the room you sit in. All of those artifacts from the war are so cool. I want to collect helmets and shovels from the war. I've been looking forward to this episode on the Spanish arms industry during the war. Always love these collaborations with C&Rsenal, you guys go perfectly together.
Been waiting sooo long for a quick review of my country in WW1. Thank you very much!!. Also, here is a question, i would like to know more about logistics (in-depth) about how Germany supplied it's troops and industry so neither would stop the war effort.
I really like thoses quick intevention of C&Rsenal in the video. It's not as in depth as on his channel, but suits a non-gun.maniac like me just fine, while adding knowledge on the economics and logistics of Ww1.
Hi Great War Crew and Indie. C&Rsenal tie in was great. I didn't expect it, and I learned something of the cottage industry effect via Spain. I would love to see more 'surprise' tie ins like that. It's amazing how far the tendrils of this war go.
10:05 You should have mentioned the struggles in Morocco between the Spanish government and the Rif tribes, which meant several reservists called to serve since 1911 to 1925 (when the situation stabilised), and a lot of budget spent in defense (Spain expent about 30% of their budget in defense, although being theoretically in peacetime). Also, you didn't mention the Spanish chief of staff, the experienced general Valeriano Weyler (who had fought in the Spanish-American war having some success at land which couldn't be exploited due to the lack of reinforcements and the US blockade, he also was a pro-German and had a really cool look, at least when wearing a Pickelhaube).
Thank you for the video Indy and team! As a Spanish fan of your show, it's cool to see the perspective you give about our indirect involvement on WW1. I believe that this is a period in Spanish history of which we know very little and that often gets overshadowed by the Spanish Civil War and WW2. Thanks again again and keep it up!
Finally an episode of Spain i was waiting for it eventhough you didnt talk about POW. I heard that POWs from fighting nations were returned to their countries by agreements thnaks to the spanish political situation with family ties to both sides
Thanks very much for this episode! I think I asked about a spanish one last year and it's been great! I would have mentioned the poor state of Spain in this period. It wasn't a modern country yet. Industrialization kept to a couple provinces, was incredibly corrupt and a lot of people remained poor illerates working the fields, not much different from XVIII and XIXth centuries. The complete breakdown of the empire left everyone fighting against each other, ruins, intellectual apathy and pessimism and political civil struggle for centuries. With time sides or reasons change but we keep fighting each other with hate. It left us decades behind european nations and we will never completely heal those wounds.
One reads about the retaking of Granada and develops nothing but huge respect! In my opinion it was one of most impressive military deeds of all History. As they usually say: ¡Arriba Isabel and Viva Espana! This said, I congratulate the Spaniards for being out of the mechanized carnage of WW1.
silvioevan11 There is a lot of time between the conquest of granada and ww1. Spain didn't even exist in the XVth century. There weren't our modern ideas of nations in the middle ages and mentality was obviously very different. I aggree that it's a cool period to study, but be careful relating it to completely different contexts.
10:58 This is called the "tragic week" in Spanish historiography, since the arrests and repression caused a great amount of deaths and wounded between the strikers.
Great video and thanks for the mention about the Spanish Flu, that helps a little to debunk the damned leyend. Can you please make a video talking about the "European war Office" of Alphonse XIII?. wich was basically the first humanitarian war mission :D
I am basque and It was funny how you pronounced those basque words, Gabilondo y Urresti are two basque surnames. The weapon industry was concentrated in the basque country, and some factories still prevail despite the spanish civil war bombings. Great video.
Short arms were almost all made in the Basque Country, a centuries' traditional industry destroyed only recently by the so-called "industrial reconversion" (or rather industrial devastation).
Hi there. Where did you find the anecdote about King Alfonso XIII's "offer" to support the French in WWI if Spain was given control of Tangier in Morocco? Fascinating. You mention it about minute 1:10 ...
Spain arm forces are among the very best in the world. They have special forces for the army _kind, sea, and air. Their special forces are not the ordinary standard that other armies have _ their is ELITE special forces. They can compete with France, UK, Germán and the US. Spain not only has the technology in their new armament but they also have the industy to build. Their Armada is formidable _for example their submarines like the S-81 Isaac Peral is a submarine for the future. They are now working on their S-82 Narciso Monturiol, el S-83 Cosme García y el S-84 Mateo García de los Reyes and these will be with the Armada by 2028. Spain is now working on their fragatas F-110. Spain uses its own and buy less from others than other countries. 😮😮
11:28 The coup of Rivera was caused actually by a military defeat in Morocco, called the Annual disaster, in which a Spanish general ordered a great offensive on the narrow mountain pass of Annual, which ended in a great failure due to having his flanks unprotected and the fact that some "regular" units deflected to the Moroccan cause. As the war in Morocco dragged more and more resources, the confidence in the government dropped and, as a way to prevent revolutionary activities, general Primo de Rivera launched a coup, promising to be "a temporary government until the situation had stabilised" (actually it was a 7-years dictatorship followed by two transition governments, the first one led by general Berenguer and the second one led by admiral Aznar).
I knew a bit about my country during WWI but this expanded my knowledge. Thanks and keep the good work! One question, what was the role of Swiss banks in the war?
From a book I partially read about Belgium, Spain was very concerned about the condition of civilians in this neutral, occupied, Catholic land, and spoke out about atrocities. Don't know what they could do about getting food relief in during the war....
Hello Indy, love the show. Been watching since mid 2016 and have been hooked ever since. Question for out of the trenches. How were American troops trained for WWI? The last major conflict America was involved in was the Spanish American war, and since then a lot of new ways to kill had been invented. Were they taught how to deal with things like poison gas, airplanes, hand grenades, and semi automatic rifles? Were they taught that tactics like cavalry charges had now been significantly reduced in effectiveness?
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Spain in this time was a mess, Barcelona and some other cities seemed like the Wild West, with gunman's all over the places shooting each other for politic issues.
Helped by the abundance of guns and scarcity of regulation.
This was durig the post 1917. During the first years things were ok.
Mister X Sigues a este canal? Vas a subir contenido de la 1GM a tu canal o algo? xD
It was called anarchism and it was a terrorist movement all over the world.
Well, not all were anarchists, the industrial bosses also paid gunmen to kill the syndicalist leaders.
I would also mention the puny response to Spanish victims of German submarine attacks, famously the musician Granados on the Sheffield in 1916 but also merchant vessels. Also, the large office set up by King Alfonso XIII to locate missing combatants in POW camps. Families from all over wrote to Madrid in a last ditch effort to locate their loved ones, sometimes with success. The office negotiated the release of some celebrities. The office documents have been researched.
Robert Duif Our great musician Enrique Granados died in an attempt to save their wife Amparo. But their boat was the passenger ferry "Sussex" not the "Sheffield". Regards! :)
Europe; Entente or Allies?
Spanish Royal Family: yes.
What if Spain entered the war on the Central Powers side in August 1914? Would France be able to fight in two fronts? Would Italy be more commited to join the war on the Central Powers side? What would have happened?
Well, it would probably end up in a Spanish Civil War during WW1, as Indy explained that the country was deeply divided. In my opinion, I think it would have distanced nations from the CPs, as they don't want to end up like Spain.
As for France, they both would probably bog down in the Pyrenees, which may help the Germans gain some ground (say, instead of being along the Ainse maybe they would be along the Marne), but not enough to change the outcome of the war.
Spain was way too divided internally. The seeds to the civil war were already in place at this time.
It would have gotten stomped, Spain's economy and military were a joke. Not only that, Spain's society was deeply divided between the ruling right and the dissenting left. The Entente would've had a field day igniting rebellions everywhere.
People is saying that the Spanish army at that time was pretty bad and it's true, but it's not that simple actually. Spain had not the power to destroy French armies on the field, but if France had tried to invade Spain, maybe it wouldn't end well for the French. Spain has a very complicated geography with lots of mountains everywhere and has nearly no navigable rivers. Communications are bad and every region of the country is relatively isolated from the others. Militarily speaking, Spain is similar to Afghanistan. Not a great thread but can be very problematic.
Spain was too weak and too internally divided for this. If the Spanish government had joined the Central powers, they'd face a uprising and a Civil War.
Hispano-Suiza engines, used in allied aircraft (like the famous Spad 7 & or Spad 13), were manufactured in Spain.
Hispano-Suiza was a spanish company, but they produced them in France.
lol
Peter Stadlmaier because in this country there are three idioms german italian and french. and french was most talked in these moments, and france was only country that made many business in industries like uniform and weapons with spain and '' suiza''
@@peterstadlmaier3107 , Hispano-Suiza 8 aviation engines were produced in several of the company's factories (in France ... and in Spain), as well as, under license, by numerous companies in many countries of the world (Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and the U.S.).
They made some fine cars back then too, if you like prewar cars
10:21 That caused a great controversy in the army between the "africanists" (who served in Africa, they wanted more promotions by war merits) and the "peninsulars" (who served in mainland Spain, they wanted a strict order by number of years in service).
You miss King Alfonso's involvement in the Red cross and the welfare of war prissoners. Also de the anarchist's revolts and strikes predate the Great war by at least three years. Spain aldo made a fortune lelling mules and horses to France. The technological advance offered by Spain to France and it's allies was paramount in aircraft engines, the Hispano-Suiza 300 hp aircraft engine was to the Great War what the Rolls-Royce Merlin was to WW II. The Spad and S.E. 5 had hispano engines.
Thanks Miguel. Seems like Indy should have given you a segment in the video.
Almost everyone in Spain was pro Allies. Only part of the carlist movement was "germanophilic", indeed, the movement split in two parts because of this.
And the Canary Islands have never been a colonial possession.
@RageKomm No, porque se integraron directamente en la Corona de Castilla
@RageKomm No crees que colonizar, asi como lo has definido tu, es un termino demasiado amplio que pierde cualquier significado que pudiera tener? Quiero decir, asi como lo has puesto tu, todos los territorios del mundo han sido colonizados por tanto no tiene sentido singularizar un territorio diciendo que fue una colonia, pq todos los territorios son/han sido colonias. Es como decir: esa persona es muy bella, tiene dos ojos nariz y boca. Es decir, afirmar que Canarias fue colonizada no tiene valor, ya que la frase:
[ x pais o region ] fue colonizado/a siempre sera cierta, segun tu definicion. Creo que seria mas constructivo restringir mas la definicion de colonia/colonizar.
@RATommunity La ONU nunca a considerado a las Canarias una colonia, por otro lado Gibraltar... Pero cuando lo hace Gran Bretaña no es malo verdad?
@RATommunity NO, no dejaron a nadie con vida que pudiera reprocharlo. Los guanches estaban en la edad de piedra y ya no existen más que como recuerdo y para meter la mano en el bolsillo a los que vivimos en las provincias "paganas" del Estado de las autonomías.
I'm from Spain and loved the video! you guys made an
accurate and wonderful job!
My new least favorite phrase, "out of the scope of this show." =(
I know it would be a monumental project, but with all the crazy happenings across the world after the war, maybe you guys should consider simply continuing the show into 1919, 20, etc.. Scale back the show to once a month after the war ends, and just keep going! Wishful thinking on my part perhaps. The whole Great War team is awesome!
They've already said that they will touch on those events in some capacity after November '18.
Parts of the world were still suffering from the flu pandemic well into 1919. If they do an episode about the flu, they could probably keep going into the early 1920s about how the world reacted to such an enormous loss of life on the heels of a world war.
Yeah, WW1 was less a singular war than it was a period of conflicts. Balkan Wars, Chinese Civil War, Italo-Turkish War, Mexican Civil War, then the Great War proper, Russian Civil War, Soviet-Polish War, Turkish wars against French, Italians, and Greeks, rebellion in Ireland, Civil wars and coups in Germany and Hungary, and the UK's desperate struggles to control its newly acquired lands in the Middle East after the war(In fact, the Brits actually wanted the US to annex the Caucasus region as a LoN Mandate, but Wilson wouldn't have it). Interesting stuff. But then we're approaching the 1930s, with more civil war in China, Japan annexing Manchuria, and US interventions in Central America and the Caribbean.
What do you know, that's just what they did too!
Perhaps other important contribution of Spanish industry to WWI were the Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines, much used in Entente airplanes, and license manufactured in several countries.
Hispano Suiza manufactured well over 50000 airplane engines in WWI
great new studio!
Learnt more about my country in WW1 in this video than in school, great works guys!! Love from spain :)
You Forgot that one of the factors that made Spain be Neutral was that Spain was having the Rif War against the Moroccan Rebels directed by Ab el-Krim against the control of Spain in the Rif,the northern part or Morocco.
Eso paso después
@@alfredmoreno2895 No,La guerra del rif fue desde 1911 al 1927
@@austrianguy7813 durante la primera guerra mundial España suspendio en gran medida las operaciones en Marruecos. Se retomarían en los años 20, donde ocurriría el desastre de Annual en 1921
Yes, that was a disaster for Spain.
Great episode, I loved it so much, although I would have talked about Alfonso XIII "Oficina Pro Cautivos" which helped and saved over 200000 soldiers of all countries (in fact he was candidate of Nobel Peace Price)
Source?
Finally a Spain special, great!
hi-san where is your girl pic from?
Perfect.... I'm just sitting at cdg airport waiting for my 5h delayed flight for Spain 🇪🇸
I love the new look of the room you sit in. All of those artifacts from the war are so cool. I want to collect helmets and shovels from the war. I've been looking forward to this episode on the Spanish arms industry during the war. Always love these collaborations with C&Rsenal, you guys go perfectly together.
Hello fellow Iberians.
Spanish Stronk :)
Portugal stronk! Caravel power!
yeah! andorra!- oh wait
Caçador Especial yes austria Hungary had a small crappy Navy , but it couldn't match the French and Italian Navy in the Mediterranean
Espein estronk! :p
Caçador Especial
Iberia stronk, second Iberian Union!!
4:30 the peculiar Spain's patent Law ... and that is why we have basically no I+D , stull today. I said basically.
this excerpt had the most straightforward explanation for me on the roots of the Spanish Civil War, thanks
Even though my country didn't participate in WW1 I've been waiting for this video since I suscribed. Thanks!
Been waiting sooo long for a quick review of my country in WW1. Thank you very much!!. Also, here is a question, i would like to know more about logistics (in-depth) about how Germany supplied it's troops and industry so neither would stop the war effort.
I really like thoses quick intevention of C&Rsenal in the video. It's not as in depth as on his channel, but suits a non-gun.maniac like me just fine, while adding knowledge on the economics and logistics of Ww1.
Great look at Spain. Thank you.
Asome video! The best and most professional that I have seen about this topic.
Hi Great War Crew and Indie. C&Rsenal tie in was great. I didn't expect it, and I learned something of the cottage industry effect via Spain. I would love to see more 'surprise' tie ins like that. It's amazing how far the tendrils of this war go.
Loving the new set! Keep up the great content
+Bbb999902 thanks
AWESOME. How to say so much about a so complicated topic in just a few minutes. Your best special so far. THANK YOU.
Thanks! I appreciate that you made an entire episode focused on my country. Grettings! ;)
10:05 You should have mentioned the struggles in Morocco between the Spanish government and the Rif tribes, which meant several reservists called to serve since 1911 to 1925 (when the situation stabilised), and a lot of budget spent in defense (Spain expent about 30% of their budget in defense, although being theoretically in peacetime). Also, you didn't mention the Spanish chief of staff, the experienced general Valeriano Weyler (who had fought in the Spanish-American war having some success at land which couldn't be exploited due to the lack of reinforcements and the US blockade, he also was a pro-German and had a really cool look, at least when wearing a Pickelhaube).
Minor nitpick: Alfonso XIII and the carlist pretender Jaime, Duke of Madrid were both Bourbons.
I love that you guys work together on these. Both channels are awesome but combined, they are sublime.
Thank you for the video Indy and team!
As a Spanish fan of your show, it's cool to see the perspective you give about our indirect involvement on WW1. I believe that this is a period in Spanish history of which we know very little and that often gets overshadowed by the Spanish Civil War and WW2.
Thanks again again and keep it up!
Excellent as always. Thank you for constant high quality videos on interesting subjects. Harder to come by than one might think!
Nice Kukri mate
Cookie*
Kukri*
Soy Mexicano .. I never knew this interesting part about Spain. Great informative video! Got plenty more to learn before I visit Spain 👍🏽
No vengas en verano que hace mucho calor
It was an honour working for you!
A deep divide in Spanish politics. I wonder if this will continue for a while.
Finally an episode of Spain i was waiting for it eventhough you didnt talk about POW. I heard that POWs from fighting nations were returned to their countries by agreements thnaks to the spanish political situation with family ties to both sides
I had a Ruby .38 revolver. It had about a 20 pound trigger pull and shot about 3 feet high.
I love WW1 Era Europe such an underrated time period- Love from Minnesota!
Thanks very much for this episode! I think I asked about a spanish one last year and it's been great!
I would have mentioned the poor state of Spain in this period. It wasn't a modern country yet. Industrialization kept to a couple provinces, was incredibly corrupt and a lot of people remained poor illerates working the fields, not much different from XVIII and XIXth centuries. The complete breakdown of the empire left everyone fighting against each other, ruins, intellectual apathy and pessimism and political civil struggle for centuries. With time sides or reasons change but we keep fighting each other with hate. It left us decades behind european nations and we will never completely heal those wounds.
First episode in the new studio?
+V. Athanasiou absolutely
I miss the map
One reads about the retaking of Granada and develops nothing but huge respect! In my opinion it was one of most impressive military deeds of all History. As they usually say: ¡Arriba Isabel and Viva Espana!
This said, I congratulate the Spaniards for being out of the mechanized carnage of WW1.
Gracias! ;)
silvioevan11 There is a lot of time between the conquest of granada and ww1. Spain didn't even exist in the XVth century. There weren't our modern ideas of nations in the middle ages and mentality was obviously very different. I aggree that it's a cool period to study, but be careful relating it to completely different contexts.
retaking of the Grenada island (above Trinidad) ?
For spain ? in 1900 and pico ?
gracias for your compliments!
ODDBALL SOK Granada is like a city in the south of spain (in andalucia)
Seeing a slight smile on Indy, has got to be that new studio smell
Spain is my city
Sans the skeleton what
meme
Sans the skeleton The city that I live right now is America.
And Madrid is my nation.
Sans the skeleton if you work for team 10 Only
Good video Indy and I am a fan of your work. I hope you do the video of the forgotten ally Siam (Thailand) in the First World War.
...And I thought our time, in the world, was messed up. It seems very peaceful, as compared to WWI.
Thank you Indy and crew, for another great video.
I've been waiting for this since 2015. Thank you!
10:58 This is called the "tragic week" in Spanish historiography, since the arrests and repression caused a great amount of deaths and wounded between the strikers.
1909, not 1917
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semana_Tr%C3%A1gica_(Espa%C3%B1a)
Interesting aside 'bout the naming of the "Spanish Flu". Keep it coming guys!
Hey Indi I love these collaborations with C&arsenal it's great keep it up! ;)
Finally a video on my homeland! Gracias Indy and team, great job as always!
Notification squad should be called trench squad
Supermagical Cookie agreed
Tbh, that's a bit over the top
Supermagical Cookie OVVEERR TEHH TOOPP!!
Only a few of us shall survive,then.
agreed
Good morning Great War. I like your new setting.
Great video and thanks for the mention about the Spanish Flu, that helps a little to debunk the damned leyend.
Can you please make a video talking about the "European war Office" of Alphonse XIII?. wich was basically the first humanitarian war mission :D
I am basque and It was funny how you pronounced those basque words, Gabilondo y Urresti are two basque surnames. The weapon industry was concentrated in the basque country, and some factories still prevail despite the spanish civil war bombings. Great video.
Short arms were almost all made in the Basque Country, a centuries' traditional industry destroyed only recently by the so-called "industrial reconversion" (or rather industrial devastation).
very informative!!
I love the new studio! All I want in it is the old map to be brought back. other than that it looks great!
Faro de Vigo is made in my hometown what an awesome touch
"You gotta talk about guns" Murica
bang bang yawn
@@slyasleep what does that even mean
Pew pew!
Yeah.what do guns have to do with war?🙄
I did always wonder where Spain was during the war. Thank you.
Hi there. Where did you find the anecdote about King Alfonso XIII's "offer" to support the French in WWI if Spain was given control of Tangier in Morocco? Fascinating. You mention it about minute 1:10 ...
Really good job guys!!! Thanks
First comment boy!ilove spain 🇪🇸!
Luke McClure We love you too!
Hi! Great video. Just a little detail: the Canary Islands were not (and are not) a colony, but a core part of Spain.
Your most seamless collaboration yet. Great work!
but the acting in the other ones was so good!
Hehe.
Man I was just wondering about what was Spain up to the other day. Spot on guys!
I really enjoyed this video. Congratulations. I subscribed to see more
I love the special guests on the show!
Thank you Indie or Indy! I think you remember a comment I put a video on The Netherlands keep it up love the content!
we got around 1,000 requests to do a Spain video.
The Great War 1,000, wow!
Great episode guys, que viva España 🇪🇸!!!
Spain arm forces are among the very best in the world. They have special forces for the army _kind, sea, and air. Their special forces are not the ordinary standard that other armies have _ their is ELITE special forces. They can compete with France, UK, Germán and the US. Spain not only has the technology in their new armament but they also have the industy to build. Their Armada is formidable _for example their submarines like the S-81 Isaac Peral is a submarine for the future. They are now working on their
S-82 Narciso Monturiol, el S-83 Cosme García y el S-84 Mateo García de los Reyes and these will be with the Armada by 2028. Spain is now working on their fragatas F-110. Spain uses its own and buy less from others than other countries. 😮😮
SPAIN IS A NICE COUNTRY
Aleksandar Kan I think the reason that you have kan in your name while being Russian because you have Mongol blood? Golden Horde maybe?
@@richthofenfriedrich6345 "Richtofen" is the name of a German pilot. Do you miss the II Reich? Do you miss the III Reich also?
"AND SPANIARDS ARE VERY SPANIARDS AND MUCH SPANIARDS "
-Mariano Rajoy, ex-President of Spain and Eternal President of Spanish Juche
@@christiano9693 You are uninformed. The president of Spain's government is Pedro Sánchez.
@@bolobardelavega2843 that was an old quote from the former president. He literally said that.
The Astra factory in Gernika...
Still there, as a youth centre
Excellent documentary.
Excelent channel,congratulations
11:28 The coup of Rivera was caused actually by a military defeat in Morocco, called the Annual disaster, in which a Spanish general ordered a great offensive on the narrow mountain pass of Annual, which ended in a great failure due to having his flanks unprotected and the fact that some "regular" units deflected to the Moroccan cause. As the war in Morocco dragged more and more resources, the confidence in the government dropped and, as a way to prevent revolutionary activities, general Primo de Rivera launched a coup, promising to be "a temporary government until the situation had stabilised" (actually it was a 7-years dictatorship followed by two transition governments, the first one led by general Berenguer and the second one led by admiral Aznar).
Wow, Love the Background
Correction: Carlists were "supporters of a particular branch of the Bourbon dynasty". Both the King and the Carlist pretender were Bourbon.
I knew a bit about my country during WWI but this expanded my knowledge. Thanks and keep the good work! One question, what was the role of Swiss banks in the war?
you have forgotten that king from spain helped to millions soldiers of each band with messengers and come back to their respective countries
Excellent video as usual. As a Spaniard I have not found a single mistake.
From a book I partially read about Belgium, Spain was very concerned about the condition of civilians in this neutral, occupied, Catholic land, and spoke out about atrocities. Don't know what they could do about getting food relief in during the war....
Excelente, gracias.
Great, interesting video!
Indy please bring back the old background! It is aesthetically better. Love the informative videos as always.
+Benjamin Pham not gonna happen.
+Benjamin Pham not gonna happen, sorry
But it's a bunker. It's not supposed to be comfy. This is modern war.
Benjamin Pham Who is Andy ?
The Great War the 1914 map of Europe needs to be added its very important imo
Yeaaah, there's that beard. Keep up the good work!
serbia loves spain.
StefanNemanja1985 Spain loves you back :)
Kosovo je Sbrija! 🇷🇸🇪🇸
Kosovo is a free nation
I like the new setup. Kinda miss the old one,but this one is sleeker
great video!!!
I hope the this channel will continue after the war since the peace did so much for the next war in 2039
ITS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT THE MAP ;-;
I like the new decor of the studio
Hello Indy, love the show. Been watching since mid 2016 and have been hooked ever since. Question for out of the trenches. How were American troops trained for WWI? The last major conflict America was involved in was the Spanish American war, and since then a lot of new ways to kill had been invented. Were they taught how to deal with things like poison gas, airplanes, hand grenades, and semi automatic rifles? Were they taught that tactics like cavalry charges had now been significantly reduced in effectiveness?
Yay new episode!
Anyone feels like there was a
INDY: "Guns??" *question*
that got lost in the editing?? XD
(4:05)
THANK YOU!!!