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@@looinrims War progresses sience 7 times faster then civilian research. look at Stainless steel (barrelwear lining), Diesel engines (submarines), aircraft, computers, medical advancement etc. etc.
@@obelic71 War does lead to technological advancements, however they’re usually war related advancements and often still have to be converted to civilian use.
In World War One, brainwashed pro-chivalry girls in Britain would bribe teen boys to join the trenches by ruining their honor with a flower. How nice. And many of them were slaughtered. Contrary to this, a teen boy voluntarily joined the British army and fought bravely, only to be accused of desertion and executed. Honor is so great isn’t it?
The big thing forgotten is that the lesson of outproduction in WW1 is exactly what lead to the doctrines of WW2. Both France and the UK knew they would win a total war scenario with the Germans, but that it would take time for them to "get into gear" for it, while the Germans knew that they couldnt win a total war scenario which is why they pinned their overall hopes on fast attacks to end wars as quickly as possible. Sadly, the Germans got very lucky/successful on their plan, stopping the Western Allies from implementing their own plan.
I would argue the notion of obselete cavalry with that during the Civil War, McClellan's reluctance to use Cavalry at all due to what he witnessed in the Crimean war actually created an obstacle for him in that he lacked a force to scout ahead of his marching columns or observe enemy positions. Instead he relied on private detectives which proved ineffective and fell for clever confederate marching tactics and deception. The use of cavalry later during the civil war proved vital as scouts and skirmishers, as well as being able to move troopers between locations very fast. Even during WW1, mobile infantry used horses to change positions quickly and deploy on foot. Even today in certain battlefields, horses can prove a vital role in transportation, scouting, and repositioning as seen during the war in Afghanistan.
@@BilalAhmad-ff3xq In WW2 your options were basically use horses _supplemented_ my moderate numbers of trucks for everything you couldn't get a train to....OR have the US supplying you with thousands of trucks.
horses in warfare are not obsolete; not even now, they give armies an unprecedentes freedom of movement, being fast and more maneuverable than any mechanized vehicle, of course, charges are out of the question, but reconoissance would rather be, the point of modern mounted units
@@mr.battledroid2195 hummer stop bullet. horse don't. they're obsolete because they're only viable in irregular warfare. horses need to be trained, fed, cleaned, and bonded with. vehicles only need to be fueled, and to be maintained every few months. vehicles can't get spooked. sure, horses are maneuverable, but this only is a tactical advantage and not a strategic one. in terms of reconnaissance, horses are rather useless as drones are literally cheaper and better in almost every way. you can buy a cheap one with a working camera and scout with virtually no risk to your life.
World Wars 1 and 2 saw Europeans do everything they could to absolutely destroy one another; Their *Monarchies,* their *Empire's,* their positions as *Global Superpowers...* were all either completely destroyed or greatly diminished by the end of it all.
@@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave that's one way of looking at it, the silver lining is Europe is more united now than it has ever been, and has seen a time of unprecedented peace with (almost), no wars between 1945 and 2022.
@@handdoek4442 the 3rd world benefited immensely from colonialism. We brought them weapons, ideologies, Christianity, trains, cars, enlightenment, and much more.
I am a History professor. I have an entire Playlist on WWiI. I explain to my students that the new technologies created by the industrial revolution made the trenches so brutal.
if you don’t comply, you could face jail time, and in some brutal nations like North Korea, it could be worse-your family could get involved. So, as a peasant like you, what are you going to do about it? Let’s hear it.
@@nonye0 Have you ever heard about "revolutions"? They are fairly common in history. Personally, I rather be in prison than fighting for a gov that I despise. But tell me what you would do if your population refused to obey. Is there any winnable way out of such a situation?.
@@Willy_Tepes except none of the nations in ww1 won their peace through revolution, not Russia, not France (even though there were mutiny), not Germany (the one in 1918 happened alongside dwindled military strength, natural resources and Spanish flu), and there's no revolution against Stalin or Hitler either
@@shepherdlavellen3301 Most revolutions are orchestrated by powerful people, often foreign powers. They are extremely seldom led by the poor and downtrodden. Personally I can only think of one exception which I am sure of.
This is why WW1 was so deadly and horrifying, it was old tactics versus new technologies not yet adapted for this type of war, it was no longer the musket and saturation effect, but now the trench and machine gun.
It's not entirely accurate. Ww1 militaries were useing new tactics not old tactics. They just learnt the wrong tactical lessons alot of the time. Or were unable to apply tactics they wanted to because of technology limitations.
How was it even a blessing? A vast majority of the things invented and made in factories are harmful to humanity. Especially food, clothing, weapons, and vehicles. Everything could be better, but these greedy scumbags refuse to acknowledge the harm that low quality food, clothing, etc causes, in order to reel in the money.
@@pyeitme508Machine guns were basically the atomic weapons of their time, only second to artillery in casualty causing, they were and still are as deadly as ever to the infantryman
I am now suddenly reminded of Albrecht von Roon advocating the latest crap for the soldier to the point everyone in Prussia was pissed at him. Bismarck saw this foresight and this guy's booming laugh was heard last eventually.
No they won’t. Machine guns had an immediate and decisive effect in any unit that understood how to employ them. All the way back to the mitrailleuse and Gatling guns. Drone are more like tanks. They are an amazing tool but they don’t change the battlefield so much that everything revolves around them. Now I’m sure they will eventually evolve to that point. But they aren’t there yet.
@@Imperialist_Hotdog Agreed especially since as drone technology develops their counters will also develop. Electronic Warfare will eventually make drones yet another tool on the battlefield like tanks.
@@Imperialist_Hotdog You have no idea what your talking about drones provide 24/7 battlefield surveilance. Deployment of forces has no element of surprise anymore. And look at ukraine the drone is the single most imporant piece that turned this war to basically trench warfare. So yes it has the Same effect
@@petamer1144 I'd argue that drones aren't the reason for trench warfare (definitely a reason, but not the main one), but they are absolutely a critical part of the war, and it would look extremely different without them. I'd day the trench warfare is due to the lack of either side having an extreme advantage over the other and the extreme concentration of anti-air weaponry preventing air power on both sides from effecting the battlefield as much as it should.
"As war becomes dishonored and its nobility called into question those honorable men who recognize the sanctity of blood will become excluded from the dance, which is the warrior's right, and thereby will the dance become a false dance, and the dancers false dancers."
War isn't profitable. Think about it if you are a business producing material for the war effort you are risking your assets being targeted by the enemy and if your business produces civilian goods your sales are going to plummet during wartime. Thats also ignoring the labor shortages you will face if the workers get mobilized to fight.
@@planderlinde1969no, war is profitable, always has been. For arms companies, It's just a very deficit inducing process of investment & funding. Edit: typo
@@BilalAhmad-ff3xq Mabey in the short term. In the long term however war is terrible for a country and it's economy. Look at Germany in 1945 it's hard to make money when your means of making money are being blown up in bombing runs.
I say this about the U.S. often. Outside of our revolution our military ventures aren't really impressive in regards to strategy. Logistically though, it's hard to match.
This is one of Armchair Historian's best videos yet. The way a hundred years of history is covered (from industrial revolution to world war one) in such an entertaining and concise manner is amazing to me. Also wish you luck with that new game release in 2025, hope it goes better than the last one's release.
There is a game called foxhole that simulates this, but people haven't been using trenches and instead building giants globs of concrete bunkers, so not entirely accurate on that front.
Oh and destroyed bunkers don't get in the defenders way in most of the games' history. The latest update seeks to change that we'll see if players adapt the way the devs are hoping for.
Great video! Maybe you could do a sequel to it about the deindustrialization of war and go into detail about how small guerilla units such as the Vietcong or Mujahideen were able to beat off larger industrialized powers during the Cold War and 21st Century while not having much industry of their own.
It's a paradox that inventions and industralization helps us to evolve human civilization. But also makes us closer to total annihilation. It's just matter of use...
The impact of the industrial revolution on warfare really is best exemplified by Naval Design. The "Dreadnought Effect" is named after HMS Dreadnought for a reason.
False, commanders actually overestimated the effectiveness of weapons because of the mexican-american war. As it turns out terrain actually allowed/forced them to use tactics closer to even earlier periods.
@vinz4066 Not what im saying, The way they changed warfare, not developed it, The accuracy of weapons and bullets made the casualty rate so high, and the Russo-Japanese war is another example why they quit using linear warfare. not the tech turning point.
The outbreak of war is often not only the result of industrial change but also of political, religious, and social factors. For example, in World War I and II, factors such as extreme nationalism, political power struggles, and imperial competition were more important, although industrialization contributed to the intensity and scale of the wars.
Did you guys notice the thumbnail changing? It keeps changing from a WW1 German soldier being upgraded to a WW1 French soldier surrounded by WW2-era vehicles.
For me it has always been a german infantry troope surrounded by the stalhelm, mp18 gas mask etc. I have not seen the French one yet though. But I hope griffin Johnson makes a poster in a different style of different nations.
In Farewell to Arms, an Italian officer explains why the Germans perform so much better than them in war “They’ve been building their army bullet by bullet while we’ve been practicing civilisation”
The sounds, the music, the theme! I'm shivering and tearing up over the men and women who had to endure total war on their bodies physicly and mentaly and the people who feel the same today. And I can't belive we are on the road towards another world war once again 🥺
You should do a battle of the Hampton roads in the absolute clown show It was due to neither ship being able to hurt each other. Not to mention the technical issues of both ships. In all due seriousness, it was a good proof of concept despite the ineptitude of both designs.
The monitor was overall better in design and functionality but the north had the resources and labor whereas the south was scavenging for most everything.
@jonathanjones3126 I do agree with you. The monitor was a much better design, albeit done a little bit too cheaply. Also, they named an entire class after that ship where they put absurdly oversized guns on small ships. Along with the attempted refinements of the turret system.
The Monitor had Dahlgren guns capable of shooting through the Virginia's armor. But the stress calculations hadn't been fully completed, and they were told to reduce the powder charge on those guns.
@jonathanjones3126 no it wasn't, it was barley sea worthy and almost sunk before it even saw combat. And it's turret only rotated in 1 direction and could be easily jammed. It also had to be lifted to move, further increasing the vulnerability to water and enemy fire. It was more manuverable but only because of the shallow water, on regular depths it would lose that advantage too. It also got lucky as the confedrates were still in the process of making the armour piercing 'bolts' for the Virginia's guns which would have penetrate the monitors armour. Furthermore the extreme low rate of fire of monitor means it becomes vulnerable to boarding parties (very bad design seeing as it's a close range ship) and even more vulnerable to being outnumbered. Virginia had already demonstrated it could fight off superior numbers just fine and had no such vulnerability to boarders. Virginia has both more guns and guns better able to fight individually (higher rate of fire, and the ability to fire more effective ammo against wooden ships) The 'breastwork' monitor design was just as much, infact more, of a dead end as casemate guns. So don't be fooled by the turret and low siluet into thinking it's a more modern design.
@gregorymalchuk272 actually monitor fires full charge. The stress test that hadn't been done was for an overcharge. And if we include what ifs then we need to add that Virginia had no armour piercing shells dilvered yet, but had them designed, and said shells could easily penetrate monitor.
This video was awesome, just like all your others! You always make history so interesting and easy to follow. If you ever feel like it, a video on the Albanian insurgency in Macedonia in 2001 would be super cool. It’s such an important event in my country, and I’d love to hear your take on it. Keep up the great work!
@Anaximandro_1814 well, it isn't supposed to be viewed that way you goofball, it's a psychological statement discussing about the effects of war, and how it starts, and all that blabbering.
Problem with world war 1 was with the technological revolution, extremely outracing the conventional wisdom at the time. It started back in xix century and came to shocking revelation in the war.
Imagine another video 20, 30, 40, 50 years from now? Computerization of War. Computerization because computers would have a much more active role compared to today, and that’s saying they’re extremely needed for modern warfare already. Of course it’s more than just computers. Minimal crew requirements for vehicles, unmanned vehicles, ai, advanced detection and stealth technology, electronic and cyber warfare, mass bombardments via ships and aircraft. Oh my. Imagine several centuries from now? When battles would be fought in space? My, my, the idea is just as fascinating as it is frightening.
When you ponder in this topic deeper and deeper, and then you realise all of this was the product of our advancement on harnessing energy that started when we learn how to use fire
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Bangladesh war 1971
Where do you guys get your music?
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When goods and services could be done on an industrial scale it was only a matter of time before warfare followed suit
Finish watching the video atleast
Weapons usually come before commercial production
@@rsookchand919 bangladesh liberation War
@@looinrims War progresses sience 7 times faster then civilian research.
look at Stainless steel (barrelwear lining), Diesel engines (submarines), aircraft, computers, medical advancement etc. etc.
@@obelic71 War does lead to technological advancements, however they’re usually war related advancements and often still have to be converted to civilian use.
"Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters."
"The silence is your answer."
-George Washington Carver
Nice to see someone else who plays mass effect
In World War One, brainwashed pro-chivalry girls in Britain would bribe teen boys to join the trenches by ruining their honor with a flower. How nice. And many of them were slaughtered. Contrary to this, a teen boy voluntarily joined the British army and fought bravely, only to be accused of desertion and executed. Honor is so great isn’t it?
- Javik The Last Prothean
The big thing forgotten is that the lesson of outproduction in WW1 is exactly what lead to the doctrines of WW2. Both France and the UK knew they would win a total war scenario with the Germans, but that it would take time for them to "get into gear" for it, while the Germans knew that they couldnt win a total war scenario which is why they pinned their overall hopes on fast attacks to end wars as quickly as possible.
Sadly, the Germans got very lucky/successful on their plan, stopping the Western Allies from implementing their own plan.
The Germans still found themselves in a total war with the British, that they ultimately lost.
I would argue the notion of obselete cavalry with that during the Civil War, McClellan's reluctance to use Cavalry at all due to what he witnessed in the Crimean war actually created an obstacle for him in that he lacked a force to scout ahead of his marching columns or observe enemy positions. Instead he relied on private detectives which proved ineffective and fell for clever confederate marching tactics and deception. The use of cavalry later during the civil war proved vital as scouts and skirmishers, as well as being able to move troopers between locations very fast. Even during WW1, mobile infantry used horses to change positions quickly and deploy on foot. Even today in certain battlefields, horses can prove a vital role in transportation, scouting, and repositioning as seen during the war in Afghanistan.
Agreed
Didn't germans use horses for logistics transport even during ww2 against the soviets of all?
@@BilalAhmad-ff3xq In WW2 your options were basically use horses _supplemented_ my moderate numbers of trucks for everything you couldn't get a train to....OR have the US supplying you with thousands of trucks.
horses in warfare are not obsolete; not even now, they give armies an unprecedentes freedom of movement, being fast and more maneuverable than any mechanized vehicle, of course, charges are out of the question, but reconoissance would rather be, the point of modern mounted units
@@mr.battledroid2195 hummer stop bullet. horse don't. they're obsolete because they're only viable in irregular warfare. horses need to be trained, fed, cleaned, and bonded with. vehicles only need to be fueled, and to be maintained every few months. vehicles can't get spooked. sure, horses are maneuverable, but this only is a tactical advantage and not a strategic one. in terms of reconnaissance, horses are rather useless as drones are literally cheaper and better in almost every way. you can buy a cheap one with a working camera and scout with virtually no risk to your life.
Yoooooo they fired the shell casing too.
Unless it is a two part ammo, projectile+propelant charge bag tipe ammo. The problem to me is that they left the breach open...
60% more bullet per bullet
I know right
Forgot to close the breach as well
The designer of that specific gun was Cave Johnson
Griffin has a photo of an Automaton in the background.
Don't tell Super Earth.
Where?
1:10 @@black-uh1df
Is this a transformers reference? If it's not, I don't get it.
@@pajazosdiego helldivers reference
Yeah I noticed too and like a good super citizen I reported him.
Now face the wall, traitor 🔫
World Wars 1 and 2 saw Europeans do everything they could to absolutely destroy one another;
Their *Monarchies,* their *Empire's,* their positions as *Global Superpowers...* were all either completely destroyed or greatly diminished by the end of it all.
good riddance to bad rubbish as they say
Really unfortunate, we basically just let our power go.
@@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave that's one way of looking at it, the silver lining is Europe is more united now than it has ever been, and has seen a time of unprecedented peace with (almost), no wars between 1945 and 2022.
@@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave letting power go is not an unfortunate thing if a precondition of this power is colonialism
@@handdoek4442 the 3rd world benefited immensely from colonialism. We brought them weapons, ideologies, Christianity, trains, cars, enlightenment, and much more.
I am a History professor. I have an entire Playlist on WWiI. I explain to my students that the new technologies created by the industrial revolution made the trenches so brutal.
The trenches were awful because people obeyed their politicians and went to fight.
if you don’t comply, you could face jail time, and in some brutal nations like North Korea, it could be worse-your family could get involved. So, as a peasant like you, what are you going to do about it? Let’s hear it.
@@nonye0 Have you ever heard about "revolutions"? They are fairly common in history. Personally, I rather be in prison than fighting for a gov that I despise.
But tell me what you would do if your population refused to obey. Is there any winnable way out of such a situation?.
@@Willy_Tepes except none of the nations in ww1 won their peace through revolution, not Russia, not France (even though there were mutiny), not Germany (the one in 1918 happened alongside dwindled military strength, natural resources and Spanish flu), and there's no revolution against Stalin or Hitler either
@@shepherdlavellen3301 Most revolutions are orchestrated by powerful people, often foreign powers. They are extremely seldom led by the poor and downtrodden. Personally I can only think of one exception which I am sure of.
This is why WW1 was so deadly and horrifying, it was old tactics versus new technologies not yet adapted for this type of war, it was no longer the musket and saturation effect, but now the trench and machine gun.
Were seeing this again on a more limited scale in Ukraine with drones
It's not entirely accurate. Ww1 militaries were useing new tactics not old tactics. They just learnt the wrong tactical lessons alot of the time. Or were unable to apply tactics they wanted to because of technology limitations.
When you realise war is a industry, you are grown up
Yep, the same concept that government rules war , not the opposite
They teach the opposite in schools.
@mace1633 School paints war with noble colors.
@@Helldiverterminid yep school is a propaganda machine. It's meant to indoctrinate
arguably, the media industrial complex is more dangerous. they effect naratives that drive armies. :(
Mass production of death. Industry became both a blessing and a curse
How was it even a blessing? A vast majority of the things invented and made in factories are harmful to humanity. Especially food, clothing, weapons, and vehicles. Everything could be better, but these greedy scumbags refuse to acknowledge the harm that low quality food, clothing, etc causes, in order to reel in the money.
A good movie about military industrial expansion is called "9" the guy that made nightmare before Christmas and coroline made it
The doll movie made by Tim Burton?
I watched that movie
@@James_new me too. Horrified 12 year old me and gave me nightmares 😂
That's about military industrial expansion?
@@saber2802eh kinda
Machine guns: one of the best and worst things ever invented by mankind
Atomic weapons: "What about us?".
@@pyeitme508nukes are superior to everything else
Nukes
@@pyeitme508Machine guns were basically the atomic weapons of their time, only second to artillery in casualty causing, they were and still are as deadly as ever to the infantryman
Finish watching the video atleast
How DARE RUclips hide this from me for 16 minutes
They hid it from me for 9 hours
2 days for me
6 days 😞
2 weeks
I am now suddenly reminded of Albrecht von Roon advocating the latest crap for the soldier to the point everyone in Prussia was pissed at him. Bismarck saw this foresight and this guy's booming laugh was heard last eventually.
Yep. Bismarks Miliatry Bill was very effective in reforming Prussia's army.
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you.
Drones will do to war today what the machine gun did to war last century.
Make it suck more for the average infantryman
No they won’t. Machine guns had an immediate and decisive effect in any unit that understood how to employ them. All the way back to the mitrailleuse and Gatling guns. Drone are more like tanks. They are an amazing tool but they don’t change the battlefield so much that everything revolves around them. Now I’m sure they will eventually evolve to that point. But they aren’t there yet.
@@Imperialist_Hotdog Agreed especially since as drone technology develops their counters will also develop. Electronic Warfare will eventually make drones yet another tool on the battlefield like tanks.
@@Imperialist_Hotdog You have no idea what your talking about drones provide 24/7 battlefield surveilance. Deployment of forces has no element of surprise anymore. And look at ukraine the drone is the single most imporant piece that turned this war to basically trench warfare. So yes it has the Same effect
@@petamer1144 I'd argue that drones aren't the reason for trench warfare (definitely a reason, but not the main one), but they are absolutely a critical part of the war, and it would look extremely different without them.
I'd day the trench warfare is due to the lack of either side having an extreme advantage over the other and the extreme concentration of anti-air weaponry preventing air power on both sides from effecting the battlefield as much as it should.
Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex.
I wish we would’ve heeded his advice.
Except the military industrial complex as we know it is completely alien to the one Eisenhower knew
@@planderlinde1969 and much smaller too
@@HurDUR3000 It will get a lot bigger because of the coming big war
only because we are in times of peace, if at all
I’m pretty sure it was because of its titanic influence and susceptibility to corruption, which indeed proved the case in the early Cold War.
"As war becomes dishonored and its nobility called into question those honorable men who recognize the sanctity of blood will become excluded from the dance, which is the warrior's right, and thereby will the dance become a false dance, and the dancers false dancers."
Guys wake up! The armchair historian has uploaded a new video on weapons of the Industrial Revolution!
War became a business and it’s thriving
War always about business, the different are what "we" gain
War isn't profitable. Think about it if you are a business producing material for the war effort you are risking your assets being targeted by the enemy and if your business produces civilian goods your sales are going to plummet during wartime. Thats also ignoring the labor shortages you will face if the workers get mobilized to fight.
@@planderlinde1969no, war is profitable, always has been. For arms companies, It's just a very deficit inducing process of investment & funding.
Edit: typo
@@planderlinde1969You look at the USA and tell me war and by extension proxy war, IS NOT profitable…
@@BilalAhmad-ff3xq Mabey in the short term. In the long term however war is terrible for a country and it's economy. Look at Germany in 1945 it's hard to make money when your means of making money are being blown up in bombing runs.
7:38 man in middle gained a goatee
And the gun blasted it off almost immediately
I say this about the U.S. often. Outside of our revolution our military ventures aren't really impressive in regards to strategy. Logistically though, it's hard to match.
Yeah logistics we are the kings even if strategically we suck
You guys really outdid yourselves with this one, the use of audio and eerie music was top notch, awesome work
I like the reference to “Lord of war” in the beginning.
I have to say this: the production value your channel brings is astonishing. The shell scene in the beginning *chefs kiss* Great work
The industrialization seen in WW2 would be a cool video to see
There are videos out there that cover those aspects.
His videos get more and more specific
This is one of Armchair Historian's best videos yet. The way a hundred years of history is covered (from industrial revolution to world war one) in such an entertaining and concise manner is amazing to me. Also wish you luck with that new game release in 2025, hope it goes better than the last one's release.
I think this is indeed a very important topic that's barely talked about and really required such coverage.
You forgot the modern master-slave clock systems and it's relationship with production in war time and trade I think it's important, great video
When you complete research on Replaceable Parts
**Civilisation V Noises Intensify**
Amazing video, perfect animation and audio
There is a game called foxhole that simulates this, but people haven't been using trenches and instead building giants globs of concrete bunkers, so not entirely accurate on that front.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT ABOUT FOXHOLE!
Great game. See you on the front 😤
@@Will-no6te see you on the front. And try to keep up next time. LoL
"A factory manager never overproduces shells. There is only under utilisation." - a wise man.
A function of game mechanics, concrete dries relatively quickly and combat ranges are short enough that trenches are often counter productive.
Oh and destroyed bunkers don't get in the defenders way in most of the games' history. The latest update seeks to change that we'll see if players adapt the way the devs are hoping for.
Great video! Maybe you could do a sequel to it about the deindustrialization of war and go into detail about how small guerilla units such as the Vietcong or Mujahideen were able to beat off larger industrialized powers during the Cold War and 21st Century while not having much industry of their own.
Truth is they're usually backed by other industrial powers so it's still industrial
Artillery is indeed the king of the battlefield.
Love how that shell goes flying without leaving it's shell 🙄
Truly one of your best videos! Keep it up🎉
It's a paradox that inventions and industralization helps us to evolve human civilization. But also makes us closer to total annihilation.
It's just matter of use...
Love this guy's work. Always quality.
Always have to play his videos at 1.25 though.
What an interesting and insightful video! I am really glad you have made it, it is a great watch!
Dude I love the music it is amazing
I don’t know how but this is probably the most effective way I’ve seen the horror of industrialization of war presented
The impact of the industrial revolution on warfare really is best exemplified by Naval Design. The "Dreadnought Effect" is named after HMS Dreadnought for a reason.
Excellent video thanks
I love the lord of war reference
Great video bro this is exactly what I love to research
I really like the soundscapes you guys made in this episode, the ambience is so foreboding
\yeah, during the American civil war, People realised how advanced weapons became, and the accuracy made the casualties uncomparable to past battles.
Nah. The ACW is realy not the Forenshadowing of WW1 its Always made Out to be.
False, commanders actually overestimated the effectiveness of weapons because of the mexican-american war. As it turns out terrain actually allowed/forced them to use tactics closer to even earlier periods.
@@JJSUXJK
The ACW is Not at all comparable to WW1 and Not this big turning Point.
@vinz4066 Not what im saying, The way they changed warfare, not developed it, The accuracy of weapons and bullets made the casualty rate so high, and the Russo-Japanese war is another example why they quit using linear warfare. not the tech turning point.
The outbreak of war is often not only the result of industrial change but also of political, religious, and social factors. For example, in World War I and II, factors such as extreme nationalism, political power struggles, and imperial competition were more important, although industrialization contributed to the intensity and scale of the wars.
I love it when you make these videos about baser and meta things in history!
One of your best videos!
Another W armchair man 💯💯💥💥👊👊🗣🗣🔥🔥
One of the best videos you guys made good work more of this would be awesome
These kinds of topic are very interesting
Keep up your best standards!
I really liked this one the animations were spot on well done man!
Did you guys notice the thumbnail changing? It keeps changing from a WW1 German soldier being upgraded to a WW1 French soldier surrounded by WW2-era vehicles.
For me it has always been a german infantry troope surrounded by the stalhelm, mp18 gas mask etc. I have not seen the French one yet though. But I hope griffin Johnson makes a poster in a different style of different nations.
"Would I rather be loved or feared easy both i want people to afraid of how much they love me"-Michael Scott The Office
In Farewell to Arms, an Italian officer explains why the Germans perform so much better than them in war
“They’ve been building their army bullet by bullet while we’ve been practicing civilisation”
4:45 this would mark the only siginifican, wait nvm, the ONLY Russian naval victory ever
Dear Armchair Historian team. Thank you for yet an other great video.
I absolutely loved this video! I’m in 8th grade at the moment and wish this is how they’d teach us!
The sounds, the music, the theme! I'm shivering and tearing up over the men and women who had to endure total war on their bodies physicly and mentaly and the people who feel the same today. And I can't belive we are on the road towards another world war once again 🥺
You should do a battle of the Hampton roads in the absolute clown show It was due to neither ship being able to hurt each other. Not to mention the technical issues of both ships.
In all due seriousness, it was a good proof of concept despite the ineptitude of both designs.
The monitor was overall better in design and functionality but the north had the resources and labor whereas the south was scavenging for most everything.
@jonathanjones3126 I do agree with you. The monitor was a much better design, albeit done a little bit too cheaply. Also, they named an entire class after that ship where they put absurdly oversized guns on small ships. Along with the attempted refinements of the turret system.
The Monitor had Dahlgren guns capable of shooting through the Virginia's armor. But the stress calculations hadn't been fully completed, and they were told to reduce the powder charge on those guns.
@jonathanjones3126 no it wasn't, it was barley sea worthy and almost sunk before it even saw combat. And it's turret only rotated in 1 direction and could be easily jammed. It also had to be lifted to move, further increasing the vulnerability to water and enemy fire. It was more manuverable but only because of the shallow water, on regular depths it would lose that advantage too. It also got lucky as the confedrates were still in the process of making the armour piercing 'bolts' for the Virginia's guns which would have penetrate the monitors armour. Furthermore the extreme low rate of fire of monitor means it becomes vulnerable to boarding parties (very bad design seeing as it's a close range ship) and even more vulnerable to being outnumbered. Virginia had already demonstrated it could fight off superior numbers just fine and had no such vulnerability to boarders. Virginia has both more guns and guns better able to fight individually (higher rate of fire, and the ability to fire more effective ammo against wooden ships)
The 'breastwork' monitor design was just as much, infact more, of a dead end as casemate guns. So don't be fooled by the turret and low siluet into thinking it's a more modern design.
@gregorymalchuk272 actually monitor fires full charge. The stress test that hadn't been done was for an overcharge. And if we include what ifs then we need to add that Virginia had no armour piercing shells dilvered yet, but had them designed, and said shells could easily penetrate monitor.
This video was awesome, just like all your others! You always make history so interesting and easy to follow. If you ever feel like it, a video on the Albanian insurgency in Macedonia in 2001 would be super cool. It’s such an important event in my country, and I’d love to hear your take on it. Keep up the great work!
War.. War Never changes..
Ok?
@Anaximandro_1814 well, it isn't supposed to be viewed that way you goofball, it's a psychological statement discussing about the effects of war, and how it starts, and all that blabbering.
@Anaximandro_1814Mankind will always adapt to kill each other in some way
Me waiting for him to mention ww2... 18:01
lol me too
one of your top 5 videos of all time
I learned a lot. PLEASE make a video about Ireland and the troubles!
You have an amazing channel I enjoy watching!
Love your content!!!!!
0:04 Lord of War opening
Great video! I really like this channel
As USMC General Smedley Butler said, "War is a racket."
Now we know better
"There's only one way this war ends. Last man standing." -1917
Problem with world war 1 was with the technological revolution, extremely outracing the conventional wisdom at the time. It started back in xix century and came to shocking revelation in the war.
12:55 "Griffin Nouvelles!" Bravo, mon cher! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷
In fairly certain that sometime this century we'll see the automation of warfare,
3:16 Isn't that the one scene from Lord of War
I was literally about to say that:
another banger episode
Imagine another video 20, 30, 40, 50 years from now? Computerization of War. Computerization because computers would have a much more active role compared to today, and that’s saying they’re extremely needed for modern warfare already.
Of course it’s more than just computers. Minimal crew requirements for vehicles, unmanned vehicles, ai, advanced detection and stealth technology, electronic and cyber warfare, mass bombardments via ships and aircraft. Oh my.
Imagine several centuries from now? When battles would be fought in space? My, my, the idea is just as fascinating as it is frightening.
That thumbnail goes unbelievably hard
The train at 9:30 blew me away. Lmao. Excellent work, Armchair Historian.
5:25 man that must’ve been a crazy battle 😂 that battle probably felt like For Honor in Beta the most respected 1v1 dual.
great video, but whats happening with that steam train at 9:25 just made me laugh hahaha
3rd Battalion 5th & 6th Marines did brave & heroic things at the Battle of Belleau Wood, and you know it.
Loved the eerie background score of this video.
This is perhaps your best video ever.
"the industrial revolution and its consciences"
I've seen a gradual improvement in your content recently. Even from your previous high standard. This was a great video
When you ponder in this topic deeper and deeper, and then you realise all of this was the product of our advancement on harnessing energy that started when we learn how to use fire
One of the best new vids I have seen from your channel. Could you talk more about the effects of industrialization?
Video Idea:Evolution of Mexican Uniforms?
What happens when a country does not invest in its military?
It's taken over by those that do.
This one of your best storytellings. Loved it.
3:53 goated reload technique
Learnt about Ike's farewell address in school today and now I see this video 😅
With industrialization comes profit. That's why wars are not ending anytime soon.
Hope everyone had a good tanks-giving