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Der Untergang is a good WW2 movie, and while not a war movie, I cannot recommend The Death of Stalin enough, far too underreacted to and an amazing movie as well
The book/movie isn't based on and specific actual events, it's however a collection of experiences that were quite common for the soldiers at the time. There's an old saying: "there's no honor in being the last man killed in a war, only irony".
Anything WW1 is a horror movie. There is a doco I think on YT about the last men killed from different nations. It's sad because the paperwork had been signed hours earlier. But on a lighter note - TWO subtle Futurama references? I guess there is similarities between the General and Zapp Brannigan in sending wave after wave of his own men at killbots.
The 2022 version doesn't follow the book in detail and doesn't represent very well the major historical events, it focuses mainly on the characters' personal experiences and drama. This creates difficulties and context issues for people that know almost nothing about WWI history. For example: the book starts in 1915, but this movie starts in 1917 - there were no more volunteers by 1917 (on either side) and only the Kaiser still believed they'll march on Paris... I think the best version of the book is the 1979 movie; in the 2022 version you don't even really understand the movie's title.
Just a note but WW1 wasn't started by the Germans. There was basically a tapestry of alliances and guarantees between European nations that compelled them to help a country if it was attacked. After the assassination of Duke Ferdinand Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia who were covered by the UK and France who attacked Austria-Hungary in turn, which was in an alliance with Germany, etc. It was basically just a series of dominos falling. But because Germany lost and they did start WW2, everyone assumes they started WW 1 as well.
It‘s not just because of WW2. First of all, Austria likely wouldn‘t have started the war without the support of Germany. Emperor Wilhelm apparently wanted to withdraw the support, but his letter to Austria was blocked by some German politicians. With the peace treaty of Versailles Germany received the main blame and had to pay lots of reparations. This situation facilitated the rise of the NSDAP and Hitler, and thus was the indirect cause of WW2. From my perspective, most countries really wanted the war, and while WW2 eventually factored into it, Germany got blamed for WW1 several years before WW2 started.
Another war film from a German perspective "Das Boot" the directors cut, with subtitles. One of the best anti-war films of all time, and the submarine film of all
I'm German and My Great Grandfather (born 1889) was lucky to have been gassed during Verdun in 1916 because that made him unable to continue fighting and therefor he not only survived WWI but also managed to survive WWII without having to serve because of his French Gas Disabilities. Anyway, He lived until 1996 so i got to know him because i'm born in the mid 1980s. And he remained a Hunter but i remember one time during New Years Eve, one of our Neighbors went all out on Fireworks including using some questionable Polish or Czech "Böller" as we called them. And when that went off my then 105 year old Grandpa like 5 minutes after Midnight suddenly started shaking, threw up over our Table and then slowly get off his chair and very slowly move his old frail body under the Dinner Table, shaking uncontrollably and we were unable to talk to him until the next Morning. Meaning he was 105 years old and sat under that Table shaking from around 00:10am to 6-7:00am in the Morning. This experience was the Reason why i decided to become a Historian here in Germany and of course join the Military myself (having basic was mandatory when i turned 18) and i ended up serving 6 years including in Combat. I now focus on PTSD and other combat-related Psychological Issues. My other Relatives, especially my German WW2 Veteran Grandfathers and Granduncles helped me a lot with my Research as they mostly spent a ton of time in anti-partisan warfare and Eastern Front Combat. Just thought i share that because to this day, having been to Afghanistan myself 2 times i can say that PTSD and Combat in both WWI and WWII was far worse on the Psychology of a Soldier than what us Soldiers experience nowadays. Yet i would have never known with most WW2 Vets i met that they hat PTSD because it was such a Taboo when the War ended, they managed to put on a Mask and hide it very well. Prost & Cheers from the Bavarian Alps
Thank you for your service and i'd like to extend the same greeting to all who served in your family. Im an ethnic German (Prussian on both sides and Saxon on my father's side) on both my father and mother's side. Largely the female side of my family escaped ww2 alive. The rest died on the eastern front. My great grandfather died in the siege on Königsberg and his wife later had to flee from Brandenburg due to the advance and rapes/murders of the red army. My father was born in Denmark and later moved to Sweden where i was born.
Servus, This sounds so familiar. One Granduncle AT Gunner, made it to Dunkirk, died on Day 2 of Unternehmen Barbarossa, The other Brother was Tanker from the 2. PzDiv., Driver in a PzkpfW IV Ausf. A in Poland, and finished the war in an Ausf. H. I knew him, he passed away in 94. And my Grandfather, the youngest. Maschienenmaat in France on a Torpedoboot. All the best to you, take care and please get all the help you can get!
"500 miles Germans. 500 miles of French. And English, Irish and Scottish men, all fighting for a trench. And when the trench is taken, And many thousands slain, The loser with more slaughter, Retakes the trench again."
320 Americans died on the last day of the war. General Pershing was brought before Congress to explain why there were so many casualties (3200) on the last day. His explanation was that he wanted to drive the Germans back into Germany before the war ended. The reason the German army was short food was due to England's blockade of Germany.
A Serbian assassinated the arch duke of Austria. Austria declared war on Serbia and Russia, Germany chose to back Austria. Britain then declared war on Germany/Austria.
All that death for a few hundred feet... When we visited the area around Verdun, the scars are still very evident, both on the landscape and in the atmosphere.
Men that died in or mear the trenches were buried right where they fell, often in shallow graves. It was quite common for these bodies to be unearthed in the next artillery barrage or when digging a mew trench.
On occasions when the body's couldn't be identified , sometimes whatever was left was put in a sandbag and it was buried with some type of marker. One thing most movies get wrong with ww1 is the amount of body's that would have been on a battlefeild.
A great movie from the German prospective is Das Boot, which is about a U boat crew during WW2. There are three All Quiet On the Western Front movies. One made in 1930, another in 1979, and the 2022 version. In my opinion the 2022 version is the one most true to the novel. It is the best anti-war war movie there is.
@@VerowakReacts You are the only person I know doing these first watching reactions that wants to learn more about the subject matter in the movies you watch. I am rapidly becoming a big fan. Keep up the good work.
Can't say I agree at all. The 2022 version might as well be just a WW1 movie because as an adaptation it's not very good. It adds things that weren't in the book and skips things like the training part and when Paul goes home which really shouldn't be skipped. Hell, the whole scene in which Paul stabs a French soldier, but is stuck in the hole and has to watch him slowly die felt rushed and that's the last thing that ever should be done. The original 1930 version did it better overall while the 2022 version feels more like the director wanted the book title and then do what he wanted to do instead.
I never saw this version, but I did see the ones from 1930 and 1979. I recall from the earlier ones that Paul and his friends did get boot camp training, but the training mostly involved marching in formation and looking polished and presentable. What they truly needed to learn was on the front itself. In the second version, one of them survived, but lost a leg, and it wasn't Kat or Paul.
@@jm52995people like most of the time have a very strange interpretation of "being invaded"... Like Vietnamese farmers invaded the poor States for example.
It's very simple, people gets ideologically convinced to hate another group for whatever reason, you choose, that other group gets attacked and they either choose to be treated like shit or fight/war. The thing that happens when a group refuses to fight is by example the black slaves and the jews after their army was defeated. The problem started much much before the war, war is just one of two consequences of the real issues which could have started years, decades or centuries before, the other options is just put down your head while someone else does whatever they want to you (refer to slavery or concentration camps).
There are two different types of reactors, uneducated people that show no respect to the subject matter or a willingness to learn, and people like yourself that add valid comments and start with a base knowledge of one of modern historys most important conflicts, i have a lot of respect for people like that, plus you appear to be a michael crichton fan too so even more respect to you. Great vid and keep up the good work
The Nazis didn‘t like Remarque‘s novel, because it might deter young people from joining WW2, so they banned it. Partly because they couldn‘t get hold of Remarque (he left Germany before the start of WW2) and partly because she was somewhat anti-Nazi, they executed his sister. I have to admit that I haven‘t read the novel, but I know that the training that you were missing is a big part of the novel. For this movie they also added the whole political part. They also added the last push before the armistice for dramatic effect. From what I‘ve heard, it mainly reuses the character names from the novel, but doesn‘t stick that much to its story. My biggest gripe is that it drops the proper use of the title. When Paul is killed at the end, a short report is sent to HQ, saying: All quiet on the Western front. The series Blackadder Goes Fourth has a lot of interesting takes on WW1. When you read the text in the end, I was reminded of one specific scene. The Field Marshall is shown a miniature of the piece of land they managed to capture the previous day. His question about the scale of the miniature is answered with: 1:1. I also learnt a lot about the atrocities of WW1 in a special from The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones DVDs, specifically the battle of the Somme. British troops, who were not familiar with this kind of warfare, were ordered to support the French at the Somme, but then the Germans attacked Verdun, and the French withdrew all their troops to Verdun. The British shelled the German lines for several days with millions of artillery shells. Thinking that no one is left alive, the troops strolled across no-man‘s-land. But the German lines were much better fortified than assumed, and the Germans killed thousands of British soldiers with machine gun fire almost within minutes. What makes this even more tragic is the fact that the British had so-called pal brigades, where they allowed school mates to join the same unit to increase morale. That way a lot of villages lost almost their whole young male population. J.R.R. Tolkien was the only male of his former school class who survived WW1. I believe the best anti-war movie from the German perspective still is „Das Boot“ (1981). Although it depicts WW2, it is definitely worth checking out. But if you do, you should pick the Director‘s Cut.
never seen this version before, except through reaction videos on youtube, but there were 2 other versions previous to this. in 1979 and 1930. the 1930 version, dircted by lewis milestone and starring lew ayres is a remarkable achievement and won one of the first oscars for best picture. ("wings" another ww1 drama won the first oscar in 1927.) Erich Maria Remarque's novel is a great read too! another excellent ww1 drama is a film called "Gallipoli" (1981) an Australian world war 1 drama directed by Peter Weir and starring mel gibson in one of his earliest roles.
You should watch Flags of Our Fathers, then Letters From Iwo Jima. Both directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags told from the USA perspective, Iwo Jima told from the Japanese perspective. Same timeframe told from different POVs. Letters From Iwo Jima is better in my opinion, and it made Ken Watanabe more a Hollywood name. One of his best role amongst Memoirs of a Geisha and Last Samurai.
@@VerowakReacts The famous photograph of the 6 US Servicemen hoisting the USA Flag on Mount Suribachi in February of 1945, on the island of Iwo Jima is depicted in this movie.
@@VerowakReacts It's basically the same movie, one told from US, the other is Japan. If you see Flags, Some scenes will be the same in Letters just perspective shifted. They filmed it basically at the same time. Letters From Iwo Jima, if you do watch it, just get your box of tissues out. The main actor other than Ken Watanabe is an amazing young Japanese actor. Also Produced by Steven Spielberg.
Dont forget, these were mostly (especially on the German side) Christian soldiers. Burning their bodies after death wasn't the proper way to do things. Sidenote; I do feel the 1979 version of this movie is fár better, the quality is so much better than this one. It includes their harsh training all the way until the last one of them dies at the front.
Nah, this german side but ww1, when the german wasnt really the "bad guy". The ww2 one is "generation war" (3 episodes). And the polish one (since you look polish) is katyn (the movie 2007). The last one might give you broken soul (specially since its based of real specific event). So becareful :O Well, but so far you ve been such a tough girl tho.
Another great WW1 film is Beneath Hill 60. Australian tunnelers were ordered to blow up the hill and in doing so made the largest non nuclear explosion ever. It’s fascinating to watch what they went thru.
There are more films from the German perspective I would recommend if you are interested: - The first is "Die Brücke" ("The Bridge") from 1959 about seven boys (all around 16 years old) who were ordered to guard a very unimportant local bridge which was already scheduled for demolition and no serious fighting was expected for it. This order was given to them because they were so eager to go to war and defend their home town that the commanding officer wanted to give them some purpose without getting them in danger to get killed, because of their young age. It is based on a novel about real events that happened in April 1945. - The second is "Das Boot" ("The Boat", btw. "Boot" is pronounced like [Boht], not like the footwear) from 1981 which is also based on a novel written by a former war correspondent who served on several German U-Boats (submarines) in WWII. The novel "Das Boot" is kind of a summary of all the expieriences he made on these missions. Even it is not about a real historical event, the situations that are described in the book (and the film) are quite believable and not just pure fiction. The story tells about the crew of a German U-Boat ordered to patrol the northern Atlantic to find and sink merchant ships carrying supplies from the USA and Canada to Great Britain. German high command was sure that if they can cut off Britains supply lines over the Atlantic it has to surrender eventually. I would recommend the longer Directors Cut version of this film (208 min.) because its focus is more on the characters and you get to know them a bit better than in the theatrical version. The theatrical versions main focus is more action oriented, which really weakens the whole expierience imho.The film was nominated for 6 Academy Awards at the 55th Oscars but lost to "Ghandi" (3), "E.T." (2) and "Missing" (1). Many sailors who actually served on submarines consider this film the most authentic submarine movie ever made. If you plan to watch it, please watch it in the original German version with English subtitles and NOT the dubbed version. Yes, there is an English dubbed version, but it is really horrible.
Theres many different details & versions but the germans didnt start ww1. There were alot of different factors. Definitely started ww2 tho when they took over all of europe lol.The end result of this war though, the way it ended was what upset hitler and caused the doing of what he went on to do. He felt germany was done dirty after the war & not treated fairly. They lost alot of land and thats why 20 years later he went on to try to take that back but went overboard instead trying to take everything lol
"Is this the best strategy?" Well, it's what they had at the time. WW1 happened at a moment in time when the balance between "fire" and "maneuver" was extremely tipped towards "fire". The relatively recent invention of the machine gun changed warfare in it's core. Before that, mass infantry charges were how you attacked an enemy position pretty much for centuries. Now the defender could throw so much "fire" your way that these tactics resulted in extreme casualties. At the beginning of the war neither side had any way to protect troops from machine gun fire while on the move. Armored vehicles, let alone tanks were not a widely adopted thing yet. Both sides were forced to take cover and dig in. This resulted in the cruel trench warfare we associate with WW1. Tanks only came along later in the war and almost exclusively on the allied side to break that stalemate. We actually see something quite similar in Ukraine these days. The tank and other armored vehicles restored the balance between fire and maneuver for quite a while. In Ukraine however that balance is off again. Drones and other methods of surveillance created a transparent battlefield where it is almost impossible to move without being spotted. And digitalization and fast data transfer means being spotted leads to coming under fire from high precision artillery within minutes. The Russians react to that problem the same way the Germans did in the movie. By throwing bodies at it. So far neither side has come up with a way of restoring the fire-maneuver-balance. That's why this war too has become a bloody stalemate. In the novel and other movie adaptations the training they got is shown. In fact one major character was the drill sergeant who pretty much tortured them. "Be fair to your enemy, or he will hate this peace" That's pretty much what happened. France, who suffered extremely during the war as most of the fighting happened on french soil and just as many young Frenchmen were slaughtered, insisted on an extremely harsh peace treaty that crippled post war Germany. The promise to undo these "shameful" peace terms was a central part of how Hitler later rose to power. The attitude the general shows foreshadows that future. And as others have said: Germany didn't start WW1. It was a war few people on all sides actively wanted but a war nobody on any side actively worked to prevent. It escalated into full war due to a complex system of alliances. When Austria started what was supposed to be a short, very local campaign against a much smaller neighbor this chain of events was set in motion. The first weeks were marked by a huge war euphoria on both sides. Everyone expected the war to be over quickly and of course end with a triumphant victory which would assert the dominance of one's own nation in Europe once and for all. "The war to end all wars" some called it. When it ended and Germany had to give in to these harsh conditions one of them was that in the peace treaty it was officially stated that Germany alone was to blame for the war. It was that part that caused the most outrage in Germany. Because it simply wasn't true. History is written by the victors though, which is why you too knew (or assumed) that Germany started that war. Sorry for the history lessen, I hope I didn't bore you! 😅
This is an excellent move choice for getting the German's perspective of WW1, Vero. It even has very insightful scenes about what was done to make WW2 inevitable.
You may want to give the WW1 nursing corp a look with 2 great series The Crimson Field and Anzac Girls. In my opinion they don’t get nearly enough credit.
Never seen this version, what I watched with you on this reaction, was extremely moving. The worst of the two wars I think just due to the carnage of soldiers for a few yards of earth. My maternal Grandfather (who I never met) was a Stretcher bearer. He must have been 16 or 17 when he signed up, died the year before I was born. They were the ones that had to go out into "No Mans Land" to recover the injured during the lulls between fighting. I don't think they recovered the dead, but I may be wrong. He had mementos given to him by people he saved, including a Paper Knife (Letter Opener) made from a bullet and a piece of shrapnell. I understand he had some things and letters from soldiers from other regiments he saved, like Ghurkas as well. Soldiers from many countries, commonwealth countries, fought with the allies. I know very little about my Paternal Grandfather, he was there, and I think he was injured in some way, physically or mentally, which led to issues. He committed suicide in 1939, I don't know why and my father never talked about him as he was 12 when he died. I can only surmise it had something to do with a new war starting. - 880,000 British soldiers died, 6% of the adult population, 12.5% of those serving, that is just the British - On the other side, 2,037,000 were killed. For nothing. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars! It actually led to massive changes in all the countries affected, but sadly led to the rise of Facism, with Corporal Hitler rising from the German trenches to do what he did. No one really knows how the trench warfare you have just seen really affected his views.
Such a nightmarish time to live. And it's such a beautiful country there in Lowland Europe, I can't imagine how these neighbors could kill each other in the millions. Germany, France, Belgium, makers of such lovely culture. Looking at them today, it's hard to imagine the bloodshed 107 years ago.
@@HongobogologomoThe sad fact is that on Christmas Eve 1914, the soldiers themselves called a cease fire. They sang Carols and exchanged gifts. Afterwards they would warn each other of the next artillery barrage. When the Generals heard of this they put a stop to it and threatened the men with a firing squad. Just goes to show who the real villains are and why we are to distrust all those in power.
It’s really hard to watch sometimes when Americans watch films about the 2 world wars and don’t have even a comprehensive understanding of the events not so much historically but contextually. I know it’s not anyone’s fault for it not being in their education, but I find myself feeling very prickled and offended for the run out of the trenches to be sort of…negged like it’s stupid. Not that it isn’t stupid - that’s the overall statement of this film. Lives were lost needlessly hand over fist because of stupid outdated decisions by the ones with authority. The industrial machine of chew chewed through men and boys with obscene, sickening impunity. These men were sent to die. They threw human bodies into machine gunfire. This is how warfare was being done and the obscenity is how meaningless all this death is.
Thankfully I'm not an American! Everyone has subjects that they learned more about, some it's history, some it's physics, or whatever else. Having terrible teachers for some subjects can easily turn people away from that subject until something piques their interest
My last of us friend. Thank you for this watch ma’am! I didn’t read the book but being a veteran myself I watched this film and I believe with everything I have that more reactors should view this film. As it’s very much just as important to see all sides and understand their perspectives as well. Thank you miss Vera and I’m so glad subtitles don’t bother you I noticed that you were kinda like me on my first watch just drawn into the story so much more because of them. Which is a good thing considering the movie I requested is also subtitles and based on a true story. The Intouchables!
I'd say it's not from a German perspective per-se. It's actually from a 'human' perspective,...a 'soldier's perspective..regardless of which side he's on.
The Germans did not mount large scale attacks on the last day of the war. The soldiers were exhausted and outnumbered. The German Navy command wanted to order the whole fleet to go out in a final battle against the Royal Navy. This is what caused the sailors to mutiny and eventually lead to the Kaiser abdicating. The 70s film is much closer to the novel and if you have time, I'd recommend watching it. For another great WW1 film, Kubricks 1957 "Paths of Glory" is really great. If you want another film from the enemy perspective, watch "Das Boot" or "Der Untergang (Downfall)".
On Friday, August 26, 1921, center politician Matthias Erzberger was murdered by two right-wing radical Freikorps members near Bad Griesbach in the Black Forest while walking with a friendly member of the Reichstag.
The end is not dramatising. These people had no choice, quite simply, as Kat put it, they are a pair of boots with a rifle. Orders are orders in these conflicts. Quite a few soldiers died even after 11 o'clock during the actual war, not realising the war had come to an end. Another accuracy is the state of the German supplies in 1918, many of them resorted to eating rats and insects. Germany was unable to import food due to a British naval blockade preventing so, hoping to starve Germany into submission. It worked to a brutal effect. This film is a masterpiece and depicts the time period really well. The war is summed up with the ending, pointless chaos. It is however, an extremely interesting point of time. Thanks for the video! It was great!!
The allies were very shitty in the first world war. Not to compare with the second world war. The British blockade killed many more civilians than the German submarines. The Germans even warned in public newspapers that they will attack certain civilian ships and that the US people should beware as they will attack this ship. Initially, the Germans even gave the ships plenty of time to evacuate. But they had to stop that later as it made them very vulnerable to consistently saying where they were attacking to protect civilians. The Germans attacked civilians in Belgium because the Belgian soldiers disguised themselves as civilians to surprise the Germans. The Germans didn't just invade Belgium. They asked beforehand if they could go through peacefully. You have to see this war from every side as there was no good or bad. Just like before the war. The Germans felt attacked from all sides. Just as Russia was rearming, it was over. The USA was not "neutral" either, as is often said in American schools. Most American settlers were German, yet the US consistently supplied the Allies and broke their neutrality. They tried to ban German language and culture. Every piece of German was removed. Although the settlers had nothing to do with the country politically. For the fact that the Germans made the USA more or less great by producing the largest families in the USA or inventions like jeans or the beginning of the gold rush, they were hated and sometimes even chased away. Not a single president stood up for this group of Americans, who really did something for the country with their working-class mentality. Allied propaganda made everyone in the world hate the Germans. All the great powers allied against the Germans and yet the Germans almost won. It was a period of weeks. If the usa had entered the war a few weeks later.. it would have been dark for the allies. Despite the British blockade, which left the Germans without supplies and one planet against them, the Germans almost won. Shows how overpowered they are. After the war they were held responsible for everything. But we're talking about the bad bad Germans. Don't get me wrong, the Germans screwed up too. But they also had to fight against a planet. That doesn't justify the actions, but makes it more understandable. Canadian soldiers were the Sturmtruppen of the allies.. Truly great soldiers! Love from Germany.. But not the modern. 🇩🇪⚫⚪🔴🤝🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 What i don't like about the movie is obviously the end Szene were the Germans were attacking in the last minutes of the war.. In reality the Germans wanted this peace immediately but the allies didn't stopped.. Until the last second. After the war.. They left Germany in ruins and that whole story with the Versailles Treaty.. Imagine you are a German soldier coming home and everything you fought for is just ash. The Treaty of Versailles completely destroyed the Germans and their pride.. Young pride.. Since 1871. And then the new Weimar Republik fails and that whole story.. The new movement called: "Nationalsozialismus".. Nationalsozialism.. Nazi ideology.. Many Germans hopped that the Nazis would return Germany to its former glory but they had no idea what was coming. It's a whole different story but the reason why I say this.. Is because the lost in ww1 and following Versailles Treaty with the crisis created Nazi Germany. If the Germans would have won.. No third Reich. Fun fact.. The Germans never had much tanks in ww1 Maximum probably 20 The allies had thousands of tanks.. But although the Germans didn't had much tanks in ww1.. They perfected the use of tanks in ww2 and also created the first real modern tank division or the idea of a tank division. There was no tank division in ww1.. Tanks were completely new. This also had to do with the Fact that Germany lost ww2 because many Wehrmacht generals or high soldiers also fought in ww1 so they learned from their enemy and from their mistakes.. Many German generals like Rommel thought really modern.. The allies or Entente on the contrary won the war and knew that Germany was in ruins so they didn't cared and ignored many books from their own generals after ww1.. These books were all about the potential of speed and tanks.. Many German generals studied these books. And perfected the idea in form of 'Blitzkrieg' If you want.. You could check out the film "Hitler the Rise of Evil" it's all about the post ww1 time in Germany and the rise of Hitler. Full movie on RUclips.. Really good.
Another anti-war film is Kubrik's "Paths of Glory" (1957) with Mickael Douglas. All the action takes place on the French side but we never see a German enemy in this film but the enemies are omnipresent... the officers... “Contrary to the classic war film, the confrontation does not take place between two enemy camps but between the general officers and the soldiers of the same camp, some at stake for their promotion, others for their lives. ". Besides, we don't see any Germans, because the film partly denounces the war but above all the relations between senior officers and soldiers. This film, inspired by the “Corporals Souain affair”, was censored for a long time and banned in France until 1975. There is a monument a few kilometers from my home in Normandy in the village of Sartilly because most of the 4 soldiers shot were Normans. The wife of one of the executed corporals (Théophile Maupas) was a teatcher and his wife Blanche Maupas fought all her life to rehabilitate her husband.
Late to the game but I haven’t seen anyone answer it; the reason why the armistice came into effect so far in advance is to give time for both armies to communicate the ceasefire to their respective units. If one unit stands down and the other side keeps shooting, they’d have to defend themselves and keep shooting too. Having the ceasefire synchronized on all sides solves that issue
They had training but this movie just skipped that part. The novel and the previous two films had it. This is a good movie but it not a faithful adaptation. More like inspired by. The title comes from a quote at the end of the book. In October 1918 Paul is killed on a peaceful day. The situation report from the frontline that day states: "All quiet on the Western Front."
To the point of being "fair" to the losing side / Germans, I understand the mentally of a "Excuse me, wtf". But rationally this was a very clever advise and ignoring it made a perfect foundation for WW2. The argument of who started it is something, but wars start out of "unhappiness" and this gave a lot of material to start another war. Not saying it was easy on the french side making a clever decision in that situation, but it definitely wasn't clever and not at all diplomatic. So yes he basically "teasered" the second world war with that sentence and I think it is one of the most important things if we actually want to live with each other.
You know, for us French, the 14/18 war was one of the most terrible. Yet France has known no century without war from the time of Julius Caesar to now. Suffice it to say that the population is accustomed, so to speak, to war. But that of 1914 was really a shock of dread and horror. imagine that for a small country like France. It has lost more than a million and a half of men
Paul never said a word to that kid at the end but he fought so hard to protect him. Turning his head so he wouldn't see the men getting executed and then fighting off two French soldiers to save his life.
As well as the reality of the combat on the ground, it shows the "class" difference between the Soldiers, often naïve young men who believed what they were first told, and the leaders, of whom their tactics, beliefs and reasons haven't changed in centuries.
The last man to died in WW1 was Private Henry Gunther, a German-American who wanted to prove his loyalty to the country his parents had immigrated to. He was charging a German machine gun nest when he was hit in the head by a bullet. The Germans tried to wave him off but he kept shooting at them. Witnesses said that the guns fell silent as hos body hit the ground. In my opinion, his death was caused by overly ambitious generals and Henry's comrades that talked behind his back saying he was a German sympatheticer.
@@dalj4362 Read the story of Henry Gunther. His commanding General ordered that his troops would fight hard to the last minute even though the cease fire time was announced at 9:30 am. This actually caused numerous UNNECESSARY casualties in Gunther's platoon. Within a minute of the cease fire Henry jumps up and charges the Germans. They do all the can to keep him from coming at them but he is relentless and shoots at them. They finally had no choice but to shoot him. His fellow soldiers even admitted that Henry kept trying to prove himself but they wouldn't have it...the rumors continued. Keep in mind that during WW1 Americans even changed the name of German foods like sour kraut to liberty cabbage.
Btw the whole political topic was based on real events. Erzberger really existed and what they were basically discussing about was the treaty of versailles, which ultimatley lead to the 2nd WW. They also kinda teased the 2nd world was as Erberger said treat the losing side fair or they will hate you forever -> basically resulted in world war 2. I think what you also always have to keep in mind watching movies from world war 1 that there was no clear good or bad side as obiously in ww2 the Nazis were the evil ones without a doubt. The world was at tension anyway and a war was prone to erupt. The germans didn't fight for any weird idiology and race theory stuff as they did in world war 2. It was merely a war between two alliances. I see this too often that people condemn the germans in world war 1.
Most of the dead Soldiers (all sides), are still lieing in the ground, in pieces,. With a lot of undetonated bullets and Granades,.. Til today... No one can, t grap them out.. Too dangerous..
The best world war I movie by far. I would really like to see your reaction to Downfall. It's also in German and in my opinion, is the best world war II movie ever.
All Quiet on the Western Front has always been the English title but the German title of the film is the actual title of the 1929 novel: Im Westen nichts Neues (In the West, nothing is new). There have been two other versions of this film, the original 1930 film and, the one made in 1979. What this film does not show is when the protagonist, Paul Bäumer, when he is furloughed back home, he confronts his former schoolmaster, for being responsible for sending off his classmates to the War that ultimately gets most of them killed. There was an illusion that the Great War would be over in weeks but in reality, it devolved into brutal trench warfare and went on for years. The other main difference is that the previous films, there is no climatic battle at the end. As in the book, Paul is shot by a sniper just seconds before the Armistice comes into effect. His death is even more tragic than in this iteration of the story.
You got the two main themes of the movie and book right as I predicted. 1. Child soldiers. 2. The futility/brutality of war. That is why I suggested you watch Sabaton HISTORY In Flanders Fields and 1916. Both of those are not music videos. They 15-to-20-minute ish videos where a historian talks about it for the 1st 1/2, the 2nd half is talking about why the band chose to do that song. Anyone that sees this comment and has seen the movie should really check them out. Flanders Fields is about the last day of war and WW1 poetry from soldiers, and 1916 is about WW1 child soldiers. Make sure when you put in HISTORY or might just get the music video. Keep tissues close by though. Fair warning.
The original All Quiet no the Western Front (1930) won an Oscar for best picture and this remake won an Oscar for best international film. Great reaction Vero thank you excellent👍👍👍👍
@@VerowakReacts you should check it out. Even though it is in English, the story is more encompassing of the propaganda and civilian reaction along with the soldiers' POV. But this film is the perfect example of how to do a remake that is justified and maybe one of the best things Netflix has ever produced (which isn't saying too much when they make a lot of bad stuff over good).
25:55 not sure why Americans don't grasp that, this exact scene is solely responsible for WW2. If the War ended on relatively fair notes and not by the hands of the French made to completely humiliate and destroy Germany's social and economic infostructure, the German peoples would've never resorted to such a radical force as A.H. was after the great depression hit Germany 100x harder than the states due to the war reparations demanded by the french. I suggest you do some research, and compare how the US dealt with Germany after WW2 compared to WW1 and why that hasn't led to a WW3
Too bad, the reviewer missed the point at 25:32 the peace signing. The Germans had chased away their emperor already. The guy with glasses at negotiations was part of the first democratic government. So it was not him, who started the war. From the French POV at this moment the reaction of the French marshal is fine, but cheering for that with nowadays knowledge ... I don't know.
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Der Untergang is a good WW2 movie, and while not a war movie, I cannot recommend The Death of Stalin enough, far too underreacted to and an amazing movie as well
@@DocLunarwind Death Of Stalin is phenomenal. Hilarious and serious at the same time.
@@DocLunarwind I'm intrigued and will want to watch it now! Thank you
You’re a little cutie pie, got that yum yum body
So glad finally reactor watches it in original German version instead of cringy dubbing
No one watches the dub.
@@steven95Neight out of ten reaction channels with this movie has it dubbed in English.
@@VirusSI what does that have to do with what I wrote?
ZE book, oder?
oh like Das boot, Stalingrad, Untergang...?
The book/movie isn't based on and specific actual events, it's however a collection of experiences that were quite common for the soldiers at the time.
There's an old saying: "there's no honor in being the last man killed in a war, only irony".
Anything WW1 is a horror movie. There is a doco I think on YT about the last men killed from different nations. It's sad because the paperwork had been signed hours earlier. But on a lighter note - TWO subtle Futurama references? I guess there is similarities between the General and Zapp Brannigan in sending wave after wave of his own men at killbots.
The 2022 version doesn't follow the book in detail and doesn't represent very well the major historical events, it focuses mainly on the characters' personal experiences and drama. This creates difficulties and context issues for people that know almost nothing about WWI history. For example: the book starts in 1915, but this movie starts in 1917 - there were no more volunteers by 1917 (on either side) and only the Kaiser still believed they'll march on Paris... I think the best version of the book is the 1979 movie; in the 2022 version you don't even really understand the movie's title.
38:44 austria started the war not germany
The sad reality is tbe trench warefare they where ready to stay for years if necessary
Oh that is just heartbreaking
Please ready the book oder watch the older Films. This movie has nothing to do with the book.
this girl is getting more beatiful day by day. i dont know how
Just a note but WW1 wasn't started by the Germans. There was basically a tapestry of alliances and guarantees between European nations that compelled them to help a country if it was attacked. After the assassination of Duke Ferdinand Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia who were covered by the UK and France who attacked Austria-Hungary in turn, which was in an alliance with Germany, etc. It was basically just a series of dominos falling. But because Germany lost and they did start WW2, everyone assumes they started WW 1 as well.
Serbia covered by Russia, not by UK and FR.
but Russia covered by FR
Belgien covered by UK
etc etc
It‘s not just because of WW2.
First of all, Austria likely wouldn‘t have started the war without the support of Germany. Emperor Wilhelm apparently wanted to withdraw the support, but his letter to Austria was blocked by some German politicians.
With the peace treaty of Versailles Germany received the main blame and had to pay lots of reparations. This situation facilitated the rise of the NSDAP and Hitler, and thus was the indirect cause of WW2.
From my perspective, most countries really wanted the war, and while WW2 eventually factored into it, Germany got blamed for WW1 several years before WW2 started.
Geemans egged Vienna to start the war. they needed all hell to break loose in order to have redistribution of colonies
@@michaelkonig530 yeah germany starts to 100% WW2.
Germany didn't start it, but didn't hesitate to jump at the chance for war
Another war film from a German perspective "Das Boot" the directors cut, with subtitles. One of the best anti-war films of all time, and the submarine film of all
True and Stalingrad by Vilsmaier
Kubrik's "Paths of Glory" (1957) with Mickael Douglas.
@@stephanedaguet915 It was his father Kirk Douglas.
Ooops ... you are right, sorry. @@C0mpu1erd0k1or
Cross of Iron its another film from the german perspective from WWII in the soviet front
I'm German and My Great Grandfather (born 1889) was lucky to have been gassed during Verdun in 1916 because that made him unable to continue fighting and therefor he not only survived WWI but also managed to survive WWII without having to serve because of his French Gas Disabilities.
Anyway, He lived until 1996 so i got to know him because i'm born in the mid 1980s.
And he remained a Hunter but i remember one time during New Years Eve, one of our Neighbors went all out on Fireworks including using some questionable Polish or Czech "Böller" as we called them. And when that went off my then 105 year old Grandpa like 5 minutes after Midnight suddenly started shaking, threw up over our Table and then slowly get off his chair and very slowly move his old frail body under the Dinner Table, shaking uncontrollably and we were unable to talk to him until the next Morning.
Meaning he was 105 years old and sat under that Table shaking from around 00:10am to 6-7:00am in the Morning.
This experience was the Reason why i decided to become a Historian here in Germany and of course join the Military myself (having basic was mandatory when i turned 18) and i ended up serving 6 years including in Combat.
I now focus on PTSD and other combat-related Psychological Issues.
My other Relatives, especially my German WW2 Veteran Grandfathers and Granduncles helped me a lot with my Research as they mostly spent a ton of time in anti-partisan warfare and Eastern Front Combat.
Just thought i share that because to this day, having been to Afghanistan myself 2 times i can say that PTSD and Combat in both WWI and WWII was far worse on the Psychology of a Soldier than what us Soldiers experience nowadays.
Yet i would have never known with most WW2 Vets i met that they hat PTSD because it was such a Taboo when the War ended, they managed to put on a Mask and hide it very well.
Prost & Cheers from the Bavarian Alps
Thank you for your service and i'd like to extend the same greeting to all who served in your family. Im an ethnic German (Prussian on both sides and Saxon on my father's side) on both my father and mother's side. Largely the female side of my family escaped ww2 alive. The rest died on the eastern front. My great grandfather died in the siege on Königsberg and his wife later had to flee from Brandenburg due to the advance and rapes/murders of the red army. My father was born in Denmark and later moved to Sweden where i was born.
Imagine you are lucky because you got gassed so early. Thats just horrible to think about all these young people who were not so lucky.
Verdun must of been hell.
Servus, This sounds so familiar. One Granduncle AT Gunner, made it to Dunkirk, died on Day 2 of Unternehmen Barbarossa, The other Brother was Tanker from the 2. PzDiv., Driver in a PzkpfW IV Ausf. A in Poland, and finished the war in an Ausf. H. I knew him, he passed away in 94. And my Grandfather, the youngest. Maschienenmaat in France on a Torpedoboot. All the best to you, take care and please get all the help you can get!
"500 miles Germans.
500 miles of French.
And English, Irish and Scottish men,
all fighting for a trench.
And when the trench is taken,
And many thousands slain,
The loser with more slaughter,
Retakes the trench again."
Nominated for 9 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for
Best International Film
Best Production Design
Best Original Score
Best Cinematography.
To win Best Picture in the Oscars a movie has to be in English.
@@pangkajiforgot about a little movie called Parasite. Won best picture. Korean film.
And yet, I thought it felt kind of flat. This sort of explains what I mean
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320 Americans died on the last day of the war. General Pershing was brought before Congress to explain why there were so many casualties (3200) on the last day. His explanation was that he wanted to drive the Germans back into Germany before the war ended.
The reason the German army was short food was due to England's blockade of Germany.
A Serbian assassinated the arch duke of Austria. Austria declared war on Serbia and Russia, Germany chose to back Austria. Britain then declared war on Germany/Austria.
All that death for a few hundred feet... When we visited the area around Verdun, the scars are still very evident, both on the landscape and in the atmosphere.
That must be quite an experience to visit!
@@VerowakReacts Haunting, but worthwhile. Well worth it if you ever get the chance.
Das Boot next pls!
Way to few people that react to it!
Of course in German with subtitles
Men that died in or mear the trenches were buried right where they fell, often in shallow graves. It was quite common for these bodies to be unearthed in the next artillery barrage or when digging a mew trench.
That is horrifying!
On occasions when the body's couldn't be identified , sometimes whatever was left was put in a sandbag and it was buried with some type of marker. One thing most movies get wrong with ww1 is the amount of body's that would have been on a battlefeild.
A great movie from the German prospective is Das Boot, which is about a U boat crew during WW2.
There are three All Quiet On the Western Front movies. One made in 1930, another in 1979, and the 2022 version. In my opinion the 2022 version is the one most true to the novel. It is the best anti-war war movie there is.
The novel is on my list to read, since it always gives more details than movies. This was a very good anti-war movie!
@@VerowakReacts You are the only person I know doing these first watching reactions that wants to learn more about the subject matter in the movies you watch. I am rapidly becoming a big fan. Keep up the good work.
Can't say I agree at all. The 2022 version might as well be just a WW1 movie because as an adaptation it's not very good. It adds things that weren't in the book and skips things like the training part and when Paul goes home which really shouldn't be skipped. Hell, the whole scene in which Paul stabs a French soldier, but is stuck in the hole and has to watch him slowly die felt rushed and that's the last thing that ever should be done. The original 1930 version did it better overall while the 2022 version feels more like the director wanted the book title and then do what he wanted to do instead.
I never saw this version, but I did see the ones from 1930 and 1979. I recall from the earlier ones that Paul and his friends did get boot camp training, but the training mostly involved marching in formation and looking polished and presentable. What they truly needed to learn was on the front itself. In the second version, one of them survived, but lost a leg, and it wasn't Kat or Paul.
Hi Verawak. My great grandfather was an army truck driver in WW1. He rejoined for WW2 as well. Thanks for choosing this movie.
Everyone should read the book, its the most affective anti-war writing
Anti war is such a stupid concept, so youre not gonna do anything if your country is being invaded?
@@jm52995 how about you read the book and open your mind a little
@@jm52995people like most of the time have a very strange interpretation of "being invaded"... Like Vietnamese farmers invaded the poor States for example.
It's very simple, people gets ideologically convinced to hate another group for whatever reason, you choose, that other group gets attacked and they either choose to be treated like shit or fight/war.
The thing that happens when a group refuses to fight is by example the black slaves and the jews after their army was defeated.
The problem started much much before the war, war is just one of two consequences of the real issues which could have started years, decades or centuries before, the other options is just put down your head while someone else does whatever they want to you (refer to slavery or concentration camps).
People call this story anti-war, but I disagree. It's just war. War isn't supposed to make you feel good.
The ending reflects how the next war started. Germany was “stabbed in the back” per Nazis.
The book is ten times better, especially the part where Paul visits his home during leave.
There are two different types of reactors, uneducated people that show no respect to the subject matter or a willingness to learn, and people like yourself that add valid comments and start with a base knowledge of one of modern historys most important conflicts, i have a lot of respect for people like that, plus you appear to be a michael crichton fan too so even more respect to you. Great vid and keep up the good work
The Nazis didn‘t like Remarque‘s novel, because it might deter young people from joining WW2, so they banned it.
Partly because they couldn‘t get hold of Remarque (he left Germany before the start of WW2) and partly because she was somewhat anti-Nazi, they executed his sister.
I have to admit that I haven‘t read the novel, but I know that the training that you were missing is a big part of the novel. For this movie they also added the whole political part. They also added the last push before the armistice for dramatic effect. From what I‘ve heard, it mainly reuses the character names from the novel, but doesn‘t stick that much to its story.
My biggest gripe is that it drops the proper use of the title. When Paul is killed at the end, a short report is sent to HQ, saying: All quiet on the Western front.
The series Blackadder Goes Fourth has a lot of interesting takes on WW1. When you read the text in the end, I was reminded of one specific scene.
The Field Marshall is shown a miniature of the piece of land they managed to capture the previous day. His question about the scale of the miniature is answered with: 1:1.
I also learnt a lot about the atrocities of WW1 in a special from The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones DVDs, specifically the battle of the Somme.
British troops, who were not familiar with this kind of warfare, were ordered to support the French at the Somme, but then the Germans attacked Verdun, and the French withdrew all their troops to Verdun.
The British shelled the German lines for several days with millions of artillery shells. Thinking that no one is left alive, the troops strolled across no-man‘s-land. But the German lines were much better fortified than assumed, and the Germans killed thousands of British soldiers with machine gun fire almost within minutes.
What makes this even more tragic is the fact that the British had so-called pal brigades, where they allowed school mates to join the same unit to increase morale. That way a lot of villages lost almost their whole young male population.
J.R.R. Tolkien was the only male of his former school class who survived WW1.
I believe the best anti-war movie from the German perspective still is „Das Boot“ (1981). Although it depicts WW2, it is definitely worth checking out. But if you do, you should pick the Director‘s Cut.
if you are interested in stuff from the German perspective try the mini-series "Generation War"
Seconded. It wasn't perfect, but it was very good.
never seen this version before, except through reaction videos on youtube, but there were 2 other versions previous to this. in 1979 and 1930.
the 1930 version, dircted by lewis milestone and starring lew ayres is a remarkable achievement and won one of the first oscars for best picture. ("wings" another ww1 drama won the first oscar in 1927.) Erich Maria Remarque's novel is a great read too! another excellent ww1 drama is a film called "Gallipoli" (1981) an Australian world war 1 drama directed by Peter Weir and starring mel gibson in one of his earliest roles.
stanley kubrick's 3rd feature film, "paths of glory" (1957) was a ww1 drama starring kirk douglas. its real good too!
30:37 like in 1917(film) “Some men just want the fight…”
WOW....This Reaction Video is really great! Thank you for watching it in original German!❤
If you are interested in other war movies from the German perspective, than you should watch "Stalingrad" from 1993.
You should watch Flags of Our Fathers, then Letters From Iwo Jima. Both directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags told from the USA perspective, Iwo Jima told from the Japanese perspective. Same timeframe told from different POVs.
Letters From Iwo Jima is better in my opinion, and it made Ken Watanabe more a Hollywood name. One of his best role amongst Memoirs of a Geisha and Last Samurai.
I've heard of Letters from Iwo Jima, but not Flags of Our Fathers. Letters from Iwo Jima is one that I would like to watch though
@@VerowakReacts The famous photograph of the 6 US Servicemen hoisting the USA Flag on Mount Suribachi in February of 1945, on the island of Iwo Jima is depicted in this movie.
@@VerowakReacts It's basically the same movie, one told from US, the other is Japan. If you see Flags, Some scenes will be the same in Letters just perspective shifted. They filmed it basically at the same time. Letters From Iwo Jima, if you do watch it, just get your box of tissues out. The main actor other than Ken Watanabe is an amazing young Japanese actor.
Also Produced by Steven Spielberg.
Dont forget, these were mostly (especially on the German side) Christian soldiers. Burning their bodies after death wasn't the proper way to do things.
Sidenote; I do feel the 1979 version of this movie is fár better, the quality is so much better than this one. It includes their harsh training all the way until the last one of them dies at the front.
I've read the book and I love this version too, voted for it and I watch it all the time
I'm glad it won, it was enthralling!! 🤩
Nah, this german side but ww1, when the german wasnt really the "bad guy".
The ww2 one is "generation war" (3 episodes).
And the polish one (since you look polish) is katyn (the movie 2007).
The last one might give you broken soul (specially since its based of real specific event). So becareful :O
Well, but so far you ve been such a tough girl tho.
Another great WW1 film is Beneath Hill 60. Australian tunnelers were ordered to blow up the hill and in doing so made the largest non nuclear explosion ever. It’s fascinating to watch what they went thru.
The recirculation of clothing hasn't been historically proven, but it is unfortunately possible.
There are more films from the German perspective I would recommend if you are interested:
- The first is "Die Brücke" ("The Bridge") from 1959 about seven boys (all around 16 years old) who were ordered to guard a very unimportant local bridge which was already scheduled for demolition and no serious fighting was expected for it. This order was given to them because they were so eager to go to war and defend their home town that the commanding officer wanted to give them some purpose without getting them in danger to get killed, because of their young age. It is based on a novel about real events that happened in April 1945.
- The second is "Das Boot" ("The Boat", btw. "Boot" is pronounced like [Boht], not like the footwear) from 1981 which is also based on a novel written by a former war correspondent who served on several German U-Boats (submarines) in WWII. The novel "Das Boot" is kind of a summary of all the expieriences he made on these missions. Even it is not about a real historical event, the situations that are described in the book (and the film) are quite believable and not just pure fiction. The story tells about the crew of a German U-Boat ordered to patrol the northern Atlantic to find and sink merchant ships carrying supplies from the USA and Canada to Great Britain. German high command was sure that if they can cut off Britains supply lines over the Atlantic it has to surrender eventually. I would recommend the longer Directors Cut version of this film (208 min.) because its focus is more on the characters and you get to know them a bit better than in the theatrical version. The theatrical versions main focus is more action oriented, which really weakens the whole expierience imho.The film was nominated for 6 Academy Awards at the 55th Oscars but lost to "Ghandi" (3), "E.T." (2) and "Missing" (1). Many sailors who actually served on submarines consider this film the most authentic submarine movie ever made. If you plan to watch it, please watch it in the original German version with English subtitles and NOT the dubbed version. Yes, there is an English dubbed version, but it is really horrible.
Das Boot is a masterpiece. Even the ridiculously long directors cut is still so captivating.
@@goodshipkaraboudjanThe Mini Series is the best, most realistic version
@@arnodobler1096
You’re not talking about the new one, right? That shit was ass.
Theres many different details & versions but the germans didnt start ww1. There were alot of different factors. Definitely started ww2 tho when they took over all of europe lol.The end result of this war though, the way it ended was what upset hitler and caused the doing of what he went on to do. He felt germany was done dirty after the war & not treated fairly. They lost alot of land and thats why 20 years later he went on to try to take that back but went overboard instead trying to take everything lol
😊👍🇩🇪 Meine Empfehlung an Filmen aus Deutschland: "Das Boot" (1981/Anti-Kriegsfilm),"Die Brücke" (1959/Anti-Kriegsfilm ), "Die Welle" (2008/Drama), "Der bewegte Mann" (1994/Komödie), "Wie die Karnickel" (2002/Komödie), "Der Wixxer" (2004/Teil1/Komödie).
Danke! Das Boot is one that has been mentioned many times, and it's one that I want to see soon!
@@VerowakReacts ok 😉
"Is this the best strategy?"
Well, it's what they had at the time. WW1 happened at a moment in time when the balance between "fire" and "maneuver" was extremely tipped towards "fire". The relatively recent invention of the machine gun changed warfare in it's core. Before that, mass infantry charges were how you attacked an enemy position pretty much for centuries. Now the defender could throw so much "fire" your way that these tactics resulted in extreme casualties. At the beginning of the war neither side had any way to protect troops from machine gun fire while on the move. Armored vehicles, let alone tanks were not a widely adopted thing yet. Both sides were forced to take cover and dig in. This resulted in the cruel trench warfare we associate with WW1. Tanks only came along later in the war and almost exclusively on the allied side to break that stalemate.
We actually see something quite similar in Ukraine these days. The tank and other armored vehicles restored the balance between fire and maneuver for quite a while. In Ukraine however that balance is off again. Drones and other methods of surveillance created a transparent battlefield where it is almost impossible to move without being spotted. And digitalization and fast data transfer means being spotted leads to coming under fire from high precision artillery within minutes. The Russians react to that problem the same way the Germans did in the movie. By throwing bodies at it. So far neither side has come up with a way of restoring the fire-maneuver-balance. That's why this war too has become a bloody stalemate.
In the novel and other movie adaptations the training they got is shown. In fact one major character was the drill sergeant who pretty much tortured them.
"Be fair to your enemy, or he will hate this peace"
That's pretty much what happened. France, who suffered extremely during the war as most of the fighting happened on french soil and just as many young Frenchmen were slaughtered, insisted on an extremely harsh peace treaty that crippled post war Germany. The promise to undo these "shameful" peace terms was a central part of how Hitler later rose to power. The attitude the general shows foreshadows that future.
And as others have said: Germany didn't start WW1. It was a war few people on all sides actively wanted but a war nobody on any side actively worked to prevent. It escalated into full war due to a complex system of alliances. When Austria started what was supposed to be a short, very local campaign against a much smaller neighbor this chain of events was set in motion. The first weeks were marked by a huge war euphoria on both sides. Everyone expected the war to be over quickly and of course end with a triumphant victory which would assert the dominance of one's own nation in Europe once and for all. "The war to end all wars" some called it.
When it ended and Germany had to give in to these harsh conditions one of them was that in the peace treaty it was officially stated that Germany alone was to blame for the war. It was that part that caused the most outrage in Germany. Because it simply wasn't true.
History is written by the victors though, which is why you too knew (or assumed) that Germany started that war.
Sorry for the history lessen, I hope I didn't bore you! 😅
Looking forward to this one. Glad it won the vote
It was a great watch! I'm glad it won too
This is an excellent move choice for getting the German's perspective of WW1, Vero. It even has very insightful scenes about what was done to make WW2 inevitable.
You may want to give the WW1 nursing corp a look with 2 great series The Crimson Field and Anzac Girls. In my opinion they don’t get nearly enough credit.
You should do a reaction on the Front Line (Korean War movie)
Never seen this version, what I watched with you on this reaction, was extremely moving. The worst of the two wars I think just due to the carnage of soldiers for a few yards of earth. My maternal Grandfather (who I never met) was a Stretcher bearer. He must have been 16 or 17 when he signed up, died the year before I was born. They were the ones that had to go out into "No Mans Land" to recover the injured during the lulls between fighting. I don't think they recovered the dead, but I may be wrong. He had mementos given to him by people he saved, including a Paper Knife (Letter Opener) made from a bullet and a piece of shrapnell. I understand he had some things and letters from soldiers from other regiments he saved, like Ghurkas as well. Soldiers from many countries, commonwealth countries, fought with the allies. I know very little about my Paternal Grandfather, he was there, and I think he was injured in some way, physically or mentally, which led to issues. He committed suicide in 1939, I don't know why and my father never talked about him as he was 12 when he died. I can only surmise it had something to do with a new war starting. - 880,000 British soldiers died, 6% of the adult population, 12.5% of those serving, that is just the British - On the other side, 2,037,000 were killed. For nothing. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars! It actually led to massive changes in all the countries affected, but sadly led to the rise of Facism, with Corporal Hitler rising from the German trenches to do what he did. No one really knows how the trench warfare you have just seen really affected his views.
Such a nightmarish time to live. And it's such a beautiful country there in Lowland Europe, I can't imagine how these neighbors could kill each other in the millions. Germany, France, Belgium, makers of such lovely culture. Looking at them today, it's hard to imagine the bloodshed 107 years ago.
@@HongobogologomoThe sad fact is that on Christmas Eve 1914, the soldiers themselves called a cease fire. They sang Carols and exchanged gifts. Afterwards they would warn each other of the next artillery barrage. When the Generals heard of this they put a stop to it and threatened the men with a firing squad. Just goes to show who the real villains are and why we are to distrust all those in power.
Why would the families of these killed the soldiers want their bodies burned? I’ve never heard anybody say that before.. they’ve never been burned
It’s really hard to watch sometimes when Americans watch films about the 2 world wars and don’t have even a comprehensive understanding of the events not so much historically but contextually. I know it’s not anyone’s fault for it not being in their education, but I find myself feeling very prickled and offended for the run out of the trenches to be sort of…negged like it’s stupid.
Not that it isn’t stupid - that’s the overall statement of this film. Lives were lost needlessly hand over fist because of stupid outdated decisions by the ones with authority. The industrial machine of chew chewed through men and boys with obscene, sickening impunity. These men were sent to die. They threw human bodies into machine gunfire. This is how warfare was being done and the obscenity is how meaningless all this death is.
Thankfully I'm not an American! Everyone has subjects that they learned more about, some it's history, some it's physics, or whatever else. Having terrible teachers for some subjects can easily turn people away from that subject until something piques their interest
My last of us friend. Thank you for this watch ma’am! I didn’t read the book but being a veteran myself I watched this film and I believe with everything I have that more reactors should view this film. As it’s very much just as important to see all sides and understand their perspectives as well. Thank you miss Vera and I’m so glad subtitles don’t bother you I noticed that you were kinda like me on my first watch just drawn into the story so much more because of them. Which is a good thing considering the movie I requested is also subtitles and based on a true story. The Intouchables!
Dieser Film ist so real und emotional. Ich habe selbst Familie im 2.WK verloren.
For me as a german very emotional and tragedy
In the book they actually get lots of training. But it’s still not enough. Wish they would have included that in the movie
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this mentality caused ww2
Check out Come and see
The Lost Battalion is also a spectacular WW1 movie
I'd say it's not from a German perspective per-se. It's actually from a 'human' perspective,...a 'soldier's perspective..regardless of which side he's on.
The Germans did not mount large scale attacks on the last day of the war. The soldiers were exhausted and outnumbered. The German Navy command wanted to order the whole fleet to go out in a final battle against the Royal Navy. This is what caused the sailors to mutiny and eventually lead to the Kaiser abdicating. The 70s film is much closer to the novel and if you have time, I'd recommend watching it. For another great WW1 film, Kubricks 1957 "Paths of Glory" is really great. If you want another film from the enemy perspective, watch "Das Boot" or "Der Untergang (Downfall)".
Most of those young guys barely survive the first week. Was not worth Training them with those low survival rates. They were only cannon fodder
The germans makes a greats movies 👏👏
I haven't seen many German movies, sadly :(
On Friday, August 26, 1921, center politician Matthias Erzberger was murdered by two right-wing radical Freikorps members near Bad Griesbach in the Black Forest while walking with a friendly member of the Reichstag.
The end is not dramatising. These people had no choice, quite simply, as Kat put it, they are a pair of boots with a rifle. Orders are orders in these conflicts. Quite a few soldiers died even after 11 o'clock during the actual war, not realising the war had come to an end. Another accuracy is the state of the German supplies in 1918, many of them resorted to eating rats and insects. Germany was unable to import food due to a British naval blockade preventing so, hoping to starve Germany into submission. It worked to a brutal effect. This film is a masterpiece and depicts the time period really well. The war is summed up with the ending, pointless chaos. It is however, an extremely interesting point of time. Thanks for the video! It was great!!
The allies were very shitty in the first world war. Not to compare with the second world war. The British blockade killed many more civilians than the German submarines. The Germans even warned in public newspapers that they will attack certain civilian ships and that the US people should beware as they will attack this ship. Initially, the Germans even gave the ships plenty of time to evacuate. But they had to stop that later as it made them very vulnerable to consistently saying where they were attacking to protect civilians. The Germans attacked civilians in Belgium because the Belgian soldiers disguised themselves as civilians to surprise the Germans. The Germans didn't just invade Belgium. They asked beforehand if they could go through peacefully. You have to see this war from every side as there was no good or bad. Just like before the war. The Germans felt attacked from all sides. Just as Russia was rearming, it was over. The USA was not "neutral" either, as is often said in American schools. Most American settlers were German, yet the US consistently supplied the Allies and broke their neutrality. They tried to ban German language and culture. Every piece of German was removed. Although the settlers had nothing to do with the country politically. For the fact that the Germans made the USA more or less great by producing the largest families in the USA or inventions like jeans or the beginning of the gold rush, they were hated and sometimes even chased away. Not a single president stood up for this group of Americans, who really did something for the country with their working-class mentality. Allied propaganda made everyone in the world hate the Germans. All the great powers allied against the Germans and yet the Germans almost won. It was a period of weeks. If the usa had entered the war a few weeks later.. it would have been dark for the allies. Despite the British blockade, which left the Germans without supplies and one planet against them, the Germans almost won. Shows how overpowered they are. After the war they were held responsible for everything. But we're talking about the bad bad Germans. Don't get me wrong, the Germans screwed up too. But they also had to fight against a planet. That doesn't justify the actions, but makes it more understandable.
Canadian soldiers were the Sturmtruppen of the allies.. Truly great soldiers! Love from Germany.. But not the modern.
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What i don't like about the movie is obviously the end Szene were the Germans were attacking in the last minutes of the war.. In reality the Germans wanted this peace immediately but the allies didn't stopped.. Until the last second.
After the war.. They left Germany in ruins and that whole story with the Versailles Treaty.. Imagine you are a German soldier coming home and everything you fought for is just ash. The Treaty of Versailles completely destroyed the Germans and their pride.. Young pride.. Since 1871.
And then the new Weimar Republik fails and that whole story.. The new movement called: "Nationalsozialismus".. Nationalsozialism.. Nazi ideology.. Many Germans hopped that the Nazis would return Germany to its former glory but they had no idea what was coming. It's a whole different story but the reason why I say this.. Is because the lost in ww1 and following Versailles Treaty with the crisis created Nazi Germany. If the Germans would have won.. No third Reich.
Fun fact.. The Germans never had much tanks in ww1
Maximum probably 20
The allies had thousands of tanks.. But although the Germans didn't had much tanks in ww1.. They perfected the use of tanks in ww2 and also created the first real modern tank division or the idea of a tank division. There was no tank division in ww1.. Tanks were completely new.
This also had to do with the Fact that Germany lost ww2 because many Wehrmacht generals or high soldiers also fought in ww1 so they learned from their enemy and from their mistakes.. Many German generals like Rommel thought really modern.. The allies or Entente on the contrary won the war and knew that Germany was in ruins so they didn't cared and ignored many books from their own generals after ww1.. These books were all about the potential of speed and tanks.. Many German generals studied these books. And perfected the idea in form of 'Blitzkrieg'
If you want.. You could check out the film "Hitler the Rise of Evil" it's all about the post ww1 time in Germany and the rise of Hitler. Full movie on RUclips.. Really good.
Another anti-war film is Kubrik's "Paths of Glory" (1957) with Mickael Douglas. All the action takes place on the French side but we never see a German enemy in this film but the enemies are omnipresent... the officers...
“Contrary to the classic war film, the confrontation does not take place between two enemy camps but between the general officers and the soldiers of the same camp, some at stake for their promotion, others for their lives. ". Besides, we don't see any Germans, because the film partly denounces the war but above all the relations between senior officers and soldiers.
This film, inspired by the “Corporals Souain affair”, was censored for a long time and banned in France until 1975.
There is a monument a few kilometers from my home in Normandy in the village of Sartilly because most of the 4 soldiers shot were Normans.
The wife of one of the executed corporals (Théophile Maupas) was a teatcher and his wife Blanche Maupas fought all her life to rehabilitate her husband.
Aw man Lawrence of Arabia is peak cinema. I'm glad this one is getting a react but man I love LoA so much
I've heard only good things about Lawrence of Arabia, but the runtime is what scares me away from it :(
@@VerowakReacts totally understandable. Fortunately there's an intermission so you can do a part 1 and a part 2
A brilliant movie.
You should not overlook "Paths of Glory" it's an EXCELLENT film. It's also not pro-German nonsense. Don't forget, the Germans were the BAD GUYS!
Late to the game but I haven’t seen anyone answer it; the reason why the armistice came into effect so far in advance is to give time for both armies to communicate the ceasefire to their respective units. If one unit stands down and the other side keeps shooting, they’d have to defend themselves and keep shooting too. Having the ceasefire synchronized on all sides solves that issue
They had training but this movie just skipped that part. The novel and the previous two films had it. This is a good movie but it not a faithful adaptation. More like inspired by.
The title comes from a quote at the end of the book. In October 1918 Paul is killed on a peaceful day. The situation report from the frontline that day states: "All quiet on the Western Front."
One comment often made about WW1 "The soldiers were Lions the Generals were Donkeys"
To the point of being "fair" to the losing side / Germans, I understand the mentally of a "Excuse me, wtf". But rationally this was a very clever advise and ignoring it made a perfect foundation for WW2. The argument of who started it is something, but wars start out of "unhappiness" and this gave a lot of material to start another war. Not saying it was easy on the french side making a clever decision in that situation, but it definitely wasn't clever and not at all diplomatic. So yes he basically "teasered" the second world war with that sentence and I think it is one of the most important things if we actually want to live with each other.
You know, for us French, the 14/18 war was one of the most terrible. Yet France has known no century without war from the time of Julius Caesar to now. Suffice it to say that the population is accustomed, so to speak, to war. But that of 1914 was really a shock of dread and horror. imagine that for a small country like France. It has lost more than a million and a half of men
If you can, I suggest Come and See. Russian WWII film. Dosnt hold back on the horror and bleakness, either
Paul never said a word to that kid at the end but he fought so hard to protect him. Turning his head so he wouldn't see the men getting executed and then fighting off two French soldiers to save his life.
As well as the reality of the combat on the ground, it shows the "class" difference between the Soldiers, often naïve young men who believed what they were first told, and the leaders, of whom their tactics, beliefs and reasons haven't changed in centuries.
The last man to died in WW1 was Private Henry Gunther, a German-American who wanted to prove his loyalty to the country his parents had immigrated to. He was charging a German machine gun nest when he was hit in the head by a bullet. The Germans tried to wave him off but he kept shooting at them. Witnesses said that the guns fell silent as hos body hit the ground.
In my opinion, his death was caused by overly ambitious generals and Henry's comrades that talked behind his back saying he was a German sympatheticer.
1917, " Some men just want the fight" was the same for all sides
@@dalj4362 Read the story of Henry Gunther. His commanding General ordered that his troops would fight hard to the last minute even though the cease fire time was announced at 9:30 am. This actually caused numerous UNNECESSARY casualties in Gunther's platoon. Within a minute of the cease fire Henry jumps up and charges the Germans. They do all the can to keep him from coming at them but he is relentless and shoots at them. They finally had no choice but to shoot him. His fellow soldiers even admitted that Henry kept trying to prove himself but they wouldn't have it...the rumors continued. Keep in mind that during WW1 Americans even changed the name of German foods like sour kraut to liberty cabbage.
Btw the whole political topic was based on real events. Erzberger really existed and what they were basically discussing about was the treaty of versailles, which ultimatley lead to the 2nd WW. They also kinda teased the 2nd world was as Erberger said treat the losing side fair or they will hate you forever -> basically resulted in world war 2.
I think what you also always have to keep in mind watching movies from world war 1 that there was no clear good or bad side as obiously in ww2 the Nazis were the evil ones without a doubt.
The world was at tension anyway and a war was prone to erupt. The germans didn't fight for any weird idiology and race theory stuff as they did in world war 2. It was merely a war between two alliances. I see this too often that people condemn the germans in world war 1.
Most of the dead Soldiers (all sides), are still lieing in the ground, in pieces,. With a lot of undetonated bullets and Granades,.. Til today... No one can, t grap them out.. Too dangerous..
There is a great documentary on the First World War, "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century", nine parts, available on RUclips...
The best world war I movie by far. I would really like to see your reaction to Downfall. It's also in German and in my opinion, is the best world war II movie ever.
All Quiet on the Western Front has always been the English title but the German title of the film is the actual title of the 1929 novel: Im Westen nichts Neues (In the West, nothing is new). There have been two other versions of this film, the original 1930 film and, the one made in 1979.
What this film does not show is when the protagonist, Paul Bäumer, when he is furloughed back home, he confronts his former schoolmaster, for being responsible for sending off his classmates to the War that ultimately gets most of them killed.
There was an illusion that the Great War would be over in weeks but in reality, it devolved into brutal trench warfare and went on for years.
The other main difference is that the previous films, there is no climatic battle at the end. As in the book, Paul is shot by a sniper just seconds before the Armistice comes into effect. His death is even more tragic than in this iteration of the story.
Soilders are 17 to 18 even in the USA that’s when they say you can die for your country
The closest movie I’ve seen relating to the cleanup after the war is The Water Diviner with Russell Crowe. It’s not a bad watch
You got the two main themes of the movie and book right as I predicted. 1. Child soldiers. 2. The futility/brutality of war. That is why I suggested you watch Sabaton HISTORY In Flanders Fields and 1916. Both of those are not music videos. They 15-to-20-minute ish videos where a historian talks about it for the 1st 1/2, the 2nd half is talking about why the band chose to do that song. Anyone that sees this comment and has seen the movie should really check them out. Flanders Fields is about the last day of war and WW1 poetry from soldiers, and 1916 is about WW1 child soldiers. Make sure when you put in HISTORY or might just get the music video. Keep tissues close by though. Fair warning.
"Enemy at the Gates" is a Russian WW2 prospective very good, check it out
At the beginning u had to climb up the ladder or be executed by the officer for disobeying/desertion
I think it's just assumed they got training off screen and they just time jumped
17 you have to have parents permission but 18 you don’t even today
All war is pointless, except to satisfy the egos of old men who get the young to fight for them.
The original All Quiet no the Western Front (1930) won an Oscar for best picture and this remake won an Oscar for best international film. Great reaction Vero thank you excellent👍👍👍👍
1930 war movie will be very different from what I'm used to in terms of production style and quality
@@VerowakReacts you should check it out. Even though it is in English, the story is more encompassing of the propaganda and civilian reaction along with the soldiers' POV. But this film is the perfect example of how to do a remake that is justified and maybe one of the best things Netflix has ever produced (which isn't saying too much when they make a lot of bad stuff over good).
@@ADifferentVibe Throw enough half cooked spaghetti at a wall and some of them will stick 😂
I just wish Paul and Kat had lived. But it ain't a happy story so oh well.
Learn a bit of history. Germany did NOT start WW1.
They…. They certainly do not burn the bodies of dead soldiers
Letters from Iwo Jima is interesting too, from Japanese pov
Dont care what it won. I started watching it. The original is better.
Cremation was very rare in the early 20th century.
what it's like to caught between 2 fronts, atleast.
LATE 2023: mayhaps Joyeux Noël (2005) = Better?
25:55 not sure why Americans don't grasp that, this exact scene is solely responsible for WW2. If the War ended on relatively fair notes and not by the hands of the French made to completely humiliate and destroy Germany's social and economic infostructure, the German peoples would've never resorted to such a radical force as A.H. was after the great depression hit Germany 100x harder than the states due to the war reparations demanded by the french. I suggest you do some research, and compare how the US dealt with Germany after WW2 compared to WW1 and why that hasn't led to a WW3
I'll ask next time I see an American, but it may be a while since I don't really see any Americans where I live
Too bad, the reviewer missed the point at 25:32 the peace signing. The Germans had chased away their emperor already. The guy with glasses at negotiations was part of the first democratic government. So it was not him, who started the war. From the French POV at this moment the reaction of the French marshal is fine, but cheering for that with nowadays knowledge ... I don't know.
Definitely easy to miss things when watching a movie for the first time lol
Do yourself a favour and watch the original 1930's version , this is a "hollywood" version of a classic movie and fails miserably ...
yeah, because universal pictures is 'soooo not hollywood'. XD
Over 2000 men died on Nov 11, 1918, the last day of WW 1.
That is just so heart wrenching