WWI In LEGO - The Capture of the Amiens Gun - By Brickmania
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- On August 8th, 1918, Allied forces in France launched the Hundred Days Offensive, one of the first combined arms operations of the war that included hundreds of tanks, airplanes, and artillery guns. The offensive was largely a success for the Allies with Germany losing almost 75,000 troops and thousands of machine guns and mortars. The largest prize for the Allies was a massive 28cm German railway gun nicknamed “Bruno”, which had been shelling the French city of Amiens.
Brickmania is a company that specializes in high-quality, custom military kits and minifigures using LEGO® and aftermarket elements.This Brickmania animation features a brief history of the battle and highlights the capture of the railway gun. Produced by our talented animators Austin and Amanda, this episode recreates the circumstances surrounding the capture of the massive weapon. Narrated by Dan Siskind, Brickmania is proud to present WWI In LEGO - The Capture of the Amiens Gun.
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Fantastic work, Brickmania! Very nicely done.
Thanks guys! Means a lot!
You guys really did an outstanding job with the old animations but this one is over the top! Really, the attention to details and Dan's narration made it super interesting, while the exclusive use of LEGO bricks and elements to represent this war event kept it really classic and close to the work you do every day. Congrats guys
That actually looked pretty good. it kinda remind me a bit of the old lego commercials. keep up the good job, would love to see more of this.
Oops - script misread! The battle took place on August 8 not 18!
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A side note for future reference in relation to British/Commonwealth troop ranks. A lieutenant is pronounced lefftenant. Do not ask me why, it just is. The exception is navy. Their lieutenants are pronounced the same as yours
I love the bush hats on the Australians
There called Slouch hats
Bush hats are a nickname. Slouch hat are the official name. My bad.
@@jackhoving4945 Thats not a bush hat, its only ever been called a slouch hat, a bush hat or a giggle hat www.armyshop.com.au/catalogue/displayDecProduct/c/Brands/f/The-Australian-Army/fs/Army/n/Short-Brim-Auscam-Bush-Hat/id/10860.html is that
Plus emu feathers for the Light Horse
richard thomson My bad. Probably should have noticed it came off of Wikipedia
2:03 wilhelm screaming
2:15 one of the german soldier was running like naruto,near the engine
great work guys
No one really realises how much we Aussies helped in ww1
The Australian contribution was well above our relatively small army. Both my Grandfathers and 3 of my Great Uncles served in WW1.
One died at the Battle of Lone Pine at Gallipoli the others survived and 2 went on to serve in WW2.
Australian troops captured more ground and towns than any other army.
@@D70Dug most of my dads side has served in the army and im thinking of joining the navy im 14 in 5 days
How about Fiji
This would be a *brilliant* technique to teach younger ones important moments in history. I could see envision these being used as educational materials in classes. The whole animation was utterly amazing.
I remember watching a stop-motion lego music video of The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton. I concur completely.
That was amazing! Great Job. I take my hat off to your animators! Will you be doing more animation like this in the future?
Eden Palmer yes we will!
the animation was incredible and it looks so cool
great job brickmania
cool you guys liked my comment
keep up the good work
the australian engerneer who drove the train was my uncle who had been taught how to drive steam trains on the midlands line in western australia keep up the good work
Wow! Thanks for sharing!
Well done that man !!
Horse mounted Cavalry was not used at that stage of the war !
They were designated cavalry and mounted infantry but the nature of the war and barbed wire meant mounting an attack like this was impossible.
The Australian Light Horse Charge at Beersheba was the last true cavalry charge in history !
The capture of the Amiens gun
The following account of the capture was given by Lieutenant Burrows. On the morning of 8 August 1918, the Australian Corps, with two Divisions of Canadians on their left, attacked the German position in front of Villiers-Bretonneux, the Australian portion of the line extending from the Somme River to a point some hundreds of yards south of Villers-Bretonneux. Preparations for the attack were carried out secretly along the front for several weeks before the attack. A heavy concentration of artillery was brought on to the front, and every wood for some distance behind the line concealed tanks, ready to move forward into position, during the night prior to the attack. The infantry and tanks got into position under cover of the noise created by aeroplanes flying overhead for that purpose. A dense fog came over at about 2 am, and did not clear until about 9 am. Following a terrific bombardment, the infantry supported by tanks, attacked at 5 am, and after passing the German front and support lines very little opposition was met with until reaching the final objective, which was the old Amiens defence line in front of Harbonnieres. The attack was well organised, and came as a complete surprise to the enemy.
Referring to the particular part of the front where the gun was captured, in the fifth Division sector, a section of sappers from the eighth Field Company Engineers was detailed to go over with the 31st Battalion. Their work on arrival at final objective was to put out wire entanglements in front of the front line, and dig a series of strong points about 200 yards (180m) behind the front line for the reserve companies. On arrival at final objective, east of Harbonnieres, about 200 yards in front of the front line, there was a train consisting of an 11.5in. naval gun on railway mounting, a locomotive, two ammunition trucks, and about twenty other trucks. The rear portion of the train was on fire. An Engineer officer went forward, examined the train, and found it to be in working order, and with the assistance of two sappers raised steam. Whilst this was being done the water feed-pipe from the injector to the tank was perforated by a machine-gun bullet. This was bound round with tracing tape. The burning portion of the train was detached, shunted into a siding, and the engine, gun, and ammunition trucks were brought back about 600 yards (550m) behind the lines, to where the rails had been blown out by shell-fire. A message was sent back to the Field Company Headquarters for a party to repair the track. This was done during the night. The message also asked for more water to be sent forward.
Steam was again raised the following morning and, in trying to move the gun back, the gun slipped the rear bogie wheels off the rails. There were nine lifting jacks on the train. With the aid of these the gun was got on to the track again and brought back to Bayonvillers the following morning at 2 o'clock, and a receipt obtained from the officer sent up from Army Headquarters to take over the gun. The gun was complete in every detail, ready for firing, with 37 rounds of ammunition in the trucks. Each shell weighed over 320 kg (704 lbs).
❤️ for Anzacs
Sir Knight Errant that was Gallipoli which also included British and French forces so they couldn’t either
Sir Knight Errant lol kicked the ottomans ass in Palestine and saved the Suez
This is one of the best lego films I've seen in a while! I cant believe it's only now that I've seen it appear!
Horse mounted Cavalry was not used at that stage of the war !
They were designated cavalry and mounted infantry but the nature of the war and barbed wire meant mounting an attack like this was impossible.
The Australian Light Horse Charge at Beersheba was the last true cavalry charge in history !
The capture of the Amiens gun
The following account of the capture was given by Lieutenant Burrows. On the morning of 8 August 1918, the Australian Corps, with two Divisions of Canadians on their left, attacked the German position in front of Villiers-Bretonneux, the Australian portion of the line extending from the Somme River to a point some hundreds of yards south of Villers-Bretonneux. Preparations for the attack were carried out secretly along the front for several weeks before the attack. A heavy concentration of artillery was brought on to the front, and every wood for some distance behind the line concealed tanks, ready to move forward into position, during the night prior to the attack. The infantry and tanks got into position under cover of the noise created by aeroplanes flying overhead for that purpose. A dense fog came over at about 2 am, and did not clear until about 9 am. Following a terrific bombardment, the infantry supported by tanks, attacked at 5 am, and after passing the German front and support lines very little opposition was met with until reaching the final objective, which was the old Amiens defence line in front of Harbonnieres. The attack was well organised, and came as a complete surprise to the enemy.
Referring to the particular part of the front where the gun was captured, in the fifth Division sector, a section of sappers from the eighth Field Company Engineers was detailed to go over with the 31st Battalion. Their work on arrival at final objective was to put out wire entanglements in front of the front line, and dig a series of strong points about 200 yards (180m) behind the front line for the reserve companies. On arrival at final objective, east of Harbonnieres, about 200 yards in front of the front line, there was a train consisting of an 11.5in. naval gun on railway mounting, a locomotive, two ammunition trucks, and about twenty other trucks. The rear portion of the train was on fire. An Engineer officer went forward, examined the train, and found it to be in working order, and with the assistance of two sappers raised steam. Whilst this was being done the water feed-pipe from the injector to the tank was perforated by a machine-gun bullet. This was bound round with tracing tape. The burning portion of the train was detached, shunted into a siding, and the engine, gun, and ammunition trucks were brought back about 600 yards (550m) behind the lines, to where the rails had been blown out by shell-fire. A message was sent back to the Field Company Headquarters for a party to repair the track. This was done during the night. The message also asked for more water to be sent forward.
Steam was again raised the following morning and, in trying to move the gun back, the gun slipped the rear bogie wheels off the rails. There were nine lifting jacks on the train. With the aid of these the gun was got on to the track again and brought back to Bayonvillers the following morning at 2 o'clock, and a receipt obtained from the officer sent up from Army Headquarters to take over the gun. The gun was complete in every detail, ready for firing, with 37 rounds of ammunition in the trucks. Each shell weighed over 320 kg (704 lbs).
Good job
Every thanksgiving an animation?
Every man a king?
Brick dictator got some competition now.
Yeah he makes stop motion.
Unbiased History i know, but i mean the theme of using lego’s to tell a specific war story or operation.
SpinyEthan no, Brick dictator. He is a youtube channel that makes lego stopmotions about historical events, most are world war 2 themed.
Brickmania should definitely definitely definitely make more of this
Hollywood-level animation skills! Wow!
my man at the front at 2:14 is naruto running, professional.
That animation sequence of the blueprints was great! Really good stuff!
People should make WWI and II documentaries from Lego animations to interest kids. But still having all the info as a regular documentary.
Man you guys make the best animations
Just been reading about this in Shock Army of the British Empire: The Canadian Corps in the Last 100 Days of the Great War by Shane Schreiber. This "campaign" was a huge turning point in the history of warfare but I had never heard much about it until recently.
You guys outdo yourselves every time. I absolutely love Brickmania! Great job to the animation team! Great job Dan with the narration as well!
Beautiful animations, nice touch with the Wilhelm scream
One of my favorite Brickmania videos. I loved the narration by Dan. Please make more videos like this.
We will. It's a bit difficult to find the time among all of the other projects we are working on.
Thanks! This video really explained that war out to me. I needed help with it in my history class, and know I know everything I needed to know. Thanks a lot guys!
From Reddit to here.
Guys that's absolutely fabulous! What an awesome piece of animation combined with history. It's definitely a brilliant way to inspire children to read up on and learn this stuff.
I'm a huge fan of what's called 'Plain English' and this animation is just that. Love it!!
This is amazing, all the little details and humour
That was really high quality! More please.
This was amazing. Dude, I am honestly blown away! Def subscribing!!!
This was really well made and super informative! Nice work!
Add a *"HEY!"* in there and this could be a real Lego commercial!
An an aussie....wonderful. Thank you for this
Horse mounted Cavalry was not used at that stage of the war !
They were designated cavalry and mounted infantry but the nature of the war and barbed wire meant mounting an attack like this was impossible.
The Australian Light Horse Charge at Beersheba was the last true cavalry charge in history !
The capture of the Amiens gun
The following account of the capture was given by Lieutenant Burrows. On the morning of 8 August 1918, the Australian Corps, with two Divisions of Canadians on their left, attacked the German position in front of Villiers-Bretonneux, the Australian portion of the line extending from the Somme River to a point some hundreds of yards south of Villers-Bretonneux. Preparations for the attack were carried out secretly along the front for several weeks before the attack. A heavy concentration of artillery was brought on to the front, and every wood for some distance behind the line concealed tanks, ready to move forward into position, during the night prior to the attack. The infantry and tanks got into position under cover of the noise created by aeroplanes flying overhead for that purpose. A dense fog came over at about 2 am, and did not clear until about 9 am. Following a terrific bombardment, the infantry supported by tanks, attacked at 5 am, and after passing the German front and support lines very little opposition was met with until reaching the final objective, which was the old Amiens defence line in front of Harbonnieres. The attack was well organised, and came as a complete surprise to the enemy.
Referring to the particular part of the front where the gun was captured, in the fifth Division sector, a section of sappers from the eighth Field Company Engineers was detailed to go over with the 31st Battalion. Their work on arrival at final objective was to put out wire entanglements in front of the front line, and dig a series of strong points about 200 yards (180m) behind the front line for the reserve companies. On arrival at final objective, east of Harbonnieres, about 200 yards in front of the front line, there was a train consisting of an 11.5in. naval gun on railway mounting, a locomotive, two ammunition trucks, and about twenty other trucks. The rear portion of the train was on fire. An Engineer officer went forward, examined the train, and found it to be in working order, and with the assistance of two sappers raised steam. Whilst this was being done the water feed-pipe from the injector to the tank was perforated by a machine-gun bullet. This was bound round with tracing tape. The burning portion of the train was detached, shunted into a siding, and the engine, gun, and ammunition trucks were brought back about 600 yards (550m) behind the lines, to where the rails had been blown out by shell-fire. A message was sent back to the Field Company Headquarters for a party to repair the track. This was done during the night. The message also asked for more water to be sent forward.
Steam was again raised the following morning and, in trying to move the gun back, the gun slipped the rear bogie wheels off the rails. There were nine lifting jacks on the train. With the aid of these the gun was got on to the track again and brought back to Bayonvillers the following morning at 2 o'clock, and a receipt obtained from the officer sent up from Army Headquarters to take over the gun. The gun was complete in every detail, ready for firing, with 37 rounds of ammunition in the trucks. Each shell weighed over 320 kg (704 lbs).
So good Anima
I've been to Amiens and the damage to the cathedral is still visible!
Video of the year so far!
I loved this! Please please please make it into a series! I'd watch every episode!
That was amazing...Wow! I stand and applaud you and your team.
I’m very impressed from the animations, great job!!
Great job Brickmania team.
That was amazing
OMG This was MEGA awesome! :D I would love to see more of these please!
The quality of the animation is insane !!
Insane production value
This was very well done. The action was great!
These graphics are just 👏🏻👏🏻......just well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 AMAZING!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is very cool I can’t wait to see more.
Legendary,
I am speechless
Incredible work. Very impressive and a good story to boot
Very cleverly shot. Wonderful animation too. Really impressive, guys.
Great job! This was really cool!
Thanks for Giving Information Mr. Siskind! this movie must have millions of views!!
Thats one heck of a war trophie
Fantastic!
This is fantastic, congratulations on such an outstanding job!
I'd watch this in the cinema.
Fantastic vid! History via lego, I love it.
very well done and super enjoyable to watch!
This animation was awesome! :D
Well done. Love the animation.
2:03 Always that one Wilhelm Scream
Amazing work and I learned something. Thanks for sharing.
For the love of all that is holy, make more of these!
OMG THIS IS AMAZING THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS!!!
Very impressive! The post war story of the Amiens gun beggars belief. It was returned to Australia as captured and placed on rail at Sydney for a time (that alone was an impressive feat for such a large piece). In 1923 it was transported to Canberra in the ACT and remained there till after WW2, when the barrel was removed with a section of the ammunition store (for display) and the rest was scrapped. When one considers what could have been on display; it's enough to make you weep!
That was so cool. Thank you.
This is cool. Much respect.
I would love to see some earlier conflicts done as well. During the War of 1812, a forgotten massacre took place in northwestern Ohio at Fort Meigs. The Siege of Fort Meigs was a battle of triumphs and tragedies, a deadly ambush, soldiers forced to walk a 'gauntlet' of angry Indians in order to reach the possible sanctuary of Fort Miamis. Out of the 2000 Kentucky soldiers brought up to reinforce the fort, only about 200 men survived to make the long walk home. It was a gruesome conflict, and one that to this day is virtually forgotten, despite the large loss of life. Those men deserve to be remembred as much as any other troops who battled in subseqent firefights.
Interesting idea. Thanks for your suggestion and the story!
Can’t wait you guy made the best animation ever
Me too Tony vo
Amazing 😉 amazing unbelievable this the best animation so far
"It's a long way to Tipperary! Long way to go!"
Also 2:03 Wilhelm scream
Yep. That scream is a fun cliche.
@@carronade2456 ikr
Of course the Australians took off with the train , and I'm Australian . How do you think the only original German WW1 tank is in Australia ? We steal everything that's not nailed down
This is so outstanding!!
Holy shit amazing work!
That was ducking tight bro
Wow this is amazing! please make more!
Wow Lego Indiana Jones looks awesoum cant wait 2 play thanks
This was Amazing
Love it! Amazing animation!
Ohhh thats was awesome🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😍
This amazing! I was already as a young boy fan of this! And now even more!
Fantastic work!
I like the animation. Also cool history.
Wow how did I not see this video!
This is a beauty of animation
GOOD JOB GUYS!
Happy thanksgiving!
really well done, informative and very nicely animated
This is so awesome! Subscribed!
Loved it, Have played on and around the gun at the AWM many a time as a kid.
Brickmania should make trains to go along with their rail guns. If they made a WW2 German Train I would totally buy it
Eugene D We do not make concentration camps or WW2 German trains.
A very well done video. The VO did a splendid job, the animation was smooth, the music was quite nice except for the volume. Overall, a great video that leaves me wanting more from the creator.
I’ve been to see that gun in Canberra!
Woah! Very nice job!
Wow that is an amazing video!
This looks awesome please make more
I really like this. Fun way to teach the history or warfare.
Thank you
Amazing, thanks alot! :)
Wow, really awesome, so well made! :)
Cool
That was amazing, I had never heard about this before! It sounds like a WW2 version of The Gun Train, just imagine what would have happened if the Aussies hadn't captured it! Amazing animation, I can't wait for more!
I am very late to this but plans by British were to destroy it by bombing etc and failed a few times.
Aussies planned to capture and steal it so could be used against the German's. a Sapper was a Locomotive driver before the war and could drive it.
This story was wrong about Aussies being ordered to capture it.. it was the Aussie plan all along.