2:50 Love that story about the tank crew jumping out to finish off the machine gun nest right in front of them. Maybe not the most 'brilliant' idea, but I do have to respect their bravery.
Might be of interest that tank warfare was predicted by H. G. Wells in his short story "The Land Ironclads" in The Strand Magazine (January 1904), which also describes trench warfare. Wells' tank is larger and more technological advanced than those that actually were produced for the war, but did have a tread system and addressed the problem of crossing trenches. Not sure if the story is available online. It was reprinted in "Science Fiction by Gaslight" (World Publishing, 1968) and probably other places. Worth tracking down if you really interested in WW I tank warfare.
It seems that every technological advancement in history, military or otherwise, has been predicted by some science fiction author decades before they came into being.
It appears the patient's symptoms are getting better, he didn't go on a wild introduction where he pretended being someone else. Further observation is required.
My great great grandpa was a motorcycle messenger during the war. I was wondering if you could talk about the role and importance of a motorcycle messengers. Keep up the amazing work
Sooo....Germany in ww1 spread it's already limited resources into development of several compleatly diffrent vechicles, wich resoult in none of them beeing finished ? I bet that will never happen again ^^......
Americans will always do the right thing. After they've exhausted all other possibilities. Churchill Germans seem to have a similar philosophy when it comes to engineering.
Hey Indy, The war started with many of the soldiers expecting that they would be home by Christmas. Barring the Christmas truce the soldiers made for themselves back in 1914, the war ground on for 4 years with no respite for the holiday. However, now that war will be over for Christmas, what was the first post-war Christmas like? Were there particularly interesting stories from that Christmas, or mourning for all that had been lost the previous four years?
The 1919 and 1920 were the years of hedonism, basically London, Paris and Berlin became total centers of debauchery- drugs, alcohol, jazz, orgies and endless parties. It took 5-6 years before things quited down and governments started regulating drugs
This series is fantastic. Your presentation of the material is riveting. This Series has given me hours not only entertainment but education on World War I material, men, machines, it's just great.
Howdy, Indy and crew! Mighty thanks for your amazing work! I have a question for OOTT: what were the patriotic slogans and popular battle cries of the waring nations? I mean the things along the lines "for King and country" and such. Once again, thank you. Also, just to clear things out, my last name is pronounced "Vatslavik", cause Indy kinda screwed it up last time, but no offence taken.
"We'll see you next time and the time after that and every other time until there are no more time" : another historical quote of the inimitable Indy that I was so glad to meet in person during the last fan gathering in Gallipoli, Turkey
Hello Indy, my name is Antonio and I'm from Mexico. I know you guys covered the revolution and I like your series, full of interesting and unique facts, but I was wondering if you could find out more about individual Mexicans who fought on both sides of the Western front?
My wife's great grandfather was a tank driver with the AEFs 345th Tank Battalion. He worked for Marion Steamshovel before enlisting and we think his experience with mechanical vehicles/tractors is how he wound up there
Hi, Indy and Crew. I was reading Poilu by Louis Barthas, and it mentions the "Kaiser´s Cutthroats" where they some type of early storm troopers or like the french assault troops. Thank you and keep up the great show. Greetings from Spain.
guten tag Indy and crew a question for OOTT: In TGW how were motorcycles used, was it more for supply transport. Or just a quick way to transport messages behind the frontlines? Were there also any specialized units on any side that only used motorcycles. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Motorcycles had no real place in trench warfare. However, in World War II armed motorcycles, with machine guns on the side car, were used commonly for escort duties though I’m pretty sure they were used for fire support at some time in some place.
Hello Indy and Team! I've been a fan of the show since late 2016 when one of your videos was randomly recommended to me on RUclips. My question for Out of the Trenches: Is there a plan for making a special episode about the American "Lost Battalion" incident during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October of 1918? If not could you speak briefly of the event on Out of the Trenches? Keep up the amazing work!
Wow! That one is the archetype APC! Just a word of advice: Officers and NCO Squad leaders in APCs lead better when fully behind armor. Duck! Duck! Don't be a Goose!
Hey Indy and company, I don't know if you covered this or not about the American Expeditionary Force but was the role of Tasker Bliss and Peyton March. the Army Chiefs of Staff at this time in getting the AEF ready to send to France. Because there always seems to be this big gap in the Story between Wilson declaring War and AEF finally going into action in the Argonne, I was hoping you could do some dedicated episodes about the lesser known elements about the AEF.
A bit late and quite possibly might not come up again (or then again it might if the WW2 Channel plan does come about), but Pirbright at 0:57 is pronounced purr-bright, at least by everyone who lives anywhere near it. We Brits don't do this stuff with names and how to say them on purpose, honest.
Question for OOTT: Assaults on the Western Front usually start with an artillery barrage followed by an infantry change but, particularly for the Entente, the territorial gains were relatively small and most casualties inflicted on the enemy were caused by the artillery fire. As it was a war of attrition (in the West) did any of the generals consider just constantly bombarding the enemy in order to inflict casualties but not bothering with an infantry assault in order to reduce losses?
hey indie what are you planning on doing once you finish covering the first world war? Perhaps a segment ( or whole second channel, their a lot to cover) on the american civil war some of the weapons and vehicles used in the great war were invented during the civil war. Some examples of this would be the first artillery piece to fire shells ( the parrott gun), the invention of the dirigible, the design ( and shortly after the war the building of) the first semi-rigid airship, the wide spread use of trenches, the invention of the Gatling gun, balloon based air forces on both sides,armored trains,etc.
A question for OOTT: When telephone and radio communications were utilized in WWII often indigenous populations and even Japanese-American units utilized native and immigrant languages to keep communications secret and allow an added measure of security. To what extent did written and spoken communication utilized these groups in WWI to protect communication and German attempts to break that communication?
Ironically it was the Austro-Hungarians that had the best tank design of them all, the Burstyn Motorgeschütz, with a rotating turret, separate compartments etc, this was designed in 1911 however like everyone else the Austro-Hungarian generals thought such an idea was ridicules and never funded the guy. Burstyn eventually went on to other projects and it was only in WW1 that the Austro-Hungarians realised the value armoured vehicles had after fighting arguably the first mobile war ever against the Russians using armoured cars which both sides fielded, they would run them against each other at high speeds on the few roads that were in Russia mowing down troops and cavalry, it was extremely effective. War on the East was less trenches and more mobile compared to the west until it eventually bogged down. Would been devastating if the Austro-Hungarians actually produced the Burstyn in 1911
Hi Indy and team!For out of the trenches I had a question: Did the germans plan on making Russia a subject(like a puppet state) if they defeated it(before they decided to send the Bolsheviks) The Germans did have plans to make former Russian territory their subjects(Poland,ect) but do they actually want to make the rest of Russia a subject I think it’s a possiblility since the Germans can Attack China and Japan and could use Russia’s huge army and ports to fuel its war effort(maybe doing it before 1917 as it was a mess) And if they intend on doing so will they make the tsar the ruler of it because it was the cousin of the Kaiser Love your channel!
The Bolsheviks burned a lot of their fellow revolutionaries, but the Anarchists were the ones they feared the most because of their stateless ideology, fierce devotion, and ability to self-organize without some damn politburo. Mahkno in particular was effective because of how he organized Ukrainian peasants into armed, *autonomous* collectives.
Hi I have a request could we hear more what happened in Japan? We have not heard much form them during the weekly episodes and the who did what in the great war episodes. I would like to hear about some Japanese commanders like Tojo and Yamamoto I am sure they will make an appearance in the future ;)
Not much happened to Japan after the first year of the war. They did send a flotilla of destroyers to escort ships from subs, but after the war those commanders were sidelined. Of course, soon they may go into Siberia to protect it from the Bolsheviks....
A question for OOTT: Theres a book called "all quiet in the western front" I know that the autor Erich M.Remarque fought in ww1, is there a way to know what was his role in war?.Greetings from Mexico!. And give flo a raise
Hello I have a question for Out of the Trenches! (If it hasn’t been asked yet), how long was the longest trench, where was it, which side manned it, and what were the complications managing it? I used to think that the frontline trench actually stretched the whole frontline, which I imagine is quite stupid thinking about it.
A question for the next OTT, I was watching a documentary on some tv channel and it talked about German-Americans trying to enlist in the German army in 1914 , but it did not go into much detail. My question is, are their any historical accounts or maybe even books that cover this, and what was the opinion of the Entente after hearing stories of neutral civilians trying to aid the enemy? Thanks and love the show! (Looking forward to WW2)
To a degree, friendly fire was quite common during the First World War, primarily due to artillery shells falling short and hitting friendly positions. Unfortunately a lot of these incidents were either never recorded or not disclosed because of the impact it would've had on morale, or the details of these incidents are vague. It seems the worst incident of friendly fire took place during the Battle of Verdun. A cooking fire set off an explosion within Ft. Douaumont which forced German soldiers to retreat. The soldiers had been soot-blackened by the explosion and were mistaken for attacking French colonial soldiers. The total death toll of the explosion and firefight was around 679 German soldiers.
Hey Indie and team! I really love The Great War and I've been watching the show since 1916. I have a question for Out of The Trenches. When I was in High School, I had an English teacher who said that after WW I square shaped bullets were banned, similar to chemical weapons, because they supposedly did more damage to people than normal bullets. I tried looking this up my self but the only fire arm that I could find that had the option to fire square bullets was the Puckle Gun, which is just a couple centuries shy of the Great War. Were there guns that fired square bullets in World War I or should my English teacher stop trying to teach history? Have a nice day and give Flo a raise!
Dominic Niedzielski , i think your english teacher was misinformed on the subject, ‘squared’ bullets and the such were banned by the hague convention of 1899 as being inhuman
But The Hague Convention of 1899 only explicitly banned the use of any projectile that easily softens or expands in the human body, such as soft tipped bullets with a partially exposed core. One could easily make a square bullet that was hard and didn’t easily flatten or expand.
That very gun you mentioned is called the Puckle gun, named after its inventor. And it was used to a small extent by a couple of merchant ships but it never found favor with militaries and only a small handful were ever made.
Hey Indy and crew, Soldiers were exposed to a lot of nasty air during the war, such as poison gas or fumes of the tank engines. Was it common for soldiers to develop lung problems due to this exposure?
Hi Indy and crew!Question for OOTT.How were treated the romanians of Transylvania in the austro-hungarian army?Were they discriminated or they were in Romanian groups? Thanks a lot for your show!
Steve Kaczynski interesting comment,thank you.It is interesting to know the role of the different nationalities in the A-H Empire due to his multicultural aspects
I noticed in another of your recent episodes that the German vehicles were called Kampfwagen. Later on of course they were called Panzerkampfwagen or Panzer. When did the name change begin.
Can somebody link me the book about the german tank commander mentioned at 2:51, or tell me his name? I've replayed it like 3 times and still can't get it lol
6:40 press F to get into vehicle
lol I get It xD
Now that's funny! :D
"And we'll see you next time, and the time after that, and every other time until there are no more times" lol love that line
2:50 Love that story about the tank crew jumping out to finish off the machine gun nest right in front of them. Maybe not the most 'brilliant' idea, but I do have to respect their bravery.
Might be of interest that tank warfare was predicted by H. G. Wells in his short story "The Land Ironclads" in The Strand Magazine (January 1904), which also describes trench warfare. Wells' tank is larger and more technological advanced than those that actually were produced for the war, but did have a tread system and addressed the problem of crossing trenches. Not sure if the story is available online. It was reprinted in "Science Fiction by Gaslight" (World Publishing, 1968) and probably other places. Worth tracking down if you really interested in WW I tank warfare.
It can be read online here www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0604041h.html
comet1970 thank you for this, quite interesting indeed
It seems that every technological advancement in history, military or otherwise, has been predicted by some science fiction author decades before they came into being.
Dominic Niedzielski Have you ever listened to the podcast Wind of Change? Oftentimes, the military actually gets their ideas from books and movies.
@@maxdurk4624 its not 1918 anymore no one listens to podcasts🤣
At 3:23 ....."the French were a little different."
I reacted with a involuntary nod of the head in agreement.
They used the Italian technique of fitting their tanks with one forward gear and &I’ve reverse.
@@blxtothis I feel like on this channel we should know that they suffered and fought just like anyone else.
It appears the patient's symptoms are getting better, he didn't go on a wild introduction where he pretended being someone else. Further observation is required.
I half expected the episode to be introduced by the chair, talking about Indy sitting in it, yadda yadda.
Better still, put Snake in the chair of wisdom and have Indy do Snake's voice do it.
James Tang v
“SCP Archives”
My great great grandpa was a motorcycle messenger during the war. I was wondering if you could talk about the role and importance of a motorcycle messengers. Keep up the amazing work
Sooo....Germany in ww1 spread it's already limited resources into development of several compleatly diffrent vechicles, wich resoult in none of them beeing finished ? I bet that will never happen again ^^......
It's really weird that they have a reputation for efficiancy.
Americans will always do the right thing. After they've exhausted all other possibilities.
Churchill
Germans seem to have a similar philosophy when it comes to engineering.
I'm pretty sure the only time the Germans decided to produce the cheap and simple option and not the big over the top one is the Panzerfaust.
LtKharn propoganda
ComissarYarrick LMAO
"Until there are no more times." Well, this must confirm it. The team is going to do the History of Absolutely Everything week by week! :P
Getting out of a tank to take out a my nest with three guys is best move of the war :P
YOLO!
Yep, that sounds epic.
Hey Indy,
The war started with many of the soldiers expecting that they would be home by Christmas. Barring the Christmas truce the soldiers made for themselves back in 1914, the war ground on for 4 years with no respite for the holiday. However, now that war will be over for Christmas, what was the first post-war Christmas like? Were there particularly interesting stories from that Christmas, or mourning for all that had been lost the previous four years?
The 1919 and 1920 were the years of hedonism, basically London, Paris and Berlin became total centers of debauchery- drugs, alcohol, jazz, orgies and endless parties. It took 5-6 years before things quited down and governments started regulating drugs
You can't just drop "An Armored wheel barrel with a baby and a Turtle" ... and not show us some sort of drawing of it at least... come on guys!!
I could only find one picture of it on a quick google search. Maybe they didn't get the right to that.
Indy keep that one to himself in a special place.
indies keeping that one in the "spank bank" just for himself!
just take your sea turtle and put it in the wheelbarrow and take a roll around the neighborhood, that should be a vivid recreation of the experience
This series is fantastic. Your presentation of the material is riveting. This Series has given me hours not only entertainment but education on World War I material, men, machines, it's just great.
Howdy, Indy and crew! Mighty thanks for your amazing work! I have a question for OOTT: what were the patriotic slogans and popular battle cries of the waring nations? I mean the things along the lines "for King and country" and such. Once again, thank you. Also, just to clear things out, my last name is pronounced "Vatslavik", cause Indy kinda screwed it up last time, but no offence taken.
Moron
Walter Lilja Why the disrespect
You should have said..Mighty Tanks for the info .... I crack myself up. Ahhhhhahaha
Since I learned about this series I have been binge watching this like mad. Great work.
That picture of the vertical tank at around 1:45 was amazing! The people inside must have been struggling not to tall back intot he rear...
PtolemyJones Yes, especially with the hot "open" engine in the middle
Woah party bus as the thumbnail.
WAR WERE DECLARED
*woo party*
That is my painting :)
TOG 1?
Cringey
@@Tsogoh proof.
"We'll see you next time and the time after that and every other time until there are no more time" : another historical quote of the inimitable Indy that I was so glad to meet in person during the last fan gathering in Gallipoli, Turkey
Hello Indy, my name is Antonio and I'm from Mexico. I know you guys covered the revolution and I like your series, full of interesting and unique facts, but I was wondering if you could find out more about individual Mexicans who fought on both sides of the Western front?
"... until there are no more times.." i will miss this program when the war is over :(
We must get him to do WW II then!
My wife's great grandfather was a tank driver with the AEFs 345th Tank Battalion. He worked for Marion Steamshovel before enlisting and we think his experience with mechanical vehicles/tractors is how he wound up there
You guys really need to visit RAF Halton, it has restored WW1 training Trenches as well as plenty of history of the early days of the RAF
those were some awesome drawings.
Loved how informative this video was. Great job.
LK2 was the most promising German concept and production was about to start when the war ended. It had some similarities to Whippet and FT13.
Hi, Indy and Crew. I was reading Poilu by Louis Barthas, and it mentions the "Kaiser´s Cutthroats" where they some type of early storm troopers or like the french assault troops. Thank you and keep up the great show. Greetings from Spain.
I absolutly love this channel!! Dont u ditch that chair... EVER!
0:47 Whait, are those machine guns mounted on motorcycles?
Indy or Flo if you're reading this please give more info on this
Yep unexpected
Lassi Kinnunen I need a picture of that, could you send me one?
Also on side cars I think
Pobblebonk just search vespa 150 TAP
French Renault tanks took part in training in the US at Camp Colt, right on the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA.
I love his ending quote “until there are no more times” it’s honestly really funny to me
guten tag Indy and crew a question for OOTT: In TGW how were motorcycles used, was it more for supply transport. Or just a quick way to transport messages behind the frontlines? Were there also any specialized units on any side that only used motorcycles. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Motorcycles had no real place in trench warfare. However, in World War II armed motorcycles, with machine guns on the side car, were used commonly for escort duties though I’m pretty sure they were used for fire support at some time in some place.
If I ever join the Army, I will be ever grateful that we've mastered radio technology.
Hello Indy and Team! I've been a fan of the show since late 2016 when one of your videos was randomly recommended to me on RUclips. My question for Out of the Trenches: Is there a plan for making a special episode about the American "Lost Battalion" incident during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October of 1918? If not could you speak briefly of the event on Out of the Trenches? Keep up the amazing work!
I will miss you when "Peace were declared"
B1 Laxson He can start ww2 (:
i really hope he does, love this show!
When you said a armored wheel barrow and a turtle I was expecting a crudely drawn sketch by a child lmao
Wow! That one is the archetype APC! Just a word of advice: Officers and NCO Squad leaders in APCs lead better when fully behind armor. Duck! Duck! Don't be a Goose!
Very well done
Hey Indy and company, I don't know if you covered this or not about the American Expeditionary Force but was the role of Tasker Bliss and Peyton March. the Army Chiefs of Staff at this time in getting the AEF ready to send to France. Because there always seems to be this big gap in the Story between Wilson declaring War and AEF finally going into action in the Argonne, I was hoping you could do some dedicated episodes about the lesser known elements about the AEF.
A bit late and quite possibly might not come up again (or then again it might if the WW2 Channel plan does come about), but Pirbright at 0:57 is pronounced purr-bright, at least by everyone who lives anywhere near it. We Brits don't do this stuff with names and how to say them on purpose, honest.
8:28 that thing looks very similar to the Panzerwerfer/half tracks with the slit windows etc.
Can you make video about Freikorps
Excellent "Amoured" Show Indeed !!!
Question for OOTT: Assaults on the Western Front usually start with an artillery barrage followed by an infantry change but, particularly for the Entente, the territorial gains were relatively small and most casualties inflicted on the enemy were caused by the artillery fire. As it was a war of attrition (in the West) did any of the generals consider just constantly bombarding the enemy in order to inflict casualties but not bothering with an infantry assault in order to reduce losses?
hey indie what are you planning on doing once you finish covering the first world war? Perhaps a segment ( or whole second channel, their a lot to cover) on the american civil war some of the weapons and vehicles used in the great war were invented during the civil war. Some examples of this would be the first artillery piece to fire shells ( the parrott gun), the invention of the dirigible, the design ( and shortly after the war the building of) the first semi-rigid airship, the wide spread use of trenches, the invention of the Gatling gun, balloon based air forces on both sides,armored trains,etc.
Do you actually answer these without preparing beforehand? If so your knowledge is quite amazing. If not... you're still amazing
07:00 "Raumpatrouille Orion" is from the 60s and wasn't cheap at all, but okay :D
on this day, 100 years ago, the young man who sparked World War I, dies from Tuberculosis.
Gavirlo Princip
I totally pictured that...LOL!
8:50 Indy just casually restarting the German Reich...
Hey Indy and team, great show! Could you please make an episode about Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe?
Until there are no more times... The end is nigh. 😭
Don't cry! At least we will be with Indy till the end of times.
Hi Indy and team, great show! Could you please make an episode about the spanish flu?
Wurschtl Burschtl My guess is they will do it in 2019 when covering the immediate post war period
Thx
there are some Docos on you tube search "1918 flu"
A question for OOTT: When telephone and radio communications were utilized in WWII often indigenous populations and even Japanese-American units utilized native and immigrant languages to keep communications secret and allow an added measure of security. To what extent did written and spoken communication utilized these groups in WWI to protect communication and German attempts to break that communication?
Ironically it was the Austro-Hungarians that had the best tank design of them all, the Burstyn Motorgeschütz, with a rotating turret, separate compartments etc, this was designed in 1911 however like everyone else the Austro-Hungarian generals thought such an idea was ridicules and never funded the guy.
Burstyn eventually went on to other projects and it was only in WW1 that the Austro-Hungarians realised the value armoured vehicles had after fighting arguably the first mobile war ever against the Russians using armoured cars which both sides fielded, they would run them against each other at high speeds on the few roads that were in Russia mowing down troops and cavalry, it was extremely effective.
War on the East was less trenches and more mobile compared to the west until it eventually bogged down.
Would been devastating if the Austro-Hungarians actually produced the Burstyn in 1911
Hi Indy and team!For out of the trenches I had a question:
Did the germans plan on making Russia a subject(like a puppet state) if they defeated it(before they decided to send the Bolsheviks)
The Germans did have plans to make former Russian territory their subjects(Poland,ect) but do they actually want to make the rest of Russia a subject
I think it’s a possiblility since the Germans can Attack China and Japan and could use Russia’s huge army and ports to fuel its war effort(maybe doing it before 1917 as it was a mess)
And if they intend on doing so will they make the tsar the ruler of it because it was the cousin of the Kaiser
Love your channel!
Indy isn't kidding. The Orionwagen REALLY does look like that
This guy’s mannerisms remind me of William F. Buckley. They even look alike. Weird. 😂
8:31 reminds me of Muck from Bob the Builder, after he joined the german army.
Wait how many times are left! 😱
"..until there are no more times." I don't want to think about that.
"...until there are no more times."
I dread that day.
Wow you rock
Did German tank training largely change as the Germans had their A7Vs but also captured enemy tanks
7:07 sounds like the Treffaswagen
The Bolsheviks burned a lot of their fellow revolutionaries, but the Anarchists were the ones they feared the most because of their stateless ideology, fierce devotion, and ability to self-organize without some damn politburo. Mahkno in particular was effective because of how he organized Ukrainian peasants into armed, *autonomous* collectives.
Hi I have a request could we hear more what happened in Japan? We have not heard much form them during the weekly episodes and the who did what in the great war episodes. I would like to hear about some Japanese commanders like Tojo and Yamamoto I am sure they will make an appearance in the future ;)
Not much happened to Japan after the first year of the war.
They did send a flotilla of destroyers to escort ships from subs, but after the war those commanders were sidelined.
Of course, soon they may go into Siberia to protect it from the Bolsheviks....
The Renault FT was by far the best tank of "The Great War".
Very interesting Guy's.
I love the A7V but the Mark IV is still bae
Can you do an episode on sports during the Great War in an out if the trenches episode? Was there any international sports event between 1914-1918?
I was SO disappointed you BARELY mentioned lord kitchener when the hundredth anniversary was still underway.
How about some episodes regarding him?
Until there are no more times? More evidence that Indy is in fact a Time Lord.
A question for OOTT: Theres a book called "all quiet in the western front" I know that the autor Erich M.Remarque fought in ww1, is there a way to know what was his role in war?.Greetings from Mexico!. And give flo a raise
1:40 that tank marked 3, does that have a turret? it look's just like a leman russ tank from 40k.
Could you tell us more about French tank development and use? They had the biggest tank corp of the war, I think.
Nice
Hello I have a question for Out of the Trenches! (If it hasn’t been asked yet), how long was the longest trench, where was it, which side manned it, and what were the complications managing it? I used to think that the frontline trench actually stretched the whole frontline, which I imagine is quite stupid thinking about it.
what is equipped putsa what is it cant understand what he sad at 8:27 pls someone I want to know
I really need one of those motorcycle mounted machine guns for commuting purposes.
A question for the next OTT, I was watching a documentary on some tv channel and it talked about German-Americans trying to enlist in the German army in 1914 , but it did not go into much detail. My question is, are their any historical accounts or maybe even books that cover this, and what was the opinion of the Entente after hearing stories of neutral civilians trying to aid the enemy? Thanks and love the show! (Looking forward to WW2)
Question for out of the trenches was their ever a posibility of the us joining the central powers
Damn.. did you pay the artist? That illustration is so cool
Thank you :)
Were friendly fire incidents common in WW1 and what were some of the worst incidents ?
To a degree, friendly fire was quite common during the First World War, primarily due to artillery shells falling short and hitting friendly positions. Unfortunately a lot of these incidents were either never recorded or not disclosed because of the impact it would've had on morale, or the details of these incidents are vague. It seems the worst incident of friendly fire took place during the Battle of Verdun. A cooking fire set off an explosion within Ft. Douaumont which forced German soldiers to retreat. The soldiers had been soot-blackened by the explosion and were mistaken for attacking French colonial soldiers. The total death toll of the explosion and firefight was around 679 German soldiers.
Hey Indie and team! I really love The Great War and I've been watching the show since 1916. I have a question for Out of The Trenches. When I was in High School, I had an English teacher who said that after WW I square shaped bullets were banned, similar to chemical weapons, because they supposedly did more damage to people than normal bullets. I tried looking this up my self but the only fire arm that I could find that had the option to fire square bullets was the Puckle Gun, which is just a couple centuries shy of the Great War. Were there guns that fired square bullets in World War I or should my English teacher stop trying to teach history? Have a nice day and give Flo a raise!
Dominic Niedzielski , i think your english teacher was misinformed on the subject, ‘squared’ bullets and the such were banned by the hague convention of 1899 as being inhuman
But The Hague Convention of 1899 only explicitly banned the use of any projectile that easily softens or expands in the human body, such as soft tipped bullets with a partially exposed core. One could easily make a square bullet that was hard and didn’t easily flatten or expand.
That very gun you mentioned is called the Puckle gun, named after its inventor. And it was used to a small extent by a couple of merchant ships but it never found favor with militaries and only a small handful were ever made.
Hey Indy and crew,
Soldiers were exposed to a lot of nasty air during the war, such as poison gas or fumes of the tank engines. Was it common for soldiers to develop lung problems due to this exposure?
18 - 23 Crew? WHATH OW
Can you please do a video on Simpson and his donkey from Gallipoli
is that Ending a refrence to youre going on between the wars and even go for history in WW2 =) ?
Hi Indy and crew!Question for OOTT.How were treated the romanians of Transylvania in the austro-hungarian army?Were they discriminated or they were in Romanian groups?
Thanks a lot for your show!
Steve Kaczynski interesting comment,thank you.It is interesting to know the role of the different nationalities in the A-H Empire due to his multicultural aspects
will TGW do a special on Ethiopia?
Can you make a video about Zivojin Misic?
What's the name of the tank at 4:00? It looks really cool
or till the end of times!
Da Vinci would be proud.
German tanks were very experimental in ww1
Steve Kaczynski your talking about the interwar design not ww1 xD
Pretty much all the tanks were experimental during WWI.
I noticed in another of your recent episodes that the German vehicles were called Kampfwagen.
Later on of course they were called Panzerkampfwagen or Panzer.
When did the name change begin.
I've always thought the french tanks were cute too :D
Cool
No picture of the orionwagen?
Can somebody link me the book about the german tank commander mentioned at 2:51, or tell me his name? I've replayed it like 3 times and still can't get it lol
Kemuel Mora His name was Ernst Volckheim
I love Tanks!