How Russia was Annihilated at Tannenberg | Animated History
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The Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
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Showalter, Dennis E. Tannenberg Clash of Empires. Archon Books, 1991, 120
Horne, Charles F. Source Records of the Great War, National Alumni, 1923.
Norwitz, Jeffrey H. Leveraging Operational Intelligence - The Battle of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes (1914).NAVAL WAR COLL. NEWPORT RI, 2001.
Parrott, Andrew. “The Baltic States from 1914 to 1923: The First World War and the Wars of Independence.” Baltic Defence Review 2, no. 8 (2002): 13-58.
Gurko, Vasili Iosfovich & Gourko, Basil. War and Revolution n Russia, 1914-1917, Macmillan, 1919.
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Some corrections: www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/klmq6a/the_armchair_historians_account_of_the_battle_of/
*Its been nearly 2 years griffin*
Why now
Your english sucks
@@markdanielzuniga3639 thanks
Greek subtitles? Awesome!
A Russian general named von Rennenkampf, a german General named François... Nationalism at its finest.
@サイレントボイス Yes and Francois is a french name thats the joke
General von Francois was of Huguenot ancestry.
@@12hairyjohn If I remember right Francois was Luxembourgish German or something, I could be wrong.
@@AS-bu9rw According to Wikipedia, he was born in Luxembourg, and was of Huguenot ancestry.
@サイレントボイス He was of German descent, but his ancestors moved to Latvia.
To put in into context, in 4 days of fighting, 78,000 Russians were killed outright, meaning for every 1 German fatality there were 45 Russian fatalities.
wow.
"No one can defeat Russia in a land war, just look at WW2 or the napoleonic wars"
WW1 Germany: Hold my schnapps
1920 Poland Hold my pierogi :D
Mongolians: Hold my Airag
Kamil Rzeźniczek Haha true
1905 Japan: Hold my sashimi
Sable 1500-Sweden: Hold my Meatball
When you see the Viking helmet, skip forward approximately 50 seconds. Don't ask questions.
Thanks
Dont get it
Alright
thanks :)
yup i've already gotten the habit.
When the Germans beat the Russians so hard that the Russian general literally kills himself after losing the battle
Indiscriminate firing squad vs pulling the trigger yourself...easy option for the Russian.
The same was endured by many german ww2 generals and field marshalls
It's surreal. Imagine that happening today?
@@TheArmchairHistorian : I could see it happening, but once the robot's replace are soldiers, it'll never happen.
+The Armchair Historian Can you imagine a little over twenty years before world war 1 a famous rich guy weakening a dam, so his boats could pass by easier and fish easier despite everyone telling him it was a really bad idea? Than after the dam breaks, over 2000 people die, he gets no jail time or any real consequences whatsoever?
The 2 russian generals hated each other.. Rennenkampf & samsonov.. They had a fist fight at a train platform in mukden during the russo-japanese war 10yrs earlier..
*WHO WON THE FIGHT*
*W H O W O N T H E F I G H T*
W H O W O N ?
WHO WON THE FIGHT
@Adolf Hitler according to accounts samsonov did..
Samsonov: Makes fun of Rennenkampf for losing.
Rennenkampf: I hate you
*years later...*
Germans: Defeat Samsonov
Samsonov: *suicides*
Time Traveling Historian - "What was it like to fight in WWI?"
WWI soldier - "You mean The Great War?"
Time Traveling Historian - "Yes."
WWI soldier - "Well it was the war to end all...wait, what did you call it?"
*Laughs _I'm in danger_
Lmao, if WW1 is called the “Great War” then WW2 should be called the “Greater War”.
@@anonymousdetective3786 WW2 was horrific but I'd say 1 tops it for pure hopelessness and slaughter for no good reason other than political games played by old royal families, sending millions into mestgrinders for a couple of miles of mud and wasteland
The soldier was a trench man who got rejected in art school
@@scottwallace5239
Ha. Stalingrad, Kursk and Rhzev would like a word. The WW2 Eastern front was much more horrific than anything you saw in WW1, and it wasn't done for anything better than Hitler's paranoia and greed.
10:28 Logan Paul peeking on the right side of the screen.
Nice catch, and good on Griffin.
nice catch man x)
I really hate to say this, but I think theres a *dead World war I Russian General* over there
WAR Beatler Oh wow
**R/whoosh myself even though I fully understood the joke**
3:02 Russia deliberately used a different gauge for rail in order to prevent or hamper the enemy mobilisation and advance into their territory with the use of their rails. Tsar Nicholas I (an engineer himself) somewhat came up with this.
Not a smart move
@@robertx8020 Maybe not then, but in 1941 it paid off.
For a similar reason Spain has a different gauge than most of europe. After the napoleonic wars queen Isabel II was similarly paranoid about the enemy using the rail for an invasion.
@@Jamie-kg8ig but in 1943 (when Russia was advancing ) it didn't :)
@@LightAnkou which is kind of strange as she wasn't even born yet when Napoleon Died :)
The battle was lost a decade before it started.
The Russian weren't prepare
@@USSAnimeNCC- They literally moved 3 days before the Germans.
@@gabrielwhite3890 what he meant was that Russia wasn't prepared to fight Germany ever since it was unified (until 1943). Why do I have to explain this?
@@perfectlyfine1675 No shit but that was two completely different regimes, like saying that Germany was not prepared to take on France even though practically everything was changed
An napoleon, you always bring the bonaparty where ever you go, even if nobody wants it
Russia did an oopsie
*the tsar did an oopsie*
In Tsarist Russia, oopsies do you!
@@Torus2112 in tsarist russia, revolutions do you!
@Tw1 *im kaiser wilhelm in das ist die reich news*
no, it didn't. By those actions Germans were forced to not concentrate all their ficres on the western front thus saving France.
You should named it, "When German win in Eastern Front"
and suffered from weak allies as they always did.
Alex The chef
Not in the slightest.
It was more about their performance in the Finnish Winter War, and they only estimated that they’d be able to create another 150 divisions from reserves
1:18 dude I love ur channel but that map is well uh not good. Denmark looks like a finger
XD .....this is genius
@@alexandersuhr2223 *Conrad Von Hötzendorf Meme Intensifies*
I would like to see a video on the Brusilov offensive
Zborov
WWI
Germans: lets invade france through belgium
French: oh no, the germans caught us off guard!
WWII
Germans: lets invade france through belgium
French: oh no, the germans caught us off guard!
Germans: Let me introduce you blitzkrieg.
The French had actually learned from World War 1 and so they made an alliance with Belgium. If Germany were to gear up for war again, the Belgians mobilise their army to secure the border and the French send them additional troops to reinforce the prepared fortifications.
When the Germans did gear up for war, the Belgians chickened out and did not mobilise their army and also didn't allow French troops into Belgium, because they didn't want to provoke the Germans into seeing them as a threat.
The French were only allowed to enter Belgium after it had already been invaded and at that point the fortifications at the Belgian-German border had already been overrun.
The French did numerous other errors during the defense, but they had expected the Germans to move through Belgium again and had prepared for just that.
France knew it very well in WW2 stop with the nonsense
Actually, Germany attacking from Belgium was the whole plan of France, that's why Maginot line existed: the keep the front narrow and through Belgium. The problem is that, the plan didn't happen as expected.
And during WW1, they recovered anyway, and don't tell me that it's because of the 100k english troops, compared with the 1500k french troops mobilized at the time I don't think it changed much.
WW2 may be shameful for France, but during WW1 they did a good job, probably the biggest part of the job actually.
Good Video. Little mistake: It's Königsberg not Königsburg.
Thanks for catching that Sk0oma, my mistake.
@@TheArmchairHistorian "Burg" means "town" and is pronounced "boorg", while "berg" means "hill" and is pronounced "beyrg". It's a common mistake for English native speakers to mix up both since you pronounce both as "buyrg".
@@Klavikule I don't want to be a dick, but "burg" means castle.
@@Klavikule yeah no not really
@@Klavikule No Berg is hill and Burg is Castle
11:04 Random Fact: Hindenburg really was a Giant by the size of 1.98m // 6'5 ft.
East-Prussia capital city is Königsberg not Königsburg.
Americans already struggle enough with burgh
Will McReavy Americans struggle with learning any other language that isn’t English.
@@jasoninthehood9726 to be fair, English is garbage.
@@cristianvillanueva8782 you is garbage
Cristian Villanueva Yet you’re writing in English, the irony
They protecc
They attac
But most of all...
They decisively counterattacc
- The Germans 1914
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@iuvenis animo
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"Infinite supply of vodka" really lol
'Infinite supply of sucrose = infinite supply of EtOH (ethanol).
Probably not as actually there was a decree against drinking at the start of the war, which was quite well accepted by the peasantry. Sounds like a lazy stereotype to me.
A man Of culture with Aqua
Well not really. Soviets drunk Moscow dry during the WW2 victory celebration.
@colobossable - That decree banning drinking was among the many things that cost them the war. They say 28% of the Russian state budget came from alcohol tax revenues. It was the largest source of revenue for the Russian government at that time.
Calling the victory over Russia a "revenge" for a defeat suffered from Poland and Lithuania is truly an amazing, herculean leap of logic. :)
Edit: I'm referring to the Germans coming up with the idea, not Griffin. sorry for not making it clear.
Hey, this is why they actually named it this, not my opinion!
That's the entire reason for why the battle was named, just so the germans could shove the actual battle of tannenberg under the rug, and claim revenge
@@TheArmchairHistorian Yeah, I know. I'm talking about the German leaders/propagandist at the time.
in the battle of tannenberg mongols and other slavs fought with the germans too
"Lithuanians" at Grunwald were mostly Rus people. So yeah, it makes sense.
Bro that segue into the Viking Ad was smooth af. Was not expecting that.
Your videos are quite amazing... It is the right balance of graphics, good rhythm of narration and data flow. I also appreciate your sound editing and not being too loud or distracting. A great balance of everything. Thank You!
That shameless sponsor plug in the middle of the video. Had a laugh. Normally it is "more about that later."
Haha, the sponsor wanted a pre-roll so I’d figure I’d try to have fun with it.
@@TheArmchairHistorian ah ok.
figuring out how each episode segways into the sponsor plug is entertainment in and of itself.
@@TheArmchairHistorian Way to think outside of the ole noodle bob. Ususally plugs are shameless and repetitive but that shit was golden.
Schmidty love the 10 second skip feature
Playing On the Hills of Manchuria while talking about the battle of Mukden. Fitting.
Really impressed by the level of detail in these videos. Keep up the good work Griffin and team.
Germans:
We have better trained men, better artillery, better guns, guns and better general's.
Russians:
We have vodka
Germans also gave their troops a generous amount of beers.
So yeah, the Russians wont be able to bribe them.
so basically:
Germans: We have lager
Darren Atm also you can drink your fill while the russians can’t aim anymore because of the vodka
Rennenkampf is Russian? Cathy the Great was German. Must be a leftover from her timr
@@badrivanov3931 he was baltic german. Many of them served in russian army, because it was part of Russia at this time
Awesome video! You are very knowledgeable, Griff! Thank you to your researchers and other assistants, also.
I was hoping to see more WW1 Russian battles
Brusilov Offensive?
Regarding the "incompatibility" between German and Russian railways, in more specific terms this was because Russia constructed its railways to a gauge (space between rail heads) of 5 feet, while Germany and the rest of Europe used the standard 4' 8 1/2" gauge. Russia and other former Soviet territories still use 5-foot gauge today.
It may just be me, but I feel that the quality of this video is at another level! Also crazy how much the channel has grown!
Thanks JC, I appreciate it!
Victoria 2 music lol
love the fact that animation is getting better with the passage of time.
I really hope the Total War franchise does a WW1 entry at some point. I think it has the potential to be the best entry in the series if they get the mechanics right.
you can use the great war mod for napoleon : total war
Glorious victory. The Teutonic Knights in 1410 were defeated by an enemy force far larger than them after forced marching without rest.
they had armor at least
Your videos are informative and entertaining thank you for making them
The production quality keeps getting better every video. Nice work.
He got the codename Fox? That's pretty badass 🦊👍
It really seems like the right move for your brand to be in an actual armchair while presenting this. It looks kind of like you're sitting on a hard wooden stool and you're not very happy about it.
And Herr Mackensen wasn't mentioned once....
It's a pity. We had to mention a lot of characters for this video, we couldn't fit in all of them.
August von Mackensen, der Groß.
Great officer, great man, great hat.
Thanks for the help. I needed this for my assessment task I’m doing.
The history Channel should be paying you for a show. Legit make this entertaining. Keep it up!
I see an improvement on your animation, keep up the good work !
Thanks!
108 years later and they still haven't managed to sort out their radios
They were lucky that their enemies were always fighting one another or just even shittier in logistics like Adolf.
5:55 You played Hills of Manchuria!
Absolutely beautiful.
Just wanna say thank you for your videos,
I have learn alot.
Much appreciated!
Do the Balkans wars next!
That profile pic with that name cracked me up
Croatians vs Serbs vs Bosniaks vs Greeks vs Bulgarians vs Turks vs Slovenes vs Albanians vs Montenegrins vs Jews vs Macedonians vs Kosovians
...vs America vs Russia
I love it. Please, Balkan fights!
“Greatest WW1 victory“
Me: *huh* YpReS
Good documentary, very nice attention to details!
Extremely good video as always
Samsonov was my great great grandfather, absolute madness
OMG. Do you have a family tree or a birth certificate? I'd sure like to see one!
Holy crap
@@paulwilkinson4073 that's probably bs, Russians like to claim aristocratic ancestry even though like 99,9% of them are descendants of serfs and peasants.
@@LoLMasterManiac oh sad
@@LoLMasterManiac honestly! His son (Boris) fled to France during the civil war, and ended up in America. His son (Boris Jr) met my grandma other there, who then came to the UK with my dad when he was 5. Boris changed his surname from ‘Samsonov’ to ‘Samsonoff’ to anglicise it
I would love to watch a video of the "guerra del pacifico" (war of the pacific) between Chile and Peru-Bolivia
Thanks for another great video
We were considering covering the War of the Tripple alliance, not much on that currently!
@@TheArmchairHistorian Wow
Thank you for your response
There is practicaly no videos on youtube about this war, wich had various unique events, like one of the first amphibious invasions, and a massive guerrilla warfare after Chile ocupied lima.
Hope to see something about this someday
Greetings
@@TheArmchairHistorian se quis dizer, "Guerra o Paraguay"? (And yes, iam a brazilian)
Great vid! I didnt yet know about those battles
Almost 300k keep up good work 😃
Funny I was planing the game called Tannenberg while listening to this
Otto: Did you just invade Prussia?
Otto: You have activated my trap card!
*_+1500% discipline_*
this helped A LOT thank you so much :D
1:35 smooth transition lol
10:27
Logan Paul: " yo guys I found a dead guy"
Armchair historian: "wait that's illegal!"
Us: "what?"
Ahahahahah I thought of that too
10:29 Far right, Logan Paul suicide Forest meme, his picture is small. Easter egg found
BRUH
Truey
awesome work mate...plz make more videos on ww1 battles like this one...like verdun, somme, amiens, ypers etc.
Thnx this really helped me in my research for a ww1 presentation I'm doing for school
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It would be intresting to consider what the world would look if Germany had won, probably a turning point would be if Romania had remained aligned with Germany during the war, or trialism was adopted by Austria-Hungary(Buying it a few decades probably)
Romania always switch sides. If there ever is a WW3, Romania will switch sides.
@@Charles_Anthony Dont you mean Italy?
Romania loses wars , while gaining prieces in the Same time
@@stevensamuels4041 sure thing Ferenc
My only complaint is I wish your videos were longer. Great work.
I love how you used the Hoi4 theme as the background music, great video
This is awesome. Great job. This battle, along with the failure against Finland, the purge of the officer corp. and economic disarray insured the invasion of Russia in WW2 by Germany.
Unsuccessful invasion.
Ensured and not exactly, Hitler would have invaded the Soviet Union regardless
1:43 smooth af
Von François after war would give tours of the site, famously saying "and this is where Ludendorff slept when I was attacking."
Beautiful video man
. Speechless.
They tested the maxim gun on your people first in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan...still gleeful ya Akhi?
Thanks man!
Even if it was a failure, the rapid attack of the Russians, allowed France to win the battle of the marne
Alpha Ultima and the British
As well as tired troops, stretched supply lines and weak flanks.
Yeah, but the consequence was the loss of all of Russia.
The following is written out of my memory, so dont take it as fact. The tow Corps send as reinforcement didnt arive until AFTER the Battle of Königsberg AND they would have been enough to close the gap that caused the german retreat at the marne...
@@perfectlyfine1675 no
Lenin was the reason
WW1 is so interesting and often overlooked because ww2 was “Bigger”
Omg, I love you sponsorship transitions!
A beautiful and informative video for a famous battle, lovely animations...Поздравляем!👍
It is called Königsberg with an E, not Königsburg
u meant Kaliningrad?
That ad is *SMOOOTH*
Thanks!
Mate I love your channel.
Great visualization of the battle
React on How did the Italians lose to Ethiopia (1896) on the channel armchair historian.
This is and was a famous victory for an African country. Keep it up bro.
do one one the seven years war, its the world war before the actual one, its absolutely fascinating.
Seven years war=ww1, Napoleonic wars= ww2, Crimean war= ww3, The great war= ww4, ww2= ww5. So there were actually 5 world wars lol.
Kaiser Méxicano or the Crimean War too, if he didn't already do it!
Another exelent episode. My congratulations. Can you do naval battles?
I like how he brought up the sponsor, that made me smile a bit.
Do british invasion of persia in Reza Shah`s perspective,its quite a story.
Reza Shah was a great man from what one of my drivers told me back in 2005.
Good Video, but the "Königsburg" is hurting my prussian eyes. Still a very interesting and educating vid, keep the great work up! :P
This is such a good channel.
Thanks for mentioning Hoffmann!
I forgot to mention that the German Empire’s military wasn’t professional. It has conscription. Recruits do service for a portion of their lives.
Russia’s military wasn’t necessarily untrained and fresh. They also have conscription, but the service time was much longer than Germany’s. They implemented it after the pseudo-German conscription system after the Crimean War.
I absolutely love your vids, but what you need in all of them... an actual ARMCHAIR to sit on while doing the vids! Then you will truly be "The Armchair Historian" in every way!
I have an armchair! You just can't see it. I'll need to redesign my set for 2019.
@@TheArmchairHistorian
Awesome! Can't freakin wait!
And "Bazbattles", "OverSimplified", "Kings and Generals", and "The Armchair Historian" are by far the best history/military vids on RUclips!!!
Excellent animation, good presentation,lots of love from Dhaka Bangladesh.
Great video! It reminded me the book Cannons of August, by Barbara Touchman
“We have lost objective Apples”
Battlefield 1 ;)
@Kaiser Whilhelm III 100% legit
Why have I seen your name in literally every history/meme video involving Germany?
@@TheHatOfTheHats Me 2 =))
Hindenburg and Ludendorff are the hero’s of Germany! I heard to that it also is the battle of masurian lakes.
Armchair Historian You have a bright future ahead of you.
1:33 you played a little sneaky on me there, but i liked it
Of course you’re a historian with a name like “griffin johnson”
Did you mean Königsberg? "King's mountain" (Königsburg = King's castle)
kaliningrad?
what?
@@qk-tb2df todays Kaliningrad is also pretty great. Loved the open mindedness of the people when i went there with my grandpa (born and raised in eastern prussia, with some family from Königsberg) a couple of years ago and how they preserve the german origin of the city. Walked into a random wedding at the cathedral and had the time of my life joining randomly their after party
@@boahkeinbockmehr I'm thinking about going to russia czechia or austria soon, not sure which
I speak a tiny amount of german so I'm thinking I might do a week in czechia and one in austria, but not decided 100%
I don't know as much about russia, nor do I speak any of the language so I'm much more hesitant to go, although I find their history extremely fascinating
@Baldur a little here and there. I can't remember which part of town it was, but basically the upper middle-class houses and their surroundings (parks, cast iron lanterns and rails etc.) were top notch restored (apparently that was were the red armies elite used to live and it is really picturesque), however, much like most oblat Kaliningrad, you get the feeling that the russians never expected to hold on to that land (especially the countryside is still devastated by ww2 and has some post apocalyptic feel to it. Houses full of bullet holes everywhere and everything slowly but surely falling appart, with no one having invested into anything there since 45. Though interestingly enough the majority of people living there nowadays are ethnic germans once more. After the collapse of the udssr, a ton of wolga germans, who stalin exiled in Kazakhstan, moved there and use it as a stepping stone to come "back" to the fatherland. But apart from actual buildings, i saw a huge effort given into restoring and maintaining german memorials all over the country (all kinds of memorials, not only war related ones). Also all children were learning german as their mandatory second language in school. As for Kaliningrad itself. Apart the described villa district being top notch restored, it is an quite interesting view. If you stand in front of the cathedral and look over the river, the city is split in two, as apparently two of the udssr's top cityplaners/ architects battled it out there, with one favouring a really modern, almost western looking style, which everything on the left looks like, while the other apparently being a huge fan of medieval castles went for a playful fairytale style on the other side (of course toned down to not look too out of place). Well and then you have the big hotel ruin towering over the city, of an ambitious soviet building project that was build on bad foundations and thus was never able to be used, which was painted blue all over to lessen it's eye soring effect.
You should do a video on the value of reconnaissance in warfare and its evolution over time.
Can we get more? These videos are epic and you deserve 10 TRILLION, yes TRILLION subscribers