Amphibious Landing Craft - Widow Compensation - Repatriation I OUT OF THE TRENCHES

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@HistoryMarche 6 жыл бұрын

I often forget about amphibious landings when thinking about WW1. Another outstanding special!

@ericswain70 6 жыл бұрын

Indy's passion for the show has not diminished one bit from day one.Thanks to The Great War crew for all the great history and hard work.

@SirSaladhead 6 жыл бұрын

I see you're using Dutch PoWs now. Put the man to work!

@dangerouslytalented 6 жыл бұрын

SirSaladhead that is severely illegal, under terms of the Geneva convention. Mostly because the Dutch were neutral and noncombatant.

@mugwump58 6 жыл бұрын

The 3rd Geneva Convention of 1929 dealt with prisoners, so work away!

@mugwump58 6 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Geneva_Convention

@divaybishnoi2773 6 жыл бұрын

dangerouslytalented but this is the great war, no one cares:(

@dangerouslytalented 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe Indy can settle this one: HEY INDY. Were there any POWs from neutral countries and what was the law in Germany with regard to POWs being forced to work?

@kevinbyrne4538 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Joram. Thanks for enlisting in the ranks of "The Great War". This series operates on a small budget, so I expect that they'll keep you busy.

@ARHONTIS1 6 жыл бұрын

I am a student in Lemnos ,the island where the ANZACS were and I found a british military drill book from 1914 in my high school library about landings what a coincedence

@scottski02 6 жыл бұрын

"He enjoys cuddling--" And at that moment, every female TGW fan swooned

@silas4lagoon776 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! You finally covered some of the amphibious craft! The chair of wisdom demands a raise for all of you.

@rockforehead3022 6 жыл бұрын

The phrase 'Woodrow Wilson came to the rescue.' gives me the shivers.

@kevinbyrne4538 6 жыл бұрын

Lighters were small, shallow-draft boats that were used to transfer cargo to or from a ship that couldn't dock at a pier or wharf (either because none existed or because they were occupied) and therefore had to be moored off-shore.

@jeffreymcfadden9403 6 жыл бұрын

call him,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "dutch apple"

@bigblue6917 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Indy. With regards to amphibious landings, the British had planned a beach landing which was to flank the Germans trenches on the Belgian coast. For that they designed, built and successful tested a tank with floats on either side. It was the WW1 equivalent of the Duplex Drive Shermans used on D-Day. Though Gallipoli was a failure it did prove valuable in planning D-Day, including small raiding craft used to get troops ashore.

@tobiasretta1416 6 жыл бұрын

Hi from Germany! I have two questions for out of the trenches. My first question: Are there any known cases in which enemy soldiers who met on the Battlefield became friends after the war? My second question: Where there any soldiers who deserted and switched sides to fight with their enemie? Thank you for the huge amount of work you put into this show. I am already excited for the next episodes!

@indianajones4321 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! More answers from the chair of wisdom!

@williammagoffin9324 6 жыл бұрын

The landings from dedicated landing craft against beach fortifications we all know of from the Pacific Campaign of WWII and D-Day was very much the exception. From well before WWI and well in to WWII one of the primary methods of getting troops ashore was to use the embarked small craft of a warship to bring men ashore with some artillery (it wasn't unusual for ships of this time to have some small cannons on carriages like the kind the army would use for this role). Large scale landings of troops would require that shore parties of naval infantry or Marines (depending on service) to capture docks that could handle larger troop ships. Gallipoli was one of the first battles where planners realized if they can't capture a port from the sea they would need ways to land large numbers of troops and support them from sea, thus the X Lighter. But the idea that you land your forces with ship's boats still stuck around, the US Marines in the 30's still had requirements that things like tanks be landed by a motor launch carried aboard a cruiser or battleship (if you do a Google image search its easy to find images of Marmon-Herrington built tanks being landed from a ship's boat). You'll see the Germans still using this idea in WWII in Norway where their surface combatants transported infantry in to Norwegian ports, landed them and seized the ports: of course such a operation didn't turn out very well for the German Cruiser 'Blücher'. The Allied invasion of Iceland was the same way, pull in to port and unload a bunch of troops. The British would continue development of their X Lighter after the war with the Motor Landing Craft which would be a heavier X Lighter that could be deployed from the davits of a warship capable of deploying infantry or a single tank. It would be Dunkirk and the Norwegian campaign that would get them to examine the idea of proper seagoing landing ships. The US Marines would be the ones who would hit the nail on the head in the 1930s with what would be needed spurring the development of the Higgins Boat, fast transports (destroyers with landing craft on deck), and the weapons & techniques to capture a contested scrap of land from the sea and carve out a operating base for future operations. Up to that point because of Gallipoli the idea of taking an opposed beach from the sea was considered impractical or impossible.

@Riceball01 5 жыл бұрын

The Marines got the idea for the Higgin's boat from observing the Japanese during their invasion of China. There they had used boats not too different from the lighters that were traditionally used for amphibious landing with the exception of a set doors in the bow which allowed the troops to exit straight off the boat instead of over the sides like in normal lighters.

@Hilja1suus 6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully your dutch pronounciation improves with the new intern

@Charlie-up8hy 6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't expect too much from it, English speakers often struggle with the really flat Flemish phonemes. Ik know a Canadian who has lived here in Flandres for over ten years but still struggles with the pronunciation.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

our Dutch is great, when we are drunk and have a potatoe in our mouth.

@Tuning3434 6 жыл бұрын

Mine is too, although I was born and grew up just 12 km. from Utrecht. When I'm sober and without a potatoe I can be somewhat hard to follow, though.

@joehoe222 6 жыл бұрын

You know Anglophone speakers. The worst group in speaking foreign languages in the Western world. ;) The UK scored worst of whole EU (research before brexit) with only 33% of the people speaking a different language than the native ones (including Welsh, Scottish and other). The EU average was around 50%.

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

My dad always said "Dutch is nothing more than a Hollander trying to speak German!" His family was from Utrecht (like your intern) and Ede.

@stevelenz8493 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for mentioning zeebrugga just want a whole episode on it and it is because I love the battlefield one map

@baileykersch-hughes591 6 жыл бұрын

The Great War FOR 'OUT OF THE TRENCHES' What would happen if one part of a trench was taken, but on that same trench, the enemy still occupied it due to an unsuccessful assault (say 700 meters down)? Would they barricade the trench in the middle? Or move back on the whole front to another row of trenches? Or would the assault carry on until the whole line was taken over, which could take a significant amount of time if there is resistance with the enemy soldiers. I love your channel by the way and look forward to each video you make.

@baileykersch-hughes591 6 жыл бұрын

keith moore but if there was a stalemate, and no one could take the whole trench, and both sides have been instructed NOT to retreat as it would change the outcome of the war, what would happen, constant fighting till the trench is won by one side?

@OldFellaDave 6 жыл бұрын

It would depend on the Objectives of the Attack and the angle of the advance. If a Unit was holding the far Left or Far Right of the attack they would pull down the Parapet/Parados, walls or anything handy to make a 'Bomb Stop' across the Trench to cut off the Enemy from advancing back down the Trench Line from the flanks. Place and MG there and it could be held easily. As soon as they could they would form a T shaped head at the end and fortify it. If they were advancing up (or down as the case may be) an enemy held trench then they would have to do it the hard way, advancing bay by bay as the trench lines were dug in a roughly zig zag pattern - this was so that the enemy couldn't fire down a long straight trench and kill everyone easily. Reading AAR's of Australian troops advancing down OG1 and OG2 at 2nd Bullecourt in 1917 they essentially formed small attacking parties of Rifle Grenadiers who would fire a bay or two ahead of the next section of trench (to keep German reinforcements back), Bomb throwers (grenades) would start throwing a bunch of grenades into the next bay, and then 'Chargers' (men with rifles and bayonets) would charge into the next bay as the last grenades were going off to bayonet and shoot the enemy. They would then rest, reinforce and do it again and again, slowly grinding out metre by metre over the trench line. Of course the Germans were doing the same back to them to regain lost trench line. So you had a see sawing battle were the Australians would gain 200m of trench line then the Germans would take 100m back. During lulls or when Battalions were replaced, Bomb Stops would be created to fortify what was held temporarily. It was extremely gritty hand to hand fighting with clogged and destroyed trenches, bodies everywhere, artillery dropping all around from both sides and the ground above the trenches covered by hundreds of machine guns and rifles. When the Australians were in danger of being pushed right out of one section by a spirited German attack 'Snowy' Howell jumped up over the parapet and ran along the top of the trench line dropping grenades on Germans in the bays below below as he ran past them. He single-handedly defeated the German advance and spurred on the recapture of a large stretch of trench-line. He was shot through both legs and fell into the trench but survived with 28 separate wounds and was awarded a Victoria Cross.

@danieltaylor5542 6 жыл бұрын

So flat bottomed boats made the amphibious landings go round?

@karlkarlos3545 6 жыл бұрын

Those paintings remind me, could you do a special about Käthe Kollwitz? Her story is very sad but interesting.

@brianfuller5868 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your videos. They have great information and I love the passion of yourself and your crew.

@iamhere6893 6 жыл бұрын

Hallo meneer Appel, leuk om een keer een Nederlander hierbij te zien

@bismarckbismarck6352 6 жыл бұрын

Btw you guys should do a special on Irish troops during the war, over 200 000 volunteered to fight for britain, and it would be interesting as an irishman myself to hear about their contributions, and how they were treated at the front, especially after the Easter Rising

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

you missed our Ireland special

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Barnes I'd like to know more about the Irish Brigade or Battalion who volunteered to fight the Brits in the Boer War in So. Africa. Hard to find good info. So far I've only heard there were there and that's all.

@donfelipe7510 6 жыл бұрын

Here's a story from World War II about Irish soldiers fighting in the North West Europe campaign 1944-45, wrong war I know but I can imagine this happening in the Great War also, Irish soldiers in the British Army were fighting amongst themselves, Catholics v Protestants. A Lieutenant attempted to break it up but was punched and ended up on the ground then told to stay out of it because he was English and didn't understand. To the Irish some things were more important than the chain of command.

@kevindoyle1884 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the video guys

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Great job.

@ricklolkema3340 6 жыл бұрын

So quick with the upload. Great job guys.En ook nog een nieuwe persoon erbij die een nederlander is, groeten vanuit Leeuwarden.

@hillelhadomi1822 6 жыл бұрын

A question for out of the trenches. Hello indy and crew thank you for an amazing show. I was reading up about the dreyfus affair and it was mentioned he later served in wwI and he got the legion of hounor for his fighting in the chemin da dam and was wondering how did the soldiers react to serving with such a noturious figure and if possibly was there any documintion of him. Thank you so much and please continue the awesome work

@eod3543 6 жыл бұрын

Hello. A Question for out of the trenches. In films of the war before they go over the top I see soldiers pass buckets around to collect valuables. Is this true and if so how was the contents redistributed and how did the survivors find where their stuff was. Thank you and the team for the show.

@thechairman1021 6 жыл бұрын

My question for out of the trenches: My father told me his Grandfather had a huge Butcher‘s in the German territories given to Poland after the War. The poles then expropriated his family. So my question would be if this treatment was normal at the time and how the German Government of the Weimar Republic reacted to such acts from the poles?

@richardcovello5367 6 жыл бұрын

My great uncle was in the Italian army and was killed in N. Italy. His widow received a pension, and when she died, the pension was transferred to their son, who continued to receive it until his death, some 70-80 years later.

@lecterulyanov3853 6 жыл бұрын

Question for out of the trenches. How did General Townshend's 'ambitions' affect the outcome of the Mesopotamian campaign? It's just that it isn't mentioned that often in the show and I was just interested to know how is infamous ego dictated the victories and losses of his troops, like Ctesiphon and Kut. Live the show and keep it up

@rorythecomrade4461 6 жыл бұрын

That last remark about the unidentified bodies sent a chill down my spine. Chilling to think how many young men were killed and their bodies never actually made it back to the right family.

@alexisroman8380 6 жыл бұрын

I love this channel i love learning about ww1

@nitothefunkybunch6938 6 жыл бұрын

One aspect that I love about your show is the nuetrality you keep towards both sides of the war. So I was wondering, when you do WW2, will you keep this neutrality?

@SheriffsSimShack 6 жыл бұрын

No they will obviosly be very biased. They just throw away all their principles ;)

@Gibbons3457 6 жыл бұрын

Well the real problem with bias in world war 2 is that calling out the Germans, Japanese and, later on, the USSR isn't bias. These nations did do horrible and unjustifiable things during the war. WW1 doesn't really have bad guys, or any group who is especially guilty compared to the others whereas WW2 definitely has aggressors and those aggressors did unquestionably evil acts.

@valentintapata2268 6 жыл бұрын

True, but evil acts were also done by the Italians, Brits, US Americans,... all nations actively included (Dresden, Gonars, Rab, Tržaška Rižarna (Risiera di San Saba, Trieste), Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Tokyo,...).

@Riceball01 5 жыл бұрын

Valentin Tapata The difference is that little of what was done by the Allies was done as a matter of policy. True, the Allies did regularly bomb civilians but in most cases it was dues to limits in the technology of the time, we didn't have smart bombs back then so we couldn't hit factories and refineries with pin point precision like we can now. You also have to bear in mind that strategic air power was still a largely brand new concept and it was felt back then that you could bomb an enemy into submission by not only targetting their infastructure but by targetting the civilian populace as well, to a degree, and that if you dealt enough casualties the civilians will force their government to sue for peace. As for the US' usage of the atomic bombs, that they were something evil and caused damage and casualties on a completely unprecidented scale is a tired old trope or myth that has no bearing on reality. The truth of the matter is that both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were legitimate military targets and we actually caused more casualties while fire bombing Tokyo. Furthermore, they were a military necessity since the powers that be in Japan weren't ready to surrender uconditionally, if we hadn't dropped the 2 atomic bombs then Operation Olympic, the invasion of mainland Japan, would have be initiated and would have likely resulted in a huge number of casualties on both sides.

@DirtyHairy1 6 жыл бұрын

Great show, thanks! Not wanting to be a translation fascist, but "Kriegerwitwen" translates to "Warrior widows" "("War widows" it ofc. technically correct). Just to point out how martial the propaganda language was about that.

@genericpersonx333 6 жыл бұрын

I am not sure it really is propaganda so much as just more precise language. Warrior Widow pretty much can only be taken to mean that the lost husband was a soldier, whereas a war widow could, technically, be taken to mean any woman who lost a husband in the course of the war irrespective of the man's occupation or cause of death. That said, it certainly fits with Wilhemian German views. Very apropo.

@glennswagmire8331 6 жыл бұрын

Question where did the bombs go on ww1 bombers

@joehoe222 6 жыл бұрын

I've been in Contrexeville when on holiday funnily enough in I believe 2001. Of course this has nothing to do with the Great War, exept that it was a trench village, but I want to tell it anyways. Nowadays there is a large camping 2km outside of the village and in that time there wasn't an eating place at the camping. So we walked to it, quite a walk with 5 childeren around 10-12, and we went to a local bistro, Chez ... Forgot the name. The bistro was so packed and the waitress so overworked, that we didn't get that much food. We walked back to the camping, and my uncle said: "If we are back, we are hungry again!" Good old days. Never thought the place would show up in a different time and context.

@MrK1kk3r 6 жыл бұрын

Joram representing the Dutch! Heel veel succes!

@tomskonieczka2385 6 жыл бұрын

your show is beyond awesome...I am dreading as November approaches....what shall I binge on?

@CJ87317 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they might go through to Versailles, since technically the war didn't end until the Treaty was signed June 28, 1919.

@tomskonieczka2385 6 жыл бұрын

well personally I hope they do spinoffs on the Russian Civil War, the Polish Soviet War etc.

@CJ87317 6 жыл бұрын

I could see them doing the Russian Civil War, but really there were so many smaller wars that broke out in the aftermath I can't imagine they will do them all.

@the_baldy_scotsman6210 6 жыл бұрын

Holy Crap, the war ends in a few months! (I haven't watched this channel in like 6 months)

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

Famous French serial-killer Henri Désiré Landru preyed on war-widows...

@andreivaldez6713 6 жыл бұрын

V. Athanasiou *preyed

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

+Andrei Valdez Fixed!

@NormanMStewart 6 жыл бұрын

The stove... Don't look there.

@stankouffeld5179 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Indy and team!

@ninoyvalenzuela8764 6 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes another great episode worthy of sharing to teachers

@guisseppistrombopolis9082 6 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! I want to know about any assasinations during the war, and any and all special equipment "or standard" for spies and assassins during the Great War! Thank you and Danke

@WildBillCox13 6 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard, Joram.

@ninja091199 6 жыл бұрын

Question for out of the trenches: Hello! Recently the apocalypse DLC has been revealed on Battlefield 1. A big feature of the map "Caporetto" is the Liven's projector / Gasminenwerfer. Where and how often were these devices used? Were they particularly effective and did they turn the tide of any battles in which they were used? Much obliged, keep up the excellent work!

@GeneralJackRipper 6 жыл бұрын

When I say jump, you say, "Yes Sir!" AND THEN YOU START JUMPING!! ;)

@josephleocadio9228 6 жыл бұрын

To The Great War team, I've been hooked on your videos since I first saw the channel back in mid 2016. As a graduate of the Class of 2014, I realized that, had I been born 100 years earlier, I, as well as my graduating class, would've been prime candidates for the first soldiers in the First World War. However, as an American, the war would be without us for a while. I was wondering, what was it like for Americans who joined up with the French Foreign Legion before American involvement and if any joined an army in the Central Powers. Apologies for the long question. Although this might be the last year of it, I love the show and the work you guys put in!

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

Here is an interesting story about the re-burial of a Medal of Honor recipient, George Dilboy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dilboy

@masonthewise6132 6 жыл бұрын

V. Athanasiou , Never use Wikipedia

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

+Mason the Wise Since an article is well cited, and I have prior knowledge of the event from other sources, why not?

@masonthewise6132 6 жыл бұрын

Once on Wikipedia, it said that Germany won the war, and I never trusted it after that.

@Zamolxes77 6 жыл бұрын

Question is how did they knew there were the remains of George, after they scattered them?

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

+Zamolxes77 The bones were scattered around the grave, not far away.

@Badgeriferous 6 жыл бұрын

Regarding the Amphibious Landing Craft, from what I've found the "X" Lighter was more a forerunner of the type used in WW2 - bullet proof sides, self propelled, exiting over a bow ramp. Not a huge amount made, but they did see service in Gallipoli. www.navyhistory.org.au/x-lighters-in-wwi-and-at-gallipoli/ www.xlighter.org/index.html

@grayflaneur4854 6 жыл бұрын

The Chair of Madness!

@vandalcreed4529 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indie and crew, thanks for your excellent series and all of the work involved. Not to sure if you'll read this but with the series reaching a conclusion this year will you continue with a follow up involving the aftermath of the war in the countries that participated? E.g Belgium's recovery or the creation of Poland.

@hueylongdong900 6 жыл бұрын

hey,great show,been watching for about 2-3 years now and since we are nearing the wars end,will you cover the mobile unit tactics and exspecially tachanka's?

@StuSaville 6 жыл бұрын

On the topic of amphibious landing craft the SS River Clyde deserves an honorable mention for its role in the landing at Cape Hellas during the Gallipoli campaign.

@seandonntheg8433 6 жыл бұрын

Could you make a special episode on Scotland and the great war as I am covering this topic in my history class yet most things we learn are not specific to Scotland and relate to Britain as a whole. Thank you.

@CVSubRailfan90 6 жыл бұрын

Question For Out of the Trenches. Were there ever any instances of fighting where "the rivers ran red with blood", i.e. the carnage was so bad that the water supply or local rivers were polluted with the blood of the soldiers? Love the show Indy and crew and keep up the good work! Give Flo two raises!

@lumikconcept 6 жыл бұрын

It would be great if you guys could cover life aboard naval ships during the war. I would imagine conditions were considerably better for sailors than for those in the army?

@jsma9999 6 жыл бұрын

Neutral's in Great war. Nice to new Guy there

@mitchellholland9331 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and Team! Keep it up! Only a few more months and you'll finally be free! Question for Out of the Trenches What was the overall reputation of Dominion/Commonwealth Troops within the British Army? Was it bad or good on the whole, or did it differ between nations? Here in New Zealand, we are told our soldiers (and the Aussies) had a reputation for being tough and daring. Just wondering whether that was a common view, or something we've kind of told ourselves, when really they were thought of poorly. Cheers!

@marshalondro9692 6 жыл бұрын

Cool tatoos Indy :)

@robbe930 6 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, love the show. Question for out of the trenches. I live in Belgium near the border with the Netherlands. In the area it is filled with german WW1 bunkers from the hollandstellung. Did these fortifications ever see combat in any serious way. Keep up the good work.

@papabearpaw5866 6 жыл бұрын

Take care

@bipedaltoad 6 жыл бұрын

Hey indy, could you please do a special about the newfoundland regiment as I am from newfoundland and would like to know more about them. Keep up the great work and tell flo I said hi!

@Magiciantype-0 6 жыл бұрын

Was there ever a battle were the italians and germans fought against each other? Thanks for an awesome show.

@janberg3232 6 жыл бұрын

My Question for OUT OF THE TRENCHES. During Negotiations for the 1918 armistices and the Paris Treaties, there was often mention of a possible invasion of Germany, should the german government refuse to sign the documents. How would this Invasion looked like. Where there already developed plans and what actions would they have prescribed.

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Joram!

@danian5299 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy! , I had a book as a kid on The Great War and i remember a picture of a snub nose revolver attached under-barrel on a standard issue rifle for use in trench raiding but cannot find any information on it now and have long lost that book, My question for the crew is what speculative weapons would you like to imagine were used in the great war but then forgotten to history, Hope you have fun with this one. Keep up the great work! PS : Did i see you in a youth Hostel in Hong Kong a few months ago

@federicoascencio9560 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and crew!!! Its schedule any time soon an episode with Othais about the small arms (rifles and sidearms) used by the American Expidionary Force?

@mugwump58 6 жыл бұрын

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@tyynymyy7770 6 жыл бұрын

It would be great to see Mediakraft involved in certain WWII project.

@sasop2217 6 жыл бұрын

Question have you made a video or even talked about the legendary (in Australia at least) General sir John Monash??? And if you haven't please do so. And also a question for your out of the trenches series my Nana's father and brother joined a Danish volunteer unit fighting for the German Empire on the eastern front, my great grandfather contracted double pneumonia and was sent home and lived whilst his brother died one week before the armistice and my question is what were the Danish volunteer units and where did they fight???

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

We will.

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy, I've got a project for the Dutch intern, seriously. During WW1 my grandmother in the Netherlands says that Russian cavalry camped by her town. These guys were so tough they would get off their horse and sleep on the ground. She was born in 1909 so a youngster. I heard the story several times and details did not change. Her family was in the Nunspeet/Doornspijk area. I have tried to find any info on and off for years but nothing. I've wondered if she meant Prussian but what would Prussian cavalry be doing in the NL during the war? My only hope is Dutch language archives like books or newspapers. I'm assuming the NL being neutral the newspapers were not censored. But again I don't know. POWs crossed my mind but again no idea if NL had such arrangements to do this.

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention she said the ground was frozen. Which why she so impressed with their toughness.

@martijn9568 6 жыл бұрын

I thought that the Netherlands would capture any person from a foreign army and tread him as a POW and they would go home after the war.

@alecblunden8615 6 жыл бұрын

Dear Luv borders collies You seem a bit confused between "Russians" and "Prussians" - understandably. Russians come from Russia - big, snowy place - and Prussians from Prussia - smaller, snowy place, capital Berlin, core of the German Empire. The Netherlands were neutral, while the Russians and Prussians were combatants who would have been interned if they set foot in the Netherlands. The only explanation I can think of is that Russians had served on the Western Front, but, after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended Russia's participation in the Great War, perhaps some crossed into the Netherlands to get a bit of peace.

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not confused about Prussian vs Russian. Just trying to figure who these foreign soldiers were and why they were there. This channel can really dig up some obscure facts, so posted this hoping any WW1 buff or the Chair of Wisdom could shed light on this story.

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

Well, I'll be.... That's really amazing! Grandma was pretty much spot on. Another family legend confirmed and very interesting story of WW1. Apparently a number of Russians didn't endear themselves to the locals with their uncouth behavior. Thanks a ton. I owe you a beer or six!! :-)

@XMarkxyz 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Indie, thank you and your team for the great show you offer us. I've a question for "out of the trenches": I have a banknote of 250 russian rubles of the 1917 made by Kerenskij's government which my great grandfather kept in his wallet for all his life, he during ww1 didn't fought in the first line but served in the canteen in the second line because he had in Paese (near Treviso, we are Italians) an inn and some food stores so he knew how to handle food, the only thing I knew about it is that he got it during the great war; so my question is how did it reach Italy? I've never heard of russian expeditionary force in Italy, but there were some from France and USA so maybe there was a russian one too? Or this rubles made all the way from the eastern front to the italian one with a austrian or german soldier?

@stupidturntable 6 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, many French war invalids were given the role of concierge in tenement buildings with the small groundfloor appartment to go with it. Ususally their wives would live longer than their men, and they kept the work and place to stay for life. Please correct me if I´m wrong here!

@redlinrangerBrony 6 жыл бұрын

hey Indy i'm love your channel as ww1 is my 2nd favorite subject to talk about as i have a question related on the Japanese during in the first world war and when i saw your video you forgot to bring up if they had tanks or aircraft used in the war so that why i'm asking you if they did or not, thank your for reading my question and your the best, PS have you ever heard the story of the u boat sighting a sea monster during the first world war as they were reports by German u boat during the war and to the end of the war, that was all thank you and have a awesome day bye.

@williamhild1793 6 жыл бұрын

Question for Out of the Trenches. I know that Indy is a big baseball fan. With that in mind, who are some of the famous baseball players who served during The Great War in the American Armed Forces? I believe baseball Hall of Famer Christy Matthewson was one.

@justusfa9847 6 жыл бұрын

Helo Indy and team of TGW, First of all I want to apologize for my modest English skills. I've watched this series since "1914" on the German partner channel and was realy disappointed when the German version was canceled...Nevertheless this format is so good that I've started a while ago to watch the English version of TGW again. Here's my question for OOTT: I've newly read Ernst Jünger's book "In Stahlgewittern" (Storm of Steel), in which he describes his experiences as a German lieutenant on the western front. On December 11th 1915 he writes that in his front section in nothern France the German and English soldiers went over the top - because of the poor and muddy conditions in the trenches - and met each other in No Man's Land. According to his narration they were exchanging gifts like cigarettes, buttons and schnaps until a German soldier was shot from a neighboring section on the English side so that everyone fled back to their positions again. After a brief negotiation of the German and English officers in No Man's Land they continued fighting each others... This story suprised me because I've thought that the Christmas truce of 1914 was the one and only time that fraternization took place in this way in WW1. Can you tell if this event was just a rare exception or if it was more common that soldiers denied to fight each others like that? Greetings from Münster / Germany

@sherwoodsnyder2768 6 жыл бұрын

Question for OTT. Germans made many tries to make anti-weapons like k bullets and AT mines. But did the allies attempt to make any sort of anti-tank/anti-vehicle weapons?

@owenhess6562 6 жыл бұрын

Question for out of the trenches: Could you talk about the French Blue Devils during the war? Thank you

@thegravymanshow4960 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Indi, I love the show I have two questions for out of the treanches. One: were all the allies trenches connected or had small gaps between them. Two: why way germony blamed for the war. For what I hear it was Austria and Serbia who began fighting eachother and them Germany enterd.

@parkermiddleton1028 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Indy and team, thanks for the great show! I got a question for out of the trenches. Can you answer this please? Were there any Germans that helped the Ottomans in the Middle East? I know they built wells for the Ottomans on their journey to the Suez Canal, and they donated rifles to them. But did they send troops to them like they did with the Austro-Hungarians? Love the show and keep it up!

@wuugaa6776 6 жыл бұрын

Nu gget I don't know about ground troops, but some pilots and generals were sent to the Ottomans

@SirArtanis7 6 жыл бұрын

What was the ratio for combatant to non combatant? Considering supply needs and all, were the soldiers in the rear often times brought to the front to fight or was that a pure infantry assignment?

@sdgakatbk 3 жыл бұрын

Great questions. The one on repatriation makes me wonder about what's done with this with the Vietnam War.

@ivannse 6 жыл бұрын

Great show! I was curious how many attempts or missions were there by the Central Powers or Allies to bomb enemy trenches on the Western Front - particularly the big guns behind the lines. I've mostly heard of the bombings of cities further away from the actual battles and less of the enemy lines and artillery. Was it too risky due to anti-aircraft artillery or other factors?

@ralach 6 жыл бұрын

"Flat bottomed ships make the amphibious landings go ashore!" (slight Queen re-write >< )

@nikapletersek7673 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question. How far would the soilders be taken to military hospitals and how far away from the fronts were prisoners taken? I live about 200 km from the closes WW1 front (Italian front) and we have a military graveyard of soldiars from Russia, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria ect. There are also records of a military hospital (therefore the graveyard) and records of russian prisoners working on nearby farms.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

Check our Prisoners of War episode, they would be taken quite far in.

@luisfelipegoncalves4977 6 жыл бұрын

hi guys, i,m from brazil, tudo bem? i have a question for out of the trenches. you talked about the ethnic tensions and nationalist movements in the crumbling russian empire, like the baltics, poland and even the caucasus, but you've missed central asia. as far as i know during the great war, there were resistance movements by the kazakhs, uzbeks and other people groups in the region, even though they have been happening since the 1850s, if i'm not mistaken, during the great game, between the russians and the british. love the show you guys are the best especially flo. p.s.: loved the especial about my country, even though you haven't commented the origins of brazil but, i have high hopes for the ww2 especial, obrigado

@phetproductions5818 6 жыл бұрын

+The Great War where can I buy a vest like the one Indy wears?

@divaybishnoi2773 6 жыл бұрын

Japhet Falcutila get in the line then

@Riceball01 5 жыл бұрын

I'd do a search for waist coats because I think that what Indy is weaing is technically a waist coat and not a vest.

@snipeztricktrick6064 6 жыл бұрын

A question for out of the trenches were there any Super Weapons designed or created during the great war thanks Indy and keep the effort up

@wuugaa6776 6 жыл бұрын

SnipezTrick Trick Depends what you mean by super weapons, there were things like the Paris Gun, the first tanks and bombers which were all huge advancements for the time. But of course nothing like nuclear weapons or orbital death rays

@TheChriskas 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question regarding compensation ok understood for widows. What about a family losing a son at war ? Or being wounded or mutilated?

@ShinigamiInuyasha777 6 жыл бұрын

Hellow Indie, thanks for the show. I got a question for OUT OF THE TRENCHES. During the early XX century most of south american armies were heavily germanized, not only in style and training but as well in identity. To the point that the next generations of oficials were trained in Germany during the nazi regime and the Chaco war had several oficials from the german army. I was wondering if that started during the Great War.. So, were south american observers sended to the western front?

@4ytonly 6 жыл бұрын

Speaking of the dead, do you have a plan to do a special or even visit war graveyards?

@4ytonly 6 жыл бұрын

ok thx, bye

@chrismusix5669 6 жыл бұрын

Tell Mr. Apple: Welcome to the show! Also, Hobo is a legit job.

@QuantumLeclerc 6 жыл бұрын

"He enjoys tennis and cuddling" Me too Joram... Me too...

@Kiemenbeisser 6 жыл бұрын

Does Indy has a distaste for (flying) dutchmens

@muaddib1236 6 жыл бұрын

Question to Indy: Was sieging or capturing a city difficult? I know that it’s kinda obvious but what was it like in WW1? What equipment was used? Sorry for so many questions! Love the shoe and keep up the awesome work!!!

@muaddib1236 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Kaczynski Yeah that makes sense. Thanks for the answer!

@jacobeberhardt1649 6 жыл бұрын

I'm seriously going to need to know why he was called Jeff the Hobo. I'm committed now.

@jackleonard1556 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy I have a question could the spike helmets to kill anyone if they had to sorry I don’t know what they’re called love your show keep up the work

@nabilissa9248 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy great show , i got a question i am trying to write a novel about ww1 , i would like to know some famouse ww1 female soldiers that fought on the frontline specialy on the western fronte

@ilikeshroomgals 6 жыл бұрын

Widow compensation cool

@ARC355 6 жыл бұрын

If you have the extra funding for an intern that better mean Flo has received his raise!

@mikked01 6 жыл бұрын

Black Beetles eh? I wonder if that was just a color thing or if there is another story behind it. Anyone able to enlighten me on this?

@mblac19 6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty certain that Black Beetles nickname is because of the common thing of black water beetles skimming across the surface of water. Flat bottom boat, near the coast, yeah, I can see that as a nickname.