Backs To The Wall - All Eyes On Amiens I THE GREAT WAR Week 192
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6 жыл бұрынThe German Operation Michael continues this week and after some uncertainty, the Germans put their eyes on Amiens. The city is a vital communications and transport hub for the Entente and so Ferdinand Foch decides to mount a defence in front of the city.
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@iFunnky 6 жыл бұрын
“The curvature of the earth must be considered” *flat-earthists triggered*
@dndboy13 6 жыл бұрын
nah its cool turns out the earth was a bowl all along en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map_edit.jpg
6 жыл бұрын
Not just the curvature, but the rotation must be considered, too.
@jeffreyroot7346 6 жыл бұрын
on the backs of four elephants riding on top of a giant turtle!
@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 6 жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as earth, we live in the matrix
@riebenzahl-524 6 жыл бұрын
Obviously the great war is only a conspiracy of the globe industry....wake upe sheep!
@TheBrainSpecialist 6 жыл бұрын
Two days early, must be one of Haig's cunning plans
@Lodycau 6 жыл бұрын
MY BRAIN HURTS
@jruth77 6 жыл бұрын
WE FORGOT THE ANESTHETIC!
@proxel96 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it has a big bushy tail?
@GravesRWFiA 6 жыл бұрын
he wouldn't know a cunning plan if it was painted purple and danced on his piano singing" cunning plans are here again'
@soralb6368 6 жыл бұрын
By George! Even you know the secret plan. There is a mole among us.
@bigbrowntau 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another amazing episode, Indy and crew. My grandfather was there a hundred years ago, trying to stop the German advance. He always told me he'd made it through the war unscathed. Recently I managed to get a look at his military service record. On Mar 29, 1918, my grandfather, a Lt in the 38th Battalion, AIF, was shot in the chest and right shoulder near Dernancourt. Amazingly, despite being listed as severely wounded, survived, and returned to Australia to become a headmaster of a secondary school. for those who are interested, all the war diaries of each unit in the AIF can be read online. You can see handwritten messages from each day of the Kaiserschlacht, along with all the fine details of how battalions were organized.
@skinnex3236 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this amazing tip
@bigbrowntau 3 жыл бұрын
@@skinnex3236 You're most welcome!
@mattsmith-ri3lp Жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was also shot in the chest on the same day. He served with the 40th. Where would I find these diaries please?
@ElBandito 6 жыл бұрын
When you get compared to the likes of Hötzendorf, you know you messed up big time.
@blankblank6545 6 жыл бұрын
God Emperor Overlord Hötzendorf* I may add.
@Edax_Royeaux 6 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the Germans were in a desperate situation, the long-shot jackpot probably made more sense then realistic, modest military victories because time was running out.
@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506 6 жыл бұрын
how so?
@chemp231 6 жыл бұрын
ltflak its kinda like the ww2 plan take out the enemy before they could mobilize more. Japans plan against Russia, russias counter on japan, japan vs the usa, germany against russia (lets take moscow they said, the russians will give up they said, well someone didn't tell them.)
@adamsnook9542 6 жыл бұрын
That's a bit unfair on poor old Cadorna. I hear when he was fired he was planning an offensive on the Isonzo River to crush the Austro-Hungarians once and for all. There's no way they'd have seen that coming.
@Raygun222 6 жыл бұрын
It appears to me that Kaiserschlacht will be a success!
@Beef7599 6 жыл бұрын
Limppu Man prayers!
@Dels 6 жыл бұрын
It failed. Us Germans would have won if it did work.
@kuttex123x4 6 жыл бұрын
someone didn´t get the joke
@Dels 6 жыл бұрын
Didn't look like one to me.
@aaronsmith4940 6 жыл бұрын
Jokes on you then
@federalfarmer8174 6 жыл бұрын
happy thursday
@duwudud 6 жыл бұрын
I've been a subscriber for some time now and have thouroughly enjoyed your episodes so far, but this episode in paticular for me has really been something else. The way you've been able to rachet up the dramatic tension of the war and the trepidation that all sides must've been feeling during this monumental time has really impressed me. Especially the desperate measures taken by the allies and the lack of practical logistical options that were available to the Germans. Although I already know what happens, you've been able to make me feel real anticipation for your digest of next weeks events. Excellent job Indi and Team!
@clementcharpentier9058 6 жыл бұрын
duwudud I waited all winter for this offensive. I already know how it end on the western front. But I'm still waiting for the Italian push, or the bulgar defeat... And I'm trying not to spoiled myself on these front
@chriscollins50 6 жыл бұрын
Fully agree!
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
I think the Germans could win this with this replay of events
@slugger1983 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was thinking half way through that it was the most dramatic episode of the series. I didn't realize the Germans had so much success right off the bat.
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
slugger1983 from when I was at school this area was badly teached and missing - we only got told but the trenches and that all
@dams6829 6 жыл бұрын
It seems division under General KZfaq have rushed the offensive 2 days too early.
@AkodoAkira1 6 жыл бұрын
Hundreds of thousands of subscribers were taken by surprise, and many millions of bytes of data ruthlessly and callously tossed aside, just so a few people could enjoy the episode a day or two early. Tragedy and hubris, all for the sake of... Modern War.
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
it the shame we now have to wait 9 days now for the next one
@BigBoss-sm9xj 6 жыл бұрын
Haha
@CrazyYurie 6 жыл бұрын
rofl
@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын
David Lloyd George was a classic politician at war. Give your armies impossible objectives, no manpower, and insufficient supplies. Then blame them when they can't manage.
@proxel96 6 жыл бұрын
So true.
@moosemaimer 6 жыл бұрын
"I gave you several men, and a number of guns, and you couldn't stop an entire German army?" *door slams open* Luigi Cadorna: "With that, I could conquer the Moon!"
@vivekkondapalli568 6 жыл бұрын
so true.
@Deadeye012011 6 жыл бұрын
Yup he had close to 1 Million British reservists ready to go in Britain to but didn't send them to bring the British lines back up to full strength.
@dcbanacek2 6 жыл бұрын
He was probably more worried about the Irish. After all, it's not like the Irish had a reason to love their English overlords.
@andrewfingeret364 6 жыл бұрын
Early episode? I’ll take it!!
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
but we now have to wait 9 days for the next one!
@LavrencicUrban 6 жыл бұрын
MAYBE FROM NOW ON UNTIL NOVEMBER THERE WILL BE EPISODES ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ALIKE, IN ORDER TO COVER FAR MORE "DENSELY SPACED" EVENTS; PROBABLY JUST THOUGHTFUL WISH AND AS WE SAY IT IN BALKANS "I'LL WAKE UP WITH A FINGER UP MY ASS" :)
@loudstrat5410 6 жыл бұрын
ummm, why do you say that?
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
VRBANVS REX if you read the Great War twitter they said something got screwed up and we got this on early
@LavrencicUrban 6 жыл бұрын
DON'T HAVE A TWITTER, BUT THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION MATE :)
@offchance789 6 жыл бұрын
"...the Allies were seriously worried at the speed of the German advance." *Third Reich* "Hold my beer."
@gunnerr8476 6 жыл бұрын
Maginot line? What's that?
@canicheenrage 6 жыл бұрын
Afnan Zahran its the fortification line on which the german Army Group South broke its teeth despike it being manned by skeleton crews.
@canicheenrage 6 жыл бұрын
Bob Orson ?
@Cancoillotteman 6 жыл бұрын
AAAAAaaaaand then they have the idea to attack Russia, while already being at war with an unreduced England. Napoleon face-palms himself so hard : "Come ON Adolf ! I told you so ! And I, at least, took Moscow...."
@LordVader1094 5 жыл бұрын
@@Cancoillotteman Funny thing too is that Adolf had studied Napoleon, lol.
@sleong 6 жыл бұрын
The German Spring Offensive of 1918 was EPIC. 3.4 million men... incredible The Germans also crossed the Somme in one week... remember how much trouble the British had in taking the Somme in 1916?
@me67galaxylife 4 жыл бұрын
And then they died.
@jacopofolin6400 Жыл бұрын
@@me67galaxylife well but they were pretty close on destroying the allies too. They wreckt the Russian, the Italian, and nearly the British. Considering the Mass mutinis in France in 1917 if the British were cut of and destroyed dubt the french-american would win
@me67galaxylife Жыл бұрын
@@jacopofolin6400 No, they lost their momentum and the war was over for them. Also, the french mutinies are often brought up by people that don't know much about them; the germans did try to take advantage of it, yet the french defended as usual and pushed them back each time; they mutinied against poor leadership, not to stop the war. Which is why they happened after the failed Nivelle offensive, that he promised would stopped if it bogged down (he didn't)
@Carewolf 5 ай бұрын
The English like the Germans now, moved fast but then stopped right after "breaking through", getting nowhere major in the end.
@mikajlod25 6 жыл бұрын
You gave me a mini heart attack, I woke up, saw the episode and thought that it is Thursday and that my exam is today! I almost puked! Great episode!
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aM91Z9h22MemdmQ.html
@drpapa26 5 жыл бұрын
Ludendorff could have won. But he went full Hötzendorf. Never go full Hötzendorf.
@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын
Ludendorf should have concentrated the advances. By trying to take everything, he ended up taking nothing.
@dcbanacek2 6 жыл бұрын
A problem the German Army ran into during the sequel as well.
@Marinealver 6 жыл бұрын
Ludendorf did a Hotzendorf and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Don't be a Dorf (or a Cordona for that matter)!
@KorporalNoobs 6 жыл бұрын
The problem is always the danger of being flanked, cut of and destroyed.
@wbertie2604 6 жыл бұрын
A single point of attack provides a single point of defence. With a split between the British and French (although those terms don't make clear the large number of nations involved), then poor communications potentially offered several weak spots to exploit. The error was in assuming German transport and logistics was better than it was, which led to the attacks petering out. You could draw parallels with The Battle of the Bulge.
@wbertie2604 6 жыл бұрын
It's a reason pincer works. Reasonable concentration of force, either element is dangerous to the enemy, but you can potentially swap reserves between the two and convert to a single thrust, transport permitting. A single thrust can lead to the danger of an exposed salient and a counter pincer, though, another reason for a relatively broad front in Michael, as a wide salient can be potentially evacuated.
@cwovictor3281 6 жыл бұрын
A battle lost because of not *enough* cavalry. Who would have thought the day would come.
@garysullivan2498 5 жыл бұрын
F O
@USAF-mt1tu 6 жыл бұрын
Early episode!
@USAF-mt1tu 6 жыл бұрын
I'm Also First.
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
One thing not been mention the German army was now being hit harder and harder by food shortages (the storm troops had the best food but even then they where being affected and when they come across Allied food dumps etc they slowed down to stop to eat and take food - even when ordered to stop and carry the fighting, discipline had started to crack - also back home in Germany issues started to happen with workers on stike etc (due to poor or no food available, inflation and pay) and even ammunition and other miltory stuffs where being effected by shortages and shody workmanship (stikes, no workers, no skilled workers or surplies) - "hence stabbed in the back Theory" - and this had a knock-on effect on the solders where affected more and more to the Spanish flu - by this time new recurtes where having issues with being ill and effects of being malnutrition. Also due to all this fighting leave was none existent and German troops were just left in the front line and not rotated out of the line. These effects would come to haunt the Germans more and more as the war went on.
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
We will talk about exactly that next week.
@QALibrary 6 жыл бұрын
The Great War oh goodie looking forward to that one
@andrewfavot763 6 жыл бұрын
Its sadens me to think of how close we are to the end... What will happen? Perhaps its a surprise but I do love this channel. Its driven me to plan my Senior project for high school. I use so much information from you all and I thank you for making it fun.
@edmundcowan9131 9 ай бұрын
While older these episodes are excellent and make the military operations understandable thanks 👍
@pooperdrop 6 жыл бұрын
This is the episode I've been waiting for. My great grandfather was rushed into Mailly-Maillet with the other New Zealand forces and hit on the 27th. Despite it being a head wound and lying in the mud for for almost 24 hours, he survived. Without those stretcher bearers, none of my family would be here today.
@tinkmarshino 6 жыл бұрын
as always totally engrossing.. My grandfather served in the war (he was canadian) his stories and your narratives make it so real to me . I served in that marines from 1969 -1972 so I understand the fear and the grueling sacrifice of war.. But as I follow your stories I think of my grandfather whom I loved very much. He was the only man I looked up to in my youth.. It is like he was here again and those long summer days we would sit and talk of a soldiers life were just yesterday.... He passed on in 75.. He was the toughest man I have ever known... even now at 65 myself I'm still try to be as tough and fair as he was .. Some say I am such a man but even so I could not carry a candle to these men of old.. these men of great renown.. who endured all so that we could be then free from tyranny.. But as I prepare to lever this old world world I have to wonder why did we fight against the things we are becoming.. Well that is the problem for the younger generation to worry about... and I feel sad they have to think about it at all.
@rohiths3554 2 жыл бұрын
Free from tyranny? What do you mean?
@tinkmarshino 2 жыл бұрын
@@rohiths3554 With the condition of Europe in those days there was a group of leaders that thought they could rule the whole continent (Like Stalin ruled the soviet empire) And those that fought against it.. TYRANNY: noun; Cruel and oppressive government rule.
@rohiths3554 2 жыл бұрын
@@tinkmarshino those emperors were not that bad. German empire was fine, Russian wasn't bad but fine. They were the opportunists ones
@tinkmarshino 2 жыл бұрын
@@rohiths3554 I have talked with many a man that lived during that time and in those countries and they didn't have that opinion. I was just wondering how you came to your conclusion and what do you mean by "fine"? you've got me curious.
@user-uh7cb3vy4v 6 жыл бұрын
Its all or nothing boys, amiens will be the waterloo of the first world war, but for whom? For the Allies or for Germany? This is the beginning of the end for the first world war and there is still so much to tell !
@MDP1702 6 жыл бұрын
it will be waterloo for both ofcourse, now as to which would be like the english and which side like the french is something else
@loudstrat5410 6 жыл бұрын
Is Abba going to make a song about it?
@Cancoillotteman 6 жыл бұрын
Pour la Nation !!! (Oups, sorry, I just let that slip)
@steelhammer103 6 жыл бұрын
Early Episode? Awesome!!!
@ridzyfrizy1350 6 жыл бұрын
''Now, we have our backs to the wall against Jerry's elites'' - A British soldier conversation in Battlefield 1
@varana 6 жыл бұрын
I doubt you can distinguish the fire of a burning Mercedes from that of a burning Opel, so I believe it should be "opal" in the first line of "Kismet". :D
@thhseeking 6 жыл бұрын
You beat me to it...by two weeks :P
@AtomicLegion 6 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that this was supposed to be uploaded and set to be invisible until thursday, then made available to the public. Someone is definitely getting fired. Likely from one of those rear trench artillery guns.
@tomm9118 6 жыл бұрын
This really threw me off when I woke up. I thought I slept 2 days hahaha
@stredent 6 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this part ever since hearing about it on Dan Carlin's podcast. I love listening to the way you guys cover this topic.
@ColasTeam 6 жыл бұрын
What I love about this documentary, being so in-depth, is that it clearly shows that the Germans didn't lost due to bad luck, or after doing everything right. You show very clearly that the allied victory came fair and square (or as fair and square as it could be with the no-rules rule of this conflict) and show every big mistake the Germans made trough the war.
@NanoBotCZ 6 жыл бұрын
Kaizerschlacht was so fast, it even brings this episode early!
@onnieduvall2565 6 жыл бұрын
I have become so used to these episode appearing Thursday that I had to double check to make certain I didn't miss out on two days this week. At my age confusion can become a bit overwhelming at times.
@matthewarsenault6216 6 жыл бұрын
I love this show .for a while the battles just seem to go back and forth and repeat themselves .now it looks like everyone's going for broke
@DeathOnSernpidal 6 жыл бұрын
The Paris Gun was really the WWI equivalent of V-1 and V-2 missiles of World War II.
@nathanaelvinar167 6 жыл бұрын
I love this show and its insights. One possible improvement: in the graphics, I would love to see the movements and positions of the individual units (down to brigade or lower) that were involved in the battles. This episode covers topics so important and so exciting I think it deserves its own special episode. Keep up the great work!
@EpicGeopolitics 4 жыл бұрын
The poetry at the end was incredibly moving. It was incredibly tragic and made the war so incredibly real. Thanks again.
@BarondePencier 6 жыл бұрын
The shells for the Paris Gun were fired with such force that the rifling of the gun actually grew wider with each shot- you had to size the shells to fit the expanding width of the barrel, and once you'd hit 60 of them the gun became too fragile to shoot. They would install a new barrel and then start the whole process again.
@stevepirie8130 6 жыл бұрын
Baron von Pincier, they also had to work out how to hit Paris by taking into account the spinning of the Earth as well as what the weather was doing. I don't recall it doing much to Paris for all the effort put in.
@history.mp4993 6 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or do other people get the chills when the intro plays
@user-zk4mp9db1y 6 жыл бұрын
I love the music you added to these segments. It adds an extra feeling of drama. You should do that for all your videos going forward.
@YTesko1r2d229 6 жыл бұрын
"This is the same land our brothers were slaughtered 2 years ago! Don't let their deaths be in vain! Stand forth!
@andrewvisser7630 4 жыл бұрын
My great uncle was fighting with the Canadian 2nd Bn on the front near Arras during this time. They ended up on a section of the front with little to no trenches and my great uncle and 9 other ORs were killed by a german mortar as they hid in a crater for cover on the 29th of March. they are now buried together at the Faubourg D'Amiens cemetery in Arras.
@gene1278 6 жыл бұрын
This channel when it comes to the end will become THE DEFINITIVVE source on the Great War. So Good.I do hope we continue past 11.11.18 to discuss the German Revolution and the Treaty of Versaille
@ilqrd.6608 6 жыл бұрын
Great episode! Finally catching up with the channel.
@Dreadnought26 6 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best, well done episodes I've seen on this channed
@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын
A wonderfully informative video. Great job.
@manofsteel7052 6 жыл бұрын
You just made my day , much love!!!!!
@grayflaneur4854 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a wonderfully prepared episode.
@jeremybeasley6 6 жыл бұрын
Love this channel!
@Benjijart 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic ambient music in the map portions of the video!
@sixsicsixgod 6 жыл бұрын
Very cool channel you guys got my subscribtion!!!!!
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the show.
@ciandoyle1620 6 жыл бұрын
brilliant episode
@The_New_IKB 6 жыл бұрын
For those interested in the Paris Gun(s) I can recommend 'The Paris Gun' by Henry W.Miller. Gives great detail about what guns were where, at what dates how they were mounted, and how many shells were fired from each location/gun.
@merdiolu 6 жыл бұрын
First of all in shape of Ludendorff we see the weakness of entire German military establishment first time. Brilliant tacticians , great efficient operational effectiveness but their generals are trying to gobble up and swallow too much , more than they can chew and once initial sucess is over (Kaiser^s "Battle has been won" decleration was WAY premeture and later would bite his a.. politically) they lose sight of strategic objective of operation. It is like burning engine of the a racing car with overheating and too much speed. After breaking through where to Paris , Noyon , Amiens ? ALL THREE ? One of these objectives might have been captured (a big if) but all three of them was beyond any armies reach. Entante had a very solid and effective road and railroad network to funnel their reinforcements to seal the gap (Foch's appointment as Supreme Commander in West also made their deployments faster. That step should have been taken long time ago by Supreme War Council in Paris) while Germans were on foot and their supplies and heavy guns (major striking arm) was left behind on muddy Somme tracks. So they were reduced a massive infantry force that was eventually tired , devoid of food and ammunition and could be repulsed by firepower.
@nateperez3667 6 жыл бұрын
Been watching for a while, and I couldn’t wait for Amiens :D
@mrandrews3616 6 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that this series will soon be over. Four years. What a journey.
@eriadorian748 6 жыл бұрын
Love that photo of German cavalry from Narva, I lived there once, and I recognize the place.
@proxel96 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing to imagine what must have been going through the soldiers minds on either side of that battle. I highly recommend a book 'No Mans Land: 1918, the last year of the Great War' by John Toland. Its got allot of detail of this battle, and many others, plus political machinations from 1918. Allot of quotes from soliders and details of the micro and macro perspectives. Its really very good.
@ahnafquietus9638 6 жыл бұрын
Who misses the old promo?
@peterlynch1458 6 жыл бұрын
It was perfect. I hope they bring it back.
@sleong 6 жыл бұрын
I hope they bring it back too
@murrayaronson3753 6 жыл бұрын
I just saw the movie JOURNEY'S END yesterday. The movie's plot revolves around a group of British officers at the time of this German offensive. Watching JOURNEY'S END one hundred years to the day (approximately) I found moving. The picture is well-made, but of course sad. I recommend JOURNEY'S END to all viewers of THE GREAT WAR.
@kidmohair8151 6 жыл бұрын
A hundred years ago today Let us not be sentimental about a disaster 3 and a half years in the making People died, badly and in pain we can't imagine What is War? What do we do it for?
@MonsieurX12 6 жыл бұрын
crucial moments right there
@theblackprince1346 6 жыл бұрын
Thursday's episode today? Has it been carried in the pack of a German stormtrooper? it's arrived two days early.
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
and now they are exhausted
@warlordqueekheadtaker7960 6 жыл бұрын
Indy I love your Channel I hope even after 2019 you continue to make vids perhaps on ancient WARS like the punic WARS world war 2 or Napoleonic WARS wish you a long and Happy life 😊
@santoshm8684 3 жыл бұрын
5:07 I can't believe he's this happy..!
@correodesabino 6 жыл бұрын
Great Show Great War Team!! Have you made a video about the Paris Guns?? I'd like to learn a bit mor about them.
@massaweed420 6 жыл бұрын
You guys literally almost scared the shit out of me. I thought it was Thursday already and almost shat myself wondering how I blacked out for two days like that... Still, I'll take it lol
@caesaraugustus3749 6 жыл бұрын
Facinating part of the war. I know a lot of Australians were in gough's army, it's hard to know how frantic it was nowadays but reading accounts they truly believed they might lose the entire war here.
@vn3083 6 жыл бұрын
Short video, to point, and entertaining.. yup that's what I like
@pace9733 6 жыл бұрын
I love your videos
@mattsmith-ri3lp Жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was shot in the chest on this day, was evacuated to Britain and spent the remainder of the war recovering
@LuisMartinez-rw2lj 6 жыл бұрын
I saw the tweet and I thought it was just the thumbnail for Thursday’s ep but there was a link and I was quite shocked
@H3RTZ0G 6 жыл бұрын
This is so exciting how you write your episodes! It's almost like a netflix series now. Wonder which faction comes out on top at the end... (I bet 60:40 the Germans :-D)
@bthunderbolt4101 6 жыл бұрын
Indi were there any major earthquakes that affected the war
@justAlbert_ 6 жыл бұрын
Man. I cant believe its almost over
@Lokster 6 жыл бұрын
“I must say your here soon than expected.”
@DeathOnSernpidal 6 жыл бұрын
You're under arrest, Chancellor!
@Titus921 6 жыл бұрын
Can you do a special on the big artillery gun that the Germans use to bomb Paris. I feel like you didn't talk much about this but it was a shocking event for the French since the war technology was getting closer to civilian casualties far away from battlefields just like the zeppelin did to the British. Both events was a small dose of what would come in the next war.
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
we already did a few years ago
@Titus921 6 жыл бұрын
ok thanks I must of forgot since it was two years ago wow how time goes by and I can keep information for that long because now I remembered I've seen it.
@grafgingula6961 6 жыл бұрын
Today is Tuesday, right? (Spoiler Alert) The war ended on November 11th, which was a Monday, so in case they want to finish near the last day of the war it is a suitable switch.
@averagetoad2802 6 жыл бұрын
СБУ Розвідка Скоропадський greece develops the atom bomb and declares war on central powers and entente then nukes them, forces them to surrender and conquers all of Europe and Africa
@grafgingula6961 6 жыл бұрын
СБУ Розвідка Скоропадський been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt
@christianweibrecht6555 6 жыл бұрын
Logistics the under appreciated hero of most wars
@WildBillCox13 6 жыл бұрын
My mother, an English teacher at Fox Chapel high school (in addition to many other personal goals achieved through a long and eventful life) used to say "Kismet" (an Arabic word meaning "fate" or "the will of the gods") when something terrible happened. Thanks to the team at "The Great War" I now know from whence and where the word entered her lexicon.
@Maxcraft12 6 жыл бұрын
I swear, if you guys let me down in 2039...
@James--Parker 6 жыл бұрын
They're actually planning on doing a WWII series pretty soon. Check out their other channel to keep up to date (you might not hear about it on this channel, because they don't own it.) kzfaq.info/love/LfMmOriSyPbd5JhHpnj4Ng
@ronjohnson831 6 жыл бұрын
I don’t know what it was about this episode but it was a really good one
@nicolasbluteau3024 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy, when we get closer in time to the Second Battle of the Marne, will you do a special about Joseph Darnand and his daring, war changing raid behind German lines, despite his terrible choices and fate later in his life?
@ChiuaruStefan 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy. Love the show, please give Flo a raise. Question: What happened to Romania during all this time even after the treaty of bucharest was signed. Did the Central Powers use their manpower / equipment? Have military access trough Romania? What were they doing during all this chaos?
@SubAverageAmerican 6 жыл бұрын
With an episode out today, that can only mean one thing... Tomorrow is Friday Woooooooo!
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
If your boss asks why, just tell him to call us, we will vouch for it.
@douglasohair3348 6 жыл бұрын
My great uncle Lt James R Buchanan of the Royal Irish Rifles was killed on April 1, 1918 near Amiens. In a letter to my grandfather he asks how the baby is, that baby was my mother.
@thhseeking 6 жыл бұрын
"Opel fires in the western skies" ?? I didn't think that car company existed back then :P
@thedaniel4999 6 жыл бұрын
It's already Thursday, the week really went by quickly
@yurik4 6 жыл бұрын
And I was just thinking I have to wait for 2 more days for another episode.
@yomaze2009 6 жыл бұрын
I patreoned today...feelsgoodman
@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support.
@jyotiradityaguleria907 6 жыл бұрын
I have my maths exam Tomorrow, but priorities are priorities
@1969cmp 5 жыл бұрын
How did the exam go? ☺
@bezahltersystemtroll5055 3 жыл бұрын
@@1969cmp apparently pretty bad, he still hasn't replied ;-;
@buddyollie7400 6 жыл бұрын
I can't wiat till September, when we can see the Meuse Argonne offensive vids 😊
@foresta-2684 6 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting an early episode
@thexalon 6 жыл бұрын
Nobody expects an early episode! Indy's chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, fear and surprise! His two chief weapons are surprise, fear, and ruthless efficiency!
@1996koke 6 жыл бұрын
This was an amazing surprise
@TheNMan64 6 жыл бұрын
OOH a Tuesday episode!!!! Yay
@KaWaWu 6 жыл бұрын
Can you guys make a list of the worst atrocities committed and maybe explain them a bit?
@tarz96 6 жыл бұрын
Hello from the land down under
@synarchistcarcinogen4273 6 жыл бұрын
Anyone know Dan Carlin’s hardcore history? Listening to his bit on the Kaiserschalct in his ‘Blueprint for Armageddon’ got me so excited for this episode.
@Biker_Gremling 6 жыл бұрын
For the Paris Guns not only the curvature and rotation of the earth had to be taken into consideration, but also the variation of gravity and air density at altitude to properly calculate the trajectory.
@bacondren4129 6 жыл бұрын
Ive been waiting for this ever since BF1
@partysnick 6 жыл бұрын
i have lately been reading some of the books written by soldiers, covered by the show. So indi's comment about figthing for a week on end into enemy territory hit me somehow. I would not want to be there, it must have been hell, like most of the war. o7
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