"We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win."- Henry Kissinger commenting on the Vietnam War
@ace17763 жыл бұрын
“Carpet bomb them. Carpet bomb them all.” - Henry Kissinger
@dclark1420023 жыл бұрын
The power of Fabian tactics.... Fascinating that the US would forget the tactics that won it her own independence... History truly is fascinating in that humanity is entertainingly flawed.
@deprogramm3 жыл бұрын
dclark142002 plenty of countries “forget”
@mikhailv67tv3 жыл бұрын
A reading of HK with Afghanistan in mind means the Taliban has won
@dclark1420023 жыл бұрын
@@deprogramm, yes...exactly my point.
@percamihai-marco71573 жыл бұрын
It's great to see Jesse in the studio again after so many months. A great episode. I can't wait for the next one
@TheGreatWar3 жыл бұрын
it was a bit of an Odyssey and involved a lot of Covid tests, but he needed to come over for Rhineland 45 filming anyway, so we said we film as much TGW as possible before it's time for the living room again.
@vaclav_fejt3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreatWar I don't mind the loving room, though. I like that cute tank model.
@oliversherman24144 ай бұрын
As a Brit, I find the Irish fight for independence to be a pretty interesting subject. The Easter Uprising, the Irish War of Independence, and the Civil War are all subjects I became curious about the first time I heard of them. I'm not very proud of the things our countrymen did in Ireland at that time, but it's important to remember what the Brits of today can't be held responsible for what happened over a hundred years ago. We should honour the fallen of both sides and learn from the past so that such violence is avoided in the future. May Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and Ireland all strive for a better future together 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇪
@MarkHarrison7333 ай бұрын
The British Empire should have joined the Central Powers in 1914.
@oliversherman24143 ай бұрын
@@MarkHarrison733 Why?
@MarkHarrison7333 ай бұрын
@@oliversherman2414 The Central Powers were 100% in the right. The British Empire sided with Serbian terrorists in 1914.
@cathanmccann17693 жыл бұрын
Love that there is another video of the Ireland. I would love to see a video on the Irish Civil war. Love this Channel from Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@TheGreatWar3 жыл бұрын
spoiler alert ;)
@cathanmccann17693 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreatWar 👍
@ShubhamMishrabro3 жыл бұрын
Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@k-studio81123 жыл бұрын
You should take back Northern Ireland from Brits
@cathanmccann17693 жыл бұрын
@@k-studio8112 thank you 🇮🇪🇮🇪
@indianajones43213 жыл бұрын
The war in Ireland is solved and will never have any troubles in the future...
@JordanHatch7773 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 Say it too my face
@Roller_Ghoster3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean this jokingly? I'll take it you do.
@indianajones43213 жыл бұрын
@@Roller_Ghoster yes it’s a joke
@kevinbourke18473 жыл бұрын
Coming soon civil war
@Roller_Ghoster3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinbourke1847 violence was used by both sides and failed.
@HistoryOfRevolutions3 жыл бұрын
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it" - GK Chesterton
2 жыл бұрын
Odd that he's never heard of boats.
@JobberBud3 жыл бұрын
As always, your content is outstanding, and I sympathize with the difficulties history creators run into on KZfaq. KZfaq can be a great, sprawling, jealous hydra-headed monster.
@eoinmaguire66912 жыл бұрын
Michael Collins a true Irish legend 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@seanivan5421 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who says otherwise has their head in the sand
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Definitely
@MarkHarrison7333 ай бұрын
@@seanivan5421 Collins betrayed Ireland.
@brianoneil96623 жыл бұрын
Ooooh! It's still got that "new video" smell to it!
@nusratparveen823 жыл бұрын
Yes. I just got this notification 2 or 3 minutes ago.
@rutnoemichamie20353 жыл бұрын
Yay! I've finally caught up with all the episodes! I learnt about this channel in August last year (way long after the war was over, I know, but better late than never) when I discovered the Sabaton History channel. I caught up in that channel and started watching every episode in order - including every special, biospecial and OOTT - in November. I've learnt soooo much. Awesome channel, from the beginning till now :)
@BHuang923 жыл бұрын
I studied modern Irish history and my professor made several quotes, "Michael Collins is the father of urban guerilla warfare" and "The IRA were Cadillacs in terrorism".
@Roller_Ghoster3 жыл бұрын
While the Provisionals were sectarian murderers.
@PORRRIDGE_GUN3 жыл бұрын
@@Roller_Ghoster So, there were no Protestant sectarian murderers? Catch yerself on, fella.
@Roller_Ghoster3 жыл бұрын
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN The Provos killed more Catholics than any other side in the conflict. Go boil your head "fella".
@ronancunningham17053 жыл бұрын
@@Roller_Ghoster The provos were only defending the catholics living in northern Ireland
@Roller_Ghoster3 жыл бұрын
@@ronancunningham1705 bollox. Defending Catholics? Lets not mention Jean McConville, Columba McVeigh or the other Disappeared.
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these videos on the anglo-irish war, I basically knew nothing about it before so this was very helpful
@macker333 жыл бұрын
One of the last british soldiers killed in the war was shot about ten minutes walk from where i live. He was out for a walk because he thought he would be safe because the treaty was due to take effect at midnight, he was picked up by two volunteers and escorted to a quarry and shot. On my road a wannabe double agent was shot and killed, he was ordered to kneel, was allowed to say his prayers and was shot.
@seanmacuaiteir4373 жыл бұрын
Would that be the three soldiers shot in Cork City?
@macker333 жыл бұрын
@@seanmacuaiteir437 Just the guy out the lough. I think he was picked up where galvins off license is now in barrack street so he didnt have far to go.
@marktrotter897110 ай бұрын
I may be two years after release, but thank you for a series of un-biased fact (and truth!) heavy documentaries on the foundations of modern Ireland. This is the quality of production that should be on the curriculum of all UK and Irish schools. Thank you.
@japeking13 жыл бұрын
3rd generation "English" with Irish catholic ancestors and in Catholic schools of the '50s and '60s there was none of this explaoned or even mentioned.
@ClearPathBeats3 жыл бұрын
That’s because tories and unionists don’t want us Catholics to know their history of subjugating us
@japeking13 жыл бұрын
@@ClearPathBeats In the 50's, we Catholic kids did have "fights" with the Prody dog kids but by the early 60's that social tension just faded away.... still despised the Tories but religion didn't seem to come into it any more. We might have been an isolated "liberal" pocket ( Acklam, Teesside ). Now I think of it, my "missing" history might have been because half of us were pushing into a science only school stream and I missed out on the subjects ( history, geography, art ) that I actually liked.
@cobbler91133 жыл бұрын
@@ClearPathBeats I think that’s because he Catholic Church in Ireland supported the British government at this time and excommunicated IRA members.
@havolei3 жыл бұрын
Great! I hope you will cover the following Irish Civil War, too.
@Mixcoatl3 жыл бұрын
Genuinely surprised by how friendly the comments section is. Was expecting an absolute firestorm.
@MrLorenzovanmatterho3 жыл бұрын
Because it's truly balanced.
@seanbonella2 жыл бұрын
...and youtube censors too quickly
@AP-qr8en3 жыл бұрын
Are you guys planning to continue this series into the Irish Civil War? Hope so!
@somefatbugger2 жыл бұрын
I do so very much, appreciate every video you publish. I am a huge history enthusiast of 6 decades an avid follower of your channel.
@Ezekiel9032 жыл бұрын
nice to see that the newer videos from The Great War are more objective and telling real stories without using some glamor words, like bravery eccetera, because in a war human are human, no matter in which part of the world
@vygotsky173 жыл бұрын
What about the Crossbarry ambush, the successful rearguard action by Tom Barry's column of just over 100 men against 1200 British troops, plus auxiliaries, on a search and destroy mission? The closest thing the war came to a pitched battle, fought over just one hour on the 19th of March 1921, and one of the largest military actions of the conflict. Barry's men launched a series of preemptive ambushes against the approaching British columns to break out of a closing circle with only 40 rounds per man and successfully avoiding annihilation. One of the leading British commanders of the Essex regiment was a major Percival who would later, as Lt. General Percival , surrender Singapore to Japanese force half the size of his own!
@jamesoconnor59083 жыл бұрын
I recommend that you read Guerrilla Days in Ireland if you haven't, its Tom Barry's memoirs.
@TheGreatWar3 жыл бұрын
there is only so much detail we can cover in each episode. the particular challenge for this conflict is the disparity in visual sources. lots of British photos etc. from arrests. But not so much from the IRA side. That's doubly true for the engagements. The attack on custom house was an outlier here that we found so many photos. And it's not just a question about if visual material exists, but also if we can get permission to use them for a reasonable price.
@Guinness10663 жыл бұрын
Attempted encircling of troops by a visible foe, followed by by withdrawal/retreat....not really noteworthy for the video tbh
@PORRRIDGE_GUN3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreatWar Some thoughts on this. Cameras were expensive in the twenties. The forces of the crown had embedded journalists and photographers, the IRA had few, if any. Photography required fixed support services of chemists and darkrooms, which the IRA did not have much access to. And finally, few members of a clandestine army would want to be photographed, knowing that there was always the risk of that photo ending up in the crowns intelligence files on you, especially if the crown forces raided the darkrooms.
@kek73203 жыл бұрын
This confirms previous thoughts of mine that Percival was a defeatist who majorly screwed up in Singapore
@jozz22483 жыл бұрын
Hardly know about this early part of the conflict. Kudos for the coverage
@BenGrem9173 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Love your narration. You're getting more and more animated!
@oliversherman2414 Жыл бұрын
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, you're one of the few channels where I enjoy watching half an hour videos
@frederickbays4053 жыл бұрын
wish they were longer My attention span is hrs long unlike kids today who are may flies.
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
@@frederickbays405 in that case you can find channels who do 1 hour or longer
@bruceday84643 жыл бұрын
Excellent program. Too bad KZfaq is cutting its own throat. Many documentaries and programs are moving to other growing outlets.
@flemhawker91343 жыл бұрын
Hi Bruce, what outlets are you referring to. I’d like to check them out if you’d be so kind.
@davidtuttle75563 жыл бұрын
@@flemhawker9134 Patreon.
@davidtuttle75563 жыл бұрын
Also curiosity stream. And Great Courses Plus.
@ropaul80062 жыл бұрын
Some great stuff on odessy. No adds either
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
i always get excited whenever you make a new video, you're one of the best channels out there
@sorrybro48903 жыл бұрын
You are in every history channel History geeek
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
@@sorrybro4890 yeah glad you noticed
@vandor19763 жыл бұрын
"The unionist felt Briton abandoning them" echo from the past. That is happening right now in Northern Ireland .
@goldeneagle30883 жыл бұрын
Kinda ironic really
@Guinness10663 жыл бұрын
True story....just a shame that all those lives lost for independence to then have Brussels running the ROI...also a shame they couldn't see 20+ years in the future to get dominion status, then independence without a shot beinf fired.
@jamesygerrard26263 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but Britain didn’t abandon the Unionists of Ulster. The South abandoned the northern Catholics
@vandor19763 жыл бұрын
@@jamesygerrard2626 In 1921 Britain did abandon the Unionists in the today call Republic of Ireland. And today 100 years later in 2021 Britain do abandoning the Unionist in the rest of Ireland, include the Ulster
@theoneandonlydetraebean82862 жыл бұрын
@@Guinness1066 spotted the Unionist
@johnkelly9463 Жыл бұрын
The Kilmichael ambush was just one of dozens of ambushes on British troops en convoy, the terrain was favorable for the guerilla forces, these attacks on troop carriers, armoured cars and tanks, crippled the British army and auxiliary forces, and was a major defeat for them, as they lost hundreds of men between 1919 - 1921.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
True well said
@bikeman98993 жыл бұрын
Excellent work, Enjoyed seeing images and video I had never seen before.
@readingforwisdom7037 Жыл бұрын
Very balanced thank you
@finbarrmcgrath1686 Жыл бұрын
Forget not the boys of Kilmichael Those brave lads so gallant and true Who fought ‘neath the Green flag of Erin To conquer the Red White and Blue.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Great victory great song
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
all that violence and it ends up being a stalemate, pretty sad
@johnroche75413 жыл бұрын
Strictly speaking you are correct but the British would withdraw from 26 out of 32 counties of Ireland. Other countries would look at the military and political aspect of the conflict which would inspire future anti colonial conflicts and wars of liberation. The British Empire would implode and be dismantled over the following decades and historians would look at Ireland as the catalyst for this. Other countries within the British Empire such as India would be influenced by Ireland. Britain knew that success or lack of it in Ireland could have a domino effect on the nations within the Empire.
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
@@johnroche7541 yes
@SirAntoniousBlock3 жыл бұрын
Not at all, the republic of Ireland came into being.
@micahistory3 жыл бұрын
@@SirAntoniousBlock yeah but i meant at the moment
@macker333 жыл бұрын
Ireland got its independence, wouldnt call it a waste of time.
@Rev-bb9ej3 жыл бұрын
I haven't gotten notifications even though I have the bell on. I missed nearly two months of content because videos stopped showing up in my feed. Pretty weird.
@nelsonchereta8163 жыл бұрын
It was enough for the IRA to survive. They never had any hope of defeating the British militarily, but were able to achieve political victory by continuing the struggle until the British public and government lost the will to fight. Just what the Vietcong did to US forces more than half a century later.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Yes true the viet cong leader ho chi Minh was working as a waiter in London in 1921 and was inspired and learned from the Irish war of I independence to use that 45 years later
@rabihrac3 жыл бұрын
A fascinating episode about mysterious Ireland (at least for a viewer from the Levant). Well done Jesse and crew for this exciting episode about the Irish war of independance
@johnroche75413 жыл бұрын
Check out the book "The Irish War of Independence" by Michael Hopkinson. Also check out the book "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" by Tom Barry. Tom Barry was an Irishman who served with the British Army(Royal Artillery) during WW1 and saw service in the Middle East(Mesopotamia(modern day Iraq). When he got home to Ireland he joined the IRA and became the most successful rebel IRA commander in the conflict. A lot of IRA men were ex- British soldiers from WW1. Also check out the following movies with an Irish War of Independence theme. "Shake Hands with the Devil" which is from the 1950's and is in black & white. "The Wind that Sheakes the Barley", "Fools of Fortune" and "Michael Collins".
@rabihrac3 жыл бұрын
@@johnroche7541 Thanks a lot John Roche
@OptimusJedi3 жыл бұрын
Very informative, thank you.
@seanivan5421 Жыл бұрын
6:08 you’ll see the Irish National Army logo and a caption on the car that reads the Fighting 2nd. This is the 2nd Motor Squadron of the (now) Defence Forces of Ireland which exists to the modern day as 2 Brigade Cavalry Squadron, based at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin. It went on to be Ireland’s first blooded unit overseas during the Congo crisis in the early sixties, if I’m not mistaken.
@Paddy2345 ай бұрын
Yet did nothing to help their fellow countrymen in the North? For that reason they will never be celebrated
@zlanemerennah3 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget to like) I’m watching since 1915, and I owe a lot of them
@189Blake3 жыл бұрын
100 years later the issue remains unsolved.
@Niinsa623 жыл бұрын
Great work, keep it up! I signed up to Nebula too!
@AnCoilean3 жыл бұрын
Should be noted the despite the truce the war continued in Belfast
@alanmcbride66583 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Belfast was murderous.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
True basically unknown
@oldesertguy96163 жыл бұрын
Another great, concise, informative video. Well done.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Definitely
@gorkema53079 ай бұрын
As a Turkish person, I'm glad both the Irish & the Turkish made 1921 such a bad year for the British. :D
@MarkHarrison7333 ай бұрын
The Ottoman Empire had already ceased to exist.
@jameslebron24033 жыл бұрын
I like the way he says de Valera ;)
@justatiger62688 ай бұрын
0:52 I wonder if that British general inspired the character of Mccready in V for Vendetta.
@eoin793 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jesse, for your thoroughness and fairness. Mayo4Sam
@seanmacuaiteir4373 жыл бұрын
Salute to our brave Volunteers who fought and died for Irish Freedom against the terrorist Crown Forces.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
I agree
@Typing.._3 жыл бұрын
6:30 “those aren’t weapons they are just bicycles and cooking equipment” 🥸🤫🤫🔩🧨
@seanleonard93813 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual. If anyone is looking for a more in depth look at the Irish war of Independence,I would strongly recommend the Irish nation lives youtube channel.
@peterdiaz37963 жыл бұрын
This is the Lord’s work
@frederickbays4053 жыл бұрын
which Loads the UK has hundred of them and so do many other nations
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Very well done very interesting and informative
@stpat76143 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone mispronounce de Valera's name? The Irish say "Dev Alera" and this narrator here says "Day Valera". It's de Valera!
@TheLastAngryMan013 ай бұрын
I suspect that Jesse’s pronounciation is closer to the original Spanish than anyone’s in Ireland. Funnily enough I once shared a classroom with his granddaughter, the former minister Síle De Valera, and have played football against his great grandson, who weirdly is born and bred Italian.
@RichardAugustMatthew19Man3 жыл бұрын
Well, KZfaq has an anti-pornography community rule... until you find the hard-core pornography on KZfaq using key search terms.
@djquinn112 жыл бұрын
When boyhood's fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen, For Greece and Rome who bravely stood, Three hundred men and three men; And then I prayed I yet might see Our fetters rent in twain, And Ireland, long a province, be. A Nation once again! A Nation once again, A Nation once again, And lreland, long a province, be A Nation once again!
@craigkohlhoff6433 жыл бұрын
Great video!! well done.
@cruachankeith3 жыл бұрын
Not sure why this wasn't mentioned ... especially as it was such a main part of the Hollywood movie 'Michael Collins# but ... De'Valera sent Collins to the UK to negotiate with Lloyd George. De'VAlera did this intentionally as he knew there was no way they would allow an Irish republic. After all the fighting, Collin knew this was the best offer we would get and seen it as a stepping stone to full independence. De'Valera did not agree .... as I'm typing this I'm thinking you may be planning to mention this in another video lol
@seanmccann83683 жыл бұрын
'I was born on a Dublin street, where the loyal drums did beat, and the loving english feet , they walked all over us. And every single night when my da would come home tight, he'd invite the neighbours over with this chorus...............'
@PORRRIDGE_GUN3 жыл бұрын
Downloaded onto my phone via Deezer. Cheers for the steer. Great song and great lyrics
@seanmccann83683 жыл бұрын
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN Despite Brady's Ham trying to destroy it.
@joseaca10103 жыл бұрын
Come out ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man!
@seanmccann83683 жыл бұрын
@@joseaca1010 There's no fooling you.
@jamesygerrard26263 жыл бұрын
@@joseaca1010 the IRA didn’t do too much fighting like men - they sneaked around planting bombs and killing hundreds of off duty police and innocent civilian men, women and children for 25 years in the 1970s to 90s. The IRA actually killed more of their own community than the British Army did!
@matematic48373 жыл бұрын
Great job guys
@beachboy05053 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, educated Civil war is the most brutal of all wars, you are killing your own family. Negotiations and arbitration is best. Blessed is the peacemaker
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Well said
@petermortimer63032 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that excellent video. One on the Irish Civil War seems a logical next step?
@extrahistory89562 жыл бұрын
They said it's going to be covered in August or September of this year.
@seanivan5421 Жыл бұрын
It’s up
@modnack57683 жыл бұрын
Very nice Video as always! I have little question when did you guys will make the Video about the Lithuanian war of Independence?
@marks_sparks13 жыл бұрын
Why was my reply deleted?
@Game_Hero3 жыл бұрын
they already did one I think
@modnack57683 жыл бұрын
@@Game_Hero No, only about the Polish-Lithuanian war which most Historians say as far as I know was a Part of the Independence war but not the Main fight against the Bolseviks.
@davidmckab75273 жыл бұрын
I love Ireland from the USA 🇺🇸🇮🇪
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@brokenbridge63163 жыл бұрын
Nicely informative video.
@luishernandezblonde3 жыл бұрын
Now I miss you Michael Collins.
@SP-mp9yi3 жыл бұрын
What ?
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@macmiller16783 жыл бұрын
What happened to the guy who did the earlier videos?
@extrahistory89563 жыл бұрын
Indy Neidell is currently working for the World War 2 Week-by-Week series, while Jesse, the current narrator is also doing a Franco-Prussian Week-by-Week series on the channel Real Time History.
@CivilWarWeekByWeek3 жыл бұрын
We solved the question of Ireland boys it will never come up again
@JordanHatch7773 жыл бұрын
Are you sure? Scottish and Irish will have there nations reuinted by force or by will sooner or later.....
@saint4life093 жыл бұрын
@@JordanHatch777 I mean if Ireland joins the UK by choice then they'll be united under the crown again
@arat27573 жыл бұрын
@@saint4life09 never going to happen.we enjoy our freedom
@saint4life093 жыл бұрын
@@arat2757 Yeah I was pointing out the absurdity of the comment in that Scotland and Ireland have only ever been united under the UK.
@arat27573 жыл бұрын
@@saint4life09 i mean your not wrong Edit:just remembered scotland was once an independent country
@Mr1100742 жыл бұрын
14:26 The closed captions censored General Hanway’s last name.
@EdinProfa3 жыл бұрын
Any videos about China coming?
@TheGreatWar3 жыл бұрын
yes, in May.
@zvonimir20963 жыл бұрын
What happened to Indy?
@extrahistory89563 жыл бұрын
Indy Neidell is currently working for the World War 2 Week-by-Week series, while Jesse, the current narrator is also doing a Franco-Prussian Week-by-Week series on the channel Real Time History.
@360grant3 жыл бұрын
This series has been unreal
@danfox591011 ай бұрын
Brilliant as a proud irish republican, brilliant documentary
@paulhoward31823 жыл бұрын
Great job,
@mars-sj8lj3 жыл бұрын
Back when men had the balls to rebel against their govt.
@americantopteam135s-t72 жыл бұрын
The equivalent of this today is wearing a tinfoil hat and faking vaccine effects on TikTok. SMH
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
True sure as needed now
@markpower90814 ай бұрын
There's a difference between rebelling against a representative government, and rebelling against a non-representative government.
@philsoro4913 жыл бұрын
Tiocfaidh ar la
@johnderevolt50653 жыл бұрын
Sinn fein are anti irish communists.
@dcanedemboyz74313 жыл бұрын
You guys should make videos on africa and asia
@TheGreatWar3 жыл бұрын
we covered non-european focused topics over the winter. and we will make more.
@robzilla7302 жыл бұрын
SUBBED!
@mrpink89513 жыл бұрын
100 Years Ago should be this channel's new name
@Marinealver3 жыл бұрын
I second this!
@cpt_bill3663 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining some of the complexity of this conflict. Too many people (especially Americans) oversimplify Ireland's fight for independence as a fight against colonialism. It is difficult for me to explain my views to ANYONE as an Irish-American protestant born to Irish and English protestant parents. Too many people assume Irish = catholic, and that having Irish heritage = IRA sympathies. If anyone is looking for a deep dive into the conflict, I read a great book about this called "Hope Against History" (I have no ties to this book or its author)
@seanmacuaiteir4373 жыл бұрын
It literally was a fight against colonialism. That's not oversimplification.
@cpt_bill3663 жыл бұрын
@@seanmacuaiteir437 How does killing innocent Irish protestant civilians advance the cause against British colonialism? Is it a crime to not be Catholic?
@seanmacuaiteir4373 жыл бұрын
@@cpt_bill366 that's why the IRA fought the British army and RIC(the latter mostly Catholic) instead of just killing loads of innocent Protestants.
@PORRRIDGE_GUN3 жыл бұрын
@@cpt_bill366 'Is it a crime to not be Catholic?' According to some left footers I've run into...Yes! But you are right. Irish nationalism is supposed to be about being Irish first and foremost. It was supposed to be a secular state IIRC. Were not some of the first Irish nationalists from the protestant faith, and even English in heritage? I consider myself Irish. But never Catholic or Protestant.
@markilleen40273 жыл бұрын
@@cpt_bill366 irish protestant and irish catholics killed colonists
@Barnaby_bo3 жыл бұрын
Can you give us links to the other episodes?
@deadgoon21703 жыл бұрын
"Top educational creators lkke us"... What a FLEX!!!
@headtheballington3 жыл бұрын
The attack on the customs house was a disgrace on a military and cultural level. Such a stupid waste for stupid symbolism. Priceless historical records going back to the 1600s were destroyed in the fire. Another wretched feather in Dev's cap.
@seanmacuaiteir4373 жыл бұрын
It worked though. It wasn't symbolic it destroyed the ability of the Brits to administrate Ireland.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Not really a phyric Victory but a Victory
@percsaturn69633 жыл бұрын
Where is Indy
@bruhmoment-wq5cy3 жыл бұрын
In the World War 2 channel
@FrankDad3 жыл бұрын
I got me a band new flack jacket and a pair of kink boots...
@perfectlygoodslouch52123 жыл бұрын
Love that song
@mountainhobo3 жыл бұрын
Lloyd George was a calamity for the British Empire.
@nickhomyak61283 жыл бұрын
Who exactly were supplying arms to the IRA; the American Irish?
@paulwalsh5983 жыл бұрын
They were mostly stolen during attacks on police barracks during the early months of the war.
@jamescoughlan81933 жыл бұрын
Although efforts were made to bring weapons from Germany by submarine but informers as usual made this unsuccessful
@paulwalsh5983 жыл бұрын
@@jamescoughlan8193 Not in that time period. War of independance was after WW1, so there were no German submarines.
@jamescoughlan81933 жыл бұрын
@@paulwalsh598 they tried to have them landed from a German sub at banna strand in kerry for the easter rising 1916 which is really when the war of independence started in my opinion.
@paulwalsh5983 жыл бұрын
@@jamescoughlan8193 1916 was a sepqate event imo, at that stage the bulk of the nationalist support was still for The Irish Parlimentary party and Redmonds volunteers. It was the British reaction to 1916 that gave rise to the war of indepence and the switch of support from Redmonds party to Sein Fein. However the point remains that the question asked was where the IRA got weapons and the answer to that was not from Germany but rather they were stolen from the RIC mostly, and from private hands secondly. I am aware of German attempts to land guns in Ireland both in Kerry and Roger Casements attempt on his yacht, but most of these attempts failed in the first instance and secondly most of the guns sucessfully smuggled in were captured upon the surrender of the 1916 rebels.
@IR2404743 жыл бұрын
Dev had Mike shot, there I said it.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
Devalera was awfully machiavellian
@swedichboy10003 жыл бұрын
You look like Markoolio, dude.
@arkadisevyan3 жыл бұрын
How many british and irish wars were there?
@thebomb783 жыл бұрын
It's gone on for over 800 years
@terryfoyfoy79262 жыл бұрын
The Irish started invading Britain pre Roman times
@yoloswaggins7121 Жыл бұрын
That is a difficult question to answer as it depends on your definition of "Irish" and "British". Pirates from the island of Ireland were raiding Britain back in the BCs, at a time when the native Britons were all Celtic speaking and there were no Anglo saxons.
@Lord.Kiltridge3 жыл бұрын
I often rail at presenters for saying English or England when they mean British or Britain. And while the use of the words in this episode is technically correct, regarding the Irish, I absolutely blame the English. For hundreds of years, both before and after the 1707 Acts of Union, the English treated the Irish horribly. Even going so far as to literally sell Irish people into slavery. Sure there were human rights crimes committed by both sides, but it was the English who dragged it down to that level and made torture and murder status quo.
@troo_66563 жыл бұрын
OK, but one problem. I don't remember any other part of the British empire protesting or condeming it at the time, being silent makes you indirectly responsible. So what I want to say is that it was in fact British who were involved in irish war of independence.
@Gfdsa403 жыл бұрын
No such thing as Irish Slavery, it’s called apprenticing and it happened in England aswell
@ea.fitz2163 жыл бұрын
You... know that Scotland and Wales colonised Ireland before 1707, right?
@curtinj983 жыл бұрын
The Irish slaves claims are a pile of nonsense created by American white supremacists. There is zero evidence for it.
@Gmac86.3 жыл бұрын
@@ea.fitz216 Rubbish. Where did you get that from? Ireland actually invaded and took over parts of Wales and Scotland before this.
@johnmc38623 жыл бұрын
I-ur-land or Ire-land.
@TheMormonPower3 жыл бұрын
That's all fine if you haven't lost your job due to Covid, if so-Jessie and the gang don't give a fu@&
@edward96743 жыл бұрын
Is it possible to watch battle of berlin somewhere free?
@PORRRIDGE_GUN3 жыл бұрын
Was it made for free? $15 USD a year practically is free.
@KollinLove10 ай бұрын
KZfaq is becoming that dog who was a a beloved part of the family for years and unfortunately was bitten by a raccoon with rabies the other day and now must be put down
@Salty34393 жыл бұрын
Hmmmmmm, are you sure?????
@don1jon3 жыл бұрын
100 year anniversary of the great struggle of a small country against the largest colonial empire, sadly ignored by the Irish government and the Irish people. Thank you to 'The Great War', you acknowledge the sacrifice of our grandparents, as our children do not appreciate the freedom from racial suffering.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
True a real David against Goliath type struggle too bad the Irish government today doesn't recognize it
@FranciscoHernandez-lz5nb3 жыл бұрын
51 battallions... How many men are¿
@johnroche75413 жыл бұрын
At the time of the 11th July Truce 1921 the British Crown Forces in Ireland were over 58,500 soldiers and almost 16,000 policemen. I have no figures for RAF,Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel. The British had at least 80,000 men in Ireland. They also had armoured cars,lorries,artillery,planes,calvary,both heavy and light machine guns and inexhaustible ammo resources. The IRA might have an impressive strength on paper but in terms of armed men they could only put into the field at their peak was 2,500 to 3,500 men. The IED was the most powerful weapon in the IRA arsenal. To use modern military parlance there was a troop surge in Ireland from April to July 1921 which involved thousands of Bditish troop reinforcements to deal with the escalating insurgency.
@johnthomson65073 жыл бұрын
It is entirely correct the peace treaty of 1922. Although 10% of the free states population was protestant. The civil war cost 4000 lives. As opposed to the 414 the British murdered. Unfortunately the British state is very bad at these things as this is very current.I think alot of people need to revisit this event in history.
@seanmacuaiteir4373 жыл бұрын
Revised Civil War death tolls now place the dead at about 1600 not 4000
@johnthomson65073 жыл бұрын
Thanks the stats were from a book I read in the 1990's. What Scotland in a much more muted form is what Ireland had through most of the,19th and early 20th centuries. Although obviously without the terrible effects of the potato famine and mass migration.
@johnroche75412 жыл бұрын
@@seanmacuaiteir437 I may have replied to some of your posts on other Irish War of Independence sites. Anyway this is an excellent episode from the Great War team. However some of the facts and figures are totally wrong. I have researched this conflict for over 20 years that has brought me to the archives and museums in London,Dublin and Belfast. I have also visited the libraries both at local and national level of both countries. I have also visited the regimental museums in Scotland, Wales and England. I would question his death toll for the conflict. I am not saying my figures are 100% correct but his is too low. His casualties for police is too low. Over 430 policemen were killed as a result of hostile action and this figure does not include dozens policemen killed as a result of accidents,suicide or blue on blue(friendly fire). For police casualties check out the works of Richard Abbott and Jim Herlihy who are police historians and have served as police officers in Northern Ireland and Republic respectively. However I have come across a couple of policemen who were killed accidentally but do not appear in either of these works. There is a Roll of Honour for police casualties in Belfast for this conflict and there is also one in Lancashire,England which has a casualty roll for all police casualties from the UK(from the founding date of all British police forces)including Ireland(pre-independence). I have also researched regular British Army figures. Around 180 British soldiers were killed as a result of hostile action. Their deaths can be confirmed by the CWGC. This figure for British soldiers could rise as there is some British soldiers who went "missing" and their fate unknown. However some of these missing soldiers were captured by the IRA and executed and secretly buried. For example the bodies of 2 British soldiers from the East Lancashire Regiment were found near Killarney in Co.Kerry in 1926. Hundreds of British soldiers died in Ireland as a result of accidents,suicide and sickness. You must remember that a lot of British soldiers died in Ireland as a result of the Spanish Flu after WW1 and I dont incorporate these in my figures. In Co.Limerick for example in the spring of 1919 over 30 British soldiers died as a result of Spanish Flu. I know that in Ireland there was a massive undertaking to chronicle all the deaths from 1916-1923 period. I think the title of this project is "The Dead of the Irish Revolution". One of the men involved is a teacher at TCD. I gave him a list of Royal Marines that were killed in Ireland during the conflict that he was not aware of. It is virtually impossible to come up with a 100% accurate death toll for any war or conflict.
@seanohare5488 Жыл бұрын
The British is very bad in slot of things
@terryfoyfoy79262 жыл бұрын
Great War 1914 .1918
@mgoldman602 ай бұрын
From 2024 - County Kerry - the place chosen by John Kerry’s Jewish Father for their new name in the US!