British India During World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

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India was part of the British Empire during World War 1 and it was of vital importance to the war effort. Resources, manufacturing power and over 1,3 million men that served in the Army meant a great price for India to pay during the war. But even before the conflict, the call for independence grew louder and louder.
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@anthonybeervor2265 7 жыл бұрын

I wish Antarctica would have joined the war. I heard that they had a lot of navy seals.

@rickjames8117 7 жыл бұрын

........are you proud of what you just did?.......

@yaldabaoth2 7 жыл бұрын

Antarctica wasn't unified back then. Way too many emperors.

@DarkshadowXD63 7 жыл бұрын

Yaldabaoth Emperors? You mean warlords rights

@yaldabaoth2 7 жыл бұрын

No, I meant Emperor penguins. Don't make me explain jokes.

@joehoe222 7 жыл бұрын

prophetchannel not to mention the endless Fish Rebellion. The penguin army was quite desperate, they even ate them to win the war at the home ice.

@davididiart5934 7 жыл бұрын

"Except Antarctica" How soon we forget the sacrifices of the Penguin 101st Rifle Regiment.

@sanjaykrishnannair8153 5 жыл бұрын

or their seagull airborne shock troops of the 1st and 22nd airborne.

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 4 жыл бұрын

I find your sense of humor extremely cold.

@horminmangfi5653 4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt,your reaction melts me

@reichtangle7734 4 жыл бұрын

When I read this I FROZE.

@countdracula2695 3 жыл бұрын

Hehe ☺

@brianholmes1812 7 жыл бұрын

Good on Antarctica for staying neutral. it must've been tough.

@yeast7485 7 жыл бұрын

The South Pole was discovered just few years earlier. No time to colonize

@sulasaurus 6 жыл бұрын

must've been icy for the public to decide whether to join or stay as neutral

@Barukh 6 жыл бұрын

Well, you know, they're cold people, don't care much for the world's issues

@prince_sach50 6 жыл бұрын

lol penguins and polar bears wouldve been in the war then

@annoyed707 6 жыл бұрын

This is why you should not learn about the world from animated commercials. Penguins: south. Polar bears: north. Thousands of kilometers between them in the natural world.

@serkieron4848 7 жыл бұрын

I always thought India was an interesting subject during both world wars.

@Ekergaard 7 жыл бұрын

The Medic aka the damn fiddle In ww2 we also have the famine in bengal 1943.

@thegreattervesu5706 7 жыл бұрын

royal gem sorry bro u are wrong please search the Internet ww2 officially started in 1942 and we became fully Independent in 1950.

@mcstabbyk.7478 7 жыл бұрын

royal gem WW2 did not start in 1946

@danhulson8703 7 жыл бұрын

WW2 begains its first stirrings in 1937 with japan,but WW2 proper began in 1939 with operation case white,and india played a far bigger role in WW2 than you realise as part of the commonwealth of nations,india sent troops and aid to Britain just like all the commonwealth did to some degree,there was entire units of seeks for instance that fought in WW2 and are still remembered in british war memorials for there bravery along with anzacs and Canadians and South Aficans.Please don't forget these people who fought and died in WW1 and WW2

@kekero540 6 жыл бұрын

cptlazerbeams India is a economic powerhouse. It is the largest single source of population, agriculture, and mining. It was the equal of Europe for centuries. War was not within their geography, nor infrastructure. So they fell behind and stagnated like a pond.

@herodotus1601 5 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather ( a sikh from punjab ) fought in the battle of Basra against the ottomans and survived . I grew listening his stories from my grandfather . According to him he even met gandhi when he was in africa ( after he left the army ) . we don't know if it's true or not but he was a great warrior and received 2 medels for his contribution in the war . I still have one medel .

@manasvigaurdeoria 3 жыл бұрын

People of that time and land seldom lied for petty things.

@manasvigaurdeoria 3 жыл бұрын

Keep it, cherish it and revere it. Teach your descendents too. It is not just a piece of metal, it is a piece of time, declaring the resolution of a Sikh to not surrender nor die but prosper and keep living through his bloodline. Jo Bole So Nihal.

@tridentOP9964 2 жыл бұрын

@@manasvigaurdeoria sat shree akal 🚩

@ricardorascon88 Жыл бұрын

Kinda weird to think about how Indians fought Arabians or Turks even tho the 2 kinda look alike in looks like having brown skin and black hair

@arjansingh3066 7 жыл бұрын

My Great-Grandfather was a Sikh, and fought on the Western front, and against the Ottomans during WW1. At the time, British commanders believed that Sikhs were a martial race, and were utterly surprised by the letters Sikhs sent back home, discussing the horrors of the war. They believed that the Sikhs, and other martial races, did not have such feelings.

@prince_sach50 6 жыл бұрын

Arjan Singh respect💯

@hgm8337 5 жыл бұрын

I doubt, I mean this industrialised war was nothing like any seen before by any combatants. I can’t envisage the army letter censors sitting wide-mouthed in surprise by their documentation of the horrors

@PtolemyJones 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, very interesting. Am I to assume some of these letters still exist? Must be like touching a piece of history.

@jnes624 5 жыл бұрын

@@hgm8337 agreed sounds like an exaggeration

@m.angelrenteria7569 5 жыл бұрын

Cannon fodder?

@dhruvchawla1996 7 жыл бұрын

I am really glad that you decided to do this video. The involvement of India in the great war is unknown to not just a lot of the countries involved in the war but the Indian Government also does not recognize a lot of the homegrown heroes of the time. We don't even have a chapter or a mention of Indian soldiers in World War I. Thanks so much for recognizing India's involvement in this war.

@phone-xx8oy 7 жыл бұрын

Dhruv Chawla Indians don't recognize their involvement because they, at the end of the day, ended up fighting a war to help thier oppressors and did not get anything substantial in return

@inderpreetsingh7429 5 жыл бұрын

Dhruv Chawla nah mate the Indian contribution in the British War effort is covered a lot here

@rohiths3554 2 жыл бұрын

@@phone-xx8oy actually because Britain joined against Germany it weakened

@sublimefermion2205 2 жыл бұрын

But we do have monument that you have failed to mention. India gate was built to honor the martyrs of WWI.

@vedantgupta2714 Жыл бұрын

@@phone-xx8oy it doesn't matter whether Indians fought in the British army. They fought as an Indian army and signed an armistice as an Indian army. They should not be a forgotten army. They should be known and remembered by all, just like other allied armies.

@VanaeCavae 5 жыл бұрын

As a continent, i beg to differ. Our penguins took part in the Gallipoli landings.

@SS-_.1 3 жыл бұрын

Also not to forget the contribution of your Seal teams.

@lockheedmartin286 3 жыл бұрын

Stfu stupid ,you are literally melting , killing us all

@gendarrion911 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine being Indian fighting the Germans in France under British Flag because a Serbian shot an Austrian.

@niranjandesai6766 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong in that! We do accept volunteers. People who sacrificed their lives for us have a special place in our hearts ❤️

@goldiedaley6512 7 жыл бұрын

my phone buzzed. I saw the great war posted and I sat down and watched it in the middle of the the sidewalk. I have a problem

@jimgay37 7 жыл бұрын

there are worst problems,goldie.lol

@DustinTheNinja 7 жыл бұрын

Goldie Daley just read a book

@steelhammer103 7 жыл бұрын

Goldie Daley lol I was in the car and pulled over to a nearby Starbucks to jump on their WI-FI, so I could watch this.

@BillyMartin4Life 7 жыл бұрын

I see nothing wrong with sitting down in the middle of the sidewalk to watch the new video from the Great War. It's the people who walked around you and didn't watch the video who have a problem.

@jeova0sanctus0unus 7 жыл бұрын

Thats completely normal . Besides understanding the past is critical to shaping the future... And yea i stole that from a motvational poster.

@leroy.pereira 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for not butchering the Indian origin names

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure.

@norahsaliko1653 2 жыл бұрын

No Replies?!

@JohnWick-bt8mv 7 жыл бұрын

As a Brit, you cannot forget the sacrifices the Indians and the Empire made for us and the world less we forget ❤

@surajanandalwar1045 7 жыл бұрын

Lord Doge thanks! I feel like us Indians don't feel like the sacrifices of greater India (shout-outs to Pakistan and Bangladesh) during ww2 and especially ww1 are appreciated much. Thank you Indy and crew for covering it and thank you Lord Doge for the acknowledgement!

@JohnWick-bt8mv 7 жыл бұрын

All sacrifices should be remembered, after all we fought as a brothers and sisters no matter what country!

@gomolynaiojnikong204 7 жыл бұрын

For the world? Brits were fighting for themselves and they dragged the Indians into the war by force. Really kind.

@danielcharman9550 7 жыл бұрын

Heidar, the Indians also fought against the Nazi's which yes, was for the world in hindsight.

@udayuday4004 7 жыл бұрын

but all sacrifices was not by will of India it was forceful and oppressive....

@shadymike88 7 жыл бұрын

01:43 The leader whose picture is shown when first talking about the swadeshi movement is Lokmanya "Balgangadhar" Tilak. He was a prominent freedom fighter and leader.

@Chromegrillz 7 жыл бұрын

I am North African but my great grandfather serve British colonial army in North Africa and East Africa during ww2. He was fighting in North Africa campaign. He hated talking about the war because he lost so many friends serve with him.

@AnktDVD 7 жыл бұрын

As an indian i felt bad about not knowing a lot about India during ww1.Thanks for this video Indie!

@MuyenKamran1nehal 7 жыл бұрын

As a Bangladeshi thanks Indy for giving British India some attention since our contribution to the war and the contribution of the other colonies is often forgotten.

@zoezoe945 6 жыл бұрын

Damn Antarctica. Not even sending some penguins

@hussainpainter52 6 жыл бұрын

Grapes Why should we ?

@danishkfd 3 жыл бұрын

Navy seals?

@manvirdhaliwal5707 6 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather fought for the British raj in WW1

@caranthirn7400 3 жыл бұрын

Fighting for the British is not a thing to be proud of. Your poor grandfather is used sadly.

@Harsimran_Singh_27 3 жыл бұрын

@@caranthirn7400 I disagree.

@und1sputed992 2 жыл бұрын

@@caranthirn7400 The forces in both the wars were voluntary forces

@jewishmafiosiandganglord6930 2 жыл бұрын

slave soldier

@jewishmafiosiandganglord6930 2 жыл бұрын

@@Harsimran_Singh_27 of course some people are just desperate to become slave soldiers

@Tomartyr 6 жыл бұрын

8:11 I recognise those bleak windswept hills, that's my hometown. Seriously though it's weird feeling to recognise your home in a 100ish year old video.

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 5 жыл бұрын

What is the name of your town?

@al_khalid_248 4 жыл бұрын

Hello. I'm vert interested in the footage after 8:10. Could you please name that place ?

@whiteboy7thst24 7 жыл бұрын

This is great I'm a sikh-canadian living here in Vancouver but my great grandfather served in the 1st world war for british india, i don't know much about him all i know is he survived although i never met him i have a cool picture of him holding a lee enfield no 1 mk 3, I've wanted one ever since.

@frienderella 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome special! Finally it was India's turn. Especially close to my heart as my dad is the corps historian for the corps of engineers in the Indian army and 2 companies from his regiment fought in the great war.

@holywasabi196 7 жыл бұрын

I'm having a written exam about this topic in two days. Thank you!

@finalblur 7 жыл бұрын

Do check out Vedika Kant's "If I die here, who will remember me". Very touching accounts of Indian soldiers writing letters back home during WWII. As you mentioned, it was a war they were unfamiliar. Many of these soldiers were sepoys - paid for mercenaries - a very different breed than the nationalist style of soldiering that the war made popular. I remember an account of one soldier from the book, where he describes chemical warfare. There was no equivalent word for it in hindi, so it went something along the lines of a poisonous smoke that kills all it touches or something. Again - a huge shocker for someone largely trained in 19th century warfare - with a LOT of tribal and caste related customs for war. Indians were not traditionally supposed to venture or fight overseas. Have been waiting to see your channel cover India in WWI as there isn't too much about it. Great job but this could have been a two-part video. P.S.: Bangalore has a WWI memorial in the very centre of town - the Times Square of the city if you will. Few really acknowledge the memorial or the stories behind it.

@saivenkatesh3418 5 жыл бұрын

Wait! I've lived in Bangalore pretty much my entire life. I have no idea we have a WW1 memorial. Where is it?

@VedantMishra55 3 жыл бұрын

@@saivenkatesh3418 I've lived in Bangalore too, never heard of a ww1 memorial

@hellothere3707 3 жыл бұрын

But they fought overseas both the cholas who were in south east and north indians in north west.

@tedbacon1283 6 жыл бұрын

0:52 tactical dog ready to lead the center flank!

@raymondkisner9240 4 жыл бұрын

India have many of their young men into the Royal Engineers My Grandfather served in the Royal Engineers 1914 to 1918. He served with many from every where the Empire was.

@historyhouse9151 2 жыл бұрын

Thats really cool, my great grandfather was also a British Indian engineer, during World War Two however!

@The_Honourable_Company Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather's cousin was a soldier of the British Raj during World war 2. He saw most action in Kohima and Imphal

@PabloDeGales 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see India getting the recognition it deserved for WW1 most don't know the sacrifice they made..... Well done!

@mostlyaditya 7 жыл бұрын

FINALLY!

@mostlyaditya 7 жыл бұрын

I have been asking for this for as long as I remember, thanks Indy!

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+Aditya Tiwari now you know how much time goes into some of our episodes

@mostlyaditya 7 жыл бұрын

The Great War Much appreciated guys

@mostlyaditya 7 жыл бұрын

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@Sajidun 6 жыл бұрын

My Great Great Grandfather fought in WW1 for The British India Army.

@Rohilla313 2 жыл бұрын

So did my great grandfather.

@The_Honourable_Company Жыл бұрын

Cool

@piyushbanerjee2808 3 жыл бұрын

Glad Jatin Mukherjee found a mention. He was called "Bagha Jatin"(Tiger Jatin) because as a young man he had killed a tiger with merely a small dagger.

@shreej1994 7 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot indie and team .. watched it as soon as I got notification .. finally an India special . felt proud

@randolphguevara6084 7 жыл бұрын

26,000 views in 9 hours. Thanks for all your hard work!!!!

@Dbear39 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Indie and team, have you ever thought about doing a "Who Did What in WW1" for Ernst Junger? Just finished reading Storm of Steel and feel like his story is something definitely worth sharing, considering his luck in the war and the many scenes he saw that revealed the worst of the war. Thanks you guys are great!

@paulx7540 7 жыл бұрын

I finished reading Storm of Steel ( the Michael Hoffmann translation is so much better than the one I read years ago ) last night and had the same thought. Great title, excellent description of the German experience on the Western front. I was especially interested in the account of his fight with soldiers of the Otago Regiment, NZ Division, in which my grandfather and his brother served in 1917-18.

@valentin4811 7 жыл бұрын

We're still waiting for a special episode about the French Foreign Legion during the first world war.

@abhisekdas435 7 жыл бұрын

your name always sounds like Indian Idol

@shadymike88 7 жыл бұрын

haha. now that i have noticed it, i cannot unsee (unhear) it.... ;D

@zui9607 7 жыл бұрын

Abhisek Das Hahaha

@abhisekdas435 7 жыл бұрын

it's like American idol... Indy will be very famous in India

@iceberg789 7 жыл бұрын

that is what i heard, when i first listened to this channel, lol.

@lopyus 7 жыл бұрын

just like the TV show

@lukoneiro6781 7 жыл бұрын

Hello indy! I thought can make an episode about georgia and and what it did in ww1. Im georgian myself. Thanks

@KevlarNinja 7 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this episode to come out, and I must say I was not at all disappointed. Keep up the good work.

@sharadowasdr 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this wonderful video ! This story needed to be told.

@TheFlydor 7 жыл бұрын

A great and interesting video, as always :D

@susten1994 7 жыл бұрын

hi team, Greetings from india! This was a really good episode about indias contribution in the great war. At the same time it is also sad that the british did not recognize the efforts and sacrifices that india suffered for a war which they had interest in. The british have constructed statues of animals that participated in war but there is no mention of the indian soldier on any monument in england.

@gaju123 7 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to watch this episode about my home. Always hated history classes but now I feel I missed a lot about the history of my own country. Thanks to Indy, his team and Pratik for this awesome episode.

@Azelfix 7 жыл бұрын

Great Episode . I was waiting for this one for a long time ! Thanks Indy & Team.

@WildBillCox13 7 жыл бұрын

You are having an effect, The Great War crew. Folks from all around the world, speaking any one of a great number of national languages, holding to similar, but distinct, ethics . . . coming together in common forum and for common purpose. Learning History so as not to repeat its mistakes. Under your banner. Not bad . . . not bad at all.

@digvijayraturi4611 7 жыл бұрын

Thanx Indy and team for making this episode!

@alexdemoya2119 7 жыл бұрын

What no mention of the 1st Independent Penguin Volunteer Corps? They waddled across no man's land and was instrumental in some of the final battles.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+Alex de Moya this is a video mainly about the political situation.

@GerackSerack 7 жыл бұрын

I would argue that, despite the heavy losses, the 1st Penguin Corps role in the final offensives was not that crucial, as the objectives they were asignated had little strategic significance.

@anttibjorklund1869 7 жыл бұрын

+Aditya Tiwari It's a joke....

@mostlyaditya 7 жыл бұрын

Antti Björklund I'm so embarrassed right now

@laughinsohard7888 7 жыл бұрын

But remember, the British were hesitant to send them off in the battles. They thought the Penguins would be better defending their rear.

@pandahugs2271 7 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this... i have been waiting for more info on india's contribution on WWI

@vaishnavisuresh9037 7 жыл бұрын

finally, many thanks to the great war team:) I really have been waiting for this video a long time.

@MomentsInTrading 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying these side story videos. I am learning so many things about places I basically knew nothing about before!

@dmitriyrozhdestvenskiy2826 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work)

@Gunjo33 7 жыл бұрын

Finally!! been waiting for this one for a long time!

@josephnardone1250 7 жыл бұрын

Very good and informative show about India during WWI.

@francis9469 7 жыл бұрын

The last piece of footage is from my home town of Brighton, a war memorial called the Chattri. look it up as it is a very interesting piece of local heritage!

@misterstudebaker 7 жыл бұрын

Really good episode. Well done!

@professorchoochoo 7 жыл бұрын

So glad to see this! Spending time at old colonial institutions like Aitchison College in Lahore or University of Delhi like I do, there are beautiful memorials to Afghan War and WWI, soldiers on their walls, which have always called to me about another story needing to be told. Can you do anything about the Gorkhas and their roles, or French West African soldiers as well? Did Indochina have a role to play too? Kudos to you and Flo for the excellent story telling and production value!

@Robzter96 7 жыл бұрын

Love the amount of work that goes into these! Very professional

@brandtlucasbrandt 7 жыл бұрын

That picture at 2:18 is hilarious.

@josephaugustine4876 7 жыл бұрын

great episode. thanks

@CJ87317 7 жыл бұрын

I actually just saw a lecture on the Sikh soldier in WWI by Dr. Santanu Das of King's College London here in California a few weeks ago. Very interesting topic.

@Wizard23 7 жыл бұрын

Finally!!! thank you!!

@eFzDyson 7 жыл бұрын

Another good video. Thanks team

@michaelgreen1515 4 жыл бұрын

You need to do a piece on the Indian Princely States who in many cases volunteered forces some of which were rather bizarre, but some of those turned out to more useful than the Brits expected. A great number of the Princes also supplemented the forces through their own wealth and sometimes commanded too.

@michaelgreen1515 3 жыл бұрын

@Hindu Tiger Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj interesting inestelf because of horses diseappearing into quicksand. Even more interesting than that which was Princely states forces which they had and obligation to provide in return for defence from the Army of the Raj are those that actually raised and funded extra military, service, or relief efforts for the war by their own choice! Haifa.. very lovely Salmon pink Cumberbunds.

@Rohilla313 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know right. My native Hyderabad contributed troops as well.

@hargunsingh6920 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was also representing British India in WW1

@niranjandesai6766 3 жыл бұрын

Respect for your great grandfather ✊🏻

@hargunsingh6920 3 жыл бұрын

@@niranjandesai6766 thx bruh 😊

@sunilraveendran3232 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome, plz make more on India during the war.

@manfredvonrichthofen3453 7 жыл бұрын

Best channel

@diego_villena 7 жыл бұрын

Apart from the obvious blasted landscapes and leveled forests, what were the macro-scale environmental impacts of the war? I image if a single volcano can cause global cooling, the millions of shells fired must have surely had a similar effect? What about ground water supplies getting tainted by lead and other heavy metals, or the arability of crop soil after the war, or the migration patterns of animals? Do you know of any major studies conducted during or shortly after the war regarding these or questions like them? Love the show, and more importantly, I love that vest. I like to imagine you have a Doug Funnie-esque closet full of identical outfits for every day of the week.

@jayavardhanreddymudda 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for presenting our india in your channel

@YourTypicalMental 7 жыл бұрын

I hope someday you do an episode about Canadian First nations or Australian and New Zealand Aborigines in the great war. I remember one quote from the WWI episode the CBC documentary 'Canada; a people's history' from a Native volunteer that the First Nation's enlisted to prove their warrior spirit as not crushed by the reservation system and that they were setting out to prove their right to be considered British Subject. This was a great episode, guys. All these colonised people that were forced into the war do not get enough credit for their sacarfices.

@joshuachristie5243 7 жыл бұрын

You know, I'll just be honest here. I can't stand ads on KZfaq. But, because this channel is a brilliant historical series on topics that rarely get their due, I shall subject myself to the 30 seconds of agony. Stand in awe of my generosity! Seriously though, excellent work, Keep kicking ass!

@devanssshhh 7 жыл бұрын

I am from India, It was awesome i liked it a lot and i love your show its the best thing that happened to youtube.I have a question for out of the trenches how were indian soldiers who lost their lives compensated were their regular salaries that were given to the soldiers or a big amount did this salary continued post war also ? love the show its the best.

@oliversherman2414 2 жыл бұрын

I love your channel

@miroslavbubela5787 7 жыл бұрын

Is there any coincidence that there is a special on India when the holi festival begins? Thanks for the Baghdad spoiler.

@sumedhkhanolkar128 7 жыл бұрын

+The Great War, thanks for making a video about India's contribution

@amitabhakusari2304 6 жыл бұрын

This was as precise as it gets. It felt like watching a video version of Ncert textbook, or better.

@lioninthetrenches 7 жыл бұрын

Another great episode. It was about time india got the spotlight in its own special. Very fascinating stuff especially regarding Ghandi but I don't recall any mention of the Hindu German Conspiracy or the mutiny attempts. Was was covered in another video that I missed because I was looking forward to hearing more about it.

@tauhidershadKUFNAFLORAN 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for describing it so vividly. Love from Bangladesh. : ) : ) : )

@ddeckert7597 7 жыл бұрын

Great episode.

@dhruv88mm 7 жыл бұрын

Indy, Flo and the rest of the guys thanks!!

@Halo3Guy700 7 жыл бұрын

The memorial in the black and white video at 8:10 is on the South Downs just outside Brighton in the UK. Been there many times

@xappgametvx 7 жыл бұрын

when u see that notification pop up of the new video of the great war u know that next 10 mins are going do be great

@Matty95rufc 7 жыл бұрын

I've always directed more of my interest of military history towards WW2 or early colonial conflicts but your channel has changed all that. Top quality production, research and presentation. Would be great once you've concluded the Great War altogether if you could visit other conflicts - WW2, Korea, American Revolution & Civil war, Vietnam, Gulf war - all in as much detail as you've done the Great War 😃

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you - well who knows what our next topic will be once this project ends.

@TheLeoPoint Жыл бұрын

What a documentation ,I didn't even know that much detail

@pabmusic1 7 жыл бұрын

Very good episode.

@hoshyahaniel8402 5 жыл бұрын

Knowledge power love you man

@sanjanasrinivasan6292 3 жыл бұрын

:( i never knew the large scale of Indians fighting out of the country. would be glad if more videos were made

@Chilltownify 7 жыл бұрын

awesome thanks

@Airen130 7 жыл бұрын

Indy a question for you have you considered condensing some of your videos down and making a dvd/ bluray to sell?

@TheWebsOfCorruptionNeverFail 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@kerrysammy3277 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Indy. I have not seen all your videos. I like your impartiality. You are a true historian. Before 2013, if one had asked me about WWI, I would have said: England fought Germany and England won. Such was my ignorance about the Great War. In Trinidad, there is a mix of people's from all parts. Mainly descendants of freed african slaves and indentured servants from India. When WWI broke out, many of the Caucasian populace hastened to enlist. There is a museum here called The Chaguaramas ( place name) Military History and Aerospace Museum. The curator had written several books. One specifically in memory of those of the island, who went. I asked him about those of the Indian diaspora. What he said to me perked my curiosity. He said that Indians who wanted to volunteer were told that they would have to go to India and volunteer from there. This would not have been an easy undertaking. In this time when indentureship was still being practiced.

@rahulnarjiary4887 5 жыл бұрын

If the British Government had treated Indians as actual citizens with the same level of rights and political representation as people on the British Isles, they might still have been in possession of an empire today. Even right until the start of WW1, the British still had time to rectify their mismanagement. The initial demand wasn't for complete independence but self-governance within the Empire. The short sightedness of the British Government of that era was of epic proportions.

@jameslegrand848 7 жыл бұрын

hey the great war crew just wanted to say how much I loved your videos and I wanted to ask 2 questions: 1) will you guys keep covering Russia after they exited the war because of communism? 2)It may be far off but will you guys do a WWII after this series ends?

@Elveneyes97 7 жыл бұрын

support this im sure a lot of people would love to see ww2 content once this one is done (although don't know if you guys have much interest in it yourselves)

@N94able 7 жыл бұрын

James Legrand To qoute Indy "Maybe but I'm not writing it". This was around two years ago so who knows?

@KeroseneLight 7 жыл бұрын

For all Pakistanies and Bengalis, remember that the indian troops were also composed of people from your nations, which at the time were all part of the British Raj, meaning they were all considered Indian. Don't forget your heritage and be grateful to have such a valuable piece of your heritage being connected to soldiers who fought and died in the Great War.

@CD-vg4hl 7 жыл бұрын

Are you indian. If you are than you should not be proud of our ancestors who fought for their colonizers. Slaves fighting for a master is nothing to be proud of, but something to be ashamed of, embarrassed even. I feel sympathy for my ancestors and unending hatred for the british.

@tailinmouth 7 жыл бұрын

Really interested in this topic. Any suggested reading on the subject?

@PS-nf3xw 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@larochellle4592 7 жыл бұрын

i needed a great war video, my day got 1000 times better

@BBista 7 жыл бұрын

Part of that British-Indian Army were the Gurkhas, the soldiers from Nepal. Since the treaty of 1816 following the Anglo-Nepal war, the British had started recruiting Nepalese in their army. Around 200,000 Nepalese Gurkhas fought in the war. In addition to that, around 14,000 soldiers from the Nepalese army itself also fought alongside the allies. Around 20,000 of them in total lost their lives. Some info can be found in the following links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_during_World_War_I www.dw.com/en/gurkhas-nepalese-warriors-in-world-war-i/a-17632181 blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/world-war-i-in-the-middle-east/seminar-participants/web-projects-2014/priya-dixit/ While valor of the Gurkhas is taken as a matter of great pride in Nepal and raise them to a level of superhumans, the romanticized view of these soldiers always ignores the horrors they had to go through and other human emotions as experienced by these soldiers as anyone else. old.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3030-dukha-during-the-world-war.html

@dimitarkondev5522 7 жыл бұрын

When Indy says India it sounds like India India

@Jakemufcfan 7 жыл бұрын

Ironic If we'd given India home rule it may have let the empire live on longer, still it's not to bad now they're a valued member of the commonwealth and a treasured ally of Great Britain happy commonwealth day everyone

@cisco3111 7 жыл бұрын

Jakemufcfan Dominion?

@dingdingdingding5544 7 жыл бұрын

Jakemufcfan How is prolonging imperialism a good thing?

@dingdingdingding5544 7 жыл бұрын

Miguel Lopes Armed revolution would be inevitable, look at what happened to the former French colonies.

@PanzerIVAE 7 жыл бұрын

DURR LETZ MAEK MODERN PEOPL PAY 4 TEHR ANCUSTUR'Z CRIEMZ DECEDZ AGO Seriously stop being stupid, as someone that comes from a country that suffered greatly under Colonial rule I personally think people of the modern era deserve to pay reparations or get payback for what their ancestors did decades ago And I have seen that modern European people are very sorry for what their ancestors did to the point that some of them have no love or pride in their own race or country

@Jakemufcfan 7 жыл бұрын

Not saying it would be a good thing I'm just saying it would be what happened and my forefather my grandfather protected vunerable civilians in Cyprus so your damn right I'm proud of my legacy, so come bring you retribution any time any place

@mmartinisgreat 7 жыл бұрын

this is cool hope you guys make more vids like this. I hate Some asshole said their were to many people of color in the battlefield game.

@pastuh 7 жыл бұрын

Hmm why i dont get Notification about new video? .. Atleast magicaly i opened this channel..

@jvomkrieg 7 жыл бұрын

On a related note, GMT games is currently developing an intriguing looking boardgame on the topic entitled. "Gandhi: : The Decolonization of British India, 1917-1947" It's part of the COIN series which has covered topics like the Vietnam, Columbia and Afghanistan insurgencies. If you are interested in historical boardgames, and this topic, it looks very good.