Thanks you for posting, my Great-Great Grandfather was one of the Canadians taken POW in this battle. He was release 3 weeks after Armistice .

one of the best history channels on KZfaq

So glad you are able to travel again and bring us these interesting videos on WW1. Thanks for sharing--keep up the good work. These are very educational

Great content and drone/ map work on Hill 70, thank you for sharing these memorials, many units have the Battle Honor of "Hill 70" on their Colors. Cheers and stay safe. Pete

My Grandfather, J.L. Muirhead was wounded in this action. I regret missing the dedication ceremony on the 100th anniversary. Thank you for posting.

Thank you for posting another excellent short video on one of the battles of the First World War. I've tried to watch them all, and I'm glad to see you back in action on the front. My grandfather's first cousin (my 1st cousin twice removed) was killed in action near Ypres in 1915 and is buried in the R.E. Farm cemetery, which I hope to visit one day. Your videos make the war come to life again.

Once again Steven another superb post with great narrative. Thank you for everything you do.

Thank You for bringing the tragic history using those amazing views from above. It is very exciting and at the same time very sad.

My great grandfather (Hugh Mcardle) was part of the second brigade (116th battalion) and fought at hill 70, this was really cool to see. Thank you!

Steven, been subscribed for a while now. Love your content. I'm the grandson on a Canadian Expeditionary Force veteran, Wilfred Johnson 412603. Thank you for your efforts so the we may never forget.

Thanks, Steve, for posting again so soon. I really enjoy your vids, they are most informative. I'm hoping to get back to the Western front myself, next Yr.

Thanks for this beautiful clip, I want to give you a huge thumbs-up for your work, both of my grandfathers served in the Great War, both were alcoholics, my great-uncle Paul O'Beirn was killed at St. Mihiel in Sept. 1918.

I'm glad to see that you are making video's again. I come from the netherlands (wo were neutral) last august i travelled by car from nieuwport to albert, following the wo1 front and we have also visited this place. It's very interesting to see it from the air, keep up the amazing work that you upload!

Another spectacular video. Thanks again.

I just want to say, I absolutely love your videos, and I cannot wait for the next one. I’ve watched almost all of your videos in the last few weeks, and I’m excited for even more! Great work.

This video has just been pointed out to me by a friend in Canada. I found it of great interest as in June of 2023 I attended the burial of my Great Uncle Sgt Richard Musgrave who was buried along with another two Canadian soldiers. All three were killed on August 15th 1917 in the Battle for Hill 70. They were among the many who were listed as missing with no known grave. In 2011 Cpl Howarth's remains were found and the remains of Sgt Musgrave and Private Harry Atherton were discovered in 2017. The three soldiers were buried on the 8th June, 2023, with full military honours in the British War Cemetery at Loos-en-Gohelle. Both Sgt Musgrave and Corporal Howarth were with the 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion and Private Atherton was with 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion.

Good to see you back filming again Steven. Appreciate your work and your past help with the Trench Maps Software.

I really appreciate your videos. They link quite often with the diaries of the time as well. 👍

Thank You Mr. Upton. I find your presentations very interesting and enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.

You do excellent videos. Always enjoy watching. Needless deaths for a needless war. Imagine if egos had taken a back seat and we didn’t have Generals for whom working class lives were disposable and plentiful as long as their careers were protected.

Love all your WW1 videos Steven, thanks for showing us these places.

Thanks Steven. Your account and content as usual is superb, hopefully one day you will cover the successful attack at Montauban of 1st July 1916

An excellent short presentation on this subject. Your drone footage is an added dimension for viewers..... and is quite helpful as a way to visualize the tactical challenges involved in the efforts of the armies. The contrast between the current pastoral vistas and the hellish historical background helps establish a poignant aura. Thank you for your efforts. If I may suggest a series of additional Somme features..... I believe that this is a particularly worthy period to consider.

I absolutely love your channel and the work that you put into your production! Thank you

I'm glad you're back to posting!

I just found the entire service record of my great-great-grandfather. VRC 24th Battalion, CEF. Sgt Richard Baxter of Montreal. First wounded by shrapnel in the knee at Kemmel in March 1916 and was shot through the shoulder, into his neck and out his jaw on the first day of Lens August 15, 1917. He survived and was returned to Canada in 1918 where he was discharged. Lived the rest of his life in the US.

Would you consider doing one or two battlefields in American troops participated or even featured? You are just about the only creator on KZfaq using drone footage to its best potential. Thank you for continuing with these videos.

Nice surprise to see you have uploaded some new videos, I always enjoy them!

Mind boggling numbers of German dead. 20k in 4 days is surreal.

Another interesting video Steven. The casualties bring home the cost and sadness of war.

Thank you Steven on another brilliant video. 👏 a very different perspective

Glad to see your out and about Steve I really enjoy your videos Thank you

Hi Steven. Another Canadian subscriber here. Thank you for your videos.

Thanks. Very interesting

My great grandfather fought with the 1st Canadian division at hill 70. He was badly wounded on one of the counter attacks and would be in hospital recovering until mid 1919.

As Always, well done. Much appreciated.

Hi Steve, Canadian subscriber here, appreciate this footage and commentary. Thank you!

Wonderful videos on your channel. Please keep up the good work. Thank you.

This is just after the Canadians stunning victory at Vimy. Currie is now in charge of Cdn. Corp.. Meant to draw as many German divisions as possible away from Passchendaele. Two things I recall is Currie pre sighting all possible routes of German counter attacks with artillery, and have his front line troops set up past the previous German lines as there lines would have been pre sighted by German artillery. Almost 30,000 German casualties compared to 9,000 Cdn. Ty for the video..

Excellent video as always. Thankyou

Excellent work as ever. Really appreciate your content.

Thanks Steven - well done as always!

Another great video Steven, thank you

Really good channel. Well done. Regards from eastern front (Warsaw).

Amazing content, So insightful!👍🏽

Another excellent job sir.

Great video, thank you for sharing.

Great video. Thank you.

I'm so glad you are producing again. Your work is so good. Was Covid why you stopped for a while?

What an amazing channel to discover! Thank you so much for this content Steven.

It was interesting on this video to see the soil marks where the trenches used to be. Having visited the Somme on the ground recently, and having looked at many more battlefields on Google Maps, I'm struck by how few soil and crop marks are visible now, compared with what I think I remember from the 1980s when I first visited. Would be interested to hear your views on this.

Great job as usual.

always interesting thank you

Hi steven. Can you show where the large mining structure the british called Tower Bridge in the 1915 Loos Battle is located ? For some reason i always thought this structure looked interesting. Great video as always; Thanks Jim.

Keep up the good work Sir

Thank you your videos are truly Brilliant, do you have any of the Battle of Guillemont, l can't find much on this battle, l would dearly love to know more about it as my Grandfather was killed in it.

Well Done Steven

Nice one.

I always heard that mustard gas was first used at Ypres and therefore also called Yperite .

What a crazy war. 21 counterattacks burning through 20,000 men, and they still didn't recapture the hill. Blackadder didn't have to exaggerate much to capture the absurdity.

it must have been a challenge to build houses on the land there ,, so much ordinance must be in the ground ..un exploded ..

We will remember them

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i can only imagine poor soldiers still lying under some of them houses and the road way.

at 05:17 we see a map and bottom right it says dynamite magazine. If the british knew this they wouldn't consent to fire on it.