Knocking Out The Hejaz Railway I THE GREAT WAR Week 195

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6 жыл бұрын

While the Germans are still advancing in Flanders (Operation Georgette), the other fronts are not always quiet. In Palestine, the British forces and the Arab Revolt are taking the initiative again. T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and the Arab Revolt are attacking the vital Hejaz Railway, a major transport factor for the Ottoman Empire.
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Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
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@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 жыл бұрын

(an ottoman officer looking over the sabotaged Hejaz railway, then turning to a soldier tasked to defend it) All you had to do is defend the goddamned train CJ !

@heymansupman1595 6 жыл бұрын

Duke of Lorraine big smoke, more like big joke alright bye.

@plumbherhub1664 6 жыл бұрын

You had one f*****g job cj!!!!!

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

- _"What is it, Major Lawrence, that attracts you personally to the desert?"_ - _"It's clean!"_

@SirHenryMaximo 6 жыл бұрын

"There's nothing in the desert..."

@MrTohawk 6 жыл бұрын

It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere

@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 жыл бұрын

The desert or the muddy trenches of Passchendaele, an easy choice

@monks311 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet lol. Sounds like is in the book.

@ARHONTIS1 6 жыл бұрын

Πεντακαθαρη η ερημος

@thelegendaryklobb2879 6 жыл бұрын

So Germany was desperate, and Austria hungry

@tulbanhawk 6 жыл бұрын

have all the likes my friend

@RahellOmer 6 жыл бұрын

Take my upvote...

@Daishi18 3 жыл бұрын

Ba Dum Tsss*

@kayzeaza 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah

@MilitaryAviationHistory 6 жыл бұрын

And this just about concludes Part 1 of 'The Dash for the Channel'. Come back in 2040 for 'Part 2'! ;) Thanks for the shout out!

@arulshankarum2512 5 жыл бұрын

Oooof 2019 you mean

@HarrysMovingMedia 6 жыл бұрын

Been watching the series since 2016 so since then I have been binging through this religiously so I can finally say - I'M UP TO DATE! Thank you Indy!

@markfagohii8632 6 жыл бұрын

I just got caught up as well, hahaha

@ICULooking 6 жыл бұрын

Me too last month.

@kevinconrad6156 6 жыл бұрын

About six weeks, sort of miss all the Great War binging.

@donaldcrawfordiii554 6 жыл бұрын

Harry's Moving Castle I have been watching since the. Wry start! I wonder what they will after the war is over?

@patbrown911 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, I still need to watch about 200 videos to get there. Congratulations guys.

@seventhsamuel 6 жыл бұрын

Oh boy... an Austrian offensive!!! I predict Conrad will lead it, and this will win the war long before his birthday :)

@mikked01 6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Neidell He no doubt outfitted his half with his patented Hotzensocks.

@seventhsamuel 6 жыл бұрын

I'm predicting Svetozar used the tactics that resembled Hutier tactics. We'll see in mid-june but if Conrad did adopt Stormtroop doctrine for the rumble on the Piave, I will be surprised. Hopefully Cadorna will be reappointed chief of staff in the meantime too :)

@StormLaker 6 жыл бұрын

I grew up as a kid reading about T.E. Lawrence, he was one of my heroes growing up...such a life of adventure! The turn of the century was such a magical time for discovery and adventure- he was among the many who I idolized growing up.

@SK-xp9xi Жыл бұрын

He had a PhD in Divide and conquer

@amitabhakusari2304 6 жыл бұрын

After the war ends (hopefully by this Christmas) would you make a playlist for the most notable events in the War( like Somme, Gallipoli, Verdun etc etc) so that one could get a idea about the topics without having to watch the week by week, also nice to go over the Big Events.

@CovfefeDotard 6 жыл бұрын

It’ll be over by Christmas

@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ! I already got fooled 4 times, won't fall for this again !

@raceykovev2829 6 жыл бұрын

Christmas of which year though?

@Dave_tda18 6 жыл бұрын

1945 :D

@SmilingIbis 6 жыл бұрын

Certainly by Veteran's Day.

@Charlie-up8hy 6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Belgian army is mentioned!

@RolfHartmann 6 жыл бұрын

So the Germans occuplied Helsinki, but the real question is if they'll Finnish the job ;-)

@jarnomikkola8438 6 жыл бұрын

It was actually Finnish(the whites) that was fighting Finnish(the reds), not Germans. There were a handful of Germans, yes, but hundreds of times more of (white)Finnish. Yeah, it was a civilian war between two sides that got eventually sorted. And a large portion of those "German", they were actually sent to Germany to study war, by the whites... which actually makes them Finnish too. Or can you tell me how an original Finnish, that became a Russian general that was on the side of the whites, later got a Presidency ? It was during the Second World War by the by, while Finland began to fight the Germans.

@RolfHartmann 6 жыл бұрын

I guess they had to Finnish themselves ;-)

@joluoto 6 жыл бұрын

That would actually be Germans, the German expeditionary force to help the whites in the civil war were the ones that took Helsinki from the Reds. So it was Germans, just Germans backing the Finnish Whites.

@petergray2712 6 жыл бұрын

Well they've been Russian around until everyone was Red in the face. Let's see if they can Czech the enemy advance and Polish them off. If you Ukraine your necks this way, you might see the Romanianing forces get Hungary for victory, and seal the deal

@goktugsel7257 6 жыл бұрын

Rolf Hartmann wow

@peterpepa3041 6 жыл бұрын

Hey indy and the crew can you guys do an episode on what Charles de Gaulle did during World War One?

@-et37- 6 жыл бұрын

I recall him and Mikhail Tukhachevsky sharing a cell in a Bavarian Prison

@shadowblack3634 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he was wounded many times at the battle of Verdun as an officer?

@thomasfeck188 6 жыл бұрын

Hasn´t he freed Paris all by himself.... with a little help of his allies?.... äh sry that was another war ;-P

@Mike_79 5 жыл бұрын

So strange that so many fallen are still under our feet here , We live now on the German line . wife is from Ypres . Really wonder some days where are all the missing fallen. 48000 dead Germans in walking distance from my house . And for what ..... so sad for both sides :(

@StylishDTailors 6 жыл бұрын

That intro gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME! It does such a great job of portraying the misery of WWI.

@DeathOnSernpidal 6 жыл бұрын

The Central Powers had so many enemies... To me, it's not amazing that they lost in the end. It's amazing that they lasted this long.

@annadelsiena 6 жыл бұрын

Kaaaaaaaarl, that kills your empire!

@AlanDeAnda1 6 жыл бұрын

Char Fiarrow Yolo

@starocket8710 6 жыл бұрын

guys, I must know where you take these background music from, it will make even austro-hungary look like a power to be reckoned with

@Yoghurtslinger 6 жыл бұрын

I am Sure Germany can still win this.

@remmmtit2697 6 жыл бұрын

Of course what is going to happen

@AnimeOtaku2 6 жыл бұрын

I bet we’re going to be fighting until next year at this rate.

@Yoghurtslinger 6 жыл бұрын

I bet the American's wont get a chance to fire a shot in anger; Germany for the win.

@Yoghurtslinger 6 жыл бұрын

Here comes a KZfaq tough guy, haha.

@AkodoAkira1 6 жыл бұрын

"You're"

@tomverweijen6562 6 жыл бұрын

Everybody, including Ludendorf, had forgotten but yes the Belgian army was still there.

@jordanmay8677 6 жыл бұрын

I started watching this series off and on in the fall of 2016, and I am finally caught up :) Great work Indy and team. I love your videos!

@boarlegion5077 6 жыл бұрын

Just signed up on Patreon. Love the videos and trying to catch up. I have learned so much about this brutal war. Thanks on doing this documentary series and a job well done, over there.

@vaggeliskeleroglou9572 6 жыл бұрын

Finnaly caught up!! As always great episode Indy

@TheDavid2222 6 жыл бұрын

I've finally caught up with the show and am up to date! This is the best show on KZfaq, by far!

@GamerNintendo25 6 жыл бұрын

Ermagerd I've finally caught up after binging for the last couple weeks. This really is a fantastic show and I'm excited to see what you guys will do for World War 2

@gehtdianschasau8372 6 жыл бұрын

I started watching this at about february. This is actually my first rewatch. Thx for your great wark Team and Indy

@Himalayastar 6 жыл бұрын

It has a long a time since he talked about action in Mesopotamia...

@bogdan6785 6 ай бұрын

I almost forgot about the Balkan front. And I'm more and more amazed by the complete chaos that the Ottoman front was: advances in Anatolia, countless setbacks in Palestine.

@LeCharles07 6 жыл бұрын

I had never heard of guncotton before, interesting stuff.

@ItJuM856 6 жыл бұрын

Love this new map style!

@leavemealoneyoutube1707 6 жыл бұрын

I was looking through an old book today on the Kaiserschlacht today, stated that the Germans focused on defeating Britain because their artillery was considered weaker than the French. The French also had an effective defensive strategy and were eventually attacked to draw forces away from the North. Anyway, can't wait to hear about The Second Battle of Marne.

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job with this video.

@joshs6535 6 жыл бұрын

*Listening to Sabaton* *The Great War Uploads* *help what do i do*

@b1laxson 6 жыл бұрын

Make a YMV (KZfaq music video) of Indy and The Great War visuals on screen set to Sabaton music. Who will do this?

@johnanth 6 жыл бұрын

Watch the interview of Indy with a Sabaton band member, it's the best of both worlds ;)

@decem_sagittae 6 жыл бұрын

Get some taste in music

@felafnirelek8987 6 жыл бұрын

Both

@Dark123hound 6 жыл бұрын

Megas Archon Alexandros Vlahos That's funny

@1921liam 6 жыл бұрын

I think that a really interesting episode, which would work well in the coming months, should be focused on the naval blockade of Germany and how the effects of the blockade drastically reduced the calorie intake of civilians at home. I remember reading a few papers on this topic while I was at university a few years ago. Keep up the great work and congratulations on everything so far.

@wombats2016 6 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the Villers Bretonneux episode! Unfortunate that it wasn't ready in time for ANZAC day. will keep an eye out!

@Brian0wns 6 жыл бұрын

I really want to play an XCOM style WW1 game. It would be totally amazing.

@redbaron2829 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and crew, love the channel, i was wondering if you guys could publish all your work. It would make incredible posters and would love to use some as my background on my phone and computer. Thank you for all the amazing work

@Gressethegreat 6 жыл бұрын

I understand you guys probably have alot of material to fit in your 10min video every week but... I feel like you could've given the Belgians a little more attention for their actions this week. This was the first time the rebuild & retrained Belgian Army got into some serious action and they managed to impress both friend or foe. It was also a turning point for Belgian involvement in the war. But hey, you can't please everyone all the time. Great series, the best!

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

Have some good sources about them? They are definitely not always mentioned.

@Gressethegreat 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not a historian, I only like history. There's a series of articles written by an expert on the Belgian Army during WWI, he also works for the "In Flanders Fields Museum". (You guys probably know about this museum? If not shame on you and your grandchildren!) I'll provide all info I have in a PM.

@airraverstaz 6 жыл бұрын

That would suck to have been captured in battle, finally be freed and immediately told "prepare for another attack."........"and try not to get captured this time."

@xberman 6 жыл бұрын

Great background music for this episode

@indianajones4321 6 жыл бұрын

Been waiting to see action in the Middle East

@zainmudassir2964 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. El Alamein battles will be interesting

@rat_thrower5604 6 жыл бұрын

Was that Clemenceau in a trench? Did government officials ever visit the frontline? To boost morale, for publicity, or to understand the nature of the front?

@Giloup92 6 жыл бұрын

le Beast Yes, it’s Clémenceau ( with his moustache). Generally officials visited second lines or quiet sectors of the front, for the reasons you mentioned.

@eduardogrilo6684 6 жыл бұрын

the portuguese president visit the front, but only the headquarters of the 2º Division of the CEP in the front! But is it's Clemenceau!

@oOkenzoOo 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes and yes. Clemenceau visited the trenches many times. One of the stories tells that during one of those visits, he climbed upon the trench, shook his fist toward the German trench while shouting "We'll get you !" then casually came back down the trench under every soldiers' dumbfounded watch. There are multiples newspapers, videos and statues reporting those events.

@rat_thrower5604 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the responses everyone

@notaugustus2076 6 жыл бұрын

Giloup92 The Kaiser went a few times.

@bigsanchez2963 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about it. What will happen when it becomes November 11 2018? Will the channel cover after the Great war. Will there be new channel on the period between WW1 and WW2 followed by another channel to cover WW2? So many questions

@bigsanchez2963 6 жыл бұрын

Gary Daniel I mean I think this channel is already super busy

@NemanjaVuj 6 жыл бұрын

They already set a channel on the period between wars: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jp5xnZyevc_apmw.html The WW2 videos will start from the September this year. They already announced it well in advance.

@plumbherhub1664 6 жыл бұрын

Well he'll start a mine craft series... Well maby.

@t.rellis834 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the content ! What movie do you think best represents a realistic take on The Great War ?

@brickproduction1815 6 жыл бұрын

Please clap Regeneration 1997

@stupidturntable 6 жыл бұрын

Totally missed Crimea being occuped, when did that hapen? :O :-D

@fehervari98 6 жыл бұрын

liedream casinosoul 2014

@stupidturntable 6 жыл бұрын

That I did not miss, but was it the Turks or the Germans this time too?

@13REDstar 6 жыл бұрын

For this who are curious, the sign at the wall on the last picture (the AH soldier writing) is actually a little poem: "Wer a Briefl nach Hause schreiben willDer ist am liebsten allein!Drum stör ihn nicht und sei still,So wird's bald fertig sein.""He, who wants to write a letter homePreferably is left alone!So leave him be und don't make a sound,Soon he'll be done and be around."(i added the "and be around" so it rhymes ;) )

@maximilianluther742 6 жыл бұрын

Will your ever publish books about the great war

@brianwhite2104 6 жыл бұрын

So, one of the maps indicates the Central Powers now control Crimea, but the map that zoomed in to the Caucasus doesn't... I don't recall hearing that the Crimea was occupied in the narrative either.... Can someone clarify this?

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

occupied by German forces. talked about it recently.

@user-py5gc5dn7t 6 жыл бұрын

Brian White There some videos in KZfaq about when Ukraine and Germany attacked the socialists republic there.

@rat_thrower5604 6 жыл бұрын

50 views 50 likes Nice

@karlkarlos3545 6 жыл бұрын

Stop jinxing it.

@parvuspeach 6 жыл бұрын

lets get this on a tray

@theastrogamer710 6 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence! I started watching this at 19:18.

@laurenhulbert4410 6 жыл бұрын

Ayy lmao, another Great War upload!!

@M81_WOODLAND 6 жыл бұрын

Just found this channel about a month ago. All I gotta say is: DAN CARLIN brought me here. Great series, but the big question is this: what am I gonna do with my life after November?

@juanpedrowallace1117 6 жыл бұрын

Hi crew and indy, im in Nz now and went to the ww1 museum, nice lots of stuff i have. A photo of a machine gun something Mark 2 but i dont know how to send it, also if you need something of that placer ill be pleased to to help, there is a lots of info by

@jonathannelson72 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy, when are we gonna get that video about the German Asian Corp.?

@Frozenmenss1 6 жыл бұрын

More info about the Greek taking over some viliges near the Struma river from Bulgaria?

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

Not a general offensive, just a slow push forward to reclaim territory that was taken during the Struma Offensive... the Greek offensive started in late May

@donpacificbobcat9er615 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, isn’t the first tank battle going to happen on the next week? Can’t wait for that!

@Ed-pn9id 6 жыл бұрын

Into the fourth year and still such huge human carnage. 250,000 dead for land they took and lost. As in The Bridge On The River Kwai . Madness simply Madness.

@EuropeYear1917 6 жыл бұрын

Madness? THIS! IS! SPARTA!!!!!!

@sirvolkerstein 6 жыл бұрын

I'm early. Have the Germans broken through yet?

@Deadeye012011 6 жыл бұрын

SirVolkerStein not yet but any day now I swear.

@KaiserWilhelm1888_II 6 жыл бұрын

We will win the war.

@christopherconard2831 6 жыл бұрын

Summer coming. Dry weather ahead. Finally the march forward shall not be delayed. The great breakthrough is as inevitable as the victory that rides with it.

@hansolo6831 6 жыл бұрын

SirVolkerStein nein

@idanzamir7540 6 жыл бұрын

I actually live next to an old Hejazi train station (in Israel), we turned it into a little museum about our village in the late Ottoman and British eras. (the village is Kfar Yehoshu'a) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel_Valley_railway#/media/File:Rakevethaemek_map_eng.png

@HighOnTheHawg 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have anything on the battle of Seicheprey, France?

@CArchivist 6 жыл бұрын

We are getting closer towards animation history and WWI, The Sinking of the Lusitania by Winsor McCay soon to be released (100 years ago) in England in May!

@maxdurk4624 4 жыл бұрын

Whoa, new map

@paulx7540 6 жыл бұрын

2:20 I have not seen photos of soldiers of the British Empire at barricades before. It is reminiscent of Belgian soldiers in 1914.

@joaosamuelmartins2035 6 жыл бұрын

What about the Red Baron? He died this week 100 years ago

@joaosamuelmartins2035 6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Neidell Uhh nice I'm hyped for the next video then

@degenerate3288 6 жыл бұрын

America's reaction while watching France loose land in 1914 possible giving Germany a win again the entene America: *DECLARES NEUTRALITY*

@degenerate3288 6 жыл бұрын

Cwovictor It was a joke and the joke took place in 1914

@plumbherhub1664 6 жыл бұрын

Well yea have you seen a German soldier hansom strong loved by the ladies, yea a real man to model after. The French man well he had a three shot rifle I mean come on put some lead in your pencil dude.

@ChallisVenstra 6 жыл бұрын

Back when we minded our own damn business. Most of the USA has German ancestry and it was a big concern to Wilson as he maneuvered to ally with Britain and France.

@ericcarlson3746 6 жыл бұрын

what a sage remark- how was it any of America's business? or Spain's, or Sweden's, or the Netherlands or any sane country's?

@delta2372 4 жыл бұрын

@@tachy1801 Germany in both wars couldn't dream of invading the British home island nor could they ever touch the US.

@blakekenley1000 5 жыл бұрын

by now I have no idea why you haven't done a special on Erwin Rommel's accomplishments as per the battles he fought in and commanded. I know you have a special on him but such a figure deserves so much more.

@jakefuentes5543 6 жыл бұрын

Oh great storyteller, prophet Indy, what say you next?

@alexkudzin4980 6 жыл бұрын

Episode on submarine aviation please!

@iepurecalin8997 6 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about altirery trucks plzz

@tarz96 6 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video on Simpson and his donkey from Gallipoli

@fahrenheitdibb2017 6 жыл бұрын

Ma'an, that Station...

@decem_sagittae 6 жыл бұрын

Make a special episode about the countries occupied by the Central Powers, how the occupiers managed the administration and economy, and how they treated the general population. Countries like Romania, for example.

@KlausValk 6 жыл бұрын

909 likes 0 dislikes. damn!

@Marc83Aus 6 жыл бұрын

6:55 is that Mussolini sitting at the bottom right corner?

@ggbpartystarter5958 6 жыл бұрын

Can you make videos about the desintagration of Austria-Empire for every nation??

@letschan4162 6 жыл бұрын

plz do a special about southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe duriung ww1

@ARHONTIS1 6 жыл бұрын

Finally something from peter o't... I mean lawrence

@edm240b9 6 жыл бұрын

The British retreating from Passchendaele is such a depressing thing that happened.

@god9364 6 жыл бұрын

As a Canadian. Yes...it really was

@edm240b9 6 жыл бұрын

The Edwardian As an American, I thank your nation for the sacrifices they made during this shitshow of a war. No doubt, you guys had some of the best troops out of any nation during the entire war.

@ericcarlson3746 6 жыл бұрын

another one of Lord Haig's brilliant offensives! This one was going to be different- there were going to be amphibious landings etc...... (sigh)

@WildBillCox13 6 жыл бұрын

Number 2! Wait . . .

@konstantinoskotsomytis2544 6 жыл бұрын

I was just watching out of the trenches, when this pop up.

@MerlijnDingemanse 6 жыл бұрын

Try explaining losing half your squad capturing paschendeale only to give it up 8 months later to the soldiers

@chrismusix5669 6 жыл бұрын

WILL THIS WAR NEVER END!!

@soulscanner66 6 жыл бұрын

For those interested in following these details, the West Point website has some relevant maps to help you follow along with all the placenames: www.westpoint.edu/history/SitePages/WWI.aspx www.westpoint.edu/history/SiteAssets/SitePages/World%20War%20I/WWOne18.jpg

@Titus921 6 жыл бұрын

is there a special episode about the african american troops that fought in this war or is it coming in the upcoming weeks?

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

There will be one this summer.

@XKCDism 6 жыл бұрын

Funky Cold Medina?

@thehappylego242 6 жыл бұрын

Where the next week

@Nlwalker487 6 жыл бұрын

6:44 ; Double agent Neville Chamberlain!

@justafaniv1097 6 жыл бұрын

Poor Karl, he gets thrust into power in the middle of a World War, desperately (some might say naively) tries to make peace, and now has to commit to yet another offensive just to try to keep the Empire from utter collapse.

@digbiggbyflackbock7472 6 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna be honest I didn’t know the ottomans were still about at this point in the war. I’d just kind of assumed they’d curled up and died like two years ago.

@williamdunning613 6 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a special on Lawrence of Arabia?

@Whattwa 6 жыл бұрын

They have

@williamdunning613 6 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks

@billhuber2964 6 жыл бұрын

THE PREDICTION OF THE WAR BEING OVER BY CHRISTMAS DID COME TRUE .DEC. 25 1918 .

@gcircle 6 жыл бұрын

Was it just me or was there an audio issue in this episode?

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

Everything fine from our end.

@gcircle 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, in the meantime I figured out, my headphone jack had a problem and human voices were distorted. Thanks anyway.

@brucetucker4847 6 жыл бұрын

I'm curious how many men over 40 were conscripted, and what they did with them. I can't imagine many 40-somethings had the physical constitution to endure trench warfare.

@Onebadterran 6 жыл бұрын

The old and infirm serve in war

@jacquesfrancois4275 6 жыл бұрын

Sub squad mount up! This train is going to the wars end! choo choo!

@fookinaye8277 6 жыл бұрын

Hey hey hey! My birthday is April 26 - anything interesting happen then? Keep it real

@fookinaye8277 6 жыл бұрын

Gary Daniel I wanted to ask now to see if he might say hello haha

@plumbherhub1664 6 жыл бұрын

Three years of war I can say some one died horribly

@fookinaye8277 6 жыл бұрын

Oh beers will be drank! Thanks for the b day love lol

@tf2664 6 жыл бұрын

Kewl

@SavageGreywolf 6 жыл бұрын

spoilers for next week: RIP the Red Baron

@catalinmarius3985 6 жыл бұрын

What about Romania? Ever since January, Bessarabia declared independence, Ukraine tried to invade Bessarabia, Sfatul Tarii of Bessarabia asked Romania for help, Romania came in and Ukraine retreated, Bessarabia declared union with Romania, the Central Powers started pushing through Romania, they reached a stalemate at the Battle of Focsani, then signed the Armistice of Focsani. After the armistice, Romania wanted to delay peace as much as possible in case the war will be won on the western front.

@erik8467 6 жыл бұрын

do you think that if the ottomans didnt focus so much of their manpower on the Caucasus they would have been able to defend against the British in Palestine?