Operation Albion - Passchendaele Drowns In Mud I THE GREAT WAR Week 168

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6 жыл бұрын

The situation for the German Army on the Western Front looks grim, but in the East they have the upper hand and this week begin to put pressure on the Russians in Operation Albion - an amphibious landing operation in the Estonian archipelago. At the same time, the Battlefield at Passchendaele is turning into a muddy swamp.
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@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Indy is pointing to an episode in the end which doesn't exist, yet. Unfortunately more than half the team is down with the flu at the moment, so it's a bit chaotic right now. The episode should be out on Monday though. Cheers.

@jerkarlo 6 жыл бұрын

The Great War you even give us a week to week update on the Spanish flu. Well done.

@Mr_Fancypants 6 жыл бұрын

Take all the time you guys need!

@eternalvirgin2227 6 жыл бұрын

The Great War do a who did what on Emperor Karl the Blessed

@glockensig 6 жыл бұрын

Take some vitamin D fellas! get well!

@Communistbaconeater 6 жыл бұрын

Vulkan Of Nocturne no one expects the Spanish flu!

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

Moustache & beard suited to Lenin much more

@matthewwallack601 6 жыл бұрын

"Haig though, was as optimistic as ever:" If ever a more insane sentence has ever been uttered about World War I, it just have "Cadorna" or "von Hotzendorf" in it.

@SimonClark 6 жыл бұрын

I've made it! I've finally made it! I've marathoned through all the weekly episodes and am finally up to date!

@norquay626 6 жыл бұрын

I'm Canadian and know what's coming up at the end of this month here. What a waste. Currie wasn't happy about this battle and argued with Haig to not do it. When the Canadians were finished they captured all their objectives but with nearly 16,000 casualties. Exactly what Currie told Haig it was going to cost us. Again, what a waste

@finitewehosh6542 6 жыл бұрын

Good Lord your animation has improved drastically. It almost overshadows just how informative and educational this channel has become.

@johnanth 6 жыл бұрын

Heard a Wilhelm scream there xD

@josuerocha1450 6 жыл бұрын

4:20 You have to turn up the sound to be able to hear it.

@manuelsantos9315 3 жыл бұрын

@@josuerocha1450 4:20... nice

@donovanpreston83 6 жыл бұрын

In a foreign field he lay lonely soldier unknown grave on his dying words he prays tell the world of Paschendale.

@janwacawik7432 6 жыл бұрын

Donovan Preston Relive all that he's been through, Last communion of his soul. Rust your bullets with his tears, Let me tell you 'bout his years.

@xxioutlawixx2294 6 жыл бұрын

Laying low in a blood filled trench Kill Time 'til my very own death On my face I can feel the falling rain Never see my friends again

@jmazoso 6 жыл бұрын

In the smoke, in the mud and lead Smell the fear and the feeling of dread Soon be time to go over the wall Rapid fire and the end of us all

@ThePerfectRed 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, a four hour work shift doesn't sound that bad! What party was that I should vote for?

@christopherconard2831 6 жыл бұрын

Funny Farmer I did it while business was really slow. Unfortunately without the whole double wages thing. 18-20 hours per week doesn't give much of a check.

@ThePerfectRed 6 жыл бұрын

You must have did something wrong, they say you get double the wage..

@donfelipe7510 6 жыл бұрын

...and from a politician, politicians never lie comrade.

@markoandy7421 6 жыл бұрын

The great Communist party, comrade!

@TheShadowOfMars 6 жыл бұрын

The Communist Party, but they don't hold elections.

@franzfanz 6 жыл бұрын

I saw a stat that 6% of the New Zealand casualties of the war occurred on that one day. Gallipoli may be the birth of our nation but Passchendaele was close to being its grave.

@brianpilley3801 Жыл бұрын

The otgao - Southalnd Battalion was just about wiped out. Even had there own shells landing on them. Guns had sunk in the mud and could not get the elevation. Some did to a steam they needed to cross which had turned into a small river. Hid against by the bank and returned across no man's land that night. Was just bloody murder. Should never have been sent out. I think they lost 700 that day.

@timmccarthy872 6 жыл бұрын

"Everyone said I was daft to fight a battle in Flanders, but I fought it all the same, just to show them. The artillery sank into the mud. So I built a light railway. And that one sank into the mud. So I brought up supplies on donkeys. Those got ill, fell over, and then sank into the mud. But the battle will go on. And that's what you're going to be, men, the strongest fighting force in the history of England." -D. Haig, 1917

@klutttmuttsprutt6087 6 жыл бұрын

But ... I don't want any of that. I'd rather... I'd rather... just... sing!

@KarolusImperator 2 жыл бұрын

Is that a Monty Python reference, or was that scene referencing this quote?

@mutualbeard 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Thomas Acheson Armstrong of the 33rd Battalion AIF from Queensland, Australia died this day in 1917. A Great uncle I never met. He was vapourized by a shell from German heavy artillery as he arrived just behind the front lines in preparation for futile assault in the mud. Like countless others in this crazy war he has no grave.

@kinnikuboneman 2 жыл бұрын

You probably never would've met him even if he survived

@rat_thrower5604 6 жыл бұрын

What about submarines in the mud?

@awesomeleaf9059 6 жыл бұрын

I bet they didn't want to use the U-Boats because there were no merchant vessels to sink.

@niiiimand 6 жыл бұрын

unrestricted mud warfare!

@anthonythefirst9451 6 жыл бұрын

Captain Darling - lol

@Zwickerly2 6 жыл бұрын

They told me I was a fool to put artillery in the swamp but I put it there anyway. It sank into the swamp. So I put a second one; that blew up, fell over, and then sank into the swamp.

@WAMTAT 6 жыл бұрын

100 years since New Zealand's bloodiest day

@hlynnkeith9334 6 жыл бұрын

Indy, Well done! I admire your ability to convey these events with enthusiasm as if they were breaking news and not events that occurred before our fathers were born.

@LLopes 6 жыл бұрын

OPERATION ALBION IS HERE! Why didn't the Russians use their Airship right? All they had to do was to hold E and D flags and Germany would have never gotten in. I hate people who just sit in the Behemoth and do nothing. They could've won if freaking snipers would equip the repair tool to fix the coastal guns. Now Germany got in...

@akrybion 6 жыл бұрын

Mídia Insana Snipers with Repair tools? Spotted the noob, GG no re, git gud

@egoshOOter14 6 жыл бұрын

Snipers with K-Bullets might make the difference... but not Snipers with Repair tools...

@dariusniederer856 6 жыл бұрын

Mídia Insana +

@jonbaxter2254 6 жыл бұрын

It was freaking medics using the avtomat too much. That and our spawn was covered by snipers.

@salt_factory7566 6 жыл бұрын

@Midia the supports have repair tools not recon

@BenVaserlan 6 жыл бұрын

"My brother George was at Passchendaele. Nigh on half a million Allied troops died there, all for five miles of mud. I was at Kings Cross station when his regiment came home after the armistice. Most of them was carried off the train. I saw men with limbs missing, blind men, men who couldn't breathe properly 'cos their lungs had been shot to bits by mustard gas. While the nation celebrated, they was hidden away in big grey buildings, far from the public gaze. I mean, courage like that could put you right off your victory dinner couldn't it? They promised us homes for heroes, they give us heroes fit for homes." - the cockney Grandad in Only Fools and Horses in the episode "The Russians Are Coming" in series 1. Broadcast in 1981.

@djwoody1649 6 жыл бұрын

Watching this from Messines (Mesen) after visiting the centennial commemorations for New Zealand's darkest day attacking Belleuve spur. It feels truly amazing to know that the places you are mentioning are literally nearby now.

@zombiekillergamer8443 6 жыл бұрын

Hear the sound of a machine gun Hear it echo in the night Mortals firing rains the scene Scars the fields That once were green...

@bificommander7472 6 жыл бұрын

It's a stalemate at the front line Where the soldiers rest in mud Roads and houses All is gone There is no glory to be won

@phinix250 6 жыл бұрын

know that many men will suffer Know that many men will die Half a million lives at stake Ask the fields of Passchendaele

@Cpt_Boony_Hat 6 жыл бұрын

And as the night falls the general calls And the battle carries on And on What's is the purpose of it all?

@kllk12ful 6 жыл бұрын

What's the price of a mile

@Darkrunn 6 жыл бұрын

Thousands of feet march to the beat It's an army on the march Long way from home Paying the price in young men's lives Thousands of feet march to the beat It's an army in despair Knee-deep in mud Stuck in the trench with no way out

@brandonberglund3078 6 жыл бұрын

Questions for Indy and the team (at the end of a really long comment). Great work on this channel, I can't get over the level of detail that you guys give week by week across the world. This is extremely helpful to comprehend the complexities of the development of war between several nations. Everybody keeps asking if you guys will continue on with the series when WWII roles around, and regardless if you guys do, I hope this channel forever changes the portrayal of conflicts for years to come. My question is where do you guys get all your combat footage? How common was it for men to set up in a defense while one guy sits in the back and records them getting shot at, suffocating from poison gas, or even being in hand to hand combat? I believe pictures speak 1000 words, but every picture/frame of a video is 1000 words that help build a story. Again, great work with everything that you guys do.

@henrycurtis3652 6 жыл бұрын

4:00 I can't help but think of Swamp Castle from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

@anthonyciccariello8089 6 жыл бұрын

Mother Nature will always win

@Em-yd9jn 6 жыл бұрын

Anthony Ciccariello A few hundred factories here, a few hundred more there and there. Sorry, what were you saying?

@36inc 6 жыл бұрын

if we do enough damage to the ozone the planet itself is fine- We just wont be able to live in it anymore- and life that doesnt rely on that ozone as much will be the New mammal to the dinosaurs Mothernature will win until the sun dies, or a black hole passes by. Humans remain insignificant in these exchanges

@LordVader1094 6 жыл бұрын

+Rose Erin Not unless we blow it up personally.

@eddiealgarin6155 2 жыл бұрын

Trotsky lived in 1522 Vyse Ave in the Bronx. That was only a few blocks away from me. Weird stuff

@christopherellis2663 6 жыл бұрын

Plumer probably had given up trying to reason with Haig.

@muhammadjordan2833 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought of that as well. Didn't the previous episode show that he and Gough knew it was useless to argue anyway?

@WarrenWebber 6 жыл бұрын

"Desperation makes strange bedfellows" Yes, we Americans have noticed that this past year...

@alexv3357 4 жыл бұрын

They said it was daft to launch an offensive in the mud. But I did it all the same, just to show them! It sank into the mud. So I launched a second one! And that one sank into the mud. And I launched a third. That one bogged down, fell apart, and got blasted to nothing by German artillery, but the fourth one, that one took a whole quarter mile of trenches!

@rashonjones5386 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on Leon Trotsky.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

we probably will.

@ScamallDorcha 5 жыл бұрын

Leon Thotsky

@LeCharles07 6 жыл бұрын

Indy, you're slightly mistaken. You *can* fight in the mud *but* it's only the mud you fight.

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

General Mud one of the great sabotage experts of all time. Guaranteed to derail anyone's efforts to achieve success against and enemy. Great job.

@travisdralle1227 6 жыл бұрын

I think Plumer picked his battles with Haig and the politicians did as well because as you also noted in your episode, The Germans were launching Operation:Albion and the political situation in Russia was dire. The Allies probably felt it necessary to bleed the Germans as hard as possible at Third Ypres because they would have been concerned about the Eastern front's collapse and the possibility of being overwhelmed or at least forced to negotiate terms from a position of having German troops on significant portions of Belgian and French soil. .

@danieltaylor7155 6 жыл бұрын

took me about month to watch all this to this point. Absolutely love the insight and depth this show gives. I have always been thoroughly interested In the Austro-Hungarian empire. But, something we haven't touched upon much, is the Portuguese, i want to know more about their efforts in the war. If i missed a "out of the trenches or something, please let me know. Cheers!

@pooperdrop 6 жыл бұрын

As a New Zealander, I firmly believe that there is a special place in hell for Haig.

@jackfontana9319 6 жыл бұрын

The more time goes by Haig is reminding more and more of Luigi.

@guidokreeuseler9566 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy, as ever a great episode! I watch it every week. Just a small pointer for pronouncing the Flemish place names like Broodseinde: In Dutch/Flemish a double O is pronounced as the O sound in "clothes" or Moat/Coat, while a single O sounds more like the O in "clot" or "hop". Phonetically Broodseinde should sound like "broads-ainde" or brodes-ainde. The literal meaning of Broodseinde is "the end of bread" but I don't know why the Flemish named a place like that.

@AshishGupta-ql9lq 6 жыл бұрын

Trotsky's sketch at 2.37 is 👍👍👍

@dry9005 6 жыл бұрын

I personally think that Indy and the team should travel to the National World War 1 Memorial and Museum here in Kansas City. It has a lot of great content, a good view (Liberty Tower), and a very nice collection and overall is a great place for them to go to (especially on November 11, more so in 2018, being that it would be the centennial of the end of the war).

@thanasispapadimopoulos3498 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and team! You have made 2 special episodes for the 10 most stupid things of the first 2 years of the war, one for each year. Now that the third year of the war is over, can you please make a similar episode? I really enjoyed them! Best regards!

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

+Thanasis Papadimopoulos we will do more

@thanasispapadimopoulos3498 6 жыл бұрын

The Great War thank you! I love your show!

@ericcarlson3746 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Suerrlach of Patreon!

@sandinyabumcrack 6 жыл бұрын

846 Kiwi men lost 12th October 1917 my Great Uncle one of them, families changed forever! WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM ! My family still dealing with the damage done by this day ! Many many families still dealing with generational trauma due to severely damaged returning soldiers physically and psychologically, I wish with ALL OF MY HEART this terrible war NEVER happened ! Then maybe many families would have been healthier and whole !

@robf6389 4 жыл бұрын

G’day Indy, once again very late: hopefully this will clear up some confusion you seem to have. Monash and his 3rd Division came under the command of Gough, not Plumer. Monash went to see Gough to get him to reconsider the attack, Gough turned him down and he wouldn’t take Monash up on his offer to view the front. At the time Gough was seen as one of the more careful Generals but his subservience to Haig was on clear display on the 11th/12th.

@claymore2000 6 жыл бұрын

Damn that first sprinter at 4:16 was a brave man!

@Fortuna_Magica 4 жыл бұрын

Hah the moment you realize youve played too much pc when the overlay sounds at 4:15 to 4:25 are taken from red alert 95 and you recognize them

@limonade7050 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and crew! Question for OOTT: Can you fight in the mud????

@thomassugg3422 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder what would of happened if the Russian Emperor was never overthrown and the Russian Imperial army crushed the revolution. Would the Russian Empire have surrounded anyway by now.

@seventhsamuel 6 жыл бұрын

The Brusilov Offensive would have had to be properly supported for that to happen. If Evert had attacked or Romania entered in June 1916 alongside the offensive, there is a very high likelihood of Austria Hungary collapsing. This is something for the alternate history hub to do.

@christianweibrecht6555 6 жыл бұрын

the KZfaq channel "alternate history hub" covered that question kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8-jl7aCpp-nnX0.html

@thomassugg3422 6 жыл бұрын

Christian Weibrecht thanks

@levvy3006 6 жыл бұрын

Czar Nicholas II was seen as a coward even by the Imperial government. He would have to go no matter what.

@fartknockerR17 Жыл бұрын

I love the sound effect from Red Alert (1996). Thanks for all you do.

@kyledunn6853 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and crew love your show so much thus far. Question. What would you have done if you were Marshal Haig seeing the results of your offensive at Passchandaele but was willing to change strategy instead of sending more men into the hell of a meat grinder that was in Flanders fields?

@thevoxofreason8468 6 жыл бұрын

My maternal family came to the US from Russia (near St . Petersburg ). It was after the successful revolution. I knew my Great Grandparents, but they never spoke of why they left. Anyway, I'm fascinated with Russia during this time period.

@5chr4pn3ll 6 жыл бұрын

I really like that you guys have maps now :)

@Xix1326 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like something from Holy Grail: "And it sank into the swamp. But I built it again. And it sank into the swamp..."

@pyroman2918 6 жыл бұрын

Knee-deep in mud Stuck in the trench with no way out

@p.a.scippa5648 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and get well .

@robertbray8590 6 жыл бұрын

It should be noted that this battle on the 12/10/1917 would be the last time the Anzac fight as Anzac. The Australia would form the Australia army Core. New Zealand would turn down forming a New Zealand Core pointing out that with the size of New Zealand would make keeping a army core manned impossible in the long turn. Even taking the New Zealand up to a Division would mean New Zealand would only have manpower for a Division to 1921. But the New Zealand Division would be formed under Russell

@randomnightlord2370 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Indy and Crew! Big Fan from Germany here~ I really enjoy your content! I got a question for Out of the Trenches. How long did it take to build the Trench system in No-Mans-Land and why was it considered a good idea to build them? Keep up the great Work because because of you i passed my History exam on WW1 with the best Mark! THANK YOUUU~

@fien111 6 жыл бұрын

When I started here all there was was mud! Well the Parliament said it was daft to launch an offensive in the mud, but I launched it all the same, just to show'em! It sank into the mud So a launched a second one.....that sank into the mud. So I launched a third one......that got gassed, shelled, and sank into the mud. BUT THE FOURTH ONE WILL STAY UP!

@historyisfashion4630 6 жыл бұрын

You should come to Asia sometime, Indie. I appreciate the attention you've given to the front because it's often ignored. Also, could you do a video on some of the weird tactics of WW1, like the fake tree?

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

Don't get us wrong, we would absolutely love too. But that would require a lot of money.

@niiiimand 6 жыл бұрын

If you are from Guam, they'll eventually come

@historyisfashion4630 6 жыл бұрын

Captain Darling srry. Japanese. It's a beautiful place though.

@LarryPhischman 6 жыл бұрын

Ol'Dougy Haig had himself a cult of personality.

@yourdumpling9674 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@lachd2261 6 жыл бұрын

Will there be a special on John Monash? Probably the best General of the whole war on the British/Australian side

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but only next summer.

@steelhammer103 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, Haig was really in total disregard about the sacrifice of human life to gain ground. At this point in the battle had he been to the front yet, to see the battlefield conditions firsthand?

@s.egberink5357 6 жыл бұрын

Everytime Indy mentions 'Haig' my mind automatically translates it to chaos. 'The Hötzendorf syndrom'.

@markmclarnon7035 6 жыл бұрын

i think at this point pulmer was tiered of haig and was stressed about his next tactic

@LaurentiuMitroi 6 жыл бұрын

What's the price of a mile?

@nouser6541 4 жыл бұрын

even though I know whats coming I can't help but get caught in enthusiasm for the development of new entente tactics

@IanKath 6 жыл бұрын

The first mention of Gen Monash. Looking forward to know more of the good work he does in these next 13sh months.

@dubhead666 6 жыл бұрын

first , thank u for a great series and keep up the great work . but rest and get better team great war. now i really hope u come and visit the ypres / Passendale region. the memorial museum in zonnebeke is a really nice museum , the last post is a really humbling moment every night at 8 under the menin gate. and if u have the chance of coming before november 10 there is a drained dug out in zonnebeke u can visit aswell. that and so much more evidence of the great war remains here. again , keep up the awesome series , and get well soon team .

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

+dubhead666 we will come next year

@dubhead666 6 жыл бұрын

well thats great news , i hope there will be a fan moment , so i can thank u personally for the great work u guys are doing.

@jessiephilipp6179 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy great series I’ve been watching since 2015 can you start covering some American states during the war and Scotland?

@nathanberger7643 6 жыл бұрын

1917 was such a shit year for the Australian troops in the Third Ypres offensive alone the Australians lost over 38 000 men and Australian confidence in British hit an all time low not seen since the Pozieres and Moquet Farm bloodbaths on the Somme in which the Australians lost 23 000 men in seven weeks of fighting all to capture a ridge. It is no wonder that the next year 1918 would lead to the creation of the Australian corps which was the largest corps of the British and Dominion armies as well as one of the best fighting forces of the war. However the Australian army remained a volunteer army throughout the war and as a result of this the Australian army was under strength from their actions on the Somme onward. It would get to the point that by the latter half of 1918 some divisions in the Australian corps would be down to the strength of a battalion. Yet despite being so cronically under strength the Australian corps which comprised only 5 divisions would destroy 39 German division capture nearly 10% of all german prisoners captured in the British sector and become especially feared by the Germans as elite shock troops. Also another side fact General Monash the commander of the Australian corps was probably the best General of the war with everyone from Lloyd George to Bernard Montgomery saying as much.

@OldFellaDave 6 жыл бұрын

Divisions were never at battalion Strength ;) You meant Companies at near Platoon strength. Several battalions were broken up to reinforce others late in the war.

@ericcarlson3746 6 жыл бұрын

This is exactly why Pershing insisted in keeping US forces under his command. Did you folks have conscription and was there resistance? I've been to the War Memorial in Melbourne- a very moving place.

@mattmunn71 6 жыл бұрын

AIF was a fully volunteer army - perhaps one reason why it was so effective. The introduction of conscription was voted on by referendum twice during the great war, both time it was rejected. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_conscription_referendum,_1916 I have read that a major contribution to the no vote were the soldiers serving in France themselves. Many did not think it was fair to send men to fight in such conditions against their will.

@nathanberger7643 6 жыл бұрын

No the Australian government never introduced conscription though they did have two referendums on the issue and as a result the AIF stayed the only whole volunteer force on either side for the whole war. Go to the national war memorial in Canberra for a better experience. Some have said that war memorial in Canberra is the beating heart of our nation.

@pshehan1 6 жыл бұрын

Monash had American troops under his command for the Battle of Hamel, which he set for July 4 1918 in their honour. They were supposed to be attached to learn a few tactics from the experienced Australians , not take part in major battles. When Pershing heard about this almost at the last minute he tried to have the Americans withdrawn. Monash said in effect 'No Americans, no battle' and some American units which had not been withdrawn took part. Hamel was a brilliant set piece combining the use of artillery, infantry, tanks and air support, including the use of aircraft to drop supplies to advancing troops rather than burden them as had happened at the Somme. Monash planned to take 90 minutes to take the objectives. It took 93 minutes. Monash paid tribute to the performance of the until then inexperienced Americans. Their enthusiasm got the better of some of them and they got caught up in their own creeping barrage. Pershing made sure Americans were not placed under 'foreign' command again. These tactics were again used at the larger major offensive beginning with the Battle of Amiens spearheaded by the Australian and Canadian Corps on August 8, making an 8 mile advance in a single day and which Ludendorff called "the black day for the German army', which began the 'Hundred Day' advance ending in the Armistice. Monash like most of the Australian army was an amateur soldier, an engineer by profession and knew how to plan things. He built the electricity system for the state of Victoria after the war. Probably as an amateur, he was not burdened with outdated military doctrine which the professional soldiers were wedded to. His tactics were studied by the Germans when developing the Blitzkrieg.

@mazza3571 6 жыл бұрын

WHO DID WHAT IN WW2 - Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand's Driver lol

@nekman8521 6 жыл бұрын

Some peaceful driving

@foxymetroid 6 жыл бұрын

His driver died in 1926.

@mazza3571 6 жыл бұрын

did not know that thanks

@aleksander_h6928 6 жыл бұрын

4:15 is this real?

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

when in doubt, it's staged. Good rule of thumb for WW1 reels

@23Drazse 6 жыл бұрын

Real like the BF1.

@stephenbell5217 6 жыл бұрын

The sounds are from the game Command and Conquer (maybe C&C red alert,) currently scrolling through the comments I'm surprised nobody else has clicked on those sound effects yet.

@bobdiluted6243 6 жыл бұрын

I think most WW1 combat footage is staged or recreated. Most 'footage' and many classic stills from Verdun are from the 1928 film 'Verdun - Visions d'histoire' which was filmed on the battlefields with mostly veterans in the cast. Staged photos were also common in WW2 - google Sgt. Chetwyn 'Chets circus' for some stories behind some classic N.Africa stills.

@Mars2i0 6 жыл бұрын

It's taken me a while, but I've finally caught up!

@paganarh 6 жыл бұрын

Just some additional info- those Estonian islands are now called differently- Ösel is Saaremaa and Dagö is Muhumaa. They are quite attractive for tourists and you can still find surviving czar-era sea fortifications there. These islands saw also bloody action on 2.WW.

@icostaticrebound6007 6 жыл бұрын

The first pics of Lenin and Trotsky made them look like janitors lmao

@stupidturntable 6 жыл бұрын

The shot of Lenin is him in the disguise he used to evade to Finland. It´s not a bad thing resembling a janitor when you´re on the lam. :-)

@chrisw443 6 жыл бұрын

whats ironic now is alot of organizations say a 6 hour day would be more productive and easier than a 8 hour day, he wasnt far off.

@williamsamuelsson5605 6 жыл бұрын

4:18 Wait, was that the wilhelm scream?

@dariusniederer856 6 жыл бұрын

Williams kanal the Kaiser Wilhelm scream!

@tommcdonald1873 6 жыл бұрын

Haig got hasty and greedy, it would be Monash, The Aussies and Kiwi's who paid for it. Who Haig will call for to relieve his spent ANZAC's. Who he calls will be more adamant than Monash was for his division.

@fortis3686 6 жыл бұрын

Will you do a special about the Royal Flying Corps?

@SlyPearTree 6 жыл бұрын

I love this channel. I have a question about the great war film cuts and photographs you show along your explanations, are they precisely from the events you talk about, contemporary recreations for news and propaganda, randoms stuff that fit the script, all of the above? I suspect the answer is "all of the above", in any case, could you put some descriptions at the bottoms of photos and film cuts so we can know precisely what we are watching? History books usually do so for their photos and pictures. If that would raise the cost of producing the episodes too much than I think a general disclaimer in the dooblydoo would be appropriate. But I I said at the top I love this channel, I am a fan of history but knew very little about the first world war, for example I learned that Russia did not stop fighting right at the start of the revolution as I thought. I also learned that some of the Generals were worst that I thought, it's one thing to make mistakes because of the new type of warfare, but some seem unable to learn from their mistakes. But maybe I should not be surprised if the feedback they get from above is positive like in the case of Haig at this time in the conflict.

@Ithikialau 6 жыл бұрын

Another great episode. Hopefully a bio special on John Monash is planned. :)

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

yes, for next year

@callehammar2743 6 жыл бұрын

THE STORM IS COMING! *Plays USSR anthem* Scary...

@alexandruianu8432 6 жыл бұрын

Except the USSR anthem was The Internationale until 1944...

@adambright2101 6 жыл бұрын

Initially the USSR's anthem was a communist version of the Marseillaise.

@BASSOSOVIETICO1987 4 жыл бұрын

@@adambright2101 It was not. The russian version of Marseillaise was the anthem during the time of Provisional Government.

@panzerkampfwagenvausf.g9469 6 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for November 7th

@Owen_5505 6 жыл бұрын

The town I live in is called Albion

@republicofsandles 6 жыл бұрын

Haig, Churchill and the power of positive thinking.

@TGCS 6 жыл бұрын

I watched a BBC doc on this battle and the Canadians role in this battle was own played.

@ianlohne9793 6 жыл бұрын

Can you make a special about crown prince Rupprecht of Bavaria? Love the show by the way.

@timmccarthy872 6 жыл бұрын

"...but you just can't fight in the mud." Those two scantily-clad ladies I saw wrestling in Panama City Beach on spring break beg to differ.

@papabearpaw5866 6 жыл бұрын

Take care

@Intimidator45 6 жыл бұрын

Listening Paschendale from Iron Maiden in the background while watching the episode is depressing.

@JagerLange 6 жыл бұрын

8:36 looks like that horse is wearing really long-toed shoes. Just saying.

@dougreid2351 2 жыл бұрын

A General or a Corporal face the identical pressure: "Go along to get along." In my experience Corporals are more likely to rebel... :^(

@balkan2097 6 жыл бұрын

Cool right on my birthday.

@olebrasderuiter1200 6 жыл бұрын

Hey indie for out of the trenches: in 2 weeks I'm going to visit Ypres the Somme and verdun do you know places I need to? see love the show you truly make the First World War more interesting then it already was.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

How much time do you have? You could already spend two weeks in Verdun alone.