Ottoman Uniforms of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

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The Ottoman Army underwent considerable reforms after the losses on the Balkans. And under German influence, the military tried to bring the whole army up to the standards of modern war. In a lot of way, the results were decent or even good but supply problems led to a great variety in uniform quality across the 400 year old Empire.
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@breandank3026 7 жыл бұрын

The more you realize how under equipped and unmodern the Ottoman armies were, the more you appreciate and realize their soldiers bravery and courage to fight.

@a_bone_in_the_ocean2276 7 жыл бұрын

Phi6er not if its for your country

@breandank3026 7 жыл бұрын

Phi6er I am simply saying that the Ottoman troops were very brave, however their government and some of their commanders were not so capable.

@breandank3026 7 жыл бұрын

Phi6er Look I understand that from what you are saying, you clearly don't have a family history of military service to a country. And that's fine, many people don't. However I come from a family that has served and commanded militaries scents the Medieval ages. So are views may differ, however I would never call a man or women, willing to fight and die for their cause or beliefs an 'idiot'. I believe that is one of the highest honors one can receive, is to have sacrificed much for their beliefs whether or not I agree with them I highly respect anyone who is willing to die for their beliefs. Sometimes fighting for your country is the same as fighting for your beliefs, or even your rights as a human. While sure to some jumping of a cliff or running at machine guns without a weapon may seem dumb to some rather then bravery, what makes them brave is not what they did, but what they hoped to achieve by sacrificing so much. Every soldier can fight, many can fight well, but those who fight with bravery, shall be the true victors. For their cause doesn't die so easily, for their efforts ether succeed or succeed, for if they fail to achieve their goals then, others will see their sacrifice and strive to do the same.

@a_bone_in_the_ocean2276 7 жыл бұрын

***** they faught in hopes to get back the lands they have lost in the years earlier

@Trosenses 7 жыл бұрын

+Phi6er I agree with your points. Throughout the history, many people who thought they were fighting for their "nation" were actually figting for "deranged old men." I personally don't even like the concept of "nation", it is like a huge make-believe game to me. However, in that particular case turkoman mentioned, the independency of their country was at stake. If they didn't fight they would've become an indirect colony sort of thing, which for obvious reasons isn't a pleasant thing for the people living in it. So I'd say what they did in the battle of gallipoli was a reasonable thing to do.

@RolfHartmann 7 жыл бұрын

Relying on tourist guides for land navigation... Well at least the leaders can always find the best hotels and eateries in a region.

@joemamaobama6863 3 жыл бұрын

trivago

@legatuspacis4521 7 жыл бұрын

You know you're screwed when your military relies on tourist guide books as military maps..

@scottscott8123 7 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@iskander6223 7 жыл бұрын

hahaha Still won Gallipoli

@demanischaffer 7 жыл бұрын

Claystead To be fair the only reason they lost the cruiser was the fact that a Norwegian fort had a hidden torpedo battery

@TytonidaeBingo 6 жыл бұрын

Well, they still won the battle of Gallipoli, so...

@somedude3766 6 жыл бұрын

U.S. in Grenada did this also...

@tangiers365 7 жыл бұрын

when you mention the quality of their uniform being poor, what is the difference between poor quality uniform and a high quality uniform. much respect for our Ottoman brothers from Australia

@Merf_Gaming 7 жыл бұрын

I guess poor quality is uncomfortable, itchy, rips easily, etc

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

One of the main factors is the fit of course. People have a lot of different sizes which makes it more expensive to produce them in a really good fit.

@ElleAime06 7 жыл бұрын

Besides the suitability was a important deficiency, they also had no choice to wear uniforms in good condition but wretched ones. Especially, if you consider that The Ottoman Empire was in an economic bottleneck at the time and heavy defeats in wars one after another. I even read that the local people of the regions were patching dead soldiers' uniforms to make them suitable for imminent, new fighters. I suggest you to read ''Resurrection - Canakkale 1915'' and ''Those Crazy Turks'' by Turgut Ozakman about this point.

@yogsothoth7594 7 жыл бұрын

You also have to consider its suitability for the environment. Sufficiently warm for cold conditions and keeping off the sun and keeping you cool for colder conditions. You should also look for materials that don't get heavy when wet.

@Tmrtrkkrt 6 жыл бұрын

poor quality doesnt save you from cold nights or hot nights, and stones and rocks could damage your foot.

@KirkFetkovic 7 жыл бұрын

i always thought the Turkish war hats were the coolest thank you for agreeing Indy

@yayjuiws4224 6 жыл бұрын

Kirk Fetkovic Nah it was the German hats, no body can ignore those majestic pikes.

@jamesshunt5123 7 жыл бұрын

I think the Ottomans did fairly well considering that the Ottoman Empire was described as the "sick, old man of Europe" prior to the war and lost both the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 and the First Balkan War of 1912, and what they were up against in The Great War itself. They had to fight Imperial Russia on one front, the British Empire with its Commonwealth and colonies in the Mediterranean, "Palestine" and Arabia - where they also were facing a huge Arab revolt and tried preventing a total collapse of their country. Then again the Ottoman Empire was partitioned at the end of the war and its perhaps fortunate for them that Russian Civil War became the main concern of the victorious allies and that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk managed to win the Turkish War of Independence - or else the Treaty of Sevres in 1920 would have been ratified reducing the remains of the Ottoman land to a small vassal state. Ok, I'd say the Greeks and Armenians probably wouldn't mind that...

@clamanzi 7 жыл бұрын

James Shunt Even the Italians defeated them before the great war. They were really really weak.

@clamanzi 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, we suck...but we have defeated you however

@Trosenses 7 жыл бұрын

alright lets not get dirty gentlemen or I'll lick both of you (considering you guys are of age)

@AlphaSections 7 жыл бұрын

The Ottomans were largely supplied with German weapons. In the other wars they weren't and that's the difference.

@lightkazri3886 7 жыл бұрын

James Shunt Let them mind this as much as they can :) since we're not going anywhere (maybe sometime we can manage to teleport right in the middle of Europe in future...i hope lol) they have a good reason to mind this.

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

The uniforms of the Ottomans was certainly unique n interesting. I like their look very much. Nice job with this video.

@bodoor8172 3 жыл бұрын

Mainly based on the German model, speaking about officer uniforms. Soldier uniforms were simple.

@brokenbridge6316 3 жыл бұрын

@@bodoor8172---Okay

@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 3 жыл бұрын

@ichoked yourwife Your name makes this ironic 🤡

@user-nw6se9yc7j Жыл бұрын

@@bodoor8172 lol i didn't know german officers wore a belt withe star and crescent in the middle and the turkish headwear..

@materialmatters2759 7 жыл бұрын

In Mesopotamia uniform trousers were Kut short

@materialmatters2759 7 жыл бұрын

Zog!

@XenTownsend 7 жыл бұрын

Kut that out.

@materialmatters2759 7 жыл бұрын

This section of the channel should be called The Great Wardrobe

@thurin84 7 жыл бұрын

i see what you did there.........

@nacultumyakut8253 7 жыл бұрын

Kut that out ;)

@michealohaodha9351 4 жыл бұрын

On a sidenote the officer at 2:58 is the famous Huseyin Avni Bey, commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment. The 57th was the first Ottoman unit on the scene counterattacking the Allied landing at Anzac Cove, April 25th 1915 to gain time for reinforcements to arrive. It was to the 57th that Kemal issued his famous proclamation - "I am not ordering you to attack, I order you to die! In the time which passes until we die, other troops and commanders can take our place!"

@umjackd 7 жыл бұрын

Easily the most interesting country for uniforms because of the sheer variety and mix of cultural influences. I would have liked more on Ottoman metal helmets though!

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+umjackd good luck finding licensable images of these.

@thurin84 7 жыл бұрын

they used some standard m16/17s and also had some with the front and side brims trimmed. theres a visorless m18 that was purportedly produced for turkey but theres no hard evidence of this nor were any delivered. you see pics of them mostly with post war german friekorps. theres some speculation that they were, in fact, produced for tank crews but theres no hard evidence of this either.

@umjackd 7 жыл бұрын

I love this channel for the wealth of everyone's knowledge that they're willing to contribute. :)

@samiamtheman7379 7 жыл бұрын

A fun game to play early in the Great War was "Spot the French soldier." The Germans proved very good at this game because the French entered the war wearing bright blue coats and red pants.

@JC839 7 жыл бұрын

Srgt Johnson "back in my day we didn't have no fancy smanshy tanks. We were armed with two sticks. And a rock. And we had to SHARE the rock!" Basically the Ottoman Empire

@navajoguy8102 3 жыл бұрын

I think it was in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, TE Lawrence claimed that Ottoman supplies were so scarce that Turkish soldiers who weren't immediately in combat or on duty had to give their boots to soldiers that were.

@GravesRWFiA 7 жыл бұрын

good episode, there's precious little about the turks out there. Osprey does a good monograph on them but the key element was night marish logistics combined with a stuborn nature created an army of soldiers who deserved better masters and should be remembered as more than just the 'baddies' in films like 'Lawrence of arabia' and 'the light horse'

@m1994a3jagnew 7 жыл бұрын

A common misconception about Rasputin is that he was the man behind the Tsarina. This is simply incorrect. he was also on top of her. and underneath her.

@fuzzydunlop7928 7 жыл бұрын

Zing!

@AlphaSections 7 жыл бұрын

Your killing me! But not as badly as Rasputin.

@Mipeal 7 жыл бұрын

dude you are in the wrong video

@knghtcmdr 6 жыл бұрын

gross

@neilhillis9858 6 жыл бұрын

*incomplete

@sharkfinbite 7 жыл бұрын

Bf1 should have had a Ottoman soldier campaign. I haven't played bf1 much but I hated the campaign idea where I played as the Australian guy. That one I STRONGLY believed the player should have been one of the locals in Istanbul fending off the biggest naval bombardment in history. That would a lot more interesting and dramatic than listening to a Aussie speaking how bad ass he is when all he does is just runs around as a runner and is part of the team that failed at their objective. It just wasn't a good campaign representing Australians to me. That level was just a missed opportunity for Turkish people. I am not even Turkish and even I can recognized this.

@scottscott8123 7 жыл бұрын

When did he talk about being a badass?

@Oghuzpervert1 7 жыл бұрын

They should have added Central Powers campaign which they did not. As a turk i thank you about what you wrote that there should be a turkish campaign but show a little respect to the Australian guy it was bloody DICE. You know what i campaign i despise most is the Nothing is Written bloody SJW PC campaign that one really check that out.

@sharkfinbite 7 жыл бұрын

"Australians are tough to kill." He states in one of the cinematic scenes. Just watch the videos on youtube. Honestly I don't mind characters stating stuff like this. Frankly when I realized after watching him act very patriotic and proud I said to myself, "Wait a minute. He's doing what a lot of none Americans always complain about Americans do in their media (games/movies)? Oh my f*cking gosh! This is what annoys them and complain about? Haha! What a bunch of over sensitive cry babies. I knew all along they were complaining because they had over sensitive egos and this proves it."

@scottscott8123 7 жыл бұрын

sharkfinbite Well yeah, but he probably just said that to comfort the new guy. He even proved himself wrong by dying in the end.

@scottscott8123 7 жыл бұрын

sharkfinbite Well yeah, but he probably just said that to comfort the new guy. He even proved himself wrong by dying in the end.

@saddamhussein3849 7 жыл бұрын

1:55 If they were designed by Envar Pasha they would've had sharp steel spikes on the insides.

@fuzzydunlop7928 7 жыл бұрын

Talk about the pot calling the kettle.

@dmitrishostakovich1161 7 жыл бұрын

Dude you are dead

@iskander6223 7 жыл бұрын

Saddam bro we miss you !!!

@iraqigamer2407 7 жыл бұрын

Saddam Hussein Haha, you are right, supreme leader!

@aia5524 3 жыл бұрын

I am Hungarian Turk

@tayfunyildirim90 7 жыл бұрын

Really good job, i like the fact that you guys mention a lot nice little details. And i really respect the way how you guys try to be as objective as possible!

@lucignolo8333 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual, keep up the good work!

@that1guy335 7 жыл бұрын

Im excited to see more of the uniform series. Great work Indy + crew

@patrickmurphy6775 5 жыл бұрын

I've been enjoying this series and the specials. Great work! Thank you!

@fatihfurkanguz7165 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for recording this episode... Greetings from İstanbul

@tr4il98 7 жыл бұрын

This Indie guy has so much class and sohpistication that I'm going to turn into a teapot.

@richardeichberger6854 7 жыл бұрын

This was a really cool video about the ottomans. :)

@Mnau2 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Indy and guys! I have just finished Sleepwalkers, the book written by Christopher Clark and I liked it a lot. It explains a lot of the causes that ended up causing the war and give a refreshing view about the "guilty" warring nations. Can you make a lecture guide about the WW1? It could be cool a video exploring the different books that are avalaible, their strong and weak sides... Keep up the good work!

@thechieftain8936 7 жыл бұрын

I would have never been interested in WW1 if i hadn't saw this channel good job guys keep up the great work!

@ericbiscuit2248 7 жыл бұрын

Great show! I have followed it from week 12. Very informative!

@Silahtar357 7 жыл бұрын

Eric Biscuit Yet full of misinformations.

@scottscott8123 7 жыл бұрын

It's finally here! Thank you!

@holyarchangelmichael 7 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year, everyone at the Great War Channel! Love your content.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+holyarchangelmichael happy new year

@holyarchangelmichael 7 жыл бұрын

Even to Flo, I mean it. :P

@cemreomerayna463 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, another nice video here! As I see, there's not much stuff about Ottoman army. I'll hopefully sit and wait in front of my PC to see more videos like this one... Thanks for all your work on the channel, Indy and The Great War team!

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Well, you know how 1917 went along for the Ottomans, so there will definitely be more. If only there would be more photo material too.

@cemreomerayna463 7 жыл бұрын

OK, I'm on stand-by... Did you ever take a look at "Hamidiye" (or "Aşiret") Regiments especially? You probably meant them while saying "Auxillary Cavalries". Most people don't know what Kurds and Arabs did in Ottoman Army and how was their effect, that would be an interesting video to explain that.

@bektasmuratyalcin2826 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this episode

@maximus5668 7 жыл бұрын

What an excellen channel :D Muy buen show, felicitaciones!

@attilarischt2851 7 жыл бұрын

Video is up for about three minutes, already 300 views. That is quite something.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+Attila Rischt hope it's showing up in the sub boxes and all.

@norwoodtriplets 7 жыл бұрын

The Great War I love you

@attilarischt2851 7 жыл бұрын

I had it right at the top of the page, not sure if because of the subscription, or the videos I watched previously however, as not every channel's video does.

@attilarischt2851 7 жыл бұрын

P.S.: It seems you are well loved, Flo!

@adzie5574 7 жыл бұрын

I love your vids keep it up

@jimjim292 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video.

@callumwalker8183 7 жыл бұрын

This channel is fantastic!!!! Watch it every day

@Meirstein 7 жыл бұрын

Indy Neidelloglu

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

hehehe

@thurin84 7 жыл бұрын

great episode!!! as a collector im always interested in the gear used. it gives one a very poignant to events to hold an article of gear that some soldier used or wore during the events of that time. i love the kalabak. always wanted one but theyre rare and expensive.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Everything from the Ottoman Army is rare and expensive, isn't it?

@thurin84 7 жыл бұрын

The Great War some of the mausers and mauser ammo pouches arent too expensive. yet.

@NP-di4qw 7 жыл бұрын

Great special Indy and crew!

@Lt_Starburst 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic episode as always

@stalkerentertainment3671 7 жыл бұрын

Watched the video while wearing a Kabalak :)

@sophon__ 7 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Romania

@oshii3585 7 жыл бұрын

happy new year. love the episode

@TytonidaeBingo 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! This was just the run-down I was looking for. My grandfather was a cagus at the battle of Gallipoli and I was wanting to know what he would have worn, as we have no photos from that time.

@SultanOfAwesomeness 7 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I've been waiting for this. Always liked the ottoman uniforms, especially the ones that include Fezzes or Kabalaks. :V

@joshkiper1773 7 жыл бұрын

I think Germany had the best uniforms.

@golvan963 7 жыл бұрын

The French and Russian uniforms also looked pretty nice

@agathaking4255 7 жыл бұрын

but in my opinion the British had the best helmet

@fuzzydunlop7928 7 жыл бұрын

Just hope you never have to look up.

@agathaking4255 7 жыл бұрын

Conrad Von Hötzendorf appareance wise i mean

@AllenBeatcake 7 жыл бұрын

Zombies For Me my top 5 Italian standard arditi Ottoman kablya uniforms German pickelhelm officer Russian cossack calvary And a British Tommy

@HaNNibal97smiTH 7 жыл бұрын

Great episode guys !

@europeanpizza7444 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, keep up the good work.

@napoleoniii2192 7 жыл бұрын

Will you do a special on the ottoman sultan Mehmed VI, the empire as a whole?

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

The empire as a whole, yes. The Sultan, not so sure, yet.

@brycerockhold3209 7 жыл бұрын

+The Great War What was Germany's involvement in the Armenian Genocide?

@Anonim-lx9vx 7 жыл бұрын

Great work here!

@jsma9999 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this Film

@DrDestroy 7 жыл бұрын

fascinating as always

@ZJSS 7 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSSS my favorite nation! i searched for this a long time ago and came to your channel xD! now you guys finally did it! the best channel on history!

@anatolitodorov6017 7 жыл бұрын

I really like this new video about the ottoman uniforms and I would like to see a similar video about my homeland army-the Bulgarian one. Thank you in advance.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Any proper English speaking sources about that topic?

@andrewbrindescu6666 7 жыл бұрын

Happy new year. great series about uniforms

@mrnaji 7 жыл бұрын

My Great Grandfather fought against the ANZAC in Gallipoli 70 Percent of the troops for the Ottomans were from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine Region, lots of Christians, Jews and Muslim Troops fought like mad men during that battle but they are mostly forgotten

@DeltanateTV 7 жыл бұрын

Falconssoar When your great grandfather died and are you turkish?

@Emre-el2jx 7 жыл бұрын

Wrong. There was only one regiment (77th IR. Poorly fought, fled from the battlefield on first day, and subsequently kept away from the critical portion of the front as an 'unreliable detachment') in which rate of the Arabs (mostly Syrian Arabs), Yazidis etc. hits nearly 60%. The vast majority of Ottoman soldiers were from Western Anatolia, Central Anatolia, and Eastern Thrace.

@mrnaji 7 жыл бұрын

spot the kemalist

@Oghuzpervert1 7 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather fought in mesopotamia modern iraq and yes Emre if you are reading this i am a turk so was my great grandfather

@sadreddinberkmetin4033 7 жыл бұрын

If you ever visited the military cemetery at Gallipoli, you must have seen people who were born in places like Beirut, Tripoli, Haifa, Tripoli, Jaffa etc lying dead. Also there were (naturally) many non-Muslim privates and officers. One infamous example is Captain Sarkis Torossian who was wounded in Gallipoli in 1915, went back to his hometown in Anatolia (Kayseri) and found out his whole family was murdered and so joined the Arab Revolt. Many Ottoman Armenians, Jews, Greeks and Assyrians also fought for their country and died defending it.

@z5zzzzz 7 жыл бұрын

best channel on youtube

@TheWoollyFrog 7 жыл бұрын

Austro-Hungarian uniforms next? Lots of variation there too.

@tomthebomb9474 7 жыл бұрын

The Woolly Eel I agree

@albay4252 Жыл бұрын

Very nice and useful info. Thanks from Kuwait.

@justiceseeker7720 7 жыл бұрын

Continue making videos I love your videos !

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We surely will!

@KilijHistoryKlcTarihi 7 жыл бұрын

The Empire maybe dead, But Its Sons Still LIVE!

@cardinal6390 7 жыл бұрын

TheMaroonWolf what?

@wax_simulacra8310 7 жыл бұрын

Cardinal Empire Don't mind him/her just stupid Ottoman praisers.

@KilijHistoryKlcTarihi 7 жыл бұрын

Wax_ Simulacra It is forbidden to be proud of the sacrifice of my grandfathers?

@jjc5475 7 жыл бұрын

TheMaroonWolf not for them, but being proud of turkey. and especially the political situation there.

@jjc5475 7 жыл бұрын

i found it rather peculiar that the kurds fought for the ottoman empire and as a thank you nowadays turkey oppresses them.

@apachewoodie2096 4 жыл бұрын

Turk soldiers are some of the toughest in the world, much respect.

@mete3254 4 жыл бұрын

MUCH RESPECT TO THE WHOLE LOST GENERATION OF WW1

@h4ze531 3 жыл бұрын

Turkish Dagestan and Japan Soldiers are the best soldiers in the world

@joelarson1733 6 ай бұрын

I am getting into this all because I recently purchased an Ottoman Mauser rifle. It's fascinating stuff!

@gangsak 7 жыл бұрын

Your fairness and impartiality is truly admirable, particular in a time that Truth seems to have no value and producing Lies earns people popularity, fame and fortune. Thank you Sir.

@sirdouglashaig967 7 жыл бұрын

Happy new year.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year.

@what-ku7hj 7 жыл бұрын

Year new happy

@golvan963 7 жыл бұрын

Happy year new.

@sirdouglashaig967 7 жыл бұрын

Year of New Happy

@scottscott8123 7 жыл бұрын

Year year new happy merry Christmas

@erichvonmanstein1952 5 жыл бұрын

Respect all countries from Turkey.

@silvesby 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@matthewrobinson4323 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, as always. You've done several videos on the uniforms of the various Armies, but the Great War was also a Naval war! As a U.S . Navy veteran (Vietnam), I'd love to see some episodes relating the roles played (for example, thanks to the U.S. Navy's convoy escorts, not one Doughboy lost his life to German U Boats crossing the pond), and on the uniforms of the various Navies, particularly the Royal Navy and the United States Navy. Without the Navy's defeat of the U Boats, and the blockade of Germany, the outcome of the War might have been different.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Robinson you can imagine that we're saving a lot of US coverage for later this year and of course 2018. Navy episodes will also expanded.

@matthewrobinson4323 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I don't know what roles were played by the French, Italian, and other Navies, but I do know the German Imperial Navy, the Royal Navy, and the United States Navy all played key roles in the war, the United States Navy coming of age during the war, and even equaling the Royal Navy by war's end.

@simonesimons3603 7 жыл бұрын

- Ottoman Empire. 1-Bulgaria 545 years 2-Greece 363 years 3-Serbia 539 years 4-Montenegro 539 years 5-Bosnia 539 years 6-Croatia 539 years 7-Macedonia 539 years 8-Slovenia 250 years 9-Romania 490 years 10-Slovakia 20 years 11-Macersit 160 years 12-Moldova 490 years 13-Ukraine at 308 years 14-Azerbaijan 25 years 15 Georgia 400 years 16-Armenia 20 years 17-Cyprus 293 years 18-Northern Cyprus 239 years 19-South Russia 291 years 20 Egypt 459 years 21 Libya 439 22 Tunisia 308 years 23-Algerian 313 years 24-Sudan 397 years 25-Eritrean 350 years 26-Djibouti 350 years 27-Somali 350 years 28-Kenya 350 years 29-Tanzania 250 years 30-North cad 313 years 31 Nigeria 300 years 32-Mozambique 150 years 33-Morocco 250 years 34-year West sahra250 35-Mauritania 250 years 36-Maliki 300 years Senegal 37 300 years 38-Gambia 300 years 39-Guinea 300 years 40-Guinea bisv 300 years 41-Ethiopian 350 years 42-Iraq 402 years 43-Syria 402 years 44-Israel 402 years 45-Palestine 402 years 46-Jordan 402 years 399 years after the 47-Saudi Arabia 48-Yemen 401 years 49-Oman 400 years 50-b.a.emirlig 400 years 51-Qatar 400 years 52-Bahrain 400 years 53-Kuwait 381 years 54-western Iran, 30 years 55-Lebanon 402 years 56-Poland 25 years 57-Gritany to 25 years 58-Albania 435 years 59-Belarusian 25 years 60-Lithuania 25 years 61-Latvia 25 years 62-Kosovo 539 years 63-Voyvodiny 166 years ITS DIRECTORS what to CALIPHATE 65-India 66-Singapore 67-Malaysia 68-Endone to 69-Turkestan 70-Nigeria 71-Cameroon 72-Bangladeşd TURKISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 1924 ( Republic of TURKEY )

@jenki3014 7 жыл бұрын

sry i em late but Croatia never fallen

@soul314 7 жыл бұрын

not morocco

@rentabullet4048 6 жыл бұрын

Bangbabangbabangbang i agree with tanzania Angola but actually turkish ships landed iceland razed it and captured it in mid 1600s or 1500s

@3.5b 6 жыл бұрын

Stelios D Stelios D It's called war you moron. Mongols have done the same, Germans did the same and guess what even Greeks have done the same.

@youngyankee13 6 жыл бұрын

not morocco, remember, ottoman empire stopped in Algeria.

@patrickblinkinsop3204 7 жыл бұрын

When I joined the corps we didn't have no fancy smancy tanks, we had sticks! 2 sticks and a rock for the whole platoon! AND WE HAD TO SHARE THE ROCK.

@Oghuzpervert1 7 жыл бұрын

They probably had to share the rifles and what they had

@patrickblinkinsop3204 7 жыл бұрын

Its a reference to Halo 2. When you have to cross the bridge in new mombassa and sgt johnson is giving one of his "inspirational" talks to the marines. I believe this one was if you played on normal difficulty.

@owenklein4361 7 жыл бұрын

I probably watch the great war more than tv keep it up 👍

@seedo201 7 жыл бұрын

best historical channel on youtube. wish to cover other eras and conflicts

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Never say never ;)

@ArthurMorgan-sg4tl 5 жыл бұрын

The bests war uniforms are the: -Germans -Ottomans -Frenchs -Russians -Italians 👍🏻

@uncle7215 4 жыл бұрын

Arthur, the French had the best uniforms. Have some goddamn faith!

@constantinekorkousky3363 2 жыл бұрын

Austrians 😭

@TheBestDrunkDriver 2 жыл бұрын

@@constantinekorkousky3363 they have the best

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 2 жыл бұрын

@@uncle7215 hello lumbago man

@lmaodead2900 Жыл бұрын

My opinion -German -British -French -Italian -Russian -Austro Hungarian -Ottoman

@mrplague9881 7 жыл бұрын

I don't think looking good is very important in combat... just needs to do a good job at protecting you from the elements and enemy.

@twiliblade 7 жыл бұрын

The pomp and graduer of military tradition didn't exactly match reality of modern war

@mahari893 7 жыл бұрын

Mr Plague *looks at France*

@mrplague9881 7 жыл бұрын

Red Pants for the win boys!!!

@ward1476 7 жыл бұрын

the whole "looking good" thing dates back to louis XIV, when the armies became more professional, dangerous and doubled in size. The gradual elimination of mercenaries and the rise of the National Army required new troops, a lot of them, and as you can imagine, trodding to the dirt only to stand in lines 30 meters apart and fire at each other is not a good selling point. After all: if morale fell, a line broke, and the battle was lost. Fancy, bright uniforms provided a great sell to the poorly clad and poorly fed peasants, who, often as a umptieth child had little to look forward to. On the other hand they created a sense of unity and uniformity, greatly enhancing discipline and boosting morale (regiments became tight knit micro-societies with their own songs, colours and prestige). And lastly of course it was a way for a ruler to show off, to make clear he was the best, the richest and that his troops were superior, if only in dress. Probably totally irrelevant in ww1, but seeing the mythos around the old guard, the black watch and other famous and distinct units, it is understandable, yet not excusable.

@twiliblade 7 жыл бұрын

Ward Vermassen also fosters a sense of national pride and encourages further militarism, as these become popular figures back home which aided in recruitment and justifying the further commitments to wars, but as I said, it doesn't match up to the realities of modern war

@pbeccas 7 жыл бұрын

I really like these uniform vids.

@Rocketrollrebel 7 жыл бұрын

Best uniform episode yet.

@georgep2096 7 жыл бұрын

I love the show can you do an episode on bloody April

@l.o4456 7 жыл бұрын

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME !!!!! GO JASTA 11 :D

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

+Hunter Osborne well, you know when we will talk about that, right?

@omersakmar8473 7 жыл бұрын

Perhaps I've missed it but, you haven't mentioned that some of the Turkish officers (perhaps even all of them) wore a hat called Kalpak.You know that big, black hat that Ataturk wore.

@aydarN 7 жыл бұрын

0:58 August von Mackensen in old ages (sitting), August von Mackensen in young ages (standing)

@Noodles37UK 7 жыл бұрын

Always thought the Ottoman uniforms were a bit rough looking. This clears it up.

@MWarne58 7 жыл бұрын

3:00 record scratch, freeze frame yea thats me, youre probably wondering how i ended up in this situation

@uncle7215 4 жыл бұрын

hahaha what is a black guy doing there

@swuxel6580 3 жыл бұрын

@@uncle7215 blacks populated ottoman empire more than they did america these days and they werent slaves, well most of them

@rabihrac 7 жыл бұрын

The (in)famous Jamal Pasha inspecting his troops on 4min06

@Terekeme1 3 жыл бұрын

You are the best historian ever .. From Turkey🙏🏻

@jeremysmith7176 7 жыл бұрын

It is nice to give the 1,000'th like.

@AlfredFJones1776 7 жыл бұрын

Indy is such a cool dude. #PutIndyinBF1

@gungriffen 7 жыл бұрын

Alfred F. Jones This needs more likes, he should play an advisor to an officer lol

@AlfredFJones1776 7 жыл бұрын

Gungriffen He needs to be in a War Story...Or he needs to be the in game voice that goes. "We are losing objective butter!"

@prussianthetyrant5360 7 жыл бұрын

you should make a series on all the generals in those nations

@carlemildavidsen4514 7 жыл бұрын

Prussian the tyrant they kind of have. Who did what in ww1

@prussianthetyrant5360 7 жыл бұрын

Carl Emil Davidsen no I mean like how they review uniforms they should do generals

@lapisetanima1847 7 жыл бұрын

At 0:57, see the guy with the Mackensen hat? Nice.

@flameout12345 7 жыл бұрын

Great Channel! Subbing!

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

welcome to the show.

@mucahittoplu7807 7 жыл бұрын

Ottoman uniforms are the best by far :D

@MalaKrekar 7 жыл бұрын

Mücahit Toplu I think the Germans look the best

@mucahittoplu7807 7 жыл бұрын

They are the scariest i guess

@AFT_05G 5 жыл бұрын

Bluemoon1 11 That’s why their uniforms was the best.

@morningmidnight9398 4 жыл бұрын

@@MalaKrekarwhat?!?!? Even better than the British trousers worn up to the nipples

@MalaKrekar 3 жыл бұрын

@Rose can't remember XD NKVD uniforms in leather look awesome tho

@Baraka_Obama_ 7 жыл бұрын

How about a special on French and German Colonial Troops

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Good idea, hard to research.

@Baraka_Obama_ 7 жыл бұрын

The Great War Thanks for the response, big fan of the show!!

@vitolucci636 6 жыл бұрын

I recently found your channel love it but I was wonder is your channel going to mainly focus on ww1 ?

@mreastonmurphy 7 жыл бұрын

LIKE THE VIDEO! LIKE ALL OF THE GREAT WAR VIDEOS!

@gungriffen 7 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to see why Germany was blamed for WWI, they didn't start it but they kept their allies afloat in it. Without Germany the Ottomans would have lost sooner and the Austia-Hungarian's would have been all but self defeating. Germany is the one that was able to keep the war going for years.

@ColasTeam 7 жыл бұрын

+HovercraftHolidays yet, as has been covered in this show and other places, the Axis also had the initiative trying to negotiate peace, and the entente refused more than once. So it's unfair to say it was Germany keeping the war going, they weren't just going to surrender and let France, Russia and England walk over them, we all know what the entente conditions for ending the war were.

@gungriffen 7 жыл бұрын

Zoltan Csikos First the one thing we have seen repeatedly without German Aid the Austria Hungarians couldn't fight there way out of a wet paper bag. And like I stated this was was caused by Austria Hungary to Germany's protest! Once in I don't blame them for fighting it out to the end but you can see how the Allies would have spent many months bitching that if it wasn't for Germany the war would be over. Austria-Hungary took severe causilties fighting Serbia alone, the Russian line was held with German support. After Austria Hungry and Ottomans surrendered all that was left was Germans who held out and fought hard against the allies. So I can see why they would be unhappy with Germany in the end.

@suleymanoz4125 7 жыл бұрын

You are doing very well in your channel, while in the meantime greetings from turkey

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Berlin.

@suleymanoz4125 7 жыл бұрын

Germany, beautiful :)

@yigitvedatoztop673 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for makeing turkish vids and makeig about the ottoman empire i wish you will make more and and more

@emresevim9646 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling this information in English.Greetings from Turkey :)

@materialmatters2759 7 жыл бұрын

Grau, grau, grau sind alle maine Kleider..

@materialmatters2759 7 жыл бұрын

Meine..

@cadesmith2362 7 жыл бұрын

Stefan T darum lieb ich alles was so grau ist

@materialmatters2759 7 жыл бұрын

Weil mein Schatz ein Grabenkämpfer ist

@dioniacobucci7191 7 жыл бұрын

Could you talk about the italian uniforms?

@fitloft1 7 жыл бұрын

Dear Indy and whole crew. Great product, with room for basic improvements. I am considering becoming a substantial patron. But with my ultimate goal to licensee this quality history education tool to over 33000 US high school classrooms. Indy needs to take advantage of the fact he is not wheel chair bound and become slightly animated upright in front of a grease pencil board in front of the map doing an old time weather man visual but with troop movement. This small adjustment will increase membership by 15 % in 2 months. Call me back when you want more tips.

@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын

As an addition to that, we know that the military history portion of our show (in terms of more detailed troop movements for more than just two scenes in the show) is something where we could improve. That's why it's also a stretch goal on Patreon to introduce a dedicated military history format to the show if we reach 20,000$ on Patreon. This would probably be a bit separated from the main format mainly because the time constraints Indy talked about in his comment.