Over By Christmas? - Growing Allied Confidence I THE GREAT WAR Week 213

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With the recent "Black Day of the German Army" and the success of the new strategy of Allied attacks along the Western Front and with the renewed offensives in Palestine, British Commander Sir Douglas Haig is confident the war can be won by the end of the year. Entente Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch is a bit more cautious but also thinks the war can be won by 1919.
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Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004.
Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013.
Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.
Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.
Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.
Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004
Michalka, Wolfgang. Der Erste Weltkrieg. Wirkung, Wahrnehmung, Analyse, Seehamer Verlag GmbH, 2000
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@HistoryMatters 5 жыл бұрын

Over by Christmas? Fool me frice...

@luxembourgishempire2826 5 жыл бұрын

Ten Minute History 😂😂

@gamermoment4327 5 жыл бұрын

Artillery only? yeah I liked that part

@GingerSpy2 5 жыл бұрын

Spoiler: Many of them didn't live to see 1918 Christmas, however it wasn't because of the war.......

@alexfilma16 5 жыл бұрын

Ten Minute History “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.” - George W. Bush

@stevenjlovelace 5 жыл бұрын

Is frice a real word? If not, it should be.

@gaslightstudiosrebooted3432 5 жыл бұрын

What did they all tell us in 1914....Well, they never said how many Christmas' it would take!

@danm936 5 жыл бұрын

@Prussian Eagle unless your the Italians they might push it to 11. Like the Isonzo. Forgive the spelling

@justinwhite4995 5 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy Jon Do you mean the Battle(s) of the Isonzo?

@danm936 5 жыл бұрын

@@justinwhite4995 yes thanks

@pergys6991 5 жыл бұрын

They could have won if they ARTILLERY ONLY

@saint_matthias 5 жыл бұрын

4th is not that bad when you compare with the second world war

@d8ndaddy 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the spoiler warning for the D Day invasion coming decades later.

@Garith000 5 жыл бұрын

I hope Austria-Hungary does better in the second series

@darkogabric1130 5 жыл бұрын

In 8 days ww2 start on ww2 chanel

@SamAronow 5 жыл бұрын

Surprised he didn't mention it with the concept of splitting the British from the French.

@franzfanz 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, what? There's another war! But wasn't this the war to end all wars? This war continues to make less and less sense.

@ThomasTee 5 жыл бұрын

You know, this event was so successful the devs HAD to make a darker and edgier sequel.

@alexmartinez3719 5 жыл бұрын

"Strategy without tactics is the longest path to victory, tactics without strategy is the longest path to defeat".

@powerdriller4124 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the American Civil War.

@numbers8908 2 жыл бұрын

@@powerdriller4124 Very much so

@Trevorious2010 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so tuning in in 2039 to see if Indy covers the start of WWII...

@theodore-jef5664 5 жыл бұрын

But till then tune in for what happens in between the wars!

@danm936 5 жыл бұрын

@@theodore-jef5664 year by year month by month. Indy and team can do it

@firemochimc 5 жыл бұрын

He and team will actually start on WW2 early next year

@TheDemonQueen-cc1rn 5 жыл бұрын

@@firemochimc He said he'll start September 1st, 2018,

@AlexOoiue 5 жыл бұрын

The progress of Between Two Wars makes me doubt that this year will be WW2 and tbh giving them a break to catch up with that before WW2 would be a better option for me. I just want them to keep going well and not overextend themselves

@nerdymidgetkid 5 жыл бұрын

Should have gone with artillery only.

@Flow86767 5 жыл бұрын

You are right my dear sir.

@void_wyrm 5 жыл бұрын

jeszus, even here?

@dronfim 5 жыл бұрын

@@void_wyrm pretty much same communities

@anthonyeaton5153 5 ай бұрын

Artillery takes the ground infantry occupies the ground.

@VladTevez 5 жыл бұрын

This title was inevitable...

@VladTevez 5 жыл бұрын

@Prussian Eagle Only Indy and GRR Martin know

@oFinalSolution 22 күн бұрын

Didn’t say the year! Lol

@Mr110074 5 жыл бұрын

Are you guys going to do a 1918 Christmas special? Like talking about how people were trying to celebrate the holidays after years of death, grief and destruction? That will be really interesting.

@sontrombone6907 2 жыл бұрын

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

@victorbruant389 5 жыл бұрын

Without supplies no army is brave.

@AndreaCremoni 5 жыл бұрын

Unless you are the Mongols

@cameronmcpeak5183 5 жыл бұрын

Prussian Eagle *raping Asia intensifies

@Flow86767 5 жыл бұрын

IT IS IF YOU USE ONLY ARTILLERY

@Cancoillotteman 5 жыл бұрын

Napoléon would say that "an army walks on its stomac", and seen the speed at which the Germans are marching back, I guess they must be well fed ! XD

@victorbruant389 5 жыл бұрын

I guess the French in 1940 were all obese. ;-)

@-et37- 5 жыл бұрын

Well this is saddening :( RIP Kaiserreich

@randomguy-tg7ok 5 жыл бұрын

-Hey, all you need to do is go to the steam workshop-

@gamermoment4327 5 жыл бұрын

Cool but where the part where they use artillery only?

@x999uuu1 5 жыл бұрын

isp gang

@marco7038 5 жыл бұрын

We're spending

@jimfrommansfield8203 5 жыл бұрын

Isp

@Duke_of_Lorraine 5 жыл бұрын

Sanders got promoted to general ? Last I checked he was colonel and mostly cooked chicken

@indianajones4321 5 жыл бұрын

He was also a Colonel on Spaceball One

@Trevorious2010 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Rob-mr2pt 5 жыл бұрын

HAAHAHA LOOK ITS A GUY WITH A PROFILE MIMICKING A HISTORICAL FIGURE MAKING MEDIOCRE JOKES HOW OROGINAL WE HAVENT SEEN THIS BEFORE FOLKS

@OldDanTucker 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@willkp50 5 жыл бұрын

Artillery only

@groodey5714 5 жыл бұрын

Will Kirkpatrick poor ISP

@pp-wo1sd 5 жыл бұрын

*Support only*

@bobbobbington9328 5 жыл бұрын

*Bayonets only*

@peterpepa3041 5 жыл бұрын

*Shovels only*

@allahstan4171 5 жыл бұрын

Winning with no troops

@GeorgeSemel 5 жыл бұрын

Just 11 more weeks and three days and it will be done. Of course, everybody will come back for round two in about 22 years and even more, blood will be spilled.

@nostradamusofgames5508 5 жыл бұрын

thanks to ww1 and treaty of versaille

@skepticalbadger 5 жыл бұрын

@@nostradamusofgames5508 You really think it wouldn't have happened without Versailles?

@nostradamusofgames5508 5 жыл бұрын

possibly.

@CompatibilityMadness 5 жыл бұрын

Spoilers !

@paulmanson253 5 жыл бұрын

JonMacFhearghuis Essentially Versailles was to do to the Germans as they had done in 1870,Franco Prussian war,and more recently at Brest Litovsk to the Russians. Do unto him as he does unto you. And a huge percentage of so called civilized Germans rejected the blow to their pride and insisted on Round Two in 1939. The Iron Kingdom not only had to fall in 1918,the entire militaristic culture existing from 1806 or perhaps Fred the Great earlier,had to fall again in 1945. Smashed cities and dead civilians was the only way to get their attention. Sorry but there it is. If you cannot persuade people (who consciously rejected democracy) one way,what kind of Plan B is available ?

@michaelhilla1852 5 жыл бұрын

Indy -- thanks for the shout out for my Great Uncle, Private Timothy A. Harrington. He died in France a century ago, and other than a few photos and his name on a memorial in Bayonne, N.J., his memory is almost forgotten. Thanks for remembering him.

@mdj.6179 2 жыл бұрын

My great uncle, David Price Rankin, was an ANZAC who died in France August 28, 1918 during those Allied successes...

@velikiradojica 5 жыл бұрын

Please do artillery only!

@kentfartman6611 5 жыл бұрын

Do artillery only

@der_baerlauch 5 жыл бұрын

"What everyone told us 4 years ago was right. The war will be over by Christmas"

@der_baerlauch 5 жыл бұрын

Damn too many of those comments already here

@azenzioanthony 5 жыл бұрын

Technically it ended before Christmas

@SirAdrian87 5 жыл бұрын

Everybody who, in 1914, said the war would be over by Christmas was correct. They didn't say which Christmas.

@anthonyeaton5153 6 ай бұрын

It was never officially said it would be over by Christmas .

@tspoon772 5 жыл бұрын

3:08 did that French guy just get VAPORIZED by that artillery hit?

@shuaguin5446 4 жыл бұрын

There is cut if you look closely

@petrmelichar7026 5 жыл бұрын

Do artillery only !

@ShortT-RexLikeArms 5 жыл бұрын

Spoiler Alert Jesus Christ now Haig is even making correct predictions.

@mr.ramfan8100 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah- Even incompetent career generals fuckup in reverse and accidentally get it right...

@anthonyeaton5153 6 ай бұрын

@@mr.ramfan8100what do you actually know about Haig.

@grayflaneur4854 5 жыл бұрын

I remember.... The Adventures of Dunsterforce!! A great episode from more than a year ago.

@garywemmer9342 Жыл бұрын

Again... The passion of the narrator is something to behold! Truly loves the event!

@Messy_marxist 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy, I love watching your show and have been following week by week since 1915. I have yet to write an out of the trenches question, so here it goes. Did the German military begin drafting or accepting volunteers from the area under German occupation after the signing of the he Treaty of Brest-Litovsk agreement? Thanks Indy and team for all the hard work it takes to make such an amazing KZfaq docuseries!

@merdiolu 5 жыл бұрын

German 2nd (then 3rd) Reich state structure was self crippling in itself at defining war aims , objectives , goals etc to sketch concept of a victory. Their only positive example was Franco-Prussia War in 1870-71 when their idol Bismark (so many German officers and statesmen idolised him after that) humbled French BUT.....Bismark was aware that war was although desirable for political aims (Prussian victory in 1871 created 2nd Reich afterall) was a gamble with human lives , should be cut , short and victorious in a one campaign and enemy should be isolated first diplomatically and geopolitically because Prussia and Germany in total lacked resources and foreign allies. After that German statesmen and generals idolised Bismark and started wars in his vein for undefined political aims only for expansion but they did not follow his methods. May I say "idiots" for them ?

@altaykabukcu551 5 жыл бұрын

Such an enlightened comment. The whole reason Germany kept losing and losing was that they had brilliant tactical and operational vision but no grand strategy for a system that would survive. People seem to forget this.

@merdiolu 5 жыл бұрын

Without strategical farsight planning and clear goals , tactical and operational prowness mean little. A German general Ritter Von Thoma captured in North Africa by British in 1942 during WWII accurately summed up "In war amateurs deal with tactics , professionals deal with logistics" In tactical sense Entante then later in WWII allies learned slowly and painfully but they improved their tactical and operational levels. Germans at the other hand never resolved their strategical narrowmindness and logistical issues.

@merdiolu 5 жыл бұрын

Teşekkürler

@karlkarlos3545 5 жыл бұрын

The only plan the Germans had in 1914 was to defeat "the Enemy" and then dictate peace terms. Beside a tiny fringe group on the political right, the Germans didn't had any plans for annexation. In fact the Reichstag even made that the condition for their support of the war.

@merdiolu 5 жыл бұрын

German militarist ultra nationalist clique who run Germany after 1915 did not care what Reichstag thought. Most of them considered Social Democrats as traitors anyway. By 1918 Ludendorff who was de facto ruler of 2nd Reich not only planning to annex Belgium and Luxamburg and Ukranie but to extend newly acquired German territory all the way to Caucaus even to India ! (Alexander the Great dream)

@James--Parker 5 жыл бұрын

Whaa!?!?!?!?!?!! There is another war in a couple decades? But this is the war to end all wars D:

@erikthomsen4768 5 жыл бұрын

Questions for out the trenches: How was Prussian identity and tradition change during and after the war?

@vagrant9414 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Indy crew. Great job on the show! This is for out of the trenches. We have talked a lot about David Lloyd George trying to interfere with the bussines of and getting in strong arguments with British generals and especially with Sir Douglas Haig. Did such a thing ever happen with the French President or with the Italian Prime Minister and did any event in which politicians of one country tried to influence the decisions of high ranking officers of other allied states during WW1?

@julesb6816 5 жыл бұрын

Artilery only?

@Skagenin 5 жыл бұрын

Indy, not only you have your facts straight, you are also a fantastic storyteller :-)

@shooterfan1974 5 жыл бұрын

Indy, Flo, and TGW team, I finally got caught up on the weekly episodes!!! Now I'm current, and catching up on the special episodes, "Who Did What" and "Out of the Trenches." Thank you all for your dedication, depth, and enthusiasm! Cheers!

@varovaro1967 5 жыл бұрын

By Christmas 1945 am afraid ...

@krillissue 5 жыл бұрын

the war is never over, Al...

@jlg5967 5 жыл бұрын

Monty will finish it by Christmas '44.

@capralean 5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like Ludendorff had the same approach on the strategic level that he had on the tactical level: stormtroopers attacking constantly, keeping the initiative, exploiting openings in the hope of creating a general breakthrough.

@fromamorecivilizedage 5 жыл бұрын

Should have listened to Bruchmüller and done *ARTILLERY ONLY*

@senichars777 11 ай бұрын

Я так жалею, что нашёл канал так поздно. И что у нас о нём, видимо, никто не знает. Очень рад, что есть авто-субтитры и что мой уровень позволяет в целом дополнить косяки самому на слух. Без понятия, кто такой Инди, откуда взялся, но это клёво, что подавал информацию в целом объективно даже про нас, без клюквы. ПС: ни разу не было никого из России как "week supporter", обидно( потому что я поздно нашёл канал 😊

@360rocketz 5 жыл бұрын

3:07 artillery shell makes guy dissapear from existence

@anthonyeaton5153 6 ай бұрын

Wow that is really deep thinking.

@WhiteCamry 5 жыл бұрын

"The lack of clearly defined strategic and operational objectives." The same could be said of the German Grand Strategy in the next world war. The same could also be said of the American Grand Strategy in the Cold War.

@brucetucker4847 5 жыл бұрын

There's one glaring difference between the first two and the last, though.

@arozes8324 5 жыл бұрын

Artillery only!

@GenghisVern 5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see this series go into the "interwar" period, at least a bit.

@troy9477 5 жыл бұрын

Makes a lot of sense. It is very important to define your mission and set clear objectives. Got to have something concrete to work toward. Big mistake by German command. Keep the initiative, sure, but do it by making attacks which have clear objectives.

@MsParisjm Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@fristnamelastname5549 5 жыл бұрын

For all of Germany's Victories they seem to be short minded about the bigger picture. They could have won, time and time again. But they always come up just short of there objectives. The Marine, Verdun, The Somme, and now Operation: Michael No matter what the Germans had planned, they where too ambitious, and Aggressive in there planning. Now they will pay the price for there lack of foresight.

@josepimentel8458 5 жыл бұрын

This is an incredible channel!

@kyllianmasson4830 5 жыл бұрын

When it finishes, you should talk about the interwar. There are a lot of interesting economic, political and even military events.

@evandavid9087 5 жыл бұрын

I really liked this episode, one of your best yet I think!

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

Great job. Great video.

@bn5911 5 жыл бұрын

Nice, been watching little while. Love from The Bahamas

@nikelaos5792 5 жыл бұрын

"Hope is not a method". Wise words indeed.

@AlexPeace246 5 жыл бұрын

Less than 3 months left everyone! I really hope Indy and the crew continue to educate us regardless of if it's for the first world war or other conflicts. I'd truly love to see these guys doing sort of anecdotal videos about all kinds and eras of warfare (WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Falklands, ect.) I've never commented on one of your videos before (I've been here since 1915) but I adore all of your videos and get excited for Thursday's. Thank you TGW, you've been amazing education and entertainment for the last 3 years!

@AlexPeace246 5 жыл бұрын

P.S. I work and volunteer at my local military museum in Calgary, AB in Canada. You guys have helped me sooooo much with my WW1 knowledge that along with my prior WW2 knowledge has made me be considered one of the top lecturers and tour guides at the museum. Thank you all again, I can't thank you enough, I feel like those who did the research for special episodes and the out of the Ether posters are the unsung Heroes of our community and also deserve a special "thank you" themselves. I wish you all the very best in whatever you do next, and I hope you all see/read my comments.

@luxembourgishempire2826 5 жыл бұрын

Great channel

@kaiserconquests1871 5 жыл бұрын

Over by Christmas, well, I'm screwed.

@will2Collett 5 жыл бұрын

Even knowing the outcome, you guys have made this like an adventure. The outcome is nothing less than sensational. They were right about the war ending at Christmas, just the wrong year, ha ha ha

@WoRstVoRt3x 4 жыл бұрын

Its crazy seeing the historical footage where a shell goes off an soldiers just disappear

@jcb8014 5 жыл бұрын

another brilliant episode

@paulx7540 5 жыл бұрын

3:43 Soldiers of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade were known as " the dinks " , the brigade's motto was Soyez Ferme, ( Stand Fast ). One of the brigade's most famous actions was the storming of the ramparts of the fortified village of Le Quesnoy in the last week of the war.

@indianajones4321 5 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of 1914

@teufelhund4921 5 жыл бұрын

ugh stop comment spamming each video.

@FunkyHonkyCDXX 5 жыл бұрын

I typically watch youtube videos while playing video games on the other monitor. This is just about the only series that I pause the game for so that I can give it my full attention.

@randomperson6988 3 жыл бұрын

So your telling me the artillery only meme was two years ago?? Time really does fly

@kevindoyle1884 5 жыл бұрын

What a mad week

@MrBubbaSkeeter 5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to be devastated when this show ends

@wickedsmokr6934 5 жыл бұрын

Any possible way to move the map legend to the left hand corner instead of the right the logo is over it and hard to see on mobile thanks! Keep up the great work!!

@knackers2773 5 жыл бұрын

watched all your vids and only now noticed the caltrops on the suitcase. Were they used regularly in the war? or was it deemed a waste of metal considering other such items like barbed wire could be used with that material.

@PrivateHaggard 5 жыл бұрын

Funfact about Albert: They have a big cathedral there whichw as hit pretty heavily by teh start of the war. the saints (or angel) statue on top was close to falling on the ground and the british forces there said: if that statue falls, the war is lost. guess what? it never fell

@Daniel-kq4bx 5 жыл бұрын

My Grand Grandpa was a prisoner in the Donets Basin. He agreed to leave even though it meant he had to fight in the Spring offensives. He did it because he wanted to see his home again. Luckily he wasnt sent into action anymore. He felt angry though for all the men sent into death due to the spring offensives.

@seanparker1903 5 жыл бұрын

Finally caught up! Just in time for the sequel to start on the other channel.

@georgie_.23 4 ай бұрын

Rest in Peace Great Uncle Percy Frowen who lost his life on this day 🕊️

@lllordllloyd 5 жыл бұрын

Correction required at 6:40... 'except by Canadians or Australians'.

@teufelhund4921 5 жыл бұрын

No correction required... German victories over the Commonwealth 23 August 1914 - Battle of Mons - 250 mile retreat from Belgium 26 August 1914 - Battle of Le Cateau 26 August 1914 - Battle of Le Grand Fayt 27 August 1914 - Battle of Étreux 28 September - 10 October 1914 - Siege of Antwerp Wednesday 21 April - 25 May 1915 - Second Battle of Ypres - 70,000 casualties 9 May - 18 June 1915 - Second Battle of Artois - 28,000 casualties 9 May 1915 - Battle of Aubers Ridge 15-25 May 1915 - Battle of Festubert 25 September - 4 November 1915 - Third Battle of Artois - 60,000 casualties 25 September - 14 October 1915 - Battle of Loos - 60,000 casualties 1 July - 18 November 1916 - Battle of the Somme - 620,000 casualties 1-13 July 1916 - Battle of Alberty - 57,000 casualties 1st day 19-20 July 1916 - Battle of Fromelles 25 September 1916 - Capture of Lesbœufs 7 October - 16 November 1916 - Butte de Warlencourt 9 October 1917 - Battle of Poelcappelle 12 October 1917 - First Battle of Passchendaele 21 March - 5 April 1918 - Operation Michael - 177,000 casualties - retreat starts 7-29 April 1918 - Battle of the Lys German/Axis defeats inflicted onto the British in Africa, at sea or elsewhere (WW1): 27-29 April 1916 - gassed their own troops at Hulluch 29 - 31 August 1914 - First Battle of Garua 6 September 1914 - Battle of Nsanakong 1 May - late June 1915 -First Battle of Jaunde 26 September 1914 -Battle of Sandfontein 20 September 1914 - Battle of Zanzibar November 3, 1914 -Battle of Kilimanjaro 3-5 November 1914 - Battle of Tanga 18-19 January 1915 - Battle of Jassin February 12, 1916 - Battle of Salaita 9-11 September 1916 - Battle of Dutumi 7-11 September 1916 - Battle of Kisaki 23 November 1916 - the Red Baron downs Major Lanoe Hawker VC - British ace 3-4 January 1917 - Battle of Behobeho 15-18 October 1917 - Battle of Mahiwa 25 November 1917 - Battle of Ngomano 3-5 November 1914 - Battle of Tanga 16 January 1916 - Action of 16 January 1916 10 March 1917 - Action of 10 March 1917 22 September 1914 - Bombardment of Madras 22 September 1914 - Bombardment of Papeete 1 November 1914 - Battle of Coronel 7 September, 1914 - Fanning Raid 16 December 1914 - Raids on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby 22 September 1914 - The Action of 22 September 1914 10 February 1916 - Battle of Dogger Bank 24 April 1916 - Bombardment of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft 26-27 October 1916 - Battle of Dover Strait (1916) 17 October 1917 - Action off Lerwick 23 April 1918 - Zeebrugge Raid - 600 Royal Marine casualties 23-24 April 1918 - First Ostend Raid 9 May 1918 - Second Ostend Raid 28 July-10 August 1914 - Naval Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau 19 February - 18 March 1915 - Naval Operations in the Dardanelles Campaign 14-15 May 1917 - Battle of the Strait of Otranto April 1917 - The Red Baron downs 22 British aircraft Bloody April 1917 - ONE THIRD of all British aircraft shot down

@BENDROWNED33 5 жыл бұрын

6:12 NOOO! Why did you have to spoil me? I haven't read that part of WWII's -manga- history book

@fredtalmadge5307 5 жыл бұрын

Your opening statement kind of sums up WW1

@michaelhiggs8657 5 жыл бұрын

How reliable was MT such as motorcycle's & trucks?. Mick Higgs- Torquay, Devon.

@Kumimono 5 жыл бұрын

Does remind me of the later Ardennes offensive. No war winning objectives, but gotta do something.

@Doc_Tar 5 жыл бұрын

I get a feeling that the stagnation of trench warfare is starting to give way like a dam built across weak ground that allows the water to percolate around the foundations until troubling leaks begin to appear in the dam face.

@gwenaellino-thibault4250 5 жыл бұрын

I have a question : Why do you have so many informations on the British Army offensives (numbers of divisions, division in spearhead, number of tanks...) but not so much for the French or the German armies ? P.S : your work for the serie is just amazing :)

@kony12356 5 жыл бұрын

around wath period can we expect the video about the belgian army and is it gone include the attack on there lines during the german offensive because i did't hear it in the videos but if i remember correctly the germans attacked the line during the offensif of 1918

@kony12356 5 жыл бұрын

thanks fore the information im verry exited to learn more about them

@gavingrotegut4246 5 жыл бұрын

do artillery only

@Ksgamer103 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else see Indy skewering his hand on the caltrops?

@dalelemaster2459 5 жыл бұрын

Question for out of the trenches What are the facts verses fiction on Sgt. Alvin C. York and how historically accurate was his movie which I think came out in 1941 Really love your show Keep the show going even after 2018 thank you

@ihernandez4234 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure its a problem on Amazon's end or not, but the amazon book list site you have listed in the description is currently unavailable? Has that been a problem before?

@matetochips7927 5 жыл бұрын

After 4 years!!!! AU in french, makes the sound O. So for example bapAUme would be pronounced bapOme

@WAMTAT 5 жыл бұрын

Germany is just lulling the Allies into a false sense of security

@eddgrs9193 5 жыл бұрын

All those German prisoners are a plan in getting troops behind the enemy line.

@brianoreilly3001 5 жыл бұрын

question for TGW will you do a special on Egypt prior/in the Great WAR?

@paulkiel5613 5 жыл бұрын

guys. your amazon shop links doesn't work. been noticing this in several vids. wanted to browse the resources you use. i know you list some outright, but wanted to make sure you get your cut.

@Jarod-te2bi Жыл бұрын

3:32 where there actual cavalry charges?

@josephbischoff2469 5 жыл бұрын

Can you please make a Napoleonic Wars and French Revolution series 220 years after? The series could start in 2019 with the people of France declaring the National Assembly and end the series in 2045 with Napoleon surrendering to the HMS Bellerophon? It would end at about the same time as a WW2 series. I think it would quite a hit amongst fans of The Great War.

@GravesRWFiA 5 жыл бұрын

waiting to see what will happen. the military term for this is 'giving up the initiative' it means you're waiting for the others side and it never goes well for you from that point on

@MrGone0608 5 жыл бұрын

How is the situation of Serbia and Austria at this stage of the war?

@ognjenpetrovic5843 5 жыл бұрын

Wait three more weeks and it will be clear

@matyasrusin8949 5 жыл бұрын

Y'all better do the artillery only Wait That's, like, half of ww1. Newermind, carry on

@theprinceofmilk2510 5 жыл бұрын

The problem was that it was only half of the war.

@pergys6991 5 жыл бұрын

@@theprinceofmilk2510 yeah it needs to BE THE WAR

@hueylongdong900 5 жыл бұрын

its quite unexpected the same term ''over by christmas'' would also go on to be used in 45

@davidmarsh3301 5 жыл бұрын

The Amazon link does not seem to work. I have tried it off and on for the past several months and it just says page is unavailable.

@randomlyentertaining8287 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the troops, not the commanders or generals, would say if you had told them that that the war would be over in just under 3 months. "The Germany army's greatest tactical handicap was its mobility..." Guderian, Rommel, Manstein during the interwar period - "Hmmm...."

@beaker4311 5 жыл бұрын

at 7:35 - 7:40 you talk about the legitimate representative of the merman government at a conference on archangel. my question is, what was the merman government? were they only on archangel? or was this like a typo and its meant to say german?

@spectreshadow 5 жыл бұрын

Less than 3 months to go...so crazy to think.

@jeffdamelio 5 жыл бұрын

In a few days Lt. Walter Jean Harper, USA, CWS, would leave New York Harbor for an 11 day voyage to France. My grandfather.

@kevinbyrne4538 5 жыл бұрын

The Allies are confident because for 2 weeks in a row, they haven't suffered losses of over 100,000 men.

@RJLbwb 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps this channel should do a bibliography of your sources come December?

@DimitriVonTolan 5 жыл бұрын

QUESTION: what were Austria-Hungary final objectives in WW1? Being Italian, it is not clear to me especially what did they wanted with us. Re-conquer Venice? Milan? Annex Northern Italy? Us, We wanted Trento and Trieste, but them??

@DeathOnSernpidal 5 жыл бұрын

Austria-Hungary was just trying to survive. Their original war ambition was to crush Serbia. They did not really think beyond that. By spring 1915, they were already in a bad shape and did not want war with Italy - they did not think they were capable of taking on another enemy. But they were forced to. Austria-Hungary was also increasingly wary of Germany, as the "senior partner" began to dominate the other Central Powers more and more. By mid-1916, Kaiser Franz Josef himself did not think victory was possible and that the survival of the empire was unlikely.