Romania Joins The War I THE GREAT WAR Week 110
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8 жыл бұрынAfter more than two years of carnage, the war is still growing as Romania joins the war. The moments seems right to them as the Russians steamrolled the Austro-Hungarian Army on the Eastern front this summer. But can the unproven and under equipped Romanian Army really seize the moment? The German High Command wants to make sure that Romania regrets joining the Entente and sends two of their best generals: Erich von Falkenhayn and August von Mackensen.
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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
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@RGA1944 8 жыл бұрын
"the Balkans produce more history than they can consume." - Winston Churchill
@abu-hureraali4531 8 жыл бұрын
I hope you do know that Churchill didn't form the British empire it was built over a huge span of time and holding it was what he was doing like the Balkans hold their independence so seriously you see you love your independence like they love their empire if anything Churchill actually helped the Balkans by making a pact that Greece would stay free and under British influence and Churchill was lord of the admiralty the navy last time I checked navies don't go conquering on land now do they. I rest my case
@cosminxzy 8 жыл бұрын
Btw Romania has nothing to do with balkans my friend...
@arturasp9738 8 жыл бұрын
true, but Romania is not in the Balkans :D
@gamemaster4356 8 жыл бұрын
So you are comparing love for empire with love for independence? Seriously, Britain never helped the Balkans much. They often supported the Ottoman empire, fearing Russia. Also, Greece would be free from whom?
@RGA1944 8 жыл бұрын
" Britain never helped the Balkans much"? Cough, Lord Byron, cough cough "Romania has nothing to do with balkans" Cough, Second Balkan war, cough cough Blimey, I really need a throat lozenge xD
@tomaalimosh 7 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable how neutral countries back then looked at Verdun and Somme, and thought "Hey, we're missing all the fun!"
@Nonamearisto 7 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind that the Eastern Front was much more fluid.
@cogtroper 5 жыл бұрын
Portugal's exact train of thought that led them to join the war.
@leandro9311 4 жыл бұрын
@@cogtroper Portuguese intervention was purely political and not military. The newly borned Republic faced with a huge identity crisis switching goverments 2, 3, 4 and at one point 5 times a day, a huge debt and increasingly misery among the people. As early as 1914 it wanted to join the Entente but England refused until 1916 when they needed more man and more guns
@cogtroper 4 жыл бұрын
@@leandro9311 eu sei, obviamente foi uma piada.
@fenrir7878 3 жыл бұрын
Given the level of censorship of the Allied and Central Powers, as well as these neutral countries own nationalistic ambitions, I doubt people in those either knew or cared about the violence of Verdun and the Somme. At least until they faced similar circumstances themselves.
@michealohaodha9351 8 жыл бұрын
Wow the Entente powers really are masters of intrigue and back-stabbing!
@scratchedbycats 7 жыл бұрын
true Game of Thrones has nothing on them
@htoodoh5770 7 жыл бұрын
Michéal Ó hAodha I wish you got a shout out!
@darthghitza8037 6 жыл бұрын
However we did get all the promised territories after the war... so they did keep the promise.
@sisimoto 5 жыл бұрын
100% agree!
@KIM-JONG-UN-84 5 жыл бұрын
Romney Mcgruber - No some people do win. They just dont fight in it
@oberstul1941 8 жыл бұрын
The Romanian army at the time they joined the war was so unprepared that one Romanian author that has seen action on the front said that "our trenches looked like they could have been dug by some gypsies' pigs"
@dalmaticus5409 8 жыл бұрын
Rebreanu?
@oberstul1941 7 жыл бұрын
Cosmin Dalmaticus Camil Petrescu
@dalmaticus5409 7 жыл бұрын
Yep, I'm a fucking idiot, sorry I was thinking about Apostol Bologa, Forgot he was Transylvanian.
@drvnkenkvlt1841 5 жыл бұрын
Ultima noapte de dragoste,intaia noapte de razboi
@alexeicostell1861 3 жыл бұрын
who said it.
@georgiyanev3962 8 жыл бұрын
I certainly appreciate the fact that an American (Indy) used the metric system when describing Hindenburg's height.
@JusTCheap15 8 жыл бұрын
Everybody love meters
@ageco.6896 8 жыл бұрын
He lived in Sweden...
@TheAztecGamer123 8 жыл бұрын
He literally said in a episode most the people who did these videos including himself were German
@cloroxbleach9222 8 жыл бұрын
+TheAztecGamer He's an American, born in Texas, lives in Sweden, works in Berlin
@persebra 8 жыл бұрын
That was bout 6'6", right? I hate having to look everything up.
@AndrewMorozovsky Жыл бұрын
My grand-granddad served in the Russian army and fought alongside the Romanians. He learned the language then, which helped him get accused of espionage for Romania in Soviet Russia in 1937. He went to Gulag but survived it, and came back when his son, my granddad, already had a family of his own.
@Kuhlfurst 8 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm Romania, welcome to Jackass.
@davidtiganila27 8 жыл бұрын
hey, transylvania is now Romanian clay
@sync9847 8 жыл бұрын
+David Tiganila Yes, after being utterly raped, and they won said territory not by actually capturing it but by post war concesions.
@ZORO12ful 8 жыл бұрын
+Sync98 Top notch diplomatic skills.
@dwayne523 7 жыл бұрын
From a nation that was in a civil war and had 0 men in the military. And romanian managed to lose 11000 men to hastly put together militias... How glorious.
@dwayne523 7 жыл бұрын
***** Then you propably forgot the people who held back the ottomans. But you propably were busy being vassals of them.
@richardshort3914 8 жыл бұрын
Not mentioned was that Queen Marie of Romania, wife of King Ferdinand, was also Princess Marie of Edinburgh, a cousin of King George, head of the British Empire. She was accomplished in many fields and an indomitable force in many respects, including encouraging -- okay, browbeating -- her husband into joining the Allies.
@abu-hureraali4531 8 жыл бұрын
European royal Families ahh why you so silly
@richardshort3914 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, but Germany and Russian count little when one happens to be Princess Marie of Edinburgh.
@maxdurk4624 4 жыл бұрын
Lollllll
@cocogh7489 8 жыл бұрын
Marasesti, Marasti, Oituz, never forget.
@tattabox 8 жыл бұрын
elaborate please
@andreimiclea2165 8 жыл бұрын
yea..but we have to remember Turtucaia
@cocogh7489 8 жыл бұрын
Andrei Miclea Well, you win some, you lose some...
@tattabox 8 жыл бұрын
What is that needs to be remembered?
@cocogh7489 8 жыл бұрын
tattabox Basically, those sites were the second Verdun for the germans
@retardosaurusrex360 8 жыл бұрын
Lol like Italy sees some war declarations going on and realisies that they forgot to do something
@iwillnoteatzebugs 5 ай бұрын
Nah italy didn t want to declare war on germany cause they liked germans. Only forced by allies
@filip1408 7 жыл бұрын
Loved the episode, I'm Romanian and those are my thoughts as well on their participation. Funny thing is, in my country it is still a Tabu to talk about the mismanaged campaigns during that summer. Also, there was a great patriotic feeling at that moment, so the war had a huge popular support, hence the great strength the army had on paper. I've been waiting for 2 years for it 😄
@VladTevez 8 жыл бұрын
If only Vlad Țepeș was in charge...
@dubspool 8 жыл бұрын
Nah, Luigi Cadorna
@sethcaplan859 7 жыл бұрын
he would have been ecstatic at the chance to fight both the Hungarians and the Turks.
@renukumari6197 7 жыл бұрын
+Dubspool_ We want CONRAD VON HOTZENDORF(THE BEST GENERAL IN THE WORLD OF IDIOTS)
@VladTevez 7 жыл бұрын
Renu Kumari With Cadorna, like Rocky Balboa vs Ivan Drago
@tricolourbearer2435 6 жыл бұрын
Ikr xD
@samr8407 7 жыл бұрын
This channel is truly amazing, shows every single detail of the great war, and is very informative in the historic era. Great Job!
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@puskasistvan4612 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting,I've never heard about that French-Russian agreement,that not to honor the secret treat with Romania...Found it very interesting,beeing a hungarian from Transsylvania, a desdendents in East of it.. Thanks for this channel,even after 6 years of issuing.
@Brian0wns 8 жыл бұрын
Romania obviously wanted to get Dracula on their side.
@euadyeu 7 жыл бұрын
Transylvania was always part of Romania, but some bloody mongols called hungarias came to steal and rape..that's how they took Transylvania from romanians.
@martinmortyry7444 7 жыл бұрын
Interesting claim, considering Hungarians held it for a 1000 years.
@euadyeu 7 жыл бұрын
+Martin Mortyry you are wrong mate, there are only several centuries with many changes.In 1601 all romanian teritories were united under Michael the Brave.You' better read english books or wikipedia's versions instead of hungarians ones.If they held it for 1000 years why there are more romanians and very, very strong romanian cultural influence?
@martinmortyry7444 7 жыл бұрын
I am aware of that unification but... how long did it last? A year? To answer your question about Romanian majority - it's because of migration. Same reason that so called "Saxons"(who actually came from Rheinland) settled there and even were a majority in some parts of the region. Also, I'm not saying that Romanians just appeared in Transylvania in XIX or XX century but throughout the better part of those 1000 years they were ruled by Hungarians - even when Transylvania was a principality it was Hungarian Bathorys who governed the land. Oh, and one more thing: I'm not Hungarian, neither can I speak their language.
@euadyeu 7 жыл бұрын
+Martin Mortyry I do not deny the Transylvania was ruled by hungarians, I only say it was first populated by dacians first of all.I got your point, but no, not the romanins migrated to Ardeal(Romanian name for Transylvania) but hungarians did.They came from steppes in hordes.
@randolphguevara6084 8 жыл бұрын
The plot thickens. The Russians were well on the way to collapse. The Austro-Hungarians were hanging on barely. It kind of makes you wonder if the Romanian entry into the war was what actually broke the camel's back. I.E. finally finished the Russians. They couldn't even take care of themselves never mind carry the Romanians. Looks like we're right on schedule for a big revolution. Thanks for all your hard work. Looking forward to your your travel videos.
@jotjotpoland2696 8 жыл бұрын
7:13 A brilliant quote of an unkwnown German oficer just came to my mind (it may be a little imprecise, but still): "We don't see Romania joining the war on the site of any of the alliances as a major problem; if she joins the Central Powers we'll need ten divisions to protect her, if not - we'll need ten divisions to smash her into the ground".And right now scrolling down through the comment section I see the same quote. Well, fu...
@ISawABear 8 жыл бұрын
I'm busy packing to leave for seattle this morning but there's one last thing i need to do. THIS.
@TheGreatWar 8 жыл бұрын
+IDidSawABear safe trip
@irishlad9918 8 жыл бұрын
+The Great War keep up the great work
@thewrongguy1 8 жыл бұрын
going to PAX?
@ryanprosper88 8 жыл бұрын
Declare war on Romania!
@ISawABear 7 жыл бұрын
Jake as a matter of fact, I did jake.
@TheEriegpman 8 жыл бұрын
Did Romania REALLY know how bad the war was going for other nations? I mean, with all the censored news even the public in Britain and Germany had no idea how bad it was. Is it fair to criticize Romania?
@joshgod1 8 жыл бұрын
I would like to see this explored in their "out of the trenches" series.
@exeggcutertimur6091 8 жыл бұрын
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@Paciat 8 жыл бұрын
No. Look up Romanian borders after the war. 5:03
@ZORO12ful 8 жыл бұрын
Yes, we knew. Romania initially wanted to join the war later when it was more prepared, but the Entente issued an ultimatum: "Join now or never". Needless to say things didn't go that well as our generals were too dependent on the dream that Russia would keep its promise and send a good number of divisions ( which didn't happen ). But yes, you can criticize Romania. Our war effort was pathetic really.
@corto4027 8 жыл бұрын
No country in this war, is beyond criticism. Romania, like other countries in the war, *cough* Italy *cough*, *cough* Bulgaria *cough*, as Indy said, were greedy for territorial expansion. Land they felt belong to them, for one reason or another, and especially for Romania, if you see an old enemy who has "your land", being kicked, well you're just going to try and get in while the getting is good, and hope for the best before your old enemy can react. Which is probably why they went into the war, like they did, hoping to gain what territory they thought as theirs, consolidate it, and hope Austo-Hungary wouldn't react too quick to all that, with Russia on their ass.
@aleksaculjak8746 7 жыл бұрын
I recently dicovered this chanel searching for ww1 history lesons and than i found this channel. I almost watched every episode but i tought that this channel ended with making videos but than i saw that this video is fresh and new and that raised my spirit thank you for making all these videos its very helpfull. Ceep it up greetings form Serbia :)
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
We are still going and don't intend to stop.
@briangarrow448 7 жыл бұрын
I believe there is a small museum in Washington state, called the Maryhill Museum, that houses some of the Romanian royals gowns. Along with a collection of the sculpture Rodins works . And a replica of Stonehenge! Its located on a stunning Vista overlooking the Columbia River, near Goldendale, Wa.
@ognjenpetrovic5843 8 жыл бұрын
Oh, no Romanians, why did you wake up Makensen and his evil hat?
@TheGreatWar 8 жыл бұрын
+Al Petrović playing with Hussar fire
@Cerebus1000 8 жыл бұрын
Is there a story about that evil hat?
@RoScFan 8 жыл бұрын
They were right. "If were gonna take that land we have to do it now". Well yeah... that's accurate. The price is dead romanians?.... why would that deter them? By that logic there wouldn't have been any wars. Ever. Of course, if the cause is noble enough people will be willing to lay down their lives espeically in those days. And it's not land as if dirt. It's people. Millions of Romanians that WANTED to become part of Romania and weren't allowed to. Your characterization of Romania seems... lacking in objectivity. Stupid? Inopportune, desperate, unwise, irrational etc. of all the words you could have used you used desperate? It seems like quite a departure from your normal profesionalism. BTW WHY ARE YOU MAKING AN EPISODE DIRECTLY ABOUT ROMANIA ENTERING THE WAR? Didn;t you make, about the other countries that joined the war, episodes about the political maneuvring BEFORE actually joining the war? In this one you do a short story about the kings AND the actual entering the war... I've waiting for this episode since I first heard about your channel. It's been months. And THIS is what I get? It's like my entire country is barely an afterthought...
@RoScFan 8 жыл бұрын
I have friends that are transylvanian. Young people, today. They tell me stories that their granmothers and grandfathers told them. They weren;t allowed to speak romanian during the times of hungarian rule in Transylvania. They were discouraged from being Romanian. Transilvanians are the most patriotic and pro-romanian of all romanians. Taking Trasylvania is a big deal, one of the most important parts of Romanian history. You treat it as if it's..... stupid children that are making a commotion over leaving the park too early.
@earthlearner361gamertagile2 8 жыл бұрын
If they planned right with Russins they could of did good
@Aakkosti 8 жыл бұрын
Romania: "Time to go kick von Hötzendorf's ass!" Mackensen: "Hallo."
@rainthegenericname_7131 7 жыл бұрын
I like the way you guys make the Great War videos. It literally seems like your a television personality and casting as a news reporter from a studio to people during the war.
@kapitankapital6580 7 жыл бұрын
"the war is lost!" so it's true, the Kaiser can see into the future...
@Hironidin 8 жыл бұрын
Mackenson?! Good lord, look at this Warhammer character come to life.
@JMM33RanMA 7 жыл бұрын
I had just reread [but an updated edition] "The Guns of August" before finding this series. You are doing an excellent job. The way you have subdivided it with appropriate extra topics is masterful. You are making history more interesting for the general public while providing valuable insights for those of us who are a bit more knowledgeable. Kudos! Keep up the good work!
@92Flying 7 жыл бұрын
Dear Great War, I really love your show! the idea about this "week for week a hundred years ago" is really awesome! But one small point: i would like to see indy using his map more often to show where what happened and maybe (just maybe since its a lot of work) even drawing all frontlines and how they shifted.
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
We really want to do that more often but it's a question of budget too.
@92Flying 7 жыл бұрын
I understand, but you do have the map already. and here you go: www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Markers-100-Unique-Colors-No-Duplicates-Universal-Bullet-Point-Marker-Set-/401146716789?hash=item5d66352275:g:jzcAAOSwuzRXdcG8
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
***** We prefer to do it digitally actually. Hand drawing is a continuity nightmare.
@92Flying 7 жыл бұрын
i know you like to do things right, i can see it in every episode your produce. but maybe a little "show where" by indy on the map would make a big deal. just think about it :)
@andrewbrindescu6666 7 жыл бұрын
provide people can read maps it would be good ideea
@twitchypaper1391 8 жыл бұрын
That fierce look as he points to romania, epic.
@andrewbrindescu6666 7 жыл бұрын
for a good reason. a lot of romanians drafted in austro-hungarian army start to desert an join their romanian brothers in romanian army
@primarulgiurgiului 8 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting dor this episode for more than a year. Thank you for making it happen! Great work, you acomplished more than I expected.
@FlorinSutu 2 жыл бұрын
The Romanian leadership of that moment may have been eager to join the carnage, but this video downplays the fact that the Western Allies pressured Romania quite hardly to make that step. Russia and the Western Allies may have bigger resources than their enemies, but the war was still a stalemate and seemed to go nowhere. They lied to the Romanians that the Central Powers were so exhausted, that they had only 9 spare division left. In real life, the spare 9 divisions of the Central Powers immediately proved to be 40 ! Once in the war, Romania had to cover frontlines twice as long as the whole Western Front, with an army being one tenth of the Allied armies of the Western Front.
@danielbat9887 8 жыл бұрын
Romanian here. Romania is like a tampon. Wonderful place, but there are horrible times.
@MrPulversson 8 жыл бұрын
Wait, how is a tampon a nice place?
@danielbat9887 8 жыл бұрын
Stalins moustache Although he was a horrible dictator, Stalin did have a MAGNIFICENT moustache. PS. Well dude.... the v.
@MrPulversson 8 жыл бұрын
Yeah the V, for a hole filled with goo its actually pretty nice
@SirAdrian87 8 жыл бұрын
+Stalins moustache The tampon is in the nice place
@AndrewVasirov 7 жыл бұрын
Why is your family name "Stick"? xDD
@beknown63 8 жыл бұрын
Congrats Romania, you're now surrounded on 3 sides. Have fun.
@StomaticHat 8 жыл бұрын
Man, this war is so great I can't wait for a sequel!
@ebergarcia1793 8 жыл бұрын
Great video! looking foward to the next!
@Tracer_Krieg 8 жыл бұрын
Paul Von Hindenburg 2 Meters to feet: 6'5. They should've nicknamed him Der Gigant!
@limonade7050 8 жыл бұрын
Would be cool to see a map with all frontlines of the week. Like the Romanian advance into AH or what Russian or Turkish parts were still occupied.
@canoetripper4651 8 жыл бұрын
Love the series, been following since the beginning. One suggestion, though. At times it would be good to see maps to accompany the narration mentioning geographical areas/locations. EG, when saying Romania would gain Transylvania, Bukovina, & southern Galicia, seeing a map highlighting those areas would greatly enhance our understanding. I know you often show maps, (& I love them), but sometimes we only get mentions of regions or battles with no frame of reference. Thank you for this series!
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
We are showing maps whenever possible. But it's a question of budget.
@Oberstgreup 8 жыл бұрын
The excitement of August 1914, before the nature of the war became plain, is one thing, but it seems incredible that by the autumn of 1916, with the millions of casualties from Verdun, the Somme, and the Brusilov Offensive, any sane leader with no truly compelling reason to join would take a look at the war and say, "Yeah, sure, I want in on THAT!" What on earth were they thinking?
@israelforreal 8 жыл бұрын
Excellent Show. Please keep up the good work.
@jonathanmoermans3388 8 жыл бұрын
You know stuff's getting real if Indy's stood up at the beginning of the video.
@TheStapleGunKid 8 жыл бұрын
It's amazing nations were still joining the war this late in the game. I didn't realize so many joined after 1914 other then America.
@dustylover100 2 ай бұрын
I'm really starting to love this channel.
@Sighhhh 6 жыл бұрын
Looked up videos on The Somme and have been chain watching since. Great information and videos.
@andreipavel4389 8 жыл бұрын
I just COULDN'T wait for this episode! I'm Romanian and I was so excited to see my nation joining the war... I discovered the show this summer and watched all episodes from "this week 100 y ago", and I got up-to-date a few days ago.. just in time! I really support your work, i just love your show!
@ekulzonum 8 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy and Gang, big fan of the show! I wish you much success in the future! A question for out of the trenches, or here in the comments if it's a short enough answer. Would it have made any difference if any Scandinavian nations or Spain joined the war on either the Entente or German side?
@ocolor4597 8 жыл бұрын
Well, Spain could (if it joined the central powers) force France into a war on two fronts, which isn't the nicest thing that can happen to your country (just ask the germans). The scandinavian countries might help finishing off Russia or breaking through the naval blockade. If any of the states joined the Entente, they'd probably end up as fresh meat for the trenches or maybe as support for mother russia.
@dinosaurfilms 8 жыл бұрын
I think Denmark would have been interesting to have seen get involved on the side of the Entente. I would guess the Jutland would be occupied, but British ships would protect the other Danish islands, including Copenhagen, from occupation.
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
And ask us, Romanians, about two fronts too...
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
And ask us, Romanians, about two fronts too...
@dinosaurfilms 7 жыл бұрын
I know, Walachia got occupied in the matter of months by the Central Powers.
@jimgay37 8 жыл бұрын
great video.love your show.
@PearMyPie 8 жыл бұрын
Great episode, mates! Greetings from Romania!
@materialmatters2759 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for enlightening us on the centrocaspian dictatorship. Looking forward to hearing more on this and other obscure state formation attempts in the wake of ww1 and Russian revolutions. Like Finland for example.
@jackdutfield6096 8 жыл бұрын
week 110.. god so i now have to watch up to 109... see you guys in a while
@TheGreatWar 8 жыл бұрын
+Jack Dutfield enjoy! there's also 150 other episodes
@jackdutfield6096 8 жыл бұрын
The Great War on week 4, enjoying it so far, nice production value!
@stormelemental13 8 жыл бұрын
I think you mean good. ;)
@DJ-bq8ng 8 жыл бұрын
+The Great War wow have i really watched that many of your videos? i must really love this channel :)
@HyperSonicX 2 жыл бұрын
I find it oddly satisfyling how Indy aggressively points at Romania on the map.
@blitzkrieg2928 8 жыл бұрын
:D And we get another great video about Romania on Monday :D keep it on Indy ;) !
@VladVlad-ul1io 8 жыл бұрын
yaayayayayayya. Romania joined. at last!! after 2 bloody years. long live!!!
@Elsneakakaze 8 жыл бұрын
"If the Romanians join the Axis, we'll need 10 divisions to put them down. If they Join us, we'll need 10 divisions to rescue them."
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
Russia and France CRIED FOR Romanian entrance. Shut up!
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
Romanian Carpathian front resisted three months or so against 40 divisions of Central Powers. Shut up! Romania wasn`t conquered entirely in fair fight
@Elsneakakaze 7 жыл бұрын
Russian guy said it
@901Sherman 4 жыл бұрын
If only they timed their entry into the whole mess better...
@georgenicolas2297 4 жыл бұрын
@@Elsneakakaze Russian guy that just lost the war with CentralPowers. Pathetically for them. They just "won"a red terror.
@Brian----- 4 жыл бұрын
Rumanian entry was surprisingly key mainly because back then, Rumania was one of few nations that exported food, particularly corn (maize), in quantity. About the only thing Russia didn't need was food, so while neutral, Rumania helped feed the Central Powers, mitigating the British blockade. Because that food was desperately needed, Rumania made bank doing so. Upon entry, that trade stopped, and though Rumania quickly lost, it was materially ruined by defeat. Enemy occupation of a damaged land in the short run (and a country with limited infrastructure to begin with) never remotely yields what peaceful trade with an intact independent nation did: victory and occupation in theory yield a free bonanza, but in practice are a big minus. Wrecking the Central Powers' reserve pantry was the main incentive for the Entente to get Rumania into the war sooner rather than later, and it worked. Indy astutely points out that it would have made much more sense for Rumania to fight defensively on the Carpathian border and to have invaded Bulgaria particularly in the direction of Constantinople. There was no urgency to try to seize Transylvania. Amazingly poor coordination by the Entente that this was not the strategy.
@dspencer203 8 жыл бұрын
excellent episode
@g0lanu 7 жыл бұрын
All in all, Romania's decision to join WW1 paid off from a pragmatic perspective, unlike what happened during and after WW2.
@papaszem44 6 жыл бұрын
greed
@Dartmorin 8 жыл бұрын
with the recent controversy about videos being demonetized, i wanted to ask whether the same happens to your channel, since in the new terms of service, videos about war were supposed to be demonetized and you are literally called, "The Great War".
@SuperCrazf 8 жыл бұрын
Form what I've read, they are fine because they are on an educational purpose and thus ok to show the war as long as it keeps that focus. On the other hand the Patreon support is what keeps this going as it is now.
@BraceletGrolf 8 жыл бұрын
Posting here to be noticed of a possible answer, btw why would all videos about war be demonetized ?
@igoralvesdeandrade2656 8 жыл бұрын
+Romain why is this a thing now?
@Dartmorin 8 жыл бұрын
+Igor Alves support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en for why, i dont really know. but considering that this channel shows actual pictures of the war, im pretty worried.
@igoralvesdeandrade2656 8 жыл бұрын
Now that you said i am worried too, this channel is pretty good and educational, will be a shame if this happen. (Sorry for potato english)
@Vertimoo 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome pointing motion there Indy!
@briannesbit6617 7 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, this was the best episode!
@theswedishdude1 8 жыл бұрын
lol Romania vs Mackensen its gonna be a slaughter
@Hellix27 8 жыл бұрын
Yah but not what you have expected:))))
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
Was when Romania hasn`t got proper weapons.But when they received the weapons from France (bought) in 1917...Just follow the events
@blitzkrieg2928 7 жыл бұрын
wait until Rommel comes
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
Rommel has been heard and stopped at entry in Romanian Moldova, so, finally lost against us.
@blitzkrieg2928 7 жыл бұрын
Liviu A. but again you lost to them in the treaty of bucharest but again a day before the armistice you joined the war and then you won :P i mean we
@umjackd 8 жыл бұрын
So I guess there'll be a special on Romania soon? :D
@TheGreatWar 8 жыл бұрын
+umjackd Monday
@evilgrape4500 8 жыл бұрын
+The Great War YEEEEEEZ
@SomeOne-pe1nv 8 жыл бұрын
+Indiana Neidell +The Great War Great show, thank you. If you have a chance in the special, a little more focus on how poorly equipped for entering a war that was already 2 years old. You touched on lack of machine guns, but also soldiers were using weapons from 1877, and the country was only producing 6 million bullets per day, which meant about 6 bullets per soldier per day.
@SomeOne-pe1nv 7 жыл бұрын
+Indiana Neidell +The Great War Thank you. I apologize, I only discovered your program exists about a week ago, and have only recently had a chance to start catching up on everything. You obviously have these episodes well detailed and well prepared ahead of time, I did not wish to imply otherwise. It is rare to have anything other than ultra-nationalistic history of the small nations focus on such details of nations that most of the world sees as "insignificant". I am grateful not just for the depth and detail you put in your work, but also how you manage to remain balanced on a subject that is very difficult for many people to remain so objective about. It is also rare to find someone who can focus on history objectively enough to give credit where it is due, instead of seeing historic figures as purely "good" or "evil". It must have been even more difficult to put an entire team together of such wonderfully rare type of people. please keep up the good work. Out of curiosity, why did two videos get deleted? Is it related to the new ministry of approval? If yes, is there another place where they might be found?
@scratchedbycats 7 жыл бұрын
+Indiana Neidell the countryside of Romania did not changed much since WW1 (not much since Christ to be honest), maybe a trip to the Carpathian's Alps in your location based episodes, they really are something to look at, still some of the wildest, beautiful yet harsh unforgiving environments in Europe, Bear Grill's did a survivor episode there just to emphasize my point...
@ryanabercrombie7966 8 жыл бұрын
best waiting for this episode for so long
@uniquet_50mg 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@starguy321 8 жыл бұрын
That intro was a very dramatic way of saying Romania had joined the war. Also, next year will you do more episodes on Submarines as next year the Submarine war escalated in 1917. Could you also do a special on Lothar von Arnauld de la Peri, the most successful submarine commander in history
@TheGreatWar 8 жыл бұрын
+resqwec we will
@starguy321 8 жыл бұрын
+The Great War thanks. I'm loving the series by the way
@mariusstana 7 жыл бұрын
"Italy declares war on Germany" .... I literly facepalmed myself....
@noob1138 8 жыл бұрын
Funny note: The Romanian Royal House was from the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (a Catholic Branch of the House of Hohenzollern), while Prussia was ruled by the Protestant branch (Hence the black-white shields on both the Royal Prussian and Royal Romanian coat of arms)
@bensagal-morris8072 5 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ, falkenhayn and mackenson, this is like the avengers of WWI German armies.
@jimzawacki3041 8 жыл бұрын
I have a question for OOTT: How much of the war footage you use is actual combat footage?
@blaine8197 8 жыл бұрын
I'm Indiana jones and welcome to the Great War.
@Oberstgreup 8 жыл бұрын
We named the dog Indiana!
@MrPlayerFB 8 жыл бұрын
Hey love your show keep it up. And can you make a video about Treaty of Sevres and lausanne?
@braselini7183 8 жыл бұрын
Hi Guys, I love your Show. It was and is awesome everytime. I Wonder if there are any modern Songs about ww1. Keep on going
@leteutz 8 жыл бұрын
Could you make an episode of Who did what in WW1 about Ecaterina Teodoroiu ? That would be great . She's a hero in Romania.
@joey8062 8 жыл бұрын
Best episode so far, but will you be covering the Battle of turtucaia and the Bulgarian/german/ottoman advance into the Dobrudja?
@Frozenmenss1 8 жыл бұрын
They just missed the Struma offensive where the frontline was shortened by 150 kilometers.Much biggerthanthe Lerin operation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struma_operation
@joey8062 8 жыл бұрын
Frozenmenss1 yes, and Bulgaria did great in romania.
@Frozenmenss1 8 жыл бұрын
+Felix Steiner Bulgaria crushed the Romanians in the first 3 weeks - time when the germans and turks werent in the area at all,forsed the hole romanian army to redeoply in Dobrodja front and call even Russia to save their asses,and then the rest of the Cental powers came into the fray. Read history bro - The mighty Romanian,stronger than Verdun fortress of Tutrakan ,defended by 40 000 Romanians fell in 1 charge in the first week for Romania into the war. A fortress stronger than the Turkish Adrianopol Fortress in 1913 and designed to hold the enemy for years... What a bunch of misfits were the Romanians in that war, just like the Italians and Austro-Hungary.
@joey8062 8 жыл бұрын
Felix Steiner no
@joey8062 8 жыл бұрын
Frozenmenss1 bulgaria was awesome
@Chrixa 8 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy and team! Firstly, great show! Question for Out of the trenches, I have read that some Norwegians joined the war as volunteers, so I was wondering how widespread this was among neutral contries, did this happen on both sides of the war, and did it increase or decrease during the war?
@danielkorladis7869 7 жыл бұрын
Romania enters the war, and immediately has a boss battle on their hands vs. Mackensen.
@alexparamount 8 жыл бұрын
russia has always used different rail gauges than the rest of the european powers, so that they could quickly move their troops from their heartland to the borders, but so that enemies would find it hard to move troops from russia's western borders into its heartland.
@jotjotpoland2696 8 жыл бұрын
And it works every time.
@viettrungtran4500 7 жыл бұрын
"We got to take that land, gotta do it now." Every time when your neighbour have one last province in Total War.
@bogdandumitru47 10 ай бұрын
Romania gonna fight both Mackensen and Falkenheim AT THE SAME TIME?? OMG this gonna be a total bloodbath can t wait for the next episode 😍😍
@DavieBoy531 8 жыл бұрын
I wonder if in 21 years you guys will do one for WWII...hint hint, love the show thank you very much.
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
www.reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel/comments/4ksvy2/will_you_guys_ever_do_a_ww2_channel_our_official/
@VladVlad-ul1io 8 жыл бұрын
when he said ,, hundreds of thousands of Dead Romanians" , I cried..... :(
@tattabox 8 жыл бұрын
I love Romania. beautiful country and people
@TheGreatWar 8 жыл бұрын
+tattabox and great food
@VladVlad-ul1io 8 жыл бұрын
+The Great War YEAH!!! lots of good food in here :)
@kingbejita9680 3 жыл бұрын
@@VladVlad-ul1io mmmmmm goulash
@fabiandanesti1497 3 жыл бұрын
@@kingbejita9680 yes goulash too
@donneale7555 4 жыл бұрын
The clown cars back then sure had a lot of seats
@michaelmorley7719 8 жыл бұрын
Question for "Out of the Trenches": as a naval history nerd from 'way back, I'm very familiar with the story of SMS Emden (you did great job telling it, by the way), and with that of SMS Konigsberg in East Africa, and I know about the cruise of Admiral Spee's squadron from China to the Falklands. I know that SMS Dresden was the only ship from Spee's squadron to escape the Falklands, but I've never been able to find a good account of what she did between the Battle of the Falklands and her eventual scuttling several months later. Can you enlighten me?
@nicolasdefribourg5666 7 жыл бұрын
let's see this one Indy, ty
@euadyeu 7 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Romania!Are you going to make a special video with the heroical acts did by Romanian Army during the battles for Oituz, Marasesti and Marasti?You are awesome and I am glad you are very objective bringing in front of us only true information about this war, particularly when you talk about Romania.We all know that the Great Powers wrote the history, but romanians did that too even they we're not a great power, at least we wrote a real one.Keep it up!
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
If you think that we make episodes where we praise one sides's heroism, we will disappoint you. Will we talk about these battles? Yes.
@euadyeu 7 жыл бұрын
+The Great War It is clever that you wont praise anyone's heroical side.As I said, you are very objective.As I can't see Pearl Harbours as a heroical act per example the other will not see the battle on the Romanian front as heroical ones.I mentioned "heroical" because for us were very important, a small hand of poorly equiped soldiers slaughtered the germans, who were quite superior as numbers and as equipment.
@euadyeu 7 жыл бұрын
+Indiana Neidell Got it.Thank you for the attention given to my comment.
@SomeOne-pe1nv 7 жыл бұрын
+Indiana Neidell +The Great War Thank you for taking the objective fact based approach to the war. Thank you for your deep focus on what many consider the "insignificant" players in the war.
@Dudumarus 7 жыл бұрын
+Indiana Neidell good point!
@galacticpenguintv6752 8 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting two years for this episode. Now I can finally have a laugh at Romania's expense. *Grabs popcorn*
@abu-hureraali4531 8 жыл бұрын
the USSR
@galacticpenguintv6752 8 жыл бұрын
***** Well, yes, but their initial campaign in the First World War was a disaster.
@galacticpenguintv6752 8 жыл бұрын
***** Ukrainian-American.
@G-Mastah-Fash 8 жыл бұрын
And now Romania is poor and Germany and Austria are two of the richest countries in Europe. So we did.
@G-Mastah-Fash 8 жыл бұрын
***** If I didn't have the internet or a TV I wouldn't even know it was going on. That's how bad it is.
@andrewkenrow245 8 жыл бұрын
Nice dramatic pointing for the opening.
@dyogenesorin9564 8 жыл бұрын
I am looking forward related the Romania special episode
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
Coming on Monday.
@dyogenesorin9564 7 жыл бұрын
did you will cover the situation of all Romanians . I mean you will discuss also about situation or Austro-Hungarian's or Russia's Romanians?
@nikoladd 7 жыл бұрын
There is a victory arch in Bucharest... as there are other copied things from Paris.. I don't have knowledge of any Romanian victory worth remembering though...
@vikingro 7 жыл бұрын
+nikoladd Well, it is simple: Romania participated to the war io the winning side, there were many Romanians killed in the war. Romania gained from the war the territories that hoped to obtain when it joined the war.
@scratchedbycats 7 жыл бұрын
+Adrian Smeria Romania life cost reported to its population was huge, 2nd only to Serbia, there are no winning sides in modern warfare
@YdeckW 7 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy, I'll be brief - I absolutely think that your anti-war remarks at ends of episodes are quite fitting, but attributing "greed" to one of Romania's motives to join the war sounds a little bit off. Sure, they wanted the land, however, it must be mentioned that a huge number of Romanians lived in that land, which were deprived of what we now know as basic human rights by Hungarians. I have a really hard time to twist this in a way to represent greed. A much similar story to what a huge portion of the Slavic population in the same empire experienced.
@TheGreatWar 7 жыл бұрын
A huge number of Hungarians also lived in that land. And some other minorities too. That's the problem with the dichotomy of nationalism which also creates these situations where most of the groups get treated unfairly by someone. I mean when you go to Hungary, you can talk with a random Hungarian and he will tell you about the shame of the Treaty of Trianon and how this and that part of the world "belongs" to Hungary. Basically, you can do that in almost every country in Europe and you will find someone who says that this part of that country is actually "theirs". So, are the Romanians right because now Transylvania belongs to Romania again and the Hungarians are unhappy with that? Really don't know. And it's also not so simple to just point out who the majority and minority is.
@scratchedbycats 7 жыл бұрын
+The Great War well, yes the nationalistic reasons are just that, reason, the fact of the matter was, as you mentioned Russia and France already agreed to not honor the "deal" with Romania, Transylvania was not awarded as a prize or whatever, it was actually "won" the hard way, through blood sweat and tears, in a Romanian - Hungarian war that lasted from nov1918 to mar1929 wich ended with Romanian total victory and the fall of Budapest, so yeah it could have been Martians in Transylvania, it does not matter, it was a spoil of war, fun fact after all this happened and Romania retreats, some Admiral Horty rise to power in Hungary with the indirect help of Romania leaving behind a huge stock of weapons etc etc, also spoiler alert Romania and Hungary were both "nazi" allies in WW2, wich some historians consider not only a direct continuation of the first, but some actuality that ww1 and ww2 as the same war, with a 20 years pause
@YdeckW 7 жыл бұрын
The Great War Thank you for the quick reply. While it is very easy to say that nothing is black and white, it is difficult to determine the shade of grey that something is, and that is what history should ultimately do. You have obviously placed forth the basis of a possible Hungarian argument, and you are probably aware of many counter-arguments, but the comment section is not the place to continue this. As you know, this is very complex history, and there is not enough room in today's video for sure, but I just felt that it might have been better to reword the statement of Romania's motive to join the war, or even better briefly mention arguments of both sides. I am very interested in 19th century history of this part of the world, and if I could, I would gladly supply you with some material you possibly did not have access to.
@jozepska 7 жыл бұрын
fun fact: there were more romanian schools in Austria-Hungary, than in Romania in the begining of the XXth century.
@scratchedbycats 7 жыл бұрын
As the great french philosopher Jacques Derrida advocated, it's best (imperative) to spend even a little time on both sides of the argument...
@benkuhn6777 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Indy & Team, an "out of the trenches" question (ok, a couple of them): I'm listening to the audiobook of Ernst Jünger's "In Stahlgewittern" and I'm wondering about the "Krankenträger" (litter bearers) frequently mentioned in the book. Who were these people? How were they organized? Were they taken from the Company level, the Battalion or even higher? (Jünger obviously talks about the German Krankenträger only, but the other warring nations must have had something similar) Keep up the good work!
@mgelegenheit1814 7 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy and team. I have a question, perhaps you can talk about it on out of the trenches? You've touched on Pals before; battalions made up of men from the same village, town or industry. The mention of industry reminded me of a something I heard about Pals and artillery shells. I heard a disproportionate number of artillery shell factory workers signed up for the Pals Battalions and when they took heavy losses that lead to a shortage of qualified shell manufacturers. I understood this to mean unqualified worker replaced them in the factories and produced shells of a lower quality. Is this one of the contributing factors in the large amount of non-exploded munitions along the western front today? Did the central powers have a similar problem with duds? Vielen Dank für eure tolle Arbeit für die Show!
@cr4yv3n 7 жыл бұрын
9:05 it wasn't "greed", it was JUSTICE. And after centuries it would return to us. And yes he gambled everything. And it paid off BIG TIME.
@1000Pigs 8 жыл бұрын
So France and Russia were going to renege on their deal with Romania, but why would France be against Romania gaining some territory?
@jukahri 8 жыл бұрын
France cared about what Russia thought, and Russia didn't want Romania to expand, being historically hostile towards Russia.
@dinosaurfilms 8 жыл бұрын
I don't know why either France or Russia would want to nullify the agreement with Romania.
@ZORO12ful 8 жыл бұрын
Russia opposed it because a bigger Romania was harder to control. Since France was allied with the Russians it agreed with them.
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
Russia was hostile to Romania because a strong Latin character country in Balkans wasn`t in its interest.You twisted it...
@dinosaurfilms 7 жыл бұрын
Romania wouldn't have been independent in the first place without Russia in 1877. Although I do see the reason of trying to control Romania from getting too large.
@AndrewKoutroulakis 8 жыл бұрын
I think a Buzz Aldrin Travellers club shirt, poster, or "official membership card" would be a great idea.
@jamesharmer9293 8 жыл бұрын
Hey Guys, I've just watched the The Enemy Within as you suggested and the main thing I noticed was how dark the set was. Did you have trouble with the electricity company or something ?! Great series though, however dark it is/was !
@blackmichael75 8 жыл бұрын
I thought it was the German kaiser who said "the war is lost" when Romania joined, not because he feared Romania, but just because of the sheer number of countries who had joined the Allies, including (perhaps) Greece. From what I've read the Kaiser and the Crown Prince were dismayed by the course of the war at this point, and especially by Verdun, and Hindenburg and Ludendorff were essentially in charge of the country, a sort of military regime.
@aliviu11 7 жыл бұрын
Kaizer said that fearing, after the rapid advances of Romanian armies in Transylvania.Austro-Hungary begged for German help, and for this time, differently than two years before when they tried alone in Serbia, they share the front with significant German forces
@steel4o 8 жыл бұрын
Mmmmm can't wait to hear how Bucharest fell in December. Sacro egoismo did not work out well for Romania at the start.
@dinosaurfilms 8 жыл бұрын
They lost all of Walachia shortly after joining the war. It went very poorly for them.
@steel4o 8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, egotism and Balkans go hand in hand sorry to say. Everyone yearns for when their country was the big dog in the yard, 1000 or more years back and not enough land to sate all that hungry ego...
@blitzkrieg2928 8 жыл бұрын
Love me some German love in Bucharest lol
@dinosaurfilms 8 жыл бұрын
Especially places like Macedonia.
@SoSo7060 8 жыл бұрын
Im glad for it, we still have Transilvanya, basically 1/3 of our country for joining that war.
@arachnonixon 8 жыл бұрын
Von Mackensen's hat. I need one!
@dinosaurfilms 8 жыл бұрын
Is that a suggestion for their merchandise store? :p
@blitzkrieg2928 7 жыл бұрын
the totenkpf tho
@miroslavbubela5787 8 жыл бұрын
Hi Indy and the Great War team, long time video watcher and first time commentator. What effect if any did the Angel of Mons play in the moral of the British soldiers and the British public?
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