The American First Army Gears Up - Germany Retreats I THE GREAT WAR - Week 214
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5 жыл бұрынAs the German Army withdraws along the Western Front, the Entente prepares for ever more offensives. This includes the newly founded American First Army which will have the task to attack the Germans in the Meuse-Argonnes area.
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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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@thechieftain8936 5 жыл бұрын
It only took 4 years, the bodies of 100s of thousands of young men, tons of useless hellish battles and engamemts, heartbreak on an unprecedented amount. But finally Haig can command “Vey Well”. This is modern war
@jackthorton10 5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the world of war. Glad you finally opened your eyes.
@dvdamiel 5 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd live to see the day when Indy utters those words
@scottkeegan8871 4 жыл бұрын
It only took a few years before old Haig got the hang of general-ing!
@hymanocohann2698 4 жыл бұрын
The thing that amazes is, how Veterans, who lived through this, didn't just hang the next war mongering politician that piped up.
@spetsnatzlegion3366 3 жыл бұрын
Practice makes perfect
@SuperCompany007 5 жыл бұрын
I love how the Belgians are still fighting, defending that little corner of their country
@DeathOnSernpidal 5 жыл бұрын
Yep, they were a thorn in the side of the German Army the entire war. They also held the coast at Nieuport, and helped prevent Germans from gaining more Channel ports.
@Physiker17 3 жыл бұрын
Well, their situation is better than the one the Sebrians are in.
@adolfgaming1761 3 жыл бұрын
((Laughs in Dutch during 1914))
@galacticpenguintv6752 5 жыл бұрын
This was bound to happen when they stopped using Conrad only.
@colinwolf9730 5 жыл бұрын
Conrad was the only hope they had of winning. There must have been a reason he held on through 3 failed carpathian offensives, 2 failed invasions of Serbia, 1 failed punishment expedition(which involved a disastrous redeployment of troops from Galicia, 1 failed Rumble on the Piave, and millions of Austro Hungarian casulties. He did stop the Russians at Lemanova back in 1914 though... who else remembers that episode!
@michaelstein7510 5 жыл бұрын
Colin Wolf My boy Conrad with that never give up attitude. He and Luigi Cadorna are getting ready for the 587th Battle of the Isonzo River.
@James--Parker 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know. Without Luigi the allies are basically worthless. There other generals don't have the balls to try the same failed strategy 14 times.
@bthanbeethan5590 5 жыл бұрын
James Parker and it worked
@deltaflyer9078 3 жыл бұрын
My great great uncle was part of the 115th regiment of the 29th infantry division he fought in France, his name was Ernest Tovani, and was a doughboy.
@thatsnodildo1974 5 жыл бұрын
*Gee i sure hope Gemrany comes out okay from the war*
@justafaniv1097 5 жыл бұрын
Well no matter what, I'm sure the foundations of Austria-Hungary's Dual Monarchy will be able to weather the storm of defeat, however remote the chance of losing may be.
@akrybion 5 жыл бұрын
I think the French will give them a fair peace deal and 20 years later everyone will be able to laugh at the war.
@gopfiling_cabinet7771 5 жыл бұрын
Even if the war ends the ottoman empire will be able to hold due to strong unity between everyone, making the empire never end
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
"Take backsies?" - The Kaiser
@dekaredfire 5 жыл бұрын
Well in some aspects, they did. The war didn't reach their soil and other than Elsaß-Lothringen, German territories are intact, in contrast with the aftermath of a certain conflict 2 decades later.
@oneofmanyjames-es1643 5 жыл бұрын
Baku will win the entire war, I'm sure of it.
@bthanbeethan5590 5 жыл бұрын
Optimus Princeps Bob Boblington: Baku is using artillery only
@zainmudassir2964 3 жыл бұрын
They won Karabakh war in 2021
@bigrigjoe5130 5 жыл бұрын
Heya Flo! If you read this then go take a 5 minute coffee break. You deserve it bro, We appreciate ya
@Autobotmatt428 5 жыл бұрын
3:40 From what I read Pershing was pissed and not okay when Foch first told him he had to cancel his offensive at Saint-Mihiel and then had a shouting match with Foch for like 2 hours. Until the next day Philippe Petain helped settle the argument and they agreed on a limited offensive.
@TheCimbrianBull 5 жыл бұрын
He told him to go Foch himself! 😀
@Autobotmatt428 5 жыл бұрын
My point being they were not getting along as well as Indie is making it out.
@Autobotmatt428 5 жыл бұрын
TheCimbrianBull well to more accurate he told Foch interpreter who then told Foch.
@TheCimbrianBull 5 жыл бұрын
@@Autobotmatt428 LOL! 😂
@901Sherman 3 жыл бұрын
Huh, must be one of those 'different accounts' sorta thing cuz the what I've read (overall) is more in line with what Indy said (then again, unless someone pulls a 'Back to the Future/Endgame', we probably won't find out for sure, so...yeah).
@nathanmcmullen1527 5 жыл бұрын
Damn the Argonne forest map in bf1 is accurate af
@jackthorton10 5 жыл бұрын
And they say Video Games can’t be realistic.
@astrobot4017 5 жыл бұрын
Well, Germany did not have that many black people back then
@nathanmcmullen1527 5 жыл бұрын
@@jackthorton10 right? The clips of them walking around the forest w the ruins is bf1 and viceversa
@walpol3 5 жыл бұрын
I need to catch up 150 episodes ;-; wish me luck
@aneural 5 жыл бұрын
It's not a T.V show...
@tspoon772 5 жыл бұрын
@@aneural oh really? I didnt notice, thanks for pointing that out man
@aneural 5 жыл бұрын
@@tspoon772 ha ha ha very funny
@DT-sb9sv 4 жыл бұрын
Trying to finish by Armistice Day 2019. Found this show through Forgotten Weapons a in August 2019. Yank so I'm late to the War to End all Wars.
@Alex-cw3rz 5 жыл бұрын
"Germans retreating" well I think this is a German ruse, just wait, the Germans will be chomping on all sort of huge suspicious looking sausages in Paris by Christmas!
@dams6829 5 жыл бұрын
*cooking
@yellowjackboots2624 5 жыл бұрын
Horses willie?
@TheSciuzzo 5 жыл бұрын
Indy oh Indy! As an Italian fan may I ask if you'll ever do a special on Gabriele d'Annunzio?
@FrazzP 5 жыл бұрын
Just a small tactical retreat! The Kaiser will be victorious!
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
Hannibal did a tactical retreat at Cannae. *drop mic*
@Katzenkratscher 5 жыл бұрын
You are totally mixed up in your measurements. British forces advanced by miles. Germans retreated by kilometers.
@Nakrin27 5 жыл бұрын
Pumped for the Battle of Saint-Mihiel!!
@Autobotmatt428 5 жыл бұрын
Nakrin27 I am gonna say it was a better plan and they should have exploited there go fortune.
@joehoe222 5 жыл бұрын
And after the Battle it's called Saint-Nihil!
@CrossOfBayonne 5 жыл бұрын
Me too were gonna push the germans back across the sailent and show em we mean business
@Nakrin27 5 жыл бұрын
@@CrossOfBayonne You got it! Pretty soon German troops will be walking back into Germany in defeat.
@Daniel-kq4bx 5 жыл бұрын
@@CrossOfBayonne kicking is exaggerated. Its like pushing over demoralised men that were ruined by this war. They are mentally and physically at the end. America didnt see the real war. They just came when everyone was exhausted and the germans stood no chance. Then the Entente came up with the glorious idea to blame everything on Germany and by that basically causing ww 2. Ww 1 was everybodys fault.
@Duke_of_Lorraine 5 жыл бұрын
Conrad just called. He advises to move troops covering Salonika to put everything on the western front.
@harrisondansie9542 5 жыл бұрын
5:48 Did somebody say HIGH GROUND?
@averageconsumer0 5 жыл бұрын
Germany: Its over Entente I have the High Ground! Allies: you under estimate my (man)power! Germany: Dont Try it! *machine gun fire sounds*
@Communistbaconeater 5 жыл бұрын
Dew it
@massaweed420 5 жыл бұрын
"... tens of thousands, of dead soldiers. *This* , is modern war." There fixed it for you.
@Azzaloza 5 жыл бұрын
That picture of Lenin giving a speech at 8:58 is censored. The original photo has Leon Trotsky and Lev Kamenev standing on the right side at the stairs.
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
Why was it censored?
@diarradunlap9337 5 жыл бұрын
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Stalin. That's why.
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
Stalin didn't want Lenin with the other guys?
@Communistbaconeater 5 жыл бұрын
A Guy With Zeratul as His Profile Pic he didn't want others to seem more important than him in the period following his seizure of power. So he removed evidence of his political enemies (i.e. Trotsky) roles in the revolution.
@gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796 4 жыл бұрын
@@Communistbaconeater lol stalin "removed" millions of people not to make them more important than him. Even his own family was "removed"
@MrNicoJac 5 жыл бұрын
I just love (and am astounded by) how much the war still seems to be in flux at this point. I mean, just the sheer manpower and (eventually) manufacturing output of the US is bound to win in the very long term, but Germany is still far from defeated. And then there are so many machinations going on everywhere, a significant surprise can come out of nowhere!
@petergray2712 5 жыл бұрын
The problem is that both Germany and the Allies kept trying to find alternatives to the Western Front slugfest, and expanded their military and diplomatic efforts into areas they perceived could outflank their adversaries. So the Germans embraced Lenin and the Bolsheviks, and Britain pulled in the Italians and Romanians, and bankrolled the Arab and Caucasus independence movements, all of which massively destabilized these flank regions and complicated the strategic calculus. This is a result of stubbornness of the political leaders in 1914, who refused to believe when told by their military commanders that a negotiated peace would be much easier compared to the looming savage stalemate.
@monks311 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome episode as always. The End is sooo near! Yet the soldiers don't know about it yet...
@Flow86767 5 жыл бұрын
The end is near, BECAUSE THE GERMAN RETREATING IS A RUSE AND THEY WILL MAKE A GIANT COUNTER ATTACK AND WIN BY CHRISTMAS :)
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 5 жыл бұрын
2 months is still a long freaking time.
@indianajones4321 5 жыл бұрын
Yippee-Ki-Yay!
@firepower7017 5 жыл бұрын
Indiana Jones BOOO!
@supermagicalcookie2400 5 жыл бұрын
When is that workout video coming 😩
@lowenergyvideos4658 5 жыл бұрын
Never can say this enough but great work on the show the past few years. I moved out here to the country the same time you began TGW and its only just dawned on me how long (and in a way short) of a time you have been doing this. So again, great work!
@dfsengineer 5 жыл бұрын
1:36 "In 1916 Delville Wood had stopped the Allies for weeks, now it fell in days." Maybe because there doesn't seem to be any actual wood left?
@yellowjackboots2624 5 жыл бұрын
Bloody love this channel!
@TRUECRISTIANJESUS 5 жыл бұрын
This is an excellently video of the U.S. Army's rapid growth, in just over a year and a half, from essentially a constabulary force, with only limited modern weaponry, to become an increasingly important and effective member of the Allied coalition and a key factor in the defeat of the Central Powers. In doing so, the Army was able to overcome a whole host of challenges: shortages of modern equipment, lack of shipping, limited logistics, inadequate training, an outdated and wrong-headed tactical doctrine, President Wilson's obtuseness in dealing with his military leadership and the constant scheming of the British and French to use American soldiers piecemeal as replacements.
@petergray2712 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Pershing, Hunter Liggett and Charles Dawes. Dawes is the unsung hero of the AEF, as he was a civilian lawyer that volunteered to help Pershing acquire the weapons he needed to put the Americans into the field. Thanks to bureaucratic wrangling between the Army and the Navy, and President Wilson's poor handling of civilian industrial mobilization, American industry was only just beginning to build sufficient armaments in September 1918
@TRUECRISTIANJESUS 5 жыл бұрын
comments lead me to believe. However, it is a well done piece of work and obviously done on a very modest budget. The story is a bit heavy-handed in places, and the scene where the wife tells her husband that he's a loser is very hard to believe. That all being said, it is a dreary, gritty slice of England in the early sixties and is a showcase for the dramatic talents of Peter Sellers. While some of the supporting roles are well done, Sellers shines like a bright diamond with his intense and convincing portrayal of a carjacker, free of any moral pretense. If this film had been widely seen, I am convinced that many directors would have tried to get Sellers into more serious roles. His ability to leave all traces of the Goon comedy figure behind is truly astounding. If you are interested in post-war English cinema, this is an interesting film. If you are a fan of Peter Sellers, it's a must see.
@deweywarner8010 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent timeline series. When watching, I sometimes wonder if it will ever end. How it must have been for those who lived through it. I just watched your segment on George Guynemer. While you mentioned that there were numerous tributes for him, there was no mention that one of the Spad aircraft he flew (according to the placard) still exists and is on display at a museum in Paris. Great museum to go to. Thanks for bringing a freshness to this pivotal period in history. "Guynemer ‘s Spad VII aircraft descends upon the Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget. Guynemer's Spad VII" Dewey
@user-fl7ie5is4m 5 жыл бұрын
i have my middle School Project at the 20 November at 11 am... Ist About WW1 :D best day, best time. :D never Forget the soldier that died for their counties! Regardless what Nation they fought for!
@3-DtimeCosmology 5 жыл бұрын
All very brave, yes.
@athashalfling 5 жыл бұрын
Always a great episode
@hlynnkeith9334 5 жыл бұрын
I am praying that The Great War continues beyond the armistice into 1919 to the finale. You produce my favorite KZfaq channel.
@st.stboneboner2707 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@jonesandy31 5 жыл бұрын
nice to see Jean-Paul de Vries! Gave me & my family a great battlefield tour in 2015.
@garyradley5694 Жыл бұрын
Remember that the American troops had been taught how to fight a modern war by the Australians. In the Americans first few battles the American officers had been sent on leave and the troops were actually led by Australian officers. The Australian officers reported that the American troops were very brave, if a bit too enthusiastic, and if well led they would acquit themselves well in future battles.
@tommcdonald1873 5 жыл бұрын
Getting ready for St. Mihael, the Canadians hitting the D-Q line and the Diggers of the AIF going after Mont St-Quentin should be a busy week next week.
@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын
Fun video. great job.
@IanKath 5 жыл бұрын
Nice edit of the recent footage from Meuse-Argonnes. Might have given away how things play out in the near future, but what would I know, I don't live in the future.
@JLHFans 5 жыл бұрын
SO bussiness as usual, next year allies's offensives and they will be stopped. I can hardly wait the next German counteroffensive in 1919 :)
@jackthorton10 5 жыл бұрын
I will see you in the Argonne Forest, Hun!
@blustulagu 5 жыл бұрын
I love this Channel and Indi. Great work! Please after do WW2 and the Cold War
@ib4751 5 жыл бұрын
The first video on his WW2 channel came out just now.
@micklats5584 5 жыл бұрын
Looking forward for next week during which the Anzac Corp took Mont Saint Quentin August 31st-3rd September.
@yaujj65 5 жыл бұрын
Haig and his plans, although hit and miss, he still got it (Maybe he uses the cavalry if the plan succeed)
@TheCimbrianBull 5 жыл бұрын
Artillery only!
@yaujj65 5 жыл бұрын
I prefer a musket and a horse (martial arts one) and maybe include pistol, chinese sword and keris light and dark energy and maybe use the bomb from the Lyosacks if I want to get extreme
@TheCimbrianBull 5 жыл бұрын
@@yaujj65 LMFAO! 😂
@Ekergaard 5 жыл бұрын
Men and horse in perfect harmony. You can bet that.
@amitabhakusari2304 5 жыл бұрын
Question for Out of the Trenches- What was the British Indian Army doing at this point? I haven't heard anything about it since Gallipoli and Kut.
@tommydelynn8212 5 жыл бұрын
I think that some Indian troops were in Baku
@blade5896 5 жыл бұрын
They've been fighting in the Mesopotamia front and the Palestine front. Advancing against the Ottomans
@DirtRoadAutoRepair 5 жыл бұрын
Just found this channel a couple weeks ago, watched all the videos in order and just realized I’m “caught up” and now have to wait weekly.....sigh lol
@wessel5811 5 жыл бұрын
Germany: i have the high ground
@petergray2712 5 жыл бұрын
Spoiler Alert: the American forces don't leap up and get their legs cut off
@Equanox214 5 жыл бұрын
Omg new episode!!!!
@BASSOSOVIETICO1987 4 жыл бұрын
At 9:00 you guys have used wrong photo. This one is a famous Stalin's forgery from 1930's. Originally there is Trotsky on that photograph :D
@Angrymuscles 5 жыл бұрын
The photograph of Lenin you used toward the end, you used the touched up version where Trotsky is removed from the image. It was done after he fell out of favour with Lenin or the party in general.
@juniatapark54 5 жыл бұрын
The photo was touched up in Stalin's day. Lenin and Trotsky had disagreements but Trotsky was a major national and party figure while Lenin was alive.
@criscabrera9098 3 ай бұрын
@@juniatapark54yea lenin liked trotsky and he chose him to pick up after he died but stalin won and lead the Soviet Union to become slaughter house
@tisFrancesfault 5 жыл бұрын
8:58 you used the doctored image of lenin, distributed by Starlin, as Trotsky is missing. Imo it best to avoid the doctored images where possible. Regardless, informative as ever! :)
@Byzantine41 5 жыл бұрын
Note to Allied military officials. You may want to set up a special commando raid across German lines. There is a Austrian corporal dispatch runner in the Bavarian division that might give you trouble later on.
@testshietchannel Жыл бұрын
I see what you did there 😅
@kuoseis 5 жыл бұрын
8:07 was waiting for this
@lankinator. 5 жыл бұрын
A question for Out Of the Trenches for your consideration. In a near-future war that is of equal size and importance as the Great War, there was a phenomen of the black market as eponymised by spivs such as Pvt Walker of Dad's Army fame. My question is: was there a similar Black Market during the Great War? What were the items being flogged? Also, how did the Country's Police forces deal with them (were convicts forced into the Army for example?) Yours faithfully, Lankinator Esq (internet name; not real name
@petergray2712 5 жыл бұрын
www.rtbf.be/ww1/topics/detail_reselling-falsifying-and-stealing-the-black-market-during-the-great-war?id=8356015
@honeybadgerstudios21 5 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy and team I was wondering if you could discuss the polar bear expeditionary force from Michigan who fought in Siberia during the Russian civil war. Thanks guys love the show
@petlahk4119 5 жыл бұрын
I think that there is one thread throughout this series that is sort of unexpected. And that's that, in much the same way to how it happened in the war, at the beginning of the series your listing off the numbers of people dead in these battles was saddening and disheartening, the thousands dead minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week. But also, much the same way it happened in the war, it's hard not to just gloss over the fact that there as still thousands of human men dying daily in skirmishes on the front. And thousands of other people dying of starvation in the cities. It's hard to not be numb to it. Much the same as what happened in the war.
@TTMR1986 5 жыл бұрын
Can you please move the map key out of the lower right corner? When full screen the KZfaq app places your logo over it.
@deitona06 5 жыл бұрын
Will you make one regular thursday video with Flo? I`s gonna be so nice. We would love it ! :)
@fristnamelastname5549 5 жыл бұрын
Over there over! Send the word, send the word, Over there. As the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming! The durm is coming everywhere!
@flyforce16 5 жыл бұрын
There’s a long, long trail...
@michealohaodha9351 5 жыл бұрын
Well done guys! Only 4 years late ;)
@CrossOfBayonne 5 жыл бұрын
and we won't come back till it's over over there!
@wizofoz0605 3 жыл бұрын
@@CrossOfBayonne We wont turn up 'till it's over, over there...
@MrSvenovitch 5 жыл бұрын
The Roulers railway line. It's in Flanders, so it's Roeselare (roo-se-lah-re). Get it straight after 4 (!) years plz
@quantitativeease 5 жыл бұрын
2:20 Was that just a sick burn on Ludendorff by Foch?
@Roronoa79 5 жыл бұрын
The soldiers of Germany may be forced to retreat, but this will only shorten the front, and allow us to better concentrate our forces at our formidable defensive positions! The Entente's resolve will break when wave after wave of their men are cut down before the mighty Hindenburg Line!
@JohnJohn-pe5kr 5 жыл бұрын
WW2 in real time starts tomorrow! 😀😃
@maxvanlint6261 5 жыл бұрын
Wtf
@jien1988 5 жыл бұрын
I knew it! :0 there's really a world war two - KZfaq bet ( " , )
@joao_1986 5 жыл бұрын
4:52 Preparation for celebrations of christmas after the end of the war
@DrGorgoroth 5 жыл бұрын
Dang we are almost to the end.
@3-DtimeCosmology 5 жыл бұрын
It's so exciting seeing it in "real time".
@TheCyricSun 5 жыл бұрын
Indy and team your map seems wrong : Charleville and Mezières are quite close, closer than on your map (in fact : they are but one town now). Your map's mezières must be the famous town of Sedan. ;)
@TheNormanbro 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Andy and team! What happend taken Turkish POW's during English Arabia Campaing and Arab Rebelion? İf you can gave an answer its gonna be awesome! Thank you! Keep up great work!
@W1se0ldg33zer 5 жыл бұрын
The Germans? Retreat?? They were actually celebrating another Glorious victory as they re-positioned to deliver the final blow.
@ianhines2302 5 жыл бұрын
It’s almost over, when it ends, we all go home.
@stentbeefclench 5 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna say this every week from now on 1 million subs by November 11th come on you can do it
@bronzebackbassing18 5 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t the Meuse Argonne one of the bloody offensive and last major allied offensive to happen in ww1?
@getanupgrade1018 5 жыл бұрын
How do you take a trench if the whole trench system is connected won't troops be rushing to where you attacked from your left and right
@Jane20121985 5 жыл бұрын
you guys should do one about the hundred years war next....that would be cool...
@twotone3471 5 жыл бұрын
Go Big Red One!
@shadowghost1415 5 жыл бұрын
Oh man,I hope Indy does the Battle of Épehy
@heavypupper1219 5 жыл бұрын
I think that many people forget that World War 1 was, indeed, a WORLD war. In every comment section about anything even remotely talking about WW1 there is always that one douch bickering about who did what. People often forget that the war was fought all over the world with many theaters. There was of course, the Western and Eastern Fronts, but there was also the African fronts, the Serbian front, the Mesopotamian front, the Italian front, etc. A war like this can't be put into terms of "The British/French/Americans/etc won the war by themselves". It was a combined effort that won the war, and that's just the truth. I hope people can learn to accept this one day but it's highly unlikely.
@DeathOnSernpidal 5 жыл бұрын
Very well put. A lot of countries and nations contributed their efforts in ways large and small. All of that mattered. All those forces and fronts influenced one another. Even successful actions and battles weakened the Central Powers somewhere else to some degree. Even Allied countries like Montenegro, Japan, Belgium, Romania, and Portugal all contributed.
@heavypupper1219 5 жыл бұрын
@@DeathOnSernpidal Glad to see you agree. It gets really annoying when people start to buy in to their countries propaganda and start spouting nonsense trying to downplay nations in a war like the Great War.
@rupvictoria3017 5 жыл бұрын
Can you talk about U.S. Infantry uniforms and weapons along with the vehicles like tanks and planes they used during WWI?
@kingsansan4958 5 жыл бұрын
Have you read the book War Horse? Or The Last Of The Doughboys? Both are great books I highly recommend them.
@UCUCUC27 5 жыл бұрын
been playing commander the great war lately in multiplayer and i feel sad for the cp situation (also planes are op)
@rkitchen1967 4 жыл бұрын
No "von" in Max Hoffman's name. One of his problems as he wasn't a Junkers and didn't get promoted as far as his talents deserved.
@yognaut 5 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy, where do you source your thumbnail images from?
@elfordleeman 5 жыл бұрын
If you are a solider in 1914 what are the statical survival rates making it to the end?
@paulx7540 5 жыл бұрын
3:56 the Belgians had been held back since 1914. I wondered why their casualties for the war were relatively low. Did this lead to resentment by the British and Empire forces fighting in Flanders?
@petergray2712 5 жыл бұрын
No. It's just that ninety percent of the Belgian population were under a tight German occupation. If the Belgian Army suffered heavy casualties like they did at the Battle of the Yser, where were the replacements going to come from?
@paulkiel5613 5 жыл бұрын
is the linked vidoe the same one where you visit Mountfaucon? if not, can someone link the video of the visit to Montfaucon please?
@TheGreatWar 5 жыл бұрын
it is exactly that video
@paulkiel5613 5 жыл бұрын
thanks. my grandfather fought there.
@paulkiel5613 5 жыл бұрын
for the american 313th of the 79th (don't let my last name fool you)
@rmr9030 5 жыл бұрын
What was the italian pun rhyme about the regina, trieste, and a carolina. Ive forgot it and i cannot find it, if someone would remind me that id be thankful
@alepuc89 5 жыл бұрын
IL GENERAL CADORNA Il general Cadorna ha scritto alla regina «Se vuoi veder Trieste te la mando in cartolina» Bom bom bom al rombo del cannon Il general Cadorna si mangia le bistecche ai poveri soldati ci dà castagne secche Bom bom bom al rombo del cannon Il general Cadorna è diventato matto chiamà il '99 che l'è ancor ragazzo Bom bom bom al rombo del cannon Il general Cadorna ha perso l'intelletto chiamà il '99 che fa ancor pipì nel letto Bom bom bom al rombo del cannon Il general Cadorna ha scritto la sentenza: «Pigliatemi Gorizia, vi manderò in licenza» Bom bom bom al rombo del cannon Il general Cadorna 'l mangia 'l beve 'l dorma e il povero soldato va in guerra e non ritorna Bom bom bom al rombo del cannon.
@rmr9030 5 жыл бұрын
alepuc89 cool, thank you!
@goodman4966 5 жыл бұрын
SEND IN THE DOUGHBOY !
@cobalt2361 5 жыл бұрын
I could easily see Indy as an Army recruit officer.
@TheRightLadder 5 жыл бұрын
You remind me of Bob Odenkirk. Better Call Somme
@nostradamusofgames5508 5 жыл бұрын
wait so its the Big Red One that will be part of the offensive?
@fudgeman48 5 жыл бұрын
Max Hoffman looks like he could be the villain in a James Bond movie
@rocco24554 5 жыл бұрын
Is the channel over after November
@wyattbarmann3573 5 жыл бұрын
Indy what are you going to talk about after the war
@the_phantom_e8722 5 жыл бұрын
Wyatt Barmann ww2 of course! It’s out like right now at ‘world war two’
@bthanbeethan5590 5 жыл бұрын
I feel like you need to do more on Belgium cause at this point in the war they are the deciding factor
@TheGreatWar 5 жыл бұрын
A soon B bold statement
@MrAwesomenessppl 5 жыл бұрын
Douglas MacArthur for 'Who Did What in WW1?'
@flakafazliu4776 5 жыл бұрын
Hey indie I love the show everyone there is AWESOME. But can you tell me were there any Albanians who did anything extraordinary during the war. For either side.
@yolanda8563 5 жыл бұрын
Is there gonna be a similar 5 year programme for the 80th anniversary of WW2?
@ib4751 5 жыл бұрын
Go to World War Two channel. First video uploaded today.
@jacobeberhardt1649 5 жыл бұрын
Indy is gonna be changing outfits allot in the coming weeks lol
@LeeEverett1 5 жыл бұрын
Do you ever do "what if" videos? I'm curious on your opinion on what would have happened if Mexico actually got the Zimmerman Telegram and decided to join the Central Powers against the U.S.
@Nadiaf3100 5 жыл бұрын
RIP...
@krogsta 5 жыл бұрын
Why'd you use the retouched picture (Trotsky and Kamenev were standing on the side in the original) of Lenin at 8:58? Afraid you'll be purged by Stalin?
@petergray2712 5 жыл бұрын
They're under time constraints for episode production, so they probably grabbed this photo in a hurry
@TR-nl7ts 5 жыл бұрын
OVER THEREEEE!!!!!!
@KRDecade2009 5 жыл бұрын
Hey Indy for out of the trenches when the war is over do you plan on covering the Russian revolution?
@brickproduction1815 5 жыл бұрын
Next up The Lost Battalion!
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