The Deadliest Weapons of The First World War...

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For hundreds of years prior to the 20th century, war had changed very little with the improvements in weapon technology that did arise being incremental and slow to establish themselves. However, with the industrial revolution of the mid-to-late 19th century and the meteoric advances in science and technology that came with it, in the span of a few decades, warfare was changed beyond recognition. New weapons that were once the stuff of science fiction from the likes of Jules Vernes or H.G. Wells such as submarines and aircraft were now being realised and with them, the number of ways to kill in war skyrocketed resulting in the brutal death factories that were the frontlines of the Great War between 1914 and 1918. In this episode, we are going to examine the development and use of just five of the myriads of deadly weapons to emerge during the First World War. Welcome to wars of the World
00:00 Introduction
01:26 The Paris Gun
05:44 Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
09:19 Type U-31
13:24 Maxim MG 08
17:54 Barbed Wire
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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: James Wade
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@elessartelcontar9415 21 күн бұрын

The American soldiers were given barbed wire cutters and some bayonets had a built in barbed wire cutter. The problem was, that the Army used barbed wire cutters whose style had been in use for a long while in the US and that they thought would be universal. 😅😅 the German barbed wire was much more robust; it had a round thick core and thicker strands around it than the US used. Our cutters would not cut it at all! Try having that realization come to you in No Man's Land as you and what few of your unit lived to get that fire, while you are under constant withering machine gun, mortar and artillery fire. You're above your ankles in mud, sewage, gore and filth with hordes of flies crawling on your dead friends. There is no cover at all and you are stopped dead. You can only try to run back to your own lines and probably get shot in the back before you reach your trench. You might could find an artillery crater with the horrificly grotesque grisly fly-covered remains of some of the lads from your unit from the charge a few days earlier. Rats are feasting on them too. You can only wait in that heat and stench until it gets very dark a mere 15 hours later to then slink out and try to get to your trench. Your own fellows might shoot you thinking that you are a German. War sucks.

@rdallas81 17 күн бұрын

What a waste of life and resources- Sad part? No one actually wins in war- Think about that

@polarvortex3294 15 күн бұрын

@@rdallas81 I think that rather often one side or another wins: gaining independence, new territory, more citizens, etc. And sometimes both sides win, like when an evil regime is toppled, which its own citizens longed to do themselves, but could not, lacking sufficient power, or when a fractured and continually war-torn land of small factions and warlords is united by a bold conqueror, ushering into being a new era of peace, strength and prosperity. I mean, wars are not always all bad, and that's partly why they occur. Of course, WWI was pretty bad... I guess there are times when the combatants are fairly evenly matched & neither side is inclined to quit, when a war can devolve into a mutual nightmare. In such a case, both sides can suffer devastating wounds.

@beaterbikechannel2538 5 күн бұрын

Be a war writer. That is good!

@deiluxx 2 күн бұрын

Wow i was really there when i read that. My love for God has increased.

@quirkygreece 22 күн бұрын

WW1 barbed wire was a lot more viscious than the barbed wire we see today. It was thicker and had longer spikes . . . German barbed wire was even more dangerous than the British stuff.

@elessartelcontar9415 21 күн бұрын

@FrankRoque3.0 13 күн бұрын

Did ya copy paste?🤔@@elessartelcontar9415

@dropdeadinc.customtattoo2537 23 күн бұрын

The greater the "technology" of weapons the greater the civilian casualties

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 23 күн бұрын

The ghosts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki collectively nod their heads.

@bradleypierce1561 23 күн бұрын

It is ironic that the Germans cared about long range bombers in WW1, but didn’t in WW2. At least at the start of WW2.

@levinicusrex1006 23 күн бұрын

Thats because the range of the bombers were suffice enough to do the job at the start of the war. During the battle of Britain and the subsequent Blitz started, they could use airbases in France to launch attacks against Britain. Its only when they invaded the Soviet union that the range of the bombers starts to become a problem.

@danrooc 20 күн бұрын

Right. Later on (too late) Germans designed some interestlng long range bombers as Heinkel 177 Greif and prototype Messerschmitt 264.

@rdallas81 17 күн бұрын

Blitz tactics required no such devices

@joangratzer2101 16 күн бұрын

ALSO DURING WW2; TARAWA, THE JAPANESE SOLDIERS STRUNG UP BARB WIRE BELOW THE WATER LINE. A LOT OF MARINES GOT HUNG UP ON IT WADING ASHORE AND THEY WERE SHOT TO PIECES.

@BParker049 16 күн бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION JOAN. QUITE HORRIBLE TO IMAGINE.

@Jay-T283 3 күн бұрын

Did they live?

@BParker049 2 күн бұрын

@Jay-T283 Not the ones who got shot to pieces.

@Hrossey Күн бұрын

My great great grandfathers big ol 12 incher was the most dangerous weapon of World War 1. 137 children. Eh boys?

@O5_CounciI Күн бұрын

Fun fact: Actually, Artillery has the most kills by far in both world wars.

@jackthebassman1 21 күн бұрын

The German technique of enfilade firing was staggeringly successful.

@parallaxninja456 6 күн бұрын

thank you for not using an ai voice over!!!

@bartsullivan4866 18 күн бұрын

I always thought Gas was the scariest weapon used in WW1.

@pommunist 13 күн бұрын

Yeah, gas is the nastiest, followed by flame throwers.

@gyorgygajdos1657 12 күн бұрын

Small to medium artillery m.kzfaq.infodeVJqBZ5SYU

@drunkenmmamaster419 3 сағат бұрын

Right that or artillery barrages for weeks

@MikeHunt-fo3ow 23 күн бұрын

the kilts got caught in the barb wire....just put some paints on damn it

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 23 күн бұрын

Yeah dunno if I'd be into trench warfare with my meat and two veg open to the elements.

@Sfishh 5 күн бұрын

Yes, paint would not get stuck😁

@SgtJohnEnclave 16 күн бұрын

War….. War never changes

@shelonnikgrumantov5061 15 күн бұрын

I wonder if you heard about Russian S-22 Ilya Muromets bomber which entered the production prior to WWI (4 were ready by its beginning) and saw its first combat mission in February 1915. The wingspan of 31 meters is a bit less than that of the German counterpart (which was at least partially inspired by S-22) and the bomb payload was more limited but it was build almost 4 years earlier - that’s a lot for the war time!

@simongee8928 11 күн бұрын

The irony of the Paris gun was that after the war, no trace of the barrel & breech were ever found, despite many searches.

@steppedtuba50 Күн бұрын

That’s not irony

@lostcat9lives322 5 күн бұрын

Disease was the greatest killer.

@jaredboeh2202 Күн бұрын

Pretty sure artillery was the deadliest weapon of WW1.

@ClannCholmain 13 күн бұрын

2:12 I believe they were the world’s first man made object in space.

@peterxd3610 10 күн бұрын

Gustav Gaspar Coriolis was born on May 21, 1792, not in 1992

@HasbullasBurner Күн бұрын

anyone with half a brain can understand he misspoke

@nehemiahmathews8683 15 күн бұрын

Didn't the original maximum machine gun fire 666 rounds a minute

@MieheKnoi Күн бұрын

The devils piano.

@HasbullasBurner Күн бұрын

.....

@user-xh8ii2hj6r 15 күн бұрын

READ THE POEM " ON THE WIRE"

@Moredread25 22 күн бұрын

You need an outro.

@davidalexoff1658 23 күн бұрын

I guess flamethrowers would go on the terrorising weapons list.

@philhawley1219 22 күн бұрын

No mention of poisonous gas on this list.

@kellybreen5526 21 күн бұрын

The purpose of all weapons is to collapse morale and cause panic in the enemy ranks. In the Second World War Crocodiles demonstrated their throwers and the German pillbox position surrendered. The damned thing saved lives.

@rdallas81 17 күн бұрын

In the USA, voting democrat can result in being on that same list😂😂😂😂

@nehemiahmathews8683 15 күн бұрын

I need a trench whistle and I need some barbed wire from world war I

@gyorgygajdos1657 12 күн бұрын

In the meantime m.kzfaq.infodeVJqBZ5SYU

@Tysandifer 16 күн бұрын

Hell the maxim is still used in Ukraine lol

@drunkenmmamaster419 3 сағат бұрын

I seen that , they're doing trench warfare too

@csonracsonra9962 23 күн бұрын

The deadliest weapon was artillery in the second most deadliest was the machine gun

@csonracsonra9962 23 күн бұрын

Simple statistics

@TheTraktergirl 23 күн бұрын

True but trying to get through multiple layers of concertina or razor wire and the infections from the cuts aren't that great

@user-wu3mw2iu7x 23 күн бұрын

Way to ruin the vid bro!

@TheTraktergirl 22 күн бұрын

It's reality bro

@hestoceles 22 күн бұрын

Spoilers

@nehemiahmathews8683 15 күн бұрын

I would say the deadliest weapon was propaganda

@PROJEKT_R3D 12 күн бұрын

Realistically it was only effective in Germany. The US joined due to the Germans killing US citizens, which lit a fire under every Americans ass at the time, the British largely joined due to the French requesting aid, even so the extent of propaganda there wasnt much. It was moreso conscription there and most other allies. As for the Huns they were a army mostly made of people who didn't even speak the same language and fought for their "races and ethnicities" and the assassination of the Archduke

@elvirafilkohazi41 23 күн бұрын

Can you do a documentary on the U.S.-Iraq war please?

@Cukito4 23 күн бұрын

Who is Jules Vernes?

@MajinTar 23 күн бұрын

The leader of London during the 1st World War

@PaulRudd1941 23 күн бұрын

Imagine typing this into a youtube comment instead of an internet search bar. My god some people just have no clue on how to conduct a basic search.

@jackthebassman1 23 күн бұрын

You honestly don’t know - are you American?

@Cukito4 23 күн бұрын

@@PaulRudd1941 Try reading the question first. I know who is Jules Verne. I asked who is Jules Vernes.

@Cukito4 23 күн бұрын

@@jabr0n1 No, that is Jules Verne. I asked for Jules Vernes.

@justagamer9808 Күн бұрын

😅😊

@ronaldmasterbud1551 19 күн бұрын

you " DID NOT " Get The History, Or Details Of The Maximum Machine Gun Even Remotely Correct !!! You got It So Wrong, I'm Not Even Sure That you Even Did Rudimentary Research.

@HasbullasBurner Күн бұрын

instead of talking shit use your little brain and educate us...

@Leif-yv5ql 21 күн бұрын

Always carry scissors.

@rdallas81 17 күн бұрын

If you live in USA always carry a gun.

@fingerinalightsocket2309 16 күн бұрын

Not deadliest just most likely to screw you over

@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948 23 күн бұрын

oh. ok.

@rdallas81 17 күн бұрын

I agree with your name- But there are many Jews who completely disagree with what the Israeli government is.doing. There's a reason why at the end of this age the world comes against Israel from all sides. It's actually in the bible- A book of facts that call the end from the beginning and future events from long ago- From ancient times things which have not yet come to pass.

@rdallas81 17 күн бұрын

Keep your eyes open and never trust any mainstream media.