The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid I THE GREAT WAR Week 196

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6 жыл бұрын

At Villers-Bretonneux, German and British tanks clash marking the first tank-on-tank battle in history. In the same week, the most successful flying ace of World War 1 is shot down over France: Manfred von Richthofen dies after scoring 80 victories. Meanwhile, the British Navy attempts to eliminate the German U-Boat threat with a daring raid on Zeebrugge and Ostende.
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@andregurkenstein9192 6 жыл бұрын

Let's hope this war ends soon and all nations live in peace! For about 20 years

@aidentheabsurd 6 жыл бұрын

*OverSimplified intensifies*

@XJevoX 6 жыл бұрын

There was no peace, not even for 2 years after the war...

@Char12403 6 жыл бұрын

Well it IS the war to end all wars after all.

@TheRagingStorm98 6 жыл бұрын

André Gurkenstein if you go to time ghosts they have began covering the inter war years

@MrKeithtoad 6 жыл бұрын

100 years later this war is still being fought. Let's put an end to it once and for all!

@indianajones4321 6 жыл бұрын

Tank warfare begins... I wonder if it will catch on

@otakunthevegan4206 6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Jones We all know horses will never be repla- Oh wait Poland 20 years later......

@MrRenegadeshinobi 6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Jones probably not, way too complicated to be practical.

@natefortin2924 6 жыл бұрын

It’s slow and ineffective. I seriously doubt it will be a viable tactic following this war.

@Nikkimond 6 жыл бұрын

It's a fad. They're way too expensive and slow to be effective.

@HaloFTW55 6 жыл бұрын

I dunno, I think the Soviets will employ them en mass next War, as will the Germans. What am I talking about? They’ll probably lose the Civil War to the White Army.

@TheOmegagoldfish 6 жыл бұрын

You know what I can't wait for? Indy's son doing WWII in twenty one years.

@YvonTripper 6 жыл бұрын

Surely Indy' s generation will realise the futility and senselessness of World War documentaries and not send their sons to a similar fate

@SavageGreywolf 6 жыл бұрын

maybe Indy will do it in 2019 with a 'this week 80 years ago' instead of 100

@scottleft3672 6 жыл бұрын

shia laboufe ruined it allready.

@duncandl910 4 жыл бұрын

@@SavageGreywolf lol you were predicting the future

@teseucamps4832 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@MyLateralThawts 6 жыл бұрын

As a former Canadian soldier I agree with the Australians that their bullet killed Manfred Von Richthofen. However, that would not have been possible if it hadn’t been for the Canadian airmen who faced off against the most famous ace in history in his final battle.

@johnborris3222 4 жыл бұрын

Most famous, yes. However, Rene Fonck was a MUCH better airman. An analysis on both of their careers clearly shows this.

@MyLateralThawts 4 жыл бұрын

John Borris right...

@kennethstacy9298 Жыл бұрын

@@johnborris3222 nah the Red Baron was better how can you say they aren’t but they have downed more enemy planes an have more victories? Doesn’t make sense at all they are more even then anything actually

@johnborris3222 Жыл бұрын

@@kennethstacy9298 Red Baron was killed in battle, Rene was not. Red Baron was knocked unconscious in battle and saved by his friends, Rene was not. Red Baron fought over his own lines, which made it easier when he fought because he had artillery helping him.and he could confirm his kills much easier, Rene did not. He had to fight over enemy lines and he couldn't confirm many of his kills. He quite possibly downed 127 airplanes, which is way more than Red Baron. Red Baron admitted to shooting over 60 rounds to down a single plane WHILE fighting over his own lines. Rene would down planes with a single precise burst of 2-10 shots. In 5 years of fighting, Red Baron's plane was hit with dozens of bullets, including the one that killed him. Rene was such a great maneuvered of his plane that only 3 bullets ever touched his plane. Red Baron fought with thr Focker plane, a plane MUCH more superior to many of the planes he fought against in Bloody April. That's what helped him rack up so many kills. He fought against subpar planes. This has been documented by the British pilots themselves. Rene holds the record for the most downed planed in a single day. Did it twice. Bottom line. Rene Fonck ran circles around Red Baron. Baron was very lucky he didn't run into Fonck earlier, Rene would have ended his career in a millisecond.

@andrewstevenson118 Жыл бұрын

@@johnborris3222 Totally agree about Fonck. And yet no-one's heard of him. Oh well. Snoopy has a lot to answer for! 🙂

@UnintentionalSubmarine 6 жыл бұрын

That subtle attempt to sound mid-Atlantic when reading the attack report. Well done, certainly did sound the part.

@-et37- 6 жыл бұрын

Jonas Drøjdahl when?

@UnintentionalSubmarine 6 жыл бұрын

from 0:45 It's the voice of newscasters of the day. Quite distinctive.

@damoncarter1337 6 жыл бұрын

Fellow Aussies, don't be too critical of the VB coverage. The episodes are only about 10 mins each and this was such a busy week. The Canadian victory at Vimy ridge didn't get much more coverage, and much bigger battles with many more participants and casualties have had to be similarly condensed.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

precisely

@Palifiox 6 жыл бұрын

I'm Australian and I approve. Indy, Flo and crew are doing a great job. I've seen the Shelby Foote / Ken Burns doco on the US civil war and the 1960s BBC "The Great War" and this stands with them. The team goes out of it's way to mention people and nations other than the main participants, which is more than can be said for some other documentary makers.

@IanKath 6 жыл бұрын

I, as and Aussie, also agree but I'm looking forward to the inevitable special on Gen. John Monash to help flush some of the Villers-Bretonneux story.

@simoncross7728 6 жыл бұрын

Ian Kath you'll be disappointed, Monash had nothing to do with VB

@davidknight5032 6 жыл бұрын

Sir John Monash did have an involvent in V B and I am also looking forward to the special on our greatest General and possibly the best allied General during 1918

@gunslinger1911a1 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a little sad, you guys didn't touch on the fact that the Allies gave the Baron, a funeral with full honors and a 21 gun salute. I know you did a special on him, but still.

@mightymuzrub 6 жыл бұрын

FlyingVaultDweller the Anzacs gave him a fine farewell

@brettpaterson7478 6 жыл бұрын

at 2:53 you can see picture of what look like a military funeral

@aeroplane-cq5zf 5 жыл бұрын

Flaunting knowledge

@commissarlorax3406 4 жыл бұрын

We was buried in a New Zealand section of the graveyard.

@oliverhafez7908 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@baron_von_brunk 6 жыл бұрын

Von Richthofen may be gone forever, but his spirit lives on with every bite of cheap microwavable pizza. Fare thee well, fellow Prussian Junker.

@m9078jk3 6 жыл бұрын

I remember there was a promotion of that Pizza with Sierra-Online and Dynamix's PC combat flight simulation game Red Baron II in 1997

@baron_von_brunk 6 жыл бұрын

Chorizoflex 2929 The Baron abides.

@m9078jk3 6 жыл бұрын

Also the Red Baron Pizza squadron too. I remember this from the games CD. aerobaticteams.net/en/teams/i137/Red-Baron-Squadron.html As you can see sadly they were disbanded.

@manfredvonrichthofen9187 6 жыл бұрын

What? That's impossible! I can't die!

@charliespurr7325 6 жыл бұрын

Manfred von Richthofen you're immortal!

@jasondouglas6755 3 жыл бұрын

Snoopy got you

@poggersbutthole8444 3 жыл бұрын

That's what you get for kidnapping Snoopy's lover

@ReconPro 6 жыл бұрын

I want a Great War plushie.

@itisisacha2358 6 жыл бұрын

ReconPro same

@ascaloncrusader 6 жыл бұрын

ReconPro k

@ascaloncrusader 6 жыл бұрын

ReconPro ;)

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

Me too. I also want a Conrad Von Hotzendorf plushie!

@itisisacha2358 6 жыл бұрын

Young winston churchill please

@uncuspmunkbaum 6 жыл бұрын

As a long time lurker, I have to say this was one of the best overall segments. incredible in depth and breadth. Thank You.

@benlewis5531 6 жыл бұрын

The Zebrugge Raid was carried out by the Royal Marines and the Royal Naval division! Of which is featured in Battlefield 1.. however I would like to ask Indy and co if they would do a special on the Royal Naval Division! I was a Royal Naval Reservist and was part of the descendant unit of the Royal Naval Division, it would be great to see it featured on the channel!

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

Whenever he's portrayed in film or books, they always make Richtofen out to be a villain. I guess because he was German? If you read his autobiography, which he finished not long before he died, you realize he was anything BUT a villain. He comes across as someone who'd be a lot of fun to hang out with.

@karlkarlos3545 6 жыл бұрын

I'm quite sure they made some interesting and honest movies about his life.

@x999uuu1 6 жыл бұрын

They made a movie not too long ago about him and he was the protagonist

@larryclyons 6 жыл бұрын

The one I would want to hang out with would be "Wop" May - he was a true hero.

@kerriwilson7732 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to hang out with the Red Baron, bring a parachute.

@LeHappiste 5 жыл бұрын

That's probably more related to his assholish behavior. He was extremely arrogant and antipathic

@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 жыл бұрын

Allies general about the death of Von Richthofen : "that damned Baron... better dead than red" "sir, wrong front, sir !"

@randomguy-tg7ok 6 жыл бұрын

...What's the reference?

@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 жыл бұрын

"better dead than red" was a common saying during the Cold War.

@physetermacrocephalus2209 6 жыл бұрын

WHERE MY BOI GUTHRUM @?

@johnmeyer4803 6 жыл бұрын

Another Millennial who hasn't been taught history

@johnmeyer4803 6 жыл бұрын

He is right behind Walpole waiting to jump into The Fray

@archstanton6102 6 жыл бұрын

Tank on tank - sounds like something on an adult website

@infrnape 6 жыл бұрын

wow

@akula6352 6 жыл бұрын

Everyone knows that Snoopy knocked down the Red Baron

@ZER0ZER0SE7EN 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that Snoopy was always getting shot down by the Red Baron. "Curses Red Baron!"

@Sturm01 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZER0ZER0SE7EN he did shot him down once though. The Royal Guardsmen even did a 3 part song series about it.

@diptastik5651 6 жыл бұрын

Your Admiralty voice is quite intense .

@ascaloncrusader 6 жыл бұрын

In Israel, it is cool because I was at an old Canaanite village in Be’er Sheva last week and there was random signs pointing where the Ottomans charged the British and lost.

@tonyv2373 6 жыл бұрын

Alhamdulillah

@ascaloncrusader 6 жыл бұрын

Asmoh أسموح k

@Tennischamp450 5 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you lose

@dimdimbramantyo7666 5 жыл бұрын

@@islamisthetruth3402 welp, that is war for you. If you can't protect it, then it's not yours anymore

@peasantarcher2486 3 жыл бұрын

Asmoh arabs betrayed the ottomans though😤

@bigbrowntau 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Indy. I know you were hedging your bets reporting that the Red Baron was either shot by a Canadian pilot, or Australian ground fire, but the probability is extremely high that it wasn't the Canadian. The Red Baron was hit by a single .303 round that entered low in his body, went through both lungs, and exited high on his back, consistent with ground fire. It looks like he bled out into his lungs, which would have taken time. That explains why he was largely able to land the plane. Most of his plane is in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. You can see his bent up controls, damaged from the impact of his body as he landed. Credit for downing his plane was initially given to the Australians, then the British found out who they'd downed.

@larryclyons 6 жыл бұрын

Given how the aircraft were maneuvering, it is possible to rule out the angle of the shot argument. Moreover, the Sopwith Camel was equipped with 2 .303 Vickers. There is enough data to argue both ways. It is something I suspect will never be resolved, and arguments will continue, fueled by nationalism.

@bigbrowntau 6 жыл бұрын

I understand that yes, ultimately it'd be hard to call, but given the shot angle, he'd have had to be flying upside-down for a round to hit him from the air, and no-one reported that from either the air or the ground. The ground forces had 2 Vickers and 4 Lewis guns firing at him, plus rifle fire. Given everyone shooting at him was from was from one part or the other of the British empire, they were all using .303, making any sort of definitive call on who hit him impossible.

@kstreet7438 6 жыл бұрын

The hundred day offensive is getting so close!

@tonyv2373 6 жыл бұрын

I have crippling depression

@James--Parker 6 жыл бұрын

The Americans finally show up next month.

@jesushchrist2261 6 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares:Merica did nuthin worthwhile in ww1

@LordVader1094 5 жыл бұрын

@@jesushchrist2261 Of course: like their impending arrival making the Germans launch this directionless attack in the first place that eventually resulted in their defeat.

@macleunin 6 жыл бұрын

The first hand account of the tank commander at the end was a nice touch, nothing beats hearing how things happen than hearing from soldiers who were there, in there own words.

@NotHPotter 6 жыл бұрын

If only the American code name had caught on: "Hooray, barrels!"

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

The Battle of Kursk would have been the largest barrel battle in history!

@NotHPotter 6 жыл бұрын

Axel Pingol I bet it was all downhill from there.

@TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN 6 жыл бұрын

"barrels" Eh? Huh, didn't know pewdiepie worked for the us military in WW1

@Cityinlead 5 жыл бұрын

who knows, "Roll out the Barrels" could've been their hymm

@Tyler2055 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Indy and Team! I've been a fan of the show since late 2016 when one of your videos was randomly recommended to me on KZfaq. My question for Out of the Trenches: Is there a plan for making a special episode about the American "Lost Battalion" incident during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October of 1918? If not could you speak briefly of the event on Out of the Trenches? Keep up the amazing work!

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

Tanks? Bah! They'll never catch on! Also... first!!!

@Ed-pn9id 6 жыл бұрын

I guess Snoopy with his Sopwith Camel got his revenge on the dreaded Red Baron.

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

9:39 "You better don't look" Best thing I've heard all day. Germans have bestest of grammar!

@hoangkimviet8545 6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it was one of the most expensive battles in history :-0

@Mr_Fancypants 6 жыл бұрын

Kursk called. They want to question your idea on tank cost.

@grlt23 6 жыл бұрын

Well - Germany has lost 4 tanks = almost 10% of all they got at this moment ;)

@smalllJ 6 жыл бұрын

I figure'd it'd be a naval battle because capital ships are expensive.

@Duke_of_Lorraine 6 жыл бұрын

Nowhere near as epic as destroying an entire country's airforce with one golf swing. (it happened in an african country...)

@ville_1235 6 жыл бұрын

or 400% of what exists now

@cynicalautist1774 6 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: further inland of Zeebrugge is the city of Brugge

@amac2612 6 жыл бұрын

aww i wish you had mentioned the school at Villers Bretennoux

@brickproduction1815 6 жыл бұрын

So long Red Baron! Salute!

@robf6389 4 жыл бұрын

G’day Indy, I know, once again very late. Why aren’t I surprised that you played down the action at Villers-Bretonneux? I wasn’t a British thing, it was an Australian action with British support. You have to remember this took place on the 24th of April, the eve of ANZAC Day, this would have been only the 3rd ANZAC Day so far, but the date still had a special meaning for the Diggers. After the Anzac Day counter-attack, British and French commanders lavished praise upon the Australians, who were all volunteers. Brigadier-General George Grogan, a witness, later wrote that it was "perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war" for troops to attack at night, across unfamiliar ground, at short notice and with no artillery preparation. Also remember that the school at Villers-Bretonneux was rebuilt after the war with donations mainly from the state of Victoria. The school was named Victoria School and generations of French children grew up with a large sign at their school which read “Do Not Forget Australia”. You’re also down playing the actions in Palestine. Most of the action in Palestine is being fought by the Desert Mounted Corps, mostly made up by the Australian Light Horse and commanded by an Australian, Lieutenant General Harry Chauvel.

@commando4481 4 жыл бұрын

Simmer down mate. The Aussies didn’t do everything you know. And I love how you lot complain about not being mentioned but I’ve never heard Aussies talk about the kiwis who fought alongside them.

@quovadis71 6 жыл бұрын

Another excellent episode! Thank you!

@lobaandrade7172 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most eventful months and week of the entire war if not the history of war

@KB4QAA 6 жыл бұрын

One of your best shows! Thanks.

@bill6735 6 жыл бұрын

Love your channel. I've learned so much about this era.

@raudigerrudiger8209 6 жыл бұрын

I love your Chanel. It's so professional and interesting

@davididiart5934 6 жыл бұрын

Tanks for another great episode!

@marshalllozon8042 6 жыл бұрын

Great episode team

@yezdanus 6 жыл бұрын

it was great having you guys in istanbul, hope to see you again!!

@anonmeyer5269 6 жыл бұрын

This was one of my top 10 favorite episodes, keep up the great show

@blackcorp0001 6 жыл бұрын

Great work guys !!!

@otakunthevegan4206 6 жыл бұрын

When ever tanks are a major topic in an episode of this series I just get so excited and happy. First motorized war!

@eliloewy3771 6 жыл бұрын

Cool episode about Villers-Bretounneux and the Zeebrugge raid

@wyneken38 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, as usual!

@dennisdeheus4688 5 жыл бұрын

''Richthofen managed to land the plane.'' Man, that one got me

@johnmeyer4803 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Indy for the hot tank on tank action

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely informative video. Great job.

@NormanMStewart 6 жыл бұрын

I know it's a stupid joke, but... I bet those Whippet tanks are gonna whippit real hard! Whippit, whippit real hard!

@fristnamelastname5549 6 жыл бұрын

Norman M. Stewart I think you know here the door is. Plz get out, before we whip you out.

@NormanMStewart 6 жыл бұрын

But, sir, we're in the middle of a raid.

@Metalisalearning77 6 жыл бұрын

Norman M. Stewart how about... "They did a CRACKING job"

@NormanMStewart 6 жыл бұрын

Whippet tanks!

@SigEpBlue 6 жыл бұрын

♫ "When a problem comes along, you must whip it." ♪

@knackers2773 6 жыл бұрын

HI Indy. Was wondering if you would touch on Sir General Monash and his upcoming exploits from Le Hamel where he was the first foreigner to command American troops in battle (he used the breakdown in communication to his advantage) too his new use of tanks in battle that if hardly/never implemented before.

@bammmsource8941 6 жыл бұрын

nack first, and only account of Americans being lead into battle by a foreign power...

@iainballas 6 жыл бұрын

I want one of those caltrops on your desk. I always find myself needing Caltrops.

@cwovictor3281 6 жыл бұрын

Iain Ballas Disrupt "30 minute or free" pizza deliveries

@RobCamp-rmc_0 6 жыл бұрын

no need for delivery if you try Red Baron® Pizza

@YvonTripper 6 жыл бұрын

Well, that was an exciting episode!

@frankwhite3406 6 жыл бұрын

Another Great Episode - And at last The Panzers A7V have made it into Action on Mass !!!

@jasontoddman7265 6 жыл бұрын

*Tanks* for the memories.

@Medafets 6 жыл бұрын

It was ANZAC Day this week. The history of Villers-Bretonneaux has been very popular, the current and previous Prime Minister were in France for the commemoration.

@sirvolkerstein 6 жыл бұрын

The music is really amazing in this episode.

@davidjohansson1459 Жыл бұрын

And his flying higher. The king of the sky. Hes flying to fast and hes flying to high. The legend will never die. Sabaton.

@merdiolu 6 жыл бұрын

Hey indy thank you for Sofia Hoel meeting in Istanbul last night. For us Turkish fans of this great channel it was a wonderful evening

@masonponton3077 6 жыл бұрын

Fave episode yet! HURRAY TANKS!!!⚔

@captainrex-cg4wr 6 жыл бұрын

1/365 days out of the year, and I was born on the first tank vs tank battle. Wouldn’t change the date for any other

@myblueandme 6 жыл бұрын

great job.

@bammmsource8941 6 жыл бұрын

Please indie, I beg of you, mention Monash at least once in this series...

@patrickstuart3497 6 жыл бұрын

Two of the ships used in the raid on the Zeebrugge Mole were ferries used to cross the Mersey, the river passing Liverpool, where |I'm from. They were awarded the prefix 'Royal' for their service in the raid and since then two of the ferries that cross the Mersey, though different craft, still have the prefix.

@brandoncheney3055 6 жыл бұрын

"Hooray! Tanks!" "Hooray! You're welcome!"

@TheAfroMenace 6 жыл бұрын

I’m about two years behind, but I cannot resist the first Tank on Tank battle in history, so I gotta cut ahead.

@reubenleal7098 6 жыл бұрын

aw sick an episode released on my birthday

@pigeonbee8570 6 жыл бұрын

Quick question; were paratroopers ever considered in the later stages of the war?

@itisisacha2358 6 жыл бұрын

Pigeonbee yes they where planned for an offensive in1919

@82dorrin 6 жыл бұрын

The idea existed, but there weren't enough suitable aircraft, for one thing, to make them feasible.

@x999uuu1 6 жыл бұрын

You can't just hoi4 the enemy like that in real life. It would have been more like the Normandy air raids

@klobiforpresident2254 6 жыл бұрын

x999uuu1 At least they now restricted it to only a share of all men being paratroopers. You won this time, France.

@brettd2308 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the planned 1919 Offensive called for the training of a US paratrooper commando unit attached to the 1st Infantry Division. The only suitable planes they had to do something like that were Handley Page heavy bombers, which could be modified to carry a few passengers - nowhere near as many as airborne transports would carry in WW2. This capacity kind of limited them to small commando teams, which they planned on dropping behind enemy lines to sow disruption just as the major offensive started. Operational plans were drawn up, but it never really went anywhere as the war ended before the unit could even begin training.

@paulx7540 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for an action-packed episode. It seems that the Entente gave the Red Baron an elaborate funeral, much more than most of their dead would be afforded.

@capturedskunk7698 6 жыл бұрын

This show never seems to dissapoint

@onnieduvall2565 6 жыл бұрын

I thought everyone knew that it was Snoopy who slipped in under the Baron with his Sopwith Camel and fired the fatal round while that certain Baron was laughing at the challenge that the funny looking dog with the big black nose made for a "real dog fight." The Royal Guardsmen sung a song about the fight so it must be true...right?

@EggingPeanut 6 жыл бұрын

Wish you had said a little more on Villers Bretennuex as it is one of our greatest battles.

@bammmsource8941 6 жыл бұрын

EggingPeanut I agree, it's arguably one of the most important battles in history, the first tank v tank encounter...

@ARIXANDRE 6 жыл бұрын

Indy, can we expect a Second Great War Special at 2039-2045? Keep up the great work!

@floris812 6 жыл бұрын

he said that there are no plans for that *yet* .

@Anyguy4321 6 жыл бұрын

Indie would be very very old by then as will the rest of us.

@legocon2004 6 жыл бұрын

He stated they would do it for 80th year anniversary of WWII.

@JohnJohn-pe5kr 6 жыл бұрын

he said that September 2018 they doing WW2.

@lewissamuel1541 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history A

@TheSpritz0 6 жыл бұрын

TANKS for the memories!!!

@awkc63 6 жыл бұрын

I hope when this series gets done, they move onto WWII, I just love this series.

@SigEpBlue 6 жыл бұрын

Hot, armored, tank-on-tank action!

@neonwidow2195 6 жыл бұрын

Wooo tanks!

@vinxtorian 6 жыл бұрын

This video was uploaded on my birthday!

@andrewparker5096 6 жыл бұрын

Hooray! Tanks! :D

@fristnamelastname5549 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Red Baron you well always be remembered has the guy who owned the Red Baron Pizza Company. You will be missed.

@Dark123hound 6 жыл бұрын

Finally caught up!

@littlejimmy8744 6 жыл бұрын

Crazy how tanks have evolved to what they are now but 100 year old tanks and modern tanks have one thing in common there both beast that terrify any man who has to go head on with one.

@bisbeejim 4 жыл бұрын

2:04 - "The Royal Navy was determined to try this new tactic again in a few weeks." If it didn't work the first time it will CERTAINLY work the second time just as long as nothing changes, RIGHT?

@hildenburg5 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@mrrolandlawrence 6 жыл бұрын

an amazing series. have been watching since episode one! when I was little there were still a few people who actually fought in WW1 still around like Harry Patch. Its interesting to see the conscription side of things from the British as when history was taught at school, the theme was that the war was so great they had endless lines of people wanting to volunteer with children pretending to be older to get in, such was the enthusiasm. Please Indie could you do a special on the role of the Boy Scouts in the war. As far as I know they were just messengers, but did they have any other parts to play and how exactly did they get involved in the 1st place?

@petrameyer1121 6 жыл бұрын

Snoopy saw to that!

@michaelmccarthy4615 6 жыл бұрын

What a time it must have been to be alive! So long ago, but actually so close

@larryclyons 6 жыл бұрын

Wile a bit off topic, you need to read the stories of "Wop" May and Roy Brown, the two Canadian pilots involved in von Richthofen's death. Some of the most amazing adventures, from being the first to fly into the Canadian Northwest Territories, flying the first aircraft involved in a criminal manhunt, to flying in emergency medicine into northern Alberta to participating in the Hunt for the Mad Trapper. It is an incredible story.

@simonr8721 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Manfred von Richthofen.

@skyden24195 2 жыл бұрын

I am inclined to believe that one of the biggest contributors to the fame, or otherwise popular awareness (at least in the U.S.) of "The Red Baron" is due to the reoccurring mention of the Baron in the Charles M. Schultz' "Peanuts" comics. "The Red Baron" was scripted by Schultz to be the nemesis of the popular character dog "Snoopy," (referred to as "The WW1 Flying Ace" whenever confronting the Baron or otherwise being depicted as a WW1 aerial combatant.) Admittingly, for me, this is how I remember becoming aware of "The Red Baron" when I was a kid.

@jasonflay8818 6 жыл бұрын

Finally some hot tank on tank action!......... No really, those tanks were uncomfortably hot, I watched the tank specials!

@Maus5000 6 жыл бұрын

The use of the 7 whippets at Villers Brettoneux was described by one British officer as "a massacre. Enemy troops were mown down by the relentless fire of 14 blazing machine guns, or crushed to death as the tanks ran over them, their tracks literally covered in blood and human remains"

@hbabambroadz1536 6 жыл бұрын

the juicy stuff begins, like the men being hit by artillery

@IntermezzoR Жыл бұрын

8:01 Time travelling Ashens is at it again!

@user-uh7cb3vy4v 6 жыл бұрын

Hurray, tanks!

@VileVeil 6 жыл бұрын

Merch idea: A tank top jumper with various tanks knitted into them! I would buy!

@Starwarsgeek-98 6 жыл бұрын

"The ameicans" *imediately cuts to yankee calvary going at it like cowboys*

@magicman3163 4 жыл бұрын

Andrés Caraballo I don’t think the US ever recovered from the mass casualties of the civil war to be waging wars like the British and French at the time that’s why they were isolationist

@nathanweitzman9531 3 жыл бұрын

@@magicman3163 On one hand I agree with you, but on the other, I'm sure Teddy and San Juan Hill in Cuba made uh, a vivid impression

@PtolemyJones 6 жыл бұрын

There is some guy standing to the left of Gerog von der Marwitz at 3:46 with the greatest expression on his face... hilarious.

@revengeofthepanzers9047 6 жыл бұрын

Hooray!....... tanks

@ecstasyofgold888 6 жыл бұрын

I love your "British Admiral" voice

@thechairman1021 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy and crew Why were the Baltic nations willing to accept Whillhelm on their throne and practically become part of the German Empire?

@OriginalBongoliath 6 жыл бұрын

Much of their population had German roots and would rather be under German hegemony than the Russian communists who would be back to take them once the new Soviet Union was reorganized.

@thechairman1021 6 жыл бұрын

Scott7891 But in the Baltic nation special Indy said the German population was only 5 up to 10 %

@markvorobjov6185 6 жыл бұрын

I would say not just the middle, but the upper class. Majority of wealthy people and nobility were ethnic Germans in Baltic region. Estonians and Latvians didn't have much influence in politics up until they secured their independence after the war.

@joluoto 6 жыл бұрын

It was mainly the German elite who wanted that (though they had no problem being loyal to Russia as long as thw Czar was there), the Balts just wanted the Russians and the Germans to leave. But things got complicated with the Reds also thrown into the mix.

@TheLocalLt 5 жыл бұрын

The Chairman because Germany wasn’t Russia, and at that moment that was all that mattered. They could later seek independence if the Germans win, as Finland or Ukraine did from Germany during the war