The Hush Hush Army - The Adventures of Dunsterforce Part 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

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The Dunsterforce was a small British military mission under Colonel Dunsterville. Its goal was to prevent the spread of German influence in the South Caucasus and Caspian Sea. The soldiers soon find themselves in the complicated and violent post-revolutionary Caucasus where no one can really be trusted.
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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
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@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, we can say from today that this war will be over by next Christmas, and it will be true!

@tyingearl8133 6 жыл бұрын

Lol finally

@onesmoothstone5680 6 жыл бұрын

V. Athanasiou you're so brave to make such a prognostication! ;-)

@ryanlynn 6 жыл бұрын

But the Versailles Treaty was not signed until June of 1919. So technicially the war was not over only a cease fire

@dekametr 6 жыл бұрын

I heard that year ago,we won't get fooled again.

@ThePerfectRed 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what they told us in '14 too. Keep on dreaming.

@KarlBunker 6 жыл бұрын

"The Adventures of Dunsterforce" sounds like a bad Chevy Chase movie.

@KyleMiddleton7 6 жыл бұрын

Isn't 'bad' assumed when it's a Chevy Chase movie?

@BountyFlamor 6 жыл бұрын

Don't give Chevy Chase ideas!

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 3 жыл бұрын

True, Great actor Chevy Chase

@kevinbyrne4538 6 жыл бұрын

I had NEVER heard of this little campaign. Thank you, once again, for revealing yet another arcane aspect of the Great War.

@kentsextro9692 6 жыл бұрын

This story sounds like it would make one heck of a movie!

@sylvainfalquet6350 6 жыл бұрын

This part of the war is the most interesting to me I think, all the intrigue and revolution going on in that area of the world made it very volatile

@BountyFlamor 6 жыл бұрын

It is the least known part of ww1, too.

@JenniferinIllinois 6 жыл бұрын

I was told the war would be over by Christmas. Merry Christmas Indy, Flo and crew.

@iDeathMaximuMII 6 жыл бұрын

Little Jenny Well it's 3 years late

@jon-paulfilkins7820 6 жыл бұрын

When ever someone says that the war will be over by Christmas, remember to ask them to be more specific as to which one.

@treemaster1013 6 жыл бұрын

No there’s kaiserslacht the last german operation

@JenniferinIllinois 6 жыл бұрын

That's where I failed. ;)

@ZER0ZER0SE7EN 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't really over until Christmas 1945. There was a 20 year armistice between The Great War part 1 and The Great War part 2.

@yaldabaoth2 6 жыл бұрын

At first I heard Dumpsterforce.

@AdrianMartinez-ek4kl 6 жыл бұрын

Yaldabaoth Dumpsterforce sounds like a hobo special forces unit.

@Arashmickey 5 жыл бұрын

My name is Barren Alley and I'm the poorest man alive. I was trapped inside the Dumpsterforce, and when I got out the war was still going on. I am the Foch.

@mikked01 6 жыл бұрын

4:26 that Russian soldier may have been uneducated but he was a long way from poorly spoken. I'd go so far as to call his statement eloquent.

@kerryl7455 6 жыл бұрын

being conscious of the fact you do not know things is the first step to in educating yourself

@johnd2058 5 жыл бұрын

Kerry L More important is the self-awareness itself.

@BASSOSOVIETICO1987 4 жыл бұрын

True they were uneducated, but they loved to sicuss things and smarted themselves through conversations

@OriginalRAB 3 жыл бұрын

The surprising level wisdom in his words from someone completely illiterate was probably exactly why it was recorded down.

@shanestachwick4784 Ай бұрын

I had thought that Orwell was exaggerating when he satirized this in Animal Farm by writing that the animals never really learned anything about Animalism, but holy cow he really wasn’t.

@kennethgarland4712 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! The young Dunster was the model for Rudyard Kipling's 'Stalky'. When I was at primary school in the 1950s. I was madly in love 😄 with a girl whose mother was Dunster's daughter (and my 'girlfriend's' father was one of the few successful escapees from Colditz in WW2), but, alas, I didn't get to hear anything about Dunster other than the above.

@azizbey4334 5 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Garland Now,that you have a girlfriend who’s grandfather is one of the allies,now get a central power side chick,we want a new world war. Sorry,if I offended you or her.

@anastasiayantsevich4441 3 жыл бұрын

wow wow wow! Sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing, in my young ages I was madly in love with stalky himself after reading kipling's book. That really influenced all my live - I know a great deal about Dunsterville, Kipling and Beresford - those two friends from the book and now I'm Kipling's translator in russia (Russian is my native language)

@bmazin1377 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas! Time to go home right? Right?

@darthguilder1923 6 жыл бұрын

This is getting out of hand

@FerintoshFarmsPhotography 4 жыл бұрын

Just give me 48 hours and some Calvary

@rvanhees89 6 жыл бұрын

If the British paid the Cossack loyalist force for combat operations did that not make them mercenaries? I remember that the question about the use of mercenaries came up once in the Chair ov Wisdom.

@blockmasterscott 6 жыл бұрын

"No, no, no spoilers, you'll just have to check it out for yourself" That was pretty funny, I actually laughed out loud in front of my monitor!

@darthguilder1923 6 жыл бұрын

Wait, the war is supposed to be over by now

@cebenify 6 жыл бұрын

They never said which Christmas

@KhanWolf95 6 жыл бұрын

Janos Jalics some deep stuff

@paulbeard1770 6 жыл бұрын

So Darth Guilder is correct, 1918 is before 2017, correct?

@teutonicbohemian 6 жыл бұрын

“Well, the war wasn’t over by Christmas...”

@Babyuwuwugirluwuwu 6 жыл бұрын

Teutonic Bohemian Again

@paulvonhindenburg8674 6 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to see Indy appearing in the KZfaq rewind. Kinda gives the history buffs of youtube some representation...

@p40148 6 жыл бұрын

These British officers must have been real daredevils, wouldn`t even think of driving around these parts of the world in a tank. Happy Xmas from Scandinavia.

@maximilienfrancoisderobesp202 4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you as well Mein Freund! It's almost a Year Later!

@rabihrac 6 жыл бұрын

Great episode ! As a Middle-Easterner I learned from this special episode that the (not so) great famines were much more spread in the Middle-East than I previously thought it only hit Syria and Lebanon...

@bocajuniorslomejor9152 6 жыл бұрын

Would be nice to have a video on the war years in Persia, I know there was the Out of the Trenches one, but it seems the situation was a lot more complicated than mentioned there. And the resources online for this topic aren't great... even though the historic implications of Russian/British meddling in the Constitutional Revolution from 1911 and during and after WW1 form the start of a series of events that culminated in the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the deep rooted fears of Western interference that characterizes Iranian politics to this day.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

The resources offline aren't great either. At least in English.

@whocares427 6 жыл бұрын

This would make an amazing TV series. The story of Dunsterforce, I mean.

@CaptRobau 6 жыл бұрын

I was really surprised by this. Knew nothing about Dunsterforce, Iran being on the verge of communism or this choatic state of the Caucasus front at this stage of the war. WWI keeps surprising. So glad you guys are here to show me interesting, obscure and important stuff like this

@grayflaneur4854 6 жыл бұрын

Anytime Indy covers the history of this region I get confused. I am forced to watch the episode a few times. That's not a problem, but this region and the names are so new to me. Great show! I happy to be a patreon supporter.

@orangekayak78 6 жыл бұрын

7:15 The truth about all revolutions

@richardshort3914 6 жыл бұрын

*Orange Kayak* That is absolutely true.

@bubblegumgun3292 6 жыл бұрын

All *socialist revolutions The American revolution was individualist sacrifice

@notbadsince97 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'll sure mention that to the countrysides that Washington's army plundered for supplies and did so frequently enough that there was almost a separate uprising against them, not to mention the intended Army coup in 1783 over bad conditions, lack of pay, and pensions that were promised (the Newburgh Conspiracy).

@bubblegumgun3292 6 жыл бұрын

Well yeah when one army guy plunders a goat or two to eat from the countryside farmer .sure it got them annoyed but nowhere near as bad as the socialist revolutions who would take more than a goat.

@notbadsince97 6 жыл бұрын

It takes a lot more than a goat or two to feed an Army for 8 years

@soralb6368 6 жыл бұрын

Finally an episode about the Persian front! Thanks Indy and crew. I hope you can one day make a special episode about the Persian front in general. Oh, and merry Christmas.

@nn3 6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this great video it was so interesting to me since I am from northern Iran(city of Rasht province of Gilan) that Koochek khan movement took place there, I rely enjoyed.

@jonaw.2153 6 жыл бұрын

Hold on... Is this not the last Christmas special?

@joshhearn1600 6 жыл бұрын

Jona Willekens rip

@wierdalien1 6 жыл бұрын

Jona Willekens yes

@WhiteCamry 6 жыл бұрын

Is it? Is it not? Who can say?

@indianajones4321 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, watch The Great War everybody

@KUDO1973 6 жыл бұрын

*bowing with his hat off and waving it* BLOODY BRILLIANT!!! Just the Christmas Episode! HUGE THANKS, Indy, Flo and the Team! Merry belated Christmas and happy New Year!

@markgrehan3726 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great content guys and have yourselves a very merry Christmas.

@sicco5 6 жыл бұрын

What an excellent episode!

@lelpolel7347 6 жыл бұрын

How about creating special about Central Asia? Fantastic show. Keep up a great work! :)

@zacharyhoyte493 6 жыл бұрын

lel polel yes

@anderseriksson6926 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to my very favourite channel on KZfaq, that I have been an ardent of since 2014!

@christopherellis2663 6 жыл бұрын

Qazvin, so many tales to be told from the land between the seas

@beppitheclown8330 6 жыл бұрын

They were a very stealthy army hush hush :3

@erniemanzo3145 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding series. Very impressive

@donnys2965 6 жыл бұрын

Happy holidays! Hi from Saskatchewan, Canada

@mikeharrison7949 6 жыл бұрын

Donny S my sask brother hello from prince albert :)

@MrRenegadeshinobi 6 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Arizona!

@scottski02 6 жыл бұрын

"The Adventures of Dunsterforce." That's a movie title begging to be made right there.

@kylebenjamin8353 6 жыл бұрын

Tbh this would make a great little adventure movie. Thank you to Indy and all you at the Great War for sharing this obscure story.

@redassassian 3 жыл бұрын

Probably for a mini series for how complicated it is.

@jollygoodyo 6 жыл бұрын

You are one great storyteller. Merry Christmas indy and team!

@mrsmith5457 6 жыл бұрын

I heard "Dumpster Force" - Not a name that evokes fear in the enemy!

@exploatores 6 жыл бұрын

so I am not the only one then:)

@hohooooooooify 2 жыл бұрын

@@exploatores no you are not

@larryg3326 6 жыл бұрын

In addition to all the Situations that you listed, there are the Unfamiliar Names Situation and the Lost in Central Asian Geography Situation. Interesting but very confusing, will have to watch again. Thanks and have a great New Year.

@LayTheeDown 6 жыл бұрын

I've finally caught up with this series and now I'm going to have to wait for the episodes to be released... Well, damn it. What a Chrimbo.

@NomeDeArte 6 жыл бұрын

Great christamas gift! Thank you guys

@ricklolkema3340 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to everyone that watches this channel as well as the creators of this amazing channel.Its Christmas yet The war is still on, maybe next year? Fingers crossed.

@michaelmilburn911 6 жыл бұрын

This is a bit like another Lawrence of Arabia

@BountyFlamor 6 жыл бұрын

Lionel of Persia

@arjenH2Os 6 жыл бұрын

What a situation...

@RoyaCanadianInfantry 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, Indy and crew. Please make a video about non Turkish conscripts in Ottoman Army during the Great War

@TheSpacemannspiff 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas !Great work as always

@StoryboardMindset 6 жыл бұрын

This one needed more map. It was hard to follow by verbal description alone.

@HaNNibal97smiTH 6 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual guys! Merry christmas and happy holidays! :)

@doctorrandomiise2532 6 жыл бұрын

Out of all of the fantastic names that have arisen from this war, Dunsterforce is definitely the best.

@artcamp7 6 жыл бұрын

That's an amazing story

@chandarsundaram1394 2 жыл бұрын

Great eprode, Indy. Why don't you do one on the Indian Expeditionary force A on the Western Front in 1914-1915? Indians effectively held 1/3ed of the British line during this time, while the British trained the Kitchener armies. If you want to pursue this, please contact me

@bjorndevlieger8565 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas entire Great War team!

@agentm83 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Would have appreciated more detail about which Dominions the Dunsterforce troops came from (since I'm Canadian).

@Flippotycoon4583 6 жыл бұрын

Merry christmas Indy and team!!!

@drharmonica 6 жыл бұрын

The doodads on Indy's desk keep changing position from week to week. I see that what appears to be a new rock, well probably not a new rock since most rocks are very old but I digress. A rock of undetermined age has been added to the accruments that usually reside on said desk. Hmmm, what does it all mean???

@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын

A fun n interesting story so far. Nice job.

@TheSpritz0 6 жыл бұрын

MERRY CHRISTMAS Indy & crew!!!!!

@MrWeedWacky 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas The Great War!!

@curtislynnck 6 жыл бұрын

Merry christmas indy and the great war team

@paulconrad6220 6 жыл бұрын

I'm going to need to watch this one a few times, I think

@Ed-pn9id 6 жыл бұрын

Is it anything like dumpster diving? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Indy , Flo and the entire crew

@davidchicoine6949 6 жыл бұрын

Merry christmas great War gang !

@bobbertcanuck1935 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

@kaztheirrelevant4082 6 жыл бұрын

Im confused now, i will read about this, as the story looks awesome. Merry Christmas

@kevinbyrne4538 6 жыл бұрын

Edward J. Lemon (2015) "Dunsterforce or Dunsterfarce? Re-evaluating the British mission to Baku, 1918," First World War Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 133-149.

@anttibjorklund1869 6 жыл бұрын

Let's hope the War is over by Christmas 1918.

@shaboobatv2949 6 жыл бұрын

Antti Björklund oh wait

@rohitrai6187 5 жыл бұрын

Exciting!

@ethanmagnuson2988 6 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a thrilling story for a movie.

@onesmoothstone5680 6 жыл бұрын

Pt. 2? Looking forward to it!

@michaelrider 6 жыл бұрын

The war will really be over by next christmas I promiss.

@MrRenegadeshinobi 6 жыл бұрын

michael Blasphemy!!!!

@pedrorexSWG 6 жыл бұрын

4:56 *Freaking gucci gang*

@Kinglorrecom 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely episode as always The Great War. Flo, I dono if you're in the comments but uh, Merry Christmas to you and the team. :D Can't wait for the shocking conclusion in 2018.

@TheGreatWar 6 жыл бұрын

merry Christmas

@test2tester53 6 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons that they had so many NCOs with their armoured cars was that this was largely manned by the remains of the RNAS armoured car squadron that had been formed in Belgium in 1914, and then sent over to Russia. The Royal Navy automatically promoted all of the men of their armoured car squadron to Petty Officer because they had all joined with the knowledge of how to run and repair a car, which was considered a skilled trade.

@bojankotur4613 6 жыл бұрын

Happy holidays!

@Grand1Admiral 6 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

@0249er 6 жыл бұрын

Yaay you made a episode biased in iran!! Also merry Christmas!

@ethanrepublic 6 жыл бұрын

This could make a great movie

@trentoatman2998 6 жыл бұрын

@TheGreatWar will you guys be doing specials are the political and fighting action of the Russian Civil War and the adventures of the Czech Legions pre and post 1918?

@samiam5557 6 жыл бұрын

Dumpster Force, raiding trash dumpsters and dustbins from London all the way to Bagdad.

@silvioevan11 6 жыл бұрын

Guys, your episode about the snipers recently surpassed the mark of 1.000.000 views. Is this a first time for you? Anyway, congratulations for another landmark.

@arwing20 6 жыл бұрын

You have got to allow us to buy the music you use in the background of your videos. Been wanting them since 1914

@5769hornet 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Christmas special, when will part to be posted

@ayaep2061 6 жыл бұрын

Best Christmas

@marylynnmazzocco5367 7 ай бұрын

Never heard this tale before.

@MarkSashegyi 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Where can I get a map of the world during the war like the one shown at 0:57?

@ikke640424153 6 жыл бұрын

Happy holidays to you all

@DJAYVII 6 жыл бұрын

Can u please make a video about the 369th infantry regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" ? I believe that it would be a great video and that it needs more recognition. Because not many videos are made about them. Thanks! Great video btw .