As DC keeps reminding me, a reading list: Stormtroop Tactics, Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918 (Bruce I Gudmundsson) The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War (David T Zabecki) Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army's Art of Attack, 1916-18 (Paddy Griffiths) Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities (Gary Sheffield) Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918 (Johnathon Boff) I'm sure there's more, but those are the main ones for this video.

Needless to say, this is better than 99% of the “professional” documentaries on the subject (not that there are many). Fine work.

This WW1 series has been absolutely fantastic, and you are so efficient in giving a high level or low level overview of the war and how the armies developed over the course of it. I was never very interested in WW1 but these videos show how dynamic and interesting the war effort was for both sides, even if movement on the frontline generally wasn't. Looking forward to wherever the war room takes us next!

I’ve heard one of the huge missing pieces in the First World War was the man-portable radio. Lack of communication numerous times prevented effective breakthrough and coordination between units. Germans only partially solved the problem through the use of pyrotechnics for signaling.

Really glad to see another installment of this series. These videos are criminally underrated!

In particular Arthur Currie and his staff had worked and put in practice the idea that part of the Headquarters Staff plan and co-ordinate the current and next operations, whilst another part of the Staff worked out preliminary concepts for potential operations in the longer term. For example, their plans for the attack on the DQ Line of September 2nd were already in an advanced state of preparation when the 100 Days offensive began with the Battle of Amiens (1918) on August 8th.

Thank you so much! This series has become much, much more than the sum of it's parts. And it is only fitting that you have expanded the scope of it beyond tactical considerations. Although, I will still stand by the Ludendorf's statement: "Division's success starts with a platoon's success."

Man your analysis of the firepower revolution and the devastation of world war 1 is better than anything I’ve ever seen. There is nothing like it on KZfaq. It’s so good

Hell yeah more war room. I swear you need a nebula channel. You make such great mini docs. Perun of WWI and 2. Haha

Thanks this is great and really shows the evolution of tactics in WW1 with people trying different things that then get disseminated. Something I hate in many museums including sadly IWM London is that WW1 is presented as a static conflict in which the Allies suddenly won in 1918. The massive changes in tactics and doctrine get near ignored. Maybe it's that they're not that sexy as the soldier of 1918 didn't look radically different from 1914 apart from a helmet but the LMG, grenades and tactics and training were vastly better.

the point of the matter is this is still how wars are fought. infantry attacks, supported by other arms. that they might ride into battle in IFVs and that the supporting arms might be unmanned drones don't make the job all that different

There seems to be some sort of history tuber Renaissance going on. I love it

Combat Mission: The Great War. Should only took you 15 hours to finish 1 battle.

incredible series man, really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Can't wait to see what else you might bring us. Cheers

I love seeing your warroom videos, theres tons of stuff on the history and equipment, even the living conditions, but almost nothing on the actual strategy and tactics, and how they developed, cant wait to see more

I wonder if you are going to continue the series along time eventuallly. It would be interesting to see advancements in the wars in the interwar period (Russian civil war, 2ndSino-Japanese War, Spanish Civil War, manchurian border conflicts, colonial wars in Africa...). Some people forget about this period when talking about developments in tactics.

This was a great series, thanks for all the effort that went into it!

Oh how long have I waited for a continuation of the war room series!

This was fantastic! Thanks a lot.

I ADORE these videos. Glad it dropped on my lunch break. Keep up that great work, I’ll always watch.

Love me some War Room. More than ready for the next step in the series.

I adore your WW1 content, please continue with this kind of ceontent!

This is first class, I finished the MA in First World War studies at Wolverhampton last year and this is right up there with the current scholarship, spot on reading list too. Great work.

Fantastic series! I’m really looking forward to the next ones! I hope there’s something about the Franco-Prussian war in there somewhere to come

Yes! Amazing series!

Yes, another Hapless video ❤❤❤

Would love to see you talk a little bit about ‘trench warfare’ in the ACW and other 18th-century wars, and go over why these tactics problems weren’t recognized earlier. Plus whatever you’re excited to cover, of course 😊

WAR ROOOOOOM! Babe! Wake up! He dropped a new episode!

So essentially, the German Spring Offensive of 1918 was a re-enactment of the "suffering from success" meme?

Loving this series. Any chance we could get a reading list?

6:07 pay close attention to the bottom of bottom most left soldier

19:05 is that a dog running around