The Black Day Of The German Army - The Battle of Amiens I THE GREAT WAR Week 211

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6 жыл бұрын

Ludendorff and his generals didn't think the Allies had it in them, but this week they attack with the might off several hundred tanks near Amiens, the Black Day of the German Army.
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@shrillbert 6 жыл бұрын

On September 1, you can see him do WW2 over at that channel.

@DylanMcMullen 6 жыл бұрын

shrillbert Which channel is that?

@ColasTeam 5 жыл бұрын

Dylan McMullen look for "world war 2 every day" on youtube and you'll find it.

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

The moment you realize that if you survive this, indeed you will be home by Christmas

@marrymekatsuya 6 жыл бұрын

V. Athanasiou were coming home!

@AnimeOtaku2 6 жыл бұрын

Sadly I’m pretty sure that they will be fighting until 1920 at this rate.

@arjan6111994 6 жыл бұрын

Hurray!

@astrobot4017 6 жыл бұрын

And then you get killed by the Spanish Flu

@VladTevez 6 жыл бұрын

Player 1 Yes, but it's different to die in your home than a muddy trench

@namewarvergeben 6 жыл бұрын

We've had a lot of 'firsts' in this war so far, now we're getting to the 'lasts'

@teh_reel_nb5632 6 жыл бұрын

Cheers to all our Aussie friends from Canada!

@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 4 жыл бұрын

Me too! I’m from Canada!

@geoffrogerson9937 4 жыл бұрын

🇦🇺+🇨🇦 forever

@susanhampson446 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, The ANZAC and Canadians combined were the Allies Shock Troops. The difference as noted was that the ANZAC Soldiers were literally abused prior to Amiens.

@andreavoigtlander1087 Жыл бұрын

no cheers

@TheLazer3 6 жыл бұрын

What is interesting to note is that the air defences that were erected in south eastern Britain during the war, were largely constructed by the Canadian Forestry Crops in 1916. The Corps was asked to assist in the construction of airfields for defence against air raids by the RFC and within a few short weeks the first airfields were finished and by the end of the year a network of airfields had been built all along the coast and outside of London. The contribution of the Forestry is largely unknown even in Canada where it barely rates a mention at all even from the most important military historians like Tim Cook. That is why I have settled on writing my masters thesis on the history of their operations in Britain and France during the war. These men made a huge contribution to the war effort and they should be recognized as having done such.

@kjeezy2990 4 жыл бұрын

TheLazer3 cool, thanks for the interesting bit of Canadian history

@bencobley4234 10 ай бұрын

Nice one.

@hemshah4127 6 жыл бұрын

DO NOT LOSE YOUR FAITH! Our Connie ( Hotzendorf) will rise from the ashes and secure a Central powers victory.

@arjan6111994 6 жыл бұрын

With experience in winter offensives, it would be easy to end the war with a victory for the central powers. By Christmas, the victory is celebrated with a dinner between Hötzendorf, Hindenburg and Ludendorff in Paris.

@finntadie191 6 жыл бұрын

I forgot is it next week or the week after when Hotzendorf ousts Franz and proclaims himself Kaiser?

@nekman8521 6 жыл бұрын

I will cry if we don’t win. Deutschland Deutschland Uber alles.

@MrCordycep 6 жыл бұрын

His cunning nature merely has him biding his time, waiting for the perfect time to attack.

@brettfavreify 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the shout-out to Arthur Currie and the Canadians. They were the shock troops to the start of the 100-days war. They kicked off the offensive, kept the pressure on and had the German army backpeddling into the fall.

@timmcdonald5335 3 жыл бұрын

Aren't you forgetting the Australians?

@silvioevan11 6 жыл бұрын

In his autobiography, the Red Baron commented about his first meeting with Ludendorff: "It is a weird feeling to be in the room where the fate of the world is decided." Just change "room" for "battlefield" and I bet many soldiers from both sides would say the same about the Battle of Amiens.

@dclark142002 6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Though most would say that Amiens was merely the moment when it became apparent that the stalemate could and would be broken. At last, all the effort building an Allied war machine...mobilizing the colonies...figuring out modern war...keeping everyone fed...holding off revolutions at home...convincing the last great industrial power to fully support you...was paying off... ...and the average German soldier, whose efforts for months before this only resulted in the capture of some worthless ground and an inability to break an obviously better supplied enemy; decides to give it up and go home (and try to build a new Europe out of a nationalist or socialist system instead of a monarchy).

@Nakrin27 6 жыл бұрын

“August 8 is the _black day_ of the German army in the history of this war.” -German General Erich Ludendorff „Der 8. August ist der _schwarze Tag_ des deutschen Heeres in der Geschichte dieses Krieges.“ -der deutscher General Erich Ludendorff

@Nakrin27 6 жыл бұрын

The Battle of Amiens marked the start of the _Hundred Days Offensive_ and the collapse of the German army. Tens of thousands of Germans began to surrender en masse. German morale had crumbled. The lines along the Western Front were disintegrating. Soldiers were no longer willing to fight to the death. This was the beginning of the end. _Es war der Anfang vom Ende_ ...

@11Kralle 6 жыл бұрын

"Die Zeigefinger in die Ohren gesteckt und lauthals 'Tri-tra-tra-la-la...' singen!" - Bund deutscher Optimisten. "Put both index-fingers in your ears and shout 'lalalalala...' as loud as you can!" - the unknown german zelot.

@mikhailv67tv 6 жыл бұрын

The day the WAR was won in the West.. yeah..for THE ANZAC CORP & CANADIAN CORP... BUT SADNESS ENSUED AS IN 3 MONTHS THE ANZAC's WILL BE EXHAUSTED AND TAKEN OUT OF THE LINE.😀 But 😢

@wattlebough 5 жыл бұрын

mikhailv67 That’s right. The 5th of October at Montbrein was the last action the Australians saw on the Western Front. The entire 5 Divisions of the Australian Corps had been in continual action since April 1918 without relief as the British High Command squeezed every drop of effectiveness out of the Australians until they were exhausted. After 5th of October the entire Corps was removed from the British line and sent to Paris and London for rest and convalescence. They were heading back to the front as the news of the Armistice was announced. They’d done more than there fair share of bleeding. In the final year of the war they’d captured over 20% of the Germans captured by the BEF, and a similar percentage of the ground taken, but they comprised only around 10% of the British forces.

@cbut_1727 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question for Out of the Trenches. Have there been any reports of strange paranormal events that might have happened in the trenches. I imagine the shell shock and all the dead bodies might’ve made some soldiers see things. Thank you Indy and the crew for making amazing content.

@harshmalarkey5916 6 жыл бұрын

ButterWarrior this, bring on the inexplicable

@comet1970 6 жыл бұрын

There's the Angels of Mons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons

@akillerpacman1709 6 жыл бұрын

I asked the same question!

@cbut_1727 6 жыл бұрын

comet1970 thank you, guys.

@billhuber2964 6 жыл бұрын

ButterWarrior look no further to Europe . a lot of American. C.W. battlefields have a lot of paranormal activities .Gettysburg for one .

@HaNNibal97smiTH 6 жыл бұрын

That's it...that final Ludendorff quote means the beginning of the end.

@ncrveteranranger9126 6 жыл бұрын

Massimiliano Palladini sadly...

@flores841000 6 жыл бұрын

German soldier 1918, "With our war being so close to being over i am more scared than ever before. At last i can imagine a future. Not one with Germany as victors but one where i see my family once again. So now the thought of dying terrifies me."

@LeHappiste 5 жыл бұрын

This game is so dumb.... German soldiers in summer 1918 didn't have that hindsight about the war coming to an end. For what they knew, Germany could have stalled the war for another 2 years

@NotSaddamHussein 6 жыл бұрын

The ending quote is deep man....

@1969cmp 5 жыл бұрын

The blueprint for the Amiens offensive comes from Monash's Battle of Le Hamel on the 4th of July, the first battle to incorporate infantry, artillery, tanks and planes simultaneously. Mongomery inspected Monash's plan post Le Hamel and use this plan at Al Alamein a few decades later.

@anthonyeaton5153 3 ай бұрын

Your last statement is total nonsense. At that time in WW1 Montgomery was a major . So he goes to a Lt General and has a look at his plan. 😂

@1969cmp 3 ай бұрын

@@anthonyeaton5153 ...what on earth are you on about...after Le Hamel, Monty went to Monash and absorbed everything that Monash had planned and utilised that plan decades later. What has their rank to do with anything.

@gaslightstudiosrebooted3432 6 жыл бұрын

No matter. The Kaiser will dine in Versailles yet.

@marrymekatsuya 6 жыл бұрын

Gaslight Studios I agree

@happy-go-commie 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if he ever managed to visit Paris after his abdication and exile, but in Miranda Carter's book The Three Emperors, one of Wilhelm's frustrations in life was not to be invited by anyone even once to Paris -- he's probably one of the few European royalties never to have visited the city at all.

@timmcdonald5335 3 жыл бұрын

I think it is accepted that General Monash prepared the battle plans for Amiens. Rawlinson just recommended them to the high command.

@brasschick4214 2 жыл бұрын

This constant negating of Monash’s work is sad and shows the ongoing effect of the anti-semitism that he faced.

@anthonyeaton5153 3 ай бұрын

Monash picked the brains of other commanders and conferred with them asked their opinions. It was the brilliant accuracy of the artillery that made the attack such a success. Australia had 800 men killed out of 1300 casualties a shocking percentage for a battle meant to protect the infantry.

@jorikrouwenhorst7220 6 жыл бұрын

must be weird being a English/french soldier landing in vladivostok

@eduardovaldivia5572 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the locals were thinking?

@Bobbymaccys 6 жыл бұрын

So great meeting Indy and Flo at Bovington tank Museum! People say never meet your heroes. I disagree!

@ltdowney 6 жыл бұрын

Will you be doing a special on the so-called "Lost Battalion" and Major Whittlesey next month when the Meuse-Argonne kicks off? As an American, I recognize that our overall contribution in the First World War was somewhat limited, especially by comparison with the Second, but their story is truly harrowing.

@the_Kutonarch 6 жыл бұрын

They should make a special on it just because we've finally got an American to admit -in writing- that they're not biggest badass ever and that they're the reason that the Allies won WW1, simply because of them, and them alone. I mean I get ww2, but when you get seppos trolling how they won ww1 single-handedly... 😐

@GeneralSmitty91 6 жыл бұрын

The beginning of the end

@bazzatheblue 6 жыл бұрын

I saw the service for the first day of the battle at Amiens cathedral yesterday on bbc1,very moving.All nations who took part represented as far as I could tell.

@michaelsnyder6922 6 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of the most brilliantly conceived and produced series ever on KZfaq. I love everything about it

@OldFellaDave 6 жыл бұрын

Rawlinson should take a LOT of credit for the spectacular successes of August and onwards to the end of the war. He encouraged and fostered the plans of his subordinates - including Monash and Currie, and gave them the room to develop their tactics and 'fight' the war. it's also worth noting that King George would rush to the front and Knight John Monash in the Field on August 12th - the first man to receive a knighthood in the field in over 300 years. Might give clue as to who many people thought was responsible for the breakthrough ;)

@foxph0rus 6 жыл бұрын

Here it is: Everyone’s favorite map.

@iineo 6 жыл бұрын

That game died over a year ago

@HaNNibal97smiTH 6 жыл бұрын

I hate it

@ChevyChase301 6 жыл бұрын

Foxphorus what about Sinai?

@HaNNibal97smiTH 6 жыл бұрын

Quentin, Sinai, Grappa are the best maps of vanilla game

@TRUECRISTIANJESUS 6 жыл бұрын

My dad died in battle Amiens R.I.P. dad

@TRUECRISTIANJESUS 6 жыл бұрын

supported slavery I would have a profile picture of the stars and stripes or the likes of the British Union jack! Also I'm neither left or right I don't fall for the divide and conquer. You obviousl

@comradecallum5564 6 жыл бұрын

Great video again, also was great to see you at tank museum yesterday as well as seeing you last year at stow Marie's

@dorkmax7073 6 жыл бұрын

The most incredible cannonade I've ever heard, quite unending! Swept round us in a wide curve of red leaping flame! This infernal bombardment! The noise and the smoke! Just concentrate on your bayonet. Imagine it piercing the hearts of the Hun. Every last one of em!

@justsceptic3085 4 жыл бұрын

in march 1918 when british front at amiens were crushed by germans petain send immediatly 40 french divisions and save the british army,on 1940 in the dreadfull days of dunkirk, petain ask to churchill"where are your 40 divisions? that's the different point of vue of french and british history...

@donaldhill3823 6 жыл бұрын

As always a great show and very informative. As we get closer to the end I hope you have a follow up show in the planning.

@ProvidenceNL 6 жыл бұрын

fantastic video as always, Indie, every video i see on this channel makes me more eager for the second world war series. love it!

@JPEnoobs 6 жыл бұрын

I truly love watching these videos, keep up the great work indie!

@akillerpacman1709 6 жыл бұрын

Question for OOTT besides old Franz’s assassination, were there any attempts made on leading generals,heads of state lives during the war? Keep up there great work, your almost out of the woods yet *subtle foreshadowing*

@happy-go-commie 6 жыл бұрын

Lenin survived an assassination attempt on 30 August 1918 by a woman named Fanya Kaplan. Wilhelm II survived an assassination attempt too, but that was in 1901. Rasputin wasn't a head of state, but he was very influential in Russian politics.

@akillerpacman1709 6 жыл бұрын

I’m convinced Rasputin must’ve been a vampire or at least very lucky for the amount of effort it went in to killing him

@jonwebb6644 4 жыл бұрын

There is the murders of the Tsar and his family.

@Pt_Lacky 6 жыл бұрын

I look forward to this every week! Great work Indie and Crew!

@Nick_Thorne 6 жыл бұрын

What an absolute pleasure to meet you and the team in Bovington yesterday. What a great day.

@atsekoutsoube 6 жыл бұрын

Started watching this excellent series in February 2016 and today I finally caught up. Still many special episodes to be seen. But surely well done to all contributors of Great War

@blockmasterscott 6 жыл бұрын

Indy, I just wanted to say thank you for these 4 years of a really deep education. I cannot possibly over state how much I learned. Thank you.

@thechief00 6 жыл бұрын

Been looking forward to this episode ever since I caught up last Christmas - bring on the Hundred Days!

@needhelpinwow 6 жыл бұрын

We're gonna be home by Christmas boys!

@arjan6111994 6 жыл бұрын

Someone told me that 4 years ago... I did not believe it anymore :'(.

@mikefingbond3888 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, fellas. 3 months left. This has been such a fantastic project. Thank you for all your hard work the last 211 weeks.

@viliussmproductions 6 жыл бұрын

"And I reach the end of another week" A true hero, Indie!

@rexmundi3108 6 жыл бұрын

Amiens has always been of particular interest to me as my great uncle died there fighting with what would later become the Cape Breton Highlanders. Always hoping to see his face in some of this old film footage.

@wizofoz0605 3 жыл бұрын

August 8th was 100 percent Monash. He took the plan to Rawlinson as a larger scale extension of Hamel, got the Canadians involved to protect his right flank (cause he didn't trust the French provincials) and co-ordinated the whole battle plan in extraordinary detail. He came up with and executed the 'double leap frog' manoeuvre, where two divisions, line abreast attack, and hold then two more divisions from the rear push through this position- leap frog- them to advance with fresh troops. This was the day where squads of armoured cars were first used like cavalry to push through the enemy lines and capture strategic information and cause havoc.... such innovations, such genius The Aussies and Canadians and to some extent the Brits on the left smashed through the German defences in a major way and left them reeling. then kept up the momentum for the famous '100 days and pushed them back through the Hindenberg line. This was the day that MONASH won the war.

@sachaweijdisch9690 Жыл бұрын

what do you mean by French provincials?

@scottieman2 6 жыл бұрын

Haven't watched every episode but you are great at keeping up every day. Great videos and interesting.

@LuvBorderCollies 6 жыл бұрын

It seems so long ago but there are people alive today who were alive on August 9, 1918. Growing up I knew a lot of people who were born in the 1800's. My great grandparents were alive when Custer got killed. Time and history really get compressed when you view it through your preceding generations.

@jonjits 6 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed meeting all the fans at Bovington yesterday. I was the guy with the AT-AT Imperial Walker t-shirt. Thanks for the photo.

@breandank3026 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like before the war ends, you guys should do a poll, to see how many people support the entente or the central powers.

@nilsalmquist9424 3 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic channel. Well done.

@kevindoyle1884 6 жыл бұрын

Incredibly interesting love this channel

@ihjackson5558 6 жыл бұрын

Indy correctly points out that some sources claim that the plans for the battle of Amiens came from the Australian Corps commander General Monash while others do not. It's said that victory has many fathers but it could also be said that the writers of history don't always give credit or enough credit where it is due for all sorts of reasons. While it is undoubtedly true that those responsible for the strategic direction of the war had been planning a major allied counter offensive for some time and had narrowed the area to the Somme Valley (unbeknown to Monash) many still believe that Monash was the true mastermind of the battle of Amiens and the creator of the blueprint on how to win the war in 1918. Former Australian deputy prime minister Tim Fischer, an authority on Australian General Sir John Monash, echoed this sentiment very succinctly when he stated: "It was not at Field Marshal Haig's HQ nearby but at the Lieutenant-General John Monash AIF HQ at Chateau Bertangles where the seeds for victory on the Western Front were devised and implemented.".

@susanhampson446 4 жыл бұрын

Ian Jackson: I agree that the Aussies raised the CONDITIONS Jointly and along with the Canadians. Canada had more Divisions but they were together formidable and relentless throughout the "100 Days" to Victory at a great Sacrifice.

@glm0142 6 жыл бұрын

I think this time war might end before Christmas

@glm0142 6 жыл бұрын

Prussian Eagle shhh ;)

@nerdothn892 6 жыл бұрын

Communist dogge me to but don't forget everyone said that in 1914

@SovietDoge 6 жыл бұрын

C.. Comrade..?

@glm0142 6 жыл бұрын

Soviet Doge komraaade

@MrRenegadeshinobi 6 жыл бұрын

Communist dogge that's nonsense and you know it.

@Groundsey 6 жыл бұрын

This is the episode I’ve been waiting for.

@Jarod-vg9wq 11 ай бұрын

Today once more is the anniversary of one of the most important battle of history, the era of true modern warfare has begun

@Daniel-vi7ci Жыл бұрын

Best Channel on youtube. You make history lessons in school obsolete. Keep up the great work!

@kueller917 6 жыл бұрын

Its so surreal hearing about even little things like the "last" zeppelin destroyed. The whole war now feels like it's grinding slowly to a halt, and this show has been so routine for the past few years I still can't comprehend that finishing too.

@shakeyraver 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone else see that that tank was called fray bentos at 5.19 made me chuckle.

@claymore2000 6 жыл бұрын

You guys had awesome fighting footage today! Where did you find it? Awesome episode!

@luiscastaneda5250 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode 👍😎🎉

@StickWithTrigger 6 жыл бұрын

4:20AM? YEAHHH BOIIII BLAZE THAT GERMAN ARMY

@averageconsumer0 6 жыл бұрын

*smoke gas every day*

@MrCordycep 6 жыл бұрын

The German army got pretty badly ripped.

@thickoc4539 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@InspectMyAss9000 6 жыл бұрын

Man i love this Channel!

@RobertReg1 4 жыл бұрын

So hard to listen to this stuff. So sad. First time I listened to Carlin's BFA I was kind of sickened... Thanks so much for sharing the true depth of where our leaders took us.

@Groundsey 6 жыл бұрын

Will you be doing a Special on the Whippet Tank, particularly Musical Box, the Tank which caused havoc behind German lines on August 8th.

@LordVltor 6 жыл бұрын

Am I really following this show by 4 years now? So long. And I really cannot imagine someone doing war for the same amount of time. Indeed, I was wondering: has been ANY soldier who joined on the first day of war who sought ALL the war until the end, got back home unscathed, or at least without permanent injuries?

@ciandoyle1620 6 жыл бұрын

"at 4:20 am" what a bunch of memesters those entente powers were

@deplorabled1695 5 жыл бұрын

The British were bled white. The insertion of the Australians and Canucks must have been the same feeling for the Empire as having an IV mainlined into the heart. The British and French hung on manfully and grimly along with their allies month after month of unending torture; then the angels from the great north and the sons of the southern cross rose up and slayed the dragon.

@Litany_of_Fury 4 жыл бұрын

Not bled dry like the Germans, many of the British still had a workforce that was predominantly male. An empire does not run itself.

@ThisIsEduardo 6 жыл бұрын

GREAT VIDEO

@zaxxxppe 6 жыл бұрын

*Out of the Trenches Question* hey indy and crew, thanks for the effort you put into the videos. My question - there is a saying that Bosnian regiments in the AH Army were fearless in battle and had a lot of success. Allegedly, before one clash with the Italians, all soldiers were given Fez's in order to strike fear into the enemy. How much truth is behind these claims? Thank you for your response.

@LittleGoblinBastard 6 жыл бұрын

I waited for this episode for a long time

@jimbodeathgrip 6 жыл бұрын

Hope TGW team had a great day at the tank museum yesterday, I was the fan who went the great British beer festival instead.

@wormholespacetime 6 жыл бұрын

Real fan of what you do....keep up the great work! Obviously, unrelated to the video but ever since you mentioned Alexander Parvus I'm loosing my sleep over this sucker...could you maybe say a few things in "the Trenches", or do a special....or maybe a whole series on him? What an under-reported figure! Many thanks....Psycho Psyche

@randomlyentertaining8287 4 жыл бұрын

I just realized how much the Spring and Hundred Days offensives mirror the Kursk and Bagration offensives. A giant, all out attack that takes some ground but is unable to be held followed by another massive attack by the opposite side that, in the end, leads to the capitulation of the originally attacking side.

@markcantemail8018 4 жыл бұрын

There is an August 9th 1918 date on a Tombstone at Mt Hope Cemetery . Seeing this video was timely I have been wondering . Thank you

@007Davis 6 жыл бұрын

Tip top video chaps

@claudiopomponio7671 6 жыл бұрын

Could you make a video on Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta, Commander of the 3rd Army?

@shanelennon9359 4 жыл бұрын

General Monash seams to have a different view of August 8th. The way it reads the plan to counterattack the Germans was his. I expect you have read it if you haven't then you can find his memoirs in the Gutenberg Libary. Search the Australian victories in France in 1918 by general sir John Monash, g.c.m.g., k.c.b.

@ohayoch. 6 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks still love this channel

@karlyan17 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question for Out Of The Trenches. How do you perform research from multiple sources on one specific topic, like who is to credit for the Battle of Amiens. Do you read the (I assume) books beforehand and mark the passages to reread when it's time to make an episode, or did you take all the notes beforehand?

@bobporch 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother's brother fought in the Canadian Corp, enlisting in 1915. He was wounded twice, and sent to England to recover. Then back to those horrible trenches. He was in the attack on Aug 8. On the 9th, the German resistance stiffened and he was cut down by a machine gun. I came across some of his letters several years ago. The Canadians have an extensive digital war archive I have been searching. Thank you for posting this video. I liked the old photos. I can't even begin to grasp what a horrible affair this was.

@UnknownUser22759 Жыл бұрын

May I ask what archive you used? Was it the Library and Archives of Canada? My 2nd great grandfather was with the 8th battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles) during the battle of Amiens.

@bobporch Жыл бұрын

@@UnknownUser22759 What a unique day to hear from someone who also had a relative in the 8th Battalion. Private Maxwell Melville was his name. He also fought in the Boer War. There Is an extensive online Canadian war library that I will send specifics on shortly. I will look up more specific information for you. Max enlisted at Moose Jaw with a Mounted Rifle Unit that was merged with another before going over. He was from outside of Saskatoon. They fought as dismounted infantry. He had his mother, sister and a brother he lived with before enlisting. The sister came to the US and was my grandmother.

@bobporch Жыл бұрын

@@UnknownUser22759 I was a university researcher and moved recently. I was going through old files tonight to purge files I will no longer use. I will make an effort this evening to find what I printed out and sent you the web address as well as specific pages to go to. Max's " little black book" said 1st company, but I don't know on which of 3 tours he wrote that. The archive provides the secret orders for the battle, basically everything put on paper. I spent hours digging, one thing led me to another. I can't believe I've heard from a relative of someone in the same unit.

@bobporch Жыл бұрын

@@UnknownUser22759 I have tried to reply with web page addresses several times but they do not go through. I will try another way. The 8th Battalion (90th Reg) was part of the 2nd Canadian Brigade, 1st Division: aka Little Red Devils. Their shoulder patch was a red rectangle. How to read a Record of service or casualty form (First World War) from Government of Canada, Library and Archives. 1st Division Plan of Operations: Aug 1918 Appendix # 2 p.1 Aug 1918 War Diary General Staff Aug 1918 War Diary Daily Intel Reports Aug 1918

@bobporch Жыл бұрын

@@UnknownUser22759 How to read a Record of service or casualty form (First World War) bac-lac. from Government of Canada, Library and Archives. 1st Division Plan of Operations: Aug 1918 Appendix # 2 p.1 data2. then collectionscanada followed by .ca then/e/e013/e000312820.followed by forward slash dot jpg Aug 1918 War Diary General Staff /e/041/e001024251forward slash jpg Aug 1918 War Diary Daily Intel Reports Aug 1918 /e/e042/e001027328dotjpg

@anthropicandroid4494 4 жыл бұрын

+1 for the correct "champing at the bit"

@lachlanseawright4779 6 жыл бұрын

Question for Out of the Trenches: I am an Australian. Growing up, the paintings and images of Australian troops in the Middle East and elsewhere that I saw in school, particularly the Light Horse, most often showed our troops wearing exclusively our slouch hats rather than any helmets. I see in some of the videos in the episode more helmets used. Was it more common for them to wear the hats or the helmets in combat? Is the frequency of the slouch hat just a part of our mythology?

@davidlowry8765 2 жыл бұрын

Helmets were worn May 1916 on.

@utkarshtrivedi8870 Жыл бұрын

Just gotta Salute the Germans literally they were fighting against 3 great powers and 1 super power knocked one of them out of the war and made other 3 run for their money all while standing and fighting on its own. Deep respect to all the brave Germans who died in this war.

@smal750 11 ай бұрын

someone doesnt know about the triple alliance

@sam_uelson Жыл бұрын

Pause at 5:20 you'll see a tank labelled fray Bentos. This must have been footage from earlier in the war, as she became famous at the battle of paschendaele in 1917

@Dog.soldier1950 4 жыл бұрын

See “to the last ridge” the memories of W.H. Downing for the Australian POV on this battle

@Shunteration 6 жыл бұрын

With the Great War coming close to it's end, will we see you in a spin-off series, talking about the Interwar years?

@waltertaljaard1488 6 жыл бұрын

No victory parade at the Champs Elysee on the tunes of the Hohenfriedberger March and Preussens Gloria.

@conradyo9274 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on Douglas MacArthur and Patton meeting on the battlefield

@MartinIDavies 4 жыл бұрын

Battle of Amiens.. the nations of "5 eyes" take the field for the first time together under a single command and engage in the battle that resulted i the end of WW1

@StickWithTrigger 6 жыл бұрын

i like to think that when the German soldiers saw the tanks and airplanes and field guns coming at them,the bf1 theme started to play in their heads

@ohalbleib 6 жыл бұрын

Indy, are you going to go to Compiégne in November for Armistice day??

@Chris689200 4 жыл бұрын

Not a word of the 1st french army that took part in this battle with 12 divisions apart from the « the french took Montdidier »

@antoniettols 6 жыл бұрын

Probably someone has already asked this, but do you have plans on this series following November 11th? I always wished for a series that discussed the immediate post-war unfolding, like the height of the first US red scare, the creation of the Turkish Republic, or the rise of Japan under the Taisho democracy, to stay on a few interesting topics...

@das_edelweiss8736 6 жыл бұрын

5:52 (and so on in the combat footage) who was recording?

@leedent6796 6 жыл бұрын

Was just playing this Operation on Battlefield 1

@mossy1s 6 жыл бұрын

You relished saying "champing at the bit" didn't you lol! 😊

@AdamKhan-mb4mu 6 жыл бұрын

Most of the videos in this series have a great English transcript that I can follow along with. For today's video, though, there only seems to be an auto-generated transcript that is a hit-or-miss and without any grammar/punctuation. Any way to get a regular, properly punctuated transcript back up?

@skiteufr 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Indy, Last week we've seen the French stopping the Germans at 2nd Marne and counter attacking, pushing back the Germans and turning the tide But i've read that the French also took part in the battle of Amiens, sending some divisions and taking half of allies casualties. But you don't talk much about them in this video. What did they do exactly at Amiens ?

@skiteufr 6 жыл бұрын

Rasputin then if it was mainly British, why the French sustained half of the casualties ? It means they had rather more than a supporting role ?

@Phantomrasberryblowe 5 жыл бұрын

skiteufr The British also took part in stopping the Germans at the 2nd Marne

@WastelandSeven 6 жыл бұрын

Canadians and Aussies fighting side by side? From their performance so far I'm glad I wasn't a German soldier!

@generalripper7528 5 жыл бұрын

They can't have been that impressive. In Germany we only talk about the French and British as serious opponents in WWI.

@vincentlefebvre9255 5 жыл бұрын

@@generalripper7528 Oh yes they have been . It's an absolute fact . Your sources must have been utterly unserious . And just look at the contingent of canadian airmen . It was the most fantastic of the war . If you can't make the difference between dominions' and UK's involvments during the war that's your problem . Europeans forget easily what these nations accomplished during the war . They did way beyond what could be expected.Within the Empire's forces they performed the best . Not an opinion but a fact . Arthur Currie and John Monash were highly regarded as generals .

@generalripper7528 5 жыл бұрын

@@vincentlefebvre9255 I don't doubt that. I'm just telling you that in German culture, we don't specifically refer to the Canadians. They are normally just referred to as the British.

@backalleycqc4790 5 жыл бұрын

General Ripper “A British subject I was born - a British subject I will die.” Sir John A. Macdonald (11 January 1815 - 6 June 1891) the first Prime Minister of Canada.

@ronmailloux9370 4 жыл бұрын

@@generalripper7528 kinda like canadians refer to germans as squareheads?

@angels2online 6 жыл бұрын

Combined forces attacks warm my heart ♥

@De.bu.123 6 жыл бұрын

Question for Out of the trenches: After four years of war and horrific losses, do you think the allies, especially the British, would have been able to fight for this long without their colonies and dominions? There seem to have happened quite a lot of the important offensives using Canadian or ANZAC forces.