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Stories of the Great War
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Welcome everyone. Many of you may know me better as Chris from Vlogging Through History. Since I started creating content for youtube I have found myself diving deeper and deeper into the history of the Great War, what we call World War 1 today. Not just the strategies and tactics of armies, but the stories of the men and women whose lives were upended by one of the most destructive and terrifying conflicts in history. That’s why this channel was born. A place to dive deeper into the stories of the men, the women, the units they were a part of, the acts of bravery, the moments of fear. The lives that were changed forever. To explore the places where they fought, and where they rest today. To explore the places where we remember. I hope you’ll join me on the journey. These are stories of the great war.
Stories of the Fallen at the Somme, Part 2
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There were nearly a million killed, wounded, and missing soldiers during the Battle of the Somme in the summer and fall of 1916. In today's episode, we visit the battlefield cemeteries at Martinsart, Guillemont, Dartmoor, Pozieres, and Gordon Dump to tell the stories of a few of the men who were killed.
#history #ww1
There were nearly a million killed, wounded, and missing soldiers during the Battle of the Somme in the summer and fall of 1916. In today's episode, we visit the battlefield cemeteries at Martinsart, Guillemont, Dartmoor, Pozieres, and Gordon Dump to tell the stories of a few of the men who were killed.
#history #ww1
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Stories of the Fallen: Railway Dugouts (Transport Farm), Ypres, Belgium
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Railway Dugouts Cemetery is 2 Kms west of Zillebeke village, where the railway runs on an embankment overlooking a small farmstead, which was known to the troops as Transport Farm. The site of the cemetery was screened by slightly rising ground to the east, and burials began there in April 1915. They continued until the Armistice, especially in 1916 and 1917, when Advanced Dressing Stations wer...
In Flanders Fields: The Story of John McCrae & Essex Farm
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In today's episode we visit Essex Farm Cemetery, where Canadian John McCrae wrote the most famous poem of WW1 in May 1915. #history #greatwar #ww1
Shot at Dawn: Executions in the Great War
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar Over 300 men in the forces of the British Empire were executed for various crimes, mostly desertion, during the Great War. In today's episode we visit the sites associated with many of those executions in the Ypres Salient in the town of Poperinge. #history #ww1
Stories of the Fallen - The Battle of the Somme (1916)
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar There were nearly a million killed, wounded, and missing soldiers during the Battle of the Somme in the summer and fall of 1916. In today's episode, we visit the battlefield cemeteries to tell the stories of a few of the men who were killed. #history #ww1
An Irish soldier of WW1 describes life on the Western Front from 1914-1918
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The Lochnagar Crater on the Somme Battlefield
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar My visit to the Lochnagar Crater, site of the largest of the 19 mines exploded on July 1, 1916 to signal the start of the Somme offensive. The deadliest day in the history of the British military, and one of the deadliest of World War I. #history #ww1
Remembering a fallen soldier killed at Ypres in 1915
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar Over 100,000 soldiers of the British Empire and Dominions of WW1 who fell in the Ypres Salient have no known grave. In this episode we honor one of those men, killed at Mouse Trap Farm outside Ypres, Belgium in May 1915. #history #ww1
Meuse Argonne: The Largest American Cemetery in Europe
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In today's episode we visit the largest American war cemetery in Europe at Meuse-Argonne. Just a few miles from the imposing hilltop fortress of Montfaucon, the cemetery stands in the center of the territory over which these men fought and died over 47 days in the fall of 1918. #history #ww1
The Great War Dead of Champagne - French and German dead together
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An unexpected stop I made in France at the site of French and German war cemeteries together to honor the dead of the Champagne region from 1914-1918. #greatwar #history
Lafayette, We Are Here! - July 4, 1917
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On July 4, 1917, some of the first American soldiers to arrive in France to serve on the Western Front led a parade in Paris. At Picpus Cemetery they honored the hero of two worlds, Marquis de Lafayette. There, Lt. Colonel Charles Stanton gave a speech that has gone down in history. #history #ww1
The Horrible Cost of War - Douaumont Necropolis and Ossuary (Verdun Battlefield)
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar The Douaumont Necropolis and Ossuary contain the remains of both French and German soldiers who died on the Verdun battlefield. Through small outside windows of the ossuary, the skeletal remains of at least 130,000 unidentified combatants of all nations can be seen filling up alcoves at the lower edge of the building...
The Truth behind the Trench of the Bayonets (Verdun Battlefield)
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar In June 1916, this entrenched position was a part of Fort Douaumont, which the Germans desperately wanted to take. On June 12, Germans unleashed a hailstorm of iron and lead upon French positions. The attack caught the French by surprise. The 137th Regiment of French infantry was annihilated almost to the last man. Y...
Fleury - A Village That Died For France (Verdun Battlefield)
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar In this episode we visit the remains of the commune of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, which was forever destroyed by the fighting near Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun. During the battle, it changed hands more than a dozen times between the French and German forces who fought in this area. #history #ww1
The 38th (Welsh) Division attack on Mametz Wood - Somme Battlefield Tour
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Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - patreon.com/StoriesoftheGreatWar In this episode we visit the site of the five-day battle for Mametz Wood in July 1916 in which the 38th Welsh Division suffered 4000 casualties in their first significant action of the war. #history #ww1
Student Soldiers and Combat Aces - Langemark German Cemetery, Belgium
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Student Soldiers and Combat Aces - Langemark German Cemetery, Belgium
The Largest British War Cemetery on Earth - Tyne Cot, Belgium
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The Largest British War Cemetery on Earth - Tyne Cot, Belgium
Exploring World War 1 Mines at Vauquois in Eastern France
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Exploring World War 1 Mines at Vauquois in Eastern France
Exploring the Battlefield of Polygon Wood - First and Third Ypres (1914 and 1917)
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Exploring the Battlefield of Polygon Wood - First and Third Ypres (1914 and 1917)
Exploring the Passchendaele Battlefield near Ypres, Belgium
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Exploring the Passchendaele Battlefield near Ypres, Belgium
How a town in Belgium became one of the deadliest places on earth
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How a town in Belgium became one of the deadliest places on earth
Hawthorn Ridge and the Sunken Lane - Somme Battlefield Tour
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Hawthorn Ridge and the Sunken Lane - Somme Battlefield Tour
All Quiet on the Western Front - An In-Depth Historical Review
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All Quiet on the Western Front - An In-Depth Historical Review
Scottish Footballers at the Somme - McCrae's Battalion (16th Royal Scots)
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Scottish Footballers at the Somme - McCrae's Battalion (16th Royal Scots)
Hill 60 and the Underground War at Ypres, Belgium
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Hill 60 and the Underground War at Ypres, Belgium
Searching for WW1 relics on the Verdun battlefield
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Searching for WW1 relics on the Verdun battlefield
Remembering the Missing - the Menin Gate & Last Post, Ypres, Belgium
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Remembering the Missing - the Menin Gate & Last Post, Ypres, Belgium
In the Footsteps of Heroes - The Newfoundland Regiment
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In the Footsteps of Heroes - The Newfoundland Regiment
I brought a British Soldier's medals to his grave at the Somme
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I brought a British Soldier's medals to his grave at the Somme