The Forgotten Ally - Portugal in WW1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
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- Portugal's participation in the First World War 1, especially the service of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps on the Western Front, is often forgotten. And even when the troops were still fighting, the political situation back home had changed so much that the soldiers were largely forgotten.
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Portugal:the greatest small nation in the world.
One day general De Gaulle said about Portugal: "a small country, but a great nation!"
That's the best to describe Portugal I think.
Once was the greatest nation in the world with half of the world turned in colonies.
🙂👍
Its not that small. There are many countries in Europe even smaller.
@@noticiasdaketamina2675 and now those colonies talk trash againgst portugal cuz of his goods
History forgot Portugal. Europe forgot Portugal. Portugal forgot Portugal. But not Indy. He remembered Portugal!
DarkFlameDragonSlayer Ohh thanks you!
JMG are u talking about Portugal? Because if you are u should search more and learn more history u dumb
And also the part that is half of the world that were portuguese colonies.
@@jmg7409 If you look down at history properly, you'll see that nearly every country in the world got big at some point because all the tribes around were conquered and subjugated by the big bully of the area. Like some others, Portugal resisted invasion for centuries: we could be quite big in size, like the size of the whole iberian peninsula, but we fought hard enough in order to stay free. And freedom is quite better than land size. We're not domesticated barbarians like so many others ;)
Clementine will remember that... wait what?
As a Brazillian man that spent his last vacation roaming throughout this beautiful country, from south to north I have just one thing to say:
PORTUGAL, CARALHO!
betodaval
Portugal caralho !
Ahahah apanhas te o jeito. Abraço irmão
Ac
HAHAHAHHA
The portuguese empire was the longest living global empire on history (1415-1999) and one of the largest empires ever... they are one of the oldest contry in Europe and it borders are the oldest in the world, remain the same since XIII... the first to colonizate, the first european country to arrive to Japan (Nagasaki was founded b the portuguese) and to arrive to India... I don't know why they are underrated so much.
its the circle of life, we were the power house back then, just as America will someday be like us today.
That's a heavy one, but sadly its true, every big power eventually falls apart and gets eaten by another power.
Portugal was one of such cases, where we used to control half of the world, the other half being controlled by Spain, and we both lost it all.
Yet now we (Portugal) are often mistaken as a province of Spain.
Indeed America thinks it will be number one forever, the British Empire was the biggest ever empire and look at it now. Britain was number one then it was America and one day someone else.
Because alf of the People think Portugal is SPAIN and forget everythingh that we acomplished
From the ashes we appear to aches we Will bem forgotten
And from ashes we shall reborn
I'm Dutch and I'm learning about ww1 and 2 in school now and my teacher didn't believe that Portugal was an ally. Thank now i can show my teacher I was right
He's a history teacher, or just a teacher?
WTF????? Are you serious? Did he/she fraud his/her diploma or something?
+DD Meu Deus...
V. Athanasiou history
Batavian Republic :facepalm:
As a Portuguese person and history nerd, I say Thankyou for this episode! Portugal does not get enough recognition for its role in both World Wars-and it should!
A Portuguese History Nerd (hides evidence that even after one of Portugal's colonies was invaded they didn't do crap in the Second World War)
We didn't participate in WW2 actually...
Portugal has always been a great ally to Britain:)
@Dan Charman Except that time when they threatened Portugal with war if they didn't give up a couple of african colonies to them
Indeed Marcus. Still Portugal's alliance has been pivotal to Britain s success in the past.
As a British person me and my friend always talk about Portugal and it's loyalty to its alliance with our country, truly great men and a brilliant country. We should increase relations more and help eachother out again.
CalHazBigNut You fuckers stole our colonies and almost went to war with us because of them, you also ignored our soldiers.
We forgive you, you saved us against France.
And when you saved us against France from the Napoleon invasions , The British took control of Portugal, allowing our great Mainland to become part of the British empire for some time.
You're forgiven though xD
Obrigado. Cheers mate :)
begone thõt
As a Portuguese person, i like England, its quite diferente about the languaje cause i don't understand brittish people when talking, i speak english of America but, england does part of my family country, i have a Brittish brother, thx for support CalvinKaz :) Stay safe from CoronaVirus!
by your numbers in the german assault the portugese field force took more than 50% casualties and kept fighting, falling back but it didn't disintergrate. THAT alone should be worthy of respect.
Sadly history forgets big empires such as Portugal, only remembers those who don't deserve to be remembered. We (Portugal) are one of the oldest countries in the world. We had one of the longest empires 1455-1999. We were the first to colonize, we were the firsts to arrive in Japan and India. We could see the sunrise and the sunset (as we had colonies in every single continent. But people only care about big nations, and forget those who actually acomplished something beautiful.
@@Twuben Hey I don't think we had colonies in Oceania. :/
@@abessa6993 Maluku Islands, we actually were the first to colonize in Oceania along side with spanish.
@@Twuben Thank you I love knowing more of my country's history.
@@abessa6993 isn't Timor in Oceania?
This theme of neglect actually translates into one of my ancestors, who fought for the Portuguese in WWI.
I don't know the details (I believe he was the brother of my grandmother, but I should confirm this with the rest of family), but apparently when the Portuguese arrived, soon after they were order to capture some positions alongside the British and the French. The Portuguese attacked as ordered, and saw massive success, capturing the German positions.
However, the French and the British had not attacked when they had pledged to, leaving the Portuguese alone on the position without support. Soon the Germans counter-attacked and while the Portuguese again by all account fought bravely, they were overwhelmed and had to retreat.
It was during this that my ancestor died. According to my family, he had covered his men (he was an officer), had saved some wounded, killed a number of Germans before falling. The usual war hero stuff. He was awarded a medal and given honors for his courage and sacrifice.
But one wonders. If the British and the French had shown up to help their ally, then it's quite possible he would have survived the offensive, possibly even survived the whole war. But, as this video's theme was, his unit was abandoned, neglected, and ultimately they died with little recognition.
A moment of silence for the brave soldiers of Portugal who fell in this terrible conflict.
Let your relative see the fog of golden lusitan coast
whats his name? I'm doing a history project on the Portuguese in ww1 and I'd like to include this. also can you include date of death, thank you and I'm sorry that he died. Us Brits were dicks! but seriously, I'd like to see his story come to life.
Portugal isn't forgotten. It will always be England's oldest ally :)
Jose M V Marques I mean, it's a fact that Britain has been allied with Portugal longer than any other ally, and we respect that.
money dont buy trust and mutual respect, i dont respect usa and not trust too
forever allies we hope :)
True, we will always be allies, or atleast we hope :)
Alex Swinden Thanks dude! same for UK! :D
Forever Allies!
People just seem to forget that Portugal was actually a huge participant in a lot of world history. They were part of the Reconquista, long time leaders of exploration, had a sizable colonial empire, fought in the Napoleonic Wars, fought in both World War 1 and 2. Yet still they're always a side note in history.
Glad to see them finally get some love!
you´re right...and they are one of the oldest Nation-State in the world!
@@jennifermcadam1026 Officially not, but some people actually did under australian training and were sent behind enemy lines to perform guerrila actions against the japanese army stationed in Timor. There are other stories, but this the most easy to back up.
Not always, fortunately. Portugal started European expansion.
Napoleans army got stopped in Portugal and russia, thats saying something
@@Icenfyre it means that to get there to Portugal and Russia, napolean troops were already tired and starving lol
My great grandfather, who was a young man at the time, from a small village in the north of Portugal, was all of the sudden thrown into the war as part of the Portuguese navy. He was serving in a fishing boat called Augusto Castilho which was adapted for war and was patrolling the Atlantic ocean, from Lisbon to Azores island. One month before the war was over, they were attacked by a German submarine (U-139) which destroyed their ship. Admired by their bravery, the Germans rescued them from the ocean gave them medical treatment, water and some cookies and let them go in a rubber boat. They were lost in the ocean for 6 days before finding land (S. Miguel island in Azores). My great grandfather and other survivors received a medal from the President himself because their courageous fight saved over 200 lives of people which were passing by in ship from Lisbon to S. Miguel. The coolest thing is that the Germans in the submarine recorded in video that fight providing a great piece of history of Portugal at war.
Now, 100 years later I am married to a German woman who I met in Austria. Life is interesting.
Muito interessante. Como podemos aceder a essas imagens? ou onde...?
Miguel Matos o teu avô foi um dos heróis do Augusto de Castilho?! Preza sempre essa herança com orgulho! O heroísmo desse dia, não é apenas uma notinha de rodapé, mas um acontecimento muito importante para a Marinha e Portugal em geral. Além disso pelo que vi, a maioria dos sobreviventes, que iam num bote, chegaram a Santa Maria. Os que chegaram a São Miguel era um grupo que vinha numa jangada improvisada. Se o teu avô, para além de ter enfrentado um dos mais temidos submarinos alemães, ainda esteve à deriva no Oceano numa jangada... então era mesmo muito especial.
Ayo where's your grandpa from, I might be near him
@@dimmadometv He was from the village of Fragoso in the Barcelos municipality.
@@matosjorgemiguelmy family's from the village of Carreço in Viana do Castelo, (borders Barcelos from the north), small world
Battlefield 1 - The Rise of Portugal DLC
That'd be awsome now
age of empires II HD had one dlc from portugal
@@miguelantunes8785 unfortunely, the unique land unit we got is... Limited. Sure is a gunpowder unit however has no bonus damage to any other class of units, has deadzone at melee, high spread with just one of the projectiles on the bunch causing full damage (all other 3/5 do 1 piercing damage). And since is an organ gun, is considered a siege machine. So has to be manually repaired with resources.
At least the caravel is kinda OP. A scorpion on a boat. Oh and the feitoria, amazing building for late game.
Eeh, the Feitoria isn't horrible, if you can defend it.
Lit
Portugal will never surrender!
By the way, I'm Portuguese
MT Jogos be proud.
Bolchevik duck And I'm proud of being portuguese!
Bolchevik duck By the way, did you ever visited my country?
I wish and i will.
My grandfather was born in 1919 in a city called Porto. In his twenties, due to financial difficulties, he had to emigrate to Brazil, where he started a big family. He was an amazing storyteller and introduced me to many Portuguese subjects: Viriato, caravels, Dom Sebastião, fado songs and even an er0tic poet called Bocage - lol! Although I've never visited Portugal (shame on me), I always feel close to that country thanks to my grandpa's stories. It was through him that I heard the first time about badass WW1 soldier Anibal Milhais (Soldado Milhões). Now I have to practise patience and wait for your episode about La Lys. Saudações aos Tugas.
silvioevan11 Yeah, my family moved to Brasil when the monarchy was overthrown in a coup (which wasn't that popular to begin with, and wasn't that good of a decision as you can see in the years following), around the same time.
Saudações!
silvioevan11 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Which state? In that time the brazilian old republic wasn't quite good, actualy they were kind of a totalitarian proxy government...No that we had change something in a long run, but... you know, for some parts were better than others...
Which state?
Ceará. Thank God he was able to find many jobs in civil construction.
In that battle where so many portuguese were ordered to die fighting the germans had to barry the dead portuguese soldiers, but they didnt do common large graves, they did individual graves with individual gravestones made of peaces of wood. And they wrote what they thought about them. In the portuguese museum of the army in Lisbon you can see some of them. My favourite is one that says "Here lies one brave portuguese" in german.
wow kind of amazing that their adversaries had such respect for them. ohhh and btw nice profile pic, I love that game haha.
thank i love that game also!
n sabia disso :O
alguma foto disso?
It is, but less so if you think soldiers of different sides do share the condition of being soldier, and that might be particularly true in the case of WW1.
(also, hear Dan Carlin's Blueprint for Armageddon if you're really into the first war)
In my land in Portugal, many men were incorporated into CEP and sent to France to fight in World War I, curiously they all came back alive, except one that was given as missing in combat, his wife, thinking that he had died, married another Again .... unexpectedly the fighter judged dead by all, appeared 1 or 2 years after the end of the war, having been made a German prisoner. When he reached the land, realizing that he had lost his wife to another, without ever forgiving him, did not even ask for a divorce, got another woman and had several children, never spoke of the time of the war, and never forgave his wife !!!! Today still survives this story in the village told by his descendants ..... they say that an unconscious boy went to war and returned a gentleman, very respected by all and respectful ...
Fascinating story.
whats the end it cut off at having been
Who? Hermano Saraiva's father or grandfather? i dont remember his name..
it's like a history from URSS in WW2
Yeah same, what is it?
Finally my contry has been reconnised in ww1.
Glory to Portugal!!
@_jeff _ yesss
@@hi-hk8os 🇵🇹❤️🇦🇹🇭🇺
GLÓRIA
"Açores in the atlantic" shows Madeira...
Speedo Mission failed, we'll get them next time
I also saw that omg
XD
@XDigsX 13 "Portugal, the forgotten legend" let´s just put Madeira instead of Açores they are dumbasses and won´t notice, who even fking cares about it anyways....
"Portugal is often overlooked when talking about world war 1" didn't even need that last part, honestly. When is Portugal not overlooked?
During the Euro Championship?
Cod Acras-making tournaments.
Bah, all this country talks about is football, people dont care about more serious, meaningfull things. We had a man die fighting against Isis in Syria about the same time as the Euro, and it didnt even get to the newspappers.
Even thou! :D
...when 'they' come for the $$ ?!
Soon to be a Portuguese citizen. Greetings from Brazil, great episode.
Otavio Almeida abraço Brasil
Vens para cascais aposto
Fds ta tudo fdd
do you have portugues ancestory ?
@@richardsonrichly8456 most Brazilians do
Milhais "wandered the front with a Lewis machine gun". So 1916 Rambo?
Portuguese 1916 Rambo
yup, a real life rambo back in the day
Yeah
Some say that he could have killed friendlys, but no One knows if he is really an hero or the greatest friendly fire case in the portuguese history...
Rambo tremoço edition
You forgot to mention Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Macau as those were also Portuguese territories.
Ghawk and also Portuguese India (Goa, Daman and Diu)
He mentioned east and south asia
I think that is already assumed considering those territories being part of Portugal at the time.
Viva Portugal! (Amor do Brasil, descendente de Português)
pois quase todops os brasileiros sao descendentes de portugueses por isso nao e novidade haha
@@bernardoferreira6420 Não. "Quase todos" está muito longe de ser.
@@bernardoferreira6420 Talvez, muito atrás nas árvores genealógicas, mas nas ultimas gerações não tanto.
@@TequilaSunsett querendo ou não é tudo descendente de portugues
@@lvccxs sim boa parte porque os portugueses também tinham filhos com índias e negras ou você acha que os portugueses se relacionavam só com portuguesas? 50% da população brasileira descende de Português é um número expressivo.🇧🇷🇵🇹 Mas se não gostarem desse fato tudo bem
I'm a simple portuguese.
I see Portugal, I CARALHO!
PORTUGAL CAARALHOOOOO
pergunta: essa palavra significa a mesma coisa em Portugal que significa no Brasil? hahahaha
@@templarioaph Não, em portugal é maior e mais largo. hehehehe
I'm English born but Portuguese blood line. I'm proud of being part of both 🏴 🇵🇹
A few years ago, on a drive through France I was quite amazed to drive past a Portuguese war grave cemetary. I had a stop and look around - up to that point I had no idea Portugal had been involved in the war. I'm afraid I can't remrmber the exact location but it was in the area of La Gorgue.
Great video, a summarized but comprehensive one.
Yes, Portugal is indeed neglected as far as WWI is concerned. I remember to visit once the Caporetto Battle Museum, at Kobarid (Slovenia) in 2007, and pointing to the museum’s guide that the Portuguese flag was missing among the flags of the belligerent countries at the entrance. He said to me “But see, here there’s only the flags of those countries who fought in this area”; “So what is the Belgium flag doing there?”, I replied: I got no answer to that.
The reasons to enter the Great War are here well explained, and two pieces of information would also be very welcome
alongside the British Ultimatum posted here: the secret agreement between Britain and Germany to divide Portuguese African colonies among them prior to the War, and the help of Britain alongside Sidónio Pais’ policies of not sending enough fresh troops to France by diverting transport ships from Portugal to the US, to bring American troops into the Front. Put together the
Sintra Convention during the Peninsular War, and there you have every display of Britain’s respect for its alliance with Portugal you can get - so many times referred with pride in Portugal as the “World’s oldest alliance”, for all the good that brought to us…
I had a great-grandfather in the La Lys Battle, who ended that day as a POW after 2 lucky episodes: being the last survivor of
its trench, an English sergeant nearby asked him for a white cloth in order to present their surrender, only to get it, stand up to wave it in the air, and be shot dead in the head; after that, the first German soldier to see my great-grandfather attacked him with a trench shovel, hitting him right in the helmet, who deflected the strike safely for him.
But yes, they managed to fulfil the “die in the B Line” order, thus allowing the British units in their flanks to safely retreat to a better defensive position - a bravery act totally overlooked in this great offensive story.
The Milhais story has another brilliant details: he treated dearly his Lewis gun as his “Luísa”, a pun between the gun’s name and the Portuguese feminine version of it; he did not only managed to wander in no man’s land for days, as he did save a Scottish officer from drowning in a shell’s crater and took him back into Allied lines; besides being awarded with Portugal’s higher award, his own native village’s name was changed, from Valongo to “Valongo de Milhais”, in his honour; when arriving to Portuguese
lines again, an officer addressed him with awe, saying “You are Milhais, but you are worth Millions!” - in Portuguese, “Tu és Milhais, mas vales Milhões!” - putting this brave soldier into the world of legend with the epithet of the “Millions Soldier” (“Soldado Milhões”).
Grande lição de História, patrício!!!!
K
I am a portuguese History teacher and i can only say: excellent episode!
Something that Indy doesn't mention is kind of WHY, of all countries, Portugal had such strong ties with Britain. Namely it was due to a treaty called the Treaty of Windsor, written in 1386. Which means that (as of the time of me writing this post) that treaty has been in effect for 630 years.
That's why Britain said what it said (as seen in the video) to Portugal: "Be neutral for now, but don't actually 'say' you are neutral."
There were a couple of times it got close to being broken,such as when India invaded Goa (a part of India) which was held by Portugal at the time, and the 1890 ultimatum which saw Portugal give up it's plans for a coast to coast chunk of land in Africa.
But just know that I'm VERY much so glossing over things. That 1890 Ultimatum Is what led to the fall of the Portuguese monarchy and the events Indy described in the video, and frankly Britain basically used the Treaty of Windsor as a convenience when it wanted to be, such as demanding help in wars, but then flat out ignoring it's terms when it wanted to pretty much screw over Portugal like in Africa. It's not been all bad though either, for example it was used very effectively in WW 2, keeping Portugal neutral and therefore by extension Spain stayed neutral as well.
Still, it's interesting all the same how old treaties and whatnot can affect things even nowadays, and is just something to keep in mind that the past still affects us today.
I understand that Britain screwed over Portugal more often than it helped, but my point isn't really about the good and bad that might've happened due to that treaty so much as it is saying that simply because something is old and happened in the past does NOT mean that it doesn't affect us today.
I'm not confirming nor denying what you said, as I'm not familiar that much beyond what I mentioned above about the treaty. Simply stating that point.
Fair enough. I guess my interpretation wasn't the best then.
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat ut
What is done, is gone. Matters what can be done
Aníbal Milhais besides hold an entire trench almost on his own he also carried a wonded scottish officer back the reserve lines
Anibal Milhais, later known as "Soldado Milhões" ("Soldier Millions") is quite literally the Portuguese Rambo and probably the last badass soldier Portugal produced...
You should search for Marcelino Mata, though he was a native of Guné Bissau, he is presently the most decorated soldier in the portuguese armed forces
Francisco Graciosa I shall do that. Thank you for giving me more to research!
Wiki says he stood up and used his Lewis machine gun to kill "many" (hundreds?) of German soldiers.
So, he was the origin of "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!!"
Die mang die
Portugal nação valente e imortal🇵🇹🇵🇹
Imortal não é
@@vader4418 somos xulos dos ingleses, mais nada
@@childericgabert5500 Ou trair filhos de belo Portugal!
YAY, my country. Btw even for us portuguese the 2 worlds wars weren't really that impactful. All we were taught was that portuguese men were sent to france during the war and some wars were fought in africa and that's about it :\
The 2nd world war was devastating for us, we were super poor and hungry.
was that due to the Spanish civil war
@André P. Not really, we actually sold a lot of things to both sides of the war during ww2. Like minerals, canned food and other materials, so we actually got a lot of profit from WW2.
Be happy that your country didn't really have to participate in both wars..
Many companies and the Portuguese government made a lot of profit, but the Portuguese *people* was poorer than ever ("A rich country made of poor people" as someone described us). Because war made imports difficult, there was strict rationing.
Aníbal Milhais, o soldado milhão, ( ''the million soldier'') deserves an especial edition in this youtube channel. Thank's for this episode.
The Milhões soldier, our the Millions soldier. Its plural.
As a smaller nation in the British isles thank you to Portugal for your contribution. My great grandfather and his 6 brothers also fought in the war in irish divisions only 2 came home. Most were killed im flanders in 1915
Thanks! I never thought of Portugal as a ww1 participent.
Wow, Milhais was indeed an interesting man. You could practically do an episode alone on his actions. Actually, it'd be nice to do an episode on lesser known (at least in the US) heroes like Milhais. What a humble amazing man.
He's on our list.
@@TheGreatWar There is a recent Portuguese film about him, called "Soldado Milhões".
As a Portuguese, I loved this episode! Obrigado The Great War e Pedro Paulo!
sir Indiana Neidell, thank you.
thank you for talking about my country and the Portuguese that where involved in ww1, im 29 years old and i never knew that Portugal was in the great war,just to show how much we dont care about history in our country.
and thank you for saying the names of the people involved in Portuguese, you cannot imagine how many times i see youtubers give up on pronouncing the names in Portuguese and resort to translating them to English.
thank you for the respect you shown on your video.
Many beautiful countries went forgotten by history...
Luv to Portugal from Romania
Love from your Latin Brother
Respect from Greece 🇬🇷
Portugal, the country that discovered the world, and the world forgot! Portugal is a sacred land, each span was conquered with the blood of our ancestors.
I love you Lusitanian homeland ...
It would be cool to see a Portuguese squad in Verdun
Congratulations for your post. I'm Portuguese, i love history and all i can say is thank you for your particular remark about Portugal's role in WW I. Very fair and quite accurate.
Glad we hit the spot.
Thank you for the dedicated episode to our forgotten CEP!
Well I just have to thank you for this , my grandfather's grandfather was on this war , he died fighting so you remembering our troops is an honor! Thank You sir
Portugal is overlooked is so many ways... Dating back from the way we transformed the whole world maritime navigation system, to the trading route systems that benefited many other countries, to the industry and technology researched, not to mention the beautiful and varied geography... We have lovely beaches under the hot summer sun, calm, relaxing, amazing country side, mountains with snow in the winter, tropical island, food and drink to die for... Portugal is a small country, but we are big in heart, tradition, culture and beauty. Don't make me start with the music... Thank you for sharing in UA-cam!
I have some Portuguese blood in me one of my great grandfathers came from Cape de Verde he was of African Portuguese blood his family came from Portugal who had some connection to the royal family who had to flee to Brazil after the take over from France and Spain. one of my great grandfathers Jose Pereira his fathers name was Antonio Vitorino de barros Josè then started trading in the south pacific including Samoa and Tokelau where he married the locals and started up a successful Copra business and now here we are
You are partially Portuguese. We the Portuguese people always traveled the world and married the locals.
Thank you for this episode.
Greetings from Portugal
Wait.Germany never paid us the money? And we are the lazy guys that don't pay our debts
Damages in the colonies? Sinking of ships by the part of U-Boats? Etc... think a little...You are presuming that the war was only in Europe but it wasnt, in fact we were already at war, but not oficially, way before cause of armed conflict in Africa.
Markus Socius The point isn t about the money,it's about the comments they thrown at us and the south countries.We are more than girls and wine.If you have a debt, you pay it. Don't also forget the big number of dead and wounded and that Germany is the biggest economy in Europe, so it wouldn't be a big problem.
Dude, winners make the rules, if we want germany to pay for the damage they have done, then they should. Its that simple.
The link was supposed to be a photo showing how massive the battleground was in Africa, doesnt redirect you to that picture i dunno why.
Markus two words to you
African colonies
Thank you so much. From a simple Brazilian in the ITUMBIARA City - very interior of Brasil 🇧🇷
Just hearing the effort to speak the Portuguese names made my day. Thanks for making this episode, very concise and full of information, it was such a dark period of Portuguese history that even here we don't talk much about participation on the war or the chaos that was the first Republic.
Finally you made a video on us. Thank you so much!!!
quem aqui é portugues:)
Eu, nasci em 69 na alemanha.
Boas
Oi
🙋
eu
I've waited for this since 2014
Look who's here
same
Lusitani Mendes Olha lá não estavas naquele video do significado das bandeiras?
Dolan Stahp
+Dolan Duk capaz, qual video exatamente?
Came here because I saw my country's name in the title and I'm a sucker for history. Afterwards, I don't think I've had ever clicked subscribed so fast after watching a video. The way you explain things is amazing, you're able to give an insight to all the little tidbits that compose the "main plot" without scattering too much. Now I'm off to watch more of these.
My great grandfather fought on this war, he was Portuguese, when the war ended he came to Brazil, I'm Brazilian but I'm very proud that I have Portuguese blood and I had a great grandfather who fought on WWI.
Viva Portugal!!
First...
one to start a world war
Conrad von Hötzendorf Wrong. It was the 7 Years War that was the first world war
Conrad von Hötzendorf ayyy
You could also blame Russia, Serbia, France, etc. etc.
2nd
Conrad von Hötzendorf first...
One to lose there job (i'm so sorry m8)
As Portuguese our history doesn't get enough credit thank you for posting something about Portugal 🇵🇹
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS!! My countrie is easily forgotten most of the time!! As a portuguese, I only have to say: Obrigado! Continue com o bom trabalho!
This is very nice work. Well done to the great war channel! Its nice to see that the efforts of this small nation have not been forgotten. Very well documented too. Congratulations and thank you!
Thanks dude for the video! Im brazilian, but my grandfather is portuguese and he was crazy for history of Portugal, at the time when i was young i find it boring when he told me some stories, but now im one of passionate persons for Portugal XD (sorry English)
There will also be a Brazil episode in the future.
Ohh God dude do it :')
My grandmother’s uncle died in WW1 for Portugal and when we talk about this war I always remember him. Also Aníbal Milhais there’s a movie about him, I have to watch it some day! 👌🏻🇵🇹
Thank you for this episode greetings from Portugal!
That title hurts! But thanks for the video of my country finally!
I love Portugal! Thank you very much for your existance!
Italian Mapper Lotad02 I think I speak for my country when I say Thank you 😊
It's horrible to hear Portuguese names read as Spanish... Ewgh!
Jandys At least he tries :)
YES
What is the difference of Spanish and Portuguese language?
Victor Entente *BIG*
Victor Entente
Portuguese sonds like russian :/
Thank you for the informative video on our participation in the war.
Thank you for taking the time and effort in honoring those men with this video. Very informative. I always enjoy learning more about my Portuguese roots.
Many thanks for this episode. Portugal's more minor role in the war was still very important from a geopolitical view, for the dictatorship and colonial wars that came after it were internationally important subjects for decades. Anibal was quite literally the Portuguese Rambo, though because he ultimately had little historical impact he is not very well known. And it was hilarious hearing you mispronounce literally every portuguese name, especially the "lh" sound in Anibal's name.
The "j"s pronounced "r" or "h" was even more hilarious ahahah
Don't they know how to pronounce a "j"? xD
And every syllable read loudly. ÁfÓnsÓ CÓstÁ
We just did this so you guys could have a good laugh.
Perfect video, but forgot to mention u-boats sinking Portuguese ship in this special. Those u-boats even bombarded the city of Funchal on the island of Madeira, and Ponta Delgada in the Azores (where i am from), we still even have the bomb shells in our museum. It was the only "european" territory of Portugal that was attacked. But still thanks for this, and even mentioning the Azores :D the most complete series on WW1 ever. Keep up the good work guys.
Greadings to the Portoguese [The Only real Salors the Greeks recognize ] ha ..the Mediteranian spirit in Atlantic Ocean.... releiable as Allie to the British [next time chose better.. , Joking]..is not By Chance the Lisbon is Called Ulleses City Accordnig the Mythology ..Ulleses[Odyseeas ] ..is the Founder of the City ..one for Sure ...Ulesses Spirit is In the Portoguese ..Greeks Salute you ..
Lisbon is older than greek mythology ;)
Usually english says Lisbon, in Portuguese version is Lisboa the capital but, Lisbon looks like Lesbion...but however, thx for the info mate, stay safe from Corona dude!
Elias Papanikolaou indeed, the original name of Lisboa was Olissipo.
May great hellenic blood courses in your veins, worthy of your heroes. You make this humble lusitanian proud of our ancestors.
Hey man, I appreciate your work. I'm Portuguese and very happy for the recognition.
Portugal is indeed a forgotten nation in documentaries about the Great War.
Thank you very much for this tribute to the Portuguese soldiers that sacrificed so much.
Now that I see Indie pronouncing portuguese I understand the beef people had when he mispronounced austro-hungarian names hahaha.
Viva soldado milhões!
As a portuguese I thank you for doing an episode on my country. I just have one repair to do, the names are not spanish, they have a different pronunciation in portuguese.
Great job, Indie and team! The pronunciation mistakes hurt my ears but the effort to present the facts about Portuguese participation in WW1 warmed my heart.
I live at just 100 meters from Menin and La Lys passes right through my small hometown. I love this channel, makes me learn and appreciate so much more
Really good. Thank you. Shame on a government who abandon its soldiers. Portuguese politicians weak as usual. But aside of that, thank you for this means a lot to have my country recognised. 👍🏽
Portugal is England’s oldest ally, they have been our friends for many 100s of years
I'm portuguese and this video teached me more than the school 😂
I really enjoyed the content of this channel
André Machado taught me. Teached não existe
Sabaton, you should write a beautiful song about Aníbal de Milhais or "soldier millions" to show that he was ignored by the Portuguese government but not forgotten in history.
Good guy "the Great War team", never letting any nation feel left out*.
*except for those who are left out.
Fodasse sou português com orgulho enorme 🙏❤
Fodasse que já somos dois caralho 🙌😂!
I didn't even know Portugal fought in the war until I started watching this series, great video as always and very glad that soldiers who were neglected by their own government get some well deserved recognition!
Portuguese Navy also played a small part in the war. Portuguese naval vessels escorted shipping and searched for mines. They had a few skirmishes with German submarines.
FINALY, my country gets its own vídeo! THANKS GUYS!
Siam did joined WWI and sent around 1000 troops. Probably Siam is the smallest Allied Power in WWI.
Awsome video,as a Portuguese I am very proud of my country for all we achieved since we became a country in the beggining of the 12th century!!
Mesmo esquecido... Muito obrigado por lembrar-vos de nós!
History class or Indy. Pick one
Clorox Bleach Indy teaching a history class
No one is picking you this time, Mr bleach.
petrallen yeah that's a first
Clorox Bleach Indy
Clorox Bleach Indy
Hey Indy and crew,
I would like if possible tell about the Canadian Conscription Crisis of 1917, a significant event on Canada that is often overlooked. Sorry for asking for a third time about...
Enjoy your show, with regards from the Canadian Army.
I'm pretty sure they covered that in the Canada special,
As portuguese i lived your analysis! Show great respect for us! Thanks
Nice and very correct explanation about that period of portuguese history. Unfortunatly many portugueses ignores that sad episode of his own history, many ignores tath portugal fought in ww1. Thanks to remember that brave portugueses.
i think a video should be done on the participation of irish troops, from the north and south. As many men served in the British Army during the war, and especially for southern soldiers who had to go through neglect and who were basically shunned on due to the independence movement by the Republican Nationalists in the south. also love the show !
Indiana Neidell Oh hai again Indy.
please notice me
"Soldiers neglected by the people at home."
A scenario that keeps being repeated time and time again by every nation in the world to this very day.
"For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! "
But it's " Saviour of 'is country " when the guns begin to shoot;"
At last, the episode about my country! And as a historian buff, I can tell you it was very well made. You covered well that period of time, and talked about the end of monarchy and the atribulations of the First Republic. After this, you can make the episode about Newfondland and... that's it.
Oh, and a episode about soldier Milhais (or as a general nicknamed it, "Milhões"). He was a real badass!
Thank you, guys, for this episode and acknowledging people like Aníbal Milhais and many other Portuguese soldiers who fought and died in this conflict.
"Die at Line B". Now there's an order to get the lads in the mood for a fight!
rest men .becouse tonith we dine in well
Thanks Portugal!
Thanks. That was concise, and very well done.
Thank you very much for making this video. I am Portuguese and one of my great grandfathers fought in the great war. This video is one of the best I have seen about the PT participation in the war - congratulations and keep up the good work!