Escaping the Trenches - WW1 Uncut: Dan Snow - BBC
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... www.bbc.co.uk/ww1 In World War One it wasn't easy to escape the trenches. The British only managed to get out by using some very smart technology. Historian Dan Snow finds out how they did it.
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For a series called 'WW1 Uncut' this sure has a lot of cuts in it.
Lmao
With the little blokes annoying accent and the dreadful music I think you missed the n out of "alot of cuts"
@@jamestheferret thats my dad :')
"It's weirdly intimidating,"
It's a tank with huge guns, of course it is.
Your talking about this unless stuff while someone has fallen into the lego River
@@hussainali3560 oh shit I’m 2 months late
who told those editors about dubstep? That was a bad idea
They were trying so hard to appeal to younger audiences so they can make history "cool"
Luca Gruber to
Luca Gruber bwaa bwa bwa dee do dee
Luca Gruber the need 7 nation army
It's so cringe makes me physically sick
Even BBC is using dubstep now, damnit I hate the 2010s.
Zes Lmao yeah rip
2018
2018 is much better for dubstep
Well this is Jan 1st 2019 for me so.... last bloody year!!!
Reme.ber when u commented this? Its now 2019
Dear Mister Snow, Well done indeed. I really enjoy your show. You make learning details about an already interesting subject even more exciting. My compliments on how you make the viewer feel transported back to the trenches by explaining it all in modern terms. By the way, I am very impressed that that tank still runs 100 years later (true history in motion). Cheers.
But what I really want to know is how the 'Red Baron' shot down Snoopy.
+FMichael1970 :D
FMichael1970 Hello my dear fan.
Red Baron So - how did ya get Snoopy?
American artillery used T.O.T (Time on Target) where entire artillery batteries bracketed a section of trench used by the Germans and all artillery landed at the same time to obliterate any enemy in that sector, it was effective and deadly .
Nice show but why the crappy music?
It is not crappy
@@caroleansoldier382
It is since why dubstep for a ww1 video?
Who's that little elf gremlin thing that Dan snow is talking to this episode ?
I think armor started before the war in the Boer War although it was largely accidental. They used tractors to move artillery and other things, but they also put armored plates on them and in a war gaming booklet I saw a picture of British soldiers riding a tractor into battle shooting at the Boers. With that in mind there really isn't that far of a stretch for someone to come up with fitting weapons like machineguns - easily mounted on a tractor - and riding them into battle. Incidentally H.G. Wells wrote a book called "Land Ironclads" once and this influenced the idea of the modern tank.
+schizoidboy Second Boer War, yes they did have armoured land trains, using traction engines and boiler plate. It was used as mobile blockhouse. Largely dismissed in tactical application, certain officers took note amongst them was Swinton - one of the officers behind the invention of the tank.
Thanks I was hoping someone knew something. :)
Nothing says World War 1 more than some dubstep as you go over the top
BLACK BESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theaoneone Nice RIP Blackbess
theaoneone no stop, get some help
theaoneone but yeah Rest In Peace black bess
R.I.P BLACK BESS
Black Bess, she served us well.
Managed to ruin every single WWI video with obnoxious background music.
Gabriel G1-99 nah you just get annoyed about the smallest things
a rainbow Fishy nah dubstep is just that bad
Gabriel G1-99 yeah it’s true
'You know nothing Dan Snow '
Random Game of Thrones fan
Dubstep on the mark tank was not necessary guys....
Its Mark IV Landship.
Crytek Gaming I know I was just saying it nickname.
+Whitedragonking Ocola (Whitedragon1204) Mark tank is not one of the Mark IV's tank.
Anthony Velasquez I know I was just lazy
funny as hell though haha
This video is more entertainment than information. Both sides made more or less the same technological progress during the war, so what really swung it at the end was likely the entrance into the war of America with its vast ressources of factories and men.
Germany was actually pretty close to winning at a point, and finally the allieds never actually pushed into Germany itself, which led to a feeling among many germans, that they did not lose the war, and that the peace treaty was unfair. In some ways you can even say, that WWII was a completion of the unfinished business from WWI.
'It's weirdly intimidating...' said the man with weirdly intimidating hair.
The editor is one of our fellow kids as you can tell
Big bess was here!
big bess severed us well now we walk
woman of your dreams
Arashi Raiku *black* bess
Try not to loose your pidgeons when driving
It was black bess not big bess
Dan Snow knows nothing
SirJamesStark He's a smart guy. You have to keep in mind that this program was targeting the lowest common denominator. It was to get attention and bring WWI history to the masses for the anniversary.
JGZulu I think it was supposed to be a Game of Thrones reference. "You know nothing Jon Snow"
h3rteby Ah gotcha. I haven't watched it, but now that you mention it, it definitely sounds familiar. *whooosh*
+SirJamesStark Praise the sun !
Nice WWI tank, Think I saw the exact same one in war horse...
This was extremely simplified and over looks so much. Come on BBC you could have done so much with this.
they can;t. WW1 tanks nowadays are so weak that no one dare to put them into the road and running fear of them burnt down or explode. So they had to use the replica ones.
It's nice that the BBC gave a chance to the friendly, petite butch lesbian to co-host this series.
It would have been interesting to hear how loud that tank really was before the remixed dialogue
So we're just going to ignore the development of the submachine gun and walking fire that it enabled?
Yes, because the first massed produced, widely distributed to troops submachine gun in World War 2 was the MP18, which entered service in the German Army in, well, 1918. Definitely not the British.
But in the grand scheme of things, the submachine gun was not as important as a combined arms breach of tanks, artillery, air force and infantry working in coordination. Seriously, if the enemy can already pick you off at 500-600m with rifles and static machinegun fire, you having a submachine gun with shorter range walking across no-man's land is not going to help.
Not only that, the "walking Fire" concept was envisioned not with submachine gun, but light portable machine guns. The BAR, a full-sized caliber automatic rifle was designed to fulfill that role. The predecessor of the BAR in US service was the French Chauchat light machine gun, a horribly unreliable weapon.
The Chauchat is unfairly maligned tbh. The .30-06 version that the Americans bought was terrible, however the French 8mm Lebel version was a reliable and dependable light machine gun. Watch Forgotten Weapons' video on the weapon. The caliber conversion was just hastily and poorly done.
Violet_Shift Yeah I agree. The 8mm version was probably fine. What I really meant was in the context of US service. The Chauchat was really revolutionary for WWI.
If you are really interested in "forgotten weapons" of WWI, then there's the Pedersen device. It's a device that convert the standard bolt-action M1903 Springfield rifle into a semi-automatic, magazine-fed (40-45 rounds cap.) rifle, firing a pistol round (.30-18 Auto or 7.65×20mm Longue) in about 15 seconds. The intention were after crossing no-man's land, the troops can convert their rifles into a semi that's suited for close range. Fewer than 100 devices were ever made; many of it destroyed after the war. It's a really revolutionary device: 2 different guns for 1 rifle: an M1 Carbine and a Springfield in one rifle.
Then the end of WWII comes and a decision was made to adopt a semi-auto rifle (the Garand). The original intention was to usea new medium-sized cartridge, the .276 Pedersen. However, due to the surplus of .30-06, the Garand was chambered with the .30-06 (probably too powerful for its role, and the closer range nature of WWII). Interestingly, the .276 Garand is quite close to the attempts at replacing the current 5.56 or 7.62 NATO (6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC)
The sub machine gun didn't really see use in WWI it was too late
Walking fire? Try BAR
As soon as the video hits 1:20 ik its Bovington tank museum 😂
is that little guy about 4 feet tall hahaha great video i loved it !
No apparently Dan snow the big guy is 6'6"
Interesting series, good to watch and have lunch to.
Even though tanks were crucial, it was also important how they were used. It wasn't until some time later, that they were used to protect columns of advancing troops. Before they were just used by themselves with little to no effect. The one general who can be called the father of modern warfare, is the Australian General John Monash, who applied a combined arms approach to warfare on the western front. It was him who used tanks to pulls loads of supply lines and to also protect advancing infantryman. It was also him who used airplanes to conduct supply drops to troops etc.
Just have a read about him on Wikipedia --> John Monash
Why are people hating so hard on these videos, and calling them propaganda?!
Because they ARE propagandas. They say "the British soldiers", "the British heroes", "the British sacred horsecocks", etc., and not a single positive sentence appear about Germany or other Central Power nations. Bullshit.
Although the Antante "won" that war, they have lost many million lives, too, because of the (guess what) advanced German military equipments. Britain had nothing, France had even less usable weapons to fire with. But during the war, they slowly advanced in technology and a brilliant idea, the tanks, and the fortunet death of all the good German aces earned them success. Luckiness and one good idea earnes the winning of the war: how strange, isn't it?
So, again: not a single good sentence leaves the British, French, American, etc. mouthes about the Central Powers in any of these "documentary" creations
Petidani0330 you are German? I see your point but you have I realise that majority of WW1 documentarys are made by the allied countries. It agree it's biased but what can you expect
+Harambe B-P I'm from Hungary. I'm from a country which lost 2/3 of its territories after WWI, so I'm not that happy about England and France, you know.
And yes, there is a quote about it: "The victors write the history", so I can understand why most of the documentaries and war movies are so biased.
''Crikey! thats a big gun init''
Im a former combatant on Operation Modular. This operation ended the cold war in Africa, with the Cuban and Soviets returning to their respective capitals to rethink their outdated The South African government of the day also rethought its policies. Ive yet to hear Dan Snow comment on this pivital Operation! Common Dan keep up with history!
I think they got the tactics wrong. In World War I tanks were designed to be moving supporting artillery and they were much more expensive and rare than common soldiers. Soldiers supposed to fight in front of the tanks instead of behind them.
Who sees ww1 tank and gets reminded of big Bess in battlefield 1
First German to ever see this tank actually shit his pants
This is a replica at Bovington tank museum for anyone wondering
love the CG...
one would imagine that better than any one element here... is the radio.
Not yet, no. Everyone was still using signal flags and wired communications or messenger pigeons and such.
They did have radio. However they were usually limited in range, so were mostly used by spotter aircraft to relay real time info on the enemy. The wired communications were far more reliable for long distance.
It was possible to use radio for longer distances, but this took a large radio set....think 1912 and the Titanic. Before hitting the iceberg, they were sending telegrams to land based receiving stations, and while sinking, they were able to call for help.
This video is great can't say the same about the recent comment section y can't it be like the one from 5 years ago
Came for history, stayed for Dubstep.
WWI stuff suddenly become relevant in 2016.
kampusmampus it's the 100 year anniversary
kampusmampus bf1
And it will be for another two years, what's your point?
Battlefield 1
cuz BF1
I have to watch this for homework XD
Well this video is very wrong, there are much better things to watch like weird history and simple history, much more.
This video in my opinion is terrible.
'An old tractor engine' it's an infantry support tank it is made to be slow!
You know when they show guns the dubstep starts to play in only this show
Fun fact the Lewis gun was replaced by the Hotchkiss machine gun very quickly because when the Lewis gun was fired it sucked the air out of the tank and poised the crew 👍🏼
thing is, some of the tanks would stop, not damaged, not out of fuel, its because the drivers past out due to the open air (i mean it as no wall being there) engine. Yeah. its true.
You said in 1918 they worked out how to get over the trench. but the first tank use was in 1916 during battlle of the somme/related battles.
What am i missing here?
Technician Greneway I think what was invented in 1918 was the idea of Combined Arms - as in, using all the different bits of your armed forces at the same time in ways that work together. It's cool to design a plane or a tank. The real challenge is knowing how to use all your inventions most effectively so they make an impact in battle.
I agree rany
was i the only one scared that the barbered wire would backfire on them?
Lord did they get a WWI Tank moving?
It probably broke down a few times lol
They were almost unreliable, but still was a great progress! They were too heavy for their engines but still could break through enemy lines and get an advantage over the enemy!
It's a replica that they borrowed from the Bovington tank museum, the museum does have a original WW1 tank that works however it cannot be run due to its unreliability and how hard it is to repair, so they use the replica on events.
A survivor the thing is they never start the replica unless it's an event because it actually requires the gear men to change gears and to turn the tank which can be a pain so they just leave it on display most of the time.
Cgi
That guy has terrible hair!
He looks like Mark Walburg
+Monkeymoo gaming well, Dan is 6' 6" keep in mind
thats a girl 😂😂😂
Krishanu Chakraborty No.
ferdean jami looks like a tall mark walburg
"It looks futuristic!!!"
No knowledge on tanks
"I'm some how intimidated by this" THIS IS A BRITISH TANK COURSE YOU WOULD BE INTIMIDATED LOL
I would be sacred shitless if I saw straight down the barrel of a tanks turret
jack ryan 8s that meant to be a joke...IT'S A BRITISH TANK!!! LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WORLD...
It must have been quite terrific to face a tank in the trenches, especially since they didn't know what it was
BIg Bess
SubcribeItWontHURT lol it really looks like her.
the girl of my dreams
If you take care of big boss, she'll take care of you.
Jack Jones / A Random Teen Its not boss its bess :D
SubcribeItWontHURT EDWARDS!!! THATS AN ORDER!
Battlefield 1 hype!!
yup
yes I cant Wait
Jason Morgan I've been playing it for 13 hours today... Haha
Yea that game sucked, shoulda got a PC and played the games Verdun or Tannenberg
@@The_PaleHorseman its pretty fun
That guy looks like a mix between Mark Wahlberg and Warwick Davies.
To all the little kids hating on the video because of the music, GET A LIFE
Not sure why some people are so critical on here. Its not meant to be an Oxford Masters course on WWI but an easy and simple way to get a basic idea of what the problems were in such a treacherous and inglorious conflict. Shame not more of this subject is not taught in schools. One hopes that kids will want to go on and read more. Dan does a fine job. keep it up.
because it's shit and if you want to know about tanks you don't want to know lies like these ass holes are trying to spread.
who's here coz of school
The BBC could do with looking up Le Hamel on July 4 1918. That was were General John Monash was largely responsible for practically coordinating the elements of infantry, tanks, aeroplanes and artillery together. The Germans, with vastly improved equipment took this demonstration during 1918 to the next logical extension - Blitzkrieg. The irony was John Monash was Jewish...
Whoever drove the piece of history deserves to be smacked. Let's drive this nearly 100 year old tank that has a reputation of breaking down then.
Love how he doesn't point out that by 1918 American troops help push the allies over edge.
Not really. The British and French attacked in August 1918 with some American help in one or two sectors. It was not until September and October that Pershing launched his major attack. Up til then for one year he had kept most American troops out of the firing line and in training.
Btw mate the tank was made in 1916 not 1918
Anyone else here because of battlefield 1?
Yep
+AaronHawkins Productions (Mcmaster555) yea it did, but now people like us are curious what actually happened in ww1
No, im here because history is an amazing and interesting subject.
TheVeganFreerunner people like you should already know
TheVeganFreerunner
Ya, why is that. Why weren't you interested before hand. History is always relevant and interesting
Before the tanks the british used smoke to get out of the trenches with a lower chance of death and it will give enough time to cross the barbed wire and run to the other trench
That looks way better than the one in battlefield 1
The tank is called “big brute”. I mean... fitting. Minus the speed
1:56
that guys forehead is bloodey massive
they start talking about aircraft, battlefield 1942 ww1 mod footage lol
FT-17 , Chauchat , VB Grenade launcher : French recipe for escaping the trenches
One guys said imagine seeing that tank in 1916
My god that annoys me more than the time I got spat in the eye
I’m pretty sure that’s at the tank museum I’ve been there
5'10" vs 6'0"
*hears vSauce soundtrack*
... HEY! vSauce! Micheal here..
bf1 looks great
Why does this not mention the efforts of the German stormtroopers? They were the real end of trench warfare, the only reason the Allies could do the stuff they were showing in this video was because of the British naval blockade cutting off supplies from entering Germany.
It worked though.....
Not really. The German spring offensives depended on a massive disparity of numbers and a huge weight of artillery. On the 21st March 1918, the Germans attacked with 74 divisions against 14 British divisions, following a 5 hour bombardment in which 3,500,000 shells were fired. That's 190 shells a second. for. five. hours.
All the German "stormtrooper tactics" did was get their best men killed for some strategically worthless and indefensible ground.
They were unable to make any headway at all when they tried to attack strongly defended, strategically significant areas like Arras and Amiens.
Just leave it mate, this is an old post and not worth having a go over.
I found out it's a British tank
The stalemate ended because the Germans were exhausted and a million Americans showed up.
Pariscopes were an officers best friend in the deep trenches
when I was at a WW1 weapons museum in Verdun,france there was this 2.5 meter high shell with about 50 cm of diameter, where was this fired from and by who?
YGK probably from a battleship
@@slimytrain673 then why would it be in verdun
@@snakelord1549 True, I'm not sure what I was thinking back then haha, didn't even remember this video until now.
Anyone think its weird that his was made 100 years after the war began
Always bizarre to think about these events.
Y'all criticizing this programme, but I for one learnt something new!
"Bricks and allies"
The only way I know this is from call of duty 😂😂😂
But any cod takes place in ww1
Misleading. Tanks had some effect, they did some damage to the wire, but were 90% psychological - with friend and foe.
Crossing the no mans land and the wire wasn't the big issue. Defeating enemy arty (counter battery), defeating counter attacks and getting support to the forward troops positions were the big issues. Goods carrying tanks were an important part of that equation.
It was better planning setting achievable objectives with achievable timings, it was better selection of objective, better reconnaissance by leadership, better rehearsals, it was better security achieving tactical surprise, it was improved arty tactics but it was primarily better integration of all arms in a coordinated and organised assault.
All brought to fruition by practical front line officers and not by the upper class 'born to rule' Haig, Hunter-weston, Haking, and some many other upper class duds, General and staff officers.
+Graeme SYDNEY Yeah, from everything I have learnt, the worst decisions in WW1 were made by the people at the very top rather than the people actually standing in the trenches. They generally had a much better idea of what they actually needed to do but it didn't always get heeded.
And the wire whoud be like two feet high
German officer: HANZ CALL FOR TIGER ZEPPORT!
Hanz:But THAT WAS IN WW2
"Crikey orielly"
The man with Dan looks like a leprechaun, no joke
HOLY SHIT!!! IS THAT MARK WAHLBERG ON DRUGS?!??? 😂😂😂
That guy sounds like Warwick Davis
I wounder what would happen if you would drop one of these sheels
Tanks first joined the battlefield in 1916
im pretty sure it was 1917 wit the ft17
what tank name
That tank was invented in 1917
Andy Wilderness he means this particular tank. Before that they had the small, two man tanks. One worked the controls for the treads, the other worked the guns. You see them in BF1 actually, but there single person tanks.
Andy Wilderness okay, there no excuse for that. That's just sad.
5.11 vs 6ft
Landship from Battlefield 1
Bad CGI is very informative
Big Bess?
German trenches were far more complex they had bunkers wooden planks for floor and even electricity and running water!
because they were in their home country defending while the brits assaulted
Their home country wasn't France.
+Jorvard savage
Adolf Hitler
Being insulted by Adolf Hitler can only be taken as a compliment.
I love Germany. We all know that we made beer.
Same
Is that a metal gear solid song playing half way through the video?