That hit me hard. I can't put it into words but like, it definitely sums up how a lot of those soldiers must have been feeling. Everyone around them is dying, and for what? "I don't know."
"We've just learned that the Tsar is personally overseeing the final stages of this war..." "We've just learned that the Emperor is personally overseeing the final stages in the construction of this Death Star..." I predict neither one will end well... Later! OL J R :)
The Guy who hit the plane with his first shot... nice achievement. I mean, that's difficult to do in a video game in 2015, and he did it in real life in 1915! I Feel bad for the Pilot, though.
+Danox94 In 1999 in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, some Serbs who were bakers before the bombing started, took down the pride and might of USA airforce F117 stealth bomber with a rocket that had 3000 ft lower range than that bomber flight hight. Its always strange in the Balkan skys lol.
You mentioned Radoje and his anti-air hit... Man, you people rock! Most of the people in Serbia do not know that, it is usually talked about in some nationalistic circles, but I can say for sure that more than 90% of Serbs never heard of it. And you mentioned it even in that small window of time you have for talking about all that happened during one week. Great job, great detail! You do more justice to Serbian role in WWI than most, if not all, Serbian WWI documentaries. The same goes for other nations, but as a Serb, this gave me joy. Gentlemen, my hat's off to you!
Rasputin seems to be a good character to be on a special episode, i mean there are tons of tales about his influence and deeds in the Russian Imperial Court. But anyway, great episode, the visuals are awesome!
+Oswaldo Lopez My family lived in Russia and they spoke very ill of Rasputin. I don't recall exactly why but they did. My family fled from Russia during the Civil War and to be honest they spoke ill of the Soviets and Tsars. Albeit, theyre all dead now, I just thought I'd let you know that some of the Russian people didnt really like Rasputin
It was never my intention to make seem Rasputin like a hero or somethig like that, i've just pointed out that is a character whose direct actions influenced lives and tragedy altogether. And that it would be good that the team of the great war make an episode of him to show the world for what he really was. A lunatic. I sincerest apology if i somehow mistreated or disrespected your family or any other person sensitive to this matter.
Oswaldo Lopez Oh no offense, i thought you had meant something along the lines of "he was a good guy" while people believe that, which is fine, my family never spoke well of him. I dont know, I wasnt raised in Imperial Russia so even I dont have the best grounds to speak from
Great job guys, your videos are awesome. I especially liked the animations in this one. Even small touches like zooming on still images, doesn't go unnoticed. Very professional looking.
"[Radoje] aimed at one of the planes and took it down with his first shot." At which point, it can be assumed, the sound of several airhorns was heard, along with "OOOOOOHHHHH" and other cheers that seemed to erupt from nowhere. Legend says that a bottle of Mountain Dew and a bag of Doritos can be found at that spot to this day.
It's amazing that Germany was making such gains on all fronts, and had been so successful in keeping Austra-Hungary afloat. Now they plan to bail out the Ottomans down in Gallipoli too. I wonder why they have so much power relative to England, France, Russia, and Italy
+Siyko Germany was significantly more populated than France, Italy or the UK. Each one of them was roughly 40 millions of inhabitants while Germany was closer from 65 millions. Sure, almost no colonies when compared to France and the UK but that also means they don't have to defend many colonies (while the British held a significant amount of their forces to defend their colonies). On the long term that leaves the advantage to France and UK though (colonial troops and resources) Also, Germany was on the top of industrialisation (lots of heavy guns and very good railways to move troops), had a military tradition inherited from Prussia, making in average better generals, had given up the idea of chivalry from the start (I'm talking to you, France from 100 years ago)... to sum it up, I'd say that every country in this war had one big weakness, with the exception of Germany. Basically it's a well-commanded war machine.
+scarfacemperor Actually the French had a better field gun than the Germans when the war broke out and all of the major powers had been involved in wars over the preceding 20 yrs except Germany who hadn't been in a war since 1872. They were the least experienced and had a smaller peacetime army than either France or Russia. What they did have was a highly educated populace.
Mark Haushahn in term of technology I'd say that it's even between France and Germany. France had the advantage in some domains, Germany in others. Yes the '75 is a great cannon (fantastic rate of fire though lacking the punch of heavy artillery), but if you look at rifles for example, the Gewehr 98 is far better than the Lebel. Yes, inventive designs on both sides during the war But really the main weakness France has shown for now in this war is keeping to old-time chivalry. Which caused disasters at the start of the war.
It took me over a month of cramming but I have finally caught up with the program . I agree this is no doubt the best WW1 series I have ever seen. Many thanks to Indy and the crew for a great show and know I can look forward to leaning something new each week.
This show is so great. It's already been a year since the beginning of the show and I watched every single episodes. I can't imagine how much work and research you've put into this. Such an amazing job! Bravo!
Radoje Ljutovac was a gunner in a battery that was commanded by my great grandfather Milan Radovanovic, who was captain at that time, and who actually commanded to fire at aircraft. That was first time that enemy aircraft was brought down by a ground fire in Balcans, not in the world. Great show Indy.
I love watching this series, it is pretty much the only thing that makes me feel like I'm doing something productive. I'm making notes of every single video my notebook has 14 filled pages so far.
And I didn't knew that Lev Trotsky was originally a menshevik! Also von Falkenhaym vision over Serbia, the Dardanelles, Russia and Middle East was quite lungimirant but at the end it didn't play out anyway. Thanks (again) to this amazing channel!
3.06 am. Galicia, Spain. I was about to sleep, but then i saw that zee germans (the great war channel) had uploaded yet another artillery barrage. No rest in the trenches.
I started with the series not too long ago and finally, today, I reach the final front line of episodes! Hehe My advance was swifter than the Germans in Belgium and von Mackensen in Russia, faster than the British campaign in Palestine and the land of Israel! Ok not that fast cos we are not there yet but anyways, its good to be up to date with the show! Congratulations o Indy and the It's History team!
No doubt, Bulgaria is truly on the Central Powers side. If they played on the Allies side, they would have asked a famous austrian chief of staff to command the attack on Serbia.
Great episode, as always. The only one that I recall - 'tsarina' is not very correct form for this russian word - 'Tsaritsa' would be more acceptable, if we are talking about 'Wife of Tsar' P.S. And if we are talking about 'Tsar's daughter' then it will be 'Tsarevna'
I've just started my History A level on the Russian revolution. It's really exciting seeing how we're all getting closer to that big Russian collapse. Thanks Indy and co!
Hi Indy and the team! Great Job on this show! Keep it up! A couple quick questions and/or a request for elaboration: Who is this Lt. O. Hog that you mention at 4:26? What country did he hail from? How old was he? What kind of piece was he using during this deed? Did he continue in his military career or was he a war casualty later on? I have always wondered about who gets credit for first AA groundcrew to shoot down an enemy aircraft, thank you for providing the answer. However, I cannot find any information on this individual or feat. Perhaps a special on "firsts" would be an appropriate episode to elaborate more on this deed. To all of the crew, Flo, the camera Ninjas et al: You guys are awesome! Your hard work makes this amazing show possible. I want to show a lot of gratitude to those whose work goes unnoticed and/or underappreciated by the fans. Indy is the face of this show and rightly gets a bunch of kudos for he does a great job. I want to say that you guys are the heart and soul, bone and blood of this show and I feel you don't get enough kudos from the public. So, Kudos! Way to go! You're Amazing and your work is very appreciated! May you forever be allowed to keep being Awesome by the Powers that Be! [So we, the fans, can keep getting great content ;) ]
Love this series, slowly catching up from the beginning. I've always found WW1 to be completely confusing but I didn't realize just how chaotic and full of personal and national blunders it was I guess. It is kind of terrifying to think of being a European civilian during this time. Even if you weren't in a place actively affected by the war (yet), the way it keeps getting bigger and bigger like a disease with no end in sight must have seemed like the world might be ending. What if the war just keeps getting bigger forever and consumes all of civilization?
Oh no! I caught up! Soon I'll run out of special episodes, and then I have to watch over the next 3 years? Nooooo! Great series you guys are doing here, can't wait for it to go on! :)
Perhaps a question for Out Of The Trenches, the barbed wire that was used in the West wasn't like the type we see on farms today was it? It was more 'spiky'?
Indy, still love your show. Just a note, according to my sources (online, Wikipedia and others) Leon Trotsky was not the leader of the Menshevik in 1915. He apparently styled himself as a "non-factional" Social Democrat from 1904 to 1917 until he finally joined the Bolsheviks. Keep up the great work!
Just imagining Zeppelin air raids...must have been something to see, for sure. I think it's how we draw our dread for slow moving alien starships in sci-fi.
Thanks for mentioning Zimmerwald!A thing I find very interesting in ww1 is the anglo-french relationship with russia.It always seems as if one or the other side would commit to suicide offensive to relieve pressure from another front.Did both sides have a clear picture of the other's situation(especially the home fronts) or were they mostly detached from each other aside from major events(like the early phases of ww2)?
I recently discovered this channel and I have to say I absolutely love this show I'm a huge fan of history...one of you're guys videos you guys talked about what role the Latin American countries did during the war but I remember my dad and my great grandfather telling me about how Mexico actually had a unit of airplanes that helped during the great war I could be wrong but I felt like it might be a good question to ask... hope my question makes it in the out of the trenches episode :)
The only thing I don't like about this series is waiting for the next episode. In the mean time, I've been reading the books from your Amazon list. Keep it up guys!
I was wondering something, maybe you could anser this in an episode of Out Of The Trenches. The English/French plan in the Dardanelles was to secure them, break through Istambul and then go up the Danube river into the heart of AH. Here's my Question: Why didn't the russian Black sea fleet do that? They had easier access and pretty much dominated (according to wikipedia) the Turks on the water.
I love the show, big thumbs up for you guys ! I don't know if you already did something like it, but what about a video about the siege of petersburg in the American civil war ? It foreshadowed trench warfare and would be really interesting to hear about even though it wasn't WW1.
+Chris Zo Thanks a lot Chris, it would make up for an interesting topic indeed. We can't promise we will be able to include it on this channel, but we are thinking about how we could cover the American Civil War. Maybe we will do a season about it on our sister channel "It's History" sometime.
***** Lusitania rings a bell... Mind giving me a kick start? Oh, and I haven't watched the entire GW series yet, I just decided to watch this when it popped up.
+JahnTrawn RMS Lusitania was technically a British-American ship, as Cunard Line was founded by the Nova Scotian Samuel Cunard and the Scottish Robert Napier, or at least the predecessor to Cunard Line was. The RMS designation itself stands for Royal Mail Ship, meaning a ship carrying mail under contract to British Royal Mail. It even flew a british ensign.I can understand how it might be slightly confusing, considering how it set out from New York for Liverpool. Nothing against you, obviously. Just wanted to clarify a mistake
+ Dzarko55 All Russian historians agree that the military catastrophe (and the political including) of Russia is largely a result of Nicholas interference in the affairs of army control, because these affairs should be managed by military experts and professionals, but not by stupid czars.
the zimmerwald conference is a super interesting part of left-wing political history because it was the start of the utter collapse of the alliance between the reformist socialists (social democrats & democratic socialists) and the revolutionary socialists (at that time known as the zimmerwald left, but later known as marxist-leninists and the like).
Every week when they cut to the Western Front their always that tiny pocket of occupied Germany near Switzerland. What was going on there? Were the Germans concerned with getting it back?
Question for out of the trenches: if the British and French kept using useless tactics like sending hoards of men to go over the top into a meat grinder, ie if the Germans always held defense and therefore the advantage, how did so many of them die? It seems like the breakthrough was super rare and yet the numbers show that piles and piles of them were dying on the western front.
Even tough Rasputin didn't really have a significant role in this conflict I'd still like to see a "who did what" segment of him! This guy got away with so much drunkenness and rudeness it's ridiculous!
and for what? hmmm, just follow the money and finance, the lenders of last resort! Glad you finally said something about who is behind it, all wars are bankers wars, who benefitted the most of this war and the next one? not hard to see.
I didnt even noticed today was friday and I saw the video and I was like "holy fuck I just watched the episode number 58 and it was 8 days later already since the last episode." Time really flies
+The Great War Thank you very much! We played a major role on the Balkan theater and were victorious in many battles against Russian, French and English troops as well. You can do a special research on the Battle of Doiran: a legendary and memorable battle in our history.
+The Great War Fair enough. I guess at the very least they would appear in the general weekly history of the war, particularly in the Russian Revolution towards the end of First World War.
It's always about money. I was in a war zone in Saudi Arabia in 91. For a buck 60 a gallon. You can always follow the blood trail. It parallels the money trail!
When did the Germans stop putting the ridiculous spike on top of the helmet? I also noticed that the men from other countries wore soft hats. When did the Brits take up the "Brodie" helmet and the rest take up their various versions of the "Adrian" helmet? You could answer this as it happened or make a special about these and other changes in uniforms and equipment in a special. Keep up the good work.
+Arcane1954 The French "Adrian" helmet actually came first, introduced in July 1915. The "Brodie" design followed later that year (October for the Type B model) although mass production to meet demand didn't kick in until 1916.
Thank you for doing a great work 2:39 I am living in Ternopil (Tarnopol till 1944) and investigating an old fotos, haven't seen the one you put in the clip before. Are you sure it's from Ternopil, if so where did you get it from, is there any more similar fotos? Could you share the link please? The one from Terebovlia is spot on, the castle remains are very recognizable. Thanks for correct pronunciation.
+mykolakanyuk Hi, thanks a lot for that! The picture is taking from the picture archive of picture-alliance.com. According to the description it depicts a Market in Tarnopol around 1900. Unfortunately that's all the information given.
+The Great War thank you very much for instant reply and a reference . The picture might be just right, it's very rare though. Looking forward for new series.
I know the war is known for trench warfare but many of the future leaders fought in it. So what did they learn from the war like the tactics that helped end the war?
Hi! Very good and informative channel you've got going here! Nice work! I would like to see you not end the series with the ending of WW1 but continue to investigate also all the following conflicts that were directly outcome of The Great War. (independence wars in the Baltics, Russian civil war etc.) Also a question: are you planning to make a special episode about Erwin Rommel and his actions in WW1?
+K2rbez Thanks a lot! Oh we're definitely planning on wrapping up the events following WW1 although at the moment, we can't plan how long or detailed it will be. But we still have a little time to figure that one out. I'm pretty sure Rommel will be getting an episode of his own at some point. We can't promise when though. We will discuss it in the team and see if we can fit him in somewhere.
That is very great news! Have you read the biography of sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, "The Happy Odyssey"? I highly recommend it. :) Also would you concider making an episode about Jaroslav Hašek?
I'm a little surprised that you guys didn't mention the test run of Little Willie, the first tank, which took place a hundred years ago September 9th. I suppose it didn't really do much to affect the war directly since it had a lot of problems with its design but it was still the very first tank, and tanks themselves became kind of a big deal later in the war and especially in subsequent wars.
Give the Bulgarians some credit.
"We need you to attack with us. But for the love of God, keep Conrad away from this battle."
Bulgaria was a real chad in WW1
very wise thinking
"And for what? I dunno." A verbal shrug never sounded so poignant.
That hit me hard. I can't put it into words but like, it definitely sums up how a lot of those soldiers must have been feeling. Everyone around them is dying, and for what? "I don't know."
@@90geekgirl06 FOR ZE GLORY OF ZE VATERLAND!!!
Not sure if Bulagaria was smart, or just had a brain by demanding that Germany, not Austria-Hungary, attack Serbia.
Von Mackensen. That hat. That mustache.
The guy won every campaign he waged. He was a beast.
@@Marmocet He is the German equivalent of the Triarii
Mees Hermans lol
He was honored until his death. That skull cap though...
The man of culture
"Monsieur, the rosbifs are asking for help against Zeppelins!"
"See if I care. Just place a gun on a pick up truck and get them out of here."
"We've just learned that the Tsar is personally overseeing the final stages of this war..."
"We've just learned that the Emperor is personally overseeing the final stages in the construction of this Death Star..."
I predict neither one will end well...
Later! OL J R :)
Gotta love it when a key treaty requirement is "keep Conrad von Hotzendorf out of this".
The Guy who hit the plane with his first shot... nice achievement. I mean, that's difficult to do in a video game in 2015, and he did it in real life in 1915! I Feel bad for the Pilot, though.
+Danox94 In 1999 in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, some Serbs who were bakers before the bombing started, took down the pride and might of USA airforce F117 stealth bomber with a rocket that had 3000 ft lower range than that bomber flight hight. Its always strange in the Balkan skys lol.
@@karakondzula1388that’s a myth lmao, never happened.
von Mackensen's hat.... damn
I KNOW. Holy shit.
Pure Swag!
Its so much warhammer40k-style, i love it.
The Totenkompf is strong in him.
Stefan Stojanov more like Mackensen's unit, the Black Hussars were a famous Prussian unit.
You mentioned Radoje and his anti-air hit... Man, you people rock! Most of the people in Serbia do not know that, it is usually talked about in some nationalistic circles, but I can say for sure that more than 90% of Serbs never heard of it.
And you mentioned it even in that small window of time you have for talking about all that happened during one week.
Great job, great detail! You do more justice to Serbian role in WWI than most, if not all, Serbian WWI documentaries. The same goes for other nations, but as a Serb, this gave me joy.
Gentlemen, my hat's off to you!
+Aleksandar Matić Well, a Serbian fan pointed that story out and Indy loved it. The rest is history.
The Great War
Oh, I thought that you are just very thorough :) Never mind, thank you anyway, and to my countryman who pointed it out :)
Rasputin seems to be a good character to be on a special episode, i mean there are tons of tales about his influence and deeds in the Russian Imperial Court. But anyway, great episode, the visuals are awesome!
+Oswaldo Lopez My family lived in Russia and they spoke very ill of Rasputin. I don't recall exactly why but they did. My family fled from Russia during the Civil War and to be honest they spoke ill of the Soviets and Tsars. Albeit, theyre all dead now, I just thought I'd let you know that some of the Russian people didnt really like Rasputin
It was never my intention to make seem Rasputin like a hero or somethig like that, i've just pointed out that is a character whose direct actions influenced lives and tragedy altogether. And that it would be good that the team of the great war make an episode of him to show the world for what he really was. A lunatic. I sincerest apology if i somehow mistreated or disrespected your family or any other person sensitive to this matter.
Oswaldo Lopez Oh no offense, i thought you had meant something along the lines of "he was a good guy" while people believe that, which is fine, my family never spoke well of him. I dont know, I wasnt raised in Imperial Russia so even I dont have the best grounds to speak from
Alrighty then, cheers from México City!
Oswaldo Lopez Howdy from College Station Texas!
"Big plans Herr Falkenheim" was so cool when Indy said it
Great job guys, your videos are awesome. I especially liked the animations in this one. Even small touches like zooming on still images, doesn't go unnoticed. Very professional looking.
+MrRoboskippy Thanks a lot!
"and for what?" for the Rich to get even richer.
"[Radoje] aimed at one of the planes and took it down with his first shot."
At which point, it can be assumed, the sound of several airhorns was heard, along with "OOOOOOHHHHH" and other cheers that seemed to erupt from nowhere.
Legend says that a bottle of Mountain Dew and a bag of Doritos can be found at that spot to this day.
Mackensen officially has the best hat of the war!
It's amazing that Germany was making such gains on all fronts, and had been so successful in keeping Austra-Hungary afloat. Now they plan to bail out the Ottomans down in Gallipoli too. I wonder why they have so much power relative to England, France, Russia, and Italy
+Siyko Germany was significantly more populated than France, Italy or the UK. Each one of them was roughly 40 millions of inhabitants while Germany was closer from 65 millions. Sure, almost no colonies when compared to France and the UK but that also means they don't have to defend many colonies (while the British held a significant amount of their forces to defend their colonies). On the long term that leaves the advantage to France and UK though (colonial troops and resources)
Also, Germany was on the top of industrialisation (lots of heavy guns and very good railways to move troops), had a military tradition inherited from Prussia, making in average better generals, had given up the idea of chivalry from the start (I'm talking to you, France from 100 years ago)... to sum it up, I'd say that every country in this war had one big weakness, with the exception of Germany. Basically it's a well-commanded war machine.
+scarfacemperor Actually the French had a better field gun than the Germans when the war broke out and all of the major powers had been involved in wars over the preceding 20 yrs except Germany who hadn't been in a war since 1872. They were the least experienced and had a smaller peacetime army than either France or Russia. What they did have was a highly educated populace.
+scarfacemperor Also look at the german Inventions: The car, the MP, the flamethrower etc.
Mark Haushahn in term of technology I'd say that it's even between France and Germany. France had the advantage in some domains, Germany in others.
Yes the '75 is a great cannon (fantastic rate of fire though lacking the punch of heavy artillery), but if you look at rifles for example, the Gewehr 98 is far better than the Lebel. Yes, inventive designs on both sides during the war
But really the main weakness France has shown for now in this war is keeping to old-time chivalry. Which caused disasters at the start of the war.
You *ARE* the real history channel.
It took me over a month of cramming but I have finally caught up with the program . I agree this is no doubt the best WW1 series I have ever seen. Many thanks to Indy and the crew for a great show and know I can look forward to leaning something new each week.
+Michael Waldrop Thanks a lot for that!
This show is so great. It's already been a year since the beginning of the show and I watched every single episodes. I can't imagine how much work and research you've put into this. Such an amazing job! Bravo!
+Ymril It's a lot of work but your comments are making it worth our while.
I feel so nerdy for liking this channel 👍
You should, in a good way.
Radoje Ljutovac was a gunner in a battery that was commanded by my great grandfather Milan Radovanovic, who was captain at that time, and who actually commanded to fire at aircraft. That was first time that enemy aircraft was brought down by a ground fire in Balcans, not in the world.
Great show Indy.
I love watching this series, it is pretty much the only thing that makes me feel like I'm doing something productive. I'm making notes of every single video my notebook has 14 filled pages so far.
And I didn't knew that Lev Trotsky was originally a menshevik! Also von Falkenhaym vision over Serbia, the Dardanelles, Russia and Middle East was quite lungimirant but at the end it didn't play out anyway. Thanks (again) to this amazing channel!
3.06 am. Galicia, Spain. I was about to sleep, but then i saw that zee germans (the great war channel) had uploaded yet another artillery barrage. No rest in the trenches.
+Guillermo Izaguirre Sorry for zät!
Thanks Indy.
Out of the Trenches - Military Grooming
Great video guys!
+Joshua Cohen Thanks!
I started with the series not too long ago and finally, today, I reach the final front line of episodes! Hehe My advance was swifter than the Germans in Belgium and von Mackensen in Russia, faster than the British campaign in Palestine and the land of Israel! Ok not that fast cos we are not there yet but anyways, its good to be up to date with the show! Congratulations o Indy and the It's History team!
+Albert Lima Berman Thanks and welcome to the front.
No doubt, Bulgaria is truly on the Central Powers side. If they played on the Allies side, they would have asked a famous austrian chief of staff to command the attack on Serbia.
that ,, i don't know " was gold
Finally, an Albert Einstein quote on the web, that he actually said, himself.
Great episode, as always.
The only one that I recall - 'tsarina' is not very correct form for this russian word - 'Tsaritsa' would be more acceptable, if we are talking about 'Wife of Tsar'
P.S. And if we are talking about 'Tsar's daughter' then it will be 'Tsarevna'
I love this series, keep up the good work guys, as an history buff myself, I love being able to hear about the war and what it was like week to week
+slopcrusher Thanks!
getting closer to Bulgaria entering ww1.
I've just started my History A level on the Russian revolution. It's really exciting seeing how we're all getting closer to that big Russian collapse. Thanks Indy and co!
+kieran wood Thanks for watching!
Hi Indy and the team! Great Job on this show! Keep it up!
A couple quick questions and/or a request for elaboration: Who is this Lt. O. Hog that you mention at 4:26? What country did he hail from? How old was he? What kind of piece was he using during this deed? Did he continue in his military career or was he a war casualty later on? I have always wondered about who gets credit for first AA groundcrew to shoot down an enemy aircraft, thank you for providing the answer. However, I cannot find any information on this individual or feat. Perhaps a special on "firsts" would be an appropriate episode to elaborate more on this deed.
To all of the crew, Flo, the camera Ninjas et al:
You guys are awesome! Your hard work makes this amazing show possible. I want to show a lot of gratitude to those whose work goes unnoticed and/or underappreciated by the fans. Indy is the face of this show and rightly gets a bunch of kudos for he does a great job. I want to say that you guys are the heart and soul, bone and blood of this show and I feel you don't get enough kudos from the public. So, Kudos! Way to go! You're Amazing and your work is very appreciated!
May you forever be allowed to keep being Awesome by the Powers that Be! [So we, the fans, can keep getting great content ;) ]
Another amazing video, cannot wait for the next.
Love this series, slowly catching up from the beginning. I've always found WW1 to be completely confusing but I didn't realize just how chaotic and full of personal and national blunders it was I guess. It is kind of terrifying to think of being a European civilian during this time. Even if you weren't in a place actively affected by the war (yet), the way it keeps getting bigger and bigger like a disease with no end in sight must have seemed like the world might be ending. What if the war just keeps getting bigger forever and consumes all of civilization?
What an incredible picture of the zeppelin raids!
"And for what...I dunno"
Pretty much explains the whole Great War. A war still being felt a century later.
8:40 Romain Rolland was French, not Swiss. He was in Switzerland at the time.
Yeah, I though that it didn't seem like Swiss name. . .
And for what? I dunno... ~Indy Neidell, expert on the subject of WW1, on why people why people were killing each other in WW1
9:12 'And for what? I dunno'...I love that.
Oh no! I caught up!
Soon I'll run out of special episodes, and then I have to watch over the next 3 years? Nooooo!
Great series you guys are doing here, can't wait for it to go on!
:)
+inthefade Thanks, glad you liked it so far.
Found you on Tuesday and have caught up already so addicting
Patreon supporter of the week! Lets go :)
+Benjamin Kraus Thanks for your support!
Another great episode from a great channel!
Excellent as always
Perhaps a question for Out Of The Trenches, the barbed wire that was used in the West wasn't like the type we see on farms today was it? It was more 'spiky'?
Indy, still love your show. Just a note, according to my sources (online, Wikipedia and others) Leon Trotsky was not the leader of the Menshevik in 1915. He apparently styled himself as a "non-factional" Social Democrat from 1904 to 1917 until he finally joined the Bolsheviks. Keep up the great work!
"For what, I don't know." Higher education paying off, eh :D.
Great Series! Keep up the good work!
+Clock Thanks!
August von Mackensen with the drip if the war so far!
I can't wait till this December when the first steel helmet is introduced
Love it another good one.
Just found this series a couple weeks ago. fantastic channel, thank you.
+Biker Jim Welcome to the family!
family?
Fun video. Nicely informative.
aaaand I'm caught up. This channel is great!
+TheRiskyBrothers Thanks!
Just imagining Zeppelin air raids...must have been something to see, for sure. I think it's how we draw our dread for slow moving alien starships in sci-fi.
And for what? I don't know. Perfect.
Just noticed Finland is misspelled on the map, lol
+fredoberg Damn, so it is! +The Great War please fix!
+fredoberg Wasn't Finland a part of russia until 1917?
+fredoberg This is how it is spelled in german
+Ätharrr if you're implying that the country names are written in german, then the rest of the map is misspelled ;)
fredoberg
I just wanted to say that as a fun fact
Thanks for mentioning Zimmerwald!A thing I find very interesting in ww1 is the anglo-french relationship with russia.It always seems as if one or the other side would commit to suicide offensive to relieve pressure from another front.Did both sides have a clear picture of the other's situation(especially the home fronts) or were they mostly detached from each other aside from major events(like the early phases of ww2)?
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I thought "Zimmerwald" is pronounced something like... "Tsimmerwald" or "Cimmerwald"....
I recently discovered this channel and I have to say I absolutely love this show I'm a huge fan of history...one of you're guys videos you guys talked about what role the Latin American countries did during the war but I remember my dad and my great grandfather telling me about how Mexico actually had a unit of airplanes that helped during the great war I could be wrong but I felt like it might be a good question to ask... hope my question makes it in the out of the trenches episode :)
+chuck gerbil Thanks a lot!
The only thing I don't like about this series is waiting for the next episode. In the mean time, I've been reading the books from your Amazon list. Keep it up guys!
+Jessica Chamberlain Haha, thanks a lot for that! We will!
For territorial gain and prestige and supremecy.
I was wondering something, maybe you could anser this in an episode of Out Of The Trenches. The English/French plan in the Dardanelles was to secure them, break through Istambul and then go up the Danube river into the heart of AH. Here's my Question: Why didn't the russian Black sea fleet do that? They had easier access and pretty much dominated (according to wikipedia) the Turks on the water.
I love the show, big thumbs up for you guys ! I don't know if you already did something like it, but what about a video about the siege of petersburg in the American civil war ? It foreshadowed trench warfare and would be really interesting to hear about even though it wasn't WW1.
+Chris Zo Thanks a lot Chris, it would make up for an interesting topic indeed. We can't promise we will be able to include it on this channel, but we are thinking about how we could cover the American Civil War. Maybe we will do a season about it on our sister channel "It's History" sometime.
Oh, I wish this episode has come out last week. I has a presentation about Nicholas' role in WW1. This would've been such a help.
***** Lusitania rings a bell... Mind giving me a kick start?
Oh, and I haven't watched the entire GW series yet, I just decided to watch this when it popped up.
***** Ah, thanks.
+JahnTrawn RMS Lusitania was technically a British-American ship, as Cunard Line was founded by the Nova Scotian Samuel Cunard and the Scottish Robert Napier, or at least the predecessor to Cunard Line was. The RMS designation itself stands for Royal Mail Ship, meaning a ship carrying mail under contract to British Royal Mail. It even flew a british ensign.I can understand how it might be slightly confusing, considering how it set out from New York for Liverpool. Nothing against you, obviously. Just wanted to clarify a mistake
+ Dzarko55 All Russian historians agree that the military catastrophe (and the political including) of Russia is largely a result of Nicholas interference in the affairs of army control, because these affairs should be managed by military experts and professionals, but not by stupid czars.
Павел Паршев Thanks. He did replace his cousin, though - was he a better commander?
This is a good series, but we need a series on the international battles and effects of WWI.
the zimmerwald conference is a super interesting part of left-wing political history because it was the start of the utter collapse of the alliance between the reformist socialists (social democrats & democratic socialists) and the revolutionary socialists (at that time known as the zimmerwald left, but later known as marxist-leninists and the like).
Every week when they cut to the Western Front their always that tiny pocket of occupied Germany near Switzerland. What was going on there? Were the Germans concerned with getting it back?
Question for out of the trenches: if the British and French kept using useless tactics like sending hoards of men to go over the top into a meat grinder, ie if the Germans always held defense and therefore the advantage, how did so many of them die? It seems like the breakthrough was super rare and yet the numbers show that piles and piles of them were dying on the western front.
I really loved the ending of this episode :)
0:27 um... funny how you guys marked Grodno twice on this map, with two different names. ;D
Mackensen's hat is both stupid and awesome. He pulls it off quite well.
Even tough Rasputin didn't really have a significant role in this conflict I'd still like to see a "who did what" segment of him! This guy got away with so much drunkenness and rudeness it's ridiculous!
1:55 I also have surname Maklakov!
Nikolai Nikolayevich.... what a creative name
and for what? hmmm, just follow the money and finance, the lenders of last resort!
Glad you finally said something about who is behind it, all wars are bankers wars, who benefitted the most of this war and the next one? not hard to see.
I didnt even noticed today was friday and I saw the video and I was like "holy fuck I just watched the episode number 58 and it was 8 days later already since the last episode." Time really flies
This channell is great
You said Wilno or Vilnius instead of just Wilno, yay for you!
Any chance you're going to get a merchandise store up?
And an other thing .Why the allies have never tryed to put soldiers in the the Belgium coast by ships
Make a video about Bulgaria's role during WW1 !!!
+Radoslav Yordanov Coming very soon!
+The Great War Thank you very much! We played a major role on the Balkan theater and were victorious in many battles against Russian, French and English troops as well. You can do a special research on the Battle of Doiran: a legendary and memorable battle in our history.
what is the name of the song that started at the 0:42 ? Please ,tell me ,it's so peaceful
Will you do a special on the use of armoured war trains by the different armies during the war?
+Mozzie Killer Not sure if it's a special but maybe in the future.
+The Great War Fair enough. I guess at the very least they would appear in the general weekly history of the war, particularly in the Russian Revolution towards the end of First World War.
Mozzie Killer Yes!
It's always about money. I was in a war zone in Saudi Arabia in 91. For a buck 60 a gallon. You can always follow the blood trail. It parallels the money trail!
When did the Germans stop putting the ridiculous spike on top of the helmet? I also noticed that the men from other countries wore soft hats. When did the Brits take up the "Brodie" helmet and the rest take up their various versions of the "Adrian" helmet? You could answer this as it happened or make a special about these and other changes in uniforms and equipment in a special.
Keep up the good work.
+Arcane1954 The French "Adrian" helmet actually came first, introduced in July 1915. The "Brodie" design followed later that year (October for the Type B model) although mass production to meet demand didn't kick in until 1916.
Thank you for doing a great work
2:39 I am living in Ternopil (Tarnopol till 1944) and investigating an old fotos, haven't seen the one you put in the clip before. Are you sure it's from Ternopil, if so where did you get it from, is there any more similar fotos? Could you share the link please?
The one from Terebovlia is spot on, the castle remains are very recognizable.
Thanks for correct pronunciation.
+mykolakanyuk Hi, thanks a lot for that!
The picture is taking from the picture archive of picture-alliance.com.
According to the description it depicts a Market in Tarnopol around 1900. Unfortunately that's all the information given.
+The Great War thank you very much for instant reply and a reference
. The picture might be just right, it's very rare though.
Looking forward for new series.
"And all for what? . . . I dont know"
Can I quote you on this in an essay for class?
+Xspearment Sure.
I know the war is known for trench warfare but many of the future leaders fought in it. So what did they learn from the war like the tactics that helped end the war?
OMG I love the series!!
Lt. O. Hogg approves!
Hi! Very good and informative channel you've got going here! Nice work!
I would like to see you not end the series with the ending of WW1 but continue to investigate also all the following conflicts that were directly outcome of The Great War. (independence wars in the Baltics, Russian civil war etc.)
Also a question: are you planning to make a special episode about Erwin Rommel and his actions in WW1?
+K2rbez Thanks a lot! Oh we're definitely planning on wrapping up the events following WW1 although at the moment, we can't plan how long or detailed it will be. But we still have a little time to figure that one out.
I'm pretty sure Rommel will be getting an episode of his own at some point. We can't promise when though. We will discuss it in the team and see if we can fit him in somewhere.
That is very great news!
Have you read the biography of sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, "The Happy Odyssey"? I highly recommend it. :)
Also would you concider making an episode about Jaroslav Hašek?
Oh Indy I forgot about Sarkamis
I'm a little surprised that you guys didn't mention the test run of Little Willie, the first tank, which took place a hundred years ago September 9th. I suppose it didn't really do much to affect the war directly since it had a lot of problems with its design but it was still the very first tank, and tanks themselves became kind of a big deal later in the war and especially in subsequent wars.
+Ryan Alward The week was very busy so, Little Willie will have to wait till a tank special in the future.
you know you messed up badly when a potential ally sayd it would only go to war if you don'tcommand your own army...