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Over the years, The Chair of Wisdom has slowly drained Indy’s sanity.
The Chair of Madness whispers to him
you clearly missed the bit a few years back with the big chromed snake, there's nothing slow about it
GravesRWFiA I didn’t, hence “over the years”
Thats how it gets its supply of wisdom.
slowly?
Like his father, Prince Wilhelm received mixed reports about his personality. Some called him arrogant and insufferable and some described him as humble and pleasant. After I thought about how much they were lied about after the war, I’m more inclined to believe the latter.
I'm impressed by that quick reindeer naming.
Actually Clemenceau said:
"The war ! It's a thing too serious to be left to the military !"
Implicating that PEACE is too. Serious to be left to the politicians? The Treaty Of Versailles wasn`t really the politicians` finest hour, was it?
@@ingolfleiblle6661 peace should be left to the military since they will be the ones fighting the wars!
How could anyone dislike a Great War video!?!
Militant pacifists?
Petty WW2-Elitists?
How could they? By hitting the dislike button, I assume.
Most dislikes are accidental, I did it quite few times before not realizing it
I smell a conspiracy! Quick, blame !
a historian is a prophet in reverse
Wurschtl OMG mind=blown
Wurschtl Burschtl Winston Churchill loosely said “The more you look into the past the father you look into the future”
He should have listened to his own advise before Gallipoli , North Africa , The Fall of Singapore and the Dieppe Raid ;-)
A historian is a prophet with the benefit of hindsight?
Historians predict the past.
It’s shell shock
He’s no burgermeister
Indiana Jones Explains why he is outlawing toys.
He is the Master of Hamburgers?
Taistelukalkkuna Bürgermeister is German for mayor
He must have sat on the throne of madness by mistake!
But you can be Bürgermeister of Hamburg!
You know Indy, if you want to see how a WWI cruiser ship looked like, you should visit the Averoff ship in Pireaus in Greece. It is a floating war museum and very well preserved
That would be quite interesting
στο πεδις να ρθει να δει ενα σοβαρο πανεπιστημιο διπλα στο χαριλαικο δρομο
The best surviving cruiser of WWI. (: Other surviving cruisers of a similar type and time include:
The Russian ship Aurora,
The USS Olympia,
The HMS Caroline ( last remaining ship from the Battle of Jutland ).
Burgermeister Meisterburger is from "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" ( 1970 ) although the name of the town was never mentioned.
That was indeed the name.
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Looks at part of video: Sombertown confirmed.
why did indy said the special's name is the day crown prince r-- saved christmas?
I don't think he was being serious when he said that, since I've seen the special just as long as he had, as it came out in 1970 (I was born in '61) and have a VHS tape of it.
Last time i was this early it was the 1st battle of the Isonzo
+Kaiser_Cactus+ Ohh how long ago that was!
Kaiser_Cactus oof
like 2 days
Indy? Is the shell shock finally getting to you after nearly 4 years?
No, he just accidentally revealed his secret identity.
Burgermeister Meisterburger is the most successful of all the Rankin & Bass Christmas special villains. He drove Kris Kringle and all the other Kringles (meaning the "elves") out of the area and all the way to the north pole. His laws abolishing toys stayed in place until at least his own death, possibly later.
He's also got one of the best villain songs ever, "It's a Difficult Responsibility".
The name of the special is "Santa Claus is Commin' to Town".
0:52 PUTIN?!? IS THAT YOU!?!?!?!
That... that looks like an expert photoshop, actually.
Or witchcraft
Da comrade.
We already knew Vladamir Putin was an immortal vampire, so we have no business being surprised by this.
One episode of Blackadder Goes Forth entails Capt. Blackadder trying to get out of the trenches by putting on a successful morale-boosting show for the soldiers, to be judged by Gen. Melchett, who rather inconveniently falls in love with the leading lady, an unbeknownst-to-him cross-dressing Lt. George. Hilarity ensues.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Bürgermeister Meisterbürger ? Is that you ?
no, is Meisterbürger Bürgermeister
and is his favorite beverage jeagermeister?
jägermeister bürgermeister meisterbürger bügeleisen!!!
Russian defense minister Kerenskey (spelling?) once jumped out of a trench with the assault troops he had just delivered a speech to.
That's pretty frontline.
Theatre offered the POW's a chance to escape!! Love it!
Serbian King and his son actually even fought in trenches
Guess Serbian fathers and sons going to war is a bonding experience
Could you make a special video on all the peace proposals from all sides during the war? Thanks?
I'd actually love that !
That intro is so awesome
THunter yo you are right
Just remember to get a little sparkly outfit for the slug balancer. It just makes the whole concert party bearable. BAAAAHHHH!
Thank you !
If my source is right, when Clemenceau was prime minister, he spent a third of his time visiting the frontline during the war.
thank you so much for listening to my comment
hmmm
Entertainment for the French poilus (soldiers) notably included performances by Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest French actress in, like, EVER! She turned 70 the year the war started, and had lost a leg to an injury that turned gangrenous; but she was a living legend whose mere presence generated wild enthusiasm. She toured Verdun and the Argonne, "where she performed for soldiers who were just returned or about to go into battle. Propped on pillows in an armchair, she recited her patriotic speech ... Another actress ... described her performance: 'The miracle again took place; Sarah, old, mutilated, once more illuminated a crowd by the rays of her genius. This fragile creature, ill, wounded and immobile, could still, through the magic of the spoken word, re-instill heroism in those soldiers weary from battle.'" (quote from Wikipedia article "Sarah Bernhardt")
I read somewhere that Crown Prince Wilhelm believed the war was lost after the first battle of the Marne.
I found Burgermeister Meisterburger in the 1970 Rankin/Bass special Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, played by Paul Frees against Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney. He has a Facebook page and a "Burgermeister Meisterburger for President" T-shirt. Is that the same show? Did you watch it in English?
First, I'd say, in terms of leadership at the front, you should consider Winston Churchill and his stint in command on the Western Front. This led, imho, to him having a very unique, informed perspective when he ran the WO, later on.
I'll also note that, from my reading of Churchill's biography series by Martin Gilbert and its extensive notes on the British personalities, civilian & military, of the day, many of the social elites lost many of their sons, especially only sons, in the fighting. It would be unfair to say they did not care or were shirking their duties in the rear. This is probably true of Germans, French, Russians, etc., as well.
In the next out of the trenches or perhaps who did what in ww1, can you talk about the involvement of hero General Paul von Rennenkampf during the early stage of the eastern front, and the situation of Baltic German general in the Russian army
I once built a LEGO sculpture of a mechanical MechWarrior of a Burger King Whopper, and I called it "The Burgermeister."
The worst part of the Chair's effects? I'd actually like to see The Year Crown Prince Rupprecht Saved Christmas. I can just picture the reindeer: Enver always trying to pick fights with the elves over what goes to Transcaucasia..Conrad trying to swim instead of fly...Franz Josef dropping dead of old age as Rupprecht reaches the Equator...the possibilities are endless!
Still think we need an episode on all the myths and legends from the war
Interesting video. Knowing more about the German Crown Prince was a treat. Nice job.
Burgermeister means "town master" or Mayor in German I think right? Someone correct me.
Otakun The vegan Si.
town master master town
Mayor, thats correct.
"Bürgermeister" literaly translated to English means "citizens master"
Correct, just like the Dutch word 'burgemeester'
Interesting and informative as always indy :)
Damn. Not only is Indy Niedell immortal, but apparently TV has been around longer than we thought. :P
It was Sombertown. No toys. Just stocking washing😂
Little Willy who looks like a Montebank who's hobbies include tennis and skirt chasing. He was a intelligent man who was one of the first German leaders to realize that Germany was going lose WW I
Four Hundred years ago this week, The Thirty Years War?
I'd watch that, though not for 30 years. Amazing and terrible war, interesting personalities, very destructive to German and Italian lands. Changed the balance of power, with France becoming the first country since the Reformation to put national interests before religious solidarity.
I love your channel
Re. entertainment for the troops: The Canadians had a theater troop called 'The dumbbells'.
Burgermeister Meisterburger was in "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", a stop-action animation about one version of the early life of Kris Kringle. He does have some characteristics of the Kaiser or other German generals but was not specifically the model of any of them.
for leaders in the trenches- after he lost his seat in government, Churchill actuall was a battalion commander for a while. he was regular army in the 1890's and so had a fairly good idea of what real battle was like having charged with the 21st lancers at omdurman and been taken prisoner by the boers. As for crossdressing men. i suspect them men who did it were using the stage as an out for an inclination they already had but which most societies considered unnatural and a crime.
There was The Wipers Times for a bit of comic relief in the British trenches. Wipers, Ypres, get it?
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I watched and enjoyed that same Christmas show. Always liked that characters name. lol
Yes, by the way, it was Clemenceau in a trench.
"May I go to the bathroom?"- Crown Prince Ruprecht
There was an episode of Blackadder Goes Fourth where they did a stage show to try to get out of the trenches, and their drag act had shades of "Some Like IT Hot." See both and you'll make the connection. There was an article in Military History Quarterly where Franklin Delano Roosevelt toured the frontlines when he was the Assistant Secretary to the Navy during the war. He was not allowed to join during the war due to his government position, even being famously told that like those in the military he had no say in where he went. Nevertheless he toured the battlefield, even sleeping in a barn at one point and the he was allowed to fire an artillery piece towards the Germans whereupon he remarked wondering if he "killed any Huns." I also saw a picture of Roosevelt from that time period where he was firing a Springfield Rifle on a firing range, which was the standard rifle of the United States military at the time, like firing a M16 today, which shows how far he was trying to get an understanding of the war itself.
Really funny, I just realized that I actually visited the same school as prince Willhelm. (Yeah they told us that in school but it's funny to be reminded of this)
I liked this mainly for the fact that Indy called himself; Burger Meister Meister Burger
35.3 seconds later..."Thank you."-Crown Prince Ruprecht
I used to look forward to that same Christmas special every year!
I loved Santa Claus is coming to town as a kid I was born in 89 but it still played every year around Christmas at least in the 90s! Gotta give props to the Muppets Christmas Carol to !!!!
Another great episode. You guys are geniuses
For example the President of Portugal visiting the front during the stade visit of France and UK
1 month later occur a coup d'etat!
Nice "Kris Kringle Christmas Special" reference with the Burgermeister Miesterburger. I remember it well.
I caught the reference immediately. A fond childhood memory.
It also harkens to the sons of Mother Nature: Heat Miser (He's Mister 'Hundred and One) and Cold Miser.................................
I got an ad for rhineland 45 by The Great War before this 😂
It's 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'. Fred Astaire narrated, Mickey Rooney voiced Kris Kringle.
A deer called Djemal lol
Gentlemen....
How common, or uncommon, was it to find soldiers from neutral counties, fighting on either side....remember seeing somewhere, that there was enough Swedes in the German army, that there was a unit?
Keep up the excellent, entertaining, inspiring and educational work that you do! 🥇🏆🍻
Are you going to put Santa Claus in jail?
Charles Driggers maybe, but sir, you're breaking your own law.
I've been bamboozled!
Santa Clause is asociated with white christmas, so Santa is clearly a white supremacist, and enslaving elves to work for him is not right either.
Ummm , no ,lets don't go there.
Gotta love Burgermeister Meisterburger, such an iconic Christmas special lol
The only "oficial" i can think of that actuly went to the front was Churchill.
Great Video 🔝
By 1918 the reputation of the Kaiser was so tarnish that any idea of staying on the thrown was untenable the army had practically abandoned him the general public and society at large was against him well.
Got a question regarding prince Wilhelm would a fresh start with him as the new Kaiser be possible in Germany. When compared to his father would the prince’s reputation by comparison in Germany be preferable enough that the army and the social democrats would have accepted Wilhelm II abdication in favor of his son making him Kaiser Wilhelm the 3rd. Say he promised to the army and nobility the preservation of the social system and to the social Democrats the promise not to interfere in politics or resist the create of some kind of democratic constitutional monarchy. Basically did the Monarchy have any change for survival.
Having looked it up, for those wondering: burgermeister is the master of a borough (like a town or region) not the master of burgers, as I am sure all us non-German speakers were hoping.
Troop morale was behind a fascinating story of one Capt. Edmond Blackadder trying desperately to prevent the showing of Charlie Chaplin movies in the trenches. His commanding general, General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett, VC, KCB, DSO adored the little tramp.
What did they do with brass cases in the trenches? Was an effort made to collect them to be reloaded? How did they dispose of them? Or were they drowning in millions of brass cases.
The women call him "Big Willie".
How much do you want to bet that Indy actually lived through world war 1 and time traveled to the future so he could describe it?
Thats exactly what I thought of when you said your [fake] name!! I was going to ask if you were going to outlaw Christmas and Christmas toys again...
They were claymation movies...the santa movie you referenced was made by the same people/studio/artists/whatever as Rudolph the red nose reindeer, the little drummer boy and a couple of others... they played when I was a kid too. Watched them every year as a family, ah memories. 🙃
Supposedly his father didn’t even like him. He was worried he would oust him in a coup during one stage.
"The Splash", such an awesome band name!
How did he skip Winston Churchill spending 6 months on the front? He was temporarily out of government office (although still a Member of Parliament), and actually a serving officer. Reactivated from his army service 16 years earlier, he had the rank of Lt-Colonel and command of a battalion of 600 men. Received with skepticism (he arrived with a bathtub and water heater) he was soon respected and liked by his officers and men. Not only frequently in the trenches, but also out in no-mans-land to the most forward outposts, and under fire while out there. Only criticism from his superior officers was he was too lenient to his men.
Churchill went from being First Lord of the Admiralty, one of the very highest offices in government, to an officer in and beyond the trenches. No one else mentioned in this video is even close to matching this.
Presenting to you, The Citizen Master: Master Citizen!
My great great grandfather "neff" wilhelm T. Dietrich served under him and was said to have some relations to him as well, but the history is kind of uncertain.
So sad this series will end soon
The British troops had a very popular comedy act called the Dumb Bells,, didn't they perform
in the trench once or twice ?
I’m called rupert, welsh... I knew rupert was German but I never knew of the name ruprekt, brilliant😂
Officers may be bored but servicemen had to work hard. There were even prison camps for British Officers in the Netherlands who had visits from their wives. There was an some sort of agreement that if they fled the Netherlands they would be returned or no more British Officers would be sent there.
Canadian troops were entertained by "The Dumb Bells"...
Silly Indy! Bob Hope had performed for US Troops since Washington crossed the Delaware River.
Was there something else like the chanson craonne in other 1.WW armies? And how was the French Solider feeling about denunciating one of her own, is there any Reports existing?
Oh, how I remember watching the special with Crown Prince Rupprecht teaching the Huns to put one foot in front of the other.
Mayor Master Citizen. Only a brit could have come up with that name for a theatrical character.
KO the Meister Burgher part was cute, the reindeer bit fell flat.
I have a question for Indy and his chair of wisdom. The various pacifist movements, besides attempting to persuade their own nations leadership to come to peace, must have attempted co-ordinated efforts with the peace movements of enemy nations. How well did the various governments tolerate them and did they have any positive impact on the war and the final peace?
I have a question for out of the trenches. You talk a lot about Enver Pasha's pan-Turanism during the last phases of the war, and how he wanted to expand into Azerbaijan and the Turkic lands in Central Asia. At the same time, were there plans to recapture occupied parts of the Ottoman Empire, specifically Mecca, Jerusalem, and Baghdad, or were those essentially written off as permanent losses to the Arabs and the British?
I have a question for out of the trenches, where there big riots in the colonies or where they committed to the cause?
The Burgermeister Meisterburger joke was hilarious! (I am a bit older than you) I bet the Millennials don't get it. Schadenfreude! 🇩🇪 😀🇩🇪😀🇩🇪
He possesed a strategic vision..... for women.... There are many sources that state how he chased them while his men died by the thousands in Verdun...
Wipers times, a British trench Newspaper.
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OOTT: First of all, great job guys, greetings from Serbia, hope you visit soon!
I would like to know more about the roles of sappers in the Western front, if they were used at all in other theaters, and how effective they were.
tulbanhawk There is a special episode on tunnel warfare
When Indy says he's not an expert on cross-dressing , he's basically saying "No Homo" .
Yo Indy this is a dumb question do transcripts of those original plays you said the POW's wrote and directed while in prison exist?
I'm saddened and disappointed by Franz Josef for hitching the future of the Empire to the Protestant Apostates of Martin Luther.
He should be a hero of the church for invoking "Jus exclusivae" (Papal veto by a Monarch) against the diabolical (of the devil), Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro during the Papal Conclave of 1903.
Thanks, that's interesting. I didn't know emperors were still vetoing popes in the 20th century.
Don't think any popes have been murdered since the 10th century, when a husband caught John XII in bed with his wife.
Whatever you consume
Take more or less but dont keep going
I have a question for out of the trenches. What did the Entente powers think of the Nederlands design and building plans for the germans?
You should do a special where you talk about the relationship between Russia and Japan during the war. Interesting 10 years before they were at war, but are now allies (perhaps by default). I heard that Russian and Japanese generals would even plan battles and strategies together and organize operations and share Intel. I think it would be cool to do an out of the trenches discussing Japan and Russia's alliance during the First World War.
Otakun The vegan 😳 There were Japanese ships in the Mediterranean. They helped to keep the Austrian navy from attacking Italy.