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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Chair of Wisdom Time! Indy answers your questions about World War 1 and this week we talk about espionage, opinion polls and conscription.
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Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.
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For out of the trenches: how were trenches on the coast and did they go right up to the sea or just to Beach, if so could this be because of the poor stability of sand as trenches. Love the show thank you, you all bring a smile to my life😀
+The Mad Mercenary already made an episode about that actually. look for "far ends of the trenches"
they arrive at the sea...check this out images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F2%2F28%2FWW1_Western_Front_at_Nieuport.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.stackexchange.com%2Fquestions%2F5871%2Fwhat-did-the-end-of-the-western-front-look-like-at-the-swiss-border&h=196&w=521&tbnid=3QX5XMwRUq-75M%3A&vet=1&docid=wzZq4keDZ7mI7M&ei=1NRwWLTVBcGUmQHdjIaoCA&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=378&page=0&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=0ahUKEwi0j4Xc-q_RAhVBSiYKHV2GAYUQMwgcKAAwAA&bih=608&biw=1229
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I know, the British dug the most impressive trench between France and Britain, it was several kilometers wide and several kilometers deep, I have no clue how they filled it with water.
The real trick was to find a big enough bucket.
Chair of wisdom time indeed.
Only EU4 players winked at thumbnail. ;-)
S.E.M Asantehene Time to infiltrate administration!
Maverick Lara made espionage great.. it did :D:
"We have been informed that our diplomat Edith Cavell in Brussels has been discovered while building a Spy Network. The diplomat was arrested and shot, reducing the size of our Spy Network to 0".
Its my birthday today; you guys are my favorite channel, i love you guys
Hi Indy and team! This is maybe a little bit off-topic, but I wonder what World War 1 weapons and equipment are still used today? I know that the Colt M1911 was designed before the war, but are there other examples like that? Keep up the great work and greetings from France!
Maxime Carpentier good question!
Maxime Carpentier the smle is still used today by some units in Canada and has been found in hands some taliban in Afghanistan using them as basic snipers
JTF2 sniper as a Canadian I concur with you
Maxime Carpentier I believe Some units in Iceland still use the pattern 17 enfield, but a lot of it saw service as both front line and reserve weaponry in ww2. After that a lot of it was sold off as surplus so it can be almost anywhere now.
www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/11/29/18th-century-cannon-technology-used-syria/
Speaking of Australia, General Sir John Monash is on the Australian one hundred dollar note, for his contribution during the great war. How much of a difference did he actually make?
Conscription nearly broke Canada apart, both in WW1 and WW2. It is still a sore point with mainy Francophones.
OTOH, it was also very unpopular in the Prairie provinces, where draft dodging was rampant.
How was that the case in WW2? The last time I was taught Canadian WW2 history, conscription wasn't so bad that time around (with regards to Quebeckers) because PM Mackenzie King had resorted to conscription as a last resort.
+Edmond Kwan - The riots in WW2 were not as bad, but over 70% of French Canadians voted against it.
The long term effects were a major contribution to the rise of separatism.
The conscription crisis in Canada had very little effect on the rise of separtism. Not in 1917 or in 1942 or 43.
ww1 destroyed the canadian population
In 1914, at the outbreak of war, Franco-Quebecers attempted to enlist with the same percent as in other parts of the country. Sam Hughes in charge of Militia wanted zero Francophones from anywhere. He was forced by Robert Borden to take some. More than Hughes wanted but less than Borden wanted. Rural Quebec, and the Maritime provinces, both felt that it was not their war, but if you wanted to go, go. Eastern Europeans who had migrated to the Prairies, did not want to go, because they would be supporting those who had made them immigrate. Conscription was basically driven by Ontario.
Of the 94% of those conscripted applied for exemption around 75% received them. And of those who were sent to Europe, most either stayed in England, or were assigned to support or construction battalions.
Thanks so much for this channel. The information, research and effort that your whole team puts in is nothing short of amazing and absolutely appreciated. The figures and facts that you folks put forward are not only mind boggling but single handily end countless disputes in pubs all around Australia. Dad is a Vietnam vet and any true and proper conversation about any war is truly a blessing. Take care and consider maybe a world speaking tour?
My first Out of the Trenches submission. Something I'd always heard about was what the British called "Wastage". It was the casualties they took on a daily basis when nothing was happening on the western front, no battles or artillery barrages, nothing of any significance. I'd heard "Wastage" was 3,000 dead per day when nothing was happening. Please explain. Love the crew and the show, give my best to the Chair of Wisdom.
For Out of the Trenches: What was Spain up to while the war raged through Europe? I understand they remained neutral, but were they an important neutral country to any of the powers? Also, Happy New Year to the Great War team! You guys rock!
There will be a Spain special.
Awesome!
High School Fresh man Health class pays off.... I had to do a report about disease epidemics; I got "the Spanish Flu" while that is a very small part of what was going on it was very interesting to learn about.
Indy, 'Public Opinion' is the title of a fantastic book published in 1922 by American journalist Walter Lippmann. Among other themes, it is about (DUH!) public opinion, press and propaganda during WW1. Europe, with its many and hugely talented men of letters, only did some occasional comments about these subjects. In the end, a guy from USA, the "minor player", the "always late", was the one who did a deep study about such important topics.
Dear Indy and the Great War crew.
What was the average Greek citizen's reaction to the ongoing Allied encampments on the Salonica Front?
Great show, love the work you guys are doing. Carry on!
+The Guy Initially the greek population was generally pro-Entente, but after the constitutional crisis of 1915 a schism occured. The Greeks of the "Old Lands", mostly conservatives and royalists, turned against Entente, especially after the naval blockade. The Greeks of the "New Lands" (acquired during the Balkan Wars), were mainly bourgeoisie and liberals, and they were threatened from Bulgarian and Ottoman agressiveness, so they were pro-Entente.
V. Athanasiou Thank you!
For out of the trenches: Were there any time during the war where either side had so many prisoners to feed that they couldn't feed themselves?
Well what if they didn't have food and they were far from the nearest town for supplies like in russia.
Extreme Robloxian In my town in Austria called "Purgstall" there was a big prison and my neighbor had to bring the food, he came with a full truck an left with a full truck because he bribed the guards.
My guess is that the prisoners would be given reduced rations, or none at all.
With regard to the two conscription referendum held in Australia during the war, it is interesting to note that it was the soldiers already serving or who had already served who were amongst the most strident opponents of conscription on the grounds that it would harm the morale of the up till then all volunteer army.
The issue of Conscription ["The Draft"] during the Vietnam War would become a very socially divisive issue. It would have to be a very serious situation along the lines of World War II and the Japanese invasion threat to Australia for a Government to even consider such a move without risking political suicide.
Whos the one person who disliked this???? This is perfection there is nothing to hate here JESUS.
For an special episode:
You could make a list of the storys from the greatgrandpas of the community.
Like my greatgrandpa survived 2 battles at the Isonzo and then he was wounded. One night a grenade wrecked the barrack of his unit and he was the only survivor because he was pissing outside.
Make Austria great again! (Just joking XD)
Greetings from Austria.
One of my relatives called Kaiser Franz Josef died last year, coincidence?
sos Wildfang what a lucky grandfather you had
sos Wildfang My great-grandfather was a corporal in the Dutch army during ww1. He had to guard prisoners of war (soldiers who had for some reason crossed the border) which lead to odd situations as he was a very short man and his prisoners often towered over him.
Mike De Jong Cool in the game Verdun i met a guy who had greatgrandpa who was a britisch submarine but dutch you guys are cool.
Prisoners.....
in my town Purgstall in Austria was a really big prison from ww1.
Love the show! I lived in Canada for the first 40 years of my life, and that thing with the French Canadians ................ that's an ongoing thing .....
In ww1 did the opposing armies ever try to mock each other, or use leaflets or any propaganda to lower the enemies morale? Also, During the German bombing campaign over England did the Germans ever try to drop leaflets containing material that would cause unrest or panic among the civilian population? Thanks Indy and team, your show is awesome:)
Will Davey yes yes they did
Hell yeah. Just woke up and now to watch this with my coffee 👌🏻
the volume of the background music is perfect. so gewd just a nice level I like
For out of the trenches: What did the trenches look like at country boarders e.g Switzerland and how did neutral country's police their boarders to stop men moving through them?
Harshly, I imagine! They didn't hesitate to shoot down planes in WW2 if they violated Swiss airspace.
Presumably they used military forces instead of police, and had a fairly strong force ready near their borders just in case.
sander heutink Be silly to use police against a military force.
ah, i misunderstoood your first comment then :)
Practically speaking, this only happened with Switzerland and fortunately, there is a nice blog dedicated to expanding Anglophone knowledge of this subject. Enjoy!
www.switzerland1914-1918.net/blog/kilometre-zero-where-the-western-front-met-the-swiss-frontier
Since the 18th Century, the international norm has been that it is strictly forbidden for an armed member of a nation's military to enter a neutral state without the express permission of that state. Any belligerent who does so is obliged to surrender to the neutral's authorities, either military, civilian, or otherwise, and accept internment until the neutral power decides to release them. Usually the errant soldiers are returned directly to their nation of origin, but sometimes they are given over to another power, often another neutral who has some special relationship with the belligerent nation, and they finish the transfer. Financial compensation for the inconvenience to the neutral is common.
Naval vessels follow a similar but slightly different code of conduct. They, too, are not supposed to enter neutral ports without the express permission of the port's owner and if they do, they can be interned as well. However, unlike with soldiers on land, it is common practice to allow belligerents to stay in port a specified period of time before they are subject to internment. It is one thing to have to care for a few soldiers but quite another to take care of a ship and its often large crew numbering in the hundreds. Neutral nations prefer to avoid that responsibility when possible so the custom of deferring internment arose.
Actual incidents of violence between neutral border guards and belligerents is fairly rare in the record because most of the time, belligerents want to keep the neutrals neutral, so soldiers respect the borders as much as possible. Most incidents where interloping belligerents were attacked by neutrals involved the belligerents failing to surrender correctly when challenged.
6:47 I hope you guys do a series in 2039 including canada in "World Two"
m.reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel/comments/4ksvy2/will_you_guys_ever_do_a_ww2_channel_our_official/?compact=true
Hahaha I love how unmoved Indy was by Texan nationalism! He's always so himself that I really wouldn't put a nationality on him, which is good! Especially with the Great War really not having any good or bad guys
Hi Indy and the Great War team. As a Czech, the role of the Czechoslovak legions was always an important focus in my history lessons, but I rarely see or hear them mentioned in the outside sources. How were they viewed in other countries' political and military circles and how big was their role from the international or global perspective?
Great job and thanks a lot for your hard work.
Chair of the wisdom time!
I'm about two years in. Woo Hoo let's go 1 million subscribers!
Glad to se you talk about french-canadians during WW1.
I am Québécois and I can tell you, our resentment following conscription has barely waned 105 years later.
That into just made my weekend
Hey Indy! I love this series, you've already done an episode about Australia & New Zealand in WW1, but are you going to do a bio episode about John Monash, the Australian commander? I've heard that he was one of the earliest proponents of combined arms tactics. Keep up the good work/
i'm finally up to date with the episodes!
only took like 2 months or so :P
Max Hastings "The Secret War" is a very good book on intelligence operations of WWII. As a Canadian I knew conscription during WWI was very controversial, although I don't think I had heard that 94% of the conscripts applied for exemptions. Keep up the good work Indy and crew.
Am I the only one who heard "If you'd like to see our special about Canada and World One"?
Nope I caught it also.
Great job dude (dudes?) . Almost half a mil subscribers. The info is more relevant now than ever .
For Out of the Trenches: During the war were there any notable instances of troops from one nation defecting to fight for another nation, such as French troops deciding to fight for the Germans or vice versa. Or were there any notable foreign volunteer units in the war. I know during the Second World War the Germans had the Spanish Blue Division and the Russian Liberation Army, were there any similar units like these in the First Wold War. Thank you and keep up the amazing work.
Im always looking forward to new episodes :)
lol. That intro made me laugh so much. Good job.
0:17 very good job in not losing your temper or cool there Indy
THAT CAKE IS SPY!!
a great analysis from Out of the Trenches
For those interested in Canada, a few more interesting facts: The 1916 election was, in a lot of ways, a one-issue election on conscription. Robert Borden, who won, was very in favour of tighter relations with Britian, while Wilfred Laurier, the incumbent, was criticized for his long list of compromises that left all sides dissatisfied even before the war. Canada actually gave women related in some way to soldiers (ie. wives, sisters, mothers, etc) the vote, really in the hopes that they would vote in favour of Borden (the conscription driver) because they wanted more safety for their boys overseas by way of greater numbers.
Hey Indy question for out of the trenches: Did they use counter-battery fire during the war and if so how did they locate enemy artillery. Maybe you could even do a special about artillery. Keep up the good work.
Question for Out of The Trenches: How much were silencers used in guns in the war and in which point of the war first of the silencers were introduced to snipers or light infantry by both sides? Keep up the good work!
Chair of wisdom time!
For out of the Trenches:Hello Indy, my Great Grandfather lost his leg at the Battle of the Somme. I was curious, how advanced were the false limbs and prosthetics supplied for the injured soldiers of the First World War. Keep up the first rate work on your videos. Have a nice day.
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Great episode as always
Loved the intro!
I already asked this question on a different video, but maybe I'll try again. You made a whole video about starvation in Germany and Austro-Hungary, with a poor harvest in 1916 leading to food shortages all across the European Central Powers. How did the Ottoman Empire fare in regards to food? On the one hand they had a lot more land, but on the other I imagine it's a lot more difficult to find good agricultural land in the Middle East. Did they also experience famine, or were they not affected as badly by the war as the European part of Central Powers? Love your work!
For out of the trenches, Awesome job so far,keep up the good work, ear protection had to vary between the frontline and artillery, how did different troops deal with this problem?
1:20 - that guy can see me. He knows I'm here.
I'm a new watcher.
Great new intro
Maybe you want to watch the summaries that exist if you dont want to watch all episodes :) And welcome to war!
JokoCi
Already watched some of them.
Can't believe how much i loved learning about World War 1
@The Great War I have a question for Out Of The Trenches
How was the new year celebrated in trenches and cities of that time period?
And were there truces in the new year's eve similar to Christmas truce?
Love your show
Best of wishes to you and the crew.
U.S. conscription was also universal, as briefly mention by Indy in this video. It did not start until 1917, but the draft lotteries continued through 1918.
Two things caused the conscription to be universal, one, the growing power of Progressives in the WIlson government that was not inclined to allow exemptions or deferments. Also the experience of the draft of the Civil War was still fresh in the mind's of Americans and the abuses done by those taking bounties for signing up for the wealthy in the draft.
WWI Draft Registration Cards remain one of the great documents to come out of the war for American genealogists. Not only did they list information about the draftee, but his next of kin, and physical characteristics. And they include names of both the famous and the infamous amongst the draft roll.
Ah yes... French Canadians... not a part of Britain ... not a part of France... not a part of Canada... some not even a part of Quebec! I once met one that had the unalterable idea that he wasn't a part of himself... the fight goes on...
I got a question for The Great War team: Did any Irish people fight for the Germans in WW1? I was always told that some Irish people hated British rule so much they fought for Germany in the war but I always found this hard to believe.
Hey Indy, love the show please keep up the great work also please say hi to the team for me. My question for out of the trenches is when I look at the map of the western front, I see small pockets of Germany that France occupies. We're there any small German villages the French occupied and if so how did the French treat them?
A question for OOTT, after world war 1 a lot empires began to fall, such as the Austro-Hungarian empire, German, and can kind of see the start of the fall of the British empire. So how did the war affect the French empire, you don't really hear about French colonies breaking away until after world war 2.
for out of the trenches: I know about the German Paris guns that could fire from within Germany to hit targets in France how many were made and could they actually hit Paris as the name implies. Thanks love the show you do great work
Hope you guys will do a special report on Cher Ami and Sgt. Stubby!
Might be already answered since I'm way back in the series but:
What was the daily routine in the trenches for a soldier? Surely they weren't fighting 24h a day, so how much free time were they given and how? I know that painting and writing in the trenches was popular so I'm really curious as to how opportunities opened for the soldiers to pursue their hobbies.
Hi thanks for the great show. Can you tell us more about spring clubs? I've read a bit and apparently they generated more force than a normal club? Where did they get the spring from? And the head? Can you hit a pumpkin with one and with some other trench club and show us how they work? Any idea why they pretty much disappeared after the war if they are so much more effective at hurting people?
I have a question for out of the trenches. Why did Italy not got all the land it was promised in the Treaty of Paris (such as a piece of Turkey). Keep up the good work.
Hello Indy! So I was thinking about the First World War, and trying to sleep when I remembered a name which I thought would be interesting to uncover more about what he was up to in the First World War. That name is Ho Chi Minh, I'm aware he was at the Versailles conference, but not much more than that. Also wondering if the series plans to stop at 1918 with the armistice or go until the conclusion of peace talks in 1919-21?
We will not just stop with the armistice.
I am calmly waiting for March and April.
Best intro ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another wonderful video. I was wondering if you will ever do a video about the Jews role in WW1? I know you talked about it a bit in one of your old videos but I am interested in their roles in the different army's of the war. thanks again
this is a strange question for oott
but A. what is your opinion on the brony fandom ?
B. Can someone find an image of indy neidell as a pony
C. Judging by the trailer, the upcoming Wonder Woman movie appears to take place in the ww1 era as opposed to ww2. what is your opinion on this change and do you feel that the movie will at least put forth an effort in some manner on capturing the time? keep up the good work
can you do one about Hermann Göring
For OTT: in BF1, it is possible in multiplayer to play as black German soldiers in maps set on the western front. Did black colonials fight for the German Army, and in particular, in battles such as the Kaiserschlacht? Thanks and keep up the good work.
Hi Indy,
I don't know how relevant it is for you, but while the reasons you cited for French Canadian opposition to conscription are certainly true, I think there were more existential reasons: there was a belief that English Canadian officers would not value their lives. This was because the Army was reputed to be the bastion of the Orangist order, a reputation cemented by the fact that French Canadian officers were only a handful.
This also played a role in WW2, which gets me to my question. When WW2 started, my (French Canadian) grandfather, along with many others, volunteered to the UK's Royal Air Force rather than to a Canadian force, because he didn't feel like he could trust English Canadian officers. I was wondering if you'd heard of a similar phenomenon in WW1?
For Out of the Trenches: WWII and the Third Reich, there is the belief that they were really in to the occult and these themes have been explored in all kinds of popular culture. Was there any sort of occult connections or conspiracies in WWI? Thank you for all that you and your team do. Big Fan, Spencer DeShon
"If you would like to see our special about Canada and world one...." I found the mitsake, Mwahahaha
Joking aside, great work with the channel, seeing your videos is one of the best parts of my day.
Love the Irishman thumbing his nose at the camera!
Will you be doing any special on the American Dough boys who became casualties due to the influenza virus during boot camp? I'm curious because my Great Grandfather's brother, Edgar, passed away in boot camp from Influenza in 1918.
Hi Indy, I would like to ask what was the role of anti air in ww1, what where they protecting for example. I could find only very little about them, but I did read about observation balloons being very heavily protected by anti air units as to protect them from the threat in the air.
South Africa only had volunteers.
Hi Indy and Team:
First of all, thanks for the magnificent show you're doing.
For an out of the trenches, which were the first and last registered causalities of the war? Did they receive any special memorial on their countries?
Hi guys, In relation to the conscription question asked; were Muslims in Russia not exempt? I was under the impression that they were under exemption from conscription but when Czar Nicholas attempted to bring them under conscription the Muslims revolted and this helped lead to his abdication and the rise of the provisional government? I could be mistaken but if you could clear this up for me I would appreciate it! Also great job with mentioning Canadian's troubles during WW1, we usually only get a little blurb when people are done swooning over America's involvement. Thanks guys this show is the cat's pyjamas
For Out of the Trenches: Can you tell us about the first Ground to Air kill? I really wanna know! Thanks! :)
For out of the trenches, hi Indy and the crew what was the weakest and strongest army during the war and which country had the most damaged
For out of the Trenches : How reliable were parachutes, I know that zeppelin crews were never given them, was that because they weren't reliable or they just expected them to come back?
For OOTT. How often, or was it commonplace, for individual soldiers to enter enemy trenchlines by accident? Perhaps soldiers left in No Man's Land after an assault, wounded soldiers, defectors, or people just crossing to the enemy's trenches. If it was common, were these soldiers considered prisoners of war?
I'm hoping for a special episode about the fifth column inside Austria-Hungary.
For out of the trenches, I did not know much about WW1 but i was surprised about some of the technology such as submarines and tanks, were there any other surprising tech ? and any chance of a Bio on Georg Von trapp ?
Eastyy Flamethrowers.
Gaz, mortars, rockets, bombers, semi-automatic rifles, sonar (ASDIC), fragmentation grenades, railway artillery, submachine guns, flamethrowers.... to name a few
Naval bombardment, aircraft carriers, seaplanes, dogfighting, mass-conscription, modern light infantry and squad tactics, assault groups, mechanised divisions.
Liked this video on the basis of first 2 seconds haha
Hi Great war and team this is a question for OOTT. I know that a lot of the German army was quite right wing but the Russians were very fed up of the war and inevitably quite left wing in terms of opinion. I'm aware that I'm 1916 Britain elected a liberal Prime minister, could you possibly go into some detail about soldiers varying political opinion. Love the show btw
Hello Indy and Team. Did leaders do anything to move soldiers that were stuck on the front line that showed exceptional work ethic, skills, talent out of the line to use them more effectively and increase their survival rate? Thanks.
Where's the Blackadder video, it would be so cool if you just made the thing already
3:28 Speckled Jim?
Not at all Sir, and Blackadder defintely did not shoot this delicious plump-breasted pigeon!
I always had the question if you could walk from the sea to the alps all the way through trenches in the west. Was there a continuous trenchnetwork?
Qestion For Out Of The Treches:
In 1914-1916 (American Entered In 1917.) What And Who Started America Transporting Supplies To The Allied Forces, Also, What Did They Send? I'd Just Lie To Know Who Made Them Send, And What The Sent.
~Thanks So Much!
Hey Indy, a question for OOTT.
I remember watching your special video on the various amounts of Russian uniforms during the Great War. Were there any recorded instances of Russian soldiers mistaking friendly troops for enemies due to the vast amount of uniforms?
In WW1 was there ever any stealth missions other than traveling across no man's land? Such as infiltrating fortress' ect.
Do you have, or will you make a video about how was the training of recruits in different countries ?
For Out of the Trenches: I've been reading 'The Great War' by Peter Hart recently and I was wondering: What happened to Morocco after ww1? Or, if nothing of note happened during ww1 to Morocco, Did Germany ever take Morocco during ww1?
Hey,Indy & co.,wondering if the tanks during the war had different variations(like the female & male variations of the Landship)
Plz do more out takes
I heard about the British cutting the German cables multiple times, but how did they do this?
the first act of political violence in austrailia was a man egging the pm. the pm then punched him in the face. hahaha
It is also why the Australian Federal Police were setup - because the Queensland Police refused to arrest those responsible for egging the PM! ;)