WORLD WAR 1 - Part 1- by William Philpott - War of Attrition - [ Ⓕⓡⓔⓔ Ⓐⓤⓓⓘⓞⓑⓞⓞⓚ ] - WAR SERIES

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  • @thomasjamison2050
    @thomasjamison2050 3 роки тому +35

    An army is a collection of those who could not avoid conscription...... I love that.

    • @jasonhuttermusic424
      @jasonhuttermusic424 Рік тому +2

      That ignores a quite significant amount of volunteers especially in today's modern army

    • @thomasjamison2050
      @thomasjamison2050 Рік тому +2

      @@jasonhuttermusic424 Today's army has no conscripts. That's why they call it a volunteer army. Are you a Marine?

    • @classic_sci_fi
      @classic_sci_fi Рік тому

      Conscripts = Slaves

    • @didbiddy3480
      @didbiddy3480 11 місяців тому +1

      @@jasonhuttermusic424 1914 is not 2023 bro

    • @resipsaloquitur13
      @resipsaloquitur13 11 місяців тому

      @@didbiddy3480 How many wars you survive? I did two.

  • @Cheka__
    @Cheka__ 3 роки тому +36

    1:06 Note on Military Organisation
    11:20 Intro 'the War is Everything'
    36:35 1 Ready and Willing
    1:43:49 2 Into Battle
    2:51:45 3 Stalemate
    4:22:55 4 A People's War
    5:12:22 5 Mobilising Manpower
    6:12:40 6 Waging War
    7:35:50 7 War Machines
    Thanks to Awesome xD and Roland Wieffering for contributing to these timestamps.

    • @Cheka__
      @Cheka__ 3 роки тому +2

      @Awesome xD you're welcome. Thanks for providing the timestamps I needed to make the comple list 😊

  • @Ronald-wv1bz
    @Ronald-wv1bz Рік тому +7

    " War as a regular business ", that pretty much describes the state of human society..... something really sick going on here.

  • @yutub6928
    @yutub6928 2 роки тому +11

    This book/audiobook is a truly “tour de force” to understand First World War in all its aristas. Regards, congratulations and thanks from Mexico.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Рік тому +1

      Je ne sais pas mom ami, peut etre Les Anglais l'etiat gay?

  • @bodegabreath4258
    @bodegabreath4258 4 роки тому +15

    Outstanding. Very much looking forward to listening to each part in full.

  • @curtiswebb8135
    @curtiswebb8135 Рік тому +2

    This kicks ass

  • @RolandWieffering1
    @RolandWieffering1 4 роки тому +16

    01:43:50 chapter 2
    02:51:45 chapter 3 - Stalemate
    07:35:48 chapter 7 - Warmachines
    08:40:44 last stop

  • @terencenxumalo1159
    @terencenxumalo1159 Рік тому +1

    good work

  • @raymondchassell4204
    @raymondchassell4204 4 роки тому +11

    I love this documentary very detailed and the comertry is very well spoken

    • @jimreily7538
      @jimreily7538 3 роки тому +4

      @@poundshopcicero3089 Are not what ? Well spoken ?

    • @quidproquo0
      @quidproquo0 2 роки тому

      7:30 . .excelent metaphor

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Рік тому

      ​@@jimreily7538😊

  • @tonyromano6220
    @tonyromano6220 9 місяців тому

    Interesting book.

  • @monoman4083
    @monoman4083 3 роки тому +4

    thanks for upload...

  • @hoffy1955
    @hoffy1955 10 місяців тому +3

    "The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women who refuse military service. Those who joyfully march to music in rank and file have already earned my contempt. They have been given a large brain by mistake, since for them the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." -Albert Einstein

  • @Gorboduc
    @Gorboduc 8 місяців тому

    I think I'm on my third listen to this book and it gets better every time. A brilliant summary of things by William Philpott.

  • @jasonjason8783
    @jasonjason8783 3 роки тому

    These are amazing

  • @70galaxie
    @70galaxie 3 дні тому

    near the beginning;"when military industrial compex was the largest spending(1914),before universal social welfare"2014ish...yet the UnitedStates military industrial complex has
    always far outspent UniteStates social welfare

  • @philfluther2713
    @philfluther2713 Рік тому +1

    "We would win." Franz Joseph I of Austria. Born Winner Syndrome.

  • @dan7979822
    @dan7979822 2 місяці тому

    The name of the book is Attrition. Who was paying the higher price of attrition? Who got the best of the fighting during the month of mobile operations? Who got the best of the war of attrition during the next four years? The Germans picked the best high ground in the enemy country and dug in deep. The French had their 75 mm field gun, which was good in the open but near worthless against dug-in troops. The Brits were almost on holiday in France until they ran into German troops. After the Germans got the order to retreat they made the best of an imperfect situation.
    The French attacked without surprise or artillery support. The French troops are brave and do not lack courage. They risk everything for the liberation of occupied France and Belgium. There is great attrition, but who pays the higher price? The Germans are in fixed positions, and the attacking French are in the open. The sneaky Germans have superior firepower too.
    The Brits like their French allies do not lack valor or bravery. The BEF spends 18 months learning to mount trench raids. The BEF under Sir Douglas Haig reached its pinnacle on the first of July, 1916. The Brits ride a rollercoaster of learning and forgetting for the next two years. Who gets the best of the attrition war? One side is dug in deep immune to anything but the heaviest firepower and the other dies like the brave French.
    Who pays higher for the war of attrition? I doubt if it is the Germans. Have a nice day.

  • @michalanckoronski2673
    @michalanckoronski2673 Рік тому +1

    I'm so sorry for this guy. He needs to read name "Przemyśl" so many times :)

    • @Gorboduc
      @Gorboduc 8 місяців тому

      I think the main reason the Eastern Front is so underrated by historians of World War One is that none of them know how to pronounce Przemyśl.

  • @BlindWillieJackson
    @BlindWillieJackson 2 місяці тому

    What is the intro music?

  • @chengducat
    @chengducat Рік тому

    Red Baron and Red Currant channel before they were taken down

  • @quidproquo0
    @quidproquo0 Рік тому

    16:45

  • @quidproquo0
    @quidproquo0 Рік тому

    11:24

  • @quidproquo0
    @quidproquo0 Рік тому

    6:43

  • @saulgoodman7858
    @saulgoodman7858 2 роки тому

    6:01:00
    7:44:00

  • @quidproquo0
    @quidproquo0 Рік тому

    8:24:90

  • @carolmacdonald5488
    @carolmacdonald5488 2 роки тому +1

    Carol Ann

  • @danthedewman1
    @danthedewman1 2 роки тому +2

    def would gave been a desserter in this war,,it was chess game by generals who had no clue and were splitting countries up as booty before the war was over..The soldiers were just fodder for the generals "glory"..id fight but not on those terms

    • @GreggOld
      @GreggOld Рік тому

      Did you even listen to the audiobook?

  • @quidproquo0
    @quidproquo0 2 роки тому

    Who is the narrator?

  • @kevineastin7649
    @kevineastin7649 3 роки тому +6

    This is.....not very indepth for its length.

    • @KuwaharaBMXRider
      @KuwaharaBMXRider 2 роки тому +4

      Why? What’s missing ?

    • @ditto1958
      @ditto1958 Рік тому

      I like this audiobook, but I do agree. Seems as though it’s a very long, but not in depth, essay arguing that WWI was a war of attrition. There likely is a high level of attrition amongst readers of the book. 😂 😇 I stuck around for the whole thing. Interesting argument I guess, but I’m not sure the author makes his point very well.

  • @jamesmartin7595
    @jamesmartin7595 3 місяці тому

    U

  • @rgn22rgn
    @rgn22rgn 11 місяців тому +1

    A not particularly unbiased account of WW1 as seen through British eyes. The fact is the Germans out classed & out fought Britain to the end. It was starvation & lack of war materials that led to the armistice. Kitchener & Haig were little more than dim, confused public school boys.

  • @johnlafranchisejr.2636
    @johnlafranchisejr.2636 3 роки тому +4

    Amen amen. #OneJesus 👑 #RomanCatholic #OneJudge #OneLove GodBlessAmerica 🇺🇸 🔵 ViveLaFrance 🇫🇷 🔴 LongLiveIsrael ♤ GodBlessTheQueen ♧ VoteRepublican
    Thank you for your attention to this matter!

  • @davidrodgersNJ
    @davidrodgersNJ 4 роки тому +3

    "Part 1" of the war was movement, not attrition. So, the title?

    • @alanwayte432
      @alanwayte432 3 роки тому +4

      Oh little Dave why state the obvious, don’t try to show off your single digit IQ

    • @poundshopcicero3089
      @poundshopcicero3089 3 роки тому +3

      @@alanwayte432 Ouch ! Steady tiger.

    • @mr.bigglesworth2562
      @mr.bigglesworth2562 2 роки тому +1

      Part one is a prologue which relates an end-of-war assault as the years-long war of attrition was coming to an end.

  • @PeterChoyce
    @PeterChoyce 3 роки тому +1

    it's really too bad that this is completely fucking inaudible. Why bother posting something of such horrible sound quality?

    • @mattgibbons6167
      @mattgibbons6167 2 роки тому +8

      Nothing wrong with the sound 😂🔊

    • @PeterChoyce
      @PeterChoyce 2 роки тому

      @@mattgibbons6167 it sounds like the mike was over the toilet. Come on now -its awful

    • @KuwaharaBMXRider
      @KuwaharaBMXRider 2 роки тому +7

      @@PeterChoyce you can always buy the audiobooks if sound is paramount

    • @mr.bigglesworth2562
      @mr.bigglesworth2562 2 роки тому +13

      I am 76 years old and am quite hard of hearing (I cannot afford hearing aids). With respect, I hear this audio quite clearly and the narration is precise. Perhaps the audio output of the device you are using to listen to this is deficient. Best wishes.

    • @PeterChoyce
      @PeterChoyce 2 роки тому

      @@mr.bigglesworth2562 it is coming from an unprofessional source, not AUDIBLE or CHIRP - i have BOSE speakers here, the best but i am glad it sounds fine on your system

  • @silvergalaxie
    @silvergalaxie Рік тому

    Author puts a liberal spin on damn near
    every part,tho in reality is fictionalizing.

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 9 місяців тому

      Intellectual hogwash, wants everything in nice box and thinks “socialism” is a good thing and progressive. Ignoring how it is soul and life killing to all involved.

    • @tonyromano6220
      @tonyromano6220 9 місяців тому

      And I agree.

  • @michaelwilliams7907
    @michaelwilliams7907 Рік тому +1

    I had just read someplace that the Maxim machine gun is the weapon responsible for the most kills deaths for the entire war and including the whole 20th Century??? The number 1 killer. I did not verify yet but it makes sense. Ww1 machine guns were used widely in ww2 especially early in the war Mr maxim and his gun.

    • @dmac6312
      @dmac6312 Рік тому +2

      Hard to believe this. Machine guns are effective against infantry only when infantry is exposed, either on the attack or otherwise out of cover. Artillery on the other hand is effective against entrenched infantry (suppression fire), strongpoints and exposed infantry as well as pretty much any infantry based weaponry such as tanks, trucks and enemy artillery (counter battery fire). In addition, artillery can strike the enemy at great distance whereas machine guns are ineffective at distances above say three or four hundred metres. My vote goes to artillery as the number 1 killer.

    • @mdkell4261
      @mdkell4261 Рік тому +2

      ​@@dmac6312excellent point. I might say disease is in the top 3

    • @ianhornsby3574
      @ianhornsby3574 Рік тому

      Artillery fire was responsible for the majority of deaths in WW1

    • @robertbrodie5183
      @robertbrodie5183 Рік тому

      if you include maxium clones spandou and vicers some of which served front line through early 80s and 3rd line in ukrane today you might be right

    • @heneagedundas
      @heneagedundas Рік тому

      No, artillery was the major killer in WWI.

  • @johnavast5939
    @johnavast5939 5 місяців тому

    5:16:24

  • @kadevohn
    @kadevohn Рік тому

    the boys did a good job over there in Europe. 🇺🇲🦅🫡

  • @jasonjason8783
    @jasonjason8783 3 роки тому +6

    These are amazing

  • @unit4039
    @unit4039 Рік тому

    2:45:00

  • @balkanarchist1914
    @balkanarchist1914 11 місяців тому

    1:22:00