I love how death is represented in the first charging scene not by blood and gore, but by contrasting the shot of soldiers charging, with the empty horses passing through.
While Artistically I can see how that works in this film. I'd feel a more impactful scene would be instead to have the horses and their riders being cutdown around the protagonist's mount. Witnessing the true power and horror of machine guns against cavalry, we have cuts in between where you see from the German perspective just how easy it is to mow down an entire regiment of cavalry. When it looks like the rider has gotten clear of the deluge, a snap, camera zooms in on the horse to give the impression of the horse being hit, a gasp of air before the camera zooms back out to see the riderless horse, the only riderless horse, in a field of dead nobles and their steeds.
@@docwill5056 No less vivid than other war scenes displayed in the same film. The Devonshire regiment attack and damn near getting annihilated by MGs, Arty and Rifle fire before the gas attack, shows the insane Napoleonic style tactics utilized in WW1 and it succeeds in bringing the horror of the First World War to the theatre and then the screen. What bugs me is that we as an audience can witness the graphical violence done to men/women seen in the likes of Saving private ryan, War horse, Black hawk down, Generation kill etc. But we tow the line at some horses being gunned down? Outlaw king did a beautiful job representing the power of cavalry and, how to effectively counter without shying away from the fact that horses were just as much a target as the humans riding them.
After watching this , i've got 2 things to say: 1. World War 1 was terrific and probably the scariest war that has ever happened. 2. I want to play Battlefield 1 so bad now.
That whistle blow makes my heart skip a beat. How frightening it must have been for the soldiers, to hear that shrill sound. Like death calling for them.
To be honest it must have been just as anxiety inducing to the defenders hearing the whistle blow and seeing a giant mass of men rise from their trenches and charge towards them
That cavalry attack was absurd at first, but then I saw the horror of something seemingly out of time to the modern mechanical changing face of war, being slain by a sword while shaving and trampled over by dozens of horses !!
Cavalry charges only really happened at the outset of the conflict. They soon realised they were no match for rows of machine guns. ANZACs carried out cavalry charges in the middle east I believe, but don't quote me.
That's like the dumbest thing they did in that first scene is keep charging.... against machine guns. Movies that keep doing that is just retarded. Oh look we see a machine gun let's keep going oh no more machine guns! Sir! Do we keep going? Wut!? Ok then!
@@koreancowboy42 Its useless if they retreat, the germans still can obliterate them easily since they use a machine gun. Its a lot more better than retreat and still getting killed. So theres 2 choice, attack the enemy position or retreat and get killed without making any damage against the enemy.
Why did they have a ridiculous amount of machine guns set up facing back at their position? seems sus. They never really charged in after they realised how stupid it was but cavalry divisions would ride to a battle and dismount, which is still faster than infantry.
My great grandfather was a Marine in WWI. I never got to meet him as he passed away a few years before I was born. However I cannot help but think about the horrors he witnessed while watching a film about the war.
Imagine actually going through those experiences. My goodness they were brave in the extreme. Forget the context of it and visualise running towards death. RIP all of them no matter their allegiances.
Well they were trapped into a 3 meter hole called trench and officers usually got those who went out a trial and shot... People can not imagine how psychology of people play vital role in submiting people to all type of body torture...They did that to me back in 2012 and 2013 they did my bronchoscopy...I didn-t complain because I know my duty was to see from what I am ill...Than I went to operation that almost killed me and thru chemio therapy...Than in 2014 we putted sand bags because of river flood...So I don-t need to imagine I was in some sort of this...
Please don't think i offend them with this, but I am currently reading a diary of a French soldier (Louis Barthas), and they don't want to be called brave, they don't want do be called glorious, they just wanted people to know what the war was really like, because the propaganda at that time showed the war as a glorious event, and that the bleeding people were heroes, but they didn't care about the (psychic) wounded soldiers without blood.... I am glad that videos like this show how it was, but most of the soldiers weren't brave, and don't like to be called that way. All they cared about (at least Louis Barthas), was that people know that it was absolute hell there. If you haven't read the book yet, I would really advice you to! It is beatifully written, and shows the horrors of WW1 even better than the movies.
Every scene is brutal but the last one is so horrific. You can really see how strong men were broken and you can really see just how shell shock affects people in the moment.
The scene at 2:50 where the horses ride past the Germans without riders is a display of the devestating power of machine guns against cavalry and infantry
Lol. The horses would have been mowed down too. If anything it was unrealistic and way too tame. Also doesn't make sense why'd you have machine guns pointed at your own camp.
These movies, which mostly show British attacks on the Western front, seem to be overly influenced by the carnage of the first day of the Somme. The reality is that these attacks were often successful at the tactical level but due to the limitations of transport and communications they were rarely if ever translated into strategic gains. Also, they never show the devastation of the defending trenches where the British barrage often destroyed the first line of defense and the attacking waves sometimes walked in to little opposition. Of course, these successes were short lived as the Germans often successfully counterattacked. Not to be too cavalier about these horrifying battles, there certainly were plenty of attacks where the British or French troops were slaughtered en masse. Still a head-scratcher as to why the generals kept doing the same kind of attacks over and over. All of these clips were from films made in the 21st century. I'm guessing the creator hasn't seen such outstanding WW1 films as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Sergeant York (1941), or Paths of Glory (1956 or 57), all of which contained realistic battle scenes worthy of this video.
Tho I have the deepest respect for all soldiers who served in WW1, I am still trying to understand how a bayonnet charge against German machine gun fire was ever considered an effective battle strategy. I dunno, maybe try laying down some precise rifle fire from a distance? Train more marksmen?
They didn't charge straight into the machine guns like in the movies. Machine guns were typically placed on the ends of each sector to provide crossfire against advancing men. And WW1 trenches were a lot closer than most people realize. 100 yards was standard, and as close as 10 or 20 yards in some places.
Easy to see that with hindsight. At the time there were generals who still thought that cavalry would win the war. The First World War was truly the dawn of modern warfare as we know it; although the participants at the time didn't fully understand that, especially in the early stages. It was essentially trial and errror at the expense of hundreds of thousands of lives.
I know this might sound dumb but why just charge into the MG fire? Like you have a rifle. Get some suppressing fire on those MG-08’s. It made no sense why you would just charge and not fire your rifle.
@@browmaster2197 Because there's a lot more than just a machine gun shooting at you, rifle fire, mortars and large caliber artillery would all be raining down on you. All that while you're on open ground, attacking a fortified position and crossing barbed wire. It's not very easy to just supress a machine gun.
@@marcoscastro9099 there aren't 500 billion horses on earth, do you know how preposterously massive a number 500 billion is?? There aren't even 8 billion humans on earth.
Red Baron wasn’t good as a film and plot itself, more of just a tool for the appreciation of Richthofen and a withdrawal of war heroes being a taboo in Germany. The scene was good though.
The reality that this collection of ww1 action battles is on a par and even more impactful than the Private Ryan beach scenes were. I, glad that these movies reflect the stark reality of real WW1 war was truly like, thank you for showing us these scenes the shock and horror comes across as it truly should.
Most ot these scenes range from poor to complete rubbish. Troop deployoments void of any tactical sense but loads of brainless CGI and fireworks instead. The only scenes that look slightly realistic is the one involving French troops (timestamp 11:00) and - to a lesser degree - the last one. The French scene (Joyeux Noel) because it shows a time early in the war when "human wave" assaults really still were a standard procedure. The latter because it looks as if a infantry unit gets surprised by a well timed counter barrage as it prepares itself for an attack and is therefor quite exposed. What those flares were intendet for I don't know but I don't want to pretend to know it all either. The scene from "lost battalion" maybe was the least bad of the bad ones as the Amercians were rather new to the business so they might have used some outdated tactics but even they should have been taught in the use of light machine gun units (Chauchat/BAR), small teams, surpressing fire, hand grenades and such. After all, it was 1918 already. The special effects and the fireworks isn't as much over the top as the other movies either but still... after all it is from a movie who's basic message of 'muricans showing those lame europeans how to fight is an insult to all the victims of WWI to begin with.
@@JosipRadnik1it is very likely the flares were to mark their position for artillery, as you can faintly hear the thumps of guns moments after it disappears
World War One has always held a certain fascination with me because it was such a pivotal point in human history, the end of the Victorian Era and the beginning of the modern era that we live in today. It's also right at the edge of living memory. Veteran's of World War 1 were still with us until the 1960s and as such we actually know what the war was like still it's hard to imagine armies still using horses and swords getting ripped apart by machine guns and large artillery piece's. Technology had advanced so much that few Western Countries had ever used any of the new modern weapons that had just become available in a real war and as such they couldn't predict just how devasting modern war could be until they were right in middle of it. That's why the first few months of the war started out much like wars fought in the 19th century with calvary charges and large lines of infantry clashing in open fields. Of course that quickly gave way to trenches once it became apparent that fighting out in the open was suicide. Then the rest of the war became about trying to find a way to cross no man's land and reach the enemy trenches without being wiped off the face of the earth. By the time the US got involved technology and military tactics had evolved enough for armies to actually leave the trenches and go on the offensive but it was still extremely costly fighting out in the open even with the cover of tanks and creeping artillery barrages. The US was extremely fortunate to have sat out most of the war because in space of just 19 months the US lost over a hundred thousand men. Had we entered the war earlier that figure would have been much much higher.
It was The AEF and the Australians, who actually started getting things done, breakthroughs through the German lines, by doing things a bit differently...to the dismay of the brits, who wanted everyone to continue with the 'over the top and get slaughter' routine. That's why the brits insisted on the extremely costly 'Meuse-Argonne' offensive, when American Troops had been making breakthroughs together with the French Renault tanks elsewhere along the front lines...
I’ve seen a lot of war movies but All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) has been the one that really puts into a perspective of the horrors of war on such high levels at least to me. Even more than Saving Private Ryan.
Sadly we live in a Anglo globalist world so unfortunately we speak English and not Latin to communicate with each other and the films are always on anglos perspective.
@@PersonalityMalfunctionI don’t think the allies won WW2 just because of America, yes they ended it with the Atomic Bomb and helped massively with forces, but they joined years late and had no intention of joining the war, they were just going to let it happen, the Americans only joined because they were attacked by the Japanese not because they wanted to help, the British was a superpower at the time and although damaged badly at Dunkirk, was able to fend off the Nazi scum at the Battle of Britain in 1940, although, Britain being just an island didn’t have the resources to fight a massive counter attack against the Nazi Reich and with almost the whole of Europe under German control, Britain would not have won on its own. The USSR would not have survived if the winter didn’t massively ruin and holdback German troops just like Napoleon. And America would not have won alone either, WW2 was a massive team effort and I give credit to America and Russia for supporting and helping end the war, however I think a lot of people are mislead by thinking Europe was a complete disaster and it was the amazing, heroic, gorgeous Americans that swooped in and took the Nazis by the throat, however that’s just stupid and not true, Britain, only 21 years before had just fought WW1 with a great victory and now was in another, but still able to survive and win along side Russia and America. And of course I can’t forget all of the heroic colonies of Britain such as India, Canada, New Zealand etc, that joined in with the war effort. So as much as America did help, they didn’t “win” the war, and neither would have Britain alone, As I said before, it was a team effort and that’s what we need to remember, there were no taking single countries sides in that war, it was Allie victory or Axis victory, but the Allies didn’t merely win because of one country, we must remember all those who sacrificed their lives so that we may live on.
@Morgsm There's another aspect of WWI that needs to be mentioned - all the executions for 'cowardice' that took place. Most of the 'cowards' who were executed, were shell-shocked 16-17 year old boys who had lied about their age, to 'join the great adventure', only to crack under the prolonged and devastating artillery pounding, and were found wandering around dazed, and disoriented. They were arrested on sight, and after a short 'trial', (some trials took only 20 mins-½ hour) they were sentenced to be 'shot at dawn'. Often they were shot already the following morning. The Italians carried out the most such executions, then the French, closely followed by the British (they also shot Canadians, New Zealanders) The Germans executed considerably fewer of their troops. America and Australia did not execute their own troops for 'cowardice'.
I remember a movie I saw when I was a kid, about an italian soldier that came back to its command post saying that he was from lthe 76th batallion. He is taken prisioner and executed for cowardice on site because "the unit 76 was anihilated and there were no survivors"
Tbh the Western Front was one of the exceptions due to it's different nature compared to the other Fronts, trench warfare has been raging there for quite some time due to the stalemate, the constant shelling had turned the land into a mass of craters, mud, destroyed barbed wire and remnants of poison gas, so it would already be quite difficult for horses to traverse it, combine it with the fact that most of the men were entrenched behind rows of barbed wire and machine guns and you get the reason why cavalry was totally obsolete in the Western Front. In most other fronts cavalry remained extremelly important tho, from the large open plains of the Eastern Front to the deserts of the Palestine and Macedonian Front, cavalry remained almost as effective as before for most of the war.
WW1 is such a fascinating war in terms of technology. In the beginning (as you see here in war horse) its starts off of with swords on horse back, non practical war uniforms, and bolt action rifles. Then Towards the end you have machine guns, chemical warfare, aerial dog fights, tanks, and flame throwers. Its too bad there are not enough WW1 films that cover a variety of topics, and many and I mean many of them are love stories with fictional characters. I cannot find a single film that has anything to do with Tank warfare? Here are some WW1 related films I enjoy for various reasons: Sarajevo (2014)
DAD: WAR IS HELL. That's what my dad wrote his dad during the Battle of the Bulge when US Army was desperately trying to cross Belgium and enter Germany. His own Dad knew what he meant, he himself having fought in Ardennes during WWI.
@@RileyDude27 I have them in his letters. Also I recollected what he told my older brothers. And at his deathbed his fear of answering The Lord why he killed so many Chinese in North Korea when leading a Tank Unit, probably hundreds of them. I can write them down, but who would read it? Don't think any publisher would be interested. My dad went to France-Belgium- Germany, later on to Korea. They wanted him to go to Vietnam, promising to make him a General in a short time (two promotions). He retired instead, he's not the type of man who'd lead men into battle from a desk or on the rear of the army. The US Army wouldn't let a Colonel or General to go inside a tank shooting at the enemy right in front of him. I suspect that's why he declined. God only knows. He got two important condecorations for war service. He died on 1970s. He (and his Company) entered the atomic bomb site in New Mexico during the Oppenheimer test, as the Army needed to see if soldiers could go in after a blast and finish off the enemy. 60% of them died of cancer eventually, including him. He had one last battle against communists shooting towards the Canal Zone civilians back in 1964. Then he retired years later having turned down Vietnam.
@@pitedapollo6175 of course hopefully it hit the actual target instead of horses. Its just funny that hollywood has made musket fire, machine gun fire, like magnetic bullets that find a human target
Horses are big muscular creatures. I wouldnt be surprised if many of the horses running past the guns were in fact riddled with bullets, but were in a state of frenzied shock before finally succumbing to the wounds
@@churclan000 After the attack the camera shows us a birds' perspective of the battlefield and you can see many dead horses. It just wasn't included here.
Yeah the mustard gas wouldn’t dissipate and would pool at the bottom of the craters. Guys who fell into these suffered a truly nightmarish fate. Most of them wouldn’t die from mustard gas (as it usually wasn’t lethal) but the burns and damage it does to your body is arguably worse than death.
In the book “all quiet on the western front” they hide in graves during a gas/artillery barrage, and it describes how some of the inexperienced soldiers took off their masks when they saw other soldiers take theirs off. The problem is is that they were still in the graves, and the mustard gas pooled in them and they breathed them in
During the 1st day of the '1st Somme', the British lost 60 000 men. The 1st day! The idiot butcher douglas haig said, from the château he was 'billeted' in, that he "didn't think that was so bad". 60 000. That's a medium sized town.
My grandfather was an Italian immigrant promised a job in a WV coal mine if he joined. He served with 1st Infantry Division and was wounded twice and received a Silver Star for gallant conduct in both American offensives of WWI. He later worked as a miner underground in WV until his death from black lung. His PTSD was severe and had problems with alcohol and anger. His seven kids all grew up solid citizens with successful and happy lives. His great grandkids have no idea what he did for them. Expect mine. Grandad’s picture hangs in my living room with his military discharge and war decorations. He was most proud of the good conduct medal. It was harder to get than Purple Hearts.
Mission first. The MG is a large amount of fire power, its essential to neutralize it. As you saw it was dug in meaning close quarter combat is probable. The sergeant probably knows its death but a better option then sitting in the open where artillery probably has the data to repeat. Repeat is reserved for whom?
@@davidclark7758 or maybe instead of fixing his bayonet he could have maybe idk shot back? Or have them throw grenades in the bunkers when they’re tgat close. But no let’s rush in all right at the line of fire of the mg
If you are a fan of these Old World War I films look up on UA-cam Johnny got his gun either by the digital remastered version or there is a free version of the full movie on somebody's Channel. It's based on a true story of this American Soldier who was sent to France. His limbs and face got blown off by artillery fire while on a night scouting mission. They were spotted and Germany already had the location zeroed in. He is still alive but can't see, speak, move or communicate in any way. The military and doctors decided to keep him and (not in the movie but they did experiment on him.) He remembered morse code from when he was a child. His father spoke to him about how he and a childhood friend would string a wire so they could telegraph to eachother. He got the attention of one nurse over time with slight body movements. She begain to notice his head moving in a conscious state. She tried to end his suffering by cutting his oxygen but she was stopped by a military officer. They brought in a soldier, officers, and many doctors to figure out what he was saying. *shakes head* "S-O-S, Kill me, S-O-S, Kill me." Over and over again untill they decide to keep him alive locked away and noone knows what really went on. The movie was based off a book by the same title, "Johnny Got His Gun." By Dalton Trumbo. Look up "Johnny Got His Gun 1971" and youll find the free vid
It's also the story that inspired Metallica's "One" and they used parts if the film in the music video. I'm pretty sure they ended up buying the rights to the film after a while
I love the look on the British cavalry guy's face when he sees the German machine gunner. He and his friends have enjoyed an easy, cowardly "victory" butchering half-asleep, fleeing men, but now that the enemy can fight back, it's his time to die. Suddenly war isn't so glorious, is it?
As an American, I usually root for my side (the right side in WW1 and WW2) but the smug phony gallantry of those British cutting down unarmed men and then getting gunned down by REAL weapons, made me smile a little. And you can argue all you want that there were no good or bad guys in WW1 but the Ottomans were unequivocally evil, the rape of Belgium was a thing, and the Germans were sinking our ships, and trying to get Mexico to fight us. Seems pretty bad to me. Obviously it wasn’t as extreme as it was in WW2 but I think there still was a “bad side”.
The Centenary was a let down. I understand how most all films center on British fronts, meaning somethings amazing on screen are missed (like Carpetto's mountain and frozen battles, or the whole Estern Front of course). Still, several places where Britain fought have been neglected: Tanganyika, Dunsterforce, Greece etc. But I would really love most of all is a cinematic version of Jutland and the last great naval battle without airplanes. But thanks much for the compilation!
01:03 -03:25 No combat guards. No more patrols. You're just setting up a Boy Scout camp in the middle of a field... Seriously?!?! The next thing I want to see is the Polish spearmen attacking the tanks... Mounted spearmen. Ulans.
You know that polish cavalry never really charged german tanks in ww2 ( if that is what you are talking about ). The widespread myth comes from german propaganda and a specific battle were polish cavalry charged a batallion of light and mid infantry. Not tanks
@@morgsm. 1. Lawerance of Arabia (Has several brief Battles likes attack on Aqaba ) 2. The Lighthorsemen (Shows several minor Battles and of course the biggest battles the famed Charge at Beersheba) 3. Von Richthofen and Brown (A films telling of the life of The famed Red Baron during WW1 and is suppose death at the hands of Brown with plenty of air battles) 4. Gallipoli 1981 (Staring a young MEL Gibson with several scenes of the battle of Nek) 5. Flyboys 2006 (Has several interesting air battles) 6. Passchendaele (Story of Canadian infantry on the Western Front, and the Crucified Soldier with a big battle at the end) 7. All Quiet on the Western Front (A tv movie remake of the original, with several battles) 8. The Blue Max (Similar to Von Richthofen and Brown and Red Baron)
You really don't know movies older than 20 years? All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (1979) Sergeant York (1941) Paths of Glory (1957) Gallipoli (1981) The Lighthorsemen (1987) Un Long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) my favorite Captain Conan (1996)
@@PersonalityMalfunctionflamethrowers were used in ww1 and the Germans did complain about the use of shotguns, where is the "American myth" in this comment?
As a Canadian, you're absolutely right. I remember first learning about Canada's involvement in the Great War in grade 10. I couldn't believe that They're involvement was so much. The four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force turned the tide of the Western Front at Vimy Ridge. Canada always seems to get overlooked. Sir Arthur Currie is Canada's greatest generals in Canadian military history. He was way better than Douglas Haig.
War Horse is a fine film. However, I fail to understand the logic of the German encampment, out in the open, with presumably no pickets or guards on duty. The German machine guns positions in the tree line are to the rear of the open encampment, and their weapons are oriented toward their own camp. They could not logically open fire until their own men retreated to their rear, at which time the British cavalry charge would also be on top of them. The German camp could have been bait to lure the British Cavalry into the open for an ambush, but if so, the camped forces did not seem to be aware of it as they were cut down by sabers.
its a film without any logic. Obviously, this would never have happened in reality. Literally ONE machine gun could mow them all down and make a big carnage.
@@danielrief3927 Well it's better to have the battle take a some of the movie than having the battle on screen last the same amount of time it did in real life. That's why Saving Private Ryan's D-day scene didn't take 24 hours
WW1 was pure hell for the soldiers that fought. Some of these single battles lost a million lives on both sides for a mile of ground. At the first battle of the Somme there were 60,000 British deaths the first day of the months long battle.
@danrooc oh pfft. If that’s the case I don’t see what all the fuss is about! I mean, it’s JUST twenty thousand dead young men from a medium sized country in a single day. And another 40k horrible maimed, disfigured, and scarred.
i heard about a few veterans who came back from my grandfather, who fought in ww2. he said they never talked much, because after what they saw, they had nothing to say
Correct if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, WWI was the last war where cavalry charges were used by regular army forces, since, after that, machineguns (the only weapon who can effectively stop a cavalry charge) started to be used and produced in massive scale.
The third scene I like the first couple minutes really feels empty, like the empty emotion that soldiers were first to have when going into these fights, such bravery, I would not wanna walk onto a flat, muddy, and gray plain such as that
the choice of the last scene works perfectly to finish this compilation. After the charges, the gunshots, the explosions and the deaths, it was the frightened cries of the soldiers that were heard. It shocked me...
I watched the beginning scene with the horses on UA-cam and I saw comments talking about how all the horses lived, and I really think that it wasnt just that they had good air but it was to just symbolize that the soldiers were killed on the field
@@obi-wankenobi1750 whats the name of that random soldier...???!!!! Thats right, no One knows,or care. History love to remember names,and making heros. Thats why We all have and "love" The Red Baron ,do you like it or not .
If I've got to be honest, if it wasnt for the americans helping us out at the end. We wouldnt have won this war, the german militaries technology was way better and their intelligence aswell
I'm an American who believes the British army of 1918 was a war-winning force. After the failures of the German spring offensive the Brits were very successful at driving the German army back. The American battlefield contribution was important but did not rise to the level of the British or French in 1918. Where the American entry into the Western Front was decisive was in forcing the Germans into a massive offensive to try to end the war in 1918, lest they find themselves facing an enormous American army of 100 fresh divisions in 1919. Don't forget the Royal Navy's blockade that contributed mightily to the home front starvation Germany was facing that put extra pressure on her armies and caused much low morale and food shortages at the front.
You still think it's beautiful and sweet to die for your country, don't you? We used to think you knew. The first bombardment taught us better. It's dirty and painful to die for your country. When it comes to dying for your country, it's better not to die at all. There are millions out there dying for their countries. And what good is it? -Paul Bäumer, All Quite on the Western Front.
The bit about warhorse was when the horse broke through the German trenches single hoofed and galloped to Berlin up the Albertstresse and biffed the Kaiser seven times on the chin, knocking his tash side ways, then he run out at full gallop and without stopping raced to Gallipoli and defeated the Turk. Great movie
Hollywood has been around for nearly a century and still cant get battle scenes right. Its usually hit or miss. Why is there no studio that write and setup the scene that offers within a limited budget? A lot of the costs comes from creating their own stuff but cant there be a company that has pretty much everything they needed on hand that does most of the setup for them? A company that offers stunt people, costumes, and props as well as how the battle scene should be set up and filmed?
I would like to see movies on the Italian front and the almost unmentioned Japanese front when they are unlodging German territories in the pacific 1 by 1
Funfact, in the first or second battle or whatever, those cavalrymen are using rapiers, swords that were not at all designed for cavalry, infact, its harder to use a rapier when your riding on a horse
It all started in 1914 the bomb exploded, tanks, planes, mustard gas... You soldier are in no man's land, no one expects you to survive, we thought it would be with a rite of passage... but all we found was, pain, fear, and blood. Planes that at first were just for reconnaissance and became deadly weapons, after all that was why Santos Dumont killed himself. New weapons like the tank, were growing more and more, but the Germans invented the war zeppelins, a flying beast.. ........ God save me, every dead person had family, children, friends among others, and 16 million of those people, never saw them again, war is a horror, you never know what awaits the other aside, we sleep with rats, pests, insects. when rats are hungry, they eat our food, the only "good" thing we have, sometimes they don't pull bodies out of the trenches, most soldiers died in the trenches, you could step on a body at any time, the definition of war it's fear The most curious thing is that monsters aren't the ones under your bed......they're the men
So much life mowed down on mass. Breaks my hurt. All of this over human greed and pride. We bring the worst out of each other when we could unite and transcend together.
Does anyone in the whole world think for a moment the following : regardless ww2 , germans are also always bad guys in ww1? I mean austro-Hungary started the war right? Also you gotta give them credits for holding two fronts for 3 years without being invaded!
Imo WW1 Germany were in the same exact position as us, brought into war by a treaty with a country who had a treaty with a country who had a treaty with a country who went to war. By 1914 we all kinda knew that all this was bullshit, we treated the POW's fine and they didn't mind being POW's but for some reason probably a desire for medals and recognition the generals ordered the fighting to start again 26th December
The most famous WW1 novel and movie, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' portrays the war from the German side, as the protagonists. The Austrian film 'The Silent Mountain' shows both sides fairly equally, united in the horribleness of the Alpine conflict. 'The Red Baron' in this lineup, and 'Blue Max' both show the air war from the German perspective.
Austro-Hungary started the war, fucked up and got 1banged. Germany just supported an ally like everybody else and had to take all the blame for putting up one tough ass fight on both fronts. I feel sorry for the Germans ngl.
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I love how death is represented in the first charging scene not by blood and gore, but by contrasting the shot of soldiers charging, with the empty horses passing through.
While Artistically I can see how that works in this film. I'd feel a more impactful scene would be instead to have the horses and their riders being cutdown around the protagonist's mount. Witnessing the true power and horror of machine guns against cavalry, we have cuts in between where you see from the German perspective just how easy it is to mow down an entire regiment of cavalry. When it looks like the rider has gotten clear of the deluge, a snap, camera zooms in on the horse to give the impression of the horse being hit, a gasp of air before the camera zooms back out to see the riderless horse, the only riderless horse, in a field of dead nobles and their steeds.
@@Mistjeager
Your idea paints a very vivid picture.
@@docwill5056 No less vivid than other war scenes displayed in the same film. The Devonshire regiment attack and damn near getting annihilated by MGs, Arty and Rifle fire before the gas attack, shows the insane Napoleonic style tactics utilized in WW1 and it succeeds in bringing the horror of the First World War to the theatre and then the screen.
What bugs me is that we as an audience can witness the graphical violence done to men/women seen in the likes of Saving private ryan, War horse, Black hawk down, Generation kill etc. But we tow the line at some horses being gunned down? Outlaw king did a beautiful job representing the power of cavalry and, how to effectively counter without shying away from the fact that horses were just as much a target as the humans riding them.
@@Mistjeager
Curious how films and audiences are like that.
That scene from the film Warhorse
I always wondered why the krauts had machine gun emplacements pointing at their camp.
After watching this , i've got 2 things to say:
1. World War 1 was terrific and probably the scariest war that has ever happened.
2. I want to play Battlefield 1 so bad now.
Did you mean horrific?
@@theletter5664 yeah yeah... My grammar can suck sometimes.
@@Design--om2zx aight glad we got that cleared up
@@theletter5664 why did u reply after nearly 3 weeks lmao
@@Design--om2zx I don't get commend notifications but I get like notifications on occasion
cavalry charges are fun and games until the forest starts speaking mg08
American Vietnam movies are all fun and games until the trees start speaking Vietnamese, and not on script
@@stereowired Actually, the ground can speak Vietnamese too.
@User Name Allied fighter patrols in ww1 are all fun and games until they see a red plane heading their way
Barbarossa is all fun and games until you hear soviet anthem.
@@stereowired pretty ironic
Welcome to the comments, where everyone is a general or historian
@ Laoshi He won't be happy until the dead from the war comment
Well let’s be honest for someone to watch this kind of video you at least have to be above averagely educated on the subject.
@@j.r1158 yeah but the person in question is by no means a military strategist or a general they’re generally some loser
@@j.r1158 The avg joe is not going to care for inaccuracies like seriously
hamafufa mhmhm mahaou
it would be cool to see other factions besides british and 1 french scene. like the Russians, Austrians, Serbians, Italians, and ottomans
yes you right they showes only the western front side
@@jacobnaroditzky7024 Who are Ottomans ?
@@tsmlaska7761 The Ottoman Empire
@@Borek385 Ottomans Are Arab ?
@@tsmlaska7761 no and the arabs wanted independance from then in ww1
That whistle blow makes my heart skip a beat.
How frightening it must have been for the soldiers, to hear that shrill sound. Like death calling for them.
For some I'm sure it was a relief, after days/weeks of trench life with the mud, cold, rats and influenza.
@@raymondduck6492 Crazy how death is the only cure to such horror.
To be honest it must have been just as anxiety inducing to the defenders hearing the whistle blow and seeing a giant mass of men rise from their trenches and charge towards them
Nope, just because you had a fear of it, it doesnt mean they feared it.
@@Godisgood007 well actually, not all of them feared it due to something called a "machinegun"
That cavalry attack was absurd at first, but then I saw the horror of something seemingly out of time to the modern mechanical changing face of war, being slain by a sword while shaving and trampled over by dozens of horses !!
@@amadeus1112 cavalry sabers were designed to slash and slice in tight situations like the cutlass so the way they used them was accurate
Cavalry charges only really happened at the outset of the conflict. They soon realised they were no match for rows of machine guns. ANZACs carried out cavalry charges in the middle east I believe, but don't quote me.
That's like the dumbest thing they did in that first scene is keep charging.... against machine guns.
Movies that keep doing that is just retarded. Oh look we see a machine gun let's keep going oh no more machine guns! Sir! Do we keep going? Wut!? Ok then!
@@koreancowboy42 Its useless if they retreat, the germans still can obliterate them easily since they use a machine gun. Its a lot more better than retreat and still getting killed. So theres 2 choice, attack the enemy position or retreat and get killed without making any damage against the enemy.
Why did they have a ridiculous amount of machine guns set up facing back at their position? seems sus. They never really charged in after they realised how stupid it was but cavalry divisions would ride to a battle and dismount, which is still faster than infantry.
My great grandfather was a Marine in WWI. I never got to meet him as he passed away a few years before I was born. However I cannot help but think about the horrors he witnessed while watching a film about the war.
Battle of belleau wood
Black lives matter
He could be watching these films through you
Awwwwwwww thanks for your service r.i.p❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
How is that possible? when were u born? If Ur grandpa was in WW1, then he would be like 92 years old. by the 2000
Imagine actually going through those experiences. My goodness they were brave in the extreme. Forget the context of it and visualise running towards death. RIP all of them no matter their allegiances.
Well they were trapped into a 3 meter hole called trench and officers usually got those who went out a trial and shot... People can not imagine how psychology of people play vital role in submiting people to all type of body torture...They did that to me back in 2012 and 2013 they did my bronchoscopy...I didn-t complain because I know my duty was to see from what I am ill...Than I went to operation that almost killed me and thru chemio therapy...Than in 2014 we putted sand bags because of river flood...So I don-t need to imagine I was in some sort of this...
In todays workd is all about feminism and women empowerment 😂😂 people forget sooo easy 😢
Brave? They had little choice…
Please don't think i offend them with this, but I am currently reading a diary of a French soldier (Louis Barthas), and they don't want to be called brave, they don't want do be called glorious, they just wanted people to know what the war was really like, because the propaganda at that time showed the war as a glorious event, and that the bleeding people were heroes, but they didn't care about the (psychic) wounded soldiers without blood.... I am glad that videos like this show how it was, but most of the soldiers weren't brave, and don't like to be called that way. All they cared about (at least Louis Barthas), was that people know that it was absolute hell there. If you haven't read the book yet, I would really advice you to! It is beatifully written, and shows the horrors of WW1 even better than the movies.
Wie krank das alles war. Nur damit Generäle sagen können wir toll sie sind. Und es hört nie auf
Every scene is brutal but the last one is so horrific. You can really see how strong men were broken and you can really see just how shell shock affects people in the moment.
The scene at 2:50 where the horses ride past the Germans without riders is a display of the devestating power of machine guns against cavalry and infantry
Это совсем не реалистично
that was so satisfying
@@kaizerbekov9093 where you there? No so shut up
Lol. The horses would have been mowed down too. If anything it was unrealistic and way too tame. Also doesn't make sense why'd you have machine guns pointed at your own camp.
@@RedPantyNight why’d you put lol at the start bro
These movies, which mostly show British attacks on the Western front, seem to be overly influenced by the carnage of the first day of the Somme. The reality is that these attacks were often successful at the tactical level but due to the limitations of transport and communications they were rarely if ever translated into strategic gains. Also, they never show the devastation of the defending trenches where the British barrage often destroyed the first line of defense and the attacking waves sometimes walked in to little opposition. Of course, these successes were short lived as the Germans often successfully counterattacked.
Not to be too cavalier about these horrifying battles, there certainly were plenty of attacks where the British or French troops were slaughtered en masse. Still a head-scratcher as to why the generals kept doing the same kind of attacks over and over.
All of these clips were from films made in the 21st century. I'm guessing the creator hasn't seen such outstanding WW1 films as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Sergeant York (1941), or Paths of Glory (1956 or 57), all of which contained realistic battle scenes worthy of this video.
Unfortunately, I have not seen these movies. But in the future, based on the comments, I will try to create another part.
Yo wtf how long did that take
You didn't even mention the Bunny Rabbit Brigade. Total fail.
@Dark Craft Sergent Hoppy of the 365th Jack Rabbit Brigade.
Um dude... that's because they were showing the first day of the Somme lol
Tho I have the deepest respect for all soldiers who served in WW1, I am still trying to understand how a bayonnet charge against German machine gun fire was ever considered an effective battle strategy. I dunno, maybe try laying down some precise rifle fire from a distance? Train more marksmen?
Wasn't exactly a way around the trenches
They didn't charge straight into the machine guns like in the movies. Machine guns were typically placed on the ends of each sector to provide crossfire against advancing men. And WW1 trenches were a lot closer than most people realize. 100 yards was standard, and as close as 10 or 20 yards in some places.
Easy to see that with hindsight. At the time there were generals who still thought that cavalry would win the war. The First World War was truly the dawn of modern warfare as we know it; although the participants at the time didn't fully understand that, especially in the early stages. It was essentially trial and errror at the expense of hundreds of thousands of lives.
I know this might sound dumb but why just charge into the MG fire? Like you have a rifle. Get some suppressing fire on those MG-08’s. It made no sense why you would just charge and not fire your rifle.
@@browmaster2197 Because there's a lot more than just a machine gun shooting at you, rifle fire, mortars and large caliber artillery would all be raining down on you. All that while you're on open ground, attacking a fortified position and crossing barbed wire. It's not very easy to just supress a machine gun.
that first war horse scene is every battlefield 1 server in a nutshell
I was looking for this this comment! I knew I couldn't the only one to think this lmao. Dsmn horses are pretty much fucking invincible in that game..
@@GeniusInALamp haha
@@GeniusInALamp even if you shoot the horse 1 time it won't die
Annoying shits whenever I use tanks
How benevolent of those nice German chappies not to shoot the horses!
It's a sign of respect
@@MeowMeow-tl4xh Foram + de 500.000.000 milhões de cavalos mortos na ww1, e você acha que os alemães os pouparam?
@@marcoscastro9099 8 million not 500 billion lmao
@@marcoscastro9099 if 5hat many were killed there wouldn't be any left
@@marcoscastro9099 there aren't 500 billion horses on earth, do you know how preposterously massive a number 500 billion is?? There aren't even 8 billion humans on earth.
I'm surprised Lawrence of Arabia isn't in here, but these are awesome, The Red Baron is my favorite though
Red Baron wasn’t good as a film and plot itself, more of just a tool for the appreciation of Richthofen and a withdrawal of war heroes being a taboo in Germany.
The scene was good though.
@@stereowired I meant my favorite scene was the one from the Red Baron
Mine to 🇩🇪
@@aiseanaivalu2143 yeah I know that
What about the white baron ungern Sternberg?
The reality that this collection of ww1 action battles is on a par and even more impactful than the Private Ryan beach scenes were. I, glad that these movies reflect the stark reality of real WW1 war was truly like, thank you for showing us these scenes the shock and horror comes across as it truly should.
I see no blood and guts on these scene
watch a series called 'The anzacs' old but gold and it really shows the horror of that war.
Private Ryan is most stupid movie I ever seen. It feels like dark humor instead of serious movie.
Most ot these scenes range from poor to complete rubbish. Troop deployoments void of any tactical sense but loads of brainless CGI and fireworks instead. The only scenes that look slightly realistic is the one involving French troops (timestamp 11:00) and - to a lesser degree - the last one. The French scene (Joyeux Noel) because it shows a time early in the war when "human wave" assaults really still were a standard procedure. The latter because it looks as if a infantry unit gets surprised by a well timed counter barrage as it prepares itself for an attack and is therefor quite exposed. What those flares were intendet for I don't know but I don't want to pretend to know it all either. The scene from "lost battalion" maybe was the least bad of the bad ones as the Amercians were rather new to the business so they might have used some outdated tactics but even they should have been taught in the use of light machine gun units (Chauchat/BAR), small teams, surpressing fire, hand grenades and such. After all, it was 1918 already. The special effects and the fireworks isn't as much over the top as the other movies either but still... after all it is from a movie who's basic message of 'muricans showing those lame europeans how to fight is an insult to all the victims of WWI to begin with.
@@JosipRadnik1it is very likely the flares were to mark their position for artillery, as you can faintly hear the thumps of guns moments after it disappears
The world war 1 battle in legends of the fall was pretty damn epic too
(American forces attack)(14:02-14:05)
Damn i searched for this comment that movie is my absolutely fucking favourite movie, glad someone mentioned it
Yes that was Canadian troops vs Germans in the Ypres Salient.
World War One has always held a certain fascination with me because it was such a pivotal point in human history, the end of the Victorian Era and the beginning of the modern era that we live in today. It's also right at the edge of living memory. Veteran's of World War 1 were still with us until the 1960s and as such we actually know what the war was like still it's hard to imagine armies still using horses and swords getting ripped apart by machine guns and large artillery piece's. Technology had advanced so much that few Western Countries had ever used any of the new modern weapons that had just become available in a real war and as such they couldn't predict just how devasting modern war could be until they were right in middle of it. That's why the first few months of the war started out much like wars fought in the 19th century with calvary charges and large lines of infantry clashing in open fields. Of course that quickly gave way to trenches once it became apparent that fighting out in the open was suicide. Then the rest of the war became about trying to find a way to cross no man's land and reach the enemy trenches without being wiped off the face of the earth. By the time the US got involved technology and military tactics had evolved enough for armies to actually leave the trenches and go on the offensive but it was still extremely costly fighting out in the open even with the cover of tanks and creeping artillery barrages. The US was extremely fortunate to have sat out most of the war because in space of just 19 months the US lost over a hundred thousand men. Had we entered the war earlier that figure would have been much much higher.
It was The AEF and the Australians, who actually started getting things done, breakthroughs through the German lines, by doing things a bit differently...to the dismay of the brits, who wanted everyone to continue with the 'over the top and get slaughter' routine.
That's why the brits insisted on the extremely costly 'Meuse-Argonne' offensive, when American Troops had been making breakthroughs together with the French Renault tanks elsewhere along the front lines...
Yeah, that's not accurate. Monash was supported by the British from the beginning and he learnt it in the Boer War from the Dutch.
I’ve seen a lot of war movies but All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) has been the one that really puts into a perspective of the horrors of war on such high levels at least to me. Even more than Saving Private Ryan.
The British covered one of the shortest frontline of the war but they are everywhere.
And the Americans won WW2.
Sadly we live in a Anglo globalist world so unfortunately we speak English and not Latin to communicate with each other and the films are always on anglos perspective.
@@PersonalityMalfunctionI don’t think the allies won WW2 just because of America, yes they ended it with the Atomic Bomb and helped massively with forces, but they joined years late and had no intention of joining the war, they were just going to let it happen, the Americans only joined because they were attacked by the Japanese not because they wanted to help, the British was a superpower at the time and although damaged badly at Dunkirk, was able to fend off the Nazi scum at the Battle of Britain in 1940, although, Britain being just an island didn’t have the resources to fight a massive counter attack against the Nazi Reich and with almost the whole of Europe under German control, Britain would not have won on its own. The USSR would not have survived if the winter didn’t massively ruin and holdback German troops just like Napoleon. And America would not have won alone either, WW2 was a massive team effort and I give credit to America and Russia for supporting and helping end the war, however I think a lot of people are mislead by thinking Europe was a complete disaster and it was the amazing, heroic, gorgeous Americans that swooped in and took the Nazis by the throat, however that’s just stupid and not true, Britain, only 21 years before had just fought WW1 with a great victory and now was in another, but still able to survive and win along side Russia and America. And of course I can’t forget all of the heroic colonies of Britain such as India, Canada, New Zealand etc, that joined in with the war effort. So as much as America did help, they didn’t “win” the war, and neither would have Britain alone, As I said before, it was a team effort and that’s what we need to remember, there were no taking single countries sides in that war, it was Allie victory or Axis victory, but the Allies didn’t merely win because of one country, we must remember all those who sacrificed their lives so that we may live on.
@Morgsm There's another aspect of WWI that needs to be mentioned - all the executions for 'cowardice' that took place.
Most of the 'cowards' who were executed, were shell-shocked 16-17 year old boys who had lied about their age, to 'join the great adventure', only to crack under the prolonged and devastating artillery pounding, and were found wandering around dazed, and disoriented. They were arrested on sight, and after a short 'trial', (some trials took only 20 mins-½ hour) they were sentenced to be 'shot at dawn'. Often they were shot already the following morning.
The Italians carried out the most such executions, then the French, closely followed by the British (they also shot Canadians, New Zealanders)
The Germans executed considerably fewer of their troops.
America and Australia did not execute their own troops for 'cowardice'.
God damn that’s awful
Fair comment. But no one said war made sense.
I remember a movie I saw when I was a kid, about an italian soldier that came back to its command post saying that he was from lthe 76th batallion. He is taken prisioner and executed for cowardice on site because "the unit 76 was anihilated and there were no survivors"
@@AlexHuertaA can you remember the title?
They were actually quite rare
Gotta say, those riderless horses really hit home. Damn impressive on the call of the director.
3:22
And it was then human civilization decided that calvary charges weren’t quite that grand anymore
Tbh the Western Front was one of the exceptions due to it's different nature compared to the other Fronts, trench warfare has been raging there for quite some time due to the stalemate, the constant shelling had turned the land into a mass of craters, mud, destroyed barbed wire and remnants of poison gas, so it would already be quite difficult for horses to traverse it, combine it with the fact that most of the men were entrenched behind rows of barbed wire and machine guns and you get the reason why cavalry was totally obsolete in the Western Front.
In most other fronts cavalry remained extremelly important tho, from the large open plains of the Eastern Front to the deserts of the Palestine and Macedonian Front, cavalry remained almost as effective as before for most of the war.
WW1 is such a fascinating war in terms of technology. In the beginning (as you see here in war horse) its starts off of with swords on horse back, non practical war uniforms, and bolt action rifles. Then Towards the end you have machine guns, chemical warfare, aerial dog fights, tanks, and flame throwers. Its too bad there are not enough WW1 films that cover a variety of topics, and many and I mean many of them are love stories with fictional characters. I cannot find a single film that has anything to do with Tank warfare? Here are some WW1 related films I enjoy for various reasons:
Sarajevo (2014)
I can assure you, they still used bolt action rifles at the end of the war
@@cmdrgarbage1895 Well yeah I know that. They were using bolt action in WWII. I'm just commenting on how fast everything changed.
And that all in just 4 years
@@cmdrgarbage1895 soldiers still use bolt action rifles today actually
@@cmdrgarbage1895 Now start russian war against Ukraine.
DAD: WAR IS HELL. That's what my dad wrote his dad during the Battle of the Bulge when US Army was desperately trying to cross Belgium and enter Germany. His own Dad knew what he meant, he himself having fought in Ardennes during WWI.
the stories they could tell. If they wrote them down you should share them.
@@RileyDude27 I have them in his letters. Also I recollected what he told my older brothers. And at his deathbed his fear of answering The Lord why he killed so many Chinese in North Korea when leading a Tank Unit, probably hundreds of them. I can write them down, but who would read it? Don't think any publisher would be interested. My dad went to France-Belgium- Germany, later on to Korea. They wanted him to go to Vietnam, promising to make him a General in a short time (two promotions). He retired instead, he's not the type of man who'd lead men into battle from a desk or on the rear of the army. The US Army wouldn't let a Colonel or General to go inside a tank shooting at the enemy right in front of him. I suspect that's why he declined. God only knows. He got two important condecorations for war service. He died on 1970s. He (and his Company) entered the atomic bomb site in New Mexico during the Oppenheimer test, as the Army needed to see if soldiers could go in after a blast and finish off the enemy. 60% of them died of cancer eventually, including him. He had one last battle against communists shooting towards the Canal Zone civilians back in 1964. Then he retired years later having turned down Vietnam.
Holy shit
@@santagemma6212 Man, he felt like going to war when the ww2 wasn't enough for him
Such precision to literally hit all the soldiers and not the horses.
some horses, were not hit, no doubt as many were.
they are trying to send a message to the veiwers but I agree
I guess it's because they can't teach horses to pretend their shot
Its funny in any machine gun, musket, vs cavalry how the horse never dies and those muskets and machine guns just got precise aiming
but some horses did die. in fact quite a few did. but you would shoot for the riders wouldn't you?
cavalry-horse=foot soldier
cavalry-man=random horse
@@pitedapollo6175 of course hopefully it hit the actual target instead of horses. Its just funny that hollywood has made musket fire, machine gun fire, like magnetic bullets that find a human target
@@churclan000 but some horses did die. it just wasn't shown because the clip was cut off
Horses are big muscular creatures. I wouldnt be surprised if many of the horses running past the guns were in fact riddled with bullets, but were in a state of frenzied shock before finally succumbing to the wounds
@@churclan000 After the attack the camera shows us a birds' perspective of the battlefield and you can see many dead horses. It just wasn't included here.
Many troops drowned in the water-filled craters, and often there was mustard gas remaining in the craters.
Yeah the mustard gas wouldn’t dissipate and would pool at the bottom of the craters. Guys who fell into these suffered a truly nightmarish fate. Most of them wouldn’t die from mustard gas (as it usually wasn’t lethal) but the burns and damage it does to your body is arguably worse than death.
In the book “all quiet on the western front” they hide in graves during a gas/artillery barrage, and it describes how some of the inexperienced soldiers took off their masks when they saw other soldiers take theirs off. The problem is is that they were still in the graves, and the mustard gas pooled in them and they breathed them in
3:34 “when going through he’ll keep going” literally it must of been hell for those lads good on em
My great grandfather participated in Eastern Front WW1 (Russian Empire). I'm proud of him.
Hey..
You can be
@@nilsbartolini8654 hey
First, it probably wasn’t as heroic as the movies. Second, he may not have had an option to not be there.
Can't believe the comment section. This happened. WW1 was a horrific conflict and we should never forget those who lost their lives
Very true. What happened was absolutely horrific and we should never forget that, or repeat it.
hard to remember people i didn't know.
I am so grateful that the British empire finally learned that forcing boys into open fire is the dumbest thing you can do.
Flyboy is another very good one.
It tells the story of the first American fighter pilots that were trained by the French to fight the Germans
A squadron of black, lesbian lawyers, led by a gorgeous blond supermodel whose only problem is realising how superior she is?
@@PersonalityMalfunctionwhat the fuck are you on about?
"We'll take the Anthill!".
One of the best WW1 movies ever.
During the 1st day of the '1st Somme', the British lost 60 000 men. The 1st day!
The idiot butcher douglas haig said, from the château he was 'billeted' in, that he "didn't think that was so bad".
60 000. That's a medium sized town.
Weren't these casualties and not dead? Still terrible ik, but I just wanna be sure...
That’s normal, in Asia we have battle with nearly 1 millions battle to the death.
@堺金 is it just like a never ending free-for-all in Asia?
Everybody remenber the Somme because of british lost but the french done quit well on this battle
Another Black Adder history degree recipient.
Thanks for including a scene from The Lost Battalion, a truly underrated American WWI film.
One of my favorite movies
That wasn't even the best battle scene in that movie
@@obi-wankenobi1750 what is the name of this movie ????
My grandfather was an Italian immigrant promised a job in a WV coal mine if he joined. He served with 1st Infantry Division and was wounded twice and received a Silver Star for gallant conduct in both American offensives of WWI. He later worked as a miner underground in WV until his death from black lung. His PTSD was severe and had problems with alcohol and anger. His seven kids all grew up solid citizens with successful and happy lives. His great grandkids have no idea what he did for them. Expect mine. Grandad’s picture hangs in my living room with his military discharge and war decorations. He was most proud of the good conduct medal. It was harder to get than Purple Hearts.
Love the bro who instantly starts playing the bagpipes he already knows everyone’s gonna die
I know you're joking, but it was really something the British did iirc for some shit like "improve moral and duty to king & country" crap
The MG is crazy accurate! I didn't see a single horse get hit!
It's hard to hit a CGI horse.
- makes troops get out of crater hole, charge until in direct line of MGs fire, stop & fix bayonets -
+10 tactics
Mission first. The MG is a large amount of fire power, its essential to neutralize it. As you saw it was dug in meaning close quarter combat is probable. The sergeant probably knows its death but a better option then sitting in the open where artillery probably has the data to repeat. Repeat is reserved for whom?
@@davidclark7758 or maybe instead of fixing his bayonet he could have maybe idk shot back? Or have them throw grenades in the bunkers when they’re tgat close. But no let’s rush in all right at the line of fire of the mg
If you are a fan of these Old World War I films look up on UA-cam Johnny got his gun either by the digital remastered version or there is a free version of the full movie on somebody's Channel. It's based on a true story of this American Soldier who was sent to France. His limbs and face got blown off by artillery fire while on a night scouting mission. They were spotted and Germany already had the location zeroed in. He is still alive but can't see, speak, move or communicate in any way. The military and doctors decided to keep him and (not in the movie but they did experiment on him.) He remembered morse code from when he was a child. His father spoke to him about how he and a childhood friend would string a wire so they could telegraph to eachother. He got the attention of one nurse over time with slight body movements. She begain to notice his head moving in a conscious state. She tried to end his suffering by cutting his oxygen but she was stopped by a military officer. They brought in a soldier, officers, and many doctors to figure out what he was saying.
*shakes head*
"S-O-S, Kill me, S-O-S, Kill me." Over and over again untill they decide to keep him alive locked away and noone knows what really went on.
The movie was based off a book by the same title, "Johnny Got His Gun." By Dalton Trumbo.
Look up "Johnny Got His Gun 1971" and youll find the free vid
It's also the story that inspired Metallica's "One" and they used parts if the film in the music video. I'm pretty sure they ended up buying the rights to the film after a while
I love the look on the British cavalry guy's face when he sees the German machine gunner. He and his friends have enjoyed an easy, cowardly "victory" butchering half-asleep, fleeing men, but now that the enemy can fight back, it's his time to die. Suddenly war isn't so glorious, is it?
As an American, I usually root for my side (the right side in WW1 and WW2) but the smug phony gallantry of those British cutting down unarmed men and then getting gunned down by REAL weapons, made me smile a little.
And you can argue all you want that there were no good or bad guys in WW1 but the Ottomans were unequivocally evil, the rape of Belgium was a thing, and the Germans were sinking our ships, and trying to get Mexico to fight us. Seems pretty bad to me. Obviously it wasn’t as extreme as it was in WW2 but I think there still was a “bad side”.
Ur just super anti British that’s why u enjoyed it.
thats what you took from that? Jesus Christ youre a phycho
The amount of work that went into making these scenes is awe-inspiring. I wish these were all works of fiction however.
Death of comrades of arms is a great tragedy. But men,who lost them can't forget about them
The more I learn about these battles, the more I realize there were hundreds of people involved.
Millions.
To say the least, yes 😂
There were literally millions of people involved (WTF!?)
@@Idcanymore510 that was the joke, bud.
@@ZachLagrandeur LOL!!
That first battle just shows how unready both sides were being ambushed like that
Really wish this list had included the battle scene in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Arguably one of the best.
The Centenary was a let down. I understand how most all films center on British fronts, meaning somethings amazing on screen are missed (like Carpetto's mountain and frozen battles, or the whole Estern Front of course). Still, several places where Britain fought have been neglected: Tanganyika, Dunsterforce, Greece etc. But I would really love most of all is a cinematic version of Jutland and the last great naval battle without airplanes. But thanks much for the compilation!
01:03 -03:25 No combat guards. No more patrols. You're just setting up a Boy Scout camp in the middle of a field... Seriously?!?! The next thing I want to see is the Polish spearmen attacking the tanks... Mounted spearmen. Ulans.
You know that polish cavalry never really charged german tanks in ww2 ( if that is what you are talking about ). The widespread myth comes from german propaganda and a specific battle were polish cavalry charged a batallion of light and mid infantry. Not tanks
You should do another top ten ww1 movies, with movies/battles set in other regions of the war, I can name a few films for that list
I'll have a problem with availability of good quality content :/
@@morgsm. but you didnt answered his cquestion. ._.
@@chillmusic3491 I am waiting for your movie suggestions 👍
@@morgsm.
1. Lawerance of Arabia (Has several brief Battles likes attack on Aqaba )
2. The Lighthorsemen (Shows several minor Battles and of course the biggest battles the famed Charge at Beersheba)
3. Von Richthofen and Brown (A films telling of the life of The famed Red Baron during WW1 and is suppose death at the hands of Brown with plenty of air battles)
4. Gallipoli 1981 (Staring a young MEL Gibson with several scenes of the battle of Nek)
5. Flyboys 2006 (Has several interesting air battles)
6. Passchendaele (Story of Canadian infantry on the Western Front, and the Crucified Soldier with a big battle at the end)
7. All Quiet on the Western Front (A tv movie remake of the original, with several battles)
8. The Blue Max (Similar to Von Richthofen and Brown and Red Baron)
Those horses sure are bullet-proof.
You really don't know movies older than 20 years?
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (1979)
Sergeant York (1941)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Gallipoli (1981)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Un Long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) my favorite
Captain Conan (1996)
Crazy to think they began with riding horses and ending with tanks
Germany in WWI: "Shotguns are inhumane and should be a war crime!!"
Rolls up with a flamethrower: "its all good!"
An American myth. Didn't happen.
@@PersonalityMalfunctionflamethrowers were used in ww1 and the Germans did complain about the use of shotguns, where is the "American myth" in this comment?
tbf everyone used flamethrowers
@@PersonalityMalfunction👈🏼 this bot eats its own boogers
WAR HOUSE IS PROBS ONE OF THE BEST WW1 MOVIES EVER
Still innacurate
I wish there was a movie about Vimy Ridge, that battle has so much historical significance to not have a movie based on it
Mostly an epithet about the futility of war. Soon after Vimy was taken, at great cost, it was lost to the Germans, again.
As a Canadian, you're absolutely right. I remember first learning about Canada's involvement in the Great War in grade 10. I couldn't believe that They're involvement was so much. The four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force turned the tide of the Western Front at Vimy Ridge. Canada always seems to get overlooked. Sir Arthur Currie is Canada's greatest generals in Canadian military history. He was way better than Douglas Haig.
@@jordanluyendyk1281come on most of the conventions were created because of Canada in ww1. Good job guys.
Man, we need you on UA-cam today...
War Horse is a fine film. However, I fail to understand the logic of the German encampment, out in the open, with presumably no pickets or guards on duty. The German machine guns positions in the tree line are to the rear of the open encampment, and their weapons are oriented toward their own camp. They could not logically open fire until their own men retreated to their rear, at which time the British cavalry charge would also be on top of them. The German camp could have been bait to lure the British Cavalry into the open for an ambush, but if so, the camped forces did not seem to be aware of it as they were cut down by sabers.
its a film without any logic. Obviously, this would never have happened in reality. Literally ONE machine gun could mow them all down and make a big carnage.
@@danielrief3927 Well it's better to have the battle take a some of the movie than having the battle on screen last the same amount of time it did in real life. That's why Saving Private Ryan's D-day scene didn't take 24 hours
WW1 was pure hell for the soldiers that fought. Some of these single battles lost a million lives on both sides for a mile of ground. At the first battle of the Somme there were 60,000 British deaths the first day of the months long battle.
Some 60,000 casualties. A third of whom were fatalities.
@danrooc oh pfft. If that’s the case I don’t see what all the fuss is about! I mean, it’s JUST twenty thousand dead young men from a medium sized country in a single day. And another 40k horrible maimed, disfigured, and scarred.
imagine being in a war like this btw movies are amazing
i heard about a few veterans who came back from my grandfather, who fought in ww2. he said they never talked much, because after what they saw, they had nothing to say
@@pitedapollo6175 ok
Correct if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, WWI was the last war where cavalry charges were used by regular army forces, since, after that, machineguns (the only weapon who can effectively stop a cavalry charge) started to be used and produced in massive scale.
Actually it was ww2 Italy Japan French and Germany still used cavalry a lot
Should’ve shown the last battle scene for “ Passchendaele “
War horse, and that cavalry charge in specific was probably the scene that got me engrossed in military combat
My great grandfather was in the 101st light horse division in ww1
i love how they dont kill horses, but yeah thats right horses are innocent.
3:00 I find it hard to believe the horses are unscaved...
Camping in the open field with no cover; just brilliant!
The third scene I like the first couple minutes really feels empty, like the empty emotion that soldiers were first to have when going into these fights, such bravery, I would not wanna walk onto a flat, muddy, and gray plain such as that
the choice of the last scene works perfectly to finish this compilation. After the charges, the gunshots, the explosions and the deaths, it was the frightened cries of the soldiers that were heard. It shocked me...
sum of all = all quiet on the western front
I watched the beginning scene with the horses on UA-cam and I saw comments talking about how all the horses lived, and I really think that it wasnt just that they had good air but it was to just symbolize that the soldiers were killed on the field
When scotish musician started play I am not surprise everybody run out of trench.
Hhahahaha omg that's funny
That Red Triplane, its Epic.
That's What Legends are made of.
Yeah until some random machine gunner on the ground shoots him down
@@obi-wankenobi1750 whats the name of that random soldier...???!!!!
Thats right, no One knows,or care.
History love to remember names,and making heros.
Thats why We all have and "love" The Red Baron ,do you like it or not .
@João Rodrigues the guy’s name was Cedric Popkin lol.
Stfu
If I've got to be honest, if it wasnt for the americans helping us out at the end. We wouldnt have won this war, the german militaries technology was way better and their intelligence aswell
I'm an American who believes the British army of 1918 was a war-winning force. After the failures of the German spring offensive the Brits were very successful at driving the German army back. The American battlefield contribution was important but did not rise to the level of the British or French in 1918. Where the American entry into the Western Front was decisive was in forcing the Germans into a massive offensive to try to end the war in 1918, lest they find themselves facing an enormous American army of 100 fresh divisions in 1919.
Don't forget the Royal Navy's blockade that contributed mightily to the home front starvation Germany was facing that put extra pressure on her armies and caused much low morale and food shortages at the front.
@@jeremyd1869 WHY R ALL YOUR COMMENTS SO LONG
@@ArthurPendragonyearsago Guess I have a lot to say. (You don't have to read them.)
@@jeremyd1869 it wasn't an insult or anything like that I was just saying
@@ArthurPendragonyearsago I didn't take it that way at all. No worries.
You still think it's beautiful and sweet to die for your country, don't you? We used to think you knew. The first bombardment taught us better. It's dirty and painful to die for your country. When it comes to dying for your country, it's better not to die at all. There are millions out there dying for their countries. And what good is it?
-Paul Bäumer, All Quite on the Western Front.
The bit about warhorse was when the horse broke through the German trenches single hoofed and galloped to Berlin up the Albertstresse and biffed the Kaiser seven times on the chin, knocking his tash side ways, then he run out at full gallop and without stopping raced to Gallipoli and defeated the Turk. Great movie
😂😂😂😂😂
😂 exactly. Hollywood sucks
You forget "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" who is a insane french movie
1:21 the definition of caught off guard
Hollywood has been around for nearly a century and still cant get battle scenes right. Its usually hit or miss. Why is there no studio that write and setup the scene that offers within a limited budget? A lot of the costs comes from creating their own stuff but cant there be a company that has pretty much everything they needed on hand that does most of the setup for them? A company that offers stunt people, costumes, and props as well as how the battle scene should be set up and filmed?
looks like you just found your new business venture lol
@@hermitant9 probably not. Hollywood is a cut throat industry that doesnt make any money. At least on paper.
they do it like this because it is cheaper. otherwise they wouldnt do it like this lol
I would like to see movies on the Italian front and the almost unmentioned Japanese front when they are unlodging German territories in the pacific 1 by 1
The Lost Battalion....one great depiction of the war!
A l’ouest, rien de nouveau:)
Ww1 is the best war better than ww2
How can you say WW1 is better than WW2 can you do the math on the death rate compared to WW2 neither war was better
and... where is Russian empire? it would be impossible to win that war without them, they reduced the pressure of the Germans on Europe
:/
In a future I will try to add films WWI with the Russian empire
And italy?
Yo Russia got their asses absolutely handed to them by the Germans in ww1 their only point was to hold down the Austro Hungarians
Yea but they fucked up still
the hand to hand scene in "Passchendaele (2008)" is absolutely brutal. would of been a good addition to the list
I wouldn’t call it a “epic” battle scene, this is sad because it’s a real event and this actually happened to millions of soldiers
Epic doesn’t have to mean great.
It can mean “grand in scale”
Funfact, in the first or second battle or whatever, those cavalrymen are using rapiers, swords that were not at all designed for cavalry, infact, its harder to use a rapier when your riding on a horse
Did you spot the French soldier?
Well the German artillery sure did.
#oversimplified
I like this Historical story salute to the soldiers Great History 👌👌
It all started in 1914 the bomb exploded, tanks, planes, mustard gas... You soldier are in no man's land, no one expects you to survive, we thought it would be with a rite of passage... but all we found was, pain, fear, and blood. Planes that at first were just for reconnaissance and became deadly weapons, after all that was why Santos Dumont killed himself. New weapons like the tank, were growing more and more, but the Germans invented the war zeppelins, a flying beast.. ........ God save me, every dead person had family, children, friends among others, and 16 million of those people, never saw them again, war is a horror, you never know what awaits the other aside, we sleep with rats, pests, insects. when rats are hungry, they eat our food, the only "good" thing we have, sometimes they don't pull bodies out of the trenches, most soldiers died in the trenches, you could step on a body at any time, the definition of war it's fear
The most curious thing is that monsters aren't the ones under your bed......they're the men
The Red baron is the BEST air battle movie ever
TYSM
So much life mowed down on mass. Breaks my hurt. All of this over human greed and pride. We bring the worst out of each other when we could unite and transcend together.
Не хватает фильма "1917" и "На Западном фронте без перемен".
Muy buena eleccion....👍
Names of the movies would be a great help.
You can find it in the description
3:30 blowpipe man never dies. That is the old cameraman.
Does anyone in the whole world think for a moment the following : regardless ww2 , germans are also always bad guys in ww1? I mean austro-Hungary started the war right? Also you gotta give them credits for holding two fronts for 3 years without being invaded!
Imo WW1 Germany were in the same exact position as us, brought into war by a treaty with a country who had a treaty with a country who had a treaty with a country who went to war. By 1914 we all kinda knew that all this was bullshit, we treated the POW's fine and they didn't mind being POW's but for some reason probably a desire for medals and recognition the generals ordered the fighting to start again 26th December
The most famous WW1 novel and movie, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' portrays the war from the German side, as the protagonists.
The Austrian film 'The Silent Mountain' shows both sides fairly equally, united in the horribleness of the Alpine conflict.
'The Red Baron' in this lineup, and 'Blue Max' both show the air war from the German perspective.
Austro-Hungary started the war, fucked up and got 1banged. Germany just supported an ally like everybody else and had to take all the blame for putting up one tough ass fight on both fronts. I feel sorry for the Germans ngl.
Sadly we don't often see movie characterising the shock trooper tactic that inspired modern infantry tactics.