My great grandad took part in this battle. We always had his medals but never knew the whole story so we contacted the 36th Ulster Div curator through Facebook and we got got his military number from the back of his military medals they found all his documents, wound pensions, letters from a certain nurse that treated him VERY WELL to the point the curator said you may have family in Southern England lol, payroll, citations pretty much everything He was shot through the chest at the Somme and was sent back to England and then was sent back again and was wounded by shrapnel on the arms By the time the war ended he was was a 20 year old battle hardened veteran wounded severely twice He then went on to serve in the Royal Navy as an engineer alongside my Grandad (his son) also an engineer (not on the same ships of course) He died in 1978 and my grandad died in 2008 From my dad back my whole family has served in the British Army
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Yup right into the chest of the top of my head I can't remember the exact description they wrote it down as but I'm sure I can look it up Also one of his arms was going to be removed by a British doctor from the shrapnel wounds and a French doctor saved it. (that is word of mouth though)
One bad thing about the "Pals battalions" was many would die taking risks to help each other on the open battlefields, because they lived together before the war.
The Trench should be shown in all WW1 history lessons in Britain. It tells a lot without the typical Hollywood characterisation or bombastic action sequences.
He's a Lieutenant Colonel. He's responsible for over a thousand men. The only chance he has of effectively commanding the battalion is by being at the back of it. Not mucking around with a solitary platoon
The book "Somme" by Lynn MacDonald is a big deal. It is a detailed account of the battle, mostly told by interviews that she and her team did with survivors of the conflict, on both sides. Both my father and myself read it, and found it to be intensely educational and also emotional. So many of them were very young.
My great grandfather was a medic in WW1 and fought alongside the peaky blinders as a medic. I believe 2 great uncles had died in the Somme, their bodies were never recovered however.
It's on youtube for free. These are the green troops of 1916, so called Pals Brigades when whole towns and factory workers signed up to fight. Sorry for repeating it, but after the Somme disaster the British broke up these units so men from whole towns would not be reported KIA. It's a great show of British military life in the trenches.
This was a pretty good film. Captures the youth, the vulnerability and insufficient preparedness of the Tommies prior to July 1. There are a few historical errors. The British infantry are portrayed here going over the top wearing too little equipment. In reality they were weighed down with bulky, heavy packs along with shovels or picks and some also had to carry trench ladders or coils of phone wire. The noise of the British preliminary bombardment is far too soft but l understand the producers had to muffle it so the audience could hear the characters dialogue. One thing that is correct in the film is that no man’s land on the Somme on July 1 still resembled, for the most part, an open green field. The barren, cratered ‘moonscapes’ more popularly associated with the Western Front did not occur on the Somme Front until months later after the battle had dragged on for a long time. The pre-zero hour issue of rum was also accurate. On July 1, some battalions of the first wave were mistakenly given the rum rations of the second & third waves as well with the result that the troops were roaring drunk by the time they went over the top. The French divisions that attacked alongside the British units on July 1 actually did better than their English allies, capturing their objectives and advancing furthest into German lines. The French had a healthier respect for their enemies and made better preparations & reconnaissance.
Good, a movie titled "The Trench" that has NOTHING to do with the Mariana Trench or the Megalodon shark that supposedly lives there..;) This sounds like an interesting look over the shoulders of the troops who will be in The Battle of the Somme.
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Can say good review on this seems like an earlier version of the film 1917 which you can also check that out as well. Along with speaking of WWI noticed the Lee-Enfield rifles in this and may look into that guessing it's the SMLE version among others there was a lot along with other WWI weapons like trench weapons such as spades and clubs is another and aircraft like the Sopwith Camel is another aircraft. Or try later after this conflict like the Fairley Swordfish is another and also could go ones on the worst guns like the Chauchat, Type 94 and if you're looking into modern weapons and craft could look in the AK-47 and others, DSHK, M2 Machine gun, 1917 machine gun and MIGs, MI-24 Hind, RPG-7, Stinger missiles among who knows long list out there.
I like my subs to channels like this with down to earth people providing quality content in this otherwise madcap modern world with social media and shallow agendas Aaaaaaaalrigght, thanks Jonnny
It's a wonderful movie - if that's the right word - but as a WW1 history nerd every time I see, read or watch something about the Somme Offensive, I think of the Blue Puttees and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment 😢 If you know - you know.
Won't be watching it..the reality was way too horrible. The Maxim machine gun was invented and a term was around saying that it would end war.. basically because it would wipe out any attackers...The Leadership and most generals were 'detached' idiots acting as if it was a board game... even when it was obvious that mass casualties were the outcome of their bold plans...the answer of large artillery barrages to 'prepare' the battlefield was useless and drove men insane....and medicine was not even capable of dealing with basic infection, much less the sepsis from traumatic injury. The war was a twisted farce. May the souls of the millions of those brave men Rest in Eternal Peace.
Yeah. I was really disgusted with this movie. The film makers - especially with Danial Craig - go to great lengths to get you to know him - all so they can kill him as soon as he leaves the trench. The Character exists solely to be killed. I guess they are trying to shock the viewers. This to me was asinine. As to the Pal's Battalions - yeah - that was a bad idea. It was done - I'm sure - to increase recruiting but - the long term consequences were not good. One of the things about the American Civil War - was the way the Union Raised it's Army. The Union had two kinds of Units - Regular Army - like the 7th United States Cavalry - the 20th Maine a unit of Volunteers. The Regular Army units may have existed before the war and may have existed after the war. The men in the Regular Army could come from anywhere and as the unit took casualties - they would be replaced - to some degree. The Volunteers for Militia Units were raised for the war from a specific State - thus the name of the State in the Unit Name. For a Union Volunteer Unit, a local person - like a Mayor or City Councilman - would raise a Regiment - and - be made a Colonel who commanded it. All the people in that Regiment were people he knew - so - they were all from the same place. There were about a 1,000 guys in a full strength Civil War Regiment though there were often much less. The Southern Volunteer Regiments - would receive replacements to get back up to Strength but the Northern Volunteer Units did not. The Northern Volunteer Units would shrink in size until they got to small (less than 400 men) at which time - sometimes - the men remaining would be dispersed amongst other Volunteer Units from the State. Thus - the only replacements these Union Volunteer Regiments would get - were from disbanded Regiments. As you can imagine this was a haphazard process. New Regiments would then be raised as the old ones had - with entirely new troops and Officers who were such as Instant Colonels that had never been Lieutenants, Captains or Majors. With the South maintaining their Veteran Units - the replacements could be trained by the Veterans and the Units Veteran Status didn't deteriorate as rapidly as it did in the North. During the Civil War - there were 600,000 dead from both sides - 200,000 from the South and 400,000 from the North. The different methods by which units were raised and maintained by the North and the South - may have had something to do with those numbers. With it being common for all the members of a Regiment to be from the same area - if that Regiment suffered severe casualties the area it was drawn from would pay the price. There were entire communities in New England that were devastated by the casualties their Regiments took. Some of these communities may never have recovered. The American Navy had a policy of allowing Brothers to serve on the same Ship. In the devastation of the Solomon's campaign those ships with a lot of brothers on them - began to question that and began to make arrangements to disperse. The Sullivan's were not able to accomplish this in time and all 5 brothers on the _Juno_ died when the ship was sunk. The plot to the movie _Saving Private Ryan_ was based on the military's effort to prevent that. Curiously - the American Navy reinstated that policy after WWII and I had some Uncles that were serving on the same ship - which my Father (their Brother in Law) visited on a Med Cruise. .
@@pootisengage6672 Idiocy like the Somme wouldn't have happened If the British high command had paid ANY real attention to the lessons of the American Civil war, which had already clearly demonstrated the futility of frontal assaults on entrenched positions. The American Civil War was the previous "worst conflict in human history" and taught a lot of lessons which could have saved a lot of British soldiers if their leadership had the sense to study.
@@danielstickney2400 sure. Keep thinking in that american centric world of view. The actual comparison would be the german unification wars. Just to give you a leg up
The Sullivan's ship was the Juneau, not the Juno. I had two brothers on my ship when I was in the Navy, but only one could deploy to the Med. The other had to be transferred. This was in the 1970s.
Peaky Blinders prequel
Real😮
From the hell of the Somme to the hell of Birmingham.
@@lawrencelewis2592 but even in hell,a certain someone’s making a profit.
@@verybigAL437 Sure, the Mellons and Vanderbilts and Rockefellers who are glad to let the "you know whos" take the blame.
@@lawrencelewis2592 I was referring to Satan, but I’m open to others interpretations.
My great grandad took part in this battle.
We always had his medals but never knew the whole story so we contacted the 36th Ulster Div curator through Facebook and we got got his military number from the back of his military medals they found all his documents, wound pensions, letters from a certain nurse that treated him VERY WELL to the point the curator said you may have family in Southern England lol, payroll, citations pretty much everything
He was shot through the chest at the Somme and was sent back to England and then was sent back again and was wounded by shrapnel on the arms
By the time the war ended he was was a 20 year old battle hardened veteran wounded severely twice
He then went on to serve in the Royal Navy as an engineer alongside my Grandad (his son) also an engineer (not on the same ships of course)
He died in 1978 and my grandad died in 2008
From my dad back my whole family has served in the British Army
Shot in the chest and then back to the Front...WOW!
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Yup right into the chest of the top of my head I can't remember the exact description they wrote it down as but I'm sure I can look it up
Also one of his arms was going to be removed by a British doctor from the shrapnel wounds and a French doctor saved it. (that is word of mouth though)
One bad thing about the "Pals battalions" was many would die taking risks to help each other on the open battlefields, because they lived together before the war.
I liked it. Johnny is correct in his description. It is best viewed as a glimpse into the lives and reality of being a soldier in the trenches of WW1.
Over the Like button lads
Love this movie, im glad you are covering it!
The Trench should be shown in all WW1 history lessons in Britain. It tells a lot without the typical Hollywood characterisation or bombastic action sequences.
Saw this and couldn't imagine how those men felt waiting for that dreaded whistle.
Success is guaranteed might be the single worst thing to hear as a solider
Any half decent leader would know better to say such a thing out loud or even think it.
He didnt specify WHICH SIDE would have "success" 😂
Success and survival are not the same thing.
Cillian Murphy hasn't even aged lol
Your cat is busy with itself.
As usual.
If a cat isn’t busy with itself then it’s plotting, and that’s dangerous…
@@kingleech16 Exactly
That damn Officer went back to headquarters
He's a Lieutenant Colonel. He's responsible for over a thousand men.
The only chance he has of effectively commanding the battalion is by being at the back of it. Not mucking around with a solitary platoon
I've already got this movie and it's on my To View list. Thanks, Johnny, for the inspiration.
Accidentally found this on UA-cam some years ago, fantastic movie .
Came here for a review of an movie I'll probably never watch, came out happy after seeing the cat in the background
The book "Somme" by Lynn MacDonald is a big deal. It is a detailed account of the battle, mostly told by interviews that she and her team did with survivors of the conflict, on both sides. Both my father and myself read it, and found it to be intensely educational and also emotional. So many of them were very young.
My great grandfather was a medic in WW1 and fought alongside the peaky blinders as a medic.
I believe 2 great uncles had died in the Somme, their bodies were never recovered however.
I see Thomas Shelby, but where are Arthur and John? 🤭
this shows what an amazing actor daniel Craig is
It's on youtube for free.
These are the green troops of 1916, so called Pals Brigades when whole towns and factory workers signed up to fight.
Sorry for repeating it, but after the Somme disaster the British broke up these units so men from whole towns would not be reported KIA.
It's a great show of British military life in the trenches.
Thaaaaaaaaanks Johnny. Great recommendation as always
This was a pretty good film. Captures the youth, the vulnerability and insufficient preparedness of the Tommies prior to July 1.
There are a few historical errors. The British infantry are portrayed here going over the top wearing too little equipment. In reality they were weighed down with bulky, heavy packs along with shovels or picks and some also had to carry trench ladders or coils of phone wire.
The noise of the British preliminary bombardment is far too soft but l understand the producers had to muffle it so the audience could hear the characters dialogue.
One thing that is correct in the film is that no man’s land on the Somme on July 1 still resembled, for the most part, an open green field. The barren, cratered ‘moonscapes’ more popularly associated with the Western Front did not occur on the Somme Front until months later after the battle had dragged on for a long time.
The pre-zero hour issue of rum was also accurate. On July 1, some battalions of the first wave were mistakenly given the rum rations of the second & third waves as well with the result that the troops were roaring drunk by the time they went over the top.
The French divisions that attacked alongside the British units on July 1 actually did better than their English allies, capturing their objectives and advancing furthest into German lines. The French had a healthier respect for their enemies and made better preparations & reconnaissance.
Over the top Lads!
Good, a movie titled "The Trench" that has NOTHING to do with the Mariana Trench or the Megalodon shark that supposedly lives there..;) This sounds like an interesting look over the shoulders of the troops who will be in The Battle of the Somme.
Very interesting movie, thank you for the recommendation.
Remember watching this back when video rentals were still around and good film and pretty excellent ending
The world needs a review of that cat
Johnny I think you missed a opportunity to have a whistle to blow at end of the video
Looking forward to this.
you gotta mention this channel on your other channel - i never knew it existed!
Thomas's WW1 experience prithee Peaky Blinder's
Great film we use to watch this back in year 7 in history.
Saw this movie after seeing '1917', really nice complementary film.
“In the bleak midwinter..”
i know it has nothing to do with the movie but can i ask where did you get that awesome painting of howl's moving castle on the wall behind you?
Off Etsy. This link should hopefully work www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1722237376/howls-moving-castle-canvas-wall-art?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=howls+moving+castle+poster&ref=sc_gallery-1-1&pro=1&sts=1&plkey=a36d0a48c4dcd8c1f013a538d8cd3a08f6a0f53a%3A1722237376
I saw Cillian Murphy in the thumbnail. The videos getting immediately liked.
Is that James Bond with Tommy Shelby?
Thanks alot Johnny.👍👍
Can say good review on this seems like an earlier version of the film 1917 which you can also check that out as well. Along with speaking of WWI noticed the Lee-Enfield rifles in this and may look into that guessing it's the SMLE version among others there was a lot along with other WWI weapons like trench weapons such as spades and clubs is another and aircraft like the Sopwith Camel is another aircraft. Or try later after this conflict like the Fairley Swordfish is another and also could go ones on the worst guns like the Chauchat, Type 94 and if you're looking into modern weapons and craft could look in the AK-47 and others, DSHK, M2 Machine gun, 1917 machine gun and MIGs, MI-24 Hind, RPG-7, Stinger missiles among who knows long list out there.
Chauchat in its original caliber wasn't that bad
@@ETmax3892 That's also another fact that hardly is known and still could tell JJ for a video on that.
cleanest lookin trench solders ever
Great movie...and lots of good actors.
Came for the video, stayed for the cat…
Oh shit, live action Johnny
a very good film very sad and brutal film as my dad always said about the the Great War a Terrible waste of young mens lives ❤😢❤❤
I like my subs to channels like this with down to earth people providing quality content in this otherwise madcap modern world with social media and shallow agendas
Aaaaaaaalrigght, thanks Jonnny
It's a wonderful movie - if that's the right word - but as a WW1 history nerd every time I see, read or watch something about the Somme Offensive, I think of the Blue Puttees and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment 😢 If you know - you know.
Thomas Shelby past story
Won't be watching it..the reality was way too horrible.
The Maxim machine gun was invented and a term was around saying that it would end war.. basically because it would wipe out any attackers...The Leadership and most generals were 'detached' idiots acting as if it was a board game... even when it was obvious that mass casualties were the outcome of their bold plans...the answer of large artillery barrages to 'prepare' the battlefield was useless and drove men insane....and medicine was not even capable of dealing with basic infection, much less the sepsis from traumatic injury.
The war was a twisted farce.
May the souls of the millions of those brave men
Rest in Eternal Peace.
Come on billy, for fooksake!
Why does every piece of WW1 media have to be about the British?
Yeah. I was really disgusted with this movie. The film makers - especially with Danial Craig - go to great lengths to get you to know him - all so they can kill him as soon as he leaves the trench. The Character exists solely to be killed.
I guess they are trying to shock the viewers.
This to me was asinine.
As to the Pal's Battalions - yeah - that was a bad idea. It was done - I'm sure - to increase recruiting but - the long term consequences were not good.
One of the things about the American Civil War - was the way the Union Raised it's Army.
The Union had two kinds of Units - Regular Army - like the 7th United States Cavalry - the 20th Maine a unit of Volunteers.
The Regular Army units may have existed before the war and may have existed after the war. The men in the Regular Army could come from anywhere and as the unit took casualties - they would be replaced - to some degree.
The Volunteers for Militia Units were raised for the war from a specific State - thus the name of the State in the Unit Name.
For a Union Volunteer Unit, a local person - like a Mayor or City Councilman - would raise a Regiment - and - be made a Colonel who commanded it. All the people in that Regiment were people he knew - so - they were all from the same place. There were about a 1,000 guys in a full strength Civil War Regiment though there were often much less.
The Southern Volunteer Regiments - would receive replacements to get back up to Strength but the Northern Volunteer Units did not. The Northern Volunteer Units would shrink in size until they got to small (less than 400 men) at which time - sometimes - the men remaining would be dispersed amongst other Volunteer Units from the State. Thus - the only replacements these Union Volunteer Regiments would get - were from disbanded Regiments. As you can imagine this was a haphazard process.
New Regiments would then be raised as the old ones had - with entirely new troops and Officers who were such as Instant Colonels that had never been Lieutenants, Captains or Majors.
With the South maintaining their Veteran Units - the replacements could be trained by the Veterans and the Units Veteran Status didn't deteriorate as rapidly as it did in the North.
During the Civil War - there were 600,000 dead from both sides - 200,000 from the South and 400,000 from the North.
The different methods by which units were raised and maintained by the North and the South - may have had something to do with those numbers.
With it being common for all the members of a Regiment to be from the same area - if that Regiment suffered severe casualties the area it was drawn from would pay the price. There were entire communities in New England that were devastated by the casualties their Regiments took. Some of these communities may never have recovered.
The American Navy had a policy of allowing Brothers to serve on the same Ship. In the devastation of the Solomon's campaign those ships with a lot of brothers on them - began to question that and began to make arrangements to disperse. The Sullivan's were not able to accomplish this in time and all 5 brothers on the _Juno_ died when the ship was sunk.
The plot to the movie _Saving Private Ryan_ was based on the military's effort to prevent that.
Curiously - the American Navy reinstated that policy after WWII and I had some Uncles that were serving on the same ship - which my Father (their Brother in Law) visited on a Med Cruise.
.
Wanna know whats asinine? Comparing the american civil war to one of the worst conflicts in human history.
@@pootisengage6672 Idiocy like the Somme wouldn't have happened If the British high command had paid ANY real attention to the lessons of the American Civil war, which had already clearly demonstrated the futility of frontal assaults on entrenched positions. The American Civil War was the previous "worst conflict in human history" and taught a lot of lessons which could have saved a lot of British soldiers if their leadership had the sense to study.
@@danielstickney2400 sure. Keep thinking in that american centric world of view. The actual comparison would be the german unification wars. Just to give you a leg up
The Sullivan's ship was the Juneau, not the Juno. I had two brothers on my ship when I was in the Navy, but only one could deploy to the Med. The other had to be transferred. This was in the 1970s.
@@danielstickney2400 another silly american defeated with facts and logic