That's what I always say when a "full movie" gets uploaded and it's not some kind of scam or virus trap. The other "Why bother?" possibilities are movies uploaded sped up so everyone sounds like talking chipmunks or uploaded with a weird glow on the screen or shrunk down to a corner of the screen - really annoying crap!
”If I would stand at the gates of hell the day I die, even the devil would be speechless, for he would know I have already been through hell...” -Anonymous survivor of First World War
The Lost Battalion is one of the best telemovies ever made. I remember watching it back in 2001 on TV and I was blown away by it, and it still holds up well even today. It captures the hell of WW1 and Meuse-Argonne Offensive masterfully. The events that occurred at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive showed the world that America was a force not to be reckoned with. Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey and his men were extraordinary brave individuals. Ricky Schroder did an excellent job as Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey, a great performance by him.
Might be better if you wrote, "a force to be reckoned with" Ho Ho and then along came the viet cong. All nations when motivated are a force to be reckoned with. Interestingly if one looks at saigon and hanoi now it makes you realise that america may have lost the war but they won the peace. Look at all the Macdonalds,KFC, banks and other American concerns in Vietnam and I would say the Americans won after all
@@lasharshar5127 58000 US dead, thousands more scarred for life physically and/or mentally. Possibly millions of Vietnamese dead and/or affected by Agent Orange, etc.. Not worth the ability to buy a "Whopper" in HANOI.
@@Frank-mm2yp Ironically, buying a whopper in Hanoi would eventually be done anyway without the war. It was because of Deng Xiaoping's privatizations and opening up of china and communist asia to world trade.
@@Frank-mm2yp about 350 thousand North and 250 thousand South Vietmanese were killed. When the North took over, they said they were on the brink themselves, but Walter zCronkie opened his big mouth and said it was lost. Shortly after their economy collapsed under Commumist Socialism, they turned to capitalism and it saved the country. LBJ screwed this up big time...an Congress made it worse by refusing to declare war. Stupid politicians all around...but mostly Democrats.
My favorite quote from this whole movie? @ 1:08:30 "I never rode a horse in my life." "Then we'll get you a horse that's never been rode." I honestly don't know why, but I love this.
Sadly a "forgotten war" These men were just as brave as in any war. Both my great grandfathers fought in WW1, grandma and grandpa said they were never the same. Left as boys, came home shattered men.
To Europe yes World war I isn't forgotten, but in American History Books World War I is barely a chapter, there is no monument to the doughboys on the national mall, there are hardly any World War I monuments in American cities
Having grown up seeing 'Ricky" Schroder on TV everywhere back then, I must say his performance in The Lost Battalion was terrific. He was able to bring the realism of that Battle to life along with the cast. This movie is very well done.
Thank you for this movie. I'm a survivor of Vietnam, US Navy FMS Surgical Corpsman. I can't really tell you about war because it hurts too much. I can tell you that real heros don't play on American ball teams with thousands cheering. GOD BLESS the Veterans living and dead who serve to keep us free.
Rick Schroder did an incredible job. I commend him for a job well done. My grandfather was with this unit and I give these men a salute that will never quit. The men who portrayed these other men did a superb job.
My grandfather, was an American Doctor who was responsible for setting up the French Field Hospitals, during WWI .Looking at him in his uniform was so impressionable as a child. His love of his life died in his arms, she was a French nurse, named MaryAnne. This experience changed his emotional well being, he was always kind and loving to his 5 grandchildren but had a broken heart his entire life. Peace and Light to your spirt, Dr. Norman James Quinn, Sr.
My great grandfather most likely fought against yours. He was in the German army. I don’t really know much about him but from what my grandfather told me . Small world we live in
My great granddad fought in one of the last cavalry charges in ww1, I am lucky because I remember him before he died. but I always remember his voice when he told me about when he had to charge towards the Germans, he said he was so terrified when he and his friends were charging that all he could do was scream in fear. He ended up getting blown off his horse and he had a shrapnel wound at the side of his head, I always remember seeing the scar. A brave and kind man and I will never ever be as worthy compared to the men who fought in that war.
Indeed I've always respected the cavalry and I feel that the great war saw the last use of horses in combat. It certainly took guts even before the time of machine guns and rifles that could put down 30 rounds a minute.
thank you for those kind words, yes he was great, but like the rest of the great men who were in every family, they've all gone now, but by god, i don't know where they got their iron nerve from.
My great grandfather was born in Germany and even gave money to the German red cross before America entered the war. He did his duty and even survived a gas attack. when his mask failed he found a dead soldier and used his. I remember really having to strain to understand his raspy voice. And how scared he was of his own soldiers knowing he was born in germany. He always wondered if he was fighting his cousins.
My Great Grandfather was captured at Dunkirk and served the rest of the war in Stalagluft III with Douglas Barder, he said that life inside was very different from what you see in the films, lack of food ect, anyway I have Great respect for all servicemen who lost their lives in the service of their country.
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high They live or they die, there's no time for goodbye Weapon in hand, they made their stand Still disregarding demand They would never comply, they would rather die Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved!!!
11:47 I love how the inexperienced are laughing but the senior and experienced yell at them. Shows how serious the senior soldiers are about everything
My grandfather was there, 14 to 18. He chatted with me, the same age as him in the trenches. Its almost 40 years now and I feel the numbness, hollow words that could not describe, but were all we had available. Thank you.
The movie doesn't tell what happened to the Major later in his life. Major Whittlesey would survive the war and return to his civilian law practice, but he could never forget his ordeal or the men that he lost. He'd eventually take his own life as a result. I am filled to tears when I think about these men, all of them from every nation that fought during this war, because the world seems to have forgotten them. Sadly there are no more of them left for us to honor and thank for all that they had endured. May GOD bless those 'honored dead'.
On an entirely different note: yes, this division helped the Americans break through the line, but the general is a fucking scumbag. If you treat your men like expendable pawns with and hold no value of human life, you don't deserve to be a general. You're just wasting resources and needlessly sacrificing human lives and he didn't do it in good faith, he knew there was no chance that the battalion would break through and the only reason he succeeded in the end was because he got lucky that the unit agreed on their own terms to do an impossible job that any other battalion would have failed to do. Any general that launches a suicide attack without good faith is a glory hog and also an incompetent prick that shows a complete lack of tactical/strategic knowledge and flexibility, similar to all generals throughout this particular war. If I lost half of my men and that asshole told me it was "acceptable losses", I'd punch him right in the face. I wouldn't give a fuck if I was court martialed.
this is one if not my favorite movies... you are correct... every freshman in highschool. red, yellow. black and white should see this movie...……...before they graduate.
The first WWI movie I've seen, and I wasn't disappointed in the least bit. This movie captures the true American grit and pride we once had as a nation. Five stars
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All quite on the western front is another great one, told from the POV of the Germans Vs. the Russians. Charge of the Light Brigade is another great one, and Gallipoli
This is the best WW1 movie ever. It shows the American fighting spirit that still stands today present in Iraq and Afghanistan, where I served, and other lonely places
@@MrChelsea34 honestly the chauchat was really bad but however the french weaponery is really good and issus better than the american at the time (ft 17, nieuport) and even today (Rafale, char Leclerc).
Many generals get their stars by the blood of their men and their connection in politics. This movie is a reminder of what good officers can accomplish in spite of bad generalship. Always a good one to watch. Thank you.
+Teemu P yeah I mean we've only seen multiplayer gameplay so far though.. And even still everything in multiplayer was around in that era. Maybe campaign will be based on real battles but regardless it looks like a very fun game.
Hard Candy-e As the SWBF is a good shooter game and I like it, it isn't Battlefront to me. The BF1 seems like it is most likely fun BUT it doesn't reflect ww1 in any way.
Verdun, the best way to experience these battles. Just wish the Verdun team was bigger. Then they could make some very nice authentic gameplay. Well, atleast they have their guns, maps, artillery, and armies all on track.
In November 1921, Whittlesey acted as a pallbearer at the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, along with fellow Medal of Honor recipients Samuel Woodfill and Alvin York. A few days later he booked passage from New York to Havana aboard the SS Toloa, a United Fruit Company ship. On November 26, 1921, the first night out of New York, he dined with the captain and left the smoking room at 11:15 p.m. stating he was retiring for the evening,[3] and it was noted by the captain that he was in good spirits. Whittlesey was never seen again. He was reported missing at 8:00 a.m. the following morning. He is presumed to have committed suicide by jumping overboard, although no one reported seeing him jump and Whittlesey's body was never recovered. Before leaving New York, he prepared a will leaving his property to his mother. He also left a series of letters in his cabin addressed to relatives and friends. The letters were addressed to his parents, his brothers Elisha and Melzar, his uncle Granville Whittlesey, and to his friends George McMurtry, J. Bayard Pruyn, Robert Forsyth Little and Herman Livingston, Jr.[1] Also in his cabin was found a note to the captain of the Toloa leaving instructions for the disposition of the baggage left in his stateroom.[1] He left the famous German letter asking for surrender to McMurtry.
@@gotanon8958 sure officers keep order.They don't make great soldiers and they don't make great fighters tho and if he had shit soldiers they wouldve ran anyways him leading or not. US militsry doctrine even a private is trained to run a squad.
I saw this with my mother on AMC in 2001. I was 11. It wounded my soul, and darkened my heart. I never understood war in such a way before. Something to consider, the Normandy Landing in Saving Private Ryan, I saw shortly after...and I almost got sick, and ran from the room. It used to be that ABC ran the film every Jun 6th...that was when I ran from form the room. This film, haunts me...and I watch it like a masochist. I refuse to allow history to fade away.
I watched it for the first time on AMC also. I think they had a couple historians speaking about the film after the commercial breaks. This incident haunted Whittlesey (losing so many men and being dubbed a hero) that he took his own life in 1921. He was also received the Medal Of Honor along with 2nd in command George McMurtry.
"Nein, mein brot" carved a pit into my heart, and when he let him keep it I teared up. You almost never see things like kindness towards wounded soldiers (even if enemies) in movies any more; people are too concerned whether or not "the Germans get what they deserve".
read "All quiet on the western front." based on the writers real expeirences it was an immediate hit on both sides as men recognized the universal nation of what he'd said.
The Great War was, quite possibly, the greatest waste of life in human history. Honor and glory be to these men who fought, bled, suffered and died for their country. They thought that they were bringing peace to Europe. God bless them and their descendants. Thanks to the people who made this movie and told this story. We have to make sure that this valiant sacrifice will never be forgotten.
My grandfather was a medic who served in France during WW1. I never met him. He died before I was born. He was a doctor who during WW2 back in the states at a VA. The horrors he saw at the VA of the wounded men caused him to suffer severe depression. At one point after the war he was in a sych ward hand cuffed to a bed. He died a broken man. The good news is my son now is in medical school and recently went to Baylor where my grandfather went to Medical School. Life goes on.
One of the most underrated war movies out there. The only other mention of The Lost Battalion I've seen recently was the Sabaton song of the same name.
There have been hundreds of war films made, and I’ve seen my share. This particular film stood out, and I was quite surprised by just how good it was. It’s one of the best films of this genre. Props to the director, set designer and actors ... they all did an incredible job. Thanks for uploading this and making it available.
New York gangsters, farmers, and a lawyer. American the true melting pot. We have our differences. But when we have to defend our freedoms, we all answer the Call of duty!
My father, Alfred Dixon, was in this war. He joined rather than be drafted. 36th Texas. He came from the backwoods and had never been exposed to common childhood diseases, so he contracted them all and almost died from the measles. So he spent much of his tour in the infirmary and was put on "light"duty such as baking bread and guarding prisoners. He did see some action in the last few weeks before the armistice, but he'd never say much about that. Everybody was offered an early discharge, but my father elected to stay on for another year with the occupation forces in the Rhineland. He liked the German people and came to speak it fairly well.
His a liar his father was not in World War 1, it ended 104 years ago! Why people lie I don't know my Great Great Grandfather fought in WWI, that's 4 generations ago, not 1 like his saying 👎🤣🇬🇧
@@The.Best.Collector My grandfather was born in 1899. My father was born in 1928 and I was born in 1957. Why then, would this man be a liar? Stop being judgmental and look for facts!
I love how the pep talk is basically: "There ain't shit you can do about all the explosives they're gonna be lobbing at you, so just worry about your rifle and fix your fuckin' bayonet."
I must say the comments on here are quite disturbing , people arguing over how many battle deaths eagle who contributed more to winning the war. And the fact that American contributions were very small compared to the other allies. Many people seem to forget that Though the United States did not enter until April 19 17 there were 35,000 Americans who serve in the Canadian expeditionary forces and many lay their lives down for what they believed in there’s a monument at Arlington national cemetery paid for by the Canadian government to commend these men. So no the United States did not technically Enter until that time but there were Americans in the war As early as 1915. Not to mention many who fought for France as well. And seeing as not a single person on here can know what it was like to fight in that war myself included it’s ridiculous to argue over what country gave more. I think of more people remember the fact that a single life lost in anymore in a matter what country they’re from they deserve to be respected and rememberd . That is just my opinion as unbiased as I can say it.
I find it amazing that these guys were able to hang on this long. By the time it was over, out of 600 men only 194 were able to walk out of there on their own.
My first rifle( 8th birthday) was a British Enfield .303. Cost $10 at Texas Foley's and 1000 rounds was $30. My oldest brother, now 86, gave that present.
1918: True Americans with amazing backbones and from all walks of life fighting shoulder to shoulder against a enemy determined to over run them 2020: Too many americans with no backbone freaking out over statues of people they never even bothered to pick up a history book to see what they actually did.
I'm moved by the gallantry of the officers & men of the lost battalion at the close of the First World War .Above & beyond the call of duty . They fought so that we may be free . A really high price indeed . May God love & protect them all . Amen
"I want to know if its stupidity or inspired bravery that motivates these Americans." Both. The stupidity is from the General staff. The inspired bravery from the junior officers and men.
i play basketball at " Lost battalion hall" in Queens,NYC..its a sports center named after this battalion ...nobody but a few really know what it means !!.
Great documentary! I had a great uncle who was with the 28th Division and was killed in Sept. 1918 in France by a German machine gunner. I also had a grandfather who served as a machine gunner in the 5th Division. God bless all our vets and all those families who lost members or who had wounded members.
my 8th grade teacher showed us this video, im glad I had him as a history teacher. He didnt skip the small things like the bird Cher Ami saving troop lives.
Good film, I love it. My own ancestors fought in that war, in the Italian army, in trenches made of ice, up on the Alps against the Austro-Hungarians, we were on the side of France, Britain, the US, Canada, ANZAC, in that war. Seriously a lost generation, every country had such losses, for so little. At least in The Second World War you can rationalize it and say well it was against one of the most repulsive regimes (also us, in the beginning when we were under Mussolini, we were on the bad side) ever to appear on earth. True the Soviets weren't that much better, but the ideals of freedom over tyranny that the Allies had, sort of gives the war some meaning, also considering the atrocities the Japanese committed in China and the Pacific and the Germans in Eastern Europe. WWI on the other hand was a squabble between cousins, look at the monarchs, most were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria, sending their surplus population to die in horrific ways, while the high officers looked from a hill far away from danger with a cup of tea in their hands. Moving and removing arrows on a map, oh we lost this batallion, take it from the map, and put this other wooden piece. That wooden piece you just removed from the map were human lives, considered to be expendable, Generals playing Risk with real people. Bloody horrible.
But that's the risk people take when their nation is at war. General lee said it best " it is well that war is so terrible, else we shall grow fond of it"
i've already watched it for so many times, but still every time i watch it, it is still amazing, a great story with great and valiant soldiers. very inspiring, that if any person will watch this movie, the spirit of patriotism will really ignite,.
I remember the Argonne, 1918 The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day Machine gun fire from enemy lines The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation All these sounds still echo in my mind, And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music A rhythm of death A symphony of war SABATON - The Lost Battalion (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO ...
This is what a war movie should be like. It reminds me of my uncle on Guadalcanal telling my mom he was so scared he couldn't even pee for three whole days. When Sherman said,"War is hell", this was what he was talking about.
This movie does what so many war movies fail to do. It gives the viewer a true glimpse of what it is like to be on the lines, facing a determined enemy. The taste of war is bitter. I hope that many, many people get to see this film.
@Paul Pugh Kids today are no different to kids in any other age. It is just that today they have, in most western countries, better options. The kids I know respect their parents and have values. Is it not better that some kids today have an easier life? Do you have to suffer to be accepted by elders?
@Paul Pugh LOL, I'm fucking 64 years old. Sorry, but the kids I know just aren't like that. Perhaps because you hang out with the wrong sort of people you get these views. Try expanding your social circle to include some intelligent friends.
'The kids of today' - you mean the hundreds of thousands who've served and continue to serve in one desert shithole after another, who have fought, bled and died for each other and for such an ungrateful nation? Remind me who the 'entitled' one is again?
@@OldFellaDave And compared to the vast majority in WW1 and WW2, the kids today who serve are volunteers who actually know what they're getting into. Not kids conscripted and fed propaganda about the "glory" of war. That dude is straight up glorifying an era where an entire generation was used as meat shields for the enrichment of the European royal family circle.
This bloody movie made me cry! I bet there are a million and one more heroic stories like this on both sides of war. Blessed those Men and Women who gave their lives for their Country! It is now up to all of us enjoying their victory to live our lives to serve our fellowmen who needed us most, to give glory to our fallen Heroes!
mu 6 fathers was in ww1 and broke the germans austro hungarians and bulgarians on salonicky front ! long leav SERBIA for god and fatherland fredom or deth!
As we approach the 100 year anniversary of World War I, I realize that many of us have forgotten this war and the fact that it nearly wiped out an entire generation in Europe. These men faced slaughter of epic proportions. God bless the men on both sides and the hardships they endured. Let us never forget the horrors of his war and the use of chemical weapons.
Australia had the highest casualty rate per population in 1st WW. In every town in the country there is a monument to the "Diggers" who gave their life in that war.
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We the US didn't suffer as many casualties as the others did but we still lost a good portion of guys due to at times obsolete tactics but we did press on
This was a GREAT movie and I do not understand how I never heard of it. Actually one of the top 10 war films in my opinion. Awesome job. Thank you for posting!!
Seriously hand to hand. Out numbered out gunned hungry thirsty and so many other obstacles yet still fought . These men made all the difference about winning against all odds. They didn't have to wait to be fired upon first .I could go on.
My Grandfather, Eldridge Pietschman, was a Marine and one of the message "runners" at Verdun. He described to my Father how a bridge was being crossed, and was not blown up until it was completely covered with men crossing it. After the explosion, the river literally ran red with blood. And he was personally wounded, a victim of gas. The soldiers in the bridge, Allied or Axis? I don't know, as my father is gone, so that fact is lost to time. And considering the memory of the carnage? Well, you know, after a hundred years, it really doesn't matter, does it? But we really never learn this lesson. Until it is too late. Always. Always!
William Pietschman : If your grand Pa was In Verdun as an American then it' s because he joined the French Foreign Legión because during the Battle of Verdun where just Germán and French troops were involved no other nationality was taking part to this heroic siege ! The U. S troops joined the fight only In April 1918 and then the Battle of Verdun was over for over 8 months !
Seems like BS tbh, The Allice-Lorraine Sector was British, French and some Canadians. The battle of Verdun was finished by the time the US arrived anyways
@@w8lvradio : May be he confused ? The siege of Verdun started at end of Feb.1916 and lasted till second half of December 1916. It was exclusively a German/French battle, the Germans being commanded by the Kronprinz and the French by four star General Petain ( later Field Marshall ). None British troop toke part ( they were more up north in Flanders ) and less still US troops which had not yet disembarked in France. The only explanation is that he joined the French Foreign Legion.
The US Military in Western Front WWI was untested and inexperienced military force in such a big war and fierce battlefield, but yet they got their job done from early actions in 1918 like Belleau Wood up till the armistice
Algorithm brought this rare gem of a movie to me . Trench warfare is the most brutal fighting in so many aspects . Here we are in March of 2023 , with the planet on the edge ( some would say we're already in ) WWIII
I think I would have told them where they started at was between them and the enemy. Start back there and work “out” this time, instead of coming toward the Americans.
Love this movie. I have the DVD, but am "watching" it (which means I have it on in the background for noise) while I'm in my office working. Brings a nice perspective to the divorce and custody cases I'm working on....... Thanks for posting.
my grandfather and his brother were both shot here in France.. on the first day, when I was a kid he told me all about being in this war, it was hell on earth no doubt. I sat with him many times when he cried , about this war.. he was in this forest, Bella wood..
ImTheWaffleman : The U.S. troops arrived In France In April 1918 knowing nothing of the type of war that Germans, British and French were leading In Europe since 4 years. The U. S. Troops had hardly Machines guns ...only rifles and bayonettes ! After 2 months of drill waiting for their late artillery the Marines were finally thrown early june 2018 In a desperate fight that the French were having In the sector of Bois Belleau and where they had Lost 50% of their troops. The Marines lost as many men as the French because of the many Germán machines guns they had to overcome with grenades and bayonettes and after 5 days of intense fights and terrible losses they finally managed to control the whole of Bois Belleau which is a little wood of hardly ...75 acres ! They lost over 1200 men for this tiny piece of land but they managed with heroism and a lot of bravery ! In remembrance of this exploits, one of the very first U.S aircraft carriers In W.W. ll was called " Bois Belleau" to honor these brave Marines. A grateful Frenchman is pleased to honor also their memories here, 99 years after ! God bless América !
Trench warfare is merely "open warfare" as you call linear/conventional warfare that pauses for a siege-like phase. Its been around for thousands of years. Fighting simply paused until one side decided to charge the other again. In modern times it only occurs in stalemates...a winning army has no time to entrench...Pattons ride across France in 1944 didnt even give the Germans time to dig in...
+John Doe - American troops did not conduct any major retreats in this war, only perhaps somewhere tactical retreats on a company level...We werent like you limeys that retreated clear across Belgium.
Thank for allowing us to learn of this story, I was clueless and saddened to hear of Charles Whittelesey untimely passing. He would be a great asset in the world today 🙏🙏
All Quiet On The Western Front, Apocalypse Now,Das Boot,Threads, Come And See, Platoon, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot... There Are Many War Movie Classics. If This Is Not One Of Them, Then IT COMES DAMN CLOSE!!!
My grandfather served during ww1 a British soldier. The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry British Expeditionary Force 1914 sent to defend the Belgium town of Mons to prevent the German imperial army from cutting off the French also because Belgium was supposed to be nuteral. He survived 2 years but was discharged because of chronic Ill health died physically and mentally broken.
My Great Great Uncle is buried at Verdun. All my Great Grandfathers and Great Great Grandfather fought in France as American Soldiers. Some of my family fought for the Kaiserreich. All around bad family affair.
could you imagine gen. Z fighting in a battle like this. Oh how the mighty have fallen. We are going the way of Rome a nation of pleasure seekers who dont even know what bathroom to go to.
I have never watched this on UA-cam but I did on Amazon prime. This is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. No Hollywood BS. I wish this movie wasn’t underrated, it’s worth while.
An excellent movie that does the actions of these men justice, credit to the cast and crew, an outstanding movie that should be part of the curriculum of seniors at high school.
Far from their land, as they made their stand A disregarded demand It’s surrender or die, and the stakes are high They live or they die, there’s no time for good bye Weapon in hand, as they made their stand Still disregarding demand They would never comply they would rather die Broke through the blockade they were finally saved
It's not to surrender or to die, but it was the task for the politicians to negotiate peace after the Verdun and Somme slauthers. That would have avoided the Bolshevists and Nazis - simply the second part of self destruction. The hero or patriotic poetry is nonsense in mechanised warfare. ALL THE INCREDIBLE COURAGE AND SUFFERING ON BOTH SIDES - FOR WHAT?
Great movie. First saw it in history class back in 8th grade. That was probably the best school day i ever had. I cant believe that carrier pigeon was wounded and still delivered its message. Definately deserved a monument.
Wow, how is it that I’ve never seen this movie. What a piece of work that General was, I understand the reasoning but to have them boys left out there by themselves should’ve been unacceptable. What courage and bravery shown by all involved, especially the pilot. I couldn’t imagine going thru something like that and then have to go back to a regular life. Anyways was just a few of my thoughts. Thank you to all the veterans that have kept and are keeping our country safe. Greatest country in the world
Its insane to think that their were Americans like this who fought for their country with everything they had, and today kids their same age require safe spaces from words
TheDissident I'm 19 years old and I agree 100% my generation and the younger ones are pathetic, if the US and europe has the generations that fought in the world wars then europe may not be a muslim shithole and the US wouldn't be a joke.
I agree, concerning your kids... it is the decline of your imperium and the whole world will be happy about your downfall... except of 17 years you were at war since your country existed... and you always fought against already beaten foes or those, who can t defense themselves... nevertheless you claim you are the "winner" of these wars... even when chinese troops without great supply kicked the shit out of you, like in korea... and what do your honourable government order? airstrikes, which killed nearly four million people, destroyed 20 of 21 northkorean megacities and the whole electricity supply (three water-dams)... but you are think you are "brave"... fucking hypocrites you are...
My Grandpa and his parents emigrated from Warsaw, Russia (at that time). They were originally German, but left due to Bismarck's German anti-Semitism. They arrived in 1913, settling with the other immigrants om the lower east side of Manhattan. Four years later, and he was a US soldier, fighting for HIS country. He was part of the Lost Battalion, and received a Purple Heart.
Fuck you both! Im from the Gambino Family but sag my pants, wear oversized bright colored shirt and hightop sneekers with tight pants. Say we are soft again and I will drive by your house and indescrimenantly shoot at everyone to prove my point, son, I mean, cappeesh!
We holding it down up in da hizay. Gotti was such a genious that he was caught on tape yapping his mouth about the family inner works. What a disgrace he was.
Jaime Sandoval you aint holding shit down yea he may have been stupid and got cought but you look stupid and thats worse ! atleast he went out with class n style punk .
I think that their was many brave men who fought in WW1 on all sides. Being a Aussie and having a population of 5 million then over 300000 volenteered in the great war with over 60000 killed, the highest number of any nation per capita. So much for following the mother country. Such a waste of the best men from all countries and the worst of it all We didn't learn a thing as it was repeated 20 years later
@@chindo88 your comment is probably so true. We as a world community still hav'nt learned a thing. Hate and distrust using nationalism or religious issues Will haunt us all for ever, hope you're doing well with this world problem we are all enduring..stay safe
The casualties sustained were horrific in this war, and the Americans got their taste as well. Total casualties were 320,000 (53,000 Battle Deaths, 63,000 Non-Combat Deaths, and 204,000 Wounded.) Keep in mind the French at this time had by far the longest front to cover and suffered 330,000 casualties. So those of you who are saying that our casualties were minor keep the time frame in mind and the amount of front covered and compare that to the casualties sustained, the Americans bloodied themselves disproportionately fighting a war that was started because of European monarchs' egos.
+James Albert You realize that's a load of bullshit right? The Indian Army only numbered 1.2 million, so it's hard to believe their casualties were 5.5 million.
+Jack Stratif And so is the concept I laid out in my comment. Or did you even read it? We took very similar casualties to the French in the same time frame while fighting on a much smaller front. Hence why our casualties were lopsided in terms of the scale of the fighting and front covered. And all those casualties for what? A new safer world? Looks to me the only thing that happened was the greed of the so-called "Good Guys" was satisfied.
There is literally no way possible to thank you for actually uploading the movie and not a virus link or a "click here to watch full" scam.
That's what I always say when a "full movie" gets uploaded and it's not some kind of scam or virus trap. The other "Why bother?" possibilities are movies uploaded sped up so everyone sounds like talking chipmunks or uploaded with a weird glow on the screen or shrunk down to a corner of the screen - really annoying crap!
snowman well that’s to avoid copyright, they usually can’t just do this
What an honest guy!
Yes I hate that crap to
@@freakyold sped up can be fixed if it’s exactly 2x the speed because you can half the viewing time and the voice usually goes back to normal
”If I would stand at the gates of hell the day I die, even the devil would be speechless, for he would know I have already been through hell...” -Anonymous survivor of First World War
Fuckin a my brother 👊
Thomas O Cyr died in this battle, on Oct 7, 1918. He was my great great uncle. The Madawaska Legion Post in Madawaska , Maine is named after him.
Dan LaPierre my great+ uncle was K.I.A. 9/12/1918 in the first day of the battle of Saint Mihiel France I have his helmet he was in Company M 11TH INF
Dan LaPierre he was a hell of a man to go in ww1
ASK THE PRECIOUS! PHILL HUMFELD was he French
Dorian Cataldo nope U.S. 11TH Army Infantry Co.M and a Norwegian American
@@tennesseeboi6704 He spoke French, wrote it also. He was in high demand with the Lost Battalion.
The Lost Battalion is one of the best telemovies ever made. I remember watching it back in 2001 on TV and I was blown away by it, and it still holds up well even today. It captures the hell of WW1 and Meuse-Argonne Offensive masterfully. The events that occurred at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive showed the world that America was a force not to be reckoned with. Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey and his men were extraordinary brave individuals. Ricky Schroder did an excellent job as Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey, a great performance by him.
Might be better if you wrote, "a force to be reckoned with"
Ho Ho and then along came the viet cong.
All nations when motivated are a force to be reckoned with.
Interestingly if one looks at saigon and hanoi now it makes you realise that america may have lost the war but they won the peace.
Look at all the Macdonalds,KFC, banks and other American concerns in Vietnam and I would say the Americans won after all
@@lasharshar5127 58000 US dead, thousands more scarred for life physically and/or mentally. Possibly millions of Vietnamese dead and/or affected by Agent Orange, etc.. Not worth the ability to buy a "Whopper" in HANOI.
@@Frank-mm2yp Ironically, buying a whopper in Hanoi would eventually be done anyway without the war. It was because of Deng Xiaoping's privatizations and opening up of china and communist asia to world trade.
@@Frank-mm2yp about 350 thousand North and 250 thousand South Vietmanese were killed. When the North took over, they said they were on the brink themselves, but Walter zCronkie opened his big mouth and said it was lost. Shortly after their economy collapsed under Commumist Socialism, they turned to capitalism and it saved the country. LBJ screwed this up big time...an Congress made it worse by refusing to declare war. Stupid politicians all around...but mostly Democrats.
@@Frank-mm2yp The vietnamese people disagree. Like the quote from full metal jacket, inside every gook, is an American, trying to get out.
My favorite quote from this whole movie?
@ 1:08:30
"I never rode a horse in my life."
"Then we'll get you a horse that's never been rode."
I honestly don't know why, but I love this.
Best exchange in the whole movie. Made me tear up
it shows the new boy has fit in, the farm boy blends with the city boys, he's one of them and can tease back.
@@CDJCMstryker yup. from enemies to best friend.. but ya know what happens next.
Sadly a "forgotten war" These men were just as brave as in any war. Both my great grandfathers fought in WW1, grandma and grandpa said they were never the same. Left as boys, came home shattered men.
wrong war. ww1 isn't a forgotten war. Korea is
Yes, most wars shatter so many people. Human beings must learn how to prevent them. Once the damage is done too often it's impossible to repair it.
To Europe yes World war I isn't forgotten, but in American History Books World War I is barely a chapter, there is no monument to the doughboys on the national mall, there are hardly any World War I monuments in American cities
+snakes3425 if anything the War of 1812 is the forgotten war of America
The Korean War gets more attention than WWI.
My great grandfather was one of the men in the lost battalion. Thank you for this.
God bless him and thank him for his services.
What's his name?
Having grown up seeing 'Ricky" Schroder on TV everywhere back then, I must say his performance in The Lost Battalion was terrific. He was able to bring the realism of that Battle to life along with the cast. This movie is very well done.
Thank you for this movie. I'm a survivor of Vietnam, US Navy FMS Surgical Corpsman. I can't really tell you about war because it hurts too much. I can tell you that real heros don't play on American ball teams with thousands cheering. GOD BLESS the Veterans living and dead who serve to keep us free.
Also... check out stats of current military suicides per/mo. It's staggering and although I've contemplated...I don't want to be a stat.
Not sure if they don't die to fill some guys pockets...
Thank you for your service & God bless you...
US invasion of Vietnam didn't and doesn't keep us free
Rick Schroder did an incredible job. I commend him for a job well done. My grandfather was with this unit and I give these men a salute that will never quit. The men who portrayed these other men did a superb job.
No he was not bro I have proof
@@jerryjudd7304 hahaha!
My grandfather, was an American Doctor who was responsible for setting up the French Field Hospitals, during WWI .Looking at him in his uniform was so impressionable as a child. His love of his life died in his arms, she was a French nurse, named MaryAnne. This experience changed his emotional well being, he was always kind and loving to his 5 grandchildren but had a broken heart his entire life. Peace and Light to your spirt, Dr. Norman James Quinn, Sr.
Hello, candy. How are you doing today?
My great grandfather most likely fought against yours. He was in the German army. I don’t really know much about him but from what my grandfather told me . Small world we live in
That's quite the story candy donnelly.
You come from the most pure & honorable ancestry. Bless his heart & yours.
@@carolecarr5210 Thank you Carole
"how do we answer, Major?"
"NOT acceptable."
My great granddad fought in one of the last cavalry charges in ww1, I am lucky because I remember him before he died. but I always remember his voice when he told me about when he had to charge towards the Germans, he said he was so terrified when he and his friends were charging that all he could do was scream in fear. He ended up getting blown off his horse and he had a shrapnel wound at the side of his head, I always remember seeing the scar. A brave and kind man and I will never ever be as worthy compared to the men who fought in that war.
Indeed I've always respected the cavalry and I feel that the great war saw the last use of horses in combat. It certainly took guts even before the time of machine guns and rifles that could put down 30 rounds a minute.
thank you for those kind words, yes he was great, but like the rest of the great men who were in every family, they've all gone now, but by god, i don't know where they got their iron nerve from.
My great grandfather was born in Germany and even gave money to the German red cross before America entered the war. He did his duty and even survived a gas attack. when his mask failed he found a dead soldier and used his. I remember really having to strain to understand his raspy voice. And how scared he was of his own soldiers knowing he was born in germany. He always wondered if he was fighting his cousins.
My Great Grandfather was captured at Dunkirk and served the rest of the war in Stalagluft III with Douglas Barder, he said that life inside was very different from what you see in the films, lack of food ect, anyway I have Great respect for all servicemen who lost their lives in the service of their country.
that is brave respect worthy man
"Far from their land, they made their stand, they stood strong and their legend still lives on!!!!!!"
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high
They live or they die, there's no time for goodbye
Weapon in hand, they made their stand
Still disregarding demand
They would never comply, they would rather die
Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved!!!
What song is that?
@@cody_d3628 the lost battalion by sabaton
@@willambonney thanks!
@@cody_d3628 a band called sabaton. The song is called the lost battalion
11:47 I love how the inexperienced are laughing but the senior and experienced yell at them.
Shows how serious the senior soldiers are about everything
My grandfather was there, 14 to 18. He chatted with me, the same age as him in the trenches. Its almost 40 years now and I feel the numbness, hollow words that could not describe, but were all we had available. Thank you.
Sooooo he was French or British lol?
@@guerropeuto801plenty of Americans were there in 1914. They volunteered for the French Army
The movie doesn't tell what happened to the Major later in his life. Major Whittlesey would survive the war and return to his civilian law practice, but he could never forget his ordeal or the men that he lost. He'd eventually take his own life as a result. I am filled to tears when I think about these men, all of them from every nation that fought during this war, because the world seems to have forgotten them. Sadly there are no more of them left for us to honor and thank for all that they had endured. May GOD bless those 'honored dead'.
On an entirely different note: yes, this division helped the Americans break through the line, but the general is a fucking scumbag. If you treat your men like expendable pawns with and hold no value of human life, you don't deserve to be a general. You're just wasting resources and needlessly sacrificing human lives and he didn't do it in good faith, he knew there was no chance that the battalion would break through and the only reason he succeeded in the end was because he got lucky that the unit agreed on their own terms to do an impossible job that any other battalion would have failed to do. Any general that launches a suicide attack without good faith is a glory hog and also an incompetent prick that shows a complete lack of tactical/strategic knowledge and flexibility, similar to all generals throughout this particular war.
If I lost half of my men and that asshole told me it was "acceptable losses", I'd punch him right in the face. I wouldn't give a fuck if I was court martialed.
TheGuy yep I’m with you the general would be spitting and shitting teeth if he told me that was acceptable losses
what can you expect ?...its a fallen' world ..!!..all that matters is that God remembers and has mercy and blesses their souls ..
it is so sad but so true/// that Whittlesey took his own life... I shudder to think of the pain that man lived with.
this is one if not my favorite movies... you are correct... every freshman in highschool. red, yellow. black and white should see this movie...……...before they graduate.
The first WWI movie I've seen, and I wasn't disappointed in the least bit. This movie captures the true American grit and pride we once had as a nation. Five stars
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All quiet on the western front was a better movie.
Ha..one star if you know what acting good probs and history means.
All quite on the western front is another great one, told from the POV of the Germans Vs. the Russians. Charge of the Light Brigade is another great one, and Gallipoli
This is the best WW1 movie ever. It shows the American fighting spirit that still stands today present in Iraq and Afghanistan, where I served, and other lonely places
10:20 my favorite scene
“This is a French Sho-Sho.”
“Chauchat.”
“It’s a piece of garbage don’t worry about it.”
Thats because it was.The magazine was open on the sides which allowed dirt, mud, water and other foreign objects to clog it up.
Funny got a well working one and tried shooting it. Got three rounds off before it got jammed and hurt him
Sorry about that. French weaponry is pretty bad, even today...
@@MrChelsea34 honestly the chauchat was really bad but however the french weaponery is really good and issus better than the american at the time (ft 17, nieuport) and even today (Rafale, char Leclerc).
@@MrChelsea34 The French white surrender flags are quite effective.
Many generals get their stars by the blood of their men and their connection in politics. This movie is a reminder of what good officers can accomplish in spite of bad generalship. Always a good one to watch. Thank you.
This is such an underrated film.
+Ted Polkoye right dude???? Bf1 is the reason I looked this film up again, haven't seen it in like 10 years
+Ted Polkoye BF1 has so many flaws in in "authentic and historial contet" that it can't be said to be basef on ww1.
+Teemu P yeah I mean we've only seen multiplayer gameplay so far though.. And even still everything in multiplayer was around in that era. Maybe campaign will be based on real battles but regardless it looks like a very fun game.
Hard Candy-e As the SWBF is a good shooter game and I like it, it isn't Battlefront to me. The BF1 seems like it is most likely fun BUT it doesn't reflect ww1 in any way.
Verdun, the best way to experience these battles. Just wish the Verdun team was bigger. Then they could make some very nice authentic gameplay. Well, atleast they have their guns, maps, artillery, and armies all on track.
In November 1921, Whittlesey acted as a pallbearer at the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, along with fellow Medal of Honor recipients Samuel Woodfill and Alvin York. A few days later he booked passage from New York to Havana aboard the SS Toloa, a United Fruit Company ship. On November 26, 1921, the first night out of New York, he dined with the captain and left the smoking room at 11:15 p.m. stating he was retiring for the evening,[3] and it was noted by the captain that he was in good spirits. Whittlesey was never seen again. He was reported missing at 8:00 a.m. the following morning. He is presumed to have committed suicide by jumping overboard, although no one reported seeing him jump and Whittlesey's body was never recovered. Before leaving New York, he prepared a will leaving his property to his mother. He also left a series of letters in his cabin addressed to relatives and friends. The letters were addressed to his parents, his brothers Elisha and Melzar, his uncle Granville Whittlesey, and to his friends George McMurtry, J. Bayard Pruyn, Robert Forsyth Little and Herman Livingston, Jr.[1] Also in his cabin was found a note to the captain of the Toloa leaving instructions for the disposition of the baggage left in his stateroom.[1] He left the famous German letter asking for surrender to McMurtry.
A deep appreciation to those that that fought in this terrible war …
Thanks for the information. Great research
The production values in the film are exceptional. This is one of the best war films ever made.
I think it is an injustice that only the officers were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Yeah they seem to overlook the ones who saved their ass. Been there had that done.
Military politics are worse than civilians when it comes to awards
Funny because without these officers the enlisted would have broken and ran......
@@gotanon8958 sure officers keep order.They don't make great soldiers and they don't make great fighters tho and if he had shit soldiers they wouldve ran anyways him leading or not. US militsry doctrine even a private is trained to run a squad.
The rather “unjust” reward by rank continues to this day.
i saw this in history class loved it ever since.
I saw this with my mother on AMC in 2001. I was 11. It wounded my soul, and darkened my heart.
I never understood war in such a way before.
Something to consider, the Normandy Landing in Saving Private Ryan, I saw shortly after...and I almost got sick, and ran from the room. It used to be that ABC ran the film every Jun 6th...that was when I ran from form the room.
This film, haunts me...and I watch it like a masochist. I refuse to allow history to fade away.
I watched it for the first time on AMC also. I think they had a couple historians speaking about the film after the commercial breaks. This incident haunted Whittlesey (losing so many men and being dubbed a hero) that he took his own life in 1921. He was also received the Medal Of Honor along with 2nd in command George McMurtry.
Paulsilas Mills
I saw this for the first time in high school history class too!
Robert Lombardo
Same thing here
How long did you sign up for?
"Nein, mein brot" carved a pit into my heart, and when he let him keep it I teared up. You almost never see things like kindness towards wounded soldiers (even if enemies) in movies any more; people are too concerned whether or not "the Germans get what they deserve".
Bad guys won the war
@@iwanttoburntheworld461 losers always say bad guys won the war.
@@dailydoser1309 winners always say good guys won the war
read "All quiet on the western front." based on the writers real expeirences it was an immediate hit on both sides as men recognized the universal nation of what he'd said.
@@theamerican3970 "War is a Racket" by Smedley Butler should be mandatory reading in all schools & so should "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee"
The Great War was, quite possibly, the greatest waste of life in human history.
Honor and glory be to these men who fought, bled, suffered and died for their country. They thought that they were bringing peace to Europe. God bless them and their descendants.
Thanks to the people who made this movie and told this story. We have to make sure that this valiant sacrifice will never be forgotten.
this movie is possibly better than any war movie made today...
My grandfather was a medic who served in France during WW1. I never met him. He died before I was born. He was a doctor who during WW2 back in the states at a VA. The horrors he saw at the VA of the wounded men caused him to suffer severe depression. At one point after the war he was in a sych ward hand cuffed to a bed. He died a broken man. The good news is my son now is in medical school and recently went to Baylor where my grandfather went to Medical School. Life goes on.
One of the most underrated war movies out there. The only other mention of The Lost Battalion I've seen recently was the Sabaton song of the same name.
Rick Shroeder was just incredible in this role - a performance of a lifetime...
There have been hundreds of war films made, and I’ve seen my share. This particular film stood out, and I was quite surprised by just how good it was. It’s one of the best films of this genre. Props to the director, set designer and actors ... they all did an incredible job. Thanks for uploading this and making it available.
New York gangsters, farmers, and a lawyer. American the true melting pot. We have our differences. But when we have to defend our freedoms, we all answer the Call of duty!
My father, Alfred Dixon, was in this war. He joined rather than be drafted. 36th Texas. He came from the backwoods and had never been exposed to common childhood diseases, so he contracted them all and almost died from the measles. So he spent much of his tour in the infirmary and was put on "light"duty
such as baking bread and guarding prisoners. He did see some action in the last few weeks before the armistice, but he'd never say much about that. Everybody was offered an early discharge, but my father elected to stay on for another year with the occupation forces in the Rhineland. He liked the German people and came to speak it fairly well.
So, that would make you about 100 years old.
His a liar his father was not in World War 1, it ended 104 years ago! Why people lie I don't know my Great Great Grandfather fought in WWI, that's 4 generations ago, not 1 like his saying 👎🤣🇬🇧
@@papillonsoosoo1971 My father was born in 1898. I was born in 1958. I am 64.
@@The.Best.Collector My grandfather was born in 1899. My father was born in 1928 and I was born in 1957. Why then, would this man be a liar? Stop being judgmental and look for facts!
Sorry that ppl disrespected your word. I'm a vet and Texas native with a legacy of military men. Much respect OG. 🙏
I love how the pep talk is basically: "There ain't shit you can do about all the explosives they're gonna be lobbing at you, so just worry about your rifle and fix your fuckin' bayonet."
I must say the comments on here are quite disturbing , people arguing over how many battle deaths eagle who contributed more to winning the war. And the fact that American contributions were very small compared to the other allies. Many people seem to forget that Though the United States did not enter until April 19 17 there were 35,000 Americans who serve in the Canadian expeditionary forces and many lay their lives down for what they believed in there’s a monument at Arlington national cemetery paid for by the Canadian government to commend these men. So no the United States did not technically Enter until that time but there were Americans in the war As early as 1915. Not to mention many who fought for France as well. And seeing as not a single person on here can know what it was like to fight in that war myself included it’s ridiculous to argue over what country gave more. I think of more people remember the fact that a single life lost in anymore in a matter what country they’re from they deserve to be respected and rememberd . That is just my opinion as unbiased as I can say it.
Wait till you see arguments on who contributed more to ww2 lol. It's always Soviet Vs American BS
Been looking for this movie for the better part of 7 months, nobody in my unit had it or heard of it on deployment. Thanks for posting it on here.
I find it amazing that these guys were able to hang on this long. By the time it was over, out of 600 men only 194 were able to walk out of there on their own.
554 men
This is one of my favorite war movies of all time.
How pathetic.
@@allen841 you spend your freetime insulting other people’s tastes?
My first rifle( 8th birthday) was a British Enfield .303. Cost $10 at Texas Foley's and 1000 rounds was $30. My oldest brother, now 86, gave that present.
i have the same rifle. found it sticking out of a dumpster 30 yrs ago.
Ricky Schroder was brilliant in this, im glad he was getting these type of roles.
I enjoyed this movie.. be it American or any other nationality, bravery and honor will always be respected
especially the us and the canadians. the canadians were the bravest as the they fought at vimy ridge with true guts
You're wrong. Bravery and honor have no value if your government is in the wrong. Don't believe me. Ask the Germans.
@@clintonmiller1698 That's a stupid way of thinking
Shut up Carlos.
talking about suicide action....all those destroyed bodies...shooting/bombing own men...
Fantastic film........I can't even begin to imagine how horrific that was for our soldiers who stood their ground and gave their very best!
1918: True Americans with amazing backbones and from all walks of life fighting shoulder to shoulder against a enemy determined to over run them
2020: Too many americans with no backbone freaking out over statues of people they never even bothered to pick up a history book to see what they actually did.
Yeah I'd say we deserve to have Carona happen to us.
Bullshit. Pure, unadulterated bullshit.
@@paulkern7229 Its true and you know.
@@zachbocchino5501 - Fuck you and your racist pals, Boris.
@@paulkern7229 How am i a racist? Tell me how am i a racist?
I'm moved by the gallantry of the officers & men of the lost battalion at the close of the First World War .Above & beyond the call of duty .
They fought so that we may be free . A really high price indeed . May God love & protect them all . Amen
"This is a French chauchau!"
"Chuat!"
"It's a piece of garbage don't worry about!"
BEST FUCKING SCENE!
10:21-11:31
+Two Mouse That gun was a piece of garbage, it was known to easily jam because the magazine was open and mud and dirt easily got in it.
+SuperGomez59 Yeah A Captain recalled If The BAR Was Here Ages Ago We Could Have Save Lots Of man
Sums up the gun perfectly
it wasn't that bad, the Americans re chambered it to shoot their ammo. it shot the French stuff well. check out forgotten weapons on you tube.
Show shah that’s how the chauchat’s name is pronounced.
"I want to know if its stupidity or inspired bravery that motivates these Americans." Both. The stupidity is from the General staff. The inspired bravery from the junior officers and men.
WWI-Young lions led by old donkeys
i play basketball at " Lost battalion hall" in Queens,NYC..its a sports center named after this battalion ...nobody but a few really know what it means !!.
sad
At least you are aware and that's a good thing.
May the brave men and women of the worlds armed forces have a safe career and for those that have perished may they Rest In Peace.
Most people in Brooklyn today don't even know what an egg cream is
The best movie I've ever watched .... God bless those solders.
"If they want to know why we died tell them, because our fathers lied". grave sign WW1.
My great-grandad was in this battalion. Wish he were still alive so I could ask him questions about it.
+Selena Atwood One of my relatives was in the same battalion but died one month prior to the start of the offensive
I like
mu gret ded was in chetniks force in 1ww on 12 th iron batalion they call them Hunters of live tonghs
So was mine, a German-American out of Montana...
That way cool.
Great documentary! I had a great uncle who was with the 28th Division and was killed in Sept. 1918 in France by a German machine gunner. I also had a grandfather who served as a machine gunner in the 5th Division. God bless all our vets and all those families who lost members or who had wounded members.
Lost Batallion ... Lost generation, by the millions.
How dare someone dislike this video
I hope the men in the real fight were greatly honored and given upmost respect
I think they just disliked the quality. Like it’s not Hd.
my 8th grade teacher showed us this video, im glad I had him as a history teacher. He didnt skip the small things like the bird Cher Ami saving troop lives.
Ive watch this ten years ago, maybe two or three times on DVD and now again on you tube. Salute to you guys. You deserve your medals
Good film, I love it. My own ancestors fought in that war, in the Italian army, in trenches made of ice, up on the Alps against the Austro-Hungarians, we were on the side of France, Britain, the US, Canada, ANZAC, in that war. Seriously a lost generation, every country had such losses, for so little.
At least in The Second World War you can rationalize it and say well it was against one of the most repulsive regimes (also us, in the beginning when we were under Mussolini, we were on the bad side) ever to appear on earth. True the Soviets weren't that much better, but the ideals of freedom over tyranny that the Allies had, sort of gives the war some meaning, also considering the atrocities the Japanese committed in China and the Pacific and the Germans in Eastern Europe.
WWI on the other hand was a squabble between cousins, look at the monarchs, most were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria, sending their surplus population to die in horrific ways, while the high officers looked from a hill far away from danger with a cup of tea in their hands. Moving and removing arrows on a map, oh we lost this batallion, take it from the map, and put this other wooden piece. That wooden piece you just removed from the map were human lives, considered to be expendable, Generals playing Risk with real people. Bloody horrible.
But that's the risk people take when their nation is at war. General lee said it best " it is well that war is so terrible, else we shall grow fond of it"
people, stop hating each other, just watch the movie and lets make this year a milestone in human history, peace 2014.
As the great Duke of Wellington once said, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won."
i've already watched it for so many times, but still every time i watch it, it is still amazing, a great story with great and valiant soldiers. very inspiring, that if any person will watch this movie, the spirit of patriotism will really ignite,.
I remember the Argonne, 1918
The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day
Machine gun fire from enemy lines
The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh
The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation
All these sounds still echo in my mind,
And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music
A rhythm of death
A symphony of war
SABATON - The Lost Battalion (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO ...
Etherian Space Program that would be correct.
Great Song
This is what a war movie should be like. It reminds me of my uncle on Guadalcanal telling my mom he was so scared he couldn't even pee for three whole days. When Sherman said,"War is hell", this was what he was talking about.
how old are you? 130 years?
oh you have been there ?
This movie does what so many war movies fail to do. It gives the viewer a true glimpse of what it is like to be on the lines, facing a determined enemy. The taste of war is bitter. I hope that many, many people get to see this film.
Having seen it in the desert and in Panama, I know what an ugly evil thing war is.
The German general is he the same actor that gave the speech in band of brothers?
He is
It breaks my heart that our children today are so coddled. They will never understand why men like these are so honored and cherished.
Would you rather they died in their thousands in the mud of France?
@Paul Pugh Kids today are no different to kids in any other age. It is just that today they have, in most western countries, better options. The kids I know respect their parents and have values. Is it not better that some kids today have an easier life? Do you have to suffer to be accepted by elders?
@Paul Pugh LOL, I'm fucking 64 years old. Sorry, but the kids I know just aren't like that. Perhaps because you hang out with the wrong sort of people you get these views. Try expanding your social circle to include some intelligent friends.
'The kids of today' - you mean the hundreds of thousands who've served and continue to serve in one desert shithole after another, who have fought, bled and died for each other and for such an ungrateful nation? Remind me who the 'entitled' one is again?
@@OldFellaDave And compared to the vast majority in WW1 and WW2, the kids today who serve are volunteers who actually know what they're getting into. Not kids conscripted and fed propaganda about the "glory" of war. That dude is straight up glorifying an era where an entire generation was used as meat shields for the enrichment of the European royal family circle.
This bloody movie made me cry! I bet there are a million and one more heroic stories like this on both sides of war. Blessed those Men and Women who gave their lives for their Country! It is now up to all of us enjoying their victory to live our lives to serve our fellowmen who needed us most, to give glory to our fallen Heroes!
IMHO...Rick Schroeder's finest performance..
100 years ago the guns fell silent. 100 years ago my great grandfather realized that he would be able to go home. 🇺🇸🇮🇹
SALUTE TO YOUR BRAVE HEROIC GRANDFATHER, AMAZING MAN. GOD BLESS HIM AND YOUR FAMILY FOREVER
@Jaequan Smith Im Puerto Rican but my great grandfather was Italian hence the Hispanic surname.
Before 1917 there was this movie . and its still abetter movie . Thanks been looking for this one for a while
They're different kinds of war movies and they're both great.
one hell of a movie..thank you
you welcome :)
I first saw this movie: it was great!
mu 6 fathers was in ww1 and broke the germans austro hungarians and bulgarians on salonicky front ! long leav SERBIA for god and fatherland fredom or deth!
+Dj_Xaniac isn't this copyright?
its an amazing war film, ... one of the best , its very well done.
As we approach the 100 year anniversary of World War I, I realize that many of us have forgotten this war and the fact that it nearly wiped out an entire generation in Europe. These men faced slaughter of epic proportions. God bless the men on both sides and the hardships they endured. Let us never forget the horrors of his war and the use of chemical weapons.
Australia had the highest casualty rate per population in 1st WW. In every town in the country there is a monument to the "Diggers" who gave their life in that war.
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We the US didn't suffer as many casualties as the others did but we still lost a good portion of guys due to at times obsolete tactics but we did press on
Yes, the horrific Mustard gas attacks
Read this book: War and the Breed, by David Starr Jordan.
Watch this lecture: World at War, by Ralph Raico (3 hours)
This was a GREAT movie and I do not understand how I never heard of it. Actually one of the top 10 war films in my opinion. Awesome job. Thank you for posting!!
Seriously hand to hand. Out numbered out gunned hungry thirsty and so many other obstacles yet still fought . These men made all the difference about winning against all odds. They didn't have to wait to be fired upon first .I could go on.
Found this movie by accident. Watched the whole thing. Great to have the US perspective from the Great War. Thank you for the upload.
My Grandfather, Eldridge Pietschman, was a Marine and one of the message "runners" at Verdun. He described to my Father how a bridge was being crossed, and was not blown up until it was completely covered with men crossing it. After the explosion, the river literally ran red with blood. And he was personally wounded, a victim of gas. The soldiers in the bridge, Allied or Axis? I don't know, as my father is gone, so that fact is lost to time. And considering the memory of the carnage? Well, you know, after a hundred years, it really doesn't matter, does it? But we really never learn this lesson. Until it is too late. Always. Always!
William Pietschman : If your grand Pa was In Verdun as an American then it' s because he joined the French Foreign Legión because during the Battle of Verdun where just Germán and French troops were involved no other nationality was taking part to this heroic siege ! The U. S troops joined the fight only In April 1918 and then the Battle of Verdun was over for over 8 months !
Seems like BS tbh, The Allice-Lorraine Sector was British, French and some Canadians. The battle of Verdun was finished by the time the US arrived anyways
useless war,only kills human
@@Wottan007 his diary says he was in Verdun. And a place called Muessse. (Sp?)
@@w8lvradio : May be he confused ? The siege of Verdun started at end of Feb.1916 and lasted till second half of December 1916. It was exclusively a German/French battle, the Germans being commanded by the Kronprinz and the French by four star General Petain ( later Field Marshall ). None British troop toke part ( they were more up north in Flanders ) and less still US troops which had not yet disembarked in France. The only explanation is that he joined the French Foreign Legion.
The US Military in Western Front WWI was untested and inexperienced military force in such a big war and fierce battlefield, but yet they got their job done from early actions in 1918 like Belleau Wood up till the armistice
Algorithm brought this rare gem of a movie to me . Trench warfare is the most brutal fighting in so many aspects . Here we are in March of 2023 , with the planet on the edge ( some would say we're already in )
WWIII
I can only imagine what was going through the mind of the Artillery major when he found out he had been bombing his own men...
I think I would have told them where they started at was between them and the enemy. Start back there and work “out” this time, instead of coming toward the Americans.
He said I fucked up,you trusted me ,lol
I think he was thinking " friendly fire will not be tolerated"
Love this movie. I have the DVD, but am "watching" it (which means I have it on in the background for noise) while I'm in my office working. Brings a nice perspective to the divorce and custody cases I'm working on....... Thanks for posting.
"You hear that, we're having fun"!
Great movie, I saw in A&E about 18 years ago (and the military banter is on point).
my grandfather and his brother were both shot here in France.. on the first day, when I was a kid he told me all about being in this war, it was hell on earth no doubt. I sat with him many times when he cried , about this war.. he was in this forest, Bella wood..
And to think, the British and French made fun of us and called us stupid for training our boys in open warfare instead of trench combat...
ImTheWaffleman : The U.S. troops arrived In France In April 1918 knowing nothing of the type of war that Germans, British and French were leading In Europe since 4 years. The U. S. Troops had hardly Machines guns ...only rifles and bayonettes ! After 2 months of drill waiting for their late artillery the Marines were finally thrown early june 2018 In a desperate fight that the French were having In the sector of Bois Belleau and where they had Lost 50% of their troops. The Marines lost as many men as the French because of the many Germán machines guns they had to overcome with grenades and bayonettes and after 5 days of intense fights and terrible losses they finally managed to control the whole of Bois Belleau which is a little wood of hardly ...75 acres ! They lost over 1200 men for this tiny piece of land but they managed with heroism and a lot of bravery ! In remembrance of this exploits, one of the very first U.S aircraft carriers In W.W. ll was called " Bois Belleau" to honor these brave Marines. A grateful Frenchman is pleased to honor also their memories here, 99 years after ! God bless América !
Dame coloneals we made your country and it's worse than ww1 we didn't need them.
Michael Fradin your comment made me contract cancer
Trench warfare is merely "open warfare" as you call linear/conventional warfare that pauses for a siege-like phase. Its been around for thousands of years. Fighting simply paused until one side decided to charge the other again. In modern times it only occurs in stalemates...a winning army has no time to entrench...Pattons ride across France in 1944 didnt even give the Germans time to dig in...
+John Doe - American troops did not conduct any major retreats in this war, only perhaps somewhere tactical retreats on a company level...We werent like you limeys that retreated clear across Belgium.
*FAR FROM THEIR LAND AS THEY MADE THEIR STAND THEY STOOD STRONG AND THE LEGEND STILL LIVES ON*
Suffered heavy losses as the Great War rages on, Liberty Division standing strong!
Thank for allowing us to learn of this story, I was clueless and saddened to hear of Charles Whittelesey untimely passing. He would be a great asset in the world today 🙏🙏
All Quiet On The Western Front, Apocalypse Now,Das Boot,Threads, Come And See, Platoon, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot...
There Are Many War Movie Classics.
If This Is Not One Of Them, Then IT COMES DAMN CLOSE!!!
Such a great movie. It should have been released in theaters.
mark rylander cant speak for the rest of the US but I saw this in history class, rewatched it maybe 3 or 4 times since, still saddens me
My Grandfather fought in "The Great War" Never spoke to it ,
My grandfather served during ww1 a British soldier. The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry British Expeditionary Force 1914 sent to defend the Belgium town of Mons to prevent the German imperial army from cutting off the French also because Belgium was supposed to be nuteral. He survived 2 years but was discharged because of chronic Ill health died physically and mentally broken.
My Great Great Uncle is buried at Verdun. All my Great Grandfathers and Great Great Grandfather fought in France as American Soldiers. Some of my family fought for the Kaiserreich. All around bad family affair.
European powers: We will slug it out in the trenches until victory.
Americans: SCREW THE TRENCHES!!! GO GET'EM, MEN!!!
I must say that was by far the best movie I have seen about WW1
could you imagine gen. Z fighting in a battle like this. Oh how the mighty have fallen. We are going the way of Rome a nation of pleasure seekers who dont even know what bathroom to go to.
I have never watched this on UA-cam but I did on Amazon prime. This is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. No Hollywood BS. I wish this movie wasn’t underrated, it’s worth while.
Also the interactions between soldiers really made me tear up
An excellent movie that does the actions of these men justice, credit to the cast and crew, an outstanding movie that should be part of the curriculum of seniors at high school.
Imperial guards and stormtroopers... Hmm I wonder where I've heard that from..
The Imperial Guard in Warhammer 40K reference is real!
star wars trilogy
That is where those terms came from WW1 that is where Star Wars got them from
Rolando R. Yeah I know, they used a couple of weapon models too from WW1 for their blasters
The German Storm
Troopers were very real. The Imperial guard also real. That’s where these names were not made up in fantasy
Far from their land, as they made their stand
A disregarded demand
It’s surrender or die, and the stakes are high
They live or they die, there’s no time for good bye
Weapon in hand, as they made their stand
Still disregarding demand
They would never comply they would rather die
Broke through the blockade they were finally saved
Hey sabaton
r/expectedsabaton
Just yes. You nailed it my friend
It's not to surrender or to die, but it was the task for the politicians to negotiate peace after the Verdun and Somme slauthers. That would have avoided the Bolshevists and Nazis - simply the second part of self destruction.
The hero or patriotic poetry is nonsense in mechanised warfare.
ALL THE INCREDIBLE COURAGE AND SUFFERING ON BOTH SIDES - FOR WHAT?
poetic beauty.....
Great movie. First saw it in history class back in 8th grade. That was probably the best school day i ever had. I cant believe that carrier pigeon was wounded and still delivered its message. Definately deserved a monument.
Wow, how is it that I’ve never seen this movie. What a piece of work that General was, I understand the reasoning but to have them boys left out there by themselves should’ve been unacceptable. What courage and bravery shown by all involved, especially the pilot. I couldn’t imagine going thru something like that and then have to go back to a regular life. Anyways was just a few of my thoughts. Thank you to all the veterans that have kept and are keeping our country safe. Greatest country in the world
Its insane to think that their were Americans like this who fought for their country with everything they had, and today kids their same age require safe spaces from words
TheDissident I'm 19 years old and I agree 100% my generation and the younger ones are pathetic, if the US and europe has the generations that fought in the world wars then europe may not be a muslim shithole and the US wouldn't be a joke.
I agree, concerning your kids... it is the decline of your imperium and the whole world will be happy about your downfall... except of 17 years you were at war since your country existed... and you always fought against already beaten foes or those, who can t defense themselves... nevertheless you claim you are the "winner" of these wars... even when chinese troops without great supply kicked the shit out of you, like in korea... and what do your honourable government order? airstrikes, which killed nearly four million people, destroyed 20 of 21 northkorean megacities and the whole electricity supply (three water-dams)... but you are think you are "brave"... fucking hypocrites you are...
Those generations literally had safe spaces enforced by law everywhere just because of race so don’t give me that pathetic bullshit
I mean, you do realize this generation has been engaged in the longest period of combat in American history right?
My Grandpa and his parents emigrated from Warsaw, Russia (at that time). They were originally German, but left due to Bismarck's German anti-Semitism. They arrived in 1913, settling with the other immigrants om the lower east side of Manhattan. Four years later, and he was a US soldier, fighting for HIS country. He was part of the Lost Battalion, and received a Purple Heart.
When New York gangsters were actually badass lmao
yep not like the little bitch punks these days !!!
Fuck you both! Im from the Gambino Family but sag my pants, wear oversized bright colored shirt and hightop sneekers with tight pants. Say we are soft again and I will drive by your house and indescrimenantly shoot at everyone to prove my point, son, I mean, cappeesh!
hahaha dress like a punk look like a punk must be a punk lmfao choi ! guomba
We holding it down up in da hizay. Gotti was such a genious that he was caught on tape yapping his mouth about the family inner works. What a disgrace he was.
Jaime Sandoval you aint holding shit down yea he may have been stupid and got cought but you look stupid and thats worse ! atleast he went out with class n style punk .
I think that their was many brave men who fought in WW1 on all sides. Being a Aussie and having a population of 5 million then over 300000 volenteered in the great war with over 60000 killed, the highest number of any nation per capita. So much for following the mother country. Such a waste of the best men from all countries and the worst of it all We didn't learn a thing as it was repeated 20 years later
All wars are pre-planned by rich bankers and such men who control the world for their own benefit.
@@chindo88 your comment is probably so true. We as a world community still hav'nt learned a thing. Hate and distrust using nationalism or religious issues Will haunt us all for ever, hope you're doing well with this world problem we are all enduring..stay safe
This is the second time I watched this remarkable film. Just as powerful and moving as it was the first time I seen it.
The casualties sustained were horrific in this war, and the Americans got their taste as well. Total casualties were 320,000 (53,000 Battle Deaths, 63,000 Non-Combat Deaths, and 204,000 Wounded.) Keep in mind the French at this time had by far the longest front to cover and suffered 330,000 casualties. So those of you who are saying that our casualties were minor keep the time frame in mind and the amount of front covered and compare that to the casualties sustained, the Americans bloodied themselves disproportionately fighting a war that was started because of European monarchs' egos.
+James Albert You realize that's a load of bullshit right? The Indian Army only numbered 1.2 million, so it's hard to believe their casualties were 5.5 million.
James Albert Whyard In all 47,746 Indians were classed as killed or missing with 65,000 wounded.
I love when casualty lists become pissing contests. Dead is dead. Only the living care about who died for whom.
Jack Stratif And that means what to the ones who died?
+Jack Stratif And so is the concept I laid out in my comment. Or did you even read it? We took very similar casualties to the French in the same time frame while fighting on a much smaller front. Hence why our casualties were lopsided in terms of the scale of the fighting and front covered. And all those casualties for what? A new safer world? Looks to me the only thing that happened was the greed of the so-called "Good Guys" was satisfied.
Finally WW1 gets some love.