Revolution in Germany - Armistice in Austria I THE GREAT WAR Week 224
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Unrest within the German Empire is spreading, resentment against the war, the hunger and the elites is turning into revolutionary action and with a mutiny in Kiel the wheels begin to turn quickly. Austria signs an armistice, the Macedonian Front collapses, Romania might enter the war again and the new German political leaders send a delegation through the lines in France. Their goal: An Armistice.
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Gentlemen, it has been a privilege watching this show with you.
There's still the treaty negotiations...
Likewise. *extends hand to shake ✋
Edit: thanks for the heart :D
@@MrSaywutnow And the postwar!
Time to leave the trenches and go home boys.
This has been an amazing journey,my friends...
A journey that I took in 4 years 4 states 2 colleges has come to an end. In the beginning of this I was a college going guy and at the end of this I am a working man. It has been a great journey sir. Long live Indy Neidell
Long live Indy Neidell, thank you for four years of your intensive and hard labour that you have put in these episodes!
100 years ago, you would have been a college guy, then a soldier guy and then a dead guy. And some youths today think we live in the endtimes.
@@yaldabaoth2 with all due respect, if the Anglo-European men from a century ago were living in today's Europe and Anglosphere, they would arguably be more convinced of its' ending, at least we know it. They were considerably less ethnically tolerant.
Indeed, from my youth as a high school Sophomore to my early adulthood as a new worker. This series, and I have certainly aged.
@patrick wood he has already started my dear sir. Check out the world war 2 channel
Indy hasnt aged at all during these 4 years...
This was all filmed in one go.
I thought it was common knowledge that Indy is a Time Lord
@@PetarJovanovic993 No way
Petar Jovanovic That’s clearly not true as the maps used and the background changed over time.
That is because he has already aged enough.
I can't believe it's ending already. You know, I'm really going to miss you guys . . . Indy, Flo, that English tank guy with the beard, and um, to a lesser extent Field Marshal Haig.
Julius von Brunk haig? You mean the butcher of the Somme?
Don't forget Conrad von Hotzendorf
And Conrad, never forget Conrad von Hötzendorf.
@@podemosurss8316 And Luigi Cardona!
@Julius von Brunk
They are up to week 12 on the world war II week by week channel if you need a fix
Just wait for the German 1919 offe..... ooohhhhhh
O O P S
military error 404: German army not found
You mean phase 2 of the Great War in 1939?
O O F
Give them 20 years to lick their wounds.
"CAN WE PLEASE GET AUTO-BALANCING ON THIS SERVER???"
-Germany
30 years later
"Ah.... it seems you got gud"
* throws PC out the window *
- Still France
I laughed out loud hard for this one.
Yeah, that matchmaking has been terrible
REV O LU TION
WAKE UP THE SLEEPY SAMURAI
Welp, I started watching from the beginning in 2014, I was 19. I am now 23, and this show will forever be associated with my early adulthood.
Thank you, and sorry you guys didn't get to do a special trip to the US to meet your american fans.
How's life for you now?
Can't wait to see next week's battles on Thursday's episode!
well lets's hope we can see some special episodes about the post war conflicts period
V. Athanasiou Conrad has a plan!
V. Athanasiou εχεις μπει κ στο καναλι απο τον δευτερο παγκοσμιο?
From what been posted on the other channel, following the second world war week by week, It given the impression TGW team already stopped filming here and the last 3 weeks were in the can a number of weeks ago (4 or 5 weeks ago) - if so it looks like last week will be the last set of the videos - but it all down to what the contract of employment says and what the team have signed for or even been paid for and up to (but it looks like they all left after the final 3 weeks where filmed) and I bet there is a lot of video that never been shown yet from trips and other projects they have filmed over the last few years - hopefully, Flo can do the swap and make it to the other channel as well.
V. Athanasiou we don’t have long until wars end.
Gentlemen, the armistice will be upon us this Sunday. It was an honor watching this show and may we enjoy the World War II series.
No! Conrad can still turn this around. Just you wait!
it's been an honour serving with you...
i hope they continue at least a bit into the afterwar period. from history lessons i know Germany was really messy but i bet there was serious stuff going on elsewhere that would be cool to know about if you're not exactly from the specific nation.
Here here!
@@cmr2153 Check out "Between Two Wars"
*Austria-Hungary has left the game.*
*Germany has restarted the game.*
Angelo Cortez
*Austria-Hungary has left the game.*
*Austrian Empire joined the game.*
*Hungarian Empire joined the game.*
*German revolutionaries ︻デ═一 German Empire*
_Central Powers lose_
_Allies get 100 xp each_
*German revolutionaries left the game.*
*Weimar Republic joined the game.*
"Oh no, I'm not brave enough for politics." Three drinks later: "Indy, my allegiance is to the Entente, to democracy!!!"
Marius Star Wars reference.
Only a @Marius deals in absolutes
Well, we all know Obi-Wan is an alcoholic...
In my point of view, the Ententes are evil !!!
FullMetalChicken WELL THEN YOU ARE LOST!
Thank goodness this is the war to end all wars, ammirite?
@@JohnJohn-pe5kr r/woooosh
@@lovremarasovic5267 Funny that "Indiana Jones" would miss that one
@@domg6041 oh yea lmao
@@lovremarasovic5267 Also you should post this to r/whooosh for me
@@domg6041 Unfortunately i don't have an Reddit account
Can't believe it's over on Sunday. What a journey it's been!
What?? You mean the decisive german offensive starting on 12th of december won't take place???
it's so depressing that Wilfred Owen survived all this time then dies in the last episode
Worse, try George Price, Canadian soldier, killed by a sniper two whole minutes before the armistice.
It would be pretty cool if you uploaded the video about the armistice at exactly 11 am Paris time.
I was going to like this comment, but it has 11 likes right now.
Now 12 😢
NOOOOO
The eleventh like of the eleventh comment on the eleventh video!
There will be a live hangout starting at 11 am in which they will answer all kinds of questions
Gentleman it has bee an honor watching this show with you
The honor is mine brother
I will miss this brother
It doesn't end here. Look up World War 2. This goes on another 6 yrs
Cheers mate *lifts pint of beer in a salute*
@@heavypupper1219 There's a second world war!?
Nice to see that the war was over by Christmas, just not the right one.
Well they said it would be over by Christmas. Just not year it would be.
well time for a great war marathon
Join me in
There's about 40 hours worth of weekly episodes you have just enough time to binge it before 11:00 am Paris Time
Been binge watching the whole series in the last 2 weeks. Last time I was so excited about a series finale was friggin' Seinfeld
Thank you Indy and the rest of The Great War team for creating something that brought so much clarity about one of the most terrible wars in human history. You did more than what most of all of our history teachers could do and gave this pivotal point in history the attention it deserves. At one point it made me painfuly aware that if i was born not in 1996 but in 1896 that i would have most likely died like half of Serbia's male population, on Cer, by the banks of the Kolubara river, on some road in Albania, a hospital in Greece or Tunisia, on the slopes of mount Kajmakchalan and so many unnamed battlefields. Although I write this with tears in my eyes I am not sad that this is over, it was about a war and as all wars it should end, I am thankful for your work.
Yours truly.
What do you mean I will not see Conrad von Hotzendorff again?!?!!
He will live on forever in our hearts.
@@iwanttogivedaisyridleyafac2432 Nah, he will come back in ten years to lead glorious Austria into space
@@indiananeidell9186 What sort of gift should I bring him? Does he like bonsai?
Actually, if you watch Indy's World War Two channel, there is a photograph of von Hotzendorf on the wall of his studio for that series. You know, because.
@@NormanMStewart
That's a real "oof" birthday!
Will you do the aftermath? Or is that after the scope of this channel?
Theres a show called "between two wars" on thime-ghost wich is about the interwar years
check out the "between 2 wars" videos they made
Or their channel called "World War Two"
I see
Gentlemen, it was a pleasure to play with you these 4.5 years..
"Germany has fallen..." Damm after four years, after so much horrors, battles conditions beyond human sanity and so much human lives lost, those words are heavy... I would like to thanks indy and the crews for the show, only such a masterpiece as yours could give a glimpse of the full scale of this war. Pehaps what i like the most was the difference bewteen "the great battle plans" and the little anecdotes about soldiers and simple people. As a descendant of a french familly who paid a big cost to this war, it helped me understand how you could feel back then about all this happening around you.
Thanks indy, it was a pleasure.
Sir Leonor 🍻
The sad part is more people died on Armistice Day than on D-Day! They sent out units to attack positions even though they knew the war was going to be over.
@@ellsworth1956 they send them precisily because it was going to end. For some it's was for gaining as much territory as possible, for other it was for gaining a last bit of "battle honor" and some medals. I cannot say that I didn't understand the geopolitical motives but I feel so sad for the Poor ones who didn't make it home...
Steiner really needs to start his counteroffensive now...
My leader, Steiner...
accidentally watched in 2016. continued and faithfully watched all eps in 2017 until I graduated college and now in 2018 its ending. from Hotzendorf to Cadorna to learning how Serbia defied an empire to Kaiser Willy's attitude problem. been a blast following this series every week and learning something new. going to miss this show's weekly coverage. its been an honor to watch this series :(
Bulgaria also defied an empire - > the British empire
@@aleksk4151 i know. I just said Serbia because their successful defense of their country in the initial stages of the war is often overlooked in other documentaries in favor of the Western Front, naval build up and etc.
@@christianjohnsalvador1121
Not only did 1914 victories save Serbia but also impacted Italy to enter the war and choose allied side. With Italy on Central powers side, the war may have had a different end.
Furthermore, Serbia`s role in breaking Salonica front was widely described by Foch, D`Esperay and Lloyd George as well as by the German Kaiser ("62.000 Serbian soldiers have turned the tide of the War and decided the outcome" in his telegram to the Bulgarian king)
Can’t wait for the finale of the 1919 offensives!
But the revolution stops the fighting and so the proleatariat is not fighting against itself.
Germany will win the 1919 Spring offensive and build the all German world we ha...oh wait...
NO DON'T SIGN THE PAPER WILLY!
Yes, in 1919...Offensives colonial!!!
I can't believe this has been going on for 4 years
"Peace. Fightnig Ends."
"Fightnig Ends" would be a fun band name.
If only they kept “the hotz” in charge, he could’ve taken rome by now!!!
i'd hate to play him at risk...
"The Hotz" is on the same coolness level as "The Fonz"!
So Hasselhoff is The Hoff... Don't hassle the Hoff.
Hotzendorf is The Hotz... Don't Fockz with the Hotz? :D
And the end approaches... Is it a coincidence that Austria-Hungary surrendered, just when Konrad ''Napoleon'' Hötzendorf stopped being the Imperial Army's supreme commander? I think not... Congrats on your amazing work and still hoping for a bio special about the two Ottoman sultans and the Three Pashas.
Maybe you should have replaced Hötzendorf after he got sacked!
almost as if he had fucked the army so hard it couldn't fight any more...
It's no mere coincidence! Had Conrad and Luigi been on the same side from the get go the Entente would have been steamrolled immediately! 😉
@@TheCimbrianBull Exactly, it's a tragedy that they were found in opposing camps. One genius negated the other and millions suffered as a result.
@@TheCimbrianBull That implies, that Italy sides with the Central Powers. In that case your statement wouldn't be that ridiculous as you think it is.
Best channel for WW1, my high school barely covered anything for WW1 and people still believe Germany caused the Great War...
i thing thats inaccuret to say...may did. Not a black and white situation. More like black and grey..(maybe even gray and grey)
france caused ww1 they're the real aggressors cuz they fought the germans when the germany didn't attack it
They did... in a way. Everyone had a hand in it, so did Germany. Germany didn't cause the great war, but it didn't not cause it
@@bigburd875 germany went to fight russia cuz they declared war on austia
until the france snails interfered lol
Austria-Hungary technically started it, but the cause of the war went WAY back far longer than the declaration of war. In that case, everyone had a hand in building up the tensions that led to WW1.
My favourite Wilfred Owen poem Futility
Move him into the sun-
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields half-sown.
Always it woke him, even in France,
Until this morning and this snow.
If anything might rouse him now
The kind old sun will know .
Think how it wakes the seeds,-
Woke, once, the clays of a cold star.
Are limbs, so dear-achieved, are sides,
Full-nerved-still warm-too hard to stir?
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
-O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth’s sleep at all?
@@indiananeidell9186 I read somewhere, can not find source right now to confirm the quote, that mother of Wilred Owen got notice about his death on 11th November - armistice day. Just imagine her situation. Imagine the feeling of relatives of soldiers, who died on 10th November 1918
Maybe a strong defensive line on the Rhine river would stop these......gah damn it......wrong war !
General Steiner's counter-attack will come any minute now!
2 days left
Freaking 2 days left
I'm gonna miss you all of you :(
Only three more days everybody! It's been an honor going on this journey with all of you.
I was just starting 8th grade when the war started. Now I'm in my senior year in high school. It has been a great journey with the Great War channel. Thanks Indy and the team!
Sees last Great War vid
Immediately stops watching Game of Thrones.
It has been a privilege to watch your videos, gentlemen, especially Indy and Flo
I doubt its last Great War vid. They still have to cover actions from 9 to 11 November. And there probably be one or more special episodes for 11th november and peace conference.
Question: Are you going to continue doing videos after 11th November about, I dunno, negotiations or something?
There is the world war 2 channel that indy is doing if you didn't already know
@@ryroberts2821 Oh yeah? That's great! So the peace negotiations will be on this channel and since 1920 on that channel you say?
@@hammermigg Yes they're already up actually.
Ryan Roberts what is it called?
No Spoiler pls
This is the end... my only friend. Indy, Flo and all the team, you have been a fantastic channel, and you have done something unique and special, and being able to do something like this is unprecedented. Each season it only got better.
Today is also my birthday, the best gift that I could possible have, is this Channel uploading a video just after I wake up! :)
Entente: "Sign the armistice, you have lost."
Germany: "Are you threatening me Master Entente?"
Entente: "The West will decide your fate."
Germany: "I am the West!"
Entente: "Not yet."
It's treason then. Roaaaaargh!
Well, here we are. The last Thursday of the great war. Thank you for bringing this war into the light of recognition it deserves. I will continue to wear my 99 problems shirt every thursday in remembrance.
Now it's time to binge a Great War marathon! Here's a fun drinking game: drink an entire bottle of vodka each time you see Indy wearing a vest.
Why you trying to kill us? Lol
Charles Dingus or mentions Conrad von Hotzendorff.
Shall we add the deaths from alcohol poisoning to The Great War casualties?
@@zeldalinkring1923
If so you'll all receive posthumous medals! 🥉
Did you know there is a german version of the show where a German speaking guy named Christoph something sits at the same desk and also wears a vest? I learned this this past week
In one of my classes we discussed Wilfred Owen’s poem “dulce et decorum est”. Incredibly no one in the class was aware of who he was and the context in which he wrote the poem. I guess until we start to pay more attention to the horrors of history we will just have more Wilfred Owens
Germany: I can't fell my legs
Austro-Hungary: I surrender
France: let's negotiate
British: the end is near
US: war is already over
Serbia: hurray, we won!
Serber-Rus always gets his bone.
i doubt france actually want to negotiate tbh, with the mind of revenge of franco prussia war, they want to destroy unified germany or make them a puppet state
Poland - Time disarm all German soldiers and fight for Lwòw (fights between Polish armed forces and forces of West Ukrainian People's Republic began 1 XI 1918)
Hahah how much I like to read that austria surrendered
Thank you to the team and to everyone who supported this project. The way in which this series as been researched and presented has done an amazing job of handling bias and is the most complete, accurate and truthful account of a conflict of unimaginative scale. You have honoured the souls of the many million's of people who paid the ultimate sacrafice. Utterly remarkable project.
Last Thursday episode. It's a sad day. It's been an honor to watch this epic and educational series. Thank you Indy and th crew you made an outstanding job! Grazie mille! :)
"Peace. Fightnig Ends." Is just too perfect isn't it?
One of the best history channels on here, you and your team really deserve some sort of UA-cam Oscar for your series. I've always been fascinated about how Germany went about starting the peace process, such a hard subject to get facts on. I knew about the car journey across the front and Foch demanding no negotiations but I'm still at a loss as to how it actually started, who made the call, who decided who was to make the journey, which German/French/British army units were told 'there's a couple of cars coming through, don't shot at them', how did the road cars actually get through no-mans land, where did the delegates stay, who's idea was it to use a railway car rather than say a hotel or palace????? Would love to know the nitty gritty of these events.
I must say that this series got me through high school in 2014. I graduated in May of 2018. Now I'm a college student heading to the Army and I can't explain how much I enjoyed this series. Thank you guys so much for fueling my interest in conflict history. Please don't stop doing series like this Indy and crew! 🌴
I realize that the end was actually a long time coming, but it is still amazing how quickly everything collapsed after 4 years of total war. It seems as though the war had FINALLY consumed all of it's fuel and was finally snuffed out.
I would also like to thank the people who made this series happen. I have followed it fairly consistently since the spring of 1915. Thanks again.
We’re approaching the end of the fighting. It has been an honor to serve on all the fronts over the years.
Well everyone, this is it. It's been quite the adventure of knowledge and discovery and I will undoubtedly miss this show. I will miss each and every one of you. Truly, the end of an era...
The series will come to an end soon, it has been an honor to watch this series 😢
I entered this as a Freshman in high school, and am leaving as a Senior... what a journey....what a host!!!! Thank you to Indy and crew for the great 4 years of content! Here’s to a World War 2 channel in another 20 years!
it has been an absolute honor
And an absolute horror... for those who lived through it all.
It seems that the war situation has not developed much in Germanys favor.
That sounds like a conservative estimate.
It's almost over.. I'll miss this Channel!
Go to their channel of second world war
InspectMyAss We all will
Saw this series from 1915 didn't regret a single episode
Godspeed everyone.
I`m Indy Neidell and I'm a time traveler from 1939. Welcome to the Great War. Today, a plot twist nobady foresaw: Germany actually lost the war.
I started watching in 2015. My goal had been to finish my doctorate and get a job before the war ended. I made it by 2 mo. It was a pleasure.
Austria-Hungary was a formidable civilization, with many vices and virtues (remember the heroism of their ancestors during the Siege of Vienna in 1529). Suggested soundtrack: Requiem in D minor, by a "certain" composer from Salzburg called Mozart.
Too bad they can't seem to run an empire well
The only reason they won battle of Vienna was due to the poles
To be honest that wasn’t Austria Hungary it was the Hapsburg empire Hungary wasn’t independent then. Austria Hungary really formed in the 19th centuries
@@xaph5575 Not in 1529. Poles helped in 1683.
@@xaph5575 The only reason the Poles even got to charge was that Vienna still held out under siege
what i really appreciate about the presentation is that the host constantly sets a tragic tone, and does not downplay the loss of lives. its a very humanist approach, and shows the danger of nationalist fervor. never glorifying war, but showing what war really means and how its conducted. well done.
Wow! This makes Austria the only power to lose two wars against Italy!
Beyond the First World War, which precisely would the second war be lost? Italy was only 57 years old in 1918.
@@67claudius 1866, when Bismarck's Prussia fought a war against Austria, Italy joined in. It's also the defeat that lead to the creation of the dual monarchy
Even more if you count the wars of italian reunification
@@bernddecuyper9457 Ok, it wasn't really an Italian victory.
But it was an Italian victory, Italy gained Venice from France which gained it from Austria. :P
I still can’t believe this journey is almost over. The Great War taught me so much and ignited my love for history. In 2 days it will the Remembrance Day and I still get goosebumps thinking about the fact that it’s been an entire century since the fighting stopped. I’m currently writing a magazine about the last 11 days of the war, in time with the events, to be sold at my school.
Far too rarely do we discuss the role of revolutions in the collapse of the Central Empires and the end of WW1, I wish more of the national celebrations of th Centenary went into half the level of detail that you have.
he didn't go into detail at all? he just suddenly said 5 cities were taken over by soviets, as though that's totally a normal and organic thing, and detailed nothing about how this even happened. he completely glossed over it. very suspicious.
Boy, when I started watching these I had no kids. I now have 3! It just shows how much life was happening while the war was raging on.
Hard to believe this is almost over, first time I watched this was august 2014, right after I turned 14. It's sad to see it go but at least the war's almost over.
I joined the viewer-army at the end of the first battle of the marne at age 15. It was a great pleasure serving with you!
Four years ago, I was 12 years old and curious to learn about the first world war. Now I am 16, driving, thinking about the future, and most of all, thankful I do not have to fight a trench war! Tomorrow is the 100 year anniversary of the Armistice. Many my generation won't care, but I will never forget the fallen.
Im watching this on November 11
Started watching in late 2015 and was committed to watching every episode when Verdun got started. Can’t believe there’s only 3 days left...
Say goodbye to all of the memes of the Great War. Von Hotzendorf, Cadorna, Haig, literally every Russian general except Bursilov, Ludendorff and more. Press F to pay respects
Who knew that one hundred year old memes could still be this dank?!
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Thankyou Indy and team for all the work you guys have put in over these years. It's been a journey and I can't believe it's at an end!
A while ago in the top 11 misconception about The Great War video Indy said one of the biggest misconceptions is that the German army wasn't defeated when in reality they were. He then says that Germany surrendered before the German defences were broken which they would have been which allowed the myth that Germany wasn't defeated to exist. Maybe I'm just stupid but they look pretty broken to me.
A few weeks ago the Hindenburg line was even breached.
He most likely refered to the countries border defences. They're still on French/Belgian territory rather than Germany itself. The fact that Germany itself was never invaded was a big factor in the spawning of the myth.
Plus the public didn't know the exact circumstances of the front.
Plus, if the soldiers were not withdrawn from the front, the communists would have taken over. Thus, the stab in back myth - "We lost the war because of communists." while in reality communism spread because people were tired of being treated like cattle herded into the slaughterhouse.
I wish we have seen some specials about German revolutionaries like Rosa Luxemburg and Spartakist League
Germany is now all alone...
*gives tearful salute* R.I.P German Empire. :(
@@LordVader1094 It will always life in our hearts
@Random Estonian It won't be the German Empire anymore at that point, though.
A more accurate term would be huddled up in the corner, wrapped in a blanket, shivering and brandishing a broken bottle
rip prussia :(
And the ghost of von Schlieffen says, "I told you so."
*salutes while crying*
*drinks a whole bottle of whiskey*
Its been an honour gents
Thank you Indie !
I'll be missing this channel and these videos. Thank you Indy and the crew for amazing 4 years (only 2 for me, I'm so happy that I found this channel, although late)
THANK YOU!
Also spoiler alert. Austria-Hungary collapses, the Hapsburg dynasty loses its power, and yet Conrad Von Hotzendorf gets accolades by his contemporaries, a nice pension, and the girl. So he was kinda right. He needed a war to get the girl. It was just not needed for it to be victorious.
What a series. Indy, I hope you and your team are proud of what you all accomplished with The Great War. Thank you for this incredible work!
All onboard the Freikorp spookmobile!
I would love to see this get to 1 million subscribers, Spartacus and Indy's creation and Flo's production help this site achieve a great event that will become a definitive archive of the 20th century in this century. Job well done!
3:47 To be fair, by this point all the Central Powers' forces are south of Shite.
Yes, I know it's spelled Scheldt.
Great show. Seen every weekly episode. Still got a few specials to mop up. Thanks for all your hard work.
[Komm Süsser Tod starts playing]
get into the dam trenches shinji!
this has to be one of the best channels that i have stumbled upon, one year ago i started watching and now its already coming to an end, love the work you guys do and thanks to Indy and the team
So you are telling me that Germany won't win the war?
You are kidding right?
ivancho569 nope 👎 they thought that they could defeat the entire world in a world war
@@JohnJohn-pe5kr I dont think they learned that lesson...yet.
Don't worry, they'll win the next, I'm sure about it!
@@akrybion Nah, no way Germany would be at the epicenter of another World War, I'm not buying that, dude.
ivancho569 LIES!!!! Germany will win for sure.
I saw Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” at the cinema this week, bringing colour and sound to film footage of the Western Front, accompanied by audio interviews of British and Commonwealth ex-servicemen. I cannot recommend this film enough to anyone watching this show with the opportunity to get a showing. It really brought to life so much of what I’ve been learning about at the strategic level from this show - now when I think of the events of the war, it is given a personal immediacy.
it seems like the 100 year aniversary for ww1 is going to be on fathers day.
Really like the music choice for the German navy mutiny. Gives me chills
Austria starts the war then left Germany holding the bag.
My grandfather, Rupert Powell was in the AEF from the beginning. He landed in Southern England in the fall of 1917. He shared with me very few details about his combat experience. He did say that the men in his company knew about the influenza epidemic and were fairly frightened about that. He was gassed twice. When he was sent back to a field Hospital, he developed mumps, and was then sent home. He passed away in 1982 at the age of 86
THEY REALIZE TOO LATE HOW IMPORTANT BULGARIA WAS FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR and yet left Bulgaria alone on the Macedonian front
I still remember Przemysl and all those episodes I watched during my last grade of High school. What a beautiful journey
Don't panic, the Kaiser still can reverse the situation!
Been watching since the beginning and have never commented just wanna say I'm going to miss you so much. I started watching you when I was 12 and now I am 16 so in some ways I grew up with you. You have made me interested in history and have really help develop my knowledge on WW1 so thank you so much, I will miss you dearly.
-2 weeks ago
The Allies: Hey Italy, we're going to party at the AustriaBar, wanna come?
Italy: Nah mates, im gonna stay home and chill
-this week
*The Italians party hard like its the end of the war*
I have to say, there has never been a history documentary this thorough, this entertaining, this moving, and this influential to me than TGW. 2014 seems a long time ago, with the Somme, Verdun, Brusilov all distant… thank you.