Not only did they play a vital role but they were dragged into a war that had no meaning for them, they were basically abused because of the terrible conditions and all. I wish people gave the horses more credit since they suffered for us.
Thankfully, there’s a lot of people who care about the animals of war. There’s a beautiful monument in Hyde Park London dedicated to this topic. It’s absolutely stunning. Of course, it won’t bring the animals back to us, but at least there is a saved spot to give thanks to them and remember them. www.google.ca/Animals%20In%20War%20MemorialBrook%20Gate,%20London%20W1K%207QF,%20United%20Kingdomg.co/kgs/z6ZGuc
ME TOO, as I watched I just knew that Warrior would die but my happiness knowing he would run with Riley over the hills and dales free and bravest horse that ever lived!
Amazing and heart breaking. To imagine the terror that horses experienced throughout history during conflicts and especially during WW1. These gracious and majestic creatures deserve a very special place in the heart of mankind along with the dog.
They are honored on Veterans Day .....if you're truly honoring those who've died for the cause of Individual Liberty..... The horses have the same day as we do. Any Cavalrymen would probably agree. And to the other point animals we eat yes!.... Americans don't eat horses though...they have a special place in our society.
Mh we do not have such day. BUT we do have a HUUGE park/museum/monoment to honor all animals that got enlisted, theres even a huge board with all the animals names and species just like the PDSA medals for animals
Exceptionally well done documentary! Visually beautiful, compelling, emotional, well written, well narrated... While this is of course a war horror story, I cannot imagine a better way to tell this particular story!
Great and moving story, notably that of Warrior and his owner the General, the bond that came from the hardship, battle, and companionship they endured together is Amazing!! Also I love horses myself and think that these horses should be honored and remembered, we do so with police K-9s and military dogs, so why not man's 2nd Best Friend?
Very touching and importent to be remembered. If you are ever in the Northeast of Scotland visit Dalgethy Castle near Turriff. There is a beautifull memorial to all war horses.
Slaughtering the horses for food needs to be put in context. No farming where there were battlefields and less farming due to less workers across western Europe meant five years of reduced crops and livestock. There was "no" food.
@@BalletsBiggestFan it isn't funny. You'd lose a war with words. Some things just so not matter. War is always started by greed. Control over others. Peddle your dictionary to your own crowd of friends. If you have any...
The complete heart break of that war….so many men and horses dead. Horses had no choice to be there.😢 horses have always suffered, killed in use in every war through time. Horses are so intelligent… so trusting and dependent on humans for safety and care when bred for domestic use or for sport or to make money. In modern times how humans treat horses is always debatable. Humans aren’t always dependable for their judgement, empathy or honor.
I earned my Spurs in November 1998 🏆 as a cavalry regiment captain in Pakistan army and in 1999 went to Kargil war in Himalayas where my horse 🐴 Jupiter could not accompany me but he is in my heart ❤️
There's actually a book called 'War Horse'. It is a book in a perspective of a horse. Fictional WW1 story but it is so good that I recommended especially history lover, horse lover and those who likes emotional story.
34:40 on Forgotten Weapons, a UA-cam page about rare and long forgotten guns, the host recently featured a “gun” from the late 19th and early 20th centuries specifically for executing horses. Looked like a 6” long brass pipe a cartridge was loaded into, placed against a specific part of the skull, and struck on the back with a the solid brass cap included in the kit.
It is to some extent, War horse (the book and movie) is about a Horse that got enlisted and a farmer boy who enlisted to find the horse. You get to follow the horse trough battles and relationships both on the british front and german. It really explains and shows the horror of war when the animals break down
that absolutely is a betrayal as said. that 85,000 of these war horses after serving, suffering, and sacrificing, for the soldiers, were then murdered by their own “team”. that’s really messed up…and extraordinarily sad. 😢
Excuse me please, don't get me wrong: But didn't the Allies use caltrops against "German" horses too? Shouldn't we all get of our high horse here? This is about horses! You realky think those horses thought themselves a "British" or a "German" horse? At best they thought: " I need to get that boy on my back out of this hellhole". And look what they got for it! My grandfather was a German husar.
We sent horses from NZ too. There were also mounted cavalry units in the Middle East I believe - including an Australian cavalry charge at the battle of Beersheeba. What surprises me is that the Germans didn't also have a cavalry?
Yes! The ANZAC mounted units served in the Middle East theatre of war. A large portion of mounted units on the Western Front were Canadian. The Germans indeed had Calvary/mounted units. Starting the war with 110 regiments. They ended the war with about 1/5th that strength. More details… exact units, organization, etc can be found here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cavalry_in_World_War_I
I would have thought that city boys would have come in contact with horses quite a bit back then. All the taxis and carriages on the London streets were still being pulled by horses as not many people could afford to sell their horses and buy cars. There weren't that many petrol stations and the infrastructure wasn't ready for motorised vehicles to just take over. So I'm sure there were plenty of city boys who were very familiar with horses, may even have grown up working in stables looking after the horses for London's cabs and the carriages owned by the rich. There would have been drivers, blacksmiths, footmen, messengers who rode horses and more wealthy people who owned horses in London and on their country estates.
The beauty of horses are their herd animals they rather be around people then alone and learn to love people and stay close to them ive seen it with mustangs year after being captured owners on the trail dont need to tie them up because they build a bond with the people who train them they stay with the group same as donkies
In the history books of ww1 we come across , the regmintal names like , Jodhpur lancers, Jaypur lancers, 18th King Goerge v own lancers, and many more all were indian cavalry units, but their sacrifices forgotten.
Dale More I don't know how you got 6 likes on that utterly inane comment. You DO realize that this was a documentary about SPECIFIC horses, used in a SPECIFIC war, playing a SPECIFIC role, ...right? Is it a shame that this video didn't discuss the horses that the Cowboys and Indians used too?? I'm sure there's information out there, somewhere, about the horses used in the Middle East. You just won't find it, in a video about horses used in WW-1 Europe.
Mike S The british forces did use horses in the Middle East in WWI. And they often faced worse conditions than the horses at the Western Front. It's important to tell non-Eurocentric stories, as it was a world war, not just a European one (although the European powers were in the Middle East as well).
I wonder how important the horse is today in the military? This documentary shows some military horses today but possibly just ceremonial usage. However if a nuclear war happened and an EMP wiped out power and fuel supplies were disrupted, horses could be very important even now. Perhaps that remount section has more capability than this doco shows.
How bout we end horse slaughter . We ship horses to Canada or Mexico, they go without food or water for up to 36 hours then are killed in in a humane way .
Must suck if ur a rich man's pet having fun in the forests and suddenly you were grabbed by the army and sent off to the muddy meatgrinder of World War 1
The abuse of animals by humans is sickening. They killed innocent animals for their damn wars, they abuse animals today in their damn rodeos, humans make me sick. All animal abusers will pay for their crimes against nature.
Even in death they gave themselves up. Man’s best friend may be the horse and not the dog. (Granted war dogs were used and are still use for bomb and mine duty)
“Requisitioned”, meaning “Stolen by someone or something stronger than you. Noncompliance will result in escalating violence beginning with assault, up to and including your murder as long as submission is continually refused.” No different than the enforcement of any other law, including taxation
Lololol yeah no. They are flight animals. You can TRAIN a horse to not listen to his instincts and listen to you instead and trust you enough to guide him when every instinct is telling him to run away.
I have to stop viewing..too difficult to watch..i agree with another comment..yes, it's sad and terrible to see humans suffer n die but animals are purely innocent..and to see them used and abused by war is most disturbing! 🐎 😢
Seeing a puppet horse made by Handspring of S Africa for the show "War Horse" brought me here. Bless the beasts & the children for in this world they have no choice, they have no voice.
No one absolutely no one should be pressuring horses like this. This is disgusting. There should be a holiday to recognize all animals that have died due to humans
And my 2d cousin with the Royal Wiltshire Regiment/ 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Trooper Pet. Fredrick Edward Croker. Kia/Mia Passchendeale 10/11/1917
Just imagine.. without dogs & horses, America would have likely lost ALL the wars. That old man was awesome too lol. "I just gave them all a little poke with my sword, didn't need to kill them" 🤣
The Germans and Soviets used an estimated 6 million horses during WWII. Towards the end of the war the German army relied heavily upon horse and cart for transport as fuel was so scarce.
People want to meet celebrates I wish I could of sat down with and talked with a world war one vet. I was lucky enough to talk with some WW2 navy vets at the USS North Carolina about 14 years ago.
Not only did they play a vital role but they were dragged into a war that had no meaning for them, they were basically abused because of the terrible conditions and all. I wish people gave the horses more credit since they suffered for us.
Thankfully, there’s a lot of people who care about the animals of war. There’s a beautiful monument in Hyde Park London dedicated to this topic. It’s absolutely stunning. Of course, it won’t bring the animals back to us, but at least there is a saved spot to give thanks to them and remember them. www.google.ca/Animals%20In%20War%20MemorialBrook%20Gate,%20London%20W1K%207QF,%20United%20Kingdomg.co/kgs/z6ZGuc
So did all the warriors yet only a select few our remembered.
I think horses and dogs should be credited for their centuries of service for humanity during our wars
Had no meaning to anyone
That sweet old man remembering his childhood horses, ahh my heart 💔 where would we be without horses..
I´m so touched that Warrior could die at home, old and happy. Thanks for your service.
ME TOO, as I watched I just knew that Warrior would die but my happiness knowing he would run with Riley over the hills and dales free and bravest horse that ever lived!
Amazing and heart breaking. To imagine the terror that horses experienced throughout history during conflicts and especially during WW1. These gracious and majestic creatures deserve a very special place in the heart of mankind along with the dog.
All animals deserve respect and humans need to stop exploiting all animals.
A tough watch.
I ugly-cried.
Take the pain
What would humans be without horses and dogs =/
Horses are fiends
Not fast and sad
Still human.
we would be a more tough and resilient species I would imagine, as we would adapt to living without them.
We would be nothing
Wow! Great documentary! I never thought I could love another horse as much as I love Seabiscut, but I do now. Warrior.
And secertrait
Ha
Sargent Reckless is an amazing war horse. She was in the Korean War however
I suggest a national holiday to be created to honor the war horse , just like Veterans Day
They are honored on Veterans Day .....if you're truly honoring those who've died for the cause of Individual Liberty..... The horses have the same day as we do. Any Cavalrymen would probably agree.
And to the other point animals we eat yes!.... Americans don't eat horses though...they have a special place in our society.
humans are also animals
Mh we do not have such day. BUT we do have a HUUGE park/museum/monoment to honor all animals that got enlisted, theres even a huge board with all the animals names and species just like the PDSA medals for animals
All the animals that severed like dogs as well
@@kurtbjorn When you serve together in combat, they're more than just an animal, they're your partner, friend and confidant.
Thank you for the information!
A excellent production!
I definitely agree about a holiday to thank and honor these horses..
Exceptionally well done documentary! Visually beautiful, compelling, emotional, well written, well narrated... While this is of course a war horror story, I cannot imagine a better way to tell this particular story!
Very gripping and sad tale of the war horses. Very well done documentary.
After seeing the movie warhorse I always wondered what the true story of warrior was What a great but tragic documentary
This is a great documentary..thx you for making it and telling me about war horses...I had no ideal....thank you for your service .....
Great and moving story, notably that of Warrior and his owner the General, the bond that came from the hardship, battle, and companionship they endured together is Amazing!!
Also I love horses myself and think that these horses should be honored and remembered, we do so with police K-9s and military dogs, so why not man's 2nd Best Friend?
Very touching and importent to be remembered. If you are ever in the Northeast of Scotland visit Dalgethy Castle near Turriff. There is a beautifull memorial to all war horses.
Excellent, excellent documentary. Thank you for doing.
Slaughtering the horses for food needs to be put in context. No farming where there were battlefields and less farming due to less workers across western Europe meant five years of reduced crops and livestock. There was "no" food.
that's a really good point
It’s an important point. It’s just all away around a horrifying situation. We must never forget these beautiful creatures’ sacrifice.
@@Trund27 we never remember the sacrifices of men either. How many soldiers can you name that died on battle in every era where horses were used?
Animals aren’t food for humans. Humans are sickening, they should have eaten each other.
Such a good documentary 👏🏻
I'm seven minutes in and I already know this is gonna be a tear jerker.....
Extraordinary piece of history. Thank you.
This documentary is so informative and information are very clear. Is there anymore?
This wars always makes me so sad, wars make everyone suffering even aminels 😢😢😢😢
khadi mariposa i hope you meant animal lmao
Really
@@BalletsBiggestFan it isn't funny. You'd lose a war with words. Some things just so not matter. War is always started by greed. Control over others. Peddle your dictionary to your own crowd of friends. If you have any...
God will always bless these beautiful & courageous souls❤
Such heart wrenching story ❤
Human kind owes so much to horses. Not just in the First World War, but in the entirety of human kind
Killing the horses after the war was a betrayal and dishonor. Animals suffer more beacause of human greed.
I feel for the soldier and his horse companion
Couldn't imagine the horrors they faced
This document is the definition of Interesting!
Human Beings can be and are the most heartless being on the planet. The monstrous cruelty animals have and are suffering at our hands . . .
So sad! Strong, brave horses.
The complete heart break of that war….so many men and horses dead. Horses had no choice to be there.😢 horses have always suffered, killed in use in every war through time. Horses are so intelligent… so trusting and dependent on humans for safety and care when bred for domestic use or for sport or to make money. In modern times how humans treat horses is always debatable. Humans aren’t always dependable for their judgement, empathy or honor.
Great documentary!
Warrior was a brave horse
Warrior is a legend
All of them were 💔
The cruelest thing ever is forcing animals into war. Horses and dogs mainly died in the hundreds of thousands, forced innocently into men's war.
Such a good documentary 🤗🙋🙋🙋🙋
I earned my Spurs in November 1998 🏆 as a cavalry regiment captain in Pakistan army and in 1999 went to Kargil war in Himalayas where my horse 🐴 Jupiter could not accompany me but he is in my heart ❤️
Thank you for serving in such a noble profession. Blessings from Canada
The human toll is astounding. Imagine the heroics by our equestrian heroes have been overlooked throughout history.
There's actually a book called 'War Horse'. It is a book in a perspective of a horse. Fictional WW1 story but it is so good that I recommended especially history lover, horse lover and those who likes emotional story.
I watched the charge scene from that the other day
No mention of contribution of horses and cavalry men from Australia , Newzealand and India , which countributed in equal numbers
And South Africa
Yeah it mostly focuses on UK
It's just sad what those beautiful animals had to go through&then were killed if things got to crucial for them.
34:40 on Forgotten Weapons, a UA-cam page about rare and long forgotten guns, the host recently featured a “gun” from the late 19th and early 20th centuries specifically for executing horses. Looked like a 6” long brass pipe a cartridge was loaded into, placed against a specific part of the skull, and struck on the back with a the solid brass cap included in the kit.
34:23 Does anyone have a link or something similar to that pamphlet?
My son has the read this book the War Horse. Is this about that book? Thank you in advance.
It is to some extent, War horse (the book and movie) is about a Horse that got enlisted and a farmer boy who enlisted to find the horse. You get to follow the horse trough battles and relationships both on the british front and german. It really explains and shows the horror of war when the animals break down
If he’s still interested there’s a movie on Netflix on it called “War Horse”
FlicksFn i couldn’t find it on Netflix
Horse are amazing. This proves it
Thank you.
that absolutely is a betrayal as said. that 85,000 of these war horses after serving, suffering, and sacrificing, for the soldiers, were then murdered by their own “team”. that’s really messed up…and extraordinarily sad. 😢
To have a horse save u. U need to create a bond with it. That's how u can become friends with a horse
I feel like it’s always just about humans recognize the animals too people
Excuse me please, don't get me wrong: But didn't the Allies use caltrops against "German" horses too? Shouldn't we all get of our high horse here? This is about horses! You realky think those horses thought themselves a "British" or a "German" horse? At best they thought: " I need to get that boy on my back out of this hellhole". And look what they got for it!
My grandfather was a German husar.
Let us never forget the horse
We sent horses from NZ too.
There were also mounted cavalry units in the Middle East I believe - including an Australian cavalry charge at the battle of Beersheeba.
What surprises me is that the Germans didn't also have a cavalry?
Yes! The ANZAC mounted units served in the Middle East theatre of war.
A large portion of mounted units on the Western Front were Canadian.
The Germans indeed had Calvary/mounted units. Starting the war with 110 regiments. They ended the war with about 1/5th that strength.
More details… exact units, organization, etc can be found here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cavalry_in_World_War_I
I would have thought that city boys would have come in contact with horses quite a bit back then.
All the taxis and carriages on the London streets were still being pulled by horses as not many people could afford to sell their horses and buy cars.
There weren't that many petrol stations and the infrastructure wasn't ready for motorised vehicles to just take over.
So I'm sure there were plenty of city boys who were very familiar with horses, may even have grown up working in stables looking after the horses for London's cabs and the carriages owned by the rich.
There would have been drivers, blacksmiths, footmen, messengers who rode horses and more wealthy people who owned horses in London and on their country estates.
The beauty of horses are their herd animals they rather be around people then alone and learn to love people and stay close to them ive seen it with mustangs year after being captured owners on the trail dont need to tie them up because they build a bond with the people who train them they stay with the group same as donkies
In the history books of ww1 we come across , the regmintal names like , Jodhpur lancers, Jaypur lancers, 18th King Goerge v own lancers, and many more all were indian cavalry units, but their sacrifices forgotten.
It's a shame they don't discuss the horses in the Middle East
because this documentary is about horses of Britain.
@@tagiatilling5732 No kidding huh?? The stuff people spout sometimes!!
Dale More I don't know how you got 6 likes on that utterly inane comment. You DO realize that this was a documentary about SPECIFIC horses, used in a SPECIFIC war, playing a SPECIFIC role, ...right? Is it a shame that this video didn't discuss the horses that the Cowboys and Indians used too?? I'm sure there's information out there, somewhere, about the horses used in the Middle East. You just won't find it, in a video about horses used in WW-1 Europe.
Mike S The british forces did use horses in the Middle East in WWI. And they often faced worse conditions than the horses at the Western Front. It's important to tell non-Eurocentric stories, as it was a world war, not just a European one (although the European powers were in the Middle East as well).
Maybe you could write about it or make a video instead of just complaining?
I wonder how important the horse is today in the military? This documentary shows some military horses today but possibly just ceremonial usage. However if a nuclear war happened and an EMP wiped out power and fuel supplies were disrupted, horses could be very important even now. Perhaps that remount section has more capability than this doco shows.
Besides from the apocalyptic scenario you mentioned, I would think very little usage of horses. We do have entire mechanized corps in today's military
This is why they’re breeding and training velociraptors.
Afghanistan. 2002
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Terrain....Terrain.....Terrain
@@nathanhinebaugh1517 lol
They will rememer when its time for it. I´m sure.
Respect these innocent babies
I’m already crying…
I love horses this story remind me of my horse that died name Oreo
Poor horses :-(
My grandpa was in the last horse cave outfit in the U.S. army but got trancfured to the iinfernty after a knee ingery.
I been looking this i like it
How bout we end horse slaughter . We ship horses to Canada or Mexico, they go without food or water for up to 36 hours then are killed in in a humane way .
Must suck if ur a rich man's pet having fun in the forests and suddenly you were grabbed by the army and sent off to the muddy meatgrinder of World War 1
The abuse of animals by humans is sickening. They killed innocent animals for their damn wars, they abuse animals today in their damn rodeos, humans make me sick. All animal abusers will pay for their crimes against nature.
Cool, now show me a documentary of war dogs.😍
Here you go:
ua-cam.com/video/xtKbBRrvf4U/v-deo.html
Even in death they gave themselves up. Man’s best friend may be the horse and not the dog. (Granted war dogs were used and are still use for bomb and mine duty)
So sad. Never again!
It happened again 30 years later
SWIFT DANGER I know... I'm just stating, that I don't want to see this again...
@@Pages_of_Time_3400BC heads up
Sadly the animals were fast enough yet they had no armor
“Requisitioned”, meaning “Stolen by someone or something stronger than you. Noncompliance will result in escalating violence beginning with assault, up to and including your murder as long as submission is continually refused.”
No different than the enforcement of any other law, including taxation
Exactly. Even today animals are abused tortured and executed/ murdered .for human greed and gluttonous appetites.
@@carmenmorton8647 my argument is one of property rights. I'm not about to feel bad for farming, slaughtering, and eating animals
Horses are Brave
Lololol yeah no. They are flight animals. You can TRAIN a horse to not listen to his instincts and listen to you instead and trust you enough to guide him when every instinct is telling him to run away.
nice nice
long love zenyatta you know
I have to stop viewing..too difficult to watch..i agree with another comment..yes, it's sad and terrible to see humans suffer n die but animals are purely innocent..and to see them used and abused by war is most disturbing! 🐎 😢
Seeing a puppet horse made by Handspring of S Africa for the show "War Horse" brought me here. Bless the beasts & the children for in this world they have no choice, they have no voice.
The live play War Horse with those giants puppets is amazing, indeed. My family and I got to see it twice. It was beautifully done.
@@spiritof76forever81 wow! didn’t know they made a live play does it happen every year? Hoping to see it in live action one day now that I know this!
That's why the horses were sacrificed to feed humans. At the end.
No one absolutely no one should be pressuring horses like this. This is disgusting. There should be a holiday to recognize all animals that have died due to humans
Question: What is a horses purpose in modern war?
A lot of dead horses cca. 350.000 horse dead in WW1... enormous slaughter house... Anyway,that was reality of any war,where were horses involved.
Adds every 6 minutes for something you do not own the rights to is a little strong.
Because we have stopped listening to each other....
Timeline leases the rights to all their videos on youtube. There are still too many ads though.
And my 2d cousin with the Royal Wiltshire Regiment/ 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Trooper Pet. Fredrick Edward Croker. Kia/Mia Passchendeale 10/11/1917
Sad AF!
I watched the movie and then this the 2 are so different
Hollywood vs reality. I love the movie though... had me in tears. And now that I know what really happened.. I am again in tears.
Even the damn farmers abused the horses. Making them pull way too much weight, plows, and other things. Humans do not deserve any animals.
Just imagine.. without dogs & horses, America would have likely lost ALL the wars. That old man was awesome too lol. "I just gave them all a little poke with my sword, didn't need to kill them" 🤣
In modern times dogs are trained to be military important working dogs. War zones still need and depend on an animal.
Even more horses were used in WWII, I'd wager.
No it wasn't. Because of tanks and military-mechanized-cars, the horse was discarded.
The Germans and Soviets used an estimated 6 million horses during WWII. Towards the end of the war the German army relied heavily upon horse and cart for transport as fuel was so scarce.
WW1 was the last war fought with a cavalry. They were made as useless by new technology as full plate armor was made by bullets.
Frida Nyberg But they weren't useless for pulling supplies, guns and troops. Approximately 6 million used in WWII.
There were dozens of cavalry charges on the Eastern Front in WW2.
If only their horses could’ve experienced the Wild West let alone the civil and revolutionary wars
There should be a cartoon movie apart from the movie we already have. Like Spirit.
And we supposed to be civilized
dameyale royster were still not
SWIFT DANGER I feel ya
Key phrase....'were suppose to be'!
2.7 MILLION HORSES WERE KILLED BETWEEN US AND GERMANY DURING WWII!
Yes… and an estimate of over 20 million animals (not just horses) between both world war 1&2. Simply a sad sad world we live in…
People want to meet celebrates I wish I could of sat down with and talked with a world war one vet. I was lucky enough to talk with some WW2 navy vets at the USS North Carolina about 14 years ago.
No mention of The Light Horse Regiments, the Waler, Beersheba, Syria etc.
Disappointing.
A horse does not have a soul as a human does..
Queria saber o porque não se consegue traduzir as legendas para o português?
Not a major nor a relevant language. Despite their Empire.
True Story Of War House (2011)
You are confused if you think a horse's life is equal to a human life.
The horses really was baptized by fire
War, the greatest waste of humans ever. WHY?
"peace" is the greatest enemy of mankind
"peace" is the greatest enemy of mankind
to control population
It's more complicated than saying something vague, but it's mostly something very stupid