Maria Bochkareva and the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

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  • @zacharywilliams8220
    @zacharywilliams8220 7 років тому +117

    A group of women reenactors portrayed the group at the Rockford, Illinois WWI event. They did an excellent job! Their leader even was built like Maria.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +21

      +Zac Williams that's pretty cool!

    • @ethanstang9941
      @ethanstang9941 5 років тому +1

      Cool, is there any picture or video evidence of this reenactment? I'm happy to see more people interested in ww1

    • @CastleBomb44
      @CastleBomb44 4 роки тому +1

      What WW1 Rockford event? My parents grew up there. THat would be great to see

  • @nazberg445
    @nazberg445 7 років тому +143

    What a glorious life, such a depressing end.

    • @spacetoxicology123
      @spacetoxicology123 7 років тому

      nothing glorious. donkey's stupidity. "we gonna fight till the end" she needed to ask herself "why did she send all those women to die?"

    • @nazberg445
      @nazberg445 7 років тому +17

      Those Women volunteered to fight against foreign invaders to protect their land and culture. She fought and persisted her whole life and that is admirable.

    • @rhubarbthesecond4222
      @rhubarbthesecond4222 7 років тому +6

      if you die for your people you live for eternity in the hearts and minds of your nation. to die for your country is tragic but undeniably one of the most honourable ways to go

    • @spacetoxicology123
      @spacetoxicology123 7 років тому +2

      ahahaha 2 questions. did they protect their land or culture? protect from what? i suppose you know the origins of this war. maybe your comment should be like this: "those women were deceived by "sharks around power" and decided to protect those shark's interests on how to share a big piece of cake. naive you are so fu..king naive, me boy. best wishes ^)

    • @spacetoxicology123
      @spacetoxicology123 7 років тому

      Milk Pride World Wide you can't die for your country. because country is not yours (c) maybe you wanted to say "bla bla bla...to die for a country...."

  • @joehoe222
    @joehoe222 7 років тому +86

    This woman was really one of the forefighters of female equality. Deep respect!

    • @idunaasgard1183
      @idunaasgard1183 7 років тому +20

      She fought for her nation, mother Russia. Not feminism. At least not the third wave feminism of today.

    • @Betrix5060
      @Betrix5060 5 років тому +10

      @@idunaasgard1183 He didn't say feminism he said female equality (with males).

    • @stevonwhite8933
      @stevonwhite8933 Рік тому

      @@Betrix5060 Both of you don’t seem to get what Feminism is…

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 4 роки тому +12

    She deserves a movie. Because she deserves to be remembered. Great job.

    • @topivaltanen4432
      @topivaltanen4432 2 роки тому +3

      Its made 2015 Battallion,you can see trailer here in youtube.Main role is played perfectly.

  • @lllll4891
    @lllll4891 7 років тому +392

    New drinking game: Take a shot every time he says "This is modern war"

    • @GunBuilt
      @GunBuilt 7 років тому +48

      their be about as many casualties from that as the actual war

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 7 років тому +16

      Schoolboy Lamar The unnecessary killing of hundreds of thousands of brain cells on another unmoving front(al) lobe.

    • @GunBuilt
      @GunBuilt 7 років тому

      exactly

    • @D.M.S.
      @D.M.S. 7 років тому +3

      Schoolboy Lamar This would to lead to more cssulties that the battle of the Some

    • @podemosurss8316
      @podemosurss8316 7 років тому +10

      -Shot every time Cadorna fails in a battle.
      -Double shot if it's in Izonzo.
      -Shot every time Falkenheyn argues with Hindemburg.
      -Shot every time Hotzendorff screws up a battle.
      -Shot every time Haig screws up a battle.

  • @lupulul
    @lupulul 7 років тому +23

    Hello Indi. If you want to talk more about women in WW1, check Ecaterina Teodoroiu in the Romanian Army. She's remembered as a hero. She enlisted with the military after her brother died in the battles along the Jiu Valley when the Central Powers were pushing through the Carpathians. She was drilled and even given command of a unit platoon size. Her story's quite interesting, really. You should check it out. If nothing else, because you are out of ideas for WHO DID WHAT.

  • @canicheenrage
    @canicheenrage 7 років тому +70

    No wonder the revolution later started to expand to Germany. A certain number of german soldiers would probably have been delighted for the women's battalion to seize their means of production.

  • @danieldeburgh8437
    @danieldeburgh8437 7 років тому +45

    the old background was more homely and the map was cool

    • @maliivan1993
      @maliivan1993 7 років тому +4

      I thought he used the background you're referring to only for the weekly main bit of the show and this one for extra stuff like "Who did what in WWI" etc.

  • @thegamingrevolution64
    @thegamingrevolution64 7 років тому +3

    I love your videos and I have watched all your videos in 3 days

  • @scissors320
    @scissors320 7 років тому +251

    In the name of the tsar

    • @yakovantonovich643
      @yakovantonovich643 7 років тому +21

      A person in the comment section we need "In the name of Lenin" DLC

    • @scissors320
      @scissors320 7 років тому +37

      Yakov I wanted Lenin as the new behemoth

    • @yakovantonovich643
      @yakovantonovich643 7 років тому +11

      A person in the comment section press A to overtrow the bourgeoisie

    • @Andy-wc5xw
      @Andy-wc5xw 7 років тому +4

      A person in the comment section i'm calling the political comissar

    • @valor36az
      @valor36az 5 років тому +1

      Beep Boop maybe next we can hear about the great grenade spam of 1916 especially after the crossbow DLC

  • @jancomestor4820
    @jancomestor4820 7 років тому +2

    Love your channel! Could you do a special on the Richmond sixteen conscientious objectors please?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +3

      we will talk about objectors at one point, yes.

  • @Destruction1983
    @Destruction1983 7 років тому +1

    awesome video

  • @kamilgesikiewicz8223
    @kamilgesikiewicz8223 7 років тому +66

    Im a persistent little runt , but... Could you do a special on conscientious objectors?

    • @veredfireberger9247
      @veredfireberger9247 7 років тому +7

      A whole episode dedicated to people who can actually think for themselves and not be pushed to thier, and others' deaths by nationalism, racism and dumb "heroics"? Heresy! Treason!

    • @MRKapcer13
      @MRKapcer13 7 років тому +9

      Rick K No no no. If everyone evaded the draft the war wouldn't have started mate. I wouldn't have called them either cowards or heroes. Whatever reasons they had for objecting were their own, and this tribal attitude of 'dying for one's country is GREAT' only hurts our advancement away from the World Wars that claim tens of millions of lives.

    • @transsylvanian9100
      @transsylvanian9100 7 років тому +3

      +MRKapcer13 I agree. Tribal mentality still is the number one problem of the human species. However far we like to think we have come, we haven't really. Still drawing borders on maps pretending they mean anything, still fighting over resources instead of sharing, still killing one another over religion instead of letting go of primitive superstition. We're really just cavemen with fancy toys.

    • @gcircle
      @gcircle 7 років тому

      we need more people like you

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 7 років тому +2

      Rick, go home. WW1 was a stupid war fought for stupid reasons, not a war of conquest. If everyone evaded the draft, there would have been no war.

  • @zachary8491
    @zachary8491 7 років тому +3

    Hi Indy and crew. Thanks for the great war serie. Lots of pleasure learning about the war from a global point of view.
    I am french and love your work but I sometime get the feeling that France is a bit left over when it comes to the western front. Ive got the feeling some facts we are aware of here just dont figure in the weekly episodes. I guess every one has this feeling when it comes to is ow country. Sorry for my English.
    The point of all this is this : I've got a request : Could you please do a video about Albert Roche "The first soldier of France". He apparently captured 1180 (!!!!!) germans during the war being wounded 9 times and facing a firing squad during the mutenies following the 1917 Chemin des Dames. He survived the war and was quite famous at the time.
    Thanks again.

  • @impalabeeper
    @impalabeeper 7 років тому

    My serotonin level spikes whenever I am notified of new Great War upload.

  • @macleunin
    @macleunin 7 років тому +2

    Hey Indy and crew, love the show! Could talk more about weapons that were hated or frowned upon by the soldiers, like the sawtooth knife? How commom was the use of those weapons and what happened to enemy soldiers captured with suck weapons?
    Keep up the good work!

  • @andreimorar5249
    @andreimorar5249 7 років тому +1

    Anywas, good job with the chanel! I like it very much and I always find out something new.

  • @TheStapleGunKid
    @TheStapleGunKid 7 років тому +4

    What an amazing story. Someone should really make a movie about this.

    • @ViperPilot16
      @ViperPilot16 2 роки тому

      I'm sorry this is an old comment.
      There kinda was, a Russian made film called Battlion made in 2015 covers the battalion as a whole. It's currently on Prime if your in the US.

  • @wearealpharius641
    @wearealpharius641 7 років тому +1

    Amazing video guys

  • @gaiuscaligula2229
    @gaiuscaligula2229 7 років тому +1

    I'm really looking forward to the upcoming episodes in October, something to look forward to in that dreary month!

  • @oOkenzoOo
    @oOkenzoOo 7 років тому +18

    Could you do a special on the French ace Georges Guynemer since in 2 months it will be the 100th anniversary of his death ?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +17

      we intend to.

    • @oOkenzoOo
      @oOkenzoOo 7 років тому +5

      Glad to hear that =)
      Keep doing a great job, you're all awesome ^_^

    • @PatilHarshavardhan-u5p
      @PatilHarshavardhan-u5p 7 років тому +1

      The Great War what about world war 2

  • @raymondsmart496
    @raymondsmart496 7 років тому +1

    Hi great war crew, Ray from A Brief History of Nothing, we did a episode on on her, I must say your version is better

  • @hussite7235
    @hussite7235 7 років тому +16

    A true hero

  • @georgekhaykin9870
    @georgekhaykin9870 4 роки тому +1

    very well presented.

  • @Brakvash
    @Brakvash 6 років тому

    I appreciate your fruitful attempts at expressing foreign names and words in something approaching the native pronounciation rather than adding a thick anglicized twist to them. You're doing very well for an englishspeaker! And your Swedish is not that bad either :) I'd be curious to hear more of your Swedish register.

  • @johnborris3222
    @johnborris3222 4 роки тому +1

    For anyone interested, there is a movie called BATTALION that came out in 2015 about her and the Battalion of Death.

  • @theastrogamer710
    @theastrogamer710 7 років тому +129

    Do a special on Finland.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +40

      only a special?

    • @DerpleCraft
      @DerpleCraft 7 років тому +1

      The Astro Gamer Torilla tavataan!

    • @090giver090
      @090giver090 7 років тому +5

      I think they can do it at the beginning of '18. When civil war between red and white finns erupted and Germans were heavily involved...

    • @theastrogamer710
      @theastrogamer710 7 років тому +2

      The Great War you can do way more than just a special.

    • @ygma1460
      @ygma1460 7 років тому +6

      I think one topic for Special about Finland could be the pre-indepence preparations. All sorts of things were going on while Finland was still under Russian rule. Finnish artists promoting Finnish nationality abroad, plans for making Finland a kingdom "when Germany wins the war", German submarines smuggling weapons to Finnish men willing to start the war for indepence, the same German submarine crew members becoming the first (and not the last) men to die for Finnish indepence. The list goes on. =)
      Also ages ago there was a mention in one of the episodes that the first Finnish "volunteers" were sent to Germany to train for the future Finnish independence war, any news about those folks? (Spoiler: They later became the first military leaders of Finland.)

  • @kenziecampbell1398
    @kenziecampbell1398 7 років тому +1

    can you do another video on the medical knowledge / treatments of the time? the last one was very helpful, but i'm curious to know more specifics. thanks!

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +1

      Yes, we will do more in the future.

  • @Decrepit_Productions
    @Decrepit_Productions Рік тому

    I just finished the autobiography mentioned in this video. It's an easily recommended read. Mine is a free Project Gutenberg download, transcribed to e-book format from what I assume is its 1919 original printing. As such, we learn nothing of Yasha's final return to Russia or her death, those events not yet having occurred. But again, it is well worth your time.

  • @conradvonhotzendorf8995
    @conradvonhotzendorf8995 7 років тому +4

    I'm surprised Tsar Nicholas II actually agreed to anything that slightly deviated from tradition.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +1

      +Conrad von Hötzendorf especially when he was younger, he tried to be a bit of a rebel. Look up his tattoo for example.

  • @jesseventura9882
    @jesseventura9882 7 років тому +4

    this chanel is awesome

  • @brentwilson6869
    @brentwilson6869 7 років тому +1

    Hello Great War team!!! Are you planning on doing a bio special on King George V? I would love to see that! Thanks for the awesome videos!

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +2

      we definitely want to, yes.

  • @spam1138
    @spam1138 7 років тому +10

    this year at the ww1 event in rockford IL we (german reenactores) had a skirmish with the russian woman's unit. I believe its on youtube where you can see me being captured

  • @liveconcertsgdl.3245
    @liveconcertsgdl.3245 7 років тому +1

    they should make a movie about her, i would totally watch it.

  • @HUNDmiau
    @HUNDmiau 7 років тому +1

    When will we get a special on Makhno and the Free Territory?

  • @zaqpak9391
    @zaqpak9391 7 років тому

    very interesting episode

  • @andriyvalnyuk1670
    @andriyvalnyuk1670 7 років тому +1

    Hi Indy.It would be fascinating to see an episode about Ukrainian military, precisely about Ukrainian female soldiers in high command, like Olena Stepanyv (Олена Степанів/Ołena Stepaniw-Daszkewycz).She was serving as a higher officer (first officially accepted and appointed in Eastern Europe) with the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen.She was fighting side-by-side with Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (also known as "Red Prince" or "Vasyl Vyshyvanyi"). After the collapse of Habsburg Empire, she joined other Ukrainian military groups and was fighting against Ukrainian anarchists and Russian Bolsheviks.In 1919 she moves to Vienna and studies philosophy.She returns to Halychyna (Galicia) in 1921 and joins Ukrainian Secret University (Таємний Український Університет) and does usual dissident stuff till 1949.In 1949 KGB sentences her to 10 years in Gulag.But Stalin dies and she returns to Lviv in 1956, where she died 4 years later.

  • @hjp14
    @hjp14 7 років тому +1

    Just a few hours ago I saw a TGW clan member on BF1 for PC; I love that interest in WW1 is metastasizing.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      Yeah, we have quite a few platoons.

  • @hunterthehunter8666
    @hunterthehunter8666 7 років тому +1

    hello big fan of your show. Could you please explain more about the US marine corps role in ww1.
    thank you for your time

  • @andreimorar5249
    @andreimorar5249 7 років тому

    Please next episode be about Romania. This week, there are 100 years from the start of the battles in Moldova (Mărăști, Mărășești and Oituz), some of the most important operations on the Eastern Front in 1917. The battle of Mărăști began officialy at 11th of July, I think during the nigth (3 a.m.), after the European clock.

  • @IndraKatiK
    @IndraKatiK 7 років тому +39

    Who is thinking brienne of tarth while looking at her?

    • @theobuniel9643
      @theobuniel9643 6 років тому +1

      Me. Even saw Gwendoline Christie's face on her on portraits.

    • @thejadedeagle6729
      @thejadedeagle6729 5 років тому

      I love to see an HBO mini series about the Women's Death Battalions. Gwendoline Christie would be a great lead as Bochkavera.

  • @lancetennenbaum2509
    @lancetennenbaum2509 7 років тому +3

    Maria looks like she is about to drop the hottest rap album of the year in the thumbnail.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +2

      +Lance Tennenbaum battalion of Death sounds more metal though

  • @BidenHasAids
    @BidenHasAids 6 років тому

    Shalom Jackie

  • @horuslupercal6923
    @horuslupercal6923 7 років тому

    Any plans on starting a WW2 series any time soon or will we have to wait for the year 2039 ?
    Best youtube channel btw /salute

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      www.reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel/comments/4ksvy2/will_you_guys_ever_do_a_ww2_channel_our_official/

  • @podemosurss8316
    @podemosurss8316 7 років тому +1

    Please do an episode about Zhúkov and Rokossovsky in WW1. Both served as NCOs and were promoted to lieutenants.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +2

      Depends if we can get pictures of them from WW1.

    • @podemosurss8316
      @podemosurss8316 7 років тому

      Well, I found an image of Zhúkov that seems from WW1 (according to source it's from 1916, not sure): russiapedia.rt.com/files/prominent-russians/military/georgy-zhukov/georgy-zhukov_6-t.jpg
      There is another of Zhúkov in the early 1920s, after being promoted to Regiment commander (Soviet equivalent to colonel): upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Zhukov1923.jpg/200px-Zhukov1923.jpg
      I found also an image of Rokossovsky in 1916 posing with his everyday uniform: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b7/fc/99/b7fc994410285c8e30bd2cc14dc7a94d--soldiers-russia.jpg
      And this pic is from the Leningrad cavalry school in 1925: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Graduation_Photo_Leningrad_Cavalry_School_1925.jpg/800px-Graduation_Photo_Leningrad_Cavalry_School_1925.jpg
      Both are on this picture, as both were graduated in 1925 from that school. Other people present on that picture are Ivan Bagramian (later replaced Rokossovsky as leader of the 16th Army when Rokossovsky was given the command of the Don Front, he reached the rank of Marshall in 1955) and Andrey Yemerenko, who fought in the battle of Stalingrad as well.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      The quality and resolution of the pictures is very modest. The cavalry school picture has the bare minimum resolution we would need. And on top of that, the license of public domain status of the images must be cleared as well.

    • @podemosurss8316
      @podemosurss8316 7 років тому

      Sorry, I couldn't find bigger images.

  • @RusAres
    @RusAres 7 років тому

    Why do you say Boshkareva instead of Bochkareva?
    But good episode still

  • @blackdimond115
    @blackdimond115 6 років тому

    Will you guys do a bi on Marina Yurlova?

  • @robertpendergast2620
    @robertpendergast2620 7 років тому

    I like your kukri. Is it an antique?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      +Robert pendergast it's a replica

  • @yoknowhoiam5607
    @yoknowhoiam5607 7 років тому

    Hey Indie, and everyone at The Great War team, I have a question. I recently saw the new Wonderwoman movie (pretty good btw) and in one of the early scenes, one of the protagonists threw a grenade with small fins on the back. I was wondering if it was a real thing used in ww1.
    P.S. Love the show.

  • @neuernutzer8881
    @neuernutzer8881 7 років тому +54

    now THATS Wonder Woman...without stupid fake fiction and mediocre "love" story.

    • @daywalkersarkis3983
      @daywalkersarkis3983 Рік тому +1

      Well said and Why not make true story movie of Marie? Instead they put a tall ugly woman. Who doesn’t belong near a battlefield.

  • @PatilHarshavardhan-u5p
    @PatilHarshavardhan-u5p 7 років тому +1

    will there be a week by week series of the world war 2 and when ??? please i need to know

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +1

      www.reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel/comments/4ksvy2/will_you_guys_ever_do_a_ww2_channel_our_official/

  • @crosseightyeight
    @crosseightyeight 7 років тому +3

    Quite the different ending to her story compared to Milunka. How tragic.

    • @vadimpm1290
      @vadimpm1290 Рік тому

      Milunka's story is very sad in it's own way.

  • @willlink7950
    @willlink7950 7 років тому

    Hey Indy here is a question for Out of the Trenches? How accurate is Wonder Woman in portraying WW1?

    • @JDahl-sj5lk
      @JDahl-sj5lk 3 роки тому

      It is wildly inaccurate. It's just a fairytale.
      It's easier to find the very few parts that are at least based on reality, than to list what is inaccurate, as that is basically the whole movie.

  • @emirkaya2483
    @emirkaya2483 7 років тому +1

    Will there be a special about "İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti" (Committee of Union and Progress)? As far as I know they were the only "secret" organization that actually rose to power at the time.
    Also was it possible to escape a POW camp deep within enemy territory (more specifically Russian Siberia)? My great-grandfather was supposedly a POW in Siberia but I find it hard for an Ottoman soldier to escape Siberia and join Central Asian revolts alongside Enver Pasha.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +1

      do you know a good source about them?

    • @emirkaya2483
      @emirkaya2483 7 років тому

      There are many Turkish books I can recommend that include letters written by 3 Pashas (even the ones that were sent to their families).
      Only English source I know is from Mr. Masayuki Yamauchi but his books don't include Pashas involvement in Central Asia.
      Some Turkish books I would recommend: "Enver" by Murat Bardakçı, "İttihatçı'nın Sandığı" by Murat Bardakçı, "İttihat ve Terakki" by İlber Ortaylı/Erol Şadi Erdinç, "Naciyem,Ruhum,Efendim" by Murat Bardakçı, "Kuşçubaşı ve Yakup Cemil Osmanlı'nın İki Silahşörü" by Hüseyin Tekinoğlu and autobiographies of Pashas (mostly released as "Hatıralarım" by "insert Pasha's name")
      Turkish Archives are also available on internet but again, they are in Turkish.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      Hm, that's going to complicate things.

  • @brandonbird5611
    @brandonbird5611 7 років тому +1

    Awesome

  • @Guilherme-mw3jc
    @Guilherme-mw3jc 7 років тому

    i know its a bit late,but why they changed the office from the videos?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      because the old one was old.

    • @Guilherme-mw3jc
      @Guilherme-mw3jc 7 років тому

      +The Great War well,the map was cool,you guys could keep it

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 7 років тому +2

    Austria-Hungary had the colony of Tianjin in China, it was easily overrun but can you elaborate more on it?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +2

      +Indiana Jones do you write a list of questions in the beginning of the week that you post one after another?

    • @indianajones4321
      @indianajones4321 7 років тому +1

      The Great War Actually Yes, I write three to four questions a week on Fridays

    • @sushimuncher282
      @sushimuncher282 7 років тому +1

      This is why I love this channel and its viewers. Ever Austria-Hungry for knowledge.

  • @petrszrajber
    @petrszrajber 7 років тому

    You could do a special about August von Mackensen.

  • @mehdimedj1530
    @mehdimedj1530 7 років тому

    It would be a real pleasure if you can spoke about those men who war against the war, one of the heroes of the 20th century....Romain Rolland

  • @dimvalsgames9721
    @dimvalsgames9721 7 років тому +1

    Well she was brave for sure..! Thanks anyway guys for this vid. Have a glorious week. :)

  • @hehe-pt6yb
    @hehe-pt6yb 7 років тому

    Hey, could you please tell me how many Germans were deployed on the Eastern Front in WWI? Thanks!

  • @KVW22
    @KVW22 7 років тому

    very cool

  • @JakubW.
    @JakubW. 7 років тому

    Do you plan to make video about "Oath Crisis" of Polish Legions?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +3

      I think we will talk about it, yes.

  • @joshhearn1600
    @joshhearn1600 7 років тому

    man im halfway through season 2 but dang the office has changed a lot trying to catch up haha

  • @silvioevan11
    @silvioevan11 7 років тому +3

    7:24 This is a fantastic book. She even saw a member of Women's Battalion f*cking with a soldier in the trenches!
    Russia's history is very rich, but very weird/tragic.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +2

      The faiths of the women in the red army are very interesting, also in WW2. The book by Svetlana Alexievich is very interesting and shocking.

  • @brandonbird5611
    @brandonbird5611 7 років тому +1

    Big fan

  • @swbf2fan2510
    @swbf2fan2510 7 років тому

    This woman deserves a movie :O

  • @HistoryFirst
    @HistoryFirst 7 років тому

    This is a question for you Indiana ( Indiana Jones) did the Ottamans have armored trains in the desert eg Sinai desert, Suez Canal? I've played battlefield 1 and I noticed there were trains on some of the ottoman canpaigns

  • @terokmaximus6841
    @terokmaximus6841 7 років тому

    can you do a video about life inside a army tank in ww1 or 2

  • @yukikaze3436
    @yukikaze3436 7 років тому

    Indy I have some info on Maria B "The book "They Fought For the Motherland" The Battalion only went into battle with 170 Women 2 were killed, 2 missing 36 wounded one of which later died they only captured 24 prisoners and 2 machine guns. Note Rodzinko and Kerensky don't mention her in their memoirs.

  • @primevaltimes
    @primevaltimes 7 років тому

    You should do Herbert Hoover next!

  • @Cabral_del_Norte
    @Cabral_del_Norte 5 років тому

    How was the movie of this battalion?

  • @maremaarten
    @maremaarten 7 років тому

    awesome.

  • @GenghisVern
    @GenghisVern 7 років тому

    wow, she actually went around the world. Recruited at Tomsk, then to Vladivostock to US then Archangel then back to Tomsk.

  • @vlado_tasevski
    @vlado_tasevski 7 років тому +2

    Hello!

  • @panostriantaphillou766
    @panostriantaphillou766 7 років тому

    Quite a different approach from handing out feathers..

  • @ersturdevant2831
    @ersturdevant2831 5 років тому

    Needs to be a movie...

  • @octavianhughes4493
    @octavianhughes4493 7 років тому

    I can sense the salt from both sides of the Battlefield one crowd

  • @kadenhinchman6120
    @kadenhinchman6120 7 років тому +1

    u are awsome really

  • @stafa9178
    @stafa9178 7 років тому

    How about a Special about bipi

  • @huntzy4220
    @huntzy4220 7 років тому

    Do a special on John Monash

  • @eggheadpayton
    @eggheadpayton 7 років тому

    I wanna buy kukri very much like the one on his desk, anyone know where to find one?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому

      +lucatiel of mirrah this one is from Madras Arsenal.

    • @eggheadpayton
      @eggheadpayton 7 років тому

      The Great War oh damn thanks, this websites sick btw

  • @kylerblossom2924
    @kylerblossom2924 5 років тому

    What were the units casualty figures?

  • @El_Presidente_5337
    @El_Presidente_5337 7 років тому +1

    This is the meaning of "bad ass"

  • @codygranrud6212
    @codygranrud6212 6 років тому +1

    All that... and she put her hands in her pockets. Absolute badass.

  • @dugannash9109
    @dugannash9109 6 років тому

    cool story!

  • @WehrmachtKradschutzen
    @WehrmachtKradschutzen 7 років тому +1

    She had such an amazing story sad how she went though

  • @mikewatkinson1996
    @mikewatkinson1996 7 років тому +4

    "woman's battalion *of death*"...makes it sound scarier.

  • @foobloo101
    @foobloo101 7 років тому

    I salute you ma'am.

  • @_Nohan_
    @_Nohan_ 7 років тому

    Also you can create 2 of these women's death battalion in Hoi4 Kaiserreich as Russia

  • @jackeccleston9841
    @jackeccleston9841 7 років тому +359

    Can we all agree, that is real feminism, that is real empowerment, sexual harassment victim to hero. Crazy.

    • @Ghost1170
      @Ghost1170 7 років тому +64

      John Harms Doesnt matter. She proved herself worthy and tons of leaders saw that. WHAT DOES suck is the fact she got rekt by her own country.

    • @veredfireberger9247
      @veredfireberger9247 7 років тому +21

      Where's the feminism in fighting for no real cause? Fighting for personal glory and useless nationalism, killing and dying for nothing. That's just stupid.

    • @blackmichael75
      @blackmichael75 7 років тому +12

      I can't agree. Real feminism is not getting yourself killed in a stupid war your country has got itself involved in.

    • @InugamiTheHound
      @InugamiTheHound 7 років тому +10

      women shouldn't be looking to her just as a war hero or solider but a woman who can do same thing as a man. War does not care about your gender. Bullet speaks every language and kill any gender or religion.

    • @aidenhall8593
      @aidenhall8593 7 років тому +4

      If only modern feminists tried this hard.

  • @fitzyholden1036
    @fitzyholden1036 7 років тому

    Any record of anyone actually checking?

  • @ianbabcock6802
    @ianbabcock6802 7 років тому +1

    I find it interesting that she felt that the Russian people weren't ready for freedom.

  • @freidrickmace2366
    @freidrickmace2366 7 років тому +1

    You're welcome

  • @scruffles3838
    @scruffles3838 6 років тому

    The power of Patriotism

  • @anthonybeervor2265
    @anthonybeervor2265 7 років тому

    If you want something to sound badass, just add the moniker "of death" after it.

  • @yukikaze3436
    @yukikaze3436 7 років тому

    Cheka stands for All Russian Extraordinary commission for combating counterrevolution and Sabotage. 20 December 1917 was the date of the founding of the Cheka you might want to do a special on them. see its wiki article. and books like "The Cheka Lenin's Political Police"
    It looks like these women were carrying regular M-1891 rifles not carbines from the looks of the pictures.

  • @filmfan885
    @filmfan885 7 років тому +2

    Could you make a video about Momcilo Gavric? He was a boy that became a corporal in WW1 when he was only 8 years old.
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momčilo_Gavrić

  • @sirvolkerstein
    @sirvolkerstein 7 років тому

    Eddie Rickenbacker??!! Anyone agree with me?

  • @PrimevalDemon
    @PrimevalDemon 2 роки тому

    What a badass honestly