Machinations In The British High Command I THE GREAT WAR Week 180

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  • @ldmitruk
    @ldmitruk 6 років тому +140

    "The American cornucopia of stuff was vomiting forth across the Atlantic" This has got one of the top ten things Indy has said in the series. You guys are the best.

  • @varana
    @varana 6 років тому +123

    "Placeless names" - Churchill had a way with words, for sure. That expression is simple but great.

    • @090giver090
      @090giver090 6 років тому +12

      Churchill was a writer and journalist before he became a politician. So he definitely had a way with words.

    • @varana
      @varana 6 років тому +4

      I'm really conflicted about this.
      Should I reply "LOL" or "WTF"?

    • @varana
      @varana 6 років тому +1

      I'm not "fixated" on those abbreviations. I replied to your comment in the most appropriate manner - expressing baffled amusement but not wasting much time on it. :)
      I also wasn't looking for input from anyone.

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 6 років тому

      And a soldier before that and a hoddie before that.

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 6 років тому +2

      Consider the plight of the people of the Falkland islands, not won by great men......and winston was happiest when on the trowel....get over yourself you pompous git.

  • @VladTevez
    @VladTevez 6 років тому +618

    Unimaginable events of 1917: Cadorna and Hotzendorf sacked!!!

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  6 років тому +117

      the war wasn't the same after them. Coincidence?

    • @anttibjorklund1869
      @anttibjorklund1869 6 років тому +87

      Years of WW1 with Cadorna and Hotzendorf: 3
      Years of WW1 without them: 1
      Coincidence? I think not.

    • @theprophetofthepastagod5633
      @theprophetofthepastagod5633 6 років тому +5

      "Oh the humanity"

    • @alejandrokaplan7243
      @alejandrokaplan7243 6 років тому +1

      How will their countries survive without them

    • @TrinityCore60
      @TrinityCore60 5 років тому +1

      The Great War I would probably disagree; those 2 were SOME of the worst leaders of the war. I say some because we also have people like Haig.

  • @steelhammer103
    @steelhammer103 6 років тому +196

    Well now we're starting to go down the home stretch boys! It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 and half years, August 2014/1914 seems so long ago.

    • @SaboPlat
      @SaboPlat 6 років тому +8

      I bet he gonna cover the Russian civil war, and the Polish war too

    • @nicholasvanlierde2546
      @nicholasvanlierde2546 6 років тому +1

      Ya its been tough out here, don't know how we've kept it up. Surely unparalleled determination compared to any time in history. "2014-2018" a momentous time in history.

    • @michealohaodha9351
      @michealohaodha9351 6 років тому +3

      The worrying thins is that despite being in "the home stretch" there is still so much going to happen

    • @ysersno
      @ysersno 6 років тому +1

      I hope they skip the Russian Civil War and goes straight for the Second World War

    • @sciblastofficial9833
      @sciblastofficial9833 6 років тому

      Random Guy
      They said that they were going to do WW2 in 2019
      They’re gonna cover the interwar period between November 11, 2018 and September 1, 2019

  • @SimonClark
    @SimonClark 6 років тому +46

    Every time I come back for a new episode, it still shocks me just how bleak things are. That monologue about Russia at the end was powerful stuff Indy

  • @stupidturntable
    @stupidturntable 6 років тому +363

    Another world changing event happened in November 1917 whe the New Orleans Storyville red light district was closed on US Navy orders, making it´s musicians jobless and thus spreading Jazz music to the rest of the world when people like Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and later Louis Armstrong migrated north to Chicago.

    • @jakezam6662
      @jakezam6662 6 років тому

      liedream casinosoul Is hhh

    • @gcircle
      @gcircle 6 років тому

      interesting

    • @kevinbyrne4538
      @kevinbyrne4538 6 років тому +28

      Presumably spreading not only jazz, but venereal disease.

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 6 років тому +3

      The same "crusade" also closed the Barbary Coast in San Francisco, the Navy Sec., Daniels, was a teetotaler and moralistic prohibitionist.

    • @snowhole2625
      @snowhole2625 6 років тому +2

      liedream casinosoul *J A Z Z M U S I C S T O P S*

  • @Metalovision
    @Metalovision 6 років тому +30

    We love your channel, friend

  • @TheGeeoff
    @TheGeeoff Рік тому +29

    "Russia was far from at peace as fighting broke out with the Ukrainians."
    2022 has entered the chat.
    It's amazing how much goes back to the first World War. When this video was made I don't think they could have predicted how Russia would invade Ukraine in a few short years.

  • @patbrown911
    @patbrown911 6 років тому +64

    The main reason why I fell in love with this channel is because of the unbiased accounts of the war, just pure history, without any of the right/left bullshit always involved everywhere. I´m sick of it.

    • @TheronBeaudreau
      @TheronBeaudreau 6 років тому

      patbrown911 MAKE HISTORY GREAT AGAIN!!

    • @jaypandya1346
      @jaypandya1346 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheronBeaudreau it's really not. The first world war was a disaster for the world. A million is hundred thousand men. Now reply with the same attitude

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 6 років тому +49

    "All quiet on the western front" remarked Erich.

    • @Ekergaard
      @Ekergaard 6 років тому

      The Black Prince you saying the book end in january 1918?
      I have read it, more than one time even, but I do not remember everything.

    • @theblackprince1346
      @theblackprince1346 6 років тому

      A. Ekegård no no :) I was merely making a joke with the author's name Erich Remarque. I believe the book is set sometime in 1917.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 6 років тому

      it ends on oct 1918 with the dispatch from the german high commend; "all quiet on the western front."

    • @Ekergaard
      @Ekergaard 6 років тому +1

      milcoll73 Thank you

    • @theblackprince1346
      @theblackprince1346 6 років тому

      A. Ekegård yes now I remember that final scene. Don't worry I won't spoil it for people ;) it's well worth a read.

  • @silvioevan11
    @silvioevan11 6 років тому +125

    0:34 Oh boy (rubbing hands in anticipaton)
    Everyone: welcome to this tragedy's final act.

    • @FirstMetalHamster
      @FirstMetalHamster 6 років тому +5

      Already looking forward to the next great tragedy.

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 6 років тому +4

      The epilogue wasn't exactly a happy dance.

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 6 років тому

      theres an upcoming sequel im told....by someone who was here.

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 2 роки тому

      @@scottleft3672 Right after the 20 year intermission.

  • @balaton1
    @balaton1 Рік тому +7

    I'm now up to this week 180, watching every video. Growing up as an american we were "taught about ww1". As like a thing that happened, and was now over. I never knew how horrible this war was. This war was a human calamity and seemed now one knew a way out. Dear Lord may we not do this again.

  • @sammccullough1255
    @sammccullough1255 6 років тому +228

    I'm confident now that the war will end by this Christmas.

    • @gcircle
      @gcircle 6 років тому +17

      Nah, not 1918 Christmas. That's ridiculous.

    • @deniskomarov342
      @deniskomarov342 6 років тому +1

      For who?

    • @ptonpc
      @ptonpc 6 років тому +1

      Technically it didn't.

    • @sciblastofficial9833
      @sciblastofficial9833 6 років тому +3

      More like right before Thanksgiving or All Saints Day
      Technically (and obviously) this war will end by Armistice Day 2018

    • @kenoliver8913
      @kenoliver8913 4 роки тому +4

      Nope, it won't go that long. The spring offensives will decide it - surely just one more big push will do the job ...

  • @macebeamer5752
    @macebeamer5752 6 років тому +22

    Keep up the great work guys. Gained a passion for war history because of this channel.

  • @warlordtitan5633
    @warlordtitan5633 6 років тому +8

    Launcelot Kiggel is actually my Great-Great-Uncle. My family had men on all levels of the military during WW1. From the rank and file soldiers, to the men making the mistakes that cost them so much.

  • @CorporalDancer
    @CorporalDancer 6 років тому +8

    Great episode. The ending really paints how calamitous and cataclysmic life must have felt for the unfortunate people of that time

  • @Doc_Tar
    @Doc_Tar 4 роки тому +3

    It's been over a hear since this series ended. I've gone back and watched all the back episodes I missed since learning of this channel when it was laying down content. Now that I've caught up, I'm re-watching shows and learning more about the Russian Revolution and the Bolsheviks than I caught the first time. I've been wonder how such a relatively small group of rag tag revolutionaries managed to hang on and conquer all of the old Russian empire. Watching your content on how Russia fits into the larger mosaic of the Great War has gone a long way towards giving me perspective on that era. Glad this content is still available for other to experience and educate themselves.

  • @simoncross7728
    @simoncross7728 6 років тому +15

    In leading up to events mid 1918, please tell me you've read Monash; Australian Victories in France in 1918. He wrote this account in 1920 and did so because he felt there was a lack of awareness of what the Australians did, even at the time, and that his soldiers deserved the recognition of their bravery (whilst not discounting the bravery of soldiers of other Allied countries). Whilst obviously not the only account of the time, it is worthy of investigation considering he was regarded as one of the most influential Generals of the war.

  • @grayflaneur4854
    @grayflaneur4854 6 років тому +30

    Oh to be a soldier on the Western Front with all of 1918 ahead of you... It's like if you could see whats to come, you could only think: "I'm toast. There is no way I am going to see this through."

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 6 років тому

      re...the best poet ever....Wilfred Owen...rip.

  • @thomdilling5855
    @thomdilling5855 6 років тому +32

    Indy I like the way you say sterile ridges

  • @FroggyMosh
    @FroggyMosh 2 роки тому

    _"The one thing they did have was Stuff"_ 6:30
    Amazing delivery, almost obscene. Bravo!

  • @milankolarski8876
    @milankolarski8876 6 років тому +16

    I can't wait to see "The Lost Battalion" episode in the future. Happy New Year Indiana Jones, sorry Neidell, and his motley crue. :D

  • @James--Parker
    @James--Parker 6 років тому +60

    "Only two million causalities"

    • @pingun96
      @pingun96 6 років тому +5

      I mean, with a war that ended up with 14 million soldiers dying directly from the combat, I think ""only"" two million" is the correct statement here.
      Though it was indeed gastly

  • @devildoggo6012
    @devildoggo6012 6 років тому +408

    I thought the title said "Microtransactions In The British High Command"
    Very different thing...

    • @jamiengo2343
      @jamiengo2343 6 років тому +81

      Devil Doggo Prime Minister George secretly an EA employee?

    • @TheNorthie
      @TheNorthie 6 років тому +95

      10 American divisions for $10, what a deal!

    • @proxel96
      @proxel96 6 років тому +86

      "You can either unlock victory via four years of bloody fighting, your people will starve, your monarchy will fall and millions will die... OR you can pay £20 and get access to victory instantly!"

    • @JanSanono
      @JanSanono 6 років тому +61

      Great Jamie the intent is to fill the British with a sense of pride for unlocking new generals

    • @Gh0stClown
      @Gh0stClown 6 років тому +37

      Tanks were pretty pay-to-win tbh

  • @Merf_Gaming
    @Merf_Gaming 6 років тому +5

    been with the show since 1916. I'd say to here's to another year of war, but part of me wishes I could not.

  • @onpointproductions1602
    @onpointproductions1602 6 років тому +1

    The Intro music is soo good! Really makes you feel about that time in the world. Kudos.

  • @devin1426
    @devin1426 6 років тому +3

    i love this show so much its a shame its going to end this year. you guys do a amazing job keep it up

  • @7seatea7
    @7seatea7 6 років тому +17

    It sounds like Hindenburg was a type of sun spider.
    There's a comment to baffle those who haven't watched the video yet.

  • @chickencat7113
    @chickencat7113 6 років тому +314

    I bet the war will be over by Christmas this year

    • @yaldabaoth2
      @yaldabaoth2 6 років тому +50

      Fourth time's the charm.

    • @leowilly29
      @leowilly29 6 років тому +23

      Man we already said that 3 times... At this point, i see no end before 1920.

    • @SteveMHN
      @SteveMHN 6 років тому +2

      Finally that's going to be true. 🎅🍷

    • @chickencat7113
      @chickencat7113 6 років тому +5

      SteveMHN um spoilers?

    • @mmareks9865
      @mmareks9865 6 років тому +2

      Its continuing now.. And everywhere

  • @robinmasur8515
    @robinmasur8515 6 років тому +1

    Wow, that was a really staggering video :-) . Gripping script!! Thank you Indy & Team , we learn A LOT with you, day after day :-)

  • @blakekenley1000
    @blakekenley1000 6 років тому +1

    Indy you're only getting better at articulating yourself. I look forward to this year as well as other projects you undertake!

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 6 років тому

    Gonna miss this show come November.

  • @CaptainGyro
    @CaptainGyro 6 років тому

    Great video. You guys go the extra mile. Almost felt like I was back in the trenches but, in this episode, glad I wasn't. Love the narrative and delivery thereof... Indy really gets fired up.

  • @RedstoneRetribution
    @RedstoneRetribution 6 років тому +3

    Hey I absolutely love your work! Happy New year! What were the greatest moustaches of WWI!! :)

  • @badenthomas4498
    @badenthomas4498 6 років тому +6

    hi Indy can you make a video on the British machine gun corps I don't no much knowledge on them, but I think they were considered an elite unite, you have talked a lot about elite units from other countries but not so much the British, I think it would be cool and I'd like to learn a little bit more about them.

  • @TheLittleMako
    @TheLittleMako 6 років тому

    Last year of the war. I'm going to miss this show!

  • @kostasastro
    @kostasastro 6 років тому +2

    happy new year Indy and company, hope the war will be over by Christmas 2018

  • @raykaelin
    @raykaelin 6 років тому

    Superb Job Indy..!

  • @2.7petabytes
    @2.7petabytes 6 років тому

    What a DAMNED FINE SHOW!!!

  • @Seabreeze756
    @Seabreeze756 6 років тому

    Thanks, Guys! Great insights, Indy!

  • @div4ove4ec5
    @div4ove4ec5 6 років тому

    It's coming boys it's coming and we will all be sad that day just wanted to say Indie it was a great trip learned so much.

  • @CatFinda
    @CatFinda 6 років тому

    I love the way how much data you put in your videos, keep up the good work!

  • @stupidturntable
    @stupidturntable 6 років тому +29

    Awesome episode from start to finish! Two (of many) thoughts on it´s content: Did Lloyd George withhold almost half a million of troops only to spite Haig, or to be able to quell any public unrest within the UK? And secondly; will there be a Special Episode on the United Baltic Duchy, or is that too much of a "what if"..?

    • @sirmeowthelibrarycat
      @sirmeowthelibrarycat 6 років тому +6

      liedream casinosoul 😳 Prime Minister Lloyd George kept troops at home following the slaughter of Passchendaele. He blamed Field Marshal Haig for prolonging the battle beyond any hope of success. The only serious possibility of domestic unrest at the time was in Ireland, where for some time Imperial Germany was giving material assistance to the Irish republicans.

    • @stupidturntable
      @stupidturntable 6 років тому

      Sort of a retoric question to get attention, he he. Of course he could do it, just as Churchill could call them "nameless places and sterile ridges" as the war was fought on French soil. A very costly war for the Entente powers, but the major carnage did happen outside of the British Isles...

    • @varana
      @varana 6 років тому +33

      He didn't call them "nameless places". He wrote "placeless names", and that is pure genius.
      The places - villages, and hills, and valleys - that those names had once referred to, had long been shelled into a uniform brown mud.

    • @stupidturntable
      @stupidturntable 6 років тому

      My bad, thanks. But still...

    • @MakeMeThinkAgain
      @MakeMeThinkAgain 6 років тому +1

      Ford Madox Ford wrote that the government was saving troops to advance the Empire's cause elsewhere in the world.

  • @daveed467
    @daveed467 6 років тому

    Happy New Year Indy and team, loving the Von Hotsensocks

  • @haydenellis8484
    @haydenellis8484 6 років тому +1

    Happy new year guys!!

  • @gtg1122
    @gtg1122 6 років тому

    No pls the end is near for the War Week series 😢 all the hard work will be done for creating this series

  • @Javaman92
    @Javaman92 6 років тому

    Wow, what a powerful speech to end this with... ahhhhhh happy new year?

  • @serduncan6933
    @serduncan6933 6 років тому +3

    Come on boys. We will be home next Christmas. I can feel it

  • @ilqrd.6608
    @ilqrd.6608 6 років тому

    "occasional capture of placeless names" ... true and deep words

  • @da12tall4u
    @da12tall4u 6 років тому

    ... Indeed, happy new year!

  • @eddieliusa
    @eddieliusa 6 років тому +37

    All those Russian officers dying in 1918! Hmmmmmm I wonder why

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 6 років тому +2

      COMMUNISM!!!!!

    • @SeresTheZocker
      @SeresTheZocker 6 років тому +3

      I call these dates „the death year spoiler“

    • @igoralekseyev3347
      @igoralekseyev3347 6 років тому +1

      Alekseyev died of natural causes

  • @davidblack1405
    @davidblack1405 3 роки тому +1

    Miss you Indie! Come back and do 1922!

  • @willjelle7944
    @willjelle7944 6 років тому +1

    And thus our great journey enters the last year.

  • @johnaustinbyrne
    @johnaustinbyrne 6 років тому

    my italian students made me write that...love the show!

  • @eduardogrilo6684
    @eduardogrilo6684 6 років тому

    Happy 1918 from Portugal!
    I hope than the war finished before the year!

  • @sakischakal9377
    @sakischakal9377 6 років тому

    The first episode i see as it comes out, finally! after 6 months.

  • @AndrewVaughanOfficial
    @AndrewVaughanOfficial 6 років тому +26

    Me: huh, I wonder who will win between the red army and the dom cossacks.
    *sees that they all died in 1918*
    Oh well

  • @fluviusOptio
    @fluviusOptio 6 років тому +7

    Lenin actually recognized The indepedence of Finland in last day of 1917 just before The year changed

  • @geekyluna1909
    @geekyluna1909 6 років тому

    I finally caught up to this series

  • @nellennatea
    @nellennatea 6 років тому

    Thanks for another great video.

  • @Sergio1Rodrigues
    @Sergio1Rodrigues 6 років тому

    I am always taken aback by the quality of your youtube channel, which I follow since the beginning. Will you, perhaps, make something similar with the second war? Perhaps begining next year?

  • @micklats5584
    @micklats5584 6 років тому

    Can't wait for 21st of March for 100yrs since Kaiserschlacht. But being an Australian, July 4th and August 8th will be the episodes I look forward too the most.

  • @georgets5669
    @georgets5669 6 років тому +4

    Are we going to see anything on the greek front this or the next week?Also keep up the great work and educate us 🙌😊😊.also 6:17 I agree cool name

  • @bigsteve6200
    @bigsteve6200 6 років тому +1

    I totally dig your show !. Is there any surviving U boots from WWI that can be toured ?.
    Semper Fi

  • @doubledouble4g379
    @doubledouble4g379 6 років тому +6

    Indy's truly covered this war for start to Finnish Independence ;)

  • @charlesferdinand422
    @charlesferdinand422 6 років тому +3

    The British finally resorted to the default war strategy: Hide in their island and keep a strong navy to prevent any landings to avoid having to fight directly, then beg the United States, Britain's historic boyfriend to please come save them. But hey, at least the British never stopped fighting like the French do whenever they have to fight the Germans.

  • @hlynnkeith9334
    @hlynnkeith9334 6 років тому

    Great episode!

  • @scottleft3672
    @scottleft3672 6 років тому

    At 5:00....the photograph is of the infamous training centre at Etaples known as The Bullring, wher men keen to fight had the spirit knocked out of them, it was here that the british mutiny was born....you mentioned "The Monocld Mutineer" in the execution vid, i recomend you find the 4 part series by yorkshire television, i think....it was THE best series ever made about WW1 by far, the film depiction of the books description of the execution of the soldier in shock, is gut wrenching.

  • @terraknight2384
    @terraknight2384 6 років тому +1

    It never really occurred to me before today that if I were alive 100 years ago I would likely be preparing to be sent off to Europe.
    It's a feeling that I can't quite describe but it makes me happy for the time I live in.

  • @gix47
    @gix47 6 років тому

    powerful....thanks

  • @brianoreilly3001
    @brianoreilly3001 6 років тому +3

    Erich Ludendorff plans for a spring push in march 1918

  • @mohammedalhosani9405
    @mohammedalhosani9405 6 років тому

    Indy I noticed that you don’t cover the central powers that much in recent months , is it because the lack of information or nothing is happening ,I’ve been watching the show since Christmas 2014 and it never gets boring keep up the amazing show

  • @jayjeetkataria8387
    @jayjeetkataria8387 6 років тому +7

    would u be interesting in covering polish -soviet war or polish - Lithuania war?

  • @oscarlundqvist2674
    @oscarlundqvist2674 6 років тому

    Although it's probably an extremely dull part of the war, would you consider covering the swedish neutrality during ww1 in one of your video? Love the channel by the way!

  • @mariosvourliotakis
    @mariosvourliotakis 6 років тому

    Happy new Year!

  • @iammrmat
    @iammrmat 6 років тому

    Finally made it to the front. Reporting for duty sah!

  • @yankee3875
    @yankee3875 6 років тому +5

    "Only two million casualties"

  • @WhereDoGangstersgo
    @WhereDoGangstersgo 6 років тому

    Great episode

  • @AlanDeAnda1
    @AlanDeAnda1 6 років тому

    Feliz año nuevo, compañeros!

  • @weldonwin
    @weldonwin 6 років тому

    "The people had no stability, no security and no future... Happy New Year"

  • @MrJizzy181
    @MrJizzy181 6 років тому

    I even have a recipe for a turnip carrot and cabbage soup from my great-grandmother from the German side of my family. They manage to survive quite well by utilising steep mountainous parts in the Hartz region to firstly hide their own food by planting it on unusual places and secondly make stealing it as difficult as possible. They even had a few kg of potatoes. Not much. But it helped. The soup is plain and easy to make, but it was a delicious treat for me, my siblings and friends when we went camping. And if we wanted to be all fancy, we would either throw a chicken in their or even roast a rabbit. It's kinda like Ikameshi, Soljanka or Chilli con Carne... Actually a meal of hardship and despair, can mean something totally different to a future generation. Anyhow. Is anyone fond about the recipe?

  • @acn-6264
    @acn-6264 6 років тому

    Hi Indy and team, love the channel.
    This is my question for out of the trenches:
    You have talked about cavalry and how they were usless in general, but why didn't they try to change it by using their speed in smallest squads (of 5 for example) and using more guns and grenades and evoiding charges with swords?

  • @ascaloncrusader
    @ascaloncrusader 6 років тому +1

    Can’t believe this is the last year of the war :,(

  • @tandemcompound2
    @tandemcompound2 6 років тому +4

    the Americans provided stuff, not much staff until Aug 1918

  • @leeraeside5341
    @leeraeside5341 6 років тому +23

    I've been saying every year that this war will be over by christmas, but with the Russians dropping out in the east, and no real progress being made on the western front I've now resigned myself to the fact that this war will not be over by christmas 1918.

    • @catalinmarius3985
      @catalinmarius3985 6 років тому +4

      Spoiler Alert: You're right, there will be no peace by christmas 1918, though they made a 20 years armistice.

    • @AndDiracisHisProphet
      @AndDiracisHisProphet 6 років тому +1

      I am more optimistic. Germany is so going to win this war. Mark my words!

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 6 років тому

      You know nothing, john snow....this will have a re-run, im sure.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 4 роки тому

    Great job.

  • @hjp14
    @hjp14 6 років тому

    7:38 we used to do the same thing in 29 Palms with tarantulas and scorpions haha. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

  • @2bteachable2
    @2bteachable2 6 років тому

    Made it to 1918! Now I'm only 7 months behind!

  • @DarkshadowXD63
    @DarkshadowXD63 6 років тому

    This week during the WW1 stuff!

  • @jellyfishjoe5778
    @jellyfishjoe5778 6 років тому +14

    I've fallen for the 'war will be over by Christmas' thing one too many times lads.
    The war will be over by 1920 at the earliest.
    yup 1914 to 1920 i'm sure...

    • @Firstmate101
      @Firstmate101 6 років тому

      That's optimistic, I'd try 1921 personally ;P

  • @CocaColaIceBear
    @CocaColaIceBear 6 років тому

    The last year has come :( Very sad about the inevitable end of this series.
    I hope for something special on November 11 followed by a new series :D

  • @knightshousegames
    @knightshousegames Рік тому +1

    I would assume Lloyd George was holding back those 450,000 troops and calling for the Americans to join because any british troops would be under the command of Haig who would throw them into the meat grinder if he had them, while the American troops would be under American control and would be less likely to be thrown into pointless offensives

  • @alekseibrusilov8218
    @alekseibrusilov8218 6 років тому

    Was hoping for a quick review of the front lines like last year

  • @jessyroy1936
    @jessyroy1936 6 років тому

    I just heard the most cynical "happy new year" of my life.... Love this show!

  • @dominiquecharriere1285
    @dominiquecharriere1285 Рік тому +1

    You give 450.000 men to Haig and he gets rid off all of them at a rhythm of 10.000 per day. 45 days they would last him. Lloyd George was right.

  • @grayflaneur4854
    @grayflaneur4854 6 років тому +19

    As an American and one who thinks it was a fool's errand to have gotten in the war, Lloyd George's want of American troops (trained or not) while holding back his own is not lost on me. I can appreciate his desire to cut down on his losses, but American troops aren't his commonwealth cannon fodder. Of course, American leadership would show that we were ready not to avoid many of the same mistakes. It's maddening.

    • @richardlathrop61
      @richardlathrop61 6 років тому +10

      Why America became isolationist between the wars. The average person felt they were lied to so that the bankers and industrialists could collect on their debts from England and France. By 1918 both countries were broke.

    • @grayflaneur4854
      @grayflaneur4854 6 років тому

      Richard Lathrop - You have it exactly right.

    • @grayflaneur4854
      @grayflaneur4854 6 років тому +1

      zaco21 I understand, but I also hope that there might have been an armistice where there was no clear victor resulting in negotiations that would have negated some of those problems. The sad reality is that in America, loss of lives through war was scene as a better choice than the economic and political fallout due to a severe recession, etc. Personally, I think it caught up with us economically in the late 1920s.

    • @patrickholt2270
      @patrickholt2270 6 років тому +2

      Well, fortunately for American wives and mothers, the war ended before the US had brought more than 40% of its planned strength to bear. You got in at the death having scarcely fought, and then got to throw your weight about in the peace negotiations. And this after having sucked up half the world's wealth paid for weapons that doubled the size of American industry. Unlike everyone else who was bankrupted, America made a Biblically huge profit on the war. So pardon me if I don't share your frustration.

    • @davehopkin9502
      @davehopkin9502 6 років тому

      And Germany take control of the Channel Ports and continue to increase the size of fleet now its in ports that make blockade far more difficult - a dagger at Britains throat - the Government couldnt contemplate that

  • @acediadekay3793
    @acediadekay3793 6 років тому

    We need an episode on Launcelot Kiggell (A guy with such a name must be legendary)

  • @Budisa35
    @Budisa35 6 років тому +46

    If this war never happened in 1914 man many things would be different...

    • @khoivo7947
      @khoivo7947 6 років тому +2

      Agreed

    • @LeandroCM
      @LeandroCM 6 років тому +13

      SerbianMajor-NB It's impossible to even grasp. It's the so called "butterfly effect". One could even argue that if NAPOLEON hasn't been born maybe none of this would be even happening. The greatest rivalry in Europe was between French and Germans, and it was more than a hundred years long by ww1 with multiple territorial disputes.

    • @Andvare
      @Andvare 6 років тому +1

      There's no part of the Earth that is unaffected. WWI even had an , indirect, effect on the Moon.

    • @HinFoo
      @HinFoo 6 років тому +5

      without war most of us would still buy brand new horsecarts

    • @airraverstaz
      @airraverstaz 6 років тому +2

      SerbianMajor-NB To quote the opening of Apocalypse World War 1 (great series btw, highly recommended): "Our world was forged in the fires of the great war." To be fair, someone would've ignited the spark if Austria didn't, most of Europe was fantasizing about a great crusade by that point.

  • @themaninthesuit5729
    @themaninthesuit5729 6 років тому

    Dying Civilization. Great Line Indy! BTW, I'm still waiting for my Astro Tattoo Shot.

  • @mennoltvanalten7260
    @mennoltvanalten7260 6 років тому +2

    "A deadly civil war was about to begin.
    Well, that was a bit overdramatic, and not entirely true:
    It had already begun."