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  • Опубліковано 28 жов 2018
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    Great Britain was the center of a vast colonial empire and a rapidly changing world during the 19th and early 20th century. But what happened in the country in the years leading up to World War
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    Literature (excerpt):
    Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004.
    Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013.
    Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.
    Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.
    Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
    Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.
    Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004
    Michalka, Wolfgang. Der Erste Weltkrieg. Wirkung, Wahrnehmung, Analyse, Seehamer Verlag GmbH, 2000
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 730

  • @ThreeArrows
    @ThreeArrows 5 років тому +1724

    Man, its really sad this project is comming to its end. Its one of the best things UA-cam has to offer.

    • @Harryjw67
      @Harryjw67 5 років тому +57

      Three Arrows now we gotta wait for 2039

    • @Harryjw67
      @Harryjw67 5 років тому +22

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ah decent, cheers👌

    • @Giloup92
      @Giloup92 5 років тому +20

      Three Arrows Yes, it is sad that the war didn’t last until 1920, at least.

    • @maciejkamil
      @maciejkamil 5 років тому +20

      *world war two is channel's exact name

    • @steph_man372
      @steph_man372 5 років тому +14

      @( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Wait seriously? OMG thank you so much!

  • @oddballsok
    @oddballsok 5 років тому +792

    you know..the danish empire also was so large that the sun never set.
    In summer...when it was circling Greenland.

    • @everythingyoutuber3423
      @everythingyoutuber3423 5 років тому +8

      ODDBALL SOK yea

    • @FrostmourneFK
      @FrostmourneFK 5 років тому +45

      @@everythingyoutuber3423 thank you for your valuable contribution to the conversation.

    • @hollowayfan0586
      @hollowayfan0586 5 років тому +7

      FrostmourneFK that made me laugh so hard lol

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 5 років тому +2

      @@FrostmourneFK yup.

    • @brassj67
      @brassj67 5 років тому +3

      Very true and also the Danes ruled over most of England in the 9th and 10th centuries and became known as Danelaw

  • @johnferguson7235
    @johnferguson7235 5 років тому +274

    My great grandfather fought in the Boer War in South Africa. We still have his cavalry pistol and his gold pocket watch. He suffered from PTSD after coming home to Canada after the war and became an alcoholic; it was a brutal fight.

    • @ColourOfTheGods
      @ColourOfTheGods 5 років тому +34

      My great grandfather fought against yours. Yes indeed, terrible war, especially considering the British resorted to interning women and children in concentration camps in order to stop the Boer men from fighting. Not that your great grandfather had any say in that, but if he was aware it would not have helped his psychological state.

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 5 років тому +10

      Watch Breaker Morant. It's amazing. Gives you a taste what Canadians, Australians did for England.

    • @bustercherry9643
      @bustercherry9643 5 років тому +3

      I wonder if your grandfather knew Lance Corporal Jack Jones in the Boer War.

    • @Metal00m
      @Metal00m 5 років тому +5

      My Great-Grandfather was also in the Second Boer War and was at the Defence of Ladysmith. He had to eat rats while under siege and killed Boers in close combat. Sounded like a rough time from the stories.

    • @devinerentalsltd8708
      @devinerentalsltd8708 5 років тому +1

      leftcoaster67 also New Zealand ;)

  • @astrobot4017
    @astrobot4017 5 років тому +547

    Where there's tea there's hope.

    • @astrobot4017
      @astrobot4017 5 років тому +4

      @TomPlays9 Because Goering screwed up as always

    • @AnimeOtaku2
      @AnimeOtaku2 5 років тому +6

      Well there was that whole horrible business with the Honourable East India Company.

    • @victorbruant389
      @victorbruant389 5 років тому +6

      @TomPlays9 plus: "My Luftwaffe can supply the whole 6th Army surrounded in Stalingrad from the air!"

    • @NormanMStewart
      @NormanMStewart 5 років тому +12

      Where there's a monocle or a magnificent mustache, there's glory.

    • @mezmanmerrill7412
      @mezmanmerrill7412 5 років тому +7

      My house ran out of tea today it was a dark time but Tesco was soon visited to rectify the issue

  • @pusspussmckitten
    @pusspussmckitten 5 років тому +318

    I hope you guys reach the 1 Million Subs before the end, you deserve the golden play button

    • @q11q40
      @q11q40 5 років тому +1

      PussPuss McKitten they have

    • @choughed3072
      @choughed3072 5 років тому +3

      @Plamen Stoev nothing to cover until 2039.

    • @hiigara2085
      @hiigara2085 Рік тому +1

      Both wrong. I have subbed today ☺️

  • @thomassugg3422
    @thomassugg3422 5 років тому +249

    My Paternal Great Great Grandfather named Albert Edward Sugg was born in January 1880 in east London. He was a Bare-knuckle boxing from the age off 16. He joined the Royal Navy in 1900 aged 20. He married my great great grandmother in 1905 and had my great grandfather named Charles Sugg in 1910 who was also born in east London. In the Great War he served in the Battle of Jutland. He died in 1960 in my home town in Essex.

  • @OceanHedgehog
    @OceanHedgehog 5 років тому +125

    I've always found the lead-up to war more interesting than the war itself - the countless times conflicts could have been avoided. That's why I really appreciate this channel going into the background of the War.

    • @christianweibrecht6555
      @christianweibrecht6555 5 років тому +6

      best people can do is improve the future by learning from the past

    • @lisagd22
      @lisagd22 2 роки тому +2

      I also find the aftermath of war interesting; not so much the politics as ordinary people trying to get their lives and their country put back together. It's unfortunate that history books, shows, etc. usually give this time scant coverage.

    • @ryhanzfx1641
      @ryhanzfx1641 2 роки тому +1

      i know right? its so interesting, New Imperialism era is one of the most fascinating chapter of world history, the prewar era certainly so because after it the world is barely recognizable anymore

    • @lisagd22
      @lisagd22 2 роки тому

      @@ryhanzfx1641 It's hard to comprehend how much changed as a result of WWI. Can you imagine the shock everyone felt?

    • @mariusmatei2946
      @mariusmatei2946 Рік тому

      ​@@lisagd22 there are History books, shows,... that cover (aftermath) domestic reconstruction, but you have to look for that, specifically!

  • @Ennio444
    @Ennio444 5 років тому +11

    8:05 - a Prime Minister has NEVER looked so cool. I mean, look at that picture! Even Churchill is in awe of LG's cool demeanour.

  • @kingsofserbiangameplay1623
    @kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 років тому +273

    I'm in a mood for *colonisation*

    • @russianpolishproud
      @russianpolishproud 5 років тому +6

      What flavour I prefer French its easier to swallow.

    • @Johnnycdrums
      @Johnnycdrums 5 років тому +6

      I'm in the mood for the bombing of London and Brussels by the U.S. Navy.

    • @paulandsueroberts4121
      @paulandsueroberts4121 5 років тому +1

      Johnnyc drums ?

    • @steyn1775
      @steyn1775 5 років тому +2

      I am more in a mood for
      K O L O N I S E R E N
      and forbid
      K O K O S N O T EN

    • @Johnnycdrums
      @Johnnycdrums 5 років тому

      @@---675 ; London's big claim to fame.

  • @richardfrancis578
    @richardfrancis578 5 років тому +17

    I love the old buses that can be seen in the backgrounds of some of the films

    • @stevepirie8130
      @stevepirie8130 5 років тому +3

      You’d have liked Malta, they had very old buses until they joined EU. Well looked after a lot were, my Dad recognised them from his school days in 50s.

  • @DarkshadowXD63
    @DarkshadowXD63 5 років тому +101

    Its finally here boys sad this series is coming to a end but all wars have to end eventually

    • @shrillbert
      @shrillbert 5 років тому +12

      Well, you can look up World War Two to see Indy's sequel. They're already in the Phony War, which is anything but it as it
      turns out.

    • @twandepan
      @twandepan 5 років тому +4

      DarkshadowXD63 never thought I’d be sad for a war to end....

    • @michaelrider
      @michaelrider 5 років тому +1

      Just a few more weeks

    • @eamonnegan2591
      @eamonnegan2591 5 років тому +4

      "all wars have to end eventually" - not if it is a war on an idea/strategy/tactic, The Global War On Terror?

    • @neilhillis9858
      @neilhillis9858 5 років тому

      Touche! ^^^

  • @jackkenny6376
    @jackkenny6376 5 років тому +41

    This channel is unprecedented and will never be overtaken by a similar show. For that, I hold this to the highest esteem and the Great War to the highest admiration.

    • @HuesingProductions
      @HuesingProductions 5 років тому +4

      The "World War Two" channel will overtake this! :P

    • @jackkenny6376
      @jackkenny6376 5 років тому

      HuesingProductions I sure hope so

  • @WAMTAT
    @WAMTAT 5 років тому +127

    Dude, New Zealand. Don't forget about us. We where subjects too.

    • @jimbenson3926
      @jimbenson3926 5 років тому +16

      New where? Is it anywhere near New Caledonia?

    • @yomama9538
      @yomama9538 5 років тому +2

      But not a Dominion until 1907

    • @dr.lyleevans6915
      @dr.lyleevans6915 5 років тому +16

      I’m pretty sure it’s a British knockoff of Seaworld. New (S)Zealand. The British, in their unsurpassed majesty, took over an entire island and turned it into tourist paradise. I even heard The Ring was filmed there along with the Legend of Bilbo Bagger Vance. Sounds like a neat place, just have to be watchful of Orks and the like.

    • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
      @The_Republic_of_Ireland 5 років тому +2

      That's not something to be proud of

    • @britishrail243
      @britishrail243 5 років тому +5

      Well technically you not only were subjects but still are subjects of the British monarchy as you are still a commonwealth realm.

  • @msjoanofthearc
    @msjoanofthearc 5 років тому +3

    Thank you so much for this program...love it!

  • @leonardhaddrill8842
    @leonardhaddrill8842 5 років тому +4

    Yet again another excellent video.. I just loved the background episodes about related but not necessarily related situations..

  • @nikostavropoulos9418
    @nikostavropoulos9418 5 років тому +8

    Please do a video on the arms race. I feel like its often not mentioned when discussing the start of WWI even though it was very influential in shaping the alliances going into WWI

  • @dutchmcoven7292
    @dutchmcoven7292 5 років тому

    Best channel on youtube. Thank you guys for your great work.

  • @skeletorrobo
    @skeletorrobo 5 років тому

    Great summary. Thank you.

  • @SuperLusername
    @SuperLusername 5 років тому +7

    This is the video I didnt know I was waiting for

  • @andersonandrighi4539
    @andersonandrighi4539 5 років тому +107

    The UK Empire was also impressive because it was not contiguous land. It was connected through the sea.

    • @FinDan07
      @FinDan07 5 років тому

      What’s impressive about that? Many large empires were connected by sea, as land travel was difficult before railroads and highways.

    • @andersonandrighi4539
      @andersonandrighi4539 5 років тому +33

      @@FinDan07 Not really. All the largest empires on earth were contiguous land. The Mongol Empire was connected first by land. So was most of the Roman Empire. The colonial empire of Portugal and Spain were connected by land. What is now North, Central, The Caribean, and South America is mostly connected by land. The British conquered via shore, they created the idea of modern India and Pakistan.
      As a side note, Alexander the Great and the Mongols were not able to conquer India. I'm not advocating for empires, but look at how complex it was to create and control such vast lands. If the British did not control sea like they did they would be in the same position as Portugal. Who had an Empire, but was dependent of a single colony. To an extent I'm betting you hear only about Brazil and never about Portugal.

    • @andersonandrighi4539
      @andersonandrighi4539 5 років тому +2

      @UCLpLyRE6TIdyQ178WIx0mIw because India is right next to South Africa which makes it easy to get to Australia. Contiguous land was not something that the British had. All other colonial powers had a more contiguous territory to administer

    • @varana
      @varana 5 років тому +3

      @@andersonandrighi4539 That said, the Roman Empire grew as large as it did over the sea. That all parts were connected, was in many cases just mopping up at later stages.
      The Mediterranean was the important "road" that held the provinces of the Empire together. You didn't go to Carthage all the way around the sea; you travelled by ship. The Dalmatian coast technically provided a land bridge from Italy to Greece; you _could_ march to Egypt on land (not counting the Bosporus) - no-one used either of that. Rome's first province was an island (Sicily), Rome's first possession in Asia (western Asia Minor around Pergamon) was not connected via land to any other Roman territory; Carthage was conquered by ship.

    • @FinDan07
      @FinDan07 5 років тому +5

      @Anderson Andrighi Out of all the empires you listed, only the Mongolian empire was not a maritime one where seas played a huge role. How exactly were the colonial empires of portugal and spain connected by land? Last i checked there’s no land connection between south america and africa. Darien gap divides the americas as well. Caribbean is not connected by land. I have no idea what argument you were trying to make there, if anything you just confirmed what i said? The atlantic divides portugal and brazil as well? I literallly have no clue what you’re aiming to prove. Britain would be in the same position as portugal? Last I checked the british empire no longer exists. And I’d say India was to Britain similar in importance as Brazil was to Portugal, and heck many in India speak english nowadays and India is surpassing Britain as an economy.
      The fact that you got nine likes baffles me lol

  • @CleanerCorn
    @CleanerCorn 5 років тому +61

    Assuming it doesn't already exist, can you please do a Germany before WW1 video?

    • @JD-Media
      @JD-Media 5 років тому +3

      They kinda cover it in the "Prelude to war" video.

  • @sawyer4713
    @sawyer4713 Рік тому

    Great short. Thank you.

  • @lorrieharkey3383
    @lorrieharkey3383 4 роки тому

    Interesting and well done.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Рік тому

    Keep up the great stuff

  • @bazliirfan9621
    @bazliirfan9621 5 років тому +1

    So sad the war is nearly end... and this channel will be over. But do you guys have any plan to continue the series and i know a lot of people saying this.
    I have been a fans of your channel for two years now. BTW I'm from Malaysia and you guys introduce me with history of WW1 that i don't even know of it... so i appreciate for what you've done.

  • @Veesaki
    @Veesaki 5 років тому

    This was brilliant !

  • @eviewillis4430
    @eviewillis4430 5 років тому +6

    As exited as I am for the climax of the war. I can’t help but feel sad that the Great War is coming to a end. Been my fav UA-cam channel ever. And you guys deserve a massive amount of credit. Wish you guys were going when I was doing my GCSE 15 year ago. Quite simply thank you for bringing this Great War back to life

  • @elgsquilliam
    @elgsquilliam 5 років тому +1

    I love your content. The title music is grating to the ears.

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 4 роки тому

      Purposefully? The Great War not being a Boy's own Adventure.

  • @nalk7
    @nalk7 4 роки тому +1

    How did I not know of this channel?!!! This is really great! btw you look like a young Michal Caine

  • @ingalimited4164
    @ingalimited4164 8 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @kingsofserbiangameplay1623
    @kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 років тому +20

    It's sad that this is going to end, I must say it was a great journey!

  • @johannesmaximilian848
    @johannesmaximilian848 5 років тому +49

    I literally cannot wait for the episode covering the empire most engaged in the war.. the German one.
    The series covering the nations before the war is one of the most interesting things there is, and as an empire that experienced such an exceptional golden age before the war, this is going to be highly interesting.

    • @yochaiwyss3843
      @yochaiwyss3843 5 років тому +4

      *'Heil dir im Siegerkranz' in the background*

    • @dadoogie
      @dadoogie 5 років тому +8

      I lived in germany for a while and listening to old phonograph records of that time and visiting cities like Dresden you see the golden age of Germany in the early 1900's. It's the same the world over however, England, France, USA and even Russia would have been infinitely more beautiful and stable had the blood letting of the first and second world wars not depleted us of the empire and Germany and France of it's confidence and manpower.

  • @listenherejack
    @listenherejack 5 років тому +9

    "The British Empire was built on cups of tea, and if you think I'm going to war without one you're mistaken."

  • @Valdagast
    @Valdagast 5 років тому +18

    8:09 Oooh. A wild Churchill appears.

    • @thebog11
      @thebog11 5 років тому +2

      Churchill uses Amphibious Invasion!
      It's not very effective...
      Isn't that David Lloyd George that he's giving the side-eye to?

  • @tomasneel1980
    @tomasneel1980 3 роки тому +2

    Why go to public school when you can learn online for free? This stuff is amazing

  • @turmunhkganba1705
    @turmunhkganba1705 5 років тому +60

    Though the channel grows by thousands of subs every episode I ‘m sad that we have failed to push to 1 million before the end of the war

    • @michaelrider
      @michaelrider 5 років тому +24

      Get ready for the Final Big Push!

    • @galacticpunt8083
      @galacticpunt8083 5 років тому +19

      @@michaelrider *starts digging trenches*

    • @johnycoho7830
      @johnycoho7830 5 років тому

      Not yet.

    • @AshesHereos
      @AshesHereos 5 років тому +2

      I reckon the November 11th episode will finally get that 1 million subscriber milestone.

    • @MakeMeThinkAgain
      @MakeMeThinkAgain 5 років тому +12

      I million subs by Christmas!

  • @StephenLyons-tl8ie
    @StephenLyons-tl8ie Рік тому

    Fascinating stuff.

  • @YouknowwhereHughgo
    @YouknowwhereHughgo 4 роки тому

    Great video

  • @memer7987
    @memer7987 5 років тому

    Love this show

  • @mercomania
    @mercomania Рік тому

    Funny to see your picture of London at 3.01 with a large advert for Spaten Beer from Munich.

  • @Kiemenbeisser
    @Kiemenbeisser 5 років тому +22

    Cant wait for the Switzerland before the Great War which I highly hope to come

    • @soakedmovie9231
      @soakedmovie9231 5 років тому +6

      Just them chilling with a nice cold drink watching the world around them burn

    • @Kiemenbeisser
      @Kiemenbeisser 5 років тому +1

      Ross Kyle if you only know... in 1918 Switzerland was also at the brink of country wide rioting - the so called Landesstreik lasted for 3 days before the union reconsider & stoped the strike altough shots have been fired on the last day killing several demonstraters

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 роки тому

    I love your channel

  • @poruatokin
    @poruatokin 5 років тому

    Excellent stuff indeed. Not wishing to get into a modern political debate, I couldn't help noticing how much of the numerical data relates very similarly to the current situation in the USA.

  • @alejandrokaplan7243
    @alejandrokaplan7243 5 років тому +3

    What Indy said about the how the military felt about the Boer war reminded me how most countries thought,going into the Great War

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting to know what was going on in Britain at this time. Nice job.

  • @ekul1151
    @ekul1151 5 років тому +1

    It has been a great series, its going to be really sad to see it go

  • @c7f7c
    @c7f7c 5 років тому +1

    3:40 Cant believe youve got a picture of Rothesay and that it still looks so similar today.

  • @kuryenlaindia
    @kuryenlaindia 5 років тому

    this channell is just perfect

  • @limonade7050
    @limonade7050 5 років тому +3

    I just realised that they haven't done a Germany before ww1 episode.. Hyped!

  • @erikthomsen4768
    @erikthomsen4768 5 років тому +39

    Hello Indy and Crew. Could you do a video on Prussian identity during the war? I am especially interested in later and post war years. Thansk for show. Best wishes from the Danish Kingdom.

    • @rUckAmIng
      @rUckAmIng 5 років тому

      WHO are the prussians for u after 1867

    • @rudolfkraffzick642
      @rudolfkraffzick642 4 роки тому +1

      There was very few Prussian identity left after the foundation of the German Empire in 1871. Strechting from west to east for 1000 kilometers lived very different People in Prussia, among others Hessians, Lower Saxons, Silesian, true Prussians only in the northeast around Berlin, Danzig and Königsberg.

  • @bamacopeland4372
    @bamacopeland4372 5 років тому +2

    First off I want to say you and your team are the Peter burns of ww1, that being said got a question for OFTT. I read some where that each country built their respectable trench differently could you please explain. Thank y'all for all the hard work that y'all do.

  • @brucewilliams6292
    @brucewilliams6292 5 років тому +1

    Absolutely love the depth of research and how concisely you manage to get it across. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! Thank you the crew of the Great War. I echo the sentiments of others who regret it is coming to an end soon but it has been a great ride.

  • @rockandrollstar6393
    @rockandrollstar6393 Рік тому

    the background music is amazing

  • @glm0142
    @glm0142 5 років тому +1

    I love this show

  • @VladTevez
    @VladTevez 5 років тому +356

    The spirit of the era:
    _- He wants to know if you are gods._
    _- Not gods - Englishmen. The next best thing._

    • @Communistbaconeater
      @Communistbaconeater 5 років тому +17

      The man who would be king?

    • @VladTevez
      @VladTevez 5 років тому +5

      @@Communistbaconeater Kudos!

    • @Communistbaconeater
      @Communistbaconeater 5 років тому +2

      V. Athanasiou thank you ma man

    • @Wolfe1966
      @Wolfe1966 5 років тому +1

      I love that movie 😃 thanks for the reminder 👍 time to watch it again

    • @Adrastus_
      @Adrastus_ 5 років тому +3

      V. Athanasiou I don’t hate Englishmen but they were the bad guys during the 20th century

  • @hogg8888
    @hogg8888 5 років тому

    Indie is a geeza . Love this channel

  • @alexrennison8070
    @alexrennison8070 8 місяців тому

    Love how what is supposed to be the uplifting parts are the most depressing parts & the real issues.

  • @Shockprowl
    @Shockprowl 5 років тому

    Brilliant.

  • @thebunkerparodie6368
    @thebunkerparodie6368 5 років тому

    If you want to continue this,you should make analyse of those wining war plan and see If it could work or not and why not a "what if serie" or a serie about project and prototype of all nation made during the first war.

  • @TheZabuza888
    @TheZabuza888 5 років тому +2

    Question for Out Of The Trenches; I don't recall if you guys have covered the Battle of Ambos Nogales which occured August 27, 1918. Were there really German advisers present at the battle? Great Job with the series, I'm going to miss it.

  • @lukebarber9511
    @lukebarber9511 3 роки тому +3

    Do you plan on making a special episode about Germany before WWI? Wilhelmine Germany tends to get overlooked in history lessons.

  • @joezephyr
    @joezephyr 5 років тому

    Another great episode thank you. I was one of the first, subscribing in June 1914 - ooops that should be June 2014 :)

  • @juanaltredo2974
    @juanaltredo2974 5 років тому +1

    fascinating episode, congratulations to everyone involved. Please find a way to continue this great channel, think outside the box indy!

  • @quantitativeease
    @quantitativeease 5 років тому +2

    Hey Indy, on the statistics on income distribution you cite, oftentimes it's not clear if you were referring to Britain (with or without Ireland) or the British Empire as a whole.

  • @aninditasakti
    @aninditasakti 5 років тому

    I'm listening this in the Afternoon, but then the Sun never set...

  • @TN-xx4ih
    @TN-xx4ih 5 років тому

    Be prepared to have tears in your eyes after watching this vid

  • @bajsbrev4651
    @bajsbrev4651 5 років тому

    Indy's general presentation is kinda like that of someone shouting headlines at a corner somewhere, trying to sell newspapers so when he segways into the promotion in this video it kinda fits the way he usually talks, idk lol

  • @carlhicksjr8401
    @carlhicksjr8401 5 років тому +1

    I've loved following this series for the last 5 years. As a historian, they're pure gold.

  • @peregrinemccauley5010
    @peregrinemccauley5010 7 днів тому

    Top episode. Strike me pink.

  • @ThieflyChap
    @ThieflyChap 5 років тому +4

    About time you got around to us. Appreciated. *Waves Union Flag*

  • @TheCimbrianBull
    @TheCimbrianBull 5 років тому

    I say! Let us all have a jolly cup of tea!

  • @boudicca4841
    @boudicca4841 4 роки тому +3

    You're a gentleman I'd love to have at a dinner table. You're incredibly knowledgeable and interesting. So rare these days! Great video as always.

  • @giojacycadalzo752
    @giojacycadalzo752 5 років тому +106

    Damn, the British Empire was great during the pre-war years.

    • @adonizi
      @adonizi 5 років тому +29

      @@---675 Germany didnt even want to fight Britain during WW1. It was only about continental Europe. Germany, France, Russia and Austria-Hungary. Britain inserted itself into the war after Belgium.

    • @adonizi
      @adonizi 5 років тому +27

      @@---675 But of course, ever since German unification, Britain and France have been trying to undermine and destroy it. Suddenly a new superpower appears in the middle of Europe, of course these old empires want to destroy and control it. Both world wars are ultimately because of this.

    • @TormentedToast13
      @TormentedToast13 5 років тому +22

      @@adonizi Yeah ofc they did, they wanted to keep balance in Europe, no one getting too powerful to dominate it. Germany did, so they worked against them. Anyways if Germany wasn't too aggressive they could have kept Britain out of the war. They invaded a neutral country, who Britain had a written alliance with. If Britain didn't join after that, no one would trust them with treaties.

    • @Fatihturk0071
      @Fatihturk0071 5 років тому +13

      Yh. British empire fell due to 2 world wars. It was hella expensive

    • @somalikanye8642
      @somalikanye8642 5 років тому +2

      @@TormentedToast13 they were forced to invade Belgium though
      The schiefflen plan insisted on it.

  • @anttitheinternetguy3213
    @anttitheinternetguy3213 5 років тому

    Wow, take a look at 10:09. That one Mate is camera shy and the his friends are teasing him for it. Something like that really makes me realize how indifferent we are

  • @JW-zx5dr
    @JW-zx5dr 3 роки тому

    Interesting

  • @michelangelobuonarroti4958
    @michelangelobuonarroti4958 5 років тому

    11:13 "Well by now, it kinda has been"😂😂😂😂

  • @cirojuliano6196
    @cirojuliano6196 5 років тому +1

    Wow.. I started subscribing to you guys when I was just starting my first job. How time flies.. I found out about your channel not from UA-cam recommendation, but instead from a local newspaper of my hometown, Jakarta. There was an article about the 100 years commemoration of WW1. There, they mention (in all caps with your logo covering 1/4 of the article) a youtube channel that specifically tells the history of The Great War on a weekly basis. During lunchtime on the same day I found you guys on youtube and started watching your videos..until now. I also subscribed and watch all your other videos from different channel that you guys made. You guys are the best!!👏👏👏👏👏

  • @mrperson0140
    @mrperson0140 5 років тому

    Its gonna be sad seeing this great show end in 2 weeks.

  • @tf2664
    @tf2664 5 років тому +25

    Rule Britannia

  • @Admiral8Q
    @Admiral8Q 5 років тому +1

    Just over a hundred years ago, in between then and now, we as a society really haven't changed much.

  • @DerSaa
    @DerSaa 5 років тому +5

    "1% of the population holds 2/3 of the wealth and the working class holds less than 10%."
    - Nothing changed according to the newspapers here in Germany. Even more: the gap between rich and poor is widening!

  • @jsolloso514
    @jsolloso514 5 років тому +5

    And in the quote you see the problem. There is no “England” since 1603. It has been Great Britain or United Kingdom (Since 1707). To think it is England, you create a vacuum of rejecting the other home nations and ignore the reality that exists.

  • @chazymondo7766
    @chazymondo7766 5 років тому +48

    I’m British and I’m proud. 😁

    • @rollinraccoon5814
      @rollinraccoon5814 5 років тому

      chaz FPS of what?

    • @chazymondo7766
      @chazymondo7766 5 років тому +2

      rollin raccoon, I’m proud of my country.

    • @pathowgate2544
      @pathowgate2544 5 років тому +5

      Northern Europe > the rest of the world

    • @seanmoran6510
      @seanmoran6510 3 роки тому

      Never thought I’d say this
      But I hope the Union Breaks Up
      For the sake of the Individual Nations contained within

  • @rabihrac
    @rabihrac 5 років тому +1

    I feel strangely mature after hearing that the cheerful boy/girl scout story that I used to know from childhood is now objectively mentioned in a social-historical channel lol

  • @MegaRadomstuff
    @MegaRadomstuff 5 років тому +1

    Nice wee bit of Edinburgh academy there

  • @RandomRetr0
    @RandomRetr0 5 років тому +1

    As someone with family who served in The Great War, I’ve learned a LOT from your videos. Thank you for doing these

  • @12coudak000
    @12coudak000 5 років тому

    I see Indy has the legendary sword from BF1 on the table. Someone got lucky with RNG.

  • @erebus7306
    @erebus7306 5 років тому

    Could an episode be done about Division sizes in the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies?

  • @samd2013
    @samd2013 5 років тому +2

    Are you guys ever going to do a Walt Disney in WW1 episode? I know he was like an ambulance driver or somthing during it.

  • @ebiwright8973
    @ebiwright8973 5 років тому +14

    Can you talk about Iran's involvement in WW1? I'm relatively new to this channel, so if you have already I apologise!

    • @OriginalBongoliath
      @OriginalBongoliath 5 років тому +3

      Dominated by Russia in the north, Britain in the south, and was neutral.

    • @randomclouds4404
      @randomclouds4404 5 років тому +2

      They have made two Out of the Trenches episodes for that. You can search, "Persia in WWI".

    • @ebiwright8973
      @ebiwright8973 5 років тому +1

      @@randomclouds4404 Thanks!

    • @varana
      @varana 5 років тому +1

      @@randomclouds4404 Although sadly, the information in those episodes is a bit thin.

  • @endergamer3x
    @endergamer3x 3 роки тому

    Lol I got "The Great War" advertisment on this channel xD

  • @davidwindfeldt9009
    @davidwindfeldt9009 5 років тому +1

    Can you please do an episode when you can talk an show what the treaties that cud have happened if the German spring offensive 1918 was successful?

    • @davidwindfeldt9009
      @davidwindfeldt9009 5 років тому

      If the Germans had captured Paris then the French possibility had surrendered and without Frans and without a land based way to Europe then the Entent wold have to have a truce.
      This wold not though (in my point of view) have been a total capitulation and the peace treaties wold nod dismantle all of the French and British empires, instead it wold have been a peace treaty that both powers wold get and lose som land (in my point of view)
      Thank Indie for taking the time to respond to my comment and I thought that it was a weird idea and a Chanel with almost 1 million subs wold probably never care to answer my question.

  • @ethanreighley1336
    @ethanreighley1336 5 років тому

    Do Switzerland next!

  • @samimaitla4460
    @samimaitla4460 5 років тому +19

    Will there be dvds after this show ends

    • @conspiracybear1564
      @conspiracybear1564 5 років тому +5

      No its 2018 DVDs are not a thing anymore just dl kt or watch kt on YT.

    • @victorbruant389
      @victorbruant389 5 років тому +18

      @@conspiracybear1564 Ok, will there be silent films?

  • @SteamboatWilley
    @SteamboatWilley 5 років тому +1

    The two power standard: Peace through superior firepower.

  • @gregalonzo747
    @gregalonzo747 5 років тому +2

    Great job! You are always informative, creative, and entertaining.

  • @varon52
    @varon52 5 років тому

    Normally your most recent episode of The Great War comes out on Thursdays. However I have not been able to locate episode 222. Is everyone okay?

  • @joeywalker6827
    @joeywalker6827 5 років тому

    10:30 🤔 Beauty standards of the early 20th century....Fascinating😆

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 5 років тому +1

    Even with the UK’s pledge to Belgium, joining with France ended up being a fool’s errand

  • @kingsofserbiangameplay1623
    @kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 років тому +4

    Hi lads!