Something that always strikes me about this scene is how the combat 'devolves', how real it comes across. As soon as they're too close to use firearms effectively they fight with anything at hand. It's chaos and sudden death.
Pretty much another thing that's terrifying for infantry aside from artillery. But getting in close quarters and having to kill your enemy in any way possible no matter how gruesome it is.
Not real at all actually. First the Germans would come under an artillery barrage. second, they would have come in small specialist groups hiding behind the terrain features. Third, the Canadians opened fire way to late. Fourth, the moment they would open fire the Germans would stop running and duck, retrieve fire to pin the enemy, maneuver, and (at that distance) trow grenades. Anyway, the Germans coming out in the open in such numbers, the Canadians would simply call in artillery and they would not need to fire much... Reality is so much more humanly reasonable, complex and interesting than Hollywood lame same old bullshit... It would take better writing, planning and more time, but they would do something that people would watch 100 years from now...
My father was a US Marine in the Pacific during WWII. He fought on Saipan and Tinian. He did mention to me once that entrenching tools are very useful in a hand to hand melee.
It's also gives less chances for enemy to hide, regroup and survive, which literally makes this tactic a way to wound, kill or capture alive as many enemies as possible
They genuinely felt and thought that Britain would be on their side...and they might have if Germany had not tried to go around French lines by invading neutral Belgium...that was a bridge too far for the Brits, to use a reference from another war.
@@yeoldeyoungin9745 No chance. The British government viewed Germany as the bigger threat and they were not going to simply sit by and let France and Russia fall to the Germans.
The british had a policy of opposing whoever they deemed as the strongest on continental europe. Whether that was the french (Napoleon) , Germany (The kaiser and later hitler), and russia (The USSR) can be seen as evidence of this throughout history. They almost capitulated in ww2 but Churchill wouldn't give in
@@yeoldeyoungin9745 The Brits formed the Entente with the French. The reasoned with the French. Harder to do that with the Germans. Germany wanted to expand its colonial empire.
British policy was to oppose whoever seemed the biggest threat to the empire. Even if Britain sat it out, Germany would've attacked Britain later. They wanted to be number 1. Same if Germany and Japan won the second world war. They would've fought eachother for the top spot. It would've only prolonged the inevitable and gave Germany more advantages.
+Flowerpower210 those German aren't fascists. Germany was an imperial nation before and during the 1st world war like Britain. Nazi fascism only began to grow during the mid 20th century.
My grandad fought there. He told me about the rats, and the way the Canadian Ross rifles rusted quickly and jammed from the mud and when it got hot from firing. He was a sniper and then a medic with the Canadian Black Watch - 73rd battalion and then 42nd (Black Watch had 3 battalions - 13th, 42nd, 73rd), after Vimy Ridge when the 73rd was reduced to less than 25% it was disbanded and the men dispersed as reinforcements to the other 2 battalions. He went to the 42nd. I have his uniform. This film is pretty realistic, according to what he told me. He survived 2.5 years on the front with 'minor' wounds. He survived from July 1916 to the end of the war, and was present in every battle the Canadian Corp was involved in during that period. He was gassed a number of times - sometimes accidentally by his own side. It is a fact that from 1917 to the end of the war, the Canadian Corp won every battle it was used in. They were used as the schwerpunkt for all the British battles after Vimy, and took the highest per capita casualties of any allied country in WWI. My grandfather woke up in a captured enemy trench after the last day of the Vimy Ridge battle. He said it had been raining sleet all night. On the trench parapet in front of him he saw a Deutsch and a Canadian soldier who had bayoneted each other at the same time - both laying dead. He said it was to him a perfect symbol of the futility of that war. He said "We were all innocent farm boys lied to by the government and the church, killing each other for no good reason."
Britain entered the war in 1914 when Belgiums nuterality had been compromised by the german empire. My great grandfather was part of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914 .Many countries of the British empire soon declared war on Germany and the Central Powers Without them things may have been different. Certainly, when ww2 was declared and once again the world went head long into the abyss, the British empire stood against a tyrant and its allies and were victorious
@@Mikehawk906I’m too old to join the CDN Army now, they won’t take incredibly fit , active, 51 year olds , but dear god I’d love to join the Black Watch
@@alexanderapollo2177 Yes, especially in war. There is more chaos in war and battle than anywhere else. And several combat ptsd studies figured that CQC fuks with men's minds factors more than distance combat that modern warfare is.
100 years ago today. My Grandfather was fighting in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He survived only to die at age 57 in 1951 from the poison gas that was everywhere in the open fields & woods. Rainbow Division.
My great-great grandfather served in the 343rd machine gun battalion during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, according to his obituary he was wounded 6 times. Truly men of iron...he died in 1968
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My relatives didn’t since we were the Dutch… I admit we can be really dumb here but I must say we also have been the smartest of the world. Sometimes not even trying is better
I think what makes WW1 and scenes like this particularly brutal is the fact they resorted to using whatever they had on hand to kill, from shovels to rocks and whatever they could get their hands on (Things you wouldn't really see as weapons in such a modern day conflict). It really shows the desperation of trench warfare, slogging through mud and the raw feeling of doing whatever you can to survive.
Some of these pieces are in museums. My favorite is the table or chair leg made into a club. Sometimes bedecked and studded with nails, barbed wire, rivets, bolts and what have you. You know things are intense when infantry start raiding weapons museum collections for medieval armaments.
I will bet that when you're being charged by the enemy across no mans land, you miraculously learn to work that bolt 10x faster. Whither you are German, Austro hungarian, French, Belgian, British, Canadian, American, Ottoman etc. Fear of death is a great, great motivator.
Elvis Who? 10 rounds a minute with a lee Enfield is if anything slow. It was the muskets used in 1800s in the napoleonic wars where they were trained to fire 3 rounds a minute which was easy with how long it took to reload
@Anglo Commando Another advantage the Lee Enfield has is you don't have to move your head out of the way for the bolt, so you can keep your sight picture as your sight picture as you rechamber.
British expeditionary force had total of 150,000 men. First two weeks on battle of Somme, it lost 65,000 men. Prime minster fell down when heard the news.
1:10 is an incredible moment in cinema. Reloading is rarely a priority in war films these days but this film took the time to show that not only is it part of combat, but also it must be done in the face of certain death. Reload drills almost never get screen time. The only other time I’ve seen this is Heat at the bank shootout. Calm, methodical, work the problem get the gun back in action. What a thing of beauty.
Why'd the dude they gun down immediately after catch fire on his lower torso? Must be from something back then he hit obviously but I'm not sure what except a gas mask which would suck if a gas mask exploded when it got shot on my face.
@@bruhism173 "Must be from something back then he hit obviously but I'm not sure what except a gas mask which would suck if a gas mask exploded when it got shot on my face." THAT was horrific to try and read, huh? A gas mask wouldn't explode or "suck" if you shot someone through it, it's not a pressurized gas cannister...
@@bruhism173 Obviously it was a grenade, then? You're not even specifying what you mean. "Sorry for thinking"? Why are you getting heated? Just pointing out the fact that what you typed up made no sense and was horribly hard to read my guy
0:11 "Oh tabarnaque!" is a swear word said by the french canadian machine gunner! I love the fact that they put that in there. It also emphasized that the men were really scared!
I cannot believe what these men had to do. As a Canadian 18 year old 100 years later, I have an enormous amount of respect for all people involved in the wars
@@adriansolomon6805 I was an extra in the film playing a solider of the Calgary 10th and as a recruit during the recruitment drive (I can be seen smoking outside of the tent next to the vickers .303 next to an older man, then inside the tent during the recruitment drive, being told to sit down cause I was too young to serve, and then being seeing standing after the recruitment officer rips those who can serve a new one for not enlisting (look for a black jacket, white shirt and black hat. *I got to me a movie mistake/goof), after each take of the battle, we asked ourselves the same question. We spent 45 days filming the battle on the Tsu Tina Nation reserve in glacier fed water. Paul Gross and the historical advisor Norman Reach said the exact same thing... "These men who fought the battle are a breed of men who no longer exist"
@@devonburdeyney8555 thanks for the information, I envy you...I am an avid fan of the history of the great war. I visited a few of the battle fields and graveyards near Passendale and the Somme a few years ago . I ran toward Vimy Ridge in my motorbike gear and was exhausted within 100 yards! I paid my respects at an Australian graveyard...it has been kept nicely. The soil in that area is heavy and very sticky...it must have been hell ! I stayed at a local farm and the French owner showed me 4 ball shaped objects in his shed that he had ploughed up recently. They were British mills bombs! Cyril Coles was the first man to be killed in a tank near there and he lived in Cantor's,Dorset which is about 2 miles from my house!
@@idontknowhatmynameshouldbe Every country has an overused joke about them, poor Germany gets it almost the worst of all of us...do you think we like all the American Oil jokes? Not one bit but oh well. I’d rather have the extremely polite stereotype.
0:39 I like how they added the detail of Ross Rifles being infamously unreliable in the conditions of the western front (let alone Passchendaele, that’s a whole different hell)
Yes, by Passchendale the British were allowing the Canadian gov't to buy Lee Enfield Mk1 rifles. The Ross had been removed from service except for sniper use ( my grandfather was still using a Ross in his role as a sniper/scout until after Vimy, Spring 1917)....but the regular troops were using Lee Enfields.
@@cello64 i read somewhere that snipers prefered the Ross over the Lee for sniper duty. My guess being the Ross was more of a Target rifle rather than a universal short rifle like the Lee.
@@zachsmith1676 yes, you are right, they were accurate and powerful - but they rusted quickly in the field and jammed easily with the mud and when they got hot in action. My grandfather said that the Canadians all thought the German Mausers were better rifles than the Ross or Enfields.
The Canadian soldiers were seen discarding their Ross Rifles as early as late 1915 and picking up fallen British SMLEs before the Ross was withdrawn from front line service and replaced with the Lee-Enfield as the battle rifle.
Ah... I almost forgot what hell looked like. Thank you youtube recommendations. Shovels, buttstocks, blades, bits of bent and rusty steel, rocks, wire, boot heels, and of course the bare fist. Seriously. This war was bloody.
@@ffandrewd2986 that, and seeing a pickaxe go into someone’s back and see the psychical pain that hit him through his face and the blood out his mouth, i honestly had to look away from that when i saw it for the first time
In the early 1980s when I lived in New Zealand i met an old Englishman,( he would have been 86/87 or there abouts) and he had fought at Passchendaele, he said he was standing in a trench when a bomb went off nearby and the pressure from the explosion forced one of his eyes out of its socket, he had to walk a couple of miles to a rear hospital holding his eye to his face to be attended to as he was deemed" non critical". Tough old bugger.
That'd be sick. This is considered heaven for Vikings. Valhalla they called it. If there was a heaven, that's where I'd like to be. Fight, eat, fuck and die.
Honestly, I think ww1 was the most pointless war ever to occur in human history. Anyone who wants to correct me or tell me another go ahead. And I'm not saying that in a bad way either, I want to hear others opinions.
+Cameron Kincaid The First World War must be brought about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused by the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the British and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of the war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other governments and in order to weaken the religions." 2
ideed because of the assasination of austrias leader it takes alot of balls to do what they did war has been around forever and there's no such thing as peace and there probably never gonna happen😐
Teachers: Alright recess everyone can go out and play Girls: Its raining outside though and its muddy our shoes might get dirty they're expensive Boys: 1:48 to 3:04
4:07 That's got to be one of the most traumatizing things to happen on the Battlefield during WW1. Imagine your hand going through the head every night.
@@angelofiron4366 The idea of the '19th century tactics with 20th century weapons' is a myth. For example, fighting in ranks and files was gone soon after the Franco-Prussian War.
"I'm all mad because a German troop charging a trench through mud under MG fire somehow was loosing". Do people just not know about WW1 or what? Grade 11 and 12 history people!
+A. Soldier Actually, in that area, those were the "trenches" that they had, so it's accurate. Now, GeckoNovice's English is not accurate. They weren't LOOSING they were LOSING...And lost.
GeckoNovice Lol yeah, like the destroyed trench foxhole like positions they had taken up, not to mention that in the specific film, a battalion was pulled out while a platoon replaced them, at least they could of given them a few extra grenades or something, at least that's what I would of done if I was as long as them in that hell hole with no relief.
1. Death tolls in WWI were significantly higher. 2. Conditions outside trenches can be horrible too.; In trench other than heavy artillery you can be pretty safe. Outside it like on patrol in WWII...instant death. Just bad overall.
@lawrencewood289 the Western front of ww2 was far less deadly than its ww1 counterpart, but the Eastern front of ww2 could match the trenches for brutality and casualty count. As with all conflicts, both had their 'danger zones' and their quiet fronts. Where you ended up stationed was pure luck.
Are you kidding? It's a glamorized version of WW1 where the heroes have American accents. You think Germans were gently walking up 1 by 1 to be shot by a Canadian from 10 metres away? This was 1917, they had creeping barrages, they actually fired back, they ran in small mobile squads, they used duck and cover, they threw a lot of grenades. This was one of the worst and most unrealistic depiction I have ever seen. About 50 riflemen, and machine gunners, and even a little bit of artillery all basically fail to hit a single guy more then a graze. The less said about that Jesus scene the better... where the fuck did that come from. Were there no other wounded lying around after that massacre a few moments ago?
@@MrBrennan118118 Paul Gross would probably be annoyed to find out somebody thinks he has an American accent. This is a Canadian film, start to finish. I won't go into the quality of the film, except to say that you're right-The Jesus scene was beyond stupid.
Sabaton are an awesome live band. I'm a vet well into my 60s now and I went to see Sabaton and yes, I absolutely did go in the motherfucking mosh pit, circle pit plus my own favourite, the wall of death. All the kids were so respectful towards me, even when I slipped over during one particularly wild circle pit!
I think this battle scene was used in the Battlefield 1 intro. the bayonet through the hand, rock bashing, and fist fighting is really closely related. my respects to the fearless who sacrificed themselves for their countries.
Make no mistake they were absolutely fearful. It's more admirable that they fought in spite of it, through what one could only call some heinous and twisted imagination of hell.
@@henryesj6242 The intro was the most stolen part of the mission tho. The atmosphere is still really amazing when you play through the mission, regardless of the weapons that you are given.
Documents discovered in the German archives in more recent times basically place most of the blame squarely at the feet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who (much like his WW2 contemporary) considered Germany and Russia to be natural enemies for the control of Europe. The assassination of the Archduke is now recognized as a deliberate (and rather joyful) casus belli that the Germans had been hoping and planning for nearly a decade: a chance to crush the Russians and the French (who were seen as Russian allies) before the massive Russian superiority in numbers could be made unstoppable by military modernization. What's creepy is how identical the German priorities, mindset and attack strategies were as compared to WW2.
At around the 1:58 minute mark, this scene looks almost exactly like the beginning scene from Battlefield 1. Also the shell shocked soldier at 3 minute mark just hit hard.
Admiral Roberto Both guys get stabbed in the hand. Both Germans get thrown down and punched out. Feels like BF took inspiration from this scene in this movie.
Such a dramatic video clip. Showing the way things often were on the Western front. My Mum's Father my Grandfather was a Warrant officer 2nd class with the Royal Engineer's during WW1. His name was John Eddington ( OBE MBE ) . My Grandfather was mentioned in dispatches a few times and King George personally decorated my Grandfather for Valour. I spoke with my Mother about her Father. Asking what he did in WW1 but my Mother said he barely spoke of it. In WW2 my Grandfather worked for MI6. I would like to one day learn why my Grandfather was mentioned in dispatches and King George personally decorated him. WW1 was a very long time ago and so many brave men and women died so we could have our freedom. 💪🏼🙏🏻✨
Hence why multiple canadian troops in the scene DIDN'T survive the shells going off near them. Did you not see them go flying backwards after the mortar shells went off near them?
Not historically accurate, like any war movie. But... if you were to encapsulate all of the horrific elements of the Western Front of the First World War in a short time, the first five minutes of this are a good demonstration.
Research the 3rd battle of ypres and tell me again this isn't how the battle was fought, it was fought exactly like this, it's just an over dramatic rendition of it.
The symbolism of the crucifixion was so heavy-handed I'm surprised they didn't add a barbed wire "crown of thorns" and have him regain consciousness three days later healed of all wounds.
It's likely a reference to a real myth among Canadian soldiers during WW1 that the Germans crucified a soldier in the Canadian Corps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucified_Soldier
To everybody saying this film is biased, yes it's probably biased, but honestly if you charge across a no mans land you're going to get slaughtered. That's why it's called "no mans land" Both allied and axis sides did this during the war, and the outcome was generally a few yards gained for far to many lives lost. And no, i don't think the Germans are portrayed as the evil ones in this film, if they had been portrayed as the evil ones, they probably wouldn't have stopped firing, you know, like civilized human beings?
$1.99 Happy Meal With Fries people are dumb they see Canada winning one fight then think canada are better both sides won and lost battles plus you see Germans kicking canadas ass too
CAPTIN HOOPER I think Canada won all it's battles against the Germans in WW1 in 1917 and 1918. The Germans lost every time. And there were many battles.
They did they also invented the infantry section and we built a tank. what i meant was in that scene you see Germans killing Canadians too. I dont think it makes them look Supermen which some guy claimed. But in Ww1 many victories came at such a cost you cant really say their victories i mean the Somme was a victory yet still a disaster
When the Somme Offensive started on 1st July 1916, a First Day objective was Bapaume, thirteen miles behind German lines. When the battle ended on 18th November the allies were still seven miles short of Bapaume - after more than a million casualties. Likewise, Passchendaele was a First Day objective when the Flanders’s Offensive commenced on the 31st July but not taken until November. That’s the unique horror of the First World War, the terrible battles for miniscule gains and above all, the repeated fighting back and forth over the same shattered acres. The merciless struggles over Inverness Copse and Glencorse Wood prior to Passchendaele are equally horrific. The troops of both sides fought like wild animals in some of the most desperate fighting of the war. The First War Canadians are always remembered here in the UK for not only withstanding the first poison gas attack at St. Julien in 1915 but making a wild counter-attack by night at Kitchener’s Wood, described by Foch as the greatest single act of the war: the storming of Vimy Ridge in 1917 and the capture of Passchendaele. Less well known is the capture of Regina Trench on the Somme in 1916 which cost Canadians over 14,000 casualties and their success at Amiens 8th August 1918, the Black Day of the German Army.
This movie had way too much talking and focused on the stupid kid too much, should've just been an actual fighting kind of movie with more than two fucking fight scenes.
After it was all over, the Allies had taken precisely 5 miles of territory. That's 2 inches for every dead soldier it cost them. This was considered a roaring success by the generals. And when every inch was abandoned to the Germans five months later during the Battle of the Lys, none of them thought it particularly noteworthy. What a revolting exercise in military futility from the least imaginative pack of fools the aristocratic military complex had ever produced. Douglas Haig should have been court martialed and horse-whipped; the Allies won the war in spite of his lack of imagination, not because of it. WW1 killed the aristocratic military complex, it's just a shame they took so many poor enlisted men with them.
Alex Tocqueville you know Haig was well liked by the men and was a great officer. Indeed many of the Generals where continually warned about being to close to the front. There was little they could do. Unfortunately the history of ww1 was muddled by the political opinion of the 20/30s and 60s.
Damn armchair generals. You cant win a major victory without massive loss of life. Look at ww2. Haig won the war. That stage of the war they were trying to achieve a decisive victory for a breakout.
@@harryb8945 Haig wasn't liked by anyone. He was warned that many of his attacks will fail. He didn't listen. Haig might have been a good battalion officer but that's it.
@@bobfg3130 Arthur Currie, the one who got the orders to fight, said that it would be pointless and cost too many lives. If I remember right, this battle was to take some of the heat off the french who were losing farther south and Haig I guess is good for administration and politics, but certainly not to be in charge of any field decisions.
My grandfather served in the Devonshire Yeomanry as mounted infantry and had three horses killed under him. He survived being wounded but suffered a nervous breakdown a couple of years after returning to his job as head gardener at a 'big house' in Plymouth. He was immediately sacked from his job - "We can't have that sort of thing here" they said! 'They' of course, never set foot in France throughout the entire war.
No, not all trenches in the great war are like this. It stretches for miles long and miles thick and far, artillery couldn't bomb it all as it was too large and spread out. Just check German, french and British trenches, most of them are fortified with whatever they have, like the main defense, the 2nd and the 3rd line. The 3rd or last line is usually the thickest, reinforced with steel, concrete, barbed wires and company of machine gunners, snipers and artillery bunkers including emergency bunkers with mg and infantry for all sides. (Mostly Germany)
1. The Germans got destroyed in no man's land because that is what happened in WW1. This happened to everyone. It just happens to be Germans in this movie. WW1 was basically "hide in trenches, try to storm the enemy, get killed by machine guns." 2. Germans are portrayed as anything but evil in this clip. They do not shoot the boy in the trench, he gets killed by his own allies. They do not shoot when the soldier is running across. They even help him complete his task. They are shown as humane people. If anything the "heroes" of this movie are shown as bloodthirsty monsters in this scene.
Basically they were talking about a crucified Canadian in the beginning of the move (actual propaganda) and dunne said that people's bodies fly in mysterious ways when hit by artillery, if you watch it's just a plot hole that makes his body be thrown on the ladder like he was crucified, no one did it on purpose
The first Christmas during the cease fire in many of the fronts both sides chilled out with each other sharing booze cigarettes and family photos, the next day no one wanted to fight. The Germans in WW1 were dragged into the war because of their treatey's.
To say there were good guys and bad guys in this war is misleading. Most of the soldiers on each side had no idea why they were fighting they just knew they were.
There were a lot of British ex-pats in the Canadian army, and an enduring belief that they were naturally better leaders, so "foreign" officers were somewhat common. Different branch of the services, but Canadian naval officers often spent some time transferred to the British navy for training and often came back with British accents.
My Grandfather survived the Second Battle of the Marne (U.S. Army. Rainbow Division) In World War II he went on to serve in the Coast Guard. He loved & believed in our country.
My grandfather William was born in 1887. He was a survivor of WW1. Italian front, from Isonzo to Piave. Alpini Fiamme Verdi. He has runned and runned on many battlefields. He has talked one time only of his life inside the war with his son, my father, before to die. No words to explain. RIP. MV
My Grandfather was at Passchendaele he was born in 1898. He got kicked in the head by a horse and got laid up in a French Wine Cellar - They drank it dry in 3 days !!! Love you Pop. My ultimate Hero !!! xxxxxxxx
Mein Ururgroßvater diente in Passchendaele. Er sagte, dass die Kanadier zu den größten Weicheiern gehörten und dass die indischen Truppen viel bessere Kämpfer waren.
+Kevin Drohan There is the Lewis-MG, British. Lee-Enfield-Gun with the 1907 Bajonett, 10 shots and British. Bergmann-Maschinenpistole MP 18, 32 shots and German. Mauser-Karabiner, 5 shots and German. Lebel-Gun Model 1893, French. Frontlineshotgun, American. Sharpshootergun ROSS .303 MK III, Canadian. Mosin-Nagant-Gun, Russian. Schwarzlose-MG, Austria-Hungria. Mauser-Karabiner, Caliber 9,5mm (1887) with Bajonett. These all are some the main guns countries used in WW1, Germany in paticular was very good at making weapons...
+Kevin Drohan There is the Lewis-MG, British. Lee-Enfield-Gun with the 1907 Bajonett, 10 shots and British. Bergmann-Maschinenpistole MP 18, 32 shots and German. Mauser-Karabiner, 5 shots and German. Lebel-Gun Model 1893, French. Frontlineshotgun, American. Sharpshootergun ROSS .303 MK III, Canadian. Mosin-Nagant-Gun, Russian. Schwarzlose-MG, Austria-Hungria. Mauser-Karabiner, Caliber 9,5mm (1887) with Bajonett. These all are some the main guns countries used in WW1, Germany in paticular was very good at making weapons...
That moment both sides realize no one is evil, they just want to go home, bury their fallen comrades and follow the orders they were forced into. Also passion of christ reference.
5:15 "Oh look! i was blown back by a artillery shell and so happen to get tangled in barbed wire on a board that happened to look like a cross and which then propped itself up right in the mud! WhAt a CoInCiDeNCe!"
It’s in reference to a ‘true’ story of German soldiers crucifying a Canadian soldier...it was actually a propaganda story used to great effect that caused unnecessary pain on both sides. The Germans were horrified to be thusly accused and after the war the Canadian govt apologized. This is a reference to the story.
I love how people bitch and complain about this movie being unrealistic in the sence of the Canadians being killing machines, but I still haven't heard someone says something about the last battle of Saving Private Ryan. There movies people, sit down, watch and enjoy, if this was a German or Russian or whomever movie it would be the same just in different uniforms and different languages. I personally think Canadians get much spotlight on the victories, just mainly goes to the British,French and hell even the US. Would really love to see a movie being made about Vimy Ridge.
He had 4 friend named tommy Harold scoot and jack my great grandpa name is Herb and they all got back together and they were the only ones they could talk to about my grandma said war is very strange
I come back to this exact battle so many times because it's so good, but I always think of how surreal and terrifying it would have been to fight through that. Seeing it in a movie is one thing, seeing it in person must've been beyond terrible. I don't know how you'd be able to keep a straight face and a level head during all that shit. I think of the same quote.. *War is Hell..*
My great great uncle John Wallace 1st New Zealand division fought in this battle from June 22nd 1917- October 6th 1917 where he was gassed at spree farm. My great auntie found his diary and made notes of when his mates were injured or killed, when the camp was bombed and when he first arrived in the trenches. Never forget the brave lads on both sides who fought in this hell
If you’re into WW1 you should check out Ernst Jünger’s autobiographical combat memoir “Storm Of Steel” it is unbelievably graphic and detailed. The man survived 4 years of trench warfare/combat on the western front. Verdun, Pachiondale, Mervre, Cambrai, The Somme twice, Dwai, all of the major engagements between the Germans & French/British. Also check out Charles Barkley’s autobiographical battle memoir “No Hard Feelings” to get an American perspective it is also unbelievably graphic and detailed. Or Robert Graves’ “Goodbye to All That” for a British perspective. All are 100% true and mind blowing. A way for those of us that are fascinated to get close to the meat grinding abyss of the Great War 100+ years later from the safety of our cars/living rooms & study’s.
my great uncle fought with the 30th Infantry, 3rd Division in several battles during 1918. The only picture of him hangs in my den. He returned from France and within 2 years was admitted to a VA Hospital in Pennsylvania where he passed away in 1963.
That's interesting. My great grandfather was a private in an English county regiment .The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry he was part of the British Expeditionary Force 1914. Like many thousands of British soldiers, he was ordered to go Belgium to defend the small town of Mons against a huge German invasion force. Britain had, at the time, a treaty with Belgium to protect its neutrality from any hostile nation. My great grandfather survived the war because of ill health he was discharged. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 36 .
"We won" good job men but get ready they'll be coming again "the enemy is being resupplied with an airship"
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''Enemy armoured train en route''
"We are losing objective Butter"
"The enemy has reached the final objective."
"There is a sentry kit in your location"
My god, to think of going up against an enemy soldier with a knife or a club in mortal hand to hand combat is something beyond description.
+FLYWHEEL1967 it's disgusting what is happening to our fatherland.
***** says the communist. Last I checked communism has killed just as many if not more people than both world wars.
Hunter Bibb I'm no commie,but communism is an idea,therefor it can't kill anyone,the followers can
82 Luft ITS EASY LOL U JUST GO UP TO THEM AND PRESS THE MELEE BUTTON NOOB.
Typical 'red herring' tactic in an argument. Regardless of his beliefs, what he said was true.
Something that always strikes me about this scene is how the combat 'devolves', how real it comes across. As soon as they're too close to use firearms effectively they fight with anything at hand. It's chaos and sudden death.
Pretty much another thing that's terrifying for infantry aside from artillery. But getting in close quarters and having to kill your enemy in any way possible no matter how gruesome it is.
Not real at all actually. First the Germans would come under an artillery barrage. second, they would have come in small specialist groups hiding behind the terrain features. Third, the Canadians opened fire way to late. Fourth, the moment they would open fire the Germans would stop running and duck, retrieve fire to pin the enemy, maneuver, and (at that distance) trow grenades.
Anyway, the Germans coming out in the open in such numbers, the Canadians would simply call in artillery and they would not need to fire much... Reality is so much more humanly reasonable, complex and interesting than Hollywood lame same old bullshit... It would take better writing, planning and more time, but they would do something that people would watch 100 years from now...
My father was a US Marine in the Pacific during WWII. He fought on Saipan and Tinian. He did mention to me once that entrenching tools are very useful in a hand to hand melee.
That's the truth of it...
It's also gives less chances for enemy to hide, regroup and survive, which literally makes this tactic a way to wound, kill or capture alive as many enemies as possible
Fun fact : a captured German officer told a British soldier “ I don’t know why Briton is fighting us, you should be helping us invade France”
They genuinely felt and thought that Britain would be on their side...and they might have if Germany had not tried to go around French lines by invading neutral Belgium...that was a bridge too far for the Brits, to use a reference from another war.
@@yeoldeyoungin9745 No chance. The British government viewed Germany as the bigger threat and they were not going to simply sit by and let France and Russia fall to the Germans.
The british had a policy of opposing whoever they deemed as the strongest on continental europe. Whether that was the french (Napoleon) , Germany (The kaiser and later hitler), and russia (The USSR) can be seen as evidence of this throughout history.
They almost capitulated in ww2 but Churchill wouldn't give in
@@yeoldeyoungin9745
The Brits formed the Entente with the French. The reasoned with the French. Harder to do that with the Germans. Germany wanted to expand its colonial empire.
British policy was to oppose whoever seemed the biggest threat to the empire. Even if Britain sat it out, Germany would've attacked Britain later. They wanted to be number 1. Same if Germany and Japan won the second world war. They would've fought eachother for the top spot. It would've only prolonged the inevitable and gave Germany more advantages.
Both sides in the end were probably like "what the hell are we killing eachother for?"
Did you here about The Christmas Truce?
Rowdy Eggplaad yup
Rowdy Eggplaad Christmas 1914
A big puddle of mud.
More like Since the day one of war
"What are we killing for ?"
Canadians weren't so nice back then...
+Flowerpower210 those German aren't fascists. Germany was an imperial nation before and during the 1st world war like Britain. Nazi fascism only began to grow during the mid 20th century.
lol, what about British atrocities in India and Africa? Every European Colonial Empire did some really shitty things. But that didnt make them facist.
lol what, Facist? Wrong War m8.
Eh?
I believe during WWI the Canadians were regarded as one of the most elite forces on the Western front.
My grandad fought there. He told me about the rats, and the way the Canadian Ross rifles rusted quickly and jammed from the mud and when it got hot from firing. He was a sniper and then a medic with the Canadian Black Watch - 73rd battalion and then 42nd (Black Watch had 3 battalions - 13th, 42nd, 73rd), after Vimy Ridge when the 73rd was reduced to less than 25% it was disbanded and the men dispersed as reinforcements to the other 2 battalions. He went to the 42nd. I have his uniform. This film is pretty realistic, according to what he told me. He survived 2.5 years on the front with 'minor' wounds. He survived from July 1916 to the end of the war, and was present in every battle the Canadian Corp was involved in during that period. He was gassed a number of times - sometimes accidentally by his own side. It is a fact that from 1917 to the end of the war, the Canadian Corp won every battle it was used in. They were used as the schwerpunkt for all the British battles after Vimy, and took the highest per capita casualties of any allied country in WWI. My grandfather woke up in a captured enemy trench after the last day of the Vimy Ridge battle. He said it had been raining sleet all night. On the trench parapet in front of him he saw a Deutsch and a Canadian soldier who had bayoneted each other at the same time - both laying dead. He said it was to him a perfect symbol of the futility of that war. He said "We were all innocent farm boys lied to by the government and the church, killing each other for no good reason."
Britain entered the war in 1914 when Belgiums nuterality had been compromised by the german empire. My great grandfather was part of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914 .Many countries of the British empire soon declared war on Germany and the Central Powers
Without them things may have been different.
Certainly, when ww2 was declared and once again the world went head long into the abyss, the British empire stood against a tyrant and its allies and were victorious
Interestingly enough the black watch is still a regiment in the Canadian armed forces. Cool patch too
Much respect to your granddad Sir 🫡❤
@@Mikehawk906I’m too old to join the CDN Army now, they won’t take incredibly fit , active, 51 year olds , but dear god I’d love to join the Black Watch
❤
It’s one thing to kill someone from a far distance with a gun but with your own bare hands and strength now that’s just absolutely horrifying
Agreed
😂. Not in war not when they're trying to kill you back
Don't knock it till you try it. Just sayin.
@@alexanderapollo2177 Yes, especially in war. There is more chaos in war and battle than anywhere else. And several combat ptsd studies figured that CQC fuks with men's minds factors more than distance combat that modern warfare is.
Wer sich so etwas ständig anschaut ist krank.
In a foreign field he lay, lonely soldier unknown grave. On his dying words he prays. Tell the world of Passchendaele.
Iron Maiden
I died in hell-
They called it Paschendale
*epic guitar starts playing*
Layin low in a blood filled trench
@@donaldjstandsforgeniustrum5516 On my face I can feel the falling rain, never see my friends again
"If I had Canadian soldiers, American technology and British Officers I could rule the world"- Winston Churchill
The Heathen Kite
Polish soldiers are better. :v
+BattleHell15 Nah, Polish pilots :)
nah French soldiers French tech French officers French navy are best
Erwin Rommel
French flag is white flag
So let's all get together and have a grand ole' time!
100 years ago today. My Grandfather was fighting in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He survived only to die at age 57 in 1951 from the poison gas that was everywhere in the open fields & woods. Rainbow Division.
My great-great grandfather served in the 343rd machine gun battalion during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, according to his obituary he was wounded 6 times. Truly men of iron...he died in 1968
I had a relative die in Feb 18 for the Rainbow Division. Hit by a German shell manning a trench mortar. Edward Nash, MIA to this day.
("Sgt.J."). ✌️🕊️. I'm glad you, Know your Relatives. There is a Rainbow patch.🌈 In the Military. I, Think it might be Strictly California National Guard. I, was in Boot camp with a couple of those guys. Oddly a guard unit I, was in had their Sh_t farther together better. Than an a full time unit I, Was in. The full timers kept sending ppl too far up. And were suspectable to And, got a few ppl shot. By friendly fire. A German officer Stated: "If we can get rid of Hitler. You, Should help us get Stalin is a mad man too." After we told the Russian govt. That they had some German officers. That were giving us info. And we have an agent in one of your P.o.w. camps. I, Don't know what happened with the intelligence agent. But, the officers Died of Starvation. And, Illness in those P.o.w. camps. Some parts of 1half of the family is a little Foggy. I've seen the Graves. But, Not much info. Take care.
Gay Division?
My relatives didn’t since we were the Dutch… I admit we can be really dumb here but I must say we also have been the smartest of the world. Sometimes not even trying is better
I think what makes WW1 and scenes like this particularly brutal is the fact they resorted to using whatever they had on hand to kill, from shovels to rocks and whatever they could get their hands on (Things you wouldn't really see as weapons in such a modern day conflict). It really shows the desperation of trench warfare, slogging through mud and the raw feeling of doing whatever you can to survive.
Some of these pieces are in museums. My favorite is the table or chair leg made into a club. Sometimes bedecked and studded with nails, barbed wire, rivets, bolts and what have you. You know things are intense when infantry start raiding weapons museum collections for medieval armaments.
That's any war homie. Once you're face to face and/or out of ammo wtf are you gonna do? Shake hands and go home?
Maybe that’s what we truly have always been.
@@dragonsword7370 wtf is a chair leg gonna do to a soldier in layered clothing? ☠️
I will bet that when you're being charged by the enemy across no mans land, you miraculously learn to work that bolt 10x faster. Whither you are German, Austro hungarian, French, Belgian, British, Canadian, American, Ottoman etc. Fear of death is a great, great motivator.
I also heard somewhere (Correct me if I’m wrong) that British infantrymen were trained to fire 10 rounds per minute
Elvis Who? 10 rounds a minute with a lee Enfield is if anything slow. It was the muskets used in 1800s in the napoleonic wars where they were trained to fire 3 rounds a minute which was easy with how long it took to reload
@Anglo Commando Another advantage the Lee Enfield has is you don't have to move your head out of the way for the bolt, so you can keep your sight picture as your sight picture as you rechamber.
Makes ya run faster i know that
Canadian rifles used to jam in the mud.
British expeditionary force had total of 150,000 men. First two weeks on battle of Somme, it lost 65,000 men. Prime minster fell down when heard the news.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Gkm- that’s isn’t funny
@@aeuhfde6540 they didn’t lose 60,000 men, they lost 20,000. 40,000 were wounded.
@@aeuhfde6540 oh my bad I interpreted it as they lost 60,000 as in dead
@@nicholascernatescu6685 still an astonishing death per wounded ratio. Really tells how horrific the somme was
1:10 is an incredible moment in cinema. Reloading is rarely a priority in war films these days but this film took the time to show that not only is it part of combat, but also it must be done in the face of certain death. Reload drills almost never get screen time. The only other time I’ve seen this is Heat at the bank shootout. Calm, methodical, work the problem get the gun back in action. What a thing of beauty.
To be honest it's the most simple reload though they could've showed
Why'd the dude they gun down immediately after catch fire on his lower torso? Must be from something back then he hit obviously but I'm not sure what except a gas mask which would suck if a gas mask exploded when it got shot on my face.
@@bruhism173 "Must be from something back then he hit obviously but I'm not sure what except a gas mask which would suck if a gas mask exploded when it got shot on my face."
THAT was horrific to try and read, huh? A gas mask wouldn't explode or "suck" if you shot someone through it, it's not a pressurized gas cannister...
@@SStupendous yeah that's the thing, what was it that exploded? Wouldn't a grenade either go boom or just not detonate? Sorry for thinking.
@@bruhism173 Obviously it was a grenade, then? You're not even specifying what you mean. "Sorry for thinking"? Why are you getting heated? Just pointing out the fact that what you typed up made no sense and was horribly hard to read my guy
0:11 "Oh tabarnaque!" is a swear word said by the french canadian machine gunner! I love the fact that they put that in there. It also emphasized that the men were really scared!
To bad they took an anglophone to butcher the word. How hard would it have been to find a French Canadian to do the part?
@@jonathanallard2128 Just can't make you guys happy eh? Fucking separate already.
@@bombkita 1st I'm not a separatist.
2nd was that REALLY too much to ask?
Just admit you hate us and that's why you came in this way.
@@jonathanallard2128 100% d'accord avec toi ,
@@jonathanallard2128 ryan reynolds?
I cannot believe what these men had to do. As a Canadian 18 year old 100 years later, I have an enormous amount of respect for all people involved in the wars
But so senseless!
So now your 22?
@@adriansolomon6805 I was an extra in the film playing a solider of the Calgary 10th and as a recruit during the recruitment drive (I can be seen smoking outside of the tent next to the vickers .303 next to an older man, then inside the tent during the recruitment drive, being told to sit down cause I was too young to serve, and then being seeing standing after the recruitment officer rips those who can serve a new one for not enlisting (look for a black jacket, white shirt and black hat. *I got to me a movie mistake/goof), after each take of the battle, we asked ourselves the same question. We spent 45 days filming the battle on the Tsu Tina Nation reserve in glacier fed water. Paul Gross and the historical advisor Norman Reach said the exact same thing... "These men who fought the battle are a breed of men who no longer exist"
@@devonburdeyney8555 thanks for the information, I envy you...I am an avid fan of the history of the great war. I visited a few of the battle fields and graveyards near Passendale and the Somme a few years ago . I ran toward Vimy Ridge in my motorbike gear and was exhausted within 100 yards! I paid my respects at an Australian graveyard...it has been kept nicely. The soil in that area is heavy and very sticky...it must have been hell ! I stayed at a local farm and the French owner showed me 4 ball shaped objects in his shed that he had ploughed up recently. They were British mills bombs! Cyril Coles was the first man to be killed in a tank near there and he lived in Cantor's,Dorset which is about 2 miles from my house!
"In a foreign field he lay
Lonely soldier, unknown grave
On his dying words he prays
Tell the world of Paschendale"
Hoooooome far awaaaaaay
The "Death on the Road" version is my favourite.
*shoots german*
Canadian: Sorry!
*shoots another*
Canadian: Sorry!
German:die
Canadian:sorry!!
Me: sorry not sorry
No but ok
Stop with the over used jokes
@@idontknowhatmynameshouldbe Every country has an overused joke about them, poor Germany gets it almost the worst of all of us...do you think we like all the American Oil jokes? Not one bit but oh well. I’d rather have the extremely polite stereotype.
0:39 I like how they added the detail of Ross Rifles being infamously unreliable in the conditions of the western front (let alone Passchendaele, that’s a whole different hell)
It doesn't look like a Ross Rifle but a Lee Enfield but at least they show the rifle even jamming in mud.
Yes, by Passchendale the British were allowing the Canadian gov't to buy Lee Enfield Mk1 rifles. The Ross had been removed from service except for sniper use ( my grandfather was still using a Ross in his role as a sniper/scout until after Vimy, Spring 1917)....but the regular troops were using Lee Enfields.
@@cello64 i read somewhere that snipers prefered the Ross over the Lee for sniper duty. My guess being the Ross was more of a Target rifle rather than a universal short rifle like the Lee.
@@zachsmith1676 yes, you are right, they were accurate and powerful - but they rusted quickly in the field and jammed easily with the mud and when they got hot in action. My grandfather said that the Canadians all thought the German Mausers were better rifles than the Ross or Enfields.
The Canadian soldiers were seen discarding their Ross Rifles as early as late 1915 and picking up fallen British SMLEs before the Ross was withdrawn from front line service and replaced with the Lee-Enfield as the battle rifle.
2:05 battlefield 1 single player trailer
Finally someone who realized Battlefield 1 got that scene from this movie. Verbatim
Low key i just realized that lol
HiZzen RekT wtf xD
but they did thath if they had no wepons
TopKekPotato Go suck a pencil.
3:10 "this is nice. It's fine. Im fine. Totally not permanently traumatized. I only saw like 230 deaths today. It's fine. Totally fine."
Lol the next scene is Naoooo
Poor kid.
Dude probably doesnt even shave yet
@@wonderdakka Guy probably hasn't ever been with a girl yet. He looks like he's about 12, kid is traumatized
Hes like "bro fuck this"
Ah... I almost forgot what hell looked like. Thank you youtube recommendations.
Shovels, buttstocks, blades, bits of bent and rusty steel, rocks, wire, boot heels, and of course the bare fist. Seriously. This war was bloody.
Seeing someone getting bashed over the head with a rock is so brutal.
@@ffandrewd2986 that, and seeing a pickaxe go into someone’s back and see the psychical pain that hit him through his face and the blood out his mouth, i honestly had to look away from that when i saw it for the first time
In the early 1980s when I lived in New Zealand i met an old Englishman,( he would have been 86/87 or there abouts) and he had fought at Passchendaele, he said he was standing in a trench when a bomb went off nearby and the pressure from the explosion forced one of his eyes out of its socket, he had to walk a couple of miles to a rear hospital holding his eye to his face to be attended to as he was deemed" non critical". Tough old bugger.
I think hell is just this for all eternity.
That'd be sick. This is considered heaven for Vikings. Valhalla they called it. If there was a heaven, that's where I'd like to be. Fight, eat, fuck and die.
***** thats messed up fam
So like, live, die, respawn, repeat for all eternity?
About 47 T-Rexes Hell is the impossibility of reason... so basically you’re right.
Skimtar skal
Honestly, I think ww1 was the most pointless war ever to occur in human history. Anyone who wants to correct me or tell me another go ahead. And I'm not saying that in a bad way either, I want to hear others opinions.
+Cameron Kincaid The First World War must be brought
about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the
power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a
fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused by
the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the British
and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the
end of the war, Communism will be built and used in order to
destroy the other governments and in order to weaken the
religions." 2
ideed because of the assasination of austrias leader it takes alot of balls to do what they did war has been around forever and there's no such thing as peace and there probably never gonna happen😐
Ahem, VIETNAM
+Cameron Kincaid as a famous sith proverb when " peace is a lie there is only passion".
+Robert Salfelder sorry went haha
Teachers: Alright recess everyone can go out and play
Girls: Its raining outside though and its muddy our shoes might get dirty they're expensive
Boys: 1:48 to 3:04
Based You pfp
cringe
Pretty much
its more acurette when your from a latin american school
Me and the lads started fighting in the muddy soggy field
4:07 That's got to be one of the most traumatizing things to happen on the Battlefield during WW1.
Imagine your hand going through the head every night.
Shit was nasty and ugly back in those times. Was way darker than WW2.
19th century tactics against 20th century weaponry not a good idea....🤔
@@angelofiron4366 The idea of the '19th century tactics with 20th century weapons' is a myth. For example, fighting in ranks and files was gone soon after the Franco-Prussian War.
"I'm all mad because a German troop charging a trench through mud under MG fire somehow was loosing". Do people just not know about WW1 or what? Grade 11 and 12 history people!
+GeckoNovice Lol, you're calling the Canadian position a trench?
+A. Soldier Actually, in that area, those were the "trenches" that they had, so it's accurate. Now, GeckoNovice's English is not accurate. They weren't LOOSING they were LOSING...And lost.
Guys my point was that the Canadians had nearly every advantage yet people are complaining the Germans lost.
GeckoNovice Lol yeah, like the destroyed trench foxhole like positions they had taken up, not to mention that in the specific film, a battalion was pulled out while a platoon replaced them, at least they could of given them a few extra grenades or something, at least that's what I would of done if I was as long as them in that hell hole with no relief.
***** Yea, historically in WW1 Canadians had great soldiers but where often lead by incompetents.
Depends on how you loo at it, the death toll in WW2 was astounding, but the soldier's condition in the trench was unthinkable.
1. Death tolls in WWI were significantly higher.
2. Conditions outside trenches can be horrible too.; In trench other than heavy artillery you can be pretty safe. Outside it like on patrol in WWII...instant death.
Just bad overall.
@lawrencewood289 the Western front of ww2 was far less deadly than its ww1 counterpart, but the Eastern front of ww2 could match the trenches for brutality and casualty count. As with all conflicts, both had their 'danger zones' and their quiet fronts. Where you ended up stationed was pure luck.
@@robertkingston6164Ypres was one of the worst😊
@@robertkingston6164 If I had to choose between the trenches and the Eastern Front............trenches.
Best depiction of a WW1 battlefield I've ever seen
Fax
Yes, 300 killed germans and no Canadian
@Sanctus Paulus 1962 its a canadian movie, not hollywood. good movie, lacked a few things in terms of realism but good otherwise
Are you kidding? It's a glamorized version of WW1 where the heroes have American accents. You think Germans were gently walking up 1 by 1 to be shot by a Canadian from 10 metres away? This was 1917, they had creeping barrages, they actually fired back, they ran in small mobile squads, they used duck and cover, they threw a lot of grenades. This was one of the worst and most unrealistic depiction I have ever seen. About 50 riflemen, and machine gunners, and even a little bit of artillery all basically fail to hit a single guy more then a graze. The less said about that Jesus scene the better... where the fuck did that come from. Were there no other wounded lying around after that massacre a few moments ago?
@@MrBrennan118118 Paul Gross would probably be annoyed to find out somebody thinks he has an American accent. This is a Canadian film, start to finish. I won't go into the quality of the film, except to say that you're right-The Jesus scene was beyond stupid.
"Where is the greatness we've been told? The lies we been sold? Is this a worthy sacrifice?" -Sabaton, Great War
I hope that these men will not regret the pain loss and suffering that they gave for us
Sabaton music to this is an absolute brilliant pairing
Sabaton are an awesome live band. I'm a vet well into my 60s now and I went to see Sabaton and yes, I absolutely did go in the motherfucking mosh pit, circle pit plus my own favourite, the wall of death. All the kids were so respectful towards me, even when I slipped over during one particularly wild circle pit!
Who cares about Sabaton..what do they know?
@@lawrencewood289 a lot of people do actually
I think this battle scene was used in the Battlefield 1 intro.
the bayonet through the hand, rock bashing, and fist fighting is really closely related.
my respects to the fearless who sacrificed themselves for their countries.
I know I’m late but this is 100% right. As much as I love the BF1 prologue they kind of stole this.
Make no mistake they were absolutely fearful. It's more admirable that they fought in spite of it, through what one could only call some heinous and twisted imagination of hell.
@@henryesj6242 The intro was the most stolen part of the mission tho. The atmosphere is still really amazing when you play through the mission, regardless of the weapons that you are given.
@@henryesj6242 I wouldn't say stolen, more like an omage to
Historical accuracy most of the grunts sounded like adolescents
My great uncle was killed at Passchendaele on 27/09/1917.
His body was never recovered.
He was just 19 years old.
Lest We Forget
Casually says “Here we go”
*stabs German in neck effortlessly*
5:55 Just because they were called Stormtroopers, don't assume they're the post-1977 kind who can't hit anything.
Bruh, while fighting for your life you get panic and tension, making you shake. Shake interrupted shooting in this scene.
You are now under arrest for sedition against your empire.
Move along or face summary execution.
@@thatoneradicalizedprussian225 good boy
All this shit because of one fucking duke.
Alexander Hoard
Nah it wasn't that simple. Tensions had been rising for years before that. Ferdinand is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
trump will cause this to happen again rip world
Hillary wanted to make Syria a no-fly-zone for U.S. Aircraft so we could shoot down Russian planes...
Conflicted Celery and a lot... and a lot... and a LOT..... of treaties.
Documents discovered in the German archives in more recent times basically place most of the blame squarely at the feet of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who (much like his WW2 contemporary) considered Germany and Russia to be natural enemies for the control of Europe. The assassination of the Archduke is now recognized as a deliberate (and rather joyful) casus belli that the Germans had been hoping and planning for nearly a decade: a chance to crush the Russians and the French (who were seen as Russian allies) before the massive Russian superiority in numbers could be made unstoppable by military modernization.
What's creepy is how identical the German priorities, mindset and attack strategies were as compared to WW2.
At around the 1:58 minute mark, this scene looks almost exactly like the beginning scene from Battlefield 1. Also the shell shocked soldier at 3 minute mark just hit hard.
My thoughts exactly. Every time I hear that “Dream a little dream of me” song at work that scene comes to mind.
That soldier was very young, maybe even a kid but I could be wrong
I think this scene it what inspired them.
They push. We push back. Sometimes we push just hard enough for the sun to break through the clouds and the world beyond.
Battlefield 1
Passchendaele looks stunning in battle field 1, one of my favorite maps!!
Lol BF1 really did take a scene from this movie. That's funny.
Marky Oosterveen duh? That was like that during ww1. Soldiers fought in the mud... Bf1 did not copy this scene. Read book
From 1:57 to 2:10
BF literally copied that and put it in their intro.
It's identical.
Marky Oosterveen It's not exactly the same but it is very similar.
Admiral Roberto Both guys get stabbed in the hand. Both Germans get thrown down and punched out. Feels like BF took inspiration from this scene in this movie.
thats what i thought
3:01 me getting struckout in dodgeball so i have to watch my freinds play
Such a dramatic video clip. Showing the way things often were on the Western front. My Mum's Father my Grandfather was a Warrant officer 2nd class with the Royal Engineer's during WW1. His name was John Eddington ( OBE MBE ) . My Grandfather was mentioned in dispatches a few times and King George personally decorated my Grandfather for Valour. I spoke with my Mother about her Father. Asking what he did in WW1 but my Mother said he barely spoke of it. In WW2 my Grandfather worked for MI6. I would like to one day learn why my Grandfather was mentioned in dispatches and King George personally decorated him. WW1 was a very long time ago and so many brave men and women died so we could have our freedom. 💪🏼🙏🏻✨
There is no goddamn way you would've survived shells going off that close to you.
Hence why multiple canadian troops in the scene DIDN'T survive the shells going off near them. Did you not see them go flying backwards after the mortar shells went off near them?
Surviving a shell is pure luck, the shrapnel is random, but it would be rare to survive completely unharmed. If nothing else then a concussion
bro it's British propaganda not a serious movie
@@xazar8555 it’s about the Canadians, also it’s quite accurate for something Hollywood like
Actually often the deep mud would absorbe a lot of the blast and shrapnel. It was a lottery.
Not historically accurate, like any war movie. But... if you were to encapsulate all of the horrific elements of the Western Front of the First World War in a short time, the first five minutes of this are a good demonstration.
Research the 3rd battle of ypres and tell me again this isn't how the battle was fought, it was fought exactly like this, it's just an over dramatic rendition of it.
@@chad7333 I would say the atmosphere of it yes. The 3rd battle of ypres was a muddy hellscape
No war movie is historically accurate? Have you not seen Gettysburg?
What are you talking about? This is as accurate as it gets bro
@@tannerjordan3754 or Waterloo, History Buff hailed it as accurate.
The kid in this movie was one of the most unlikeable characters in any movie I've ever watched
Agreed......
Agreed
3:01 when I saw that German kid, I went heartbroken
The symbolism of the crucifixion was so heavy-handed I'm surprised they didn't add a barbed wire "crown of thorns" and have him regain consciousness three days later healed of all wounds.
Well he dose survive
It's likely a reference to a real myth among Canadian soldiers during WW1 that the Germans crucified a soldier in the Canadian Corps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucified_Soldier
@@MatthewBoonstraIt is a reference to that. They discuss the story of the crucified soldier earlier in the film.
To everybody saying this film is biased, yes it's probably biased, but honestly if you charge across a no mans land you're going to get slaughtered.
That's why it's called "no mans land"
Both allied and axis sides did this during the war, and the outcome was generally a few yards gained for far to many lives lost.
And no, i don't think the Germans are portrayed as the evil ones in this film, if they had been portrayed as the evil ones, they probably wouldn't have stopped firing, you know, like civilized human beings?
$1.99 Happy Meal With Fries people are dumb they see Canada winning one fight then think canada are better both sides won and lost battles plus you see Germans kicking canadas ass too
And canadiens kicking germanys ass
CAPTIN HOOPER I think Canada won all it's battles against the Germans in WW1 in 1917 and 1918. The Germans lost every time. And there were many battles.
They did they also invented the infantry section and we built a tank. what i meant was in that scene you see Germans killing Canadians too. I dont think it makes them look Supermen which some guy claimed. But in Ww1 many victories came at such a cost you cant really say their victories i mean the Somme was a victory yet still a disaster
CAPTIN HOOPER Who invented the infantry section and "we" who built a tank? Are you German?
When the Somme Offensive started on 1st July 1916, a First Day objective was Bapaume, thirteen miles behind German lines. When the battle ended on 18th November the allies were still seven miles short of Bapaume - after more than a million casualties. Likewise, Passchendaele was a First Day objective when the Flanders’s Offensive commenced on the 31st July but not taken until November. That’s the unique horror of the First World War, the terrible battles for miniscule gains and above all, the repeated fighting back and forth over the same shattered acres. The merciless struggles over Inverness Copse and Glencorse Wood prior to Passchendaele are equally horrific. The troops of both sides fought like wild animals in some of the most desperate fighting of the war.
The First War Canadians are always remembered here in the UK for not only withstanding the first poison gas attack at St. Julien in 1915 but making a wild counter-attack by night at Kitchener’s Wood, described by Foch as the greatest single act of the war: the storming of Vimy Ridge in 1917 and the capture of Passchendaele. Less well known is the capture of Regina Trench on the Somme in 1916 which cost Canadians over 14,000 casualties and their success at Amiens 8th August 1918, the Black Day of the German Army.
The one thing about this scene that has always struck me is that it shows that the war wasn't one sided; both sides died brutally.
This movie had way too much talking and focused on the stupid kid too much, should've just been an actual fighting kind of movie with more than two fucking fight scenes.
Wars are fought on more than one front.
***** Why would I bother with that if this is a World War movie?
***** Because it should have lol
***** I feel like those 4 legged grey-blue-pink things had more screen time than Godzilla
***** Don't we all?
After it was all over, the Allies had taken precisely 5 miles of territory. That's 2 inches for every dead soldier it cost them. This was considered a roaring success by the generals. And when every inch was abandoned to the Germans five months later during the Battle of the Lys, none of them thought it particularly noteworthy.
What a revolting exercise in military futility from the least imaginative pack of fools the aristocratic military complex had ever produced. Douglas Haig should have been court martialed and horse-whipped; the Allies won the war in spite of his lack of imagination, not because of it. WW1 killed the aristocratic military complex, it's just a shame they took so many poor enlisted men with them.
Alex Tocqueville you know Haig was well liked by the men and was a great officer. Indeed many of the Generals where continually warned about being to close to the front. There was little they could do. Unfortunately the history of ww1 was muddled by the political opinion of the 20/30s and 60s.
Harry B Liked by the men? Are you fucking serious? Liked by Major General + at most!
Damn armchair generals. You cant win a major victory without massive loss of life. Look at ww2. Haig won the war. That stage of the war they were trying to achieve a decisive victory for a breakout.
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Haig wasn't liked by anyone. He was warned that many of his attacks will fail. He didn't listen. Haig might have been a good battalion officer but that's it.
@@bobfg3130 Arthur Currie, the one who got the orders to fight, said that it would be pointless and cost too many lives. If I remember right, this battle was to take some of the heat off the french who were losing farther south and Haig I guess is good for administration and politics, but certainly not to be in charge of any field decisions.
I don’t think any single soldier to have seen these images and experienced them would have come out unscarred or unaffected
Steeler Nation03-6 and yet none of them ever shot up a school or night club
My grandfather served in the Devonshire Yeomanry as mounted infantry and had three horses killed under him. He survived being wounded but suffered a nervous breakdown a couple of years after returning to his job as head gardener at a 'big house' in Plymouth. He was immediately sacked from his job - "We can't have that sort of thing here" they said! 'They' of course, never set foot in France throughout the entire war.
3:04 hold the battle I’m vibing
I like this, this is accurate. These are what the Trenches REALLY looked like. Just muddy holes in the ground.
Uhhhh... No.
Iamspiderboy mostly I believe is just use as improvised cover
Iamspiderboy idiot
No, not all trenches in the great war are like this.
It stretches for miles long and miles thick and far, artillery couldn't bomb it all as it was too large and spread out.
Just check German, french and British trenches, most of them are fortified with whatever they have, like the main defense, the 2nd and the 3rd line. The 3rd or last line is usually the thickest, reinforced with steel, concrete, barbed wires and company of machine gunners, snipers and artillery bunkers including emergency bunkers with mg and infantry for all sides. (Mostly Germany)
@@iamspiderboy4402 Uh, yes, according to my grandfather who survived 2.5 years on front, and was at this battle.
1. The Germans got destroyed in no man's land because that is what happened in WW1. This happened to everyone. It just happens to be Germans in this movie. WW1 was basically "hide in trenches, try to storm the enemy, get killed by machine guns."
2. Germans are portrayed as anything but evil in this clip. They do not shoot the boy in the trench, he gets killed by his own allies. They do not shoot when the soldier is running across. They even help him complete his task. They are shown as humane people. If anything the "heroes" of this movie are shown as bloodthirsty monsters in this scene.
he doesn't actually die if you watch the movie, he just loses a leg
Basically they were talking about a crucified Canadian in the beginning of the move (actual propaganda) and dunne said that people's bodies fly in mysterious ways when hit by artillery, if you watch it's just a plot hole that makes his body be thrown on the ladder like he was crucified, no one did it on purpose
The first Christmas during the cease fire in many of the fronts both sides chilled out with each other sharing booze cigarettes and family photos, the next day no one wanted to fight. The Germans in WW1 were dragged into the war because of their treatey's.
I disagree with the end part of 1, early stages of WWI was like that but later on in the war during the late stages, alot of the stalemate was gone
To say there were good guys and bad guys in this war is misleading. Most of the soldiers on each side had no idea why they were fighting they just knew they were.
Is it just me or does the officer somehow manage to sound Canadian, Australian and Scottish
A bit. I'm canadian myself and I mix up my accent sometimes and my brother thinks it's hilarious
There were a lot of British ex-pats in the Canadian army, and an enduring belief that they were naturally better leaders, so "foreign" officers were somewhat common. Different branch of the services, but Canadian naval officers often spent some time transferred to the British navy for training and often came back with British accents.
Because these are Canadians in the video, we did fight in the war also 🤦💀
1:51 “here we go” this guys is so optimistic it’s scary 😂😂😂
1:58 "You hit me with a shovel!"
"Guy killed me, Mal. He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?"
My Grandfather survived the Second Battle of the Marne (U.S. Army. Rainbow Division) In World War II he went on to serve in the Coast Guard. He loved & believed in our country.
My grandfather William was born in 1887. He was a survivor of WW1. Italian front, from Isonzo to Piave. Alpini Fiamme Verdi. He has runned and runned on many battlefields. He has talked one time only of his life inside the war with his son, my father, before to die. No words to explain. RIP. MV
documentry of boys changing room
Holy shit I just realized that's the battlefield 1 intro at 2:00
Yea, nice little reference dice did there
*Sound off! Miles?*
Dead
*Khill?*
Dead
*Horn?*
Really Dead
*Man?*
(Probably dead)
DAVID MAN!!!??
My God! That WW1 must've been terrifying! I'm just glad no one got hurt.
Ikr? Couldnt imagine being hurt at the time.
The sound of a man who knew what he signed up for: 1:50
1:56 "They push, we push..."
Holy shit exactly what I was thinking
7:32 when your primary school gang play fight goes to far and both sides decide to help the one that got injured
My Grandfather was at Passchendaele he was born in 1898. He got kicked in the head by a horse and got laid up in a French Wine Cellar - They drank it dry in 3 days !!! Love you Pop. My ultimate Hero !!! xxxxxxxx
Canadians normally: "I'm really sorry about what I just did"
Canadians at war: 1:58
YOU DONT LIKE HOKEY!?
3:53 love how he's laughing as he's being stabbed.
It's normal when you're nervous about something
Hell, I thought running out of ammo and having to not get shot was bad...
But the hand to hand combat is just brutal
Mein Ururgroßvater diente in Passchendaele. Er sagte, dass die Kanadier zu den größten Weicheiern gehörten und dass die indischen Truppen viel bessere Kämpfer waren.
What teachers see,when me and my friends are fighting
Studying up for Battlefield One!
Haha me too. trying to find out what weapons will be in the game
+Kevin Drohan There is the Lewis-MG, British.
Lee-Enfield-Gun with the 1907 Bajonett, 10 shots and British.
Bergmann-Maschinenpistole MP 18, 32 shots and German.
Mauser-Karabiner, 5 shots and German.
Lebel-Gun Model 1893, French.
Frontlineshotgun, American.
Sharpshootergun ROSS .303 MK III, Canadian.
Mosin-Nagant-Gun, Russian.
Schwarzlose-MG, Austria-Hungria.
Mauser-Karabiner, Caliber 9,5mm (1887) with Bajonett.
These all are some the main guns countries used in WW1, Germany in paticular was very good at making weapons...
+Kevin Drohan There is the Lewis-MG, British.
Lee-Enfield-Gun with the 1907 Bajonett, 10 shots and British.
Bergmann-Maschinenpistole MP 18, 32 shots and German.
Mauser-Karabiner, 5 shots and German.
Lebel-Gun Model 1893, French.
Frontlineshotgun, American.
Sharpshootergun ROSS .303 MK III, Canadian.
Mosin-Nagant-Gun, Russian.
Schwarzlose-MG, Austria-Hungria.
Mauser-Karabiner, Caliber 9,5mm (1887) with Bajonett.
These all are some the main guns countries used in WW1, Germany in paticular was very good at making weapons...
Last Gun, by the way, is Turkish
+MC_ Sch0ck27 damn, Thankyou man
respect to that German sergeant i think someone said even though war corrupts your mind nice to see that honor and respect can exist
That moment both sides realize no one is evil, they just want to go home, bury their fallen comrades and follow the orders they were forced into. Also passion of christ reference.
My grandfather was wounded in this battle. He brought some shrapnel home that he carried still inside him til the day he died.
5:15
"Oh look! i was blown back by a artillery shell and so happen to get tangled in barbed wire on a board that happened to look like a cross and which then propped itself up right in the mud! WhAt a CoInCiDeNCe!"
It’s in reference to a ‘true’ story of German soldiers crucifying a Canadian soldier...it was actually a propaganda story used to great effect that caused unnecessary pain on both sides. The Germans were horrified to be thusly accused and after the war the Canadian govt apologized.
This is a reference to the story.
I love how people bitch and complain about this movie being unrealistic in the sence of the Canadians being killing machines, but I still haven't heard someone says something about the last battle of Saving Private Ryan. There movies people, sit down, watch and enjoy, if this was a German or Russian or whomever movie it would be the same just in different uniforms and different languages. I personally think Canadians get much spotlight on the victories, just mainly goes to the British,French and hell even the US. Would really love to see a movie being made about Vimy Ridge.
It is true that something about the victory of Canada at viny would be awesome !!!
Vimy ( stupid autocorrect )
My grandfather was wounded in thos battle. He had shrapnel in him til the day he died in his 80s. Proud to have his name.
I remember watching this movie over and over as a little kid.
Every year we have a rembrance day ceremony my grand ma is going to speak about my great grand father who caught here very sad what happened to him
Faught
Viper97 Survival and more that's sad :(
WW1 and 2 Facts and Mocs why didn't he respawn? no tickets left?
He lived a happy long life though he was hurt bad here
He had 4 friend named tommy Harold scoot and jack my great grandpa name is Herb and they all got back together and they were the only ones they could talk to about my grandma said war is very strange
1:56 BF1 Storm of Steel intro.
This movie has one of the best depictions of WW1 trench warfare that I’ve ever seen.
Howso? Most of it is semi in the open.
Just so you know, this is basically the boy’s locker room.
Yup.
4:39 We got a Jockey incoming!
Literally of all the things that could have gotten referenced here
So we are just gonna pretend bf1 didn't copy a scene in this movie
blehquek it was an Easter egg but not many people noticed it.
Paddlez-is-king ikk
theres a difference between an easteregg and a copy, this was a copy but idc tbh
TheWhatever0077 Its an easter egg XD
Well not really an Easter egg, more like a reference
I come back to this exact battle so many times because it's so good, but I always think of how surreal and terrifying it would have been to fight through that. Seeing it in a movie is one thing, seeing it in person must've been beyond terrible. I don't know how you'd be able to keep a straight face and a level head during all that shit. I think of the same quote.. *War is Hell..*
Oh my god... God bless all of these men.. Imagine being there.
5:09 Canadian private:no...no...!
German officer:Are you german?
Canadian private:Y...No Im not!!!
3:04 that german soldier is so chill, he might be in a spectator mode
More traumatized than anything. Look at him, he's basically a child.
My great great uncle John Wallace 1st New Zealand division fought in this battle from June 22nd 1917- October 6th 1917 where he was gassed at spree farm. My great auntie found his diary and made notes of when his mates were injured or killed, when the camp was bombed and when he first arrived in the trenches. Never forget the brave lads on both sides who fought in this hell
If you’re into WW1 you should check out Ernst Jünger’s autobiographical combat memoir “Storm Of Steel” it is unbelievably graphic and detailed. The man survived 4 years of trench warfare/combat on the western front. Verdun, Pachiondale, Mervre, Cambrai, The Somme twice, Dwai, all of the major engagements between the Germans & French/British. Also check out Charles Barkley’s autobiographical battle memoir “No Hard Feelings” to get an American perspective it is also unbelievably graphic and detailed. Or Robert Graves’ “Goodbye to All That” for a British perspective. All are 100% true and mind blowing. A way for those of us that are fascinated to get close to the meat grinding abyss of the Great War 100+ years later from the safety of our cars/living rooms & study’s.
Just the way the audience like it. Gritty, brutal, merciless, with a touch of humanity towards the end.
Some tough and Brave Men on Both sides. Only the Dead have seen the end of war. I recall hearing or reading that somewhere, very apt.
-Plato
my great uncle fought with the 30th Infantry, 3rd Division in several battles during 1918. The only picture of him hangs in my den. He returned from France and within 2 years was admitted to a VA Hospital in Pennsylvania where he passed away in 1963.
That's interesting. My great grandfather was a private in an English county regiment .The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry he was part of the British Expeditionary Force 1914. Like many thousands of British soldiers, he was ordered to go Belgium to defend the small town of Mons against a huge German invasion force. Britain had, at the time, a treaty with Belgium to protect its neutrality from any hostile nation.
My great grandfather survived the war because of ill health he was discharged. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 36 .
In cities you are scared of gun shots, in war you are scared of artillery