I Am a Soldier in the Trench Fighting the Great World War (WW1)

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • It's the worst situation a soldier has ever had to fight an extended war. Days, weeks, and months spent in a wet, muddy trench, with shells from heavy artillery raining down day and night. The enemy waiting across no man's land isn't the only enemy that needs to be fought. Rats and lice spread disease and plague through the men and kills almost as many as the guns and bullets do. This is what life was really like for a soldier living in the trenches of World War 1. This video is inspired by true real life events.
    TIMESTAMPS:
    0:26 About to cross no man’s land
    1:05 What they ate in the trenches
    1:39 Trench foot
    2:44 WW1 soldier's gear and equipment
    4:02 Sending letters from the front
    5:07 How to sleep in a trench
    6:39 Preparing to advance under a bombardment
    8:00 Results of the Battle of Somme
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 716

  • @apopsiclestick6501
    @apopsiclestick6501 4 роки тому +496

    3:49 ratatouille, the unseen ending.

    • @Daerc_
      @Daerc_ 4 роки тому +14

      Bear The Gamer they killed the rat and put it into the soup

    • @apopsiclestick6501
      @apopsiclestick6501 4 роки тому +3

      Im_Derpy_ftw yep that was the joke

    • @Gangst3r4ever
      @Gangst3r4ever 4 роки тому

      Uuuuu dark. I like it

    • @thenumbersofpi5788
      @thenumbersofpi5788 4 роки тому +4

      thanks, ruined my childhood!

    • @cerebli
      @cerebli 4 роки тому +1

      i found this funnier than i should have

  • @thebiologist8662
    @thebiologist8662 4 роки тому +556

    I am a Michael Wittmann, the Panzer ace
    I am a Spanish Civil war volunteer (or a general of either side)
    I am the last Neanderthal (or one of the last few thousands of humans during the 70000bc ice age)
    I am a pirate (either modern or one during the golden age of piracy)

    • @sukhoisu-24fencer3
      @sukhoisu-24fencer3 4 роки тому +18

      Hey, don't forget me. I'm still here.

    • @GameModJr
      @GameModJr 4 роки тому +13

      I am Otto von Bismark, the Iron Chancellor

    • @andersonkwon8296
      @andersonkwon8296 4 роки тому +7

      And I am Iron man.
      Just kidding, jokes aside, this is a great list for future videos 👍

    • @yahboiyaa4922
      @yahboiyaa4922 4 роки тому +3

      I am blue da ba di da ba die

    • @pedrofernandezpena2
      @pedrofernandezpena2 4 роки тому +3

      I am I Am

  • @SnipeR12341
    @SnipeR12341 Рік тому +4

    Can we all just appreciate the amount of effort they put into these videos, and how just top quality and sometimes emotional they are.

  • @CoppaSenpai
    @CoppaSenpai 4 роки тому +109

    I literally just finished watching a I Am video 10 mins ago and now another one!!!! Today is my day!

    • @zyon_brian-x0766
      @zyon_brian-x0766 4 роки тому +1

      Alexander Nunez that’s lucky 🍀🎊

    • @wifilost
      @wifilost 4 роки тому +1

      OH YEAH STEAVE IS GUNNA LIVE!!!

    • @error_1793
      @error_1793 4 роки тому

      No one cares

    • @CoppaSenpai
      @CoppaSenpai 4 роки тому +3

      @@error_1793 i can tell your that one guy nobody likes, and dont wanna hurt your feelings so everyone avoids you. But im here to tell you your hated enjoy.

    • @operatorchaos6931
      @operatorchaos6931 4 роки тому

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  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 4 роки тому +6

    Thank you so much for finally making a video about a soldier from the trenches in WWI. WWI is my favorite war and I am glad that you showed us a video that truly captured the us the horrors of that war. So much suffering.

    • @jackhoff3910
      @jackhoff3910 4 роки тому +2

      I feel like they could've done a whole lot more to exemplify what no-man's-land was like, and also talked about the use of novel technology like poison gas, planes, illumination flares, artillery barrages, zeppelins, and armored tanks.

  • @ohionative5237
    @ohionative5237 4 роки тому +3

    I just discovered this channel via a UA-cam recommendation. I've been been watching videos for 2 days. I can't seem to get enough of your content. Absolutely wonderful work, please keep it up.

  • @warwickwarrior3867
    @warwickwarrior3867 4 роки тому +179

    The sad life of those soldiers lest we forget

    • @tlpranav6668
      @tlpranav6668 4 роки тому +8

      But u only remember Britain and usa and France . You don't realise the indian, Australian and other colonized countries by them who gave more life than the British , French and Americans win

    • @teodorogerald
      @teodorogerald 4 роки тому +5

      Pranav Shanmugam
      The correct term is "commonwealth"

    • @tlpranav6668
      @tlpranav6668 4 роки тому +3

      @@teodorogerald oh ok bro

    • @tlpranav6668
      @tlpranav6668 4 роки тому +3

      And sorry for bad english

    • @giovannilenzigio126
      @giovannilenzigio126 4 роки тому +3

      @@tlpranav6668 dont forget the italians

  • @aidenwestcott6895
    @aidenwestcott6895 4 роки тому +525

    Hey you should make one for D-DAY

    • @aidenwestcott6895
      @aidenwestcott6895 4 роки тому +18

      As ether a german or american

    • @europeansamurai4447
      @europeansamurai4447 4 роки тому +27

      I would like to see the perspective of a german soldier at a concentration camp

    • @Mogijup
      @Mogijup 4 роки тому +3

      Tank Dempsey yes

    • @lieutenantawesome6061
      @lieutenantawesome6061 4 роки тому +7

      I am a Wehrmacht soldier in the bunkers on Omaha beach.

    • @jackkollhoff9519
      @jackkollhoff9519 4 роки тому +3

      Tank Dempsey Instant demonetization if they do that. UA-cam doesn’t like anything involving Nazi’s.

  • @YourNeighbourJack
    @YourNeighbourJack 4 роки тому +29

    Im so glad that the soldier is still alive and still has his young voice to narrate his perspective to us

  • @pk.002
    @pk.002 4 роки тому +157

    Can we get "I am a German Stormtrooper fighting the Great War?"

  • @rcb0683
    @rcb0683 4 роки тому +148

    If you're going to use his poetry, then please cite him. The poem at 1:04 is called, "German Guns", by Pvt Baldrick

    • @EmperorHirohito-kv2uc
      @EmperorHirohito-kv2uc 4 роки тому +3

      Ahh , yes a Blackadder refference , nice

    • @userdetails1
      @userdetails1 4 роки тому +20

      "boom boom boom boom" is a poem? I thought it was a song by the Vengaboys

    • @andriealinsangao613
      @andriealinsangao613 4 роки тому

      Gotta love Baldrick!

    • @turbo3458
      @turbo3458 4 роки тому

      rcb0683 It doesn’t mean it was from it

    • @aaa-vx8ke
      @aaa-vx8ke 4 роки тому

      Emperor Hirohito1928 lol it’s so funny because I didn’t realize it was a joke

  • @the_.terrible
    @the_.terrible 4 роки тому +9

    It's so good to see that I AM actually takes video request

  • @StaleDoritoCrumb
    @StaleDoritoCrumb 4 роки тому +42

    My teacher wanted us to make a WW1 project, this might come in handy.

  • @maotora_tz
    @maotora_tz 4 роки тому +4

    While everyone wants a new video...
    I, "want" to thank you, for your efforts in making these videos! ✌️

  • @FoxesInBoots
    @FoxesInBoots 4 роки тому +1

    Massively underrated channel tbh. I can't wait until the animation "catches up" to general audience expectations because honestly, I can legit see this becoming an actual docuseries

  • @Functionalfitness4360
    @Functionalfitness4360 4 роки тому +40

    Like most Americans, I thought little and cared even less about the Great War until I saw the 1917 film in January. Since then I’ve studied it and realized how serious it’s taken in Europe and even Australia and Canada compared to the states. The percentages of French and Englishmen lost per capita is similar to the percentages of Americans lost during the war between the states. Similarly, walking through any town or village in England, France, or Germany, you’ll find a monument to the war, just as how in the eastern and southern and midwestern US you’ll find a monument to those lost to the civil war.
    Beyond that, the Great War doesn’t have as easy a narrative to follow as world war 2, the revolution, or the civil war. The leaders of those wars are so memorable, and they have clear beginning, middle, and ends.
    Remember World War One. Remember history,

    • @Functionalfitness4360
      @Functionalfitness4360 4 роки тому

      cv 33 yeah most Americans only care about the revolution, civil war, world war 2, and Vietnam

    • @ailsamacgillivray7194
      @ailsamacgillivray7194 4 роки тому

      Not only England, but also the other countries in the UK. There were more men lost from Scotland than England and there for there is more monuments to remember them. May we remember them. All of them

  • @kaiupnxt
    @kaiupnxt 4 роки тому

    This video helped me with my college history homework. I enjoyed hearing about this soldier's experience on the battlefield. Great video 👌🏾

  • @yummyscummy
    @yummyscummy 4 роки тому +162

    sniper: Shoots a enemy
    enemy: does not move
    sniper: realises wifi is off
    :sniper MMMMOOOOOOMMMMMMMmm

    • @floppa_whoppa9191
      @floppa_whoppa9191 4 роки тому +8

      Did you steal that comment from a simple history video

    • @flyingsac
      @flyingsac 4 роки тому +2

      lmaoooo 100% original definitely not stolen from simple history

    • @nessygl
      @nessygl 4 роки тому +2

      yummy scummy BuT THeY DiDNT HaVE IntErNEt BaCk THeN?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

    • @Warlordsvc
      @Warlordsvc 4 роки тому +1

      @@nessygl ok mister ovious

    • @nessygl
      @nessygl 4 роки тому +1

      Jaden Ali *obvious*

  • @danielstockwell2424
    @danielstockwell2424 4 роки тому +38

    When alot of videos talk about the USA during the wars, it is nice to hear this from a brits view. Would also be really interesting to hear from say an Indian one too. Least we forget all who died. From both sides.

    • @RichARock
      @RichARock 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah America came in later and claimed victory over the war when that just isn't true same with ww2
      Yeah they helped but it was the allies who won both wars

    • @BluBird12
      @BluBird12 4 роки тому

      What was Japan and Italy doing?

    • @theRAVEN1337
      @theRAVEN1337 4 роки тому +1

      One million plus Indians soldiers fought the battles for British empire, in exchange of self rule post WW1. Which was, as we all know 'not honoured' by Brits.

    • @captaindeadpool7174
      @captaindeadpool7174 3 роки тому

      @@theRAVEN1337 Most were recruited forcefully and some were already in the British Indian Army.

    • @theRAVEN1337
      @theRAVEN1337 3 роки тому

      @@captaindeadpool7174 Indian army was the largest voluntary army in WWII. Nothing such as 'forced'.

  • @MorbsTTV
    @MorbsTTV 4 роки тому +13

    I am, is hands down one of the best content creators out there.

    • @sorinvladu7021
      @sorinvladu7021 4 роки тому

      Pretty sure it's owned by infographics

  • @Jack-vt1yv
    @Jack-vt1yv 4 роки тому +1

    More about wars please this is truly amazing and it gives me an insight into the 1st world war from a 1st hand perspective.

  • @AunknownMan
    @AunknownMan 4 роки тому +32

    I am: an Japanese soldier in the Pacific War
    I am: ameircan soldier in vietnam
    I am: WW2 soldier of any side or country in a major battle (el alamein would be cool german italian or allied).

    • @cjhero20yt82
      @cjhero20yt82 4 роки тому

      Im an american troop in angola

  • @sk8punk318
    @sk8punk318 4 роки тому +1

    Hell yes! I’ve been waiting for a new video

  • @squidwardleg
    @squidwardleg 4 роки тому +256

    We want "I am ww2 soldier"

  • @grantmccollum4499
    @grantmccollum4499 4 роки тому

    In my opinion this is one of the best channels on UA-cam. Great work 👍

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 4 роки тому +32

    Great work. Some ideas. A North Korean on Kim Il Sung's death. A Soviet soldier during World War 2. A soviet after Khrushchev's Secret Speech.

  • @thenewbiegamer6003
    @thenewbiegamer6003 4 роки тому +1

    can you imagine how much your back is hurting from all that bending from those snipers

  • @dealwithitbannana5041
    @dealwithitbannana5041 4 роки тому +1

    You should have said the bit about general Haig ordering the men to walk over no man's land and not run

  • @gamerslife5768
    @gamerslife5768 4 роки тому

    I love all who ever makes these videos . Thank you for making my day every time I watch

  • @MarvinHowellMecho23
    @MarvinHowellMecho23 4 роки тому

    glad you guys are posting more!

  • @covid-2320
    @covid-2320 4 роки тому +6

    WW1: Im full of unnecessary Deaths!
    Soviet union in 1941-1942: *Observe*

    • @Grunt_Incorporated
      @Grunt_Incorporated 4 роки тому

      soviet union had a high death rate but it lasted from 1941-1972

  • @yoyo50515
    @yoyo50515 4 роки тому +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE THESE!!!!!!!!!

  • @shubhojitghosh69
    @shubhojitghosh69 4 роки тому +3

    My grandpa's dad fought in WW1 he belonged to 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
    In 1914 he was there in La Bassée

  • @craigfurlong7981
    @craigfurlong7981 4 роки тому

    awesome work you do....thank you from Canada..

  • @Rkiveloverr
    @Rkiveloverr 4 роки тому

    Yess I’ve been waiting for a new video

  • @austinstuart5716
    @austinstuart5716 4 роки тому

    Man. Some nights listening to these portrayals help me fall into the mystic

  • @reidlol3618
    @reidlol3618 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome video well done

  • @lindaandersen5723
    @lindaandersen5723 4 роки тому +9

    Perhaps I am Desmond Doss
    I am a Night Witch
    I am a passenger on the Hindenburg
    I am a member of the Polish resistance (1944)
    I am Sophie Sholl

  • @G-Rizz_OG
    @G-Rizz_OG 2 роки тому

    Incredible video still. Wish yous made these still.

  • @tankc6474
    @tankc6474 4 роки тому

    Brilliantly narrated 👍

  • @GavinArnott
    @GavinArnott 4 роки тому

    You guys are starting to get really good at your animation

  • @equarg
    @equarg 4 роки тому

    More WW1 stuff!!!
    These stories must not be forgotten!
    Do one on the Spanish Flu next!

  • @mandragon06
    @mandragon06 4 роки тому +1

    This is how much much i love watching these videos,shame im pretty late lol

  • @linkinpark7898
    @linkinpark7898 4 роки тому

    Your videos are so so so good man! Keep it up!

  • @en.copedawg2321
    @en.copedawg2321 4 роки тому

    . I AM! I AM glad this slice of the channel exists....thank you for parroting good guys! The "I AM a drug mule/people smuggler/drug cartel/bad guy was too much for me.... I'm glad you cover good guys for the most part...thank you!

  • @dordejelaca3276
    @dordejelaca3276 4 роки тому +13

    Make a video "I Am Gavrilo Princip (The guy who assassinated Franz Ferdinand)

    • @dordejelaca3276
      @dordejelaca3276 4 роки тому

      @Mr. Sauce Tbh not many people know who he was, and even few know the truth about him and his actions

  • @sk8punk318
    @sk8punk318 3 роки тому +1

    *I am addicted to World of Warcraft and shit in buckets*
    *I am in Mortuary Affairs(a service in the Army that collects, identifies, transports, and is responsible for the burial of fallen soldiers)*

  • @Nosoul24
    @Nosoul24 4 роки тому

    Finally more consistent uploads

  • @fofofortex7679
    @fofofortex7679 4 роки тому +1

    At 6:43 the dead man’s hand is moving!

  • @resueltoalma4773
    @resueltoalma4773 4 роки тому

    great work man

  • @Trust480
    @Trust480 4 роки тому

    Great vid! Keep up the good work

  • @marketalerts5840
    @marketalerts5840 4 роки тому +2

    BEST UA-camR HERE

  • @mlsk2113
    @mlsk2113 4 роки тому

    Yaaayyyy... A new video finally

  • @daywalkersarkis3983
    @daywalkersarkis3983 4 роки тому +1

    Wow love these videos amazing please one on D Day or Stalingrad

  • @divinity9469
    @divinity9469 4 роки тому

    It's nice to understand all of this after taking history

  • @blakedorn24
    @blakedorn24 4 роки тому +22

    You guys should do I am a falsely accused witch

  • @208jdog
    @208jdog 4 роки тому

    The message at the end is just to politely tell us that mr. Narrator-man didn't make it to the other side, God it must be terrifying to be doing that in person. My respects to all that were involved in any charge

  • @theamazingengineer1901
    @theamazingengineer1901 4 роки тому +155

    Maybe: I am Lawrence of Arabia?

  • @moby3011
    @moby3011 4 роки тому +37

    Nobody:
    9 year old with 2021’s WiFi: first
    Me : I have literally a thousand ping

    • @BuildLearnGrow
      @BuildLearnGrow 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @crazybrickstudios7482
      @crazybrickstudios7482 4 роки тому

      @MR devil
      Not everything has to be asked in order to be answered

    • @dumbroyale3892
      @dumbroyale3892 4 роки тому +1

      Wtf how is this related to video?

    • @morisco56
      @morisco56 4 роки тому

      @@mrdevil2209 searching trough the depts of the ocean looking for who tf asked

  • @valentinleon6194
    @valentinleon6194 4 роки тому

    You definitely have to do hugh glass next, this guy is a legend

  • @hygher
    @hygher 4 роки тому +1

    The soldiers are wearing 37 pattern battledress that was used in the 2nd world war and some have GERMAN K98K Pouches

  • @penguinindisguise3459
    @penguinindisguise3459 4 роки тому

    I like your videos keep it up :3

  • @robertoramirezrodriguez6314
    @robertoramirezrodriguez6314 4 роки тому +4

    You should do “i am a 9/11 survivor”

  • @stelov616
    @stelov616 4 роки тому +1

    Now THIS is the REAL D-Day

  • @limaftereffects
    @limaftereffects 4 роки тому

    How is this channel doesn’t have more subs

  • @colshotlp9692
    @colshotlp9692 4 роки тому

    Interesting format

  • @Taegeony
    @Taegeony 4 роки тому +1

    2:50 lmao he put m67 grenades in a ww1 setting. Funny guy

  • @user-ei2nh7tj3f
    @user-ei2nh7tj3f 4 роки тому

    I can't believe they don't have more subscribers

  • @g_vexx7784
    @g_vexx7784 4 роки тому +2

    nice exploding noise 1:02 LOL

  • @KaranSingh-sj2rs
    @KaranSingh-sj2rs 10 місяців тому

    Hey... been waiting for like 2 years for new videos. Hope you return

  • @mehwisha01
    @mehwisha01 4 роки тому +1

    Make one for Stalingrad the battle that almost killed 2,000,000

  • @PoorRick
    @PoorRick 4 роки тому +4

    I am a poor wayfaring stranger

  • @isaiahwolftail867
    @isaiahwolftail867 4 роки тому

    I love WW1 animations there not enough of them. In this small world

  • @reereee6940
    @reereee6940 4 роки тому +12

    When your not early

  • @cheems.6159
    @cheems.6159 4 роки тому

    truly hell for those who fought in it

  • @stalkerofthezone1698
    @stalkerofthezone1698 4 роки тому

    2:34
    “I know I’m 19 and still have a baby face.”
    *S A M E*

  • @psycologo121
    @psycologo121 4 роки тому

    This videos are great.

  • @bcchiriac4512
    @bcchiriac4512 3 роки тому +1

    103 anniversary of the end of the horrific WW1 on November 11 and sadly wouldn't be the last world war until 1945. Thanks God our grandparents and great grandparents served so we don't have to but war is bad and hoping none of our family members have to go through this! God rest them all in peace! 🙏🎖️

  • @invalidusrname5702
    @invalidusrname5702 4 роки тому +2

    jokes aside tho, honor to those who fought for us in the war :(

  • @divyanshvishwakarma3180
    @divyanshvishwakarma3180 4 роки тому +1

    One the first comments btw so good to see this video after some time

  • @SketchG
    @SketchG 4 роки тому

    Someone: Who are you!?
    I am: *y e s*

  • @NegiTaiMetal011
    @NegiTaiMetal011 4 роки тому +15

    I bet some are here because of Sabaton's The Great War album.
    Hopefully they can do I Am: a driver of the first tank, Francis Pegahmagabow, a devil dog at Bellaeu Wood, Lawrence of Arabia, a Russian soldier at Osowiec (now that I love to see), so on. Of course let's hope I Am can do more interesting figures.

  • @nisaririnstructor5519
    @nisaririnstructor5519 4 роки тому

    lovely video

  • @mawas6801
    @mawas6801 4 роки тому

    This is better than watching a documentary

  • @TheDillinger187
    @TheDillinger187 4 роки тому

    These are always good aslong as the voices and accents are proper

  • @jimbot1231
    @jimbot1231 4 роки тому

    Please do a Alcatraz I am story love your channel

  • @babyinuyasha
    @babyinuyasha 4 роки тому +1

    0:35 the way they're holding their rifles is oddly modern

    • @volt1068
      @volt1068 4 роки тому +1

      I too hold my Enfield by its built-in pistol grip in low ready position.
      Also at 2:50 the "Mills Bombs" are M67 frags.

    • @babyinuyasha
      @babyinuyasha 4 роки тому

      @@volt1068 these guys know nothing about World War One. They probably studied it through Battlefield One

    • @volt1068
      @volt1068 4 роки тому

      @@babyinuyasha In an earlier video I was recommended from this channel it showed a member of the 3rd Inf. take part in an airborne drop over Anzio, Italy in the Audie Murphy video. Audie had no airborne experience whatsoever, and there were no Airborne landings over Anzio. Also in that same video, a Soldier loaded the M1 Garand as if they where swapping magazines.

  • @JohnnyAppleSeed-jm8sd
    @JohnnyAppleSeed-jm8sd 4 роки тому +1

    I was so sad when you stopped posting

  • @jamesred0074
    @jamesred0074 4 роки тому +1

    Heres an idea as ANZAC is coming up you should make one about the ANZAC's during their tour in Gallipoli. :)

  • @phantomplayz7952
    @phantomplayz7952 4 роки тому +19

    Do “I am Richard Jewell”

  • @gwyoutubevideos2012
    @gwyoutubevideos2012 4 роки тому

    Can u do some more ww2 stories and your soooooooo good keep making vidz

  • @wallyben1719
    @wallyben1719 4 роки тому

    I like the graphics bro

  • @potatopcsgamer2755
    @potatopcsgamer2755 4 роки тому +1

    Share this vid guys we need to give him moral

  • @Blackbelt9
    @Blackbelt9 2 роки тому

    We need more bring the channel back plz

  • @jahnracielsebastian626
    @jahnracielsebastian626 4 роки тому +1

    Can you do I'm a german panzer ace of ww2? That will be so cool to watch🇵🇭💖

  • @Creed12able1
    @Creed12able1 4 роки тому

    Soldiers: who are we fighting? Why are we on the trench?
    General: To fight rats of course..

  • @Vish_Ay
    @Vish_Ay 4 роки тому +1

    I know you made a video about the white death but i want to see one about Carlos hathcock the white feather

  • @abhishekprakash4146
    @abhishekprakash4146 4 роки тому +2

    A tinge of 1917 movie is what i felt.

  • @joshglover2370
    @joshglover2370 4 роки тому +1

    How the hell did they have time to dig these intricate trenches BY HAND in enemy territory? 😕

  • @mokkefuhua9928
    @mokkefuhua9928 4 роки тому

    World war 1 never get any recognition. Everything was world war 2 and some middle east war. World war 1 is one of the most terrifying experience for young enlisted from 15-20 something like that i heard. A lot of this kids didn't knew what they were signed up for. Some came back home traumatized or ended up dead. Even worse, Spanish flu were there during that times. Literally killed 1 millions of people even soldiers in the Great War.
    I am glad that the movie 1917 came in. It was one of the best ww1 movie i ever watched. The cinematography, Wayfaring stranger singer and One take film. It was not a movie, it was like a marathon.