Origins Of The German Alpenkorps I THE GREAT WAR On The Road

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  • @b1laxson
    @b1laxson 7 років тому +605

    @00:00 Hi! I'm Windy Nidel...

  • @JJ-mv8oo
    @JJ-mv8oo 4 роки тому +21

    I'm a little late. Thank you for this awesome video. My great- grandfather was also in the alps in WW1.He told some really horrifying things to my grandfather, and he told me those stories.
    I was also at the frontline in the dolomites in 2015 and I walked through old trences, and I saw old guns, bunkers and barbed wire. That was a really strange moment.
    I always thought how my great-grandfather felt walking through those trenches, and shooting his Mauser.
    "War is horrible. It should never happen again, we're all brothers", my great-grandfather said.

  • @quantitativeease
    @quantitativeease 7 років тому +109

    I wanted to say how beautiful the videography has been on all the on-site videos. This one stands out as being not only maybe the most interesting, but the most beautiful so far. I guess I've been taking the videography for granted but it is really fantastic.

    • @michealohaodha9351
      @michealohaodha9351 7 років тому +1

      It is a really stunning area and the camera crew really caught it this time. Good job guys!

  • @ascaloncrusader
    @ascaloncrusader 7 років тому +64

    This. This, is why this channel is so fucking amazing. Thank you for what you do. History gets forgotten. People like you make the world go round. Bless you, indy and crew.

    • @ascaloncrusader
      @ascaloncrusader 7 років тому

      Indiana Neidell i will donate indy. You can count on me. Also excited for Lost Battalion next year (1918). Would love to me you some day.

  • @slaysnow1694
    @slaysnow1694 7 років тому +81

    Anyone else notice that the length of the video is 19:15

    • @MFMegaZeroX7
      @MFMegaZeroX7 6 років тому +12

      Surely the war won't go on that long? I've heard it was supposed to be over by Christmas.

  • @Ruija27
    @Ruija27 7 років тому +212

    Indy seems out of his element in the cold and the wind

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion 7 років тому +2

      UNDERSCORE_ But doesn't he live in Sweden? But, he still did a great job!

    • @Ruija27
      @Ruija27 7 років тому +10

      Winter in Stockholm these days is mild at best

    • @Autobotmatt428
      @Autobotmatt428 7 років тому +23

      He is from Texas.

    • @tonymays4342
      @tonymays4342 7 років тому

      UNDERSCORE_ looks like fun to me

    • @Minuz1
      @Minuz1 6 років тому +3

      Wearing city clothes to the dolomites...yeah.....I think I've seen a video about soldiers doing something simular...don't from where I saw it though....hmmm...hmmmm....nope, can't figure it out.

  • @jamesfuson3640
    @jamesfuson3640 7 років тому +89

    "Ive never been this high in my whole life" yeah right Indy.

  • @3DArchery
    @3DArchery 7 років тому +59

    Was there in the Dolimites when i was in the 509th Airborne stationed in Italy. The Alpini took us to several areas where the battles happened. What they did and what they endured was amazing.

    • @mistersmiley9425
      @mistersmiley9425 7 років тому

      I can't tell if you think you're trying to fool anyone by pretending to have been in the Airborne... in World War 1... or you mean you were in the Second World War. But then you'd be too old.

    • @3DArchery
      @3DArchery 7 років тому +15

      the 1/509th Airborne was in Vicenza Italy. I was there from 1981 to 1983. 168 jumps and Master Wings, yeah, I'm a pretender. AATW.

    • @mistersmiley9425
      @mistersmiley9425 7 років тому +1

      Well for starters don't try sarcasm on the internet, it makes you look incredibly stupid due to the fact nobody can tell what you mean unless you distinctly state you're being sarcastic. Second I don't know what AATW means, you see I'm from the intelligent side of humanity where we use this magical thing called Words, not acronyms.

    • @3DArchery
      @3DArchery 7 років тому +8

      Since you claim to know words, please look up sarcasm:
      sar·casm
      ˈsärˌkazəm/Submit
      noun
      the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
      "his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment"
      synonyms: derision, mockery, ridicule, scorn, sneering, scoffing
      Convey contempt, mockery, ridicule, scorn. That was what you were using?
      AATW is the saying of the Airborne: Airborne All The Way.

    • @mistersmiley9425
      @mistersmiley9425 7 років тому

      Do you have any formal understanding of the English Language? Because I clearly stated you were the one using sarcasm when you tried to say "Yeah, I'm a pretender.". Unless you were being serious about that and you truly are just joking around?

  • @gnomeemporer873
    @gnomeemporer873 7 років тому +37

    Flo is love Flo is life!

    • @gnomeemporer873
      @gnomeemporer873 7 років тому +1

      By the forerunners!? You liked my comment

  • @MaHaL1337
    @MaHaL1337 7 років тому +17

    Indy's hat is fabulous and he looks like the cold is murdering him.

  • @SarostonFaramon
    @SarostonFaramon 7 років тому +102

    Indy seems like the cold is about to kill him and the other Immanuel is just like bemused by this situation .. Why you so cold Indy .. xD

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +33

      It was September

    • @SarostonFaramon
      @SarostonFaramon 7 років тому +2

      Haha oh no don't get my comment wrong, I would be shivering my bloody nuts off too haha, just an amusing contrast!

    • @grayflaneur4854
      @grayflaneur4854 7 років тому +1

      Oh, he's fine. You can't be cold with a hat on like that.... 😉

    • @jeffreymcfadden9403
      @jeffreymcfadden9403 7 років тому +5

      because indy is from TEXAS!

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +16

      For two decades even.

  • @SigEpBlue
    @SigEpBlue 7 років тому +5

    Over a mile up in the mountains, or strolling along Conrad von Hötzendorf Straße, Indy is _the_ best-dressed host on ANY documentary series, EVER!

  • @Jason-c1b3r
    @Jason-c1b3r 6 років тому +4

    This is easily my favorite channel on UA-cam. I really love the information contained in these episodes. Great job, Indy and Flo and the rest of the crew. Can we get a playlist for the Special Operations forces of the belligerents?

  • @peterlynch1458
    @peterlynch1458 7 років тому +3

    Immanuel's accent is amazingly good. Certainly no need for subtitles on this interview.

    • @Narziss84
      @Narziss84 7 років тому +1

      Thank you :) Regards Immanuel

  • @grayflaneur4854
    @grayflaneur4854 7 років тому +44

    I am really liking Indy's headgear. Warm.... yet stylish. 😁

    • @b1laxson
      @b1laxson 7 років тому +1

      He should see about a store promotion cross link. It looks like a fuzzy pucklehelm

    • @dangerouslytalented
      @dangerouslytalented 7 років тому +4

      Allen Kneale needs more mackinsen

    • @adamfrisk956
      @adamfrisk956 7 років тому +1

      Fur helmet from Oblivion.

  • @stevew6138
    @stevew6138 7 років тому +53

    Oh look, Indy's wearing a furry Pickelhaube.

  • @JagerLange
    @JagerLange 7 років тому +31

    Was indy's hat from a previous venture in a Dschinghis Khan tribute band?

  • @jtremblay100
    @jtremblay100 7 років тому +21

    Poor Indy, can tell he's not adapted to the cold and/or altitude, Voigt looks like he's handling it very well. (understatement) Just a tip from Canada where it was a nice balmy -26 this morning. Dress in layers, you need a new jacket. I feel bad for the crew, poor camera guy trying to operate his equipment in those conditions.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +11

      the view made up for it.

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse 7 років тому +5

      Every now and then, I'm reminded that Indy is from Texas, and this was a big one! LOL

    • @niiiimand
      @niiiimand 7 років тому +2

      texas corps in the alps, untrained, unprepared with no equipment, just wondering, freezing and thinking about warm chair of wisdom back at home.. the first world war is harsh even today

  • @arthur131313
    @arthur131313 7 років тому +7

    Great job. Best part of your 4 year opus is it reveals the other fronts besides the proverbial Western Front.

  • @markbecker71
    @markbecker71 7 років тому +10

    Thank you for taking off your cap,when entering the chapel.
    Shows you are a man ,raised well

  • @uncuspmunkbaum
    @uncuspmunkbaum 7 років тому +1

    That opening shot gave me the chills...great video went by so quickly.

  • @thisishaggard
    @thisishaggard 7 років тому +2

    Your production quality, information, and ability to relay that information is great.

  • @ISawABear
    @ISawABear 7 років тому +118

    Indy is that Edelweiss in your hat?

    • @martijn9568
      @martijn9568 7 років тому +1

      I Saw A Bear That isn't Edelweiss, it's different. That flower is much more comon, but the colours do match.

    • @ISawABear
      @ISawABear 7 років тому

      also a bit hard to tell with the hat's fur

    • @sturm3d
      @sturm3d 7 років тому +7

      looks more like Genghis Khan

    • @petrameyer1121
      @petrameyer1121 7 років тому +3

      Do not think so, Edelweiss is under protection in Germany.

    • @the_major
      @the_major 7 років тому +4

      "The mark of a real soldier"
      ua-cam.com/video/IUdDm_6gQxc/v-deo.html

  • @kayzeaza
    @kayzeaza 4 роки тому

    I like how the guy is chillin and Indy is about to fly away

  • @jamesc94rules101
    @jamesc94rules101 7 років тому +13

    While everyone is obsessed with drowning in muddy trenches, i still maintain that fighting in the mountain tops is an underrated WW1 horror. Screams become echoes. Rocks become shrapnel. Kids become fatherless.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 5 років тому +4

      very low temperatures and avalanches

  • @HBKfan4lifeRKO
    @HBKfan4lifeRKO 7 років тому +3

    can't wait for a special episode were Indy will be visiting Gallipoli/Canakkalle

  • @timyesindeed4465
    @timyesindeed4465 7 років тому +36

    And again a great vid

    • @ricklolkema3340
      @ricklolkema3340 7 років тому +4

      Um, you just literally posted a comment about 1 minute ago saying its a great video whil it takes around 20 minutes to finish while this video has been posted 3 minuted ago. Logic?

    • @timyesindeed4465
      @timyesindeed4465 7 років тому +1

      Rick Lolkema you don't even have to look at the whole video to say Its great at least i don't have to cause This channel is great iT takes great skills to judge a Good video by just watching the intro

    • @timyesindeed4465
      @timyesindeed4465 7 років тому +1

      Rick Lolkema en is je achternaam echt lolkema

    • @timyesindeed4465
      @timyesindeed4465 7 років тому +1

      Rick Lolkema and I watched the whole vid and again a great vid on the Amazing channel

    • @timyesindeed4465
      @timyesindeed4465 7 років тому +1

      Rick Lolkema But in the and It doesn't make any sense

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 7 років тому +9

    I like Indy Neidell’s hat

  • @bloodypine22
    @bloodypine22 7 років тому +22

    Indy has a fur pickelhaube

  • @nellennatea
    @nellennatea 6 років тому

    Awesome. Sorry you were so cold but great to see the mountains and all snow covered as they would have been then.

  • @vincentcournoyer5522
    @vincentcournoyer5522 7 років тому +1

    Spectacular! The photography is truly great, congratulations to the camera technician(s) ! And as always on your wonderful documentary series, the subject is captivating and well presented and developped by the best host ever, the legendary Indy Neidell and his very interesting guest specialist, Dr. Immanuel Voigt.

    • @Narziss84
      @Narziss84 7 років тому +1

      Thanks! Greetings Immanuel

  • @DylanDude
    @DylanDude 7 років тому +51

    I thought the soldiers on the Western Front had it bad.

    • @bloodypine22
      @bloodypine22 7 років тому +15

      Atleast the terrain is pretty.

    • @MajesticSkywhale
      @MajesticSkywhale 6 років тому +5

      And that will make literally all the difference in the world. Imagine you're in terrible pain. Now add the same pain to a view of glorious mountains with infinite sky, and to a view of a dirt wall with 5ft of sky. A no-brainer for sure.

    • @kadeberrier3799
      @kadeberrier3799 5 років тому

      Actually, when the Alpenkorps was moved to Verdun in 1916.... The soldiers absolutely hated it there... They preferred their mountains.... It was really the first time the soldiers in the Alpenkorps saw harsh environments.

  • @Jazz-zg7ip
    @Jazz-zg7ip 7 років тому +7

    Indy you're such a cool guy

  • @rogerhinman5427
    @rogerhinman5427 7 років тому +4

    Nice hat Indy!

  • @ajmburke
    @ajmburke 7 років тому +2

    I love how Indy is always cold in the on site videos. Get some goretex!

  • @oCjLn
    @oCjLn 7 років тому

    I just searched the whole playlist for a dolomiti video yesterday and there it is today. Great!

  • @villumsonne1107
    @villumsonne1107 7 років тому

    Seriously the best youtube channel ever

  • @HrGott
    @HrGott 7 років тому

    Indy, Immanuel & Crew nearly blown away...haha, you give all for the show! thats the right sprit :D

  • @SoothSprayer
    @SoothSprayer 2 роки тому

    Wow, great job keeping the wind out of the audio.

  • @martinetti123
    @martinetti123 5 років тому

    Thank you for taking off your hat in the small chapel! Respect!

  • @stupidturntable
    @stupidturntable 7 років тому +16

    You need to put a Conrad von Hötzensock over the mike to dampen out the wind...

  • @ericroux8723
    @ericroux8723 7 років тому +5

    This episode should have been called "High Indy"

  • @floutsch
    @floutsch 7 років тому +2

    Love the hat, Indy! 👍

  • @gotmilk606
    @gotmilk606 7 років тому +2

    Quite a view! Nice place to shoot a video.

  • @NerevarOfficialReal
    @NerevarOfficialReal 7 років тому +15

    Wind, the greatest threat during the Great War...

  • @DirtyHairy1
    @DirtyHairy1 7 років тому +2

    Can't tell if Indy's voice shivering because he's moved so much or the incipient hypothermia

  • @MrEugenio1994
    @MrEugenio1994 7 років тому

    One of you best work, in my opinion, for my tastes

  • @reddevilparatrooper
    @reddevilparatrooper 6 років тому +3

    The German Mountain units were tough men. Their artillery, engineers, supply troops, fought as hard as their infantry in those heights.

  • @that1guyonpoint213
    @that1guyonpoint213 6 років тому +8

    Anyone else think its ironic that the video is 19 minutes 15 seconds

  • @vonsprague7913
    @vonsprague7913 3 роки тому +1

    Emmanuel looking totally relaxed, Indy looking deeply uncomfortable lmao.

  • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
    @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 7 років тому

    I didn't expect that ! ! !

  • @TunnelHack
    @TunnelHack 7 років тому +3

    Great hat, but Indy needs to turn in his Cold Weather Club card immediately.

  • @reidperry3571
    @reidperry3571 7 років тому +4

    Out Of The Trenches question...how did shooting at the opposing trenches work when there wasn’t an ongoing offensive? Was there a ‘fire at will’ command that allowed soldiers to fire at the opposing enemy line when they saw an enemy soldier? Or perhaps a time slot in the day that they were allowed to shoot, or was it only at the express command of an officer?.. seems like the soldiers wouldn’t want to stick there heads over the trenches to spot the enemy, but I would imagine that the officers would want to keep up some form of pressure on the enemy. Or was the job of keeping up pressure given to the machine guns?

  • @thatdutchguy2882
    @thatdutchguy2882 7 років тому +2

    Edelweiß,...nice touch Indy.

  • @tuttyzgaming9729
    @tuttyzgaming9729 7 років тому

    LOve your work guys.... Keep it up

  • @hunterofhotdogs4505
    @hunterofhotdogs4505 7 років тому

    i plan to stay warm thank you

  • @snowdogs01
    @snowdogs01 7 років тому

    The temperature here today was 63. I got the shivers hearing the wind in the video. Tough to be a soldier on this front.

    • @snowdogs01
      @snowdogs01 7 років тому

      ..... props to Indy for removing his hat entering the chapel.

  • @maxsmodels
    @maxsmodels 7 років тому +1

    I went to the top of the Zugspitz once (10,000’ or 3,300m). Beautiful but cold.

  • @r-saint
    @r-saint 7 років тому +6

    Be safe Indy! He's risking his life for us guys ._.

  • @andrewdelrusso4951
    @andrewdelrusso4951 7 років тому +2

    Lmao, Flo’s giant smile at the beginning cracked me up 😂

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 років тому +2

      When the sun came out it was really epic.

  • @Lu-wy3re
    @Lu-wy3re 7 років тому

    Jeezus, I've been skiing on the Marmolata in the back, I didnt know there was such hard fighting there!

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 5 років тому

      oh yes and austro hungarians build litteraly a town for thousands of soldiers digging in the ice of the glacier, was litteraly called "the city of ice"

  • @HUTZELMUTZEL
    @HUTZELMUTZEL Рік тому

    sehr respektvoll, sehr gute Erziehung - danke für die Mütze ab in der Kapelle

  • @cropman123
    @cropman123 7 років тому

    Great episode!!!!

  • @ToastytheG
    @ToastytheG 7 років тому +10

    Indy high af

  • @Durabeanz
    @Durabeanz 7 років тому +4

    Indy is wearing the flower Edelweiss. The mark of a true soldier. Just thought I'd point that out.

  • @arti8719
    @arti8719 6 років тому

    Thank you Indy for taking off the hat while entering the chapel.

  • @drharmonica
    @drharmonica 7 років тому +1

    Great hat Indy. Looks like a Mongolian warrior hat with that little tuft on the top. Cool!

  • @stensoft
    @stensoft 7 років тому

    Holy …, I was skiing on Marmolada, never knew it was so close to the Dolomite front

  • @pgakagi
    @pgakagi 7 років тому +1

    Indy and crew visit Fortress of Osowiec in Poland, on the border of prewar East Prussia and Russia by the river of Biebrza. Fortress was guarding easiest route from Prussia to eastern Poland heartland. It's pretty much intact and has a nice museum.

  • @rzeckner
    @rzeckner 7 років тому +3

    I love the hat, but did Indy worry about being mistaken for a yeti?

  • @milan190291
    @milan190291 7 років тому

    The Marmolada Glacier is also a realy interesting place. When you visit it. Its like it had happend ten years ago

  • @gallendugall8913
    @gallendugall8913 7 років тому +19

    They blew up a mountain... without nukes... impressed and horrified.

    • @edvard8449
      @edvard8449 6 років тому

      Gallen Dugall there is an Austrian movie about the war where an Italian colonnel has the same idea. They needed a ridicolous amount of explosives.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 5 років тому

      @@edvard8449 5 tons of TNT

    • @edvard8449
      @edvard8449 5 років тому

      @@Tonyx.yt. yeah

  • @MajesticSkywhale
    @MajesticSkywhale 6 років тому +1

    How to be a Scandinavia-dwelling historical hiking Dandy? That is like the best style Aesthetic I've seen in the mountains since John Muir

  • @ScawerGaming
    @ScawerGaming 7 років тому

    This. is. dedication!!!!

  • @theworstvow
    @theworstvow 7 років тому +6

    I tend to ride my motorbike in South Tyrol every summer. @The Great War Could you please link the locations where you've been during the video so I can revisit? Especially the cemetery would be interesting.

    • @Narziss84
      @Narziss84 7 років тому +1

      Hallo Rainer, gedreht haben wir am Kl. Lagazuoi oberhalb des Passo Falzarego. Der Friedhof liegt unweit des Valparola Passes (ist ganz in der Nähe des ersten Drehorts). Einfach mal bei google maps eingeben. Für den Friedhof suche einfach nach 46°32'25.7"N 11°59'05.0"E. Viele Grüße Immanuel

    • @theworstvow
      @theworstvow 7 років тому

      Vielen Dank, dass du dir extra dafür Zeit genommen hast um mir die Orte zu nennen, diese werde ich im Sommer ganz bestimmt besuchen. Ich hab mir schon gestern dein neues Buch (Zeugnisse von der Dolomitenfront 1915) auf Amazon angeschaut, allerdings gibt es davon noch keine Kindle Version. Weißt du ob eine E-Book Version geplant ist bzw. vielleicht bereits wo anders erhältlich ist?
      Nochmals vielen herzlichen Dank!

    • @Narziss84
      @Narziss84 7 років тому

      Aktuell ist vom neuen Buch leider kein E-Book geplant, tut mir leid. Viele Grüße Immanuel

  • @whocares435-z9v
    @whocares435-z9v 7 років тому +4

    Wow Indy is so high this episode

  • @midgestallone5388
    @midgestallone5388 7 років тому +1

    The background is amazing, looks like a green screen

  • @ltwt1938
    @ltwt1938 7 років тому

    I just got back from hiking in Egmont national park, New Zealand we went up mt Taranaki which is about that high up. since it's summer here in the southern hemisphere, It was so hot that I got sunburned

  • @andysm1964
    @andysm1964 7 років тому

    `interesting` winter clobber,Indy.. Tariq and i will give you stick(in the nicest possible way) next time you`re at Stow Maries,Essex,pal! hope to see you next year in all seriousness .

  • @jordanlaramore5430
    @jordanlaramore5430 7 років тому +1

    Was it intentional that this video was 19 minutes and 15 seconds long!?🤔😂 Great video BTW!

  • @grayflaneur4854
    @grayflaneur4854 7 років тому +3

    "... Yes, let's get them down on the plains..." the Germans said... "We don't need no stinking mountain troops..." (key ominous music) "Then we will have got them right where they want us...."

  • @dimimitrijenogic1272
    @dimimitrijenogic1272 7 років тому +8

    Hey Indy, nice hat! I have a question for OOTT. Who is your WW1 celebrity crush, a woman who played a role in the WW1 you admire the most?

    • @timmccarthy872
      @timmccarthy872 7 років тому +7

      August von Mackensen. Don't pretend you aren't aroused too.

  • @shanchat
    @shanchat 7 років тому

    Very interesting video but I felt cold just watching it.

  • @johnpalmer7263
    @johnpalmer7263 7 років тому +6

    @3:56 is this the Monte Grappa Fort featured int he BF1 map? It looks a lot like it.

    • @Narziss84
      @Narziss84 7 років тому

      No, it is the Fort "Tre Sassi" or "Tra i Sass" near Passo Falzarego

  • @davidvergara607
    @davidvergara607 7 років тому

    Just looking at your video it makes me feel your cold.

  • @tracekai5327
    @tracekai5327 7 років тому +1

    I wish the cascade mountain range looked like that or maybe just in Oregon

  • @ShaDOWDoG667
    @ShaDOWDoG667 7 років тому

    The Edelweiß on Indy's hat.😍

  • @weltvonalex
    @weltvonalex 7 років тому +2

    Whats up Indie, are you cold? :D Willkommen in Österreich

  • @tonymays4342
    @tonymays4342 7 років тому

    I’ll join you up there looks like fun

  • @lisakeitel3957
    @lisakeitel3957 5 років тому +2

    Still I don't know why anyone would need to take that montain over there, with 30cm of snow. No military advantage in that. Can't believe they put any artillery there, because there is surely no one to shoot at.

  • @michealohaodha9351
    @michealohaodha9351 7 років тому +2

    Any chance of a unit special on the Chasseurs Alpins?

    • @chrisd8866
      @chrisd8866 7 років тому +1

      I'd love that too! They're the second oldest dedicated mountain infantry unit after the Alpini, that's reason enough for a special, maybe as part of a future The Great War on the road in the beautiful Vosges mountains? Please, Indy and team? :)
      And it would be the perfect opportunity to also mention the 450 sled dogs that France secretly brought from Alaska to help the Chasseurs Alpins carry ammunition, supplies and the wounded. The dogs were trained by famous musher Scotty Allan (the inspiration for the main character in Jack London's "The Call of the Wild"), he was notably able to keep them quiet for days while they crossed the Atlantic with the dogs on the deck. Half the dogs died during the war, but the survivors were adopted by their soldiers or the locals and their descendants still live in the Vosges today!

  • @Pyro-et9vs
    @Pyro-et9vs 7 років тому +1

    hey indy I was wondering where the Tuskegee airmen are at this time during the war. I know that the Tuskegee were not founded until ww2, but could you tell us about what some of the individual pilots and founders of the fighters were doing and where they were. Thank you and your awesome crew! Keep up the good work.

  • @p.a.scippa5648
    @p.a.scippa5648 7 років тому

    Thank you .

  • @thatbrit2005
    @thatbrit2005 7 років тому +2

    Asif people fought in a place like that.. It's crazy.

    • @thexalon
      @thexalon 7 років тому

      When the alternative is launching the 475th Battle of the Isonzo River, you consider giving places like this a try.

  • @thedildokingfromthekkk1131
    @thedildokingfromthekkk1131 7 років тому +3

    You look bootiful today Indy!

  • @Procket12
    @Procket12 7 років тому +3

    It's Dolomite, baby!

  • @oliver.t1519
    @oliver.t1519 7 років тому +1

    Could you possibly make a episode about the royal Newfoundland regiment AKA the blue puttees

  • @Languslangus
    @Languslangus 7 років тому +1

    You should do a spetial about the bosnians in austrian army.

  • @bearfoot100
    @bearfoot100 7 років тому +2

    Climb Indy, Climb!

  • @mostlyneutral
    @mostlyneutral 7 років тому +23

    Would a soldier rather be in the mountains or in the trenches? I know a soldier would not want anything of that. But just a question. And i know mountains had trenches to. But there had to be something diffrent

    • @dariusniederer856
      @dariusniederer856 7 років тому +21

      In the mountain you at least have a nice view, the mountains really are beautiful all year long. Also the food was generally better for the mountain troops and gas couldn't really be used in the mountains. However there was of course always the risk of an avalanche or falling into a glacier crack. It would also be really cold and if you died you might be frozen in the ground for hundreds of years.

    • @mostlyneutral
      @mostlyneutral 7 років тому +1

      Darius Niederer Thank you!

    • @8wayz2shine
      @8wayz2shine 7 років тому +22

      You might want to consider the practical implications of being this high up the mountains. Supplies had to be brought on foot, even drinking water, and probably the soldiers took turns who was on supply duty. Hiking this high with a full 20-30 kg backpack is no easy task.
      The area up there is pretty wild, so there is also the danger of wild animals. I am not acquainted whether they have bears this high in the Alps, but they do appear up to 2000 metres altitude in other mountain ranges across Europe.
      When the battle starts, no matter how rare it is, if you are seriously wounded the chance of being evacuated to a field hospital is really slim. Not because of the artillery but due to the difficult terrain and having no helicopters back in the day. Hey, even today, 100 years forward, it is still very difficult to evacuate wounded people in time from the mountains.

    • @PalmelaHanderson
      @PalmelaHanderson 7 років тому +3

      I know both sides had to deal with packs of wolves during campaign in the Carpathians. Not sure about the Alps, though.

    • @pepijnwarmerdam8784
      @pepijnwarmerdam8784 7 років тому

      I'm guessing that on the defensive a soldier would rather be in the mountains, (that is if you had proper coldweather gear and supplies) as it's easyer to hold the high ground. Attacking up a mountain is close to suicide.