Origins Of The German Alpenkorps I THE GREAT WAR On The Road
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2017
- Get Immanuel's book about the Alpenkorps in English: www.zeit-lupen.de/alpinecorps
Immanuel's neues Buch: amzn.to/2hVkd9F (edited)
When World War 1 broke out, the German Army didn't really have troops specialised in mountain warfare. But by 1915, they brought together the first parts of the Alpenkorps. To train them, the troops were sent - in secrecy - to the new Italian front to learn from their Austrian counterparts. From May to October 1915 the Alpenkorps was forged in the Dolomites on the peaks with names like Lagazuoi, Col di Lana or Marmolata.
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Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004.
Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013.
Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.
Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.
Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.
Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004
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@00:00 Hi! I'm Windy Nidel...
He didn't say Hi!
Ok Hi
B1 Laxson Im dead 🤣
Hahahaha! That's awesome!
Anyone else notice that the length of the video is 19:15
Surely the war won't go on that long? I've heard it was supposed to be over by Christmas.
Indy seems out of his element in the cold and the wind
UNDERSCORE_ But doesn't he live in Sweden? But, he still did a great job!
Winter in Stockholm these days is mild at best
He is from Texas.
UNDERSCORE_ looks like fun to me
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.
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.
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.
"Ive never been this high in my whole life" yeah right Indy.
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.
I'm even later than you
@@nayeononce im even later than YOU
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.
It is a really stunning area and the camera crew really caught it this time. Good job guys!
Flo is love Flo is life!
By the forerunners!? You liked my comment
Indy's hat is fabulous and he looks like the cold is murdering him.
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
It was September
Haha oh no don't get my comment wrong, I would be shivering my bloody nuts off too haha, just an amusing contrast!
Oh, he's fine. You can't be cold with a hat on like that.... 😉
because indy is from TEXAS!
For two decades even.
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.
very low temperatures and avalanches
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Oh look, Indy's wearing a furry Pickelhaube.
Was indy's hat from a previous venture in a Dschinghis Khan tribute band?
I am really liking Indy's headgear. Warm.... yet stylish. 😁
He should see about a store promotion cross link. It looks like a fuzzy pucklehelm
Allen Kneale needs more mackinsen
Fur helmet from Oblivion.
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!
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.
the view made up for it.
Every now and then, I'm reminded that Indy is from Texas, and this was a big one! LOL
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
Thank you for taking off your cap,when entering the chapel.
Shows you are a man ,raised well
Shows us he is a Texan! Haha
Great job. Best part of your 4 year opus is it reveals the other fronts besides the proverbial Western Front.
Immanuel's accent is amazingly good. Certainly no need for subtitles on this interview.
Thank you :) Regards Immanuel
You need to put a Conrad von Hötzensock over the mike to dampen out the wind...
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?
Indy is that Edelweiss in your hat?
I Saw A Bear That isn't Edelweiss, it's different. That flower is much more comon, but the colours do match.
also a bit hard to tell with the hat's fur
looks more like Genghis Khan
Do not think so, Edelweiss is under protection in Germany.
"The mark of a real soldier"
ua-cam.com/video/IUdDm_6gQxc/v-deo.html
I like Indy Neidell’s hat
Indy has a fur pickelhaube
can't wait for a special episode were Indy will be visiting Gallipoli/Canakkalle
Your production quality, information, and ability to relay that information is great.
That opening shot gave me the chills...great video went by so quickly.
This episode should have been called "High Indy"
Indy you're such a cool guy
Anyone else think its ironic that the video is 19 minutes 15 seconds
And again a great vid
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?
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
Rick Lolkema en is je achternaam echt lolkema
Rick Lolkema and I watched the whole vid and again a great vid on the Amazing channel
Rick Lolkema But in the and It doesn't make any sense
The German Mountain units were tough men. Their artillery, engineers, supply troops, fought as hard as their infantry in those heights.
Nice hat Indy!
Awesome. Sorry you were so cold but great to see the mountains and all snow covered as they would have been then.
Seriously the best youtube channel ever
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.
Thanks! Greetings Immanuel
Wind, the greatest threat during the Great War...
Indy, Immanuel & Crew nearly blown away...haha, you give all for the show! thats the right sprit :D
Can't tell if Indy's voice shivering because he's moved so much or the incipient hypothermia
One of you best work, in my opinion, for my tastes
Wow, great job keeping the wind out of the audio.
I thought the soldiers on the Western Front had it bad.
Atleast the terrain is pretty.
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.
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.
I love how Indy is always cold in the on site videos. Get some goretex!
Great episode!!!!
I like how the guy is chillin and Indy is about to fly away
Emmanuel looking totally relaxed, Indy looking deeply uncomfortable lmao.
LOve your work guys.... Keep it up
Thank you for taking off your hat in the small chapel! Respect!
Edelweiß,...nice touch Indy.
Love the hat, Indy! 👍
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?
Lmao, Flo’s giant smile at the beginning cracked me up 😂
When the sun came out it was really epic.
I just searched the whole playlist for a dolomiti video yesterday and there it is today. Great!
I didn't expect that ! ! !
Quite a view! Nice place to shoot a video.
i plan to stay warm thank you
Great hat, but Indy needs to turn in his Cold Weather Club card immediately.
'8500 feet high, I've never been this high up in my life before' Indy Neidell. Guesing Indy has never been on an aeroplane before
Indiana Neidell Haha, I actually had the same thought! Sorry Indy!
Indiana Neidell First comment on The Great War channel and Indy responded!
Play nice, children
hemmingwayfan Your handle. Have you read Hemingways Boat by Paul Hendrickson ? If not,it is a must read. Best Hem scholarship I have read in decades.
Wombat I think he means tin solid ground but lol
Be safe Indy! He's risking his life for us guys ._.
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
This. is. dedication!!!!
They blew up a mountain... without nukes... impressed and horrified.
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.
@@edvard8449 5 tons of TNT
@@Tonyx.yt. yeah
Indy is wearing the flower Edelweiss. The mark of a true soldier. Just thought I'd point that out.
Thank you .
Wow Indy is so high this episode
I went to the top of the Zugspitz once (10,000’ or 3,300m). Beautiful but cold.
I love the hat, but did Indy worry about being mistaken for a yeti?
Indy high af
I’ll join you up there looks like fun
The Marmolada Glacier is also a realy interesting place. When you visit it. Its like it had happend ten years ago
`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 .
@3:56 is this the Monte Grappa Fort featured int he BF1 map? It looks a lot like it.
No, it is the Fort "Tre Sassi" or "Tra i Sass" near Passo Falzarego
Just looking at your video it makes me feel your cold.
Was it intentional that this video was 19 minutes and 15 seconds long!?🤔😂 Great video BTW!
Great hat Indy. Looks like a Mongolian warrior hat with that little tuft on the top. Cool!
The Edelweiß on Indy's hat.😍
Very interesting video but I felt cold just watching it.
Jeezus, I've been skiing on the Marmolata in the back, I didnt know there was such hard fighting there!
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"
Wow that looks cold.
Indy ,love the hat, where did you get it and what is it called. Oh and by the way excellent episode your film crew did a wonderful job in the harsh conditions.
Thank you Indy for taking off the hat while entering the chapel.
sehr respektvoll, sehr gute Erziehung - danke für die Mütze ab in der Kapelle
I wish the cascade mountain range looked like that or maybe just in Oregon
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.
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.
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
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!
Aktuell ist vom neuen Buch leider kein E-Book geplant, tut mir leid. Viele Grüße Immanuel
I always think it is informative to experience first hand these extreme conditions in clothing and kit similar to what the common soldier used. Particularly foot wear. Nothing saps a soldiers effectiveness like sore or unhealthy or unsteady feet.
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
Holy …, I was skiing on Marmolada, never knew it was so close to the Dolomite front
that looks cold wow
The background is amazing, looks like a green screen
I was there at the fort a few days ago with school
The temperature here today was 63. I got the shivers hearing the wind in the video. Tough to be a soldier on this front.
..... props to Indy for removing his hat entering the chapel.
I love your hat Indy
Could you possibly make a episode about the royal Newfoundland regiment AKA the blue puttees
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.
Awesome hat Indy! 😎
Any chance of a unit special on the Chasseurs Alpins?
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!
Great show, but I was wondering if the term "magazine" had been adopted by WW1 concerning ammo storage and feeding devices such as the one used for the 1911 or if the term "magazine" hadn't been created until WW2 when it was more common for guns to use magazines rather than clips. Thanks!
You look bootiful today Indy!