NICE! As a reenactor, I've been fascinated with what's come out over the 100th anniversary of War One, but I'd definitely like to see more German, AH, Italian, and Russian stuff.
Hi Henry, Thank you for your support as you can imagine this was our biggest effort to a video to date! Hopefully we can keep continuing to make more vids when the team are available from their normal working lives and family. Have a happy new year from the HCA team!
Hi @popfrancis4080, We are still pretty much a new channel, and we are still finding our feet to hopefully continue with making more future videos. We has been busy with our personal lives in the past 12 months, that we hope we can start again sometime in 2025. Thank you for your kind feedback! :)
Such a well-made video, crafted with love and attention to detail. Bravo! I highly enjoyed it. It was fun, though, to hear you butchering pretty much all of the German words. 😅
I very much enjoyed the video on early German field rations. I see it's been a year since you put out anything else. That's a shame as it was well put together and not overly long. I learned that there were men of Asian descent who served in the German Army! I had no idea before this video and the information provided in the comments. Best wishes to you. ETA Smoking and tobacco are part of other vintage field ration videos on UA-cam. Steve1989MRE has a load of them and he tests the cigarettes.
Hi bradjohnson482, Thank you for your feedback and kind words. Yes, our team make these videos out of "labour of love", and we do this out of our own pockets and time. In the last 12 months our HCA team members have been very busy in our private lives that to coordinate has been very challenging. We are still in close contact and we hope 2025 will be our year to start up again. Yes, Tobacco was part of the rations of the German/Bavarian/ Prussian armies in that time period. the producer was worried about youtube's demonetisation for promoting smoking that we decided to leave this bit of information out (we actually mention this in our video description above), I'll leave you with this additional information about it from our HCA research notes for this vid, ENJOY! "Zigarren und Zigaretten" ""Heer und Flotte" (Army and Navy) packs of Cigarettes and Cigars which were issued to all German Armed Forces from the 1880's forward normally as part of daily or frequent rations, in an effort to standardize supplies. Cigars (based on size and manufacturer) were packaged in boxes containing between 3 and 10, while cigarettes initially came in 20's, but as the war progressed, were reduced to issue packs of 4, 5 or 10. Tobacco products were used as an unofficial form of currency in the field." (Photo & info source: 17thdivision.tripod.com/charlottesaxisattic/id14.html )
Hi Amadeus Pawlik, Thank you for your question. yes Tobacco was part of the rations of the German/Bavarian/ Prussian armies in that time period. the producer was worried about youtube's demonetisation for promoting smoking that we decided to leave this bit of information out but for you, I'll leave you with this information about it from our HCA research notes for this vid, ENJOY! "Zigarren und Zigaretten" ""Heer und Flotte" (Army and Navy) packs of Cigarettes and Cigars which were issued to all German Armed Forces from the 1880's forward normally as part of daily or frequent rations, in an effort to standardize supplies. Cigars (based on size and manufacturer) were packaged in boxes containing between 3 and 10, while cigarettes initially came in 20's, but as the war progressed, were reduced to issue packs of 4, 5 or 10. Tobacco products were used as an unofficial form of currency in the field." (Photo & info source: 17thdivision.tripod.com/charlottesaxisattic/id14.html )
And no seeing a Asian in a German uniform is not a mistake, Kiautschou Bay and Shandong were German territories and some Chinese did wear the German uniforms, as servants soldiers and serving officers.
Hi Billy, "What was the use of opium in ww1? Sedative drugs such as alcohol, morphine, and opium helped to subdue the physical and emotional pain, relax, and alleviate the horrors of combat. Stimulants, such as cocaine and alcohol (but in small amounts), enabled men to keep going and get through everyday life at the front. this was normally used as a medicinal application and not recreational use" Opium was not known to be used for smoking in Europe during WW1 Our Character Danny was smoking a tobacco pipe that was poplar in Northern Europe during the late 19th and early 20th century. I hope you enjoyed the vid!
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) "This article is about the German card game. For the American game sometimes called Scat, see Thirty-one (card game). Skat (German pronunciation: [ˈskaːt][a]), historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It is the national game of Germany[1] and, along with Doppelkopf, it is the most popular card game in Germany and Silesia and one of the most popular in the rest of Poland. A variant of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US. John McLeod considers it one of the best and most interesting card games for three players,[1][2] and Kelbet described it as "the king of German card games." I been playing "31" for 7 years in another club, I did not know the German equivalent "Scat" till a few years ago while researching to build this kit for a public display! We normally keep our bets to 20 cents a game to keep the friendship among players!
There are some tutorials on how to make it, a current one is by "Mark Young" a Canadian bushcrafter and all-round good egg. Worth a watch, it's very, very easy to make. Well worth swinging by his channel. He also makes Pemmican (ancient Indian iron ration, lasts literally centuries).
for those who want to further read our research notes on this topic please find this link here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dqC01drSxJL6_1243xV1VHBnqG_dOts-/view
Up until the end of the war, Germany still had a colonial Empire that had holdings overseas, These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty that included: - Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898 to 1914 - German concession in Tientsin, 1895 to 1917 - German concession in Hankou, 1895 to 1917 - Chefoo, 1901 to 1914 I cannot find the number on how many Asian colonial German troops served in WW1 however, here are some link to primary sources of photographs of at least 2 Asians serving in the German/Pussian military in the European theater gmic.co.uk/topic/41863-asians-serving-in-the-german-army/ and a forum discussion on more pictures of Asians serving in the Prussian military: gmic.co.uk/topic/78058-asian-in-german-service/ I hope that helps with your curiosity? Thanks for enjoying the Video!
Yes, Danny (Smoking, sitting Soldier in the video) personally owns a Lüttje Lage set!" I also have read Ernst Jünger's book "Storm of Steel" have you? Wishing you a Happy New Year from the HCA team!
Nobody cooking up the "field protein"? Soylent Green aka Corpse Starch? Waste of good resources. Also, Mustard Gas is made from mustard, right? That's just seasoning...
Absolutely love the set! Bang on fantastic job gents
Thank you!
NICE!
As a reenactor, I've been fascinated with what's come out over the 100th anniversary of War One, but I'd definitely like to see more German, AH, Italian, and Russian stuff.
Pete, I just love these videos! Everything from the set to the props to the food and acting is impeccably executed!
Thank you for the kind word!
I like to think he’s not using recorded music, his neighbors are just outside playing loudly as he records his voice track
That extremely well fed soldier returning to the front looks like he’s walking down a lane somewhere in Footscray.
Just found your channel and I enjoyed this. Thank you
Hi Henry, Thank you for your support as you can imagine this was our biggest effort to a video to date!
Hopefully we can keep continuing to make more vids when the team are available from their normal working lives and family.
Have a happy new year from the HCA team!
was suprised to you only had 500 subs with this production. Beautiful set.
Hi @popfrancis4080,
We are still pretty much a new channel, and we are still finding our feet to hopefully continue with making more future videos. We has been busy with our personal lives in the past 12 months, that we hope we can start again sometime in 2025.
Thank you for your kind feedback! :)
Such a well-made video, crafted with love and attention to detail. Bravo! I highly enjoyed it.
It was fun, though, to hear you butchering pretty much all of the German words. 😅
Terrific video. I love history and cooking, and you've satisfied both my urges!
I very much enjoyed the video on early German field rations. I see it's been a year since you put out anything else. That's a shame as it was well put together and not overly long. I learned that there were men of Asian descent who served in the German Army! I had no idea before this video and the information provided in the comments. Best wishes to you. ETA Smoking and tobacco are part of other vintage field ration videos on UA-cam. Steve1989MRE has a load of them and he tests the cigarettes.
Hi bradjohnson482, Thank you for your feedback and kind words. Yes, our team make these videos out of "labour of love", and we do this out of our own pockets and time. In the last 12 months our HCA team members have been very busy in our private lives that to coordinate has been very challenging. We are still in close contact and we hope 2025 will be our year to start up again.
Yes, Tobacco was part of the rations of the German/Bavarian/ Prussian armies in that time period. the producer was worried about youtube's demonetisation for promoting smoking that we decided to leave this bit of information out (we actually mention this in our video description above), I'll leave you with this additional information about it from our HCA research notes for this vid, ENJOY!
"Zigarren und Zigaretten"
""Heer und Flotte" (Army and Navy) packs of Cigarettes and Cigars which were issued to all German
Armed Forces from the 1880's forward normally as part of daily or frequent rations, in an effort to
standardize supplies. Cigars (based on size and manufacturer) were packaged in boxes containing
between 3 and 10, while cigarettes initially came in 20's, but as the war progressed, were reduced to
issue packs of 4, 5 or 10. Tobacco products were used as an unofficial form of currency in the field."
(Photo & info source: 17thdivision.tripod.com/charlottesaxisattic/id14.html )
It must have taken a lot of work to produce this video, it’s great. Was tobacco part of the ration?
Hi Amadeus Pawlik, Thank you for your question. yes Tobacco was part of the rations of the German/Bavarian/ Prussian armies in that time period. the producer was worried about youtube's demonetisation for promoting smoking that we decided to leave this bit of information out but for you, I'll leave you with this information about it from our HCA research notes for this vid, ENJOY!
"Zigarren und Zigaretten"
""Heer und Flotte" (Army and Navy) packs of Cigarettes and Cigars which were issued to all German
Armed Forces from the 1880's forward normally as part of daily or frequent rations, in an effort to
standardize supplies. Cigars (based on size and manufacturer) were packaged in boxes containing
between 3 and 10, while cigarettes initially came in 20's, but as the war progressed, were reduced to
issue packs of 4, 5 or 10. Tobacco products were used as an unofficial form of currency in the field."
(Photo & info source: 17thdivision.tripod.com/charlottesaxisattic/id14.html )
Great set and acting gents !!!
Thank you Mr. Fairall, hopefully we get better with each video release!
Truly amazing video, love it great work.
Appreciate the kind words, Thank you
And no seeing a Asian in a German uniform is not a mistake, Kiautschou Bay and Shandong were German territories and some Chinese did wear the German uniforms, as servants soldiers and serving officers.
Was that soldier, around the 60 second mark, smoking opium?
What a champion 🏆
Hi Billy,
"What was the use of opium in ww1?
Sedative drugs such as alcohol, morphine, and opium helped to subdue the physical and emotional pain, relax, and alleviate the horrors of combat. Stimulants, such as cocaine and alcohol (but in small amounts), enabled men to keep going and get through everyday life at the front. this was normally used as a medicinal application and not recreational use"
Opium was not known to be used for smoking in Europe during WW1
Our Character Danny was smoking a tobacco pipe that was poplar in Northern Europe during the late 19th and early 20th century.
I hope you enjoyed the vid!
I thought that Scat or 31 was and Italian card game. My family has been play this after family dinner for over a houndred years.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
"This article is about the German card game. For the American game sometimes called Scat, see Thirty-one (card game).
Skat (German pronunciation: [ˈskaːt][a]), historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It is the national game of Germany[1] and, along with Doppelkopf, it is the most popular card game in Germany and Silesia and one of the most popular in the rest of Poland. A variant of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US. John McLeod considers it one of the best and most interesting card games for three players,[1][2] and Kelbet described it as "the king of German card games."
I been playing "31" for 7 years in another club, I did not know the German equivalent "Scat" till a few years ago while researching to build this kit for a public display!
We normally keep our bets to 20 cents a game to keep the friendship among players!
Erbwurst is great. Knor has discontinued it. Shame.
The modern version was terrible and nothing at all like it was in ww1
Such a freaking shame. I _loved_ the stuff.
There are some tutorials on how to make it, a current one is by "Mark Young" a Canadian bushcrafter and all-round good egg. Worth a watch, it's very, very easy to make. Well worth swinging by his channel. He also makes Pemmican (ancient Indian iron ration, lasts literally centuries).
You dond get that Erbswurst is a soup konzentrate,... You make soup with it,...
for those who want to further read our research notes on this topic please find this link here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1dqC01drSxJL6_1243xV1VHBnqG_dOts-/view
I love your videos. I khow its asking alot but if you can will you make a video on what the soldiers on both sides of the American civil war ate.
Just curious 🤔, Did Germany recruit Filipinos in WW 1 because that one soldier with the field cap does not look German!!
😂 I caught that too.
Up until the end of the war, Germany still had a colonial Empire that had holdings overseas, These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty that included:
- Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898 to 1914
- German concession in Tientsin, 1895 to 1917
- German concession in Hankou, 1895 to 1917
- Chefoo, 1901 to 1914
I cannot find the number on how many Asian colonial German troops served in WW1 however, here are some link to primary sources of photographs of at least 2 Asians serving in the German/Pussian military in the European theater
gmic.co.uk/topic/41863-asians-serving-in-the-german-army/
and a forum discussion on more pictures of Asians serving in the Prussian military: gmic.co.uk/topic/78058-asian-in-german-service/
I hope that helps with your curiosity?
Thanks for enjoying the Video!
@@historicalcookingadventure4721 good point Germany did have a massive colonial empire back then.
That extremely well fed soldier returning to the front looks like he’s walking down a lane somewhere in Footscray.
@davidhayter8516 we understood it when you wrote it the first time david
and its still not funny
SHICKOREY!
Don't you know it?! lol
Ernst Jünger, Gibraltar Band, Lüttje Lage !
Yes, Danny (Smoking, sitting Soldier in the video) personally owns a Lüttje Lage set!"
I also have read Ernst Jünger's book "Storm of Steel" have you?
Wishing you a Happy New Year from the HCA team!
By 1918 not so much food left. Sawdust in the bread and meat. Yuck
Coffee made from ground acorns and tea made from common weeds.
Nobody cooking up the "field protein"? Soylent Green aka Corpse Starch? Waste of good resources. Also, Mustard Gas is made from mustard, right? That's just seasoning...
Why Gibraltar on his sleeve?
Ok.
Hannoveranian Troops manned the fortress of Gibraltar.
Read Ernst Jünger, In Stahlgewittern.
Look 08.00
@@nikolausmarggraf5507 Got it.
@@nikolausmarggraf5507 When they formed the Kings German Legion?
Great video ruined with music...