If you, viewers, have stories from your ancestors, I would be glad to read you ! Here is some of mine : My grand-grand-uncles were in the French army during WW1. The eldest was a Fusilier-Marin in the Ronarc'h Brigade, fought in Belgium and died at Dixmude. The "middle" brother was in the line infantry at the battle of the Marne (he lost an eye during the battle) then he was transfered in the First Royal Artillery Regiment, in the north-east. He deserted, get caught by the police, but was pardoned by the President (apparently for having fought bravely in loooots of hellholes). He survived the war but died in a bus accident. The third brother came to age in the last months of the war, was mobilized, became an artillery servant, but caught pneumonia and was sent home, where he died at his mother's house. The fourth son (my direct ancestor) was too young for this war, so he became a sailor instead, but it's another story, because he saw some action in WW2.
Damn that's crazy ! All my familly members who fought in WW1 never talked about it to their children, or died, so I have no stories to tell. Maybe the silence is what is closest to how this war can be told ...
My own family very rarely talk about it too,@@AlexandreMarhic. It's mostly because my ancestor was the youngest, and knew his brothers very little (they had at least 10-12 years more than him, and at that time, you leaved the parent's home early, plus the fact that we live near the sea, and many parents of mine were sailors). Almost all I know is from personnal research, after founding their ID papers and stuff like that, + searching in history books when I know in which regiment they were.
I am Portuguese, and since Portugal sent soldiers to France in 1916, a cousin of my great grandma fought the Germans there. I don't know very mucho about him (all I know is because of my grandma, who was too young and don't have much contact with him), only that he had to eat rats and other animals to survive and that he was smocked by the Germans, and that left him with secondary effects for the rest of his life. An interesting part is that I have a friend with German ancestors and his great great grandfather died during the war, so maybe our ancestors fought each other.
We always think of the dead. But who remembers those who returned? Without arms, without legs, with half of your face missing or with your lungs reduced to shreds by gas? Who remembers traumatized men unable to find rest even decades after the end of the fighting? Who remembers them?
"AcTuaLLy" at 7:00 The Chauchat machine gun mainly jammed for other allied troops, which adapted the weapon to their own calibers or version, different from the original 8mm Lebel, giving it an infamous reputation abroad...
No the French also had many problems with it, not necessarily if it was clean, but mainly that it was easily clogged with mud and would jam, since it has an open bolt and exposed rounds in the magazine. Also the sights are terrible, it had godawful rate of fire and accuracy, and kicked like a mule. The French military actually added a pay bonus for Chauchat gunners because so many French disliked the weapon and preferred the trusty Lebel rifle.
@@Elevator829 We're talking about one of the first machine guns mass-produced in a factory that manufactured bicycles... This weapon was produced in 1915 and provided exceptional firepower compared to bolt-action rifles of the time. So be a little indulgent, the first productions are rarely perfect. But between the Chauchat and... Nothing, I would have much preferred to have one.
@@olivierpuyou3621 yes but compared to other LMGs of the time like the Madsen and the Lewis Gun, the Chauchat was far inferior. The only thing good about the Chauchat is that its cheap!
Excellent video. Thanks for the honour of French soldiers. Shame that the Armée d’Orient in Balkans which was determinant in the war and a great part of combats was not mentioned !
@@ziyadrgb9584 France was so bad at war that they occupied Morocco during a century, crushed the moroccan army and won the most of war and battle in History, merci
The battle of Verdun is a symbol of resistance and determination. Sometimes compared to Stalingrad or the Somme, the importance of the battle is not only it was one of the biggest of ww1, it was THE battle for the right to live, the battle of France, their world against our world, their empire against our republic. It was a duel to the death. Germany wanted a decisive victory on the West front by totally destroying the french army. Falkenhayn wanted to bleed dry the French army by forcing the french to defend a difficult position. Verdun was chosen for several reasons. The region was rich in ressources and had a good industry.The city was a weakness in the armor, it was easy to attack for the German, and very difficult to defend for the French. There was only one road from France to Verdun, nicknamed the sacred/holy road, and fourteen roads from Germany to Verdun that made a real advantage for Germany. The presence of the Meuse river in french side make a dangerous obstacle against french reinforcement and makes they can not fall back. Other disadvantage for the french, on the three main forts, one was empty and the cannons were removed for preparing the Somme offensive.For the symbolic reason, Verdun was the city where the grandsons of Charlemagne signed a treaty in 843, that treaty made the creation of the occidental France and the oriental one, actual France and germany. Destroying France at this place is destroying where it begun. That man explains it well : ua-cam.com/video/NsBxDrgDHJc/v-deo.html February 1916, the 21, at 7:15 exactly, comes the first wave. The german begin by a massive bombardment. 80 000 shells will take the french by surprise during the first 24 hours. All the forest totally disapeared and the french positions are destroyed. 60 000 german soldiers attack the french positions but at Caures woods, two battalions of chasseurs à pieds are still able to fight. Chasseurs à pieds were elite troops of the time, they were tough, well trained and experienced, german nicknamed them : Schwarze Teufel (black demons). After a violent hand to hand fight, the chasseurs repelled the first german wave and saved the day, but the price was expensive, the lieutenant colonel Driant who commanded them died in the battle with 1120 chasseurs for 110 survivors. The 25, one of the three main forts on the way of Verdun has fallen. The fort of Douaumont was defended by only 60 men veterans and was easily taken by german soldiers. Now the german are at only 5 kilometers of the city. On the French side, General de Castelnau reacts and reorganise the defense and ask to Marechal Joffre to send him the General Petain and his regiments. Petain takes the lead and widen the sacred road, organizes a rotation of the reinforcements, and makes offensives in coordination with artillery. Petain realizes the importance of the battle and declares to Joffre : "Ils ne passeront pas " (they shall not pass). In every places, forests, trenches and underground, the battle is titanic and without interruptions, days and nights. June 1916, the 1st, comes the heroic resistance of Fort of Vaux. This fort was defended by commandant Eugène Raynal and 600 men. This fort was the last main to defend the city and it was the smallest one, but it was a real nightmare for the german. Although his tower was destroyed, the machine guns were still able to stop the german assaults. ua-cam.com/video/1Ypf-62Padg/v-deo.html Sadly, the water tank was empty because of bombardments and french soldiers were under siege without any supplies. French and german fought in corridors, in stairs and in all the rooms of the fort. Raynal sent his last pigeon which will be found dead with the message : "We are holding them but we are under a gaz attack. We need a support immediatly." Sadly, the rescue mission will fail. After seven days of intenvive fight without any water, Raynal accepted to surrender. The geman soldiers make a honor guard on his way due to his courage and take the fort. July 1916, the 11 the last german offensive on the Souville fort is a terrible failure, Falkenhain had to resign. The german were at 3 kilometers of the city October 1916 the 21, the French counter attack. The 24 the fort of Douaumont is retaken by the french, 6000 german are captured. November and December, the fort of vaux is taken by the French and most of the positions that were taken by german in february are now under french control.
My great-great-grandfather took part in the First World War, in Serbia, during the liberation of the country under Peter I. He took part in the units of the Armée d'Orient (1916-1918) which, under the command of General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, led to the collapse of the German-Bulgarian front in September 1918, the defeat of Bulgaria, the reconquest of Serbia and Romania, and the invasion of Austria-Hungary.
3:46, 5:59, 7:09 The question that doesn't want to silence to me, what happened to those soldiers who got lost in the middle of nowhere anyway...? Driven mad by the horrors of war and lost in places they simply don't know.
Verdun was absolute hell as now the second longest battle in history (well I think Bakhmut in Ukraine war is now longer) but so much was lost just to have beaten and embarssed in barley a month by Germany and Italy 25 years later I actually own a photo of a mass grave with crosses and flowers from Verrdun taken 1917
420,000 British dead and 200,000 French dead 440,000 Germans dead while in verdun 336,000-355,000 German dead and 379,000-400,000 French dead verdun lasted 9 months while ours lasted quick 5 months
Ok so just here 11:55 I know a story form a French solder Who wanted to do this but his trench got attack by German so he fight and made them retreat by defending he got injured and didn’t see it so he was able to go back home(it’s a real stories even if it sond crazy)
The attacker (germany in this case) usually has a big advantage since he can prepare accordingly and create surprise. And after ww2 America mostly declared war with low technology countries.
7:01 correction : the chauchat light machine gun or "machine rifle wasn't jamming all the time. Actualy before the BAR was introduced in US Army the americans wanted a copy of the chauchat adapted for their ammo, but the cartridges was pretty different and not adapted to the chauchat magazine, so it jammed when the weapon was a little dirty to to mud or anything else. The french original was good even if not perfect due to the almost open magazine but the american copy awaiting the BAR was pretty bad due to the caliber differences. The US experience of their copy made people think the original weapon itself was bad and jamming most of time but it's a question of rushed copy by the US.
The amount of detail in these voyacques is simply breathtaking. Look how happy 10:22 is for finally having a turreted vehicle that does not go nose-down in every trench. Excellent work, Sir!
My great great grandpa Robert V Gorle was a British artillery lieutenant and he fought in France. Then in the 4th battle of the Ypres or idk how you spell it but he had a crew of 6 artillery men and he destroyed the heavily fortified German positions. When the troops were planning on a retreat my great great grandpa charged and destroyed the machine guns. After he did that the Allie’s attacked and took the position. After the war he got sent to the Buckingham palace and got the Victoria cross. And then he passed away from pneumonia or the yellow fever in 1937. But his cousin which I forgot the name of fought in ww2 as an artillery man in Egypt during the North Africa campaign and he wrote a book which I also forgot the name of. And Robert's dad Harry V gorle fought in the 2nd Boer war and he got the medal that was a bit less good than the Victoria cross.
7:55 made me kind of sad, because like many German troops, he probably joined the war for adventure and had no idea of the hellholes he was getting into, the Germans may have a reputation for being on the wrong side of history. But they were people just like us
أبطال فرنسا القذرون و الانتهازيون و الطماعون حققو النصر و هم مختبئون خلف الجنود المغاربة و السنغاليين و الإفريقيين هل لديك أدنى فكرة عن الجرائم التي ارتكبها الجنود الفرنسيون في حق الافارقة بالحرب العالمية الأولى و الثانية
dude that picture at 5:00 is so scary, its like watching footage from Iron domes in Tel Aviv but knowning every single one of those will land and you're marching in line straight into it.
Many actually didn't get the message in time, which is why some fighting managed to go on past 11, but afterwards both sides agreed to officially record their deaths as before 11am so that the families of these soldiers would feel better
Whoa dude, the moment I saw the pic of those Trench Raiders I get the overwhelming feeling of 'do not fuck with this', like looking at a cobra. Those guys look badass
If you mentioned the Moroccan Volunteer Division, it's a pitty that you didn't mentioned about Zaian War and for example the Battle of El Heri (1914) and the Battle of Gaouz (1918). You also could mentioned about Volta-Bani War or Kaocen Rebelion.
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My French ancestors lived in Alsace Lorraine before the Franco-Prussian war, luckily they left to South America, I wonder what would happen if they stayed and lived trough both wars and maybe ww2
My great grandfather served in the Portuguese army (Portugal joined WW1 in 1916) he surrendered to the Germans in most likely 1917 I don’t know his name and we don’t have any pictures of him but there might be one only thing is it’s in Portugal
basically my great grandfather fought against Adolf Hit*er in 1918 because their battalion was face to face. He lived to be 104 years old after being gassed. My other great-grandfather was less lucky, he died at Monte Grappa
a lot of people don't realize that France's geography/terrain is actually hard to work with it's stupidly muddy, it rains all the time, France /does/ have snowy winters, and the wind doesn't help with all the moisture...stuck vehicles, rat infestations, trench foot, and if the mud isn't enough the brutal pour of rain itself wrecked havoc on motorized vehicles at the time
"Le général Pétain à foi en vous soldats, il est comme nous; un simple Français, animé par l'amour de la patrie! Battez-vous pour lui, et pour la France!" - French soldier in BF1
He is the great Maréchal of France, the man who started giving more rotations so the soldiers don't become completely insane in Verdun.... He would never betray us and surrender, would he ?@@johnwotek3816 More seriously, the consequences of not surrendering would probably have been worse than what he did. The "free" zone was still better for Resistance than the occupied zone so who knows.
Guys when you’re watching five minutes in the video do not look at the part of your fighting on the height of Verdun Because you will have nightmares …..
On behalf of the memory of all soldiers of France for this video, and for others countries fighting in ww1 in the other posted or incoming ones, thank you. Among the songs used in the video, i would like to highlight "La Strasbourgeoise" (7:42) song about Franco-german war of 1870 wich saw Germany take Alsace and Lorraine regions. Why this one? Cause that one genuiely made me shed a tear. Oh sad and true it is. For anyone curious, the translation is below, but please listen to it in the same time as it convey the emotion held in the voice. Little Daddy, here is half-Lent Because you are disguised in soldier. (French tradition holds carnivals at this time) Little Daddy, is it for fake ? Or is it to scare little children ? Or is it to scare little children ? No, child of mine, I'm going for the Homeland It's a duty every daddy has to do Kiss me my little blessed child, I'll be back at home soon. I'll be back at home soon. Tell me Mom, what is this medal ? And this letter the postman brought ? Tell me Mom, you're crying and swooning; Did they kill our little adored Dad ? Did they kill our little adored Dad ? Yes my child, they killed your father Let's mourn together because we're hating them What a horrible war, making mother cry And killing little blond angel fathers. And killing little blond angel fathers. The snow is falling into the city, There is sitting a child from Strasbourg, She stays there despite the cold, the chill wind, She stays there despite the cold of the day. She stays there despite the cold of the day. A man walks by, to the little girl he gives. She recognises the german uniform, She refuses the alms she's been given And tells the ennemy proudly, And tells the ennemy proudly, "Keep your gold, I'm keeping my strenght Prussian soldier, go on your way Me, I'm just a child from France And to the ennemy i do not extend my hand. And to the ennemy i do not extend my hand. While praying under this Cathedral, My mother died beneath that collapsed porch Beaten to death by one of your bullets, Beaten to death by one of your cannonballs ! Beaten to death by one of your cannonballs ! My dad is dead on your battlefield And I haven't even seen the shadow of his casket Beaten to death by one of your bullets, That is why I'm wearing my mourning dress. That is why I'm wearing my mourning dress. You've had Alsace and Lorraine, You've had millions of foreigners, You've had Germania and Bohemia, But you'll never have my little heart, But my little heart, there, WILL STAY FRENCH !"
That’s typical behavior for the Russians, forcing oppressed ethnic minorities to do the hard work for the Russians instead of doing the fighting themselves.
*Context:* -0:00 (3rd August 1914): Upon the entry of the Third French Republic [1870 - 1940] into the First World War on the 3rd August 1914, the mobilization of 2.9 million men began. War had been anticipated so the year before in 1913 the "Three Year Law" was introduced which was an attempt to increase France's military to the size of the German Empire's [1871 - 1918] which meant all fit males over the age of 18 had to do three years of mandatory military service. The French military was clearly not ready for such a modern war, as their uniforms lacked helmets or any sort of camouflage, even wearing bright red shorts. Luckily France, unlike the Russian Empire [1721 - 1917], was modern enough to hastily train and equip their troops. -0:17 (August 1914): While it was originally thought that France would be able to fight Germany on their heavily fortified border where they had a large advantage, just a day after the war's beginning Germany invaded the Kingdom of Belgium [1830 - Now] and blasted through what defensive lines they had. While the Germans assumed Belgium would fall quite easily and just serve as an entry way to get around the French defences, they were met with fierce resistance at the Battle of Liege and while still badly beaten, they halted the German advance for long enough so that British and French troops could flood into the country. That summer was particularly hot and many soldiers were extremely uncomfortable. -0:32 (5th - 12th September 19
If I’m not saying shit it was in the Verdun forest the French say they were hiring the scream of the buried alive solder when mortar were shot and those who were going in the forest never be found or became crazy those who survive said they were hering French solder begging to be killed or screaming for help but not only the French were hearing it when germain captured the village around 20 to 25 solder were send in the forest only 1 came back he said that hand came out of the ground and take is camarade and that he wasn’t understanding what they were saying but it was something like you will all suffer like we did…the solder sucide when we tell him he would have to go back in the wood 7 day later
We French were really chilling at the beginning of the war, no helmet, flashy colors to be seen from miles away, launching bayonet charges against machine guns … fixing baguettes and en avant
If you, viewers, have stories from your ancestors, I would be glad to read you !
Here is some of mine :
My grand-grand-uncles were in the French army during WW1. The eldest was a Fusilier-Marin in the Ronarc'h Brigade, fought in Belgium and died at Dixmude. The "middle" brother was in the line infantry at the battle of the Marne (he lost an eye during the battle) then he was transfered in the First Royal Artillery Regiment, in the north-east. He deserted, get caught by the police, but was pardoned by the President (apparently for having fought bravely in loooots of hellholes). He survived the war but died in a bus accident. The third brother came to age in the last months of the war, was mobilized, became an artillery servant, but caught pneumonia and was sent home, where he died at his mother's house. The fourth son (my direct ancestor) was too young for this war, so he became a sailor instead, but it's another story, because he saw some action in WW2.
Wow! I thank your Grand grand uncles Service 🫡
Damn that's crazy ! All my familly members who fought in WW1 never talked about it to their children, or died, so I have no stories to tell. Maybe the silence is what is closest to how this war can be told ...
My own family very rarely talk about it too,@@AlexandreMarhic. It's mostly because my ancestor was the youngest, and knew his brothers very little (they had at least 10-12 years more than him, and at that time, you leaved the parent's home early, plus the fact that we live near the sea, and many parents of mine were sailors). Almost all I know is from personnal research, after founding their ID papers and stuff like that, + searching in history books when I know in which regiment they were.
I am Portuguese, and since Portugal sent soldiers to France in 1916, a cousin of my great grandma fought the Germans there. I don't know very mucho about him (all I know is because of my grandma, who was too young and don't have much contact with him), only that he had to eat rats and other animals to survive and that he was smocked by the Germans, and that left him with secondary effects for the rest of his life.
An interesting part is that I have a friend with German ancestors and his great great grandfather died during the war, so maybe our ancestors fought each other.
@@danielescalantedemedeiros. I have the same case with Slovak ancestors who fought for Austria in the war, so maybe they did fight each other.
We always think of the dead.
But who remembers those who returned?
Without arms, without legs, with half of your face missing or with your lungs reduced to shreds by gas?
Who remembers traumatized men unable to find rest even decades after the end of the fighting?
Who remembers them?
no one.
They are called the "gueules cassées" and as I bet you're french you should have seen that in school, like every french students normaly do
Terrible.
@@ChipsGoutSmegma I saw this at school and it’s shocking
Most of us do. The "Wrecked Faces" are a symbol of WWI
"AcTuaLLy" at 7:00 The Chauchat machine gun mainly jammed for other allied troops, which adapted the weapon to their own calibers or version, different from the original 8mm Lebel, giving it an infamous reputation abroad...
Well the gun was made under some circumstances
No the French also had many problems with it, not necessarily if it was clean, but mainly that it was easily clogged with mud and would jam, since it has an open bolt and exposed rounds in the magazine. Also the sights are terrible, it had godawful rate of fire and accuracy, and kicked like a mule. The French military actually added a pay bonus for Chauchat gunners because so many French disliked the weapon and preferred the trusty Lebel rifle.
wasn't its magazine literally opened easily getting water and mud inside and jamming it constantly?
@@Elevator829 We're talking about one of the first machine guns mass-produced in a factory that manufactured bicycles...
This weapon was produced in 1915 and provided exceptional firepower compared to bolt-action rifles of the time.
So be a little indulgent, the first productions are rarely perfect.
But between the Chauchat and... Nothing, I would have much preferred to have one.
@@olivierpuyou3621 yes but compared to other LMGs of the time like the Madsen and the Lewis Gun, the Chauchat was far inferior. The only thing good about the Chauchat is that its cheap!
Excellent video. Thanks for the honour of French soldiers.
Shame that the Armée d’Orient in Balkans which was determinant in the war and a great part of combats was not mentioned !
Your welcome 🙏🏻
@@fxlcovlxdimirwhat’s the name of the song for the flame trooper
@@UlsterCountryballah ça ira
I am French thank you for memorizing our soldiers as French and African glory to them. Vive la France !
L for using us(as moroccan) for your war(you are really bad at war)
@@ziyadrgb9584 colonial troops were a minority of french forces (extremely small percentage) and had almost no impact on the overall war
@@ziyadrgb9584 France was so bad at war that they occupied Morocco during a century, crushed the moroccan army and won the most of war and battle in History, merci
you are comparing state with moderrn gun with a state with international and local problemes ,chokran@@7macfly2
when morocoo was strong he beat up france if you want link ask me @@7macfly2
The battle of Verdun is a symbol of resistance and determination. Sometimes compared to Stalingrad or the Somme, the importance of the battle is not only it was one of the biggest of ww1, it was THE battle for the right to live, the battle of France, their world against our world, their empire against our republic. It was a duel to the death.
Germany wanted a decisive victory on the West front by totally destroying the french army. Falkenhayn wanted to bleed dry the French army by forcing the french to defend a difficult position. Verdun was chosen for several reasons. The region was rich in ressources and had a good industry.The city was a weakness in the armor, it was easy to attack for the German, and very difficult to defend for the French. There was only one road from France to Verdun, nicknamed the sacred/holy road, and fourteen roads from Germany to Verdun that made a real advantage for Germany. The presence of the Meuse river in french side make a dangerous obstacle against french reinforcement and makes they can not fall back. Other disadvantage for the french, on the three main forts, one was empty and the cannons were removed for preparing the Somme offensive.For the symbolic reason, Verdun was the city where the grandsons of Charlemagne signed a treaty in 843, that treaty made the creation of the occidental France and the oriental one, actual France and germany. Destroying France at this place is destroying where it begun.
That man explains it well : ua-cam.com/video/NsBxDrgDHJc/v-deo.html
February 1916, the 21, at 7:15 exactly, comes the first wave. The german begin by a massive bombardment. 80 000 shells will take the french by surprise during the first 24 hours. All the forest totally disapeared and the french positions are destroyed. 60 000 german soldiers attack the french positions but at Caures woods, two battalions of chasseurs à pieds are still able to fight. Chasseurs à pieds were elite troops of the time, they were tough, well trained and experienced, german nicknamed them : Schwarze Teufel (black demons). After a violent hand to hand fight, the chasseurs repelled the first german wave and saved the day, but the price was expensive, the lieutenant colonel Driant who commanded them died in the battle with 1120 chasseurs for 110 survivors.
The 25, one of the three main forts on the way of Verdun has fallen. The fort of Douaumont was defended by only 60 men veterans and was easily taken by german soldiers. Now the german are at only 5 kilometers of the city.
On the French side, General de Castelnau reacts and reorganise the defense and ask to Marechal Joffre to send him the General Petain and his regiments. Petain takes the lead and widen the sacred road, organizes a rotation of the reinforcements, and makes offensives in coordination with artillery. Petain realizes the importance of the battle and declares to Joffre : "Ils ne passeront pas " (they shall not pass). In every places, forests, trenches and underground, the battle is titanic and without interruptions, days and nights.
June 1916, the 1st, comes the heroic resistance of Fort of Vaux. This fort was defended by commandant Eugène Raynal and 600 men. This fort was the last main to defend the city and it was the smallest one, but it was a real nightmare for the german. Although his tower was destroyed, the machine guns were still able to stop the german assaults.
ua-cam.com/video/1Ypf-62Padg/v-deo.html
Sadly, the water tank was empty because of bombardments and french soldiers were under siege without any supplies. French and german fought in corridors, in stairs and in all the rooms of the fort. Raynal sent his last pigeon which will be found dead with the message : "We are holding them but we are under a gaz attack. We need a support immediatly." Sadly, the rescue mission will fail. After seven days of intenvive fight without any water, Raynal accepted to surrender. The geman soldiers make a honor guard on his way due to his courage and take the fort.
July 1916, the 11 the last german offensive on the Souville fort is a terrible failure, Falkenhain had to resign. The german were at 3 kilometers of the city
October 1916 the 21, the French counter attack. The 24 the fort of Douaumont is retaken by the french, 6000 german are captured.
November and December, the fort of vaux is taken by the French and most of the positions that were taken by german in february are now under french control.
A battlefield is not a place for political regime, especially for a Republic who hope for "the end of History."
Somme only reason for being a battlefield so esrly was bc the british wanted to remove pressure of off verdun
Just to let yall know, there's a song about the battle of verdun its by sa baton if you want to search it the name is fields do verdun
I ain’t reading all of this
@@MilitaryFan-ds5in Désolé, je ne comprend pas.
My great-great-grandfather took part in the First World War, in Serbia, during the liberation of the country under Peter I. He took part in the units of the Armée d'Orient (1916-1918) which, under the command of General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, led to the collapse of the German-Bulgarian front in September 1918, the defeat of Bulgaria, the reconquest of Serbia and Romania, and the invasion of Austria-Hungary.
3:46, 5:59, 7:09 The question that doesn't want to silence to me, what happened to those soldiers who got lost in the middle of nowhere anyway...? Driven mad by the horrors of war and lost in places they simply don't know.
My anccestors fought for Italy and France in ww1 and ww2 🗿
Please tell me you’re Italian ancestors fought for Italy in WW1
Maybe
Verdun was absolute hell as now the second longest battle in history (well I think Bakhmut in Ukraine war is now longer) but so much was lost just to have beaten and embarssed in barley a month by Germany and Italy 25 years later I actually own a photo of a mass grave with crosses and flowers from Verrdun taken 1917
You think verdun was hell? No… Somme….
@@Condon7615 did Somme last 10 months?
420,000 British dead and 200,000 French dead 440,000 Germans dead while in verdun 336,000-355,000 German dead and 379,000-400,000 French dead verdun lasted 9 months while ours lasted quick 5 months
@@Deltasquadformingupthe some had far more casualties
@@loyalpiper Verdun was like 1 city of fighting and fought with smaller armies it's basically fight the somme in 1 city
I’m going to enjoy seeing this selection of ww1 era flags on your home page
I appreciate you liking my thumbnails 🤜🏻🤛🏻
The Saint Chamón part is quite apt as "The last thing that had to happen happened... Getting stranded due to an unevenness in the terrain"
Ok so just here 11:55 I know a story form a French solder Who wanted to do this but his trench got attack by German so he fight and made them retreat by defending he got injured and didn’t see it so he was able to go back home(it’s a real stories even if it sond crazy)
Fun fact , WW1 caused more death amongst the frenchs than
All wars in america (all of their war in total caused 1.3M deaths , French ww1 was 1.4M)
The attacker (germany in this case) usually has a big advantage since he can prepare accordingly and create surprise. And after ww2 America mostly declared war with low technology countries.
3:06 It's so painful to see my comrades dying..
tysm for these videos, theyre so good
You're so welcome!😊
7:16 if you zoom in that gives me the chills
7:01 correction : the chauchat light machine gun or "machine rifle wasn't jamming all the time.
Actualy before the BAR was introduced in US Army the americans wanted a copy of the chauchat adapted for their ammo, but the cartridges was pretty different and not adapted to the chauchat magazine, so it jammed when the weapon was a little dirty to to mud or anything else. The french original was good even if not perfect due to the almost open magazine but the american copy awaiting the BAR was pretty bad due to the caliber differences. The US experience of their copy made people think the original weapon itself was bad and jamming most of time but it's a question of rushed copy by the US.
7:09 5:59 3:52 are horrifying!
The amount of detail in these voyacques is simply breathtaking. Look how happy 10:22 is for finally having a turreted vehicle that does not go nose-down in every trench. Excellent work, Sir!
@@willietorben560 your welcome 🙏🏻
Really glad you included this segment 11:42
(I'm Polish btw)
same 🤝
My great great grandpa Robert V Gorle was a British artillery lieutenant and he fought in France. Then in the 4th battle of the Ypres or idk how you spell it but he had a crew of 6 artillery men and he destroyed the heavily fortified German positions. When the troops were planning on a retreat my great great grandpa charged and destroyed the machine guns. After he did that the Allie’s attacked and took the position. After the war he got sent to the Buckingham palace and got the Victoria cross. And then he passed away from pneumonia or the yellow fever in 1937. But his cousin which I forgot the name of fought in ww2 as an artillery man in Egypt during the North Africa campaign and he wrote a book which I also forgot the name of. And Robert's dad Harry V gorle fought in the 2nd Boer war and he got the medal that was a bit less good than the Victoria cross.
7:55 made me kind of sad, because like many German troops, he probably joined the war for adventure and had no idea of the hellholes he was getting into, the Germans may have a reputation for being on the wrong side of history. But they were people just like us
verdun forests 💀💀👹👹💀💀☠☠
The charge of Uskub, forgotten charge that end up WW1
Ça c'etait des vrais hommes ! Des vrais soldats les héros de la France ! 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵✝️⚜️🫡❤❤
أبطال فرنسا القذرون و الانتهازيون و الطماعون حققو النصر و هم مختبئون خلف الجنود المغاربة و السنغاليين و الإفريقيين هل لديك أدنى فكرة عن الجرائم التي ارتكبها الجنود الفرنسيون في حق الافارقة بالحرب العالمية الأولى و الثانية
dude that picture at 5:00 is so scary, its like watching footage from Iron domes in Tel Aviv but knowning every single one of those will land and you're marching in line straight into it.
5:59 and then you just hear the word “Jaques?” From the distant fog, yeah I’d shit myself right then and there
8:51 yes one of my favourite French music
7:55 pov the :French I am not gonna let you live German : German please let me live. I’ll join your team.
I love the moment when he runs away from the battlefield
9:10 Bf1 moment
Lol
Song name?
7:09 you’re lost in the woods ………… alone………………… can anyone see the white eyes in the background?
The All quiet on the western front reference had me dead💀😭
i like the detail at the end the germans didnt know the war was over due to lack of communication
Many actually didn't get the message in time, which is why some fighting managed to go on past 11, but afterwards both sides agreed to officially record their deaths as before 11am so that the families of these soldiers would feel better
7:09 Nah, fuck that shit.
😈
Do you know what’s the full story of it. I saw a similar one in the Being a German soldier video
Why are they so scary 😨?
@@Jar-Vidsi put the stori in a comment if you want
Imagine being there, alone, with nothing but death
All my great grand father fought in the French Army, Zouave infantry (Arabs troops), Infantry regiment and Chasseurs regiment in Verdun...
Whoa dude, the moment I saw the pic of those Trench Raiders I get the overwhelming feeling of 'do not fuck with this', like looking at a cobra. Those guys look badass
For the alone in the forest I'd be getting my weapons and READY AIM and walk slowly
If you mentioned the Moroccan Volunteer Division, it's a pitty that you didn't mentioned about Zaian War and for example the Battle of El Heri (1914) and the Battle of Gaouz (1918). You also could mentioned about Volta-Bani War or Kaocen Rebelion.
so there's still to do :
-Austria-Hungary
-Ottoman Empire
-Russian Empire
-Italia
-USA
-Japan
Thank you for your high quality videos i love them
😂 I appreciate your love for this video, but let me put it in order for you 👍🏻
-Germany
-Great Britain
-France
-Italia
-Russia
-Ottoman Turkey
-Austro-Hungary
-USA
-Japan
-Poland
-Belgians
Hope you subscribe to what awaits 🤷🏻♂️
What about Serbia?
@@user-ff9nz3wc2e eh, sure why not 🤷🏻♂️
@@fxlcovlxdimirPlease do Portugal too
What about the ANZACs?
4:36 I believe these are Harlem Hellfighters unit that fought alongside the French and were equipped with French gears.
Dudeee your videos are so great, keep it up, bro
Thank you so much! I appreciate it a lot 🙏🏻
Greeting from Verdun
Et bonne année
👋🏻👦🏻
9:34 Does anyone have the name of the song? I’m sure I recognise e lyrics as Polish but I’m probably wrong
My French ancestors lived in Alsace Lorraine before the Franco-Prussian war, luckily they left to South America, I wonder what would happen if they stayed and lived trough both wars and maybe ww2
Thought I'd see at the end a certain french soldier in a certain bunker after saving his friend and giving him to drink some strange looking water
Vive la France!
Imagine being a Cuirsssier in all that glorious gear and you see some British cavalry in drab looking khaki!
The sound at 7:09 really scared me
At the end it’s just the end of all quiet on the western front
Very well made great job
Thanks man! I appreciate it 👍🏻
3:48 :pov the French OH NO HELP WHERE AM I I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING
10:59 The song is like a melody "red army ist strongest"
2:34 what does it references?
Many Foreigns were left with nothing since some were respected and some were treated like crap 😢
My great grandfather served in the Portuguese army (Portugal joined WW1 in 1916) he surrendered to the Germans in most likely 1917 I don’t know his name and we don’t have any pictures of him but there might be one only thing is it’s in Portugal
basically my great grandfather fought against Adolf Hit*er in 1918 because their battalion was face to face.
He lived to be 104 years old after being gassed.
My other great-grandfather was less lucky, he died at Monte Grappa
12:47 pov the French: germans are you serious? The war is over WHAT THE F-
1:01 WTF They still use cuirassiars I thought it was only in the napoleonic wars wow
1:07 ah yes my favourite French song that I use in the napoleonic wars………………………… what is this song called?
Chanson de I’ongion I guess…
12:47 so Kaiser Willem chose the war continues instead of being dethroned bruh💀
reference to all quiet on the western front: 7:54-12:47 (sorry if I'm wrong Vlxdimir)
12:53 are you OK
There is some Eyes in the forest
I ww1, my great great grandfather got his arm ripped off by a train 🗿 (he fought for America)
Wow. 🤯
5:39 your fighting on the heights of verdun ……………………………………… what the hell happened to the Frenchman?
You did all that just the forget the Christmas truce 😭😭
Well 🤷🏻♂️ I mentioned it in my British ww1 video
1:56 Die Stem in english I believe
hi man, today you gained another subscriber, you are great! Keep going!
can you make the video on the Italian soldier in WW1? thank you!
i am italian
@@user-ks1zf2db8yI’m doing Italia rn! 😃 your in luck
@@fxlcovlxdimir Thank You!
4:54 song?
Scapes - Fading Over Time 🎶
0:00 what’s this song, nvm i found it
a lot of people don't realize that France's geography/terrain is actually hard to work with
it's stupidly muddy, it rains all the time, France /does/ have snowy winters, and the wind doesn't help with all the moisture...stuck vehicles, rat infestations, trench foot, and if the mud isn't enough the brutal pour of rain itself wrecked havoc on motorized vehicles at the time
Must’ve been so tiring to walk up and down all the time
Its depend of the region of France, its not the same Weather in the north and in the south
Ok so I know I drink my own urine in Verdun i know I’m alucinate but the voice are getting louder 7:09
Mon grand oncle était a Douaumont , mes arrières grand père aussi mais !!
Pas un mots .. jamais ..
7:54 what is going on here? Confused. Plz help.
Hello again, i recommend you do Russia and Austria Hungary next but what you want to do first?
Doing Italy
Damn I gotta admit that's some good work there
Thank you!🙏🏻
7:09 imagine hearing this while you and your group of friends hiking in the woods
Shit my pants moment”
@@fxlcovlxdimir yeah😂
can some tell me the song for the battle of Aisne
5:40 so thats, my fellow humans, how the the last of us idea was born
Clicker,to be exact
Song name? 9:34
"Le général Pétain à foi en vous soldats, il est comme nous; un simple Français, animé par l'amour de la patrie! Battez-vous pour lui, et pour la France!" - French soldier in BF1
Yasss! 🇫🇷💪🏻
Yes... Petain... that great patriot... he would never sell France to the German, right?
@@johnwotek3816 no, he didnt. The resistance sold the country to the US.
@@johnwotek3816 ….right ?
He is the great Maréchal of France, the man who started giving more rotations so the soldiers don't become completely insane in Verdun.... He would never betray us and surrender, would he ?@@johnwotek3816
More seriously, the consequences of not surrendering would probably have been worse than what he did. The "free" zone was still better for Resistance than the occupied zone so who knows.
The songs are all over the place xd Besides that good job
Guys when you’re watching five minutes in the video do not look at the part of your fighting on the height of Verdun
Because you will have nightmares …..
This is so good
Thank you! 🙏🏻
7:56 I did not remember seeing that when last watching
Lol
On behalf of the memory of all soldiers of France for this video, and for others countries fighting in ww1 in the other posted or incoming ones, thank you.
Among the songs used in the video, i would like to highlight "La Strasbourgeoise" (7:42) song about Franco-german war of 1870 wich saw Germany take Alsace and Lorraine regions.
Why this one? Cause that one genuiely made me shed a tear. Oh sad and true it is.
For anyone curious, the translation is below, but please listen to it in the same time as it convey the emotion held in the voice.
Little Daddy, here is half-Lent
Because you are disguised in soldier. (French tradition holds carnivals at this time)
Little Daddy, is it for fake ?
Or is it to scare little children ?
Or is it to scare little children ?
No, child of mine, I'm going for the Homeland
It's a duty every daddy has to do
Kiss me my little blessed child,
I'll be back at home soon.
I'll be back at home soon.
Tell me Mom, what is this medal ?
And this letter the postman brought ?
Tell me Mom, you're crying and swooning;
Did they kill our little adored Dad ?
Did they kill our little adored Dad ?
Yes my child, they killed your father
Let's mourn together because we're hating them
What a horrible war, making mother cry
And killing little blond angel fathers.
And killing little blond angel fathers.
The snow is falling into the city,
There is sitting a child from Strasbourg,
She stays there despite the cold, the chill wind,
She stays there despite the cold of the day.
She stays there despite the cold of the day.
A man walks by, to the little girl he gives.
She recognises the german uniform,
She refuses the alms she's been given
And tells the ennemy proudly,
And tells the ennemy proudly,
"Keep your gold, I'm keeping my strenght
Prussian soldier, go on your way
Me, I'm just a child from France
And to the ennemy i do not extend my hand.
And to the ennemy i do not extend my hand.
While praying under this Cathedral,
My mother died beneath that collapsed porch
Beaten to death by one of your bullets,
Beaten to death by one of your cannonballs !
Beaten to death by one of your cannonballs !
My dad is dead on your battlefield
And I haven't even seen the shadow of his casket
Beaten to death by one of your bullets,
That is why I'm wearing my mourning dress.
That is why I'm wearing my mourning dress.
You've had Alsace and Lorraine,
You've had millions of foreigners,
You've had Germania and Bohemia,
But you'll never have my little heart,
But my little heart, there, WILL STAY FRENCH !"
Could you do something for the American Civil War lol?
I was thinking of doing that after WW1 🤔
actually the char 2C has never been used in combat the war was over before the 1st model was produced
lol I know that already but decided to put it here just for the Bf1 references
@@fxlcovlxdimir still don't understand why tf France was in a fuckin DLC that's outrageous
@@Eziodaniels I agree. They could’ve put them there in the first place but not a dlc pack
@@fxlcovlxdimirif anything they should’ve made the Americans a DLC.
I like French Tipperary. Especially how it’s hearing “old friends” (the British) in the distance.
Do Imperial Russia too. Focus on the latvians, since they had the worst being in the army as soldiers compared to other non - russian ethnic groups.
I focus on everything lad 🙏🏻
That’s typical behavior for the Russians, forcing oppressed ethnic minorities to do the hard work for the Russians instead of doing the fighting themselves.
*Context:*
-0:00 (3rd August 1914): Upon the entry of the Third French Republic [1870 - 1940] into the First World War on the 3rd August 1914, the mobilization of 2.9 million men began. War had been anticipated so the year before in 1913 the "Three Year Law" was introduced which was an attempt to increase France's military to the size of the German Empire's [1871 - 1918] which meant all fit males over the age of 18 had to do three years of mandatory military service. The French military was clearly not ready for such a modern war, as their uniforms lacked helmets or any sort of camouflage, even wearing bright red shorts. Luckily France, unlike the Russian Empire [1721 - 1917], was modern enough to hastily train and equip their troops.
-0:17 (August 1914): While it was originally thought that France would be able to fight Germany on their heavily fortified border where they had a large advantage, just a day after the war's beginning Germany invaded the Kingdom of Belgium [1830 - Now] and blasted through what defensive lines they had. While the Germans assumed Belgium would fall quite easily and just serve as an entry way to get around the French defences, they were met with fierce resistance at the Battle of Liege and while still badly beaten, they halted the German advance for long enough so that British and French troops could flood into the country. That summer was particularly hot and many soldiers were extremely uncomfortable.
-0:32 (5th - 12th September 19
If I’m not saying shit it was in the Verdun forest the French say they were hiring the scream of the buried alive solder when mortar were shot and those who were going in the forest never be found or became crazy those who survive said they were hering French solder begging to be killed or screaming for help but not only the French were hearing it when germain captured the village around 20 to 25 solder were send in the forest only 1 came back he said that hand came out of the ground and take is camarade and that he wasn’t understanding what they were saying but it was something like you will all suffer like we did…the solder sucide when we tell him he would have to go back in the wood 7 day later
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Why the hell you put Warszawianka in the first min. and on cuirassier partisant athem
Song list?
We French were really chilling at the beginning of the war, no helmet, flashy colors to be seen from miles away, launching bayonet charges against machine guns … fixing baguettes and en avant
Lmao
This video is same as quite on the western front
Noo u forgot to sent the france soldier to the Italian front 😢
8:30 😑
@@fxlcovlxdimir:D
can i get an explaination on the verdun forests? 7.21
Verdun was 300day of battle
fun fact the picture at 4:21 is from a old french movie from after the war.