Attack of the Dead Men 

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Another fun fact - one Russian soldier who was in Osowiec siege coughed out a lung cancer without him realizing that he had it in the first place, and died in 2001. His family must've been damn proud to have such gigachad for great-grandpa.

German Soldier: “That was easy enough.” “Corpse”: “What was easy enough?” German Soldier: “What?” “Corpse”: “What?”

German soldier: I think they're dead Russian soldier: nah, I'm gonna fight a bit more

You asked an actual Polish person to read the text in 7:43. I'm amazed. Panie Misza, wspaniale Panu wyszło.

Russian private: **dies to gas attack** Russian officer: did I give you permission to die Russian private: **self revived** sorry comrade

I've heard of this story through sabaton's song. However, seeing it in action with your animation, with names to identify the heroes, really changes the feel! It comes at a good time, for my right shoulder and neck muscles have been in great pain lately. This story inspires me to never give up!

I'm not sure if anybody noticed it, so I would do. 7:10 - Letter Here is a rough translation "Greetings, Anastasia. I am alive and healthy, God willing, soon I will see faces of yours and of our sweet kids. Send me, if you can, dry bread. With love..."

4:36 " Ghosts, stalk them" is easily one of the creepiest lines ever said, the narration in this is very well done.

Albert: "Look like the gas are working." Ulrich: "Albert, something moving up ahead." Hans: "Why we heard a boss music?"

The animations just get better and better! Awsome show y’all!

For those who are curious about how frightening a gas attack is from the perspective of a WWI soldier in the trenches: Otto Dix was a German soldier who after the war became famous as an artist, with much of his art inspired by his experiences as a soldier. More than once he depicted soldiers during a gas attack, and in his depiction of gas masks, they aesthetically resemble skulls in his art

They took “YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION TO DIE!” to heart

If the animation keeps improving at this rate, we might not be able to tell if Yarnhub's animation is live action or not in a few years.

Seeing the title, I thought this was Yarnhub Mystery video. Surprised it was real! Imagine the powerlessness one must feel seeing the chlorine gas approaching, and horrifying sounds of people dying in despair. The internal conflicts as a German advancing, seeing the human tragedy befalling the enemy, lucky it’s them and not us. Then to be revenged by the seemingly undead. So filled with emotions on the extreme from both side. Mastery of Yarnhub story telling has reached terrific heights, love it!

Спите бойцы, вечная память вам

I love the setting of the ‘Dead Men’ as they shamble and stumble towards the Germans. Reminds me of the first time playing the secret COD Zombies level at the end of ‘World at War’, the way that the zombies shuffle and drag their feet as they move, slowly, towards you. Very well done Yarnhub!

Wow! The courage those men showed while severely poisoned and strength waining. Good job Yarnhub on illustrations and it gets better each new video you drop.

Okay, at first I thought this was a joke video given the date (April 1, 2022 - April Fool's Day). But the topic was just too serious to take lightly, so I did a little further research. Indeed, the Germans did conduct a gas attack near Osowiec. And Russian survivors of the gas attack did repel the Germans with bayonets and artillery. Thanks again, Yarnhub, for another well researched, animated, and narrated tidbit of history! Well done!

There is a certain menace to hearing the story without heavy metal music playing. Well done as always Yarnhub

4:49 "round 1"

“Attack of the dead hundred men! Facing and the lead once again, hundred men, charge again, die again!” I love this story! Also the VA and the new heights of animation is looking good! Prost Yarnhub!

Man i never heard of this story, and when i saw the Russians marching through the fog, i thought it was a bit exaggerated but it wasnt it was so sinister i had goosebumps all over me

A few numbers to help show how incredible this was - The German army brought 7,000 men to bear, whereas Osowiec Fortress was defended by only 900. The barrage and the gas combined killed about 800. So this means that the countercharge comprised only 100 heavily wounded men, who were outnumbered a staggering 70 to 1, and yet they won the battle. When the Germans fled, they were far too disorgsnised to file back through the paths in the wire traps they had cut, so a lot of the died from running into their own barbed wire and being shot by the five remaining Russian big guns that hadn't been knocked out by the German artillery barrage.

And that’s when the dead men came marching again

I could not wait to say: Turmoil at the front Wilhelms forces on the hunt There's a thunder in the east It's an attack of the deceased!!!

Russian Soldier: ~Dies~ Russian Commander: Who said you could die? Get up! Russian Soldier: Yes sir... ~Gets up and grabs rifle~

Holy crap that animation I thought I never see something that good most RU-vidrs stick to basics but you seem to go above and beyond keep it up I mean just the birds animation was awesome

Russian soldier: **dies** Russian Officer: did I tell you to die private? Russian soldier: **uses totem of undying** no sir

Wow I'm surprised that still not a lot of people know about this battle, even though there's an excellent Sabaton song based on it (which people should go check out). I'm also really glad you guys highlighted the heroics of Lieutenant Kalinsky, his part in the story I feel is always overlooked, seeing he rallied the remaining troops to charge

"Osowiec then and again Attack of the dead, hundred men"

Hi Yarnhub, its the first time i see one of your videos with an specific bird animation, i think you are expanding your boundaries even more! you have my respect for achieving this feat! Happy April to all your team :)

Imagine this: You are Hans, a fresh recruit, straight out of Hamburg. You are ready for combat. Your first battle, Osowiec, a Russian fortress. You watch as a cloud of green gas descends upon the fort. You wait in your gas mask, among your friends. You feel sorry for the poor Russians in there. Stop it. A soldier cannot feel sorry. After 10 minutes, all 12 battalions are ordered forward. You walk, sidestepping barbed wire, dead bodies, and craters. Suddenly, your battalion stops. There is a movement in the gas cloud. What could possibly still be living? Silhouettes of humans. You see it too. Your friends whisper in confusion. You, too, are confused. As they get closer, you hear war cries. In Russian. You brace for battle. Did they get reinforcements? Did they have gas masks after all? However, as it gets closer, your blood runs cold. Your mouth drops open, and you sweat. "Heilige Scheiße..." you whisper, in utter horror, as these, are no reinforcements. These, are the fort's Russian defenders, half gassed to death. They wear no masks. Bloodshot eyes, mouths crying curses in Russian, stopped by only chokes of blood. They charge, firing their guns. You wildly look around you screaming at the top of your lungs filling with gas to bank courage in your friends. But you see Lieutenant get stabbed by a bayonet. The Russian screams a guttural war cry, spewing blood from his own neck. You turn, with many others, trying to flee. Forget the Kaiser. Forget the Fatherland. You must survive. Get back to Hamburg. You run, dropping your gun. Dear God, what would your squadron leader say?! Clearly it's "AHHHHH!!!!" as a bayonet takes him from behind. His death rattle banks you with adrenaline to run. You yelp, a scared little lamb, as you run harder for 3 seconds. But your leg snags on a wire. You land on your face in the dirt. Your leg bleeds profusely. You try to get up, but someone stands on your sleeve. You turn around and look at your death. Your heart skips three beats. A Russian. His face is red, blood streaming down his cheeks, wrinkled from the gas. You plead for mercy, but it's no use. He doesn't understand German, as if he was in the mood to spare even indeed. The Russian lifts his bayonet. It's rusty from the gas. stab noise Your blue eyes bulge. The Russian twists the bayonet in your stomach. Your blood spills. A crimson river out of your liver. In your last moments, you think of your family, your old father, your girl. Her sweet face. You will never see her again. The world fades away, and the last thing you see is your Russian opponent rips the bayonet out of your stomach, flexes his weapon, to stab your older brother Heinrich who is desperately fending off two aggressive Russians. The general screams to retreat, the syllables barely out of his throat before 3 bullets take him as the Russians burst forward... An unstoppable force. You hear the screams of your fallen, the begging for mercy, a man stepping over you screaming. "ANCESTORS SAVE ME!" he yelps. He slips on a body and falls in a foxhole. But loudest of all, is the scream of the damned. The 100 damned who rose again to fight... Your fingers tremble around your spilling arteries... The noon sky fades... You belch even more blood as a man steps on you desperate to run away from the slaughter... The mud splashes as men run and blinds you..... Your senses go.... The smell of blood... the taste of mud... the wetness of your bloody entrails... your sight seeing the wide eyes of your friends run... friends who you thought would never ever leave you... You watch the army rout in blurred vision... Death is not peaceful as your hearing goes... their war cries lull you to darkness.

"Osowiec then and again Attack of the dead, hundred men Facing the lead once again Hundred men Charge again Die again" Amazing video, you should do one with sabaton like the B-17 video!!

08:24 Small nitpick. Army stretchers aren't carried this way. Both of the bearers walk in the same direction facing forward. Excellent job. I really enjoy these and recommend them to everybody I know.

New to your channel. Really loving the videos. Wonderful animations!

A few facts: the 9th, 10th, 11th companies of the 226 Zemlyansky regiment ceased to exist, since they where in the lowlands. In the 12th company about 40 people remained in the ranks, another 60 were a little further away, closer to the rear. The Germans were pursued by 13th company of the 226 Zemlyansky regiment under the command of Kotlinsky. Friends, thank you for telling people a history) In the history of Russia, as the history of all countries of the world, there are still a lot of glorious moment:) Big greetings from Russia

It's amazing he survived until 1952, considering he lived in Poland....

You guys are The Infographics Show's underrated older brother. Animations are insanely good, keep up the fantastic work!

The animation is excellent, better than ever. I'd not heard the story before ; tales from the Eastern Front of the Great War don't seem very well known here in Britain, so thank you .

The idea of zombies don't scare many people nowadays because of movies and video games revolving the undead but imagine being the German army. The only story you've heard of involving the undead was Count Dracula and you believe it to be nothing more than just a story to get a quick spook. Then you're stationed to fight in Osowiec the bodies before you are dead, or are they? Then just before you maybe those undead stories weren't just stories, the corpse ahead of you is stumbling to you and many more twisted bloodied mangled bodies are headed your direction. I won't lie, for a lack of a better of way to say it, I'd shit myself.

"Turmoil at the front Wilhelms forces on the hunt There's a thunder in the east It's an attack of the deceased They've been facing poison gas 7, 000 charge en masse Turn the tide of the attack And force the enemy to turn back" Sing it sabaton fans!

3:31 ah yes the bane of Floating Barbed wire

100 chads vs 7000 germans

it's a spooky. terrifying and valiant story, "The Attack of the Dead Men" also love how No men's land has more details now and get a father sense of distance with the shots too the gas wounds are great too(just detail enough to not be too disturbing as described)

I was a History minor in college, but never learned of this battle. I have now. THANK-YOU YARNHUB!

these are stories that are not taught or forgotten..Thank you for bringing them out for all of us to learn about..Ret.USN Chief Petty Officer Deleon Steven L.

Much work is put into this videos and it shows! Please keep up the great videos😁

Still hoping there might be a coming video of Wojtek, the Polish war bear and unit mascot from WWII that while under heavy Italian fire during the battle for Italy, carried the ammo boxes for his artillery unit and ultimately quite literally turned the tide of the battle. It’s why to this day, their shoulder patch shows him standing on his hind legs carrying an artillery shell. They found him as an abandoned cub and raised him literally as “one of the guys” and would wrestle with him, even. Incredibly, footage of it all still exists. But I would love to see the story truly get the spotlight it deserves, as it’s so largely forgotten.

I have a friend that has a great great grandfather that was part of the charge. I can’t imagine how painful that was.

"Ivan, you weren't supposed to die." "Sorry sir." "Well come back as a zombie, you idiot!"

Sabaton has a song about this battle, aptly named the same as the title. Great song, and as usual, great work from Yarnhub!

"and thats when the dead men start marching again"

This one honestly feels like the best one so far in terms of atmosphere. They captured the horrific scene pretty dang good with the fog and stumbling Russians, imo

The 1st Minnesota volunteer regiment could use a video. They took a higher % of casualties in 5 minutes than the light brigade, the 54th mass, and picketts charge

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

World of Tanks Russia did an incredible live action story of this event. I'd highly recommend it. It's heart-breaking and will bring tears to your eyes. It's in Russian, but there's English subtitles. It's one of the best made war videos I've even seen.

I got introduced to this channel through the Red Baron video, amazing to see how much it has improved again. The mic quality and the overall animation quality never ceases to impress me. Keep it up yarnhub.

Yarnhub, I am not kidding when I say your animations are amazing ... so pls, create a game with these graphics like a ww2 game or something. These graphics are gonna be top notch

I like the way you and Sabaton make the videos from your end and there’s and I do enjoy learning about history

I’m glad you guys did this story as it is one of my most favorite stories from the Great War and this has to be the best video on this event that I have ever seen

I'll admit I thought this was a April fools and had a hard time trying to believe it. The only reason for that is the amount of courage, sheer will to live and destroy the enemy those soldiers had after having thier skin and lungs burn inside out...its unlike anything I've ever seen in the history books. Just true men of Steel, absolute heros. Thanks yarnhub!

This is a great video explaining the battle🙏 Bless all their souls.

really good video man just started watching today

I saw my first video from you guys right after covid started, and I'm thrilled with the progress you guys have made. Keep it up!

I've wanted to see a full explanation video of this story and my wish came true. Thank You Yarnhub!

Russian Officer: Ivan, get up! Dying is for cowards! Russian Soldier: Hey comrades, wake up! Dying is for cowards!

5:12 That sound as he snaps his head upward, then that zombie-like run .... imagine if this battle was remade into a game, or heaven forbid, VR, with you as a German Soldier; the fear that such a scene would cause ....

I love this particular story in WW1. Would definitely make a nice horror story only it wasn't made up. Yarnhub never disappoints. That being said, now let me say: "And that's when the dead men are marching again"

Your animations are getting absolutely incredible! Especially for the a 9 min long video

Thank you to cover this war story. It's my favorite war story of WW1.

I've been waiting for this thank you yarnhub, also give my regards to the cat:)

I also love how the russians speak in this video. An old fashioned way, as it should be in imperial russia

always soothes my heart hearing "died peacefully of old age"

I love hear Russians voices of persons,also Polish narrator bring tears at eyes. Great work,team!

2:35 Imagine your situation being so bad that your only hope of survival is desperately holding urine to your face

Great animations, high-effort videos, interesting stories.

Epic one, Yarnhub, as always! Love your videos.

I like how you used the eyewitness account in his language with the translation, really grounds the story as actual history instead of just a scary-tale.

Моя любимая часть истории страны в которой я живу. Так приятно когда за её пределами тоже рассказывают такие интересные вещи!♥️

these stories are incredibly well told!!! amazing!👍🐿

You make another greatest video yarnhub and i really love how you made the blood on the eyes, it just perfect and awesome at the same time. And yes i always do enjoyed watching your video.

Totally the zombie apocalypse of WW1! Amazing how these animations are made so fast, you’re awesome Yarnhub 👏

Which software do you use for animation? Man graphics just awesome!! ❤️🔥

i was surprised to hear my native language in your animations! awesome work

You have improved so much since I started watching you in 2020, thanks for making these

*AND THAT'S WHEN THE DEAD MEN ARE MARCHING AGAIN!*

I want to say good work on this topic and keep your work. May i know secret or software to make such video or animation?

"War is hell" The most relatable thing I've ever heard

I had heard of the attack of the dead men, but never the details of the event. This was very entertaining and informative!

God you gotta think about it from the perspective of the germans though. Something like this: Its been months, this one russian fort is practically singlehandedly slowing your advance, you just watched your old boss get sacked for not taking the fort and the new one orders a new weapon to be used: Gas. you watch as this strange green fog creeps towards the russian trenches. Then the screaming starts, grown men screaming in fear as they know their dead already, then even more unnervingly, the screaming dies. The silence is the most unnatural thing you've ever seen after the constant background orchestra of guns and bombs. Your Sergeant orders you to go over the top, and after beating a few to get the rest moving, your over and in *NO-MANS-LAND* you should be dead already, cut down by russian machine guns and rifles. But all you can hear is the deep silence. So you and your buddies go over this pockmarked land of shell holes and swampy mud. You get right up to the first lines of wire, and still nothing. You watch Otto cut the barbed wire without the danger and it scares you, because thats how it should be, thats how all this should have gone: with you mercifully dying three steps from your own trench as the enemy fought tooth and nail like they've always done for the past couple of weeks or so. You arrive at the first trench, and hell awaits you. Corpses everywhere, all of them in poses of agony and fear, these men knew they where dying and died slowly and in pain: the soldiers worst nightmare. This isnt how war should be, this isnt how a battle should go, its even farther than the cruel reality you consoled yourself with the moment you got into your first battle, its worse. Then you see him, a single survivor. clad in the muddy and now bloodsoaked uniform of the enemy. This, creature, lays there coughing and writhing in pain. As you get closer you see it roll its head over to the side, pull its bloodied cloth down from its face, and spit blood onto the mud next to it. **You see fleshy chunks in the blood.** You can't look away as Claus bayonets' the thing in the chest. As it dies you see gratitude in its bloodshot eyes, it wants to die. You move onto the 2nd line of trenches and its more of the horrible, bloody same. More Death, more corpses, no one survived in this one. Either they died clutching these piss soaked rags to their mouths, or they died in corners and half out of the trench trying to escape the death. You hear Corporal Holger comment that we were going to just walk into the fort and take it. No one replies. The air carries a faint trace of the choking death you unleashed upon these poor souls, and even that sets fire to your throat and makes you cough harder than you have ever coughed before. To think that these men had worse just a few minutes ago. As you come up to the reserve trench you hear it, the call for a halt and to ready for enemy contact. Bringing up your rifle you peer into the haze, and what you see sends ice sliding down your spine. Its the vague shape of a person, getting up from the mud and stumbling towards you. That is not possible, it cant be, they're all dead! And yet here this impossible thing stands, and now stumbles towards you. You hear gasps of shock from around you and you also see that the shambling figure is no longer alone. Around it all along the trenches other rise up seemingly from the grave and begin that unsteady shuffle towards you and your friends. What emerges out of the green tinged fog is the stuff of nightmares. These are dead men. They have to be! the fronts of their uniforms are caked in their own blood, their eyes no longer have white in them, only red. Some have skin bubbling like a pot of water. Others are actively spitting up palm sized chunks of flesh! A ragged moaning roar soars from the trenches and then you know, you know. Hans says it best, "God save us, the dead have risen!" Next thing you know, your hands are empty, your half way over the no-mans land, and your the only one whos gotten this far. Behind you, you can hear them, the dead men. The burbling ragged shouts from their blood soaked lips sings in wrenched harmony with your friend's terrified screaming. Once the noise dies down, your commander finds you in the deepest parts of the dugouts used to shelter against artillery. Your in a little cubby hole you've dug with your own hands, and now with bloody tips you clutch your crucifix, muttering and babbling the lords prayer over and over. Your sent home for 'battle fatigue' along with whatever is left of your unit.

Thank you for your history lessons.

Guts and Black-powder fans after seeing this:

Oh man, I have been absolutely waiting for this story from you guys. Awesome work as always.

I have loved this battle since I heard about it, I'm so grateful that you made this video about it.

This is so well made. It looks like something out of a zombie movie!

i just love the cinematography of these videos.

Soldier: hey what happened to you comrade? Am dead why? Soldier: what?! Nobody told you to die GET UP IMMEDIATLY

I like the detail that humanizes the German soldier in the narration reminding us that not all soldiers in war want them.

Really love the scenery, background music, animations .. AND CROWS!!