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A Prussian Quartermaster General and a Bavarian Crown Prince. The tactician in the east and the strategist in the west. Two deeply different characters and approaches to warfare. Erich Ludendorff and Rupprecht of Bavaria.
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@RahellOmer
@RahellOmer 5 лет назад
Ludendorff really was all about military. He would visit the Belgian fortresses during his "vacation" to study them in more detail. He was pretty dedicated/obsessed.
@egeerdem8272
@egeerdem8272 5 лет назад
thats the thing that separtes military geniuses and ordinary officers
@mr.ramfan8100
@mr.ramfan8100 4 года назад
The glorious defeat of the wermacht was, basically, his doing...
@felipesubiabre314
@felipesubiabre314 4 года назад
@@mr.ramfan8100 id say it was the Kaiserliche Marine who lost the war, they never tried to break the blockade (well they did, once, in four years of war)
@Neater_profile
@Neater_profile 2 года назад
That's what It takes to be at the top.
@Aurelian369_
@Aurelian369_ Год назад
hey now, we can’t judge when we’re the nerds who watch ww1 content for fun
@HoH
@HoH 5 лет назад
So Crown Prince Rupprecht was somewhat comparable to the French Pétain, ensuring that his troops at least had the basic levels of comfort instead of Ludendorff, who did not care for the soldiers' lives of well-being, as long as the war was fought. Incredible how there can be so much division among the command within one army.
@zeppelinboys
@zeppelinboys 2 года назад
not really. the Army attracts all kinds of people. from megalomaniacs, control freaks, over cautious/or ambitious, people with opposite ideas on how limited resources should be spent, even division on what the goals of the war should be
@derrickstorm6976
@derrickstorm6976 2 месяца назад
​@@zeppelinboys your comment was so generalising it's entirely useless 😂
@sloths-df3gf
@sloths-df3gf Месяц назад
I seem to recall that the British preferred the Bavarians to the Prussians, and that the Bavarians didn't much like the Prussians either!
@andrewdurand339
@andrewdurand339 5 лет назад
Fun fact. Ludendorff was born April 9, 1865. The very same day Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
@scottklocke891
@scottklocke891 5 лет назад
LMMFAO
@thoughtfulpug1333
@thoughtfulpug1333 5 лет назад
I thought that was a lie for a second. No, that is actual facts. Wow.
@mr.ramfan8100
@mr.ramfan8100 4 года назад
I'll be damned! Thank you for that...
@wyattbottorff2473
@wyattbottorff2473 4 года назад
@@mr.ramfan8100 I'll second that
@sirkowski
@sirkowski 5 лет назад
"Ludendorff had no friends." I'm not surprised.
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 лет назад
I like Rupprecht more, just he's more human than Ludendorff.
@MrShaneVicious
@MrShaneVicious 5 лет назад
Yeah that's odd , a Crown Prince caring more for the common soldiers than the commoner General.
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 лет назад
@@MrShaneVicious, Yeah, some people just have more solidarity than others.
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
I really like the name Rupprecht!
@11Kralle
@11Kralle 5 лет назад
Rupprecht had the means to appear more humain, Ludendorff had the skills and the urge to be usefull on all military matters. These two individuals represented the true difference in Germany: the diligent north opposing the self-endulging south. (no need to guess, where my ancestors belonged to)
@leeboy26
@leeboy26 5 лет назад
Ludendorff sounds like the type of dour militarist that plagued Germany for the entire 20th century.
@schimertp
@schimertp 5 лет назад
Hey thats so cool. Crown Prince Rupprecht was my Great-Grandfather and a great man. Mein Grossmama Editha Princess von Bayern would tell me about him. She loved him very much. I live in Canada now with my family so my German isn't great but we still managed to get some of the paintings of him and family heirlooms. Its so cool that you are talking about him!
@LukeBunyip
@LukeBunyip 5 лет назад
And equally, it was cool that those of us that don't know that much about him, got to hear about him.
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
Have you ever visited Germany and Bavaria?
@vortex8742
@vortex8742 5 лет назад
That’s so cool
@schimertp
@schimertp 5 лет назад
yeah I have many times to visit my relatives. Many of them still have estates. My Uncle Franz is Duke of Bavaria although he has no actual power.
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
@@schimertp Wow, that's some awesome family history! Thanks for the reply. 👍
@CAP198462
@CAP198462 5 лет назад
Knocking on the door with ....a pommel! What luck the fort didn’t collapse after being ended so rightly.
@JDahl-sj5lk
@JDahl-sj5lk 5 лет назад
CAP198462 Wrong channel.. or maybe not, I guess everyone’s heard that meme.
@johnc4122
@johnc4122 5 лет назад
Ludendorff was one of those people who do bad things not out of malice, but out of willingness to do whatever is they think is necessary.
@Edax_Royeaux
@Edax_Royeaux 5 лет назад
In principle, there's barely any difference. Cruelty out of malice or cruelty out of pragmatism is still just cruelty.
@siestatime4638
@siestatime4638 5 лет назад
He is still doing bad things, regardless of his rationalization.
@decem_sagittae
@decem_sagittae 5 лет назад
A realist? True. There is no place for emotions in politics, diplomacy and warfare. You have to be pragmatic, methodical, cold and calculated. Rupprecht was a soyboy betacuck.
@brwnipoints
@brwnipoints 5 лет назад
If you dig deep enough to the mind of any human who has performed acts of cruelty, you will find that rationale to be true in all of them. No one ever believes themselves to be evil
@adriansz343
@adriansz343 5 лет назад
Megas Archon Alexandros Vlahos Idk dude, it was exactly that kind of behavior that caused the German people to revolt. Not sure where you get that idea about Rupprecht from, but from what Indy said his successful command of his men definitely earned him his rank. Cheers mate
@indianajones4321
@indianajones4321 5 лет назад
Just rewatching the entire series again because why not
@the12th68
@the12th68 5 лет назад
Indiana Jones indeed
@ricklolkema3340
@ricklolkema3340 5 лет назад
Well, it's a great show but how long will that take?
@the12th68
@the12th68 5 лет назад
Long
@indianajones4321
@indianajones4321 5 лет назад
Rick Lolkema so far I’m in Spring of 1915, I’m binge watching The Great War
@the12th68
@the12th68 5 лет назад
And How long has that taken?
@thetanwon
@thetanwon 5 лет назад
Is a video about Kaiser Karl I of Austria Hungary planned? I would really appreciate it since so little is ever mentioned about him.
@gomolynaiojnikong204
@gomolynaiojnikong204 5 лет назад
would be great
@ericcarlson3746
@ericcarlson3746 5 лет назад
Sadly so little time remains. As I write: the war is over in 4 days
@adaw2d3222
@adaw2d3222 5 лет назад
I came to the same conclusions as Rupprecht about Ludendorff's military capability when the spring offensive started. I have studied a lot of wars but have left WW1 to be studied later in detail as it's so complex.
@alexg4751
@alexg4751 5 лет назад
Rupprecht seems to have been the only royal commander of this war that actually deserved his rank. Every other royal who held a command in the war was criminally incompetent. Much respect to him, despite his own political leanings
@soulscanner66
@soulscanner66 5 лет назад
Problem was that he was proven wrong about Russia being too large and powerful to conquer. The problem was the civilian leadership at the top. The Kaiser wasn't strong enough to make the two work together.
@ericcarlson3746
@ericcarlson3746 5 лет назад
weren't the only other 2 the Crown prince and Albert of Wurttemberg? I suppose others held lesser ranks
@MrShaneVicious
@MrShaneVicious 3 года назад
Crown Prince Wilhelm was a decent commander.
@DanielEscovedo
@DanielEscovedo 3 года назад
@@MrShaneVicious Also Leopold von Bayern was a great commander.
@zeppelinboys
@zeppelinboys 2 года назад
a constitutional monarchy in Bavaria with Rupprecht at the head still had great support into the 50s, and told king George that Rupprecht considered Hitler insane lol
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 лет назад
My favourite general is Indy Neidell.
@warriorcrab1319
@warriorcrab1319 5 лет назад
I'm positive I didn't read that the way it was intended - there's a typo there, right?
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623
@kingsofserbiangameplay1623 5 лет назад
@@warriorcrab1319, YEP, lol
@theprinceofmilk2510
@theprinceofmilk2510 5 лет назад
And 100 years later most bavarians still like austria more.
@GerackSerack
@GerackSerack 5 лет назад
And so does the rest of Europe...
@karlkarlos3545
@karlkarlos3545 5 лет назад
Oh, please, please, please join Austria. And take Saxony with you. Nothing would make the rest of Germany more happy.
@commanderboreal1343
@commanderboreal1343 5 лет назад
CSU 35%
@cv4809
@cv4809 5 лет назад
@@karlkarlos3545 Bavaria is the most German part of Germany
@joehoe222
@joehoe222 5 лет назад
@@GerackSerack well, Austrian cellars...
@dams6829
@dams6829 5 лет назад
3:34 damn Luddendorf reminds me of Flo. I now kinda want to see Flo cosplay as Luddendorf with moustache.
@ringo1692
@ringo1692 5 лет назад
😂😂😂
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
Ludendorff went with the flow and reincarnated as Flo!
@ericcarlson3746
@ericcarlson3746 5 лет назад
Markus Linke sans beard as Kaiser Karl I
@TheNorthie
@TheNorthie 5 лет назад
There is a journal entry somewhere about Ludendorff’s sons dead body. If I remember correctly he kept one of the son’s body with him in his office or close by. It was said that it comforted him and he wrote to his wife about it as well. Though I can’t find the journal entry from him, it does paint a picture how much 4 years of war can have on a man who’s been fighting it since day one.
@MaxwellAerialPhotography
@MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 лет назад
Dear Indy and team, I've been watching the show for going on 3 years now, and I've been enthralled since then by you're masterful , insightful, and sobering recounting of this war that claimed the lives of so many millions of young men my age. I want to congratulate you all from the bottom of my heart for the nearly 5 years of hard work and dedication you have put in to such a momentous project. My question for out of the trenches is, would you guys ever consider publishing a book on The Great War? It could essentially be an edited collection of your weekly scripts in book form. I think that it would be an incredibly comprehensive yet equally accessible title, that would cover both the most important and well known events of the conflict, as well as the obscure and oft ignore theaters and details that were none that less intriguing and important. Again, thank you for many years of knowledge and entertainment. With Regards. -Max
@typxxilps
@typxxilps 5 лет назад
Great effort from Indy to take care for even the right pronounciation and emphesis of words like "OBERSTE" Heeresleitung which might take quite a lot time to get it done the right way and the excercises for that. It makes the descriptions a lot more vivid or catches a german far more when suddenly the pronounciation switches to native german. He did it for such a long time but this time I recogniced it why it catches me so often when he describes interactions. Well done !
@shrillbert
@shrillbert 5 лет назад
Beyond the scope of this channel....but not beyond the scope of Between 2 Wars. ;)
@Jorlaan42
@Jorlaan42 3 года назад
Ludendorff has to be the most powerful Quartermaster General in history.
@sanddraggon_6132
@sanddraggon_6132 5 лет назад
Finally one video about Ludendorf
@phaudraig
@phaudraig 5 лет назад
Nice to see my cousin Rupprecht was less useless than the rest of our family. This more than makes up for your omission of the brief reign of King Mindaugas II of Lithuania, my great-great-grandfather.
@phaudraig
@phaudraig 5 лет назад
@@sithersproductions I am also descended from a pope and an anti-pope - but since all the royals are so inbred all across Europe, once you're related to one of them you're related to the lot.
@rabihrac
@rabihrac 5 лет назад
So exciting to enter into the minds of great leaders to discover both their glory & their misery... and that a British general & Ludendorff actually met to talk about what people call "war" & they call "work". Cheers Markus for your significant & exciting research !
@MoKXGu1
@MoKXGu1 5 лет назад
For the first time I have some grudging respect for the Crown Prince . I would like to hear more about his career .
@a.steinkeller7048
@a.steinkeller7048 2 месяца назад
My 2nd great-grandfather fought in the 3rd Bavarian division in the 6th army with Crown prince Rupprecht. I still have his medals, including a first class Iron Cross. He fought in the battle of the Frontiers, in the Somme, Verdun, Ypres, and the German attempts of 1918. He was wounded but went back to the frontline. Then, after the war he left to Brazil to restart his life with his wife and kids.
@datcanadiandude8464
@datcanadiandude8464 5 лет назад
Actually, if you dont know Indy, Rupprecht's Chief of Staff was Hermann Von Kuhl
@brickproduction1815
@brickproduction1815 5 лет назад
Wait he really said that? "Get the tactics right, and you win battles. Get the operational art right, and you win campaigns"
@jaimeTF
@jaimeTF 4 года назад
Is this the guy that saves Christmas?
@malikcagatay7923
@malikcagatay7923 4 года назад
I came from the timeghost's video and I was looking for that comment😁😁
@astrobot4017
@astrobot4017 5 лет назад
Is it still possible to catch up until November 11th if I start in 1914 now?
@indianajones4321
@indianajones4321 5 лет назад
Player 1 yes I’m doing it. Already on week fifty after six days
@ICULooking
@ICULooking 5 лет назад
only 1 way to find out
@astrobot4017
@astrobot4017 5 лет назад
@@ICULooking Just have to quit my job, then I have plenty of time ;-)
@thebenis3157
@thebenis3157 5 лет назад
Player 1 I mean, you don't necessarily have to finish it before the 11th
@johnsproule1645
@johnsproule1645 5 лет назад
Watch at 1.25 speed (or higher if you can still enjoy it) and you'll cut your screen time by 20%. Indy looks a little over-caffeinated, but he still sounds great.
@MichaelCollins1922
@MichaelCollins1922 5 лет назад
Nice. Just saw a lecture about the Spring Offensives and Ludendorff's lack of operational strategy.
@knutdergroe9757
@knutdergroe9757 5 лет назад
I have always loved military history.... Then served 8 years active duty in the United States MARINE Corps. One thing has not changed, Being(or getting to be) a General. Is more about politics then any real skill. The sadness is that, the real warriors die for this follie.
@johngalvano5895
@johngalvano5895 5 лет назад
yeah but war usually weeds out the bad generals and the cream rises to the top. look at the french rev/napoleonic wars, civil war, wwi, etc
@sahaynam6470
@sahaynam6470 3 года назад
At the low low price of hundreds of thousands of lives.
@robinmasur8515
@robinmasur8515 5 лет назад
WHERE ARE THE SUBTITLES?? ARGHHHH..I NEED THEM (I am Deaf...)! Please, I am a loyal Patreon diehard supporter of the TGW :-/ .
@saintleger858
@saintleger858 3 года назад
Super vidéo sur le caractère très obtus de Ludendorff ..! Merci , thanks !
@jeffersonott4357
@jeffersonott4357 Год назад
When Indy says “beyond the scope of this channel”. I take a shot. I am now a hardcore alcoholic.
@redblaze8700
@redblaze8700 5 лет назад
Next on WHO DID WHAT IN WW1: Captain Edmund Blackadder, aka The Flanders Pigeon Murderer
@michaelschneider7853
@michaelschneider7853 5 лет назад
I recommend Sebastian Haffner " The German Revolution 1918/1919 (9th edition upwards) for Ludendorff‘s more than accidental involvement in the "Back Stab legend" and the following consequences.
@yukikaze3436
@yukikaze3436 5 лет назад
There is a new bio of Rupprecht that has come out earlier this year titled " Haig's Enemy" Note Rupprecht commanded the German 6th Army not the 3rd which faced the French for the entire war.
@thehungrywolf3323
@thehungrywolf3323 5 лет назад
Hoping for a special on Enver Pasha and the Ottoman Sultan soon. Keep up the great work!
@ahmadniam3568
@ahmadniam3568 5 лет назад
This is Great War, not Pacific War Ashigara san
@SirSaladhead
@SirSaladhead 5 лет назад
I see you upheld your promise to talk about the nonsense that was the Dolchstoss legend I inquired about...1 1/2 years ago? This war has been going on for too long, but the end is nigh. Thanks for all you guys work.
@pekkamakela2566
@pekkamakela2566 5 лет назад
There is still time to do an episode about mannerheim on this channel. If you wait to do it on world war two, his exploits in the great war might be impossible to fit in.
@shrillbert
@shrillbert 5 лет назад
I'm surprised that they didn't do Alvin York yet, myself.
@ringo1692
@ringo1692 5 лет назад
@@shrillbert well, they just started bringing the Americans in, there's still time
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
shrilbert They did actually talk about Alvin York just recently in the episode about the Lost Battalion.
@shrillbert
@shrillbert 5 лет назад
Yes, but I meant as a Who Did What special.
@victorbruant389
@victorbruant389 5 лет назад
What day is it? The date! What yeeeear?!
@MichaelCollins1922
@MichaelCollins1922 5 лет назад
"Sonofabitch took my pants!"
@rarevhsuploads4995
@rarevhsuploads4995 5 лет назад
"Your clothes, give them to me. NOW!"
@indianajones4321
@indianajones4321 5 лет назад
“Come with me if you want to live”
@ernstjunger1169
@ernstjunger1169 5 лет назад
Hi Indy and the crew! I was told stories of my great grandfather in ww1. He was an officer in the gurkha regiment in the british army. So Indy I was wondering where were gurkha soldiers sationed and what roles did they play?
@MrShaneVicious
@MrShaneVicious 5 лет назад
Yes Rupprecht finally ! Can we get an episode for CP Wilhelm ?
@BountyFlamor
@BountyFlamor 5 лет назад
I always wondered why Erich Ludendorff does not have a noble "von" in his name despite being a noble. Has anyone an idea?
@merdiolu
@merdiolu 5 лет назад
He was not a Prussian aristocrat , his family had middle class origins and had no estate and not from Junkers class. During his career he was more interested in climbing military hierrarchy ladder by merit
@ericremotesteam
@ericremotesteam 5 лет назад
Is it too late to ask if there could be a shout out to the Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec? (Otherwise known as an experimental Austro-Hungarian tethered helicopter/observation platform thingy)
@MatthewDoel32
@MatthewDoel32 5 лет назад
I honestly feel like this would’ve been better as two episodes.
@Kumimono
@Kumimono 5 лет назад
"Get logistics right, and you win wars." -Me I'm still bothered by the portrayal of Ludendorff in the recent Wonder Woman movie. Somehow, "enemy soldier" just wasn't enough, they had to make him a (literal) cackling maniac. And sprinkle a nice dose of nazification on to him, to boot.
@impalabeeper
@impalabeeper 5 лет назад
And the Ludendorff in Wonder Woman looks a lot more like his subordinate Max Hoffmann.
@larryclyons
@larryclyons 5 лет назад
Well he was a strong supporter of Hitler, and given some of the accounts of the German general staff towards the end, Ludendorff was pretty much out of touch with reality.
@Kumimono
@Kumimono 5 лет назад
Certainly, but the depiction was way too much.
@larryclyons
@larryclyons 5 лет назад
Eventually I'll have to see it, but franks I have yet to see an American film about WW1 that doesn't depict the Americans as super soldiers who won the First World War all by themselves.
@minivanclan1949
@minivanclan1949 5 лет назад
That shell at 1:32 was absolutely brutal
@raptin1595
@raptin1595 5 лет назад
Ludendorff and Hindenburg had the best bromance ever. Damn shame their friendship soured. RIP
@frederickthegreatpodcast382
@frederickthegreatpodcast382 5 лет назад
I think the whole “tactically brilliant, operationally poor, and strategically bankrupt” idea of the German army was due to the thinking of the eastern thinkers of the High Command. Ludendorff was definitely out of touch with the reality on the ground and seemed to not care about the bloodshed from the costly offensives. It seemed that Foch was an overall better strategic thinker than Ludendorff. Although you have to keep in mind the total deficit of resources that the Germans had to deal with after 1916, even after the Brest-Litovsk treaty. By 1918, the only way, I think, Germany could have won the war was a negotiated peace without having the grand ambitions of the high command.
@varana
@varana 5 лет назад
Although when he gained power in the OHL, it was to replace Falkenhayn after the disastrous bloodshed at Verdun. He didn't care in other ways than Falkenhayn.
@WildBillCox13
@WildBillCox13 5 лет назад
"So be it." Once everyone was agreed to the more brutal schema, they became the-wait for it- "So Be It Union". I'll let myself out . . . through Siberia.
@brokenbridge6316
@brokenbridge6316 4 года назад
I think I can see myself liking the Crown Prince. I wonder what if Crown Prince Rupprecht had Ludendorff's job and Ludendorff had Rupprect's job. Would they're opinions be the same or different. I think it would be a really interesting to see something on that. great job.
@drbrontosaurus
@drbrontosaurus 5 лет назад
Perhaps we could hear about the Beer Hall Putsch on another channel very similar to this one, but focused on World War 2... hmmm
@Alex-lt9hl
@Alex-lt9hl 5 лет назад
You guys should review Peter Jackson's 'They Shall Not Grow Old' that came out the 16th
@yochaiwyss3843
@yochaiwyss3843 5 лет назад
Kronprinz Rupperecht was a truly admirable Royal. A man of morals and competence in a burning world
@napoleonibonaparte7198
@napoleonibonaparte7198 5 лет назад
I want to see the monarchs restored one day...
@matsal3211
@matsal3211 5 лет назад
Can u guys do a Scotland special PLEASE
@decem_sagittae
@decem_sagittae 5 лет назад
Where was Scotland when WW1?
@CJ-fz9fq
@CJ-fz9fq 5 лет назад
@Megas Scotland is part of Britain.
@j.c.k.6883
@j.c.k.6883 5 лет назад
can you buy Ludendorf's book?
@varana
@varana 5 лет назад
In German, yes. Not sure about English.
@omexico1
@omexico1 5 лет назад
Im wondering if you could do a special for oott on famous generals who lost sons to the war ?? like you mentioned of Lundendorf
@British_Spectre
@British_Spectre 5 лет назад
Will you be doing a Who did What about Bernard Montgomery?
@e.ludendorff6072
@e.ludendorff6072 4 года назад
those were the days!
@Rockbagaren
@Rockbagaren 5 лет назад
Hi flo!
@LuizAlexPhoenix
@LuizAlexPhoenix 5 лет назад
Tactics without strategy is just noise before defeat.
@luxembourgishempire2826
@luxembourgishempire2826 5 лет назад
Cool
@khalilgomes4408
@khalilgomes4408 5 лет назад
Big fan
@OrdinaryHumanYT
@OrdinaryHumanYT Год назад
Imagine your a Dutch guard and out of nowhere the crown prince stands before you with his luggage, asking if he could apply for asylum in The Netherlands.
@Daniel-kq4bx
@Daniel-kq4bx 5 лет назад
Can you do a video about the Revolution 1918 in Karlsruhe in the Home state of Max von Baden
@biogamer5629
@biogamer5629 5 лет назад
Every time I watch this show it reminds me of the great Martin war a documentary about aliens it would be cool if you guys would like to do a Halloween special about it.
@sahaynam6470
@sahaynam6470 3 года назад
Max Hoffman is the man.
@helenedebettignies4420
@helenedebettignies4420 5 лет назад
Great episode as usual! Can we have a femal bio next time? It's been a while... Prehaps Louise de Bettignies a french spy/information network manager ? ☺
@AlexBakka
@AlexBakka 5 лет назад
Could you tell something about the book in the background, Ludendorff reine .. something something.
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
It's called "Meine Kriegserrinnerungen, 1914-1918".
@varana
@varana 5 лет назад
It's the book Indy's talking about for a bit, written immediately after his resignation - the title translates to "My War Memories".
@onesmoothstone5680
@onesmoothstone5680 5 лет назад
Can someone from the Great War please point me to the show where they talked about Prince Rupprecht and the reindeer please thank you
@cainikmaster446
@cainikmaster446 5 лет назад
5:29 Intensive crippled hand hiding
@ricopeacedarer
@ricopeacedarer 5 лет назад
I don't know if someone suggested, for A Who And What in ... Alfred Dreyfus from the Dreyfus Affair?! I know me serviced in WWI.
@michaelrider
@michaelrider 5 лет назад
I thought you said that Mackensen was the best general.
@beakiethegoon4439
@beakiethegoon4439 5 лет назад
There's a question I've always wanted awnsered. Are the stories about the "Wild Deserters" A group of feral deserters of both sides that prowled no mans land true?
@stephanmoore9234
@stephanmoore9234 5 лет назад
I have family from east Prussia, sad to say it no longer exists! By the way indy is your last name German?
@jevinliu4658
@jevinliu4658 5 лет назад
Does the special for Paul von Hindenburg exist? I don't see anything
@torjebmx
@torjebmx 5 лет назад
Last time i came this early the 6th army was still fighting at stalingrad
@ekmalsukarno2302
@ekmalsukarno2302 5 лет назад
Indy, please make a video on French West Africa and another video on French Indochina. Please do so before your channel ends. Please respond to my comment.
@umjackd
@umjackd 5 лет назад
Are Ludendorff's memoirs worth a read? A lot of generals wrote rather self-serving memoirs.
@varana
@varana 5 лет назад
His are no exception. Always to be taken with a healthy truck load of salt, esp. the parts about 1918 and his fall from power.
@MultiAlpha11
@MultiAlpha11 5 лет назад
Jeez Indie you want some coffee? Still great content but man do you look exhausted
@teddyn240
@teddyn240 5 лет назад
Do Sgt Alvin York
@quantitativeease
@quantitativeease 5 лет назад
2:28 What is the deal with the Pickelhauben with the square tops? Anyone know?
@martinsantavy8971
@martinsantavy8971 5 лет назад
They are typical for uhlans (lancers), a type of cavalry units that were original formed in poland, but were used by almost every army in ww1
@rat_thrower5604
@rat_thrower5604 5 лет назад
What's the exact difference between tactical, operational and strategical?
@barrygray3615
@barrygray3615 5 лет назад
le Beast Tactics are used to win battles in furtherance of the goals of an offensive (or defensive) operation in order to win a campaign. Operations are used in furtherance of the goals of a strategy to win a war. Strategy should come first, otherwise operational and tactical efforts are wasted.
@jasonsmith5647
@jasonsmith5647 5 лет назад
Kind of how one death lead to millions. Lots of empires died wit their legacy but new nations were born form their ashes
@adamhauskins6407
@adamhauskins6407 5 лет назад
November 11 is going to be a sad day
@amasulem
@amasulem 5 лет назад
I just thought of a question. I wonder how much wargaming assisted both sides of the war, and in what way, in their planning and preparation for offensives and the responses to them?
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
Wargaming was used by the Prussians/Germans and later adopted by other armies. There's an informative Wikipedia article about it.
@NilesTheSwede
@NilesTheSwede 5 лет назад
Did Ludendorff end up in Hässleholm, the small Swedish town?
@kuoseis
@kuoseis 5 лет назад
1:33 is this real footage. If so rip the guy in close right
@edlaprade
@edlaprade 5 лет назад
Looks more like a propaganda reel.
@chengyuzhang3397
@chengyuzhang3397 5 лет назад
Hey Indy, Could you please do an episode about China as well. China also participated in the Great War in the Ally's side and provided overall 200,000 labours in both west and east front. The sacrifice of them should not be forgotten as well.
@TheCimbrianBull
@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад
They have covered China before. Just go to the playlists on this channel and find it.
@chengyuzhang3397
@chengyuzhang3397 5 лет назад
TheCimbrianBull Thanks mate! I have found it that is awesome^_^
@supremeleaderwoke7083
@supremeleaderwoke7083 5 лет назад
If Rupprecht and Ludendorff worked together on the Spring Offensive, Germany would've had a better shot at winning the war.
@mrperson0140
@mrperson0140 5 лет назад
So in other words, the German High Command cared more about ego than winning.
@harshbansal7982
@harshbansal7982 5 лет назад
Wait a minute . If Bavaria was more catholic and more closer to Austria than does that explain that Hitler who was from Austria was sent to a Bavarian regiment when he enlisted in the German army ?
@Jamie-kg8ig
@Jamie-kg8ig 5 лет назад
I mean he was living in Munich after 1913, so it makes sense that he'd sign up in the city where he lived.
@scottklocke891
@scottklocke891 5 лет назад
Likely cause their accents Austria's and Bavaria's accents were close and more intelligible to each other. Sau Preuss is an insult toward Norddeutcher in Bavaria.
@harshbansal7982
@harshbansal7982 5 лет назад
Scott Klocke oh yea did not think about that
@calebkeane7549
@calebkeane7549 5 лет назад
Question for out of the trenches; did the Russians have ANY competent officers except for Brusilov? You'd think with an army that size there must of been at least some half way descent Generals or at least officers
@Oxtocoatl13
@Oxtocoatl13 5 лет назад
I think the competent officers are overshadowed by the incompetence of the highest leadership. Even very capable underlings can have a hard time saving the day from the useless aristocrats in charge.
@Edmonton-of2ec
@Edmonton-of2ec 2 года назад
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich wasn’t half bad. But ofc, he was sacked and the Tsar took personal command of the army. And we all know how that ended
@filiprazik6860
@filiprazik6860 3 года назад
I thought Lundendorff was only in gta v
@stephenw.4390
@stephenw.4390 5 лет назад
Check our Indy’s other channel World War 2 if you want to learn more about what happened after the war in World War 2!
@Curtislow2
@Curtislow2 5 лет назад
What are the plans for THE GREAT WAR after 11,11,2018?
@acediadekay3793
@acediadekay3793 5 лет назад
There is only one plan... TOTAL GERMAN VICTORY !!!
@nicobruin8618
@nicobruin8618 5 лет назад
They are also already doing world war 2. You should check it out.
@larryclyons
@larryclyons 5 лет назад
They're also doing the inter war years. Very interesting.
@scottklocke891
@scottklocke891 5 лет назад
@@larryclyons damn right it is.
@LukeBunyip
@LukeBunyip 5 лет назад
Apparently, Flo is going on a holiday.
@user-rw2ll7ly8n
@user-rw2ll7ly8n 5 лет назад
They Shall Not Grow Old
@rocco24554
@rocco24554 5 лет назад
What happens after ww1 is over
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