Hero or Burden? - King Constantine I of Greece I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

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King Constantine I of Greece embodies the complex history of modern Greece in the early 20th century. By some he was and still is perceived as a hero who united the country. Others perceive him as a burden who only brought problems to Greece.
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@thanasispapadimopoulos3498 7 лет назад

Fun fact of the episode: Constantine's successor, his second son Alexander, died at the age of 27 from a pet monkey (yes monkey) bite! His reign lasted 3 years.

@thanasispapadimopoulos3498 7 лет назад

Burak Çzmc Excuse me, what?

@Zamolxes77 7 лет назад

Was normal, antibiotics were only invented and released to the public in 1942.

@stefanchr7715 7 лет назад

Thanasis Papadimopoulos The event goes like this : Some officials brought to the king a monkey for a good laugh. Then the monkey attacked the king's dog which he immediately run to separate both animals which at the process of that the monkey bited him. Then the wound from the bite got infected and he died.

@user-mj2jm7yl9x 5 лет назад

I want to say lol but at the same time it is really sad.

@user-ph1lq4et5n 5 лет назад

@@user-mj2jm7yl9x And just to think that he was only married to his wife Aspasia for only one year and she was four months pregnant to his daughter, when Alexander died. Alexander and Aspasia's daughter was named after his father, Alexandra. Princess Alexandra was born on March 25th 1921, five months after her father's death. Alexandra got married to King Peter II, the last king of Yugoslavia in 1944 and in 1945 gave birth to his son, Alexander, who was named after his grandfather. Prince Alexander is nowadays the pretender to the Serbian throne. Rest in Peace King Alexander I of the Hellenes... Greetings from Greece!!!😁😁😁

@VladTevez 7 лет назад

Trivia: When Venizelos was forced to abdicate for a second time in a year (October 5, 1915), Constantine immediately telegraphed to the Kaiser, telling: _"Venizelos bin ich los geworden!”_ (_“I got rid of Venizelos!”_).

@mkd2839 7 лет назад

Even though when he was born, huge crowds gathered outside the Palace shouting what they thought should rightfully be the newborn prince's name: "Constantine", the name of the "King who would reconquer Constantinople", the future "Constantine XII, He was probably named after Grand Duke Konstatin Romanov, his grandfather. Although I must admit the successor to the Romans are a much cooler nickname than the grandson of the Tsar's brother.

@sherlocksmuuug6692 7 лет назад

+StardustNotHötzendorf Well, the russian tsars saw themselves as the heirs to byzantium too, so...close enough I guess ^^

@Ljayvee6 7 лет назад

StardustNotHötzendorf Technically he was descended from the palaiologos. The romanovs were descended from the rurikoviches who married into the palaiologos family

@Brightgalrs 7 лет назад

You should wait until you finish the episode before posting a comment.

@Dsdcain 7 лет назад

Brightgalrs True, but um did you watch the total 9:37 before posting? Hasn't been up more than 3:00 yet. Just wondering.

@Brightgalrs 7 лет назад

Woosh

@mkd2839 7 лет назад

I always watch at 2x speed, it only took me 4 minutes to finish the video.

@namingisdifficult408 7 лет назад

StardustNotHötzendorf interesting

@porcelainninja6821 7 лет назад

StardustNotHötzendorf why?

@dimitris779 7 лет назад

Wow I never expected to learn the late Greek history from an American. Thank you very much for your channel

@CaptainDecimus 6 лет назад

I thought they were German?

@Onneukbaar 7 лет назад

I love how this channel only tells fact no opinions

@blackacidgaming5672 7 лет назад

Batavian Republic let's you make your own decision

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

+Batavian Republic every historian only states his opinion, history is a subjective interpretation of sources

@aftastosk6016 5 лет назад

You are very harsh with the King, he was not perfect but his patriotism is out of question. Who says that is not serious.

@joecurran2811 2 года назад

@@aftastosk6016 He made a lot of poor decisions. He seemed to side with Germany more than his actual country Greece. Another outdated monarch.

@CrimsonDragon15 7 лет назад

It's a good thing today Greece is a free and independent country and is not under the control of any outsiders.

@eternalvirgin2227 7 лет назад

DarkFlameDragonSlayer no it isn't

@CrimsonDragon15 7 лет назад

Are you guys stupid? I know it isn't. It's called being sarcastic!

@eternalvirgin2227 7 лет назад

DarkFlameDragonSlayer oh sorry 😐 my bad

@albertofrankdiaz6664 7 лет назад

sarcasm not detected hahaahhaha

@hansolo5912 7 лет назад

It's also good that greece isn't a warmongering country anymore

@Blackdwarf1989 7 лет назад

Constantinos proved his stupidity in the Balkan Wars when he preferred conquering Monastir(!) to Saloniki which almost fell in Bulgarian hands. Venizelos was actually the one who reorganized and modernized the Greek army, and also tremendously improved the state's economy from 1909 to 1912. The experience of the Balkan Wars also prevented the Greeks of making the same mistakes as e.g. the Austrians made on the field with their outdated equipment and their generals' incapability and stubbornness. From the other hand, Venizelos' urge to join the Entente side was based on the false idea that the War was about to last only a few months as most politicians believed back in 1914. Hence, according to Venizelos, the Greeks had to move quick in order to "grab" more pieces of land from the Ottoman Empire.

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

+George Mavronanos he certainly opted for good rifles. but that had a catch as we will learn tomorrow

@Blackdwarf1989 7 лет назад

Great! :)

@Blackdwarf1989 7 лет назад

Barry Irlandi Sure, but his motives were not pacifist. Also there were still more than a million Greeks living under the Ottoman rule.

@month32 7 лет назад

To be fair. The decision to go to Monastiri was that that area was more wealthy. The decision to go to Thesaloniki was the proper political one, since Venizelos knew that if they conquered it, it would be rather too hard to kick them out. It was a difference in strategy and not stupidity. At the outbreak of WW1, he might have been right to declare neutrality. The problems begin after that. After he kicked the democratically elected prime minister, after he surrendered troops and fortresses... those are the really traitorous acts. If the central powers had won the war, Hellas would have lost Macedonia in it entirety, due to his stupid acts. Also, Great Britain did NOT break the neutrality of Hellas... due to the technicality that they did not accept the crown as the real government, and supported Venizelos.

@Blackdwarf1989 7 лет назад

Well, the word "stupidity" has many aspects. So does the word "wealthy".. The correspondence between Kontantinos and Venizelos shows that after the battle of Sarantaporos, which the Greek army won against the Ottomans but with heavy losses, there was some confusion and delay in deciding in what direction the army should march. Konstantinos' thinking was naive. He insisted in "following the road" and "chasing the fleeing enemy army" that would naturally lead to Monastir. Konstantinos' decision was also based on agreements with the Serbs. According to these agreements the area of Monastir was to be given to the Greeks (At the same time, the Serbs made the same promises to the Bulgarians btw). The importance of Monastir lied in its location: a strategic position between the Aegean (the road led to Saloniki btw) and the Adriatic. For Saloniki there was not such an arrangement as far as I know. Simply: the first army to enter the city was to keep it. Saloniki was of far greater strategic importance. According to Konstantinos' plan, the Greek army was also going to march against Saloniki, but only after Monastir was captured. Venizelos says it clearly in his first letter: "Great political reasons demand that we march to Saloniki as soon as possible". The Bulgarians also ignored the Monastir region and the fleeing Ottoman armies, and headed straight to Saloniki. The decision was taken in Sofia and transmitted to the Bulgarian army in the front. What is more, the Ottoman general of Saloniki offered to surrender the city to the Greeks! Venizelos writes again: "I plead to you to accept the offer and enter the city with no further delay." This I call stupidity...

@LawlaGaming 7 лет назад

Still waiting for that German breakthrough at the western front

@greekmemezelos6098 7 лет назад

yesssss plz do one for venizelos and for prince george(constantine's brother) if possible :D

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

+neon elliot sorry but probably not. there are not too many spots for biographies left.

@greekmemezelos6098 7 лет назад

The Great War i understand it's ok anyway i love your videos so keep them coming :D

@VladTevez 7 лет назад

+neon elliot Search for _"Basil Zaharoff"_

@greekmemezelos6098 7 лет назад

V. Athanasiou will definitely do! I think i have heard of him ty for the recommendation :) p.s greek here too

@aantony2001 7 лет назад

A Venizelos one would be really interesting. He is one of the most universally respected politicians in Greece today.

@Barrowsbro86 7 лет назад

9:08 Only siths deal in absolutes

@mikked01 7 лет назад

Spooked Solid Said the Jedi about ALL sith, thus making the statement an absolute.

@monovae1324 7 лет назад

Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Plageus the wise?

@PanosXarras 7 лет назад

It's probably out of the scope of this channel,even though one could argue that it's an extension of WW1, but I'd love to see your view on the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

@kadudeduder5103 6 лет назад

Panos Xarras really that war was a bit fucked up, for both sides?

@akmalkamaruddin6506 7 лет назад

WHO DID WHAT IN WW1 for George V of United Kingdom

@wierdalien1 7 лет назад

megat samson and George VI

@akmalkamaruddin6506 7 лет назад

George VI was King during WW2

@wierdalien1 7 лет назад

megat samson no duh. but during the first world war he was a naval officer.

@gavin169 7 лет назад

megat samson Yeah, they've done his Regal brothers, plug I atleast have been waiting for ever.

@ethanthom4977 7 лет назад

Golden Eagle o yes the Queens little pet

@benrlego 2 года назад

And Constantine’s nephew died only this year - 2021. Prince Philip of Edinburgh. These things really did not happen that long ago.

@holycasius8779 7 лет назад

Fun Fact: Constantine the first actualy went to japan with prince Nicolas he second (later khown as the last of the romanov) and defended him against a samurai, i think it happened in the 1870s or 1880s. I read that from greek newspapers from that time, that is my only proof.

@VladTevez 7 лет назад

That was his junior brother George, not Constantine

@holycasius8779 7 лет назад

V. Athanasiou α ναι, γραψε λαθος

@geronico11 7 лет назад

Some phrases introduced in Greek popular culture from that period "Psomi, elia k Kotso Vasilia" "We want only bread, olives and Kotso King" The conservatives betrayed the Megali Idea They were ok with a "small but honest Greece", as they were accused by the liberals

@vasilbasil1657 5 лет назад

H μεγάλη ιδέα δεν μπορούσε να πραγματοποιηθεί. Ο ανόητος Βενιζέλος μας έμπλεξε σε έναν πόλεμο που δεν μπορούσαμε να κερδίσουμε μόνο και μόνο για να κρατήσει την εξουσία . Που κατέλαβε με την βοήθεια των αγγλογάλλων.

@vedranbileta8346 7 лет назад

wow, guys. This video is so professionally made. The entire channel is so well made. This is hands down the best youtube channel. It is actually the best WW1 documentary I have seen even if it is not on TV (and should be)

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

Thanks, glad you like it.

@onemileperhour 7 лет назад

Really great episode. What a roller coaster of a life this King had.

@kevinbyrne4538 7 лет назад

Thank you for publicizing so many aspects of the Great War which never seem to make it into the history books. Your labors are much appreciated.

@metaxist 4 года назад

RIP Great Leader and soldier

@iamtotallynotanenemyspy1200 7 лет назад

1:36 I fell in love with those new greek boarders. 😍

@Sandouras 5 лет назад

@John Mason Greece was also blockaded by the great powers who had sided with Ataturk, who was also getting supplied and his armied trained by the Italians and Russians. Basically Greece was set to fail.

@Sandouras 5 лет назад

@John Mason I dont know much about 1974 to make a judgement call. I do know though that the Great Powers did have some agreement with Kemal so they actively supported him and blockaded Greece during the war. Italy in particular didnt want a bigger greece that would threaten their supremacy in the mediterranean. But yeah the Ottomans were completely demilitarized after WWI and recieved new weapons and training when it suited the great powers. Also modern day great powers dont care about historical rivals, or whether the ottomans took Constantinople and sieged Vienna. It's about balkanizing the world for maximum influence and exploitation. If it mattered to them, they would have at least kept Thrace and Constantinople to themselves, as an international city or whatever. Not give it to greece or turkey, but to England, France or maybe a common occupation or whatever. But these things dont matter.

@Sandouras 5 лет назад

@John Mason Uh.. wait what? If anything my statement implies that i hate the great powers who sold out greece, their ally, to embrace their WWI enemy turkey. The Turks were just as right to defend their lands, as were the greeks fighting to retake their lost lands. Both right and wrong, both commiting war crimes during the whole thing. And i dont hate anyone. My statement is true and not a matter of perspective. The Italians were indeed supplying the turks and the russians were supplying and training them in an effort to push out England and France from under their nose. The british navy blockaded greece and england threatened with total war should greece retake constantinople.

@melikecomedy 5 лет назад

@John Mason from an outsiders unbiased perspective, you're imposing things on his beliefs he didnt say, he never stated europeans to be great angels and turks to be devils, or whatever nonsense like that

@georgplaki8983 4 года назад

@John Mason Our Country is since 1829 a puppet of England. The only time, we were really free was under the Metaxas Regime. The English are probably to blame for the death of Metaxas

@user-bc8hj8dp9v 7 лет назад

The Great War thank you for the episode

@jiminihendrix 7 лет назад

Hey, I loveeee your channel. It all started when I got battlefield 1 a video game that took place in ww1. So I thought for a bit and searched up ww1 videos. Then I came across your channel it was awesome. You earned a new subscriber

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

Welcome to the show. Check this out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Shmmza-lWY0.html

@aristotelispapageorgiou4627 7 лет назад

Great historical research and analysis!

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 6 лет назад

Talking about Greece in 1910-1930 without concentrate in Venizelos is wrong.Venizelos was the main character in the play

@VladTevez 6 лет назад

Υπομονή

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 6 лет назад

Για να το λες ...(δωσε χαιρετίσματα στον Indy)

@VladTevez 6 лет назад

Τέλη Μαΐου, αρχές Ιουνίου, θα χει επεισόδιο για τον Στρατή Μυριβήλη και την "Ζωή Εν Τάφω". Για τον Βενιζέλο δεν ξέρω ημερομηνία.

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 6 лет назад

Πλακα μου κανεις...για την Ζωη εν Ταφω?Μου αρεσε το καναλι αλλα τωρα ,μ αυτό που μου πες θα το λατρεψω.

@MojoBonzo 6 лет назад

προδοτης αυτος που διπλασιασε την ελλαδα και ηρωας αυτος που εξαφανισε τον προαιωνιο ελληνισμο της μικρας ασιας... εισαι τζιμανακι, μεγαλε μου...

@anagnostisspatharis8837 Год назад

Amazing video! Very accurate informations aswell..👍🏼

@teamEP789 7 лет назад

Greetings from Greece, keep up the good work!

@haroulatodoulos1246 5 лет назад

Wow, that's really amazing and so much better then the stuff I see the History Chanel!

@YaBoi-fr5ok 7 лет назад

nice video you got everything right and hi from Greece

@polydorgr1897 7 лет назад

I love your channel site keep making great episodes about the first World War

@christossymA3A2 7 лет назад

Great warrion , bad king . That dude was Robert Baratheon of Greece

@VladTevez 7 лет назад

If only Queen Sophia was as beauty as Lena Headey (and Wilhelm Jaime Lannister)

@fruitypuffpie1585 Год назад

@@VladTevez She wasn't really that ugly

@janpap1508 6 лет назад

AMAZING JOB! WELL DONE!

@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад

+jan pap thanks

@month32 7 лет назад

Dear The Great War... At the 1920 elections Eleutherios Venizelos did not even get elected in the parliament. That is due to two reasons. Firstly, he sent troops in Asia Minor to safe guard the gains Hellas got from the treaties of WW1, something that most people did not want to since we have just gotten out of 3 wars (2 Balkans and the Great War). The opposition had promised to recall the troops... In reality they sent troops in that were underequiped in the thousands (my paternal grandfather survived that disaster, barely). The second reason was due to the electoral laws that were in effect at the time. Vote to vote, Venizelos's party had the majority of votes... And everyone was calling shenanigans.

@everythingiseconomics9742 7 лет назад

Dom Pedro I of Brazil (who was not originally the first in the succession line) was offered the original greek throne. Imagine how different the world could have been had the throne gone to such remarkable monarch. Mainly in how Portugal would deal with absolutism and a very different history for Brazil (likely more caothic). His short temperament would be fun against the ottomans, but had his son been anything like he was as Emperor of Brazil, I'm sure Constantinople would be Greek.

@mx5493 7 лет назад

the funny thing is that if for every crisis that occured in the greek state since its foundation in 1830 our current dept was reduced by 5% your current dept would be sustainable

@mx5493 7 лет назад

also which are the other countries that can boast they have survive from so many economic crisis? nobody

@asnard2346 7 лет назад

First let's see if Greece survives this one.

@chrecon2039 7 лет назад

You tried to outline the two schools of thought! You are right that the simple people show in him as the liberator, even after war and one of them my grad-grad father. He was from an island that was liberated during Balkan wars and he fought on the campaign we call "Mikra Asia's destruction", despite the fact that he had to pass to Samos throw a small boat to avoid the execution, torching or castration ( that was usually what happened to POW and to civilians men ) he remained royalist till his death! For me he was the main reason we lost the opportunity to take Cyprus (something that led to another big catastrophe for Greece and Greeks of Cyprus), we lost the Mikra Asia and we lost so many men fighting! In addition, the wining of the Balkan war was not exactly his creation, if someone read the details of the battle will see that in critical points the order was not followed!!!! You mention Salonika! If Venizelos was not there to order him to go to Salonika it will be captured by the Bulgarians, who arrived one week after the Greek army was there!!!!! I am expecting the relevant video for Venizelos!

@CameronAB122 6 лет назад

I wonder what Italian-Greek relations would have been like if Constantine I went through with the megali idea and proclaimed the reborn Basileía Rhōmaíōn

@VladTevez 6 лет назад

+Cameron Booth From the Balkans Wars till WW2 the Italian-Greek relations were as worst as is gets, because of clash of interests...

@markgarcia3101 7 лет назад

So much history for one man!

@krlem6703 7 лет назад

Great video! Can you do Peter I of Serbia?

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 7 лет назад

History proved him wrong.Venizelos was the MAN

@torcaace 7 лет назад

You mean THE man right? That is 100% true.

@eleftheriosvenizelos4662 7 лет назад

Thank you my dude :3

@danielburkeodonoghue7478 7 лет назад

that's the killers new single: the man

@arandomcommenter5336 7 лет назад

Eleftherios Venizelos Just to know,you Greek or you just put that name for fun ?

@eleftheriosvenizelos4662 7 лет назад

Why yes my good sir i am Hellenic by blood, i did not choose the nickname based on entertainment

@kodan7879 7 лет назад

Hello guys! Amazing work like always. What I wanted to ask fro a very long time is would you make a video about Horthy MIklós? Austro-Hungarian admiral and later Governor of Hungary.

@eternalvirgin2227 7 лет назад

KoDan Regent not Governor

@BrasilLetsplay 7 лет назад

great video! you could made one video about Brazil in world war one

@notbadsince97 7 лет назад

6:26 Greece in a Civil War? I'm sure we'll never see that again

@Nikonomicon 4 года назад

Turkey causing a genocide? I'm sure we'll never see that again.

@jsma9999 7 лет назад

Well oh well. Thank you for this Edospedo

@Reprodestruxion 7 лет назад

Speaking of which you should do a who did what in WW1 about Goering and comparing him to Max Immelmann , Manfred and Lothar

@jakejackson4177 7 лет назад

Can I make a request for the next 'Who did what in the WW1', my request is a video about His Majesty, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary etc...etc...Charles/Karl I. Much is spoken about Emperor Franz Josef, but very little is ever said about Charles and about his wife Zita, and their attempts to secure an early peace with France in 1917/1918 and Charles' attempts at reforming the army. Thanks, enjoying the show thoroughly and look forward to more coming soon.

@peterlynch1458 7 лет назад

Constantine: starring J.K Simmons. Seriously, look at that photo at 3:10 and the painted portrait.

@TheT4xid3rmist 7 лет назад

You guys should do a Who Did What for Smedley Butler.

@cia1360 7 лет назад

Remeber, when the German Invasion of neutral Belgium was a thing?

@georgewashington8508 6 лет назад

Why haven't I heard of this guy?

@mikhailv67tv 7 лет назад

Thanks GW crew for once again enlightening me on the extent of the War on Countries that I had no idea were effected to the extent that they were. I knew Greece was occupied by the Allies and that the British used the G Islands for a staging point for Dardenelles but beyond that I knew nothing. This show has been great for examining the effects the war had on nations beyond the major belligerents. Thanks again

@brokenbridge6316 4 года назад

I can see the debate on this guy raging for numerous generations to come. And without a clear outcome. Just like much of the Great war. Nice job.

@ito7985 7 лет назад

What you said is exactly written in my history book . ( I am Greek )

@namingisdifficult408 7 лет назад

YES

@gideonhorwitz9434 4 года назад

Just because the royal house was danish doesn’t make them any more proudly Greek. I hate people who use that argument for other royal houses.

@jameswoods5476 7 лет назад

alright indy ive got a question for an out of the trenches episode, i know you have done an episode about ireland and the easter rising but was just wanted to know how many of the brits troops were pulled out of the western front (or other fronts) to go to ireland and did it affect any of the events that took place afterwards in the great war. love this show hello from the Isle of Man

@valepomponio 7 лет назад

Later you could make a video about Vittorio Emanuele III or Emanuele Filiberto (if possible)

@elia5910 7 лет назад

Could you do one "Who did what in WWI" about Gabriele D'Annunzio?

@aydrixx4606 3 года назад

Found out I’m related to em so I’m here learning about him

@gavin169 7 лет назад

2:05 How good of a major general was Constantine? Was he the very model of a Modern Major General?

@greatalexander3820 7 лет назад

He definitely had a smattering of elemental strategy.

@ognjengaric2687 7 лет назад

Can you do a special on Montenegro in WW 1?

@1234567896417 6 лет назад

Do a Venizelos episode too

@fortis3686 7 лет назад

Can you do Tojo?

@user-hv1rf4sk2t 7 лет назад

THANK YKU INDY FOR TALKING ABOUT HELLAS! GREETINGS FROM ATHENS!

@myarbro909 7 лет назад

Indy & Crew. Is the music you use in your show available for download or purchase? If not, you should do so! I'd love to add this to my Hearts of Iron 4 playlist for when I play the Great War Mod.

@paulvonhindenburg8674 7 лет назад

I'm waiting for the Pershing episode...

@johnkate5585 7 лет назад

at last...The Greek part of the story :D

@BlaBla-gs4ue 7 лет назад

Do a Serbian king Petar Karađorđević.

@titoistickibokelj1294 6 лет назад

And montengrian Nikola I

@brokenlemon9229 7 лет назад

I did a paper on him, one month before this came out.

@kaboom138 6 лет назад

Will there be a special episode on King Ferdinand I of Romania in the future?

@TheGreatWar 6 лет назад

there might be.

@dimitristsakalos1462 6 лет назад

To be honest, he should be King Constantine the 12th

@fruitypuffpie1585 3 года назад

He was named like that I think

@Gyrosmeister 6 лет назад

This comment comes from a person who supports the monarchy: In my opinion Constantine XII's mistake was the fact that he surrendered Eastern Macedonia to the Germans/Bulgarians. This is pure speculation so don't take my word, he may have had intended with this to put pressure on the Entente in Thessaloniki who violated Greek neutrality and on Venizelos's government there, though it did not end up going to plan as it caused massive unrest etc. The situation was, as you correctly said very very complicated. Perhaps he thought that the Megali Idea and a strong Greece would not be possible under Entente influence and I believe that in a way he was right if this is what he thought. Obviously the Entente did many dirty things in Greece, not only occupying lands, but they also disarmed Greece's battleships and bombarded/blockaded the port of Piraeus. And then they were talking about "Germany violating Belgian neutrality", plus I think that the British promised Cyprus if Greece entered the war with the Entente, in 1917 they did just that, only that the British didn't bother handing over Cyprus. Venizelos was a great administrator, no doubt about that, his approach in 1914 was not well thought from my point of view. He thought, like most of the world, that the war would be short (we all know how the war ended up unfolding), the Kingdom of Greece wouldn't be able to sustain such a long war against Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, despite the fact that the Ottoman Empire was in steady decline and was getting hammered by the British in the Middle East. Constantine XII was prudent regarding that he wanted to keep Greece neutral, as the Kingdom had the Balkan Wars behind it, he knew that he couldn't ally with the Ottomans and Bulgaria. The promises of the Entente were very tempting (Asia Minor, Cyprus etc) though they did not keep all their promises. He was also in some situations very stubborn (forcing Venizelos to resign), perhaps a compromise could have been found (like supporting in certain fronts while attempting not to hinder the German war effort as much as possible). Regarding the A.Minor disaster, the big mistake came from Venizelos who came up with the brilliant idea to stage elections in the middle of the war (1920), he lost, and that caused a shitton of problems. 1. The Army was in a state of disarray, as many veteran officers either left on their own because they did not support Constantine XII, or got purged. Because the Entente did not have Venizelos down there, they supported the Turks instead and left Smyrna be burned. It's not all Venizelos's fault, as parts of the campaign were poorly planned and logistics were rather lacking, on both sides though. The Asia Minor is another very complicated story, so I will leave it there. Summing up, I think both parties, Venizelos and Constantine XII are to blame for the National Schism in Greece. Fun fact: During the November events, the royalist forces changed some verses when singing the Royal Hellenic March: One verse translates into this: Our King will once again gird the sword and what a joy to him who will be in front of Him They changed it into this: Our King will once again gird the sword to kick out the Anglo-French and the Venizelists with them Very Good video nonetheless :)

@VladTevez 6 лет назад

+Gyrosmeister Ο κύριος λόγος που ο Κωνσταντίνος ήθελε την ουδετερότητα ήταν γιατί πίστευε πως η Γερμανία θα νικήσει και γιατί τον επηρέαζε πάρα πολύ ο στενός του κύκλος (Μεταξάς, Στρέιτ, Δούσμανης, Σοφία). Στην παράδοση του Ρούπελ και στη στάση του σχετικά με τον πόλεμο, το αρχείο των τηλεγραφημάτων του, που βρίσκεται στο ΥΠΕΞ, επιβεβαιώνει πως οι κινήσεις του (και του Μεταξά), ήταν εν γνώση της Γερμανίας. Στα υπόλοιπα συμφωνώ...

@Gyrosmeister 6 лет назад

Η Γερμανία και η Αυστρο-Ουγγαρία υποστήριζαν την ουδετερότητα του Κωνσταντίνου φυσικά, βέβαια μιας και η Θεσ/νικη είχε γίνει ουσιαστικά προτεκτοράτο της Αντάντ και με την συνεχή πίεση απο Βενιζέλο/Αντάντ στον Κωνσταντίνο, κάπως θα χρειαζότανε να φέρει Γερμανική υποστήριξη στην περιοχή λογικά, μιας και τα εδάφη που παρέδωσε στις Κεντρικές Δυνάμεις (Ρούπελ κοκ) είναι σχετικά κοντά στην Θεσ/νικη. Πίστευε, ναι οτι η Γερμανία θα νικούσε, αν και υποστήριζε ουδετερότητα πράγμα που προσπάθησε να κρατήσει ο ίδιος και ο Κάιζερ. Επίσης η Ανταντ φοβότανε καμμιά μυστική συμφωνία Ελλάδας/Γερμανίας όταν έγινε η παράδωση του Ρούπελ(σύμφωνα με την πολυαγαπημένη Βικιπαίδεια, υποθέτω μάλλον στο στυλ "Η Γερμανία διώχνει την Ανταντ/Βενιζέλο από Ελλάδα και ο Κωνσταντίνος μετά της έδινε πλοία του Βασιλικού Ναυτικού να πολεμήσουν στη μεσόγειο"

@VladTevez 6 лет назад

Gyrosmeister Συμφωνία για να μπει η Ελλάδα στον πόλεμο με την Γερμανία δεν υπήρξε. Η ουδετερότητα της Ελλάδας και ο τρόπος άσκησης της γινόταν σε πλήρη συνεννόηση με την Γερμανία

@Gyrosmeister 6 лет назад

Ξέρω οτι δεν υπήρχε, υποτίθεται οτι η Ανταντ φοβόταν κάτι τετοίο (Τριχες κατσαρές δλδ), και φυσικά θα ειχε συννενόηση ο Κωνσταντίνος με την Γερμανία

@VladTevez 6 лет назад

Gyrosmeister Δεν νομίζω να φοβόντουσαν είσοδο της Ελλάδας στο πόλεμο με τους Γερμανούς, ούτως ή αλλιώς η ουδετερότητα τους έκανε μεγάλη ζημιά. Στόχος τους ήταν αποκλειστικά να μπει η Ελλάδα στον πόλεμο με την Αντάντ

@nickcameron8896 7 лет назад

OUT OF THE TRENCHES. During the great war, my great grandfather fought as a sniper for the Commonwealth forces, I ask, how did the role of the sniper evolve as the war progressed? I've been pondering this ever since I left the New Zealand Army (also as a sniper).

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

Hi Nick, I think you missed our Sniper special: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HLd0nYN9Bwg.html

@nickcameron8896 7 лет назад

The Great War, that answers my question quite well which I reciprocate with many thanks, and so, I'll alter my question. what types of optics were used in the great war (short and long range)? I heard the ACOG was first developed in this period by the French, is this true? thanks again and to the whole team too. I look forward to the next episode.

@karipekkapirinen 7 лет назад

A question for Out of the Trenches: What can you tell about the Finnish volunteers serving as German Jaegars: what kind of role they had and did they participate in larger battles? I know that they weren't many, and might not have been very influential, but after their return to Finland they were crucial during the civil war, and perhaps prevented Finland from becoming a communist nation after Russian revolution.

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

We will cover Finnland in depth in the future, don't worry.

@aantony2001 7 лет назад

7:27 Venizelos won the majority, but the system was weird so he still lost the election. It's like what happened in the 2016 USA Presidential election, but with a far bigger mismatch between the votes and the results.

@VladTevez 7 лет назад

+aantony2001 100% true, but again the only electoral districts that gave majority to Venizelists were Crete, Thrace and the islands. All other districts voted for royalists

@a.morphous66 6 лет назад

aantony2001 Electoral votes are really annoying sometimes.

@nikosvasiliou6475 5 лет назад

It is not truth. I have studied the results of 1920 elections at least 10 years and the results are the followings : Venizelos 46% , United parts 48 %, Communists (SEKE) 2,5% , others 3.5%. All about of these elections are written in my book '''Ο Ε. Βενιζελος και οι εκλογες του 1920- Τα παθήματα έγιναν μαθήματα; '' Politia Bookshop Athens.

@nikosvasiliou6475 5 лет назад

and Epirus as well. Read my book '''Ο Ε. Βενιζελος και οι εκλογες του 1920- Τα παθήματα έγιναν μαθήματα; '' Politia Bookshop Athens.

@metalfuk1 4 года назад

I was literally about to say what happened in the US in 2016, but you beat me too it.

@manfromnantucket9544 7 лет назад

Can you please do a special on Robert Borden, the 8th Prime Minister of Canada?

@italianmapperchris3168 7 лет назад

Can you do a WHO DID WHAT IN WW1, For Sir Oswald Mosley?

@johnm2197 5 месяцев назад

King Konstantin is an Hellenic Immortal. May He Rest In Peace in Power 🙏

@billaire1 3 года назад

The political situation in Greece was chaotic at the time

@rafailpapakostas1474 5 лет назад

Μπραβο!! ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΙΔΕΑ

@Waakala 7 лет назад

please do the Ludendorff's bio next, come on, he have been in the shadows for three years by now, he need recognition

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

Sorry, it won't happen this year even probably.

@randolphguevara6084 7 лет назад

Where does Prince Philip of England come into all this. Was his father Constantine or one of Constantines son's? Or neither. Thanks for all your hard work!!!

@VladTevez 7 лет назад

+Randolph Guevara His father, Prince Andrew, Constantine's junior brother, was sentenced to death as one of the responsible officers for the outcome of the Greco-Turkish war. Days before his execution, the British government demanded not to be executed and the then Greek government accepted and amended the death sentence to exile. So, Andrew with Phillip went to France and then England.

@HT97775 7 лет назад

Randolph Guevara if I'm right he's the grandson of George I of Greece

@DazBull26 7 лет назад

Constantine was his uncle, his father was prince andrew.

@randolphguevara6084 7 лет назад

Your killing me. Grandson, Nephew , Andrew, George??

@DazBull26 7 лет назад

? Prince Philip's father was Constantine's brother. ok

@SirAdrian87 7 лет назад

Could you please do an episode on ion antonescu?

@halilyldzhanyavuz870 7 лет назад

can you do a video about mehmet reshad the five please

@jonnelson8958 7 лет назад

Hey Indy I was wondering if you could talk about the siege of Osowiec fortress I always wanted to hear you tell me exactly what happened.

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

+Jon Nelson we already did. and no one can say for sure what exactly happened there.

@jonnelson8958 7 лет назад

The Great War Oh well I must have missed that episode. You guys are my favorite channel on RU-vid, keep up the amazing work.

@Folkert-xf8ob 7 лет назад

Pls do a special on the Philippines

@silas4lagoon776 7 лет назад

Somebody look up Ivor Thord-GrayThis guy is amazing

@kkingshott 10 месяцев назад

AT the 6 minute mark, it shows the French/English armies coming off the ship with canes. It does not appear the soldiers were in need of the cane for walking, so what was the cane used for?