I showed my history teacher your channel and she liked it and decided to show the first weekly episode to the class when we were watching videos about the great war.
FINALLY caught up, all the way from 1914. Recently I read "The Storm of Steel" by Ernst Juenger, and I'm surprised you haven't done a special episode on him yet, as I believe you've referenced him a few times in some of your specials. He was really a total badass and provides a lot of insight to the German experience on the Western Front. I'm sure the watchers of this channel will appreciate my favorite quote from the book. "As the first shells began to land ominously close, four of the five inhabitants decided to take to the shelter. One of them ran down right away, one of them stayed in his bed imperturbably, and the other three sat down to pull their boots on. The most cautious man and the most carefree, as so often in the war, survived, one of them being quite uninjured, the sleeper receiving a splinter in the thigh, while the other three were torn apart by the shell that flew through the basement wall and blew up in the far corner."
I've been a sub here since you guys had less then 10k subs. I love WW1 history and the premise of talking about everything exactly 100 years after it happened intrigued me. You guys have not disappointed. It's been 2 1/2 years and I still eagerly watch each episode. Thanks for the hard work and this will go down as a definitive source for WW1 history.
Good to see things have stabilized in Russia. Surely this will the end of any revolutionary sentiment and not cause something that still echoes through to this day.
I don't know - if you believe much of the US media (though I don't particularly) Putin is an appalling KGB dictator of Russia who fixed the US election result.
@@stevekaczynski3793 which is a funny turnabout of guilty projection, since it was us meddling that finally toppled the ussr and screwed russia hard in the 90's, where putin and yeltsin were heralded as freedom finally arriving in russia
It's not well known these days, but the development of aircraft in the US lagged way behind the Europeans during WWI. This was not just because Europe was in a desperate war and so was ramping up production of new competing designs. It was because the Wright brothers vigorously protected their patents and held back competitors in the USA for years. They even had a patent on ailerons, despite their early models not using them. Ailerons were in fact described years earlier in Europe. So competitors like Curtiss really struggled to compete as a result.
Greetings from India? Anyway, TGW, I just found your channel, got over 3 years of videos to catch up on. I have till now seen maybe mid 1915? and gotta say that you guys are great. My history teacher would love you guys, sadly she resigned few weeks ago. I know that it is very hard to research and make these vidoes every week and just wanted to thank you guys for the effort you put in these videos.
The more I learn about the British in ww1, the more I feel the "donkeys leading lions to their deaths" thing is rather accurate. The British always seemed to be absurdly optimistic and always underestimated the Turks.
There is plenty of such absurdity to go around. The French, germans, Austrians and Russians were equally enthusiastic and Convinced of their superiority. Especially in 1914. The Americans were similar in 1918 when they joined in. Blind optimism and the belief of superiority was almost an illness of the time it seems.
I did not know that you lived in Stockholm Indy, until like today, sheesh, I have watched this channel for like a year. I found it cool that you walk past some places in the house tour video, that I walk past every day. Tack så mycket för den här underbart lärorika kanalen! Jag hoppas jag kan tacka dig personligen någon gång ifall jag ser dig på Södermalm. :)
I just finished Barthas's book/war notes, and in my opinion it's one of the best books I've read in awhile. You could feel the emotion he put into it, and it really immerses you into the experiences he had. I would suggest this to most anyone. 10/10, would read again
Great job on the show, guys. Love it. Here's my question: I have a whole bunch of my great-grandfather's WWI gear (he was in the Canadian Corps), and I was most surprised my his dog-tags. They were just crudely stamped clay. Could you highlight the various dog tags from the combatant nations?
It's nice to see that region, i.e, Middle East; N Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Iraq etc being covered. ✔☺ As usual your noted analysis of the war is impeccably brilliant, exciting, easy to keep up with, and a thorough education unmatched by magnitudes immeasurable by anyone else, for someone not so knowledgeable in this regard like myself. Aside from the Gallipoli campaign, initial British moves against the Ottoman empire in World war 1 concentrated on seizing control of Mesopotamia. After the disastrous surrender of a British army at Kut (in Iraq) in April 1916, the focus shifted to a wider area. The British attempted to instigate an Arab uprising against Ottoman rule in northern Arabia and the Transjordan, and to link this with a more conventional military campaign to take control of Palestine. Persuaded by T.E. Lawrence, Sharif Hussein ibn Ali of Mecca raised a revolt against the Ottomans in June 1916, causing enormous disruption in Sinai and Palestine. General Allenby's British army entered Jerusalem... (General Allenby entered on 11th December, the damage to Turkish morale from it's loss was very profound)... in December 1917, and inflicted a devastating defeat on the Ottoman army at Megiddo in September 1918, ending the war in the region.
I believe it was to do with the British and Russians sharing a sphere of influence over Persia at the time. Persia (Iran) was and still is very rich in natural resources like oil which was vital to any industrialised nation in a time of war. The Germans and Ottomans wished to disrupt the flow of oil to their enemies. Additionally the Ottomans and Russians were attempting to find ways to outflank each others armies in the region. Persia itself was officially neutral but the government had a hard time keeping war like tribesmen under control. All very complicated like any situation in the middle east.
Great post. Thanks again for giving us news worth watching . . . even if it is 100 years old. In retrospect, I guess we can say that Lenin was in Training at this time. And Hi Flo!
Hey Indie and team, I love the show and it has led me to do research on my great great Grandfather, who was a German an officer from East Prussia. I was wondering what the relations were like between the different German states were within the empire?
I hope you guys cover in detail the 10th, 11th Battles of the Isonzo and the Battle of Ortigara, the deadliest battles on the Italian front before Caporetto and the following offensives.
Watching this fantastic channel from Pittsburgh PA. Thanks for the interesting trivia about the Pittsburgh Alleghenies. I have never heard about that before. I think we hosted the first World Series here in Pittsburgh, but lost? Any way, did Baseball spread through the colonies during the war, or Cricket, Rugby and Football? Or were certain sports suppressed by rival belligerents, for nationalistic purposes? I really learn a lot from this series!
I love how many photos there are or Aussie soldiers, particularly during the battles in the middle east. It really shows the appreciation for the Australian and New Zealanders, unlike many other history channels.
Nice tie-in to Major League Baseball, via aviation. The 2017 season begins Sunday...or...Monday! That "Worst Team in Baseball History" looks intriguing.
Indy bringing us once again a marvelous episode. I don't know if it's because I'm stuck in an exam week from hell (why did I ever decide to want to learn Chinese??) but it sure seems as one of the most well-written and -paced episodes in some time!! Neutral love from the NL ^^
Oh man those ending aeroplane and baseball tidbits were so damn juicy the armies could've hydrated on them alone Might be my favorite part of this whole channel so far, certainly Indy's presentation of it had me rolling. "The only way that plane could have gone that fast is, uhh, straight down.."
The revolution is soon, I can almost seize the means of production! More seriously, TGW, what would you recommend I read to learn more about Russia during this time, the revolutions, and the early USSR?
Personally I think Orlando Figes is absolute garbage and would strongly recommend these few books: Leon Trotsky - History of The Russian Revolution Victory Serge - Russian Revolution Rosa Luxemburg - The Russian Revolution (take note it was written in prison) Emma Goldman - My Disillusionment in Russia John Reed - Ten Days That Shook The World and anythng from www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/revolution/index.htm in general
is there anyway you guys could put the day of the week up on screen going along with what your saying I find it so much easier to follow the events when I know something happened yesterday 100 years ago or today tomorrow and so forth
Hey, just a friendly suggestion. You guys always seem to cut very close on the opening dialog. I bet its hard to get Indy to sit still but could you wait a second or two before he starts talking? I normally que up a couple of different tabs to watch and always have to scrub back to 0:00 to keep Indy off of an unflattering frame. :) Love the show, Cheers boys!
I have a question for Out of the Trenches: Could you give us a rough number how much the allied and german forces "advanced" in total so far? Because in the weekly episodes we often hear about a kilometer here and there, but it seems that the overall movement of the front was just very, very minor.
Related to that airplane bit. The first heavier than air flight took place on the 17th of December 1903. It lasted 12 seconds, transported 1 person and traveled 120 feet (37m). Fast forward 65 years, 7 months and 4 days. It is July 20th 1969 and after 3 day trip that started in Florida, the Eagle landed at sea of tranquility. This rapid development is owed to the three major wars of the century. The great one taught us how to fly, the second let us reach space and the cold one set us on our way to the stars.
Minor historical footnote - the peaked cap Lenin often wore later on was bought during his train trip. After passing through Germany he and the other passengers continued the trip through neutral Sweden. They got out in Stockholm and a photograph exists of them walking down a street. Lenin is wearing a wide-brimmed hat he had in Switzerland and is holding a cane. At some point that day he did some shopping and bought the cap.
I was stationed in Newport News, VA, several times, at Ft. Eustis. I wonder if the Italian planes mentioned left from Langley Field (which is actually Hampton, VA) or another field, located on CP Eustis (now Ft. Eustis), or another in what is now 'downtown' Newport News, as Newport News was, circa 1917, did not include, I believe, the northern, or 'Denbigh' area. Something to look into.
My great great uncle is an Irish man who served in WW1 and I hope you could do a special episode on Irish men in WW1 I still have his medals and I love the show
The Great War I'll try find that thanks for the response I have a big interest in WW1 and I dont think it is talked about a lot a due to my family histoy in the war I love what yous are doing so keep it up
Just as a side note to the side note, Alfred Lawson also developed a series of "natural laws" which he called "Lawsonomy." For years there was a sign along Interstate Highway 94 in Wisconsin advertising the "University of Lawsonomy."
I have a question for Out of the Trenches, where there any friendships during the span of the war? I know you mention Live and Let Live and the Christmas Truce, but there has to be more cases.
here's a out of the trenches question do you think the fighting at the colonies or even in places like the middle east had any real affect on the war I simply cant image taking a colony from Germany in east Africa could really stop the war do you think it would have been better to use those troops on the western front or was there a way to end the war in the middle east or in Africa. yall have a great show keep up the good work
Also denying the German fleet bases around the world from which to raid shipping, something the British very much wanted to avoid. He who has command of the sea, has command of everything.
Heh, I meant to say it didn't really blow up like the Great War, I didn't word myself properly (my english isn't really good). Also the baseball by year idea also sounds pretty cool. Anyways, love your chanell keep up the good work. :-)
I like the idea of the channel. In school, you learn some basic things. Gavrilo Princip shoots Ferdinand and Ferdinand's wife, Austrio-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Russia declares war on Austrio-Hungary, German empire declares war on Russia and so on. I like how this channel follows every single important step in the exact week that happened 100 years ago. Very good idea and educational aswell...
Regarding the "record" of the 150mile flight at 135mph there is a likely, simple explanation. They probably had a strong tail wind for much or all of the flight. Thus at an achievable airspeed they maintained a higher than would be expected ground speed.
Hi will you do any special on war heros? I always heard the story of the "soldier millions" from my family and I always wanted to know about other war heros from other countries.
What about a special about sword and saber models of the war as you do with guns? Perhaps a collab with Matt Easton from the scholagladiatoria channel? It'd be great.
