Line Of Fire | The Kaiser's Battle | Full Documentary

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The German spring offensive of 1918 nearly brought the greatest of rewards in a war that had become a static blood-soaked nightmare - a decisive breakthrough against a weakened allied enemy. The ending of the war on the Eastern front had allowed the Germans to transfer thousands of troops to the west to aid the great offensive - total success was prevented only by sheer bad luck, the fighting defence of the Allied armies and the complete exhaustion of the German soldiers.
Once the offensive had been halted, however, there was no doubt that the Allies would win the war. Six months of hard fighting still lay ahead, but the Germans were forced inexorably back towards their own borders.
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3 июл 2024

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@binzauk День назад

My wife's Great Grandfather fought in this battle and was killed on 24th March 1918 at Marierres Wood, fighting with the 4th South African Infantry. Marierres Wood was the last stand for 500 South African troops who held up the German advance long enough for reinforcements to arrive and thus help prevent the Germans capturing Amiens, a vital road and rail link. In 2018 we did a battlefield tour were we went to Villers-Guslain and Gauche Wood, which were the the German and Allies front lines respectively on 21st March 1918 and where my wifes Great Grandfather had to fight and retreat from constantly over 3 days and nights. Very moving but very interesting.

@Simon-jj2pu День назад

My grandad got a MM for this battle, he was a TF (similar to the National Guard in the US, apparently the young ladies liked the uniforms and you got paid for summer camps, 1914 summer camp got abruptly cancelled) joined just before the outbreak of the war, arrived in France in 1915 as the BEF was almost decimated and the TF took over until the new Kitchener armies could be trained, demobbed in Dec 1918 and then went back to working in the mines. Rejoined the TF in 1919 for a few years, tried to rejoin for WW2 but was told he had done enough. He had a German bullet in his shoulder (in 1915, too close to organs to remove) and it stayed there for the rest of his life . Tough men

@mcsmash4905 7 часов назад

cant get enough when it comes to 90s to early 2000's documentaries

@FenellaBeach 5 дней назад

0:15 “a signal for ten thousand German guns and mortars to thunder into action” - proceeds to show British 8” howitzers and British 60 pounder field guns firing - why ? - I’m sure there must be plenty of archive footage of German artillery.

@geoffreymarshall639 День назад

Haige's command post was so far from the front that any situation report that reached him was out of date. The British Generals at the front had to work together and without orders from the high command, make their own responses to the German attack.

@brentinnes5151 19 часов назад

Lions led by Donkeys

@Dav1Gv 2 дня назад

A very interesting analysis. However there was no mention of the fact that Lloyd George held hundreds of thousands of British troops in the UK which certainly made the Germans job easier at the start, While they were sent as reinforcements if Fifth Army had not been so weak the Germans losses would probably have been heavier and ours less. On the other hand the huge salient the Germans were in left us with a very nice target for the Battle of Amiens. Also perhaps a bit over overemphasis of the tactice of infilteration. The mist in March helped a lot, but the attack on Arras made in clear weather against long prepared defences was a very costly failure.

@glennwall552 День назад

Remember an old soldier who told me of them taking pubs and drinking them dry fully armed and as mad as hates he told of pitch battles with police they didn't care they'd been to hell and back it haunted them

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 5 дней назад

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage documentary about (Kieser assault)at 1918 ..during WW1.

@paulroman3402 3 дня назад

This was so interesting.

@Mikey_Moonshine 7 часов назад

Amazing amazing documentary 👏🏽😍✌🏽😎💯

@bradmoberly6164 2 дня назад

Fitting last words from the soldier who participated in the battle at the end of the video. Very fitting. In ww1 and preceeding wars the suicidal frontal attacks seems utterly pointless. What he must have saw or experienced is in beyond human comprehension. Rip sirs. You fought for ppl to be overweight and drink starbucks and post their shitty dinners on fb.

@dwightburns6699 5 дней назад

always nice being the first one to comment on y'all's great videos, thank you!

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

1916 was the time

@charliemanson4808 3 часа назад

48:12 That'll be the regimental sniper with his rifle wrapped in hessian to protect and keep the optics free from mud.

@IgnacioMata-f5g 3 дня назад

Is there a what if video on Mexico joining Germany during WW1

@joebudi5136 4 часа назад

3000 south africans vs 18,000 Germans. Only 100 survived to become pows. Who knows if any of them survived past the war.

@MS-in3sl 11 часов назад

Map showing post-1945 borders?

@fload46d 4 часа назад

My great grandfather took his boys and got out of Germany and went to the US because the Kaiser always wanted wars and it was the German boys who would die. Germany was winning and was willing to give generous terms to end the war. The top German zionists went to Britain and promised American help against Germany if the Brits would promise them Palestine. Thus came about the defeat of Germany, marking the eventuality of WWII and the beginnings of the zionist state.

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

No biggie, lowlands and a lot of France destroyed. Germany not. We just go home and suffer a bit, and unleash holy terror on a scale unimaginable at this time..

@jatzbethstappen9814 4 дня назад

Aisling Bea ruined that "8 out of 10 Cats" show I reckon

@georgekovacs3664 День назад

What?

@jatzbethstappen9814 День назад

@@georgekovacs3664 i said Aisling Bea ruined that "8 out of 10 Cats" show I reckon

@michaeldowson6988 4 дня назад

The Germans decided attacking the Front held by the Canadian Corp would be futile, and left them sitting in a long narrow salient.

@flashgordon6670 4 дня назад

Bc they wanted Canada to switch sides and fight against Britain for independence.

@michaeldowson6988 4 дня назад

@@flashgordon6670 We are independent. We didn't need to fight to achieve it.

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 2 дня назад

Sept 1918? Think about it fellas, the Bosch were buggad, properly... anything after Aug 8 was futile.

@garylancaster8612 День назад

@@flashgordon6670As if Canada would ever dream of doing that!

@jasongibson8870 20 часов назад

There's the obnoxious Canadian inferiority complex masked as a superiority complex. Canadians being nice is on display in them allowing other countries to participate while they single handedly won both world wars.

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

A little later on.

@sammitkhandeparkara День назад

28:38 what is it that the soldier is rotating?

@Simon-jj2pu День назад

A rattle used for gas attack warnings. Used after the war for fans to make a noise during football matches

@brentinnes5151 19 часов назад

@@Simon-jj2pu yeah thats what i reckon

@Air-bear 5 дней назад

Gadfly here 💥. America’s reasoning for entering WW1 still debated. When they chose to enter is not spoken of much. It wasn’t until after the 1916 election that this commitment was announced. The decision to enter WW1 must have been decided on prior publication. Big decisions take time to develop. When to announce this is also significant.

@bftdr 5 дней назад

i always wondered if that zimmerman telegram was authentic. the british seemed a bit too pleased with themselves after america joined the war.

@stevenhill4122 4 дня назад

JP Morgan is the reason.

@fredengels8188 4 дня назад

@@stevenhill4122 exactly

@MikeHunt-fo3ow 4 дня назад

to make money of course.......war is a racket i think it called by smedley is worth looking in to

@flashgordon6670 4 дня назад

Yes it was authentic. Germany was trying to intimidate the USA, to stay out the war, but it had the opposite result. That and the sinking of the Lusitania and other dastardly incidents.

@paulrummery6905 4 дня назад

Yeah, "Bruchmullers orchestra".. Wasn't like "pop, pop, pop bang" 😉

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

Meine gott

@flashgordon6670 4 дня назад

I heard that a bloke called Archi duke, shot an Ostrich bc he was hungry.

@jamesirbensonmum3514 День назад

there was definitely an ostrich involved!

@ALA-uv7jq 4 дня назад

So the Canadians held and the British ran. Nothing unusual.

@flashgordon6670 4 дня назад

Well seeing as Canada is half french, you should’ve sent more men to France than Britain.

@antonrudenham3259 4 дня назад

Eh?

@davidmcintyre998 22 часа назад

You Canadian supermen make me wonder why we even bothered turning up, every night British people before bed pray to God thanking him for Canadians who will save us if Mr Putin heads west, he knows Canadians catch bullets in their teeth spitting them back in a purely Canadian fashion and we all know no other nation on earth can do that.

@fredengels8188 4 дня назад

1:34 dovrak!

@fredengels8188 4 дня назад

............

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

Too bad both sides were narrow minded. Both sides could have defeated the other a couple of times if pressed.

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

Too many narcissists😢

@HepatitisBChannelHepatitisB 11 часов назад

Map is wrong

@johncraig7823 19 часов назад

Why are You using a false using a Post WW1 & WW2 Border for Germany?

@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw 22 часа назад

Was ist los?

@davidknox5929 10 часов назад

@yanlumotungoe2361 17 часов назад

My son fought in this battle...He single-handedly destroyed five German battalions using his bare hands and helped the British stall the German offensive...On the 171899th day of the Geman push,he was shot up by a King Tiger,but before he died,he destroyed it by biting off its armour and devouring its crew. Then he was crushed by a wrecking ball and finally died in 2023. He was just 11 and was from Chad.~Sigh~