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One Of the Capable Generals of WW1 - Arthur Currie I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

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Arthur Currie is one of the few universally acclaimed generals of World War 1. His refusal to send is troops into battle as canon fodder and his detailed planning and training made the Canadian Corps a force to be reckoned with on the Western Front. Find out all about the man who was only serving in the militia before the war.
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@CommissarWallace 7 лет назад

"He did not have a moustache." - That alone would normally disqualify Currie from being a great general in the Army of the British Empire and Commonwealth, which shows how good a soldier he was.

@xvcbfbdj3595 7 лет назад

CommissarWallace His name was Currie, he must have gotten recommendations from the Indian colonies

@Ugly_German_Truths 4 года назад

But Arthur Curry is the real life name of Aquaman, the snotbreak would just get in the way of the swimming and talking to fish :D (and yes, that means i dislike the extremely modern version played by Momoa... even worse than the cheesy 1970s fishboy...)

@Achillez098 8 лет назад

I was gonna make a joke about curry, but then I discovered Arthur Currie was one of the few commanders who didn't want to needlessly sacrifice the lives of his soldiers. Arthur Currie, I salute you my fellow Canadian :D

@walangchahangyelingden8252 3 года назад

It's the bloody name, but yeah he was smart.

@raymondkisner9240 2 года назад

So true. Read about his military experience and combat knowledge

@AgentCamtho1 8 лет назад

Getting our arses handed to us? Send in our secret weapons Unleash... the Canadians!

@davidmendez7258 8 лет назад

+Agent Camtho No Wonder they're so peaceful now. They're saving their energy for the big one, WW3!

@holoqofholoqqia9503 8 лет назад

+David Mendez Trump is gonna start WWIII I tell you

@achtungcircus 8 лет назад

Stick around for August 1918...the Black Day of the German Army.

@Zamolxes77 8 лет назад

+Agent Camtho With their hockey sticks and lumberjack axes, blame Canada, blame Canada !

@alganhar1 8 лет назад

+achtungcircus One of, I have read many accounts of the last 100 days... and the phrase blackest day of the German rmy pops up a fair bit!

@Duke_of_Lorraine 8 лет назад

Focused on limiting needless sacrifice... he should have spent a few months coaching Cadorna

@Kamjay27 8 лет назад

"But decimating my own troops is so much fun!"

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+scarfacemperor He probably would have make Currie resign because that's what he did with critics.

@MrBigCookieCrumble 8 лет назад

+scarfacemperor Why let a little needless sacrifice ruin a good offensive? ;D

@1Invinc 8 лет назад

+Mr BigCookie but hey, why let the lack of artillery support ruin a good offensive?

@Duke_of_Lorraine 8 лет назад

1Invinc that's what soldiers have bayonets for !

@ChrisMathers3501 8 лет назад

Fun fact: The Mobile Infantry recruits in Starship Troopers were trained at Camp Currie, named after this guy.

@hlynnkeith9334 8 лет назад

+ChrisMathers3501 Heinlein's use of Arthur Currie in Starship Troopers prompted me to look him up in the days before the internet. I was astonished. Given that so many commanders in WWI were bumblers, finding a competent general was a shock. Currie deserved all the acclaim and recognition given him.

@jackthmp 8 лет назад

+ChrisMathers3501 fun fact indeed

@davidkgreen 8 лет назад

+h lynn keith Currie and Monash best Allied Commanders by any standards.The boys in the CEF called him old Guts and Garters when my Grandfather served.

@hlynnkeith9334 8 лет назад

+David Green The Canadian contribution to the Allied war effort was disproportionate to their numbers. Canadians punched well above their weight. Not only on the ground. The RFC and the RNAS roles of crack pilots are billboards for Canadians.

@davidkgreen 8 лет назад

h lynn keith My grandfather was wounded at Vimy and Hill 70.The 100 days was the most remarkable achievement of the Corps and the Australians who were crack troops my any measure.

@alany3805 8 лет назад

Two stories about Sir Arthur Currie we get taught in hight school: When asked by Douglas Haig about how many fatalities are expected of Canadian Corps to take Passchendaele, Currie replied 16,000. The final fatalities were 15,664. It showed how good at planning Currie was. On the Armistice Day Currie got drunk and said he was going to shoot Douglas Haig, because of the meaningless attacks Haig ordered on the morning of Nov 11th. The attacks cost 300 Canadian lives. Currie got locked up by his surbordinates for the day. The textbooks never mentioned about the 10,000 dollars embezzled.

@rlbadger1698 8 лет назад

+Alan Y Thumbs up good comment

@Gitami 8 лет назад

Wiki say 300 casualty although only 1 Canadian died that day by sniper fire 2 minutes before 11:00. Yes, wiki, but useful for detail clarity.

@1984Phalanx 8 лет назад

+Alan Y I did see a documentary on him which mention the theft though.

@davidsutton6106 8 лет назад

+Gitami Actually there was a CBC investigation on that claim decades later. (After the war Currie sued for libel against a newspaper that claimed more lives were lost that last day and indeed won the suit. Again that 1 soldier killed by a sniper was the counter claim by Currie's lawyer.) They ended up going to the military graveyard near Mons and indeed found the graves of several Canadian soldiers killed on the last day of the war in the battle to retake Mons.

@alany3805 8 лет назад

Gitami you bring up an extremely interesting subject, the last Britsh Empire soldier to die in Great War. You see, people needed closure and didn't want to hear that soldiers were still dying after the armistice. But the nature of the armistice being that the Germans didn't lay down their arms and march into POW camps, skirmishes were happening well into Nov 14th, and soldiers were still being killed by enemy action until then. However, nobody wanted to hear about that, so the myth that Price was the last British Empire soldier KIA 2 min before armistice was created. Haig ordered the entire frontline to keep attacking on the morning of Nov 11th, in order to capture as much ground as possible before the armistice. He believed that this will strengthen Allied position on the negotiation tables. The Canadian Corps launched attacks against a dozen positions that day, and to say only one soldier was killed is impossible.

@Duke_of_Lorraine 8 лет назад

When will Byng be replaced by General Google, who completely overshadowed him ?

@MrBigCookieCrumble 8 лет назад

+scarfacemperor hahahaha! x'D Good one!

@MrBigCookieCrumble 8 лет назад

+scarfacemperor Whenever Whalpole deems it necessary ofcourse!

@Duke_of_Lorraine 8 лет назад

Mr BigCookie It's all part of Walpole's grand conspiracy. I won't tell more it would be spoilers for the next episode :D

@Treblaine 8 лет назад

+scarfacemperor He's still facing off against his greatest opponent; Kommandant Wolfram Von Alpha.

@jackthmp 8 лет назад

+scarfacemperor General Googol's family only changed the spelling of their name in the late 90's when immigrating to California.

@ShubhamBhushanCC 8 лет назад

I am thinking that it's quite amazing to notice that someone actually giving a damn about the life of soldiers under his command is considered exceptional

@paaatreeeck 8 лет назад

Well wasn't WW1 basically the ending time for officers almost exclusively being posh aristocrats and nobles? You know, the type that don't care about people who are "worth less" than them? Good thing we are over that nonsense at least.

@paaatreeeck 8 лет назад

***** Very detailed and interesting comment to what could have been described as a pub table quality comment by me :D Have a thumbs up ;)

@craftpaint1644 5 лет назад

Armies always give 🏅 to officers who get their country men killed, enemy or allies it it just doesn't matter. Now a Navy or an Air Force on the other hand punishes officers who waste people.

@tommcdonald1873 8 лет назад

It should be noted in 1917, after Passchendale, British Prime Minister, Lloyd-George was so impressed by the success of the Colonial Generals, Currie and John Monash of the ANZACS that he recommended that Currie and Monash be promoted to command the British Expeditionary Force. The putting the two and their respective Corps side by side at Amiens proved his point.

@LetsTakeWalk 8 лет назад

I'd say that Byng was also incredibly competent, especially for listening.

@goshenremains 8 лет назад

+Lawrence Tider Just judging by his thousand yard stare you can tell he was no arm chair general imgur.com/KiUf0ZM

@WayneMoyer 8 лет назад

+Goshen Sorry Ladies he was married.

@ComradeBobby 8 лет назад

+Goshen Wow, that's a haunted look he's got about him.

@alganhar1 8 лет назад

+Lawrence Tider Byng was probably one of, if not the best British born General of the war, at least in my opinion. Others may of course disagree.

@michaelmanning5379 8 лет назад

+alganhar1 He later served as Governor General in Canada and established limits on the ability of the sitting Prime Minister to call elections in an outlandishly opportunistic manner. cf. "The King-Byng Affair"

@robsinclair9333 8 лет назад

Like his Australian compatriot John Monash, Currie was an example of the new generation of military leader that could never have flourished in the status-consceous British Army early on. Meticulous planning and the effective use of artillery would pave the way for the Canadian and Australian Corps to be integral parts of the Battle of Amiens the the "Blackest day for the German army in the history of this war."

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

@Bruce Parkes Is that what they taught you? The Anzacs and Canucks were on the same side and shared tactics, you know.

@Trey5Damare 5 лет назад

@Bruce Parkes Canadian tactics annihilated the German morale.

@questionreality6003 5 лет назад

At Vimy the Canucks and officers under Currie and Byng invented the creeping barrage and withering fire.All took their example; see: 'history books'.

@michaelconvery8871 4 года назад

@@Maple_Cadian the Canadians did not invent the creeping barrage. The British used that tactic at the Somme. The Canadians at Vimy only perfected it, as well as using combined arms.

@michaelconvery8871 4 года назад

@@Maple_Cadian ha! I hit the wrong reply.

@WhatIsSanity 8 лет назад

It took a Canadian military enthusiast and white collar criminal to figure out walking into a firing machine gun through barbed wire without support was a bad idea?

@kingchimp1942 6 лет назад

Why did you call him white collar?

@rng_lord1276 6 лет назад

Karu, he's refrencing his embezlement. That kind of crime is often reffered to as "white collar crime"

@Conn30Mtenor 4 года назад

Pretty much, yeah.

@jeddkeech259 3 года назад

Underrated comment

@walangchahangyelingden8252 3 года назад

The fact that he is a military enthusiast is the main reason he figured it out.

@brettfavreify 8 лет назад

Very happy and proud as a Canadian to see this posted. Canada gets little or no credit for its accomplishments and sacrifices on the battlefield in both world wars and in Korea. Unlike our neighbours to the south, it's not in our nature to promote ourselves, so many people in our own country know nothing about Arthur Currie and the success of the Canadian Corps.

@TheLifeOfDan1 7 лет назад

brettfavreify Much respect to All the Canadians who fought for freedom, from the UK

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

That was certainly true until relatively recently, but Canada's role in the War is widely studied in Canada now.

@tasmanmcmillan1777 2 года назад

The dominions are always forgotten about, yet the dominions were integral to all parts of the war effort.

@FairladyS130 8 лет назад

Currie and Monash were two of the best on any side. They introduced all arms tactics and blitzkreig style warfare before the Germans did in WW2, Germans learnt from WW1 how decisive tanks could be because they faced them and realised how deadly they could be when used with infantry, artillery and aircraft.

@larllarfleton 8 лет назад

wasn't Monash the Australian General?

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 8 лет назад

+larllarfleton yes he was, him and currie were largely without equal amongst the empires generals.

@samphillips7956 8 лет назад

The tactics used by Currie and Monash weren't strictly blitzkrieg, the Germans still retain the reputation for that tactic. Also, Currie and Monash weren't alone in developing the use of tanks, Haig himself was enthusiastic for tanks to be developed, which is a good argument in his favour given the gross misinterpretation of his leadership during his tenure as British commander in chief on the Western Front

@raider762 8 лет назад

Finally a General who doesn't want to sacrifice his men and actually understands modern warfare.

@alganhar1 8 лет назад

+raider762 To be fair, "Modern Warfare" was a bit of a new thing at the time.... Easy for us to be looking back with 20/20 vision to state they should have known about Modern warfare... but remove that knowledge from you and put you in the same situation... how would you have dealt with it? Honestly now? Probably the same way they did... desperately look for a solution and make a lot of screwups on the way....

@alganhar1 8 лет назад

+raider762 sorry, but it fucks me off when people start jabbering on about how WWI Generals should have understood modern warfare... THEY were the ones who had to learn modern warfare the HARD way. Some fucked up, some didnt, but if you look back on history with 21st Century Goggles on, then you fail to understand history. You have to a least try to understand the challanges faced by people at any particular period in history before you can really understand it.. and more importantly, learn from it.

@Wonderkid44 8 лет назад

You're a moron.

@seanculligan4678 8 лет назад

There was nothing to do about the stalemate that machineguns created until armour was used. Modern armour did not exist until the end of the war.

@brandonhibbert2246 8 лет назад

He helped develop a lot of our modern doctrine

@crypticpanthergaming 7 лет назад

As a Canadian, I want to thank all of you for this amazing series, and also for these amazing specials. It really shows the world just how pivotal Canada was during WW1.

@jackthmp 8 лет назад

Who would've thought that not charging exposed to machine guns raises morale. His utilization of the creeping barrage was a masterpiece of battlefield maneuvers I wish the rest of The Entente forces adopted this strategy. WW1 would've been a lot less depressing.

@WhatIsSanity 8 лет назад

+Jack Thompson The whole think would have been a whole lot less depressing if They decided not to fight in the first place.

@1982kinger 8 лет назад

he reinvented mobile warfare

@jackthmp 8 лет назад

+Sam “MrPercie” Percy sometimes they had big guns and no shells, others they had shells but nary an artillery piece. Germany could've sustained the war for many more years if they had enacted total war measures especially after Russia backed out of the war.

@seanculligan4678 8 лет назад

+Sam “MrPercie” Percy - Firing artillery shells day and night at entrenched troops was a waste. Covering your troops to allow them to actually win the battle and capture ground was not.

@jackthmp 8 лет назад

+Sam “MrPercie” Percy without it they run the risk of being exposed to heavy machine gun fire

@supersev2001 8 лет назад

at least he did not spoil the ending I wonder who won

@TriatomicAI 8 лет назад

+While you were reading this long name i stole your cereal Revenge won.

@nathanbrown8680 8 лет назад

+While you were reading this long name i stole your cereal If you can call a massive spike in work load winning. For tuppence a soul he can't possibly afford enough redundant infrastructure to easily handle spikes like that.

@Drusty 7 лет назад

*spoiler alert * the grand army of the finish empire invaded Germany And destroyed the central powers

@osedebame3522 7 лет назад

Then the Nigerian Empire broke away from the British Commonwealth and successfully invaded the world.

@svanderheijden7967 8 лет назад

It is shows like this one that puts RU-vid above mainstream media! I never found WW1 interesting, now I cant stop watching these videos!

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+S van der Heijden Thanks.

@rosscunha5296 8 лет назад

It would be intriguing to get a "Who Did What in WW1?" episode on Field Marshal Viscount Allenby and his exploits during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Awesome channel, keep up the fantastic work.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

Good idea for next year.

@monsieurorleans1329 7 лет назад

The Great War do Australia

@ericcarlson3746 6 лет назад

episode already exists as of 2018

@andrelariviere4432 8 лет назад

As a Canadian, thanks eh, for the great episode.

@Mars_junior 7 лет назад

This has to be the only channel that actually pauses after they say "spoiler alert." Thank you great war, thank you.

@Autobotmatt428 8 лет назад

I read that had the war continued in to 1919 Primenister David Lloyd George said he would have sought to replace Field Marshal Haig with Arthur Currie as commander of the British army.

@supremecmder6107 8 лет назад

Its true!

@rehingley 8 лет назад

and have John Monash, appointed as Currie's chief of staff

@Patrick_3751 8 лет назад

That's interesting. I wonder how the British generals and other officers would have reacted to having colonial generals as their superiors.

@Autobotmatt428 8 лет назад

***** I'd say his record speaks for it self.

@rehingley 8 лет назад

No doubt, they would have been pissed, but by the last year of the war, there is no question that the Canadian and Australian Corps, lead by their own officers were considered to be the finest fighting units on the western front and were the shock troops of the British army. During the 100 Days offensive in 1918 the CDN corps engaged and defeated or caused to retreat elements of 47 German divisions.

@erikhesjedal3569 8 лет назад

This Currie guy was apparently the first general or commander to actually practise for whatever they were about to do in battles. He didnt expense lives unneccessarily. He made an almost full size training replica of Vimy Ridge. Theres a fantastic documentary here on the tube about the Canadian amy in ww1, look it up -its very interesting and goes through every effort they specifically made as for example Passchendaele, 2nd ypres, Vimy,

@erikhesjedal3569 8 лет назад

@thegreatwar By the way - you should make a video with links to other RU-vid ww1 material. Like the Canadian one. And of course the ww1-porno series by BBC. Or is that even possible? Just an idea. By the way; love the show, thanks!

@monashsq4001 7 лет назад

Monash Monash monash

@michaelstern5206 8 лет назад

I suppose the Canadians brought a whole new flavor to the war.

@omd-1064 8 лет назад

Yeah... Maple

@Lord_Foxy13 8 лет назад

+jdj sVdfxgv don't forget poutine!

@Desmaad 8 лет назад

+TheCoool31 That wouldn't be around 'till the 1950s.

@ianpoppel7440 8 лет назад

+Michael Stern Canada was there since it broke out. We were always there.

@omd-1064 8 лет назад

i am canadian and i am proud to say i am from the same country as all of our soldiers

@vitointernicola8378 7 лет назад

As a Canadian, I love Indy's pronunciation of Canada. Also, there is a couple of spectacular books about Canada in the Great War; At The Sharp End, and Shock Troops both by historian Tim Cook. The Canadian successes in WWI are all the more amazing when you consider how poorly outfitted they were at the beginning of the war (the horrible Ross Rifle, created by Sir Charles Ross springs to mind).

@AlexLuyckxPhoto 8 лет назад

Another great episode! The childhood home of Currie still stands today but is sadly abandoned and in rough shape.

@briangreen2077 8 лет назад

thank you for the video on Currie , his is a story that should be make into a movie.

@pshehan1 6 лет назад

There are a number of remarkable parallels between Currie and the other Dominion General of note during the war, Australia's John Monash. I hope a special will be done on Monash. Monash and Currie were not a professional soldiers. Monash was an engineer. That may have stood them in good stead, as they were not wedded to outdated military doctrines as the professional generals were, and were prepared to look at military problems with fresh eyes. Like Currie, Monash had been a militia Lt Colonel before the war. He was made a brigadier prior to the landings at Gallipoli. Currie's first combat rank was as a brigadier. Monash had an advantage over Currie in that he had a moustache, but his appointment as a brigadier was met with some protest within the military, in part due to his German and Jewish ancestry. The landing at Gallipoli was made on April 25 1915, three days after Currie's brigade had their baptism of fire at Ypres. Like Currie, Monash became a Major General commanding a division, then commander of the five Australian divisions when they were formed into a single Australian Corps. Like Currie's command, this was a force of about 100,000 men. Like Currie, Monash was made a knight, being knighted in the field by George V. As an engineer, Monash was an organiser of men and material. After the war he built the electricity system for the state of Victoria. Like Currie he made thorough preparations and introduced new tactics, such as coordinating the use of infantry, tanks artillery and aircraft. At the battle of Hamel he had the latter dropping ammunition and supplies to the advancing troops. He also had Americans under his command at the battle of Hamel and set the date for July 4 1918 in their honour. The Americans had been attached to get a bit of experience and training from the Australians. When Pershing found out at almost the last minute that they were to be part of a major attack, he tried to have the Americans withdrawn, but Monash basically said, 'No Americans, no battle.' Monash had planned for the objectives to be taken in 90 minutes. It took 93. Between the wars the Germans studied Monash's tactics when developing the Blitzkrieg. Monash's reputation for thorough preparations may have been established when he was made commander of the 3rd Australian Division in July 1916. The 1st and 2nd divisions had fought at Gallipoli. The 4th and 5th divisions were created by 'halving" the 1st and 2nd divisions down to the platoon level after that campaign and bringing each unit up to strength with replacement troops from Australia, giving all four divisions a backbone of veterans. The 3rd division was raised in Australia and received only rudimentary training before going to England for further training in May and June 1916. They received thorough training there under Monash, but the division was depleted and almost broken up to find replacements for the four divisions in France and Belgium which had been seriously depleted by the hard fighting on the Somme. The 5th division had been all but destroyed in a 'diversion' at Fromelles, losing 1700 killed and 4000 wounded in "the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history", as covered in this episode of this series. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uAJaefX-F34.html This further delayed the 3rd division's departure for the front, but Monash made sure the time was well spent. When they finally arrived on the Western front in November, they were called 'The Deep Thinkers' by the other four battle hardened divisions. That was a somewhat derisive term generally applied to late arrivals at the front, who had to 'think deeply' about taking part in the war. The AIF (Australian Imperial Force) was an all volunteer army. But the 3rd division soon earned their spurs. When the British launched the battle of Amiens on August 8 1918, the Australian and Canadian corps were the spearheads. Ludendorff called it the black day of the German army, and it began the '100 day advance' which ended with the armistice.

@samwoodcreative 8 лет назад

Another terrific episode, thanks for shedding light on an interesting Canadian.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Sam Thanks, our pleasure.

@ianli3027 8 лет назад

+The Great War Thank you for honouring one of our Great War heroes.

@airlinecity 8 лет назад

Phenomenal episode on Currie and Byng, and of their contribution to new strategies and logistics in the war.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Ryan Gallant Thanks.

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

Thank you, thank you, thank you. A thousand thank yous for FINALLY giving this great general, and his Canadian shock troops, the international respect he so richly deserves. I absolutely love your series. Well done.

@5h0rgunn45 6 лет назад

You should do a bio of Julian Byng too. The guy deserves it. He was a fantastic general and quite an eccentric character. In fact, one could argue that it was he who really whipped the Canadian Corps into an effective fighting force. Before he took over, the Canadians were notorious for their poor discipline (and for sleeping around a lot), and some generals believed they should be posted to a quiet sector of the front where they couldn't cause any damage to the war effort.

@GHDEFIANT 8 лет назад

I first read about Arthur Currie in Pierre Berton's Marching as to War. Ever since reading this book I have had a great amount of respect for what Currie was able to do.

@Vinlyguyx420x 7 лет назад

I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and we have a former army base/neighbourhood named Currie Barracks, I always drove by it wondering why it was named that, thanks for giving me the history behind the man.

@raikespeare 8 лет назад

Capable Generals of WWI - The mini-mini-mini-series

@ericcarlson3746 6 лет назад

agreed. July 2018 and it's Currie and Monash, hint that Byng may have been one.

@ernieseedhouse9463 8 лет назад

My grandfathers both fought in Curry's army. 1916 to 1918.

@jordanfenske5201 8 лет назад

It's really awesome to have another video about Canadians

@Supperspartan21 8 лет назад

Indy thank you for making this video

@brianhart1911 8 лет назад

Thanks so much for doing this! Sir Currie is a personal hero of mine.

@EnclaveAJones 8 лет назад

Danke for this episode, Arthur Currie was one of my favourite WW1 generals.

@MorroTreece 8 лет назад

So glad there's a channel focused on this era, so much seems left out in schools, even college level courses.

@MrBigCookieCrumble 8 лет назад

The background music and sound effects really made the episode come alive, maybe you've been using that for ages but i just noticed hahaha! Sorry to the sound guy who has been working hard but not been getting any appreciation, good work!

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Mr BigCookie Will pass that on and yes we did use that since the start.

@lamborules2012 8 лет назад

I don't know why but I can't get enough of these videos!

@thehungrywolf3323 8 лет назад

How can he be competent? He can't even grow a glorious and commanding 'stache or beard!

@philarscott 8 лет назад

You're doing a fantastic service Indy, and the whole Great War team. You're not being a jerk refusing to give up your content now. It's meant to be told in order, and it seems you covered the man especially well. No need to apologise. :)

@christopherdoyle4129 8 лет назад

...more developments form Currie were providing detailed maps to in the field officers so they could maintain orientation better once battle started AND... actually shelling enemy artillery positions which until then, there generally existed a kind of gentlemen's agreement not to do this. Currie used air reconnaissance and advanced surveying techniques to pinpoint enemy artillery in order to shell it accurately. He also had underground tunnels dug to transport troops to the front trenches safe from random artillery fire. In the Vimy Ridge Battle he absolutely mastered the creeping barrage technique so much so that the right part of the line was to advance faster than the left because of the triangular shape of the battlefiled...and so on and so on...

@monashsq4001 7 лет назад

he got everything he did from Monash.

@TheMartymar1976 8 лет назад

if I am not mistaken, he also ordered a controvesial attack on a German city on the last day of WW1, causing hundreds more casualties with yhe end of the war in sight. His men didnt want to be the last soldier killed in the war. He took lots of criticism over this incident and along with his financial dealings left him with a somewhat jaded reputation. Good episode, look forward to more!

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Jared Martin Wasn't that order given by Douglas Haig?

@williamdelarge2491 8 лет назад

Arthur currie is wonderful tactician! He had shaped warfare to come behind him and saved countless lives with his creation of the creeping barrage and the part most often forgotten is your moppers up. Which was having your artillery just ahead of your infantry for cover and protection by smoke . While your infantry moved forward while not in a straight forward line. But side to side motion to keep the infantry moving and from getting decimated by machine gun spray and pray in one area. While the moppers up where the last few men of the line that would make sure troops that you are walking through that had fallen that were thought to be out of the fight, that still were alive , get back up and shoot or stab you in the back. Which could decimate an advancing infantry. So moppers up would make sure your out of the fight or protect the infranty's back. All advanced militaries to this very day incorporate curries tactics. Currie was renowned since he broke the mold of how ww1 was fought!

@chuckhainsworth4801 5 лет назад

In the Canadian Army, we had a lot of kit named Currie, from Currie Barracks to the swimming pool at Kapyong Barracks.

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

Cool.

@OldFellaDave 8 лет назад

Currie and Monash - both Colonial 'Part Time Soldiers' who rose from Brigade Commanders to Corps Commanders of their nations Armies, and who were the architects of the 'Black Day of the German Army' and the 100 days campaign that brought the war to an end. Despite both having character flaws, Currie with his finances and fraud, Monash with his womanising and ego, both were men who symbolize those who were 'made' by the new war and brought their civilian skills to the war AND a deep-seated caring and desire to protect their men at all costs. Great clip team on a great bloke! Look forward to seeing your take on Monash ;)

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+David Read He will get his episode, yes.

@Canhistoryismylife 8 лет назад

thank you, Indy and great war creators, as a Canadian history student I appreciate your work

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Graeme B Thanks.

@t-roj7849 8 лет назад

I love your channel so much! Keep up the great war guys!

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Unbekaant Tgabjsm we will.

@michaelhartikainen826 9 месяцев назад

To me the best qoute attibuted directly to him was 'Pay the price of victory in shells-not lives' or as it is said in current jargon 'exspend shells, not men'. And that is all you need to hear.

@sloths-df3gf 2 месяца назад

Monty's intel chief in Normandy in 1944, Bill Williams, put it this way: 'Let metal do it rather than flesh'.

@cameronhine4223 8 лет назад

Hello +TheGreatWar, Love the show I just love the concept of doing a week by week blow as it was 100 years ago and hope in a few decades time someone if not you guys take this concept for The Second World War. My question is are you going to do an episode on General Sir John Monash? I think his revolutionary tactics (of that time) and work at the Battle of Amiens is something impressive in the ground covered. The Australians took more ground in 4 hours then in the 4 years of the war. At least that's what we are taught he in Oz... Also being the latest person to be knighted by the King on the battlefield for his efforts and massive success at The Battle of Amiens, is something very impressive. Kind Regards from Oz

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

Yes.

@MrSmittydogg 8 лет назад

I was about to ask the same question, and I'm glad the answer is that we Aussies will see an episode done on Sir John Monash. I eagerly await your episode on him

@klackon1 8 лет назад

Absolutely cracking series: thanks a lot.

@JohnDoe-uu9gh 7 лет назад

I remember dressing up as Arthur Currie in High School for an assignment in the 'Canadian History' course (as we were Canadian) and then talked with the guy who was playing Winston Churchill. Good fun.

@YYCRS 8 лет назад

A wonderful piece on a Canadian icon. Thank you for sharing

@whatsitooyah1484 8 лет назад

makes me proud of my country thanks for uploading

@Paul-su4bu 8 лет назад

i did a project on him when i was a wee boy. i couldn't believe he was one of the seemingly few that actually valued his soldiers. shocking

@rehingley 6 лет назад

I purchased a bio about Currie in a church basement sale about 20 years ago. The woman I paid, saw the title and said that she was in the crowd as his funeral procession passed by. 60 odd years previously. She said her father took her so she could pay respect to the greatest Canadian that had every lived.

@3crowsfarm16 7 лет назад

Currie was a master of the english language, known for his speeches but also his exceptional vulgarity! BTW, here is Arthur Currie's speech to his troops in anticipation of the german onslaught in April of 1918. Interesting to note that the German army went around the CEF and the they were not engaged in this series of battles. Sir Arthur Currie's Appeal to the Canadian Corps "Looking back with pride on the unbroken record of your glorious achievements, asking you to realize that today the fate of the British Empire hangs in the balance, I place my trust in the Canadian Corps, knowing that where Canadians are engaged there can be no giving way. Under the orders of your devoted officers in the coming battle you will advance or fall where you stand facing the enemy. To those who fall I say, "You will not die, but step into immortality. Your mothers will not lament your fate, but will have been proud to have borne such sons. Your names will be revered for ever and ever by your grateful country, and God will take you unto Himself." Canadians, in this fateful hour I command you and I trust you to fight as you have ever fought, with all your strength, with all your determination, with all your tranquil courage. On many a hard-fought field of battle you have overcome this enemy. With God's help you shall achieve victory once more." Source: Source Records of the Great War, Vol. VI, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

This touched me. Thank you for that. Those men, all of them, are revered in Canada.

@adriangoodman8901 8 лет назад

I was waiting dearly for this!!!

@TheAngel_of_Death 2 года назад

“The only soldier thrown up by the British side who possessed the necessary qualifications for the position.” David Lloyd George, PM of Britain in referring to Currie

@devinfrobb3388 8 лет назад

Very glad you guys did a special on Currie! I would have eventually requested it if you hadn't done so

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Devin Frobb He clearly deserved it.

@UnHellequined 6 лет назад

A bit surprised you didn't touch on the post war controversy about Currie's decisions on the final days of the war. Although that would be pretty much impossible without major spoilers, will have to wait to see if it comes up then!

@oilersridersbluejays 8 лет назад

A Canadian hero. Sad thing is that many of my fellow countrymen, especially younger ones, have no clue who he is even if they heard of him.

@jovanweismiller7114 7 лет назад

Thank you for pronouncing 'lieutenant' properly!

@TheGreatWar 7 лет назад

Our pleasure.

@frickinrick89 8 лет назад

I always think of Currie from "Starship Troopers." Fitting it would be the name of a training camp.

@darrenwood6833 8 лет назад

Thanks to Indy and the team for putting together such a great series. Really enjoying these Who Did What In WW1 videos.These videos have opened my eyes up to so much more than my British/ANZAC centered knowledge. Would love to see a Who Did What In WW1 on Sir John Monash. Might be more appropriate close to the anniversary of the Battle of Hamel in 2018.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Darren Wood He will get his video.

@capralean 6 лет назад

Thank you, Mr. Neidell. I lived in Victoria, British Columbia, where Currie failed in real estate. I do not think that he is celebrated much even there, so I appreciate your biography of him all the more.

@lizardodavinci 8 лет назад

I just wanted to say that your grim looks at what is possibly the most depressing war in history give me something to look forward to as a relief from our modern drudgery. (It's a different shade of brown-grey, if nothing else...)

@lizardodavinci 8 лет назад

I also wonder why RU-vid switched out all the "related videos" to "Learn Colours and Shapes - For Kids!" as soon as I hit subscribe... Probably some sort of cosmic balance...

@RedShocktrooperRST 8 лет назад

+Lizardo Da Vinci Because this channel - like, amusingly, Forgotten Weapons, uploads most of its videos to the Education category.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+RedShocktrooper Weirdly, there is no history category. So, education is the closest thing.

@RedShocktrooperRST 8 лет назад

The Great War I personally think that calling the series as a whole "education" is pretty reasonable. It's a blow by blow description - with some offhanded extra notes about specific people - of the war we're still feeling the aftershocks of to this day.

@1984Phalanx 8 лет назад

His theft only serves to remind us that heroes are just people like the rest of us.

@briantrueman4266 8 лет назад

Thanks for this story. It is great to hear somebody besides a Canadian talk about Canada's contribution to the war effort.

@TheCanadiangirl4 8 лет назад

+Brian Trueman It's unheard of that a non Canadian knows something about our battles and generals.

@ernieseedhouse9463 8 лет назад

Thanks for doing this video

@natedogg1088 4 года назад

This Currie sounded like a great officer. All the traits I heard of his military leadership would be what I hoped to serve under if I ended up at war. I hope History remembers him kindly

@NateLesser 7 лет назад

Thanks for the alert, but my goodness - those eyes!

@samaccardi 3 года назад

To this day Vimy Ridge belongs to Canada. IIRC it was gifted by the French in gratitude. It’s maintained by Veterans Affairs Canada and is one of two National Historic Sites outside our borders. The PM still makes his Remembrance Day speech at the monument there each year.

@tyghbn000 8 лет назад

I would love to see an episode about Carl Gustaf Mannerheim. There would for sure be interesting stories of him in the Europe before he moved to Finland.

@EarendilUndomiel 6 лет назад

Australian general John Monash and Canadian general Arthur Currie were the best commanders of the war.

@raymondchoo2788 8 лет назад

We should do a special on General Herbert Plumer, British Army. I feel his exploits at Messiness, Polygon Wood, and his stabalization of a deteriorating Italian Front in 1917 should deserve a mention, yet he isn't mentioned as much.

@MrBigCookieCrumble 8 лет назад

How grand is the knowledge of the chair of wisdom with authentic history?

@rrrr7659 6 лет назад

I actually went to a charter school at the former Currie Barracks in Alberta, named after Sir Arthur Currie. It's being zoned as a residential area by the city now. It's too bad most people won't know who he is...

@peterlynch1458 7 лет назад

Watching these older videos I just cant get over how good the old intro was.

@grahamtotte7133 8 лет назад

People who laugh at the Canadian military and make jokes need to see stories like this. Canada's war record is full of them from every conflict Canadians have been a part of. This tradition holds true right up to present day.

@rabihrac 8 лет назад

The Ottoman's commanders in Syria had a profile just the opposite of Gen Arthur Currie's. For exemple, they lost 300 men in a snow storm when they chose the wrong day to cross the Lebanon Mountains in november 1915 after the high commandment of 4th Ottoman Army, based in Damascus, decided to occupy the autonomous province.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Rabih R They really hötzendorfed that.

@rabihrac 8 лет назад

hahaha

@rbfcaf 8 лет назад

Hello Indy and Crew! I was wondering if you might spot light Henry Norwest from the 50th Canadian infantry in an out of the trenches. Thank you for all your hard work!

@ArenBerberian 8 лет назад

Will you guys be doing a Who did what on the Armenian general Andranik Ozanian? I know Armenia is not in the war yet on your timeline (at least not as a country) but Andranik had a very interesting life in general and was involved in WW1 from the beginning commanding his own units under the Russians in the Caucasus Campaign. Also having to hold the line after the Russians left in 1917 with only a few thousand men as well as always trying to help the Armenian refugees fleeing the Armenian Genocide. Not to forget his large role in the early days of the First republic of Armenia just after the war. Should make an interesting episode. Great show guys always look forward to new episodes.

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

This would make a very interesting episode indeed.

@MrJ3 8 лет назад

The canadians somehow always seem to be the best of soldiers.

@zs5636 4 года назад

Thank you kindly

@jesusnator6667 8 лет назад

Another Example of How Canada's The Greatest Country on Earth. Great Video Indie and Team! Great Video!

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+2L8 4 US &Hendo Thanks.

@martkbanjoboy8853 8 лет назад

"Shock Troops' By Tim Cook is a good read in that it does not include any pubescent hubris on the offensives of the Canadian Corps. It is more of an analytical and unvarnished view.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+martK banjoboy Cool, will check it out.

@martkbanjoboy8853 8 лет назад

I really like your channel and project, it is vital now as there are no more veterans left alive. I watched your piece on Otto Dix and got something out of it. Thanks. :-)

@KingoftheSlavs 8 лет назад

Please do a bio on Jozef Pilsudski during WW1 next.

@Wonderkid44 8 лет назад

Maybe he was so good because he wasn't experienced? Simply learnt from 0 instead of trying to adapt to new tactics

@fumblerooskie 5 лет назад

That's probably very true. Many British officers were incompetent and were basically handed their commission only because of their social status. Currie worked for his. The guy started as an artillery gunner for crying out loud.

@ISawABear 8 лет назад

I think if there's one thing that emphasizes Currie's meticulous planning its his projections for casualties at the battle of Passchendaele. With the plan in place he'd predicted that the Canadians would suffer 16,000 casualties. The final count was 15,654 casualties.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+IDidSawABear Yeah, pretty impressive.

@YeagerBomb-ww3bn 8 лет назад

Can't wait to see you cover Patton and MacArthur.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Yeager Bomb Yes, they both deserve a video.

@YeagerBomb-ww3bn 8 лет назад

+The Great War Thanks for the reply! Enjoy the show! I do have a question. Hope it pops up on "Out of the Trenches." Was there any kind of Special Operative (Commandos) groups back during the war? If so, who where they and what did they do? Keep up the good work.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

Yeager Bomb You will find out out soon enough.

@41hijinx22 8 лет назад

Don't forget Monash.

@TheGreatWar 8 лет назад

+Pat Cunningham We won't.

@ericcarlson3746 6 лет назад

Monash's episode was published in July 2018

@seanmiller3239 8 лет назад

Great video! Also, did anyone notice at 5:20 there is a single soldier who acts like he's going to leave the trench, but ducks back when he's the last one?

@ArenBerberian 8 лет назад

+Sean Miller Yeah cus he got shot.

@cisco3111 8 лет назад

Can't believe my great grandfather was drafted 100 years ago next week into the Welsh Division.

@alganhar1 8 лет назад

+Mauricio Benavides Which one? There were two 38th (Welsh) fought on the Western Front, and 53rd (Welsh) fought in Gallipoli and later against the Ottomans. I ask this because when you say the Welsh Division, I automatically think 53rd, because while it has been deactivated 160 (Welsh) Brigade is still an active part of the British Army. 53rd took an active part in both wars, in WWII 38th (Welsh) was a Reserve 2nd line Division and never left home soil, despite its long service on the Western Front during WWI. Despite the numbering, 53rd (Welsh) was actually the older and Parent Division, hence why one of its Brigades still exists and carries the moniker (Welsh). From your wording, I assume your Great Grandfather was drafted into 38th (Welsh). Good chance he was in one of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Battalions, if I remember correctly the RWF had something like 18 Battallions serving overseas in a fair few infantry divisions, not just the 38th (Welsh) and 53rd (Welsh). 38th (Welsh) was bdly hammered in 1916, especially IIRC at Mametz Wood, though I am working on memory here, I believe 1st RWF were part of 38th (Welsh) at the time. 5th RWF however were in Gallipolli thus were part of 53rd (Welsh)... I would really need to dig out my copy of the Regimental history to work out where all the Battallions were in WWI! They raised that many!

@cisco3111 8 лет назад

Wow that many? Most of what I have on my Great Grandfather is mearly from his journal that my relatives in Swansea are trying to preserve. From his own words he described Mametz with extreme detail and he did forge a few relations with several south african and rhodesian soldiers after he was pulled from the line. I'll try as well to call my relatives to see if they can send me photos of each page so I can write his passages day by day when The Great War reaches the Somme. Hopefully at least. Thanks mate.

@ggarlick46 8 лет назад

+alganhar1 The 53rd Welsh was my fathers division in WW2. He was in the first battalion East Lancashire regiment. They landed after DDay and he later fought at s"hertogenbosch in Holland, then took part in the battle of the bulge when the division was sent to help reinforce the American counterattack. Finally ended up in Hamburg as the war ended. The division had a great history.