Because there are dbags who win lol. Those scientists given jobs to continue making new weapons, the billionaires even millionaires who have shares with companies that are given government issued jobs to produce shit for the government.
Well the power of loyalty and pride for your country can make you fight as we saw in the movie they were all happy had pride to fight in the war but at the end all they realized was they weren't fighting for their country empire they were fighting for king who had problems with his brothers
@@Laquintainnroom217*parce qu'ils n'ont pas le choix Tu crois vraiment qu'ils voulaient volontairement aller se faire tuer à la guerre et tuer d'autres innocents juste parce qu'un vieillard qui dirige ton pays c'est disputé avec un autre vieux dirigeant ??? Réfléchi un peu avant de dire ce genre de choses
It was certainly a great depiction of the mindset of the youth during ww1 and the harsh reality of war they wanted so badly to be there until they were
Ya when your a young man you think I'm be a man or I ha e to do this then when it hits you later on in battle or if you make it you think why, waste all this time for someone who is sleeping and making millions while I'm cold wet sleepy and I might ot make it
@andreasraubn9225 wait till ww3 starts man then u begin to ask your self who the he'll made all these countries and governments to make laws and rules to keep us in check and do this or that
If im not mistaken, there is a bullet hole in the helmet of the main character, I can't imagine the hell he would be going through mentally not just from the battle but the gear you are wearing has already failed the guy before you.
@@stevencolor3389that bullet hole is from a sniper that shot him , the bullet was high so it pierced the helmet from side to side without hitting his head , you can see the exit hole in the back of the helmet. I think is worst knowing the equipment failed him and is alive by pure luck
@@totenfurwotan4478Demm I was right , I just said the same think and explained with details . But honestly, I was lying about it but it made me feel so smart as I wrote 😂 shhhh, my comment is right underneath yours. I ain’t even watch the movie 😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@humperdinckoglethorpe4180 it did not, not sure if there were any “pushes” like these to take trenches. But there were enough skirmishes to rack up thousands even on the last day.
That ending was just brutal, and yet so real for countless young men that morning. History has shown the world is a cruel place, don’t forget it hasn’t changed.
@@thehope3231no one has forgotten it, it’s how humanity functions for thousend years. The only thing that changes are the weapons and tactics being used
No, people have got complacent and soft. They have forgotten in enough places and in enough mass to generalise. It doesnt take much observation to see we went from brutal savages to furry weebs... @@user-hi6vg4fz5j
That was probably the most heartbreaking moment of the movie for me. As soon as he told them they had to go back and fight for this douchebags (the commander) honor I knew the main character was going to die. Edit: Just because the movie isn't exactly like the book doesn't mean it's a bad movie. Unfaithful? Sure. Not bad though.
That one scene describes ww1 in a nutshell no one was moving trapped and where killing each other all for the country and families just to get stuck suffering for nothing but a couple of Miles of land
If you look at his perspective it’s probably the one he wants after experiencing the lost of his friends and, all the killings he done and men he js met dying in front of him
Facts but to be fair he would’ve had massive ptsd that might not even kicked in till later. By then he’s a high ranking ss battle hardened officer stationed at Schwitz..
For those who don’t understand, at the end of World War 1 the allies signed a cease fire, the war was gonna end at 11 o’clock (the cease fire would take place in 15 minutes meaning they are still at war) so the German commanders ordered an attack on the allied trenches to catch them off guard. Some soldiers survived several years of brutal trench combat, but those 5 minutes cause hundreds of thousands of soldiers to die, may they Rest in Peace Edit: Wow thanks for 2k likes
Its not a peace treaty, its a cease fire. The last hours of WW1 were the most bloody. A lot of offenses (mostly Allied) took place, to capture this hill or that bridge and gain a better position in the peace negotiations to come, or should the war continue (which is always a possibility)
(this didn't happen, around 2,700 deaths were taken overall due to both the allies and the central powers continuing their artillery bombardments incase this exact situation happened, there's swathes of cases of both german and allied soldiers refusing to fire at eachother even though the war was ongoing) (for context, the allies alone would take upwards of 5-6,000 casualties per day throughout the entire war, casualties on the last day were significantly lower for all sides)
People always hate the enemies, but just take a second and think about it they are just soldiers fighting for their country. They just wanna save their country and no one wants to harm people and no one wants to die at the end of the day, our enemies because our enemies just fighting for their country and freedom
Dumb question here but....surely those guys would've been justified if they killed that commanding officer and said we aren't doing that dumb shit enough of us have died already....right?
@@thomasmitchell4128 they would’ve been under intl law most likely but the soldiers who said they wouldn’t fight were immediately killed. (They cut that part out of the short)
@@thomasmitchell4128 All soldiers who refused to fight were usually shot on sight, so if they did that, there would probably be some crazy people in the crowd enough to open fire.
@@thomasmitchell4128 I feel like if I was in that situation. I would check my gun so that it’s loaded. Raise it up and just shoot him. Chaos would break out and they would never find me again
Kinda like the globalist flooding the west and America with illegals. If they had guns people would mobilize. But beings they don't they don't mobilize until they are second class citizens in what was once there nation.
The book was absolutely gut wrenching. Makes you feel for the generation that had no choice but to serve, to be lied to about fighting for their country but their country did nothing to save them
There's a French song that was made during that time, by an unknown soldier.. It's called "La chanson de Craonne", due to the battle or Craonne, where it's supposed to have been created, here are the translated lyrics : "After 8 long days The rest is over We're gonna take back the trenches Our job is so useful, that without us they kill themselves But it's over, we're done with it Nobody wants to go forth And the heart well grown, like in a cry for help We say goodbye to civilians Goodbye life, goodbye love Goodbye all the women It's over, forever Of this terrible war It's at Craonne On the plateau That we must die Because we are all condemned We are the sacrificed 8 days of trenches 8 days of suffers But yet we still have hope That tonight will come the succession That we're waiting impatiently Suddenly in the night And in the silence We see someone going forth It's an officer, of infantry men Who comes to replace us Quietly in the night, and under the rain The little hunters, come seek forth their tomb Goodbye life, goodbye love Goodbye all the women It's over, forever Of this terrible war It's at Craonne On the plateau That we must die Because we are all condemned We are the sacrificed It's so sad to see, on these boulevards All these big men partying If for them life is great For us, it's not the same Instead of hiding, all these trickster (The word is hard to translate, it's basically someone giving someone else his job while hiding, remaining safe) Would better come to the trenches To defend their goods, 'cus we have nothing We, the poor peasants And the fellas are laying there To defend the goods, of these people Goodbye life, goodbye love Goodbye all the women It's over, forever Of this terrible war It's at Craonne On the plateau That we must die Because we are all condemned We are the sacrificed Those who have the money, they will come back Because it's for them we're dying But it's over, us the assholes Will stop doing our job It'll be your turn, mister fat guys To get on the plateau Because if you want to do war Pay it with your life" A really powerful song, I thought it could be good to share its meaning with english speakers who may not know about it
the last part is the best. It shows perfektly how bad the soldiers feel and that they have understood, that they have to fight. Completely bitter thoughts, that are completely reasonable and a imaginated scenario they would wish for, only by thinking about a thing that could calm their mind, doesnt matter how little the chance is for that to happen, the thought alone could ease their peace seaking minds. In such a position. one often takes every bit of peace he can get, even if it is a false one they convinced themselfe of
@@hnojic Alright first of all the quote is made by Plato, and George santayana is the second one to say it in 1922 while centuries ago, Plato expressed the quote as it is a conflict in Human kind and Nature, So the Quote isn't a lie.
@@EASY7356I like the book ending tbh it shows the reality of war to them you’re just a number you don’t go out in blazing glory remembered by everyone you’re just another casualty another lost number. That’s all that these people sees us as man just numbers
@@BigmanHagfish They should‘ve called this something else not All Quiet on the Western Front. It’s a good WW1 Movie but the Story of the Book in general is much better imo.
@@EricTS23 🤓👆Torrential rainfall in 1915, 1916 and 1918 had a decisive role in major battles such as Verdun and the Somme, contributing to the death of over a million soldiers. A day later could change the cause of the war.
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@@Dunny346you know, America got mad at Britain after the American Civil War because they were not being neutral like they said they would be. They were meeting with Confederate ships during the war to negotiate trade deals and potentially supplying the confederacy with weapons and supplies. Nearly 75 years later, US began doing what they accused Britian of doing by supplying raw iron and trucks to the Soviet Union, food and other supplies to Chinese forces and weapons and food supplies as well as more trucks to Britian. Oh and don't forget the oil embargo that US put on Japan that provoked Japan to attack the US. So ask yourself this: how can you claim to be a neutral nation when you are purposely supplying one side of the war or another? You're not neutral. FDR ordered that the US supply those nations that only fueled the flames of war.
@@SilverFang2789this is true and you have a point. Today we just glad the US helped the side who didn’t constantly enslave or mass murder POWs (Germany on eastern front) or constantly grape civilians, bayonet babies, and test the most subhuman idea of experiments and testing chemical weapons on actual civilians (Japan throughout Asia)
This was such a powerful movie. It should be required viewing for any high school student to remind everyone war is not pretty, very often unnecessary, and people just like us are the ones fighting it.
It hits hard when you realize there were boys in there the same age as you. The same age as your friends and classmates. Who died and we don’t even know their names
It does, knowing the war heros of WW1 and 2 were typically young men, just like you and me. "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times." And so the cycle will continue...
It gets sadder as you get older and think of all the lads that were literally children. You might feel an adult at 18, and you might think 18-20 yr olds are adults but I can tell you that they very much aren't.
yeah all these politicians urging other iraq war when they killed a million iraqis and people in congress can't even name the provinces in ukraine that they want to send our young boys to. They are just making money from proxy wars
@@scottishcountryball1922how dare you disrespect the honor and the courage of the German people, my grandfather, a German , he was fighting in 1945 for Germany not the government , but the German people , the Nation the Vaterland, i dont know why uts always foreigners eho talking shit about Germany as if they were Germans, you give yourself an entitlement you have no claim for
@@cookiusmaximus But the problem is that especially in this WW1 and their first day many of those general still believing they are still fighting in the old Napoleonic War style. The French and the Austrian later the Italian is the perfect example of this. Man the French lucky that they have the British otherwise. They never win against the German.
@@unfreezedfreezer9455 and the Capitalists make profit.... Well not only Capitalist Countries, But in general Capitalism and war sadly work out really well.
@@CrucyTheSilly You fundamentally misunderstand the reason for wars. There are winners, and there is material gain even in the mere perpetuation of warfare. So it is not true. In war clean nails dirty faces with the smile of money. Now there you have a line. Ezra Pound would cry seeing today's excuses for poetry. Especially if you sign it with a moniker that would even make a dilettante like Rupi Kaur blush. Be better. Especially posting a comment on a film about WWI which was specifically instigated to drain the pool of idle, young men that could potentially have become political subjects. It is abhorrent.
@@kdjzn no imagine you’re 17 years old and you have a great body but then there’s a war and you have to leave your home your family and risk your life for something you don’t wanna fight in and the older men aka the war leaders do not fight and most of the time they are the ones who start the war
@@kdjzneasier said than done Everyone says that they wanna fight for their country in honour But the thing is if you don't be a keyboard warrior and go out in war you would see the terror of people turning into diced meat and losing limbs and guts
J'te comprends hahaha mais oui clairement c'est un chef d'oeuvre si l'on ne prends que le côté romancé et l'esthétique cinématographique apporter à l'histoire. Pour moi c'est surtout l'occultation de certaines choses qui ferait presque passer les poilus pour les méchants qui me chagrine mais bon ca reste une histoire et non pas l'Histoire.
@@romanbonnot7146 effectivement c'est ce qui ressort le plus mais je voulais plutôt dire ça dans le sens ou la guerre c'est la guerre, ni bon ni mauvais seulement des hommes devenus des tueurs de chaques côté sous les ordres d'une hiérarchie au décisions plus ou moins douteuses. Après il y'a un passage assez fort dans le film: lorsque le héros se retrouve dans un trou d'obus a poignarder son ennemi designé, comme un fou, avant de reprendre ses esprits et s'en vouloir. À mon sens cet scène marque la perte total de sa "santé mental", bien plus encore que la perte de ses amis. J'aurais aimé voir une meilleur accentuation de se genre d'événement au sein du film, notamment pour la péripétie avec le gamin au fusil qui manque d'un quelque chose.
@@romanbonnot7146 a côté de ça on retrouve des scènes tel celle du train ou les négociateurs français se montre froids et intransigeant avec (dans la vf) une manière d'utiliser la langue rappelant plutôt des agresseurs que des aggressés. Ou la scène des tanks avec les lance flammes bien que montrant la peur et l'incompréhension des soldats face a cette nouvelle manière de faire la guerre on ne voit la que le côté français mis en avant d'une manière barbare et brutal (tel que la guerre l'est c'est vrai) pouvant titiller un peu notre fierté mal placée. Mais bon, personnellement je n'irais pas dire que c'est un mauvais film, loin de la. Juste qu'il faut faire la part des choses et comprendre qu'il ne se veut en rien un cours de géopolitique, d'histoire ou je ne sais quoi encore mais simplement une histoire romancé d'un soldat au front durant la première guerre mondiale
@@timothy4011idk man, if i was in that situation i might do just about anything. Who knows what went trough the heads of these poor people. I couldnt imagine being told to go back to hell.
The original movies and books are sader. He isn't killed during a last minute attack or anything. His unit found him dead clutching a drawing of a bird having been shot by a sniper when he lifted his head too high to get a look at it and then ends with the memorandum to german millatry command on 11/11/1918 which ended with the sentience "all quite on the western front", rhe death of a single soldier being so insignificant to the casualtys of 4 years of war.
Its a cheap imitation of the originals, they didn't need to remake "all quiet in the western front" they were just lazy and knew it was easy money, they knew they'd get easy wins in awards and could manipulate peoples feelings
I agree with your point but we have it 1000x easier than these men what a weird place to say this, these men had 2 options go fight to the death or refuse and be put to death, we are very free compared to them
My Great, great grand dad was in the ww1. A "Dragoner" riding horses. I don't know the english name. I never met him, but my dad told me he never talked about the war, the only thing he'd say was "these poor poor horses" with tears in his eyes. He had a deep love for horses and somehow it was handed down to my grandma (who was born during ww2) who sang us imensly sad songs about young boys and horses to the point of me and my cousin crying but begging for more and her refusing to sing anymore. All the songs where about death.
The First World War is like the most depressing war of all time. Living in the trenches in terrible conditions for months with basically the only food source being dead rats and having the highest chance ever of getting “Trench foot”
Vietnam was the most brutal physically and psychologically any American soldier went through. Maybe not our European brothers, but in Vietnam the average soldier saw 240 days of combat per year. And insane amount of time if you compare it to the great world wars, where soldiers only saw a fraction of combat time. The Vietnamese jungles themselves bad enough to claim lives. Then when the soldiers came home they were spit on by civilians because the media portrayed vietnam war bad while the great world wars as heroic. My heart goes out to Vietnam vets. I hope I didn’t come across as offensive, I just love history
@@edmontonlivermoore4935 nothing against you but world war 1 was worse yes Vietnam was hell but world war one was hell on earth image sleeping being awoken from artillery bombardments for days straight seeing what a tank is for the first time if your shoot and live you will likely die from diseases
@@edmontonlivermoore4935Maybe those vets shouldn’t have been massacring millions of civilians and they would’ve got a better welcome. Better yet, they could’ve never been there in the first place.
WW2 was like ten times more depressing. We had h!it1er and Germany taking over like all of Europe and winning fights with RUSSIA. Then, U.S. fought a war against like 3 COUNTRIES. Then, one of the worst land/air/naval battles in History, “battle of Okinawa” over 700k men died in the beaches and water of that place. Getting immediately gunned down without any hope. A good movie to watch about the war of Okinawa is called”saving private ryan”. But in conclusion, ww2 is the worst thing the world has had to experience currently. I even forgot to mention the horrible nuking of Japan.
No large scale offensives took place at all during the final hours of ww1. Of course naturally soldiers were killed in the remaining minutes due to slow communications and the nature of trench warfare in ww1 (mainly the constant artillery) but there is absolutely zero accounts of a large scale offensive especially in the manor this movie depicts, the reality is by late 1918 the German army was having massive mutinies all across the forces to the point where the entire Northern fleet refused to redeploy their naval assets, this officer would’ve been shot by dozens of his own men
@@tysonharbidge3376 during that time the allies also kept pushing to the final minute, I don't like that they make it seem like the Germans did that in the movie
@@tysonharbidge3376There wasn’t ‘slow communication’ the Entente and every single soldier who fought for them knew weeks in advance that this armistice would happen at 11:00, and they wanted to inflict their punishment on Germany by bloodshed before it ended. The Germans wanted the armistice to take affect immediately, but to no avail.
Ww1 was the scariest and most traumatizing for people because of the EXTREMELY poor conditions (trenches) and all of the artillery and new inventions like tanks and fighter planes
As a non German speaker (Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch aber ich kann nicht gut Deutsch sprechen) i honestly found it more powerful too. It's that it feels more real when it's in the original language/language it should be in. It inspired me to read the book too which was a rollercoaster of emotions. I'm fascinating with German history so I love seeing the German perspective, I've watched a few German films at this point, mainly WW1 or WW2 (Der Untergang, Das Boot, Rommel etc) but I'd be interested in watching more, i saw one about Maria Theresa (Austrian i know and Holy Roman Empire at that point) that I kind of want to watch too.
@@Kez-The-Pezbeginning they are filled with patriotic valor, middle they want to go home, at the end they are disillusioned, beaten down but will still follow orders to the end and when they go home they ain’t the same.
@@donttreadonme123 i think in the end they have the idea that there is no use of trying to leave, seeing their country essentially defeated, they know that all they've been fighting for was all for nothing.
That shooting scene was fictional though. Unlike in WW2, the German military very rarely shot its soldiers during WW1, and there is no proof anything like this happened on the last day.
No they weren’t, a total of only 18 Germans were executed for cowardice in WW1, it’s more likely that those who refused would’ve started a chain reaction of more mutinies. The movie’s good but the ending is entirely fabricated, no offensives occurred on the last day of the War, and is used to kill off the main character
@@etwanican_7439 not true. There are barely any accounts of German soldiers being shot for cowardice. The French, British and Russians executed far more for cowardice.
"hey, unfortunately you didn't get the Oscar because you weren't inclusive enough,, don't you know that In the German army there was many Asians and blacks and totally not made up?
This was the most heartbreaking scene I watched in a movie, and it just made me furious how they were forced to die for nothing right as they were almost free.
They died for an old man’s spite. So much for, “let’s end this war for the youth.” The moment his pride was damaged, he cared not for the younger generation.
