Das Maschinengewehr - 3 ist meiner Ansicht nach die beste handgetragene Niederhaltungswaffe. Mit Ihrem Gewicht von zirka 12 Kilogramm ist sie zwar etwas auf der schwereren Seite der Waffen, allerdings vergisst man diesen kleinen Nachteil sofort wenn man sich vor Augen hält, dass dieses Maschinengewehr bis zu Eintausendzweihundert Schuss pro Minute vom Kaliber 7.62x51mm verschießt. Einem solchen Kugelhagel hält man von einer behelfsmäßigen Feldstellung auf keinen Fall stand. Trotz der schlimmen Vorgeschichte dieser Waffe (Ursprünglich MG42 , Nachgänger des MG34) ist sie bis heute in puncto Feuerrate und Optik meiner Meinung nach unübertroffen. Hope you enjoyed that, but I can't be bothered to translate that little rant into english, just slap it into google translate and you'll be fine . Cheers, mate ! =)
Without Moltke what was Bismark??!?!? Serious question. Napoleon wasn't French, he was Corsican. Stalin wasn't Russian, he was Georgian. Hitler wasn't German, he was Austrian. I guess it's not what you are, it's what you identify as.
Polish Hero Witold Pilecki So... what point are you making? Cause I just said this to be funny and it seemed it worked but I think your getting too worked up over it
This Danish movie is pretty + good honest What people dont realize the Danish Army was actually slightly bigger than Prussia's just a priori to the war and on top of this Denmark had a real Navy, which Prussia mostly lacked. At the time Denmark was considered one of the preeminent military powers of Northern Europe. And they (thought) they had England as an ally and so that it would all be a cakewalk. So they recklessly provoked a war with Pussia by breaking the Schleswig treaty ( which stipulated they could not abuse the german population of that province and forced them to not speak german etc) and sent provocative missives to the Prussia King. But the Prussians had made quite a few improvements to the firepower of thier Army and the effectiveness of theirs leadership, so they were quite confident and did not mind a Danish attack at all since they ere eager to use their expensive military to improve their standing in Europe and among the german states. Also, as the Prussians expected, England abandoned the Danes, since they were the ones who broke the treaty and on top of that the Austrians sent generous help to the Prussians. The Danish movie is quite honest about all these things. Ultimately the war was decided by Prussian artillery which was quite superior and so more than made up that Denmark's military was slightly larger. Prussian and Austrian "Special Forces" (for the time) the Deaths head Hussars also contributed out of proportion to their numbers. On top of that the Prussians had the better generalship and staffs and so in the end it was a crushing defeat for the Danes. Denmark would never again be considered a powerful country in Europe.
It's weird to think that in 1864 in America we were using muskets and fighting hundreds of feet apart in the civil war, but in Prussia they literally had Howitzers and were fighting miles apart with *very early* bolt-action rifles. Huh.
Lets just forget that the American's had Cannon with a 2 mile range and the Union Calvary was armed almost exclusively with lever action carbines. . . you think the Prussians also didn't have to fight "hundreds of feet apart" with their rifles???
And that did the US military good, because the germans went through numerous rifles in the 40 year time period, the USA went through 3 till 1903. the springfield black powder rifle, the trap door springfield, and the model 1898 Krag-Jorgenson bolt action rifle, until the 1903 was adopted and used in ww1
By 1864, the war had evolved into stagnant trench warfare, so fighting hundred feet became the norm. Both sides of the civil war were students of Napoleon's strategies and tactics, and since their last major war was with a Napoleon wannabe in the Mexican-American war. But then a generation later, Europe would learn what America did about the horrors of trench warfare.
Because when you need guns *now* you tend to forgo fancy new technology. Plus, they were muzzle-loaded rifles, not muskets, and they had a decent range.
@@danielhall6578 While you are right, it wasn`t very different for the germans: Dreysen Needlegun - Mauser 71- Mauser 71/84 (very short duration) - Commisionrifle 1888 - Mauser 1898. So, only one more.
@@JeanWayne Prussia was a kingdom in Germany that united Germany under itself. And Germany is not the successor to the Third Reich, the Third Reich was a tyrannical government over Germany in the 1930s and 40s.
When the hell did denmark say they were the chosen people of god..? If you're implying the danes are jewish you're incorrect. Denmark has never hosted a large jewish population.
@@Arg0r the Wehrmacht didn’t decimate any army. The surrender was the choice of the Danish government, who knew they didn’t stand a chance against Germany, so they surrendered and tried to comply with the Germans, leading to Denmark being the best treated dominion of the German reich.
@@Winston.S.Churchill Why not? Btw, your php is giving me goosebumps. HOW MANY FRICKING TIME YOU WANT RULE THE WAVE? YOU NEED A SEMICOLON, IF NOT FULL STOP.
The point is, it's an art which makes the opposing forces very ill, maybe? Too bad there's one less "e" and they will be very leery about how much you can feel ill about that art 😆
@@inhocsignovinces1327 Indeed, but Bismarck made France declare it. There was a disagreement about which monarchic family can send their candidate to the vacant spanish thrown. France didnt want a candidate from the same family as the one ruling Prussia (Hohenzollern). So the french king send his emissary to the prussian King. After they agreed that the prussian candidate will abstain, France wanted more and asked that the Hohenzollern abstain forever from any claims on any thrown. Ofc the prussian king declined. And that was it. But Bismarck published a notification about the conversation between king and french emissary and made it appear as if the king treated the emissary most respectless. The french king was offended and declared war. Worst mistake of his career. In the end he lost his crown and France lost some territory. because he was butthurt, imagine that! And the French were buttheart because the germans declared their Kaiserreich in the nice Partyhall of the King that the french themselves guillotined for starving them to death to party in said hall. Its rather weird, isnt it? What hurt them most is not loosing, or ceding territory... No, its some german boots and a declaration in a hall in their fancy castle. But curiosly they gained freedom through prussias invasion. The last french King was only overthrown because of his military defeat. So in a way, France owed thanks to Germany for becoming a Democracy again.^^
@@JH-zs3bs First of all, I knew history of my own country thank you, but u don't. France was not at all a kingdom but an Empire, with Bonaparte at crown, Napoléon III, that's not at all the same. There is not story of "butthurt" or other pathetic english meme, just diplomacy, that was like that. France gained freedom? Lmao, really u don't know anything about our history, go open a book pls. Republicans was in big inferiority in country, all people wanted Bonaparte on crown, but Republicans traitors made peace with Germans and made Republic. 8 may 1870, referendum on Empire, approved at more of 80% of people.
Some units in WW1 had to endure similar bombardments for **weeks** without stop. Something like 3-4000 shells a day, every day. I would dig in so deep I would become a feral mole-person
@@serugolino7867 The current modern German army is riddled with legit nazis to the point that they regularly find nazi symbols and memorabilia inside barracks, personal quarters, etc. Its extensive enough to become a public issue that Germany has had to try and crackdown on but its not very effective in practice. You can’t half ass suppress a determined ideology demographic that is underground due to it being deemed illegal by the German government.
@@purpleguy7093 FU dude, google minash tirith and it will correct it to minas tirith. Incomplete uppertunistic grammar nazi. Edit: you are not pointing out the missing dots between the last 2 words for inconsistency? No, you incomplete grammar nazi
@@juliusraben3526 Jeder hat seine Fehler, du zum Beispiel das du simple Kritik nicht abkannst. Obwohl dies auf einer öffentlichen Seite relativ häufig vorkommen kann.
Girls planning before an E-sports match: ok girls let's do this, Kathy you take the bottom, and i will go to the middle Boys planning before an E-sports match:
Can we just stop and appreciate the amount of skilled labor that would have had to go into that map in the age before such things could be easily produced? Some guy likely hand drew this from a much smaller map just so it could be rolled out and walked over by three officers for a briefing.
Who else feels a sudden urge to unroll a big map out on the ground during the next barbeque and describe how we are going to conquer the neighbourhood?
@@23GreyFox The word you are looking for is "geriffelte". That is a correct German word. Not a good example. I understood everything they said, nothing seemed off and everything made sense in the context provided.
“So, what did you do today?” “Ah, just the normal, got up in the morning, went for a walk in the park, you know, the usual...” “Anything special?” “Oh! Yes! We declared war on Prussia!” “YOU WHAT?!”
As an outsider non European, I can't get over: 1) how the Prussian side would so easily turn against their Northern neighbours to obliterate them 2) how the Danes, though armed with fairly up to date weapons and strategies, seem somewhat outmatched 3) how the Prussian Howitzer barrage looked about as choreographed as a cannon orchestra Apart from that, it's pretty much business as usual.
Well 'so easily turn' yes, The Danish actually broke a treaty and declared war on the Prussians because they thought England would back them up. Heh. England didn't show up.
Depends. Northern Germans speak in cut off harsh words and sentances. Southern Germans are more elaborate and "gemütlich" spoken. But all are "ordnung muss sein". And please exclude Merkels import "neue deutsche". And I can only hope that october brings better beer...
Learned that one of my great great great grandpas fought in this war for Prussia while the others were fighting for the Union in the American Civil War.
@@kevinchau2761 'schlachten' means to slaughter, conventionally used when killing an animal for food. It's very rarely used when talking about the killing of humans and if so, it implies a very barbaric, gruesome even sadistic way of doing so. Even then you'd rather say someone got 'massakriert'. 'Die Schlacht' means 'The battle' and barely carries any heavy implications besides the fact of two or more armies battling with each other. Though, if it is clear that one side has no chance whatsoever due to any uneven odds, you could say that it is or was ein 'Gemetzel'. And last but not least, 'Geschnetzteltes', is a gravy based dish, tipically made of chicken or pork, which is cut in small slices.
While the battery officer in this scene seems to be convinced of their obvious superiority and force in artillery power, he considers the future 'Gemetzel' to come a glorious 'Schlacht'.
I wonder how well some of the fortifications made by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War would have held up to the Prussian Army’s 12 and 24 pounder howitzers…
Apparently the Prussian‘s sent spies to America during the Civil War but were deeply disappointed by their, I quote: “Utterly outdated war mentality and tactics.”
@@scanida5070, was this early in the war or much later in the war? I know one German observer of the conflict noted that the war had two phases, which ultimately made the war more complex to analyze.
If you ever heard about 'temper, temper..' stories when USS Wisconsin (if i'm not mistaken) get hit by 120mm gun and then shot back with all Her 16" guns...
As soon as I saw the giant map I knew there was no saving the Danes. That thing was rolled out with purpose like when your parents bring out the good silver wear from christmas dinner
I'm sorry, but I always start uncontrollably laughing at around 01:22 when Goeber stuffs his ears and, with what I can only describe as the most perfect crazy German scientist face, triumphantly says "HAUBITZEN!" And then as the cherry on top, you add the Preussens Gloria earrape. Ahh. Perfection.
I love how he uses a typical military euphemism "Erschöpfung der dänischen Schanzen" (exhaustion of danish positions) by which he means complete and utter destruction.
germans literally at any time before 1945: a glorious death will permit us to enter heaven. we will drive the enemy into extinction germans after 1945: mmmm würst
If they charged from the trench while under artillery bombardment to the enemy's then they're proper Death Korps of Krieg 🤔 For now, I'll agree if they're new recruits getting into first day of training in Krieg
There's a another mistake in the script, Goeben says "geriffelter Lauf" when referring to the rifled barrels of the howitzers, but in German the term is "gezogener Lauf".
@@brent0935 I don't think so. A "geriffelter Lauf" is when the barrel grooves on the outside to make it more stable if a barrel is very long for instance. But what he means is a "gezogener Lauf" aka the rifling of that barrel.
@@brent0935 I think "Goeben" is not a native German. Probably a Dane who speaks solid German? It sounds kind of strange, and there are a few pronounciation mistakes.
@@brent0935 old high german was spoken over a thousand years ago. These guys would have been speaking high prussian, which is a language/dialect of central german, more specifically eastern central german.
@@bekluwe Denmark was in a bad position and they have the perfect ground for armoured vehicles and I think they barely even have tanks to give our National Socialist ancestors a middle finger
