Another excellent program Tino. It amazes me how so many people think that history is not important they tell that its just about a bunch of old dates and dead people. I totally agree with you that we must learn and persevere it for the future generations. Keep up the great job. I would like to see you do a series or at least a couple of programs on the concentration camps sometime.
EXCELLENT job. The dialog between Mr. Roger Cook and you is great, both field historians talking about the different issues around the Verdun fortifications, showing knowledge about the subject. And also it is important to mention that Mr. Cook was the one who spoke most of the time, this is a sign of how smart you are. The fortification you were is in great shape. Thanks Tino.
Hi Tino nice that you are sending now on Thursday because now on Wednesday I will go to the hospital ⚕️On Thursday I have a nice day of rest then I will enjoy watching your program 👍🙋🏼♂️🇺🇲🇸🇪
Un commentaire de ce monsieur,en français serait le bien venu,car il défend des suppositions très précises sur le pourquoi du comment,et,cela semble très intéressant,mais,en anglais,j,ai du mal à interpréter les nuances.très très intéressant….je manque d,infos,et c,est dommage. Enfin,encore un super reportage de ta part.Tchuss.pierro.
A passing thought. You mention that the public perception of fighting of WW1 western front doesn't usually think in terms of forts but trench warfare. Could it be that in english speaking films etc they cover places where the english (and american?) fought and those areas didn't have forts.
You know what that is such an interesting question and since both Roger and I are a big war film fan I think we should chat about that tomorrow in the Life chat
What strikes me in videos and photographs of these forts is how difficult it would be for an attacking force to determine the layout of them from the ground level. It's very easy to mistake actual ramparts and firing positions for natural embankments, plus the turrets and observation cupolas are all very low-profile and when lowered could easily be mistaken for natural features from a distance. The effect becomes even greater when the ground has been churned up by artillery, and it sometimes becomes difficult to determine even the outer perimeter of the fort. I can imagine that fighting around these structures could be quite a disorientating experience as a result, and it would be all too easy for an attacking force to wander blindly into a kill zone of interlocking machine gun and 75 mm fire.
Great history Tino and from Roger Cook. However, he said both the British and the French invented the Tank at the same time, my understanding is was the British?
It was a technology that was developing parallel, as most war tech it comes from a need in the field, so that is not strange. And remember armed cars had existed from before the war. so the ideas were in place, and the French also built quite a lot of tanks many for export too. Who actually put the concept together on paper first is somewhat subject to speculation due to this. Ill dig a little further.
Well its not really mine, its just history and it belongs to us all, but It would be nice if we could begin to present history and past events correctly and in an interesting way to the students. It would go a long way these days
For someone giving tours to students, he doesn't know a lot about the daily lives of the soldiers which in my eyes is the real history. He isn't very observant, Tino is by far the more knowledgeable of the two.
