Allied War Economy During World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

[@TheGreatWar]

Some of you probably want to point out that J.P. Morgan was already dead before the war, and of course it was his company and not he who was instrumental in financing the war. We still included the picture because some people might not now that he was actually a real person. Also mentioning it again: Videos with Indy till the end of the year, then we will switch to the new concept.

[@Aramis419]

Damn! I was about to don my Keyboard Commander uniform and say something about that!

[@Sweet_Pup_g]

If only you used a picture of Mr. Monopoly instead.

[@mhbros9997]

What about the russian Economy before

[@arisukak]

It probably would have been better to put up J.P. Morgan Jr.'s picture as he was the head of the bank then.

[@arisukak]

@@mhbros9997 Russia by 1915 was being financed by Britain as Russia was pretty much broke and the British government was annoyed with the incompetence of Russian purchasing agents overpaying.

[@indianajones4321]

Glad to see these Great War specials after the war Great job 👍

[@buster117]

I know right they managed to survive lmao.

[@georgesclemenceau199]

i see you commenting everywhere

[@glm0142]

I'm gonna miss Indy here

[@neilwilson5785]

I'll do it!

[@curtist919]

Me too just glad they will keep doing specials. There is so much more to tell. It would be a shame to end now

[@ТомасАндерсон-в1е]

"...Supremacy 1914 is a great way to learn just how vital economy is for victory" Victoria 2 fans: Pffffffffffffffffffff

[@fus132]

[Jacobin rebels have risen] [anarcho-capitalists have risen] [communists have risen] [socialists have risen] [reactionaries have risen] [fascists have risen] [Jacobin rebels have risen]

[@generaltom6850]

Super Germany goes brrrrrrrrrrr

[@moderneducationalstandard]

I have been waiting for years to find such a channel.

[@buster117]

The allies just spent 150 political power to change from civilian to war economy.

[@alvinlin8140]

Lol I got your reference

[@chinesewarlord5729]

I see that youre a man of culture as well

[@senpainoticeme9675]

I do believe you need atleast 450 PP to change civilian to war economy

[@chinesewarlord5729]

@@senpainoticeme9675 economy and trade laws cost only 150 political power

[@guga380]

pp cp xp ic would solve german problems

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

*Insert Germany’s gonna win with a Spring offensive in 1919* here

[@ComradePenguinski]

Nope, but season 2 starts in 39.

[@harbl99]

"Here's how Der Kaiser can still win"

[@FrenchToast663]

nah, we'll be home by christmass

[@randomclouds4404]

*Insert how Hotzendorf will reunite Austria-Hungary and destroy the Italians*

[@ihl0700677525]

Nope. The US was there in strength by 1918. US war production would carry the allies and crush the Germans. Like what German military leader once said: our problem is that the American speak English (hence it will come to aid the entente/allies).

[@rogerroca3443]

The fact that the entente was so straightened economically played a major role in between two wars societies and helps to explain the unpreparedness for the next war. People tend to mock France for her quick defeat, but instead should consider the effects of their extraordinary efforts in the Great war to achieve very little advantages. This turned people against politicians and their empty promises.

[@cauliervassallo6955]

Can't wait to see Indy's next project. This generation's great historical storyteller.

[@levinb1]

Thanks for providing much needed context on this subject of the production and capacity for war economy.

[@tf2664]

I love that you are continuing the channel even though the war ended

[@johnwilkins11]

Glad to see it carrying on after the armistice. Amazing series. Sad to know it's almost over.

[@magic-maro]

Yeah Indy, it's an honor to see you still on this channel!

[@wrightmf]

Interesting and educational video that examines the economics of warring countries, and what could lead to economic collapse rather than defeat by another country.

[@atomic_wait]

"War, and its consumption of life, has become a well-oiled machine." - Solid Snake, who was a little late to the party.

[@menitobussolini659]

I don't know why Indy is still here but I don't complain

[@TheDemonQueen-cc1rn]

Pre-recorded videos

[@jnliewmichael4235]

@@CigarRegal WHY?!?! XD

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Mussolini, are you soon done cooking that spaghetti I ordered? 🍝 ♨

[@peterlynch1458]

@@TheDemonQueen-cc1rn Nonsense, this is some kind of magic. Indy Niedell is hosting the show live inside my monitor. Don't try to explain it all away with "science" and stuff.

[@menitobussolini659]

@@TheCimbrianBull Almost ready...

[@mdioxd9200]

This series wont stop until EVERYTHING about this war is covered ;D

[@varana]

Like, what did vice lieutenant Otto Bieg do on May 5th, 1915? :D

[@mdioxd9200]

@@varana may 5th is my little brothet's biryhday

[@HeviErkka]

Maybe it's my view as a Finn but the Finnish Civil War wasn't covered very in depth.

[@JNunoCoast]

It is really impressive for how long Germany was able to continue the war, since France, Britain and Italy were seriously broke and food was short and stuff and they were allies, the Germans were pretty much alone

[@thebenis3157]

No, the Germans weren't alone, they had a few burdens in their team

[@arisukak]

Germany had planned before the war and had hoarded resources. They also had huge coal reserves and Sweden has iron. When Romanian joined the war, they effectively handed Germany grain and oil.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

@@thebenis3157 I would say the Ottomans pulled their weight quite nicely... Not so sure about the Austrians, who never seem to win unless defending a mountain top.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Impressive isn't really the right word since they did it by starving their own population to death. All for what exactly?

[@JNunoCoast]

Edax You got a point

[@tylerjerabek5204]

Will you be doing anything on Herbert Hoover; a special episode would be interesting to show that while as a President he failed to get out of the depression but as an engineer and organizer he helped feed Europe after not one but both World Wars

[@SigEpBlue]

As straining as the war economy was, can you imagine if there had been a large-scale natural disaster in those later years, further cutting supplies to allied nations? I'm thinking of 'The Year Without a Summer' levels of catastrophe.

[@brianjonker510]

Or perhaps a bad pandemic? Like a flu pandemic.

[@dpeasehead]

The war made the flu pandemic far deadlier and far more widespread than it would have been without a global war which brought millions of people into close contact under unsanitary conditions and then dispersed them all around the world.

[@seanlander9321]

Indy fails to note that it was the Australian wheat crop that kept the Allies fed in 1916, when every crop around the world failed, even the turnip crop in Scotland. Britain and France refused to pay until after the war, and even then would only pay at the pre-war rate and without interest.

[@Mike__O_757]

This video really shows how the US's participation in The Great War went way beyond their contributions on the battlefield in 1917-1918. Without the US, the Entente would likely have lost the war before US combat troops ever saw battle.

[@jaypandya7441]

They would have most certainly lost. The Allies didn't have the same military logistics and resources a hand like the Germans did

[@generaltom6850]

⁠@@jaypandya7441 That’s certainly a very pessimistic view. The Entente had far more natural resources and manpower than Germany and Germany was also pushed to the limit. They certainly could have won or lost but it would have been nothing like the victory in OTL.

[@jaypandya7441]

@generaltom6850 but remember that the US goods and armaments shipments to France and Britain kept them going. Despite the unrestricted submarine warfare, the amount of goods supplied to the allies was massive. Approx 8 billion dollars(today would be $253 Billion) . That is the official figure. Secret exports of arms must have been kept off the books.

[@Mike__O_757]

@@jaypandya7441 Yes, certainly. With regard to secret arms shipments, look how long it took for the UK government to finally admit there was indeed war material aboard Lusitania. It was only after that material was discovered in the wreck nearly 100 years later and it became impossible to deny. There were almost certainly countless other ships with similar secret cargo that made it through and were never discovered.

[@seanlander9321]

The US made no military contribution of any significance or decisiveness , in fact Rawlinson wanted them removed from the front as they were a constant liability and Monash was fed up with losing his troops on rescuing Yanks. There is no doubt however, that after 1916, that without American money that the allies would have to have negotiated a peace, there was simply no way of paying for the war without American wealth. Additionally the American seizure of every German asset in the States in 1917 crippled the German economy more than the blockade did. The French gave particular thanks to the USA for the lifeline they were given by refusing to repay a penny from 1931 onwards, something that remains unchanged with the debt now in the trillions and doubling every fourteen years.

[@grumpybritishbean8969]

Did anyone watch "They shall not grow old? A must view along with this !

[@brokenbridge6316]

I was surprised that a special about war economies wasn't produced sooner. But oh well. It's been done now. Great job.

[@georgesclemenceau199]

if your going to make another out of the trenches video then here’s my question What was the french foreign legions role during the war? What battles did they fight in? Which fronts did they fight in? Basically i would like to know a summary of the french foreign legion in ww1. Thank you if you responded and thank you for this wonderful journey. I got really emotional in the november 11th video

[@texasforever7887]

I know this is old but from what I know about it a large portion of the foreign legion at that time was made up of soldiers of Germanic origin/nationality. They weren't trusted so we're kept in the colonies. Although I believe some small units were used to fill gaps in the line.

[@monny6612]

Yet another great episode 👍🏼

[@hansheden]

I've played alot of RTS-games and most of them are not about fighting battles but how you have the economy to build the best army you can.

[@mreldude]

Fantastic episode as always. Could you guys make a playlist for all your videos on economics during the war? It is a very interesting topic and would make it much easier to have everything in one place where we can find it. Also, I know the channel will still be making videos and Indy will still be hosting lots of them, but what next for Indy? What will he be moving onto?

[@spookerredmenace3950]

love these videos and the work you guys put in to it.

[@acediadekay3793]

Hey Great War team question for aott, I just watched a documentary called the Age of Tanks (it features David Willey and David Fletcher from The Tank Museum Bovington, as well as Ralf Raths from Das Deutschen Panzermuseum). In the fist episode (also the best episode because it's about the great war) do they briefly talk about wooden dummy tank used by the germans on the western front (but i've seen pictures from Bulgaria as well). Call you tell us more about dummy tanks, how they were used and all of that great stuff ?

[@typxxilps]

They were replaced in WW 2 by plastic ones under air pressure. That had started in El Alamein and later preparing the normandy landing by pretending a 6th army preparing the main invasion on calais from dover. Dover was full of these fake tanjs for the german reconnaissance planes. A tremendous cause Hitler hold the most worthfull tiger and ss division at calais and Rommel was not allowed to defend as he wants to defend: at the beach throwing them back into the sea - no beachhead and high american blood losses would be the negative impact the american could not afford in public-

[@olaf7989]

I wish that there are all episodes to buy on DVD.

[@bthanbeethan5590]

Indy thanks for staying

[@ericcarlson3746]

these are pre-taped episodes. He, like William II, is gone......

[@bthanbeethan5590]

No it can’t be

[@hududiyya]

James Pilkinton 😪

[@93squadron]

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[@victorbruant389]

Huh... that's odd... I thought that would be big news. There seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece: a headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety. Have you not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard...

[@adumbaby]

no dont please

[@boguey1000]

Ba ba ba oh ma ma mow ba ba oh ma ma mow

[@TheGreatWar]

Just because you grew a mustache, you can't speak Italian!

[@victorbruant389]

Thanks for the heart! :-)

[@lorisuprifranz]

I'm not getting it...

[@MihaiViteazul100]

But who gave them the loans? Was it just regular people around the world buying bonds, or did neutral nations loan funds across the board?

[@Patrick_3751]

Until the US entered the war the American loans the allies received were from private individuals and firms. Once America entered, it was government loans.

[@BurningFyre]

The government also directly controlled a lot of military industry, with only nominal private ownership. Those industries were likely owed a lot of money over the years of war. Also, this is a war where defeat means the destruction of your homeland (or so the propaganda said) so its very easy to underestimate the amount of people who would buy war bonds to support the war effort.

[@derrickjenkins2455]

Take a quick read of Smedley Butler’s “War is a Racket”

[@seanlander9321]

Gave the loans is appropriate wording, as France has refused to repay anything. Their debt is now in the trillions to Britain and America, doubling every fourteen years.

[@pip4708]

You guys are pretty close to 1 million subscribers keep up the hard work!

[@NeoIvan17]

I never knew the Allied, sans American, economies were so close to collapse of their own even with U.S. aid. I had no idea there were vast shortages of material, food and coal. It's no surprise that American financiers were banking on the Allied win cause they wanted their money back for more profit. This no doubt led to the Allies harsh financial demands on Germany in the treaty of Versailles which would create one powder-keg for the Great Depression. I could be wrong on this though. Did the American economy and aid really win the war for the Allies or was did it just kept them afloat and in the fight? An interesting question I think.

[@varana]

You're completely right - this was one of the reasons why the Great Depression spread so rapidly to countries that weren't directly involved with the problems of the US economy. The French and British had huge economical problems after the War, and they used the money from German reparations to pay their debts to the USA. When the Great Depression started, the US withdrew their loans to German companies and banks and shut their markets, causing the German economy to tank as well, and that rippled on and hit the Allies as well.

[@dpeasehead]

Proving once again that war as a profit making enterprise is extremely overrated.

[@capralean]

American economic aid was necessary for the Allies to win both the First and Second World Wars. It was more vital than US troops in WWI. And the wealth that was transferred from Europe to America was, more than anything else, what caused the US to replace the British Empire as the leading power in the world after those two wars. They were Pyrrhic victories for the British.

[@texasforever7887]

The US had to protect their investment

[@stuffystuffclub]

Great video! Would love to see a video on the war economies of the Central Powers as well to see how they matched up...

[@phishENchimps]

2:47. awesome. one job was to place a shovel of earth as it fires.

[@seanlander9321]

The economics of WWI is fascinating. Initially Britain financed the war, but by 1916 Treasury had run out of money, with most of it being lent to a France and Italy. Enter America, with its loans and then in 1917 the seizure of every German asset in the States which crippled the German economy. The French and Italians will never repay their loans and Britain will discount its debt to America. The crunch really came when the wheat crop failed in Canada, America and Argentina, it was Australia that came to the rescue but it didn’t receive payment for three years, not even for its wool clip. However, after the war, no country, except Australia paid its debts; Hansard records that the Australians needed to be taught a lesson. Then in 1953 from the London Agreement, the Germans agreed to recommence reparations. One of their conditions was that Australia not be paid anything, to which the other Versailles signatories and descendant countries heartily agreed.

[@zoperxplex]

What about a discussion on the economic challenges faced by the Central Powers? Germany, for example, did not have the luxury of relying on the United States to cope with the devaluation of the Reichsmarks.

[@PS-nf3xw]

Welcome back Indy

[@neilwilson5785]

As an aside, sort of, USA share prices fell when the Hiroshima bomb fell in 1945. Industry was worried about he war ending.

[@peacefulamerican4994]

Now I know how the Little Orphan Anne writer created 'Daddy Warbucks'.

[@JimmyTheTurtle892]

Haha have a test on this on Friday coincidentally. Thanks a lot

[@levinb1]

Interesting to see how many of the allied countries basically become symbiotic and reliant upon the US for exports, finance, and support.

[@elliotnordling2835]

Glad you'r back Indy and the great war show, wonder what you'r future interesting episodes will be...also great work!

[@robintube-cz4tw]

Love your videos

[@chrisdoherty2199]

Did the Easter Rising in ireland have any substantial effect on the UK economy?

[@gandhithegreat328]

I don't know if you're still going to do special episodes on people but could you do one on Pope Benedict XV? He became the Pope just a few days after the war broke out and served until 1922. I think it would be interesting to the see the Catholic Churche's views on the war and what Pope Benedict XV did as Pope while millions were fighting and dying all over the world

[@justAlbert_]

That feeling when there is no new great war episode thursday...

[@MarceloRodrigues-tx6nm]

Love your chanel, pls keep doing

[@jesusnator6667]

Oh boy, I can’t wait for Indie to get to the Peace of Honour in 1921

[@charliespurr7325]

America: Yes, from this day, from this moment forward, THE WORLD BELONGS TO ME! Wall Street: If you say so... Just don't come crying to me in 1929.

[@CThyran]

Then 1939 rolls around and we do the same thing we did during the first world war, selling guns, ammo and more.

[@martinidry6300]

This 1 is really excellent. You haven't missed a beat here Indy. What are you doing now - apart from taking a very well earned break?

[@cspro-ce3tb]

World war 2

[@alexwallachian7720]

He started the World War 2 channel about a month ago. This is pre recorded

[@martinidry6300]

​thanks@@alexwallachian7720 - Indy's a work dynamo! I'll look it up.

[@martinidry6300]

Cheers - I'm currently catching up. I'm also taking in Between2Wars. Quite an incredible amount of high quality work here - & delivered in such an interesting way. TV historians are pretty appalling here in Britain. I can't see the BBC TV licence fee surviving another 15 years.

[@DotepenecPL]

Italian industry in the second world war is kind of impressive, too, and underestimated as well. I think that was the only German ally in Europe who supplied its army with its own effort, and fought war from Ethiopia through Lybia and Balkans to the Eastern Front.

[@hlynnkeith9334]

I get the feeling that this episode barely scratched the surface of wartime economics. Say what you will about France, it was the arsenal of the Entente in the Great War. My guess is that the French built about half the airplanes used in the Great War. Certainly French production dwarfed German and Austrian production combined.

[@AFT_05G]

Well,look at production of artillery,machine guns and rifles after think again.Germany outproduced France so heavily except aircaft and tanks.

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

h lynn keith France never outproduced Germany in something until 1918 when Germany’s aircraft production collapsed and France produced ten thousands of aircraft in 1918.Just in aircraft,tanks and motor vehicles.İn production of artillery,shells,rifles,mortars,grenades Germany was far superior.İn fact they produced more heavy artillery pieces than Britain-France-Russia-İtaly combined.

[@gtrrohit5078]

@@erichvonmanstein1952 this is sort of untrue. The Hindenburg programme esentially failed so in 1917 even many French divisions were way better equipped than the Germans lol

[@LegoSwordViedos]

How much of the metal was recovered either during or after the war, how much metal is left in those fields mite it ever be viable for people to dig all that up?

[@sirrliv]

A major point that is often overlooked when talking about the macroeconomic scale of the war economies is not just the quantity of material produced, but also the quality of said material and its implementation, which was often appalling. For instance, popularly cited statistics state that of all of the shells fired at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 by British artillery, at least 50% failed to explode, often due to defective or poorly assembled fuses; British shells are still being dug out of Flanders' fields to this day on an almost daily basis. Likewise, although debated by armament historians in recent times, the French Chauchat light machinegun that was issued to American troops has long been notorious for its horrible manufacturing quality, with cited defects including the inability to interchange parts between guns due to poor build quality and cut-out magazines allowing dirt and grime to jam the firing mechanism. This poor quality also extends to Entente mobilization as well; the demands placed on the British and French transport networks, particularly their railways, stretched each nations' available resources to breaking point with every available vehicle that could roll being pressed into service, sadly including those that were woefully inadequate for the task at hand. The hundreds of lives lost in the railway collision at Quintinshill, UK, 1915, and in the runaway train disaster at Saint-Michel-d-Maurienne, France, 1917, were both directly linked to the usage of badly obsolete railway rolling stock that prior to the war had been destined for the scrapyards, but had been pressed into emergency service with ultimately fatal results. Likewise, the use of passenger ships to carry war material led to many disasters, not least being the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. And the pressganging of older merchant ships and overloading them with dangerous materials, combined with the otherwise excellent idea of the convoy system, can be directly linked as causes of the Halifax Explosion of 1917.

[@matthewchicchi7262]

I play Supremacy, it's cool.

[@blakekenley1000]

Sounds about like the lend lease act.

[@christopherellis2663]

Yes, and every village in France has memorials for at least fifty men, and there are abandoned farmhouses still to be found.

[@brianjonker510]

Sure hope we hear about the next project Indy is involved with. Perhaps he is taking a break or just narrowing down what and how he wants to handle his next gig.

[@varana]

Look for the channel World War Two.

[@rebecca4680]

And Timeghost's 'Between 2 Wars'

[@alichi101]

What the heck where those small vehicles at 2:10 ?

[@traeherren2269]

I'd love to see a special on the Lost Generation

[@dimestoreharry3344]

Kinda' proves what Gen. Smedley Butler said about War.

[@Defectoboy]

I wish I had the music list of your videos.

[@OneLeatherBoot]

The logistics of supplying a large army in the field is staggering. Roughly 1,000 metric tonnes per day for a division in the frontlines. (2 fully loaded standard trains). Now do this where everything is manually done. Loading rail wagons, unloading ~50km behind the front. Reload into light rail (If available), or horse & cart, or light trucks to ferry it forward to ~7km of the front & unload it again. Then the final ~7km load it onto pack horses, men, smaller horse & carts through the enemy artillery zone to smaller dumps for the men to carry it to the trenches. Trucks & horse carts were a max capacity of 1-2 tonnes typically, with some trucks up to 5t. Now, imagine 3 million shells weighing between 7kg up to 150kg that need to be brought forward to within 7-10km of the front (avg of 10kg for simple maths), that is 30,000 metric tonnes of shells alone that has to be moved by hand through several stages. This is a heck of a lot of pick up & put down and is the reason rail networks & Labour battalions were so important during the war.

[@jonarnar1383]

Seems like a cool game....gonna give it a try!

[@bradjohnson4787]

Wow!

[@firearmsaremagic]

Had the war dragged on until *1990* Yes 3 quarters of a century of unending modern war

[@Hebdomad7]

Maybe you should check in on the history of Poland...

[@blackore64]

In the grim darkness of the 20th century, there is only war...

[@johnburnett2321]

You should do an episode about german flame troopers or Italian Arditi

[@danvanleeuwen7712]

Woody Guthrie tells parts of this story in the song The Flood and the Storm

[@joeturner1597]

Flo said you had been demobbed and posted to pastures new. Dude. Keep us informed. We've been signed up to you for 4 1/2 years. We are following your colours.

[@michaelrider]

An essential episode afterwards. Who would have thought?

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

I wish you had gone on to describe the economic situation of the European powers following the war. That's really what you need to understand when you get to the Naval Treaties.

[@JM-jv7ps]

And people say that Americans did nothing of value in the war.

[@PrimevalDemon]

"Food, Fodder, Copper, Oil... Long ago these exports were shipped freely without fret ove the many seas of the world, but then one day, they were gone. Now we're new recruits searching for any substitutes we may find, but I believe the seas shall open again one day. "

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

Let us just say that G-d was on their side.

[@grievermustdie]

whos g-d

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

@@grievermustdie our greatest allies

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

5:38 How France managed to produce almost same numbers with Germany and even more aircraft and vehicles while they had so small industrial base compare Germany’s?Probably huge resources from British Empire and US made that possible.

[@nathanbolton4139]

Can you make a video on the Pittman Act?

[@charliespurr7325]

Essentially... Total war.

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

At the end of the war there was a movement to organise debt relief between the various allied governments. The U.S. refused to participate demanding repayment in full however the UK did effectively bankrolling all the other allies. The resulting weakening of the British and Irish economy set the stage for London's inability to respond to the Great Depression, isolation from Europe, and the long independence process beginning with South Asia.

[@rgm96x49]

"Well some of us LIKED that economy!"

[@Osean_Kitty]

"how's an honest warmonger supposed to make a living!?"

[@mightymichael2501]

This is a little of topic but how did the soldiers get the mud off their uniforms as sometimes they are covered in bud from a battle and after they look like it never happened? Did they just well clean them?

[@podemosurss8316]

4:10 Indian weed? Well, now we understand how did the British staff plan their offensives in the Somme and in Paschendelle...

[@NihilsineDeo1866.]

hi iam big fan

[@WJack97224]

I like this video as it exposes all the penalties and punishments imposed on people for following leaders. There is an old saying that people get the kind of government they deserve. So, by voting for the political leaders, the people got WW I and WW II and before that they got The American Civil War and the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War and then later the Korean, Vietnam and Iraq wars and the debacle in Afghanistan and Somalia and

[@0utc4st1985]

Why was there a hick-up in the American supply lines to the Allies in late 1917? Was the U-Boat campaign really that successful during the winter?

[@TheGreatWar]

it was pretty successful at one point, yes

[@MsFrostitute]

You guys HAVE to react to a new upcoming WW1 Game: Tannenberg!

[@victorbruant389]

I'm playing it right now, hard to concentrate on both the game and the show ;-)

[@MsFrostitute]

@@victorbruant389 ahhh so exciting! Nice profile picture by the way, legendary ;)

[@victorbruant389]

@@MsFrostitute Thanks!

[@PeterClarke55]

I have heard recently that the UK only recently stopped paying the First World War debt. Allies sure make great friends..

[@Mladorossi_Bulgaria]

It’s time boys

[@generalripper1964]

How much was the economic cost in total and for each of the warring nations in today's dollars? It might be interesting to know since there are news articles saying the current Global War On Terror (GWOT) is now supposedly $6 Trillion dollars. How does it compare to the Second World War and the Cold War? It is interesting to see the scale of these struggles.

[@57WillysCJ]

This wheat problem is going to cause major economic problems for US farmers in the 1920s, not to mention the land. This war took a lot of US iron ore. The next one drains the best iron ore deposits in the US.

[@AFT_05G]

Yeah,without US raw materials French industry would be collapse in 1916-17.

[@themaninthesuit5729]

Sir: While J.P. Morgan Sr. built the empire, it was J.P. Morgan Jr. who made the tremendous loans to England, France, and even Russia during the Great War. Fun Fact, both Sr. and Jr. die at the age of 75, but Sr. died in 1913, a year before the war began.

[@themaninthesuit5729]

As you so clearly pointed out... :)

[@teddyboragina6437]

s1914 can be fun. I've played it before.

[@garybob4]

candidate for best name in this series: BONAR LAW

[@kenibnanak5554]

The implication being, as has also been alleged about the next war too, had Germany early on put more effort and U boats into the embargo of England and France, it may have won.

[@johnmurray3888]

My history teacher was a Mr L.E. Snellgrove (a rabid socialist and author of the book: "From Rocket to Railcar"). Mr Snellgrove once delivered a brilliant one-hour lecture on the disastrous effect of the Great War on Britain's economy - a blow from which Britain never recovered! Five years before he died, I remember that twit Anthony Wedgwood Benn expounding his own half-baked theories to Michael Moore during the documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story". Tony Benn loved asking the rhetorical question: "If you can have full employment in wartime then why not in peacetime?" Even if Tony Benn had watched this documentary I doubt if he would have changed his mind about anything. Benn lacked the critical thinking skills to listen to reason, he had blind faith in the soundness of his socialist ideology and ignored all evidence to the contrary.

[@bskorupk]

Anyone else notice a sort of quiet, cellphone chirping noise sporadically in the later part of the episode?

[@bskorupk]

Also, at 0:00 I thought: "Indy Long, Share the Bomb!"

[@Brendissimo1]

I love this channel and I get that you have to finance it, but F2P browser games are a plague on the gaming industry.

[@HiyoruMikiyazoya]

How are you guys not involved with Paradox and Hearts of Iron lol