Battle of Cambrai 1917: The Dawn of Tank Warfare (WW1 Documentary)

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@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar Жыл бұрын
Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end
@siamihari8717
@siamihari8717 Жыл бұрын
Friend, 'The technology of the time from new weapons and modes of communication. The advent of Drones, Satilites, computers and Cellular devices mark death to those stuck out in the open and allow for instant communication and the exact targeting of armaments. And no one was as prepared for it as they thought they were." Thank you.
@HERETOHELPPEOPLE121
@HERETOHELPPEOPLE121 Жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary thank you for explaining this battle in detail and so clearly.
@matthewcherrington2634
@matthewcherrington2634 Жыл бұрын
So where's the Renault 17s in all of this
@theresa4554
@theresa4554 Жыл бұрын
Hi! So, I've slaughtered my spotted wild bore and I've got a parcel prepared to send you, please provide me with an address. Thanks! Love, A Warsaw Descendant
@DerTrenchAuthor1915
@DerTrenchAuthor1915 11 ай бұрын
My new book Trench 1915: The Dawn of Modern warfare is out. Set in World War I from a German's perspective. Available at any stores that sell books
@flyforce16
@flyforce16 Жыл бұрын
These are the episodes I look forward to most! Picking a specific WW1 topic about a tactic, strategy, weapon, etc. and exploring it in-depth. Please keep up the great content like this!
@ricardorascon88
@ricardorascon88 Жыл бұрын
You should play battlefield 1 !it's a world war 1 game with all these tanks and uniforms from ww1 inside this game ,it's the best
@_TahsinAhmad
@_TahsinAhmad Жыл бұрын
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@Fingerlips137
@Fingerlips137 Жыл бұрын
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@silvergalaxie
@silvergalaxie 8 ай бұрын
oddly there's another"The Great War"video on Cambrai,5yrs older
@RustyShackleford
@RustyShackleford 6 ай бұрын
@@ricardorascon88 Battlefield 1 is not a world war 1 game. Everyone is running around with full auto weapons or extremely rare/obscrure firearms that were never widely adopted. It's a fun game to play but is an extremely bizarre interpretation of the war.
@araucaniad
@araucaniad Жыл бұрын
I like this presenter's style, very matter-of-fact and mature, sober, precise. great pronunciations of the German and French terms.
@oliversherman2414
@oliversherman2414 Жыл бұрын
My great great uncle fought and died in 1917 during the battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered as it sank into the muddy field. His name is one of many thousands engraved on the walls of the Flanders war memorial. Lest we forget
@AndrewMRoots
@AndrewMRoots 2 ай бұрын
Do you have any more information about him?
@oliversherman2414
@oliversherman2414 2 ай бұрын
@@AndrewMRoots Idk
@LostInTranslation-kl2of
@LostInTranslation-kl2of 2 ай бұрын
My great great grandfather John mclellan died in 1916 at the defence of the Ypres salient a year after his enlistment at the age of 30 he is also buried in Flanders with the 55,000 soldiers never to return home we can rest assured that they peacefully lay together as warriors
@arnowisp6244
@arnowisp6244 Жыл бұрын
There's something chilling watching this and seeing both sides learn how to use and counter tanks. While also hearing bits and pieces of Modern warfare tactics come to life.
@mammuchan8923
@mammuchan8923 Жыл бұрын
Still nothing beats going back into the history of WWI, there is still so much to learn. Another excellent episode, please keep on making them in between the other topics👌
@CountBakfromten
@CountBakfromten Жыл бұрын
if everyone learns the first lesson : "Don't go to War" i'd be very happy.
@mammuchan8923
@mammuchan8923 Жыл бұрын
@@CountBakfromten agree 100%
@joshuaworman4022
@joshuaworman4022 Жыл бұрын
really love you guys are doing dedicated documentaries of specific events. it was a little easy to loose context in the main series cuz it was like "this week a thing happened in 900 countries in one week" and im like "wait... slow down". not a criticism just really helps to rewatch the old ones with dedicated event context.
@exharkhun5605
@exharkhun5605 Жыл бұрын
With more than 100 tanks lost I bet the day of the tank was well and truly over after this battle.
@McLarenMercedes
@McLarenMercedes Жыл бұрын
History always looks the same when something entirely new emerges.
@thomasplummer8103
@thomasplummer8103 Жыл бұрын
@@McLarenMercedes In the words of Sabaton: It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin When the new meets the old it always ends the ancient ways And as history told the old ways go out in a blaze
@grogery1570
@grogery1570 Жыл бұрын
They were so bad the British will have to either give them to their allies or admit they made a mistake. Poor Australians they can't handle some thing like the tank after Gallipoli!
@johnd2058
@johnd2058 Жыл бұрын
Totally obsolete, better to uparmor drafthorses.
@exharkhun5605
@exharkhun5605 Жыл бұрын
@@johnd2058 Sorry sir, we just et the last this morning. Scouts though have spotted a small herd of French generals. Saddles probably won't fit but the men can hold on to those moustachio's for a quick charge across no-mans-land. Jerry won't know what hit them.
@zetectic7968
@zetectic7968 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this in-depth look at the Battle of Cambrai. I learnt a lot about the preparation & training that led up to the fighting that was new to me. Once again the professional way & high production standards of the channel have been displayed. I really appreciate your efforts in bringing history to life & showing there is still much to learn beyond the cliches & familiar stories.
@Luke_Freeman
@Luke_Freeman Жыл бұрын
Found your channel recently and I love it. The thumbnails of colorized B&W photos really sets the theme for your channel and acts as a sort of portal to the world you are about to enlighten us on. Thanks for all your hard work.
@leoe.5046
@leoe.5046 Жыл бұрын
You got quite a lot of videos to watch then😂
@fredwood1490
@fredwood1490 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Most documentaries on the First world War, make it sound like the armies all just stumbled around and won or lost as a matter of luck. I've never heard about the planning and training for battles like this. Most enlighting.
@arostwocents
@arostwocents 9 ай бұрын
Did you think that was the case ? The issue was the planning and tactics did not value the lives of men, not there was no planning
@brianoneil9662
@brianoneil9662 Жыл бұрын
It does seem odd that the Germans were so tardy to adopt armor and then became the premier proponents of armored warfare in the next war. Also, unpaid endorsement- Nebula is great and well worth it.
@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar Жыл бұрын
precisely why found this so interesting to explore. and thanks for watching on Nebula, great way to support us.
@johnsowerby7182
@johnsowerby7182 Жыл бұрын
During the interwar period, the books and papers written by Liddell- Hart and Fuller received more attention than they did in the UK
@artificialintelligence8328
@artificialintelligence8328 Жыл бұрын
You might say that those who lose wars are more open to new ideas that give them a better chance for the "rematch", while those who win are more complacent to keep things as they are since they won with such tactics/strategies.
@98cents
@98cents Жыл бұрын
You could say it made such a big impression on them that they ended up overcompensating, bigger and better being their development plan for everything, to the point where it just became ridiculous.
@brianfinneran8919
@brianfinneran8919 Жыл бұрын
Your question is quite typical when it comes to many of the battlefield refinements introduced during the war. One needs to look at the High Commanders and the philosophy they entered the war with. They were very, VERY 19th century when it came to tactics and overall military applications that became available to them. New hardware such as Airplanes, U-Boats, poison gas, HE artillery en masse, machine guns, Zeppelins, Dreadnaught Class Battleships, automotive transport, battlefield telephonic communications, wireless radio, and of course, the ol' family favorite...Tanks! The senior staff was not ready and in many cases incompetent as these new innovations came available. The mindset was to have at it with cavalry, move about on the flanks toss cannon fire where needed, and plow ahead. Arrange infantry and fire at distance. (Hence all rifles were exceedingly long and ungainly in the trench environment.) The ENTIRE war became a clash of old dated tactics and the menacing crunch of a new industrial era of warfare. Trench warfare is clumsy and the result of incomplete planning. We are seeing this play out on the Ukrainian Steppe today! (Unbelievable, right?) The bottom line is that to see the war, you must don the headgear of a 19th-century Aristocrat. The direction of the war changes gears and acceptance and understanding of the new equipment only after The Aristocratic Officer Corps dies out by late 1917. Look through their lens and you will have your answer. (I hope this helped, at least a bit) Remember this one thing, it is this war that created the geopolitical changes that we still paint on to this day! One needs to gaze upon the maps of 1913, 1932, 1943, 1945, 1992, and today. Many things change but alas they stay the same.
@indianajones4321
@indianajones4321 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, always love WW1 content
@dm55
@dm55 Жыл бұрын
I find it hypocritical that You Tube polices creators content while 90 %% of their advertisements make fraudulent claims.
@lllordllloyd
@lllordllloyd 3 ай бұрын
Damn right. I get outright deepfake scams using AI generated famous people. KZbin are fine with this. Of course, they just want to demonetise content to avoid paying creators. Thieves and grifters. Disgusting.
@TheGrenadier97
@TheGrenadier97 Жыл бұрын
Yes, the old theoretical debate of tank & infantry (& cavalry) in the breaktrough and later, and who would do what. Always very much interesting, specially when at these earlier years of mechanization i say. Great video!
@RollingCalf
@RollingCalf Жыл бұрын
I heard that tanks are called so because when they were developing them, they codenamed as tanks so that the enemy thought they were just making water tanks and not weapons.
@arnowisp6244
@arnowisp6244 Жыл бұрын
I remember how one soldier encountering tanks for the first time called them monsters. Crocodiles. Imagine seeing something you literally had no conception of. Today with all the fantasy we have. That's a hard idea to understand.
@BangFarang1
@BangFarang1 Жыл бұрын
That's true, water tanks.
@Yandarval
@Yandarval Жыл бұрын
Also, as they were under the navy when being built. Its why there is a long or naval terminology regarding tanks. Hull, deck, hatch etc.
@alexhubble
@alexhubble 2 ай бұрын
I heard it too, it's credible!
@jh2309
@jh2309 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another awesome video. I just wish that you put the 16 days in Berlin on DVD I would be buying at least 3 sets of them right away and maybe a couple more. I’m sure that I am not the only one who would like to own a copy of them.
@Roman-nu1om
@Roman-nu1om Жыл бұрын
DVD? You mean a thin circular object that must be inserted into a special playback machine connected to your TV in order to watch? Why, just why???
@dougedsall3317
@dougedsall3317 Жыл бұрын
A little bit of trivia, the 'white-red-white' striped marking on the front 'horns' of the Mark IV tanks in the thumbnail is inaccurate for 1917. This marking was adopted in 1918 to allow easy recognition of friendly tanks, after Germany began recovering and using Beute Mark IV tanks. Mark IVs at Cambrai did not have these stripes
@nunyabidniz2868
@nunyabidniz2868 Жыл бұрын
You've got a real eye for detail, I didn't even see the thumbnail...
@ahmadpcgaming
@ahmadpcgaming 2 ай бұрын
@@nunyabidniz2868it’s not on the thumbnail
@119jle
@119jle Жыл бұрын
My Grandfather switched from horses to tanks as a army colonel. I have pics of all the 1917-18 tanks and the crews.
@22QXX112
@22QXX112 4 ай бұрын
Wow. I thank your grandfather for his service. I highly respect the military from the US and our allies
@Splozy
@Splozy 4 ай бұрын
@@22QXX112 have a day off mate
@22QXX112
@22QXX112 4 ай бұрын
@@Splozy what's your problem
@kidmohair8151
@kidmohair8151 Жыл бұрын
I always wait till the bitter end to find out what "the only youtube channel..." is going to be
@xara505
@xara505 Жыл бұрын
Splendid video! Awesome coverage from the Tank Museum crew too!
@MWM-dj6dn
@MWM-dj6dn Жыл бұрын
I thank you for your great effort in providing accurate, useful and wonderful information on your esteemed channel. A thousand greetings of respect, appreciation and pride. I wish you success and progress in your wonderful work. Much respect
@mnbvlabs
@mnbvlabs Жыл бұрын
Another fascinating documentary from @TheGreatWar. Highest quality narrative, motion, edition, infographics, awesome team! Thanks for making it and spreading the consciousness about the horrors human "creativity" can conceive. In the wealth of topics treated, I miss specially one: THE ECONOMIC POWERS BEHIND THE WAR It could address questions such as: - ¿Who was making money out of so many deaths?¿How? - ¿How were the living conditions of those working hundreds of kilometers from the battlefields? - ¿What other artifacts not related to armament were supplied to the armies and what was their economic weight? - ¿How were the logistics being inter-weaved, and how was corruption tackled? ..and many others in that line that I am certain are the ones that actually matter both at the beginning and at the end of any armed conflict.
@seb2750
@seb2750 Жыл бұрын
10:37 We saw that tactic in FURY during the opening scene when the infantry advanced behind the tanks to the gun lines.
@doslobos2989
@doslobos2989 9 ай бұрын
Such an excellent series. A benchmark for KZbin... and that's not intended as damning by faint praise.
@DotepenecPL
@DotepenecPL Жыл бұрын
Over five years have passed since the team covered the battle of Cambrai in the regular episodes. Just to make everyone feel old, I will remind that it's more than between the archiduke's death and the armistice.
@OrbitalAstronaut
@OrbitalAstronaut Жыл бұрын
I would like a video about the French mutinies. I guess a few were in total mutiny, many were in partial mutiny and some were close to mutiny. Others did not mutiny. It should be noted that mutiny usually just meant refusal to go over the top and not abandonment of positions on the front line. Russian units loaned to the western front had to be sent home when the Russian revolution overthrew the government. This probably partly destabilized the situation, but in my opinion the strains of war were the primary cause. This is a great potential topic for a future video.
@lucke1002
@lucke1002 Жыл бұрын
The mutinies are often overblown, or deliberately misinterpreted. I second this motion.
@prazcuray1388
@prazcuray1388 8 ай бұрын
Y’all do amazing work, please keep doing what you do.
@alansmithee8831
@alansmithee8831 Жыл бұрын
Tanks a bundle! Keep on these tracks!
@joeobyrne3189
@joeobyrne3189 Жыл бұрын
Great episode, very interesting.
@MrGoesBoom
@MrGoesBoom Жыл бұрын
Not entirely related to this vid, but WW1 and it's immediate aftermath is a period of history that doesn't really seem to get a whole lot of attention. So, I know somewhat that there's actually still sections here and there in Europe that just aren't safe because of all the munitions left over from both World Wars. Something I'm curious about, is what happened to all these trenches and fortifications that were all over the place? These weren't just foot deep holes dug for a few feet; the trenches were both deep and ran for miles in all directions. Were they all just filled in and overgrown over the last 100+ years? Are there still big chunks of Europe with miles of derelict trenches slowly crumbling away and overgrown? Both?
@McLarenMercedes
@McLarenMercedes Жыл бұрын
A simple Google search will answer that. How about "WWI trenches/battlegrounds today" ? and click "pics".
@chrisrosenkreuz23
@chrisrosenkreuz23 Жыл бұрын
@@McLarenMercedes his was an honest comment, maybe he felt the need for a first hand experience, dunno why you felt the need to be condescending, that's bad faith. But seeing as the deed is done, I hope it at least made you feel a bit better.
@chrisrosenkreuz23
@chrisrosenkreuz23 Жыл бұрын
@MrGoesBoom I actually had those in my back yard (an entire small valley). If you search Battle of Predeal Pass, that's what it was all about. Yes they were all overrun with vegetation and don't look like much, with pieces of shells spread all over if you dig a bit, sometimes even at the surface. Maybe even some unexploded ordnace here and there if you're not careful. I could not find any guns though. The trenches had their walls collapse over time and they don't look like trenches anyomre, they look like shallow ditches with isometric walls instead of vertical with tall grass grown all over. Most people grew up playing with toys but I was rich in shellcasings lmao. These are just words though, I advise also taking Mr.McLaren's suggestion because it would paint a more complete picture.
@MrGoesBoom
@MrGoesBoom Жыл бұрын
@@chrisrosenkreuz23 Thanks for the info!
@davidcollins2648
@davidcollins2648 Жыл бұрын
I have a friend who works for HALO trust and he tells me it's not at all uncommon to come across unexploded ordinance from both world wars especially in conjunction with earth removal for roads or buildings. This includes land mines which sadly kill and maim dozens every year.
@marcelovolcato8892
@marcelovolcato8892 Жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary as usual. You guys are the best!
@Token_Civilian
@Token_Civilian Жыл бұрын
Great content, as always Jessie, TGW and RTH teams.
@elendal
@elendal Жыл бұрын
Wow, such a great episode! My favorite.
@neurofiedyamato8763
@neurofiedyamato8763 Жыл бұрын
Probably the best video on the combined arms warfare of WW1
@timtheskeptic1147
@timtheskeptic1147 Жыл бұрын
At about 14 minutes, that ground tech trying to start the plane's engine, you just know he's had a long day.
@adambradley618
@adambradley618 11 ай бұрын
These documentaries are fantastic. They should be a requirement to watch and learn about at every school instead of some of the topics that are drilled into our kids. On another note can anyone tell me what the chap is up to on the side of what I’m assuming is some sort of shaft that has the cogs the tracks run on. He’s using a strange tool which I at first thought was some sort of grease gun but it’s got a weird tap style lever on the back that I’ve not seen before. It’s at about 23 minute mark
@michaelbrogan7537
@michaelbrogan7537 9 ай бұрын
I'm not 100%, but believe that is a grease gun.. or at least it's lubricating some way.
@markhertlein4726
@markhertlein4726 7 күн бұрын
Tank you for this episode
@davidsachs4883
@davidsachs4883 Жыл бұрын
If your ever short of ideas for a video here’s a suggestion for several. I was wondering what was needed logistically to support an army division. Both on a daily and monthly basis. Even within a national army needs will differ. A British division in Flanders would have different needs than one on the Gaza front or in Iraq or in east Africa. Separate videos for France, Italy, Germany, Australia, USA, imperial Russia.
@flyingtiger2212
@flyingtiger2212 Жыл бұрын
wow...these videos are simply outstanding! thank you for putting together this content...
@ricardokowalski1579
@ricardokowalski1579 Жыл бұрын
30:28 "broken through...beyond it" The very moment tanks succeed as a break-through weapon... cavalry is instantly revealed as too vulnerable and too slow to exploit the gaps. This was not just "modern" warfare. It was warfare evolving faster than doctrine or materiel could be imagined.
@River.E.M
@River.E.M 3 ай бұрын
Cavalry isn't too slow, idk where you got that idea from. It is literally stated in the video that tanks are far slower, so are better for breakthrough, allowing infantry to hold and cavalry to exploit.
@henryblicharz5556
@henryblicharz5556 3 ай бұрын
Great info on generally unknown battle, Thanks !
@armyaj
@armyaj Жыл бұрын
I don't know how you read those AAR of the battle by the germans and think they're underestimating them. That is some of the most level headed assessment by Germans I have ever seen. Highlighted all the pros and cons of armored warfare in neat pages
@HeavyMoonshine19
@HeavyMoonshine19 Жыл бұрын
Overemphasized morale element of tanks, not realizing most of that was simply due to what the tanks actually did.
@mrdijon5740
@mrdijon5740 Жыл бұрын
Oh yes. Been waiting for this
@johnd2058
@johnd2058 Жыл бұрын
24:58 I LOVE SPONSONS
@CRUZER1800
@CRUZER1800 Жыл бұрын
Excellent Video.... Especially like listening to David Whaley. Kudos to you and your staff. Russ
@thatguythedude1563
@thatguythedude1563 Жыл бұрын
david WILLY
@MWM-dj6dn
@MWM-dj6dn Жыл бұрын
The greatest words of respect, praise and appreciation I dedicate to you for this wonderful and distinguished work Thank you for your great giving and effort I wish you lasting success. My utmost respect and appreciation
@Mrgunsngear
@Mrgunsngear Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@WorldHistorySaga
@WorldHistorySaga 3 ай бұрын
My great great uncle fought and died in 1917 during the battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered as it sank into the muddy field. His name is one of many thousands engraved on the walls of the Flanders war memorial. Lest we forget
@mohammedsaysrashid3587
@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful introducing episode about significance victory ( penetrating foes battle lines) through using tanks as special arrangements with cooperation of aviation efforts, Calvary, infantry & artilleries efforts .while German sides stopped British initials and counterattack successfully through the usage of alternative methods, instruments... allot thanks (the great war) channel for sharing ...
@seanlander9321
@seanlander9321 Жыл бұрын
It took the Australians to properly combine tanks, infantry, artillery and aircraft to make the greatest breakthrough in WWI during August 1918. Thankfully for the Allied effort General Monash developed combined arms and devolved command to bring on armistice pleadings by Germany.
@MrWeenuk21
@MrWeenuk21 Жыл бұрын
its wild how i never hear anything of general monash but he just seems like a genius from the surface looking in. wild.
@uncle7215
@uncle7215 Жыл бұрын
that's just plain incorrect.
@seanlander9321
@seanlander9321 Жыл бұрын
@@uncle7215 Oh really? Name the first battle in WWI that the Allies won using combined arms. Hint, it was that precise that it was planned to the minute, even the hot meal breaks. Let’s see what you know.
@uncle7215
@uncle7215 Жыл бұрын
@@seanlander9321 Second Battle of the Marne springs to mind as the decisive combined arms attack… French combined arms assault that broke the German right flank and forced them to retreat… 5 French armies encircled 3 German ones.
@seanlander9321
@seanlander9321 Жыл бұрын
@@uncle7215 Nope, before then.
@misium
@misium Жыл бұрын
6:40 location of artillery target with air surveillance - still very effective today
@hlynnkeith9334
@hlynnkeith9334 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I have heard and read about the British misuse of tanks at the Somme and their effective use of tanks at Cambrai. Any like material available on French use of their FT17? Or American use of the same tank?
@TheGreatWar
@TheGreatWar Жыл бұрын
we're working on a few similar videos about 1918, going to see what we can come up with on the ft17 in combined arms.
@alganhar1
@alganhar1 Жыл бұрын
Misuse? I mean you are not wrong, and we know that now after a century of experience with tanks on the Battlefield. But it is worth keeping in mind that in September of 1916, when tanks were used on the Battlefield for the very first time, they did not HAVE that century of experience and knowledge. These were brand new weapons, and no one knew quite how they would turn out, or how to use them correctly. That is a *very* important consideration when looking at the decisions made by historical figures. You should never be asking yourself what do we know NOW, you should be asking yourself what did they know THEN. Given how new the tank was in September 1916 I am in no way surprised that they took the risk of deploying them in small numbers. it is also worth bearing in mind that while that first action was a failure, the Generals, and Haig in particular where encouraged enough by the results that Haig immediately ordered more. You see the same thing after Cambrai in 1917, yes, the battle was a failure, but Haig immediately put in a further order for another 1000 tanks. When you are learning an entirely new method of warfare, mistakes are going to be made.....
@freebornjohn2687
@freebornjohn2687 Жыл бұрын
@@alganhar1 Also they were the very first tanks so had mechanical problems, difficult to steer and had problems with fumes inside the tank.
@nunyabidniz2868
@nunyabidniz2868 Жыл бұрын
The French had a much better idea of what they wanted to do with their tanks from watching how not to do things [ie, the early British failures.] Part of why they *had* the FT17s, because they knew their big tanks would be incapable to exploiting the holes they created in the line. Wish I could remember the name of the source that I read which gave more history of the WW1 French tanks, but it's been years and my remembry is cattywampus...
@freebornjohn2687
@freebornjohn2687 Жыл бұрын
@@nunyabidniz2868 The Brits invented the tank so they made all the early mistakes.
@77gravity
@77gravity Жыл бұрын
7:20 interesting to see what appear to be food containers on top of the tank, I assume they are there to keep hot. Clever.
@KevVIII
@KevVIII Жыл бұрын
I sometimes forget that Germany during imperial era was derived from infantry-focused Prussia, so it is a surprise to me at how some German commanders downplayed the role of tanks by attributing losses to infantry losing morale. But... when you think about it... it sort of makes sense.
@arostwocents
@arostwocents 9 ай бұрын
I wonder how many knew they were offered the tank by an inventor years before and rejected it too
@javiervidaurre6325
@javiervidaurre6325 Жыл бұрын
At 5:10 you see a soldier with a shovel depositing soil under the rotating wheel of the canon to compensate for the soil compaction by that wheel and thereby maintain proper targeting. I did not know that.
@37Dionysos
@37Dionysos Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this outstanding research and presentation!
@lilairborne
@lilairborne Жыл бұрын
This video is a perfect argument to people saying tanks are obsolete. Even when tanks were first introduced it was written that the success depends on the surrounding infantry
@drcovell
@drcovell Жыл бұрын
Hope you do one on automatic weapons. The Gatling Gun, the rifled musket and other improvements, being used by both sides, and “Mass-wave” resulted in the slaughter of the US Civil War, but this was just an appetizer. In WWI, recoil -powered, belt-fed repeating rifles, easily man-portable machine guns, led to almost as many British casualties on day one of the Somme as happened to both sides at Gettysburg in 3 days!
@johnheigis83
@johnheigis83 Жыл бұрын
Shared, to my subscribers, and more. Thank yoú.
@cliffordljacksonjr8020
@cliffordljacksonjr8020 Жыл бұрын
There is a video on a Austrian who developed a plan for a tank with a turret but no one was interested.I believe this was prior to British efforts.He was an Austrian-Hungarian engineer.Great video.
@petertyson4022
@petertyson4022 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Learned a bit more about 1st ww tank battles. 👍
@ADrunkBassist
@ADrunkBassist Жыл бұрын
That British officer bringing the kitty into the tank at the end of the video caught my attention. I wonder what the story was about how they found that cat and how it got assigned to tank duty.
@Storolf
@Storolf Жыл бұрын
Anyone notice at 34:16 the British officer bringing his cat onboard his tank? I mean, I can understand his desire for his emotional support animal while going into battle, but I don't think that kitty is gonna enjoy that ride AT ALL.
@TheRealForgetfulElephant
@TheRealForgetfulElephant 6 ай бұрын
this episode is going in S tier
@lukamotion
@lukamotion Жыл бұрын
Great work as usual. However, in my humble knowledge I would say things a bit differently. The Hindemburglibe what not strong per se, but was rather a tactical set up the avoided big loses on the German side to which the bite and hold tactic were the right counter. The bite and hold tactics might have seemed a consolation prize at the time since everybory was hoping for a breakthrough, and was this thinking what make the Hindemburg line work, by changing tactics, the line stopped working.
@phile1832
@phile1832 Жыл бұрын
I have recently start watching this series, love it, there are some playlists that have hidden videos, is there anywhere to watch thise hidden videos?
@heatherjones6647
@heatherjones6647 20 күн бұрын
I wish there was an option to turn off the background "music" and other sound effects.
@evanhaddad1960
@evanhaddad1960 11 ай бұрын
I love this channel.
@barrygray3615
@barrygray3615 Жыл бұрын
12:23 1.5 tons of fascine dropping into the trench you’re supposed to be defending sounds like a bad day for the German front line infantry.
@TundeEszlari
@TundeEszlari Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video.
@michaelbrogan7537
@michaelbrogan7537 9 ай бұрын
This channel rules!! 🤘
@shaider1982
@shaider1982 Жыл бұрын
18:25 interesting, so the Germans had experience in using AA guns against tanks even in ww1. The artillery being the main anti tank weapon system was also reportedly true in the early days of the Russian "special military operation", accounting for more kills than the Javelin or NLAW.
@arnowisp6244
@arnowisp6244 Жыл бұрын
Not surprising. Big Guns have solved many problems.
@MrWeenuk21
@MrWeenuk21 Жыл бұрын
manpower, artillery, air superiority are king in modern warfare.
@biologicalengineoflove6851
@biologicalengineoflove6851 Жыл бұрын
Many tanks for this!
@albertsalinas5671
@albertsalinas5671 11 ай бұрын
another excellent video, thank you
@seb2750
@seb2750 Жыл бұрын
7:32 It would be funny if David asked Squire to make a re-enactment of this scene between Byng and Fuller
@cristiana7711
@cristiana7711 Жыл бұрын
Great content, very educational video.
@bigsarge2085
@bigsarge2085 Жыл бұрын
Incredible achievements.
@bruantquentin2777
@bruantquentin2777 7 ай бұрын
It is kind of funny that the battle of Cambrai is taken as an example for Combined Arm Warfare since it was not. Combined Arm induce communications and constant adaptation to the situation by calling the right Arm at the right time. At Cambrai, the fire of the Artillery was pre planned to allow for the tank use but very drastically reduced its effectiveness when the gap opened and the tank and infantry overshoot gunrange. The UK had past the opportunity to work on a massive motorisation of its army to focus on breakthrough tanks. A real Combined Arm operation was led and won (though at a much smaller scale than the Cambrais battle) by the French one month before at the battle of the Malmaison (in a terrible defeat, the Nivelle Offensive). And the keys were, with the tank use, a very thorough and broad communication network, and a motorized artillery. And in 1918, only two armies had mastered the Combined Arm Warfare : the French, and the US
@River.E.M
@River.E.M 3 ай бұрын
Someone doesn't like Britain...
@bruantquentin2777
@bruantquentin2777 3 ай бұрын
@@River.E.M not really. But the French bashing has taken its toll, so now, if I can straigthen facts, i do (not for jokes of course)
@River.E.M
@River.E.M 3 ай бұрын
@@bruantquentin2777 ah France, you sacrificed all in that war. People should not forget
@StickmanA
@StickmanA Жыл бұрын
This video is fantastic
@fusilier9276
@fusilier9276 Жыл бұрын
Great analysis of early British tank tactics given by the Tank Museum
@bikkiikun
@bikkiikun 4 ай бұрын
I think, the point of Cambrai is not "the tank", but combined warfare and cameraderie between the branches. The Brits were successful while all their units worked in unison, but started to falter and ultimately fail when the bonds between the units broke. Another lesson is one of logistics. Had there been more fuel for the tanks, plus additional tanks in reserve, they may have gotten further... far enough for the cavalry to ultimately punch through.
@ChrisSmith-lo2kp
@ChrisSmith-lo2kp 10 ай бұрын
the Petersburg siege taught the American Army the dangers of trench warfare - reason why Pershing continued to hold out for a war-of-movement using state-of-the-art turrented Renault tanks
@arostwocents
@arostwocents 9 ай бұрын
Can Ukraine come up with a way to break the Surovikin Line as the allies broke the stalemate in ww1? (Not that there is a stalemate, but still) Perhaps Ukraine can come up with some kind of land boat to cut through the lines?
@norish1264
@norish1264 8 ай бұрын
History should never be censored
@xippetotectheflayedgod6179
@xippetotectheflayedgod6179 Жыл бұрын
Real Time History - the only KZbin history channel prepared to overcome trench obstacles with a bundle of sticks.
@bobdavidson8019
@bobdavidson8019 Жыл бұрын
I always kind of expect the Germans to counter these tanks with a giant can opener.
@PaulRudd1941
@PaulRudd1941 Жыл бұрын
"This ain't a Monty Python sketch!" -Julian Bing, probably
@tTimba
@tTimba 5 ай бұрын
I love your videos thank you
@atharvajogdeo1225
@atharvajogdeo1225 Жыл бұрын
Excellent content 👌 👏 👍
@MWM-dj6dn
@MWM-dj6dn Жыл бұрын
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@ivan55599
@ivan55599 Жыл бұрын
Of course they underestimated it, it is full of water!
@aprussianhussar
@aprussianhussar Жыл бұрын
Interesting piece of WW1. Especially that even the cavalry was part of that attack. As always well done by you guys. If someone is intrested in more cavalry stuff, just stop by my small channel. I am just at the start of a reconstruction of a trooper of the 8th hussars of the german army. Doing most of the stuff myself and even reconstructing lance fencing. Part one of my training with the horse is already up. Still the work of a beginner but you might enjoy it as a ww1 enthusiast. :)
@CrisisMoon7
@CrisisMoon7 Жыл бұрын
7:30 Museum 15:15 Museum 2
@AuthenticallyAwful
@AuthenticallyAwful Жыл бұрын
34:18 that man has a cat on his shoulder.
@djtrainspotter
@djtrainspotter Жыл бұрын
Great work.
@johnheigis83
@johnheigis83 Жыл бұрын
Note: "hostage population"... Versus..."active and passive civil defense are integral to national security [democratic] posture." To mechanize and empower pure/direct demos-kratia within a republic.
@StarPilot87
@StarPilot87 Жыл бұрын
34:20 Were animals frequently brought into tanks? I'd imagine they were a bit of a morale boost for the tank crew but that poor cat having to deal with those hot and loud engines.
@artificialintelligence8328
@artificialintelligence8328 Жыл бұрын
I believe there was substantial practice of carrying passenger pigeons for communications.
@lankinator.
@lankinator. Жыл бұрын
That is clearly a propaganda/training video. It's a mark 1 as you can tell by the use of camouflage and the rear wheel as well as the crew using the leather helmet and in full uniform, whereas at the front they would be down to shirtsleeves or shirtless due to the environment inside the tank. The cat is likely a pet the officer acquired whilst deployed but would not be carried in the tank for obvious reasons during deployment. The cat would likely be left at battalion HQ.
@lucasdeaver9192
@lucasdeaver9192 Жыл бұрын
Cells within Cells. Cells within Cells. Cells within Cells! You can pick up your bonus.
@c3aloha
@c3aloha Жыл бұрын
Interlinked
@shawnfecke4322
@shawnfecke4322 5 ай бұрын
My grandfather was wounded at Belleau Wood at the same time my other grandfather was building De Havilland day bombers and trainers at the Dayton Wright airplane factory in Dayton Ohio.
@pierredecine1936
@pierredecine1936 Жыл бұрын
13:21 - I really doubt Horses could cross crushed barbed wire ... Horse Feet are tender > even with shoes, however boots could have been made to protect them ...
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