Creeping Barrage (Military Tactic)

[@Simplehistory]

The Creeping Barrage = one of the riskiest, dangerous tactics we have come across so far. What other military tactics do you want to see next?

[@SgtPierson]

Hey

[@SoryRN]

Ok

[@SgtPierson]

Can you talk to me plz

[@neofulcrum5013]

Simple History guerrilla warfare

[@CreepebrineMC]

Blitzkrieg

[@aaronexponential4120]

Bulgarians: invented it British: practiced it Canadians: perfected it

[@grouchygrizzly366]

Captain Castro I love Canadians

[@erikwthackrey1963]

Proud to be Canadian

[@KittycatKye]

@@erikwthackrey1963 Same.

[@sincereeastman6972]

Frick yeah my fellow Canadians!

[@cameronhoadley7153]

Canadians just have hot women and lower age restrictions so I as an American have to love them lol

[@elitemation]

Soldier: dont worry this bulge of fire will protect me

[@ethancdldkc7540]

I eat cute puppies

[@damiancamacho6707]

Ethan cdldkc nice

[@unkownpt1806]

@@ethancdldkc7540 ok boomer

[@tcs15]

bulge

[@Monolith308]

OwO what’s this?

[@Vibakari]

Advancing infantry: Shrapnel: "So you have chosen death"

[@rbnzo25]

Infantry after winning: Brain: So you have chosen shell-shock,

[@captrex7153]

Advancing infantry: Enemy gunners: so you have chosen led

[@T3ppoPvP]

Infantry after the no mans land: Club: so you have choosen to get your skull crushed

[@financialproblems9308]

Infantry resting in their trenches Mustard gas: so you have chosen to be a jew

[@rachard]

@@financialproblems9308 Oy vEy

[@MYG]

Fun fact: The creeping barrage of Vimy bridge was practiced on a mock battlefield until the soldiers could do it perfectly

[@blake-deathbelch7356]

@John Ratican He means they recreated the German trenches completely from pitchers and practiced it there. That way they would be ready when they attacked. They also raided German positions to gather intelligence on enemy defences. her is a link that goes into more detail www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/fact_sheets/vimy

[@Cameron-km4xs]

*Vimy ridge

[@nwblader6231]

And iirc each soldier made their own mini map with land marks drawn on it so if the enemy picked it up it would be useless

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

@@daviddou1408 That's right. Baseball players were experts in understanding the distances involved and the time it takes to get across a field. :)

[@ludens3401]

Company of heroes: "Concentration. Creeping barrage. Fire."

[@ShaunYap_98]

Join the army they said, it'll be fun they said

[@lololoershadow]

If I ever find that damn recruiter again!

[@arisatominato8407]

Goddamit conrad tie your f**ing laces!

[@vito7428]

Get our replacements up front,i don't want any of our lads to buy it

[@ВиталяКекс-ц6е]

I’m not defending German technical superiority, I’m stating the fucking obvious!

[@JustinY.]

It's all fun and games until the enemy decides to do a creeping barrage against your own creeping barrage tactic

[@dalemacio1055]

Justin Y. Im gonna be first to your comment

[@firstnamelastname1969]

Y u comment 2x

[@squarehead6452]

Lol 3rd

[@zeke8985]

@@dalemacio1055 5 likes YOOOOOO

[@dalemacio1055]

Dansky What Yoooo

[@JustinY.]

Imagine advancing on the enemy as artillery shells explode right in front of you. I'm surprised these guys could move with the sheer size of their balls.

[@turtleboi8822]

Yoo it’s Justin Y. Wat Up

[@huntermanning9654]

Justin Y. Has returned

[@QuintonMurdock]

It’s official simple history is a successful KZbin channel

[@professionalfartinhaler308]

If they didnt they would have been court marshaled

[@GunsNGames1]

Ahhh, the guy who writes the most original, non-original comments on KZbin. I give you my like, Mr. Justin.

[@garcianorons.5625]

"The Soviets used it in a large scale " Well not surprising ain't it

[@sturmgeschutze3070]

Well the soviets use *everything* in a large scale

[@vixx-kun7686]

No they used the "Send them all in until we win" tactic

[@demolition4654]

@@vixx-kun7686 Except it wasnt a tactic and they used only at the Battle of Stalingrad and only because they were desperate to hold the line. Plus the order 227 was issued.

[@mrmizzles]

I shouldn't be laughing so hard

[@theortheo2401]

@@vixx-kun7686 Enemy at Gates is not a fucking documentary

[@johnkongsaisy7014]

"God fights on the side with the best artillery" -Napoleon Bonaparte

[@ewanedgar8872]

Guess he didnt have very good artillery then

[@imgvillasrc1608]

+@TheFandrian, That's why the Germans beat the French during 1870, they had the better artillery.

[@Aulsalt]

John Kongsaisy God fought with Canada then :D

[@SantomPh]

@@ewanedgar8872 he had great artillery (he was after all an artillery officer himself) and used it to great effect for almost 2 decades. In his absence however his Marshals often opted for infantry/ cavalry tactics and degraded their own artillery batteries, such as at Salamanca and Vimiero. In addition the British also had fully professional Royal artillery officers who also lacked the failings of the aristocratic army leadership and usually kept their cool and discipline, leading to very accurate and very effective artillery support. at Gettysburg Robert E Lee quoted Napoleon as using artillery to "get a foot on far" only to have his artillery mostly fail in the disaster of Pickett's charge due to faulty fuses and poor scouting. The Union's artillery used clever tactics to draw the Charge in and blast them to pieces with cannister rounds and point blank fire. So Napoleon was right.

[@ewanedgar8872]

@@SantomPh gees dude i know, it was just a joke

[@Gameflyer001]

Thanks in part to the Creeping Barrage, as well as the tenacity of the Canadian forces during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian troops were then crowned Stormtroopers by the rest of the Entente.

[@Pain-mr2hn]

Not only that, but the battle of Kitchener's wood marked the first time a colonial force (Canadians) defeated a European power on European soil.

[@cybercat29]

And that is exactly why Hitler ordered a battalion of German troops to guard the Vimy Ridge Memorial from any attempts to destroy it as he knew what the Canadians would do if anything happened to the Vimy Ridge Memorial due to his time in the German Army during World War One!

[@sarablueshoes6950]

Thanks for noticing, and not calling them "allied forces."

[@CyrusdVulture]

Further, this is why the German Wehrmacht of WWII had stormtroopers. Because Hitler wanted to instill the same fear in the allies as the CEF instilled in Wilhelm's men during WWI. Also why there are Stormtroopers in Star Wars.

[@DaveMustaineShreds]

Germans were also afraid of the Canadians because we tended to not take any prisoners, and sent grenades into their trenches instead of gifts on Christmas. We were absolutely merciless to Germans.

[@alexgomez4040]

Me: a creeper killed me My 116 year old grandpa:this is the old way a “creeper killed me”

[@ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής]

Is he really that old? Very interesting if true.

[@emc8476]

@@ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής No , he isn't He only joked , sadly ;( Of those people that reach 90 years only one in a thousand reach 100 and the current oldest person is a japanese woman that is 116 years old. Men can't live that much

[@ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής]

@@emc8476 Sad but true.

[@infinitememegod]

Beast Gamer That is super vague

[@emc8476]

@@beastgamer3990 the oldest verified person that ever lived was Jeanne Calment and she died at 122 years . Unless your grandpa was a super human he couldn't have lived that much.Men live a lot less than women for obvious reasons(additional work , riskier jobs and more heart diseases) I don't believe in your statement but I'm sure your grandpa was a nice person!

[@brandonfarley2228]

4 series suggestions: Scramble for africa factions Cold war factions War on terror factions Seven years wars

[@JohnDoe-gh6jz]

Brandon Farley ya

[@brandonfarley2228]

@@mrkonski833 yes that would be awesome if it comes true

[@TedTeddison99]

Brandon Farley Seven Years War videos would be awesome. It’s a really underrated War. Basically World War 0. Surprises me all the German Wehraboos don’t talk about it more.

[@johnyoung4441]

They already made videos on NATO and Warsaw Pact, unless you mean the individual countries.

[@brandonfarley2228]

@@johnyoung4441 exactly what i mean

[@aarongerard7277]

I'm glad someone finally mentioned the Battle of Vimy Ridge. As a Canadian, it's one of, if not THE, defining moment of our nation.

[@wilber2020]

Historically its not even close to our finest military moment, General Currie was upset that they had chosen vimy as the site of the Canadian war monuments as offically the battle of the Arden was an loss, an absolute total failure and it was the political mashine that spun Vimy in to an moral boosting win. I am happy they do mention all this at the vimy memorial.

[@mondaymotivator_]

Don’t worry the shrapnel will totally miss us and hit the enemy.

[@eioo8790]

Due to the trajectory of howitzer shells, this is actually what would happen in most cases. Due to the more acute angle in which the shell hits the ground, most of the shrapnel, rocks and other material launched by the explosion travels to the direction the shell was fired. This does not work with mortars, though, due to mortar shells landing from angles closer to 90 degrees, which causes the shrapnel to be launched in all directions.

[@anhduc0913]

@@eioo8790 also the shell was not made to burst out shrapnels but just highly explosive shells. And as the name implied, the "no man land" have nothing much to be blown at advancing troops

[@eioo8790]

@@anhduc0913 Yes, the shells are filled with explosives, but when the shell hits the ground, the casing fragments and is launched with great speeds. Along with the metal, the explosion also launches rocks and such from the ground, which also effectively work as fragments.

[@ivansesaldo1676]

This comment got buried and debunked good

[@mondaymotivator_]

You guys know i'm being sarcastic right?

[@metalinyourhead3604]

Dear simple history: It would be much appreciated by many history loving Canadians if you did a video on the battle of Vimy Ridge, it was a defining moment for Canada and I’m sure many Canadian viewers would like it. Great video BTW.

[@Iratepaddy]

I have been telling people for years about leo Major and finally first really video I have seen about him on KZbin

[@Iratepaddy]

Vinny ridge would be even better episode lol

[@rexwhitehead8346]

@Baxterl02 Look up the Battle of Hamel (4th July 1918) - Rolling barrage + tank support (tanks providing cover for advancing troops, carrying wounded back, carrying hot food to troops) + air support (for accurate artillery spotting) + superb planning. Only battle I know of where Americans fought in Australian uniforms so that Pershing couldn't find them and withdraw them from "foreign command" at the last moment. The attack took longer than planned to reach its objectives: 92 minutes instead of 90.

[@hrdkorebp]

The only defining moment for Canada *

[@armahpruski5877]

You mustn't forget my fellow Canadians. France gave us the battlefield for Vimy. Our own little enclave in France.

[@FinelessFish24]

Thank you for mentioning the Canadians, especially Vimmy ridge, lots of people seem to neglect to mention our service during the world wars.

[@Aulsalt]

EliteDog Not to mention we lost more men in world war 1 than it world war 2 :/

[@samhesterman3331]

EliteDog ikr :)

[@TheCowboyfan67]

This American didn't forget! I'm thankful for those who've served sacrafices. Many people around the world forget one thing- these were boys who had to become men fast and for many their lives were cut short. More were wounded if not physically, they were mentally for the rest of their lives. I only hope my generation and future ones never experience such a conflict of it's scale again. Unfortunately, it's probable if we do forget.

[@Aulsalt]

TheCowboyfan67 Tbh. They where the ones that changed the world. Only to see that it’s filled with internet memes about both world wars.

[@TheCowboyfan67]

@@Aulsalt Yes, it's rather sad... Admittedly I enjoy a history pun. But to make all of history as a joke as well as nothing more than it is quite disappointing. I'm not trying to sound glum over it but history is figuratively written by the blood of those who gave their lives.

[@loups3190]

When you show this to you grandpa they do a weird dance ha ha.

[@donaldtrumpmexicano2086]

ROFL

[@jeremiahsalidao3951]

@@ethancdldkc7540 ok

[@crome2021]

lol mine started screaming then went into a fetal position ha ha

[@floris2158]

i hate peple of coler

[@lemon5432]

@@ethancdldkc7540 .

[@indomitablesin984]

"RIP all those young boys who were part of such a horrendous experiment"

[@Starfals]

Haha, as a Bulgarian I got so happy to hear this getting mentioned in the video! :)

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

*Is that safe?* Asks me,the guy who knows all too well that war is everything BUT safe.

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

@Female Ranger of Norrath *Good to know! :D*

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

@Female Ranger of Norrath That's basically every leader of every major army in history

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

@Female Ranger of Norrath Namaste to you my friend

[@Chino56751]

Some Bradley IFV's would've made that safer

[@Chino56751]

@@Imnotsmg4bob Of course. Oh, wait-

[@johnnysockpuppet45]

I wonder if a bullet has ever collided with an artillery round.

[@benjaminostrom9124]

It has, battle of gallipoli the bullet is at a museum

[@benjaminostrom9124]

yea

[@ahmettastemur8170]

Maybe

[@mustafaardateker6004]

@Jango The Mango yes.

[@sam8404]

@@benjaminostrom9124 that was 2 bullets colliding together, not with an artillery shell

[@JellothePallascat]

Thanks for telling how the Canadians managed to get it right thanks to Gen. Currie and his devotion to planning. A whole video on the battle and prep would be cool. Also the Canadians manged to master counter barrage tactics for the battle and had by the end of the first day destroyed 80% of the German big guns! Thank you for your dedication to cover everything.

[@sarablueshoes6950]

Ypres. The motivation for Currie's planning.

[@derpderpington7159]

Mhhhh Currie is delicious

[@ПеткоНалбантов-щ2я]

Bulgarian sergant: General how we can protect our soldiers ?! Bulgarian General: Just trow bombs next to them.

[@AtaMarKat]

“WWI Tactic” “Scheduling” “Coordination” “Our battles are directed, sir?” ~Capt. E. Blackadder, 1917

[@509Gman]

Wibble, wibble

[@-robinarellano-6372]

6:15 Real life: To end the battle in just three days.. Video Games: To end the battle in just three minutes

[@esco5593]

Lol right, Battlefield 1 battles take like 30 minutes to wrap up while in real life the battle probably would've taken months

[@nota4688]

SchwiftedBear well you must also take into account that its showing the key parts of the war, which could happen within minutes

[@neofulcrum5013]

Can you guys cover Guerrilla Warfare tactics?

[@baronhyatt6729]

Guerrilla warfare tactics easy they're just hit and run that's all it is

[@neofulcrum5013]

baron hyatt It’s a bit more to it than that. Besides they asked so I answered.

[@matthewlee8667]

Climb to the top of the building and swipe at the biplanes

[@KittycatKye]

@@matthewlee8667 Lmao. I got that reference.

[@doomslayerplushie6662]

Is that an ac unity reference

[@Weygand_]

Teacher: Ok, now calmly move to your locker room. Girls: walk slowly Me and the boys: 0:32

[@e.g.2999]

This meme is kinda boring by now

[@krispinwah2784]

@@e.g.2999 it is ok if used properly. Normies ruin everything, as shown above

[@pmzr]

@Evil Monster Gaming I see your also a normie.

[@DavidDAndrews]

@Egarr no ur boring

[@krispinwah2784]

@@pmzr says the idiot who can't distinguish between "you're" and "your"

[@ashina2146]

The British: *Tried and Failed* Canadian: "Ey Infantry, every 3 Minutes the barrage will go 100 yards, be sure to not go too fast or too slow, I just don't want to waste too much lives here"

[@bradwestwood746]

"Can we get some discipline in firing boys?" "Oh yea don't ya know we got the skills boys" "Right on buds let's gets this wheels snipe celly going"

[@JellothePallascat]

@@HerewardWake General Currie was all about practice. He made a nearly full sized replica of the ridge miles behind the lines every canuck had to rehearse the battle every day for months on end until they could "Find their objectives blindfolded" so there was lots of practice involved.

[@JellothePallascat]

Just fleshing out your comment so people get more of an understanding of what you are trying to say.

[@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102]

Canada wasn't even involved in WW1. America, France, and Britain were the only allied powers.

[@EntropicMalevolence]

@@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102 Have you ever even heard of WWI before this point?

[@TheSoviet2391]

British Sergant: how to get to the german trenches? British General: just put the creepers in front.

[@tamimi9231]

I don't get the joke. Are you talking about the artillery fire as creepers?

[@joksizantos7520]

@@tamimi9231 Aww man

[@arya31ful]

They shot creepers out of cannons.

[@fellascallmethedrink]

@@joksizantos7520 Wow dude, that sure was hilarious.

[@Khalid.ab41]

Top ten scary sounds in ww1 1: hssssss

[@DustyPazner]

THE CHAD BULGARIANS

[@417Owsy]

The virgin austro-hungarians

[@DustyPazner]

@i wonder if you're reading this its literally the other way around

[@Брат-у7л]

@@417Owsy imagine being butt hurt over a video about history

[@fellascallmethedrink]

@@Брат-у7л How is he butthurt tho? 🤔🤔🤔 That's part of the virgin vs. chad meme.

[@captrex7153]

Don’t say alpha Americans obviously it’s alpha Canadians

[@Mellowcanuck33]

Vimy Ridge the battle that secured Canada's place in the world.

[@MightyJo2]

@@lamar493 dieppe was a failure tho

[@DeNihility]

@@MightyJo2 it was a "we tried" scenario

[@Pain-mr2hn]

@@MightyJo2 the failed landing at Dieppe provided crucial lessons and planning for the D-day Invasion. It wasn't in vain. Many of the men who served at Dieppe also survived to fight in places like Normandy or Antwerp.

[@robertlaube574]

Who?

[@Mellowcanuck33]

@@robertlaube574 where.

[@Benjiiii__]

*infantry advancing* Artillery shrapnel: “BUT WAIT THERES MORE”

[@momoniji6439]

US: Let's send barrages for cover and damage then rush. Japan:Let's rush

[@Ilithandie89]

It is important to note that the Canadian leaders made sure every single soldier knew the plan and trained them till they knew what they were doing at all times.

[@cybercat29]

Exactly!

[@NapalmStrike802]

Please talk about how scary the Canadians were in ww1

[@Iratepaddy]

I've read that the Canadians were some of the worst abusers of prisoners in both wars and many Canadians would just openly execute rather than take prisoners

[@NapalmStrike802]

Aaron Moore they’d often through canned food to the German trenches then on the fourth or fifth can they’d put grenades in them.

[@leiferikkson2616]

Aaron Moore Where’d you read that?

[@dillhole2800]

How scary the canadians are in every war*

[@NapalmStrike802]

Leif Erikkson I Dont exactly remember off the top of my head, but I know it was a reliable source

[@Rey8d]

I can't believe how they used this even though it was super risky

[@unskilled822]

ptsd from ww1 soldiers was very aggresive now i understand one of the reasons

[@foximacentauri7891]

They barely used it. It wasn't very effective.

[@esco5593]

WW1 generals and officers employed a ton of risky moves like this. It was old world meeting new world and times were changing fast, so WW1 generals didn't really know what to do except experiment with tactics

[@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757]

Fortune favors the bold.

[@maxmccormick4274]

Dam Canadians are gud at pvp Lol... they good tho props to them

[@bradwestwood746]

Wheels snipe celly

[@Caesar316]

Dirty F*ucking Dangles Boys

[@abthedragon4921]

Man Simple History, your animations are getting much, much better. Bravo.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

During the Battle of the Somme, one British general told his men that in a forthcoming attack they could expect about 8% casualties from their own shells, but that it was vital that there was no interval of time that allowed the Germans to come up from their dugouts and man their guns to catch the British in no man's land. Their attack did take friendly fire but it overwhelmed the German front line.

[@senseiwill8815]

"Will this brilliant plan include us climbing out of our trenches and walking very slowly towards the enemy, sir?" -Blackadder

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

Round of applause for the Bulgarians for inventing this

[@LeoTheJust]

thanks

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

Just imagine being ordered to walk "right into where our arty shells land" and then just being mowed down by an MG08 =/

[@keelerrobinson5772]

Those Canadians… always Glidin’. Switching to Glide, Gliding at Vimy. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast, and the Canadians are real good at that

[@oldguysluggageawheelman7100]

Canadian trench raiders were a big fan of this tactic and often used it to cover their assaults over no man's land.

[@DrSmallarms]

I honestly thought the Canadians invented the tactic. As I had only heard about its use in the battle of Vimy ridge as mentioned in the video. Huh...... the more you know

[@cybercat29]

Same here.

[@captrex7153]

I knew it was used by both Britain and Canada but I thought Currie created it😭

[@vothbetilia4862]

We invented man holing in ww2

[@Thundus201]

No one is going to mention the Australians who did it

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

Nice now talk about artillery types,size,caliber,and more. I think if they shelled the trench up until the men got there they could have had a lot more victory. It is just me but if mortars or artillery was raining I would wait atleast another minute or 2

[@tennesseeboi6704]

Yee yee clitis

[@camelthegamer7165]

And your CO or Sargent would've killed you themselves.

[@camelthegamer7165]

@Morty Just try ignoring orders on the field, you'd be shoved out of the trench by your Sarge.

[@kevincho742]

Yes, it's true that the best creeping barrages were as close to the infantry as possible, and that the barrage would ideally end right before the infantry got into the trench, but that kind of thing requires communication between infantry and artillery, and WW1 armies didn't have radios.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

The German's Blitzkrieg is my favourite tactic

[@reddyforlenny9389]

My favorite is rapid raiding, it has never been truely successfully countered as its sheer destructive power can only be stopped by some varient of itself.

[@danisgod8359]

Trench warfare

[@jcjcjunk1881]

Mines mass production of light and medium tanks (Soviet bt5 and t34 mass production)

[@helmuthvonmoltke858]

Schlieffen plan

[@Hugh__Jayness]

Leo Major, the Aleutian Islands campaign and now the creeping barrage love the Canadian related content lately 👍🏻

[@jeffreytam7684]

Good video, but I have a small nitpick at 1:25. The machine gun wouldn’t have been left on the parapet of the trench. It would’ve been far too likely to be damaged (unless of course they were in a concrete emplacement). Instead, the MGs were brought to the dugouts to protect them, and when the barrage lifted, they would be brought back to their firing positions. Moving them may sound like a problem (the guns weighed something like 100 pounds with the mount) but the machine guns of the period had fairly large crews, usually 4-6 men.

[@mondaymotivator_]

Germans: exist Artillery: surprise motherfucka

[@sauberboisaubarboi5652]

The Allies: OH HI AXIS

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

Is it just me that doesnt get the joke?

[@splizzex]

@@Preuen-zs1fz That's because there is no joke

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

@@splizzex Why not, whenever somebody uses a "format" like that on the internet they almost always use it for something funny.

[@TheJudokus]

Deathkorps of Krieg: "By the golden Throne.... Why is the Artilleryfire moving away from us bayonet charging the enemy?!"

[@ricefarmer7772]

Me and the bois surviving the creeping barrage: "So, how was your day?" barrage: ends Me and the Bois when we peak out: *oh noes*

[@cyberglitcher4659]

Me surviving the creeping barrage: “My day’s good, this is probably the best plan the officers gave us!” Barrage: ends Me: Ight imma fall back

[@akillerpacman1709]

Man these animations get better and better every new video.

[@northamericanpichu]

I really love how you improved your animations, they really show detail and seriousness of your videos!

[@ahmettastemur8170]

Legend says bangalore from apex saved the soldiers with a creeping barrage

[@lucajohnen6719]

It wasn't the British that used it first in World War 1, it was the Germans, in April 1916, orchestred by "Georg Bruchmüller" also known as "Durchbruchmüller" Edit even more precise would be the French in 1915.

[@holyravioli5795]

That is terrifying, imagine running at explosions designed to protect you?

[@checkerbene]

that barrage map was really interesting to see! more of that stuff please!

[@justsomeguy3931]

0:27 Why is everyone in our army left-handed?! Seriously, awesome upgrade to the animation style. I love how South Parky it is, yet you convey so much and it's even a bit humorous. It helps with how depressing history generally is. Good info as always, keep up the great work.

[@skamazbg5675]

Yes finally somebody said Bulgaria's name.

[@wouterkessel4852]

I would like to point out that in WW1, it was far more widespread of a tactic than you made it out to be, used by both French and German troops during the battle of Verdun time and time again to capture important fortifications, trenchlines, etc.

[@bork8022]

No one Bangalore: *ARTILLERY ON MY MARK FIRING FOR EFFECT*

[@DavidDAndrews]

No that’s Gibraltar

[@corith7279]

David Andrews no it’s not lmao

[@Kounnah]

*Something something " Ol painless knocking at your door"*

[@yiftacheliav1099]

Putting led down range

[@crazybrickstudios7482]

5:59 That’s a nice “flower” you got there

[@nacoran]

I don't remember where I heard it, but I seem to remember hearing that ideally you would expect a certain percentage of your soldiers to be hit by your own rolling barrage. If you didn't stay close enough to take some friendly fire casualties it meant that you were too far back and ultimately you'd lose more lives from the enemy.

[@MILITARY-TUBE]

I wouldn't expect that the Bulgarians had used this tactic before the British.

[@nonsmellaoverlord]

Happy to see Canadian troops getting some recognition.

[@evandolan1]

Hello love the show I’ve been watching it for over a year now

[@Requizem]

Congratulations

[@jamesxm4240]

These Animations just get better and better

[@reynaldomiguelr.santos3676]

That's why communication and cooperation is so crucial. It can take away or save lives. Good thing that the radio was later invented. Allowing soldiers and officers have better communication to each other.

[@ZaphkieI]

0:58 When your entire team picks Soldier

[@rantman2276]

3:21 me and the boys running away from creeping barrage so we don’t die

[@lurky6439]

Bulgarians:*fail to kill themself* Foreign generals to soldiers:So we have this new tactic

[@Swiat34]

The Creeping Barrage is a cool classic artillery tactic but if you haven’t heard of a Sweep and Zone Fire Mission, you’re missing out on some awesome cannoneering!

[@user-gq9gm2en4g]

Commander: aight we gonna do creeping barrage, any questions? Soldiers: what if it hits us? Commander: chill, I'll check the friendly fire first. Brad on an unrelated note i need you to come with me

[@АнтониоМарлевски]

One more great thing invented by Bulgarians.

[@mulmusfistus4128]

The only one I know of

[@АнтониоМарлевски]

Oh, they are much more!

[@BruhBruh-mr3ms]

My personal favorite is the poison tipped umbrella.

[@АнтониоМарлевски]

@@BruhBruh-mr3ms RIP Georgi Markov

[@Tom-2142]

Антонио Марулевски like what?

[@ugerwashy]

“By the time of WW2, the creeping barrage tactic became obsolete” Krieg guardsman: *laughs in gas mask*

[@QuintonMurdock]

I thought that said *creeping garbage* military tactic. I got so confused for a moment

[@MontyQueues]

i was taught vimy ridge as a kid and even did a project on it, my only sadness was not being able to make a war film about it for school but i do remember learning about them using the blitzkrieg tactic on the germans, the germans feared the canadians

[@Starwarsfan2020]

Love your guys history videos helps me out so much in history class in high school

[@Aulsalt]

Talk about Canadians. Can you do a video about the Netherlands and Canada’s relationship. Like how they send tulips to Canada.

[@cybercat29]

I second that and PLEASE!

[@duchi882]

*Such stupid tactics* They could have just deployed thousands of Creepers or summoned The Wither to end the stalemate

[@themagicslinky1773]

Aww man

[@74wf]

30%Charged creepers garanteed

[@will6412]

Suicide tactics, waves after waves of creepers

[@arlissmith2446]

Real life: I’m a gonna stop ya right there

[@projectkepleren]

The wither didnt exist back th​en

[@paulnash6944]

17 million people died in this war, and not one of them deserved it.

[@will6412]

Paulfuss Entertainment at least one of them deserved it if you think think about it, there must have been someone that died which would have caused some problems

[@foximacentauri7891]

@@will6412 like Hitler? He sadly didn't die in that war.

[@TheScopeGlint]

Foxima Centauri only because a good guy spared him :( Also there was the French (?) Officer that kept ordering suicide charges. Did he die in the mutiny? If so I’d say it was kinda deserved.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Used in CoH to mow down conscript blobs

[@LivingCrusader]

The animation just keeps getting better.

[@artyompozzitifon3649]

Simple history make video Meeting on Elbe river April 25th - May 17th Torgau - Germany WWII

[@otterex]

Couldn’t they just shell the enemy trench and have the allied troops move up to the trench as they were being suppressed? Then after a set number of shells they could run the rest of the distance and be in a good position without having to risk being killed by your own guys?

[@feuerderveranderung6056]

No. Mines and wire was placed before the trenches in the no mans land, the job of the creeping barage was to destroy those.

[@anxiousseal556]

HOLD THE LINE!!!! HOLD THE LINE!!!!!

[@TheWiggaDigga]

A Video about Georg Bruchmüller would be awesome, he was a German artillery officer who modernized the use of artillery and also used the creeping barrage to some extent.

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

1:19 lol i had to laugh at that military officer taking a smoke while his trench gets bombarded

[@Nathan-pq9wj]

3:20 HE DROPPED THE FLOWER VASE

[@Jack-zy6ik]

picture: ostrich: and i do too.

[@volksmann]

Fun fact: If you see closely, a tree is moving on it's own in the background

[@cindyberdick7179]

I saw it. xd

[@princelemonade1111]

I love the small detail when you switched the headgear of both armies in the video!

[@rostislav6583]

As a Bulgarian I feel honoured

[@peter4210]

Leave it to the Canadians to do it right.

[@MonkeSquid69]

Simple history: across no men’s land France: ami a joke to u?

[@major.mckitten2413]

why didn’t they just bomb the enemy trenches and stoped when friendly units had arrived at the enemy trench?

[@rottik3327]

How would they know that the infantry had arrived at the trench?

[@santnox7559]

@@rottik3327 Just as they did with the creeping barrage: time coordination. You establish 2 hours of artillery, the infantry would have plenty of time to reach the enemy trenches. If coordinated to stop the barrage at say 14.00 PM, by that time infantry would be a short distance from the enemy ready to storm in.

[@adamscott7354]

Stop making idiotic blatant suggestions for realities you don't understand or have experience with, or have heard from anyone with such actual experience, you commenters always going, "duhh, why don't they just?" make me facepalm with woe

[@santnox7559]

@@adamscott7354 and that is the exact reasoning behind all the stupid decisions ever taken by the high spheres who wouldn't use logic but simply stay confident in their own perfection and dismissed anyone else as incapable of making sensible observations. Thank you for giving us a taste of WWI logic :) hella appreciated Now go on facepalming

[@adamscott7354]

@@santnox7559 Yeah no, you've no idea what the f you're talking about

[@GMKGoji01]

"Move! Move! Move! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

Before WWI artillery was largely a direct fire weapon, meaning the gunners had a clear view of their target. Improvements in machining and chemistry allowed for stronger barrels and more powerful propellants which in turn lead to the development of _indirect_ fire. Now projectiles could be launched at an unseen enemy many kilometers (or miles, if you're backwards) away. Until the widespread use of radios on the battlefield to call in corrections, coordinated fire missions like a creeping barrage had to be planned well in advance and frequently resulted in friendly casualties.