The First World War: The People's Story | Part 2: The Battle of the Somme | Free Documentary History

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Part 2 is an immersive account of one of the most iconic and tragic battles in history, told through its last survivors and through families and communities at home who lost loved ones. When the troops went over the top in June 1916 they imagined this was the attack that would end the war. Instead it turned into the most costly battle of the entire war.

[@cocasal001]

Censorship is like an ostrich sticking its head in the sand.

[@amyatrebas4265]

It’s important to remember that isn’t how they saw it

[@makingroceries77]

Totally agree. 😢

[@bryangraham6346]

This channel does really great work thank you.

[@JOHNSmith-pn6fj]

Incredible documentary. Amazing to listen to all these individual stories on how the war touched everyone's lives.

[@claudiachurch4285]

wonderful documentary , heart stopping

[@enriquemireles8947]

This film should not be censored. It should show the true horror of war. WW1 was at waste of human life. Just so kings that we’re all related could see he had the best followers . Had they been smart they should have all taken out their monarchs instead of fighting.

[@StefanMedici]

I assume the blurring is for the sake of KZbin, and I completely agree. However I disagree with the monarch comment. While you get good ones and bad ones, it's no different to democratic leaders, except all of them want power hence they work hard to get that power. Also as opposed to most monarchs they don't serve in the military before sending others to die.

[@jrt818]

The monarchs were pretty much out of the picture by the end of the war and the casualties weren't going down.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Indeed, blurring is a YT requirement for an “available for all ages” tag.

[@Kentucky81]

Sounds kind of like today. Only if we just kill the politicians that create these wars. But what do we do. NOTHING! So each and every one of us is responsible in the end for doing nothing about it

[@rodneyfrost1674]

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory That's rather ironic.

[@thundernuggies1980]

Please can we also have the uncensored version?

[@Ed-ty1kr]

I'm beginning to think they are deliberately hiding the horrors of war. Which can only mean one thing...

[@neukleopatra]

Blame KZbin, they will censor and demonetize historical videos on their own 😣

[@sherirobinson6867]

The Great War channel has me interested in everything WW1. I love all these documentaries on this channel. Great compilations! For the most part it's forgotten history in America today.

[@davidmaslow2931]

Agree!

[@lindadeal3344]

I love to listen and watch evrything on the first world war...so tragic and the courage the men had in such a horrible war could not be surpassed! God bless these wonderful warriors who did the impossible. I have always felt we should have entered that war sooner than we did and fight for freedoms and democracy!

[@marier7336]

So touching ❤. And people complain about everything these days 🙄.

[@DarthVader-ux4uk]

My great grandfather fought at the Somme . Spent his life behind a bottle after .

[@rhunter762i]

To put the battle of the Somme in context, it took the US, from 1956 roughly, to 1975, to lose 58K+ KIA in Vietnam. At the Somme, the Brits lost 60K+...IN A WEEK!! They did the same thing of "going over the top", over...and over...and over...again, and again, and again; FOR WEEKS!! There's an old saying; "If you KEEP doing what you've always DONE, you'll keep GETTING what you always GOT". So, how many times would it take to realize that such a plan was NOT a viable option? To KEEP doing the same thing, and yet, EACH time, expect a DIFFERE ENT outcome, is the DEFINITION of insanity. Do you think the leadership was insane? Or was it that they simply didn't GIVE-A-F**K? I believe it was Queen Victoria who famously said, "Why, we just have to do SOMETHING to... cull the herd". I wonder...did any of the aristocracy send any of THEIR sons to war? Somehow, I don't think so....

[@Kruppt808]

I hear the Credence Clearwater Revival song Fortunate Son was about the WW1 class struggle in the UK.

[@rhunter762i]

@@Kruppt808 it would be just as accurate for ANY of America's wars.... Love CCR's songs.

[@shetijay]

I can't hold my tears back,while watching this.

[@davidmaslow2931]

Excellent!

[@whiteonggoy7009]

I was a boy in the early fifties,I visited gran pop and showed him my new toy a whistle,in a stern voice he said don't you dare blow that whistle...many years later I understood about going over the top or get shot by your own when an officer blew the whistle.

[@james-faulkner]

Hey I love British culture even have a Triumph, what's a gran pop?

[@whiteonggoy7009]

@@james-faulkner pop is father so gran pop is grand father

[@enegma5308]

Am I the only one who loves the narrators voice?

[@Paeoniarosa]

A very interesting series. What detracts is having ads start what seems like every 2 minutes.

[@rickgpz1209]

I use the Brave browser, it has an ad blocker built in.

[@glennmcdonald2028]

The images shouldn't be censored...defeats the point of the entire production...

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Apologies for this. We sometimes need to blur out certain images so that the documentary does not get restricted by KZbin’s algorithm.

[@sallypettit7156]

Excellent

[@bradthackston5217]

This is amazing espically the man that said he’s got to be the luckiest man on earth to walk into that machine gun fire and make it out without a scratch hard those men were hard

[@cmourat1]

“Where, O death, is your victory?"

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing

[@aanakrukavi]

Millions of Indians died yet no recognition.

[@cmourat1]

If you're looking for a winner : Death

[@SeeYouUpTheRoad]

Where is part 1? In see part 3 listed in the show notes

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

There’s a link to part I in the respective community post.

[@SK-qj2tj]

Not sure why the graphic images are blurred. The documentarian didn’t blur the images so why did the poster of this video think it was necessary to decide for everyone?

[@timpyle7452]

Why is this film censored?

[@spannaspinna]

Ask YT

[@james-faulkner]

Butcher Hague. That guy never stops with the "The bogey man was coming to get us." Man was he suckered.

[@johnlandau7111]

Are the film clips shown in this documentary taken from films that were made at the front in “real time?” Or are they subsequent reenactments made after the war? To me this is an important point concerning the accuracy of this documentary.

[@sigmachud9092]

i suppose it would be important to the accuracy of this documentary, if you disregard the interviews of veterans who were there and just focus on the footage used. if you are more interested in footage from the war there's an entire documentary that covers that very subject, cant remember what its called but its out there

[@FreshTilDeath247]

Great, a censored historical documentary. Next time don’t make it available for all ages.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Some images are blurred, the content is not censored. Just imagine you’re listening to a podcast.

[@davidcox6454]

I could not understand some of the interviews the accent is too strong lol

[@Vaux_1916]

15:30 Real combat footage

[@sangmadewira4726]

Bookmark: 4:00

[@willemvanlent6955]

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RISKING THEIR LIVES AND MANY EVEN DIED TAKING THESE PICTURES OF THE DEAD, TO WARN US ALL!!! AND YOU BLURRING OUT AND HIDING THAT SAME PICTURES/FILMS?!? SHAME ON YOU!!!

[@NatoBro]

Blame YT. It's explained earlier it's a requirement for all ages to be able to watch it.

[@muamermalik781]

Tragedy for Brits

[@henrijamespicardo2973]

Sad to say indian conscripts were not included in this documentary

[@cmourat1]

Draw

[@danthedewman1]

people were so eager to die

[@calebshuler1789]

Ive never brought this up. Ever. But, ive began to question some of these folk in these docs. The one lady, appears to be no where close to old enough to be born in the 1901-1910. These folk would all have to be over a hundred years old, to be involved in WW1

[@spannaspinna]

The interviews are old footage

[@nogoodcops6557]

Not very bright, are you

[@Hitori15]

These interviews are from the late 1990s and early 2000s....