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Norwitz, Jeffrey H. Leveraging Operational Intelligence - The Battle of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes (1914).NAVAL WAR COLL. NEWPORT RI, 2001.
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[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Some corrections: www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/klmq6a/the_armchair_historians_account_of_the_battle_of/

[@isolationradiostation5095]

*Its been nearly 2 years griffin*

[@aiss9903]

Why now

[@markdanielzuniga3639]

Your english sucks

[@aiss9903]

@@markdanielzuniga3639 thanks

[@user-py8zm4pp7v]

Greek subtitles? Awesome!

[@alexjunken8036]

A Russian general named von Rennenkampf, a german General named François... Nationalism at its finest.

[@SCWIC]

@サイレントボイス Yes and Francois is a french name thats the joke

[@12hairyjohn]

General von Francois was of Huguenot ancestry.

[@AS-bu9rw]

@@12hairyjohn If I remember right Francois was Luxembourgish German or something, I could be wrong.

[@12hairyjohn]

@@AS-bu9rw According to Wikipedia, he was born in Luxembourg, and was of Huguenot ancestry.

[@12hairyjohn]

@サイレントボイス He was of German descent, but his ancestors moved to Latvia.

[@strategossable1366]

"No one can defeat Russia in a land war, just look at WW2 or the napoleonic wars" WW1 Germany: Hold my schnapps

[@kamilrzezniczek8380]

1920 Poland Hold my pierogi :D

[@theepicmaxgod9648]

Mongolians: Hold my Airag

[@nikolauz3162]

Kamil Rzeźniczek Haha true

[@HerrRelke]

1905 Japan: Hold my sashimi

[@tobias2974]

Sable 1500-Sweden: Hold my Meatball

[@oliverrugg3732]

To put in into context, in 4 days of fighting, 78,000 Russians were killed outright, meaning for every 1 German fatality there were 45 Russian fatalities.

[@TheWorldIsAWorld]

wow.

[@tannerdenny5430]

When you see the Viking helmet, skip forward approximately 50 seconds. Don't ask questions.

[@thekameleon9785]

Thanks

[@thehoosher9322]

Dont get it

[@barelyafan5591]

Alright

[@plumbusl.9190]

thanks :)

[@kakerake6018]

yup i've already gotten the habit.

[@anaraschulz9814]

When the Germans beat the Russians so hard that the Russian general literally kills himself after losing the battle

[@BoqPrecision]

Indiscriminate firing squad vs pulling the trigger yourself...easy option for the Russian.

[@ajdintabic3516]

The same was endured by many german ww2 generals and field marshalls

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

It's surreal. Imagine that happening today?

[@Charles_Anthony]

@@TheArmchairHistorian : I could see it happening, but once the robot's replace are soldiers, it'll never happen.

[@jameswhite3415]

+The Armchair Historian Can you imagine a little over twenty years before world war 1 a famous rich guy weakening a dam, so his boats could pass by easier and fish easier despite everyone telling him it was a really bad idea? Than after the dam breaks, over 2000 people die, he gets no jail time or any real consequences whatsoever?

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Time Traveling Historian - "What was it like to fight in WWI?" WWI soldier - "You mean The Great War?" Time Traveling Historian - "Yes." WWI soldier - "Well it was the war to end all...wait, what did you call it?"

[@christophvonpezold4699]

*Laughs _I'm in danger_

[@anonymousdetective3786]

Lmao, if WW1 is called the “Great War” then WW2 should be called the “Greater War”.

[@scottwallace5239]

@@anonymousdetective3786 WW2 was horrific but I'd say 1 tops it for pure hopelessness and slaughter for no good reason other than political games played by old royal families, sending millions into mestgrinders for a couple of miles of mud and wasteland

[@shivakailash.a6565]

The soldier was a trench man who got rejected in art school

[@Paveway-chan]

@@scottwallace5239 Ha. Stalingrad, Kursk and Rhzev would like a word. The WW2 Eastern front was much more horrific than anything you saw in WW1, and it wasn't done for anything better than Hitler's paranoia and greed.

[@purplesword5536]

The 2 russian generals hated each other.. Rennenkampf & samsonov.. They had a fist fight at a train platform in mukden during the russo-japanese war 10yrs earlier..

[@Julianna.Domina]

*WHO WON THE FIGHT*

[@hushpuppy1735]

*W H O W O N T H E F I G H T*

[@leonardr.8499]

W H O W O N ?

[@bulgogiboi9811]

WHO WON THE FIGHT

[@purplesword5536]

@Adolf Hitler according to accounts samsonov did..

[@Red-Magic]

Samsonov: Makes fun of Rennenkampf for losing. Rennenkampf: I hate you *years later...* Germans: Defeat Samsonov Samsonov: *suicides*

[@warbeatler618]

10:28 Logan Paul peeking on the right side of the screen.

[@davehoffman4659]

Nice catch, and good on Griffin.

[@theortheo2401]

nice catch man x)

[@kulot-ki1tu]

I really hate to say this, but I think theres a *dead World war I Russian General* over there

[@Scary-Eire]

WAR Beatler Oh wow

[@bethcox1283]

**R/whoosh myself even though I fully understood the joke**

[@groodey5714]

Russia did an oopsie

[@themightyranger6321]

*the tsar did an oopsie*

[@Torus2112]

In Tsarist Russia, oopsies do you!

[@themightyranger6321]

@@Torus2112 in tsarist russia, revolutions do you!

[@themightyranger6321]

@Tw1 *im kaiser wilhelm in das ist die reich news*

[@dimas3829]

no, it didn't. By those actions Germans were forced to not concentrate all their ficres on the western front thus saving France.

[@InspectHistory]

You should named it, "When German win in Eastern Front"

[@alexandersuhr2223]

and suffered from weak allies as they always did.

[@hacked6613]

Alex The chef Not in the slightest. It was more about their performance in the Finnish Winter War, and they only estimated that they’d be able to create another 150 divisions from reserves

[@nickkaufmann6554]

1:18 dude I love ur channel but that map is well uh not good. Denmark looks like a finger

[@MrCrazy-eb5cg]

XD .....this is genius

[@dekaredfire]

@@alexandersuhr2223 *Conrad Von Hötzendorf Meme Intensifies*

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The battle was lost a decade before it started.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

The Russian weren't prepare

[@gabrielwhite3890]

@@USSAnimeNCC- They literally moved 3 days before the Germans.

[@perfectlyfine1675]

@@gabrielwhite3890 what he meant was that Russia wasn't prepared to fight Germany ever since it was unified (until 1943). Why do I have to explain this?

[@gabrielwhite3890]

@@perfectlyfine1675 No shit but that was two completely different regimes, like saying that Germany was not prepared to take on France even though practically everything was changed

[@aneesh2115]

An napoleon, you always bring the bonaparty where ever you go, even if nobody wants it

[@HgEuAaVrEdN]

WWI Germans: lets invade france through belgium French: oh no, the germans caught us off guard! WWII Germans: lets invade france through belgium French: oh no, the germans caught us off guard!

[@Marniv2002]

Germans: Let me introduce you blitzkrieg.

[@Yora21]

The French had actually learned from World War 1 and so they made an alliance with Belgium. If Germany were to gear up for war again, the Belgians mobilise their army to secure the border and the French send them additional troops to reinforce the prepared fortifications. When the Germans did gear up for war, the Belgians chickened out and did not mobilise their army and also didn't allow French troops into Belgium, because they didn't want to provoke the Germans into seeing them as a threat. The French were only allowed to enter Belgium after it had already been invaded and at that point the fortifications at the Belgian-German border had already been overrun. The French did numerous other errors during the defense, but they had expected the Germans to move through Belgium again and had prepared for just that.

[@alex180111]

France knew it very well in WW2 stop with the nonsense

[@xenotypos]

Actually, Germany attacking from Belgium was the whole plan of France, that's why Maginot line existed: the keep the front narrow and through Belgium. The problem is that, the plan didn't happen as expected.

[@xenotypos]

And during WW1, they recovered anyway, and don't tell me that it's because of the 100k english troops, compared with the 1500k french troops mobilized at the time I don't think it changed much. WW2 may be shameful for France, but during WW1 they did a good job, probably the biggest part of the job actually.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

3:02 Russia deliberately used a different gauge for rail in order to prevent or hamper the enemy mobilisation and advance into their territory with the use of their rails. Tsar Nicholas I (an engineer himself) somewhat came up with this.

[@robertx8020]

Not a smart move

[@Jamie-kg8ig]

@@robertx8020 Maybe not then, but in 1941 it paid off.

[@LightAnkou]

For a similar reason Spain has a different gauge than most of europe. After the napoleonic wars queen Isabel II was similarly paranoid about the enemy using the rail for an invasion.

[@robertx8020]

@@Jamie-kg8ig but in 1943 (when Russia was advancing ) it didn't :)

[@robertx8020]

@@LightAnkou which is kind of strange as she wasn't even born yet when Napoleon Died :)

[@Artur_M.]

Calling the victory over Russia a "revenge" for a defeat suffered from Poland and Lithuania is truly an amazing, herculean leap of logic. :) Edit: I'm referring to the Germans coming up with the idea, not Griffin. sorry for not making it clear.

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Hey, this is why they actually named it this, not my opinion!

[@ajdintabic3516]

That's the entire reason for why the battle was named, just so the germans could shove the actual battle of tannenberg under the rug, and claim revenge

[@Artur_M.]

@@TheArmchairHistorian Yeah, I know. I'm talking about the German leaders/propagandist at the time.

[@darklysm8345]

in the battle of tannenberg mongols and other slavs fought with the germans too

[@Szpareq]

"Lithuanians" at Grunwald were mostly Rus people. So yeah, it makes sense.

[@Apokalypto123]

Good Video. Little mistake: It's Königsberg not Königsburg.

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks for catching that Sk0oma, my mistake.

[@Klavikule]

@@TheArmchairHistorian "Burg" means "town" and is pronounced "boorg", while "berg" means "hill" and is pronounced "beyrg". It's a common mistake for English native speakers to mix up both since you pronounce both as "buyrg".

[@MobPsycho-lf4lc]

@@Klavikule I don't want to be a dick, but "burg" means castle.

[@jd-qk7kh]

@@Klavikule yeah no not really

[@therudepotatochip8633]

@@Klavikule No Berg is hill and Burg is Castle

[@evaristegalois6282]

*_Vladimir Putin is typing..._*

[@themightyranger6321]

@iuvenis animo *kaiser wilhelm has joined the server*

[@adosado64]

@iuvenis animo *_vladimir_lenin has joined the server_* *_Tsar_Nicholas has disconneted from the server_*

[@pltkaiser9258]

*Kaiser enter joined the server* *Soviets and Russians left the server*

[@themightyranger6321]

@@pltkaiser9258 *gavrilo princip has joined the server* *archduke franz ferdinand of austria has been banned*

[@AunknownMan]

*adolf hitler of großdeutschland joined the server*

[@frogchip6484]

They protecc They attac But most of all... They decisively counterattacc - The Germans 1914

[@blaine8197]

I would like to see a video on the Brusilov offensive

[@zaolzieisours6049]

Zborov

[@Schmidty1]

That shameless sponsor plug in the middle of the video. Had a laugh. Normally it is "more about that later."

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Haha, the sponsor wanted a pre-roll so I’d figure I’d try to have fun with it.

[@Schmidty1]

@@TheArmchairHistorian ah ok.

[@22steve5150]

figuring out how each episode segways into the sponsor plug is entertainment in and of itself.

[@alexhennigh5242]

@@TheArmchairHistorian Way to think outside of the ole noodle bob. Ususally plugs are shameless and repetitive but that shit was golden.

[@kstreet7438]

Schmidty love the 10 second skip feature

[@w.l.6258]

East-Prussia capital city is Königsberg not Königsburg.

[@willmcreavy9623]

Americans already struggle enough with burgh

[@jasoninthehood9726]

Will McReavy Americans struggle with learning any other language that isn’t English.

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

@@jasoninthehood9726 to be fair, English is garbage.

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

@@cristianvillanueva8782 you is garbage

[@DarkNightLight68]

Cristian Villanueva Yet you’re writing in English, the irony

[@wallung1876]

11:04 Random Fact: Hindenburg really was a Giant by the size of 1.98m // 6'5 ft.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

"Infinite supply of vodka" really lol

[@jayfrank1913]

'Infinite supply of sucrose = infinite supply of EtOH (ethanol).

[@colobossable]

Probably not as actually there was a decree against drinking at the start of the war, which was quite well accepted by the peasantry. Sounds like a lazy stereotype to me.

[@weebshit1048]

A man Of culture with Aqua

[@Pikkabuu]

Well not really. Soviets drunk Moscow dry during the WW2 victory celebration.

[@ab9840]

@colobossable - That decree banning drinking was among the many things that cost them the war. They say 28% of the Russian state budget came from alcohol tax revenues. It was the largest source of revenue for the Russian government at that time.

[@milesclyde5071]

Germans: We have better trained men, better artillery, better guns, guns and better general's. Russians: We have vodka

[@darnit1944]

Germans also gave their troops a generous amount of beers. So yeah, the Russians wont be able to bribe them.

[@vistagreat9994]

so basically: Germans: We have lager

[@dennisvisser3910]

Darren Atm also you can drink your fill while the russians can’t aim anymore because of the vodka

[@badrivanov3931]

Rennenkampf is Russian? Cathy the Great was German. Must be a leftover from her timr

[@roccobln10]

@@badrivanov3931 he was baltic german. Many of them served in russian army, because it was part of Russia at this time

[@joethebassplayer]

Your videos are quite amazing... It is the right balance of graphics, good rhythm of narration and data flow. I also appreciate your sound editing and not being too loud or distracting. A great balance of everything. Thank You!

[@tojoisathomeinthisfunben9364]

Really impressed by the level of detail in these videos. Keep up the good work Griffin and team.

[@annettepiff9759]

Awesome video! You are very knowledgeable, Griff! Thank you to your researchers and other assistants, also.

[@silonolm8946]

Playing On the Hills of Manchuria while talking about the battle of Mukden. Fitting.

[@krixig]

I really hope the Total War franchise does a WW1 entry at some point. I think it has the potential to be the best entry in the series if they get the mechanics right.

[@xero4158]

It may just be me, but I feel that the quality of this video is at another level! Also crazy how much the channel has grown!

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks JC, I appreciate it!

[@meta8756]

The production quality keeps getting better every video. Nice work.

[@Nintendofan570]

I was hoping to see more WW1 Russian battles

[@jb2042]

Brusilov Offensive?

[@Outcast008]

Bro that segue into the Viking Ad was smooth af. Was not expecting that.

[@MrDialatedpupils]

The history Channel should be paying you for a show. Legit make this entertaining. Keep it up!

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

Regarding the "incompatibility" between German and Russian railways, in more specific terms this was because Russia constructed its railways to a gauge (space between rail heads) of 5 feet, while Germany and the rest of Europe used the standard 4' 8 1/2" gauge. Russia and other former Soviet territories still use 5-foot gauge today.

[@cryptox826]

Your videos are informative and entertaining thank you for making them

[@Minboelf]

I see an improvement on your animation, keep up the good work !

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks!

[@darkyboode3239]

Thanks for the help. I needed this for my assessment task I’m doing.

[@Ahmad-ug9qs]

love the fact that animation is getting better with the passage of time.

[@Nikkimond]

Glorious victory. The Teutonic Knights in 1410 were defeated by an enemy force far larger than them after forced marching without rest.

[@evryatis9231]

they had armor at least

[@dfernandez3482]

He got the codename Fox? That's pretty badass 🦊👍

[@staniskynjing8953]

Just wanna say thank you for your videos, I have learn alot. Much appreciated!

[@holgere.]

Good documentary, very nice attention to details!

[@Vienna3080]

Victoria 2 music lol

[@TheHammeredDog]

Samsonov was my great great grandfather, absolute madness

[@RudolfJelin]

OMG. Do you have a family tree or a birth certificate? I'd sure like to see one!

[@paulwilkinson4073]

Holy crap

[@LoLMasterManiac]

@@paulwilkinson4073 that's probably bs, Russians like to claim aristocratic ancestry even though like 99,9% of them are descendants of serfs and peasants.

[@paulwilkinson4073]

@@LoLMasterManiac oh sad

[@TheHammeredDog]

@@LoLMasterManiac honestly! His son (Boris) fled to France during the civil war, and ended up in America. His son (Boris Jr) met my grandma other there, who then came to the UK with my dad when he was 5. Boris changed his surname from ‘Samsonov’ to ‘Samsonoff’ to anglicise it

[@mattj.7756]

5:55 You played Hills of Manchuria! Absolutely beautiful.

[@stevelemuel9820]

awesome work mate...plz make more videos on ww1 battles like this one...like verdun, somme, amiens, ypers etc.

[@James-jl4jt]

108 years later and they still haven't managed to sort out their radios

[@chadgaston8615]

They were lucky that their enemies were always fighting one another or just even shittier in logistics like Adolf.

[@georgebonetti5481]

Do the Balkans wars next!

[@totallyaploy1824]

That profile pic with that name cracked me up

[@monroecorp9680]

Croatians vs Serbs vs Bosniaks vs Greeks vs Bulgarians vs Turks vs Slovenes vs Albanians vs Montenegrins vs Jews vs Macedonians vs Kosovians ...vs America vs Russia I love it. Please, Balkan fights!

[@merguez6162]

Great vid! I didnt yet know about those battles

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodli3559]

Almost 300k keep up good work 😃

[@patavinity1262]

It really seems like the right move for your brand to be in an actual armchair while presenting this. It looks kind of like you're sitting on a hard wooden stool and you're not very happy about it.

[@cristobalpatino3256]

I would love to watch a video of the "guerra del pacifico" (war of the pacific) between Chile and Peru-Bolivia Thanks for another great video

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

We were considering covering the War of the Tripple alliance, not much on that currently!

[@cristobalpatino3256]

@@TheArmchairHistorian Wow Thank you for your response There is practicaly no videos on youtube about this war, wich had various unique events, like one of the first amphibious invasions, and a massive guerrilla warfare after Chile ocupied lima. Hope to see something about this someday Greetings

[@teoborges3949]

@@TheArmchairHistorian se quis dizer, "Guerra o Paraguay"? (And yes, iam a brazilian)

[@DonnellGreen]

Extremely good video as always

[@nadeendies581]

this helped A LOT thank you so much :D

[@anythingbutcash]

This is awesome. Great job. This battle, along with the failure against Finland, the purge of the officer corp. and economic disarray insured the invasion of Russia in WW2 by Germany.

[@pacivalmuller9333]

Unsuccessful invasion.

[@nerrler5574]

Ensured and not exactly, Hitler would have invaded the Soviet Union regardless

[@thoughtfulpug1333]

And Herr Mackensen wasn't mentioned once....

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

It's a pity. We had to mention a lot of characters for this video, we couldn't fit in all of them.

[@lipperioss]

August von Mackensen, der Groß.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Great officer, great man, great hat.

[@mikedocherty6160]

My only complaint is I wish your videos were longer. Great work.

[@billhuber2964]

Another exelent episode. My congratulations. Can you do naval battles?

[@pulsifyshorts9517]

10:27 Logan Paul: " yo guys I found a dead guy" Armchair historian: "wait that's illegal!" Us: "what?"

[@paulwilkinson4073]

Ahahahahah I thought of that too

[@f4fphantomii468]

Otto: Did you just invade Prussia? Otto: You have activated my trap card! *_+1500% discipline_*

[@philRminiatures]

A beautiful and informative video for a famous battle, lovely animations...Поздравляем!👍

[@szairon4051]

I love how you used the Hoi4 theme as the background music, great video

[@Fierysaint1]

I absolutely love your vids, but what you need in all of them... an actual ARMCHAIR to sit on while doing the vids! Then you will truly be "The Armchair Historian" in every way!

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

I have an armchair! You just can't see it. I'll need to redesign my set for 2019.

[@Fierysaint1]

@@TheArmchairHistorian Awesome! Can't freakin wait! And "Bazbattles", "OverSimplified", "Kings and Generals", and "The Armchair Historian" are by far the best history/military vids on KZbin!!!

[@playboygoss]

Even if it was a failure, the rapid attack of the Russians, allowed France to win the battle of the marne

[@hottestcheese7973]

Alpha Ultima and the British

[@eyre2683]

As well as tired troops, stretched supply lines and weak flanks.

[@perfectlyfine1675]

Yeah, but the consequence was the loss of all of Russia.

[@belgarath6508]

The following is written out of my memory, so dont take it as fact. The tow Corps send as reinforcement didnt arive until AFTER the Battle of Königsberg AND they would have been enough to close the gap that caused the german retreat at the marne...

[@yja8500]

@@perfectlyfine1675 no Lenin was the reason

[@archerydragon8027]

Thnx this really helped me in my research for a ww1 presentation I'm doing for school

[@chuckmcclain2499]

Can we get more? These videos are epic and you deserve 10 TRILLION, yes TRILLION subscribers

[@fetts4ck849]

“Greatest WW1 victory“ Me: *huh* YpReS

[@eho6380]

React on How did the Italians lose to Ethiopia (1896) on the channel armchair historian. This is and was a famous victory for an African country. Keep it up bro.

[@cloudrain9670]

Excellent animation, good presentation,lots of love from Dhaka Bangladesh.

[@ahmedbassam400]

Beautiful video man . Speechless.

[@BoqPrecision]

They tested the maxim gun on your people first in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan...still gleeful ya Akhi?

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks man!

[@Metal_Enjoyer]

Funny I was planing the game called Tannenberg while listening to this

[@OktaviusBiedermann]

Good Video, but the "Königsburg" is hurting my prussian eyes. Still a very interesting and educating vid, keep the great work up! :P

[@vladmamula4532]

Very fine work! Accurate information, lots of details and ,of course, the fine music (On the hills of Manchuria is by far my favourite russian waltz).:)))))

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks Vlad! On the Hills of Manchuria is a great song, I love Waltz music.

[@michaelanderluh6372]

1:35 smooth transition lol

[@wattsnottaken1]

WW1 is so interesting and often overlooked because ww2 was “Bigger”

[@achillesmiller7920]

1:43 smooth af

[@gworfish]

Omg, I love you sponsorship transitions!

[@garmagarmagarma]

Von François after war would give tours of the site, famously saying "and this is where Ludendorff slept when I was attacking."

[@b-manno7648]

10:29 Far right, Logan Paul suicide Forest meme, his picture is small. Easter egg found

[@bazookaboss332]

BRUH

[@majorgaming5174]

Truey

[@pakistanball7916]

It would be intresting to consider what the world would look if Germany had won, probably a turning point would be if Romania had remained aligned with Germany during the war, or trialism was adopted by Austria-Hungary(Buying it a few decades probably)

[@Charles_Anthony]

Romania always switch sides. If there ever is a WW3, Romania will switch sides.

[@belgarath6508]

@@Charles_Anthony Dont you mean Italy?

[@stevensamuels4041]

Romania loses wars , while gaining prieces in the Same time

[@chudtroonslayer]

@@stevensamuels4041 sure thing Ferenc

[@robertsmith6068]

Armchair Historian You have a bright future ahead of you.

[@themanwithnoname3636]

Mate I love your channel.

[@elemperadordemexico]

do one one the seven years war, its the world war before the actual one, its absolutely fascinating.

[@nikitakuznetsov8446]

Seven years war=ww1, Napoleonic wars= ww2, Crimean war= ww3, The great war= ww4, ww2= ww5. So there were actually 5 world wars lol.

[@cocotaveras8975]

Kaiser Méxicano or the Crimean War too, if he didn't already do it!

[@michemishe2869]

Do british invasion of persia in Reza Shah`s perspective,its quite a story.

[@Charles_Anthony]

Reza Shah was a great man from what one of my drivers told me back in 2005.

[@takemeout5687]

I like how he brought up the sponsor, that made me smile a bit.

[@domitiusseverus1]

I would actually argue that the Gorlice-Tarnow offensive was a bigger victory, but happy for you to expound on this overlooked action in the future!

[@nousernamebud2448]

2:31 is when the sponsor ends

[@Holsp]

That ad is *SMOOOTH*

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks!

[@paulferrari3921]

This is such a good channel.

[@sullivannix4509]

Great visualization of the battle

[@matthes2073]

It is called Königsberg with an E, not Königsburg

[@inbyking4038]

u meant Kaliningrad?

[@stevenmoore4612]

Hindenburg and Ludendorff are the hero’s of Germany! I heard to that it also is the battle of masurian lakes.

[@hyrot1]

At 5:59 "they had underwent" should be "they had undergone" I like your videos. Thanks for the good work.

[@SolidNate99]

Subscribed 10 seconds in due to that great set and your nice name.

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

“We have lost objective Apples”

[@ionutgrama1112]

Battlefield 1 ;)

[@ionutgrama1112]

@Kaiser Whilhelm III 100% legit

[@TheHatOfTheHats]

Why have I seen your name in literally every history/meme video involving Germany?

[@ionutgrama1112]

@@TheHatOfTheHats Me 2 =))

[@colinwolf9730]

Just what we needed after the Great War! Maybe you could make a whole special focusing on how Hotzendorf wrecked Austria Hungary.

[@ajdintabic3516]

That's a bit rude to Conrad, he only did what he thought would bring glory to the Empire

[@belgarath6508]

@Kaiser Whilhelm III Nope. He was an dreamer that didnt understand that he wasnt commanding a huge army with russian numbers and german tactics, but a halfway decent force that is way to small. So he gave orders that seemed great and were completley bs in reality. He was the wrong man in the wrong position.

[@alexmdp1]

Great video! It reminded me the book Cannons of August, by Barbara Touchman

[@AdamTheSpeaker]

You should do a video on the value of reconnaissance in warfare and its evolution over time.