Ludendorff's Window Of Opportunity I THE GREAT WAR Week 188

[@SuperPrussia]

This is gonna get really interesting real quick, the last German push of the war, all or nothing

[@snens7179]

German Empire Für Kaiser und Reich!

[@alchemist7525]

spoiler :(

[@syedfatimbilal8300]

German Empire Yup

[@edwil111]

too bad Argentina isn't their opponent.

[@firepower7017]

German Empire Your going to end like Napoleon

[@Aristocles22]

"His name was colonel Douglas MacArthur." (Epic Foreshadowing).

[@robertdevito5001]

Amazing, Douglas MacArthur went somewhere without having a cameraman just ahead of him to take pictures of him being the first one there.

[@josephfloom9258]

2

[@dannyv2468va2]

but he did walk everywhere with that swagger stick.

[@Nmax]

Haha

[@taylormanes5492]

Only time he didn't have a photographer with him was when he was in the Philippines before he left his troops

[@hawk70234]

>Ludendorff >Window of opportunity Surely he can pull it off this time...right?

[@James--Parker]

Plot twist: Wonder Woman kills him.

[@DomashnarakijaKyustendil]

Come on Germany, I know you can do it 😉 You will win the war by Christmas!

[@kelestian]

Score some f*n towns!

[@noobster4779]

No matter where you are from, on thing is undenieble. The germans had the best generalstaff of the war. The fact that they were able to save up elite troops in 1917 even though there was heavy fighting and the fact that they actually get their best generals into their best possible command based on achievement and not politics (british) is really astonishing. Nobody defeats the germans at planning crazy offensive. But no plan survives the first minutes of war. This really was the mother of all major offensives. The big climax to the great war.

[@zachsmith1676]

Noobster and it would seem that it’s take another world war for some nations to realize Merit/Ability not Political ability is what makes a good commander, not to mention having good support staff helps

[@castalov247]

Noobster The Germans were awful. Where are their cavalry? How is it possible to achieve a breakthrough without any cavalry? Everyone knows the only way to break through enemy lines is by sending a elite group of horsemen. If the Germans had more cavalry, they might have stood a chance against the far superior British cavalry led by senile old men.

[@TheGreatWar]

the question is weather it was smart to create these elite troops or if it would have made more sense to have general purpose squad tactics?

[@SheriffsSimShack]

mhh since general purpose troops couldn't do anything up until this point, many specialized troops was propably the way to go. You had to find means to get through the defenses. And without tanks standard troops wouldn't be enough.

[@alfredredl326]

There were not enough horses on Germany by 1918 to both move supplies and make cavalry divisions. At this point they did the best they could with what they had. Also the breakthrough was achieved everywhere, the problem was to keep the troops moving and supported. Using cavalry to try and achieve a breakthrough is idiotic, as the generals in 1914 discovered. Using cavalry to move once the breakthrough was achieved would have worked though.

[@thescaarbo8652]

4:01 - Actual footage of Colonel Sanders and Woodrow Wilson receiving a secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices from the Germans.

[@christiangentry4122]

I have watched this entire series to this point in the past 2 weeks. This was been the best series I've seen on war. Thank you for this channel, it has been absolutely amazing and am excited to now be up to date!

[@TheGreatWar]

glad you liked it!

[@82dorrin]

"Wow. I kinda fucked things up, didn't I?" -Gavrilo Princip

[@fristnamelastname5549]

"I am Indy Adele, Welcome to the Great War" Never gets old. 🙂👍

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Frist Name Last Name I believe its Indy Neidell

[@solarsceptile5908]

Andrés The Royal Marine it is

[@______608]

It's Indy Neidell as far as I know

[@roninwarrior66]

Another great one thanks Indy and crew ... especially flo

[@IAlbionI]

20 days to Kaiserschlacht...

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Alliance Trooper That's a Battlefield 1 Operations Name!

[@dairypusher]

macarthur and the rainbow division. LOL. "In the Navy"

[@renel8964]

Depicts a bunch of guys playing red rover

[@gcircle]

Even knowing the ultimte outcome of the war (jokes about Germany winning aside) I am still pretty hyped for whatever will come out of Luderndorff's plan.

[@proxel96]

The most tremendous canonade I ever heard

[@IslandThunder84]

Proxel it swept round us in a wide curve of red leaping flame

[@rataide99]

Stormtroopers, Germany's best, they are ordered to leave their trenches and charge right into us.

[@industrialsizedcirclejerk]

Focus on your bayonet. imagine it piercing through the hun, every last one of 'em

[@nilesyensel7516]

Adolf Hitler uhh, isn’t that kinda going against your people?

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Oh man, I am so ready for a major German breakthrough and see them marching down the Champs-Élysées. I know it's going to happen!!!! ;)

[@theobuniel9643]

*PARIS COMMUNE 2.0* *GET HYPE*

[@buehlerama]

22 years later )

[@podemosurss8316]

That McArthur guy seems a nice commander. I Hope that he'll be back...

[@hennu789]

Day before the germans entered Reval, the Estonian Salvation Committee issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence. Nether the germans nor the soviets recognised it until 2 years later, when Estonia signed the Treaty of Tartu with the Russian Soviet Republic.

[@scottmueller8869]

The build up is amazing

[@OriginalRAB]

With the benefit of hindsight. That was very much in character for MacArthur.

[@silvioevan11]

1:12 Wow! Is this the first time that you mention this great man? Anyway, he wrote a very sharp analysis of the Eastern Front: 'The War of Lost Opportunities' (1923).

[@colinkelly5420]

No he has been mentioned a few times before in this series. But yeah he is still pretty overlooked.

[@Damo2690]

He is overrated as a General in my opinion. Great nation builder and PR man mind.

[@simonbroberg969]

Learning all the time. Now as the Wright brothers were the first to get a machine to fly, I find it strange that the Americans didn't get involved in making them until this late stage... I guess I'll have to put it down to the time difference, Britain is still 6 hours behind Britain and at lot behind Russia... Nearly a whole day behind New Zealand.

[@joesfmalk829]

Guys you are bros keep it up from saudi arabi with love

[@TheGreatWar]

bro fist from Berlin!

[@jayk9516]

Another great episode, thank you Indy and crew.

[@johnbagsic2960]

Rainbow Division. sounds Fabulous

[@TheStapleGunKid]

I had never heard of steel tires before.

[@hakanbergman3874]

Now when we reach the climax will there be anything on allied codebreaking? Especially in June 1918 it proved decisive for the allied side and Georges Jean Painvin, a brilliant french cryptanalyzer, deserves his own episod. You can read all about that in David Kahn's great book "The Codebreakers".

[@TheGreatWar]

Working on it.

[@TheAbruce33]

The picture of the gunner in the rear of the plane with a scope on his MG08 is genius. Yet his ingenuity only brings destruction.

[@82dorrin]

That Douglas MacArthur guy will never go anywhere.

[@Himalayastar]

No of troops involved in spring offensive were 2 milllion German troops

[@indianajones4321]

Ludendorff’s back

[@baron_von_brunk]

Is rather hairy.

[@AshishGupta-ql9lq]

Julius von Brunk I didn't understand it at first try but it's funny

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Indiana Jones Where going to need a bigger War.

[@Durabeanz]

Fantastic episode Indy and crew!

[@capturedskunk7698]

This is even more interesting since u make these videos exactly 100 years after it took place awesome vids:)

[@Narmatonia]

5:26 Is this german officer a Kryptonian? That's some major heat vision there

[@Seabreeze756]

Great, Indiana and the Team! Do you, guys, really consider making a Special on the evolvement of the tactical and strategic role of Artillery during GW? Could be a great episode too, especially in conjunction with the 'Nightmare of the Fixed Position War'.

[@TheIfifi]

Am I sensing an episode on Ernst Jünger? Stormtrooper Lieutenant in the Great offensive. Author of the storm of steel. Keep up the good work!

[@capitanrex5465]

What an awsome episode!!!

[@zaboomafool1911]

Just noticed we haven't heard much about Japan in this series, or east africa. They come up briefly from time to time but am I wrong that they didn't get much attention?

[@megaplini7389]

Started watching a month ago. Finaly caught up! Question for out of the trenches: I have watched all of the weekly episodes in less than a month but I never really heared much about the Belgian army. Did they do anything at all this war exept flooding the battlefield? I would like to know since I live here :) . Greetings from Belgium and congrats on your work. Looking forward to the next episode!

[@ericcarlson3746]

180 episode bingewatch! YES!

[@maxanklowitz9888]

I love the oping statement “I am indi nidel welcome to the Great War” sorry I probably butchered your name but I tryed. The welcome to the great war statement just makes it sound so formal. Also keep going I love this show I have watch for weeks strait(this streak started from somewhere close but before the USA joining) and I have caught up from the first episode

[@jrapcdaikari]

The Kaiser's Offensive is in the works

[@holdenhankins2046]

3:09 Cool who is he, a legend? 3:10 Oh Sh*t I take take that back

[@Aramis419]

What a dramatic ending narrative to the video!

[@gurtthedwarf]

if WW2 had been a movie, WW1 would have had been a great prequel.

[@bbcmotd]

Is that MG 05/14 Parabellum, the drum machine gun from bf1?

[@blankblank6545]

I believe it's from world war 1

[@TheGreatWar]

yes

[@viliussmproductions]

Man, this is getting intense!

[@badgergaucho99]

"Commander Otto von Below" What, did he emerge from the underground or something?

[@TheGreatWar]

mole people confirmed

[@falcovg2]

DAMN you Indy! Building up all this hype, giving us hope germany can still win and we all know how it ended... But I really cant spoil this for myself by going to wikipedia and looking up how germany came to loose it 😂 Credits for the craftmanship, I never felt so hyped about an hystoric event where all the information is right available.

[@Crowborn]

It makes me wonder, if germany won or at least didnt get as humilliated after losing, or if they accepted a british peace treaty, would Hitler's post-ww1 angers be lessened or even not present, causing WW2 to not happen? Or maybe at least happen in a smaller scale?

[@MegaNjofra]

Cant wait for germany to win!

[@desroin]

I love your series Indy but one thing to note: compared to british or french tanks the A7V was everything but clumsy ;) I mean they even had a message pidgeon squad in board xD

[@TheGreatWar]

the Mark IV also had a pigeon compartment and by this time the A7V was definitely clumsy because the crews didn't have any combat experience

[@thelibrariansupermanny]

I have yet to hear Georg Von Trapp's name during the series. He was one of the most decorated officer in the Austrian Navy. (Yes, same guy that the Sound of Music character was based on.)

[@agafiteirazvan8455]

Keep doing this.The greatest history chanell ever

[@breandank3026]

A question for out of the trenches. I have often wondered what would have happened if the U.S joined the central powers. There were a lot of people in america that certainly would have preferred if the U.S had. I know it may have gone against Wilson's ideas of democracy, but Empires such as Russia and Britain (I know Britain's may have had limited powers) still had monarchies, and the idea of empire's kind of went against self determination. But I was curious as to what you guys thought could have happened. Love the show Indy and crew. Please continue these series with post war world, cause this obviously was not the last between ww1 and 2.

[@Doc_Tar]

This is all going to end in tears.

[@ulisseLionmane]

Make a Who did what on Ernest Hemmingway! He wrote a great fictional book on a american serving in italy, but based on him actually serving in italy as a medical officer. "A Farewell to Arms".

[@TheGreatWar]

He will get his video

[@milpoolvanhouten1260]

Great ep

[@benvb85]

Will you be doing an episode about the independance wars in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)? The centenary of Estonia's declaration of independance from Russia has just passed, and I think it would make an interesting episode, though it's timeline extends beyond WW1.

[@wizardmadnes8035]

Do a war special on McArthur

[@non.255]

wizardmadnes you mean A M E R I C A N C E A S A R

[@trauko1388]

Why? he is barely an extra

[@wizardmadnes8035]

trauko1388 why not, he was the first American to get any action and also I love his pipe

[@trauko1388]

Exactly, an irrelevant extra that was somehow attractive to idiots XD

[@wizardmadnes8035]

trauko1388 it would be the shortest video ever but I want it I know it's completely irrational want but why not

[@TheLazer3]

I know this is a bit of a long shot but if Flo is reading this, would it be possible for someone to post a link or just the title of a source about the schlachtflugzeug squadrons? I would like to know a bit more about their doctrine or if there was even an established doctrine for their operations at this time? Thank you.

[@mrperson0140]

GOOSEBUMPS BABY GOOSEBUMPS FOR APRIL

[@JustSomeCanuck]

If this MacArthur fellow isn't more careful, in the future he might need to be rescued from a really sticky situation...

[@wingy252]

A while ago I found a site with a ton of letters and photos from the upcoming offensive it was mostly british letters and they were haunting I wish I had bookmarked it if anyone knows what i'm talking about pls message me

[@E_2the_J]

"...his name was colonel douglas macarthur" holy shit i nearly spat out my coffee i forgot he also served in ww1 XD

[@markjustineherrera444]

5:37 those german army and general staff looks scary and intimidating... Wow! 😮

[@sonofrivadin3684]

I can' wait for September!!

[@Khanclansith]

So when does Wonder Woman kill Ludendorf? Troll face.

[@sulasaurus]

Khanclansith ;)

[@cheerfulpessimist952]

She only kills him after Ludendorf shaves, his mustache is what gives him his power.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Spoilers

[@luciusavenus8715]

Did she actually pull her head out of vag long enough to get around to it?

[@brenoecb8506]

Ludendorff was right on the movie, war is war

[@papabearpaw5866]

Take care

[@jamesfreeman8247]

I am home sick from work, but all of this gave me some time to catch up on recently missed The Great War videos. I don’t recall any mention of General Graves or the American Expeditionary Forces sent to protect the Trans-Siberian railroad and help evacuate the Czechoslovak Legion during that The Great War Special. Do you intend to do a The Great War Special on General Graves and his men, and their mission in Russia, or will you hit the topic when their time arrives later this year? If memory serves from my own research for a Russian History paper (decades ago), Graves felt his mission was continually undermined by competing interests of the various Russian factions, as Russia became embroiled in its Civil War, the British and French, the Japanese, and the Czechoslovak Legion itself. Been a fan since Day One. This channel exemplifies the best of what KZbin offers.

[@TheGreatWar]

we are currently working on and trying how to frame the allied intervention but it will be covered for sure. thanks and get well soon

[@seanmontemurro6276]

I wanted to ask what was up with that horse's tail in one of the photos midway through the video. It was cut short. I don't know what horses tails are made out of, whether they're like a cat or dog tail or if it's just long hair. But I assumed that horses used their tails for balance, similar to how a cat does it. Were they using horse hair for something during the Great War? Maybe the horse was wounded somehow and lost part of its tail? Or maybe that's some peculiar breed of short tailed horse?

[@gnetkuji]

God damn Trotsky for not signing the treaty. Lenin had promised peace with Germany and had pushed for it no matter the cost, but Trotsky thought he could get a better deal by stalling and walking out. Now thousands are dying all because Trotsky wouldn't sign a damn piece of paper.

[@gnetkuji]

+Steve Kaczynski Absolutely. Lenin, for all of the things the west has said about him, was not a dictator. He was a leader, but he was the leader of a congress made up of dozens, if not hundreds, of people, all with their own votes. Lenin couldn't force Trotsky to accept the deal because Lenin was outvoted in the Soviet. My complaint against Trotsky isn't that he "didn't follow orders" but that he led a voting bloc within the Soviet to reject the deal, and this is the result of that decision. A German onslaught against a demobilizing and reorganizing Red Army.

[@natarito2056]

Oh boy I can't wait for next week! Gott mit Ludendorrf!

[@rhodes6840]

Did not know there was film of the 42cd , Hey Grandpa! Can you let us in on where you found it?

[@jonbaxter2254]

Poor Germany, shackled to such lousy allies

[@brucetucker4847]

Blame the kaiser for that, Bismarck had Russia on their side and the British neutral.

[@lalolara123]

just like ww2, but Japan gave it their all. Italy could not fight, as Rommel had said in North Africa.

[@Deadeye012011]

Steve Kaczynski don't forget the Ottomans there Empire was deader than the Dodo and had be for at least 100 year by the time WW1 rolled around the only reason it still existed was because the other large Empire's namely Britain and Russia allowed it to continue

[@LordVader1094]

@@brucetucker4847 True that.

[@DMS-pq8]

For such a little country Bulgaria more than held their own

[@nytikbirudavolu8753]

I wonder when will indy mention the paris gun

[@brokenbridge6316]

I give the German's props for trying to win the war. Only for there efforts to fall short. Poor guys. Great job.

[@dominantgenekensei]

Is it just me or does Indy look a lot like young McArthur?

[@thefrenchkiwi9435]

2:41 Douglas McArthur.

[@anjoberlin8708]

Thanks captain obvious.

[@thefrenchkiwi9435]

Sorry, I wrote the comment before reaching the end of the video.

[@axempitea3728]

0:33 Operation Barbarossa 0.5 😉😂

[@sulasaurus]

Viral Tech ;)

[@benjaminmaxwell9025]

Ikr

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Viral Tech Spoiler Alart Mush?

[@ziojessie2626]

Operation Barbarossa Espisode 1

[@709mash]

Has anyone said you look like Bob Odenkirk? I can see it! Also, the closer it gets to November the sadder I get. (spoilers? Lol)

[@ibnyahud]

When is better call Saul back on?

[@renel8964]

Is your country at war?? BETTER CALL INDY

[@oOkenzoOo]

So here we are, 1918.... with the spring offensive imminent, will we have a special on Foch and D'Esperey ?

[@brettleivars3945]

Our local regiment (the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry ) would be almost completely destroyed in the coming spring offensive. Cambria hurt the regiment but the great spring offensive would finish it. Less then a hundred men would remain of the Norman ten hundred.

[@luxmanbruv9624]

Hey Indy, i really think that you should do an episode about (i think) the youngest ww1 soldier, Momčilo (Momchilo) Gavrić. This was a Serbian soldier who entered the war with only 7 years after the Austro-Hungarians (actually Croatian and Bosnian troops if i'm not mistaken) massacred his fammily. I really think that you should mention him because there is very little mention of him on the internet. Thanks.

[@AshishGupta-ql9lq]

I know hundreds of thousands of people lost their life but I'm giddy about spring offensive

[@GravesRWFiA]

how much time does indy have to take praciticing the names in places like anatolia? The big problem with the german plan is they expected the british to hold the line and channel reinforcments into the kill zone. BUT the british had finally adopted German defenses in depth.and were training to fall back.

[@micklats5584]

I hope this channel does a great piece on Sir John Monash

[@TheGreatWar]

it will

[@captaincruise8796]

If they were planning the mother of all offensives, why did they leave Mackensen on the bench?

[@DeathOnSernpidal]

The blockade was really biting the Germans by this time. 23,000 steel tired trucks vs 100,000 Allied ones with rubber tires?! The German Army was also desperately short of horses by this stage of the war, and it was also adversely affecting the mobility of the army. Moreover, there wasn't enough fodder to feed the horses adequately. The Allies, by contrast, had access to literally the entire world's horses. Their horses were also better fed generally.

[@petergray2712]

DeathOnSernpidal And the Germans wouldn't learn this lesson well. Their army in WW2 was still reliant on horses, and their transport arm was chronically short on motor vehicles.

[@redgreekrevolution]

Indy I know it's a bit late but can you do a special episode about the planing and the execution of the October Revolution and maybe the Bolshevik uprising in Moscow(which is terribly underrepresented and was the true start of the Civil War)? Thanks and love the show.

[@jaydeister9305]

"A supply guy (Lundendorff) was running the war for Germany?"

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

Yes,maybe.

[@federicoascencio9560]

Can you do a special of what Douglas Mcarthur did in the war?

[@Ksgamer103]

When we get to the second battle of the Marne, Can you guys actually have the Germans win then make up the rest of the war until it ends with German victory, but be completely serious about it? You guys have an opportunity to change history!

[@GSicKz]

6:18 what is this structure supposed to do ? prevent grenades getting into the trenches ?

[@myteon7907]

In regards to the coming offensive, I've heard it called Kaiserschlacht, I've heard it called Friedenschlacht and I've heard it called Operation Micheal. Of the three Kaiserschlacht seem to be the most common, why is this?

[@kerblo]

Are there any good resources on what being an artilleryman was like?

[@maarshalkernick6276]

Where can I find the background music

[@oaples8790]

hi indy and team a question for out of the trenches were every soldier issued with grenades during the war ?

[@JS-kr7zy]

Russia? I hardly know her!

[@artyerty35]

@JS Consider yourself lucky!

[@christardivel6009]

Are the flags/symbols at 1.51 correct?

[@maonyksmohc9574]

I have a question for out of the trenches. Could you please say in which year or years it was more likely that the central powers will win the war and in which years it was more likely that the entente will win the war.