World War I: Western Front using Google Earth

World War I: Western Front using Google Earth

[@MaxTheLegend_YT]

It is scary to see the numbers go down without much movement

[@MaxTheLegend_YT]

@【 U F 🥩 】 what this is the western front💀

[@fishcatdcatfish9231]

@【 U F 🥩 】 I lost brain cells reading this

[@dudimen1525]

​@【 U F 🥩 】 Ah yes, the Russians lost millions of men in the western front while only sending a single brigade. How realistic!

[@catfacecat.]

This just shows how BRUTAL ww1 was.

[@구독자500명되면이같은]

The lethality of weapons was up to par with modern but mobility was still preindustrial level

[@grayrob123]

Such short movements make WW1 mapping eerie.

[@clouds-rb9xt]

?

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

Just like in Ukraine

[@lexi1031]

@@clouds-rb9xt it’s that that means that thousands of soldiers died to get control of like a square mile.

[@clouds-rb9xt]

@@lexi1031 oh yeah, i know that, I guess i didn't get how they worded it heh

[@jon3mi3s]

​@@lukaswilhelm9290yah ukrain using this kinda tactics while russians changed to small groups with more effectiveness

[@duckigo]

Imagine not being able to advance that is noticable on the entire map. That was how hard WW1 in the Western Front was.

[@Robinspiderman2]

If They knew how valuable Planes were IT wouldnt have looked Like this

[@gunterodim1535]

the funny thing is that at the same moment Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire and invaded it, while already at war with two European superpowers.

[@duckigo]

@@gunterodim1535 Agree, The Russians should had planned before it all happened.

[@abhi5504]

​@@Robinspiderman2 no because planes weren't valuable lmao

[@Pepsin3112]

​@@gunterodim1535 The Ottomans were the first to attack Russia, learn history!

[@sgtstedanko7186]

So over a million dead and hardly any change in ground. That's haunting.

[@TrySomeFentanyl]

A million? Try 10-15 on the west. The numbers include the thousands of men arriving each day to the front, even with that it was unsustainable.

[@AnImperialGod]

My great-grandmother, born in May 1914, died a few days ago. May she rest in peace. It surprises me to think that she was born before both World Wars, and I still got to know her. She died at 108 years old.

[@AAngelDustgaymer]

Sad

[@dertery8724]

I'm very sorry for your loss. It must have been incredible to know somebody with so much history at her fingertips.

[@alexbork4250]

This is a huge loss for humanity. She could live another hundred years 😭

[@Ovukekat]

I feel bad sorry for your loss

[@shaydowsith348]

You are young. My father was born in 1912. My grandfather fought in WW1 in us army He spoke fluent German and was engineer so they put him in intelligence.he used to tell us some stuff but didn't talk about some of the stuff he saw.

[@Adonnus100]

Countries in 1916: We have been killing each other for 2 years and we forgot why, should we stop?.... nah. Let's keep going.

[@oooo0638]

Lol

[@lucask4377]

​@@oooo0638 I am indeed, laughing out loud.

[@TheVoodooMaker]

They knew perfectly why. War may be cruel and evil but it's seldom pointless.

[@Dylan-yy3rw]

​@@TheVoodooMaker that war was pretty pointless. They fought because someone told them to. They fought, not because of a war created by a need, but a war created by the desires a few individuals. The war began due to a single man getting killed. The war began because the kings wanted more land. It wasnt a war for the people. You were dying because it was your duty to.

[@gacolan2043]

@@Dylan-yy3rw They didn’t only fought because they were told to, there already existed an hatred between them, the War or 1870 was still fresh in the memory of French people at the time so they had a strong anti-german sentiment, therefore fighting against the Germans was seen as necessary to take revenge.

[@NizhnyBall]

"All Quiet on the Western Front"

[@paul_smolski]

😢

[@gdmathguy]

This movie traumatised me 😢. 10/10 would recommend 👍

[@mrbangosan6064]

War is hell😢

[@Givemeatherapy]

Germany lost because their weapons were too weak compared to Franceʼs, got brutally tortured in war. When I watched that movie, I finally understood why Germany invaded France again.

[@alicorn3924]

​@@Givemeatherapy lolwut?

[@LunaWolf55]

Ww1 was truly terifying, it was the first use of chemical weapons in war and also was one of the most bloodiest wars in history. I pay my respects to the soldiers who fought in it. If you do too press F to do so

[@Will_nye07]

F

[@TheSoup87]

F

[@nicolasberky145]

F

[@catfacecat.]

F

[@Swissy87]

F

[@klezmer12]

Germany be like: Ww1:beats russia loses to france Ww2:beats france loses to russia not going to lie I didn't get this idea Is from other guy which I don't remember

[@geniuspakistani]

something right

[@nicobuffoni9040]

Ww3: loses to France, loses to Poland.

[@TheCursedDog]

No lo pensé así

[@chujciwdupe5786]

​@@nicobuffoni9040deafet poland easly

[@mooham8762]

Ww3: looses to China more like

[@hngh6404]

“Well done everyone, this battle was a complete success on our part! Look how much land we’ve captured!” The maps:

[@weebandgaminginc.7593]

“No. Really. We didn’t have that squiggle there before”

[@AustroHungarianEmpire1867]

"We captured 8 meters of land, this is cause for a celebration!"

[@volt_7897]

belgium in ww1: i love being neutral. germany: not anymore. belgium: NOOOO. belgium in ww2 i love being neutral. germany: not anymore. belgium: NOOOO

[@Nrwspg]

Actully the german Empire asked Belgium if they can move thier forces through Belgium but they said no

[@albaraqahtani]

They got pro-gamer’d twice by germany.

[@volt_7897]

@@Nrwspg ik but that’s because they were neutral so then germany invaded belgium even tho they were neutral

[@volt_7897]

@???????????? interesting fact

[@volt_7897]

@@albaraqahtani lol fr

[@mrfrankiej932]

"With 10,000 men getting slaughtered a day, who's going to miss a pigeon?" "In the space of three years, we've advanced no further than an asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping." - Blackadder.

[@bbryant2485]

Those are human lives ticking away.

[@lollius88]

alr bro

[@alicorn3924]

​@@lollius88 but it's accurate

[@mdl2427]

Please add dates 😊

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

Pretty sure we aren’t going to see dates added.

[@keegan5765]

Yes those lines *are moving*

[@ZePaq_]

*Small wars* that *can't be seen* *from* the *naked eye*

[@DanielGaviriaAcosta]

Like an 80 year old grandma with hips replacement 😅

[@wilhelm_iron2359]

The numbers decreasing significantly over time tells a brutal story. They were being reinforced constantly, but the killing will so brutal that they couldn't call up enough men and train them fast enough. And on just a single front of the war

[@liamroberts5169]

Switzerland just be on pause mode anytime there’s a war 😂

[@FastGuy1]

Underrated comment 😂

[@Ulle2419]

война картах: 🌞 война глазами солдат: 💀

[@ottoweininger8156]

I never knew that Germany had such a numerical advantage in the early war. It's impressive the allies held them to a standstill as they did.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Germany were not pushing forward. What they gained from the initial attack was sufficient, so they dug in. This is likely because if they attacked further, then Russia would find it far easier to handle Austria-Hungary before pursuing Germany It is also because they were blockaded, so a bunch of men aren’t much use if you have no equipment to give them in the first place, if that makes sense

[@Имзлат]

Это видео показывает, что в войне важны не только захваты городов, в войне важна экономика, снаряжение и людские ресурсы.

[@ТамараИванова-ж2з]

Безусловно: - экономика важна, снаряжение и людские ресурсы, тоже важны. Но ещё важнее мозги власти. А что Первая Мировая война, что Вторая Мировая показали, что именно ума не хватает власти. И если, среди гражданских чиновников ещё попадались умные люди, то среди военных чиновников - умных почти не было. Кстати, сейчас ситуация не лучше чем тогда.

[@alextonev3017]

Wow you can literally see as in the final moments of the war the German army literally starves from 2 million to 500k

[@СамаСамаСвал]

Да солдаты от голода погибли никого не вывозили на другие участки не погибли в боях а тупые командиры просто не кормили

[@FreddyFazbear1985]

Yeah, UK blocked the sea in which Germany got its supplies from

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@СамаСамаСвалthey were blockaded

[@leonpaelinck]

Funny how France annexed the 1m2 of fighting that did happen on German soil

[@Touftouf35]

Its just than Alsace Lorraine was originaly french

[@masonhandforth1369]

​@@Touftouf35 majority german

[@Levi-ch1wd]

@@masonhandforth1369 elle était à nous

[@masonhandforth1369]

​@@Levi-ch1wd Hat about all those years france went on gaining hre Territory and wasn't the territory what 10% french

[@fautlsavoirhein]

@@masonhandforth1369 The occupation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany was a failure bc all the Alsacian-Lorrain still felt proud of being french. Now cry

[@matthewgourd3938]

Hey! Was that the Kaiser? I think I recognized his voice

[@WarDyl3]

Yes

[@FrenchMapper.]

France 2 time less soldier: hey i'm still here

[@cesarstwounderwersu8423]

That was the most amazing and chaotic war i have even seen! The tanks, the quick expansion, the Vichy Fran- oh, wait... nevermind...

[@Anotherandomwheelguy]

This is underrated asf

[@nathanplays5514]

this video should have been SUPER hard for you to make

[@ReSSwend]

Where did the author get these numbers from? Take almost any battle on the wiki on the western front, for example the battle on the marne, everywhere the allies had more forces

[@СамаСамаСвал]

Из головы

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

It is a very long border. Germany were on the defensive, therefore in actual battles the allied forces will have been more concentrated in numbers, meanwhile the Germans just spread out evenly and try to anticipate. The German Empire had the overwhelming majority of soldiers in the western front, and Austria-Hungary + Ottoman Empire equalled Russias numbers too.

[@ygloogloo]

Absolutely not, when the battle of the Marne begin, germany as already lose 2 major battle on their left. So the french can concentrate troops without engaging their reserve. Germany as to take the reserve from their center to stabilize their left, the french see that and attack. On the entire front germany as 2 more army than the allies.

[@evilemperorzurg9615]

You can see why Germans were so upset with losing the war and the treaty of Versailles. They had already won the more violent half of the conflict in the East and were slightly winning in the west until the last few months. They were then forced to give up all their won land in the east, core territories in Prussia, pay exorbitant reparations to the Allies, and had their land occupied all over a war they did not start.

[@unkn0wn48]

Battles in this war are not won by miles, but by inches.

[@bashbish4564]

Imagine how large France and Germany would be if they never fought WW1 and WW2.

[@Failure_studios29090]

Germany would be bigger, mainland France would actually be smaller since it didn't have Elsaß-Lothringen before 1918

[@helmuthvonmoltke5518]

France would probably have a population of 75 million in the mainland, give or take a few. Germany, however, would be significantly larger and a power of enormous strength and influence as her birth rate was far higher than Frances before the war(s). Germany would have a population of at least 120-130 million.

[@cl1489]

Soviets would have invaded Germany.

[@justacat2]

at the end, the french weren't massively losing soldiers, they were sending soldiers back home because the americans were coming

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

No… the Ottoman Empire was introduced, and that’s where many soldiers went

[@justacat2]

@@XXXTENTAClON227could be that too

[@rozzaj2856]

Ever since i first heard about the 1918 german summer offensives I was under the impression that way more land was taken than actually was, was quite crazy too see the lines barely move at all before they were pushed back

[@tannerbroyles]

Switzerland is just standing there…..menacingly!!!

[@Paceasanatateamanituieacerseta]

Rip to all victims of this useless war.

[@Nickzzz-yd6zu]

every war is useless

[@Paceasanatateamanituieacerseta]

@@Nickzzz-yd6zu Did i say they arent? Wtf.

[@Nickzzz-yd6zu]

@@Paceasanatateamanituieacerseta you said this i said every war its different bro

[@lallawmzuali6083]

I heard it's quiet there

[@kvgmplayz6128]

Bro instantly got land💀

[@melon4ic]

Моё мнение для укреплении Фронта надо было Нидерланды захватить и Данию (Данию что бы морской фронт был больше)

[@denmasterben2348]

keep making more of these!!

[@helmetmcbarin]

I wonder how many times Switzerland got hit by accident in ww1 and ww2

[@chef4025]

I can’t imagine hundreds of thousands of my country dying. Like seeing so many people you know just vanish not knowing when you’re gone next. I know that’s obvious but seeing this really makes me think about it

[@stevenbastin8741]

This tiny piece of land, this very small spot of Belgium. Is what Belgian are the most proud of

[@anthonycoon6955]

When it comes to just simple brutality on soldiers and not as much civilians and instensity of the battles and casualties numbers for meter gains or none at all ww1 was the most brutal in my opinion

[@thomasboi2255]

the numbers dropping and rising with barely any movement slightly reminds me of the russo-ukrainian war

[@YossefMan-hg9cz]

They are both considered an attrition war

[@universiTy_YT_]

Damn, look at all that movement!

[@JBulsa]

Destroying a Superior banking system part 1. 5 -10 years end of the Final part 3.

[@exetrf4ng837]

War is hell

[@zombatparagon]

would be even more interesting if you add flags of countries supporting on each side

[@williamhaugland1839]

Love seeing these

[@KamalaChameleon]

WW1 IS OVER 🎉🎉🎉 Spanish Flu has entered the chat

[@I_am_a_Brazilian]

Central Powers here 👇

[@Dryhten1801]

Virgin

[@dvorah9429]

Lol! Central virgin warcriminals can go sign their treaty of Versailles and get out of the way for the Allied Chad's. Central powers... On ne passe pas!

[@I_am_a_Brazilian]

@@dvorah9429 French Nationalist, Elssass-Lothringen ist unseres

[@gratefulguy4130]

If you look just at casualties, it's easy to see why the Germans felt like they had been winning. For most of the war they were doing 2:1. It's difficult to see in raw aggregate because they faced so many oppoents and fought basically alone on their fronts. You have to look battle to battle.

[@jakepurdy894]

I for some reason read WW2 and was waiting for the fall of France and when it didn’t happen I was utterly confused.

[@Kus519]

Numbers going up means they respawning

[@altaccaltacc7652]

They came, they saw, and they die.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

These are wonderful

[@epicminecraft4543]

Brave belgium the little country who resisted during 4 years with the king against the german army

[@TheLastPharm]

Sheer madness if you consider the miserable conditions, primitive medical services, cold weather, horrible loss of life. It's a wonder that Europe didn't lose its collective mind entirely. And to think that WWII was coming right up behind it.

[@unbrokenbrony5618]

Crazy to see when a side made an offensive

[@Hansmitdemflammenwerfer732]

The fact that Bismark lived to meet the guy who would eventually ruin Germany is... its something I have no word for.

[@hernanuliana9111]

Jean Paul Sartre says in his autobiography "My father was an Alsatian. I never see a more French loving patriot who can barely speak French". A majority of Alsatians reject the Reich and his reactionary authoritarianism even if they were culturally close. Several comments show how easy is to take videogames for reality.

[@kamikazemelon787]

These numbers are total deployed military personnel. When the numbers go up and down a lot, it's usually a draw down or a surge, not KIA changing the numbers by millions, though millions were casualties killed wounded or missing over the course of the entire war. Again, total deployed military. In the end of the video you see the Central powers *at that point basically just Germany* make a big push and then the numbers on the Allied side go way back up. Don't assume every single number up or down is a person in combat or a person being killed- there aren't dates on the video but I assume that's the last offensive that Ludendorff coordinated, the Reims-Marne offensive, which was basically Germany's last gasp and worked for about a month before it was beaten back.

[@Ss3gokus]

It’s crazy how this is just a race to who runs out of men first

[@user-YJSP_810]

「西部戦線異常なし」

[@Phed98]

What was the Kaiser saying?

[@aranbaban2312]

Why is the music so crazy and funny at the start .... ????

[@Captainkebbles1392]

And to think. .this was only a single front ...there were 7 (9 if we include the air war over Britain)

[@PixelPilot-cd8hx]

Ww1 general when they only sacrifice 100.000 soldier instead of 200.000 only to capture 100 meters land : 💀💀

[@Oneplay_IV]

3 Million Germans went to war only 700,000 returned

[@saba6743]

Fantastic ❤❤❤ Great ❤❤❤

[@paci7941]

Ho do you do this animation using Google Earth?

[@Lqg7379]

Im watching this at 19:18 💀

[@ffnation6619]

🇫🇷❤️🇩🇪

[@Alex-bc1hx]

🤢🤮

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@Alex-bc1hxAdolf moment

[@govenormayor87]

The reason for this was tech. All of Europe had been using guns and bombs against tribes in their colonies for a while, so everyone thought that war would be easy. They forgot to consider that they would now also be fighting against guns and bombs.

[@Jakubnereknu]

how did you do this? pls i would love to know more

[@goodvibrations4864]

These are horrifying.

[@ahmadbintang9697]

imagine being a soldier in a trench just seeing all the horrific thing mustard gas artillery mud and many more Why is there 38 likes tho

[@Anonymous-fy4dh]

These horrors are now being repeated in Ukraine 😢😢😢

[@masonhandforth1369]

​@@Anonymous-fy4dh first, I've yet to hear anything about mustard gas in ukraine Second, that just war, nothing unique about ukraine situation

[@nukesploder]

@@masonhandforth1369 man dont gloss over the millions of refugees, constant shelling, levels of genocide being committed in the country please.

[@masonhandforth1369]

@Nukesploder yeah, and you guys go on ignoring all the other places where similar things are happening, like conflict arising in Ethiopia after the Tigray War, conflict in Sudan and conflict in the caucasus

[@Levi-ch1wd]

@@nukesploder quel génocide en Ukraine ?

[@Stardawg1]

Ran out of people is a strange concept in war when talking entire. Countries

[@Kevinjohnson34567]

If Germany would have invited French pressure they might have won. I can’t see a situation where Britain and the US get involved in a war of French aggression. Because the plan worked in 1870 doesn’t mean it would work again.

[@AFT_05G]

If only UK and US weren't there to back France...

[@ltdgamer7705]

Gut old days

[@charlesreynolds857]

The grimmest war. Fought for nothing.

[@MooningAround]

how do you use this google earth feature

[@kyloluma]

It's not a feature - this guy made this

[@MooningAround]

@@kyloluma how?

[@kyloluma]

@@MooningAround he animated it?

[@YourAverageZuruben]

It's just a long stalemate in the middle and end

[@kesa5448]

everyone talking about Belgium but no one cares about Luxembourg😢

[@snowwolf6464]

The numbers are just wrong.

[@Speed249]

It's a shame that this performance was not reflected in the second war.

[@ShadowTZX1]

It's because they couldn't. Germany was much stronger than France, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands combined

[@loyaltyhonorkindofheaven]

C'est Albert 1er de Belgique qui parle?

[@Uwaga.lewacki.belkot]

God save our Kaiser 🇾🇪

[@Speed249]

???

[@retyan02]

At the start the allied were so unnumbered :0

[@weebandgaminginc.7593]

This is why WW1 is boring to me. They barely made any progress, as a result of constantly resorting to trench warfare

[@MichelePeli-lm3tr]

my great grand father was there fight for 4 years and didn't die

[@kyloluma]

Very lucky to be alive

[@Sum41rthe1]

This baffles me. How can the Germans outnumber 2 nation's (a lot more including the empires) and have nearly the same amount of troops on the eastern front too? It is insane.

[@gog652]

Power of the German Empire, that's why Germany beat France in Ww2, invaded and almost killed soviets, Germans rule the world

[@Freemason-5]

Mobilization

[@alioshax7797]

Germany was younger and more populated than France, and the UK had a very small standing army at the start of the war.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Because maps are deceiving and you’ve ignored Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire Germany had almost the same population as France and Britain combined, and the rest of the central powers actually equaled more than Russias entire army. In fact, in 1914 Germany almost had the same population as the entire British Empire. Remember, Germany is essentially a ton of states combined, as well as being industrialised at the time. You also have not considered that Britain and France weren’t forcing colonies to fight because that’s how you cause revolts. They used colonial armies that already existed, which were much smaller than the conscripted ones from their own countries.

[@tolik_shayba]

Part 2?

[@xenuko]

Just sickening, seeing no change at all but the numbers running down

[@jctubezzz]

When you pause an online game

[@ElKAKÁXD177]

How You make that in Google earth?

[@rubenjoe7488]

An actual meat grinder

[@SlaVVy37]

How do you do these?

[@par117-]

What's the Music?

[@shia_pan_iranist]

Germany almost did it

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

Germany was nowhere near winning

[@SchwarzerSamt]

​@@williamthebonquerer9181 Well in 1917 they almost did russia is kick out of the war and france is in the verge of collpase

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

@@SchwarzerSamt France was not at all on the verge of collapse, some french only mutinied against pointless offensives, non mutinied in defensive action and France suffered ZERO mutinies during the 100 days offensive. Germany failed to make any strategic gains in the western front let alone achieve operational success. Germany could not survive 1 more winter as a country

[@Ossian_Mik]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 Germany almost did it

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

@@GigachadicusMaximus they weren't hopelessly outnumbered and in fact during the 1914 campaign against France, Germany outnumbered the entente on that front