Passchendaele #3 (WW1)

[@TheSteveRobinson]

I worked on this film. I'm a German soldier during these combat sequences, but I can't tell you where I am. It was just a slippery, muddy mess.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Ace comment!

[@jimmorrison5493]

I worked in an old soldiers home long ago. A man there was at Passendaele. He was a stretcher bearer. He went wherever the action was. Ypres, Somme (1&2) and others.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@jimmorrison5493 Brave men, on both sides.

[@ImranKhan-wp1kl]

Oh really

[@TheSteveRobinson]

@@ImranKhan-wp1kl Yes.

[@lamepl]

My great-grandfather fought at Verdun for the Germans. He died by lung shot and was buried in Guignicourt. RIP

[@foreverblueclassics]

RIP to your great-grandfather. It was a crazy war.

[@Fuxerz]

Rip 🙏

[@lythalls]

The things we do for the rich .

[@Tardis40-k6w]

He will be at peace 🙏

[@tggtt6744]

How old are you

[@johnstirling6597]

In 1982 I did some work for an old Englishman who had emigrated to New Zealand in the 1930s. We got to talking after a few days and he had been a soldier in WW1 and fought at Passchendaele, was blown up with a few of his mates, had an eye blown out,(though it was still attached and functioned) had to walk himself to an aid station to have his eye put back in. I asked him why move to New Zealand?, his reply, "to get as far away from that bloody place as possible".

[@foreverblueclassics]

You can't blame him for that. What those men went through is unimaginable to us today.

[@johnstirling6597]

@@foreverblueclassics 👍👍

[@jugbywellington1134]

My grandfather was at Passchendaele too. Wounded twice, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corp. He never spoke about it, apparently, other than to say how terrible the rats and mud had been.

[@cr0sad3r70]

He had some insane luck to survive and still keep his eye

[@jackthepirate9233]

My great grandpa fought at Verdun.? He survived the war . He never talked about it. RIP all the young men from both sides .

[@foreverblueclassics]

Well said 👍

[@edcleasby1120]

Was he French (or German)?

[@jackthepirate9233]

French. He died in 1956.

[@idiomashermosillo5679]

Vets usually don't speak about the war. Too much suffering.

[@chuch541]

Looking thru French lineage records I had two family members die a Duamont. One had a detailed description even. Attempting to save a friend, he was “exploded” by enemy artillery. Ripeace to all those who died for the free world, and to end middle aged tyrannical structures. Vive Le republique, Vive le america! Vive le Liberty! They didn’t just die for France, like records state. They died for the entire free world!

[@williampockets]

From everything I've read this battle changed the UK more than any other horrible battle during WW1. Hundreds of soldier accounts of comrades and countrymen drowning in mud. Some of the first person accounts from soldiers is the most horrific accounts of war. These soldiers were never the same. By this time in this war both sides have had enough. The gesture of humanity from the German officer isn't surprising. Great clip.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Great comment, and thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it, despite the horror on show. It was a mad war for sure.

[@bleysmcnutt5500]

It changed everyone. I have a great passion for reading published Dairies that were carried throughout the whole war and I can say confidently that it was cited immensely both during and after by the Germans in every single dairy as the absolute peak of the horror's of the war. That, and the Somme.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@bleysmcnutt5500 👍

[@ladanicolai2931]

Как только богачи поняли что на воине можно делать бизнес воины не прекращаются зачем делать заводы мороженого или другое надо зарабатывать по крупному в ход пошли для продажи танки пушки самолёты вот это прибыль в воине зарабатывают с обеих сторон и только простые люди страдают матери плачют дети остаются без отцов а богачи считают прибль

[@Rogsie-p6l]

Britain was changed forever. You might say it has never recovered.

[@toughspitfire]

My Great-Great Grandfather was a soldier in the Canadian army in WW1. We don't know much about his service except he was wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge when he suffered traumatic wounds to the chest. He required a steel plate to put in his chest for the rest of his life to keep his chest from collapsing and had mobility problems for the rest of his life, but he still lived to his mid 80's. Edit: Ok so I mentioned he died in his 80's but my Grandma has since corrected me and said he was "nearly" 80.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Few of that generation ever spoke of their experiences. Brave men all!

[@toughspitfire]

@foreverblueclassics Very true. We don't even know for sure what it was exactly that wounded him, he never said. We can only guess it was either bullets or shrapnel. I once asked my Great-Grandfather if he remembered what the scars on his chest looked like to have a guess myself, and he simply said he had a messy chest, which my guess is he meant from a combination of the wounds and the surgery that followed.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@toughspitfire My Grandfather fought in WW1 but he died before I was born. But I know he never spoke of his experiences so no one knows what he went through in that hell-hole.

[@shuhratjonturdimatov2225]

Ха уруш шавкатсиз сиесатчилар ундан хам шавкатсиз куплаб инсонлар халок булишди куплари оек кулари кузлари согликларидан бир умрга айрилишди отасиз катта булган фарзандлар ва бева колган аеллар угли укасидан айрилган якинлар минг афсус😢😢😢😢

[@michealgillman7418]

I visited Vimy ridge this year....very moving, as are all battlefields. Go if you can

[@authunhx3129]

Researching the battalion diary of the 1st/5th West Riding Regt. (Duke of Wellington's), I was surprised to read that their colonel (Col. Walker), having arranged a short truce in order that both sides could collect their wounded, was arrested by MPs the following day for "holding communication with the enemy". Fortunately, he was well placed enough to get the charge dropped.

[@Belesarius321]

There are Assholes on both Sides, that dont want to bring back the Humanity.

[@lukasprien4338]

That is nice

[@gregcarraro2764]

One of the very few movies that acknowledges the immense contributions of the Canada Corps during the Great War. For such a small population, Canada definitely punched above its weight.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Definitely!

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@paulhicks6667 The Canadians could always be relied on. And the Germans feared and respected them greatly!

[@ireviewshtuff]

I moved here in 2013 and you can see it in the average Canadian. They're so polite but GODDAMN in close quarters with a couple of Molsons in them, I'd rather fight a grizzly.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@ireviewshtuff The Germans hated fighting the Canadians. In both world wars!

[@thehistoadian]

​@@paulhicks6667Even in the 2nd Boer War, Canadians were a large contribution to the first British Victory of the war

[@RadagonTheRed]

This film didn’t do the muddy hell justice. There were men drowning in mud begging to be shot before the quagmire engulfed them.

[@foreverblueclassics]

It's a fairly low budget Canadian movie without the big Hollywood treatment so I think they summed up the madness of the trenches quite well all things considered. But the love story that takes up the middle section of the film really detracts from it. It's very flawed because of that but still good for the action scenes.

[@RadagonTheRed]

@@foreverblueclassics That’s a fair point actually.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@RadagonTheRed 🙂

[@giacomomontanari48]

Sometimes a soldier who was impaled on the enemies bayonet even impaled himself deeper, wanting to get a quicker death and to hit the opponent with his own bayonet at the same time.

[@SuperDarkSamurai1]

I like the part where the German officer allows him to get his man and even has two of his soldiers help. Understanding and compassion still exist even during war even between opposing sides.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Yes, some humanity amid the madness.

[@traviscoates6878]

Makes for a nice “feel good moment”, however quite unrealistic. At least for WW1

[@TheSteveRobinson]

During the filming, I tried to bribe that German officer to drop his Mauser (by mistake) and walk away... $400 right now. It wasn't deactivated, came out of a private collection for the film... he wouldn't do it.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@TheSteveRobinson 😁

[@TheSteveRobinson]

@@sirchromiumdowns2015 No, he ended up there after the shell went off in the bottom of the trench.

[@mircovannucchi6600]

My grandfather William was Born in 1887. Italian front, Alpini Fiamme Verdi. From Isonzo to Piave, from Caporetto to Vidor, a terrible unknown Battle: three thousand Alpini vs twelve thousand Ost-Hungaria troupes. The grass changed colour. He was a survivor. RIP. MV

[@foreverblueclassics]

👍

[@claus4952]

tuo nonno è stato un grande , che riposi in pace..

[@balazsmolnart9552]

me great grandfather from Isonzo..just the other side,he hungarian hussar.he wounded isonzo.and after ww2 below Stalingrad, along the Don River,and he wounded...

[@rshoe1023]

I've always been interested in WW1. But never fully knew the magnitude of death and atrocities of the war until I researched it! Those poor soldiers endured so much!

[@foreverblueclassics]

Yes, it was madness and I doubt most really knew what exactly they were fighting for.

[@fxlcovlxdimir]

I’m pretty sure in every ww1 battle they always had a moment where they helped each other out

[@InfiniteDetailing101]

Never.

[@InfiniteDetailing101]

It’s only American Hollywood wishing. In real war none of you would last a second. Soft life making your judgment and reality clouded. Look how the Ukrainian trench war is. You’d be the first to die thinking like this.

[@Lollygagger-k4p]

No. They did not. It was very rare. That's why we know about it, because it was unusual. There was one battle in Italy where the Austrians were killing so many attacking troops that they actually stopped shooting and begged the troops to go back.

[@floriangeyer3454]

The Gentlemen`s war ended in 1915

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

I can imagine the kind of PTSD my great grandfather had after surviving world war 1

[@foreverblueclassics]

😟

[@briancarey1159]

No you absolutely cant

[@RobertHoward-k8r]

My great uncle survived gallipoli went to France wounded in both legs&left hand ptsd lived-in him till he took his own life RIP 😢❤

[@andiofski2653]

I could not charge out knowing I'd be dead. I firmly believe that leaders calling for war should be in the front lines like the kids they are sending out to die.

[@Silo-x]

They have served their time now it is time for us to do the same, for der Kaiser, DEUCHLAND ÜBER ALLES

[@MetaKnight964]

They're not kids idiot.

[@bakatzen6243]

But you would be dead if you didn't get out of the trench and charge. Shot by your own officer because of cowardice.

[@KingSlayer192]

The reason they did is because if you just sit there your going to die 100% either by being overrun, artillery, or even your own men gunning you down for cowardice, but on the other hand if you do go over the top your still probably going to die but there's still a chance (no matter how small) to make it to the other side and break through and stop the enemy before they eliminate all your people. Besides if everyone else on your side is trying to move forward to stop the assault and fighting for each other then I would assume they expect you do move forward with them as a team and brothers in arms. It's Better to die bravely while trying to stop them, than to just hide like a bug while your friends fight on for each other and let the enemy massacre you and your friends.

[@ZeigMal]

How on earth could people forget the horrors of this war so quickly? That truely is beyond me.

[@foreverblueclassics]

I think it was the memory of it that led to appeasement in the 30s. That was soon proved to be a mistake and it was too late for Europe by that stage. It was a crazy war for sure.

[@jamesfulton8251]

We don't forget....we just learn to live along side it, in the hope that we will learn from it...but sadly I don't think we will ever learn...

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@jamesfulton8251 True.

[@r.9158]

I struggle to suspend my disbelief at a dude taking a round of 8mm Mauser and then doing the rest of what he did. That was an incredibly powerful round and it would have absolutely devastated his shoulder on the way out. Dude didn't even have an exit wound.

[@NiezyBajzel-uh3be]

masz rację...efekt kawitacji urwałby mu to ramię momentalnie...

[@bravo2966]

They add things like that because they think it makes it more dramatic. The very act of going over like that is dramatic enough. Film makers really are often very disrespectful in how they tell war stories. They should keep it to the truth.

[@r.9158]

@@bravo2966 I am fully aware of this and wholeheartedly agree with you. The real stories out of these wars don't need exaggeration to be interesting.

[@beendoneagain]

I want to like this film, but it is so damn cheesy.

[@RogueBulldogs]

My Great Grandfather fought at the Somme , and explosion near him wounded him and he lost hearing in an ear and he was sent to Ireland to recover then returned to the front line. Years later going to a doctor about his hearing loss he was told he had a fragment of a tooth in his ear drum, im not sure he ever had it removed tho! He was as tough as old boots ❤

[@foreverblueclassics]

They were a special breed that generation.

[@jamespunch8049]

My grandfather fought with the Australian 5th div. artillery on the Somme. He was awarded the military cross and bar.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@jamespunch8049 He sounds like a very brave man. I'm sure you are rightly proud!

[@RJon2006]

Never even heard of this film. I’ll have to watch it.

[@foreverblueclassics]

It starts well and ends well but there in between there's a fair bit of mush between the main character and a nurse treating him. But the action scenes are very well done.

[@THCarballo]

@@foreverblueclassics name of the film please?

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@THCarballo 'Passchendaele' (2008).

[@tuomoheinavaara4870]

That bayonet part around 0:17 is one of the weirdest things i've seen in a war movie

[@Odysseus11.134]

God this is some relaxing ass WWI sounds

[@foreverblueclassics]

😁

[@jyotidhargave5828]

My great great grandfather - LAXMAN DHARGAVE and great grandfather - MAHADUJI DHARGAVE fought the FIRST WORLD WAR along side the ALLIES. Salute to him and all the other soldiers of both ALLIED POWERS and CENTRAL POWERS

[@foreverblueclassics]

Well said!

[@Zaher74]

I'm french so my great grandpa fought in this war. He was traumatised and never wanted to talk about it ever again

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@Zaher74 Few did in those days. A real shame what they went through.

[@questionreality6003]

India fought valiantly for and with their Commonwealth comrades. Salute and RIP to them.

[@vide0gameCaster]

Canadian according to the Internet: "Sorry, I mean, sorry... oopsies, sorry heheh" Canadian in WW1 and WW2: "War is just like a game of Hockey"

[@foreverblueclassics]

😁

[@kokutai3331]

Supposedly that part were the soldier kinda looks crucified on a makeshift cross is based a myth/or unproven story from around April 1915

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

It's the myth of the "Crucified Canadian", a Canadian soldier whom was bayoneted onto a crucifix. The myth long held sway, and was then debunked, except that recently there has been speculation that the myth wasn't actually a myth.

[@genpro6774]

Честь, по чести! Подождали ... Такого сейчас нет. Вечная память , всем погибшим в мировых войнах.

[@danielrodrigues2746]

Verdadeiros heróis.

[@ВладимирПетрофф-м1х]

Европейские твари,которым понятие ЧЕСТЬ не знакомо.

[@armelmarc8824]

Des héros, mon cher.

[@HopletSplayserovich]

Чего нет щас ? Таких войн, почти что да ! И не будет, иначе сам знаешь что произойдёт (пока миром рулит система золотого тельца, так и будет) А что я мог бы предложить, устроить элитам судный день(каждые 200 лет) от мало до велика (а выжившего, под контроль)))

[@---ng9dc]

О какой чести ты ведешь речь? Челика сначала на крест водрузили, а потом, тип такие - честь, иди с челиком на кресте. Ага. режиссерская ебанутая выдумка для лошков.

[@ThePerfectRed]

Actually it was very common in WWI for soldiers to give pardon, much more than in WWII. This is often showed wrongly in modern movies when the soldiers are displayed as inhuman monsters. They were not.

[@ambershaikh5682]

RIP to everyone who fought in the war 🕊

[@foreverblueclassics]

Amen ❤

[@coenjohnson44]

🕊️

[@ryv2484]

It chills me to my core knowing this is set to happen again soon

[@foreverblueclassics]

🙁

[@BonnKialStevens]

Metal...what a remarkable material. It can be shaped to help save a soul or take a life.

[@BeyondLimits3D]

Wish movie makers would portray the realities of what they are showing, instead of trying to create artificial problems and super-hero solutions. Dude is about to be bayoneted, but was strong enough to stop the thrust. (Not sure how real that is, since the blade is over a foot long. Try holding that force a foot from your body.) Needs help, so Dude #2 wastes precious time moving around to the *worst* possible place, wastes more time deciding if he can shoot someone in the back (remember he was at the side to begin with) and then 'helps' by shooting point blank and thrusting the energy of a .303 and the dead weight of a 180# soldier INTO the dude he's helping. (Won't mention that the bullet actually could have struck the guy needing help.) Remind me not to ask for help from this dude! Oh, and then to increase the gore for 'immersion', the dead guy is thrown on the hand of Dude #2, burying the guys hand inside. Unless you understand about entrance wounds that probably seems logical, but it is truly absurd, as is Dude #3 following the retreat, and an entire trench of Germans missing Dude #1 point blank. As I said, I wish they would stop cinematizing the realities out of history. It was a Lost Generation for a reason, and making super-hero fantasies out of the realities of what happened is pathetic.

[@davidgape0943]

1 shell shock is a thing and in warzones thinking logically is very hard (specially whilst shellshocked) 2 killing a human being is still killing a human being. That man had a mother and father and my have a wife and children back home. I`d like to see you shoot someone, even if they started the war it ain't their fault 3 sometimes movies like to do stuff like that to show humanity in people and there isn't anything wrong with that. What do you want to see a film of these guys just sitting in a trench doing nothing and then cheating out and dying immediately

[@BeyondLimits3D]

@@davidgape0943 Since you must not have read everything I said, I ask you to reread my points, then read what I add here. You do not have to remind me of shell shock. The fact I mentioned the Lost Generation is obvious proof I did not forget that. I'll come back to point two (the most important), after point 3. Lost Battalion showed the humanity of both sides like no other movie has, before or since. They showed it through fact, and without fictionalizing the actions, or compromising the surrounding brutality. They also did not portray either side as super heros or arch villains. And as for point 2, nowhere did I advocate him shooting that man AT ALL. That was your idea. From his vantage point, he was better suited to knocking the attacker down from the side, possibly saving both lives. That skirmish was basically over...and the German soldier with a mother and father and wife and children may have survived the war as a POW, if that idiot hadn't shot him in the back.

[@davidgape0943]

@@BeyondLimits3D I would respond but your comment is so long i fell asleep midway through so instead imma just say... H A M B U R G E R

[@Jagonath]

@@BeyondLimits3D I think you need to watch the whole movie. The guy doing the shooting was basically a coward (I don't mean that in a nasty way, but he had no place being there). Nothing about it is realistic, but the movie is basically about a shell shocked "coward" (the hero) saving his lover's young brother who simply had no fight in him. I don't think that's a bad thing. No one should go to war, admittedly, but some guys *definitely* shouldn't be there. You're thinking tactically and logically, but it's not that easy to do in real life, even in a punch up, let alone a war.

[@Destructinator44]

@@davidgape0943 Your inability to focus or read a paragraph shows that you are not a person to listen to or believe. That wasn't even that long of a comment.

[@EdmundLoh]

Why did that fool run into the German trench?

[@foreverblueclassics]

People don't do rational things in war.

[@vadim.3949]

Потому что если бы дурак не побежал в немецкую траншею, не было бы слезливого сюжета.. 😭

[@douglasharper3506]

I believe he had freaked out and was trying to surrender.

[@QuentinBocquet-d5u]

Magnifique documentaire

[@andreasschmidt2739]

This is so ... I have no words for this hell...

[@scottessery100]

and still old men convince young men to kill and die for their ambitions of power

[@foreverblueclassics]

Yes, politicians rarely send their own kids off to war.

[@davidgilmartin7578]

My great grandfather was wounded during the second battle hit by 3 machine gun rounds he served with the Kings liverpool regiment my father said he never spoke of the war which is understandable

[@danroy1511]

An excellent film, and it cannot be compared to any other war movie. There's no other war film like it.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Not sure if serious 😁

[@bulentyavas9130]

Böyle bir olay ÇANAKKALE SAVAŞINDA yaşandı.Çatışma sırasında bir Türk askeri yaralı bir anzak askerini karşı siperlere teslim etmişti ... Çanakkale olayın anısına iki askerin heykeli vardır... Vatanı için ölenlerin ruhları şad olsun

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

One of the actors is Nishnawbe. My great grandfather was also Nishnawbe.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Cool!

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

@@foreverblueclassics It’s true a lot of Canadian soldiers were in fact Nishnawbe.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@RetroGaming-gp2ef Thank you.

[@questionreality6003]

Native North Americans were great soldiers.

[@mckessa17]

This was a very good Canadian movie.

[@foreverblueclassics]

The action scenes are definitely well made.

[@johe90]

What was it called. The movie?

[@tanktank3874]

Good action scenes:) Now it made me intersted in WW1!

[@foreverblueclassics]

Cool!

[@tanktank3874]

@@foreverblueclassics 😁

[@danroy1511]

Be prepared to be horrified.

[@timothysloan1696]

It brings tears to my eyes I'm a former solider my dad fought in german infantry

[@foreverblueclassics]

💞

[@annabellatoto8867]

Good work man keep it coming 😊❤

[@foreverblueclassics]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it 🙂❤

[@alexbowman7582]

The French should have worked out from Passchendaele that rather than building extremely expensive fortifications to stop a German invasion they should have just built large reservoirs ready to flood the land and cut supply lines.

[@Migitn]

Dont know if you know the story . But a belgian guy named karl coghe and his friend opend the flood gates at nieuwpoort . Wich flooded most of the battlefield and so could the troops region diksmuide advance .

[@blakekenley1000]

Im just speculating but since both sides thought the war would go quickly I don't think either one was prepared to flood its own land, potentially destroying infrastructure in the process.

[@alexbowman7582]

@@Migitnthe Germans flooded much of Holland in WW2.

[@rikaweimann6063]

Buon pomeriggio foreverblueclassics :) film molto bello impeccabile come sempre con eroismo e azione 💯 Grazie e complimenti ❤🍷 scena commovente e meravigliosa con il soldato che carica sulle spalle il collega crocifisso e lo salva !!✨ammirevole e grandezza d' animo💐

[@foreverblueclassics]

Buon pomeriggio amico, sempre fantastico quando ti piace uno dei miei video 😍! Sì, il soldato ha mostrato grande coraggio nel salvare il suo compagno 💪. E fair play per l'ufficiale tedesco e i suoi uomini che stanno a guardare e glielo lasciano fare 👋. Purtroppo il canadese che ha salvato il ragazzo muore per le ferite, ma il soldato crocifisso è sopravvissuto ❤.

[@rikaweimann6063]

@@foreverblueclassics Buona sera amico mio :)⭐ mi dispiace che il soldato muoia alla fine per le ferite ma era coraggioso e un eroe 😢🌹Un film meraviglioso davvero ❗🌟 l' orrore della guerra contro la magnanimità , l' abnegazion e il coraggio !!!✨ Vi auguro un buon martedì sera con salute e tanti sorrisi 😍🍷❤ Sto aspettando il prossimo bel vdeo per divertirmi 😎🍺

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@rikaweimann6063 Sì, è triste che sia morto, ma come dici tu, che eroe 😍! Molte grazie per le tue gentili parole ancora una volta e presto ci sarà un nuovo video 💙💥!

[@authunhx3129]

Having attacked the german line in front of Paschendaele, the 1st/5th West Yorks made good progress but failed to reach the german line. They took shelter in a flooded dip and were exposed to fire from 3 sides. Asking what they should do they were told "no retreat under any circumstances" and to "consolidate the swamp".

[@foreverblueclassics]

😟

[@bravo2966]

Lions led by donkeys.

[@Trebor74]

​@@bravo2966bull sh*t

[@MrJal67]

"Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame, The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain, For Willie McBride, it all happened again, And again, and again, and again, and again..."

[@david9783]

Poor guy got crucified on a duckboard. The man carrying him off was similar to Jesus carrying his own cross. Powerful content.

[@foreverblueclassics]

👍

[@DomariNolo]

It is sad, that you are seemingly the first to see that.. Where have we gone too.. The Id is alive and well and striving..

[@matteocervesato6372]

Dopo questo video ....😢😢😢😢😢😢😢.il minimo del minimo che possiamo fare è ...portare dei fiori oppure dei doni ad ogni CIPPO O MONUMENTO CHE RAPPRESENTA QUESTI GIOVANI SOLDATI 😢😢😢😢😢........ONORE ......GLORIA E RISPETTO PER SEMPRE A QUESTI GIOVANI RAGAZZI 😢😢😢😢😢😢PER NON DIMENTICARE.......PER NON DIMENTICARLI.......😢😢

[@foreverblueclassics]

Che bel commento, grazie ❤

[@albruinsma9231]

Did anyone notice the late WW2 US combo folding shovel/ pick?

[@nathantorresstanevil6958]

Where?

[@calebwarren8168]

I assume you mean the one at 0:44? If so, that's a fair assumption, they do look pretty similar, but as far as I can tell it's a British 1908 pattern entrenching tool, so it is correct for the period.

[@garyteague4480]

I always wondered if I were is a battle like this how would I be ? Would I freeze ? Would I be a coward ?

[@foreverblueclassics]

I would imagine most men would feel the same. You'd never know till you were there.

[@richardspinosa6277]

it amazing what a person can do during such chaotic and stressful times

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@richardspinosa6277 True.

[@urarebric7351]

By asking yourself such a question, you show objectivity and reason. I was a participant in the wars in the Balkans and saw a lot. I've seen those who pretended to be brave only to experience fear and panic attacks in the middle of battle, and I've seen those who I would never have thought were brave ignore bullets as if insects were flying past them. A man himself does not know what kind of material he is made of until he finds himself in such a situation.

[@richardspinosa6277]

@@urarebric7351 i was an nypd officer and sgt in the 1980s in brooklyn where 2,500 murders a year was normal , and i know it’s not exactly the same but i was involved in shootings and those bullets will kill or disable same as any and i will tell you dura rebric , i agree wholeheartedly with your statement sometimes the ones that look or act the toughest are not and it’s the quiet meek person that actually has the inner toughness we all hope we have when that moment arrives

[@awkwardturtle1221]

I'm kinda lost - what's going on here? So Canadians are attacking the German line. Shell shocked dude runs forward, he's about to shot by the German soldier and a Shell explodes and he's immediately crucified??? Then they stop the battle and the germans let him be retrieved? Is there parts edited out of this sequence cause this doesn't make any sense to me

[@foreverblueclassics]

That's pretty much it lol.

[@danroy1511]

The whole film gives this scene a great deal more context.

[@ObserverAtMidnight]

0:16~0:20 So that's why soldiers are asked to be strong, if the dude was weaker he will definitely die, but his comrade was psychologically weak. 0:21~0:36 Dude, your comrade is about to be killed by the damn enemy, what are you hesitating about? Did you think you were having a picnic?! Looks like he's really undertrained, but the poor guy might have been totally shocked. This scene of fighting on the battlefield is really shocking, it can express the horror of war. Make people more respectful of the warriors who fought against the hateful invaders for us in the past and make us value the preciousness of peace. Great video mate! I guess it be divided into two videos because of some restrictions of youtube? but it is really brilliant, looking forward to more great videos from you mate!

[@foreverblueclassics]

Yes, the young lad is new to the war and so is not ready for what he has to do. But at least he did it in the end! It's a brutal scene once again but fair play to the German officer and his men for stopping firing and allowing the soldier to collect his comrade and ultimately save his life. Sadly the soldier who carried the boy back later dies of his wounds. I divided it in two just to make it easier to watch as otherwise it would have been around 20 minutes (it's a long scene!) and I wanted to make it more palatable. Many thanks for your kind comments again, you are always very supportive and it is much appreciated!

[@brettstrongquill4050]

Hes only 16

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@brettstrongquill4050 Poor lad.

[@ObserverAtMidnight]

@@brettstrongquill4050 I didn't know that, thank you. Then, it's really a tough thing on him. He saved his comrade in the end, that's really admirable.

[@nkt0811]

at least he’s not Corporal Upham…

[@coenjohnson44]

Damn... Just damn. Reminds me of All Quiet on the Western Front

[@foreverblueclassics]

👍

[@JoshuaFarmer-bv7ip]

Much better movie and based on a novel written by a man injured 5 times during the war.

[@coenjohnson44]

@@JoshuaFarmer-bv7ip yeah it's a favorite

[@ottokar6318]

I noticed that all men went through this hell was keeping silent about till their end.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Yes, which was why so many of them had problems in later life. Today they would get some help, though probably still not enough. Brave men indeed.

[@fireantfury2539]

At the end of the day, they were all soldiers in a war they stopped remembering the reasons for and all of whom were petrified by it

[@foreverblueclassics]

Indeed. It was one of the craziest of wars.

[@questionreality6003]

Canucks weren't petrified; they were known as the Shock Troops of WW1. Their great generals Currie and Byng instilled bravery and a great resolve to help win the war at the cost of their lives if necessary. They under their leaders were the greatest of people. RIP to their ghosts whom walk still.

[@fireantfury2539]

@@questionreality6003 The Canadians were definitely a different breed of soldier that absolutely fought hard and well and definitely deserve the respect and recognition but at the end of the day, they were people too. Many of them still went home with PTSD (at the time called "shell shock") same as any other soldier from any other nation. Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, and Passchendaele were great victories but they still took an effect on the troops.

[@djbillybopdjbillybop2817]

Great Movie.

[@foreverblueclassics]

I like all three versions.

[@vitalitimofejev6086]

Сильно!!!!! Грязь, кровь, смерть и человеческий фактор. Какие мы безумные

[@barrywatson6292]

So True and so sad.

[@vitalitimofejev6086]

@@barrywatson6292 🙏

[@matty8952]

Dudes hand went straight into that bullet hole

[@kvajoyz1215]

close combat is hell.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Very much so.

[@seegee7728]

What was he trying to do running into the German trench like that?

[@foreverblueclassics]

He just lost it I think.

[@jimmy2minutes]

He thought he was Spiderman or something.

[@person12321]

I watched the movie and I think he's just lost it or he was mad for the deaths of his friendly soldiers.

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@person12321 Yes, he's also just a young lad, 16 or 17.

[@person12321]

@@foreverblueclassics oh, well Upham has a nice beard

[@Asian9li]

ForeverBlueClassic im really miss you bcause im loved watched your videos I was young then.. whers is your buddy.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Thank you, you are very kind! I post a video every 8 to 10 days.

[@stephanLefour66]

Superbe movie ...

[@foreverblueclassics]

I'm glad you liked it 🙂

[@bretislavhorak8788]

další válečný film a lidi jsou nepoučitelní

[@ralffsmith2655]

Again and again, we humans turn to war. Sometimes, i want to stand screaming to whatever heartless fate that rules this sick universe, enough!

[@david9783]

Scream at your fellow man. He will kill you under the right (or wrong) circumstances.

[@SuperOrbiter]

Not one of them had fight in such insane unprotected combats !

[@justwalk5044]

My grandfather died ww1 soldier . My dad died ww2 soldier . My turn , i am ready ww3

[@foreverblueclassics]

Hopefully not!

[@williambutcher-uj2gl]

Lieutenant Dan?

[@Arthur-ns7bt]

​@@williambutcher-uj2glI got the reference

[@УХОДИСАККАУНТА]

Ты готов к третьей мировой пишешь? Вы мало чего знаете и помните о войне и не понимаете что это. Вы немцы до сих пор думаете что это развлечение? Считаете себя героями? А мы Русские вам ничего не простили и не забыли. Придете снова на наши земли мы вам напомним. Фашисты. Посмотрите фильм " Иди и смотри". Вот что вы делали. 😡

[@УХОДИСАККАУНТА]

Ненавижу фашистов, ненавижу немцев все фашисты.

[@T-NT-WC-JP]

Killing each other just so the rich man can get richer.☹️😤✌️🎖

[@foreverblueclassics]

Money and the pursuit of it is usually at the root of all wars sadly.

[@anselmoang350]

In war there unexpected turn for both soldiers .

[@foreverblueclassics]

👍

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

I see that double biblical references there. Never seen this movie. Might have to look it up.

[@fizjoterapiasan9359]

I wonder if there was any case of a regular soldier who started fighting in 1914 and survived being on the battlefield till the end in 1918.

[@foreverblueclassics]

I'm sure it happened, but it was odds against I'd think.

[@johnhanson5943]

My great uncle Billy from Sheffield was strapped to a wagon wheel by the British officer class during the Dardanelles campaign. He didn’t warm to the British upper classes. War is a foul and ugly thing. It is beyond sad that we don’t learn. Oligarchy is the problem. Make billionaire oligarchs unlawful, most problems will then be solved.

[@ОлегДавыдовский-л3ш]

Жажда наживы олигархов,приведет планету к гибели!

[@tmcgill2219]

Field Punishment #1 involved being placed in fetters and chained to a fixed object like a wagon wheel. Not abolished until 1923.

[@Ajaxforlive]

My great-grandfather fought in ww1 he survived the war he passed away in 1963 and my grandfather fougt in ww2 he maked it he is 102 years old ( edit : rest in peace to all the man to fougt for our freedom From a wise man )

[@foreverblueclassics]

We owe them all so much.

[@owenjones9608]

So many over-the-top scenes in what could have been a good movie. The dying on the cross and 'our hero' carrying the cross, were just too much. Pathos shouldn't be a flying sledgehammer to the head. All Quiet on the Western Front (all versions), shows how it can be done.

[@boejiden5851]

Agreed. Despite being a Canadian film this felt like an over the top 'Murican kraut killer flick

[@JoshuaFarmer-bv7ip]

What an awesome novel.

[@Celtidraco]

My great-grandfather fought in the german 20. division near cambrais where he fell 1917.

[@foreverblueclassics]

It was a horrible war 😥

[@LordWellington15]

Man this movie was pretty bad when we saw it in theatres, it’s worse on KZbin lol

[@Ruhrpottlarrr]

Angelsachsen gegen Altsachsen, Christen gegen Christen.....Gott weinte....

[@For_the-Emperor]

So somehow an arty round sent this guy up in the air and perfectly landed him on barbwire in a crucified position? 🤦‍♂️

[@blakekenley1000]

No, there's a myth that German troops would crucify people during WW1, this is a play on it.

[@johe90]

Weirder things happened

[@rvanleersum]

This could have been such a good movie.

[@alastair9894]

Explain.

[@rvanleersum]

@@alastair9894 Explain why it could have been a good movie? Visually, it's well done. Important to note this was a relatively low budget film compared to what you'd expect out of Hollywood. They filmed this in the outskirts of Calgary and was largely a Canadian production. As someone who enjoys history, the story of this battle deserved to be told, especially given the Canadian contribution here and its sacrifices. The politics of the CoC, affect on Canadian society before Ypres, and so forth are noteworthy. But instead, we get a cliched love story sub-plot that stretched the realm of realistic and there was an odd decision to toss in these Hollywood physics. I found it distracting and overall it took the story at heart into the cookie cutter variety. The result was predictable and, no pun intended - maybe, over the top. It was a missed opportunity to really tell the story and keep the savagery and horror of the great War present in the minds of the then current generation. But ultimately, the violence and realities of trench life became a side show.

[@wide_awake]

@@rvanleersumnot to mention how bad the acting is

[@johe90]

I hate to say it but part of the reason that larger wars followed was because people at home knew it was a vicious war but if the soldiers from all sides had come out and spoke freely about it instead of burying it down then people would have seen how awful it really was. I truly have more respect than most for these guys and I completely get why they didn’t talk ab it but it would have done the next few generations a great service if they had all come forward and spoke truths about the war and how fighting for country and glory went to shit when it devolved into this.

[@foreverblueclassics]

I think they did to some degree which is why there was so much appeasement in the 1930s, no one wanted to return to a war. Even in Germany there wasn't much enthusiasm initially for conflict, no crowds celebrating in the streets at the declaration as there had been in 1914. That changed of course once the victories started coming round.

[@ВладимирРоманов-б4з]

А без войны люди могут жить? Или эта потребность какая то генетическая , убивать ,убивать,убивать.....? Всем Мира !

[@vpro984]

Хочешь мира? Вооружайся!

[@ВиталийЧ-у5н]

Это генетическое, люди стали людьми благодаря войне, и воевали всю свою историю.

[@Jonjs99]

Massive like

[@foreverblueclassics]

Thank you!

[@Uzunçam2010]

How many states were on the side of the Germans in world war 1?

[@foreverblueclassics]

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire (including what is now Turkey) and Bulgaria were the Central Powers along with Germany.

[@Uzunçam2010]

Allright thank you so much! ❤❤

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@Uzunçam2010 My pleasure ❤️

[@thebrooklyngardenclub225]

The craziest thing about WORLD War 1 is how the entire thing began. A handful of terrorists killed an Austrian Duke . Yeah that's right, some obscure trust fund kid got killed and it lit the match that quickly set the entire world on fire.

[@kugellehr]

wasn't really obscure. he was the heir to the throne...

[@thebrooklyngardenclub225]

@Drew Smith ok...no debate , can u point to a source , I'm curious to know more

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Serbia n Russia were Bros. ..Austria - Hungary last of the Ottoman Empire.. all about the Hapsbergs.

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

There was 6 mini wars from 1905 - 1913 that was precursor to the World War.

[@chrismoller4272]

My grand father fought at Chateau Thierry in the great WWI. What a stupid slaughter that was He was in the Yankee division. He got gassed and they gave him a medal. He never spoke of it .

[@oud7704]

so how you would know that ?

[@danyel4104]

My great uncle grandmother of my cousin grandfather fought this battle

[@petitange9611]

moment biblique , amen 😔

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

I saw that too.

[@Tarzka91]

this movie has some historical flaws cause germans did not make any major attacks to avoid any additional losses until spring 1918 when they actually recaptured all the lost ground

[@VidWatcher-v4j]

It was a weird time for Paul to have a nap while carrying his buddy on the cross.

[@chungnungachhakchhuak839]

Credit to them for using their capm Bri'ish accent in the middle of a war

[@foreverblueclassics]

?? They're Canadian.

[@Kio_vidz]

It's such a strange feeling, when you come face to face with another human, just from other borders.

[@ritobrotosengupta]

War is played out between Nations; while it's Men who suffer. But humanity survives when Men meet Men.

[@foreverblueclassics]

👍

[@TTraveller3]

Here we see the brutality of war.... Truth is it was a thousand times worse than depicted in this movie.... My family sent 6 great uncles to the Western Front.... six brothers and cousins went to war with hope in their hearts and dreams of glory to fight for King and country.... to protect democracy.... one returned.... and no one in the families ever spoke of what happened... those were simpler times.... kinder times.... people believed in family, loyalty, truth, commitment, compassion and faith.... As Greek philosopher Plato wrote " Only the dead have seen the end of war...."

[@foreverblueclassics]

Great comment!

[@bobjames6622]

It should be noted that at no time during the entire conflict (or indeed any other conflicts), were any international bankers/financiers harmed in any way.

[@neds3528]

My great grandfather was in the trenches. Those men went through hell

[@foreverblueclassics]

My grandfather was there too, and I agree.

[@rafiSaputra-s3y]

bang itu bikin filmnya gimana

[@horseman528]

Tecumseh Sherman wasn't wrong. War is hell.

[@PlaystationAccountt]

Why would they stop fighting and how did the German commander know

[@filipino.editor555]

if people were just humans, Not on diffrent, it could change the world of something better

[@foreverblueclassics]

Indeed.

[@SNUSNU4U]

Wait why did he run into the German trench alone?

[@JoshuaFarmer-bv7ip]

Confused by battle and went the wrong way.

[@azkarentsurabaya6687]

Awesome movie

[@foreverblueclassics]

🙂