Spain and the Spanish Arms Industry in WW1 I THE GREAT WAR Special feat. C&Rsenal

Spain was one of the neutral nations of World War 1. A deep social divide and a decline from world power meant that they stayed out of the global conflict. Still, the war affected Spain in many ways. One of the consequences was the establishment of a huge arms industry that supported France and other fighting nations.
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[@strikeforce1500]

Europe; Entente or Allies? Spanish Royal Family: yes.

[@rjduif]

I would also mention the puny response to Spanish victims of German submarine attacks, famously the musician Granados on the Sheffield in 1916 but also merchant vessels. Also, the large office set up by King Alfonso XIII to locate missing combatants in POW camps. Families from all over wrote to Madrid in a last ditch effort to locate their loved ones, sometimes with success. The office negotiated the release of some celebrities. The office documents have been researched.

[@clubc5369]

Robert Duif Our great musician Enrique Granados died in an attempt to save their wife Amparo. But their boat was the passenger ferry "Sussex" not the "Sheffield". Regards! :)

[@SovietFrans]

Spain in this time was a mess, Barcelona and some other cities seemed like the Wild West, with gunman's all over the places shooting each other for politic issues.

[@MrBurgeri]

Helped by the abundance of guns and scarcity of regulation.

[@Dustz92]

This was durig the post 1917. During the first years things were ok.

[@SovietFrans]

Mister X Sigues a este canal? Vas a subir contenido de la 1GM a tu canal o algo? xD

[@corgismclean]

It was called anarchism and it was a terrorist movement all over the world.

[@SovietFrans]

Well, not all were anarchists, the industrial bosses also paid gunmen to kill the syndicalist leaders.

[@oswaldmcfurther6588]

What if Spain entered the war on the Central Powers side in August 1914? Would France be able to fight in two fronts? Would Italy be more commited to join the war on the Central Powers side? What would have happened?

[@mgraham0160]

Well, it would probably end up in a Spanish Civil War during WW1, as Indy explained that the country was deeply divided. In my opinion, I think it would have distanced nations from the CPs, as they don't want to end up like Spain. As for France, they both would probably bog down in the Pyrenees, which may help the Germans gain some ground (say, instead of being along the Ainse maybe they would be along the Marne), but not enough to change the outcome of the war.

[@joluoto]

Spain was way too divided internally. The seeds to the civil war were already in place at this time.

[@canpitt]

It would have gotten stomped, Spain's economy and military were a joke. Not only that, Spain's society was deeply divided between the ruling right and the dissenting left. The Entente would've had a field day igniting rebellions everywhere.

[@NeoGaara3]

People is saying that the Spanish army at that time was pretty bad and it's true, but it's not that simple actually. Spain had not the power to destroy French armies on the field, but if France had tried to invade Spain, maybe it wouldn't end well for the French. Spain has a very complicated geography with lots of mountains everywhere and has nearly no navigable rivers. Communications are bad and every region of the country is relatively isolated from the others. Militarily speaking, Spain is similar to Afghanistan. Not a great thread but can be very problematic.

[@joluoto]

Spain was too weak and too internally divided for this. If the Spanish government had joined the Central powers, they'd face a uprising and a Civil War.

[@podemosurss8316]

10:21 That caused a great controversy in the army between the "africanists" (who served in Africa, they wanted more promotions by war merits) and the "peninsulars" (who served in mainland Spain, they wanted a strict order by number of years in service).

[@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498]

You miss King Alfonso's involvement in the Red cross and the welfare of war prissoners. Also de the anarchist's revolts and strikes predate the Great war by at least three years. Spain aldo made a fortune lelling mules and horses to France. The technological advance offered by Spain to France and it's allies was paramount in aircraft engines, the Hispano-Suiza 300 hp aircraft engine was to the Great War what the Rolls-Royce Merlin was to WW II. The Spad and S.E. 5 had hispano engines.

[@mlb5525]

Thanks Miguel. Seems like Indy should have given you a segment in the video.

[@pedroperez6676]

I'm from Spain and loved the video! you guys made an accurate and wonderful job!

[@meme-ze6sm]

great new studio!

[@TheSrSunday]

Perhaps other important contribution of Spanish industry to WWI were the Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines, much used in Entente airplanes, and license manufactured in several countries.

[@madgringo9263]

Hispano Suiza manufactured well over 50000 airplane engines in WWI

[@cacadorespecial6030]

Hello fellow Iberians. Spanish Stronk :)

[@paununs8719]

Portugal stronk! Caravel power!

[@mexicanshatehunteravallone1623]

yeah! andorra!- oh wait

[@buster117]

Caçador Especial yes austria Hungary had a small crappy Navy , but it couldn't match the French and Italian Navy in the Mediterranean

[@mikiroony]

Espein estronk! :p

[@su_morenito_1948]

Caçador Especial Iberia stronk, second Iberian Union!!

[@Darkrunn]

My new least favorite phrase, "out of the scope of this show." =( I know it would be a monumental project, but with all the crazy happenings across the world after the war, maybe you guys should consider simply continuing the show into 1919, 20, etc.. Scale back the show to once a month after the war ends, and just keep going! Wishful thinking on my part perhaps. The whole Great War team is awesome!

[@shrillbert]

They've already said that they will touch on those events in some capacity after November '18.

[@Grizabeebles]

Parts of the world were still suffering from the flu pandemic well into 1919. If they do an episode about the flu, they could probably keep going into the early 1920s about how the world reacted to such an enormous loss of life on the heels of a world war.

[@eriktillman8114]

Yeah, WW1 was less a singular war than it was a period of conflicts. Balkan Wars, Chinese Civil War, Italo-Turkish War, Mexican Civil War, then the Great War proper, Russian Civil War, Soviet-Polish War, Turkish wars against French, Italians, and Greeks, rebellion in Ireland, Civil wars and coups in Germany and Hungary, and the UK's desperate struggles to control its newly acquired lands in the Middle East after the war(In fact, the Brits actually wanted the US to annex the Caucasus region as a LoN Mandate, but Wilson wouldn't have it). Interesting stuff. But then we're approaching the 1930s, with more civil war in China, Japan annexing Manchuria, and US interventions in Central America and the Caribbean.

[@garge7676]

What do you know, that's just what they did too!

[@luisbreva6122]

Almost everyone in Spain was pro Allies. Only part of the carlist movement was "germanophilic", indeed, the movement split in two parts because of this. And the Canary Islands have never been a colonial possession.

[@luisbreva6122]

@RageKomm No, porque se integraron directamente en la Corona de Castilla

[@luisbreva6122]

@RageKomm No crees que colonizar, asi como lo has definido tu, es un termino demasiado amplio que pierde cualquier significado que pudiera tener? Quiero decir, asi como lo has puesto tu, todos los territorios del mundo han sido colonizados por tanto no tiene sentido singularizar un territorio diciendo que fue una colonia, pq todos los territorios son/han sido colonias. Es como decir: esa persona es muy bella, tiene dos ojos nariz y boca. Es decir, afirmar que Canarias fue colonizada no tiene valor, ya que la frase: [ x pais o region ] fue colonizado/a siempre sera cierta, segun tu definicion. Creo que seria mas constructivo restringir mas la definicion de colonia/colonizar.

[@condedooku9750]

@RATommunity La ONU nunca a considerado a las Canarias una colonia, por otro lado Gibraltar... Pero cuando lo hace Gran Bretaña no es malo verdad?

[@r.ladaria135]

@RATommunity NO, no dejaron a nadie con vida que pudiera reprocharlo. Los guanches estaban en la edad de piedra y ya no existen más que como recuerdo y para meter la mano en el bolsillo a los que vivimos en las provincias "paganas" del Estado de las autonomías.

[@joel619]

Finally a Spain special, great!

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

hi-san where is your girl pic from?

[@albertoriverogarcia1478]

Learnt more about my country in WW1 in this video than in school, great works guys!! Love from spain :)

[@beppitheclown8330]

Spain is my city

[@Call_me_Dali]

Sans the skeleton what

[@adebeast62]

meme

[@TheVideomaker2341]

Sans the skeleton The city that I live right now is America.

[@biganimetiddies3938]

And Madrid is my nation.

[@rijadmuslijaj1184]

Sans the skeleton if you work for team 10 Only

[@TripleMpro221]

Great episode, I loved it so much, although I would have talked about Alfonso XIII "Oficina Pro Cautivos" which helped and saved over 200000 soldiers of all countries (in fact he was candidate of Nobel Peace Price)

[@kristof6472]

Source?

[@elcas20012003]

Perfect.... I'm just sitting at cdg airport waiting for my 5h delayed flight for Spain 🇪🇸

[@dakaptan6601]

this excerpt had the most straightforward explanation for me on the roots of the Spanish Civil War, thanks

[@silvioevan11]

One reads about the retaking of Granada and develops nothing but huge respect! In my opinion it was one of most impressive military deeds of all History. As they usually say: ¡Arriba Isabel and Viva Espana! This said, I congratulate the Spaniards for being out of the mechanized carnage of WW1.

[@SwfanredLotr]

Gracias! ;)

[@klavakkhazga3996]

silvioevan11 There is a lot of time between the conquest of granada and ww1. Spain didn't even exist in the XVth century. There weren't our modern ideas of nations in the middle ages and mentality was obviously very different. I aggree that it's a cool period to study, but be careful relating it to completely different contexts.

[@oddballsok]

retaking of the Grenada island (above Trinidad) ? For spain ? in 1900 and pico ?

[@santiveronis4437]

gracias for your compliments!

[@santiveronis4437]

ODDBALL SOK Granada is like a city in the south of spain (in andalucia)

[@Baamthe25th]

I really like thoses quick intevention of C&Rsenal in the video. It's not as in depth as on his channel, but suits a non-gun.maniac like me just fine, while adding knowledge on the economics and logistics of Ww1.

[@TwentythreePER]

I love the new look of the room you sit in. All of those artifacts from the war are so cool. I want to collect helmets and shovels from the war. I've been looking forward to this episode on the Spanish arms industry during the war. Always love these collaborations with C&Rsenal, you guys go perfectly together.

[@hannesbaumann8509]

Minor nitpick: Alfonso XIII and the carlist pretender Jaime, Duke of Madrid were both Bourbons.

[@king-oreos4003]

Nice Kukri mate

[@TheWoollyFrog]

Cookie*

[@DickHolman]

Kukri*

[@WolfsRainESP]

Been waiting sooo long for a quick review of my country in WW1. Thank you very much!!. Also, here is a question, i would like to know more about logistics (in-depth) about how Germany supplied it's troops and industry so neither would stop the war effort.

[@willjelle7944]

"You gotta talk about guns" Murica

[@slyasleep]

bang bang yawn

[@matthewnaylor9735]

@@slyasleep what does that even mean

[@musicman717]

Pew pew!

[@michaeljorfi2394]

Yeah.what do guns have to do with war?🙄

[@supermagicalcookie2400]

Notification squad should be called trench squad

[@maarshalkernick6276]

Supermagical Cookie agreed

[@andrewliu6332]

Tbh, that's a bit over the top

[@MrRune]

Supermagical Cookie OVVEERR TEHH TOOPP!!

[@burntsavvy8299]

Only a few of us shall survive,then.

[@rd-6137]

agreed

[@1guitarlover]

Asome video! The best and most professional that I have seen about this topic.

[@VladTevez]

First episode in the new studio?

[@TheGreatWar]

+V. Athanasiou absolutely

[@thelight9047]

I miss the map

[@billcabrol]

Hi Great War Crew and Indie. C&Rsenal tie in was great. I didn't expect it, and I learned something of the cottage industry effect via Spain. I would love to see more 'surprise' tie ins like that. It's amazing how far the tendrils of this war go.

[@andarrkor0065]

I am basque and It was funny how you pronounced those basque words, Gabilondo y Urresti are two basque surnames. The weapon industry was concentrated in the basque country, and some factories still prevail despite the spanish civil war bombings. Great video.

[@yago8600]

Thank you for the video Indy and team! As a Spanish fan of your show, it's cool to see the perspective you give about our indirect involvement on WW1. I believe that this is a period in Spanish history of which we know very little and that often gets overshadowed by the Spanish Civil War and WW2. Thanks again again and keep it up!

[@WmThomasSherman]

Hispano-Suiza engines, used in allied aircraft (like the famous Spad 7 & or Spad 13), were manufactured in Spain.

[@peterstadlmaier3107]

Hispano-Suiza was a spanish company, but they produced them in France.

[@oddballsok]

lol

[@danielodonell1578]

Peter Stadlmaier because in this country there are three idioms german italian and french. and french was most talked in these moments, and france was only country that made many business in industries like uniform and weapons with spain and '' suiza''

[@enekoeneko69]

@@peterstadlmaier3107 , Hispano-Suiza 8 aviation engines were produced in several of the company's factories (in France ... and in Spain), as well as, under license, by numerous companies in many countries of the world (Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and the U.S.).

[@steventhompson399]

They made some fine cars back then too, if you like prewar cars

[@scottylilacleona9193]

A deep divide in Spanish politics. I wonder if this will continue for a while.

[@SwfanredLotr]

Thanks! I appreciate that you made an entire episode focused on my country. Grettings! ;)

[@christopherhernandez3909]

Soy Mexicano .. I never knew this interesting part about Spain. Great informative video! Got plenty more to learn before I visit Spain 👍🏽

[@tomashernandez5543]

No vengas en verano que hace mucho calor

[@rupertthedrone4717]

Loving the new set! Keep up the great content

[@TheGreatWar]

+Bbb999902 thanks

[@PedroG78]

AWESOME. How to say so much about a so complicated topic in just a few minutes. Your best special so far. THANK YOU.

[@Dorschtl1]

It was an honour working for you!

[@LuisAldamiz]

Short arms were almost all made in the Basque Country, a centuries' traditional industry destroyed only recently by the so-called "industrial reconversion" (or rather industrial devastation).

[@markpeterson7990]

I love that you guys work together on these. Both channels are awesome but combined, they are sublime.

[@klavakkhazga3996]

Thanks very much for this episode! I think I asked about a spanish one last year and it's been great! I would have mentioned the poor state of Spain in this period. It wasn't a modern country yet. Industrialization kept to a couple provinces, was incredibly corrupt and a lot of people remained poor illerates working the fields, not much different from XVIII and XIXth centuries. The complete breakdown of the empire left everyone fighting against each other, ruins, intellectual apathy and pessimism and political civil struggle for centuries. With time sides or reasons change but we keep fighting each other with hate. It left us decades behind european nations and we will never completely heal those wounds.

[@wattsnottaken1]

I love WW1 Era Europe such an underrated time period- Love from Minnesota!

[@aleksk4151]

SPAIN IS A NICE COUNTRY

[@richthofenfriedrich6345]

Aleksandar Kan I think the reason that you have kan in your name while being Russian because you have Mongol blood? Golden Horde maybe?

[@bolobardelavega2843]

@@richthofenfriedrich6345 "Richtofen" is the name of a German pilot. Do you miss the II Reich? Do you miss the III Reich also?

[@christiano9693]

"AND SPANIARDS ARE VERY SPANIARDS AND MUCH SPANIARDS " -Mariano Rajoy, ex-President of Spain and Eternal President of Spanish Juche

[@bolobardelavega2843]

@@christiano9693 You are uninformed. The president of Spain's government is Pedro Sánchez.

[@estatuadechozo]

@@bolobardelavega2843 that was an old quote from the former president. He literally said that.

[@podemosurss8316]

10:58 This is called the "tragic week" in Spanish historiography, since the arrests and repression caused a great amount of deaths and wounded between the strikers.

[@ericcarlson3746]

1909, not 1917 es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semana_Tr%C3%A1gica_(Espa%C3%B1a)

[@italomarsano9362]

Great episode guys, que viva España 🇪🇸!!!

[@Henry-uv9xu]

Excellent as always. Thank you for constant high quality videos on interesting subjects. Harder to come by than one might think!

[@rmr9030]

Finally an episode of Spain i was waiting for it eventhough you didnt talk about POW. I heard that POWs from fighting nations were returned to their countries by agreements thnaks to the spanish political situation with family ties to both sides

[@bearfoot100]

...And I thought our time, in the world, was messed up. It seems very peaceful, as compared to WWI. Thank you Indy and crew, for another great video.

[@podemosurss8316]

10:05 You should have mentioned the struggles in Morocco between the Spanish government and the Rif tribes, which meant several reservists called to serve since 1911 to 1925 (when the situation stabilised), and a lot of budget spent in defense (Spain expent about 30% of their budget in defense, although being theoretically in peacetime). Also, you didn't mention the Spanish chief of staff, the experienced general Valeriano Weyler (who had fought in the Spanish-American war having some success at land which couldn't be exploited due to the lack of reinforcements and the US blockade, he also was a pro-German and had a really cool look, at least when wearing a Pickelhaube).

[@lucasman3376]

Viva España!

[@maxsmodels]

I had a Ruby .38 revolver. It had about a 20 pound trigger pull and shot about 3 feet high.

[@nielskorhorn1975]

Seeing a slight smile on Indy, has got to be that new studio smell

[@lukemcclure3567]

First comment boy!ilove spain 🇪🇸!

[@thetomatoking9714]

Luke McClure We love you too!

[@thetomatoking9714]

Finally a video on my homeland! Gracias Indy and team, great job as always!

[@sprytexhd8421]

CURIOSITY: The Spanish Army have 750.000 soldiers in 1917 (250.000 profesionals with years of experience) meanwhile the US Army only have 120.000 recruits.

[@AFT_05G]

Than US army boomed to about 2 million soldiers in summer of 1918(most were in Europe).

[@cariopuppetmaster]

Except the US can rapidly expand their armies if needed to.

[@generalmissy]

Man I was just wondering about what was Spain up to the other day. Spot on guys!

[@SuperVigues1]

Faro de Vigo is made in my hometown what an awesome touch

[@christopherellis2663]

The Astra factory in Gernika... Still there, as a youth centre

[@StefanNemanja1985]

serbia loves spain.

[@casrvsfv3172]

StefanNemanja1985 Spain loves you back :)

[@enlosluceros7236]

Kosovo je Sbrija! 🇷🇸🇪🇸

[@JamesFTW1]

Kosovo is a free nation

[@maligjokica]

very informative!!

[@r2b217]

I've been waiting for this since 2015. Thank you!

[@sergiojuanmembiela6223]

Correction: Carlists were "supporters of a particular branch of the Bourbon dynasty". Both the King and the Carlist pretender were Bourbon.

[@andythem320guy9]

an unexpected Othias appears.

[@2383Scorpio]

Good video Indy and I am a fan of your work. I hope you do the video of the forgotten ally Siam (Thailand) in the First World War.

[@romainvicta1634]

Indy please bring back the old background! It is aesthetically better. Love the informative videos as always.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Benjamin Pham not gonna happen.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Benjamin Pham not gonna happen, sorry

[@TheGreatWar]

But it's a bunker. It's not supposed to be comfy. This is modern war.

[@pabloswagboy3381]

Benjamin Pham Who is Andy ?

[@roltroltrolo8174]

The Great War the 1914 map of Europe needs to be added its very important imo

[@ericcarlson3746]

From a book I partially read about Belgium, Spain was very concerned about the condition of civilians in this neutral, occupied, Catholic land, and spoke out about atrocities. Don't know what they could do about getting food relief in during the war....

[@Gatorcookie]

ITS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT THE MAP ;-;

[@hojoj.1974]

Interesting aside 'bout the naming of the "Spanish Flu". Keep it coming guys!

[@jasonslepica3932]

I love the new studio! All I want in it is the old map to be brought back. other than that it looks great!

[@ognjengaric2687]

Can you please make an episode about Montenegro in WW1?

[@ChevyChase301]

Ognjen Garić and Assyria

[@oxis77gas]

This is ww1 not bronze age.

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

bronze age,hahah.that was a good one

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Excellent documentary.

[@neletg]

Spain was, overall to France, Hispano-Suiza aviation engines provider.

[@restitutororbis1]

Hi! Great video. Just a little detail: the Canary Islands were not (and are not) a colony, but a core part of Spain.

[@drddrdrs7235]

Good morning Great War. I like your new setting.

[@WildBillCox13]

Your most seamless collaboration yet. Great work!

[@TheGreatWar]

but the acting in the other ones was so good!

[@WildBillCox13]

Hehe.

[@abdelmalekmetidji]

Damn , it's real that at that time spanish people were living in Spain without the "S"

[@rmd2339]

Excellent video as usual. As a Spaniard I have not found a single mistake.

[@titorobalo374]

Gracias

[@clubc5369]

Really good job guys!!! Thanks

[@juanjoniebles452]

I knew a bit about my country during WWI but this expanded my knowledge. Thanks and keep the good work! One question, what was the role of Swiss banks in the war?

[@operationmeh]

Spain is the Emperor

[@EsperanzaBarcoAlonso]

@Jason Voorheese Exactly at the same place as the British Empire

[@mayorgeneralramirez1997]

@@EsperanzaBarcoAlonso Fantastic response

[@MiguelLopez-yc2rh]

Spain also had Western Sahara during that time. Also, after the war of 1898, Spain sold their remaining Pacific Ocean islands to the German Empire.

[@lcbonastre2418]

Please history of War of Empire Spain

[@outofscenes]

You said that Spain and its civil war goes beyond the scope of this channel... WHHHYYYYYYYY???? Im from Spain and its imposible to obtain unbiased info about it. Trust me, its imposible, at least living inside of it. Would be so cool if you made more episodes about Spain even before the war.

[@steelhammer103]

I like the new setup. Kinda miss the old one,but this one is sleeker

[@adrianh9326]

Thank you Indie or Indy! I think you remember a comment I put a video on The Netherlands keep it up love the content!

[@TheGreatWar]

we got around 1,000 requests to do a Spain video.

[@adrianh9326]

The Great War 1,000, wow!

[@marcoescarra4222]

Born there❤🇪🇸

[@juliocesarllompart2835]

Excelent channel,congratulations

[@masmenos9438]

Un detalle que un video sobre España esté subtitulado en español como mínimo, siendo el video de una persona de habla inglesa. Un merecido like para este video

[@Bluehawk2008]

Based on the Prussian army but selling officers' commissions? Kind of defeats the point a little.

[@MrNicoJac]

Anyone feels like there was a INDY: "Guns??" *question* that got lost in the editing?? XD (4:05)

[@15halerobert]

I hope the this channel will continue after the war since the peace did so much for the next war in 2039

[@tseekmin]

I love the special guests on the show!

[@r.ladaria135]

4:30 the peculiar Spain's patent Law ... and that is why we have basically no I+D , stull today. I said basically.

[@jeffreymiller9438]

Alfonso XIII also made a real effort to arbitrate a peace. His journey to Vienna to attend the funeral of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph provided him with the opportunity to meet the leaders of the Central Powers and then on his return home to undertake negotiations with the Allies in Paris. However, the window for peace in 1916 narrowly closed on him. His initiative was really the only viable alternative to US sponsored arbitration. In the end, the incompetence of US officials doomed the peace effort in 1916.

[@MrNicoJac]

I really like how we're slowly filling in the map with specials about all the countries. Could we do the Netherlands at the end of 2018 again?? Just cuz you do it so well....

[@TheGreatWar]

+MrNicoJac we already did the Netherlands last year

[@MrNicoJac]

Yeah I know. It was good! That's why I asked for "again" XD

[@luiscarlosrodriguezpascual7629]

Excelente, gracias.

[@meloman4604]

I am from Spain and noticed that you were wrong about the Canary islands since its part of the spanish soil and not colonies like Cuba, Philipines, Ecuatorial guinea and Puerto rico

[@thebeanymac]

I miss Indy. Such a nice hairy guy. And a Texan too!! \o/ Indy!!

[@jsma9999]

Wow, Love the Background