The Deadliest Weapons of World War I

We do not spend nearly enough time talking about how horrifyingly brutal World War I was.
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[@15Bravo]

Deadliest weapon of WW1 - Treaty of Versailles. 20 year delayed fuse.

[@Jthomsonhate7]

Winner

[@1nodmonkey]

He’s waited 102 years to say that

[@kiwi_comanche]

Well put.

[@keithprice4711]

Really hard to disagree tho

[@paoloviti6156]

Absolutely agree with you 👍👍👍

[@Lucy-dk5cz]

Can’t wait for Simon’s new channel, micro projects

[@zyzor]

And his other channel; incompleted projects.

[@arthurgreckis5987]

And dont forget about future projects

[@zyzor]

@@arthurgreckis5987 and forgotten projects😝

[@joeyr7294]

My wife and I were just talking about wether his next channel will be "super megaprojects" or "mini important projects"

[@james8449100]

I don't want to watch a video about Donald T and Stormy D

[@Buddha_the_Pug]

"That shotgun is inhumane!" -people who just launched gas that basically boils someone to death

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

Yeah, and the winners write the history books. Even Simon admitted that the Germans used tear gas and only resorted to chlorine gas after the English used it first. Tear gas is no fun but is an irritant, not a killer...

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

@Jordon Carlson I'm with you. The point I was making was that the Allied forces used Deadly gas first. History likes to blame the used of deadly gas on the Germans.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

@keith moore I completely agree that no side was on 'the moral high ground' here. My main point was that history always tries to blame the Germans for the use of deadly gas first, which is simply incorrect. Yall Take Care and be safe, John

[@willythemailboy2]

The American reply to that protest was a counter threat to execute any German found with a flamethrower.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I was thinking the same thing....

[@montaguemontmorency8911]

My uncle Bob fought at Ypres, gassed Chlorine. Mum's cousin Billy fought in the battle of the Somme, gassed with Phosgene. Uncle Bob also fought at the battle Cambrai, he was a Lewis gunner.

[@montaguemontmorency8911]

As an ex artilleryman I state emphatically that overall casualties were between 60 and 80 percent caused by artillery fire.

[@austinwagner3231]

Sideprojects: Lists of interesting projects that dont have massive back stories Megaprojects: Single project covered in depth from before its development all the way to today

[@smb328i]

Honorable mentions: Trench knives, British 1908 pattern cavalry sword, dum-dum bullets, and flamethrowers. That war was truly inhuman in its ferocity.

[@Frolaire]

An interesting fact about the Vickers Gun, when it was finally taken out of service in the 60's, a British armory fired off the entire stockpile of ammo they had for it non stop with the only wear being the barrel. They went through 5 million rounds, day and night, for a week and it was fine and only went through barrels.

[@ridgecrestwack9746]

WW1 is honestly one of the scariest events of all time. Imagine how itd feel to be ordered out to try to rush an enemy trench knowing you most likely wont survive. Makes my stomach hurt thinking about it

[@ssg9offical]

And top of that a extremely flu going around to.

[@dentheman1797]

It separated the heroes from the cowards. You either serve in combat or you serve on the firing line. Death before dishonour. 💪

[@ridgecrestwack9746]

@@dentheman1797 that's a pretty stupid way of looking at, and I'd advise you be careful you go around telling that to, you might just be talking to a veteran who saw combat. There's nothing "honorable or glorious" about dying in war. WW1 vets probably rolling in their coffins hearing you

[@dentheman1797]

@@ridgecrestwack9746 maybe for a civilian. But we don’t leave our brothers alone in a fight. I’m saying you are actually talking to a vet. The words you meant to say were thank you.

[@ridgecrestwack9746]

@@dentheman1797 right, that's why you did it? So people will kiss your *ss? you choose straight dishonor.

[@amaccama3267]

The term "Give 'em the whole 9 yards " comes from emptying an entire belt through the machine gun.

[@kiwi_comanche]

Wrong war. 9 yards of belted ammo per wing was the standard ammo capacity for the Spitfire and others. The term originated from the lads going so hard on the guns they "Gave him the whole 9 yards."

[@mgweible8162]

@@kiwi_comanche I believe the phrase balls to the wall came from the same thing. Good on ya for knowing that

[@kiwi_comanche]

@@mgweible8162 Yep that was from P51 pilots!! Full throttle meant pushing the throttle rods, topped with rubber balls, all the way forward to the firewall. Props to yourself my friend!!! 🤙🍻

[@marksimpson8577]

AMAC CAMA is.correct. The length of a 250 round cloth belt for an English Vickers gun in .303 was (when rounded off) 9 yards of material. The phrase "The whole nine yards" was considered giving someone or something everything, hence the entire 250 round belt. In essence overkill.

[@spritemon98]

"But our guns only reach 8 yards!"

[@joseybryant7577]

Whenever I see a gas mask, I can't help but ask strangers if they're my mommy.

[@spritemon98]

But never eat a pear

[@canaan5337]

That's one creepy episode of Doctor Who

[@joseybryant7577]

@@canaan5337 it is one of my favorites!

[@waynegoddard4065]

An episode back when the Doctor was a dude and James Bond wasn't a Black lady. The good old days when television was like having a really interesting friend in the room with you and not the snowflake box everyone has now.

[@usernameinvalidforu]

@@waynegoddard4065 Your comment is a good reminder that the "good old days" was only for some and not for others.

[@Makem12]

Simon, the difference is that megaprojects would talk about the enormous trench network and it's construction while side projects would discuss all the weapons and equipment inside the network. It's sort of a quality vs quantity type of difference.

[@benjamincaldwell1356]

I would like to see a Mega Projects about trenches in WW1 and other wars where that type of warfare was more prevalent.

[@batticusmanacleas510]

So, Simon, my man, when are you going to start a whole channel dedicated to the military/war history? I know there's a lot of those about, but none of them are hosted by Whistler's Beard.

[@Sideprojects]

I did consider doing this about two years ago, but a lot of war content gets demonetised, and that is something I have to think about when deciding what channels to launch :)

[@spritemon98]

@@Sideprojects what about a channel on legos?

[@66kbm]

@@spritemon98 No channel needed, you stand on it barefoot, you die. Lego is the modern landmine.

[@Bartman61911]

a little late but check out forgotten weapons the do alot of that stuff.

[@tomnook4048]

In 2:34 you said “Soviet” troops. They were Imperial Russian troops. Love your vids btw ❤️

[@tonyatthebeach]

2022: Back to Soviet troops

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

​@@tonyatthebeach Cold War 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[@0311Mushroom]

I have long called the US Civil War the first "modern war". It started with almost Napoleonic tactics, and ended with trench warfare and massive explosive artillery strikes. As well as automatic weapons, snipers, mines, and air observation. WWI just took things a step farther.

[@TommygunNG]

This is sci-fi, but goes seriously into trench warfare: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX-8ZZSubNOFhM0

[@michaelb1761]

The crazy thing was the British had learned as recently as the Boer war how archaic and worthless their tactics were and had adjusted by the end of that war. WW1 comes along and they go right back to massed charges and massive casualties, the difference being that they never seemed to adjust their tactics in WW1.

[@0311Mushroom]

@@michaelb1761 in WWI, there was little advancement until then end for firepower. Artillery got a little better, but not much. It was not until the advent of the Tank that things really progressed.

[@tylersmith3139]

It's not though. The very fact that it was fought with Napoleonic tactics and single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles shows exactly why it isn't though. There were no tanks in the Civil war, no planes, no machine guns. Even the acute precision artillery strikes as we know them today come from WW1. If you think about 'Danger Close' artillery strikes, arguably their most extensive usage was in WW1 and the creeping barrage tactic used by the Germans where troops would advance towards the enemy with an artillery barrage just ahead of them advancing as well. Many wars had aspects of the first world war and modern wars like British and French warships fighting all around the globe in the French-Indian war, but when we take into account all the ways we fight, with machine guns, tanks, planes, submarines and highly precise artillery working together to achieve dominance, that traces back to WW1, the first to actually be fought as such.

[@timothyhouse1622]

So, you have an insular view of world history and only know of US "innovations." The Prussians were using "modern" tactics a full decade before the American Civil War and trenches are nothing new.

[@nikolaaswright6028]

Rideau Canal and river system for MEGA/SIDE PROJECTS! Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow for Biographics! Who doesnt love a great war sniper and this guy is the best of the best! Vote Canada!

[@matthoward7645]

That is the greatest last name ever made

[@nikbear]

"And in the unlikely event of getting to the enemy trench, you could bludgeon them to death with a club!" Lol Simon, you really are the master of the comical understatement 🤣

[@1stpogo]

The deadliest weapon of WW1 was the limited intellect of the apposing General who insisted on having his men walk across a large expanse of open ground over and over.

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Urban warfare was a somewhat different situation, until those urban areas were leveled by bombs

[@ericfett9218]

Ordering soldiers over and over to charge at machine guns with bayonets fixed to their rifles with little to no success.

[@casinodelonge]

Approximate quote from Goshawk Squadron Pilot 1 - "I saw, flew over the French trenches and they shot at me, they could see my markings clearly" Pilot 2 - "I heard the French had to call in a barrage on their own lines because their men wouldnt get out of their trenches." Pilot 1 - "Good Lord, what happened afterwards?" Pilot 2 - "Afterwards?? There was no afterwards, why do you think they didn't want to get our of the trenches".

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

🤣🤣

[@yannickh3433]

Fun fact regarding the MG 08: The updated version MG 08/15 was so common by the end of the war that to this day german slang for something ordenary or nothing special is 0815.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

Deadliest Weapon of WW1: A General, because their solution to trenches was just throw more men at it

[@michaelb1761]

It was the 20th century, yet they refused to stop using 18th century tactics that had been proven deadly to your own men over 50 years before in the US Civil War, the Crimean War, and the Boer War, among others. Disgusting men, and I use that term loosely.

[@DidMyGrandfatherMakeThis]

Armchair historians? If you really look at the war you will see how the generals and commanders at all levels changed tactics, learnt new tactics, and by the end of the war were starting to come up with decent tactics not because they kept trying the same thing again and again, but because they altered and changed their tactics. If you want 18th century tactics in WWI, look no further than when the Americans refused to listen to French and British advice and used pre-1914 attacks in 1918.

[@Duececoupe]

The last time i was this early, Simon still hadn't grown his first beard! 😉😆😂

[@bluewolf194]

and had a combover.

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

I remember baby face Simon. Back when it was just 2 channels. 🤭🤭

[@maxlangner]

Hey Simon, at 2:35 you said "Soviet troops" . I hate to nitpick but shouldn't it be Imperial Russian troops? given its before the glorious revolution against the decadent bourgeoisie!!!????

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Nit-picking

[@canuckloyalist4681]

Funny how the people who introduced poison gas to the world complained so vigorously about the lowly little shotgun!

[@rockstarJDP]

"Don't forget your stick Luitenant!" "Oh thanks Cap, wouldn't want to face a German machine gun without this!"

[@Thegardener87]

I find videos like this really interesting but I feel they are so important to show us and remind us how terrible war was/is and how grateful we should be when our countries are at peace.

[@ianm9817]

9:20 fear the great toster.

[@ianm9817]

@John Barber I meant toaster

[@otakuman706]

I have an idea for a mega (or maybe side) projects- The Human Genome Project. It was a pretty large and long project that had a big impact on many fields, obviously medical and sci, but eventually others outside them like in crime prevention or convictions etc.

[@waynegoddard4065]

The British invented a giant flamethrower that was so terrible we banned ourselves from using it. I saw it on a TimeTeam special.

[@donise8406]

WW I Trenches would be a good mega project

[@TommygunNG]

This is sci-fi, but goes seriously into trench warfare: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX-8ZZSubNOFhM0

[@thefatcontroller3221]

Simon the man with a million channels, all of em super interesting i cant get enuff!!

[@jsnsk101]

Simons beard looks like he has reached the " keeping his urine in jars" stage.

[@Sideprojects]

Getting my Howard Hughes on for sure.

[@conorbyers3746]

@@Sideprojects Oh man, I laughed way too hard at this xD As a bearded dude I feel your pain Simon!!

[@Thegardener87]

🤣🤣

[@rwandaforever6744]

If he puts on the right hat, he is a perfect Terry Pratchett doppelganger....I just shaved my lock down beard and now look 10 years younger^^

[@T.GLongstaff]

I enjoyed the video and found it interesting. Keep up the good work!!!!!!

[@Ted_Stryker]

"The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle" - D.I. Gunny Hartman

[@Mike-tg7dj]

That may work up until you walk into an ambush. If an offensive is going well it's probably an ambush.

[@matthoward7645]

I think now I'm not 100% sure but a nuke? 😂

[@WKRP187]

@@matthoward7645 ... Ask yourself which has more kills thru history?? Marines with rifles or nuclear weapons??? LOL

[@Ted_Stryker]

@@matthoward7645 Lol It's just a little tongue in cheek nod to my fellow Marines.

[@Ted_Stryker]

@@zero7190 Oorah!! Semper Fi!!

[@jaygee434]

It seems absolutely insane that 100 years on that unexploded bombs and such are still being found

[@PaulRudd1941]

I read somewhere that it's going to take another 300 to 700 years before the area is totally safe.

[@bennygarcia7786]

Great as usual Simon

[@Fallen7Pie]

This is like the final recyling bin in the Whistler fact managment facility before what's left gets dumped on danny's radiator where it's prepared for incineration

[@Thribbulous]

Mildly ironic that KZbin just chucked a Hugo Boss ad into the middle of this video...

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:35 - Chapter 1 - Poison gas 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Machine guns 7:05 - Chapter 3 - Tanks 10:15 - Chapter 4 - Artillery 12:40 - Chapter 5 - Shotguns & trench clubs

[@Ramonatho]

At 11:16 the guy holding the grenade has such a look on his face.

[@LunarPogo]

"Catch my Beer!"

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

The US Civil war did not have casualties in the millions but made more 'advances' in warfare then any other 4 year span. From traditional European style fighting to hit and run calvary and guerrilla warfare (and trench warfare) advances. The war started with wooden sailing ships and progressed through steamships, ironclads and the first submarine. Rifles went from muzzle-loaders to cartridges and even repeating arms (and although not a true machine gun, the Gatling gun was automatic weapon firepower). Trains were used to move men and equipment making it the first mechanized war. Even artillery went from muzzle-loading smooth bores to rifled bores and some of the first breach loaders. Yes, American ingenuity made some huge advancements in the efficiency of killing one another. These advances helped set the stage for the very efficient killing of WW1. Yall Take Care and be safe, John

[@tincambo]

I did enjoy this video thank you 😊

[@paulycoleman98]

2:34 mistake made, he said the Germans used gas against the Soviets? But the soviets didn’t fight the Germans in WWI, it was the Russian Empire.

[@fademusic1980]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark simon, talking about things that are terrible all the time dark simon! :D

[@sandybarnes887]

Rideau Canal or the St Lawrence Seaway 🇨🇦

[@ayanomihiiro953]

the trenches themselves sometimes a deadly as the enemy....

[@dominusetdeus060644]

Mud. That's the deadliest weapon of WWI.

[@AjarZzzz]

I've come up with a distinction between the channels. Megaprojects can be about the history of a specific important project and other various info about that projecy and side projects can be a less In depth collection of projects with a similar purpose or idea. If that makes sense to anyone.

[@Theggman83]

Yeah, man, shotguns.. everyone always focuses on rifles, like the scary AR, but no one ever considers the lethality of a 'bird-gun'.

[@smitty560]

Wonderfully Entertaining Simon....I Think I'll Order Some Spegetti, and Have a Tomato Juice with That....How Cheerful....

[@tru_710]

I liked this video for the intro alone lol

[@jimmythedudeman]

The blurred line doesn’t stop between Mega Projects and Side Projects. I never know where I’m going to find what. Most of his videos could fit comfortably in at least two or three of his channels

[@Echowhiskeyone]

The Sykes-Picot Agreement. The fighting is still going on today.

[@rexredmonwalkingintheword9892]

Simon's new channel Project:Projects a look at projects looking at projects.....golf claps all around

[@bmay8818]

I love this channel and Megaprojects! One thing: could you maybe do a little less on the military side of things? I'll admit to having a fascination with that, but there are so many interesting things out there that weren't designed to destroy life.

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

So much of human innovation is due either directly from warfare, or as a byproduct of it. Two very notable examples: the jet engine and the rocket as we know it. Both were created by the Nazis as a way to win WWII. The Roman's got so good at building stuff as a result of their conquests, and their building prowess allowed for more conquest. Warfare is the natural way of human life, the relative peace that we live in only exists because we now have weapons that are capable of ending life on earth for everyone, so we decided its probably in everyone's best interest to not fight eachother.

[@bmay8818]

@@OtterTreySSArmy We'd have developed most of those technologies without warfare, it just would have taken longer. Frankly, I'd be perfectly fine with having less technology if it meant that we didn't kill each other, and spent our resources on helping people instead of destroying them. Your line of reasoning isn't all that different from "we can't shrink the military, it provides jobs!", as though it's okay to have industries that make murder devices simply because they create jobs.

[@richardsullivan6258]

Soviet troops ... ?

[@ericbosken3114]

I was going to say the same thing... Russian troops, sure, but there were no Soviet troops in WWI because there were no "Soviet" troops in existence yet!

[@PaulRudd1941]

Quite the oversight. I said the same thing.

[@cmdredstrakerofshado1159]

I would say Russian troops but ... their machines guns were a Maxim variant, used bolt action rifles and mostly artillery was foreign design manufactured under license and like the English, French, Italians, and later the Americans and mostly piss poor leadership.

[@DiscoveryBalochistan]

This is beautiful✨🌟

[@terminusest5902]

Can you do a video on the battle for Hamel. July 4th 1918 in France with Australian and US infantry supported by British tanks. Planed by Australian General Sir John Monash and his staff to combine many of the proven tactics learned over the last 4 years and some new ones. Including dropping ammunition from aircraft for the infantry. The plan was for the operation was to be completed in 90 minutes but all objectives were not taken until 93 minutes. This was a multinational force. And it was a great example of a well-planned and run operation of combined arms forces. This would lead to the allied August offensive that broke the German lines and began the last 100 days of WW1. And how much did this battle affect the war effort.

[@michaelsilva7085]

Simon’s beard is epic!

[@smb328i]

SIMON: "The A7V carried 300 rounds of main gun ammunition" MODERN TANK CREWS: "Dayum. Gimme dat".

[@paddyk3748]

So interesting but very sad. I find world war 1 sadly fastening and I always come away feeling a little ill from the savagery

[@beachboy0505]

Great video

[@jamesstevens623]

Ty Simeon I did enjoy this video lol

[@AcornElectron]

9/10 not enough side OR blaze. Keep up the good work fellas and stay safe.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@gooner72]

@ Simon Whistler I can't decide which "______" Projects channel I like the most...... One minute it's mega, then it's side, then it's Geographic, then it's Top Tenz......

[@SirChristopher.Carver]

9:20... "It was heavier than the Mark V, but slightly SHORTER, narrower, TALLER & had a much larger crew" I know that German engineering is widely considered to be second to none, but designing something that is both shorter AND taller than a comparable product really is some next level shit!

[@DannL18]

I was looking for this comment, thought it sounded funny

[@AsbestosMuffins]

Overestimation of Armor Plate; There's like dozens of examples of generals overestimating how protective steel plate was, only for their armor to be easily shot through killing all behind it. From tanks to armored shields, to helmets, the sort of testing we see today came about because ww1 showed what happened if you just assume

[@bateman2112]

Suprised by the appearance of shotguns and clubs. That's two of the three horrors of The Great War I almost never see mentions of. The last, and in my opinion absolute worst "weapon" of the war is barbed wire. If you're not sure why it's the worst you've never been tangled in it at all let alone stuck in it and needing to get free urgently. Lest we forget.....

[@barrydysert2974]

Simon weakly covered barbed wire on TopTenz this week. A bad pun for an unusually poor segment from Simon. 🖖

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

Weren't landmines a thing then? Because I'm pretty sure those are a hell of a lot nastier than barbed wire...

[@jameskirk2905]

The Winchester 1897 shotgun could be fired by holding the trigger back and pumping the action as fast as you can. This makes for a high rate of fire in a trench.

[@pyeitme508]

Wow need Ma Deuce Browning 50 cal machine gun soon

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

Honestly with how long it's been in service, it deserves a Megaprojects video

[@pyeitme508]

@@OtterTreySSArmy maybe

[@jggyfan1]

inb4 simon starts another new channel for military stuff

[@spritemon98]

He'll make a channel all about projects made out of lego

[@ChristopherJohnston_artist]

Yes, I think you should do an episode on the cheap and cheeriest weapons in WW1 or 2. Or would that go in the new channel, micro projects?

[@vivalehoho]

Kolibri pistol 😂

[@supabass4003]

The Little Boy bomb was a primitive type of particle accelerator, so I read in "To Hell and Back". Interesting concept when you think about it.

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Trivia: at the beginning of the First World War, Canada had more machine guns than Great Britain. The Canucks were also the innovators of “indirect fire,” a tactic picked up by all of the belligerents by war’s end and up to the present day. Indirect fire was a major factor in the amazingly short battle of Vimy Ridge.

[@Acidburn1155]

Do one for wwII please, that would be dope man

[@peterlavelle3261]

you forgot about the mines dug under trenches (eg. Lochnagar) that could even be its own megaprojects video!

[@sandhilltucker]

Not same channel but I would love a biographic about Maxim. He was (allegedly) the first to invent the light bulb but Edison had the patent overturned on a technicality and Maxim immigrated back to focus on arms manufacturing.. Justified mad scientist

[@dangochnour9927]

I don't need your dang car insurance KZbin

[@Barillaa]

The camera absolutely hates your new shirt 😂😂

[@hello7533]

When is Simon gonna feature his youtube empire on the megaprojects channel?

[@infiniteboredom9642]

Those shotguns could also be slam fired essentially making them have a rate of fire close to an auto loader

[@Mandark020]

@2:33 "...Against Soviet troops..." What soviet troops?

[@TheSteve1284]

Skirmish lines were outdated during the Civil War? No. They were used because muskets were terribly inaccurate and had a very slow rate of fire. Therefore they used concentrated volley fire to maximize the damage that could be done. Those Napoleonic tactics were the best available based on the technology of that time. At least until late in the war, when repeating rifles, the Minnie Ball and the Gatling Gun were deployed. At which time both sides started using trench warfare tactics in many battles. They offered a taste of what was to come during WWI.

[@joshcurtis386]

Germany, who’s been using chemical weapons for years, to the US: “If we capture any of your troops with shotguns or shells, we shall execute them for war crimes.” American Command: “If”

[@scotthenderson292]

Idea for new channel. Mediocrity Projects. Devoted to laughably bad attempts at new or grand ideas.

[@Sideprojects]

I like it.

[@michaelcox5946]

@@Sideprojects I thought that channel was called Business Blaze

[@Thegardener87]

Most content creators get suggestions for new videos, Simon gets suggestions for new channels

[@traviswest970]

You must have never been on the receiving end of a machine gun....still a game changer when employed properly.

[@15Indianajon]

Thanks to training and becoming an archaeologist I have been lucky enough to work out on the Western Front helping in the recovery and identification of individuals from that conflict, as well as helping to educate myself and others on the more day to day aspect. In my mind gas was by far the most dangerous! It might not kill the majority of its victims, but then that was part of its design. However the stuff doesn't degrade while the containers its held it (metal canisters) definitely does. Its the only thing that used to ever scare me while digging. Thanks for another great video Simon! Now when are you going to do Grumman? F14, A6, LM.... go on you know you want too ;-p

[@kellym3610]

When were you doing this?

[@15Indianajon]

@@kellym3610 From about 2005/6 through to 2015 or so. After that life got in the way although the work continues with the likes of Wessex Archaeology doing several sites and if I got the chance I would certainly do it again.

[@Robslondon]

Fascinating... and utterly terrifying.

[@acepilot1]

Watched it twice because I can’t afford to support you through buying a sticker and already subscribed to most of your sponsors

[@jessethurman9411]

Not sure if you have covered it, but Gallipoli is always interesting.

[@67Spectre]

"In the unlikely event of reaching the enemy's trenches." I'm glad you make videos, because I don't think you'd make a very good Army Morale Officer.

[@jbgraham4041]

I'm a little surprised that the airplane didn't make the list. Having a variety of roles such as bombing, fighter escorts and recon, the airplane was a very successful dealer of death during WW1.

[@uum6]

Gas: the silent but all-too-deadly killer. When gas passes, so do people.

[@bornzoflux]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but no soviet troops fought in WW1. Imagine what would happend in history if Germany didn't brought back Lenin to Russia. No USSR, Maybe no Hitler, Stalin,Mao, Polpot etc and no Cold War.

[@davudlastname2545]

Side projects has gone from mini mega projects to mini top tenz

[@old-moose]

Although a Canadian by choice, I still feel shame for Canada's near total exclusion of Jewish immigration at this time.

[@old-moose]

@Jordon Carlson Unfortunately, yes. Prime minister King was very antisemitic. When legislation was passed allowing immigration of orphaned Jewish children, he did his best to limit the number to a tiny handful. The list goes on & on. Our treatment of our Japanese citizens has just as bad if not worse than the Americans. Canada has much to be proud of but also much to be ashamed of.

[@Kellen6795]

The irony of Germany issuing a diplomatic protest over the use of shotguns in WW1 when they were actively gassing their enemies with horrible horrible chemicals cannot be overstated

[@austinworkman260]

2:34 there were no soviets in WWI, well at the start of the war

[@LBPhotoworks]

A small fun fact - The MG 08 or MG 08/15 was so common, it led to the idiom "0815" - Null Acht Fünfzehn - I know how much you love German pronunciation Simon :D It means that something is absolutely standard and not special at all. The phrase is still widely used today.

[@peterjf7723]

You should do a biography of Fritz Haber.