On the Battlefield of Caporetto - Exploring the Kolovrat I THE GREAT WAR Special

[@dervelthecelt]

Give the cameraman a bonus for walking backwards in a dark wet slippery cave without falling over

[@connormac4401]

italians designed the system to not be slippery

[@kstreet7438]

@leonardimas1 Troll elsewhere

[@xmaniac99]

A thank you to the Slovenian volounteers for keeping this heritage alive for future generations too see.

[@igorleeck2027]

volunteers

We're doing our best to keep the Isonzo battlefield's heritage available to interested along whole line down to the sea.

[@perka41]

@ Hvala braci po oruzju Slovencima, sta su nam sacuvali spomen, pozdravljaju vas unuci Dalmatinaca heroja Soce!

[@bojanstare8667]

@ Soca river

[@bojanstare8667]

@@perka41 nema na čemu. Bilo je puno ljudi tu svih nacionaliteta.

[@hemmingwayfan]

14:00 Now we'll see who's really behind this! OLD MAN VON HOTZENDORF!!!

[@SirSaladhead]

I wonder how Hotzendorf managed to hide his sweet-ass mustache under a mask.

[@jurepotokar9068]

My grandfather was Austro Hungarian officer. As a leutnant, he was at Drina River (Goražde - Bosnia an Herzegovina) where he was wounded. Then he was, as oberleutnant, transfered to Soča river front. He was CO (Commanding Officer) at Railway Station in Prvačina (now Slovenia). I never met him, but I've been thinking to donate his six medals to Museum in Kobarid. His father was a solider too (17 years of Service, Battle for Custozza, medal). He - Grandfather - was Slovenian, died peacefully in 1967.

[@thomasdelege2382]

We have been to Slovenia a couple of times and the area around Tolmin and the Triglav national park is one of the most beautiful areas in Europe. The nature is raw, the people are really nice and the beer is cheap. I loved it!

[@TheGreatWar]

Cheap beer is always a bonus

[@du8l3B99]

@@TheGreatWar unijon or laško?

[@weasel75]

Totally agree! This is one of the most beautiful and green places in Europe - esp. the Soca-valley "upwards", from Kobarid/Caporetto via Bovec towards Triglav. The region has also (in parts due to its gruesome history) a great mix of various cultural influences ... kitchen included (pizza & beer ^_^ ). PS: And there are plenty of bunkers and trenches up and down the whole Soca-valley and the neighboring mountains.

@@weasel75 Basically, you can go anywhere between Bovec and sea near Monfalcone to find WW1 remains. Karst and Gorica sectors are my favourits, but Tolmin has fw interesting places (Mengore hill, Javorca church, cementary at Modrejce,...).

[@bojanstare8667]

@ And Tolminka gorge and village Cadrg.

[@tseekmin]

Never again! War between European nations should never happen again!

[@henriashurst-pitkanen8735]

Only European nations though, eh...:-/

[@noahkidd3359]

@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 Yeah, war between any nations should not happen again.

[@jojosky328]

You guys put in so much work into these, thank you so much, and those special episodes are really interesting too. You guys go out there and show us the acual historical places, much respect from france !

[@wednesdaynightbusiness6296]

13:58 Indy is a strange

[@wednesdaynightbusiness6296]

Ruh-roh Shaggyi-i-i-i-it's the Alp-Alpiniiii!!!!!!

[@thurin84]

codorna:"curses, you brats have foiled the 54th battle of the isonzo!!!!" said in an italian accent of course)!

[@Marko-fx1zd]

"is a strange"

[@franksinatra2624]

Wow it looks so beautiful there!

[@knightoflight8249]

The Enclave, and yet thousands of people died there.

[@tevzcrnic4456]

The Enclave i live here i can look at it from the window.

[@silvioevan11]

Many former soldiers who wrote about their experiences in the Italian-Austrian front (Mussolini, Marinetti, Emilio Lussu & others) highlighted this contrast between the impressive beauty of the landscape and the horrors of the modern war (craters, thick smoke, pieces of corpses...).

[@tomgjgj]

I went there this summer. Highly recommend it. Nothing like tramping all day in the mountains, finding a little hostel in a valley somewhere and eating delicious, warm home-made food until you burst.

[@martinpusar6765]

MIMIKIJ kok smo mi carji k tole vse poznamo...

[@PtolemaicTaweret]

11:14 A lot of Sicily (and also other parts of southern Italy) is mountainous as soon as you go inland away from the cost. At times (especially in early autumn) parts of it it look no different than the lower parts of the northern Italian Alps. The climate would still have been quite a change, but I believe many of them would've have had some experience with rough mountainous terrain.

[@paolocatalano5895]

Yeah exactly

[@lmorandini]

The effect of chemical agents on the 24th of October '17 was not only on morale: Phosgene annihilated the 87th Infantry Regiment in the narrow valley of Plezzo, opening the way to Saga. (By the way, gas concentration was high because, in that valley, the German chemical troops used trench-mortars, not shells, to deliver the agent.)

[@98Andreafighter]

Omg i'm italian (from friuli) and it is so exciting hearing this channel talking about cities and places where I was born and I live... thank you

[@TheAngelobarker]

Indy my ancestor was an arditi I only have one picture of him it's insane to think he fought in those conditions

[@miguel.sa_]

Avanti Savoia

[@kingleech16]

Wow, what absolutely beautiful country. It is hard to imagine it as a battlefield, though I suppose almost every miserable expanse of mud, bodies, and barbed wire started off as something beautiful once.

[@marcovitali3833]

The remarks about Italian soldiers coming from the south and not used to mountain terrain is wrong. Totally wrong sorry. Just look at Italian map and you will “discover” that the Apennines mountains run centrally across all peninsula and in Sicily as well where mountains reach up to 3000 mt. Italy is 40% mountains 40% hills and 20% plane. Don’t forget also that these same soldiers that were defeated in Caporetto/Kobarid are those who stopped the Austro Germans advanced on river Piave just two weeks later and after inflicting heavy losses in the winter and spring 1917-18 became victorious only one year later when they advanced deep into Austrian territory and entered Innsbruck early November 1918 threatening German territory. That forced the Germans to surrender to the allies one week later!!

[@NoobPTFO]

Jeez, I hope the people who clean the damn trenches get paid handsomely

[@letsanimateit1676]

*il piave mormorava intensifies*

[@gabbon7723]

Lets AnimateIt CALMO E PLACIDO AL PASSAGGIO...

[@darthmerlinigaming]

Gabriele Nobili DEI PRIMI FANTI IL 24 MAGGIO

[@danielemilazzo84]

L'ESERCITO MARCIAVA PER RAGGIUNGER LA FRONTIERA

[@claudiomaniero645]

PER FAR CONTRO IL NEMICO UNA BARRIERA

[@beppitheclown8330]

Translate pls : /

[@lukalisjak2106]

About the 11:30 comment: except for the areas right next to the sea, the Italian South gets plenty of snow. The mountainous interior areas of Sicily, too.

[@TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

kwa je gabrijelcic

[@Moredread25]

I've got a out of the trenches question. How accurate is Ernest Hemingway's description of the Battle of Capperetto and the Italian front overall in Farewell to Arms? Did impromptu "trials" where suspected defeatists were shot as described in the book actually take place?

[@LukoHevia]

Well, Cadorna was known for being extremely harsh on his troops, so it's possibly true

[@MrRedsjack]

I met some ww1 survivors years ago which fought on that front, Cadorna was such a pompous idiot that had two soldiers, which lived their whole lifes there in the area executed. the reason? They told him that there was an hidden mountain pass that would have allowed the Italian army to charge the enemies avoiding being exposed to the Austrian machine gun fire until the last 100 meters, he took offence for being corrected about his strategy in front of other officers executed them and than still sent attacks directly into machine gun line of fire.

[@jaxone2639]

Honestly i don't fully know this either and I'd love to see them answer this

[@TheGreatWar]

outofthetrenches.thegreatwar.tv is the place to go to ask your question

[@Moredread25]

Cool. Done.

[@gregorstamejcic2355]

I'm Slovene, overweight and not much of a nature guy. Still, those are some of the most beautiful parts of the entire globe and well worth seeing. Conversely, i can imagine war in the mud and the cities and the forests and whatnot, but not in this paradise.

[@eljefe4735]

Most advanced Italian tactic is changing side lmao

[@ninetailsfoxkyuubi2744]

Tox DaSandwich don’t forget that causing a fuckton of problems before switching sides is part of our strategy

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"Changing Side" - Tbh, WW2 was basically a civil war for Italy. It wasn't that they all just defected as soon as the first Allied boot hit the mainland. Also, in WW1, they'd basically have been relegated to fighting a war on the side of their historical enemy for absolutely immaterial gain.

[@tommasorucci4088]

Omg such an original joke!!1!1

[@noobster4779]

well...the germans had a different opinion on the so called "civil war"

[@gunnerr8476]

Leonard Woods Well yea, at least they knew how to fight back when the country is losing the war. Every fascist members were killed with and some without trial at all.

[@sebastianhartung4407]

wasthat an intentional cough at 10:45 when they were talking about gas attacks? :-P

[@MikeStrom62]

One of your best out in the world tours yet. I will try to get to this place next time I'm in Europe!

[@silvertemplar8061]

The Lengths that Indy will go to deliver our historical answers. 👏

[@VladTevez]

Coincidence? Today is the 77th anniversary of the Greco-Italian war's start, a war very much alike to the Italian Front of WW1 (mountainous warfare, sub-zero conditions, trenches)

[@kurtis6510]

V. Athanasiou could be

[@user-te4fz6it4c]

V. Athanasiou happy OXI day

[@aureltoniniimperatorecomun4029]

V. Athanasiou abbasso la Grecia

[@DanielWW2]

Also comparable because the Italian army failed utterly to advance despite advantages in man and firepower. Finally after a military humiliation they had to be saved by there allies. :P

[@mauriziodanielemutti7874]

DaniëlWW2 Uuuh they really didn’t have any numerical advantage until the last weeks of the campaign

[@82dorrin]

Clearly the Italian soldiers weren't brave enough!! I mean, sure, they were attacking a heavily entrenched enemy in an absolutely ideal defensive position, but dammit! It was all about their morale!! Cadorna was a goddamn idiot. He makes Hotzendorf look like a genius.

[@tarikbosnian9955]

It was the Bosniaken of the AH army.

[@alessandrodellacasa6718]

Germans used to say :"Am Ende steht der Sieg" . That's what the not so barve Italian soldiers did..... Anyway, onthe Dolomites it was another story.

[@francescofulminis]

I'd like to see you in the trenches instead of those poor soldiers.

[@francescofulminis]

And italian soldiers blocked with great tenacity the Austro-Germans on the Piave, so think before you talk

[@Nome_utente_generico]

I wonder on what kind of book people have studied history. But leaving aside books, its common sense: Caporetto's official name is 12° battle of Isonzo. Who attacked in the first 11?? Exactly, Italians! If they were cowards, how do they led 11 battle? And then, if they were less brave then average, how do they managed to attack again in the 13° Isonzo Battle (Vittorio Veneto) and win ? If Italy was so full of incompetent soldiers, how such a young nation (established in 1861) already fought 3 wars (brigantaggio civil war , Libia, Crimea) ? Italian soldiers were far away from perfection, but they were brave as everybody else

[@moosemaimer]

I climbed a mountain today and I hurt myself twice. Screw fighting in that terrain.

[@Lokster]

Another awesome episode of my favourite series. Keep it up you guys are the best. Just a question. How close was Italy to being knocked out of the war? It seemed like Italy was on its last legs during the offensive, only being saved by stopping the outstretched and underfed, German and Austrian troops at the Piave river.

[@BERNTRR]

indy i dont think that guy appreciated your scoobs imitation, shame on him, i laughed so hard at that :D

[@tevzcrnic4456]

Will you do a special about Slovenia?

[@beppitheclown8330]

MIMIKIJ Will do you special a Slovenia about?

[@tevzcrnic4456]

Beppi the clown what

[@beppitheclown8330]

MIMIKIJ hwta

[@tevzcrnic4456]

Beppi the clown this must be a battlefield 1 map

[@beppitheclown8330]

MIMIKIJ seems like a Fil-Am war thing

[@dryice108]

Yay finaly slovenia!!!!

[@alensuta]

I was here today (5.8.2020). Walked the same route as them and even took the photo same as the thumbnail photo :)

[@antivalidisme5669]

Such a beautiful place with such an history. Thank you very much Leon and Indy.

[@tevzcrnic4456]

Will you do a special about Slovenia?

[@beppitheclown8330]

Yes✅ Definitely✅ Absolutely✅

[@aleb9364]

"We found more than eight hundred bodies of soldiers of the 87th Infantry Regiment in shelters and caves". Lt. Fritz Weber , Austro-Hungarian Army... And that's because the gas could not arrive to trenches.

[@alessandrodellacasa6718]

And those who where not dead already were finished by Austrian Officers with medieval weapons....

[@giuferfg]

Mio nonno era lì, mentre scappava mise il piede su una bomba e la bomba non scoppiò. Per questo sono qui e per questo sto scrivendo questo commento 100 anni dopo, a 50 anni.

[@extremathule982]

Auguri!..😄😄

[@fullclipaudio]

My grandmother lost her father and two uncles at Caporetto. It was a disaster.

[@mrperson0140]

Those poor souls. Running up those mountains only to get butchered by one Austro- Hungarian machine gun.

[@tarikbosnian9955]

or just one Bosniaken.

[@ronzi83]

at 3:02 where he say name of mountain and in subtitles is *** it is mount Krn (2244), therejust few metters below is Batognica (2164) where there were really heavy fights and each side would not move. They were 85m from each side and interesting here it is, italians wanted to blow up Austro-Hungarians, but also A-H decided to do the same and the found underground italian trench and they blow whole mountain. I am not sure but i think mountain is now low 20m cose of explosion.

[@jeroldproductions6367]

It just looks like a lovely field somewhere to walk on a day out weird to think it was a battlefield at any time. Not looking at the obvious military features

[@jaxone2639]

What a beautiful place to fight and die...it's breathtaking and astounding how these brave men fought and died.

[@pennysotiropoulos7567]

He even has the leg wrappings around his leg an boot! Just like the soldiers .

[@Tn3809]

Kobarid not Caporetto...

[@spicy9840]

FIVME

[@dadude4960]

amazing. looks really cozy, unlike the ordinary western front trenches.

[@Jackiezyon]

Exactly what I was thinking. 💙🤍❤️

[@evantemple4341]

You sir, deserve your own television program.

[@Aramis419]

I wouldn't have been surprised if Indy pulled out a sonic screwdriver and the TARDIS appeared.

[@trebah662]

Indiana Neidell id support it, we should start a petition

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Another brilliant vid Andy boy

[@detectiveawesome3579]

Any Scooby-Doo part comments 😂13:57

[@stefisha]

loved the scooby doo

[@leblubblab]

I don't think he even got it

[@thurin84]

impressive indie. that climb wouldve likely put me in the hospital. great episode!!! thank you leon and your fellow volunteers for preserving the history!!! nice puttees indie! the unit insignia and soldiers names are a really connection to the men who inhabited the lines 100+ years ago! it must have been hell to be in those positions short on water and see those rivers so inaccessible below.

[@dystopianfuture1165]

Indy’s Shaggy impression is hilarious.

[@alenjanzekovic8924]

Slovenia!

What a great episode ! Tnx for covering this front line

[@huginstarkstrom]

I was there on the day you uploaded this - trying to fing my great grandfather's grave (he died in September 1915) in Soca.

[@onesmoothstone5680]

Really enjoy your programs. Been on board since day one, or maybe it was day two. This is one of the rare programs out there that gets things ... well I say closest to being correct & without partisan junk. Thank you!!!

[@motorcop505]

Another great episode! It is always nice when you include local guides or other experts in your episodes. It’s nice for them to receive such broad exposure through your show. Thanks for all you do!

[@cpt_bill366]

Thank you for not adding subtitles just because someone has an accent when speaking English.

[@that1guyonpoint213]

Did anyone else realize they are all breathing heavy for most of the video

[@andro7862]

Altitude.

[@kapperboi6452]

you are being reinforced with an airship.

[@indianajones4321]

This question may be beyond the scope of this channel, but how did Paul Von Lettow Vorbeck feel about Rommel’s strategy in World War 2. Since they were both brilliant generals who fought for Germany in Africa and they both despised Hitler I was wondering if they ever met before.

[@noobster4779]

Rommel didnt despise Hitler... Hitler was the main reason he became a field marshall at all. He disagreed with him later in the war, but never really despised him. Rommel was a loyal soldier to Hitler till his death

[@JJ-pm4ob]

Noobster i wouldn't say he was loyal to him until his death since Rommel knew about the july plot. Although I agree that Rommel did not despise Hitler, since they were close friends. (For a long time)

[@Xenia9]

Hitler ordered Rommel's suicide and ordered state funeral for Rommel while Rommel was alive..please see movie "Desert fox." etc.

[@pauljones9746]

Greetings from the USA. You guys are doing an amazing job on this channel. I love these videos of the actual places.

[@AlanDeAnda1]

3:33 How you can fight in that conditions and hope to succeed? Imposible. I'm wondering what could have been the outcome on that front if there wasn't mountains. Indy & crew, thanks for this amazing Alpine series. See you next time.

[@KKKKKKK777js]

Italians roll over the weaker Austrian force reach Vienna and eliminite Austria-Hungary in 1915/16. Hills favour the defenders.

[@leonrobic8059]

My name is also leon😂😂 and im from slovenia

[@AdstarAPAD]

The war pictures of the area show it to be near totally deforested during the war time.. Which is understandable.. Many thousands of men needing heating in a very cold climate.. They would have quickly chopped down every tree in sight.. But now the extensive forrest on the mountains today softens the landscape..

[@shr1mppoboi950]

AdstarAPAD also artillery completed churned forests to butter

[@callehammar2743]

The trenches was a horrible to live in, or so they say! I would really like to live with a view like that! Wouldn´t you?

[@beppitheclown8330]

Robert of Flanders good sniping place too : )

[@callehammar2743]

Nah, but still, WHAT A VIEW!!!

[@soralb6368]

Ya. I love the aroma of Phosgene in the morning

[@turmunhkganba1705]

Robert of Flanders Why let a war get in the way of a good house?

[@bufordchambers7089]

Robert of Flanders If enjoy during the day the snipers will shoot you. The view at night is limited because of darkness. It would get boring.in a hurry.

[@flip849]

2:52 no wonder why we lost 600000 men in this war

[@HaNNibal97smiTH]

Loved this special, awesome place, Slovenian mountains are beatiful! Looking forward to Kobarid museum special!

[@muaddib1236]

That scooby doo impersonation was awesome! Anyway, great video Indy! Keep it up!

[@4GRIPHUS]

Love the Scooby doo moment and the guide not knowing what was happening

[@axistec]

But, did you find Matteo???

[@jeroldproductions6367]

Indie you don't seem cut out for mountain climbing just saying

[@StanoZeema]

Question for Indy... Can you tell us something about Italian navy during the First World War ?

[@82dorrin]

How's the 987th Battle of the Isonzo going?

[@UnfitRuler]

We have been defeated another time...but just wait for the 988th, this time we are going to win

[@jozebutinar44]

@@UnfitRuler you ware defeated all the time

[@extremathule982]

@@jozebutinar44 ...you're a full-time idiot.😁

[@jozebutinar44]

@@extremathule982 that is you but what am i ?

[@jozebutinar44]

@@extremathule982 and what i said is total truth proff me wrong can you ? What italians cant do on the batefield they do bihand the green table .so who is a full time idiot.

[@alexstewart1212]

I live here. Incredible how it’s one of the most peaceful and pure places in the world today.

[@jozebutinar44]

I am frome Slovenija and my Grand grandgrand father fought here and i never wisit the place that is a great shame on me

[@lukasdinter1289]

I visit this place nearly every year.. really beautiful.. also the museum in Kobarid is great! Must have seen it a dozen times up yet but still love visiting it!

[@alensuta]

Can you do Special Episode about Slovenia? Thank you in advance :) Greetings from Maribor, Slovenia

[@bbryant2485]

What a beautiful place.

[@jacopo5521]

11:22 dude you do realize in Sicily there is a volcano that gets covered in snow during winter, same in Naples so people from the south still do have a good knowledge of snow and can be experienced with dealing in snow.

[@JohnDoe-ne4kg]

Been through that region once and it was like the Misty Mountains, low cloud everywhere and beautiful.

[@aleksk4151]

well Austrians-Hungarians were kind of strong . Who agrees with me?

[@jozebutinar44]

I do

[@PrimevalDemon]

I love the recurring no-selling of awkward Scooby-Doo-isms

[@Panzer4F2]

You folks are doing a great job on this series. I really hope that you do WW2 too.

[@nocapcanavan1064]

Panzer4F2 are you willing to wait till 2039

[@mauriziodanielemutti7874]

They already said they probably wont

[@nocapcanavan1064]

Corn Marketman yeah and it would be much harder to do anyways

[@rizalrinaldireal3082]

Sekarang hanya Rusia yg melakukan parade kemenangan setiap tanggal 9 Mei

[@jesterhead8028]

If you want to read a great book... Der Alpenkrieg written by Fritz Weber. A first hand report about his life as an Austrian soldier.

[@krazyhorse357]

Does anybody know of a service to get information of soldier who served in the war? I’d like to find out more about my grandfather who fought in ww1 for Italy.. thank you

[@lucaas1307]

At 3:03 he says Mount Krn, if you want to edit the subtitles. At 6:44 he says Mala glava

[@itsKalf]

malakva in the subtitles should be rewritten to "Mala glava", that is correct words for Mt. Little Head. Cheers

[@angel_14061]

Hey guys nice field footage :) You should also make special episodes about the other fronts, like for example the Macedonian/Salonika front. Lots of stories and legends from the time. Nice work, keep it up :)

[@obiwanschinobi]

Awesome! You know Indy, I have that view as a background on my laptop. Without clouds, too! ;) I hope you went to Kobarid museum. Waiting for that episode :)

[@victorgz2907]

13:57 Fucking love Indy xD the slovenian guy was just tired of his shit

[@chocolatechip12]

Thank you to all the Patreons who make episodes like this possible!

[@tzacher2001]

SCOOBY!

[@ericcarlson3746]

13:53 Great War crew walking backward through cave while filming- don't fall!

[@theshmir1959]

so anyone know where the liven projectors at

[@nateontheguitar3095]

Indy is the best, I love how he doesn't sit and talk about it, he actually goes to the stuff he talks about

[@danielemilazzo84]

at 3:05 h'e pointing at Mount Krn (Monte Nero) it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Nero_(Alpi_Giulie)

[@davidvergara607]

I am from the U.S.A. I love all the informative shows you guy's/gals put and the great hard work. Keep going. Long live this show.

[@commercialartservicesartwo3133]

Why the F didn't he laugh on the Scooby joke???

[@VanlifewithAlan]

My understanding was that gas was used during this battle only at Bovec which led to the breakthrough in the north.