Trench Raid Tactics - Into The Abyss I THE GREAT WAR - Special feat. InRangeTV

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[@brentsmith703]

Great great grandfather was killed fending off a trench raid by himself and the aid of a few others in his squad. They successfully drove back the raid but he took a bullet in the head and was severely wounded. He died a week later from infection in the wound. He received the military medal for his bravery.

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

🫡🫡 I send thanks for your ancestors service

[@McFingal]

They say a hero is only forgotten when the last person who knew them dies. This show always reminds me of my neighbor Mr. Fish, when I was a child (5or6) he would tell me stories of his time in "The Great War" it's only after WWII that they started calling it WWI. He told me of the gas attacks, and the trenches, and of course the horror of it all. This was in 1969-70, he died late that summer of 1970. Well Mr. Fish you are not forgotten, I may be getting older but I still remember you fondly, and the kindness you showed this little boy. Thank you Mr. Fish, and may God bless you wherever you are. And Thank you Indie, and the rest of the staff for everything you do, and for reminding me of Mr. Fish.

[@TheGreatWar]

+The Texas Gun Guy It's great that you were still able to hear these stories in person.

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And Alternate history hub, don't forget him either

[@GunFunZS]

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[@TheGreatWar]

+GunFun ZS Thanks.

[@iainclark8695]

Ian from forgotten weapons is an awesome guy. I'd love to see more collaberation between these channels.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Iain Clark Never say never.

[@MarekDohojda]

You guys are brilliant! Giving shout out to some of the best channels out there, combing viewers. I sure hope that before long we are talking about millions of views. Ian (From Forgotten weapons) is one of the best, if not THE best, at talking about firearms. Heck I am not even interested most of the time at the weapon itself, but his presentation makes it so that you can't stop watching. The C&R Channel, and of course Inrange TV, all great ones.

[@maewinchester2030]

Thanks!

[@edwardleachman7131]

Glad to see you hook up with Ian and Karl.Good show!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Edward Leachman Thanks!

[@m1994a3jagnew]

+The Great War I don't know if you know your way around a gun or not, but it could be fun to have you do a run n gun on InRangeTV.

[@GrizzAxxemann]

I'm almost surprised that it took this long to hook up with Ian & Karl for a project. But good things come to those who wait, right?

[@TheGreatWar]

yes, sometimes a great idea needs time.

[@numnut1987]

+The Great War forgotten weapons :P

[@raider762]

+Grizz Axxemann Funny thing is it was Ian that referred me to this channel in the first place.

[@HerrGesetz]

+James Lourenco: In Range TV and Forgotten Weapons are both very good channels.

[@vinercent215]

+James Lourenco forgotten weapons is the channel, where Ian visites private weapon collections or public auction houses to make videos about old firearms. He explains the function and history of each weapon in great detail. InRange TV is the "action" pendant to forgotten weapons, where they actually use old weapons in matches or tests to collect experience in their usage, reliability and tactics. I greatly enjoy both of those channels

[@StrangerOman]

Many thanks to InrangeTV, I now have a chance to know a little more about first world war that I know really little about.

[@TheGreatWar]

Welcome to the show!

[@Hostilenemy]

Ian and Karl! Fancy seeing you fellas in the trenches.

[@heldaneurbanus5135]

Ironically it was ian's Forgotten Weapons channel that got me interested in WW1 and led me here, many moons ago.

[@grumblekin]

I'm glad you are entering into an entente with Gun Jesus (Ian)! I love his Forgotten Weapons channel!

[@TwentythreePER]

The Great War, Forgotten Weapons, and C&Rsenal are a force to be reckoned with individually but combined they are the most powerful and interesting entente on the Internet.

[@oceanhome2023]

An Entente how appropriate !

[@MrDoctorCrow]

Oh my god its Ian and Karl! I can die happy.

[@micheleiad5846]

I've been watching this series for some time. Excellent history review! My Grandfather was in WWI, my father (still alive at 96) was in WWII. Both fought in France. After I retired in 2000, I married a French woman and moved to Picardie, France not far from Bertangles where the Red Baron was shot down. I have been to the great Gothic Cathedral of Amiens where there's a commemorative Franco-American plaque on a support pillar that notes that the church became a military hospital for a good portion of the war. Perhaps the series could discuss the emergency services for the ill and wounded of the war. I learned that Ambulances were some of the first mechanized vehicles the military used to replace horses.

[@normaaliihminen722]

Jeez. I learned more about WW1 from these episodes than primary school.

[@fl333r]

This is an amazing channel. Shame I only just found out about it 3 years after my history class! Amazing.

[@TheGreatWar]

+fl333r Thanks.

[@ThePlaceCannel]

Yaaay, Ian from Forgotten Weapons, one of my favorite channels

[@101094coolio]

My mind was blown when ian and karl appeared

[@adamskinner5868]

This is an amazing series that has taught me far more about the great war than any other source I've read, watched or heard, thanks so much for putting in all the effort and time to produce these vid's. We must never forget or trivialize these horrible events that went on and on, effecting generations of people, touching people's lives around the world. I'm sure generations to come will find this series on the great war as valuable as I have.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Loved this episode! Would like to see more on small unit tactics like this

[@TheGreatWar]

+TIK There is going to be a 2nd episode about Stormtroopers in the future.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

The Great War excellent! Looking forward to it :)

[@bored.in.california2111]

I like how unbiased he is. Usually unbiased information, when presented, sounds dull and monotone. Just a bunch of facts given and no life or picture behind them. The way this guy explains the battles is quite engaging and you dont end up siding with either group but instead get a clearer picture of the human element of war and the effect it has on a person as an individual. Masterfully done I must say.

[@jdgomez775]

I'm loving the cross channel work you guys are doing with the guys at InRange and C&Rsenal.

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks. we do too.

[@MrDoob-xo3sm]

+The Great War Both channels are great! BUT THIS ONE IS BETTER MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA (idk)

[@gorankatic40000bc]

+The Great War I would like to see next the change of artillery tactics through war, with all the intricacies and details of development of 1-artillery preparation and 2-artillery support. Especially if you could present the combined tactics of artillery barrage rolling before infantry in the assault. Breakthrough at Riga in 1917. was one of the tactical turning points in war since Germans managed to break through with advanced artillery tactic the Russian defense that was built since 1915.

[@Danox94]

More specials like these please! Always good to hear about the infantry.

[@LymanAbraxas]

Nice video! Greetings from the In range TV side! +1 sub!

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks and welcome

[@LymanAbraxas]

+The Great War My great grandfather fought in both wars. I still got his entrenching tool. He was a corporal in the hungarian side. I hope this channel could do a coop with bovington about tanks 100th anniversary. All the best for the upcoming episodes!

[@toddcrane4318]

+The Great War love the video and if I recall the storm troopers introduced the concept of fire and maneuver tactics that all modern armies use

[@SkilinerGaming]

+LymanAbraxas My great grandfather was US Army Field Artillery in WW1. Sadly his uniform was lost due to ignorance and how unusual the uniforms were at times (A relative threw it away, thinking it was a box of old wool coats because of the winter coat on the top) but we had every piece of his uniform. WW1 was brutal, absolutely brutal. And some part of me is kinda happy my great grandfather was an artilleryman, so he only really saw the carnage from afar, as opposed to seeing his friends being beaten to death with shovel and club.

[@TheGreatWar]

+LymanAbraxas That idea has been floating around for a while and it's definitely interesting. Just need to put together the spare change for the trip.

[@videodistro]

Amazing! Who would have thought that Saguaro cacti were growing on the western front! :) Love my friends at Forgotten Weapons and InRange TV.

[@TheGreatWar]

+videodistro Yes, who knew?

[@SandyEA]

Special note regarding Raiding in the Canadian Corps. The earliest trench raiders for the Canadians were often Japanese recruits from British Columbia. These men apparently were very skilled at the infiltration tactics needed to get close to the trench.

[@mattjohnson5402]

This is great. The Great War, In Range TV, and ForgottenWeapons are Three of my favorite KZbin channels. Thank God Ian informed many of us about this channel, otherwise I may have missed out on the best documentary series ever made.Thanks Great War staff!

[@TheGreatWar]

Thanks!

[@minnmawia8954]

This dude is like a younger, Minnesotan, Michael Caine. Carry on.

[@TheGreatWar]

Minnesotan? Indy is actually from Houston, TX but he lives in Stockholm for 20 years now, so maybe that's what you get when you cross Texas and Sweden?

[@azizbey4334]

Minn Mawia

[@lancewakely9117]

Good show Indy. You really brought home the horror, bloodshed and brutality of this form of warfare. In this day and age one can never fully conceive of what these men had to endure.

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

OH MY GOD! ITS IAN FROM FORGOTTEN WEAPONS!

[@sansduhskeleton1914]

No no it’s *GUN JESUS*

It is increíble that only one youtuber can make better and note detalles documentary than the TV

[@bigghoss762]

I love collaborations and crossovers like this.

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks

[@TheBayzent]

Just discovered your channel and I'm loving it. Thanks mate! The stuff about hand grenade use in trenches reminded me of Infantry Attacks when Rommel described the night raids on French trenches and how everything went to crap in seconds so they had to retort to a grenade spam to leave.

[@TheGreatWar]

+TheBayzent Welcome to the family. Mr Rommel will soon be a guest on our show too.

[@deamoncohln9506]

Heck yeah Forgotten Weapons.

[@p3falien233]

the internet is proud of you. This history must never be forgotten.

[@kingsizeblues616]

Man this channel is awesome

[@macabrerapkz]

You guys are great, endless source of interesting information on the war. I'm watching and watching and still there is more to watch

[@airington01]

i loved this episode it full of personal details of people's actions. an horrors

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks

[@StaffordMagnus]

Haha, it was actually Ian at Forgotten Weapons that first mentioned your show, so already an avid viewer of both! Keep up the good work guys, loving it!

[@556deltawolf]

Does this mean we are gonna talk about the Stormtroopers!

[@toddcrane4318]

They don't appear until 1917 at the battle of Caporetto and later in the spring 1918 offensives

[@ndkblackhawk]

+Todd Crane Well, no. They were first used at Verdun, so exactly 100 years from now. It can be found in: FOLEY, German strategy and the path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the development of attrition 1870-1916, Cambridge, 2005.

[@yeast7485]

+Todd Crane Spoilers m8

[@TheGreatWar]

+556deltawolf Yes.

[@troy9477]

Great video. Good to see a historical presentation. I think a lot of people are forgetting about its importance and horror since it is now nearly 103 years since the start. We still need to study and be reminded, lest we forget. Loved Ian's and Karl's video on the melee weapons; i happened to see it last night. All of you are impressive. Keep up the great work!

[@joshuab2437]

The PC game Verdun encapsulates these tactics very well!

[@MPKampersand]

Yeah, Verdun is an amazing representation of the horrors of WW1, and the tactics people use, just from personal trial and error, are surprisingly similar to those used in the war, which is a testament to how well it simulates that style of war.

[@damo3923]

MPKampersand And dying instantly when you get over the trenches lol

[@HaloFTW55]

catindabox 334 That's why you use infiltration tactics. It goes in this order Quietly get near them, smoke or gas them, grenade them, shot them, stab them, kill them.

[@kevinlove4356]

I am a veteran of The Royal Regiment of Canada, and have had extensive training on trench warfare. This ranges from proper construction of trenches to the fine art of trench raids. This episode did an excellent job of describing what it was like, ranging from the preliminaries of Sentry Removal to the use of grenades. And please do not be so fast to assert that none of your viewers has personally experienced trench warfare. For example, the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988 was mostly WWI-style trench warfare, complete with chemical weapons. Captain (retired) Kevin Love, CD

[@TheGreatWar]

+Kevin Love Interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@MrGregory777]

Woah Ian from Forgotten Weapons in The Great War. My birthday was last month guys

[@MaNU7908]

Man, i just discovered this chanel, and its a gift. I love it. Thanks for your content

[@danielowens238]

Hi indy! I was curious what you could dig up about the Irish contribution to the war? I had a great uncle who ran away in 1917 and joined up at the age of 16 and was sent home after pleads from his mother to the British army , however he ran away for a second time under a false name and sadly perished a few months before the wars end.

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This channel is getting me through quarantine

[@janhemmer1414]

guys i think the lamp is burning your map

[@TheGreatWar]

+Jan Hemmer That's why we have a fire extinguisher with a clock in the shelve in the back. The alarm goes off when it's on fire.

[@janhemmer1414]

+The Great War well, safety first!

[@Tomartyr]

That's actually the spectre of communism.

[@janhemmer1414]

Tomartyr lol

[@BeerDad69]

The Miami vice theme is your best work, dude

[@BingleFlimp]

I once read that the strategic gains of trench raids were minimal and their primary purpose was to keep the soldiers willing to fight. In the interminable between the battles, the soldiers would question why they were fighting. Sending them to fighting in skirmishes and having the constant threat of receiving skirmishes kept them willing to fight and kill the enemy.

[@teamryan69]

Wow, I love Forgotten Weapons! Good idea!

[@66numero]

Hi Indie and team, great show as usual. I wanted to highlight that in the Eastern front there were some raiders as well from the very beginning. The no man's land was much larger and light infantry was tasked to patrol and eliminate enemy patrols. The Russians started these tactics. According to an Austrian historian, this was in relation with the experience of Russian army from the war in 1905 against Japanese. The hunters of KuK imitated these Russian raiders as they were by tradition a light infantry. Later on, the KuK hunters transformed into storm troops with implementation of special weapons and engineers, and were trained by Germany. It is to note that these special assault infantry battalions were the only ones fully equipped with a steel helmet, Austria-Hungary never managed to equip its whole army and Germany could not supply everything. In general they never managed to match the equipment required by the regulation and used a lot of captured weapons especially after the victories of 1917. I think that the KuK Storm troops deserve a full episode. The Russian raiders too but it may be more difficult because... Russia. All the best

[@optimisticdaze]

numero 66 wow

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

hahaha, I see Ian doing his best V I Lenin imitation! btw, I subscribe to both channels.

[@ehmudspam820]

Austin Evans

[@emiliodibenedetto4654]

I came here from "In-Range TV". Thank you very much for sharing what you've learned and found!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Anne Nonymous Welcome to our show!

[@Nitrisbot]

Already SUB to each channel.. Great to see you both getting on :D I was like WTF its Ian

[@TheGreatWar]

+Nitris Haha, thanks.

[@WildBillCox13]

So cool. You guys are a class act. Forgotten Weapons is a favorite wave when I'm surfing the Internet.

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks

[@WHCAudio]

What is the image at 9:38? I'd love a large scale print of that on my wall.

[@hero3551]

i dont know what it is called but i found this www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/hw_trenchcharg_01.jpg there is more of the same picture here www.google.co.uk/search?q=trench+combat+painting&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipyqezuYPQAhVHDcAKHfZKDtgQ_AUICCgB&biw=1440&bih=717#q=trench%20combat%20painting%20with%20gasmasks&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg%3ACQGUf6HOrQzwIjiGT6vO0cet5U9a8GlRIEu_1e6ttQfxZ0FtRRTacRooxQ9lRYQRkx_1F_19V4K6BWwfMphmdlXTnhq1CoSCYZPq87Rx63lEUk2H_1DL3JENKhIJT1rwaVEgS78RCf0ZmTybqlYqEgl7q21B_1FnQWxGv2RvCZxWnaSoSCVFFNpxGijFDEQs0cPAGpCK8KhIJ2VFhBGTH8X8RIN13J2KBE6IqEgn1XgroFbB8yhF7-kByMLLtvyoSCWGZ2VdOeGrUEXmlhrY94ybj

[@WHCAudio]

hero3551 that's an amazing image, thank you

[@7hart2]

Forgotten Weapons AND C&Rsenal! This is an amazing collaboration your 3 channels have had! ~ Oh~ Ian, you still owe a straight-pull vs straight -pull run and gun!

[@HaloFTW55]

They need to pull the Ross Rifle as we are talking WWI. *Maple Leaf Forever plays in the background*

[@TheRocketSmith]

OMG Gun Jesus on The Great war!

[@dougbarns9571]

Great great account! Thank you for putting history out there. This is amazing to learn about, thank you

[@Eli_Skipjack]

This channel has too much interesting content and now I've fallen into the rabbit hole of WWI I may never be productive again send help

[@stupedcraig]

I hope you got some work done.

[@lonekinkong9893]

This is the best Episode SO FAR. Well done Indy.

[@TheGreatWar]

+LoneKinKong Thanks.

[@oscarcodes4069]

the only stormtroopers that could accurately hit things

[@partymariner]

I love these series of videos! Great info about the Great War! The best documentary about this conflict has to be the 1960s BBC The Great War!

[@dukeoflongtree8764]

can we have a special on the German Asian corps

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

+Duke Of LongTree ya ya, the DEVIL'S GAURD!

[@jarek-y8m]

no

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

no truth? sounds like the new AMERICA speaking.....

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

imma little indian..... penetrate me if you can. i'm the fucking gingerbread man.....

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

inmate

[@thomasbertelsen4486]

I like your videos. They are informative and some light humor with a serious subject. My third great grand father was Old 300 and I have always valued history.

[@chartle1]

Notice the music change when he talked about "Storm Troopers". ;)

[@b1laxson]

Yeah! I was thinking about asking more about trenches. Things like sample over head layouts. There are some on the net but harder to find. I hope also you will eventually get to the Canadian developed offense techniques like co-ordinated artillery-infantry and weapon varied sections in a platoon.

[@1339LARS]

Great show.. and the comenter, good show !!

[@TheGreatWar]

Glad you like it.

[@ChrisVellrath]

A Very well thought out and crafted piece with welcomed historical photos & art as b-roll. Like a rusty, mud soaked bayonet, I feel it's the quotes, that really drive the point home. Nice set too. Thank you for putting this together, I'll be looking at your other WWI features as well. Liked & Subscribed!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Chris Vellrath Thanks and welcome

[@chickenpermission5179]

How did battles look on the eastern front? Did the russians still use 19th century battle tactics, or were the really offensive and mobile? And what changed when American troops arived at the western front?

[@zippome]

Great episode! Really brought the subject home to me. Thank you for your hard work.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Marc E (Skip) Thanks.

[@dondajulah4168]

"Neither I nor you have lived through trench warfare". Hmm, there might be some veterans of the Iran-Iraq war in the 80's viewing the video out there that would disagree.

[@RickBrode]

Jay Santos not exactly the same though

[@JerryEricsson]

When one really stops and considers the time between the Great War and today, but a hundred years, two and a half generations! My father was but a young boy during the Great war, and was old enough to miss the second war to end all wars, but just consider what has happened in the field of warfare in such a short time. But a blink of the eye, and we have gone from the first smokless powder cartridge weapons to todays assault weapons that could have well changed the face of either wars had they been built back then. I think back to my first automobile, a 1950 Ford Custom and compare it to the 35 foot Class A motor home that I now use to travel our great land in search of bueaty and adventure, and am amazed. I think back to my father, born in 1910, and the things he saw discovered and invented, it is simply earth shattering in comparison to the prior say 1000 years of progress.

[@schizoidboy]

It might be suggested that this was the birth of elite fighters on par with the Commandos and the Rangers, units that were trained for close in fighting and scouting.

[@melancholymelon5316]

The footage of soldiers fighting hand to hand is chilling because that was real and some of those men died there

[@stephend50]

what if I'm already a fan of both channels?

[@TheGreatWar]

+stephend50 You are simply great.

[@dannysulyma6273]

In Range sent me over to check your channel out and I'm glad that they did, as I enjoyed my first episode and have subscribed so that I may enjoy many more. Cheers.

[@TheGreatWar]

+danny sulyma Thanks and welcome.

[@AgentCamtho1]

Doesn't seem like there is any good way to assault a trench without risking heavy losses, well, at least until the British finish inventing tanks.

[@AgentCamtho1]

+Agent Camtho Sure, you can clear it with explosives, but you can't exactly advance properly into them without finding yourself in a problematic position

[@TheGreatWar]

+Agent Camtho Especially with the old tactics.

[@Hobgoblin1975]

It is really cool that two guys I am subscribed to already all of a suddenly hook up on a video.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Hobgoblin1975 It's also KZbin magic.

[@PieterBreda]

of cvourse, Othais and Mae are missing

[@maewinchester2030]

Hiya! No worries, we've still got more countries to cover with TGW.

[@MrRoboskippy]

+Mae Guns I would love to a collaboration video series with C&Rsenal and Forgotten Weapons. Especially range footage. Pew pew.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Pieter Batenburg First AH rifles episode is around the corner actually.

[@_7_7_7_7_7_]

NICE! Finally got a crossover with Ian and Karl!

[@michaelpalmer937]

You Americans were very lucky entering so late as you normally do... ..you Missed all the fun.... English Mik

[@doktordanomite9105]

Michael Palmer blame Woodrow

[@Legitpenguins99]

@@doktordanomite9105 as bad as woodrow was, i feel we need a similar president that will stay out of other countries problems nowadays

[@ramO-jp8tp]

What a brutal and personal war, love this, subscribed!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Omar 1995 Welcome!

[@SergeantAradir]

Iam kind of confused: Did these raiding parties served any higher mean other then punching against the enemy on a small scale? In my point of view it seems like such a raiding party could never get control of a trench for more then a few minutes, because of its small size. So the whole point was just about killing a few enemies under great risk for the own men? Seems kind of pointless to me...

[@RGA1944]

+SergeantAradir Seizing prisoner, gathering information, probing the strongpoints and weakness along the line...

[@TheGreatWar]

+SergeantAradir It also had a psychological effect.

[@SergeantAradir]

RGA1944 The Great War Well, a raiding party is quite useless in gathering intel. They are to big to get away undiscovered. So if they find a weakspot, they will hammer on it. Therefore poiniting it out to the enemy officers. The next time the enemy line will be better prepared. And i don´t think that a raiding party is detached, just to get some poor enemy jarheads in custody. As a matter of fact: Even if you get an enemy officer: What should he tell you? He has, maybe, an idea where his position is. But thats it. I see in the idea of the raiding partys the same mindset, that leads to charge after charge on heavily fortified enemy trenches. The armies could not get through the front, so they focused on attacks, that were basically pointless in the larger picture? Seems pretty useless to me. Why not invest the effort in training of company sized troops, who can actually achieve somethin?

[@TheGreatWar]

SergeantAradir As we hinted in this episode: That's exactly what they did and what developed from these raids.

[@SergeantAradir]

The Great War Yeah, i know and the critisms was not meant in your direction, but in the direction of the High Command on both sides.

[@Josh-ek8qq]

Thanks for this, literally writing coursework on this as we speak!

[@TheGreatWar]

Glad we could be of service.

[@angelokush2309]

I've always loved watching stuff like this since I was a kid thanks for the amazing videos

[@jamescater305]

why did european brothers slaughter each other? so sad.

[@kevincass9917]

A whole host of reasons. Nationalism, imperialistic ideas, hostile nation monarchies, etc. Many of the men in the trenches themselves thought that the war was pointless, as literally thousands of their comrades on both sides would just be mowed down, but the commanders didn't really see the truth, and kept trying to grab at the faintest glimmer of "glory".

[@kevincass9917]

No nationalism did cause WW1. The Austro-Hungarians were so nationalistic they wanted to forcefully incorporate the Balkans into their Empire instead of just leaving them be, the Serbians were so nationalistic that a single comment about the Slavic people by Archduke Ferdinand signed his death warrant. The nationalism infected schools, with teachers and headmasters urging their young men to fight and die for their glorious countries. Nationalism infected the strategies employed by generals who thought their enemy was weak and would be overtaken easily (i.e. the Schlieffen Plan and the disastrous Gallipoli campaign).@Wyatt Earp

[@kevincass9917]

It was a nation in that time, an imperial nation that was screwed in more ways than one, but was counted as a "nation" in the world political sphere. And yes, they were nationalist. They believed the Serbs, along with other Balkan peoples, were dogs, lesser humans unlike the Austrians and Hungarians, especially in the upper nobility like the Archduke Ferdinand's family, and the Austrian High Command. They had nationalistic pride in conquering the Serbs, which led to their overconfidence and their eventual collapse. @Wyatt Earp

[@d.pollett1812]

Same reasons European "Brothers" did so for their entire existence.

[@steven95N]

Subscribed love the channel. Great videos. On a binge right now. You would be, or hell you are a great teacher, man A1 show.

[@Errorcutive]

Battlefield 1 anyone ?

[@forthencholordofadmirals2763]

"Infinite war is the most ambitious crossover ever" Gun Jesus showing up in the great war would like a word

[@ringo1692]

another great video! this looks like it's going to be a very interesting mini-series, thanks for all you do :)

[@TheGreatWar]

+Brian Ring Glad you liked it!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Interesting and informative video. Had heard about this before. But now I know a little more about this. Nice job.

[@bitbrace]

I was brought here by Ian when he did the "heavy machine guns of the great war" video great to see him worked back in

[@emperorofholyrome5403]

Fantastic, another amazing series from The Great War!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Emperor of Holy Rome Thanks.

[@mugwump58]

How cool was that? InRange, Forgotten Weapons and the Great War all together! All you need now is C and R Arsenal.

[@TheGreatWar]

+mugwump58 Seems you missed our ongoing series with Othais about the weapons of WW1? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGmTqpJjfZKtn9U

[@Viper0hr]

Holy Hell, it's Ian and Karl!

[@thumbwit]

Impressive channel guys. Excellent work.