Fall of the German Empire (Hundred Days Offensive) - Armchair Historian Reaction

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Griffin does have a good channel and hats off to him for being the most vocal in your defense to CGPGrey copyright strike.

[@CodyChepa88]

Facts. Griffin does a great job.

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Hey Marius, how's Sulla?

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

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[@CodyChepa88]

Thank you Griffin for defending Chris and this channel . This channel has brought me so much happiness in the last 2 years. And truly brought back my love for history so I can sub to guys like Griffin and others. History is better when we all want to learn and grow together. I'm proud of the history community on KZbin and grateful to be subbed to so many of the great history youtubers out there

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I'm glad to hear Chris's channel has not only revitalized my interest in history but others as well👏

[@Supernova2464]

I was thinking the same thing :)

[@british_history_guy]

facts

[@lucinae8512]

I subscribed to this channel to see him add more info to Epic History TV and The Armchain Historian's already amazing videos. But to see Griffin reach out to complement him on his amazing insight and passion on history, and now support him shows how much respect in the history space he has!

[@JKribbit]

Hi Chris, as a subscriber from 8k till now, I know you've been going through a lot. I'm a Buddhist and I know you're a pastor. We don't really pray but I pray for you and your family to get through these hard times. Also kudos and all the praises to Griffin for standing up for you. From a great channel to another. ❤

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Appreciate your long time support! Glad you're a part of this community.

[@JKribbit]

@@VloggingThroughHistory all the best to you, your family and this channel Mr. Sam Nixon!

[@semiramisubw4864]

least sane and educated person right here.

[@tommcdonald1873]

Griffin, thank you for having Chris' 6 o'clock on CGP Grey. Amiens, Brettoneaux and the Monash Centre are now WWI must sees these days.

[@Fernando.1607]

I've been a subscriber since the early oversimplified reactions. I don't comment much but I do appreciate a lot your extra commentary in the different videos, and I hope that soon the problem that you had can come to a satisfactory conclusion. It was awesome to see all the people that you have reacted to, come to defend you and speak up. Thanks for your job, and your love for history. Gonna keep supporting you for a long time!

[@mitchellhedden1978]

Comment more often.

[@BoatsNhoes824]

We need you bud!❤

[@ALaughingWolf2188]

Honestly it would be really interesting if you and Armchair Historian did some sort of collaboration, it’d be awesome seeing you on Griffon’s channel

[@Maria_Erias]

I would love to see Chris, Griffin, and Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons do a collaboration project about the First World War. Griffin does such an amazing job of the broad strokes, Chris does great work with the more personal stories, and Ian is amazing at talking about, explaining, and analyzing the weapons involved and how they played a part in determining the successes (and failures) of battlefield tactics.

[@GeneralYen]

Just a precision : in early 1918 the British are not the most powerful army. The French still is, despite its losses. The mutinies of 1917 (which are most of all against attacking, not defending) have been apeased. The German want to attack the junction because they can encircle the British, strategically. They can't do that to the French army, which has a much larger portion to fill in and has not his back to the sea. The 100 days offensive will see ALL the Allies attack, the French too (they will have more losses than the British). It is important to say because all English language studies focus on the British, Canadian and American, but they were not alone. There were French troops even in the British sector... Keep up the good work ! 😉

[@tibsky1396]

Despite the misconceptions, In 1918, France was recognized by all as the best army in the world: the most powerful, the most innovative, the best commanded. The German Spring offensive of 1918 strongly shakes the British army, then led by Douglas Haig. On March 21, more than 60,000 British soldiers are captured. The haemorrhage is stopped only by the sending of French troops of reserve. Attacked in turn, the French hold the shock, and are able to lead a counter-attack, developed by Foch. This Second Battle of the Marne marks the return to mobile warfare. The French lead the operations (60 divisions engaged for 6 Americans, 4 British and 2 Italians). They show themselves capable of coordinating complex maneuvers at various points on the front. Completely overwhelmed, the Germans lost 856,000 men (killed, wounded, prisoners) between March and July 1918. From then on, the Kaiser's army would only retreat. This decisive success results from the remarkable evolution of the French Army since 1914. After the dismissals of Joffre and Nivelle, the troops are commanded by the two best French strategists: the timer Pétain, and the fiery Foch. The latter was named "Generalissimo of the allies" to better coordinate operations after the British collapse in Flanders. Petain and Foch do not appreciate each other, but together they design the doctrine of "repeated shocks" along the entire length of the front, relying on the mass motorization of the French Army. The fleet of French trucks is then twice as large as that of the Germans, which makes it possible to compensate for the numerical inferiority. More than 1600 trucks are towed by motorized vehicles, and almost none on the German side. Tanks are used in very large numbers: 800 in August 1918 alone), in coordination with the infantry and the air force. With 3,800 modern aircraft, French aviation is the world's number one. The air division, an autonomous force of 600 bombers and fighters, has no equivalent in terms of power. In 1918, it shot down 637 enemy planes and 125 balloons, ensuring control of the skies to the allies. The French Airmen are constantly innovating: Bombing of convoys, Depots of saboteurs, drops of food to isolated units. This superiority could only be applied thanks to its industrial and technological excellence, which exceeded that of Germany in 1918. A real feat, while the most industrial regions of France have been occupied by the enemy since 1914. Production is such that France can almost fully equip its Serbian, Greek, Romanian and American allies. France is also ahead in terms of communications, logistics and medical care. The German Strategists had bet everything on the mass of Artillery and an elite infantry (Sturmtruppen), but they proved incapable of countering the French mobility.

[@BoatsNhoes824]

That’s why they were led to mass defeat in WW2 by donkeys?

[@tibsky1396]

​@@BoatsNhoes824 In 20 years, a lot of things happen. The Treaty of Versailles was not that hard, contrary to misconceptions. Germany was able to rearm while everyone else let their guard down.

[@BooyaCS]

Caesar (Kaizar) in latin doens't have a soft C (nor a J so Julius Caesar is Ilulius Kaisar ). Using phonetic Saxon and Latin derivatives is how we get to Si ser. Fun Fact Gaius Julius Caesar in Latin is GAH - ee-oos, YOO - lee-oos, KUY - sahr In classical latin (one of my useless trivia knowledge questions...)

[@HateTheGameTX]

Reminds me of Joseph Stalin. Like how the IS series tanks are named for him, Ioseph Stalin.

[@BooyaCS]

​@@HateTheGameTX Because he was born as this, Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili or Iosif Dzhugashvili. He began calling himself "Stalin" in 1912. In Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин - Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin; born Джугашвили - Dzhugashvili.

[@durandil]

9:05 no, not at all. During the spring offensive, there were more french soldiers involved than british ones... even if the germans targeted the british. If you read the german correspondance, you can see they thought the english army was the weak spot and England was giving a lot of ressources to France, especially coal as north of France was the main source of coal for the french but it was occupied by the germans. They know if they beat England, France would be out of natural ressources. For the germans, just as for the french, it was the time to end 1000 years of wars since the death of Charlemagne. The german spring offensive and the hundred-days offensive were both do-or-die offensives

[@Elmarby]

Huh. There is 720p and 1440p options but no 1080p version o this video. Never seen that before.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Give it a minute or two. Probably an issue with KZbin processing the video

[@Argentum_Rex]

KZbin does work in mysterious ways lol, but yeah, just a processing issue. I had seen videos that had only 360p and 1080p as options, missing 480 for example.

[@Elmarby]

@@Argentum_Rex I've only seen it pop up sequentially before. Smallest first, then gradually the chunkier video sizes become available. Hence my surprise

[@ItsAVolcano]

The American forces did take disproportionately large losses throughout the German campaign and later during the offensive, with a number of French veterans commenting that they still fought with the suicidal levels of overconfidence that had been drummed out of everyone else by then.

[@KnotNoxus]

I though they would’ve learned from the experienced soldiers but I guess not

[@stc3145]

@@KnotNoxus A bit of American arrogance was involved.

[@darter9000]

A fair number of them came thinking war is a chance for adventure… much like the original combatants have when the first began.

[@PatrickStarfishman]

Discovered Griffin thanks to this channel and quite specifically after he jumped tonyiur defence. Have since watched 100 of his vids allowing all ads, even the 3 minute ads to play out fully.

[@PatrickStarfishman]

Obviously subbed and rang that bell too haha

[@Bisboy07]

As a canadian, i love it when VTH talks about our country ❤

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

The more I learn about Canadians in WW1, the more I'm amazed

[@Bisboy07]

@@VloggingThroughHistory 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸

[@TexasKosmonawt]

Makes me really glad to have y'all as a friendly neighbor to the north. Both in peace and in war-time.

[@Bisboy07]

@@TexasKosmonawt and glad to have a sometime scary, but mostly friendly eagle 🦅 to the south 🇺🇸🦅🦅

[@ConnorKD1876]

All love to my American Scot friend, wishing you nothing but the best 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇲

[@jamesm3471]

14:01 But But there’s NO WAY the Allies could have pulled an Uno Reverse Card because Uno wasn’t invented until 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio!!!

[@MissAlice_646]

I love your content Chris! Keep up the good work in educating us History lovers. You have my full support!

[@CanadianDolphinSurf]

Would you consider watching montemayor's new Eastern Solomons breakdown? It's a really well made video and it isn't multiple hours long like his Midway series was

[@Jeeeter]

+1 Yess, I love montemayor's video. He goes so much in depth.

[@british_history_guy]

Hey could you react to armchair historian's video on the Falklands from the Argentina perspective

[@sethcervi122]

A lot US Marine Corp lore comes from WW1

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Some of it unfortunately based on false information (Devil Dogs for example)

[@steveclarke6257]

I would like point out a small error in the source material. The Anglo-German naval race was effectively over by 1912 with the laying down of the 5 QE class (with 8x15" guns) ships and Alfred Von Tirpitz was unable to persuade the politicians to pay for more naval construction, when they could see a major land war on the horizon and the army was screaming for a larger slice of defence spending. Yes Tirpitz did get did laid down 2 Bayern class (with 8x15" guns) in 1913 at the same time the RN ordered 6 Royal Sovereign Class as the follow on ships to the QE class so the RN had building or ordered 11 ships with 15" guns and Germany had 2....... So Germany had effectively conceded to the RN before the start of war in 1914.

[@brodybouillion1750]

Canadians be like what does pow mean 😂

[@nothanks683]

Keep up the work, I hope CGP will hear you out and remove his strikes.

[@codygates7418]

It’s so funny. Yesterday I was JUST watching a video about the Native American soldiers that were code talkers in the first and second world wars (mostly about the Navajo). Super interesting 🤔

[@theboredkid3620]

Hope you’re doing well, Chris!

[@MercenaryJedi]

The shift in pronunciation of Caesar was part of a larger trend. Basically, French (and thus, English) and Spanish started pronouncing "C" before certain vowels as a soft sound. Thus, words like Caesar, circus, and center came to be pronounced like an "s." Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe, the same sound shifted into a "ts" sound. Thus, "Tsar" (NOT pronounced with a "z" sound), tsirk, and tsentr. Most other languages, including German, preserve the "k" sound in some way or another. I think Italian and Romanian pronounce the C as "ch" now.

[@podemosurss8316]

In Spanish it's not pronounced like an s.

[@MercenaryJedi]

@@podemosurss8316 Really? I've heard Caesar pronounced as a soft c in Spanish before. Is that just for Caesar, or maybe only for certain varieties of Spanish?

[@elahhaz1047]

I got a t-shirt with the text "Foch You", same issue ;)

[@CaiRobinson]

I think his game comes out today?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Been delayed because they were having some trouble with the steam files

[@tibsky1396]

As for the French mutinies (which also affected all armies), the problem was settled a long time ago. - Improvements to the living conditions of the soldier in the trenches (especially Food). - Strictly regulated shifts and permissions. - Creation of training courses in new combat methods, in anticipation of now short and carefully planned maneuvers. In 1917, 23,839 convictions were pronounced against the mutineers. The vast majority of them are quickly rehabilitated at the front. In the end, only 55 men were executed for characterized military or even common law crimes. From June 1917, the Germans launched numerous attacks. The French soldiers stubbornly hold their positions and repel the enemy. Then, in October 1917, Pétain brilliantly won the Battle of Malmaison, inflicting heavy losses on the Germans with minimal damage. At the end of 1917, the French soldier regained all his confidence in his command, and the Germans did not realize anything. At the beginning of 1918, on the Western front, 105 French divisions, 56 British divisions and 6 Belgian divisions faced 197 German divisions.

[@caseyguccione5978]

Officially it was Camp Funston where Spanish Flu started. It was a special section on Ft Riley for the Great War. You aren’t wrong but it’s worth mentioning.

[@mitchellhedden1978]

Nice to see the subscribers going up, even with your deserved, recent time off.

[@emperorrasheed4177]

Hey Chris I’ve been a fan of your channel for a long time now, and I hope everything for you and your family goes good. Btw I can’t stand Woodrow Wilson either.

[@vodyanoy2]

Yeah in Latin Caesar is pronounced exactly the same as Kaiser. I have no idea why, because the original pronunciation is so much cooler.

[@Marreee1]

Ferdinand Fawk though 😅 On a serious note, loving the content Chris ✌️

[@TonyBongo869]

Nope nope and nope. First of all the myth that the success of the first day was because of tanks. That’s a German myth to explain why they buckled on the first day. First day success was due to crack troops preceded by excellent counter battery fire. The second day was a schmoozle. The allied cavalry refused to act aggressively, meaning easily achieved objectives were left unoccupied. Le Quesnel needed to be taken the next day by the infantry. An interesting incident was when a British commander counteracted orders for his battalion to replace the exhausted 49 Battalion CEF, meaning a huge jam up in the rear as the 49 Battalion had to be turned around mid relief. The aircraft, tasked with bombing bridges on the Somme, failed and by the end of the battle the Tank Corps was destroyed and played no more large part going onwards. One American battalion supported the British on the north bank of the Somme, the British couldn’t keep up and the Australian flank suffered. One unknown fact, the town of Le Quesnel was a salient after the first day, the Canadians ran 1800 horses in front of the German lines, machine gunned them down, then advanced behind the cover of these poor creatures. Pay back for the failed courage of their own cavalry. Required reading before anyone attempts to discuss the Amien offensive is “Amiens Dawn of Victory “ by James McWilliams. The French on the south flank did well, the Canadians excelled, the Australians did well but suffered continuously from an exposed northern flank, the British performed mediocrely, the American battalion performed well, suggesting further promise in the future. The Australians would drop out of the war in October, the Canadians would continue to push forward at Arras, Cambrai, Canal Du Nord, then onwards to Mons which the 7th Brigade entered, pipers a piping, in November 11, 1918.

[@docstockandbarrel]

Small quibble, but cartoon fingers on cartoon triggers while taking cover. Not sure if trigger discipline was a thing in WWI, but I'm guessing nobody likes to get accidentally shot.

[@BobHerzog1962]

I recently got hold of some letters my great grandfather put down. He was in artillery in that war and described the crippling supply situation Germany was in late in the war. They had to use barrels way past what they should and thus it became incredibly hard to be precise. Several times they got emergency calls to stop foreign because they were shelling their own troops.

[@davemaher7352]

The biggest mistake of the war was German resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917 which brought in the Septics. The allied blockade of Germany which killed between half a million to 760,000 Germans was a war crime because the British declared a whole sea blockaded rather than a close blockade of enemy ports as allowed in international law. The blockade continued after the armistice until the signing of The Treaty of Versailles. Killing more German civilians especially children, it is the origin of the Save the Children charity.

[@joshuamitchell5018]

I didn't want to bother naming out a video requests/recommendations last time with the recent crisis you've been going through but i'll throw another few channel/video suggestions onto your plate. Rudyard Lynch/Whatifalthist. The guy's a lot like Kraut but with more focus on the why/how of what makes the civilization tick. ‘How Family Structure Drives Ideology.', 'Three Countries That Should've been Rich.' and '11 Obscure Countries with Amazing Histories.', is probably among the better introductory videos to the guy. Thomas sowell-tv is another well of content i'd recomend, if with some caveats of much of the good history stuff there being mixxed up with granular usa specific political commentary. in general i'd recomend just sticking with the videos that are just him reading excerpts from his books." "The Ticking Time Bomb That Doomed The Soviet Union | Thomas Sowell", "The hatred behind Jews, Igbos, and Chinese Explained | Thomas Sowell" and "Why Cultures Are So Different? | Thomas Sowell" also "the roman empire had to fall", and "All Christian denominations explained in 12 minutes" as some one off suggestions. They are one hit wonders from channels otherwise devoid of notable content.

[@noxel99]

Chris if you enjoyed the idea of the sponsored game in this video you should check out Iron Harvest, a PC strategy game in the same setting.

[@thomasgibbons1935]

18:00 a crazy thing about Hindenburg and Ludendorff, they were effectively the leaders of a military dictatorship in Germany at the time, while Wilhelm was just a figurehead. They call it the Oberst-Heeresleitung (OHL) and when the time came to surrender, the OHL empowered the civilian government to make the decision to surrender. This crucial moment destroyed the legitimacy of the new republic well before it even started, and helped begin the “stab in the back” myth that gave rise to Hitler.

[@MichaelCorryFilms]

No mention of "Breakthrough Georg Bruchmüller" during the Spring offensive? Too bad.

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

It’s so good to see you back on KZbin, Chris!

[@cliffbowls]

What do you think if Pershing? I personally believe his refusal to allow the British of French to teach the Americans the modern way of way is directly responsible for thousands of American casualties. Making him in my opinion a horrendous commander.

[@jeffy6903]

What was the European view of America in 1917? The US had largely been isolationist before that I think? Were they viewed as a large "sleeping giant"? Or just a fresh force entering in?

[@alexschusch7906]

The term "German empire" for deutsches Reich in general is a pretty wrong translation and not accurate at all. First of all Reich does not mean empire at all, it basically just means realm and "Kaiser" does not mean emperor. The term was for most of the time a religious title. When charlesmagne (or Carl the great, as he is called in German) reconquers northern Italy by the langobards, he got the title " highest protector of Rome and the church" by the pope which was later just called out by "Kaiser" (because Ceasar called himself highest protector of rome) that title then got passed down to his descendents and later voted Kaiser's . That's why the holy Roman empire Was infact holy and Roman and the official heir of the Roman Empire, but not an empire because again, "reich" does not mean empire. The Kaiser after 1871 Was simply the King of the kings (because the hohenzollern were protestants so that whole protector of Rome thing was obsolete). That's why the term emperor is wrong here, because a emperor is the only ruler over an empire and not the highest ruler of a confederation of kingdoms. That's also why the tsar's called himself after Ceasar, because they saw themself as highest protectors of the orthodox church and the heir of the byzantine empire.

[@718Insomniac]

I can confidently say, I look at VTH or Armchair Historians channel as my teachers. Thank you =]

[@MordechaiHershoffyoutube]

Hey VTH I know your going through a lot, but I was wondering when you next episode on your podcast is coming, the last one was at the end of Feb. and I really enjoyed them. all the best though to you through these troubled times.

[@caydynlendrum9542]

Personally I feel the Kaiser did not deserve dethrownment because he wasn't really responsible for alot of the war it was mainly the generals and it wasn't like the German Empire was a autocratic monarchy like russia it was a parliamentary democracy and semi-constitutional monarchy so I feel the abolition of the monarchy was unecessery along with many of the other german monarchies were very much popular and many Kings stepped down in very gentlemenly ways so yeah that is my opinion.

[@soccerdiva7]

Can you do the war in Ukraine 2022 from the Armchair historian? 🥺🇺🇦🆚🇷🇺

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

CGPGrey has nothing on Armchair Historian.

[@benjo_pharmer]

The pronunciation of Caesar is because we don't know whether the Latin speakers used a hard C or soft C. If it's hard, it's Kaiser, soft it's Caesar.

[@michaelconway221]

Honestly it was criminal that the higher ups in the German army made them march endless miles a day and then fight without food or water. The soldiers by this time are literally writing back home that they are starving and to please send food. Princess Blucher wrote about this in diaries.

[@ethanjones9078]

I have a quick question about That cpg gray situation why does he have a problem of people reacting to his videos on a platform he put it on for free I can see music has a record label and stuff but if your uploading your content on a free app/website out of anything people doing a reaction helps the original videos uploader help bring subs and views turning into money meaning more revenue the more reactions are done

[@starliaghtsz8400]

france at the time had the best or maybe the second best army (after the germans) in the world despite general consensus, they werent that badly affected by mutinies, only in a couple divisions there was serious mutinies

[@ralphdougherty1844]

This is t what happened at all…Wonder Woman killed Ludendorff and Aries thus ending the war! 😊

[@yj9032]

He has a video called world war 2 from Indian perspective. Please react to it. It has over 2.5 million views

[@keiranallcott1515]

In regards to private Gunther , he was ironically of German descent.

[@codystout5353]

I don't know what the big deal is about your reactions. They get all the credit so WTH

[@PolishHussar04]

Hey VTH i have been to the battlefield where the battle of Grunwald took place could you make a video about this battle

[@snickerslotionflavor9961]

Are you going to put this in the "Armchair Historian Reactions" Playlist?

[@manassahu8203]

React to iman gadhzi world biggest fraud related to us entry in the ww1

[@savagedarksider2147]

The fall of the German empire was A tragedy- the peaceful Kaiser was betrayed by the same generals and politicians who was supposed to be loyal.

[@ignatzmeyer1978]

The Kaiser was just incompetend. He may personally have not wanted the war to start, but he was part of the creation for it's preconditions

[@gamelandmaster3680]

I disagree that Kaiser Wilhelm II was peaceful, but I do think he was not to blame for The Great War. We can discuss it, but I would have to say that he was more diplomatically dubious which lead to warmongering as the only way to keep German interests secured.

[@stc3145]

Those Generals wanted war in 1914

[@ticenits3426]

Definitely giving the cowardly states to much credit.

[@aidanc2185]

Can you explain a bit why the Canadian and Australian core were the best soldiers?

[@reichtanglevictor1694]

armchair historian has amazing videos, please keep doing more!

[@georgezestanakis6788]

You, sir are awesome! The perfect extra commentary next to the AH videos.

[@chadvonfulgrim]

australian here just sayin my grandfather was one of those aussies in the offencive

[@andthewindgoes...4599]

I love your work Chris!

[@starliaghtsz8400]

cracked up when he said "general ferdinand phoque"

[@alexo2235]

Poor, poor people, sent to die for greed and imperialistic interests :(

[@ltpinecone]

Air power "reaching new heights" made me laugh. As always, appreciate your additional insights!

[@MulleDullen]

Great video, as always. 😊 I hope you are doing well

[@thefallen9009]

I really enjoyed the video they did on the Crimean war

[@NuecKing]

Fire and Maneuver gameplay soon?

[@bjornodin]

Six of the best, trousers down!?

[@FirstOfTheMagi]

Have you ever listened to Hardcore History by Dan Carlin? I think you'd like his series "Blueprint for Armageddon" on the First World War

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yep and it’s fantastic.

[@JohnReedy07163]

From what my Marine buddies tell me It's the "Congressional" Medal of Honor because in 1916 the US Congress formed the Medal of Honor Review Board. That review board officially stripped 911 recipients of the medal due to inappropriate reception, including 864 medals given to the 27th Maine who were asked by Lincoln, Stanton and Seward to stay past their original 3 year enlistment in order to keep the forts around D.C occupied. Seward personally promised them the award if they reenlisted. The 1916 review board deemed all 864 awards null and void along with the MOH's for Buffalo Bill and Mary Edwards Walker and 4 other "Indian Scouts". The Scouts and Buffalo Bill officially were renamed recipients in 1989 and Walker got hers back in 1977. 40% of all recipients fought in the Civil War, more medals were given in that war 1523 than both World Wars Combined by a factor of 3

[@NyaHaKitty277]

As an interesting note, although you might knew this, the British had painted the white and red (The Colours of the Tank Corps) to avoid blue on blue, since the Germans had a significant amount of captured tanks. At least 150 British ones I think, but obviously never in numbers deployed by the British or French, with around 30 available at any given time. Compared to the very small amount of A7Vs, 20 of them. The Germans at first dismissed the significance of the tank in 1916 as they were unreliable and performed badly, but after the Battle of Amiens they wanted to mass produce their own, planning for over 4,000 tanks by 1919. The main problem was that they had to compete for the dwindling resources for tank production with the airforce and especially the navy's submarine production. Then the Treaty put a nail in the coffin for that as well.

[@BradleyHall-i1f]

Thank you Chris for acknowledging the aptitude the ANZAC's (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) brought to the war. The Northern Hemisphere rarely at the most acknowledge the major role the ANZAC's played throughout the war. We Australians and New Zealanders get shunned hard by the exaggerated embellishment of the US's contributions to the war. This does not mean I am implying the US did not play a significant role. The US is well within in its right to be considered possibly the most important factor which catalysed the Allie victory, in turn preventing further countless deaths. However, while the US majored in contributions such like shear numbers and technology, the ANZAC's majored in contributions of individual fearlessness, courage, endurance, initiative, discipline, and mateship. These factors not only allowed the ANZAC's to fight and endure the war effectively, their simple presence alone inspired the already demoralised allies to continue fighting at such of a sever nobel level.

[@Syncronoise]

The reason we call it Caesar, and not Kaiser, is because Kaiser is also wrong; and we inhereted the French pronouncation, not the German one. It is more of a mix between the two, "Khai-sare". "Khai" is far more soft than the "Kai" in Kaiser. "Sare" is pronounced akin to "snare" without the n or stare without the t. The main difference you'll notice is that when you pronounce "sare" you will breathe in to pronounce it, while with the "are" pronounciation at the end of "Kaiser," you will breathe outward. "Kaiser" is far more harsh than the Latin pronounciation, and Caesar pronounces it more in the Latin softness, but overall is also wrong. The video by polýMATHY called, "Pronouncing "Caesar" wrong...?!", does the pronounciation more justice than text can.

[@occam7382]

To answer the Ceasar question: Ceasar as we pronounce it comes from the French pronunciation of the name, and as England (the home of the English language - obviously) was controlled and influenced by the French after William the Conqueror for around 3 centuries, we dropped the Kaiser-esque pronunciation in favor of the French pronunciation. Hope that clears things up.

[@Thraim.]

SandRhoman History just dropped a cool video about the Scottish army in the 16th century, named "In Defense of the Scottish Renaissance Army". I know we've moved past this topic for the time being, but maybe you wanna have a look at it later.

[@forgottenfamily]

Another way to contextualize the 8 miles: Operation Market Garden was aiming to go 64 miles and ended up evacuating Arnheim 9 days later. That averages less than 8 miles a day with a fully motorized army

[@BestCatFriend]

I gotta say, I am so happy to hear someone finally acknowledge the Canadian contributions to the war, and just what great soldiers we were. I get that our numbers were small compared to the main nations, and that our battles at times modest. But man... I feel like we never, ever get any credit, especially from American creators. Thank you so much.

[@joshuawells835]

I thought it was called Spanish Flu because amongst the most famous people who contracted the disease was the King of Spain.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Spain, being a neutral country during WW1, did not have censorship like the other nations where the influenza had spread. This created the impression that it was hitting Spain much worse than anyone else, as the others weren't reporting it. That's why the name stuck.

[@junecaffyn357]

Very interesting thank you

[@roysummerland3419]

Hey Chris, could you do a reaction to History of Japan by Bill Wurtz? Same guy that did History of the World, I Guess.

[@moviefan005]

Missed you!

[@chrisvickers7928]

Drachifel did an interesting 'What if the German Navy had not mutinied' on his channel. Given the Americans now had battle ships cooperating with the Royal Navy it did not go well.

[@samrevlej9331]

20:28 You forgot to add that when the militarists talked about being stabbed in the back by "civilian authorities", they also implicated (explicitly) that it was the fault of a Jewish conspiracy, which funneled a lot of anti-Semitism. Another act the military did that fanned anti-Semitism was in 1916, after a rumor that Jewish Germans weren't serving on the frontlines, they conducted a survey and found out that in fact they were serving in greater proportion than their non-Jewish compatriots and more than their share in the German population; however, they kept the results of the census hidden, for obvious bigoted reasons, which didn't help matters later on. Basically the German military staff deserve a lot of flak for the conspiracy theories and hatred that lead to the 3rd Reich.

[@gar1256]

Man, i just assumed the Spanish flu came from Spain 😂😂 great insight didn't know the American's were the ones who brought it to the front in a way.

[@sentenced03]

Love your videos, chris. Could i suggest the bew sabaton song 1916? It's a motorhead cover about ww1 its incredibly moving

[@caleb7551]

I don't know if you've considered it, but I personally would love to see a reaction to a video by Cogito, especially one like "What is the World's Oldest Country?".

[@Edax_Royeaux]

33:50 What's with the quad turrets? Is this supposed to be a French WWII Battleship?

[@PalmelaHanderson]

After the Germans developed the defense-in-depth strategy, I wonder how the men stationed in the first line of defense felt? Was there faith in the strategy or did they feel like they were, in some ways, meat shields? "you're the first line of defense, the one that we pretty much expect will break almost instantly."

[@JohnnyOlsson]

As mentioned at the end of the video - there was a lot going on in Europe by the end of the war and in then the years after. For example, Finland gained independence as a result of the Russian Revolution and then fought a civil war in 1918. Sweden, which was neutral in the war, was on the verge of a revolution in 1917. The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the states that came out of that, and so on. The aftermath of WWI is sort of overlooked and it would be very interesting to see you dive into that some more.

[@samgott8689]

06:44 probably the most kind and generous artistic depiction of Erich Ludendorff ever lol

[@oliversherman2414]

I've got Iron Order 1919 (the sponsor of this video) and I can confirm it's a pretty good game. Griffin sure does choose his sponsors wisely

[@jswizzlestick]

Would calling these types of video "analyses" instead of "reactions" bring less heat on you?