World War 1 by GeoHistory - Historian Reacts

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[@bjk03_62]

Im from Turkey, and to this day I still don't get how people say that there was no genocide. That is just as stupid as saying that the earth is flat.

[@chrisbotos]

Yeah nationalism is a stupid thing ,no country is perfect just as humans aren't.

[@noir1923]

no you are not turk,you are armenian who disguised as a turk.

[@edgynuke5007]

@@noir1923 bruh

[@asdfghdhkdfkkffn3167]

you are kurd I think because rober kurdısh. People very ignorant because they will believe your words and they will not search this subject and they will believe genocide.

[@maccy4829]

Smart guy

[@davergent1521]

i remember when I subscribed in this channel there were only 48,000 other subscribers. Now there are 4 times that number. so happy for you sir.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thank you Dave! Glad you're one of them.

[@xander4670]

@@VloggingThroughHistory I think I have been here since 50,000 too but just on a different account since that other account for some reason everything is disabled and I can’t do anything to fix it

[@xander4670]

@@VloggingThroughHistory I woke up at 5:00am and went on KZbin and saw your 200,000 stream was going so I immediately joined

[@CodyChepa88]

Was just about to start my run and got the notification this dropped . Keep up the good work and thanks for the content. Glad to drive back into WW1. Gonna enjoy this listen while i get my run in . 💪👍 Hope you had fun in Connecticut.

[@prussianmapping9149]

Your run to the sea?

[@CodyChepa88]

@@prussianmapping9149 no not to the sea 😂

[@xander4670]

@@prussianmapping9149 what’s wrong with running to the sea? My house is just 3 or 4 kilometres from the sea which I could easily run to

[@StompOutSobriety]

You run while the 🌞 is out?

[@prussianmapping9149]

@@xander4670 I was making a reference to the video and the race to the sea that happened during ww1..

[@How23497]

I don't think he referred to the central powers as the entente. I think he put that on the screen as a starting headline to introduce the ententes formation

[@HistGeoOfficiel]

I just discover your channel and I want to thank you for watching and commenting my videos !

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

It’s great stuff. Hopefully I can send a bunch of new subscribers your way!

[@anthonypriestley7163]

Algorithms are crazy stuff, since I started watching this channel this is like the third time a reaction is made from a channel I just found out a while ago.

[@kristofferaune213]

If Belgium had let the Germans through the war may even have been over by Christmas! Crazy to think that little Belgium probably changed the history of the entire world. Hell, we may have been speaking german now if not for them!

[@ght_1]

Belgium also could’ve changed ww2 if it remained allied with France

[@arozes8324]

True Belgium did well in ww1

[@chrisklitou7573]

@Ewan Callister no it wasn't it was created by Britain to weaken Netherlands and put a buffer between France and the Netherlands Had nothing to do with Germany

[@DERP_Squad]

If Belgium had let the Germans through, the UK would still have declared war on Germany. Anything that looks like it would cause France to be vulnerable would result in the British intervention to support France because Britain couldn't have an unopposed continental power in Europe. As long as there are opposing continental powers in Europe, the British are able to fund one against another, usually the third most powerful European power against the second, with the British Empire as the most powerful. This allows the British to concentrate on their colonial, trade, and naval power, while not needed a powerful army. The video being reacted to suggests that the German Navy was a threat to the Royal Navy, which is incorrect. The German Navy was a concern for the Royal Navy, but it was never a threat. This is demonstrated by the aftermath of the Battle of Jutland where the German Navy was badly weakened until the end of the war, while by transferring vessels, and having the infrastructure and resources to conduct repairs quickly, the Royal Navy exceeded it's pre-Jutland strength in the North Sea in a matter of weeks.

[@Solaxe]

@@DERP_Squad Maybe it would've declared war, but I think it would be too late

[@thekraken108]

I love your videos, I too was a history major in college who never really got to work in a history related field, but your videos have helped to rekindle my interest in history.

[@hank780]

8:05 Actually, Franz Joseph became the emperor of Austria in 1848, when he was 18 years old, BUT he became king of Hungary in 1867. This was because in Hungary, in order to become the legitimate king of Hungary, one had to be crowned by the Archbisoph of Esztergom, with the Holy Crown of Hungary, at Székesfehérvár Basilica. This all goes back to the 13th century. Also, according to the coronation oath, a crowned Hungarian King can not relinquish from the Hungarian throne during his life, if the king is alive and unable to do his duty as ruler, a governor (or regent) had to deputize the royal duties. Since his uncle, Ferdinand, was still alive, he remained as the legal king of Hungary. If you wanted to name a king before the previous king died, there was only one legal solution: the parliament had the power to dethronize the king and elect his successor as the new king of Hungary.

[@jassen1924]

WTF GAMER MOSLEU

[@akivamagill7719]

Pronounce that please

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

This comment made me realize that I know almost zero about Hungary.

[@blogbalkanstories4805]

Well, Franz Joseph becoming king 1867 more has to do with the constitutional reform which established the Dual Monarchy. Before that, having beeen crowned as King of Hungary was nice, but not all that necessary. After 1867, you had to be both, because nominally Austria and Hungary were two autonomous countries, joined in a union of equals. And actually, Ferdinand had been deposed in 1861 by the Hungarian parliament, but Gyula Andrassy dragged out the coronation of Franz Joseph for six years (!), more or less tieing it to the Empire getting a new constitution with virtual autonomy for Hungary. And may I remind you that almost 300 years, Hungarian Kings were crowned not at Székesfehérvár but in Poszony, or modern Bratislava. It was ten kings and one queen in total. Franz Joseph was the first Hungarian king to be crowned in Budapest, actually - or at least the first for centuries.

[@cba2make1up]

Thank you

[@DERP_Squad]

One of the things about the claim that the battle of Verdun being planned to bleed the French dry is that it was only forwarded by Falkenhayn after the Germans failed in their strategic objective at Verdun. It is also worth noting that Verdun was a transit hub with a number of major road and rail routes meeting in the area, hence the strong fortifications, and would have been vital for the Germans to capture if they intended to push further into France through that region. When looking at the claim that Falkenhayn's intention was to bleed the French dry, the casualty figures call the honesty of Falkenhayn's claim into question. French took around 390,000 casualties, with around 163,000 dead, which were massive losses, but the German army took about 350,000 losses with 143,000 dead. If the intention had been to bleed the French dry, Falkenhayn did so by taking 7 casualties for every 8 he inflicted on the French. These casualty figures were just as devastating for the Germans as they were for the French. Either Falkenhayn wasn't a competent enough commander to ensure that his own casualties were limited in a battle intended to inflict casualties on the enemy while limiting his own, which given his other successful campaigns seems unlikely, or, having just lost a sizable portion of the German army for no strategic gain, he felt that he had to give an explanation for the cost in men and material in order to maintain his position within the command structure of the German army. Falkenhayn's claim would be much stronger if he hadn't previously stated his intention to capture Verdun, and if the change in his stated reasoning for the attack didn't coincide with his need to protect his position.

[@Tuning3434]

@DERP Squad Ah, I notice it is time to spread the words of the truth: ALL REJOICE, AS WE ARE TRULY BLESSED UNDER THE WINGS OF THE GLORIOUS BLACKBURN BLACKBURN! Praise Be!

[@lesalbro8880]

This is correct. Not only that, but the French had an ever increasing amount of help on the western front. The Germans didn't. Verdun being specifically for the purpose of grinding down French manpower would have only made logical sense if France had been fighting alone. Plus the Germans also had to man the eastern front as well. Falkenhayn's story really isn't even a very good lie.

[@gidi3250]

Falkenhayn wanted to make up for his failings by trying to sweet talk his Kaiser by claiming they were bleeding the French of men and materials (something to the point of 1 German for 5 French) the Kaiser didn't agree and with the start of the French allies own massive attacks to try and force the Germans away from Verdun and to focus on other fronts like the brosilov offensive and the Somme this came right after falkenhayn threw most of the German reserves into Verdun, he was sacked and his letter was shown as proof that he can't keep up with modern war. Hindenburg was then givin falkenhayn's job and Ludendorff followed him as his right hand man. I am by no means an historian but this is as far as my knowledge goes.

[@claude199x]

I think you are the perfect addition to all this kind of historic documentaries on KZbin, between the video explanations and your extra input with your knowledge all the events are very easy to understand. You very well deserve all of the praise you receive, very well done, continue on this path, I love your channel. Subscribed!

[@РоманНиколаенко-ъ9й]

WW1 is one of the events of human history when everybody involved kind of underestimated the scale of consequences of what was going to happen. By the way, I think you’ll enjoy watching Eastory videos.

[@karoliszb4428]

By far my favorite History Channel on KZbin, keep it up.

[@bucketboy8461]

This channel is so great. Whenever I’m bored I just watch one of your videos, even if I’m not that interested in the topic you manage to make it enjoyable 100% of the time.

[@SomethingDangerous1]

Nothing makes my friday better than getting this new video notification by the GOAT history reaction channel

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Very interesting stuff and within all this madness in Europe Ireland struck for freedom in Easter morning 1916. After 800 years of being dominated by England, although Ireland never established until 1921. Michael Collins is Ireland's greatest hero for it. Churchill said, if England had one Michael Collins they would've already won, the world war. However James Connolly was correct, England's problem, is Ireland's opportunity. Would be interested to hear your take on the Irish revolution. Keep up the amazing work brother.

[@MrFace7100]

Never cares about getting into history until your videos, such an easy going guy and very good at teaching history. Love every vid keep it up man

[@iangraham6887]

when you go to europe, i highly recommend going to see the vimy ridge memorial. in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful war memorials in existence.

[@emems6620]

Omg wait you surpassed 200k?????? It feels like yesterday I joined when you had 50k- and the livestream for 100k!!! So nice, love your content 🇮🇹

[@Presidentchip-]

Nah we live in a simulation or something, I legit like an hour ago was saying to myself VTH should react to geo history’s ww1 and an hour later I get this notification wow.

[@brianhobaugh]

Psychic

[@nickshaffer9961]

Your videos are always such a delight to watch and the commentary you add only enhances the video we’re watching and I think also adds a level of credibility to the information you provide as well. Please keep the videos coming!!

[@stormtrooper2334]

Been here since 30K subs Still entertaining as ever! Keep it up.

[@Ozzy_Sports]

Cheers for the Gallipoli mention and yes in Australia it's basically all we really know and get taught about from WW1 the ANZACs

[@RayearthIX]

The Battle of Verdun was meant to bleed France dry and meant to draw French troops from elsewhere to allow for a major German attack further north. However, for whatever reason, after the battle began, the Germans started drawing troops and reserves from elsewhere that had started to be built up for precisely that northern attack, to continue the battle even after the main goal was achieved, as the Falkenhayn decided that he couldn’t just retreat after all of the losses (and those losses, among other reasons, caused Falkenhayn to lose his job in August 1916). What the real reason Falkenhayn chose to withdraw northern troops to Verdun, instead of going through with his original plan, only he knows. I highly recommend The Great War weeks by week to see this occur in “real time” so to speak, and also recommend TimeGhostHistory’s World War II weeks by week as well.

[@nickhimes2736]

I recently discovered my great grandfather on my mothers side fought in WW1 part of the Army's Provisional Motor Corps he was drafted just before the the U.S. entered the war and served until 1919. He was born in Greenville, PA and lived there all of his life dying in 1939.

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

21:27 I'm so glad you mentioned that. Many historians like to ignore that fact.

[@Jamie95326]

The battle of Jutland would have been an amazing sight to see. Imagine seeing a line of battleships from horizon to horizon firing salvo after salvo of 15in and 16in shells

[@Tuning3434]

12, 13.5 (14" cause HMS Canada) and 15" shells. The RN didn't gain (their only) 16" guns ships with 1927's HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney.

[@Benjamin-bj6xj]

Stop glorifying war, stfu. It would of been, and was, fucking horrific.

[@freudsigmund72]

In Verdun over 10 months time some 40 to 60 million artilliery shells were fired. (10 months long on average between 90 and 140 per minute, 24/7) From the WW I battlefield sites, the most memorable i have visited were Ypres, Verdun and in the Somme area the Canadian site at the Newfoundland center as well the La Boiselle crater.

[@Ashpect]

The idea of every war is because a previous war reminds me of a lyric from the song "It has to be this way" from the game Metal Gear Rising Revengence. The lyrics are "violence breeds violence, but in the end has to be this way" and "So many have burned but nobody is to blame." The song talks about how using violence and wars to get peace will just lead to more violence and war. It also talks about how so many people have been killed in wars, but on a grand scale, no one person or group of people is to blame. War is just caused by human nature. The only way to achieve world peace is for everybody to agree on everything. Which is impossible.

[@vaclavblazek]

Do you like the different names than those you were tought? Sophie? She was of old Bohemian noble house, her name in Czech is Žofie Chotková. And her husband was František Ferdinand d’Este, nephew of František Josef I. :)

[@Davanthall]

I still can’t get over the fact that world war 1 started in my birthday :( ..or, well, you know, exactly 76 years before my birthday. But still the same day and month.

[@MinkMonk]

36:10 just a quick note; that little lip at the bottom of turkey on the coast is called hatay. It wasn't actually a part of turkey until they were given it in 1939 by the french in hopes to keep turkey from allying itself closer with the germans before World War 2.

[@aldbgbnkladg]

Timely enough, I just checked this video (but in French) with my daughter a couple days ago. I think it's well done, but lack certain context explanations. Good thing you bring this 😊

[@codywolfe4338]

Austintown is all of like an hour and twenty minutes from my hometown of Oil City PA, love your channel it's nice to see how with your backround you still have nuance to stay secular and as unbiased as anyone could be. Good stuff my guy keep it up

[@angusyang5917]

Suggestion: Surprising Solders, by Extra Credits. Given your studies in the Civil War, I think it's a good door to learn about the other groups aside whites and blacks who were involved in the Civil War.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

I need to get around to watching 'All Quiet on the Western Front' again one day. One of very few very old movies I can sit through

[@detroitpolak9904]

Hey Chris, the Belgium/Russia/Schlieffen Plan is one of the most astute observations I’ve heard. Great insight. Go Blue.

[@DeiseBlue98]

Dude i really appreciate you pumping out these vids every dat

[@ThePolarBearProductions]

My Grandfather helped Liberate Antwerp during WWII. Even received an accommodation from the city.

[@pianoman1857]

26:52 there is also a famous french military song called “Verdun, on ne passe pas” (written by Eugene Joulot) you can listen to on youtube

[@katrinwalter395]

When you go to Aachen, Germany on your trip to Europe, I recommend to take a short side trip to Eltz castel a littlte bit south of Aachen near Koblenz.

[@stevedietrich8936]

I've been to Burg Eltz (I assume there is only one by that name). Just a little north of the Mosel, fairly near Cochem. I enjoyed the visit/tour. One of the few castles that escaped the wars without serious damage.

[@urdad9724]

It's pathetic that turkey tries to deny the genocide

[@RDA000]

"In 1916 Franz Joseph proved he could actually die..."

[@toniyami]

*thud

[@xander4670]

@@toniyami what

[@historyman9436]

@@xander4670 that was the sound Franz Joseph made when he fell on the ground after dying...

[@theaveragecube_]

Come on my man!!! so close to epic history TV's WW1 series...

[@MrPremo89]

Love your videos. I wish I would have known you were in Vicksburg, I lived there and I would have loved to have a beer with you and talk history.

[@carlossoares8384]

The best history videos keep with the good work

[@jameslars7391]

With that line from the lord of the rings in the film Gandalf says both you cannot pass and you shall not pass but since you shall not pass is the big over the top shout it’s remembered

[@drishaanpaliwal]

28:24 sounds like a paradise, but only if u are playing in game and can quit and respawn.

[@jstappin]

Extra history did a phenomenal series on the Irish Potato Famine, you should totally do a reaction to it.

[@EvilGNU]

13:00 - 13:35 a bit of feedback from me: keep doing that awesome sports announcery voice when it fits in, its really energetic and a good narrating style for certain circumstances.

[@benderrodriguez2616]

One of the things that make me, not sad but thinking how stupid this war was , is that Franz Ferdinand had a pretty favorable look onto the bosnien/serbien people. So assassinating him was such a useless move. They destroyed a chance for a peaceful solution after the old king died and started this terrible conflict. Of course at that time war was probably already inevitable, but it still baffles me, that people acting directly against their own interest were the ones to start it...

[@jamesfetherston1190]

The backstory of the German gassing at Ypres is interesting and tragic. The man who created the gas was Fritz Hager, a German Jewish scientist who had been awarded the Nobel Prize earlier for being able to isolate nitrogen, which helped create fertilizers that revolutionized agriculture, feeding millions. Essentially ending famine in much of the world. The gas he created used in WWI horrified people, including his wife who committed suicide. Another gas developed by his firm was later used in Nazi Death Camps of the Holocaust.

[@SpartanSkittles510]

37:50 The numbers are extremely high in the terms of today. Imagine the scale of the population during 1618. Or even 1850. Comparatively speaking those two wars had more of an impact population-wise than WW1. Also 10:45 I would love to see you analyze the war if the invasion of Belgium went differently than in our timeline.

[@markusz4447]

Estimates say that up to one third of many regions of the than holy roman empire died during the 30 years war. Altough most through hunger and disease, rather than the fighting itself. I guess without the 30years war, the pop in Germany might have exceeded 100 milion at the outbreak of ww1

[@VR36030]

Deadliest war(s) in terms of percentage of world population killed was probably the Mongol Invasions of the 1200s.

[@lane1313]

Japan in both WW1 and WW2: I will ally with you! *Attacks a completely random target*

[@atlantiaking]

You should visit Ypres and the villages/cities at the Belgian front of WWI (such as Diksmuide)! A lot of amazing sights there and a lot of info and monuments about the flood of the Yser to keep the Germans from advancing through Belgium!

[@semiramisubw4864]

thanks for doing so much to educate the people.

[@gunsfordays9932]

I always wonder what would have happened if the french never invaded mexico and franz Joseph brother maximilian stayed alive

[@mahnel]

Srsly your channel made me more interested in history than I've ever been

[@kalles1161]

31:50 Finland: Am I a joke to you? A great vid as always!

[@Cursed110011]

I was thinking that the War of Three Kingdoms was believed by historians that focus on that time period to have seen a level of death at least on the level of WW1 and possibly surpassing it into the 20-25 million range. And that was back in 220-280 AD.

[@wulfherecyning1282]

As Blackadder said, "it was too much effort _not_ to have a war"

[@mikeschmidt2333]

I think it was "The Great War" Channel stated that of all the nations involved in the war only Canada kept track of veteran suicides after the war and it ended up being that either just over half or under half of all WWI veterans took their life after returning home. That's how awful this war took a toll on someone.

[@jobfranschman8436]

I am so happy that my country the Netherlands didn’t joined this war. It would have been disastrous. It is still quite special that we stayed out when all of our neighbours are in war for 4 years. The Dutch army was mobilised the whole war just in case. We had food shortages because of Britain his blockade of Germany. They also restricted Dutch trade because they where scared we would trade food with Germany.

[@Hannibalian]

The transition from Ming to Qing in China was especially deadly as there was non-stop warring for over 60 years.

[@irenaveksler1935]

And the transition from Qing to well rebellions Lmao 🤣

[@isiteckaslike]

The reason why it was called The Triple Entente (Entente = "Understanding", not an Alliance) is because Britain's agreements with France and Russia were informal "Understandings" (i.e. no obligation to act) not formal alliances which would have tied British foreign policy to acting in a specific way regardless of the outcome. France and Russia already had a separate formal alliance. An Entente is an understanding or agreement to act harmoniously and in each others interest in foreign affairs, It is NOT a military alliance as no military terms (especially of attack or defence) are involved. So: Aliances: Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria/Hungary, Italy) AND the Franco-Russian Alliance Entente: Triple Entente (France, Russia and Britain) "Not an alliance The Entente, unlike the Triple Alliance and the Franco-Russian Alliance, was not an alliance of mutual defense and so Britain was free to make its own foreign policy decisions in 1914. As British Foreign Office Official Eyre Crowe minuted, "The fundamental fact, of course, is that the Entente is not an alliance. For purposes of ultimate emergencies, it may be found to have no substance at all. For the Entente is nothing more than a frame of mind, a view of general policy which is shared by the governments of two countries, but which may be, or become, so vague as to lose all content".[18]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Entente

[@kiisseli6759]

thank you for making this!

[@monicasodergren752]

Not sure if you take requests, but History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday has a bunch of really interesting videos about women throughout history: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaSpg2yJqrlkm80

[@Blizzard0fHope]

one thing ive always questioned. . . why was the US sending american civilians on cruise ships into an active war zone . . . and the only thing i can think of, is we were quietly just trying to use them as human shields for supply shipements. .. and i've never particularly blamed the germans for sinking those ships, they were being used to run through a military blockade. .. the british would have done the exact same thing to ships trying to run their blockade of germany and we (US) were willing to start a nuclear war of the same thing with cuba

[@Blizzard0fHope]

@@bruh12458 into an active warzone. . through a blockade. . knowing there was decent chance of being killed. . .. people are really dumb. .. but reallly

[@bobburris4445]

100th like! Yet another quality VTH video.

[@MultiGreatescape]

The Last Post is played at Menin Gate in Ypres every evening at 8pm....it's quite an experience, time stands still.

[@johnpatrickdelacruz2910]

I'm surprised that VTH didn't mention that the defeat at Tannenberb was too devastating to one of the Russian generals that was in command in that battle that he committed suicide due to his defeat

[@IowanMatthew683]

Speaking of WWI, have you done anything yet on the Kaiserreich alternative history timeline/videos? Kaiserreich is an alt-history mod for the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV where Germany and the Central Powers win World War One mostly due to the US not joining the war. The lore and implications of it are insanely well-done and detailed and highly recommend you checking it out if you haven't already.

[@crusader2112]

Kaiserredux is also pretty fun too. It’s more so based on having fringe political individuals and possibly coming to power. It’s pretty fun.

[@IowanMatthew683]

@@crusader2112 Yeah, I guess. It's more of a meme than anything else.

[@outsiderkk]

Nice video. I wish you'd react to videos from the Kings and Generals as well though. They have some videos focusing on certain empires, wars, people or events. Which are done very well.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I've done some of theirs, in fact they're subscribed to this channel.

[@outsiderkk]

@@VloggingThroughHistory I have seen your most recent video but if you have done some previosly than it's my bad. Thanks for the reply though :)

[@Regimentz.]

PLEASE DO WW2 NEXT :D I never knew you would react to this!! I'm baffled

[@blablablaandmoreblalblabla8485]

Please react to oversimplified Three kingdoms, it was the first oversimplified video i ever watched and its amazing

[@maxpokebruh27]

I think he meant the Triple Entente was a chapter explaining Russia, UK and France. He doesn't refer to Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy as a Triple Entente.

[@brianhobaugh]

I am an undergraduate student at Duquesne University, and my Western Civilization II professor told us the other day that a longtime history professor at Duquesne who has since passed away was great friends with Otto von Habsburg, the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary before its dissolution.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

That's awesome. I was just down that way yesterday. I fly out of Pittsburgh Airport.

[@brianhobaugh]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Pretty cool to know a legend passed by! I love your videos, they make me want to learn about history even more which I thought wasn’t possible haha. Thanks for all you do

[@jobfranschman8436]

Franz Joseph becomes Kaiser because of the 1848 Revolutions! So long he has reigned.

[@thekraken108]

Also when I was in high school I considered WWII to be one of my favorite historical periods, but lately I've been thinking WWI is more interesting.

[@thekraken108]

@@dante6055 that's true but I guess I was thinking more about the build up to the first World War.

[@jobfranschman8436]

@@thekraken108 and the changes it made to the European map etc. hundreds of years old monarchies falling…

[@thekraken108]

@@jobfranschman8436 well yeah it really shaped the modern world.

[@DarthAxolotl]

The politics and build up to WW1 is more interesting than WW2. However id say the technological advances are more fascinating than ww1. Ww1 has the creation of tanks and the betterment of machine guns and thats about it

[@sssenseiii]

@@DarthAxolotl That is very wrong, many inventions came from ww1 like maxi pads and zippers. In terms of inventions I would say ww2 is less memorable.

[@connorclelly6408]

Have you considered visiting Ypres. At 8pm every night at the Menin Gate, a ceremony is held in honour of the British and commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives there. The bridge has a ceremonial monument completely covered wall to wall with the names of allied soldiers who died there. During WW2, out of respect, the German forces who occupied Ypres actually made an effort ot maintain and protect it. Its also less than an hour drive from Hill 60. And surrounded by so many UK, US, Canadian and German war graves. Including the Newfoundland site. The victims of the first chemical attack of WW1. Almost none of them ever returned home

[@connorclelly6408]

I have taken part in the Menin Gate Ceremony three times while visiting Belgium as a British soldier. Definitely worth a visit

[@thevenbede767]

Man I wish you would've brought up the Teutonic Order vs Poland-Lithuania at Tannenburg

[@desertzombie]

My Great Grandfather was there on the battlefield in the Ypres with the Canadians when the Germans launched the first chemical attacks

[@SuperShiningDawn]

I think the person who make the narration isn't french, his pronounciation isn't bad, but you can hear he is not a native. That being said, I think the original text or script was in French because when you look at their channel description, it says that they started their project with the French channel ''Histoire Géo''.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Makes sense.

[@fel24thecat]

Just to confirm to you yes that channel is indeed French. That’s where the Francois comes. Actually the owner of the whole « Geo History » Channels is French, the people who narrates these videos are just friends of him. And a fun fact, those videos usually appears 2-3 months earlier in French than in English

[@Damascene749]

Thanks for recognising the Armenian genocide, a ton of non-Armenian Christians were also genocided and forcefully deported. My family originated in Mardin, Turkey which was a historically Christian orthodox area. My great grandfather was a statesman in the area who was highly respected and rich, my fathers side owned a lot land in Mardin and when the genocide began, my family was allowed to flee to Lebanon because the ottoman locals respected my grandfather that much. Atleast that’s how I’ve heard the story from the older generation lol.

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

Romania had a secret pact with the Central Powers before the war, during the war joined the Allies ,signed an armistice after the Russian Revolution and rejoined the war 1 day before it ended. Got eveything it wanted because Queen Maria befriended Edith Wison. Very short summary of Romania in WW1

[@vlaf9]

would you say that the invention of radio, about 20 years prior, has enabled these world war? Since huge alliance can now communicate instantly through long distances and coordinate. It seems to have been an issue in the pre-radio era where these alliances could not exist because they could not communicate.

[@Paul-ft9dn]

Despite the schliffen plan quickly failing, Austria unable to assist Germany in a meaningful way, and Italy joining the entente, Germany still almost wins and may have if the USA didn't join the war. Germany managed to take on and possibly defeat France and the British Empire combined pretty much alone while also winning on the eastern front.

[@NewfOwner]

There are quite a few debates on the military "what ifs" in WW1. Going through Belgium was a critical aspect of the Von Schlieffen Plan, which even initially planned to go through Netherlands. I can't see how the Germans could have been able to execute their planned great wheel encirclement without going through Belgium. Of course the Schlieffen plan didn't plan on England entering the war either. I've read in several books on the subject were the historians claim that the Von Schlieffen Plan was desperate roll of the dice militarily, and a major mistake politically.

[@nenadlazarevic9492]

The clip does not mention the victory of Serbia over Austria-Hungary in 1914-1915 and other battles on Balkan front

[@ollietaylor5981]

Arthur Balfour wasn’t Prime Minister in 1917 it was David Lloyd George.

[@jordansallonika2722]

Hi from Salonica,Macedonia....Love your work

[@carlyladds4777]

You can learn everything about history on this channel

[@tibsky1396]

The Germans wanted to make a breakthrough as far as Paris from Verdun. All the "Bleed Dry" thing was an excuse from Falkenhayn at the end of the Battle. Otherwise they would not have put so much time and resources into an operation, if in the end, it did not lead to anything other than a simple "meat grinder". Especially when we know that in the end, with 20,000 men less, the Germans had almost as many losses as the French anyway.

[@hamhamingham2882]

WWI and Gallipoli especially is probably the most commonly taught aspect of international history within New Zealand schools from my personal experience. Although (embarrassingly) I've forgot most of what I've been taught, there are some things I don't think I'll ever forget about the ANZACs efforts. About 10% of the New Zealand population fought in the war, that's about 100,000 men who enlisted. Of those 100,00, 60% became casualties, either wounded or killed. Red Poppies, also known as Remembrance Poppies, have been used as a way to commemorate those who fell during the war. ANZAC biscuits were a special type of biscuit made during the war, given to ANZAC soldiers by their wives and families. The personal stories of conscientious objectors, who refused to fight fight. The most famous cases being Archibald Baxter but there were many others. There's obviously a lot more to know about the stories of New Zealand's and other countries contributions towards the First World War but there are better people who could tell you more than I could.

[@christiankalk4668]

Are there any videos out there that say much about the Canadian Corps in WWI? Our history classes make a big deal about our strong contribution relative to our population, but I don't see much mention in big-picture summaries like this.

[@kenw.1520]

37:23 I was confused by that statement too. I'm pretty sure, that even by some rough estimates; that the Three Kingdoms War in 200AD China definitely had more deaths than WW1. Mostly because it was an on and off War that lasted for decades. But I'm sure that I heard that war's death total rang around 40 Million. So WW1 might be the 2nd deadliest war, involving Europeans; but not for the world overall. I think Globally, the top 3 deadliest wars are: World War 2, the Three Kingdoms War (200 AD China) and finally the Taiping Civil War. Following those 3 is the Mongol Conquest Wars. Those 4 are the top outliers. After that, a bunch of wars compete for 5th place; one of those being World War 1.

[@flynnstone3133]

30:30 I used to be in the camp that America turned the tide at the end of World War One but during my research for a paper in the senior year of my undergrad I actually looked at the numbers and the Americans didn’t really arrive in force until the war was decided. However, they definitely saved a lot of lives and ended the war quicker so that should not be discounted.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I think the idea of America entering the war had as big an impact as the actual entrance. Germany went on the offensive that spring of 1918 because Americans were coming. They may have acted differently otherwise.

[@DERP_Squad]

@@VloggingThroughHistory I think the idea that the German spring offensive was organised in 1918 because the Americans were coming is over played. There had been spring offensives organised by both sides in every year of the war, and with the Russians having signed the Brest-Litovsk treaty with the Germans in early 1918, it made sense for the Germans to use the extra manpower on the western front in the 1918 spring offensive as it gave them an advantage over the defenders. While other offensives aren't known as 'the spring offensive', the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 was a spring offensive, as were the initial stages of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, and the Battle of Arras in 1917 was an entente spring offensive. The spring was seen as a good time to launch an offensive as the winter was usually seen as too wet and cold to launch major offensives, but allowed for the gathering of supplies of both men and material behind the trench lines in preparation for an offensive. I'm sure that the possibility of American troops bolstering the lines was a consideration of the German senior commanders, but the manpower advantage they had would have been used in a large spring offensive in 1918 regardless as it was the strategically sound decision in the circumstances.

[@herrkommandant1876]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Germany did some actions based on trying to keep the US neutral, but the war ended before the stalemate of the western front was fully broken, in fact the casualties of the non-sucessful operations after Michael and Georgette made more damage to the 1918 german army and contributed to partially breaking the Hindenburg line, specially depleting it of elite and experienced troops Its kind of funny to think about how the fronts that nobody though important were the ones that won the war, first the middle-eastern, then the mesopotamian, a couple weeks later the salonika or macedonian front and finally the Italian (though that was one major front)

[@sebastienmeyer6924]

@@VloggingThroughHistory I don't know if they had a lot of choices. With the blocus, they had problems with their industries, and I read they also had food problems in the end. With the defeats coming to Ottomans and Austria, and the superiority of Frenches and Britishes (industry and military), it was going to finish the same in any case. Of course, we're now in the what if...

[@gregs90quattrocoupe]

On the other side of the coin, why did the Germans not use the U-boats against the blockade? War ship against war ship?

[@VinceYT2408]

What's interesting to see is how each army evolved. On this matter, the French army is the one which evolved the most, ending up highly mobile and efficient, able to arm US troops (which arrived "naked" it seems lol), able to provide artillery support to pretty much any army on the front, with its artillery being fully motorised (but not self propelled). Also, some time ago, I found an old book at my grand parents place, which was the Memories of General Sarrail "Mon Commandement en Orient", about the war in the Balkans. General Sarrail was sent there (he used to command an Army on the Marne, and was sent there because he was highly Republican) with few French troops to take overall command over the allied troops there. His book is all about what didn't work between allied troops and about the Serbians bravery as they did most of the job until Sarrail was relieved from command later in the war (I suspect at a moment where a more politically accepted general would be able to easily win). Last but not Least, I am answering about what you said regarding the last german offensive which could have prevailed without US troops : I don't think so, as the French and British did end up winning mostly by themselves, because the German high command had no clue about what they were doing : they played tactically without any regard to the operational art of war, so that they would try to pierce the front and THEN try to do something about it. So their last battles at the Somme and Marne brought nothing althought they really hit hard. But also, during the Battle of the Marne (1918), we had Mangin 10th Army, loaded with tanks counter attacking and slowly drying the German fighting force. After those two very big battles, German army had depletted most of their best troops and when the Entente counter attacked, nothing could hold anymore. There's a great book about it by Michel Goya.