WORLD WAR 1 - Part 1- by William Philpott - War of Attrition - [ Ⓕⓡⓔⓔ Ⓐⓤⓓⓘⓞⓑⓞⓞⓚ ] - WAR SERIES

[@thomasjamison2050]

An army is a collection of those who could not avoid conscription...... I love that.

[@jasonhuttermusic424]

That ignores a quite significant amount of volunteers especially in today's modern army

[@thomasjamison2050]

@@jasonhuttermusic424 Today's army has no conscripts. That's why they call it a volunteer army. Are you a Marine?

[@classic_sci_fi]

Conscripts = Slaves

[@didbiddy3480]

@@jasonhuttermusic424 1914 is not 2023 bro

[@resipsaloquitur13]

@@didbiddy3480 How many wars you survive? I did two.

[@Cheka__]

1:06 Note on Military Organisation 11:20 Intro 'the War is Everything' 36:35 1 Ready and Willing 1:43:49 2 Into Battle 2:51:45 3 Stalemate 4:22:55 4 A People's War 5:12:22 5 Mobilising Manpower 6:12:40 6 Waging War 7:35:50 7 War Machines Thanks to Awesome xD and Roland Wieffering for contributing to these timestamps.

[@Cheka__]

@Awesome xD you're welcome. Thanks for providing the timestamps I needed to make the comple list 😊

[@yutub6928]

This book/audiobook is a truly “tour de force” to understand First World War in all its aristas. Regards, congratulations and thanks from Mexico.

[@DaveSCameron]

Je ne sais pas mom ami, peut etre Les Anglais l'etiat gay?

[@Ronald-wv1bz]

" War as a regular business ", that pretty much describes the state of human society..... something really sick going on here.

[@tonyromano6220]

Greed

[@bodegabreath4258]

Outstanding. Very much looking forward to listening to each part in full.

[@hoffy1955]

"The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women who refuse military service. Those who joyfully march to music in rank and file have already earned my contempt. They have been given a large brain by mistake, since for them the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." -Albert Einstein

[@RolandWieffering1]

01:43:50 chapter 2 02:51:45 chapter 3 - Stalemate 07:35:48 chapter 7 - Warmachines 08:40:44 last stop

[@thee49-d3m]

Ll

[@Diceman770]

Thank you

[@curtiswebb8135]

This kicks ass

[@raymondchassell4204]

I love this documentary very detailed and the comertry is very well spoken

[@jimreily7538]

@@poundshopcicero3089 Are not what ? Well spoken ?

[@quidproquo0]

7:30 . .excelent metaphor

[@DaveSCameron]

​@@jimreily7538😊

[@terencenxumalo1159]

good work

[@tonyromano6220]

Interesting book.

[@Gorboduc]

I think I'm on my third listen to this book and it gets better every time. A brilliant summary of things by William Philpott.

[@monoman4083]

thanks for upload...

[@dan7979822]

The name of the book is Attrition. Who was paying the higher price of attrition? Who got the best of the fighting during the month of mobile operations? Who got the best of the war of attrition during the next four years? The Germans picked the best high ground in the enemy country and dug in deep. The French had their 75 mm field gun, which was good in the open but near worthless against dug-in troops. The Brits were almost on holiday in France until they ran into German troops. After the Germans got the order to retreat they made the best of an imperfect situation. The French attacked without surprise or artillery support. The French troops are brave and do not lack courage. They risk everything for the liberation of occupied France and Belgium. There is great attrition, but who pays the higher price? The Germans are in fixed positions, and the attacking French are in the open. The sneaky Germans have superior firepower too. The Brits like their French allies do not lack valor or bravery. The BEF spends 18 months learning to mount trench raids. The BEF under Sir Douglas Haig reached its pinnacle on the first of July, 1916. The Brits ride a rollercoaster of learning and forgetting for the next two years. Who gets the best of the attrition war? One side is dug in deep immune to anything but the heaviest firepower and the other dies like the brave French. Who pays higher for the war of attrition? I doubt if it is the Germans. Have a nice day.

[@philfluther2713]

"We would win." Franz Joseph I of Austria. Born Winner Syndrome.

[@jasonjason8783]

These are amazing

[@michalanckoronski2673]

I'm so sorry for this guy. He needs to read name "Przemyśl" so many times :)

[@Gorboduc]

I think the main reason the Eastern Front is so underrated by historians of World War One is that none of them know how to pronounce Przemyśl.

[@chengducat]

Red Baron and Red Currant channel before they were taken down

[@BlindWillieJackson]

What is the intro music?

[@quidproquo0]

16:45

[@saulgoodman7858]

6:01:00 7:44:00

[@quidproquo0]

11:24

[@quidproquo0]

6:43

[@johnlafranchisejr.2636]

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[@quidproquo0]

11:47

[@quidproquo0]

16:00

[@carolmacdonald5488]

Carol Ann

[@danthedewman1]

def would gave been a desserter in this war,,it was chess game by generals who had no clue and were splitting countries up as booty before the war was over..The soldiers were just fodder for the generals "glory"..id fight but not on those terms

[@GreggOld]

Did you even listen to the audiobook?

[@quidproquo0]

8:24:90

[@jamesmartin7595]

U

[@quidproquo0]

Who is the narrator?

[@TheNotthediver]

John Cena

[@kevineastin7649]

This is.....not very indepth for its length.

[@KuwaharaBMXRider]

Why? What’s missing ?

[@ditto1958]

I like this audiobook, but I do agree. Seems as though it’s a very long, but not in depth, essay arguing that WWI was a war of attrition. There likely is a high level of attrition amongst readers of the book. 😂 😇 I stuck around for the whole thing. Interesting argument I guess, but I’m not sure the author makes his point very well.

[@rgn22rgn]

A not particularly unbiased account of WW1 as seen through British eyes. The fact is the Germans out classed & out fought Britain to the end. It was starvation & lack of war materials that led to the armistice. Kitchener & Haig were little more than dim, confused public school boys.

[@davidrodgersNJ]

"Part 1" of the war was movement, not attrition. So, the title?

[@alanwayte432]

Oh little Dave why state the obvious, don’t try to show off your single digit IQ

[@poundshopcicero3089]

@@alanwayte432 Ouch ! Steady tiger.

[@mr.bigglesworth2562]

Part one is a prologue which relates an end-of-war assault as the years-long war of attrition was coming to an end.

[@silvergalaxie]

Author puts a liberal spin on damn near every part,tho in reality is fictionalizing.

[@tonyromano6220]

Intellectual hogwash, wants everything in nice box and thinks “socialism” is a good thing and progressive. Ignoring how it is soul and life killing to all involved.

[@tonyromano6220]

And I agree.

[@PeterChoyce]

it's really too bad that this is completely fucking inaudible. Why bother posting something of such horrible sound quality?

[@mattgibbons6167]

Nothing wrong with the sound 😂🔊

[@PeterChoyce]

@@mattgibbons6167 it sounds like the mike was over the toilet. Come on now -its awful

[@KuwaharaBMXRider]

@@PeterChoyce you can always buy the audiobooks if sound is paramount

[@mr.bigglesworth2562]

I am 76 years old and am quite hard of hearing (I cannot afford hearing aids). With respect, I hear this audio quite clearly and the narration is precise. Perhaps the audio output of the device you are using to listen to this is deficient. Best wishes.

[@PeterChoyce]

@@mr.bigglesworth2562 it is coming from an unprofessional source, not AUDIBLE or CHIRP - i have BOSE speakers here, the best but i am glad it sounds fine on your system

[@michaelwilliams7907]

I had just read someplace that the Maxim machine gun is the weapon responsible for the most kills deaths for the entire war and including the whole 20th Century??? The number 1 killer. I did not verify yet but it makes sense. Ww1 machine guns were used widely in ww2 especially early in the war Mr maxim and his gun.

[@dmac6312]

Hard to believe this. Machine guns are effective against infantry only when infantry is exposed, either on the attack or otherwise out of cover. Artillery on the other hand is effective against entrenched infantry (suppression fire), strongpoints and exposed infantry as well as pretty much any infantry based weaponry such as tanks, trucks and enemy artillery (counter battery fire). In addition, artillery can strike the enemy at great distance whereas machine guns are ineffective at distances above say three or four hundred metres. My vote goes to artillery as the number 1 killer.

[@mdkell4261]

​@@dmac6312excellent point. I might say disease is in the top 3

[@ianhornsby3574]

Artillery fire was responsible for the majority of deaths in WW1

[@robertbrodie5183]

if you include maxium clones spandou and vicers some of which served front line through early 80s and 3rd line in ukrane today you might be right

[@heneagedundas]

No, artillery was the major killer in WWI.

[@johnavast5939]

5:16:24

[@johnavast5939]

5:49:46

[@kadevohn]

the boys did a good job over there in Europe. 🇺🇲🦅🫡

[@jasonjason8783]

These are amazing

[@unit4039]

2:45:00

[@balkanarchist1914]

1:22:00