World War I - 1917 - Let's Talk History

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[@nosajybsorc]

“'Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography.” - British General Charles Harington the day before the assault on Messiness Ridge

[@asweettooth1288]

The faceless loss during the war is just unimaginable. All the men, from all the countries in the back water to well known documented battles, men who were loss to history. It's wild. We do a disservice to them all not to uphold and remember their sacrifices to mankind. So much is shadowed by ww2.

[@thomasdrane9170]

Yes you are totally right behind those battles hundreds of thousands of men died in the mud,frozen, scorching and mountainous terrian this is why I want to honor those men and many people know more of WWII than of World War I with VTH I learn more he is good at what he does love the comment and do absolutely agree with you Sir!.

[@Gamer__085]

It's ashame that the Halifax Explosion is often overlooked when talking about WWI. 2,000 civilians dead 9,000 injured from one of the largest man-made explosions caused by an ammunition ship originally bound for Europe.

[@Dryltd]

That's during the Dominion era of Canada? I don't know much Canadian history.

[@Gamer__085]

@@Dryltd I believe so, The Status of Westminster gave the countries of the British Empire the right to self govern in 1931.

[@Dryltd]

@@Gamer__085 Thanks. I could have looked it up but asking generates more comments.

[@wfdmount]

My parents took me to see a museum in Halifax that described that accident in great detail. I remember seeing one chunk of a large ship boiler that had been recovered, inland, many kilometres from the harbour. With industrial war, sometimes that are also large, industrial accidents. In terms of how powerful and devastating that explosion was, I think it was something like the equivalent of 2.5 to 3 kilotons of TNT detonating. It was, as far as I know, the largest ever, human-created, non-nuclear explosion. The mines detonated in the battle of the Somme were about 0.5 kilotons each. The devastating Port of Beruit explosion in 2020 created a 3.3 Richter scale earthquake when the the fertilizer stored in a warehouse exploded. That was about a 0.5 to 1 kiloton explosion. The Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima was somewhere around a 15 kiloton explosion.

[@mattcullers7406]

Today I learned how long it took logistically for the US to enter the war and how that influenced German strategy. Thank you for your amazing content! Excited to see your on-site, original content in the near future!

[@confederatetearsaredelicious]

I learned that too. So cool

[@MomentsInTrading]

I’ll add that the two main big changes that tanks added were- 1. They were able to run over and flatten the barbed wire (Up to this point, it was really difficult getting past it. Artillery fire would often just blast it into the air only to have it fall right back down where it was). 2. Take out machine guns. (By then, the Germans would make tunnels out of the trenches where they could pop up in the middle of ‘no man’s land’ with a machine gun team. These areas were out of the range of the artillery fire and would be ready to counter the enemy coming out of the trench. )

[@jessierude5879]

I’ve learned more from you on WW1 than I ever have elsewhere. Absolutely love your channel. Just been too busy to watch as much as I’d like.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Then read a few more books. Videos are great but cannot describe the detail.

[@legodrakie]

4:55 it is important to remember that the Hungarian plains and Romania produced a lot of grain so while Germany did suffer under the blockade, there wasn’t a famine at this point in the war in Germany. Britain on the other hand was dependent on navel imports to feed it’s population, so there is a big differences between the two nations. Germany and Austria did suffer from famine later in the war, because the Hungarians refused to send more grain with one Hungarian minister saying: ‘if Austria is starving, it shouldn’t fight a war.’

[@Samaru163]

Since this video talked about Bloody April and the Red Baron, I'd like to throw in a flying ace on the side of the allies: Billy Bishop, a Canadian pilot, was officially credited with 72 victories, and survived an encounter with Red Baron on the 30th of April, 1917. He briefly returned to Canada to help build moral before returning to Europe in 1918 at the head of his own squadron, called the Flying Foxes. However, he didn't have long to enjoy it, as the Canadian government was scared that if he died Canadian moral would plummet, so they sent him to England to train new pilots. Still, Bishop survived the war and would even see some service in WW2, though it's not as relevant to this discussion.

[@Dryltd]

Canada again! Canadian historians need a marketing department.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Bishop was his own hero. Many of his exploits have been questioned as he wrote up the battle reports. After the war a painting was commissioned of Bishop strafing a German airfield. All of the surviving members refused to sign it it.

[@zahkhy5592]

In case you happen to be in Belgium on your travels; the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres may be one of the most impactful sites I've ever visited. Over 50,000 names of British Commonwealth Troops whose remains and grave sites are still unknown. Seeing these vast walls covered with names, knowing it's still only a tiny fraction of those lost in this conflict. I don't think I can fully express in words how it feels to be confronted with that, so all I can say is that I recommend the visit!

[@alexmillar4764]

Make time for Ypres, the meaning gate and last post is fantastic!

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Then next go to Tynecot Cemetery where there are 11,000 headstones and several high panels bearing 35,000 names of those not found.

[@crystelian]

This is so far my second favorite series behind Epic history tv's napoleonic war. Absolutely great.

[@jobfranschman8436]

He still needs to do the rest of the Napoleonic wars series. He have done the first six. But there are sixteen videos + six Napoleon marshals list.

[@ClawedAsh]

With Vimy Ridge, as a Canadian, we learn about it and talk about it more than other nations, because it's a huge point of national pride, and helped cement Canada as its own people, even if we were still a Dominion under Britain at the time. There's even a memorial in France, the Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial, dedicated to the Canadians who lost their lives in The Great War

[@FoundationRingsTwice]

After you’ve done your Southern part of the western front trip, I would definitely 100% recommend some visits to the northern parts of the front around the British sectors, I went on a battlefield tour in October with my dad and grandad to Ypres, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, and all the cemeteries like Tyne Cot which are kept is great condition by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and it was a great experience. I’m planning to do some trips to the French sectors to soon, so can’t wait for the videos when you get there!

[@danielmetcalfe5589]

I’ve learned more about The Great War watching this series than I ever did in school. I can’t get enough. Thanks so much for the content. This channel and your gaming channel series on the US Civil War are my favorite content to watch right now. Who needs television? Haha.

[@jaydencanfield9]

25:20 Sabaton's older song, "The Price of a Mile", also focuses on the Battle of Passchendaele. It's a great, slow song that really conveys the desperation and brutality of the battle in a very Sabaton way, in my opinion.

[@cripplingdrummer4841]

I agree

[@samr6408]

World War One really showed the cruelty, pointlessness, and horror of war in a way that no other before had. It really changed everything.

[@big_2361]

You missing the point doesn't make WWI pointless

[@demi3115]

That's only the case if you think history starts in 1914.

[@drewpaupanekis4710]

You are so not educated, there were far more deadlier wars proportional speaking.

[@israeltovar3513]

And I have, to this date, have not found out why was Pershing so renown for the Mexican expedition. As a Mexican, I learnt a bit about it in school, and later did some more reading about it. They crossed and wandered the northern deserts, without finding Villa, nor doing anything more than maybe a show of force. It was for not much when they finally clashed against Mexican regulars in Carrizal. A minor skirmish ensued when the American lieutenant of an infantry company refused to turn back when a Mexican company told them to do so. The Mexican Army's orders were to escort them all back north, only engaging when necessary. The American commander, on our records a very arrogant person(but the bias is debatable, of course), say he would go whenever he may like, as he had a mandate to do so. The Mexican replied in words similar to: "we will show you how men fight, and if necessary, how men die". The skirmish was a disaster for the Americans, since their commander was among the first killed by machine gun fire, and most of Pershing's troops were badly equiped, payed, and trained, green guys. They were apparently even more mistreated(at least in the infantry) because most of the captives and death, besides the few officers present, were people of color. Pershing, after the skirmish, stopped marching south, and later on returned to the US...

[@johanmilde]

One of the reasons seems to be how the news media of the time portrayed the expedition. Pancho Villa had been quite a recognisable figure from the newsreels, allowing film crews to join his raids and using his men to stage re-enactments for the camera, and now he was the great villain who attacked the USA. Portraying Pershing as a national hero, ignoring minor details such as actual results, fit the narrative well.

[@celston51]

Pershing had administrative experience leading the expedition. He wasn't the first choice to command the AEF but his superior Frederick Funston died of a heart attack and Pershing was the next best choice of Wilson's. As others have noted, Pershing was the 'hero' because someone needed to be and Pershing was supposedly apolitical, another factor for Wilson's choice. Those who served under Pershing either hated him for being a strict disciplinarian with a distant personality or they loved him for being personally brave under fire and willing to command black soldiers during a time when that was controversial.

[@svenrio8521]

Interesting

[@sornord]

I read in the past some opinions that WWI and WWII were arguably one war with a 20 year cease fire. Watching these videos reinforces that opinion.

[@angelvilleraldo7896]

Great reaction as always. I learned about Patton’s rise to prominence. Can’t wait for your trip to France.

[@lachlanmiles5882]

To comment on one battle that wasn’t mentioned in the video, in addition to the other engagements in the Middle East in 1917, the Battle of Beersheba involved a charge of the Australian Light Horse at Turkish positions near the village of Beersheba. The Australian Mounted Division’s 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments conducted a mounted charge with bayonets on the eastern side of the village and captured the Turkish positions there. I think it might actually be the last known example of a successful cavalry charge in history, since as you mentioned cavalry warfare was being rendered rapidly obsolete by more mechanised combat. It’s also a hugely significant event in Australian military history as well, in part for that reason.

[@johanmilde]

There was a successful cavalry charge on the Eastern Front in 1942(!), when an Italian cavalry regiment defeated a Soviet infantry regiment near Izbushensky in the Stalingrad Oblast. Although it was successful, the regiment lost a quite significant portion of their horses, as they were easy targets to shoot at - another sign that the age of cavalry was over - but, as the Australians discovered in the Emu War, some animals can run quite far despite being riddled with bullets.

[@lachlanmiles5882]

Thanks! I hadn’t heard of the Italian incident, but that’s really cool! There were other cavalry charges later in WWI after Beersheba of course, and even some in the very early days of WW2, but none that I knew of that were successful

[@paulbarteltii9998]

Your videos are like the spice on a meal. The added comments help deepen the content of already great videos.

[@calebwolbach325]

ww1 is so interesting to me because of the old way of thinking clashing with the new the technology, and seeing how countries adapted to their situation from this.

[@izzyhawkins3631]

I just wanted to say that every time you're in my subs box I light up. I love your content and love how you approach biases and perspective in a really honest way.

[@jacobpeterson9388]

The amount of shipping that was destroyed by the uboats never really hit me until watching your videos and just blows my mind

[@andrewhickey1230]

Thanks for the upload. I love your videos! Really helping me through Covid quarantine. Keep it up! ❤

[@MarkLinJA]

There are probably two fabled events during 1917 that we are taught in Canada. First would be the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which is most often cited as the "birth of Canadian nationhood". The British commander of the Battle, Field Marshal Julian Byng, would later be raised to the peerage as Baron Byng of Vimy after the war and subsequently became the 12th Governor General (the representative of the Monarch) of Canada (he actually triggered a constitutional crisis during his viceregal tenure, but that's another story). The other one would be the Halifax explosion, which remains one of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in human history and probably the largest unplanned non-nuclear explosion (with the mines at the Battle of Messines being the largest planned ones). I first learned about it through a Heritage Minutes video (these short clips on Canadian TV where snapshots of Canadian history are shown) which showed how Vince Coleman, a train conductor, heroically telegrammed all passenger trains inbound to not go into Halifax (where they would've certainly been annhilated by the explosion) until it was too late for him to escape.

[@johngaudet7363]

I've got those Heritage Minutes videos forever lodged in my brain; I've seen them so many times on TV especially the Halifax explosion clip

[@MarkLinJA]

@@johngaudet7363 oh for sure, it’s one of those things that are indubitably Canadian

[@insertaliashere1379]

I sometimes wonder what must've been going through Germany's head at this point. Their other allies hadn't really been contributing much (other than maybe the Ottomans), and so I'm wondering if they felt good or bad about their state, considering Russia had just left and America had just joined.

[@timweber8765]

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[@Catlady1389]

I have a small business where I crochet/knit products. As a former college history major I love watching historical documentaries and reactions while I sit on the couch and work on my products. Your videos are by far my favorite to watch! You always have such good information about each topic.

[@DarksideMercs]

Best way to start my day of work, thanks for the constant uploads of quality videos. Personally I enjoy your commentary much more than the standalone video you add so much to the conversation.

[@ThatNiklasGuy]

I gotta say as a long time History fan, your videos are amazing in quality. You provide such interesting and great points and add so much to these videos. Keep up the great work man! Blessings from Canada.

[@ronswinford4952]

These are really good, I have a degree in History but still learning something new on here from time to time.

[@gmwdim]

Sabaton's song The Price Of A Mile is also about the Battle of Passchendaele.

[@thomasdrane9170]

I love watching the series with you keep it up! Can not weight for your France trip excited 😉

[@Yora21]

A very important question: "What is everyone fighting for? What are they fighting over?" What is anyone's goal, other than "win the war"?

[@colinedmunds2238]

That’s the question a lot of the Russians started asking in 1917.

[@iron2684]

Well, the Allies goal was "Kill Germany". Germany's goal was "Dominate Europe by vanquishing France and Russia", Austria Hungary just wanted to revive the prestige of the hapsburg monarchy when they started the war, they would get influence in the Balkans If they won along with maybe some territory, The Ottomans just wanted to not die and regain some lost prestige

[@iammoosen7668]

Yeah, down here in Kentucky we were supposed to get 18 inches of snow. However if you dont like the weather in the mid west, stick around for ten minutes and it will change

[@JeezyF]

You ever looked into how the US Govt became 'aware' of the Zimmerman Telegram? Interesting rabbit hole to go down, I'd recommend.

[@andresousa5302]

The only person on youtube I love to watch even "promoting" his channel. Humbleness and kindness transpires out of you in a way I rarely see!

[@volrath__]

I said this in yesterday's video but it bears repeating today, the damage the French and British did in promising multiple parties things in the Middle East, while also carving it up for themselves leads to almost all of the issues that region faces for the next 100 years... Whether its promising the holy land to multiple parties, or merging Islamic states with vastly opposing views. Like creating Iraq by merging three provinces (which all hated each other), choices made created the powder keg that dominates that regions issues to this day... Obviously it isn't as simple as that, and there are many things those states did that contributed to the issues, but it really did start with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the treaties that followed

[@panachevitz]

Iron Maiden also did a song about Passchendale, called oddly enough, "Passchendale" and is one of their epics.

[@TheMajorMicro]

You mentioned the Red Baron came from a calvary squadron. I've always found the code of honour that existed amongst pilots from opposing sides interesting. ANyway, that's my support comment. Love the channel!

[@brennacampbell8096]

As a Canadian I feel I should say that Vimy Ridge was really crucial to the development of a unified Canadian identity, it’s talked about alongside Canadian Confederation because it happened during the 50th anniversary of Confederation and it was a huge Canadian military victory

[@David-fm6go]

5:09 same thing happened in WWII with the strategic bombing. British resolved hardened during the blitz yet afterwards continued to think bombing would break Germany's will to fight.

[@jordanhooper1527]

I'd really recommend Ypres to visit, we went for school when we were 13/14 in Britain, seeing actual trenches preserved was very eerie.

[@sanderdas9401]

In Belgium somewhere, there is a great museum about the mine warfare

[@MomentsInTrading]

I think he said Ypres was a bit too far to make this trip, but would be on a future return trip.

[@edstockton3685]

The Menin Gate and the War Museum in Ypres are must see's for any history dork. They'ce played tge last post at the Menin Gate every night at 6pm since 1923 I believe.

[@tangobravo168]

The format of broad overview with the details and maps focused on just one year continues to make it easy to follow and learn. I appreciate the added info on the Red Baron!

[@johnskaffman7269]

Love your channel and content. Its made coronatimes and quarantine a lot more enjoyable❤️

[@mn8886]

I came here for some relief after the Cowboys loss to San Francisco. RIP our season. Great video!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

At least your team made the playoffs. Browns fan here :(

[@prestonskeete1308]

The sheer numbers that are just so causally brought up astound me, I never realized the true brutality and scale of WW1 until watching you and learning more about it

[@oIFIFeNSe]

I learned just the sheer amount of ships it took to ship the needed supplies and rations to allied forces during the war. It’s something I could’ve pieced together but not something that had been presented directly to me, so thank you for that.

[@FreyaofCerberus]

The mine planting and detonation was carried out by primarily Welsh and Australian miners. There is a pretty good Australian movie called Beneath Hill 60 about it that's worth a watch if you can get a hold of it. G'day from down under, love your channel.

[@Frankje01]

Lost you to the algorithm there for a while but glad I remmebered the channel, has been great and informative as always!

[@nunogarces1628]

Awesome as always, can't wait for the videos you'll make on site. As one of your "Sabaton Friends" and on the subject of Passchandaele, you also have The Price of a Mile and it's also mentioned in A Ghost in the Trenches. Hug from Portugal Keep them coming Chris

[@relatiivity3461]

Good luck with the Snow and stay safe! Being about 3 hours away we are also getting battered with snow. Supposed to get almost 2ft tonight

[@yanpapadakis]

Greetings from Greece! The video glossed over the fact that Greece joined the allies, and with good reason, since much more important events take place. Interestingly, though, king Constantine (who abdicates) is married to the sister of Wilhelm II, emperor of Germany, and favors neutrality. A "schism" takes place as the prime minister favors joining the allies and actually invites the allies to land to Salonica (see the 1916 video). This is also mentioned in the Oversimplified video about WWI. So, there you have it, an example of how the family ties of Europe's royal families affect the war.

[@nfw4747]

Since finding your channel not long after you started doing reactions I didn’t know much about history especially WW1 I was interested but I didn’t know much but since then I have learned SOOOO much more about WW1 and all of history thank you VTH

[@MomentsInTrading]

I’ve now watched 302 videos on The Great War channel (302 of the first 309 videos uploaded on that channel). I’m currently in October 2016. Any idea how much one can learn watching over 300 videos on one subject? I feel like I’ve learned as much as one would learn taking a full semester history class on just WW1!

[@stephanviator370]

Thanks for the history lesson on General Patton leading the first motorized raid into Mexico! And thank you for taking the time to stop during the video to research things and educate us further!

[@rhett1029]

I learned about the Red Baron aerial victory list today! Your excitement about it was contagious

[@danaekoloka9819]

I unfortunately have never educated myself on the world War 1 but I really enjoy these videos so I learned basically everything this video had to offer, thank you :)

[@Tdawg32]

one of my most favourite series so far. Sehr gut. 👍

[@balclava4937]

Hello Chris! You asked about the difference between “il ne passe pas” and “il ne pasernos pas”, the first means “he does not pass” as in the present tense. The latter means “he won’t pass” as in the future tense that is

[@darthcalanil5333]

I think the Sabaton song you wanted to reference was Price of a Mile (one of my all time favourites). the Great War song is about the greater war in general.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I was talking about Great War because in the history version of the song they talk about Passchendaele in the intro to it.

[@CityColourr]

Thank you so much for these videos - I feel a responsibility to be informed as much as possible on these topics, and you are very knowledgable!

[@shawnnorton2218]

Feels like hanging out~ jumped ahead and watched the Somme battle after, lol!

[@yvindjenssen7254]

You mentioned Paschendale. You should know that another band made a song about that battle many years ago. A "quite" famous band called Iron Maiden. You really should check that song out. Especially the live performance. The band really tells a good story with that song. :)

[@boko06]

I love that he gets so excited about history that he'll talk about something just before the video mentions it

[@CodyChepa88]

I like the long series type videos like these. Keep up the good work 👍

[@kalebbrown93]

Those vehicles used to chase Pancho Villa were among the first Dodges. That helped contribute to the Dodge brothers building vehicles being known for reliability to go on an expedition like that.

[@OliBP]

The Halifax Explosion is really interesting, and sad, to look into. It was the biggest explosion before the creation of the atomic bomb. One boat highly explosive collides with another ship highly inflammable. There's a crazy story about Vince Coleman who was a train dispatcher. He started to run away with a coworker but he remembered that a train was incoming. He went back and alerted it at the cost of his life, but at least the train safely stop. Many cities around helped Halifax in various way, not only from Canada but the USA too. Not only is it hard to find survivors in the rubbles, but an intense blizzard sets in the same night... Sad but fascinating event that was an indirect repercussion from the war.

[@Thompson98PL]

I was about to go to sleep but that can wait, let's watch

[@wezman7986]

Currently waiting for the first zoom call of my history course to start. You're a great inspiration, keep it up!

[@JustinG1057]

Really enjoying this series!

[@nate1066pollock]

I didn't get a full read of the Red Baron's victories, but I didn't see Snoopy on the list. Seriously, though, so much good info I learned here. I was just talking to my son yesterday, his history class is discussing WWI. He talked about the Lusitania, I may tell him to ask his teacher about the Housatonic.

[@ericjrat]

Learning a lot during this series. WWI is probably my weakest in terms of general war knowledge and this is helping me learn and grow!

[@isaacbobjork7053]

My grandfather sailed the seas on Swedish freight ships in the 1940's; New York, Brazil, among other places. I cannot imagine how that was like, that you at any time can be hit by a torpedo. But I do know that he did not talk very much about that part. But at the end of his life he had dementia and could scream in the middle of the night "the Germans are coming" Gives me chills thinking about it.

[@Mr.Janitor]

I never learned as much about World War 1 as I did about World War 2, so all this is new to me.

[@sanderdas9401]

The thing about the air war was very nice to learn

[@NatalieJ22]

I know a fair amount of the events leading up to and following WWI but I really was not familiar with the events of the war prior to these videos and some of your other content. Thanks for helping make these things a bit more digestible because it’s certainly a lot of information!

[@gabrieltkacz6754]

The Armchair Historian recently made an amazing video on the battle of Stalingrad, would love to see you reacting to it! :D

[@phantomtitan9792]

I loving how they are using world war one footage in the videos.

[@HoSamps]

I’ve read so much on WWI, and even a little on the Mexican Revolution, but never knew the Pershing-Patton connection. Amazing!

[@gailcromie1598]

Another great program, thank you!

[@icarus7198]

For such an important war, it’s astounding how little it’s taught. Really enjoying the chance to look further into it and looking forward for your trip to France!

[@docram1983]

watching this way past my bed time. worth it

[@hunterjackson802]

Suggestion: Rope in some of the best content from on the battle field video, with the video/ reaction before, at the end recommend also watching just the battle field video for more in depth and interesting content. Even better, point out some of the coolest or impactful things IN PERSON. whats better then seeing the numbers and little facts of history pointed out in person? Fellow historians like if you’d want to see this!!!

[@ScotsmanDougal]

I found your channel through your reaction to a Simon Whistler video, a few days ago. I'm properly hooked on them now. I love history, especially military history. A bit of history for you. When I was younger, I lived in Gütersloh, Germany. My Dad was based there with the RAF. Hermann Göring was based there during WW2. The HQ building for the base, also the Officers Mess, was named in Honour of Manfred Von Richthofen. There is an interesting story about Göring which I have copy and pasted directly from wikipedia: "The tower of the Officers' Mess contains a room known as Göring's Room. Legend has it that Hermann Göring used this room to relive his wartime exploits with the new generation of flyers. Reportedly a favourite expression of his was "If I should lie, may the beam above my head crack". In response to this a junior officer arranged that the beam be sawn through and, by a system of pulleys, that the beam should appear to crack in response to the Reichmarschall's challenge. An article appearing in Flight magazine in 1946 has the same story with "an elderly station commander" featuring in the Göring role. From interviews with Luftwaffe personnel of the period, it appears that Göring visited the station before and during the war. A photograph of the Reichmarschall supposedly at Gütersloh is displayed in the Officers' Mess." I also heard a story but I cannot confirm it to be true that during WW2, the runway area could be flooded so that from above, it would look like a lake which would deter bombers from attacking. I don't believe this story though as the Luftwaffe had Ju 88 aircraft based there with no hard runway.

[@user-do8rd1yy5m]

Really interesting and your commentary is still better than any other youtube channel!

[@samanthafury6331]

Thanks for sharing I'm writing a Romance novel about this time and the next video will be very useful :)

[@jabber1990]

I love the History Matters video on how Mexico responded to the Zimmermann Telegram

[@tobeligri4030]

Stayd up late just for this video (0:30am) just luv it keep it up man ;)

[@junas4166]

Yet another awesome video, keep it up!

[@KinsellaHistory]

You should do more videos on family history and some interesting facts about yours.

[@michaelolatunji2100]

Love the content!!

[@claude199x]

Another excellent delivery!

[@AO968]

I learned in this and previous videos, that German U-boat attacks were already a thing in WWI, and that it took a long time for Allied merchant ships to adapt to them by forming convoys. I was always under the impression that was a just a WWII thing. In my defense, though, WWI rarely gets talked about here; WWII has overshadowed any war that came before (and after).

[@floundericiouswa5694]

13:18 when you mentioned the scale of shipping…it reminded me of seeing photos of the mothballed merchant marine fleet, a fraction of what was running during ww2… and it was dozens of big freighter ships

[@reidye]

What a fantastic series. Thanks for covering.

[@francescododan9859]

Fantastic content as always, I love this community so so much. Really a place of respectful people that just love history and to deepen their understanding of it. If you feel like, I'd advise you to look more into the italian front. It is a really interesting part of the war, with new strategies and a very different context that I feel could be talked about a lot more. There are some pretty incredible stories too, especially as far as the actions of the Arditi go (some consider them to be the first special force unit ever). Keep up the great work and cheers!!

[@franciskafayeszter4138]

I learned that it wasn't the number of kills that make someone a flying ace. This is important to me, because generally my problem with war heroes is, that they get honoured for killing people (and not just in self defence or rescuing others). I know, that in order to win a war you have to motivate your soldiers (as you mentioned in the videos about the Christmas truce, it is hard to shoot another human being), but still... they get rewards for killing other humans. That's why it's important to me to hear that in the case of the flying aces, the killing is not the point (although falling from the sky is a pretty lethal thing). Thank you!

[@snbks4ever]

love the content, friendly comment to boost the algorithm, can't wait to see the content from Europe

[@gagetolinwrites6845]

Since you mentioned the Sabaton song; Iron Maiden also has a song about Passchendaele, called "Paschendale." It's good, and worth the listen!

[@adamjow8405]

One thing that's interesting from WW1 is all the craters that have left permanent scars on the land from all the mine explosions. It's hard to imagine what it was like witnessing and hearing those explosions. Also that must not be forgotten that for Britain at least rationing was introduced I think for the first time in WW1 though not to the same extent as far as I'm aware in WW2. Correct me if I'm wrong.