World War I: Battle Of Verdun 1/4

[@skiteufr]

One of my great grand father was colonel in the French army before the war, he died in 1914 at the battle of the Marne, leading his men, an inscription to his tribute can be read in the church of his native village. An other great grand father was gassed at Verdun, he did not die, but came back seriously ill. He died 20 years later, from his wounds and lung problems. He couldn't work at the factory anymore (he was in a village 40 kms west of Paris). His boss who also served in the trenches could not fire him, so he recruited him as his chauffeur and they became good friends. France is the ally that suffered the most in 4 years of war, 1.5 million dead, 4.2 millions wounded and fought like lions from the beginning of the war. The French contribution was instrumental for the final victory.

[@wheatishguy]

Wooow colonel i have deep respect for soldiers and officers. Salute to him

[@e3uphoric51]

Amazing. Deep respect to your bloodline. If only we could ask them questions. I have too many for soldiers lol.

[@a..c..2469]

He sounds like an honorable man..you should be proud

[@erikgriswold5273]

He fought and was giving his body to *truly* defend his country, community, and family. He's a brave, honorable, and inspiring man. I hope you were able to spend enough time with him. props to your gramps! And your grandma, she was probably cool too hahahey

[@erikgriswold5273]

@@filipborin555 there was only one single naval battle of any significance and it was barely a British victory over German ships. A naval blockade wasn't going to harm Germany much at all. Brits were not winning this war without France taking most of the blows on the Western Front. Now, if you want to talk about the little European skirmish in the early 1940s... then yeah, can't give to much credit to France for that.

[@Brekstahkid]

I'm from America and I admit that most schools don't educate us on the full facts that happened during these wars. But to go out of your way and to do your own research is probably the best thing ever. Having an interest in other countries histories besides my own causes me to respect every ethnicity and cultures. When people tell me they're from somewhere else in the world you should see my face. So enthusiastic about it. I respect European countries as well as my Latin neighbors and Canada. Yep, I love history lol

[@imRiiisq]

Is Bettencourt your real name/surname? If it is its actually pretty french ( just wanted to say it to you^^)

[@heavypupper1219]

Joe Beezy Your lucky you got taught at all. The only thing we get taught in history is Black History. I live in Inglewood BTW

[@leroiarouf1142]

If all murican like you...

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

@@heavypupper1219 lol GTFOH.

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

There's not enough time in the year to go through all of this. You think they learn all of American history? Do they know about Little Big Horn? Davey Crockett? They don't learn all of that.

[@mengutimur]

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[@Whatever3114]

My Grandfather and his brother were at Verdun...my grandfather survived although he lost an eye, his brother was killed whilst returning with food supplies for the trenches. He was caught in a shelling attack and took shelter in a bomb crater unfortunately another shell hit the same bomb hole and he was killed. He was found six months later his feet sticking out of the mud. Is name on his putties (kind of cloth strappings just above the boots) he is buried in Roubaix cemetery. His name was Juli

[@MrBNjI47]

"The French soldiers are grand. They are grand. There is no other word to express it." - Arthur Conan Doyle, A visit to three fronts (1916)

[@fartanus3366]

Paulo Cesar you are so stupid. The French fought more than any other country during ww1. Verdun was a slaughter. Calling the French « cowards » proves that you don’t know shit about history

[@mustafaakcay4420]

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[@scotthvac3857]

60 million artillery shells turned this 20 mile stretch of the front into a literal human slaughterhouse for 302 days. The total amount of casualties on both sides is unknown and ranges from 750 thousand to 1.25 million have been reported in different books on the battle. The French army estimated that they lost seventy thousand men a month during this battle. The most striking description of this area I read in an account a German soldier sent home was that you could smell the battlefield from several miles away before you could ever see it. The stench of death and decay was that potent.

[@stonedrful]

"the french soldiers performed terribly in ww1" French record of WWI : 9 wins - 2 loss - 5 drawn.

[@hudsonmatz2123]

Play off record to me

[@dougssoldiers1929]

Michael Redgrave narrates. From the 26 part series by the BBC, "World War 1 The Great War". It was made in the 50's and features many interviews with veterans from all sides.

[@USAE9Ret]

In the winter of 1962 I visited Verdun and I was amazed at the pock marks from bomb and artillery explosions. I couldn't even imagine what it must have been like to be there during the war. God bless all their souls.

[@Skanzool]

The 100th anniversary of the end of this battle was just a few weeks ago yet there was no mention of it in the media. Have we stopped caring about history?

[@tuckermayatt2705]

Skanzool ww1 is a forgotten war nowadays. It's sad honestly

[@KillerSpoon575]

@@tuckermayatt2705 Everyone and I mean everyone at the time is now dead

[@77kraxx]

my pépé was in verdun.....in 1941 when he has seen the germains in his town, he fall ill, he said 4 years in the mud , to see his friend die for nothing...rip camille

[@uncle7215]

+77kraxx same here. My grand père was in Verdun, but died in Chemin des Dames. My pépé was in Vietnam.

[@77kraxx]

+Yannick Oliveres. tu veux dire que ton grand père etait a verdun et ton père en indochine?

[@uncle7215]

77kraxx pardon, mon ARRIERE grand père- Verdun, et mon grand père-indochine

[@coulochonou6376]

mon grand pépé pareil. qu'ils reposent en paix.

[@geneosis]

Mon grand pépé aussi, qu'ils reposent en paix.

[@salmonfiend]

Those persons who were asking where these videos came from should see "The Great War -- Hell Cannot Be So Terrible (Episode 11) part 1/4" (it's on KZbin). It is one episode in the BBC TV production (in the 1960s -- turned into a set of CDs) about the entire Great War and most parts appear to be on KZbin -- definitely a good watch for those interested in WW1.

[@hugovictor3808]

The mother of all battles

[@stevenhorton5509]

stalingrad

[@stevenhorton5509]

Somme was worse than Verdun for ww1 though

[@idrinkyourmilkshake7715]

@@stevenhorton5509 Stalingrad many people died but Verdun was probably the greatest battle of all time, such a colossal waste of human life over a tiny piece of land and with no real achievement. Stalingrad was a massive battle that took over a massive area compared to Verdun which was an incredibly small battlefield where hundred of thousands people died

[@erikgriswold5273]

@@stevenhorton5509 wrong

[@erikgriswold5273]

@@stevenhorton5509 wrong

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Verdun today is fascinating. The monuments of war are well worth making a long visit. The Route de Dames, the Ossuary, the tragic Fort Douaumont where the last carrier pigeon bearing a message begging for relief was launched in vain, the bayonet trench, the forbidden Zone Rouge still full of unexploded ordnance, and so many other monuments. And for me the saddest thing - the great statue of a dying lion with the words beneath simply "To the dead".

[@astridbelge]

the reason why many people love to bash france is because the French have offended the americans by refusing to take their orders. and no one could offend the americans and get away with it. With the the power of american media, they can easily villify anyone on earth.

[@simongray5822]

Not then my friend.

[@ArmandDupin]

That is indeed the reason of all this bullshit. Before the third gulf war, nobody gave three shits about France, be it her crushing defeats in 1940 or the dozens of war and hundreds of battles she won before that. But for her own selfish reasons, France refused to lick Bush Jr's ass. France refused to buy the whole "SADDAM'S GOT WMDs" bullshit. France opposed invading Irak. As a result, France had to be taught to shut the hell up. Neocon created charming websites like "fuckfrance.com", while the whole Republican establishement went on a crusade to spit on France. Ten years later, you've got clueless trolls bashing France for no reasons whenever they see that word written.

[@commandershepherd8987]

Meneldhil It wasnt just that France was defeated in 1940, the country was occupied for years. That is a shameful fate for any nation.

[@astridbelge]

Erwin Rommel If a country was defeated, then naturally it will be occupied. The British channel island was also occupied for many years. Tell me why the present French generation should feel ashamed?

[@commandershepherd8987]

astridbelge Not really. During the wars of the 1800's France was beaten several times but was never occupied for any length of time, although the first 12 years of that century saw them occupy most of Europe under Napolean's Continental System.

[@LMHS63John]

My Grandfather served with the 77th Division in WW-1 in Belgium-Holland and France. At first, he was in the Calvary because he grew up on a farm and rode horses. He was later ordered to a machine gun unit in the Trenches. He shot the Vickers gun 50 rounds at a time under orders to conserve ammo. He was Mustard gassed at the Battle of Verdun. He had a raspy cough all his life due to being gassed, but he never complained and had a successful 50-year career with a commercial baker in the U.S. post WW-1. He seldom talked about the horrors he saw.

[@nateemond197]

We need a new history educational system. It is all about US history and WW1 gets nothing. WE DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO LEARN THE NAMES OF VERDUN AND THE SOMME. 2 of the most important events/battles in history and kids dont even know about it in high school. If 95% of Americans can't name these 2 battles there is no reason to wonder why we do not view war like the rest of the world. In Americas history in the North and west we have never dealt with total war and we dont learn about it at its worst at The Somme and Verdun

[@ww1photos_info]

That's the same in Denmark. And their reasoning is: "Because Denmark wasn't a part of it." Like, it's European and World history, why do we not learn about it?!

[@toniownez]

Rohan Shukla In Sweden we learn about it

[@adrizera2373]

Nate Emond I'm lucky, because in Spain, despite not being part of the war, we learn each detail and we all know that this is happening again in some time. I suppose it's thanks to the WW1.5 or Civil war of Spain.

[@alejandrojodorowsky5987]

I am impressed and comforted to see at last this type of comment on KZbin or the Internet. Not only will Americans have more respect for allies such as France, and understand more why Russians are so painfully proud and agressive (Russia is, really, a martyrdom country), but they would learn that easy victories or even costly-yet-mandatory-victorious wars dont exist. The Americans live on a myth : the US civilians will never be at risk, and if a war happens to be costly, it will yield impressive gains of power anyway. Maybe it worked on WWII, and at that time the "return on investment" (Im sorry to talk about human deaths this way) was incredibly huge, probably it was worth it. But most wars are incredibly costly and offer no guarantee of victory. Vietnam or Iraq quagmires are the norm. Let Americans learn it and learn how to spare lives.

[@Carlos-hr9kg]

That's true, we only learned who was in the war (main countries, major leaders etc) what caused it, and only few major battles. Mostly cause in America we skim through the history books and never get to learn it in depth. It's wouldn't matter anyway cause hardly any teen in America cares about history. That's why I'm glad people like you exists to teach some of my fellow ignorant Americans the truth when they comment something stupid. I'm patriotic asf, but I'm never gonna let it interfere with truth.

[@wentonmastermind]

This may be from the excellent BBC documentary series of the early 1960s The Great War. It is available in DVD form and is well worth viewing as it has stood the test of time

[@puterboy2]

100 years ago...today.

[@jlhcreations9001]

Yes... 100 years

[@lullul6180]

104

[@TheWineGuy101]

I don't care how old this is, I love all of these documentary video things. So much fantastic footage, however horrifying it may be...

[@purplesword4286]

the french had very few heavy guns at the war's beginning which is why they stripped the forts of their artillery.

[@plunderpunk2]

@USAE9Ret I visited Verdun in 1995, and the pock marks still filled the country side and wooded areas. It was amazing. Seeing contemporary farm tractors with huge metal shields under them as protection from ancient artillery was a disquieting experience.

[@nicolasfr3579]

France were a Great Nation in 1916 ...

[@GoldenDudeMichael]

yeah but not anymore

[@NitroCorn]

GoldenDude Michael They actually still are alright, It's just islam that's ruining the country.

[@Aleksandar92on]

Yes. Greatest nation at that time here in Serbia. I hope that glorious France will be coming back one day.

[@maredevil1]

Aleksandar Kovacevic Slazem se haha, pozdrav iz Hrvatske

[@mitrooper]

Wow, nazis are still around, just look at the people above me.

[@southlondon63]

This taken from the 1964 BBC series The Great War,possibly one of he best documentaries on the subject. The graphics may be dated but the film footage,commentary and background music are the best

[@frenchmaverick3742]

9:52... R.I.P guys...

[@SofieYasminKate]

@DarkKobra0202 exactly as in my textbook. Austria-Hungary needed an excuse to invade Serbia, and Franz Ferdinand's assassination was just that. He was not taking the necessary precautions in a country A-H had just annexed: Bosnia. He took a main street to drive around, did not ask his bodyguards to stand near him, and he literally waved at the people his country had just conquered. Smooth move.

[@astridbelge]

Germany was bandkrupt by four years of fighting, NOT by he Versailles treaty. The economies of Germany' allies, such as Austria, have completey collapsed, the Austrian officers sold lemons on the streets. Germany's economy was faring pretty badly by the time of 1918, its final collapse was inevitable. Shouldn't the Kaiser bore some responsibilities for Germany's post war economic collapse? Why pin all the blame on the western democracies? after all, Germany paid very little. Its economy was ruined by 4 years of fighting. Even England's gold reserve was exhausted. It is war that ruins economies, NOT post-war Treaties!

[@astridbelge]

***** Germany did not come close to victory after spring offensive, the offensive stopped after a few days, and the Germans could not continue it, the war returned to the attrition mode, and the Germans had little resournces and willpower to continue on the defensive

[@astridbelge]

***** Germany will face post war difficulties even without the Versailles treaty, what a wonderfully convenient scapegoat Verailles is! It shifts all the blames from the General general and leaders to the western democracies!!!! Why should Versailles bear the ultimate responsibility for german post war troubles, German society had already collapsed in 1918, before Versailles

[@ddoumeche]

Morever germany paid just a part of war damages as it was postoned after 1923. But that argument served for propaganda reasons for the revanchism nazi party

[@Talyrion]

Funny thing: Germany finished paying WW1 reparations... in 2010. ^^

[@maxx1014]

Deutschland über alles, Versailles was a shame.

[@bazonics]

@Egenoth This is taken from the 1964 BBC TV series 'The Great War', narrated by Sir Michael Readgrave. I have to 24 dvd boxed set and it's this good throughout. I suppose in 64 it was still living history.

[@AttackTheGasStation1]

Long live France.

[@astridbelge]

France, America, England are all wonderful places with fascinating history, a little love and tolerance towards each other, and the world will be a much more beautiful place.

[@ronswanson1704]

Can't wait for the new BF1 dlc.

[@greenhornet299]

Outstanding post...thanx for sharing it!!!

[@dumai8130]

but i like ze white frenchie women, ezpecially ze blue eyed blonde types =-) deliciouz, bon appetite, oh la la

[@77kraxx]

respect for the soldiers of this battle ...my grand grand father was in verdun .

[@Vyselink]

@vistighe not to nitpick, but the actual casualties were 360K+ for the French and 330K+ for the Germans

[@mastershakeATHF1]

The voices of these commentaries is fantastic. What is the series called?

[@tusmorninginsept911]

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[@spruill7716]

I fought in this battle. Still trying to rank up to tier 4 on the machine gunner class.

[@SatchmoSings]

@fp470 While I am in no position to either agree or disagree with counter arguments, I'll say this; your elucidation on these points, coupled with your supplying of a reasonable context at least makes your arguments something to be at least listened to, if not truly reckoned with; this kind of discourse on "KZbin" is actually a bit rare (see some of these other posters! My goodness!) and for these reasons alone, you're certainly worth a listen.

[@1sabineMai]

There are many interpretation of wars, but the only thing that counts, is how to avoid war and understand why we always had wars among class societies.

[@ryko26]

@Egenoth I agree. I think the lack of "dumbing down" is the reason. Take the opening lines for example, an American documentary would have cut out words such as "citadel" and "bastion", judging them as too tricky for an American audience. It's Catch 22 because if you start shovelling "easy" TV to people they actually DO end up less eloquent and informed.

[@genralghost]

Great video i have great respect for the soilders of world war one my grandad fought in the war he was a general and he returened to our country as a war hero. he has died of a heart attack 20 years later :(

[@CPYV78]

Consering you were ranked 13rd military power in 1916 you could not save anything. However the involvement of an additional military power in this war had an impact on the german.

[@UnionKid15]

thanks for posting this.

[@SirAceMcFly]

Thanks for Posting!!!!!!!!!! Good Documentary!

[@Spartan155]

@kaneda4 Also Gen. Arthur Currie who spent the whole war developing new strategies to end the stalemates. Including Rolling Thunder, and an early version of Blitzkrieg with the Canadians/Australians during the 100 days campaign that broke stalemate and took out several "invulnerable" German positions.

[@Phlinn96]

damn, WWI is really interesting because nearly every single powerful nation/ empire had a part to play in it, and it pretty much ended all monarchy in Europe, and ended almost every European empire, and was one of the first modern wars.

[@robonintendo]

It's hard to believe anyone could survive such a hell. I really can't imagine what it was like to be there back then.

[@genralghost]

Great video i have great for the soilders of world war one my grandad fought in the war he was a general and he returened to our country as a war hero. he has died of a heart attack 20 years later :(

[@henryochoschinski6317]

Colonel Hogg,the British military historian and artillerist opines in his book on artillery,its development and use in WWI that whereas in nearly all wars the poor bloody infantry has always complained that "they up there" do not know what they are doing,in WWI this was well and truly the case and that nobody but nobody on any side had any idea of what to do except more of the same.Comparable to the man who takes four aspirins for a headache,finds that they have a slight effect and so,the next time he is afflicted he swallows the whole bottleful and dies.

[@overopensights]

This is a first class documentry! surprised I have never seen or heard of it!

[@astridbelge]

Nelson Mandela, who has unjustly suffered so much injustices, is able to put all his grievances behind and forgives everyone who has injured him, he has no bitterness and resentment towards anyone, This is what a Great man should be like. Unfortunately, there are those so called "patriots" in the comment section who has nothing better to do than to tear apart the nations they don't like through unspeakable violence.

[@NasriTheNewKing]

De Gaulle said that French will fight on every fronts , that's what he did . Yes thousands french fought for hitler but they fought against communist ( if you were talking about the SS charlemagne ) for Vichy it was different , Vichy protected its territories and we can't say that Vichy was a big threat to the allies because if Petain really wanted it he would have send every soldiers against the allies and the war would have been totally different.

[@Typon]

Between february and september 1916, 44millions shells were fired. 150 shells fired per minute non stop during 7 months.

[@johnmcdonnell4337]

This video is brilliant!!! People should never forget what those men did for us

[@1BAOP]

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[@danielchilds1]

out standing vid mate cheer`s

[@SatchmoSings]

@DarkKobra0202 Sorry for being so extreme but I'm glad to see you took my point; hope to see you on a legitimate WWII site elsewhere on "KZbin."

[@MrRemicas]

That was the point of Ligne Maginot actually : force the Germans to march around, to fight them in Belgium, instead of on french soil. What we didn't expects was them passing through the Ardennes (something thought impossible) : right where nobody could stop them.

[@tonyhawk94]

An epic battle for both German and French side, a battle that show the millenary fight between french and germans (including anglo-saxons) !

[@beeryweery]

Anglo-Saxons?? What time warp are you in??

[@calimero7538]

Only Frenchs and Germans in Verdun

[@guntherfritz3887]

tonyhawk94 No. Only french and german for verdun. This is not the battle of the somme.

[@Kileoy-wh]

Dude I have been thinking about that for years... wish they would and make a kill streak where you could call in a gas attack or artillary stikes.

[@Andiish08]

i have heard that the german artillery were much more deadlier and effective than the british and the french simply because they, except from verdun and liège, did not try to destroy the enemys fortresses. their duties was to shoot at enemy troops waiting to attack, and then when the enemy attack started, to establish a barrage in no mans land.

[@stonedrful]

They didn't occupied the northren France, they made against us a trench warfare, at the beginning of the battle of Verdun, they moved forward in France, but they were held by the French soldiers, and towards the end of the battle of Verdun, The French people have them finally to grow again and won the battle of Verdun, which is one of the most important battles of the WWI.

[@wcrolas990]

It would be awesome. Recreating battle of verdun in a fps video game.

[@Angarwaen1936]

To all those hating on the French soldiers, just one quote, from Arthur Conan Doyle when he visited the front lines in 1916 : "The French soldiers are grand. They are grand. There is no other word to express it."

[@Ruo94]

I love how, in every war documentary, there is a flame war going on lol if only there would be a documentary about flame war on KZbin...

[@purplesword4286]

by this time in the war most of the german army had traded in their pickelhauben for the classic steel helmets.

[@Bwkjam]

Germany had one of the best armies on the planet at this time, poor choices in alliances like Austria Hungary which isolated Italy and Romania. And Ottoman Turkey, which isolated pretty much everyone as Germany was pretty much the only European power who hadn't bitten off a piece of the Ottoman Empire within the previous decades.

[@mytmouse57]

@TheSergentChaotix The U.S. won World War II in Europe primarily because the majority of German forces were tied up on the Eastern Front, and they were all but bereft of air power. Considering they were out-numbered and the Allies enjoyed almost total control of the air, the Germans put up one hell of a fight in Normandy and the rest of the West.

[@SebasRabet]

@truvianni yes, but they weren't defeated through military power, both sides were sick of war, Germany was just upset bc it didn't go as smooth as it was planned bc of Belgium holding them long enough for britains and french to support. Btw that elzas-lotharingen belt of fortresses failed xD

[@rhysnichols8608]

You can't beat the English at documentaries The narrator sounds cool as fuck

[@dumai8130]

khakov- largest tank battle in history, 3 total battles fought there over 1 million dead kiev- 2 battles fought there and over 700,000 dead on the SOVIETS ALONE, which means total deaths is greater than 700,000 since we have to assume at least 1 german died there

[@SebasRabet]

@truvianni yes, but they weren't defeated through military power, both sides were sick of war, Germany was just upset bc it didn't go as smooth as it was planned bc of Belgium holding them long enough for britains and french to support. Btw that elzas-lotharingen belt of fortresses failed, germans just bypassed xD

[@benbizibizi]

Hi mengutimur, where does theis documentary come from? I'd like to see the credits for the sources, thanks

[@NasriTheNewKing]

IT was what churchill said , but on the ground it was completly different , 1942 as i said the first battle of El almain was a success because the frrench holded Rommel at Bir hakeim during 12 days giving time to the british to organize the defence. And yes American had some problems during the first 2 weeks because they weren't prepared , and Patton learned alot from the french general Leclerc.

[@ascoop22]

What makes you think that the French would have to do what the British tell them? The French Navy had orders to scuttle the ships if the Germans ever tryed to take control or to sail them to US (not in the war) ports if they could.

[@McLarenMercedes]

Correct. Ir's a simple matter of resources, and Germany was out of it. Not to mention the naval blockade starved the home front too by 1916 already. Fritz Fischer, the German historian, claims the insanely stubborn ways of the German high command was as real in 1917 as they were in 1944. In both wars they tried to slug it out in a match that could only lead to their defeat the longer it went on. Also the amount of tanks and planes France and Britain had at their disposal by 1918...

[@Egenoth]

Not to generalise, but oh, how I love watching British documentaries sometimes. No sarcasm intended. Most American ones seem to be uninformed, heavily biased, and with next to no name pronunciations done correctly. Britons, however, seem to put a lot more effort into research of both differing historical perspectives, ways of pronouncing the various names according to the language, and all in all weave it together more neatly. They're simply better in most cases.

[@SatchmoSings]

@fp470 That's truly an EXCELLENT point and I'll consider it but I'd still like to argue that on The Western Front, with the combined forces of both France and the British Empire and Commonwealth, the outcome, even with a victorious Germany, could have still be quite different. Russia was truly vanquished; the Western Powers could have possibly negotiated a totally different kind of peace settlement but you still raised a rather superb point!

[@InfiniteDroidArmies]

Well it's just like how most people think the entire French Army surrendered after Dunkirk, when in reality the evacuated French troops were repatriated and together with a good portion of the French Army formed a new line of defense below Paris under Weyland, and actually managed to hold the Germans for a bit.

[@dumai8130]

you helped us once... we helped you TWICE, we saved you TWICE and we freed you TWICE

[@levyhol1202]

what are the weaknesses of the fortresses surrounding verdun again?

[@dougmphilly]

the german siege guns were big enough to turn the stationary targets to bits.

[@JC839]

9:50 that one guy survived two close shells

[@ThePerfectRed]

Actually there is no record whatsoever that supports the plan of a battle based on attrition rather than a classic strategy to conquer Verun. Falkenhayns commanders denied any knowledge of such a plan. Probably he just wanted to justify his failure in his memorials, but particularly the english literature picted up the motif quite willingly.

[@toqtaqiya]

English documentaries are so much better than American documentaries.

[@Frankcastle522]

@LeighTheGenius If you are referring to victory in the form of Marquis de La Fayette than yes he was a French General that was invaluable to Washington but he did not win the war, it was Washington that gave him command that lifted him to glory. But overall what won the war was American soldiers commitment to fight, and Britain political struggles to keep the war effort supported.

[@astridbelge]

I think the owner of this video should delete all the insults and slanders below. And let people enjoy the documentary without harassment.

[@joekubert]

Excellent.

[@RGRGJKK]

thank You, great video

[@occi31]

I was talking about main powers but if you want to go this way. France had castille, brittany, champagne, scotland, genoa, bohemia, aragon. And england : burgundy, brittany (montfortist), portugal, navare, flander, hainault, aquitaine and luxembourg. I believe its 8v7 in favor of the rostbeef HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE u genius ...

[@Alexzander19736]

Where was the pointy thing on the helmet used for, so everyone knows he was an officer ?

[@alexmessmore9632]

Imagine that you were going to fight in ww1 and you got scared about shooting a soldier in no man's land it was it would haunt you for the rest of your life like a nightmare

[@InfiniteDroidArmies]

Thanks!

[@FoxtrotPictures]

I am French and my back big father fought has Verdun,he is there also dead :'( he be of the 912th regiment of heavy artillery)

[@NasriTheNewKing]

Deciding factor ? The second battle of the Marnes ended all hopes that the kaiser had , Lunderdoff has been asskicked by Foch , the 100 day campaign led by French and british broke the last german defences , the british blocage , french marching on germany through Austria , germans were over with or without US soldiers... In fact it was Clémenceau that led all the meeting at the end . Who rewrite history again ?

[@Vebinz]

This war possesses a kind of tragedy and horror that WWII doesn't have.

[@expirement317]

@ jmantime: yeah dude i feel you on that the only thing i think they have on that would be battlefield 1918. if u have battlefield 1942 for the pc theres a website you can go to and download battlefield 1918 ive seen previews and it looks pretty good

[@NBMGamer]

And the sad thing is, untill hatred and Ignorance in the world is eliminated, humanity will forever be plagued by war

[@Frenchy849]

Actually,hitting the dirt is the best way to survive an explosion without cover.

[@Massivecarcrash]

Havin been in the army, I know how having 10 kilos of dynamite being detonated 10 feet from you feels like. (I was behind a dirt wall.) I can only imagine how it would feel like to experience that for hours on end.