World War I: Trench Warfare Begins 1/4

The stabilization of the fronts. The First Battle of the Marne, the Race to the Sea, the Siege of Antwerp, and the First Battle of Ypres in the West; Austrian defeats in Serbia and in Galicia in the East. Reprisals against Germans in Britain, mass enlistment in the British Empire, and Christmas at the front lines.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

I love the timeless quality of this series; especially the narration.

[@cgaccount3669]

It sounds to me like Orson Welles. I watch so many documentaries and have never seen one like this on WW1

[@charjl96]

your WWI vids are the best. glad you took the time to upload them

[@olly660]

what i learnt in school today is that.. wilfred owen was a soldier fighting for his country. he was a teacher and he used to live a the countryside. he went to fight for his mother country..he was shot and injured and was taken to a military hospital in england all the way from belgium. while he was in hospital he began writing poetry. thats what i learnt :) love this stuff

[@ejl1000]

As Harry Patch once said: "Anyone who went over those trenches and said they weren't scared... is a dirty, rotten liar."

[@derek-press]

R.I.P to all the brave men of all sides who were forced into this madness

[@mr.ramfan8100]

Amen, brother...

[@snuggles03]

This war had been brewing for decades

[@philbyd]

Hell on earth

[@deanmeadows3529]

Alas the madness remains

[@bongisland2762]

@@deanmeadows3529 WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY....and it is the RICH... THEIR POLITICIANS....and their WAR MONGERING MSM! 2020 WE END THIS. Even the soldiers now know the Pentagon is the #1 threat to American soldiers!

[@brianmerz6070]

My Great Grandfather, Anton Merz, Died in the invasion of France 1914. Thank you for giving me an insight of this time in history.

[@TheShart1234]

thanks alot for posting

[@MichaelCorryFilms]

The Pickelhaube helmet was a leftover from the 1840's. It was based of russian helmets where the spike held up a horsehair plume or crest when used in ceremonies they retained it out of tradition. The were originally leather by the way and when used at the front they offered little protection and the spike made a ripe target. By 1915 both because of leather shortages and the need for safety they became metal and the spike became removable for frontline duty.

[@DrummerJacob]

5:57 - i wonder how many cannons were broken like that. those horses are bookin it

[@joecoonan3164]

That weak point in the German lines was so well spotted, especially at such a moment. The stress and pressure would have been truly incredible.(!) 20 miles from Paris, and closing. .... Indeed, it seems, it is always the darkest right before the dawn.

[@PaulRietvoorn]

now i finally understand how those trenches suddenly came into being!

[@johnasbury3856]

Imagine hearing the whistle call giving the signal to go over the top and you wonder each time whom is the bell to toll for and will it be me this time.

[@louryder33]

@MAKER6450 they didnt wear that in the trenches, it was part of their military tradition back in the 1800s, it was merely a leather cap that you could take off.I researched this because i wondered the same thing you did. The higher officers had steel ones though. lol

[@nicholsjoshua15]

@joeym145 Reruns are probably still playing because this show is so awesome.

[@metalrocks21rapsucks]

@VitalMusic217 Aviation, tanks, airborne and different mentality. The bloodbath of WW1 was still in everyones mind and no one wanted to get stuck in a stalemate once again.

[@justaman6972]

I think getting on bicycles would have made the going a ton faster than marching.

[@archicisco7751]

justaman6972 lol

[@binaway]

@VitalMusic217 I think the answer is trucks. The armies would outrun their supplies which reached the front by train and the tracks only went as far as the forward positions at the beginning of the attack. Horse draw wagons and the small trucks of WW1 just couldn't carry enough and were not up to the job anyway.

[@williamschlenger1518]

The horses didn't want to go to war.

[@gerardtalbot6244]

And the men did ?

[@steverzucidlo9065]

Wow that must have been a very difficult time.

[@DrummerJacob]

@KaiseroftheEnigma well in the big picture i think it was mostly a bunch of little chunks of land that had been built up and mechanized through the industrial revolution, and every country built up lots of industry and war machines, fences, bunkers,etc...and war was just becoming inevitable. its like, if they didnt fight, it would be a huge waste of all the money spent pre-war. plus beyond that it was just alot of collective egos trying to save face. what a waste

[@barneybudden104]

Oh HELL yeah

[@slome815]

with the pothelm that should be I think instead of by.

[@slome815]

@MAKER6450 these were not made for trench warfare, every war the germans had fought untill the first world war had been war of of mobility.

[@knicklas48]

The got the position and direction of march of German 1st Army quite wrong. It was turning SE to try to take the French in the flank thereby presenting their *right flank to the French left.

[@st.apollonius5758]

One of my ancestors gave the Hun a good thrashing at Marne but then was killed during the battle of Aisne

[@TonyBraun]

wank on

[@mr.ramfan8100]

I'm sincerely sorry, dude.

[@williamschlenger1518]

St. Apollonius Some thrashing. 😊

[@danieleriksson5587]

Bet he pussied out and got executed for cowardice

[@WJack97224]

Every politician on any side of WW I should have at the very least been thrown in prison for the balance of his life.

[@ishigum]

I feel bad for the horses. They're like "Hey man, we we're just dropping these guys off"

[@schattensand6129]

They give Gallienis or his staffs merits to Joffre. To couterattack at that September 5th was their idea.

[@walter0bz]

@goodcomps - same as the credit cycle. how depressing.

[@bobg6638]

What a tragic mess

[@redcoatsrule]

@olly660 he went to Craiglockhart War Hospital in scotland.

[@JanMelet]

Very good historical images. It is not a nice one but I appreciate this video

[@Agent1W]

@joeym145 This war has shaped the destiny of the world more than any other conflict.

[@BirgirZ]

3:29 Wooster fought in WWI? :O

[@dolphee9935]

BirgirZ so blackadder was a documentary!

[@Harvin87]

At this point the trench-warfare seem like a good choice for the German armies. The war had just broke off, and they were occupying Belgium and enemy territory.

[@Sexorcism1]

Humanity endured some of the greatest struggles in the first world war, those where brave men.

[@TonyBraun]

What the fuck are you talking about, they where guttless murdering arseholes. All of them.

[@mr.ramfan8100]

@@TonyBraun The only gutless prick I see is antoniA brown.....

[@humbleone6405]

Why did they put those points on the german helmets? Anyone know

[@humbleone6405]

@callyharley Great Answer...love your sense of humor...

[@slome815]

They didnt plan on trench warfare, but once they got into it it was all they had. However, once it was clear that the trench war would last a long they they did start to cut them off en eventualy they were completly replaced by the pothelm.

[@purplesword4286]

schlieffen plan was ultimately a failure. a brilliant tactical plan in theory but a strategic disaster.

[@mr.ramfan8100]

The plans of war ALWAYS look good on paper. ..

[@dolphee9935]

Well a very similar plan worked 25 years later

[@WJack97224]

@purple sword, My understanding of the Schlieffen Plan was that the German Army must make their sleeves touch the waters of the English Channel before turning south but they failed to follow the plan and turned south too early. My guess is that had the Germans continued to brush the channel with their sleeves then they would have cut off the resupply lines from England and then the attrition and shortage of supplies might have favored the Germans. But it is just suppositions and conjectures.

[@mr.ramfan8100]

@@dolphee9935 wrong for two reasons- first, Germany simply made a straight line thru France to Paris and reason two was at that time the Nazi's were not engaged in an eastern front war as well...

[@dolphee9935]

Mr. Ramfan what are you on, they went through Belgium to Paris, just like in the Schiefflen plan, and also one aspect of the dchiefflen plan was that they could send most of their army to France at the stat because the mobilisation of russia would take a long time

[@VitalMusic217]

why this trench war become so long? why it didn´t in second war? aviation?

[@giggedy4goo]

Tommies called Gen Franchet D'Esperey "Desperate Franky"

[@playonkorg]

Crazy that someone barks at you how to walk?

[@wp4866]

oh, how gaily we walk to our death

[@DylanRossification]

HEY 9CSt! Are you watching the video now?

[@nekoii22]

Yeah 20 something years later ww2

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

Jaque! Where are you going in the taxi cab? To WAR!

[@futurebestseller84]

only like 2 or 3 ww1 vets still alive

[@WJack97224]

@futurebestseller84, As of February 2020 I think all the WW I vets are gone. As the song goes, "and as year passes year, more old men disappear, someday no one will march there at al." Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ-pq3ajdt6Cppo

[@osielcardenas4055]

your fther veteran ?

[@dragonraiderzombie]

mrs lopez clas????

[@oraange]

Stolz, Fière, Brave mens ,menschen, hommes

[@zacharycat]

Frontal attack? count me out, i plan to die old and in bed, hopefully not alone.

[@IIXXIIXX]

the design wasn't made for the trenches

[@copali]

@hatemf23 sorry i wrong to translate your answer ;D

[@elisparks420]

True, but World War 2 was on a bigger scale. Still, I see what you mean.

[@tobi25586]

-the flag of the french army is a white eagle on a white background^^ -at a gun shop you can buy a french ww2 army rifle, the description says "never fired, just dropped once"^^ just joking :)

[@humbleone6405]

Can't blame them. .it was a dead cause

[@binaway]

Trench warfare first happened at the end of the US Civil War. The Confederates dug trenches around their Capital of Richmond Virginia. The Union army were forced to do the same to protect their own.Even without machine guns it was a stalemate situation. The whole world ignored what had happened until WW1

[@goodcomps]

@worldgoingtozero and that was the point the world made at the end of the first world war, thus calling it "The War to End all Wars", yet sadly human pride and arrogance needs to repeat the same lesson over and over. The problem is people only live 70 to 80 years and then living memory is lost on the younger generations, thus people forget the horrors of war and the senseless destruction is causes - and the cycle repeats itself...

[@WJack97224]

@goodcomps, Yes indeed. Same is seen today as children of all ages from infancy to 90 have bought the gd, immoral, hate mongering, commie/socialist, Democrat spiel. After a generation the damned fools don't know squat about the atrocities, the 10s of millions murdered by the commie/socialists. In the end all political governments are evils, wicked, the bane of humanity. Politics is violence and yet people continue to vote for these scoundrel politicians. You might like Murray Rothbard's article: The Political Thought of Étienne de la Boétie By Murray N. Rothbard mises.org/library/political-thought-%C3%A9tienne-de-la-bo%C3%A9tie [Keep in mind that political government is corporate as was made clear by O’Neal v. Wake Co. (NC), 1928. The sad truth is that neither Boétie or Rothbard recognize that constitutional government/political government is not Christian but is Satanic rubbish that has supplanted Jehovah God’s Law. I recommend that people read, listen to and study Ted R. Weiland’s messages. www.kingdompromises.org/kingdompromises_audio/1145.mp3 Pick the audio up at the 33:22 mark and listen to Ted R. Weiland explain the problem of voting and political government. This Biblical information was never mentioned in the government schools and one private school that I attended, but of course all these schools had government contracts/grants/kids on government scholarships so they all had conflicts of interest, i.e they were all prejudiced in favor of political government. Political government has trapped us all with the welfare state's and "Statist's" loot A to satisfy B schemes. Political government has been the bane of humanity. Bible Law vs. The United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective www.missiontoisrael.org/blvc-index.php Law & Kingdom: Their Relevance Under the New Covenant www.missiontoisrael.org/law-kingdom.php In summary: tradition is the number one reason people consent to be ruled. And people who lack Christian foundation fall for the tradition excuse with ease. - JW] [Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de la Boétie, written 1552-53. Translated by Harry Kurz for the edition that carried Rothbard’s introduction, New York: Free Life Editions, 1975. The pagination in the footnotes refers to this 1975 edition. This online edition of Rothbard introduction 2002 © The Mises Institute, reprinted with the permission of the Rothbard Estate]

[@Rocky-xx2zg]

Generations of Young from all sides, destroyed.

[@shaneamenta309]

Yea we could have used them too

[@300daysandnights]

I wouldn't call it victory if I was German.

[@bulldogrj5020]

i think ww1 is my favorite war type, its got every type of warefare in it

[@galebailey5583]

Those are farmers’ fields they’re digging into....lots of stinky manure there. This opened up a new chapter of hell in the war....lots of illness and trenchfoot.

[@danielmoks1]

I am 11year old child warrior warrior

[@r.eticdu1371]

At 7.00 German prisoners are very lucky. They are alive and will escape four years of nightmares.

[@josephddd117]

Im 15 now, do you give a damn?

[@mengutimur]

Conspiracy of European historians: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2XCgqyFlL-jpLM

[@canadianwardog7118]

Terrifying

[@ibrahimbahadr1713]

Politicians decide the war and youngs get ready for fight."Unless a war is not for homeland protection,it is just a murder." M.K.ATATÜRK.

[@strappingYungLad]

@bulldogrj5020 and then World War II came about. Now THAT has every type of warfare in it. LOL u said "warefare" that doesnt exist. warfare does though

[@AltamontKiller]

LINKS SCHULTER!! 0:51

[@dannymaclure1]

NO

[@misscauliflowergreen9904]

Well, hindsight is 20/20. Whatever blunders the Germans did some things were just out of their hands and they were well aware Germany wasn't equipped to fight a long war of attrition on two fronts before the war started. Personally I think that the Entente powers should take most of the blame for gifting Germany an opportunity to stay in the fight for longer than necessary when they could have choked them to death by virtue of their highly advantageous strategic superiority and "allies".

[@marcobagut]

This documentary is so annoyingly rethorical though!

[@slome815]

Yeah prussia.

[@elisparks420]

World War Two had millions of people wiped out in single battles.

[@cctv5553]

it bothers me when americans start to talk above ww1 and ww2 like they win but they are far away from true,in ww2 anericans and engish soldiers had about 500 000 deaths ussr had 20 million deaths so who won the war

[@chrispotter3324]

Not the derpy country that lost 20 million, that’s obvious. Winning wars isn’t about horrendous mass-casualties among your own forces (unless you’re a Russian). Also, what fucking Americans started talking? They aren’t even mentioned in the video, dude. Stop creating an issue where none exists.

[@mr.ramfan8100]

The USA has ALWAYS had to bail Europe's ass out of trouble, both financially AND militarily, for over a fucking century, assface. ..

[@jeffmackie547]

@@mr.ramfan8100 Your right pal.Dread to think what the world would be like if it wasn't for America🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@LegitXXMou5E]

it is all fake......:L