Sir Douglas Haig wasn't moronic- he was only fighting the war with the tactics of the previous ones. It was Churchill that frantically lobbied for the deployment of tanks to break the trench stalemate.
Wow, this movie is so realistic...everyone is clean shaven wearing nice pressed and clean uniforms. I'm sure that's exactly how it was back in those trenches!
Who cares how much the US participated in World War I? Whatever we did or didn't do in WWI, we made up for it when we saved your sorry skins in the Pacific in World War II. Now show some gratitude or we won't help you next time.
117,000 Americans killed in ww1, I wouldn't say we did nothing, not to mention many had come over as far back as 1914 to enlist in other armies to help, and I don't even guess how many thousands enlisted as Canadians to get over there, so maybe a little more then shit.
Thanks the kings and emperors for this slaughter. Namely the emperors of Austria, Germany and the king of Great Britain. And not to forget the tsar of Russia. Dictators all. Good riddance those buggers are dead now. They should have been arrested and hung from the Eiffel Tower by their necks.
How is it possible that the mass artillery fire did not destroy the machine guns and barbed wire. Thats the part I never understood. The barrage went on for two weeks.
Two Reasons: The Germans had constructed a much more thorough defense than was known, including extremely deep bunkers unaffected by arty fire. Perhaps more importantly, they used shrapnel rounds instead of HE (High Explosive). Shrapnel rounds burst 20 feet above ground, hurling dozens of lead balls out like a shotgun. Great for killing personnel in the open. Terrible for destroying hardened bunkers or wire emplacements. Didn't help that 1/3 of the rounds were duds.
Even if HE rounds were used in the barrage, it probably wouldn't have made much difference in the end. The wire would be less of an issue, and concrete MG emplacements would have likely been destroyed, but the German soldiers would have remained.
It was believed that the only way to keep the men moving was to walk together, with the Lt. pushing them along. They thought if men were allowed to run, take cover, etc, that most would just sit in a crater and nothing would get done.
All one need do is look at a few of these hate-filled, racist comments to see just how many people can watch something like this, and learn ABSOLUTELY NOTHING from it.
How many times must we go through this before we learn that one people is no better or worse than any other people? We can be proud of ourselves and our country without putting down others.
Trust me. I've been to war. We're all the same inside. We shouldn't have to cut each other in half to figure this out anymore.
@seitengewehr98 omg someone with a brain in another part of the world. And sadly mate the comments by these morons on here are the reason these events occur. It'll happen again although next time it wont merely be a few million with conventional methods. We literally have Anti-matter, huge nukes, Electromagnetic particle beams etc etc. Living in an age where we could wipe each other out with the primitive brain still in full flight
all they did was replenish men for the british and french soldiers who had little to no fresh troops left, they all got shot up in the previous 3 years of the war
My god, I am glad I was not in this war, or any for that matter. I am grateful to those who fought these wars. I saw a film about a 110 year old British World War I veteran who fought at the Battle of Passchendaele. 80 years after the battle, flickering lights under the cracks of his door at night when he was falling asleep gave him artillery flashbacks. How tragic... mankind is so aggressive, we've become so good at war that it cannot be fought (nuclear weapons). We know how to kill, not heal.
@Blutwasser then why does Europeans settled in Canada? Australia? Should they called themselves Canadians? Australians? You Europeans stole everyland from the native american of north america?
@Blutwasser does that mean we should all be called Africans? Would you want to be called a African? We are a bunch of animals here in America? We are less than 230 years old, can count the number of wars that we have fought almost on one hand, and we have surpassed every nation in the short amount of time that we have achieved greatness and we are the animals? I think not. Do I detect jealousy? Have a good day.
@Blutwasser did the U.S. invade at this time? Next to zero? But how many black, Asian, and Latin countries have Europeans invaded from 1917 to lets say the present? Well, to damn many to count. How about the 1888 Berlin conference where Europeans divided up the African continent between themselves. Wow, how do you divide up a entire continent? My country never did this. Can you say the same thing? And since it has been proven that the first man originated from Africa does that mean we are all
@Blutwasser the United States already looked good before intervening in any European conflict and our involvement was the result of defeated (and close to defeated) European nations asking for our involvement not that we had anything to claim or gain in this involvement. The problems that existed in the world were mainly the result of European intervention in business that was not theirs. See unlike Europe pre-1917 the U.S. kept mainly to itself. How many African, Asian, and Latin countries did
@Blutwasser cut off aid for a bit and allow someone else to take the forefront. Who is going to do it France? The U.K.? Russia? Sweden? Germany? Who will BE ABLE to take the place of the United States and do it as well since 1917 as we have? India? China? They Indians and Chinese can barely take care of their own country do you seriously they believe or even care for the rest of the world? Give me a break. When America does go down do you know how many nations will go down with her? Believe me
@Blutwasser were on a high. What advantage did Americans have sending thousands of her sons to die on foreign battlefields? If we wanted to look good why not send troops to quell uprisings in Mexico, Central, and South America? Why go halfway around the world to Europe to look good when Americans could have done the same thing and gotten the same results in our backyard? But maybe the United States should "pullback" and all others to take the lead and lets see how far they get. Maybe we should
@Blutwasser Well, first off it is hard trying to trade and provide for the welfare of your citizens when half of the world is at war. Remember even though it was not our business Europeans BEGGED the United States to get involved even though vast majority of the population wanted nothing to do with what was going on over there. Just so we can look good? I suggest you read about how before our entry into World War One the United States was living it up. Everything was peachy and Americans
@Blutwasser Umm... you can't blame the USA for every problem in the world. We usually come late to every war because most of the time it really was none of our business to begin with (World War 1 and World War 2 for example). You seem to forget that European militaries made some of their own mistakes getting involved in other countries business, Britain in Palestine for example, France in Algeria, and Russia in Afghanistan.
Americans were they had a tiny part they were actually assinged to the ANZACs. Research a bloke called Sir General John Monash the commander of the ANZACS in France
@Blutwasser Well you think we shouldnt have been in Iraq or Vietnam, which I agree with, so which other wars did we come too late in? Would you be referring to all the other wars we've kicked ass in? If we fuck the other country 6 ways from Sunday seems like we weren't too late. And your mistaken, we didnt invade Iraq because they wouldn't trade with us, (we're the ones who imposed economic sanctions on them) we invaded because our president was a fucking moron. But the American people kick ass.
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@TheKraut88 Verdun was the embodiment of trench warfare , the senseless and the cruelty of this first big industrial war, but the most casualities were "achieved" at the Battle of the Somme.
Brave men died on both - "innocence dies at first" isn't just a saying. I dont believe mankind will be able to learn from its failures, there won't be any peaceful ending until the last man on earth stops breathing. Call me a cynic..
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@Hperman09 lol you really don't like Europe huh? ;) The U, S and fuckin' A didn't participate at Somme - and that's what matters, so please shut it wanka. Albanis2 is right, and hopefully you'll grab your history book and get your facts right. I freakin' hate ignorant americans.
and what the fuck you come into my channel and comment here. Typical left wing brainwashed European kid. i freaking hate ignorant Europeans. when did i say USA did participate the Somme. i do know my history on Somme, Albanis2 is just an online abuser. You're the one being ignorant. when did i say USA participate in the Somme. did i say USA participate in the Somme? NO
@airbornetr00per You hate Americans huh? Hate to break it to you but we saved your ass. Twice. You guys are a bunch of pussies. You got your ass handed to you in both wars, and we had to come save your tea drinking bitchholes. So please, if your going to talk about war, show a little respect.
(Oh, and you seem to love the term 'wanker'. Is that because you brits were sitting around jerking off while America was kicking ass and killing Germans? Just curious.)
@austinvanderlyn so what? you liberated france and helped UK abit but USSR did all the dirty job _ALL_ Allies saved eachothers "asses" during WW2. No country could take out germany alone they was simply to strong
@austinvanderlyn The US only saved Australia in WW2, The European theatre was already won before D-Day. The US didnt save Europe from the Germans, you saved it from the Russians
omfg there is some EPIC FAIL going on in the comments... US wasnt in the war until 1917, until then they were sending ammunitions to the british. And furthermore there were no Allies and Axis, thats WW2 buddy. The austro-german empire were called the Central powers. So for you kiddies telling us that US was there, put your fucking xbox controller down and open a history book... kthnxbai
This English-American says huzzah for Britain! And I agree, the French and British sacrifices and efforts are what mostly helped win the War; the USA was there obviously to help fight, but really to bolster the depleting Allied manpower, the French and British casualties of which had been killed, crippled, etc. in fighting Germany themselves from August 1914 through at least the Winter of 1917/18. That's reality.
Actually it was the final British push that won the war along with the ANZACS , Canadians & the Indian army . They pushed the Germans back by combining infantry support and tanks . However they didn't follow it up 21 years later , the Germans copied and you had Blitzkreig .
@dafydd67 The Indians were no longer on the Western Front after 1915. As for the final push, all the Allies were making the final push, there was no one nation that was more important than another. The Big 3 (US, UK & France) were all needed.
@MrShaneVicious America should never have gotten involved in WW1 it was none of our business and it wasn't worth one American boys blood. Britain and France would have won WW1 without us anyways. Europeans started it they should have finished it ALONE. They start both wars. Imagine if we never get involved in WW1, we should have not stick our noses into countries affairs like we have today.
@MrShaneVicious That is where you are wrong . It was the British who devised and started and led the final push under Rawlinson . There were three Indian brigades present who took part and because the French had suffered under the previous offensives they were propped up by the newly arrived Americans . The credit for the final push lies squarely at the feet of Britain , Cananda , Australia , New Zealand and the dominions .
@dafydd67 The French had recovered by 1918. All of the Allies were involved in the final push. While Rawlinson and the 4th Army are mostly responsible for the victory at Amiens August (August '18), It was the French mostly who defeated the Germans at the Second Battle of the Marne (July '18). The Americans then went on the offensive at St. Mihiel (Sept '18) and then again in the Meuse-Argonne (Sept-Nov '18).
On Sept 26th Foch ordered an Offensive by all the Allies, Belgian, French, British and American. There were over 130 divisions with another 60 in reserve against 190 German Divisions. The numbers alone tell you it was an all Allied effort.
@Albanis2 I'm glad the US wasn't there in 1916, what a terrible war. It was European pride that helped to caused both the World Wars and the US had to go in and help fix the problem both times. The US has some serious problems but "world peace" today (this is hard to say considering the middle east) is partly due to the US staying a major military power after World War II. Having such a strong military presence keeps some (say like Hitler) in check from starting a war... Let's learn to avoid war
@Albanis2 Sorry for my countryman's complete idiocy and apparent inability to read a date...I beg you understand this is not indicative of Americans as a general demographic. Though admittedly, it seems to be a consistent trend that our (American) Youtube/internet population in general finds ways to outdo themselves regarding made-up history. Americans, my self included, are proud of what our armed forces have done...but we don't all have to change history to do it...
@Albanis2 i am an american but i fully agree with you , sorry for some of my uneducated ignorant countrymen . some of us however ,are educated and understand your great sacrifices. Thank You !
@Albanis2 USA didnt HAVE to be in that war....they should not have even joined...you europeans just started ww1 b/c of military competetion, and to see who would be the "big dog" in europe...not for "freedom" or any of that bullshit...ww1 was for nothing...the REAL reason USA got in the war was to make sure that the new russia (ussr) would not spread b/c of america's hatred for communism...
@IsaacD39 Wrong, that is only a partial reason...Woodrow Wilson entered the war to help the allies win it but he mostly went over there to make sure that communism does not spread...dont try to out smart an american history professor because you wont. And that stupid letter to mexico about asking to attack u.s is a fraud..there is no proof of that whatsoever...it was deffidently an attempt by UK to get us in faster
@Albanis2 he might be a dumbass but pointing out if he is American or not is moot. besides, anybody not brave enough to get on a ship and come to the new world was a chicken shit asshole loser anyway
makes me proud to say i am English. There was a great story i read once that boosted my pride even more, the Germans were on a routine patrol laughing and joking about the pathetic ways of the english, next thing, 30 german soldiers are on the floor dead, guess who BEF.
@andii194 One must never forget the part us other 'Brits' played and more importantly the Canadians and Anzacs . There were no winners in WW1 and we are still living with its outcome today .
I know, i know. It was an unnecessary war ran by aggressiveness. I have full respect for all empire troops that played a role in the ending of the war and sacrificed their lives for this.
machine gun bullets dont care about ideals and moral. they just wound and kill. those poor guys dont deserve armchair generals discussing what rifles they used or how much "betta" their army was. they fought for the men next to them and they left the delusiveness of the safe trenches to face machinegun fire because of this. no one can tell how they felt but iam sure they had other things in mind before their suicidal attack than ideology.
That's the American's cavalier philosophy nowadays. Without us there would be no victory. Fair play, you did save us, however, you would never have invaded Iraq without British help. Your country would never have existed without the British. So get your head out of your arse.
losingmore men does not equal victory:you say we came late-we say we came at the right time:with russia out,france and italy collapsing,britain facing starvation and demoralisation due to uboat and disaster like passchendale our entry gave the allies that all important morale boost as much as it gave the germans a deprciation:without USA there would be NO victory
you stupid ass dumb fuck,r u stalking you? as regards to "putting me in place" : i call that ignoring you,i got no time for idiots nor for our island slaves:i live in a country where we have lots to do:unlike urs where all you do is take orders and show up when we ask u: iraq,afghanistan etc etc etc
@asku23 Why would I be stalking myself ?? Well we had to show up otherwise your lot would have fucked things up like in Korea and Vietnam . Are you getting angry littlecolonial because you're talking bollocks .
Hey how many burgers & donoughts have you eaten today is your arse getting any bigger . Whenever I see one of your comments I'll correct you . So laddie learn to read a proper book you lardy arsed twat .
a has-been: that is all you and country is dude:i have the current reality you have the history,your cuntry is a 3rd rate power and mine is the sole superpower,i can understand your frustratino jealousy and infeririority complex to america
that the truth,live with it:
stop going around blaberring moronic inaccurate rubbish:i have wasted enough time on a pathetic island lackey
@asku23 Inaccurate Rubbish ???? So you're not as obesce as your neighbour Hank then , but you fancy his dog and you're fed up of standing on used needles in your back yard which are being thrown over by a family of in bred meth amphet addicts . Don't you think Nascar is pretty shit and that your education system is well piss poor (judging by your little rant) . Is roadkill your main food source besides McDonalds ??? I'd like to know who you colonials live ???
@asku23 Hey incest boy heres a fact for you - in 2004 following US costly mistakes in FIBUA , British troops were called in to re train as regards to combating insurgency . Why ?? UK was successful in counter insurgency . I'll just wait for your usual abuse as you amuse me .
you're a dumbass, you stupid USA cowboy assholes came along in 1917 AFTER the gas masks were invented, you never had to suffer gas attacks as bad as brits and canadians and french did. And you didnt win as many battles and you didnt kill nearly as many germans as the brittish army. AND when you came in, tanks were already there. Cover your stupid rookie infantry. If I take 2 of the biggest, most important victories of ww1. Paschendale and the somme. it tells me Canada and Brits. Not fuckin usa.
@chromecrescent they werent in ww1, germany surrendered when they were still inside enemy territory, occupying it. And had won against most of the russian army. USA or no USA, interior problems happen anyway and they surrender anyway.
you're gonna say the germans lost when you came in. But do I really have to tell you that german surrender was because of interior events. They were still in enemy territory when they signed armistice. So shut the hell up with your ''usa are heroes'' bullshit. You're just doing your share of shit like everybody else dont screw your allies over by taking all the glory after you sat on your hand you bunch of twats.
Ok yeah we sat on our hands. That's why my greatgrandfather got his horse shot out from underneath him, got back up and killed 4 Germans before the line broke. Fuck you, get your facts straight you english motherfucker.
@funnyforyou69 YOUR GRANDFATHER KILLED 4 GERMANS ? OH MY GOD what a decisive victory. Can you tell me a battle USA won in WW1 ?
I can still name paschendale for canada and The Somme for great brittain... you well. You were reinforcements basically. compared to brits and canada and france etc...
Well done! You sir an an idiot. You really think that an army is bad because it has a pathetic captain who thinks that WALKING in to machine gun fire is more effective than running? Learn your history.
are you even aware of this fact: in 4 years 1914-1918=of the 20000 miles of france and belgium that germany occupied:the allies managed to take back less than a 1000? the american army took more than 1500 and was the ONLY army that managed to penerate into germany proper
please don't insult the people who died,my great grandad was one of them,we will never know how they felt what they went through,knowing every morning they woke up it might be their last day,knowing when that whistle blows they are facing almost certain death,we will never know.least we forget
somme was one of the biggest disasters EVER in brit army history:the only consolation for morons like u is inflated or imagined german casualties even though this data has been there for more than 50 years
This doco and another one called The trench both have the men wearing brand new clean uniforms.
Whilst I appreciate that probably cleanliness was important in the Trenches, surely the producers should have made then men look more realistic.
My Grandfather was a British machine gunner in the war, he joined up when he was 17 and lied to get in. He came back alive with a hand wound.
Digmen1 3 weeks ago
Seems like at that time Single Battles where more like a campaign.
SirXand3r 1 month ago
Se ve muy bueno el documental!
chchaluya 2 months ago
Sir Douglas Haig wasn't moronic- he was only fighting the war with the tactics of the previous ones. It was Churchill that frantically lobbied for the deployment of tanks to break the trench stalemate.
IanHunedoara8 5 months ago
the red borron was killing them up
hd150 6 months ago
My great-grandfather was at Flers-Courcelette, 26th Battalion CEF.
Litterboxer529 6 months ago 6
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how can i find this film?
mihaeltomasovic 8 months ago
can anyone tell me wtf this has to do with the iron maiden playlist I found please?
jeremy251 8 months ago in playlist War scenes
The narrator has a sexy voice
Gurumze 8 months ago
Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of this movie?
I tried my locals libraries and they dont have it. Thanks Kettch for your uploads on the Somme. Watched most of them
realitystrat 9 months ago
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jmantime 11 months ago
General Sir Douglas Haig---an absolute moronic general!
chuckbuckbobuck 11 months ago
The Germans were kicking ass by 1915 and 1916
djjosh34445 1 year ago
for the god damn record, technecaly it was the british but thats only because canada was part of britain at the time
the british put us right on the fucking chopping block
jonlscott 1 year ago
my uncle won the medal of honor in this war
00IRON001 1 year ago
what the fuck were they thinking? Good God...
corporateCoffee 1 year ago
2:28 RIVERSOMME MOTHER FUCKER! (insert sidney samson)
sorry,i had to do it.
scarabix3D 1 year ago
Wow, this movie is so realistic...everyone is clean shaven wearing nice pressed and clean uniforms. I'm sure that's exactly how it was back in those trenches!
happy543210 1 year ago
5:37 looks like bear grylls
HawkeyesMKV 1 year ago
Who cares how much the US participated in World War I? Whatever we did or didn't do in WWI, we made up for it when we saved your sorry skins in the Pacific in World War II. Now show some gratitude or we won't help you next time.
Nikifuj908 1 year ago
@Nikifuj908 amen to that
mboondocksaint2 1 year ago
quiero la pelicula mandenme el nombre si
dayvisyc 1 year ago
@dayvisyc el documental se llama "La Somme seguir" en el enlace para ver el vídeo para verlo en youtube
y hablar Inglés por favor;)
Kettch23 1 year ago
I cant find this movie The Somme on piratebay... Is it the real name on the movie?
ownarn 1 year ago
@ownarn yes it is simply called The Somme, someone else uploaded it to youtube (link in the video)
Kettch23 1 year ago
Its a documentary, not a movie
dane18owen 1 year ago
@ownarn i got the movie at the National WWI musem, go there
guywith3 11 months ago
@ownarn try 'The Somme - From Defeat to Victory'
MonolithSlasher 5 months ago
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@ownarn try 'The Somme - From Defeat to Victory'
MonolithSlasher 5 months ago
Idiotic Americans they didn't do shit in World War1 Canadians were most effective corps taking Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
CanadianStereotype 1 year ago
@CanadianStereotype
117,000 Americans killed in ww1, I wouldn't say we did nothing, not to mention many had come over as far back as 1914 to enlist in other armies to help, and I don't even guess how many thousands enlisted as Canadians to get over there, so maybe a little more then shit.
candr 1 year ago
Around 7:50
The officer says not to run.
Why?
Truth118 1 year ago
@Truth118 It would tire them out before they got there and reaction time would be slower.
candr 1 year ago
mankind is a joke of nature
Ticonio 1 year ago
my great granddad was at the Somme and he was one of 7 brothers and he was the only one that survived the war
bungeye09 1 year ago
lets all stop our racist comments. Our planet and lives are too precious and rare in this universe to hate each other for abitrary reasons.
BadTurnips 1 year ago
Thanks the kings and emperors for this slaughter. Namely the emperors of Austria, Germany and the king of Great Britain. And not to forget the tsar of Russia. Dictators all. Good riddance those buggers are dead now. They should have been arrested and hung from the Eiffel Tower by their necks.
higuma75 1 year ago
How is it possible that the mass artillery fire did not destroy the machine guns and barbed wire. Thats the part I never understood. The barrage went on for two weeks.
Highice007 1 year ago
@Highice007
Two Reasons: The Germans had constructed a much more thorough defense than was known, including extremely deep bunkers unaffected by arty fire. Perhaps more importantly, they used shrapnel rounds instead of HE (High Explosive). Shrapnel rounds burst 20 feet above ground, hurling dozens of lead balls out like a shotgun. Great for killing personnel in the open. Terrible for destroying hardened bunkers or wire emplacements. Didn't help that 1/3 of the rounds were duds.
seitengewehr98 1 year ago
@Highice007
Even if HE rounds were used in the barrage, it probably wouldn't have made much difference in the end. The wire would be less of an issue, and concrete MG emplacements would have likely been destroyed, but the German soldiers would have remained.
It was believed that the only way to keep the men moving was to walk together, with the Lt. pushing them along. They thought if men were allowed to run, take cover, etc, that most would just sit in a crater and nothing would get done.
seitengewehr98 1 year ago
All one need do is look at a few of these hate-filled, racist comments to see just how many people can watch something like this, and learn ABSOLUTELY NOTHING from it.
How many times must we go through this before we learn that one people is no better or worse than any other people? We can be proud of ourselves and our country without putting down others.
Trust me. I've been to war. We're all the same inside. We shouldn't have to cut each other in half to figure this out anymore.
seitengewehr98 1 year ago 54
@seitengewehr98
I COMPLETELY agree with you, and I'll also say this.
In war, no one wins.
No one.
lavenderblossom 1 year ago
@seitengewehr98 +1... it seems that we as humans feel the need to put others down to make us feel better about ourselves.
silvertaco1 1 year ago
@seitengewehr98 omg someone with a brain in another part of the world. And sadly mate the comments by these morons on here are the reason these events occur. It'll happen again although next time it wont merely be a few million with conventional methods. We literally have Anti-matter, huge nukes, Electromagnetic particle beams etc etc. Living in an age where we could wipe each other out with the primitive brain still in full flight
Baldwynmayhem 1 year ago
@seitengewehr98 If you don't mind me asking sir, from where are you, and where did you serve? I'd be honoured to know.
canuckleful 1 year ago
@canuckleful u must be british I can tell by all your u's in words that dont need them :P
wallieburger 1 year ago
@wallieburger Canadian actually :)
canuckleful 1 year ago
@seitengewehr98 well said my friend well said
00IRON001 1 year ago
@seitengewehr98 My gosh!!! Well said Sir.!!!!
Eltirian911 1 year ago
@seitengewehr98 i agree all the way. war is just the hate of old politicians, and the young men on the battlefield pay the price.
Boyzoftheburg 1 year ago
worst tactics ever a wall of men running not being able to fire while running while machine guns and artillery mow them down.
prizes99live 1 year ago
Thank God Holland wasn't involved.
TheBlueBandYTAccount 1 year ago
The Americans did'nt do shit !
metalrocks21rapsucks 1 year ago
@metalrocks21rapsucks
all they did was replenish men for the british and french soldiers who had little to no fresh troops left, they all got shot up in the previous 3 years of the war
tecna64 1 year ago
My god, I am glad I was not in this war, or any for that matter. I am grateful to those who fought these wars. I saw a film about a 110 year old British World War I veteran who fought at the Battle of Passchendaele. 80 years after the battle, flickering lights under the cracks of his door at night when he was falling asleep gave him artillery flashbacks. How tragic... mankind is so aggressive, we've become so good at war that it cannot be fought (nuclear weapons). We know how to kill, not heal.
tmcquad1 1 year ago
WWI post re the somme was good (you tube) ty, do you have link to vet film?@tmcquad1
cantbangel 1 year ago
BBC make such awesome documentarys! Amazing quality.
bodypowr 1 year ago
@Blutwasser then why does Europeans settled in Canada? Australia? Should they called themselves Canadians? Australians? You Europeans stole everyland from the native american of north america?
Hperman09 1 year ago
@Blutwasser does that mean we should all be called Africans? Would you want to be called a African? We are a bunch of animals here in America? We are less than 230 years old, can count the number of wars that we have fought almost on one hand, and we have surpassed every nation in the short amount of time that we have achieved greatness and we are the animals? I think not. Do I detect jealousy? Have a good day.
edavismookie25 1 year ago
@Blutwasser did the U.S. invade at this time? Next to zero? But how many black, Asian, and Latin countries have Europeans invaded from 1917 to lets say the present? Well, to damn many to count. How about the 1888 Berlin conference where Europeans divided up the African continent between themselves. Wow, how do you divide up a entire continent? My country never did this. Can you say the same thing? And since it has been proven that the first man originated from Africa does that mean we are all
edavismookie25 1 year ago
@Blutwasser the United States already looked good before intervening in any European conflict and our involvement was the result of defeated (and close to defeated) European nations asking for our involvement not that we had anything to claim or gain in this involvement. The problems that existed in the world were mainly the result of European intervention in business that was not theirs. See unlike Europe pre-1917 the U.S. kept mainly to itself. How many African, Asian, and Latin countries did
edavismookie25 1 year ago
@Blutwasser cut off aid for a bit and allow someone else to take the forefront. Who is going to do it France? The U.K.? Russia? Sweden? Germany? Who will BE ABLE to take the place of the United States and do it as well since 1917 as we have? India? China? They Indians and Chinese can barely take care of their own country do you seriously they believe or even care for the rest of the world? Give me a break. When America does go down do you know how many nations will go down with her? Believe me
edavismookie25 1 year ago
@Blutwasser were on a high. What advantage did Americans have sending thousands of her sons to die on foreign battlefields? If we wanted to look good why not send troops to quell uprisings in Mexico, Central, and South America? Why go halfway around the world to Europe to look good when Americans could have done the same thing and gotten the same results in our backyard? But maybe the United States should "pullback" and all others to take the lead and lets see how far they get. Maybe we should
edavismookie25 1 year ago
@Blutwasser Well, first off it is hard trying to trade and provide for the welfare of your citizens when half of the world is at war. Remember even though it was not our business Europeans BEGGED the United States to get involved even though vast majority of the population wanted nothing to do with what was going on over there. Just so we can look good? I suggest you read about how before our entry into World War One the United States was living it up. Everything was peachy and Americans
edavismookie25 1 year ago
My god battle tactics were so bad back then...
TastyGenitals 1 year ago
@Blutwasser Umm... you can't blame the USA for every problem in the world. We usually come late to every war because most of the time it really was none of our business to begin with (World War 1 and World War 2 for example). You seem to forget that European militaries made some of their own mistakes getting involved in other countries business, Britain in Palestine for example, France in Algeria, and Russia in Afghanistan.
edavismookie25 1 year ago
what movie or documentary is this
falinthos 1 year ago
Americans were they had a tiny part they were actually assinged to the ANZACs. Research a bloke called Sir General John Monash the commander of the ANZACS in France
sigmatus303 1 year ago
@Blutwasser Well you think we shouldnt have been in Iraq or Vietnam, which I agree with, so which other wars did we come too late in? Would you be referring to all the other wars we've kicked ass in? If we fuck the other country 6 ways from Sunday seems like we weren't too late. And your mistaken, we didnt invade Iraq because they wouldn't trade with us, (we're the ones who imposed economic sanctions on them) we invaded because our president was a fucking moron. But the American people kick ass.
austinvanderlyn 1 year ago
brave men died on both side
hlimkb 1 year ago 2
brave men died on both side
hlimkb 1 year ago
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TheFacebookManiac 1 year ago
What? Somme wasnt the greatest battle in WW1.
The greatest was Verdun or not?
TheKraut88 1 year ago
@TheKraut88 Verdun was the embodiment of trench warfare , the senseless and the cruelty of this first big industrial war, but the most casualities were "achieved" at the Battle of the Somme.
Brave men died on both - "innocence dies at first" isn't just a saying. I dont believe mankind will be able to learn from its failures, there won't be any peaceful ending until the last man on earth stops breathing. Call me a cynic..
oldenough13 1 year ago 10
Albanis2 is just a guy who need to go to grammar school. You need to caml the fuck down. People, go look at his channel.
Hperman09 1 year ago
i mean calm
Hperman09 1 year ago
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@Hperman09 lol you really don't like Europe huh? ;) The U, S and fuckin' A didn't participate at Somme - and that's what matters, so please shut it wanka. Albanis2 is right, and hopefully you'll grab your history book and get your facts right. I freakin' hate ignorant americans.
airbornetr00per 1 year ago
and what the fuck you come into my channel and comment here. Typical left wing brainwashed European kid. i freaking hate ignorant Europeans. when did i say USA did participate the Somme. i do know my history on Somme, Albanis2 is just an online abuser. You're the one being ignorant. when did i say USA participate in the Somme. did i say USA participate in the Somme? NO
Hperman09 1 year ago
@airbornetr00per You hate Americans huh? Hate to break it to you but we saved your ass. Twice. You guys are a bunch of pussies. You got your ass handed to you in both wars, and we had to come save your tea drinking bitchholes. So please, if your going to talk about war, show a little respect.
(Oh, and you seem to love the term 'wanker'. Is that because you brits were sitting around jerking off while America was kicking ass and killing Germans? Just curious.)
austinvanderlyn 1 year ago
@austinvanderlyn so what? you liberated france and helped UK abit but USSR did all the dirty job _ALL_ Allies saved eachothers "asses" during WW2. No country could take out germany alone they was simply to strong
dannelit0w 1 year ago
@austinvanderlyn The US only saved Australia in WW2, The European theatre was already won before D-Day. The US didnt save Europe from the Germans, you saved it from the Russians
ThatAdelaideGuy 1 year ago
world war one was not an american war ppl! get ur facts right
Giallo007 1 year ago
@Giallo007 Actually America was in the war.
funnyforyou69 1 year ago
@funnyforyou69 it came in in the last few months.. the war was a european war..
Giallo007 1 year ago
@funnyforyou69 America didn't enter the war until April 1917 and didn't start fighting major engagements until mid 1918
MrShaneVicious 1 year ago
What's this dudes problem? America didn't enter the war until 1917. You don't know shit, get over it and stfu!
Icedude91 1 year ago
omfg there is some EPIC FAIL going on in the comments... US wasnt in the war until 1917, until then they were sending ammunitions to the british. And furthermore there were no Allies and Axis, thats WW2 buddy. The austro-german empire were called the Central powers. So for you kiddies telling us that US was there, put your fucking xbox controller down and open a history book... kthnxbai
shadowfilter 1 year ago
This English-American says huzzah for Britain! And I agree, the French and British sacrifices and efforts are what mostly helped win the War; the USA was there obviously to help fight, but really to bolster the depleting Allied manpower, the French and British casualties of which had been killed, crippled, etc. in fighting Germany themselves from August 1914 through at least the Winter of 1917/18. That's reality.
rjky1986 1 year ago
Actually it was the final British push that won the war along with the ANZACS , Canadians & the Indian army . They pushed the Germans back by combining infantry support and tanks . However they didn't follow it up 21 years later , the Germans copied and you had Blitzkreig .
dafydd67 1 year ago
@dafydd67 The Indians were no longer on the Western Front after 1915. As for the final push, all the Allies were making the final push, there was no one nation that was more important than another. The Big 3 (US, UK & France) were all needed.
MrShaneVicious 1 year ago
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@MrShaneVicious America should never have gotten involved in WW1 it was none of our business and it wasn't worth one American boys blood. Britain and France would have won WW1 without us anyways. Europeans started it they should have finished it ALONE. They start both wars. Imagine if we never get involved in WW1, we should have not stick our noses into countries affairs like we have today.
Hperman09 1 year ago
@MrShaneVicious That is where you are wrong . It was the British who devised and started and led the final push under Rawlinson . There were three Indian brigades present who took part and because the French had suffered under the previous offensives they were propped up by the newly arrived Americans . The credit for the final push lies squarely at the feet of Britain , Cananda , Australia , New Zealand and the dominions .
dafydd67 1 year ago
@dafydd67 The French had recovered by 1918. All of the Allies were involved in the final push. While Rawlinson and the 4th Army are mostly responsible for the victory at Amiens August (August '18), It was the French mostly who defeated the Germans at the Second Battle of the Marne (July '18). The Americans then went on the offensive at St. Mihiel (Sept '18) and then again in the Meuse-Argonne (Sept-Nov '18).
MrShaneVicious 1 year ago
On Sept 26th Foch ordered an Offensive by all the Allies, Belgian, French, British and American. There were over 130 divisions with another 60 in reserve against 190 German Divisions. The numbers alone tell you it was an all Allied effort.
MrShaneVicious 1 year ago
My great granddad fought at the some with a U.S. Calvary unit.
funnyforyou69 2 years ago
dude, the USA werent even involved in the somme battle, shut the dirty lying dickhole you call a mouth...
USA WASNT EVEN IN THE FUCKING WAR when the somme battle took place -.- dumbass fucking american. .
Albanis2 1 year ago 20
That shows how much you know about ww1. Yes they were you are a sad peice of shit. Fuck you.
funnyforyou69 1 year ago
.... OKay,
somme battle : 1st july 1916 to 18 november 1916
Allied countries involved in battle : Brittain, Canada,France, Australia, New-Zealand, south africa
commanders : Douglas Haig and Ferdinand Foch.
USA enters war : April 1917. ( this is after the somme battle in case you can't read dates like a normal person)
See ? Shut the fuck up now, you know NOTHING about world war one, and it shows.
Albanis2 1 year ago
@Albanis2 I'm glad the US wasn't there in 1916, what a terrible war. It was European pride that helped to caused both the World Wars and the US had to go in and help fix the problem both times. The US has some serious problems but "world peace" today (this is hard to say considering the middle east) is partly due to the US staying a major military power after World War II. Having such a strong military presence keeps some (say like Hitler) in check from starting a war... Let's learn to avoid war
tmcquad1 1 year ago
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funnyforyou69 1 year ago
fine.... I will send you the dozens of millions of proof I have by a private message soon so you will shut the fuck up...
Albanis2 1 year ago
@funnyforyou69 what a wanker!
airbornetr00per 1 year ago
@Albanis2 how about just dumbass. dont be rascist
ele90 1 year ago
@Albanis2 Sorry for my countryman's complete idiocy and apparent inability to read a date...I beg you understand this is not indicative of Americans as a general demographic. Though admittedly, it seems to be a consistent trend that our (American) Youtube/internet population in general finds ways to outdo themselves regarding made-up history. Americans, my self included, are proud of what our armed forces have done...but we don't all have to change history to do it...
AllectusL 1 year ago
@Albanis2
The USA entered the war in april 1917 fortunately by the side of the allies.
Youre saying fucking americans, but they saved your british ass.
Here in Spain we didn't have those problems
classic12b 1 year ago
@Albanis2 No, not in this battle, but the Americans came later. Yes they did fight on the somme.
Kippenbestaan 1 year ago
@Kippenbestaan US weren't involved around this time, I think they got into the war in 1917, that's what he's trying to say I believe.
username12120 1 year ago
@Albanis2 Hey. He's a retard. Some of us actually have an education.
Irc96 1 year ago
@Albanis2 i am an american but i fully agree with you , sorry for some of my uneducated ignorant countrymen . some of us however ,are educated and understand your great sacrifices. Thank You !
megalomaniacal33 1 year ago
@Albanis2 USA didnt HAVE to be in that war....they should not have even joined...you europeans just started ww1 b/c of military competetion, and to see who would be the "big dog" in europe...not for "freedom" or any of that bullshit...ww1 was for nothing...the REAL reason USA got in the war was to make sure that the new russia (ussr) would not spread b/c of america's hatred for communism...
burgersforreal 1 year ago
@burgersforreal The U.S. entered the war when germany's U boats accidently hit a u.s. cruise boat and killed 300 u.s. civilians.
IsaacD39 1 year ago
@IsaacD39 Wrong, that is only a partial reason...Woodrow Wilson entered the war to help the allies win it but he mostly went over there to make sure that communism does not spread...dont try to out smart an american history professor because you wont. And that stupid letter to mexico about asking to attack u.s is a fraud..there is no proof of that whatsoever...it was deffidently an attempt by UK to get us in faster
burgersforreal 1 year ago
@burgersforreal
"Woodrow Wilson entered the war to help the allies win it but he mostly went over there to make sure that communism does not spread"
?????
Do you honestly believe that Imperial Germany was a communist bastion.
valois5 1 year ago
@valois5 germany?? ur confused..im talking about the USSR..after it's establishment of the russian revolution.
burgersforreal 1 year ago
@Albanis2 he might be a dumbass but pointing out if he is American or not is moot. besides, anybody not brave enough to get on a ship and come to the new world was a chicken shit asshole loser anyway
MrCagekicker 1 year ago
even though my doughboys weren't there yet, I still have respect for our British allies and my German ancestors.
USABOYHOOAH 2 years ago
@Dogmeat1950
I dont see you doing anything better than complaining
Melven200 2 years ago
Seems like this is a great documentary, has anyone seen it in its entirety?
liozac0261 2 years ago
I'd like to find the whole program somewhere? Anyone help? Thanks
shelman23 2 years ago
U can find it on historychannel(dot)com
funnyforyou69 2 years ago
bad quality of video equals bad quality of pathetical british comments.........
highperformer 2 years ago
makes me proud to say i am English. There was a great story i read once that boosted my pride even more, the Germans were on a routine patrol laughing and joking about the pathetic ways of the english, next thing, 30 german soldiers are on the floor dead, guess who BEF.
andii194 2 years ago
@andii194 One must never forget the part us other 'Brits' played and more importantly the Canadians and Anzacs . There were no winners in WW1 and we are still living with its outcome today .
dafydd67 2 years ago 2
I know, i know. It was an unnecessary war ran by aggressiveness. I have full respect for all empire troops that played a role in the ending of the war and sacrificed their lives for this.
andii194 2 years ago
@dafydd67
Lets see,
A. the victory over German agression with plans of annexing parts of Russia (which they suceeded in doing) and the annexation of Belgium
B. The preservation of democratic self autonomy for many of Europe's peoples.
C The prevention of a German led European based Empire which like Napoleon's Europe would have continued to threaten the rest of the World.
fp470 2 years ago
Questo è un film o un documentario?
rocciadelmare 2 years ago
machine gun bullets dont care about ideals and moral. they just wound and kill. those poor guys dont deserve armchair generals discussing what rifles they used or how much "betta" their army was. they fought for the men next to them and they left the delusiveness of the safe trenches to face machinegun fire because of this. no one can tell how they felt but iam sure they had other things in mind before their suicidal attack than ideology.
possumGFX 2 years ago 10
Amen possumGFX.... very very true
MrKato88 2 years ago
HOO RAH!
magnum9987 2 years ago
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possumGFX 2 years ago
Well, you know what they say about Italy. German joke from WWII: Italian tanks have 6 gears - 2 forward and 4 reverse.
nicuribe 2 years ago 4
@nicuribe haha same in austria: why do italian tanks have 4 reverse and 1 forward?
-because the enemy can come from behind too.
mitsokostas 2 years ago
how long was the enlistment in those days?
Cisco650 2 years ago
@Cisco650 For the US, 8 months deployment. For britian i believe it was the same.
For every other nation (the ottomans might have had "tours" but i doubt it) it was "your in till its over"
Kraftysot 2 years ago
so is this a movie i can buy off of amazon?
rumbo84 2 years ago
That's the American's cavalier philosophy nowadays. Without us there would be no victory. Fair play, you did save us, however, you would never have invaded Iraq without British help. Your country would never have existed without the British. So get your head out of your arse.
10sboyz 2 years ago
@10sboyz
dude reality check you u:
ur nation is a THIRD rate military power today-it aint 1856,if we invaded the british isles i give ur army a week at best(if it fights at all)
i can understand the fact that our ecnomic and military dominance causes jealousy and a inferiority complex for pigmy nations like urs
DEAL with it
cheers
asku23 2 years ago
yank weve got a better army than you you say u hardly lost any men in the war
thats because i joint 1 year before it ended
riggerrogger101 2 years ago
losingmore men does not equal victory:you say we came late-we say we came at the right time:with russia out,france and italy collapsing,britain facing starvation and demoralisation due to uboat and disaster like passchendale our entry gave the allies that all important morale boost as much as it gave the germans a deprciation:without USA there would be NO victory
asku23 2 years ago
Oh its you again , well guess what you're again . Read the history books you've already been put in your place about this subject .
dafydd67 2 years ago
@dafydd67
you stupid ass dumb fuck,r u stalking you? as regards to "putting me in place" : i call that ignoring you,i got no time for idiots nor for our island slaves:i live in a country where we have lots to do:unlike urs where all you do is take orders and show up when we ask u: iraq,afghanistan etc etc etc
fool
asku23 2 years ago
@asku23 Why would I be stalking myself ?? Well we had to show up otherwise your lot would have fucked things up like in Korea and Vietnam . Are you getting angry littlecolonial because you're talking bollocks .
Hey how many burgers & donoughts have you eaten today is your arse getting any bigger . Whenever I see one of your comments I'll correct you . So laddie learn to read a proper book you lardy arsed twat .
dafydd67 2 years ago
@dafydd67
a has-been: that is all you and country is dude:i have the current reality you have the history,your cuntry is a 3rd rate power and mine is the sole superpower,i can understand your frustratino jealousy and infeririority complex to america
that the truth,live with it:
stop going around blaberring moronic inaccurate rubbish:i have wasted enough time on a pathetic island lackey
off with you
asku23 2 years ago
@asku23 Inaccurate Rubbish ???? So you're not as obesce as your neighbour Hank then , but you fancy his dog and you're fed up of standing on used needles in your back yard which are being thrown over by a family of in bred meth amphet addicts . Don't you think Nascar is pretty shit and that your education system is well piss poor (judging by your little rant) . Is roadkill your main food source besides McDonalds ??? I'd like to know who you colonials live ???
dafydd67 2 years ago
@asku23 Hey incest boy heres a fact for you - in 2004 following US costly mistakes in FIBUA , British troops were called in to re train as regards to combating insurgency . Why ?? UK was successful in counter insurgency . I'll just wait for your usual abuse as you amuse me .
dafydd67 2 years ago
@dafydd67 hahaha, thats some funny shit! good work man
Aeryn717 2 years ago
@dafydd67
God I cant believe Im agreeing with a Brit xD
Only jokin man =]
Cmere fuck that Yank =P
Just ignore him like =)
KFUNK100 2 years ago
@KFUNK100 I like yanks , but hey I get a buzz from chucking out some bait :P
dafydd67 2 years ago
um...the USA asked the U.K to help. it's called being allies. doesn't mean one is better then the other. means there working as a team.
Colonials? Americans are Colonials lol. some ppl like Nascar...some like Soccer/Football.
Dogmeat1950 2 years ago 2
Actually the U.K. was less successful than the U.S. was. Just saying.
funnyforyou69 2 years ago
you're a dumbass, you stupid USA cowboy assholes came along in 1917 AFTER the gas masks were invented, you never had to suffer gas attacks as bad as brits and canadians and french did. And you didnt win as many battles and you didnt kill nearly as many germans as the brittish army. AND when you came in, tanks were already there. Cover your stupid rookie infantry. If I take 2 of the biggest, most important victories of ww1. Paschendale and the somme. it tells me Canada and Brits. Not fuckin usa.
Albanis2 2 years ago
dude shut up. you know the USA was essential. along with the other allies.
chromecrescent 1 year ago
@chromecrescent they werent in ww1, germany surrendered when they were still inside enemy territory, occupying it. And had won against most of the russian army. USA or no USA, interior problems happen anyway and they surrender anyway.
Albanis2 1 year ago 2
you're gonna say the germans lost when you came in. But do I really have to tell you that german surrender was because of interior events. They were still in enemy territory when they signed armistice. So shut the hell up with your ''usa are heroes'' bullshit. You're just doing your share of shit like everybody else dont screw your allies over by taking all the glory after you sat on your hand you bunch of twats.
Albanis2 2 years ago 2
Ok yeah we sat on our hands. That's why my greatgrandfather got his horse shot out from underneath him, got back up and killed 4 Germans before the line broke. Fuck you, get your facts straight you english motherfucker.
funnyforyou69 2 years ago
@funnyforyou69 YOUR GRANDFATHER KILLED 4 GERMANS ? OH MY GOD what a decisive victory. Can you tell me a battle USA won in WW1 ?
I can still name paschendale for canada and The Somme for great brittain... you well. You were reinforcements basically. compared to brits and canada and france etc...
Albanis2 2 years ago
Great grandfather you little bitch. Id like to see you kill someone in the heat of battle you little pussy bitch, Go suck a monkey cock faggot.
funnyforyou69 1 year ago
Battle of Saint-Mihiel, Second Battle of the Marne, and the Battle of Cantigny
All 3 were excellent victories for the AEF and their respective compatriots
SuperFreikorps 1 year ago
@funnyforyou69 Oh and, I'm not english. I speak it but I am not english at all.
Albanis2 2 years ago
Korea? South Korea is free today because of the U.N forces. only thing the U.N ever did good.
Dogmeat1950 2 years ago
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idiots:the single largest fastest one sided slaughter in western history:1st july 1916-and the brits think they got the best army in the world
delusions die HARD
asku23 2 years ago
Troll harder....
matt99is 2 years ago
Well done! You sir an an idiot. You really think that an army is bad because it has a pathetic captain who thinks that WALKING in to machine gun fire is more effective than running? Learn your history.
Dragon22873 2 years ago
are you even aware of this fact: in 4 years 1914-1918=of the 20000 miles of france and belgium that germany occupied:the allies managed to take back less than a 1000? the american army took more than 1500 and was the ONLY army that managed to penerate into germany proper
asku23 2 years ago
Maybe that's because the American's didnt WALK!
Dragon22873 2 years ago
please don't insult the people who died,my great grandad was one of them,we will never know how they felt what they went through,knowing every morning they woke up it might be their last day,knowing when that whistle blows they are facing almost certain death,we will never know.least we forget
ccclllsport 2 years ago
lol, the british empire was the biggest in history, u need a decent army to do that.
and yes, it was a slaughter, but more germans died in the somme than the french and british combined.
roflcoppterlol 2 years ago
@roflcoppterlol
moron:
check the facts before u reel off rubbish:
in 6 months total brit gains:6 miles
british casualties:432000
french:218000
german:237000
source:winston churchill,prior wilson
somme was one of the biggest disasters EVER in brit army history:the only consolation for morons like u is inflated or imagined german casualties even though this data has been there for more than 50 years
asku23 2 years ago