"The First World War" Documentary Episode 1 of 10: To Arms pt1/6

[pigeonpsycho]

Just think, none of this would have been possible without the rich families like the Rothschild's financing both sides of the world wars.

[MrARock001]

If I could go back in time and take out just one person...

[Vyna80]

@MrARock001 People always say Hitler, but you and I know the real answer is Gavrillo Princip ;) but in all honesty, a world war was inevitable, Princip was just the spark that ignited the powder keg.

[FullMetalJacket79]

Can someone tell me where I can get the entire video collection?

[dhollins]

@FullMetalJacket79 try amazon

[JonnyLightning]

I like this series even more than World at War, great narration and lots of great information and pictures/videos.

[samoyedfan]

This is a compelling piece of television, and Huw Strachan's book is excellent and well worth a read, the WWI equivilant of The World at War.

[Sturmdude]

I have been searching the far ends of the internet trying to find a copy of the tile music in this documentary for years now, it's killing me.

[DistantLover]

@Sturmdude Well suffer no longer! Just go to iTunes and type in 'From Behind the Lines'. The composer of the music is Cecil Coles (who actually died in WWI), and the track you are specifically looking for is called Cortège (which is the last track on the iTunes album).

Cheers!

[Sturmdude]

@DistantLover Awesome, it's about time. Thanks!

[chefsanders70]

He is a a major link in the chain, thats very true

[saberswing]

gavrilo princip, causing problems for two centuries now. Princip= WW1= WW2= cold war= middle east problems.

[loled4life]

@saberswing gavrilo princip was a freedom fighter.He fought for the rights of Serbs and every non Hungarian in Bosnia.Too bad he killed Franc Ferdinand who was fighting for equality...

[saberswing]

@loled4life From what i know of it, it seemed ferdinand didnt even want serbia, so im not so sure about the freedom fighter part. but im just a guy from michigan, what do i know.

[loled4life]

@saberswing well he didnt want serbia,thats true.But he was going to make a reform so the place of every subject in his Kingdom/Empire has a better place.

[SuperSerbSoundSystem]

@saberswing He did not fight for Serbia but for Bosnia, he was member of Young Bosnia! However the war is not his fault, Austria-Hungary has sent an ultimatum to Serbia by which they should let the Austro-Hungarian army and police to take control over Serbia "as long as the investigation of assassination is not completed". You judge whether Serbian should accept such ultimatum? I mean is outrageous! they knew that Serbia will not accept it

[TheBestMilkku]

@saberswing actually the great powers of europe had many problems before princip. So the war would have begun without princip aswell. only later. mayby its good that it started then and not later, because the consequences would be much greater.

[aldoreshgaramok]

@saberswing You can't pin it all on Princip. Europe was an unstable powder keg back then, due to the complex web of alliances and secret alliances between the countries. The main driving force of the war was not Serbian independence from A-H. It was the control of natural resources in the colonies that were critical to a modern 20th-century industrialized nation - and its concomitant modern army. Gunpowder, rubber, coal, oil, iron - all of these were what was being competed over.

[aldoreshgaramok]

@RealAlbo4life I'm an American :/

[Elgrande555]

@aldoreshgaramok ...and therefore the reason given for Britain declaring the war to Germany as it had no binding treaty like France and Russia. Its only reason to join you just mentioned above....resources...and getting rid of Germany raising competition. The outcome? Treaty of Versaille plus what ollowed... Well...we all know what followed...dont we?

[aldoreshgaramok]

@Elgrande555 I think that if the US had not entered the war, WWII would not have happened, and Bolshevism would have been crushed in Russia before it could cement itself in place with the terror purges.

Before the US entered the war, it was a bloody deadlock on the Western Front, and governments on both sides were running out of men and materiel, and flagging public support. Either they would have talked peace, or been faced with rearguard revolutions of their own.

[Elgrande555]

@aldoreshgaramok ...yepp...is also true. The US put some "fresh" air which then was decisive. Well...we cannot change history but at least we should know that a lot of nations have blood at their hand and are therefore part of the mess. But that is easily overseen because is so easy pointing with the finger on someone

[FreeVlogger]

@saberswing Princip wasn't actually the reason for WWI, imperialism, and nationalism was (for the most part). Franz Ferdinand was exactly like by anyone in his own family. No one cared about him until his death, where he was used as a reason to start a war. In actuality, he had little to no influence on the war; if Ferdinand wasn't killed, Austria-Hungary would've found another reason to wage war on Serbia.