World War I - Tears of the Saints

[99ratatat]

it's so sad that most people forget about the great war. They all think it was boring and skip ahead to world war 2. But eventually they'll realise without the great war and the many multidudes that were lost they're wouldn't be a WW2.

[Handskakning]

Get one thing straight and clear: The First World War was not about freedom or liberal democracy. All the yapper about it was democratic propaganda from within the Entente. The Great War was about, if anything, power struggle, an ancient struggle between empires. These empires disappeared or were knocked out by the World War, and in the anxious social upheaval that followed, conflicts of rage and hate and utopias wolfed in. The best outcome of WW I would have been a German victory,

Handskakning

[fer1928]

ww1,ww2,does not matter,war is war,and thats it,hell in earth!!!!!madness.

[overopensights]

Redbaron You are wrong to assume that nonsense! Canada's role on land sea and in the air in both world wars is well and truly known and spoken of here. Your remarkes surprised me!

[Redbaron011]

Thanks to the armed forces of Canada. It is sad that popular history dismisses Canada's role in the world wars.

[Fridomfry]

In France we remember well that the Canadians came to the rescue in both world wars, years before other Americans set foot on a battlefield  "Vimy Ridge" and the Somme, Dieppe, D-Day, etc.

[cona94]

@Redbaron011 In England we are taught that the canadians fought in WW2

common knowledge :D

[Cr0Fighter]

dude that are ww2 scenes,from enemy at the gates

[sjaydub7]

holy frig man I know. read the description and you would have known that

[GinTonicdrink]

its their fault if they came to europe to mess with germany lol

[underfire987]

well we were appart of the british empire so we had no say. two we really kicked ass one of if not thee best fighters on the westren front , so theirs some history for u

[titfortat80]

my dear US soldiers, you have been fooled by the politicians and war machine industrialists and the oil tycoons , many and many times , in the name of patriotism. Your fight is only patriotic if you fight the ones who invade your country . If not , then you fought to watch ur fellow soldier's back and for some money , just as mercenaries . Your politicians and weapon and oil tycoons use u like puppets by fooling u emotionally with the word "patriotism" ;;

[jackbauer2412]

You must not be a very patriotic person r u? You woul;d understand if u were a patriotic personj.

[mikeymarmalade]

I agree a really good video, good music but let down a little by clips from later wars and worse, movies!

I go to France many times a year to the battle fields. If you want photos of their graves or name on a memorial, let me know :) Vimy is an amazing place.

[sjaydub7]

haha thanks. Yeah, I would rather not put any movies in there and other wars, but there was only so much I could find on the internet of WWI. Doesnt matter though, still got an amazing mark on it in school haha

[tecna64]

your cousins served in it?

[sjaydub7]

yes...distant ones.

[tecna64]

my great grandfather also served, he only spent 3 months of agony down there before he got hit in the leg, he served again in world war 2 at age 55 at the invasion of europe( yep, im Belgian but im now a full citizen of America, and i serve in the army rangers, saw action in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and let me tell you, you dont want to join the force cause i have escaped death several times, got hit 2 times in the arm and a mortar shell struck my left shoulderblade, impeding movement there

[BeautifulLosersMusic]

nice work, man! loved it, including the choice of music!

[zwreckless1]

Leeland has a beatles sound at times .. these kids are stout I love them like my lil brothers ..sweet and sincere love for their brothers and sisters in christ with a passion for the lost ..

[LeSPauldude45]

good but the random clips you took of other wars was kinda fail man

[elmatadorCZ]

i dont know why are there scenes from: Black Hawk Down, Enemy at Gates, but nice video

[MCRrocker97]

the pianist 2

[pacmanzz]

lmao right

[sjaydub7]

yeah there was only so much I could find on the internet of WWI....it was only a high school project so I still got a good mark lmao.

[hilaxthetrain]

they went to war to fight for their country. The loaded train full of young soldiers stopped, and they came to hell.

[redpinkday]

I love that song. It from Leeland Tears of the saint and good project. (If it was a project.)

[MCRrocker97]

this is a great song along with vid but the scene at 1:15 where it shows germans marching is WWII

[sjaydub7]

yeah i know

[vidocqcz]

There was a scene from Black Hawk Down ? At 2:14 ? :-)

[MCRrocker97]

i also noticed alot of this is also world war 2 stuff but anyways its a great vid and i hope that the Rice family will rest in peace as well as the other soldiers who were killed in not just this war but all of them because they gave theyre life defending us from Tyranny and Opression

[sjaydub7]

i know, I had to fill up time because I could only find so much WWI footage. its hard stuff to find without paying lol

[NickTheHuskey]

how can your cousins serve in WW1. Unless you are like 70-80+ years old.

[sjaydub7]

distant cousins. sorry I wasnt specific enough

[vittofranci]

Perchè Usa e Canada entrarono in guerra contro l'Austria? Cosa avevano fatto agli americani e ai Canadesi gli ASBURGO? Cosa centravano i Canadesi e gli States nella guerra contro le monarchie cattoliche europee?

[sjaydub7]

no idea what you said haha

[LE1VA]

perfect choice of music

[AlluZ123]

Fucking beautiful song

[milemead]

i had 2 relatives william doidge drowned when his ship sunk the other was an officer in the trenches george doidge he survived some how, still have his whistle.great video loved it.

[deutsch56]

very good video! my sympothy with all soldiers of every land who sacrificed much in this horrible war. i am also related to several soldiers from the germany army in both world war 1 & 2. it is unbelievable that these young guys would do such a thing for their crountry being so brave and selfless! may their sacrafices never be forgoten! best wishes and greetings from germany!

[sjaydub7]

thank you! greetingfrom Canada! :)

[TacoBellRulez]

R.I.P lets pay our respects for the tragedy of The Rice Family, Even though this tragedy happened almost over 100 years ago.

[RobyGazzi]

You mixed the video with WWI and WWII, it was bad ... After all, their cousins in WWI or served in WWII?

[sjaydub7]

well I mentioned "Vimy Ridge" so they served in WWI. I know I have both wars in there. There was only so much I could find on the internet on WWI...so i'm not a dimwit (incase you thought that lmao.) it was just a high school project so I got away with it :P

[ritsoratso]

AMAZING SONG WHO IS IT ?

[sjaydub7]

A band called Leeland

[helmuthoorn]

Jean Paul Fournier 1882-1916

Francois Dumont 1888-1917

Friedrich Schmidt 1884-1916

Johann Heinemann 1880-1914.

Hamish McCullough 1879-1914

James Burns 1891-1917

Names, names and more names.

Endless fields full of crosses.

[kissian1]

that was sad

[javierperezlince]

it has short cuts from wwii movies, black hawk dawn and we were soldiers, that´s not wwi

[MOOP000]

I saw Enemy At the Gates in there too.

[sjaydub7]

yeah i know...There was only so much I could find on WWI on the internet so I had to fill up time somehow. I know its not accurate but it as just a high school project.

[MattSharpe95th]

Remember the dead for there sacrifice, yes, but do not forget those that came home safe (in body at least), as you should not have to die in order to be respected

[Malaka57]

If some liberals had been running the countries back then, there might not have been a WW1 and hence no WW2.

[Fridomfry]

Actually, France had elected a left-wing parliament in 1913, which you could call "liberal": It planned to reduce military service and expenses. It actually did much to "give peace a chance" in July 1914. Yet, once Germany declared war, these liberals remembered their Republican ancestors of 1793 and decided that the whole country would unite and fight mercilessly. Dozens of these politicians, who were reserve officers, soon joined their units and fought.

[Malaka57]

Oh, someone doesn't like liberals or my facetiousness...8-) GTH...

Thanks F, point taken, but Poincaré was a nationalist, rightwinger, Catholic. And that is what I meant. The situation in Germany was not dissimilar, with the Kaiser and his accolytes trying desperatly to counter the rise of the socialists and the center party. Wars forced the left to take a position against their intl. planks. (Not unlike Bush and Iraq... the necons know the system, but the dems are not socialists in the USA).

[Fridomfry]

Poincaré was a center-right nationalist from Lorraine, but definitely not a Catholic (otherwise he would never had been elected president). You must remember also that the president, in the parliamentary regime of the 3rd Republic, was powerless. The situation was very different from Germany, where the executive and the military had the real power. In France, it was only once France was attacked that General Joffre practically took charge of the defense policy.

[Malaka57]

I am sure you are right, I think I said at the beginning of the threat, this was a THEORY, and that I had read it long ago (32 years ago) and that my library isn't with me, hasn't been for a long time. It was worth looking into by serious historians, because the 3rd Rep had been going from scandal to scandal, because of tensions between conservatives (Cath/military, etc). The arguments back then were quite convincing. Is all I am saying. There are many theories as to why WW1 really broke out.

[Malaka57]

I don't think the historian/s back then were idiots. As a budding one (at the time, I gave up the research side after a BA) I found it important to take a look at many theories, not just the crap I had been taught in school (in F) that the French were lambs and the Germans wolves. The "tension" theory made a lot of sense, but it is not a detail issue. War seemed inevitable, but why did no one try to stop it. Because war was wanted, for political, social and economic reasons.

[Fridomfry]

Interesting. Actually war seemed not inevitable in July 1914. In fact, many people thought there could be no war between civilized, advanced countries in the 20th century. Statesmen had already solved several crises peacefully: This new one should be solved nicely too. France tried to reduce tension, for example the Viviani cabinet ordered the military to withdraw all troops 10 km from the French-German border, to avoid any frontier incident — which was betting on peace.

[Malaka57]

I responded above... I hope I am making myself clear. It's a little difficult in so little space... anyway, my whole library on this is 1060 km away ... I don't have space in my apartment...

[Wehategod]

My Great Uncle was killed in the first world war. He was from poland. I had many relatives who fought in the First world war. Mostly for Austro-Hungary and two for russia as well.

[melonhead82]

3 of my great grandads, 2 seargents and 1 seargent major, were in the great war, all 3 of them in the Kings own Yorkshire Light Infantry and they all got out alive. let all thoose who died on the battle field for their country never be forgoten.

[jimmyphack]

this was back in the good days of canada, when we were not run by liberals.

[RaizeX160]

I don't belive its your cousins mind. Your 18 wich basicly your mom or dads Brothers or sister had kids in world war 1? and your 18? that makes no sence.

[sjaydub7]

distant cousins. sorry i wasnt specific enough....i just figured people would get it lol

[Issamsays]

this isnt a history project, but a movie work which aims at creating a feeling of empathy. Which it does pretty well. Good job.

[Cthulhuanus]

hey awesome vid. Anyone know what the song is?

[sjaydub7]

Tears of the Saints by Leeland

[FalconAce2]

I understand that all of the clips in this movie are not WWI, but it is regardless a very powerful piece. Well done mate.

[dantex91]

why do you mixed enemy at the gates??

very nice

[sjaydub7]

believe it or not, it was hard to find eoug stuff o WWI to fill a 5 minute song. so I had to fill the time with other clips haha

[bekhouwe8888]

Nice vid but why some ww2 pics??

[sjaydub7]

believe it or not, it was hard to find enough stuff of WWI to fill a 5 minute song. so I had to fill the time with other clips haha

[jesusfreak4evr101]

i didnt really like this song at first but now i love it

[mileajo]

That's cool. I like it.