I've been there on the grave sight in one of the last pictures,many people lost their lives without even making any progress in that war,I think the youngest person I found there was 17 or 19. Many agree that this was the worst war to be fighting in.
there is nothing glorious about war. as my grand father put it, US marine infantry in vietnam, in war, you die like a dog and suffer the rest of your life. you put a bullet through a bastard's head that wants to do the same to you, and you fight for a country that eventually forgets about you. the ones that remember are the ones that were there, and hollywood is nothing like the real thing. join the military to serve your country and save lives. not for the action, cuz its hell
My uncle died at Sanctuary Wood ( one of the 55,000 engraved on the Menin Gate whose body was never found) - He was Canadian, of British heritage. I can't believe you people are treating this like it's a pissing contest. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Well put sir, their memories and remembrance of the great sacrifice they have given should always be kept in our mind. It is almost Remembrance Day now, lest we forget.
@AlwaysASolution I agree my Great Grandfather died in the battle of the Somme for Australia and people don't give a crap and like making tribute when they don't even have or had anyone at war in there family.
@111abf111 It are always a small group of people that give a bad coment. They not even worth to pay attention. I live 30 km of the district were there was WO1 and WO2.
Everytime i go there, and that is a lot, it give me a a stange feeling when i see the names of all the soldiers who died there and never where found and all those others that a buried there so far away from there home and family. The memorial yesterdayevening is for all those soldiers. As long as you are rememberd your alive.
@111abf111 I had the pleasure,well (if you could call it a pleasure) lets say THE HONOUR of visiting Tynecot Cemetary outside of Ypres.I totally agree with you.Its not a bloody contest.Regardless of friend or foe,neither wanted to die.For what???
God Bless every one of them.I am free to write this because of the people that gave their lives to enable this.
@111abf111 I went to the menin gate last year. Thank you, So many canadians lost for a war they never had to be invovled with. Really thank you so much
@lukeseandavies Thank you - you are right - before WW1, Canadians were part of the British Forces - even going in, as I recall. It was at Ypres (I'm pretty sure, because of a battle where the British and Canadian regiments were sent to different locations, that the Canadians really became known and accepted as a separate national armed forces (Cdn). It's the same thing today, in that there is no draft, and all of our Allied Forces (Br,Cdn,US) well.. were not.. Drafted. God Bless them all.
@111abf111 Im actually english :p so really if anything, I owe canadians a lot more than you would think. which is why, when i move there and eventually become a citizen, I'll join the reserves and have my first son, join the canadian army. But when i went to the town of Ypres, there was so many canadian,english flags around the place. but again thank you n_n
@111abf111 I can't imagine there are any words that would aptly describe the imbued presence of honour that exists at Memorials - I don't have any. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC - there are no words. Arlington - there are no words. Menin Gate, the same, although I've never been there. I've been thinking that, if I could make a tour through England and Europe, it would be visit and respect all those on the Memorials - Normandy as well. You are blessed to have had that experience.
@111abf111 ps ref Cdn and British Forces - my father, Canadian, enlisted in British Forces in 1939-Argylls. Did not say he was a doctor, because he wanted to be on the front lines to provide emergent medical care. The Army found out he was a Doctor at Dunkirk as he stayed on the beach to treat the wounded. Sergeant said These men need a doctor! Not a Private! He said - I am a Doctor. Then, after the Quebec Conference, he volunteered for Wingate's Raiders. Senior Medical Ofcr 43-44.
True hero. I went to the Menin Gate when I took part in a History trip in my school. We listened to The Last Post and it brought a tear to my eye. R.I.P. to your great Uncle.
@111abf111 i know your feeling i lost familiemembers to in WW1 and WW2 so i agree whit you about them they where my grand-grand father and my grandfather who died there when they where fighting for freedom so guys a little respect for peaple who lost somebody
@stig781 lol im guessing youve googled "fuck" so much it auto corrected for you. i have no clue what you mean by marines did fuck all with bayonets so im labeling your arguement invalid as well as a fail
@CanadianStereotype FAIL! in fact the USA played a major part in the war. since Russia left, the Germans simply shifted it's troops west. the Allies were screwed the USA came in and Balanced out the fight. also the U.S Marines became world Famous during ww2 by showing there amazing marksmen ship and there displayed of being Ruthless during the war. which earned them the nick name from the Germans "Teufel Hunden" aka Devil Dog! Battle of Belleau Wood
@Dogmeat1950 No the US did not play a major part in the war. Theirs was a small contribution and the allies would have won regardless. The Germans naming them Devil Dog is a myth.
@ascoop22 you really need to pick up some books. the allies were on the verge of signing a peace with Germany, or did the Allies have some amazing plan to deal with all the German troops shifting over from the Eastern front? NO they didn't!
Germans naming them Devil dog is a myth? ya cause German POW's is a myth too lol.
@Dogmeat1950 You are the one who needs some books. The Germans launched their offensives before the US arrived. The British- 49 divisions, beat off the first attack where nearly 100 German divisions were engaged. The British also defeated the second attack of nearly 50 divisions. The Germans had losses of 350,000 in both battles and were also stopped in their advances on the French
@Dogmeat1950 The allies were on the verge of signing a peace? LOL Where did you get that from?
After the August 8 battle at Amiens the German Command agreed that the war was lost and they must end it and made many peace offers through other countries while they were being pushed back by the British and French. The US didn’t start at the Argonne until the very end of September. It is all very easy to figure out.
@ascoop22 Devil DOG IS A MYTH LOL? so I guess it's also a myth that the U.S Marine Riflemen were trained to shoot further out then anyone else during that war too?
you should look up the battle very end of September? rofl. first of all I'm taking college military history. second of all the USMC were fighting in June! not September.
also a very good documentary on WW1 called "Declassified: World War 1 " talks about the many problems the allies had and the Germans.
@Dogmeat1950 I think US Marines were trained to shoot before the entry of the US into the war. Farther than anyone? Not so. The original British Army was trained for both long range, 600 yards, and rapid fire. So rapid and accurate that the Germans thought that they were facing machineguns, not rifles. The Germans never thought that at Belleau Wood. Also in 1914, the British defeated German forces much larger than themselves.
@Dogmeat1950 Firstly, you asked if the allies had some amazing plans to deal with the German troops shifting over from the Eastern front. You never said anything about USMC and Belleau Wood. With all due respect to the USMC, Belleau Wood did not stem the tide of the influx of German troops from the Eastern front. It was only a small battle that took much longer due to inexperience and in the larger picture, and hindsight, a battle that did not need to be fought.
@Dogmeat1950 Secondly, I don’t care if you’re taking college military history or reading WW2 comics from 1959. The answer to dealing with the many more Germans coming from the Eastern front was not Belleau Wood nor was it a battle that began at the end of September with the bulk of American troops
@Dogmeat1950 A nickname had nothing at all to do with why the French said they would rename Belleau Wood. The French were very gracious with all their allies and renaming the Woods was their way of honoring the first American battle. It was actually the Americans that created the huge memory to that battle. Pershing was not happy that the Marines got more good publicity than the army. The Marines were even credited with another battle they had nothing to do with but corrected in 1919.
@Dogmeat1950 Yes that is a myth, the British Army were well known for being the most rigorously trained shots in the war. Their training was far superior to that of the USMC.
@ascoop22 and if Devil dog is a Myth then how come the French Renamed a Forrest and created a huge Memory to the Marines of that battle? ya......just stop commenting.
@CanadianStereotype As for the U.S Army they had 1 man named Sgt.York who killed 28 German soldiers and capturing 132 other Germans all by him self during one battle. sorry but the USA was the nail in the coffin for Germans in WW1
@Dogmeat1950 Many, many more acts of bravery like that for the British. THEY were the nail in the coffin, they'd gained air and naval supremacy singlehandedly, and lead the final hundred days offensive
@CanadianStereotype Sort of have to agree with you there. The American influence was more geared toward what they could do if the war dragged on for longer, i.e. if the war had kept going into 1919, then the US would have been able to deploy their main force, and the Germans were aware of this, hence their 1918 Spring Offensive before the Americans truly arrived. In truth, the Australian and Canadian armies were the spearhead of the last 100 days of the war that crushed the Germans.
Thanx 4 the share. This brought tears to my eyes. I only wish those stupid kids who don't know anything except Call of Duty could see just how war is.
The Canadians fought at passchendaele and although they were part of the British empire it was only once they came that the battle was won, and it was because of battles like this that they won their independence.
@fp470 It was self ruling but it was not fully independent from Britain, Britain still had lots of control over Canada until after the first world war.
@WoodsballMachine Neither was any dominion country, I was merely pointing out that Canda did not get any independance as a result of the war- it came later due to very boring men (at tax payer's expense) reviewing very boring constituional law before a 1931 constituional reform- decidedly after WW1
@WoodsballMachine Hmm ..debatable. I mean most dominion countries claim that, but the truth is alot of overpayed politicians in our respective countries got a free 4-6 year trip to the UK to make very boring legal arguments about why they should have more constitutional power. Nationalism is just used to dress up Dominions getting their autonomy. Also the abilty to blindly follow Britain to war, whilst Noble, does not show off independance. Althoug I do support our war efforts.
@fp470 Yeah, i never thought of it that way.... now that i think of it nationalism does look like its used as just a cover. I see where your coming from.
@WoodsballMachine I might be a bit cynical, but Australia and Canada are similair. Both got independance before the war and both performed excellent in the war with that elite rating which is used to fuel nationalism and noble ideas about independance. THe fact is the same gang of politicians existed in all both our countries and used that fledgling nationalism to further their own interests.
@WoodsballMachine That's pathetic, you ignorant piece of shit. "it was only once they came that the battle was won" . The British were better soldiers than the Canadians were you idiot. It was because the BRITISH were fighting that the battle was won. It's why Britain rules Canada not the other way round.
@stig781 British and the french tried to take it none of them could, that is FACT. The Canadians were added to the mix and the ground was won, research its all FACT. If the battle was won because of the British, then why didnt they take it the first time? Also Britain doesn't rule Canada ever since we proved our selves to Britain that we arnt gonna be ordered around. Lastly who has better troops is debatable because of the amount of variables but in passchendaele Canadas troops had better tactis
@WoodsballMachine what is it with Canadians thinking that they were major players in WW1?!?! your losses over around 60,000. British losses were over 700,000. British regulars at the time were the best trained soldiers in the world and had the best marksmen. not to take anything away from Canada but you were not elite troops and the British soldiers did most of the fighting at passchendaele.
@ManicMammoth British Couldnt not take passchendaele, it was only taken when Canada arrived. Canadians were major players because Certain things were achieved when the Canadians arrived. Also British causalities were higher than Canada's in WW1 because they had more people to send, British population at the time was 45 m while Canada's was only 7.2 m. Germans considered Canadians some of the best they fought. Canada's troops Volunteered, Britain had conscription, you cant force ppl to fight well
@WoodsballMachine Are you seriously trying to suggest 20,000 Canadians singlehandedly beat 13 german divisions in highly entrenched defensive positions who were backed by 1,150 heavy artillery guns? did you develop some kind of bulletproof human being up there in Canada before 1914?
@illegalbadgerbaiting Im not arguing with anyone any more, you wont listen to historical facts so I cant help you. Also don't comment on my comment from 3 months ago, why do u think I would still be arguing after that long?
@WoodsballMachine Sir i admire your steadfast ability to refuse to apply logic to the real world and that my friend takes balls. But the facts of the battle are that a German division was about 10,000 men, times this by 13 you have an indication of numbers involved. The Canadian contribution was 20,000 with 4,000 killed. The German casualties were about 200,000 - 260,000, these are historical facts. Are you suggesting some kind of spartan 300 situation? are you a race of immortal supermen?
@illegalbadgerbaiting You're misleading. You say "the facts of the battle are", your too ignorant to even know there was more than one battle at passchendaele. You put the German causalities at 200,000, thats how many they lost in TOTAL at passchendaele, Canada fought in the second battle after the British and French failed. We contributed 20,000 and lost over 15,000. it was not a 300 situation, we just weren't in the first battle and came in when the others nations couldn't do it.
@WoodsballMachine ok let me put this another way. The consensus for why the allies won the war (this applies to passchendaele, the somme etc) comes down to 3 things; the inability of Germany to replace its dead, the allies ability to absorb losses better, and the british naval blockade of Germany. These battles only mattered not for ground won, but casualties infilicted. Im not trying to denigrate canada, far from it, i'm just trying to bring a little perspective.
@WoodsballMachine and please dont call me ignorant when you say canada lost 15,000 when there were only 4,000 dead. The only relevance this battle had to the outcome of the war was due to casualties, nothing more nothing less, we can conclude this in hindsight due to the allies abandoning the ground theyd won in the battle soon after. i personally feel you denigrate the other nationalities who fought in this battle and you dont seem to grasp the nature or context of trench warfare om ww1.
@illegalbadgerbaiting 15,000 Canadians died thats a fact, Id like to see your sources. Yes, this battle didnt have much strategic meaning, the allies wanted it to show the Germans how strong they were. Since the Germans consistently stopped them at passchendaele it would be like a slap in the face to Germany. I am very thankfull to the nations who served with Canada, we needed them and always will. But i find that other nations push Canada aside and never acknowledge us for our achievements.
@ManicMammoth Btw if your gonna say Canada did have conscription they only had it in 1917 which was like a yr before the end of the war and only like 40,000 troops were actually conscripted. Also how can you say Canada was not a major player in the war when they did the best of all the armies on d-day, look up juno beach, they fought at vimy, took it, and passchendaele and many others. Read both my comments pls.
Our share (Belgian Army) is also quite often ignored in favor of the superpowers. I suspect this will be the disadvantage of small, divided and little chauvinistic country.
I have the upmost respect for my great grandfather who fought and died for his comrades and country.
@KaiserReich98 THat was the cost of some Great War operation, the larger victory overall of the 3rd Ypres, supported by the Passchendaele operation made the entire German sector untenable and the German's defence of the region became very expensive in term of manpower after that victory.
@fp470 The British won the war? They must have been superhuman to defeat the Central Powers single-handedly. I'm guessing the rest of the allies sat around brewing tea and making cucumber sandwiches for the British Army. How kind of the French to supply the British with a battlefield along the whole western front for example.
Lets take a moment to recognize that it was the combined efforts of the Allies that forced the Central Powers into accepting an armistice to end the war.
I don't think anybody won the war. Foche of the French called the "victory" and the following treaty a "truce for 20 years." He was right. The British "victory" and crazy treaty gave Hitler a chance to rise and things got a lot worse from there.
@Jason2290 Actualy no one won the war. Well you could talk about "combined efforts" of all alied nations but the fact the thing that won war was a tired europe of war and intervention of US in that tired europe xD is easy to win when all nations are exausted
@ImperialGuard9001 The first half of my post was made with my tounge firmly planted in my cheek in respose to the post I replyed to. fp470 said that the British won the war. I never said anyone won the war and that was my point. I stated that the war was ended by the acceptance of an armistice by the Central Powers.
@Jason2290 your right. britian would be german if it wernt for countrys like canada and australia, who stood tall in the face of overwhelming evil and fought beside britian right away, not because they could profit from it, but because it was right... and then theres tin both world warshe USA.. the only english made country that refused 2 help england in the start of both world wars, alto their armed forces wer very large. fuck america, they quick 2 start a war now, but not when it really matter
@vongranger no one else? Everyone who fought in ww1 saw horrors you cant imagine, so you wouldnt have to, and yet you find a way to make it about you? your a scummy little person, sure Candians fought hard and died, as did germans, english, welshmen, scots, irishmen, ozzies and newzelanders, french and belgiums, not to mention many, many others, from so far away as india, but yeah, your right, only the canadians "really tried", is that it? scummy canook that you are, shame on you.
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The Somme was a brutal battle that was supposed to be over in a day and in my opinion the only objective captured was that the french at Verdun were relieved....the germans called it 'das blutbad'===the bloodbath
@DidYouPush2Hard The Somme was never supposed to be over in a day. General Rawlinson's plan was to "bite & hold", meaning bite into the German Trench system and invite them to take it back. He knew it was going to be a struggle even if things did go to plan, which of course they didn't.
Well it is true. WWI wasn't a war fought over ideologi or right or wrong, it was fought because great empires and their interests were threatened. The first thing the British did when the Allied were victorious was taking over the German colonies.
Like everyone else, they were convinced that the casualties'd be the last ones, as that territory'd be enough to prepare for a big push to win the war permanently. Don't single out any one side, they were all equally guilty of poor tactics.
That was our stupid, mindless and pomp-ass Generals. It was the ordinarily working man that suffered, i.e. the farmer or the factory workers etc. All untrained in terms of what army life had to offer. And then they were slaughtered as they walked in to a sheer wall of bullets. If you like poems read Wilfred Owen, A parable of the old man and the young. It will show you what the ordinarily man felt.
@0LuckyInternetUser0 No actually, you will find all nations fought like this at the time. And Britian Developed many tactics to try and reduce death rate ie tanks rolling artilley
old tactics + new weapons = millions of casualties...its like going up against a roman legion using machine guns and artillery. god rest every veteran's soul.
The Canadians fought very well throughout the western front, but so did the British army as well, without the British army the Somme would of been a defeat, and there are many examples of their bravery from 1914-18, especially the 2nd battalion of the Devonshire Regiment (581 men) who severely damaged and held up a whole German division at Aisne at Bois des buttes.
But the American army was only fully engaged for less than 2 months, unlike Britain, Canada etc who had been fighting for 4 years.
well, the british army achieved it's goal: to relieve the besiegd city of Verdun defended by the exhausted French army. Because of the Somme ofensive the pressure on that city was relieved a bit so in that light, they did gain the objective and thus won
although "victory" is a large word for a battle that cost you so many men for such a small piece of land, so the battle on itself was a stalemate but it enabled victory in another battle
it could be seen as a british victory, as the first day showed how the british needed to change their tactics to keep up with the new style of warfare compared to previous battles in WW1.
Important to remember it was the British first and second army's that pushed the German army back over 5 miles in Flanders on 28th september 1918, and in just over a week the British took over 67,000 German prisoners and 680 guns, and on top of that the British held and won their line at Lys.
By November 1918 the British 1st, 3rd, 4th armys had captured thousands more Germans and pushed them all the way back to Mons where they had started in 1914. The Canadians were present there also.
yes the bfe fought the germans and held them up at mons and prevented them from acheiveing the schleifen plan which waz to take paris buy flanking through belgium, the british used a tatic called "the mad minute" were they would fire 30 rounds at a target in 1 mi, the germans thought they even had machine guns at that battle but it waz just the skill of the tommy and the lee enflield botl action rifle
Very correct, i think your talking of battle of Le Cateau after Mons in 1914 where the British II Corps did exactly what they did at Mons especially the field artillery, and the Germans took very heavy casualties and it was the end near enough of the schellifen plan, and saved paris as well.
Keep up your studies on the western front though, because we've only just hit on a couple of battles, the Somme and Passchendaele are immense subjects in themselves.
thanks mate :) yes i will i find history very intresting we stuidied in skl and i waz the first to pass as i read bout it when i waz young, tbh in this genreation pepo dont know who hitler is i find that very worrying i had to explain who hitler waz to him and hes nine i knew who he waz when i wiz 4, i like to hear about pepos opions on historical events becuz we can learn better from each other opions its ashame in some parts of the world pepo cant accept that, and becuz of this we hav war,
Predominantly, these offensives were led by Arthur Currie (Canadian) and John Monash (Australian). Search Hundred Days Offensive on wikipedia.. or on the web. Interestingly, British PM Lloyd George wrote that if the war continued into 1919, he would have removed Douglas Haig and put Currie and Monash in command of the entire British and Commonwealth forces.
Visited the Somme battlefields in 2005. Actually walked in the Beau Hamel trenches where the Canadians lost so many on 1-6-16. You can feel proud that to this day Canadian uni students still help out on this very site with info etc. My relatives from aussie were also there. R.I.P. brave souls...
Correction-dates wrong 1-7-1916. What I didn't get wrong was there were 58,000 casualities on that same day from the british forces..20,000 approx killed, not to mention the opposing force....slaughter is a kind word for it!!
Yes, I know very well that Canada was part of the British Enpire at that time. 4 months for the battle is correct. The casualty estimate for the British Empire includes the Candians of course.
The caption on the picture says "For a land not big enough to bury the dead" what's your point? Read the caption on the photo before that one. It says "4 months of hell" The Canadians weren't at Passchendaele for 4 months. The picture after yours says casualties for the British Empire Nothing on this video highlights Canadas role at Passschendaele, or am I missing something? Its about the whole battle and all troops involved.
@ascoop22 True to the fact that the Canadians did not fight for 4 months at Passchendaele , but the caption simply states that the battle went on for 4 months (began in July; ended in November). Also, Canada gained total independence in 1931, so during the Battle of Passchendaele, Canada was still part of the British Empire.
@AlwaysASolution Asccop, you have to realise how small the Dominion was in manpower. It gave of its best and much of its wealth in that war. UK itself was only just over thirty million at that time. I don't know what Canada had for population. 67% of the Canadians volunteers were British born, many of them were ex soldiers who came back to their regiments. Whatever, they gave a good account of themselves, likewise the Aussies. Small nations who could ill afford to loose good men.
@ascoop22 for a land not big enough to bury the dead? whats his point...uhmm prolly the fact that hundreds of thousands of people died all to gain control of a tiny plot of land mr youtube badass
@ascoop22 Dear ascoop22 if u knew more about canadian history you would know that before 1931; Canada was still called : Dominion of Canada so it's mean that we were still merging our troops with those of the rest of the british empire.
@thomas309 I know Canadian history very well and I've always known that Canada was a Dominion during WW1 and never said otherwise. I've pointed this out to others many times. For some reason Alwaysasolution thought he needed to tell me that Canada was still a part of the British Empire in WW1. I pointed out that I knew that very well. Ask him why he made that post.
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ruimopjongen 1 month ago
Canadian Stormtroopers Passchendaele 1917
TheHappilyInsane 3 months ago
Again, all you immature fools arguing about things, just shut up and watch the video and show some respect.
THthefirst 5 months ago
what did you do with the sound ?
IvisibleCat 5 months ago
I've been there on the grave sight in one of the last pictures,many people lost their lives without even making any progress in that war,I think the youngest person I found there was 17 or 19. Many agree that this was the worst war to be fighting in.
BeyondDeathCore 7 months ago
War is Hell, so aptly put. Those who principally pursue and cause it are never in it!!
itrmful 10 months ago
@ th4Guy77
Im Gegenteil zu Ihnen habe ich erkannt, wer an solchen Kriegen sich eine golden Nase verdient...
Jokili68 11 months ago
there is nothing glorious about war. as my grand father put it, US marine infantry in vietnam, in war, you die like a dog and suffer the rest of your life. you put a bullet through a bastard's head that wants to do the same to you, and you fight for a country that eventually forgets about you. the ones that remember are the ones that were there, and hollywood is nothing like the real thing. join the military to serve your country and save lives. not for the action, cuz its hell
th4Guy77 11 months ago
Epic audio quality
plasticbudgie 11 months ago
Who new that the Davy Jones theme would fit so well. Nicely done! And god speed.
Abroadhawk 1 year ago
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Jokili68 1 year ago
@Jokili68 Dummheit ist Ihr Unglück
th4Guy77 11 months ago
2:57 wait a min holy fucking shit both pics are the same place
jonlscott 1 year ago
poor fucking bastards
every countries got a military horror story this is canadas
jonlscott 1 year ago
Do you pronounce is Pashiondale or Pashiondale-a
AngryVideoGameKidd2 1 year ago
@AngryVideoGameKidd2 pronounced passion-dale
Abroadhawk 11 months ago
in these movies it looks like more germans die but the british had more casualties
leolego88 1 year ago
its horrible to see how young men die because of the problems between old men, old politicians who fight, and make people die for theyre problems
ioiloco 1 year ago
wtf is wrong with sound?
Bunchpoland 1 year ago
Nice editing. For your first time.... excellent.
666crapita 1 year ago
My uncle died at Sanctuary Wood ( one of the 55,000 engraved on the Menin Gate whose body was never found) - He was Canadian, of British heritage. I can't believe you people are treating this like it's a pissing contest. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
111abf111 1 year ago 56
Well put sir, their memories and remembrance of the great sacrifice they have given should always be kept in our mind. It is almost Remembrance Day now, lest we forget.
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111abf111 1 year ago
@AlwaysASolution Exactly. This is simply the time to Remember Them. They lie inFlanders Fields with Equal Pride of Place. Thank you.
111abf111 1 year ago
@AlwaysASolution Too bad so many great men died for nothing.
CrimeReport 1 year ago
@AlwaysASolution I agree my Great Grandfather died in the battle of the Somme for Australia and people don't give a crap and like making tribute when they don't even have or had anyone at war in there family.
MrCoolo123 1 year ago
@111abf111 It are always a small group of people that give a bad coment. They not even worth to pay attention. I live 30 km of the district were there was WO1 and WO2.
Everytime i go there, and that is a lot, it give me a a stange feeling when i see the names of all the soldiers who died there and never where found and all those others that a buried there so far away from there home and family. The memorial yesterdayevening is for all those soldiers. As long as you are rememberd your alive.
Flanders1968 1 year ago
@111abf111 grandfather served in th e same battle and im sorry for your loss.just let you know not all take the piss im with you bud
Andyruud1 1 year ago
@111abf111 I had the pleasure,well (if you could call it a pleasure) lets say THE HONOUR of visiting Tynecot Cemetary outside of Ypres.I totally agree with you.Its not a bloody contest.Regardless of friend or foe,neither wanted to die.For what???
God Bless every one of them.I am free to write this because of the people that gave their lives to enable this.
mensa29 1 year ago
@111abf111 I went to the menin gate last year. Thank you, So many canadians lost for a war they never had to be invovled with. Really thank you so much
lukeseandavies 1 year ago
@lukeseandavies Thank you - you are right - before WW1, Canadians were part of the British Forces - even going in, as I recall. It was at Ypres (I'm pretty sure, because of a battle where the British and Canadian regiments were sent to different locations, that the Canadians really became known and accepted as a separate national armed forces (Cdn). It's the same thing today, in that there is no draft, and all of our Allied Forces (Br,Cdn,US) well.. were not.. Drafted. God Bless them all.
111abf111 1 year ago
@111abf111 Im actually english :p so really if anything, I owe canadians a lot more than you would think. which is why, when i move there and eventually become a citizen, I'll join the reserves and have my first son, join the canadian army. But when i went to the town of Ypres, there was so many canadian,english flags around the place. but again thank you n_n
lukeseandavies 1 year ago
@111abf111 I can't imagine there are any words that would aptly describe the imbued presence of honour that exists at Memorials - I don't have any. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC - there are no words. Arlington - there are no words. Menin Gate, the same, although I've never been there. I've been thinking that, if I could make a tour through England and Europe, it would be visit and respect all those on the Memorials - Normandy as well. You are blessed to have had that experience.
111abf111 1 year ago
@111abf111 ps ref Cdn and British Forces - my father, Canadian, enlisted in British Forces in 1939-Argylls. Did not say he was a doctor, because he wanted to be on the front lines to provide emergent medical care. The Army found out he was a Doctor at Dunkirk as he stayed on the beach to treat the wounded. Sergeant said These men need a doctor! Not a Private! He said - I am a Doctor. Then, after the Quebec Conference, he volunteered for Wingate's Raiders. Senior Medical Ofcr 43-44.
111abf111 1 year ago
@111abf111
True hero. I went to the Menin Gate when I took part in a History trip in my school. We listened to The Last Post and it brought a tear to my eye. R.I.P. to your great Uncle.
Mazza4Azza 7 months ago
@111abf111 Well said!!!
roger6060 6 months ago
@111abf111 i know your feeling i lost familiemembers to in WW1 and WW2 so i agree whit you about them they where my grand-grand father and my grandfather who died there when they where fighting for freedom so guys a little respect for peaple who lost somebody
ruimopjongen 1 month ago
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Your pegel is way too high for the speakers Loud is not always best.Good film though
swollower 1 year ago
Your pegel is way too high for the speakers Loud is not always best
swollower 1 year ago
The U.S. Marines became famous in world war 1 by showing there effectiveness with bayonets not marksman ship. And yes the allies were screwed.
keith29241 1 year ago
@keith29241 The US Marines did fuck all with bayonets in WW1 you retard
stig781 8 months ago
@stig781 lol im guessing youve googled "fuck" so much it auto corrected for you. i have no clue what you mean by marines did fuck all with bayonets so im labeling your arguement invalid as well as a fail
keith29241 8 months ago
i'm doing a ww1 museum...the war it's terrible...poor men..
what's the name of the first song please?
ser199 1 year ago
@ser199 It's called Davy Jones - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Sorry for the delay, and good luck on your museum!
AlwaysASolution 1 year ago 5
@AlwaysASolution thank you!
ser199 1 year ago
@AlwaysASolution thanx mate!
ser199 1 year ago
@ser199
good luck!
Haregar 1 year ago
@Haregar thancks man!
ser199 1 year ago
@ser199 you Financially fit on the Museum?
counterstrikenerd321 1 year ago
thanks to the Canadians, Passchendaele was captured and because of this video, i r liking it
f3wbs 1 year ago
@f3wbs Thanks to the British.
stig781 8 months ago
actually the british failed to capture it. just like vimy ridge, the canadians were called in
f3wbs 8 months ago
isnt this pirates of the carribean at world's end ????
cranky626 1 year ago
Thank you for fucking blowing up my eardrums!
LightStijn 1 year ago
More than 800 000 died for the arroganse of a few men...
totalwarfreak1 1 year ago
Canadians took Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge not the British and America don't even try to take credit for anything major in this war.
CanadianStereotype 1 year ago
@CanadianStereotype FAIL! in fact the USA played a major part in the war. since Russia left, the Germans simply shifted it's troops west. the Allies were screwed the USA came in and Balanced out the fight. also the U.S Marines became world Famous during ww2 by showing there amazing marksmen ship and there displayed of being Ruthless during the war. which earned them the nick name from the Germans "Teufel Hunden" aka Devil Dog! Battle of Belleau Wood
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 No the US did not play a major part in the war. Theirs was a small contribution and the allies would have won regardless. The Germans naming them Devil Dog is a myth.
ascoop22 1 year ago
@ascoop22 you really need to pick up some books. the allies were on the verge of signing a peace with Germany, or did the Allies have some amazing plan to deal with all the German troops shifting over from the Eastern front? NO they didn't!
Germans naming them Devil dog is a myth? ya cause German POW's is a myth too lol.
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 You are the one who needs some books. The Germans launched their offensives before the US arrived. The British- 49 divisions, beat off the first attack where nearly 100 German divisions were engaged. The British also defeated the second attack of nearly 50 divisions. The Germans had losses of 350,000 in both battles and were also stopped in their advances on the French
ascoop22 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 The allies were on the verge of signing a peace? LOL Where did you get that from?
After the August 8 battle at Amiens the German Command agreed that the war was lost and they must end it and made many peace offers through other countries while they were being pushed back by the British and French. The US didn’t start at the Argonne until the very end of September. It is all very easy to figure out.
Devil Dog is a myth
ascoop22 1 year ago
@ascoop22 Devil DOG IS A MYTH LOL? so I guess it's also a myth that the U.S Marine Riflemen were trained to shoot further out then anyone else during that war too?
you should look up the battle very end of September? rofl. first of all I'm taking college military history. second of all the USMC were fighting in June! not September.
also a very good documentary on WW1 called "Declassified: World War 1 " talks about the many problems the allies had and the Germans.
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 I think US Marines were trained to shoot before the entry of the US into the war. Farther than anyone? Not so. The original British Army was trained for both long range, 600 yards, and rapid fire. So rapid and accurate that the Germans thought that they were facing machineguns, not rifles. The Germans never thought that at Belleau Wood. Also in 1914, the British defeated German forces much larger than themselves.
ascoop22 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 Firstly, you asked if the allies had some amazing plans to deal with the German troops shifting over from the Eastern front. You never said anything about USMC and Belleau Wood. With all due respect to the USMC, Belleau Wood did not stem the tide of the influx of German troops from the Eastern front. It was only a small battle that took much longer due to inexperience and in the larger picture, and hindsight, a battle that did not need to be fought.
ascoop22 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 Secondly, I don’t care if you’re taking college military history or reading WW2 comics from 1959. The answer to dealing with the many more Germans coming from the Eastern front was not Belleau Wood nor was it a battle that began at the end of September with the bulk of American troops
ascoop22 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 A nickname had nothing at all to do with why the French said they would rename Belleau Wood. The French were very gracious with all their allies and renaming the Woods was their way of honoring the first American battle. It was actually the Americans that created the huge memory to that battle. Pershing was not happy that the Marines got more good publicity than the army. The Marines were even credited with another battle they had nothing to do with but corrected in 1919.
ascoop22 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 Yes that is a myth, the British Army were well known for being the most rigorously trained shots in the war. Their training was far superior to that of the USMC.
stig781 8 months ago
@stig781 you do know that the Corps trained to shoot at 500 meters right? most Armies of those days trained for about 300 meters.
Dogmeat1950 8 months ago
@ascoop22 and if Devil dog is a Myth then how come the French Renamed a Forrest and created a huge Memory to the Marines of that battle? ya......just stop commenting.
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
@CanadianStereotype As for the U.S Army they had 1 man named Sgt.York who killed 28 German soldiers and capturing 132 other Germans all by him self during one battle. sorry but the USA was the nail in the coffin for Germans in WW1
Dogmeat1950 1 year ago
@Dogmeat1950 Many, many more acts of bravery like that for the British. THEY were the nail in the coffin, they'd gained air and naval supremacy singlehandedly, and lead the final hundred days offensive
stig781 8 months ago
@CanadianStereotype Sort of have to agree with you there. The American influence was more geared toward what they could do if the war dragged on for longer, i.e. if the war had kept going into 1919, then the US would have been able to deploy their main force, and the Germans were aware of this, hence their 1918 Spring Offensive before the Americans truly arrived. In truth, the Australian and Canadian armies were the spearhead of the last 100 days of the war that crushed the Germans.
qdros 1 year ago
@CanadianStereotype No, it was the British. It seems you Canadians are at times as ignorant as your neighbours.
stig781 8 months ago
Passchendaele was taken by the Canadian's not the british
DawemanJr 1 year ago
@DawemanJr No it was troops from the United Kingdom, but anyway Canada at that time WAS British.
stig781 8 months ago
turn your recording level down by 3 Db at least please
swollower 1 year ago
Thanx 4 the share. This brought tears to my eyes. I only wish those stupid kids who don't know anything except Call of Duty could see just how war is.
ZovietZniper 1 year ago
The Canadians fought at passchendaele and although they were part of the British empire it was only once they came that the battle was won, and it was because of battles like this that they won their independence.
WoodsballMachine 1 year ago
@WoodsballMachine Last I checked Canada was a self-ruling entitiy since 1867
fp470 1 year ago
@fp470 It was self ruling but it was not fully independent from Britain, Britain still had lots of control over Canada until after the first world war.
WoodsballMachine 1 year ago
@WoodsballMachine Neither was any dominion country, I was merely pointing out that Canda did not get any independance as a result of the war- it came later due to very boring men (at tax payer's expense) reviewing very boring constituional law before a 1931 constituional reform- decidedly after WW1
fp470 1 year ago
@fp470 Yes, but the war played a big role in showing the world and Britain Canada can handle it self and is ready to be independent.
WoodsballMachine 1 year ago
@WoodsballMachine Hmm ..debatable. I mean most dominion countries claim that, but the truth is alot of overpayed politicians in our respective countries got a free 4-6 year trip to the UK to make very boring legal arguments about why they should have more constitutional power. Nationalism is just used to dress up Dominions getting their autonomy. Also the abilty to blindly follow Britain to war, whilst Noble, does not show off independance. Althoug I do support our war efforts.
fp470 1 year ago
@fp470 Yeah, i never thought of it that way.... now that i think of it nationalism does look like its used as just a cover. I see where your coming from.
WoodsballMachine 1 year ago
@WoodsballMachine I might be a bit cynical, but Australia and Canada are similair. Both got independance before the war and both performed excellent in the war with that elite rating which is used to fuel nationalism and noble ideas about independance. THe fact is the same gang of politicians existed in all both our countries and used that fledgling nationalism to further their own interests.
fp470 1 year ago
@WoodsballMachine That's pathetic, you ignorant piece of shit. "it was only once they came that the battle was won" . The British were better soldiers than the Canadians were you idiot. It was because the BRITISH were fighting that the battle was won. It's why Britain rules Canada not the other way round.
stig781 8 months ago
@stig781 British and the french tried to take it none of them could, that is FACT. The Canadians were added to the mix and the ground was won, research its all FACT. If the battle was won because of the British, then why didnt they take it the first time? Also Britain doesn't rule Canada ever since we proved our selves to Britain that we arnt gonna be ordered around. Lastly who has better troops is debatable because of the amount of variables but in passchendaele Canadas troops had better tactis
WoodsballMachine 8 months ago
@WoodsballMachine what is it with Canadians thinking that they were major players in WW1?!?! your losses over around 60,000. British losses were over 700,000. British regulars at the time were the best trained soldiers in the world and had the best marksmen. not to take anything away from Canada but you were not elite troops and the British soldiers did most of the fighting at passchendaele.
ManicMammoth 7 months ago
@ManicMammoth British Couldnt not take passchendaele, it was only taken when Canada arrived. Canadians were major players because Certain things were achieved when the Canadians arrived. Also British causalities were higher than Canada's in WW1 because they had more people to send, British population at the time was 45 m while Canada's was only 7.2 m. Germans considered Canadians some of the best they fought. Canada's troops Volunteered, Britain had conscription, you cant force ppl to fight well
WoodsballMachine 6 months ago
@WoodsballMachine Are you seriously trying to suggest 20,000 Canadians singlehandedly beat 13 german divisions in highly entrenched defensive positions who were backed by 1,150 heavy artillery guns? did you develop some kind of bulletproof human being up there in Canada before 1914?
illegalbadgerbaiting 3 months ago
@illegalbadgerbaiting Im not arguing with anyone any more, you wont listen to historical facts so I cant help you. Also don't comment on my comment from 3 months ago, why do u think I would still be arguing after that long?
WoodsballMachine 3 months ago
@WoodsballMachine Sir i admire your steadfast ability to refuse to apply logic to the real world and that my friend takes balls. But the facts of the battle are that a German division was about 10,000 men, times this by 13 you have an indication of numbers involved. The Canadian contribution was 20,000 with 4,000 killed. The German casualties were about 200,000 - 260,000, these are historical facts. Are you suggesting some kind of spartan 300 situation? are you a race of immortal supermen?
illegalbadgerbaiting 3 months ago
@illegalbadgerbaiting You're misleading. You say "the facts of the battle are", your too ignorant to even know there was more than one battle at passchendaele. You put the German causalities at 200,000, thats how many they lost in TOTAL at passchendaele, Canada fought in the second battle after the British and French failed. We contributed 20,000 and lost over 15,000. it was not a 300 situation, we just weren't in the first battle and came in when the others nations couldn't do it.
WoodsballMachine 3 months ago
@WoodsballMachine ok let me put this another way. The consensus for why the allies won the war (this applies to passchendaele, the somme etc) comes down to 3 things; the inability of Germany to replace its dead, the allies ability to absorb losses better, and the british naval blockade of Germany. These battles only mattered not for ground won, but casualties infilicted. Im not trying to denigrate canada, far from it, i'm just trying to bring a little perspective.
illegalbadgerbaiting 3 months ago
@WoodsballMachine and please dont call me ignorant when you say canada lost 15,000 when there were only 4,000 dead. The only relevance this battle had to the outcome of the war was due to casualties, nothing more nothing less, we can conclude this in hindsight due to the allies abandoning the ground theyd won in the battle soon after. i personally feel you denigrate the other nationalities who fought in this battle and you dont seem to grasp the nature or context of trench warfare om ww1.
illegalbadgerbaiting 3 months ago
@illegalbadgerbaiting 15,000 Canadians died thats a fact, Id like to see your sources. Yes, this battle didnt have much strategic meaning, the allies wanted it to show the Germans how strong they were. Since the Germans consistently stopped them at passchendaele it would be like a slap in the face to Germany. I am very thankfull to the nations who served with Canada, we needed them and always will. But i find that other nations push Canada aside and never acknowledge us for our achievements.
WoodsballMachine 3 months ago
@ManicMammoth Btw if your gonna say Canada did have conscription they only had it in 1917 which was like a yr before the end of the war and only like 40,000 troops were actually conscripted. Also how can you say Canada was not a major player in the war when they did the best of all the armies on d-day, look up juno beach, they fought at vimy, took it, and passchendaele and many others. Read both my comments pls.
WoodsballMachine 6 months ago
Our share (Belgian Army) is also quite often ignored in favor of the superpowers. I suspect this will be the disadvantage of small, divided and little chauvinistic country.
I have the upmost respect for my great grandfather who fought and died for his comrades and country.
fele195 1 year ago
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fele195 1 year ago
In the words of Sabaton:
"Know that many men will suffer
know that many men will die
half a million lives at stake
Ask the fields of Passchendaele
And as the night falls the general calls
and the battle carries on and on
How long?
What is the purpose of it all
What's the price of a mile?"
CobaltX07 1 year ago
The British gained only 2 inches of land for every dead soldier.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98 The British Won the War and the Central Powers only lost territory of everyman they lost, no?
fp470 1 year ago
@fp470 Yes but in the Battle of Passchendaele the British gained only around 2 inches of land for every dead soldier.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98 THat was the cost of some Great War operation, the larger victory overall of the 3rd Ypres, supported by the Passchendaele operation made the entire German sector untenable and the German's defence of the region became very expensive in term of manpower after that victory.
fp470 1 year ago
@fp470 The British won the war? They must have been superhuman to defeat the Central Powers single-handedly. I'm guessing the rest of the allies sat around brewing tea and making cucumber sandwiches for the British Army. How kind of the French to supply the British with a battlefield along the whole western front for example.
Lets take a moment to recognize that it was the combined efforts of the Allies that forced the Central Powers into accepting an armistice to end the war.
Jason2290 1 year ago
@Jason2290 Correct.
I don't think anybody won the war. Foche of the French called the "victory" and the following treaty a "truce for 20 years." He was right. The British "victory" and crazy treaty gave Hitler a chance to rise and things got a lot worse from there.
higuma75 1 year ago
@Jason2290 Actualy no one won the war. Well you could talk about "combined efforts" of all alied nations but the fact the thing that won war was a tired europe of war and intervention of US in that tired europe xD is easy to win when all nations are exausted
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@ImperialGuard9001 The first half of my post was made with my tounge firmly planted in my cheek in respose to the post I replyed to. fp470 said that the British won the war. I never said anyone won the war and that was my point. I stated that the war was ended by the acceptance of an armistice by the Central Powers.
Jason2290 1 year ago
@Jason2290 It was the British Empire that forced the Central Powers to armistice by what they did on the battlefield.
ascoop22 1 year ago
@Jason2290 your right. britian would be german if it wernt for countrys like canada and australia, who stood tall in the face of overwhelming evil and fought beside britian right away, not because they could profit from it, but because it was right... and then theres tin both world warshe USA.. the only english made country that refused 2 help england in the start of both world wars, alto their armed forces wer very large. fuck america, they quick 2 start a war now, but not when it really matter
101andrewj 1 year ago
Oh what a lovely war.
paul08ere 1 year ago
World War 1 is World War 2's bitch
yankeehater237 1 year ago
pirates of the caribein jackass
Toria8796 1 year ago
Canada fucking rocks no one else could take it but my great grampa did and he lost his brother there to
vongranger 1 year ago
@vongranger no one else? Everyone who fought in ww1 saw horrors you cant imagine, so you wouldnt have to, and yet you find a way to make it about you? your a scummy little person, sure Candians fought hard and died, as did germans, english, welshmen, scots, irishmen, ozzies and newzelanders, french and belgiums, not to mention many, many others, from so far away as india, but yeah, your right, only the canadians "really tried", is that it? scummy canook that you are, shame on you.
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TheFacebookManiac 1 year ago
I have the book by Ambrose on this.
This was a real brutal fight, along with the Somme and Ypes.
mrceebees14 1 year ago
The Somme was a brutal battle that was supposed to be over in a day and in my opinion the only objective captured was that the french at Verdun were relieved....the germans called it 'das blutbad'===the bloodbath
DidYouPush2Hard 2 years ago 6
@DidYouPush2Hard The Somme was never supposed to be over in a day. General Rawlinson's plan was to "bite & hold", meaning bite into the German Trench system and invite them to take it back. He knew it was going to be a struggle even if things did go to plan, which of course they didn't.
MrShaneVicious 1 year ago
@DidYouPush2Hard no, the Somme (1) blooded the New Army (2) the Germans never recovered from it
THthefirst 1 year ago
The Brits didnt care about casualities they cared about territory.
0LuckyInternetUser0 2 years ago 3
Well it is true. WWI wasn't a war fought over ideologi or right or wrong, it was fought because great empires and their interests were threatened. The first thing the British did when the Allied were victorious was taking over the German colonies.
Hoekell 2 years ago 2
@0LuckyInternetUser0
Like everyone else, they were convinced that the casualties'd be the last ones, as that territory'd be enough to prepare for a big push to win the war permanently. Don't single out any one side, they were all equally guilty of poor tactics.
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Bowen1987 2 years ago
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That was our stupid, mindless and pomp-ass Generals. It was the ordinarily working man that suffered, i.e. the farmer or the factory workers etc. All untrained in terms of what army life had to offer. And then they were slaughtered as they walked in to a sheer wall of bullets. If you like poems read Wilfred Owen, A parable of the old man and the young. It will show you what the ordinarily man felt.
Bowen1987 2 years ago
@0LuckyInternetUser0 No actually, you will find all nations fought like this at the time. And Britian Developed many tactics to try and reduce death rate ie tanks rolling artilley
sammni 1 year ago
old tactics + new weapons = millions of casualties...its like going up against a roman legion using machine guns and artillery. god rest every veteran's soul.
Hmart133 2 years ago 3
very true the same happened in the civil war
Marylandboy1000 2 years ago 3
2:57 wow
bluebug412 2 years ago
1:36 what film is that from
jackandbradvideos 2 years ago
The Last Tommy
AlwaysASolution 2 years ago
@jackandbradvideos its called pashindaele
tigertank557 1 year ago
They stopped using pickelhaubes by this point wtf
CarolinaSkunkApe 2 years ago
i got told the canadians were the bravest and fiercest fighting in the british empire during world war 1, what is your opions ?
kierandonnan 2 years ago
Im an American and I agree with that 100%.
ele90 2 years ago
thanks for the reply mate :)
kierandonnan 2 years ago
The Canadians fought very well throughout the western front, but so did the British army as well, without the British army the Somme would of been a defeat, and there are many examples of their bravery from 1914-18, especially the 2nd battalion of the Devonshire Regiment (581 men) who severely damaged and held up a whole German division at Aisne at Bois des buttes.
But the American army was only fully engaged for less than 2 months, unlike Britain, Canada etc who had been fighting for 4 years.
Jo7welder 2 years ago
Somme wasn't a British victory dude, it was a stalemate.
thedicklick1 2 years ago
The Somme was won in November with the help of tanks and the lessons learned on that bloody first day.
Bowen1987 2 years ago
well, the british army achieved it's goal: to relieve the besiegd city of Verdun defended by the exhausted French army. Because of the Somme ofensive the pressure on that city was relieved a bit so in that light, they did gain the objective and thus won
although "victory" is a large word for a battle that cost you so many men for such a small piece of land, so the battle on itself was a stalemate but it enabled victory in another battle
sebas379 2 years ago
@thedicklick1 ...LOOK YANK KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF ...
stokeNF 2 years ago
it could be seen as a british victory, as the first day showed how the british needed to change their tactics to keep up with the new style of warfare compared to previous battles in WW1.
ShedHead9 1 year ago
Important to remember it was the British first and second army's that pushed the German army back over 5 miles in Flanders on 28th september 1918, and in just over a week the British took over 67,000 German prisoners and 680 guns, and on top of that the British held and won their line at Lys.
By November 1918 the British 1st, 3rd, 4th armys had captured thousands more Germans and pushed them all the way back to Mons where they had started in 1914. The Canadians were present there also.
Jo7welder 2 years ago
yeah thanks remember im only 16 lol
yes the bfe fought the germans and held them up at mons and prevented them from acheiveing the schleifen plan which waz to take paris buy flanking through belgium, the british used a tatic called "the mad minute" were they would fire 30 rounds at a target in 1 mi, the germans thought they even had machine guns at that battle but it waz just the skill of the tommy and the lee enflield botl action rifle
kierandonnan 2 years ago 2
Very correct, i think your talking of battle of Le Cateau after Mons in 1914 where the British II Corps did exactly what they did at Mons especially the field artillery, and the Germans took very heavy casualties and it was the end near enough of the schellifen plan, and saved paris as well.
Keep up your studies on the western front though, because we've only just hit on a couple of battles, the Somme and Passchendaele are immense subjects in themselves.
Jo7welder 2 years ago
thanks mate :) yes i will i find history very intresting we stuidied in skl and i waz the first to pass as i read bout it when i waz young, tbh in this genreation pepo dont know who hitler is i find that very worrying i had to explain who hitler waz to him and hes nine i knew who he waz when i wiz 4, i like to hear about pepos opions on historical events becuz we can learn better from each other opions its ashame in some parts of the world pepo cant accept that, and becuz of this we hav war,
kierandonnan 2 years ago
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qdros 1 year ago
@Jo7welder
Predominantly, these offensives were led by Arthur Currie (Canadian) and John Monash (Australian). Search Hundred Days Offensive on wikipedia.. or on the web. Interestingly, British PM Lloyd George wrote that if the war continued into 1919, he would have removed Douglas Haig and put Currie and Monash in command of the entire British and Commonwealth forces.
qdros 1 year ago
Visited the Somme battlefields in 2005. Actually walked in the Beau Hamel trenches where the Canadians lost so many on 1-6-16. You can feel proud that to this day Canadian uni students still help out on this very site with info etc. My relatives from aussie were also there. R.I.P. brave souls...
ourvic 2 years ago
Correction-dates wrong 1-7-1916. What I didn't get wrong was there were 58,000 casualities on that same day from the british forces..20,000 approx killed, not to mention the opposing force....slaughter is a kind word for it!!
ourvic 2 years ago
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ascoop22 2 years ago
Yes, I know very well that Canada was part of the British Enpire at that time. 4 months for the battle is correct. The casualty estimate for the British Empire includes the Candians of course.
ascoop22 2 years ago
The caption on the picture says "For a land not big enough to bury the dead" what's your point? Read the caption on the photo before that one. It says "4 months of hell" The Canadians weren't at Passchendaele for 4 months. The picture after yours says casualties for the British Empire Nothing on this video highlights Canadas role at Passschendaele, or am I missing something? Its about the whole battle and all troops involved.
ascoop22 2 years ago
@ascoop22 True to the fact that the Canadians did not fight for 4 months at Passchendaele , but the caption simply states that the battle went on for 4 months (began in July; ended in November). Also, Canada gained total independence in 1931, so during the Battle of Passchendaele, Canada was still part of the British Empire.
AlwaysASolution 2 years ago
@AlwaysASolution but they were not British themselves, they were a seperate country with British rule, meaning they were still Canadians
RebelPeach 1 year ago
@AlwaysASolution Asccop, you have to realise how small the Dominion was in manpower. It gave of its best and much of its wealth in that war. UK itself was only just over thirty million at that time. I don't know what Canada had for population. 67% of the Canadians volunteers were British born, many of them were ex soldiers who came back to their regiments. Whatever, they gave a good account of themselves, likewise the Aussies. Small nations who could ill afford to loose good men.
overopensights 1 year ago
@ascoop22 If you go to Ieper (Menin Gate) and Tyncot, (Spelling?) you will see that Canada is under the Brittish Empire. :)
steve44925 1 year ago
@steve44925 Of course Canada was under British at that time.
ascoop22 1 year ago
@ascoop22 it highkight the role whe ave in that war we where the best the german cald us storm troper we did the durty job because anglan whas scarde
ww1 and 2 make me proud to be canadian
CoolKillerClan 1 year ago
@ascoop22 for a land not big enough to bury the dead? whats his point...uhmm prolly the fact that hundreds of thousands of people died all to gain control of a tiny plot of land mr youtube badass
8thman420 1 year ago
@ascoop22 Dear ascoop22 if u knew more about canadian history you would know that before 1931; Canada was still called : Dominion of Canada so it's mean that we were still merging our troops with those of the rest of the british empire.
thomas309 1 year ago
@thomas309 I know Canadian history very well and I've always known that Canada was a Dominion during WW1 and never said otherwise. I've pointed this out to others many times. For some reason Alwaysasolution thought he needed to tell me that Canada was still a part of the British Empire in WW1. I pointed out that I knew that very well. Ask him why he made that post.
ascoop22 1 year ago
How do you know they're not British? Nothing mentions that it's the last battle.
ascoop22 2 years ago
the canadians where the highlight of the battle of passchendale and read the caption of the photo at 0:30 :D
seabornegrad 2 years ago