World War I documentary Vol1- 2/9 Clash of the Generals pt1

[killgreed]

It is hard to find, more in depth accounts in history~85% is the same ole' story, over, & over again, sort of like listen to the radio, Redundant? I watch a bunch last night, I should have gone to bed...your noises made me feel like someone else in the room with me in my sleep deprived state. Thanks this is a keeper!

[KevinVancouver2]

This is great - I hadn't seen this old footage - thanks.

[iflygarrett]

This is one of the more in dept documentery I have found on the subject thank you for posting

[redman382002]

Thanks for uploading this vid. it is very intesting so far.

[styles7887]

Rhanks for the upload bud

[chefsanders70]

@styles7887 you are more than welcome. I appologize for the less than stellar quality

[SwolllenGoat]

Thanks for uploading this.

[poppagdt3]

Man’s greatest folly is our inability to reason with our selves and prevent such barbaric actions such as war. WWI is the perfect example of this. Was there a need for this war? No! Never-the-less, millions of people died as a result of our stupidity and twenty some odd years later the survivors of that war would start a second world war. These videos are a necessity so our children will learn from them and not make the same errors. May GOD have mercy on us all!

[helmuthoorn]

The French destroyed their railroads on retreat out of the North.

Once in France the German troops had to march for weeks in a row, every day under a blistering summer sun with full backpacks and rifles. And they had to fight a very determined French army. The reason why they lost the battle of the Marne, and suffered a decisive defeat, which was in fact the end of traditional mobile warfare, was simple exhaustion.

[huswsimonbla]

thanks for the upload i can imagine it was a lot of work you had as this documentary goes on for 25hours

[Hutchence88]

thanks very much for uploading all of these!

[bmr1295]

Exzcellent footage!

[laurensadriaanse]

i love a kaiser roll

[liamrossignol]

y are they using a spring board

[cdnserbluvr]

I'm guessing to learn to jump over the trenches? *shrugs*

[Martytheonemanparty]

Thank you for this.

[freedomfighter1971]

Ah the Schlieffen Plan. Is this at it's best?

[7stringkiller]

What happened to the Kaiser, Wilhelm after the treaty anyway?

[Irishtupperware]

He fled to Holland until he died in 1940. He lived just long enough to see the Nazis accomplish what he could not; the conquest of France.

[opperbuil]

Kaiser Wilhelm fled to th neighbouring Netherlands. He became a "boswachter" forest ranger in the Biesbos nature preserve. He kept himself from reappearing on the political stage and led a quiet life from there on.

[carmelo1966]

I was looking for a good WW1 documentary and by far this is the best I found. thanks for posting very interesting learning a lot.

[MrShaneVicious]

@carmelo1966 The Best is "The Great War" from the BBC, made in 1964