Here's an extract from the trench paper the Wipers Times of November 1918 9the paper was at that time known as The Better Times). A tribute from the British Tommies to the Canadian forces and their undoubted fighting qualities.
@johnson1095 colored smoke, usually bright pink, occassionally yellow. It smells strongly of chalk but it gets on you're mucus membranes. If you don't get your mask on on time you're sneezing pink for hours. It's pretty harmless but suprisingly frightening.
If this was shot two years ago via the poster who posted this a year ago I'd say I was there on the German side facing this attack. If it was 06 or 07 I was there on that side of the line. When you leave the trench you are pretty far from the firing so it's not a stretch that no one falls in the clip. It's not as easy as you think to bring a man down on the field when they are moving. There is also a lot of inertia with an attack like that. You feel helpless in the fact of it.
He'll go over the top with a skip and a hop and then your work is done, when he stops to eat, cut of his retreat its a game called hunting the hun! :D
It annoys me that some of them are walking or jogging like they're taking an early morning run, rather then running for their lives. Cool, though. Where can you join?
You're thinking current combat tactics. You have to remember when they went over the top they were carrying a lot of equipment. Secondly there are tons of shell holes and hazzards out there. And finally Canadian soldiers were trained to walk behind a creeping barrage. That's something that can't be reenacted.
The first thing is to decide what side do you want to portray. Next do a Google on the Great War Association. That's the principle organization for reenacting WW1. On this web page you'll find a link to all the reenactment groups. Find one in your area and contact them. That's how you do it.
Currently these reenactments happen twice a year and take place on weekends. There's simulated combat on the Friday evening and the Saturday is an all day tactical that starts from 9AM to 11PM. Unfortunately the public isn't allowed to watch. The site is privately owned by the Great War Association.
We are members of the Great War Association which owns a site in southern Pennsylvania. To participate in these private events you'd have to join or be a guest of a member unit.
Its a shame the canadians got dragged into that war. sadly many of them died, exploited, like cannon fodder. it didn't stop there either, it happend again with WW2 at dieppe.
Dragged? I don't think so. We had more volunteers at the beginning of WW1 than we could handle. Did you also know that Canada declared war on Germany before Britain did in WW2? I don't think the word "dragged" applies.
I'm 100% Canadian and I'm damned proud of my country's contributions to both World Wars. My great grandfather fought at Vimy Ridge. And canadian leadership under Gen. Arthur Currie was incredible. The Germans had more fear and respect for canadian soldiers than any other they faced and thats a fact! Period!
Very cool indeed. I had family in the PPCLI in WW1. What are the base kit requirements for an event? If one were without a rifle, could they act as S.B?
Ah, yes we are Canadians but just to let you know the Americans were in WW1 too. They had 137,000 casualties. Oh by the way it was known as a World War. Many nations fought in it. It wasn't exclusively an English war.
yeh.The americans got dragged into the war because the Germans sank the Lusitania from a submarine because the germans thought it was carrying guns to be imported to England.
Actually it's the Canadian trench with a Canadian unit. Our unit is growing. We approx. 30 members with on average of about 20 showing up of each event. We've got a mortar too. One of our guys is trying to get a gas MG set up.
Also the only reason the English were dragged into the war was because the English made a deal kinda thing with Belgium to help them out if they needed it,and obviously the schlieffen plan went right through Belgium so The English got involved.Its kinda strange how all of these countries got involved and the reason why.And all the war started from was Franz Ferdinand got assassinated.God rest the souls who lost their lives in that war down to the assassinater"Gavrilo Princip".
At the battle of the Somme the Brit soldiers were told to walk since they believed that the just ended artillery barrage on the German lines would wipe out any opposition. Besides most of the men were carrying lots of extra equipment so moving fast wasn't an option. Later in the war the creeping barrage was used so the soldiers were trained to walk immediately behind this wall of artillery impacts. The Canadians used this tactic to great effect at Vimy Ridge.
Trenches were long and continuous BUT they zig zagged so that if the enemy did manage to get into a trench they didn't have a clear firing line. In other words they couldn't fire down the trench for any great distance.
Most of us are located in Southern Ontario. Toronto area and the Niagara peninsula. If you haven't reenacted before I don't recommend starting in WW1. It's one of the most dangerous forms of reenacting.
We use real firearms but fire blanks. We have mortars that fire inert rounds. Grenades are used too. These are also inert and have weight restrictions.
Most of the time when you see massive firepower coming your way you take a hit. I've been to reenactments where you are given chits that say whether you take a hit or not. It adds some realism when guys around you start dropping.
No it hasn't. We had another feint attack happening at the other end of the field that drew most of the German strength. There are times though that we do take massive hits.
@PPCLIcanuck and other Canadians.
Here's an extract from the trench paper the Wipers Times of November 1918 9the paper was at that time known as The Better Times). A tribute from the British Tommies to the Canadian forces and their undoubted fighting qualities.
Canada! queen of the Western Snows,
Your fighters are peerless the journalist shows,
though you kings and their kingdoms may shake,
Leave us, ah! leave us, just one town to take.
spearhafoc 1 year ago
How do u simulate a pioson gas attack???
i'd be interested in seeing that! thank you
johnson1095 1 year ago
@johnson1095 colored smoke, usually bright pink, occassionally yellow. It smells strongly of chalk but it gets on you're mucus membranes. If you don't get your mask on on time you're sneezing pink for hours. It's pretty harmless but suprisingly frightening.
GravesRWFiA 9 months ago
trench warfare without the rats and the disease. Must be a great event. Well done!
hollywoodwerewolf 1 year ago 2
PWNAGE, i never thought i would see something so....REALISTIC.But isn't there suppost to be a wistle thats blown?
Abroadhawk 2 years ago
Yes you are correct. There were whistles blown but with all the yelling and rounds going off they can't be heard.
PPCLIcanuck 2 years ago
@Abroadhawk
There was always a whistle
lilcrazed4 2 years ago
montreal?
snoopy3600 2 years ago
No. Only at the GWA site in southern Pennsylvania.
PPCLIcanuck 2 years ago
oh...but your YouTube username is PPCLIcanuck lol???
bloper12 2 years ago
Okay I get it. What my handle means is Canuck as in Canadian not the hockey team (even though I'll be cheering them on in the playoffs).
PPCLIcanuck 2 years ago
Do a google search for Great War Association. There you'll find more info on the site and all the reenactment groups.
PPCLIcanuck 2 years ago
ok thanks
bloper12 2 years ago
i looked at the site but do you do reenactments in Vancouver,Canada???
bloper12 2 years ago
We certainly do. Are you going to the Spring Event?
PPCLIcanuck 2 years ago
if your in the reenactment group i was wondering if you guys have any upcoming events/reenactments in Vancouver???
bloper12 2 years ago
where is it????oh ya do you have a web site??
bloper12 2 years ago
Nice man, I'm going in for the ANZAC troops, I hear our forces work together. Look forward for help for our Canadian friends!
MrStubbz1994 2 years ago
If this was shot two years ago via the poster who posted this a year ago I'd say I was there on the German side facing this attack. If it was 06 or 07 I was there on that side of the line. When you leave the trench you are pretty far from the firing so it's not a stretch that no one falls in the clip. It's not as easy as you think to bring a man down on the field when they are moving. There is also a lot of inertia with an attack like that. You feel helpless in the fact of it.
sanitysvoid 3 years ago
He'll go over the top with a skip and a hop and then your work is done, when he stops to eat, cut of his retreat its a game called hunting the hun! :D
Rammstein4ever 3 years ago
what is that? i want to do it!
brettsworld99 3 years ago
the guy at 0:06 has a rifle grenade
StuartMarshall26 3 years ago
he sure did
imacf90 3 years ago
Aw man! Talk about a battle scene! 5/5
Smitheeboy94 3 years ago 2
The average load of an infantryman at the Somme was something like 80 pounds.
1126thmp 3 years ago
tally ho!!!!
dcharlatan 3 years ago
It annoys me that some of them are walking or jogging like they're taking an early morning run, rather then running for their lives. Cool, though. Where can you join?
Senjhin 3 years ago
You're thinking current combat tactics. You have to remember when they went over the top they were carrying a lot of equipment. Secondly there are tons of shell holes and hazzards out there. And finally Canadian soldiers were trained to walk behind a creeping barrage. That's something that can't be reenacted.
PPCLIcanuck 3 years ago
regardless, how do you join a re-enactment brigade?
Senjhin 3 years ago
The first thing is to decide what side do you want to portray. Next do a Google on the Great War Association. That's the principle organization for reenacting WW1. On this web page you'll find a link to all the reenactment groups. Find one in your area and contact them. That's how you do it.
PPCLIcanuck 3 years ago
It annoys me that you dont know what you are talking about. Alot of advances were at a walking pace.....
uaplumber23 3 years ago
Could i find out where i could join if i wanted to or some kind of URL, pm if you want :)
bobdole92 3 years ago
This is incredible... gives me the chills just watching it...
wahaya2 3 years ago
so, do they like do this on weekends...just for fun? Or do it for an audience?
lmichel30 3 years ago
Currently these reenactments happen twice a year and take place on weekends. There's simulated combat on the Friday evening and the Saturday is an all day tactical that starts from 9AM to 11PM. Unfortunately the public isn't allowed to watch. The site is privately owned by the Great War Association.
PPCLIcanuck 3 years ago
Great video
WWII33 3 years ago
hathe guy at the end was walking all slow
deerhunt29 3 years ago
that would be cool to do where do they do these
Lee3nfi3ld 3 years ago
We are members of the Great War Association which owns a site in southern Pennsylvania. To participate in these private events you'd have to join or be a guest of a member unit.
PPCLIcanuck 3 years ago
what do they fire at these things?
shakessxx 3 years ago
I'm sorry but I don't understand your question. If you are referring to the guns then we fire blanks.
PPCLIcanuck 3 years ago
awsome
pohatuonuatahu 3 years ago
Its a shame the canadians got dragged into that war. sadly many of them died, exploited, like cannon fodder. it didn't stop there either, it happend again with WW2 at dieppe.
TheGodParticle 4 years ago
Dragged? I don't think so. We had more volunteers at the beginning of WW1 than we could handle. Did you also know that Canada declared war on Germany before Britain did in WW2? I don't think the word "dragged" applies.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
Well what ever, its a argumet neither of us can win.
TheGodParticle 4 years ago
I'm 100% Canadian and I'm damned proud of my country's contributions to both World Wars. My great grandfather fought at Vimy Ridge. And canadian leadership under Gen. Arthur Currie was incredible. The Germans had more fear and respect for canadian soldiers than any other they faced and thats a fact! Period!
trebdude1 4 years ago
Its a pity we didn't have him to command our troops back then. Unfortunatly we had haug better know as the butcher of the somme..
TheGodParticle 4 years ago
Very cool indeed. I had family in the PPCLI in WW1. What are the base kit requirements for an event? If one were without a rifle, could they act as S.B?
Cheers.
Zagato86Trueno 4 years ago
Why don't you have any guys falling dead or anything? It doesn't look so...realistic. Most of the guys who went over the top did get mowed down.
ComradeDom 4 years ago
Because its a reenactment. Secondly there was initially an element of surprise before the enemy could mount an attack.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
yeah that's a cool shot in the beginning of going over the top, looked good.
clfhcks 4 years ago
O wow you are so luckly to have some shots like this, i wish I had some for my amiture ww1 movie i'm makeing.
MrBeach90 4 years ago
fukin yanks. reanactin english wars over there in yankland. unless ur canadian in which i bow down to you
iwasinnam 4 years ago
Ah, yes we are Canadians but just to let you know the Americans were in WW1 too. They had 137,000 casualties. Oh by the way it was known as a World War. Many nations fought in it. It wasn't exclusively an English war.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
yeh.The americans got dragged into the war because the Germans sank the Lusitania from a submarine because the germans thought it was carrying guns to be imported to England.
Lostonplanetearth 4 years ago
What event is this??
I did the Newville,PA event twice.. I woudl like to go again, but college seems to inflict with the November dates.. as well as the April..
LoserNumber34 4 years ago
This video was taken about 2 years ago in our old trench. We now have a new one over 84 ft. long. I believe I have a video of it on my video list.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
This the British/ irish trench??
Im always an American, usually with a mortar team.. Im always beside the Russians and French.. on the far right of the allied trenches..
Nice charge too!!
LoserNumber34 4 years ago
Actually it's the Canadian trench with a Canadian unit. Our unit is growing. We approx. 30 members with on average of about 20 showing up of each event. We've got a mortar too. One of our guys is trying to get a gas MG set up.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
Also the only reason the English were dragged into the war was because the English made a deal kinda thing with Belgium to help them out if they needed it,and obviously the schlieffen plan went right through Belgium so The English got involved.Its kinda strange how all of these countries got involved and the reason why.And all the war started from was Franz Ferdinand got assassinated.God rest the souls who lost their lives in that war down to the assassinater"Gavrilo Princip".
Lostonplanetearth 4 years ago
Please someone teach me why soldiers of ww1 "walked" forward instead of running, it seems hard to walk among the mg bullets coming to you! thanks!
Leoguitarrocker 4 years ago
At the battle of the Somme the Brit soldiers were told to walk since they believed that the just ended artillery barrage on the German lines would wipe out any opposition. Besides most of the men were carrying lots of extra equipment so moving fast wasn't an option. Later in the war the creeping barrage was used so the soldiers were trained to walk immediately behind this wall of artillery impacts. The Canadians used this tactic to great effect at Vimy Ridge.
I hope this answers your question.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
Thank you!!!
Leoguitarrocker 4 years ago
I thought that a trench was one LONG continous ditch not just cut into parts, or was it?
elli782 4 years ago
Trenches were long and continuous BUT they zig zagged so that if the enemy did manage to get into a trench they didn't have a clear firing line. In other words they couldn't fire down the trench for any great distance.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
OMG where is this group? I want in !!!!
JohnnyH1982 4 years ago
WOW awsome!
matt10999999e 4 years ago
I reenact Vietnam but unfortunatly, Im in Newfoundland!
cooldkid999 4 years ago
Vietnams not bad to reenact :)
VietnamReenactor 4 years ago
Hey where in Canada are you guys? I would really like to try WW1 reenacting!
cooldkid999 4 years ago
Most of us are located in Southern Ontario. Toronto area and the Niagara peninsula. If you haven't reenacted before I don't recommend starting in WW1. It's one of the most dangerous forms of reenacting.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
i was wondering how its dangerous like do you actually fire stuff or something i thought you fake fire
bobbybob49 4 years ago
We use real firearms but fire blanks. We have mortars that fire inert rounds. Grenades are used too. These are also inert and have weight restrictions.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
Awesome, I've never really seen any Canadian WW1 re-enactors. I'm guessing you guys are Canadian becuase you're re-enacting PPCLI.
TRyrEaDtHiS 4 years ago
Most of us are Canadian but we have American members too.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
Most of the time when you see massive firepower coming your way you take a hit. I've been to reenactments where you are given chits that say whether you take a hit or not. It adds some realism when guys around you start dropping.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
i notice none of your soldiers fell down dead, was machine gun and rifle fire become that inaccurate?
gottenburg2 4 years ago
No it hasn't. We had another feint attack happening at the other end of the field that drew most of the German strength. There are times though that we do take massive hits.
PPCLIcanuck 4 years ago
and how does one tell if they are "hit"?
metalgod2347 4 years ago
How offten do you reinact could i join (im 15) im from Cleveland ohio b ut family in southren ohio whats your web site?
Gopedanarchist 5 years ago
The GWA site is located in southern Pennsylvania. Our group has members from Ontario, Ohio, New York, and Colorado to name a few.
PPCLIcanuck 5 years ago
Do you have a website? and where are you located?
Gopedanarchist 5 years ago
Sorry I can't help you there. We are based in North America.
PPCLIcanuck 5 years ago
can someone tell me if there is a ww1 reenactment socitee near Glasgow, or in Scotland?
mcglumpher 5 years ago
wow!
now if only i could do the same thing!
mcglumpher 5 years ago