World War I: Trench Warfare Begins 1/4

[dragonraiderzombie]

mrs lopez clas????

[gopconservative78]

ah the cheese eating surrender monkeys.....

[darkshark171]

@gopconservative78 you're despicable really do you have no other thing to do, in you're pointless life (if you have one at least). then to shout these stupid comments. BTW i've got a nice fact for you: France never surrendered during WW2 but signed a armistice. so be a bit creative and come up with something else then these annoying insults.

[gopconservative78]

@darkshark171 Don't you know your French rules of warfare?

1) can't be led by a Frenchman

2) Americans do all the fighting (de Gualle syndrome)

3) When 1 and 2 fail....race to Berlin and surrender to Germany

[darkshark171]

@gopconservative78 haha nice one, but i'm not French dude, but Dutch. however in your troll comments i've never heard you're country of origin. if you're not a coward that you, always shout about Frenchman, then i would like to hear from you we're you are exactly from? and don't be shy dude, its youtube so you are anonymous anyway. but i've got to admit you're the first educated youtube troll, i haven't seen any spelling or grammar mistakes yet.

[darkshark171]

@gopconservative78 Nice logic BTW. If 1 fails it means that French leaders are really good. when 2 fails it means that Americans can't fight. so 3 must be, that french leaders are celebrated with there winning troops in Paris, while the Americans are racing to Berlin to Surrender. really nice logic, if you want to troll then do it right smartass!!

[binaway]

Trench warfare first happened at the end of the US Civil War. The Confederates dug trenches around their Capital of Richmond Virginia. The Union army were forced to do the same to protect their own.Even without machine guns it was a stalemate situation. The whole world ignored what had happened until WW1

[AltamontKiller]

LINKS SCHULTER!! 0:51

[panzertiger2000]

Really like this footage, its not just the same old recycled WWI films

[hatemf23]

wow actual interviews with ww1 soldiers?

[hatemf23]

@copali what makes you think this was made in 2012? this doc is from the 60s maybe older.

are you american by any chance??

[copali]

@hatemf23 sorry i wrong to translate your answer ;D

[hatemf23]

@copali np ;)

[2Flow2grow]

Allied Forces is a WWII area term. I think you are referring to Entente Cordiale versus Central Powers

[drummerjacob]

5:57 - i wonder how many cannons were broken like that. those horses are bookin it

[JanMelet]

Very good historical images. It is not a nice one but I appreciate this video

[BlameRepublicans]

3 Huns watched this.

[aglorincz]

@BlameRepublicans it's true, hungarians aren't happy with how ww1 ended :(

[unfukkkmee]

THE BRITISH PROVOCATION STARTED THE WORLD WAR 1

[panzertiger2000]

@unfukkkmee No a couple crazy fringe Serbs started it, then a combination of incompetent politicians turned it global

[unfukkkmee]

@panzertiger2000 NO THE BRITISH PROVOCATION STARTED THE WORLD WAR 1

[panzertiger2000]

@unfukkkmee yep thats a very firm argument, and since its ALL IN CAPS you must be right :)

[unfukkkmee]

@panzertiger2000 DO U HAVE PROBLEM BARBAROID ?

[panzertiger2000]

@unfukkkmee Whats a "BARBAROID?" and no problems here, im just saying that repeating your point word for word without any explanation is perfectly valid

[unfukkkmee]

@panzertiger2000 WHAT  U WANT ASSHOLE MY DICK ?

[panzertiger2000]

@unfukkkmee no I would not like asshole, and I am also not your dick :)

[unfukkkmee]

@panzertiger2000 KEEP THE SHOW

[panzertiger2000]

@unfukkkmee That is a solid rebuttal, come back when you have an actual argument

[KaiseroftheEnigma]

In my opinion Serbia started World War 1. It wasnt entirly there fault, the war was bound to happen, but... . The Treaty of Versailles was retarted.

[drummerjacob]

@KaiseroftheEnigma well in the big picture i think it was mostly a bunch of little chunks of land that had been built up and mechanized through the industrial revolution, and every country built up lots of industry and war machines, fences, bunkers,etc...and war was just becoming inevitable. its like, if they didnt fight, it would be a huge waste of all the money spent pre-war.

plus beyond that it was just alot of collective egos trying to save face. what a waste

[Phanerozoic1]

Amazing, even back then the French had rear-view mirrors on their horses so they could see the battle.

[2kylem]

Hi Ms. McGonigles Class.

[redcoatsrule]

@olly660 he went to Craiglockhart War Hospital in scotland.

[worldgoingtozero]

Hundreds of thousands of men die and we have the gall to use the word "victory". Fine young men (on both sides) that could produce and add value to the society are sent to meet grinders called Verdun, Somme and Ypres. Gross...

[olly660]

what i learnt in school today is that.. wilfred owen was a soldier fighting for his country. he was a teacher and he used to live a the countryside. he went to fight for his mother country..he was shot and injured and was taken to a military hospital in england all the way from belgium. while he was in hospital he began writing poetry. thats what i learnt :) love this stuff

[TheAccidentalMonk]

@olly660

Did they also teach you how to spell 'World War 1'? Let me help you if they didn't... I-n-s-a-n-e.

[wp4866]

oh, how gaily we walk to our death

[giggedy4goo]

Tommies called Gen Franchet D'Esperey "Desperate Franky"

[Phanerozoic1]

@giggedy4goo

lol.

[RsGuidesss]

im studying this topic in school, helped me alot i understand much more now.. thanks and great video

[alexamada]

your WWI vids are the best. glad you took the time to upload them

[Hassar100]

I think it might be be the series "World War I" released by CBS in 1964 and 1965 for the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the war. I remember seeing it as a child.

[TheShart1234]

thanks alot for posting

[warwolf1559]

Thanks for posting! Love it! :)

[marcobagut]

This documentary is so annoyingly rethorical though!

[XvChriisvX]

ok why does everyone have a mustache?

[ROTFLxLAWL]

@XvChriisvX Because mustaches are da shizz mang

[satanic666sonic]

@XvChriisvX back then, especially in the military, a mustache was a symbol of authority

[XvChriisvX]

@satanic666sonic and i just learned something today, thanks xD

[chowthe1st]

the entire dvd collection was given away free with the daily mail..the ONLY time i have ever bought that bloody paper i might add..

[justaman6972]

I think getting on bicycles would have made the going a ton faster than marching.

[1toscany]

It had to have been a tremendous undertaking for Paris to rally behind the troops and defend itself. The film show the taxis, and all available mobile vehicles to take troops into battle. An excellent strategy to move infantry quickly.

[bulldogrj5020]

i think ww1 is my favorite war type, its got every type of warefare in it

[strappingYungLad]

@bulldogrj5020 and then World War II came about. Now THAT has every type of warfare in it. LOL u said "warefare" that doesnt exist. warfare does though

[ishigum]

I feel bad for the horses. They're like "Hey man, we we're just dropping these guys off"

[BirgirZ]

3:29 Wooster fought in WWI? :O

[ejl1000]

As Harry Patch once said: "Anyone who went over those trenches and said they weren't scared... is a dirty, rotten liar."

[futurebestseller84]

only like 2 or 3 ww1 vets still alive

[MrShaneVicious]

@futurebestseller84 I think there is only one left, American Frank Buckles (109)

[panzertiger2000]

@MrShaneVicious Its sad that their all gone, I think when I started getting into the war there were still around 50 left...now though they are all gone, not even a hundred years after 1914

[Litterboxer529]

@panzertiger2000 "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."- General George S. Patton.

[VitalMusic217]

why this trench war become so long? why it didn´t in second war? aviation?

[metalrocks21rapsucks]

@VitalMusic217 Aviation, tanks, airborne and different mentality. The bloodbath of WW1 was still in everyones mind and no one wanted to get stuck in a stalemate once again.

[binaway]

@VitalMusic217 I think the answer is trucks. The armies would outrun their supplies which reached the front by train and the tracks only went as far as the forward positions at the beginning of the attack. Horse draw wagons and the small trucks of WW1 just couldn't carry enough and were not up to the job anyway.

[joeym145]

I think it is "The Great War" series from BBC in1964 Michael Redgrave is the main narrator. I wonder where people dig up these old shows from,no DVDs or VCR back in 64!

[nicholsjoshua15]

@joeym145 Reruns are probably still playing because this show is so awesome.

[Agent1W]

@joeym145 This war has shaped the destiny of the world more than any other conflict.

[Euposauridae]

@joeym145 *Magic*

[woodbinedrinker]

Excellent series! Is the narrator actor John Calicos? It must have been made in the 50's judging by the age of the veterans who comment in the series. Thanks for posting!

[MrShaneVicious]

@woodbinedrinker The narrator is Sir Michael Redgrave

[Harvin87]

At this point the trench-warfare seem like a good choice for the German armies. The war had just broke off, and they were occupying Belgium and enemy territory.

[PaulRietvoorn]

now i finally understand how those trenches suddenly came into being!

[EdwardRommel]

This looks like the excellent British series from 1964 called "The Great War"..narrated by Michael Redgrave.

It has some of the clearest film of WW1 I have ever seen but it is not available on region 1 DVD for US players. It is only available in region2 DVD for european players. But it will play on a multi-region player.

[dror91]

Are you absolutely sure about that (1964), or are you not certain?

I am asking because I am very curious as to the exact year this was made.

[MAKER6450]

wtf is the go with thier damn helmets?

they have that silly point on top.....i think id rather not have that when i stuck my damn head out the trench.

its just so fukn dumb...wtf were they thinking?

[ratmilkcheese]

The Pickelhaube helmet was a leftover from the 1840's. It was based of russian helmets where the spike held up a horsehair plume or crest when used in ceremonies they retained it out of tradition. The were originally leather by the way and when used at the front they offered little protection and the spike made a ripe target. By 1915 both because of leather shortages and the need for safety they became metal and the spike became removable for frontline duty.

[MAKER6450]

wow, thanks....iv always wonderd and now i know.

[Zenoxgear]

@ratmilkcheese

And in 1916 the steel German tank helmet was introduced.

[ElliotWrightMusic]

gotta look at it from their point of view, historically. There were a lot of types of headdress we'd consider weird to wear into combat, but at the time, they were still clinging to old ideals of warfare, which included a certain amount of decoration on the uniform that were outdated since the mid-1800s. It's a small example of one of several phenomena which makes the first world war such an uncomfortable period of realizations and re-adjustments, I think.

[MAKER6450]

lmao. you gota look at thier "point" of view...that silly point on their helmets are so "pointless" lol

[slome815]

@MAKER6450

these were not made for trench warfare, every war the germans had fought untill the first world war had been war of of mobility.

[MAKER6450]

@slome815, then why did they wear them in the trenches?

iv seen heaps of ww1footage and they wore them in the trench's...id cut the bloody thing off.

you could charge someone like a bull and stab them in the guts with it tho haha

[slome815]

They didnt plan on trench warfare, but once they got into it it was all they had. However, once it was clear that the trench war would last a long they they did start to cut them off en eventualy they were completly replaced by the pothelm.

[slome815]

with the pothelm that should be I think instead of by.

[MAKER6450]

ok, i get ya but i still say its a bloody stupid helmet

[bbmmac92]

i thoght the only war germany had b4 WW1 was its war with france. or do you mean Germany and prussia?

[slome815]

Yeah prussia.

[MrShaneVicious]

@bbmmac92 The War was between France and Prussia (1870-1871) was known as the Franco-Prussian war. This was before the German states united to form Germany. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria. So although Germany wasn't formed yet, many of the states that later formed Germany fought against the French.

[IIXXIIXX]

the design wasn't made for the trenches

[louryder33]

@MAKER6450 they didnt wear that in the trenches, it was part of their military tradition back in the 1800s, it was merely a leather cap that you could take off.I researched this because i wondered the same thing you did. The higher officers had steel ones though. lol

[dror91]

@louryder33 You better do some more research, no offense. They wore the helmet you see, known as the "spike" helmet as a helmet in the trenches. It was a poor helmet and provided next to no real protection. The steel helmet you are referring to came into use in 1916, and was issued to all soldiers. Officers wore parade spike helmets during, and for years after the First World War.