1-5 - BBC - The First World War - To Arms 1914 (First BBC Documentary of Ten).mp4

[artygunnar]

This is one by Hew Strachan right?

[nmcrn7]

i watched this to learn, why does everyone have to argue and talk shit. this happened 100 years ago

[Arthounot]

@nmcrn7 only watch, never read :)



[JabbaTheAmerican]

1:04

I absolutely adore the theme for this series. Gorgeous.

[RealAlbo4life]

Right there....you want to look at subhumans? Disease?...Fucking scum from the worst barbarians of its kind who came from Russia? There they are in 9:57...savages and subhumans so called "serbs" who came into Illyria and contaminated Illrian lands

[RealAlbo4life]

"She wanted to 'unite them' under a south slavic state, yugoslavia"? You mean invade them by force and barbarism, so called serbian hords?! Hitler did the right thing by trying to eliminate slavs...may one day true justice shine upon former Illyrian lands

[RealAlbo4life]

"For serbs, 'Austro-Hungaria was a prison of Nations'...repressive, undemocratic state that ground small people under its heal"<<< what a hypocrit view of the barbaric serbs! Fucking subhumans who oppressed all of people in Yugoslavia even after word war I and II.....

[EmmaLouiseSE12]

Does anyone know ehre i can find the guide issued by the british foreign office differentiating each race of people that is featured in this video? I am searching the british foreign office papers and cabinet papers but am having no luck.

[FullMetalJacket79]

Can some one tell me where I can get the entire video series?

[asadparvez2]

@qaching Thats what I call rude.

[Bix12]

I'd love to look at one of those guides to the various eastern european race profiles the British Foriegn Office published way back when.....any links?

[aaronmcintosh26]

more anzacs died in the first world war as well. or do we get classed as british in this?

[UltraCriticguy]

need op credit song please

[Winner8501]

Does anyone know where to get this "guide" to A-H nationalities? It must be a lot of fun to read, and I am saying that as a Czech :-D

[wickedvicious]

hope that you can post the whole series

[PoppingSanta]

Wait, America was launched as a world power by WW2, not WW1.

[UltraCriticguy]

@PoppingSanta actualy ww2 boost it power but spanish american war made them a super power

[PoppingSanta]

@UltraCriticguy

Nope.

America hardly even had anything close to an army before WW2.

[UltraCriticguy]

@PoppingSanta spanish american war the took lots of colonies from spain it was the firsr time the were and the world stage the dint hava e the a army but they mostly use their navy and people mark that war as the starting point of their becoming a world power

[PoppingSanta]

@UltraCriticguy

Yes, it was their starting point.

But when you start running in a maraton it's a long way to the goal.

[PGTRegard]

@PoppingSanta Not really. The Spanish American War brought us out of relative isolationism and onto the world stage. In WWI all we really were to the allies were reinforcements, but the fact that we pulled together such a large force in a short time was impressive and set a precedent for WWII. Not to mention we were manufacturing arms for the allies throughout the war (some neutrality).

[PoppingSanta]

@PGTRegard

I'm guessing that you didn't really read my short comment. Yes, World War One brought the United States of America onto the world stage. But not as a Word Power. When WW2 started the United States didn't have much of an army (don't know about the Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps though, but I've heard that the USMC where in no fighting condition either) to fight a major war with.

With that said, The U.S.A became a World Power after World War Two, not World War One.

[PGTRegard]

@PoppingSanta And about every history professor or buff would disagree with you. The US's victory of the Spanish is considered their entry as a world power. Though even I would say it was more WWI that solidified it.

[PoppingSanta]

@PGTRegard

Yes, every history professor from the United States of America.

You're country is so filled with propaganda it makes the Soviet Union look like it was a good and honest "country".

[June28July]

@PoppingSanta

We are?

[PoppingSanta]

@June28July

Yes you are. The problem is that it's all hidden behind a wall of made up freedom and democracy and so it's much harder for you to see than for someone that lived in The Soviet Union to see.

[June28July]

@PoppingSanta

Okay, please explain.

[PoppingSanta]

@June28July

Wtf is there to explain?

Don't you know what propaganda is? Your government is just filling your heads with a bunch of lies. Your government is telling it's people to sit down, shut up and do what they're told to do, without thinking about it. It's sad really. Alot of other governments are doing so too so it's not about The U.S government being the only bad guy.

I'm not one of those guys that hates everything the U.S does just because I don't like the U.S, I just see the U.S doing -

[June28July]

@PoppingSanta

What lies would these be?

[PoppingSanta]

@June28July

Do you have your head up your ass?

Pearl Harbor, 9/11, Iraq and it's non exsisting nuclear weapons, Watergate (Which (?) failed misserably but it was still all about lies and cheating) etc. I also would not call a country were homosexual war heroes gets fired just because they're homosexual the "land of the free".

[June28July]

@PoppingSanta

Okay, let's concentrate on one here: so you're a 911 truther I take it?

[preemptivestrike20]

@PoppingSanta Take your meds.

[PoppingSanta]

@preemptivestrike20

Shut the fuck up.

[preemptivestrike20]

@PoppingSanta You shut the fuck up. Or else I'll make your mother work the dangerous part of town.

[PoppingSanta]

@preemptivestrike20

Good luck, but you'll never make my mom do the same shit you made your mom do.

[PoppingSanta]

@June28July

- alot of bad stuff. I wish the citizens of a could-be great country rise up against the people now leading it (Republicans and Democrats alike).

[PGTRegard]

@PoppingSanta What does "propoganda" have to do with anything about the US's status as a superpower? It's not like it really matters if "they" lie to us about when our country became a Super power. What does it accomplish. Your point makes no sense for this topic.

[PoppingSanta]

@PGTRegard

The U.S propaganda affects almost all it's citizens, and that includes historians. And of course it matters if they are lying about when the United States of America became a superpower.

Imagine if historians would start saying that Roman Republic became a superpower i 400 B.C, that would mess alot of things up. Like the already shitty education system now present in the United States.

[panzercat39]

of all the WW1 docs,this one is the best and still one of my favs,gotta love the BBC!

[CaptainOvious123]

I'm sorry but 08:47 is hilarious

[1221doowesor]

@CaptainOvious123 You mean the guy throwing the screen at the train? Yeah, I guess so.

[patsyd80]

@CaptainOvious123 Yeah it seems even the riots were funny then days. Charlie Chaplin style rioting lol

[Asskicker32294]

Princep got what he wanted.  The end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and an independent Yugoslavia

[hannesH3]

@Asskicker32294 yupp, and see how that worked out!

[AlchZdot]

I've looked on the net but can't find this. Any ideas where I can purchase this?

[1221doowesor]

@AlchZdot The First World War - The Complete Series (2005) search on Amazon.com. You'll get it for $30.58 US.

[patsyd80]

truely amazing doc. I must read the book that that this documentry was based on. thanks for posting

[1221doowesor]

@patsyd80 You should also try John Keegan's WWI book.