L'ami, Vidéo incroyable. Peut-être la présentation la plus précise de Guerre de Tranchée de 1916. Le déménagement, déranger, atroce, ces hommes de France était courageux pour le pays. Nous pouvoir ne les oublie jamais et qu'ils ont fait.
Friend, Incredible video. Perhaps the most accurate presentation of Trench Warfare from 1916. Moving, disturbing, horrific, these men of France were brave for the country. May we never forget them and what they did.
I'm Chinese, but I have immense respect for the French, and I love France. I would like to send this message en francais, mais Je parle francais tres mal.
cuando veo estas imagenes mas repruebo a esos estupidos generales de aquellas epocas...son unos asesinos!. Mas no dejo de conmoverme , respetar y venerar a todos esos soldados que lucharon en esa infernal guerra...habia que tener mucho coraje ! ... Dios los tenga en su santo cielo ...
Incroyable,et d'une intensité ultime.Les 1ers rangs sont quasi-certains de tomber,et pourtant ils avançaient,faisaient leur devoir.La chose qui me dégoûte toujours,ce sont ceux qui étaient "embusqués",aux arrières,par relation/pistonnage,pendant que les fils du peuple,ouvriers et paysans en majorité,se faisaient trucider.
Pensée pour mon arrière grand-père,caporal au 23e régiment d'infanterie coloniale,tué à l'ennemi le 10/10/18 près de Bazancourt(marne).
The most stupid war, fought on the most stupid way, and the idiots responsible where made rich or had a lifetime of chopping wood for their villa in exile instead of being dragged out of their homes and killed the way they had killed millions of young men. Such a waste.
I am studying WW I in great depth and agree about the seemingly stupidity of the tactics - but I am at a loss to see how once the nations were at war what other options they had. The technology did not exist to have sufficient and reliable armored or mechanized forces break through (the tanks broke down in a only a few hours - and did not reach the field anyway until mid 1916). I have been trying to see how else they could have fought and remain at a loss sadly.
My Grandad was born in 1918, about 18 months after the Somme ended. He fought and survived in WW II and was an Officer by the time he left. Someone robbed his house recently when he went out shopping, but he's still going and is 94 soon.
Monsieur, je suis Américain, et je respecte immensément la France et les soldats Français pendant la Grande Guerre. Je ne comprends pourquoi mes compatriotes se moquent parfois de la France. Moi, je suis francophile! Merci pour avoir raconté l'histoire de votre arrière grand père. Il était héros.
@adrienadidou2 oui ! quand il a ramené son corps le Capitaine était déjà mort de ses blessures...mon arrière GP a été grièvement blessé au bras gauche au cours de cette initiative, il fut amputé de son bras. Décoré de la Légion d'honneur il mourrut en 1970 à 82 ans.
This was about the most senseless war in fairly recent history (The US Civil War was another); I cannot understand why the populations of most of the countries involved didn't press their leaders for a cease-fire and a negotiated settlement.
on 2:07 oh god I cant imagine the horror when you ran outta your trench, hoping to not get shot, if you didn't shot, maybe the barbed wire will trap you, or the arty, or the mustard gas, or mines O.o
French army - 14 divisions online-1550-115 artillery pieces had British Army:
- 26 divisions online, 1335 artillery pieces, 185 aircraft June 30, 1916: German Army divisions-8 line-844-129 artillery pieces, aircraft losses, including 419,654 British 206,000 dead or missing, 202 567 French-including 66,000 dead or missing 437,322 German-Germans (at least) which killed 170 000
This impressed me immensely..........I'm a Brit but have always considered the French to have been very brave during both World Wars. Sometimes it is easy to comment but I can't even begin to image the suffering of both soldiers and civilians during these conflicts. Vive la France. May ALL of those who suffered be resting in peace.
My great grandad was at the Somme (British) he was shot in the leg on the first day of the battle and survived the war to have my gran and her sisters/brothers.
man I am so angry by watching this men getting shot and wipe out u just don't get what its like to be like them getting hit out of nowhere and I hate the war alot man god bless them all anyways
@ActionRealmStudios it is called "un long dimanche de fiancailles" it's about the love shared between a young soldier and his girlfriend but still there are some amazing battle scenes.
@pimped11 this wasn't C.O.D. Modern Warfare dim shit, communication was limited, and they didn't have the resources for an attack dog army. Read something on WWi and then come and assess the styles of war
Il fallait vraiment du courage pour faire ce que nos aïeux ont fait, qu'ils soient allemand français anglais ou autrichiens.
Pour la video je ne pense pas qu'elle relate les faits de la bataille de la somme on ne voit que des soldats français et les chars ft17 sont rentré en service en 1917
What did you mean by that? The Americans came in the last year of the war, when France and Germany had lost over 2 million young men already. The Americans came with a poor army, from a European point of view, it couldnt even be called a real army, since the Americans only had State troops, no Federal troops, mostly supllying the Allies with goods instead of menpower (goods which were crucial to the victory btw). To say America did it all is totally ignorant and disrespectfull
@kriddie88 U unaware that State troops kinda ended after the civil war? Btw I knew Germany and France were slammin each other. BTW The state are more like the National Guard Today. Actually I think we still do have state troops and they sometimes call them in to serve in Afganistan. I might be Wrong. I'm pretty sure there were Federal troops in WW1 but some National Guardsmen were probably called to the front as well
@kriddie88 The US was actually DISCOURAGED from bringing manufactured goods to the war; the Allies WANTED the manpower.
You're just another shithead European that hates Americans; the Americans "didn't do it all" but we did help turn the tide and speed the war's conclusion; even the Germans knew it was a "race" with Russia out of the war; we had two full Armies in Europe by October and over two million men, with another 3.0 million mobilized, by the time the war ended.
What you say is not true.I don't hate Americans at all. In fact, I nver said anything implicating that. Look at my comment, the goods WHERE crucial. The numbers you mentioned just aren't true. It's sad to see that lot's of Americans just cant accept a version of history in which they weren't some heroic superpower.
And such a shame about the "fuck you". What a sad way to display your lack of intellect and verbal capacity.
@kriddie88 The numbers of US manpower in The War are correct, along with my observations about the US bringing manpower to Europe vs. equipment.
Also, I've never made the claim that the US came into the war as a "heroic superpower;" based upon my own numbers we averaged less than 1.5 million men for the last four months (plus 11 days) of the war; that's not a "heroic superpower" number.
You are on the other end of the scale, completely denigrating US efforts in this war; fuck you.
Never mind. Should have known that arguing with an American like yourself about these subjects is pointless and a total waste of energy. Some people just totally think black and white, theres no grey zone at all. This counts for both in discussions as well as in their skulls.
@kriddie88 Arguing with some knee-jerk anti-American European like yourself about these subjects is pointless and a total waste of energy; with the internet it is easy enough to look up the status of US manpower during The First War; by the end of July of 1918, the US was landing TEN THOUSAND MEN A DAY and did so until shortly after the Armistice; this is a matter of public record; if you wish to deny it, go ahead; you're brain dead.
@kriddie88 When US troops entered battle in the beginning of July in 1918, we had about 950,000 men in Europe.
At the beginning of July, we were landing 5000 men a day; by the end of July it was 10,000 a day so the US landed over 200,000 men in July.
In the last 100 days of The War, we were landing 10,000 a day; if you, with your very small European "mind" can add up these figures this would show that the US had over 2 million men in Europe at the time of the Armistice.
@SatchmoSings Hey, I agree with your figures, but I don't think you do yourself or your country any favours by attacking "Europeans" for having small minds. That kind of comment (although no doubt provoked by a more stupid poster) just brings you down. It is possible to make an argument without insulting and abusing other people.
As for the US's contribution, it's there to see - less than the Allies in terms of manpower and casualties, but still important and appreciated.
@THthefirst 01. Thank you for describing the US role in the First War as accurately as you did; you're being very fair with my country even though we were effectively on the ground in this war for only four months and 11 days.
I lost my temper with @kriddie88 because of his insistence (and he's far from the only one this way) who completely denigrated my countries efforts in this war and, in my opinion a lot of this sprung from a basic anti-Americanism; he's hardly unique this way.
@THthefirst 02. By the same token, there are also Americans who are quite bragadocious about the US role in this war and this can be just as infuriating; this same mentality also gets applied to WWII as if the British Empire & Commonwealth and the Soviet Union also played subordinate roles.
@SatchmoSings Britain did play more of a subordinate role in WW2 - it couldn't have defeated Hitler on its own, though standing alone for several years after Hitler steamrollered through most of Europe, was important. Britain's star was fading by WW2, having been the world superpower for 150 year. The Soviet Union though really take a huge amount of credit for defeating Germany - it inflicted over 80% of all German military casualties in Europe, plus suffered horrific civillian losses.
@THthefirst Actually, when the US first entered the European Theatre in North Africa in early 1942, it was obvious that the British were the "senior" partner after having been in the fight much longer; they thought American troops were basically one very bad joke being foisted upon them and even Eisenhower had to agree; he was utterly embarrassed and infuriated by early US efforts in North Africa.
However, by the end of the year that did change and it wound up all as you described.
@SatchmoSings Sure. I think the US/British role in Europe is overplayed, largely I suppose because we are from the west and it is part of our history. The Soviets would have defeated Hitler in any event with or without Allied involvement (it would have taken longer) - the evidence is overwhelming. I do think where the US in particular were of massive importance was in the Far East/Pacific and in defeating Japan and in winning the peace in the post-war years onwards.
@THthefirst Again, you are largely correct and/or I agree with you, 1,000%.
But please also remember that about 15% of the Soviet Union's war matériel came from the UK and US; perhaps that's why it would have taken the USSR longer without the UK and US.
What disgusts me about the USSR is that with all their complaning about the Western Allies not opening a 2nd front, the Ruskies could have invaded Manchuria once it was clear they had Hitler on the run; this could have co-ordinated with D-Day.
@SatchmoSings Yes, I agree with you. The Russians though of course viewed the West with massive suspicion - not least because it had helped the Whites in the Civil War and, as the Russians perceived things (with some truth) had delayed D-Day to weaken the Russians in the meantime before the Allies landed in France. But the numbers of Allied troops involved, and the casualties inflicted on the Germans/numbers of Germans tied up, were really not significant compared to the Russians.
@THthefirst 02. I can and do understand Stalin's distrust of The West for the reasons you've outlined particularly the one about "The Western Allies wanted the Soviet Union bled white so they could make for the better settlement in the post-war peace."
Still, as we've both pointed out, the US largely "went it alone" in the Pacific; the USSR only came into that theatre after the first atomic bomb was dropped; they should have fought Japan in Manchuria a year before that; they had the divisions.
There is a passage from a German soldier operating a machine gun, I dont remember where it came from, but it said: "When the enemy charged our trench, and I was behind the machine gun, I was happy that our officer held a gun to the back of my head and ordered me to fire, so that the tears in my eyes prevented me from seeing what horror I unleashed upon mankind. God forgive us all"
@kriddie88 "God forgive us all" that phrase sums this and all wars up I think? Reminds me of a song |I heard which says "From a distance you look like my friend
Merci pour ce message; Le Capitaine Crémona était d'origine du petit village d'Erbajolo en Corse où je me suis rendu en février 2010...un grand moment d'émotion lorsque j'ai vu pour la première fois la photo de ce capitaine que mon AGP a tenté de sauver au péril de sa vie.
my grandfathers father fought in this war, on the side of France.
He got shot but survived. my father always told me that when the thunder was above him he cried and he sit in a corner. When I was 6 I did not understand. but now I can see these things I understand. He always said '' I had to die for France, kill for France and now I live for France'' he was/is a hero to me. There is no good in war, only the dead and the living. WWOI was just a waste of millions of good men.
Pour ma part mon grand-père à fait Verdun j'ai conservé ses 5 médailles ( dont la croix de guerre avec deux étoiles de mérite sur le ruban ) son casque de guerre, ses papiers de survies ( tâché de son sang ) il à reçu deux balles, une dans la jambe et une dans l'épaule.
aber wenn ich diesen film sehe empfinde ich nicht so etwas wie Stolz oder Ehre. Ich empfinde nur grausame Sinnlosigkeit. Wofür sind denn diese Mnschen gestorben? Alle nur für das VAterland, keiner für die Menschlichkeit. Was hat der erste Weltkrieg denn bezweckt in welchen ALLE Völker mit Jubel zum größeren Ruhme des Vaterlandes gezogen sind.
Hat es ihre Völker reicher gemacht? ist die Menschheit durch den Krieg vorangekommen?
the youngest person to die in the somme was 11 how sad is that :/ some people might not think its true but it realy is and this was the youngest recorded death
@TheUltimatekill69 was he a civilian or did he lie about his age my great grandad fought in the somme he was lucky he survived but died at the start of the second world war courtesy of a torpedo
deux frères de mon grand-père sont couchés quelque part dans l'est de la france. peut-etre se sont-ils croisés. je crois qu'à certains endroits y poussent de jolies fleurs
bravo ! moi aussi je pense souvent à mes deux grand péres..un contre les "bulgs" une guerre hélas oubliée a part par le biais du livre et de l'excellent film "capitaine Conan, et l'autre tradi..la Marne et Verdun..un point commun aux deux, engagés volontaires à 17 ans..17 ANS!.J'ai eu le privilége d'en connaitre au moins un ..Honneur à ces deux hommes et à leurs millions de camarades de tous les camps. Merci pour la vidéo.
@angryarmada its from "a very long engagement" I hope this helped and enjoy the movie its my equavilent of saving pvt ryan its brilliant :) and well done on the video i also lost my grandad but i never met him he was only 16 when he died and may u all live in peace
im impressed with french movie industry production,viva la france!! this is the most realistic ww1 movie ive seen cant wait to see full length movie ,
Your grandfather was a brave man and all those who fought in that war, those who lived, and those who died should be in every persons' hearts to remember what those men did for us today. I couldn't thank them enough. God bless them.
Felicitation pour cette belle video. Mon arriere grand pére a également participé a la Grande Guerre. Il s'est battu a Verdun, je regrette de ne l'avoir jamais connu.
@vistighe With all due respect to you, the British rank and file of this (and other) war(s) were referred to as Tommies, not Poppies. In memory of 11188 Sgt F.Stainsby MM, East Lancashire Regt. 1914-19
@GonzoRecovery No problem,in my mind it was only a way to prouve my affection to Them,also in traying to write in English.Next time I'd better to use French.Bonsoir
@vistighe Sure ! I wasn't criticizing you, simply informing...and well done on your written English. C'est vraiement longtemps depuis j'essayais d'ecrire en Francais !
My Greatgrand father also died at the Somme, Sargent Henry Foster died July 1st 1916, he was part of the 36th Ulster division, rest in peace to all soldiers that died for peace in Europe.
good tribute to the french. we cant forget the brits or the germans though, expecially da grmans conciderring tha they found out how powerful a tank is.
respect for your grandfather. war ... war is madness, suffering, and death. I too have lost many members of my family in WW1. against Austria. ww2 against Russia. it is absurd that a movement of the finger, can kill a man. kill a man is the most horrible thing in the world.and man has a family, friends, a girl, so like you. and in a second. you've removed them all .. and perhaps the boy was forced to go to war. War is hell.
Not only your grandfather but all those who died in the First World War, they say every British family lost a member of there family in this war. Thats what you get when you recruit entire villages into Pal regiments. That plus the height military incompetence and political spoil. Its another example of politicians trying to be generals and the old sending the young to war.
For anyone who is wondering: this is from a movie called "A Very long Engagement" (Un longue dimanche de fiancailles)
Alors, je suis Americain, moi, et j'espere que tu ne pense que mes camarades, les autres des Etats-Unis qui ont poste ici sont representatifs de la population Americain en somme. Recois, ami francais, l'expression de mes condoleances en ce qui concerne ton grand-pere, et l'appreciation d'un allie qui est fier d'etre un ami de France.
L'ami, Vidéo incroyable. Peut-être la présentation la plus précise de Guerre de Tranchée de 1916. Le déménagement, déranger, atroce, ces hommes de France était courageux pour le pays. Nous pouvoir ne les oublie jamais et qu'ils ont fait.
Friend, Incredible video. Perhaps the most accurate presentation of Trench Warfare from 1916. Moving, disturbing, horrific, these men of France were brave for the country. May we never forget them and what they did.
Mastriano777 2 weeks ago
I'm Chinese, but I have immense respect for the French, and I love France. I would like to send this message en francais, mais Je parle francais tres mal.
MarioDSrules 1 month ago
cuando veo estas imagenes mas repruebo a esos estupidos generales de aquellas epocas...son unos asesinos!. Mas no dejo de conmoverme , respetar y venerar a todos esos soldados que lucharon en esa infernal guerra...habia que tener mucho coraje ! ... Dios los tenga en su santo cielo ...
valcarsefrias 1 month ago
Incroyable,et d'une intensité ultime.Les 1ers rangs sont quasi-certains de tomber,et pourtant ils avançaient,faisaient leur devoir.La chose qui me dégoûte toujours,ce sont ceux qui étaient "embusqués",aux arrières,par relation/pistonnage,pendant que les fils du peuple,ouvriers et paysans en majorité,se faisaient trucider.
Pensée pour mon arrière grand-père,caporal au 23e régiment d'infanterie coloniale,tué à l'ennemi le 10/10/18 près de Bazancourt(marne).
Wandervogelspirit 1 month ago
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theFindins 1 month ago
My Great Grandfather was in the US Army in WWI. I have deep respect for the Men of the Great War. Your Grandfather was a hero. Vive La France!!!
Vassilli42 2 months ago
The most stupid war, fought on the most stupid way, and the idiots responsible where made rich or had a lifetime of chopping wood for their villa in exile instead of being dragged out of their homes and killed the way they had killed millions of young men. Such a waste.
wistals2deniks 2 months ago 2
I am studying WW I in great depth and agree about the seemingly stupidity of the tactics - but I am at a loss to see how once the nations were at war what other options they had. The technology did not exist to have sufficient and reliable armored or mechanized forces break through (the tanks broke down in a only a few hours - and did not reach the field anyway until mid 1916). I have been trying to see how else they could have fought and remain at a loss sadly.
Mastriano777 2 weeks ago
what a waste of life.
MrNedsta 3 months ago
Nice :)
thebrickism 3 months ago
My Grandad was born in 1918, about 18 months after the Somme ended. He fought and survived in WW II and was an Officer by the time he left. Someone robbed his house recently when he went out shopping, but he's still going and is 94 soon.
dougy12 3 months ago
At this battle, every cms toward cost 2 men for the british and french. But at least they didn't get easily their "peace treaties"...
MrMiniszter 4 months ago
And each slow dusk, a drawing down of blinds.
mattnlondon 4 months ago
Monsieur, je suis Américain, et je respecte immensément la France et les soldats Français pendant la Grande Guerre. Je ne comprends pourquoi mes compatriotes se moquent parfois de la France. Moi, je suis francophile! Merci pour avoir raconté l'histoire de votre arrière grand père. Il était héros.
fhsreelfilms 4 months ago 5
@fhsreelfilms Thank you for your message.
Tracker1944 4 months ago
@fhsreelfilms They laught of us because they love us, we are old friends. héhé
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Somme1916Somme 5 months ago in playlist undervisning
Donc c'était ton arriere grand pere qui a sauver le capitaine ?
adrienadidou2 5 months ago
@adrienadidou2 oui ! quand il a ramené son corps le Capitaine était déjà mort de ses blessures...mon arrière GP a été grièvement blessé au bras gauche au cours de cette initiative, il fut amputé de son bras. Décoré de la Légion d'honneur il mourrut en 1970 à 82 ans.
Tracker1944 5 months ago
jais été trés touché par ta vidéo! et je pence que c'était ton but bravo a toi est au soldat qui ce sont battus pour la liberté de la France
TheJOHANDU34 5 months ago
jais été trés touché par ta vidéo! et je pence que c'était ton but bravo a toi est au soldat qui ce sont battus pourr la liberté de la France
TheJOHANDU34 5 months ago
God bless the brave souls in that terrible war and our hearts go out to our french friends for their courage
oldstuffandcollect 5 months ago in playlist oldstuffandcollect's Favourited Videos
This was about the most senseless war in fairly recent history (The US Civil War was another); I cannot understand why the populations of most of the countries involved didn't press their leaders for a cease-fire and a negotiated settlement.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
on 2:07 oh god I cant imagine the horror when you ran outta your trench, hoping to not get shot, if you didn't shot, maybe the barbed wire will trap you, or the arty, or the mustard gas, or mines O.o
diazhungi 7 months ago
Magnifique Hommage, très poignant.
Kevynsing 7 months ago
20,000 British soldiers died on the first day of the Somme, God bless those brave Englishmen.
NoSurrender92 7 months ago
I thought The Somme was a BRITISH battle against the Germans; what are the French doing here; there were all south at Verdun.
And anyway, this is all bullshit; it never happened; this was just created to show that the French weren't cowards the way they REALLY were in WWII.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
@SatchmoSings Battle of the Somme: Forces involved;
June 30, 1916:
French army - 14 divisions online-1550-115 artillery pieces had British Army:
- 26 divisions online, 1335 artillery pieces, 185 aircraft June 30, 1916: German Army divisions-8 line-844-129 artillery pieces, aircraft losses, including 419,654 British 206,000 dead or missing, 202 567 French-including 66,000 dead or missing 437,322 German-Germans (at least) which killed 170 000
TheJEANFB 4 months ago
@TheJEANFB Oh, you are quite correct; of this I have no doubt.
I was just talking out of my ass to get back at another poster; I've completely forgotten what prompted my saying something so idiotic.
Anyway, thank you for your correction; the numbers you've presented are all quite accurate; it was a terrible, terrible battle in a very terrible war.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
@SatchmoSings no problem ^ ^
TheJEANFB 4 months ago
@SatchmoSings Verdun
Force française en présence le 21 février 1916 : 30 000 hommes, 281 artilleries le 28 mai 1727 artilleries
163 000 MORTS 260 000 blessés
Allemagne verdun le 21 février 1916 : 150 000 hommes 1257 artilleries, le 28 mai : 2200 artilleries
143 000 morts, 236 000 blessés
Malgrès une force nettement inférieur la France à gagnée la bataille de Verdun
arb981 4 months ago
@SatchmoSings Man just type in WW1 battle of verdun in wikipedia and you'll see that you are an idiot
88Gaulois 3 weeks ago
une pensée pour mon grand père qui combattu, aux Dardanelles...
nonotc 7 months ago
This is the most realistic battle scene I've seen since Saving Private Ryan!
TeamMastaPr2 8 months ago
@TheHadrien71 Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles (JP Jeunet)
Tracker1944 8 months ago
What's the name of this Movie? Must be a French movie?
r2ro43 8 months ago
A Very Long Engagement.
Tracker1944 8 months ago
even now i can't believe people were so stupid!
what's iraq compared to this!? nothing!
in the battle of the somme... 57,000 men died on the FIRST day of the battle.
we mustn't forget them!
MrJouleJr 8 months ago
This impressed me immensely..........I'm a Brit but have always considered the French to have been very brave during both World Wars. Sometimes it is easy to comment but I can't even begin to image the suffering of both soldiers and civilians during these conflicts. Vive la France. May ALL of those who suffered be resting in peace.
kathrynjudy 8 months ago 21
@kathrynjudy i'm a Brit and echo Vive la France.
Thisbloodypave 5 months ago 5
Gloire à ton grand père. C'est un brave pour avoir endurer ce carnage. Personne ne l’oubliera jamais, ni lui, ni tout les poilus mort pour la France.
Vive la France et longue vie à la république !
thelordnazgul76 9 months ago
Quand le mot "bravoure" est trop faible... Honneur et Gloire immortelle aux Poilus !
france2017 9 months ago
What the film ????
matiaswolfflacroix 9 months ago
@matiaswolfflacroix A Very Longh Engagement there
TJD248 9 months ago
@TJD248 Thanks :3
matiaswolfflacroix 9 months ago
This movie is titled 'A Very Long Engagement' for those interested
TheFatAmericans1 9 months ago
My great grandad was at the Somme (British) he was shot in the leg on the first day of the battle and survived the war to have my gran and her sisters/brothers.
TheFatAmericans1 9 months ago
No joke, My grandfather was at the somme.... for the Germans.
LudwigTheRuthles 9 months ago
@LudwigTheRuthles cool my great great grandfather was at vimy ridge for germany
Germany ftw
legomyeggo713 9 months ago
For those brave enough to make comment on this film, i salute.
Zeggle 10 months ago
man vs machine gun = massacre
tny0061 10 months ago
man I am so angry by watching this men getting shot and wipe out u just don't get what its like to be like them getting hit out of nowhere and I hate the war alot man god bless them all anyways
themultiplayer1 10 months ago
what is the name of this movie?
Jakk325 11 months ago
@Jakk325
Un long dimanche de fillançailles
maxi3317 10 months ago
press the 1911 button... makes it look real... well more real
villagepizza2 11 months ago
if only the french generals were as brave as the soldiers
504888 11 months ago
Whats the name of this movie?
ActionRealmStudios 11 months ago
@ActionRealmStudios it is called "un long dimanche de fiancailles" it's about the love shared between a young soldier and his girlfriend but still there are some amazing battle scenes.
FrenchTouch78OA 11 months ago
they were heroes, on both sides
banzaiHonda92 11 months ago
not to be mean but they got rapped in but hole, the smartest thing is to call in air strike or atleast attack dogs
pimped11 1 year ago
@pimped11 if only respawns were real, too bad airstrikes didn't exist back then.
Tuckerx78 11 months ago
@Tuckerx78 i bet they had something
pimped11 11 months ago
@pimped11 ummmm, dropping grenades from airplanes, but thats like trying to hit an ant hill from your roof
Tuckerx78 11 months ago
@pimped11 this wasn't C.O.D. Modern Warfare dim shit, communication was limited, and they didn't have the resources for an attack dog army. Read something on WWi and then come and assess the styles of war
Artherus1 11 months ago
@Artherus1 ok calm down im just joking bout cod, and u dont hav to be such a pussy over the internet
pimped11 11 months ago
@pimped11 jokes usually end in lol\to signify one is joking, the way you said it was in a serious tone, use proper grammer -.-
Artherus1 11 months ago
@Artherus1 chill albert einstein
pimped11 10 months ago
Il fallait vraiment du courage pour faire ce que nos aïeux ont fait, qu'ils soient allemand français anglais ou autrichiens.
Pour la video je ne pense pas qu'elle relate les faits de la bataille de la somme on ne voit que des soldats français et les chars ft17 sont rentré en service en 1917
ZEtruckipu 1 year ago
Your grandfather and many soldiers who fought in WWI were true heroes... they were in truly hell...
Haregar 1 year ago
Then the AMERICANS COME and fuck shit up!!!
Charliescene93 1 year ago
@Charliescene93
What did you mean by that? The Americans came in the last year of the war, when France and Germany had lost over 2 million young men already. The Americans came with a poor army, from a European point of view, it couldnt even be called a real army, since the Americans only had State troops, no Federal troops, mostly supllying the Allies with goods instead of menpower (goods which were crucial to the victory btw). To say America did it all is totally ignorant and disrespectfull
kriddie88 1 year ago 15
@kriddie88 U unaware that State troops kinda ended after the civil war? Btw I knew Germany and France were slammin each other. BTW The state are more like the National Guard Today. Actually I think we still do have state troops and they sometimes call them in to serve in Afganistan. I might be Wrong. I'm pretty sure there were Federal troops in WW1 but some National Guardsmen were probably called to the front as well
Charliescene93 1 year ago
@kriddie88 The US was actually DISCOURAGED from bringing manufactured goods to the war; the Allies WANTED the manpower.
You're just another shithead European that hates Americans; the Americans "didn't do it all" but we did help turn the tide and speed the war's conclusion; even the Germans knew it was a "race" with Russia out of the war; we had two full Armies in Europe by October and over two million men, with another 3.0 million mobilized, by the time the war ended.
Fuck you.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
@SatchmoSings
What you say is not true.I don't hate Americans at all. In fact, I nver said anything implicating that. Look at my comment, the goods WHERE crucial. The numbers you mentioned just aren't true. It's sad to see that lot's of Americans just cant accept a version of history in which they weren't some heroic superpower.
And such a shame about the "fuck you". What a sad way to display your lack of intellect and verbal capacity.
kriddie88 7 months ago
@kriddie88 The numbers of US manpower in The War are correct, along with my observations about the US bringing manpower to Europe vs. equipment.
Also, I've never made the claim that the US came into the war as a "heroic superpower;" based upon my own numbers we averaged less than 1.5 million men for the last four months (plus 11 days) of the war; that's not a "heroic superpower" number.
You are on the other end of the scale, completely denigrating US efforts in this war; fuck you.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
@SatchmoSings
Never mind. Should have known that arguing with an American like yourself about these subjects is pointless and a total waste of energy. Some people just totally think black and white, theres no grey zone at all. This counts for both in discussions as well as in their skulls.
kriddie88 7 months ago
@kriddie88 Arguing with some knee-jerk anti-American European like yourself about these subjects is pointless and a total waste of energy; with the internet it is easy enough to look up the status of US manpower during The First War; by the end of July of 1918, the US was landing TEN THOUSAND MEN A DAY and did so until shortly after the Armistice; this is a matter of public record; if you wish to deny it, go ahead; you're brain dead.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
@kriddie88 When US troops entered battle in the beginning of July in 1918, we had about 950,000 men in Europe.
At the beginning of July, we were landing 5000 men a day; by the end of July it was 10,000 a day so the US landed over 200,000 men in July.
In the last 100 days of The War, we were landing 10,000 a day; if you, with your very small European "mind" can add up these figures this would show that the US had over 2 million men in Europe at the time of the Armistice.
Fuck you.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
@SatchmoSings Hey, I agree with your figures, but I don't think you do yourself or your country any favours by attacking "Europeans" for having small minds. That kind of comment (although no doubt provoked by a more stupid poster) just brings you down. It is possible to make an argument without insulting and abusing other people.
As for the US's contribution, it's there to see - less than the Allies in terms of manpower and casualties, but still important and appreciated.
Peace
THthefirst 6 months ago
@THthefirst 01. Thank you for describing the US role in the First War as accurately as you did; you're being very fair with my country even though we were effectively on the ground in this war for only four months and 11 days.
I lost my temper with @kriddie88 because of his insistence (and he's far from the only one this way) who completely denigrated my countries efforts in this war and, in my opinion a lot of this sprung from a basic anti-Americanism; he's hardly unique this way.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@THthefirst 02. By the same token, there are also Americans who are quite bragadocious about the US role in this war and this can be just as infuriating; this same mentality also gets applied to WWII as if the British Empire & Commonwealth and the Soviet Union also played subordinate roles.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@SatchmoSings Britain did play more of a subordinate role in WW2 - it couldn't have defeated Hitler on its own, though standing alone for several years after Hitler steamrollered through most of Europe, was important. Britain's star was fading by WW2, having been the world superpower for 150 year. The Soviet Union though really take a huge amount of credit for defeating Germany - it inflicted over 80% of all German military casualties in Europe, plus suffered horrific civillian losses.
THthefirst 6 months ago
@THthefirst Actually, when the US first entered the European Theatre in North Africa in early 1942, it was obvious that the British were the "senior" partner after having been in the fight much longer; they thought American troops were basically one very bad joke being foisted upon them and even Eisenhower had to agree; he was utterly embarrassed and infuriated by early US efforts in North Africa.
However, by the end of the year that did change and it wound up all as you described.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@SatchmoSings Sure. I think the US/British role in Europe is overplayed, largely I suppose because we are from the west and it is part of our history. The Soviets would have defeated Hitler in any event with or without Allied involvement (it would have taken longer) - the evidence is overwhelming. I do think where the US in particular were of massive importance was in the Far East/Pacific and in defeating Japan and in winning the peace in the post-war years onwards.
THthefirst 6 months ago
@THthefirst Again, you are largely correct and/or I agree with you, 1,000%.
But please also remember that about 15% of the Soviet Union's war matériel came from the UK and US; perhaps that's why it would have taken the USSR longer without the UK and US.
What disgusts me about the USSR is that with all their complaning about the Western Allies not opening a 2nd front, the Ruskies could have invaded Manchuria once it was clear they had Hitler on the run; this could have co-ordinated with D-Day.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@SatchmoSings Yes, I agree with you. The Russians though of course viewed the West with massive suspicion - not least because it had helped the Whites in the Civil War and, as the Russians perceived things (with some truth) had delayed D-Day to weaken the Russians in the meantime before the Allies landed in France. But the numbers of Allied troops involved, and the casualties inflicted on the Germans/numbers of Germans tied up, were really not significant compared to the Russians.
THthefirst 6 months ago
@THthefirst 02. I can and do understand Stalin's distrust of The West for the reasons you've outlined particularly the one about "The Western Allies wanted the Soviet Union bled white so they could make for the better settlement in the post-war peace."
Still, as we've both pointed out, the US largely "went it alone" in the Pacific; the USSR only came into that theatre after the first atomic bomb was dropped; they should have fought Japan in Manchuria a year before that; they had the divisions.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@THthefirst 03. My first post got lost!!!
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
@Charliescene93 I don't think you know how ignorant and disrespectful that comment realy was...
Gamerguide2 1 year ago
molto bello...bravo
bugna1968 1 year ago
I wonder what heavy machine gun operator must feel when he shoots and kills hundreds of people
jkonradus11 1 year ago
@jkonradus11
There is a passage from a German soldier operating a machine gun, I dont remember where it came from, but it said: "When the enemy charged our trench, and I was behind the machine gun, I was happy that our officer held a gun to the back of my head and ordered me to fire, so that the tears in my eyes prevented me from seeing what horror I unleashed upon mankind. God forgive us all"
kriddie88 1 year ago
@kriddie88 "God forgive us all" that phrase sums this and all wars up I think? Reminds me of a song |I heard which says "From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I can't comprehend
What all this war is for.......
GERMANOPHILE 1 year ago
@jkonradus11 In a microcosm you just described the horror and insanity of war.
SatchmoSings 7 months ago
Un grand MERCI de Corse d'ou était originaire le capitaine Cremona.Encore merci à toi Tracker.Amicizzia amitié
vistighe 1 year ago
@vistighe
Merci pour ce message; Le Capitaine Crémona était d'origine du petit village d'Erbajolo en Corse où je me suis rendu en février 2010...un grand moment d'émotion lorsque j'ai vu pour la première fois la photo de ce capitaine que mon AGP a tenté de sauver au péril de sa vie.
Tracker1944 1 year ago
très bel hommage rendu a ton grand pére, le mien à combattu en Serbie contre les bulgares alors alliés des allemands.
MATHIEUdesPLANTEURS 1 year ago
Sympas le montage ^^
C'est quoi le film? Il a l'aire d'être pas mal.
TheFisteur 1 year ago
the movie is called "A very long engagement" just a heads up, its in French, so find some subtitles.
Tuckerx78 1 year ago
i normally speak english but i can also speak french
SKlegomovies 1 year ago
my grandfathers father fought in this war, on the side of France.
He got shot but survived. my father always told me that when the thunder was above him he cried and he sit in a corner. When I was 6 I did not understand. but now I can see these things I understand. He always said '' I had to die for France, kill for France and now I live for France'' he was/is a hero to me. There is no good in war, only the dead and the living. WWOI was just a waste of millions of good men.
OutlawedAngel1 1 year ago 2
Pour ma part mon grand-père à fait Verdun j'ai conservé ses 5 médailles ( dont la croix de guerre avec deux étoiles de mérite sur le ruban ) son casque de guerre, ses papiers de survies ( tâché de son sang ) il à reçu deux balles, une dans la jambe et une dans l'épaule.
arb981 1 year ago
I think the French are the true brave soldiers.
ThePieMaster219 1 year ago
très belle hommage a ton grand père aux poilus mort dans cette guerre
et avec cette vidéo tu honore mon grand père aussi MERCI
virusfrag 1 year ago
Sir, Well done. What movie is this footage from?
Warmest Regards S.
sm8213 1 year ago
those men are the bravest people ever, the really are.
keenkia 1 year ago
la vidéo vient de quelle film il a l'air génial!
répond vite stp je peux plus attendre! :D
aaamondieu 1 year ago
@aaamondieu le titre du film c'est : un long dimanche de fiançailles, très très bon film que je recommande.
arb981 1 year ago
what movie is this?
forcacastro 1 year ago
I have deep respect for your Grandfather. I'm not joking. Looking at this, it must've been hell.
SWBATTLEFRONT2 1 year ago
my great great grandfather died in ww1
xXxcollectorxXx 1 year ago
imagein how scary it would be to be there during the battle. on both sides
NERFINvids 1 year ago
This movie seems very well made! Remember the fallen!
gekko434 1 year ago
Los ataques frontales de la infantería en la primera guerra mundial fueron una locura.
mejor25 1 year ago
Ei company, em sap greu el que li va passar al teu avi.
Una salutacio des de Barcelona.
LibIguFrat 1 year ago
dieses Video kann mihc nicht zum Patrioten sondern höchstens zum pazisfisten machen
Osterochse 1 year ago
bei allem respekt.
aber wenn ich diesen film sehe empfinde ich nicht so etwas wie Stolz oder Ehre. Ich empfinde nur grausame Sinnlosigkeit. Wofür sind denn diese Mnschen gestorben? Alle nur für das VAterland, keiner für die Menschlichkeit. Was hat der erste Weltkrieg denn bezweckt in welchen ALLE Völker mit Jubel zum größeren Ruhme des Vaterlandes gezogen sind.
Hat es ihre Völker reicher gemacht? ist die Menschheit durch den Krieg vorangekommen?
Osterochse 1 year ago
the youngest person to die in the somme was 11 how sad is that :/ some people might not think its true but it realy is and this was the youngest recorded death
TheUltimatekill69 1 year ago
@TheUltimatekill69 was he a civilian or did he lie about his age my great grandad fought in the somme he was lucky he survived but died at the start of the second world war courtesy of a torpedo
bilboardguy 1 year ago
@bilboardguy he lied about his age im guessing i dont realy know much about it but its the youngest that was actualy recorded
TheUltimatekill69 1 year ago
yahoo i can write and speake french now eurica sorry for bad graammer
SKlegomovies 1 year ago
deux frères de mon grand-père sont couchés quelque part dans l'est de la france. peut-etre se sont-ils croisés. je crois qu'à certains endroits y poussent de jolies fleurs
sam62pirate 1 year ago
OMG c est tous ce que je trouve a dire :(
Lekium85 1 year ago
bravo ! moi aussi je pense souvent à mes deux grand péres..un contre les "bulgs" une guerre hélas oubliée a part par le biais du livre et de l'excellent film "capitaine Conan, et l'autre tradi..la Marne et Verdun..un point commun aux deux, engagés volontaires à 17 ans..17 ANS!.J'ai eu le privilége d'en connaitre au moins un ..Honneur à ces deux hommes et à leurs millions de camarades de tous les camps. Merci pour la vidéo.
parisboy92 1 year ago
My wife's great grandfather was killed in the French Army at Cumières, Verdun in April 1916.
RIP
ThePhantomMajor 1 year ago
what movie is this from? i really wanna see it.
angryarmada 1 year ago
@angryarmada its from "a very long engagement" I hope this helped and enjoy the movie its my equavilent of saving pvt ryan its brilliant :) and well done on the video i also lost my grandad but i never met him he was only 16 when he died and may u all live in peace
MrAIRSOFTMAD129 1 year ago
@angryarmada The movie's name is "un long dimanche de fiancaille"
poiuteza 1 year ago
mais saleté de guerre quand même.
Ravenof 1 year ago
bel hommage
Ravenof 1 year ago
tout mes hommages à ton grand père et à tous qu'on donnée ça vie pour la liberté dans cette grand guerre.
elmataratas1 1 year ago
@elmataratas1
Merci pour ce message. Thank you for all these messages.
Tracker1944 1 year ago
"What kind of Crap is this? "To everyone's Grandfather. who wasn't there?"
Grifiki 1 year ago
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@Grifiki dude fuck you and die
JNstudios1 1 year ago
best ww1 movie yet and it wasnt made by the yanks! cant wait to see full movie ,viva la france!!
nissmoguy 1 year ago
@nissmoguy this movie could of been better but there are only a few battle scenes that last for 5 minutes. Otherwise the move is just long and boring
bostonred915 1 year ago
im impressed with french movie industry production,viva la france!! this is the most realistic ww1 movie ive seen cant wait to see full length movie ,
nissmoguy 1 year ago
Ça devait vraiment être l'enfer..
Mon arrière grand père était, lieutenant. Il a aussi sauvé un homme qui avait été gazé en le ramenant sur un vélo.
Agounet 1 year ago
très belle vidéo pour rendre homage a toi grand père
MegaCarpette38 1 year ago
God bless your grandfather and all the brave men those who lived and those who died, they put everything on the line for our freedom, Lest We Forget.
timewarlord 1 year ago
THE BEST YOUNG MEN GOD EVER CREATED! sooh brave, and i pray they are never forgotten,,, damn haig to hell.
stratcat70 1 year ago
i had my headphones in when i turned this on now i can hear any thing
a7vtank 1 year ago
Your grandfather was a brave man and all those who fought in that war, those who lived, and those who died should be in every persons' hearts to remember what those men did for us today. I couldn't thank them enough. God bless them.
thedude123ish 1 year ago
Which movie is this?
Nice tribute!
peterkroon 1 year ago
@peterkroon, it's from "A Very Long Engagement" (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), a french movie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
kukuntz82 1 year ago
@kukuntz82 "Thanks!"(Merci!)
peterkroon 1 year ago
Felicitation pour cette belle video. Mon arriere grand pére a également participé a la Grande Guerre. Il s'est battu a Verdun, je regrette de ne l'avoir jamais connu.
Cerbyhunt60 1 year ago
From Corsica, (Corse,FRANCE)
All my gratitude to the French "Poilus" and British "Poppies",
respect to the German soldiers. Merci pour Eux.NOUS NE VOUS OUBLIERONS JAMAIS.
vistighe 1 year ago
@vistighe With all due respect to you, the British rank and file of this (and other) war(s) were referred to as Tommies, not Poppies. In memory of 11188 Sgt F.Stainsby MM, East Lancashire Regt. 1914-19
GonzoRecovery 1 year ago
@GonzoRecovery No problem,in my mind it was only a way to prouve my affection to Them,also in traying to write in English.Next time I'd better to use French.Bonsoir
vistighe 1 year ago
@vistighe Sure ! I wasn't criticizing you, simply informing...and well done on your written English. C'est vraiement longtemps depuis j'essayais d'ecrire en Francais !
GonzoRecovery 1 year ago
Long live the german army.
XantiimperialistX 1 year ago
long live the allies
ThePainboi 1 year ago
My Greatgrand father also died at the Somme, Sargent Henry Foster died July 1st 1916, he was part of the 36th Ulster division, rest in peace to all soldiers that died for peace in Europe.
Thanks for posting this video.
jungle1969 1 year ago 2
good tribute to the french. we cant forget the brits or the germans though, expecially da grmans conciderring tha they found out how powerful a tank is.
a7vtank 1 year ago
Tribute to French soldiers
Allaster70 1 year ago
Sorry for the loss of your grandfather. I lost many of of my grandfathers =(
PumpGod69 1 year ago
my grandad fought here to he survived the somme but was wounded and died in1939 buy a german torpedo
bilboardguy 1 year ago
Respect to your Grandfather and all that died that day and throughout the war may they all rest in peace
Curlyhair1231 1 year ago
respect for your grandfather. war ... war is madness, suffering, and death. I too have lost many members of my family in WW1. against Austria. ww2 against Russia. it is absurd that a movement of the finger, can kill a man. kill a man is the most horrible thing in the world.and man has a family, friends, a girl, so like you. and in a second. you've removed them all .. and perhaps the boy was forced to go to war. War is hell.
gippobastard 1 year ago
Not only your grandfather but all those who died in the First World War, they say every British family lost a member of there family in this war. Thats what you get when you recruit entire villages into Pal regiments. That plus the height military incompetence and political spoil. Its another example of politicians trying to be generals and the old sending the young to war.
LordDagonn 1 year ago
whats the movie called?
kayloh1 1 year ago
@kayloh1 a very long engagement
matt2house 1 year ago
@kayloh1 un longe dimanche des finsaille....french film....his a love story...but there are beautiful scene of war..
ser199 1 year ago
Respect to your grandfather and all who died.
gamergeektwo 1 year ago
I play the song from " We were soldiers" while watching this
capnhands 1 year ago
For anyone who is wondering: this is from a movie called "A Very long Engagement" (Un longue dimanche de fiancailles)
Alors, je suis Americain, moi, et j'espere que tu ne pense que mes camarades, les autres des Etats-Unis qui ont poste ici sont representatifs de la population Americain en somme. Recois, ami francais, l'expression de mes condoleances en ce qui concerne ton grand-pere, et l'appreciation d'un allie qui est fier d'etre un ami de France.
AllectusL 1 year ago
@AllectusL well said
Slypaperclips 1 year ago
your grandfather was cool man...repect...
Velcro151 1 year ago
might sound stupid but what movie is this. in english or french title
aka0kop 1 year ago