The Great War - 05 - Mutiny (4/4)

1914-1918 - The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - 05 - Mutiny

Episode 5 of 7 of a great documentary series about the First World War, the Great War.

After three years of war, men, armies and nations were nearing a breaking point. For individual soldiers, it emerged as "shell shock," a personal withdrawal from an intolerable reality of trench warfare. For armies, it was outright rebellion; half the French army mutinied in 1917, refusing to undertake senseless attacks. Most of their demands were met, and only a small number of the mutineers were punished severely.

Entire populations were becoming restless and resentful with the conflict. In Russia, both the army and civilian population refused to fight anymore for the Tsar, who abdicated on March 15, 1917. Alexander Kerensky led the fragile democracy that emerged to govern Russia, but made the catastrophic mistake of continuing the war. Recognizing the weakness for the army and the refusal of the men to fight, he authorized women to be trained and sent to the front.

As Kerensky's offensive failed and army desertions increased, his popularity decreased. Mobilizing anti-war sentiment, Lenin and his Bolsheviks quickly took over, and signed an armistice with Germany.

Playlist for whole episode: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE03A20E74D247F0B
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQAK-OdM-g8
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNuDsYQ2cc
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLckwNMzR8Y
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afD-68khymo

Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA49F50A688257722

Episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDE1B68CB63D1666F

Episode 3: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB87E92E32F22A341

Episode 4: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA475C93F7D8F3CC2

Episode 6: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3774841E7E189588

Episode 7: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL62B3BA52EBDF8535

Visit my YouTube-channel for more documentaries about the Second World War, First World War and more or visit my website at http://sites.google.com/site/thegermanwarfiles/ for a better organized and easier access to all my YouTube documentaries and their descriptions.

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• First
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• Great
• War
• Explosion
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• 20th
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• 1914
• 1918
• Austria-Hungary
• Germany
• Russia
• France
• Britain
• Mutiny
• Alexander
• Kerensky
• Tsar
• Communism
• Lenin
• Bolsheviks

[FaerieCrone]

Can't people today have a debate without childish name calling and swearing? Grow up.

[ilovealexjones1]

euro fighter maybe if you werent such a bitch who is more willing to talk about how conspiracies theories do not exist and using that phrase to try and discredit me when in fact its just a red herring...or distraction from the real issues....you must be pretty stupid if you think that especially during war time the leaders of the world dont conspire....ive given real world examples that backup my claims and you just say conspiracy....you are the one who can not debate you dumb fuck....

[ilovealexjones1]

@Eurofighter19 by the way im not a pacifist...i mean i open state that people should use violence in defense of their freedom...i openly say that people need to kill when their rights are being infringed upon....how is this pacifist??? but its when militaries go on wars of aggression (not defense) where its negative....you are the one who isnt capable of debating since you havent even touched any statements i made or even try to refute any statements i make....you wont answer my ? as well....

[ilovealexjones1]

@Eurofighter19 yea and you are the on who is trying to say that peoples hair has anything to do with discipline....please explain that instead of red herring explanations, that rule out conspiracy, because its conspiracy....that is why you are a dumb fuck because you claim that conspiracy theories...maybe you need to learn about armies and how they are tools to oppress populations...and how generally how the poor fight and die while those in power conspire....

[Eurofighter19]

@ilovealexjones1

You are not helping yourself sir.

The more you write, the more you make my case of how unstable and incapable you are of debating a very complex topic like militarism.

Your name-calling and anger outbursts alienates you in being an irrational and fanatical anti-militaristic pacifist unable to see, let alone understand how militarism is a double edge sword; capable of annihilating mankind or capable of saving it.

I wish you have a nice day.

[ilovealexjones1]

@Eurofighter19 how isnt this a film about conspiracy theory...im pretty sure at numerous points in these films they were showing world leaders conspiring....especially in the last episode....so you are wrong YET AGAIN you dumb small minded fuck get a life grow up jack ass....militarism is bad, it is the cause of many horrible things....yet you defend it...

[ilovealexjones1]

@Eurofighter19 umm its not a conspiracy theory if they admit to doing what i have claimed they do...maybe if you were not such a small minded piece of shit you would be able to see things for what they are....you are nothign but a piece of shit...if you think its so good why dont you sell your soul and join the military...why dont you go be a slave for the state...i mean after all your value as a human being when in the military is next to nothing "i expect you to die" was quoted

[Eurofighter19]

@ilovealexjones1

This is a film about historical events regarding war and militarism but it is not, however, about "conspiracy" theories of militarism; for the sake of the documentary itself, I will refrain from replying to the opinion you have towards militarism.

[ilovealexjones1]

@Eurofighter19 thats not disipline....they cut your hair in order to reinforce that they control every aspect of your life....it has nothing to do with disipline only the trauma based mind control, that the armies of the world admit to....what do you think they are talking about when they say "break you down" and build you back up....

[Eurofighter19]

@ilovealexjones1

They became part of an army and therefore had to be attached to military discipline.