The Great War - 05 - Mutiny (3/4)

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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[hunteraceved49]

I want this video on my GF 388 unit.

[MrShaneVicious]

@jacktheripoff1888 France crossed into Germany briefly but turned back after a few days. They relied too much on the Maginot Line

[jacktheripoff1888]

This is why France and Britain, but particularly France, did nothing from Sept '39 to May '40 on the Western Front. France could have crossed the Rhine easily at war's outset with 80-plus percent of Germany's troops in Poland. The German General Staff might have pulled a coup like they planned before Munich, got rid of the Nazis and their policy's, and made a reasonable peace.

It was worth taking a chance on, 1917 is why they didn't.