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@v1hyperness

Ай бұрын

Silliness.

@KostaskaraaKaraa

Ай бұрын

No

@GlorifiedIdiot-lg8wh

Ай бұрын

Yes

@KostaskaraaKaraa

Ай бұрын

@@GlorifiedIdiot-lg8wh me dont wanna ):

@DrDemented9885

Ай бұрын

💯

"By the time the town was captured, it had lost all strategic significance". That sums up most of WW1.

@user-fr6tt6hb7k

Ай бұрын

Город потерял стратегическое значение - любимая отговорка Украинских политиков.

@thefrenchbaguette919

Ай бұрын

​@@user-fr6tt6hb7kIt's true in most situations when all that remains of a city is rubble defending it has little benefit in addition if fortifications have been made in rear defending a destroyed city is useless

@Chosen_Ash

Ай бұрын

@@thefrenchbaguette919the land is worthless to russia anyways

@user-fr6tt6hb7k

Ай бұрын

@@thefrenchbaguette919 да ,но надо учитывать что перед каждым началом обороны города украинцы говорят ,что этот город сломит русских, уничтожит их армию.А по итогу ВСУ получают по полной программе и отходят с огромными потерями,а наши войска с меньшими потерями в город заходят.А также нужно учитывать что каждый город это дороги , ЖД пути и даже после штурма они не потеряют свое значение в войне.

@chloeholmes4641

Ай бұрын

​​@@user-fr6tt6hb7k tell me vatnik. How's the kharkiv offensive doing? Last I heard vovchansk is still not in total russian control! How many soldiers does it take to "liberate" a settlment that sued to house tens of thousands that now has no strategic value whatsoever? Facts don't care about your feelings. Stop reiterating peso propaganda from Scott Ritter! 🤮

One side of my family is German, and the other is English. My family on both sides fought on the western front. Little did they know 90 years later, they would go from fighting one another to joining arms in marriage.

@Cosmo-hw1cd

Ай бұрын

Coincidence,one side of my family is German other is English

@lampshadehitman6771

Ай бұрын

Must be common i guess​@@Cosmo-hw1cd

@somkeshav4143

Ай бұрын

WW2 must have been awkward then

@lampshadehitman6771

Ай бұрын

@somkeshav4143 most of my German family left during or after ww1. I'd rather be blissfully unaware of what the young German men who stayed did during the second world war.

@somkeshav4143

Ай бұрын

@@lampshadehitman6771 valid opinion

“The British army had lost its spirit of optimism. All that remained was a deadly sense of depression among the officers and men.”-Phillip Gibbs a war journalist at passchendal

@Stokie.Mount007

Ай бұрын

By 1917, Britain literally carried the heaviest weight on the WF. And by 1917, most of the men deployed were 16-19yo.

@Hunter-tn7og

Ай бұрын

@@Stokie.Mount007 What do you mean they carried the heaviest weight?

@jonataspereira1691

Ай бұрын

@@Hunter-tn7og That they did most of the fighting between 1917 and 1918, which is true, they deployed the largest number of divisions and soldiers. 4.5 million in all.

@urmum3773

Ай бұрын

@@Hunter-tn7ogcry

@Hunter-tn7og

Ай бұрын

@@jonataspereira1691 You're completely wrong, both of those categories go to France. France had close to 30 more divisions of men than Britain did and was also involved in some of the heaviest fighting of 1917 and 1918. French divisions had to be sent north to pad out the British lines during the German offensive in the spring of 1918 for example. As well France had the largest amount of men on the western front when the armistice was signed even though Britain had been transferring troops away from the front with the Ottomans to the western front through most of 1918

It’s weird how WW1 had a more apocalyptic vibe than any war prior or since.

@melancholymelon5316

29 күн бұрын

Definitely. Probably cause of how long the battles were in ww1. While ww2 was devastating, the battles weren't as dragged out most of the time, whereas in ww1 areas were shelled for months and years without much advance.

@bloodyair269

27 күн бұрын

Modern weapons used with old school tactics

@RyujinNoKami

24 күн бұрын

Because of technological shock with how deadly weapons have become while military doctrines have been practically stuck many decades back causing unnecessary loss of human life due to barely effective strategies and tactics

@garretrasmussen5253

10 күн бұрын

Ever heard of the Iran Iraq war ?

@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936

10 күн бұрын

@@garretrasmussen5253 most people haven’t, but that one also had a lot in common with WW1.

"In a foreign field, he lay Lonely soldier, unknown grave On his dying words, he prays Tell the world of Passchendaele Relive all that he's been through Last communion of his soul Rust your bullets with his tears Let me tell you 'bout his years" - Paschendale, by Iron Maiden "Thousands of feet march to the beat It's an army on the march Long way from home Paying the price in young men's lives Thousands of feet march to the beat It's an army in despair Knee-deep in mud Stuck in the trench with no way out" - The Price of a Mile, by Sabaton

@brokenbridge6316

Ай бұрын

I love that Sabaton song.

@terranboot9405

Ай бұрын

The historian in me takes history very seriously and with respect but I still hear iron maiden’s guitar rift when I hear paschendale.

@hebakewolf

Ай бұрын

I love that Song. It is a really sorrow song

@0Zolrender0

Ай бұрын

Both awesome songs about an awful battle.

@hebakewolf

Ай бұрын

@@0Zolrender0 yea like Gallipoli or Hearts of Iron

LETS GO ANOTHER UPLOAD WHILE I EAT A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH!

@dotdarkness

Ай бұрын

W

@Thatmeepgamer

Ай бұрын

Toasted cheese sandwiches are the best!

@EnviroBen

Ай бұрын

What type of cheese did you use?

@Sharklord56

Ай бұрын

Toastie

@Falkriim

Ай бұрын

W

October 12th 1917, New Zealands darkest day. 0.1% of the countries entire population was wiped out that morning in those muddy fields

@woodliceworm4565

29 күн бұрын

An AB CLass Locomotive - which now runs as a heritage train in NZ- is fully restored, It was originally named Paschendale in respect to the rail employees who, as soldiers lost their lives in that action. Many tourists ask why the name - it is a task to explain it - The train can be seen mostly in the lower North Island, at its base in Paekākāriki The full war history can be found at Te Papa.

@LeviBarnard-gl8xm

26 күн бұрын

Erm wut Dur sigma?

Everyone forgots how horrifying WW1 was 😢 and everyone focuses on WW2 instead

@georgefalcon14

Ай бұрын

Well WWI was much less covered or shown less in video format in comparison to WWII, also if you mean on YT well it's a USA made app, and the USA was much more involved in WWII, that may be why WWII is much more covered or understood, especially when it comes to the USA

@1977Yakko

Ай бұрын

A lot less footage of WWI. No surviving vets of WWI. Less U.S. involvement in the war as well so less remembered here in the U.S. When the last WWII vet dies, I wonder how much that war will fall into faded memory as well.

@neilhannan5112

Ай бұрын

Also did you know Toilken the writer of Lord of the Rings was inspired by battle of Somme because he fought in it as a soldier it's reference in the two towers when frodo Sam and gollum travel to marshes the mud and swarm was like during the battle

@vincentxu4709

Ай бұрын

Maybe because the world in ww2 were more involved than ww1

@Brownducklingg

Ай бұрын

If you see videos that describe napoleon's wars it's horrible

You overlooked the very good Passchendaele: The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917 by Lyn Macdonald with its quote "We died in Hell, some called it Passchendaele"

This is a crazy coincidence for an upload, I was in Passchendaele just a few days ago! I highly recommend WWI enthusiasts visit Ypres, Belgium, as it houses several WWI museums and memorials, including the “In Flanders Fields Museum”, the Last Post, and the Passchendaele Museum for WWI.

@6Pokefan9Hatt

Ай бұрын

bro I think we went on the same trip

@howiehall4622

Ай бұрын

Stupid Flanders.

@nathansullivan4433

Ай бұрын

@@6Pokefan9Hatt Damn, that’s crazy lol! I’m actually in Normandy right now, but I’m heading back to the States soon

Y'know as a Belgian and living in the region, I still find it hard at times to think about the horrors of that time, especially when I drive through the- now peaceful- areas around the city. Even to this day, farmers and building crews find unexploded ordenance, weapons and small-arms munitions, the occasional human remain... Watching these kind of videos, I just wonder what the point of it all was. My deepest gratitude to those who fought for my country back in 1914-18 & 1939-45.

@howiehall4622

Ай бұрын

Wars are usually pointless sadly.

@TrueMortalGaming

Ай бұрын

if you find, lets say, a WW1 era German rifle are you required to turn it in or are you allowed to keep it?

@Jadeerai738

Ай бұрын

@@TrueMortalGamingprobably not.

@TrueMortalGaming

Ай бұрын

@@Jadeerai738 lamee

@Jadeerai738

Ай бұрын

@@TrueMortalGaming lmao

“I caught my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt through Vietnam!” JRR Tolkien

@mikehicks1282

Ай бұрын

Ah yes, you too are cultured

@clark1048

Ай бұрын

"And it's hard for me to take criticism on clothes. From a dude who sends a raven to say "hi" to his toes!"

@georgefalcon14

Ай бұрын

Sorry to be that guy, but it's "Cut my teeth."

@willy-yum5820

Ай бұрын

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HIIISSSSTORY!!

@kevinhekers2380

Ай бұрын

Who's next you decide ​@@willy-yum5820

My great great grandfather was killed during the offensive at Ypres, visited the cemetery he was buried at. Somewhat surreal to stand where he died over a hundred years later.

There is a map in battlefield one based on this battle. It was part of the apocalypse DLC and looks amazingly horrific with mud, gas, fire and craters everywhere

@Gunther_The_Brave

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s quite scary

@methheadtrucker4124

Ай бұрын

Also don’t forget the livens projector

@lLIBER4TORl

Ай бұрын

Is that the nightime one with the red glow?

@jackthorton10

Ай бұрын

Yes

@BigJoe2.0

Ай бұрын

That map was one of the worst ones due to its difficulty. Between hard to see enemies due to terrain and poison gas it definitely wasn't fun lol

"And then the rain began" is how every important Belgian battle starts. Or even the non-important ones

I am only here today as my 18 year old great-great-grandfather slipped over and was on the ground as the men around him were cut down by machine gun fire at passchendaele. He laid in a ditch for 2 days and eventually snuck back to his lines under a rainstorm at night. The more tragic thing is he would go on to lose 2 of his sons in WW2.

@Ami-jc2oo

26 күн бұрын

That's sad that he lost 2 of his sons. I hope he had a good life afterwards.

Who remembers the flash game Mud and Blood?

@stepanokhrimenko9189

Ай бұрын

Urb has been notified

@OscarTheOwl07

Ай бұрын

wow, that brings back memories.

@fishbinky

Ай бұрын

That game is hard asf

@Aguywholikesplaguedoctors

Ай бұрын

Damn the nostalgia. Makes me happy that urb remastered both games and put on steam :D

@flyingsquirrell6953

Ай бұрын

I remember warfare 1917. Truly the Ypres experiance

Its allways good when the armchair historian uploads a new video

@vincentxu4709

Ай бұрын

Fr🗿

My great great uncle fought and died in this battle. He was a private in the British army and served in Flanders. One day he got wounded during the fighting and was taken to a frontline hospital tent for treatment. Unfortunately for him and everyone in that tent, a rogue German artillery shell hit the tent square on. The tent was destroyed and everyone inside was instantly killed

Griffin, I have been an amateur historian of WW1 since I was 19. I'm now 31. This is elating to FINALLY see an Armchair History video on Passchendaele.

" We all had such a good time that we agreed to meet again in 25 years and bring our kids!"

Editor here, thank you for watching! Tell us what you liked/disliked about this video, also hope you guys enjoyed the musical choices for this video, I wanted to go down a more cinematic route, encouraging our sound designer to also go down that way since the artists and animators, like always, outdid themselves in this one. Would you like us to go down the cinematic-documentary route(like this video), or a more casual video style? P.S.: I will take my time to try to respond to every question to this comment.

@howiehall4622

Ай бұрын

Fantastic as usual! I would like to have seen more maps but I'm just a map guy. I would love to see you all do a video on the War of 1812. It's kind of a forgotten war in American history but I think it's interesting that it took place only a couple of decades after US independence. Thanks!

@giffordsamuelson2163

26 күн бұрын

I am a fan of the cinematic route. Especially for todays subject. I think it depends on what the video is about, but this is a good fit for you guys

I went to Pashdale not even a week ago. I went to the museum. All I have to say is it was stunning. It had replica trenches and all.

@6Pokefan9Hatt

Ай бұрын

(Was at the Menin Gate Ceremony)

@spiffygonzales5160

Ай бұрын

Could you walk in them?

@Casmaniac

Ай бұрын

Menen

My great Grandfather was killed the night before this battle on his way to the jump off lines he was hit by a shrapnel shell through his forehead , they found his body after he didn't answer roll call, his brother went through Somme and Ypres and other offensives until 1918.

Guadalcanal would be a good episode

@Losingsince

Ай бұрын

I second this

@gregoryturk1275

Ай бұрын

I third this

I find it so impressive how often they pump out these videos considering how incredibly high quality they area. Great Job Armchair team!

“I died in hell, they called it Passchendaele” - Sassoon

Sabaton vibes What’s the price of a mile?

@goldosprey

Ай бұрын

Agreed

@GarlicPudding

Ай бұрын

Iron Maiden did it too

@justagoofyperson-zd9pb

Ай бұрын

It is not allowed to make a video about this battle without at least one sabaton reference in the comments. Thank you, for giving us that reference.

@Politidoxy

Ай бұрын

@@justagoofyperson-zd9pb it's my honor

@goldosprey

Ай бұрын

@@GarlicPudding they indeed did

The ground became a quagmire.

@CrisisHedgehog

Ай бұрын

we have to don’t really think about the mud of war. But it’s something fucking different…

@MichalKolac

Ай бұрын

@@CrisisHedgehog gigitty

@sevvythe3rd597

Ай бұрын

Hey lois

@welporajackwelp4899

Ай бұрын

Who else but Quagmire

As a kid i thought "Passiondale" was a grass, flowers and fruit tree laden fields, hills and streams where pretty ladies wink and blowkisses at relaxing soldiers.. Then i read ahead..😮

@spiffygonzales5160

Ай бұрын

It was. And then....

THERE'S A PRICE OF A MILE!

My God this channel has come a long way since a few years ago. Great production quality.

Another fine video about WW1!!

I haven't even watched the video yet and I already know it's gonna be awesome! Ive been binge-watching your channel the last couple days and can only say: Thank you! Absolutely amazing videos you are producing.

0:33 - 0:50 just want to compliment your team on that fade transition shot from those timestamps. That was REALLY well done cinematography. Wow. This is why you have 2.3 million subs!

@ghost7344

Ай бұрын

Thanks! We worked hard on this

I love the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales inspo!

Six miles of ground has been won, Half a million men are gone...

The Canadians played just as big of a role as the Brits for taking Pashendale, and then the Brits took all the credit. The poppy was popularised because of a poem made by a cnadian at Pashendale.

@real514

28 күн бұрын

Your comment is severely underrated

@sebdunleavy1608

26 күн бұрын

the commonwealth contribution is well documented in arguably all accounts of the battle, corroborated by the war memorials for the Canadians and the Anzacs all across France and Belgium. where is your source for the Brits taking all the credit? the very nature of the battle, the absolute destruction it caused would lead few to rush to take credit for it

@scottwallace5239

5 күн бұрын

​@sebdunleavy1608 there is no source other than he made it up out of a weird victim complex that seems pervasive online where 'brits' are the boogeyman going around and not giving credit for any of their acts

Keep these vids up! Been here since the beginning, the channel has come so far!

Another banger! keep it up, i love your videos!

OMG! Been waiting for a good doucmentary on this battle (shockingly few on KZread). Thank you for your service Griffin 😄

Let's gooo! I was hoping you'd cover this! EDIT: You should cover the battle of Cambria next.

Thank you Griffin for making another amazing upload on WW1 & this was worth the waiting to watch.

Really enjoying the new visuals, very striking

Could you please make a video about the Eastern front of WW1? It's so different from the trenches of the Western front and often overlooked

I was literally just looking up videos about this battle haha

@spiffygonzales5160

Ай бұрын

Ever notice how that seems to be the case? There all in on it. Historinatti confirmed! 🧐

Pure coincidence that I was listeninng to Paschendale by Iron Maiden before I saw the notification for this video.

" I died in hell, they called it paschendale"

@vincentxu4709

Ай бұрын

Who said this quote?

@opinionatortv6457

Ай бұрын

​@@vincentxu4709 from a poem by Siegfried Sassoon. Written from the perspective of a soldier who fought and died in Passchendaele

This was an excellent video. I look forward to using it in my classroom. One of my favorite metal bands named Sabaton, wrote two songs about this battle. The songs are titled Price of a Mile and Great War.

0:56 1:04 Them transitions get me in the mood for technical graphics.

@ghost7344

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! We worked hard on this

The battle of passchendaele if very close to my aunt. In fact while looking out over her backyard you can see where the german line was and where the british line was.

Cool story, Thanks Armchair!

This is the definition of hell

Great presentation...thank you

Thank you for keeping the memory of WW1 alive on your channel. Lots of other history channels have moved on to other subjects, but I can never get enough WW1.

The symbolism imagine in this video is Haunting and beautiful.

Idk how all of your videos are very fun

@beaverdam1199

Ай бұрын

?

@2packrm781

Ай бұрын

It's because of the animations, the level of depth reading into the history, asking for other ppl's help with making these uploads, & doing check ups with YT viewers on what to upload next.

@ROMANTIKILLER2

Ай бұрын

"Fun" is an interesting choice of words. But interesting, engaging, and well put together, for sure.

How far our society has gone in warfare. From sticks and stones, to drone warfare. We are truly an interesting species when it comes to survival and war.

“6 miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone!” -Sabaton

My Great Grandfather was an infantryman at Passchendaele. He survived but most of his toes didn’t. They were lost to trench foot. He was transferred to the Labour Corps at the end of 1917.

Did ancestry dna test mom says her grandma came to Canada from Russia. However the dna test came back 31% Scottish 19% Irish 15% English/north west European, 33% German and 2% Sweden/denmark. What I believe the explanation as to why their is no Russian is mom’s Russian family were most likely Volga Germans who mostly kept to themselves and obviously aren’t in Russia anymore. Mom’s grandmother left during the Bolshevik revolution and could speak German.

I live close to Messines and the Messines ridge. The landscape is still very much showing the scars from the mine-explosions. Also: several mines remain burried and undetonated up until today. Their locations forgotten after 100+ years.

That thumbnail goes hard

Let's go I have loved you making these WW1 videos more often keep up the good work

Passchendaele museum in Zonnebeke highly recommended.

5:12 I've been to one of those enormous craters. It's a surreal experience. There are trees growing in the crater that don't reach out of it.

One of your best vids right here 💪🏻

Great video. The music is also awesome.

@ghost7344

Ай бұрын

Thanks, I wanted to go cinematic on this one!

I actually got the My Heritage kit because Paul Joseph Watson was sponsored by them. I was kinda surprised by my results. For sure worth doing if you don't care about your DNA privacy.

My great grandfather was an Engineer in WW1. I wish I knew more about him. Like what battles he saw and things he did. My grandfather was a WW2 vet. I wish I had enlisted. I'm 38 and still look up to my Grandfather as a bad ass. I never got to talk to him about his life. He passed when I was a kid.

the animations are next level in this one! love it!

haven’t seen your content in ages, love your videos and the way you animate them, it’s really nice

Great episode!

What music was user in this video? Its really good.

Never heard of this battle before. I learned something new.

Was waiting for this one.

I lost several family members in this battle, two of whom (distant uncles) were not formally identified and repatriated until 2018. It was a very sombre day for us, knowing our own kin had suffered such an unspeakable fate.

"Hell isn't fire, hell is mud"

Great video

I find the discord group of yours really amazing, just wanted to say that

Yall need to play To The Trenches

I remember that one of my great, great Grandfathers fought in Flanders. All that my family knows of what happened is that he went missing.

PLS do Battel at Jutland

And then it started to rain. Says it all really.

1.6 million shells fired in 20 days is really crazy holy shi

I wrote an article back in 2017 about Passchendaele and the memory of WW1 (I won't post the link b/c I'm not sure its appropriate?). Anyway, I love this video! Really well done.

Passchendaele is a great song by Iron Maiden

Just a random fun fact, the ANZAC corps used to call Ypres "Wipers" because alot of the troops had trouble pronouncing the name.

4:49 fun fact: the explosion can be heard as far away as british isles and a whole of europe (close) and some parts far from europe

"One shell a second for twenty days" Absolutely terrifying. Calling it hell would have been a severe understatement.

I went to Ypres with my class a year or so ago and there are still unstable tunnels with active explosive under the ground. They can’t disarm them due to the tunnels being overflowed with water. The remaining trenches and craters are really cool to see but somewhat scary due to the explosives under the ground.

Thanks, I'll be looping "Passchendaele" by Iron Maiden for the next six weeks.

I remember some the old boys of the Lancashire Fusiliers who fought at Paschendale

Would love to see a video about the Ice City in the Marmolada Glacier during WW1.

6 miles of ground have been won... half a million men are gone...

Great video. Good stuff

Drowning in mud is some serious nightmare fuel

FINALLY NEW VID

Another Armchair Historian banger 🔥🔥🔥. No matter how much you hate me Griff, I will always support