@00:00 Hi! I'm Windy Nidel...

@joshuapirolo6742

6 жыл бұрын

He didn't say Hi!

@timyesindeed4465

6 жыл бұрын

Ok Hi

@stephenw.4390

6 жыл бұрын

B1 Laxson Im dead 🤣

@lisamoore6804

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! That's awesome!

Anyone else notice that the length of the video is 19:15

@MFMegaZeroX7

5 жыл бұрын

Surely the war won't go on that long? I've heard it was supposed to be over by Christmas.

Indy seems out of his element in the cold and the wind

@akrybion

6 жыл бұрын

UNDERSCORE_ But doesn't he live in Sweden? But, he still did a great job!

@Ruija27

6 жыл бұрын

Winter in Stockholm these days is mild at best

@Autobotmatt428

6 жыл бұрын

He is from Texas.

@tonymays4342

6 жыл бұрын

UNDERSCORE_ looks like fun to me

@Minuz1

6 жыл бұрын

Wearing city clothes to the dolomites...yeah.....I think I've seen a video about soldiers doing something simular...don't from where I saw it though....hmmm...hmmmm....nope, can't figure it out.

"Ive never been this high in my whole life" yeah right Indy.

This. This, is why this channel is so fucking amazing. Thank you for what you do. History gets forgotten. People like you make the world go round. Bless you, indy and crew.

@ascaloncrusader

6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Neidell i will donate indy. You can count on me. Also excited for Lost Battalion next year (1918). Would love to me you some day.

I wanted to say how beautiful the videography has been on all the on-site videos. This one stands out as being not only maybe the most interesting, but the most beautiful so far. I guess I've been taking the videography for granted but it is really fantastic.

@michealohaodha9351

6 жыл бұрын

It is a really stunning area and the camera crew really caught it this time. Good job guys!

I'm a little late. Thank you for this awesome video. My great- grandfather was also in the alps in WW1.He told some really horrifying things to my grandfather, and he told me those stories. I was also at the frontline in the dolomites in 2015 and I walked through old trences, and I saw old guns, bunkers and barbed wire. That was a really strange moment. I always thought how my great-grandfather felt walking through those trenches, and shooting his Mauser. "War is horrible. It should never happen again, we're all brothers", my great-grandfather said.

@nayeononce

Жыл бұрын

I'm even later than you

@hollandsgloriepotverdorie9605

Жыл бұрын

@@nayeononce im even later than YOU

Flo is love Flo is life!

@gnomeemporer873

6 жыл бұрын

By the forerunners!? You liked my comment

Indy's hat is fabulous and he looks like the cold is murdering him.

Indy seems like the cold is about to kill him and the other Immanuel is just like bemused by this situation .. Why you so cold Indy .. xD

@TheGreatWar

6 жыл бұрын

It was September

@SarostonFaramon

6 жыл бұрын

Haha oh no don't get my comment wrong, I would be shivering my bloody nuts off too haha, just an amusing contrast!

@grayflaneur4854

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, he's fine. You can't be cold with a hat on like that.... 😉

@jeffreymcfadden9403

6 жыл бұрын

because indy is from TEXAS!

@TheGreatWar

6 жыл бұрын

For two decades even.

While everyone is obsessed with drowning in muddy trenches, i still maintain that fighting in the mountain tops is an underrated WW1 horror. Screams become echoes. Rocks become shrapnel. Kids become fatherless.

@Tonyx.yt.

5 жыл бұрын

very low temperatures and avalanches

Was there in the Dolimites when i was in the 509th Airborne stationed in Italy. The Alpini took us to several areas where the battles happened. What they did and what they endured was amazing.

@mistersmiley9425

6 жыл бұрын

I can't tell if you think you're trying to fool anyone by pretending to have been in the Airborne... in World War 1... or you mean you were in the Second World War. But then you'd be too old.

@3DArchery

6 жыл бұрын

the 1/509th Airborne was in Vicenza Italy. I was there from 1981 to 1983. 168 jumps and Master Wings, yeah, I'm a pretender. AATW.

@mistersmiley9425

6 жыл бұрын

Well for starters don't try sarcasm on the internet, it makes you look incredibly stupid due to the fact nobody can tell what you mean unless you distinctly state you're being sarcastic. Second I don't know what AATW means, you see I'm from the intelligent side of humanity where we use this magical thing called Words, not acronyms.

@3DArchery

6 жыл бұрын

Since you claim to know words, please look up sarcasm: sar·casm ˈsärˌkazəm/Submit noun the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. "his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment" synonyms: derision, mockery, ridicule, scorn, sneering, scoffing Convey contempt, mockery, ridicule, scorn. That was what you were using? AATW is the saying of the Airborne: Airborne All The Way.

@mistersmiley9425

6 жыл бұрын

Do you have any formal understanding of the English Language? Because I clearly stated you were the one using sarcasm when you tried to say "Yeah, I'm a pretender.". Unless you were being serious about that and you truly are just joking around?

Over a mile up in the mountains, or strolling along Conrad von Hötzendorf Straße, Indy is _the_ best-dressed host on ANY documentary series, EVER!

Was indy's hat from a previous venture in a Dschinghis Khan tribute band?

Oh look, Indy's wearing a furry Pickelhaube.

Poor Indy, can tell he's not adapted to the cold and/or altitude, Voigt looks like he's handling it very well. (understatement) Just a tip from Canada where it was a nice balmy -26 this morning. Dress in layers, you need a new jacket. I feel bad for the crew, poor camera guy trying to operate his equipment in those conditions.

@TheGreatWar

6 жыл бұрын

the view made up for it.

@erraticonteuse

6 жыл бұрын

Every now and then, I'm reminded that Indy is from Texas, and this was a big one! LOL

@niiiimand

6 жыл бұрын

texas corps in the alps, untrained, unprepared with no equipment, just wondering, freezing and thinking about warm chair of wisdom back at home.. the first world war is harsh even today

I am really liking Indy's headgear. Warm.... yet stylish. 😁

@b1laxson

6 жыл бұрын

He should see about a store promotion cross link. It looks like a fuzzy pucklehelm

@dangerouslytalented

6 жыл бұрын

Allen Kneale needs more mackinsen

@adamfrisk956

6 жыл бұрын

Fur helmet from Oblivion.

Thank you for taking off your cap,when entering the chapel. Shows you are a man ,raised well

@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax

6 жыл бұрын

Shows us he is a Texan! Haha

Great job. Best part of your 4 year opus is it reveals the other fronts besides the proverbial Western Front.

Immanuel's accent is amazingly good. Certainly no need for subtitles on this interview.

@Narziss84

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) Regards Immanuel

This is easily my favorite channel on KZread. I really love the information contained in these episodes. Great job, Indy and Flo and the rest of the crew. Can we get a playlist for the Special Operations forces of the belligerents?

You need to put a Conrad von Hötzensock over the mike to dampen out the wind...

I like Indy Neidell’s hat

Indy has a fur pickelhaube

The German Mountain units were tough men. Their artillery, engineers, supply troops, fought as hard as their infantry in those heights.

can't wait for a special episode were Indy will be visiting Gallipoli/Canakkalle

That opening shot gave me the chills...great video went by so quickly.

Indy is that Edelweiss in your hat?

@martijn9568

6 жыл бұрын

I Saw A Bear That isn't Edelweiss, it's different. That flower is much more comon, but the colours do match.

@ISawABear

6 жыл бұрын

also a bit hard to tell with the hat's fur

@sturm3d

6 жыл бұрын

looks more like Genghis Khan

@petrameyer1121

6 жыл бұрын

Do not think so, Edelweiss is under protection in Germany.

@the_major

6 жыл бұрын

"The mark of a real soldier" kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4mYps-YZsq3qMY.html

'8500 feet high, I've never been this high up in my life before' Indy Neidell. Guesing Indy has never been on an aeroplane before

@anthonyzorn773

6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Neidell Haha, I actually had the same thought! Sorry Indy!

@martijn9568

6 жыл бұрын

Indiana Neidell First comment on The Great War channel and Indy responded!

@hemmingwayfan

6 жыл бұрын

Play nice, children

@paulmanson253

6 жыл бұрын

hemmingwayfan Your handle. Have you read Hemingways Boat by Paul Hendrickson ? If not,it is a must read. Best Hem scholarship I have read in decades.

@tonymays4342

6 жыл бұрын

Wombat I think he means tin solid ground but lol

This episode should have been called "High Indy"

And again a great vid

@ricklolkema3340

6 жыл бұрын

Um, you just literally posted a comment about 1 minute ago saying its a great video whil it takes around 20 minutes to finish while this video has been posted 3 minuted ago. Logic?

@timyesindeed4465

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Lolkema you don't even have to look at the whole video to say Its great at least i don't have to cause This channel is great iT takes great skills to judge a Good video by just watching the intro

@timyesindeed4465

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Lolkema en is je achternaam echt lolkema

@timyesindeed4465

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Lolkema and I watched the whole vid and again a great vid on the Amazing channel

@timyesindeed4465

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Lolkema But in the and It doesn't make any sense

Indy you're such a cool guy

Your production quality, information, and ability to relay that information is great.

Anyone else think its ironic that the video is 19 minutes 15 seconds

I like how the guy is chillin and Indy is about to fly away

Can't tell if Indy's voice shivering because he's moved so much or the incipient hypothermia

Wind, the greatest threat during the Great War...

Lmao, Flo’s giant smile at the beginning cracked me up 😂

@TheGreatWar

6 жыл бұрын

When the sun came out it was really epic.

Spectacular! The photography is truly great, congratulations to the camera technician(s) ! And as always on your wonderful documentary series, the subject is captivating and well presented and developped by the best host ever, the legendary Indy Neidell and his very interesting guest specialist, Dr. Immanuel Voigt.

@Narziss84

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Greetings Immanuel

I love how Indy is always cold in the on site videos. Get some goretex!

Nice hat Indy!

Thank you for taking off your hat in the small chapel! Respect!

Emmanuel looking totally relaxed, Indy looking deeply uncomfortable lmao.

Out Of The Trenches question...how did shooting at the opposing trenches work when there wasn’t an ongoing offensive? Was there a ‘fire at will’ command that allowed soldiers to fire at the opposing enemy line when they saw an enemy soldier? Or perhaps a time slot in the day that they were allowed to shoot, or was it only at the express command of an officer?.. seems like the soldiers wouldn’t want to stick there heads over the trenches to spot the enemy, but I would imagine that the officers would want to keep up some form of pressure on the enemy. Or was the job of keeping up pressure given to the machine guns?

Indy, Immanuel & Crew nearly blown away...haha, you give all for the show! thats the right sprit :D

How to be a Scandinavia-dwelling historical hiking Dandy? That is like the best style Aesthetic I've seen in the mountains since John Muir

Edelweiß,...nice touch Indy.

I just searched the whole playlist for a dolomiti video yesterday and there it is today. Great!

They blew up a mountain... without nukes... impressed and horrified.

@edvard8449

6 жыл бұрын

Gallen Dugall there is an Austrian movie about the war where an Italian colonnel has the same idea. They needed a ridicolous amount of explosives.

@Tonyx.yt.

5 жыл бұрын

@@edvard8449 5 tons of TNT

@edvard8449

5 жыл бұрын

@@Tonyx.yt. yeah

Great hat, but Indy needs to turn in his Cold Weather Club card immediately.

I thought the soldiers on the Western Front had it bad.

@bloodypine22

6 жыл бұрын

Atleast the terrain is pretty.

@MajesticSkywhale

6 жыл бұрын

And that will make literally all the difference in the world. Imagine you're in terrible pain. Now add the same pain to a view of glorious mountains with infinite sky, and to a view of a dirt wall with 5ft of sky. A no-brainer for sure.

@kadeberrier3799

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, when the Alpenkorps was moved to Verdun in 1916.... The soldiers absolutely hated it there... They preferred their mountains.... It was really the first time the soldiers in the Alpenkorps saw harsh environments.

Quite a view! Nice place to shoot a video.

Awesome. Sorry you were so cold but great to see the mountains and all snow covered as they would have been then.

Wow, great job keeping the wind out of the audio.

Love the hat, Indy! 👍

Indy high af

@3:56 is this the Monte Grappa Fort featured int he BF1 map? It looks a lot like it.

@Narziss84

6 жыл бұрын

No, it is the Fort "Tre Sassi" or "Tra i Sass" near Passo Falzarego

Indy is wearing the flower Edelweiss. The mark of a true soldier. Just thought I'd point that out.

Was it intentional that this video was 19 minutes and 15 seconds long!?🤔😂 Great video BTW!

I tend to ride my motorbike in South Tyrol every summer. @The Great War Could you please link the locations where you've been during the video so I can revisit? Especially the cemetery would be interesting.

@Narziss84

6 жыл бұрын

Hallo Rainer, gedreht haben wir am Kl. Lagazuoi oberhalb des Passo Falzarego. Der Friedhof liegt unweit des Valparola Passes (ist ganz in der Nähe des ersten Drehorts). Einfach mal bei google maps eingeben. Für den Friedhof suche einfach nach 46°32'25.7"N 11°59'05.0"E. Viele Grüße Immanuel

@theworstvow

6 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank, dass du dir extra dafür Zeit genommen hast um mir die Orte zu nennen, diese werde ich im Sommer ganz bestimmt besuchen. Ich hab mir schon gestern dein neues Buch (Zeugnisse von der Dolomitenfront 1915) auf Amazon angeschaut, allerdings gibt es davon noch keine Kindle Version. Weißt du ob eine E-Book Version geplant ist bzw. vielleicht bereits wo anders erhältlich ist? Nochmals vielen herzlichen Dank!

@Narziss84

6 жыл бұрын

Aktuell ist vom neuen Buch leider kein E-Book geplant, tut mir leid. Viele Grüße Immanuel

I didn't expect that ! ! !

Great hat Indy. Looks like a Mongolian warrior hat with that little tuft on the top. Cool!

I love the hat, but did Indy worry about being mistaken for a yeti?

The Marmolada Glacier is also a realy interesting place. When you visit it. Its like it had happend ten years ago

Indy and crew visit Fortress of Osowiec in Poland, on the border of prewar East Prussia and Russia by the river of Biebrza. Fortress was guarding easiest route from Prussia to eastern Poland heartland. It's pretty much intact and has a nice museum.

Seriously the best youtube channel ever

Be safe Indy! He's risking his life for us guys ._.

sehr respektvoll, sehr gute Erziehung - danke für die Mütze ab in der Kapelle

One of you best work, in my opinion, for my tastes

I went to the top of the Zugspitz once (10,000’ or 3,300m). Beautiful but cold.

Wow Indy is so high this episode

I wish the cascade mountain range looked like that or maybe just in Oregon

The temperature here today was 63. I got the shivers hearing the wind in the video. Tough to be a soldier on this front.

@snowdogs01

6 жыл бұрын

..... props to Indy for removing his hat entering the chapel.

Holy …, I was skiing on Marmolada, never knew it was so close to the Dolomite front

I was there at the fort a few days ago with school

I just got back from hiking in Egmont national park, New Zealand we went up mt Taranaki which is about that high up. since it's summer here in the southern hemisphere, It was so hot that I got sunburned

Jeezus, I've been skiing on the Marmolata in the back, I didnt know there was such hard fighting there!

@Tonyx.yt.

5 жыл бұрын

oh yes and austro hungarians build litteraly a town for thousands of soldiers digging in the ice of the glacier, was litteraly called "the city of ice"

The background is amazing, looks like a green screen

Thank you Indy for taking off the hat while entering the chapel.

i plan to stay warm thank you

"... Yes, let's get them down on the plains..." the Germans said... "We don't need no stinking mountain troops..." (key ominous music) "Then we will have got them right where they want us...."

LOve your work guys.... Keep it up

`interesting` winter clobber,Indy.. Tariq and i will give you stick(in the nicest possible way) next time you`re at Stow Maries,Essex,pal! hope to see you next year in all seriousness .

5:39 equipped with them hats, boiiiiiiiiiiiii

I’ll join you up there looks like fun

hey indy I was wondering where the Tuskegee airmen are at this time during the war. I know that the Tuskegee were not founded until ww2, but could you tell us about what some of the individual pilots and founders of the fighters were doing and where they were. Thank you and your awesome crew! Keep up the good work.

Any chance of a unit special on the Chasseurs Alpins?

@chrisd8866

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love that too! They're the second oldest dedicated mountain infantry unit after the Alpini, that's reason enough for a special, maybe as part of a future The Great War on the road in the beautiful Vosges mountains? Please, Indy and team? :) And it would be the perfect opportunity to also mention the 450 sled dogs that France secretly brought from Alaska to help the Chasseurs Alpins carry ammunition, supplies and the wounded. The dogs were trained by famous musher Scotty Allan (the inspiration for the main character in Jack London's "The Call of the Wild"), he was notably able to keep them quiet for days while they crossed the Atlantic with the dogs on the deck. Half the dogs died during the war, but the survivors were adopted by their soldiers or the locals and their descendants still live in the Vosges today!

Could you possibly make a episode about the royal Newfoundland regiment AKA the blue puttees

Hey Indy, nice hat! I have a question for OOTT. Who is your WW1 celebrity crush, a woman who played a role in the WW1 you admire the most?

@timmccarthy872

6 жыл бұрын

August von Mackensen. Don't pretend you aren't aroused too.

Great episode!!!!

I wonder if Indy got his winter gear from Varusteleka.

You look bootiful today Indy!

...that is not an ugly place to live your final hours...

I always think it is informative to experience first hand these extreme conditions in clothing and kit similar to what the common soldier used. Particularly foot wear. Nothing saps a soldiers effectiveness like sore or unhealthy or unsteady feet.

Very interesting video but I felt cold just watching it.

It's Dolomite, baby!

Asif people fought in a place like that.. It's crazy.

@thexalon

6 жыл бұрын

When the alternative is launching the 475th Battle of the Isonzo River, you consider giving places like this a try.

The Edelweiß on Indy's hat.😍

Climb Indy, Climb!

This. is. dedication!!!!