Brusilov : "the 12th cavalry is to die. Not immediately, but by the evening" Cadorna & Hötzendorf : "how can this russian guy be to patient with his troops ?"

@Olfan

3 жыл бұрын

"Ride now! Ride to ruin, and the world's ending!" We know Tolkien took a lot of inspiration from The Great War, maybe Brusilov and his 12th cavalry actually IS King Theoden and his Eorlingas.

@walktaarwhate3872

2 жыл бұрын

:)

I think the greatest question in life is not "Is there life in the stars?" or "Does God exist?". Rather it is "Why did the German Empire ever ally with Austria-Hungary?".

@Kiefer333

8 жыл бұрын

lol there is no god

@dougerrohmer

8 жыл бұрын

Germany didn't do much better in WW2 either - Mussolini went off on his own tangent and Germany had to bail him out in Greece while actually meaning to quickly roll up Russia. And Japan dragged the Germans into a war against the USA, while at the same time allowing Russian troops to be moved from the east to Stalingrad due to their inaction on the mainland.

@asdewrt

8 жыл бұрын

Austria-Hungary was Germany's worst enemy in WWI

@jrggrop

8 жыл бұрын

As Ludendorff said of the German alliance to the Habsburg Empire, "We are shackled to a corpse".

@Lasstpak

8 жыл бұрын

War with USA was of German choosing, and USA was unofficially waging war against Germany any way. They lost two destroyers to U-boots before Germany declared war.

Wow Indy, you really get excited when an army gets demolished.

@lkjhfdszxcvbnm

8 жыл бұрын

+Indiana Neidell Indy lay your blessing all over my nation and people please

@GeneralSmelly

8 жыл бұрын

So you can farm that fertile soil after the battle? (Because you know corpses make soil fertile) INDY IS PLANNING TO BUILD A FARMING BUSINESS ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF WW1 AND TURN THEM INTO A TOURIST ATTRACTION! oh and also use Conrad von Hotzendorfs corpse into a scarecrow.

@maxmagnus777

7 жыл бұрын

he did not, he said that total loss of lives was 2 mil, 1mil Austr 100 000 German, Do the math.

@FDNY101202

5 жыл бұрын

I perfer my historical narrorators to be monotone... 🙄

"The 12th Cavalry is to die. Do not die immediately, but towards the evening" Clearly Zap Brannigan is Brusilov's descendant.

Why has this channel not got a million subscribers already?

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We will get there.

@gerald1495

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGreatWar you sure did lol

Thank you for that adequately tells the story of the First World War, especially for something that is not to underestimate the role of the Russian Empire (unlike many other "historians"). Of all the "objective" Western historical channel (or video blogs), is the first foreign youtube channel which does not offend the Russian people by bias, prejudice or veiled insults. Once again, thank you very much, great job!

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we try our best to include all aspects of the war.

@marsillinkow

7 жыл бұрын

Haha, unlike DICE, apparently they forgot that Russia and France existed

@fazalalikhan9263

7 жыл бұрын

same I always need a channel which only describes only history not support of any sect or nation .

@CirKhan

7 жыл бұрын

Really? Who would guess? :D On a more serious side, there is chest-beating tendency among all sides, as well as the tendency to present their own war effort as crucial. Reading most British historiography one could scratch his head in wonder what the hell did millions of Russians, French, Italians, Yanks and others did all those years.

@PewPewPlasmagun

7 жыл бұрын

I agree and also I have to conclude that most Russian historians are just as bad as your western ones. To me they are all liars and deceivers and work for devil knows whom for whatever reason. I spit on them all. I make my own conclusions.

Finland mentioned! Meeting at Town Square!

@viriili

8 жыл бұрын

I will bring the beer!

@cossaizy6309

8 жыл бұрын

Just Finland, Carl mannerheim was quoted

@Saifthebest01

8 жыл бұрын

Finland relevant!

@Larencia91

8 жыл бұрын

+Mario G 'tis a Finnish thing. Whenever we get mentioned anywhere outside of Finland, all the Finns gather at the Town Square. And I mean ALL of us. And we have just one Square. And that's where we gather to celebrate.

@kimseniorb

8 жыл бұрын

condemn Mannerheim

Wow, how come I haven't heard of this guy before? Sounds like he's right up there with Napoleon, Erwin Rommel and Michiel De Ruyter (etc... etc...). A strategic mastermind and legendary commander.

@factfiend1000

3 жыл бұрын

There was probably one general even greater than him, Skobelev. He was a famed General of the 19th century and was best known for his victory at Geok Tepe, which brought the turkic tribes under Russian control for a century. He died in his thirties in 1882.

@angelamagnus6615

2 жыл бұрын

Alexander Suvorov was another famous Russian generals who won 60 battles.

@varungupta7562

2 жыл бұрын

Rutter was an admiral, and Rommel is far below Napoleon's level- below half his Marshals too.

@marxel4444

Жыл бұрын

@@varungupta7562 i mean. look what rommel had to work with in africa. you could then say that napoleon in the war of the last coalition was also outgunned and outmanned by superior forces and failed.

This guys seems to be in the discussion for most capable general of the war. Very intelligent.

@TheGreatWar

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

Brusilov was a patriot and did his best for Russia, not for the Tsar or anyone else. But he was not willing to support it to the death, which truly makes people great in my opinion. Any moron can go out in a blaze of glory over a lost cause, like charging a line of machine guns with a cavalry attack. It takes true leadership and courage to realize that the once great cause is no longer great and that measures should be taken to prevent disaster.

@christunnell381

6 жыл бұрын

Zar????

@user-tr3hf5bk1u

6 жыл бұрын

As far as Russian Empire used to be a multi-nation country, all nationalist intensions just split the people, causing multiple rebellions and conflicts all over it. From the beginning of the Empire`s growth up to the 1917 it (russian nationalism) was supported by the official policy of the crown. So, I woudn`t name Brusilov a person willing best for Russia. Because of those Brusilov`s deportations poles and germans went against russians, and even more blood was spilt during the polish-soviet, Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian independence wars. And it was an obvious mistake: never harm people of your own country.

@user-tr3hf5bk1u

5 жыл бұрын

@@MeinungMann sure, but being evil to national minorities added some oil to that bonfire

@joshuacooley1417

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the measures taken to prevent one disaster, lead to one of the top 5 most evil regimes in history and a disaster of such epic proportions that that it engulfed not only Russia but half of Europe as well.

@vaziralramin4565

2 жыл бұрын

@@MeinungMann no it wasn’t justified. Brusilov did mistake with deportations, there were still a lot of pro Russian people in the region. More than pro German, but for every betrayal there were more people deported. In general the numbers of deported people were very small, comparing to Stalin for example but it was a big impact on the view of the Russia among the people who lived there.

6:05 Holy f***ing casualties...

@Rocketrollrebel

8 жыл бұрын

and we haven't even gotten to the Somme yet...

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

The Brusilov Offensive actually had more.

@grimaldus1523

8 жыл бұрын

im confused was the brusilov offensive before or after the gorlice of tarnow offensive

@cameronsmith1339

6 жыл бұрын

after, this was mainly trying to kick Austria-Hungary's face in. But reclamation of the lost territory was probably a minor objective.

love him or hate him but you must respect him

@SaberViper

8 жыл бұрын

Or at least respect that 'stache

@orangypteco8858

8 жыл бұрын

+SaberViper always respect the stache

That's what happens when there is no unity of command in the army. If the generals of the Northern and the Western Front would supported Brusilov offensive, history would likely go a different path. And if Nicholas would had a strong personality, he would have been able to influence them to start offensive. But he was not. That's why in Russian folklore forever preserved the phrase: "Tsar Cannon, Tsar Bell and Tsar Doormat"...

I love these Biography segments. Well done creating this entertaining channel.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Brusilov talked to the 12th cavalry division commander, "The 12th cavalry division is to die..." pauses for a bit.."um, but don't die immediately,"...waves his hand as he gathered more words to say, "die maybe around afternoon, no...might as well be evening. yes, you and your men can die then." The 12th cavalry division commander stood in silence, tried to speak, but Brusilov tapped him on the shoulder and left as if ordering his aide to send his meal early that day.

@luisparga7830

5 жыл бұрын

Angry Face

Brusilov biography towards the end kind of remind me of field Marshall Deodoro da Fonseca. Both were friends of their respective monarch, both help to win an importante war for their country and both help to coup the regime that they worked for years. The main difference here is that field Marshall Deodoro da Fonseca is not known in history since the War of the Triple Alliance in South America is largely known as the forgotten war and Brusilov is well known and studied.

@stephenmaltby6587

8 жыл бұрын

You've just made me go look up another interesting person. Thanks you.

@LuccianoBartolini

8 жыл бұрын

Why would Deodoro coup the Brazilian Royal Family? from what I can see at first glance, they weren't as bad as the Russian Tsars. I'm asking for a desire to know, South America is largely ignored and I think it should be more known.

@andersonandrighi4539

8 жыл бұрын

Lucciano Bartolini you need to look at the War of The Triple Alliance in South America. In short it's the most violent war in Latin America. It killed more than 70% of Paraguay's male population. It killed over 30% of its female population and it helped end slavery in Brazil. Slavery was a huge part of Brazilian economy and the War effort lacked men. The army paid to free slaves and weakened the idea of white superiority in Brazil. Also the insistence of the emperor to prolong a war in which the Alliance already won forced the army to question his respect to their service and life. If you know South America Paraguay is very secluded and in 1869 getting there was no easy task. Many died just marching. Brazil was a retrograde picture of a nation in the new world. A slave country with monarchy and nobility's title. Also the wealth was no longer in the hands of noble men, but among die hard republicans. Some considered violence against the old regime the only way to modernize. On a side note. This new bourgeoisie of the land end up being not so distant from the aristocracy they overthrown. Only in 1930's and 1940's Brazil will modernize. As all Latin American countries at the hands of a dictatorship (Getulio Vargas).

@LuccianoBartolini

8 жыл бұрын

Anderson Andrighi Thank you for the information, I really appreciate it. Now I can see the royal family in a new way.

7:56 Absolute savagery.

Hi Indy. You should episode about Serbian king Petar I Karađorđević. He was very interesting person, serving French Foreign Legion, fighting in Serbian uprising in Bosnia as Petar Mrkonjić, fighting in trenches at battle of Kolubara, sharing faith with his people in long winter march across Albania and Montenegro etc. Love your show and keep doing a great work :)

@LavrencicUrban

8 жыл бұрын

GREAT IDEA! THE EPISODE ON MONTENEGRIAN KING NIKOLA I PETROVIC NJEGOS, WHO FAITHFULLY STOOD BY HIS SERBIAN BROTHERS BUT WAS TREACHEROUSLY DETHRONED BY THE KARADORDEVICs WOULD BE INTERESTING AS WELL.

@KraljAlek

7 жыл бұрын

Србски Жар Serbia by helping Slovenes and Croats to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (called Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929) ensured co-existence, unification & brotherhood between The Southern Slavs of the Balkans from 1918-91. (Romans and Napoleon called Balkan Slavs by the ancient name Illyrians)

Great video Indy!! I love hearing about Russia's Role in WW1..

@johnalexander651

8 жыл бұрын

It's really depressing for me personally.

@Djgitkavkaza

7 жыл бұрын

John Alexander why so?

This Channel and Indy Neidell continue to impress me. Whether it is "side notes; such as Theosophy", or well known facts that you make more clear, you are terrific! As a WW1 history nut and history in general, I find that some nights(mornings) it is 3 a.m and I am still watching Indy Neidell. Wish I had come across this channel years ago. Many thanks!!!

i like very much the english term"larger then life".Its totaly fits with Brusilov completly.unlike other russian generals...

Great show as always.

My favourite episode in the series so far... Well I love all of them but this is awesome. Thanks!

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We love them too.

I would like to see a WHO DID WHAT episode on Alvin York. He is from my home state and is brought up in every history class I've ever taken. He was a very interesting and brave man.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

He will get an episode.

Brusilov in his memoirs written for the Bolsheviks lied against the 24th Corps and Kornilov, whom he detested (possibly because of Kornilov taking Brusilov's place as Supreme Commander). Brusilov ultimately deserting the Imperial is something that can not be overlooked. It puts his whole character and narratives into question.

Wow what a great man.

Make an episode of Mannerheim?

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

+Wazzazization Will do but only later on.

@toddcrane4318

8 жыл бұрын

+The Great War great episode I remember have a Facebook conversation with you guys about Brusilov interesting guy also will you guys do future episodes about Lenin and Trotsky as next year is the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution

@hentehoo27

8 жыл бұрын

Since the Mannerheim family had many men named Carl, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim used another name Gustaf, so he could sign name in the shape of *Field Marshal G. Mannerheim*, *Marshal Mannerheim*, or simply *G. Mannerheim*. Being the Regent of Finland in 1919, he also translated the name spelling to *Kustaa Mannerheim*. While he had a career in the Imperial Russian Army, Mannerheim used patronymic name, such as Gustav Karlovitš (Rus. Густав Карлович Маннергейм). When his name was written in official documents in Russia in the 1890s, Karl Gustafovitš (Rus. Карл Густафович) was used due to the first first name. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim did not like the last first name, Emil, so he wrote his signature often without E, in the shape of *C. G. Mannerheim*. In military issues, he wrote to official documents usually only with his military rank and surname.

@jackthepioneer

8 жыл бұрын

yea he is general mastermind

@evigetrollkarln2970

8 жыл бұрын

the Mannerheim family is a product of Sweden and Finland like it should be, 2 more years and Finland has been independant for 100years :) represent Sisu

I adore your channel. Love, love it. especially all the old footage. Fascinating. Great job! !

Hey Indy you will probably not see this but Have you ever seen the video game Valiant Hearts if so what do you think about it? I personally got emotionally attached to it.

@royalradish9412

8 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@foxdagamer1061

8 жыл бұрын

cried at the end of that

@Jackadiah

8 жыл бұрын

I messaged them on Facebook asking if they've played it and they said they have lol

He's as good as Hotzendorf is bad.

@TroopperFoFo

8 жыл бұрын

No one Dorfs likes Hotzendorf.

@invisaguy30

8 жыл бұрын

+TroopperFoFo except maybe Cadorna

@floppybollox3

8 жыл бұрын

Took the words right out of my keyboard!

@Worldtimes1

8 жыл бұрын

Those two should have their own comedy show it would be better then The big bang theory

@oj7442

7 жыл бұрын

OMG YES MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

for your next "Out of the Trenches". Was a amphibious assault ever attempted to flank the enemy trenches? if not, what stopped them if neither enemy fleet wanted to sortie after Jutland?

@RGA1944

8 жыл бұрын

Google "Operation Hush"

Thank You for the extra episodes. Indy great readings .

"extensive aerial photography"? I read that General Arthur Currie used aerial photography to prepare for Vimy Ridge. What evidence do you have that General Brusilov did so for his offensive? I ask only because I find sources for the Imperial Russian Air Service extremely difficult to come by. Very good episode. Never heard of Brusilov before. Thank you for educating me.

@Blazo_Djurovic

8 жыл бұрын

+h lynn keith The problem with finding sources probably mostly lies in the fact that the sources are still in Russian or in Russian archives, and in the fact that part of the records was probably destroyed during the Revolution. From what I know they had a vibrant Air service with their own home built planes (among which was Ilya Murovec long tanged bomber) but they did have to rely a lot on shipments of fighters from their allies. Also due to the size of the front encounters between opposing air forces was probably rarer. But what planes Russia did have were probably more than enough to provide reconnaissance. Also on flat plains of Russia it is like the only way to see farther into the enemy rear. So intelligence gathered by reconnaissance planes was allmost certanly used, but considering the size of the front teh question how much was it used.

@hlynnkeith9334

8 жыл бұрын

That is my point. Most of the documentation of the war was lost in the Revolution or the Civil War or destroyed by the Communists. I want to know the support for the statement that Brusilov prepared his offensive with "extensive aerial photography". I know more about the KuK Luftfahrtruppen than the Russian Air Service, but that is only because there were more Austrian aces than Russian aces. I have no information on the reconnaissance carried on by either the Austrian or Russian air arms. From the memoirs of German airmen, it appears the sky was most often empty of other aircraft. Did any Russian airmen write memoirs? Kozakov? Yanchenko?

@Blazo_Djurovic

8 жыл бұрын

Taking a look at the references and sources of the Wikipedia's article on IRAS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Air_Service#References shows the problem with finding the sources in English. Most of them are in Russian. There are English sources but they are rare and most often Russians are only a side subject. But they might be a nice start if you want to learn more about the operations of IRAS. Now as to the utilization of aircraft on Brusillov's part of the front, I can not say for sure but looking at the dates of formation of Air Corps it looks like most of the aircraft were used by the SouthWestern front in 1916, the front Brusilov commanded.

@hlynnkeith9334

7 жыл бұрын

Was the photo indeed Russian . . . or perhaps Austrian? IMO the airmen of the IRAS performed heroically. They were just too few.

@hlynnkeith9334

7 жыл бұрын

+Claystead Maybe they did not, but the British photographed their own positions in a battle in fall 1917 -- sorry, cannot recall the name of the battle at the moment (Passchendaele?) -- because they lost contact with their forward units and wanted to know where the line was. Maybe the Austrians photographed their own positions for the same reason. After all, two salient points of military intelligence are 1) knowing where the enemy is and 2) knowing where your own units are. The latter is not as easy as you may think.

Excellent Show! Doing a great job of educating the people who follow the show. To me, your show is all most additive but a good addiction.

Great, great episode. Some of the information we have gotten in other episodes, but there is something about seeing it through a single personality such as Brusilov that is extra vivid. It is also fascinating how "globalized" the world was before the war--in terms of travel and intermarriages. In fact Charles Emmerson in his book 1913, says that world only became as connected as it was in 1913 late in the 20th century. Thanks!

really great man with what he had to work with during those challenging years

Excellent episode! The most significant consequence of the Brusilov offensive was probably the elimination of Romania, which was persuaded to join the war after the success, only to be steamrolled a bit later. Kalledin was also one of the best Russian generals, although unbelievably pessimistic, which is what costed him his life. Here hoping for an episode dedicated to him, as well as for another one dedicated to two personalities, Rennenkampf and Samsonov.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We have some more Russian candidates for future episodes for sure.

Exactly why I love this series Indy. I had no idea about Brusilov or his exploits. I go to bed tonight a more informed history buff. Many thanks.

Great sir i am loving your show. watching every week man its amazing. thanks for getting me back into history after i left school.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it.

great video and thank you for the research and putting it togeather

Thank you for your fantastic channel. Your videos are very entertaining and I always learn something new, please keep on doing it so well. Regards from Spain.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We will, thanks.

Excellent! Been waiting for this one. The Brusilov Offensive, arguably the greatest Alled offensive of the war.

Another fascinating episode!

The role of Brusiłow in the development of the Red Army could get a bit more of attention. It was thanks to him that the imperial officers started joining the new army in big numbers.

@mind-blowing_tumbleweed

11 ай бұрын

Brusilov also urged White army officers in Crimea to surrender to Bolsheviks in the end of the war, guaranteeing them life. I guess you know how it turned out, brusilov felt pretty bad about it.

In my opinion, Brusilov was not only Russia's best General of WWI, but was the best General out of ALL of the WWI Generals. He may even be the best General in military history. His tactics and plans were absolutely brilliant and solved every problem that prevented breakthroughs in WWI, had he been the Russian Commander in Chief from the beginning of the war I think the war would've been over by Christmas, as the Russians would've taken either Berlin within a few months using his tactics, or the Germans would've been forced to transfer the vast majority of their troops to The Eastern Front. Brusilov is so brilliant I even named my dog, Lexi, after him (for a pitbull she is extremely intelligent). Also would like to mention that I strongly agree with the Western bias comments. I loved military history in high school and college and I never even heard of Brusilov or his offensive until this show came out and it really angered me. School books basically make it out to sound like it was a war between Germany and Britain, with France as a minor ally, and Russia an ally in name only; that is absolute non-sense!! Russia saved Britain and France both early in the war and during Verdun. They also saved Italy, Serbia, and Romania, and were basically undefeated on the Caucasus Front. They nearly saved Townsend and his men trapped at Kut and would've had they had enough food to last just a few more months, and Brusilov's tactics also gave the Allies an outline for winning the war.

@normanaparicio2241

Жыл бұрын

Yep I agree with that and general avert didn't attack when bruh lol told him to 🤔😔 but Nicki did agree with some of his attack planning should have named him commander of all 💪

Damn, I almost thought someone had spiked Indy's coffee. Sir, you are on fire in this video. Keep up the excellent work, all of you! Especially whoever got Indy so fired up for this episode :)

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

It probably depends which episode we shot first that day.

fabulous video

Love this channel videos are always great.

Amazing channel :D I love watching you guys in the mornings.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

You love the smell of napalm in the morning too?

Indy you are the best! I tried to watch the german version of this channel, as I am german, but i just like you better as a host ;)

Great video! I am going to be acting as this man in a model UN convention on the Russian civil war, and this video gave a lot of great background.

@vinz4066

2 жыл бұрын

How was it ? Do you remember 4 years later ?

@mitchellbrecht2240

2 жыл бұрын

@@vinz4066 Funnily enough, yes! One of the most fun weekends of high school. both the red and white armies got defeated by supply line issues and german/polish intervention.

it makes me happy to see the grownth of this channel, keep up the good job

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

It makes us happy too.

well researched and presented. very succinct.

Great vid

Good work.

Georgia mentioned, the cycle is over, I can die peacefully now.

awesome stuff

A Big like for this interesting episode!!

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

cool video

Great video

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Danke.

3:52 To be fair: Hotzendorf probably killed as many if not more Austro-Hungarian troops than Brusilov in those Carpathian offenses. Oh wait...

Like the way you explain. Just subscribed to your channel

Excellent job.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Wow Indy this was one of your finest moments

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Well, it really helps when we get excellent research for our episodes from our fans like in this case.

let'see this one TY Indy

WOW! :O I am mindblown. He was indeed larger than life

This was a great episode 👍😆.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Great episode, guys! Didn't know that he participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), which occured to be the Liberation war for Bulgaria. Will do some research about his role there. However, a great military leader!

Great video, as always. Nice to learn more about Brusilov. If only he could get the cooperation of all his fellow Russian generals. Wonder how the world would have changed if that was the case... But I guess that could be said about a lot of other events in this war.

Very interesting

Gr8 video m8ys

Great Story and a Great piece of history. nice Video Mr. Nidel (hope i pronounced it right). keep up the good work! greetings from a german-czech :D #loveyourvideos #abitursuckt

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Dankesehr.

Hey Indy! What's up? :) i should start by saying thank you soo much for doing videos on the Great War as i doubt anyone else does some ( if you know some tell me :) continue the (as usual) Great Work!! None the less i have a few corrections to make regarding Broussilov's carrier. Broussilov planned his offenssive with great precision ( in contrast with the ''wiill do'' of the other russian generals), visited his rtoups and made an intesive usage of aerial reconnaissance. But. Broussilov wasted all of his ressources to take Kovel, he used Alexeiv as his scapegoat even though he didn't help Alexeiv to manage his troups and Broussilov had a huge cavalry component that he just did not used :/ if there is little doubt that Broussilov was a great army officer ( and probably the best general of the Tsar) he was a mediocre Front commander Sources by : Guerres et Histoire a great french war magazine for all of the francopones here :)

This series is a treasure.

+The Great War Hi Indy and team, Great show! Could you do a piece on Britain's reasons to go to war. I know there are many factors but I once read that one of the main factors was to show allegiance to the Russians so Britain would still be able to use Russian supply lines in the east in order to maintain their trade routes in Asia.

How ironic that the organizer of one of the most successful offensives ever thought it was a failure. Although who could blame him? It was probably the Entente's best chance of winning the war, yet the skepticism of his subordinates kept them from achieving total victory.

@Prushinthespirit

7 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a failure. It exceeded Antanta's expectations. Russian army moved the Eastern front far to the west, made Central European countries defend it at all costs, giving support to those who were fighting on the West. Germany and Austria lost more than 1,5 million people, they couldn't refresh such casualties. They fate was already foretold.

@Patrick_3751

7 жыл бұрын

I never said it was a failure, but Brusilov thought it was because it didn't achieve his ultimate goal of knocking Austria-Hungary out of the war.

Hey Indy, will you guys do a special episode on Carl Mannerheim? Great Episode as always, keep up the great work

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We will, but only later on.

Who was, in your opinion, the best general of the war? Or best generals as it is probably is pretty hard to pick one. Or maybe you should do a top 5 generals of ww1 list segment

@Worldtimes1

8 жыл бұрын

Falkynhein Brusilov

Great bio!

Hello GW team! First of all - awesome job you are doing there! Now to the question: Can you tell us what was the relation between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Otoman Empire, since many decades earlier the Otoman Empire's expand ended at the Austro-Hungarian borders? How did they see each other? Are there any inner tensions between those two?

hey guys love the show and I have a question for out of the trenches. who supplied the Belgians military their supplies including uniforms helmets rifles and ammunition considering that most of the industrial part of Belgium. keep up the good work

5:34 what! Say again!

Hey Indy. Love the show and look forward to it every week. I just got a random question for maybe out of the trenches. I know that the war focus was mainly in Europe and Asia and so I understand that that is why the focus is there. My question is you mention Japan involvement in the war, but did they even help out and added volunteers to their allies or were they part of the war but didn't really do much in the European theater? Thanks for all the hard work and entertainment

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We will have a Japan special eventually.

I didn't even know about Brusilov until this video!

can u do this for out of the trenches what were the first planes used for combat like before the synchronising technology by the way love the work

Wait, I'm all caught up now, every video. What do I do now? What can I binge watch? :(

You guys ever take a day off?Not that I'm complaining..Thanks for the efforts!

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We usually work a normal 40h week, it's just that the production goes pretty smooth at some point and then you can produce more videos.

@ericswain70

8 жыл бұрын

Well,all your guys hard work is much appreciated.I look forward to every show.And that you guys take the time to answer questions and make comments is great.Thanks again for the awesome history.

The "Ludendorf Offensive" Can also be said to have been named after its creator, or one of them anyway. Brusilow was probably the greatest general of the great war. Perhaps one of the very top generals of the 20th century?

Indy please stop uploading while I'm at school! :( Then I have to wait to get home to watch and that really sucks! :( (Great episode though, Brusilov is high on my list of favourite generals)

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Well, for you it's at school, for us it's 6pm.

I wish you guys would cover the Napoleonic Wars like this.

hi! great show! Are you going to talk about the Latvian riflemen and their role in the russian revolution?

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We will at some point.

hey nice show indy,make an episode about those weird russian tanks.:)

You guys should do a special about Charles Lightroller I know his military career is not as interesting as his Titanic service but it would still be an interesting topic to talk about.

Hey, Im Walter! And i Love the Show! I have a question. In WW1 did the country force you to join the war or?? Keep the gold work! *Salute*

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, there was conscription.

My great-grand uncle served with the 12th Cavalry as a Cornet (same rank as Winston Churchill had when he had fought in a war). He didn't die but had been wounded and honorably discharged due to his injuries.

Always been a Brusilov fan.

I would love to see an episode on Greece during the war. I think you guys have talked about it to some extent because of the Salonika front, but Greek politics were wildly interesting in this time period leading up to the Greco-Turkish War.

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We shot a Greece special yesterday. Should be out this summer.

@umjackd

8 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to it!

The right translation of Brusilov's quote is: "The 12 division is to die, yet not immediately, but until the evening." Thus explaining to the Lieutenant General Kaledin, that his forces will suffer heavy casualties but he should hold out and not throw all his man away. As often happens in the WWI a division can be destroyed in a matter of minutes, so that really puts his quote in context.

One detail which I either missed in the video or you forgot to add... The Brusilov offensive saw the birth of the modern shock troop unit, as Brusilov innovated military warfare (and later inspired the Germans to develop the infiltration tactic, which was widely used still in world war 2 and still is considered today essential for any infantry type warfare).

@TheGreatWar

8 жыл бұрын

We talked about that in the episode from yesterday.

@Mania497

8 жыл бұрын

The Great War Durr on me then!