In WW2 a Polish airman was asked to give a talk about his experiences in fighting the Germans - he kept saying that the fokkers kept attacking his squadron - the British officer who organised the talk stepped in to say that the Fokker was a German aircraft, the Polish airman said. "Those fokkers were Messerschmitts".

@asiimov16

14 күн бұрын

Sounds pretty much the same as the story about Sir Douglas Bader

Canada entered the war on 4 August 1914 and sent the Canadian Expeditionary Force to the Western Front where they were first engaged in battle in March 1915. One of the major battles they were engaged in was at Vimy Ridge in 1917 (two years after the other battle at Vimy Ridge mentioned in this video). I had three ancestral cousins who served in the Canadian forces on the Western Front in World War, one of them was killed near Vimy Ridge in 1917 and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross: Major Okill Learmonth. The other two fortunately survived the war.

@scipioafricanus5871

27 күн бұрын

No spoilers please!

The Battle at Gallipoli was made into a great movie. "Gallipoli" was directed by Peter Weir and I believe was one of Mel Gibson's earliest roles. Great film, highly recommend it!

Love the history videos yall are watching Just wait until you watch 1916. It gets worst with the casualties.

@SNOOPY_-

13 күн бұрын

if you like ww1 and 2 history. you better of watching TIK-history. thats the best channel out there for that kinda history. its in dept,insanely detailed,yet easy to understand. who did what,where,why,how and consequences. the idealogy and religion behind things based on primery sources. TIK-history is a amazing storysteller and historian,can recommand him

Two movies to react to if you want to learn more about the Ottoman Empire's involvement in WW1. 1st) Laurence of Arabia (1962) a masterpiece 2nd) Gallipoli (1981) staring a very young Mel Gibson.

Speaking a little bit more on the Ottoman Empire’s genocide of certain ethnic and religious minorities. They targeted ethnic Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks within their borders, because they think that since these groups were Christians before Islam even began they would turn against them. They also believed the Armenians were working with the Russian Army to allow them into Anatolia through the Caucasus Mountains (some were, but many just wanted to be left out of it). The Armenian Genocide is sometimes referred to as the “First Holocaust”. The Ottomans killed at least 600k to 1.5 million Armenians, killed between 300k to 900k ethnic Greek Christians, and killed around 250k to 270k Christian Assyrians. Not only was there mass killings, but many of the woman and children were forced into “Islamization” and were forced into giving up their Christian beliefs that they had held for over a thousand years. It’s sick that this doesn’t get coverage and I have to wonder if the victims weren’t Christians would the international community then take it more seriously?

@samolevski1119

29 күн бұрын

Oh yes, no Hollywood blockbuster movies about the Armenian holocaust, but it's no surprise when you think about who runs tinsel town - look at the names in the credits after major films, the names of directors and film studios, see if you can spot a pattern and gain insight into why some things are featured more than others in our society. Who has all the money behind western governments, and who will be pushing those governments to put certain interests before other equally important interests. The wretched little doom goblin spouts her nonsense in the west but wouldn't dare tackle any Arab countries in their own back yard, and in a different way some groups of people have been complaining for over two thousand years about discrimination against them, but fail to see how they have influenced public opinion unfairly in some areas.

@jameshunter7303

29 күн бұрын

@@samolevski1119clearly your post is what most would call an antisemitic rant, but it does seem much of the world is turning anti-Jewish again, mainly fuelled by islamists and the far-left western factions that are growing in western countries. Separating facts from the conspiracies is almost impossible by this point though

@johnabbott257

29 күн бұрын

​@@jameshunter7303Nowhere did he mention anything antisemitic. If you're referring to the term "holocaust", it's not mutually exclusive to the killing of Jewish people. It's a term that describes killing on a mass scale.

@Amos18289

29 күн бұрын

​@@jameshunter7303 oh yeah and your reply is the typical"everything is anti Semitic" reply 😂

@jameswilson7790

29 күн бұрын

Just ask Serj Tankian, the lead singer of System of a Down. He's an American of Armenian descent. Many of the group's songs are politically charged.

You're right. Crash burn of Hindenburg pretty much stopped that.

Vimmi Ridge was where the Canadians came up with an idea and learned how to get around the machine guns. Which was also a turning point.

@daniellysohirka4258

13 күн бұрын

Well said, and that's where we watch a documentary on Sir Arthur Currie

My wife’s grandfather was wounded at the Gallipoli landings, he was found floating in the sea with a bayonet wound, he was transferred to a military hospital in Malta. After recovering from his wounds, he was made garrison sergeant major in Malta, his family, including my late father in law, were brought over from the U.K. to live with him. They resided in the house of the four winds on Malta harbour.

A "blimp" has no rigid skeleton (it is a limp balloon) whereas the dirigible has a rigid framework. The rigid frame was necessary to attach bombs, etc.

I did a tour of Gallipoli, the Turkish guide was absolutely first class, really brought it to life, and the war memorials there to all those who died, not just Turkish solidity’s, are the most beautiful I’ve seen

Re Turkey and the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East, I highly recommend watching one of THE best movies of all time, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.

@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan

29 күн бұрын

İN gallipoli kut against british

The losses were high due to defence being easier than to attack at that time in warfare, Machine gun and artillery were the killers of WW1 and nobody had a good answer to it.

@sliceofheaven3026

28 күн бұрын

Yeah airforce and tanks werent yet developed enough to make meaningful breakthroughs. Artillery was efficient but it couldnt compete against underground bunkers build over years and years of mostly stationary warfare on the western front. Eastern front on the other hand was very mobile and advanced mainly eastwards.

I’m enjoying this reaction to this series. Keep it up!

Great episode and I'm waiting for 1916. I don't know if someone has already said it in the comments, but casualties are not the same as dead people. Cssualties are all soldiers eliminated from combat, i.e.: killed, but also wounded, sick, taken prisoner or missing. Some of the wounded or sick returned to the fight when they recovered. So when casualties are shown, you have to keep in mind that not all of them died. Nevertheless, the number of dead was obviously also huge.

A Zeppelin is a dirigible manufactured by Ferdinand von Zeppelin's company. A dirigible is NOT a "blimp". A blimp is just a bag of gas with a gondola, a cabin, afixed underneath. A dirigible has a rigid frame, covered with varnished canvas, with a number of interior gas bags. Passengers were housed inside of the frame. The Control Bridge was a gondola underneath. The most famous Zeppelin was the "Hindenburg", that took passengers across the Atlantic like passenger liner. The Hindenburg (LZ 129), like all zeppelins, used hydrogen gas for lift. As you know hydrogen is very explosive. The US used helium, which is inert, but at the time was very expensive to produce, and the US had the market cornered. They still don't really know why, but the Hindenburg burst into flame at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in NJ in 1937, killing many. Lakehurst was the terminal for all airships at the time. It was one of the biggest disasters of the time. There is news footage and a radio broadcast of the event.

If you watch the movie, "Lawrence of Arabia" you get a feeling for Turkey's role in WW1

@jamesolson2334

29 күн бұрын

And “Gallipoli”!

@praywink

29 күн бұрын

He lived in Lincoln for abit

@kbrewski1

29 күн бұрын

I said the same thing in my comment. Most people don't know the Turkish/Arabic WW1 conflict. Set the stage for problems in the Middle East right to this day.

@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan

29 күн бұрын

@@kbrewski1 arab traitors that follow british lose territory ottomans in gallipli kut etc destory him for brtish but if that arabs not betrayed ottoman won war with in ww1.

@kbrewski1

29 күн бұрын

@@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan Quit speaking gobbledygook.

We had to learn the build up to WWI in Modern History. A tangled web. Never saw it from this perspective where there was a lot of references to casualties.

No body armour, daylight assaults, tactics that were behind the weaponry e.g. mass frontal assaults against prepared positions and machine guns. Constant artillery. Helmets didn't come in until 1915. At Loos the British were still wearing the cloth peaked cap. After helmets were introduced the incidence of head injuries went up, but deaths from head wounds went down. Because what previously had been fatal was now more likely to be an injury. But that was about it as far as protection for troops went. Small unit tactics developed through this time to move away from the advance in extended lines. But that doesn't come until later. Though there is evidence that units at the Somme ignored the orders to walk steadily across no-mans land during the opening attack, instead advancing in rushes of smaller groups in an attempt to keep casualties down. Some unit infiltrated no-mans land the night before so as to have a shorter exposure to enemy fire when the assault began. It was still a daylight assault over open ground though. But that's 1916, the next episode.

All wars are brutal, but WW1 was particularly obscene in its brutality

I still encourage everyone to rent the movie 1918 that came out maybe 4 years ago. It is a very well made movie and puts you right in the story with the main characters. You actually feel it and experience the movie.

@MattyP-ou3lk

8 күн бұрын

Do you mean ‘1917’?

History is so fascinating, thanks for reacting to this typa content

Great stuff once again, I salute you guys doing this.

On traveling on a zeppelin: "Zeppelin's round-the-world flight in 1929", "Hindenburg Disaster - Real Footage (1937) | British Pathé", "How the Hindenburg killed an entire industry" and "grahamcomm Hindenberg Survivor".

There is a great anti-war song called "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" written by a Scottish-born Australian singer/songwriter called Eric Bogle, which pertains to the ANZAC landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula at Suvla Bay, mentioned in this episode. There are several recordings of the song available on KZread ranging from Eric himself to The Pogues, but the best performance in my opinion is by the late Liam Clancy. You guys should check it out; it really expresses the terrible futility and waste of young lives of in World War 1 in a very stark and poignant way, especially now that there are no living survivors left from World War 1. The Battle of Loos was a disaster for the British Army because the wind switched direction and blew the cloud of chlorine gas back over the British trenches instead of the German ones. It was the battle where the most Scottish regiments fought alongside each other. You could tell where each regiment was deployed in the line of battle by the regimental tartans left hanging on the barbed wire. A harrowing sight indeed.

There’s a very moving song about the Australians in Turkey, as mentioned in the video. It’s called And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Fogle.

Didn't know about The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in WWI? Have you never seen "Lawrence of Arabia"? Or "The Lighthorsemen"? Or "Gallipoli"? Three good films.

As Canadians you should be very interested in the battle of Amiens August 1918, a battle that was a major turning point in WW1, a battle in which the Canadian Corps (along with the Australians) played a major part.

In World War 1 they were called the Ottoman Empire that's maybe why you haven't heard them mention as turkey

@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan

29 күн бұрын

Because Turkish became new republic that left monarchy against armenian brtiish russian italian french colonizers in galipoli etc.

World War 1 was apocalyptic in scale and yet dwarfed by World war 2, many dont know but it was very possible that the American Civil War could have very easily spiraled into a world war. British/French backing the CSA, while Russia and Germany likely would have backed the US. History is extraordinary

My Grandfather was a survivor of the Isonzo battles - it’s a cruel story. He told us child’s only the more funny things. Love from Austria 🇦🇹

I’ve done a lot of research on Ancestry and the number of Attestation (enlistment) papers I’ve discovered from men in the family at the time was quite an eye opener.

For a good idea of how blimps (airships) were used in a non military role you should check out the movie "The Hindenburg" great movie probably the most famous airship disaster.

@SWLinPHX

24 күн бұрын

"Oh the humanity!"

Turkey has never apologised for it's slaughter of millions of people, mostly Christians, and yet every year thousands of Christians go to Turkey on holiday and enrich our ancient and modern enemy - imagine if that was a similar scenario but with different groups of people. The Germans and Japanese were punished in different ways and have since apologised, but Turkey quite brazenly refuses to apologise and is still causing mischief.

@mrtozcan50

29 күн бұрын

So what did you expect Turkey to do against the Christians occupying its lands? Was he going to wait like that and say, "Here, our lands are yours"? I think the people who should apologize are the western society, most of which are Christians. Since you did not know or hear how Turkish civilians were massacred at that time, how pregnant women were disembowelled and their fetuses removed, I attribute what you said to your ignorance. Because Western society is hypocritical, they have always covered up their own criminality. Read the history of the Ottoman Empire and see if it interfered with the language, culture and religion of the people in the lands it conquered. The countries in the lands where the Ottoman Empire was before continue to preserve their languages, religions and cultures as they are today. Let's also look at the current situation of the lands occupied by western societies. For example, which country's official language is the original indigenous language of the South American countries? They speak either Portuguese or Spanish. What about North American countries, they speak English and French. (By the way, we do not forget the genocide of American Indians.) Likewise, what is America doing in the Middle East? So why is the Christian western society not punished? Western states are destroying the countries they enter, just like a virus. By the way, I would also like to point out the historical situation of the black people you brought from Africa for slaves and that racism is still at high levels in your society. I wonder who are the countries causing confusion today? For example, the Ukraine-Russia war (the culprits are primarily America and the UK) and the situation in the Middle East is obvious. America has now started to set its sights on China. They continue to destroy the world just like the virus.

Airships = Zeppelins= Led ZEPPELIN (see 1st album cover)

Canada was involved in the war from day one in some capacity as a British territory but voted in Parliament to a full commitment to the war effort a few days later.

Taking responsibility for doing dreadful things is not easy to do; some nations are worse at it than others

Canada lost 22 soldiers fighting alongside anzacs at gallipoli

At 16:07, the original video says one-third of Serbia's army died in the war. It should have said one-third of the entire population of Serbia died. In case you're confused, the word "casualties" means soldiers lost for all reasons--killed, wounded, sick, captured, or missing. We often use this word incorrectly to mean "fatalities."

You need to watch Sytem of the Down's documentary, called " Screamers". It's heart breaking. The members of the band are Christian Armenian. Their families and ancestors were involved in that tragedy. The Turkish are pissed at us because we are forcing them to admit that they committed the atrocities. Be advised, it's very graphic. Hitler boasted the fact that he was going to do the same to the Jews.

@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan

29 күн бұрын

TURKS AGAİNST COLONİZERS AND TRAİTORS BRİTİSH FRENCH İN GALİPOLİ AND ARMENİANS ETC.

Enjoying this series from epic. Watch sergeant York staring Gary Cooper. A great world war 1 movie.

Interesting.Liken it.

My grandad fought in ww1 my dad and uncle in ww2,i still have there medals

@scipioafricanus5871

27 күн бұрын

My grandad died in one of the concentration camps during WWII. He fell down the watchtower.

Phil keeps saying he is surprised things escalated so quickly. What he may not know (and maybe he does) is tensions had been developing between countries for a long time. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was just the final straw. The countries that seemingly jumped quickly into the war, had been having troubles with their adversaries for years. That is why alliances had already formed based on political points of view. And economic partnerships.

Acually, the first submarine believe it or not was the CSA Hundley in the American Civil War. And it did attach a mine to the underside of a Union ship and sink it

@Pietervandebuurt

28 күн бұрын

Thats not true, the first submarine was made by a Dutchman in service of England called Cornelis Drebbel, in 1620.

More people died in war not because everything was manual, no. It's just we don't have total wars anymore (the last one was WW2), at least between powerful nations. Technology actually tends to INCREASE the death tool. A total war now, even without nuclear weapons (it's impossible but it's for argument sake), would probably be the most destructive war in history. Not only with more dead people, but also the population in rich countries would never recover since back then at least the birthrate was high so a nation generally recovered at some point. Nowadays, all western countries' birthrates are below the replacement rate, if we lost like 10 million people, they would be gone forever, no recovery.

The best WW1 documentary is from PBS’ American Experience - The Great War

@JPMadden

25 күн бұрын

The KZread channel "The Great War" covers the war and its aftermath in HUNDREDS of videos.

Nice reaction. Thumbs up! :) Only some few corrections: 1) Zeppelins are not blimps. There is a big difference. You were not really sure about Zeppelin air travel back then. Maybe you can react to documentaries about Zeppelins later on, too. You surly know the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster, I guess. That was the end of Zeppelin passenger air travel. 2) The time of the so called "Fokker Scourge" wasn't the first time, when aircraft had machineguns on board. That was done already before. The important thing, that changed, was: It was the first time, when aircraft were able to shoot with their machineguns through the propeller, what made a huge difference.

Today there are once again commercial airships "Zeppelins" from Zeppelin AG in Friedrichshafen Lake Constance Germany, not blimps (impact airships, also known as blimps, are airships without a rigid internal framework. The airship hull is both the container for the lifting gas and the load-bearing system; in this respect they are similar to balloons).

Navy Lord Winston Churchill helped plan the Dardanelles and Gollipoli invasion. After the disasterous results he was demotted and volunteered for the western front as an Army officer.

@jacobwalsh1888

28 күн бұрын

There were a host of reasons Gallipoli failed, none of them were Churchill's fault.

@richardcramer1604

28 күн бұрын

@@jacobwalsh1888, I agree, however though he may have been the scapegoat, that doesn't change what happened to him.

Guy and girl, Great to move out of song/band reactions only. Please keep up the history videos. Too many people discard world and nation history to understand where we currently stand in today's geopolitical stances and why the past shapes our presence and possible future.

Interesting fact when people visited the wreck of the lusitania they found it was carrying shells and other war supplies so it was kinda a justified target but im not sure if the germans knew that it was carrying war supplies at the time.

All Quiet on the Western Front Book by Erich Maria Remarque

@scipioafricanus5871

27 күн бұрын

Yes, All Quiet on the Western Front is a Remarquable read.

The Canadian forces were involved in the war since 1914 but were merged into the British troops and led by British generals.

They already had machine guns on planes, but they didn't have a machine gun that can shoot straight through the front propeller without hitting it, that was the big invention.

It happened ! Genoside sp ! 😮

Well, regarding the Armenians, you may have heard the words of Josef Stalin: "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it". This is the standard strategy for all tyrants and dictators. Today, the lie is sexier than ever.

Hi there John from England I really love in this video can I suggest that when you've watched all the history on the first world war can you go on to the Second World War

@kbrewski1

29 күн бұрын

They've already done that.

When will you do another Dan Vasc ??? Yall just forgot about him like his My heart will go on

look up the Hindenburg

Yes, zeppelins were blimps essentially. If you watch a video about the Hindenburg, that was a famous one that exploded/burnt mid air.

@scipioafricanus5871

27 күн бұрын

No, zeppelins were dirigibles actually.

Today in the Military Musium in Istambul you won't find anything about genoside of the armenians in WW1. There are some photos only with turkish "victims" of armenian bandits. I've seen it by myself.

@Khyaas35

7 күн бұрын

Armenians, who became a gang, began to attack and kill Turkish families. After that, a policy of forced migration was applied to Armenians. There have been deaths during the migration due to the conditions of the region. The graves of the murdered Turks in the Eastern Anatolian provinces are many times larger and have been proven by the state archives. Armenia, on the other hand, refuses to show the entire state historical archives. In fact, a genocide was committed against the Turks at that time!

Please react to Michael Jackson’s Come Together!! He took the Song to a whole new level! 🫶🏼

Most of the casualties on the allied side was due to the British commander General Haige. His insistence of using 19th century tactics in the 20th centuries first major conflict meant just throwing more and more troops at the enemies guns, in the hope that the Germans would run out of ammunition, was never going to work in an age of mass production. This included the mass production of weapons and ammunition. Also, he thought that the war was going to be won with ground troops alone. Therefore, he never included naval bombardment, or aerial attack. I'll leave it at that and see if this documentary includes the changes of leadership that actually won the war.

1916 is when the Devil came for his due. It was hell.

good ol great britain, and her children, i mean allies

The tragedy of the 20th century

Can you do a reaction to 'The real tank genius of ww2 - percy hobo hobart' by The Fat Electrician pls

Almost like a world war then;)

History is very cool and knowledge of it hopefully prevents humans from making the same mistakes. Alas, we are humans and repeat them anyway 😂

I think this video is using the word "casualties" as killed AND wounded. Thus, not all casualties DIED.

Serbs lost a third of their population or every other man. Austrian troops also committed genocide in 1914 in the Macvan region. Over women and some and the elderly. It was the first of three genocides that the Serbian people experienced in the 20th century. It was all recorded by the Swiss journalist Archibald Rice.

The Armenians were also Christian. As opposed to the Islamic Turks.

@Spartacuss11

3 күн бұрын

No turks deist

Wait until you get to WWII. Virtually same people started them both

@kbrewski1

29 күн бұрын

They already did.

The Italians came up with a intriguing (and gruesome) tactic. When fighting in the Alps they would fire their artillery into the mountain passes, triggering avalanches that buried the Austrians on the lower slopes. The Germans came to greatly fear the Canadians they encountered in both World War 1 & 2. They were very tough fighters and in hand to hand fighting in the trenches they overwhelmed them with shovels and knives. It's sad that Canada is not recognized more for it's contributions during both World Wars. But this may be due to in part being overshadowed by your best friends south of the border, and Canadians (admirable) traits of soft-spokeness and humility.

@roberthalpern5454

29 күн бұрын

As a American I think you should know that some of us both appreciate and are grateful for all of Canada's contributions in both world wars. The bravery and fortitude shone by them was second to none.

@kbrewski1

29 күн бұрын

I am greatly amused by some Canadians (maybe the same ones) chiming in on these War history videos peacocking loudly Canada's role and dissing the United States in the process. What kind of bizarre inferiority complex do you suffer from? We were on the same side nutmunch!! You don't need to prove how tough you were. Severe Napoleon complex (aka SPS).

every war is bad.but every bring up new evolutions.in 200years we are on other planets with this....before we destroy ourself hehe....

Sam NO, first time a Machine Gun could fire through a propeller. Machine guns were on planes, but they couldn’t fire through the propeller up until that invention. Also “HISTORY” Lesson, look up the Hindenburg Disaster….

Smashing Pumpkins made an award winning video called "Tonight Tonight" and it includes a couple riding a balloon. Everything about the video/song is amazing.

There is this misconception that World War 1 was an European war, this is probaply of biased history teaching as a lot of people only learn about the Western front, and although World War 1 had a huge impact on Europe, the impact it had on the Middle East might even be far worse. You can see the effects to this day

You'll both may do yourself a favor and stop, when in doubt for a short moment to look stuff up, you'll be surprised on what you may find

No offense, but this is NOT the first reaction to WW I.

Canadian troops first entered the fighting during 1915, fighting at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and the Second Battle of Ypres, where they were among the first Allied troops to be exposed to a gas attack. Unlike some of the other units, the Canadian troops fought to hold the line, despite suffering gruesome casualties in the chemical warfare. For some reason, this video is not mentioning the Canadian forces, which were fighting in the British sector of the line. Pretty inexcusable not to mention Canada's role by this point, IMHO.

Funny that Germany was punished for WW II but Turkey has yet to be punished for WW I ? Think about why that is . Russia exterminated Jews during WW I also .

@kbrewski1

29 күн бұрын

The Ottoman Empire was punished by the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, it was carved up into countries, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, etc. The British took much control over these Arabic countries. I'm sure the end of this video series will address this. The masterful epic Lawrence of Arabia was about exactly this.

@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan

29 күн бұрын

@@kbrewski1 YEAH TURKS İF THAT NOT ARAB BETRAYED BRİİTİSH LOSE İN WAR BATTLE OF KUT BATTLE OF GALLİPOLİ ETC MANY BRTİSH FRENCH anzac COLONİZER DEFEAT THAT BUT PROBLEM ARAB MUSL.İMS BETRAYED OTTOMANS.

If you want a little more detail about the German’s use of Chlorine gas I’ve included a link to a Yarnhub video called Attack of the Deadmen. It details a Russian counterattack technically known as the Battle of Osowiec Fortress. August 6, 1915. The incident got its name from the bloodied, zombie-like appearance of the Russian combatants after they were bombarded with a mixture of poison gases, chlorine, and bromine by the Germans. While coughing up blood and bits of lung, the Russians covered their faces with cloths and managed to rout German forces. When Chlorine gas is inhaled hydrochloric acid is formed by the mix of the chlorine gas and the moisture in the lungs and begins to dissolve lung tissue. It is an absolutely hideous way to die. Even if you survive you have lifelong breathing problems which will eventually kill you ten, twenty, or thirty years down the road. kzread.info/dash/bejne/loGMyZSzgNXbm84.html