My father said that he was too young for WW1 and too old for WW2. Lucky guy.

@lovelyrat33

2 жыл бұрын

For draft yes,that mean he was just to much of a pussy to volonteer

@jakeroberts7435

2 жыл бұрын

@@lovelyrat33 What an idiot thing to say, you sound like a little keyboard warrior

@cianmerne7961

2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather and great uncle were also too young for WW1 and too old for WW2. They served in the Home Guard during WW2.

@jakeroberts7435

2 жыл бұрын

@@cianmerne7961 My grandfather enlisted but never went to France, but his dad was a Brig General in the AEF and already there. I've got the letters he wrote his son, eloquent writing on AEF stationary telling him to stay away from the vices of the commen soldier that didn't lead to officer material, wine, women, and gambling. What a hoot, and we've got his .45 sidearm, and his 30/40 Krag from Cuba. I never got to meet him, the age difference and all, would have loved to chat with him. My dad was stationed in France in the early 60s, l got to visit the battlefields he fought at.

@justdoingitjim7095

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I volunteered thinking I'd be sent to Viet Nam anyway, but they started pulling the Marines out while I was still in basic on Parris Island. I did my service during peace time and was already out by the time the next war started.

To anyone curious about what the soldier at 7:28 is writing : "Why lie? We go, we attack. We know our objective : Getting killed." I got the chills reading what he was writing...

@Joker-yw9hl

2 жыл бұрын

Never again 😥 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪

@purromemes7395

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joker-yw9hl it will happen again, maybe not in our lifetime... but it is inevitable. The french/germans/britons have been fighting for centuries. a century of peace wont stop that

@kasseymtl

2 жыл бұрын

Lol you think this is new my ex girlfriend her father fought in vietnam he told me at one point his general told him to go foght he told him to go f himself he sent other guys they all died they know what they are doing its sad and its just sad i dont know ehat to say

@barrymchugh4490

2 жыл бұрын

Dam! Brutal objective & your mission is complete when you or the enemy is dead like Wow so fricking heartless but that's what war is!!

@jeffsmith2022

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you...

When I was in the Navy a small group of us were sent over to Portsmouth Naval Hospital to spend a little quality time with some older gentlemen, talk Navy stuff, and just listen to their stories. I sat with Franklin, a WWI vet. I wish I had asked him more relevant questions and been more attentive. He was sharp and had a great memory, but he wasn't able to communicate as quickly as his mind worked so there was a lot of double talking and effort. He was so animated and bright eyed when he spoke, like he was back in his youth and vibrant. This was in 1990, and he has been gone a long time. I hope someday someone takes the time to sit by my bed and listen to anything I may have to say. I was lucky to have been with him for that brief hour.

@Ryoeis

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing story!

@DylansPen

2 жыл бұрын

I walked through the aircraft carrier Hornet (CV-12) which is anchored at Alameda CA. One of the docents was an 82 year old named Ralph that was a tail gunner on an SBD Dive Bomber at The Battle of Midway. He said when their planes went into the dive to bomb the carriers they were so close together he could almost reach out and touch one of the other planes. It was incredible to hear someone who was there describe his experiences. There are about ten of us standing there listening and I could tell everyone else just thought he was a nice old man telling his worn out stories. I didn't, he was living history of one of the greatest battles the U.S. Navy ever fought and I was glad to listen.

@chrismaggio7879

2 жыл бұрын

@@DylansPen Wow! And these were kids! This is the age of the baristas at Starbucks, and they were out winning a war!

@jeromedavid7944

2 жыл бұрын

@@DylansPen some people are witnesses to living history and let it pass them by.....thank goodness you were smart enough to notice!

@bubsterjohnson7438

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismaggio7879 one thing I always regret was way back in school we were supposed to interview local ww2 vets for a remembrance day video we were making and all the other kids assigned to this went and did their interview but I had gotten sick the day of my interview and couldn't make it unforunately and seeing these comments of people sharing stories makes me sad that I had a chance of interviewing one of these men and never got to go or else I would be writing a similar story to the OP instead of this😔

I remember when I was a kid, they were celebrating the 100 year anniversary of end the civil war. I can also remember WWI veterans marching in the Memorial Day parade .

@bitTorrenter

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously not the English Civil War😂

@George-qg3qx

2 жыл бұрын

That’s crazy!

@Adam-eu8hm

2 жыл бұрын

English civil war? You must be fucking old!

@chrishandsome4267

2 жыл бұрын

@@Adam-eu8hm wow dude are you a philosopher or something?

@sblack48

2 жыл бұрын

I recall when the ww1 guys were in their 60s. To me they might as well have been 100. The ww2 guys were pushing 50. Now the ww2 guys are just about gone. Guess I’m getting old.

This show is closer to WWI than we are to the original airing of this show.

@clarencethomas5311

2 жыл бұрын

How do you know ? When was this show first aired ?

@robertmoore6149

2 жыл бұрын

@@clarencethomas5311 The Great War by the BBC. Original airing May-Nov 1964. So that means 50 years for them. And 57 years for us.

@robertmoore6149

2 жыл бұрын

@@clarencethomas5311 "Hell Cannot Be So Terrible" episode 11, original airing Aug 8, 1964.

@Metusalem979

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@danb1618

2 жыл бұрын

Like us being closer in time to the Romans than they were to the construction of the Pyramids. Strange but true

we are watching ghosts

@alexbaud5574

8 жыл бұрын

+Justin Hinkeldey WHaO THAT SO DEEEP

@dannygove7495

8 жыл бұрын

I know it's amazing and Erie at the same way

@antiquarian1773

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Hinkeldey I wouldn't use the word ghost

@dannygove7495

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua The Science god memories?

@ayoubm198

6 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha

This is the battle of verdun episode from the 1964 BBC series, the Great War. You can find all the episodes on youtube easily. This series is great as it was 50yrs after the beginning of WWI and includes lots of interviews with veterans. Worth the watch.

@LAT-qk3vj

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info 👍

@marine4lyfe85

2 жыл бұрын

I've watched the whole series, and am ready to go back through it again soon. Simply excellent.

@beingathiest1790

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

@andrewaguirre1153

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@egord9101

2 жыл бұрын

Was wondering where is the rest. Thank you!

My Great Grandpa was in the trenches, and survived. He sadly was killed only 15 years later in a work accident that if it had happened today he would have easily survived. My Grandpa had to grow up quickly and take care of everyone when he was 12. Times were really hard back then we need to remember this and not repeat it.

@hanhdhsj

2 жыл бұрын

Why? What happened at work?

@tatotaytoman5934

2 жыл бұрын

@@hanhdhsj probably infection from a wound which nowadays would have been treated.

@cosmoray9750

2 жыл бұрын

Mobs Target Thai kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5Nmr7inZb3WfbA.html

@loganthesaint

2 жыл бұрын

Democrats want this again.

@phillipellison4758

2 жыл бұрын

@@loganthesaint huh? just ended 20 year war , and people got pissy about that too.

I remember when I was a little kid and the last known WW1 veteran died. I had just been to a historical museum, and spent the day in the Titanic and WW1 sections. I believe his death was a big thing on the news. If I recall correctly, he was a British soldier who somehow made it into the military at age 12 and survived a few large battles. Pretty soon we'll also see the passing of the last WW2 veterans. It's a bit crazy to think about, that the generations who experienced the world changing events which shaped and defined the modern world are going to be gone soon. God bless their souls

@billybob2329

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly

@Galactic_Galactic89

2 жыл бұрын

I was honored to have met a few.

@cherlie118

2 жыл бұрын

He was Harry Patch also known as The last Tommy he had a bitter hatred of the politicians that sent men to die the way they did.

@fairypenguinos

2 жыл бұрын

god bless

@ohio72213

2 жыл бұрын

Hell pretty soon we will see the passing and end of the vietnam war era soldiers. Both sides i might as well say

This is a clip from an episode of ;"The Great War", tv series by BBC. There are 26 episodes in total. Was made in the 60s.

@boxhawk5070

2 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome if this footage was remastered like the movie They Shall not Grow Old.

@mickeyabbot5851

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@pickle4scooters

2 жыл бұрын

@@boxhawk5070 amazing movie/doc

@rollinsomethingbutiforgot

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks, I'm watching that now :) So good 👍

@rollinsomethingbutiforgot

2 жыл бұрын

@@boxhawk5070 that is such a solid idea. They shall not grow old was absolutely amazing 🍻

My grandfather served in WWI, France and was gassed. He was a Captain in the Army's motor pool and was a mechanic the rest of his life. During the Great depression he would only charge neighbors for parts. He grew vegetables for a national grocery chain. He owned a couple acres on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi river. He piled several of us grandchildren in his 1948 Plymouth and we worked the gardens, battling mosquitos. I started at age 4. He instilled a strong work ethic for all 10 of his grandchildren. I have grown a garden since 1982, the first year I bought a house. Thanks, "Cappy."

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

I recently researched my family tree and learned that my great grandmother lost three of her brothers during WW1. It was heartbreaking reading about it and seeing their graves in photographs. The eldest of the three brothers, James, was killed in August 1917. Just five days later, his younger brother Frederick was killed just miles apart from him. The youngest brother, Leonard, was wounded elsewhere and was on a hospital ship heading back to England. The Germans deliberately sank the ship and he was one of 29 killed. I can’t imagine my great, great grandmother getting the news that three of her boys were gone just like that. 😔❤️🇬🇧

@datniggaeazye.5968

2 жыл бұрын

damn

@TheAtlanticwarrior

2 жыл бұрын

" The Germans deliberately sank the ship" What ship? What date? Where did you get the information that it was deliberate?

@jeffsmith2022

2 жыл бұрын

So, very, sad. God Bless them...

@davidlinscheid2321

2 жыл бұрын

That is one heart breaking story. Blessed be their honor to their descendants.

@thenirvanafan7895

2 жыл бұрын

The ship was the SS Donegal. The info is all on Wikipedia. It also says how the Germans had been deliberately targeting hospital ships.

i salute these brave men. no matter which side they were on i salute their bravery

@nosocks1373

2 жыл бұрын

You salute the French side? You're a white supremacist? They owned 2/3 of Africa and were treating humane beings depending on their SKIN COLOUR. The only reason why Britain helped France was that a German occupied Paris would have resulted in possible break away colonies which could cause British break away colonies as well

@elcj

2 жыл бұрын

@@nosocks1373 k

@LeviAckerman-hk8im

2 жыл бұрын

@@nosocks1373 its an 8year old comment i doubt they care about your reply

@MykaV2

2 жыл бұрын

@@nosocks1373 A good portion of them were kids who knew nothing about the world. Same as war today

@nosocks1373

2 жыл бұрын

@@MykaV2 good point but still...

Still better quality than the big foot photos.

My grandfather served as a Marine during WWI. My mother said he was such a gentle soul. He went through a lot and suffered from what we now know as PTSD. He eventually died of cancer on my mother’s wedding day. He was in the solidier’s hospital for veterans. On her wedding day she, my dad and the wedding party went to the hospital to fulfill his dying wish, to see his daughter in her wedding gown. She’s 91 and speaks of him often. Here’s his obituary. Local World War 1 Vet, Left 'Dead' On France Battle Field, Dies at 53 Raymond J. Crowe, 53 of Terrace Avenue, hero of World War 1 who was tagged as dead in the Argonne Forrest in France, died last Friday at the Soldiers Hospital in Chelsea. Mr. Crowe was a longshoreman and lived in Winthrop for 23 years. An honor guard of 20 marines from the Boston Navy Yard attended the funeral from the Kirby Funeral Home on Monday. He leaves his wife, Rita A. McCormack; three sons, Raymond J. Crowe Jr., Eugene F. and John Crowe; four daughters, Mrs. Edith M. Thomas of Stoneham, Mrs. Rita E. Gonsalves of East Boston and the Misses Delores A. and Rosemary Crowe, and two grandchildren. The Providence Evening Bulletin of Tuesday, December 17, 1918, carried the following story of Corp. Raymond J. Crowe. Corp. Raymond J. Crowe is not yet 21 years old, yet is a veteran of the Mexican border campaign and is one the seven survivors of the 66th. Co., First Battalion, Fifth Marines, A.E.F. Twice wounded, twice gassed, once shell shocked and finally left for dead for 36 hours in the Argonne Forrest, he was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps last month and has arrived at the home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Crowe, 160 South Street in time to celebrate Christmas. With Pershing: "Corp Crowe enlisted March 7, 1917, in St. Louis, Mo. where he had been employed as a waiter. He went to France on the same boat with General Pershing. His record shows that he is an expert rifleman, having been a "sniper" overseas. He took part if the offensives at Bois de Belleau, Bouresches, Chateau Thierry, St. Michael, Thiacourt and the Argonne Forrest. "At Chateau Thierry he was wounded in the neck. At St. Michael a bullet pierced his gas mask and he was slightly affected by the poison vapors. During the same engagement a bullet shattered his ankle. "While on a special mission in the Argonne he lost his gas mask, was shell shocked and badly gassed. Left day and half: "His body was tagged as dead and for a day and half he lay on the field. Corp. Crowe was eight months in a hospital recovering from this experience. He then served for a time in the Rhine patrol, with the Army of Occupation at the Benz. On account of his weakened condition he suffered a relapse and contracted diphtheria. He was sent home following recovery arriving in the United States November 21 and was discharged December 25.

@maverickberry9039

2 жыл бұрын

God bless him. I think him for his service. My great great grandfather served in WWI alongside the French.

@thedurk6345

2 жыл бұрын

Damn this is deep

@coldmountain1997

2 жыл бұрын

What a bad ass

@mckessa17

8 ай бұрын

He was a hero

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

My coal miner grandfather went to fight in France. I believe he was gassed as he came home a sick man and died in 1925, age 33. My grandmother raised three small children alone through the Great Depression. I never realized how much it affected my mother, six months old at his death. I've never talked to anyone who knew him and never saw a picture of his face until about 2010. Losing him has affected my family to this day.

@prashanthirole109

9 ай бұрын

Yes

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

As a Frenchman, 3 of my grand grandfathers had fought in the battle of Verdun. About 75% of all french soldiers were deployed there. So much respect for my ancestors

@interman7715

2 жыл бұрын

I am Australian, my 5 great uncles fought in France snd Belgium in WW1 ,they survived but were deeply changed.

@pilowmonster

2 жыл бұрын

How do u have 3 grand fathers.

@ZEtruckipu

2 жыл бұрын

@@pilowmonster the fathers of my grandmothers and grandfathers. You should also have 4 if your family isn't inbred

@azkabanen1550

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZEtruckipu maybe he was confused because in english you usually write great-grand father as in your grand fathers father.

@omgpix

2 жыл бұрын

In English grandfather's father is great grandfather. The only way you could have 4 grandfathers is if if both your parents were raised by homosexuals.

Blueprint for Armageddon changed my outlook on life. The fact we didn’t learn from this war, proved beyond doubt that mankind is incapable of avoiding it.

@leerosenblum70

2 жыл бұрын

Dan Carlin is amazing

@ryanjones7681

2 жыл бұрын

Well this war and its sanctions directly contributed to the 2nd...

@JohnBeeblebrox

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. We did learn many, significant, lessons from the Great War. Look up, look around, think (instead of repeating trite statements).

@anthonycruciani939

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnBeeblebrox Well since WW1 was known as the war to end all wars his statement has some truth but yes it's a lot more complicated than that.

@mariocisneros911

2 жыл бұрын

@Jay M tell that to the generals , the politicians , the businessmen who stir up the fever to politicians by paying them in order to make more money by having a war

It seemed to me that alot of people hardly mention the significance of the Ottoman Empire's fall during that time.

@ronniep9272

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the problems in the middle East are due to the end of the ottoman empire

@yeshamandala2

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniep9272 You’re not wrong at all. They were one of the most powerful empires in history, but they chose micro-dictators who tore their countries up even worse!

@josephspinnerbiden3859

2 жыл бұрын

They dirty

@a.leemorrisjr.9255

2 жыл бұрын

Four once mighty empires would perish in that war including the Ottoman. Some issues still facing Middle East today go back to that era.

@seanmoran6510

2 жыл бұрын

@@a.leemorrisjr.9255 Britain perished in that war too It just took a while to it to kick in. A Stupid War that Britain should have stayed well away from.

I'm french and both of my great grandfathers fought during that war. One of them was in Verdun. He was injured due to endless exposure to rain, cold and mud plus bad equipment, he developed gangrene on both feet, as a result some parts were amputed.Handicaped, He was sent back to his home farm in south west of France by the end of 1916. He was awarded the "croix de guerre" + numbers of "citations". Although he lived relatively long after that, he had to go through his physical pain ( and mental pain as a veteran soldier) for the rest lf his life, while aging those scars got some complications that eventually lead to his death around the 60's. My mum who knew him when she was a child told me he was a very bitter man, bad tempered and authoritarian, with his large shoulders people litteraly feared him. he was still hating the enemy and used to keep his watch and all the clocks at his home set on a different hour until his death ( every year french "winter time" hour is synched with german hour since 2nd war, we set one hour back, but he never ever adjusted his winter time). He even called his farm "Verdun" that people going around his village would not forget.

@kkjkkj2584

2 жыл бұрын

French surrender to German army in WW2

@JosueHernandez-nu5cp

2 жыл бұрын

@@kkjkkj2584 yeah but don’t make France sound weak they were very strong during ww1 I have a feeling the reason for such a quick surrender was the men were traumatized from their past experience in ww1

@Noah_Pearson

2 жыл бұрын

@@kkjkkj2584 spoilers dude….

@jeana8224

2 жыл бұрын

Triste. Quel gâchis

@moodini99

2 жыл бұрын

So did everyone's

RIP to those all those men who died in those fields. Massive bravery. The first world war was just so brutal as a infantry soldier.

Man, everyone in this footage is now dead regardless of surviving the chaos of this war, god bless those brave souls :( Edit: holy shit, everyone calm tf down…

@theroyalstone2244

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@giovannipossamai796

2 жыл бұрын

Even the Guy speaking is dead

@davegeisler7802

2 жыл бұрын

They have been been gone for almost 20 years , most were born around 1895 to 1900. Except I was told in a comment that the last Vet passed in 2010. RIP Heroes each and every one !

@daviebaggins

2 жыл бұрын

May they rest in eternal peace.

@daviebaggins

2 жыл бұрын

@@davegeisler7802 the last one died in 2010

in the 1970's I was a young teen. In my small town there was a tall slim ancient looking man who terrified all children due to his eccentric nature. He would be sitting calmly in church or the small cafe in town. He would suddenly stand up and start shouting things like "all up and forward, dress it up" and other seemingly nonsensical things. It was only later that I discovered he was a highly decorated soldier from "The Great War" who had suffered for decades from what was known as shell shock. He lived alone and had no friends that I was aware of. He led a life of desperate solitude but always dressed immaculately and a wrinkle would not dare to appear on his clothes. I can not imagine the horrors he lived through.

@letoubib21

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, though having read novels like "All Quiet on the Western Front" or "Le Feu" (written by Henri Barbusse, my personal favorite) we will never be able to imagine that hell they had to go through *. . .*

@markmewordz6860

2 жыл бұрын

Still fighting the Great War ... 60 years on. Still, the bankers did OK. So very sad.

@daniellinehan63

2 жыл бұрын

Bless him

@yagovmolotov5127

Жыл бұрын

This man went through WW1 and ended up being alone and shouting military lingo from ptsd and would have children and parents look at him as a weirdo, very tragic...

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Good luck to them & you.

Crazy watching something 100 years old seem so long ago but in reality its not long at all. Like someone said in the beginning it was the end of old civilization and the start of the new. I wonder what people will look back 100 years in the future at us and see if they have the same thoughts of our generation . If we are as strong and great as those who fought in the world wars

@staypositive5718

7 жыл бұрын

ojjuice man no where near our generation is a joke compared to them our future civilisation will probably be embarrassed that they came from us lol

@foxysideburns5741

6 жыл бұрын

ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet no generation has ever been greater than another? The pussified men of today can’t hold a candle against grit that it took to endure the world wars

@Comander311

4 жыл бұрын

Can you Imagine they watching 100 years to the future, just to watch our generation creating memes? Ffs

@-xnnybimb-9398

4 жыл бұрын

No our generation is terrible. Its like comparing Teen titans to teen titans go

@jonhogue4123

3 жыл бұрын

@@Comander311 I don't agree. I'd rather be watching memes than watching my buddies get blown to bits in a war.

This is truly terrifying. My great grandfather was a Oberleutnant in WW1 for the Germans I think in the Königliche Preußische (Westfälische) Jäger Battalion Nr, 7 Kompanie Nr, 3. He was a "Sturmjäger" which was the jäger equivalent of the sturmtruppen. He never spoke about his experiences in the war. I met him once as a child. Looking back on it I can tell what the war did to him. He barely spoke at all and for periods of time he would just stare at the wall. I still have his officer soft cap, helmet, and uniform

@bigship7148

3 ай бұрын

Never sell it

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

ALL of the men in this clip are dead EVERY single one of them scary...

@Comander311

4 жыл бұрын

100 years footage, yeah they're all death.

@Dwagonier_XAceX101

3 жыл бұрын

its not scary i just have respect now and understand it more and its sad to think that their all gone tho

@zde1532

3 жыл бұрын

Not exactly. Some WW1 Veterans are still alive

@rememberthatyoumustdie

3 жыл бұрын

@@zde1532 yeah and died like 20 minutes ago

@zde1532

3 жыл бұрын

@@rememberthatyoumustdie LMFAO

Excellent narration makes this video come to life. Good job.

If you’re seriously interested in ww1 from both sides of the war Go read All quiet on the western front It’s written by a german, translated to english but its such a fantastic eye opening book that really details the horror of of this war without the exaggeration on the battles and more on a personal experience of the war

@remko2

2 жыл бұрын

Or 'The Price of Glory' by Alistair Horne, which is about the battle of Verdun

@iracingrookie3301

2 жыл бұрын

@@remko2 ill have to check that out, thanks

@seanluz5672

2 жыл бұрын

The movie is on KZread aswell I'm pretty sure

@tbd-1

2 жыл бұрын

@@remko2 The definitive telling of the battle. A bit old but so is the battle now.

@Baldcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Just bought a copy. Thanks for the suggestion

My great-grandfather was in the Meuse-Argonne with the 81st Wildcats. He was a draftee. He once took a button off the sleeve of a German POW in a railway car as compensation for cigarette. His son was too young for WWII, being only 12 at the time of Pearl Harbor. He picked peanuts in the fields of southeast Alabama with German POWs.

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

2ndly it's the excellent narration and actual historical footage that truly makes war history humbling horrifying and fascinating all at once

I told my son if you were born hundred years earlier, you probably would have served in WW 1..

Being in my 70’s when I was young I knew a few men who fought in the Great War, but they would never talk about it.

My grandfather Raphael and his brother Julien Porisse both were soldiers in the French army at Verdun. Raphael survived, although seriously injured, lost an eye, his elder brother was killed on the 27th February 1916 at Verdun. My grandmother spoke to me about WW1, my grandfather didn’t he replied “c’était Moche “ which means “it was ugly”…

The work of the then Cameramen was too advanced than present work. Filming both sides, launch of bombs and drop of bombs in details. Brilliant work done.

There’s a documentary called “They shall not grow old” that’s a series of wwi reels that have been recolored, slowed down to real time, and have audio recreated. It also has veterans telling their stories from the war.

Most foot soldiers were cannon fodder for their army and nations objectives. Most just wanted to live another day. Most that died, regardless of which side, had vary little understanding of what all the ruckus was about. Most lay in humble graves in small towns.

@coloradostrong

2 жыл бұрын

"All Wars are Bankers Wars". Search for the video and find the truth.

@SC-yx6wr

2 жыл бұрын

When your homeland is invaded by a ruthless, aggressive foreign power seeking to expand its territory, its not too hard to figure out what the ruckus is about. You defend your family and your homeland.

@josephspinnerbiden3859

2 жыл бұрын

Each other. That's all War is for the Soldier. Not Banking or stupid Ideals, its about survival and killing the other guy first.

@natashahancock9896

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephspinnerbiden3859 I've been 9 times. I know what it's all about

@josephspinnerbiden3859

2 жыл бұрын

@@natashahancock9896 Women

My (French) grandfather served in both WWI and WWII ... as a doctor. He was born in 1895 and joined the army in 1917 as a doctor in training, was injured twice including being gassed at the end of the war and losing a lung in the process. He was sent then back home. He volunteered for the second one, despite his age, and managed to be in charge of a hospital train. When the germans attacked, he said the train was half the time on the front line as the French army was retreating at full speed. He then came back home (in Normandy) and found a German doctor officer occupying his house, and they both run the local hospital until the end of the war. He joined the resistance short after but that's another story. He was made Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (among other things).

This was filmed in 1916. Just to give you an idea of how long ago that was, it was closer to the end of the Civil War (1865), than it was to the end of the Vietnam War (1975).

@mattlove9066

3 жыл бұрын

That's not accurate, 1916 was 105 years ago, 1916 to 1975 is only 49 years

@matthewviramontes3131

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattlove9066 I think you need to reread my comment

@mattlove9066

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewviramontes3131 you're saying that this was filmed in 1916, Vietnam was in 1975....that's 49 years

@matthewviramontes3131

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattlove9066 59 bro. Your math sucks. 1975-1916 = 59. 1916 - 1865 = 51. So this video was filmed 51 years after the Civil War ended, but 59 years before the end of Vietnam. Ergo, closer to the Civil War.

@mattlove9066

3 жыл бұрын

I saying that's near impossible because they didn't even have video in 1865

I wonder how many of these guys realized that when they were digging the trenches, they were actually digging their own graves?

@MrXD117

2 жыл бұрын

All of em

@JamieHendar23Henderson

2 жыл бұрын

A couple of years into the war the French soldiers would bleat like sheep when they marched past generals. They knew they were lambs to the slaughter

@tacomas9602

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamieHendar23Henderson that's fucking depressing. I've heard that before. Poor french

Great show this and superb coverage of the verdun section of WW 1

Every year for Armistice/Veteran’s Day we would have a dedication to the men and women who served our country at my school, I was in band at the time and got a front row seat of the projector they had set up with pictures of the veterans that came. There were loads of Gulf War, Iraq/Afghanistan, Vietnam vets with a few Korea and WWII vets and then in the very back an extremely older gentleman came through the door in a wheelchair. He wore a black jacket that said AEF at the top and WWI on the bottom. I thought maybe he was a WWII veteran and one of the 1s just fell off the jacket with age but I was mistaken. They put up his name and picture on the projector one taken right after he got out of basic training and one of him after he got back home in his dress uniform. We got a minute to talk to everyone and of course he was the star of the show, veterans and civilians alike were shaking his hand and asking him questions. He was still sharp as a tack and was telling us how he was only 16 and got his dad to lie for him about his age, he went to France around August and was there on November 11 when the fighting stopped. The next year he wasn’t there and though I didn’t get to speak to him personally I was mesmerized by this man and what he went through in those short 4 months he was there. I’m sure to him those 4 months felt like an eternity but I can’t imagine how the German, French, and English men who were there for the full 4 years felt. I hope future generations hold them in just as high of regard as we do.

Even recognizing that the film runs faster than real life did (somebody posted a recommendation to watch this at .75 speed for more realism in that regard), the speed and efficiency of laying out that rail was impressive to say the least.

Both my grandfathers served in WWI. One for the Royal Canadian Army, the other in the US Army. One was shot three times, the other mustard gassed. Both survived the war of course or I wouldn't be here. One grandfather's cousin falsified his age to go and fight (he was only 14), and was killed two weeks into his deployment.

@Jon14141

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

Brave brave men, some not even out their teens, going straight into the line of fire. Absolute respect to these men.

@bibe7754

2 жыл бұрын

Respect for protecting France which did hold hostage 40% of Africa? You've got some double standard on race?

@paulatreides0777

Жыл бұрын

They also would be shot if they didn’t go forward but they were brave.

@awellculturedmanofanime1246

Жыл бұрын

​@bibe 🤦‍♂️ it dont matter you clown . Africans enslaved each other all the time . This is the issue with people like you not understanding that the past was vastly different. Even now africans basically have slaves and marry children to grown ass men . Its unbelievably sad and disgusting but they do it to survive etc its just tragic and then you have the arabs basically enslaving east asians and its growing and its growing . The governments are to blame and the infrastructure etc

@daveywaveypavey

Жыл бұрын

@@bibe7754 didn’t like literally every European country hold some part of Africa?

Watch the video in 0.75 speed Gives a close representation of the real speed the old times really was at

@Luca-vv1ml

3 жыл бұрын

The background voice becomes a lethal sleeping pill. 😂

@shylowcobra

2 жыл бұрын

5:40 😶‍🌫

@edcarson3113

2 жыл бұрын

@@Luca-vv1ml I fiiink heees haaad a raaatherrr laaarge drink!

@ceilingunlimited2430

2 жыл бұрын

Good thought - thank you.

I am just impressed how good and without any trace of accent the narrator is able to mention German terms and names

I'm 61 years old now, as a kid of maybe 13 or 14 I used to hang with a buddy that lived in my Chicago neighborhood (side note: that buddy would die in the Marine barracks explosion in Beirut in 83) and went to Jr High with me. I well remember that his grandad lived with him. The old guy was ancient to a 13 yr old and had really bad hearing, so everything he said was in a yell. My friend, Jim, always said he lost his hearing from the explosions in WW1. On the walls in the living room, my friend's mom had put her father's framed medals and all on the wall. Anyway, he was a crazy and grouchy old bastard and would always look at me and yell things, questions to my friend and stuff about me, all stuff I couldn't understand at all, but for some reason my buddy did. One time I remember, after staying the night with my buddy, in the kitchen in the morning, the old guy yells to Jimmy, "IS THIS GUY A BORDER NOW?" Jim starts laughing .... I say "what did he say?" and my buddy tells me so we both laugh. Then as the old fells was leaving the room, he yells, obviously referring to my blonde hair and blue eyes at the time, " HE LOOKS LIKE A GODDAMN HESSIAN!" I look at Jim: "What did he say?" Jim shrugs and says I think he said you look like a Hushen. But the first time I learned the word for the Germans, I knew exactly what he'd said. LOL. Wish I had the heart and sense then that I hope I have now, I would have sat and talked his ear off.

I wasn’t ready for that to end

My grandfather served in WWI,Russian revolution,and Russian civil war,born in 1883 he was a White Russian, not a Bolshevik thank God

@JosueHernandez-nu5cp

2 жыл бұрын

so were you ok with the Russian people being serfs which is basically another name for slaves?

@cd5433

Жыл бұрын

So a three time loser then

Never met him but my great grandfather served in both wars for Germany.He surrendered and was taken to the US as a POW used to have his iron cross but someone stole it, so there goes that part of history

My ears hurt just imagining the deafening sounds these men had to go through....

That was fantastic. WW1 was the last War almost solely depended upon by soldiers. Beautiful narration and script!

1:57 commentator: "forts have been stripped down regarding their guns" defense tower: 👁️👄👁️

My great grandfather was there, standing not far behind the bombardment, he was telling sometimes how loud it was , and the shockwave, he was telling it was like a very big fireworks, non stop for hours and hours and hours seeing body flying in the airs dismantled, everyone was wondering where all those bombes come from , their canons must be red hot …..

Just this video earned my Sub. 👍🏻

Out of every single person you see in this video, not a single one of them are still breathing.. in their time they had small day to day problems, worries. They were all children and laughed and loved and they had mothers and fathers that carried them so carefully and loved them so very much. Most of them dreamed of meeting their dream girl and falling in love, leaving this demonic war and going to a good job or farm, raising kids and living their lives with peace and happiness.. some of them did, a lot never did, but now, today, none of their troubles mean a thing, their all completely gone like a cloud going over, vanished.. this is something I continually struggle with, it’s beyond saddening. To see them marching, smiling in the prime of their life with their heads held so very high, so proud and happy to be surrounded by friends, just like a photograph, once so clear, now old and faded.. to people who think this life is the end, I pray you are wrong, surely we can’t just be done…

@terrysaunders5652

5 ай бұрын

Oh no! This life is not the end

It’s crazy watching something from 100 years ago . And we are still doing the same exact thing to each other over a century later .

@d.will9359

11 ай бұрын

as I type this l’m watching the Netflix documentary “ They shall not grow old”. First thing I thought about was this. It’s crazy. Looking at these photos and videos, I came to a conclusion. We haven’t learn anything in our past besides how to make better weapons to destroy ourselves. There Wont be any history if we do this ever 100 years.

@porkerpete7722

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, look at Ukraine war footage. Its this on a smaller scale, but HD 1st person quality.

@Allyourbase1990

4 ай бұрын

@@d.will9359yeah it’s pretty wild , I was in the Marines for some years and loved it , but most wars have nothing to do with defense

@Allyourbase1990

Күн бұрын

@@porkerpete7722yeah it’s weird how wars are pretty much streamed on social media now . I had a handheld camcorder in Afghanistan, but nothing like the quality now

Those huge cannons in this diversity and quality among both sides gives us a image how it is when thunder strikes. Shock waves bursted lungs ripped of limps and pushed solidiers litarilly out of theire clothes . Rest were often found decaying in trees.

@joseestrada6821

3 жыл бұрын

Great u commented on this when I was 5 years old

@ztrisk

3 жыл бұрын

@@joseestrada6821 I was 0 years old

@Dat_one_boi

3 жыл бұрын

@@joseestrada6821 I was 10 years old

@Dat_one_boi

3 жыл бұрын

@@joseestrada6821 11 I mean

@wickedwitness1007

2 жыл бұрын

@@joseestrada6821 Did you do your Homework before going on to KZread!? Lol, Just playing

Nice video!

I had a great ancestor who served in WW1 he came back a changed man and did not talk about it. He was German that served in the US army.

In my village there are many crash jet fighters of WW1. I usually see it whenever I went to my village. And there is one very old man in our village, he is nearly 111 years old. He told me that when he was 5 or 6 years old, he was able to see the WW1. And he has many photos and videos, which is very rare. And that photos and videos are also not available in KZread. He has also seen WW2 and also served as military doctor during WW2.

@jonathanbeck7580

2 жыл бұрын

That is sooo cool if true, truly one of the last remaining witnesses to that period of history. If you could obtain any of his stories or videos, the history community would be most grateful!

@chuzic

2 жыл бұрын

Sad but that's not true, the funny thing about their fuel is that it explodes after 30 years if it will be slightly heated up by sun.

@paulatreides0777

Жыл бұрын

No jets in WW1 😂

@benfield6343

Жыл бұрын

When describing aircraft the word Jet means an aeroplane with a jet propulsion engine. The aircraft you mean were propeller. Jet fighters didn't appear until the latter stages of WW2.

incredible to see the actual wwI being fought... great footage!!!

My great uncle fought on the Western Front for the AIF. He died when i was young, but I'll never forget the result of a bullet wound on his head. Huge depression on the front left-hand side of his head. I know he went through absolute hell, beyond believe that he survived.

Those dudes were smoking pipes while hammering in rail spikes. Just that alone lets you know someone is mythological level hardcore.

We are magnificent at destroying each other, always have been.

@manfredvonrichthofen5501

2 жыл бұрын

Warfare is our speciality

Man's inhumanity to man. Insanity.

My ex wife’s grandfather was there. He lost a lung due to mustard gas. He was a cop in San Francisco after and retired as a small rancher in clear lake California.

Their high spirits in the worst of times makes me give them millions of respect

2:27 The music in this part makes it sound like Doctor Evil is hatching another diabolical plan.

I’ve swung a sledgehammer many times in life and I actually enjoy chopping wood for the fireplace but can you imagine……. Can you imagine swinging a sledgehammer all day on a railroad gang, waking up to do it all over again… and again … and again. God bless those weary souls

@embee187

2 жыл бұрын

I hired on at Canadian Pacific railway in 2007 and spent 12-14 hours a day on a sledgehammer as an extra gang labourer. It's hard work

@philipwurm5121

2 жыл бұрын

@@embee187 Damn man… You must have arms like Popeye !!!

My grandfather was a combat medic & served in France.

Now this is some very old footage, amazing. 2010.

My great-grandfather was 17 when he was deployed to Ferme du Bois. According to my grandmother he was shot in the arm one night during trench patrol and was hospitalised for 6 months. Fortunately he was absent in the Battle of La Lys due to such wounds. La Lys saw the biggest amount of Portuguese casualties in the Great War, so he was rather fortunate at the time. After the war ended and he returned to Portugal, no one (alledgedly) cheered for the soldiers, merely watched. He would persist with his military career, eventually becoming a colonel. He could also allegedly no-scope a chicken from one end to the farm to another. He passed away in the mid 70´s (I believe) under relatively normal circumstances, so I was exceedingly far off from ever meeting him, but he seemed like a pretty epic guy in spite of his past traumas. His sons would engage in combat in the Portuguese Colonial War (which essentially lead a whole generation into conflict). All of them would similarly be injured, but none would perish. Lucky guys.

This is what governments do to their people

My grandfather was in the first world war. He didn’t tell very many stories about it and nothing about the battles. He just told about when he had had diphtheria it was in the hospital. I wish I’d known enough to ask him more questions about what he did in the war and where he was.

@torpedodropkick59

Жыл бұрын

Look up the national archives for more information!

My late uncle. Served as an infantry private in WWl. As a child. He would always tell me the same story, about the war. How the Salvation Army crawled on their bellies to bring them coffee beans and cigarettes to the front. And his appreciation for that. That's maybe the only story to tell a young boy. Or the only story he wanted to recall. Given the horror he must have seen. God bless him RIP

Soldier: *peeks out of the trench* *Leans back down without a helmet* Soldier: "yo, you got another helm bro"

Respect for the cameraman

Excellent Video.

Thank you for your service

my grandfather went through that hell when he was 18 years old. can you imagine a farm boy being subject to the front lines. most wars are just BS, it is all for the war machine and politicians, a good soldier does what he is told to do. i do not blame the soldiers. i blame the politicians at the time who executed this madness.

Right the UK allies had 19,700 dead and 60,000 causalities all together in 6 hours on the first day of the somme.

@alastair9446

2 жыл бұрын

More deaths than Vietnam than 17 years of vietnam, more deaths than 20 years of Afganistan.

I saw this in my recommendations... Fitting.

Europe was hell on earth till 50s. They overcame those traumatic era. Today it looks nothing compared to previous century. Europe is really a dynamic continent.

Pretty cool these soldiers were allowed to bring GoPro cameras to battle so we could get a firsthand account of WW1 from different viewpoints

@cagrangersealninja3720

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. It's crazy that everything was in black and white though. Thank God after the war everything turned to color though

@TheTherealbadboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@cagrangersealninja3720 I find it amazing that they were so enthusiastic back then, they basically ran all the time.. nobody walked around slowly like we do today

Saw this in the 1960s. Made a great impression on me. Have had a keen interest in history and in particularly military history ever since.

@uncle7215

Жыл бұрын

what documentary is it?

@hughmckendrick3018

Жыл бұрын

@@uncle7215 The Great War. 1964 BBC documentary series.

@uncle7215

Жыл бұрын

@@hughmckendrick3018 thank you! It’s on KZread as well it seems. Will give it a watch.

This camera quality is better than camera cctv in bank

And today, nothing has changed.

A pointless four-year atrocity perpetuated by an aristocracy at no meaningful risk to themselves. Millions died for nothing. How much better is humanity now? I would assert not one iota.

@kylerobb8066

2 жыл бұрын

Humans are gonna human dude. The only thing that ever changes is the efficiency with which we kill each other unfortunately.

@unassistedsuicide2243

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylerobb8066 Here’s hoping that we finish the job sooner than later👍

@Metusalem979

2 жыл бұрын

Not true. Willy lost an Empire, Franz Ferdinand was a victim, The whole tsar family got butchered. More of a confluence of really, really bad institutions, and desicions, all over the board.

Such a massive waste of life. This planet is literally a meat grinder.

@thegutdiver

2 жыл бұрын

that’s life bud animals go to war everyday

This footage is a total masterpiece,we all have WW2 clips and its well documented unlike WW1 whose footages are like a pinch of salt in the flour.

The camera man never dies

It always amazes me how much manpower and expense is wasted on war when all that effort could have been put into building schools, hospitals, housing, roads and bridges. Magnificent cities could be created instead of destroying lives and property.

@phillipellison4758

2 жыл бұрын

this should be the 1st comment on the thread .

@purprx9128

2 жыл бұрын

Nah but war creates new technology that help human development. As messed up as it is…. it’s the harsh truth. For example, the radar was invented in ww2 for the war effort.

@willyreeves319

2 жыл бұрын

but, what if the other guy is better at making things and you are better at destroying things?

@violentnexus3563

2 жыл бұрын

to be fair, without these wars in history, we wouldn't have been able to get this far. The world wouldn't have the internet, no space race, and colonial empires would just fight each other endlessly for supremacy.

@PabloRuizMega

Жыл бұрын

i have seen movies about the german version of world war 1 i noticed german soldiers they did not speak english when they talked to people in france during the occupation they really did when they wanted to get women sometimes they used english and not french the movies were american movies telling the german side of world war 1 english was not used much as communication back then

The trenches look like open graves

@SirSaladAss

2 жыл бұрын

They were graves, in all but name.

Its so unbelievable to me that this war happened and then another even worse one

My grandfather lost two brothers in France. He wasn't old enough to remember either of them.

My Great great grandfather fought in the Western front on the British side (He is a Gurkha) and told his stories to my grandfather and that's how it was passed down to me, It's crazy to think how many people lost their lives in this war....RIP to all who fought🙏

@deedt8279

2 жыл бұрын

No GOD. We all are Energy and if you can concentrate hard with your mind you can become spiritual enough to move objects and even lift up your body in air. Ancient people did that. If they can keep secrets by not telling to Jewish people facts and fed those lies that they are moving them to work somewhere else. They can keep their own secrets of escape plan. Those who have worked in war as soldiers they are trained that way. Hitler was a commando. Those conscripted may evade service, sometimes by leaving the country, and seeking asylum in another country. That is why many Muslim countries asylum came to America, or went to different countries. Himmler was using Hitlers Name to portrait Hitler for those crime which actually was Himmler's deed. Certain documents were saved to prove that it was Himmler's signatures where found and NO EVIDANCE AGAINST HITLER WERE FOUND. I remember George Bush, out of blue moon attacked on Sandam Hussain and invade their country with an armed force. While people said that he had a carpet of Bush face which he was stepping on and entering in his office. Which Bush did not like. George Bush is living till this date and he is not considered as a criminal. Secret Service protecting U.S. political leaders, and their families. That is not true Hitler wanted to do good for Germany. Hitler expanded his German territory to almost whole of Europe by 1939-42 But his own people and some Jewish people betray him and many people were tired of war since long. Plus his Army many were fighting since long time and his army reduced a lot so they had to bring troops from Africa, Philippines, etc...His mistake was to attack on Hawaii and made USA by force to enter WW-II. This ultimately made him loose. The law of war is who so ever is not supporting the country where they are leaving and go against it, becomes enemies of that country. In this case Jewish were leaving in Germany they should be loyal and patriotic to the country which gives them lively hood. When opposite party troops are caught in wars are considered as POW. And Civilians who are not faithful to their own country are also POW. Hello My POST is based on that time of the era News Papers and some research of mine. Hitler was a fighter and that is why he had many nick name " Fuehrer" and his title was Chancellor of the German Reich. He never attempt to do suicide so HOW can you say that his personality was like a suicides' - As if you knew him personally. My post is without any assumptions and opinions or advice of mine. He was portrait wrong by many of his close circle. I can see that it is possible. Because in general people do not discuss the fact they only discuss their personal opinions and wrong assumptions of theirs which carries out and it becomes big and general public starts taking laws in their hands. and blames Hitler. Jewish people must have hated him and that is why they must have given him wrong accusations. WATCH Video about - " Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | Full Movie " on youtube.. They have never found any documents where Hitler is giving Those Cruel or extreme Orders. NO EVIDANCE FOUND. Hitler own quotes " IF YOU TELL A BIG ENOUGH LIE AND TELL FREQUENTLY ENOUGH, IT WILL BE BELIVED." Which means his death lies were told for many years and people now believed it. Since long now he is dead of old age, Now it does not matter if the truth comes out. But they will not because Politician will never be believed. IF I tell you that "you are half-witted” that would be assumption on you without knowing you or my Opinion imposing on you. But when you call that it is an opinion = "Hitler was a fighter". It is not an Opinion. Fighter = means here warier. He wanted his own Germany to win. Even now when you travel around Europe they have Jewish, Muslim, and Christian quarters ever since 17th century or even prior to that. And I know what Fuhrer means a Leader. But He was loyal to his country. That is why till this date Muslim countries are still fighting. Look at few years ago Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel still has things going on. Recently I remember Few Years ago Trump said publicly that call " your country Palestine" and over their people started fighting and took out weapons against each other. It is still happening. Stupid people are existing. If you do not know the deepest history - there were many cruel officers such as Himmler, Amon Goeth and many more carried out a cynical manipulation of Hitler 's commands. Even Germans were wearing bands of swastikas' and if Jewish were asked to wear "David's Star" nothing wrong in it. But Jewish did not want to fight for Germany then in that case they become POW. That is the "Law of War". But that does not mean that civilians should also to be mistreated. NO, many wrong things were carried out in a very wrong way against them. So when you write all Germans what they did during that time is an assumption. Everywhere in the world there are some Good and Bad people exist. Bad are so evil that those who are good and wants to do good they are either killed them and or silent them [going on since long Jesus being killed by Jewish. ] Till today people tend to follow lies faster than facts.

@SCHATTENJGGER

2 жыл бұрын

Respect to him💪✊

That guy on the bottom left at 9:57 probably didn't make it.

@yourmomxd2494

7 жыл бұрын

Rupert Repulsive shit that made me sad

@sdcard7129

6 жыл бұрын

Rupert Repulsive good eye

@Comander311

4 жыл бұрын

None on that trench made it :(

@meatisburger2

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a re-enactment. Most WW1 footage is re-enactments done in the twenty’s. The cameras were hand cranked. When you see footage from above a trench you can’t really believe that a camera crew would be able to expose themselves to such intense fire, keep the camera still, and operate its hand cranked mechanism... all the while being the only target on top of the trench. You can look it up yourselves.

@lilporky8565

2 жыл бұрын

@@meatisburger2 Yeah, I don't know why I didn't realize this 4 years ago.

The sheer fact we have footage of this is enough to scare me. The men who survived these battles arent even alive anymore and yet here we see them.

I remember 2 Great War veterans who I knew when I was young. They both had bullet scars from German rifle fire. They were amazing to talk too I wish I knew more to ask them .