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@mufidaltsaqib4483

7 ай бұрын

​@@thatoneguywhouploads😦

@UsudUsud-ly9qr

7 ай бұрын

Can you make video about Ukraine's population with children going down to extinction😂😂 glory to Russia ukraine is either Russian or nothing

@iamjacksspleen379

7 ай бұрын

Griffin, I'm signed up for AH TV and am wondering if there is an app yet so as to put on my homescreen?

@death-istic9586

7 ай бұрын

Hi.

@iamjacksspleen379

7 ай бұрын

@@death-istic9586 Hello

One thing about the Attack of the Dead Men that really wasn't emphasised is the mixture of chlorine gas and other agents that caused flesh to literally liquefy. The dead men in question weren't just supposed to be dead, they literally looked like putrifying corpses and their refusal to die was inconceivable. As a side note, only one of the dead men managed to survive. I forget the name but he became an artist and poet of some renown.

@fenicz6306

7 ай бұрын

Владислав Максимилианович Стржеминский Vladislav Maximilianovich Strzheminsky

@liammadden7572

7 ай бұрын

@@fenicz6306 Thanks/Спасибо, добрый сэр

@audeyrpgm3434

7 ай бұрын

@@liammadden7572seeing that always makes me think of cheese - sorry, couldn’t resist the comment sir

@hebakewolf

7 ай бұрын

And That is when the dead men are marching back again, Osoiec then and again

@giacomomoschiano2761

7 ай бұрын

@@hebakewolf attack of the dead, hundred men

Making this video’s length exactly 19:17 is the kind of attention to detail that makes this channel great

@Espen.Johannesen

7 ай бұрын

at 13:36 there is a modern map on the wall? With Czeckkia and Slowakia split and Königsberg/Kaliningrad as an enclave ?

@sr7129

7 ай бұрын

Damn mine is 19:16

@NebulaHasADigBick

7 ай бұрын

1916!@@sr7129

@turanturkistan

7 ай бұрын

​@@Espen.Johannesentsar nick the time traveller

@Black-Sun_Kaiser

7 ай бұрын

19:16 for me also

Russian history of ww1 is rarely talked about in the world, also it hurts seeing all the nations that were in it that are largely forgotten, thanks armchair historian!

@rtasvadam1776

7 ай бұрын

It seems as WW1 as a whole is overshadowed by the sequel

@poisonousbadge126

7 ай бұрын

@@rtasvadam1776 HAHA, im glad the russians(spoiler, soviets) improved then.

@nbewarwe

7 ай бұрын

What do you mean? Every history class I've attended since middle school talked about Russia joining the war and falling into revolution as a result. It may not sound like much, but it's the same amount of detail given to the Lusitania and America joining the war.

@poisonousbadge126

7 ай бұрын

@@nbewarwe Not where im from, it depends on your nation.

@nbewarwe

7 ай бұрын

@@poisonousbadge126 Where are you from then? Here in the southern US, we all learn about WW1, Russia's one of the main nations we're required to remember for tests, and we all learn they left because of the Revolution by at least middle school. It may not sound like much, but keep in mind ww1 is only given a week of coverage to make time for the rest of history.

Love how you view past wars from all perspectives giving us insight into the mindset on both sides in what they were thinking and what their people were feeling

@dontspeaktoelectrohead1491

7 ай бұрын

Not always, his video on the Spanish Civil War was completely biased in favor of the Republicans. He complained about the execution of captured enemy combatants during a Civil War as "warcrimes" but completely ignored everything the Republicans did, only giving it a small footnote that explains nothing.

@user-pf3kv4bv5s

7 ай бұрын

Well actually it's still from the American perspective, but just a little more objective

@CoyoteH

7 ай бұрын

Just be glad that the Goodguys always won... xD

@APersonOnYouTubeX

7 ай бұрын

@@CoyoteHgood guys always win History is always grey After all, the victors decide the future of our morals and therefore, what is right and wrong

@saccorhytus

7 ай бұрын

@@APersonOnKZreadXworld isn’t as grey as you think

I love you show the often ignored sides of the significant events of history. When people talk about World War I, they almost always focus on the trenches of the Western Front, when the Eastern Front was a massive theater involving some of the major powers of Europe.

@robertjarman3703

7 ай бұрын

And forget about the Libyan Front, the submarine war, the Salonika Front and the Austrian and Bulgarian advance into Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania, the Japanese conquest of the German colonies in the Pacific and China, the Mesopotamian Front, the Caucusus Front, the Entente occupation of Iran that killed two million people, basically all of Africa in general, the contributions of Thailand and Portugal on the Entente side, the Italian Front, the naval race between the Ottonans and Austo-Hungarians vs the Italians, French, and the Royal Navy, and then consider the war to be over in 1918 with near absolute disregard for the war left after excluding maybe Mussolini's march on Rome and the Beer Hall Putsch.

@nathanseper8738

7 ай бұрын

@@robertjarman3703 Yep, those are important too!

@cheesecheese6459

7 ай бұрын

I think france and gallipoli

@someone862

7 ай бұрын

A lot more people perished in eastern european marshes and plains than you think

Now I really want a Russian civil war video because it’s so interesting

@scottanno8861

7 ай бұрын

Especially the Czech legion stuck on the transiberian railroad fighting their way to the coast

@kajo509

7 ай бұрын

@@scottanno8861 Czehoslovak legion

@Carpediem357

7 ай бұрын

Considering many of the Etente allies fought against the Bolshivek Red Army I wanna hear what all exactly caused them to fight

@footisman2059

7 ай бұрын

@@Carpediem357Anti-communism and the fact that they stopped the war, while the whites were likely to help fight central powers.

@fedyx1544

7 ай бұрын

​@@Carpediem357 the same reason that everybody in Europe declared war on France after the French Revolution, they did not want the revolution to spread.

Imagine leaving a world war just to get into a civil war

@mitrogulf4073

7 ай бұрын

Well, if we look at the sequence completely, then one of the reasons why the civil war began was also because the Soviets seized the government (which already outraged many because not everyone voted for them) and came to “peace” by signing a derogatory peace with which those who fought at that time did not agree moment the regiments, who, although they were tired, were simply dumbfounded by what the new government went to for the sake of peace, it rather sounded in their heads like this

@Eldar-sy2vw5hm9x

6 ай бұрын

​@@mitrogulf4073 всё было куда сложнее. Если упрощать и брать в пример армию, то офицеры подписанию мира недовольны, а солдаты были очень рады .

@LAFC.

5 ай бұрын

It was inevitable as soon the Czar and Russian autocracy were removed from power.

@Azog150

3 ай бұрын

Countries/kingdoms/empires descending into civil war after losing major wars is a fairly common theme throughout history.

@REGIMENT157

3 ай бұрын

China

These perspectives really help me see the scope of the war. Glad to finally see the Russian perspective on this one!

@yourboishitposts

7 ай бұрын

Same

@UsudUsud-ly9qr

7 ай бұрын

Glory to Russia

@idkman5889

7 ай бұрын

You mean the Orc's perspective?

@YourSocialistAutomaton

7 ай бұрын

​@@idkman5889average racist nazi supporter

@SkFrvr

7 ай бұрын

@@UsudUsud-ly9qr💀💀

Another fine addition to the perspective series. It's honestly one of my favorite series on KZread

@UsudUsud-ly9qr

7 ай бұрын

Agreed I love Russia very much im from Russia its the best country in the world

@SteveInLava

7 ай бұрын

​​@@UsudUsud-ly9qrIndeed, Russia is the best at being logistically and tactically incompetent during wartime when it lauches an offensive at other countries!

@fox_rblx9391

7 ай бұрын

​@@UsudUsud-ly9qrI wouldn't say best imo since putin. But it is very beautiful nation, wish I could go there

@giorgijioshvili9713

7 ай бұрын

@@UsudUsud-ly9qr no

@UsudUsud-ly9qr

7 ай бұрын

@@SteveInLava so ukraine being annihilated and going to extinction is a bad war? We will see what you will say when they will reveal their casualties

Man that domino scene at the beginning sent a chill down my spine, once it starts there's no stopping it, absolutely terrifying

@JonMartinYXD

7 ай бұрын

There was enough time and opportunities to stop it. What was missing was someone of sufficient stature to say "hold on, let's all just turn down the rhetoric, roll back any mobilizations, and talk plainly about what our intentions are".

@game_boyd1644

7 ай бұрын

@@JonMartinYXD Even if it didn't happen then, it would have still happened at some other point later down the line. There were just too many material, political, social and economic contradictions.

@JonMartinYXD

6 ай бұрын

@@game_boyd1644 True. Without some large scale changes - eg. ending the naval arms race, abolishing monarchies, decolonization, etc. - matches would continue to get lit and eventually one of them would start the fire.

I've been dying to learn more about "All Quiet on the Eastern Front". I wonder how different Germans and Russians fighting each other were, and how similiar aspects of trench warfare remained the same.

@Rokaize

7 ай бұрын

Well the average soldier on the ground on each side is going to have a lot in common probably. They are facing very similar conditions and stressors. And feel the same emotions when their friends are wounded or killed and the same fear of dying and not seeing their families again. And are generally lower/blue collar/working class men. The eastern front of ww1 didn’t have hardly any of what we’d call trench warfare. It was a very fast paced conflict with a lot of rapid movement. Not a whole lot of sitting around in trenches for months on end. So that would be a drastic difference in experiences

@josephstalin9357

7 ай бұрын

It's called And quite flows the Don

@Eldar-sy2vw5hm9x

7 ай бұрын

Советую почитать "Тихий Дон " - роман-эпопею Михаила Шолохова, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. Там описаны жизнь и события донского казака Григория Мелехова (главного героя) : мирное время, Первая Мировая война, Гражданская война, Послевоенная жизнь .

@michaelwarenycia7588

6 ай бұрын

It wasn't just the Germans vs the Russians. I'm Ukrainian. My great grandfather was on the eastern front in the Austro-Hungarian army. At least in our part of the country, we saw ourselves as very different from the Russians although we got along with with the Germans. One of my cousins still has a zippo-style cigarette lighter a German officer gave him as a gift. They treated us very well. By contrast, the Russians were brutish savages who looted, raped and tried to ban our language and identity (even though they were busy fighting a war). For me, Ernst Junger's perspective is much more accurate than All Quiet on the Western front. I've read both. It's a different perspective when you're defending your home and family versus being an aimless, urban aesthete as Remarque seems to have been, who doesn't care about his country or people and just wants to enjoy the high life in the capital, and who was conscripted (contrary to the book, he wasn't an eager volunteer hoodwinked by propaganda) into a war which he felt (with some good justification) was for nothing but bankers and politician's pride. So, I'm not saying it's wrong for the western front but here was different. And is different today. I don't know what German soldiers thought but for us it was an existential struggle for survival. Neither my great grandfather (based on what relatives tell me; I never met him) nor my grandfather, who fought against the Russians in the next war, ever expressed the kind of sentiments like oh, all war is stupid, or oh, we were all just helpless pawns and those guys on the other side were no different from us, or, oh, I wish I'd never fought. They hated the enemy in the opposite trenches to the end of their days. With very good reason, as we see today.

The Brusilov Offensive isn't even mentioned at all, it is always about Verdun and the 100 days offensive, a shame Russia's participation in WW1 is largely forgotten.

@condelevante4

7 ай бұрын

It is presented here at 13:12

@haotatyan

7 ай бұрын

​@@condelevante4i think he meant in general not in the video

@condelevante4

7 ай бұрын

@@haotatyan Oh well then I agree. The offensive was very close to knocking AH out of the war in 1916 and had the other generals cooperated they may well have succeeded. Had that happened Germanys position is untenable. History changes.

@vesy19791979

7 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? It will take another 5 years and the West will not remember who made the most significant contribution to the victory over fascism!

@michaelwarenycia7588

6 ай бұрын

Not forgotten here (in Ukraine). My great grandfather was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. He was captured and sent to Siberia when the Russians occupied our town (in Galicia) and gave us a taste of the brutal rule which they'd come back to impose again a generation later. His village held a funeral for him, because it was inconceivable that one could survive such conditions, but, somehow, he made it back and showed up several months later. His son, my grandfather, fought the Russians in the next war.Brusilov was no hero. He also switched to the Bolshevik side after 1917 and used his persuasive influence to convince many experienced czarist officers to join in for the Polish -Soviet war. This was a good idea (from the Russian perspective), and, thanks to their relative success, although my family's home remained free, the Russians were able to capture the city where I currently live and inflict the Holodomor on it a decade later. Very convenient for them, as they gained much land and nice apartments in this beautiful place. Now, I'm here as the Russians are back to their old playbook. Yes, I'm a bit emotional about it, but you would be too if they were sending missiles at you and murdering your neighbors.

I will add that Alexey Brusilov's tactics have not been forgotten. It was used in the future by the Soviet army in offensive operations of 1944-1945.

I love how the video length is 19:17.

I find it ironic that @10:08 a German soldier is armed with a Ottoman Mauser 1893 (as evidenced by the magazine cutoff at the side), then @10:12 a Russian soldier is armed with a Gewehr 98 (it has a Lange-Visier rear sight), something the German should be armed with. 14:40 Winchester Model 1895/1915 17:35 I like the animation here.

@FIVEBASKET

7 ай бұрын

The Winchester is historically accurate but I assume you already know from how you typed the correct name

@ariqabia5036

7 ай бұрын

It's really weird, but Simple History is more inaccurate

@slavic_viking9638

7 ай бұрын

The Russian probably did a little thing called "using weapons captured by the enemy because they are better" and the German would be "using weapons sent by allies as support"

@Tom-2142

Ай бұрын

@@slavic_viking9638the Germans weren’t short of weapons and needing Ottoman help, it was the other way around, German civilian and military industrial might dwarfed the tiny specks that the ottomans had, the Ottoman Mauser was, as the name implies, a German rifle.

The quality of animations has really seen an improvement. Keep up the good work!

One of the best history channels out there hands down

7:17 City name is not Barsumi. It's Batumi.

It's a battle between the armchair historian and Kings and Generals as the best history channel on KZread by far.

@slavic_viking9638

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget Epic history TV

@kulrul9180

7 ай бұрын

Kings and generals got too much political and biased in current war

@slavsupreme5129

7 ай бұрын

The Operations Room

@Neversa

7 ай бұрын

​@@kulrul9180so you support russian fascists?

@kulrul9180

7 ай бұрын

@@Neversa I don't like overdramatization of War. Russians don't create concentration camps, don't do mass sloughtering of civilians don't wage propaganda against Ukrainian people. It's like any other war in history bigger one wants resources of smaller

I watched a lot of historical chanels and i can say this is really good chanel in production. It's interesting to watch and to listen to

Great video as always! The format "War from the perspective of a certain country" is very interesting! It is especially gratifying to see Russia's point of view.

As for the Battle at Osoweic Fortress, not only were they coughing up blood but because of the mixture of chemicals used they were also coughing up bits of their own lungs. It's definitely something interested, how when they were all supposed to dead, some literally refused to die and went on the attack.

@nvelsen1975

7 ай бұрын

A fine example of Russian religious mythology about their supposed 'racial supremacy' that never happened in reality. (because biology doesn't care about any delusions of grandeur)

The animation in your videos has gotten incredibly good! Can't wait to see its future progression!

Music is amazing. It gives me some sort of tension or immersion. Keep going Armchair Historian.

It’s really awesome seeing you go back to World War One! Griffin! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I think it would be really cool if you did a video on the Brusilov Offenaive, it’s an important offensive in the war that isn’t really covered much on KZread, and it would be interesting seeing you cover it with your style and narration

That’s great . I always believed that the eastern front in World War One is heavily ignored due to the lack of trench warfare compared to the western front. A huge half of the war that I didn’t know as much about .

You guys and your videos are extremely high quality, you’ve really been shafted by KZread and it’s algorithm for a while.

Would love to see more WW1 content! Keep up the great work!

“Within four months they were running low on ammunition and material” The more things change the more things stay the same.

@johanbjorkman1914

7 ай бұрын

Tf are you talking about?

@OperatorMax1993

7 ай бұрын

​@@johanbjorkman1914history repeating itself with the Ukraine war

@placeholder4988

7 ай бұрын

@@OperatorMax1993 Gotta love how the media is reporting that missiles are about to run out since a year or so but they keep firing them

@crsmith6226

7 ай бұрын

@@placeholder4988 they’re not “about to run out” as Russia is constantly making more. What they are doing is running consistently low and their production can not keep up with demand.

@kalebthehistorian5928

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, and Ukraine is about to run out of men some time next year unless Poland intervenes.

You've been killing it lately!

Really enjoyed this condensed but highly interesting , informative, well narrated documentary.

I love these WW1 Perspective, wish you can do more WW1 content😁

One thing Armchair forgot to mention was the Russian Expeditionary Force fighting in the Western front in WW1 thousands of Russians went to France from 1916 until the war ended in 1918 Russia contribution in the Western front doesn't get talk about it's sad

Thank you for the amazing uploads :)

I really loved some of the little historical details. Forgotten Weapons approved, there are 1895 Winchester rifles. These lever actions were sold to Russia.

17:14 Desertion and disobedience started after February revolution and before the Kerensky Offensive, when the Petrograd Soviet declared an infamous «Order No. 1». This order was issued only for the Petrograd garrison, but then all soldiers, including those on the fronts, learned about it. And because of that the collapse of army started. Kerensky offensive was a failure because of the low morale and disobedience. This failure finished the army entirely.

Wow you make so great videos keep up the great work!

Ironic how WW1 was called "the war to end all wars" only for WW2 to happen

@thea6573

7 ай бұрын

Well they think this war make so much destruction and suffering huge casualty no one really want others war they wrong.

@greg_mca

7 ай бұрын

The peace treaty hadn't even been signed before fighting escalated again in Russia, the baltics, Finland, Romania, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, the Caucasus, and even in Germany with its constant uprisings and attempted revolutions. I doubt anyone believed for a second that the wars would end, especially when most of them started the instant the previous one stopped

@skyprior3866

4 күн бұрын

​@@thea6573given the allied strategy diplomatically towards Germany, yeah they hooked they wouldn't have to go to war again

@thea6573

4 күн бұрын

@@skyprior3866 agreed

great video, i was waiting for this

I’ve been waiting for this!!!

I think this is where the armchair historian shines. Not with the nth video on Dday, but with the smaller, lesser known aspects of history.

@mnemonicpie

7 ай бұрын

Based

I love how you have an RPK 74 leaning against the mantle. It's perfect.

Thanks so much, such an underrepresented part of the conflict which I had so many questions about!

Finally, Something About WW1.. I'm Glad Y'all Are Doing These Again, I Needed To See This

@9:02 FunFact: Tsar Nicholas II consulted, or rather was praying to the Romanov Family Patron Saint Icon, when he felt he heard a voice, advising him to take command of the army. That’s basically how Nicky, as he was called by relatives, caused the end of his over 300-year family dynasty.

@bjehulk

7 ай бұрын

It was the Devil deceiving him so that a path to Godless communism could be paved

Love how you design your video keep it up. 👌

I really enjoy that you included the Russian Lever Actions, pretty neat "easter egg"

Prince Felix Yusupov was the man responsible for pulling the trigger on Rasputin. He didn't go that easily either. They did a number of things to finish him off.

As always the best history channel here. No bias, straight to the point, covering most important events and well spoken 👌

thanks for posting your content! 🤘

Have you ever considered joining the Mapping Community? I love the style of your "bird's eye view" with frontlines and units

Awesome video keep up the good work! A suggestion I also have is to make "WW1 from the Bulgarian perspective". I think it would be quite interesting!

loving this new focus of videos on topics other than ww2, and the level of detail and excellent animations. top notch.

I would love to watch more ww1 content from your team❤

the quality in this video is insane especially with the sound design

Thank you Griffen I’ve been asking for a Great War Russian perspective video but never thought it would happen 😂❤🎉

Aaand thats when the dead men are merching again, agaaaaain

Fantastic video, youre doing a great service

i love you art style its cartoony but realistic at the same time

Yes, thanks for uploading this. I feel as if this topic in WW1 isn't talked about enough, even though it's historically very important.

Love the video but missed some key points about the peace between Germany and Russia. Germany asked for a TON of land in trade for peace. Russia said no. Germany went on a major offensive and took TONS of land in just weeks. Lennon was forced to take an even WORSE deal.

The animations are brutally good. Very educational video

I wasn't expecting that 3D domino animation. Kudos!

If the Russians had a backward army with poor weapons, then what should they call the French/British troops? The Russians fought on the borders of the country at the beginning of the war. The French fled to Paris deep into the country's interior. And later in 1916, the Russians would send the Expeditionary Force of the Russian Army in France and Greece of 400,000 people to save the Western Front.

@Mentol_

6 ай бұрын

Приоритет фронтов у Германии? Не, не слышал. А потери в брусиловской операции нужно смотреть по документам (нелипович), а не в Википедии.

As an aspiring historian of the Great War-my specific focus is the Eastern Front as well as the Balkan Front-content in my niche is unfortunately difficult to find, but this video was a fantastic exception!!! Thank you for reaffirming my love for this period in history!

@ljubicica7102

7 ай бұрын

Content for all fronts besides the Western Front seems to be comparatively sparse (in English-language works, anyway). I’ve encountered similar difficulties with the Italian Front as well. I’m always glad to see content for the lesser-discussed areas of the war!

I think perspectives on WW1 would gain a lot of views, a great vid as always

That domino animation was beautiful

A vid on the Soviet-Afghan war would be so awesome

Great WW1 video, thank you. We need more WW1 videos, because WW1 is very forgotten.

@nikita1578

7 ай бұрын

She has not been forgotten in Russia. In fact, this is the very moment when the non-monolithic nature of society is most visible. Everyone looks differently. From monarchists to Stalinists, different parts of the political spectrum. My great-grandfather fought for Nicholas, but when the war ended he did not go to fight with the “whites” (monarchists). He did not go to fight for the Reds (Soviet). He did not go to fight for the black guard (anarchists). "I don't care, I don't care, I'm tired of fighting, I don’t know anything, my house is on the edge. My house is small, the stove is small, But not the official one, but our own legal one. You are Erema, I am Foma, you give me your word, I am those two, And I’ll stuff your piece of paper with makhorka. You are the people and I am the people, and my darling is waiting for me at home, I’ll come and agitate her. Glory to you, Lord, I shot enough, For my sweetie, I’ll leave some strength. I don't care, I don't care, I'm tired of fighting, We were soldiers, and now we’re going home. "(old song, translated into English as best I could, selected analogues for outdated words, which, however, are still used)

@trevorphilips3724

7 ай бұрын

@@nikita1578 bro tell me just one documentary in russian language to see ww1 eastern front?

@nikita1578

7 ай бұрын

@@trevorphilips3724 "A bullet whizzed by and hit me in the chest. I escaped in the steppe on a dashing horse But the commissar got me with his saber I swayed and fell off my horse Hey, oh my black horse! Hey, it's a steel sawn-off shotgun! Hey, thick fog! Hey, oh yes, Father Ataman, yes Father Ataman!" (song Чиж & Co, the text was written in the 70s, song in 90s)

Awesome Video! Keep up the great work. A suggestion I have Is to maybe go Into the battle at Verdun and the Somme, as well as WW1 from the Japanese Perspective, as I feel the Asian theater of the war Isn’t really talked about. Once again, great work!

Watched whole video - truly epic! And cool to see finally Brusilov offensive at 13:20

Love these videos keep up the good work guys!

Great video I’d love to see a video on the opium wars in the future as they have been mentioned a lot in past videos but never really truly covered

I was not aware of the brutal infighting within the Empire, other than the revolution. Thanks for another great video

Great work. Thanks 😊

I really like these WW1 perspective videos, hope there will be more of them coming in the future.

Love your content oh wise armchair historian. I have a big request. I teach 8th grade U.S. History and would love an animated video on Bunker Hill or the whole American Revolution. No big time movie or live action series has ever done Bunker Hill, so video clips are hard to come by that are decent for my kids. Was hoping you could deliver on this and make a cool visual for all students.

Would it be possible for you to do a video about the battle of Rschew? One of the bloodiest battles of WW2, but also a forgotten one.

Hello Griffin. I always remember AJP Taylor's idea that the dependence on horse transport and lack of fodder for horses crippled the Russian war effort. This logistical "defeat" does not easily translate to a cartoon that is as exciting for an audience, but AJP was entertaining as a story teller. I recommend "How Wars Begin" TV series to anyone who has not seen it. I mentioned it at work, years back, only for a colleague that sat next to me to explain he had been bullied into playing chess by AJP when he went to visit someone at a university and was waiting for them.

Love how the time of the end of this video is the same year the Russian army signed a ceasefire with the German Empire

This video being 19.17 minutes long is just perfect

AMAZING VIDEO!!!

Please please please do more ww1 content ITS the best series you do!

If only Brusilov Offensive achieved its goals.

@keaganscott9808

7 ай бұрын

It was one of the most successful offensives of the war, at least up until then, broke static warfare on the eastern front and nearly knocked AH out of the fight. Tsar Nicholas significantly limited it, but I don’t think it’s fair to say it failed. It diverted attention to the east away from verdun, helped cause German army leader Falkenhayn to lose his job and led to Romania entering the war, even if that was a double edged sword. It is hard to imagine brusilovs offensive as being that much more successful, especially since any joint offensives would fall to generals like Evert who had pretty bad records. The Russians poured in a few million men into a fairly narrow front with poor logistics. And they also suffered more than a million casualties. The brusilov offensive may have given Russia the boost to stay in the war a bit longer, but there wasn’t much way of winning it short of another million casualties on both sides and somehow keeping momentum going across the Vistula and carpathians.

@doctor2704

7 ай бұрын

But it achieved most of them

HECK YEAH BOYS ANOTHER WW1 EPISODE

Another great video. I have never heard of the “attack of the dead men” before.

The part about Brest-Litowsk could have been way more elaborate. Those negotiations where harsh and the Bolsheviks refusing to sign concessions with the Entente eventually led to the Soviet-Union losing even more land.

14:55 I love the detail of military Winchester rifles, Russia did get Winchester 1895s in their armies.

@castercamber

7 ай бұрын

Yup, good eye.

Can you please make a video about Russian Civil War? It is complicated, yet interesting period of Russian and Eastern Europe history. Thanks

Lez goo, wasn't expecting a banger today

Could you please add a date of the event being described at the bottom? That would be a helpful detail.

the fact that the video is 19:17 minutes long

The unfortunate truth is that there was never really a good way for Russia to win the war. Maybe if they'd stuck to defensive strategies, but even then, thats no guarantee. The Russian Army was vast, but plagued with incompetence and shortcomings, it's logistics were completely obsolete, and it's High Command, like every great power at the time, didn't understand the realities of the war they were fighting anymore. Worse than all of that though, the Russian Economy really couldn't handle a full scale war. Those bread riots did a lot to undermine the Tsars power on their own.

@merafirewing6591

6 ай бұрын

If the Tsar had prioritized on logistics and the welfare of his people and loyal subjects, would things have gone differently?

Wow! Amazing! Thanks so much!

Cool video! Could you make a video about King Albert1 and Belgium during ww1? I find that there heroic fighting in the war are to often overlooked.

For better or worse this actually did set the stage for what would come years later.

Great to see new content, WW1 stories are always the best🫡

This background music sounds so similar to the sad song in FullMetal alchemist. Really cool stuff

Please please please do a video on the hardly ever talked about defense of fort vaux within the Verdun campaign in WW1. That specific chapter, is in my opinion one of the single most horrific moments within the collective human experience