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@EricHamm

2 жыл бұрын

HIstoryHit huh, Seems pretty dubious with licensing. There is no way this an original HistoryHit publication. So why not put in the details what the original show is called or credit the publication? Little Dot Studios manages licenses, but it is really messed up to not list the original broadcaster and producers so people can buy them or watch them at their original source. Not a fan of this shady licensing practice you and littledot got going on.

@NorwayT

Жыл бұрын

SHAME ON YOU! What on Earth is the meaning with blurring scenes of the result of battle? You are taking away from the Sacrifice of the Brave, the Wounded and the Dead. And ultimately, you a GLORIFYING War, which is the last resort in Human Conflicts. Something we must all be prepared for to the degree it has a preventive effect, but something we must also strive to avoid to the degree it is possible. It is a shameful act to censor all the facets of war, and only leave the "nice" bits. And it is also deeply disrespectful to the war photographers who put their lives on the line to document this for posterity. SHAME ON YOU!

@stephengreen8206

Жыл бұрын

What? More altered videos..

@yeetuscheetus4786

9 ай бұрын

d😅 1:33:20 o you

@kenownbey

9 ай бұрын

@@EricHamm😊

I was educated to read history. Then I was trained to work in the field of historiography. So why have I watched and listened to this series over and over so many times. Well, for one thing, Dr. Reynolds is a charismatic and supremely articulate presenter. And he interjects some very ribald comments. Moreover, the questions he raises in this series are parsed in subtle terms that must be digested and understood in their complexity. I think the core of what he wants to project is expressed in some of his first words in Part-I. He says we are "stuck in the trenches". The way we reflect on WW I is a 'caricature'. Thereafter, things become more complicated - or maybe I'm just slow on the uptake. Well done professor! I wish you would do more work of this kind and quality!!

@landsea7332

5 ай бұрын

Recommend watching his presentation on the Yalta Conference . .

This is great. My great uncle fought in ww1. I'm here in America and I'm 60. He died in the 50s before I was born, but my grandmother told me some great stories about him and how he had nightmares and would drink himself into a stupor at times because of the horrors of that war he couldn't erase from his mind. It's interesting how since nuclear weapons can kill even the leaders the same leaders are suddenly the peace makers when they need to be!

@nikofourteen-karretgold459

2 жыл бұрын

XF ...aal

@nostrildamusss

7 ай бұрын

That last sentence regarding nuclear weapons being able to kill leaders… is absurdly obvious yet rarely observed or recognised in my own and I imagine many others trains of thought and pondering.

@hoosierdaddy2308

7 ай бұрын

@@nostrildamusss absolutely!

@GS-zc4sk

6 күн бұрын

Thank God for The Bomb Ozzy ~

David Reynolds is such a great and engaging presenter. He focuses on specific moments from the past to drive home major arguments and ideas about the First World War, it’s legacy and memory. A great documentary series.

He's a great narrator. He keeps you interested throughout, capturing both the minutiae and grand picture by turns.

@georgebethos7890

2 жыл бұрын

Balls !!!I hate that guy with a passion

@soggybiscotti8425

Жыл бұрын

So is your mum. She loves describing every action meticulously. It's a bit weird but then she screams THAR SHE BLOWS!!! And I get over it pretty quickly

@justlucky8254

Жыл бұрын

@@soggybiscotti8425 edgy. So edgy...

Absolutely love David Reynolds. Every documentary that he hosts is always spectacular. I am also so jealous of him. Think of how many different locations that he got to visit in the making of this series alone? Getting to do that for a living? A dream come true for me.

As a little boy in the fifties I asked Gran pop what was it like,re said medela are in the draw,the memories are in my head and the shrapnel is still in my back...I suppose he was trying to say some things are best left alone..thanks the upload sir.

@murderedbypoguesandparasit8988

2 жыл бұрын

They were tough.

@tdtvegas

2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P🇬🇧🇨🇦

@jonstauber1229

2 жыл бұрын

My Grand Pas lungs were burned out by the gas. He had to move out West from New York. He ended up in the California Desert in a place called Palm Springs when it was really a Desert. He spoke a little about the War just told me of the mud and trench life and how horrible it was!! He was a tough old bird lived till 1984.

@justinmix143

10 ай бұрын

Damn. That's heavy.😳 Those boys were the absolute toughest there ever were. So many that should've grown up and had full lives. Glad your grandpa made it. My great uncle Lian did too. Faught at Belleau Wood, among other places. Came back, ran a farm and a jewelry store in southeast Michigan. But my family always said--he was completely changed and then he came home. The same light wasn't in his eyes anymore. He was infinitely sad. His soul seemed terribly burdened & troubled the rest of his days, and it never went away. But those guys didn't talk about it, like you said. So he suffered his horrifying PTSD in silence the rest of his (long) life. All the friends he left behind in Belgium. No doubt it haunted him forever.

@whiteonggoy7009

10 ай бұрын

@@justinmix143 sad thy never understand ptsd

This was amazing, had my attention the whole time. I will re-watch this!

Professor David Reynolds is an outstanding narrator. I sure hope he gets a raise, so he can buy another suit. He's travelled all over Europe in this one. 😂😂

@user-pt1ow8hx5l

3 ай бұрын

Serious geeks buys four identical suits. Then no time is wasted pondering what to wear.

My Grandfather fought in WW1 on the German side and my father fought in WW2 on the American side what a tangled web we weave.

@colinafobe2152

Ай бұрын

my great grandfather had to fight for AustriaHungary and grandfather fought later on Yugoslavian side. that is why AustriaHungary had to collapse. the dungeon of nations

More than 60 million soldiers fought in "The War to End All Wars". It ended nothing. Yet it changed the world forever. What follows is frontline combat. You are not expected to survive.

@lethalinjectionsquad86

2 жыл бұрын

Secret Societies and the New World Order: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6dqlsasppitnMY.html

@davidwhite4874

2 жыл бұрын

Try "Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War" by Gerry Docherty and Jim Macgregor.

@dennisweidner288

6 ай бұрын

@piercepayumo4212 Not so it prevented the German attempt to dominate Europe. Only the pacifists and socialists of the inter-war era gave the Germans a second chance.

@landsea7332

5 ай бұрын

After the slaughter of WW I , politicians were looking for excuses to explain the war . So calling it the " The War to end all wars " sounds like propaganda . Also , after Women had been in factories and nurses in field hospitals , Politicians gave Women the Right to Vote. So the Suffragette Movement succeeded because of WW I . .

@Maximilian0011

Ай бұрын

war is a good business.... good making money, thats all there is to it yet WE are not the ones that make the money but we are the ones that were and are dying

Its truly heart breaking that nearly an entire generation of young men had to be killed for practically nothing....most of them before they had ever known the love of a woman....or their first child....so sad and such a pointless waste.

@My10thAccount

9 ай бұрын

There is a time and a place for all things, including war. The lesson to learn from WWI is to choose when it is necessary and when it is not incredibly wisely. Lest we once more waste a generation and inflame the rage of nations over paperwork and diplomatic promises.

@jojolafrite90

9 ай бұрын

Tell that to Putler.@@My10thAccount

@cyrusdubash3097

7 ай бұрын

Maybe loving women is why many volunteered to go to war. More peaceful and a chance to get away. Just sayin.

This video should be a lesson to every country that should take to heart. The lesson being that war is a pointless waste of life.

The war to end all wars… the war to cause the greatest war really.

@0006trance

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure we're in the middle of the story still...in between war years again. The next one will be truly devastating 😔

@ssherrierable

2 жыл бұрын

@@0006trance humanity learned a lot about itself after ww2 was over. Still quiet fresh on some minds.

@michaelepp6212

2 жыл бұрын

Irony of ironies.

@markgarcia8253

2 жыл бұрын

@@ssherrierable you’re right. They learned how many nukes we need to end humanity.

@rachaeldangelo1337

2 жыл бұрын

The war to start off the deadliest century in human history

both my Grandfathers fought in ww1. Both, by a merciful God, came home to Canada. My paternal Grandfather explained it this way, a pointless bloodbath of good men sent to fight by cowards and idiots wearing suits, uniforms and crowns.

@leonardoflorentin

2 жыл бұрын

Most of those monarchs were relatives, in a way you could say it was a family feud. What a waist of human lives.

@ianc2091

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting how the merciful god stood back and watched countless millions kill themselves. His mercy was for very few. 9 million children under 5 die every year from the most hideous illness but fortunately his mercy was there for them.

@jameseverett4976

2 жыл бұрын

I get kind of tired of no one ever noticing the 1 common denominator in all wars. Even the individual leaders involved would never have the power were it not for that 1 easy permission slip so easily given over by the people: Government. Even if you point out the evil men & women most to blame, there are plenty more like them never seen or heard of, who just never had the vehicle of government to push forward what no one but them actually ever wants. That is, even they don't want it when they aren't in charge of a government. Give them a government to run, and they'll have you on the battle field, not even knowing why, but feeling right about your duty, because people will identify with government, as if it represents them, their deepest desires and wills that aren't even apparent to them. The only way to avoid war is to educate people extensively in the phenomenon & especially the dangers of government as a tool for senseless slaughter, executions for "crimes" that otherwise no one cares about, and eventually sometimes genocides.

@mikebailey9566

2 жыл бұрын

You should be very proud of the way Canadian troops fought in this war. The world owes you a great debt.

@sidDkid87

2 жыл бұрын

*"war is a racket"* ~ Smedley Butler

Professor David Reynolds is the best Host and spokesman for these History stories.

I am standing at a plaque on 26th and Locust in St. Louis, Missouri. 12 blocks away is a Soldiers' Memorial formerly known as the World Wat I Memorial. The plaque is honoring a St. Louis son, T.S. Eliot, a poet laureate of Great Britain. Eliot, a beloved poet , who wrote The Wasteland and The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock. At 11th and Locust was a furniture store since gone called J.Alfred Prufrock and Sons Furniture. The WW1 Memorrtial is now Soldier's Memorial and the little sewer cover plaque noticing T.S. Eliot is all that remains of one of the 20th Century's most influential poets.

The best book I've read about the outbreak of WW 1 was "The Guns of August" by Barbera Tuchman. A well written and detailed book about the beginnings of "The War to End All Wars". The best lessons we learned from the first war was how to fight and end WW 2, i.e. unconditional surrender and occupying Germany and Japan. God help us if there is a "next" war because it will, in all probability, be the LAST war.

@doncarpenter1040

2 жыл бұрын

There was also a documentary made from the book. Agree with everything you say. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmiusslue9nFpco.html

@gswombat

2 жыл бұрын

Tuchman's book was good when it was written but is missing all of the more modern data and analysis.

@benjaminrush4443

2 жыл бұрын

@@doncarpenter1040 Great Documentary.

@abuyousefali

2 жыл бұрын

I read that in high school and recommend it as a good base on the outbreak of the war. Well written and easy to read.

@danhemming6624

2 жыл бұрын

A. B. Facey wrote a good book of his experiences in WW1.

What a great documentary! This presenter is one of the very best!

*"war is a racket"* ~ Smedley Butler

Thank you to producers, narrator and availing this on KZread. It's been enlightening as to how WWI influenced events in the rest of the 20th century, and how it's interpretation and collective memory varied among different countries and evolve over time, influencing events for the rest of the 20th century. Indeed, history is open to various interpretations, open to use and abuse. When I first saw the video title, I can't help but expect a narrative that includes how the scars of WWI created a popular revulsion of the British public of the inter-war years towards war, obliging their elected governments to cut defence spending, prioritizing to fiscal health restoration and domestic welfare spending over its defence and security interests accelerating British military decline and made the British empire ill-prepared to fight WWII on its own in multiple theatres of war simultaneously. For Great Britain, WWII in turn led to a disintegration of the global British empire as colonies fought for their political independence.

This is why history is so fascinating. I've read countless books and watched just as many documentaries spanning from The Bronze Age all the way to modern times. It never gets old. The more you absorb, the more clear the overall image of what really happened forms in your mind, and even your heart. Learning history is every bit as important as learning maths and science. As for literature, history and literature are basically two peas in the same pod. 😏

I love how the narrator looks back as he walks through the grass field like a second sight of Big Foot is taking me out🤣🤣

Wonderful, unexpected, treat to find here. Thanks very much for posting this.

"The past has a way of fighting back". True words!

This is an excellent presentation. A very good discussion and remarkably free of ideological and modern woke nonsense. Thought-provoking and balanced discussion.

This channel is amazing so happy I found it I’ve been binging war history.

Literally all major 20th century and even some 21st century problems and events can trace some type of connection to WW1. 1914-1945 was a very long and sadly very bloody transition period between a mostly 19th century type of world into a fully realized 20th century world. Dress, technology, living standards, politics, and the rise and fall and rise again of many nations happened rapidly and frequently in this period. Hopefully we will NEVER need something so terrible in the world again.

@lowercase21

2 жыл бұрын

Pray this Russia thing doesn't get any worse.

@listrahtes

11 ай бұрын

​@@lowercase21It is much. Bigger with Russia as we want to know. We again prefer ignorance. It's a culture war of Russia,China,Iran fighting for oppressive regimes to be the new world order. China is Russia's ally . This will get a lot bigger. The ignorance about it in the west is dangerous

I am glad to hear someone point out the part the EU has played in dealing with the problem of nationalism in Europe. It is one of the greatest human acheivement of the last 1000 years.

This is very high quality! Thank you!

History usually rights itself rights itself towards truth, despite attempts to hide, bend, or mold into one’s own philosophy. This is why the study of history is so important.

In fields where poppies flame and weep, Where silent trenches carve the sleep Of millions lost in fury's grasp, A century's shadow lingers rasp. Iron winds of war had scoured clean, Empires tumbled, landscapes seen Through gas-choked air, a poisoned veil, Where brothers fell, like petals frail. Treaties inked with fear and doubt, A fragile peace, the world would flout. New giants stalked on bloodied ground, Ideals clashed, empires crowned. Machines of terror, forged in flame, Carved craters deep, etched each name In shattered stone, a grim ballet, A century's scars, etched every day. But whispers rise from shell-shocked earth, Of lives unraveled, laughter dearth, And hands that reached across the lines, In shared despair, where hope aligns. The mushroom cloud, a monstrous sun, Hangs heavy, threat that's never done. Yet in the trench, where poppies bloom, We hear the echoes, seek a room For healing words, for lessons learned, For hearts that mend, for battles turned, Toward understanding, hand in hand, To plant new seeds in barren land. For WWI's scars, though etched in bone, Can guide us home, when we atone. May poppies bloom not just for loss, But for the dawn, bought at such cost.

This is a great work the creators have done. I hope the world is listening!😢

George V had a lot of balls to invoke the memory of cousin Nicky being murdered by the Bolsheviks , after refusing him and his family refuge in England only a few years earlier.

“There is no escape-we pay for the violence of our ancestors.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune

I saw the film 'Lovely War' in the seventies. 1989 l Black Adder episode, Goodbyeee. Both are steeped in the waste,futility and incompetent leader attitude. Dave Reynolds has given me a lot to consider that complicates and counters this attitude.

@davidwhite4874

2 жыл бұрын

Try "Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War" by Gerry Docherty and Jim Macgregor.

@cassiemontgomery45

2 жыл бұрын

I've always found the ending to Blackadder's "Goodbyeeee " to be most poignant as to the gravity of the situation and how ridiculous it could be. I'd rather go to war for a "great Ostrich " and "Archie Duke".

@rachaeldangelo1337

2 жыл бұрын

Baldrick has a cunning plan he says 😆

@dave1234aust

2 жыл бұрын

That Blackadder episode always brings a lump to my throat and tears in my eyes. The total waste and futility of it all.

World War I ended in an Armistice at around 11am (GMT) on 11 November 1918. The final conclusion of World War I was on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 with General Douglas MacArthur presiding over that tragic but historic moment. The world was already in the Atomic Age. The nightmare that Einstein and Oppenheimer and Szilard had feared was well underway as the USSR and the USA would enter into a Cold War struggle.

@dennisweidner288

6 ай бұрын

@ChristianCentury2000 Not exactly the case. The struggle was between the USSR and the West, only Ameruca had to take on the responsibility for most of the struggle.

I swear this guy had a show on the history Channel back in the 90s. The episode I remember was about the invention of the stirrup. Does anyone remember this show?

@rob832

2 жыл бұрын

Now I'm certainly not sure, but you may be thinking of James Burke and his shows, 'Connections' and, 'The Day the Universe, Changed'. Invention of the stirrup, l seem to remember, led to the invention of the bagel. As a tribute to the winners, or losers, stirrups in Istanbul. The shape of them you see?

@kenflagler635

2 жыл бұрын

@@rob832 Thanks Rob. That is it I shall sleep the sleep of the greatful and the saved.

Somehow lost in this Eurocentric view of The Great War is the obvious conclusion about governments, class struggles and war. Europeans had been fighting among themselves in Europe and around the world for centuries. In Europe, they name wars for the number of years they lasted, and they used up many of the numbers from 1 to 100. Wars in Europe were the rule, not the exception. What happened in 14-18 and in WW2 was that the ability to conscript massive armies armed to the teeth with far more deadly weapons changed the perception of governments and war. The underclass rightly questioned whether the ruling class could be entrusted with such power and resources. That is what contributed to revolutions, counter-revolutions and more moderate reforms after WW1. Sadly, the class struggle continues without much real progress for the underclass. Technology and relative peace have increased the standard of living for the masses, but they have no more voice and real power in the pseudo-democratic oligarchies of the 21st Century than they had before. There is more upward mobilty, but only for those who sell their souls to do the bidding of the bankers and industrialists who control an even greater share of the world's vast wealth than they did a few decades ago.

@rosesandsongs21

2 жыл бұрын

"In Europe, they name wars for the number of years they lasted, and they used up many of the numbers from 1 to 100" he he, brilliant. As long as financial interests control the decision making processes of governments the elected representatives cannot put the citizens' interests ahead of those of the corporations that finance their campaigns, therefore if the lower classes want to regain some representation they will have to use the only power they have total control of: their lives. Wars are the most profitable investment one can make, the stinking pigs at the top will never stop to invent new foes to scare us into submission, only when the ones who are expected to fight and die to increase the fortunes of power say NO, we are not going will wars be avoided, and the power of the buck kicked out of our public institutions.

@justlucky8254

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

I enjoyed every minute. Well done

For some reason the lessons learned didn't take hold. We still swing from one war to the next despite the sin of it all.

"We will remember" "we will never forget" Maybe some won't but most did and it's sad!

Eagerly waiting for the part 2 and 3

Love the interweaving of past and resent events and their connection to the Great War. Do you need to beat someone to win?

Very good . Some information I hadn't read of before .

The audience reaction to Journey’s End reminds me of seeing Schindler’s List in a.Borough Park theater. The audience was mostly Jewish, the grandchildren of many Holocaust survivors. There was dead silence. Nobody moved for at least a few minutes. Then everyone filed out in silence. Unlike Journey’s End, no switch to applause. I was with a friend whose grandparents were survivors. We walked in silence like everyone else, eventually going into a coffee house. I remember sipping lattes, during which Nathan let me do the talking. We then went to his place and had drinks with his roommates and fell asleep in the living room. We never did discuss the movie although we dated for another year.

@davidwhite4874

2 жыл бұрын

Movies are not history.

Greetings from Canada. The impact of the Great War cannot be overstated here. I do wonder how the current fashion of dividing people up according to skin colour and sexuality is going to work out. This brilliant documentary reminds me how easily and quickly an ideology can and often does overturn the proverbial apple cart of peace and stability.

@nicolascavadini3570

8 ай бұрын

What do you mean dividing people up according to skin color and sexuality? Did you know how divided up were the people back in those days? Amerca sent us regiments of white boys and regiments of black lads (they didn’t want the latter to actually fight with weappns) how is that not a world were people were divided up according to skin color, and i don’t even wanna talk about homosexuals who were wiew as some kind of abomination against nature to the point they were forcibly chimically castrated or put in a cell, hiw is that not dividing people according to sexuality. Come on, wake up ! We are actually exiting that divise world. And what about that proverbial cart ? Look at history as churchill said it’s pretty much warfare only with only short and unstable periods of peace. I really do not know what you are talking about …

@seane6616

Ай бұрын

@@nicolascavadini3570 lol, you wokes are insane. By hyper focusing and institutionalizing race, you make it matter far more now then before. The woke also promote racist ideas against white people that are absurd

I’ve still got the Schrapnell , taken out of my granddad . Medals as well . Unfortunately pts Souza That in later life , he took his own life .such a shame , after going through 2 wars , only to be a victim of the first war !

@johnindo6771

2 жыл бұрын

I am 72, disabled, and worked as a nurse for about 45 years. I still have PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) friends m those 45 years plus a horrific childhood. I can well understand older people committing suicide. And I did not fight in a war!! I am Pam Indo, John Indo’s widow.

@sharonrigs7999

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnindo6771 Who was John Indo?

@johnindo6771

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharonrigs7999 John Indo was my beloved husband-deceased. I am Pam Indo, his wife. I am 72 years of age and disabled. John spent 17 years in prison here in Texas for killing his parents here in Houston, Texas on November 29, 1969.

@sharonrigs7999

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnindo6771 Wow. Did you know him prior to the killings? Was there a reason why he killed them? You sound like a strong lady

@johnindo6771

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharonrigs7999 can I get back to you on this. I am short of time. No, I did not know John before he went to prison. I met him through the letters-to-the -editor “ in a local Houston newspaper about September 1983.

All because of 2 pistol shots, by Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb assassin. Sarajevo. June 28th, 1914.

@cracklypete

9 ай бұрын

Ahh yes, the” black hand”

That's the best "narrator" ever, what's his name? I'm thinking David something or other, but yeah he's fantastic

@jimr9499

2 жыл бұрын

David Reynolds

@justlucky8254

Жыл бұрын

He's pretty good, but I prefer narrations by Charlton Heston.

The account of Caporetto defeat could be more accurate by mentioning the good reasons why the allied firmly requested that Luigi Cadorna be dismissed.

Perfection 😊😊😊

Are you releasing part 2 and 3?

@LoyalHistoryBuff

2 жыл бұрын

This video has all parts

It was curious Australians who arrived in Europe to fight. They weren’t aware initially that they were from the future. They came from the only full democracy to fight in WWI, everyone of them a volunteer, paid a proper wage, a law that prevented executions, no one forced to fight, so no wonder they were the first to modernise to successfully implement combined arms warfare. The social forces to overturn the old orders in Europe that had created a battlefield of stupid obedience were gone after 1918 and in the decade that followed, most countries caught up to where Australia had started in 1901.

Try "Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War" by Gerry Docherty and Jim Macgregor.

By Windsor you mean "Saxe-Coberg Gotha

@BridgesDontFly

2 жыл бұрын

Had to look that up. Interesting.

@dorianphilotheates3769

2 жыл бұрын

“Saxe-Coburg-Gotha”...The Kaiser once made a good joke about the British Royal Family (he was of course himself a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the founder of the British branch of the dynasty) changing their name to “Windsor”: he was to attend a Shakespearean theatre company production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, but kept referring to the play as, “The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...” - funny guy that Kaiser Bill....

@jeremylamovsky942

2 жыл бұрын

Windsor sounds better.

@fmgmack

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremylamovsky942 and also obfuscates their concerning support for the nazis

@Exodus-sb8so

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how they sit the two lol...

That bit with the coal was brilliant!

CHOCOLATE FOR HISTORY BUFFS!!

Good documentary but an unbearable number of ads

Sid Edward Grey’s letter to the British ambassador in Berlin: 1 August, 1914 concerning his meeting with Prince Lichnowsky, German ambassador in London: "He asked me whether, if Germany gave a promise not to violate Belgian neutrality we would promise to remain neutral. I replied that I could not say, that our hands were still free, that we were considering what our attitude should be and that I did not think that we could give a promise on that condition alone. The ambassador pressed me as to whether I could formulate the conditions on which we would remain neutral, he even suggested that the integrity of France and her colonies could be guaranteed, I said that I felt obliged to refuse definitely to make any promises to remain neutral on such terms, and that all I could say was that we had to keep our hands free."

@landsea7332

Жыл бұрын

Its important to examine the entire series of communique . Some of Grey 's correspondence letters are in the National Archives . Lord Grey wanted to mediate a resolution on July 24th, 1914 - his idea needed Germany's support . It was supported by Prince Lichnowsky , but was never taken seriously by Bethmann the German Chancellor, and was rejected by Kaiser Wilhelm II. When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July, Grey's mediation idea was no longer applicable . .

@rosesandsongs21

Жыл бұрын

@@landsea7332 Grey had a secret entente with France since 1906 but he denied it at every occasion, 3 times exactly in front of the House of Lords as well as to Ambassador Prince Lichnowsky, he only revealed it two days before the war began to the parliament and declared war on Germany as soon as it was too late to turn back for the Germans. Grey's offer came intentionally too late and Germany was all for it but the Germans also agreed that the assassination of Franz Ferdinand had to provoke a legitimate reaction from Austria, especially since the Serbian government was involved up to its neck in the assassination, which had been planned a long time before it happened. Austria had no territorial views on Serbian territory and said so again and again and she had mobilized only half her forces until Russia started massing troops on her border, it is Russia who started the European war, Franz Joseph wanted to give a lesson to Serbia, nothing more. Grey in response to Lichnowski who was asking whether Britain would get involved in a Franco-German war said that he had to keep his hands free so he couldn't answer such a question, which was a lie, of course and then Grey had the nerve to ask France and Germany if they intended to respect Belgian neutrality and he wanted an answer NOW. If Grey had told the truth there would have been no war, Lichnowski even asked him what his conditions were, still he refused to answer. WW1 and WW2 were commercial wars to crush Germany's fast growing economy because the old tired British empire didn't have the energy to fight an economic war, the only protection Britain had was to destroy the competition. There is an excellent video here on YT called "Kaiser Wilhelm II Lays the Blame for WW1 // From His Memoirs (1922) // Primary Sources" and another called "Who Financed the Great War? - World War I DOCUMENTARY". Enjoy and please, do some research of your own, the old story you are repeating is not valid anymore, good luck.

Franz Oppenheimer identified the two basic means by which people can acquire wealth in the world: [1] the “economic means,” and [2] the “political means.” The “economic means” consists of relationships in which individuals voluntarily engage in transactions for the exchange of goods and services. The “political means” involve the forced taking of wealth belonging to one person and bestowing it upon another. Politicians create/foment/coerce/provoke and thus wars come. Political governments must be terminated and we need Christian rulers and Christian judges.

@davidwhite4874

2 жыл бұрын

Political and Corporate go hand in hand, particularly in war. There is nothing like war for profit and political change. Try "Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War" by Gerry Docherty and Jim Macgregor.

@jimr9499

Жыл бұрын

Lmao. Yeah...a fundamentalist, Christian, Sharia law type state would _certainly_ solve the world's problems. I mean, just look back to the crusades! Clearly having Christian rulers, judges, etc. is a great idea. 🙄

@darrelneidiffer6777

Жыл бұрын

Most politicians through out time have been engaged in something that can best be described as organized crime. Murder and mayhem. Keep the masses guessing.

@supercoolyguy

9 ай бұрын

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Prague One of the most beautiful places in Europe❤❤❤❤By other hand, I feel from this pacific land of Costa Rica🇨🇷🇨🇷that the European Union will be better without GB

I firmly believe that our leaders/politicians should have boxing matches and fight each other to determine the outcome of the war. It would save millions of lives of fine young men and women.

I like to study Military History for fun, but could never get into WW1 due it’s absurdity and mindless slaughter. I do however, own a lot of rare books written by the soldiers who were there in the trenches.

@davidwhite4874

2 жыл бұрын

Try "Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War" by Gerry Docherty and Jim Macgregor.

@jimr9499

Жыл бұрын

Damn well that's amazing. Despite you just saying how you don't feel this way: I think those journals must be so interesting. Would absolutely love getting to read those.

@kevinrichards9898

Жыл бұрын

I would sell my soul to read them

@Grandizer8989

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinrichards9898 try and find ‘The Machine Gunner’ by Arthur Russel

@mattstrathis4328

Жыл бұрын

The absurdity is what makes WW1 so interesting.

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I always love how people from New England steal the "r"s out of words like corn and put them on the end of words like Cuba= con and Cubar

There were more than 1,350,000 dead soldiers. He was off by about 500,000 which is quite a lot actually.

Hey! I was named after Rudyard Kipling!

Let’s go brandon 🍦🍦🍦

Churchill was anything but a "superman" lmao!

When will we ever learn? Probably never.

People like old traditions. The Royal family are an expensive whim.

“Cenotaph” (Κενοτάφιον) is Greek for “Empty Tomb”.

Dr Reynolds is a great storyteller! When I’m watching his documentaries, it doesn’t feel or sound like I’m watching a documentary. I’ve never been a student of Professor Reynolds, but I know people who have and they have nothing but positive things to say about PhD David Reynolds. (He doesn’t use other historians in his documentaries. This is fine and it works for Dr Reynolds because he is a Historian) I generally do not like it when there are NO Historians (military historians or otherwise) in historical documentaries! Take the Ken Burns's documentary about the Vietnam War. It was good for its raw emotional content in regards to our VFW and ex-Vietnam War protesters. Specifically the ones who spat on our American GIs! Now that they are older adults they are ashamed of their actions & ask for forgiveness (Could you imagine someone spitting on our soldiers coming back from Afghanistan in 2022?! They be in a lot of trouble & deservedly so) and the Veterans on this particular documentary, do forgive the Protester. Unfortunately, there is not ONE Historian (military or otherwise) in 18 hours worth of documentation?!! When Historians are not included in a historical documentary, ESPECIALLY a War documentary! It usually tends to lean toward the Producer’s feelings about War.

@r.a.w.productions162

Жыл бұрын

A compelling observation, and one that I hadn’t directly noted. I would only push back by saying I found The Vietnam War to be one of the most moving, informative and important pieces of history I’ve ever experienced, and that the Burns/Novick/Ward triad is well-established as authoritative in its own right. Perhaps, having subsumed the academic material into the script, they no longer needed talking heads such as Shelby Foote or Daniel Okrent for superfluous commentary. In the 18 hours, Burns plants a flag and says: “Here is a definitive narrative for our most tragic of wars; use this as the touchstone, a base for expansion upon the history as well as for arguments about the war itself.” Besides, I was happy to hear so much from the veterans and their families. My understanding is that theirs were the voices most sadly lost in the tumult of the times. Even Forrest Gump taught us that.

My grandfather fought in WW1 and became a Polar Bear in Russia as he was a Russian immigrant. I have always felt that the years from 1914 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, allowing an enslaved eastern Europe to become free, was one conflict with hot and cold periods.

@rationalbasis2172

10 ай бұрын

So your grandfather invaded Russia? How did that turn out?

@jojolafrite90

9 ай бұрын

@@rationalbasis2172Oh, A RuZZian (or *way* worse, an ideologically subverted guy from somewhere else in the world, maybe) harassing people just for mentioning ANYTHING even remotely related to their failed state in the past. Here, harassing some poor person that mentioned his dear grandfather. That must be rare to see people get that low. 🙄

No mention of Bloody Sunday?

What the name of this series?

This is a local leadership failure if true, the company commander failed to direct who was liable during the report of surveys, I would like for a few logistics people to chime in. There's always more to the story, every platoon sergeant or fist sergeant knows what I mean, hopefully this video will allow someone to post the original financial liability report on property loss, as the central issue report is the only thing posted, also when was the video posted from the soldier, as it's been over a year since we left Afghanistan. Please provide the resources and all the information listed before we hang the command out to dry, as the administration has nothing to do with the financial liability report.

56:23 quote "In the wake of the massive carnage, the govt had opened up the ballot boxes, and granted "the masses" a say in running the country", aka the govt In other words, the British govt fearing a mass populace uprising that toppled Europe's Monarchy Empires in Russia and the Austrian-Hungarian Hapsburg Empire, let alone the French Revolution a hundred years ago, the Aristocratic Ruling Elites in the British govt had to do something to stave off any thought of the British people thinking about doing the same thing to England - the UK But if you noticed, the British govt had given the people the right to vote, given them their sovereignty, whereas in America, the American people are sovereign to begin with, with Individual God given Freedom and Liberty Unalienable Rights, not granted to them by a Monarchy govt, but by God, thus the American People liberated themselves from the tyranny control of the British King. Why is this so important, because a govt powerful enough to assert they gave you (the people, aka the masses) your freedom and liberty, are powerful enough to take it away. This is why to this day in England, the UK, the English-British citizenry do not have the right of Free Speech. It is not written into a Constitution like America's US Constitution - Bill of Rights, thus If you say something the govt doesn't like, the govt says you are spreading hate speech, then promptly arrest you and put you in jail where your rights are literally non-existent, reinforced by the judicial system. Does they way they treated Tommy Robinson tell you anything ..

I wish they'd do in depth series engineered SPECIFICALLY THE PRELUDE TO PASEANDALE, SOMME, VERDUN, 12 EPISODE SERIES. LIFE AT THOSE PARTICULAR BATTLEFIELDS THE COMMANDERS THE SOLDIERS THE SOLDIERS ATTITUDES, CIVILIANS ATTITUDES THE TECHNOLOGY, UTILIZATION OF 20th century TECHNOLOGY

reynolds e excelente

Context is everything. Excellent post. Ta.

On the night of the 30th of July 1914, one day before the war exploded Kaiser Wilhelm II feeling entrapped by a seemingly inevitable march of events mused to himself hopelessly: "Frivolity and weakness are going to plunge the world into the most frightful war of which the ultimate object is the overthrow of Germany. For I no longer have any doubts that England, Russia and France have agreed among themselves, knowing that our treaty obligations compel us to support Austria, to use the Austro-Serb conflict as a pretext for waging a war of annihilation against us. In this way the stupidity and clumsiness of our ally Austria is turned into a noose. So, the celebrated encirclement of Germany has finally become an accepted fact, the net has suddenly been closed over our heads and the purely anti-German policy which England has been scornfully pursuing all over the world has won the most spectacular victory which we have proved ourselves powerless to prevent while they, having us despite our struggles all alone into the net through our loyalty to Austria, proceeded to throttle our political and economic existence. A magnificent achievement, which even those for whom it means disaster are bound to admire".

@rachaeldangelo1337

2 жыл бұрын

Weren't the monarchs of Germany, England, and Russia cousins? And they feared Germany and Kaiser willhem so much because Germany was a very militaristic society and had colonial aspirations that threatened the king and csar and the territories they held, so on reality ww1 was just a feud between cousins to prove which one was better and stronger than the others

@rosesandsongs21

2 жыл бұрын

@@rachaeldangelo1337 That's an interesting hypothesis one has to admit that but since they were all kicked out the reality is a little different and the family ties a little tess butchered although Tsar Nicolas was refused asylum in Britain because it would have been "bad for business" to have been welcomed by his Brit cousin... or uncle or something like that, I don't remember the details. What I am sure of because I read the last telexes between these royals up to a few hours before the war started is that it was a clear British offensive against a new united Germany (1871) which had become much too prosperous much too fast and that the Btits saw war as an easier way to deal with the situation, much easier than ordinary capitalist competitiveness and that's why Germany was betrayed by Wilson and subsequently blamed for the whole thing which had nothing to do with the truth whatsoever, triggering, I suspect intentionally the second war and crush Germany for good this time, which the allies achieved with the most vicious methods known to manking at that time including the admitted intentional fire bombing of architectural treasures, one of a kind in the world and of the civilian populations that lived and/or had found refuge there nad never been achieved on such a methodical manner, Berlin herself was bombed around 334 times during the second war. Continued...

@rosesandsongs21

2 жыл бұрын

That was a bit long, I apologize.

@landsea7332

Жыл бұрын

Kaiser Willhelm's responses were all over the map - and this quote is cherry picked was not representative of his attitude . By July 30th , 1914 Germany's response and authority was in General von Moltke 's hands as it declared war on Russia the next day . Then Germany declared war on France and Belgium on the 3rd . The bottom line is this . The Austria - Serbian war would have remained a local war . However , Russia backed Serbia , Germany issued the blank check to Austria. When Russia mobilized its army , Germany declared war on Russia , France and then Neutral Belgium - then implemented the Schlieffen plan . .

@rosesandsongs21

Жыл бұрын

@@landsea7332 Wrong, when Russia mobilized its army, Russia de facto declared war on Germany, as was the custom back then. Wrong again, von Moltke was indeed pushing for a pre-emptive war, but he was put in his place by a Kaiser who had never fought a war in his life... and did not want one. As to Belgian neutrality there was no such thing, the 1839 London Treaty was not binding for anyone and plans had been made with the Brits to provoke Germany in any possible way. The blank check to Austria was no more and no less binding than the Russian blank check to Serbia, or the British blank check to Belgium, or the French blank check to Russia, to say that Germany's basic propaganda. As to German militarism, in the first 48 years after Waterloo, we find the British involved in six foreign wars, one Colonial conquest, and the suppression of one major mutiny; France involved in four foreign wars, and two Colonial conquests: Russia involved in five foreign wars, without mentioning her eastern expansion in Asia and the suppression of revolts in Poland (1830 and 1863) and elsewhere; and Austria involved in two foreign wars, and the suppression of various revolts among the heterogeneous populations forming the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now, what about the terrible Prussians? Prussia was the only important State of Europe that remained at peace with her neighbors during all this long span of years, a near half-century of exemplary behavior that no one else, including Britain, could show. Now, let's go on a few years from 1863, and if we do that, we find Prussia breaking her peaceful record and indulging in three wars in the short space of six years. In 1864, she went to war with Denmark, in 1866 with Austria, and in 1870 with France but if we skip the fact that it was Austria and France who attacked Prussia, The Huns may indeed look like baby eaters and vicious crucifiers!

it's sad, and pathetic, how simple architecture is manipulated. The narrator makes that clear in the first minutes of the video.

"The men bear a dangerous resemblance to a Soviet" What's so dangerous about making sure all people are fed and housed, monarch boy? You're never going to be king.

He seems to be real proud of that death tax.

48:36 "...it's time to let go of the dead." What does he mean by including that in the rest of that single comment?

Why are you blurring pics of the dead

I'm no expert but if Russia hadn't mobilized it's reserves, Germany wouldn't have mobilized either, and the Great War would have remained just another war in the Balkans, this time between Austria - Hungary and Serbia. There had already been seemingly endless wars in the Balkans for centuries anyway. Influence in the region was a pretty idiotic reason for Russia to get involved, especially after already having lost a disastrous war against Japan in 1905. Czar Nicholas II was a tremendous fool.

Interesting since it seems we're closer to WW3 than practically ever before.

Your characterization of the US at 1:30 is stereotypically simplistic. Capitalism was not unregulated. Eisenhower and the Republicans of the day navigated the sudden oversupply of labour due to the demobilization of millions of servicemen by creating massive public works infrastructure projects like highways and dams. In addition the GI Bill redirected millions of men into post secondary education in either universities or trade schools. These public sector programs profoundly influenced the economy. Major Roosevelt era economic regulations like Glass-Steagal remained intact until much later.

I admit i dont understand ww1, i do understand why ww1 led to ww2 but not much else, well not what i expected

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Actually WWI and WWII were the fightings between the colonists when there was no deal among their shares.

0:37..." and for what? " Oil.

Did we really learn anything from the past? We act like we didn't learn anything. We sit here in 2022 watching events unfold as another world war is very possible. I hope that it doesn't happen, but I have no say in the matter.

@evanandrade856

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully the current conflict will peter out but the WW1 parallels are obvious, the potential for sucking more and more of us in. The oligarchs dont want to die so no nukes. Not yet anyway

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