The Defense of Fort Vaux (1916, World War I)

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    The attack on Fort Vaux showed no importance for the final outcome of the Battle of Verdun.
    Yet the bravery of the fort defenders would make the battle famous.
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    Script: Dejan Milivojevic
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    Sources:
    Clayton Donnell, Fortifications of Verdun 1874-1917, Osprey Publishing Limited, 2011
    Holstein, Christina, Fort Vaux, Pen & Sword Military, 2011
    H. W. Kaufmann, J. E. Kaufmann, Verdun 1916: The Renaissance of the Fortress, Pen & Sword Military, 2016

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  • @benno._.72
    @benno._.72 Před 3 lety +2975

    I've actually been to this fort twice. It's really haunting but also very interesting to visit the remains of it, I suggest anyone who visits Verdun go there.

    • @FloodExterminator
      @FloodExterminator Před 3 lety +40

      I've seen videos of Urban Explorers exploring the tunnels of the Maginot Line. Despite there never being any significant combat in the tunnels themselves, they do look pretty creepy :S

    • @FlyingAlfredoSaucer
      @FlyingAlfredoSaucer Před 3 lety +99

      I've been there in Battlefield 1...

    • @Little_Timmy_18
      @Little_Timmy_18 Před 3 lety +12

      @@FlyingAlfredoSaucer 😂😂

    • @edgarbanuelos6472
      @edgarbanuelos6472 Před 3 lety +26

      In general, you get the greatest learning experiences when you visit places of great historical tragedy.

    • @fibalex1858
      @fibalex1858 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FlyingAlfredoSaucer same lol

  • @michael6292
    @michael6292 Před 3 lety +3769

    I can honestly say that trying to take fort vaux is one of the hardest things a man can do, and i’ve tried hundreds of times

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked Před 3 lety +499

      best bf1 maps

    • @mantlekaput1068
      @mantlekaput1068 Před 3 lety +42

      Valor Omaha beach was hard and no man's land I made those 2 map on GTA

    • @orweitzman7691
      @orweitzman7691 Před 3 lety +49

      @@mantlekaput1068 K

    • @jimmywilliams4257
      @jimmywilliams4257 Před 3 lety +56

      We all have in bf1

    • @fionn7631
      @fionn7631 Před 3 lety +23

      @Ricardo VS few machine guns. hAhAhA mG 42 gO bRrRRtT

  • @LordAnestis
    @LordAnestis Před 3 lety +1931

    I love how WW1 has medieval elements, forts, hand to hand combat, one color uniforms. Its the point where combat tactics started to change.

    • @dolsopolar
      @dolsopolar Před 3 lety +111

      19th century tactics are obsolete but not really that "medieval"

    • @mateuszkubas4433
      @mateuszkubas4433 Před 3 lety +137

      @@dolsopolar it was a mix of old and new, people weren't really sure what would the next war look like since the last major conflict was the Napoleonic Wars, so there was everything, from melee combat and battle armour to the usage of planes and tanks.
      And that's what i love about WW1 and why i like it more than the sequel, WW2 was meh compared to the Great War.

    • @iEldilo
      @iEldilo Před 3 lety +29

      @@mateuszkubas4433 I think WW2 was much more crazy but I shouldn’t compare

    • @caiorezende6808
      @caiorezende6808 Před 3 lety +36

      You love that?? These soldiers suffered in a way no one will ever suffer

    • @batozorange
      @batozorange Před 3 lety +80

      @@caiorezende6808 He probably didn’t mean it that way.

  • @OverlordMalarkey
    @OverlordMalarkey Před 3 lety +1704

    "Dont leave us"
    That were the last words transmitted to French High Command during the Battle of Fort Vaux

    • @moon_raven0495
      @moon_raven0495 Před 3 lety +122

      Im more sad becuase France's land got completely dumped on through out ww1

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan Před 3 lety +177

      god this is so sad, "This is my last pigeon" makes it even sadder

    • @jeffcarroll1990shock
      @jeffcarroll1990shock Před 3 lety +57

      French High command: we told you to blow up the fort and you didn't listen. May God have mercy on your souls

    • @imrubbish8182
      @imrubbish8182 Před 3 lety +23

      @@moon_raven0495 Belgium’s, land got destroyed way more I’m pretty sure, nearly the whole nation was invaded.

    • @moon_raven0495
      @moon_raven0495 Před 3 lety +12

      @@imrubbish8182 yea and more atrocities occurred there two

  • @Chuked
    @Chuked Před 3 lety +2789

    Fort De Vaux~ exists
    Battlefield 1 players- im something of a *Historian* myself

  • @jacharvey8231
    @jacharvey8231 Před 3 lety +4790

    BF1 memories with the lads flooding back❤️

    • @achmadtitofauzan3809
      @achmadtitofauzan3809 Před 3 lety +176

      Yoo i can relate. Glad my highschool years were full of those memories

    • @JT3D_YT
      @JT3D_YT Před 3 lety +249

      @@achmadtitofauzan3809 same here. Instead of studying I just fought across Europe

    • @achmadtitofauzan3809
      @achmadtitofauzan3809 Před 3 lety +34

      @@JT3D_YT hahaha 😂

    • @wulfhezes.h.4364
      @wulfhezes.h.4364 Před 3 lety +138

      We lost so many battalions simply trying to reach this damned fort..

    • @ilovemanunited6179
      @ilovemanunited6179 Před 3 lety +105

      I still play that wonderful game.

  • @striker8795
    @striker8795 Před 3 lety +249

    Although the French were forced to surrender Fort Vaux in 1916, the German Fifth Army respected their enemy's defense so much that their commander Crown Prince Wilhelm, the eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II himself, personally visited the fort commander Major Slyvain-Eugene Raynal and gifted him with the sword of a French officer to replace the one that Major Raynal had lost during the siege. The French soldiers of Fort Vaux were so heroic that even the literal heir to the German throne honored them.

    • @sponge_drip5745
      @sponge_drip5745 Před 7 měsíci

      Bruh war is stupid

    • @lolucorn1
      @lolucorn1 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@sponge_drip5745hottest take of the century

  • @nton8057
    @nton8057 Před 3 lety +935

    WW1 in a nutshell: Huge attacks with large casulties just to capture irrelevant position and by the time you take it your attack force is too decimated to hold it and ends up losing it to the enemy counterattack

    • @qthedisaster1730
      @qthedisaster1730 Před 3 lety +14

      At least in the Western part of Europe to an extent

    • @ericamborsky3230
      @ericamborsky3230 Před 3 lety +21

      The troubling part is that in the circumstances of the western front, a frontal attack was the pretty much the only option.

    • @mitchellvliem6200
      @mitchellvliem6200 Před 2 lety +39

      And by the time you captured your goal, it is already blown to a million pieces, making it impossible and very useless to defend, regardless of strategic positiob

    • @nick0653
      @nick0653 Před 2 lety +4

      And whatever minor breakthrough you achieve is quickly contained as enemy reinforcements arrive faster than your units can exploit the opening.

    • @wattsnottaken1
      @wattsnottaken1 Před 2 lety +6

      Superior officer’s Giant Egos killed hundreds of thousands of good men. Sad

  • @DSMCasual
    @DSMCasual Před 3 lety +2081

    Ww1 French Army: We’ve Hold the Fort while dying for Thrist.
    Also French Army: *Spam Grenades while inside the Fort*

    • @snikrepak
      @snikrepak Před 3 lety +120

      Being in the recieving end of a spammer is truly an amazing and terrifying experience.

    • @rj-roblox7626
      @rj-roblox7626 Před 3 lety +8

      ok

    • @bruhism173
      @bruhism173 Před 3 lety +79

      Ww2 German Army: We've held the Reichstag while getting assaulted nonstop.
      Also German Army: *stick grenade*

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 Před 3 lety +4

      Amateurs

    • @l1nus0nl1neproductions9
      @l1nus0nl1neproductions9 Před 3 lety +4

      @@bruhism173 Is that a CoD world at war referense?

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 Před 3 lety +3070

    This is unrealistic, all the soldiers from both sides should have hellriegels and automaticos

  • @Egghead012
    @Egghead012 Před 3 lety +683

    French in stereotypes: *WE SURRENDER!*
    French in reality: *WE WILL NOT YIELD, DO NOT FALTER!*

    • @tituszvaldner2588
      @tituszvaldner2588 Před 3 lety +11

      they yield.

    • @zoubida90
      @zoubida90 Před 3 lety +88

      @@tituszvaldner2588 they didn't.

    • @literallynapoleonhimself5417
      @literallynapoleonhimself5417 Před 3 lety +39

      @@tituszvaldner2588 when you trick the world into thinking that you surrendered only to really just have an easier time slitting German throats open while they sleep. It’s easier if they are in a hotel and you aren’t in uniform you know, they will never see it coming

    • @mpcrauzer
      @mpcrauzer Před 2 lety +28

      @@Shadow-sq2yj thats underground operations for you, there's no honor

    • @mpcrauzer
      @mpcrauzer Před 2 lety +5

      @@Shadow-sq2yj pretty much that

  • @yatiyeets4180
    @yatiyeets4180 Před 3 lety +308

    "Jam their comms!"
    Sapper: Shoves potato in elongated speaking tube
    French Officer: *SACREBLEU!!*

  • @RandomBoy-si7ew
    @RandomBoy-si7ew Před 3 lety +920

    Memes: show France surrendering easily
    France in reality: *observe*
    Edit: don't mind me, I'm just reading what's going on with the comments, just arguments.

    • @bandit5747
      @bandit5747 Před 3 lety +127

      its just a ww2 joke. France carried the Entente in WW1

    • @littlerebel9818
      @littlerebel9818 Před 3 lety +84

      @@bandit5747 but people take those memes serious now days

    • @silentnight1805
      @silentnight1805 Před 3 lety +23

      @@bandit5747 Carried the Entente? Calm down.

    • @Demicleas
      @Demicleas Před 3 lety +55

      @@silentnight1805 I mean they did suffer the brunt of the losses in the western front.

    • @Tokito935
      @Tokito935 Před 3 lety +61

      @@Demicleas france soldiers were really strong and brave
      Their generals on the other hand

  • @_teamspeedyplays_3715
    @_teamspeedyplays_3715 Před 3 lety +628

    1:33 three grenades per soldier? I can already see the spam on objective Apples

    • @ogweeddeadchannel
      @ogweeddeadchannel Před 3 lety +17

      Not to mention a Fred Flinstone looking fella conviniently placing a questionable amount of explosives and ammo everywhere they go.

    • @daniels_0399
      @daniels_0399 Před 3 lety +12

      Shocktroops were sometimes armed with a bag of grenades each.
      Most soldiers didn't have them, but in certain scenarios entire platoons could be armed with 10 or more each.

    • @Ari_Drwz
      @Ari_Drwz Před 3 lety +9

      Imagine if bf1 was owned by valve

    • @jordytenhoven9910
      @jordytenhoven9910 Před 2 lety +1

      BATTLEFIELD 1 REFRENCE NOTICED

  • @LCMhistory
    @LCMhistory Před 3 lety +1905

    Another great story for history WW1 lego film!

  • @NickBrennanA
    @NickBrennanA Před 3 lety +185

    I love the respectful exchange between the two officers after the surrender. I can picture the German General speaking to Major Raynal soldier-to-soldier in genuine respect, and the Major's response being taken with a smirk.... Like an exchange between boxers once they've left the ring

    • @zeta1960
      @zeta1960 Před 3 lety +5

      True, such a show of honor between both

    • @carnov
      @carnov Před 2 lety +1

      Read the story " the cadet of saumur " it s have the same kind of warrior respect

    • @Dennis-up8uf
      @Dennis-up8uf Před 2 lety +5

      The French guy actually sounded kind of snarky.

    • @TheBingoHD
      @TheBingoHD Před 2 lety +6

      I can only Imagine the conversation "I know we surrendered but the water did it, not you!"
      german smiles "guess who cut it"

  • @thesovietdog1537
    @thesovietdog1537 Před 3 lety +662

    I remember killing 2 entire squads with an incendiary grenade in this place

  • @sheacorduroy5565
    @sheacorduroy5565 Před 3 lety +550

    Who remembers holding the first sector for literally the entire game on Operations due to how hilariously one sided this map was towards the defense?

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 Před 2 lety +68

      Well people have been wanting more realistic games...

    • @galacticupfan7386
      @galacticupfan7386 Před 2 lety +35

      Every time I played as the Germans, we got through the first sectors easily, it was only in the hallways were it felt one sided. I don’t think I ever lost a match on Fort Vaux as the attackers lol

    • @Opr8rKaz
      @Opr8rKaz Před 2 lety +1

      Oh god don’t remind me

    • @803dils2
      @803dils2 Před 2 lety +5

      Played it an hour ago lol

    • @warmike
      @warmike Před 2 lety +9

      ...after the as one-sided Verdun Heights. Is it even possible to win this operation as attack?

  • @cj16423
    @cj16423 Před 3 lety +1274

    Inaccurate, there isn't a zombie in a prison room.

  • @RetroCat31
    @RetroCat31 Před 3 lety +87

    This part of the the Battle of Verdun would make a pretty gut wrenching war movie. If it were made right.

    • @aveteranplayer6403
      @aveteranplayer6403 Před 2 lety +7

      It probably would, but I just feel like it should be better than it was in BF1. Literally, that game had the best feeling and immersion about Fourt Devaux

  • @secondlieutenan
    @secondlieutenan Před 3 lety +2698

    “Retractable turret”
    Now that’s what I call, *technologie*
    Edit: thanks for 2138 likes! It past my previous record of 679 in June.
    Editat2: I dont use Reddit

  • @iarrived731
    @iarrived731 Před 3 lety +710

    This video is sponsored by Rai-
    *skips 10 seconds multiple times*

  • @CJ_1406
    @CJ_1406 Před 3 lety +63

    This brings a new meaning to "You shall not pass".

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku Před 3 lety +118

    The France DLC is one of the best Purchases I've ever made in my life..even it came from EA

    • @wolfitom
      @wolfitom Před 3 lety +19

      The shame is that we should pay it

    • @pizzastranger1325
      @pizzastranger1325 Před 2 lety +1

      Without a doubt

    • @ufeisen5059
      @ufeisen5059 Před 2 lety +23

      Adding the nation that suffered the most loses of the war form all the allies, the very same nation that won the war, as a DLC was kinda disrespectful tbf, knowing that the Australians and other nations were in the main game even though they had a much smaller involvement

    • @MrRAFALE1
      @MrRAFALE1 Před 2 lety +4

      @@ufeisen5059 +1 Shame on EA

    • @daniellap.stewart6839
      @daniellap.stewart6839 Před 2 lety +7

      @@ufeisen5059 i know right russia and France dlc but italy in the main game wtf lol

  • @harshbansal7982
    @harshbansal7982 Před 3 lety +187

    Had many great moments on bf1 attacking and defending this .

    • @jayecaly9518
      @jayecaly9518 Před 3 lety

      I still play every day 5 star general

    • @Dennis-up8uf
      @Dennis-up8uf Před 2 lety

      This is my least favorite map. Half of your kit tools are useless and you are encouraged to play Assault for their close range weapons but then their anti-vehicle capabilities are useless.

  • @rgm-96xjesta31
    @rgm-96xjesta31 Před 3 lety +463

    "Ils ne Passeront Pas!"
    (translated: they shall not pass)
    -Phillip Petain at Verdun

    • @petitponeydu7727
      @petitponeydu7727 Před 3 lety +15

      it's written "philippe"
      still awesome sentence

    • @rgm-96xjesta31
      @rgm-96xjesta31 Před 3 lety +4

      @@petitponeydu7727 Whoops

    • @mouser7436
      @mouser7436 Před 3 lety +20

      U know he was given the death sentence but it was reduced to a life sentence after the liberation of france and the end of ww2.
      His sentence got reduced mainly due to him winning the battle of Verdun

    • @MadCerCells
      @MadCerCells Před 3 lety +2

      The only who passed were the africans and the homosexuals
      Thats kinda sad :P

    • @thelonegunman2622
      @thelonegunman2622 Před 3 lety +2

      Petain was awesome

  • @caeruleum780
    @caeruleum780 Před 3 lety +68

    10:34
    General Engelbrechten: *ayo gg that was a fun game*
    Major: *yeah man gg*

    • @rednax6955
      @rednax6955 Před 3 lety +2

      the biggest GG of the century

    • @moon_raven0495
      @moon_raven0495 Před 3 lety

      @@rednax6955 France: ayy yo GGs dawg
      Germany: ye ye

  • @arson1tez
    @arson1tez Před rokem +37

    It's crazy to think that just a little over 100 years ago, people were fighting in a war that saw a clash between the old world and the new world.
    Cavalries, forts, bayonet charges, line battles, tanks, planes, trenches, gas warfare, it's crazy!

  • @tonyricebutwithahangover856
    @tonyricebutwithahangover856 Před 3 lety +375

    4:41 I see that BF1 Easter egg.
    “ISOLEMENT” The zombie door

    • @Daniel-wy2kx
      @Daniel-wy2kx Před 3 lety +7

      I’m not aware of it, what is it?

    • @alvarocardinale8910
      @alvarocardinale8910 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Daniel-wy2kx bfee.co/index.php?title=Battlefield_1/The_Room

    • @tonyricebutwithahangover856
      @tonyricebutwithahangover856 Před 3 lety +39

      @@Daniel-wy2kx it’s an Easter egg in Battlefield 1, which is a game set around World War 1. There’s an Easter egg in the game where a door in the map Fort Vaux is chained up and it looks like is just part of the map, but if you hit it it makes noises like a monster/zombie is in there. The door is an isolation door, for shell shocked soldiers who need to be locked up because they went nuts from stress and shellfire. If you hit a series of buttons around the fort the door opens and you can go inside in look around. There’s another complicated Easter egg inside the Isolation room but I’m not going to get into that.

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety +2

      Also the soldier with the hat sleeping looks like the french scout from bf1

    • @DoggyWalker234
      @DoggyWalker234 Před 3 lety

      Is BF1 like u select like some people
      Like example like the plane guy and there is some other people u will pick like tank and navy…idk

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 Před 3 lety +499

    Gandalf: *"Y O U S H A L L N O T P A S S S S S S S S!!!"*

    • @pierreparis6914
      @pierreparis6914 Před 3 lety +22

      Les Français : V O U S N E P A S S E R E Z P A S !!!!

    • @no-vo3hb
      @no-vo3hb Před 3 lety +4

      nah

    • @treyjordan3168
      @treyjordan3168 Před 3 lety +15

      I think Tolken was inspired by Verdun when he wrote that line for Gandalf

    • @Lazyhandle
      @Lazyhandle Před 3 lety +4

      But they did end up passing tho lol

    • @nicolas44991
      @nicolas44991 Před 3 lety +5

      @@pierreparis6914 ON NE PASSE PAS !

  • @Droppingineveryvideo
    @Droppingineveryvideo Před 3 lety +58

    If only water is still available..
    French: i can do this all day!!..

  • @waterbottle3628
    @waterbottle3628 Před 3 lety +94

    4:42 Any bf1 player knows what’s behind that is isolement door

  • @yjs1098
    @yjs1098 Před 3 lety +434

    The best map in BF1! The visuals and atmosphere of this map is just simply amazing

    • @Askethanoras
      @Askethanoras Před 3 lety +1

      pff, id rekomend you get Beyond the wire.

    • @porteroffinland
      @porteroffinland Před 3 lety +2

      Its good, but i would've wanted the entire map to be inside and not have the side blown off like on the side

    • @randomizer01j23
      @randomizer01j23 Před 3 lety +2

      Not to mention the giant shark Easter egg

    • @peltomies6975
      @peltomies6975 Před 3 lety

      Personally i dont like it so much

    • @ernestov1777
      @ernestov1777 Před 3 lety +9

      I remember back in 017' playing this map with my friends. We were almost losing but i pulled up my pistol and killed the two enemies almost taking the flag. We pushed them back.

  • @brucehc4975
    @brucehc4975 Před 3 lety +746

    France in memes: "hon hon hon baguette surrender white flag hon hon".
    France in literally any war: *heavy metal music intensifies*

    • @lostpotato4723
      @lostpotato4723 Před 3 lety +60

      Honestly I see more France good at war memes than France surrender memes

    • @juliuscaesar4107
      @juliuscaesar4107 Před 3 lety +69

      @@lostpotato4723 That's a good thing

    • @lostpotato4723
      @lostpotato4723 Před 3 lety +13

      @@juliuscaesar4107 I know I was just sharing an observation I've found

    • @juliuscaesar4107
      @juliuscaesar4107 Před 3 lety +18

      @@lostpotato4723 and I like this observation

    • @lostpotato4723
      @lostpotato4723 Před 3 lety +9

      @@juliuscaesar4107 Fair enough

  • @thelegalmexican9860
    @thelegalmexican9860 Před 3 lety +35

    Man, this brings me back when I played BF1 on this map and there were explosions everywhere, mustard gas and smoke blinded your vision and only chance to survive was to be on the floor and just hope that the grenade that landed 2 feet away from you didn't kill you.

  • @Experiment-tp7me
    @Experiment-tp7me Před 3 lety +13

    I love how their animations progressed and now their scenes arent repeated animations

  • @Solomons_Descent
    @Solomons_Descent Před 3 lety +286

    "The bombardment lasted all day long, the fort still standing strong"

    • @jeanstutz3883
      @jeanstutz3883 Před 3 lety +16

      I was looking for a Sabaton comment

    • @user-lj8bw6fm9d
      @user-lj8bw6fm9d Před 3 lety +20

      "Heavily defended..."

    • @cresfirc7349
      @cresfirc7349 Před 3 lety +17

      @@user-lj8bw6fm9d "Now the trap's been sprung and the battle has begun"

    • @clexmce3569
      @clexmce3569 Před 3 lety +11

      @Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio AND THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN, NOWHERE TO RUN

    • @ardugaleen2231
      @ardugaleen2231 Před 3 lety +9

      @@clexmce3569 FATHER AND SON, FALL ONE BY ONE

  • @Awfulfeature
    @Awfulfeature Před 3 lety +129

    We may have forgotten these men’s names, but we will never forget their heroism and bravery, even if the war had no true purpose.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance Před 3 lety +7

      Their names? Oh, they sure are not forgotten. Sure, you might not be able to trace each and every single soldier who was sent to Verdun's meatgrinder. You might not be sure of who was sent where in the generic area of Verdun. But military archives know who was in which unit, and where units were sent.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance Před 3 lety +3

      No purpose? I'd say for France, it was retaking Alsace-Lorraine and preventing the Germans to take more territory.

  • @Courrier_
    @Courrier_ Před 3 lety +11

    My grandpas grandpa actually fought in ww1 for 4 years as an infantry man. He spent 2 years in Verdun, he had lost his teeth when he was defending a dort (we dont know which one but it is likely that it was a recapture) and got hit by a shovel which knocked out most of his front teeth. He survived the war. On the other hand, My maternal great great grandpa died in Verdun

  • @hungarianlad9734
    @hungarianlad9734 Před 3 lety +86

    Everyone keeps saying the French always ran away, little do they know the French were some of the fiercest and most cunning fighters history has ever seen.

    • @HogBurger
      @HogBurger Před 3 lety +19

      When people say “French ran away” I believe they mean france in WW2, but your point still stands

    • @tituszvaldner2588
      @tituszvaldner2588 Před 3 lety

      muh they needed british and russian help lol

    • @dannycujoh516
      @dannycujoh516 Před 3 lety +4

      @@tituszvaldner2588 that Russian help really put a dent in the German army let me tell you...

    • @roskcity
      @roskcity Před 3 lety

      @@tituszvaldner2588 what's your point?

    • @corvus2512
      @corvus2512 Před 3 lety +17

      Anyone who sums up the French military history based on the circumstances of 1940 is an idiot. France, alongside Britain, has been one of the most powerful and influential nations in western civilization for a thousand years, that doesn't happen if you are a nation of “cowards” as some put it. Its actually quite disgusting how people make fun of the French veterans of ww2 especially when the fault lay with the French high command, not the soldiers. Is the U.S. military full of cowards because they lost the vietnam war? Defeated by an inferior foe? Iraq or Afghanistan? Are the veterans of those wars a bunch of cowards? Of course not yet some feel its okay to laugh at men who died fighting against literal nazi’s in a hopeless situation.... France is a great nation with a long and proud history and their performance at the battle of Verdun and the Somme prove that.

  • @rj5848
    @rj5848 Před 3 lety +188

    Kursgesagt, kings and generals , simple history and realifelore uploaded the video on the same day , what a day

  • @Hot_van_Dogs_alter_Kanal
    @Hot_van_Dogs_alter_Kanal Před 3 lety +382

    Funfact:( almost) today 104 years ago the battle of Verdun ended

    • @eliasmortimer9564
      @eliasmortimer9564 Před 3 lety +5

      This comment hath confused me, you mean the First World War. Right?

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked Před 3 lety +14

      @@eliasmortimer9564 no the battle ended December 18, 1916

    • @joegeagea8097
      @joegeagea8097 Před 3 lety +4

      Imagine being a man that survived the battle what would you feel

    • @Hot_van_Dogs_alter_Kanal
      @Hot_van_Dogs_alter_Kanal Před 3 lety

      @@eliasmortimer9564 sry I meant „battle of Verdun“

    • @Hot_van_Dogs_alter_Kanal
      @Hot_van_Dogs_alter_Kanal Před 3 lety +1

      @@joegeagea8097 imagine being a man who survived the Holocaust

  • @crinkly.love-stick
    @crinkly.love-stick Před 2 lety +6

    They actually became so desperate for water, that men resorted to licking the condensation off the stone walls. Attrition really was the deciding factor in most great war battles

  • @fabianmichaelgockner5988
    @fabianmichaelgockner5988 Před 3 lety +63

    7:25 Me: *sees an German with a shovel* "Is that some kind of reference?"

    • @rylandw6130
      @rylandw6130 Před 3 lety +35

      Nope. Sharpened spades were a just very common hand to hand weapon in the first world war. Fuckin brutal.

    • @joshuasitzema9920
      @joshuasitzema9920 Před 3 lety +10

      @@rylandw6130 *krieg gasmask noises* someone say shovel?

    • @hurb3222
      @hurb3222 Před 3 lety +2

      @@joshuasitzema9920 I see you are a man of culture

    • @joshuasitzema9920
      @joshuasitzema9920 Před 3 lety +2

      @@hurb3222 Indeed. Krieg und Kaiser

  • @f-35enjoyer59
    @f-35enjoyer59 Před 3 lety +177

    0:56 click to skip ad

    • @starekati-woa8185
      @starekati-woa8185 Před 3 lety +4

      Thanks u deserve this czcams.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/video.html

    • @Gussyboy06
      @Gussyboy06 Před 3 lety +13

      @@starekati-woa8185 you think I don't recognize that link

    • @starekati-woa8185
      @starekati-woa8185 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Gussyboy06 i fell like u watched it

    • @Gussyboy06
      @Gussyboy06 Před 3 lety +10

      @@starekati-woa8185 nah I've just memorized the link so I can't get rickrolled

    • @teodorogerald
      @teodorogerald Před 3 lety +11

      JTxXPHANTOMXx
      Oh it was a rickroll?
      Well thx for warning me comrade

  • @JasonSmith-ub8bj
    @JasonSmith-ub8bj Před 3 lety +204

    “Ils ne Passeront Pas”

    • @ChickenLiver911
      @ChickenLiver911 Před 3 lety +6

      “They will not pass.”

    • @Kevinthelast
      @Kevinthelast Před 3 lety

      @@ChickenLiver911 i found a poster saying on me passe pas not pls be passeront pas.

    • @Kevinthelast
      @Kevinthelast Před 3 lety

      @@ChickenLiver911 I also found a song about the battle of Verdun it's called Verdun! on ne passe pas.

    • @spartame450
      @spartame450 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Kevinthelast it's "Ils ne passeront pas"

    • @Kevinthelast
      @Kevinthelast Před 3 lety +1

      @@spartame450 i found both

  • @bradleywoods1999
    @bradleywoods1999 Před 3 lety +3

    This was great, would love more vids like this one - perhaps on other forts. Top notch quality plus I love when your vids are long as they are really interesting. Keep up the good work

  • @thegregitto
    @thegregitto Před 3 lety +4

    I love seeing Simple History's progress in animating. It's so good, as it always has been.

  • @Gviking1980
    @Gviking1980 Před 3 lety +206

    My grate grandfather was captured by the French during the battle of Verdun. The French gave hime a picture as a memoir of his POW time when they released him. Which I have framed and hanging on my wall.
    That make this video even more interesting for me because i never found out under which circumstances he was captured.

    • @zzaronn
      @zzaronn Před 3 lety +13

      France was giving pictures after releasing POW ? That's a funny fact
      My great grandfather was captured by german during WW2, but he escaped so no pictures for him

    • @Gviking1980
      @Gviking1980 Před 3 lety +12

      @@zzaronn That is interesting. I'm glad he escaped. I hope he didn't get recaptured. WW1 was gentlemens war were the opposing sides had respect for each other.

    • @zzaronn
      @zzaronn Před 3 lety +7

      @@Gviking1980 He escaped with friends, they got recaptured, not him. A second great grandfather of mine got captured too, escaped, recaptured and escaped again, but he died before i'm born.
      WW1 wasn't about ideology that's maybe why.

    • @Gviking1980
      @Gviking1980 Před 3 lety +1

      @@zzaronn I'm glad that both of them survived the war and I hope they had decent treatment while being POW's in Germany. Thanks for sharing your story brother !

    • @zzaronn
      @zzaronn Před 3 lety +2

      @@Gviking1980 i'm glad they survived too, i'll not be there if they didn't. All those soldiers deserve to be remembered

  • @captaindickwraith5312
    @captaindickwraith5312 Před 3 lety +370

    “No where to run, father and son fall one by one under the gun”
    Edit: I spelt where as were because I have 1.24 functioning brain cells.

  • @redbaronproductions8610
    @redbaronproductions8610 Před 3 lety +1

    Your videos have got much better over time! Amazing job!!!

  • @thomasmarren2354
    @thomasmarren2354 Před 3 lety +10

    Fort Vaux was one of my favorite maps in Battlefield 1.

    • @tymekglu8569
      @tymekglu8569 Před 2 lety

      Yes, it's a good map, but the chance of german win is 10%

  • @WickedTester176
    @WickedTester176 Před 3 lety +78

    I wanted this video for years! French WW1 History is fascinating!

    • @Bly-CC-5052
      @Bly-CC-5052 Před 3 lety

      German WWI history is fascinating for me. I am getting a WWI German uniform for Christmas. “We’ll all be home by Christmas”

    • @de_sennectere
      @de_sennectere Před 3 lety

      Thank you from France

  • @uactechsupport9970
    @uactechsupport9970 Před 3 lety +53

    Actual french army: Fight literally to the last drop of water.
    Random dumbass: hAha fReNCh alWaYs sURreNdEr!

  • @jacobbuxton932
    @jacobbuxton932 Před 3 lety

    Glad to see a video on this topic!!

  • @triangletreetea8717
    @triangletreetea8717 Před 3 lety

    This is very interesting to learn about, thanks for the video simple history keep doing what you do best!

  • @littlecaesars1821
    @littlecaesars1821 Před 3 lety +60

    sees simple history notification and it’s world war 1
    me: i am speed

  • @yatiyeets4180
    @yatiyeets4180 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for regularly uploading even with your great success simple history !

  • @BlenderStudy
    @BlenderStudy Před 3 lety +4

    Fort De Vaux, one of my favorite Battlefield 1 maps. Thank you for the update, Simple History..!! Great animation and narration..!! :)

  • @HendrikNL
    @HendrikNL Před 3 lety +55

    Thanks for yet another video of great quality Simple History!
    Keep it up!

  • @wazkangz955
    @wazkangz955 Před 3 lety +53

    "Thanks to our latest sponsor: March..."
    BATTLEFIELD 1

  • @adrektroblox9940
    @adrektroblox9940 Před 3 lety +3

    I love this, it teaches you so much!

  • @soldatdaniels8738
    @soldatdaniels8738 Před 3 lety

    Love these ending lingering shots. Really do. The sound of rain beating down on the remains of the fort is perfect.

  • @PolarisSGL
    @PolarisSGL Před 3 lety +56

    It was so hard playing the germans in this map in operations bf1

    • @Wolf62601
      @Wolf62601 Před 3 lety +1

      It was, and still is the opposite for me

    • @paddy0550
      @paddy0550 Před 3 lety +3

      If you could get psss verdun heights

    • @dtendy4153
      @dtendy4153 Před 3 lety

      Taking fort Vaux is honestly the hardest thing to do in bf1

  • @theira9663
    @theira9663 Před 3 lety +67

    Owsewic fortress: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary

    • @miguel.sa_
      @miguel.sa_ Před 3 lety +2

      It's "Osowiec", but no problem

    • @hurb3222
      @hurb3222 Před 3 lety +1

      The urge to sing attack of the dead men begins to surge

    • @harkonnen1879
      @harkonnen1879 Před 3 lety +2

      Shifu taught him well...But he didn't teach him everything

    • @qthedisaster1730
      @qthedisaster1730 Před 3 lety

      They're kinda the polar opposite in certain senses.

    • @legentil_semite1639
      @legentil_semite1639 Před 3 lety

      @@dauzlee2827 osowiec then and again
      attack of the hundred men
      facing the led once again
      hundred men
      charge again
      die again
      ...................................................
      two combatant spar
      hindenburg against the tsar
      move in 12 battalions large
      into a russian conter-charge
      they'll be fighting for their lives
      as their enemy revives
      russian won't surrender no
      striking fear into their foe
      and that's when the dead men are marching again...

  • @carbo73
    @carbo73 Před 3 lety +5

    I've been in Fort Vaux several times. It's a really impressive place, altogether with Fort Douaumont. There wasn't not much combat, but other tragedies too.

  • @misa3794
    @misa3794 Před 3 lety +1

    Your videos are yet interesting, simple and surprising. About 38% of my knowledge on history of 1900-2000 comes from your channel. Keep up the good work

  • @L.P.1987
    @L.P.1987 Před 3 lety +15

    I was playing Bf1 in Fort de Vaux just a few minutes before this video.
    Scary...

  • @eugeneoliveros5814
    @eugeneoliveros5814 Před 3 lety +47

    "This, is Verdun
    Here, They Shall Not Pass!"
    As the Drumroll started on that day
    Heard a hundred miles away
    A million shells were fired,
    and the green fields turned to grey,
    The Bombardment lasted all day long
    Yet the forts were standing strong
    Heavily Defended,
    Now the trap's been sprung and the battles begun!
    Descend into darkness
    303 days below the sun
    Fields of Verdun!
    And the Battle has begun
    nowhere to run, Father and Son
    Fall one by one, Under the gun
    Thy will be done, and the Judgement has begun
    Nowhere to run, Father and Son
    Fall one by one,
    Fields of Verdun
    Though a Million shells have scarred the land
    No one has the upper hand
    From the Ground above the Trenches
    Where the soldiers make their stand
    As the trenches slowly turn to mud
    And then quickly start to flood,
    Death awaits in every corner
    As they die in the mud, fill the trenches with blood
    Descend into darkness
    303 days below the sun
    Fields of Verdun!
    And the battle has begun
    Nowhere to run, Father and Son
    Fall one by one, Under the gun
    Thy will be done
    And the Judgement has begun,
    Nowhere to run, father and son
    Fall one by one
    Fields of Verdun!
    Fields of execution turn to wasteland from the grass
    Though shalt go no further it was said,
    "They Shall Not Pass!"
    The spirit of resistance and the madness of the war,
    So go ahead
    Face the lead
    Join the dead
    Though you die
    Where you lie
    Never asking why
    Descend into darkness
    303 days below the sun
    FIELDS OF VERDUN!!!
    And the battle has begun
    Nowhere to run, Father and Son
    Fall one by one, Under the gun
    Thy will be done
    And the Judgement has begun
    Nowhere to run, Father and Son
    Fall one by one
    Fields of Verdun
    -Fields of Verdun, Sabaton

  • @bjornnalum9059
    @bjornnalum9059 Před 3 lety +3

    My Great grandfather was apart of the Argonne offensive in 1917. He witnessed America’s bloodiest battle in American history during the battle of Argonne forest. All his Comrades Died, we still have one of the bullets he kept in his ammo pouch, glad he did not die in battle. A generation lost to time, lest we forget.

  • @MD-fs6kv
    @MD-fs6kv Před 3 lety +2

    The animation has gotten so much better!

  • @johnathanross4805
    @johnathanross4805 Před 3 lety +15

    Been waiting for this episode. Finally gives the perspective of how brave the French really were in the first World War.
    Awesome job

  • @ale661
    @ale661 Před 3 lety +567

    Take a shot for every *“last time I was this early”* comment you see

  • @justsomeguywithlonghair6595

    Woah the animation is changing and improving this is great!!

  • @BloxxterT
    @BloxxterT Před 3 lety +10

    6:47 Hold on that room reminds me of the mysterious isolement in BF1.

  • @Bussiness_account
    @Bussiness_account Před 3 lety +6

    I love how (over a period of time) you can see the animater has gotten better at their job.
    Great work!!

  • @douglasparkinson4123
    @douglasparkinson4123 Před 3 lety +18

    you but in the BF1 isolement room! amazing. (its at 4:41)

  • @daboyinred9087
    @daboyinred9087 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for helping people learn more also great animation keep up the good work:)

  • @BenBen-mz7rf
    @BenBen-mz7rf Před rokem +1

    I love your content @Simple History

  • @grontelp77
    @grontelp77 Před 3 lety +5

    I really admire that you always leave a moment of silence for the fallen at the end of every video. Yes this is all interesting stuff- but we're learning about it from the comfort of our homes, we didn't live the horrors of war. Real people suffered terribly and lost their lives. Thank you for reminding us of this reality- the ugly cost of war.

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob Před 3 lety +82

    *"They Shall Not Pass!"*
    -BF1

  • @chorus2344
    @chorus2344 Před 3 lety +1

    This Video is a Masterpiece keep it up that great Work!!!

  • @teekjackson5579
    @teekjackson5579 Před 3 lety

    Love the how the video looks and I love your channel

  • @chinmaylimaye5329
    @chinmaylimaye5329 Před 3 lety +63

    Last time I was this early Franz Ferdinand was alive

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked Před 3 lety +1

      1913

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 Před 3 lety +1

      Hehe... I know a guy called Gavrilo who would like to talk the Achdu... No wait Gavrilo don't DON'T DO IT
      GAVRILOOO NOOOOOO

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 Před 3 lety +177

    Germany in both World War: go to France they say, they give up easily they say.

    • @yo2026
      @yo2026 Před 3 lety +16

      If it doesnt work the first time it will work on the second.
      I dont know about the third and I dont want to find out

    • @tukyM1911
      @tukyM1911 Před 3 lety +15

      @Chat noir what

    • @montceau
      @montceau Před 3 lety +6

      @@yo2026 second time was easy ?? Ok boomer

    • @ardugaleen2231
      @ardugaleen2231 Před 3 lety

      @@yo2026 it was wasn't that easy

    • @yo2026
      @yo2026 Před 3 lety +4

      @Chat noir as far as I know everyone has been defeated at some point in history

  • @CommandoNinja
    @CommandoNinja Před 3 lety +3

    How can you produce that amount of animations per week with this level of quality alone ? crazy, love your channel

  • @joshuaharmon7411
    @joshuaharmon7411 Před 3 lety

    Wow what a story you chose! It was exciting from the get go! My heart is still pumping, yeah good job!!!

  • @Raymondcz
    @Raymondcz Před 3 lety +58

    7:17 I know this man from somewhere...

    • @DD-bv9jl
      @DD-bv9jl Před 3 lety +23

      Don't worry he's just an artist from a little village with an abusive father

    • @mos8181mos
      @mos8181mos Před 3 lety +1

      Lol

    • @starekati-woa8185
      @starekati-woa8185 Před 3 lety +4

      Naw yes this guy lol czcams.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/video.html

    • @Ev1Lpotato
      @Ev1Lpotato Před 3 lety +4

      @@starekati-woa8185 jokes on you i know the link by heart

    • @infinitememegod
      @infinitememegod Před 3 lety +2

      @@starekati-woa8185 Hah I’ve memorized it nerd

  • @just_a_turtle_chad
    @just_a_turtle_chad Před 3 lety +19

    An awesome turtle has certified this video with a Turtle Badge Of Approval.

  • @anoriginalname410
    @anoriginalname410 Před 3 lety

    The animationa keep getting better and better, I love it so cool

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před rokem

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

  • @pointly
    @pointly Před 3 lety +6

    Bravery has many faces and many flags. Brave men died at Fort Vaux. Forever remembered and honored.

  • @colecummings2071
    @colecummings2071 Před 3 lety +58

    Everyone salutes german and French who died in the battle of verdun SALUTE may God give them peace in the aftermath

  • @Miyamototakezo
    @Miyamototakezo Před 2 lety

    Great vid.Thank you.

  • @ace1776
    @ace1776 Před 3 lety

    Really nice animations. The top down of the trench was cool. And I liked the carrier pigeon.

  • @tsmotions3446
    @tsmotions3446 Před 3 lety +15

    It doesn’t matter whether you were first or last, what matters most is that nobody asked.

  • @harrynadir9383
    @harrynadir9383 Před 3 lety +8

    I vistited de fort a few years ago, I remember the guide telling us thag when the french surrendered the German thought it was a ruse and were expecting thousands of Frenchmen to rush out of the fort an attack them. The French fought so valiantly that the German overestimated their numbers greatly.

  • @lost_kite
    @lost_kite Před 3 lety

    Great video my guy

  • @Ra_heem
    @Ra_heem Před 3 lety +1

    This is one of your best videos.

  • @buffetmuffettuffit691
    @buffetmuffettuffit691 Před 3 lety +3

    2020:my mom sparyed me with lysol after coughing. 1916: the germans spray me with bullets after dressing like a french soldier