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  • The Australian War Memorial holds one of the largest collections of Great War weapons, artillery and artefacts in the world. The majority of the largest objects are stored away from the Memorial's main exhibitions areas, but Neil Oliver is granted unprecedented access to the weapons that changed the world forever -- and the lives of the soldiers who would face them in battle.
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Komentáře • 196

  • @RICKRATT1
    @RICKRATT1 Před 3 lety +55

    My paternal grandfather, Arthur A. Sharum, Sr. was a medic/ ambulance driver in France during WWl. He suffered lung damage from being exposed to mustard gas while in the field and was never the same physically or psychologically afterwards. He never spoke of the horrors he witnessed while serving in France, looking back it is understandable why this was so. R.I.P. all the brave souls who died, were injured mentally or physically, while serving their countries.

    • @myparceltape1169
      @myparceltape1169 Před 2 lety

      There is a theory that neither side used gas in WW2 not because of the ban which both Britain and Germany had signed but because there had been no publication in Beilstein, a chemical journal to which both sides had access written in German.
      The theory goes: The Germans believed that the British must know of the new Nerve gases (like Zyclon B) which the Germans actually had because it would be possible to deduce the next step from published work.
      Accordingly the British scientists did not publish but were prevented by their government.
      [Does it sound complicated?]
      Of Britain did have some stocks of the WW1 gases. If they used them much it is not spoken about.
      The only case I know of was a man who ended his days on Oxygen having been poisoned "by a leak from the shells in a ship's hold"). O

  • @mirimar69
    @mirimar69 Před 3 lety +48

    My grandfather was a WW1 veteran of the western front. Positioned with the "fighting 10th Battalion", in Ypres, Belgium he survived 2 years in the trenches, wounded 3 times. His third wound was a shell explosion, Upon hearing he would return to the front, he broke down and wept and said to the M.O "I can't go back, i won't make it". It was late October 1918 The doctor found a reason to keep him in hospital, bless him. Grandfather had done enough, came home to Adelaide in late 1919 and led a good life as an engraver. He signed up again in WW2 but they kept him in Australia conducting recruit training. Still "doing his bit" even then at 42. I have his records today and they reveal so much. Even right down to the fine of days of no pay for overstaying his leave during his recuperation :) Of the many stories he told me, he would often say he was fond of the french cognac chocolates.

    • @seangannon6081
      @seangannon6081 Před 3 lety +5

      Courageous men like your Grandfather are the very reason we’re allowed to enjoy all the freedoms we have today. The greatest disservice we can do to their memory is to forget the reasons they fought and allow it to happen again.

    • @aaropajari7058
      @aaropajari7058 Před 3 lety +4

      I could not honour your grandfather more. Best wishes from a grateful Pommie.

    • @wintersnoob
      @wintersnoob Před 3 lety +4

      Your grandfather was very lucky. Many fighting men suffered from shell shock in the 1915 and 1916 campaigns but their illness was disregarded and they were either pushed to the limit or executed.

    • @williamfluit6198
      @williamfluit6198 Před 3 lety +4

      Interesting post. October 1918 and Ypres caught my eye. One of my great uncles was involved in 1 or 2 assaults on Ypres in that time period. He was in the U.S. 37th Division, 135th Machinegun Battalion. Those who know the name Ypres usually associate it with the battle(s) early in the war. But it was still being plastered at the war's end.
      My uncle arrived 3rd week of August 1918 and by 11th of November his machinegun battalion earned 4 "offensive action" ribbons for the battalion flag, with one being Ypres and last being Meuse-Argonne "the big push".
      They took a lot of casualties in this area and time period. Its wonderful to hear a story of a doctor going the extra mile to protect a worn-out veteran from probable death, as his health would've impaired his thinking/effectiveness. The doctor deserves recognition for his humanitarian action. I suspect the dr probably helped others in the same predicament.
      My uncle survived and came home in the spring of 1919. He died when I was 24. I never talked to him because he always made me nervous as he was a bit anti social. He only talked about tiny bits of his experience like he hated the mud and lice on the front. I came across a photo where the Germans shelled his MG battalion and the shell impact that killed a Lt of his. Gives me a weird feeling looking at it knowing the name/address/birthday/parent's names of that Lt.

    • @joejoe2928
      @joejoe2928 Před 2 lety +2

      VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS MY GRANDFATHER SERVED IN WW1 ALSO GOT WOUNDED IN LEG SAVED HIS LIFE.. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.🙏💂💂📖

  • @Fallen420chan
    @Fallen420chan Před 3 lety +37

    I'm always ready for more WW1 content - please, please continue to make people remember. It is the root of so many conflicts and hatreds today. We must never forget!!!!

  • @oldsteve4291
    @oldsteve4291 Před 3 lety +25

    When I was young I used to visit what we called old peoples homes. One chap, Tommy Smith, fought on the western front and was wounded which he believed saved him as he could not go back into combat. He never spoke of his time in the trenches but I have carried this remark with me all my life. He said, " Old men argue and young men die and the good lord will hold them to account."

  • @nicholaseedy3244
    @nicholaseedy3244 Před 3 lety +15

    There are moments of this episode that are hauntingly beautiful. May they never be forgotten.

  • @julierobertson9397
    @julierobertson9397 Před 3 lety +4

    My family is American. My great uncle also served in the Great War - the war to end all wars. He was sitting at the kitchen table when he was told that his youngest nephew had volunteered to fight in World War II. He spent the rest of the night sitting at the table, crying. The horror never changes.

  • @MissTokePanda
    @MissTokePanda Před 3 lety +17

    Shell shock. The first term for PTSD. It has gone through many names, but I think it's safe to say that the losses of this and other wars aren't just the dead, it's also those that come home still suffering.

    • @daneaxe6465
      @daneaxe6465 Před 3 lety +4

      I suspect there is a difference between "PTSD" and "shell shock". Repeated concusive shocks to the brain will really mess via physical means. Whereas PTSD can be brought by psychological reaction to an event or series of events. Of course, combat can bring on both. Myself I can't stand to watch shows on crime scenes, surgery, abused children especially dead ones. Seen too much horrible death in a crime scene unit, even industrial accidents can be horrific to the human body.

    • @Lightman0359
      @Lightman0359 Před 3 lety +2

      @@daneaxe6465 Shell Shock [or Battle Fatigue or Operational Exhaustion] was one of the first recognized form of post traumatic stress disorder. The blanket term PTSD was coined when it was discovered/acknowledged that stressors other than prolonged intense warfare [such as abuse or injury] can trigger a state that resembled "Shell Shock". That term is a misnomer coined because it is easy to say and looks good in the papers. It isn't necessarily caused by artillery directly, but being surrounded by death, some caused by you, and [especially in Korea and Vietnam] not knowing from where/when an attack will come.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd Před 3 lety

      My best friend's dad fought in the Argonne in '18 and would wake up in a cold sweat thirty years later, "they're shelling".

  • @drpsionic
    @drpsionic Před 2 lety +7

    "None die well who die in battle." Shakespeare, Henry V.

  • @Ulfhednir9
    @Ulfhednir9 Před 3 lety +48

    Don't forget the other half of the ANZACS, the New Zealanders sent more lads for our population than any other country despite being on the other side of the world.

    • @valedslinger6290
      @valedslinger6290 Před 3 lety +4

      The Anzacs also fell victim to incompetent generals at Gallipoli. Landing in the wrong place.. Allowing time for the Turks to reinforce and fortify. If the Zacs had been led inland immediately they would have routed the enemy. Sadly, those men were hammered due to incompetent leadership. Hats off to the Anzacs. True grit.

    • @CRAIG5835
      @CRAIG5835 Před 2 lety +1

      Too right , we Gave em a Taste of KIWI.

    • @tomabbott5259
      @tomabbott5259 Před 2 lety

      The Aussies have their national mourning day at the anniversery of gallipoli but, the New Zealanders dont.why is that i know the Kiwis lost far more men at gallipoli than the Australians anybody can you tell me why?

    • @michaeldowney6361
      @michaeldowney6361 Před 2 lety

      Pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppopppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppopppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppoppppppppppppppppppppppoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp0pplplp

  • @bryanjackson8917
    @bryanjackson8917 Před 3 lety +6

    Only the dead have seen the end of war. - Plato

  • @MagdaleneDivine
    @MagdaleneDivine Před 3 lety +14

    That's really cool there are people out there that keep the records a d store the forgotten stories.
    World war 2 gets so much attention which is ironic because you can't understand the second war is you you don't know the story of the first war.

    • @petercarmody4897
      @petercarmody4897 Před 3 lety +2

      What you said here is what I have always said. I salute you.

  • @janetscofield7740
    @janetscofield7740 Před 2 lety +1

    I listen/watch or read as much as I can concerning WWI and WWII. I have 9 grandchildren and I want to teach them as much as possible. We have to teach the next generation the truth of history or it will be forgotten.

  • @ronmaximilian6953
    @ronmaximilian6953 Před 3 lety +14

    Thank you for posting this. When I thought of Australian involvement in the First World War, Gallipoli and the Middle East come to mind, not the Western front.

  • @kg7287
    @kg7287 Před 2 lety +2

    I've been fascinated with every documentary that I've seen Neil Oliver present. His passion for presenting the subject matter from both historical fact as well as its immediate and lasting human emotional effects, and the obvious thoroughness his research team ensures, makes his productions very important contributions to world history. I always look forward to what is forthcoming!

  • @johntripp5159
    @johntripp5159 Před 3 lety +2

    I was fortunate to serve with Australian sailors (Bronze wals) and see the spirit of the Anzac, forever grateful, a Canadian

  • @silverload3622
    @silverload3622 Před rokem +1

    My heart breaks for what these poor boys went thru and the words theve written so well makes me feel the desperation of survival they endured

  • @souldavidthompson4854
    @souldavidthompson4854 Před 2 lety

    Those letters by Lt.Goldy Raws a spot of pride, honor and courage.
    He was an excellent journalist to recount the horrors he and his compatriots endured.
    God bless his Soul.

  • @dubon6372
    @dubon6372 Před 3 lety +2

    Heroes! All of them, they fell for us , for our parents, four our children. Thank you , and rest in peace brothers.

    • @ice9arctican543
      @ice9arctican543 Před rokem

      How? What did they do that saved any one of your family today? It was just a power struggle between nations. No ideology, no moral, just rank propaganda and made up causes. Just a power struggle.

  • @DavidSmith-ss1cg
    @DavidSmith-ss1cg Před 3 lety +2

    "Justifiable Funk" really is a good description of PTSD, then called "shell shock."

  • @maryduhon9769
    @maryduhon9769 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this documentary!! I have seen so many about the great war, and it's the point of view from the young men facing the horror that brings this doc above and beyond! Perfect idea! I'd love to see more with letters from the other wars the brave men of this world fought for those who couldn't. I've definately found my newest favorite doc host. Again, great jon

  • @davebarron5939
    @davebarron5939 Před 3 lety +17

    "Lions led by Donkeys" Senseless destruction always seems to come from the same place.

    • @peterrebic4436
      @peterrebic4436 Před 3 lety

      Its called MANAGAMENT

    • @davebarron5939
      @davebarron5939 Před 3 lety

      @@peterrebic4436 Actually, no, it's called "Government Agency" that and management are two different ends of the spectrum. Management insinuates investment, leadership, and accountability.

    • @peterrebic4436
      @peterrebic4436 Před 3 lety

      When i say managament i refering to the idiots in charge for example The charge of the light Brigade horror..Still to this day its very similar etc etc

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 Před 3 lety

      @@peterrebic4436 idiots in charge? the light brigade charged because they didnt get their orders right , the guy who tried to stop them got killed by a cannonball

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 Před 3 lety +2

      the whole lions led by donkeys is a myth , it was a war like never before , generals had to learn on the move , every single nation suffered in one way or the other , the americans lined their men up just like the french did in 1914 , and thats just one example

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 Před 2 lety

    I'm getting the feeling Dan Snow wants us to know History Hit is like Netflix for history.

  • @rlicon1970
    @rlicon1970 Před 2 lety

    I saliute all those heroes from a gulf war vet. Our freedom is owed men like these.

  • @LucendsRanch
    @LucendsRanch Před 2 lety +1

    What a wonderful documentary! We can not comprehend millions of names but we can for a couple. Following their individual stories, we start to process the impact in a way that is easier to grasp. Well done.

  • @janstan8407
    @janstan8407 Před 3 lety +6

    Like Canada, countries with small populations relative to the "major powers", our contributions tend to be overlooked. When I watch war documentaries, I VERY rarely hear about Australians, Canadians, South Africans, and New Zealanders.

    • @spiderwebb4983
      @spiderwebb4983 Před 3 lety +1

      The "Colonies" provided so much more than they are credited for and you will find that one or another was at every significant event for centuries. I have so much respect for every man and woman who has stood up to protect the lives of others.

    • @PoeticAbstraction
      @PoeticAbstraction Před 2 lety

      Agreed! But also don’t forget about the French Senegalese, many other African soldiers for the Commonwealth, Indian soldiers of the commonwealth, two million enslaved Africans killed between allied & axis powers on the continent of Africa, the Chinese & Asian Pacific soldiers of Britain & US. No one ever gives these “primitive peoples” (Churchill voice 😭) there just due for sacrifices just as great & with no real choice or patriotism to hold onto. Truly is the ugliest century in human history. & they signed a 20 years armistice, wounds barely healed, they sent the world into an even bigger & more horrific World War, waged against Civilians & Soldiers alike.

    • @janstan8407
      @janstan8407 Před 2 lety

      @@PoeticAbstraction 10-4. but really you'd have to list EVERY country on the globe to be fair. They all deserver recognition, but for now I'm going to make sure my own war dead aren't forgotten. It's VERY sad when today's youth mock the sacrifices of previous wars and literally are throwing away the freedoms that others lost their lives for to protect. Sad, sad.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Před 3 lety +4

    Among all Commonwealth countries of Great British ONELY Australian Establishment respected its Warriors spirits & appreciating their sacrifices highly through refusing & demanding (exclusion ) any (cowards execution military punishments ) in 1WW in western fronts ....my respect for Australian people & authority for this humanity attitude

  • @nativespiritdragon5360
    @nativespiritdragon5360 Před 3 lety +7

    I am a member of the Cherokee Nation and my great grandfather was one of many Americans who fought during WWI, but was medically discharged because of shrapnel that had lodged in his brain. He was never the same and was unable to take care of his family after that.

    • @ChineseChicken1
      @ChineseChicken1 Před 3 lety +1

      What does your Cherokee Nation membership have to do with anything?

    • @nativespiritdragon5360
      @nativespiritdragon5360 Před 3 lety +5

      The tribe ended up having to take over the raising of my grandmother and her sister due to his injuries since my great grandmother left the family because she could not handle dealing with him and 2 children. This it what artillery cost my family.

    • @ilovemanunited6179
      @ilovemanunited6179 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ChineseChicken1 he’s just stating where he’s from.

    • @ChineseChicken1
      @ChineseChicken1 Před 3 lety

      ilovemanunited So he’s from the United States of America. Congratulations

  • @rosesprog1722
    @rosesprog1722 Před 3 lety +7

    Gallipoli is merely one of the tools we use to make the world understand how incapable and incompetent Churchill really was, we need to realize the desolation and the millions of deaths he is actually responsable of. I am sure the Australians fought bravely, we Canadians did too but for me, there is no honor in war, only death and destruction.
    ''Mankind has to put an end to war, before war puts an end to mankind'' - John F. Kennedy 1962

  • @jeremyalde2272
    @jeremyalde2272 Před 3 lety +3

    Bravo!!! That was incredible!!! Just started learning a bit on the great war today actually. I've always had an interest in WW2 but pretty much seen all the videos . Great work !

    • @robertbarlow6715
      @robertbarlow6715 Před 2 lety

      Agreed. The protesters here in America today have not a clue the cost of freedom.

  • @sheldonwheaton881
    @sheldonwheaton881 Před 3 lety +5

    "Whatever happens, we have got the Maxim Gun. And they have not." -Written post-Omdurman I believe.💀

  • @modernops1267
    @modernops1267 Před 3 lety +9

    An apple fell and humans discovered gravity.Millions of life’s fell and they still haven’t discovered humanity

  • @ronaldsmith4153
    @ronaldsmith4153 Před rokem

    A well-made documentary showing the human toll of warfare. thanks

  • @stevencouzens4863
    @stevencouzens4863 Před 3 lety +6

    My grandad was in the royal artillery in the 2nd world war with the 8th army his father before was in the 1st World War in royal artillery lest we forget

  • @davidaitchison3282
    @davidaitchison3282 Před 3 lety

    Wonderful presentation, Thank You for sharing. The title is a bit misleading but I still found myself intrigued and interested and watched it all the way through.

  • @josephperreault997
    @josephperreault997 Před 2 lety +1

    Australian soldiers were brave and fine fighting men. May God bless the fallen souls and their families.

  • @liquid6901
    @liquid6901 Před 2 lety +1

    Best & Brightest sent into the grinder.

  • @anthonymokelkie9360
    @anthonymokelkie9360 Před 2 lety

    Decent good documentary of World War 1 , WorthWatching , Well narrated and well put together . Thanks Time line for great documentaries , I have learned much from you. Thanks

  • @spookerredmenace3950
    @spookerredmenace3950 Před 3 lety

    great doc!

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Před 3 lety +2

    Strikes me dumb every visit to the Front... I live close to Grantchester and naturally Rupert Brooke is often uppermost in my head too. Such devastating scenes cannot be repeated...

  • @alecdusseau6218
    @alecdusseau6218 Před rokem

    Amazing documentary thank you, and never ending gratitude for what them men did for us

  • @ggkirke
    @ggkirke Před 2 lety

    The story is also about the dedicated volunteers . They are so important to the fabric of modern Australia .

  • @bruceb6262
    @bruceb6262 Před rokem

    My great grandfather was a WW1 veteran for the US, Its tragic what these soldiers were put thru.

  • @lilgampla
    @lilgampla Před 3 lety +3

    My great great uncle was in ww1 died 8/10/1918 he was in the 9th bde Royal field artillery

  • @sstritmatter2158
    @sstritmatter2158 Před rokem

    There's a reason artillery is called King of Battle to this day. Generations now might last 10 days in this optimistically.

  • @kleinweichkleinweich
    @kleinweichkleinweich Před 3 lety

    nice to see Neil Oliver walk again ...

  • @johndeere1951a
    @johndeere1951a Před 2 lety

    Sadly, there are many theater's of war with soldier's remains not recovered. Not returned for proper burial. Families left with empty broken hearts for decades. My uncle, unrecovered, Subic Bay, Luzon Philippines. 12-15-1944. 💔✝️🇺🇸

  • @RebelScum1996
    @RebelScum1996 Před měsícem

    Artillery is badass and are tools of freedom ❤

  • @bodombeastmode
    @bodombeastmode Před 3 lety +2

    History Hit actually does have some pretty good documentaries. Especially if you are British or care a lot about their perspective of history.

  • @joejoe2928
    @joejoe2928 Před 2 lety

    VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS. I MET AN AUSSIE SERGEANT IN MILITARY HOSPITAL.ALDERSHOT ..ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF A MAN I'VE EVER MET...THANKYOU AUSSIES FOR YOUR VETERANS STERLING SERVICE FINE BRAVE MEN FULL OF VALOUR I SALUTE YOU ALLL

  • @kristjanmartin9883
    @kristjanmartin9883 Před 2 lety

    My great grandfather was with the 1st infantry div (U.S.A.) and was gassed by the Germans. He lived for around ten years or so after the war.
    I'm the only male in my family who's body wouldn't permit service. Prior to me, from Vietnam back to the American revolution, there are veterans. You honour them all with with this.
    D.M.

  • @stucody
    @stucody Před 2 lety

    It’s history such as that I will forever refuse to fight in wars started for the benefits of others.

  • @cajoleoil
    @cajoleoil Před 2 lety

    The narrator sounds like Billy Connelly. Pretty awesome.

  • @DavidSmith-ss1cg
    @DavidSmith-ss1cg Před 3 lety

    This video is not really all about artillery. It's a good story, but not what the title suggested.
    Of all the methods of Death by industrial processes, the use of artillery - blowing the men to bits or mangling them horribly - proved to be the cause of death for most of the casualties in WW1. The Great War is famously the first war where most of the deaths were not from diseases like dysentery or cholera, but killed by hostile enemy action.
    Alec and Goldie probably got blown to bits, and the pieces of their bodies were mingled by being blown into smaller bits - and their bodies nourish the soil and make the plants grow around that battlefield.
    Thanks for posting this; it's great to see people being respectful of the subject, and the warriors involved in the story.

  • @Welkon1
    @Welkon1 Před 2 lety +3

    My great grandfather was a WW1 veteran for the US, I know nothing about him as he died 1 year before I was born in 1998, I know little to nothing of his combat experiences or how or what he served as

    • @vitosanto3874
      @vitosanto3874 Před rokem

      Pay him he Honor of researching his records ,and he will live again through you.

    • @Welkon1
      @Welkon1 Před rokem

      @@vitosanto3874 Well, my father didn't really know my great grandfather well and doesn't even know his first name. My grandfather was a korean war combat vet who became an alcoholic after the war and died due to complications from that + maybe old age. So I don't think I can research his records, he was also involved in WW2 in some way though.

    • @TheStephenmonroe
      @TheStephenmonroe Před rokem

      Your grandfather's birth certificate probably shows your great grandfather's first name

  • @alancaron984
    @alancaron984 Před 2 lety

    Grew up in Manteno, Illinois. There ‘Used’ to be a WW1 monument on the corner of Division & Walnut. A boulder with bronze plaques filled with names long forgotten. Angry that it ‘disappeared’.
    Even today it’s estimated that 30% of casualties is a result of ‘friendly fire’. According to “Le Massacre de Notre Infanterie”, for the French it was 80%.

  • @Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found

    It seems that almost all the WW1 and WW2 docs are British, it's nice to see one from a different point of view.

  • @ramthian
    @ramthian Před 3 lety

    Cool 😎

  • @cbjgdicad1
    @cbjgdicad1 Před 3 lety +11

    11000 Australian human beings never recovered, that is artillery in a sentence

    • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
      @andredeketeleastutecomplex Před 3 lety +1

      60000 aboriginals died, and no artillery was used for that genocide.

    • @chrisclark719
      @chrisclark719 Před 3 lety +1

      No mention of the kiwis. Says it all really. No country lost more men per capita than NZ but it's as if they weren't there.

    • @cbjgdicad1
      @cbjgdicad1 Před 3 lety

      @@chrisclark719 anzacs....

  • @milfordcubicle4127
    @milfordcubicle4127 Před 2 lety

    That marvelous hair

  • @coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13

    I've heard that Maxim thought his machine gun would PREVENT war because of the carnage.

  • @jeffsmith2022
    @jeffsmith2022 Před 3 lety

    How could any person witness the horrors of war and keep their sanity?...

  • @timmyjones1921
    @timmyjones1921 Před 2 lety

    Each time you watch a war history video it's awful you think how awful , then you watch the next war video it gets even more horrible / awful and it continues on like this as you watch more war videos trying to learn and under stand it all.

  • @hiesman6
    @hiesman6 Před 3 lety

    Artillery, the king of battle!

  • @simonjester0074
    @simonjester0074 Před 3 lety

    Thank You all 💜

  • @enloemetzloff9079
    @enloemetzloff9079 Před 3 lety

    That uniquely Scandinavian accent.... Great for narrating

    • @DavidSmith-ss1cg
      @DavidSmith-ss1cg Před 3 lety +1

      I like it, too. It's a Scottish accent, often called a "burr."

  • @rickevans3959
    @rickevans3959 Před 3 lety

    This was sold in the U.S. as the war to end all wars my grandfather was there. Then his youngest son my father, was grabbed for ww2my grand father and my father never thought too much of the military.

  • @stevebrownrocks6376
    @stevebrownrocks6376 Před rokem

    The guy narrating has a great Scottish accent! 😎

  • @SceneArtisan
    @SceneArtisan Před 3 lety +1

    Lest we forget.

  • @gedeon2696
    @gedeon2696 Před 2 lety +1

    Throughout history, the british army used mercenaries and "colonials" to fight their wars; but were very reluctant to share any "glory" of victories.

  • @worer850
    @worer850 Před 2 lety

    God bless the Australians and the Kiwi's! Sent a drift to return to fight a regime of tirony. May we never forget. Let mankind remember our agregis mistakes. Hope is that we learn

  • @raoulcaliente1030
    @raoulcaliente1030 Před 3 lety

    Oh, God. . .

  • @connerewing8175
    @connerewing8175 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautifully harrowing. Thank you for this.

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer5150 Před 3 lety +1

    These are among the most powerful reasons that I've worn a poppy at my collar, ever since I first understood the realities for those living them.
    As pretentious as it may appear, it's only because the more I learn the more speechless I often find myself - keeping a poppy on a coat is all I can do.

  • @armchairwanderer1287
    @armchairwanderer1287 Před 3 lety

    👍👍

  • @hotstepper887
    @hotstepper887 Před 2 lety

    Australia lost 60,000 men in WW1. Nearly 70,000 British civilians also lost their lives.

  • @Benderswe1
    @Benderswe1 Před měsícem

    lest we forget

  • @jakubknopp1964
    @jakubknopp1964 Před 3 lety

    I wonder who's coming up with those titles

  • @levipowers2449
    @levipowers2449 Před 3 lety

    Sounds like battlefield music

  • @hissyhonker220
    @hissyhonker220 Před rokem

    I thought the Germans first used gas in Poland against Russians.. I think it failed and they inadvertently gassed themselves but the use first time of lethal gas was in Poland I thought. The French first used gas in the war on the western front but as dude said it were tear gas at first. So that part is correct

  • @maureenjackson2041
    @maureenjackson2041 Před 3 lety +1

    I know the Australians were transferred to France after the Gallipoli campaign, and suffered many casualties there too.

  • @hilldwler420
    @hilldwler420 Před rokem

    It took us, the Americans that broke the stalemate. It was us the Americans that built the factories, sent the warm bodies and supplied the Allies with all the materials and food needed for ww2. Yet we Never get any thanks or respect. I

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 Před 7 měsíci

    Lions for lambs

  • @Quazi-moto
    @Quazi-moto Před 3 lety

    As terrifying as coming upon a tank must have been for a farm boy of the age, just try to imagine the absolute horror of the soldiers that will fight in WWIII -- and worse, the civilians caught in the crossfire.
    We have absolutely NO idea the extent of the weaponry that exists today. The things they are willing to show us are NOT new by military standards. All their "best" toys are kept hidden, only to be employed in a time of grave need. They sometimes trot out a nice show pony as a show of strength, same as a rattlesnake shaking its tail in warning. So as impressed as we are by an F-22 Raptor, say, consider what they have still under wraps.
    I feel for the people of whichever era (and areas) in which that war breaks out. New ways of killing are being developed all the time; quicker, more efficient machines of slaughter are constantly being created all over the world by people with very different ideas on how the world should be, and very different ideas about what is acceptable in terms of cruelty toward their fellow man.
    All it takes is the wrong madman to be in power at the right time, and the world will once again be set alight. Only this time, perhaps multiple _billions_ of people will perish. The destruction is unfathomable!
    What a terrifying thought.
    My one remaining hope is that humanity will never discover (and inevitably unleash) anything more powerful than atomic weapons. Admittedly it's a very pale sliver of hope; even if it remains true, the atomic weapons we already have are enough to end life on planet Earth as we know it, sending survivors back to the Stone Age. It would likely take a couple thousand years to recover our current status.
    And that is only with the caveat that a large and diverse enough group survives. That is one hellaciously big "if."

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Před 3 lety

    I believe that this is not the correct title can anyone help me please?

  • @joeldaniels1821
    @joeldaniels1821 Před 3 lety

    love the accents wish I had one like that

  • @tr4480
    @tr4480 Před 2 lety +1

    An excellent video. If I have a gripe, it is having political figures reading from those letters. I despise political figures as I am convinced they are the ones who would happily send young men and women into war today just as their predecessors did in past wars, while they sit back and wax poetic. The dead of our wars deserve better respect than to have political figures pay them trite lip service. All in all though, this was a wonderful documentary, especially the photos and the aerial shots.

  • @billyeager2567
    @billyeager2567 Před 2 lety

    thank-you propano55 toledo ohio

  • @valedslinger6290
    @valedslinger6290 Před 3 lety

    If the generals who called the shots at passchendaele were taken under arrest and hung for the human Slaughter they caused. That would have ended the slaughter . Crimes against humanity if I've ever seen it, on both sides. It's easy to say charge from 20 miles away

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 Před 3 lety

      and where should the general be? up in the trenches from where he can only see a small portion of the battlefield? the top brass commands on army/corps level , they dont command platoons this whole ˝˝gEneRaL BAd˝˝ thing is pure nonsense , you should read up on this amazing thing called ˝˝chain of command˝˝

    • @valedslinger6290
      @valedslinger6290 Před 3 lety

      @@mcsmash4905 Where they sit matters not in this battle. The callous sacrifice of youth they knew full well would occur for a gain that would be minimal but good for a insane generals ego is wrong. Who gives a Damm about chain of command when the command sends entire towns sons into a meat grinder at the same time. Whole communities lost thier sons all at once in idiotic suicidal strategies for a advance of a few yards. Did you ever wear a uniform? See everyone from boot camp fall to the dirt around you? All dead? For nothing but a ego. Me either. But had we been, you wouldn't be so enthralled by chain of command. A chain that decided not to have any communication means except runners. Who seldom made it.

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 Před 3 lety

      @@valedslinger6290 those communities made their own pals battalions not the generals you nutcase , and before the somme happened it was still a ˝˝glorious˝˝ was so nobody thought of the potential consequences , you cant simply stop a major millitary operation like the somme , you show no understanding on this topic at all its all just emotional subjective nonsense you just threw at me instead of objective facts , people die in wars and you cant predict the outcome of battles , every single side did a major blunder in that war and i dont know where the whole go thing stems from because as i said in this comment already , you CANNOT simply stop a MAJOR MILLITARY OPERATION as its happening , while in ther tactical sense it was a waste of life but on the strategic sense it absolutely mauled the german army and it was never the same again

    • @myparceltape1169
      @myparceltape1169 Před 2 lety

      @@mcsmash4905
      The responsibility of the officers is (and if it is not then it should be) the care of those under his command.
      If the officers receive their commission from the Monarch, say, are they told by the Monarch that they too are expendable?

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 Před 2 lety

      @@myparceltape1169 you can care as much as you want but the machinegun on the other side of the valley doesnt , go touch some grass

  • @sarkissati1217
    @sarkissati1217 Před 3 lety +2

    ⚡ С уважением из России 🥂

  • @Colin-Fenix
    @Colin-Fenix Před 3 lety +2

    I don’t appreciate that Timeline has added these History Hits advertisements with Dan to all their videos and I am considering canceling my subscription since I pay extra for Premium CZcams to avoid ads. I am not interested in Dan’s new channel and I consider his ads a waster of my time and am offended that they have gotten around the removal of ads to Premium subscribers by adding ads at the beginning of every video. Sure, I can and do fast-forward past Dan, but I don’t appreciate it and therefore every video, regardless of quality of content, will get a thumbs down from now on.

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 Před 3 lety

      he puts them out. No Dan Snow, no videos.

    • @mcsmash4905
      @mcsmash4905 Před 3 lety

      just get adblock lol , its free and you wont see a single ad

  • @RD2564
    @RD2564 Před rokem

    Nice vid but let's be honest, most of these people were in the wrong place at the wrong time and being blowed-up real good by artillery does not qualify them as heroes who NEED to have their name written on a wall 100+ years after they passed. Many Australians still have a quaint, 19th century, Victorian, Rudyard Kipling way of looking at the world, and that is quite strange as we approach the middle of the 21st century. Where is the wall for the Australians who did not go and therefore did not get blowed-up? It seems to me that those are the smart ones and the real winners at the end of the day ...

  • @lupoligiuseppe5208
    @lupoligiuseppe5208 Před měsícem

    If the Australian where the finest of the British empire the most fired and capable where the Canada 🇨🇦 army

  • @joejoe2928
    @joejoe2928 Před 2 lety

    💂 VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS THANK YOU AUUSTRALIA FOR. THE BLOOD YOU. SPILLED TO KEEP EUROPE FREE.IN WW2_AND WW1. AND VEITNAM .KOREA AND IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

  • @user-co4je5wk6p
    @user-co4je5wk6p Před 2 lety

    Yan อยู่คนเดียว เจอ ผีบ้า โจรปล้น สงคราม🤭

  • @michaeldonnelly1657
    @michaeldonnelly1657 Před 3 lety

    Switched off as soon as the disgraceful Tony Abbott appeared

    • @Lordradost
      @Lordradost Před 3 lety

      In understanding and with respect: get over yourself.

    • @michaeldonnelly1657
      @michaeldonnelly1657 Před 3 lety

      In all respect@@Lordradostdon’t tell me what to do

    • @Lordradost
      @Lordradost Před 3 lety

      @@michaeldonnelly1657 Pff.. you don't tell me what to do. C'mon. ;-)

    • @michaeldonnelly1657
      @michaeldonnelly1657 Před 3 lety

      @@Lordradost speak English

  • @TheMrgoodmanners
    @TheMrgoodmanners Před 3 lety

    If you think this was bad think about the african tribes that used to fight british and french mechanized units having only spears and ox hide shields against this sort of artillery

  • @snappleback420
    @snappleback420 Před 2 lety

    666 rounds a minute

  • @DavidSmith-bd8dd
    @DavidSmith-bd8dd Před 9 měsíci

    I do think the Turks had artillery

  • @bradmcmurray8165
    @bradmcmurray8165 Před 3 lety +2

    Fighting for lies...

    • @Ulfhednir9
      @Ulfhednir9 Před 3 lety +1

      Pretty much sums up every war ever

    • @markcrampton5549
      @markcrampton5549 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Ulfhednir9 When they ask you why we died, say it's because our fathers lied.- Kilpling on the death of his son.

  • @ChippeWAjawsh
    @ChippeWAjawsh Před 3 lety

    If this man screams master froto going to lose my shette...