"We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win."- Henry Kissinger commenting on the Vietnam War
The power of Fabian tactics.... Fascinating that the US would forget the tactics that won it her own independence... History truly is fascinating in that humanity is entertainingly flawed.
it was a bit of an Odyssey and involved a lot of Covid tests, but he needed to come over for Rhineland 45 filming anyway, so we said we film as much TGW as possible before it's time for the living room again.
As always, your content is outstanding, and I sympathize with the difficulties history creators run into on CZcams. CZcams can be a great, sprawling, jealous hydra-headed monster.
As a Brit, I find the Irish fight for independence to be a pretty interesting subject. The Easter Uprising, the Irish War of Independence, and the Civil War are all subjects I became curious about the first time I heard of them. I'm not very proud of the things our countrymen did in Ireland at that time, but it's important to remember what the Brits of today can't be held responsible for what happened over a hundred years ago. We should honour the fallen of both sides and learn from the past so that such violence is avoided in the future. May Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and Ireland all strive for a better future together 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇪
Yay! I've finally caught up with all the episodes! I learnt about this channel in August last year (way long after the war was over, I know, but better late than never) when I discovered the Sabaton History channel. I caught up in that channel and started watching every episode in order - including every special, biospecial and OOTT - in November. I've learnt soooo much. Awesome channel, from the beginning till now :)
One of the last british soldiers killed in the war was shot about ten minutes walk from where i live. He was out for a walk because he thought he would be safe because the treaty was due to take effect at midnight, he was picked up by two volunteers and escorted to a quarry and shot. On my road a wannabe double agent was shot and killed, he was ordered to kneel, was allowed to say his prayers and was shot.
@@seanmacuaiteir437 Just the guy out the lough. I think he was picked up where galvins off license is now in barrack street so he didnt have far to go.
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I studied modern Irish history and my professor made several quotes, "Michael Collins is the father of urban guerilla warfare" and "The IRA were Cadillacs in terrorism".
I may be two years after release, but thank you for a series of un-biased fact (and truth!) heavy documentaries on the foundations of modern Ireland. This is the quality of production that should be on the curriculum of all UK and Irish schools. Thank you.
nice to see that the newer videos from The Great War are more objective and telling real stories without using some glamor words, like bravery eccetera, because in a war human are human, no matter in which part of the world
What about the Crossbarry ambush, the successful rearguard action by Tom Barry's column of just over 100 men against 1200 British troops, plus auxiliaries, on a search and destroy mission? The closest thing the war came to a pitched battle, fought over just one hour on the 19th of March 1921, and one of the largest military actions of the conflict. Barry's men launched a series of preemptive ambushes against the approaching British columns to break out of a closing circle with only 40 rounds per man and successfully avoiding annihilation. One of the leading British commanders of the Essex regiment was a major Percival who would later, as Lt. General Percival , surrender Singapore to Japanese force half the size of his own!
there is only so much detail we can cover in each episode. the particular challenge for this conflict is the disparity in visual sources. lots of British photos etc. from arrests. But not so much from the IRA side. That's doubly true for the engagements. The attack on custom house was an outlier here that we found so many photos. And it's not just a question about if visual material exists, but also if we can get permission to use them for a reasonable price.
@@TheGreatWar Some thoughts on this. Cameras were expensive in the twenties. The forces of the crown had embedded journalists and photographers, the IRA had few, if any. Photography required fixed support services of chemists and darkrooms, which the IRA did not have much access to. And finally, few members of a clandestine army would want to be photographed, knowing that there was always the risk of that photo ending up in the crowns intelligence files on you, especially if the crown forces raided the darkrooms.
3rd generation "English" with Irish catholic ancestors and in Catholic schools of the '50s and '60s there was none of this explaoned or even mentioned.
@@ClearPathBeats In the 50's, we Catholic kids did have "fights" with the Prody dog kids but by the early 60's that social tension just faded away.... still despised the Tories but religion didn't seem to come into it any more. We might have been an isolated "liberal" pocket ( Acklam, Teesside ). Now I think of it, my "missing" history might have been because half of us were pushing into a science only school stream and I missed out on the subjects ( history, geography, art ) that I actually liked.
A fascinating episode about mysterious Ireland (at least for a viewer from the Levant). Well done Jesse and crew for this exciting episode about the Irish war of independance
Check out the book "The Irish War of Independence" by Michael Hopkinson. Also check out the book "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" by Tom Barry. Tom Barry was an Irishman who served with the British Army(Royal Artillery) during WW1 and saw service in the Middle East(Mesopotamia(modern day Iraq). When he got home to Ireland he joined the IRA and became the most successful rebel IRA commander in the conflict. A lot of IRA men were ex- British soldiers from WW1. Also check out the following movies with an Irish War of Independence theme. "Shake Hands with the Devil" which is from the 1950's and is in black & white. "The Wind that Sheakes the Barley", "Fools of Fortune" and "Michael Collins".
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Strictly speaking you are correct but the British would withdraw from 26 out of 32 counties of Ireland. Other countries would look at the military and political aspect of the conflict which would inspire future anti colonial conflicts and wars of liberation. The British Empire would implode and be dismantled over the following decades and historians would look at Ireland as the catalyst for this. Other countries within the British Empire such as India would be influenced by Ireland. Britain knew that success or lack of it in Ireland could have a domino effect on the nations within the Empire.
6:08 you’ll see the Irish National Army logo and a caption on the car that reads the Fighting 2nd. This is the 2nd Motor Squadron of the (now) Defence Forces of Ireland which exists to the modern day as 2 Brigade Cavalry Squadron, based at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin. It went on to be Ireland’s first blooded unit overseas during the Congo crisis in the early sixties, if I’m not mistaken.
True story....just a shame that all those lives lost for independence to then have Brussels running the ROI...also a shame they couldn't see 20+ years in the future to get dominion status, then independence without a shot beinf fired.
@@jamesygerrard2626 In 1921 Britain did abandon the Unionists in the today call Republic of Ireland. And today 100 years later in 2021 Britain do abandoning the Unionist in the rest of Ireland, include the Ulster
Great video as usual. If anyone is looking for a more in depth look at the Irish war of Independence,I would strongly recommend the Irish nation lives youtube channel.
The Kilmichael ambush was just one of dozens of ambushes on British troops en convoy, the terrain was favorable for the guerilla forces, these attacks on troop carriers, armoured cars and tanks, crippled the British army and auxiliary forces, and was a major defeat for them, as they lost hundreds of men between 1919 - 1921.
It was enough for the IRA to survive. They never had any hope of defeating the British militarily, but were able to achieve political victory by continuing the struggle until the British public and government lost the will to fight. Just what the Vietcong did to US forces more than half a century later.
Yes true the viet cong leader ho chi Minh was working as a waiter in London in 1921 and was inspired and learned from the Irish war of I independence to use that 45 years later
@@Game_Hero No, only about the Polish-Lithuanian war which most Historians say as far as I know was a Part of the Independence war but not the Main fight against the Bolseviks.
'I was born on a Dublin street, where the loyal drums did beat, and the loving english feet , they walked all over us. And every single night when my da would come home tight, he'd invite the neighbours over with this chorus...............'
@@joseaca1010 the IRA didn’t do too much fighting like men - they sneaked around planting bombs and killing hundreds of off duty police and innocent civilian men, women and children for 25 years in the 1970s to 90s. The IRA actually killed more of their own community than the British Army did!
Indy Neidell is currently working for the World War 2 Week-by-Week series, while Jesse, the current narrator is also doing a Franco-Prussian Week-by-Week series on the channel Real Time History.
I suspect that Jesse’s pronounciation is closer to the original Spanish than anyone’s in Ireland. Funnily enough I once shared a classroom with his granddaughter, the former minister Síle De Valera, and have played football against his great grandson, who weirdly is born and bred Italian.
Not sure why this wasn't mentioned ... especially as it was such a main part of the Hollywood movie 'Michael Collins# but ... De'Valera sent Collins to the UK to negotiate with Lloyd George. De'VAlera did this intentionally as he knew there was no way they would allow an Irish republic. After all the fighting, Collin knew this was the best offer we would get and seen it as a stepping stone to full independence. De'Valera did not agree .... as I'm typing this I'm thinking you may be planning to mention this in another video lol
Thanks for explaining some of the complexity of this conflict. Too many people (especially Americans) oversimplify Ireland's fight for independence as a fight against colonialism. It is difficult for me to explain my views to ANYONE as an Irish-American protestant born to Irish and English protestant parents. Too many people assume Irish = catholic, and that having Irish heritage = IRA sympathies. If anyone is looking for a deep dive into the conflict, I read a great book about this called "Hope Against History" (I have no ties to this book or its author)
@@seanmacuaiteir437 How does killing innocent Irish protestant civilians advance the cause against British colonialism? Is it a crime to not be Catholic?
@@cpt_bill366 'Is it a crime to not be Catholic?' According to some left footers I've run into...Yes! But you are right. Irish nationalism is supposed to be about being Irish first and foremost. It was supposed to be a secular state IIRC. Were not some of the first Irish nationalists from the protestant faith, and even English in heritage? I consider myself Irish. But never Catholic or Protestant.
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Excellent video, educated Civil war is the most brutal of all wars, you are killing your own family. Negotiations and arbitration is best. Blessed is the peacemaker
When boyhood's fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen, For Greece and Rome who bravely stood, Three hundred men and three men; And then I prayed I yet might see Our fetters rent in twain, And Ireland, long a province, be. A Nation once again! A Nation once again, A Nation once again, And lreland, long a province, be A Nation once again!
The attack on the customs house was a disgrace on a military and cultural level. Such a stupid waste for stupid symbolism. Priceless historical records going back to the 1600s were destroyed in the fire. Another wretched feather in Dev's cap.
I often rail at presenters for saying English or England when they mean British or Britain. And while the use of the words in this episode is technically correct, regarding the Irish, I absolutely blame the English. For hundreds of years, both before and after the 1707 Acts of Union, the English treated the Irish horribly. Even going so far as to literally sell Irish people into slavery. Sure there were human rights crimes committed by both sides, but it was the English who dragged it down to that level and made torture and murder status quo.
OK, but one problem. I don't remember any other part of the British empire protesting or condeming it at the time, being silent makes you indirectly responsible. So what I want to say is that it was in fact British who were involved in irish war of independence.
That is a difficult question to answer as it depends on your definition of "Irish" and "British". Pirates from the island of Ireland were raiding Britain back in the BCs, at a time when the native Britons were all Celtic speaking and there were no Anglo saxons.
100 year anniversary of the great struggle of a small country against the largest colonial empire, sadly ignored by the Irish government and the Irish people. Thank you to 'The Great War', you acknowledge the sacrifice of our grandparents, as our children do not appreciate the freedom from racial suffering.
@@paulwalsh598 they tried to have them landed from a German sub at banna strand in kerry for the easter rising 1916 which is really when the war of independence started in my opinion.
@@jamescoughlan8193 1916 was a sepqate event imo, at that stage the bulk of the nationalist support was still for The Irish Parlimentary party and Redmonds volunteers. It was the British reaction to 1916 that gave rise to the war of indepence and the switch of support from Redmonds party to Sein Fein. However the point remains that the question asked was where the IRA got weapons and the answer to that was not from Germany but rather they were stolen from the RIC mostly, and from private hands secondly. I am aware of German attempts to land guns in Ireland both in Kerry and Roger Casements attempt on his yacht, but most of these attempts failed in the first instance and secondly most of the guns sucessfully smuggled in were captured upon the surrender of the 1916 rebels.
When I look at the criminal incompetence of the British government nowadays the more I appreciate and am grateful for those hero's who broke free from their tyranny.
How about their successors who have now sold Ireland to the EU and international socialism. Get rid of one tyranny, here comes another. In both cases, by internal betrayal.
Don't drink. Probably younger than you. I live in California and it's just past dusk. And I can still recognize people who sell out their own country and people. Gobshite.
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At the time of the 11th July Truce 1921 the British Crown Forces in Ireland were over 58,500 soldiers and almost 16,000 policemen. I have no figures for RAF,Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel. The British had at least 80,000 men in Ireland. They also had armoured cars,lorries,artillery,planes,calvary,both heavy and light machine guns and inexhaustible ammo resources. The IRA might have an impressive strength on paper but in terms of armed men they could only put into the field at their peak was 2,500 to 3,500 men. The IED was the most powerful weapon in the IRA arsenal. To use modern military parlance there was a troop surge in Ireland from April to July 1921 which involved thousands of Bditish troop reinforcements to deal with the escalating insurgency.
It is entirely correct the peace treaty of 1922. Although 10% of the free states population was protestant. The civil war cost 4000 lives. As opposed to the 414 the British murdered. Unfortunately the British state is very bad at these things as this is very current.I think alot of people need to revisit this event in history.
Thanks the stats were from a book I read in the 1990's. What Scotland in a much more muted form is what Ireland had through most of the,19th and early 20th centuries. Although obviously without the terrible effects of the potato famine and mass migration.
@@seanmacuaiteir437 I may have replied to some of your posts on other Irish War of Independence sites. Anyway this is an excellent episode from the Great War team. However some of the facts and figures are totally wrong. I have researched this conflict for over 20 years that has brought me to the archives and museums in London,Dublin and Belfast. I have also visited the libraries both at local and national level of both countries. I have also visited the regimental museums in Scotland, Wales and England. I would question his death toll for the conflict. I am not saying my figures are 100% correct but his is too low. His casualties for police is too low. Over 430 policemen were killed as a result of hostile action and this figure does not include dozens policemen killed as a result of accidents,suicide or blue on blue(friendly fire). For police casualties check out the works of Richard Abbott and Jim Herlihy who are police historians and have served as police officers in Northern Ireland and Republic respectively. However I have come across a couple of policemen who were killed accidentally but do not appear in either of these works. There is a Roll of Honour for police casualties in Belfast for this conflict and there is also one in Lancashire,England which has a casualty roll for all police casualties from the UK(from the founding date of all British police forces)including Ireland(pre-independence). I have also researched regular British Army figures. Around 180 British soldiers were killed as a result of hostile action. Their deaths can be confirmed by the CWGC. This figure for British soldiers could rise as there is some British soldiers who went "missing" and their fate unknown. However some of these missing soldiers were captured by the IRA and executed and secretly buried. For example the bodies of 2 British soldiers from the East Lancashire Regiment were found near Killarney in Co.Kerry in 1926. Hundreds of British soldiers died in Ireland as a result of accidents,suicide and sickness. You must remember that a lot of British soldiers died in Ireland as a result of the Spanish Flu after WW1 and I dont incorporate these in my figures. In Co.Limerick for example in the spring of 1919 over 30 British soldiers died as a result of Spanish Flu. I know that in Ireland there was a massive undertaking to chronicle all the deaths from 1916-1923 period. I think the title of this project is "The Dead of the Irish Revolution". One of the men involved is a teacher at TCD. I gave him a list of Royal Marines that were killed in Ireland during the conflict that he was not aware of. It is virtually impossible to come up with a 100% accurate death toll for any war or conflict.
"We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win."- Henry Kissinger commenting on the Vietnam War
“Carpet bomb them. Carpet bomb them all.” - Henry Kissinger
The power of Fabian tactics....
Fascinating that the US would forget the tactics that won it her own independence...
History truly is fascinating in that humanity is entertainingly flawed.
dclark142002 plenty of countries “forget”
A reading of HK with Afghanistan in mind means the Taliban has won
@@deprogramm, yes...exactly my point.
It's great to see Jesse in the studio again after so many months. A great episode. I can't wait for the next one
it was a bit of an Odyssey and involved a lot of Covid tests, but he needed to come over for Rhineland 45 filming anyway, so we said we film as much TGW as possible before it's time for the living room again.
@@TheGreatWar I don't mind the loving room, though. I like that cute tank model.
Love that there is another video of the Ireland. I would love to see a video on the Irish Civil war. Love this Channel from Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
spoiler alert ;)
@@TheGreatWar 👍
Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
You should take back Northern Ireland from Brits
@@k-studio8112 thank you 🇮🇪🇮🇪
As always, your content is outstanding, and I sympathize with the difficulties history creators run into on CZcams. CZcams can be a great, sprawling, jealous hydra-headed monster.
As a Brit, I find the Irish fight for independence to be a pretty interesting subject. The Easter Uprising, the Irish War of Independence, and the Civil War are all subjects I became curious about the first time I heard of them. I'm not very proud of the things our countrymen did in Ireland at that time, but it's important to remember what the Brits of today can't be held responsible for what happened over a hundred years ago. We should honour the fallen of both sides and learn from the past so that such violence is avoided in the future. May Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and Ireland all strive for a better future together 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇪
The British Empire should have joined the Central Powers in 1914.
@@MarkHarrison733 Why?
@@oliversherman2414 The Central Powers were 100% in the right.
The British Empire sided with Serbian terrorists in 1914.
The war in Ireland is solved and will never have any troubles in the future...
😂😂😂😂😂 Say it too my face
Do you mean this jokingly? I'll take it you do.
@@Roller_Ghoster yes it’s a joke
Coming soon civil war
@@kevinbourke1847 violence was used by both sides and failed.
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it"
- GK Chesterton
Odd that he's never heard of boats.
Ooooh! It's still got that "new video" smell to it!
Yes. I just got this notification 2 or 3 minutes ago.
Yay! I've finally caught up with all the episodes! I learnt about this channel in August last year (way long after the war was over, I know, but better late than never) when I discovered the Sabaton History channel. I caught up in that channel and started watching every episode in order - including every special, biospecial and OOTT - in November. I've learnt soooo much. Awesome channel, from the beginning till now :)
Michael Collins a true Irish legend 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Anyone who says otherwise has their head in the sand
Definitely
@@seanivan5421 Collins betrayed Ireland.
Thanks for these videos on the anglo-irish war, I basically knew nothing about it before so this was very helpful
One of the last british soldiers killed in the war was shot about ten minutes walk from where i live.
He was out for a walk because he thought he would be safe because the treaty was due to take effect at midnight, he was picked up by two volunteers and escorted to a quarry and shot.
On my road a wannabe double agent was shot and killed, he was ordered to kneel, was allowed to say his prayers and was shot.
Would that be the three soldiers shot in Cork City?
@@seanmacuaiteir437 Just the guy out the lough.
I think he was picked up where galvins off license is now in barrack street so he didnt have far to go.
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I studied modern Irish history and my professor made several quotes, "Michael Collins is the father of urban guerilla warfare" and "The IRA were Cadillacs in terrorism".
While the Provisionals were sectarian murderers.
@@Roller_Ghoster So, there were no Protestant sectarian murderers? Catch yerself on, fella.
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN The Provos killed more Catholics than any other side in the conflict. Go boil your head "fella".
@@Roller_Ghoster The provos were only defending the catholics living in northern Ireland
@@ronancunningham1705 bollox. Defending Catholics? Lets not mention Jean McConville, Columba McVeigh or the other Disappeared.
Great! I hope you will cover the following Irish Civil War, too.
I may be two years after release, but thank you for a series of un-biased fact (and truth!) heavy documentaries on the foundations of modern Ireland. This is the quality of production that should be on the curriculum of all UK and Irish schools. Thank you.
I do so very much, appreciate every video you publish. I am a huge history enthusiast of 6 decades an avid follower of your channel.
Genuinely surprised by how friendly the comments section is. Was expecting an absolute firestorm.
Because it's truly balanced.
...and youtube censors too quickly
nice to see that the newer videos from The Great War are more objective and telling real stories without using some glamor words, like bravery eccetera, because in a war human are human, no matter in which part of the world
Amazing video, you're one of the few channels where I enjoy watching half an hour videos
wish they were longer My attention span is hrs long unlike kids today who are may flies.
@@frederickbays405 in that case you can find channels who do 1 hour or longer
Excellent! Love your narration. You're getting more and more animated!
Hardly know about this early part of the conflict. Kudos for the coverage
Excellent program. Too bad CZcams is cutting its own throat. Many documentaries and programs are moving to other growing outlets.
Hi Bruce, what outlets are you referring to. I’d like to check them out if you’d be so kind.
@@flemhawker9134 Patreon.
Also curiosity stream. And Great Courses Plus.
Some great stuff on odessy. No adds either
i always get excited whenever you make a new video, you're one of the best channels out there
You are in every history channel
History geeek
@@sorrybro4890 yeah glad you noticed
What about the Crossbarry ambush, the successful rearguard action by Tom Barry's column of just over 100 men against 1200 British troops, plus auxiliaries, on a search and destroy mission? The closest thing the war came to a pitched battle, fought over just one hour on the 19th of March 1921, and one of the largest military actions of the conflict. Barry's men launched a series of preemptive ambushes against the approaching British columns to break out of a closing circle with only 40 rounds per man and successfully avoiding annihilation. One of the leading British commanders of the Essex regiment was a major Percival who would later, as Lt. General Percival , surrender Singapore to Japanese force half the size of his own!
I recommend that you read Guerrilla Days in Ireland if you haven't, its Tom Barry's memoirs.
there is only so much detail we can cover in each episode. the particular challenge for this conflict is the disparity in visual sources. lots of British photos etc. from arrests. But not so much from the IRA side. That's doubly true for the engagements. The attack on custom house was an outlier here that we found so many photos.
And it's not just a question about if visual material exists, but also if we can get permission to use them for a reasonable price.
Attempted encircling of troops by a visible foe, followed by by withdrawal/retreat....not really noteworthy for the video tbh
@@TheGreatWar Some thoughts on this. Cameras were expensive in the twenties. The forces of the crown had embedded journalists and photographers, the IRA had few, if any. Photography required fixed support services of chemists and darkrooms, which the IRA did not have much access to. And finally, few members of a clandestine army would want to be photographed, knowing that there was always the risk of that photo ending up in the crowns intelligence files on you, especially if the crown forces raided the darkrooms.
This confirms previous thoughts of mine that Percival was a defeatist who majorly screwed up in Singapore
3rd generation "English" with Irish catholic ancestors and in Catholic schools of the '50s and '60s there was none of this explaoned or even mentioned.
That’s because tories and unionists don’t want us Catholics to know their history of subjugating us
@@ClearPathBeats In the 50's, we Catholic kids did have "fights" with the Prody dog kids but by the early 60's that social tension just faded away.... still despised the Tories but religion didn't seem to come into it any more. We might have been an isolated "liberal" pocket ( Acklam, Teesside ). Now I think of it, my "missing" history might have been because half of us were pushing into a science only school stream and I missed out on the subjects ( history, geography, art ) that I actually liked.
@@ClearPathBeats I think that’s because he Catholic Church in Ireland supported the British government at this time and excommunicated IRA members.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
Are you guys planning to continue this series into the Irish Civil War? Hope so!
A fascinating episode about mysterious Ireland (at least for a viewer from the Levant). Well done Jesse and crew for this exciting episode about the Irish war of independance
Check out the book "The Irish War of Independence" by Michael Hopkinson. Also check out the book "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" by Tom Barry. Tom Barry was an Irishman who served with the British Army(Royal Artillery) during WW1 and saw service in the Middle East(Mesopotamia(modern day Iraq). When he got home to Ireland he joined the IRA and became the most successful rebel IRA commander in the conflict. A lot of IRA men were ex- British soldiers from WW1. Also check out the following movies with an Irish War of Independence theme. "Shake Hands with the Devil" which is from the 1950's and is in black & white. "The Wind that Sheakes the Barley", "Fools of Fortune" and "Michael Collins".
@@johnroche7541 Thanks a lot John Roche
I haven't gotten notifications even though I have the bell on. I missed nearly two months of content because videos stopped showing up in my feed. Pretty weird.
Excellent work, Enjoyed seeing images and video I had never seen before.
all that violence and it ends up being a stalemate, pretty sad
Strictly speaking you are correct but the British would withdraw from 26 out of 32 counties of Ireland. Other countries would look at the military and political aspect of the conflict which would inspire future anti colonial conflicts and wars of liberation. The British Empire would implode and be dismantled over the following decades and historians would look at Ireland as the catalyst for this. Other countries within the British Empire such as India would be influenced by Ireland. Britain knew that success or lack of it in Ireland could have a domino effect on the nations within the Empire.
@@johnroche7541 yes
Not at all, the republic of Ireland came into being.
@@SirAntoniousBlock yeah but i meant at the moment
Ireland got its independence, wouldnt call it a waste of time.
Very balanced thank you
Thanks Jesse, for your thoroughness and fairness. Mayo4Sam
6:08 you’ll see the Irish National Army logo and a caption on the car that reads the Fighting 2nd. This is the 2nd Motor Squadron of the (now) Defence Forces of Ireland which exists to the modern day as 2 Brigade Cavalry Squadron, based at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin. It went on to be Ireland’s first blooded unit overseas during the Congo crisis in the early sixties, if I’m not mistaken.
Yet did nothing to help their fellow countrymen in the North? For that reason they will never be celebrated
Very informative, thank you.
"The unionist felt Briton abandoning them" echo from the past. That is happening right now in Northern Ireland .
Kinda ironic really
True story....just a shame that all those lives lost for independence to then have Brussels running the ROI...also a shame they couldn't see 20+ years in the future to get dominion status, then independence without a shot beinf fired.
Yeah, but Britain didn’t abandon the Unionists of Ulster. The South abandoned the northern Catholics
@@jamesygerrard2626 In 1921 Britain did abandon the Unionists in the today call Republic of Ireland. And today 100 years later in 2021 Britain do abandoning the Unionist in the rest of Ireland, include the Ulster
@@Guinness1066 spotted the Unionist
Great video as usual.
If anyone is looking for a more in depth look at the Irish war of Independence,I would strongly recommend the Irish nation lives youtube channel.
Great work, keep it up! I signed up to Nebula too!
The Kilmichael ambush was just one of dozens of ambushes on British troops en convoy, the terrain was favorable for the guerilla forces, these attacks on troop carriers, armoured cars and tanks, crippled the British army and auxiliary forces, and was a major defeat for them, as they lost hundreds of men between 1919 - 1921.
True well said
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Another great, concise, informative video. Well done.
Definitely
It was enough for the IRA to survive. They never had any hope of defeating the British militarily, but were able to achieve political victory by continuing the struggle until the British public and government lost the will to fight. Just what the Vietcong did to US forces more than half a century later.
Yes true the viet cong leader ho chi Minh was working as a waiter in London in 1921 and was inspired and learned from the Irish war of I independence to use that 45 years later
Forget not the boys of Kilmichael
Those brave lads so gallant and true
Who fought ‘neath the Green flag of Erin
To conquer the Red White and Blue.
Great victory great song
I like the way he says de Valera ;)
100 years later the issue remains unsolved.
Salute to our brave Volunteers who fought and died for Irish Freedom against the terrorist Crown Forces.
I agree
Very well done very interesting and informative
This is the Lord’s work
which Loads the UK has hundred of them and so do many other nations
Should be noted the despite the truce the war continued in Belfast
Indeed. Belfast was murderous.
True basically unknown
0:52 I wonder if that British general inspired the character of Mccready in V for Vendetta.
Very nice Video as always! I have little question when did you guys will make the Video about the Lithuanian war of Independence?
Why was my reply deleted?
they already did one I think
@@Game_Hero No, only about the Polish-Lithuanian war which most Historians say as far as I know was a Part of the Independence war but not the Main fight against the Bolseviks.
Thanks for that excellent video. One on the Irish Civil War seems a logical next step?
They said it's going to be covered in August or September of this year.
It’s up
Great video!! well done.
'I was born on a Dublin street, where the loyal drums did beat, and the loving english feet , they walked all over us.
And every single night when my da would come home tight, he'd invite the neighbours over with this chorus...............'
Downloaded onto my phone via Deezer. Cheers for the steer. Great song and great lyrics
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN Despite Brady's Ham trying to destroy it.
Come out ye black and tans, come out and fight me like a man!
@@joseaca1010 There's no fooling you.
@@joseaca1010 the IRA didn’t do too much fighting like men - they sneaked around planting bombs and killing hundreds of off duty police and innocent civilian men, women and children for 25 years in the 1970s to 90s. The IRA actually killed more of their own community than the British Army did!
6:30 “those aren’t weapons they are just bicycles and cooking equipment” 🥸🤫🤫🔩🧨
Great job guys
What happened to the guy who did the earlier videos?
Indy Neidell is currently working for the World War 2 Week-by-Week series, while Jesse, the current narrator is also doing a Franco-Prussian Week-by-Week series on the channel Real Time History.
Nicely informative video.
Why does everyone mispronounce de Valera's name? The Irish say "Dev Alera" and this narrator here says "Day Valera". It's de Valera!
I suspect that Jesse’s pronounciation is closer to the original Spanish than anyone’s in Ireland. Funnily enough I once shared a classroom with his granddaughter, the former minister Síle De Valera, and have played football against his great grandson, who weirdly is born and bred Italian.
Not sure why this wasn't mentioned ... especially as it was such a main part of the Hollywood movie 'Michael Collins# but ... De'Valera sent Collins to the UK to negotiate with Lloyd George. De'VAlera did this intentionally as he knew there was no way they would allow an Irish republic. After all the fighting, Collin knew this was the best offer we would get and seen it as a stepping stone to full independence. De'Valera did not agree .... as I'm typing this I'm thinking you may be planning to mention this in another video lol
Any videos about China coming?
yes, in May.
Thanks for explaining some of the complexity of this conflict. Too many people (especially Americans) oversimplify Ireland's fight for independence as a fight against colonialism. It is difficult for me to explain my views to ANYONE as an Irish-American protestant born to Irish and English protestant parents. Too many people assume Irish = catholic, and that having Irish heritage = IRA sympathies. If anyone is looking for a deep dive into the conflict, I read a great book about this called "Hope Against History" (I have no ties to this book or its author)
It literally was a fight against colonialism. That's not oversimplification.
@@seanmacuaiteir437 How does killing innocent Irish protestant civilians advance the cause against British colonialism? Is it a crime to not be Catholic?
@@cpt_bill366 that's why the IRA fought the British army and RIC(the latter mostly Catholic) instead of just killing loads of innocent Protestants.
@@cpt_bill366 'Is it a crime to not be Catholic?'
According to some left footers I've run into...Yes!
But you are right. Irish nationalism is supposed to be about being Irish first and foremost. It was supposed to be a secular state IIRC. Were not some of the first Irish nationalists from the protestant faith, and even English in heritage?
I consider myself Irish. But never Catholic or Protestant.
@@cpt_bill366 irish protestant and irish catholics killed colonists
I love Ireland from the USA 🇺🇸🇮🇪
Me too
Well, CZcams has an anti-pornography community rule... until you find the hard-core pornography on CZcams using key search terms.
This series has been unreal
Now I miss you Michael Collins.
What ?
Me too
What happened to Indy?
Indy Neidell is currently working for the World War 2 Week-by-Week series, while Jesse, the current narrator is also doing a Franco-Prussian Week-by-Week series on the channel Real Time History.
14:26 The closed captions censored General Hanway’s last name.
Great job,
Excellent video, educated
Civil war is the most brutal of all wars, you are killing your own family. Negotiations and arbitration is best.
Blessed is the peacemaker
Well said
As a Turkish person, I'm glad both the Irish & the Turkish made 1921 such a bad year for the British. :D
The Ottoman Empire had already ceased to exist.
When boyhood's fire was in my blood
I read of ancient freemen,
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood,
Three hundred men and three men;
And then I prayed I yet might see
Our fetters rent in twain,
And Ireland, long a province, be.
A Nation once again!
A Nation once again,
A Nation once again,
And lreland, long a province, be
A Nation once again!
Can you give us links to the other episodes?
You guys should make videos on africa and asia
we covered non-european focused topics over the winter. and we will make more.
The attack on the customs house was a disgrace on a military and cultural level.
Such a stupid waste for stupid symbolism.
Priceless historical records going back to the 1600s were destroyed in the fire.
Another wretched feather in Dev's cap.
It worked though. It wasn't symbolic it destroyed the ability of the Brits to administrate Ireland.
Not really a phyric Victory but a Victory
SUBBED!
"Top educational creators lkke us"...
What a FLEX!!!
Back when men had the balls to rebel against their govt.
The equivalent of this today is wearing a tinfoil hat and faking vaccine effects on TikTok. SMH
True sure as needed now
There's a difference between rebelling against a representative government, and rebelling against a non-representative government.
100 Years Ago should be this channel's new name
I second this!
We solved the question of Ireland boys it will never come up again
Are you sure? Scottish and Irish will have there nations reuinted by force or by will sooner or later.....
@@JordanHatch777 I mean if Ireland joins the UK by choice then they'll be united under the crown again
@@saint4life09 never going to happen.we enjoy our freedom
@@arat2757 Yeah I was pointing out the absurdity of the comment in that Scotland and Ireland have only ever been united under the UK.
@@saint4life09 i mean your not wrong
Edit:just remembered scotland was once an independent country
Where is Indy
In the World War 2 channel
Brilliant as a proud irish republican, brilliant documentary
Tiocfaidh ar la
Sinn fein are anti irish communists.
I often rail at presenters for saying English or England when they mean British or Britain. And while the use of the words in this episode is technically correct, regarding the Irish, I absolutely blame the English. For hundreds of years, both before and after the 1707 Acts of Union, the English treated the Irish horribly. Even going so far as to literally sell Irish people into slavery. Sure there were human rights crimes committed by both sides, but it was the English who dragged it down to that level and made torture and murder status quo.
OK, but one problem. I don't remember any other part of the British empire protesting or condeming it at the time, being silent makes you indirectly responsible. So what I want to say is that it was in fact British who were involved in irish war of independence.
No such thing as Irish Slavery, it’s called apprenticing and it happened in England aswell
You... know that Scotland and Wales colonised Ireland before 1707, right?
The Irish slaves claims are a pile of nonsense created by American white supremacists. There is zero evidence for it.
@@ea.fitz216 Rubbish. Where did you get that from? Ireland actually invaded and took over parts of Wales and Scotland before this.
Lloyd George was a calamity for the British Empire.
Mad unionists in the comments crying because they aren’t the majority no more
Is it possible to watch battle of berlin somewhere free?
Was it made for free? $15 USD a year practically is free.
I got me a band new flack jacket and a pair of kink boots...
Love that song
How many british and irish wars were there?
It's gone on for over 800 years
The Irish started invading Britain pre Roman times
That is a difficult question to answer as it depends on your definition of "Irish" and "British".
Pirates from the island of Ireland were raiding Britain back in the BCs, at a time when the native Britons were all Celtic speaking and there were no Anglo saxons.
100 year anniversary of the great struggle of a small country against the largest colonial empire,
sadly ignored by the Irish government and the Irish people.
Thank you to 'The Great War', you acknowledge the sacrifice of our grandparents,
as our children do not appreciate the freedom from racial suffering.
True a real David against Goliath type struggle too bad the Irish government today doesn't recognize it
You look like Markoolio, dude.
Dev had Mike shot, there I said it.
Devalera was awfully machiavellian
Who exactly were supplying arms to the IRA; the American Irish?
They were mostly stolen during attacks on police barracks during the early months of the war.
Although efforts were made to bring weapons from Germany by submarine but informers as usual made this unsuccessful
@@jamescoughlan8193 Not in that time period. War of independance was after WW1, so there were no German submarines.
@@paulwalsh598 they tried to have them landed from a German sub at banna strand in kerry for the easter rising 1916 which is really when the war of independence started in my opinion.
@@jamescoughlan8193 1916 was a sepqate event imo, at that stage the bulk of the nationalist support was still for The Irish Parlimentary party and Redmonds volunteers.
It was the British reaction to 1916 that gave rise to the war of indepence and the switch of support from Redmonds party to Sein Fein. However the point remains that the question asked was where the IRA got weapons and the answer to that was not from Germany but rather they were stolen from the RIC mostly, and from private hands secondly.
I am aware of German attempts to land guns in Ireland both in Kerry and Roger Casements attempt on his yacht, but most of these attempts failed in the first instance and secondly most of the guns sucessfully smuggled in were captured upon the surrender of the 1916 rebels.
When I look at the criminal incompetence of the British government nowadays the more I appreciate and am grateful for those hero's who broke free from their tyranny.
How about their successors who have now sold Ireland to the EU and international socialism. Get rid of one tyranny, here comes another. In both cases, by internal betrayal.
@@brianmccarthy5557 Go to bed grandad you've had enough to drink.
Don't drink. Probably younger than you. I live in California and it's just past dusk. And I can still recognize people who sell out their own country and people. Gobshite.
Me too
True immoral then immoral now
Hmmmmmm, are you sure?????
CZcams is becoming that dog who was a a beloved part of the family for years and unfortunately was bitten by a raccoon with rabies the other day and now must be put down
51 battallions... How many men are¿
At the time of the 11th July Truce 1921 the British Crown Forces in Ireland were over 58,500 soldiers and almost 16,000 policemen. I have no figures for RAF,Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel. The British had at least 80,000 men in Ireland. They also had armoured cars,lorries,artillery,planes,calvary,both heavy and light machine guns and inexhaustible ammo resources. The IRA might have an impressive strength on paper but in terms of armed men they could only put into the field at their peak was 2,500 to 3,500 men. The IED was the most powerful weapon in the IRA arsenal. To use modern military parlance there was a troop surge in Ireland from April to July 1921 which involved thousands of Bditish troop reinforcements to deal with the escalating insurgency.
I-ur-land or Ire-land.
It is entirely correct the peace treaty of 1922. Although 10% of the free states population was protestant. The civil war cost 4000 lives. As opposed to the 414 the British murdered. Unfortunately the British state is very bad at these things as this is very current.I think alot of people need to revisit this event in history.
Revised Civil War death tolls now place the dead at about 1600 not 4000
Thanks the stats were from a book I read in the 1990's. What Scotland in a much more muted form is what Ireland had through most of the,19th and early 20th centuries. Although obviously without the terrible effects of the potato famine and mass migration.
@@seanmacuaiteir437 I may have replied to some of your posts on other Irish War of Independence sites. Anyway this is an excellent episode from the Great War team. However some of the facts and figures are totally wrong. I have researched this conflict for over 20 years that has brought me to the archives and museums in London,Dublin and Belfast. I have also visited the libraries both at local and national level of both countries. I have also visited the regimental museums in Scotland, Wales and England. I would question his death toll for the conflict. I am not saying my figures are 100% correct but his is too low. His casualties for police is too low. Over 430 policemen were killed as a result of hostile action and this figure does not include dozens policemen killed as a result of accidents,suicide or blue on blue(friendly fire). For police casualties check out the works of Richard Abbott and Jim Herlihy who are police historians and have served as police officers in Northern Ireland and Republic respectively. However I have come across a couple of policemen who were killed accidentally but do not appear in either of these works. There is a Roll of Honour for police casualties in Belfast for this conflict and there is also one in Lancashire,England which has a casualty roll for all police casualties from the UK(from the founding date of all British police forces)including Ireland(pre-independence). I have also researched regular British Army figures. Around 180 British soldiers were killed as a result of hostile action. Their deaths can be confirmed by the CWGC. This figure for British soldiers could rise as there is some British soldiers who went "missing" and their fate unknown. However some of these missing soldiers were captured by the IRA and executed and secretly buried. For example the bodies of 2 British soldiers from the East Lancashire Regiment were found near Killarney in Co.Kerry in 1926.
Hundreds of British soldiers died in Ireland as a result of accidents,suicide and sickness. You must remember that a lot of British soldiers died in Ireland as a result of the Spanish Flu after WW1 and I dont incorporate these in my figures. In Co.Limerick for example in the spring of 1919 over 30 British soldiers died as a result of Spanish Flu. I know that in Ireland there was a massive undertaking to chronicle all the deaths from 1916-1923 period. I think the title of this project is "The Dead of the Irish Revolution". One of the men involved is a teacher at TCD. I gave him a list of Royal Marines that were killed in Ireland during the conflict that he was not aware of. It is virtually impossible to come up with a 100% accurate death toll for any war or conflict.
The British is very bad in slot of things