World War 1 in Numbers I THE GREAT WAR Special

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2016
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    Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004.
    Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013.
    Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.
    Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.
    Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
    Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.
    Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004
    Michalka, Wolfgang. Der Erste Weltkrieg. Wirkung, Wahrnehmung, Analyse, Seehamer Verlag GmbH, 2000
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  • @WolfStrife
    @WolfStrife Před 8 lety +834

    This channel should be renamed The Great Channel!

    • @hello_world704
      @hello_world704 Před 8 lety +38

      that's the name of Donald Trump's channel.

    • @Kiefer333
      @Kiefer333 Před 8 lety +1

      HAHAHAHA

    • @Zipanguish
      @Zipanguish Před 8 lety +24

      Make the war great again!
      Wait ... Is that a good thing?

    • @jleyyi
      @jleyyi Před 8 lety +4

      how about The Greatest Channel?

    • @ZayanK
      @ZayanK Před 7 lety +18

      And make Mexico pay for it?

  • @aric117
    @aric117 Před 7 lety +314

    I am a quartermaster for the US Army, 92-Y, Unit Supply Specialist currently attached too a Field Artillery unit. I wholeheartedly Appreciate this episode. Mission support personnel don't have the sexiest job from day to day but better believe we affect the fight every-bit as much as the guys putting rounds down range. We often do this job battling unseen variables, constantly problem solving, all while living under the false notion and stereotype of being lazy and weak! Its funny cause all the infantry stuff we have too know too. We are rifle men first! Its also harder for us too get promoted. Big shout out too all the real unsung heroes of the every war effort.

    • @decanusmorte
      @decanusmorte Před 5 lety +5

      Yankees lead the way!

    • @kendomyers
      @kendomyers Před 4 lety +2

      Hello, 3 years on, from a fellow logistician

    • @cadehirtensteiner7210
      @cadehirtensteiner7210 Před 4 lety +2

      Your unit uses M777s correct?

    • @Flamechr
      @Flamechr Před 4 lety +3

      Been in mech inf and supply and btn toc in the 8 years i was in the Danish millitary and I can only agree whit you the support personel are just as much heroes as thoes in the front lines.

    • @nikstone2420
      @nikstone2420 Před 3 lety +3

      You have my appreciation & respect, Sir. Thank you for keeping things moving.🐮🪖🪖

  • @Yakhashe
    @Yakhashe Před 8 lety +185

    2:07 1'000'000 shells in 10 hours make 27.77 shells _per second_! I imagine that from a distance it made a very deep and terrifying roaring sound. Just put your subwoofer to that frequency (27.7 Hz) and listen.

    • @georgesbiburli8023
      @georgesbiburli8023 Před 8 lety +26

      Did that with audacity, makes me shudder...

    • @lonekinkong9893
      @lonekinkong9893 Před 8 lety +7

      Not as Good as Katioucha during WWII.

    • @colinkelly5420
      @colinkelly5420 Před 8 lety +45

      Put in perspective, in WWII the Germans MG42 fired 20 bullets a second and was noted for being impossible to distinguish the sound of individual bullets being fired. Now imagine that but with large caliber high explosive rounds hitting the ground. A veritable rapid fire machine gun of artillery shells landing in an area!
      Around 1916 you start to read the term "Drum Fire" a lot to describe the very intense barrages, as it was like a drummer beating rapidly on a snare drum. Each beat being the sound of an exploding shell. The amazing thing is, in the last year of the war, the artillery barrages were so absolutely insane that adjectives had to be added in front of the term as it no longer gave justice to just how rapid the explosions were. Things like "heavy drum fire" or "the most appalling drum fire" are used consistently, as drum fire barrages were no longer rarities in major operations.

    • @FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog
      @FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog Před 8 lety +4

      @Yakhashe I think the continuous impact of those shells drowned out the distant whistling and firing. Terrifying nonetheless.

    • @TotalRookie_LV
      @TotalRookie_LV Před 8 lety +32

      Well, the farm where my grandmother, then a teenager, lived during WWII at some point happened to be between Soviet and German forces, sometimes Germans or Russians came in small groups to ask for milk or water, asked if locals have seen the other guys, the answer always was the same - no! 8D Luckily those guys never met, so there was no shooting involved and the house was undamaged and the family unharmed (well, that was sort of tricky sometimes, it include bribery to avoid conscription in the "volunteer" SS legion and good documents to her father, who looked suspiciously Jew-like) through whole war.
      When granny went to milk a cow, she carried one bucket in hand and another one on the head as sort of a helmet, while "katyushas" were firing over her head. Besides since she had no idea what's that is, and what missiles are, she until recently was convinced, those things somehow threw fire, as that's how it looked to her.

  • @AmariFukui
    @AmariFukui Před 8 lety +434

    It's amazing we can expend such staggering energy and time to aid soldiers in times of war, but not our fellow man in times of peace. Efforts like these could do a lot of good all over the world.
    Loved this episode!

    • @WayneMoyer
      @WayneMoyer Před 8 lety +30

      Actually if you consider all the food and material that we send to third world countries, well we are already doing this.

    • @AmariFukui
      @AmariFukui Před 8 lety +25

      Wayne Moyer I couldn't possibly comment without the statistics, however it seems unlikely that we mobilize more than we did in wartime.

    • @punishedpokemonfanboy1032
      @punishedpokemonfanboy1032 Před 8 lety +5

      To get all this material countries like Britain became temporarily communist and commandeered all industry and recourses

    • @AmariFukui
      @AmariFukui Před 8 lety +7

      Pokemon Fanboy They didn't go all the way though, they should have conscripted the industries on the same wage as front-line soldiers, instead war industries lined their pockets off of the war and as such, had no incentive for peace.

    • @_TehTJ_
      @_TehTJ_ Před 8 lety +17

      Yeah, but helping people is socialism.

  • @JustinDejong
    @JustinDejong Před 7 lety +104

    For that 10 hour period in verdun, that breaks down to approximately 26 shells being fired every single second of every minute of every hour.
    I can't comprehend how loud and chaotic those 10 hours must have been for someone stuck in the French trenches. Like you wouldn't be hearing explosions, you'd be hearing a constant roaring tone, like a jet engine taking off, with the sound rising and falling randomly depending on how far or close the shells were hitting near you.

    • @jerrysmooth24
      @jerrysmooth24 Před 2 lety +7

      25 rounds per second = 1200 rpm thats a mg42 worth of artillery per minute oof

    • @GuinessOriginal
      @GuinessOriginal Před rokem +1

      @@jerrysmooth24 you wouldn't get many minutes at that rate, you'd have jams, reloads and, barrel changes

    • @Groveish
      @Groveish Před rokem +4

      It was across 42 kilometers. So you would still be hearing individual shells rather than a continuous sound, but it'd sound like a full auto gun

    • @Rowlph8888
      @Rowlph8888 Před rokem +1

      Shellshock like never before and never since

  • @zombie3785
    @zombie3785 Před 7 lety +39

    Good Lord, 0:44 That man gets pulverized by that artillery! Completely vanishes.... Or there are some missing frames.

  • @jimzawacki3041
    @jimzawacki3041 Před 8 lety +584

    Is there any chance we can get any statistics on Tea consumption in Britain during the war?

    • @jamiengo4987
      @jamiengo4987 Před 8 lety +31

      Mate. Stop being so negative on our tea consumption

    • @epicviper5611
      @epicviper5611 Před 8 lety +41

      How about soda consumption on the Americans?

    • @ceejayszee
      @ceejayszee Před 8 lety +24

      Also, milk, by the french!

    • @HongKongPhooey89
      @HongKongPhooey89 Před 8 lety +44

      +Epicviper56 During that time period, it was likely to be coffee or moonshine consumption, not soda.
      also, chill out.

    • @neilwilson5785
      @neilwilson5785 Před 8 lety +36

      Good question. In true Yahoo Answers fashion, I will make up a number: 20 Million cups a day. Amazing.

  • @GB-qt8gr
    @GB-qt8gr Před 8 lety +103

    0:45 a guy disappears

    • @dwightk.schrute1089
      @dwightk.schrute1089 Před 8 lety +21

      I guess he should have been more careful

    • @VigoDoria
      @VigoDoria Před 8 lety +14

      Indy said right before "powers increased exponantially".

    • @steven95N
      @steven95N Před 8 lety +20

      I though he was smashed by the gun's recoil or something lmao

    • @sinisasimic8091
      @sinisasimic8091 Před 8 lety +38

      Rest in Peace unknown artilleryman (18XX - 1915), forever in our hearts.
      But seriously though, there is a jump cut right before he shoots, if you watch at 0.25x speed and look at the tree leaves at the top right and left, they move between frames.

    • @gunnerr8476
      @gunnerr8476 Před 8 lety +1

      Question is,why they cut the footage?

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono Před 7 lety +18

    An anecdote on artillery, when the armistice was finally signed, and took place "on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month", some British units, not wanting to lug their oh so heavy shells back, kept on firing after 11:00.

  • @Grizabeebles
    @Grizabeebles Před 7 lety +87

    But what about all the poop? I mean, never mind the 208 Million pounds of food that's going to end up somewhere, there were millions of horses and mules to think about too. I mean, how many cubic feet of latrines had to be dug every time the line moved?

    • @thomasfejdasz9907
      @thomasfejdasz9907 Před 7 lety +36

      you know, that is something I would oddly be interested in learning about.

    • @jussit3909
      @jussit3909 Před 4 lety +10

      This crossed my mind as well. Well, not the amount of cubic meters of latrines or that stuff, but the amount of human waste created in these unmoving trenches must've been huge. That must've caused huge problems.

    • @fullmetalalchemist9126
      @fullmetalalchemist9126 Před 3 lety

      @@thomasfejdasz9907 me too

    • @bragr_
      @bragr_ Před 3 lety +4

      In another video they mentioned the latrines being all full by the end of the war with no place else to dig them and it being a huge problem.

  • @CWojcieszak
    @CWojcieszak Před 8 lety +122

    Living very close to Vimy (and so very close to Arras too) I stopped keeping count of the shells, exploded or not, I found in the ground over the years. The scariest one was right below our kitchen, we found it while doing some renovations in our house, it was unexploded.

    • @exploatores
      @exploatores Před 8 lety +12

      About 4% of the Shells didn´t explode when they should. so I am not supriced you have found a some and probebly are going to find more UXO.

    • @CWojcieszak
      @CWojcieszak Před 8 lety +18

      Exploatores Yes it's pretty commonn around here unfortunately, haven't heard of an accident caused by this in a long time but it's still very dangerous. I love living here though, I grew up here and that played an important role in my education, I like to think the reason I've always been interested in the 2 Wars is because they took place right there, everywhere I look. I've found some very cool WWII stuff too.

    • @clementcharpentier9058
      @clementcharpentier9058 Před 8 lety

      tu sais si ce qu'il appelle la bataille d'Arras c'est quand les canadiens ont pris la cote de Vimy ou si il y a ue 2 bataille?
      moi aussi je suis du nord (hersin coupigny)

    • @FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog
      @FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog Před 8 lety +14

      In high school we went on a trip to Verdun for a couple of days and I remember walking through the forest with a guide and he told us not to go off the path because of all the unexploded ordinance.
      Seeing huge shells stick out of the ground was a good deterrent...

    • @CWojcieszak
      @CWojcieszak Před 8 lety

      Clément Charpentier La bataille d'Arras regroupe tout les combats menés dans la zone, la prise de la crête de Vimy fait partie de la bataille d'Arras

  • @GirlsGamesGunsGuitar
    @GirlsGamesGunsGuitar Před 8 lety +64

    Outstanding. Keep the numbers coming. I'm simply astounded that Germany, a country half of the size of Texas (roughly) had the capacity to produce so much food every month just for its military.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +23

      +GirlsGamesGunsGuitar Well, they used occupied territories too and had some allies and neutral nations like Denmark and Sweden which were getting rich by supplying them.

    • @GirlsGamesGunsGuitar
      @GirlsGamesGunsGuitar Před 8 lety +2

      +The Great War An excellent point. I am still amazed, however, especially considering that they still had to produce enough food to feed their civilians as well. Was there ever a rationing program imposed on Germany's civilians and if so, when and how was it implemented?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +10

      GirlsGamesGunsGuitar We will talk about the next winter. Big trauma in Germany.

    • @GirlsGamesGunsGuitar
      @GirlsGamesGunsGuitar Před 8 lety

      +The Great War I'm looking forward to it!

    • @seanmccullough4527
      @seanmccullough4527 Před 8 lety +1

      I agree sounds like an interesting episode! I'd image German industrial output (and food production) was one of the main factors prolonging the war.

  • @dzarko55
    @dzarko55 Před 8 lety +20

    I can't express how much I appreciate you making sure nobody is left out when it comes to units. Meters, feet, gallons, liters, etc.

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott Před 8 lety

      Oh I'm grateful he did that. Thank you so much!

    • @rentacowisgoogle
      @rentacowisgoogle Před 8 lety +1

      It's really distracting. I'm familiar with both, he should just pick one and stick with it.

    • @dzarko55
      @dzarko55 Před 8 lety +8

      rentacow Couldn't disagree more. Just because you and a few other people know both, that doesn't mean they should just cater to one camp. Having both makes sure everyone is included - besides some who use very rare systems.

    • @rentacowisgoogle
      @rentacowisgoogle Před 8 lety

      Are you dumb and just can't understand another way of measuring things?

    • @dzarko55
      @dzarko55 Před 8 lety

      rentacow What? Does knowing multiple measuring systems make you feel superior or something? That's hilarious.

  • @Rena2star
    @Rena2star Před 8 lety +11

    I always love when The Great War speaks about Canada in the specials or regulars. Love the show!

  • @MrHondaguy1
    @MrHondaguy1 Před 8 lety +8

    Those numbers are staggering. Would definitely love more videos like this. This series and point in history is a once in a lifetime event so I'm game for learning everything I can.

  • @Kriosaivak
    @Kriosaivak Před 4 lety +11

    4:28 "Entertainment."
    - Hundreds of people watching a horse on a stand. -

    • @sherrailo3394
      @sherrailo3394 Před 4 lety

      Their gonna play games with the horse and have it do various fun tricks which is a common circus-related entertainment in those times. What the heck even, are you just too illiterate to understand and know about what was life or culture back in the 1900s - 1910s?

    • @Kriosaivak
      @Kriosaivak Před 4 lety

      sherra ilo It was a joke, jackass. I’m fully aware that it is a circus.
      Besides, my literacy has nothing to do with this, considering the fact that I’m looking at a picture, not reading something.

    • @sherrailo3394
      @sherrailo3394 Před 4 lety

      @@Kriosaivak Oh I'm so sorry about that I didn't noticed you were joking the whole time it's just I get used too much to the fact that the comment section is always being filled with retarded kids and morons with low IQ to the point on not knowing which one is joking or not. And jeez, freakin calm down dude. I'm not your average troll that you would love to hate alright. I apologise for myself acting like an idiot okay.

  • @christopherwilliams7845
    @christopherwilliams7845 Před 8 lety +152

    Here's a question for out of the trenches: Dear Macklemore's Uncle, during WW1 did Germany have any foreign volunteers that fought for the Empire on either the Eastern or Western front? If so who were they and which nations had the most pro-German volunteers?

    • @jaspersolberg6949
      @jaspersolberg6949 Před 8 lety +3

      Id like to know too

    • @christopherwilliams7845
      @christopherwilliams7845 Před 8 lety +5

      Amaxor 16
      I'm talking about foreign volunteers from neutral countries or countries that may have joined the allies later. Hitler's situation is basically the same as someone from a NATO country serving in an American unit.

    • @IFarmBugs
      @IFarmBugs Před 8 lety +8

      There were Indian volunteers that fought for the Germans because of their despise for the British.

    • @AdmiralTypeZero
      @AdmiralTypeZero Před 8 lety

      they are called hilfswillige divisions in ww2. would like to know if they existed in ww1

    • @user-zh1kb4zh7m
      @user-zh1kb4zh7m Před 8 lety +4

      The German Colonial Army (Schutztruppe) of the German Empire employed native troops with European officers and NCOs in its colonies. I'm not sure if you can considered colonial troops can be considered foreign but those are the ones I know exists.

  • @danielgrainger5323
    @danielgrainger5323 Před 8 lety +74

    Great New Intro Guys Well Done, Keep up the great work.

  • @profharveyherrera
    @profharveyherrera Před 8 lety +84

    Great information. Love the new intro. I'm still waiting for the Mexican revolution special

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +21

      +Harvey Herrera It will air this summer. We don't have a definite date yet.

    • @profharveyherrera
      @profharveyherrera Před 8 lety

      +The Great War I'll be waiting, thanks!

    • @bosscool4246
      @bosscool4246 Před 8 lety +1

      +The Great War have you made a episode saying every major country in ww1 army sizes?

    • @BountyFlamor
      @BountyFlamor Před 8 lety +1

      Still waiting for that special on Siam, too.

    • @jeffjoe8960
      @jeffjoe8960 Před 8 lety

      The comment sections for this channel are a lot more mature.

  • @Jebbtube
    @Jebbtube Před 8 lety +39

    Looks like Patreon gave you guys some fancy graphics to play with.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +14

      +MagnuMagnus We wanted to do something like that for ages.

  • @1984Phalanx
    @1984Phalanx Před 8 lety +5

    Those numbers really are staggering! On a personal note thank you for including Canada in some of your videos. Our veterans are often forgotten on the global scale.

  • @weschaffin
    @weschaffin Před 7 lety +8

    Indy, this one is one of the best you have done. Wow. Numbers do matter.

  • @gew1898
    @gew1898 Před 8 lety +1

    This reminds me of a quote from Norman Schwartzkof, "History buffs talk of tactics, historians talk of strategies, generals talk of logistics."

  • @profverstrooid9401
    @profverstrooid9401 Před 8 lety +7

    I love the new intro! (Mind you, both old and new are greatly stylised!)
    I especially adore the erily distorted instrumental music of that time being used to create a creepy reality that was the First World War!

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +2

      +Guillaume Cabano Kudos to our fan Karim for composing this.

  • @ScottCroom
    @ScottCroom Před 8 lety +4

    This has to be one of the best episodes I've seen Indy. Kudos.

  • @FlippyWarbear
    @FlippyWarbear Před 8 lety +3

    This was definitely up there in the top best of the special episodes thus far.

  • @sathyasan3245
    @sathyasan3245 Před 7 lety

    this is one of the best videos ever on world war one ,when we read about the war we always read about the deaths and heroic stories never about the logistics n cost involved everyday in the background to support the war ,,the numbers u have shared brings outs the true cost of war and the effort needed to keep it going everyday,thanks for putting up an awesome video :-)

  • @rickhigson3881
    @rickhigson3881 Před 7 lety +1

    Outstanding,you guys are outstanding,thanks!

  • @individuum4494
    @individuum4494 Před 8 lety +6

    The new style has a very epic touch 👍

  • @jacques8221
    @jacques8221 Před 8 lety +5

    In France, the daily production of shells went to 12000 in 1914, to 300 000 in 1918

    • @AFT_05G
      @AFT_05G Před 5 lety +2

      İn Germany,the daily production of shells went to 366.000 in 1918 this making 11.000.000 shells in a month.

  • @izonker
    @izonker Před 8 lety

    This was an excellent concept for an episode, Wow! The staggering scale of these numbers really do have an impact. Just the numbers of artillery rounds, the mobile cities etc. really serves to drive home that had this was the first time war was waged on such a massive , truly industrial scale.

  • @Omar-sr1ln
    @Omar-sr1ln Před 6 lety +1

    Darn,this episode is very exciting , Do more please

  • @dominiquecharriere1285
    @dominiquecharriere1285 Před 7 lety +5

    Indy Neidell and his team are great!

  • @Jay-vy5jg
    @Jay-vy5jg Před 8 lety +18

    I love this new intro!

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +5

      +TehAngryKid_7825 We love it too.

    • @CubsFan-cx5vb
      @CubsFan-cx5vb Před 8 lety +2

      +The Great War can you do an episode on mutinies during world war 1? By the way I am a huge fan and history buff, keep up the good work!

  • @garypollard9215
    @garypollard9215 Před 8 lety

    Fantastic job, not an episode goes by that I don't learn something new. Thank you for doing this series and enlightening all those that watch.

  • @maartengoutier2085
    @maartengoutier2085 Před 6 lety

    This is amazing! I always wondered how the logistics were at that time and how much stuff they needed to sustain themselves and how it was provided. Please make more of these.

  • @jimkunkle2669
    @jimkunkle2669 Před 7 lety +19

    Ok wait. In economic terms, how does WWI compare to other wars. As a percentage of GDP for each country. As a percentage of world GDP. Etc. Everyone says how huge WWII was, but it seems to me, based on this video, an unusually larger amount of treasure was spent along with all that blood.

    • @MrNicoJac
      @MrNicoJac Před 2 lety

      Well, the central powers lost due to morale, which they lost due to being under-fed. And the civilians had it way worse.
      So.... How many % of GDP would a country have to lose before seeing food riots due to mass starvation?

  • @VladTevez
    @VladTevez Před 8 lety +4

    Kudos for the new intro/music!

  • @wesley115777
    @wesley115777 Před 8 lety

    Awesome video! (One among many, of course.) I've recently finished "Poilu" and this episode certainly sheds a different light on the conditions he documented.

  • @vincentpellegrino789
    @vincentpellegrino789 Před 7 lety

    Good show, Indy and team. The logistics of supplying food for the men was staggering, t.he amount of shelling unbelievable, the tremendous death toll tragic.

  • @miguelresendiz161
    @miguelresendiz161 Před 7 lety +7

    You guys Rock!!! Please make an episode on the The American Expeditionary Forces and General John "Black Jack" Pershing

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 7 lety +3

      There will be one next year.

    • @miguelresendiz161
      @miguelresendiz161 Před 7 lety +1

      Can't wait!!! The 82nd Airborne Museum in Fort Bragg NC may be able to help!

    • @Starfals
      @Starfals Před 7 lety +1

      Could you explain how important were those tunnels during the War?
      I just heard people used those tunnels to also go inside the enemy trenches! You guys should make a whole episode about the tunnel networks.

  • @cisco3111
    @cisco3111 Před 8 lety +39

    I have a question for out of the trenches. What was the grand scale of the brothel industry for soldiers and what other services where prostitutes used for?

    • @lovablesnowman
      @lovablesnowman Před 8 lety +42

      I think prostitutes had a very specific purpose

    • @Fyeris_GS
      @Fyeris_GS Před 8 lety +15

      +lovablesnowman cuddling, for sure.

    • @SonOfAGunYYH
      @SonOfAGunYYH Před 8 lety +16

      Arts and crafts, sometimes they could do a pretty good impression of the Kaiser.

    • @cisco3111
      @cisco3111 Před 8 lety +3

      +Frank The One Tank Not it is of my great great great grandfather Lewis Davenport when he served in the 69th New York.

    • @nicolebaresi
      @nicolebaresi Před 8 lety +2

      And massive amounts of rape too. Even of 'allied' women.

  • @meowcula
    @meowcula Před 7 lety +1

    I love the format of this episode. Really well done on the research and motion info-graphics (I'm a designer so I love that stuff). It's also wonderful to see numbers and get an idea of things that aren't just body counts. It really puts into perspective what a herculean effort this really was... shame it was all for killing.

  • @AlanH450
    @AlanH450 Před 8 lety +1

    truly mind boggling. Another great video, thanks! i've just caught up with you guys after what seems to be a mammoth run through, but i have now seen all 235 videos, and can't wait for the next. It's been highly educational, and emotional.

  • @BountyFlamor
    @BountyFlamor Před 8 lety +11

    Please find us the casualty figures by country for the Spanish Influenza.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Před 8 lety +28

    Nice intro

  • @daviejjd2109
    @daviejjd2109 Před 8 lety

    Brilliant episode, thankyou guys!

  • @jasonmcdonald1586
    @jasonmcdonald1586 Před 8 lety

    OMG this amazing on the sheer number of people behind the lines. plz continue if possible. thank for the great work an videos.

  • @adarkbringer3262
    @adarkbringer3262 Před 7 lety +4

    Hey Indy and the GW team, Great show and keep up the good work but at 6:03 in the video Indy says 70 KM of pipeline but the graphic only says 7 KM in the bottom right of the screen, minor mistake but just thought you guys should know

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 7 lety +2

      Thanks. Too bad we cannot fix it afterwards.

  • @joaopedrogameiro1408
    @joaopedrogameiro1408 Před 8 lety +10

    This was a really good idea and great job on this episode (loved the intro). It's insane how these numbers get so high just to kill people, which is why I am a little curious how the great powers had enough money to pay for all this. For your next episodes could you please look at every country involved and see how strong they were and why. This could be from the strength of there economy to the number of resources gone into the war to troops mobilized before and during the war. Ex England: massive colonies, lots of raw materials, professional but small army, etc. then you can compare those British numbers to the German ones in another episode. Another direction you can take, is by showing which side was strongest on each front. There are many ways you can take this and I have absolute faith you'll make great episodes like you guys always do.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +3

      +John The Awesome Getting these numbers sounds like the next numbers episode will air in 2026

    • @bosscool4246
      @bosscool4246 Před 8 lety

      +The Great War excuse me but have you seen in any video shown all major nation army sizes?

    • @joaopedrogameiro1408
      @joaopedrogameiro1408 Před 8 lety

      +The Great War hahaha good one, i had no idea the war was that expansive and costly. Thanks anyway

    • @bosscool4246
      @bosscool4246 Před 8 lety

      +Boss Cool have you shown i mean

    • @franzfanz
      @franzfanz Před 8 lety

      They didn't have the money, hence the war reparations in the Treaty of Versailles. Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately if the money is being used to fund a war like this one) countries are usually known for having pretty good credit.

  • @sbfteague
    @sbfteague Před 8 lety

    Very fascinating episode. Most excellent job to all of you who put this episode together.

  • @dillong7951
    @dillong7951 Před 8 lety +1

    great episode guys keep it up love the show. Awesome to hear about the Canadian forces in the great war

  • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810

    So imagine how complex the supply systems were during WWII...

  • @davidkoenig8592
    @davidkoenig8592 Před 8 lety +4

    War is a waste of everything.

    • @shidder_mutt
      @shidder_mutt Před 8 lety +2

      Unfortunately it's needed

    • @trenaceandblackmetal5621
      @trenaceandblackmetal5621 Před 8 lety +1

      “War is inalienable to man. He does not evade it nor will he ever evade it. It exists since the world began and it will keep existing. It is an element of progress... It is absolutely necessary.” - guy in my profile pic

    • @shidder_mutt
      @shidder_mutt Před 8 lety +1

      ***** Wars create jobs, industry, it helps control the growth of population, test technology. So as i said unwanted but needed.

  • @iangreen1406
    @iangreen1406 Před 3 lety

    Superb article indeed, fantastic series put together and incredibly informative and totally unique as a series on WW1.

  • @maxsmodels
    @maxsmodels Před 8 lety

    Outstanding episode....again!

  • @WW2GM
    @WW2GM Před 8 lety +3

    great intro, great video overall...
    but could yould you guys put thr metric system too?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +1

      We put in the metric system in all parts except the last one where you just have to divide by 2.

    • @WW2GM
      @WW2GM Před 8 lety

      ok thanks

    • @ToasterHuman
      @ToasterHuman Před 8 lety

      +The Great War Thanks for putting in that effort to make it understandable to all :) Also, great new intro and graphics!

  • @canicheenrage
    @canicheenrage Před 8 lety +5

    "Artillery was comparatively rudimentary at the beginning of the war". I am a frenchman, and i have no idea what you are talking about. :P

    • @swunt10
      @swunt10 Před 8 lety +10

      and I don't know what you are talking about.

    • @TheDenofBadgers
      @TheDenofBadgers Před 8 lety +2

      They where relatively simple is what he meant.

    • @canicheenrage
      @canicheenrage Před 8 lety +6

      i was joking.
      Mle 1897 75mm gun. Hydro-pneumatic dampener ( les efficient spring dampeners had been tried before ), first gun to allow fast fire without needing to re-aim. The best crews could fire up to 30 shots a minute with it. ;)

    • @Vladimir1918
      @Vladimir1918 Před 8 lety +2

      I don't think Indi was talking about artillery hardware. I think he means artillery tactics was rudimentary, and warring parties have to learn how to use their weapon as war progress. Similar thing happened in WWII with tank. France and Britain don't know how to us their good tank effectively, only this time they don't get time to learn from their mistake.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +3

      Talked about tactics here.

  • @SteveBarna
    @SteveBarna Před 8 lety

    This was a realy interesting episode! Its staggering the logistical nightmare a war on this scale is. I would love more videos about the logistics of running... well... a war.

  • @RemzofFrance
    @RemzofFrance Před 8 lety

    Excellent as always! Keep up the good work!

  • @Bradatimrkonja
    @Bradatimrkonja Před 7 lety +6

    Are you American? I ask because you are using the metric system but you sound american. (I'm Croatian so it suits me actually :) , I'm just curious )

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 7 lety +40

      Indy is from Houston, TX but lives in Stockholm, Sweden. The rest of the team behind the show is German though except two guys, they are from Britain.

    • @justinmccoy1865
      @justinmccoy1865 Před 7 lety +9

      The Great War lies, we all know you are reptiles rewriting history for your own nefarious plans

    • @tensadawolf4718
      @tensadawolf4718 Před 7 lety +1

      Does he feel like moving recently?

  • @dekametr
    @dekametr Před 8 lety +3

    Am I only one who wants old intro back ?

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 8 lety +6

      +Deka Metr So far, yes. Sorry that you don't like it.

    • @chrisneira4306
      @chrisneira4306 Před 8 lety

      I like then both maybe keep this one for specials only idk

    • @dekametr
      @dekametr Před 8 lety

      New into isn't bad, but...

    • @kattenelvis1778
      @kattenelvis1778 Před 8 lety +1

      OMG SOMETHING CHANGED NEEDS TO GO BACK OMG OMG OMG

  • @HeatherSpoonheim
    @HeatherSpoonheim Před 8 lety

    Thanks a lot! I asked for something like this a while back - talking about the change in scale of war that left commanders unable to even visualize the new fields of battle. This reveals a lot of the underlying problem. It was equivalent to asking a taxi dispatcher from a suburb to undertake air traffic control for an international airport. Suddenly there weren't neat rows and columns of marching men but rapidly evolving lanes of high velocity artillery fire. They might as well have asked Aristotle to plan a subway system for a modern metropolis.

  • @vascolopes9998
    @vascolopes9998 Před 8 lety

    Loved this particulary show! Great job guys!

  • @marcocappelli6279
    @marcocappelli6279 Před 7 lety +18

    Come on, just metric system please...

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  Před 7 lety +25

      Tell that to the 50% of our viewers who use the Imperial system.

    • @marcocappelli6279
      @marcocappelli6279 Před 7 lety +7

      They should learn the metric system for their own good

    • @marcocappelli6279
      @marcocappelli6279 Před 7 lety +5

      Nasa used (also) the metric system. And today uses only the metric system.

    • @dakotadurham6324
      @dakotadurham6324 Před 7 lety +1

      Marco Cappelli no wonder Obama shut Nasa down.

    • @sukotsutoCSSR
      @sukotsutoCSSR Před 7 lety +2

      But the Imperial system is better at measuring thirds of a fraction!

  • @Rainworm23
    @Rainworm23 Před 8 lety

    Wow, this show has really evolved since it began. Been watching it pretty much since Day 1 and i think you have improved step by step in the last two years. I liked it from the beginning and by now its just great, even optical ;). Keep up the excellent work!

  • @TheDannodog
    @TheDannodog Před 8 lety

    Perspective of the things we wouldn't normally pay attention to...! Great Video!

  • @RKGrizz
    @RKGrizz Před 8 lety +1

    This is fascinating. All that effort to maintain the war, amazing.

  • @ShangDi_became_Jesus
    @ShangDi_became_Jesus Před rokem

    Absolutely love it. Just beautiful presentation, great delivery, fantastic conviction in every fact.

  • @danielyourko1714
    @danielyourko1714 Před 2 lety +1

    That’s so hard to imagine. Great job.

  • @anthonyzorn773
    @anthonyzorn773 Před 8 lety

    The Great war keeps on getting better and better! Not lying, I had my mind completely blown by the numbers and demands by the Canadian Corp alone, and it still is! Keep up the good work guys and gals

  • @karenkraft6580
    @karenkraft6580 Před 8 lety

    One of your best specials! Really mind-bending numbers. Great job!

  • @jasbaklinski
    @jasbaklinski Před 7 lety

    Great episode! Please do more like this if you are able. Thanks again for such a great show!

  • @Sophistry0001
    @Sophistry0001 Před 8 lety

    Awesome idea for a new segment, I'd love to see more. It really puts war into perspective. It's hard to imagine something as simple as feeding that many men, much less ammo, clothing, medical services, and the beasts that dragged the supplies around all day.

  • @skiddwister9143
    @skiddwister9143 Před 5 lety

    Absolutely awesome video. Fantastic.

  • @knockshinnoch1950
    @knockshinnoch1950 Před 8 lety

    Absolutely fantastic episode- fascinating set of figures/stats. The sheer scale of the war is staggering.

  • @samiam5557
    @samiam5557 Před 8 lety

    Wow! Fascinating amounts and total figures.

  • @IamNickMan1
    @IamNickMan1 Před 8 lety

    Wonderful episode my favorite thus far. It really does bring it into perspective.

  • @theschauff
    @theschauff Před 8 lety

    Loved everything about this and would happily watch more like it. I don't know how many of us there are but as a Canadian fan of this channel it was especially cool to get some logistics behind the Canadian Corps.

  • @joelthehigh
    @joelthehigh Před 8 lety +1

    New intro looks good, great job again crew! Thanks for everything

  • @xXx23848
    @xXx23848 Před 8 lety +1

    love the new intro :) awesome job guys :) thank you so much for this show!!

  • @gabrielfxsega6864
    @gabrielfxsega6864 Před 3 lety

    Sin palabras.Otro soberbio especial.Graciad y como siempre saludos desde Argentina.

  • @H3kler
    @H3kler Před 8 lety

    Great episode. Really mind blowing numbers.

  • @borispapic9510
    @borispapic9510 Před 8 lety +1

    Interesting new format! Great job, love your videos!

  • @splatcat3434
    @splatcat3434 Před 8 lety

    Great episode and absolutely fantastic graphics.
    What a team! Great work!

  • @RWMoortgat
    @RWMoortgat Před 8 lety

    What a great job!!! Most interesting episode so far for me. Would love to see more along this line.

  • @ericswain70
    @ericswain70 Před 8 lety

    Love Indy's passion....great show

  • @Kaiser325
    @Kaiser325 Před 8 lety

    This was one best episodes of your show! Great info and great animations. Keep up the good work!

  • @samuelbown7330
    @samuelbown7330 Před 8 lety

    great episode guys, awesome animations, lots of numbers in the millions, still hard to believe that so much was needed to supply the men at the front,

  • @MrBackpussy
    @MrBackpussy Před 8 lety

    Fantastic episode, keep these coming!

  • @mcfontaine
    @mcfontaine Před 8 lety +1

    Brilliant research in this episode.

  • @lucinda2329
    @lucinda2329 Před 8 lety

    Loved this episode. Staggering numbers.

  • @nicholasarcarese1908
    @nicholasarcarese1908 Před 8 lety

    Awesome improvements guys! So greatful to see this channel grow so much.

  • @thurstablelane7567
    @thurstablelane7567 Před 8 lety

    Can't wait for more, I look forward to seeing more

  • @finallyfriday.
    @finallyfriday. Před 2 lety +1

    Mind boggling!

  • @Newie67
    @Newie67 Před 8 lety +1

    i loved this one. Great work.

  • @GIOB5
    @GIOB5 Před 3 lety

    This channel is pure *GOLD*, thanks for your videos! ^_^

  • @Karottenbrot1
    @Karottenbrot1 Před 8 lety

    That was just awesome! Great job guys!

  • @basvandeven1837
    @basvandeven1837 Před 8 lety

    I have been here since the start of this channel. Suddenly, during class, our teacher showed us a clip from the start of the war. I recognised Indy's voice. Keep it up!

  • @rolandbruno686
    @rolandbruno686 Před 8 lety

    Staggering is truly an apt description of the scale. Thanks!