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I’ll share your video on a few history discords
ok i will
I don't like this video, because communists wasn't a thing yet. Up to 1928 or so Soviet Union was in state of allowing business and enterprise. Then there was New Economical Policy which was building capitalism, so full capitalism. And only then, when Stalin came to power building of communism was declared (rather, "completing capitalism"). No precise dates from me, sorry, but until 1928 Soviet Union was a freedom fighter state. So, the whole narrative for the animation in this video is just too comical.
if only things didnt go wrong.
Why live a comment hif you whil not hanser it
I love the fact that Czechoslovakia has 100% winrate in naval battles without having a navy :D
this is called art XD
Iam proud of my country
They mounted few hotwizers on two ships and won the battle at baikal.
you must have beer
Everybody gangsta till railways start speaking Czechoslovak
And when Cuba is in russia
Theres no Czechoslovak language Just Slovak language and Czech language
@@your-local-rat. no shit sherlock, I totally dont know that and i didnt6 write "czechoslovak" because it looked better
@@makrela1231 Jak se máš? Studuju češtinu a jsem z Ruska
@@4ever2ever29 velice nečekané xd. Ale když jsme u toho Rusko není tak moc velký a jeden člověk z Vladivostoku mi ukrad wargaming účet, můžeš mu říct ať mi ho vrátí? XD
Im just so proud that we managed to troll the entire soviet union
We even defeated Soviets in naval combat
Took a substantial chunk of their gold reserve too!
@@patrikkalus5567 damn a landlocked country beat the Russian navy in battle. Then again Russia might as well be considered landlocked because the ports are frozen half the year and they half to divide their total fleet between the Arctic, Baltic, Black, and far East waters.
@@griffincrump5077 Proof?
@@tefky7964 You can simply look it up, it is actually true that the legion also took a huge chunk of the Imperial Gold Reserves, one of many famous things they did that made them even more famous at the time
From armored wagons fighting off Imperial knights, to armored trains fighting off commies... Keeping traditions alive I see.
always, my lechite brother always!
How the fuck to you sign things with this kind of last name
@@filipjirovy8557 my Polacy jesteśmy zwyczajnie przyzwyczajeni
Great comment, i love it. It really sums up our history.
I need more information.
You do not disarm czechoslovakia, czechoslovakia disarms you
@@mangonel accualy true many people here call it betrail from allies. And as i know germany didnt have much experienced and they didnt have such a power so after some years of fighting with us it would end up as a draw with heavy losses on both sides. PS we would not fight only germans but poland hungary and and allies alliance too thanks to Munich Agreement
@@peaceplease5621 Czechoslovakia would definetely loose since the fortifications werent even finished and it was supposed to just slow down most German Infantry before the allies would come. Even so Czechoslovakia gad way more modernized military, Germany could always recruit more men and overrun us. However it would definitely cripple Germans pretty bad, plus allies would have a showcase of German tactics which might hold German invasion in France.
A pak tě sežere čáp od Babiše
Ano
thank you
It's pretty cool, Mussolini was a journalist, Hitler was an artist, Mao was a librarian and Stalin was a criminal.
Yeah, political leader backgrounds are really interesting
@@wellwell5483 ya de Gaulle, Roosevelt and Churchill where all former soldiers ironically enough.
@@justinchase6666 That's what world wars do to you
@@jevinliu4658 no the other Roosevelt
@@jevinliu4658 He meant the cool Roosevelt.
4:27 The Checoslovak legion actually considered many different possible courses of action. One of them was outright joining the Russian Civil War on the side of the whites and marching on Moscow. Being the most veteran and equipped fighting unit in the zone, they most likely would have succeeded. Which makes for a fascinating what-if scenario.
Oh would have been so glorious.
If only...So many lives would've been saved
The world would've been a better place
Imagine the whites would have won the civil war, just because some czech and slovak dudes wanted to go home
Their honor to the dead emperor who went to war to free them and all fellow slavs from their Austrian overlords
I don't think they whites would had won even if the czechslovks helped. major powers like the U.S., France, Japan all backed the whites yet they still lost the civil war even with their help
As a czech, i am extremely saddened by the fact, that THIS piece of our national history isn't taught at schools and that i got to know about these events and bravery of our fathers from a youtuber that i've never head of before. Great job sir and keep up your good work
It is, but its neglected. All elementary school you learn about Habsburk dynasty and middleage stuff. The things that formed our country are all rushed in the last semester of the last year. The one who made school history scripts is complete nutsack.
@@idedary I guess I was at a good school then (or at least had a good teacher), cause all of the creation of Czechoslovakia and the evolution of it has been hammered into the head of those, who accually cared about it.
It's probably because you learn this in the last year of high school and no one gives a fuck if history isn't your "maturitní předmět" wich is sad because this part of history is actually interesting and probably important to know.
What, about Czechoslovakia-Hungarian war? what kind of scool you wisited?
Well, it must depend on the school, cause we learned about it. I actually did a presentation on this matter :). But it's true that it isn't as important as it should be ...
Here in Czech rep. the Legionaries are remembered as national heroes. The ČsOL (veterans organisation founded by the legionaries ) even has a travelling train museum that goes around the country. The train is set up as one of those used by the legion in siberia. Its called Legiovlak and its awesome. There are plenty of books, movies and tv shows about the Legion unfortunately most of them in czech or slovak. great vid btw :D
"There are plenty of books, movies and tv shows" No, neřekl bych že by o nich bylo nějak moc filmů. Bohužel
@@czechpatriot2230 Jízdní hlídka(1936 tady dokonce hráli i bývalý legionáři),Zborov (1939), Poručí A. Rjepkin(1937), Třetí rota(1931) a potom spousta menších a dokumentárních filmů. Uznávám že žádný větší novější film ,ale jen proto že sou ty filmy staré neznamená že su špatné.
@@romancermak127 Ok, děkuji.
Já tam byl a co se tam člověk nedozví…
It sounds like fantastique movie material but when I googled, there's no results in english :(
Fun fact: We never returned the railway oficialy, soo technicaly its still ours
Hold up
Unfortunately, I don't think occupying a portion on the basis of "my great-great grandfather kicked tons of Bolshevik ass here" would go very well.
@@teddykovac9817 I think it would
@@Ron-qg6bn it should.
@@teddykovac9817, still doesn't mean you can't try it.
The Czech anthem at the end was cherry on the top.
for part 2 there should be second part of Czechoslovakian anthem :D
@@urdnotwrex6969 emm... The first part of "Fidlovačka aneb žádný hněv a žádná rvačka" is Czech anthem and the second part is Slovak anthem. And there was only half of first part, so... Waiting for part four? :D
What mad lads, so proud of my country.
I also didn't know American (and other) troops were helping the legion, I only knew that Masaryk (he would become our first president) flew to the US to ask President Wilson for help in establishing our country.
The allied powers fought a lot with the Bolsheviks. Even in armistice day
The entente sent a sizeable expedition to Siberia to help the whites in the civil war. It was eventually recalled as the public wanted their soldiers home after the armistice leaving only the Japanese in the far east. There's a statue next to where I live commemorating the "polar bear expedition".
1918: trolling commies
1968: wtf, tanks with white lines?
Well Commies were so scared that they had to sent 4 fucking armies to occupy one small country.
@@unclesam5733 Well, it's a little more complicated, we tried to alleviate communism a bit.
It was planned to close the borders again and make freer elections. That's what it was called: The Prague Spring.
you can find more on wikipedia
*1989: trolling commies....again.
@@sindys.r.o.5760 2021 the final trolling, as the fuckers are finaly out of the parliament.
@@CZProtton never let commie menace to have any power.
103 years ago, independent Czechoslovakia was declared in Prague.
At this same day, many members of the Czechoslovak Legion died in France, Russia and Italy, not yet aware that their struggle was successful.
I'm already excited for the second part.
I'm already depressed for the second part...
I am excited for the naval battle on river Bajkal
@@funnyman5273 *lake
@@patrikmokos9864 I didn't even realise I did a mistake, thx for noticing
@@funnyman5273 chill, you're welcome
Video title: Mentions Czechoslovakia.
Czechs and Slovaks viewers: "It`s showtime."
I remember seeing a mapping video about the russian civil war and just seeing how those Czechs walked across all of russia, cant wait for the story of it
Czechs and Slovaks
Cna u send the link to the video
@@marluk8628 czcams.com/video/tLDz5QIjQb0/video.html
Thx
@@slendysmapping9038 And poles and a lot of russians aswell. The legion was pretty big and had a lot of brothers. It was mostly czechoslovak, but not only czechoslovak.
Czech here, few notions,
1. Legions were created from Czechoslovaks minorites that already lived on Russians lands before the war started. POWs were recruited after some time of diplomatic pressure and persuasion after native legions were already established by their combat prowess. Nobody wants to give a gun to captured enemy.
2. Even though there were certainly some desertion going on, it wasn't that big of a deal as we wish it was. More like national legends. Main manpower came from POWs later on as there was about 130k legionaries in Russia, ~80k in France and perhaps ~30k on Italian front, total, on the end of the war.
Myths like entire regiments marching to Russians to switch a side are simply legends, as most noted 28th regiment I believe, was simply lost in Russian wilderness and almost decimated, before they found way back to Austrian lines, where there were reorganized and fought in k.u.k. army till war ended.
3. Japanese, Americans and other troops weren't dispatched to Russia to assist Legions, but to intervene into Russian civil war, supporting Whites.
4. Nice video, we certainly kick their asses, possibly stole part of their national treasure, that's why Russian hates us till today and we them thanks to occupation.
So hypothetically if I wanted to go to a pub in Brno and propose a toast to the legion how would I go about that?
@@firestorm165 must be a interesting story to tell to your children
fact czechker.
It will be a dream come true once Sabaton finally releases a song about the Czechoslovak Legion. But it is still nice to see history channels like this to share a story of our little nation beating Commies in their own playground.
I already wrote them at least 5 times about it. Still nothing, but we can hope! Imagine the whole of 02 arena singing along. Far From Fame is epic enough and that is about not well known Janoušek.
If they end up making it a song it would easily be one of my favorites!
@@CZProtton while the song is about Janousek, it was heavily motivated by the Czechoslovak legion - I saw interview somewhere where Broden stumbled upon story about Czechoslovak Legion and was so amazed he immediately decided to write a song about it, but chose Janousek as he was one of the Marshals in CS Legion, and then a General in WW2
Ahh the good old times of the first republic🇨🇿🇸🇰
My grand grand uncle was a legionary officer. Cannot be more proud. Fought against the Reds even after WWII till the end, he got broken in a uranian mine (basicaly a gulag) and died a few months after release.
Wait, so he fought for Nazi Germany?
As someone of indistinct Czechoslovakian descent, I am very proud of these men in an ancestral context.
They are not heroes. Revolt of czechoslovakian legion started the bloodiest civil war in Europe, their actions helped to reds to defeat whites in Russia
4:37 fun fact.. they used wagons filled with wood before the actual train because in a situation where someone will sabotage the tracks they would lose those "useless" wagons and not the significant train (the motor)
And as a Slovak, I wish that we would this badass, like the First Republic. When we used to fight commies before it was cool. :D Imagine watching CS Legionnaires alongside of US MARINES and IJA soldiers. Damn I would pay to see that!
Well, we have Hungary, Poland, France and the UK to thank for that. Well... Maybe not Poland, but certainly the rest. As we had over a milion strong army at the start of WWII, but both Hungary and Poland joined in with the Reich tearing Czechoslovakia to pieces. It also did not help the slovaks defected and actualy joined the Reich and fought in the war on their side. France and the UK threw us to Hitler to appease him, which killed any chance of defending our country.
@@CZProtton not only we had over 1 mil soldiers while Germany had a little over 2, we had one of the most modern armies in Europe... we were actually freakishly strong for such a small country... too bad we nowadays rely on NATO so much... I just fear another Munich if some bigger war would break out
@@CZProtton it was not like slovaks have had a choice... after the president left the country and Hitler gave Slovaks a choice: Either you join us or you will be left for Hungary and Poland to take your land. Slovaks just chose the lets say "lesser evil". They finally got rid of Hungarians after centuries just to let them take over again? It was rly a tough decision to make...
When the railway starts speaking Czech and Slovak
I can't believe that we didn't even mention this in history class, this is such an interesting story, thank you for covering stuff like this! Can't wait for the second part!
Hrdosť byť Slovákom, spolu s bratmi Čechmi nás nikto neporazí
jep
To jsme viděli jaký jste byli naší bratři během druhé světové války..
Ja jsem opravdu rád že jsme se rozdělili nechci mít se Slováky nic společného..
Procestoval jsem skoro celou Evropu ale nikde jsem nepotkal horší lidi než na Slovensku..
@@bombabombovic3721 🤨 Sorry bro, ale musím nesouhlasit ! 🙂
@@bombabombovic3721 V tom prípade neprechádzaj cez našu republiku a ak ta tu niekto uvidí nech ti ruky nohy doláme ak nechceš mať s nami nič spoločné. Inak beriem tvoj názor a prajem každému Čechovi všetko dobré (samozrejme okrem teba) lebo sú to veľmi dobrí ľudia, majú úžasné pivo a majú rozumu dosť samozrejme až na teba ty výnimka :) .
@@THeK_ neboj opravdu k vám už nikdy nezavítám :D
Už jen kvůli tomu že když jsem u vás byl naposledy tak jsem si málem urval nápravu na autě.. (ano my name taky na piču silnice ale ty vole...)
Why didnt they tought me this in history class? Shits more interesting than 70% of the history they were teaching us.
Fun fact that I never hear mentioned, when this story is covered: a Polish unit (the 5th Siberian Rifle Division) was also created due to this mess, out of the Polish Siberian diaspora (the Tsars had a habit of dumping misbehaving Poles into Siberia) and some POWs from the Polish Legions, that fought on the side of the Central Powers against Russia. Although they weren't super fond of both Kaisers either, especially the German one. It's a whole other story.
Imagine an alternate universe where czechoslovakia took over russia
The thing is if the Very well trained And mostly veteran legion joined forces with the Whites And did a march on Moscow they would probraly Win since they did have Good equipment And if they didn't have Good equipment they would Just Kill few reds And steal those weapons
But even if That happened the Whites would not let That happen
🇨🇿🇸🇰 Czechs and Slovaks have balls of steel, why isn't this talked about more?!?!?
During communism it was forbidden to talk about it or teach it in schools.
@@kamikazoo6599 and still its not in the History classes.
@@unclesam5733 My teacher talked about them when were taking ww1. That's how i discovered them.
What a confusing but badass part of history
My grand grand father fought there in russia. I have got a lot of photos etc from there. I am proud about how our insignificant non-existing country had prevailed against all odds. But now I am sad that we are marching toward new dictatorship and not many people recognize that fact.
My great grandfather fought here, but he didn't want to speak about it, because like he said, it was a brutal massacre.
The majority of the legionaries in Russia were Czechs, with Slovaks making up 7% of the force (not 1/3 or even 1/2 as it looks like in the video). Just to be clear.
This is where Slovaks took a part in creating the Czechoslovak republic. The whole existence of these legions made allies to recognize the newborn state. And in fact, the father of the legions was Milan Rastislav Stefanik. There were three main people standing behind the effort of recognizing the republic. The well-known are Masaryk and Benes. The third one is Stefanik. Masaryk neither Benes had contacts within the allies, It was Stefanik who opened them the door into high diplomatic circles, especially among the French. After the war had broken, He fought for France. He was a pilot because due to his lack of physique and health He could not fight in trenches. And not like today, the planes were considered like something where You had to be like captain america. Against all the odds He became a hell of a fighting pilot.
And died after the war, in crashlanding, when finaly returning home,...
Ive heard of the Czechoslovak legion being in Russia, but Ive never heard the full story
Pretty cool learning about that as a Slovak
Cool stuff, Cheers
I swear “let’s jump in” is going to become as iconic as “just a theory a game theory”
Such an epic story. We hated commies from the beginning
Not at all
comunism is menace... worse than hiv and ebola and cancer and covid combined
it take away freedoms, food and money from people. and drop price of human life to ZERO.
Czech anthem: Plays
Me, sat perfectly in my chair: *stands up, hand on chest*
There were 2 options:
1) Go through Ukraine
2) Go around the planet
Of course they chose the 2nd one, no one wants to go through Ukraine xD
Even with all their badassery czechs alone couldn't break an entire German eastern front all by themselves. )
Well funny thing is that their original plan was to go through Murmansk but arkhangelsk but due to German submarine still around the north sea so their next best chance is going through Vladivostok lel and go from the US or India to reach europ
i am from Czech and its nice someone still care about us :) btw nice video bro.
Ja som zo Slovenska
@@andrejkovac3653 nice nedáš dis
I'm czech, and I have no fucking clue how is this the first time I've heard about this.
Huh, I thought that this topic should be taught in primary schools
@@kedarunzi9139 it is, it's part of WWI history
@@Pidalin of course, I'm aware of that.
That's why I was surprised that op doesn't know about this
Same here, I remember in history class about ww1 only mention about Legions were: ...yeah we fought on russian side.....
THIS IS SO COOL WHY THEY DIDNT TEACH US THIS
Slovakia the same
I am proud of my Czech and Slovak brothers for kicking the Reds ass, we may have fought just after the war, but our brotherhood shall be forever.
Be proud of your country, fellow Czechs. Vždyť jsme stejná krev.
Czecho-Slovakians where really hardcore man back then you have to realize that they didn't have place in the world and they had to pick fights and find ways how to secure at least something for them.
Based Czechoslovakia history
Its great to see videos from foreign youtubers talking about our countries. Czechia and Slovakia. Great job, keep going. 💪💪
This is the IRL version of having like 5 troops in the middle of enemy territory in RISK, and somehow managing to get most of them back to your empire.
YAAAAAAAY IT CAAAAMMMEEEEE :DDDDD
I watched just a few seconds and its already so epic
Im front Slovakia and im really Happy that
some body else is interested on our history
As a child I did not care that much about our history. Now that I am older I can't get enough of it and I am sorry I did not pay more attention to appreciate it
I don't know who you are...
I don't why you are in my recommendation...
All I know is that I must subscribe to this amazing channel.
I come from the Czech Republic, thank you so much for making this video!
I known all of this bcs I am from cech republic and Slovakia at the same time so that means I am from cechoslovakia and what I like the most on Slovakia is the mountians is it just beautyful and almost every winter and the snow everywhere It's just beautyful and also everyone have a great day ^_^
Great video!The Czechoslovak legion was a really powerful force!Greetings from Bulgaria!
The soviets are so weak that some random Czech and Slovak volunteer veterans kicked their their ass so hard they had to invent gulags.
Are u like 12 year olds
@@christophmaier4397 who?
@@SwagMessiahOfficial you
@@christophmaier4397 uh, no. You have a bad read for 21 year old people using the comment section mister
am so happy of people who know about slovakia and czech republic cuz i live in slovakia and we got one of the hardest abc ever
As a Slovak i feel proud
Omg fantastic!!! I learned about the Czechoslovak Legions a long time ago because of my family roots. I am overjoyed to see you cover it on CZcams. I always thought it was a relatively obscure topic, so that's why am I so excitable about it. Thank you! :)
Big. Ambitious. And a little wacky! :)
Oh wow! Great video with lots of great info :) Thank man! Greetings from Czech republic!
Love the design for Slovakia, the eye patch looks so cool
But is historicly inacuret, its flag of prest day Slovakia. And czech flag is not use by legion as well
Even i as a Czech myself have learned something that i didn't know. Very nicely done animation my friend !
This is my personal favorite engagement in all of military history, thanks for the analysis on it!
Despite this being a countryball video it's actually one of the very best on this topic. Good job. Subscribed.
Pravda vítězí!
Jenom občas 😔
@@sajc8758 vždycky, ale někdy to pár set let trvá :-D
Seeing this, brings sadness. All those wasted years in elementary school. Learning such a cool part of my history from CZcams video..
Incredible Video as Always!
Im proud that im Czech. And its good to hear good things about us.
Wonderful video! Excited for the next part!
Great video!
Your voice has an impact! That's one of the most important things when it comes to telling history.
My teacher was also good at this and because of her words having such greater impact it made me fall in love with history.
Have a good day
Good content mate, keep it up
Awesome Video as always
Great as always!
*happy Czech noices*
Nice video, I am subscribing for the second part!
Wow, what an amazing story, i'll wait for the next part
Love the czechs and the slovaks from Romania. The greatests slavs in the world.
love from Czechia :D
love from Slovakia =D
Little Entente forevah
@@itshenry8977 However you czechoslovakia Could not link up eith Yugoslavia and to this day Austria and Hungary share a border
What an awesome video about my country, thank you Ezekiel
Its sad that we dont really talk about this in schools :(
Exellent as always!
Je to zajímavé slyšet to od někoho kdo není Čech nebo Slovák.
Excellent Polandball content
Thank you for making this video. Finally someone made something like this that isnt normally spoken about. And there is a myth that the legionaries got into contact with the cars treasure which would be cool to talk about and wreck or confirm. :D
I love that slovakia is the angry younger brother who has seen some stuff in the war.
great video as always
Sigma Czechoslovaks
Yes I like the Czechoslovakian Legion they didn't like communism just like me
HOLY SHIT THATS TSAR NICHOLAS II CAN I HAVE AN AUTOGRAPH?
@@SwagMessiahOfficial Sure
@@tsarnicholasii1987 Based
@@tsarnicholasii1987 Your reign was weak and incompetent but slaugthering your family was wrong
Im Czech and i dont like communism
7:33 love the Cuban that snuck in at the front
Imagine a movie or miniseries about this, it would be pog
There actually are plenty of them but all in national language, and no english dubs.
When you look what we managed to do back than, and what we do now......
Great video
Thank you for making this video. I never really knew the whole story of the czech-slovak legion in russia up until now
The Czech and Slovak balls are so cute. Like little cartoon characters fighting the big mean Soviets
S náma se prostě nevyplatí srát :D poznal to každý režim dokonce i náboženství :D
great video!
As Slovak we had second episode with radio tower. but that was another war ;)
The Czechoslovak legions were also in France, Italy and Serbia...
So we could have avoided communism had the Czechoslovak legion fought with the whites.
My great great grandfather was part of the czechoslovak legion, I don’t know much about him though :(
My family also gets monthly magazines titled “legionáři” (legionaires), surprised no one mentioned this yet