Why Barbed Wire? - WW1 Uncut: Dan Snow - BBC
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1:20
Nothing says World War I like the instrumental of Snoop Dogg's - Drop it like it's hot.
Smh..
A Goat "World War 2".
jeeeeezuuusss this is WW1! or WWI !
Pyotyr Young
Shit happens bud.
Yes... yes it does. Mr. Goat
Heres some grass ill stop talking to you.
Goats probably don't have a concept of what a war is.
Did they really play snoop dogs drop it like its hot in a ww1 documentary? I'm done
it's actually a well known fact that most French and English soldiers were West Coast boys for life and occasionally rolled through Oakland with their crews
+Alex P Fucking LOL
That's what tax payers money gets you
snoop is from long beach... js
Alex P LAAAAAAAAAAAID BACK!
3:44 aimbot confirmed
haha
He wasn’t even aiming at the guys on the left..
hE's HacKiNg bRo stOp hACkiNg
The barbed wire used in the filming severally underestimates the amount of barbed wire used. Multiple fences about 3-4 ft. high huge amounts of wire stringed on it and around it and to the other fences for a good 4 ft long and endless in the other directions. People would die in the wire by starvation. Not dead because the machine gun missed them or was not in range. Imagine so much wire that once you were stuck there was no way out of it but to starve. People drowned, wire in and around shell holes fell down into mini ponds that were hard not to fall down and get yourself stuck and die.
You'd die of dehydration long before you starved. Obviously.
Whoever chose the music is hilarious. Using Cypress Hills "I want to get high" on a WW1 program ahaha
They should be force to relive ww1
Surprisingly went very well with the video gave it that eery feeling lol
And snoop dog ft Pharrell drop it likes it hot beat.
I'm not sure what would be more excruciating... being trapped in barbed wire or having to listen to this rubbish music a minute longer?
imagine being trapped in barbed wire next to a speaker booming that shit -_-
+Haulvarn lol i would just shoot myself
Stu Saville could be worse. you could be hosting.
wait wait wait what? for once instead of skrillex theyre playing motörhead and now you're callling it rubbish ?
The BBC is Socialism ...welcome to 1984 Comrades...
I climbed over a barbed wire fence as a 7-8 year old and I still have an two inch scar on my left arm, it literally ripped the all layers of skin halfway to the bone, I distinctly remember looking at the wound as it went from looking like uncooked bacon to being drenched in blood within about two seconds.
The worst music choice I've ever seen. Every song is the hugest wiff in history
Agreed. Sounds like I'm watching pimp my ride...
I was looking for Sacha Baron Cohen to appear at any moment wearing a yellow track suit,, aiiiiiight
Motorhead tho
what's a wiff?
@@snipingsagoodjobmate9289 They could've at least used something from the "1916" album. I like Motorhead too but, come on.
The background music is annoying as hell.
+hallerd Agreed, but not as bad as the comments by the kids who recognize that garbage.
+hallerd agreed it is the definition of aids
Correction - the music is really good if you're into old school hip hop and gangster music. If however you're here for an appropriate and serious historical treatment of one of the worst wars ever, then you're right out of luck because the bloody BBC have made a mess of things, as per usual.
George Morley I'm big into hip hop but this was just trash
Calipto My point exactly.
That's agricultural wire. The spaces between the barbs are big enough to grab with unprotected hands. Military barbed wire had a lot more barbs per foot than this. Shame they couldn't show the proper stuff.
lancer D it's illegal to buy new barbed wire nowadays, on account of it slicing up any people or animals that happen to go near it. it was probably much cheaper to get surplus agricultural wire than military.
epictacosamich where's that? Because I can't find any such law anywhere in the world.
lancer D Also they used Razor wire along with Barbed wire because it was more usefu
Maddog yes if by more useful you mean easier to manufacture
I can buy as much barbed wire over Amazon as I like...
Why on earth is Cypress Hill and some awful dubstep playing in the background? Terrible production.
I've just realised how many other comments there are about this. I hope someone got fired.
dubstep ?
Ben C not that. Much dubstep but it's still bollocks tho
Ben C an drop it like its hot
Ben C it's motorhead ya rooster
Was the happy dudebro music really necessary? Fuck me, what a disrespect to the fallen soldiers.
fuck them let them rest in piece
fuck off, seriously you have to point out everything everytime
At some points the barbed wire would be so thick that you couldent even fit a broomstick through it... The more you know.
why is cypress hill's "i want to get high" in this
and iron fist by motorhead... wtf is this
Who noticed the music from "Reality Kings" porn studios was used in this documentary XD
Tom Clarke HAHHAAHA XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDFDDDSFAFADDD
Its like the intro played through my heads
ECKS DEE DEE DEE DEE DEE!
Lmao yeah I thought I recognized that
Tom Clarke LOL Same
WW1. Such a dire and horrid subject...so let's use shitty fucking dubstep and laughable cartoons. Nice going.
Von Depeche I think it's for kids
Where?
I use that one alot
its a type of boot for wet and muddy conditions, in Australia they're called gumboots
Maybe for tender American ears, that isn't swearing in the UK.
why not use pikemen standing there 24/7 to stop cavalry
Rick K it was sarcastic
Haven't unlocked the tech yet
job cuts was harsh even in wars, a pikemen and an archer was replaced by one lad with a bayonet and a bolt action
Anyone else thought this said Pokemon 😂
Is the stench of the pike supposed to top the horsies?
As a lad, I knew - well, father knew- two gentlemen who were veterans of WWI. Around what they used to call Armistice Day, they would all gather on the porch and tell war stories. Father was a veteran of Guadalcanal and Bougainville, himself, yet he held these men in awe.
Modern concertina (razor wire) is much nastier. Barbed wire will give you some small punctures, catch on your clothing, and slow you down leaving you vulnerable to the enemy but razor wire will cut you up all by itself. It is possible to avoid injury when handling barbed wire if very careful even with bare hands. Razor wire can give you cuts even through normal leather gloves. You need to use something like metal studded gloves to prevent injury and even those will eventually be cut to shreds after enough use.
lol Cypress hill........Finally they got the music right, nice having a smoke chillin watchin history ;)
Why are all these videos back with some guys Radio 1 mix tape?
+mrflibble101 Total misuse of tunes
+mrflibble101 Someone in the editting crew wasn't having anyone's shit that day
Did anyone notice? The entire video they did not focus the camera on the sharp tips of the barbed wires.
Why barbed wire? Because it stops cavalry easily and effectively. That is the real histortic reason and it's not even mentioned
Hart Poole yet cavalry didn't last through the first stage of the war, because it turns out automatic mgs can shred large targets like horses. And yet after most cavalry operations in ww1 in the western front, they kept using wire.
Hi, this was true for WW1. But the original military reason to use wire was to stop cavalry. In WW1 this was still important and one of original plans for the use of tanks was to drag wire tangles clear for light horse to ride deep into german held areas.
It also seemed to be an effective counter measure to infantry considering it sometimes halted massive attacks only for them to be cut to shreds by the enemy MG's
Also not mentioned, regular livestock wire was not generally used. Specialized anti-personnel wire had barbs much closer together on the wire. Strands could also be made thicker, thus more difficult to cut.
Hart Poole k
Ok, I thought when "I Want To Get High" by Cypress Hill came on in the background halfway thru, that was fucking funny and odd enough... but then... that shitty shaky zoom with MLG effects at 3:05... with the obligatory dubstep... probably the most cringe thing I've ever seen from the BBC.
Every comment is about the music in this video, I didn't even notice it!
that's the sort of tunnel vision that gets you killed on a battlefield
Samuel Smith - Or focuses your mind & saves you from unwanted deadly distractions..!
Same
Luca J Same
Why always dumb it down? Just make a good documentary
Sigurður Kristinsson Reverse that logic and you have precisely the problem with commissioning programmes on the BBC today - they're scared that people will turn over to Sky unless they dumb it down so they forget about any production values and give us this shite instead.
Things to remove to make this video passable; shaking cam, heavy metal music, sound effects.
how to stop religious people from knocking on your door 101
Zadott Erazo barbed wire is illegal now
Is that why it's all over the place on the fences here in scotland?
epictacosamich in Poland its legal
There's barbed wire on the fence around my school.
Dustin Spencer That's kind of depressing.
This is edited together like an episode of Pimp My Ride... still interesting, though.
The music and the editing give me "How do you do, fellow kids?" Vibes
I was afraid that you'd rip your Canada goose on the wire lol
I see people complaining about music instead of talking about the video, and I didn’t even notice the music.
3:28: Me, an electrician with my pocket wire cutter: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
who's thinking, ok, i'm ate the start of the video. more dubstep/ skrillex now?
When I listen the Cypress hill sound track... I WANT TO GET HIGGGHH, SO HIGHHHH
I had to check the comments section to confirm that they were playing snoop dog's drop it like it's hot in the background.
cypress hill in the back round music😂
“Barb Wire Man” dives on barb wire and the rest of the squad run over him.
"I just punctured my Wellie"....... sounds painfull :p
Barbed wire is still used to keep in livestock. In the old west, cows were often free-range.
2:13 cypress hill - I wanna get high. On a ww1 programme 😂😂
"Just punctured my welly, damnit" - Dan Snow
I love the fact that if you grew up on a ranch, cattle pasture, etc. you know how to move through barbed wire. you step on the wire itself, don't try wiggling through it.
TxTLO I didn't grow up on a ranch but I did spend a lot of time at my grandma's in the country. I thought this was mostly common sense. in the form of war it wasn't really used for a fence but instead just something to slow you down so even stopping to step on it is useful enough.
True, it's not about stopping kettle, it's about slowing down groups of humans. In addition: the wire used in WW1 was much nastier then the stuff they used on ranches (much more and bigger barbs).
You want to know the best way to keep kids busy while babysitting? Get a glass jar, put a candy bar at the bottom, wrap the inside of the jar with barbed wire and fill the jar with sand. And BAM you got a busy 6 year old for 3 hours.
I’d rather be stuck in barbed wire then listen to this music again
Lol why do they play "I want to get high" by Cypress Hill in the background at one point in the video? 😂
It was the need to get through barbed wire that helped motivate the invention of the tank.
There are plenty of much cheaper ways to get over barbed wire compared to tanks, i.e: a large wooden plank.
Some artillery would also do the trick.
Daniel Smith -- Soldiers can't take cover behind a plank of wood.
Greg B A tank would get caught up in barbed wire just as easily, not to mention the fact that there are many other counter tank measures. Tanks were not invented to get through barbed wire, they were invented to take a lot of damage and overrun fortified positions.
Daniel Smith -- Tanks roll over and crush barbed wire. But overcoming barbed wire is only one of the reasons tanks were developed. Those you mentioned were also foremost in the minds of the designers.
Love how every single episode has hate comments bout the music😂
Barb wire actually scares me just looking at it. I see barb wire all the time in Mexico and it makes me panic a little bit every time I have to go through some barb wire but never panic when you're around barb wire. I learned that when I was a kid.
I'm guessing French farmers fields were fenced with recycled barbed wire for many years after the war.
World war 1"uncut" weapons and equipment Barbed wire you get it
Snoop dogg, Motörhead, and dubstep, this is great lol
2:10 whys there a background theme of Cypress Hill playing...
I wanna get high.... soooo high....
ryan michael thought i was the only one who noticed
These musics give a bit of relief from the dark days of ww1
Barbed wire was actually first used to keep cowboys from herding cattle threw their crops
For the night wiring parties meeting they either resorted to hand-to-hand combat or the more common practice of pretending you never meet and let each other carry on or go back the other way.
Are you telling me in WW1, not a single person thought "hey lets get some wire cutters, I'm pretty sure this stuff can be cut."
Trinexx360 yeah it's really easy to cut wire whilst been vulnerable to a whole army with gums
Trinexx360 guns*
Harder to crawl through it
ThePivoteer101
Harder to crawl through what, the barb wire? That's what the wire cutters are for that I LITERALLY MENTIONED IN THE COMMENT YOU REPLIED TO!
I replied to the other guy haha I'm supporting your point! XD
Bob the Builder combats the Hun listening to Snoop
I hope he said"Wellie" !! 😛 OUCH 😀
wellington boots
Squirrel Gaming lol, 'punctured my willy'...
We have a saying in Australia - 'up shits creek in a barbed wire canoe with a crowbar for a paddle ' translation - you are in deep shit
I really like Dan Snow's approach: informative, informal, uses modern music to follow the subject.
LMAO who chose the music?
Shoot a harpoon in to the wire and drag it out of the battlefield before sending men in?
bit too late for that tip now mate
Nice try tho m8 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
PS: Drink me
his noodle in barbed wire is a sad sight
although smaller than one of the barbs :D
Lictor Aurelius I'm sure they had winches and other stuff available at the time to pull the wire out and if you shot a big hook far enough I'm sure it would drag a lot of barbed wire with it on the way back. Just a simple idea to try out.
He Ka It ended up 100s of yards thick and held down by thousands of stakes. When the tanks went through, they would tow great masses of wire over the wounded who would suffer awful deaths.
ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਭਰਭੂਰ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਲਈ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ਜੀ
Extra points for the cypress hill beat. Lol
The idea was to slow down an advancing force to allow more time for machine gun, rifle, and artillery fire to be used.
Not the best of material to handle, we still use here in New Zealand for agricultural fencing where can't get electric fence to, bugger of a wire to get tight, strain it up, stretch it, strain it again probably three or so times, and get bitten by it at the same time
Hits from the bong ✌
I've seen WW1 photos of thick clusters of German "razor wire" that looks very similar to the modern stuff. I always wondered if it was a cheap expedient it if it was actually superior to the standard barbed wire back then. In any case, it looked pretty scary....
we string it tight like a guitar string here in Idaho. Only use leather gloves if it's below zero. new technology high tensile stuff makes for easy installs.
worst time I've ever had in the US Army, Deploying, and recovering C-Wire
3:16 reality kings song music 😂😂😂
Dan Snow: Ah, It's punctured my welly!
Me: Oh, that's terrible, Dan, take some more money out of your "small" piggy bank...
the barbed wire was thick as fuck, even the soldiers talked about the heavy guns not breaking through it.
Nothing reminds me of WW1 more than Cypress Hill and Snoop Dogg
Wearing a Canada goose jacket>let’s try get through barbed wire!!! 🤦♂️
like how his wearing a canada goose jacket while setting up that stuff
Barbed wire was used in the Midwest to keep cattle in, but it also was to keep cowboys off land.
Hadn't seen the comments but I was sat watching and I couldn't believe the music selection by the editor on this! I'm glad it's noticed by everybody else. I've never seen footage so badly matched to a soundtrack...........bloody changed every 5secs too! So completely mismatched AND erratic then. How the hell did the video editor get this past his executive or the BBC!? BBC, seriously review who you are using for production.
My neighbour has barbed wire on his roof for some reason, me and my girlfriend discovered a small alley which was overgrown with gorse. We entered it and boom, we were stuck in a place which was not the best place in the world. We tried to escape but we lost the entrance and we literally had to climb on someone's house to escape, we jumped over the walls but when we got near our house and were on our neighbour's roof, I saw he had some kind of barbed wire on it (all around it) and we were stuck because not only the wire was high but it was sharp (the German kind lol) then the neighbour must've heard noises because he called the police and it took us 2 hours to sort out everything. This is before my crush was my gf but this incident kinda get her into me.
yo he fuckin flexin the Canada goose jacket
I hear barbed wire works real well for crushing skulls when wrapped around baseball bats...
"I wanna get hiiiiiiigh
Soo hiigh"
wtf bbc
hits from the bong
via gasmask
This reenactment is a bit off. They didn't use that kind of barbed wire.
WWI barbed wire was jam packed with spikes. It would 100% catch your clothes and hold you in place for the machine gunners, snipers, mortars and riflemen.
manictiger Depended whether it was British, French or German. The German wire was thicker and had more barbs per length.
Simon Watts actually its not that hard to pass. I don't know about then, but today to pass wire the first man literally jumps on it, lies flat and the men run across his back, then the last two men, grab the guys feet and flip him over, to free him. It's very fast and effective. And doesn't hurt the man forming the bridge. We'll as long as the men crossing him are light footed and move fast across him.
You speak from experience ?
Mircea Beldea yes, I'm my younger, fitter, life I was in the marines.
LOL, I've just noticed the mistake in my first post. By 'today' I meant 20 years ago.
+Stephen Butler
It was more common throwing planks over them or tree chunks.
The guy looks like he is having a nervous breakdown in the picture of the video.
Woah! Dubstep barbed wire! **WOAH**
[ History Intensifies ]
You opened with the quimist. Good choice
if they used Himalayan blackberry bushes, the war would still be going today
3:45 bending bullets were invented too?
Man, those Germans really invented everything you can imagine
3:40 Verdun in a nutshell
Christopher Halim tru
barbed wire was invented in Australia. 😲
No it wasn't, it was invented in the US, by a cattle farmer.
Nope. It was invented by aussi outback farmers
Joseph Glidden
American Businessman
Joseph Glidden was an American businessman. He was the inventor of the barbed wire. Glidden was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire of English descent. His family later moved to Clarendon, New York. In 1843, he moved to Illinois with his wife. She and their two sons died after the move, and Glidden married Lucinda Warne in 1851
WIKIPEDIA
Joseph Glidden "invented" the popular version of barbed wire. But barbed wire as a concept predates Glidden by a couple of decades.
XBlueM0ndayX Apparently it wasn't that successful then, until Glidden came along.
Razor wire bruh that would literally keep anyone out slice and dice lmaooooo
idk if you noticed but Allies are Friendly or On Your Side
That morphing animation is so good 0:43
Did the production company know this was about a war, not an illegal rave in the 90s?
Did you see those hacks, he wasn't even aiming at them
Dan snow does some of the best historical programmes...
British barbed wire (single) looks pretty cool, with that silver finish. BUT, German wire looks A LOT better, with that bronze finish and all of them curled up together.
Whats up with this dubstep shit, its a simple 3 minute video, dont try and fucking sugar coat it when there's no need..