World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Alicia
I've always thought of WWI as the adult version of two kids in a playground fight going, -Hey! You can't beat me up because I'm gonna call in all my friends to beat YOU up! -
The pettiness and pointlessness of the war, especially when it was begun by greedy, rich aristocrats who never set foot on a battlefield (except Tsar Nicholas, to disastrous results, is just infuriating. It's heartbreaking to see archival photos or videos of the young soldiers. Watching them, seeing how innocently hopeful some of them looked on the march, I thought of a line from the song -The Green Fields of France-: -Do those that lie here know why they died? Did they really believe when they answered the call, did they really believe that this war would end wars? - Rest in peace, all lost to such senseless violence.
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I've always thought of WWI as the adult version of two kids in a playground fight going, -Hey! You can't beat me up because I'm gonna call in all my friends to beat YOU up! -
The pettiness and pointlessness of the war, especially when it was begun by greedy, rich aristocrats who never set foot on a battlefield (except Tsar Nicholas, to disastrous results, is just infuriating. It's heartbreaking to see archival photos or videos of the young soldiers. Watching them, seeing how innocently hopeful some of them looked on the march, I thought of a line from the song -The Green Fields of France-: -Do those that lie here know why they died? Did they really believe when they answered the call, did they really believe that this war would end wars? - Rest in peace, all lost to such senseless violence.
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slothfulcobra
It's weird to learn about wars in between learning about the social movements that lead into them, because so much of war is practically a mechanical process. People learn and develop all these complex strategies to execute their wars, but either they work or they don't, and tracking that feels like a totally different academic discipline. The social forces that created the war have minimal input on how successful the overall thing is in the long run, and it is only in the pursuit of peace to end the war that social forces start to make the difference again.
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It's weird to learn about wars in between learning about the social movements that lead into them, because so much of war is practically a mechanical process. People learn and develop all these complex strategies to execute their wars, but either they work or they don't, and tracking that feels like a totally different academic discipline. The social forces that created the war have minimal input on how successful the overall thing is in the long run, and it is only in the pursuit of peace to end the war that social forces start to make the difference again.
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Clark
You need te fact check the -colonial troops in the very front ranks-. It isn't true. Indian cavalry was actually held at the rear most of the war on the Western Front. If the front had been breached they would have been needed to exploit it. As for African and North African troops of the French Army, as they were volunteers - professional soldiers who were better than the rest of the French conscripted units. A fact reflected in their being the most decorated regimentsof the French armies at the end of WW1.
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You need te fact check the -colonial troops in the very front ranks-. It isn't true. Indian cavalry was actually held at the rear most of the war on the Western Front. If the front had been breached they would have been needed to exploit it. As for African and North African troops of the French Army, as they were volunteers - professional soldiers who were better than the rest of the French conscripted units. A fact reflected in their being the most decorated regimentsof the French armies at the end of WW1.
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masuda
I think John green was a little bias on the Armenian behalf what the ottomans did was horrible but to say it wasn-t normal in empires like the British would be a lie indeed I still condemn all of the deaths at the hands of empire especially the Armenian one compared to other people John green is not too bias about this
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I think John green was a little bias on the Armenian behalf what the ottomans did was horrible but to say it wasn-t normal in empires like the British would be a lie indeed I still condemn all of the deaths at the hands of empire especially the Armenian one compared to other people John green is not too bias about this
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Scott
Two disappointments. Nothing on the Austrian-Italian front - a war with many battlefields for a sub-header was still heavily focused on the Western Front. And nothing on the British blockade and the significance of its role in bringing Vienna and Berlin to starvation. U-boats always but never starving cities
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Two disappointments. Nothing on the Austrian-Italian front - a war with many battlefields for a sub-header was still heavily focused on the Western Front. And nothing on the British blockade and the significance of its role in bringing Vienna and Berlin to starvation. U-boats always but never starving cities
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Vaughn
Ok, two thoughts. Why couldn-t Germany have just moved through Switzerland instead of Belgium which had an alliance with Britain? (Ok, three thoughts lol. why is Switzerland always staying out of every single war I can think of) Anyway, OVERSIMPLIFIED REFERENCE YESSSSSSS! 3: 15
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Ok, two thoughts. Why couldn-t Germany have just moved through Switzerland instead of Belgium which had an alliance with Britain? (Ok, three thoughts lol. why is Switzerland always staying out of every single war I can think of) Anyway, OVERSIMPLIFIED REFERENCE YESSSSSSS! 3: 15
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DaniStarEngland
The point at the end is so true its so hard to imagine that many dead.
In the UK for the 100 years remembrance they made ceramic poppies for the British deaths and placed them in the most of the tower of London. The number is insane to look at
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The point at the end is so true its so hard to imagine that many dead.
In the UK for the 100 years remembrance they made ceramic poppies for the British deaths and placed them in the most of the tower of London. The number is insane to look at
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raka
I still dont get what the main reason WW1 have to happen. The only reason i can think of is just military and youth drunk by war romatisme (and wanted to test new weapon)
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I still dont get what the main reason WW1 have to happen. The only reason i can think of is just military and youth drunk by war romatisme (and wanted to test new weapon)
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dcbsmt
Emperor Karl.
You do know that every Charles is a Karl, right? The guy you call Charlemagne was Karl der Grosse. And all those Scandinavian Charles' are Karls, too.
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Emperor Karl.
You do know that every Charles is a Karl, right? The guy you call Charlemagne was Karl der Grosse. And all those Scandinavian Charles' are Karls, too.
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Arina
I have a hard time understanding WW1. Do you guys have any particular videos or books that elaborate on this topic and is easy to understand?
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I have a hard time understanding WW1. Do you guys have any particular videos or books that elaborate on this topic and is easy to understand?
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