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Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1121 - Michael Pollan
German WWI veteran describes killing a French soldier in a bayonet charge
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Stephan Westmann
The Scientific Approach
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Joe Rogan Experience #1081 - Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
It's amazing how a German from the early 1900's speaks better English than a lot of the teenagers in England do these days.
NO MORE BROTHERS WARS ! NO MORE WARS FOR ISRAEL! NO MORE CHRISTIAN BOYS BLOOD FOR JEWISH MONEY !
How pertinent in the 21st Century (and even the 20th) are his words? "To fire at each other from a distance, to drop bombs - is something impersonal."
How sad. And so very eloquent too in English.
Oh how the world has ideologically changed between world war 1 and 2. These vets are so missed in the world of today.
Powerful
Between the people who cant tell the difference between world war I and world war II and the neonazis crying "jews!! white european unity!!!" A lot of this comment section is almost comically uneducated
Is it copyrighted? I was thinking i would use a short part of this video in a song, but i ofc wont if it's not possible.
4:16 "We were civilized people after all!" This!
My great-grandfather fought on the Italian front in WW1 and, from what I have heard from other relatives, had something similar happening to him: during a countercharge he found himself isolated in a large ditch covered in reeds, and from the reeds on the other bank, came an enemy soldier (he was not sure whether he was Austro-Hungarian or German, as both would have been present during the battle of Piave), great-grandpa shouted & signaled him to go away (and he was later almost court-martialled cause an officer had heard him trying to spare the enemy), the other kept advancing and great-granps bayoneted him in the upper stomach and broke down crying as soon as he realized he had just killed a man.
All because of the JQ.
This is shocking
We fought our brothers.
That is why Germany was hated by the French because of the so many losses and land
Do we know where he was stationed
He was a soldier in Freiburg Infantry Regiment No. 113 (5th Baden). He fought in Alsace-Lorraine. He was later transferred to the Eastern Front, then back to the Western Front and became a medic.
Incredible
I'm a retired Police officer and have seen some horrible things that are etched into my mind. This guy, bless his soul and the innocent soldier that were forced into a position of "kill or be killed". War is terrible, Imagine what it had to of been like for men in the medieval times where it was just swords.
“Had he and I but met at some old ancient inn, We could have sat down and shared a dram. But… ranged as Infantry and staring face to face… he shot at me, as I at him… and killed him in my place. Strange and curious War is. You shoot a fellow down who, in other circumstances, would have helped to half a crown.”
The leaders are never the ones fighting the war. The poor and average person are the ones that pays that bill.
Lest we forget.
Stupid brother war created by greedy bankers and politicians.
ww1 was not started by bankers lol, it was started by nationalism and the imperial urge that was very very strong in Europe at that time. Im so tired of people like you lol
Next time...Europeans must fight together. We cannot afford not to fight together while our countries get flooded with non-white immigrants.
It wasn't just Europeans, why you think its called World War 1 but not European War? Because well the Ottoman Empire, Japan were involved: -The Ottoman Empire fought against Russia, UK and France in Middle East. -Japan while player a minor role taking away German territories, they played an important role in WW2.
@@DDT-lr3zz Smh...the war started in Europe by the actions of a European, because of political motivations based on Europeans, that divided Europeans, etc. And, the Ottomans were fighting European soldiers, and the Japanese were also fighting Europeans. The heaviest fighting took place in Europe between rival European armies. Without Europeans, the war never would of happened. It was our war, the other nations simply were along for the ride. But it was nothing more but an enormous mistake. Millions of European lives wasted just like so many wars in our past.
Nations have not allies, only interests. If you look out at Eight-Nation Alliance during Boxer Rebellion, it was because those nations had interests in Qing Empire. Then 5 years after that, Japan and Russia fought each other over Manchuria.
A warrior, a gentlemen and a true good soul. Sir, rest in peace.
This shows very well that in war it does not matter who fights, dies, wins or loses. Soldiers fight against soldiers although they do not know each other and do not hate each other. At the end it is always only people who let their lives for the world views of crazy and greedy politicians. No matter if WW1/2, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq or other wars. In the end only suffering, misery and a grieving family remains.
What a beautiful human being, my god.
Maybe it wasn't a good idea I didn't join up. I probably would have been crap. The thought of killing a fellow man in cold blood, then becoming used to it.
Das sollte man in den Schulen lernen. Immer und immer wieder. Wenn die Menschen verstehen, dass Krieg keine Sieger macht, dass Krieg aus normalen, anständigen Menschen Mörder macht, die dann den Rest ihres Lebens darunter leiden. Dann, nur dann, haben vielleicht eine Chance, dass dieses Sinnlose Morden-lassen dereinst endlich aufhört. Wenn die Menschen das, was dieser gute Mann hier spricht, endlich verstehen würden, dann würde keine einzige Patrone in die Ukraine gesendet werden, kein Panzer zurückgekauft werden, kein Land seiner Neutralität beraubt werden, kein Soldat in irgendeiner Uniform stellvertretend für ein paar feige, korrupte Politiker zum Mörder und Schlachvieh werden. Danke für dieses ehrliche Video. Irgendwie macht das Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zeit, wissend, dass es im Prinzip überall sehr viele anständige Menschen gibt.
It was the civilly war, war between brothers…
"I was quicker than he was" an absolutely horrifying (yet repetive) occurance of both world wars.
Fluent speakers of a second language are often more articulate than native speakers because they've spent so many years training themsleves to avoid bad grammar and to memorise correct structure, whereas the native speaker learns on instinct at an early age and can quite easily understand and be understood using slang or infornal speech.
This guy is just a coward. We Americans didn't give a sh about those terrorists when we took their land and oil.
cause you are israel's golems
The hell are you talking about?? He was a ww1 veteran this has nothing to do with modern middle-eastern conflicts.
It is just horrific...I have no words....just terrible....all war everywhere...no words
Forgive but never forget
who are you gonna forgive?
What year was this interview ?
1964
My grandfather never spoke too seriously of his time in WWII, his way of dealing with the sacrifice of his youth was through humour (in the most dark British way). When we had to care for him as his Alzheimer's got bad at around 93/94 years of age the effects of the war really came back. Once we took him to church at Christmas for midnight mass along with my parents. During the service I noticed Grandad getting distressed and starting to cry (I’d never seen him get emotional like this and it was shocking to see as his generation clearly hid this from everyone) When I tried to comfort him he said to me “ I don’t belong here” Why? “Because I’ve killed people” It was so hard to know what to say and to see such a proud, strong man break down like this. At the time the church had many people from so many races, nationalities & backgrounds around us. Also as it was Christmas service there were representatives from local Muslim, Jewish & Sikh communities attending. All I could say to him was “look at the people around you, look at their children playing together in the church. YOU DID THIS! Everything you had to sacrifice, everything you had to do meant something. We are all here together, all races, religions, backgrounds. Together. United. Free. Because of what you fought for."
Its terrible he was forced to become a killer. Its terrible that some poor guy got stabbed to death with a bayonet. But i dont think its in vain, he learned a lot from the experience and im sure he had a positive impact on people later in his life.
Great honor for you sir! I put my hat of!
Who is here because they watched 'All quiet on the Western front'
As a Frenchman, his story breaks my heart. But it was war, no one had a choice. The respect he shows for his victim is honorable. May this man be blessed
That is just a fact of Mother's Nature (dont get weird, this is just my religion). No one has a choice in being enlisted, especially if there is Evil in the world ordering them to protect themselves, but the obscenity is the Human Nature of enjoying murder. I don't judge those who enjoy murder.....well, I mean in this capacity at least. Errrrr this is complicated. But I will choose to see them as who they really are. Part of the Problem, of living with her. Mother Nature is cruel, and idk, there was a character on TV who had a cruel mother, and that character was cruel as well. And he became depressed because he was still a good person, technically.
Well said mon frère
Everyone has a choice. You can choose to disobey your orders, rather than to murder an innocent man. If you’d like you can look at the “he forced me to go to war” the same way as if you were to get murdered by a criminal. Shit happens. But that doesn’t justify you killing another man. You can refuse.
This is why I never ask a veteran to tell their story. I'd rather just thank them and call it a day. I can see why a lot of them don't want to remember. From the moment he started telling the story, I could see the sorrow in his eyes. It's hard to imagine that he still remembers that soldier and it still bothers him.
“the good soldier kills without thinking of his adversary as a human being. The very moment he sees in him a fellow man, he is not a good soldier anymore.” - this is what someone told Stephan Westtman (a WW1 veteran) during the great war. It's a shame to live in a world where philosophies like this exist.
5:04 that is the look of regret and sadness
I wish this man was alive today as our politicians howl for war with Russia like rabid dogs, then stand at the cenotaph in their suits looking sad and say “we will remember them”. They could not name even one, let alone the horror of the war they are saddling the world with now.
JEDEN Z MOICH ULUBIONYCH FILMOW😎
I nigdzie nie ma wersji w lepszej jakości:( "Ceeelowaaaałem w dupę, panie dyrektorze!"
As a Brit None of these men were bad men you got your good and you got your bad on both sides were all cousins at the end of the day please God rest their soul in eternal peace and damn the B*stards that sent them there🍻
Today's veterans have no idea what this is like. Technology has removed us from force and its consequences. We press a button and an image disappers. This man pressed a different button and had viscera and blood coughed on him as he watched life leave the man he was sent to kill.
Imagine soldiers in ancient times
This could not be more incorrect. Although rare, there were incidents of hand-to hand combat in recent wars from Ukraine, to Afghanistan, to Iraq. While modern air power and drone warfare are features of modern war that WW1 veterans probably could not fathom, plenty of killing still happens between groups of oppossing infantry at relatively close ranges where they can clearly see the men they're killing. The infantry also aren't the ones operating drones and killing remotely.
0:10 when he says right and left and turns left and right this is not because he doesnt get the right and left but because it is a combat instinct to look away from the comrades falling dead
His eyes say it all....😢
We are all just humans. Led by monsters.
And this is only one of thousands and thousands of cruel realities brought about by countries who felt the need that the only way they could solve their problems was to throw their youth at one another, like sacks of meat, grenades made of blood. It's fucking awful. Hearing this man's regret was truly heartbreaking. If he WASN'T quick enough, then it was likely that the French soldier could've lived in the same regret, the same darkness. Truly and utterly horrible.