The Hero Of Tannenberg - Paul von Hindenburg I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

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  • @nierenjoyer3015
    @nierenjoyer3015 7 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    "Am Ready"
    -Paul Von Hindenburg

    • @JAKphoenixify
      @JAKphoenixify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WAARRR REEADYY!!

    • @mr.ramfan8100
      @mr.ramfan8100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Military terse, of course...

    • @KonEl-BlackZero
      @KonEl-BlackZero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "My body is ready"
      Reggie Fills Hindenburg

    • @jmjedi923
      @jmjedi923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and people say texting is ruining language

    • @muhammadgazza7163
      @muhammadgazza7163 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i am pretty sure that spongebob i am ready is from Hindenburg references

  • @highdefinitionapollo2189
    @highdefinitionapollo2189 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1946

    Man, hearing how awesome he is makes me want to name a giant flying aircraft after him, I bet that would be totally safe and glorious!

    • @evanweaver7373
      @evanweaver7373 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Lol yeah. Best idea ever

    • @98shot
      @98shot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      No way man. It doesn't capture the strength of the man. Instead we should name a defensive line after him. I'm sure it'll never break!

    • @henrimela8495
      @henrimela8495 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Be sure that you have a steady supply of helium from the USA so you don't have to use hydrogen instead.

    • @nowaxtheory
      @nowaxtheory 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't foresee anything bad possibly happening here! Make it happen President Trump. It's gonna be yu-u-uge!!

    • @TerrellThomas1971
      @TerrellThomas1971 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      George Zhang ..lol

  • @Arthur_Wellesley
    @Arthur_Wellesley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1387

    Vote Paul von Hindenburg. Make Germany great again!
    - "The Treaty of Versailles is the worst deal ever."

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 7 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      Let's build a Hindenburg Line and let France pay for it.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      drain de schvamp!!!!

    • @SaturnVII
      @SaturnVII 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Perhaps the worst deal of all time.
      (Not totally untrue though)

    • @ivangushkov3651
      @ivangushkov3651 7 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      ''If I was president, this Hitler fellow (very nasty fellow lemme tell you that) would be in jail where he belongs. It's gonna be UUUGE''

    • @Nikolapoleon
      @Nikolapoleon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      +Ivan Guchkov
      "He's a terrible guy. I call him 'Hothead Hitler', by the way."

  • @Unwilledduck
    @Unwilledduck 7 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    This man had such an impressive life! Born in 1847. Saw Germany getting unificated. Commanded the armies in WW1 then saw his nation he grew up with be destroyed. In his 80's still politically active. And his last words: "Mein Kaiser... mein deutsches vaterland"
    This man is germany is a part of germany as much germany was a part of him.

    • @hanz2904
      @hanz2904 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Try August Con Mackensen.

    • @Worldtimes1
      @Worldtimes1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@hanz2904 VON VON VON!

    • @Legitpenguins99
      @Legitpenguins99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hanz2904, get ze flammenwerfer

    • @deskejtx6211
      @deskejtx6211 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Mein Kaiser... mein deutsches vaterland" what does it mean?

    • @thanos_6.0
      @thanos_6.0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So sad that he nowadays gets tons of unfair blame

  • @Legitpenguins99
    @Legitpenguins99 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    “Am ready”
    Brilliant reply

    • @michaelhuck
      @michaelhuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He topped that when he was about to die. When he became weak and felt death will come soon he went to his home Neudeck and when his doctor examined him he asked him "Is friend Death alredy in the room?" the doctor replied "No, not yet, but he´s sneaking around the house." a few days later the doctor examined Hindenburg again and told him: "Now friend Death is on your doorstep" and Hindenburg replied: "Then tell him, I´ll ask him in." THAT was cool!

    • @Legitpenguins99
      @Legitpenguins99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      3 years later I'm re watching this series. This was the best and most in depth WW1 documentary ever made

  • @TheFenderBass1
    @TheFenderBass1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    HIndenburg+Lundendorff greatest bromance

    • @TheFenderBass1
      @TheFenderBass1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Was gonna Write even better then hitler and goebbles at first haha

    • @johngalvano5895
      @johngalvano5895 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      top ten anime betrayals

    • @inderpreetsingh7429
      @inderpreetsingh7429 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      matte drey Achilles and Patrocles flashbacks

    • @HelmHammerhand1709
      @HelmHammerhand1709 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hindenburg was the Wingman of Ludendorff 😂

    • @HelmHammerhand1709
      @HelmHammerhand1709 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hissam Ullah yes you are right my mistake

  • @conorm.5331
    @conorm.5331 7 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Indy makes reading a phone book interesting.

    • @Quantum-yz9fc
      @Quantum-yz9fc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Best comment I've seen on this channel in a while!

  • @archstanton5113
    @archstanton5113 7 ปีที่แล้ว +937

    I wish the Franco-Prussian war gained more attention, because it's basically the prequel of ww1.

    • @tommcdonald1873
      @tommcdonald1873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I think that was covered in the prelude, but I think more should be written about the wars of the Mid 19th century, Austro-Prussian, Franco-Prussian and the Crimea as European Powers consolidated at home and expanded colonially on a global scale.

    • @Porphyrogen
      @Porphyrogen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Arch Stanton - Belive you're right. My thoughts exactly.

    • @terrythehobo8998
      @terrythehobo8998 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Also the Second Schleswig war, and the Austro-Prussian war.
      Between the three they chronicle both the rise of Germany itself as a military power, but also the underlying animosity and aggression between Germany and the rest of Europe.

    • @sharkfinbite
      @sharkfinbite 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not exactly. There were many battles that were prequels of ww1. Some of them were closer in being technology advanced as ww1.

    • @ColasTeam
      @ColasTeam 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'd say the napoleonic wars are the proto-world wars.

  • @non-prolific135thscalemode7
    @non-prolific135thscalemode7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I still remember my great-grandmother, who was born in 1881, singing "Wir wollen uns'ren guten Kaiser Wilhelm wieder hab'n" (We want our good Emperor Wilhelm back). She referred to Wilhelm II's grandfather, Wilhelm I, who obviously WAS a good emperor and it confirms what Indy said about what many Germans thought of Wilhelm II - not very much. Sadly my great-grandmother died in 1970 when I was five years old, but that memory lives on. She never arrived in post-war democracy, but she was a great old lady.

    • @Hi-vo9ku
      @Hi-vo9ku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am back

    • @eduardovaldivia5572
      @eduardovaldivia5572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s great that you were able to meet your great grandmother. It’s too bad that she did not arrive in post war democracy. My great grandfather was born in 1878 but I never did get to meet him. Just stories really. He died in 1952. I wasn’t born until 1994 so only my parents have readily told me stories.

    • @TheGoodTheBadTheUgly666
      @TheGoodTheBadTheUgly666 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Hi-vo9kuwellcome😅

  • @napamodesto8001
    @napamodesto8001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    That mustache was the real legendary Hindenburg line.

    • @elitegeneral5802
      @elitegeneral5802 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Germanic people will hold then long live the empire

  • @doomimp4025
    @doomimp4025 7 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    Paul von Hindenburg: The Über-Squarehead. I mean just look at a picture of the man. Every square inch a Teuton.

    • @ianbabcock6802
      @ianbabcock6802 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      It's from wearing all those army helmets as a kid.

    • @DonMeaker
      @DonMeaker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      His wife was a sister to the mother of von Manstein.

    • @johnd2058
      @johnd2058 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMFUG I WANT HIS HAIR PLZ

    • @hmcccpp
      @hmcccpp 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah, its alpinoid, the skull is to round not narrow with chieseld jaws

    • @slyasleep
      @slyasleep 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hmcccpp oO

  • @ceooflovingthehomies9294
    @ceooflovingthehomies9294 7 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    "Make Germany great again!" Vote Hindenburg!

    • @napalmblast6550
      @napalmblast6550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Artere Laksamanathe guy who said it louder

    • @thanos_6.0
      @thanos_6.0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!

  • @nicolaiby1846
    @nicolaiby1846 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    ''Am ready''
    What a fucking badass.

  • @irishaudia6c750
    @irishaudia6c750 7 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    When she tells you shes off her period.....
    'am ready'

  • @sirharken821
    @sirharken821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    he is essentially the Prussian spirit made flesh

    • @DerCrawlerVomUrAnus
      @DerCrawlerVomUrAnus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Along with Friedrich II. (Frederick the Great).

    • @vitorfaster3577
      @vitorfaster3577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is like Blucher, and ludendorf, scharnshost
      Of 20 century.

    • @awc6007
      @awc6007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Otto Von Bismarck

    • @thurbine2411
      @thurbine2411 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vitorfaster3577 I also thought about Blucher as he was also an old general during the napoleonic wars

  • @tatianavonss
    @tatianavonss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Great video! My name is Tatiana von Sperling and I'm his great-granddaughter. I'm Brazilian so I feel really honored to know how important he was to Germany.

    • @diet18schannel48
      @diet18schannel48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Is that so? Do explain in detail how you are his great-granddaughter.

    • @HelmHammerhand1709
      @HelmHammerhand1709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Really? How and how are you his Great Grand daughter?

    • @suclox12yearsago56
      @suclox12yearsago56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dang, that’s cool

    • @nickvonhindenburg8788
      @nickvonhindenburg8788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am his great-great-grandson

    • @tatianavonss
      @tatianavonss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@diet18schannel48 Sorry I haven't seen the messages before. He was married to Gertrud von Sperling. Their grandson came to Brazil to be a consul of Germany. That's why a part of his family is now in Brazil.

  • @whimsicalhamster88
    @whimsicalhamster88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Those political cartoons really get across what was going on at the time. Thanks for including them and for making these high quality videos so regularly.

  • @balaha4674
    @balaha4674 7 ปีที่แล้ว +682

    He have a pretty good mustache

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Erwin Rommel where is yours?

    • @balaha4674
      @balaha4674 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have shaved it

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Erwin Rommel yeah it hid the rest of your bad assness.

    • @balaha4674
      @balaha4674 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I will defeat the USSR, I might send you to the Gulag for your disrespect.

    • @balaha4674
      @balaha4674 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Max Hoffeman won Tannerberg.

  • @danielemilazzo84
    @danielemilazzo84 7 ปีที่แล้ว +694

    8:44 "Making Germany Great Again"

    • @sabakunoneko4723
      @sabakunoneko4723 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniele Milazzo #

    • @FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog
      @FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Mache Deutschland wieder Groß!
      And remember, Germans don't do symbolism. When they say "Groß" they mean all the lebensraum, lol.

    • @SirSaladhead
      @SirSaladhead 7 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      He built a defensive line and made britain pay for it!

    • @Zamolxes77
      @Zamolxes77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I was about to comment on that, where we heard that recently?

    • @Zamolxes77
      @Zamolxes77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LITERALLY ! In blood !

  • @javiervonsydow
    @javiervonsydow 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really appreciate the love for History that your presentations show. Thank you very much for that passion. These are true human dramas, and you convey them excellently

  • @brucestein988
    @brucestein988 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Excellent! This channel always makes me regret, or even get angry with the simplified (that is a polite phrasing) history of WW1 that I was taught in high school and university.

    • @sircastic959
      @sircastic959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What History is not simplified in high school?
      And in University you are expected to learn yourself, I am currently learning that myself, the hard way.

    • @AsG_4_
      @AsG_4_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was lucky enough to have really great history teachers...They would always get side tracked with the longer story of what we were learning..Then fly through what we were "supposed" to know

  • @raymondbenedict
    @raymondbenedict 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Hindenburg was such an legendary general, that when the second world war was nearing it's end, an unit of US army soldiers was deployed to move his remains & those of his wife & Fredrick the great out of an eastern berlin mausollum before soviet troops arrived there to destroy them.

    • @dylanrodrigues
      @dylanrodrigues ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s exactly the kinda cringe you’d expect from the US

    • @nhandinh7404
      @nhandinh7404 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dylanrodrigueshow is that cringe

  • @antigamer1833
    @antigamer1833 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my grand grand uncle was his butler and a good friend of him...he talked to paul short before he died...and also got the iron crusade...awesome

  • @sem4151
    @sem4151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Where is the ludendorff special?
    The need to be one

    • @Nikolapoleon
      @Nikolapoleon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      The Ludendorff Special? Sounds delicious.

    • @1969cmp
      @1969cmp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel Large A think a special with a square of between Monash and Ludendorff would be interesting. Ludendorff, an antisemite vs the German Jew Australian. 😊

    • @HelmHammerhand1709
      @HelmHammerhand1709 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ludendorf was nothing without bis wingman Hindenburg XD

  • @stefanschneider5381
    @stefanschneider5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best piece of documentary about von Hindenburg I've ever encountered!

  • @CounterNerd
    @CounterNerd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the way you go into personal detail about these people. Makes you think about how their lives may have played out and what their emotions may have been. Makes them feel more human.

  • @bigcheese1061
    @bigcheese1061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Hindenburg: “Am ready”
    Russians: “Why do I hear boss music?”

  • @vikokkult2949
    @vikokkult2949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Funfact: Hindenburg was 1.98m (6'6 ft) tall.

  • @italomarsano9362
    @italomarsano9362 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was so much waiting for this episode!!! Thanks guys!!

  • @MarkoFTW
    @MarkoFTW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    "Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country".

    • @Physiker17
      @Physiker17 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who said that?

    • @anuragpatel1476
      @anuragpatel1476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Physiker17 Voltaire said," Other States have army, Prussian army has a state".

  • @nerdhub1300
    @nerdhub1300 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Hindenburg's first home still stands in the Old Town of Poznań (Poland) at Podgórna Street.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Is it marked in any way?

    • @nerdhub1300
      @nerdhub1300 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Unfortunatly no. There was a memory board, but it was placed there in 1939, after the nazis invasion on Poland, and it was there till 1945. I guess that there's no chance to see that board again due to a difficult German-Polish history, which Hindenburg was a part of.
      BTW: did you know that there is a well preserved prussian-german fort here in Poznań? There is a gruop of history enthusiasts taking care of it, and they even guide tourists, dressed in the german 1st WW uniforms.
      Warning - small hint - it's only 275 km from Berlin ;)

    • @noobster4779
      @noobster4779 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NerdHub is it the citadel of posen, which was a major part in the ww2 battle of Posen as well?

    • @utuber2
      @utuber2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is there still a strong Prussian identity in that area of Poland? I find it interesting that the most "Germanic" identity i.e. the Prussian one, is actually from a place in Poland.

  • @Osterochse
    @Osterochse 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    There is one very interesting about Hindenburg that in my opinion should always be mentioned:
    Paul von Hindenburg was the only head of state Germany ever had, that was directly and democratically elected by the people. All the others were monarchs, dictators, elected by the parliament or commisioned. It is a funnny fact considering that this honor goes to a man like Hindenburg who was not neccessarily against democracy but also not really in favor of it.
    I actually wanted to write this to you before you make the "who did what in WW1" on Hindenburg. Unfortunately I forgot it somehow... So it didn't make it.

  • @mky45lg
    @mky45lg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I subscribed to this channel via the guys at forgotten weapons about a week ago. This is outstanding. I'm working my way through 1914 right now and just want to thank this channel for the exhaustive history. Really an amazing commitment to getting it right and objective reporting. Thank you for devoting so much time to this project.

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Welcome to the show.

  • @altonfrancisco8027
    @altonfrancisco8027 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    What a name!

  • @LadyAnuB
    @LadyAnuB 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hindenburg's hair reminds me of my chemistry teacher at SRJC. Mr. Anderson sported a Marine haircut in his 60s! (He was 'retired' from the USMC at 39.5 years of service.)

  • @CzechMirco
    @CzechMirco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Fun fact: During the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 Hindenburg became quite well acquainted with the geography of northeastern Bohemia, knowing among other things that there was a town called Broumov (back then known by its German name "Braunau"). And 60 years later he relentlessly trolled Hilter by calling him "the Czech corporal" despite knowing very well that Hitler was born in a completely different Braunau, the austrian Braunau am Inn. Since Hitler has already been peeved by the way "Reich" Germans looked down their noses at his austrian ancestry and since he hated Czechs, he didn't take this trolling well.

  • @jcarabillo46
    @jcarabillo46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These are great videos, Indy! Thank you!

  • @megarogerish
    @megarogerish 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    thx for another great episode, the Indys charismatic presence is felt! Bra jobbat!!

  • @nelsonnoname001
    @nelsonnoname001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    About time we had a special on Big Boss

  • @kevinbyrne4538
    @kevinbyrne4538 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good and frank summary of Hindenberg's life and career.
    Thanks for all that you do. Much appreciated.

  • @Algernon7
    @Algernon7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Am ready" sounds like such a modern thing. I've definitely said something like that when my friends were on their way to pick me up

  • @donovanreimer2324
    @donovanreimer2324 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A terrific concise study.

  • @mr.ramfan8100
    @mr.ramfan8100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can not imagine this series sans Indy...

  • @kang1983
    @kang1983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am ready.

  • @superfunbad
    @superfunbad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Yeah, that Hindenburg is a pretty cool guy. He defeated Hitler before it was cool and doesn't afraid of anything.

    • @superfunbad
      @superfunbad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I was referring to beating him in the 1932 election. Of course, it didn't last, but still.

    • @slyasleep
      @slyasleep 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      disconcerting profile pic. no offence.

  • @HashlerTheStachler
    @HashlerTheStachler 7 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    That make Germany great again made me giggle for some reason XD

  • @fishbait9858
    @fishbait9858 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a man. You know. What a man

  • @leighcramphorn8927
    @leighcramphorn8927 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic episode, well done Indy and gang

  • @stevendenny7260
    @stevendenny7260 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent analysis.

  • @duranlandscapes
    @duranlandscapes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for giving me this understanding my friend!! Saludos desde Costa Rica

  • @ManJackThe
    @ManJackThe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stunning photographs!

  • @jsalazar373
    @jsalazar373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a Legend, "am ready"

  • @joaobellascodefaveri4902
    @joaobellascodefaveri4902 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Am ready" is one of the memest quotes from history i've ever seen.

  • @frost587
    @frost587 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great episode! Had been waiting for it. Thanks Great War.

  • @UJ00UJ
    @UJ00UJ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Happy 175th birthday to Paul von Hindenburg! We will never forget you!

  • @Baamthe25th
    @Baamthe25th 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great episode

  • @aj37ful
    @aj37ful 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Indy!

  • @mohammedalhosani9405
    @mohammedalhosani9405 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been waiting for this episode for a loooooooong time

  • @pizzatime3367
    @pizzatime3367 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this!

  • @dianedylan9438
    @dianedylan9438 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Indy and TGW team make my dreams come true 3 times a week! 😘

  • @pizzatime3367
    @pizzatime3367 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I asked for this!

  • @royalradish9412
    @royalradish9412 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I see parallels between the awesome military duos of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Both men complimented each other, and were great pairs of generals!

  • @varelion
    @varelion 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:12 Thank you for your fair analysis of the merits of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.
    So Ludendorff was the architect and creator of the victory at Tannenberg, but Hindenburg gets the full glory. I would call it a good team work between laborer and leader, between production and management/marketing, between intelligence and charisma.

  • @Aristocles22
    @Aristocles22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Funny how Prussia's highest military honor had a French name.

    • @gedion749
      @gedion749 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nonamearisto yeah first time hearing it made me confused thinking why are French giving medals to Germans.

    • @troy9477
      @troy9477 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Steve Kaczynski -I always wondered why the medal is called "Pour Le Merite". That soubds awfully French for the Prussians

    • @Adolphification
      @Adolphification 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      there is a german docu drama about frederick where he speaks french with his courtiers

  • @sergeroldofhousehightower3766
    @sergeroldofhousehightower3766 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!

  • @davidmdomingo
    @davidmdomingo ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks !

  • @trevk8233
    @trevk8233 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I notice some caltrops on your desk there Indy. Those things are neat!!!

  • @FrogEnjoyer33
    @FrogEnjoyer33 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Am ready

  • @GamerFavor
    @GamerFavor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do a bio on Marshal Mannerheim! Awesome channel! Greetings from Finland!

  • @AmericanFreedomEnjoyer
    @AmericanFreedomEnjoyer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paul Von Hindenburg. Truly a great war hero and general that the German people can truly be proud of! Respect from an American across the sea.

  • @jimzawacki3041
    @jimzawacki3041 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Dynamic duo: Hinderberg and Ludendorf.

  • @JMLawson80
    @JMLawson80 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Max Hoffman didn't think much of him. Touring the battlefield of Tannenberg he was know to point out various sites saying "here is where the Field Marshall slept before the battle, here is where he slept after the battle, here is where he slept during the battle."

  • @ThisIsEduardo
    @ThisIsEduardo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Am ready" legendary lol

  • @lalibertedan
    @lalibertedan 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was a great episode not that the others are bad just this was a great one Keep on Going :)

  • @-MarcelDavis-
    @-MarcelDavis- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    4:01 Incase you want to know what's written on the post card "On this stone the Russian waves shall break!"

    • @sircastic959
      @sircastic959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!
      That translation is not perfectly correct and thus unacceptable for a German:
      "On this stone the Russian wave shall break" would be correct.
      Because "Russenwelle" is one of these funny German combined words like Streifenwagenpolizist (police-car + policeman, describing a policeman who´s job it is to be on the beat with his car)
      Now "Welle" is the singular for Wave and even though "Russen" =Russians, plural or "Russe", the last word determines whether it is singular or plural.
      For a plural it would have been "An diesem Stein sollen sich die Russenwellen brechen", then the translation would be correct.
      Now the funny thing is you can string as many words together as you like, leading to some really fun stuff like: Rind­fleisch­eti­ket­tie­rungs­über­wa­chungs­auf­ga­ben­über­tra­gungs­ge­setz (Yes, this is officially a word, I´ll give you a hint about it, it´s singular, the first word is "beef" and the last word is "law" but I am not telling you what it is about)

  • @maddestructor2149
    @maddestructor2149 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hindenburgs impact in germany was so big that even my grandpa (age 78) still knows a poemlike song about him!
    Btw. i've told my grandpa to grow a mustache, he would look like hindenburg then!

  • @tommy-er6hh
    @tommy-er6hh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Always Hindenburg and Ludendorff - and they forget Max Hoffman, the real hero of Tannenberg.
    He was the chief of staff under von Prittwitz who after Prittwitz was relieved, planned the attack and sent the divisions in motion - before H & L came and took charge - and credit for the battle.
    Max Hoffman did end up as chief of staff of all Russian front armies.
    He was a bit bitter to be forgotten at Tannenberg - he said later,"See - this is where Hindenburg slept before the battle, this is where Hindenburg slept after the battle, and this is where Hindenburg slept during the battle."

    • @michaelhuck
      @michaelhuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      After Tannenberg many Generals claimed they came up with the concept of victory. Hindenburg replied "How great that we did win Tannenberg now we have so many heroes who made it possible. If we´d lost Tannenberg, I´d probably would have been the only one who had lost...

  • @baghdadimilitia2265
    @baghdadimilitia2265 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe make a special about the different navies of the Great War

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    von Hindenburg and Ludendorff are probably the best pair Germany had

  • @beppitheclown8330
    @beppitheclown8330 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Paul von Hindenburg says am ready and SpongeBob says am ready hmmmm....... ITS A CONSPIRACY

  • @cesarorias1367
    @cesarorias1367 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    To warm my heart...

  • @Redmango69
    @Redmango69 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Indy & team! I Love your show! I'm a History enthusiast and I'm from latinamerica to! and I was wondering what was the efect of the great war over south America between 1914 to 1918?
    as I mention, great work whit the show. greetings from Chile

  • @thebigman2419
    @thebigman2419 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Indy! I'm a huge fan of the show. For the next 'Out of the Trenches' video, my question is were soldiers given permission to take their equipment back home after service? Thanks!

  • @letstrend
    @letstrend 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    that move with your hand when you said "all of this is extremely complicated and way outside the scope of this channel" gives me the impression that you really don't want to do it!!! But you really should!!! I want to see WW2 done by Indy Nidell team!! It will be really really really cool!!!!

  • @JosefK99
    @JosefK99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cor blimey! I thought Graham Chapman is holding us lesson from history! Joking! Really well done, dear sir!

  • @exploatores
    @exploatores 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    It´s kind of fun, I am reading a book on leadership as I saw this.

  • @DanielEscovedo
    @DanielEscovedo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing work! Congratulations!
    I just would like to add that Hindenburg was also a direct descendant of Mantin Luther. Truly, he was basically German's spirit given flesh.

  • @coreyvandevelde7793
    @coreyvandevelde7793 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You gained a sub👍🏼 keep up the good work

    • @TheGreatWar
      @TheGreatWar  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to the show!

  • @everetbalforthe2681
    @everetbalforthe2681 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Indy and Team, would there ever be a chance of releasing episodes as just audio for patrons?
    That way they can be listened to on the go.

  • @popsy0070
    @popsy0070 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That name is dope. I love it :D

  • @markmierzejewski9534
    @markmierzejewski9534 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The more I look at Paul von Hindenburg the more I can see Kurt Russel with those amazing whiskers.

  • @Medafets
    @Medafets 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Another interesting thing about him: he was a direct descendant of Martin Luther.

  • @dking6021
    @dking6021 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    love how is said living legend....

  • @TheTimebroker
    @TheTimebroker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A great man !

  • @raptin1595
    @raptin1595 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ludendorff and Hindenburg the greatest bromance ever.

  • @lilwater7358
    @lilwater7358 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine a battle... Where Napoleon and Hindenburg live at the same time period... fighting each other with the same Forces on Open Field. I would DIE to see this.

    • @lizlovsdagmara5525
      @lizlovsdagmara5525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You probably would if you if you got in middle.

  • @joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062
    @joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please make a video about Ludendorff of his own!

  • @fp2202
    @fp2202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After the great war will you progress to WW2? cause I really love your work and I think Im not the only one interested

  • @Nick-xc3qh
    @Nick-xc3qh 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man the history!!!!

  • @DIO45032
    @DIO45032 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Indy, I was wondering if you could do a bio episode about Alexander Kerensky, btw I love your show.