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One thing about the Attack of the Dead Men that really wasn't emphasised is the mixture of chlorine gas and other agents that caused flesh to literally liquefy. The dead men in question weren't just supposed to be dead, they literally looked like putrifying corpses and their refusal to die was inconceivable. As a side note, only one of the dead men managed to survive. I forget the name but he became an artist and poet of some renown.
Russian history of ww1 is rarely talked about in the world, also it hurts seeing all the nations that were in it that are largely forgotten, thanks armchair historian!
What do you mean? Every history class I've attended since middle school talked about Russia joining the war and falling into revolution as a result. It may not sound like much, but it's the same amount of detail given to the Lusitania and America joining the war.
@@poisonousbadge126 Where are you from then? Here in the southern US, we all learn about WW1, Russia's one of the main nations we're required to remember for tests, and we all learn they left because of the Revolution by at least middle school. It may not sound like much, but keep in mind ww1 is only given a week of coverage to make time for the rest of history.
I love you show the often ignored sides of the significant events of history. When people talk about World War I, they almost always focus on the trenches of the Western Front, when the Eastern Front was a massive theater involving some of the major powers of Europe.
And forget about the Libyan Front, the submarine war, the Salonika Front and the Austrian and Bulgarian advance into Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania, the Japanese conquest of the German colonies in the Pacific and China, the Mesopotamian Front, the Caucusus Front, the Entente occupation of Iran that killed two million people, basically all of Africa in general, the contributions of Thailand and Portugal on the Entente side, the Italian Front, the naval race between the Ottonans and Austo-Hungarians vs the Italians, French, and the Royal Navy, and then consider the war to be over in 1918 with near absolute disregard for the war left after excluding maybe Mussolini's march on Rome and the Beer Hall Putsch.
That’s probably because you live in the West of course all you’re gonna hear about is the Western front since it’s more pertinent to you. These events aren’t ignored in eastern countries
Because it's only the Brits who made and are still making movies about their successes in both wars. None of the Central Powers nations or the Soviet Union has much interest in dredging up this part of their histories.
Love how you view past wars from all perspectives giving us insight into the mindset on both sides in what they were thinking and what their people were feeling
Not always, his video on the Spanish Civil War was completely biased in favor of the Republicans. He complained about the execution of captured enemy combatants during a Civil War as "warcrimes" but completely ignored everything the Republicans did, only giving it a small footnote that explains nothing.
@@Carpediem357 the same reason that everybody in Europe declared war on France after the French Revolution, they did not want the revolution to spread.
The Brusilov Offensive isn't even mentioned at all, it is always about Verdun and the 100 days offensive, a shame Russia's participation in WW1 is largely forgotten.
@@haotatyan Oh well then I agree. The offensive was very close to knocking AH out of the war in 1916 and had the other generals cooperated they may well have succeeded. Had that happened Germanys position is untenable. History changes.
What are you talking about? It will take another 5 years and the West will not remember who made the most significant contribution to the victory over fascism!
Not forgotten here (in Ukraine). My great grandfather was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. He was captured and sent to Siberia when the Russians occupied our town (in Galicia) and gave us a taste of the brutal rule which they'd come back to impose again a generation later. His village held a funeral for him, because it was inconceivable that one could survive such conditions, but, somehow, he made it back and showed up several months later. His son, my grandfather, fought the Russians in the next war.Brusilov was no hero. He also switched to the Bolshevik side after 1917 and used his persuasive influence to convince many experienced czarist officers to join in for the Polish -Soviet war. This was a good idea (from the Russian perspective), and, thanks to their relative success, although my family's home remained free, the Russians were able to capture the city where I currently live and inflict the Holodomor on it a decade later. Very convenient for them, as they gained much land and nice apartments in this beautiful place. Now, I'm here as the Russians are back to their old playbook. Yes, I'm a bit emotional about it, but you would be too if they were sending missiles at you and murdering your neighbors.
There was enough time and opportunities to stop it. What was missing was someone of sufficient stature to say "hold on, let's all just turn down the rhetoric, roll back any mobilizations, and talk plainly about what our intentions are".
@@JonMartinYXD Even if it didn't happen then, it would have still happened at some other point later down the line. There were just too many material, political, social and economic contradictions.
@@game_boyd1644 True. Without some large scale changes - eg. ending the naval arms race, abolishing monarchies, decolonization, etc. - matches would continue to get lit and eventually one of them would start the fire.
I've been dying to learn more about "All Quiet on the Eastern Front". I wonder how different Germans and Russians fighting each other were, and how similiar aspects of trench warfare remained the same.
Well the average soldier on the ground on each side is going to have a lot in common probably. They are facing very similar conditions and stressors. And feel the same emotions when their friends are wounded or killed and the same fear of dying and not seeing their families again. And are generally lower/blue collar/working class men. The eastern front of ww1 didn’t have hardly any of what we’d call trench warfare. It was a very fast paced conflict with a lot of rapid movement. Not a whole lot of sitting around in trenches for months on end. So that would be a drastic difference in experiences
Советую почитать "Тихий Дон " - роман-эпопею Михаила Шолохова, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. Там описаны жизнь и события донского казака Григория Мелехова (главного героя) : мирное время, Первая Мировая война, Гражданская война, Послевоенная жизнь .
It wasn't just the Germans vs the Russians. I'm Ukrainian. My great grandfather was on the eastern front in the Austro-Hungarian army. At least in our part of the country, we saw ourselves as very different from the Russians although we got along with with the Germans. One of my cousins still has a zippo-style cigarette lighter a German officer gave him as a gift. They treated us very well. By contrast, the Russians were brutish savages who looted, raped and tried to ban our language and identity (even though they were busy fighting a war). For me, Ernst Junger's perspective is much more accurate than All Quiet on the Western front. I've read both. It's a different perspective when you're defending your home and family versus being an aimless, urban aesthete as Remarque seems to have been, who doesn't care about his country or people and just wants to enjoy the high life in the capital, and who was conscripted (contrary to the book, he wasn't an eager volunteer hoodwinked by propaganda) into a war which he felt (with some good justification) was for nothing but bankers and politician's pride. So, I'm not saying it's wrong for the western front but here was different. And is different today. I don't know what German soldiers thought but for us it was an existential struggle for survival. Neither my great grandfather (based on what relatives tell me; I never met him) nor my grandfather, who fought against the Russians in the next war, ever expressed the kind of sentiments like oh, all war is stupid, or oh, we were all just helpless pawns and those guys on the other side were no different from us, or, oh, I wish I'd never fought. They hated the enemy in the opposite trenches to the end of their days. With very good reason, as we see today.
@@michaelwarenycia7588 yes, I'm sure you do. But don't worry, the Russians know how much you hate them, and want nothing to do with you. So keep Galicia as it is: The last vestige of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the birthplace of Ukrainian nationalism.
Well, if we look at the sequence completely, then one of the reasons why the civil war began was also because the Soviets seized the government (which already outraged many because not everyone voted for them) and came to “peace” by signing a derogatory peace with which those who fought at that time did not agree moment the regiments, who, although they were tired, were simply dumbfounded by what the new government went to for the sake of peace, it rather sounded in their heads like this
17:14 Desertion and disobedience started after February revolution and before the Kerensky Offensive, when the Petrograd Soviet declared an infamous «Order No. 1». This order was issued only for the Petrograd garrison, but then all soldiers, including those on the fronts, learned about it. And because of that the collapse of army started. Kerensky offensive was a failure because of the low morale and disobedience. This failure finished the army entirely.
One thing Armchair forgot to mention was the Russian Expeditionary Force fighting in the Western front in WW1 thousands of Russians went to France from 1916 until the war ended in 1918 Russia contribution in the Western front doesn't get talk about it's sad
Great video as always! The format "War from the perspective of a certain country" is very interesting! It is especially gratifying to see Russia's point of view.
That’s great . I always believed that the eastern front in World War One is heavily ignored due to the lack of trench warfare compared to the western front. A huge half of the war that I didn’t know as much about .
I’m so glad there are more videos on ww1 popping up in the past few years, I find it be one of the most interesting conflicts and I don’t think it’s talked about enough
It’s really awesome seeing you go back to World War One! Griffin! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I think it would be really cool if you did a video on the Brusilov Offenaive, it’s an important offensive in the war that isn’t really covered much on TH-cam, and it would be interesting seeing you cover it with your style and narration
I find it ironic that @10:08 a German soldier is armed with a Ottoman Mauser 1893 (as evidenced by the magazine cutoff at the side), then @10:12 a Russian soldier is armed with a Gewehr 98 (it has a Lange-Visier rear sight), something the German should be armed with. 14:40 Winchester Model 1895/1915 17:35 I like the animation here.
The Russian probably did a little thing called "using weapons captured by the enemy because they are better" and the German would be "using weapons sent by allies as support"
@@slavic_viking9638the Germans weren’t short of weapons and needing Ottoman help, it was the other way around, German civilian and military industrial might dwarfed the tiny specks that the ottomans had, the Ottoman Mauser was, as the name implies, a German rifle.
As for the Battle at Osoweic Fortress, not only were they coughing up blood but because of the mixture of chemicals used they were also coughing up bits of their own lungs. It's definitely something interested, how when they were all supposed to dead, some literally refused to die and went on the attack.
A fine example of Russian religious mythology about their supposed 'racial supremacy' that never happened in reality. (because biology doesn't care about any delusions of grandeur)
@@Neversa I don't like overdramatization of War. Russians don't create concentration camps, don't do mass sloughtering of civilians don't wage propaganda against Ukrainian people. It's like any other war in history bigger one wants resources of smaller
Prince Felix Yusupov was the man responsible for pulling the trigger on Rasputin. He didn't go that easily either. They did a number of things to finish him off.
@9:02 FunFact: Tsar Nicholas II consulted, or rather was praying to the Romanov Family Patron Saint Icon, when he felt he heard a voice, advising him to take command of the army. That’s basically how Nicky, as he was called by relatives, caused the end of his over 300-year family dynasty.
I really loved some of the little historical details. Forgotten Weapons approved, there are 1895 Winchester rifles. These lever actions were sold to Russia.
One thing that I don[t think is being emphasized enough is the sheer amount of starvation visited on the civilian population across most of Europe. Even after the fighting stopped (which it didn't for years in a lot of places) in 1918, the dying still continued on a massive scale.
The Russian side of the WWI and the eastern theatre in general is very rarely talked about, which is really sad, as it's in my opinion even more interesting and intriguing than the Western Front, considering it actually ended with the Entente's defeat. But you know what's even more unfortunately obscure and _never_ talked about? The Caucasian front of WWI. *6:52* You vaguely hinted and mentioned the Caucasian front, but that's about it. Would be amazing if you made a whole video about it, because it's extremely interesting and there's basically an hour's worth to talk about. The fronts changed hands almost a dozen times, and the amount of individual forces and sides involved is insane.
Love the video but missed some key points about the peace between Germany and Russia. Germany asked for a TON of land in trade for peace. Russia said no. Germany went on a major offensive and took TONS of land in just weeks. Lennon was forced to take an even WORSE deal.
The part about Brest-Litowsk could have been way more elaborate. Those negotiations where harsh and the Bolsheviks refusing to sign concessions with the Entente eventually led to the Soviet-Union losing even more land.
As an aspiring historian of the Great War-my specific focus is the Eastern Front as well as the Balkan Front-content in my niche is unfortunately difficult to find, but this video was a fantastic exception!!! Thank you for reaffirming my love for this period in history!
Content for all fronts besides the Western Front seems to be comparatively sparse (in English-language works, anyway). I’ve encountered similar difficulties with the Italian Front as well. I’m always glad to see content for the lesser-discussed areas of the war!
From england 🇬🇧 and they have never ever talked about russia in world war 1 at school , they talked about the russian civil war yet they never metioned that russia was involved in world war 1 even though russia was one of the reasons why germany lost world war 1 and us brits wouldve lost without the russians
Please please please do a video on the hardly ever talked about defense of fort vaux within the Verdun campaign in WW1. That specific chapter, is in my opinion one of the single most horrific moments within the collective human experience
I highly recommend reading " Essay on the World War" by A. Kersnowsky. Unfortunately, as a historian, I cannot praise this video highly; it throws facts at you, but without proper explanation they hang in the air. Several important factors are not mentioned (e.g., why the Russian Army entered the war without completing mobilization; the sad 1st Battle of Masuria is mentioned, but it is not said that the entire East Prussian operation was a strategic defeat for the Germans; lack of names of generals - Alekseev, Pleve, Denikin, Ruzsky, and so on). Thus, there is an impression that the Russian Army was a cripple in the Entente (although it was the Russian Army with its self-sacrifice saved the French and British from defeat, as mentioned by Foch). П. C. In addition to the "dead men's attack" there are many examples of both mass and individual heroism of Russian soldiers
@@placeholder4988 they’re not “about to run out” as Russia is constantly making more. What they are doing is running consistently low and their production can not keep up with demand.
She has not been forgotten in Russia. In fact, this is the very moment when the non-monolithic nature of society is most visible. Everyone looks differently. From monarchists to Stalinists, different parts of the political spectrum. My great-grandfather fought for Nicholas, but when the war ended he did not go to fight with the “whites” (monarchists). He did not go to fight for the Reds (Soviet). He did not go to fight for the black guard (anarchists). "I don't care, I don't care, I'm tired of fighting, I don’t know anything, my house is on the edge. My house is small, the stove is small, But not the official one, but our own legal one. You are Erema, I am Foma, you give me your word, I am those two, And I’ll stuff your piece of paper with makhorka. You are the people and I am the people, and my darling is waiting for me at home, I’ll come and agitate her. Glory to you, Lord, I shot enough, For my sweetie, I’ll leave some strength. I don't care, I don't care, I'm tired of fighting, We were soldiers, and now we’re going home. "(old song, translated into English as best I could, selected analogues for outdated words, which, however, are still used)
@@trevorphilips3724 "A bullet whizzed by and hit me in the chest. I escaped in the steppe on a dashing horse But the commissar got me with his saber I swayed and fell off my horse Hey, oh my black horse! Hey, it's a steel sawn-off shotgun! Hey, thick fog! Hey, oh yes, Father Ataman, yes Father Ataman!" (song Чиж & Co, the text was written in the 70s, song in 90s)
Hello Griffin. I always remember AJP Taylor's idea that the dependence on horse transport and lack of fodder for horses crippled the Russian war effort. This logistical "defeat" does not easily translate to a cartoon that is as exciting for an audience, but AJP was entertaining as a story teller. I recommend "How Wars Begin" TV series to anyone who has not seen it. I mentioned it at work, years back, only for a colleague that sat next to me to explain he had been bullied into playing chess by AJP when he went to visit someone at a university and was waiting for them.
I'm currently taking a History of Russia 1855 - the present. We just finished the 1905 revolution and are about to start WW1. So this video's timing is perfect.
The Prime Minister that was implementing the economic reforms prior to WW1 was assassinated, and so the reforms never fully materialised. Russia was on its way to becoming industralised and improving by the supposed years around 1920s.
Love your content oh wise armchair historian. I have a big request. I teach 8th grade U.S. History and would love an animated video on Bunker Hill or the whole American Revolution. No big time movie or live action series has ever done Bunker Hill, so video clips are hard to come by that are decent for my kids. Was hoping you could deliver on this and make a cool visual for all students.
The unfortunate truth is that there was never really a good way for Russia to win the war. Maybe if they'd stuck to defensive strategies, but even then, thats no guarantee. The Russian Army was vast, but plagued with incompetence and shortcomings, it's logistics were completely obsolete, and it's High Command, like every great power at the time, didn't understand the realities of the war they were fighting anymore. Worse than all of that though, the Russian Economy really couldn't handle a full scale war. Those bread riots did a lot to undermine the Tsars power on their own.
If the Russians had a backward army with poor weapons, then what should they call the French/British troops? The Russians fought on the borders of the country at the beginning of the war. The French fled to Paris deep into the country's interior. And later in 1916, the Russians would send the Expeditionary Force of the Russian Army in France and Greece of 400,000 people to save the Western Front.
The Russian military, even in the modern era, faces the same issues it always has historically. Terrible doctrine, even worse supply issues, and a lack of modern equipment due to just economic sanctions.
The Russian military is a second rate power, the only thing they have going for them that makes them a “superpower” is their nuclear arsenal. They would be nothing without their nukes. Pathetic.
9:43 Turmoil at the front Wilhelms forces on the hunt There’s a thunder in the east It’s an attack of the deceased They’ve been facing poison gas 7000 charge en masse Turn the tide of the attack And force the enemy to turn back
7:40 Sarikamis was more of an Ottoman tactical blunder than a Russian success. The Ottoman forces marched towards the battlefield without proper equipment and under freezing tempatures. By the time the conflict actually began, most of them (around 25.000) had frozen to death.
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Can you make video about Ukraine's population with children going down to extinction😂😂 glory to Russia ukraine is either Russian or nothing
Griffin, I'm signed up for AH TV and am wondering if there is an app yet so as to put on my homescreen?
Hi.
@@death-istic9586 Hello
One thing about the Attack of the Dead Men that really wasn't emphasised is the mixture of chlorine gas and other agents that caused flesh to literally liquefy. The dead men in question weren't just supposed to be dead, they literally looked like putrifying corpses and their refusal to die was inconceivable. As a side note, only one of the dead men managed to survive. I forget the name but he became an artist and poet of some renown.
Владислав Максимилианович Стржеминский
Vladislav Maximilianovich Strzheminsky
@@fenicz6306 Thanks/Спасибо, добрый сэр
@@SlapShotTakesseeing that always makes me think of cheese - sorry, couldn’t resist the comment sir
And That is when the dead men are marching back again,
Osoiec then and again
@@hebakewolf attack of the dead, hundred men
Making this video’s length exactly 19:17 is the kind of attention to detail that makes this channel great
at 13:36 there is a modern map on the wall? With Czeckkia and Slowakia split and Königsberg/Kaliningrad as an enclave ?
Damn mine is 19:16
1916!@@sr7129
@@Espen.Johannesentsar nick the time traveller
19:16 for me also
Russian history of ww1 is rarely talked about in the world, also it hurts seeing all the nations that were in it that are largely forgotten, thanks armchair historian!
It seems as WW1 as a whole is overshadowed by the sequel
@@rtasvadam1776 HAHA, im glad the russians(spoiler, soviets) improved then.
What do you mean? Every history class I've attended since middle school talked about Russia joining the war and falling into revolution as a result.
It may not sound like much, but it's the same amount of detail given to the Lusitania and America joining the war.
@@nbewarwe Not where im from, it depends on your nation.
@@poisonousbadge126 Where are you from then? Here in the southern US, we all learn about WW1, Russia's one of the main nations we're required to remember for tests, and we all learn they left because of the Revolution by at least middle school.
It may not sound like much, but keep in mind ww1 is only given a week of coverage to make time for the rest of history.
I love you show the often ignored sides of the significant events of history. When people talk about World War I, they almost always focus on the trenches of the Western Front, when the Eastern Front was a massive theater involving some of the major powers of Europe.
And forget about the Libyan Front, the submarine war, the Salonika Front and the Austrian and Bulgarian advance into Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania, the Japanese conquest of the German colonies in the Pacific and China, the Mesopotamian Front, the Caucusus Front, the Entente occupation of Iran that killed two million people, basically all of Africa in general, the contributions of Thailand and Portugal on the Entente side, the Italian Front, the naval race between the Ottonans and Austo-Hungarians vs the Italians, French, and the Royal Navy, and then consider the war to be over in 1918 with near absolute disregard for the war left after excluding maybe Mussolini's march on Rome and the Beer Hall Putsch.
@@robertjarman3703 Yep, those are important too!
I think france and gallipoli
That’s probably because you live in the West of course all you’re gonna hear about is the Western front since it’s more pertinent to you. These events aren’t ignored in eastern countries
Because it's only the Brits who made and are still making movies about their successes in both wars. None of the Central Powers nations or the Soviet Union has much interest in dredging up this part of their histories.
Love how you view past wars from all perspectives giving us insight into the mindset on both sides in what they were thinking and what their people were feeling
Not always, his video on the Spanish Civil War was completely biased in favor of the Republicans. He complained about the execution of captured enemy combatants during a Civil War as "warcrimes" but completely ignored everything the Republicans did, only giving it a small footnote that explains nothing.
Well actually it's still from the American perspective, but just a little more objective
Just be glad that the Goodguys always won... xD
@@CoyoteHgood guys always win
History is always grey
After all, the victors decide the future of our morals and therefore, what is right and wrong
@@APersonOnTH-camXworld isn’t as grey as you think
Now I really want a Russian civil war video because it’s so interesting
Especially the Czech legion stuck on the transiberian railroad fighting their way to the coast
@@scottanno8861 Czehoslovak legion
Considering many of the Etente allies fought against the Bolshivek Red Army I wanna hear what all exactly caused them to fight
@@Carpediem357Anti-communism and the fact that they stopped the war, while the whites were likely to help fight central powers.
@@Carpediem357 the same reason that everybody in Europe declared war on France after the French Revolution, they did not want the revolution to spread.
The Brusilov Offensive isn't even mentioned at all, it is always about Verdun and the 100 days offensive, a shame Russia's participation in WW1 is largely forgotten.
It is presented here at 13:12
@@condelevante4i think he meant in general not in the video
@@haotatyan Oh well then I agree. The offensive was very close to knocking AH out of the war in 1916 and had the other generals cooperated they may well have succeeded. Had that happened Germanys position is untenable. History changes.
What are you talking about? It will take another 5 years and the West will not remember who made the most significant contribution to the victory over fascism!
Not forgotten here (in Ukraine). My great grandfather was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. He was captured and sent to Siberia when the Russians occupied our town (in Galicia) and gave us a taste of the brutal rule which they'd come back to impose again a generation later. His village held a funeral for him, because it was inconceivable that one could survive such conditions, but, somehow, he made it back and showed up several months later. His son, my grandfather, fought the Russians in the next war.Brusilov was no hero. He also switched to the Bolshevik side after 1917 and used his persuasive influence to convince many experienced czarist officers to join in for the Polish -Soviet war. This was a good idea (from the Russian perspective), and, thanks to their relative success, although my family's home remained free, the Russians were able to capture the city where I currently live and inflict the Holodomor on it a decade later. Very convenient for them, as they gained much land and nice apartments in this beautiful place. Now, I'm here as the Russians are back to their old playbook. Yes, I'm a bit emotional about it, but you would be too if they were sending missiles at you and murdering your neighbors.
Man that domino scene at the beginning sent a chill down my spine, once it starts there's no stopping it, absolutely terrifying
There was enough time and opportunities to stop it. What was missing was someone of sufficient stature to say "hold on, let's all just turn down the rhetoric, roll back any mobilizations, and talk plainly about what our intentions are".
@@JonMartinYXD Even if it didn't happen then, it would have still happened at some other point later down the line. There were just too many material, political, social and economic contradictions.
@@game_boyd1644 True. Without some large scale changes - eg. ending the naval arms race, abolishing monarchies, decolonization, etc. - matches would continue to get lit and eventually one of them would start the fire.
These perspectives really help me see the scope of the war. Glad to finally see the Russian perspective on this one!
Same
Glory to Russia
You mean the Orc's perspective?
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Thank you for the amazing uploads :)
I love how the video length is 19:17.
I will add that Alexey Brusilov's tactics have not been forgotten. It was used in the future by the Soviet army in offensive operations of 1944-1945.
I've been dying to learn more about "All Quiet on the Eastern Front". I wonder how different Germans and Russians fighting each other were, and how similiar aspects of trench warfare remained the same.
Well the average soldier on the ground on each side is going to have a lot in common probably. They are facing very similar conditions and stressors. And feel the same emotions when their friends are wounded or killed and the same fear of dying and not seeing their families again. And are generally lower/blue collar/working class men.
The eastern front of ww1 didn’t have hardly any of what we’d call trench warfare. It was a very fast paced conflict with a lot of rapid movement. Not a whole lot of sitting around in trenches for months on end. So that would be a drastic difference in experiences
It's called And quite flows the Don
Советую почитать "Тихий Дон " - роман-эпопею Михаила Шолохова, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе.
Там описаны жизнь и события донского казака Григория Мелехова (главного героя) : мирное время, Первая Мировая война, Гражданская война, Послевоенная жизнь .
It wasn't just the Germans vs the Russians. I'm Ukrainian. My great grandfather was on the eastern front in the Austro-Hungarian army. At least in our part of the country, we saw ourselves as very different from the Russians although we got along with with the Germans. One of my cousins still has a zippo-style cigarette lighter a German officer gave him as a gift. They treated us very well. By contrast, the Russians were brutish savages who looted, raped and tried to ban our language and identity (even though they were busy fighting a war). For me, Ernst Junger's perspective is much more accurate than All Quiet on the Western front. I've read both. It's a different perspective when you're defending your home and family versus being an aimless, urban aesthete as Remarque seems to have been, who doesn't care about his country or people and just wants to enjoy the high life in the capital, and who was conscripted (contrary to the book, he wasn't an eager volunteer hoodwinked by propaganda) into a war which he felt (with some good justification) was for nothing but bankers and politician's pride. So, I'm not saying it's wrong for the western front but here was different. And is different today. I don't know what German soldiers thought but for us it was an existential struggle for survival. Neither my great grandfather (based on what relatives tell me; I never met him) nor my grandfather, who fought against the Russians in the next war, ever expressed the kind of sentiments like oh, all war is stupid, or oh, we were all just helpless pawns and those guys on the other side were no different from us, or, oh, I wish I'd never fought. They hated the enemy in the opposite trenches to the end of their days. With very good reason, as we see today.
@@michaelwarenycia7588 yes, I'm sure you do. But don't worry, the Russians know how much you hate them, and want nothing to do with you. So keep Galicia as it is: The last vestige of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the birthplace of Ukrainian nationalism.
Imagine leaving a world war just to get into a civil war
Well, if we look at the sequence completely, then one of the reasons why the civil war began was also because the Soviets seized the government (which already outraged many because not everyone voted for them) and came to “peace” by signing a derogatory peace with which those who fought at that time did not agree moment the regiments, who, although they were tired, were simply dumbfounded by what the new government went to for the sake of peace, it rather sounded in their heads like this
@@mitrogulf4073 всё было куда сложнее. Если упрощать и брать в пример армию, то офицеры подписанию мира недовольны, а солдаты были очень рады .
It was inevitable as soon the Czar and Russian autocracy were removed from power.
Countries/kingdoms/empires descending into civil war after losing major wars is a fairly common theme throughout history.
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17:14 Desertion and disobedience started after February revolution and before the Kerensky Offensive, when the Petrograd Soviet declared an infamous «Order No. 1». This order was issued only for the Petrograd garrison, but then all soldiers, including those on the fronts, learned about it. And because of that the collapse of army started. Kerensky offensive was a failure because of the low morale and disobedience. This failure finished the army entirely.
One thing Armchair forgot to mention was the Russian Expeditionary Force fighting in the Western front in WW1 thousands of Russians went to France from 1916 until the war ended in 1918 Russia contribution in the Western front doesn't get talk about it's sad
The animation in your videos has gotten incredibly good! Can't wait to see its future progression!
The quality of animations has really seen an improvement. Keep up the good work!
I watched a lot of historical chanels and i can say this is really good chanel in production. It's interesting to watch and to listen to
I think this is where the armchair historian shines. Not with the nth video on Dday, but with the smaller, lesser known aspects of history.
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7:17 City name is not Barsumi. It's Batumi.
One of the best history channels out there hands down
Music is amazing. It gives me some sort of tension or immersion. Keep going Armchair Historian.
Great video as always! The format "War from the perspective of a certain country" is very interesting! It is especially gratifying to see Russia's point of view.
You guys and your videos are extremely high quality, you’ve really been shafted by TH-cam and it’s algorithm for a while.
That’s great . I always believed that the eastern front in World War One is heavily ignored due to the lack of trench warfare compared to the western front. A huge half of the war that I didn’t know as much about .
Finally, Something About WW1.. I'm Glad Y'all Are Doing These Again, I Needed To See This
I’m so glad there are more videos on ww1 popping up in the past few years, I find it be one of the most interesting conflicts and I don’t think it’s talked about enough
It’s really awesome seeing you go back to World War One! Griffin! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I think it would be really cool if you did a video on the Brusilov Offenaive, it’s an important offensive in the war that isn’t really covered much on TH-cam, and it would be interesting seeing you cover it with your style and narration
As always the best history channel here. No bias, straight to the point, covering most important events and well spoken 👌
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I find it ironic that @10:08 a German soldier is armed with a Ottoman Mauser 1893 (as evidenced by the magazine cutoff at the side), then @10:12 a Russian soldier is armed with a Gewehr 98 (it has a Lange-Visier rear sight), something the German should be armed with.
14:40
Winchester Model 1895/1915
17:35
I like the animation here.
The Winchester is historically accurate but I assume you already know from how you typed the correct name
It's really weird, but Simple History is more inaccurate
The Russian probably did a little thing called "using weapons captured by the enemy because they are better" and the German would be "using weapons sent by allies as support"
@@slavic_viking9638the Germans weren’t short of weapons and needing Ottoman help, it was the other way around, German civilian and military industrial might dwarfed the tiny specks that the ottomans had, the Ottoman Mauser was, as the name implies, a German rifle.
As for the Battle at Osoweic Fortress, not only were they coughing up blood but because of the mixture of chemicals used they were also coughing up bits of their own lungs. It's definitely something interested, how when they were all supposed to dead, some literally refused to die and went on the attack.
A fine example of Russian religious mythology about their supposed 'racial supremacy' that never happened in reality. (because biology doesn't care about any delusions of grandeur)
Just love how the length of the video is 19:17 (1917 - WW1)
Have you ever considered joining the Mapping Community? I love the style of your "bird's eye view" with frontlines and units
You've been killing it lately!
The animations are brutally good. Very educational video
It's a battle between the armchair historian and Kings and Generals as the best history channel on TH-cam by far.
Don't forget Epic history TV
Kings and generals got too much political and biased in current war
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@@kulrul9180so you support russian fascists?
@@Neversa I don't like overdramatization of War. Russians don't create concentration camps, don't do mass sloughtering of civilians don't wage propaganda against Ukrainian people. It's like any other war in history bigger one wants resources of smaller
i really appreciate the thumbnail, the soldier not wearing a helmet. such attention to detail, respect
Prince Felix Yusupov was the man responsible for pulling the trigger on Rasputin. He didn't go that easily either. They did a number of things to finish him off.
@9:02 FunFact: Tsar Nicholas II consulted, or rather was praying to the Romanov Family Patron Saint Icon, when he felt he heard a voice, advising him to take command of the army. That’s basically how Nicky, as he was called by relatives, caused the end of his over 300-year family dynasty.
It was the Devil deceiving him so that a path to Godless communism could be paved
I really loved some of the little historical details. Forgotten Weapons approved, there are 1895 Winchester rifles. These lever actions were sold to Russia.
One thing that I don[t think is being emphasized enough is the sheer amount of starvation visited on the civilian population across most of Europe. Even after the fighting stopped (which it didn't for years in a lot of places) in 1918, the dying still continued on a massive scale.
Really enjoyed this condensed but highly interesting , informative, well narrated documentary.
The Russian side of the WWI and the eastern theatre in general is very rarely talked about, which is really sad, as it's in my opinion even more interesting and intriguing than the Western Front, considering it actually ended with the Entente's defeat. But you know what's even more unfortunately obscure and _never_ talked about? The Caucasian front of WWI. *6:52* You vaguely hinted and mentioned the Caucasian front, but that's about it. Would be amazing if you made a whole video about it, because it's extremely interesting and there's basically an hour's worth to talk about. The fronts changed hands almost a dozen times, and the amount of individual forces and sides involved is insane.
Would love to see more WW1 content! Keep up the great work!
Love the video but missed some key points about the peace between Germany and Russia. Germany asked for a TON of land in trade for peace. Russia said no. Germany went on a major offensive and took TONS of land in just weeks. Lennon was forced to take an even WORSE deal.
loving this new focus of videos on topics other than ww2, and the level of detail and excellent animations. top notch.
the quality in this video is insane especially with the sound design
I love these WW1 Perspective, wish you can do more WW1 content😁
The part about Brest-Litowsk could have been way more elaborate. Those negotiations where harsh and the Bolsheviks refusing to sign concessions with the Entente eventually led to the Soviet-Union losing even more land.
Awesome video keep up the good work! A suggestion I also have is to make "WW1 from the Bulgarian perspective". I think it would be quite interesting!
Funny how the time stamp for this video is the year Russia surrendered
WWI is not covered as much as it should be. I enjoyed this. The events from WWI are what lead to WWII. So many do not acknowledge that.
Forcing Germany to sign an empty check was a bad idea
This video being 19.17 minutes long is just perfect
As an aspiring historian of the Great War-my specific focus is the Eastern Front as well as the Balkan Front-content in my niche is unfortunately difficult to find, but this video was a fantastic exception!!! Thank you for reaffirming my love for this period in history!
Content for all fronts besides the Western Front seems to be comparatively sparse (in English-language works, anyway). I’ve encountered similar difficulties with the Italian Front as well. I’m always glad to see content for the lesser-discussed areas of the war!
Hi Griffin 😊 me and probably many other people would be excited to see your video of you explaining ww1 from Serbia's perspective.
A vid on the Soviet-Afghan war would be so awesome
From england 🇬🇧 and they have never ever talked about russia in world war 1 at school , they talked about the russian civil war yet they never metioned that russia was involved in world war 1 even though russia was one of the reasons why germany lost world war 1 and us brits wouldve lost without the russians
Love how the time of the end of this video is the same year the Russian army signed a ceasefire with the German Empire
Watched whole video - truly epic! And cool to see finally Brusilov offensive at 13:20
Yes, thanks for uploading this. I feel as if this topic in WW1 isn't talked about enough, even though it's historically very important.
Could you please add a date of the event being described at the bottom? That would be a helpful detail.
I really enjoy that you included the Russian Lever Actions, pretty neat "easter egg"
Fantastic video! Are you planning on doing a WW1 from the British Perspective?
Britain’s prespective is the most known about it would hardly be educational
I really like these WW1 perspective videos, hope there will be more of them coming in the future.
Another great video. I have never heard of the “attack of the dead men” before.
great video, i was waiting for this
It is truly a shame that the infographic show gets so much more attention than this channel
Love how you design your video keep it up. 👌
That domino animation was beautiful
19 mins 17 seconds, thats subtle. I like it
Thank you Griffen I’ve been asking for a Great War Russian perspective video but never thought it would happen 😂❤🎉
Can you please make a video about Russian Civil War? It is complicated, yet interesting period of Russian and Eastern Europe history. Thanks
14:55 I love the detail of military Winchester rifles, Russia did get Winchester 1895s in their armies.
Yup, good eye.
Please please please do a video on the hardly ever talked about defense of fort vaux within the Verdun campaign in WW1. That specific chapter, is in my opinion one of the single most horrific moments within the collective human experience
I highly recommend reading " Essay on the World War" by A. Kersnowsky. Unfortunately, as a historian, I cannot praise this video highly; it throws facts at you, but without proper explanation they hang in the air. Several important factors are not mentioned (e.g., why the Russian Army entered the war without completing mobilization; the sad 1st Battle of Masuria is mentioned, but it is not said that the entire East Prussian operation was a strategic defeat for the Germans; lack of names of generals - Alekseev, Pleve, Denikin, Ruzsky, and so on). Thus, there is an impression that the Russian Army was a cripple in the Entente (although it was the Russian Army with its self-sacrifice saved the French and British from defeat, as mentioned by Foch).
П. C. In addition to the "dead men's attack" there are many examples of both mass and individual heroism of Russian soldiers
this guy should get more support for real
“Within four months they were running low on ammunition and material”
The more things change the more things stay the same.
Tf are you talking about?
@@johanbjorkman1914history repeating itself with the Ukraine war
@@OperatorMax1993 Gotta love how the media is reporting that missiles are about to run out since a year or so but they keep firing them
@@placeholder4988 they’re not “about to run out” as Russia is constantly making more. What they are doing is running consistently low and their production can not keep up with demand.
Yeah, and Ukraine is about to run out of men some time next year unless Poland intervenes.
Great WW1 video, thank you. We need more WW1 videos, because WW1 is very forgotten.
She has not been forgotten in Russia. In fact, this is the very moment when the non-monolithic nature of society is most visible. Everyone looks differently. From monarchists to Stalinists, different parts of the political spectrum. My great-grandfather fought for Nicholas, but when the war ended he did not go to fight with the “whites” (monarchists). He did not go to fight for the Reds (Soviet). He did not go to fight for the black guard (anarchists).
"I don't care, I don't care, I'm tired of fighting,
I don’t know anything, my house is on the edge.
My house is small, the stove is small,
But not the official one, but our own legal one.
You are Erema, I am Foma, you give me your word, I am those two,
And I’ll stuff your piece of paper with makhorka.
You are the people and I am the people, and my darling is waiting for me at home,
I’ll come and agitate her.
Glory to you, Lord, I shot enough,
For my sweetie, I’ll leave some strength.
I don't care, I don't care, I'm tired of fighting,
We were soldiers, and now we’re going home. "(old song, translated into English as best I could, selected analogues for outdated words, which, however, are still used)
@@nikita1578 bro tell me just one documentary in russian language to see ww1 eastern front?
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"A bullet whizzed by and hit me in the chest.
I escaped in the steppe on a dashing horse
But the commissar got me with his saber
I swayed and fell off my horse
Hey, oh my black horse!
Hey, it's a steel sawn-off shotgun!
Hey, thick fog!
Hey, oh yes, Father Ataman, yes Father Ataman!" (song Чиж & Co, the text was written in the 70s, song in 90s)
Please please please do more ww1 content ITS the best series you do!
Please, if it's not difficult for you, release a video of Kronstadt 1921
Great to see new content, WW1 stories are always the best🫡
Hello Griffin. I always remember AJP Taylor's idea that the dependence on horse transport and lack of fodder for horses crippled the Russian war effort. This logistical "defeat" does not easily translate to a cartoon that is as exciting for an audience, but AJP was entertaining as a story teller. I recommend "How Wars Begin" TV series to anyone who has not seen it. I mentioned it at work, years back, only for a colleague that sat next to me to explain he had been bullied into playing chess by AJP when he went to visit someone at a university and was waiting for them.
Even if the video being 19:17 minutes long isn't serendipity its still amazing
Lol the Russians fought until 1917
I'm currently taking a History of Russia 1855 - the present. We just finished the 1905 revolution and are about to start WW1. So this video's timing is perfect.
Wow you make so great videos keep up the great work!
thanks for posting your content! 🤘
HECK YEAH BOYS ANOTHER WW1 EPISODE
Has anyone noticed how the length of the video is 19:17, the year WWI ended for Russia?
The Prime Minister that was implementing the economic reforms prior to WW1 was assassinated, and so the reforms never fully materialised. Russia was on its way to becoming industralised and improving by the supposed years around 1920s.
I’ve been waiting for this!!!
Any one realized the time of the video is 19:17
Wow!
Love your content oh wise armchair historian. I have a big request. I teach 8th grade U.S. History and would love an animated video on Bunker Hill or the whole American Revolution. No big time movie or live action series has ever done Bunker Hill, so video clips are hard to come by that are decent for my kids. Was hoping you could deliver on this and make a cool visual for all students.
The unfortunate truth is that there was never really a good way for Russia to win the war. Maybe if they'd stuck to defensive strategies, but even then, thats no guarantee. The Russian Army was vast, but plagued with incompetence and shortcomings, it's logistics were completely obsolete, and it's High Command, like every great power at the time, didn't understand the realities of the war they were fighting anymore. Worse than all of that though, the Russian Economy really couldn't handle a full scale war. Those bread riots did a lot to undermine the Tsars power on their own.
If the Tsar had prioritized on logistics and the welfare of his people and loyal subjects, would things have gone differently?
I love how you have an RPK 74 leaning against the mantle. It's perfect.
If the Russians had a backward army with poor weapons, then what should they call the French/British troops? The Russians fought on the borders of the country at the beginning of the war. The French fled to Paris deep into the country's interior. And later in 1916, the Russians would send the Expeditionary Force of the Russian Army in France and Greece of 400,000 people to save the Western Front.
Приоритет фронтов у Германии? Не, не слышал. А потери в брусиловской операции нужно смотреть по документам (нелипович), а не в Википедии.
Russian fanboy
The Russian military, even in the modern era, faces the same issues it always has historically. Terrible doctrine, even worse supply issues, and a lack of modern equipment due to just economic sanctions.
The Russian military is a second rate power, the only thing they have going for them that makes them a “superpower” is their nuclear arsenal. They would be nothing without their nukes. Pathetic.
@@TobiMagsay truth = Russian fanboy. Lmfao
I like how they make the video length based on the year ie this vid being 19:17 and another American vid that’s 19:42
9:43 Turmoil at the front
Wilhelms forces on the hunt
There’s a thunder in the east
It’s an attack of the deceased
They’ve been facing poison gas
7000 charge en masse
Turn the tide of the attack
And force the enemy to turn back
Yea, Attack of the dead by Sabaton finally.
And that's when the Dead men are marching again
OSOWEIC THEN AND AGAIN
@@Thedestroyer2031 ATTACK OF THE DEAD HUNDRED MEN FACING THE LED ONCE AGAIN
7:40 Sarikamis was more of an Ottoman tactical blunder than a Russian success. The Ottoman forces marched towards the battlefield without proper equipment and under freezing tempatures. By the time the conflict actually began, most of them (around 25.000) had frozen to death.