The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid I THE GREAT WAR Week 196
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- At Villers-Bretonneux, German and British tanks clash marking the first tank-on-tank battle in history. In the same week, the most successful flying ace of World War 1 is shot down over France: Manfred von Richthofen dies after scoring 80 victories. Meanwhile, the British Navy attempts to eliminate the German U-Boat threat with a daring raid on Zeebrugge and Ostende.
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Let's hope this war ends soon and all nations live in peace!
For about 20 years
*OverSimplified intensifies*
There was no peace, not even for 2 years after the war...
Well it IS the war to end all wars after all.
André Gurkenstein if you go to time ghosts they have began covering the inter war years
100 years later this war is still being fought. Let's put an end to it once and for all!
Tank warfare begins... I wonder if it will catch on
Indiana Jones We all know horses will never be repla- Oh wait Poland 20 years later......
Indiana Jones probably not, way too complicated to be practical.
It’s slow and ineffective. I seriously doubt it will be a viable tactic following this war.
It's a fad. They're way too expensive and slow to be effective.
I dunno, I think the Soviets will employ them en mass next War, as will the Germans.
What am I talking about? They’ll probably lose the Civil War to the White Army.
That subtle attempt to sound mid-Atlantic when reading the attack report. Well done, certainly did sound the part.
Jonas Drøjdahl when?
from 0:45
It's the voice of newscasters of the day. Quite distinctive.
Fellow Aussies, don't be too critical of the VB coverage. The episodes are only about 10 mins each and this was such a busy week. The Canadian victory at Vimy ridge didn't get much more coverage, and much bigger battles with many more participants and casualties have had to be similarly condensed.
precisely
I'm Australian and I approve. Indy, Flo and crew are doing a great job. I've seen the Shelby Foote / Ken Burns doco on the US civil war and the 1960s BBC "The Great War" and this stands with them. The team goes out of it's way to mention people and nations other than the main participants, which is more than can be said for some other documentary makers.
I, as and Aussie, also agree but I'm looking forward to the inevitable special on Gen. John Monash to help flush some of the Villers-Bretonneux story.
Ian Kath you'll be disappointed, Monash had nothing to do with VB
Sir John Monash did have an involvent in V B and I am also looking forward to the special on our greatest General and possibly the best allied General during 1918
As a former Canadian soldier I agree with the Australians that their bullet killed Manfred Von Richthofen. However, that would not have been possible if it hadn’t been for the Canadian airmen who faced off against the most famous ace in history in his final battle.
Most famous, yes.
However, Rene Fonck was a MUCH better airman. An analysis on both of their careers clearly shows this.
John Borris right...
@@johnborris3222 nah the Red Baron was better how can you say they aren’t but they have downed more enemy planes an have more victories? Doesn’t make sense at all they are more even then anything actually
@@kennethstacy9298 Red Baron was killed in battle, Rene was not.
Red Baron was knocked unconscious in battle and saved by his friends, Rene was not.
Red Baron fought over his own lines, which made it easier when he fought because he had artillery helping him.and he could confirm his kills much easier, Rene did not. He had to fight over enemy lines and he couldn't confirm many of his kills.
He quite possibly downed 127 airplanes, which is way more than Red Baron.
Red Baron admitted to shooting over 60 rounds to down a single plane WHILE fighting over his own lines.
Rene would down planes with a single precise burst of 2-10 shots.
In 5 years of fighting, Red Baron's plane was hit with dozens of bullets, including the one that killed him. Rene was such a great maneuvered of his plane that only 3 bullets ever touched his plane.
Red Baron fought with thr Focker plane, a plane MUCH more superior to many of the planes he fought against in Bloody April. That's what helped him rack up so many kills. He fought against subpar planes. This has been documented by the British pilots themselves.
Rene holds the record for the most downed planed in a single day. Did it twice.
Bottom line. Rene Fonck ran circles around Red Baron. Baron was very lucky he didn't run into Fonck earlier, Rene would have ended his career in a millisecond.
@@johnborris3222 Totally agree about Fonck. And yet no-one's heard of him. Oh well. Snoopy has a lot to answer for! 🙂
You know what I can't wait for?
Indy's son doing WWII in twenty one years.
Surely Indy' s generation will realise the futility and senselessness of World War documentaries and not send their sons to a similar fate
maybe Indy will do it in 2019 with a 'this week 80 years ago' instead of 100
shia laboufe ruined it allready.
@@SavageGreywolf lol you were predicting the future
YES
I'm a little sad, you guys didn't touch on the fact that the Allies gave the Baron, a funeral with full honors and a 21 gun salute. I know you did a special on him, but still.
FlyingVaultDweller the Anzacs gave him a fine farewell
at 2:53 you can see picture of what look like a military funeral
Flaunting knowledge
We was buried in a New Zealand section of the graveyard.
Agreed
What? That's impossible! I can't die!
Manfred von Richthofen you're immortal!
Snoopy got you
That's what you get for kidnapping Snoopy's lover
As a long time lurker, I have to say this was one of the best overall segments. incredible in depth and breadth. Thank You.
Whenever he's portrayed in film or books, they always make Richtofen out to be a villain. I guess because he was German?
If you read his autobiography, which he finished not long before he died, you realize he was anything BUT a villain. He comes across as someone who'd be a lot of fun to hang out with.
I'm quite sure they made some interesting and honest movies about his life.
They made a movie not too long ago about him and he was the protagonist
The one I would want to hang out with would be "Wop" May - he was a true hero.
If you want to hang out with the Red Baron, bring a parachute.
That's probably more related to his assholish behavior.
He was extremely arrogant and antipathic
The Zebrugge Raid was carried out by the Royal Marines and the Royal Naval division! Of which is featured in Battlefield 1.. however I would like to ask Indy and co if they would do a special on the Royal Naval Division! I was a Royal Naval Reservist and was part of the descendant unit of the Royal Naval Division, it would be great to see it featured on the channel!
I want a Great War plushie.
ReconPro same
ReconPro k
ReconPro ;)
Me too. I also want a Conrad Von Hotzendorf plushie!
Young winston churchill please
Von Richthofen may be gone forever, but his spirit lives on with every bite of cheap microwavable pizza. Fare thee well, fellow Prussian Junker.
I remember there was a promotion of that Pizza with Sierra-Online and Dynamix's PC combat flight simulation game Red Baron II in 1997
Chorizoflex 2929 The Baron abides.
Also the Red Baron Pizza squadron too. I remember this from the games CD.
aerobaticteams.net/en/teams/i137/Red-Baron-Squadron.html
As you can see sadly they were disbanded.
In Israel, it is cool because I was at an old Canaanite village in Be’er Sheva last week and there was random signs pointing where the Ottomans charged the British and lost.
Alhamdulillah
Asmoh أسموح k
That's what happens when you lose
@@islamisthetruth3402 welp, that is war for you. If you can't protect it, then it's not yours anymore
Asmoh arabs betrayed the ottomans though😤
Allies general about the death of Von Richthofen :
"that damned Baron... better dead than red"
"sir, wrong front, sir !"
...What's the reference?
"better dead than red" was a common saying during the Cold War.
WHERE MY BOI GUTHRUM @?
Another Millennial who hasn't been taught history
He is right behind Walpole waiting to jump into The Fray
Everyone knows that Snoopy knocked down the Red Baron
I remember that Snoopy was always getting shot down by the Red Baron. "Curses Red Baron!"
@@ZER0ZER0SE7EN he did shot him down once though. The Royal Guardsmen even did a 3 part song series about it.
Your Admiralty voice is quite intense .
Tank on tank - sounds like something on an adult website
wow
Thanks again, Indy. I know you were hedging your bets reporting that the Red Baron was either shot by a Canadian pilot, or Australian ground fire, but the probability is extremely high that it wasn't the Canadian. The Red Baron was hit by a single .303 round that entered low in his body, went through both lungs, and exited high on his back, consistent with ground fire. It looks like he bled out into his lungs, which would have taken time. That explains why he was largely able to land the plane. Most of his plane is in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. You can see his bent up controls, damaged from the impact of his body as he landed. Credit for downing his plane was initially given to the Australians, then the British found out who they'd downed.
Given how the aircraft were maneuvering, it is possible to rule out the angle of the shot argument. Moreover, the Sopwith Camel was equipped with 2 .303 Vickers. There is enough data to argue both ways. It is something I suspect will never be resolved, and arguments will continue, fueled by nationalism.
I understand that yes, ultimately it'd be hard to call, but given the shot angle, he'd have had to be flying upside-down for a round to hit him from the air, and no-one reported that from either the air or the ground. The ground forces had 2 Vickers and 4 Lewis guns firing at him, plus rifle fire. Given everyone shooting at him was from was from one part or the other of the British empire, they were all using .303, making any sort of definitive call on who hit him impossible.
The hundred day offensive is getting so close!
I have crippling depression
The Americans finally show up next month.
Nobody cares:Merica did nuthin worthwhile in ww1
@@jesushchrist2261 Of course: like their impending arrival making the Germans launch this directionless attack in the first place that eventually resulted in their defeat.
The first hand account of the tank commander at the end was a nice touch, nothing beats hearing how things happen than hearing from soldiers who were there, in there own words.
Hello Indy and Team! I've been a fan of the show since late 2016 when one of your videos was randomly recommended to me on TH-cam. My question for Out of the Trenches: Is there a plan for making a special episode about the American "Lost Battalion" incident during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October of 1918? If not could you speak briefly of the event on Out of the Trenches? Keep up the amazing work!
Perhaps it was one of the most expensive battles in history :-0
Kursk called.
They want to question your idea on tank cost.
Well - Germany has lost 4 tanks = almost 10% of all they got at this moment ;)
I figure'd it'd be a naval battle because capital ships are expensive.
Nowhere near as epic as destroying an entire country's airforce with one golf swing.
(it happened in an african country...)
or 400% of what exists now
I guess Snoopy with his Sopwith Camel got his revenge on the dreaded Red Baron.
If only the American code name had caught on: "Hooray, barrels!"
The Battle of Kursk would have been the largest barrel battle in history!
Axel Pingol I bet it was all downhill from there.
"barrels" Eh? Huh, didn't know pewdiepie worked for the us military in WW1
who knows, "Roll out the Barrels" could've been their hymm
G’day Indy, I know, once again very late.
Why aren’t I surprised that you played down the action at Villers-Bretonneux? I wasn’t a British thing, it was an Australian action with British support.
You have to remember this took place on the 24th of April, the eve of ANZAC Day, this would have been only the 3rd ANZAC Day so far, but the date still had a special meaning for the Diggers.
After the Anzac Day counter-attack, British and French commanders lavished praise upon the Australians, who were all volunteers. Brigadier-General George Grogan, a witness, later wrote that it was "perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war" for troops to attack at night, across unfamiliar ground, at short notice and with no artillery preparation.
Also remember that the school at Villers-Bretonneux was rebuilt after the war with donations mainly from the state of Victoria. The school was named Victoria School and generations of French children grew up with a large sign at their school which read “Do Not Forget Australia”.
You’re also down playing the actions in Palestine. Most of the action in Palestine is being fought by the Desert Mounted Corps, mostly made up by the Australian Light Horse and commanded by an Australian, Lieutenant General Harry Chauvel.
Simmer down mate. The Aussies didn’t do everything you know. And I love how you lot complain about not being mentioned but I’ve never heard Aussies talk about the kiwis who fought alongside them.
aww i wish you had mentioned the school at Villers Bretennoux
HI Indy. Was wondering if you would touch on Sir General Monash and his upcoming exploits from Le Hamel where he was the first foreigner to command American troops in battle (he used the breakdown in communication to his advantage) too his new use of tanks in battle that if hardly/never implemented before.
nack first, and only account of Americans being lead into battle by a foreign power...
Fun fact: further inland of Zeebrugge is the city of Brugge
9:39
"You better don't look"
Best thing I've heard all day. Germans have bestest of grammar!
Tanks? Bah! They'll never catch on!
Also... first!!!
So long Red Baron! Salute!
I want one of those caltrops on your desk. I always find myself needing Caltrops.
Iain Ballas Disrupt "30 minute or free" pizza deliveries
no need for delivery if you try Red Baron® Pizza
I love your Chanel. It's so professional and interesting
it was great having you guys in istanbul, hope to see you again!!
One of the most eventful months and week of the entire war if not the history of war
I know it's a stupid joke, but...
I bet those Whippet tanks are gonna whippit real hard!
Whippit, whippit real hard!
Norman M. Stewart I think you know here the door is. Plz get out, before we whip you out.
Norman M. Stewart how about... "They did a CRACKING job"
♫ "When a problem comes along, you must whip it." ♪
DEVO references in Great War comment section?
Nice
Wish you had said a little more on Villers Bretennuex as it is one of our greatest battles.
EggingPeanut I agree, it's arguably one of the most important battles in history, the first tank v tank encounter...
Quick question; were paratroopers ever considered in the later stages of the war?
Pigeonbee yes they where planned for an offensive in1919
The idea existed, but there weren't enough suitable aircraft, for one thing, to make them feasible.
You can't just hoi4 the enemy like that in real life. It would have been more like the Normandy air raids
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At least they now restricted it to only a share of all men being paratroopers.
You won this time, France.
Yeah, the planned 1919 Offensive called for the training of a US paratrooper commando unit attached to the 1st Infantry Division. The only suitable planes they had to do something like that were Handley Page heavy bombers, which could be modified to carry a few passengers - nowhere near as many as airborne transports would carry in WW2. This capacity kind of limited them to small commando teams, which they planned on dropping behind enemy lines to sow disruption just as the major offensive started. Operational plans were drawn up, but it never really went anywhere as the war ended before the unit could even begin training.
Please indie, I beg of you, mention Monash at least once in this series...
Indy, can we expect a Second Great War Special at 2039-2045? Keep up the great work!
he said that there are no plans for that *yet* .
Indie would be very very old by then as will the rest of us.
He stated they would do it for 80th year anniversary of WWII.
he said that September 2018 they doing WW2.
''Richthofen managed to land the plane.''
Man, that one got me
It was ANZAC Day this week. The history of Villers-Bretonneaux has been very popular, the current and previous Prime Minister were in France for the commemoration.
Cool episode about Villers-Bretounneux and the Zeebrugge raid
When ever tanks are a major topic in an episode of this series I just get so excited and happy. First motorized war!
Another Great Episode - And at last The Panzers A7V have made it into Action on Mass !!!
Hey indy thank you for Sofia Hoel meeting in Istanbul last night. For us Turkish fans of this great channel it was a wonderful evening
I thought everyone knew that it was Snoopy who slipped in under the Baron with his Sopwith Camel and fired the fatal round while that certain Baron was laughing at the challenge that the funny looking dog with the big black nose made for a "real dog fight." The Royal Guardsmen sung a song about the fight so it must be true...right?
1/365 days out of the year, and I was born on the first tank vs tank battle. Wouldn’t change the date for any other
I’m about two years behind, but I cannot resist the first Tank on Tank battle in history, so I gotta cut ahead.
Whats about Lichtenstein during WW1
that little country that returned from a war with one more man than they sent ?
yes that country
XD
The Great War channel should in 2019 continue with these kind of specialsm
yes that would be awsome!
This was one of my top 10 favorite episodes, keep up the great show
One of your best shows! Thanks.
And his flying higher. The king of the sky. Hes flying to fast and hes flying to high. The legend will never die. Sabaton.
Well...tanks. Tanks a lot.
Thank you Indy for the hot tank on tank action
Fave episode yet! HURRAY TANKS!!!⚔
Oh yeah! Tank-on-tank action... so... down to earth.
Another excellent episode! Thank you!
Hooray! Tanks! :D
I am inclined to believe that one of the biggest contributors to the fame, or otherwise popular awareness (at least in the U.S.) of "The Red Baron" is due to the reoccurring mention of the Baron in the Charles M. Schultz' "Peanuts" comics. "The Red Baron" was scripted by Schultz to be the nemesis of the popular character dog "Snoopy," (referred to as "The WW1 Flying Ace" whenever confronting the Baron or otherwise being depicted as a WW1 aerial combatant.)
Admittingly, for me, this is how I remember becoming aware of "The Red Baron" when I was a kid.
Crazy how tanks have evolved to what they are now but 100 year old tanks and modern tanks have one thing in common there both beast that terrify any man who has to go head on with one.
Hey Indy and crew
Why were the Baltic nations willing to accept Whillhelm on their throne and practically become part of the German Empire?
Much of their population had German roots and would rather be under German hegemony than the Russian communists who would be back to take them once the new Soviet Union was reorganized.
Scott7891
But in the Baltic nation special Indy said the German population was only 5 up to 10 %
I would say not just the middle, but the upper class. Majority of wealthy people and nobility were ethnic Germans in Baltic region. Estonians and Latvians didn't have much influence in politics up until they secured their independence after the war.
It was mainly the German elite who wanted that (though they had no problem being loyal to Russia as long as thw Czar was there), the Balts just wanted the Russians and the Germans to leave. But things got complicated with the Reds also thrown into the mix.
The Chairman because Germany wasn’t Russia, and at that moment that was all that mattered. They could later seek independence if the Germans win, as Finland or Ukraine did from Germany during the war
Snoopy saw to that!
Love your channel. I've learned so much about this era.
Tanks for another great episode!
Two of the ships used in the raid on the Zeebrugge Mole were ferries used to cross the Mersey, the river passing Liverpool, where |I'm from. They were awarded the prefix 'Royal' for their service in the raid and since then two of the ferries that cross the Mersey, though different craft, still have the prefix.
Thanks for an action-packed episode.
It seems that the Entente gave the Red Baron an elaborate funeral, much more than most of their dead would be afforded.
Wile a bit off topic, you need to read the stories of "Wop" May and Roy Brown, the two Canadian pilots involved in von Richthofen's death. Some of the most amazing adventures, from being the first to fly into the Canadian Northwest Territories, flying the first aircraft involved in a criminal manhunt, to flying in emergency medicine into northern Alberta to participating in the Hunt for the Mad Trapper. It is an incredible story.
2:04 - "The Royal Navy was determined to try this new tactic again in a few weeks." If it didn't work the first time it will CERTAINLY work the second time just as long as nothing changes, RIGHT?
aw sick an episode released on my birthday
"Hooray! Tanks!"
"Hooray! You're welcome!"
This show never seems to dissapoint
I hope when this series gets done, they move onto WWII, I just love this series.
The music is really amazing in this episode.
*Tanks* for the memories.
Nicely informative video. Great job.
just one note that you guys didnt say on the episode of "brazil on the ww1" that is worth mention. The grandsons of the emperor of Brazil ( Dom Pedro the second) fought on the war as europeans, since their family was banned from the brazilian republic, they went to the france( because of their father was the conde d'eu) and austro-hungarian(their uncle was the emperor) where they served for a few years before the war and when the war started they served the british army ( because of their parents also have british blood). After the war 2 of them died because of diseases from the war, and the third one did stay on france as a veteran of the war.
( keep doing the grat job, your videos are the best )
R.I.P. Manfred von Richthofen.
Great episode team
The use of the 7 whippets at Villers Brettoneux was described by one British officer as "a massacre. Enemy troops were mown down by the relentless fire of 14 blazing machine guns, or crushed to death as the tanks ran over them, their tracks literally covered in blood and human remains"
RIP Red Baron you well always be remembered has the guy who owned the Red Baron Pizza Company. You will be missed.
Excellent video, as usual!
Well, that was an exciting episode!
Manfred was only 3 days from retirement
Steve Kaczynski his mother convinced the kaiser to have manfred exit the war
This video was uploaded on my birthday!
Hurray, tanks!
an amazing series. have been watching since episode one! when I was little there were still a few people who actually fought in WW1 still around like Harry Patch. Its interesting to see the conscription side of things from the British as when history was taught at school, the theme was that the war was so great they had endless lines of people wanting to volunteer with children pretending to be older to get in, such was the enthusiasm. Please Indie could you do a special on the role of the Boy Scouts in the war. As far as I know they were just messengers, but did they have any other parts to play and how exactly did they get involved in the 1st place?
Um what? You brushed over the Australians recapture of VB on April 24, one of the most daring and defining attacks of the war??
Yes. Maybe the subject for a special. You could also do one on Elliot, Monash and other allied generals.
Simon Cross I had the same feeling. I love this show but felt the Australian’s counter attack was not covered as it should. Especially with the commemoration taking place there on ANZAC Day and the Monash Centre being opened I was disappointed the battle from an Australian perspective was not covered more.
Plz the aussies don't do anything ;)
Is that do or did? For the record, read the history. The people of the village have a sign they rected. Why don't you find out what it says then get back to us.
Charlie Spurr I guess your basing that off your limited knowledge of history. Either that or there's plenty more reading you need to do.
Great work guys !!!
Finally some hot tank on tank action!......... No really, those tanks were uncomfortably hot, I watched the tank specials!
I have mentioned it in my long comment below, but just another plug to Indy to cover the battle of Hamel July 4 1918 where Pershing almost put the kybosh on Americans taking part under Monash.
what kind of WW1 channel would we be without properly covering it?
Thanks mate.
"The ameicans"
*imediately cuts to yankee calvary going at it like cowboys*
Andrés Caraballo I don’t think the US ever recovered from the mass casualties of the civil war to be waging wars like the British and French at the time that’s why they were isolationist
@@magicman3163 On one hand I agree with you, but on the other, I'm sure Teddy and San Juan Hill in Cuba made uh, a vivid impression
If you can find it. Watch out for a documentary called "Monash and Me" From the ABC Australia.
8:01 Time travelling Ashens is at it again!
What a time it must have been to be alive! So long ago, but actually so close
the juicy stuff begins, like the men being hit by artillery
Merch idea: A tank top jumper with various tanks knitted into them! I would buy!
When Indie doesn't mention Sir John Monash or the fact that Villers-Bretonneux was primarily an Australian operation
How about who did what on sargent york
Yes. Excellent idea. Maybe episodes on MacArthur and Patton? Also Harry Truman.