I was working in retail in the late 60s and was sent out to help a lady install her new T.V..I couldn't help noticing the large number of black and white photos,many of them of people I recognised from my love of films.The rooms were decorated in a style of the 30s and 40s elegant relaxation style and film awards and memorabilia dotted the walls.The very charming lady was talking to me as we chatted about the films on T.V. at that time and how the production quality of the older movies was starting to disappear.Then it hit me,I was talking with Elsa Chauvel.I returned there a number of times as a fix it lad and I managed a couple of courtesy drop ins and chats about their movies.A truly charming lady.❣❣
My father's cousin survived Gallipoli but had severe shell-shock. His uncle trained for the Light Horse Brigade but was sent to tend the wounded in Wandsworth hospital. The same family spirit in WW11, but it was difficult when they couldn't save their Jewish relatives in the holocaust. One was killed at Ypres. Another on the Burma rail road.
I lived Bondi saw Chips around meeting my dad having a beer in The Royal Hotel An unpretentious man warm and friendly MY dad incidently played trumpet in the soundtrack
My great grandfather was in the 8th Lighthorse, he made it through Gallipoli and across to the middle east, charged Beersheba, made it back to Australia furious with the army because they made them shoot their horses instead of bringing them back.
My Grandfather Hugh Stanley Monteith was in the 8th. What was your Great Grandfathers name. George Auchterleone who served in the 8th wrote a book about the 8th and listed all those who served.
My father was a New Zealand Mounted Infantryman at the start of WW2. He was a bandsman in the Queen Alexandra's Own Wellington West Coast Mounted Rifles. I think they lost their horses 1940 or 41. He ended up infantry in Italy 1943-47 (stayed on as part of occupation forces as long as he could - he had married my Italian mother). They had met in the midst of war as well.
Thanks for the story of your father and thanks for his service, Lest we forget. Man he was in a real slug fest being in Italy but at lest he found your mom. Cheers all the best to you.
New Zealand did not take horses to war in WW2, We had motorized vehicles ... "...During the Second World War (1939-1945) many volunteers from Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles served overseas in various units, particularly in the 2nd New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment. This regiment fought in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy. Some men also served in the Long Range Desert Group. Later in the war some men of the regiment saw active service with the 3rd New Zealand Division's Special Army Tank Squadron Group in the Pacific, and with the 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade in Italy. Some men of the Divisional Cavalry Regiment performed occupation force duties in Japan after the war. Men of the regiment also served in New Zealand during the war, firstly on horses and then in a wide variety of light armoured vehicles. In January 1942 the New Zealand Armoured Corps was formed. It included the 2nd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Queen Alexandra's Wellington West Coast Mounted Rifles). In 1947 the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) was formed. ..."
@@ItsJustMorris I know they did not take horses to war. Just like they trained pilots to fly in Tiger Moths at Wellington Airport but didn't take them to war either. In 1940 he was still trained as a mounted rifleman (actually he was originally a bandsman). I know the history of the 2NZDIV. and specifically the QA I have been over all their battlefields from Greece to Egypt and Italy. My mother was an Italian war bride.,
IMO to this day that is still the greatest cavalry charge sequence ever filmed. They used real Militia Light Horsemen as extras. In the 1980’s I had the privilege of attending reunions of real WW1 Light Horsemen from the 3rd and 9th Light Horse Regiments. The youngest were still in their 80,s and were still quite spritely. Great old blokes to chat to.
my Late Grandfather, Leo Whiticker, was one of the Light Horse extras in this movie. He used to tell me about how they "charged" across the Kurnell sand hills.
I've been wanting to see this film for over 20 yrs. Though I am American, i had distant cousins in the 1st Light Horse and 1st and 2nd Volunteers. God bless those who served.❤
To be correct the Light horse were not strictly cavalry they were Mounted Infantry. The difference being they usually dismounted to fight on foot! The author of the book which this is based on led the charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba. He went on to be a politicaian after the war I believe. Another movie of the charge is THE LIGHTHORSMEN, another great movie about the Aussies in dominatable spirit in wartime! Good on ya Diggers!!
My great uncle join the Light Horse when it was first formed, to go to South Africa. His registration number was 4 When WW1 broke out he joined again and went to Alexandria, where they had to leave their horses before going to the Dardanelles (Gallipoli). Many years later my father was one of the riders in this film. It was filmed in the sand dunes behind Cronulla, a beach just south of Sydney
My dad was in the US 124th Cavalry Regiment, at the time was the last horse-mounted regiment in the United States Army. Re-designated "Special," it became part of the MARS Task Force and moved into the mountains of Northern Burma, December 1944. Dad said, "I missed my horse after leaving the states because then we walked or flew transport everywhere".
Yes !you do and don’t forget EEUU beautiful times when you still rule all over the world killing and pillaging making the poor poorest.The good old times 😂
This movie is one of the rare gems on TH-cam. It was made in 1940, so it's not like movie made today. It's quite stereotypical but I think an old Lighthouse soldier who was in Palestine in to those day would have a tear or two in his eyes. This movie is about bravery, mate-ship and that you cannot know every flamin' little village in Ireland. Highly recommended, thumbs up.
There are no Lighthorsemen left alive today , guess your math is wrong unless they are 120 years or more older. Your Little village in Ireland comment shows exactly who you are. Probably think the heroic IRA blowing up Pubs , women and kids are noble as well .
Charles Chauvel, the director of this movie was the nephew of General Sir Harry Chauvel, commander of the Australian Light Horse during the Sinai and Palestine campaign
At the start of the war in Afghanistan by US forces, there was a cavalry charge by a unit of Green Berets led by Captain Mark Nutsch in 2001 as duplicated in the film "12 Strong" which qualifies as the last cavalry charge in history. Before that, some of the last mass cavalry charges were made by the Polish cavalry who conducted up to 15 cavalry charges during the Invasion of Poland. The majority of the charges were successful and none were meant as a charge against armored vehicles unlike some tall tales otherwise. The last successful cavalry charge, during World War II, was executed during the Battle of Schoenfeld on March 1945. The Polish cavalry, fighting on the Soviet side, overwhelmed the German artillery position and allowed infantry and tanks to charge into the city. The cavalry sustained only seven dead, while 26 Polish tankmen and 124 infantrymen as well as around 500 German soldiers ended up dead.
This was a Great Movie! The charge into hell and chaos was excellently done! I so appreciate the Australian 'bushmen', as some call themselves, for their service and sacrifice. ps. Not one 'woke' man in the bunch. I believe this film along with the 1987's The Lighthorsemen aught to be Manditory Viewing. Thank you so much.
No animals were injured during the filming of this movie except that one chicken in the very beginning. She is expected to recover fully and has no comment for the press at this time.
the charge of the aussie light horse at Beesheba was told again in a 1987 aussie film called THE LIGHTHORSEMEN - directed by a talented director of horsemanship - Simon Wincer (PHAR LAP - QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER - THE PHANTOM) - again with a fine aussie cast - and aussie landscapes standing in for the environs of beersheba
That movie is one of my all time favorites, has been since I discovered it in my library VHS section late 1980s. If you want to binge this theatre of war watch Lawrence of Arabia, The Light Horsemen and Gallipoli on some weekend.
My father was in the 8th light horse.at Besheba and on and off as an ambulance officer at the time of this event in the medical regiment 3rd Light Horse. He always said it never happened anything like portraid. It is a figment of their imagination as portrayed by the Light public relations officers and believed by millions. During the war, the army was continuously creating stories to tell all the people back home how wonderful things were and the great successes the army had. He always said there were successes but nothing like the Army had written The story was concocted to be similar to the 'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE POEM". which also did not happen. It was a poem. I do not know but I would like to believe it did happen. but my father was adamant. My father was 49y/o when I was born I am now 82 y/o. I leave it at that \
Una grata sorpresa toparme con esta joya del cine clásico del género bélico sobre la caballería australiana en pelear contra las fuerzas alemanas y turcas en el medio oriente durante la primera guerra mundial. Un filme muy entretenido en la extensión de la palabra y lleno de momentos de humor y acción. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
The Australian Light Horse Mounted Infantry crossed the Sinai Desert to mount their assault, In Lawrence of Arabia this feat was eulogized as legend when the Arabs , under Lawrence did it, but the Australians did it first, it was considered impossible to cross the Sinai Desert but they did and when they came out the other side, they charged the Turks and Germans on horseback at Beersheba and although there weren't as many horsemen as defenders and though they had not much water and they charged a superior force that were well entrenched with Machine Guns, artillery and well trained infantry in defence in depth trench networks and although they only had rifles slung accross their backs and bayonets in their hands....,,,,, they took the ground! This is NOT a story, it is historical fact and is recorded.
I have read a very interesting book on the Australian Light Horse. Said to be terrible on leave but amazing in attack. Also read a book on Lawrence of Arabia that crossed over in many ways. Also a book on how the ANZACs were formed - also crossed over into the other two books. One of the keys to their success was that they were volunteers and not conscripts and that they had good leaders like Chavelll and Monash in France.
@@MadMax-bq6pg One on Lawrence was Michael Asher, one on the Australian Light Horse was Roland Perry, one on Spirit of the Digger was Patrick Lindsay. They all intertwine very well. I have another about the north africa campaign called a Army at Dawn about the Amercans who had a lot to learn when they entered the campaign. Anther couple of books on British and other spies that is where the author of the James Bond books gained his knowledge. They all outclassed James Bond by a mile - one exceptional one was agent Zig Zag a British criminal specialist safe blower. He was pardoned later and became a crime writer for a British newspaper
@@bobmott7221 thank you for your reply. Idriess is eminently readable but I was most disappointed finding how much of his work was inaccurate to say the least. Alas there is a lot of material around which didn’t get fact checked until it has passed into myth
I must have read some of the same books. About the light horse and lawrence. Stories crossed over. I had a lesser opinion of Lawrence after reading the books
When a boy I was told this film was shot on Stradbroke Island off the coast of Brisbane - the great sandhills there for the battle scenes. Clint Eastwood when he was young said it was the best film ever made. Charles Chauvel the director offered my mother a movie contract but she turned it down. He discovered Errol Flynn, Peter Finch. The film's a fantastic achievement like his other "For The Term Of His Natural Life."
Searched film location "Cronulla Sand Dunes" south of Sydney Have a look it was very interesting information about the riders who participated in the filming of the charge
light horse aren't cavalry they're mounted rifles, which is why they weren't issued swords . Only regiments issued swords ( or lance ) are classified as cavalry. they were light mobile mounted infantry.
Diff is light horse are ready to take a position and hold, dig in etc, cavalry were use more as a thrust to perform out flanking offensive actions using pace and flexibility think of ranks like horses in modern warfare.then once taken the ground they scarper for the infantry. General George C Patton taught me that.
Love these old war films! Although, they were coming on strong with the propaganda in this one. Putting the emphasis on the Germans as the principal enemy, while the Ottomans are merely portrayed as reluctant participants forced into the war by Germany. No one pushed the Ottomans into the war. The Young Turks were more than happy to strike at their traditional enemy Russia, while they were preoccupied with fighting Germany. They were also solely responsible for the Armenian genocide at the same time. I’m just glad British Imperial forces, including the ANZACs, defeated the Ottomans and dismantled their empire. 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🇧🇲
Yes, The Ottoman's genocide of the Armenians was because the Armenians were Russian Orthodox or Greek Orthodox Catholic. Unfortunately, the Armenians choose their allies poorly.
My father was in the 8th light horse.at Besheba and on and off as an ambulance officer at the time of this event in the medical regiment 3rd Light Horse. He always said it never happened anything like portraid. It is a figment of their imagination as portrayed by the Light Horse public relations officers and believed by millions. During the war, the army was continuously creating stories to tell all the people back home how wonderful things were and the great successes the army had. He always said there were successes but nothing like the Army had written The story was concocted to be similar to the 'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE POEM". which also did not happen. It was a poem. I do not know but I would like to believe it did happen. but my father was adamant. My father was 49y/o when I was born I am now 82 y/o. My father would not see the picture, he always insisted there were "Light Horse" not Cavalry, they were mounted infantry I leave it at that
I enjoyed reading a book years ago about Australian troops in the middle east referring to their horses as "neddys". Problem is I cant remember the name of it. Must watch this movie. Old Englishman here.
God bless and keep the light horsemen an their memory the last cavalry charge of the modern area occurred just less than a year later more than 125 miles north by the Indian Lancers at Haifa. Is there a movie about that?
Bad luck for the Brave Horses,left behind the story went,because Govt at the time didnt want to pay for feeding and transport back home,like my Discharge papers after the Vietnam issue."Your services are no longer required"wham bam and not even a thank you Maam.
It was the fear of disease being bought back Australia, not the government not wanting to feed them! It is only in the last 30 years since the establishment of quarantine facilities that animals (dogs have been brought home.
Roger, same as the way our own government treats us veterans. We are damaged by the effects of our combat service and our government would rather not deal with us. Maybe it would be better to enuthanize us once we are no longer needed than allow us to suffer the indignation society treats us. Now active service members are being forced to submit to an experimental mRNA drug or be dishonorably discharged. It is of little understanding that the military is having a hard time recruiting. Young people have seen how the government has treated both veterans and active duty members, and they want no part of it. Our government has no honor anymore. Our leaders put personal gain over the needs of our country and the constituents who elected them.
In 1942, what many consider the last major cavalry charge took place in the Soviet Union. With sabers drawn, about 600 Italian cavalrymen yelled out their traditional battle cry of “Savoia!” and galloped headlong toward 2,000 Soviet foot soldiers armed with machine guns and mortars.
Not true it was the last cavalry charge in modern warfare. A Phillippine cavarly unit of the US Army conducted a cavary charge in 1942, and Russian Cossacks made many charges on horseback against the Nazi's in WW2
Light Horsemen were NOT cavalry. They were supposed move via horse but dismount and fight on foot (one in 5 was designated a "horse holder" for the other fighting men) - they were hose mounted light infantry! I had two uncles in 3rd Light Horse Regiment (one survived the war though badly wounded at Romani) and a cousin of my mother who died from pneumonia as a farrier in 10th Light Horse Regiment (a very deadly disease pre-antibiotics). Oddly enough my father met Chips Raffety (FO John William Pilbean Goffage later MBE) when he was filming the Overlanders when my father was still in the Army in Northern Australia.
The Feathers in the slouch hats are from Emus. Originally It was a way for the horsemen to prove thier abilities. They would chase emus and grab the feathers off them while riding. They are part of the uniform to this day except they swapped horses for the internal combustion engine.
Right the Light Horse achieved their objective This is a great old film but a better depiction of the charge might be the 1987(?) film "The Light Horsemen"
@@hodaka1000 in the same light, i still like the Errol Flynn version of the Charge of the Light Brigade, which really happened, but it did nothing in the skeem of things in the Crimean War, but made Lord Alfred Tennyson for writing the poem. maybe not famous, but remembered. reading about it and watching the many versions of it, you would think they were no survivors, but there was, from 30 to 300, depending on who you listen to.
My great grandad was in the 11th light horse then transferred to the imperial camel corps and then the 14th light horse again. In the ICC he helped at Beersheba delivering something which I can’t remember most likely messages. I wonder if he saw this and what he thought.
though im in new zealand since a child my grandad was calvary the duke or lancaster yeomany was at galipoli, salonika against the bulgarians and paschendale where he was wounded grandads best school friends were alcock and brown ww1 fighter pilots who were first across the atlantic non stop grandad taught john alcock how to ride a bicycle
Corny as hell but I'd rather watch this a thousand times than watch one of today's movies once. Anybody else remember Chips in the Roll-A-Door advert? "What kept ya?".
There are numerous examples of palm down salutes by the British/Australian soldiers . Surely the military advisers to the film should have noticed and corrected this during rehearsals?
Yes mate, as were the NZ Mounted Rifles. Later becoming the Anzac Mounted Infantry. They both served at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli, before moving into Suez regions. Seems the Australian light horse and NZ Mounted Rifles, worked together from the outset.
These women are showing everything. I think this movie was made long before 1940. The production code went into effect in 1934 and after that this movie would have never seen the light of day.
The Hayes code came out circa 1930. However, this was not a Hollywood (USA) film so it was not subjected to the Hayes Code so that is why it could be made, it came out in 1940. It was probably either not shown in the USA or was edited.
The Polish cavalry at the Battle of Schoenfeld (1945) is generally accepted to be the last cavalry charge in modern warfare. Squadrons from the 1st Warsaw cavalry, I think.
@@HenriHattar Schoenfeld was hugely successful. The Germans ran like rabbits. 1945. That year ring any bells? And the description said nothing about "successful".
You fail to mention there was NOT a genuinne Polish force, but rather a Polish force that had been organised by the British, fighting under British commans, because there was NOT a Poland at that time as it had been over run and controlled BY the Nazis, also the conflict was not a MAJOR engagement, even though you suggest it was, although , historically , many say about 22 Polish forces were KIA and 500 German KIA , there is not genuinne record and also the Polish has SUPPORT from British forces and in March of 1945 CONSIDERING Germany surrendered about 6 weeks AFTER this engagement, what do YOU think was the disposal of their forces at that time? DID YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT THAT!
@@HenriHattar The Poles had zero support from the British in the east. What was then Schoenfeld is in Pomerania. Look at a map, you clown. And your literacy needs as much work as your history. And what do you think "1945. That date ring any bells?" means? You are desperately slow, which can't be helped, but also an ill-educated bore. That's on you.
Technically speaking, the Australian Light Horse was NOT a cavalry unit. It was mounted infantry, because they fought dismounted with rifles and bayonets. The horse was only a means of transportation. This was similar in concept to Napoleon's Dragoon, who carried a carbine and fought dismounted (great concept but not very practical), and similar to the German Panzergrenadier in WW2 and today's mechanized infantry. Notice also that during the charge at Beersheba against the Turkish position, the Light Horsemen had to use their SMLE Mk 3 bayonets in lieu of a saber, which was too short and too light and hardly adequate for the job!.
@@hodaka1000 not true. The "last successful" cavalry charge was made by polish cavalry fighting under Soviet flag against german artillery which overwhelmed them and opened the way for Soviet infantry and armour to advance in that area during world war 2.
One. Of the reasons Custer lost at little big horn he left the saber s with pack train turning them into light horse men and native Americans feared the saber because if they lost limbs they not go to heaven
Not true, the last cavalry charge was the 26th U.S. Calvary against invading Japanese troops on January 16, 1942 in the Philippines stopping cold a Japanese attack.
@@hodaka1000 -- The 26th Calvary charge was successful as it forced the Japanese invading force to fall back for a day and regroup. The Australian Light Horse were not a real cavalry unit but mounted Infantry that rode horses to the battlefield and then fought dismounted. The 26th Calvary charge was a victory at the tactical level but the Japanese had to use massive forces to take out the Philippines, more that they planned for. It is remarkable that the combined Filipino and US forces were able to hold out for four months with actions like the cavalry charge to delay their occupation. Guerilla forces kept the fighting going till allied victory in 1945 tying down crack Japanese soldiers from being used elsewhere. Compare that to how the British and the other European powers just gave up after the first shots. The US even staged the Doolittle Raid while fighting in the Philippines was still raging.
and 8 years after the movie was made, the Brits would be tossed out of Jerusalem just as the Turks were in 1917. The key to the success of the Holy Land was the job first done at Galipoli.
it was considered the last mounted charge to have changed the outcome of an important battle which in turn pretty much ended the ottoman empire right there.
Hyper Historical Faction....."A Fictional 'Story' Overlay" on a Historical Situation....One knew IT would have a 'Happy Ending'. A Definite Period Piece.
Whats it all about he asks: "War is an element of the order of the world established by god. Without war the world would stagnate and lose itself in materialism"---German field marshal Helmuth von Moltke....."Suppress war and it would be like trying to suppress the processes of nature."---Joseph P. Goebbels, Nazi minister for propaganda and national enlightenment.......'A part of politics.'---Russian leader Lenin......WHAT IS PEACE?....."A period of cheating between two periods of fighting."---Ambrose Bierce, American journalist.....A morbid condition, caused by a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy."---Cyril Connolly, English critic and writer...."A dream and not even a beautiful one."---Helmuth von Moltke.
No, as I pointed out further down the page, the last major cavalry charge was made by the Italian Savoia Cavalleria at Ischbuchenskiy on 23rd of August 1942. They charged the Soviet 812th Rifle Brigade twice, before dismounting and fightying like infantry.. The Soviets were eliminated. As you mentioned, the Soviets used cavalery throughout the war, but mainly as recon and mounted infantry. The Axis used cavalery in the Balkans and France, but again not in the true sence.. Some also claim that cavaery was used in Rhodesia in the 70s, but no major actions.
All the horses killed in ww1, makes me sick, men are mena and men kill but horses have nothing to do with war, and I'm glad they are no longer subject to that abuse.
It not Was.the Last gratis charge.in ww2 Polonia charge 2500 horsemen.throu de germany panzer.They were all sacrifies mens and horse. Other in ww1 they were used 14500000 horses
"Old Swede", sometimes from a German point of view, a bad propaganda film in which absolutely nothing fits, the German uniforms don't fit, the demeanor, the commands, absolutely nothing fits. Well, that's due to the times when we were supposed to be the eternally "evil Huns," but it still needs to be said!
"The right to stand up in the soap box in the domain." Obviously propoganda for ww2. Which is pretty interesting, but to modern viewers might confuse the meaning for ww1, which was for...Rich people and colonial powers wanting to hang onto territory not much else.
I was working in retail in the late 60s and was sent out to help a lady install her new T.V..I couldn't help noticing the large number of black and white photos,many of them of people I recognised from my love of films.The rooms were decorated in a style of the 30s and 40s elegant relaxation style and film awards and memorabilia dotted the walls.The very charming lady was talking to me as we chatted about the films on T.V. at that time and how the production quality of the older movies was starting to disappear.Then it hit me,I was talking with Elsa Chauvel.I returned there a number of times as a fix it lad and I managed a couple of courtesy drop ins and chats about their movies.A truly charming lady.❣❣
Excellent
Dude, that is so cool!
What a great experience
My father's cousin survived Gallipoli but had severe shell-shock. His uncle trained for the Light Horse Brigade but was sent to tend the wounded in Wandsworth hospital. The same family spirit in WW11, but it was difficult when they couldn't save their Jewish relatives in the holocaust. One was killed at Ypres. Another on the Burma rail road.
Chip Rafferty a Australian character who was the real deal .
Highly respected, even today.
I lived Bondi saw Chips around meeting my dad having a beer in The Royal Hotel An unpretentious man warm and friendly
MY dad incidently played trumpet in the soundtrack
My great grandfather was in the 8th Lighthorse, he made it through Gallipoli and across to the middle east, charged Beersheba, made it back to Australia furious with the army because they made them shoot their horses instead of bringing them back.
It was to protect livestock in Australia. 🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺
My relation had to eat his horse,before they sent him to Gallipoli,gased and shell shocked...
terrible practice!
It is just like the military killing the war dogs after their use.
My Grandfather Hugh Stanley Monteith was in the 8th. What was your Great Grandfathers name. George Auchterleone who served in the 8th wrote a book about the 8th and listed all those who served.
Thank you for uploading. Had been on my 'to watch' list 40+ years!
My father was a New Zealand Mounted Infantryman at the start of WW2. He was a bandsman in the Queen Alexandra's Own Wellington West Coast Mounted Rifles. I think they lost their horses 1940 or 41. He ended up infantry in Italy 1943-47 (stayed on as part of occupation forces as long as he could - he had married my Italian mother). They had met in the midst of war as well.
Thanks for the story of your father and thanks for his service, Lest we forget. Man he was in a real slug fest being in Italy but at lest he found your mom. Cheers all the best to you.
@@andrewrodgers2180 Thanks - he died in 2014 and I really miss the old bastard.
New Zealand did not take horses to war in WW2, We had motorized vehicles ... "...During the Second World War (1939-1945) many volunteers from Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles served overseas in various units, particularly in the 2nd New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment. This regiment fought in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy. Some men also served in the Long Range Desert Group.
Later in the war some men of the regiment saw active service with the 3rd New Zealand Division's Special Army Tank Squadron Group in the Pacific, and with the 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade in Italy. Some men of the Divisional Cavalry Regiment performed occupation force duties in Japan after the war. Men of the regiment also served in New Zealand during the war, firstly on horses and then in a wide variety of light armoured vehicles. In January 1942 the New Zealand Armoured Corps was formed. It included the 2nd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Queen Alexandra's Wellington West Coast Mounted Rifles). In 1947 the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) was formed. ..."
@@ItsJustMorris I know they did not take horses to war. Just like they trained pilots to fly in Tiger Moths at Wellington Airport but didn't take them to war either. In 1940 he was still trained as a mounted rifleman (actually he was originally a bandsman). I know the history of the 2NZDIV. and specifically the QA I have been over all their battlefields from Greece to Egypt and Italy. My mother was an Italian war bride.,
IMO to this day that is still the greatest cavalry charge sequence ever filmed. They used real Militia Light Horsemen as extras. In the 1980’s I had the privilege of attending reunions of real WW1 Light Horsemen from the 3rd and 9th Light Horse Regiments. The youngest were still in their 80,s and were still quite spritely. Great old blokes to chat to.
RIP Trooper Fred Lane # 3543, 9th ALH Regt.
my Late Grandfather, Leo Whiticker, was one of the Light Horse extras in this movie. He used to tell me about how they "charged" across the Kurnell sand hills.
I've been wanting to see this film for over 20 yrs. Though I am American, i had distant cousins in the 1st Light Horse and 1st and 2nd Volunteers. God bless those who served.❤
cool, my great grandfather was a 10th western australian light horseman, i dont recall his name but his horse was tommy.
To be correct the Light horse were not strictly cavalry they were Mounted Infantry. The difference being they usually dismounted to fight on foot! The author of the book which this is based on led the charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba. He went on to be a politicaian after the war I believe. Another movie of the charge is THE LIGHTHORSMEN, another great movie about the Aussies in dominatable spirit in wartime! Good on ya Diggers!!
My great uncle join the Light Horse when it was first formed, to go to South Africa. His registration number was 4
When WW1 broke out he joined again and went to Alexandria, where they had to leave their horses before going to the Dardanelles (Gallipoli).
Many years later my father was one of the riders in this film. It was filmed in the sand dunes behind Cronulla, a beach just south of Sydney
Thank you for sharing this film ! I shudder to think the logistics involved in looking after all those fine looking horses !
My dad was in the US 124th Cavalry Regiment, at the time was the last horse-mounted regiment in the United States Army. Re-designated "Special," it became part of the MARS Task Force and moved into the mountains of Northern Burma, December 1944. Dad said, "I missed my horse after leaving the states because then we walked or flew transport everywhere".
Their story says it all heroes all
If only we had such men today in
Australia, New Zealand ,Britain
And Canada.
Yes !you do and don’t forget EEUU beautiful times when you still rule all over the world killing and pillaging making the poor poorest.The good old times 😂
Sad state these days
Don't worry, We're still around!
These bloody minded, brave men and their tough horses made military history. Bravo ANZACS.
This movie is one of the rare gems on TH-cam. It was made in 1940, so it's not like movie made today. It's quite stereotypical but I think an old Lighthouse soldier who was in Palestine in to those day would have a tear or two in his eyes. This movie is about bravery, mate-ship and that you cannot know every flamin' little village in Ireland.
Highly recommended, thumbs up.
There are no Lighthorsemen left alive today , guess your math is wrong unless they are 120 years or more older. Your Little village in Ireland comment shows exactly who you are. Probably think the heroic IRA blowing up Pubs , women and kids are noble as well .
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No your maths are wrong, he's talking about Lighthorsemen who would have seen it at the time of it's release
Chips Rafferty always great.
Appears that they were quite good at being mounted infantry on horses in the desert in WW I. Enjoyed. Thanks.
RIP The Cronulla Sand hills.
Quite the photography! Horse charge magnificent
Charles Chauvel, the director of this movie was the nephew of General Sir Harry Chauvel, commander of the Australian Light Horse during the Sinai and Palestine campaign
At the start of the war in Afghanistan by US forces, there was a cavalry charge by a unit of Green Berets led by Captain Mark Nutsch in 2001 as duplicated in the film "12 Strong" which qualifies as the last cavalry charge in history.
Before that, some of the last mass cavalry charges were made by the Polish cavalry who conducted up to 15 cavalry charges during the Invasion of Poland. The majority of the charges were successful and none were meant as a charge against armored vehicles unlike some tall tales otherwise. The last successful cavalry charge, during World War II, was executed during the Battle of Schoenfeld on March 1945. The Polish cavalry, fighting on the Soviet side, overwhelmed the German artillery position and allowed infantry and tanks to charge into the city. The cavalry sustained only seven dead, while 26 Polish tankmen and 124 infantrymen as well as around 500 German soldiers ended up dead.
i love history, guess you either read this or you were there? Hurray for books and men.
Classic war film. I love the LightHorsemen (1987) and Daredevils of the Desert (1999) the most.
As a pommy I think The light horse where some of the greatest fighting men of WWI. We Will Remember them.
Ah the "Forty Thousand Thieves" i read the book years ago, Gen Allenby respected these Hero's very much!
This was a Great Movie! The charge into hell and chaos was excellently done! I so appreciate the Australian 'bushmen', as some call themselves, for their service and sacrifice. ps. Not one 'woke' man in the bunch. I believe this film along with the 1987's The Lighthorsemen aught to be Manditory Viewing. Thank you so much.
No animals were injured during the filming of this movie except that one chicken in the very beginning. She is expected to recover fully and has no comment for the press at this time.
Too funny, made me laugh out loud! 🤣
Ended up as their roast dinner
the charge of the aussie light horse at Beesheba was told again in a 1987 aussie film called THE LIGHTHORSEMEN - directed by a talented director of horsemanship - Simon Wincer (PHAR LAP - QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER - THE PHANTOM) - again with a fine aussie cast - and aussie landscapes standing in for the environs of beersheba
That movie is one of my all time favorites, has been since I discovered it in my library VHS section late 1980s. If you want to binge this theatre of war watch Lawrence of Arabia, The Light Horsemen and Gallipoli on some weekend.
My father was in the 8th light horse.at Besheba and on and off as an ambulance officer at the time of this event in the medical regiment 3rd Light Horse. He always said it never happened anything like portraid. It is a figment of their imagination as portrayed by the Light public relations officers and believed by millions. During the war, the army was continuously creating stories to tell all the people back home how wonderful things were and the great successes the army had. He always said there were successes but nothing like the Army had written The story was concocted to be similar to the 'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE POEM". which also did not happen. It was a poem. I do not know but I would like to believe it did happen. but my father was adamant. My father was 49y/o when I was born I am now 82 y/o. I leave it at that
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Una grata sorpresa toparme con esta joya del cine clásico del género bélico sobre la caballería australiana en pelear contra las fuerzas alemanas y turcas en el medio oriente durante la primera guerra mundial. Un filme muy entretenido en la extensión de la palabra y lleno de momentos de humor y acción.
Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
Wow! Just wow... War movies have really matured over the years.
My great grandfather served with 9th light horse regiment at battle of Beersheba first world war on famous charge of Beersheba
58:39 that blast was REALLY close to the actress! I wonder what they used back then and how one could not hurt by it?
Anyone who thinks she's a boy needs to get their eyes checked. She's incredibly beautiful.
Australia and NZ are way different today !
We were once proud homogenous nations, now ripped apart by multiculturalism and divided loyalties.
This movie was directed by Charles Chauvel the nephew of general Harry Chauvel the Australian general who commanded the attack at Beersheba.
Made at camden and Sydney
The Australian Light Horse Mounted Infantry crossed the Sinai Desert to mount their assault, In Lawrence of Arabia this feat was eulogized as legend when the Arabs , under Lawrence did it, but the Australians did it first, it was considered impossible to cross the Sinai Desert but they did and when they came out the other side, they charged the Turks and Germans on horseback at Beersheba and although there weren't as many horsemen as defenders and though they had not much water and they charged a superior force that were well entrenched with Machine Guns, artillery and well trained infantry in defence in depth trench networks and although they only had rifles slung accross their backs and bayonets in their hands....,,,,, they took the ground! This is NOT a story, it is historical fact and is recorded.
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I have read a very interesting book on the Australian Light Horse. Said to be terrible on leave but amazing in attack. Also read a book on Lawrence of Arabia that crossed over in many ways. Also a book on how the ANZACs were formed - also crossed over into the other two books. One of the keys to their success was that they were volunteers and not conscripts and that they had good leaders like Chavelll and Monash in France.
Bob, please don’t tell me it was by Ion Idriess…
@@MadMax-bq6pg One on Lawrence was Michael Asher, one on the Australian Light Horse was Roland Perry, one on Spirit of the Digger was Patrick Lindsay. They all intertwine very well. I have another about the north africa campaign called a Army at Dawn about the Amercans who had a lot to learn when they entered the campaign. Anther couple of books on British and other spies that is where the author of the James Bond books gained his knowledge. They all outclassed James Bond by a mile - one exceptional one was agent Zig Zag a British criminal specialist safe blower. He was pardoned later and became a crime writer for a British newspaper
@@bobmott7221 thank you for your reply. Idriess is eminently readable but I was most disappointed finding how much of his work was inaccurate to say the least. Alas there is a lot of material around which didn’t get fact checked until it has passed into myth
@@MadMax-bq6pg Fun fact about Ion Idress he was a spotter for Billy Sing in theGallipoli campaign.
I must have read some of the same books. About the light horse and lawrence. Stories crossed over. I had a lesser opinion of Lawrence after reading the books
When a boy I was told this film was shot on Stradbroke Island off the coast of Brisbane - the great sandhills there for the battle scenes. Clint Eastwood when he was young said it was the best film ever made. Charles Chauvel the director offered my mother a movie contract but she turned it down. He discovered Errol Flynn, Peter Finch. The film's a fantastic achievement like his other "For The Term Of His Natural Life."
I could be wrong but I believe it was filmed at the Kurnell Sand Dunes south of Sydney
Searched film location "Cronulla Sand Dunes" south of Sydney
Have a look it was very interesting information about the riders who participated in the filming of the charge
I was at a film shoot today at the Wanda Sand Hills, sadly they are just about gone. In cement all over Sydney.😢
@0:34 - One on the the military advisors is a sergeant. First time I ever saw this.
1:24:28 a few frames of a machine gunner from 1930 original “All quiet on the western front.”
To bad the horses had to be put down when the Anzac’s returned home!
light horse aren't cavalry they're mounted rifles, which is why they weren't issued swords . Only regiments issued swords ( or lance ) are classified as cavalry. they were light mobile mounted infantry.
Shhhhhh! You’re letting reality creep into Mythology 😉🇦🇺
Diff is light horse are ready to take a position and hold, dig in etc, cavalry were use more as a thrust to perform out flanking offensive actions using pace and flexibility think of ranks like horses in modern warfare.then once taken the ground they scarper for the infantry. General George C Patton taught me that.
But a horse is a horse, of course.
Some were issued with swords in later battles.
Think they used an eighteen inch bayonet
Love these old war films! Although, they were coming on strong with the propaganda in this one. Putting the emphasis on the Germans as the principal enemy, while the Ottomans are merely portrayed as reluctant participants forced into the war by Germany. No one pushed the Ottomans into the war. The Young Turks were more than happy to strike at their traditional enemy Russia, while they were preoccupied with fighting Germany. They were also solely responsible for the Armenian genocide at the same time. I’m just glad British Imperial forces, including the ANZACs, defeated the Ottomans and dismantled their empire. 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🇧🇲
Yes, The Ottoman's genocide of the Armenians was because the Armenians were Russian Orthodox or Greek Orthodox Catholic. Unfortunately, the Armenians choose their allies poorly.
My great grandfather Thomas Joseph canny was a lighthorseman at Beersheba in the first world war
Musical score is much like Charge of the Light Brigade charge.
My father was in the 8th light horse.at Besheba and on and off as an ambulance officer at the time of this event in the medical regiment 3rd Light Horse. He always said it never happened anything like portraid. It is a figment of their imagination as portrayed by the Light Horse public relations officers and believed by millions. During the war, the army was continuously creating stories to tell all the people back home how wonderful things were and the great successes the army had. He always said there were successes but nothing like the Army had written The story was concocted to be similar to the 'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE POEM". which also did not happen. It was a poem. I do not know but I would like to believe it did happen. but my father was adamant. My father was 49y/o when I was born I am now 82 y/o. My father would not see the picture, he always insisted there were "Light Horse" not Cavalry, they were mounted infantry I leave it at that
I enjoyed reading a book years ago about Australian troops in the middle east referring to their horses as "neddys". Problem is I cant remember the name of it. Must watch this movie. Old Englishman here.
Possibly Elyne Mitchell's, The Light Horse?
The author was the daughter (I think) of Charles Chauvel.😊
@@typetersen8809 Thanks. I will have a look.
God bless and keep the light horsemen an their memory
the last cavalry charge of the modern area occurred just less than a year later more than 125 miles north by the Indian Lancers at Haifa. Is there a movie about that?
God I love those aussies !
Bad luck for the Brave Horses,left behind the story went,because Govt at the time didnt want to pay for feeding and transport back home,like my Discharge papers after the Vietnam issue."Your services are no longer required"wham bam and not even a thank you Maam.
That was terrible for the horsemen. Many broke ranks and shot their own horses.
It was the fear of disease being bought back Australia, not the government not wanting to feed them! It is only in the last 30 years since the establishment of quarantine facilities that animals (dogs have been brought home.
Roger,
you know the real way it happened. Thank you for your insight.
Roger, same as the way our own government treats us veterans. We are damaged by the effects of our combat service and our government would rather not deal with us. Maybe it would be better to enuthanize us once we are no longer needed than allow us to suffer the indignation society treats us.
Now active service members are being forced to submit to an experimental mRNA drug or be dishonorably discharged. It is of little understanding that the military is having a hard time recruiting. Young people have seen how the government has treated both veterans and active duty members, and they want no part of it. Our government has no honor anymore. Our leaders put personal gain over the needs of our country and the constituents who elected them.
Not to mention everything we left in Afghanistan.
In 1942, what many consider the last major cavalry charge took place in the Soviet Union. With sabers drawn, about 600 Italian cavalrymen yelled out their traditional battle cry of “Savoia!” and galloped headlong toward 2,000 Soviet foot soldiers armed with machine guns and mortars.
The charge at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was the last "successful" cavalry charge
@@hodaka1000 An approach at the gallop and dismount on the objective.
@@NSWLancer
Balaclava ?
And they were CUT down,, the Australians WON their charge....against artillery, emplaced machine guns and superior forces!
Not true it was the last cavalry charge in modern warfare. A Phillippine cavarly unit of the US Army conducted a cavary charge in 1942, and Russian Cossacks made many charges on horseback against the Nazi's in WW2
After 400 years The Fortress of Jerusalem was given up, to the Aussies, (under the Brits)without firing a shot.
Light Horsemen were NOT cavalry. They were supposed move via horse but dismount and fight on foot (one in 5 was designated a "horse holder" for the other fighting men) - they were hose mounted light infantry! I had two uncles in 3rd Light Horse Regiment (one survived the war though badly wounded at Romani) and a cousin of my mother who died from pneumonia as a farrier in 10th Light Horse Regiment (a very deadly disease pre-antibiotics).
Oddly enough my father met Chips Raffety (FO John William Pilbean Goffage later MBE) when he was filming the Overlanders when my father was still in the Army in Northern Australia.
Rafferty..the Aussie that out did the Aussies. way ..over the top 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Feathers in the slouch hats are from Emus.
Originally It was a way for the horsemen to prove thier abilities. They would chase emus and grab the feathers off them while riding.
They are part of the uniform to this day except they swapped horses for the internal combustion engine.
1:24:00 well its not like the charge of the light brigade at Balaclava.
Right the Light Horse achieved their objective
This is a great old film but a better depiction of the charge might be the 1987(?) film "The Light Horsemen"
@@hodaka1000 in the same light, i still like the Errol Flynn version of the Charge of the Light Brigade, which really happened, but it did nothing in the skeem of things in the Crimean War, but made Lord Alfred Tennyson for writing the poem. maybe not famous, but remembered. reading about it and watching the many versions of it, you would think they were no survivors, but there was, from 30 to 300, depending on who you listen to.
My great grandad was in the 11th light horse then transferred to the imperial camel corps and then the 14th light horse again. In the ICC he helped at Beersheba delivering something which I can’t remember most likely messages. I wonder if he saw this and what he thought.
though im in new zealand since a child my grandad was calvary the duke or lancaster yeomany was at galipoli, salonika against the bulgarians and paschendale where he was wounded grandads best school friends were alcock and brown ww1 fighter pilots who were first across the atlantic non stop grandad taught john alcock how to ride a bicycle
There is a remake in colour!
Rommel once said, " If I was to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it"
"Put Grant straight at!"
IT! Put Grant straight at it!!!😊
4th Brigade.
Corny as hell but I'd rather watch this a thousand times than watch one of today's movies once. Anybody else remember Chips in the Roll-A-Door advert? "What kept ya?".
I CAN'T WATCH THE MOVIE, THE POOR HORSES 😢😢😢😢!!!
There are numerous examples of palm down salutes by the British/Australian soldiers . Surely the military advisers to the film should have noticed and corrected this during rehearsals?
A lot of soldiers....aussies, canadians to name 2, were not real sticklers for military nonsense.
At this time most Aussies rode horses from a young age. Or walked. And fired guns. Real men.
Now they ride electric scooters. Or take a Uber. And fire wokeisms. Real girls.
The Light Horse were NOT CAVALRY they were Mounted Infantry and rode Horses to be quickly mobile in the Battle Field
Yes mate, as were the NZ Mounted Rifles. Later becoming the Anzac Mounted Infantry. They both served at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli, before moving into Suez regions. Seems the Australian light horse and NZ Mounted Rifles, worked together from the outset.
I lived close to where this was made in Australia camden and Cornell nsw
Good to see a young lady with warm, feminine charm.
These women are showing everything. I think this movie was made long before 1940. The production code went into effect in 1934 and after that this movie would have never seen the light of day.
Scott Fuller They simply would have edited it.
The Hayes code came out circa 1930. However, this was not a Hollywood (USA) film so it was not subjected to the Hayes Code so that is why it could be made, it came out in 1940. It was probably either not shown in the USA or was edited.
The Polish cavalry at the Battle of Schoenfeld (1945) is generally accepted to be the last cavalry charge in modern warfare. Squadrons from the 1st Warsaw cavalry, I think.
N o it is not,the charge at Beersheeba WAS the last large scale SUCCESSFUL calvary charge in history..KEYWORD,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SUCCESSFUL!
It is celebrated even in Israel and also by the Turks.
@@HenriHattar Schoenfeld was hugely successful. The Germans ran like rabbits. 1945. That year ring any bells? And the description said nothing about "successful".
You fail to mention there was NOT a genuinne Polish force, but rather a Polish force that had been organised by the British, fighting under British commans, because there was NOT a Poland at that time as it had been over run and controlled BY the Nazis, also the conflict was not a MAJOR engagement, even though you suggest it was, although , historically , many say about 22 Polish forces were KIA and 500 German KIA , there is not genuinne record and also the Polish has SUPPORT from British forces and in March of 1945 CONSIDERING Germany surrendered about 6 weeks AFTER this engagement, what do YOU think was the disposal of their forces at that time? DID YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT THAT!
@@HenriHattar The Poles had zero support from the British in the east. What was then Schoenfeld is in Pomerania. Look at a map, you clown. And your literacy needs as much work as your history. And what do you think "1945. That date ring any bells?" means? You are desperately slow, which can't be helped, but also an ill-educated bore. That's on you.
Not cavalry, mounted infantry, sorry, just being accurate 🤙🤙
The Germans were only there as observers, the Turks held that area.
Germans in Jerusalem. ?
They helped train the Turks at Gallipoli that's why were so effective against the allies when they came ashore.
به همه زبان ترجمه شده جز به زبان فارسی.حالا زبان فارسی هم زیرنویس میزاشتید ایرادی داشت؟
A lot of the background music is to the tune of Australia’s current national anthem - Advance Australia Fair.
What did you expect, the theme from "Neighbours"...?
@@Lassisvulgaris no! home and away on the other hand....😊
Technically speaking, the Australian Light Horse was NOT a cavalry unit. It was mounted infantry, because they fought dismounted with rifles and bayonets. The horse was only a means of transportation. This was similar in concept to Napoleon's Dragoon, who carried a carbine and fought dismounted (great concept but not very practical), and similar to the German Panzergrenadier in WW2 and today's mechanized infantry. Notice also that during the charge at Beersheba against the Turkish position, the Light Horsemen had to use their SMLE Mk 3 bayonets in lieu of a saber, which was too short and too light and hardly adequate for the job!.
The charge at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was the last "successful" cavalry charge and their eighteen inch bayonets did the job
@@hodaka1000 not true. The "last successful" cavalry charge was made by polish cavalry fighting under Soviet flag against german artillery which overwhelmed them and opened the way for Soviet infantry and armour to advance in that area during world war 2.
Interesting, from history lover!
Riders earning a days wages 01:23:02, 01:24:55, 01:25:42 and the horses earning their oats.....
They lost over 650 horses a week!!!
Did they find them?
the next picture you should watch is gallipoli
Or "The Lighthorsemen"....
@@Lassisvulgaris Lighthorsemen yes, but not Gallipoli. Gallipoli was an example on how the Brits stuff everything up
@@paulrisson3780 And that's a reason to watch it....
Lest Ye Forget
One. Of the reasons Custer lost at little big horn he left the saber s with pack train turning them into light horse men and native Americans feared the saber because if they lost limbs they not go to heaven
Interesting
And your point is my friend,
A bayonet is a lance using a rifle as a shaft.
Not true, the last cavalry charge was the 26th U.S. Calvary against invading Japanese troops on January 16, 1942 in the Philippines stopping cold a Japanese attack.
The charge at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was the last "successful" cavalry charge
@@hodaka1000 -- The 26th Calvary charge was successful as it forced the Japanese invading force to fall back for a day and regroup. The Australian Light Horse were not a real cavalry unit but mounted Infantry that rode horses to the battlefield and then fought dismounted. The 26th Calvary charge was a victory at the tactical level but the Japanese had to use massive forces to take out the Philippines, more that they planned for. It is remarkable that the combined Filipino and US forces were able to hold out for four months with actions like the cavalry charge to delay their occupation. Guerilla forces kept the fighting going till allied victory in 1945 tying down crack Japanese soldiers from being used elsewhere. Compare that to how the British and the other European powers just gave up after the first shots. The US even staged the Doolittle Raid while fighting in the Philippines was still raging.
This movie was made in 1940. Two years before that charge in the Philippines. And the last charge was actually made by the Poles in 1945
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Still last SUCCESSFUL change
@@johnsullivan6203
Search Battle on the Bakri Parit Sulong Road Malaya 1942
and 8 years after the movie was made, the Brits would be tossed out of Jerusalem just as the Turks were in 1917. The key to the success of the Holy Land was the job first done at Galipoli.
Thought the Polish, and French during WW2 were the last true cavalry charges against German armour.
I read that there was a cavalry charge in the Philippines in 1942 against the Japanese.
Another myth.
@@coleparker A few Americans with pistols on horseback hardly makes for a cavalry charge.
it was considered the last mounted charge to have changed the outcome of an important battle which in turn pretty much ended the ottoman empire right there.
The charge at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was the last "successful" cavalry charge
There was no German domination ; but Ottoman domination in the Holy land.
Ah if it wasn't for the Anzacs the residents of Jerusalem would be speaking German today. 😂
@@johnsmith-ht3sy As I commented their were few German forces in the Middle East, most forces were Turkish under the ottomans.
@@joevicmeneses8918 Thank you, I am awaiting the remake of" Lawrence of Arabia" fighting the Germans.
Hyper Historical Faction....."A Fictional 'Story' Overlay" on a Historical Situation....One knew IT would have a 'Happy Ending'. A Definite Period Piece.
Whats it all about he asks: "War is an element of the order of the world established by god. Without war the world would stagnate and lose itself in materialism"---German field marshal Helmuth von Moltke....."Suppress war and it would be like trying to suppress the processes of nature."---Joseph P. Goebbels, Nazi minister for propaganda and national enlightenment.......'A part of politics.'---Russian leader Lenin......WHAT IS PEACE?....."A period of cheating between two periods of fighting."---Ambrose Bierce, American journalist.....A morbid condition, caused by a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy."---Cyril Connolly, English critic and writer...."A dream and not even a beautiful one."---Helmuth von Moltke.
Believe this movie was made in Sydney on the sandhills in Kurnell eastern suburbs? Just dont ask an Asian taxi driver how far Kurnell is ??? 😂😂lol 😂 😂
I had a great grand uncle that was gassed in the trenches of France, he was blind, l played with his grandchildren 😎
i believe the LAST cavalry charges were made by Soviet Cav in WW 2
No, as I pointed out further down the page, the last major cavalry charge was made by the Italian Savoia Cavalleria at Ischbuchenskiy on 23rd of August 1942. They charged the Soviet 812th Rifle Brigade twice, before dismounting and fightying like infantry.. The Soviets were eliminated.
As you mentioned, the Soviets used cavalery throughout the war, but mainly as recon and mounted infantry. The Axis used cavalery in the Balkans and France, but again not in the true sence..
Some also claim that cavaery was used in Rhodesia in the 70s, but no major actions.
Ur right, the Itels did it on the eastern front
The charge at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was the last "successful" cavalry charge
Damn women I hate to see they're like a baby to care.. shit to this soldier who treat them like that in war
1:09:47 what a girl will do for love, oh my.
All the horses killed in ww1, makes me sick, men are mena and men kill but horses have nothing to do with war, and I'm glad they are no longer subject to that abuse.
What's even sadder is no horses were brought back from the war, even the British horses from The continent. Aall were destroyed
The Australian horses were unique called Whalers. They were a sturdy breed specifically bread for harsh environments
i wonder if the turks knew about the german domination of the holy land
It not Was.the Last gratis charge.in ww2 Polonia charge 2500 horsemen.throu de germany panzer.They were all sacrifies mens and horse.
Other in ww1 they were used 14500000 horses
@The Richest Man In Babylon Yes a moral boosting myth.
The charge at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse was the last "successful" cavalry charge
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"Old Swede", sometimes from a German point of view, a bad propaganda film in which absolutely nothing fits, the German uniforms don't fit, the demeanor, the commands, absolutely nothing fits. Well, that's due to the times when we were supposed to be the eternally "evil Huns," but it still needs to be said!
Probably learned from the German school of bad propaganda film making.
"The right to stand up in the soap box in the domain."
Obviously propoganda for ww2. Which is pretty interesting, but to modern viewers might confuse the meaning for ww1, which was for...Rich people and colonial powers wanting to hang onto territory not much else.
Didn't the Polish do a cavalry charge during WWII?
the charge is one of the dumbest things i've ever seen
So you're a skilled horseman, are you...?
It's okay, snowflake, no one's ever going to ask you to do something brave.