The blood from the ears is meant to represent ruptured eardrums from the bombardement which would fit with the tinnitus noise after. It can happen from explosions and even gun shots but it's rarer than one'd think...
Latvian American here. My late Grandfather fought in this war. He didn't even have time to change his uniform from coming home from the battlefield of World War I. Dievs svētī Latviju!
I’m sorry to ask, but I didn’t understand this part about not having time to change the uniform. I have just watched the movie and got curious. Also curious about political reasons to make this movie.
@@digocr Latvia was under Czarist Russia control up to 1918. Thus, Latvian conscripts were drafted to fight in World War I on the side of Russia. Literally, as the war drew to a close in its last days. The Latvian War of Independence from Russia began. With the Russian Civil War (The Russian Revolution as West Calls it) was happening in Russia. Latvia took advantage of the Chaos to declare its independence from Russia, as did our Sister Nations of Estonia and Lithuania. Monarchist Russian forces AND German Forces had other plans and opposed Independence, sending in an army of 186,000 into the Baltics to put down the Independence Movement. They seized the capital of Latvia Riga but failed to hold it as Latvians fresh from the World War 1 joined with their country men to repel the occupation and seize independence, See the Baltic Wars of Independence. Latvia was a Free Independent Nation from 1918 to 1941. The First Independence. That is the primary subject of this Film Blizzard of Souls" aka The Riflemen. My Grandfathers Adam and Walter, both WWI Latvian Vets, literally came home from the front and with little or no time to relax joined the Riflemen to free their country.
never understood this " insert nationality + american " thing. you are american or you are not.. and sorry , if your grandparents where from certain place ( in this case Latvia ) , it does not make you a latvian . you have SOME latvian pedegree.
The scene does not depict the attack at Misa river. It is the 3rd Courland Latvian riflemen battalion, which was placed into battle later and took its first battle near Pavasari manor. The main wrong thing about the scene is sitting in trenches before the attack. In reality the battalion arrived at the front in the evening, stayed for several hours in Sloka and in 5:30 in the morning was sent to attack German positions. Two regiments attacked Pavasari manor, two others attacked a farm near Pavasari. The main character was with the troops attacking the farm. Due to no reconnaissance nobody new, where the Germans were and how many of them were holding the positions. So the riflemen were moving slowly in the fog holding the line formation until they encountered the Germans. And yes, there was thick fog in the morning.
Yes we won’t confuse the two, especially after ww2 where Latvians joins the NAZI SS in the masses, these were the worst Nazi of WW2, carrying out the the worst atrocities. No wonder Stalin sent many to the gulags
@@paulroustan3643 It was a part of latvians that joined NAZI SS and others joined the red army. It was because at one point NAZI SS occupied half of Latvia, while the red army had occupied the other half. There are many stories, for example, one family members being on the opposite sides. Crazy and violent times. But let's not forget also all of the stories where latvians in territory of Latvia helped jews and hid and fed them. Stalin didn't send NAZI SS soldiers to Gulag, he mainly sent artists, local businessmen and farmers from territory of Latvia. Basically everyone that had any say or power or wealth or didn't obey the soviets. It was done purposefully to disintegrate Latvian nation and land.
22:32 Actually, blood coming from ears after a near-by explosion is "normal". It does happen. Eardrums burst. It also causes disorientation... You see, explosions make huge shock wave and air pressure which can cause this as well as other internal injuries
The tight line they form around 6:30 makes sense for the year from an officer trained decades before. Close formation was pretty standard pre WW1. The “survival rule{s]” mentioned took a lot of blood to learn. Tactics may have evolved more in WW1 than ever before or since.
Thank you for reviewing this movie but it really bugs me when you say this is from the russian perspective. You are wrong. Latvia isnt Russia. The actors are Latvian and the characters are also Latvian. You call yourself a historian but cant even check such an important detail. It is very disrespectful of you. Especially in these times. Please be more mindful
According to some sources, the winchester m1895 was more widely used by the Latvian Riflemen, as the mosin nagants were reserved for the Russian forces as the better rifle.
Yes, although the mosin was actually better in terms of durability and was more reliable. However, the riflemen themselves have written and talked about multiple times about the incredible accuracy of Winchesters. Ultimately, there were very many rifles used by Latvian riflemen
@@BradanKlauer-xh3hm it aint called that for reliability reasons, its called that because they are rough to use, sticky, and not very accurate compared to other rifles of the period
The lead seriously looks like he aged substantially through the movie. Best representation of how extreme stress can age soldier that I’ve seen in a movie
You literally watched 7min of the movie, showing only one battle scene. It was a single battle that the movie was not even based around. The movie showed the freeing of Latvia form Germans (I dont remember if it showed the freeing form Russians) and there where more battles like Cēsu kaujas. You watched the whole movie, right? Just made the video about this certain battle scene because it had the most action? But great video, really enjoyed watching it! You should make more videos about Latvia during WWI I think there is a great story potential there. This movie showed the whole story.
With problems with numbers I just assume that the others are simply not visible. It allows the director to imply large numbers without paying for either extras and their kit or CGI.
1. Please dont call us a "russian army", we are latvians. 2. All Quiet On The Western Front was made AFTER The Blizzard Of Souls. 3. The bleeding ears were from a bombardment explosion going off very close.
Many already pointed out, that this is not from Russian perspective. Yes, we were occupied by both fronts, yes we were fighting on the Russian side, but this is not Russian perspective, this is perspective from an average Latvian in WW1, what influence did Imperial Russia brought to our ancestors in WW1 era, and how, at the end, our own army was formed after gaining our independence. Advice next time: Before watching historical war movies, read the book on which this movie is based on, or at least do some wikipedia research about it. Regards to the actor and Alexander Green, is that the actor is not portraying Alexander Green, neither the book is about him particularly, it's the summary of every soldier's story of WW1 and personal experiences. The actor basically or literally is playing many soldiers at the same time, because he represents them all. It's a story about through what a Latvian average soldier went through in WW1, what struggles they had, what were the happy moments, the pleasures, and the agony. I am slightly baffled about your concern with WW1 tactics and strategies, it's not the fault of the movie, because that's how it actually was back then. You can watch "All Quiet on the Western Front", I think it's basically the same, and "1917" too. That's just how they rolled back in WW1. Fun fact about battles in the movie. Most significant battles were filmed on the exact locations where the actual battles happened, especially the Christmas Battles and the battle at the Tīrelis Bog that is visible. Those places are under historical protection as well and has museums, especially at Christmas Battles, everything in that museum is about all of these battles, because most of the battles that happened and were filmed, happened around the same location, few km of difference from one to another location. The fights and other battles you mention around Riga weren't filmed nor incorporated specifically, since those battles filmed in the movie were the exact battles that happened in the same location over the bog and in the forest on winter season. About the shots in the mist, I haven't read the book, but I think those were supposed to be random shots, some missed, but some hit. Sound is a dead giveaway, hence why nobody is running, but hearing some branches cracking and wet ground being stomped is probably what gives away approximate location, so some shots are random and lucky or unlucky.
Before for the 2 minute mark in reference to the bleeding ears: you don't need a blow to the head or to be concussed for blood to come out of your ears. It's not uncommon in that Era for artillery rounds that land too close to rupture one of, or both, of a soldiers ear drums from the impact of the rounds in which cause the ear or ears would bleed from the perforation of the eardrums
20:05 choking each other in the trenches was very common. It was mentioned by veterans very, very often and it was also present in paintings and drawings of the period.
@@historylegends Be that as it may, my point stands: this occurence was common enough in veteran accounts; and even in today's hand-to-hand combat it is layable to happen.
Ok I’m going to quickly give lecture on ww1 tactics that no one seems to understand. In our modern point of view, getting out out of your trench and walking slowly towards the enemy is an awful idea. But that’s because modern armies are much smaller. Back in the day armies where much larger and not every soldier could be briefed on what the battle plan was. Having your men form a line and walk is something everyone can understand. In our modern times all soldiers are briefed on what their mission is, to the smallest detail so an individual has the information needed to complete the mission. In ww1 that just takes to much time. So now we’ve established a line of dudes was the only way to organise, why not run? Because people run at different speeds and the terrain isn’t even which slows down some men. If you have them walk, the men can easily catch up to the line if they get slowed by an obstacle. And as I said, men run at different speeds, so If they run each one will reach the enemy at a different time and will enter the trench one by one. This disorganises the men, and if you know anything about history you’ll know that once the men are disorganised, they flee. Keeping the men shoulder to shoulder decreases the chance of a rout even if more of them die because of it. If you spread out the men so they aren’t all bunched up they will still be terrified because they are alone. Humans are just weird like that. So in ww1 tactics aren’t actually stupid like we think in the modern era. They serve a peruse. It keeps the men organised and it’s easy to understand. That’s why it was done.
It took a great amount of Google research ... about 3 minutes ... to verify that a) sudden pressure change can rupture the eardrum and b) that can result in bleeding from the ear. If you are too lazy to invest the time, then perhaps you should take Abraham Lincoln's advice on remaining silent.
I noticed all the Mosins seemed too short. I imagine it’s a concession to the prop department not being able to find enough full length 91 rifles. Dressing up a 91/30 seems worth it as most viewers won’t know or care.
Can you please react and do an analysis on the Estonian ww2 war movie "1944" by Elmo Nüganen based on the long defense of the Tannenberg line. Love your content man, keep it up!
Yes, they were. I have personally found some rounds for them with "Made in Japan" inscription on. Found in a forest near Daugava, where some trenches still can be found.
You should do a review on Our World War. It was made based on the accounts of 3 different soldiers. I really enjoyed watching it and wanted to learn more about the events that the show was based on.
I just subscribed like yesterday and next day your reviewing a movie from my country and fun fact i actually voice acted a russian soldier who was taken hostage
"He's only a Sergeant Major... Command of a squad... They're not gonna do this attack with only a squad, it's a bit ridicules" Dude you forgot that this is a Russian army... Times have not changed...
Modern Latvian territory with the Latvians was in the Russian empire - after persuading the tzar, it was allowed to create a "natives" regiment...before that natives/peasants were mostly transferred to distant bases of troops so different enprisoned nations of the empire could suppress each other without hesitation in case of local unrest. WW1 changed that. My grand grandfather in his mil. service was based in modern Poland, Lomža..but in WW1 included in Latvian regiment, and fought locally, so many locals actually were fighting germans for their land, and propaganda, of course, made germans as suppressors of Latvian nation for 7 centuries which have to be expelled for good. Latvians were most motivated in battles in the territory, while (as legend tells) Russian(ethnic) troops were weak, running, and even looting locals. Latvian fights against germans, but then against bolsheviks for independent Latvia are part of our national pride. Soldiers even created the song "We will beat those with lice, then those blue-greys - again and again" which describes Latvian will to expel former chauvinistic rulers out from their homes. Russia then and now should be observed as an empire that includes many ethnical identities, nations, while the Russian ethnic area is much smaller. It is like if the USA would be called "Hollandia", while Dutch people had a small colonial area here and the rest of the "Hollandia" had no relations with dutch ethnicity, religion...but Arizona Indians still could be a part of "army of Hollandians"
Cool to hear a Latvian perspective. I recently found out my biological mother was Lithuanian. I’m glad to find any good content on this region of Europe. Greetings from Texas.
What really bugs me the most about WWI films in general is that they would depict soldiers getting traumatized in the moment. Get hesitant in dire moments, get all sensitive and emotional when they bayoneted their “frightful, young” enemy soldier. This is the reality of close quarters combat according to British soldiers on the Western Front; they were always afraid, but once they climbed over the top and were preceding with an attack, they would effectively suppress it and act upon training and instinct for survival. Countless veterans would always say that they were mostly afraid during the “lull” the final minutes before “Zero Hour”; time to climb out of the trenches and attack. Once they would jump into the carnage in an enemy trench, they never hesitated to what they did to any enemy soldier that had the misfortune to get in their way. Primal instinct takes over and you’re basically shooting and bashing left and right without hesitation at anyone who was on the other side, because even just stalling for a second meant certain death from the enemy. Thoughts of “oh no, how awful were killing each other boo hoo hoo” never would come across the mind. Instead, you’d be giving in to the instinct to “kill the enemy, kill the enemy, KILL THE ENEMY!” It was literally kill or be killed and hesitation meant death. Anyone who did became instant target practice or dummy for hand to hand combat. The trauma of brutal close quarters combat doesn’t really come until LONG after things have quieted down and the fighting has stopped. Because you are finally allowed to mentally and emotionally go over and contemplate what just happened and what you did. That’s what real combat is more like. Not some boo-hooing snotty-nosed frightful staring contests between enemies as they literally are feet apart from each other.
Seems like the translation isn't the greatest. For example, around the 4 minute mark, the Latvian text doesn't directly say that "they'll start firing harder", "Sāks kurināt vēl stiprāk" is closer to "they'll put on more pressure", which makes far more sense than the English subtitles
If the German sniper had an optic he may have been able to spot movement.
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The poverty of the Russian army supply is also shown. It is known that there was a shortage of helmets for Latvian battalions..only some would have them. Then, in the wintertime they would have a winter hat. As seen on photos of the platoon, they would have those caucasian papahs(Папаха).
In later stages of the movie the main charecter even was in the independence fights fighting both against russians and germans for Latvian independence.
I dont know if this is correct but im pretty sure the russian empire fought a war against the japanese empire in 1905, but then again i dont think a latvian commander would be sent all the way to manchuria to fight the japanese
iirc, during the recruitment scene another officer read loudly that the major-sergeant had received an award for excellent marksmanship during the Russo-Japanese War, so the guy did serve there.
History legends there's a in my opinion is pretty good called silent mountain (2014). It's about the Italian front and fighting in the alps and I want you to react to the battle scenes in it because I want a front that nobody talks about like the AMAZING movie april 9th that you reacted to. Please make that happen if you can thank you.
I think it would be interesting talking about the serbian movies 'St George slays the dragon' (AKA 'St George shoots the dragon') and 'King Petar the first' (Kralj Petar), both have battle scenes depicting the battle of mountain Cer. The same battle is also shown in the Yugoslav movie 'Mars na Drinu' (The March of Drina, 1964)
My grandfather shot a lot of russians....he said that it was impossible to reload machinegun because you had to shoot it all the time and gun got so hot that it was impossible to handle. He said that it literally was a meatgrinder....and soviets just kept sending more and more soldiers untill you were not able to shoot them all....im talking ww2 now
The bleeding from the ears thing kinda annoys me. They weren’t that close. My brother got hit when serving by a mortar. Luckily it was sand he was on so it absorbed the shrapnel mostly. Really only lost his hearing. I still have his flak jacket he was wearing actually
I was hoping for more historical information such as companies or belligerent states involved, along with dates and locations…such as the civil war and Latvian civil war
"movie from Russian perspective"(05.29).... For historian you deeply misunderstood the main point of the movie. Or is the author Alkesands Grīns, and Latvia just a part of the "bigger Russia"? Grrrr...
well they were fighting in the army of Russian Empire in those scenes he showed but always there will be one fellow Latvian who will always make it about politics concerning Russia
Would you also react to the battle scenes of "St George slays the dragon" (or "St George shoots the dragon") and "King Peter the first" (Kralj Petar l)? These are two fairly recent serbian WW1 films, but I know that Yugoslavia already made a WW1 movie about the battle of mountain Cer, "The march of Drina" (1964)
I believe it is supposed to be about October 1915 but regarding changes to uniform these took time to implemenent and it was usual for old stocks (i.e helmet covers with red numbers) to be used up before new patterns were issued. It's one reason why so many photos of ww1 soldiers can present a polyglot non-regulation appearance.
Are you seeking historic details in the movie ? So better start with attack on Winter palace in 1917, start with 29 panfilovites , start with Peter the Great , and then explain all the historic untruth actually about any reference to ruzzias history.
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His ear were bleeding because of the shell explosion his ear drum bursted
The blood from the ears is meant to represent ruptured eardrums from the bombardement which would fit with the tinnitus noise after. It can happen from explosions and even gun shots but it's rarer than one'd think...
It did. In the preliminary bombardment to the charge at Pickett’s charge, July 3rd 1863, the Union gunners’ ears bled.
Yeah thats the reason I just switched the clip off because he is talking rubbish.
@@zejz31 he always does man, it's frustrating
Even my 50 year old history professor likes these
He's such a tryhard
I was surprised the audio went back to normal after the ear bleeding. Rupturing both eardrums will definitely make normal hearing impossible.
@@lt.pineapples8772 What country are you from?
Latvian American here. My late Grandfather fought in this war. He didn't even have time to change his uniform from coming home from the battlefield of World War I.
Dievs svētī Latviju!
Ak svētī jel to!
I’m sorry to ask, but I didn’t understand this part about not having time to change the uniform. I have just watched the movie and got curious.
Also curious about political reasons to make this movie.
@@digocr Latvia was under Czarist Russia control up to 1918. Thus, Latvian conscripts were drafted to fight in World War I on the side of Russia. Literally, as the war drew to a close in its last days. The Latvian War of Independence from Russia began. With the Russian Civil War (The Russian Revolution as West Calls it) was happening in Russia. Latvia took advantage of the Chaos to declare its independence from Russia, as did our Sister Nations of Estonia and Lithuania. Monarchist Russian forces AND German Forces had other plans and opposed Independence, sending in an army of 186,000 into the Baltics to put down the Independence Movement. They seized the capital of Latvia Riga but failed to hold it as Latvians fresh from the World War 1 joined with their country men to repel the occupation and seize independence, See the Baltic Wars of Independence. Latvia was a Free Independent Nation from 1918 to 1941. The First Independence. That is the primary subject of this Film Blizzard of Souls" aka The Riflemen. My Grandfathers Adam and Walter, both WWI Latvian Vets, literally came home from the front and with little or no time to relax joined the Riflemen to free their country.
Brauc atpakaļ uz Latviju. Mēs, Latvieši, izmirstam.
never understood this " insert nationality + american " thing.
you are american or you are not..
and sorry , if your grandparents where from certain place ( in this case Latvia ) , it does not make you a latvian . you have SOME latvian pedegree.
This is Not a russian perspective movie. This is strictly a latvian one.
The scene does not depict the attack at Misa river. It is the 3rd Courland Latvian riflemen battalion, which was placed into battle later and took its first battle near Pavasari manor. The main wrong thing about the scene is sitting in trenches before the attack. In reality the battalion arrived at the front in the evening, stayed for several hours in Sloka and in 5:30 in the morning was sent to attack German positions. Two regiments attacked Pavasari manor, two others attacked a farm near Pavasari. The main character was with the troops attacking the farm. Due to no reconnaissance nobody new, where the Germans were and how many of them were holding the positions. So the riflemen were moving slowly in the fog holding the line formation until they encountered the Germans. And yes, there was thick fog in the morning.
The movie is not actually from russian perspective, it is from latvian perspective. Don't mistake Russia with Latvia ;)
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As for me being a Lithuania, I wish we had our own ww1 movie 😢
Yes we won’t confuse the two, especially after ww2 where Latvians joins the NAZI SS in the masses, these were the worst Nazi of WW2, carrying out the the worst atrocities.
No wonder Stalin sent many to the gulags
@@paulroustan3643 It was a part of latvians that joined NAZI SS and others joined the red army. It was because at one point NAZI SS occupied half of Latvia, while the red army had occupied the other half. There are many stories, for example, one family members being on the opposite sides. Crazy and violent times. But let's not forget also all of the stories where latvians in territory of Latvia helped jews and hid and fed them.
Stalin didn't send NAZI SS soldiers to Gulag, he mainly sent artists, local businessmen and farmers from territory of Latvia. Basically everyone that had any say or power or wealth or didn't obey the soviets. It was done purposefully to disintegrate Latvian nation and land.
@@paulroustan3643 lol, you’re clueless. Russia had by far the biggest foreign SS formations out of all. A MILLION soldiers I believe.
22:32 Actually, blood coming from ears after a near-by explosion is "normal". It does happen. Eardrums burst. It also causes disorientation... You see, explosions make huge shock wave and air pressure which can cause this as well as other internal injuries
Yeah dude doesn't know his shit and I have lost respect for him
Sounds right. This video is so critic and misses things!
The tight line they form around 6:30 makes sense for the year from an officer trained decades before. Close formation was pretty standard pre WW1. The “survival rule{s]” mentioned took a lot of blood to learn. Tactics may have evolved more in WW1 than ever before or since.
this is after a year of war. Believe it or not but people learn things much faster than you'd think in warzones
1:55 after experiencing extreme loud sounds the eardrum can rip and bleed i believe thats what the are trying to say in that scene
Thank you for reviewing this movie but it really bugs me when you say this is from the russian perspective. You are wrong. Latvia isnt Russia. The actors are Latvian and the characters are also Latvian. You call yourself a historian but cant even check such an important detail. It is very disrespectful of you. Especially in these times. Please be more mindful
This chanel is how he calls it. BS
According to some sources, the winchester m1895 was more widely used by the Latvian Riflemen, as the mosin nagants were reserved for the Russian forces as the better rifle.
This is mentioned I the 1895 C&Rsenal vid. I was hoping to see an 1895 but I get that there are 1,000 mosins for every Winchester out there.
Yes, although the mosin was actually better in terms of durability and was more reliable. However, the riflemen themselves have written and talked about multiple times about the incredible accuracy of Winchesters. Ultimately, there were very many rifles used by Latvian riflemen
The mosin reliable? Lol it’s called the “garbage rod” for a reason.
@@BradanKlauer-xh3hm it aint called that for reliability reasons, its called that because they are rough to use, sticky, and not very accurate compared to other rifles of the period
The lead seriously looks like he aged substantially through the movie. Best representation of how extreme stress can age soldier that I’ve seen in a movie
Same with Come and See
Details in this movie are impressive!
Seems like an interesting movie, didn't even know we had movies like this produced nowadays.
You literally watched 7min of the movie, showing only one battle scene. It was a single battle that the movie was not even based around. The movie showed the freeing of Latvia form Germans (I dont remember if it showed the freeing form Russians) and there where more battles like Cēsu kaujas. You watched the whole movie, right? Just made the video about this certain battle scene because it had the most action?
But great video, really enjoyed watching it! You should make more videos about Latvia during WWI I think there is a great story potential there. This movie showed the whole story.
It was the most realistic WW1 movie so far.
1944 which is also Latvian is great and super realistic.
1944 is from Estonia
@@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras Ooops
Wdym?
@@larryalvares1369 Wdym Wdym?
With problems with numbers I just assume that the others are simply not visible. It allows the director to imply large numbers without paying for either extras and their kit or CGI.
1. Please dont call us a "russian army", we are latvians.
2. All Quiet On The Western Front was made AFTER The Blizzard Of Souls.
3. The bleeding ears were from a bombardment explosion going off very close.
I' m from Latvia - and this area is still a swampy place.
Many already pointed out, that this is not from Russian perspective. Yes, we were occupied by both fronts, yes we were fighting on the Russian side, but this is not Russian perspective, this is perspective from an average Latvian in WW1, what influence did Imperial Russia brought to our ancestors in WW1 era, and how, at the end, our own army was formed after gaining our independence.
Advice next time: Before watching historical war movies, read the book on which this movie is based on, or at least do some wikipedia research about it.
Regards to the actor and Alexander Green, is that the actor is not portraying Alexander Green, neither the book is about him particularly, it's the summary of every soldier's story of WW1 and personal experiences. The actor basically or literally is playing many soldiers at the same time, because he represents them all. It's a story about through what a Latvian average soldier went through in WW1, what struggles they had, what were the happy moments, the pleasures, and the agony.
I am slightly baffled about your concern with WW1 tactics and strategies, it's not the fault of the movie, because that's how it actually was back then. You can watch "All Quiet on the Western Front", I think it's basically the same, and "1917" too. That's just how they rolled back in WW1.
Fun fact about battles in the movie. Most significant battles were filmed on the exact locations where the actual battles happened, especially the Christmas Battles and the battle at the Tīrelis Bog that is visible. Those places are under historical protection as well and has museums, especially at Christmas Battles, everything in that museum is about all of these battles, because most of the battles that happened and were filmed, happened around the same location, few km of difference from one to another location.
The fights and other battles you mention around Riga weren't filmed nor incorporated specifically, since those battles filmed in the movie were the exact battles that happened in the same location over the bog and in the forest on winter season.
About the shots in the mist, I haven't read the book, but I think those were supposed to be random shots, some missed, but some hit. Sound is a dead giveaway, hence why nobody is running, but hearing some branches cracking and wet ground being stomped is probably what gives away approximate location, so some shots are random and lucky or unlucky.
Before for the 2 minute mark in reference to the bleeding ears: you don't need a blow to the head or to be concussed for blood to come out of your ears. It's not uncommon in that Era for artillery rounds that land too close to rupture one of, or both, of a soldiers ear drums from the impact of the rounds in which cause the ear or ears would bleed from the perforation of the eardrums
20:05 choking each other in the trenches was very common. It was mentioned by veterans very, very often and it was also present in paintings and drawings of the period.
Paintings and drawings was the Hollywood of back in the days 😂😅 reality was much different
@@historylegends Be that as it may, my point stands: this occurence was common enough in veteran accounts; and even in today's hand-to-hand combat it is layable to happen.
@@historylegends you're very arogant, and can't accept the fact that you were wrong my man
@@historylegends 😐😐😐😐😐😐
@@historylegends please react to the d day mission in call of duty ww2.
Ok I’m going to quickly give lecture on ww1 tactics that no one seems to understand. In our modern point of view, getting out out of your trench and walking slowly towards the enemy is an awful idea. But that’s because modern armies are much smaller. Back in the day armies where much larger and not every soldier could be briefed on what the battle plan was. Having your men form a line and walk is something everyone can understand. In our modern times all soldiers are briefed on what their mission is, to the smallest detail so an individual has the information needed to complete the mission. In ww1 that just takes to much time.
So now we’ve established a line of dudes was the only way to organise, why not run? Because people run at different speeds and the terrain isn’t even which slows down some men. If you have them walk, the men can easily catch up to the line if they get slowed by an obstacle. And as I said, men run at different speeds, so If they run each one will reach the enemy at a different time and will enter the trench one by one. This disorganises the men, and if you know anything about history you’ll know that once the men are disorganised, they flee. Keeping the men shoulder to shoulder decreases the chance of a rout even if more of them die because of it. If you spread out the men so they aren’t all bunched up they will still be terrified because they are alone. Humans are just weird like that.
So in ww1 tactics aren’t actually stupid like we think in the modern era. They serve a peruse. It keeps the men organised and it’s easy to understand. That’s why it was done.
You ever heard of burst eardrums? Artillery blasts can be strong enough to burst your eardrums easily.
It took a great amount of Google research ... about 3 minutes ... to verify that a) sudden pressure change can rupture the eardrum and b) that can result in bleeding from the ear.
If you are too lazy to invest the time, then perhaps you should take Abraham Lincoln's advice on remaining silent.
No.
@@historylegends That's normal. Those to whom that advice applies rarely heed it.
The roll on their shoulder is not the plashpalatka, its an overcoat. The Eastern Front channel made a video on it (:
dude it was their first battle right after training, so they got stressed and didn't know what to do. that's why they weren't very stealthy and fast
Have a look at the unknown soldier from Finland
As a Latvian you could do a breakdown on the movie ,Pagan king’ on a semigallian prince, who’s ring is an iconic part of jewelry.
I noticed all the Mosins seemed too short. I imagine it’s a concession to the prop department not being able to find enough full length 91 rifles. Dressing up a 91/30 seems worth it as most viewers won’t know or care.
sometimes they make rubber replica guns so actors dont have a hard time carrying them around
Dude like 4 real WW1 Historian reacted to this movie and said it's most accurate one what they seen ever
Can you please react and do an analysis on the Estonian ww2 war movie "1944" by Elmo Nüganen based on the long defense of the Tannenberg line.
Love your content man, keep it up!
Latvian riflemens was armed with Japanese Arisaki rifles. Rare and atypical weapons in the Russian army. The director has chosen an iconic rifle.
Good point. C&Rsenal is a channel that covers all the firearms of WW1 and addresses this if you’re interested.
@@Lomi311 Thanks.
u mean Arisaka sir
Yes, they were. I have personally found some rounds for them with "Made in Japan" inscription on. Found in a forest near Daugava, where some trenches still can be found.
Weren’t they also armed with Winchesters? Or did I hear wrong?
Only now i found out that you made a video about war in my country, Thank you!
You should do a review on Our World War. It was made based on the accounts of 3 different soldiers. I really enjoyed watching it and wanted to learn more about the events that the show was based on.
I love that series. Regardless of how realistic it is it really makes you feel like you’re right there with the soldiers.
I just subscribed like yesterday and next day your reviewing a movie from my country and fun fact i actually voice acted a russian soldier who was taken hostage
Viņš ir ļoti labs avots priekš jauniem vēstures faktiem, tāpēc viņš ir gold tier! P.S. es šamejam jau pirms kāda mēneša spamoju lai reviewo šo xd
My pleasure 🇱🇻
@@emilsrekis7499 visu cieņu
"He's only a Sergeant Major... Command of a squad... They're not gonna do this attack with only a squad, it's a bit ridicules"
Dude you forgot that this is a Russian army...
Times have not changed...
I mean with he amount of generals they're losing....yeah.
Modern Latvian territory with the Latvians was in the Russian empire - after persuading the tzar, it was allowed to create a "natives" regiment...before that natives/peasants were mostly transferred to distant bases of troops so different enprisoned nations of the empire could suppress each other without hesitation in case of local unrest. WW1 changed that. My grand grandfather in his mil. service was based in modern Poland, Lomža..but in WW1 included in Latvian regiment, and fought locally, so many locals actually were fighting germans for their land, and propaganda, of course, made germans as suppressors of Latvian nation for 7 centuries which have to be expelled for good.
Latvians were most motivated in battles in the territory, while (as legend tells) Russian(ethnic) troops were weak, running, and even looting locals. Latvian fights against germans, but then against bolsheviks for independent Latvia are part of our national pride. Soldiers even created the song "We will beat those with lice, then those blue-greys - again and again" which describes Latvian will to expel former chauvinistic rulers out from their homes.
Russia then and now should be observed as an empire that includes many ethnical identities, nations, while the Russian ethnic area is much smaller.
It is like if the USA would be called "Hollandia", while Dutch people had a small colonial area here and the rest of the "Hollandia" had no relations with dutch ethnicity, religion...but Arizona Indians still could be a part of "army of Hollandians"
Cool to hear a Latvian perspective. I recently found out my biological mother was Lithuanian. I’m glad to find any good content on this region of Europe. Greetings from Texas.
I saw his intro
Immediately sorted by new to see if he is an arrogant ass
HE IS turns out
That Dunning-Kruger Tone in the voice just... Its unique
What really bugs me the most about WWI films in general is that they would depict soldiers getting traumatized in the moment. Get hesitant in dire moments, get all sensitive and emotional when they bayoneted their “frightful, young” enemy soldier.
This is the reality of close quarters combat according to British soldiers on the Western Front; they were always afraid, but once they climbed over the top and were preceding with an attack, they would effectively suppress it and act upon training and instinct for survival. Countless veterans would always say that they were mostly afraid during the “lull” the final minutes before “Zero Hour”; time to climb out of the trenches and attack. Once they would jump into the carnage in an enemy trench, they never hesitated to what they did to any enemy soldier that had the misfortune to get in their way. Primal instinct takes over and you’re basically shooting and bashing left and right without hesitation at anyone who was on the other side, because even just stalling for a second meant certain death from the enemy. Thoughts of “oh no, how awful were killing each other boo hoo hoo” never would come across the mind. Instead, you’d be giving in to the instinct to “kill the enemy, kill the enemy, KILL THE ENEMY!” It was literally kill or be killed and hesitation meant death. Anyone who did became instant target practice or dummy for hand to hand combat.
The trauma of brutal close quarters combat doesn’t really come until LONG after things have quieted down and the fighting has stopped. Because you are finally allowed to mentally and emotionally go over and contemplate what just happened and what you did.
That’s what real combat is more like. Not some boo-hooing snotty-nosed frightful staring contests between enemies as they literally are feet apart from each other.
Then maybe you know something what is saying veterans about their first kill?
I liked it a lot! Will you cover the other battles as well?
Seems like the translation isn't the greatest. For example, around the 4 minute mark, the Latvian text doesn't directly say that "they'll start firing harder", "Sāks kurināt vēl stiprāk" is closer to "they'll put on more pressure", which makes far more sense than the English subtitles
If the German sniper had an optic he may have been able to spot movement.
The poverty of the Russian army supply is also shown. It is known that there was a shortage of helmets for Latvian battalions..only some would have them. Then, in the wintertime they would have a winter hat. As seen on photos of the platoon, they would have those caucasian papahs(Папаха).
This movie is from a latvian perspective NOT russian
Can you make a video on a reaction of the battle scene in the siege of jadotville its one of my favorite movies
HistoryLegends you should check out Unknown Soldier. It's a Finnish war movie about the continuation war with the Soviet Union.
I will!
In later stages of the movie the main charecter even was in the independence fights fighting both against russians and germans for Latvian independence.
Fun fact : The main chareter who i believe name was hugo was going to the same school which i am going too
I dont know if this is correct but im pretty sure the russian empire fought a war against the japanese empire in 1905, but then again i dont think a latvian commander would be sent all the way to manchuria to fight the japanese
Im latvian and my great grandpa was sent there
iirc, during the recruitment scene another officer read loudly that the major-sergeant had received an award for excellent marksmanship during the Russo-Japanese War, so the guy did serve there.
some ethnic Latvian officers participated in Russo-Japanese war
I think there was more than one 16th infantry regiment in the German army. If I recall correctly there was a 16th prussian regiment too.
You should do “Silent Mountain” about fighting in the Dolomites!
And again mistakes, when you don't know anything about some topics don't comment them.
1:36 compliments for the Italian pronuciation
History legends there's a in my opinion is pretty good called silent mountain (2014). It's about the Italian front and fighting in the alps and I want you to react to the battle scenes in it because I want a front that nobody talks about like the AMAZING movie april 9th that you reacted to. Please make that happen if you can thank you.
I think it would be interesting talking about the serbian movies 'St George slays the dragon' (AKA 'St George shoots the dragon') and 'King Petar the first' (Kralj Petar), both have battle scenes depicting the battle of mountain Cer.
The same battle is also shown in the Yugoslav movie 'Mars na Drinu' (The March of Drina, 1964)
I'm latvian and i have watched that movie and the main character is in the movie is 16 years old
i love this video! great job!
My grandfather shot a lot of russians....he said that it was impossible to reload machinegun because you had to shoot it all the time and gun got so hot that it was impossible to handle. He said that it literally was a meatgrinder....and soviets just kept sending more and more soldiers untill you were not able to shoot them all....im talking ww2 now
I am latvian❤
In the earlier scene there seems to be a lot more more men further in the fog
The bleeding from the ears thing kinda annoys me. They weren’t that close. My brother got hit when serving by a mortar. Luckily it was sand he was on so it absorbed the shrapnel mostly. Really only lost his hearing. I still have his flak jacket he was wearing actually
Actually, the cross cloth you say they're not wearing, is the greatcoat, they carried it rolled. He is weraing it, hence...
Am from Latvia
Were those really Dragoons? I was guessing they were just 91/30s with the front sight made to look like the M91.
also the movie was created like 2 years before all quiet on the western front
Personally I loved that movie, because Im Latvian;D.
Do a review on The Unknown Soldier! Its free on YLE Areena
You can't watch it in other countries than finland. But i think battle scenes are in youtube. Maybe vpn could help
@@drunkenfinnpeltsi5968 the movie is in youtube, i've seen it
I love this channel
the name of the mosin m1891 Drogoon never was a mosin nagant it is just incorect
The uav perk earned the like on this one 😂
Attempt 3 on asking for "Letters from Iwo Jima"😭
Latvian riflemen in WW1 were armed with Winchesters, not Mosin rifles
I was hoping for more historical information such as companies or belligerent states involved, along with dates and locations…such as the civil war and Latvian civil war
its not the side of russians but latvians
You should watch 'Land of Mine' a fantastic war movie (set just after ww2 about German POW's clearing mines in Denmark)
around 14 minutes they walk maybe so slow maybe because of the swamp mud terrain.
Where can I find this movie? I need something to watch over spring break!
you can watch it on Amazon Prime :P
@@manuel-dm7so thanks! I’m excited!
@@coltm4a186 it was good, I just finished it
The King's man is also a WW1 movie.
"movie from Russian perspective"(05.29).... For historian you deeply misunderstood the main point of the movie. Or is the author Alkesands Grīns, and Latvia just a part of the "bigger Russia"? Grrrr...
No, don't make me say things I didn't say.
well they were fighting in the army of Russian Empire in those scenes he showed
but always there will be one fellow Latvian who will always make it about politics concerning Russia
Would you also react to the battle scenes of "St George slays the dragon" (or "St George shoots the dragon") and "King Peter the first" (Kralj Petar l)?
These are two fairly recent serbian WW1 films, but I know that Yugoslavia already made a WW1 movie about the battle of mountain Cer, "The march of Drina" (1964)
All quiet on the Western front was made in 2022 and Blizzard of souls was made in 2019
Dang, the author of the book at 5:52 looks a lot like the brother Edgars. I guess the actor just didn’t quite clinch the lead role for casting.
It’s true haha they look so alike 👀
When you were talking about the regimental numbers if this is 1915 he should either have no regimental numbers on his cover or dark green numbers
very interesting what you said, i didn't know that
It's not rusha perspective, but Latvian.
German Army Switched to Green Numbers in late 14’ and dropped them all together in 1915. No Idea when this Latvian movie is to have taken place
I believe it is supposed to be about October 1915 but regarding changes to uniform these took time to implemenent and it was usual for old stocks (i.e helmet covers with red numbers) to be used up before new patterns were issued. It's one reason why so many photos of ww1 soldiers can present a polyglot non-regulation appearance.
The movie takes place all throughout WW1 and up till 1920 - the end if the war of independence.
@@krebssfish9370 but these particular scenes he covered are from October 1915
Latvian units in WW1 also use japan Arisaka Tip 38 rifles....
The commander is Arthur's father
Looks like they ran out of missiles! ;)
Can you make a breakdown of Cross of Iron ?
Can you do a review on the movie Passchendale? (Sorry if I spelt it wrong)
Did they really have time to manufacture their own uniforms so quickly after independence?
with turtle neck we look like the komodo dragons ...
You should watch Silent Mountain. WW1 Alps warfare. Modern movie.
It's here!!!
Are you seeking historic details in the movie ? So better start with attack on Winter palace in 1917, start with 29 panfilovites , start with Peter the Great , and then explain all the historic untruth actually about any reference to ruzzias history.
Leib-Guard Keksholm Regiment was made from Latvians? Why? Doesn't it stationed in Warsaw pre-war?
What a TOOL...
If they put a narrow trench then the latvians can't use beyonets
italian arditi also used combat knives in trenches
Creator please. This is from Latvian side of perspective not Russian, we are also picky for that, respect please here
I forgot to say movie.