Großartige Arbeit!! Ich habe mit Tränen in den Augen das Video zu Ende gesehen. 1980 erzählte mir mein Opa einiges aus dem großen Krieg und wie er bei Verdun seinen Jugendfreund durch einen Bauchschuss verlor. Interessiert heute keine Sau. Danke für die Gelegenheit für mich meine verblassten Erinnerungen an meinen Opa Heinrich aufleben zu lassen zu können.
Nachdem die Neuverfilmung von "Im Westen nichts Neues" so viel Aufmerksamkeit und 4 Oscars abgesahnt hat, glaube ich nicht, dass niemanden der Erste Weltkrieg interessiert.
zumindest nicht die wahren Hintergründe. Weil dazu müsste man lesen und nicht vor der Kinoleinwand sitzen. Aber schön so, dass der Krieg nicht in Vergessenheit gerät@@locutus1630
My great-grandfather, Kurt Engewald, served in World War one, in the Sachsen army, on the Western Front. He was from Aue, Saxony. He was awarded an Iron Cross (Eisenkreuz), which I have inherited. It is great to see what he would have looked like in uniform.
Es war sehr interessant! In den vier Kriegsjahren haben sich Uniform und Ausrüstung der Soldaten stark verändert. Danke an Philip für diese Geschichte!
Nicht nur die Uniform. In vielleicht keinem Krieg der Menschheitsgeschichte (auch nicht im zweiten Weltkrieg) haben sich Taktik und Material so schnell entwickelt wie im Ersten Weltkrieg. Der Krieg begann mit einer Armee die noch so kämpfte wie 1871 und endete mit allen wesentlichen Elementen die wir dann im zweiten Weltkrieg wiedersehen. Selbst Flugzeugträger fanden ihren Anfang im diesem Krieg.
@@rwdyeriii Not at the very first sight. This is due to the most peculiar element, the steel helmet which only slightly changed since you can't improve much to an almost perfect form.
Nearing the late XIX Century and into the XX Century, a Great War was of a becoming reality. The steadfast gears of innovation rotated upon the shafts of adaptation so fast, they often required replacements to maintain the machine’s momentum. Welcome to industrial warfare.
@@thedude-v5c Eigentlich durften Soldaten im WK1 auch mal ne Zeit nachhause, bevor sie wieder zur Front mussten, Sturmtruppen durften sogar eine längere Zeit wieder zurück.
Surprising how much the late WW1 gear looks like the WW2 gear, surprized their was so little change in the interwar period. The popular imagination of the WWI soldier is strongly fixated on that early war uniform, if you showed most folks that late war uniform they would say it was WW2.
Excellent video guys. I find all things about the Great War fascinating. I’m just glad that our countries now live in a time of peace and we can share the historical folly of our ancestors with mutual interest and respect. Danke
Wieder ein klasse Video, bei dem man perfekt sehen kann, wie sie innerhalb von vier Jahren vom 19ten ins 20 Jahrhundert katapultiert wurden! Vielen Dank und Grüße an das ganze Team...👍👋😉...Wolle...
Hallo Nachbarn von der anderen Seite der Oder und Lausitzer Neiße. Ich hatte drei Jahre lang Deutsch in der High School, aber leider habe ich mich nicht selbst beworben. Moderne Technologie übersetzt Ihre Worte und ich kann viel von Ihrem historischen Material lernen.
Excellent video. I'm very interested in WW1, as like many Getman families it is fascinating & tragic to research family history in this terrible war. It's quite interesting the colours & differences, the old colourful imperialist uniforms made a quick exit because of the way armies were kitted out. Like the French Blue / Red that cost them so much in 1914, things stand out in war, but the field grey certainly made a difference. Simple & effective.
Sehr Interessanter und guter Beitrag, Anmerkung zu der Standard Bewaffnung für die Infantriesten war das "Gewehr '98" ,wobei die Berittenen Truppen und die Artelleriesten das kürzeren Modell "Karabiner '98" trugen.
Thank peter,greetings from Ireland, 50thousand irishmen died during that terrible war." WE FOUGHT FOR NEITHER KING NOR KAISER BUT IRELAND. Great presentation.
As a Brit I've always preferred the latter German helmets and grenades over the British. Lots of people say the helmets don't matter because they "don't stop bullets" and whilst it's true they won't stop a rifle round under most circumstances, they can and did at longer ranges and obtuse angles. Then there's also blunt force trauma, shrapnel, ricochets and flak. Simply the latter German helmets actually are helmets and they protect the entire dome of the head far better than the British and honestly the German helmets are just so good! Grenades I'd prefer the Germans for the distance and accuracy, most soldiers wouldn't get them and often a soldier would only get one and it was expected to be used during the assault so when it's none-none and sometimes one the practicalities of them being bigger and heavier to carry around all day become something of a null issue. Gewehr and Lee-Enfield though mmm the latter is more versatile in just about every way although the former is longer and does have an absolutely insane muzzle velocity.
Klasse Video und ein super Vergleich der beiden Uniformierungen! Vielen lieben Dank dafür. Einfach super, dass ihr euch dem Thema 1.Wk widmet! Kurze Frage zur Frühkriegsdarstellung: War es auch möglich, dass Soldaten komplett in feldgrauer Uniform ins Feld gezogen sind? Also nicht mit der steingrauen Hose, sondern tatsächlich mit der zur Bluse passenden Hose in Feldgrau mit roter Paspelierung.
Ich habe gerade nochmal recherchiert und in dem Online-Artikel "A Quick Guide to Prussian Infantry Uniform and Gear Changes 1914-1918" folgenden Satz entdeckt "The M1907 trowsers (Tuchhosen) were changed in August from field-gray to the M1914 stone-gray due to dye and dyeing problems, as well as field fading problems that kept the trowsers from matching the field-gray of the tunics. (...) But while the change occurred in 1914, they did not have the ability to produce them until the Fall of 1915." Vielleicht ist 1915 auch hier, wie sonst so oft, das "magische" Jahr, was Änderungen am Erscheinungsbild betrifft....
на самом деле, весьма познавательное видео, многие привыкли ассоциироваться с войной разного вида оружия, но мало кто хочет сказать о не менее важной вещи, как форма
Да по мимо прочего что упомянули что кр98 был основным оружием. А то любят показывать особенно в последнее время... Немцы (германцы) иду все поголовно с мп40....
@@andreynikolaev5275 ну это уже во Вторую мировую. а в Первую немцы максимально эпично выглядели в 1918 году, особенно штурмовики: с пистолетами Люгер и Маузер, первыми пистолетами-пулеметами МП.18, укороченными винтовками 98AZ, пулеметами МГ-08/15, все обвешанные гранатами. Да, ещё у них были огнемёты и первые противотанковые ружья
This is fantastic! I especially appreciate seeing these in full color, which was never seen in my history textbooks. Any chance you can do this for the other countries? People made a lot of changes to EVERYTHING over the course of the first world war.
Nice and informative video. I can really see now why the uniform changes were made. Especially the helmet change to the steel helmet. My favorite helmet style by the way.
Thank you for the English subtitles! I’m curious why some Germans later on preferred putees to their boots? It seems putees are very annoying to put on and it seems like it could get unraveled easily like if stuck on barbwire.
There are definitely pros and cons. But the jack boots often times got stuck in the mud. Dirt and rocks could enter the boot. Putees are also good in keeping your legs warm, while it gets pretty cold in jack boots.
I always understood it was a cost/material issue. The boots required much more leather and high quality at that. On top of that germany apparantly got a lot of their leather from south america before the war and one of the first things the german state did when adopting to a war economy was downprioritising animal farming in favor of using the grain and vegetables directly as human food. This was efective but not popular among the soldiers and led to a even bigger shortage of leather. Well fitting jackboots are exelent but laced short boots would be easier to get to fit okay even if not perfect.
I think also that it needs to be considered, how often do you need your feet dry and warm and how often do you traverse barbed wire etc. Often comfort was more of a day to day issue over combat.
@@CommissarBooks i always thought jackboots would be a real advantage in the mud as they are at least semi watertight up to the knee. I have only tried the finnish "lappish" boots with a beak but they are otherwise a similar construction and do not get cold if worn with wool pants. (But you have to get ones big enough in the foot. As the shaft is so high dirt getting in is not a big problem. But mine fit snuggly around my fat legs. They are a bit stiff to walk in also. I only remember reading about german soldiers in both world wars beeing chuffed that they did not get a proper soldiers stylish jackboots and tried to get hold of them in all manners of ways. But that might not be how it actually was? On a tactical level the shift to low boots made sence certainley though
You notice both soldiers different attitudes and body language. The fresh 1914 soldier is proud and has strong morale. While by 1918 the Germans are losing and desperate and the 1918 soldier seems upset, tired and doesn’t seem to care as much
Very good, enjoyable, and informative video! Thank you for making this. 👍 Sehr schönes, unterhaltsames und informatives Video! Vielen Dank, dass Sie das gemacht haben.
Sehr informativ und gut gemacht. Erwähnenswert vielleicht, dass es am Anfang des Krieges noch einige Einheiten gab, bei denen es diverse Abweichungen von der „Standard“-Uniform gab. Es dauerte eine Ganze Zeit, bis die Uniformen ziemlich einheitlich waren. Bei den Franzosen war das Bild am Anfang des Krieges sogar noch erheblich bunter. Auch da kam es zur Vereinheitlichung der Armee, aus den Kolonien kommende Truppen wichen optisch aber immer wieder stark von den Standards ab.
Things do tend to evolve quickly during wartime. The Great War was a time of vast change on both sides mainly due to casualties. Part of the reason the Germans changed headgear was because the spike of the Pickelhaube would give away a soldier’s position to enemy snipers and that it offered little protection from shrapnel. The British also were largely unprotected in that area before they adopted the steel helmet. This vastly decreased unnecessary casualties. Basically everything had to evolve to suit the type of warfare that had drastically changed from forming lines and squares in open combat to trench warfare. It’s all interesting stuff and I could ramble on, but I will spare you that lol.
They started the war with a mindset of honorable shootouts. Rows of gentlemen in a grassy field, merely 150 meters apart and volley shooting at the command of an officer. Flutes, drums and flag bearers. Instead, they created a literal hell on earth. Waterlogged trenches serpentined through mangled trees and villages amongst an ocean of mud, corpses, craters, gas, and thousands of kilometers of barbed wire.
@@tootsownhorn5874 : absolute true!! The first industrial war of machines! Both sides could not image at the beginning how much power to kill and destroy they had created by themselves… The human mind couldn’t follow the technical improvement that fast- a literal hell on earth 🔥🩸🪦
Wow! Excellent video! When the two soldiers are together, the head protection difference between Pickelhaube and Stahlhelm is so obvious... I have a picture of my grandfather in 1915, the uniform is identical, with the exception that his Pickelhaube does not have a number
Sehr schönes Video, Philipp und Peter sind wie Lolek und Bolek ^^ ..Aber mal einen Flammenwerfer (Pioniere) vorzustellen bzw behandeln wäre auch mal etwas, schließlich hat dieser auch eine große Rolle gespielt.
Gracias por Iliustrar con estos uniformes, bastante didáctico y gracias también por el subtitulado en español. Me hizo recordar la película que acabo de ver: Sin Novedad en el Frente
Super Video, wie immer. Vielen Dank. Vielleicht könntet ihr auch einmal ein Vergleichsvideo zwischen Wehrmacht, US Army, British Army und Roter Armee z.B. 1944 machen? So wie ihr es schon mit den Deutschen und Franzosen bei Verdun gemacht habt. Ein anderes Thema, welches mich interessieren würde, wäre Waffen SS. (Ja ich weiss, ein ziemlich umstrittenes Thema). Aber so sachlich wie ihr immer die Themen abarbeitet, wäre dies bestimmt auch sehr spannend und lehrreich. Ich wünsche euch allen noch ein schönes Wochenende. Grüsse aus der Schweiz.
Finde das Tattoo super, zeigt auch dass viele Soldaten eben doch kriminellen Hintergrund hatten. Gedrückt wurde sich aber nicht, wenn der Kaiser zur Waffe rief, wurde gedient.
A very well informative video. Dankeschön. It would appear that as the war went on all the pomp and circumstance just faded away until all you had were dark greyed out colors to better blend in.
Thanks for this video. It is interesting that the French were not the only army in WW1 to start out with easy to see stuff on their uniforms at the start of the war. I never knew that the German army in 1914 had shiny buttons and shiny belt buckles along with helmets that not only stuck out but told the unit they were in. I bet the intelligence agencies of the allies loved that. Still, at least the German uniforms were not as bright as the French ones were in 1914. Just one last thought. I am so glad that in 2023 many of the nations that fought each other over 100 years ago are now fighting together as a team in NATO. Good stuff.
Großartige Arbeit!! Ich habe mit Tränen in den Augen das Video zu Ende gesehen. 1980 erzählte mir mein Opa einiges aus dem großen Krieg und wie er bei Verdun seinen Jugendfreund durch einen Bauchschuss verlor. Interessiert heute keine Sau. Danke für die Gelegenheit für mich meine verblassten Erinnerungen an meinen Opa Heinrich aufleben zu lassen zu können.
Nachdem die Neuverfilmung von "Im Westen nichts Neues" so viel Aufmerksamkeit und 4 Oscars abgesahnt hat, glaube ich nicht, dass niemanden der Erste Weltkrieg interessiert.
zumindest nicht die wahren Hintergründe. Weil dazu müsste man lesen und nicht vor der Kinoleinwand sitzen. Aber schön so, dass der Krieg nicht in Vergessenheit gerät@@locutus1630
Čest jejich památce.
@@locutus1630 that one is not historically accurate yet gets so much praise. There are many better movies than edward bergers im westen nichts neues
Ich du@@locutus1630
My great-grandfather, Kurt Engewald, served in World War one, in the Sachsen army, on the Western Front. He was from Aue, Saxony. He was awarded an Iron Cross (Eisenkreuz), which I have inherited. It is great to see what he would have looked like in uniform.
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What unit was he from, pray tell? Where did he fight?
From a British perspective this was really interesting seeing the German uniforms and how they massively changed over time. Thank you both.
A most professional presentation. Danke Philip.
Es war sehr interessant! In den vier Kriegsjahren haben sich Uniform und Ausrüstung der Soldaten stark verändert. Danke an Philip für diese Geschichte!
Erfahrung und Verfügbarkeit von Materialen :)
Nicht nur die Uniform. In vielleicht keinem Krieg der Menschheitsgeschichte (auch nicht im zweiten Weltkrieg) haben sich Taktik und Material so schnell entwickelt wie im Ersten Weltkrieg. Der Krieg begann mit einer Armee die noch so kämpfte wie 1871 und endete mit allen wesentlichen Elementen die wir dann im zweiten Weltkrieg wiedersehen. Selbst Flugzeugträger fanden ihren Anfang im diesem Krieg.
Yes, but it doesn't seem there was much difference in the uniforms between 1918 & 1939.
@@rwdyeriii
Not at the very first sight. This is due to the most peculiar element, the steel helmet which only slightly changed since you can't improve much to an almost perfect form.
Nearing the late XIX Century and into the XX Century, a Great War was of a becoming reality.
The steadfast gears of innovation rotated upon the shafts of adaptation so fast, they often required replacements to maintain the machine’s momentum. Welcome to industrial warfare.
Finds witzig, dass der 14er viel enthusiastischer erscheint als der 18er, historisch korrektes Reenactment.
Bis Weihnachten wieder Zuhause vs seit vielen Weihnachten nicht mehr Zuhause
😅as usually with the war for young conscripts
Brotbeutelriemen…: f$¥# y#+
@@thedude-v5c Eigentlich durften Soldaten im WK1 auch mal ne Zeit nachhause, bevor sie wieder zur Front mussten, Sturmtruppen durften sogar eine längere Zeit wieder zurück.
‚Witzig‘?!?
Wohl kaum ein geeigneter Austdrick für das was du richtigerweise meinst!
Ich finde eure ,ja direkte praktische Darstellung in den Videos herausragend. Super. Weiter so. Geschichte original und nicht verwässert. Einfach gut
Surprising how much the late WW1 gear looks like the WW2 gear, surprized their was so little change in the interwar period. The popular imagination of the WWI soldier is strongly fixated on that early war uniform, if you showed most folks that late war uniform they would say it was WW2.
During war everything evolve faster. Logistic change, everything is more pragmatical, things are field tested...
U.S soldiers today look no different than they did 20 years ago. So it makes sense for that time as well.
Spot on.
You're not serious, Are you? 😆
And then you have the British who look more or less the same and the french who only had a color palette change lol.
Einfach nur geil. Da wird einem unsere Geschichte sehr gut rübergebracht.
Was ist am töten und verstümmeln geil? Tolle Geschichte
Excellent video guys. I find all things about the Great War fascinating. I’m just glad that our countries now live in a time of peace and we can share the historical folly of our ancestors with mutual interest and respect.
Danke
Wieder ein schön informativer Beitrag über eine Zeit die doch in der allgemeinen Erinnerung immer mehr in Vergessen gerät.
Bitte mehr davon!
Danke für das Lob!
Was ihr euch für eine Arbeit macht. Klasse!
Hervorragend! Danke für die Erklärung und den Vergleich.
Thanks for the most informative 12min of my time! The evolution of these uniforms are incredible.
Fascinating! I didn't even realize this was something I'd want to know! Thank you!
Wieder ein klasse Video, bei dem man perfekt sehen kann, wie sie innerhalb von vier Jahren vom 19ten ins 20 Jahrhundert katapultiert wurden!
Vielen Dank und Grüße an das ganze Team...👍👋😉...Wolle...
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Richtig Gut die Idee mit der Gegenüberstellung und vergleich. Da kann man es besser aufnehme und als wen es nur erwähnt wird. Danke!
Parabéns por trazer o contexto dos significados e contextos por trás dos uniformes do exército alemão!
Parabéns pelo canal!!
Ausgezeichnet! Ich liebe Präzision und Liebe zum Detail. Vielen Dank aus Amerika!
Excellent production 👏🏻 👌🏼...Your level of authenticity is most impressive...
Vielen Dank, dass Sie uns die Entwicklung der deutschen Soldatenuniform während des ersten großen Konflikts erklärt haben.
Wow, richtig gutes Video! Gerne mehr davon.
Ein großartiger Vergleich.Danke.
Wieder mal super informativ! 👍🏼
Besonders interessant fände ich auch mal ein Video über Soldaten der K und K Armee.
Ich spreche kein Deutsch, ich brauche einen Übersetzer. Ich hoffe, wer auch immer dies liest, hat einen schönen Tag lol und hallo aus den USA!
Herzlichen Dank für das tolle und interessante Video. Hilft mir bei einem Charakter, den ich gerade spiele. Und überhaupt als Informationsquelle.
Mir ist beim erklären ein Fehler unterlaufen. Die Granate ist natür die M17 Handgranate. Verzeiht mir den Versprecher. :)
Kann passieren 🫡
Sowas geht gar nicht. Wie kann das passieren?
Wie immer super erklärt, Philipp hat eine sehr angenehme Stimme 👍
Hallo Nachbarn von der anderen Seite der Oder und Lausitzer Neiße. Ich hatte drei Jahre lang Deutsch in der High School, aber leider habe ich mich nicht selbst beworben. Moderne Technologie übersetzt Ihre Worte und ich kann viel von Ihrem historischen Material lernen.
Thank you very much for your hard work. This video was very informative thank you
Das war ein super Intro! Eure Videos sind einfach super!
Der Peter macht seine Sache wirklich immer gut, also kein Grund so mürrisch zu schauen Peter!
Excellent video, very interesting and extremely well informed. Thank you.
Good summary. Interesting how fast the changes were put into effect. I guess the "field testing" was done in live combat!
It was. The first M16 helmets we're given to the "Sturmabteilung Nr. 5 (Rohr)" for testing. The feedback was good, so the helmets were mass produced.
Very informative video. Thank you. Interesting to see the movement from decorative uniform to something practical and easy to produce.
Excellent video. I'm very interested in WW1, as like many Getman families it is fascinating & tragic to research family history in this terrible war.
It's quite interesting the colours & differences, the old colourful imperialist uniforms made a quick exit because of the way armies were kitted out. Like the French Blue / Red that cost them so much in 1914, things stand out in war, but the field grey certainly made a difference. Simple & effective.
Fantastische Arbeit
Thank you, very informative.
Sehr Interessanter und guter Beitrag, Anmerkung zu der Standard Bewaffnung für die Infantriesten war das "Gewehr '98" ,wobei die Berittenen Truppen und die Artelleriesten das kürzeren Modell "Karabiner '98" trugen.
really cool video. this looks like it would have been a ton of work to assemble. thanks for making it visible to us.
Thank peter,greetings from Ireland, 50thousand irishmen died during that terrible war." WE FOUGHT FOR NEITHER KING NOR KAISER BUT IRELAND. Great presentation.
As a Brit I've always preferred the latter German helmets and grenades over the British. Lots of people say the helmets don't matter because they "don't stop bullets" and whilst it's true they won't stop a rifle round under most circumstances, they can and did at longer ranges and obtuse angles. Then there's also blunt force trauma, shrapnel, ricochets and flak. Simply the latter German helmets actually are helmets and they protect the entire dome of the head far better than the British and honestly the German helmets are just so good!
Grenades I'd prefer the Germans for the distance and accuracy, most soldiers wouldn't get them and often a soldier would only get one and it was expected to be used during the assault so when it's none-none and sometimes one the practicalities of them being bigger and heavier to carry around all day become something of a null issue.
Gewehr and Lee-Enfield though mmm the latter is more versatile in just about every way although the former is longer and does have an absolutely insane muzzle velocity.
Klasse Video und ein super Vergleich der beiden Uniformierungen! Vielen lieben Dank dafür. Einfach super, dass ihr euch dem Thema 1.Wk widmet!
Kurze Frage zur Frühkriegsdarstellung: War es auch möglich, dass Soldaten komplett in feldgrauer Uniform ins Feld gezogen sind? Also nicht mit der steingrauen Hose, sondern tatsächlich mit der zur Bluse passenden Hose in Feldgrau mit roter Paspelierung.
Moin, Ja bei Reserve- oder Landwehrregimentern war das noch üblich. :)
Vielen Dank für deine Antwort! Das hilft mir weiter 🙂
Ich habe gerade nochmal recherchiert und in dem Online-Artikel "A Quick Guide to Prussian Infantry Uniform and Gear Changes
1914-1918" folgenden Satz entdeckt "The M1907 trowsers (Tuchhosen) were changed in August from field-gray to the M1914 stone-gray due to dye and dyeing problems, as well as field fading problems that kept the trowsers from matching the field-gray of the tunics. (...) But while the change occurred in 1914, they did not have the ability to produce them until the Fall of 1915."
Vielleicht ist 1915 auch hier, wie sonst so oft, das "magische" Jahr, was Änderungen am Erscheinungsbild betrifft....
на самом деле, весьма познавательное видео, многие привыкли ассоциироваться с войной разного вида оружия, но мало кто хочет сказать о не менее важной вещи, как форма
Да по мимо прочего что упомянули что кр98 был основным оружием. А то любят показывать особенно в последнее время... Немцы (германцы) иду все поголовно с мп40....
@@andreynikolaev5275 ну это уже во Вторую мировую. а в Первую немцы максимально эпично выглядели в 1918 году, особенно штурмовики: с пистолетами Люгер и Маузер, первыми пистолетами-пулеметами МП.18, укороченными винтовками 98AZ, пулеметами МГ-08/15, все обвешанные гранатами. Да, ещё у них были огнемёты и первые противотанковые ружья
great video. thankyou. I love the drystone wall with a roof on it, and hedge to top it all; keep up the good work!
I just liked at the beginning how the first soldier came in all professional and the second one looked like he was tired of it all.
He was tired of being a numb mannequin.
The second one has been fighting on the western front for years he is a little on edge lol
This is fantastic! I especially appreciate seeing these in full color, which was never seen in my history textbooks.
Any chance you can do this for the other countries? People made a lot of changes to EVERYTHING over the course of the first world war.
Ant chance you could fill the Food Banks in the other countries with expired slop as well?
Muchas gracias, muy buena e ilustrativa su publicacion!!
mal wieder vielen vielen lieben dank an philipp und peter für dieses sehr gelungene video!
It was really interesting to see REAL German military uniform modernizing. Greeting, thanks and respect from Belarus.
Sehr interessant, vielen dank :)
A great video. Thanks for the English subtitles.
Nice and informative video. I can really see now why the uniform changes were made.
Especially the helmet change to the steel helmet. My favorite helmet style by the way.
I think most western armies have based their current helmets on the German Stahlhelm as the shape offers the best protection.
Thank you for the English subtitles! I’m curious why some Germans later on preferred putees to their boots? It seems putees are very annoying to put on and it seems like it could get unraveled easily like if stuck on barbwire.
There are definitely pros and cons. But the jack boots often times got stuck in the mud. Dirt and rocks could enter the boot.
Putees are also good in keeping your legs warm, while it gets pretty cold in jack boots.
I always understood it was a cost/material issue. The boots required much more leather and high quality at that. On top of that germany apparantly got a lot of their leather from south america before the war and one of the first things the german state did when adopting to a war economy was downprioritising animal farming in favor of using the grain and vegetables directly as human food. This was efective but not popular among the soldiers and led to a even bigger shortage of leather.
Well fitting jackboots are exelent but laced short boots would be easier to get to fit okay even if not perfect.
I think also that it needs to be considered, how often do you need your feet dry and warm and how often do you traverse barbed wire etc. Often comfort was more of a day to day issue over combat.
@@CommissarBooks i always thought jackboots would be a real advantage in the mud as they are at least semi watertight up to the knee. I have only tried the finnish "lappish" boots with a beak but they are otherwise a similar construction and do not get cold if worn with wool pants. (But you have to get ones big enough in the foot. As the shaft is so high dirt getting in is not a big problem. But mine fit snuggly around my fat legs. They are a bit stiff to walk in also.
I only remember reading about german soldiers in both world wars beeing chuffed that they did not get a proper soldiers stylish jackboots and tried to get hold of them in all manners of ways. But that might not be how it actually was?
On a tactical level the shift to low boots made sence certainley though
@@MusketierPeter I'm fairly certain that proper leather jackboots are warmer than a piece of cloth wrapped around your legs
You notice both soldiers different attitudes and body language. The fresh 1914 soldier is proud and has strong morale. While by 1918 the Germans are losing and desperate and the 1918 soldier seems upset, tired and doesn’t seem to care as much
Vielen dank fur das super video.
Super video, Kamrade
Das ist ein sehr gutes Video. Die Hosenfarbe war mir nicht bewusst, da ich immer dachte, es sei die gleiche Farbe wie die Tunika.
outstanding work and thanks for the english subtitle by the way
Great historic job for us WWI enthusiasts, man ! Best regards from Vitória, Brazil
Great video, and thanks for the English subtitles! I would love to know where I could see patterns or examples of the boots worn in your video.
A very interesting and informative video, it's amazing how uniforms change either for practical use or to make production more efficient.
Very good, enjoyable, and informative video! Thank you for making this. 👍 Sehr schönes, unterhaltsames und informatives Video! Vielen Dank, dass Sie das gemacht haben.
Sehr informativ und gut gemacht. Erwähnenswert vielleicht, dass es am Anfang des Krieges noch einige Einheiten gab, bei denen es diverse Abweichungen von der „Standard“-Uniform gab. Es dauerte eine Ganze Zeit, bis die Uniformen ziemlich einheitlich waren.
Bei den Franzosen war das Bild am Anfang des Krieges sogar noch erheblich bunter. Auch da kam es zur Vereinheitlichung der Armee, aus den Kolonien kommende Truppen wichen optisch aber immer wieder stark von den Standards ab.
The war became way less fancy and shiny after a few meat grinding session.
It's very interesting to watch how the uniform went from a designer's outfit to a war suit in just 4 years
Things do tend to evolve quickly during wartime. The Great War was a time of vast change on both sides mainly due to casualties. Part of the reason the Germans changed headgear was because the spike of the Pickelhaube would give away a soldier’s position to enemy snipers and that it offered little protection from shrapnel. The British also were largely unprotected in that area before they adopted the steel helmet. This vastly decreased unnecessary casualties.
Basically everything had to evolve to suit the type of warfare that had drastically changed from forming lines and squares in open combat to trench warfare.
It’s all interesting stuff and I could ramble on, but I will spare you that lol.
It exactly followed the state of Germany throughout the course of the war
@@horace9341 don't spare us that, I'd enjoy it if you went on.
They started the war with a mindset of honorable shootouts.
Rows of gentlemen in a grassy field, merely 150 meters apart and volley shooting at the command of an officer.
Flutes, drums and flag bearers.
Instead, they created a literal hell on earth.
Waterlogged trenches serpentined through mangled trees and villages amongst an ocean of mud, corpses, craters, gas, and thousands of kilometers of barbed wire.
@@tootsownhorn5874 : absolute true!!
The first industrial war of machines!
Both sides could not image at the beginning how much power to kill and destroy they had created by themselves…
The human mind couldn’t follow the technical improvement that fast- a literal hell on earth 🔥🩸🪦
Könnt ihr mal wieder streamen wäre echt nice, macht weiter so ihr seid die besten militäria TH-camr die ich kenne
Love the difference in enthusiasm. Quality reenactment.
A Back home by Christmas VS Santa died in the trenches experience
Currently reading Ernst Jünger’s “In Stahlgewittern” (Storm of Steel) , so this video was a perfect accompaniment. Thank you.
Wow ! Wonderful video. Thank you so much.
Sehre Interessen, Danke!
Tolles Video, bitte mehr davon. 💖👍
Wird kommen
@@PLWReview Freue mich schon darauf. 👍
Marlena Dietrich hat gesagt "Alles scheisse".
Excellent work; Very informative video!
Thank you very much.
Thank you!
I enjoyed that. My grandfather was in the Austro-Hungarian army during WW1.
Excelente e ilustrativo Video.
Gracias por los subtítulos en Español.
Abrazos.
glückwunsch zu dem tollen video👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Sehr gute Darstellung!
Wow! Excellent video!
When the two soldiers are together, the head protection difference between Pickelhaube and Stahlhelm is so obvious...
I have a picture of my grandfather in 1915, the uniform is identical, with the exception that his Pickelhaube does not have a number
He explained that they removed the number later, cos it's too noticeable.
@@nichderjeniche Thanks!
Thanks gov'nor. This is a very interesting part of the history.
Sehr schönes Video, Philipp und Peter sind wie Lolek und Bolek ^^ ..Aber mal einen Flammenwerfer (Pioniere) vorzustellen bzw behandeln wäre auch mal etwas, schließlich hat dieser auch eine große Rolle gespielt.
Gracias por Iliustrar con estos uniformes, bastante didáctico y gracias también por el subtitulado en español. Me hizo recordar la película que acabo de ver: Sin Novedad en el Frente
Hammermäßig top gemacht! 👍👍👍
Super Video, wie immer. Vielen Dank.
Vielleicht könntet ihr auch einmal ein Vergleichsvideo zwischen Wehrmacht, US Army, British Army und Roter Armee z.B. 1944 machen? So wie ihr es schon mit den Deutschen und Franzosen bei Verdun gemacht habt.
Ein anderes Thema, welches mich interessieren würde, wäre Waffen SS. (Ja ich weiss, ein ziemlich umstrittenes Thema). Aber so sachlich wie ihr immer die Themen abarbeitet, wäre dies bestimmt auch sehr spannend und lehrreich.
Ich wünsche euch allen noch ein schönes Wochenende. Grüsse aus der Schweiz.
In diese Richtung wird es sich entwickeln. :)
Bin gespannt! : )
A very interesting presentation, thank you
Excellent video. Thankyou.
Sehr interessant, vor allem da meine beiden Opas auch im WK 1 gedient haben, allerdings bei der Artillerie und den Dragonern.
Anta todo. Gracias por lo subtitulos. Muy buen video. Saludos desde Argentina. Gracias por sus esfuerzos.
Finde das Tattoo super, zeigt auch dass viele Soldaten eben doch kriminellen Hintergrund hatten.
Gedrückt wurde sich aber nicht, wenn der Kaiser zur Waffe rief, wurde gedient.
1918 German soldier and 1939 German soldier comparison would be also nice to see.
Very good video, I collect Imperial items and putting together a later war impression 👍
Wieder einmal sehr interessant ... Gruß Swen
A very well informative video. Dankeschön. It would appear that as the war went on all the pomp and circumstance just faded away until all you had were dark greyed out colors to better blend in.
Thank you, I enjoyed the video.
Very interesting. Thank you for this video.
Props to the cameraman for traveling back in time to interview German soldiers
Sehr lehrreich.
Para los amantes de la historia este canal es genial. Envío un afectuoso saludo 👋
Nagyon jó lett ez a videó. Gratulálok Megy a like ♥️♥️👍 csak így tovább fiúk. Köszönöm szépen.
Thanks for this video. It is interesting that the French were not the only army in WW1 to start out with easy to see stuff on their uniforms at the start of the war.
I never knew that the German army in 1914 had shiny buttons and shiny belt buckles along with helmets that not only stuck out but told the unit they were in. I bet the intelligence agencies of the allies loved that.
Still, at least the German uniforms were not as bright as the French ones were in 1914.
Just one last thought. I am so glad that in 2023 many of the nations that fought each other over 100 years ago are now fighting together as a team in NATO. Good stuff.
Sehr schönes Video! Krass, wir ähnlich der Soldat des Kriegsendes 1918 dem WH Soldaten schon ist.
Thank you . That was very interesting.