Oh yeah, I remember that; that great duel between Darth Falkenhayn and Jedi Master Petain on the ruins of Fort Vaux, shells falling all around, deflecting machine blaster fire with their laser swords, being thrown into the air as parts of the fort explode... Actually, in all seriousness, that would be friggin' badass. Like, "Force Awakens" eat your heart out. Someone get on that parody, World War I with Jedi, make that happen.
My grandfather served in the U.S. 311th Infantry Regiment and was ultimately issued a French Chauchat while marching to the front in St. Mihiel. Actually made by the Gladiator factory, the "American Chauchat" was poorly received. Halfway through the march to the front, he was pulled out of line and was given the 'opportunity' to shoot 20 bullets before falling back into line - which was the full extent of his training with this rifle.
Allen Linnen, Jr. So much this!! Also even if you want to argue that it's still a sword there is no way you can call it a sabre. The main characteristic of a sabre is a curved blade.
"The main characteristic of a sabre is a curved blade." While this is usually true, and while the saber is primarily a cutting weapon, there are historic examples of straight sabers. The model 1913 US cavalry saber being an example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_1913_Cavalry_Saber
Hi Indy. A point of usage: I carried a sword (mostly katana) around for the better part of 20 years. In fact, the young kids growing up in my town called me "sword guy" behind my back. Never one did I ever injure myself with a sword . . . until I fell out of practice. Three weeks back, after several months out of practice, I picked up one of my oddball swords (a straight single edge short sword with a knuckle duster guard) and managed to pink myself just above my left elbow . . . because it was so short-and the guard so awkward-I miscalculated.
Thanks Indy,for talking about how Malaya (now renamed Malaysia)had a big role during the Great War.I'm also a Malayan myself.Our country doesn't usually get mentioned often (except for countries like China,Indonesia,the Philippines,etc.)I also have a question to ask,why was Malaya a crucial target for other powerful nations and why was the country so important to be?
It's always been a trade center, shipping and fleet basing have always been very important and moves huge amounts of money. It basically connects the pacific and indian oceans.
At the time Malaya was a major producer of rubber and spices and a strategic naval base (Singapore) for the British along with the Suez Canal to control trade between East Asia and Europe.
The german sign on the wall at 10:45 min is amazing! "Flimmerkiste" (flickering box) is/was usually the word for really old television-sets a.f.a.i.k. - so this went back far beyond tv's invention, maybe to these flickering movie-projectors.
Glad to hear my country, Malaysia and to be precise, the Malayan Peninsular is in this video.There's still a cenotaph about SMS Emden attack on the French and Russian battleships in Georgetown, Penang until now.
It is expected, coming from the government. They had said it in the textbook, "it is to create a patriotic sentiment for the citizens of the country." To study actual history, one must abandon the spoon-fed information and search the truth on one's own.
There are topics about WWI and WWII, but just shown in general scene, except for WWII, which focuses Japanese administration of Malaya and Borneo. I'm a Malaysian too.
I love the personality this channel has taken on over the years. As interesting as WW1 history is, talking about it every day for 4 years has to get monotonous to say the least, so im glad you can keep it fun.
Question for out of the Trenches: Did Sweden do anything except stay neutral, as in: Supply the Central Powers or the Entente or anything like that? I know that in 1910 there were talks between the German high command and the Swedish army staff on a potential alliance against Russia so that in case of a war breaking out Sweden could reclaim Finland.
RebellionK Sweden support white/government troops in Finland civil war 1918 and before then they support finnish Jäger movement / independence activist. Also Sweden tried to invasion / occopy Åland island 1918.
Before the war started Sweden had ties and influence Germany. They were Pro-German because the king had married the Granddaughter to the Kaiser. Sweden also did send Iron-ore shipments to Germany instead of the Entente.
Sweden exported so much of its food, at the expense of the general population, that people starved, raided the countryside and suppliers suspected of hiding any, causing food riots and the fear of the potential risk of revolution in 1917, This caused the fall of the Conservative government, introducing Social Democrats in to ministerial posts together with the Liberals, and general suffrage for all adults, men and women. Sweden´s food shortage were caused by a biased and ineffective rationing system, failed harvests and the North sea blockade, some 280 Swedish merchant ships were sunk during the war.
Sweden did a lot of money laundering for the Germans and the Bolsheviks which continued after Brest-Litovsk and Versailles. One businessman and Bolshevik sympathizer was one Olof Aschberg. Sean McMeekin's new book The Russian Revolution goes into Sweden's and Aschberg's shameful role in bringing the Bolsheviks to power.
Indie you are a brilliant host, the ability to speak and hold attention as you do is amazing. Please don't stop hosting, even once the great war is over, may your show go on!
Speaking of Ernst Junger, please do a Special Episode on him! One of the perculiar fighters of the Great War who achknowledged war's brutality, and yet found it be a positively transformative experience...
The term you were looking for was light sword. Because Sabers are *curved*. The 1908 and 1912 pattern British, American M1913, and French 1896 cavalry swords are also definitely not sabers or sabres. You've got a great thing going with Othias for firearms, but it would be cool to have something similar for melee weapons.
a laser FRIGATE Emden would actually be possible. AA lasercannons are a thing now. And the FGS Emden, the latest ship to bear the name, was put out of service just 3 years ago and is still used for replacement parts by the German Navy. We can rebuild her. We have the technology.
A book in my college library about American WWI industrial production claimed that only FOUR 1917 Browning machine guns were completed before the armistice.
Hey Indy, I just want to say that I love your show and I hope it never ends. I really enjoy the content and the channel is somewhat special to me now. Anyway keep up the amazing work. Love you guys!
I have a question for Out of The Trenches. Where there any US citizens who fought for the Central powers before the US declared war? I know many Americans fought on the side of the Entente while serving in the French Foreign Legion and the Lafayette Escadrille, but given the amount of ethnic Germans and German immigrants in the US at the time, there must have been at least a few sympathizers willing to fight for their homeland.
They also had low power training sabres. And Yarael Poof (the long necked Quermian Jedi) was a specialist in Jedi mind tricks so he didn't really need to worry to much about lightsaber dueling.
Hi Indy and crew! My question is this; why did the Central Powers seem to focus more on defensive strategy rather than Entente's offensive strategy? The Entente had tanks, light machine guns, and pioneered hurricane bombardments and creeping barrages, whereas the Central Powers only had Sturmtruppen, and even their 'light' machine guns for attacking were considerably heavier than the Lewis Gun, BAR, or Chauchat.
Toby Wood Germany didn't have the available resources to make tanks and more modern technology in such large scales. The few tanks they made were not as useful for them in the war than U-boats. They had to prioritize refining tatics ect instead of inventing new weapons like tanks.
Great review sir, and during ww2 British left less than 200 Malays soldier (Bukit Candu war) to defends our land from Japanese army while majority of them are retreated to save their life. My respect to those British and Malay soldier who choose to stay until die to protect our country.
Indy, I love the show and look forward to many more episodes - my compliments to you and your team! For Out Of The Trenches (including the Death Star trench), we must know - was Jar Jar Binks really a Sith Lord?
Actually in legands, I believe in the knights of the old republic, they had training sabers with a different kind of Crystal to power the blade, that when you touched it or smacked yourself with it it would hurt almost like getting it chopped off but it didn't come off. Might need verification but I think that's how it went. May the force be with you Master Nidel!
Hi Indy and the crew! First, I'd like to thank you all for your work. Thanks to you I passed my XIX-XX c. exam with flying colors and you really got me interested in this war, which is often forgotten by historians. My question is: will you discuss some other media depictions of WWI like video games or movies in the future? I'd really like to know which ones are worthwhile and which are certainly not.
To "Thelfifi". You can find this also in the series "Peaky Blinders" which is set in 1920 in England. In the first season the main characters have to deal with a bomb hidden in their house by other men that leave in the house a cutter to signal them the presence of a trap.
Larry-three Yeah but that was post order 66. I'm asking about 20bby bcoz at that time the Republic gained many shipyards but couldn't break through the separatist vanguard like in Ringo Vinda and Umbara.
WhiteShadow Even before Order 66, the Separatists still held a numerical and economic advantage over the Republic. In 20BBY, the Republic was dealing with a financial crisis, and their clone program was starting to suffer; while the Separatists were building droids and weapons left and right. I cannot think of any time the war was ever in a statement, but if there ever was such a time, it would have most likely be in 21BBY. At that time, the war had just begun, and the Republic would have been at peak manpower strength.
Fun fact, around 3/4 of US soldiers were armed with the M1917 which was a 30 06 version of the British P14 which was in 303 and was being built in the US by Remington, Remington Eddystone and Winchester. When the US joined the war the Brits just handed the production tooling they had paid for to the US en mass to help the US get its army supplied.
Most U.S. troops were outfitted with M1917 Enfield rifles based on the British P14. The u.s. also had it's own Chachaut chambered in 30-06. The chambers were incorrectly cut causing reliability issues.
Just a small correction. The "browning" firearms were named for their designer, John Moses Browning, not their manufacturer. As far as I'm aware John Browning invented guns and sold the designs to companies such as Colt, Winchester, and FN to produce. As such he was not really a manufacturer of small arms for the US army, as you implied. Just figured I'd clarify since you folks seem to be better read on events and battles than details like equipment. Cheers to your buddies at C&Rsenal and ForgottenWeapons for filling me in on this tidbit.
The answer is because the crystal prism in the saber is imbued with Force powers so the saber essentially becomes an extension of the Jedi...it is easier for them to avoid injury.
as someone who has random knowledge of Star Wars the answer to the first question is actually the force, only those able to use the force in some capacity can wield a lightsaber without seriously injuring oneself
Question for Out of the Trenches: Might be a bit early, so spoilers warning: . . . . . . . . . . . . but I heard that when Quentin Roosevelt died in July of 1918, he was used by the German government as propaganda, with his body and crashed plane being displayed on postcards sent to the soldiers on the front lines. Apparently some German soldiers credited this with being one of the major causes of morale breakdown among the army near the end of the war, what with the soldiers realizing that if their commanders could celebrate the death of an enlisted man, the son of an American President no less, then their own sacrifices meant nothing to the high command. How much stock would you put into this story? By this point in the war, what did the average soldier think of their enemy combatants and their own high command? Amazing show Indy and crew! Thanks for 3+ great years so far!
Hi everyone, one important fact not mentioned about Malaya was they paid for the construction of the battleship HMS Malaya which is said to have cost close to £3m in 1913. Other parts of the British Empire also contributed directly to capital ships for the Royal Navy.
Indy and crew, here's an account of a German booby trap, perhaps for an Out of the Ether. This is from "The Twenty-Sixth Infantry in France," the official war record of the US 26th Infantry Regiment (in the 1st Division) from the war. It was written in 1919 by the regimental adjutant. The following occurred after the regiment's hard fighting in the Soissons Offensive. The 26th was put back into the line with many replacements near Pont-a-Mousson France. Here's the story: "The regiment had absorbed some 1500 replacements, many of them in the trenches for the first time. One of these “rookies” was sent out as a member of a patrol to occupy the day post from which we had according to custom withdrawn during the previous night. The first to arrive at the post he casually seated himself in the most comfortable spot where someone had kindly placed an empty sand bag. Fritz’s machine began to work and in due time it went off. Recovering from the explosion the Sergeant picked himself up to find that the total damage was one private missing. A thorough search failed to produce more than remnants and so the casualty reports at the end of the tour showed three instead of two, one killed in action. Six months later he reported to the Personnel Adjutant in NENTERSHAUSEN, Germany, and the casualty report was amended. He had been hurled a great distance, badly but not mortally wounded, taken prisoner, his wounds dressed and then put to work. Today he is wiser but none the worse for his experience."
The construction of a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, HMS Malaya was paid for by the Federated Malay States and was able to fly the FMS flag. That was an unusual contribution to the war effort.
Should dedicate a video on siege guns and heavy coastal defence batteries.those large guns never fail to fascinate me.imagine getting hit by one of those.devastating.
To answer the first question they didn't cut off their own body parts as the younglings would train with a lightsaber that was dumbed down to the point where they were able to numb limbs, so by the time they are padawans, they should be able to not cut off their own limbs
The reason Jedi aren't always cutting their own stuff off is because they are force sensitive, as is the light saber itself. This is the necessary link between weapon and wielder that makes it virtually impossible to use a light saber properly if you aren't force sensitive. I mean, look at Grevious. The dude had extensive training with one of the top blade masters in the galaxy, and all he could really do was flail them around.
Don't forget the US M1917 "Enfield" rifle (the P14 Enfield chambered in 30-06). Great rifle, better sights than the Springfield, probably just as accurate. It also held 6 shots, not a big deal but it is there. Depending on who you ask, Sgt.York may have used a 1917 and not a Springfield. Remington had all the tooling set up from making P14's for Britain. All they had too do was drill the barrel .308" instead of .311" and ream the chamber to .30-06. Sensible option since the US did not have enough rifles and could not make Springfields fast enough. I have a low serial # example and it's great. A similar expediency was seen in handguns with the M1917 revolvers adapted to shoot 45 ACP. Pershing wanted to equip virtually everyone with a handgun for trench attacks, and there were nit enough 1911's, nor would there be. 2 interesting arms procurement stories
I'm pretty sure Padawans used training sabres that wouldn't do any permanent harm during their basic training. That and they use the Force to not cut bits off while swinging it around. That's why you rarely see any non-Force user using a lightsaber
Hello TGW team! Since you'll be visiting the Italian front I have a story to share and a question. My great-grandfather fought for the A-H empire on that front. And after the first gas attacks by the Italians he and a friend of his were loading wounded on a train for Ljubljana. At the end of that they changed their clothes with dirty clothes of the dead, smeared themselves with blood and laid among the wounded. At the hospital they had another friend from the same village who got them a jar of acid and they used it on themselves at night to simulate gas wounds. After a week they were discharged and sent back to the front (the rest of their unit on the front was dead by the time they returned). Now my question is how common was such behaviour (evading frontlines) and what other ways did men go about it? Thanks for your great work and hope you enjoy(-ed) your latest road trip!
for OOTT: hello Indy, i'de personally like to know more about the developments of aircraft/seaplane carriers and balloon carriers during WW1 and the time leading to WW1, ships like the HMS Furious or the French seaplane carrier Foudre or the HMS ark royal as well as maybe the tactics used, how effective they were and what battles they participated in like the ark royal in gallipoli, keep up the good work.
BTW, the rifle most commonly used by the American Expeditionary Forces was the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield, an American modification of a British design, though unrelated to the Lee-Enfield rifle.
Greetings! I have been a faithful fan of this channel since the announcement of Battlefield 1. I have 2 questions for Out of the Trenches considering the Italian Front influenced from the game. Did the Italians and Austria-Hungarians use explosives to cause landslides and avalanches in an effort to dislodge enemies or even crush them? And did the Austria-Hungarians and Germans called the Italians traitors since Italy backed out from their treaty with Austria-Hungary. Keep up the good work, and God bless you!
lol, Flo says NO!!!! Flo's putting his foot down on Indy's antics :) Flo and Indy should become a comedy duo, I'd pay to watch them :) On the subject of Comedy, was comedy used to keep morale up on the front lines and the home front? If so do you have any examples of Jokes or Limericks that were popular? Keep up the good work !!
DID YOU EVER HEAR THE TRAGEDY OF DARTH CADORNA THE (NOTHATMUCH)WISE ?
Stefano Conese
Ha!
Stefano Conese It's not a story the Entente would tell you
I AM THE LEAUGE OF NATIONS
Stefano Conese its a central power legend
Unlimeted manpowaah!!
A little *too far* out of the trenches.
In a trench far far away
A long time ago in a trench far far away
@@criscabrera9098 TRENCH WARS
There were trenches in The Empire Strikes Back
There were trenches on Hoth. And a Jedi Knight :D
So what happened to general anakin and his tank regiment in the middle east? I believe he got ptsd from it as the massive amount of sand there
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So how big was the role of the Jedi Order in the Great War? Were Hotzendorf and Cadorna subconsciously influencing each other using the Force?
I'm not sure but during WW 2 the Brits used clairvoyants and voodoo witch doctors to fight the Nazis
What about Douglas Haig and his rivalries with the fellow Entente Space Knights?
The german Jedi Order was stabbed in the back by the Heinous Sith Entente with their Photonic daggers!
Yeah i remember the time Falkenhaym used lightsabers on the battle of verdun
Perry Quijano German Stormtroopers used them quite effectively on raids and trench fighting
Oh yeah, I remember that; that great duel between Darth Falkenhayn and Jedi Master Petain on the ruins of Fort Vaux, shells falling all around, deflecting machine blaster fire with their laser swords, being thrown into the air as parts of the fort explode...
Actually, in all seriousness, that would be friggin' badass. Like, "Force Awakens" eat your heart out. Someone get on that parody, World War I with Jedi, make that happen.
+sirrliv
Now that DICE/EA have the rights to Star Wars, they should've made a BF1/SW crossover.
Go home, WWI; you're drunk.
I’m drunk 🥴
My grandfather served in the U.S. 311th Infantry Regiment and was ultimately issued a French Chauchat while marching to the front in St. Mihiel. Actually made by the Gladiator factory, the "American Chauchat" was poorly received. Halfway through the march to the front, he was pulled out of line and was given the 'opportunity' to shoot 20 bullets before falling back into line - which was the full extent of his training with this rifle.
The Force is strong with this one!
V. Athanasiou *Strength. Sorry, but you can't say Force
Alessandro Pedretti the gravitational pull is strong with this one!
Alessandro Pedretti The strength is strong? That will never memefy.
Alessandro Pedretti The mass times velocity is strong in this one.
Alessandro Pedretti This guy's got huge Newtons!
I needed a smile today. Thanks, Indy.
It's a plasma bat. Light sabers aren't swords, they are a handle that emits a plasma baton. Swords require edge alignment batons don't.
Allen Linnen, Jr. So much this!! Also even if you want to argue that it's still a sword there is no way you can call it a sabre. The main characteristic of a sabre is a curved blade.
"The main characteristic of a sabre is a curved blade." While this is usually true, and while the saber is primarily a cutting weapon, there are historic examples of straight sabers. The model 1913 US cavalry saber being an example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_1913_Cavalry_Saber
Do u live at your mother's house
That is a description more fit for the energy based riot batons used in Futurama.
This is Laflare Tv I was asking the same question.
Hi Indy. A point of usage:
I carried a sword (mostly katana) around for the better part of 20 years. In fact, the young kids growing up in my town called me "sword guy" behind my back. Never one did I ever injure myself with a sword . . . until I fell out of practice. Three weeks back, after several months out of practice, I picked up one of my oddball swords (a straight single edge short sword with a knuckle duster guard) and managed to pink myself just above my left elbow . . . because it was so short-and the guard so awkward-I miscalculated.
5:32 that question aged very well👍
Thanks Indy,for talking about how Malaya (now renamed Malaysia)had a big role during the Great War.I'm also a Malayan myself.Our country doesn't usually get mentioned often (except for countries like China,Indonesia,the Philippines,etc.)I also have a question to ask,why was Malaya a crucial target for other powerful nations and why was the country so important to be?
It's always been a trade center, shipping and fleet basing have always been very important and moves huge amounts of money. It basically connects the pacific and indian oceans.
At the time Malaya was a major producer of rubber and spices and a strategic naval base (Singapore) for the British along with the Suez Canal to control trade between East Asia and Europe.
The german sign on the wall at 10:45 min is amazing! "Flimmerkiste" (flickering box) is/was usually the word for really old television-sets a.f.a.i.k. - so this went back far beyond tv's invention, maybe to these flickering movie-projectors.
It probably did, the frames per second on old projectors and the light bulbs were probably pretty crude.
Glad to hear my country, Malaysia and to be precise, the Malayan Peninsular is in this video.There's still a cenotaph about SMS Emden attack on the French and Russian battleships in Georgetown, Penang until now.
Veromia34 and i though ima he only malaysian watching this XD
It is expected, coming from the government. They had said it in the textbook, "it is to create a patriotic sentiment for the citizens of the country." To study actual history, one must abandon the spoon-fed information and search the truth on one's own.
There are topics about WWI and WWII, but just shown in general scene, except for WWII, which focuses Japanese administration of Malaya and Borneo.
I'm a Malaysian too.
Ya, as a Malaysian, I am also embarrassed of our curriculum which was supposed to teach "world history", not focus on "middle-east history".
Yay another Malaysian! Cheers to the Malaysian TGW squad~
That's a very unrelated and light hearted way to start a video about World War 1
I love the personality this channel has taken on over the years. As interesting as WW1 history is, talking about it every day for 4 years has to get monotonous to say the least, so im glad you can keep it fun.
Question for out of the Trenches: Did Sweden do anything except stay neutral, as in: Supply the Central Powers or the Entente or anything like that? I know that in 1910 there were talks between the German high command and the Swedish army staff on a potential alliance against Russia so that in case of a war breaking out Sweden could reclaim Finland.
RebellionK they did a special about Sweden a year back.
RebellionK Sweden support white/government troops in Finland civil war 1918 and before then they support finnish Jäger movement / independence activist. Also Sweden tried to invasion / occopy Åland island 1918.
Before the war started Sweden had ties and influence Germany. They were Pro-German because the king had married the Granddaughter to the Kaiser. Sweden also did send Iron-ore shipments to Germany instead of the Entente.
Sweden exported so much of its food, at the expense of the general population, that people starved, raided the countryside and suppliers suspected of hiding any, causing food riots and the fear of the potential risk of revolution in 1917, This caused the fall of the Conservative government, introducing Social Democrats in to ministerial posts together with the Liberals, and general suffrage for all adults, men and women. Sweden´s food shortage were caused by a biased and ineffective rationing system, failed harvests and the North sea blockade, some 280 Swedish merchant ships were sunk during the war.
Sweden did a lot of money laundering for the Germans and the Bolsheviks which continued after Brest-Litovsk and Versailles. One businessman and Bolshevik sympathizer was one Olof Aschberg. Sean McMeekin's new book The Russian Revolution goes into Sweden's and Aschberg's shameful role in bringing the Bolsheviks to power.
Jedi padawans trained with training sabres which were unable to cut off limbs
FLO~O!!! What did you put in Indy's coffee???
+Mr. Smile ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Indie you are a brilliant host, the ability to speak and hold attention as you do is amazing. Please don't stop hosting, even once the great war is over, may your show go on!
Speaking of Ernst Junger, please do a Special Episode on him! One of the perculiar fighters of the Great War who achknowledged war's brutality, and yet found it be a positively transformative experience...
+ykakutani we will
Finally something about my country. Love from Malaysia keep up the good work
Love when Indy nerds out.
love the intro, best channel and i love tuning in every few days.
Much love from Canada
The term you were looking for was light sword. Because Sabers are *curved*. The 1908 and 1912 pattern British, American M1913, and French 1896 cavalry swords are also definitely not sabers or sabres.
You've got a great thing going with Othias for firearms, but it would be cool to have something similar for melee weapons.
+Nathan Brown we contacted a few channels about this but never got a reply
Nathan Brown Not all sabers were curved, but generally European models were
I am the Reichstag!
Not yet
Peter Petrov It's Treason then.
*SCREECHING IN GERMAN*
You're about to get burned...
That's some casual music for what was deadly and devastating.
The laser cruiser Emden?
+ruud waij great idea!
Star Destroyer Emden? Did they copyright that? Seems like Disney probably would....
a laser FRIGATE Emden would actually be possible. AA lasercannons are a thing now. And the FGS Emden, the latest ship to bear the name, was put out of service just 3 years ago and is still used for replacement parts by the German Navy. We can rebuild her. We have the technology.
I honestly love this channel, it just doesn't stop giving quality content :')
Thank you for the happy star wars intro. You help me get through the day.
A book in my college library about American WWI industrial production claimed that only FOUR 1917 Browning machine guns were completed before the armistice.
Master Indi, prepare to meet your greatest nemesis: Darth Hotzendorf!
Brilliant.
An actor who likes helmets: Adrian Brody
Steve Kaczynski He plays in WW1 movies
yoel krisstiawan clever
i see what you did there....and approve!!!!!
Rei, what are you doing here?
The History flows strong with this one
Love it when they throw a little comedy into their videos
Okay, April is on Fall - you learn something new every day =O
Perhaps this is the only episode where I find information about my homeland during the war.Thanks for that mate!
All the questions of the 1st Star War.
Hey Indy, I just want to say that I love your show and I hope it never ends. I really enjoy the content and the channel is somewhat special to me now. Anyway keep up the amazing work. Love you guys!
I have a question for Out of The Trenches. Where there any US citizens who fought for the Central powers before the US declared war? I know many Americans fought on the side of the Entente while serving in the French Foreign Legion and the Lafayette Escadrille, but given the amount of ethnic Germans and German immigrants in the US at the time, there must have been at least a few sympathizers willing to fight for their homeland.
What did the Jedi academy do with drop-outs?
where do you think they get replacement parts...............
+milcoll73 That's how the Clone Wars started.
They also had low power training sabres. And Yarael Poof (the long necked Quermian Jedi) was a specialist in Jedi mind tricks so he didn't really need to worry to much about lightsaber dueling.
Hi Indy and crew! My question is this; why did the Central Powers seem to focus more on defensive strategy rather than Entente's offensive strategy? The Entente had tanks, light machine guns, and pioneered hurricane bombardments and creeping barrages, whereas the Central Powers only had Sturmtruppen, and even their 'light' machine guns for attacking were considerably heavier than the Lewis Gun, BAR, or Chauchat.
Toby Wood Germany didn't have the available resources to make tanks and more modern technology in such large scales. The few tanks they made were not as useful for them in the war than U-boats. They had to prioritize refining tatics ect instead of inventing new weapons like tanks.
Nice Photon Sword.
It reminds me of that space movie with all the battles. You know, Star Trek.
May the force be with you Indy love your vids
Thank you for this episode. It's given me a much needed giggle. Keep up the great work. :)
I must be in an alternate universe where this channel is about Star wars.
I was wondering if you could talk about fort Osowiec
Wise, you are. Love this series..
So close to 700K subs keep up the great work!!!!
That's no moon! That's a Zeppelin!
made my day :D:D:D:D !!!!
Yay Indy! I'm from Penang and not much people here knew about the German raid during WW1
Great review sir, and during ww2 British left less than 200 Malays soldier (Bukit Candu war) to defends our land from Japanese army while majority of them are retreated to save their life. My respect to those British and Malay soldier who choose to stay until die to protect our country.
Indy, I love the show and look forward to many more episodes - my compliments to you and your team! For Out Of The Trenches (including the Death Star trench), we must know - was Jar Jar Binks really a Sith Lord?
Oh that will be a controversial topic to discuss.
" It belongs in a museum!"
Actually in legands, I believe in the knights of the old republic, they had training sabers with a different kind of Crystal to power the blade, that when you touched it or smacked yourself with it it would hurt almost like getting it chopped off but it didn't come off. Might need verification but I think that's how it went. May the force be with you Master Nidel!
I always thought of Indy as a Consular Jedi. Yellow bade = PROOF!
But it switched mysteriously to a purple blade at the end.
Hi Indy and the crew! First, I'd like to thank you all for your work. Thanks to you I passed my XIX-XX c. exam with flying colors and you really got me interested in this war, which is often forgotten by historians.
My question is: will you discuss some other media depictions of WWI like video games or movies in the future? I'd really like to know which ones are worthwhile and which are certainly not.
To "Thelfifi". You can find this also in the series "Peaky Blinders" which is set in 1920 in England. In the first season the main characters have to deal with a bomb hidden in their house by other men that leave in the house a cutter to signal them the presence of a trap.
.....q for OOTT...did the clone wars become a stalemate in 20bby
I doubt it. I do know that in 19BBY, the Separatists were slowly winning before Palpatine gave an order that all droids must shut down immediately.
Larry-three
Yeah but that was post order 66.
I'm asking about 20bby bcoz at that time the Republic gained many shipyards but couldn't break through the separatist vanguard like in Ringo Vinda and Umbara.
WhiteShadow Even before Order 66, the Separatists still held a numerical and economic advantage over the Republic. In 20BBY, the Republic was dealing with a financial crisis, and their clone program was starting to suffer; while the Separatists were building droids and weapons left and right. I cannot think of any time the war was ever in a statement, but if there ever was such a time, it would have most likely be in 21BBY. At that time, the war had just begun, and the Republic would have been at peak manpower strength.
Fun fact, around 3/4 of US soldiers were armed with the M1917 which was a 30 06 version of the British P14 which was in 303 and was being built in the US by Remington, Remington Eddystone and Winchester. When the US joined the war the Brits just handed the production tooling they had paid for to the US en mass to help the US get its army supplied.
brilliant indi, you've made me laugh brilliant!
can you do the first emu war cause its freaking brutal
Most U.S. troops were outfitted with M1917 Enfield rifles based on the British P14. The u.s. also had it's own Chachaut chambered in 30-06. The chambers were incorrectly cut causing reliability issues.
Just a small correction. The "browning" firearms were named for their designer, John Moses Browning, not their manufacturer. As far as I'm aware John Browning invented guns and sold the designs to companies such as Colt, Winchester, and FN to produce. As such he was not really a manufacturer of small arms for the US army, as you implied. Just figured I'd clarify since you folks seem to be better read on events and battles than details like equipment. Cheers to your buddies at C&Rsenal and ForgottenWeapons for filling me in on this tidbit.
I have a star wars question for OOTT. Why did anakin hate sand?Thanks Indy and crew. Love the show!
The answer is because the crystal prism in the saber is imbued with Force powers so the saber essentially becomes an extension of the Jedi...it is easier for them to avoid injury.
as someone who has random knowledge of Star Wars the answer to the first question is actually the force, only those able to use the force in some capacity can wield a lightsaber without seriously injuring oneself
God episode, I hope you do a special on lessons to learn from WW1 to Prevent WWIII
Interesting intro there Indy
I like how Indy always keeps it interesting, I started watching this half asleep and thought I pressed on his alternative channel XD
Fun fact: Yarael Poof the jedi with a long neck preferred not to use a saber and was more akin to fighting with his force powers if needed.
Question for Out of the Trenches: Might be a bit early, so spoilers warning:
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but I heard that when Quentin Roosevelt died in July of 1918, he was used by the German government as propaganda, with his body and crashed plane being displayed on postcards sent to the soldiers on the front lines. Apparently some German soldiers credited this with being one of the major causes of morale breakdown among the army near the end of the war, what with the soldiers realizing that if their commanders could celebrate the death of an enlisted man, the son of an American President no less, then their own sacrifices meant nothing to the high command. How much stock would you put into this story? By this point in the war, what did the average soldier think of their enemy combatants and their own high command?
Amazing show Indy and crew! Thanks for 3+ great years so far!
Loved the Intro.
Hi everyone, one important fact not mentioned about Malaya was they paid for the construction of the battleship HMS Malaya which is said to have cost close to £3m in 1913. Other parts of the British Empire also contributed directly to capital ships for the Royal Navy.
Guess there is something to look forward to next April.
That was amazing my dood
YES!!! THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Jedi Indy!!
Question for out of the trenches: if World War One continued for one more year what would've happened. Cheers from the United States
there were training light sabers for padawans that could do burns
Indy and crew, here's an account of a German booby trap, perhaps for an Out of the Ether. This is from "The Twenty-Sixth Infantry in France," the official war record of the US 26th Infantry Regiment (in the 1st Division) from the war. It was written in 1919 by the regimental adjutant. The following occurred after the regiment's hard fighting in the Soissons Offensive. The 26th was put back into the line with many replacements near Pont-a-Mousson France. Here's the story:
"The regiment had absorbed some 1500 replacements, many of them in the trenches for the first time. One of these “rookies” was sent out as a member of a patrol to occupy the day post from which we had according to custom withdrawn during the previous night. The first to arrive at the post he casually seated himself in the most comfortable spot where someone had kindly placed an empty sand bag. Fritz’s machine began to work and in due time it went off. Recovering from the explosion the Sergeant picked himself up to find that the total damage was one private missing. A thorough search failed to produce more than remnants and so the casualty reports at the end of the tour showed three instead of two, one killed in action. Six months later he reported to the Personnel Adjutant in NENTERSHAUSEN, Germany, and the casualty report was amended. He had been hurled a great distance, badly but not mortally wounded, taken prisoner, his wounds dressed and then put to work. Today he is wiser but none the worse for his experience."
Really cool, thanks a lot!
The construction of a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, HMS Malaya was paid for by the Federated Malay States and was able to fly the FMS flag. That was an unusual contribution to the war effort.
For a record, the lore answer to the first question is force enhanced reflexes and a decade or so of training.
Should dedicate a video on siege guns and heavy coastal defence batteries.those large guns never fail to fascinate me.imagine getting hit by one of those.devastating.
1. Jedis also were able to handle lightsabers because of their force sensitive abilities . They could guide the sabers.
Oh my goshh! Indy Mentioned Singapore yayyyy❤
To answer the first question they didn't cut off their own body parts as the younglings would train with a lightsaber that was dumbed down to the point where they were able to numb limbs, so by the time they are padawans, they should be able to not cut off their own limbs
A question for out of the Trenches: Indy, have you heard the tale of Darth Plagueis the Wise?
The reason Jedi aren't always cutting their own stuff off is because they are force sensitive, as is the light saber itself.
This is the necessary link between weapon and wielder that makes it virtually impossible to use a light saber properly if you aren't force sensitive.
I mean, look at Grevious. The dude had extensive training with one of the top blade masters in the galaxy, and all he could really do was flail them around.
Don't forget the US M1917 "Enfield" rifle (the P14 Enfield chambered in 30-06). Great rifle, better sights than the Springfield, probably just as accurate. It also held 6 shots, not a big deal but it is there. Depending on who you ask, Sgt.York may have used a 1917 and not a Springfield. Remington had all the tooling set up from making P14's for Britain. All they had too do was drill the barrel .308" instead of .311" and ream the chamber to .30-06. Sensible option since the US did not have enough rifles and could not make Springfields fast enough. I have a low serial # example and it's great. A similar expediency was seen in handguns with the M1917 revolvers adapted to shoot 45 ACP. Pershing wanted to equip virtually everyone with a handgun for trench attacks, and there were nit enough 1911's, nor would there be. 2 interesting arms procurement stories
I'm pretty sure Padawans used training sabres that wouldn't do any permanent harm during their basic training. That and they use the Force to not cut bits off while swinging it around. That's why you rarely see any non-Force user using a lightsaber
Hello TGW team!
Since you'll be visiting the Italian front I have a story to share and a question.
My great-grandfather fought for the A-H empire on that front. And after the first gas attacks by the Italians he and a friend of his were loading wounded on a train for Ljubljana. At the end of that they changed their clothes with dirty clothes of the dead, smeared themselves with blood and laid among the wounded.
At the hospital they had another friend from the same village who got them a jar of acid and they used it on themselves at night to simulate gas wounds. After a week they were discharged and sent back to the front (the rest of their unit on the front was dead by the time they returned).
Now my question is how common was such behaviour (evading frontlines) and what other ways did men go about it?
Thanks for your great work and hope you enjoy(-ed) your latest road trip!
How were U-Boats Scheduled? I mean, For how much time a U-Boat supposed to circle Great Britain?
Unfortunately they only take questions from patrons on Patreon :p
Thats not true actually, you can see at the third minute its a question from youtube.
for OOTT: hello Indy, i'de personally like to know more about the developments of aircraft/seaplane carriers and balloon carriers during WW1 and the time leading to WW1, ships like the HMS Furious or the French seaplane carrier Foudre or the HMS ark royal as well as maybe the tactics used, how effective they were and what battles they participated in like the ark royal in gallipoli, keep up the good work.
When did he start talking about Star Wars in these?
BTW, the rifle most commonly used by the American Expeditionary Forces was the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield, an American modification of a British design, though unrelated to the Lee-Enfield rifle.
Greetings! I have been a faithful fan of this channel since the announcement of Battlefield 1. I have 2 questions for Out of the Trenches considering the Italian Front influenced from the game. Did the Italians and Austria-Hungarians use explosives to cause landslides and avalanches in an effort to dislodge enemies or even crush them? And did the Austria-Hungarians and Germans called the Italians traitors since Italy backed out from their treaty with Austria-Hungary. Keep up the good work, and God bless you!
Indy became a temple guard with that light saber
lol, Flo says NO!!!! Flo's putting his foot down on Indy's antics :) Flo and Indy should become a comedy duo, I'd pay to watch them :) On the subject of Comedy, was comedy used to keep morale up on the front lines and the home front? If so do you have any examples of Jokes or Limericks that were popular? Keep up the good work !!