The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)

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    The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres was one of the largest battles of the first world war.
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  • @lauritorni4879
    @lauritorni4879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5277

    British Generals when they gain 6 miles at the cost of 500,000 men
    *I see this as an absolute win!*

    • @stevec7770
      @stevec7770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Stabsgefreiter
      Haig=moron

    • @AusFeral23
      @AusFeral23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Germany still lost both world wars

    • @chjesco
      @chjesco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@AusFeral23 and now?

    • @AusFeral23
      @AusFeral23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@chjesco I think we are all fucked now

    • @flyingdutchman9053
      @flyingdutchman9053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Feral Orifice it still was the most skilled army in the world at its time (especially ww2)

  • @mr.bombastic413
    @mr.bombastic413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    “Hey is 3 a big number”
    Me: “Depends on the context, money no; yards gained in WW1 yes

  • @Payduro
    @Payduro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2516

    On his dying words he raised...
    “Tell the tale of Passchendaele”

    • @chasemorlock
      @chasemorlock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Relive all that he’s been through
      As communion of his soul
      Rust your bullets with his tears
      Let me tell you bout his years

    • @travishernandez4405
      @travishernandez4405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      🤘🤘🤘

    • @robertarvidsson04
      @robertarvidsson04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@chasemorlock Laying low in a blood filled trench
      Kill Tim 'til my very own death
      On my face I can feel the falling rain
      Never see my friends again

    • @vegasspaceprogram6623
      @vegasspaceprogram6623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Iron maiden?

    • @dudeofvalor9294
      @dudeofvalor9294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vegasspaceprogram6623 for you th-cam.com/video/Z2pxaiXy_Go/w-d-xo.html
      enjoy :)

  • @AssassinEmbers
    @AssassinEmbers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    "You are not expected to survive"

    • @paulwilkinson4073
      @paulwilkinson4073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Intense battlefield 1 music 🎵!

    • @ebolaboi6967
      @ebolaboi6967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bf1 right

    • @Jaliladin
      @Jaliladin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bf1!!!

    • @builtdifferent7527
      @builtdifferent7527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Furaha Ruhiu I loved playing bf1 with no hud because everyone had the same uniforms and i had tried doing it in bfv but everyone was different I ended up shooting the same dude (teammate) and I was confused on why he wasnt dying

    • @builtdifferent7527
      @builtdifferent7527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Furaha Ruhiu ya it's a good game by modern standards but if you're looking for something more it isnt the right game

  • @Xazamas
    @Xazamas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4058

    Six miles of ground has been won
    Half a million men are gone
    And as the men crawled the general called
    And the killing carried on and on
    How long?
    What's the purpose of it all?
    What's the price of a mile?

    • @jonnytrai
      @jonnytrai 6 ปีที่แล้ว +409

      thousands of feet march to the beat
      it's an army on the march
      long way from home
      paying the price in young mens' lives

    • @Terawattplaysdrums
      @Terawattplaysdrums 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      I had to scroll too much to see this, here is my upvote:)

    • @alexdunphy3716
      @alexdunphy3716 6 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Thousands of feet March to the beat
      There's an army in despair
      Knee-deep in mud
      Stuck in the trench with no way out

    • @Blue-1991
      @Blue-1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      There is no price of a mile

    • @coyote9594
      @coyote9594 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Was looking for this

  • @sergilazi9179
    @sergilazi9179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1885

    In a foreign field he lay
    Lonely soldier, unknown grave
    On his dying words he prays
    Tell the world of Paschendale

    • @lt.patterson6081
      @lt.patterson6081 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Relive all that he's been through
      Last Communion of his soul
      Rust your bullets with his tears
      Let me tell you 'bout his years

    • @jaycubz1307
      @jaycubz1307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Laying low in a blood filled trench
      Kill time 'til my very own death
      On my face I can feel the falling rain
      Never see my friends again

    • @lt.patterson6081
      @lt.patterson6081 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      In the smoke,in the mud and lead
      Smell of fear,and the feeling of dread
      Soon be time to go over the wall
      Rapid fire and the end of us all

    • @aidanl2324
      @aidanl2324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Damn. I came across an AWESOME comment section. What is this from?

    • @jaycubz1307
      @jaycubz1307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Its from Paschendale by Iron Maiden.

  • @dylanviduya9274
    @dylanviduya9274 6 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    Total comments:
    1/3: Sabaton reference to "Price of a Mile"
    1/3: Iron Maiden reference to "Passchendale"
    1/3: just usual comments

    • @quasarggl7502
      @quasarggl7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rick O'Shay that’s the 0.01 percent

    • @quasarggl7502
      @quasarggl7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rick O'Shay ran out of percentage

    • @edyrlima3581
      @edyrlima3581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget we now "have ghost in the trenches" by Sabaton

    • @Real11BangBang
      @Real11BangBang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Rick O'Shay General Melchet: How did the last assault go Darling?
      Captain Darling: well I have a little map here of the ground we've taken sir.
      General Melchet: Splendid! What's the scale?
      Captain Darling: The scale? Ummm welll 1:1...... but its very life like.
      look there's a little worm.

    • @TheCourier006
      @TheCourier006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edyrlima3581 and Great War

  • @xeneth531
    @xeneth531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1094

    Battlefield 1’s depiction of Passchendaele is scarily accurate, sure it is battlefield but it captures the same terror and chaos with holes 6 feet deep filled with poison gas and water dead bodies rotting away and covered in mud. Battlefield 1 is a masterpiece of a game that holds up way better than Battlefield V which was a dumpster fire.

    • @Puppet1Show
      @Puppet1Show 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @Furaha Ruhiu it my favourite battlefield, i admit it sacrificed fun but in return we got an astonishing atmosphere but alot of players ignore it resulting in lowering the experience dramatically and then criticising the game to the point it sounds completely boring

    • @hubertgruber2341
      @hubertgruber2341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Puppet1Show now we have beyond the wire

    • @Puppet1Show
      @Puppet1Show 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hubertgruber2341 this game seems like one that'll go full on realism making it lame, remember if dice wants to they could the most realistic ww1 gamw ever but that would sacrifices too many things.

    • @hubertgruber2341
      @hubertgruber2341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Puppet1Show in my feeling beyond the wire is great as I'm comparing this to other games like squad or ps, they aren't lame for me, even with so much realism going on

    • @mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936
      @mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think Passchendaele is my favorite map in that game just based off its atmosphere alone.

  • @markhirsch6301
    @markhirsch6301 6 ปีที่แล้ว +914

    In a foreign field he lay
    Lonely Soldier, unknown grave
    On his dying words he prays
    Tell the world of passchendaele

    • @robertarvidsson04
      @robertarvidsson04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Up the Irons 🤘

    • @noahrosh8823
      @noahrosh8823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stolen

    • @robertarvidsson04
      @robertarvidsson04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@noahrosh8823
      if you spread the word of Iron Maiden, it's never stolen 🤘

    • @noahrosh8823
      @noahrosh8823 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertarvidsson04what I mean is that the comment is stolen.

    • @ok_bud6322
      @ok_bud6322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Rhoda Delgado it’s a quote not really stolen

  • @CultureCrash
    @CultureCrash 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3636

    *This is such a great channel.*

    • @macped6751
      @macped6751 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      CultureCrash Yes it is

    • @walpol3
      @walpol3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hmmmmm... Are you culture or crash?

    • @perfectdawnn6714
      @perfectdawnn6714 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      CultureCrash hi !!!!

    • @theeggman1199
      @theeggman1199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know you.

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      Thanks!

  • @usedsweatpants799
    @usedsweatpants799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Whenever I play Passchendaele in Battlefield 1 I get chills. The map is so dark, engulfed in gas , fire and obliteration. It always crosses my mind how would’ve been for the men in that war.

    • @yourboishitposts
      @yourboishitposts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I need to find a modder to put the Canadian corps in battlefield 1.

    • @xilencered7788
      @xilencered7788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yourboishitposts wish they could have done a 2nd year of DLC. So much missed but they did a good job with what was included

    • @kristianhumphreys
      @kristianhumphreys ปีที่แล้ว

      Battlefield 1 rules

    • @laytonrobinson-gr5qp
      @laytonrobinson-gr5qp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yourboishitpostsjust become pehhaghowa and guide troops in battlefield 1 😂

    • @elduquecaradura1468
      @elduquecaradura1468 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And you cannot smell it because it's a game but it had to be sickening

  • @goodshipkaraboudjan
    @goodshipkaraboudjan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    As Captain Blackadder says, "All to move General Haigs drinks cabinet 6 inches closer to Berlin."

    • @reinardish
      @reinardish 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      While pretending to be mad

    • @mrmarkgor6604
      @mrmarkgor6604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s another “gargantuan” effort to move his drinks cabinet 6 inches closer to Berlin

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrmarkgor6604 Correct, my mistake!

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +960

    Rain, mud and death. The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)
    What World War videos do you want to see next?

    • @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278
      @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Simple History the White army please

    • @casdemoulin687
      @casdemoulin687 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Simple History could the belgian army from WW1 be possible?

    • @anshgoel
      @anshgoel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indian army ww2 with Korean war

    • @uranicsnow1782
      @uranicsnow1782 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hacksaw or the battle for the bulge

    • @d56457iiiii
      @d56457iiiii 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Battle of the bon

  • @danielhughes1711
    @danielhughes1711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    0:38 the flag was just having a seizure

    • @simonsaura8138
      @simonsaura8138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂

    • @CODMWFan141
      @CODMWFan141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao yes

    • @ishanjain914
      @ishanjain914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @Blue-J4
      @Blue-J4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had talked about it

  • @LEFT4BASS
    @LEFT4BASS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    300k losses and 260k enemy casualties. That actually a really successful offensive by WWI standards.

    • @OneTrueWindfall
      @OneTrueWindfall 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I mean... should we mention Verdun?

    • @mathewkelly9968
      @mathewkelly9968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LEFT4BASS haven't heard of the 100 days offensive in 1918

    • @roftar
      @roftar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It's far from a success, comparing the losses with the terrain gain.
      Christopher Gan
      2 months ago
      500000÷6=83333.333...
      1 mile =1.609km
      83333.333...x1.609=134083.333...
      134083÷1000=134.083
      1 metre equals 134 lives
      Purpose?
      To prevent a potential german blockade that would hurt the allied war effort.
      He made the calcul.

    • @stephenhosking7384
      @stephenhosking7384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I recall someone saying of French Field-Marshall Petain. If he lost 500,000 men and the enemy lost 500,001, it was a victory.

    • @whyareyoureadingthis5308
      @whyareyoureadingthis5308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This genuinely makes me sad

  • @wobbles3217
    @wobbles3217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I heard at one point that this battle was Tolkien's inspiration for the Dead Marshes. Tolkien hated allegories, but the horrors he experienced in WWI heavily colored his world view

    • @j.antoniomora7765
      @j.antoniomora7765 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No mate, He participated and fought at the Battle of the Somme. And the panoramma was his inspiration to lay a realistic depiction of mordor. No man's land is what he thought would look like

  • @GiraffeFeatures
    @GiraffeFeatures 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    My Great-Grandfather died a week before the end of The Battle of Passchendaele. Went to visit Tyne Cot to see his name written on the wall there and mark the 100th year of his death, what was left of him was buried however the makeshift graveyard was blown up and his body lost so he's listed on the wall as appose to on a grave.

    • @jruth77
      @jruth77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Interim that's really cool/sad. My great grandpa was fighting toward the end of the war and he was part of the force deployed by the US. He would tell stories (limited) about the horrors of the war

    • @nayten0324
      @nayten0324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My great grandma’s uncle, pvt Harry Lythe emigrated from England to Canada in 1910. In 1914 or 1915 he joined the Canadian expeditionary force and went missing in October 1917 in Passchendaele, his name is on the vimy memorial

    • @smartgorilla219
      @smartgorilla219 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn thats cool (like sad) but still sorta intressting

  • @duncangraczyk7287
    @duncangraczyk7287 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1235

    "thousands of elves and men and orcses, all dead, all rotten"
    EDIT: it's been four years folks, you can stop being like "tHe SoMme hUr dUr"

    • @TheNightlessFall
      @TheNightlessFall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i remember .-.

    • @spartan4196
      @spartan4196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I think that scene was more inspired by the somme than passchendaele

    • @daviebaggins
      @daviebaggins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Interesting tolkien reference, i think your right.

    • @Darksky1001able
      @Darksky1001able 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Somme.

    • @Elrond_Hubbard_1
      @Elrond_Hubbard_1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Umm, I think a lot of people are aware of that fact.

  • @Real11BangBang
    @Real11BangBang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    General Melchet: How did the last assault go Darling?
    Captain Darling: well I have a little map here of the ground we've taken sir.
    General Melchet: Splendid! What's the scale?
    Captain Darling: The scale? Ummm welll 1:1...... but its very life like.
    look there's a little worm.

    • @wwb16
      @wwb16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Baaa!

    • @henrypulleine8750
      @henrypulleine8750 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah yes, Blackadder Goes Forth. About as accurate depiction of the Great War as 'Allo 'Allo is of the efforts of the French Resistance in the Second World War.

    • @Elrond_Hubbard_1
      @Elrond_Hubbard_1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      General Melchett: _"AHHHH Tally Ho, Yippity Dap and Zing Zang Spillip! Looking forward to bullying off for the final Chucka??"_
      Baldrick: 😐

  • @QuEeN-uy6lg
    @QuEeN-uy6lg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The fact that they faught so so hard to secure a port land that would be evacuated a year later makes me genuinely sad.

    • @Jdxy1
      @Jdxy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Look up the Osowiec battle on the eastern front, it’s even sadder. Russia cruelly lost hundreds of men before blowing up the fortress and retreating.

  • @slaughterghoul3662
    @slaughterghoul3662 6 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    Life lesson at 1:08
    Kill a enemy with a shovel, his teammate will pierce your flesh with a bayonet

  • @Zergis
    @Zergis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    still don't get why this channel doesn't have millions of subscribers

    • @ryanlegoman3189
      @ryanlegoman3189 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ergis AE same

    • @rayleishen
      @rayleishen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it’s cause the videos are short

    • @abdulraufanuar4886
      @abdulraufanuar4886 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The channel's subscribers is gradually growing.

    • @jacobbrorsson2353
      @jacobbrorsson2353 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The thing about this channel is, if you compare it to other history telling channels you can really see that this channel is very unique

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I believe its because we have a lot of military themed videos and the algorithm confuses our educational, animated content with combat footage etc, therefore hiding the channel from trending, promotion so forth

  • @TonecrafteLuthiery
    @TonecrafteLuthiery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    Little know fact: In order to be a British General, your first name must be Hubert.
    The More You Know.
    Paid for by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers like you!

    • @alltheworldswonders4926
      @alltheworldswonders4926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It makes a great turtle name too

    • @awfullygenericname6783
      @awfullygenericname6783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What about Hubert Hubert.

    • @brandonking8975
      @brandonking8975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@awfullygenericname6783 there was only 2 generals named Hubert... L

    • @whosaidthat84
      @whosaidthat84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I know a guy named Hubert (Asian dude) and I used to called him Hubes for short. Then they started calling him Pubes.

    • @bandit5747
      @bandit5747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@whosaidthat84 sux to be him

  • @antiusername10
    @antiusername10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    0:38
    Damn flag, I told you to lay off the drugs.

  • @mrjopen270
    @mrjopen270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +942

    We Canadians celebrate this battle as the show of Canadian pride,may the poppy be a signal of all the loses of this battle

    • @paulenan9636
      @paulenan9636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      People are actually celebrating something about this messy waste of a war besides it's end?

    • @bingobongo1615
      @bingobongo1615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This is the one thing about Canada that seems pretty stupid (same thing with Australia...) why do people celebrate getting slaughtered for a British cause in WW1?

    • @DinaAissiou
      @DinaAissiou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      we dont celebrate " getting slaughtered for a British cause in WW1", we remember the losses and we make sure that those soldiers who have died for us and our freedom are remembered. we don't only remember the sacrifices of the first world war during remembrance day, we remember the second as well as the wars that are happening now, and those soldiers who are fighting at the moment..

    • @iBloodxHunter
      @iBloodxHunter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bingobongo1615 because those nations were beginning to become independent.

    • @Orthanderis
      @Orthanderis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      We didn't die for freedom, if we did it certainly wasn't ours. Also, we had no choice to go. Kind of ironic. Ultimately, we died for no real reason in Canada except Britains Imperialism and European stupidity. Then we had to do it again 20 years later for the same reason.
      We don't celebrate in Canada, we remember, past, present, and future, the dead, the horrors, and the stories, so we can't forget what happened. Yet, despite the hundreds of thousands dead and having no choice to go we have a quiet pride, because ww1 is what gave us a national identity and symbols, independence, and for the first time equal respect from Europeans.
      Canada as it is today can't exist without WW1 and 2, it's just not possible. We understand that, so we bow our heads and remember to show respect for the dead and silently thank them because of the dichotemy of it.
      The war was horrible, but it was our baptism of fire, and we understand that it was both senseless and neccisary, so we give thanks. It's a way to respect the dead while simultaniously showing appreciation for the sacrifice.
      Canada had no choice to go, and died in droves for a war half of us were against and were conscripted to fight. By the end of it we won respect from Europe, had a unified national identity, had a unified cultural identity that was seperate from Europe and America, and won our independence. All reinforced in ww2.
      So, we show admiration for the dead and thank the sacrifice, while remembering the senseless nature of it.

  • @mm-hj8wr
    @mm-hj8wr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    Half a million lives at stake
    Ask the fields of Passchendaele

    • @ataozd_
      @ataozd_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      War Born As the night falls,
      The general calls

    • @aruhe6650
      @aruhe6650 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      And the battle carries on and on
      How long?

    • @unphazed_
      @unphazed_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      And the battle carries on and on... What was the purpose of it all?

    • @Army-ef3ti
      @Army-ef3ti 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      whats the price of a mile?

    • @noahwatt1269
      @noahwatt1269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      tousands of feet march to the beat its an army on the march
      long way from home
      paying the price in young mens lives

  • @QueenVoodo0
    @QueenVoodo0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    In a foreign field he lay
    Lonely soldier, unknown grave
    On his dying words he prays
    Tell the world of Paschendale
    Relive all that he's been through
    Last communion of his soul
    Rust your bullets with his tears
    Let me tell you 'bout his years
    Laying low in a blood filled trench
    Kill Tim 'til my very own death
    On my face I can feel the falling rain
    Never see my friends again

    • @loop4737
      @loop4737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok geek

    • @F15_C
      @F15_C 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Six miles of ground, have been won
      HALF A MILLION, MEN ARE GONE
      And as the men, crawled, the general called, and killing carried on, and on...
      what was the purpose of it all?
      what's the price of a mile?

  • @noodlehousefilms3028
    @noodlehousefilms3028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    Keep men, lose land: land can be taken again. Keep land, lose men: land and men are both lost.
    -Mao Zedong

    • @markus8553
      @markus8553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Thats a good qoute but mao was mass murderer

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Said from a man who adopted the same tactics of the red army (20000000 war casualties)

    • @spiderduckpig
      @spiderduckpig 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pietro Tettamanti mao wasn’t in command during world war 2 against japan, that was Chiang Kai shel of roc not prc

    • @eatass1332
      @eatass1332 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pietrotettamanti7239 16 million chinese soldiers fought for all china's, only 5-7 million died most were civilians

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lolumad 😂 war is useless

  • @Cormac_YT
    @Cormac_YT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    *ANOTHER VERY GOOD EDUCATIONAL VIDEO THANK YOU*

    • @omphya6229
      @omphya6229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why is this in bold letters, all caps, and has no one exept for me responded to it

  • @somerando3718
    @somerando3718 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Honestly Canada deserves far more credit in the world wars than it gets

    • @KiloMafia9
      @KiloMafia9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trash

    • @ricardorascon88
      @ricardorascon88 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah fr we never seen them in the games like battlefield...only allies are like France America England Italy Russia

    • @ollie03
      @ollie03 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fr I hate how people think the Canadians were useless. They achieved what many couldn't

    • @nz540im3
      @nz540im3 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      dont forget new zealand, it was the new zealand division that was pivotal in winning messine

  • @gj1508
    @gj1508 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love that you added the new zealand and australian soldiers next to the brits at 0:40 seconds in. Respect to your channel

  • @whatscout78
    @whatscout78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    french: eepres
    english: eepres
    german: eepres
    simplehistory: EEP

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wipers

    • @redsnoof
      @redsnoof 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me: YeePress

  • @zacharyeden5034
    @zacharyeden5034 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Interesting fact is that Gen. Currie was against using the Canadian corps at passchendaele and predicted that this would cause 15,000 canadian causualties. And he was accurate with his assessment

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Zachary Eden yep

    • @dontuseyourcellulardata7599
      @dontuseyourcellulardata7599 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read a book about this once

    • @stewboy5490
      @stewboy5490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dontuseyourcellulardata7599 What book? I;m reading Tim Cook's 'Shock Trooper', it's very specific on the Canadian's from 1917-1918. Great book on the elite Canadians in WW1

  • @ryanontheradio8590
    @ryanontheradio8590 6 ปีที่แล้ว +565

    Know that many men will suffer
    know that many men will die
    half a million lives at stake
    ask the fields of Passchendaele
    and as the night falls the general calls
    and the killing carries on
    I long
    what is the purpose of it all?
    What's the price of a mile?

    • @landwehr8646
      @landwehr8646 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army on the march
      Long way from home
      Paying the price in young mens lives

    • @Osean_Kitty
      @Osean_Kitty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army in despair
      Knee-deep in mud
      Stuck in the trench with no way out

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Young men are dying,
      They pay the price,
      Oh how they suffer,
      So tell me what's the price of a mile?

    • @valdemarkuhl2713
      @valdemarkuhl2713 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      all men of culture here good to see

    • @jaycubz1307
      @jaycubz1307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's the price of a mile

  • @ekkarus
    @ekkarus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My great great grandfather fought in the battle of 3rd battle of Ypres
    Thanks for making this
    Luv ur vids

  • @jacksonhill2494
    @jacksonhill2494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Because of this battle JRR Tolkien made the dead marshes a famous landmark in his Hit LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy.

  • @markhannel2885
    @markhannel2885 6 ปีที่แล้ว +859

    Do the battle of vimy ridge

    • @Crazed-oi3bs
      @Crazed-oi3bs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Frost Fox - Went there on a school trip.

    • @Crazed-oi3bs
      @Crazed-oi3bs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      peter grafkind - Nah just the ridge, wouldn’t mind plunging a bayonet through the hearts of the Hun though!

    • @James-gn2tf
      @James-gn2tf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You would mind, you would mind stabbing someone to death though.

    • @carnoyoutubeman
      @carnoyoutubeman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Frost Fox Yes!! I can’t wait for a Vimy Ridge Video! Because (of course) I am Canadian

    • @markhannel2885
      @markhannel2885 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The Carno King I'm also Canadian, that's why I want to see it

  • @justdingers857
    @justdingers857 6 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Iron Maiden wrote a great song called paschendale

    • @badguitarist9848
      @badguitarist9848 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I see you are a person of culture too

    • @rebelRed_
      @rebelRed_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Sabaton did one too

    • @ant4767
      @ant4767 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Red ScoutTM What's the price of a mile? good song, about a bloody battle.

    • @iliadnetfear2586
      @iliadnetfear2586 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sabaton ' s one is pretty good

    • @ant4767
      @ant4767 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      IliadNetFear Hear the sound of the machine gun, hear it Echo in the night. Mortars firing, rains the scene, scarred the fields that once we're green.

  • @jacobwells9207
    @jacobwells9207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    In a foreign field he lay
    Lonely soldier, unknown grave
    On his dying words he prays
    Tell the world of Paschendale

  • @SwedishWarGoat.
    @SwedishWarGoat. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Now that you know the story go listen to the song The price of a mile by Sabaton.

    • @Ruby321123
      @Ruby321123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or "Paschendale" by Iron Maiden.

    • @ZZZ-hs2ts
      @ZZZ-hs2ts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Swedish War Goat yall have the worst taste in music lmao

    • @ZZZ-hs2ts
      @ZZZ-hs2ts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      zombieeater657 Travis scott da goat 🐐

    • @Dr-gk2vp
      @Dr-gk2vp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thomas fasano shut up, it’s a good song

    • @peterlonergan
      @peterlonergan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How about "go on home British soldiers, go on home".

  • @blupolo2389
    @blupolo2389 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Hear the sound of a machine gun
    Hear it echo in the night
    Mortals firing rains the scene
    Scars the fields
    That once were green

    • @erikbortuzzo8968
      @erikbortuzzo8968 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SABATON: The Price of a Mile!

    • @Battleship009
      @Battleship009 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a stalemate at the front line
      Where the soldiers rest in mud
      Roads and houses, all is gone
      There's no glory to be won.

    • @MarshalShayCormac
      @MarshalShayCormac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What is the Price of a mile?
      One Mile = half a million men gone

    • @F15_C
      @F15_C 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MarshalShayCormac "6 miles of ground has been won"
      "half a million men are gone"
      6/5 = 1.2
      so price of a mile is 120,000 men lives

  • @trycoldman2358
    @trycoldman2358 6 ปีที่แล้ว +677

    Sound off ! Miles?!
    *Dead!*
    Kehal?!
    *Dead!*
    Horn?!
    *Really dead....*

    • @barsbay7598
      @barsbay7598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      trycoldman23 I lost it when he said that lmao

    • @user-gp5wu6hk2c
      @user-gp5wu6hk2c 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The best ww1 movie ever, "Passchendaele"

    • @christophersalinas2722
      @christophersalinas2722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      trycoldman23 why do I always see You?

    • @increasesbowleureka3775
      @increasesbowleureka3775 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      trycoldman23 why am I seeing you everywhere!!! Last t8me I saw you was 8na. LEGO video, then zombie apocalypse one then here@?! I’m not joking your following me

    • @snakeeateerrrrr
      @snakeeateerrrrr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      trycoldman23 not you again

  • @jediknight2627
    @jediknight2627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Great war
    And i cannot take more
    Great tour
    I keep on marching on!

    • @leggagone833
      @leggagone833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I play the great score
      There will be no encore

    • @greninjamastergabe6452
      @greninjamastergabe6452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Great War
      The war to end all wars

    • @louishindry6836
      @louishindry6836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm standing here, I'm full of fear with bodies at my feet. Over there in the other trench bullets wear my name. Lead ahead as the captain said and show them no remorse, who am I to understand what have I become.

    • @thetankgeneral5775
      @thetankgeneral5775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I do my duties, pay the price

    • @louishindry6836
      @louishindry6836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I DO THE WORTHY SACRIFICE!!!

  • @jameshorth2722
    @jameshorth2722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ive been there it’s truly humbling to see all the memorials and trenches

  • @underscorer1179
    @underscorer1179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Teaches me more than my teacher in like 3 or 4 minutes than a whole hour

    • @loumcboy
      @loumcboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      These teach me more history then my whole 4 years of high school history

    • @burgerbobby8191
      @burgerbobby8191 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      same bruv

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Get the new Simple History limited edition T-Shirt ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT@: www.bonfire.com/simple-history-1/

  • @supermcmattman7549
    @supermcmattman7549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    *insert Sabaton or Iron Maiden lyrics*
    (love both bands! Glad to see so many fans here)

    • @doomslayerplushie6662
      @doomslayerplushie6662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Laying low on a blood filled trench
      I haven't heard that song for a long time so I didn't remember all of the lyrics

    • @Tom_Corvus5
      @Tom_Corvus5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hear the sound of a machine gun
      Hear it echo in the night
      Mortals firing rains the scene
      Scars the fields
      That once were green
      It's a stalemate at the front line
      Where the soldiers rest in mud
      Roads and houses
      All is gone
      There is no glory to be won
      know that many men will suffer
      Know that many men will die
      Half a million lives at stake
      Ask the fields of Passchendaele
      And as the night falls the general calls
      And the battle carries on and on
      How long?
      What is the purpose of it all
      What's the price of a mile?
      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army on the march
      Long way from home
      Paying the price in young men's lives
      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army in despair
      Knee-deep in mud
      Stuck in the trench with no way out
      Thousands of machineguns
      Kept on firing through the night
      Mortars blazed and wrecked the scene
      Guns in the fields that once were green
      Still a deadlock at the front line
      Where the soldiers die in mud
      Roads and houses since long gone
      Still no glory has been won
      Know that many men has suffered
      Know that many men has died
      Six miles of ground has been won
      Half a million men are gone
      And as the men crawled the general called
      And the killing carried on and on
      How long?
      What's the purpose of it all?
      What's the price of a mile?
      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army on the march
      Long way from home
      Paying the price in young men's lives
      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army in despair
      Knee-deep in mud
      Stuck in the trench with no way out
      Young men are dying
      They pay the price
      Oh how they suffer
      So tell me what's the price of a mile
      That's the price of a mile.
      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army on the march
      Long way from home
      Paying the price in young men's lives
      Thousands of feet march to the beat
      It's an army in despair
      Knee-deep in mud
      Stuck in the trench with no way out
      (Message from Slovakia)

    • @datsoldier4063
      @datsoldier4063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How bout inserting 1914(band)?

  • @denanaboi965
    @denanaboi965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    This comment section is just the same poem used over and over.
    Nice

    • @gocubs1815
      @gocubs1815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's not a poem... They are Iron Maiden lyrics. Just TH-cam "Iron Maiden Pachendale"

    • @mpk6664
      @mpk6664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@gocubs1815 and Sabaton lyrics

    • @Omar-sx6sj
      @Omar-sx6sj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Denana Boi This comment section sucks to be honest. It’s incredibly unoriginal.

  • @ataozd_
    @ataozd_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thousand of feet march to the beat
    It’s a army on the march
    Long way from home paying the price in young men’s lives
    Thousand of feet march to the beat
    It’s an army in despair,
    Knee-deep in mud
    Stuck in a trench with no way out
    Price of a Mile by Sabaton (Nice song about this war, listen to it)

  • @Nostr00
    @Nostr00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    *Hear the sound of a machinegun*
    *Hear it echo in the night*
    *Mortals firing rains the scene*
    *Scars the fields*
    *that once were green*

    • @mpitt0730
      @mpitt0730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a stalemate at the frontline, where the soldiers die in mud

    • @sexmodtf2freepunjabinoviru162
      @sexmodtf2freepunjabinoviru162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A man of culture, I see.

    • @Tom_Corvus5
      @Tom_Corvus5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roads and houses all is gone,
      *THERE’S NO GLORY TO BE WON!*
      (Message from Slovakia)

  • @Dantheman-dv9rl
    @Dantheman-dv9rl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My great great great uncle John Beckett passed away on 12th October the first day of 3rd ypres, after being in service for a year. His brother and several others were hit by the same shell in the middle of the menin road on a fatigue party and one other passed away as a result of it. His younger brother was sent back to Australia in 1918 with a minor leg injury. He was 31 years old. After all the time ive spent researching them and war history in general it never ceases to fascinate and stun me

  • @TerraSept
    @TerraSept 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    This is an interesting video, but tell me...
    What's the price of a mile?

  • @Jay-yw3nr
    @Jay-yw3nr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The battle of passchendaele was a one of the battles that showed that the Canadian core was a adequate fighting force

    • @nolanmaisey
      @nolanmaisey 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jaden Clive adequate? Tu détestes le Canada?

    • @jacobwells9207
      @jacobwells9207 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was

    • @stewboy5490
      @stewboy5490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Adequate? I would say one of the most elite forces in WW1 by 1917. The Canadian's never lost a battle after 1916: Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Battle of Lens, the last 100 days

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Adequate...Seriously? Have you seen the other battles we did there was nothing adequate about it, they were the shock troopers of British Empire.

  • @Daniel-kq4bx
    @Daniel-kq4bx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My Grand Grandfather was imprisonend in Russia and when he was liberated he decided to went home to see his homeland again even though he knew he had to fight on the Frontline in France. Lukily the war ended before that.

  • @xReLentLess213
    @xReLentLess213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Germany holding their ground against the armies of 3 countries, What a fighting force 💀

    • @baileyhawkins4126
      @baileyhawkins4126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Superdude70 they only lost because Germany started war with Russia , have u ever heard of Dunkirk the whole British army almost got wipped allowing Germany to invade the uk and it’s already taken Europe so Germany wouldn’t fight a war on 2 fronts

    • @baileyhawkins4126
      @baileyhawkins4126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Superdude70 true true , but have u heard about Germans new super army ? They coming round for a 3rd time boyssssss

    • @Apodeipnon
      @Apodeipnon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@baileyhawkins4126 uhm, Dunkirk was in WW2..?

    • @panzerrjcb
      @panzerrjcb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Superdude70 But they inflicted massive casualties.

    • @aswholechannel6058
      @aswholechannel6058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Superdude70 nuclear bombs were made in 1945 dude

  • @basswanderer2765
    @basswanderer2765 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Grandfather was a sapper of the 107th C.E.F. ,who was decorated with a Military Medal of bravery for keeping the Graven-stafel road clear on the night of Nov. 9th 1917 in this battle.
    Thank you for this channel.

  • @redlinedreamin
    @redlinedreamin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    By far the best history channel on all of youtube!

  • @Louthanjen
    @Louthanjen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    can you do a vid on the spanish civil war

    • @billturner7363
      @billturner7363 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mic Clank Ye and include every country involved including England, Australia etv

    • @amexicanball2481
      @amexicanball2481 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ;-;

    • @crusader_wolf1104
      @crusader_wolf1104 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have been waiting for them to do this

    • @alperene8528
      @alperene8528 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mic Clank Yes,that's a very good idea.

    • @BigTurkoman
      @BigTurkoman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rip commies

  • @laama-tv450
    @laama-tv450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My great grandad fought on the British side in WW1 and told a story of paschandaele. They were marching through the battlefield after the battle and saw a british soldier stuck in the mud, they tried to pull him out with men and then horses but the mud was so thick he was stuck and they had to leave him. Hour by hour he sunk more and more into the mud. One day they walked past him again and the mud was up to his belly. They still couldn’t do anything to help him. A few days later they walked past him again and the mud was upto his chin and he was desperately trying to move in the mud and create an opening, but couldn’t do anything. The next time they walked past only the top of his hair was showing and he had drowned in the mud, what a horrible and slow way to die.

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He would have been shot long before he drowned.

  • @seneca983
    @seneca983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    1:07 Did that guy hit himself in the head with a shovel?

  • @Justin-un7nx
    @Justin-un7nx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    BUT AS THE MEN CRAWL, THE GENERAL CALLS AND THE KILLING CARRIES ON, AND ON. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF IT ALL?? WHAT’S THE PRICE, OF A MILE?

    • @glorifiedtoaster4368
      @glorifiedtoaster4368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      THOUSANDS OF FEET MARCH TO THE BEAT!
      IT'S AN ARMY ON THE MARCH
      LONG WAY FROM HOME!

    • @pascalsnippe7460
      @pascalsnippe7460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      PAYING THE PRICE IN YOUNG MEN'S LIVEA

    • @neilherries8751
      @neilherries8751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THOUSANDS OF FEET MARCH TO THE BEAT
      IT’S AN ARMY IN DESPAIR
      KNEE-DEEP IN MUD
      STUCK IN THE TRENCH WITH NO WAY OUT

  • @Cormac_YT
    @Cormac_YT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    *CAN YOU DO THE SPAINISH CIVIL WAR*

  • @yoinkymcsploinky9649
    @yoinkymcsploinky9649 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    All I can hear when seeing the word “passchendaele” is a sick guitar shred from the Iron Maiden song

    • @gulfrelay2249
      @gulfrelay2249 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grand Funk Railroad I Can Feel Him in the Morning. cheesy ending, but the truth.

    • @sexmodtf2freepunjabinoviru162
      @sexmodtf2freepunjabinoviru162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can hear thousands of feet marching to the beat.

  • @SunnidaleProductions
    @SunnidaleProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Canadians had the biggest part in the 3rd battle of Ypres aka the battle of passchendaele, the 1st Canadian division captures it almost entirely by themselves, but in this video you seem to show that the British did it with barely any help

  • @jordanthielen
    @jordanthielen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    who has seen Passchendaele?

    • @Alagska
      @Alagska 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jordan Thielen the movie or the place either way I have seen both

    • @morax1030
      @morax1030 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did, was already terrified of the bayonet scene in the beginning

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      movie?

    • @rossyboys343
      @rossyboys343 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya

    • @rossyboys343
      @rossyboys343 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Simple History there is a movie based on the canadian side of the battle

  • @kaithemc1638
    @kaithemc1638 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Great video. All of them are good though. I bought simple history World War One and two and they were amazing. Keep up the good work

  • @thesmirkingwolf
    @thesmirkingwolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went to Ypres when I was a student overseas in the UK. I will never forget it.
    To this day, farmers frequently turn up unexploded munitions and pile them up at the end of their driveways for disposal.

  • @erojerisiz1571
    @erojerisiz1571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In a foreign field he lay
    Lonely soldier, unknown grave
    On his dying words he prays
    Tell the world of Paschendale
    Relive all that he's been through
    Last communion of his soul
    Rust your bullets with his tears
    Let me tell you 'bout his years
    Laying low in a blood filled trench
    Kill time 'til my very own death
    On my face I can feel the falling rain
    Never see my friends again
    In the smoke, in the mud and lead
    Smell the fear and the feeling of dread
    Soon be time to go over the wall
    Rapid fire and end of us all
    Whistles, shouts and more gun fire
    Lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
    Battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb
    Be reunited with my dead friends soon
    Many soldiers eighteen years
    Drown in mud, no more tears
    Surely a war no-one can win
    Killing time about to begin
    Home, far away
    From the war, a chance to live again
    Home, far away
    But the war, no chance to live again
    The bodies of ours and our foes
    The sea of death it overflows
    In no man's land, God only knows
    Into jaws of death we go
    Crucified as if on a cross
    Allied troops they mourn their loss
    German war propaganda machine
    Such before has never been seen
    Swear I heard the angels cry
    Pray to god no more may die
    So that people know the truth
    Tell the tale of Paschendale
    Cruelty has a human heart
    Every man does play his part
    Terror of the men we kill
    The human heart is hungry still
    I stand my ground for the very last time
    Gun is ready as I stand in line
    Nervous wait for the whistle to blow
    Rush of blood and over we go
    Blood is falling like the rain
    Its crimson cloak unveils again
    The sound of guns can't hide their shame
    And so we die on Paschendale
    Dodging shrapnel and barbed wire
    Running straight at cannon fire
    Running blind as I hold my breath
    Say a prayer symphony of death
    As we charge the enemy lines
    A burst of fire and we go down
    I choke a cry but no-one hears
    Feel the blood go down my throat
    Home, far away
    From the war, a chance to live again
    Home, far away
    But the war, no chance to live again
    Home, far away
    From the war, a chance to live again
    Home, far away
    But the war, no chance to live again
    See my spirit on the wind
    Across the lines, beyond the hill
    Friend and foe will meet again
    Those who died at Paschendale

  • @Crom_Apsotle
    @Crom_Apsotle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It's a stalemate at the front line
    Where the soldiers rest in mud
    Roads and houses
    All is gone
    There is no glory to be won
    know that many men will suffer
    Know that many men will die
    Half a million lives at stake
    Ask the fields of Passchendaele
    And as the night falls the general calls
    And the battle carries on and on
    How long?
    What is the purpose of it all
    What's the price of a mile?

    • @nighthawk72j80
      @nighthawk72j80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thousands of feet march to the beat,
      it's an army on the march!
      Long way from home,
      paying the price in young men's lives! Thousands of feet march to the beat,
      it's an army in despair!
      Knee deep in mud,
      stuck in a trench, with no way out!

  • @sviatoslavs.1305
    @sviatoslavs.1305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Uploaded 10 mins ago, under 1000 club.
    Let me tell you a joke:
    *Operation "Barbarossa."*

    • @yes-tw8df
      @yes-tw8df 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sviatoslav S. i mean the russians lost like 20 million men

    • @sviatoslavs.1305
      @sviatoslavs.1305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      27 million, actually.
      But still the operation has failed.

    • @sviatoslavs.1305
      @sviatoslavs.1305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can't disagree.

    • @Ccciuzz
      @Ccciuzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HELP still a stupid operation. I mean, didn't Germany and the Soviet Union have a non-agression pact?

    • @yes-tw8df
      @yes-tw8df 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      random guy one of them were gonna invade each other eventually. commies and nazis dont get along well.

  • @martinm3394
    @martinm3394 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    One of the battles that shaped the country of Canada! Can you do a video on Vimy ridge?

    • @danrook5757
      @danrook5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Martin M : a country shouldn’t be born or shaped from battles

    • @tesseract2365
      @tesseract2365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@danrook5757 Interesting Dan. You mean morally? Aren't almost all countries 'born or shaped from battles'?

    • @LeCommieBoi
      @LeCommieBoi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dan Rook Canada wouldn’t be the same without the sacrifices we did during WW1. Our actions during the war, especially Vimy and Paschendale, gave Canada legitimacy and a real place on the world stage not only as a British territory, but as a distinct people. We showed the world that we weren’t depending on the brits anymore. This led to the Westminster Status of 1931 which gave us even more autonomy and then later the return of our constitution in 1982.
      Furthermore, the 1931 Westminster status didnt only benefit Canada, but also all of important overseas possessions of the British (except India, sadly).
      All of this because of the men who, being from Canada or any other British dominion, sacrificed their life on the battlefields.

    • @vothbetilia4862
      @vothbetilia4862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danrook5757 Well Martin M had no idea what he was talking about.

  • @corylemons7242
    @corylemons7242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    And I heard the voice of the lord saying Who shall I send, who will go for us. And I said. Here am I. Send me.
    Rip to all fallen soldiers of all sides.

  • @xclonejager6959
    @xclonejager6959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The battle of passchendaele showed the first real proof that the tank could be used effectively on the battlefield and be used to break the stalemate of the western front and forever ensured the tank core would live on to bring the allies to victory "From mud, through blood to the green fields beyond"

    • @ea.fitz216
      @ea.fitz216 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      FEAR NAUGHT
      Going to join the RTC when I've got a degree.

  • @kuoseis
    @kuoseis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    awesome video! I dont know do you still remember me, i've been watching your videos for 1.5 years already, subbed since you had 5k subs :)

    • @nicholasperry4730
      @nicholasperry4730 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      KOLMEKAKKONE Pepperidge farm remembers

  • @alexd4566
    @alexd4566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Probably one of the most gruesome battles ever

  • @Snowbird_89
    @Snowbird_89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the best maps in BF1

  • @BigBossTussBall
    @BigBossTussBall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Six miles of ground has been won
    Half a million men are gone
    And as the men crawled, the general called and the killing carried on and on.
    How long?
    What was the purpose of it all?
    What's the price of a mile?

  • @RoyaCanadianInfantry
    @RoyaCanadianInfantry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    French Canadian conscription crisis during WWII

  • @harrisoncorey282
    @harrisoncorey282 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Takes me back to grade ten Canadian history ;)

  • @robsmith7567
    @robsmith7567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'd recommend the Canadian movie "Passchendaele" great movie.

    • @rexmundi3108
      @rexmundi3108 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you like romances I guess.

    • @polterpup4440
      @polterpup4440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rexmundi3108 The ending battle is quite good but I'm not into romances

  • @anthonythefirst9451
    @anthonythefirst9451 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Woah your animations are becoming better.

  • @TheDadFatherX
    @TheDadFatherX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My great grandfather was the sole survivor in his platoon after a shell hit them in the trenches, in this battle. Danke for surviving!

  • @lydiawen7069
    @lydiawen7069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great grand father was a biplane pilot for The British in ww1 but was killed in action during the Battle of Britain in ww2

  • @verynice5815
    @verynice5815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great great granddad fought and died in this battle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

  • @huntclanhunt9697
    @huntclanhunt9697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You'd think the allies would have realised their bombardments were making their own attack more difficult...

  • @will-qw1tk
    @will-qw1tk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My Grandfather though during Pachendale he got hit by a German Sniper R.I.P him. :(

    • @XHitsugaX
      @XHitsugaX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dude how old are you when your granddad fought in WW1

  • @shivshave99
    @shivshave99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    300,000 casualties on both sides. The mass scale of that battle you can’t even begin to imagine the horror

  • @TheScaryman1945
    @TheScaryman1945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to see these older videos redone with the new animations

  • @BlazerProject
    @BlazerProject 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Price of a Mile
    Now I know the full story of that song. Thanks

  • @leopard2a547
    @leopard2a547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    *Sabaton intensifies* THOUSANDS OF FEET MARCH TO THE BEAT IT'S AN ARMY ON THE MARCH! LONG WAY FROM HOME PAID THE PRICE IN YOUNG MEN LIVES! THOUSANDS OF FEET MARCH TO THE BEAT IT'S AN ARMY IN DESPAIR! KNEE-DEEP IN MUD STUCK IN THE TRENCHES WITH NO WAY OUT!

  • @crafterpug
    @crafterpug 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk why but I'm watching this in my spare time because it's the best animation channel along with the best history channel.

  • @ulsterinfidel9897
    @ulsterinfidel9897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2 of my great great uncles were at Paschendale both were brothers buried 14 miles frea each other. One served with the 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers an the other was in the 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Lest We forget

  • @beauh1515
    @beauh1515 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Oh god what happened to that flag?!? 0:39

    • @sabjiyom2893
      @sabjiyom2893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I believe that it is supposedly to appear that it is fluttering in the wind.

  • @mr_boombaw7957
    @mr_boombaw7957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Thousands of feet march to the beat
    It's an army on the march
    Long way from home
    Paying the price in young men's lives
    Thousands of feet march to the beat
    It's an army in despair
    Knee-deep in mud
    Stuck in the trench with no way out

  • @haydencampbell2197
    @haydencampbell2197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Germans also recaptured it later on

  • @Woggys
    @Woggys 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude I feel that this TH-cam channel should have 1M do you

  • @calvertmorris2420
    @calvertmorris2420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When i picture WW 1 battlefields, i just see a glimpse into dantes inferno.

  • @Oscar-lb5wi
    @Oscar-lb5wi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:07 best part

  • @arodrt
    @arodrt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Jeremiah. let's show em the old keepsake, from Passchendaele." loved peaky blinders in general but especially for the depiction it gives about the men's mental health after they returned. truly a terrible war for everyone involved.

  • @LennyBennny
    @LennyBennny 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My great grandad somehow survived from start to finish,blackouts years after eventually led to his death.