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CrowsEyeProductions That is absolutely quality content that is displayed here. I appreciate the work, time and effort you put into these videos of how simplistic backed up with knowledge of even displaying a British soldier from the entirety of this video. I think you guys deserve a sub from me as well as a donation. Thank you.
"each and every one of the young men in the great war was hopelessly, desperately, heartbreakingly vulnerable." That was a good line. Almost as if it came from the mothers daughters and sisters of those who died wearing them.
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. Herbert Hoover One of those to die was my Great Uncle Frank, aged 21. RIP you are not forgotten. When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” John Maxwell Edmunds 1916
Philip Meers my great uncle, Arthur Scott does age year 17 in 1916. He and his friend supposedly died together, so it is nice to know he wasn’t alone when he died. I always looks up to him because of the immense strength and courage he showed, as he joined the war when he was 15 (he lied about his age). He was a great man, a great fathers, a great brother, and a great soldier.
My great grandfather fought in WW1 on the german side. He faced the horrors of Verdun and never talked about what happened in that time. Shortly before the end of the war he was shot in the lung and was rescued by a nurse who lived at a nearby village. Few years later, he was drafted into WW2 and was stationed in Paris. He was very lucky to be at the western front and when asked about the time in Paris, he always stated that the French were nice people who taught him how to cook. =) But he never talked about the horrors of war which were still haunting him.
Agreed. I actually met one of these old blokes when I was four years old, and he came to my school to talk about his experiences on the frontline. He talked about the trenches smelling differently in certain places, one place it smelled of rotting sandbags, another of disinfectant, and he spoke of going over the top. 100 years ago, and I've heard a first hand account of it. Afterwards I got the honour of speaking to him personally, and shook his hand. We talked about trains, because I was mad about Thomas the tank engine, and he told me about what they were like back in his day. His last words to me were 'It was very nice to meet you, young man.'
I imagine that there were some soldiers who looked at their uniforms when they first got them and thought "I'm gonna die in these clothes." Quite sad to think about really.
Makaveli - actually it’s called a mandatory draft... most nations don’t have a large standing army...the military numbers are from reservists and selective service applicants just like how you have to fill one out on the US
Crazy Crocodile Everyone has a choice, you always do. A “mandatory draft” is not a reason. If you dont want to be a martyr for your country you best fight for your right to live.
imagine fighting in ww1, you see everyone around you die and you almost die, you return to home to your girlfriend, you propose. you have a few kids, almost 30 years later, your sons get drafted. and you can’t do anything about it. the heart break my lord.
I like military inspired jackets because I like structured looks and I Can fasten my purse to my shoulder so I don’t have to either wear a cross body or be at risk of a purse snatcher. Super handy. Let’s hope for a day that’s all they’ll be used for.
There is something so comforting knowing about the women who would knit for these men. Not knowing who you were sending it to, would he die wearing it or would it be passed on to his children. I like to think the men were comforted knowing that they were wearing clothes made with such love and care and I will thank these brave soldiers with every morning I wake.
Having been on the receiving end of such tokens, I can tell you it's sometimes enough to make a man cry out there. It's just a shame that the sentiment is rarely found when we come back...
As a Turk, I think it's very sad for everyone that had to go through this. During the Gallipoli War, the numbers of the children at school slowly decreased because they went to war and after the war, a lot of them didn't return to their seats :( We can't even imagine what people went through at that time
In Britain in ww1 we had the 'pals' system whereby when you went to enlist you encouraged you friends, 'pals', to enlist too. Problem was, entire streets and villages lost all their men folk between the ages of 16 and 45. Needless to say it was discontinued.
My Great Great Grandfather served and died in Gallipoli, he was detached to the ANZacs as he had served and survived the Boer War as Regimental Colour Sergeant. He was a hero after the Boer War, but just another number after WW1, very, very sad
How can a young man getting dressed be so moving, so poignant and so incredibly sad. My Great Uncle fell at the Somme and is remembered at Thiepval, I have visited and saw his name amongst 70,00 others, just like him, young and lost forever, we must never forget. This production is quite incredible, simple, yet wonderfully crafted, narrated and performed, thank you so much.
anglekan great doesn’t mean good. The word great is often used in a positive mannar. Look at the term “great war” for example. It was horrid. Great means huge and vast. But not good.
I found out last year that my great great uncle also died during the Somme. He too has his name on the Thiepval. I plan to visit It some day. He was born 100 years before me and I can’t even begin to imagine what the war was like for him at only 19 years old! He was, like many others, a boy fighting a mans war!
My great grandfather gave his life at the Battle of Loos on the 29th Sept 1915. Same Battle as Rudyard Kiplings son. I cried during the movie ‘Our son Jack’. I found out that so many were killed by the first noticeable gas attack. So ill equipped. This video brought it home all over again. The sacrifices these men gave is immeasurable. 😢
I used to love listening to my Great Grandmother (born in 1905) telling me about how she and her sisters used to knit socks and comforts for the front line soldiers in France. With the passing of that final generation with first hand memories of The Great War, we must place even more importance on videos like this and series like Tell Them Of Us ❤️
Not always possible in WW1 since you were standing in a trench and water goes downhill. the pumps couldnt aways keep up. The army supplied whale oil and other oil based solutions to coat your feet and keep out the water. Squishy but effective apparently and as a bonus whale oil is flammable so you can also use it in portable spirit stoves for cooking on the front lines.
@@justowner3633 It's also resistant to water in light showers and such, it takes a lot to saturate the wool so the outside could get quite wet while the inside is still mostly dry, especially with layers.
This makes me cry. I knit, crochet and sew and when I make something I give a piece of myself in it. To make something for someone you don’t know in the hopes it will provide them comfort brings a tear to my eye. So much wasted, so many sons lost. This just breaks my heart. I felt it was very eloquent to say “no matter what side” the young men fought on. It’s so true. My grandfather fought in WW2 and he never spoke of it to anyone. I can only imagine. Thank you so much for putting this video out. ❤️
As a former soldier in Viet Nam I received care packages from strangers and family. It was so much appreciated as a part of home. It was a morale booster I have never forgotten. I left my health and innocence there.
William Keith let me start by saying, Thank you for your service to our country. I am so sorry for anything that has happened to you. I am sure I cannot even begin to imagine. My Uncle joined the navy during the Vietnam War. He was exposed to agent orange and is now in a veterans home. The only people he really remembers are my parents. His health is very bad. I am grateful to the people who sent you packages. I know i tried to do that years ago (sending a package to a random soldier) but due to security measures I wasn’t allowed. Please know that I and so many others are grateful to you. I wish you the very best. Thank you so much 🙏🏻❤️
William Keith, I thank you too for your service. I received similar packages during my time in Desert Storm, and answered a letter addressed "To Any Soldier." I began a correspondence with a sweet young lady in school who is now married with a family, and though we never met, are still in touch. Kathleen Vassallo, if you get a chance, view the 2005 French film "Joyeux Noel." It is loosely based on the 1914 Christmas Truce, and depicts French, Scottish, and German soldiers, their arms set aside, come out of the trenches, and greet each other, exchanging drinks, treats, and photographs of loved ones back home. It is most heartwarming, the humanity in the midst of that awful war. Despite the liberties the filmmakers may have taken, it shows the soldiers of all sides as human beings.
Thank you for that piece Kathleen it actually brought a tear to my eye it brought back memories of my mum who's name was also Kathleen who would look so content while she would knit and I know if you lived in that era you would be busy putting your heart and soul in your important work bless you I served in the royal navy and while I never saw any "action" it's always comforting to know people back home "care" cheers
My Grandfather fought in WWI and my parents were both children in WW2 (both generations had very, VERY late babies!) I'm saying this cos my mother still knits, and she made me a pair of mittens last Christmas. We were talking about it, and she was saying her mother, who was a young girl during WW1, passed on these basic patterns. Everyone knitted "for the lads" and part of the homely feel was that it was never new wool - these parcels that came really were a piece of home, because the wool used was from outgrown, outworn clothing carefully unravelled and re-knit. There's something very poignant about these boys - and they were only boys - out in absolute hell, receiving socks made out of their old school jumpers. I didn't know my grandparents; all but one died before I was born or when I was a baby. But, although perhaps unusual, my family shows how near in time these huge, cataclysmic events were. They're not just a distant past of long-dead ancestors, they're within living-memory.
My grandfather Percy Spencer Norden survived the Somme. His eldest son, my dad Jack Spencer Norden survived Dunkirk at age 18. Dad died six years ago aged 94. RIP my lovely dad. You wouldn’t recognise the world today.
You can pull it off in winter. Just don't get one that's obviously a reproduction military coat. You can get them with epaulets (the bits on the shoulders) that are inspired by military clothing. There's a lot of old surprlus Vietnam era US gear that works well for winter wear too. This is a good video; th-cam.com/video/yJcfBDv-zVE/w-d-xo.html
Then wear it, make it a fashion. I wear military boots all the time, and there was a time when I wore german M40 coat as winter coat, although a bit peculiar because of the colour, it was still comfy, warm, provided enough movement (not like modern coats which can tear if you do as little as put your hands up) and the cut of it looked badass.
Very good video, however there's one mistake I noticed, the helmet wasn't designed to protect from bullets, it wouldn't stop a fullpowered rifle round, however you could be lucky if it scored a glancing hit. It's major purpose was shrapnel defence and protection from above (hence the wide brim) since shelling caused clumps of earth to be flung up into the air, injury statistics actually went up when the helmet was introduced but that was because what originally would be a lethal injury became a recoverable one.
The same might be said of modern military medicine - why do we see so many soldiers and Marines now home with missing limbs? Because now we can save more of these people when their limbs are blown off or mangled beyond repair.
@@Tina06019 Before we had good antibiotics, most men wounded in such ways wouldn't have survived the surgery because of infection. Its a strange thing, as medicine got better, we see the suffering more.
My great grandfather fought in WW1 on the german side. He faced the horrors of Verdun and never talked about what happened in that time. Shortly before the end of the war he was shot in the lung and was rescued by a nurse who lived at a nearby village. Few years later, he was drafted into WW2 and was stationed in Paris. He was very lucky to be at the western front and when asked about the time in Paris, he always stated that the French were nice people who taught him how to cook. =) But he never talked about the horrors of war which were still haunting him.
Use similar gloves here since I Hunt in arctic conditions with sub -20 and sometimes below -30. Only difference is thumb is always covered and there’s a pull over part that covers all fingers.
@@jovanweismiller7114 Still issued to the Norwegian army. I've used them exactly nonce. Either it's warm enough that you don't need them, or it's cold enough that you'd rather use anything else.
@@theevilempire6935 Well, you're name says exactly why you somehow don't get why this video upsets some people. I feel sad for you that you don't and will never understand the empathy involved in watching stuff like this.
This particular video made me sadder than I thought it would. One tends to forget that soldiers weren't a soulless bunch of robots, but there were actual people who probably loved and were loved, who had thoughts, feelings.... fears. Who wanted to live, grow old, be happy. And they often had no choice but to fight and "serve their country" because the ones in charge cling to their power and, even today, way too often prefer turning other people into food for the crows instead of discussing things and solving issues themselves without spilling innocent people's blood.
We aren't and weren't robots. But we were mostly footnotes in the papers to most. :( Too many died for the betterment of old rich men. Every one of us only wants the end to war.
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Brodie helmets like all helmets were not designed to stop bullets, rarely you might hear of it happening but they were designed to protect just from shrapnel.
Oh I'm sure there must have been some efforts to make a bullet resistant helmet. There are definitely specialized ones meant for snipers and machine gunners in the war that could more reliably protect.
@@BluntofHwicce This is also a great lesson in statistics. After helmets were used, head injury rates went WAY up. Why? Because many of those injuries would have been deaths otherwise
The reason so much wool was used in the uniforms was that wool retains about 80% of its normal thermal capacity when wet. It also tends to charr rather than burn, so it offers better fire protection than most materials. If it is processed correctly, it will also tend to shed water for a long time rather than get completely soaked by rain.
Pauline Loven - I don’t think there would have been any available materials or technologies at the time which could have fared much better in the trenches of WW1. The uniforms and equipment of the time were designed with open field warfare in mind.
Wool was a lot better than anything else available at the time - in fact better that a lot of newer fabrics, and much better in cold weather than cotton. The challenge, of course, was the impossibility of staying dry. Give me linen undergarments, a layer of thin wool “long johns,” wool shirt & trousers, with woolen “comforts” and some stout leather boots with modern water-resistant gaiters ... and top it off with a GOOD waxed-cotton parka or poncho (or preferably a modern US Army Gore-Tex long rain jacket and over-trousers), and I would be as comfortable as possible, under the circumstances. (As long as I could bathe and change clothes often enough to discourage the damn lice.) Wool falls dramatically short compared to skins & furs in the polar regions, but otherwise it is a damn fine fiber. A tightly woven wool fabric can offer decent protection against rain, unless you are stuck out in the rain for long periods of time. Fine tropical-weight wool is my absolute favorite choice for business suits in hot climates, too. Looks great, feels fine.
This video, more than any other documentary or film, really brought the proper perspective to WW1. You see pictures, you hear stories, okay. To see what your average rifleman had to go through like this though? Incredibly poignant.
I can barely express how much I look forward to these videos. Thank you so much so the time and research that goes into these. Wonderful job as always and I look forward to the next instalment.
My goodness! Another wonderful video that is so wonderfully made. This time, clearly made with love and respect in time for the anniversary of the war. As always, thank you for making this. It serves as an important reminder at the most appropriate time.
Shame that there aren't many movies from the central powers point of view (those soldiers had it much rougher in some regards: food shortages because of blockade, fighting on more fronts, no rotation of units if I'm not mistaken, etc.). Only other one I can think of(which is serious and not a comedy like Good soldier Švejk) would be Red Baron.
As an Army Cadet Force volunteer back in school, we wore puttees as well (1980's - we were still issued with 37 webbing and carried Lee Enfields!) I'd agree with Jay Leno here, it's down to how you wrap them, though to be honest we never wrapped them as in this instance, but as an ever increasingly thickening band around the ankles - now in later Life I re-enact Vikings as a hobby, and the Leg Wraps have re-appeared as Winingas - worn by pretty much all of the peoples back in the dark ages, they performed much the same function and were made from wool mostly, as were the ones I had in the cadets - again, winding them is critical, and through experimentation I now wind in the opposite direction to that used for the Puttees of both the 1st and 2nd World Wars, starting at the knee and winding down to my toes, as they act as both leg protection and sock. I wear them all day and with the method I use, they never fall down or gather loosely at my ankles, and provide some support for the lower leg as well as protection... As a cadet I quickly bought my own Combat Trousers, Lightweight and SAS Combat Smock as opposed to using the clothing seen here but from the second world war (Pattern 1949 I believe) - it made Weekend Excersizes a lot more comfortable... The Serge material of the Blouses and trousers would rub you raw in a matter of hours if you didn't wear decent long johns and a shirt, just a vest and normal underwear didn't give you the protection you need! My only criticism of this video is to do with the Soldier from the Artist's Rifles not fastening his Webbing belt correctly, he passed it through the first part of the buckle but didn't feed it though the second part of the buckle before catching it in the Keeper further down the belt... tut tut - that would put him on a report if he was caught by his Sargeant Major...
If they're hurting your legs you're wearing them incorrectly or perhaps using modern reproductions made of the incorrect weave of cloth. Originals are made of a wool cloth with an open, bandage like weave, you can actually see this in the video, and as such they have some stretch in them and both mould to the leg and allow some give for swelling, etc.
@@BillSikes. As I mentioned in my comment a couple up from this... *Puttees... not Putties... and as far as I know, these days the British Army are using the PCS-CU system of clothing which was introduced in 2011. With this system, the trousers have integral ankle ties to allow the trouser cuffs to be bloused at the top of the boot... no puttees are currently used in the British Army.
@@jetsetuk when I was in army reserve in Australia we had to blouse our greens at the top of GP boots , there was no ankle tie and if you tried to tuck them into the boot the effect was messy , we used to keep them out of the boot and blouse them up with thick rubber bands .
@@louislungbubble I agree with you... the Lightweights I wore in the cadets suffered from the same problem, and I, like you, used a separate way of blousing them, but when I checked on the features of the latest trousers - the PCS-CU ones - the source advised they came with integral ties. You can still get some twisted elasticated cotton ties with a clasp on them for exactly this purpose for trousers without their own built in ties... I used to use spare leather boot laces, then if the ones in the boots snapped, I'd have the spare to hand, and a knot in the lace didn't hamper blousing the trouser cuff... ;o)
Australian Army 1989 to 2012, I was in one unit were boxed up comforts of home to sent to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Seeing this clip reminded me of what my uncles went through in WW1, they were both KIA. Thank you so much for keeping their memories alive.
I have a: - Must be difficult for you to be the guy that nobody wants around. I promise you that everyone who knows you says what a jerk you are behind your back. But you'll keep on trolling the internet thinking that you're clever and liked. You're neither. I hope you're saving your welfare checks, because that's about the best you'll ever do in life.
If a WW3 ever happens we are all doomed, WWI already reached a level of destruction men could not bear... With the power of Nuklear Destruction, Humanity would crush itself..
"Through these pale cold days What dark faces burn Out of three thousand years, And their wild eyes yearn, While underneath their brows Like waifs their spirits grope For the pools of Hebron again- For Lebanon's summer slope. They leave these blond still days In dust behind their tread They see with living eyes How long they have been dead." - "Through these Pale Cold Days", by Isaac Rosenburg, a British Jew on the Western Front. Written 1 week before his death at Arras.
Seven hours later, seven hundred likes and zero downvotes - arguably, as it should be. Thank you for undertaking the effort to not only depict the vestments of those who served in World War I, but also to capture and present the soldiers and the function of the garments crafted for them in a personable and realistic manner. This series is truly excellent as a result of the production staff’s commitment to depicting people from different epochs in such a respectful manner - not only featuring their clothing, but the purposes of the garments and what they may have meant to those who wore them.
After touring the some of the battlefields on the Great War and watching this I feel closer to my great-grandfather. I can get a glimpse into what his life would have been like during that horrible period.
I watched the movie 1917 for the first time recently and I recognized several parts of the military uniforms worn because of this video! I felt very proud of myself for noticing the cloth strips wrapped around the legs :)
I just went Ypres in Belgium with school and saw a couple of monuments remembering the soldiers of the great war and it's very interesting to see how they used to dress
Your videos are absolutely amazing. They really made me feel as though I was watching a young soldier get ready and enter battle. The words you said at the end were especially meaningful, because yes, no matter what side they were on, these young men struggled to survive and lost people. Both sides of any war will have casualties. In war, there are no winners.
Have a pair of those boots in my closet that went through WWI. Let me tell you, the soles feel like cement, they weigh about 5lbs. each, and you couldn't probably kill someone if you hit them it in the head with one lol
I’m an AEF reenactor and I have M1917 trench boots. Yeah, they can kill anyone with a simple blow to the head. Marching in them though, each of them weighing so much, I could’ve cried.
I watch and love all your videos, but this one really hit home for me...my husband is in the military and I watch him get dressed in his uniform every day with such pride. It warms my heart to see that he is echoing the brave men who came before him in the past. The times have changed, but the sentiments of those who serve hasn’t. ❤️
Herbal Care it’s sad that you feel that way, but it doesn’t change the fact that he does take pride in serving every day so people like you can go on living their lives... and voicing their opinions.
Amazing but also so sad. When I read or watch something on the wars I always think of the men who wanted nothing more then to be home warm clean loved and happy. It's just so sad that human kind has been in a non stop fight and it's awful! World peace hasn't happened ever in history and it doesn't feel like it ever will with these ego crazed maniacs who sit at the head of some of our countries. When will suffer and death be enough?
@Brandon Phipps, I truly believe that if people want to make war then they should do the fighting, not the ordinary man. If politicians and dictators thought they might die in battle, there would be a lot more negotiation and peace.
I can tell youre not an american, about the only country fighting needless wars, also the country trying to start WW3 with Russia and China making EU an battleground
A few years too late, but still I want to bring my compliments to @CrowsEyeProductions for publishing this video a few days just before the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. This can't have been an accident. They must have done it on purpose, to commemorate and honour all that fought and died during that horrific war. Thank you CrowsEyeProductions , for bringing them such a nice tribute ❤️ Let's remember, so that it may never happen again.
Maki C ditto! I’ve always wondered that! I’ve seen them as useless adornments on women’s clothing nowadays so I assumed it was a fashion thing. So happy to find out it actually has a function and a good one at that!!
Lol my cousin fought in Syria (a rebel) and he said “I always hated how those looked until I had to carry an Kalashnikov Bandolier and the straps kept falling off my shoulder while I was fighting”
Very informative and adds to my ancestry research. My GGF was a 1st Lifeguards Trooper (Hyde Park Barracks) from 1899 to 1921, and rated a marksman in 1903. Went to Zeebrugge in October 1914. Survived from peers providing lessons learned from Boer War, training, skill, and plenty of luck.
Another great video! I never knew about the mittens, I could use a pair of those! I'd argue that the helmet was primarily worn to protect against falling debris, not to ward of a direct hit from a bullet or shrapnel, though.
Shrapnel yes very effective. So effective they thought it was ineffective as numbers of head wounds dramatically increased in the hospitals after they implemented it. reason being those that suffered head wounds prior to the helmet never made it alive to the hospitals to be counted as head wound patients.
Direct hit from a battle rifle, few things offer good protection. Even modern battle helmets won’t completely protect you from a direct shot. They’re mostly there to protect you from debris that comes falling down after a shell explodes. Shrapnel is another matter. You get a head wound instead of being killed.
Yep and thats why they have the wide brim, the US Forest Service still uses helmets shaped similarly for the same reason. A rifle bullet would sail right through it like a knife through butter. They would stop some shrapnel through.
Amazing job on production. Incredibly insightful. With WW1 affecting so many of us, I want to say thank you on behalf of all those who had relatives fighting in The Great war. This offers a valuable snapshot of the terrible lives they had no choice but to accept.
@Liberty or Death You mean showing up just over a year to the armistice? And then claiming the same trite BS about how we would be speaking German if it weren't for you? You even showed up late to the one after until you cut off oil supplies to the Japanese and they sprung a quick one on you in Hawaii. Doesn't take much to win a war if your only doing 10% out of the 90% given by other countries pal...
@Liberty or Death intervention? Is that what you call it eh? Show me the sources of your facts then. And that crucial part was what exactly? The part where you Yanks realized that if and when Britain were to fall the whole of the Atlantic would have been under German occupation? Still wouldn't have had to worry about it if you didn't wait until the last moment and expect a "Thank you" and a handjob nearly every time for ol' Woody keeping Neutrality in other countries affairs until he realized you all probably should have done something sooner.
Imagine dressing up like this on duty. For your wife, your family, your country. For the war that will end war once and for all. No thoughts. Maybe prayers. While getting prepared for the hell unleashed.
@@abdel2894 I believe the word is cuck, " someone who takes pleasure in watching their spouse or partner get fucked by someone else" - or at least someone who watches.... And to be fair with you, there's no point being salty. Europe was plundered and pillaged by other ethnic groups. It's only when the West became vastly powerful and able to do what everyone else did to them a lot better that people start getting upset. Honestly people need to suck it up with this "your ancestors did this to my ancestors" business - for one we cannot compare the mentality and zeal for land and property to that of today. People lived hard, people joined armies to gain booty, and often that involved flogging people in the country you were "liberating" and making profit from whatever else. Survival of the fittest and you all got raped.
Thank you for informative, clear and peacefully edited videos! It is nice to see detailed and well researched material on YT. You sure did better than BBC with this one. I'd like to point out that wool serge is still better for war than cotton, despite being heavy (especially when wet) Wool serge and wool flannel are more water-resistant and warmer when wet than cotton clothing. It certainly is all I wear, personally. But of course the soldiers' lives were miserable when in front line duty (there was rotation to and from the reserves). No clothing was adequate enough to protect from rain, mud, lice and cold in the trenches. As a sidenote: the cotton webbing would probably swell and stiffen and the metal parts oxidize in rain and sludge, making it difficult to get it off after prolonged use and necessitate cutting it off from wounded soldiers. Constant drencjing, swelling and shrinking of cotton machine gun belts was a common problem as the fabric tubes holding the cartridges would become rigid and too tight for the extractor to pull the casing out after firing, which resulted in jams and other malfunctions. Btw. I own a pair of Pattern 1937 wool serge trousers labeled in Canada in 1953. A very nice and confortable wear, but currently undergoing reparations due to an unfortunate ballpoint-pen incident.
LoganThe Llama my great grandfather lost his life in the trenches on the 29th Sept 1915, so just before winter set in. Having worn more or less the same uniform in the South African Conflict. The British Army obviously had the ‘one size fits all’ motto, when it came their uniform.
the most "physical activity" soldiers back then would do would be marching. looking good was more important as a soldier really just needed to march and use his rifle, not like modern soldiers. However surprisingly the uniform isn't as bad as you'd think. it's very hot in the summer and irritates the skin (being rough wool) but one can run and march rather easily. not until ww2 did militaries realize how important maneuverability was to a soldier, to which they began making "combat uniforms" rather than a single universal uniform
You say the only physical activity they did was marching and firing a weapon ? What about trench digging? Cutting through barbed wire ? Digging tunnels ? Charging sniper and machine gun positions ? Hacking people to death with clubs and all types of sharp objects in the trenches? Planting demolitions and booby traps and avoiding enemies ? Avoiding artillery shells? Living awful disgusting conditions at below zero temperatures? I would rather be a modern day soldier in all circumstances.
Beautiful Video. I love how you all are able to share so much information but also provide emotion. Your videos are so well done! I hope you continue to make them and grow in your knowledge of History. :D Always a pleasure when I see a notification that another video is up. :D
People have a tendency to dehumanise history. When you see a massive bayonet charge on a black and white flickering screen, it can be easy to forget that all those little figures are actual human beings. If one falls down, it doesn't have much of an impact since we see much more graphical footage in movies nowadays. I highly doubt that people today would have been able to pull off what those boys did. We're too weak and spoiled. I'm not an exception. Rats running over me while I'm sleeping? No thanks.
These men and some women went through this to protect their home country and for world peace, to give the future a chance in life... Honorable and never forgotten, lest we forget
one could say that war is worse than hell. sinners go to hell. that was the choice they made. war doesn’t discriminate. the ordinary soldier, the civilian, the children, the elderly, the infirm all die at the hands of war. aggressive politicians profit and gain support and the people are killed and the populace trampled underfoot. one could understand why they deserve hell, but no one can understand why we deserve war.
I'm glad i wasn't born a hundred years earlier. The horrors of having to experience, and probably also die in that war - it makes me speechless. War is hell, but The Great War was an industrial killing machine.
It is heartbreaking to think about how men from all professions painters, great writers...partly they went with enthusiasm in this war, thinking it would be over soon. Seeing so close how unprepared and vulnerable they were...The information about their socks being out worn after three days tells a lot. Thanks for bringing this information so close.
Fluffychu it is not idiocy at all. This same channel has put out a movie of sorts. With several installments. The man in this video is the actor who plays a man named Robert. It’s a very good story. Based on an actual family. The newest installment is coming out soon. If you click on the channel then you will find it. It’s called “tell them of us” 🙂❤️
Nicely done; love the correct pronouciation of "ka(r)ki". My great uncle and one great grandfather served in the British Army during WW1 as did my other grandfather but in the Canadian Army. The British grandfather went on to serve in the Canadian Army in WW2. He complained that the battledress tunic was shorten for WW2 and a lot of the "lads" had cold kidneys. I wore that same battledress in Canada from 1961 to 70. Nothing warmer than wool.
so those little shoulder things are for keeping webbing on, and later became an almost decorative element? watching these dressing videos really adds character and substance to historical people, makes them feel less like an abstract ghost. and just thinking about how everyone in a country at war had to work adds to the scale of it all. i can recommend wartime farm, just here on youtube, that shows the struggle of the farmers and the food crisis, and the volunteer work of the women. seeing this little video was a great supplement to imagine all the soldiers that werent shown in the series
THIS MADE ME CRY 😢LEST WE FORGET FOR THOSE BRAVE WHO GAVE THIER LIVES SO WE COULD LIVE OURS WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM🙏🙏❤GOD BLESS TO ALL IN THE FORCES HERE AND A ROUND THE WORLD BIG RESPECT TO YOU ALL THANKYOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
Cornelius Scipio They are special forces trained, they support and directly work with regular 22 SAS as communications support, reconnaissance and sometimes extraction support. They are trained to the same standard as special forces and the selection process is the same but advanced training differs somewhat to regular SAS
Cornelius Scipio No problem, all reserves forces are trained very similar to regular, they are not of lesser quality in training! Just their role and way of training is different but the army reserves can do everything the regular army does, once they have completed training
This is probably one of the best productions I've seen in a while. As a suggestion for a future time period, maybe Classical times i.e. Greek and Roman? Keep up the great work.
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CrowsEyeProductions That is absolutely quality content that is displayed here. I appreciate the work, time and effort you put into these videos of how simplistic backed up with knowledge of even displaying a British soldier from the entirety of this video. I think you guys deserve a sub from me as well as a donation. Thank you.
I enjoyed this and watched the entire video. Nice. Yes I woukd.
This is an amazing video. I subscribed just cause of it. I hope you do more of these
Fake he forgot to shit his pants
Helmets never provide bullet protection they deflect shrapnel and stop things from knocking the soldier completely unconscious
"each and every one of the young men in the great war was hopelessly, desperately, heartbreakingly vulnerable." That was a good line. Almost as if it came from the mothers daughters and sisters of those who died wearing them.
Respect for every single soldier who took part, no matter their side
@@YaccShyett in ww1 no narion we're the Bad Guys, but every Monarch was
@@cube_2593 sorry I didn't understand that?
@@YaccShyett the monarchs were the the ignorant one Sendung Their young men into a useless war Just for dick measuring
Cube_25 um, i ain’t in the mood for a comment fight right now, but CHECK. YOUR. GODDAMN. FACTS.
Can we just notice how great the video quality and editing was for a youtube channel.
Exactly
Yes please
Great quality!
Yeah, no kidding. These are professional quality films.
Its literally how every other TH-cam video is wym
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
Herbert Hoover
One of those to die was my Great Uncle Frank, aged 21. RIP you are not forgotten.
When you go Home, tell them of us and say,
For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today”
John Maxwell Edmunds
1916
Philip Meers wow that was powerful, thank you.
Philip Meers my great uncle, Arthur Scott does age year 17 in 1916. He and his friend supposedly died together, so it is nice to know he wasn’t alone when he died. I always looks up to him because of the immense strength and courage he showed, as he joined the war when he was 15 (he lied about his age). He was a great man, a great fathers, a great brother, and a great soldier.
Sorry I meant to say he died age 17 in the year 1916. The first sentence sound like a bunch of gibberish sorry
Great great grandfather
My great grandfather fought in WW1 on the german side. He faced the horrors of Verdun and never talked about what happened in that time. Shortly before the end of the war he was shot in the lung and was rescued by a nurse who lived at a nearby village. Few years later, he was drafted into WW2 and was stationed in Paris. He was very lucky to be at the western front and when asked about the time in Paris, he always stated that the French were nice people who taught him how to cook. =) But he never talked about the horrors of war which were still haunting him.
Crazy to believe it has been 100 years since The Great War.
Gosh
Better yet, 3 days from now marks the 100th year since the end of the war.
Agreed. I actually met one of these old blokes when I was four years old, and he came to my school to talk about his experiences on the frontline. He talked about the trenches smelling differently in certain places, one place it smelled of rotting sandbags, another of disinfectant, and he spoke of going over the top. 100 years ago, and I've heard a first hand account of it. Afterwards I got the honour of speaking to him personally, and shook his hand. We talked about trains, because I was mad about Thomas the tank engine, and he told me about what they were like back in his day.
His last words to me were 'It was very nice to meet you, young man.'
And we are in the 80th year since start of WW2.
It seems like it was more than 100 years ago. The savagery of both world wars feels very far removed from the 21st century.
I imagine that there were some soldiers who looked at their uniforms when they first got them and thought "I'm gonna die in these clothes." Quite sad to think about really.
@@adobotachibana732 Especially the french uniforms early on in the war.
@@peggedyourdad9560 FOR THE PANTALOOONS
Pepperoni Gayboy Nah it isnt that sad, they chose to enlist
Makaveli - actually it’s called a mandatory draft... most nations don’t have a large standing army...the military numbers are from reservists and selective service applicants just like how you have to fill one out on the US
Crazy Crocodile Everyone has a choice, you always do. A “mandatory draft” is not a reason. If you dont want to be a martyr for your country you best fight for your right to live.
imagine fighting in ww1, you see everyone around you die and you almost die, you return to home to your girlfriend, you propose. you have a few kids, almost 30 years later, your sons get drafted. and you can’t do anything about it.
the heart break my lord.
And that would be a alternative story, He’s Dead.
Bob Yes o
And then 100 years later, great-great-grandsons got drafted.
No.
War is the stupidest thing humans have created
I finally learned what those shoulder strips are for
Same😂
I always thought it was for keeping straps on the shoulders, and turns out I was right!
They're now commonly used for rank slides nowadays to show what rank a soldier is
I like military inspired jackets because I like structured looks and I Can fasten my purse to my shoulder so I don’t have to either wear a cross body or be at risk of a purse snatcher. Super handy. Let’s hope for a day that’s all they’ll be used for.
Sameeeeee
There is something so comforting knowing about the women who would knit for these men. Not knowing who you were sending it to, would he die wearing it or would it be passed on to his children. I like to think the men were comforted knowing that they were wearing clothes made with such love and care and I will thank these brave soldiers with every morning I wake.
Such beautiful stories
❤️
Indeed, the love of community and country this reveals is something we have lost in this brave new world.
Having been on the receiving end of such tokens, I can tell you it's sometimes enough to make a man cry out there. It's just a shame that the sentiment is rarely found when we come back...
3.03 round leaves a big wound.
As a Turk, I think it's very sad for everyone that had to go through this. During the Gallipoli War, the numbers of the children at school slowly decreased because they went to war and after the war, a lot of them didn't return to their seats :( We can't even imagine what people went through at that time
In Britain in ww1 we had the 'pals' system whereby when you went to enlist you encouraged you friends, 'pals', to enlist too. Problem was, entire streets and villages lost all their men folk between the ages of 16 and 45. Needless to say it was discontinued.
And in Beersheba especially too many Aussies have died but 700 horsemen survivors
My Great Great Grandfather served and died in Gallipoli, he was detached to the ANZacs as he had served and survived the Boer War as Regimental Colour Sergeant. He was a hero after the Boer War, but just another number after WW1, very, very sad
FYI, this is a myth. The Ottoman Army had enough able bodied men and did not need to encourage enlistment of or resort to conscripting children.
@@jezfrench9435 The white feather movement wasn't of much help, either...
How can a young man getting dressed be so moving, so poignant and so incredibly sad. My Great Uncle fell at the Somme and is remembered at Thiepval, I have visited and saw his name amongst 70,00 others, just like him, young and lost forever, we must never forget.
This production is quite incredible, simple, yet wonderfully crafted, narrated and performed, thank you so much.
@TheFatAmericans1 same here
anglekan great doesn’t mean good. The word great is often used in a positive mannar. Look at the term “great war” for example. It was horrid. Great means huge and vast. But not good.
They all died too young. They were all great men. God bless them.
I found out last year that my great great uncle also died during the Somme. He too has his name on the Thiepval. I plan to visit It some day. He was born 100 years before me and I can’t even begin to imagine what the war was like for him at only 19 years old! He was, like many others, a boy fighting a mans war!
My great grandfather gave his life at the Battle of Loos on the 29th Sept 1915. Same Battle as Rudyard Kiplings son. I cried during the movie ‘Our son Jack’. I found out that so many were killed by the first noticeable gas attack. So ill equipped. This video brought it home all over again. The sacrifices these men gave is immeasurable. 😢
Meanwhile the BBC did a video on this with friggin Skrillex in the background.
Could you please link it?
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Fair warning, the music doesn't fit.
@@zombieplus1423 holy shit, that was bad. i couldn't finish the video
This was way better
That’s just disrespectful.
I used to love listening to my Great Grandmother (born in 1905) telling me about how she and her sisters used to knit socks and comforts for the front line soldiers in France. With the passing of that final generation with first hand memories of The Great War, we must place even more importance on videos like this and series like Tell Them Of Us ❤️
Rule 0 in the military:
KEEP. YOUR. SOCKS. *DRY.*
Trench foot ain't a joke
Not always possible in WW1 since you were standing in a trench and water goes downhill. the pumps couldnt aways keep up.
The army supplied whale oil and other oil based solutions to coat your feet and keep out the water. Squishy but effective apparently and as a bonus whale oil is flammable so you can also use it in portable spirit stoves for cooking on the front lines.
During Napoleon's wars of conquest it was common practice to for go socks in favor of pig grease which would moisturize and water proof the feet.
Are you a military
@@danteagnotejr9463 oh no I just read du picq's battle studies. A study on the French military during the 1800.
Don't downplay wool, it's many times better than cotton in a cold/wet enviroment and this was before synthetic fabrics.
Thought same
IIRC wool retains some of its thermal protection even when wet, but cotton will not.
Most synthetic fibers are not nearly as robust as their natural counterparts.
Cotton kills
@@justowner3633 It's also resistant to water in light showers and such, it takes a lot to saturate the wool so the outside could get quite wet while the inside is still mostly dry, especially with layers.
"Receiving them in the post was like touching home"
Wow
Yeeh good line
This makes me cry.
I knit, crochet and sew and when I make something I give a piece of myself in it. To make something for someone you don’t know in the hopes it will provide them comfort brings a tear to my eye.
So much wasted, so many sons lost. This just breaks my heart. I felt it was very eloquent to say “no matter what side” the young men fought on. It’s so true.
My grandfather fought in WW2 and he never spoke of it to anyone. I can only imagine.
Thank you so much for putting this video out. ❤️
As a former soldier in Viet Nam I received care packages from strangers and family. It was so much appreciated as a part of home. It was a morale booster I have never forgotten. I left my health and innocence there.
William Keith let me start by saying, Thank you for your service to our country.
I am so sorry for anything that has happened to you. I am sure I cannot even begin to imagine.
My Uncle joined the navy during the Vietnam War. He was exposed to agent orange and is now in a veterans home. The only people he really remembers are my parents. His health is very bad.
I am grateful to the people who sent you packages. I know i tried to do that years ago (sending a package to a random soldier) but due to security measures I wasn’t allowed.
Please know that I and so many others are grateful to you. I wish you the very best. Thank you so much 🙏🏻❤️
William Keith, I thank you too for your service. I received similar packages during my time in Desert Storm, and answered a letter addressed "To Any Soldier." I began a correspondence with a sweet young lady in school who is now married with a family, and though we never met, are still in touch.
Kathleen Vassallo, if you get a chance, view the 2005 French film "Joyeux Noel." It is loosely based on the 1914 Christmas Truce, and depicts French, Scottish, and German soldiers, their arms set aside, come out of the trenches, and greet each other, exchanging drinks, treats, and photographs of loved ones back home. It is most heartwarming, the humanity in the midst of that awful war. Despite the liberties the filmmakers may have taken, it shows the soldiers of all sides as human beings.
Thank you for that piece Kathleen it actually brought a tear to my eye it brought back memories of my mum who's name was also Kathleen who would look so content while she would knit and I know if you lived in that era you would be busy putting your heart and soul in your important work bless you I served in the royal navy and while I never saw any "action" it's always comforting to know people back home "care" cheers
My Grandfather fought in WWI and my parents were both children in WW2 (both generations had very, VERY late babies!)
I'm saying this cos my mother still knits, and she made me a pair of mittens last Christmas. We were talking about it, and she was saying her mother, who was a young girl during WW1, passed on these basic patterns. Everyone knitted "for the lads" and part of the homely feel was that it was never new wool - these parcels that came really were a piece of home, because the wool used was from outgrown, outworn clothing carefully unravelled and re-knit. There's something very poignant about these boys - and they were only boys - out in absolute hell, receiving socks made out of their old school jumpers.
I didn't know my grandparents; all but one died before I was born or when I was a baby. But, although perhaps unusual, my family shows how near in time these huge, cataclysmic events were. They're not just a distant past of long-dead ancestors, they're within living-memory.
This comment section is by far one of the best i've seen, no negativity, just a wonderful community!
Jedd Joseph piss off
This is normal with any ww1 community
Ww2 comunities are the other story
@@benoorehek8475 Bruh that's so true
Ben Oorehek the greatest generation
@@benoorehek8475 lol
My grandfather Percy Spencer Norden survived the Somme. His eldest son, my dad Jack Spencer Norden survived Dunkirk at age 18. Dad died six years ago aged 94. RIP my lovely dad. You wouldn’t recognise the world today.
Man, I wish that uniform jacket was in fashion, it looks so good
You can pull it off in winter. Just don't get one that's obviously a reproduction military coat. You can get them with epaulets (the bits on the shoulders) that are inspired by military clothing.
There's a lot of old surprlus Vietnam era US gear that works well for winter wear too.
This is a good video; th-cam.com/video/yJcfBDv-zVE/w-d-xo.html
offender
Guilty pleasure: binge watching surplus store vids☝🏼😆
Then wear it, make it a fashion. I wear military boots all the time, and there was a time when I wore german M40 coat as winter coat, although a bit peculiar because of the colour, it was still comfy, warm, provided enough movement (not like modern coats which can tear if you do as little as put your hands up) and the cut of it looked badass.
@@fanta4897 Maybe he'd rather not look like a hipster
It is actually fashion right now
Not the exact jacket but very close to those
Very good video, however there's one mistake I noticed, the helmet wasn't designed to protect from bullets, it wouldn't stop a fullpowered rifle round, however you could be lucky if it scored a glancing hit.
It's major purpose was shrapnel defence and protection from above (hence the wide brim) since shelling caused clumps of earth to be flung up into the air, injury statistics actually went up when the helmet was introduced but that was because what originally would be a lethal injury became a recoverable one.
fascinating info, thanks Harry
The same might be said of modern military medicine - why do we see so many soldiers and Marines now home with missing limbs? Because now we can save more of these people when their limbs are blown off or mangled beyond repair.
@@Tina06019 Before we had good antibiotics, most men wounded in such ways wouldn't have survived the surgery because of infection. Its a strange thing, as medicine got better, we see the suffering more.
Justowner3 True, very true.
It’s probably a huge psychological thing too
My great grandfather fought in WW1 on the german side. He faced the horrors of Verdun and never talked about what happened in that time. Shortly before the end of the war he was shot in the lung and was rescued by a nurse who lived at a nearby village. Few years later, he was drafted into WW2 and was stationed in Paris. He was very lucky to be at the western front and when asked about the time in Paris, he always stated that the French were nice people who taught him how to cook. =) But he never talked about the horrors of war which were still haunting him.
The rifleman’s mitten amazes me, From a knitters perspective but it’s also so sad . What they had to deal with 😥
Of course, they're machine knitted now, but they're still worn in Canada by smokers. You can hold a cigarette without burning your mitts.
Use similar gloves here since I Hunt in arctic conditions with sub -20 and sometimes below -30. Only difference is thumb is always covered and there’s a pull over part that covers all fingers.
@@jovanweismiller7114 Still issued to the Norwegian army. I've used them exactly nonce. Either it's warm enough that you don't need them, or it's cold enough that you'd rather use anything else.
Yeah, they were very sad. I got a bit of a catch in my throat when I saw the thumb and finger exposed. Wow. :-(
@@theevilempire6935 Well, you're name says exactly why you somehow don't get why this video upsets some people. I feel sad for you that you don't and will never understand the empathy involved in watching stuff like this.
This particular video made me sadder than I thought it would. One tends to forget that soldiers weren't a soulless bunch of robots, but there were actual people who probably loved and were loved, who had thoughts, feelings.... fears. Who wanted to live, grow old, be happy. And they often had no choice but to fight and "serve their country" because the ones in charge cling to their power and, even today, way too often prefer turning other people into food for the crows instead of discussing things and solving issues themselves without spilling innocent people's blood.
And the elite saw that they were butchered and damed regardless of what side they fought for.
We aren't and weren't robots. But we were mostly footnotes in the papers to most. :( Too many died for the betterment of old rich men. Every one of us only wants the end to war.
Noneofya Business I felt exactly the same way. I can’t even comprehend what they went through in WW1, 2 or any war for that matter 😞
your words hit my soul and my heart.
Thank you, you know the real story of Christmas Truce 1914 in WW1,,?
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Best from Germany my friends.
"Discussing things" only works as long as the others want to discuss things.
Brodie helmets like all helmets were not designed to stop bullets, rarely you might hear of it happening but they were designed to protect just from shrapnel.
Maybe if a bullet was fired from a long distance and lost speed it might reflect it. But yeah most of the time it'd go right through the helmet
Oh I'm sure there must have been some efforts to make a bullet resistant helmet. There are definitely specialized ones meant for snipers and machine gunners in the war that could more reliably protect.
@@artificialintelligence8328 Some Germans had a metal piece fixed onto their helmets.
@@BluntofHwicce This is also a great lesson in statistics. After helmets were used, head injury rates went WAY up. Why? Because many of those injuries would have been deaths otherwise
The reason so much wool was used in the uniforms was that wool retains about 80% of its normal thermal capacity when wet. It also tends to charr rather than burn, so it offers better fire protection than most materials. If it is processed correctly, it will also tend to shed water for a long time rather than get completely soaked by rain.
Wool is a fabulous textile, but was defeated by the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers fought, especially at Paschendeale.
Pauline Loven - I don’t think there would have been any available materials or technologies at the time which could have fared much better in the trenches of WW1. The uniforms and equipment of the time were designed with open field warfare in mind.
Martin Hartley Yes indeed.
i imagine it was also because the empire had a lot of wool thank to all the British and australian sheep farming
Wool was a lot better than anything else available at the time - in fact better that a lot of newer fabrics, and much better in cold weather than cotton. The challenge, of course, was the impossibility of staying dry.
Give me linen undergarments, a layer of thin wool “long johns,” wool shirt & trousers, with woolen “comforts” and some stout leather boots with modern water-resistant gaiters ... and top it off with a GOOD waxed-cotton parka or poncho (or preferably a modern US Army Gore-Tex long rain jacket and over-trousers), and I would be as comfortable as possible, under the circumstances. (As long as I could bathe and change clothes often enough to discourage the damn lice.)
Wool falls dramatically short compared to skins & furs in the polar regions, but otherwise it is a damn fine fiber. A tightly woven wool fabric can offer decent protection against rain, unless you are stuck out in the rain for long periods of time.
Fine tropical-weight wool is my absolute favorite choice for business suits in hot climates, too. Looks great, feels fine.
This video, more than any other documentary or film, really brought the proper perspective to WW1. You see pictures, you hear stories, okay. To see what your average rifleman had to go through like this though? Incredibly poignant.
4:40 I've lived my entire life waiting for this moment, being told what those flaps/straps are actually for
Great video - also heartbreaking. All wars are horrible, but the trenches of WW1 were just unspeakably bad.
I can barely express how much I look forward to these videos. Thank you so much so the time and research that goes into these. Wonderful job as always and I look forward to the next instalment.
My great grandfather was a german soldier in the WW1, thanks for sharing this
My goodness! Another wonderful video that is so wonderfully made. This time, clearly made with love and respect in time for the anniversary of the war. As always, thank you for making this. It serves as an important reminder at the most appropriate time.
I want to suggest a movie, one about WWI but on the perspective of a German soldier.
*"All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)"*
Check it out.
I’ve seen the movie it’s good
Shame that there aren't many movies from the central powers point of view (those soldiers had it much rougher in some regards: food shortages because of blockade, fighting on more fronts, no rotation of units if I'm not mistaken, etc.). Only other one I can think of(which is serious and not a comedy like Good soldier Švejk) would be Red Baron.
I watched the one from the '30s
thnx
The 30s version is even better, and is on iTunes if you want it
"Two armies that fight each other is like one large army commiting suicide."
Wow
Eleazar not necessarily
Great quote
Wow such deep.....
True very true
This is so beautifully sad.
Those leg strips hurt so bad after a while. Marching makes your legs swell up, but the cloth stays tight. We tried it for the Passendale remembrance
As an Army Cadet Force volunteer back in school, we wore puttees as well (1980's - we were still issued with 37 webbing and carried Lee Enfields!) I'd agree with Jay Leno here, it's down to how you wrap them, though to be honest we never wrapped them as in this instance, but as an ever increasingly thickening band around the ankles - now in later Life I re-enact Vikings as a hobby, and the Leg Wraps have re-appeared as Winingas - worn by pretty much all of the peoples back in the dark ages, they performed much the same function and were made from wool mostly, as were the ones I had in the cadets - again, winding them is critical, and through experimentation I now wind in the opposite direction to that used for the Puttees of both the 1st and 2nd World Wars, starting at the knee and winding down to my toes, as they act as both leg protection and sock. I wear them all day and with the method I use, they never fall down or gather loosely at my ankles, and provide some support for the lower leg as well as protection... As a cadet I quickly bought my own Combat Trousers, Lightweight and SAS Combat Smock as opposed to using the clothing seen here but from the second world war (Pattern 1949 I believe) - it made Weekend Excersizes a lot more comfortable... The Serge material of the Blouses and trousers would rub you raw in a matter of hours if you didn't wear decent long johns and a shirt, just a vest and normal underwear didn't give you the protection you need! My only criticism of this video is to do with the Soldier from the Artist's Rifles not fastening his Webbing belt correctly, he passed it through the first part of the buckle but didn't feed it though the second part of the buckle before catching it in the Keeper further down the belt... tut tut - that would put him on a report if he was caught by his Sargeant Major...
If they're hurting your legs you're wearing them incorrectly or perhaps using modern reproductions made of the incorrect weave of cloth. Originals are made of a wool cloth with an open, bandage like weave, you can actually see this in the video, and as such they have some stretch in them and both mould to the leg and allow some give for swelling, etc.
@@BillSikes. As I mentioned in my comment a couple up from this... *Puttees... not Putties... and as far as I know, these days the British Army are using the PCS-CU system of clothing which was introduced in 2011. With this system, the trousers have integral ankle ties to allow the trouser cuffs to be bloused at the top of the boot... no puttees are currently used in the British Army.
@@jetsetuk when I was in army reserve in Australia we had to blouse our greens at the top of GP boots , there was no ankle tie and if you tried to tuck them into the boot the effect was messy , we used to keep them out of the boot and blouse them up with thick rubber bands .
@@louislungbubble I agree with you... the Lightweights I wore in the cadets suffered from the same problem, and I, like you, used a separate way of blousing them, but when I checked on the features of the latest trousers - the PCS-CU ones - the source advised they came with integral ties. You can still get some twisted elasticated cotton ties with a clasp on them for exactly this purpose for trousers without their own built in ties... I used to use spare leather boot laces, then if the ones in the boots snapped, I'd have the spare to hand, and a knot in the lace didn't hamper blousing the trouser cuff... ;o)
Australian Army 1989 to 2012, I was in one unit were boxed up comforts of home to sent to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Seeing this clip reminded me of what my uncles went through in WW1, they were both KIA. Thank you so much for keeping their memories alive.
It just passed 11:00 am, the armistice was just signed a century before.
Time for a new war then?
@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 its going to happen soon enough.
@Gaplen . it was 11 am
This little thing known as time zones
When a WW1 soldier dresses nicer than I do for work...
Brennan Ursu not funny
@@alexanderdemir7659 yes funny
@@alexanderdemir7659 The comment is saying that the uniform looks great (which it does.) There is no disrespect inferred here. It's a compliment.
n trainer did he say it did? He did it wasn’t funny
I have a: - Must be difficult for you to be the guy that nobody wants around. I promise you that everyone who knows you says what a jerk you are behind your back. But you'll keep on trolling the internet thinking that you're clever and liked. You're neither. I hope you're saving your welfare checks, because that's about the best you'll ever do in life.
"alright guys I finished dressing up."
"uh, mike the war ended like 2 days ago."
lmao ptsd routine
We will not forget you, you brave souls...
Solemn music playing in the back ground seems so peaceful. 100 years ago wearing this will give you butterflies.
Not dubstep? *cough cough, BBC*
Me: european
World: talking about WW3 start
TH-cam algoritm:
If a WW3 ever happens we are all doomed, WWI already reached a level of destruction men could not bear... With the power of Nuklear Destruction, Humanity would crush itself..
WW3 will happen more in Asia than in Europe .
Me as a German:
Ah shit, here we lose again
@@J-IFWBR doubt they would shot nuke at each other and if they do... well time to go at the end of the earth...
@@simonhaas6480 OFFF
"Through these pale cold days
What dark faces burn
Out of three thousand years,
And their wild eyes yearn,
While underneath their brows
Like waifs their spirits grope
For the pools of Hebron again-
For Lebanon's summer slope.
They leave these blond still days
In dust behind their tread
They see with living eyes
How long they have been dead."
- "Through these Pale Cold Days", by Isaac Rosenburg, a British Jew on the Western Front. Written 1 week before his death at Arras.
wow. thanks for sharing that one x
Seven hours later, seven hundred likes and zero downvotes - arguably, as it should be.
Thank you for undertaking the effort to not only depict the vestments of those who served in World War I, but also to capture and present the soldiers and the function of the garments crafted for them in a personable and realistic manner.
This series is truly excellent as a result of the production staff’s commitment to depicting people from different epochs in such a respectful manner - not only featuring their clothing, but the purposes of the garments and what they may have meant to those who wore them.
"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit"
Whom is the quoted ?
@@bluhcrih3127 its an old Greek proverb
A beautiful one indeed, i shall quote this
In islam it also says that you can still earn after death from planting a tree for somewone elses benifit.
Makes me want to knit lol.
Also great video, it is clear you guys put a lot of love into these.
After touring the some of the battlefields on the Great War and watching this I feel closer to my great-grandfather. I can get a glimpse into what his life would have been like during that horrible period.
I watched the movie 1917 for the first time recently and I recognized several parts of the military uniforms worn because of this video! I felt very proud of myself for noticing the cloth strips wrapped around the legs :)
I just went Ypres in Belgium with school and saw a couple of monuments remembering the soldiers of the great war and it's very interesting to see how they used to dress
Yes, another perfect video! And the voice actress did a brilliant job! :))
God, talk about a beautiful voice
Imagine how fast you have to wear all those clothes when the Instructor is like: "GET UP SOLDIERS."
amazing video! the whole production is beautiful, from the narration to the editing to the costume. perfectly poignant for the 100th anniversary.
Wonderful video! I felt like I was cutting onions this entire video...It's sad to see what these men had to go through :(
In my head, the soldier we followed in this video was J.R.R.Tolkien.
Wow. 😬 Scary.
Your videos are absolutely amazing. They really made me feel as though I was watching a young soldier get ready and enter battle. The words you said at the end were especially meaningful, because yes, no matter what side they were on, these young men struggled to survive and lost people. Both sides of any war will have casualties. In war, there are no winners.
Have a pair of those boots in my closet that went through WWI. Let me tell you, the soles feel like cement, they weigh about 5lbs. each, and you couldn't probably kill someone if you hit them it in the head with one lol
Colt Forty5 how did you get a hold of them? Any chance for a PIC?
I’m an AEF reenactor and I have M1917 trench boots. Yeah, they can kill anyone with a simple blow to the head.
Marching in them though, each of them weighing so much, I could’ve cried.
One helluva curb stomp
@@owenwolfco.8344 Where can I get some of these?
Tzar Nicholas II of Russia , go to Whatpriceglory.com. They have the best US 1917 boots
I love how this video shows the humanity behind a soldier. They were young men sent to die for an old mans game. Beautifully done. ✨👏✨
I watch and love all your videos, but this one really hit home for me...my husband is in the military and I watch him get dressed in his uniform every day with such pride. It warms my heart to see that he is echoing the brave men who came before him in the past. The times have changed, but the sentiments of those who serve hasn’t. ❤️
pride? your husband probably serves some bigass corporations, there are no more ideals and countries to serve for.
Herbal Care it’s sad that you feel that way, but it doesn’t change the fact that he does take pride in serving every day so people like you can go on living their lives... and voicing their opinions.
Amazing but also so sad. When I read or watch something on the wars I always think of the men who wanted nothing more then to be home warm clean loved and happy. It's just so sad that human kind has been in a non stop fight and it's awful! World peace hasn't happened ever in history and it doesn't feel like it ever will with these ego crazed maniacs who sit at the head of some of our countries. When will suffer and death be enough?
Thank you for those words. You're so right, so very right. Hugs from the other side of the sea.
@Brandon Phipps, I truly believe that if people want to make war then they should do the fighting, not the ordinary man. If politicians and dictators thought they might die in battle, there would be a lot more negotiation and peace.
Sadly the natural state of humanity is war
I can tell youre not an american, about the only country fighting needless wars, also the country trying to start WW3 with Russia and China making EU an battleground
It will never be enough until Jesus comes back. It's true. Anyone who says let there be peace on earth right now is living a dream.
A few years too late, but still I want to bring my compliments to @CrowsEyeProductions
for publishing this video a few days just before the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War.
This can't have been an accident. They must have done it on purpose, to commemorate and honour all that fought and died during that horrific war.
Thank you CrowsEyeProductions
, for bringing them such a nice tribute ❤️
Let's remember, so that it may never happen again.
This is beautifully sad. Not to be forgotten. Thank you for sharing ❤️
4:20 So that is what they are for! I never knew.
Highly interesting video as always, thank you for the effort you put into your content :)
Maki C ditto! I’ve always wondered that! I’ve seen them as useless adornments on women’s clothing nowadays so I assumed it was a fashion thing. So happy to find out it actually has a function and a good one at that!!
Maki C smoke weed erry day
Maki C: yooo I was thinking that, I guess it just trended to a lot of leather jackets in fashion.
Lol my cousin fought in Syria (a rebel) and he said “I always hated how those looked until I had to carry an Kalashnikov Bandolier and the straps kept falling off my shoulder while I was fighting”
Very informative and adds to my ancestry research. My GGF was a 1st Lifeguards Trooper (Hyde Park Barracks) from 1899 to 1921, and rated a marksman in 1903. Went to Zeebrugge in October 1914. Survived from peers providing lessons learned from Boer War, training, skill, and plenty of luck.
Another great video!
I never knew about the mittens, I could use a pair of those!
I'd argue that the helmet was primarily worn to protect against falling debris, not to ward of a direct hit from a bullet or shrapnel, though.
Shrapnel yes very effective. So effective they thought it was ineffective as numbers of head wounds dramatically increased in the hospitals after they implemented it. reason being those that suffered head wounds prior to the helmet never made it alive to the hospitals to be counted as head wound patients.
Direct hit from a battle rifle, few things offer good protection. Even modern battle helmets won’t completely protect you from a direct shot. They’re mostly there to protect you from debris that comes falling down after a shell explodes. Shrapnel is another matter. You get a head wound instead of being killed.
Yep and thats why they have the wide brim, the US Forest Service still uses helmets shaped similarly for the same reason. A rifle bullet would sail right through it like a knife through butter. They would stop some shrapnel through.
These videos are always so interesting, i love the production.
2:00
mom walks in
"wtf are you watching"
@Lizzy Del Fierro LMAO
Amazing job on production. Incredibly insightful. With WW1 affecting so many of us, I want to say thank you on behalf of all those who had relatives fighting in The Great war. This offers a valuable snapshot of the terrible lives they had no choice but to accept.
Yalls production value is INSANE. These videos are all so beautiful and the narration is always spot-on.
The evolution of just everything is amazing.
Just in time for Veteran's Day. Beautiful. Makes me even more thankful for the heroes that risked their lives.
@Repeat After Me: Yep. Can't believe it's been 100 years. I wish I could talk to people that fought back then.
An extremely moving and informative video, bravo!
American: *Watches battle scenes*
British: *Watches the soldiers get dressed*
But the British would smite America ? And y’all kno that that’s why u guys want us to help
German isn’t a bad language
@Liberty or Death You mean showing up just over a year to the armistice? And then claiming the same trite BS about how we would be speaking German if it weren't for you?
You even showed up late to the one after until you cut off oil supplies to the Japanese and they sprung a quick one on you in Hawaii.
Doesn't take much to win a war if your only doing 10% out of the 90% given by other countries pal...
@Liberty or Death intervention? Is that what you call it eh? Show me the sources of your facts then.
And that crucial part was what exactly? The part where you Yanks realized that if and when Britain were to fall the whole of the Atlantic would have been under German occupation? Still wouldn't have had to worry about it if you didn't wait until the last moment and expect a "Thank you" and a handjob nearly every time for ol' Woody keeping Neutrality in other countries affairs until he realized you all probably should have done something sooner.
One quip and internet patriots go blitz over their keyboards.
These are just wonderful videos. Thank you!
Imagine dressing up like this on duty.
For your wife, your family, your country.
For the war that will end war once and for all.
No thoughts.
Maybe prayers.
While getting prepared for the hell unleashed.
Imagine dying to save Europe only to have it invaded and handed to the third world by your elected politicians 100 years later.
British soldiers also got dressed like that to go to india and middle east to spread horror, steal the land and treat the people living there badly. 🙂
ab0od like India is such a good place to live in nowadays 🤭🤣🤣🤣
@@abdel2894 I believe the word is cuck, " someone who takes pleasure in watching their spouse or partner get fucked by someone else" - or at least someone who watches.... And to be fair with you, there's no point being salty. Europe was plundered and pillaged by other ethnic groups. It's only when the West became vastly powerful and able to do what everyone else did to them a lot better that people start getting upset. Honestly people need to suck it up with this "your ancestors did this to my ancestors" business - for one we cannot compare the mentality and zeal for land and property to that of today. People lived hard, people joined armies to gain booty, and often that involved flogging people in the country you were "liberating" and making profit from whatever else. Survival of the fittest and you all got raped.
And sad violet music plays in the background as you read this comment to make it more sad.
“War, War never changes” - Fallout
Thank you for informative, clear and peacefully edited videos! It is nice to see detailed and well researched material on YT. You sure did better than BBC with this one.
I'd like to point out that wool serge is still better for war than cotton, despite being heavy (especially when wet) Wool serge and wool flannel are more water-resistant and warmer when wet than cotton clothing. It certainly is all I wear, personally.
But of course the soldiers' lives were miserable when in front line duty (there was rotation to and from the reserves). No clothing was adequate enough to protect from rain, mud, lice and cold in the trenches.
As a sidenote: the cotton webbing would probably swell and stiffen and the metal parts oxidize in rain and sludge, making it difficult to get it off after prolonged use and necessitate cutting it off from wounded soldiers. Constant drencjing, swelling and shrinking of cotton machine gun belts was a common problem as the fabric tubes holding the cartridges would become rigid and too tight for the extractor to pull the casing out after firing, which resulted in jams and other malfunctions.
Btw. I own a pair of Pattern 1937 wool serge trousers labeled in Canada in 1953. A very nice and confortable wear, but currently undergoing reparations due to an unfortunate ballpoint-pen incident.
the amount of layers is crazy.. honestly doing physical activity in that must have been hot..
It was the British winter tho
@@03019a French winter*
LoganThe Llama my great grandfather lost his life in the trenches on the 29th Sept 1915, so just before winter set in. Having worn more or less the same uniform in the South African Conflict. The British Army obviously had the ‘one size fits all’ motto, when it came their uniform.
the most "physical activity" soldiers back then would do would be marching. looking good was more important as a soldier really just needed to march and use his rifle, not like modern soldiers.
However surprisingly the uniform isn't as bad as you'd think. it's very hot in the summer and irritates the skin (being rough wool) but one can run and march rather easily. not until ww2 did militaries realize how important maneuverability was to a soldier, to which they began making "combat uniforms" rather than a single universal uniform
You say the only physical activity they did was marching and firing a weapon ? What about trench digging? Cutting through barbed wire ? Digging tunnels ? Charging sniper and machine gun positions ? Hacking people to death with clubs and all types of sharp objects in the trenches? Planting demolitions and booby traps and avoiding enemies ? Avoiding artillery shells? Living awful disgusting conditions at below zero temperatures?
I would rather be a modern day soldier in all circumstances.
I have my great-grandfather's WWI portrait. its awesome.
Same here. He survived the war too, 1913-1918
idk about mine but I know he lived somehow
To run into the attack while holding a rifle in this way, omg best actor
She sounds like she's going to inform me that we've captured objective *B*
Speed Cola she reminds me of the voice at the beginning of certain sabaton songs.
*We have captured objective Butter*
@@KadSkirita *_for this is not the war to end all wars_*
Speed Cola “we have taken objective Butter.” ....”we have lost objective butter.”
Butter*
This was so moving and by the end I nearly shed tears
'Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.' - General Erinmore
I just love these videos. Thank you so much for your beauty, artistry and attention to detail.
So many colourful uniforms.
So much blood on them...
Sad but true...
I would be very interested to see the enemies clothing also.
This was a very informative video. Thank you. :)
Beautiful Video. I love how you all are able to share so much information but also provide emotion. Your videos are so well done! I hope you continue to make them and grow in your knowledge of History. :D Always a pleasure when I see a notification that another video is up. :D
Who would give this a thumbs down? This is about history, not someone's feelings......
People have a tendency to dehumanise history. When you see a massive bayonet charge on a black and white flickering screen, it can be easy to forget that all those little figures are actual human beings. If one falls down, it doesn't have much of an impact since we see much more graphical footage in movies nowadays.
I highly doubt that people today would have been able to pull off what those boys did. We're too weak and spoiled.
I'm not an exception. Rats running over me while I'm sleeping? No thanks.
These men and some women went through this to protect their home country and for world peace, to give the future a chance in life... Honorable and never forgotten, lest we forget
The production quality of this is absolutely amazing. Well done and very entertaining and enlightening.
War is pure hell.
one could say that war is worse than hell. sinners go to hell. that was the choice they made. war doesn’t discriminate. the ordinary soldier, the civilian, the children, the elderly, the infirm all die at the hands of war. aggressive politicians profit and gain support and the people are killed and the populace trampled underfoot. one could understand why they deserve hell, but no one can understand why we deserve war.
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I'm glad i wasn't born a hundred years earlier. The horrors of having to experience, and probably also die in that war - it makes me speechless. War is hell, but The Great War was an industrial killing machine.
@@andreivalentinpavan5361 t. an edgy teen who has never even got into a fight
i think the worst part is when war is over,
the feelings and memories that remain.
It is heartbreaking to think about how men from all professions painters, great writers...partly they went with enthusiasm in this war, thinking it would be over soon. Seeing so close how unprepared and vulnerable they were...The information about their socks being out worn after three days tells a lot.
Thanks for bringing this information so close.
I have my great grandfather's identity discs
@MichaelKingsfordGray hes probs dead
@@irishrebublican7832 If he was a WW1 soldier he is most definitely dead. There are no WW1 veterans left alive.
I have my grandfather's mess tin.
And I thank him for his service.
im 'murica we call 'em dog tags.
I don't think anyone has commented on this but
I miss Robert. 😔 RIP Robert
Eujean Yu I feel like it made this video even sadder. Knowing it.
Forgive my idiocy, but who is Robert?
Fluffychu it is not idiocy at all. This same channel has put out a movie of sorts. With several installments. The man in this video is the actor who plays a man named Robert. It’s a very good story. Based on an actual family. The newest installment is coming out soon. If you click on the channel then you will find it. It’s called “tell them of us”
🙂❤️
Nicely done; love the correct pronouciation of "ka(r)ki". My great uncle and one great grandfather served in the British Army during WW1 as did my other grandfather but in the Canadian Army. The British grandfather went on to serve in the Canadian Army in WW2. He complained that the battledress tunic was shorten for WW2 and a lot of the "lads" had cold kidneys. I wore that same battledress in Canada from 1961 to 70. Nothing warmer than wool.
Thank you for this wonderful video
so those little shoulder things are for keeping webbing on, and later became an almost decorative element?
watching these dressing videos really adds character and substance to historical people, makes them feel less like an abstract ghost. and just thinking about how everyone in a country at war had to work adds to the scale of it all. i can recommend wartime farm, just here on youtube, that shows the struggle of the farmers and the food crisis, and the volunteer work of the women. seeing this little video was a great supplement to imagine all the soldiers that werent shown in the series
Entraya Crosshill epiletts are also sometimes used to hold rank slides or other identification
This channel needs millions of subscribers it's outstanding 💯
THIS MADE ME CRY 😢LEST WE FORGET FOR THOSE BRAVE WHO GAVE THIER LIVES SO WE COULD LIVE OURS WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM🙏🙏❤GOD BLESS TO ALL IN THE FORCES HERE AND A ROUND THE WORLD BIG RESPECT TO YOU ALL THANKYOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
we will never forget, the idea that we will is silly.
The issue is, we have not learned.
The Regiment the Artist Rifles still exists as a army reserve unit but today its known as 21 SAS
@MichaelKingsfordGray but are they special forces? Or it's only the name?
Cornelius Scipio
They are special forces trained, they support and directly work with regular 22 SAS as communications support, reconnaissance and sometimes extraction support. They are trained to the same standard as special forces and the selection process is the same but advanced training differs somewhat to regular SAS
@@rhysnichols8608 okas, thank you very much for your answer. It's wonderful that a "reserve" force could have a so good training.
Cornelius Scipio
No problem, all reserves forces are trained very similar to regular, they are not of lesser quality in training! Just their role and way of training is different but the army reserves can do everything the regular army does, once they have completed training
Yup Bear Grylls' regiment when he was in. I was going to try for 23 SAS but then three guys died on Test Week. Went Navy instead.
This is probably one of the best productions I've seen in a while. As a suggestion for a future time period, maybe Classical times i.e. Greek and Roman? Keep up the great work.