Watching: World War One, 1914 | Epic History Explains (thoughts, commentary & questions)
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- Epic History TV explains what happened in 1914 during WW1: the prelude, countries involved & opening moves. I've got questions + literary recommendations & music.
Original video: • World War 1 - 1914
Epic History TV channel: / @epichistorytv
LITERARY RECOMMENDATION:
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World: amzn.to/3OD7Xui
Last Summer in Europe by David Fromkin: amzn.to/42xuez8
Music Recommendations:
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Resources Mentioned:
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History channel: / @dancarlinpodcaster
The Great War channel: / @thegreatwar
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Epic Historys series on Napoleon is absolutely nuts.
Best series I've ever saw bar none.
I want to say that I love your history reactions even more than your comedy reactions, but somehow I am not able to say that, because watching you laugh will always be the most enjoyable.
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@@TreforTreforgan we all do 😅
@@DanielAura well, I heard it on good authority that she doesn’t even have legs. Lost them to a gator. Have you ever seen them?
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Epic History TV is awesome! I highly recommend any one of their videos, they are all excellent!
Yes they are!
Oh, without question!
Impactful video as it covered all the various strands from all around the globe August to December. As you said 1914 must have been some year to live thru - though I wonder how much " the man on the street" was aware of, given limited information channels at that time.
Keep these going. Love from Scotland.
And Denmark
@@SporkRevolution Start your own thread, Dane 😁
A good book about the experiences the men had in the war is Forgotten Voices of the Great war. It's from audio interviews with veterans kept in the Imperial War Museum in the UK. It's a heart breaking and often harrowing read but compelling at the same time. Love your content and the wide range of subjects you cover :)
I strongly recommend Epic History's full World war one video. I also recommend their Apollo series as well.
I love watching your reactions 😊. You always add things to the video that I didn't know.
Watching this, a song just came into my head. 1916 by motorhead. Told from the perspective of a 16 year that fights and dies in ww1. Very sad song.
I don’t know this one yet, will give it a listen!
@@NoProtocol there's also a cover version by a band called sabaton. Not a fan of them, but they filmed the video at the black country living museum here in the UK. I live in the black country so it was quite nice to see it being used in something other than the peaky blinders TV show.
From what I can see, Mehmed V was the Sultan, whilst Sait Halim was Prime Minister. A few names and places in this video that spraked memories of learnign about the period and quite a few places (battles) which I had no clue about. If only it had actually been the war to end all wars, but alas ...
To better understand the complexity of the Romanov family, as well of the Habsburgs, I recommend watching Fall of Eagles. It’s an older mini series from the BBC but still very interesting.
The Habsburgs were a bit ick. One of the dangers of trying to keep revenue in the dynasty under monarchical governance. A few near the end of their reign looked like a series of tough choices gone wrong in a game of CK3.
You might be interested in a channel called Extra History and the series they did called World War I: The Seminal Tragedy. They have some interesting videos I think you would like on a wide range of subjects. Including some things you mentioned wanting to learn about in this video. Love the reactions,
Please do the rest of this series! I think they even added all parts into one. The War War series and The Alexander the great ones are my favorites. I appreciate if you do the rest of this parts.
germany ww1 army was one of the best armies ever. Dan Carlin on his podcast Hardcore history talks about them and its very informative.
To be fair, wasn't it mostly Prussian doctrine that helped them become well organized and able to fight cohesively?
@@ravenward626 yes thats a good point raven
@@ravenward626 Germans = Prussians
@@ravenward626Prussians are Germans
@@ravenward626 tbf, basically same thing. Just the name of one of the German states before unification
feels like its been a bit since youve graced us w/ a history deep cut, gang (& on a saturday?) thats like, good omen..
excited to watch :)
I had the day off & wanted to get around to this video, I’ve had it on my list for far too long!
Thank you for the constant support (: hope you liked this one
"They Shall Not Grow Old" is a masterpiece
"All Quiet On The Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque is a good book about the First World War.
Extra Credits has a wonderful series that covers the assassination of the Archduke, but also covers the build up to the war and the diplomatic scramble on all sides to stop it. It's one of the better series I've ever seen on youtube. I highly recommend it, they frame the whole story as some sort of Shakespearean tragedy.
I’ve only seen one video from that channel so far, but I’ll check out what they have on the Archduke, thanks for bringing it up!
You may have seen it, but The Great War channel did a 100 year week by week “after action” coverage of WW1 that took them over 4 years to make. If you enjoy this Epic History TV channel, you’ll probably also enjoy that as well. Good stuff!
Hi! Yes, I mention that channel at the end, I haven’t seen all of the videos but many, they’re so good
Oh, jumped to post before I finished your video! Lol oops. The channel of the video you watched today is a favorite of mine. The napoleonic history is excellent, and the one covering all of napoleon’s marshals was fascinating
"The Romanovs. The Real History of the Russian Dynasty. Episodes 1-4." - the best documentary not only on Romanovs but just the best documentary, period. Plus amazing soundtracks
The First World War is an interesting subject. From the formation of pre war alliances to the fact that the leaders of three of the main players were directly related to each other (The King of England and the Russian Czar could have been twins), it was a crazy time that impacted the world for decades after its end.
British King George V and Russian Tsar Nicholas II are first cousins, but they look like twins
I like Extra History’s series on the causes of WWI - it’s a few 10ish min videos but does a good job (I think) of summarizing the run-up to the conflict. I like their channel, especially their older ones, b/c they add a more ‘human’ perspective to the topic.
I recommend the bestseller “The Sleepwalkers” by historian Chrisopher Clark. Analysis of the history, how WW1 came about.
Thank you for the suggestion! I haven’t read it
@@NoProtocol Christopher Clark meticulously describes the interests and motivations of the most important political players in the European metropolises. These 'sleepwalkers' were 'alert but blind, plagued by nightmares but unable to recognize the reality of the horrors they were about to unleash on the world'.
He is Australian, lived in Germany, is married to a German art historian, lives and teaches in Cambridge. Writes books and makes TV documentaries. Speaks and sings German with almost no accent. His book Schlafwandler has caused much controversy, as until then the blame was usually attributed solely to the Germans, as in the Treaty of Versailles. (victor's justice and historiography) Is still widespread.
A guy called Wendigoon has a great video explaining the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in an entertaining way. Might wanna give it a watch
I think I’ve seen a missing 411 video from that channel, I’ll give it a look! Thank you
Wendi's got quite a few good stories to tell. Found his content through a collab he did with Internet Historian.
This time I'm going to watch it first all the way through before commenting.
It’s the thought that counts
My great Uncle William Leadbeater died of his wounds ages 26 fighting in flanders. We will never forget.
Please continue, my countrys destiny is very much connected to WW I.
The Russians had the largest standing army in the world during the outbreak of the war. As for the suggestion OverSimplified has a nice video on the Russian revolution which explains the Romanov dynasty, the war and the revolution. Also Pasja was title in the Ottoman empire.
I haven’t seen that one from Oversimplified yet! Thank you for the suggestion Matt. Maybe I’ll look for a whole history of Russia as well
@@NoProtocol I dont have good video for that but a great book I got assigned during a class on the whole history of Russia was 'Russia and the Russians: A history' by Geoffrey Hosking. It reads well but its pretty long.
@@NoProtocol I don't know about oversimplified. It portrays Nicolas the Second as some incompetent child-like czar but reality is a little more complicated. I am not saying that he was a great ruler but definitely not a dummy.
The Russian was the biggest army but it was badly equiped especially compared with the German, the French and the British armies. Russian couldn't take advantage of those numbers, and was very far from being as effective as during WW2 under the soviets.
🎶🎶thank you for the music recommendations 🎶🎶
No problem! Hope you liked at least one of them haha
Idk when it happenned but congrats on the 100k youtube sub, you're awesome for all the curiosity and questioning you have and do, it's thanks to people like you that global peace can still be hoped for, keep it up^^
Thank you so much (:
Extra history have a whole thing about the beginning of World War I extremely well done very sad almost makes you want to cry
In 2014 the BBC put to air a three part series titled 37 days . It was about the political goings on during the 37 days that lead up to the start of the war after the Arch Duke was assassinated . I remember it was very good .
There is a channel simply called The Great War that did a special in three parts on the prelude to ww1, including an 8 minute bit on the assassination. They went on to make weekly episodes, following the events unfolding and the battles fought, exactly 100 years after, running from 2014 to 2018.
Hi! I mentioned this channel as a resource at the end of the video, they definitely have one of the best series I’ve seen on this war
@@NoProtocol oh yeah you did, my bad lol. They are currently doing it again with WW2, they are up to february of 1945 now.
one of thee most interesting things that is always glossed over is the massive change that happens to the way countries approach war. for instance you'll notice in early pictures a distinct lack of helmets, and armies were still wearing colours not earthy greens of early camo
Molchat doma - sudno good song easy to play on guitar (as I do). As far as WW1 Goes yes it started because an Austrian Duke, Franz Ferdinand (heir presumptive) and his wife Duchess Sophie (who was German, born in Stuttgart Germany) were both assassinated and that pretty much kicked off Germany's involvement in the war that they would have happily avoided otherwise. But that is all left up to opinion.
Please check out World War I in numbers. it’s a brilliant series and I highly recommend it
The first Diesel engines were crude and not yet refined enough for motor vehicles. However they were ideal for use in WW1 submarines to charge the batteries.
If you're interested in russian history allow me to recommend Russka by Edward Rutherfurd. It's a historical fiction novel spanning 1800 years (180 to 1992) of russian history. While fiction I do think it gives a good rough overview of how Russia evolved through the centuries. It's a massive book though so make sure to check reviews of sources you trust. And take the last chapter, the soviet era, with a grain of salt. In that chapter it's apparent the author has a western viewpoint.
Mehmed 5 was sultan of the Ottoman Empire during WW1.
I learned about ww1 in school (didn't learn about ww2). The story was soo interesting and i still don't know why its not as talked about as ww2 is. Given that it basically started the shaping of modern politics if that makes sense 😂.
Wait, why didn’t they teach WW2?
@@NoProtocol wasn't part of our syllabus
@@yo_boi_biram8095 syllalalalabus
When I was in high school WWII is roughly where the history syllabus ended. While both global conflicts helped set the stage for our present, a lot has happened since then. I sometimes worry that it leaves a gap in most people knowledge of the past and the situations we find ourselves in today. There is an enormous amount of context in the last 70 years to why many thing are the way they are today. I also worry that rose colored glasses on standard history makes people more vulnerable to deception. Political manipulation of the public is usually based in emotions, and politicians aren't above lying or recycling old strategies.
My Oldest Great Grandpa served in World War One. Henry Otto Grill Private First Class United States Army 1895-1979.
No Protocol Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎
Extra History has an amazing short series (The Seminal Tragedy) on how WW1 ignited. What will always stick with me is all the desperate effort by the few people who knew the cataclysmic disaster that would unfold and tried everything they could to stop it (like Ambassador Pourtales). I cannot recommend the series enough.
great video, please continue
I hate to knit pick but it wasn't "the schlieffen plan". Sure it was Count von Schlieffen's idea and plan but the plan was called "Aufmarsch II West"
all of this information was classified of course and the details werent reveald untill some time in the 20s if i remember correctly.
The British Army was the only professional Army in the world in 1914, with all being volunteers and they were also the best trained and equipped Army in the world, however it was tiny in comparison to the French, German and Russian conscript Armies.
The Germans had very likely the best lead and all-around most capable Army in the world with some of the best equipment.
The Russian Army was large and their nation was modernising and deep into industrialisation, it also had by far the largest population in Europe. Britain with 45 million in Britain, about 38 million in France, Germany had 56 million Germans, the Russians had an insane and all eclipsing population of the Empire but about 1/3 was non russians and about 4.6 million none Slavs but they had 73 million Russians. However if you compared the entire Empires, France with 78 million, most from Indo China (Vietnan, Laos and Cambodia), Germany with 67 million, with 11 million Africans, New Guinean, Polynesian and Chinese, Russia with 136 million with 14 million Poles, 2.6 million Fins and about 2.4 million Turkic peoples, and Britain with 300 million, to many to list. Now the Russians were the only ones concentrated into a single landmass meaning the Russians had more than twice as many people as the Germanys and 3x Britain and France in a single border.
The Royal Navy was actually in a technological arms race with the US Navy and the Italian Marine nationale aswell as a local numerical race with Germany, Germany lost clearly but with the USN only slightly smaller than the German Kaiserliche Marine, the Royal Navy was no longer larger than the next two navies combined which by law it had to be.
It was Britain that was shaming their young people into enlisting, right? The others, of course, were simply forcing their youngsters. And there's always the propaganda.
Most figures I've seen say Germany had more 60 million people in its own territory (44 million for Britain and 39 for France, most colonies didn't send a lot of troups except "white" colonies (considering their population, generally low) and maybe India).
And even if Russia improved a lot between 1905 and 1914, it was still badly equiped compared with the German, French and British armies. I don't consider Russia to be that strong in WW1, nowhere Germany's level, it's questionable they were at the same level as the French but probably.
I remember encyclopedic volumes of picture books on WWII in school. Stills of combat footage mostly. I think there were fewer cameras to capture the realities of war back in WWI. There are a few painters who were there however. More than a few collections of oils and water colors made by people at the front. I guess you can have a lot of time on your hands between the moments of abject terror. Interesting how in such short time many battlefields now have cell service and people have the equivalent to body cams in their pockets.
epic history have great videos on both Czar Nicholas II and the Romanovs
As an austrian i constantly think how the world would have developed if we austrians had stuck to our old Habsburg motto "Tu felix austria nube" which translates to: 'Let others wage war: thou, happy Austria, marry'.
The austrian ruler dynasty Habsburg was famous for inheriting land and titles by marrying. Besides the time prince Eugen of Savoyen was leader of the military, militarily we were somewhat backwards.
In spots, the music on this video sounds like something from a Christopher Nolan Batman movie. World War 1 was dubbed "The war to end all wars;" they had no idea what the future held. The aftermath (and the effects on Germany in particular) laid groundwork for World War 2, and created a path for Hitler's ascendency.
6.20 in looks like that could be my local Scottish regiment. Our town had a population of approximately 80k in total. Around 2300 of our men never came home. Horrendous numbers.
@04:44 That photo on the right is interesting. I suppose any firing line would look similar, but it reminds me of a famous Spanish painting called "The Third of May 1808".
I guess I just mean to say it's a powerful image.
Every single time.. with that intro, how can you not press the like button
the Movie Nicholas and Alexandra is EXCELLENT
Canadian wartime poetry is very good, "Ypres" is one of the poems, "In Flanders Fields" is another. British poet Siegfried Sassoon said it was among the highest quality in the English language.
I don’t often read poetry, but that may have to change!
There is a really interesting picture of all the royal families of Europe
Guns of august . In 1962, Barbara Tuchman published The Guns of August, a book about the negotiations among the Great Powers that led to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914. Her thesis was that bungled diplomacy caused the war. The book won the Pulitzer Prize and is said to have influenced President John F. Kennedy. Who famously said, Ive red Guns of august, and I dont want to see a book to be written called Missiles of august.
Not a video recommendation but an audio one. Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History “Blueprint for Armageddon” is absolutely spellbinding. Numerous episodes of several hours each. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I believe it is on something called Substack now.
Hi, yes! I mentioned this at the end of the video, such a good series
Best video about Romanov - BBC Empire of the Tsars Romanov Russia.
Watch a BBC mini series about this time. 37 Days. very interesting, a docu-drama may be a good description. it is about the runup to the war in the offices of power, specifically mainly focused (but not exclusively) to the British and German ministries. I rate it very highly, hope you can find the time as it is very worthwhile.
Every year is an insane time to be alive
Sabaton is a metal band that sings about world war 1 and 2. Every song I've heard of theirs is good but I particularly like "Christmas Truce."
Best series I've seen on WW1 was produced in the 60's by the BBC 'The Great War' was 26 one-hour episodes highly acclaimed and featured interviews with many of the war's survivors.
A quick overview can be found on Wikipedia.
Just for fun...if you haven't, watch... Johnny got his gun...USA
WW2... Fire on the plains...Japanese
Kanal...Polish
Come and See...Russian
Der Untergange...German
Try watching the last tommy.. x
Hi, there is a BBC 13-part Mini Series from 1974 called (Fall Of Eagles). It portrays the historical events from 1848-1918, covering the ruling dynasties of (Austria-Hungary, Germany & Russia). It`s well worth watching if the politics & lifestyles behind the scenes, interest you more than the battles.
A good anti-War film to watch covering WW1 is (Oh ! What A Lovely War) it is a Musical/War film from 1969. Both the Series & this film feature many famous British Actors & Actresses, some of which you may recognise. I hope you enjoy them both as much as I did. :)
Ill listen to your song if you listen to mine. The Decemberists - When the war came. 90 years of peace blessed europe and there was no major wars fought, but when WW1 came, it came hard
Always gets overlooked because of WW2
Depends on the involvement I guess. It's still huge in Flanders and England, in the Netherlands that managed to stay neutral, it's not a very big part of history education or big in general attention. It's also just another stupid war, only bigger, it doesn't have the evil dimensions nor the heroes of WWII.
Ironically WWII almost gives Germany almost a free pass on it's short but very bloody and cruel colonial history.
Your knowledge knows no boundaries. 😲
it's because she bounds towards knowledge.
3:20 There is a great Video from Oversimplified about the Russian revolution that also explains the Tsar and his family a bit more
If u want watch the lead up watch the seminar tradegy by simple history ( i think)
Nicholas & Alexandra is the classic drama, that and Doctor Zhivago.
I think you would enjoy “The Guns of August” by Barbara Tuchman. A Pulitzer Prize winner.
I’ve actually seen this book a few times & haven’t picked it up, this recommendation may be what I needed to finally read it. Thank you Barry!
I used to think Duke was spelled juke because I only ever heard British people say it.
I also used to think tubes and choobs were different.
Please come to Sarajevo and I will show you the route of Archduke and what happened
Watch a whole video on assassination? And... what then happened? Try "37 Days" by BBC. Awesome TV, strongly recommended. Shows both sides
One of the interesting moments of the beginning of World War I was II. German Emperor William and II. A series of messages from Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, which consisted of a total of ten messages.
The two rulers are related in several ways
The two rulers were related to each other several times, as they were both great-grandsons of the Russian Tsar Paul I, and both of III. They were descendants of King Frederick William of Prussia, and moreover, William and Miklós' wife were cousins, and also the grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
I hope you react to the rest of the series.
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you should do whole war it is really good.
@No Protocol. Russia was the first to mobilise its troops (back then a declaration of war), and Germany was the last to mobilise its troops. In between, everyone else of importance mobilised theirs.
I highly recommend the book titled Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War by Gerry Docherty & Jim MacGregor.
The channel "The Great War" covers the beginning and the week-by-week history of WWI. They have a segment about the assassination also.
That’s a great channel!
If you're a podcast listener and want to hear more about how WW1 came about, listen to the two part Behind The Bastards episode : Kaiser Wilhelm, The Saddest Warlord In History.
at 5:05 the answer to your question is Russia had a larger army than Germany. although not trained or equipped as well as the Germans
ive already suggested a while ago the seminal tragedy which goes through the entire events and connection of ferdinands assassination all the war up to the start of the war.
but if you want something less cartoonish there is the great war channel, which has a 3 part prelude to WW1, all of them interesting when looking at world politics, but part 3 is about the assassination itself, the same historian on it has also done another version on sabaton history sarajevo.
Inteligence is sooooo damn sexy! Kudos for your interest in Europe`s history, not many americans are guilty of that! 🙃
th-cam.com/video/tGxAYeeyoIc/w-d-xo.html an alternative explanation. weirdly the best music I've heard is the song "1916 " done by motor head heart breaking.
There's was a problem with the plan, it was bollux
There is a great documentary on the First World War, "The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century"... it's 9 episodes and is available on youtube. There is also my book, "A Well-Kept Secret: The Allied Invasion of North Russia, 1918-1919", an oral history of the invasion...
You should check out ‘ the greatest raid of all time’ its awesome
the Turkish or Ottoman Sultan in the First World War was Mehmed V! Serbia, in proportion to its size and population, had the most victims in the First World War! In the First World War, the Serbian army had the youngest non-commissioned officer in the history of the army, who at the age of 8 or 9 became a corporal and not long after became a sergeant! In the First World War, the Serbian army awarded the most decorated female soldier in history to Milunka Savić
Pre-trench losses were from artillery. Trench warfare was artillery pre-attack then massive death from machine guns.
The problem with keeping tracks of the ottomans is that there were 3 important Pasha's during that time.
P.S. Lettow von Vorbeck - Fantastic general & greatest guerilla figher of all time.
PP.S. I would rank the 3 most incompeten generals during this war it would be Nr.1 Conrad von Hötzendorf - Nr.2 Luigi Cadorna. & Nr.3 Douglas Haig.
Watch Lady of the dark animated version by Sabaton 👍
One of my favourite movies, The African Queen, is set in 1914 in Africa at the outbreak of the war. Apart from some rather lazy stereotypes of the indigenous people in the early scenes, for me this is a nearly perfect movie.
Sultan Vahdettin was the leader of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. but nationalist officers ruled the empire. Enver Pasha was married to Vahdettin's daughter. This gave him a lot of political power. Enver Pasha was an ambitious but dreamy general. He caused the Ottoman Empire to experience the greatest defeat in its history on the Russian front. His biggest chance was that Mustafa Kemal Pasha, one of the best commanders in history, defeated the British and anzac Army together with German General von Lim Sanders on the Çanakkale front. Then Mustafa Kemal Pasha founded the new Turkey. Enver Pasha fled the country. He was assassinated and killed by Armenians in Armenia.
You should watch the Great War channel probably the best channel it covered the war day by day a hundred years later plus it has more update and declassified information
3:30 Epic history has videos on history of Russia, and long video on decembrists - first revolution attempt in russia
What you need to understand, in Russian politics a bald guy is always replaced by hairy guy, and he in turn is replaced by bald guy etc.
5:09 At the time, Largest army in the world was German.
This was a GREAT series that ran from 2014 to 2018 covering the Great War called...
The Great War! (lol)
Here is a link to the episode about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The entire series is super solid, covering events as they happened 100 years prior, but also with episodes on specific topics like women in the war or amazing moustaches of the generals...and Q&A sessions.
th-cam.com/video/ZmHxq28440c/w-d-xo.html
LOL you are amazing! Already familiar with The Great War series, eh? Keep up the great work!
Im already a history nerd but thanks for introducing me to all kinds of other innocuous but all the same interesting information. Anyone here watch mr ballen?
Mr. Ballen’s missing 411 videos were top
Mehmed the 5th was sultan of the Ottoman during WWI
Thank you! I hadn’t reminded myself to look it up yet
@@NoProtocol i gotcha! I love your content and added suggestions
If u wanna know about the leading up to ww1, watch the seminal tradegy by extra history
If u are interested you can find a video from Hungary it is very interesting one.