my great uncle died in this offensive. he fought with the royal welch fusiliers
@southlondon63
10 жыл бұрын
I have this 1960's BBC documentary on dvd but this version has so much better sound and picture quality. Thanks for posting mate
@christopherdidonna4843
8 жыл бұрын
What a waste of life. My grandfather fought in the trenches and was shot three-times, mustard gased. In fierce hand to hand combat he killed a German Soldier with his entrenching tool. That encounter would haunt him as he laid dying on his deathbed.
@Jamz-
8 жыл бұрын
tough stuff man
@GalacticPrince0101
6 жыл бұрын
Shit happens, you get lucky 🍀. You don't.. 💀
@thelastaustralian7583
6 жыл бұрын
GDay Christopher my Grandfather was a stretcher bearer in the 14th AIF ....all the best
@pamboulton4422
6 жыл бұрын
Christopher DiDonna II
@thelastaustralian7583
6 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive
@grimman55
12 жыл бұрын
This series is informative and educating as a retied vet WW1 has always caught my interest especially those involving the Canadians.
@xXThePhilosopherXx
11 жыл бұрын
This is good footage.
@NickTasy
6 жыл бұрын
Autumnal Reaper Very good
@MrVonnoobie
11 жыл бұрын
As Australia had there own Corps, In fact the Aussie Corps was the single largest corps of the entire war, At times number a quarter million strong so in essence it was the size of some small armies of the war... Though the aqurter million did include at times French, Americans, British etc as they had no qaulm about putting us in command of there troops based on our successes ... Canada being just as good as us Aussies, So good on you boys =)
@anthonyeaton5153
4 ай бұрын
The war would have still been won without Australia but not, without Britain.
@MrVonnoobie
11 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, Have looked into it and from what I can gather the mutinies that did occur where due to them being used excessively in the hardest spots with little rest (They where in process of going to the rear when shoved back to the front) or because there units where to be disbanded (They where fond of the individual units accomplishments).
@BUZZK1LL2000
7 жыл бұрын
Still amazed that my great granddad ordered the first artillery volley that kicked of this entire thing :)
@TorontoHighGuy
4 жыл бұрын
Your great grandfather. Once key piece in winning the war. May he R.I.P.
@jamesbell1707
3 жыл бұрын
They fail to mention that Canadian and Anzac soldiers spearheaded every major offensive during the final Hundred Days.
@Jhossack
2 жыл бұрын
There were only British citizens at the time. Canada was a dominion, not a country, and our first citizens were in 1947, so, welcome to colonial story telling. What I grew up with.
@Jhossack
2 жыл бұрын
We didn’t even have our own constitution until 1982, against the conservatives wishes.
@northernlight696
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jhossack Canada was a country in 1867 and fought in most of the major ww1 battles. The Brits like to take credit for Canadian heroes.
@jiveassturkey8849
2 жыл бұрын
🇺🇸America... you mother fuckers 🇺🇸
@jiveassturkey8849
2 жыл бұрын
2:35
@donaldoldaker5067
2 жыл бұрын
My grand Father fought in The Great War Every July Fourth Him and some ol guys He served with would set around and talk about the War
@balloonmarsupials4259
7 жыл бұрын
An amazing documentary. Thanks.
@purplesword3800
6 жыл бұрын
Great series..thanx for posting this classic..
@markmewordz6860
5 жыл бұрын
Wall Street consolidating its gains. Great footage mind.
@cecilwilson5442
2 жыл бұрын
Both of my great grandfathers were in ww1,, one in the 36th ulster division and one in the royal Irish rifles 1908,1915 medical discharge,, must have got wounded,, I never met him,, but my father's grandad the uvf one died in the late 70s,, both of their sons my grandads were navy in ww2,, from Northern Ireland ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️to all who never got back home biggest respect,,,
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
You have much to be proud of in your Corps. The Australians finished one battle with more men than they started with because many of the men who were just relieved from the line ran back to join their mates in an attack, that's a special kind of stuff. October 6 1918 the Aus Corps were removed from the war. Just before that some of their troops refused to into battle. At St Quentin Canal the Australians had to, without a rolling barrage, battle over ground already taken because the Americans
@ianoian1
6 жыл бұрын
I watched the full documentary on BBC2 last night and all I can say is this awesome docudrama should be watched by the likes of Putin and Trump. It would teach them that war is ugly, hellish, destructful and, let's face it, nobody really wins a war. And looking back, 21 years later, the Second World War started. Deary, deary, dear! And when this documentary finished, I almost had tears in my eyes. Just breathtaking!
@keksterbojester818
5 жыл бұрын
Well dumbass neither one of them are involved in a war so your statement makes zero sense.
@Grendel650
5 жыл бұрын
@@keksterbojester818 are they not? Ukraine not a war? Afghanistan? Syria? No Americans involved. Gotcha. Dumbass.
@keksterbojester818
5 жыл бұрын
@@Grendel650 you mean wars that were both started before they took power? The same wars that your precious Obama promised to end? You're dumbass. Get mad.
@bobhayett2376
5 жыл бұрын
Mind numbing how many artillery shells must have been used by all sides in total in WWI. I wonder if there's ever even been an attempt to calculate the total.
@Grendel650
5 жыл бұрын
Around 1.5 billion appears to be the estimate.
@MrOdsplut
4 жыл бұрын
Lots.
@BrushCountryAg06
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve thought the exact same thing many many times…There’s just simply never been anything like it nor will there ever be ever again with regards to sheer artillery.
@borninvincible
2 жыл бұрын
@@BrushCountryAg06 hahahhaa, you ever heard of Laos?
@anomalyp8584
Жыл бұрын
@@BrushCountryAg06 untrue. WW2 saw an insane amount of shelling (especially the Russians).
@thelizardkingdc
Жыл бұрын
Is this 100% real footage?
@sonnyjim5268
5 жыл бұрын
Any idea when this program was produced?
@stephenjones7040
4 жыл бұрын
I know this is a bit late but this was produced in 1964 by the BBC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the war. I bought the whole series (24 40 minute programmes) on DVD three years ago for £300.🤯
@zabdas83
Жыл бұрын
I wish there was an comprehensive & concise financial & economic documentary about the end of the war. The international Bankruptcies etc???
@he111X
12 жыл бұрын
The battle of Hamel was shown in the episode that precedes this one. You probably didn't see it.
@safeysmith6720
4 жыл бұрын
Some Germans claimed to have never been defeated in WW1. Well they must have forgotten about the hundred days offensive somehow!
@dhss333
Жыл бұрын
I originally watched this on tv in 1964, aged 9.
@anthonyeaton5153
8 ай бұрын
I watched it when I was 27.
@NOFACEZ
2 жыл бұрын
At 5:35 my man almost got his dome split, good thing the man in the back had great gun control and friendly fire was off!
@edsharp2676
3 жыл бұрын
The fact that they literally walked or lightly jogged into a wall of bullets...
@josefbleaux6724
5 жыл бұрын
The sound track is horrendous. Otherwise a brilliant documentary.
@Ryan_Giggs97
2 жыл бұрын
James Talbot Craig fought in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on the Western Front he survived the Great War and was one of many civilians to die during the Blitz in Rainham in March 1941 at the age of 49.
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
It was near the end of the war and just wore out. I've never read this but imagine this last battle at St Quentin and the needless casualties taken by the Australians because of the Americans not following orders had something to do with it. The final straw? They refused to go into battle because they were wore out, overused, too many casualties. I've come across it a couple times in some books. I'll try to find more on it.
@anthonyeaton5153
4 ай бұрын
The severe Australian casualties are St Quentin were caused by German artillery and by the fact that Saint Monash attacked without an artillery support barrage. He was at fault .
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
The Canadian Corps was also the size of a small army. 1918 saw them increase the number of men in each of the 4 divisions by disbanding the 5th at a time when the British and Australians were decreasing the size of theirs. 22,000 to 14,000 respectively. Haig wanted to make the Canadian Corps into a full army with the addition of British Divisions with Curry in command but he refused because he felt it would weaken their effectiveness. He felt it would put the success they were having in jeopardy
@neilelm1966
11 жыл бұрын
Canadian troops were formed as a corps in the British army. If you listed evey single corps from every nation in the British army in 1918 it would be a long list
@MrVonnoobie
11 жыл бұрын
While that is true for the digger's being in there individual divisions was a source of pride, Something that they didn't want to lose by there units being disbanded. In any case it suited us more having the Aussies and Canadians as separate Corps since they where the shock troops so to speak, When something couldn't be done or was to hard they sent one of us in, Feels good to know the smaller nations held up the bigger most powerful nations.
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the Anzacs was not wanted by the Aussies because of one Division. The C 5th was disbanded while still in England while forming so it didn't matter to anyone, otherwise yes. Pershing did have a qualm, he didn't want Americans taking part in the battle of Hamil. They didn't have a big role but the time was already set and there was not enough time to replace them so Monash told Haig "no americans no battle" It wasnt always advantages for Aussies to include others among them.
@MrVonnoobie
11 жыл бұрын
Have not heard of Aussie troops refusing ti fight, Do know that they refused an order that would have disbanded one of the divisions but that was it, Care to enlighten me to the incident?
@anthonyeaton5153
8 ай бұрын
I’ve read about Aussie troops refusing to fight in WW1 and WW2. At Gallipoli refusing to leave the trench when ordered and/or/running back once they did. 11th Battalion. (Professor Gary Sheffield) In South East Asia refusing to go on an offensive patrol or going but deliberately not making contact. Men being led out of the battle area by the hand while weeping. (Max Hastings in his book Nemesis) Furtherto, hundreds of Australians deserted at Singapore casting away their arms while going on the rampage having to be rounded up by British troops. I am not trying to belittle Australia, but all armies have and had men who refused to fight and Australia was no different.
@nilouri
13 жыл бұрын
What documentary is this from?
@archstanton5113
6 жыл бұрын
It's been 7 years since you asked your question but if you still want to know: it's from the BBC documentary series "The Great War" from 1964 :-)
@davidchardon1303
4 жыл бұрын
Was the BEF, really the spearhead of the 100 days offensive ? On the Western Front, the 1 November 1918 : French Army : - 102 infantry divisions, 6 cavalry divisions - 2,659,084 men and 630,440 horses - 5,578 heavy guns and 1,626 trench guns - 50,700 chauchats and 30,664 heavy MG's - 1,272 tanks - 3,609 planes British Army : - 60 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions - 1,721,890 men and 388,00 horses - 2,197 heavy guns and 2,570 trench guns - 20,000 lewis and 4,632 heavy MG's - 611 tanks - 1,678 planes (!!!) American Army : - 31 infantry divisions and no cavalry division - 1,821,449 men and 151,250 horses - 746 trench guns and 406 heavy guns - 18,465 light MG's (most of them being chauchat CSRG 1918 and the rest being BAR's) and 6,239 heavy MG's - 91 tanks (lol) - 2,032 planes
@noneyabusiness4006
2 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@ChrisCrossClash
2 жыл бұрын
Yes the British were, the main attack was centred between the Somme and the Brits spearheaded it.
@davidchardon1303
2 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisCrossClash No.
@ChrisCrossClash
2 жыл бұрын
@@davidchardon1303 Yes
@davidchardon1303
2 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisCrossClash No it wasn't. The main axe of Offensive wasn't the center, but the two flanks.
@MadhavanMenonisaindian
Жыл бұрын
Did the ANZACs exist as a unit then? As Colonel Malone said about the Skippy Officers at Chunuk Bair, "I'm not listening to a word those people say".
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
July 15th was not the first day of the offensive, not the hundred days offensive if that's what you mean. July 15th was the first day of the fifth German offensive.
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
Bean would have the most detail on it of course and if you are in Australia you probably wouldn't have to wait a month to get hold of the last volume like I would. No doubt you would find the account near the back of the book and the closing days of their war.
@martyrobinson149
8 жыл бұрын
The Allies had been building for a offensive for some time mass producing aircraft, tanks. After Germany's offensive of 1918 ground to a halt the Allied counter attack was inevitable. The Allies using it's armies supported by tanks on mass and close air support overwhelmed the German armies who quickly collapsed. Britain's isolation of Germany crushed its home front forcing the country into negotiations as well as failed military campaign.
@historianjustinhistorian6739
8 жыл бұрын
Marty, You are right. England's blockade defeated Germany. Wilhelm Kaisers Empire indeed collapsed from within. I'd say without our intervention in WW1 war would continue into 1919.
@historianjustinhistorian6739
8 жыл бұрын
Marty, You are right. England's blockade defeated Germany. Wilhelm Kaisers Empire indeed collapsed from within. I'd say without our intervention in WW1 war would continue into 1919.
@fratersol
6 жыл бұрын
Wilson 14 point peace points which germany thought was going yo be honored brought this war to an end. Germany signed armstice until peace negotiations. Thr army was far from being defeated.
@owenjones7517
6 жыл бұрын
^It's a myth that the German army was undefeated. The German front went through a total collapse thanks to the late-war victories of the Allies, prompting them to make peace. This was far more significant than Wilson, who the Germans saw as a weak link in the Allied alliance which they could exploit for lenient terms
@canadianwardog7118
3 жыл бұрын
A death every minute...Lest we forget. So many young people here don't realise that they're here because they had grandparents who survived and there are millions who are not here because they did not and so they were never born. If those ghosts could speak I wonder what they would tell us.
@mrpaddy3318
3 жыл бұрын
What did the allied Do when they had to fight alone against the germans WW 1 and 2?
@vovomtb
3 жыл бұрын
4:41 What is that machinegun?
@syahran1518
6 жыл бұрын
*MODERN WAR INTENSIFIES*
@porcelpatrick5099
Жыл бұрын
French soldiers fought like lion's with great losses.
@jihnbrumfield4976
Жыл бұрын
That car is my brumfield grandpa's
@charliethompson6402
5 жыл бұрын
COOL!
@zoezoe8703
5 жыл бұрын
I’m Hungarian my great grandad fought he didn’t survive if your Hungarian is well like this and I am offended
@jackthebassman1
3 жыл бұрын
There are an estimated 12 million unexplored shells in the Great War battlefields, the French government reckon between 300 and 900 years from now to clear it.
@jihnbrumfield4976
Жыл бұрын
Good wars
@Baskerville22
2 жыл бұрын
The narrator sounds like Michael Redgrave
@massimookissed1023
8 жыл бұрын
von Hindenburg sounds awfully British.
@abk4202020
5 жыл бұрын
He was British they was all related inbreeding
@jezalb2710
2 жыл бұрын
@@abk4202020 he was born in what is now Poland. Spoke fluent Polish.
@jiveassturkey8849
2 жыл бұрын
All Anglo-Saxons were originally German
@anthonyeaton5153
4 ай бұрын
he was not German Royalty.
@ortopedisanprates9238
2 жыл бұрын
🖤
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
I think that it wasn't their first engagement but you may be right. Never the less they were inexperienced and over enthusiastic, which led to higher casualties for the Australians in this battle. Yes all make mistakes.
@terryeverson9820
2 жыл бұрын
To bad they had to edit the battle casualities. I never saw one soldier fall from being hit.
@stefanh.8135
Жыл бұрын
☮️
@davidchardon1303
4 жыл бұрын
Was the Battle of Amiens (1918) really a British Victory ? Allies's forces involved in the battle : - 43 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry divisions, making a total of 49 allied divisions. The French came with the First and the Third Armies : First Army : - 15 infantry divisions - 3 cavalry divisions - 1,624 guns (half were heavy guns) - 1,600 planes - 90 ft tanks The third army : - 8 infantry divisions - 3 reserve infantry divisions - 1,024 guns ( half were heavy guns) - 170 planes So, the French Armies involved represented a total of 29 divisions, with 1300 lights and heavy guns, 90 modern tanks (FT Renault Tanks) and around 1,800 planes, half of the French Air Force and more than all the British Air Force. The British came with the IV Army : British IV Army : - 19 British Divisions ( 10 British, 5 Australian and 4 Canadian) - 1 American Division - 530 tanks - 1,400 guns (470 heavy guns) - 800 planes So, the French commited in the Battle, 29 Divisions out of the 49 Divisions allied divisions used, which represented 57 % of the total number of allied divisions, 2,600 guns out of the 4,000 guns which represented 65 % of the allied artillery, 1300 heavy guns out of the 1800 heavy guns (73 %), 1,800 planes out of 2,600 planes which represented 69 % of the planes used and more than all the British Air Force, but only 80 FT tanks out of the 600 tank used. Meanwhile, the British with 19 Divisions out of 49, represented 38,7 % of the Divisions used, 1,400 guns out of 4,000 35 % of the guns used, with 800 planes out of 2,600 30,7 % of the planes used, and with 530 tanks out of 640, 85 % of the tanks used. So, I'am just asking : was the Battle of Amiens a British or a French victory?
@gauloiscalifornien
3 жыл бұрын
60% French, 40% British...
@KonEl-BlackZero
3 жыл бұрын
A brazilian victory
@davidchardon1303
3 жыл бұрын
@@KonEl-BlackZero A Portuguese one
@davidchardon1303
Жыл бұрын
@@alskjlskaj This is what the British Wikipedia Article says, but it is wrong.
@torpedodropkick59
Жыл бұрын
Australian! 😊
@MrVonnoobie
11 жыл бұрын
To an extent yes however this was the first engagement, In reality the US forces roved useful when there lost units actually linked onto Aussie units giving them on the spot experienced officer and troops to lead and teach them. All nations made mistakes in the war, We simply had many more years of experience in WWI then the US.
@vitosanto3874
5 жыл бұрын
Does it get any more mindless than his ,all those young men on both side lost ,and for what?
@abk4202020
5 жыл бұрын
U gotta rember the context of tvis war, the American civil war was like 50 years old on average a black dudes grand parents was ex slaves so there was no tactics till noteable,people like Erwin rommel was cutting their teeth in storm trooper tactics or small unit tactics which he wrote a book on which is required reading at West point on leadership
@abk4202020
5 жыл бұрын
And for what? Its almost like today imagine if Russia all of,the sudden tried to take poland and belerus NATO allies which would require a massive military respose, like how British had to,come,to,the aid,of Belgium out of fear germany getting so strong and the brits didnt want the germans to be right across the river
@safeysmith6720
4 жыл бұрын
The Ancients Way The technology did not allow for the kind of tactics used in WW2.
@domagojgreguric6957
2 жыл бұрын
The casualties were brutal during that final sequence of campaigns which brought the once unbeatable German army to its knees. Luckily for all the lives, the armistice was signed and the war didnt extend into 1919... But the German war spirit wasnt extinguished and they used the "knife in the back" legend to raise troops for another world war. Ideal ground for Hitler to sell his ideas. If the Entente overran Germany in 1919 and turned it into a ruin, capturing Berlin, it would cost many lives but probably the german war spirits would never rise again. Actually even in 1945 the Germans preferred to surrender en masse to western Allies.
@ulaghchi
12 жыл бұрын
@Mu51ch3r3 The World At War was based on this series. But this series is probably better.
@thepatriot4326
2 жыл бұрын
Defeated of Germany was combined result with UK,USA,France
@garciavelert
Жыл бұрын
Toda esta muerte ,para no aprender nada ,hoy estamos a casi una guerra nuclear y no pasa nada ?
@mengutimur
8 жыл бұрын
Russian general on Putin's unjust society: kzitem.info/news/bejne/xa55tqp6cYV2hW0
@ascoop22
11 жыл бұрын
under their command didn't follow orders and continued to advance rather than mop up and allow the Australians to pass through them. The Germans popped up behind the Americans gunning them in the back and cut off the Australians. They would have been better off without them.
@David-pb6lz
Жыл бұрын
Was it a bad idea to keep the Germans in the trenches? Perhaps they should have tried to go straight to occupying cities. But then they would be faced with insurgents.
@wrongbuthonestsanatnihuman9148
Жыл бұрын
Humanity Destroys Time 2 Time For Crazyness Of Some Mental Dictators.....
@sparrovski
4 жыл бұрын
Humans doing what they do best. Kill, harm, abuse.
@MrVonnoobie
11 жыл бұрын
Seems that while British troops didnt mutiny in mass, We had our share of mutinies but they appear to have been rarely about not wanting to fight, Just wanting there fair share of down time since they where being used to break the toughest defences.
@teufelhund4921
5 жыл бұрын
The British mutinied post war, the army and the navy alike. The mutinies of the 1920s forced Britain off the gold standard.
@jihnbrumfield4976
Жыл бұрын
I ate a minture mini fur horse over it all
@jihnbrumfield4976
Жыл бұрын
I'm brumfield son grad son I lost my hertige and like 159 sons and 1 daughter
@CodeineRadick
11 жыл бұрын
"french british and american troops" yeah dont mention canada... o.o
@augnkn93043
6 жыл бұрын
Nick N What sort of passport did the Canadians have at that time?
@jihnbrumfield4976
Жыл бұрын
I use to speak 7 language s german owas one
@thelastaustralian7583
6 жыл бұрын
AIF project UNSW
@pigdogproductions
2 жыл бұрын
This is nought but a montage of sound effects and silly music, save yourself the cringe and turn the volume down. Also fails to mention that the AIF were the main protagonists in defeating the German offensive and then leading the 100 day offensive. It could be argued that an Australian born Jewish man who had German parents and was a part time soldier (he was a Civil Engineer) was the man most responsible for bringing about German defeat in 1918, this man being the Great John Monash, who masterminded the whole thing.
@anthonyeaton5153
4 ай бұрын
The reason he didn't say that was because they didn't
@jihnbrumfield4976
Жыл бұрын
100 wives
@xcryptgames4410
Жыл бұрын
Abrahamic Connection. 東方靈異伝. ✝☪✡.
@williambeck1574
2 жыл бұрын
FREE IRELAND NOW TIOCFAIDH AR LA ERIN GO BRAGH UNPLANT YOUR FLAG FROM IRISH SOIL🇮🇪
@playonkorg
6 жыл бұрын
Where the proud to be human to die because for the money of the rich ?
@petermoyes8766
6 жыл бұрын
PEACE TO ALL HUMAN KIND ,,,NEVER GONNA HAPPEN ,,
@skeksilthechamberlain1479
5 жыл бұрын
What is this Marxist bs?
@ivandasty277
2 жыл бұрын
If American soldiers knew the true nature of the French colonial government and knew that they were fighting to preserve a country that would soon massacre more than two million innocent Algerians , Did not sacrifice themselves for the French in ww1 and ww2 .
@laurencaulton103
2 жыл бұрын
World War II was not fought to save France. It was fought to defeat Nazi Germany and Japan.
@louisshiba8263
3 жыл бұрын
Pauvres jeunes de tous les côtés. Des dizaines de millions de morts pour rien !!!
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