Equilibrium of Carnage at Verdun - Portugal Joins The War I THE GREAT WAR - Week 85 | Tokyo
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The fierce battle of Verdun is still going on and the initial surprise momentum of the German Army under Erich von Falkenhayn is lost. Battles for hill tops and forts turn into carnage where even the winning side is loosing too much men to go on. The Siege of Kut is growing ever more desperate as the there is virtually no food left for the British Army. And in all that Portugal is joining the war. » HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL? You can support us by sharing our videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work.You can also support us financially on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatwar You can also buy our merchandise in our online shop: https://shop.thegreatwar.tv Patreon is a platform for creators like us, that enables us to get monthly financial support from the community in exchange for cool perks. » WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WORLD WAR I AND WHERE ELSE CAN I FIND YOU? We’re offering background knowledge, news, a glimpse behind the scenes and much more on: reddit: http://bit.ly/TheGreatSubReddit Facebook: http://bit.ly/WW1FB Twitter: http://bit.ly/WW1Series Instagram: http://bit.ly/ZpMYPL » CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE? Of course, you can embed our videos on your website. We are happy if you show our channel to your friends, fellow students, classmates, professors, teachers or neighbours. Or just share our videos on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc. We are also happy to get your feedback, criticism or ideas in the comments. If you have interesting historical questions, just post them and we will answer in our OUT OF THE TRENCHES videos. You can find a selection of answers to the most frequently asked questions here: http://bit.ly/OOtrenches » CAN I SHOW YOUR VIDEOS IN CLASS? Of course! Tell your teachers or professors about our channel and our videos. We’re happy if we can contribute with our videos. If you are a teacher and have questions about our show, you can get in contact with us on one of our social media presences. » WHAT ARE YOUR SOURCES? Videos: British Pathé Pictures: Mostly Picture Alliance Background Map: http://d-maps.com/carte.php?num_car=6030&lang=en Literature (excerpt): Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004. Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013. Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013. Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008. Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000. Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013. Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004 Michalka, Wolfgang. Der Erste Weltkrieg. Wirkung, Wahrnehmung, Analyse, Seehamer Verlag GmbH, 2000 Leonhard, Jörn. Die Büchse der Pandora: Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges, C.H. Beck, 2014 If you want to buy some of the books we use or recommend during our show, check out our Amazon Store: http://bit.ly/AmazonTGW NOTE: This store uses affiliate links which grant us a commission if you buy a product there. » WHAT IS “THE GREAT WAR” PROJECT? THE GREAT WAR covers the events exactly 100 years ago: The story of World War I in realtime. Featuring: The unique archive material of British Pathé. Indy Neidell takes you on a journey into the past to show you what really happened and how it all could spiral into more than four years of dire war. Subscribe to our channel and don’t miss our new episodes every Thursday. » WHO IS REPLYING TO MY COMMENTS? AND WHO IS BEHIND THIS PROJECT? Most of the comments are written by our social media manager Florian. He is posting links, facts and backstage material on our social media channels. But from time to time, Indy reads and answers comments with his personal account, too. The Team responsible for THE GREAT WAR is even bigger: - CREDITS - Presented by : Indiana Neidell Written by: Indiana Neidell Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Sound Design: Marc Glücks Editing: Ole-Sten Hauffe Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Research by: Indiana Neidell Fact checking: Markus Linke A Mediakraft Networks Original Channel Based on a concept by Spartacus Olsson Author: Indiana Neidell Visual Concept: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson Executive Producer: Spartacus Olsson Producer: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Social Media Manager: Florian Wittig Contains licenced Material by British Pathé All rights reserved - © Mediakraft Networks GmbH, 2016
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was spain neutral in ww1?
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Portugal is MLG lol just capturing 38 German ships
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My good sir, i see that u do know ur stuff when it regards WW1 and has a portuguese i think it is well derserved to mention Soldier Milhais (aka. Soldier Millions) that was a true legend in WW1. But despite that, awesome video and awesome channel, keep up the good work.
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Macker sounds like a badass, I can't find anything on him on the internet, if anyone knows of any, let me know
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Joined the war in march 1916, been fighting in Africa since 1914.
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So why is this titled "Portugal Joins The War"?
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Thanks for the info.
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That Macker was a boss. Just walks onto the Battlefield with Cane and Cigar leading troops to victory only to have it ripped away because he wanted to pat himself on the back. Pride come before the fall I guess.
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concentrated fired caused it to retire
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Hoooo, dude, i really wanted to know stuff about Portugal during the war....could you do another episode only covering Portugal please?
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What did Spain do during the war?
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"I'm starving to death in the dessert, got no food, but i won't eat that poor delicious horse"
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It's impossible for me to imagine the suffering of being stranded in the desert, thousands of miles from home and family, being blown up, shot at, having to slaughter horses for food, and finally dieing from shitting your brains out. It's shocking how vulgar and macabre death was in World War One.
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If his name was Antonio, why does the cross read "Antonia" (female version of the name)? Was that a typo? Am I missing something about Portuguese names?
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Dear the great war team.I urge you to come to see the verdun battlefield and memorials It"s quasi untouched since the end of the war, all the forts you refer to are still open to public( and my region is beautifull )
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Oh no... I am almost at the end of the list. Goodbye, binge-watching... hello, waiting a whole week for the next episode.
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Misclicked into the middle of the video, got some nasty spoilers... Darn it, it's thousands of people dead!!!
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Battle of La Lys very important to Portugal and the portuguese. The portuguese hold the advance of the imperial germans troops because of an ERROR from the surrendering of the "Entente" troops, in this case, the British and French troops that should suportt the portuguese people. They lost thousand of troops. But they did better agaisnt the imperial german troops in Africa colonies (Angola and Mozambique), holding their attacks and winning the majority of the skirmishes.
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Portugal and Britain have had the longest Alliance in history, they have been allies since 1386.
Portugal offered to help Britain from the start, but Britain refused their help saying it was not needed at this time.
Plus the Germans had tried to take Portuguese colonies in Africa, they also sank trade ships, this is why they captured the 32 German navy vessels at the request of the British, and why a week later Germany declared war.
Portugal created the Corpo Expedicionário Português who were sent to be commanded by the British, and the Corpo de Artilharia Pesada Independente who was to be commanded by the French.
The Portuguese sent 4,000 soldiers per month to the western front, but their main fighting was for their colonies such as Angola and Mozambique.
There's a lot of stuff the portuguese did in World War 1 and they do deserve a couple of videos for them at least,
Portugal has always supported Britain, and helped Britain the best ways they could,
and Portugal did do a lot more in WW2 than in WW1, but they did play an important role in WW1 and lost thousands of men for basically honor
also you have to take into count the Spanish Flu which killed hundreds of thousands of Portuguese at this time. -
It is interesting that over one million Indian soldiers and volunteers served on the British side in several theaters, most notably the Western and the Mesopotamian ones, and this is hardly talked about in India, while for the Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand, the campaign at Gallipolli is seen as a defining moment in their national history.
I'd urge you to include something from the perspective of the common Indian soldier in this wonderful show that is taking a very objective and nuanced look at things. Here, for example is an excerpt from the remarkable diary of one Sisir Sarbadhikari, of the Bengal Ambulance Corps, describing the punishment for desertion of Indian troops during the siege of Kut, when morale was particularly low (and many of the Muslim Indian soldiers were loathe to attack Baghdad)
"One day a young fellow of the 119th Regiment was caught trying to escape. Some Sikhs were on their way back from the trenches when they saw the chokra, walking past the trenches. This made the Sikh Subedar suspicious and he
brought the fellow to the O.C. of the 119th. The chokra was unable to provide a satisfactory account of his behaviour. There was a summary court-martial – sentence, death! The firing party was picked from his own company – perhaps it included men from his own village? Or perhaps even a relative? He was blindfolded and his chest was laid bare by the medical officer of the 119th who turned him to face the firing party; the Adjutant looked on. After it was over, the medical officer, Capt. Ubhaya, examined him to make sure he was dead. "
- Sisir Sarbadhikari, BAC, Mar 16th, 2016.