The First World War: The War to End War | WW1 Documentary

The amount of gullible people who don't see through his word salad is astonishing.

Difficult to listen too. The background music is loud and high pitched.

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Special thanks to veteran soldiers/civilians sharing personal information/combat experiences. Thru diaries/memoirs for historians to replicate. For current day viewers to appreciate. Out with the old/in with the new ideologies syndrome. The 1914 disillusioned British be back by Christmas misconceptions about the predicaments of war. Was quite a rude awakening. Many new innovations came out of the " Great War ". A special shout out to the often forgotten medical 🚑 personal. Medics/stretcher bearers risking life and limb tending to the wounded soldiers.

The reason for WALKING OVER NO-MAN’S LAND instead of running is a bit of a myth. At some points in the line the distance between the German and Allied forces could be as much as 1 - 2 miles. Imagine having to run across that carrying a full pack, rifles and ammunition, often a spade to dig through obstacles and wire cutters to cut through barbed wire (although this was thought to have been done by the artillery bombardment but wasn’t …). So it was thought that by walking in a spread out formation would mean that the Soldiers wouldn’t be exhausted by the time they reached the enemy trench and being spread out would make shooting large amounts of ‘bunched-up’ soldiers extremely difficult. Of course we now know that they were sitting ducks for enemy machine guns that they thought no longer existed. I don’t doubt that an element of hubris was involved, with some Generals truly believing that the German’s had been decimated by the 5 days and nights of artillery barrage that preceded the final push. But I think it also made some sort of sense at the time in parts of the frontline that were a large distance apart, for the men to walk across rather than run and ironically end up injured by the massive obstacles in no-man’s land that included huge shell craters and large shrapnel pieces as well as the decaying bodies of the dead.

I am angry about this waste of life, about six million men wiped out for nothing. There should be no wars, your only on the planet for about 70 years, everybody should put their efforts into humanitarian projects.

I don't care what they say. The Great War was the most brutal. Mankind's inhumanity to man.

War is hell. I thought I had problems. At least I don't have trench foot.

Irish person here that grew up in a border County. Main reason for the failure was the capture of German guns shortly before hand. Vast majority of people who still fought were mostly unarmed or had low ammo, unable to sustain a long fight

Over simplification.

Facts tired of hearing about d day or only one battle from a massive war. Like we need more about WW1 Vietnam Korean War etc

DAMN! - those footages are AWESOME! ...especially the ones that were enhanced and have digitally added colour over the b&w-original... STUNNING WORK! Big thanks for the upload!

That poor little guy. A kid in war

Ferdinand’s driver took that turn on purpose 🫤😒

The war that ended no wars

you guys need to turn down the volume of the music, it makes these really hard to sit down and relax to.

I have a special link to ww1 . My father was born on Aug5 1914.

Now we can have more sympathy for why Hitler became who he became. As an American of German descent, I sympathize with the Germans who were disgusted with the Peace Treaty and the inhumane punishments inflicted on Germans. Why not go after Kaiser Wilhelm II and make him suffer the consequences? No… the world always has to scapegoat the Germans as barbarians, just like the Romans did in the ancient world.

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My friend why is there a super intense heroic music all through the video? It is incredibly distracting, let the film breath a little. My god.

My grandpa’s brothers, my Uncle Dave and Uncle Dietrich both were in the trenches. They both were horrifically damaged by the mustard gas. Both of them could no longer work because of lung damage and my Uncle Dietrich was afflicted with stomach cancer in his early twenties as well. The government gave my Uncle Dave ten dollars a month to support his family with, that’s all. He was a warm, kind man, a loving husband, father, uncle. He was so sweet to everyone. It wasn’t fair for him to be treated like that by our government, it was a disgrace. Ten dollars a month. In the sixties and seventies he couldn’t pay one bill with ten dollars. My Aunt Hazel, his wife cleaned homes to make ends meet. My other uncle died and his family received nothing. This was a true injustice.

A well ordered piece in general.
The first submarine was during the American Civil War - not Revolutionary.

Militarism… you say it was (and presumably is) “obsolete”???

We should all BE so lucky. The world still has dictators, and without militarism this wouldn’t be possible.

Crazy that the car Ferdinand was assassinated in had a registration plate that read ‘11 11 18’ - the end date of the war.

Marrying for love rather than clinging to power is a very fairy story to tell, what a coincidence.

Background music ruined it....unwatchable

“GallApoli?!” How can you possibly repeatedly mispronounce THAT?! Anyone who knows a single thing about WW1 has heard of Gallipoli - yet the narrator of this documentary hasn’t, and nor has anyone on the editorial crew. It is epically famous!

This would be like a documentary on the American Civil War repeatedly referring to GAttysberg. That is a TRULY terrible level of ignorance for just about anyone. For a historical documentary it’s ridiculous. It’s hard to take these jokers seriously after that.

I’m from an orthodox family in East Africa but I hate Serbia. Caused so many problems including the balkanization of Yugoslavia. Still a shit hole genocidal country to this day despite being in Europe

i was really enoying this till you murdered the word gallipoli lol you said gallapoli.

WWI was truly the great war. In real terms the world was involved. The casualties were enormous. WWII gets more coverage because of Hitler, The Atomic Bomb and USA's so called heroics.

Did Austria had parlimentary system headed by Monarchy like in UK before WW1 ?. If NO then they should have learn from UK, So that they could have safe guard their monarchy and same time please the people by giving sense of power to the people.. And they could have hold power with out responsibility like British Monarch.

Gallapoli?

Momcilo Gavric i Milunka Savic ❤❤❤

So fucking annoying a few people can make thousands of people go to War.
That Christmas day story is heartbreaking.😣😔

Yes the war to end all wars what dick came up with that

Why there is no mention of Romania? Romania played a big role on the eastern front in 1916-1917.

Interesting choice to include a quote from Sir Edward Grey, who in my opinion one of the key figures responsible for causing the war itself. His years of foreign policy and monolithic blocks of alliance building laid the kindling that allowed a spark in the Balkans to burn down the entire continent of Europe. A shame that a century later the lessons still haven't been learnt and war continues here.

Is this cold case detective

God is true together in my life father off God mystery world war watching

Definitely a biased documentary. To call the Kaiser one who is cling on to outdated ideals such as "militarism and imperialism," is very hypocritical. Every other European power partook in imperialism and militarism and the overseas empires of the Entante powers vastly dwarfed German holdings. Britain and France are prime examples along woth the well known atrocities of the Beligans under Leopold II.

Sad to see those men smiling as they are boarding the ships. Little did they know

as an African- if this is "civilisation" i don't want it

Just one bullet caused a great war

Never say that the war was waged and funded by bankers. God's chosen people are offended by it.

wow you re-Nailed it👨‍🎓👨‍🎓respect

E Z LEE 1 of the besttt docs out. Holy shit

When people say that Germany started both of the wars I disagree because Germany started the 2nd war and not the first one I think that Serbia started ww1 by committing the assassination

Narrator needs to slow down, take a breath mate

WW1 Veteran James Koosees Enlisted October 4,1916 - Arrived in England February 27, 1917. Discharged March 30, 1919. Reason: Demobilization. 228th Os. Bn. C.E.F.. / Rank - Spr. (My Grandpa's Cousin)