This week, generals on three different fronts show that they are not able to realise their mistakes. Basra falls to the British, the quick victory at the Dardanelles is getting more and more unlikely and the Russians are loosing their advantage in the Carpathians. But not the commanders have to pay the price for their mistakes, the soldiers have to.
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I love this dude. He's like a busted Canadian Michael Caine who knows a lot about WWI
1:31 "…but at the 11th hour…"
Hey, that idiom is at least 3 years away from being invented.
I think that a random rts game player would do a better job than that Von Hotzendorf lad
I fell asleep with this on auto play so now I have to try and find where I left off
And here I thought I was the only one that got worked up from history
Very well said . . . no justifying the cost
I know this is off topic, but while paying attention at Indy's words I couldn't help but manage to hear the Witcher 3 soundtrack at 7:52 , more exactly the Velen theme.
Nice to hear The Great War is into Witcher.
Just makes me think of how many times bad deeds done by Austria have became Germanys fault. WW1, Adolf Hitler.. etc. and still today everyone think Austria is cute little mountain country done nothing bad to anybody ever 😀
You series is fantastic…I have been watching the BBC The Great War over and over and it is great to hear your analysis…well done.
"Millions of men dead for [idiot generals'] vanity". A great summary of the Great War.
These evil men seem like they had Narcissistic Personality Disorder….like my ex-GF !! ha !!! They are NEVER wrong.
I loved all the emotion at the end of this episode
My great grandfather fought for the austro-hungarian army in Galicia and Carpathian mountains, miraculously he managed to survive the war and i remember saying him that it was total madness…
i'm pretty sure conrad was already at -100 prestige
Whenever I hear "brainchild of von Hotzendorf" I just know that a bunch of fuckers are gonna die at this dumbasses hands
Remind me not to go to war
You are way too preachy
Conrad can’t command his own army!
man, was Italy really so desirable an ally? O.o I always have been taught that through out the whole WWI and WWII Italy was one of the weakest countries!
I do not think Churchill's plan were such a mistake. It was just a sound idea who did not turn out as expected.
After all, it could end the war with one offensive, so the risk was worh taking
“Logic would dictate that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one”
Vulcan Proverb
No comments allowed in previous video I see. Understandable, controversial subject matter.
I love your passion, Indy! That speech at the end was epic, very genuine.
Hi, I'm curious. Why didn't the Russian's go around the Carpathian mountains to take the Germans and Austrian troops from behind?
You guys talked a lot about the middle east in the episode but didn’t even mentioned the battle of dilman in Perisa…
I like to think that Indi filmed every episode back to back and aged 20 years in a matter of weeks. That's how much it physically hurts him to talk about The Great War for so long.
0:23 that is called the "Melchett syndrome".
It’s great to see all these original photos and films, I didn’t think they had a ton of it for some reason
Indy for President! Gotto love these speeches
I dont know why Austria didnt aggreed Italis demands.With Italy neighbooring France they could Easely win the war.
Turks started the craze of Fake News
Accept your massacre of innocents
A wonderful note at the end there. Recognising von Hotzendörf, Churchill and Pasha for what they were. Terrible military leaders who contributed to the deaths of millions, all for their own personal glories.
Poor Turkey.
I think conrad's stupidness could partially have been calculated: let the fighting men of possible rebel provinces die so that they won't have the strength to rebel. Think about it, either way if they won or not civil war was on the horizon for the empire so either patriotic fever breaks out with a victory to unify the empire, or in defeat only more loyal troops remain to dominate the disloyal provinces.
mentions premzyl….ding!
I love it when Indie get mad.
No. Tsaritsyn was the Stalingrad of WWI. Since, yanno, that was the Imperial Russian name for Stalingrad.
I love how heated Indy has been getting these last few episodes. Adds a certain passion, a critical human element sadly absent in most history programs. Well done.
youtube Conrad von Hötzendorf Anime Opening ! you wont be disappointed!
Failrad von Stupiddorf
Hey why spoilers in the title. Gee I wonder what will happen to Russians in mountains?
why was the German army so effective? Did they understand modern war before other nations? Their tech wasn't that superior at this point – better training? better generals?
I know we ''should'' view try to view history unbiased as posible, but it doesn't really work like that, we will feel pity for those who fell victim to the man's pride and greed, we will feel angered and frustated upon seeing such atrocities because we are humans and we feel compassion for each other. This is why history is so amazing, because from her we can try and learn from our mistakes and not repeat them. Amazing video Indy, you're trully a great professor.