Channel Title: The Great War Channel Description: The Great War covers the era of the First World War from its causes and origins to its violent aftermath. Jesse Alexander covers the important events that influenced the world over 100 years ago. Form 2014 - 2018, Indiana Neidell followed the main events of what is classically considered as World War 1 on a weekly basis. You can support our show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thegreatwar ___ “The Great War” is operated and owned by our independent production company: RTH – Real Time History GmbH Richard von Weizsäcker Platz 1-2 10827 Berlin <video> World War Zero: 3 Conflicts That Foreshadowed WW1 (Full Documentary) Description: If you want to know about another important war that set the stage for WW1, check out our Franco-Prussian War documentary: https://youtu.be/vWZz-lHCu-M?si=GfrdJgJwnVKWlAjg 00:00 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 28:43 Italo-Turkish War 1911-1912 57:47 Balkan Wars 1912-1913 » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES CHAPTER 1: https://youtu.be/deuzVsKMsTA CHAPTER 2: https://youtu.be/xJepy18PAlM CHAPTER 3: https://youtu.be/H_cXXePNW9w » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Jose Gamez, Toni Steller Motion Design: Elise Hersink Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig, Jesse Alexander Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023 </video> <video> Snipers in World War 1 (Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch Red Atoms on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/redatoms In fall 1914, the British and French armies on the First World Wadustr’s Western Front were wrestling with a problem: unseen German riflemen were picking off any man who showed himself above the trench. Something had to be done about it – and the result was the birth of the modern sniper. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Campana, Michele. Perchè ho Ucciso. 1918. Goya, Michel. “Une brève histoire des snipers 2e partie : les chasseurs industriels.” https://lavoiedelepee.blogspot.com/2021/05/la-voie-de-lepee-une-breve-histoire-des.html Pegler, Martin. Sniping in the Great War. 2008. Plaster, John. The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting. 2008. Schäfer, Robin. “‘The men behind the scope’: German snipers in the First World War, part 2.” https://irontime.substack.com/p/the-men-behind-the-scope-german-snipers Schäfer, Robin. “’A Dirty Duty Well Performed: German Snipers in the First World War.’” https://irontime.substack.com/p/a-dirty-duty-well-performed-german Uyar, Mesut. The Ottoman Army in the First World War. 2020 » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Lebel 1886 Model by Diedrik Droesbeke Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> The Battle of the Somme (WW1 Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war What Rhineland 45 on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-time-history-1-come-hell-or-high-water-i-rhineland-45?ref=the-great-war The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest of the First World War. From July to November 1916, millions of men struggled to fight in mud, under crushing shellfire, or in a hail of machine gun bullets. The Somme has been a synonym for the futility of trench warfare, but also the subject of fierce debate – who really won the battle of the Somme? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg Verlor. CH Beck, 2022. Ferguson, Niall. The Pity of War. Basic Books, 2009. Haig, Douglas. “Despatch to the Secretary of State for War.” Supplement to London Gazette, December 29, 1916. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. Profile Book, 2013. Keegan, John. The First World War. Vintage Canada, 1998. Palmer, Svetlana and Sarah Willis. A War in Words. Pocket Books, 2003. Stevenson, David. 1914 1918. The History of the First World War. Penguin, 2013. Le Naour, Jean-Yves. 1916: l’enfer. Perrin, 2014. Maufrais, Louis, et Martine Veillet. J’étais médecin dans les tranchées. Robert Laffond, 2008. Watson, Alexander. Ring of Steel. Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918. Penguin, 2014. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller, Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> The Death of the Russian Army 1917 (WW1 Documentary) Description: Get a 2-year NordVPN plan plus 4 additional months with a HUGE discount: https://nordvpn.com/thegreatwar As 1917 began, the Russian army was larger and better-equipped than ever before. Within weeks, the Tsar and his dynasty were gone, and by the summer, the Russian army was disintegrating before the eyes of its generals – but how exactly did one of the most powerful armies in the world collapse? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Engelstein Laura. Russia in Flames : War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914–1921 (NY.: OUP, 2018). Figes, Orlando. A People’s Tragedy. Stone, David. The Russian Army in the Great War: The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 (Kansas UP, 2015). Gulʹ, Roman. (1966). Oral history interview with Roman Borisovich Gul' 1966. Columbia Digital Library Collections [Columbia University Libraries]. [Oral histories sound recording]. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-ymra-bx03 Palmer, Svetlana and Sarah Wallis. A War in Words (London: Simon and Shuster, 2003). Reese R. Roger. The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856–1917 (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2019). Smele, Jonathan. The ‘Russian’ Civil Wars 1916-1926 (London: Hurst, 2015). Асташов А.Б. Русский фронт в 1914 ֊ начале 1917 года: военный опыт и современность (Москва : Новый хронограф, 2014). Базанов С.Н. Великая война: как погибала Русская армия (Москва: Вече, 2014). Гребёнкин И. Н. Разложение российской армии в 1917 г.: факторы и акторы процесса // Новейшая история России. 2014. № 3. С. 145-161. Доброволицы. Сборник воспоминаний (Москва: Русский путь, 2001) Уайлдман А. Разложение императорской армии в 1917 г. // Критический словарь Русской революции. СПб.: Нестор-История, 2014. С. 78-87. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander, Sofia Shirogorova Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023 </video> <video> The Mexican Revolution 1910-1920 (Documentary) Description: Get 40% off Ground News' Vantage Plan: https://ground.news/greatwar The Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 was a conflict of shifting alliances and assassinations, peasant revolutionaries, an attack on US soil, and US intervention in Mexico. The decade of struggle cost hundreds of thousands of lives, resulted in new constitutions and governments, and — for some at least — turned bandits into heroes. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Beezley, William H. and Maclachlan, Colin M. “Mexicans in Revolution 1910-1948: An Introduction.” University of Nebraska Press, 2009. Gilly, Adolfo. “The Mexican Revolution.” El Caballito, 1971. Holden, Robert and Eric Zolov, eds. Latin America and the United States: A Documentary History. Oxford University Press, 2011. Hurst, James W. “Pancho Villa and Black Jack Pershing.” Praeger, 2008. McLynn, Frank. ”Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution.” Random House, 2000. Pershing, John. Punitive Expedition Report. 1916. Scheuzger, Stephan. “Mexican Revolution.” In 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin, 2016. Vera-Estañol, Jorge. “Carranza and his Bolshevik Regime.” UMI, 1992. Womack, John. “Zapata and the Mexican Revolution.” Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1969. Zapata, Emiliano. “Plan de Ayala” (1911). (https://library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-3-mexico/primary-documents-with-accompanying-discussion-questions/document-6-plan-de-ayala-emilio-zapata-1911/) »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander, Mark Newton Fact checking: Jesse Alexander, Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> Was Cavalry Useless in the First World War? Description: Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/thegreatwar Watch Red Atoms on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/redatoms?ref=thegreatwar The First World War was a catalyst for modern warfare with tanks, poison gas, flamethrowers and more. Cavalry didn't have a place anymore on the modern battlefield - or so the common misconception goes. In this video we show how useful cavalry still was in WW1. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Anglesey, Marquess of A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 Volume 5: 1914-1919 Egypt, Palestine & Syria, (Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1994). Anglesey, Marquess of, A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 Volume 8: 1915-1918, Epilogue, 1919-1939, (Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1997) Kindle Edition. Bou, Jean, Light Horse: A History of Australia’s Mounted Arm, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). Cavalry Training, 1915, reprint edition (Brambleside: The Naval & Military Press Ltd.). Kenyon, David, Horsemen in No Man’s Land: British Cavalry & Trench Warfare 1914-1918 (Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2011). Littauer, Vladimir, Russian Hussar: A Story of The Imperial Cavalry, 1911-1920, (Shippensburg, White Mane Publishing, 1993). Mallet, Christian, Impressions and Experiences of a French Trooper, 1914-1915 (New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916). The Cavalry School, Cavalry Combat (Harrisburg: The Telegraph Press, 1937). The Cavalry School, History of Cavalry During the World War, (Fort Riley: Quartermaster Corps Printing Plant, 1923). » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mattew Novosad, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Matthew Novosad Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023 </video> <video> Was WW1 Pointless? - War Goals Of Every Major Nation Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war The First World War is often seen as futile and pointless. Millions of men fought and died for years, but no one was satisfied with the outcome, which did not bring a lasting peace. But that is not how governments and many people saw the war as it was being fought. So what did the countries fighting actually want to achieve? In other words, what was the purpose of the First World War? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Afflerbach, Holger. ‘What Was the Great War about? War Aims, Military Strategies and Political Justifications during the First World War,’ in The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies, ed. Holger Afflerbach. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015. Baravelli, Andrea. ‘War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Italy)’ in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Chickering, Roger. ‘Strategy, Politics, and the Quest for a Negotiated Peace: The German Case, 1914-1918,’ in The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies, ed. Holger Afflerbach. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015. Jeffrey, Keith. ‘British Strategy and War Aims in the First World War,’ in The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies, edited by Holger Afflerbach. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015. Kolonitskii, Boris. ‘War as Legitimisation of Revolution, Revolution as Justification of War. Political Mobilisations in Russia, 1914-1917,’ in The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies, edited by Holger Afflerbach. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015. Le Naour, Jean-Yves. 1914. La grande illusion. Perrin, 2012. McMeekin, Sean. The Ottoman Endgame. Penguin, 2015. Macmillan, Margaret. The Peacemakers: Six Months that Changed the World. John Murray, 2001. Peeling, Siobhan. “Decree on Peace” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Schattenberg, Susanne. “Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David. “War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Russian Empire)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Soutou, Georges-Henri. “French War Aims and Strategy,” in The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies, edited by Holger Afflerbach. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015. Soutou, Georges-Henri. “War Aims and War Aims Discussions” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Strachan, Hew. The First World War. Vol I: To Arms. Oxford UP, 2001. Strachan, Hew. “Military Operations and National Policies, 1914-1918” in The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Military Strategies, ed. Holger Afflerbach. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015. Tison, Stéphane. “War Aims and War Aims Discussions (France)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Williamson, Jr., Samuel R. “War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Austria-Hungary)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Yasamee, Feroze. “War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Ottoman Empire)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander, Sophie Soulière Fact checking: Jesse Alexander, Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> Why Germany Lost the First World War (Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war Germany's defeat in the First World War has been blamed on all kinds of factors or has even been denied outright as part of the stab in the back myth. But why did Germany actually lose? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Leonard P. Ayers, ed. The war with Germany: a statistical summary. 1919. Stevenson, David. With Our Backs to the Wall. Victory and Defeat in 1918. 2011. Stevenson, David. 1914-1918. The History of the First World War. 2012. Ferguson, Niall. The Pity of War. Explaining World War I. 1999. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. 2013. Watson, Alexander. Ring of Steel. Germany and Austria Hungary at War. 2014. Zroka, Ryan. “If Only This War Would End:” German Soldiers in the Last Year of the First World War. PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego, 2013. Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor. 2018. Tunstall, Grayden. „The Military Collapse of the Central Powers.” https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/the_military_collapse_of_the_central_powers Goya, Michel. Les Vainqueurs: Comment la France a gagné la Grande Guerre. 2018. Keegan, John. The First World War. 2000. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023 </video> <video> The Irish War of Independence (Documentary) Description: Use code "greatwar" at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/greatwar Great Britain had emerged victorious from the First World War, and ruled over an even larger empire than before . But many in Ireland were unhappy with British rule, and over the next two years, Irish republicans won their independence – so how did the mighty British empire lose the Anglo-Irish War? » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Cottrell, Peter, The Irish Civil War 1922-23, (Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2015) De Valera, Eamon & Moynihan, Maurice, Speeches and Statements by Eamon de Valera, 1917-73, (Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 1980) Gibbons, Ivan, Partition: How and Why Ireland Was Divided, (London : Haus Publishing, 2021) Bowen, Tom, “The Irish Underground and the War of Independence 1919-21” Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 3-23 Hopkinson, Michael, The Irish War of Independence, (Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002) Knirck, Jason. Imagining Ireland's Independence: The Debates Over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. Leeson, David, The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1921, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011) Lowe, W.J., “Who Were the Black-and-Tans”, History Ireland (Autumn 2004) Townshend, Charles, The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923, (London : Penguin Books, 2013) Hawkings, F. M. A. “Defence and the Role of Erskine Childers in the Treaty Negotiations of 1921”, Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 22, No. 87 (Mar., 1981) Hart, Peter: “The IRA and Its Enemies” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998) Harvey, A.D: “Who Were the Auxiliaries?” The Historical Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Sep. 1992) Hopkinson, Michael: “The Irish War of Independence” (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002) Leeson, David: “The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1921” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) McMahon, Sean: “The War of Independence” (Cork: Mercier Press, 2019) O’Brien, Paul: “Havoc: The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence” (Cork: Collins Press, 2017) Riddell, George: “Lord Riddell’s Intimate Diary of the Peace Conference and After: 1918-1923” (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933) Roxbourgh, Ian: “The Military: The Mutual Determination of Strategy in Ireland, 1912-1921” in Duyvendak, Jan Willem & Jasper, James M. (eds) “Breaking Down the State: Protesters Engaged” (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015) Townshend, Charles: “The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923” (London: Penguin Books, 2014) “Tubbercurry" Manchester Guardian, 4 October 1920. Hugh Martin: "'Black and Tan' Force a Failure" Daily News 4 October 1920. Dolan, Anne. “Killing the Bloody Sunday: November 1920” The Historical Journal Vol. 49, No. 3 (Sep., 2006) Hopkinson, Michael. “The Irish War of Independence” (Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002) “The Macroom Ambush” The Irish Independent, January 17 1921 McMahon, Sean. “The War of Independence” (Cork : Mercier Press, 2019) O’Brien, Paul. “Havoc: The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence” (Cork : Collins Press, 2017) Ridley, Nicholas. “Michael Collins and the Financing of Violent Political Struggle” (New York : Routledge, 2018) Roxbourgh, Ian. “The Military: The Mutual Determination of Strategy in Ireland, 1912-1921” in Duyvendak, Jan Willem & Jasper, James M. (eds) Breaking Down the State: Protesters Engaged, (Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2015) Ryan, Meda. “The Kilmichael Ambush, 1920: Exploring the 'Provocative Chapters”, History, Vol. 92, No. 2 (306) (APRIL 2007) »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> The Battle of Verdun (WW1 Documentary) Description: Support Gilded Destiny on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gildeddestiny/gilded-destiny-a-grand-strategy-game?ref=16arxn Wishlist Gilded Destiny on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2189430/Gilded_Destiny/ The Battle of Verdun represents the worst of trench warfare and the suffering of the soldiers in the minds of millions – and for many, the cruel futility of the First World War. But why did Germany decide to attack Verdun in the first place and why didn't they stop after their initial attack failed? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Bourlet, Michaël. Verdun 1916. La guerre de mouvement dans un mouchoir de poche. 2023. Krumeich, Gerd. «SAIGNER LA FRANCE»? MYTHES ET RÉALITÉ DE LA STRATÉGIE ALLEMANDE DE LA BATAILLE DE VERDUN, » Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains, No. 182 (Avril 1996), pp. 17-29 Holstein, Christina. “The Battle of Verdun” Salient Points, vol 2 (12): 35-45. Horne, Alastair. The Price of Glory. Verdun 1916. 1993 (1962). Eberholst, Nicolai. “Ragnarok”. Salient Points, vol 2 (12): 65-70. Lyons, Alex. “Twelve Days in Hell.” Salient Points, vol 2 (12): 77-84. Bruce, Robert B. “To the Last Limits of Their Strength The French Army and the Logistics of Attrition at the Battle of Verdun 21 February – 18 December 1916.” Army History, no. 45, 1998, pp. 9–21. Julien, Elise. “Verdun, Site of Memory.” International Encyclopedia of the First World War, 1 Apr. 2021, encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/verdun_site_of_memory. Martin, William. Verdun 1916: “They Shall Not Pass.” (2001). von Mellenthin, H. H. “Verdun: The Epic of the War.” Current History (1916-1940), vol. 4, no. 3, 1916, pp. 432–37. Maufrais, Louis, et Martine Veillet. J’étais médecin dans les tranchées. 2008. Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor (2018) Lunn, Joe. Memoirs of the Maelstrom. A Senegalese Oral History of the First World War. (1999). Osburg, Rolf-Rüdiger. Hineingeworfen. Der Erste Weltkrieg in den Erinnerungen seiner Teilnehmer. 2009. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. 2014.   » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> WW1 1916: All Major Battles (Full Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war 1916 was a watershed year for the First World War. In the summer multiple gigantic offensives were taking place simultaneously, the biggest naval battle in history up until that point was fought and even smaller fronts didn't remain quiet. Chapters: 00:00 Battle of Verdun 23:44 Italian Front 1916 29:54 Brusilov Offensive 56:17 Middle East 1916 01:00:40 Battle fof the Somme 01:20:13 Romanian and Balkan Front 1916 01:24:59 Battle of Jutland 01:27:34 Rest of the World 1916 01:35:13 Conclusion » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » SOURCES Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg Verlor. CH Beck, 2022. Arthur, Max. Lost Voices of the Royal Navy. Hodder, 2005. Cappellano, Filippo. “Warfare 1914-1918 (Italy)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Çetinsaya, Gökhan:. “Kut al-Amara" in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Drieu, Cloé. “Turkestan” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Epkenhans, Michael. “Jutland, Battle of” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Ferguson, Niall. The Pity of War. Basic Books, 2009. Freedman, Lawrence, ed. War. Oxford UP, 1994. Frizzera, Francesco. “Gorizia, Battle of” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Haig, Douglas. “Despatch to the Secretary of State for War.” Supplement to London Gazette, December 29, 1916. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. Profile Book, 2013. Heppner, Harald and Gräf, Rudolf. “Romania” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Lyons, Alex. “Twelve Days in Hell.” In Salient Points, vol 2 (12): 77-84. McGarry, Fearghal. “Easter Rising (Great Britain and Ireland)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Osburg, Rolf-Rüdiger. Hineingeworfen. Der Erste Weltkrieg in den Erinnerungen seiner Teilnehmer. 2009. Palmer, Svetlana and Sarah Willis. A War in Words. Pocket Books, 2003. “Proclamation of the Republic of Ireland.” https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/Resilience/Artefact/Test-3/fb71e3dc-2e95-4406-bc46-87d8d6b0ae5d Rauchensteiner, Manfried. Der Erste Weltkrieg und das Ende der Habsburgermonarchie 1914–1918. Böhlau, 2013. Rosenthal, Jacob. Die Ehre des jüdischen Soldaten. Die Judenzählung im Ersten Weltkrieg und ihre Folgen. Campus Verlag, 2007. Stevenson, David. 1914 1918. The History of the First World War. Penguin, 2013. Thompson, Mark. The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919. Faber, 2009. Torrey, Glenn. The Romanian Battlefront in World War I. University Pres of Kansas, 2011. Tütüncü. Mustafa. Hatıra Defterimdir. Lider Matbaaclik, 2006. Watson, Alexander. Ring of Steel. Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918. Penguin, 2014. Whalen, Robert Weldon. “War Losses (Germany)” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Wilcox, Vanda. “Italian Front” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel et al. Freie Universität Berlin. Additional Sources: Battle of Verdun: https://youtu.be/n4aX3bwwPHc?si=iAUhVgxClmHZGQqw Brusilov Offensive: https://youtu.be/lMUxtLaTFwI?si=8v30IWCyr6ge-fgy Battle of the Somme: https://youtu.be/9BD1EcPZjCM?si=QAGrSCjYpaycbAen » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> Outbreak of World War I 1914 (Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war Nebula Lifetime Membership: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=thegreatwar In the summer of 1914, following the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand the July Crisis, the Great Powers of Europe went to war. Everyone expected a short war "over by Christmas" but instead the war turned into a colossal struggle on multiple fronts and trench warfare set in. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Afflerbach, Holger. Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg Verlor. CH Beck, 2022. Clark, Alan. The Eastern Front 1914-1918. Suicide of the Empires. Windrush, 1999 (1971). Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. Profile Book, 2013. Holzer, Anton. Das Lächeln der Henker. Der unbekannte Krieg gegen die Zivilbevölkerung 1914-1918. Primus, 2008. Le Naour, Jean-Yves. 1914. La grande illusion. Perrin, 2016. Lloyd, Nick. The Eastern Front. Penguin, 2024. Palmer, Svetlana and Sarah Willis. A War in Words. Pocket Books, 2003. Watson, Alexander. Ring of Steel. Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918. Penguin, 2014. Addington, Larry. The Patterns of War since the Eighteenth Century. 2nd ed. Bloomington, 1994. Ashworth, T. Trench warfare, 1914-18 : The Live And Let Live System. 2000. Doyle, Peter and Robin Schaefer. Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire. 2016. Griffith, P. and Dennis, P. Fortifications of the Western Front 1914–18. 2013. Ferro, Marc. La Grande guerre : 1914-1918. 1968. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. 2014. Imperial General Staff. Field entrenchments : spadework for riflemen, hasty fire-cover, fire-trenches, communications, concealment, obstruction, shelters. 1916. Kendall, P. Aisne 1914: The Dawn of Trench Warfare. 2012. Linnenkohl, Hans. Vom Einzelschuss zum Feuerhagel. Die Entwicklung der Artillerie- und Infanteriebewaffnung im Ersten Weltkrieg. 1990. Legrand-Girarde, E. and H. Plessis. Manuel complet de fortification. 1909. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675591g Loez, André (ed.). Mondes en guerre. Tome III : Guerres mondiales et impériales 1870-1945. 2020. Palmer, Svetlana and Sarah Wallis. A War in Words. 2003. Saunders, A. Trench Warfare, 1850–1950. 2010. Strachan, Hew. The First World War. Vol 1: To Arms. 2003. Zabecki, D. “Military Developments of World War I” in 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/military_developments_of_world_war_i Stevenson, David. 1914-1918: the History of the First World War. 2004. Albertini, Luigi, The Origins of the War of 1914: Volume II, (Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, Publishers 1980) Becker, Jean-Jacques & Krumeich, Gerd, “Outbreak” in Winter, Jay (ed), The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume I, (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013) Berghahn, Volker R., “Origins” in Winter, Jay (ed), The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume I, (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013) Bischof, Günter & Karlhofer, Ferdinand (eds), 1914: Austria-Hungary, the Origins, and the First Year of World War I, (Innsbruck : Innsbruck University Press, 2014) Clark, Christopher, The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, (London : Penguin Books, 2013) Hamilton, Richard F. & Herwig, Holger H. (eds), The Origins of World War I, (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012) » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt, Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt, Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> Why WW1 Turned Into Trench Warfare (WW1 Documentary) Description: Get a NordVPN with a 2-year plan plus 4 additional months with a huge discount and 30-day money back guarantee: https://nordvpn.com/thegreatwar Trench Warfare is one of the lasting symbols of the First World War, especially on the Western Front. But when the war began, the German and French armies envisioned sweeping advances and defeating the enemy swiftly. So, how and why did the Western Front in 1914 turn into the trench system we associate with WW1? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Addington, Larry. The Patterns of War since the Eighteenth Century. 2nd ed. Bloomington, 1994. Ashworth, T. Trench warfare, 1914-18 : The Live And Let Live System. 2000. Doyle, Peter and Robin Schaefer. Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire. 2016. Griffith, P. and Dennis, P. Fortifications of the Western Front 1914–18. 2013. Ferro, Marc. La Grande guerre : 1914-1918. 1968. Hart, Peter. The Great War 1914-1918. 2014. Imperial General Staff. Field entrenchments : spadework for riflemen, hasty fire-cover, fire-trenches, communications, concealment, obstruction, shelters. 1916. Kendall, P. Aisne 1914: The Dawn of Trench Warfare. 2012. Linnenkohl, Hans. Vom Einzelschuss zum Feuerhagel. Die Entwicklung der Artillerie- und Infanteriebewaffnung im Ersten Weltkrieg. 1990. Legrand-Girarde, E. and H. Plessis. Manuel complet de fortification. 1909. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675591g Loez, André (ed.). Mondes en guerre. Tome III : Guerres mondiales et impériales 1870-1945. 2020. Palmer, Svetlana and Sarah Wallis. A War in Words. 2003. Philpott, W. (2021). Warfare 1914-1918 | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1). [online] 1914-1918-online.net. Available at: https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/warfare_1914-1918 [Accessed 16 Sep. 2023].  Saunders, A. Trench Warfare, 1850–1950. 2010. Strachan, Hew. The First World War. Vol 1: To Arms. 2003. Zabecki, D. “Military Developments of World War I” in 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/military_developments_of_world_war_i Philpott, William. “Warfare 1914-1918,” in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/warfare_1914-1918 Stevenson, David. 1914-1918: the History of the First World War. 2004. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander, Evan Chaisson Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video> <video> How the First World War Created the Middle East Conflicts (Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch Red Atoms on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/redatoms Nebula Lifetime Membership: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=thegreatwar The modern Middle East is a region troubled by war, terrorism, weak and failed states, and civil unrest. But how did it get this way? The map of today’s Middle East was mostly drawn after the First World War, and the war that planted many of the seeds of conflict that still plague Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Syria and even Iran today. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Allawi, Ali. Faisal I of Iraq (Yale University Press, 2014). Bickerton, Ian & Klausner, Carla L. A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, (Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2007) Cohen, Hillel, “Zionism as a blessing to the Arabs”, in Cohen, Michael J (ed.), The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920–2020, (London : Routledge 2020) Fromkin, David. A Peace to End All Peace (Macmillan, 2009 [1989]). Halamish, Aviva, “Jewish Immigration” in Cohen, Michael J (ed.), The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920–2020, (London : Routledge 2020) Jabotinsky, Ze’ev, “The Iron Wall” (1923) http://en.jabotinsky.org/media/9747/the-iron-wall.pdf Kadhim, Abbas. Reclaiming Iraq: the 1920 revolution and the founding of the modern state (U of Texas Press, 2012). Karsh, Efraim & Karsh, Inari, Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East 1789-1923, (Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1999) Karsh, Efraim, Palestine Betrayed, (New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010) Kessler, Oren, “1921 Jaffa riots 100 years on: Mandatory Palestine’s 1st ‘mass casualty’ attack” The Times of Israel, (May 2021) https://www.timesofisrael.com/1921-jaffa-riots-100-years-on-mandatory-palestines-1st-mass-casualty-event/ Khalidi, Rashid, “The Balfour Declaration from the Perspective of the Palestinian People”, United Nations, (November 2017) https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Lecture-by-Prof.-Rashid-Khalidi-100-years-since-Balfour-Decl-UN-2Nov2017.pdf Khalidi, Rashid, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: a History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, (New York : Metropolitan Books, 2020) “King-Crane Commission Digital Collection” Oberlin College Library. http://dcollections.oberlin.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/kingcrane/id/722/rec/32 Naaman, Abdullah. Le Liban: histoire d’une nation inachevée. Paris, Timothy J. Britain, The Hashemites and Arab Rule 1920-1925, (London : Frank Cass, 2003) Provence, Michael, The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East, (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017) Regan, Bernard, The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine, (London : Verso, 2017) Safty, Adel, Might over Right: How the Zionists Took Over Palestine, (Reading : Garnet Publishing, 2009) Schindler, Colin, “The origins of militant Zionism during the British Mandate” in Cohen, Michael J (ed.), The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920–2020, (London : Routledge 2020) Schneer, Jonathan, The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, (New York : Random House, 2013) Segev, Tom, One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British mandate, (London : Abacus, 2014) Stein, Kenneth W. “Zionist land acquisition” in Cohen, Michael J (ed.), The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920–2020, (London : Routledge 2020) » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Philipp Appelt Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig, Mark Newton Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023 </video> <video> The Two Russian Revolutions 1917 (Documentary) Description: Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war The Russian February Revolution of 1917 saw the dramatic end of the Romanov dynasty and the creation of a new provisional government. But before 1917 had passed, Russia was gripped by a second revolution - that some have also called a coup. What happened? » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Badcock, Sarah, “1917: The Weeks When Decades Happened” in Rogatchevskaia, Ekaterina, Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths, (London : British Library, 2017) Engelstein, Laura, Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018) Fitzpatrick, Sheila, The Russian Revolution, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017) Kowalski, Ronald, The Russian Revolution: 1917-1921, (London : Routledge, 1997) Lieven, Dominic, Towards the Flame: Empire, War, and the End of Tsarist Russia, (London : Penguin Ltd, 2015) McMeekin, Sean, The Russian Revolution: A New History, (New York : Basic Books, 2017) Sukhanov, N.N. The Russian Revolution 1917: A Personal Record, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1955) » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton Fact checking: Jesse Alexander Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024 </video>

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