The Fall of Bucharest - Political Turmoil in Russia I THE GREAT WAR Week 124
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Field Marshal August von Mackensen gets a very special present for his birthday this week: Bucharest, the Romanian capital falls to the Central Powers. The Romanians reluctantly agree to destroying their grain and oil supplies on their retreat which are the two things Germany and Austria-Hungary desperately need to continue the war. Romania's direct ally Russia has its own problems at the moment as the political game of thrones continues in Petrograd. » 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: http://shop.spreadshirt.de/thegreatwar/ 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 Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: www.above-zero.com Editing: Steven Roberts Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Research by: Indiana Neidell Fact checking: Markus Linke The Great War Theme composed by Karim Theilgaard: http://bit.ly/karimyt A Mediakraft Networks Original Channel Based on a concept by Spartacus Olsson Author: Indiana Neidell Visual Concept: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson & David van Stephold 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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Were the Romanians compensated by the Brits?
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i think beatty may be pronounced, b(ait)ty. just thought i'd let you guys know just in case you wanna look into it, cheers guys and keep up the good work
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how come everywhere I look the battle of the somme's result was "inconclusive"? It seems pretty obvious to me it was a huge defeat for the british... They failed to achieve any of the goals they had set for themselves and they sent hundreds of thousands of their youngsters to the slaughter. Germany was fighting in a bazillion fronts and still managed to repel the british at the somme. The incompetence of britain's high command was inexplicable... Two million british soldiers died under haig's command, and yet he managed to die a national hero.
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btw, in Britain, we always refer to DLG as 'Lloyd George' not 'George', i.e. there is effectively an invisible hyphen there -- quite common in names at that time.
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Another one bites the dust and another one down and another one down...
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i guess Neidel enjoyed pronauncing the lovely weidenbach one :D :D
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yes 2017 dose look grim.sorry 1917.
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"To concentrate troops in his rear" dying
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"The Royalist attack in Athens last week caused Allied Commander of the Salonika Front, Maurice Sarrail, to concentrate troops in his rear ..."
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In Greece on December 1916 small group of French navy landed in Pireaus and tried to reach the residence of King Konstantinos small street battles were on French have to abord their plans but the keep the blockade.After that the Royalist as you say turned against the people of Venizelos.
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I just want to thank the team and everyone who puts in the time and effort to research this stuff.
Thank you so much!
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the great war is a great subject, love the channel
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You should make a video on Ecaterina Teodoroiu, she was a soldier who fought and died for Romania. She unfortunately died in 1917 and didn't get to see our great succes in the war..I think she was one of the first women soldiers who were awarded medals for bravery in ww1 :)
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They may have taken many capitols but they were mostly lower capitols.
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After days of binge watching, i have finally caught up :'(
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Hahaha we fucked the central powers in Carpathian mountains next year.
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Impressive work!!
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Has there been an episode on POWs? I'm curious if there are any extensive histories on POW life and to what extent were these men used as a labor force.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a special on the prison camps for so many troops being taken by everyone.
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Watch how Indy moves around as he explains stuff, its positively hypnotizing.
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