Why The Somme Was One Of the Bloodiest Battles In Human History | Battle Of The Somme | War Stories

I grew up in in the house that the Indian was. In whats now the city of Beachwood

I am genuinely interested in how many times a video can be posted showing the exact same information as about 10,000 other videos. The UFO ones are the same too. Rendlesham Forest, Roswell, Area 51 and the Phoenix lights not necessarily in that order.
Same with the 2 world wars. The channel is called War Stories. Fair enough, I am onboard. How about some unusual war stories from the history of mankind?

All we have to do to end this is TAKE THE PROFIT OUT OF IT.....

never say never

can anyone tell me how many aboriginal soldiers recieved land grants when they got home

surviving c % &^ ts

NOT THE LAST

NOT MY BATTLE .MY PEOPLE BATTLED TO SURVIVE

The press has always been awful covering war and everything else its like the truth doesnt exist to them

Like a meat grinder keep adding to it😢

Just when I thought that I’d watch everything on the Ist world war, this one is by far and the best of unseen footage that I’ve ever seen before. Thanks for sharing.

Over thirty percent of the shells were duds. It brought down the government when exposed in the press.

The human toll during the Great War is insane. R.I.P. to all the lives lost, regardless of nationality.

Put this in perspective, 5yrs of was in America ( the American civil war) lost fewer than one battle of WW1

Have you done Flanders yet?

I can understand in a small way that they thought things would be easy but why did they keep attacking when they they realized what was happening in my view it's proof that British commander's are really dumb with wellington being the exception

“This video is brought to you by history hi-“ *turns off video*.

Sounds like bidens army of nonexistent soldiers. Punter can go but he and zelensky will have to split the cocaine.

Truely incredible how brave people where back then, i cant imagine men and women in todays age openly and willing to lay there life down for there country apart from current serving military.

Oh I'll bet the politicians "stamped the country inciting their listeners to orgies of patriotism." All braying good fellowship, all smiles. Of course when the boat leaves to take the poor sods to war those same scum are waving them off at the pier.

MY Paternal Grandfather, Private Thomas Jones, Yorkshire Regiment, was killed on 12th July, 1916, at the Somme. God rest his soul

I love this channel man no blurs one a lot of the carnage 👍🏾💯

I am told that many of the British HE artillery rounds did not detonate, they landed in deep mud, and the contact fuzes at the nose of the shells were designed by naval artillery, and designed to detonate on contact with a steel ship, if they hit a concrete bunker or a rock, or steel, they would explode, but if just soft earth, not always so. Am I right ?

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We never forget but have yet tp exev question who and what gain from war. Time and time again this formula has gone on unnoticed as millions of good men slaughtered one another. Men who had far more in common with one another than with any of their fanatical leaders and those behind them who WANTED war. This especially evident in regards to ww2.

May the souls of all those who perished in all of the useless brother wars rest with our Creator. God bless them all and to all those affected by those horrors.

By demons be driven, if every soldier from every country laid down their arms the evil war would have ended saving millions of innocent lives and millions more people maimed shell shocked and crippled.

You said it all, mass slaughter if epic proportions, thank you sir, we will never forget about your sacrifice, sounds corney, but so we can all live free,!!

The inept French and British leadership was why Pershing did not allow American troops to be opcond to the British or French.

Lest we forget the 36th Ulster division of the UVF....Here lies a soldier

The cream of European men were wasted in these battles, then their sons were sent to destruction in WW2.
It's as if a hidden hand was set to bleed Europe dry.
Now what do we have, unlimited immigration sent to replace us all.. we don't need this, we could have made good those loses given another generation or two.
But that's not what they want..they want a Euro pastiche, brown men and women of limited intellectual capacity, easily led and unable to throw off their masters yoke.

I will never understand why many French people don't like us American or look down towards us American. I also find it funny that they get upset when we go to France on vacation or something else and don't speak French but yet when they come to the U.S. they don't speak English nor respect the way we do things. I'm from a military family. My great grandfather served, my grandfather served, my father served, I served, and my two sons are serving now and so or my nephews. I say all this because let's be honest France would not exist today if it wasn't for us have to go to Europe twice and win the war for them and we also bailed them out of Vietnam. So instead of hating us Americans; just say thank you and show us the respect we deserve. LONG LIVE THE USMC!!!!!

"Guarantee the integrity of small nations"
- Always top priority for the British

Not much has changed with the media then!!! Still full of BS with todays so called "News".

i was born in England, emigrated when i was 23... I pretty much hate Britain for all the weak-chinned, aristocrats that promulgated this wartime behavior, and that it still breeds.

young men dying en masse for old mens quarels

I wonder how they would feel if they saw the UK of today..😢

These were cherished sons and beloved husbands and brothers..

The book of psalms hmm

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Respect for the Vietnam veterans
But this video is about the somme so let's Respect them

name of the song? need to see the lyrics. I think theyre demonic.

My great grandfather and grandfather signed up together in 1916. Grandfather was 15 and lied saying he was 16. He went on to fight in WW2. Said first was worse because of the trenches.

This is WW1, so why are you showing swatstikas and panzers of WW2 vintage?

@warstories at 28.47 there is a song that is made from Rudyard kiplings "Tommy atkins", I'm wondering if you or anyone know more details on the performer? I've been searching to hear this song for years as it really really strikes me deep. Its so good to hear it again. Thank you.

Why dose a documentary on the Somme have footage from WW2. Allot of footage from ww2 I’ve seen hundreds and hundreds of war documentaries and recognise allot of this footage from ww2 docs

These are blood thirsty people,they obeyed the Kaiser&king so they perished in volumes,no sympathies here!!

A great video here! 👏🏽😎