World War One (ALL PARTS)

I hope you enjoy our complete history of World War One - 'the war to end all wars'. This series - produced in 2015 - has been re-edited and re-released in 2022, as previous versions were age-restricted by KRclip (presumably because human remains were visible in a few photographs - though always in a clearly historical, non-sensationalist context. The precise reason is never given by KRclip. For those interested in what an 18+ history video looks like, you can watch the previous version here: krclip.com/video/GG0LY8OLBG8/비디오.html). Unpredictable decisions by KRclip can make life quite uncertain for military history creators, which is why we are so grateful to all our supporters at Patreon - please consider joining their ranks! www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV

It's insane hearing the losses of individual battles. "60,000," "100,000," 'quarter of a million." Each of those people had families, passions, stories, dreams. Forever silenced by war.

I return to this masterpiece from time to time to remind myself of how lucky I am to live in this day and age. Best WW1 document ever

Germany was truly a force to be reckoned with. Just one nation giving multiple other nations a run for their money.

When I was a boy, the men who fought in WWII were in their 50s and 60s, and I talked to several old men in their 70s and 80s who had fought in the "Great War." Some of them knew men in their youth who fought in the American Civil War. It's crazy to think that I "knew the men who knew the men" who encapsulate so much defining history of our nation. I watch this perspective ebbing away, everyone buried in the current petty age. Even if it dies with me, I'll carry it proudly to the end.

Feel like I just learned more in one hour than I did during an entire course in school. Incredible video. What an amazing job you guys did here.

As tragic as it may sound, this is one of my favourite videos on KRclip. Thank you so much for all this hard work to everyone involved!

Back in mid 1990s, I’d spend my summers reading the encyclopedia about world wars, including ww1. I was engrossed with the story and the photos i would see in the pages of our two volumes of encyclopedias. After finishing the ww stories in one encyclopedia brand, I would go and read the other brand. People today are so blessed being able to watch such an amazing animated rendition of ww1. Thank you for this video! ❤

Far more interesting than any history lesson at school.... Gives me goosebumps everytime I re-watch it...

I'm a jeweler, I recently came across this channel, while I'm working I'm also learning history. Thanks so much for putting in the effort to create such educational content! watching this video makes me appreciate the world i live in!❤

A great summary of World War I, when I learned it at school 20 years ago I found it complicated, this visualization helped me to understand better what the main phases were and what strategic concepts did both the Allies and the Central Powers pursue and why the war had such an important impact on modern Europe and today's politics...A big thank you to the whole team for this outstanding work!!! Best regards from Poland, one of the emerging states after the war :) We value the 2nd Republic, Marshal Pilsudski and commemorate it's creation each year on the 11th of November

Incredible production value! Learned only minor details about WW1 in school, but this video has really shown me how vast in scope it was. The number of casualties is absolutely staggering. Never knew how bad it really got.

What a shame that KRclip continues to mistreat creators like this channel. Thank you for continuing to provide us this wonderful content.

I have studied WW2 ad nauseam. Not taking anything from those brave men and women of that war. But I have been studying WW1 a little over a year now. The intricacies of this wars start is fascinating. And the lessons learned in this war trickled into WW2 and modern warfare. Epic history did a phenomenal job breaking down this epic yet tragic war and the implications it has had on our lives. Thank you Epic History.

You are what the History channel used to be. Thank you for the quality documentary

My great grandfather was a French soilder and he was captured as a war prisoner but the German family he was sold to were very nice, after the war he got released

This video goes further than most other historical accounts on how global WWI - and all its epic madness- really was. 👍

This is a fantastic, understandable, and graphically pleasing overview of WWI. WWI always seemed hard to follow because of all the moving parts.

I know one day this Re-Edit will achieve the heights it's predecessor did. Shame on all the censors who flagged the 2021 version.
Thank You, Toby. This is a masterpiece.

What a great educational video detailing the specifics of WW1. Growing up in California I was never given any detailed explanations of WW1 through public schooling. We were taught to memorize a few dates, causality numbers , technological inventions and thats it; I had no idea of the territorial exchanges or the number of countries involved. This education comes at a time where I find it to be truly necessary to the United States and citizens around the globe. As those who do not know their history, are doomed to repeat it.

Thank you for such a complete yet concise summary of WW1 together with its causes and effects. Both my grandfathers fought in the trenches of that vile war so I feel I should know as much about it as possible.

This is wonderfully put together and executed. Well done to the team who was involved in this. 👏👏👏

Mulțumim!All your effort to make this bazzing detailed video's deserves the best!!!
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What a fantastic job they did with this presentation, I cannot wait for a WW2 version of this...

I’ve always loved history and have read a lot of books on various wars. For whatever reason, I never really got into learning about WW1. But after listening to Dan Carlin’s extensive podcast of WW1, I knew I needed to learn more. This video was a good summary.

It is absolutely insane to think that a single battle like Verdun caused almost as many casualties as the entire First and Third Punic Wars combined....

To my discredit, I never knew much about WW I. But this utterly gripping documentary has helped to change that. It's an edge-of-your seat thriller accented by stunning casualty figures, perpetual Allied setbacks, and the pointlessness of it all. It gobsmacked me like little else I've learned about in history, Most of all, I was amazed at how truly 'world' this war was. Thank you, Epic History TV, for your substantial contribution to educating people like me about the true scope and cost of war, one whose wages are still being paid today.

What a good video! Considering it's compact nature, it managed to convey all pertinent events in a succinct and informative manner. I'm glad I subscribe to this channel.

This is such an amazing detailed view of the war. Excellent content!

This is an absolutely brilliant presentation of WW1, it kind of helps to understand the numbers a bit better. 9.5 million is hard to get my head around but I can almost get my head around 100,000 on each side in this battle. If anything makes it even more crazy when explained like this though e.g. The Somme 57,000 British casualties in the first few hours?!

This was awesome! I wanted a quick version but this was so well done, it kept my attention and I was hooked by the presentation and visuals. I hope there’s a World War 2 in the works! 😊

0:11: ⚔ The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparks a chain of events that leads to the outbreak of World War I.
6:27: 🌍 The first five months of World War I resulted in significant losses for both sides, with battles and conflicts occurring across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
13:07: ⚔ Germany launches strategic bombing campaign on Britain, British navy imposes a blockade on Germany, Germany declares waters around the British Isles as a war zone, Germany launches gas attack on the Western Front, Allies land troops at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire begins systematic deportation and murder of Armenians, Lusitania is torpedoed by the German submarine, Fokker Eindecker gives Germany control of the air, Italy joins the Allies
19:48: 🌍 The war continues with heavy losses on both sides and no end in sight.
26:40: 💥 The Allies make significant gains on multiple fronts, but face devastating losses and challenges.
33:24: 💥 The year 1916 sees major offensives and battles on multiple fronts, with high casualties and little progress.
39:36: ⚔ The Zimmermann Telegram puts pressure on President Wilson to declare war on Germany, while Russia experiences riots and revolution.
46:44: 🌍 The year 1917 saw significant developments in the Middle East and Europe during World War I.
54:45: ✊ The Allies turn the tide and launch a counteroffensive, leading to the collapse of the Central Powers.1:02:02: 💥 The Treaty of Versailles and the aftermath of World War I reshaped Europe and the world.
Recap by Tammy AI with useful time stamps

Fun fact: the Austro-Hungarian empire had a navy, although it was rather lackluster. It was comprised of 13 total battleships 9 of them pre-dreadnought ( basically useless ), and 4 dreadnoughts, the most notable of which was Szent István as it was the last ever built and one of the few battleships to be sunk by a submarine, it was also mentioned in the hoi4 achievement Better Than the Szent István where you have to get Miklós Horthy as a naval commander and build a battleship. Anyway the navy wasn't used much and it was only ever used in a fleet in being capacity as the vast majority of coal exports were from Britain and America meaning while at war all they had was the stockpiles they built up so they couldn't be used much, especially since the Adriatic was block by the strait of Otranto and their only ports were in the Adriatic. Obviously naval funding was of secondary importance to the empire as they had 1000 miles of coast whereas modern Germany has 1400 which would've been much more back then, so basically the Austro-Hungarian navy was worthless because it was easy to block in the Adriatic and their land army was much more important especially because they didn't have enough coal to supply it for long

Thank you for this series! Id been trying to find a WW1 documentary that actually goes over all the major events including in Africa and the Middle east. So many documentaries are hyper focused on the theater between the western allies and Germany. The most popular ones seem to focus a lot on personalities and describing how how things were like in the trenches, and in doing this they dont have time to tell you about most of what happened in the war. Another type of documentary which I would love to find would be one that focuses on the technological advancements being made across the war, if anyone here has a suggestion on that it would be great.

Thank you for your work and dedication. We are all grateful for your content.

Excellent summary - while i had a good idea of what was happening, I had no idea when, and this has given me such a good appreciation and perspective of what events followed each other in an interesting vocal and visual manner. Excellent stuff!

This is really epic history, as the name of this channel. It appears at my homepage...I have been looking for the complete history of WW for long. Then I found this wonderful one. Truly hard work man! Greeting from East Java, Indonesia❤

This an incredibly succinct overview of the war with fascinating details thrown in. Hats off to you for a 10/10 job

This could not be improved! Riveting and perfectly paced. Well done.

Very insightful! The most complete and informative video I have seen on WW1. Thank you.

Thank you so much Epic History TV. Your content is incredible and you guys truly do the world a great service by making this available and free to the public. What a marvelous breakdown of WWI, couldn’t stop watching. Excited for the future.

I am super amazed with the narrator, his voice gives an awesome air of authority over historical topics like this! Other Historical Channels (mostly on TV) should take note of this

1:01:15 I'm surprised to hear that Gen. Lettow-Vorbeck was still alive and kicking by the very last moment. He was one of the very first names mentioned in this video.

❤ I love this history. It teach me more than I learn from my school. And also teach me the value of humanity 😢. For those who died in ww1 and ww2 rest in peace 🙏 😢

A most insightful and informative documentary on the World War 1 I have ever seen on the internet. Thanks to creators.

I enjoyed that!! It really puts it into perspective how devisating WW1 was but also the dramatic change in geography around Europe at that time. Such a fascinating period to try and learn and understand and even though it was a little over a century ago now, not much has changed in preventing future wars around the world only the way in which we conduct and orchestrate them. Only Time will tell if a full-blown WW3 happens or not but the scary thing is it kind of feels like it's already started.
Great video and keep up the good work. 👍

KRclip really needs to leave the history producers alone and stop changing their standards arbitrarily.. Thank you guys for not scrapping the old version of the video like some channels have a tendency to do. You guys truly are Epic! ❤

Moral of the story: Germany is a beast. It looked like from the start till the end they won most battles and attacks and caused the most damage even though the allies had more troops and basically the whole world on their side. As an Austrian I'm not ashamed to say that Germany carried this fight for us. When I saw The US declared war on Germany I knew it was game over though. I took WW1 in school as it's a huge part of our history, but some things were forgotten so I just wanna thank the people who made this incredible film for making it so detailed and visually amazing :)

I'm so grateful for a video like this.
This was so simplified and easy to understand. Thank you so so much.
You definitely have a subscriber in me

Wow, incredible summary. Thank you for this video! I'm so glad you actually covered things like the African theater that often get left out of the conversation.

Germany during both world wars always proved the superior power, but suffered by having their allies be almost useless and requiring them to send much needed men elsewhere. Plus, Germany's sea access is very easily controlled by the British, and land supply routes are tough in the middle of war and through battlefields. With better allies and safer supply routes Germany would've easily won both world wars (probably wouldn't have been a second one in that case)

As an aspiring scholar , this helps me a lot in acquisition of this massive knowledge ♥️
Thank you. Can't wait for world war 2 version

I would love to see you guys do a ww2 version just like this

Brilliant. Fully understand WW2 but always struggled with WW1. Such a well made documentary video giving great clarity. Well done 👏👏👏

Without question, one of the best documentiaries about World War I that I've ever seen! Brilliantly done!

Fantastic presentation. Learned a lot about WW1 on battles and strategies that I didn't know much about.

This is an amazing documentary. Atleast, we the younger generation will have a better understanding of what transpired and how it ended!

That was friggin excellent! I learned more in 1 hour than I did in decades. Well done.

I am simply amazed at how much detail of the flow of WW1 can be compressed into a two hour presentation, and still be crystal clear for understanding. This is easily one of the best histories I have ever seen.

Brilliant video. So clever, interesting and frightening at the same time. Thank you for creating it.

This brought much clarity to me of such a large complex war. Never realized the scope of this war virtually every continent was embroiled in the conflict at a time when radio communication was primitive

This was a very excellent Program. Very well made and informative. I enjoyed the animations of flags over the map visually showing the progression and the back and forth movements of troops over the continents. I highly recommend this to anybody who is interested in war history and battle plans. The first I have learned about movements in WW1, we have all always seen a lot of history channel programming and Hollywood movies about WW2 but not often do we get the stories of WW1. Do give this video a watch and like if you enjoyedit.

I’ve only ever learnt about the Europe fronts, seeing the fighting in Africa, Asia and pacific really widens the scope of how I now think about the confilct

I love this type of voice over. Need this guy to narrative my life when I procrastinate my deadlines and pull off the impossible to get a low quality work product just in time before the deadline hits.

Epic History TV never disappoints

I was privileged enough to have received first party accounts of this war from my late Grandfather...
He explained to me that their are no words that could ever explain the experiences that he endured during his active,combat experiences..
The whole innovation of modern warfare along with modern technology right before his eyes.
I will have to say one thing, @ least when the application of air warfare was introduced during this period of Military history, the pilots of both opposing sides took the time, care and respect to display a tremendous amount of compassion with regard to the articles involved with warfare.....

Great presentation, informative, and mostly unbiased!

This is an amazing video, I watched it without stopping for a second. Very well done! Can’t wait for WW2

I have watched a lot of documentaries and this is really impressive.

Big fan of this history, spent a winter reading the entire book by John Keegan on this subject and it was time well spent. Your progam is excellent, especially considering how much material you covered in the span of just over an hour. People tend to gloss over the Dardanelles and the Armenian tragedy, so that was much appreciated. Thank you for putting this all together in an easily digested format. I've subscribed to your channel and I'm enjoying your other content.

I've never watched a historical video on KRclip but this captivated me straight away, you have yourself a new subscriber.

This was presented really well, look forward to a WW2 edition, no matter how lengthy the video will be

Brilliant video. By far the clearest explanation of the war I’ve seen.

I've watched this video multiple times now, it's my favorite from Epic History. Exciting, saddening, educational, and very well-made. I would love to see a WW2 video like this one.

Unlike WW2, the first instalment was so incredibly close all the way to the end. I hate to admit it but also unlike WW2, America saved the allies near the end. With Russia out, one side finally had a clear advantage over the other.Ludendorff would not of been forced to go all in on a high risk offensive and would of been able to gradually gain natural momentum

Wow! Now THIS is superior content! I appreciate the production value and (clearly) hours of labor, love and effort that went into the making of this history program.
Such a wonderful way to present one of the most instrumental events in modern history. This program should be taught in every High school curriculum! It engages people in a visually stunning way that “grab’s” one’s attention like none other!
Fantastic job, Epic History TV!! So happy I found this channel today. You have made a subscriber for life on the first video I’ve ever watched on your channel! Thank you so much.
This video will inspire and enlighten hundreds of thousands or, dare I say, millions of viewers over the years! Bravo!

It is a good video, hits all the high points - but all parts does not mean exhaustive.
Other parts you could have added:
The German sea surface raiders all over the world.
The story of the Senussi of Libya vs the allies, esp Italy.
The story of Darfur, rebelling against the British who had just conquered it in 1914.
The Arabian struggle of Jabal Shamar ally of the Ottoman vs Nejd who were allied to British. Or the Beda Sultanate and Idrisid Emirate of Asir who joined the allies vs the Ottoman.
The struggle of Persia vs the allies who occupied it.
You cover the Irish Easter revolt, but nothing of the many others: Kaocen revolt, Zaian War, Volta-Bani War, The civil war in Ethiopia, the Mad Mullah of Somalia.
Then there is the whole sea war in the Mediterranean which was not covered much.

Definitely one of the best videos on KRclip, the quality is amazing!

Très bien réalisé. Instructif et toujours pertinent. Merci.

This is one of the best history documentsties ive ever watched. Thanks for making this.

Thank you for the history. My uncle and grandfather fought in this world.

This was so incredibly well-put together - and I want to thank you so much for having done so. You really made History an affair of suspense and interest - the narration was impeccable, and so was the script and animation. Such a wonderful way to educate oneself - I look forward to watching more of your stuff! Once again, grateful 🙏 😃👋❤️

Fantastic history lesson. Thank you!

It's crazy to think that this many individual people even existed with their own names, lives, families, friends, nicknames, inside jokes (idk if they understood the concept of an inside joke or if that term had been coined, but they had them surely), people they loved, pets, siblings, coworkers before war, hopes and dreams, etc. It's hard to believe that 300,000 Individuals existed let alone died in a single battle.

It's amazing the alliances with countries in WW1 compared to WW2
Great video

Best WWI documentary in existence. Humbling to watch the loss of life mount up so fast...

2 000 000!!! Congratulations!!!
It's a very hard work you accomplished. I wish you 'll have 3 000 000 soon!!!

That is a heartbreaking amount of human loss.
Thanks, for the awesome content!

Great video. I would absolutely love a similar video for WW2 - any plans for this?

Was a very enjoyable video, concise and accurate. 😊

As someone who didnt know much about ww1 this was a great video. Very informative

Wow, the best summary of WWI folks, a very big thank you for all your brilliant efforts

58:11 como caen laspotencias centrales es de locos 💀🪖y estuvo muy bueno el final gracias por el resumen de varios de los videos el recopilado 1:03:00

It’s incredible how little I have heard about the eastern front of WW1. It was unbelievably brutal

I never realized how widespread WWI was. It seemed like there were theaters all over the globe.

One of my favourite channels in YT. Huge fan of your work. Thanks a lot.

Wow, this was really well done and so interesting!

Excellent documentary. Well put together and animated.

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ,King George V of UK, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany were all cousins , their grandmother were Queen Victoria. Kaiser Wilhelm II once said “If our grandmother, Queen Victoria was alive, she would have stopped us cousins from going into war”

I feel like if someone who fought in WW1 watched this they would simultaneously be happy that we haven't forgotten, but also sad that their roughly 4 years of suffering had been condensed into an hour long video.