Machines | Cavalry in WW1 - Between Tradition and Machine Gun Fire I THE GREAT WAR Special
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This episode was supported by the Rock Island Auction Company: http://www.rockislandauction.com/ In their upcoming auction, you have the chance to acquire historic items from all ages including some of the cavalry gear seen in our video. The break between tradition and modern warfare was probably most exemplified in the cavalry forces. Riding with shiny breastplates the sabre in hand, charging the enemy in brightly coloured uniforms. But the enemy now had machine guns, artillery and barbed wire and the cavalry role had to be redefined. » 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: https://shop.thegreatwar.tv 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 Sound Design: Marc Glücks Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Research by: Indiana Neidell Fact checking: Markus Linke The Great War Theme composed by Karim Theilgaard: http://bit.ly/karimy A Mediakraft Networks Original Channel Based on a concept by Spartacus Olsson Author: Indiana Neidell Visual Concept: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson & David von 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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I went slashing in the air once, should have gone to the port side,splashed all my oppo's
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The Schwarzlose ended the era of the sword...
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There was also a British (British, Indian, South African and ANZAC) cavalry charge in Palestine, in 1917, where the battlefield was more open than in the Western Front.
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The best cavalry in Europe, and thus the world by then, was the French cavalry. George S. Patton went to the French cavalry School (still a major reference in both horse and tank warfare) in order to study fencing in the most prestigious institution of such a method: the School of Saumur.
From Wikipedia, to save time:
"Following the 1912 Olympics, Patton traveled to Saumur, France, where he learned fencing techniques from Adjutant Charles Cléry, a French "master of arms" and instructor of fencing at the cavalry school there.[32] Bringing these lessons back to Fort Myer, Patton redesigned saber combat doctrine for the U.S. cavalry, favoring thrusting attacks over the standard slashing maneuver and designing a new sword for such attacks. He was temporarily assigned to the Office of the Army Chief of Staff, and in 1913, the first 20,000 of the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber—popularly known as the "Patton sword"—were ordered. Patton then returned to Saumur to learn advanced techniques before bringing his skills to the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he would be both a student and a fencing instructor. He was the first Army officer to be designated "Master of the Sword",[33][34] a title denoting the school's top instructor in swordsmanship.[35]"
He would study with the French again in 1917 at the tank school of Champlieu, where he met the first modern tank: the Renault FT (also known as Renault FT-17). This acquaintaince with the French would help things a little in WWII, especially with the Paris affair, since both he and Leclerc were former students from Saumur.
The French cavalry had a long tradition and its battles during the Battle of the Frontiers saw many charges with saber in hand against Germans Uhlans and such. One famous soldier wounded in those battle, sabre in hand, was the young Lieutenant Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. He would have an important role in WWII and the Indochina War; he became Marshall of France posthumous.
Aside from the vaunted Metropopolitan cavalry (Cuirassiers and Dragons), the Africa's Army also had very experienced cavalry (Chausseurs d'Afrique, Goumier cavalry and Spahi), who would see action in the Western Front and Salonika. -
Didnt Pancho Villa successfully use horses for hit and run raids against Pershing expeditionary forces sent to capture him?
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Calvary or mounted troops could steal have a place in some situations
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Why do you never cover Bulgaria? There were some last cavalry charges in Dobrudjia but you did not cover them.
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Hi Indy and team. Thank you for the work, it's amazing. I've got a sort of question, or maybe it should be considered as a request. As you where speaking about cavalry I thought it could be interesting to talk about the "Makhnovcthina". Is it in your plans?
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What happened to horses when exposed to gas? never seen a gas mask for horses. I reckon those gasses were so aggressive that the poor animals had to suffer in some way
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Corb Lund's song Horse Soldier talks about the importance of Cavalry in early warfare and then it's practically instant downfall when firearms came about.
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is that a freaking horse in a tree?!?...... brutal.
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If you aint Cav!
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how did a horse a dead one at that get in a tree?
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Hi Indy, when you say the British Cavalry was armed with a "Short" Rifle, do you mean the same SMLE as the infantry carried? I always understood that's what they had. If so calling it a "short" rifle (okay I know it's a Short Magazine Lee Enfield, short is in the name) seems a bit misleading. I've always been fascinated by the cavalry in the early twentieth century, on my step-fathers side of my family there are a lot of British Cavalry officers, and every time I go home I get to see his Great-Uncles cavalry saber from the Great War hanging over the mantle piece.
Keep up the good work.
edit Are you at some point going to make an Episode about the Medics in the Great War? Being in the RAMC I know a little about our Corps heroes like Noel Chavasse and Col. Martin-Leake, but nothing about the medical services in the German, French, Russian and Austrian armies, which I assume must have had similar stories. -
This was great. Sharing it ALL over!
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Rapiers were in fact quite heavy. I think what you ment was a smallsword.
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A few years ago there was a movie about a young man reuniting with his horse on the battle field near the end of WW1. The horse looked in great shape. Asked my wife what a horse in that good of shape at the end of the war would have been called... Lunch
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99 years ago, my great grandfather's uncle, Trooper Sloan 'Scotty' Bolton DCM, would be recovering from the Australian Light Horse's charge at Beersheeba, at which he singlehandedly stopped the Germans from destroying the water supplies, and captured an Ottoman artillery gun. The Light Horse's charge is seen as the last succesful horse charge of all time.
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I came here after playing Battlefield 1
Even today North Korea still maintains a cavalry force. and it's noteworthy that the first batte of the 21st, century, taking Basar al scharrif, was taken in a cavalry charge.