LONGEST Battle of WW1: Verdun | Armchair Historian Reaction

1 million shells in 10 hours is About 1666 shells falling per minute . To put that fire rate in perspective, the famous mg-42 had a fire rate of roughly 1500 rounds per minute. Each shell sounding like a jumbo jet crash landing on a battlefield you could walk in an afternoon

In the game verdun. Douamont is a (lets say it nicely) a difficult place to attack.

I miss playing BF1's Verdun map, it was epic.

THANK YOU for talking about that "bleed france white" catch phrase that everyone takes for granted and never realise the context

36:16 There's a video I saw here which told a story about a bunch of teens who went camping near a battleground in France. They unknowingly built their campfire directly over top of an unexploded artillery shell. It detonated in the night, ending several of their lives, and nobody escaped uninjured. Most plants won't even grow around Verdun due to all the chemicals leached into the soil from all the artillery shells. I've never been there, but the pictures I've seen look like someone took a picture of a choppy ocean and photoshopped dirt & grass over it, with the occasional scraggly tree thrown in. I'll never understand how someone can go through a battle like that and have any amount of sanity left.

Hello Mr Chris, there is a story telling game named “valiant hearts: The Great War” I think it’s a really nice game, it’s about characters who were living peacefully and got dragged to the war forcefully and witnessing its horror. It also has something really nice which is like collectibles, collectibles with their history and a picture sometimes, really brilliant game and hope you upload on it.

Ils ne passeront pas!

For some perspective, the 300mm and 370mm guns the French used are roughly 12.5 and 15 inch guns. They are essentially battleship guns put of railroad cars, and some of the largest land artillery ever constructed.

Finally more Armchair historian!

Imagine the souls of the brave french man seeing some internet idiots , who never leave their room level them and there nation as cowards.

Went to Verdun 2 years ago. The top of Fort de Douaumont was like the moon, with all the craters. And the cemetery right behind it is stunning. Absolutely an erie and awe-inspiring place to see. Also did find one of those abandoned villages, which again was just creepy.

You're absolutely my favorite reaction video across all sort of content You add a great info and insight to every topic even when you say you don't know much about, correcting mistakes that could effect the perception of the topic, add your own humor moments as well as mourning the tragic events...you're the only person that i would have fun sitting for hours continuously to watch thank god for YouTube suggestions that made me find your channel, and for the day you were thinking and said to yourself "alright, I'll start making content and give it a try" You're my absolutely favorite person on the internet and i learned so much from you much love from bonn, Westphalia, Germany 🖤🤍❤

The Czechoslovak Legion! I think it may be one of the most breathtaking stories around.

The story of CzechoSlovak legion is something to look into if you haven't heard of it. It is a very exciting story I think we even came close to saving the tsar

Love the WWI videos! I just finished binging all of the WW1 Epic History TV videos. I also am declaring my major as history in college.

Hello VTH, I've been watching your content for a while now and I must say, you are probably my favorite historian youtuber out there, every video always brings a smile to my face and I have learned a lot from your videos as well, you are very knowledgeable. It also helps with my depression and such, but you help make it bearable, so thank you. As matter as fact, I've been wanting to start making a bit of history content myself (on a different channel of course heh...) but I'm still trying to figure out a niche and stuff for me to go with. Also, I know this is not the place to do it really, but maybe you could check out WW1 from the Austro-Hungarian perspective by the armchair historian, it's one of my favorites from him, but no pressure. Have a good day!

Excellent as ever. My French wife's great grandfather was an engineer in the French army just after the war and was sent to Verdun in 1919 to help clear the battlefield of unexploded shells. Despite this being after the fighting has finished his family have often said that he was never the same afterwards, changed by the conditions he had to work in and the risks he faced every day. He died very young from a serious lung condition and his family were adamant that this was due to background levels of gas leaking from the munitions (apparently the whole area stank for years afterwards). I went to Verdun myself a few years back (happily for a wedding between German and French friends) and took some time out to visit the battlefields. Even after 100 years it was still shocking. I would hate to imagine what it was like during and just after the war.

This was a great video Chris! The Armchair Historian is one of the best content creators.

As an Iraqi war veteran, I can not imagine what these men went through.

I loved playing the Verdun maps in BF1 Operations