What Was the Deadliest Day of the First World War?
Watch Red Atoms on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/redatoms?ref=the-great-war What was the deadliest day of any nation in WW1? There are multiple candidates for that, but why should we even care? Well, the answer to this question highlights a challenge with popular memory that is often focused on the biggest battles of the war like the Somme or Verdun. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/the-great-war » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Arthur, John. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry. (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of war Service, 1914-1918. David Clarke, Glasgow, 1920. Desaubliaux, Robert, La ruée, journal d un poilu. Paris, éditions des Presses de la Renaissance, 2005 (première édition 1919). Doughty, Robert A. Pyrrhic Victory. Harvard University Press. Kindle Edition. Duclos, Jean, and Louis-Jean Duclos. 2012. Notes de campagne, 1914-1916: suivies d un épilogue, 1917-1925, et commentées par son fils, Louis-Jean Duclos. Paris: Harmattan. Greenhalgh, Elizabeth. The French Army and the First World War (Armies of the Great War) Cambridge University Press. Kindle Edition. Historique du 2e régt [ régiment ] de marche de zouaves du 2 août 1914 au 11 novembre 1918 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63583121 Historique du 5e régiment de hussards pendant la guerre 1914-1918 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6228021w https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ Jünger, Ernst. The Storm of Steel: Original 1929 Translation. Mystery Grove Publishing Co., LLC. Kindle Edition. Pointel, Bernard, Baguer-Pican de Napoléon à nos jours, 1800-1994, Dinan, Grand Ouest Editions, 2000 cited in: Erwan Le Gall. Le 47e régiment d’infanterie pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Histoire. Université Rennes 2, 2019. Rachamimov, Alon. POWs and the Great War: Captivity on the Eastern Front, New York, Berg Publishers, 2002. Sheldon, Jack. The German Army on the Western Front 1915. Pen & Sword Books. Kindle Edition. Smith, Leonard V. Between Mutiny and Obedience: The Case of the French Fifth Infantry Division during World War I: 225 (Princeton Legacy Library) Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition. https://www.1jour1poilu.com/ Veaux, Georges. En Suivant Nos Soldats De L ouest: Carnet De Route Publie Avec L autorisation Du Ministe Re De La Guerre. Charleroi - Guise - La Retraite - La Marne - La Poursuite - Reims - Craonne - La Course a La Mer - Arras -Vermelles - L Yser. Rennes: Impr. Oberthur, 1917. » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: James Taub, Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: James Taub Fact checking: Jesse Alexander, Mark Newton Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023
