World War I: Every Day

See the changing front lines of World War I every day from Austria-Hungary's declaration of war to the armistice of November 11, 1918. This video also includes the changing front lines in Africa and the Pacific. The war started 100 years ago and today we live as the result of its legacy.

Music used:
Failing Defense by Kevin MacLeod

Black Vortex by Kevin MacLeod

Full On by Kevin MacLeod

[EmperorTigerstar]

Thanks for over 4 million views everyone! :D

[willgrainger]

u gotta appreciate those 500, 000 lives laid down every time a pixel moves in france.

[tyrush]

How WW1 started: An Austrian dude got shot.

How WW2 started: An Austrian dude didn’t get shot.

[mr.bantman]

My great-grandfather fought for Austria-Hungary.

His father had left Russia for Austria, so he spoke fluent Russian.

After being captured by a squad of Russians while on night duty, he was brought to a Russian PoW camp. The warden didn't know German, and was trying to tell a group of Germans to give their names to him.

After about a day, he decided to speak up, telling the warden he knew Russian and German, and could help him if he was put in better quarters. The warden agreed. For most of the war, he was translating orders for the warden to new prisoners. At one point he even convinced the warden to let the Germans have Christmas free from work. When the Bolsheviks took power, a small force was sent to the prison, and told the Germans in Russian, "you are no longer at war with Russia. All prisoners must leave immediately".

My great-grandfather and about 150 other German and Austrian prisoners had to walk their way through the Russian civil war and back to their homes.

[oscar]

Imagine how many people died for that pixel to change

Wow thanks for the likes

[Catishcat]

Most of the war, it actually seemed that central powers would win. At least, on a map.

[polargray]

Germany WW1: *Wins against russia, gets defeated by france*

Germany WW2: *Wins against france, gets defeated by russia*

[Ambtran]

All because a driver took a wrong turn.

[juliusgreen]

The Western front is so exciting to watch!

[jacobdalland]

1918
Germany: "Hah, Russia's dead. Let's eat him up Ottoman"
Ottoman Empire: "yeh okay"

[herzikkimolog]

Ottomans after Bolshevik Revolution: "Oh look, free land!"

[SrJomba]

Germany: okay so i Just took most of Belgium and a significant amount of land in France, and my army is almost reaching Petrograd, how are we doing on other fronts?

Austria-Hungary: *Loses to Serbia*

Germany: ...

[Duke_of_Lorraine]

The Western Front looks so quiet from this map.

[lfrv.countryballs]

Italy: "If you can't beat them, join them."

[mississippiball]

5:22 wow Romania joined the war and Germany instantly surrendered this shows how powerful Romania is

[Weeboslav]

WW1
Germany:War goes great!Austro-Hungary, how are you doing?
Austro-Hungary:I can't beat the Serbia!
Germany:-_-
WW2
Germany:War goes great!Italy, how are you doing?
Italy:I can't beat Greece!
Germany:-_-

[skykid]

Just to give some sense of scale, total combat deaths:
UK: 744, 00
France: 1, 150, 000
Russia: 1, 700, 000
Austria-Hungary: 1, 016, 000
Germany: 1, 800, 000
Ottoman Empire: 305, 000

And then there's Serbia, that lost over 20% of its population...

[coopstoops]

4:30


"Your Internet has been disconnected"

Russia: WTF

[dudebro]

When you lose 300, 000 men just to gain like 2 inches of land


Field Marshals: *s t o n k s*

[MacLazer]

Notice the German army running around Tanzania in October 1918 xD