The Deadliest Day of WW1

Get Nebula with 40% annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-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