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** Indy toured Fort Douamont, near Verdun, with the developers of ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}.''
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemysl_Fortress Austrian fortress besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemysl_Fortress Austrian fortress besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) 1914-15]]), Verdun, the Meuse-Argonne region, and Verdun.Stow-Maries Great War Aerodrome.
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%%* ShownTheirWork: The series runs on this trope.
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* WarIsGlorious: Defied, whenever romantic notions of war rise up, Indy never forgets to remind the audience of just how awful the war was for all services of the military as well as civilians in every country.
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* WarIsGlorious: Defied, Defied: whenever romantic notions of war rise up, Indy never forgets to remind the audience of just how awful the war was for all services of the military as well as civilians in every country.
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* ForegoneConclusion: This being a show covering a war a 100 years old, most everyone knows which side will emerge victorious, this led to a meta RunningGag where watchers will comment about the inevitability of a [[spoiler: central powers]] victory.
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* GeneralRipper: Franz Conrad Graf von Hötzendorf, who is mentioned (as Indy puts it) "all the time" on the show, tends to be depicted this way. He constantly (read: more than 30 times) advocated for Austria-Hungary to go to war with various of its neighbors in the run-up to World War I.
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* GeneralRipper: Franz Conrad Graf von Hötzendorf, who is mentioned (as Indy puts it) "all the time" on the show, tends to be depicted this way. He constantly (read: more than 30 times) advocated for Austria-Hungary to go to war with various of its neighbors neighbours in the run-up to World War I.
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** There are also several crossovers with [[CandRsenal C&Rsenal]] discussing the various small arms used by the warring nations.
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** There are also several crossovers with [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClq1dvO44aNovUUy0SiSDOQ C&Rsenal]] discussing the various small arms used by the warring nations.
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** There are also several crossovers with [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClq1dvO44aNovUUy0SiSDOQ [[CandRsenal C&Rsenal]] discussing the various small arms used by the warring nations.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUNM9NqJqZXfRNeuW4_2sg InRangeTV]] and by extension [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUNM9NqJqZXfRNeuW4_2sg Forgotten Weapons]] did a crossover with The Great War in episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfKUd8bvQfc Trench Raid Tactics - Into The Abyss I THE GREAT WAR]]
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUNM9NqJqZXfRNeuW4_2sg InRangeTV]] and by extension [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUNM9NqJqZXfRNeuW4_2sg Forgotten Weapons]] WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons did a crossover with The Great War in episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfKUd8bvQfc Trench Raid Tactics - Into The Abyss I THE GREAT WAR]]
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* NeverMyFault: A trait commonly displayed by the [[GeneralFailure failed military commanders]] of the war is that they start blaming their own mistakes on other people who oftentimes weren't even involved in the events. Great example of this is French General Robert Nivelle who blamed General Joseph Micheler for his failures even though Micheler ''had opposed Nivelle's ideas to the point of insubordination''. He had this to say about Nivelle's accusations:
--> "What, you try to make me responsible for the mistake, when I never ceased to warn you? Do you know what such an action is called? [[DirtyCoward It's called cowardice]]."
--> "What, you try to make me responsible for the mistake, when I never ceased to warn you? Do you know what such an action is called? [[DirtyCoward It's called cowardice]]."
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Has a sister channel called '''It's History''', which looks at a wider range of topics, such as the Cold War, China, and the history of sex.
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Has a (now defunct) sister channel called '''It's History''', which looks at a wider range of topics, such as the Cold War, China, and the history of sex.
* ArcWords: "Modern war". It primarily is said at the end of the main episodes. This emphasizes that World War I was truly the first ''modern war'' - where machines like the tank and plane, along with weapons like the flamethrower, poison gas, and machine gun were either invented or developed battlefield roles. This is also when the concepts of a modern "Total War" - nations mobilizing their entire populace for war efforts, unrestricted submarine warfare, the deliberate targeting of civilians to demoralize the enemy, using prisoners for forced labor, all fully took hold here.
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** The phrase "Modern war" shows up in many different contexts, primarily at the end of episodes.
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** The phrase "Modern war" shows up in many different contexts, primarily at the end of episodes."This is modern war."
** And as pointed out in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shmmza-lWY0 this video]], they also wrote the [[AllThereInTheManual Codex entries]] and designed the medals of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: An episode covering early plastic surgery on war victims is titled as such, stating that the horrible facial disfigurements caused by bullets and artillery were indeed worse for some than dying in the trenches. Many such victims found themselves rejected by society and were driven to early graves due to their disfigurements, and others died of surgical complications due to the nature of early medicine and plastic surgery techniques.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The episode on Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck discusses how he was idolised until relatively recently for his role in defending German East Africa against a much larger Entente force. It acknowledges his skill as a commander, stating that he was a major pioneer of guerrilla warfare in the 20th century. However, the show also mentions von Lettow-Vorbeck's role in the Herero genocide, his participation in the 1920 Kapp-Putsch (a far-right coup attempt, intending to depose the UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic), along with his racist imperialist views. It also discusses how his pillaging of British, Portuguese, and Belgian territory and forcible conscription of local Africans as porters indirectly led to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in East Africa.
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* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Several armies issued brightly colored uniforms at the beginning of the war that were quickly found to be ill-suited for a war dominated by artillery and machine guns. The worst were the French, whose bright red and blue uniforms got them killed by the thousands before they replaced it with a pale blue one.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The episode on Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck discusses how he wasidolised idolized until relatively recently for his role in defending German East Africa against a much larger Entente force. It acknowledges his skill as a commander, stating that he was a major pioneer of guerrilla warfare in the 20th century. However, the show also mentions von Lettow-Vorbeck's role in the Herero genocide, his participation in the 1920 Kapp-Putsch (a far-right coup attempt, intending to depose the UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic), along with his racist imperialist views. It also discusses how his pillaging of British, Portuguese, and Belgian territory and forcible conscription of local Africans as porters indirectly led to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in East Africa.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The episode on Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck discusses how he was
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Defied and Discussed. Indy repeatedly points out that the sheer death toll of the war makes it easy to lose track of the suffering of the individuals behind the massive numbers.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Defied and Discussed. Indy repeatedly points out that the sheer death toll of the war makes it easy to lose track of the suffering of the individuals behind the massive numbers.numbers, and Indy often quotes first-hand accounts of the misery and suffering of individuals throughout the war.
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* OnrushingArmy: World War I is described as "a new war with old generals". Despite the innovations in automatic weapons and artillery, the chief commanders at the beginning of the war were still stuck in the 1800s, sending out men en-masse to rush enemy formations. The worst were the French, whose [[HighlyConspicuousUniform bright red and blue uniforms]] got them killed by the thousands.
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* OnrushingArmy: World War I is described as "a new war with old generals". Despite the innovations in automatic weapons and artillery, the chief commanders at the beginning of the war were still stuck in the 1800s, sending out men en-masse to rush enemy formations. The worst were the French, whose [[HighlyConspicuousUniform bright red and blue uniforms]] got them killed by the thousands.
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** "This is modern war." or "This was modern war."
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** "This is modern war." or "This was modern war."The phrase "Modern war" shows up in many different contexts, primarily at the end of episodes.
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** Indie also had this to say about "The Russian Women's Battalion of Death".
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** Indie Indy also had this to say about "The Russian Women's Battalion of Death".
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Defied and Discussed. Indy points out that the sheer death toll of the war makes it easy to lose track of the suffering of the individuals behind the massive numbers.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Defied and Discussed. Indy repeatedly points out that the sheer death toll of the war makes it easy to lose track of the suffering of the individuals behind the massive numbers.
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** [[WideEyedIdealist Blindly optimistic statements]] from said leaders also gets strong reactions out of him, because such words display a profound ignorance of the realities of the war.
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** There are also several crossovers with [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClq1dvO44aNovUUy0SiSDOQ C&Rsenal]] discussing the various small arms used by the waring nations.
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* MadScientist: The episode on Fritz Haber is titled "A Genius and a Madman". Haber was a brilliant scientist, fiercely patriotic, but his role in weaponising poison gas brought untold misery to the world. His "perversion of science" may have driven his own wife to suicide.
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* MadScientist: The episode on Fritz Haber is titled "A Genius and a Madman". Haber was a brilliant scientist, scientist and fiercely patriotic, but his role in weaponising weaponizing poison gas brought untold misery to the world. His "perversion of science" may have driven his own wife to suicide.suicide.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Defied and Discussed. Indy points out that the sheer death toll of the war makes it easy to lose track of the suffering of the individuals behind the massive numbers.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Defied and Discussed. Indy points out that the sheer death toll of the war makes it easy to lose track of the suffering of the individuals behind the massive numbers.
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-->'''Indy''': [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Spicer-Simson He]] also wanted to name the boats Cat and Dog, but the navy wouldn't let him, so he christened them Mimi and Toutou. Really.
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-->'''Indy''': [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Spicer-Simson He]] also wanted to name the boats Cat and Dog, but the navy Navy wouldn't let him, so he christened them Mimi and Toutou. Really.
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** RoadTripPlot: episodes recounting the trips to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPK0BjG4TGg&index=26&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Przemsyl]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhWXsI4y8s&index=3&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Verdun]].
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** RoadTripPlot: episodes Episodes recounting the trips to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPK0BjG4TGg&index=26&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Przemsyl]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhWXsI4y8s&index=3&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Verdun]].
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: Said word-for-word by Indy about UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's disastrous invasion at Gallipoli, stating that while he would go on to do great things during this war and [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the next one]], they do not absolve him of the needless waste of lives that resulted from the botched landings.
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* BerserkButton: Indy tends to reserve his harshest words for state and military leaders that are [[GeneralFailure incompetent]], shortsighted, [[GeneralRipper bloodthirsty]], or just [[GloryHound out for glory]]. Mainly because their actions and plans invariably resulted in tens of thousands of deaths for no gain.
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* GeneralRipper: Franz Conrad Graf von Hötzendorf, who is mentioned (as Indy puts it) "all the time" on the show, tends to be depicted this way. He constantly (read: more than 30 times) advocated for Austria-Hungary to go to war with various of its neighbours in the run-up to World War I.
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* GeneralRipper: Franz Conrad Graf von Hötzendorf, who is mentioned (as Indy puts it) "all the time" on the show, tends to be depicted this way. He constantly (read: more than 30 times) advocated for Austria-Hungary to go to war with various of its neighbours neighbors in the run-up to World War I.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemy%C5%9Bl_Fortress Austrian fortress besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemy%C5%9Bl_Fortress org/wiki/Przemysl_Fortress Austrian fortress besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl org/wiki/Przemy%C5%9Bl_Fortress Austrian fortress besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemsyl besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemsyl org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemsyl besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
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* RealTime: The show is formatted as a week by week news coverage of the events of the war as they took place, exactly 100 years ago. It gives an appreciation of the length of the war.
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* RealTime: The show is formatted as a week by week news coverage of the events of the war as they took place, exactly 100 years ago. It gives an appreciation of the length and scope of the war.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While most episodes are produced in the studio, Indy and the crew have shot some episodes on location in Przemsyl, Poland (an Austrian fortress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Przemy%C5%9Bl besieged by the Russians in 1914-15]]) and Verdun.
** RoadTripPlot: episodes recounting the trips to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPK0BjG4TGg&index=26&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Przemsyl]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhWXsI4y8s&index=3&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Verdun]].
** RoadTripPlot: episodes recounting the trips to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPK0BjG4TGg&index=26&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Przemsyl]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhWXsI4y8s&index=3&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxNUxpltTT98mcQlIqyVzfjG Verdun]].
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* WarIsGlorious: Defied, whenever romantic notions of war rise up, Indie never forgets to remind the audience of just how awful the war was for all services of the military as well as civilians in every country.
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* WarIsGlorious: Defied, whenever romantic notions of war rise up, Indie Indy never forgets to remind the audience of just how awful the war was for all services of the military as well as civilians in every country.
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* Documentary: Is presented as such.
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* Documentary: {{Documentary}}: Is presented as such.
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* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: "Angel and Snake", the "most popular TV show", featured in the outtakes.
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* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: "Angel and Snake", the "most popular TV show", featured in the outtakes. Indy speaks in a ridiculous Japanese accent while waving around a snake statue and angel lamp.
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Occasionally, the "Who Did What in WWI?" segment will feature people who are better known for their actions in World War II, such as Erwin Rommel.
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** This Week 100 Years Ago:
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** Special Episodes: Red.
** Special Episodes: Red.
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** This Week 100 Years Ago: Green. The main series.
** Special Episodes: Red. Miscellaneous episodes focusing on specific topics.
** Who Did What In WWI?: Orange. Special episodes covering famous figures of the period or of WWII.
** Out of the Trenches: Yellow. Q&A sessions
** Out of the Ether: Purple. Episodes sharing good content written by the fans
** Special Episodes: Red. Miscellaneous episodes focusing on specific topics.
** Who Did What In WWI?: Orange. Special episodes covering famous figures of the period or of WWII.
** Out of the Trenches: Yellow. Q&A sessions
** Out of the Ether: Purple. Episodes sharing good content written by the fans
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** SpecialEpisodes: Red. Miscellaneous episodes focusing on specific topics.
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** Who Did What In WWI?: Orange. Special episodes covering famous figures of the period or of WWII.\n
** Out of the Trenches: Yellow. Q&A sessions\n
** Out of the Ether: Purple.Episodes sharing good content written by the fans
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** Who Did What In WWI?: Orange.
** Out of the Trenches: Yellow.
** Out of the Ether: Purple.
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* BlatantLies: Indy shared a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRKvb3MGLZw ridiculous story]] about the Chair of Wisdom's origins during one "Out of the Trenches" segment.
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* BlatantLies: Indy shared a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRKvb3MGLZw ridiculous story]] about the Chair of Wisdom's his desk's origins during one "Out of the Trenches" segment.
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* NowBuyTheMerchandise: The Great War has begun to produce some merchandise which they advertise. Of particular note are the "Hotzensocks" featuring Condrad von Hotzendorf on...socks.
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** Special Episodes: Red.
** Who Did What In WWI?: Orange.
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Green. The main series.
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* Documentary: Is presented as such.
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* RealTime: The show obviously doesn't depict events in true RealTime, but the week by week coverage of the war is the closest thing one is likely to get to it.
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** Indy's personal chair at his home in Sweden is called the Chair of Madness.
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* [[AmericaWinsTheWar Britain Wins The War]]: Indy occasionally expresses annoyance with the prevalent idea that World War I was won solely on the Western Front due to the prevalence of British media about that front, pointing out that the Eastern Front, Balkan Theater, and Middle Eastern Theater were also important.
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* BadassMustache: Extremely prevalent among high ranking officers during the war to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsF5Mg6DXiM they had their own top 10 list]]. This trope was, however, mostly averted among enlisted ranks, since gas masks tended to be difficult and dangerous to wear with facial hair.
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* BadassMustache: Extremely prevalent among high ranking officers during the war to the point that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsF5Mg6DXiM they had their own top 10 list]]. This trope was, however, mostly averted among enlisted ranks, since gas masks tended to be difficult and dangerous to wear with facial hair. The exception was the British, who actually ''required'' a mustache in their troops until 1916.
* BigBad: While Indy argues in his "Top 10 Misconceptions of World War I" video that there was no true ultimate villain in the war, he also states in his regular episodes that no man holds more blame for starting the war in the first place than the Austrian Chief of Staff, Conrad von Hötzendorf. Except perhaps the German Chief of Staff, Moltke the Younger.
* [[AmericaWinsTheWar Britain Wins The War]]: Indy occasionally expresses annoyance with the prevalent idea that World War I was won solely on the Western Front due to the prevalence of British media about that front, pointing out that the Eastern Front, Balkan Theater, and Middle Eastern Theater were also important.
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* GeneralFailure: A fair number make an appearance, but Austria-Hungary's Oscar Potiorek stands out, with his bungled invasion of Serbia bringing humiliation to his country shortly after the war broke out. Conrad von Hötzendorf is somewhat more controversial, but Indy is baffled by the fact that he is still considered by some to be a military genius.
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* FourStarBadass: They don't receive as much attention as their [[GeneralFailure counterparts]], but the show does point several of them out particularly in the "Who Did What in World War I" episodes. Examples include Ferdinand Foch, Paul Von-Lettow Vorbeck, Mustafa Kemal, and Svetozar Boroević.
* GeneralFailure: A fair number make an appearance, but Austria-Hungary's Oscar Potiorek stands out, with his bungled invasion of Serbia bringing humiliation to his country shortly after the war broke out. Conrad von Hötzendorf is somewhat more controversial, but Indy is baffled by the fact that he is still considered by some to be a military genius. Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna also gets a lot of flak thrown his way. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_the_Isonzo For good reason.]]
* GeneralFailure: A fair number make an appearance, but Austria-Hungary's Oscar Potiorek stands out, with his bungled invasion of Serbia bringing humiliation to his country shortly after the war broke out. Conrad von Hötzendorf is somewhat more controversial, but Indy is baffled by the fact that he is still considered by some to be a military genius. Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna also gets a lot of flak thrown his way. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_the_Isonzo For good reason.]]
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* GloryHound: This mindset contributed to the start of the war. As Indy points out in an early episode, there were a lot of officers who had never seen combat before yet had romantic notions about wartime glory and fame and were eager to obtain some for themselves. Hötzendorf above is a fine example.
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* GloryHound: This mindset contributed to the start of the war. As Indy points out in an early episode, there were a lot of officers who had never seen combat before yet had romantic notions about wartime glory and fame and were eager to obtain some for themselves. Hötzendorf above is a fine example. He expresses particular amazement that Conrad von Hötzendorf went to war in the first place partly to impress a married woman he was infatuated with, hoping she'd leave her husband for him.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The episode on Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck discusses how he was idolised until relatively recently for his role in defending German East Africa against a much larger Entente force. It acknowledges his skill as a commander, stating that he was a major pioneer of guerrilla warfare in the 20th century. However, the show also mentions von Lettow-Vorbeck's role in the Herero genocide, his participation in the 1920 Kapp-Putsch (a far-right coup attempt, intending to depose the UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic), along with his racist imperialist views.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The episode on Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck discusses how he was idolised until relatively recently for his role in defending German East Africa against a much larger Entente force. It acknowledges his skill as a commander, stating that he was a major pioneer of guerrilla warfare in the 20th century. However, the show also mentions von Lettow-Vorbeck's role in the Herero genocide, his participation in the 1920 Kapp-Putsch (a far-right coup attempt, intending to depose the UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic), along with his racist imperialist views. It also discusses how his pillaging of British, Portuguese, and Belgian territory and forcible conscription of local Africans as porters indirectly led to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in East Africa.
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* RunningGag: [[GeneralFailure Conrad von]] [[GeneralRipper Hötzendorf]] in general. It gets to the point where when it's his turn on the "Top 11 Stupidest Moves of Early World War 1" list, Indy can only preface the entry with "now, for the man you've all been waiting for...". In the "Top 10 Mustaches of World War 1", Indy also has silly music playing in the background for Conrad's entry and Conrad's only, while everyone else has solemn music.
-->'''[[http://i.imgur.com/UarrSRh.png Youtube Commenter]]:''' I love that goofy carnival music that pops up when it's Conrad's turn. The man has really solidified himself as the greatest meme of the first world war.
-->'''Great War Channel:''' That he has.
-->'''[[http://i.imgur.com/UarrSRh.png Youtube Commenter]]:''' I love that goofy carnival music that pops up when it's Conrad's turn. The man has really solidified himself as the greatest meme of the first world war.
-->'''Great War Channel:''' That he has.
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* GloryHound: This mindset contributed to the start of the war. As Indy points out in an early episode, there were a lot of young, inexperienced officers who had never seen combat before yet had romantic notions about wartime glory and fame and were eager to obtain some for themselves.themselves. Hötzendorf above is a fine example.
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* GloryHound: This mindset contributed to the start of the war. As Indy points out in an early episode, there were a lot of young, inexperienced officers who had never seen combat before but nonetheless yet had romantic notions about wartime glory and fame. fame and were eager to obtain some for themselves.
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