Join this channel to get access to the rest of the series right away: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join Watch our first series on WW1 here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD The next episode in the series is here: https://youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ During the First World War, what was it like to live in the trenches on the Western Front in 1915? How did the Germans attempt to knock the Allies out of the war right from the outset? And, what secret weapon did the Germans unleash? Join Dominic and Tom as they plunge back into the First World War, and carry us through life in the trenches, the horrors of shelling, and the escalation of this totemic conflict. Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory 0:00 The Western Front 1:02 Lloyds 2:34 Robert Graves goes to war 6:27 Marching towards the trenches 10:06 Bullets, dugouts and the first casualty 13:24 Daily life in the trenches 16:19 How the trenches were built 18:51 Mud, slime and being trapped 20:01 Lice, fleas and trench fever 22:08 Rats in the trenches 23:49 Boredom, routine and why some soldiers enjoyed it 26:31 Life behind the front line 28:52 The Times 30:05 Ernst Jünger and the horror of battle 33:23 *Storm of Steel* 36:20 The “great god Pain” 40:25 Face-to-face killing 43:49 The odds of death on the Western Front 45:41 Shell shock 49:26 How the army understood trauma 51:19 Every soldier’s breaking point 54:21 Gas: Germany’s secret weapon 57:14 The first gas attacks 59:03 Wilfred Owen and the horror of gas 1:02:03 Britain’s disastrous gas attack at Loos 1:04:40 John Kipling and the tragedy of Loos Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy 3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal #history #ww1 #animation #documentary #animateddocumentary