Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "The Armchair Historian" channel.

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  3. To the armed forces of imperial Germany. The german army consisted of four armies : 1) The royal prussian army, including the troops of the greatdukes and dukes, also the soldiers of the principalities and free towns. The non prussian troops had the right to keep their regiment flags and regiment names. 2) The royal saxon army 3) The royal wurttembergian army. The saxon and wurttembergian armies could keep their regiment flags, their regiment names and their Generalstab/ general staff, but their general staffs had been allways under prussian command. 4) The royal bavarian army. They could keep their regiment flags, tegiment names and their general staff. The bavarian general staff was only in wartime under prussian command. Also the jackets of bavarian soldiers had been in , bavarian blue', the non bavarian soldiers had jackets in ,prussian blue'. The helmets had been the same in all german armies, but the coat of arms and cocardes had been different. Also the leatherhelmet with point was only used by line infantry and dragoons. Artillery gunners used a similar helmet with a ball to prevent accidents, and light infantry ,technical troops and parts of reserve units used the Tschako. Hussars had a cylindric hussars cap made of fur ( See Feldmarschall von Mackensen) and lancers/Ulanen used a small leather helmet with a tip down pyramide to remember the polish origin of the Ulanen ( The polish ceremonial guard still uses caps with square/ quadratisch top). Heavy cavallry and palace units used pointed helmets made oft steel vor copperbased metal.
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  19.  @dflatt1783  : There was a naval blockade against Germany from the Britisch Channel to the coast of Norway, so Germany could not import food. On paper Germany could import food from neutral countries Switzerland, Denmark, Norway or Sweden. But: Because of the war of 1864 Denmark was Allied friendly. Up to 1903 the king of Sweden was also king of Norway, a socalled ,personal union'. But from 1903 to 1906 the Norwegians tried to get an own king and had sucess. In this non violent fight for total independence from Sweden, France and Great Brittain supported Norway, Germany supported Sweden. So Norway was Allied friendly, Sweden Germany friendly ( When WW l started, a large number of swedish officers wanted, that Sweden enters the war on german side to reconquer the in 1809 lost Finnland, but the swedish King and Gouvernement had been more intelligent than the officers). Switzerland had a food problem in both world wäre, they could not sell food to Germany. In policy the swiss gouvernement had agreements with France and Germany: In case of a german attack the swiss army would follow the French High Command, in case of an allied attack the swiss troops would follow the German High Command. So there was a great food problem in Germany , the people had not enough food and lots of germans died. The people had to eat ,Steckrüben' , i don' t know the english name of this plant. It has rather few calories and is today sold as ,weight losing diet food'. In one of the german language military history magazines i read, the toppic ,Steckrüben' was also noted.
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  86.  @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681  : Wrong button! The dragoons had been in Germany used as second wave in charge, or sometimes as infantry, they once had been ( They had been armed with a slightly shortened musket/ Dragonergewehr, similar to marines muskets, bayonnet and staight blade sword/ Pallasch like cuirassiers and gendarmes). During 18th century the german dragons had been used fewer and fewer as infantry ( Frederick ll of prussia: The dragons fight mostly in horseback, infantry training should not be forgotten, but the quality of regular infantry is not necessary). As light cavallry the Hussars ( of hungarian orgin) had been used in Germany , armed with ( curved) saber and carbines. Carbines in small numbers had also been used by cuirassiers and gendarmes, and pistols also by hussars and dragons. Cavallry with lances was very (!) rare in 18th century germany, perhaps some few polish soldiers in prussian/austrian service, and austrian Grenzer/ Bosniaken/ border guards at the austrian- ottoma Militärgrenze/ military border. During napoleonic wars, lancers (Ulanen) had been introduced into some german armies, and german/austrian dragons have nearly lost the infantry fight ability. This was reintroduced in not so proper way in late 19th century, so german dragons entered wwl with Leatherhelmet with point like line infantry, but with carbines. Because german cavallry started in wwl with carbines and no bayonnet, they had to use their lances as substitute. So to come back to your comment, the solution is simply another military tradition. And bavarian light cavallry used the french name Chevaux legets'- light horse.
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