Snipers and Sharpshooters in World War 1 (Documentary)

Support us and get 40% off Nebula: Watch Red Atoms on Nebula: In fall 1914, the British and French armies on the First World Wadustr’s Western Front were wrestling with a problem: unseen German riflemen were picking off any man who showed himself above the trench. Something had to be done about it – and the result was the birth of the modern sniper. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: Nebula: » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, 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 Campana, Michele. Perchè ho Ucciso. 1918. Goya, Michel. “Une brève histoire des snipers 2e partie : les chasseurs industriels.” Pegler, Martin. Sniping in the Great War. 2008. Plaster, John. The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting. 2008. Schäfer, Robin. “‘The men behind the scope’: German snipers in the First World War, part 2.” Schäfer, Robin. “’A Dirty Duty Well Performed: German Snipers in the First World War.’” Uyar, Mesut. The Ottoman Army in the First World War. 2020 » OUR SISTER CHANNEL »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Lebel 1886 Model by Diedrik Droesbeke Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2024