113 - World War One: Unprecedented Carnage

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

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4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 140 minutes

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It's the 100th anniversary of WW1! The Great War. The War of Nations. The War to End All Wars. If only that were true. What a war it was! It was a war unlike any other fought in the long history of Europe. New technology - tanks, flamethrowers, fighter jets, poison gas, and more. And it was unprecedented in scope - over 65 million troops would be mobilized over the course of the four years. Over 65 million men sent to fight. Think about that number. We'll talk about a lot of numbers today as we break down what led to WW1, what happened during WW1, how and when it ended and its aftermath, today, on a thank you to the troops edition, happy Veteran's Day edition, of Timesuck. Timesuck is brought to you by Away Travel! For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/timesuck and use promo code TIMESUCK during checkout! Timesuck is brought to you today by Hims! Get a trial month of hims for just $5 today when you go to ForHims.com/Timesuck We're donating $1,000 this month to the Green Beret Association.Hail Nimrod! Click HEREto learn more or donate. Support both Special Forces combat veterans and their families get the care they need to put in all the sacrifices they make to keep us safe. Watch the Suck on Youtube: https://youtu.be/cjM45R1F7jM Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 3500 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

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0:00.0	World War One, the Great War, the War of Nations, the War to End all wars, if only that were true.
0:06.7	Well, what a war was, in 2018 is the 100th anniversary of its end.
0:12.0	It was a war unlike any other fought in the long history of Europe,
0:15.5	new technology tanks, flame throwers, fighter jets, poison gas, and more,
0:19.7	and unprecedented in scope.
0:21.7	Over 65 million troops will be mobilized over the course of four years.
0:26.9	Over 65 million men sent to fight.
0:31.3	Think about that number.
0:32.8	The war began a month after Austral Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914,
0:39.2	and his death did lead to the war, but it was so much more complicated than that.
0:43.1	The origins of World War One were decades in the making, and we're going to explain those origins,
0:48.2	and the launch into four years of all-out continental war today on a special Veterans Day.
0:53.9	Thank you for your service.
0:55.0	Time Suck loves the hell out of today's and yesterday's troops edition of Time Suck.
1:00.8	You're listening to Time Suck.
1:11.3	Happy Monday, Time Suckers.
1:12.9	Hail Memorad.
1:13.6	Hail Luciferina, Praiseful Jangles.
1:15.2	Hail Triple M.
1:16.3	Hail our military listeners.
1:18.0	All those who died defending not only this country, but any of the world's countries.
1:22.1	It's a World War suck after all.
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