DarreToBe

Battlefield 1 was announced on May 6th. In the last month they've gained about 40 thousand subscribers, compared to the previous month of about 17 thousand. Views is more drastic, about 4 million this past month and 2.6 million from the month before.

Source: http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/TheGreatWar

Will you do a special on baseball during World War 1? Why aren't you exploiting your every opportunity to sneak your supreme baseball history knowledge into every single episode?

It's an AMA. He can ask whatever the fuck he pops into his weird mind. The better question is why it was actually answered...

The amount of resources needed to recreate that faithfully and accurate would be enormous. I doubt there is a singular source they could even use for it. The work would be massive even before they get to the actual VFX.

Best at killing people? Best at keeping his men alive? Best manager of operations? Best strategist? Best at achieving an objective? I suppose our view of this question would be substantially different from those at the time and even then would vary person to person based on what their values are.