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@AndrewTheMandrew531

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Terry History I’m okay with these sponsors Terry, as long as I know the money is going to you.

@woody4077

4 жыл бұрын

Raises Hand: excuse me Mr. Terry St. Helena is in the atlantic ocean not the pacific cocean

@leeblackwolf3158

4 жыл бұрын

There is a channel that's pretty cool and also focuses on history topics the channel is-Alternate history hub and the first video I think you should react to is "what if gunpowder never existed" it's one of my favorite ones.

@dylangoddard7449

4 жыл бұрын

@Swapn Lok he does say at the start that it's a mainstream appeal

@dylangoddard7449

4 жыл бұрын

I'm ok with ads congratulations on getting a sponsor btw

I would say the biggest omission to this list is the Battle of Constantinople in 1453. One of the most future-changing events in world history. What do you think they missed?

@vidDunk

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. I just finished watching the new Netflix series "Rise of Empires: Ottoman" - must watch for everybody who tries to learn about Mehmed II and Ottoman Empire.

@LordBaldur

4 жыл бұрын

I would say that a very underappreciated battle would be the Battle of York. Vikings changed the political dynamics of Europe and this was especially prominent in the British isles. York cemented their presence, kingdoms fell and what we were left with was an entirely different Scotland and a weakened Saxon army that eventually lost to another group of vikings. (Yes I'm calling the Normans vikings)

@goldeviolets4314

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Terry History I think the battle of Thermopalae gets more love than Salamis and Platea

@fredriktibblin

4 жыл бұрын

One battle that I believed should be at the list is the Battle of Poltava Sweden-Russia, this battle was a battle that would decide the fate of who would be the great power of Europe between Russia and Sweden, this battle ended Sweden's great era of power and Russia became a Major nation in Europe

@Duke_of_Lorraine

4 жыл бұрын

the fall of the city was just the end of the long agony of the Roman Empire. The Ottomans already had a large foothold in Europe. Varna (1444) was more decisive.

“Wasn’t it great when the History Channel had history shows”....BURN!

@MrTerry

4 жыл бұрын

🤷‍♂️

@marquisdelafayette1929

4 жыл бұрын

On Amazon Prime they have an "option" to buy History Channel Vault ... For extra money of course

@Stark-Raving

4 жыл бұрын

@Gerald H Leave Giorgio alone

@Raykibb1

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Terry History: The truth is the truth, period. The History Channel follows a chunky guy with a tall guy going though old people’s junk.

@AFR0MAMBA

4 жыл бұрын

Haven’t had cable in a long time. What does the history channel show now a days?

Obviously the most important battle in history was the Australians vs the Emus. Basically changed the whole world.

@goannaj3243

Жыл бұрын

Those Emu's were close to hydrafoil tech, could have spread worldwide.

Years and years ago, when Saving Private Ryan came out in the theaters, I took my grandfather to see it. Halfway through the invasion at the beginning, he got up and walked out. I caught up with him and he had tears running down his cheeks. I asked him if he was okay, and he told me he'd lived through that once, he didn't need to see it again. The film's re-enactment was a little too good for him.

"by traitor's hand, secret passage to the land! know his name, know his shame will last forever!" 6:34

I'm not from Germany or Russia but putting Normandy over Stalingrad is pretty silly

@jec6613

4 жыл бұрын

Stalingrad may have had more lives lost, but the Soviets won that with Studebaker trucks, US Avgas, and food grown in the US Midwest, all delivered with US sealift capacity via Leningrad which was also under siege. The entire Soviet economy almost collapsed - the eastern front was won by Soviet lives and US supplies. Stalingrad got more press because of Stalin, but it's not even the most important battle *in that theater*. And without Overlord and the 8th Air Force, the Soviets would have still eventually have been unable to sustain their drive somewhere around prewar borders (Poland-ish). In both world wars, having a continent with massive production that isn't being actively bombed proved to be what broke the stalemate, in both cases shopping more logistics personnel to Europe than combat soldiers (in WWI actually rebuilding the French ports and railroads). In neither case could Germany have won, but without the US it could have avoided losing, vis-a-vis the French in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and numerous other European conflicts. Saying the US burdened the bulk of the combat is disingenuous at best: the UK and USSR both put more on the line, and across the globe (China-Burma-India, anyone?), and 3/5 beaches at Normandy weren't even US beaches, but saying that the UK or USSR could have won without basic economic support of the US propping up their economies is also disingenuous. In 1945-1946 about 3/4 of *global* manufacturing capacity was in the continental US.

@NoDi10

4 жыл бұрын

@@jec6613 if Stalingrad fell the war would've basically been over period, if it falls that's a huge blow to the soviet army and the eastern front would've been a solidified German win. They would've then been able to fully focus on the western front and even if d-day works they can just easily push there forces on the remaining forces before reinforcements arrive. After that the British would probably try naval invasions a few more times but it would inevitably fail because all of Germany's forces would be ready to stop the assault. Britain's populous would eventually realize that they are just losing lives for no reason and they would stop supporting the war, since Adolph Hitler had actually very high thoughts about the british people he would let them sign for white peace, at this point America would not have anywhere to set an invasion from so focus would turn to Japan, at this point FDR inevitably dies and is replaced by Truman who nukes Japan, what people don't usually know is that It wasn't only the nukes that made Japan surrender it's also that the USSR started invading china, but since the USSR aren't here to invade them Japan would continue the war ending in them getting nuked a third time, then they finally surrender. Wanting to preserve life, Germany and the US sign a armistice and the war ends.

@qaiser648

4 жыл бұрын

Clippe Official The war wouldn’t have been over lmao

@NoDi10

4 жыл бұрын

@@qaiser648 rly? What else would the Soviets have to defend? Siberia? No the Soviets lose if Stalingrad falls, and if the Soviets lose then it's not a two front war so the Germans can actually focus there troops on defense, they only had 300k defending France whereas the invasion had 1.6 million, maybe if you want to dispute it actually present why, not just saying it

@jec6613

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoDi10 you're thinking Leningrad. If Stalingrad falls.... Nothing happens. They have more space to retreat, the road and logistics network isn't severely hampered, and the USSR is still in the war. Leningrad falls, the eastern front is over within weeks.

They used Charlemagne's portrait when referencing Charles Martel

@thegoodgunner

4 жыл бұрын

yep lol

@damjan4435

4 жыл бұрын

Noticed it too

@DR_REDACTED

4 жыл бұрын

Well its watchmojo what did you expect

@Kaampper

4 жыл бұрын

They also called the Aquitanian soldiers Burgundian...

@TheVenzislav

4 жыл бұрын

Atleast no Iron Man or Captain America at the Civil War Footage

My top 3 : 1 - Stalingrad (cleary more important than the invasion of Normandy) 2 - 2nd battle of the Marne (the real turning point in WW1 that made Germany collapse) 3 - The fall of Constantinople

@thaneoffife6904

4 жыл бұрын

I'd go so far as to say the fall of constantinople be number 1. It is often considered the start of the modern era and influenced how the western powers would develop through said era. In essence the result of the battle is one of the reasons modern europe and other western powers are the way they are today.

@patricknnt1301

4 жыл бұрын

@@thaneoffife6904 There are two starting points of the modern era, the fall of the Byzantine Empire or as i like to call it eastern roman empire and the discovery of the Americas in 1492. Soo it is considered one of the two ways of entering the modern era.

@jerrythebush8116

Жыл бұрын

I like this one much better

They only did battles with movies made on them.

Stalingrad over D-day, Marathon instead of thermopaly, Cannea on the top 10, and Agincourt on it as well.

@praeposter

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly marathon was a lot more important than thermopalae though

@thepursuer2401

4 жыл бұрын

@@praeposter yea that's why i said swap them, the Spartans didn't actually stop/beat Persia at Thermopylae while the Greeks did at marathon

@jonoxes8662

3 жыл бұрын

Cannae*

there are a lot of myths about Stalingrad. 1.) Officers and NKVD shooting fleeing or wounded soldiers is false, at the time the USSR was having manpower problems from the war so they wouldnt shoot their own troops fleeing. Order 227 was directed towards officers who would flee to save themselves and give up land. In fact NKVD forces were engaged with frontline troops in Stalingrad. 2.) The myth of having one soldier with a rifle and another without is also a myth. There was well than enough equipment between soldiers, even if divisions didnt go to resupply they eventually did get weapons and there were not major equipment shortages with soviet divisions requiring the cliche of one man having a gun and another having ammo.

@Seygem

4 жыл бұрын

@@fonfon575 "Good job in debunking myths"? are you for real? all he did was list two commonly heard things and said "yeah, that's wrong". debunking includes sources to support your claim, you know?

@benholroyd5221

4 жыл бұрын

@@Seygem I feel that if the myth maker omits sources, the myth buster doesn't have to supply sources. Don't forget, its much better to challenge the myth when its first started, if you wait to collect sources, the echo chamber is already echoing the myth, and the truth gets drowned out.

@aybrokemyback6739

4 жыл бұрын

@@benholroyd5221 so basically your life is a Fast-Bs contest, have to spray some s*itty info before the others

@benholroyd5221

4 жыл бұрын

@@aybrokemyback6739 no, I was talking about myth busting. No need to spray anything unless someone has sprayed first. Plus im not advocating just trusting random statements off the internet, but at some point you would expect incorrect statements to be challenged, and therefore on some level trust unchallenged statements (because I don't have enough time to fact check every statement). so the very fact that a statement is challenged, flags it up as something to fact check yourself. Plus I think youre being very unfair as Mr Terry hasn't cited any references for his commentary and the original video doesn't cite any sources. so unless youre acusing Mr Terry of BS and spraying s*itty info...... You can be right and not cite sources.

@marquisdelafayette1929

4 жыл бұрын

They have a good old History Channel show on Prime called Generals at War about Stalingrad. They talk about Paulus vs Chiukov and also compare equipment. They had an infrared camera while guy sits in freezer truck for a few hours and the Soviets were way better prepared. Dude had no body heat coming out wearing the Soviet uniforms but the" stylish" German uniforms you see tons of heat leaving his body and barely made it a few hours. Also, Chiukov advocated neck to cheek.. basically stay on top of the enemy so they can't use artillery, tanks, etc

the american centric perspective is stronk in this list XD

@iceynova

3 жыл бұрын

Especially since they're a *_Canadian_* company/KZread channel

@underthependulum3484

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the entries had nothing to do with America, you just don't like that an American network made a video. Thats called prejudice btw.

@CornRaked

3 жыл бұрын

@@underthependulum3484 they are Canadian anyhow so its double bigoted

@jonoxes8662

3 жыл бұрын

@@underthependulum3484 No i'm pretty sure it's the fact that D-Day and Normandie ended up number 1, above Stalingrad. When in reality Stalingrad marked the turningpoint of the entire war, from the Axis beating the Allies, to the Russians invading Berlin, Stalingrad made it possible. Normandie wouldn't even have been possible had the Russian campaign not depleted the German forces. Before Stalingrad they were the most powerful nation on earth, after they had neither ammunition, oil or the manpower to defend their own country. Don't get me wrong Normandie was probably important, and it's a point of pride for the powers of the western front. But with or without Normandie Berlin would've fallen to the Russians. So Normandie wasn't anywhere NEAR as important as Stalingrad. It's literally just hyperfictionalised as the battle where several nations came together to launch an invasion on Axis teritory and a while later the Axis surrendered. Except, the Russians reached Berlin first anyways. But thanks to propaganda we don't really care about the Russians in the same way, do we. Basically Normandie was more symbolic than great, meenwhile Stalingrad brought down the Axis powers. Yet Normandie is 1 and Stalingrad is 2.

I hadn't been able to see all of the original upload yesterday, I am so glad to see this re-uploaded because I loved your feedback on the battles, I was looking for it today to finish. Also, congrats on getting the sponsorship!, it is good to see that the sponsors are appreciating your channel as much as your subscribers :)

Normandy will be number one. Of course it was. This is watch Mojo. I thought it was gonna be DDay or possibly verdun but it was gonna be in the west.

@jrapcdaikari

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, if D-Day failed, Europe would actually be more Russian

@bedhaneopaney5086

4 жыл бұрын

Paladin Colt interesting perspective, would you elaborate? If with sources would be better too

@jrapcdaikari

4 жыл бұрын

@@bedhaneopaney5086 the only sources I have are from other documentaries and videos I've seen, one in particular would be Potential History. Basically, if D-Day had failed, or had never occurred, Stalin would have done more fighting in mainland Europe. The war would have taken longer, but with Soviet superiority, nothing was gonna stop them from taking ALL of Germany. The Western powers needed D-Day to succeed to show Stalin that it also had a right to taking part of Germany and limit Soviet dominance over Europe.

@mihailupu5107

4 жыл бұрын

@@jrapcdaikari If D-Day didnt happen doesnt mean whole of Europe would be communist! Before D-Day the allies already had a foothold in europe, and since the allies had a "Germany first" policy they would probably concentrate more forces in italy! Europe would still be split between the US and the USSR. The allies might even take more land actually now that i think about it. Germany's plan was to send the forces in the west to the eastern front to stop the soviets, that would mean the soviets advancing slower and giving the allies more time to organize a massive offensive from the south!

@adnanebelfaquir

3 жыл бұрын

#1 Stalingrad for sure

Terry: “Guess what #1 on the list is going to be.” Me: “Going to be D-Day” Watchmojo: “#1 Invasion of Normandy” Me: “What a shocker...”

@pomegranate9117

4 жыл бұрын

@@fonfon575 that's exactly what i was gonna say

@doctorbleh4110

4 жыл бұрын

No pearl harbor though? I know its more american history than world history but it did get america into WW2. Should be worth a mention.

@jordinagel1184

4 жыл бұрын

DoctorBleh well, it’s a bit one-sided to be a battle... Then again, the same could be said for Cajamarca

@Archris17

4 жыл бұрын

Well I mean, Operation: Overlord was and remains the biggest combined land, air and sea invasion in world history. Military experts today take one look at the logistics and go, "We have no fucking clue how they pulled this off; I would consider it impossible."

@dedblin8256

4 жыл бұрын

@@Archris17 well, with bad cordination, sabotage from the resistant, false information from double spies and air superiority were the primary factors of the Normandy victory

Battle of the somm or verdun should have made it

@Arthur_Wellesley

4 жыл бұрын

I dont think the Somme would make this list because of the lack of strategic significance, but I agree with Verdun. It was essentially France's battle of Thermopylae

@omarhalabi1

4 жыл бұрын

Ww1 is always overlooked

@pauldank3453

4 жыл бұрын

@@omarhalabi1 ww1 pretty much caused ww2 and the cold war after that it is very much overlooked

@msmlolmanpolybrige0335

4 жыл бұрын

Verdún because how France holded, to show those normies that France was really breve and not a coward country, they were dam mad lads

@CornRaked

3 жыл бұрын

@@msmlolmanpolybrige0335 cringe

*"5 plans that backfired with dire consequences"* by Unknown5.

@honorablechairmanmeow8698

4 жыл бұрын

Jill's Sandwiches, suggestions go in the discord

@GAZAMAN93X

4 жыл бұрын

@@ekarietinch2541 facts

@GAZAMAN93X

4 жыл бұрын

@@honorablechairmanmeow8698 can you suggest it for me?

my boy terry got a sponsor!! you're making it here on youtube im proud!

that top 10 looks american biased

@rr_gaming4954

4 жыл бұрын

Very much so, of course d day would be #1. Honestly kinda surprised thry included stalingrad at all, you have to give them that one

@mikestauffer7033

4 жыл бұрын

@@rr_gaming4954 well, i can picture how important is D-day or Gettysburg in the US, but not so much worldwide nevertheless.If you ask me, the Battle of Yorktown would have been better in this top.

@RevengeOfTheKaizer

4 жыл бұрын

Bit weird since WatchMojo is a Canadian channel.

@mikestauffer7033

4 жыл бұрын

​@@RevengeOfTheKaizer yeah well it seems , they have specially chosen battles that we often see pictured in movies.

@chillaxo9863

4 жыл бұрын

Well dday deserved a spot combined coordination of the UK, USA, France, Canada and volunteer troops was incredible at Normandy

I would add: Battle of Warsaw 1920 Battle of Wienna 1683 Battle of Poltava ~1720 Battle of Panipat (I am not sure witch it was) Battle of Midway Battle of (I am not The name of this Battle but it was where is West point) Siege of britgh mountain And Battle of the five armies :)

@EdgyMemer_

4 жыл бұрын

There were 3 battles in Panipat.I think the first was the most significant.(Maybe the third as well)

@tamberlame27

3 жыл бұрын

Also Battle of Plassey

As far as I'm aware, the thing about Russians having limited rifles in Stalingrad is semi-apocryphal. The situation did happen, but in the first WW due to incompetent management.

Dang. Mr. Terry getting huge!! That sponsor though!

Hey Mr. Terry got a sponsor! 👏👏👏🤘

What an amazing experience! thanks for the video I love watching the video you make

I was waiting for the "Raid: Shadow Legends"

@mathewkelly9968

4 жыл бұрын

As annoying as raid shadow legends is they are keeping independent KZreadrs alive

@alexklara8802

4 жыл бұрын

@@mathewkelly9968 I'm not saying they are bad, I'm just saying they are everywhere and talked about alot.

@ich3730

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexklara8802 i think its kinda cute he gets to make an add for world of warships instead of some site or raid.

I frickin love your videos so much that I went back to watch the sponsored part Please don’t stop uploading anytime soon Rip Kobe

Stalingrad thing about rifles is a myth.

@yousefseed1874

4 жыл бұрын

But but 1 Wehrmacht soldier = infinite Soviet Hordes

@bowhunterbowyer2403

4 жыл бұрын

It makes a great story though

@shanephillips617

4 жыл бұрын

Im inclined to believe based on more than just this account.

Fresh from Moscow Over Volga came to comrades' aid City in despair Almost crushed by the Furer's army

I'm surprised Agincourt didn't even get an honorable mention.

@tucansam7769

4 жыл бұрын

That or the Siege of Vienna, I mean D-day for number 1? Like it’s an important battle but not The most important battle

@TheVenzislav

4 жыл бұрын

More important as the Inkastuff. Change of History in Europe vs killing underequipped primal Ppl.. but its WatchMojo in the End

@jonoxes8662

3 жыл бұрын

Too be fair, whilst the battle of Agincourt is a pride thing, it can't really be considered that important in the grand scheme of history since the British ultimatly lost the war anyways. Although it wasn't one continous war. But Agincourt for all its fame didn't accomplish nearly as much as these other battles, changing the world forever.

@lesdodoclips3915

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonoxes8662 neither did most of the battles on this lost to be fair

@jaimelannister1797

3 жыл бұрын

Agincourt didn’t have Murica in it so obviously it’s not on the list

These videos are great. Keep up the good work!

I'm so proud of you for getting a sponsor and the recognition you deserve

I used to live about 30 minutes away from Gettysburg. I always enjoyed going there. You learned something new every time. The craziest thing is how quiet and beautiful the area is. The soft green grass, singing birds, and rolling hills would make you think that was a place of tranquility and not death. Then again in the Marine Corps we had a chant that went: Drill Instructor: What makes the grass grow Us: Blood blood Also there are still holes in the walls of the old downtown area from the musket balls and cannonballs. On another note. I typically hate ads ran by the youtuber. But seeing you talk about WoWarships made me smile! You’re growing well!

I'm the only one who noticed he said "10 continents" in the advertisement?

Love the videos keep them up

Siege of Vienna: followed by the largest cavalry charge in history. The battle of Ecnomus, which barely anyone knows about, was the largest naval battle in history.

@amandafranks5108

4 жыл бұрын

instead of Gettysburg and tet offensive

The Battle of Vienna, the Great Siege of Malta, the Battle of the Bulge. Voltaire said, "Nothing is better known than the siege of Malta."

It is very strange that the Battle of Waterloo is mentioned, but the Battle of Borodino (1812) near Moscow is forgotten. The battle of Borodino was much larger than Waterloo.

@literallynapoleonhimself5417

3 жыл бұрын

I would put Austerlitz on there, very big battle between France, Austria and Russia. It ended one of the coalitions and also ended the Holy Roman Empire

"It was so important they talked about in the future on Star Trek." Lol, yeah they did that a lot. I had to chuckle.

My list would have been in no particular order: Fall of Constantinople The sack of Rome Battle of Zama Battle of Cannae Battle of Vienna Battles of Rossback and Leuthen Battle of Trafalgar Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Xiangyang Battle of Singapore Battle of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift There are proably lots of battles more worthy than these but this was just of the top of my head. I know its more than ten.

Sad to see that the Great Northern War is never recognized despite how amazing some of those battles were.

@jonoxes8662

3 жыл бұрын

Yea but sadly no one cares about us Swedes. Even if we were the closest anyone ever got to conquering Russia. But trying doesn't mean much if you fail (sometimes) in the course of history i guess.

@dakota6050

3 жыл бұрын

That war was basically the fall of Sweden

Good to see you got a sponsor, keep making great videos

i learn more from you than my own history teacher in school :D you make so much sense when you speak , and arent bias as well

In college, I was in Army ROTC. Whatever one's major, being in ROTC makes your minor Military Science, and the core of the curriculum was military history. We studied a lot of the battles mentioned in this list, looking at the strategies and tactics of every side in these famous conflicts.

Hey terry. Love everything that you do, keep up the good work. Maybe do a video on the watchmojo list video on, top 10 traitors in history?

I was in Gettysburg while they were filming that movie, never saw him but Barringer was in our hotel...we didn't know they were making the movie, it was just a family trip.

the painting shown 21:25 isnt Waterloo. its the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava . which took place during the Crimean war

What about Battle of Shiroyama (1877) as a sign of the end of feudal period in Japan. Or Second Battle of Hakata Bay (1281) when Mongols failed their second attempt to conquer Japan. It was also by my opinion one of the most important battles that were heavily influenced by weather.

4:25 but the persians never used cavalry at thermopalye because the ground was by sea and it was too much marshy.

Battle of Cape Ecnomus: Carthage vs Rome It was a naval battle during the First Punic War. One of the largest naval battles in history with almost 700 ships and 300k sailors and marines. The Roman victory over Carthage, which had the superior navy throughout the war, was the stepping stone to Carthage's defeat in the war and the rise of Roman superiority in the Mediterranean.

I would definitely put Stalingrad over Normandy in terms of WW2. However without Normandy Stalin would likely have dealt with the nazis on his own and claimed dominion over a lot of Europe. So it could be argued that Normandy had long term importance over the coming decades.

@ErC0411

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think thats because watchmojo is American. I think the people of the US still think that they are the main reason for defeating the Nazis. But infact the soviets where the one who stopped them.

@be4ut1ful.st4rl1ght

4 жыл бұрын

@@ErC0411 this. expect american favoritism from an american channel with a primarily american audience. i wouldn't put it against them though

@yousefseed1874

4 жыл бұрын

Well US lend lease program was the reason USSR survived WW2. Without the program, Nazis would have won and lebensraum would've happened

@charadreemur1804

4 жыл бұрын

@@yousefseed1874 oh boy I can't wait when I check this comment section in a few days and see the flurry of angry comments insulting you or saying that wasn't the case

@kevinneutzling8267

4 жыл бұрын

Watch could Germany have won ww2 on KZread. Basically the nazis never had a chance due to a combination of oil shortages, labor shortage, and bad tactical decisions. It would have been more Soviet lives lost but Stalin was going to win after the nazis lost Stalingrad.

Nice reaction vid Mr. Terry! I am from Ecuador, at the time the northern part of the Inca Empire. I am not a History student, but recently I've been caught up by these interesting facts of the past. What I learned from school regarding Atahualpa is that the trap where he was captured was heavily favored specially in Cuzco by most of the Incas. According to what I remember, Atahualpa was a fresh young emperor who earned his position after winning a battle against the former emperor: his brother Huascar (Ironically, Huascar attacked first wanting to kill Atahualpa because he feared losing his throne). Most Incas did not like Atahualpa, therefore people technically allowed the conquering missions of Francisco Pizarro instead of resisting, and as a consequence Atahualpa's days as Emperor were short lived. In regards of cultural difference, in the education system in Ecuador students learn a term called "idolatry extirpation", which explains the method the Spanish had to implement religion into the Incas beliefs. I suggest you look up into the terms for "devil", where the Incas refereed to him as "Supay", but he wasn't a devil at all. He was the god that lived underground, provided minerals for the earth and walked with the dead after they were buried. However, since Christianism took over, all the Inca legends regarding this benign, good faith idol turned into stories of evil, ambition and sin. Hopefully it can be great material for future videos!

I understand Stalingrad and D-Day - honestly it would have been cool to see a Pacific theater battle going with the multiple selections in a war. Iwo Jima or Guadalcanal would be good options as well.

@chillaxo9863

4 жыл бұрын

Or Operation August Storm

at 24:27, I heard that this battle is still thought at west point. This battle is special because Alexander used trichery. He could not defeat this army, but all he had to do was to defeat the Persian king to win. This has a big impact on modern warfare. You do not fight every single soldier. You race to the capital, take the government and force them to surrender.

I feel like the battle of Gettysburg isn't nearly as inportant as alot of the others on the list, the north was going to win the civil war regardless of the outcome

@doctorbleh4110

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, if they wanted a famous battle important to mainly america, they should have picked something from the revolution. Civil war battles of any kind don't have the impact on the world that a battle between any two nations.

@RevengeOfTheKaizer

4 жыл бұрын

Gettysburg really isn't very decisive in terms of the American Civil War itself much less the world. Everyone just thinks it is because it's the biggest, bloodiest, most epicest one.

@thereyougoagain1280

4 жыл бұрын

DoctorBleh yeah, like Yorktown. If they really wanted something from the Civil War, though, they could have chosen Fort Sumter. Not much of a battle, but it did start the war.

@jiraffe9600

4 жыл бұрын

alphawolf1919 They should of chose the civil war battle which was the first battle to have ironclad warship.

@spencersss1251

4 жыл бұрын

alphawolf1919 it’s not quite about if they could win the war but the will to win.If they lost Gettysburg’s they may have lost the war and sued for peace as there were people in the north that wanted to make peace. The south didn’t need to conquer the north . With possible English support for the south and a loss at Gettysburg the public support might’ve changed. Lincoln suspended habeus corpus and there were multiple riots up north. That may have not happened and the north may have continued to fight but it would’ve been harder and had less public support

I'm enjoying your videos, very much so, you have a hell of influence of everyone who watches you, in a way I don't think many can do. You have a expanding channel, the sponsor today just screams it's expanding, to be sponsored by world of warships it would definitely be a sign they know you are going to be big and they want you to know that.

You should do top 10 battles won in odd ways against all odds by Toptenz Also the Incan emperor disarmed his men because he brought so many that he figured the sheer size of his army would scare the spanish into not trying anything

Just from The battle of Stalingrad being bigger and lasting longer should have made it #1.

"Charles Martel" - shows Dürer's painting of Charlemagne instead. :D

I'd throw in the Battle of Hattin where Saladin absolutely destroyed the 2nd crusade. The loss caused such an uproar in the Christian world that it actually caused several alliances in Europe so form just that they could amass an army big enough to Take back the holy land.

I kind of miss the Battle of Vienna in 1683

A more accurate title would have been 10 Battles we have movie clips for!

We were jokingly taught that the Herodutus record accounting method/formula was "5(X + Y)," meaning you count the soldiers, add all the camp followers - cavalry pages, other servants, merchants, blacksmiths, tanners, etc, even the prostitutes if any - then take that answer and multiply it by five. It kind of makes sense in one way of comparing a Persian army or any non-Barcid Carthaginian army to a Greek or Roman army though: despite slaves being a thing, marching speed was a priority for people whose armies were primarily heavy infantry. If you get there fast enough maybe not all their horsemen have even been mustered, or not all their infantry (in the case of the Romans) or you straight up surprise a governor that he just hands over Egypt (Alexander). Western armies for all the average wealth of the average soldier tended to be more...err...Spartan in that sense, regardless of the elaborate tents you see on TV and movies that Caesar writes his diaries in or Maximus washing his hands in a freestanding bronze bowl full of flowers. No caravans, basically, which is what got civilians in Boudicca's army slaughtered, or those giant platform seats the Mongols used to suffocate enemy commanders in. Or those ridiculous litters with a drum band on them that looked like Feudal Japan inspired that rocking car in Mad Max: Fury Road.

30:00 ....let me guess, D-Day ? 31:50 Oh, what a shocker 32:39 Well at least Mr Terry is telling it like it is

9:42 actually it's a well known battle in Islam, it's called "bataille du pavé des martyrs" in their religion, I translated it in French because I don't know how to translate that in English, basically it's the battle of martyrs or something like that. And despite what they said Charles Martel wasn't a prince or a king, just a military leader

You’re great Terry and well done on the sponsor but Jesus Christ; Watch Mojo?!😂

I think the Battle of Vienna in 1683 belong on that list. It ended in a siege that grew despair in the city, overwhelmed by ottoman forces. When all hope is almost lost, then the winged hussars arrived.

Thanks Mr. Terry, very cool.

As a hot take, in my opinion Dunkirk was the turning point for the Axis in WWII, more specifically, the months that followed on from that, where Germany sat idle as Hitler attempted to bring Britain to the negotiations table. Had Germany and Italy coordinated their efforts immediately following the Fall of France, to take Malta and invade Egypt together to seize the Suez Canal, control of the Mediterranean leading to control of the Middle East would have been the only conceivable way the Axis could have won WWII - and it is still not a given thing. If they had pushed in on Dunkirk and actively tried to take those men prisoner, Britain would have been impotent to oppose the Axis for some time, even if they did keep Churchill in power and vowed to continue fighting. With things in the West having gone as they did, Stalingrad was only the inevitable emphatic defeat that turned the initiative on its head, but it could have happened at any point, at any location on the Eastern Front by that point. D-Day was basically irrelevant as to the course of WWII - it mattered only in terms of how quickly Germany fell, and whereabouts in Europe the Iron Curtain would fall.

10: The battle of Stiklestad, (Norwegian history. Look it up). 9: Ceasar and the battle of Gaul (Vercigetorix) 8: The Battle of Thermopyale 7: The Battle of Midway 6: The Battle of Cannae 5: The Siege of Vienna. (the Ottoman Conquest). 4: D-Day 3: The Battle of Yorktown 2: The Battle of Tetousburg forest 1: The Fall of Constantinople (1453)

I would have swapped 1 and 2 and put stalingrad as number 1 because it was the first major turning point. Without the massive loss of german troops there, the possibility of d day's success may be diminished

For Alexander the great, *Siege of Tyre (332 BC)* I believe is his best battle. Because Tyre was an Island fortress and known to be impenetrable. Also it was one of major economic centers in antiquity. *Which it gave him a foothold to invade Egypt and later Babylon.*

The battle of Cannae, after all I think is the most studied battle in history, and its strategy is, still, successfully used in modern warfare.

I love all the battles of Verdun in World War One.

@audibleadventures9004

4 жыл бұрын

I agree Verdun to me was surely the battle to pick from ww1, utterly terrifying!

@ShaneWalta

4 жыл бұрын

It was significant from a numerical standpoint, in terms of length and losses. But it had little effect on the result of the war since it was pretty much a stalemate.

@jec6613

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShaneWalta But the Somme did have a huge effect on the war. Increase the German combat forces by 50-100% at Verdun and France buckles - they almost did as it is at Verdun. The UK knowingly threw lives into a meat grinder they didn't want to be in, to keep the German army busy and France in the war. Most people don't realize how close it really was.

@ShaneWalta

4 жыл бұрын

@@jec6613 that's a fair point. Although thinking about it, if France had buckled, it probably would have put an end to the trenches due to a German advantage, which would have had huge knock on effects pretty much everywhere else.

@jec6613

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShaneWalta If France had sued for peace, the UK would have had to as well. With almost all of the western front being in France, and all of the ports, it would have de facto taken the British out as well. Essentially, it was where the Germans were stopped.

The criteria for the list seems to be which battle has cool footage we can use.

Very surprised that the Normandy invasion beat Stalingrad. Same with the Battle of Cannae. Both battles were so brutal and very massive turning points in western history as a whole. With Cannae, ironically, it was a turning point for the Romans.

Congrats on the sponsorship Mr. Terry! Are we going to see you play World of Warships?

Battles missing: 1453- Siege of Constantinople 203 BC- Battle of Zama ~14th century BC- Battle of Qadesh 43 BC- Battle of Philippi 31 BC- Battle of Actium 1415- Battle of Agincourt 220 AD- Battle of the Red Cliffs 1944- Battle over Okinawa 1932- (Meme) Emu War

Two big battles I feel could have been on this list/honourable mentions are: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains or one of the Hannibal victories.

Last time i was this early, was actually this same video.

I'm pretty sure the Stalingrad 1 man with ammo, one with a rifle thing is a myth popularized by movies like "Enemy at the Gates" and video games like "Call of Duty: Finest Hour". I'm too lazy to properly research it though and a quick Google search doesn't help since it's mostly people speculating on whether it was true or referencing Enemy at the Gates :3c

Mr. Terry, would you do a top 10 list with those battles you think were important for the history of mankind? I think it might be awesome to know your thoughts over that. Even it could be done via votations. Greetings from Chile!

The battle of Thermopylae is an anagram for On The Good Ship Lollipop. It's exactly the same letters

The battle of Adwa should be on this list. It was the first time a Black African nation defeated European colonialism.

@jonoxes8662

3 жыл бұрын

That's cool, but on the merit that they were supported by the french and russians, pluss had 100 000 men against a megre 15 000 i don't think that merits a spot on the greatest battles in history. Pluss it gave Ethiopia sovereignty but wasn't really that important in the greater timeline of history. It's not like waterloo and trafalgar which forever prevented europe and britain respectivly from falling in to French hands and altered the world forever. Cool though, something to be proud of i guess.

Eastory did a four-parter (roughly an hour total) on the progression of the soviet-german front during WW2. It's a top-down map with front lines and historically known unit locations (although I couldn't speak to the accuracy in fairness). I'm biased as can be of course, but that one's my suggestion.

Kind of an unwritten rule you don't launch attacks on holidays , glosses over US bomber offensive against Vietnam started on Christmas day .

Biggest omission by far is the battle of Zama. Winning the contest over supremacy in the mediterranean cannot be understated, and this was likely the turning point. The defeat of Hannibal by using his own tactics after the previous defeats (notably Cannae) just showed roman resilience and adaptiveness. I would also have mentioned the siege of Vienna, although lower in the ranks. The battle of Hydaspes is a personal favourite. I would have loved to hear your top 10 battles before the video. Maybe you could do the top 10 military campaigns? Assuming there is a top ten about that to react to ;)

I think that Alexander pursued Dariuses killer as he respected Darius as a "king" and he was enraged at the assassination of a king. This is also in line with the story of king porus whom he respected as a king also. This is just his ego in thinking all Kings should be respected.

they rehearsed d-day on a beach near where i live in devon :)

The Tet Offensive is missing a key piece of context. According to the North Vietnamese it was a crushing defeat for them, and was an astonishing victory for the South Vietnamese and their allies. That's according to the North Vietnamese! It is literally so misreported that had America simply kept its promises with the Paris Peace Accords then we would look back on the Vietnam War as an allied victory.

This is how I see this list: *10* - Significant because the battle saved European civilization in the form that we know it today. *9* - Same as 10. *8* - Pretty irrelevant compared to some of the other battles listed here, and it's not actually a single battle. It's significant to people interested in irregular action because it's a good example of a big guerilla force trying to change its mode of operations from irregular to regular. In this instance it failed, however; there were offensives like this that succeeded, like the invasion launched by ISIS a few years ago. Additionally, one can argue that the offensive quickened the American retreat and provided the world with a clear method for defeating military superpowers like the US - a simmering war of attrition. The US loses those by default. The Tet Offensive only "CNN-effected" the average American Joe and US government, but the war itself was lost from day 1. *7* - Significant for the US mostly, but relevant in creating the modern and globalized world that we know today. *6* - A big step in stopping a powerful hegemon from creating an ethnocentric empire across the civilized world - significant. *5* - A battle like a thousand before and after it. Another culture colonized by a European nation - insignificant for the modern world since it didn't change any global trends. *4* - Same as 6, although less impactful than Trafalgar since this is after Spain and Russia. *3* - Significant because it's an elegy for Darius' Persia and it cements Aleksander the Great as an immortal legend. *2* - Should be number 1. *1* - Significant, but nowhere near number 2. An incredibly US-centric pick for an already biased list. A shame since emotions shouldn't cloud reality. List grade: D+ Graded by: A real Smart Alec

My father once knew a few veteran from Stalingrad, when they watched "Steiner the iron cross" together in a bar, the veterans were if it was really that bad at the front one of them simply said "If it we had it that good we would conquered moscow" Im german btw

This is a two segmented post. First about another battle and second about the history education in the US. I expected to be the Siege of Vienna in this list. True that the Battle of Tours stopped the Islamic invasion of Europe but in 1683 the Ottomans wanted to push through the bottleneck towards the north and west of Europe. It was not only a tremendous tactical battle (from underground tunnels to weather to resupplying armies) but also like Tours a "Fate of Europe" deciding one. And regarding history teaching of the US: you said that you discussed with your students the Battle of Stalingrad and the logistical issues. If that's standard across the US to talk about these things then it's very interesting to me. You see, my country (Austria) was back then part of the Nazi Reich but we never talked about those things in particular. I think a huge reason why not is that almost everyone had a grand- or great-grandfather either dying there (or in any other battle) or sent to a Soviet gulag. Also we focused more about how we so easily let us being anschlussed, the immediate history of having concentration camps (along with a lot of exhibitions and museums) and those cruelties as well as the resistance and "never again" topics.

Been binging your channel since I found it while sick. Great stuff. Just wanted to point out that "causality" actually includes injuries and deaths. The death count at Stalingrad was (I think) ~500k not 2mil. Still just an unimaginable amount of deaths (and thus corpses) though. This is a rather common mistake people make and one I used to as well.

haha as soon as I saw Stalingrad on #2 I guessed #1 correct :D Personally I would like to put Cannae onto the #10 list for its military tactic impact but its hard to argue against any of the ones as the overall impacts of those battles were higher

As they mostly focused on famous battles it is fair. For most important ones, I would not have had the same list. For best or innovative tactics in battles, certainly a different list.

Can you do a video on the English Civil war either the Roundheads vs the Royalists or do the Battle of the Roses? Thanks for the good videos as well mate!

@honorablechairmanmeow8698

4 жыл бұрын

Suggestions go in the discord

No slight on Mr. Terry here, but this list was pretty poor from a "impact on world history" perspective, or from a "most impressive battlefield tactics" view. Maybe okay from a "Most famous battles in the West" point-of-view. - They pick two battles from the Napoleonic Wars, and leave out Austerlitz *and* Borodino? - As Mr Terry points out, Stalingrad is massively more important than Normandy. I'd even rate the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic higher than D-Day. And then there are the significant battles in Eastern Asia. - The Battle of Sekigahara, establishing the Shogunate in Japan. - The Battle of Gaixia, uniting China and creating the Han dynasty. - The Battle of Panipat, establishing the Mughal Empire. - Even in the American Civil War, the simultaneous Battle of Vicksburg was a far deadlier blow to the Confederacy than Gettysburg. I thought this list sowed more ignorance than knowledge. I'm surprised the Battle of Helm's Deep didn't make their cut.

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Before I continue to see what number 1 is, My honorable mentions, and what I think it could be. By no means is this an exhaustive list, but just battles that were serious game changers, or losses. Most of these will be modern era, as My battle knowledge is mostly the world wars. Prokhorovka, the battle for Kursk. WWII Passchendaele WWI... Self explanatory. The battle in the Argonne/ the lost battalion WWI The battle for castle Itter (this will not likely be there, but the only real battle that saw German an American troops fighting the same battle on the same side in WWII) The siege of Oseweics fortress in WWI. Just for the brutality of the attack, and the iron will to counter attack in those conditions. The battle at Omaha beach. WWII The battle at Calais. All of these could rank up there as number one, if I had to pick one of them. Just one, that was important to history, Passchendaele