Since this hour by hour analysis is a new format, let us know what you think about it? Is it something you'd like to see more of or is it too in-depth?

@mario_1683

3 жыл бұрын

i love it

@shadowwarriorshockwave3281

3 жыл бұрын

SandRhoman History I like it I think the added depth enhances the video by giving more details.

@boufns8

3 жыл бұрын

Great video, however you mispronounced Tilly. The y is silent for some reason and it's pronounced more like "teal".

@jesenjin8467

3 жыл бұрын

When possible, ie. two similarly matched opponents (when considering all the army factors involved) this is a good format, but I doubt it would be useful for most conflicts. The final day of siege of Vienna comes to mind, as it was mostly one sided and therefore would make a rather lackluster video.

@shorewall

3 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough. :D

Nice!

@brokenbridge6316

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@johnnykam838

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@9and7

3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you could follow the whole battle considering the NATO JMS being used...

@syedazam2568

3 жыл бұрын

I was just watching your edition of Brietenfield. Coincidence I think not

i wish the next total war would be in this time period.

@sineupp

3 жыл бұрын

Mount & Blade With Fire and Sword covers this era. Mount & Blade is basically like playing Total War in first person.

@makky6239

3 жыл бұрын

I think it would be hard to replicate the tactics

@ammarhaziq919

3 жыл бұрын

Empire 2

@ubertuber3d

3 жыл бұрын

There's a few mods for medieval 2 and tbh that's probably the best one can hope for

@kispankum

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

I love the hour by hour concept. It makes you imagine if you were one of the officers or just a passerby standing on the hill watching to see how it would play out. Edit: It's exactly what I was hoping the Total War series would move towards - more realistic timing of fights/deaths. Instead of everything being over in 5 minutes.

@gjs96

3 жыл бұрын

Have you played Total War: Napoleon? Its battles feel a lot slower than, say, Attila or Warhammer. Just like Breitenfeld, there is usually an initial artillery duel and a lot of maneuvering, and finally a charge when the enemy’s morale is thin.

@Sangheilitat117

3 жыл бұрын

Everything being over in 5 minutes is really the only thing that works when you’re fighting potentially hundreds of battles over the course of a long campaign. Even with the quicker battle format, only a small percentage of TW players ever finish a campaign. You might argue that only true strategy players would appreciate something like that and therefore should be catered to, but that approach simply doesn’t make CA as much money as their modern approach does.

@konsyjes

3 жыл бұрын

Have you tried the Darth Mod? Especially the one for Empire has that slow-cooked feel. If you like that, also check out Ultimate General, Gettysburg and Civil War. You get a more ... "elastic" experience rather than a Total War style meatgrinder where the last one to run out of troops wins.

@konsyjes

3 жыл бұрын

@Niek Vels i think u got a point, but i also think theres a better compromise. Something that addresses army cohesion and engagement timeline more realistically. I think there's been some good attempts, better than CA, and they.dont take an eternity. Also making battles longer Indont think is a bad thing. Total Bore makes you do the same thing over and over

@nathanrobinson1099

3 жыл бұрын

Total War has done a complete change on what many early users thought it would become.

Seven times they attacked on that day Seven times they retreated.

@kamilszadkowski8864

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't this normal for cavalry though? The job of cavalry is to charge/harass and retreat to reform and make space for cavalry units in reserve to do their job. That way they are in constant movement which makes them a harder target and allows them to reload their weapons or in the case of lancers, replace those that were broken.

@shorewall

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamilszadkowski8864 I would think partly yes, but also, one would want the charge to be more decisive. As with any combat, they are getting shot at each time, and wearing out. Cavalry are needed for more than just shock, so if you are going to charge, you would want it to be more effective.

@mihovilraboteg6160

3 жыл бұрын

@@shorewall Just a question. Did the swedeish cavalry just stand there after the first charge and let Papenheims cuirrassiers harras them for hours or did they perform countercharges?

@kamilszadkowski8864

3 жыл бұрын

@@shorewall Direct charges also were done in waves in case the first charge didn't break the enemy. It was expected. In the Battle of Klushino 1610, some Polish Hussar banners were charging over 10 times before enemy infantry (supported by cavalry) finally broke. In the Battle of Kropimozja, Swedish Livafan (Guard Cuirassiers of Gustav Adolf) and Hussars also clashed a couple of times before the Swedes broke.

@michimatsch5862

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamilszadkowski8864 ahaha. I referenced a song of Sabaton called "Gott mit uns" which is about the battle of Breitenfeld. Didn't mean to say anything else really. Sorry.

I will endorse the hour-by-hour concept, I feel it is a good way to understand not only what happened, but why it happened. Some channels do this with particularly famous battles (Gettysburg, Waterloo). I would like to see this approach to understanding how battles are fought applied to lesser known battles. Please, continue your work

You fail to mention one of the most effective features of the Swedish system; it's cost. Pikemen took long months to train and demanded twice the pay of a an arquebusier, and as fire arms were becoming more and more reliable, the soon cash strapped and desperate armies could better afford to field larger numbers of arquebusier *AND* do so in considerably less time. Also as the war wore on, the peasantry, and the food they grew was becoming harder to get, so in the war's latter stages, armies were more and more composed of smaller regiments of horsemen, the reason being that smaller mounted foraging parties were much more effective than larger ones afoot. Some tactics changed more from the effects of forage and finance that as a result of success of those tactics. A good Thirty Years War commander made the best of what he had and more often than not his chief concern was not victory on the field, but merely keeping army together, and both feeding *AND* paying them enough to prevent a mutiny.

@thenoblepoptart

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting point about the importance of logistics in this crazy war

@jordanandrew2786

8 күн бұрын

I was under the impression that pikemen were very easy to train. The fundamentals are simply point the pike at the enemy, and stand your ground.

@MasterstrokeGames

3 күн бұрын

@@jordanandrew2786 it’s the ability to form, reform and move cohesively. You also need to get them disciplined enough to withstand combat, skill fencing with the pike matters too.

The most striking thing from this video is (in my opinion) is the tactical importance of cavalry. Especially in conducting offensive and delaying actions. Some historians (especially in the older works) of this time period would make you believe that the importance of the cavalry was almost non-existent at the time. Breitenfeld is a great example that in fact, that was not the case. Jeremy Balck in his "European Warfare 1494-1660" points out that this kind of outlook on the PIke&Shot warfare usually came from the tendency of historians to pay most attention to the battles happening early in the conflicts, and not noticing that as wars dragged on the percentage of cavalry in the armies was usually growing in relation to infantry often ending in 50:50 ratio, sometimes even 60:40 for cavalry.

@MikaelKKarlsson

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mobility alone is such a handy feature.

@protoketer4554

3 жыл бұрын

haha I think you mean 60:40 ratio at the end there :P

@kamilszadkowski8864

3 жыл бұрын

@@protoketer4554 Ah, shit. yes, of course, I meant 60:40 ratio. Thanks!

@protoketer4554

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamilszadkowski8864 np :)

@dragmio

3 жыл бұрын

Well, there is a sort of narrative that cavalry was useless after 13th century, but it seems more and more that's far from truth.

The Sack Magdeburg was one of the most cruel acts in a war in my opinion...

@MrShadowtruth

3 жыл бұрын

You know something is bad when an adverb of it "Magdeburgisieren" exists in the dictionary and people still know what it means centuries later.

@andredeketeleastutecomplex

3 жыл бұрын

I could name countless acts of barbarity worse than the Magdeburg Massacre.

@jacopofolin6400

3 жыл бұрын

Lanzkenekt sack of Rome

@Strauss-

3 жыл бұрын

it has been well propagandized (already at the time, keep in mind nobody invited the Swedish), but it was just one of the more brutal sackings at the time. Definitely more extreme than many, but not a unique affair.

@michaelwiesinger2643

3 жыл бұрын

It was probably the single worst massacre any city of that size had to face in any inner-european war of the whole millennium. Google any war between any major european powers (maybe even since the very beginning of the medieval ages in the 6th century AD), you won't find anything like this.* Btw who else could have been "it" other than the Germans, the historically worst enemy of the Germans? ;) [Really: Up to their unification in 1871 they always completely lost it when going against each other.] * Apart from whole people/tribes like the Saxons who got recklessly slaughtered empty handed by the HRE Kaiser some centuries before..

Love this type of battle breakdown. It's factually rich, but never gets boring because it still focuses on telling a compelling story

It would've been good to have a scale on meters, that what were the distances to understand how close they fired their guns from.

@mihovilraboteg6160

3 жыл бұрын

He said the swedes started firing at 600 meters i think

@heh9392

3 жыл бұрын

@@mihovilraboteg6160 aah thanks

@mihovilraboteg6160

3 жыл бұрын

@@heh9392 no problem

mannnnnnnnnnnn i was waiting for soooo long for you to start the Thirty Years War series! Well done !!!

The best KZread channel for the early modern period PERIOD

Writing a university essay on the thirty years war today and you happen to release this! What luck haha

@mrmoth26

3 жыл бұрын

What are you studying? Molecular biology or quantum chemistry?

“Fire at will Aim for their Canons Counterattack Thunder of guns.” Let’s see how accurate the song is..,

@rishidipmondal9077

2 жыл бұрын

Gott mint uns!

@rishidipmondal9077

2 жыл бұрын

As we all stand united, all together

@rishidipmondal9077

2 жыл бұрын

Gott mint uns!

Great Video! The best way to understand the military and tactics is to explore the battles in history. All the graphics help to understand the real battle than pure words. Hope more videos will be based on detailed battles, it helps a lot to understand 17-century warfare, and what decides a victory and a defeat in a battle.

This is the best history channel on youtube, and better than anything I've seen on tv. Keep up the citations, you're setting a great standard that I hope other history channels rise to. This type of battlefield-spotlight format is awesome. Thanks for all your hard work.

@ravenknight4876

3 жыл бұрын

You must be pretty new to youtube.

@nitemaredan

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravenknight4876 If you're implying that there is an abundance of history channels here on KZread that hold themselves to the same high standards as SandRhoman(specifically with regards to source material), then I would greatly appreciate it if you pointed me in the right direction.

@ravenknight4876

3 жыл бұрын

@@nitemaredan TIK, Mark Felton, MIlitary history Visualized, Drachinifel and Historia Civilis. Go from there.

@nitemaredan

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravenknight4876 Wow, thanks a lot. At a glance they look like more of exactly what I like, and can help me compile a list of sources.

@ravenknight4876

3 жыл бұрын

@@nitemaredan that's why I've responded in the first place. This channel right here is actually more on the average side as far as history channels on youtube go. The channels I listed are all run by Historians and/or people with history degrees.

Literally my favorite history channel on KZread

Amazing by far the most detailed analysis on KZread.

Is interesting this new format of hour by hour in battles, because is much effective at explaining all the tactics and decisions made in battlefield. I really hope to see battles like Nördlingen (1634), Pavia, St. Quentin, Nieuwpoort, etc. =D

Loving this new style of video. I'd like to see more hour by hour videos in the future.

Excellent video SandRhoman, your hour by hour is full of details and extremely well detailed.

Yes the notifications WORKED Now it’s REAL SWEDISH HOURS

@MiguelAbd

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than sunday morning SandRhoman!

@shadowwarriorshockwave3281

3 жыл бұрын

Miguel Celano indeed

@samisha5834

2 жыл бұрын

Koifish momento

Always happy when a new video from this channel arrives, keep up the great work

The hour-by-hour system is *very* good in my opinion. In the same way that the Timeghost channel provides a fascinating week-by-week walkthrough of World war 2, this format is not only providing information, it's telling a story and that makes it all the more engaging!

Great to see you guys back for another year despite everything. :)

This format is fantastic. As is pretty much everything on this channel.

Oh man, such nice detail! Getting this kind of close look really helps you see some of the reasoning that went into tactics and organization. Because you can see how actual situations on the ground play out - you can read between the lines what was important or dangerous or effective. Just the beginning with artillery fire already shows you it decided, somewhat, who would be the attacker. The effects of timing on morale, all kinds of things. GA really found creative ways to give his men the edge in local engagements, like regimental guns for infantry and musketeer support for cavalry.

This is the greatest channel! Love this format. All I can say is MORE!!! BRAVO.

Jesus Christ this was good. You really have nailed the balance on details and narrative. The battle fells a whole lot bigger when you describe individual brigades tactics in such detail. You could have only said the green brigade battled the D brigade for x hours and then won. Instead you go into great detail on the tactical decisions and combined arms usage of the brigades. Witch makes these smaller parts of the army fell like a whole battle in and of itself, and making the whole battle fell gigantic by comparison since it is comprised of dozens of such small battles. Your attention to detail does not fell like it takes away from the story by making it boring and bloated. But rather adds to it by having every detail raise the stakes of the narrative. A perfect blend of history and story where neither is diminished by the other but rather enhanced.

Finally, another SandRhoman Video is out! Thank you

This channel gets more and more amazing. Great job, and please keep the videos coming!

This video is amazing. I love these battle reports that go over everything hourly.

Great video for cornerstone battles! Keep both formats they each have their strengths and are very engaging. It does make me wonder. The Swedes fought mostly defensively. The video makes it seem their center was never engaged? Perhaps another good hour by hour would be a battle showing the Swedish system used in offense, and another that shows the combined arms tactics evolution from Gustavus, to the next era/style of fighting (though that could be either format).

Awesome! Hour by hour or act by act works very well to give both insight and make it interesting. Keep it up!

Love it! Awesome representation of an interesting and pivotal battle! thanks a lot for this quality content.

This episode is a great example of why I love this channel. Great work.

@9and7

3 жыл бұрын

I know. More and more of it. It's like a heckuva drug...

I 've never seen a video like this with this great quality. this video is really awesome!!

only had way through but bro i gotta say your videos just keep getting better

Have looking for years for stuff of this period, i am loving it.

Such battle, many warefare, much interesting, wow!

I've been a fan of Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series for years, and it was always interesting to read this battle from the perspective of the Swedes, but I never really underatood it until I saw this video. Thank you!

@toddkes5890

Жыл бұрын

1632

Just want to thank you for the amazing work you do

I found this great channel only a few days ago and I really love your work. Please continue with high quality videos like that. A 30 Year War Series would be great, especially on lesser known battles like Lutter, Stadtlohn, Freiburg, or Jankau. Although I really enjoyed this video, I am not sure if it is correct to say that Tilly formed his infantry in Tercios. According to the German historians Junkelmann and Schürger Tilly depolyed his infantry only ten to twelve ranks deep which would not have been a Tercio formation.

@SandRhomanHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I read similar views about the Tercio (I think it was in Peter Wilson's, Europe's tragedy). I think it's a weird debate because 10-12 ranks is still double what Gustavus used. Many historians agree that the Tercio got smaller and had less depth from about the 1590s onward. Some argue Tilly made some reforms as well (Guthrie). But what I never really understood is why should we not call that Tercio anymore? I think contemporary spanish / imperial sources still used the term. Another crucial thing, in my opinion, would be how the musketeers were deployed. There seems to have been little change in that. Otherwise it makes no sense that sources from the battle of Lützen 1632 could suddenly report that imperials had changed their system to one more like the Swedish system. That's why we ultimately decided to use the term Tercio anyways :P

@donaustadt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your interesting answer. The deployment of Tilly's infantry is a very interesting but confusing topic. Some modern works even state that he deployed in 30 ranks. Here is a link to Schürger's excellent work that I mentioned in my first post. theses.gla.ac.uk/6508/ His statements regarding Tilly's deployment are on pages 102 to 106, he calls it "squadron". I think that "Tercio" is usually used for a large and deep formation with a group of musketeers on all four corners, as seen on page 104. However, Tilly's shallow deployment as shown on page 102, figure 16, looks completely different with pikemen in the center and musketeers at the wings. It has much more resemblance to Wallenstein's deployment at Lützen which can also be seen on page 104. Schürger even states that it is wrong to call the traditional formation "Tercio" since this was only an administrative and not a tactical unit. Schürger also argues that there was not such a drastic change before Lützen but rather a continuation of Tilly's reforms by Wallenstein. Of course I have no idea what the truth is and if Schürger is right or wrong. Tilly's more linear deployment can also be seen in Snayer's painting of the battle of Stadtlohn. Marcus Junkelmann (who also wrote a brilliant biography of Gustav Adolf and is certainly a great expert) states in his short biography of Tilly that he deployed in ten to twelve ranks but still calls his formation "Tercio". As I have said, I find this topic extremely confusing. However, from your video I got the impression that you agree with Guthrie that the main reason for the outcome of the battle was not the infantry deployment but the defeat of the Catholic Cavalry. BTW: I have just watched your video of the siege of Vienna. I live in Vienna and 1683 is of course a very important part of our city's history. It was a real pleasure to watch such a well-researched and highly dramatic documentary of this event. It would be great if you could also do a video of the lesser known first siege of 1529.

@terry7907

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, additionally, at the beginning you were referencing the Spanish Tercios, which I do not believe were present at this battle.

Great a analysis and the right level f detail. Excellent work. Thanks for your great work.

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!

Wow! That was so good. Keep em coming!

Sabaton fans: -GOTT MIT UNS

@eretna2480

3 жыл бұрын

seven times they attacked on that day,SEVEN TIMES THEY RETREATED

@vinnartaigh2076

3 жыл бұрын

@@eretna2480 Buttsus Quissus Nonnus

@rivepest6158

3 жыл бұрын

@@eretna2480 CAVALRY CHARGE

@KiljiArslan

3 жыл бұрын

@@rivepest6158 AS WE ALL STAND UNITED!

@rivepest6158

3 жыл бұрын

@@KiljiArslan ALL TOGETHER:

You channels quality is most excellent.

One of The Best Channels!!

I really like the hour by hour format. I would prefer it for all battles -- if the sources are detailed enough to support it.

I literally had to pause while making food to make sure I could watch every second of this video

Great concept. More and more and more.....we need more....

Damn! Your Videos are always so good!

Currently I am writing my bachelors thesis about the effect and usage of artillery during the 30 years war. This battle is one of my primary sources.

history will always be there for you

Just found this channel. Love it and subbed! Gott Mit Uns!!!

Great video, really enjoyed!

First of all, I enjoyed the video and how you presented it - I believe you found the balance between information and visualization. When you mentioned that Tilly could have made a mistake by deploying too few men; didn't Tilly only have the numerical disadvantage up until the point in the battle when the Saxons retreated off the battlefield? After they retreated Tilly must have had the numerical advantage from that point of time in the battle. According to the wiki page, the Swedes deployed 23,000 men, the Saxons deployed about 18,000 and Tilly deployed 35,000.

Wait until Spanish beat Swedes at Nordligen with the power of ducking!

@higochumbo8932

3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated military development up to the 20th century xD

@riograndedosulball248

3 жыл бұрын

"British officers don't duck. They geese" Dunno, Lindybeige i think

@Nieri93

3 жыл бұрын

And after Nordligen, the swedes won 4 major battles in a row. Ending the war in a protestant victory.

@higochumbo8932

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nieri93 Not one of them against the Spanish, though. The entry of France in the war was far more impactful than those later Swedish victories. The French kept the Spanish so tied down that even 11 years after the Treaty of Westphalia, France and Spain were still fighting each other.

@Arcaryon

3 жыл бұрын

@@higochumbo8932 It was basically a clean version of World War 1.

17:36 what's the name of the song playing in the background? Thanks in advance

I love the new format! *___* + I love that other history nerds love it as much as I do :D + there is that incredible documentary about the Battle of Midway in this format by montemayor [sorry, I just had to mention it] :)

A nicely informative video. I liked it.

Great! We really needed videos explaining in detail how 16th-17th century formations actually work in open battle, because they definitely look more complicated than anything that came before or after. I really didn't know that two of the most important battles in European history (Breitenfeld and Leipzig) had been fought on almost the exact same place (Breitenfeld being roughly the initial position of Blucher's Prussians) A note though: As far as I'm concerned, there was nothing Spanish about this battle other than the use of the Tercio formation by the Imperial side. The use of Spanish Habsburg flags (I think the Austrian Habsburgs didn't use the Cross of Burgundy in their banners), Spanish colors and even the mention of the "Spanish commander" is a bit misleading. Take my ignorant ramblings with pinch of salt though =) Great job as usual!

Now that the notification works I need to know how to set a alarm for it with Sabatons songs for this swedish input.

Amazing work!

@SandRhoman History , hey I noticed you don't use any secondary artwork in your videos, I assume it's because of copyright or is it simply because of the fact, you don't have time to ask for permissions or lack of time?

One guy made a thumbs down on this video - why? Great video! I'm looking forward to your videos on Lützen and Nördlingen.

@Ackalan

Жыл бұрын

Probably a newly recruited Saxon. ;)

@guycalabrese4040

Жыл бұрын

@@Ackalan 😁

you are by far the best channel of this kind!!\

Nice video as always! A few questions came in mind upon watching this video, however. First question, how exactly were musketeers protected from cavalry charges when a good portion of them were deployed on the flanks of each Swedish brigade? Wouldn't they run into the same problem as the dutch? Second, what were the musketeers, behind the frontmost pikemen, doing in the battle? Were they just reserves, or did they march in front of the front Swedish pikes as the Dutch did in the Julich campaign? I would be extremely grateful for a reply. Thanks for the vid!

@SandRhomanHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Quick answer for the first question: We don't exactly know. It is assumed that the pike block in front of the brigades deterred cavalry from a head on charge. Also the Swedes were quite experienced in deal with cavalry from the polish theater of war! The smaller contingents supposedly helped a lot as well. "Second, what were the musketeers, behind the front most pikemen, doing in the battle?" You're right, they marched forward to shoot, some say that they even stood in front of the pike to begin with. In early-modern sources the Brigade is drawn as we're showing it here in the video but we don't know for sure if they changed it up sometimes. Imagine the Brigades model more as a way of deploying, during combat many smaller parts could change position if need be. But everybody would always know where to go if you had to reform into the original brigade structure.

@kelpy_5262

3 жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory HOLY SMOKES! THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY!

what is that song at 12:38 ? thought it would be from a movie or game

Also known as Gustavus Adolphus the great, his tactics was a great inspiration for Napoleon and many more

Great work as usual! A question: you speak of the green, blue and white brigade. I have never read of a white brigade, but a yellow one. So, where there four brigades (green, blue, white and yellow) or just three and one is known under different names (yellow/white)? Also: Why are swedish brigades colored like power rangers?

Well made video mate.

From this, it seems like a well-fought battle, where men did their best on both sides, the numbers prevailed I think. The imperial army wanted to make a shock attack to make up for their smaller numbers. But when it failed, in attrition battle that ensued they had little chance.

@britts9215

3 жыл бұрын

I like this video, but it is mostly what and not covering the how and why, which makes this battle so historically significant. Many details are missing or glossed over,.and the infantry and cavalry battles shown separately, so you can not understand from this video what is going on simultaneously with the right, center, and left. With the Saxons routing after being once charged by cavalry, the Swedes were badly outnumbered and their left flank was open. The Swedish cavalry on their left were barely able to hold off the attacking cavalry with a coutercharge, they would not be able to stop the enemy infantry already on the way. The Swedish Cavalry on their right remained heavily engaged with the Elite Black Riders on that flank and they engaged repeatedly until well after the Infantry was fully engaged and unavailable to support the center or their left flank. At this point it looks like disaster for the Swedes. Most all of their cavalry is tied up with the enemy cavalry and their infantry have their backs to the river, the enemy coming around their left flank and they are badly outnumbered. This is where the value of the Swedish infactry system shows its two major advantages. First they were able to rapidly redeploy their second line to cover their left flank rapidly because the smaller tactical units can march and maneuver much more rapidly than the 1500 man blocks used by the enemy. Second the Swedes smaller units were deployed usually 6-8 men deep, 50/50 pike musket. The enemy were 5 -10 ranks of muskets with 12-15 ranks deep in pikes. This allowed the Swedes to match their infantry line to the enemy even when badly outnumbered. Last the Swedes had much more firepower because they had many small field guns on spread out through their formations, not just heavy guns like the enemy. The Swedes had just in the last decade basically invented these light guns to support the infantry. Basically the Swedish infantry was able to defeat a numerically superior enemy by having a greater weight of fire even having less men for three reasons. More efficient formations, allowing a larger percentage 9f men to be effectively engaged; better firearms, drill and partial cartridges; and additional firepower from small field guns embedded into the infantry formations. Their is debate amoung scholars what was most significant, but I think the significance is the total weight of the total.

Awesome as always

Great video! Regards from Chile

Great battle . Great stand and great tactics from the Swedes . Reminded me a bit of the Iron Duke . Great to see the Day Goes take a drubbing .

Amazing Video

good video brother!

Very interesting. Didn't know the battle, only the SABATON song about it...

Thank you for the video. I was a little confused at first because my Matthaus Merian copper engravings show the Swedish forces at the bottom of the print. More significant, on my print, it shows the 17,000 Saxons holding 35 cm. and the 23,000 Swedes 51 cm. You show the Saxons as a much smaller representation. The point of the Swedish achievement was the flexibility of the Swedish army to reform to quickly hold off the flanking maneuver of the Imperials after the bulk of the Saxons left the field of honor.

Keep up the work

Great breakdown!

I really like your content!

Would love to see you guys do a video on Karl XI 's military reforms, in my opinion they where far more significant than those of Gustav II Adolf

How do you animate your videos?

Can’t wait to see the Battle of Nördlingen

In my opinion, this battle isn't the Swedish system vs the Spanish system, it was the Swedish system vs a copy of the Spanish system

Great video!

YES, NEW VIDEO!

For anyone who hasn't read Peter Wilson's Europe's Tragedy yet I will highly recommend. Not just the military actions and statistics for the Thirty Years' War but also the political, economical, religious, and cultural causes and events before and during the war are told.

As soon as Tily had captured the Saxon artillery he should have used it to bombard the Swedish left flank. Before engaging then.

@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu

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Fog of war probably, was a massive battle after all

I wonder if anyone knows the song's name at 18:00 min.

I love this channel

I wish you'd make more videos about mercenary companies. We see mercenary groups like the black army or the Genoese in Constantinople who were loyal and professional no matter the odds. And then you had mercenaries leaving Tilly's army or those who sacked Rome after the French didn't pay their bill. If I'm not mistaken English mercenary companies were a huge part of the 100 years war and the captains of these groups were self made men who came up through the ranks as young man. I'm most curious about the organization. Like a French lance, with 1 knight, 2 light horsemen, 2 infantry and 2 crossbowmen. And were they loyal to the captain or just the money? And how did they see themselves? Did 700 condottiere think themselves a match for 5000 levied infantry? And how were they equiped? And how many became the brigands and outlaws in peace time?

17:40 Seven times they attacked on that day, seven times they retreated!

Soundtrack at 13:00 ?

i belive that any formation works as long as you use them right. and that you can defeat any formation as long as you do it right. diffrent formations needs difrent tactics

you are a legend.