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@ajithsidhu7183

4 жыл бұрын

Yees but pls do one on their method of warfare?

@TyrannosaurusRex5027

4 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals merry Christmas! Thanks for the video! I also got this monster www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Dread-Saurian-2018

@_vs04

4 жыл бұрын

Make a video on maratha empire..

@AP-yx1mm

4 жыл бұрын

A remark. Why did you put "Tisino" on the map? Is there any source about that name? It is actually the northern part of the modern day Canton of Ticino (italian-speaking canton) and that is more or less the modern District of Leventina Valley. P.S. Also both Rudolph and Leopold weren't emperors. Rudolph was a king of Germany (not emperor) and Leopold was a duke of Austria.

@HIY-rl3vr

4 жыл бұрын

Cuman-Kipchak invasion of Europa and battle of Kerles please

"You Swiss are just merceneries fighting for coin, we Austrians fight for honor.." "A man fights for what he doesn't have sir..."

@martig1000

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAha .

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Where this quote come from, I allready heard it?

@themadlad8540

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@jekabsojarsulskis9740

4 жыл бұрын

Buuuuuurn!

@oz4087

4 жыл бұрын

mr_ anheuser i rephrased it a litle but im glad you catched it, i thought its fiting seing as some swiss are french speakers ;)

Neutral, yes *Peaceful, no*

@Teufer2

4 жыл бұрын

Si vis pacem para bellum. If you want peace. Prepare for war!

@Argacyan

4 жыл бұрын

Not even neutral.

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Kasino Kaiser As à swiss guy, I agree.

@lucbeukering2453

4 жыл бұрын

Like the dutch

@felixtheswiss

4 жыл бұрын

@TheGreaterGood80 Not realy the today Cantons of Vaud, Argovia, Ticino and others were dependen colonies at first.

Knights: how dare this people to fight without code and equally! Also Knights: *brings cavalry, armors and better equipment overall to fight basically farmers chilling in a mountain*

@BeratLjumani

4 жыл бұрын

Metrack well to be fair this is the Middle Ages and per the rules *pulls out Da Rules* peasant levy exist to be run down by their betters... unless their Welsh Bowmen... or Scottish Shieldtrons. Since the Swiss are neither Welshman nor Scottish I’m afraid that’s one Red Card and 30 minutes in the Penalty box.

@davidnavratil5349

4 жыл бұрын

fucking cheaters!

@kinglouiev9530

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Ellis Skallagrim: Shoots crossbow bolt at cheap and crappy reproduction of early plate armor. Armor: Breaks bolt & has a small dent. So basically here’s how the scenario should’ve went: Farmer: Shoots knight with crossbow Knight: The twig falls on the ground and the knight puts down his visor. “You scratched my beautiful breastplate... I’m gonna kill you peasant!” Takes out a war hammer with nasty looking spikes. Farmer: “Gulp...” Attempts to load another bolt, but the horse closes the distance. “...Oh Go-“ Knight: Leaves a large hole in the farmer’s head.

@constantinkelleher5444

4 жыл бұрын

@@kinglouiev9530 Yeh- but what made the crossbow and bow such a potent weapon is that it was used with mass effect; many people could be armed and tought fairly easily about how to use the weapon so on a battle field knights had to be careful of thousands of arrows that might find its mark. However knights were very effective even with that problem for example the French knights won alot of battles against the English heavily focused archer army.

@Teufer2

4 жыл бұрын

Of course the knights code says that fighting your enemy on an open field is the most honorable. It's not like an open field with no obstacles is the best place for heavy cavalry. Which knights are.

Ah pikes. Now I understand invention of swiss cheese fondue much better.

@martig1000

4 жыл бұрын

Halberdiers !!!! When i think about clocks , knives and all this Swiss, metal stuff, I see halberdiers. Real Clockwork Orange.

@Celestial1000

4 жыл бұрын

Wait I just saw you in fire of learning

@ReaperCH90

4 жыл бұрын

you have to learn the way of the pike at a young age with a small pike

@Intranetusa

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to point out a misconception at 12:44. The idea that pikes held upright gave considerable protection against arrows is a misconception, and comes from historical misinterpretation or exaggeration of the abilities of the Macedonian pike formations to deflect arrows. IIRC, this idea comes from Polybius' writings and is only based on a single sentence, where he simply says that the long pikes were carried at an angle was able to deflect "some" arrows from reaching the "rear" of the pike formation. In this situation, only the very rear soldiers would have a "small" amount of protection against missiles (eg. arrows and javelins), and really just against missiles shot at a flat trajectory (high trajectory or arced arrows would've bypassed going through the ranks of pikes). The soldiers in the front and middle would have zero to negligible additional protection provided by pikes from even flat trajectory fired arrows. If we do a few hypothetical calculations of the surface area the pikes could've protected against based on their diameter and the width of each soldier & their spacing, and even in the best case scenario, the additional protection against arrows is tiny overall and still rather small for soldiers in the rear. And if European medieval archery tactics (see scholagladiatoria video) was any indication of ancient archery tactics, then shooting shooting at a flat trajectory at the enemy's front ranks would have been most common. This was followed by occasional cases of shooting arrows in an arc that may have landed in the enemy's back ranks. Neither would allow pikes to be of any use against arrows. Archers would not be shooting at a flat trajectory over the enemy's front towards the enemy's rear unless they missed their shot. So the only way the phalangite pike would have protected against the arrows is if the enemy archers missed their flat trajectory straight shot at the phalangite's front ranks, and the arrow was flying towards the phalangite's rear ranks and got bounced around by the pike shafts. So the shafts of long pike-length polearm units only contributed marginal protection against arrows for the units in the rear, and really did not make polearm soldiers highly resistant to missile fire. That is why Macedonian pikemen actually carried a shield strapped to their arm. Furthermore, IIRC, the Swiss pike formations had some important differences from the Macedonian formations. Swiss pike formations were organized into more flexible infantry blocks of pike formations that incorporated many different types of soldiers within the formation itself and were basically self sustaining combat units. If they were surrounded, they could form into a pike square with pikes facing all directions and other infantry within the formation providing support or ranged fire. If a Macedonian phalanx was surrounded and flanked, then it would crumble much more easily due to its more homogeneous nature. I've also never read the Macedonian phalanx having the ability to protect its rear/flank by forming into an infantry square and extending pikes in 4 directions.

@MrTomtomtest

4 жыл бұрын

Gruyere (cheese with holes in it) is also Swiss :p

Swiss: :We came here to kill nobles and chew bubble gum, and bubble gum has not been invented yet."

@darkravengames9394

4 жыл бұрын

Best bubble gum joke on KZread. ROFL

@anantbijolia8415

3 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated comment

@kanseidorifto2430

3 ай бұрын

I’m actually kinda dying from this one, pretty witty

Ah, the famous Winkelried. There are two main versions of the story that go around. The first one is that he selflessly gave his life by jumping against the enemy pikes to open a breach in their formation. In the other version his last words were "who's the asshole that pushed me?".

@abuseofmainstreammediacanh5713

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I knew that one. First version, he shouted "I will make you a way - take care of my wife and children!" Second version: "Stop pushing, assh*le!" That's how the story is told in the canton of Berne.

@swisschocolateram

4 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha too funny

@Mrkabrat

4 жыл бұрын

@@swissmilitischristilxxii3691 Did you push him onto enemy pikes?

@kevinbarista269

3 жыл бұрын

Although I wish the first version was true, I like the second version much better 😂

@drlaw9312

3 жыл бұрын

Whispers quietly, it was a Solothurner, who shoved Winkelried; he was standing on a 5 Rappen stuck 😂😂

I feel like the motto for K&G should be “Yes, we’re covering it.”

@Crimethoughtfull

3 жыл бұрын

Only b/c every other video is "will you cover X, Y, Z...and also Q, R, and M?? PLEASE?!"

@nomadlong85

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like Kings and generals is making documentaries of every total war game I've played and i LOVE it! I just wish they would do one period of time at a time.

(send 1,000 men) Switzerland: "Reconnaissance"

@Ruhrpottpatriot

4 жыл бұрын

Any army knows the term "reconnaissance in force" or "reconnaissance by combat. For a more modern example: There exists multiple variants of main battle tanks as recon vehicles.

I missed " colored boxes clashing each other and shattering with a very specific sound" kinda animations. Give us more top-down views of the battlefields. I find those really useful.

@OCinneide

4 жыл бұрын

@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 lets you picture it in your head

@a7madisma3el89

4 жыл бұрын

History march channel is even more detailed especially making the troops much more Mobile

@keithparker549

4 жыл бұрын

No point in that unless there are records of unit movements in the battles. Animated speculation is pointless. Morgarten should have something I suppose.

@KelGhu

4 жыл бұрын

@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 How is it not? Swiss became the elite of the elite mercenaries of all European armies. That's why the Vatican has Swiss guards

@jekesan4221

4 жыл бұрын

@@KelGhu Current Vatican Swiss Guards is a joke

As a Swiss I have one small remark. The correct translation of swiss confederation at 3:20 is „schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft“. Anyway nice to see some swiss warfare in such animations :D

@sandro3211

4 жыл бұрын

Schweizerische Konföderation. Eidgenossenschaft is not a synonym for Confederation.

@caringancoystopitum4224

4 жыл бұрын

@@sandro3211 It may not be a synonym for it, but it was still called Eidgenossenschaft.

@eljanrimsa5843

4 жыл бұрын

@@sandro3211 "Eidgenossenschaft" is the original German term, and the Latin "confoederatio" is pretty close to it.The English term "confederation" has drifted away somewhat by not emphasizing the "foedus" any more.

@Ryan_Winter

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandro3211 I just looked at my passport and identitycard, and I can confirm, I'm still a citizen of the Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft.

The EMPIRE TOTAL WAR soundtrack in the background is pure glory and beauty

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

PING HER ABOUT TOYS

@banes_the_bane4584

4 жыл бұрын

Switzerland: the only area in Europe in Empire Total War where you can’t go.

Pike was trending Pike became Obsolete Pike was Trending again. Pike is now obsolete. Pike will trend again.

@Intranetusa

4 жыл бұрын

Speaking of pikes, the idea that pikes gave considerable protection against arrows (12:44) is a common misconception, and comes from historical misinterpretation or exaggeration of the abilities of the Macedonian pike formations to deflect arrows.This idea comes from Polybius' "Histories," and is only based on a single sentence, where he simply says that the long pikes were carried at an angle was able to deflect "some" arrows from reaching the "rear" of the pike formation. No other ancient or medieval writers who wrote about pike formations repeated this claim. In this situation, only the very rear soldiers would have a "small" amount of protection against missiles (eg. arrows and javelins), and really just against missiles shot at a flat trajectory (high trajectory or arced arrows would've bypassed going through the ranks of pikes). The soldiers in the front and middle would have zero to negligible additional protection provided by pikes from even flat trajectory fired arrows. If we do a few hypothetical calculations of the surface area the pikes could've protected against based on their diameter and the width of each soldier & their spacing, and even in the best case scenario, the additional protection against arrows is tiny overall and still rather small for soldiers in the rear. And if European medieval archery tactics (see scholagladiatoria video) was any indication of ancient archery tactics, then shooting shooting at a flat trajectory at the enemy's front ranks would have been most common. This was followed by occasional cases of shooting arrows in an arc that may have landed in the enemy's back ranks. Neither would allow pikes to be of any use against arrows. Archers would not be shooting at a flat trajectory over the enemy's front towards the enemy's rear unless they missed their shot. So the only way the phalangite pike would have protected against the arrows is if the enemy archers missed their flat trajectory straight shot at the phalangite's front ranks, and the arrow was flying towards the phalangite's rear ranks and got bounced around by the pike shafts. So the shafts of long pike-length polearm units only contributed marginal protection against arrows for the units in the rear, and really did not make polearm soldiers highly resistant to missile fire. Short polearms would be even worse for this purpose.That is why Macedonian pikemen actually carried a shield strapped to their arm. Furthermore, IIRC, the Swiss pike formations had some important differences from the Macedonian formations. Swiss pike formations were organized into more flexible infantry blocks of pike formations that incorporated many different types of soldiers within the formation itself and were basically self sustaining combat units. If they were surrounded, they could form into a pike square with pikes facing all directions and other infantry within the formation providing support or ranged fire. If a Macedonian phalanx was surrounded and flanked, then it would crumble much more easily due to its more homogeneous nature. I've also never read the Macedonian phalanx having the ability to protect its rear/flank by forming into an infantry square and extending pikes in 4 directions. Alexander's Macedonian phalangites relied heavily on external support units (support units actually made up the majority of the army), and the degradation of support units was a primary factor in the erosion of its combat effectiveness of the Successor States by the time they came into conflict with the Romans.

@Teufer2

4 жыл бұрын

In WW2 the Japanese used a staff with an explosive head that detonates at contact. They used it against tanks.

@caominhnhat1455

4 жыл бұрын

Teufer2 only good again light tanks, and it mostly used to destroy the tracker chain so that infantry would swoop in and surround the tank and neutralize the crew with grenade. It also extremely dangerous toward the users ao it is the desperate measure only. The Vietnamese use it during the very short first few weeks or months of the First IndoChina war against the French and the death/inability to fight toll the users were high that they decided to get rid of the method and develop their own anti-tank weapon instead.

@leodoz1016

4 жыл бұрын

We got flying guided pikes now

@Doodoofart725

4 жыл бұрын

Well yes, after we nuke each other back to the stone age, people will soon rediscover the usefulness of pointy things on long sticks.

The swiss army motto is: Liberty and security. Just a add-on, when the french foreign legion was created, in 1831, third of its force was composed of swiss citizen. Even in the Indochine war, 8000 swiss took part in it. Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno. Keep on the good work, guys. Cheers from a swiss soldier-citizen.

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Tarik Al-Hoshan Even if you lose, you still fight...

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Cegesh We've allways been. In the meanwhile, what about earning some coins while training,..

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Caspar I find it more cringy to cringe at someone national pride, but anyway...

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Cegesh Actually, if you want to join the french foreign legion, you just need a derogation from the federal council. And the papal guard is still composed of swiss soldiers, 500 years later.

@krx_forcecausefu5243

3 жыл бұрын

I got a diffrent opinion about the mandatory service. But cool to see others with swiss pride rare thing to hear about in a non politikal way.

When you're austrian and you hear the alps are speaking weird hillbilly german You: Habsburgs come pick me up I'm scared.😭😭😭

@Argacyan

4 жыл бұрын

hillbilly german (and other languages) seems about fitting for us back then lol

@markoj.7675

4 жыл бұрын

@@youriefavre9003 It was majority german back then, now it is this way because many cantons were integrated in the confederaion (such as grisons, geneve...) There is map in the video about switzerland in 1400's it is like 85 percent german

@boomerix

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The Habsburg Family originated from Switzerland

@brittakriep2938

4 жыл бұрын

Not Your business : Up to 1268, the whole allemanic/ swabian region was the duchy of swabia. From ther came the Habsburg family , the Hohenzollern family and the no more existing Hohenstaufen family!!!

@chillmaster66

3 жыл бұрын

Austrians speak weird hillybilly german themself.

Ah Switzerland! The land of cheese, chocolate, watches....and apparently invincible death squads! Nice... Really nice...

@alex3987654

4 жыл бұрын

Until battle of Marignan ;) France took its revenge and destroyed thereputation of invincibility of Swiss Mercenaries.

@Reflox1

4 жыл бұрын

There's a chapel at Sempach, where they painted the coat of arms of all the Nobles that were slain on the battlefield.

@rayt5520

4 жыл бұрын

chocolate from mexico watches from france .

@oof5020

4 жыл бұрын

@@alex3987654 Fucking Artillery :(

@oof5020

4 жыл бұрын

@Rafael Acosta The Nazi Gold didn't have an impact on Swiss Economy btw.

Leopold l wasn’t holy Roman emperor, he was only the duke of Austria, Louis the Bavarian was emperor/ co-German king

@joshuamoore7583

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he was he was emperor from 1658 to 1705

@hentaioverwhelming

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamoore7583 Morgarten was 1315. The Leopold I at that time was a duke. You are confusing two different Leopolds.

@blugaledoh2669

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamoore7583 You are referring to Leopold 1 Holy Roman Empire but this is Leopold the glorious in the 14th century. The Habsburg family were originally Swiss.

@hansbangerter8034

4 жыл бұрын

The Swiss-Swabian wars in which another von Habsburg was humiliated and a few German knight armies fled, yes it was against Maximillian I the Swiss defeated his Swabian and Bavarian knights..one army fled before battle..also Vorarlberg was blundered finally German emperor Maximillian pleaded the Swiss for peace....and he was holy Roman emperor..

Swiss didn´t use horses in battle because they were selling them.

@lukeclarke267

4 жыл бұрын

I reckon it was more of a case no horse could carry those massive brass balls they all had 😂

@kolemjdouciturista1446

4 жыл бұрын

@@lukeclarke267 :D

@Teufer2

4 жыл бұрын

Also we think they are rather tasty.

@podcastmachine8617

4 жыл бұрын

Dont get high on your own supply

@danielwolfgang8234

4 жыл бұрын

The Swiss had a very small fraction of their Forces consist of mounted troops, but those were usually more or less mounted infantry serving as Scouts.

When mountains start throwing rocks at you

@Mrkabrat

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz As the basques shouted "When you arrive to hell, tell the Devil it was the basques who sent you, cur!". That'll teach him and his uncle to burn Iruña

@Mrkabrat

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuisAldamiz I know, I was making a playful/humourous remark. Though I do belive the was some recent discovery regarding the basque ambush at Orreaga that showed it was a carefully planned action rather than some farmers throwing rock at them. Also, let us not forget that the french (or franks, cant remenber who) changed the version to an army of sarracens many times bigger than the frankish rear guard. Still, you dont burn Iruña and expect the basques to cower down

@mattaffenit9898

4 жыл бұрын

Burgundians actin' all baller and shit, 'till the mountains start bristling with pikes and screaming in Swiss. And about fifty other languages.

I always admire courage and honor. But to see such and example of standing against all the odds is really impressive May the soul of such a glorious warriors find peace

1,500 vs 40,000 Swiss: "Let's Fight!!"

@vampire4312

3 жыл бұрын

Others: "We're surrounded by the enemy!" Swiss: "We can attack in every direction!"

@mightypirat9875

3 жыл бұрын

@@vampire4312 Others: We have no chance! They are so many! Swiss: They have no chance! They are so many! They can not all flee from us!

@sneedNfeed

3 жыл бұрын

outnumbered swiss be like : LETS FUCKIN GOOO !

I didnt know much about swiss before!

@maxx1014

4 жыл бұрын

Why

@martinmorbak8778

4 жыл бұрын

Never judge a book by its cover.

@Izaugsme.TipuTapu

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxx1014 maybe because they always neutral in wars, hiding somewhere in hills. but dont get me wrong, maybe it is very smart to stay neutral

@maxx1014

4 жыл бұрын

@@Izaugsme.TipuTapu tfw people only know some countries history when they participated in war in the 20th century lmao

@momon969

4 жыл бұрын

​@@maxx1014 Maybe he's from another part of the world, and his knowledge is centered around that. I'd bet your knowledge is centered around your home region. I know mine is.

Wow, very impressive..I never knew the Swiss were so badass. I'm Irish, have been to Switzerland twice with the scouts, once in 2004 in Kandersteg, then in 2007 in Adelboden...I was amazed by the beauty -- lush green valleys and powder blue rivers, the beautiful sound of the cowbells...Would love to go back again some day.

@bachmannmanuel1562

2 жыл бұрын

and we would glady welcome you. Our Irish brothers ;-)

@taylorahern3755

2 жыл бұрын

Along with the Scots & Serbians the Swiss & Irish were the most fearsome & die hard fighting men in Europe for centuries, while it wasn't unusual for the ferocious Irish Gallowglass to fight until the last man (of the era 1300-1600). The Scots Highlanders could also be real animals in combat, both savage & formidable. The Swiss were amazing in their morale & cohesion in the ranks!

@Bruce4lmighty

10 ай бұрын

Knights Templars founded Switzerland in 1291 which was not mentioned by K&G surprisingly. They passed on knowledge from their experiences fighting in the Crusades to the people of Switzerland which is THE reason the Swiss were so formidable. The wars discussed in this video were as a direct result of the Templars growing power which the Pope and European monarchs wanted to curtail (and steal their considerable wealth of course). The absence of these facts makes this video a propaganda piece rather than a historical documentary. Very disappointing 👍🏻

As a swiss, i approve this topic. Some more videos on the battles mentioned would be great.

@ramonestamour

4 жыл бұрын

Love your country. Swiss are bulky strong people. Was in Geneva last week.

@OCinneide

4 жыл бұрын

as a chinese

@zhint9355

4 жыл бұрын

@@ramonestamour eat cheese my friend.

@ramonestamour

4 жыл бұрын

@@OCinneide nope Pacific islander.

Earth: *is Invaded by 🅰liens with Trip0d's that laser vaporize the entire human race* Switzerland: *NeUtRaL*

@Teufer2

4 жыл бұрын

There is an anime called "Hetalia" were every country is personified as a human character. In the anime movie the world is invaded by aliens but you see Switzerland and Liechtenstein just chilling in the field with the alps in the background. Next shot is the swiss border were the aliens try to invade Switzerland but are blocked by a force field that reads. "Neutral Zone"

@thedoruk6324

4 жыл бұрын

@@Teufer2 The Precise moment of True Perfection !

@mightypirat9875

3 жыл бұрын

@@Teufer2 Reminds me of a video I saw here just a week ago of an all AI Hearts of Iron battle with modded in aliens. All Earth nations struggled fighting them and occasionally they started in Germany with invading Earth and touched the Swiss border a few times but never made it over the border. Was really hilarious.

We Swiss are very peaceful.......until we’re not.

@OWnIshiiTrolling

4 жыл бұрын

Until you try to invade. We don't quite like being invaded.

@Donknowww

4 жыл бұрын

Owen Ishii Yeah swiss people won't ever let some dickheads ruling them and telling them what to do. Thats why we also will never join the EU :)

Switzerland. Known for brave soldiers in the past and neutrality in modern times, mountains, valleys and beautiful alpine villages. But we also make excellent chocolate (Lindt, Cailler, Maestrani, Chocolat Frey, Läderach, Tobler (known for the famous Toblerone) etc), cheese (Emmentaler, Appenzeller, Gruyère etc) and some of the best watches in the world (Swatch, Rolex, Breitling etc). The Swiss are also known for good quality tools (Stihl) and good weapons (SIG), although SIG isn't Swiss anymore, it became SIG Sauer. The Swiss are known to be very punctual. And Switzerland is one of the safest countries in the world, with low crime rates and high living standarts. PS: I know that Stihl is a German company. But the founder, Andreas Stihl, was born in Zürich, Switzerland ;) Great video btw!!

@jordan4954

2 жыл бұрын

Man forgot IWC under best watches. Still can't agree more with you. Sadly the Swiss army now doesn't want Sig high quality rifles but low quality HK dog shits which can't fire straight if it's not exactly 26.3536372°

The idea that pikes gave considerable protection against arrows (12:44) is a misconception, and comes from historical misinterpretation or exaggeration of the abilities of the Macedonian pike formations to deflect arrows. This idea comes from Polybius' "Histories," and is only based on a single sentence, where he simply says that the long pikes were carried at an angle was able to deflect "some" arrows from reaching the "rear" of the pike formation. No other ancient or medieval writers who wrote about pike formations repeated this claim. In this situation, only the very rear soldiers would have a "small" amount of protection against missiles (eg. arrows and javelins), and really just against missiles shot at a flat trajectory (high trajectory or arced arrows would've bypassed going through the ranks of pikes). The soldiers in the front and middle would have zero to negligible additional protection provided by pikes from even flat trajectory fired arrows. If we do a few hypothetical calculations of the surface area the pikes could've protected against based on their diameter and the width of each soldier & their spacing, and even in the best case scenario, the additional protection against arrows is tiny overall and still rather small for soldiers in the rear. And if European medieval archery tactics (see scholagladiatoria video) was any indication of ancient archery tactics, then shooting shooting at a flat trajectory at the enemy's front ranks would have been most common. This was followed by occasional cases of shooting arrows in an arc that may have landed in the enemy's back ranks. Neither would allow pikes to be of any use against arrows. Archers would not be shooting at a flat trajectory over the enemy's front towards the enemy's rear unless they missed their shot. So the only way the phalangite pike would have protected against the arrows is if the enemy archers missed their flat trajectory straight shot at the phalangite's front ranks, and the arrow was flying towards the phalangite's rear ranks and got bounced around by the pike shafts. So the shafts of long pike-length polearm units only contributed marginal protection against arrows for the units in the rear, and really did not make polearm soldiers highly resistant to missile fire. That is why Macedonian pikemen actually carried a shield strapped to their arm. Furthermore, IIRC, the Swiss pike formations had some important differences from the Macedonian formations. Swiss pike formations were organized into more flexible infantry blocks of pike formations that incorporated many different types of soldiers within the formation itself and were basically self sustaining combat units. If they were surrounded, they could form into a pike square with pikes facing all directions and other infantry within the formation providing support or ranged fire. If a Macedonian phalanx was surrounded and flanked, then it may crumble much more easily due to its more homogeneous nature. Alexander's Macedonian phalangites relied heavily on external support units (support units actually made up the majority of the army), and the degradation of support units was a primary factor in the erosion of the combat effectiveness of the Successor States armies by the time they came into conflict with the Romans.

@TheChiconspiracy

4 жыл бұрын

@ShogunBean Because if you payed attention, he mentioned OTHER soldiers in the formation, not just ones using pikes. Alexander the great didn't just beat the Persians with Phalangitoi, he had large numbers of missile troops of his own (archers and slingers) and a strong cavalry contingent. The Swiss likewise used crossbowman and other missile troops in conjunction with their pikemen and halberdiers.

@Intranetusa

4 жыл бұрын

​@ShogunBean You have confused your own poor knowledge of history with my supposed "blathering." First, Alexander's Macedonian army was never an army composed entirely of pikes. Pezhetairos/phalangite pIkemen only made up about a third of Alexander's army. He had archers, slingers, cavalry, and lots of support infantry operating in their own formations alongside pikemen. The Macedonians had maybe a quarter of their army composed of light infantry skirmishers such as archers, slingers, and peltasts. If you actually read about how the Macedonians fought the Persians, you'd know that the Macedonian skirmishers often engaged the Persians skirmishers with an exchange of ranged fire first. At the battle of Gaugamela, after any initial skirmisher exchanges, the Macedonian pikemen aggressively advanced on the Persians before the Persian archers could do much damage. The Persians at Gaugamela fought defensively and the Macedonians advanced aggressively with their pikes, support heavy infantry, and cavalry. Second, the number of archers in the Persian army is often exaggerated by pop culture. During the time of Alexander, the Persians didn't have that many archers in the first place because archery is actually an elite combat skill that takes years to master. At Gaugamela, only a small fraction of the Persian army are named to specifically be archers. Third, the Macedonian shield was 2 feet in diameter and covered most or all of the human torso. It was not "tiny." During Philip II's days, it's believed that many phalangites didn't even wear torso armor because the shield was able to protect their torso and they or the state possibly weren't able to afford torso armor for everybody. Torso armor does show up during Alexander's day as primarily linothorax armor made of linen fabric. Fourth, I specifically pointed out that the Germans and Swiss pike formations incorporated other units (eg. archers, crossbowmen, and later muskets) into their formation. Ranged fire was clearly important to Renaissance era pike formations at fighting other pike formations and enemies. That is a crucial difference that differentiates the homogeneous Macedonian pikemen that relied on external support units from heterogeneous mixed arms Renaissance era pike formations. Finally, academia does not claim that pike formations give "considerable protection" at blocking arrows. The idea that pikes are good at protecting against arrows comes from the exaggeration/misquoting of a single sentence from Polybius where he says the pikes could provide a small amount of protection for the rear lines. The problem is pop culture readers like yourself don't read the primary source and exaggerate and misinterpret these ideas based on casual, uncited online claims. My views conforms with actual readings of history and academia. Your views that comes from superficial pop-culture reading and misinterpretation of history are what is wrong.

@adamandsharonrowe6605

4 жыл бұрын

@@Intranetusa thanks for your intriguing and thoroughly argued comment. Always great to see people challenging the accepted norm in history and producing new interpretations.

@herrrobert5340

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for an interesting read.

@AxeManandOldGuyFishing

4 жыл бұрын

shake shake it shake my pike like a poloroid pitcure ah ah

One thing I feel kind of missing is the nature of halberds within the pike square as well as the pike's more practical function. The 15th century was the height of armour to such an extent that pikes were functionally virtually useless at actually injuring the typical man-at-arms/gendarme and the Pike blocks of the swiss or otherwise still depended on the halberd core to actually defeat armoured opponents. The purpose of the pikes was primarily to engage, pin and disrupt enemy formations, while critically keeping enemies at range a function it could mostly do without even having a point. However it would then be the halberds would then charge forward into the gaps to actually fight and kill the enemy, while also countering any enemies who might get past the pikes. While the swiss increased the ratio of pike's to make this supporting and defending action central to their tactics halberds still remained a core element of the pike block pretty much up until the Spanish replaced 2/3ds of the halbediers with firearms, in both cases though swiss or spanish tercio the pike depended on other weapons to actually do most of the injuring and killing. Even towards the end of the pike when fireamrs were predomanent, at least 1/10 soldiers still had a halberd or greatsword. The point though is that the "pike square" was never just a block of pikes (which would have been a weak formation), but specifically a combined arms tactic where the pikes defense was paired with the offense of halberds or firearms.

I remember reading in a book about Swiss Army, that Switzerland in 15th Century was about as peaceful as Mongols under Genghis Khan.

@eljanrimsa5843

4 жыл бұрын

@@DexM47 And when they were not repelling invaders, they were fighting each other.

@daneaxe6465

3 жыл бұрын

That describes most of Europe during the Dark Ages through the Medieval. Actually it kept up into the 1800's.

@taylorahern3755

2 жыл бұрын

Only the Scots & Irish were fiercer & more warlike.

Everyone in the Swiss Army owns a Swiss Army Knife. That’s why no one messes with Switzerland. ~ Cliff Clavin.

@alcaulique8358

4 жыл бұрын

We also have our military issued assault rifle at home. Since military service is mandatory, a lot of homes in Switzerland have assault rifles ;)

@colindunar9374

4 жыл бұрын

Al Caulique sounds like America except for mandatory service lol

@doodmann5898

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget that they have secret air bases inside mountains, whenever they are ready they fly out and surprise the invaders

@AP-yx1mm

4 жыл бұрын

@@colindunar9374 Except for the fact that since a couple of years ago we can't have ammo at home. (There are some exception there)

@alcaulique8358

4 жыл бұрын

@@AP-yx1mm That's the theory indeed... ;)

The music makes me nostalgic of the days when I first discovered Empire: Total War.

The ancestor of my family name (Sanner, though it used to be Saner in Switzerland) was a Swiss mercenary that came to The Netherlands after the battle of Waterloo. Always makes me proud to know their reputation was so high :)

I like how "Gewalthaufen" was just translated to Centre. Literally translated it means "Pile of violence".

@MrSam1er

4 жыл бұрын

More like "pile of force". But "pile of violence" does sound better

@crymp2057

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrSam1er Hmmm although "Gewalt" and "Kraft" can both mean "force" depending on context, "Kraft" usually refers more to "force" and "Gewalt" is more appropriate for vioelnce". But may only be the case in modern high-german, and may be quite different for old swiss-german which was spoken back then. :)

@dejandanilovic5410

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSam1er Gewalt means violence on german not force

Leopold I was not a holy roman emperor, he was the just the Duke of Austria.

@lmaozedong2259

4 жыл бұрын

Archduke* but yees

@KaiserFranzJosefI

4 жыл бұрын

@@lmaozedong2259 Just Duke. The Archduchy wasn't created until much later.

@jeto9625

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I agree with Nicholas. Back in the time of the three Cantons, Leopold I was just the Duke of Austria. However, some people claim that his father was the HRE for a while before losing the title.

@michaelgrabner8977

4 жыл бұрын

to be precise Leopold I was Duke of Austria AND Styria....as same as his older brother Friedrich (I) III "The Handsome" or "The Fair" however "Der Schöne" in German (he was Friedrich I as Duke of Austria but Friedrich III as german anti-king)...both were Co-Rulers in those duchies...So Leopold wasn´t even the head of the Habsburg-family because that was his older brother Friedrich...So therefore it was simply impossible for him to become more than Duke as long as his elder sibling was alive and Leopold even died 4 years earlier than Friedrich.

"The sheer volume of shafts, which was present in such a small space" Sounds like something Matt Easton would say.

Leopold the first was not emperor. He was duke of Austria. And I always heard/saw that the austrian army was 4'000 men strong not 9'000. I totaly understand that the map can't be perfect so I just say that Bern was just a city at the beginning. All the land that will become the berner canton has been conquered, bought or taken by weddings. And so will other cantons. Against the Milanese, the Italians could not believe their eyes. The Swiss jumped into the horses legs and hit them with axes and hallebards. Great to see videos about Switzerland ! It shows the true history of the country and not the false picture that they want people to have.

@joshuamoore7583

4 жыл бұрын

He was holy roman emperor from 1658 to 1705

@abdulharistmuqorrobin7647

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuamoore7583 different Leopold

@X.Y.Z.07

4 жыл бұрын

The number could varied, but one of the easily found source stated he brought 7000 infantry and 2000 knights..

I am of Swiss descent and whenever I tell people about this they never believe me.

I can see the Swiss advancing into battle with their war cry, “Tolberone!”.

@istvansipos9940

4 жыл бұрын

or ToBLerone.

@MasterMalrubius

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Hall Even better!

@dhoendupgarne9471

4 жыл бұрын

Probably more like „For cheese and chocolate!!“ XD (I‘m swiss)

@KelGhu

4 жыл бұрын

Ovomaltine!

@OWnIshiiTrolling

4 жыл бұрын

Or Ueli Akhbar, according to some footage of said Ueli firing a rifle

Arguably the best historical documentary channel on KZread. Keep it up!

Everybody gangsta til the mountains start speaking German.

@Argacyan

4 жыл бұрын

*and french, and italian, and basically roman latin, and a bunch of other stuff

@ivanlagrossemoule

4 жыл бұрын

@@Argacyan Patois. French became such a dominant language much later, when the local languages were banned.

@julianius484

4 жыл бұрын

German is the dominant language tho.

@eoinmaclean6478

4 жыл бұрын

Jean, Hochdeutsch (standard or high German) is one of the most spoken languages in Europe with some 90 million native speakers, but Switzerland is linguistically diverse. Schweizerdeutsch (Swiss German) is a dialect spoken by some 4 million people within the country. Occasionally it is used in written form, but Hochdeutsch is the primary written form. There are around 666,000 speakers of Italian in Switzerland, and it is a recognized official language of the country, as is French. Most Helvetians/Swiss can communicate in more than one of the aforementioned languages.

@BlackSeedCH

4 жыл бұрын

die haue scho ab, wenns denn eus ghöre schnorre

It was 1527 Thy will be done!

@doodmann5898

4 жыл бұрын

jvtagle FOR THE GRACE FOR THE MIGHTS OF THE LORRDD

@gameoflife9576

4 жыл бұрын

For the home of the holy.

@anthonyvaleriuskevin8982

4 жыл бұрын

For the faith for the way of the sword.

@Torus2112

4 жыл бұрын

Gave their lives so boldly

@bremc666

4 жыл бұрын

@@Torus2112 come and tale a Swiss guard story again.

Thank you. For years ive been hearing them mentioned but never covered. Keep rolling out the quality content

Now that scene in Hamlet where Claudius calls for his Swiss guards makes way more sense. Thank you for the fantastic content!

Swiss still use halbers after introduction of pikes. Second or third rank usually have halbers, ready to quickly chop any enemy who manage to break thrue pikes.

The Swiss had the best infantry of the Medieval world. The Swiss infantry pike weapons was a revival and improvement of the Greek pike tactic.

great video guys, thanks K&G's

Beautifully done!

Gewalthaufen literally means "pile of violence" lmao

@OWnIshiiTrolling

4 жыл бұрын

I would assume that back then it had another meaning, something like "main force" (Anhäufung der Streitmacht, in a sense). Many words that seem odd to us now in such a context just had a different meaning. However, I don't actually know if this is the case here. Still calling it a pile of violence is probably accurate.

@eljanrimsa5843

4 жыл бұрын

"Gewalt" still in some context hs he wider meaning power, e.g. separation of powers = "Gewaltenteilung". So "Gewalthaufen" is "power block".

Definitely looking forward to next episode. The Burgundian Wars really showed the shift in military tech (and the results bring us big changes in France, Spain and Germany). Keep up the great work!

Dude your editing is incredible great work

I just have to say two things: Awsome video and how amazing is that artstyle?? I'll have to binge-watch all of your videos now!

Please make a video about... The *WINGED HUSSARS*

@hexa-kun4654

4 жыл бұрын

@E. R. Why?

@Harshhaze

4 жыл бұрын

@@hexa-kun4654 they have not arrived yet

@gameoflife9576

4 жыл бұрын

@@Harshhaze they will soon

@VladislavDrac

4 жыл бұрын

@@gameoflife9576 perhaps they will make a video of it in the next September 27. idk

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

Glorified donkeys. The polish Infantry often did the hard work for them to come in and mop up the last forces the enemy would have.

A small correction to the map, which shows Bellinzona, in the area in between the two lakes, while in realty the city is more to the north, slightly to the north of the “tips” of the lakes, more or less on the border with early Ticino/Tessin (shown with the name of the time, Tisino). This is relevant as it was “the door” to all the major mountain passes in the area (the Gotthard, the Lukmanier and the Nufenen passes), which are the major routes for the north of the Alps. This is why both the early Swiss confederation and the dutchy of Milan fought for the city, as it controlled the trades through the Alps. Had the city been where is shown in the map, they could just bypass the city by the lake. Furthermore, Arbedo (where a battle took place) is show a little bit the west, while it’s very close Bellinzona (like 3km/2miles at max), and has to be passed to reach Bellinzona from the Alps. Now this is a very small irrelevant detail, if it wasn’t that on the maps Bellinzona seems very much where the city of Lugano is, and, you know, local rivalries…😂

@bobilmuratore

Жыл бұрын

Sopraceneri ❤

Impressive video on the Swiss. Always wanted to know more about them. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

very interesting video, K&G! Thanks

Spanish Tercio: My Brother from another mother.

Why did you use this weirdly abstract map? The Lakes and Cantons are all out of shape. I also would have wished that you got more into the border conflict between Schwyz and Einsiedeln, but apart from that, great episode.

@OCinneide

4 жыл бұрын

agreed on the map part

Great video. Extreme high quality content and visuals. Clap, clap, clap.

Great Quality, Keep it Up!

Knights:*Exist Swiss Militia:I am about to end this man's entire career

Can you make an episode about medieval warfare ethics, ethiquette and chivalry and how it gave way to newer approaches?

Superb 👌🏾🖤 thx again K&G team

Thanks for the video

Awesome artworks and maps! You are a legend!!!!

Amazing story telling!!! This channel is by far my biggest inspiration! ⭐️

Great video guys!

Aside from that, a wonderful video as always!

In my opinion the Swiss military tradition owns very much to the Knights Templar that were able to flee from France around the year 1312 and found refuge in Switzerland and in some other countries. In Portugal the king only changed the name of their order and they changed their red coloured cross by superimposing a white cross symbolising innocence from the accusations that were made against them. The Portuguese maritime discoveries would not have been made without these knights. This cross appears in all movies about the maritime discoveries, not only the ones made by the Portuguese, but also by the ones made by the Spanish.

@Ryan_Winter

2 жыл бұрын

Nonsense

@gustavalfzickermann99

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ryan_Winter Maybe. Nevertheless it is interesting to compare de National Flag of Switzerland with its square dimensions, red color, and the white cross to the middle, to the Military Order of Christ (that you can find in the Wikipedia) of Portugal and also to de red cross of de Knights Templar.

Cuman-Kipchak invasion of Europa and battle of Kerles please

@martynparkman8332

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like that

@RandomGuy-df1oy

4 жыл бұрын

Well they did no invade actually, they raided and after the Mongol invasion, they were pushed west.

Wow, this is awesome details on Swiss fighting. Very impressed. Nice to hear how a small force beat the larger.

Thank u for good episodes :D

Imagine an army of Swiss Heavy Infantry and English Longbowmen. Unstoppable!

@gameoflife9576

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Polish Cavalry.

@Altrantis

4 жыл бұрын

Hm, kinda, but they actually don't play to each other's strengths as you'd expect. Also, both are known for defeating French cavalry, yet French heavy cavalry defeated them both into disuse in the end. The Longbows were never used in the continent again after Patay, and Francis I of France defeated the Swiss pikemen so hard they never were used again.

@ofthecaribbean

4 жыл бұрын

@@gameoflife9576 You're right

@ofthecaribbean

4 жыл бұрын

@@Altrantis In aTercio, the spearmen shelter the ranged troops. It really depends on how you use them

@hef678

4 жыл бұрын

No enemy for a german knight

Will you be covering spanish tercios and their prowess with the sword with their verdadera destreza? Thank you for this, finding info about Swiss mercenaries is actually quite difficult, and it is nice that you compared them to the Macedonian Phalanx and not Greek.

Happy holidays, Kings and Generals.

I love this video you are way better then many channels and as i can tell mostly correct. Nice work :D

Great video! I was hoping for this! Although the statement of an "unbreakable wall" has been proven not true, my true issue with this video is that the artwork does not accurately depict neither the equipment or clothing of the time. Loved it nonetheless. Thumbs up for your narrator.

loving this examination into swiss battles and warfare..much overlooked and now receiving its own credit and place in history - great job :D

This channel is awesome !

That is a very interesting episode!

God tier warriors so fierce they still give France PTSD.

@overipecanine1485

4 жыл бұрын

The entirety of europe begs to differ.

@krankarvolund7771

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... until Marignan :p

@overipecanine1485

4 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas Britian Occupied us too. Guess who can't look at tea the same anymore.

@overipecanine1485

4 жыл бұрын

@@g.h7657 If you are saying france staged themselves choosing to lose battles with the odds in their favor and the swiss leaving no survivors then I'm pretty sure thats a situation getting out of hand and actually called losing control. If you call all that build up, just for Frances' result is for Switzerland to have right to be neutral in to World Wars because of that legacy than what you are saying attempts to make France ways stupider than their actual empires that they built up in history.

@overipecanine1485

4 жыл бұрын

@@ComradeHellas if that was true than that would be the biggest backfire in history. Overriding any major revolution.

Can anyone explain to me why the first rank of the phalanx had to hold their pikes downwards?

@qlimax_

4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing here but I thought that it was because of the force when someone rams into the pike. if you hold it down it would drive it into the ground and therefore the pikewall would need be more intact. if everyone has it facing upwards I charging horse can take down an entire section since all the force will be lifted upwards and transfered to the pikes in the back. Again... I dont know if thats the reason or if thats how it works exactly. just my guess

@harrysmith1711

4 жыл бұрын

1st Rank: horses legs 2nd Rank: horses body 3rd Rank: horses head + mans body 4th rank: mans head 5th and 6th ranks: reserve and missile wards

@TheLordboki

4 жыл бұрын

My guess is because the pikes pointing down are harder to push aside and they represent a threat to the lower region of anyone trying to chop through the pikes. My guess is the vertical line would actually be further ahead due to geometry, making the downwards line even more difficult to deflect.

@TheeCambion

4 жыл бұрын

Could be weight its kinda hard to hold something straight out for a while.. Its easier to support it up or slouch sorta and a horses vitals are below the shoulders so a low hit would would definitely be fatal. The only other thing i could think is fighting infantry with pole arms It's vital you maintain distance and your leaving that open for you to be rushed.

@Taistelukalkkuna

4 жыл бұрын

Somebody could try to dodge under the pikes in effort to disrupt the line. Suicidal yes, but viable option. In movie "Alatriste" someone tries that.

Great video. .. Thanks..

Love the artwork!

Imagine spending all the money, time, and resource to equip and train a knight but get killed by some fool with a long pointy stick lol.

@bachmannmanuel1562

2 жыл бұрын

well, i always depends how you use your weapons ;-)

That was a great video, I learn so much from these.

Nicely made video. 👍

YES finally a documentary about my country by KaG. Thanks a lot

Trnslating "Gewalthaufen" to "centre" ois historically correct but robs it of all its poetical beauty. "Gewalthaufen" literally means "bunch of violence" wich describes the spirit of the swiss soldiers much better :)

This is such a cool channel, I’ve got a history degree so if you guys ever need an employee lmk!

Awesome! Hope to see battles with the Swiss pike vs. Landsknechts!

Brilliant graphics guys

Why didn't the Austrians transition to the manipular system to take on the pikes like the Roman legions against the Macedonian Phalanx?

@jacksmith4530

4 жыл бұрын

I believe improved/recognised missile use had a big part of that. For instance you would need to put on much heavier armour at much further away (making for an all but impossible march) if you were facing 1000 longbowers from London rather that 10,000 slingers from Crete

@shakazulu84

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacksmith4530 I see. So the missile units that accompanied Macedonian Phalanxes were much less threatening than crossbow/longbowmen and later arqueboisiers who were mixed in with the Swiss Pike formations

@jacksmith4530

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but more threatening due more to way less soldiers in post classical period. The best antimissile is a shock troop which were the expensive Knights in this period and cheep javelineers in the classic period

@goosequillian

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacksmith4530 Whereas 'less soldiers' is solely broken English at best, 'fewer soldiers' is the acceptable phrase you most likely intended to write down. I assume your mother-tongue is not English.

@jacksmith4530

4 жыл бұрын

@@goosequillian fucking what? When someone asks a grammar question we'll all let you know Tom

Understanding Switzerland from a military point of view implies knowing more. The Swiss plateau was inhabited by Gaul Celts called Helvetii from before Julius Ceasar until the collapse of the empire. The Italian part of Switzerland I'm in was controlled by Lombards and then Duchy of Milan in the South part of the Canton. While the North part of the Canton was suzerain of Swiss German alpine Cantons until Napoleon came. For the Swiss French part after Rome they got influenced by Burgundians, Savoyans, France, German Prince Electors and Swiss German Cantons also in this case until Napoleon arrived. The Swiss German and Romansh part of the nation got influenced by the holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Augsburg Empire and later by Germany. In all that the first three Cantons which declared independence are the ones which controlled the St. Gotthard Pass and the other nearby central Passes just in the middle of the Alps. They declared independence from the Augsburg kingdom in the late thirteen century and that lasted until Napoleon arrived in the first years of the nineteen century. Napoleon imposed a democratic federal system of Cantons instead of a federation of independent Cantons which controlled other regions through suzerainty. Today we have a nation still founded on the Constitution of 1848-49 which was inspired by Napoleon and that today allows us to have four national languages. From a military point of view we started up as Celts who got Romanized and lived in a territory highly fortified to keep the Rhine River. From the fall of the Roman Empire until Charlemagne the situation was a turmoil. From the Carolingian period until the double fail of the Augsburgs in trying to stop the birth of the nation seven hundred years ago the particularity we had from a militaristic point of view is that we we developed the weapons and gears which served for the Swiss mercenaries. These are: the halberds you still see used by the Swiss Guards in the Vatican, the morgensterns (a kind of flaying mace), the light plate armor (they still had to be able to climb mountains) and the Swiss crossbow which was directly inspired by the Genoa crossbow. In the past we never developed a real cavalry as it is not really useful as we don't have plains to use the horses effectively; the same is to say today as we need more drones than planes since we have a very small nation. We started being peaceful five hundred years ago after Italian City States stopped our last attempt of territorial expansion. But we always kept a regular militia army to defend ourselves and the alpine Passes. We also produced five centuries of mercenaries running everywhere around Europe often deciding the fate of foreigners dynastic feuds. Napoleon helped us with the political birth of modern Switzerland as well as for the building of our modern military. Even today we still have a militia army and, no one knows why, we still are ready to defend from an invasion.

great video!

great video

What about the Siege of Vienna 1683? when does it come finally ?

@doodmann5898

4 жыл бұрын

WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED

@pp-wo1sd

4 жыл бұрын

Last video on ottoman wars was in 1566 so not soon

@deinvater797

4 жыл бұрын

@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE

@thomass8368

4 жыл бұрын

@@pp-wo1sd yeah but i thought they would tell the whole story since we also got a story about more recent battles like in israel. so this is not an argument i am going to accept

@Xfire209

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomass8368 They follow their ottoman series chronologically which means they have to cover roughly 120 more years before they will do the siege of Vienna. And they will not skip other events that happened before that siege as can be seen on the videos that they have released so far on the Ottomans.

I'm swiss and i have to say, this is far more interesting than history lesson in school 👏🏻👏🏻😊

@Argacyan

4 жыл бұрын

Isch so

@justme6094

4 жыл бұрын

@@Argacyan I blieb immer ruig, aber wenn mich eine aluegt...

Thank you for a video on mercenaries!

Why i never knew about this before, thanks king and general T-T!!