I'm born, raised and still living in Kanton Solothurn. In 1977 at the age of 10, we visited the battlefield and the skulls as part of a school excursion. Great and accurate documentation. Thx. Only one detail: the bear of Bern wasn't, isn't and will never be a Swiss national symbol. It's purely Bern.

@homerfj1100

4 ай бұрын

And Toblerone.

@michaelgremaud9785

4 ай бұрын

@homerfj1100 Sorry, Toblerone ain't swiss anymore. Owend by mondelez and produced in slovakia.

@Santeria78

3 ай бұрын

@@michaelgremaud9785Dann halt Ricola. Gruß aus Schwaben ;-)

I'm amazed to see that the Hellebarde is not mentioned in this documentation. The Hellebarde was used by the Swiss at that time period. The Hellebarde is basically a Speer but it has at the same time a Hook and a battleax on it.

I cannot express my gratitude enough, what a fantastic series

I'm familiar with the battle of Sempach if I spelled that correctly, but this battle i admit I've never heard of, interesting how many times in the medieval era Switzerland had to fight off attacks from the Holy Roman Empire.

Thank you friend for making a Documentary abou the Swiss Medieval warriors ^^

Fascinating stuff! Great video. As a consecrated Lusophile, I love that you've woven Aljubarrota into the doc,

_Ossuaries_ (or _Beinhaus_ )were common in Switzerland: the largest one was built after the battle of Murten (1476) and was finally destroyed by the French in 1798. The dead of _Marignano_ (1515) are also displayed in an _ossuary_

Something similar happened at Hemmingstedt a year later I 1500. The Dittmarshers buried the Danish/German militiamen but the nobles and mercenaries were left to rot in the open. Requests through the bishopric of Bremen to return or ransom the corpses of dead nobles were refused.

I just got a notification for your new Knights Templar video only to find out you haven't made it public in the U.S. so I can't watch it. Very disappointing. Why cant you make it public here?

I believe there’s a wonderful galf course there.

Whenever somebody tries to sell me Switzerland I always remember the famous quote from The Third Man ...

@CC-sn2qn

4 ай бұрын

in his last interview filmed on 9th october 1985, welles told merv griffin: “I wrote that line and then was indignantly denounced by all the Germans because it turns out the Swiss don’t make cuckoo clocks. Germans do, in the Schwarzwald.” but i understand what you mean.

@gemellodipriapo

4 ай бұрын

@@CC-sn2qn I don't think the purpose of the quote was whether the Swiss made cuckoo clocks or not it was that in 500 yrs of history they had given the world f all.

@raymondtorres-gy8uj

4 ай бұрын

​@@gemellodipriapo😂😂😂

@piushalg8175

3 ай бұрын

Well, I like Welles, but I think he was a rather ill educated American ignoramus, at least as far central European history or culture is concerned.

@noelmaher6218

3 ай бұрын

​​@@gemellodipriapoAlbert Hofmann a Swiss chemist manufactured /discovered LSD in 1944. I'm sure millions around the world would say that was a pretty big deal and a valuable contribution to the world. Their Alpine railways are pretty impressive too! World Wide Web at Cern Switzerland 1989.

Reisläufer vs. Landsknechte

It's obviously the Battle of Dornach (SO) from 1499

@albertobonifazzi6298

4 ай бұрын

Dornach ...Calva 1499

Being neutral doesn't let them off the hook, have you ever heard the saying, If you're not with us then you're against us, 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Sabaton intensifies

On youtube identity of the little horn power via Amazing Discoveries

Were spears even used that often like I feel like we would see more wounds if they were common so far from the skeletons I've seen spears we're rare and swords halberds and axes were more common there is so much cuts from swords and axes compared to spears

Two important remarks need to be added to the report. The success of the Swiss 'Gewalthaufen', as they called their combat units, was attributed to the fact that they killed all their opponents. Until this year, it was customary to take prisoners and then demand ransom from the enemy. This practice ceased with the Swiss troops from February 1499. The fighting strength of the Swiss 'Gewalthaufen' had yet another reason: in them, members of whole families often fought side by side. If one member fell, all the others would then throw themselves even more vehemently at the enemy. One could compare this combat strategy to that of the Scottish clans, who also fought shoulder to shoulder, thus developing a fierce determination.

@marcmonnerat4850

3 ай бұрын

As far as the Austrian knights whom the _Waldstätten_ first met were concerned, they were commoners with no value whatsoever, who could not expect mercy from these nobles. So they developped this _No quarter asked or given_ attitude.

1499 is more than 600 years ago?

@ubomninomen7765

4 ай бұрын

I didn't like that math either. I guess you have to round up.

Wer hots erfundn? :D

How many has religion killed over the millennia?

Female staff of Berns Historic Museum😂. A sad story of trying to invent her-story. They ruined the experience.