Just want to make a quick note, the british land army was actually not considered the best in world, that would have been given to other European powers. The French and Prussian armies were far superior. Their navy however, was unmatched.

@tatevolk7553

2 жыл бұрын

Good video anyways.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

@@tatevolk7553 I actually did mention that orginally. But I cut that part. Cuz like I said in the video, my pausing and critiquing could cover a video 2 hours or more in length. So a lot was trimmed out

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

@@tatevolk7553 But yes. Good point none the less. The British were far less off in terms of their numbers because the British worked on a volunteer only basis, and did not employ army conscription. Also the overall discipline and drilling when compared to the French, and especially Prussian armies, was much more lenient. Same even for the Swedish and Austrian armies as well for example.

@lukeb6475

2 жыл бұрын

The Prussians were by a mile the best army in the world for a range of reasons. You could say that the British had the best military in the world through a combination of its reach and its naval power to prop up the decent land army

@EPICFAILKING1

2 жыл бұрын

No, our military doctrine at this time for our army was unmatched also. Not the best perhaps in 1776, but it would in time, and for the most part - was indeed the most professional standing army in the world.

The History Channel claiming American colonists were the first to invent rifling for rifles when they literally also said it was a German invention has got to be the funniest shit I've heard

@gabrielblacklock3921

10 ай бұрын

I mean, both of those things could technically be correct. If German American immigrants invented it, it's sort of a German invention and sort of an American invention. (Also note that the documentary didn't say that American COLONISTS specifically invented it.)

@ieatmice751

10 ай бұрын

@@gabrielblacklock3921no rifling was invented in Germany, it may have been taken to America by German immigrants, but it was first used by Germans in Germany

I still remember the old days. When they had shows like Civil War Journal, Patton 360, The Color of War… what happened to those days? Why did those great programs and others like them get replaced with Aliens, Junk Buyers, and Ice Road Truckers?

I remember watching this show when it debuted on TV, they went all out; frontpage ads on the local tv schedule, custom made commercials during the breaks, got president Obama to cut an intro for episode one. They thought this was gonna be hot.

The Barry Lyndon theme is so perfect

Lafayette was an 18 year old kid at the time, his greatest attributes were loyalty and humility (for a young French nobleman specially)

Great to see your channel blowing up! I've been here since around the 60 sub mark. Loved the video btw!

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, it is. Appreciate the viewership!

You’re 100% going to blow up dude! I love your content, you got it set Tf up for success

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Much obliged!

In the context of the weapons of the Civil War, a look at the Miniè bullet seems interesting to me. It was developed by Claude-Étienne Minié, a Frenchman. This bullet enormously increased the precision and range of weapons and dramatically increased casualties in battles.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Rifled muskets, mixed with pointed rather than rounded bullets, paired with linear warfare, led to devastating casualties. Both in wars like the Civil War and the Crimean War

@poil8351

9 ай бұрын

a little bit of a myth actually yes casualty rates were absolutely devastating but a large portion that was more to do with improvements in artillery shuch as the development of explosive shells. but they still pale for a number of reasons to several battles during the napoleonic wars such as boridino and leipzeig which were some of the most brutal battles in history. partially due to improvements in medicine such as anesthetics.

Must be a new channel on account of the low subscribers. But frankly I see this blowing up in no time and becoming one of the big ones. Keep it up 👍

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah my first video is just under a year old. One week ago I wasn't even at 90 subs. Now I'm at 740 according to my analytics page. The blow up is insane to me. Thank you for watching!

@rodgerrodger1839

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. This guy is great. Absolutely fascinating.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodgerrodger1839 Like thanks, man

@THambrough

10 ай бұрын

​@@elmosanchezand a year later you're approaching 10k. You're on the rise! Subbed btw

love it keep it up. In high school I would try explaining what you did when we watched this and people thought I was lying. Thank you for explaining this.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Awesome video! I'm a new subscriber and very happy I found your channel! You're in the running for my favorite history channel on the site! Looking forward to the future of this channel man! 😎

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I found your channel a few days ago thanks to the mighty algorithm that we all worship recommending me the all quiet on the western front video, bro how the fuck did you go from 326 to 740 subs in 3 days? Anyway, very enjoyable content, "We will watch your career with great interest"

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one"

I remember watching this documentary as an autistic history obsessed child via a DVD Car Seat Screen on my way to school. When the British suddenly volley fired I remember screaming “bullshit” and my mother pulled over to put me in “time out” for at least 45 seconds before suddenly realizing I would be late for school and then dropped me off. So that’s the only good thing to come out of the history channel for me, otherwise it’s a lot of bullshit. Also Gen Colin Powell talking fondly about the US military not playing by the rules is hilarious.

Great video! Please make more videos of in this format!

I recently watched the Civil War episode, and my gosh, was it full of BS and trash. No mention of Ulysses S. Grant, the actor portraying Sherman looked like Burnside, and the CGI was terrible (which is a common theme in the History Channel).

Wow man, you really are a great video editor. I love your use of stock footage, photos and clips. I'm really impressed. I am over here in Austin, Texas living in an RV with a laptop using Wondershare Filmora for my videos and I'm jealous. I am so glad I found your channel. When it comes to using stock footage, or any clips, how do you avoid copyright claims/strikes??

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

And honestly, I don't know. I was honestly expecting strikes on this video due to the History Channel footage. But I didn't get even a single one. No answer for ya, man. Luck I guess?

Great videos bro 👍🏼 subbed

You are underrated.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D

Maaaaaan the algo gonna boost your cromagnon butt. Good luck.

I understand I am a year late to this, but I wanna bring up a point I think is important. These documentaries showcase a sort of American exceptionalism, that as a citizen of this country, I hate. We cannot be betrayed badly, or as not on the "cutting edge" of something, America and its soldiers and people must always be special. It is a corruption of history and honesty that this occurs, and its nice to see a (fellow American) content creator disagree with it.

@elmosanchez

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree. Don't get me wrong, I love my country. But like. Man. We have an ego, huh?

@maxkaufmann833

11 ай бұрын

@@elmosanchez It is sadly due to how American history was morphed by our beliefs in a way. American exceptionalism, as a concept, was ingrained in our foundation until quite literally the 1990s.

Great video 👍🏾

Great video!! Could you tell me what is the song at 2:09?

What fife-and-drum song did you use at the titlepage after your introduction? Barring that, where did you get the music from?

You are young, and so you haven't learned what I've learned in watching these channels since the 90s: any history documentary with an actor portraying a part is unworthy of watching: it's just trying to keep someone's friends employed.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I'd disagree. Plenty of more independent history content creators use actors and scripting, and produce very well researched and educational content. Personally, I'd just say the History Channel is lazy and will just let anyone make crap for them without any regard for personal and political biases.

@L_Train

3 ай бұрын

Do you remember when Jeff Daniels played washington crossing the Delaware in a 90s history channel documentary? It was awful

Fun fact: Benjamin Franklin didn't like Germans. This is despite the role a Prussian man played in making the Continental Army a professional fighting force. John Adams hated the French despite the French being a key ally.

Heavy hitting ending

Made some very good points, but also made some trivial arguments. I will say, I’m not surprised(nobody else should be either🤷‍♂️) that this History Channel documentary “The Story of US”, was so heavily slanted bias, considering it’s all about Americas side of their “story” after all 💯

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

There's no problem with portraying history from only a single side's POV. But it ought to be treated with a good level of responsibility. Even more so than if you were portraying all sides. Especially if you're going to proclaim your film to be a documentary. And it's certainly no excuse to lie/misinform, nor one to rely on passing along popularist myths that serve no purpose than to make your own camp look better. Thank you for watching and the input

I think it needs to be addressed that most of the fighting in the American Revolution was Americans fighting other Americans. The level of brutality loyalist and revolutionary people showed for each other was barbaric. You wanna see 18th century guerilla warfare? You wanna see militias not getting down with the mamby pamby gentlemen's way of fighting? Then look into the skirmishes in the southern states. Not to mention around 1/3 of the populace of the 13 Colonies didn't really care whether they stayed a colony or not. They just wanted to live their lives in peace. But pushing from both sides would see them face an ultimatum, pick a side, or die a traitor to both. It is FASCINATING seeing how the factions of the Revolution gained popularity. A lot of straight up lying in popular journals and newspapers had people taking up arms, willing to kill and die.

In Australia the History channel is still pretty good Except for ancient aliens

Ah yes those incredible gunsmiths the Pennsylvania Dutch, also known as Germans. 🤣

I know I'm a bit late to comment, but from what I remember, Assassin's Creed III had a great showing of how the American Revolution was fought, with a few differecnces since Conner never existed but much better than other way, I could be completly mistaken it has been a minute since I've played it though

We are watching this in history class lmao

What a lot of people seem to conveniently forget is that the colonists and British were not as distinct as people like to imagine. They would have talked, sounded and acted exactly the same as one another. There were many colonists who considered themselves English or Scottish etc, there was no established “American” identity until after the war of Independence and war of 1812. There also a lot of colonists who considered themselves loyalist and fought against the rebels

@davehoward22

10 ай бұрын

Something like 85% were of british blood or birth and everything about the place from language, laws,food,drink fashion,pubs,theaters,architecture, currency, what people read (if they could) etc etc would've been british.

Our professor used to make this "joke" in connection with the American Declaration of Independence: "...and all men were thereafter equal in rights and duties. Unless they were women, children, blacks, natives, or generally had the wrong color." This joke then made in each case also about the Swiss Federal Constitution (of September 12, 1848). Only white adult males were meant by "all" or "citizens" or "people". And it is to this day an advantage if one, like me, came into the world as a white man.

@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826

2 жыл бұрын

That's not a "joke" that's called subversion.

@SerijoschaM

2 жыл бұрын

@@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826 Subversion? That was a fact then and is still in so many minds and to this day. Today, when women's rights are up for debate again in the U.S., it's just proof of that. If poor people, blacks and Latinos are to be deprived of their rights as voters, then the term "subversion" for these circumstances is a quite absurd form of ignorance!

@ChuckieGee-nc8jp

10 ай бұрын

I really do get annoyed at this self flagellation people do modernly over sh!t they had nothing to do with, because it justifies racism and division in such a way that people like yourself are too up their own a$$ to comprehend. Did it ever occur to you that the declaration of independence was specifically worded as it was because the white people who were in the process of wanting to end the blight on civilization that was slavery, because they understood the long, hard road they were about to embark on, of which many, many white people died for, because probably more white people than not, disagreed with it. Because when people like you, and appallingly, your professor, make your broad a$$ generalizations that lack any and all nuance, have your heads so far up your rears, that you simply don't understand how if what you just declared was in any way even close to accurate, white folks would still be buying slaves from the black African tribes who were selling them to us. Dingus. Sorry, I mean, with all due respect, dingus.

Disney (eventually) ruins everything it touches

Undervalued Channel

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

i think some of the nazi mega super what ever are pretty dam stupid documentaries that also come across as borderline pro nazi.

You are also doing a great job here. But you are certainly aware that going against myths and transfigurations is a rocky road. The stories about the indigenous people of the continent - or about the descendants of the slaves - they can give us an idea of how much people are willing to hide behind myths in order not to have to face the truth and the facts. This, however, is a method used not only in the Americas to justify oneself to history.

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

True. It is what I'm most familiar with however, so I tend to target the U.S more than other countries

@SerijoschaM

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1967, and we always dealt with American history in high school and later at university. I am very grateful for that today, because history pulls its strings into actuality. Of course, there is no agreement about the way it plays out, but at least there are fruitful discussions about it. But they seem to be getting quieter and quieter and drowned out by those who pretend to always know everything better anyway. Those who take advantage of the fact that people stop thinking for themselves and instead hang on the lips and the skirts of "great" leaders and their destructive and anti-human battle rhetoric. The frustration, anger and hatred are channeled to those who question their own worldview and this prevents any fruitful discussion, not only about history.

No

@-GS-

9 ай бұрын

No what?

History Channel has been in the dumps since the Alien craze ,I still don't understand why they don't call themselves the Paranormal Channel since they didn't care about actual history .

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

All too true. Hell, even some of their actual history stuff was pretty bad.

@stormeaglegaming5395

2 жыл бұрын

@@elmosanchez I used to love the channel when I was a child , seeing it now saddens me to this day

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

@@stormeaglegaming5395 Same...same...

Cringe.

@-GS-

9 ай бұрын

How so?

Great video just subscribe But After the war African-American troops were generally treated better by the British and were giving land in Sierra Leone God bless

@elmosanchez

2 жыл бұрын

True! I didn't mention that cuz it didn't seem all too relevant to the discussion. But yes! Thanks for mentioning this in the comments