What Units of History should we cover next?

@thaeldir8923

3 жыл бұрын

Chariots

@MrMighty147

3 жыл бұрын

War dogs.

@gillyvelazquez7755

3 жыл бұрын

Barbarian units please

@MrMrblazer1234

3 жыл бұрын

C H A R I O T S, beginning of their use to the end

@scipio0793

3 жыл бұрын

Cataphracts

Imagine training your entire life just to get yeeted into the air by Dumbo's dad.

@erenrager6679

3 жыл бұрын

At least you get to fly, some were lucky enough to literally rest in pieces.

@xxgbsxxlegacy9389

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo yeeeeettttt

@JB-ue6lf

3 жыл бұрын

That was pure gold lol

@Baathist_Brawler_1565

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a death I could be proud of tbh, hit by some half assedly shot piece of wood by some dude who didnt even see me or trampled in battle by some mighty, wild beast of the jungle, plated in metal. I know what Id want on my tombstone.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

3 жыл бұрын

@@erenrager6679 pieces? How about paste? Mulch? Smoothie?

When that elephant said **elephant noises** I felt that

@grantorino2325

3 жыл бұрын

Properly, that's called "trumpeting." :)

@archielong9253

3 жыл бұрын

😔

@streetwisdomandknowledge1665

3 жыл бұрын

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We need more elephant noise in the background to understand this video is about elephants.

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

MORE COWBELL

@averongodoffire8098

3 жыл бұрын

Invicta I have a war with Rome and the only cure for it *IS MORE ELEPHANTS*

@sleazymeezy

3 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory plz re upload without animal noises

@Negativvv

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I read this comment before watching the video and all I could hear was elephant noises when I was trying to listen to the actual spoken information...

@revan0890

3 жыл бұрын

This is about elephants?!😯

*ELEPHAS MAXIMUS* _Angrily trumpets in the Colosseum: Are you not entertained?_

@vanivanov9571

3 жыл бұрын

The first time elephants fought in gladiatorial match was by Pompey's arrangement. They charged at the crowd and spread terror, but then they refused to fight, trying desperately to escape through the gates. The Roman spectators actually booed Pompey, telling him to let the elephants go, since the Romans didn't want to see such unwilling animals die.

@jeffbenton6183

3 жыл бұрын

@@vanivanov9571 I seem to remember some account of the unwilling elephants being prodded by spears and screaming in a almost human way.

@arkadeepkundu4729

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Elephants are pretty darn smart. If they see no need to fight, they won't & you can't make them. Especially against their own kind. Against other animals or humans, perhaps. But even then if the elephant gets scared or thinks it's got an opening to get away, it will. Ironically one of the few animals they'd be willing to fight are tigers & lions since they have a tendency to attack their calves in the wild.

@profharveyherrera

3 жыл бұрын

Elephas Maximus Decimus Meridius

@kingseirios4277

3 жыл бұрын

wrong maximus, dude

Horses are classic, elephants are awesome, but camels are the underrated mvp.

@olliefoxx7165

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated maybe but MVP. The sheer amount of coordination into human life in all its complexities goes to the horse then the dog.

@JacobTheIndoAmerican

3 жыл бұрын

Camels were very important in military logistics latter on. Yeah they are underrated.

@mrreyes5004

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly true; it's because of the camels and their ability to carry provisions over huge areas (mainly the otherwise inhospitable deserts of Africa and the Middle East) that allowed the horse-mounted Parthian army to completely decimate an invading Roman army of seven legions led by Marcus Crassus, one of the worst defeats the Roman army ever suffered next to Teutoburg and Cannae.

@eee9034

3 жыл бұрын

Its good that camels are underrated , If they weren't then it will mean 50% of land is desert , which i don't want

@haynesdevon0

3 жыл бұрын

The ottomans would beg to differ.

I rode one IRL. Mate they are like a Railway locomotive in mass, their skin is like sandpaper and inches thick, and they do not mind bullying any one who get sin their way. Like a 2 foot diameter tree. Yet when passive they are gentle herbivores who form long lasting bonds with their own as well as humans. Their handler say they even grieve and refuse food when a member of the herd passes away, but thats in captivity. Majestic yet simple and humble. Until you provoke them or their herd, or Handlers. p.s. i am talking about the Indian Elephant species.

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like an incredible experience

@lolz0098

3 жыл бұрын

Even though I live in southeast asia i personally would be very hesitant to ride one if i did i would avoid the bull as i heard a lot of story where it just goes on a rampage with you on top of it.

@hadtrio6629

3 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory here a unit though it's an army not beasts *army of the slaves of bukhary* people tend to overlook north Africa history it should be covered entirely and with more precision & not just Carthage

@BothHands1

3 жыл бұрын

elephants are absolutely amazing. i grew up in South Africa, and have tremendous respect for them. it's so sad that they were used so barbarically in squabbles between humans. i wonder when humans will stop fighting each other, and destroying everything in their path in the process. it's such a shame that we are such a violent species of mammal.

@arkadeepkundu4729

3 жыл бұрын

@@BothHands1 Atleast nowadays we just name the battle tanks Olifant instead of using actual elephants as battle tanks.

I can hear Cato the Elder yelling about destroying Carthage from here

@s.durbar1294

3 жыл бұрын

The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind Lmao he spammed the idea until someone said fuck it and went through with it

@heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709

3 жыл бұрын

cartago delenda est

@MajesticSkywhale

3 жыл бұрын

Well I mean he wasn't wrong

@lolollolol5193

3 жыл бұрын

...furthermore, I am of the opinion that Carthage must be Destroyed.

@galis4383

3 жыл бұрын

CARTHAGO DELENDA EST

I like the new guy. His voice is deep, suitable for these stories.

@woketoad2426

3 жыл бұрын

I like him to, but honestly I found it a bit generic. The previous guy's voice was more calm and unique.

@douglaspaulson9190

3 жыл бұрын

He's trying too hard to keep it that way. It doesn't seem like his natural voice.

@aaronwalker4017

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to do He nails it 👍👌

@jonatanlj747

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, the new guy is good. But I didn't think there was anything wrong with Invicta himself, who was less generic and had a unique voice, though still very good. I wish they had kept him doing the voice.

@Kyoptic

3 жыл бұрын

Really? This guy mispronounced a bunch of words... Phoenician, Mahout and even smells (when speaking about horses' reactions to elephants). It was kinda weird. He's got a good voice, but needs to work on doing second takes or ensuring pronunciation is correct

Can we imagine what a random Roman legionary (and these were simple levies, not the professional soldiers after the Marian reform) would have felt when he first saw war elephants in the battle of Heracleia? Imagine you are a farmer boy from somewhere in Italy called up to defeat Pyrrhos and after desperately fighting all day to a stalemate, while your mates die on your left and right, suddenly you see a great dust and scary, unearthly bellowing, and then you see contours of huge beasts with massive spears coming out of their mouths and a huge muscular tentacle hanging on the place of their noses. And these monsters gallop against your lines in full speed and trample and impale your buddies wherever they go while seemingly taking no heed of the arrows and javelins you shoot at them. I would say it's no shame that they shat their pants and run, they were fighting literal fucking monsters from hell, at least I'm pretty sure that's whatmost of them were thinking. (However, to the credit of the ever resolute, dogged and resourceful Romans, by the very next battle they were able to come up with some countermeasures and deployed them effectively.)

@wardverse3777

3 жыл бұрын

Roman soldiers in Hollywood: "We're too pompous and white and British/American for your heroic rebellion. We'll just hide behind our shields and blow you up with catapults. Hmph! War is soo easy." Roman soldiers in reality: *Sighs* I know their barbarians and all but.... Jupiter this is gonna be hard. Oh s*** they brought elephants!

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

3 жыл бұрын

@David Czege it would be today like seeing an alien with a such garganteous size, something never seen before by most humans

@SteveSmith-ty8ko

3 жыл бұрын

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 I’d shit myself too. How the hell do you fight that without getting trampled to death?

@LordDeathwing17

2 жыл бұрын

To quote Overly Sarcastic Productions: “This thing is a four-legged giant with two spears AND A SNAKE COMING OUT OF ITS FACE!!!” Also from OSP: “It doesn’t take a lot of elephants to have a scary amount of elephant on the battlefield!”

@knighthunter1791

2 жыл бұрын

I love unit banters in Rome 2 Total War when a Roman sees elephants. They go from questioning the large mass coming towards them, to sheer terror.

12:38 "here bro, I'll let you have some of the kills" "Thanks buddy"

@marboXD

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha was thinking something similair

@mrreyes5004

3 жыл бұрын

The cool part is that I think elephants and their mahuts actually did have close enough bonds to fight as actual partners rather than a mere master-slave dynamic. At least in India, I think, though I believe Hannibal himself was known to have been close to his own elephant.

Imagine if they managed to tame the savanah elephants.. Yeah try making gaps for those in your line scipio.

@brianlong2334

3 жыл бұрын

Or had the numbers like in India when Alexander the great was in india, one king was reported to have 9,000 war elephants, and the other 5,000 they were apparently going to join force's had Alexander continued his campaign but his army wasn't having it.

@iampsico

3 жыл бұрын

That is actually very likely to have happened but not in large scale due to the reasons exposed in the video.

@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianlong2334 man elegant s in india can't stop fucking can they. I don't think there are as many elephants alive today

@brianlong2334

3 жыл бұрын

@@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506 Lol yeah there were more I believe there was a saying in India that an "Indian army without elephants was an army of grass." Something like that don't quote me hahah!

@Lloyd_Montecillo

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianlong2334 That's an Ancient Chinese General's quote. "Tianzhu is a pitiful nation. They have no culture and lack the discipline of civility. Their warriors are no better than the other barbarians beyond our great nation's borders. Their so-called mighty beasts of war are called as such, for their army is nothing more than a field grass without them. Cut the head of the chicken and watch it run headless, they are no different". I think that's the correct one, though I can't be completely confident. If there's someone who can verify or correct it, please do.

I don’t get it. Why didn’t other nations just use War Mice to counter them? 🐁

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@paulheinrichdietrich9518

3 жыл бұрын

The romans used "incendiary war pigs".

@Taistelukalkkuna

3 жыл бұрын

Unleash......Rodents of War.

@talknight2

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulheinrichdietrich9518 The greatest military invention since the armored codpiece.

@pietroromagnolo6166

3 жыл бұрын

Fernando Alamón wtf for a while I thought that was true and I looked more info about😂

I've always thought a documentary about how different forms of strategic communication evolved between sections of an army or armies, and different cultures at war, particularly in executing more complicated battlefield strategies, over close range and distance, from B.C. to middle A.D.. I'm imagining that in the heat of battle many commands had to be subtle or designed to be flexible otherwise an enemy would be able to figure out the intent before it was even executed.

@djfglobal3377

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t pay to script your plays , I vote for your idea

@asiblingproduction

3 жыл бұрын

great idea, i dont think ive ever heard that covered

@matthewnunya8483

3 жыл бұрын

Werent horns and drums common battlefield signals before radios? No need to be subtle just loud as all hell. Patterns or beats would signal different commands

@MasterGhostf

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewnunya8483 Yea it doesn't matter if the enemy hears your commands, its more important your troops know who their allies are and where to go. Strategy would often be made before hand which meant the enemy wouldn't really know what a signal means.

Can only imagine how much it would have horrified somebody who had never seen an Elephant before to rock up to the battlefield to see these huge things thundering towards you. Would have been a game changer that's for sure!

@pluggothesluggo5509

3 жыл бұрын

Probably the equivalent of someone showing up with a sauropod clad in plate

@ladyzapzap9514

Жыл бұрын

They were the tanks of the time. I imagine the reaction would have been much the same as soldiers seeing tanks for the first time in WWI.

@akiraasmr3002

Жыл бұрын

Until they figured out how to stop them by killing or scaring them

@gabrielcastillo9745

8 ай бұрын

The intimidation factor was the biggest impact from the war elephants. Unfortunately, since elephants are peaceful beings by nature, they don't really want to attack anyone. They move compulsevely out of fear, and since they are so big they cause big damage, but they can be easily scared away by projectiles, shining lights and big noises.

Some roman soldiers must've been like "that is one weird ass lookin' horse".

@miliba

3 жыл бұрын

its a large cow with autism

@arkadeepkundu4729

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, that's exactly how the Mongols reacted when they invaded India for the first time. Their horses were steppe horses & got scared by the size & smell of elephants & camels used by the Indian armies.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they kinda look and sound a little like an ass, or a donkey, depending on where you are from. Color, sound, temperament, looks like an ass, but bigger than a horse, so a giant ass-horse, you are correct. So maybe a mule then?

@tylerdurden3722

3 жыл бұрын

Pyrrhus already previously introduced the Romans to elephants. Pyrrhus tried to tried frighten/impress a consul with an elephant who was sent by Rome to negotiate an exchange of prisoners. The elephant was revealed with a curtain as it trumpeted with it's trunk above the head of the consul. The consul, who had never seen an elephant before, was unimpressed and calmly turned and spoke to Pyrrhus about not being impressed😅 But Pyrrhus was more in awe by the Romans than the Romans were of the elephants. The Tarentines asked Pyrrhus to defend them against barbarians (aka The Romans) Before the first battle, Pyrrhus snuck up to the Roman camp to scout it. While witnessing how organized the camp was, how orderly the tents were arranged, the guards on watch, etc, he commented: "The discipline of these Barbarians is not barbarous."

@metametodo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 extremely underappreciated long-ass joke

Pro tip for using elephants in your next battle: Use them not to kill the enemy, but the enemy's will to fight. As elephants are smarter than horses. They don't mind consuming tones of rations per day, but they don't care about human squabbles. And as soon as they see a fight they can't win. They go "screw you guys I'm going home", and trample the troops they know are least like to hurt them. Namely, your own troops.

@shorewall

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I would want Elephants, but I would put them on the flanks, where 1) they can ward off flanking from enemy cavalry, 2) they are less likely to run wild amidst your infantry lines, and 3) if the opportunity arises, they can execute a deadly flank themselves on the engaged enemy.

@ZeekoWay

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I will use this advice in my next comment section battle

@OCinneide

3 жыл бұрын

In Rome Total War I use elephants to charge into the flanks of the enemy line and it usually crumbles in seconds. (With DEI)

@viktorvashchuk5281

3 жыл бұрын

Elephants are in fact not smarter than horses. Higher brain mass doesn't mean efficiency.

@Brahmdagh

3 жыл бұрын

@@viktorvashchuk5281 Elephants are pretty smart bruh, look it up.

It’s crazy to think that Indias empires like the Maurya had 9000 elephants at the height of their empire! Alexander the Greats army refused to cross the Indus because of fears that they would have to fight a endless swarm of Indian militia & war elephants. The highest number Carthage ever had were 300-800. It’s crazy to compare.

@abinashgogoi2469

Жыл бұрын

Technically, Alexander did came to India and won in the battle of hydespas.

@ashketchum5466

Жыл бұрын

@@abinashgogoi2469 jhelum and sindhu river are borders of india, he didnt dare to march forward

@majungasaurusaaaa

Жыл бұрын

@@ashketchum5466 And there the elephant corps proves its worth by being a terrifying psychological deterrence. Defense most of the time wasn't about actually fighting, but about intimidation and diplomacy leverage.

@KARMA-jr6uk

Жыл бұрын

@@abinashgogoi2469 no he did not king porshattum defeated him

@Aloysius2113

Жыл бұрын

@@KARMA-jr6uk lol what? Nah, Alexander not only defeated him at the Hydaspes, he was so impressed with his military abilities that he made him a satrap governor of that region of Alexander's empire. He fought well and cost the Macedonians a lot of men but he still lost.

How to kill war elephants according to video games: Rome total war: shoot them with fire, get them to rampage into their own men Empire Total war: shoot them with cannons (this is the solution to most problems in Empire) LoTR battle for middle earth: stand one unit of pike men in their way LoTR return of the king: shoot the pile of explosives kept on their backs for no adequately explained reason. Age of Empires 2: religious debate.

@gregoryedwards9097

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh i used to play melee matches just to convert and collect the special units, especially the war units lol

@kR-qj7rw

3 жыл бұрын

Age of empires 3 either lots of pikes or Ranged cavalry (archers or the dudes who shoot muskets while raiding )

@alexman378

3 жыл бұрын

Total War wasn’t far off though. Elephants were smart enough to know when they were on the losing side and would start running through the soldiers least likely to hurt them, which was their own troops.

@AnxiousCinder

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot about assassins creed origins

@angelusumbrae

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao! And that's why AoE2 is both the greatest game and most historically accurate game.

I've never before sat waiting in a lobby for a stream to start, but your content is so stupidly good quality I'm doing it now. Seeeend eeett

Its so sad to hear about such magnificent, intelligent and caring animals being beaten and used as slaves. I get it was a different time, but I also understand these things still happen in some parts of the world today. Great video, thanks guys!

@shouvikroy3178

3 жыл бұрын

IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS..LOVE ALL OF THEM EQUALLY.

@gchecosse

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, but wait till you hear what they did to humans as well.

@rarescevei8268

Жыл бұрын

What about humans? During those times, the entire populace of a captured city was enslaved.

Luke Skywalker taking down the ATAT with the tow cable was exactly how Rome first attempted to take down the War Elephants from General Pyrrhus.

@jeffbenton6183

3 жыл бұрын

Did it work?

@alexghita682

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbenton6183 no

@badlandskid

3 жыл бұрын

Cuz Rome didn’t have snow speeders

"Was estabished as a colony...." *10 seconds later* "...as the cartheginian empire expanded" Well that escalated quicky.

@joethemallard5514

3 жыл бұрын

*the Phoenicians have a colony so big it makes colonies*

Also, a unit that you shoyld do is the Egyptian, ant Hetti war chariots!

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

good suggestion! We will definitely do one on ancient war chariots from various areas.

@jawharz9759

3 жыл бұрын

Iceni war chariots too

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

3 жыл бұрын

I know this guy whos name is pronounced Hetti. He says he knows his name is very old. I dont know if he truly realises how ancient it actually is.

@user-lq8hv8co7y

3 жыл бұрын

@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 wow, my name is also really old

@talknight2

3 жыл бұрын

@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 The name Hetti is not related to the ancient Hittites. It's a short form of the Old German names Heinrich, Hedwig or Henrietta.

You should cover Alexander and his campaign involving his encounters with elephants at some point! Excellent video!

It's worth mentioning that wild Asian elephants also had a larger range at that time. They existed as far west as Iraq.

I usually see it depicted as men training full grown unruly elephants, but I imagine you would start with babies and juveniles. By the time they're fully grown they are docile and trained.

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

this is indeed more likely

@michaelweston409

3 жыл бұрын

He said raising elephants is extremely difficult because their long gestation (breeding time) & because they consume vast amounts of food in those long years. On average a elephant has one baby every 10 years.

Me: Hey, Romans! Wanna fight Carthage’s Elephants? Rome: what’s an elephant? Me: It’s a 10-ton, 20-foot tall grey monster with 2 spears and a snake coming out of its face! *Rome has left the chat*

@rafaeldelgado7243

3 жыл бұрын

Rome enter the chat again with a huge pig Rome: why not pal

@joshuab2437

3 жыл бұрын

@@rafaeldelgado7243 huge pig pulling a ballista on a cart for killing elephants

@Marlanson

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuab2437a bunch of huge pigs set on fire, making a hell cacophony of noises and delivering raw momentum

@galis4383

3 жыл бұрын

Also Rome: literally burned Cathage to the bare ground

@akapbhan

3 жыл бұрын

Romans faced elephants since Pyrrhic wars

poor elephants :( they're such gentle animals. it's so sad they were used in this way

@Rokaize

3 жыл бұрын

Different time period. We would be outraged if this was happening in modern times. But back then they had different morals compared to us.

@adrianbundy3249

3 жыл бұрын

@Yeah Whatever Even now, I am not against killing certain species for our own good. If we could find a way to kill all mosquitos for instance - that would be good for all. They have no real ecological purpose, no species 'needs' them, and by no means are they anything but annoying leeches that hurt all the other species and kill millions of humans each year. Unfortunately, eradicating a species like that is well... A very challenging endeavor. If there are species of things like tigers that would routinely still hit and kill villagers and people; I wouldn't be against killing some and putting the rest in zoos for all time. Human lives to me are that valuable. But I also want to save as many animals as I can; and want them all treated as ethically and humanely as possible, if you understand me. The good news is, I do believe tigers have killed a lot less people than they have in the past; what was it, 100 or so years ago when a tiger was known to have single-handily kill some 100+ villagers over a period of some time? They had contracted british game hunters to kill it, when it was finally done, they did find more human remains, and bad teeth (probably the reason it chose softer game, like humans). Animals like that, shouldn't have free reign.

@Rokaize

3 жыл бұрын

The Doom From Latveria The only problem with what you’re saying is that when you take animals out of their natural environment it inevitably effects the environment they came from. Without tigers around, all their prey species would have a population explosion. More grazing animals means less food for other animals like elephants. Tigers exist in a very complex and finely tuned ecosystem, just like any other predator. So when you start mucking around with it you can end up making drastic changes to the ecosystem that you might not expect. Of course, I understand these poor villagers defending themselves from being murdered by tigers. But taking them all out? That’s too extreme.

@picollojr9009

3 жыл бұрын

All "defend the elephants" until the elephant gives you to hannibal's spear

@BothHands1

3 жыл бұрын

The Doom From Latveria well, mosquito larvae are the main sorce of food for dragonfly larvae, which would mean eliminating mosquitoes would probably eliminate dragonflies too. dragonflies are a predatory bug in all stages of their life, and keep other pests at bay. there might be more consequences than you think

Your channel never fails to disappoint me. Please know that I credit you with most of the historical knowledge that I’ve learned over the years. Keep it up, you will be your own legend in the times to come.

love this channel, this video legit made my week

You know i's a good video when you get goosebumbs looking at the drawings in combination with the music and the "story" Thank you so much for these videos Greetings from Germany

I have extremely mixed feelings about war elephants. On one hand i think they are amazing war machines and kove to use them in total war games but on the other hand i hate it for what cruelty the animals had too suffer. Great video though

@shorewall

3 жыл бұрын

I wish we could have domesticated elephants. They are so awesome. We could have used them for construction instead of war.

@branilavvasic9727

3 жыл бұрын

@@shorewall We did kzread.info/dash/bejne/mW1lz61qo7DPg6w.html

@branilavvasic9727

3 жыл бұрын

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@99mrpogi

3 жыл бұрын

Well back then, they did not have organisations like PETA that would protest their treatment on elephants

@alexman378

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I’m a big animal lover, and I love elephants, but if I don’t blame the soldiers who killed them. If I were in a battle against them, and had the balls to stay, I’d be hacking and slicing whatever I saw. Fighting in a field and seeing those things charge at you at full speed if you don’t know what they are must have been as horrifying an experience as it gets.

Great video! I’m a Amazigh from North Africa and I love the history about Carthage. Maybe you should cover some more North African history like the moors (Muslim berbers) and their dynasties like the Al Moravids and the Al mohad who hade huge empires stretching from west Africa to all of North Africa and Andalusia. Keep up the good work big fan!

Loving your history documentaries. I studied the period up to and including postgrad but decades ago - so nice to hear familiar names and facts spoken. Beautifully illustrated too. You also have good narrators, as with this one. Thanks! Have subscribed.

Well made! Thanks for uploading!

In the 1600s cannon technology was just developing. Some military’s would put small chain-gun (grapeshot) cannons atop the War Elephants to use during battle. During battle while the elephants would charge the crew in the elephant tower (howdah) would fire these mini cannons down into the enemy formations causing even more damage.

@Sumschmuck

Жыл бұрын

In the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was offered war elephants by the king of Siam.

In 2015 I participated as a reenactor in Les grand Jeux romains in Nimes, the main theme of the Event were the Punic Wars. The organizers managed to get a small elefant, a rescued one from a circus, on the carthaginian side and, let me tell you, even if it was smaller and well trained I was glad to not have been wearing any pants under my tunic, as the beast was supposed to "charge" right by my side when the roman lines created a gap as in the battle of Zama.. I can imagine the damage to the morale in seeing an entire corp charging and trampling your line, terrifying!!

Just discovered this amazing channel. High quality content! 👍👍

This was a great video to watch. I love watching many of this channel's video.

Love these "Units of History"!!! I've been hoping for someone to do these for years. Please do the Cataphract or the Dacian falxmen Spot on!

War Elephants are still used in Recent conflicts in Burma and South East Asia. They are excellent at moving through dense Jungle and slopes too steep for any vehicle, they also can move absolutely silently, make paths and clear trees.

Fascinating; well-done - informative as well as entertaining. Kudos.

Allways so great documentary!!! Thank you!!!

Fascinating stuff, they were basically the tanks of the time

Loved the absolute quality and in depth detail of this video..look forward to more videos when they arrive!! Would love more in depth videos about Roman/ parthian wars and camping and supply lines..but everyday drills ,food ,etc.. similar to the everyday of the Roman soldier video(which was epic!!) Showing how from generals,centurions ,down to average soldiers pack up and move on was worked out on every lvl of command and how it was efficient for so long.!! I know there's many of these videos..still feel more could be done from different parts of the globe and time of history..thanks for many hours of entertainment

excellent episode..looking forward to the next part.

Absolutely Brilliant!

That brief picture of Hannibal and Scipio was so EPIC! WIll there be merchandising of this series?

These episodes are amazing!!!! It would be really good to see a second Punic war series! Really enjoy the content whatever it is though!

Excellent documentary, thanks so much!

Thank you for creating this video.

I have to admit I really like this new type of animation in Your video. BTW - it is extremaly interesting stuff. Good job!

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear the investment we have made is paying off

Great work with sound historical information (to the best of my knowledge), as always. 5:16 History sometimes remembers well human suffering, but I think even our own time could do with more sensitivity to the suffering of animals as well. Those poor creatures, they're very emotional beings with an undeniably respectable fraction of our own intelligence... 1:19 I've been there! The acoustics are unbelievable, my lizard brain still rebels against hearing the tour guide whisper so quietly down at the bottom while we stood where the camera is here! It just doesn't seem feasibly possible lol. Even tho I consciously rationally knew how it works from Science class with my frontal cortex years before going there, the rest of my body still seems to consider it to instead be Ancient Greek magic enchanting the site, and won't shift my reality matrix to allow for the possibility of hearing what I very clearly heard lolz. One more example of how humans have always been just as smart as they are now, whether homo sapiens began to exist distinctly a mere 100,000 years ago or as many as a quarter of a million. They thought at felt just like we do - they only lacked our knowledge and tools... Wow, I can't say enough good things about this vid. One of your best yet! I'm glad that my advice to you earlier seems to have helped, and looking forward to more on this topic and series. Semper fortuna et pax

HOLY SHT! Thank you for the tremendous effort that went in to producing this video! Much love from Alabama!

Thanks for this great documentary. I recognized the illustration of a famous war elephant model kit ^^

Imagine if they used savanna elephants.

Just thinking about these noble creatures being spearated from their herds to be used in battlefields where they would be injured and killed, breaks my heart.

@razcann3597

3 жыл бұрын

@Esteban Ferreras We think alike. Not to mention all the horses over time. Sad what man has done & continues to do.

@damuses1452

3 жыл бұрын

@@razcann3597 Humanity is the apex parasite. Haven't yet realized such?

@mrreyes5004

3 жыл бұрын

@@damuses1452 *Predator, not parasite. Most parasites don't kill their hosts (not directly, anyway) and in fact need them, we _do_ kill but do not need them. Haven't yet realized such?

@razcann3597

3 жыл бұрын

@Lachlan Allen So we need to show compassion for man trying to kill man. It is man who starts war not elephants. Your DUMB animal as you put it also has feelings & in fact aren't as dumb as you think they are. The only dumb thing is your comment. Yes it's sad that men are killing each other but putting animals into it as well is cruel. Evil thrives in this world unfortunately not because of Man but Satan. Read your Bible & you will know what i mean.

one of the best materials on YT about elephants

subscribed. I promised i would when you guys picked up with this series after so long after the video about the preatorian guard.

Would love a video on the Antigonid Peltasts as a professional multi-purpose unit capable of both skirmishing and fighting in a Phalanx. Also interesting would be the equivalents in other Hellenistic armies, such as the Seleucid Silver Shields etc.

15:58 this honestly looks to me like the Elephant was pushed off the edge by that other Elephant on the ledge, in a ‘Long live the King moment”

Very well made, I loved this video.

Bro your channel and a few others are better than the old school History channel was to me. and I loved those shows. keep up the good stuff

Interesting video. They seem to be both fearsome and unreliable, so a direct charge in the center could work but might lead them to run back into your own lines and cause mayhem. Given that, I would position them with cavalry on the flanks to both protect those areas and look to flank the opponent. That gives you both mobility and power on the wings and if they act in a crazy manner less chance it puts your whole line at risk. Put your best troops with strongest armor and javelins in the middle to hold the line. That would be a strong formation.

They were most often used in moving heavy loads, building fortifications and breaching enemy fortifications. (Sukra Niti and Artha Shastra)

i just discovered this channel and its so addictive.

Well made video. I really liked the animations.

The first time elephants fought in gladiatorial match was by Pompey's arrangement. They charged at the crowd and spread terror, but then they refused to fight, trying desperately to escape through the gates. The Roman spectators actually booed Pompey, telling him to let the elephants go, since the Romans didn't want to see such unwilling animals die.

It should be mentioned that elephant hide just on it's own is incredibly strong. An adult African elephant can literally just tank slashes and bites from lions and even with modern weapons killing one isn't easy. So even without armor an elephant would probably be more than capable of withstanding swords and spears, the only thing that could really kill it would be a deep thrust from a long spear but doing that might as well be impossible. You also have to remember that while a sword slash is deadly to a human from the perspective of an elephant it's more like a razor cut, even if you do make them bleed it wont be a serious issue for it unless the cut got infected but y'know if that has time to happen you're definitely already dead.

As a biology student with interest in many historical topics, I really like the detail of paying attention to the different species of elephants. Because when I watch videos or read texts about cavalry, for example, it doesn't pay attention to the scientific names or the biodiversity of horse species. Really good video, cheers!

As expected content was on point

Great video, would love one about Tamerlane's wars and the timurid empire!

My favorite unit in total war Rome. Sometimes we even ram 🐏 them into wooden palisades. N’er heard o romans using war elephants be interesting 🧐 to c a vid on that.

Excellent work !

The sound effects are perfect.

Elephants are empathic, intelligent and highly social beings. It is a shame, that they were trained in such a cruel manner by humans to fight in brutal wars. Still a great documentary!

I'm interested in knowing about the Black Markets of the past, what kind of goods would be illegal or sold out from the law during the Roman empire (and how would buying/selling said illegal goods was punished)

3 жыл бұрын

They would confiscate your wife and kids for selling illegal goods. Either that or you get executed.

Well done 👍 Thank you

This is just awesome! 😀

5:15 slight inaccuracy here, African forest elephants (Loxodonta cylotis) never lived this far north on the continent. The elephants that were captured by the Carthaginians were actually a now extinct subspecies of African bush elephants : _Loxodonta africana pharaoensis_ (also called the “North African elephant”) that grew to smaller sizes than their larger cousins further south. Though it’s somewhat uncertain if they’re actually a subspecies or simply just a local population of L.africana that died out.

I feel like we already know a lot of carthage elephants and I would like to learn more about the more eastern use of elephants, like the Seulucid by example. Like if you wont to so hoppefuly they make a video

@michaelweston409

3 жыл бұрын

The Seleucids traded Afghanistan to the Indians in exchange for 200 war elephants. That’s all the history to it.

dude you have the same quality as the history channel , Congratulation man!!!! keep it going.

You ever just feel proud for a KZreadr? I always enjoyed the total war content but you can tell this what Invicta wants to do and it's great. Good work man.

I read elsewhere that they might have been an extinct breed of North African elephant.

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

yes I believe that is the case

@mfaizsyahmi

3 жыл бұрын

no doubt driven into extinction by being captured for use in war and other things by Mediterranean powers

@adrianbundy3249

3 жыл бұрын

@@mfaizsyahmi Well, even captured breeds not for war can be in a bit of a problem if they aren't careful. Take the asiatic cheetah. Once taken as pets of a sort, and used to help in hunting, especially by the mongol horse lords; they were wonderful animals to have. Except, for some dumb reasons unknown to me, they never bred them, they just captured new ones. So what does that do the population of them? Oh yeah, that breed of cheetah almost went extinct hundreds of years back.

@picollojr9009

3 жыл бұрын

@@mfaizsyahmi No, the main reason is the drying of the northern african forests and desertification

@mikeoxsmal8022

3 жыл бұрын

@@picollojr9009 no this is before that, north African elephants were brought to extinction in the roman era

When will the next part of the "what if Caesar was never assassinated?" series be coming out?

@InvictaHistory

3 жыл бұрын

I have outlines for the next episode but have not completed the script yet. Trying to get production going on a bunch of other episodes for the time being but do plan to return to that series.

@MrSarki

3 жыл бұрын

@@InvictaHistory Take your time, I'm sure it will be great when it returns!

@davesp4246

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, that serie about Caesar is super interesting:)

@alexman378

3 жыл бұрын

Man, the world would look so much different...

Amazing video!

Informative. Good video.

16:35 Scipio is pronounced with a hard C, like 'Skipio'.

Excellent video and a great topic to talke about, surely most be terrifying to face these huge beasts even if they are North African, same with the other side who controlled them it's like a sword with two edges. I have a single tiny complain about the video and that's the sound effect of the elephants it's too much.

this is awesome!

great stuff!

Random roman soldier: “those cows are kinda big ain’t it? Oh god why do they keep getting bigger”

I’d imagine the armour would’ve gone to the biggest Elephants, those would’ve been the ones that had the helmets, the lamellar, the gorget, the leg armour, the Gucci chains etc.

@michaelweston409

3 жыл бұрын

Haha armor designed for elephants was likely very hard to make & only master level smiths could forge such large pieces of custom armor.

Nice one Invicta! I like the narrator too

Great video

*Bannerlord Modders* when you mod elephants into Bannerlord we need the long elephant spears

@friedlemons5201

3 жыл бұрын

Modded Warband already has chad Slaver Chiefs and Khmer mahouts

@manictiger

3 жыл бұрын

I've not played Bannerlord yet because I'm waiting for an "A New Dawn" equivalent mod for it. Anyway, iirc, A New Dawn did have extra-long spears for elephant cav.

@michaelweston409

3 жыл бұрын

Warband with elephants would be amazing

@Jalil8171

3 жыл бұрын

@@friedlemons5201 nigga it's just s reskinned horse tho lol imagine what modders will do with butterlord!

When did Invicta's production manager rob a bank? This sounds incredible and a huge step up from when I unfortunately last watched your videos on the police of Rome.

great topic very interesting

Amazing video you uus are amazing