Not fair to Tilly. He was far from inexperienced, and had driven all before him previously. If he lost to a new form of warfare, who can blame him? Why change what's always worked in the past? In any case, Gustavus didn't last. He got himself killed uselessly at Lutzen, and at Nordlingen his army was devoured by the Cardinal Infante and Ferdinand of Hungary. The only thing that saved the Swedes thereafter was Richelieu's money, without which, Oxenstierna's troops would have been pushed into the Baltic.
Your videos are so well done; I am sad to see that you no longer seem to post your work. I appreciate your sentiment and connection to this history. It affects us all to this very day.
Rollie faulk got a disaplinary letter for that barrel roll . Stating that it was conducted unbecoming of a bomber. As he also flue in business suit instead of flying gear. To demonstrate the low flying ability of the Vulcan is was told that fly Lt withers took the Vulcan down to around 50 ft over the Moab during one of the regular NATO bombing competition's
I did smile when I heard the first shots were fired by The Warspite .... that name must be the most Glorious in British history .... well alongside The Victory at least.
Thank you for the amazing, captivating video. I’ve been reading the ‘A history of the English speaking people’s’ by Winston S Churchill and he gives great insight and information to these times but I’ve been looking for an alternate source to provide a somewhat different view/perspective and you have hit the nail on the head! Keep up the good work bro
"The first in a series on the military life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. ARGUABLY the greatest general that Britain has yet created. " You do mean inauguably don't you?
Massively underrated channel. Excellent and extremely well-researched history. It's an absolute shame these videos dont have 10s of thousands of views at least
You quote Haig at length? What!? Was he tired? Was he fighting? This is ridiculous. Not for a second do I get a sense from this the comparative immensity of the German gains nor the reasons for the offensive's ultimate failure. This is absolute piss poor, ignorant history writing.
Probably came a lot closer in WW1 though. They managed to knock out Russia and the American threat, while far more real than many care to remember, was still yet to fully show itself. In WW2 the glory years were the first couple ones.
To be honest, the count of tilly wasn't a bad battlefield general and the completion of that maneuver, where he shifted his battle line to envelop the Swedish flank was pretty complex, especially when using tercios, if Gustavus had been facing someone who just committed to a frontal assault (as most German generals probably would have) the battle would have been an even greater slaughter and most likely a quick general rout from the imperial forces. However, this isn't to say that Gustavus was not the general history builds him up to be, and he was excellent at quickly adapting, as when he saw the Saxon flank falter he micromanaged his formations and brought them to bear on the advancing German line quickly. If Pappenheim hadn't been impetuous, it would have been interesting to see what the count of tilly would have used them in the battle, but even in a more ideal situation, where his left wing wasn't annihilated, it would have been a fairly resounding victory for the Swedes. But again, it should be absolutely noted that the count of tilly actually wasn't a dumbass, and if the Swedes had been using tercios, this battle would have been a victory for the Imperials.
Sobering - perhaps demoralising even, but the reality is somewhat different. Having served there on 23 Sqn in 1984, the local accounts are somewhat different. Apparently, the Argentinians utilised the time delay between the actual bombing and the ensuing Satellite/Photo Recon taking place, to position upturned Fibre Glass (GRP) pond liners on the runway, with earth piled around their periphery, to simulate the effect of bomb craters when photographed from above. Once the Satellite had passed, the earth and pond liners were removed and A4 Skyhawk and Air-Supply operations resumed. Some damage was definitely inflicted - but insufficient to severely hinder Argentinian aircraft operations. The damaged runway was subsequently covered using AM2 matting, to facilitate several years of operations by F4's and C130's of the RAF prior to the completion of MPA (Mount Pleasant Airfield).
I remember seeing this wonderful aircraft flying over my parents house when I was a child what a sight it was ,it’s a pity the UK doesn’t have a bomber anymore that could are undoing in time of war eg If Argentina ever invaded the Falkland Islands again.
Nelson tends to get all the attention but this, to me, is the most impressive victory by the Royal Navy. More than any other it demonstrated the superiority of British seamanship.
Ohhhh come on ... with The Nile and Trafalgar, Nelson has his rightful place. But I agree, this amazing attack by the bold Hawke deserves its place too.
I actually grew up in Lützen. Or to be more precise, in the village of Meuchen. Its 2km next to Lützen. After Adolfus was found on the battlefield, they brought him to the church of Meuchen to clean his body and get it ready for the transport back to sweden.
@@anglohistorian8687 Neither good, nor bad. Its actually just a thing that happended. Everyone kind of knows the story and we tend to tell people whenever we talk about Lützen. The town is so sleepy, it really is the only reason why you should know it. My parents have some horses exactly where the battlefield was. Sometimes there are some archeologists that are looking around. They recently found a mass grave, dug it out and brought it to Halle.
@@walross5658 Interesting, although I suppose a lot has happened since then. That must have been quite an amazing find for them, was it from the battle then?
Not sure if this would be of interest. The Swedish power metal group Sabaton did a song about the Battle of Breitenfeld called "Gott Mit Uns" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1dUxCefd9Is.html
