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Roel Konijnendijk, who has a doctorate in ancient history and is a lecturer at the University of Oxford's New College, rates 10 ancient-warfare scenes in movies and shows for realism.
Konijnendijk rates the realism of tactics portrayed in films such as “300" (2006), "Alexander" (2004), and "Braveheart" (1995). He breaks down the martial arts prowess of stars such as Brad Pitt in "Troy" (2004), Orlando Bloom in "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005), and Russell Crowe in "Gladiator" (2000).
He also looks at some fantastical scenes such as the battle of Helm's Deep from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002) and the battle of Winterfell from "Game of Thrones." Konijnendijk analyzes the historical accuracy of scenes from "The Last Kingdom" (2015) and "Red Cliff" (2008), and he rates the realism of the military formations, tactics, movements, and weaponry of each scene.
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@simonruud4846 3 года назад

If this guy doesn’t have at least two ditches surrounding his house I’m gonna be really disappointed

@chlaco8739 3 года назад

A man of his class should have at least 3! Any less is heresy!

@youngtoonfish6891 3 года назад

And catapults and ballistas on his walls!

@mrgamer9220 3 года назад

@@youngtoonfish6891 you forgot the trebuchets

@user-nx8pe6pc3h 3 года назад

Lots of rock stores up to throw at them.

@goongozlerkhames2209 3 года назад

@@youngtoonfish6891 NO TRUBUCHETS?? HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE SUPERIOR SIEGE WEAPON.

@silverdagger147 3 года назад

Why is no one talking about how he literally caught an actor falling and just proved he was right?!?!

@edelweiss3433 3 года назад

Omg yes 😂😂

@colinryan4737 3 года назад

Actually it was an extra 😂. Probably some smacky that cleaned up for one so he could get a paycheck to buy more smack 😂

@blacklegbeastro5295 3 года назад

Oh, another thing, the fort he showed set on fire for fire arrows(A motte and Balley, not sure on the spelling) but they were primerally wood, soooo, ye Now, he was looking at Romen, Greek and English/Scottish and Hammer deep in this video... It would be better if he focused on one time period/World. Grammar has been fixed

@immarktbeipenny 3 года назад

Where

@silverdagger147 3 года назад

Ayk Z he shows where the actor fell

@SlippySlippy Год назад

Q: How do i win ancient battles? A: Dig ditches Q: How many? A: Yes.

@isaaccleveland5757 Год назад

Sir we’ve finished ditch #5, what are your orders? Another

@baohungpham8271 Год назад

That’s kinda stupid because dig ditches need very much man power but your enemies can use ladders or catapult or just wait for ceasing your castle to death

@ryomaanime4563 Год назад

@@baohungpham8271 I'm pretty sure most of the siege in history were waiting for surrender (and creating chaos in the city to help) vs waiting for reinforcements anyway, because defensive position were too strong and the attacker want to avoid the heavy casualties of assaulting a wall

@bluey94 Год назад

@@baohungpham8271 Would give time for reinforcments or allied to arrive. Like when the ottomans tryt to attack a polish city the wingedhussars arrived and savede the day so to say.

@KasumiRINA Год назад

@@baohungpham8271 russians invaded Ukraine in 2014... since then, it's 9 years of non-stop ditch digging. They STILL haven't taken Marinka or Avdiivka, which are on frontline since like 2015. It's just entire region turned into giant trench system. With Starlink internet and even PlayStation in some of them!

@saikatkar4452 Год назад

The greatest warrior in history was not a Bowman or a Swordsman or a Spearman. He was a digger. A digger who dug ditches. When he was done, he dug more ditches. Ditches help you win wars. I learnt this when I started throwing rocks at people because they got hurt and it was great. Thanks Roel!

@ambianart Год назад

Absolute menace

@greenman6141 Год назад

And then WW1 came, and the Great Generals sat in their clubs with brandy and ordered 18 year olds out of the ditches to run directly into modern artillery. Month after month, year after year. Oh, yeah, they gave these teens little hats. To keep them protected.

@rougeegamer98 Год назад

Legend says he had no allegiance, he waved no banners, nor sang songs of glory...he just dug with his shovel across the continents throughout the ages

@gockgock230 Год назад

His name was... Shovel Knight.

@Moose92411 Год назад

Spectacular analysis

@anderseriksson7698 3 года назад

"You can just throw rocks. They cost you nothing, take no preparation and you throw them at people and they get hurt. It's great!" Good lord this guy is hilarious, we need him back again please.

@maxpowell23 3 года назад

came looking for this comment, ready to make it myself if I could not find it. Here, have a like.

@vigilantgopher9563 3 года назад

I don't think rocks would be an effective ranged weapon

@maxpowell23 3 года назад

@@vigilantgopher9563 boiling water or oil would not be a good range weapon either, and that is what the rocks are being compared to, not arrows. Its just something to drop on enemies, not something to throw at them. ✌🏼

@anderseriksson7698 3 года назад

@@maxpowell23 also you could sling rocks with deadly force and accuracy, compared to water. Slinging water would just be a splashfight lol

@markusfreund6961 3 года назад

@@vigilantgopher9563 What? 😂

@dwoodstwin 3 года назад

"People try not to die" Funny how in so many movies people fully accept that they're canon fodder.

@sfp2290 3 года назад

I think you would need some serious fanaticism in order to overcome your fear of death, when it stares you in the eyes. Unless you risk your life for your family, because in that case, we are biologically determined to want to. Especially if you're a man.

@blockdevsunited4203 3 года назад

Lol yeah

@sfp2290 3 года назад

@Fishy Vagina Oh, that was just because if a family is attacked, the first line of defense is the male, because he is usually physically stronger and testosterone increases the level of aggressive behavior as well as risk taking behavior. Apart from that, males are more disposable than females in larger groups. If the male goes down, it is usually the female who steps in to defend the children because the children are the most vulnerable and the least likely to successfully defend themselves. Also, they are the literal future of the family or group. I didn't mean to say that some were better than others.

@ysinvangulik1004 3 года назад

The guy should explain WW1 fighting. If i am not wrong soldiers then did charge into the enemies line

@mkvv5687 3 года назад

@Fishy Vagina I don't have a comment. Just wanted to see your yt name again.

@Saint0liver Год назад

"Should you find yourself fighting an army of ice zombies..." - Roel Konijnendijk, Oxford Lecturer

@lemings100 11 месяцев назад

wheeziiing

@wordsrwind22 7 месяцев назад

Dig ditches

@Aragonsdick5170 5 месяцев назад

😂

@italomorais9424 5 месяцев назад

That's one time that you should probably use fire arrows.

@Tuilelen 4 месяца назад

say what you will, but when the zombie apocalypse comes, I want to be with this guy

@HersheyBARZ_ Год назад

I love this mans way of explaining things. Keep them coming! "..just throw them at people and they get hurt...its great..." LMAO

@WhuttaNerd 2 года назад

This guy's absolute fury at the consistent lack of ditches is hilarious.

@KurzedMetal 2 года назад

Imagine being an engineer and see someone make a car with square tires :3

@brandonswihart7551 2 года назад

Dig lots and lots of ditches

@ruialmeida818 2 года назад

The biggest historical battle in Portugal was the battle of aljubarrota, where the Portuguese army, which counted about 6000 men, and 200 English longbowmen defeated the Spanish army of 31000 men. And they did it how - you guessed it - ditches.

@gadaleantudor9527 2 года назад

And it's funnier knowing he's right.

@BrahmaDBA 2 года назад

One of the most important battle for early Islamic history was called Battle of the Trench. When the confederation of Quraysh and other tribes try to invade Medina with 10,000 people the Muslim dug trenches in the open area where the attackers were coming. They dug trenches for 6 days and lay in wait inside while they were besieged. Eventually bad weather and lack of provisions caused the invaders to lose much of their forces and they turned tail and went back.

@theallseeingkuma1569 3 года назад

"I'm an expert in Ancient Warfare" Expectation: Badass warrior Reality: Badass intellectual

@TheEyez187 3 года назад

Knowledge is power! Can tell he's read, and if you've not I recommend, Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'. A keen intellect can a win a fight before it's fought!

@Kingfishertim24 3 года назад

Other reality: professional ditch digger

@angelrivera2339 3 года назад

Hollywood thinks that people in the ancient past were stupid. I find it funny since military academies across the world teach their cadets about ancient battles to prepare them to fight modern warfare.

@theallseeingkuma1569 3 года назад

@@angelrivera2339 Honestly, if you look at the overall knowledge of humanity the ancients weren't that stupid. In most of the golden ages you'll discover how surprisingly smart people were. The biggest set backs in humanity were the cases where great cities fell and their library's and laboratories were destroyed. I honestly think humans should have invented today's technology a few hundred years earlier if it wasn't for the endless burning and destroying of places dedicated to education in the past.

@fynkozari9271 3 года назад

I love Insider channel.

@c3tanu Год назад

"...and you just throw them ('rocks') at people. They get hurt. It's great!" Perfect description, love this man. 😂👌

@jondobbs69 Год назад

11:47 "So again, where is your ditch? Where is your ditch?! You gotta have a ditch!" 12:09 *Deep sigh* "Stop it with the fireballs!" This man is so sassy and I absolutely love it

@SmokeBloody 3 года назад

If you want to make an expert suffer, make them watch a movie of their specialization.

@gabrielperry7477 3 года назад

@JLS639 3 года назад

I regret that I cannot up vote this comment more than once

@thesevendeadlysins578 3 года назад

That is very true.

@WookieChef 3 года назад

I believe that's what's called "punishment most cruel and unusual". And it's frowned upon.

@johnnylin3084 3 года назад

You realize that torture is illegal in most countries now right?

@CaptWarChief Год назад

The Game of Thrones writers extensively researched medieval warfare and siege tactics for the express purpose of doing none of them correctly

@Gamerthawin Год назад

Sounds like a waste of research lol

@grondhero Год назад

What's funny to me is that the GoT scene with the zombies, the placement of the cavalry, catapults and infantry is _exactly_ how you would want it to be *IF* you were _attacking_ the castle! If all those units did a 180 and faced the castle, that's how you'd attack. Your infantry protecting the catapults and then the cavalry behind so they could swing in from the sides if anyone came out to attack. (Otherwise, cavalry is kind of useless against a castle.) But yeah, you would do much better with 100% of those troops _inside_ the castle. My wife became irritated with me when we were watching that scene because I was saying how awful it was while pulling my hair and nearly scratching my eyes.

@DS94everXev Год назад

@@grondhero Shhh. Many here think you put your army in front of the castle walls. Because the "expert" said so. Ask them to explain why...they don't. Just throw insults at you. Saying how YOU are the one in the wrong because HE'S the expert.

@joetheblu3 Год назад

isnt winterfel small though, get more outside

@grondhero Год назад

@@joetheblu3 No, it's huge.

@kevinashley478 Год назад

I love this guy. I am a vet, and military strategy is absolutely amazing. And a lot of people overlook simplicity, just as he said with the ditches. People seem to always ignore the power of flanking. Once you are attacking on one side, you have a 50/50 chance of winning. Once you are attacking on 2 sides, you got more of a 70-80% chance of winning. Once you are attacking on 3 sides, it's over.

@Thornbloom Год назад

On the other hand the group you're surrounding now only has to pick one direction to push at, cover their flanks a bit, and make a fighting retreat. Then again I ain't a military analyst I'm just a dude on the internet.

@kevinashley478 Год назад

@@Thornbloom true, but then you are retreating and not much cover of your rear. So, like I said, it's over. I'm no strategist by far, but they do teach you a few things in the military and I love playing Chess.

@Shade01982 Год назад

What he also points out is how difficult it is to keep control over any larger force, which is another reason to keep tactics simple. The more complex they are, the more variables you introduce, the more things can go wrong. Stuff like that is fine on a squad level (provided they are smart to understand it), but anything above that?

@kevinashley478 Год назад

@@Shade01982 yep, numbers matter. I don't care how badass the individual is, once to get to a ratio of 1:3 or higher, youre done. Even if you have a great defensive position. The smaller group can't afford to lose anyone, whereas the larger group can use the expendable troops to overrun the position.

@MarcusBritish 8 месяцев назад

@@kevinashley478 2 words: Rorke's Drift. Not an ideal defensive position, barricades made of flour sacks. Ratio >20:1 ~150 Redcoats vs 3,000-4,000 Zulus. There are always exceptions. Battle of Ulundi was a ratio of about 3:1, with the smaller force victorious in just 30 minutes. Tactics are equally important to defeating overwhelming odds.

@SentientMeat Год назад

Watching this man become increasingly exasperated by the lack of ditches in these movies has been the great joy of my week

@gavhyn8485 3 года назад

“Rocks cost nothing, take no preparation. You just throw them and people get hurt its great!”. Best line ever edit: where tf did these likes come from👁👄👁

@moondust2365 3 года назад

True. Hence why when protests/riots that escalate enough to the point of one/both sides (whether it's riot vs riot or riot versus police) getting very physically violent, many simply throw rocks/bricks/whatever. Police are more likely to use guns or water hoses or pepper spray, but yeah.

@andrewgrulke7476 3 года назад

@@moondust2365 Yeah because they're not trying to kill people and cause tons of unnecessary damage.

@alis4328 3 года назад

I read that in an elon musk voice.

@akizeta 3 года назад

He forgot to mention that you can pick the rocks up again and re-use them.

@urosopacic1403 3 года назад

Using rock to Hurt not to kill you use rocks against guy with shield

@DaxRaider 3 года назад

"just throw Rocks at people, they get hurt, its great"

@kingofthehamsters 3 года назад

The Donkey Kong school of philosophy is a simple but honest discipline. The inclusion of barrels was a horrible historical inaccuracy added by the Japanese.

@hydradominatus3641 3 года назад

Boiling oil that can light up the entire army underneath? Nah.. throw rocks. They cheap.

@mikew8983 3 года назад

Beast titan has joined the lobby

@gabrielperry7477 3 года назад

@@hydradominatus3641 cost WAS a huge factor in combat though.... The cost of equipment alone could determine the size and strength of a force

@vishnusahani2822 3 года назад

Throw 💩.

@maniacal1870 Год назад

It kinda sucked to have him shred so many of my favorite movies, but this was still fascinating to hear him dismantle and explain proper historical tactics. Kudos.

@deformiertergolfball4847 Год назад

but i actually like how he keeps up the fantasy in the movies and how he includes the fact that there are basicly things which could work in a world of magic and dragons. just like gandalf breaking the clouds and using the sun to shine on the urkuks, which do not like sunlight. - even tho this can be a common tactic used against humans too.

@maotisjan 7 месяцев назад

@@deformiertergolfball4847Using weather to your advantage is, was and will be an important part of warfare

@deformiertergolfball4847 7 месяцев назад

@@maotisjanof course but expecially in this case the wizard used magic to break the clouds just as the opponent wizard used magic to create the clouds. - been a while that i wrote the comment but i think i remember dark, that he mentioned it. and i said it can be a common tactic used.

@kxryv Год назад

This guy is the best expert they've brought on IMO, needs more videos for sure

@MonsterParadise 4 месяца назад

Meh

@rooney0423 3 года назад

Historians: people in real life try not to die Hollywood: CHARGE THE PIKE WALL

@vertigo1522 3 года назад

W40k Bayonet charge syndrome

@itstriplem2069 3 года назад

@@vertigo1522 lol, for the Emperor!!

@adrianbundy3249 3 года назад

I agree. But I think this person was way more forgiving of GoT than he should have been. Charging head first into an attack with all your cavalry, well before anyone was engaged, and at least a couple hundred yards ahead from your main force, in a defensive effort, where you can't see anything, was the most idiotic thing I have ever seen in any show or movie's battle tactics. Worse than some of these pike wall charges.

@AllGodsDue 3 года назад

Hollywood would love the imperial troops of Krieg

@hydradominatus3641 3 года назад

Yeah back then you didn't have a choice lol. Either you charged or died either way

@justgame5508 2 года назад

“Just throw rocks at them, they hurt people and cost nothing, it’s great” Sounded almost like personal experience

@bmora2133 2 года назад

Lol I thought so too. This dude is great I'd love to see a lot more of him on this channel breaking down and ratings scenes from movies or games

@massanylon 2 года назад

He was totally one of those fuckin kids

@pascalstrijker3985 2 года назад

Day one mount and blade bannerlord rocks were alot stronger

@d-culture927 2 года назад

So the Ewoks were right

@Voodoo_Robot 2 года назад

I would love to see how much damage those stick arms of his can deal. Chicken neck sitting there talking about physical skills is just lame.

@onepoundofcheese8356 Год назад

You know the literal subject he teaches is "The evolution of medieval ditch warfare 101" - "The archeological record from digging ditches to ditch victory 102", I'd definitely engage in his courses

@junezhang6267 Год назад

this man is absolutely awesome! i love how he actually demonstrated the truly effective tactics he would use against a bunch of imaginative creatures lol

@giantsalsa3977 2 года назад

“Use rocks. You throw them at people: they get hurt. It’s great.” This guy has inspiring levels of casualty 😉

@appleciderhorror12 2 года назад

but then the pyros ar out of a job :( have some sympathy for professional arsonists

@Michal235 2 года назад

The "It's great" moment really got me

@frostyguy1989 2 года назад

I'd add that you can also heat up some sand and pour it over the walls. It's hot, rough, irritating and gets everywhere. The added bonus is you aren't wasting precious water in a siege.

@williamgoboff1772 2 года назад

Thank you I wasn't the only 9ne who noticed that comment

@MusicGamesEverything 2 года назад

Our ancestors figured that out millennia ago. How did we forget?

@vichenzadoorian7551 3 года назад

"Once your first ditch is ready, build another one". Dying.

@mateuszgigon3724 3 года назад

No, no! He's got the point :D

@megalexantros 3 года назад

"all these guys standing around, when they could be making ditches"

@yacaran4284 3 года назад

@@megalexantros The worst thing for me now is the fact that in every movie of that sort where I see someone standing around I will scream in my head: "GO DIGGING YOU MUPPET"

@megalexantros 3 года назад

@@yacaran4284 lol. I feel the same way

@TheReaIestOne 3 года назад

@@yacaran4284 hahahaha 😂

@jjkrayenhagen Год назад

"They just deliberately made them into savages. Why would you make them into savages? They were sophisticated people." How the media treats any civilization that isn't the 'civilized' culture. Movies, TV, video games, they all do it, particularly with the Scandinavians.

@Nantosuelta Год назад

There's an annoying divide in modern culture about The Norse. People either think they were filthy savages who ran around yelling, covered in blood and animal pelts, or they basically deify them and act like they were the greatest most honorable and courageous culture in history. There's never any middle ground

@Tarnished-bn5gq Год назад

Well, Scandinavians in the Viking era burned houses and raped women to death. They also murdered people in the most gruesome and painful ways imaginable so…

@jjkrayenhagen Год назад

@@Tarnished-bn5gq And that means that they should be misrepresented? I'm not saying that the atrocities they perpetrated should be overlooked. Replacing one form of historical inaccuracy for another doesn't correct the issue. All of those things that the vikings did, every other civilization also did to some extant, but we never see the Romans running around in patchwork leather rags covered in mud for example.

@mustplay7212 Год назад

@@Tarnished-bn5gq again not always and not more than other societies or civilizations. if you think christian munks, who themselves supported a bloody crusade later on, didnt exaggerate then youre naive. Britons were fighting amongst themselves and celts and germanic tribes were brutally killing other people. ROmans were much more brutal than vikings, if you dont believe that look at carthage and corinth. Dont come here and tell me vikings were worse or did something that other people didnt do. You project your modern ideas about vikings based on works literally written hundreds of years after the viking era. Yes i do think vikings were brutal but not in a way you described it and not as if they were the only ones haha. Celts, britons and greeks, persians, romans etc were not less violent. So youre kinda not right in your statement.

@Tarnished-bn5gq Год назад

@@jjkrayenhagen they shouldn’t be misrepresented, no, however that is an accurate representation of them. It’s similar to how ancient Romans should’ve been depicted as fascist misogynists.

@GustavoSilva-ny8jc Год назад

One of the best videos i've ever watched, i can't thank you enough. I love that you brought a person that was strict with the notes and actually seemed to be following a criteria of evaluation, he teaches very well, have a good sense of humor and all the while being very polite.

@WookieChef 3 года назад

I love how brutal this guy is in his ratings. Finally someone who doesn't hold back.

@casinodelonge 3 года назад

he's Mr Laffs isnt he??

@kingofthehamsters 3 года назад

Behold the wrath of the history nerd.

@marcelgabrielcilidariu6813 3 года назад

Probably should shut up and dig a ditch! But yeah, this guy was great.

@mathijsvann 3 года назад

He’s Dutch and it shows. Love our directness

@jflo789 3 года назад

@@mathijsvann yes, I saw his name, heard his accent and thought to myself.. "oh boy, this is going to be rough"

@marios9992 3 года назад

"Well, firstly, that hill is much too steep so everybody would die"

@nothke 3 года назад

But they have the HIGH GROUND!!

@EdWood1EW 3 года назад

@@nothke But they didn't stay there

@gokurocks9 3 года назад

*lightly chuckles*

@vishnusahani2822 3 года назад

Horse meat

@raymondveritas5255 3 года назад

Imagine if the movie shows everyone charging then ending up dying to the hill, then the credits roll

@meredithcarroll6209 Год назад

This man deserves a better marker for his white board, given the entertainment value he provides - particularly in explaining how to defeat ice zombies.

@BrvtusVG Год назад

Roel's absolute dispassion for assigning scores gets me every time. "What do you want me to say, 2/10? Who cares. Next."

@dark_knight109 3 года назад

"Should you find yourself fighting an army of ice zombies..." *begins furiously taking notes*

@user-bk9sc9mq9b 3 года назад

Lmfao

@greghelm843 3 года назад

I can't believe he scored this higher than helms deep. It's so bad.

@olivergehr6514 3 года назад

Dig a big hole.

@thomasf.9717 3 года назад

@@greghelm843 it's the worst battle tactics i have ever seen.

@greghelm843 3 года назад

@@thomasf.9717 same here. Just one of the worst battle scenes in general. Helms deep was also at night but they do a fantastic job with lighting. In got they had dragons that hardly got used catapults that didn't get used at all thousands of dothraki that get sent on a ridiculous suicide mission only to respawn a couple of episodes later and about half a dozen instances where you think a named character will die then it cuts away the next time you see them they are completely fine and doing something else. Terrible tactics terribly written and terribly shot.

@dredhead117 3 года назад

"they'd try to disrupt the formation, not slam into it and hope it goes away" His logic/sarcasm combination game is 10/10

@EdwardLindon 2 года назад

Sorry, but British marking only ever goes up to 9/10. At 10 we turn into Highlanders.

@oscartao5582 2 года назад

Hence he is at Oxford

@Peter-xs2mu 2 года назад

That combo of logic and sarcasm is typically Dutch :-).

@Fiskie666 2 года назад

I agree 10/10

@analuizasilva5191 Год назад

This video never fails to make my day happier

@dillonconstantine2411 Год назад

His commentary is refreshing; straightforward and intelligible to all viewers. The most important thing to take away is simple: if there is no ditch, the scene is not real. 😅

@whatsupinspace854 2 года назад

"Rocks. You throw them at people, and they get hurt. It's great." - Ancient warfare expert

@sexyturopita 2 года назад

Hahahhaha

@generalerica4123 2 года назад

They take no preparation, either.

@Nebsteer 2 года назад

I went to comments right after he said that

@petejemmott7657 2 года назад

This! this is why I'm in the comments right now.

@Furykidxxx 2 года назад

I love how casually he said that. xD

@Doctor-Fate 2 года назад

"Camels, always useful, because they scare horses. - They would use camels to scare off enemy cavalry" So that's why Camel Riders in Age of Empires 2 deal bonus damage to Cavalry. ;o

@m3gusta17 2 года назад

They actually talk about this in the AoE2 guide book that came with the original CDs. Some really good stuff in there.

@rockinrootbeer1795 2 года назад

Fascinating stuff

@kurtshaw229 2 года назад

I was thinking of total war but AoE is appropriate also

@michaelhomes8049 2 года назад

Pshhhh. You mean Medieval Total War 2

@scipio764 2 года назад

That's already a thing in AOE1. It was +4 back then.

@PolevayaMysh Год назад

I love that this guy incorporates fantasy elements of the plots into his analysis. A lot of experts, while giving overall great commentary, just say "this is historically inaccurate, this is unrealistic", sidestepping the supernatural circumstances. Like some commentators on Pirate of the Caribbean movies don't take into account that the pirates were undead, et cetera. But he actually makes a point that fighting ice zombies is not the same as fighting regular humans.

@eunbitpark5251 Год назад

I just love his reaction of Braveheart!! Every second of that scene irritates him, we don't blame him! LOVE it!

@dandominare 2 года назад

"People generally try not to die" - that's the kind of incisive analysis I'm here for!

@PipitLady 2 года назад

And yet directors still somehow seem to just forget that 💀

@thathandsomedevil0828 2 года назад

🤣

@thathandsomedevil0828 2 года назад

@@PipitLady style over substance.

@folamialamudun1915 2 года назад

But how do we know that? It's possible since people just have a thing for dying in the most instinctively repulsive way. 🤣🤣🤣

@joisagirlsname 2 года назад

I'm absolutely entranced with how unimpressed he is at the lack of ditches and frivolous use of fire. 10/10

@painstruck01 2 года назад

I'm not a historian, but in live in the UK within a 10 minute drive from an iron age settlement and you have 2 fortifiable raises to get to the top and 1 entrance way. it's in the shape of an oakleaf. when you're stood on top you can see where the kill zones would be.

@abuabdullah9878 2 года назад

@@erwin2869 Is that a joke?

@norris667 2 года назад

@@abuabdullah9878 has to be.

@rabenkonig6251 2 года назад

@@norris667 Some folks legit need to learn how to read.

@vandogtrailer6701 2 года назад

More ditches! Less Fire! More ditches! Less Fire!

@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat 8 месяцев назад

"You can just throw rocks. It hurts people. It's great." This guy is ruthless. I love it!!! 😊

@Stimm002 Год назад

As a kid I used to love these kind of medieval war films but I always wondered... "If they charged that close to each other how did they swing thier swords or weapons without chopping off their mates arm." It seemed obvious even as a child it wouldn't work in real life.

@rjjennings4062 3 года назад

"Sadly all these horses would just slide to their death" killed me

@user-bk9sc9mq9b 3 года назад

You are a horse?

@emon6490 3 года назад

@@user-bk9sc9mq9b dafuq!?

@gwynlordofsunlight5290 3 года назад

I’m a horse

@monkeybandit222 3 года назад

@@gwynlordofsunlight5290 are you Juan?

@eddiemaiden4192 3 года назад

@@gwynlordofsunlight5290 from what I remember you were supposed to be in the kiln. Why’re you on RU-vid man? Don’t you have some casuls to thrash?

@zachariusd 2 года назад

I want a whole series of just this guy being annoyed at Hollywood battle scenes. This is fascinating.

@darcos7535 2 года назад

He sounds even frustrated. So much money was spent on re-creating a certain historical scene and they got it so wrong. I can see his point.

@MorbidMissMuffet 2 года назад

I am all for this!

@abeartheycallFozzy 2 года назад

I'd like to ask him about the Dothraki in Game of Thrones. Their entire army was cavalry, no infantry, no archers, just a crazy charge of horsemen. Doesn't seem a good strategy.

@christiancinnabars1402 2 года назад

Andrew fry Any force with long, pointed sticks and loud noises: "Yummy!"

@antoinelachapelle3405 2 года назад

@@abeartheycallFozzy It's weird that they did that because the Dothraki had some infantry in the books, though they still focused heavily on cavalry.

@KafshakTashtak Год назад

You know a video is awesome when you come back to watch it again and again.

@THE_BEAR_JEW 2 года назад

I appreciate that he drives the point home of how simplicity is key to warfare. You dig ditches, use rocks, avoid fire, stab the guy if he's within stabbing range, you dig ditches, use formations that require the least micromanagement, and you dig ditches.

@silvertongue_5852 2 года назад

You forgot to mention the importance of digging ditches

@susbedo9258 2 года назад

@@silvertongue_5852 not forgetting "after you dig ditches, you dig more ditches. After that is done, you dig more ditches. Why wouldn't you?"

@szarekhthesilent2047 2 года назад

micromanagement?

@JayJaysundance 2 года назад

Antonio Margheritti

@magtovi 2 года назад

Don't forget also to dig ditches.

@hereticsaint100 2 года назад

"Where is your ditch? WHERE IS YOUR DITCH! You know this!" This guy is great.

@StitchyOfficial 2 года назад

SHOW ME YOUR DITCHES!

@gebbygeb3547 2 года назад

"Where your wok?? Where your wokkkk????"

@amirmoezz 2 года назад

Why are you running? Why are you running?

@jaitirthpage1041 2 года назад

WHERE'S THE DITCH

@kaelthunderhoof5619 2 года назад

"Give me rent"kinda vibes

@TehGnomeh Год назад

I've binged a lot of these freaking videos. This guy has been the best judge, hands down.

@javidakhundov Год назад

I just like this guy (first time seeing him). No bs. Straight to the point

@earthling_parth Год назад

I hope you've seen parts 2 and 3 with Noel! All of them just as entertaining and informative ☺️

@JohnnyOlsson 3 года назад

The "trying not to die" part is sadly overlooked by Hollywood.

@dusk6159 3 года назад

Fiction and the public they cater to (that are usually evem worse and dumber, especially larp stuff) would think first about bringing swords into battle, thinking that you could penetrate armor with arrows and placing sticks like the enemy would have horsemen-Sherman tanks landing, and in an Ancient amphibious assault, before even sniffing the thought, empathizing and identification of that basic mechanic and drive (if not shared personal rule, especially as the fight begins or gets even intense) of every single one on the battlefield lol like it has perfectly swapped the order of the priorities, and the fear and care of dying is barely present if not non-existent, sheesh! Pretty strange indeed lol I mean, even as detached as this indeed is (probably the most thing ever: not much could beat trying to depict and simulate Ancient War as a person far from battle and centuries after the periods) one would think that getting that being uncareful, negligent and up to, at best, gambles (usually the soldiers depicted do stuff that is on suicidal or loony levels lol) when it's your life (and your comrade and a whole army around you) on the line + not caring about control and trying to have a grip in a situation when a human would desperately search for it the most would be two easy checks lol. White arms battles were basically the greatest rave parties or greatest sudden mass hysteria that two pile of hundreds of life would gladly and almost naturally partake in.

@dusk6159 3 года назад

Maybe, just like armour, formations and care of such mechanical bases and concepts are thought as they were just random, artificial and redundant exercises lol Ironically, so, basically, the commanders, officials and all that kind were more attached and concerned of the soldiers and development of war situations than the warriors on the battlefields themselves, sheesh! Talk about privileged, sheltered, detached from reality/the rank and file and cold! They seem pretty great to me, even almost too concerned for such a basic and simple thing like war and fighting apparently lol can't blame this view though, in a world where you have Napalm or Greek Fire already by Antiquity (and by bow and arrow) and terrain, mechanics, basic concepts and dangers of movements etc being irrelevant not only for infantry but even for literal horsemen. Well, now that I think about it, no wonder it's no big deal to perform amphibious assaults then lol and that helmets are useless and with no incidents, collateral damage, friendly obstruction, shrapnel, fuss generated by those masses moving etc ever happening/included in the film.

@urosopacic1403 3 года назад

In holywood movies 1 guy think he can take all army by him self

@trottlesnot 3 года назад

Lol, the average Hollywood plot is off course: "dude desperately tries to get killed, but fails at it"

@smievil 3 года назад

they should just fire actors if they die in a movie to make death more valuable.

@thaliacalearete 3 года назад

Historian: Most of these movies miss the complexity of ancient warfare tactics. *ten minutes later* "You can just throw rocks at people, it's great."

@julianokong-a-san7053 3 года назад

Sometimes simplicity is complex.

@mohamadarieffakri5140 3 года назад

I mean its great. Right?

@LaBandaRoja9 3 года назад

He probably didn't want to get into it, or insider cut it. I was disapointed that he didn't at least talk about how Alexander used his phalanx and companion cavalry in a hammer and anvil

@gustaf3811 3 года назад

Compared to what they did in the movie it was comparable to throwing rocks at them. He explained pretty easily to be honest, if he had gone into explaining the complex tactics he would need a lot more time than just 20 min of talking about different scenes in movies. This is quite elementary "my dear Watson" if you ask me.

@gcarraig 3 года назад

Thaaaat’s not whaaaat he saiiid...

@TheHookemhornman Год назад

I love he added a weirwood tree with a smiley face on his drawing

@DeltaSilver88 10 месяцев назад

15:10 This is part of why I enjoy David Eddings' fantasy books; his descriptions of battles are surprisingly good, like the time an army overwhelmed another by outflanking it and attacking from both the front and the rear at the same time. IIRC the front lines were Roman-type legions and heavy cavalry, the west and east flanks were harassed by light cavalry hit-and-runs, and the rear troops were infantry and archers (no army is going to survive an encirclement like that). In another book, instead of digging a ditch in a densely populated city, they pull down houses beyond the walls to make advance by siege towers impossible (wheels are difficult to roll over rubble). While in a third book, a siege ended prematurely because one guy noticed the walls of a town were built over an underground river and muddy ground... so they set their catapults to hit the inside of the far wall (to weaken the supports), then tossed some grappling hooks and simply pulled the walls over. It was mentioned in-story that the walls were pretty badly built, which may explain why that was possible.

@98765432123456781000 3 года назад

"You can just throw rocks, they cost you nothing, they take no preparation, and you just throw them at people and they get hurt. It's great." "People don't, y'know, they try not to die." "In real life, if you could get that close to cavalry, why not just stab 'em?" This dude's just a walking quote machine, I love it.

@franciscoguinledebarros4429 3 года назад

Don't forget the best: "where are the ditches"

@JohnDoe-pt7ru 3 года назад

The rock thing is stupid. It's called armor.

@kerimcaglayan4300 3 года назад

@@JohnDoe-pt7ru Rocks are not suppose to penetrate your armour but impact your body and eleminate you for the rest of the battle. In addition, they could easily find and use big rocks to smash people too.

@dialecticsjunkie7653 3 года назад

@@JohnDoe-pt7ru Armors protect the body from sharp impact, they don't lessen the force of heavy objects. You can still get seriously bruised, your ribs broken, internal organs impacted, or just fall on the ground

@JohnDoe-pt7ru 3 года назад

@@kerimcaglayan4300 right and how many people are going to be able to carry around big enough rocks to cause that kind of trauma on an armored opponent? Other than catapults, how are you going to throw big enough rocks to injure someone to the point of killing them? There's a reason no serious army in history after the bronze age simply used rocks like this fool is saying.

@AH6man 3 года назад

“Build a ditch and when you finish that ditch build another”

@AudieHolland 3 года назад

And thus we got the military saying: 'last ditch effort."

@budmeister 3 года назад

@@khamjaninja. And that would eventually lead to the technology of trench warfare that was made infamous by WW1.

@weswolever7477 3 года назад

Side benefit from lots of ditches....lots of rocks to throw

@Haannibal777 3 года назад

@@budmeister You are absolutely right! But think about how amazing that fact is. We were still digging ditches even when we were shooting bullets or even artillery shells at each other!

@celston51 3 года назад

It worked for Belisarius at Dara.

@robertoperez4118 8 месяцев назад

"You don't actually expect a big pike formation to actually kill all those people, because people don't... you know, they try not to die." 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@ricardogil910 7 месяцев назад

Amazing video, a lot of knowledge from Dr. Roel. Thank you very much for this moment of teaching.

@cncoo2001 3 года назад

Expert: draws on whiteboard Insider: we'll just go ahead and animate that instead.

@alfisyahr 3 года назад

lol at least they tried

@mesudheydarli 3 года назад

His marker was out of ink

@ramonfrancois9306 3 года назад

@@mesudheydarli Classic teacher

@pairot01 2 года назад

Animationis better for a video, the guy's drawimg tells the animator what to show

@ilg2012 2 года назад

hahaha thought the same thing

@MrJaxon620 3 года назад

This guy doesn't talk like a historian, he talks like veteran of the crusades or something😂😂😂

@kevinc.cucumber3697 2 года назад

Historians try to be very informative which can get boring. This guy straight up just says, “just throw rocks” “just stab then” “dig more damn ditches” which is great

@ikiiki8904 2 года назад

maybe he is the reincarnation

@clorkmagnus 2 года назад

Can be his way of teaching. Students mostly read and have great access to information source nowadays so if you get them interest they will look up for the source with proper guidances.

@tatil8243 2 года назад

That's probably one of the best compliments you can give a historian xD

@jean-lucwalker3690 2 года назад

My professor of church history talks of the church fathers and popes and saints as his friends because he's researched them so thoroughly, read their letters and knows their life story. So maybe this historian has researched the wars so much that he feels like they're a part of his life as well.

@Duke_of_Lorraine 8 месяцев назад

There was an even better way of using the cavalry in GOT : you're facing zombies that are on foot, don't have ranged attacks, don't have shields, and are extremely vulnerable to obsidian weapons. Meanwhile at least some of the cavalry is trained to shoot on horseback. Make every one of them who can shoot, do it while staying at range, and the ones who cannot use a bow, mount baskets full of arrows on the horse to resupply the horse archers. More or less what the Parthians did at Carrhae. This means you can cause heavy casualties to the enemy, while staying at a perfectly safe range, so long that your cavalry has arrows. Once it no longer does, use their superior speed to retreat to the castle.

@TheKML777 6 месяцев назад

It could work, if the battle was during the day like at the Carrhae, but during the night it would be very difficult to shoot them accurately.

@fabioa.8008 4 месяца назад

Yep, Mongols did that all the time. Very effective

@Duke_of_Lorraine 4 месяца назад

@@TheKML777 the enemy is a compact mass. You don't need to aim at any individual target. If you're going to use flaming arrows as it seems to be the default projectile in movies, it also helps see the targets easier.

@Duke_of_Lorraine 4 месяца назад

@@fabioa.8008 the Mongols had a very complex and modern command structure. There is no scenario in which the Dothrakis can be trained to that level, better keep a simpler model.

@babyhercules9875 Год назад

I appreciate this video, right now I am writing a fantasy book, but I have been studying actual ancient tactics to make the battles more realistic, and this guy taught me, no fire because it's impractical, ditches are your city's best friend, and formations should be simple and easy to manage

@nellicosta7701 Год назад

Same! And use rocks!!!

@scottburton509 10 месяцев назад

@@nellicosta7701 LOTS of rocks.

@ShadowMachine00 2 года назад

Lessons: 1: rocks + gravity = free good weapon 2: ditches And more ditches 3: yeah...horses are crazy expensive

@Ludwig7231 2 года назад

More ditches=more gravity force acting on your rock

@lianflowers9177 2 года назад

And use camels because they scare horses

@chris_2714 2 года назад

And skip the fire, unless you want to look cool

@lianflowers9177 2 года назад

@@chris_2714 but who doesn't want to look cool?

@DeathnoteBB 2 года назад

@@lianflowers9177 People who want to win

@Anakunus 3 года назад

"So, again, where is your ditch?" I suppose the movie makers just decided to _ditch_ it.

@SerhiiMartyneko 3 года назад

I hope you can see yourself out

@danlyday7248 3 года назад

Bud dum tish

@matshu 3 года назад

YEEEEEEEEEEAH!

@kekkewezel4615 3 года назад

haha, I see what you did there

@thornofsociety6857 3 года назад

YYeeeeeeeeaaaahhh!!

@Moose92411 Год назад

Once your first ditch is ready, build another one. This man is fabulous.

@KasumiRINA Год назад

12:18 Would be cool to have "wet hides" as an upgrade you can do for your siege engines in videogames, one of few things that can literally increase health points/durability/fire resistance of the weapons.

@russjoneswrites 3 года назад

you can tell he's the real deal: not only because he hates it all and prefers the really simple obvious tactic, but because he draws the worst diagram ever on a whiteboard which we can't see

@OkurkaBinLadin 3 года назад

You have a point, sir.

@davidanderson2357 3 года назад

@@OkurkaBinLadin And you, Mr. Jones, win this week's Best Internet Comment Award.

@frederickschneider979 3 года назад

Unfortunately a lot of things he says applies to medieval times in the northern countries and early antiquity tactics. However, to state a very obvious thing, thermal weaponry was used since antiquity against attackers, and at some point he states oil was never used, which isn't completely false, it was rarely used, and as he says, boiling water could be used, but still, there were concoctions that have regularly been used to defend castles once ditches were crossed. Heated sand was very frequently used in the middle east. And ditches might be easy to build theoretically, but some regions, especially sandy ones would require a lot of maintenance, as the wind would blow the sand to cover up said ditches. If you look at Templar castles, very few had ditches, however they had inclined walls which made it hard for enemies to climb, no matter whether it was built on tiny islands, on top of mountains, inside cities or even in sandy areas. (I guess visiting different types of castles and forts has its perks).

@gustaf3811 3 года назад

@@frederickschneider979 boiling oil was never used, but they used oil to set siege equipment on fire. There are real historical accounts of it happening but he is right that they never boiled it before setting it on fire. It's a complete waste of time and it is indeed a sign of desperation because oil was important for many reasons so spending them on warfare would have been the last thing you want to do.

@frederickschneider979 3 года назад

@@gustaf3811 ever heard of the siege of Orleans? Oil (well, boiling animal fat/tallow if I'm not mistaken) was used during that battle, making your statement incorrect. We're quite proud of it in France seeing as it's related to Joan of Arc. But as I said, I never talked about setting the oil on fire (which probably didn't happen, or at least, would have happened very rarely), just that the boiling oil was used. Oil isn't just petrol, often, we frenchmen apparently (since most templar castles I've visited were built by the french I can only talk about things I've seen first hand) would heat up fat, tallow, and most things that could come in handy as a last resort (even using coals and hot burning stones, which, against people in armour, can make it even harder to approach closed gates in order to break through). Aforementioned templar castles all have hatches right above the gates btw, that was their last defense at the gates, before the fights properly started. However, fun fact about oil or other profucts set up on fire, there are accounts of greek ships, during the roman times, using fire as a weapon though... That's quite interesting because we still don't really know exactly how they did it. Oil might have been a very scarce resource in many regions, but not all around the world. That's why we can't make statements such as: It didn't happen, it couldn't happen. Stating something as a fact is very dangerous in science, because as soon as anyone would find a counter example, it proves he who stated something, wrong.

@Envy_Dragon 2 года назад

"You can just throw rocks... You throw them at people, they get hurt. It's great." This series has so many wonderful out-of-context lines.

@kaziglubey4455 Год назад

I laughed HARD when he said this.

@matteomanara4518 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😅

@firingallcylinders2949 Год назад

I came here to see if anyone noticed this hahaha

@ryder9401 Год назад

lol indeed

@stuartjohnson5686 Год назад

I gun is essentially a high speed rock thrower.

@malonei7472 Год назад

I love this guy, please do more materials with him!

@Nantosuelta Год назад

This man is a legend for keeping his composure when watching a scene from 300

@Aryetti 2 года назад

Roel is so convincing that he made me want to start digging a ditch around my garden to protect my house 😱😅

@silverschooner5821 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣😎

@PLBiohazard 2 года назад

Gotta do what you gotta do to keep those pesky tax collectors at bay, I tell you !

@Crosswalker. 2 года назад

😅😂🤣 Best comment so far 😁

@bored1930 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣 underrated comment

@cryptidian3530 2 года назад

And when you're done with the first one, you start digging the second one.

@3xustio 3 года назад

13:48 "Women, children, old men... everybody does something" Guess what *Hands over a shovels* Start digging ditches

@ReynaldoJAbreuR74 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@mikeblade3139 3 года назад

Lol 😂

@sericarose1828 3 года назад

You do see this in The 13th Warrior. Pity he didn't do that one.

@ulrichkalber9039 3 года назад

@@sericarose1828 13th warrior has a few interesting aspects, but was complete fantasy.

@minenhlemyeza9785 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@martinwakefield8138 Год назад

"About a 100 years ago a scholarship at Oxford who clearly had rugby on his mind"... Priceless.

@GreywolfRaventhorne Год назад

First time I'm coming across one of your videos. Love it!

@JnoJoy 3 года назад

petition to have a part 2 this is top tier entertainment

@ChuckNorrisIsNothing 3 года назад

Ditches Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

@msmalice6007 3 года назад

they should have him react to historical/fantasy video games like crusader kings or assassins creed or any other video game with more elaborate military tactics

@Superbatmanbro 3 года назад

This guy likes what I liked which is history battles

@quannguyenle9775 2 года назад

give him some more movies about modern wars with canon, matchlock (like the last samurai or the patriot, ect...)

@JackRabbitSlim 2 года назад

Apparently they did think about getting this guy to do a part 2, but then they ditched the idea... ...anyone...? ...no?

@Kirkrrr 2 года назад

Please have a part 2 with this guy. The combination of his general frustration with hollywood's willfull ignorance, expertise and humor is about perfect.

@_Fyodor_Dostoevsky_ 2 года назад

This 🤌🏼

@Cruxispal 2 года назад

He confirmed on Twitter that part 2 finished filming and will be released soon!

@aleksandarpesic1412 2 года назад

love this guy too... they should hire him for some movies. He can help them create visual spectacle without the nonsensical simplifications that they show battles where people clearly do not behave in a way that will help their survival

@hakeemzahardi9207 2 года назад

Yes please

@livefree1981aw 2 года назад

I've watched this 3 times just for the humor. Hollywood is so terrible.

@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control Год назад

Awesome. I was really hoping you'd have nice things to say about Gaugamela. Whatever people think about the rest of that film, that battle sequence was amazing and I can't think of many scenes like it that are anywhere near as good.

@franciscocota6440 Год назад

I loved this. Both for the entertainment, but also for writing and D&D purposes.

@adamoneil5317 Год назад

D & D? What is that?

@WorldifySanity 4 месяца назад

@@adamoneil5317Dungeons & Dragons

@rileyhoulahan8369 3 года назад

"How real is this, Battle Expert?" *plays video of Wizard blinding army of Orcs with magic staff*

@hplexicon 3 года назад

that was a good move, it momentarily broke the orc formation. Aragorn should have know about the ditch thing.

@bottom297 3 года назад

It's actually the rising sun that blinds the Uruks and not Gandalfs staff. Which is waaay more epic!

@Meda01 3 года назад

Lol, feels like something better suited to Joe Rogan podcast.

@justanoman6497 3 года назад

I believe there are historical battles where the blinding of the sun was used. The army purposely choose their approach direction so that the sun is behind them. I mean it's usually not used to disrupt melee force, because you won't actually go as far as lowering your weapon to shield your eyes. But it was advantageous for arrow fire as one side can shoot aimed and the other side is shooting half blind.

@Molochors 3 года назад

@@justanoman6497 Well, in Battle of Grunwald in 1410 we've got records saying that Teutonic Knights were left to stand in the field for hours waiting for Polish and Lithuanian forces to attack. The battle took place on 15th of July, so it was real damn hot, and they weren't exactly wearing summer clothes - so using sun and weather to your advantage isn't exactly surprising. The thing with Gandalf is that becaus he's a wizard he could time it perfectly so that the sun just peaked out as they charged in.

@fajrulnaufal 2 года назад

-ditches -no fireball -no boiling oil -no yolo charging did I miss anything

@foolfether 2 года назад

Stable but dynamic formations Artillary on the walls Don't waste your cavalry

@luisgd630 2 года назад

More ditches

@randomfootballfan2952 2 года назад

No artillery on the ground

@TheValentineEnemy 2 года назад

No shield wall abuse unless it is absolutely neccessary.

@michaelhomes8049 2 года назад

Dont send your calvary at ice zombies that dont get scared

@Tarquin2718 Год назад

Brilliant. I love Roel Konijnendijk. Also you can't have a more Dutch name. 8 out of10 🙂 But his analysis 10 out of 10

@nataku7 7 месяцев назад

I love the weirwood tree in his doodle of winterfell. Really nice small touch.

@NinjaGidget 3 года назад

Frustrated historian: "Where is your ditch? You need a ditch - you know this. STOP with the fireballs already!"

@DeadSezSo 2 года назад

I was about to quote this exact statement but just glimpsed your comment and was satisfied. 10/10

@NinjaGidget 2 года назад

@@DeadSezSo happy to oblige!

@lukasjirousek5668 2 года назад

and you need a ditch in front of another ditch!

@caster- 2 года назад

The party's wizard "but fireball solves everything "

@TheAlja 2 года назад

Yes brilliant, have your troops dig into permafrost ground, that sure wont exhaust them at all.

@KapitanTambay 3 года назад

The Art of War last page: "If everything fails, dig ditch."

@lemurpie9381 3 года назад

judging by how this man thinks about it, I think it's the first page

@relentlessberlin5609 3 года назад

In modern terms "If you fail, just call an airstrike"

@muhammadridho7680 2 года назад

Art of war only page

@amadeus962 2 года назад

Or throw rocks at them

@youngmasterzhi 2 года назад

That’s how we got the phrase “last ditch effort”

@mackd7696 Год назад

I love how he explains the simplicity that most of us wouldn’t think of as war tactics in history. P.S. I think he likes his ditches 😂

@scottburton509 10 месяцев назад

I think that comes because the Romans more or less set the standard for armies. When they stopped for the night, they dug ditches, erected barricades, etc.

@doomedtroll Год назад

This guy needs his own channel

@JayJay-wf2oe 2 года назад

"But they cost you nothing, they take no preparation, and you just throw them at people. They get hurt. It's great." -- Roel Konijnendijk 2021 Jokes aside though he is brilliant.

@jeremysolomon7791 2 года назад

same

@drteska97 2 года назад

fam, rocks were used since beginning of warfare (with javelins too) they were used as slingers and were highly lethal, also Romans respected sling and perfected them with metal balls used as ammo, now imagine being an enemy army when 4200 man start roasting you with metal balls before charge

@EricMustardman 2 года назад

It kills me each time I view this. 😁😂🤣

@szarekhthesilent2047 2 года назад

@@drteska97 lead balls. also these were used way before the romans.

@drteska97 2 года назад

@@szarekhthesilent2047 Yes, few thousands year before probably (i only wrote how Romans liked them, don't forget David killed Goliath with sling shoot)

@zainubaali6704 3 года назад

11:48 “Where is your ditch? WHERE IS YOUR DITCH? You’ve gotta have a ditch” 😂

@hydradominatus3641 3 года назад

Haha.. he doesn't really know shit.

@ShiftJay08 3 года назад

@@hydradominatus3641 Actually he does, more than you clearly

@hydradominatus3641 3 года назад

@@ShiftJay08 Did he gain all this knowledge while sipping his Starbucks latte while flipping through other peoples research? Yes.

@puchomuc 3 года назад

@@hydradominatus3641 Lol ok - so which rating was the one that one that made you mad? LOTR?

@hydradominatus3641 3 года назад

@@shrek-is_love-shrek_islife714 Personal experience.

@justina3901 3 месяца назад

"Well firstly...that hill is much too steep so everybody would die" 😂 Really hope Insider keeps inviting him for these! His style of good-natured dry humour and wit had me laughing so many times and all the while, his passion still shone through Love this guy!

@bigdollaz 2 месяца назад

I would love this man as my teacher .. he answered in one video about 10 questions I always asked myself about ancient warfare, a bit of this I already knew as I am an advent reader & student of ancient warfare & history in general. This man is a teacher I would have loved to have had I would’ve probably never missed a day of school rain, sleet, snow, sick, flu etc etc I would have showed up to class no matter what👌🏼 this is what a great teacher & mentor looks like you get excited & happy learning from a man of this caliber, I would’ve went all the way to college if I knew he was gonna be my teacher till the very end lol 😂👌🏼 would love to see more videos of him & learn more things from him he seems like an immensely knowledgeable man & you can just tell he knows his stuff💯 thank you Roel hope to see more videos of you, you seem like an amazing person to have as a mentor or friend‼️🫡👌🏼

@jonimaricruz1692 2 года назад

“Rocks. You throw them at people, they get hurt. It’s great.” The very essence of warfare since its inception.

@AsianPaulConrad 2 года назад

Stone Slinger skirmishers: finally... RECOGNIZED

@grahamstrouse1165 2 года назад

Worked for David.

@joebrowser775 2 года назад

That would’ve been his elevator pitch if he was in that era lol

@pierreo33 2 года назад

@@grahamstrouse1165 get out with your fairy tales

@Vandyno 2 года назад

@@pierreo33 See a psychologist.

@clarkparker4860 3 года назад

Moral of the story: Everything is shit unless it has a ditch.

@prongs82 3 года назад

Shovel is one of the vital equipment after spear and shield

@hainleysimpson1507 3 года назад

@@prongs82 Nope knife then spear and shield the shovel. Unless spear head is detachable and can be used as a knife since most humans live near to forests and jungles.

@Jeremiah_Aintthere 3 года назад

@@hainleysimpson1507 tf are you on about

@dam11232 3 года назад

@@hainleysimpson1507 One of the things we got issued in basic is an entrenching tool (aka foldable shovel). If its viable now,it definitely was back then.

@monkeybandit222 3 года назад

@@dam11232 E-tool?

@gelraldoldo5152 Год назад

I like how he explains the point he is making; I like listening to him talk about this stuff

@elazarpimentel5340 3 года назад

Dr. Mike: "chest compressions! chest compressions! chest compressions!" Roel: "dig ditches!, dig ditches!, dig ditches!"

@antonnurwald5700 3 года назад

I was thinking the exact same thing!

@SohamRayWickederDrake37 3 года назад

I view Dr. Mike's channel as well.

@elazarpimentel5340 3 года назад

@@SohamRayWickederDrake37 don't we all? :) as much as we all like to feel like individuals, I hate it when RU-vid offers to show me a video I have absolutely no interest on and end up watching fifty of them :)

@hati- 3 года назад

I also said that to my self :D Was looking for it in comments.

@yvieoluoch66 3 года назад

Right? As soon as he said it the third time, Dr. Mike.

@jordanguy7687 3 года назад

This has been Robert Pattinson’s best role yet. 10/10

@winterramos4527 3 года назад

Oscar Worthy

@eatmysmegma6223 3 года назад

Bruhhh😂😂😂

@yoloswaggins1579 3 года назад

I was about to say how is no one noticing this?😂

@jordanschlanskyofficial 3 года назад

Wait for batman dude

@SuppressedOfficial 8 месяцев назад

It is a *real* shame that "copyright law" ruins videos like this.

@ddewcifer Год назад

Interesting that this guy and the roman expert in the other video had vastly different opinions of Gladiator

@LieuFang Год назад

It's judging tactics vs judging representation. A lot of classicists love the opening battle scene of Gladiator because it gets a lot of the representation right. After literal centuries of wildly inaccurate depictions of Roman militaries in media (especially popular great films like Ben Hur and Spartacus), those in classics have a beggars can't be choosers attitude. So battle scenes from Gladiator and The Eagle get high praise from the cultural aspects, even though tactically they're an absolute mess. The best way I can describe it is if the standard movie about the United States Civil War had each side wearing plate armour, having tanks, and using M16s; the first few movies that had them wearing kepis and dyed wool uniforms while firing rifled muskets would automatically be a favourite of US historians...even if it had some horrible tactical fantasies like two infantry squares charging or a guy sniping people from a moving cart.

@TheVeeker Год назад

@@LieuFang This is an amazing explanation and analogy, thanks!

@ruialmeida818 2 года назад

@c_m00 2 года назад

lmao portugal lmao

@wingerding 2 года назад

@@c_m00 I don't think he was joking mate.

@ruialmeida818 2 года назад

@@wingerding No, I wasn't. I was pointing out a historical battle that you can verify. And yes, Portugal was once a powerful nation and quite proficient in warfare.

@delonnilanga7059 2 года назад

Have your ever heard about portuguese biggest defeat?You may want to hear about it.Because it was around 1602 in Sri Lanaka at Mulleriyawa.The whole portugal army was slaughtered in a single combat.I have heard that more than 10000 of portugeses died during the battle

@davidribeiro1064 2 года назад

@@delonnilanga7059 Our biggest defeat was at Ksar el-Kebir in 1578. 15 000 dead and captured including our king and costing us our independence for 60 years. We remained in Sri Lanka until 1658 when we were expelled by the Dutch.

@stevenpolkinghorn4747 2 года назад

"Where's your ditch? You should be digging ditches..." His disappointment is like a teacher and a lazy student.

@NoOnesIdea 2 года назад

I don't see your ditch! Start digging!

@vast634 2 года назад

The last season of GoT had way more disappointing things than not digging ditches...

@Revelwoodie 2 года назад

@@vast634 When Jamie Lannister showed up at the siege of Riverrun, he flipped out on people for not building ditches. And GoT got dinged here for lack of ditches, from another scene. Oh well, lol.