Animated Battle of Edington 878 AD will BLOW YOUR MIND! 

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12:20 that spearman in the middle of the carnage is so done with war. He just stands and watches the chaos around him, nonchalantly kicking the dirt, indifferent to it all.

You failed to tell about Alfred being a sickly king, but when he fought he became a great warrior. That is paramount to his being a great king. He also used his own wealth to have his people educated to read and write. A great man is not only a warrior, but also a leader of all of his people.

The Vikings' great strength was in surprise raids on lightly defended targets. In open battle they were only human, just like their opponents.

The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon. We need it now, more than ever.

Good old Alfie. What a king. 🇬🇧👍

Very well made! These videos deserve a lot more credit... I can see the amount of effort put into them!

Leaders like this sorely lacking today.

Come back Alfred - we need you now!!!

It's insane how one guy is only working on it. Great videos! Edit: I suggest doing a video about the Napoleonic Wars

Those Vikings were great at fighting, sailing, building, exploring but none of them could act.

Great video, I live about 4 miles from Edington, and often wonder where the battle was fought. We know Alfred came from Southleigh Woods near Warminster, so would have travelled to Edington more than likely across Salisbury plain, so going into Edington would have the high ground. It is possible that the Vikings were camped at Bratton camp, and the battle took place on the high escarpment, but most historians seem to believe the battle was on the lower ground at the foot of Bratton hill fort, which doesn't make much sense to me, when you see the layout of the land.

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Just think about the impeccable achievement the Anglo Saxons had accomplished here. They were going up against the best infantry in the western world bar none. The Byzantines who were a highly militarized and martial empire first started deploying the Varangian Guard made out of Viking Rus who were Swedish Vikings that settled in Ukraine/Russia (Kievan Rus) in 874 AD, 4 years prior to Edington. Knowing the might of the Varangian guard to be the creme de la creme of fighters in the 9th century AD. These Danish Vikings were just as vicious, just as physically imposing and just as skilled as the Varangians. Alfred had relied on the very last few thousand Fyrdmen in all of Anglo Saxon England to do the final battle of their lives, for their way of life, for their families, for their loved ones and friends and for their God. The Anglo Saxons knew they were a head shorter than the average 1.8m Viking warrior, but they were cornered and desperate. They knew that if they did not sacrifice everything on the line, they would be eternally subjugated. Therefore the ferocity and the dedication of the Anglo Saxons to defend everything they had probably were more willing to die for the cause than the extremely brave and fearless Vikings. I mean Vikings were willing to die in battle to go to Valhalla, willingly, at least for quite a bunch of them. But the Anglo Saxons at Edington were even more fanatic and even more charged up and willing to gamble everything. By using the sheer will and sacrifice, they pushed the Viking shield wall apart and that broke the Vikings because their shield wall formation was the reason for their immense success. Without it, they were easy pickings for the skilled Anglo Saxon warrior. Mind you, these Anglo Saxons were Fyrdmen and they were peasant and the common folk willing to give it all for their families and loved ones

12:19 "Chill man, I'm just a flag bearer!"

Neutral! Thank you for an excellent portrayal of our English history. Education is everything.

This video is a stark reminder that we will never see any good historical total war games ever again. RIP. great video btw

Ah another animated battle this is what I've been waiting for

I live 4 miles from Chippenham I'm amazed there is no monument to Alfred there.

Well done for producing such an excellent animation and bringing this important battle to life, which both my paternal and maternal ancestors fought in on opposite sides.

7:47 Why did Alfred let Guthrum's men leave after they broke that truce and murdered their people? Does anyone have any ideas? Also excellent videos, I've always loved learning more about this era

That accent seems as realistic and natural as the face movements on Arthur waiting for the battle to start

as a histoy fan, I think you guys have great potential. keep up the great work.

A little heavy on the purple prose? It looked like neither side had any tactics, no flanking? No wedges? No archers? No horses?

bro wtf this is amazing man.

Great stuff! Really appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating a video like this.

The thing about Ethandun/Edington is that it's on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain - i.e. it's a steep ridge line (with ancient forts all along it). Any infantryman looks at it and knows the place to fight is off the top of the ridge, where you can look down at your enemy exhausting himself climbing, while you have the advantage with missiles and easily conceal yourself. The animation doesn't take the likely ground into account - it's not flat. It's heavily raised to the south, overlooking the northern approaches. What's portrayed is more of a bowl, like Roundway Down, north of Devizes (a major ECW battle; plus Devizes was once the RHQ of the Wessex Regiment). Also no mention of the preparations made by Alfred, to ensure that no supplies would be available when the Vikings retreated, to increase the scale of the capitulation. 🙂 BUT - despite my criticism above - a great video, on a subject that truly deserves much more awareness. Well done!

Very good, thank you. You forgot Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Fantastic per usual! Extremely difficult to find this type of content on for some reason, but you do a great job of presenting. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.

His grandson fought the most important battle of English history and it never gets mentioned.

Absolutely love your videos, very well made!

Excellent. Getting better all the time! Thank you!

Just came across your channel! So much effort, they're amazing! Should be used in classrooms! Amazing stuff 👏 *double amazing because I was so hyped haha

great CGI , the best I have seen, subbed, your description is very well done, great job

Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see what you do in the future!

I can’t watch now, but I’m looking forward to it. Can’t wait to see more!

There's no mention of Uhtred of Bebbanburg though? (Don't worry I'm joking) These videos are amazing, keep up the good work.

Yep! another masterpiece worth the wait!

This video was AMAZING. Detailing in animation, lightning, scenery, and faces of the historical characters are SUPERB!. Your narration is excellent both in clearness and diction. You earned a suscriptor (and deserve thousands more!)

The accent of the "Voice over" is excellent! As well as the graphics!! Very 'atmospheric'!!! Thank you.

As a history fan these videos a VERY good. Well done. Keep them coming. The Anglo-saxon age was a very fascinating time to be alive.

Every time I see an ad for Viking Cruise Lines I shudder in the irony.

Amazing how facing total defeat Alfred turned it around and created England!

12:18 Damn, that's the coolest dude ever in the history of warfare!

This was my first encounter with your videos and I think they are excellent , thank you

This is amazing, I truly enjoyed watching this.

HOLY SHIT this channel is insane there are a lot of battle-explaining channels but i really like your style of presenting this topic

Great work! I enjoy your style very much. Subscribed. :)

12:19 "I'm just gonna stand here and hope no one notices me...when's that darn bus arriving?" 😂

Well presented, and I am also interested in people's material lives in this era.

Other channels may have slightly better graphics but this channel if far superior in discussing the backstory & tactics & battlefield maneuvers...this definitely the best historical battle channel on RU-vid imo & will be among RU-vid's very best if the graphics quality ever catches up with the other aspects

Well done. The presentation flowed well and was easy to follow.

I've been binge-watching "The Last Kngdom", so this makes more sense to me. The series starts with King Alfred.

Great presentation. Thank you for sharing.

These visuals are crazy RU-vid's about to get really cool

Great video! I felt like I was right there on the battlefield with King Alfred. Thank you.

Fantastic video!

In Germany there is a country named Ost Anglien, means East Anglia witch I found very fascinating. Scentists found out that every second DNA in GB is German, greetings from Germany,

Engaland did not exist in 878AD it was at that time a thought in Alfred's Mind it actually began to coalesce from 930 under Aethelstan and was fully in existence by 970AD.

Great film!

Damn fine way to learn History All the details needed to claim being knowledgeable without having studied the Subject….👍

FANTASTIC ANIMATION.

I really really appreciate the efforts 🌟

Maybe when you can, you can make a couple of videos on Rome under Sulla and his wars and/or the Mithridatic wars from beginning to end. I haven’t seen any videos in complete detail about them. Do you have a patreon?

Congrats On The 10K Subs Milestone

Epic! Thanks for the great history lesson

Great video and channel, will you do a video on the second siege of Vienna with the Winged Hussars?

It was well done!

Let the fyrd flow like a mountain spring!

Thanks!

Now we are defeated from within.

It was his grandson as king of Mercia that established one kingdom of England . Before the Danes took it ,and then less than two centuries later the Normans . Ending English Rule in England . Not until the mid 14th century with the reign of Edward III can be said to be ruled by people who considered themselves as such. Meh..

Amazing King!

This is a very great video. GREAT WORK 🎉!!!! Your on your way up and soon you’ll be up there with epic history, and king’s and generals.

12:19 One has to admire calmness midst battle. But this guy with the spear is ridiculous!

11:13 Uthred !!!

Excellent video, your subs should be far higher..

EXCELLENT!

Great video sir👏 @HistoryBattles3D What software are you using for making the 3D? if i may ask

One previous invader fighting an other.

After watching the History channel “The Vikings”, I know this part of history well now

Perhaps the threat of the Scandinavians gave the people’s of England’s various provinces a common enemy and so created a national unity resulting in a unified England.

these videos are stunning

Brilliant

The great heathen army was in the language then meikle haeben here and meikle means great and the word is still used in Doric in Scotland. I believe the phrase taken the mickey was originally taken the meikle or taken the most.

Would like to see the battle of Maldon (Essex), 991; where Byrhtnoth and his men put up a great fight against the Vikings, along side the river Blackwater; have you made a 3D video? I live there.

188 years later their cousins and Grandchildren finished their struggle. The custom of Premogeniture drove almost all Western territorial advancement.

Did he say "Army of Heathens under Ragnar Lothrok" ?? There are at least TWO really good Deathmetal band names in that single utterance.

and Hannibal, Alexander, Ceasar, all the capable commanders from much earlier centuries (and anybody above a double digit IQ) face palmed hard. This was one of the most primitive zombie battles ever.

coming from a very old saxon family we have records of this they had about 4000 warriors which included 2000 plus of the fyrd called to fight from the west family records we were thanes and came from germany in the 4th century. a viking army would have been about 2000 approx at this time..but better fighters ..trained to kill records were kept by monks and the family at that time were high ranked in the church...all this came to a end when in 1066 they were thrown of there lands and traveled to the welch marches and to the north west of what is called birmingham as refugees.

The only English King named the Great.

The Vikings were related to the Angles / Saxons / Jutes (Anglo-Saxons). Where I come from, they became ‘English’ together in harmony after initial conflicts. The problems started happening with the Normans (also related but very different). One can say argue, the Normans committed genocide against the ‘English’ especially in the north. Their descendants remain a problem to this day.

Good video. What books would you recommend about Alfred the Great ?

Have dreamt about a channel like this for ages. Do you plan to do 18th century and Napoleonic battles as well?

Shout out to all the Total War fans who saw the Attila engine.

Great work ! Which software do you use to create those animations and formations ?

Amazing video. Very well narrated and researched. Only one minor criticism, there was no England at that time only Anglo-Saxon Britain. Subscribed 👍

Detail: @ 9:26 the Sun traversed the sky in the wrong direction. Still a thumbs up for a great educational video.

So glad I subbed...cheers...E..

If the BBC made this video, Alfred would be portrayed as black.