Battle Stack: The Battle of Bunker Hill tactics 

The clearest explanation of the events that day.

You make it sound as though Charlestown accidentally caught fire, whereas the town was intentionally burned down by the redcoats.

My 8x cousin took a ball to the head when the British attacked the reboubt from all sides. Im thankful for his sacrifice in exchange for my freedom today. Thank you for the video!

I think it's important to establish that the "losses" mentioned are only the total dead on the field, the wounded lay about in the hundreds. Total British casualties numbered roughly 1,000 where as colonial casualties have been estimated around 400!

I am new to this channel, yet I feel very much impressed by your video. I had conducted my master's thesis about the campaign around Boston in 1775 and I think your video brilliantly captures the sequence of events which occurred during this important engagement.

My wife and I have direct ancestors that fought in that Battle. As well as Lexington and Concord. Coming over on the Mayflower and starting Plymouth Colony. Going back further, signers of the Magna Carta (John is the "good guy" in my wife's family! Lol!). So, it is nice to see how things went.

This is the third BattleStack video I have seen. It is just as excellent as the first two (Zulu Battles at Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.) I watched. Again, this video has excellent animation and a narration that is just as excellent.

I am from this area and I used to see the battle re- enactments as a kid. Had the British followed though in a mop up, things may have been different.

really excellent! thank u

Excellent video! A very good balance of detail and summary. You got yourself a new sub.

Great video, I hope youe channel grows.

great videos...keep em comin👍

A very good job. Thank you!

Some excellent presentations. The graphics strongly support the narrative with easy-to-understand visuals.

Im reading about the American revolution right now so this was great to see. Well done!

yea...uh...subscribed for sure. amazing video.

A fact no commonly known is that, among the British killed was Maj. John Pitcairn, the British commander at Lexington.

This is the first real documentary I have watched on Bunker Hill. I had no idea that we had actually lost that battle. Thanks for the great video and education

best thing ever you have earned a sub

great vid

Often wondered why this was called "Battle of Bunker Hill" when none of the fighting happened there...

Good job - the retelling of the battle often focuses on the redoubt and ignore the action to the left at the stone wall.

@ BattleStack What game/program do you use for the graphics? Just curious.

Bunker Hill showed that American militia can stand up to a well trained professional army. it was a struggle in the war's early years, but with American victories at Trenton, Princeton, Bennington, Freeman's farm, Saratoga- These big victories secured an Alliance with France and American troops got the aid and proper training to take the fight to the British.

The key to winning is to capture the town. Next a march along the left coast line into the rear. When the enemy turns to face the threat then an attack with reserves at the right flank. The warships have to give support first on the left then on the right by sailing around the peninsula at the right moment.

Key to the British losses was the number of officers killed or wounded. American marksmen-contrary to historic practice-identified and targeted British officers. It was an early clue for the British that this conflict was going to be different from one in Europe.

What was the tactical importance of the Charlston peninsula and Bunker Hill? That Boston was in reach of artillery from there and not from the other sides from the northeast and southwest?

Do Camden, Cowpens and Yorktown please.

Nice video! I am admittedly a bit desesitized by binge watching WW1 coverage - 230 dead, a high price? for a whole peninsula? Puts some perspective on the slaughter in WW1

Very accurate, to the original battle. One of America's greatest denfenses against the British. Respect for the men who put their lives on the line of battle to defend this country.

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It was more like 280 Brits killed and nearly a thousand injured about 120 rebels died and 400 wounded so a moral victory for the defenders, they also got a martyr in the form of a major general Warren who was killed while defending Breeds hill. He out ranked general Prescott but chose to fight along side his fellow patriots in the trenches, and covered the retreat of the defenders until he was overcome.

The definition of pyrrhic victory for the British Army.

You neglected to tell of the wounded; The Brits had nearly 900, the Colonials over 400. Most Colonial death's occurred inside the redoubt.

Nice presentation! I plan to go straight to your other videos I've just now discovered. Yay! However, before I do that I will have to challenge your after-battle analysis of losses sustained on both sides. Judging by the relatively small numbers you reported for both sides I'm assuming your method was to only disclose killed-in-action (KIA) figures. The information as given in this video fails to explain why the Battle of Bunker/Breed Hill was considered such a costly victory for the British in June 1775. When you factor in Wounded and Captured soldiers on both sides the viewer can better appreciate exactly why the battle was so costly for the British: UNITED COLONIES of RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, & NEW HAMPSHIRE: Killed in Action- 116 Wounded- 305 Captured- 30 ===================== TOTAL CASUALTIES: 451 GREAT BRITAIN: Killed in Action- 19 Officers + 207 Soldiers = 226 Total Wounded- 62 Officers + 766 Soldiers = 828 Total ======================================= TOTAL CASUALTIES: 1,054 As you can see factoring in wounded and captured data significantly increases overall losses suffered on both sides by more than 3 times your numbers for the Colonies and over 4-1/2 times what you are showing for the British. Additionally the ratio of losses can be better appreciated with the percentages suffered by the British increasing from 62% to 70%. This isn't to say that the Colonials walked away unscathed. However it is remarkable when you consider the Colonials were comprised almost wholly of militia soldiers. All throughout the American Revolution which was to follow, Colonial militia rarely matched the performance displayed during the Bunker/Breeds Hill Battle. Of course that was entirely due to the rather ill-advised decision on the part of ranking General William Howe to use a direct frontal assault against Colonial positions centered on two main redoubts and prepared earthworks atop Breeds Hill replete with artillery. Colonial militiamen made excellent use of terrain and prepared defensive works suffering the vast majority of its casualties during the confused, disorderly retreat to Bunker Hill once their stores of gunpowder ran out.

Can you do Wake Island ?.

It was a loss for our side, but no less a memorable battle.

In those days- as now- few officers have the courage to challenge a commanders scheme of manoeuvre...

Something confuses me: In the beginning u said British had over 2000 men. Latest u mentioned only 230 loses. Do they amount for the wounded? I have not explored the topic independently, but then what are these YT videos for?

What tactics?

Nice video, though I was confused for a sec when half the British force seemed to have vanished according to the animation

Not impressed with Howe as a tactician. The Colonials could have been cut off from the mainland by landing soldiers or marines across the isthmus. Waiting for the proper size munitions for the guns would not have hurt, either. The effect of waiting would have weighed more heavily on the minds and morale of untrained militiamen. It seems the a Royal Navy could have been asked to bombard the wall from the sea, too before or during the assault. They could also have made life bad for the Colonial reserve on Bunker Hill. Not impressed with him at all.

So basically the British fought like Russians, keep charging headfirst until the enemy runs out of ammunition.

Can you do one of these on the Battle of Kinsale? This was the pivotal point of Elizabethan UK/Irish history. Very, very interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kinsale

A decisive victory! God save the King!

When going over American history, instances such as these we there defeat or victory, is measured in corpses. If we kill more of them than they do us, it's worth it. Otherwise we take the victory when we can ( Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima for example). Of course that doesn't always happen, but you remember the victories more so than defeats.

my fav thing is that he might actually be using roblox studio to form the land

Charlestown MA. Baby ❤boston

A Pyrrhic victory for the Brits.

sure it was costly... but they achieved their goal in the end didn't they?

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they bombared Charlestown in case of snipers? Did snipers even exist during that time? As far as I am aware the rifles at the time were not the most accurate and had to be pretty close to be. So the word sniper sounds weird.

Didn't use the American men in reserve? May have resulted in an American victory although I wasn't there.

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If the ammunition hadn't run low

My great great great great great great grandpa was in this

The British actually lost 700 men

Our dear UK narrator gorgot to mention the colonialist ran out ammunition.

Grew up in this area. Bedford is my home. Always wondered why it was called the battle of Bunker Hill rather than Breed's Hill. It's important to understand how vicious the British were at that that time. They really did hold the colonials in utter contempt.

All credit to the Americans.. worthy victors, good cause.

The salt in these comments

England losing America in the 18th century was the best thing that happened for them in the 20th century. Reason without American becoming so large in population { would have never let mass immigration } and industry [ Keep America a farming country Like rest of empire ] Had millions more in Germany to fight in W W 1 And W W 2 and Ireland millions more to fight in revolutions{ two largest groups in America }

the british lost 1,000

The British lost 1,054 and the US lost 450.

Ever since gunpowder was used, British had the WORST GENERALS and WORST TACTICIANS in the face of the earth. The only exception would be ww2, but then they retook their old habit of absurd orders. They forced their soldiers into waiting for the enemy to fire or forbid them to hide and stay in plain sight. During WW1 they forced their soldiers to never run nor hide because it would be cool to win some battles by walking and submerging the ennemy. Nowadays, in Afganistan British soliders cannot shoot unless they are shot at first. Even if the enemy is taking aim and has a gun, they can only hide first. The only thing that ever saved the British was their navy, period.

I don't know for sure but I'm pretty sure Britain lost at least a thousand soldiers. regardless great vid keep them coming!

you should probably research the actual battle more ... numerous errors in your account

Not even close get ur facts an shit strait.from a Brit wtf do u know 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

White privilege to omit the brothers !!??

"major battle" with the total death of 330-something and only as few as 5000 combatants, 5 regiments, all in all, both side counted... More like a small skirmish or something. Insult to the real "major battles" of history.

The Americans stabbed England in the back.

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