How to get troops to attack 

left click on the troop, right click on the enemy

Lindybeige's childhood must've been hella violent. Every sentence that starts with, "remember when you were a lad on the playground..." involves fighting, bullying, or threatening characters lol

Mom, angrily: "If your friend told you to jump off a cliff would you follow him?!" Me and the boys going into combat together:

"Leroy Jenkins!" - Leroy Jenkins

Imagine being Lindybeige's neighbor and just listening to the man talk none stop for an hour about ways to get someone to kill the other for an hour. In between seeing him wearing authentic armour and wielding ancient weapons.

I asked my father how he could actually attack the enemy( he fought in Burma against the Japanese). He said he was more scared of letting his sergeant and mates down than he was of the enemy.

“The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

One of the advices we have from back in the Viking ages is to seek friends, long time friends, when you go to battle, fight with them, they are more likely to back you up, they are more likely not to sell you out for their own benefit etc.... It was written as the 11th. rune, Jara or year in English, in Odin's Troll songs. "If I am going to unpeace, look for long time friends, under the shield I scream and they go to battle with strength, unharmed to the fight, unharmed from the fight, unharmed all the way."

"If you just have a load of privates there, they don't do anything." That pretty much sums my military career right there.

Its always damn impressive how you just talk to the camera for so long with so much knowledge without cuts

Imagine having Lindybeige as a history teacher in school

16:24 As a former paratrooper, I'll explain the concept of how stealing air actually works in layman's terms: Parachutes create air resistance by trapping air in the canopy. This creates a low pressure zone directly above the canopy, so the lower jumper always has the right of way. When a higher jumper enters the lower jumper's right of way, they will steal the lower jumper's air because the higher jumper's canopy will collapse, causing them to drop and become the lower jumper, and this process will repeat itself until one jumper manages to pull a slip and get out of the way or until both jumpers hit the ground at higher than optimal speed, potentially causing serious injury. If both jumpers are nearby at the same altitude, they won't steal each other's air, but there is a risk that the canopies will become entangled. If the canopies become hopelessly entangled, then the procedure is for the higher jumper to climb down to the lower jumper, because military parachutes are designed to carry two jumpers 'safely' to the ground.

“They stand for everything we don’t stand for. Also, they told me you guys look like dorks.”

22:00 I think the greater willingness of Elite Units to engage is also partly because the troops in these units consider themselves as Elite as well, and thus the esprit de corps encourages them to initiate violence.

An important piece of information about the Milgram experiment is that the instructor didn't just say: "carry on, it's perfectly safe", they actually had to threaten people and get quite loud and angry to make sure that most continued. I believe only around 15% percent went to fatal on their own, the rest had to be coerced with increasing levels of intensity

"How do you get guys to close with the enemy?!" Meth. You give them Meth.

"The World smells of 'paint"? That reminds me of the military dictum, "If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't, paint it."

What I took away from the video: How to get troops to attack? Simple you need someone who's a good leader. Who is a good leader? no clue.

Got out of the Marines as a Sgt, what exactly makes a good leader or a good team is super interesting. I convinced there will never be a correct answer. All I know is you don't need the strongest/biggest guys or the best gear. You're always going to be better off with a group of average joes who have a genuine concern for each other and the task at hand. It sounds funny but caring about what's going as opposed to yourself is rare.

"A good leader is someone that people want to lead them" Has Lloyd ever been in a group project?

"I am your king, you are Frenchmen, there are the enemy: let us charge!" (Je suis votre roi, vous êtes Français, voilà l’ennemi, donnons!) - Henry IV, Battle of Ivry, 1590

During the siege of fort Eben-Emael, the pistol armed paratroopers managed to disable and capture europe's largest fort outnumbered 8 to 1. Their leader was not present at the battle but they never deviated from their plan. These men were selected for their bravery, guess it payed off. Then, these 78 men defended the captured fort against another 500 for about 24 hours straight until reinforcements arrived. All of them received a medal except one guy who was found having hard liquor in his water bottle. Here were the odds: The 700 or so belguim soldiers knew about the attack ahead of time. The 78 paratroopers had to use glider planes that were never used before in the history of war. They had no escape plan and carried moslty only pistols because they had to carry explosives to disable the fort. It's like you and your buddy trying to take a police station hostage for a whole day by landing on the roof. If you would ask a regular soldier to undertake this mission, he would think the joke is bad.

47:40 bold of you to assume I had friends in school.

Now watched 6 videos in a row, learned a lot and then I noticed something incredible. How much talent and passion do you have to deliver this 50 - 60 mins without much editing. Chapeau from Germany for that.

"Closing with the enemy" was what I called my evening shifts.

Lindy: "If your British, you'll get that gag, if not (and there's a chance of that maybe you're no-" Me, A British: Good heavens *monocle drops into tea*

“The Queen thinks the world smells like fresh paint” is soooo true. On her visit to South Australia in the 1950s she travelled on a train passing through a town called Gawler which the council had freshly painted the houses along the railway line (only, no other houses in Gawler itself), so I guess that had she had the window down she would have indeed got a whiff of fresh paint! lol.

Interesting. There's a ruleset for longsword tournaments at a nearby club, they have rings that are maybe 15x15 feet, but they start fencers 6ft apart. The rationale is that in other tournaments where fencers start in opposing corners, at the start of each exchange both fencers will walk forward until they get 6ft apart, when they will stop. One thing I noticed about this ruleset is its added brutality; people would ram into each other instantly after the exchange began. The last time I fought the ruleset, I noted that this was happening less often, but also most fencers weren't starting at the actual starting lines, they were instead standing one or two feet back, literally backing themselves into a corner rather than starting the fight too close together. This seems like a good example of LSP in action.

The last in the trenches are going to GULAG

Lindy, this is exactly why modern troops are still trained in bayonet drill,

Shout: "Who wants to be first in the queue with the 72 virgins!" or "The mead is getting warm in Valhalla!"

By far my favorite quote in this presentation, “Follow the guy in front of you and don’t forget your stick!”

How do I get AFKers in Mount and Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars to fight?

Step one: convince them the opposition is french

My teenage daughter as an AIr Training Cadet (ATC) was the one where everyone wanted to be in her team. I’m sure she’d have gone far in the RAF but was persuaded by school (and no doubt peer pressure) to take a history degree.

Very interesting video concerning the invasion of ukraine. Many armoured vehicles abandoned by crews. This is predicated by modern anti tank weapons being extremely lethal.

"bayonet-y" is officially my new favourite adjective.

*most of the army runs away Cavlaryman:"im on a horse, thats handy"

A new hero for the internet: Rupert the Pencil Neck!

My great grandfather was doing the "Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory" part in the Finnish army during WW2. Armed with a pistol, commanding the charge. He survived the war, but not cigarettes. My great grandma was also involved, through Lotta Svärd.

47:02 "They've got bayonets!" "You idiots! We've all got bayonets!"

Left click Hold and drag then release Assign to army Select frontline Create an offensive order Click the arrow that appears above the generals portrait You should see lots of green arrows as your units move towards the border, you should wait some time to allow their organization to build up before attacking

It would be interesting to see things like this being effectively modeled in a video-game, though I do suspect many would find it quite frustrating if the unit of men they've just ordered to charge the enemy most of the time suddenly comes to a halt 20yards away and begins a firefight instead.

Corporal Jones: 'Going forward in a determined manner at the double Captain Mainwaring!'

Tell them the enemies are using flaming arrows.

>How to get troops to attack Shout "FOR THE EMPRAHH"

Unfortunately, those being led do not always choose wisely. They do sometimes, but their criteria are what is good and comfortable for me. In the US Civil war, McClellon was extremely popular with the troops. They loved him and he loved them, but he was a completely incompetent general because he was unwilling to risk his men’s lives and fight.

In Reserve officer school we had an exercise, where we were(platoon) allowed to choose the leader. 24 h run with all kinds of tasks. He did collapse mentally halfway and others have to step in his place. It was very humiliating to all of us, we all had failed. He was a very handsome guy, tall and fun. The best student leader we had was 170 cm and had pimples on his face. (...the book by the cover...)

The Obelix method. A bonus for every helmet taken from the enemy.

When I was a young professional soldier and a lowly PFC aspiring to become an NCO some day (Austrian Army, that is), I went on a course where our platoon leader told us one of the wisest words I ever heard in all of the NCO courses of my career (1992-2004 with stints in mountain infantry, airbourne and ultimately SF, and technically still not being over du to the fact that I'm nowadays an Army Reserve SFC who should be leading a squad of snipers - which I would do if I wouldn't be the single sniper left in my reserve batallion). Those wise words of our platoon leader were: "Always remember: if you're in charge, you'll always have to know and show that you know and can do at least ten percent more than your subordinates to be able to do your job". And he was perfectly right. Because that way, you'll earn the trust of the men and women you lead, which means if they're worth their salt, they'll follow you almost everywhere and do almost everything you ask them for. Because that way, you'll earn their trust that you're right, doing the right thing, and strive to bring every one of them home safe and sound if you can manage to do that somehow. So essentially, I'd say the most important virtue of a leader ist trust: On one hand, the trust of your superiors that when tasked with something, you'll do everything in your power to make it work if it is possible - as well as the trust of your subordinates that you'll do everything in your power to make the mission a success while doing everything in your power to bring everyone back safe and sound. And yes, that's a _really_ tough job - but it is also _really_ rewarding if you manage to pull it off in a way so that your troop _and_ your higher-ups are satisfied (whereas you also must never shy away from pissing off at least one of those groups if it helps to make your current mission as well a success as a long-term strategy).

eh, just attach an Imperial commisar to any squad and we're gold.

I think it would be very interesting to see a film where an army charges forwards, and then the charge loses momentum, because the people in the front don't want to die

Not gonna lie, Lindybeige is the only youtuber who I don't skip the sponsorship sales pitch. He makes it entertaining enough to keep watching.

I'm getting a feeling Lindybeige is gonna start his own army lol.

Instructions unclear: made the enemy attack

when you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do.

When will we get a graphic novel about Lionel and Neville, the hunter-gatherers?

A lot of the things in this reminds me the movie "Black Hawk Down" and the character of Hoot, he has some of the best lines in the movie and was if I remember correctly something of a composite of several real life soldiers involved but they were made into one character for the movie. "When I go home people ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a god-damn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is." " Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window." "See you're thinking. Don't. 'Cause Sergeant, you can't control who gets hit or who doesn't or who falls out of a chopper or why. It ain't up to you. It's just war." "Sergeant, you got your men this far. You did it right today. Now you gotta start thinking about getting them out of here."

Fortunately, I happened to come across this channel, because you Mr. are an incredibly good storyteller. Really inspiring to listen to you.

Your videos are great and are very rewatchable because there always something that I might of missed. Watching your videos has actually made me pick up reading again, for this I thank you. Long Live the Beige.

1:25 '...a pier rating system...' Southend must rate quite high, if only for its length.

25:19 its adorable how Lindy does not get the telephone thing, he's so precious we need to protect him

47:40 You pretty much described a famous Swedish ballad about the gang life in Stockholm around the turn of the last century, 1903 by the lyrics. All the scum of the city were assembling to fight, then at the culmination the ballad just describes how they just stood in separate alleys yelling and posturing for four hours before turning tail. The last verse talk about how they even today talk about the legendary battle which lasted for days.

I remember that one year in particular, my hockey team decided that we were going to all take votes for who should be captain of the team. We just went around the room and asked each guy to yell out the name of the person they thought should be captain, so it wasn't anonymous at all, everyone knew who everyone else voted for lol It was one of the most humbling and just over all great moments for me when as the coach went around the room, all but 2 other players voted for me. I remember the hair standing up on the back of my neck as I realized all my teammates looked up to me and thought that I should be their leader. What an outstanding feeling. I voted for yours truly, of course :p Lindy! You're getting so close to 1M subs mate! Well done. Can't wait to see you hit that milestone.

The leader's job is often done before the action is joined. It is training. George McClellan was a poor battle commander, very timid, but his men loved him because he trained them well, and acted as they supposed a leader should, with pomp and ceremony. Grant earned the respect of his troops by success.

"Look stupid, ask a lot of questions" story of my life Lindy

Spent some time in the marine corps. Personally witnessed everyone from company commanders to PFCs happily initiate violence with no issue. Just relaying my experience.

"Give me enough ribbon, and I'll give you an army of heroes!" - Napoleon (I think he would know a bit about getting soldiers to fight)

Finally something from Lindy that isn't totally 100% about being scared and running away.

Really loved that you brought up The Unknown Soldier, I thought no one outside of Finland had even heard of the book.

I think i've watched this video like 3 or 4 times already. I just put these videos on the background when im cleaning or cooking to have something to listen to. Its perfect for that because the story telling doesn't get old.

Short answer: make them angry, give them a target to vent it on.

best video yet! Granted you posted 12 seconds ago and im 4 seconds in, i do believe in you.

Soviet Troops: But what if we don’t attack? NKVD: It’s your choice comrades, German bullets....or ours

US: Pick your own leader. Soldiers: We want that guy. US: REEEEEEEEEEEEE

Well, after watching this entire episode, I can safely say that maybe the answer is battle droids. The droid should not care if it lives or dies, only that the objective is achieved. Ironically the brutality of it may save lives.

"Look, sir! Pababababa, pababababa!" This is how life works 90% of the time*, not only the army. *citation needed

"How to get troops to attack" I dunno, try ordering them or something, maybe right click will do.

2 minutes in. I'm in the Army. I went to Senior Leader Course last year. We had to complete an anonymous peer evaluation to determine who we would want to lead us and then second, and so on. It was really cool to be told (privately) that I was 3 of 16. To know my peers valued the information I had, my classes, character, etc. was very assuring.

"The Queen thinks the World smells of paint" is a Billy Connolly joke & is probably the Hawthorne Effect too.

MI5 bugged his place for entertainment reasons only :-)

51 minutes. Mr LindyBeige is feeling *taciturn*

Fascinating, thank you. Some insights I think could be applied to work

28:45 "javlins are their main weapons" has a new meaning in 2022

It’s like my prayers have been answered 🙏🏼! Highlight of the week. Lindy video!

I am a soldier, I find peace in war, and fight for peace. It is in me that violence and peace are married. Imagine me as the bread in a PB&J... the substrate that supports and brings together opposites. That's what it is to be a soldier. The conflict and the resolution lives within.

Just got this in my recommendations, you just earned yourself a new subscriber, my good sir.

You've probably had tons of feedback already on your advertising method,but FWIW i like it as well. With someone like yourself who is interesting to listen, the live spoken ad is great

23:25ish: A lot of wargames which feature larger, less trained armies do have a "roll to activate" mechanic based on the experience of the unit, usually in combination with allowing a "leader" unit to give them an order to do something. It actually does a pretty decent job of simulating exactly the type of thing you're talking about, especially since the player controlling the army is less likely to even try to activate a unit with poor odds. Originally when I read some of those rules I thought they were being overly harsh, but after watching this I'm thinking they might be unrealistically kind in a lot of cases... interesting video, for sure.

6:00 Is that really the case tho? I mean it does make a lot of sense but my grandpa used to tell me that my great grandfather told him that whenever he charged the enemy lines in World war 1, he grabbed the cross on his necklace, thought of my great grandmother and closed his eyes while getting out of the trench before opening them again, shouting a battlecry (usually something along the lines of "Für Vaterland und Kaiser") and finally charging across no mans land. He said that everyone was already on terms with their own mortality and that behaviour as described in the video was merely something you saw when naive recruits met the battlefield for the first time

Another great presentation. Thanks

My Father was on a Cruiser in WW2, he said some of the same things. He also said most men will soil them self; their first time in heavy combat.

I went to combat as a Ranger, and I would say it’s much easier to be brave when you’re surrounded by brave men. Nobody wants to show fear. It also helps a lot that we constantly memorize and sing things about completing the mission, though I be the lone survivor. We spent a lot of time extolling acts of bravery too. I didn’t notice anyone afraid to die, but I guarantee a bunch of us were afraid to look afraid. It’s also worth noting that we practiced for years and we really wanted to get to play for keeps, even at the cost of life. I was wounded, as were two other guys on my squad, but it didn’t stop us from taking the position we were assigned and holding it until the gun jeeps went by. If I had been the only one that got to the guard shack, I believe I would have taken it or died nearby, or both. I’m pretty sure most of my squad would have done the same.

Very interesting video, I remember reading about the same question on The Face of Battle by Keagan. If I remember it was a mix of drill memories and spirit comeradeship....and alcohol. It is so intriguing that we still cannot understand the true behavior of humans in something that is unfortunately so common, wars.

Finally! I was waiting for this video

Really liked this vid, love the longer ones

Eisenhower filled the landing boats of the first day of operation overlord with the youngest (17-20-ish yrs old), greenest troops for the very reason you mention- the older troops weren't that keen on dying. These boys, even after being told flatly that they, as a group/boat, would take 90%< casualties, they still went into their boats (and to their deaths) probably thinking that surely they'd probably make it; they would be the 1 in 10 or less to survive. The first waves at Omaha had 100% casualties, NO ONE made it out of the water. Most died by bloody drowning. They were made to carry the nearly criminally stupid [on the part of the idiots who ordered those boys/soldiers to carry that much weight] amount of 60 lbs of kit and were dropped off way, way too soon/too far from shore. The drop off was a disaster [not even counting the botched night bombing over the defenses of omaha): some of the people driving the boats got off course due to rough seas plus a few of the crafts hit mines that weren't taken care of properly the night before, those things along with the curtain of machine gun fire and mortars they were running into spooked the boat drivers so they dropped the gates too soon. Some of the young men in the boats also jumped over to keep from being hosed down when the gate dropped but generally drowned because of their unecessary 60 lbs of kit. Eisenhower knew that the older soldiers wouldn't have climbed into those boats so willingly so he sacrificed the youngest. 😕😔😢

Hey Lindy. I hope you see this as I think it's fairly important. I love your videos and I listen intently to every second of them. Because of this, I pick up on a lot of information which I'd LOVE to quote in my research toward my Thesis. The study which mimics Millgram on the firing range is great, but I can't find it anywhere. Are you able to cite key studies you bring up in your description? It would be really appreciated. Either way, fantastic video (as always), looking forward to the next one :D

Lindybeige, you talk so much that the enemy will either surrender on the spot, or flee out of despair! Even so, I appreciate your video :)

Lionel and Neville playing with javelins again... love it