Ancient Warfare Expert Rates 10 Battle Tactics In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
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День томуRoel 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.
Find out more about Konijnendijk here:
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Ancient Warfare Expert Rates 10 Battle Tactics In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?
@anderseriksson7698 3 роки тому
"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 роки тому
came looking for this comment, ready to make it myself if I could not find it. Here, have a like.
@vigilantgopher9563 3 роки тому
I don't think rocks would be an effective ranged weapon
@maxpowell23 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@maxpowell23 also you could sling rocks with deadly force and accuracy, compared to water. Slinging water would just be a splashfight lol
@markusfreund6961 3 роки тому
@@vigilantgopher9563 What? 😂
@simonruud4846 3 роки тому
If this guy doesn’t have at least two ditches surrounding his house I’m gonna be really disappointed
@chlaco8739 3 роки тому
A man of his class should have at least 3! Any less is heresy!
@youngtoonfish6891 3 роки тому
And catapults and ballistas on his walls!
@mrgamer9220 3 роки тому
@@youngtoonfish6891 you forgot the trebuchets
@user-nx8pe6pc3h 3 роки тому
Lots of rock stores up to throw at them.
@goongozlerkhames2209 3 роки тому
@@youngtoonfish6891 NO TRUBUCHETS?? HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE SUPERIOR SIEGE WEAPON.
@SlippySlippy Рік тому
Q: How do i win ancient battles? A: Dig ditches Q: How many? A: Yes.
@isaaccleveland5757 Рік тому
Sir we’ve finished ditch #5, what are your orders? Another
@baohungpham8271 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
@@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 Рік тому
@@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 Рік тому
@@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!
@Saint0liver Рік тому
"Should you find yourself fighting an army of ice zombies..." - Roel Konijnendijk, Oxford Lecturer
@lemings100 11 місяців тому
wheeziiing
@wordsrwind22 6 місяців тому
Dig ditches
@Aragonsdick5170 5 місяців тому
😂
@italomorais9424 4 місяці тому
That's one time that you should probably use fire arrows.
@Tuilelen 3 місяці тому
say what you will, but when the zombie apocalypse comes, I want to be with this guy
@gavhyn8485 3 роки тому
“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 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@moondust2365 Yeah because they're not trying to kill people and cause tons of unnecessary damage.
@alis4328 3 роки тому
I read that in an elon musk voice.
@akizeta 3 роки тому
He forgot to mention that you can pick the rocks up again and re-use them.
@urosopacic1403 3 роки тому
Using rock to Hurt not to kill you use rocks against guy with shield
@CaptWarChief Рік тому
The Game of Thrones writers extensively researched medieval warfare and siege tactics for the express purpose of doing none of them correctly
@Gamerthawin Рік тому
Sounds like a waste of research lol
@grondhero Рік тому
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 Рік тому
@@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 Рік тому
isnt winterfel small though, get more outside
@grondhero Рік тому
@@joetheblu3 No, it's huge.
@saikatkar4452 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
Absolute menace
@greenman6141 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
His name was... Shovel Knight.
@Moose92411 Рік тому
Spectacular analysis
@HersheyBARZ_ Рік тому
I love this mans way of explaining things. Keep them coming! "..just throw them at people and they get hurt...its great..." LMAO
@silverdagger147 3 роки тому
Why is no one talking about how he literally caught an actor falling and just proved he was right?!?!
@edelweiss3433 3 роки тому
Omg yes 😂😂
@colinryan4737 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Where
@silverdagger147 3 роки тому
Ayk Z he shows where the actor fell
@DaxRaider 3 роки тому
"just throw Rocks at people, they get hurt, its great"
@kingofthehamsters 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Boiling oil that can light up the entire army underneath? Nah.. throw rocks. They cheap.
@mikew8983 3 роки тому
Beast titan has joined the lobby
@gabrielperry7477 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
Throw 💩.
@c3tanu Рік тому
"...and you just throw them ('rocks') at people. They get hurt. It's great!" Perfect description, love this man. 😂👌
@jondobbs69 Рік тому
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
@dwoodstwin 3 роки тому
"People try not to die" Funny how in so many movies people fully accept that they're canon fodder.
@sfp2290 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Lol yeah
@sfp2290 3 роки тому
@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 роки тому
The guy should explain WW1 fighting. If i am not wrong soldiers then did charge into the enemies line
@mkvv5687 3 роки тому
@Fishy Vagina I don't have a comment. Just wanted to see your yt name again.
@WhuttaNerd 2 роки тому
This guy's absolute fury at the consistent lack of ditches is hilarious.
@KurzedMetal 2 роки тому
Imagine being an engineer and see someone make a car with square tires :3
@brandonswihart7551 2 роки тому
Dig lots and lots of ditches
@ruialmeida818 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
And it's funnier knowing he's right.
@BrahmaDBA 2 роки тому
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.
@kevinashley478 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
@@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 11 місяців тому
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 11 місяців тому
@@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 7 місяців тому
@@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 Рік тому
Watching this man become increasingly exasperated by the lack of ditches in these movies has been the great joy of my week
@justgame5508 2 роки тому
“Just throw rocks at them, they hurt people and cost nothing, it’s great” Sounded almost like personal experience
@bmora2133 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
He was totally one of those fuckin kids
@pascalstrijker3985 2 роки тому
Day one mount and blade bannerlord rocks were alot stronger
@d-culture927 2 роки тому
So the Ewoks were right
@Voodoo_Robot 2 роки тому
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.
@dredhead117 3 роки тому
"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 роки тому
Sorry, but British marking only ever goes up to 9/10. At 10 we turn into Highlanders.
@oscartao5582 2 роки тому
Hence he is at Oxford
@Peter-xs2mu 2 роки тому
That combo of logic and sarcasm is typically Dutch :-).
@Fiskie666 2 роки тому
I agree 10/10
@onepoundofcheese8356 Рік тому
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
@maniacal1870 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
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 місяців тому
@@deformiertergolfball4847Using weather to your advantage is, was and will be an important part of warfare
@deformiertergolfball4847 7 місяців тому
@@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.
@giantsalsa3977 2 роки тому
“Use rocks. You throw them at people: they get hurt. It’s great.” This guy has inspiring levels of casualty 😉
@appleciderhorror12 2 роки тому
but then the pyros ar out of a job :( have some sympathy for professional arsonists
@Michal235 2 роки тому
The "It's great" moment really got me
@frostyguy1989 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
Thank you I wasn't the only 9ne who noticed that comment
@MusicGamesEverything 2 роки тому
Our ancestors figured that out millennia ago. How did we forget?
@vichenzadoorian7551 3 роки тому
"Once your first ditch is ready, build another one". Dying.
@mateuszgigon3724 3 роки тому
No, no! He's got the point :D
@megalexantros 3 роки тому
"all these guys standing around, when they could be making ditches"
@yacaran4284 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@yacaran4284 lol. I feel the same way
@TheReaIestOne 2 роки тому
@@yacaran4284 hahahaha 😂
@jjkrayenhagen Рік тому
"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 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
@@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 Рік тому
@@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 Рік тому
@@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.
@kxryv Рік тому
This guy is the best expert they've brought on IMO, needs more videos for sure
@MonsterParadise 4 місяці тому
Meh
@Doctor-Fate 2 роки тому
"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 роки тому
They actually talk about this in the AoE2 guide book that came with the original CDs. Some really good stuff in there.
@rockinrootbeer1795 2 роки тому
Fascinating stuff
@kurtshaw229 2 роки тому
I was thinking of total war but AoE is appropriate also
@michaelhomes8049 2 роки тому
Pshhhh. You mean Medieval Total War 2
@scipio764 2 роки тому
That's already a thing in AOE1. It was +4 back then.
@WookieChef 3 роки тому
I love how brutal this guy is in his ratings. Finally someone who doesn't hold back.
@casinodelonge 3 роки тому
he's Mr Laffs isnt he??
@kingofthehamsters 3 роки тому
Behold the wrath of the history nerd.
@marcelgabrielcilidariu6813 3 роки тому
Probably should shut up and dig a ditch! But yeah, this guy was great.
@mathijsvann 3 роки тому
He’s Dutch and it shows. Love our directness
@jflo789 3 роки тому
@@mathijsvann yes, I saw his name, heard his accent and thought to myself.. "oh boy, this is going to be rough"
@junezhang6267 Рік тому
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
@meredithcarroll6209 Рік тому
This man deserves a better marker for his white board, given the entertainment value he provides - particularly in explaining how to defeat ice zombies.
@SmokeBloody 3 роки тому
If you want to make an expert suffer, make them watch a movie of their specialization.
@gabrielperry7477 3 роки тому
XD
@JLS639 3 роки тому
I regret that I cannot up vote this comment more than once
@thesevendeadlysins578 3 роки тому
That is very true.
@WookieChef 3 роки тому
I believe that's what's called "punishment most cruel and unusual". And it's frowned upon.
@johnnylin3084 3 роки тому
You realize that torture is illegal in most countries now right?
@dandominare 2 роки тому
"People generally try not to die" - that's the kind of incisive analysis I'm here for!
@PipitLady 2 роки тому
And yet directors still somehow seem to just forget that 💀
@thathandsomedevil0828 2 роки тому
🤣
@thathandsomedevil0828 2 роки тому
@@PipitLady style over substance.
@folamialamudun1915 2 роки тому
But how do we know that? It's possible since people just have a thing for dying in the most instinctively repulsive way. 🤣🤣🤣
@BrvtusVG Рік тому
Roel's absolute dispassion for assigning scores gets me every time. "What do you want me to say, 2/10? Who cares. Next."
@Stimm002 Рік тому
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.
@whatsupinspace854 2 роки тому
"Rocks. You throw them at people, and they get hurt. It's great." - Ancient warfare expert
@sexyturopita 2 роки тому
Hahahhaha
@generalerica4123 2 роки тому
They take no preparation, either.
@Nebsteer 2 роки тому
I went to comments right after he said that
@petejemmott7657 2 роки тому
This! this is why I'm in the comments right now.
@Furykidxxx 2 роки тому
I love how casually he said that. xD
@JayJay-wf2oe 2 роки тому
"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 роки тому
same
@drteska97 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
It kills me each time I view this. 😁😂🤣
@szarekhthesilent2047 2 роки тому
@@drteska97 lead balls. also these were used way before the romans.
@drteska97 2 роки тому
@@szarekhthesilent2047 Yes, few thousands year before probably (i only wrote how Romans liked them, don't forget David killed Goliath with sling shoot)
@GustavoSilva-ny8jc Рік тому
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.
@dillonconstantine2411 Рік тому
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. 😅
@dark_knight109 3 роки тому
"Should you find yourself fighting an army of ice zombies..." *begins furiously taking notes*
@user-bk9sc9mq9b 3 роки тому
Lmfao
@greghelm843 3 роки тому
I can't believe he scored this higher than helms deep. It's so bad.
@olivergehr6514 3 роки тому
Dig a big hole.
@thomasf.9717 3 роки тому
@@greghelm843 it's the worst battle tactics i have ever seen.
@greghelm843 3 роки тому
@@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.
@THE_BEAR_JEW 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
You forgot to mention the importance of digging ditches
@susbedo9258 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
micromanagement?
@JayJaysundance 2 роки тому
Antonio Margheritti
@magtovi 2 роки тому
Don't forget also to dig ditches.
@PolevayaMysh Рік тому
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.
@analuizasilva5191 Рік тому
This video never fails to make my day happier
@theallseeingkuma1569 3 роки тому
"I'm an expert in Ancient Warfare" Expectation: Badass warrior Reality: Badass intellectual
@TheEyez187 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Other reality: professional ditch digger
@angelrivera2339 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
I love Insider channel.
@JohnnyOlsson 3 роки тому
The "trying not to die" part is sadly overlooked by Hollywood.
@dusk6159 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
In holywood movies 1 guy think he can take all army by him self
@trottlesnot 3 роки тому
Lol, the average Hollywood plot is off course: "dude desperately tries to get killed, but fails at it"
@smievil 3 роки тому
they should just fire actors if they die in a movie to make death more valuable.
@TehGnomeh Рік тому
I've binged a lot of these freaking videos. This guy has been the best judge, hands down.
@joisagirlsname 2 роки тому
I'm absolutely entranced with how unimpressed he is at the lack of ditches and frivolous use of fire. 10/10
@painstruck01 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@erwin2869 Is that a joke?
@norris667 2 роки тому
@@abuabdullah9878 has to be.
@rabenkonig6251 2 роки тому
@@norris667 Some folks legit need to learn how to read.
@vandogtrailer6701 2 роки тому
More ditches! Less Fire! More ditches! Less Fire!
@zachariusd 2 роки тому
I want a whole series of just this guy being annoyed at Hollywood battle scenes. This is fascinating.
@darcos7535 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
I am all for this!
@abeartheycallFozzy 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
Andrew fry Any force with long, pointed sticks and loud noises: "Yummy!"
@antoinelachapelle3405 2 роки тому
@@abeartheycallFozzy It's weird that they did that because the Dothraki had some infantry in the books, though they still focused heavily on cavalry.
@iamwhattheymademe- Рік тому
I too felt that the Dothraki were COMPLETELY WASTED during that battle. Like I get they generally prefer to fight mounted, but if they had just been used as infantry along with everybody else they would have had much better numbers. They literally just sent all of the Dothraki to their deaths and gained very little from doing so.
@Rattenhoofd 10 місяців тому
I imagined them shouting "filming scenes with horses is too expensive!" as they rode into their doom.
@scottburton509 9 місяців тому
The only thing gained was an inspirational scene when the Red Woman ignited the swords. Something to get the viewers pumped up before the main clash.
@user-ew2pt8xc3l Місяць тому
It pissed me off, even the back story of the Dothraki being skirmish fighters, good on an open field, shooting arrows from horse back, then they all just suicide in the dark. All this build up over 6 seasons for that in the 7th :l
@TheHookemhornman Рік тому
I love he added a weirwood tree with a smiley face on his drawing
@rooney0423 3 роки тому
Historians: people in real life try not to die Hollywood: CHARGE THE PIKE WALL
@vertigo1522 3 роки тому
W40k Bayonet charge syndrome
@itstriplem2069 3 роки тому
@@vertigo1522 lol, for the Emperor!!
@adrianbundy3249 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Hollywood would love the imperial troops of Krieg
@hydradominatus3641 3 роки тому
Yeah back then you didn't have a choice lol. Either you charged or died either way
@marios9992 3 роки тому
"Well, firstly, that hill is much too steep so everybody would die"
@nothke 3 роки тому
But they have the HIGH GROUND!!
@EdWood1EW 3 роки тому
@@nothke But they didn't stay there
@gokurocks9 3 роки тому
*lightly chuckles*
@vishnusahani2822 3 роки тому
Horse meat
@raymondveritas5255 3 роки тому
Imagine if the movie shows everyone charging then ending up dying to the hill, then the credits roll
@javidakhundov Рік тому
I just like this guy (first time seeing him). No bs. Straight to the point
@earthling_parth Рік тому
I hope you've seen parts 2 and 3 with Noel! All of them just as entertaining and informative ☺️
@Nantosuelta Рік тому
This man is a legend for keeping his composure when watching a scene from 300
@3xustio 3 роки тому
13:48 "Women, children, old men... everybody does something" Guess what *Hands over a shovels* Start digging ditches
@ReynaldoJAbreuR74 3 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣
@mikeblade3139 3 роки тому
Lol 😂
@sericarose1828 3 роки тому
You do see this in The 13th Warrior. Pity he didn't do that one.
@ulrichkalber9039 3 роки тому
@@sericarose1828 13th warrior has a few interesting aspects, but was complete fantasy.
@minenhlemyeza9785 3 роки тому
😂😂😂
@Anakunus 3 роки тому
"So, again, where is your ditch?" I suppose the movie makers just decided to _ditch_ it.
@SerhiiMartyneko 3 роки тому
I hope you can see yourself out
@danlyday7248 3 роки тому
Bud dum tish
@matshu 3 роки тому
YEEEEEEEEEEAH!
@kekkewezel4615 3 роки тому
haha, I see what you did there
@thornofsociety6857 3 роки тому
YYeeeeeeeeaaaahhh!!
@eunbitpark5251 Рік тому
I just love his reaction of Braveheart!! Every second of that scene irritates him, we don't blame him! LOVE it!
@KafshakTashtak Рік тому
You know a video is awesome when you come back to watch it again and again.
@ShadowMachine00 2 роки тому
Lessons: 1: rocks + gravity = free good weapon 2: ditches And more ditches 3: yeah...horses are crazy expensive
@Ludwig7231 2 роки тому
More ditches=more gravity force acting on your rock
@lianflowers9177 2 роки тому
And use camels because they scare horses
@christ2714 2 роки тому
And skip the fire, unless you want to look cool
@lianflowers9177 2 роки тому
@@christ2714 but who doesn't want to look cool?
@DeathnoteBB 2 роки тому
@@lianflowers9177 People who want to win
@98765432123456781000 3 роки тому
"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 роки тому
Don't forget the best: "where are the ditches"
@JohnDoe-pt7ru 3 роки тому
The rock thing is stupid. It's called armor.
@kerimcaglayan4300 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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.
@DeltaSilver88 9 місяців тому
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.
@kg-Whatthehelliseventhat 7 місяців тому
"You can just throw rocks. It hurts people. It's great." This guy is ruthless. I love it!!! 😊
@rjjennings4062 3 роки тому
"Sadly all these horses would just slide to their death" killed me
@user-bk9sc9mq9b 3 роки тому
You are a horse?
@emon6490 3 роки тому
@@user-bk9sc9mq9b dafuq!?
@gwynlordofsunlight5290 3 роки тому
I’m a horse
@monkeybandit222 3 роки тому
@@gwynlordofsunlight5290 are you Juan?
@eddiemaiden4192 3 роки тому
@@gwynlordofsunlight5290 from what I remember you were supposed to be in the kiln. Why’re you on UKposts man? Don’t you have some casuls to thrash?
@hereticsaint100 2 роки тому
"Where is your ditch? WHERE IS YOUR DITCH! You know this!" This guy is great.
@StitchyOfficial 2 роки тому
SHOW ME YOUR DITCHES!
@gebbygeb3547 2 роки тому
"Where your wok?? Where your wokkkk????"
@amirmoezz 2 роки тому
Why are you running? Why are you running?
@jaitirthpage1041 2 роки тому
WHERE'S THE DITCH
@kaelthunderhoof5619 2 роки тому
"Give me rent"kinda vibes
@Moose92411 Рік тому
Once your first ditch is ready, build another one. This man is fabulous.
@giveusascream 11 місяців тому
As someone who's only experience of medieval battles is through movies. this has opened my eyes, as to what battles were really like.
@zainubaali6704 3 роки тому
11:48 “Where is your ditch? WHERE IS YOUR DITCH? You’ve gotta have a ditch” 😂
@hydradominatus3641 3 роки тому
Haha.. he doesn't really know shit.
@ShiftJay08 3 роки тому
@@hydradominatus3641 Actually he does, more than you clearly
@hydradominatus3641 3 роки тому
@@ShiftJay08 Did he gain all this knowledge while sipping his Starbucks latte while flipping through other peoples research? Yes.
@puchomuc 3 роки тому
@@hydradominatus3641 Lol ok - so which rating was the one that one that made you mad? LOTR?
@hydradominatus3641 3 роки тому
@@shrek-is_love-shrek_islife714 Personal experience.
@Envy_Dragon 2 роки тому
"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 Рік тому
I laughed HARD when he said this.
@matteomanara4518 Рік тому
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😅
@firingallcylinders2949 Рік тому
I came here to see if anyone noticed this hahaha
@ryder9401 Рік тому
lol indeed
@stuartjohnson5686 Рік тому
I gun is essentially a high speed rock thrower.
@babyhercules9875 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
Same! And use rocks!!!
@scottburton509 9 місяців тому
@@nellicosta7701 LOTS of rocks.
@malonei7472 Рік тому
I love this guy, please do more materials with him!
@Aryetti 2 роки тому
Roel is so convincing that he made me want to start digging a ditch around my garden to protect my house 😱😅
@silverschooner5821 2 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣😎
@PLBiohazard 2 роки тому
Gotta do what you gotta do to keep those pesky tax collectors at bay, I tell you !
@Crosswalker. 2 роки тому
😅😂🤣 Best comment so far 😁
@bored1930 2 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣🤣 underrated comment
@cryptidian3530 2 роки тому
And when you're done with the first one, you start digging the second one.
@josefran7018 3 роки тому
"In fact, in this period the Greeks were the ones who charged like that. Whereas the persians were much more organized and advanced silently into the battle, which was something that impressed Greeks." That was actually interesting to know.
@subhamsen5200 3 роки тому
Apparently Persians were more sophisticated then greeks they had more centralised way of governing an empire and they have a good standing proffesional army with legendary Immortals in Their core infentary...
@UnusHonorabilis 3 роки тому
Also thought it was really interesting using camels because they scare horses
@MM-ho7kb 3 роки тому
@@subhamsen5200 still got conquered by lesser numbers
@arminius6506 3 роки тому
And in 300 it were the Persians who were civilised and sophisticated people.
@MM-ho7kb 3 роки тому
@@subhamsen5200 well, every polis in Greece was different at that time so it is a bit adventurous to speak about all of the Greeks at the same time. Spartans had a huge ammount of slaves at that time, they even started wars just to get their slaves killed in battle when they had too many to control longterm. This means that they could focus 24/7 into being soldiers. Add that they had a very focused life, not focusing into luxury or things like the Roman nobility. Plus they were not crazy "Never retreat, never surrender" men....
@ricardogil910 6 місяців тому
Amazing video, a lot of knowledge from Dr. Roel. Thank you very much for this moment of teaching.
@gelraldoldo5152 Рік тому
I like how he explains the point he is making; I like listening to him talk about this stuff
@KapitanTambay 2 роки тому
The Art of War last page: "If everything fails, dig ditch."
@lemurpie9381 2 роки тому
judging by how this man thinks about it, I think it's the first page
@relentlessberlin5609 2 роки тому
In modern terms "If you fail, just call an airstrike"
@muhammadridho7680 2 роки тому
Art of war only page
@amadeus962 2 роки тому
Or throw rocks at them
@youngmasterzhi 2 роки тому
That’s how we got the phrase “last ditch effort”
@ruialmeida818 2 роки тому
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.
@c_m00 2 роки тому
lmao portugal lmao
@wingerding 2 роки тому
@@c_m00 I don't think he was joking mate.
@ruialmeida818 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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.
@Duke_of_Lorraine 8 місяців тому
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 5 місяців тому
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 місяці тому
Yep, Mongols did that all the time. Very effective
@Duke_of_Lorraine 4 місяці тому
@@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 місяці тому
@@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.
@bigdollaz 2 місяці тому
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‼️🫡👌🏼
@trumpemendous2330 3 роки тому
"The hill is way too steep, they would all die." This man is so enjoyable to watch.
@flutecoc 2 роки тому
how does this 1.1k likes comment have no replies
@elevationclips6499 2 роки тому
Try
@elevationclips6499 2 роки тому
Tru*
@trumpemendous2330 2 роки тому
@@flutecoc It does now :D
@josephherrera6656 2 роки тому
More importantly it has no dislikes, this guy is a freaken genius
@clarkparker4860 3 роки тому
Moral of the story: Everything is shit unless it has a ditch.
@prongs82 3 роки тому
Shovel is one of the vital equipment after spear and shield
@hainleysimpson1507 3 роки тому
@@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.
@Tetragrammaton40 3 роки тому
@@hainleysimpson1507 tf are you on about
@dam11232 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@dam11232 E-tool?
@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control Рік тому
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.
@KasumiRINA Рік тому
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.
@jonimaricruz1692 2 роки тому
“Rocks. You throw them at people, they get hurt. It’s great.” The very essence of warfare since its inception.
@AsianPaulConrad 2 роки тому
Stone Slinger skirmishers: finally... RECOGNIZED
@grahamstrouse1165 2 роки тому
Worked for David.
@joebrowser775 2 роки тому
That would’ve been his elevator pitch if he was in that era lol
@pierreo33 2 роки тому
@@grahamstrouse1165 get out with your fairy tales
@Vandyno 2 роки тому
@@pierreo33 See a psychologist.
@JnoJoy 3 роки тому
petition to have a part 2 this is top tier entertainment
@ChuckNorrisIsNothing 3 роки тому
Ditches Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
@msmalice6007 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
This guy likes what I liked which is history battles
@quannguyenle9775 2 роки тому
give him some more movies about modern wars with canon, matchlock (like the last samurai or the patriot, ect...)
@JackRabbitSlim 2 роки тому
Apparently they did think about getting this guy to do a part 2, but then they ditched the idea... ...anyone...? ...no?
@doomedtroll Рік тому
This guy needs his own channel
@Mikeliest Рік тому
This makes me really want a movie or short where this guy is in charge of a film production team and tries to make the most realistic depiction of a battle that he can.
@snowbear163 Рік тому
I think audiences would find it boring.
@robertojosedgzmoro 2 місяці тому
He was soraly missed in "Napoleon" Good lord, what a waste of money making a film that sucked in basic elements, such as size and colours of flags!
@robertojosedgzmoro 2 місяці тому
sorely
@Kirkrrr 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
This 🤌🏼
@Cruxispal 2 роки тому
He confirmed on Twitter that part 2 finished filming and will be released soon!
@aleksandarpesic1412 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
Yes please
@livefree1981aw 2 роки тому
I've watched this 3 times just for the humor. Hollywood is so terrible.
@AH6man 3 роки тому
“Build a ditch and when you finish that ditch build another”
@AudieHolland 3 роки тому
And thus we got the military saying: 'last ditch effort."
@budmeister 3 роки тому
@@khamjaninja. And that would eventually lead to the technology of trench warfare that was made infamous by WW1.
@weswolever7477 3 роки тому
Side benefit from lots of ditches....lots of rocks to throw
@Haannibal777 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
It worked for Belisarius at Dara.
@martinwakefield8138 11 місяців тому
"About a 100 years ago a scholarship at Oxford who clearly had rugby on his mind"... Priceless.
@YourWifesBoyfriend__ 3 місяці тому
Loves history, you can tell. And he tells it like it is. He's awesome. Bring this guy back
@NinjaGidget 2 роки тому
Frustrated historian: "Where is your ditch? You need a ditch - you know this. STOP with the fireballs already!"
@DeadSezSo 2 роки тому
I was about to quote this exact statement but just glimpsed your comment and was satisfied. 10/10
@NinjaGidget 2 роки тому
@@DeadSezSo happy to oblige!
@lukasjirousek5668 2 роки тому
and you need a ditch in front of another ditch!
@caster- 2 роки тому
The party's wizard "but fireball solves everything "
@TheAlja 2 роки тому
Yes brilliant, have your troops dig into permafrost ground, that sure wont exhaust them at all.
@cncoo2001 3 роки тому
Expert: draws on whiteboard Insider: we'll just go ahead and animate that instead.
@alfisyahr 3 роки тому
lol at least they tried
@mesudheydarli 3 роки тому
His marker was out of ink
@ramonfrancois9306 3 роки тому
@@mesudheydarli Classic teacher
@pairot01 2 роки тому
Animationis better for a video, the guy's drawimg tells the animator what to show
@ilg2012 2 роки тому
hahaha thought the same thing
@koselig402 5 місяців тому
best how real is it guest. id buy this man a beer and prod his brain even more. glad yall brought him back for more episodes
@franciscocota6440 Рік тому
I loved this. Both for the entertainment, but also for writing and D&D purposes.
@adamoneil5317 Рік тому
D & D? What is that?
@WorldifySanity 4 місяці тому
@@adamoneil5317Dungeons & Dragons
@russjoneswrites 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
You have a point, sir.
@davidanderson2357 3 роки тому
@@OkurkaBinLadin And you, Mr. Jones, win this week's Best Internet Comment Award.
@frederickschneider979 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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.
@willnoucamp 2 роки тому
“Haha look at the extra, he falls flat on his face 😂” Brutal
@g.strobl4458 2 роки тому
Well, one can hardly expect otherwise from a man studying warfare all day. ;)
@simplyyellow6240 2 роки тому
adding realism into the scenes.
@justina3901 3 місяці тому
"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!
@jenna2720 Рік тому
I love your commentary. I also don't understand why the attacking armies don't dig in before laying siege. And the film makers could probably add in some tension by showing the attacking army slowly succumbing to disease, demoralization and problems with supply lines. IDK, they always seem to miss the really interesting logistical bits.
@KasumiRINA Рік тому
Watch Warlords aka The Blood Brothers! It focuses on attacking army starving during siege and kinda explains (doesn't excuse, just shows the perpetrator's reasoning) why massacres were so brutal.
@jenna2720 Рік тому
@@KasumiRINA Thanks! I'll give it a watch!
@adrianradu2332 2 роки тому
"You throw them at people and they get hurt. It's great!" I love this quote from the video, I would rate rocks a definitive 10/10!
@vast634 2 роки тому
rocks rock!
@johnnycreighton29 2 роки тому
@@vast634 (rocks)²... 😂 Yeah. That was a good quote, what Roel Konijnendijk said.
@CptCoatrack 2 роки тому
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@ovakefali2634 2 роки тому
Another good quote "If you get that close to cavelery, why don't you just stab it"
@kylemccollum3583 2 роки тому
Who could’ve guessed that digging ditches would be the most important tactic in battles? But it’s obvious now, it gives you the high ground. Obi wan Kenobi knew it all along and we just turned it into a meme…
@honkerbonker6700 2 роки тому
Its called .. tactical minecrafting ! *HONK*
@ZannNewman 2 роки тому
you make your own high ground - Unstoppable!
@frankg2790 Рік тому
6:14 The reason why Hollywood has almost every medieval or ancient battle be a brawl is that it makes the battle on screen look larger and more epic than it actually is. Don't get me wrong. I would love historically accurate battle scenes in film, but there needs to be a balance between historical accuracy and bein' cinematic.
@HolyMith Рік тому
It depends on what the film is trying to do. If it's a fantasy type setting, or something deliberately embellished and exaggerated, it doesn't bother me all that much (besides glaring tactical errors that no one would even think of doing). But if they are depicting historical events, e.g. Braveheart, then innacuracies stand out much more.
@KasumiRINA Рік тому
@@HolyMith battle of Stirling WHAT?!
@Tarquin2718 Рік тому
Brilliant. I love Roel Konijnendijk. Also you can't have a more Dutch name. 8 out of10 🙂 But his analysis 10 out of 10
@Lantern2safety 3 роки тому
Today on watchmojo, we count down the 10 times where ditches wouldve saved lifes!
@Nokard 3 роки тому
Omg hahaha hahahaha nice idea 😂😂😂😂
@Mistedflame 3 роки тому
You win😂😂
@RichO1701e 3 роки тому
*lives
@scottturkington9899 3 роки тому
Or took lives. If you go in the ditch you die hahaa
@jankramolis8658 3 роки тому
let's goo
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