5 Victories Where The Underdog Triumphed Against The Odds

[@Unknown5tv]

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[@ChevyChase301]

Unknown5 Cannae, Midway, Carrhae,

[@williamnyhan3892]

Unknown5 austerlitz

[@nathanwheeler2047]

Midway, Battle of Britain, Bastogne is so cool ones

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Siege of Gibraltar, Battle of Long Tan, Battle of Gaugamela

[@axeltenveils6816]

Unknown5 Almost every single battle of the Greek Rebellion(?revolution?) Of 1821.

[@kupaars]

A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian!" The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill, where upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian." Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!" The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought! Then silence. . . Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander: "Don't send any more men. . .it's a trap! There's two of them!

[@khal7702]

+Kupaars lol

[@isaiah1065]

😂

[@amrmohamed1387]

😂😂😂😂

[@ciroalphalyon3662]

Kupaars: great post!

[@dunruden9720]

+Kupaars My grandfather fell out of his cradle laughing at that one, it's so old!

[@martzall6776]

You forgot the time many years ago that a husband won an argument against his wife by accurately recalling an historical disagreement before she did

[@wfcoaker1398]

He deserved a medal.

[@dondodr]

@@wfcoaker1398 He's dead

[@RomaInvicta202]

That could never happen :P

[@seferinorino6951]

That’s a myth

[@lyndonanderson2900]

A very brave man, but I’m sure he was still ultimately found to be wrong

[@SuperJJAlexander]

I love how at 30:55, when talking about Agincourt, you show a painting about a Spanish-Portuguese battle.

[@poupashelderbarbosa]

thanks for notice that! :D

[@TagusMan]

True!

[@luciusv5765]

and it is a battle worthy of notice as much as aguincourt, specialy cause there would be no Portugal had they lose. also 9k + 200 english longbowmen vs 40k spaniards + 2 to 4k french knights. battle of Aljubarrota.

[@poupashelderbarbosa]

It would make a great movie.

[@Caradepato]

I came for aljubarrota in the thumbnail. Don’t know what I expected.

[@Ajaws]

Christopher Lee fought for the Fins against Russia, and then for the Brits against Germany, in the precursor to the SAS He was a badass

[@RoverIAC]

he also fought Yoda, Dracula and Gandolf. That's Super BadAss!

[@SuperRKO92]

@@RoverIAC he didn’t fight Dracula, he WAS Dracula! Added badass points

[@RoverIAC]

@@SuperRKO92 hmmm, I'm going to say Dracula had some inner turmoil ?

[@baggav99]

He was more like a tourist in Finland because the English didn't allow their citizens to take part in that war

[@mapleflag6518]

Well he didn’t fight because he didn’t know how to ski so he and his friends were put on guard duty before being sent back to England.

[@unknownpack5717]

What about all my battles in mount&blade warband?

[@unknownpack5717]

lengman yeah true haha

[@Fankas2000]

It's not that hard to win when you are fighting a retarded AI

[@dazooej5785]

ah yes, the power of the backstep is strong

[@FatBunny168]

try defending a city with 1245 troops (530 fully upgraded) against the might of 3 allied swadia, nord, and sarranid force 6000+ force in max difficulty. =_= moded module give the attack 4 ladders and another ladder to the tower itself. Now I am desperately waiting for bannerlord......better optimatized, no more backstep power, more complex seige, smart AIs that use defense equipements like balistas, etc :D

[@shilopnamreg6468]

Bunseth Likyon why would you do that to yourself?

[@simohayho8622]

Knights were like: "This is MALTAA!!"

[@IsraelCountryCube]

BATCH FINN

[@Bulskee]

🤣🤣🤣✊

[@garyjohnson9051]

That’s really funny

[@ladymopar2024]

There is a movie about this it was very good can't think of the name of it right now

[@thunderbird1921]

That would be AMAZING if they really yelled that!

[@AnonYmous-ob7py]

Imagine being 1 of the 2 people who died fighting under Admiral Yi. Talk about unlucky.

[@MothaLuva]

Imagine being both of them.

[@Nievesggness]

@@MothaLuva LOL idk why this made me laugh so hard

[@MiraSubieGirl]

Admiral Yi is probably the only historical story to make me cry. What a dude...

[@ikasando]

The English translation of Yi is Chad. Admiral Yi is indeed history's first recorded Chad, the manly alpha dude-bro who reigns supreme over lesser beta cuck simps.

[@davidchoi6796]

It wouldve been an honor for them and their family

[@phantasma05]

wow firing your enemies heads out of your cannon has to be the biggest insult ever

[@lifesimulator3964]

opkdom Trading morale for gun powder 😂

[@bogustoast22none25]

So thick headed we use them as ammo.

[@abyp1883]

they had it coming with their jaw dropping brutality. Btw...i get a feeling that they have it coming again in future! fkng up demographics, forcible conversions and playing naive victims until they become the majority and then spit at the minority!!!!!! They have it coming again!

[@derikc24]

It was probably Trebuchets

[@jaredpyle9045]

Well then.

[@guicneves95]

As a proud portuguese, I have to point out that the image used in the 31:00 minute mark is actually of the battle of Aljubarrota, where 6.000 portuguese soldiers fend off the invading Castilian force, which outnumbered them 5 to 1, resulting in a crushing portuguese victory, and a complete route of the remaining castilian force. The day after the battle, a baker-woman killed eight castillian soldiers who were hiding in her bakery, becoming a famous portuguese hero. it is one of the best battles in portuguese history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aljubarrota

[@bghawkzz5092]

You forgot to mention the brave English longbowmen who fought by your side

[@edgarseabra2177]

@@bghawkzz5092 you are correct im Portuguese there was 300 english archers who fought bravely alongside the portuguese , there was also 1500 heavy french cavalier on the castilian side .... But he forgot the most underdog and probably one of the most imporntant battles in human history who crashed the world in two , won by the portuguese in the indic ocean wich is the battle of DIU where the portguese had 15 Boats and probably 1000 men against almost 300 war ships and 6000 mens of diferent empires .. Thanks to that battle today we have the world that we have ..... I think people must apreciate more the portuguese history , my contry is constatly being forgoten and almost all the battles that we have we whore always the underdog and we always win ..... Its very sad to see that portugal doesn´t have a place in this tipe of videos .

[@edgarseabra2177]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Diu_(1509)

[@trailoffiends]

Yeah I was searching for Aljubarrota because that image is in the thumbnail.

[@guicneves95]

@@bghawkzz5092 didn't mean to downplay the english role, it was crucial for our victory, but I didn't want to narrate the entire episode, as there was a lot more that could have been said, and a youtube comment might not be the best place for it hahaha but yes, we had a tremendous help from 300 english longbowmen, which, at the time, were viewed as probably the deadliest troop of the time. But the castillians actually also had help, some 1500 heavy french horsemen.

[@Aravaganthus]

>Invade Finland to avoid German invasion of Leningrad from the sea >Inspire Germany to invade and besiege Leningrad from land

[@Erik_830]

biggest bruh moment in history

[@bankerduck4925]

*Stalin thumbs up*

[@iwillstealbradyandlockhimi3523]

And also Finland was supposed to help Germany siege Leningrad. Luckily they didn’t make it to Leningrad as they stopped fighting once they reclaimed their original land.

[@JoseDaPrimo]

5:43 i can't man i jeep coming back to this video because of this one part man what a savage thta old grand master is

[@zanebrolin4817]

This guys voice is like syrup. I could fall asleep to him talking about brutal massacres.

[@billhuber2964]

Reminds me of my teacher. Still love military history.

[@caseyasamoah9330]

I actually did😂

[@BucephalusHume]

are you gay?

[@WickedChiChi]

Stop it

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@WickedChiChi u stop whining before I fulfill ur name and grant you a dirty, dirty Sanchez…

[@marduk1734]

new themes for Sabaton songs located.

[@Свободадляроссии]

Through the gates of hell As we make our way to heaven Through the Nazi lines Primo victoria

[@Anglisc1682]

I always wanted to hear a song from them based on the last stand at Hastings, or Agincourt or Crecy

[@odinforce2504]

We were told to hold the border and that is what we did, honored were our orders in despite of our foe. We, we will resist and bite! Bite hard! Cause we are all in sight! We! We take up arms and fight! Fight hard! Resist and do what's right!

[@Tramseskumbanan]

The Caroleans are marching on.

[@ronaldostrowski4014]

You mean songs like Sabaton's 40:1 about 700 Polish soldiers holding off 40,000 German soldiers for three days during the 1939 Polish Campaign. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoSXf5V5odJ4faM

[@Dirt_McGirt_Osirus]

A soldier comes into Admiral Yi’s quarters “Sir we’re heavily outnumbered at least 10-1” Admiral Yi: “Hahahaha the poor bastards”

[@drbungholebob993]

We are merely in a target rich environment

[@niels8143]

"Sir, the corean fleet is in sight !" -Are we enough to handle it ? -We outnumbered them at least 10-1. -Call renforcement !!!"

[@sicat2345]

Admiral Yi sure is the most badass admiral in history.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

Yeah hes probably even better than Nelson

[@TheManofthecross]

deadliest warrior would put that to the test. :P

[@timpyrules]

aint got nothing on Michiel de Ruyter

[@VRichardsn]

Fuck Nelson, Yi is the man.

[@conatus1306]

Outlander, that's simply not true. The Japanese have plenty of experience with naval warfare - they live on an island; they have to! In terms of "floating castles" this is half-true. The most famous Japanese vessels pre-European influence were ships like the o-Atakebune. and these were indeed floating castles, but most navies that focused on coastal combat did this. Roman and Greek navies did such - look at the -reme (Bireme, Trireme, class ships. Even such later ships as the Mediterranean galeass had a "castle" - though ship design was evolving into more modern appearing vessels. In terms of how experienced they were in naval warfare, I'd say rather quite. They had to deal with Wakou piracy for many centuries leading up to (and during) the Sengoku Jidai period which meant they had steady experience simply fighting pirates, during the period they had to fight each other quite often; famously, Oda Nobunaga had built proto-ironclads to give himself an edge over rival warlords.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

The Scottish victory against the English at Bannockburn was one of European wide significance and was studied during my military education. The Scots outnumbered as much as six to one with no heavy knights or massed longbow men defeated the English with a force of pikemen. Their King Robert even killed an English heavy knight before the battle while riding a light horse with small battle axe. The lesson we were told was of the use of terrain, trained troops in formation and prepared positions. Make the enemy fight your battle in a place of your choosing.

[@torinjones3221]

The odds were 2-1 not 6-1 and the knight was Henry de Bohun and he apparently broke Roberts favourite Axe. The most interesting thing about the battle and the saddest is that Giles d'Argentan died there. A famous crusader knight who was considered at the time to be among the top 3 knights of the period alongside Robert the Bruce (of Scotland) and Emperor Heinrich VII (of the Holy Roman Empire). He had never ran from a battle and refused to run and told king Edward as much before turning back towards the Scottish army. He was effectively the William Marshal or Zawisza Czarny of his era.

[@britishpatriot7386]

Not anymore , they don't have an army or anything else . Everything is owned by England even the NHS , police , navy , air force , the currency etc etc etc etc etc

[@adambane1719]

@@britishpatriot7386 derp

[@harrymills2770]

Dad was in the 82nd Airborne and took the ski training at Camp Hale in Colorado. He raised me on stories of the Finnish ski troops against the Soviets. Conventional thinking about terrain and obstacles goes right out the window in winter. Properly equipped ski troops turn rivers and difficult terrain into highways. Move people and arms across distances normally associated with cavalry and mechanized, and at the exact time that cavalry and mechanized are immobilized by the conditions. The Mongols used winter against targets that relied too much on water defenses.

[@dominiquecharriere1285]

Admiral Yi deserves all the statues there are in Korea and more!

[@ChuckHickl]

How about the Battle of Salamis in which Themistocles strategized the defeat of a much larger Persian fleet under the greater direction of the Persian Emperor Xerxes? Seems like a good choice. JMHO.

[@BrassBalledDragon]

It would be an excellent choice except we still don't know much of the details of the battle. We know the Greeks were heavily outnumbered, we know they used the coastal terrain to their advantage and we know they won. Most else is in the realm of conjecture unfortunately. Still, it's extremely interesting to read up on.

[@gmeme9252]

BrassBalledDragon the ancients were well beyond their time, it’s sad so much of their secrets are lost to time.

[@arcotroll8530]

The battle of Plataea the following year is a better example. Even the battle of Marathon 10 years earlier would qualify.

[@cally77777]

Surely, though terribly mauled in terms of historical accuracy by the film, 300, the defence of the 'Hot Gates', (Thermopylae) against the same Persian army on land, with the eponymous 300 Spartans, accompanied by several thousand Greek allies, against an army reckoned to be anything from 100, 000 to over a million. The Spartan phalanx held the narrow pass against this huge force for several crucial days, and was only eventually defeated when the enemy managed to find a path through the hills around them. Even then the Spartans themselves refused to surrender, fighting to the death. Apart from being hugely inspiring to the Greeks, the time bought by this defence probably enabled the victories of Salamis and Plataea mentioned here, and ultimately won the war. By the way, I really enjoyed these concise, yet entertaining historical accounts by this youtuber.

[@thunderbird1921]

@@arcotroll8530 Wasn't Plataea one of the largest battles in history?

[@coldmexican288]

I've watched every one of your available videos at least 3 times each for years. This is one of my favorite channels.

[@phbrinsden]

In a greater historical context beyond blood and guts it is interesting that the great battles of Agincourt, Crecy and Poitiers actually helped the French king move the fairly nascent France from a collection of powerful feudal duchies etc into a centralized state where the king was truly king. This was the era of the growth of true nation states and wiping out big swathes of powerful nobility helped the process.

[@monks311]

The summer of 1655. Oh I remember those times. Best days of my life.

[@benababiodanso2885]

Rudy Flores I love that.

[@KelpDaJuice]

Gary Daniel "NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE SUMMER OF 55!"

[@locuraromantica]

The battle of Cartagena de Indias,a very good example too to include in this list.

[@WickedChiChi]

Stop

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@WickedChiChi quit spamming useless bot account don’t u have anything better to do than repeatedly comment “sToP iT!!!” In every thread??

[@motaboat5187]

Why didnt you include the thumbnail you used, the battle of Aljubarrota? Portugal was on the verge of losing there independence, and they were outnumbered 6,500 - 31,000 from the Castilians in battle. But the Portuguese prevailed and defeated the Castilians, keeping there independence. It was the greatest battle in Portuguese history and it definitely deserves a spot on the list.

[@canisjay]

their*

[@bluedog0012able]

PentaPointPlant biggest reason I came on here was I thought the battle of Aljubarrota would be here!

[@jorge6207]

The clickbait is strong with this one.

[@vasslander9602]

Wait, EU4 says portugal and castile are historical friends so I always left portugal alone since I like playing acording to history. I feel betrayed... Silly me thinking 2 neighbors lived in peace since day one.

[@costa200]

Well... Historically we barely managed a century without a war with Castille/Spain up until the Napoleonic Wars. Other than that, we are best friends forever :D

[@jameswilliams3241]

I always wonder why the thousands of Maltese who fought the Ottoman are ignored when they fought without armour and there wasn't a single defection when in fact several Italian and Greek soldiers did. The knights of St. John may have organised the defense but the Maltese bore the brunt of the fighting.

[@luisantoniomuscat7939]

James Williams exactly!

[@KalebBlackBlood]

Well we can at least give them a bit of respect in the comment section. Though it has always been in the nature of war, that the highest ranked get the credits even if the turning point happened because one skilled footsoldier performed a miracle. There's probably many classical battles were won by small 500 man divisions managing to push through the main line and surrounding the enemy general to force a surrender. Though what we hear is the king of this and the general named that, fought and routed their enemy at whatever.

[@stefanvella9807]

well said my friend.

[@2ndTim3_1-6]

That Korean Admirals story was the greatest and should be number 1. Sustained and multiple battles won heavily outnumbered after being tortured by his own people, incredible.

[@MrChispa06]

"Haha Comrades, the Finnish are just a small hungry country with no will to fight, this war will end in Two Weeks!"Finland: "I'm about to do what's called a Pro Gamer move."

[@OhioTruPatriot]

I see these types of comments all the time..... what makes people think that if they play video games that they have any clue about war or violence or to a lesser extent history? asking for a friend of mine.

[@tonytube32]

Whats more impressive was Finland's sniper known as "White Death"

[@Puschit1]

He was shown in a picture.

[@ToreDL87]

The beast that he was, he didnt specifically fight in a battle that was won against all odds. He fought at a place and time where the frontline was more or less static minus a few ineffectual charges here and there, he was simply in a home guard unit that was used as a stopgap while the bulk of the fighting was done elsewhere. This video is about victories against all odds, and so sadly that's exactly what doesn't give simo haya a directly credited spot here (but he was honored in a picture, as noted by Veavictis). At least... that's my guess.

[@omgitsjoetime]

ToreDL87 this guy Tht made the video probably doesn’t even know who the white death is

[@gyanmarcorole]

Simo Hayha

[@jereheiskanen1364]

Rest in peace simo häyhä you will be missed

[@SirLyonhart]

The Battle of Agincourt was on Oct 25, 1415, the Treaty of Troyes was May 21, 1420, when Henry was named Regent and Heir Apparent to the throne of France and married to Catherine of Valois. He died 2 years after that. Not 2 years after Agincourt. So he did see his claim fulfilled, but never took the throne. His infant son ruled as Henry VI in England and Henry II in France.

[@Wardner213]

I loved the bit about the Soviet invasion of Finland but thought is was too bad there was no mention of the White Death, Simo Hayha. His sniper skills were legendary.

[@danharper962]

Wardner213 is that not him at 12:00?

[@tapanilofving4741]

Dan Harper That picture is not Simo Häyhä. He used a different rifle and only an idiot sniper would shoot with a bayonet attached.

[@keepaalo]

sota ei yhtä miestä kaipaa..... olipa hän millainen tahansa = War does not yearn for one man....Whatever kind of man he is. Quote - unknown Finnish officer

[@jackmara882]

Well the most successfull killer was Stalin, who ordered - against the advice of his generals - a offensive through the entire border, instead of just pushing straight to Helsinki -.-

[@umizoomy65]

@Matthew Littlejohn how can you say that when middle Easterns have been waging war on each other to this day 😂😂

[@dampsomsatan]

I have known a lot of finns in my life and im not surprised of their sucess. The finnish people are tough But sadly the swedes who voluntered,went to finland and fought and died for their neighbour brothers are never mentioned in history.

[@widgeonslayer]

That is true. Many people from many nations came to help fight. If I remember correctly the Finnish general couldnt even speak the language. Definitely tough soldiers all around though.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Sweden has for a long time played the neutrality card, and it was important in both WW2 and Cold War. This is why they have been eager to forget the incident. At the same time, Soviet Union didnt want to pull Sweden into the war and avoided fighting swedish troops. In this they were unusually effective: I have no knowledge of swedish people actually dying in the war. One story is about a swedish volunteer airforce unit, which didnt see any combat because the soviets were actively avoiding fighting with them, to the point of knowing the minutiae of their operations. Soviets conducted raids only in times the interceptors were unavailable. Such strategy and use of intelligence assets is impressive to say the least. However, the swedish volunteers had a large effect on the war, even without firing a shot: Every km of border they patrolled, every man they sent meant one more finnish soldier who could be positioned where fighting was worst. It is my humble opinion that it was those volunteers that made the difference between survival and total destruction of Finland, and as such greatly affected the outcome of the whole WW2.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

@@widgeonslayer As I understand, the most famous volunteer was the great Christopher Lee, who served in a Canadian ambulance unit.

[@petroffma]

This version of Admiral Yi sounds epic; the full story is even better.

[@sosrasputin107]

you are missing all those fights were switzerland won against habsburg with a bunch of farmers against armys of fully trained knights

[@mi-lo4ec]

Wait that really happen, what was the battle called?

[@mi-lo4ec]

@bhumi mahardhika Thanks

[@dantheman4908]

The mountains did half the work😂

[@ondrejsedlar7003]

@bhumi mahardhika Those are rookie numbers, look up Battle of Vítkov Hill.

[@Tom--Ace]

Or how about the hussites?

[@veganchristian5127]

idc what battle you have up your sleeve. you'll never top defeating 333 ships with just 12.

[@WickedChiChi]

Stop it

[@chowderwhillis9448]

@@WickedChiChi quit spamming useless bot account don’t u have anything better to do than repeatedly comment “sToP iT!!!” In every thread??

[@Jazmillenium]

Some good modern examples can be the Vietnamese vs the United States, or Mujahedeen against the USSR and later Talibam vs USA

[@irockuroll60]

Not really. Because the VC, Mujahedeen, and Taliban would act like civilians and then would attack. Not really an army fighting a larger army and using military tactics.

[@nicholaswolstencroft9263]

Rorkes drift is definetly an honourable mention

[@TheGrimmCommoner]

One of Finland's biggest assets against Russia was the White Death; a man who was so accurate with a sniper that he refused to use a scope.

[@craigbather6316]

No he refused to use a scope so the sun wouldn't shine on it and reveal his position.

[@TheGrimmCommoner]

@@craigbather6316 Before the war he would win competitions without one as well.

[@craigbather6316]

@@TheGrimmCommoner Fair

[@razzamatronic9882]

For anyone interested "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" is a movie about Admiral Yi Sun-Shin

[@kswiss89]

Great movie, also John Woo's Red Cliff series about Cao Cao's attack in China I highly recommend.

[@tapanilofving4741]

No Swedes on this list, despite that they always fought till the last Finn.

[@imemyself2820]

Did they? I think Big Brother Sweden often gave up too easy against it's perpetual, minority enemy, Denmark.

[@captainpinky8307]

lol

[@Tramseskumbanan]

iMeMySelf Throughout the Middle Ages up until the early 1600s Denmark was the richest and most populated of the Nordic countries. And it was the Swedish victories that cemented the country borders that exist to this day.

[@torinjones3221]

But it's not based on countries its on individual battles.

[@jereheiskanen1364]

Sweaden has the BIG GAY

[@jaywilliams9294]

Perfect KZbin channels don't exi.......

[@karmapolice247]

0:42 It might sound like a hopeless situation. Thankfully the warriors possess superior geography.

[@JamesBond-gq2mb]

Admiral Yi’s victories were achieved from his invention of the first iron clad ship in history called “Turtle ship”. Cannon balls could not penetrate the armored ship as Turtle ship rammed the Japanese wooden vessels often outnumbering Yi’s ships by 4 to 1. He overcame not only the enemy but from the despicable treatments within Lee dynasty. King almost beheaded Yi from internal jealousy by other generals and ministers who lied to king that Yi’s ambition is to become king. Besides Myeonyang, Admiral Yi achieved many other well known victories against all odds. Yi should be ranked at the top as the greatest admiral and general in history. Alexander and Napoleon has great territorial ambitions but lost few battles. No one in history achieved series of convincing victories against overwhelming enemy and invention of a new weapon (turtle) as Admiral Yi.

[@geoffreyM2TW]

Alexander did not lose any battles, except maybe a minor battle at the Iron Gates. It was not really a loss, he just did not fully commit himself to the battle probably because he did not really care. Thinking about it, Genghis Khan managed to create a vast empire in his own lifetime with an army of probably just a few tens of thousands.

[@tonythomas270]

I don't think turtle ship could withstand cannon balls armour was mainly intended to stop boarding parties and small arms fire as well as arrows

[@CatnamedMittens]

@@tonythomas270 correct

[@CatnamedMittens]

By your logic, so to should Jan Zizka be considered.

[@peterkavanagh64]

He listened to his crew. No more than listening and accepting answers

[@davidshepherd397]

Great examples, yet Rorke’s Drift I think should be in the top five.

[@drbungholebob993]

Zulus to the southwest, thousands of ‘em

[@davidshepherd397]

@@drbungholebob993 Do carry on with your mud pies

[@TheFabbe123]

Arrows can't melt steel beams...

[@TheCraziestFox]

They can, if applied correctly.

[@DawnOfTheDead991]

The steel beams didn't have to melt to give out

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

steel beams can't melt arrows

[@notthisprickagain8499]

DawnOfTheDead991 Because it was a controlled demolition

[@szem4301]

Arrows can't steel melt

[@TrulyEvil420]

Yu Shu Sin is my favourite by far! Great job on video 👊

[@cloud2676]

Imagine being beaten in battle by a man wearing a huge onion as a hat 😂

[@drsnowmon]

lol I'm not sure why this made me laugh

[@cgbobsus6644]

@@drsnowmon Lmao the 'Onion' made you laugh hahaha

[@cgbobsus6644]

@@drsnowmon And being beaten by the man wearing that is also very funny when you imagine it, a man wearing a large onion is standing in front of you beating you, isn't that funny lol

[@WickedChiChi]

Are relax, it was some real shit.

[@WickedChiChi]

* aye

[@robertsass5024]

I would have included the battle of roarke's drift , where a handful of English soldiers held off the entire Zulu army.

[@billcunningham5011]

They were Welsh

[@guyosborn615]

@@billcunningham5011 British - I am so proud to be British - I have a book, "How the West has won" detailing how Western armies are just better and more intelligent - very proud. However, we MUST learn how to migrate and parasite other countries if we are to be really successful

[@jeffthevomitguy1178]

@@guyosborn615 migrate where?

[@Englisc-ik3oc]

@@billcunningham5011 The battle of Rourke's Drift took place in 1879 at that time the 2nd Battalion was the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. Only becoming the South Wales Boarders after the Childers reforms of 1881. Despite the film Zulu portraying the Regiment as Welsh it was in fact English. The Regimental march being Warwickshire Lad. There were however about 32 Welshmen in the Regiment.

[@elliotsandberg4249]

Only part of the zulu army. There were about 6 000 zulu warriors at rorkes drift whilst the main army consisted of more than 20 000 warrior

[@junjungatbos3548]

Go Finland! Much Respect from Los Angeles, California✌

[@jereheiskanen1364]

Thx

[@th3omachos]

"The side with more numbers always wins" Swedes: Høld my meatballs

[@omgitsjoetime]

Silas Kow I love Swedish meatballs

[@martinbudinsky8912]

*Cough* 3 Swedish armies 1648 couldnt take Prague even with 5 times bigger numbers... *Cough*

[@kamilkrupinski1793]

Yeah. I`m gonna say one word. Just one word. Kircholm.

[@barackobama0101]

Kamil Krupiński I say battle of Warszawa 1705

[@barackobama0101]

Martin Budinský they took the first half of the city

[@Gomes1989]

You do realize that the thumbnail is of the Battle of Aljubarrota, actually an underdog victory from the Portuguese against the Spanish.

[@azraelbatosi]

You have a very “I could definitely fall asleep watching this” kind of voice and the subject matter is interesting. I approve. Edit: I did fall asleep listening to this...bravo.

[@Manuel-cr3gi]

Batalha de aljubarrota ( the tumbnail is actually from this battle, betwin portugal and spain, you can even see it from the flags in the bannerman in the picture

[@lakonver4947]

Can you put the names of each battles/sieges in the description? I'm having a hard time trying to search for them since I don't know how the places are spelt, thank you.

[@Nocturnal_Fae]

Better than any history lesson I have had is school! Thank you! Amazing voice too

[@Gibbons3457]

As a red blooded englishman I must express my shock that Admiral Yi be cheated of his number one slot by Henry V. Agincourt was a great victory but it has nothing on the battle of the roaring straight. It does nothing to one's own image to be granted victory of the clearly greater feat of military skill.

[@chowderwhillis9448]

Then make you’re own list video and quit the insufferable whining

[@magwan77]

In the battle of Agincourt had less to do with arrows and more to do with mud. While its true the archers killed the cavalry charges very effectively by targeting the horses, they didn't have many arrows left by the time the French decided to come in on foot. Also, the longbow has taken on a katana-like mythology for its ability to pierce armor. In truth, it was very unlikely that even bodkin arrows could puncture plate armor. Most bodkins were made of iron or weaker steel than even the cheapest plate harness and modern tests have shown arrows to be pretty ineffective at penetrating. However the French loved their horses and this lead to many defeats to the English archers. The victory at Agincourt came more as a result of crowd dynamics. Much like a black Friday sale at Walmart, the French ran from a wide area into a narrow area looking for their bargains, but wound up knocking over and trampling the people in the front. The odd soil composition of the mud here turned it into glue that a fallen armored knight couldn't get up from. So once they started falling, the English just had to tap-dance out and murder the Frenchmen. The English were mostly lightly armored commoners being mostly archers and men-at-arms, so they didn't have the plate armor to get suctioned by the mud.

[@frankanderson5012]

magwan77 Hard to take what you say seriously when it's done so in a very clearly bias tone and with a number of inaccuracies. When you say things like "in truth, it was very unlikely", it's kind of contradictory and suggests you don't know. I suggest you go back and do some actual research.

[@Njorl]

@@frankanderson5012 It is now close to consensus among modern historians that the longbow was not responsible for many casualties at Agincourt. It was still valuable because of the way it affected French tactics in the battle, but the mud was more important.

[@alexlloyd6112]

you're right. the longbow has hit mythical levels, there are actually no accounts of a longbow ever even piercing plate armour, there are accounts of weak plate (used by common footmen) being pierced, but never of decent quality plate that would have been used by the french knights. there are texts that tell of how the knights who had dismounted were pushing forward into the british line, being killed, and then the men behind would fall over their fellows corpses, only to be killed as well. good positioning, freshly plowed muddy ground, british grit and french arrogance are what won that battle.

[@michaelhuntington8439]

general mud halted previously undefeated panzergruppe guderian

[@ballhawk387]

One of many instances of mobility winning the day over better protection.

[@bankerduck4925]

Perkele! Talvisota (Winter War) and Jatkosota (Continuation War) shall NEVER be forgotten! I salute our Veterans.

[@elvenkindgaming3621]

"Just a few hundred Crusader Knigts", it was a few of these noblemen, trained in combat since childhood in the Feudal Age, was the ones that basically won the 1st Crusade, having a enourmous mass of unorganized, ordinary people, pilgrims, monks etc. along with them. The knights cased such terror among the Muslims, that they just left cities for this seemingly unconquerable mass of zealots, with knights interested in land.

[@danieltene8041]

'the ones that basically won the 1st Crusade'. The ones who fought in the 1st crusade were long gone by the time the 1st siege of Malta happened. In fact, the entire order of Knights of Saint John did not have a single knight during the first crusade, they started as a medical order before becoming a military one.

[@OkayRocket30660]

@@danieltene8041 plus, by that time, the Muslims had their own heavy cavalry and used it when they retook Acre.

[@charlessanders]

Great video. Only correction I see is that they have proven the French Armour was strong enough to withstand their points. They also used bodkins to knock them off their horses. And as you said they shot the horses. Great point on the strength of the archers. They have actually tested the bones of long dead English archers and they had actually strengthened their bones from years of pulling 150 pound pull bows. They were beasts in a fight. That was the thing. The longbow had been around for thousands of years. What made it such a potent weapon was the mandatory Sunday practice. You needed to train from youth to be an expert.

[@danielfronc4304]

Excellent points and thanks for the education for those of us wo didn't know about this. Always feel free in life to pass on knowledge to those of us who are ignorant (not a slur) of them.

[@rodneywebb955]

Thanks for info much appreciated

[@patrickbuerke1390]

@@danielfronc4304 Just an edit: we do know that English longbow arrow *could* pierce the visors of most French helmets

[@charlessanders]

@Georg Wenderoth that is incorrect. That is a common misconception because of the popularity of the long bow in England. The oldest longbow ever found is from 3300 bc found in the alps. You really should research a subject before you post. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbow

[@charlessanders]

@@patrickbuerke1390 by the time of the battle of agincourt the French armor had improved to withstand English arrows. They have actually tested this with period armor and arrow points. Now if you are talking about the battle of crecy in 1346 then you could possibly be right as I'm pretty sure the arrows could pierce French armor then.

[@WildBillKelso32]

Love the examples of ancient warfare. But as a WW2 buff the RAF in the Battle of Britain comes to mind, as well as the 101st at Bastogne, and the Battle of Midway. Thanks for the vid.

[@WildBillKelso32]

And most of the fighting on and around Guadalcanal.

[@tomreneqe7343]

Got to go with MIDWAY.

[@briansheehan3430]

1803 Battle of Assaye, Second Anglo-Maratha War. Then-newly appointed Maj. General Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) and his force of 9,500 British and Sepoy troops ATTACK and decisively rout Pohlmann's army of over 75,000.

[@santerinurminen7909]

SUOMI PERKELE!!!!!!🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@juusopt9003]

Yeet

[@jereheiskanen1364]

ISÄN MAAN PUOLESTA PERKELE RYSÄT KUOLKON

[@caringancoystopitum4224]

Another underdog was the Old Swiss Confederation. In their fight against the Habsburgs they were basically a handful of farmers against an army, yet they won several battles and gained their independence in the end.

[@alexpt1527]

The image used in the thumbnail and at 30:52 , was the Battle of Aljubarrota where about 6.500 Portuguese and 100 English defeated 31.000 Spanish/French (2k). I just clicked on this video because I thought you were going to include it. The clickbait is real.

[@wolfparkour]

no one cares about portugal

[@Xgamerplays]

ferran marcet you care

[@antonguedes]

No one really talks about that. Pity @@MiguelSaMorais

[@joegage1255]

No one care about Britain either, yet they are on the list

[@thebluemantis]

Britain wasn't on that list, Joe. You care enough to use our language though eh?

[@simaozinho37]

Battle of Aljubarrota 31.000 Spanish against 7.000 Portuguese and the thumbnail that you are using in this video is about that battle

[@Herr_Artago]

It was actually Portugal and England against Castilla, France and Aragon. But yes, the battle of Aljubarrota deserves to be in this list.

[@MrRicardosporting]

Bora la crl ganda tuga pa🇵🇹🇵🇹 Vim aos comentario a espera de alguem mencionar isso

[@DJTJ16]

Vids like this are the best before going to sleep

[@hitchensghost]

I would rate Admiral Yi's (promounced E) victory highest. (Alexanders' victory at Issus higher than Agincourt?) Bernard Cornwell wrote an account of 'Azincourt'. But I really liked your list.

[@luongo7886]

Please look into and do the three Vietnamese victories against the mighty Mongols. These one-sided battles in which Vietnamese forces were heavily outnumbered by at least 50 to 1 witnessed shocking victories against the Mongols, the only world superpower at the time. The Mongols and their slaves from Korea, China, the Islamic world and Europe pressed down on tiny Vietnam and were all defeated. Hence, Vietnam was the only nation that defeated the Mongols without foreign or natural help, and remained free.

[@denlikes2watch]

Not to mention when Vietnam also defeated America in the early 1970's....

[@FriendoftheDork]

Japan as well.

[@mikenaugz88]

I love that you don't put any stupid commercials in your videos to interrupt me

[@ethanpalmer5670]

What about Rorkes Drift

[@davidtuttle7556]

Islawanda

[@securityatthecollection9989]

In the middle of this video I had to call the sheriff's department on a drunk lady night shift security is so much fun

[@OkieTeacher918]

They need to do a movie based on these wars. Very interesting!!

The battle of Agincourt is depicted in the movie called "The King" available on netflix now. The mother fuckers should pay me for advertising.

[@Valfary]

If we stick to 100 years wars with battles fought 1v2 or worse (btw agincourt is more 2v3 than 1v2) we have some nice battles : -Saint-omer, Cocherel, La Rochelle, Roosebeke, Patay, Gerberoy that are french victories. -Crecy, Poitiers, Mauron, Najera, Cravant as english victories. If some of these may not be decisive, most were extremely important. The battle the closest from agincourt regarding the setup and the outcome would definitely be Fomigny.

[@hemanths2230]

When Master Chief fucked up some aliens and protected Earth

[@Nyctophora]

You are beautifully well-spoken.

[@SoulCrapper]

In Tsun Zhu's word's, Admiral Yi was a true jewel of his kingdom.

[@bebopong]

Right, because he was able to write about someone that was born over 1000 years after him.

[@SoulCrapper]

@@bebopong I do not mean to say that Tsun Zhu specifically mentioned Admiral Yi. Just that Admiral Yi would definitely qualify as the "Jewel of the Kingdom". Yi was a brilliant military leader. Had his government treated him like the Jewel he was they would have prospered from his competence. Tsun Zhu writes that it is in the State's best interest to not interfere with their military leaders who show great competence in battle, thus referring to them as a "Jewel of the Kingdom" that should not be tarnished. Dictators, like Hitler, failed to heed this advice and the result was his inevitable defeat, because he lost faith in his Generals and assumed direct command. In Admiral Yi's case they replaced him with an incompetent nobleman and the result was the destruction of virtually the entire Korean navy. In spite of this Yi still managed to defeat the Japanese armada with only 13 ships, brilliant planning, and peerless naval experience.

[@bebopong]

@@SoulCrapper I see thanks for clarifying!

[@lukebenoche3075]

i really enjoy all of you're videos. iv always loved history and i find these videos informative and interesting. keep up the awesome work.

[@iwillstealbradyandlockhimi3523]

Fun fact about the second story: When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, Finland allied with them to re claim land. Finland reclaimed there land and then stopped fighting, which prevented the Germans from taking the key city of Leningrad as their plan involved the Finnish. So in a way, Finland hurt and help the USSR

[@thenewtalkerguy496]

Gaugamela not on here!? Seriously? You should make a video: Alexander the Great's 5 most impressive victories. Make it happen!

[@postreroleumell.5082]

The New Talker Guy Gaugamela was a sure win for alexander despite being outnumbered, I mean come on the Persians? Weakest factions ever.

[@thegamingknight4334]

Leumel Postrero Persians were the global superpower at the time

[@postreroleumell.5082]

TheGamingKnight bec they faced tribes and disorganized armies leading to their rule of asia but when they faces powerhouses like sparta and athens they crumble, superpower by means of number but as a threat? Naaahhhh

[@viraloracle5151]

it was 2 to 1 or sometimes said 2 to 1.5 , they are many 2 to 1 battles in history. this is about 20 to 1 , 10 to 1 .

[@EmilicoYamigos]

5- DEUS VULT! Crusader Commander was named DeLavallette. 4- Rage of Winter! RISE! Nation´s pride! Hold what´s yours, Strike em where it hurts! 3- Mass Chinese people dying. 2- Age of Empires 2 The Conquerors - Battle of Noryang, you can find it there. 1- Again you can find it in AoE "An Army of French best Knighst do a Chase Prank on the English - GONE WRONG!"

[@erikbortuzzo8968]

AOEIIHD

[@ladymopar2024]

Oh my goodness I've read a book or watch the movie on every single one of these, amazing breakdown of everything

[@purplehaze2358]

This man could narrate the script for _The Bee Movie_ and it would still sound great.

[@dner75-xh9le]

Never forget the Barbary Slave Trade, people. Every other civilization has it's feet to the fire when renouncing their past. The Arabs should not be give special treatment in that regard.

[@andraslippai3169]

Whenever you use the word cunning it reminds me the famous Black Adder :D

[@Oozy9Millimeetah]

Imagine -40°c pitch black winter night, imagine standing in a hole in the ground, imagine being so frozen that you cannot move yourself, now imagine that you saw something move before you, but because of the darkness you are not sure, now imagine realizing that someone is standing behind you, imagine breath smelling like hard alcohol, imagine a face smeard with grease, imagine man in white camouflage reaching for his puukko, now imagine a slit throat with no blood flowing out. WTF = Welcome to Finland.

[@VRichardsn]

Perkele

[@Jacob-sb3su]

You said imagine too much and i got bored.

[@Oozy9Millimeetah]

Just Jake i was fucking high as shit when i wrote that, felt so intense, based on a true story too

[@joelhessling4709]

Four russians were found standing completly still one morning one had pulled his gun the other three looked suprised. When investigating they saw that they had got their throats cut and frose in place instantly.

[@monsterteam4360]

Joel Hessling Bullocks you’re talking huh?

[@joaosantos5650]

Portugal - Royal Battle of Aljubarrota. Portugal vs Castille. 6.500 Portuguese and English against 31.000 Castillians and French. 14 August 1385.

[@canisjay]

Fiquei esperando essa também.

[@PaulANUBIS1]

João Santos good call

[@lourencoalmada1305]

João Santos Well, the video thumbnail is an image of the Battle of Aljubarrota...

[@jorge6207]

Apparently good enough for the thumbnail...

[@jorge6207]

Since the XIV century, at least.

[@Jakob_Herzog]

The more difficult the battle, the more sweet the victory.

[@Spookulv]

I don't doubt the number 1 that much, but some information is needed: 1. Was the armor itself really the issue that they sunk? You are very flexible and agile in a full plate, so that sounds like a bit of a myth. I do believe they were stuck or struggled, but the armor part sounds like they just wanted to banter the rich. 2. I don't know if arrows normally do penetrate armor, but if there was a type that could potentially do it, a source would be nice here as well. Good work on the video tho! I like it.

[@SooSneeky]

Thick cloying mud is extremely to move around in normally, let alone when in full plate. It's more likely they were trampled into the mud during the press of the melee. I have never heard of or seen arrows penetrate full plate, although it's hard to replicate fully the technology from the time, even still I highly doubt it occurred. But there are plenty of weak spots in the armour, also the force imparted on someone from an arrow fired from a Longbow is probably easily strong enough to knock you off your feet or stagger you. It's also hard to tell as armour worn varied greatly from each individual.

[@Spookulv]

I can not advocate for full plate as a whole, but as a man that has worn it, I can say that mud is probably not much more difficult, yet still difficult, to move around in. As for arrows I agree, I find it hard to see arrows, even longbows penetrating full plate, I believe such achievment would leave evidence.

[@VRichardsn]

Regarding nº 1: no, arrows would not pierce armor in the majority of the situations involving Agincourt. Further reading here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/wiegl/the_battle_of_agincourt_breaking_down_a_few/c5dlsf1/

[@taurnguard]

Admiral Yee (Yi?)'s story was the best one. When you were narrating your #1, I kept picturing Monty Python soldiers. :)

[@donaldball9265]

The Massacre at Bowling Green where a small cadre of Young Republicans held off an entire Jubilee of Brownies led by Colonel Kelly Ann Conway. No one lived to tell the story. On either side. My god.

[@nishantshetty84]

Battle of Saragarhi - 21 Sikh soldiers against thousands of afghans in their own territory. Battle of Halidzor

[@josiplisica93]

Who cares they're Indian

[@richardhughes8111]

The English weren't invaders in Agincort, Calais along with massive parts of what is now France were English and had been for many years before the outbreak of the 100 years war

[@chrissmith3587]

my name is my name they were owned by the forest and the modern human hadn't even seen europe

[@alexisdias1340]

Namikan Mate, before the english even had any land in France, it was french. Get over it.

[@Gangoodeshi]

Au contraire, England was still ruled by the House of Plantagenet who were French and also held land in northern France where they originally came from. This is the only reason why some duchies of northern France were loyal to them and fought along with them against the French king, such Anjou and Normandy.

[@thumper8684]

The Plantagenets were Norman French. The family came from Scandinavia. The English soldiers were willing cannon fodder in a foreign succession war. The Plantagenets spoke French and spent most of their time in France. It was only when they lost their lands that they decided they had better learn English.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

Sure John, as I sometimes remind my many French friends, the 100 yrs war was nothing to do with us English, it was the French fighting the French (again) ; it's just that one side used a few English bowmen... By the way, I recommend Bernard Cornwell's very gripping book on this subject.

[@odinkarrtheviking8274]

Everyone loves a good underdog story

[@aztecspaceman9696]

The battle of bannockburn would have been a good one to have on here. A Scottish force, inferiorly armed and facing an army double their size secured victory through superior military tactics and understanding of Scottish topography to win their independence.

[@monsieurorleans1329]

The whole winter war must be on this list

[@MaSsiVeGaming1]

The image at 30:55 is from a Portuguese-Spanish battle where Portugal won whilst severely outnumbered, ironically. It was one of the greatest victories in Portuguese history.

[@LeonSkidoodles]

Anyone else know who dafuq Cao Cao was from Dynasty Warriors?

[@wisdomleader85]

I've used him. Not an impressive fighter tho.

[@ryantan63]

Foxhound XOF Cao Cao was the founder of the Wei Dynasty when China shattered into 3 kingdoms after a massive rebellion which crushed the dynasty prior to the 3 kingdoms, known as the Han. The 3 kingdoms consisted of the Shu, the Wei and the Wu. Cao Cao during the battle of the red cliff, suffered a humiliating defeat against the heavily outnumbered alliance of the Shu and Wu kingdoms. This defeat threw his army back and claimed the lives of many of his men. He died from brain tumour.

[@Strideo1]

Foxhound XOF I'm familiar with him from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[@AlexSDU]

I knew a girl by that name before. Knew. That's it.

[@mikebrow6259]

Yeah he was the King of Wei the prime minster of cheng du and so on. He was really awesome, and Wu is the shitest of the three kingdoms

[@jayfelsberg1931]

Unless I'm mistaken Yi also used armored "turtle ships" vs. The Japanese

[@icarusfx]

Not only were they armored, but because the Japanese didn’t really use naval cannons they were essentially invincible. It was like having an ironclad during a 17th century naval battle.

[@thessop9439]

@@icarusfx There were bunes with cannons, but these were few and not strong enough to take out the turtle sheeps. Also, korean ships had pikes to stop the japanese assaulters

[@krnstudhb]

You are correct but the specific battle in this video he did not have them. You should watch the movie "The Admiral"