Battle of Gadebusch 1712 - Great Northern War DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical animated documentary series on the Great Northern War continues. This early modern era conflict changed the balance of power in northeastern Europe for centuries, allowing Russia of Peter the Great to become an empire, while Sweden under Charles XII and the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth ruled by Augustus II began declining. This video will cover the aftermath of the Swedish attack on Russia and the battle of Poltava ( • Battle of Poltava 1709... ), as the Carolean army continues to fight against Poland, Saxony and Russia, leading to the battle of Poltava in Gadebusch 1712.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@GoodGirlKate]

Sweet!

[@GoodGirlKate]

@@Mma-basement-215 Agreed :D You should check out Historia Civilis too ;)

[@jonaslindberg8534]

Glad to see more videos on the more unknown battles of GNW. I want to share a personal connection to the battle of Gadebusch: One of my ancestors fought in this battle on the swedish side. As an infantry sergeant in the Dalecarlia regiment he participated in the assault on the Danish guard regiment during the most critical phase of the fighting. He survived the battle despite several wounds but later became a POW after the siege of Wismar 1716. During the prisoner transport to Russia he managed to escape and found his way home to Sweden where he took service again, helping in the defence of the swedish coast against russian attacks. He served a total of 35 years in the army before retiring. All of the above was noted in the obituary by the local parish priest upon his death in 1768. By comparing the story with surviving regimental records ive been able to confirm most of the story.

[@dominicguye8058]

That's really great that you know that

[@nikolayds]

Fascinating

[@fatalshore5068]

Amazing. And here I am following the movements of my Grandfathers ship during WW2 in the Atlantic. I'd love to know what battles my ancestors fought in!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Charles XII really is a case of “pride comes before the fall.” He had so many chances to escape this war intact, but his stubbornness doomed him and his empire.

[@87Acropol]

Some would also argue betrayal from one of his generals surrender at Perevolochna.

[@filipnassen9076]

The Swedish Enpire was doomed anyways, Charles XII just acceleraded the downfall.

[@Marcusianery]

@@filipnassen9076 Or kept it floating for much longer than it should have. A much more incompetent king in warfare would probably have lost a lot of the Empire. I imagine his victories early on did give him an aura of fear. Seeing how the allied forced fled Stralsund at the sight of a smaller army is to me a sign of that. But the Swedish Empire had no population and no proper resources to uphold an Empire for long.

[@manatarms7652]

In the entire war, I don’t believe he had a single chance to have peace where he wouldn’t be in: a.) A weaker position than before or b.) Have the war resume before long

[@furioussherman7265]

It's honestly what makes Carolus Rex such an interesting figure in history, in my opinion. He had such a singular drive to succeed that he couldn't settle for anything less than total victory, and the Great Northern War is a perfect example of how such dedication can be both a strength and a weakness.

[@austinreed5805]

The Great Northern War is an underrated war. I wish more people will cover this, in the future.

[@jacoblavritssrensen285]

Indeed, I agree. So much history to pick up there.

[@akinakinyilmaz2]

Charles is known as 'fixture Charles' in Ottoman history , because he stayed for long time with his remaining army in Ottoman lands and all expenses of Charles were paid by state , so he was like a part of state's inventory for a long time

[@akinakinyilmaz2]

@@ChristianAuditore14 a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building

[@Perkelenaattori]

It's actually funny but the skirmish at Kalabalik gave a word for the Finnish language too. Basically "kalabaliikki" here is a word meaning "clusterfuck" or massive ruckus.

[@sidp5381]

@@akinakinyilmaz2 These guys haven’t done the Ottoman series for so long there’s so much to be covered such as the great Turkish wars as well as the wars against Russia which would prove to be the most devastating for the ottoman empire I can’t wait to see the battle of Vienna animated

[@TheSlyngel]

@@Perkelenaattori Yeah to Swedish to kalabalik! He also brought back new recipies like kåldolmar and stuff when he returned.

[@YapsiePresents]

An Ottoman calling a Swede furniture?

[@julianscaeva4334]

These new cannon were the invention of the Swedish artillery officer Carl Cronstedt. Instead of being dragged into position they could actually be pushed muzzle forward by horses or men and were elevated with modern screws as opposed to wedges, but the biggest innovation were the so called "geschwinda skott" (=fast/nimble rounds), a kind of proto-cartridge that cut down on reload time. In extreme cases a gun crew could shoot up to sixteen shots a minute. This kind of firepower, great mobility and the quick and accurate firing thanks to the aiming screws made these cannon a force to be reckoned with. In a letter from Stenbock to Charles XII after the battle of Gadebusch he writes that "Next to God we have Cronstedt and his guns to thank for this victory".

[@jalpat2272]

Yeah still nobody able to lugging cannons for long through vast Russian land at great Frost.

[@ancientsitesgirl]

A very devastating war for Poland. My country was then the arena of struggle of great empires, Poland suffered similar losses 50 years earlier during the Swedish Deluge. Augustus II was a terrible king... ✌

[@GoodGirlKate]

You are in a country that comes and goes, where the people have been mistreated but rarely oppose. Borders have changed by rulers from afar, although sometimes closer than neighbourhoods are. Their religion is sacred and the heavens smile down, but the history they keep will lead you to frown. Respect to Poles

[@ancientsitesgirl]

@The Cousins Marsh Wow, beautiful

[@Riftrender]

Well they shouldn't have betrayed House Sobeiski by giving it to a German king.

[@ancientsitesgirl]

@Leo the British-Filipino Especially when around Poland there were growing absolutist monarchs with imperial ambitions...

[@Marcusianery]

@@user-ox1bh3vh2t The political system was fucking insane. The Swedes bribed nobles to veto interventions when they landed in the Deluge.

[@markymarc37]

You guys are always a go to for me, you have taught me so much history, love this channel

[@5thMilitia]

After this we need a Wars of Louis XIV series

[@Swift-mr5zi]

The 9 years war would be boring as hell but the Spanish War of Succession would be great

[@5thMilitia]

@@Swift-mr5zi Why would it be boring? The campaigns in Ireland, the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Italy and Spain are really interesting. They could also focus on the rivalry between Vauban and Van Coehoorn. Sieges are underrated

[@5thMilitia]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 These were wars in which every power in Western Europe participated. France under Louis XIV became the foremost European power during the mid 17th century. After the war of Devolution when France easily won against Spain Europe became to distrust Louis because he was a threat to the balance of power. When France attacked the Dutch Republic in 1672 William of Orange III succesfully created a coalition against France. 10 years after the peace William would again create a coalition against France and this time he and his Dutch army would invade Britain to get them in the coalition as well. The war would be a stalemate but William had succeded in ending the French expansion in Europe. 4 years later war broke out again. This time because of the Spanish succession crisis.

[@mism847]

Louis XIV was alive during the battles in this video.

[@Emil.Fontanot]

Oh yes some of my absolute favourite wars

[@WizardsandWarriors]

We have asked Admiral Ackbar what he thinks about attacking Russia in the winter. Can you guess the answer?

[@darkorodic638]

You should have asked the Mongols.

[@eduardodpino]

Better not!

[@GoodGirlKate]

It's a Napoleon!

[@comsubpac]

@@Dreadnought586 no, an opportunity.

[@bhavukkamboj2613]

Winter is Russia's powerful ally stay alert of troops

[@cabbage4129]

I'm so glad he is making this series as virtually no one else covers the great northern war

[@pand9293]

The battle where Sweden defended Scania from Denmark was important too, maybe it deserved a detailed summary.

[@MrNisse5]

The Battle of Helsingborg. It would be the last time Denmark made a serious attempt at reclaiming Scania. A tradition for high school students in the town is to take laps around the statue of Magnus Stenbock when celebrating.

[@alaric_]

It's weird how Sweden seemed to have large armies still available at moments notice but nothing was ever sent to defend Finland. Instead allowing 10% of the population to be killed by russians or captured for slavery. I wonder why finnish population was not so fond of their leaders...

[@MrNisse5]

@@alaric_ The army defending Scania was almost only recruits and they were drilled extremely hard when Denmarks invasion was all but certain. It was a hastily thrown together group of regiments that despite everything showed great ability and courage.

[@torodensson1331]

@@alaric_ Probably harder to supply armies in Finland that is rather poor with low population this time.

[@dominicguye8058]

@@torodensson1331 Finland has always had a small population

[@keneriksson5023]

Never have I seen such a combination of uncontrollable dash and perfectly controlled discipline, such soldiers and such subjects are not to be found the wide world over except in Sweden. -Magnus Stenbock after the battle.

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Didn't know the Sweeds were so aggressive! Once again, great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.

[@joshualieberman1059]

That’s the difference between Charles and Peter. Peter preferred to sign an armistice with the Ottomans and give them some minor territorial concessions before they realised that Peter is fkd up with his last decisions. Charles meanwhile refused to give up a tiny land of Saint Petersburg to sign a peace treaty, just allow that poor Russian fella to have a port and trade ,mate. Jeez.

[@douglassantet647]

The poor Russian fella brought down his "empire" if we can even call it that

[@teliris1]

thanks for so many uploads, the constant updates makes me happy.

[@kaatharos]

Again, so glad to see coverage of this period with such high quality. The rise of Russia as the dominant northern power under Peter’s vision is fascinating to watch.

[@FBAagent]

Thanks for the quality of your work!

[@dvrsify1]

Thank you for this episode, I finished my finals yesterday and this was just the reward I needed

[@kennethknoppik5408]

Just wanted to tell you guys. I got my great minds discuss history shirt in the mail last week from you guys. I love it hahaha thanks again for everything you do I know you put a lot of work into it. And it shows

[@ootown]

Loving this series, keep up the great work!

[@rabcoyle3408]

Awesome work as always. 👍

[@gustav331]

16:42 It's important to note that the entire Swedish transport fleet had also just beed captured by the Danish Navy at the Battle of Rügen. 17:08 The force which surrounded Stenbock in Tönning was primarily Danish, not just Russian and Saxon. With the fall of Tönning, Denmark also achieved it's primary goal in the Great Northern War: the conquest of Holstein-Gottorp's possessions in Schleswig.

[@samleiva1647]

Muchísimas gracias señor por traducir sus video es que graciasss:)

[@GoodGirlKate]

The history of Sweden and her many wars from around 1500 ~ to 1718 reads almost like some epic fantasy story

[@filipnassen9076]

Yeah, our empire went out in a blaze of glory!

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

Sweden has a strange history of periods of doing bugger all then every few hundred years, long periods of kicking Europe's ass.

[@dietollezeit]

Especially compared to the modern day. It seems that Danes would have won had those battles taken place today😁

[@alaric_]

Yep, hundreds of thousands dead because of simple greed. It's like a dark cloud decending upon europe, thworing lands into upheaval and misery for two centuries, spreading famine and disease before and after them... You are right, it is like fantasy and Sweden is the protagonist.

[@GoodGirlKate]

@@alaric_ Oof ;)

[@uzairahmed8309]

Fantastic video

[@MrGreyGh0st]

Love these little stories of history! One of the best KZbin channels!

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for a terrific video!⚔🏹

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for sharing. I didn't know anything about this 👍🏻

[@ivann.nielsen9395]

Great Video. Swedish field Marshal Magnus Stenbock was imprisoned in Tönning in 1713 and died in 1717 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Some 100 years ago the Swedes erected a monument for Stenbock in Helsingborg. Great Northern War gave Russia acces to the Baltics and delt Sweden a serious blow.

[@jaythe2nd38]

The new animations look great. Another great video.

[@cgt3704]

Interesting fact: The Prince of Moldavia at the time, Dimitrius Cantemir, sided with Peter the great when he invaded and after he lost, the former lost his position and had to seek refuge in Russia. And his son, Antiochus would become the father of the moder russian poetry. Not bad.

[@cgt3704]

@Ceyhun ay yes i know. I listened to some of his works. Also he, like Peter, wanted fo make his state become more western. This is atributed to the facts that his portrait show him wearing a wig like the western monarchs at the time and that he was arguing for the latin origins of his people. It seems that he was very popular with the moldavians.

[@ivanerokhin9105]

He had a large estate in the south of Moscow. Now this area and the metro station are called Kantemirovskaya

[@cgt3704]

@@ivanerokhin9105 Even so, Russian rulers have bulloed us for centuries unfairly.

[@hanzup4117]

Saving this video for a watch later. Just swinging by to give it a like and a comment for the algorithm.

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Watching Sweden win the uphill battles of the GNW in such overwhelming fashion will never cease to be entertaining! Thanks K&G for this great series.

[@davidshastitko5623]

Finally, I've been waiting for another Great Northern War video

[@Tidom19]

The new visual for treaty is really great !

[@ryanhill5137]

I still can't believe this channel produces so many quality videos so consistently.

[@171Mirza]

Another great video after the other one. Congratulations

[@xDiranx]

I absolutely love your channel, lads. Thanks for the hard work. If you make more merch, perhaps some minimalistic designs?

[@rogerthat_2142]

EESH... The quality of the animations, another level my friend. Best history Channel by far

[@KHK001]

Nice! three videos in one day!

[@GoodGirlKate]

They are on a roll ;D

[@d26k164]

Great video

[@TheVicariousone1]

absolutely incredible

[@gzak5643]

Great job! I hope you'll also make video about naval battles in Baltic Sea.

[@5thMilitia]

The Battle of the Sound and the Siege of Copenhagen in 1658 would make for a cool video

[@caniconcananas7687]

@Kings and Generals, I like the way you explain the treaties, with the things every side gave to the other. 👍

[@mdmiloy5897]

Nice epsode!

[@naiad5043]

I liked once he started speaking about Manscaped, its too funny for me 🤣 good video btw!

[@clarencecorbeil1061]

I always thought this conflict was fascinating. Thank you, K&G for that great series. The visuals are amazing, btw! About Charles XII's stubbornness, if I was him, I would've accepted Peter's offer he did before the Russian campaign that lead to Poltava.

[@fanbuoy9234]

Allowing the Russians a port on the Baltic would be both politically and economically very costly for Sweden. With the benefit of hindsight, it would most likely have given the Swedish Empire a few more years of life, but considering the strong position Sweden was in at the time, I can understand why Charles refused. Increasing the efforts to dislodge the Russians from their conquests around the Gulf of Finland would arguably have been the way to go, rather than yoloing into the Russian interior.

[@ipoop4timesaday]

One thing I noticed is that during this war there was a lot of cavalry in the armies. I am surprised they didn't get the insufficient support penalty.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We have a brand newe channel dedicated to Sci-fi and Fantasy: kzbin.info/door/wqY9GjXBdSYeUZiinbFXyQ

[@WizardsandWarriors]

It is true, all of it.

[@botbeamer]

This is amazing

[@jorgemartin5316]

Thank you for your great video. I would appreciate more videos as for 18th century warfare

[@Rex1987]

I have had a interest in danish history for the most of my life yet i have never heard of this battle. Thanks for bringing it to my attention :)

[@MyWrecker]

Keep on making great northern war videos

[@CAI877]

Thanks

[@mikemodugno5879]

Awesome

[@denzh6980]

Great video as always, do you plan to make series about 7 years war (in Europe, America and India)?

[@ivanfloresgonzalez3992]

nunca pense que lo doblarian en español, gracias kings and generals

[@Mr_M_History]

1700s military history is the best history. Change my mind

[@NordicJarl27]

I agree. It's lame how there's not many games that take place during the 1700s. Only ones that comes to mind is AC3 and black flag. Need more

[@ignaciomedinadunin359]

You need to try Empire: Total War

[@NordicJarl27]

@@ignaciomedinadunin359 already played it. What I really mean is a new and fresh game.

[@5thMilitia]

Late 17th, early 18th century is the best period. Franco-Dutch War, Nine Years War, War of Spanish Succession, Great Turkish War, Scanian War, Great Northen War. So many interesting conflicts

[@samueljay4632]

@Leo the British-Filipino Yes.

[@awato1]

I am from sweden and I learnt more in these 19 min then years of history lessons

[@secdup2510]

Awesome content. I really hope the whole sword and cutlass dinner party bit was a true Baller move and not just a biographers embellishment.

[@petergray7576]

8:55 Actually it is suspected that Peter paid an exorbitant bribe to the Grand Vizier to avoid captivity, because the Russians were completely surrounded by the Ottomans.

[@tbarryvii9900]

Apparently it was his wife and successor's idea and the bribe was her own jewelry

[@avenger6944]

@@tbarryvii9900 Charles XII was on his way to Prut but arrived too late. He was furious the Tsar and his entourage was let go... This was not the intention of Sultan Ahmed III but a major screw up by the corrupt Grand Vizier..

[@brokenbridge6316]

So many interesting time periods. This is surely one of them. I wonder what this channel would have to say if they did several video's on The Revolutionary War. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@elbias220]

Babe wake up Kings and Generals just uploaded

[@christopherhanton6611]

Very good video like you used every famous person at that time in this video and series. Also could you do some more videos in your new page on warhammer ?and talk about the other races orca elves vampires dwarfs and dark elves.

[@markusskram4181]

I love The vid

[@anonymousanonymous7250]

Ooh, uploading on a Saturday! Will there still be a video tomorrow?

[@Bullski123]

Looking forward to the next one,if you guys covers it about the Norwegian campaign when Charles returned from the Ottoman Empire and resumed personal control of the war effort, and initiated two Norwegian Campaigns, starting in 1716, to force Denmark-Norway into a separate peace treaty.

[@chananleibler6901]

Kings and Generals, you should cover the Battle of Carchemish (605 BC) between the Babylonians and the Egyptians, it was a pivotal battle.

[@paulstephensia1412]

I totally agree , we need to cover that less talked about topics in history.

[@thegrahamsullivanshow566]

Are you planning on doing any videos on the Spanish War of Succession?

[@iliqiliev]

this is the first video i have seen with 2 audio tracks

[@ivanfloresgonzalez3992]

El doblaje al español es perfecto, solo encontré dos errores insignificantes al nombrar cantidades pero de seguro solo fue un pequeño descuido que le puede pasar a cualquiera, sigan así.

[@iammrmat]

I have a suggestion for another series based on the two Anglo-Boer Wars (1880-1881 and 1899-1902). I haven't seen many documentaries about these two wars or the battles. Thanks!

[@untitledk1804]

love this series

[@saltaapor4629]

I wish they would make a tv series on this. it would be so goddamn cool

[@cursedex3755]

Does anyone know why during the second phase of the battle, the cavalry on the Swedish right was just, like sitting there, even though the Danish left was broken?

[@ethandrake5380]

I'm going to assume that they were regrouping or were tired ? I've seen the same in other battles

[@eg310]

@@ethandrake5380 probably that but it could also be communication errors and or lack of awerness as to what was going on in the lest side . They didn't see it too down like us so

[@pawstravel]

Too bad Charles didn't negotiate. Because the Swedes lost, we spent 300 years under Russian empire (I'm from Latvia)

[@skeptic781]

Sorry about that

[@RoboticDragon]

This is a nice surprise, praise be the fortunate switcheroo! The wars in the north involving Sweden are a favorite topic of mine.

[@GoodGirlKate]

Same:)

[@kayagurcu2814]

if ottoman grand vizier, baltacı mehmet paşa, could execute Peter at Prut, there would be no russian empire. Peter and his entire fellow royalmen were besieged around river Prut. Baltacı Mehmet Paşa (grand vizier) accepted the bribe and did let Peter freely go with his army. When news reached İstanbul, Sultan depromoted the vizier and sent him to exile at island of Mitilini (modern day Greece).

[@douglassantet647]

Russia would still rise it was a force no one could stop

[@kayagurcu2814]

@@douglassantet647 in this scenario when your king(tsar) captured and brought to your rival's palace, things would be thougher i guess

[@Cyberspine]

If only my history teacher had been able to capture the fascinating nature of Early Modern history, instead of making us memorize the line of Swedish kings.

[@HypnosisASMR]

10:01 new sound track from star war

[@jegv7672]

bra försök danmark, ggez

[@mdmiloy5897]

kings and generals can you please cover pruth river campaign in ottoman history! Or have any plan 2022?

[@aarondemiri486]

I adore Peter the great but watching this series and seeing the Swedish lose their dominant position in the baltic in such a hard fought conflict between two great powers is truly saddening

[@TheSlyngel]

But its not 2 great powers fighting really is it? Its tre greatpowers attacking Sweden of which two gets beaten out, the third is beaten and beaten until it manages to pull out a victory and the others join back in. Its Sweden against three great powers outnummbering the Swedes many many times over and still Peter is close to losing it all.

[@5thMilitia]

@@TheSlyngel Only Russia was a great power. Poland and Denmark not anymore

[@patrickbennett3848]

can you remake the video on the battle of salamis that you originally posted 4 years ago?

[@infamousgerald]

what's the music at 12:50 so want to incorporate into my running workout

[@user-hw4rf7be8r]

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[@niklastorshagen6365]

Charles XII was the latest king that was fighting in the frontline of an empire, that's why he's the latest true warrior king

[@omarbradley6807]

8:48 Well, the Russians were defeated so easy, who let the Tsar live free in exchange of some jewels for the Vizier would hardly had consequences on the Ottoman Empire. Right??

[@71kimg]

I am pretty sure most danish nobles worth anything as officers would join the navy - Denmark had/have a small population but had an active navy due to the Oresund toll (taxing all ships going in/out of the baltics) - Denmark historically really often sucks at land battles.

[@avenger6944]

Where Sweden also more or less sucked at naval battles.. Swedish victories at sea are few and far between. There are the twin victories at Svensksund 1790, sinking of Dannebrogen and a handfull of others, but that's it.. Denmark is the clear winner at sea there if you compare.

[@71kimg]

@@avenger6944 well VASA didn’t make it to any battle :-) never read about any epic f…up for the Denmark-Norway navy like that. - and the danish navy could almost always beat the Swedish navy - I presume they had the same low population + officers have to be Nobel problem - and of course lack of experience.

[@avenger6944]

@@71kimg VASA is of no importance. See it as an economic disaster initiated by Gustavus who in the middle of the project demanded a 2nd gun deck... The rest is history only revived 333 years later. Danish leadership at see played a key factor.

[@71kimg]

@@avenger6944 I know - lots of screw ups have no/little strategic/long time effect - but it’s still a thing a Navy-building nation wouldn’t do.

[@TheSlyngel]

@@avenger6944 Well not really, there are several Swedish naval succeses outside of the ones you mention (especially privaters and pirate ships) and the Vasa ship is one of three of its kind and is no where near the biggest Swedish war ship up untill that time. But i totaly agree that Denmarks navy is the best. Denmark used its maritime folk in its "war fleet" while Sweden used conscripted farmboys for its war navy as all the regular "private" sailors was needed to keep the commerce fleet going. The Swedish warfleet hade therefore less skilled sailors on avredge then it's danish counterpart. However Sweden could keep its commerse going during war time while Denmark had to turn its commersial fleet in to a war fleet making the country less able to supply its economy during times of war. So yeah the Danish fleet had a higer quality of sailors and sea folk in general but the Swedish fleet was more sustainable in wartime. And Denmark has the better overall sucesses in the naval wars between the two countries through out the ages while Sweden dominates the land engagements especially after the 1600s

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

Hope you will do a series on Maratha Empire or Mughal empire or vijayanagara empire.

[@simonpetersen3478]

Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing in the first half of the Video?

[@stupidchukhna3111]

Maybe next episode you could do a little bit to talk about the effects of the Russian occupation in Finland during the great northern war, known as isoviha or the great hatred in english. It’s not talked about much in mainstream historical circles although the occupation Finland had to endure was brutal

[@Skepticfornow]

At 5:50 you state that a "secret clause" of the treaty... I've heard this term in multiple videos of yours. Can you please explain how a secret clause can be written into a treaty without anyone knowing it was written?

[@robbell3217]

A treaty like that would be announced to the rest of Europe, publishing all the clauses so that the other kings and such know what the overarching political situation is. Secret clauses are not included in that publication, they're kept just between the parties of the treaty.

[@kristoforperkola6923]

Does anyone know the name of the music that starts at 10:00?

[@beqa89]

Plz make a video about battle of didgori

[@maverikmiller6746]

3:00 I laughed a bit too hard at that line :)

[@FreeFallingAir]

My roommate fought in this campaign, he's old af. In all seriousness though this is an amazing channel, great work as always!

[@awato1]

What game did he play? Unless ur friend is over 300 years

[@FreeFallingAir]

@@awato1 he's 476 years young and doesn't look a day over 100😉

[@ElBandito]

Danes: We will crush the Swedes! *gets beaten* Danes: The Swedes are weakened, now's our chance! *gets beaten again* Sweden: How many times do I have to teach you the same lesson, old man?!

[@cursedkei66]

Sweden: You can't beat me. Danes: No...but he can. Norwegians: Fredriksten sends its regards Carolus Rex.

[@avenger6944]

@@cursedkei66 Ah Norwegians.. The guys who were in humiliating submission under the Danes and was only recognized as a state 1904ish...

[@nattygsbord]

Denmark negotiates with Swedens German enemies to tab her in her back. - Losses catastrophically in the war of 1643-45. Denmark see that Sweden is busy fighting a war in Poland. Sees the oppurtunity for revenge and declare war. - The war of 1658 ends with the worst disaster in Danish history. Half the country is lost to Sweden. Sweden losses the insignificant battle at Fehrbellin at 1675. The world is stunned. Previously have everyone believed that the Swedish army was invincible, but now have that belief been shattered. Denmark instantly declares war. - Denmark losses the battle of Lund in 1676 and end up gaining nothing. Denmark makes a secret alliance with Russia and Saxony and declares war on Sweden. - Swedish troops lands on Danish soil near the Danish capitol, and Denmark quickly sues for peace and becomes the first country to leave the anti-Swedish coalition. Denmark see that Sweden lost the battle of Poltava in 1709 and once again thinks that Sweden is weak and see the opputunity to invade Sweden and take back lost land. - The Danish army gets spanked at the battle of Helsingborg in 1710 and Denmark fails to aquire an inch Swedish land despite military help from a long list of countries.

[@nattygsbord]

@@cursedkei66 A lucky shot killed the King. Otherwise did the situation look bad for Norway the moment when the King died. Had he lived then would Fredriksten have fallen within two weeks if not even earlier - and with that would the road towards western Norway lay open. And at Trondheim was the food shortage desperate. And Armfeldts food shortage problem that had lasted for months was now about to be solved as winter snow had replaced the mud that made it impossible to transport food from Jemtland to his army in Norway. The tides was turning and Trondheim was at the brink of collapse. Had the Swedish King lived on, then I would say its 95% likely that Norway would have fallen.

[@lerneanlion]

I wonder what next war that the team of Kings and Generals will covered next? The Mahdist War in Sudan?