Battle of Sempach, 1386 - Swiss Oath Brothers fight the Austrian war machine

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[@SMJ495]

These types of slogging infantry battles are always so brutal. Hacking at eachother out there for hours in the hot sun sounds like a living hell.

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Not a phone in sight! Just people living the moment

[@xBu11Dogx]

@@konstantinriumin2657 do kids nowadays EVEN KNOW what mass death looks like? smh

[@HikerBikerMoter]

​@xBu11Dogx Haiti today and the 30k Palestinians killed so far is mass killing in a matter of just months

[@miliba]

So much different than the line infantry shooting at eachother centuries later

[@hector7171]

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[@glenng8185]

Swiss here, thanks for this important part of our history!

[@divicospower9112]

Heil Bruder! Salut mon frère Salve fratello

[@jurgschmidl7720]

Hopp Schwiiz! 🔥

[@kofi-kun6420]

Even before watching, as soon as I heard Swiss Confederacy I'm pretty damn sure I know who wins

[@AlphaOmega256]

dSchwizer

[@playoffmodesp2536]

@@divicospower9112"Heil bruder" das seit ke Schwiizer...

[@Ziuk1990]

Although the Swiss history is almost unknown in Poland, we do know of Arnold Winkelried. In the 19th century Juliusz Słowacki, one of our greatest poets, stated in Kordian that Poland (under partition at the time) is 'the Winkelried of nations'.

[@wordsmithgmxch]

@@Ziuk1990 For sure, a difficult national role to play! And as "most Winkelried" of the Poles, I nominate Witold Pilecki.

[@jakublulek3261]

And the 20th century was a prime example of that...

[@aeschbi9388]

A small appreciation of your great work by an enthusiastic Swiss, thank you very much!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you for the kind words and thank you so much for supporting my work. Very kind of you.

[@EstbXCIII]

As an American descendant of Europeans with an never ending fascination with European history i can say that out of all the European countries Switzerland is #1 on my list of countries I want to visit before I die. Not only is Switzerland lands and mountains almost mythical in beauty but has one of the most fascinating histories throughout Europe. How Switzerland was able to survive the carnage of European war and carnage for so long is minfblowing and I'm grateful they did..Long Live Switzerland and the Swiss people 🇨🇭🙏🏻❤️

[@Chino56751]

Don't be so dramatic. Surviving is for drowning at sea. You either win a fight, or you lose because you're not good enough, outnumbered, or betrayed

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@Chino56751 Lame.

[@makemachts]

Thx you Im Swiss and i hope you doing Good in life and have a lucky life ( sorry my english is bad but why care?)

[@sinn6719]

Swiss here as well, thanks so much for your comment. I'm proud of our origins although a lot is surrounded by legends. Through videos like this, I get proud of our nation, but at the same time I'm in love with all the different cultures and people out there. Today we hopefully don't fight each other anymore, but instead collaborate in this vast universe for a even better future

[@pietromueller3535]

I am Swiss too. Thank you for you thoughts. You are welcome as everybody to visit our small country. Not everything is perfect, but I think we have today the best democracy of the world and traditionally a liberal way of living - even if nowadays some people think this would be oldfashioned. We have to thank God that Switzerland wasn't hit during the WWI and WWII. Compliments for beeing interested in european history. A minimum of historical knowledge is important to understand other cultures and policies. Apart of that all 90% of the american population (and I mean the whole continent) has firstly european ancestors (and nowadays asiatic too).

[@sinn6719]

Swiss here. Thanks a lot! I'm cycling through Sempach in a few days and will definitely visit the battle field (which is a literal field today). Great content, I would love to see more vids about our history in the future. Thanks for this gem!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks so much for the support! Much appreciated. Have fun on your cycling trip, be safe.

[@FlaviusHeraclius]

Thanks for the awesome content about my country. Which seems to often get somewhat forgotten in history. Even by us Swiss. Appreciate it!

[@HistoryMarche]

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[@ellidominusser1138]

As an Austrian, it's interesting to see Swiss history for once, especially with the great detail on the maps, it looks so beautiful

[@brettk9316]

As an Austrian American do our people always lose seems that way? Swiss, Napoleon, WW2, even lost to the Turks basically until the Polish saved our people in 1683.

[@ellidominusser1138]

​​​@@brettk9316 If you look at history, there are many countries that have lost wars because it wasn't interesting to them. The austrian Habsburgs preferred their bigger austrian lands and since the swiss fought good, they just gave it up as it wasn't worth it. But overall, I think Austria just simply doesn't have a big military history, after all, the habsburgs were known for their marrying, not their amazing Military, though there were definitely times were the Habsburgs did have one of the strongest armies and generals in Europe, like Eugene of Savoy (though that was a French guy serving the Habsburgs) And lastly the struggle against the turks wasn't really a loss until 1683, it was just a stalemate, and the few hussars that the poles sent did help, but there were many more troops from the HRE and Austria that were coming to aid. Austria just isn't a (comparably to France, UK, Germany and Russia) military focused state.

[@nebelnoob5086]

​@@ellidominusser1138thank you omg, of course the winged hussars and the polish king had a big impact, but by far the biggest part of relief forces were soldiers of the HRE, which was of course, leaded by the Austrian Habsburgs

[@batroylm9961]

@@brettk9316even?😂 The Turks were the strongest in that Time

[@chrismath149]

@@brettk9316 Ellidominusser1138 has sadly no clue what he is writing about. I study history but my knowledge is more attuned to the middleages than early modern times but I did do some reading. Austria won roughly 2/3 of the wars it was involved in ( defensive and offensive ), others were stalemates, others were lost. Austria sat on the eastern fringe of the holy roman empire and was consistently threatened by eastern tribes which had to be fended off repeatedly ( those included Magyars but also -Huns- Mongols and later, the Ototmans ). The Habsburgs definetely had a capable military through most of history simple due to that necessity. The wars with the Ottoman Empire were not between Austria and the beforementioned alone but did include a large alliance of realms like Russia, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth which clashed - like Russia - on their border with the Ottomans repeatedly. This military aimed at fighting the Ottomans struggled after initial victories against Revolutionary France once Napoleon took over but adapted ( from 1790s to 1812 a lot changed in the structure and make-up of the military ) and gave Napoleon some of the stinging defeats in the Napoleonic Wars ( Aspern-Essling, Leipzig ). Wagram was a loss for Austria but the Army was not destroyed but managed an ordered withdrawal while also inflicting significant losses on Napoleon's Army. However, post world war 1 the incentive was to downplay Austria(-Hungary's) ability and present it was a failed state. This lead to a number of ahistorical statements that made it into common knolwedge that are constantly repeated. Public history is always behind the curve of historical studies. We see this post world war 2 as well; the presentation of world war 2 has been warped due to German General's memoires yet they are filled with lies ( see Doktor Roman Töppls interviews ).

[@Stormgamer-xb7gv]

Great Video. Myselfe a swiss i always enjoy these videos about our History! I also love it how in english, the lake is called lake lucerne. But We Swiss call it Vierwaldstädtersee. Which litterally translated means „Four Forest City Lake“ Have a Great Day everyone!

[@MixedRaceAndProud1690]

You too 🙏

[@Stormgamer-xb7gv]

@@MixedRaceAndProud1690thanks mate!

[@JanB1605]

Your translation is incorrect. The lake is called "Vierwaldstättersee", where a "Stätte" is a term for a place, not a city. So the translation would be more like "Lake of the four forest places", which would be in line with the term "forest cantons" for the cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unter-/Nidwalden, and the canton of Lucerne. In line with that the French name for the lake is "Lac de Quatre-Cantons" and the Italian name is "Lago dei Quattro Cantoni" (and Romansch "Lai dals Quatter Chantuns"), which all translate to "Lake of (the) four Cantons".

[@Stormgamer-xb7gv]

@@JanB1605 well depends. In the region around that lake that i am from, people refer to it as a synonyme. Because Place or city is pretty equal as there are 4 cantons around it with 4 major cities. But it could be that the definition has changed in time. Anyway. Have a Good Day my Swiss Brother 🇨🇭

[@808bigisland]

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[@pascoett]

The Habsburg castle still exists today in the Canton of Aargau. Also, the Habsburgs were the protectors of the monastery of Einsiedeln, which was raided a year prior to the battle of Morgarten. The Habsburgs were obligated to react as did Charles the Bold 1476 when he was obliged to protect the lands of his ally the Count of Savoy. The Swiss were the aggressors in many cases but since they won almost all battles, they were direct subjects of the Emperor and had none between to rule them. Bern was the mightiest free city (freie Reichsstadt) north of the Alps thanks to its huge possessions and allies. In later times, the Swiss became so famous and feared that other professional warriors from all over Europe joined their ranks.

[@mnk9073]

That's the hilarious part, technically those conflicts should be known as "Wars of Bernese expansion" but we love playing the victim so it's all the Austrians fault for not forking over the territiories we wanted...

[@rickymartin4457]

​@@mnk9073Didn't Bern also run to the other cantons pleading for help after they did a "no-no" and the other cantons were like, "Alright Bern, we help you this time, but don't expect us to get you out of trouble all the time." Then Bern did an oppsie a second time and the alliance was like, "sorry, this time you're on your own." 😂

[@SkygirlGamingChannel]

I never have Imagined the possibility of you speaking about one of Swiss many historic battles. I'm very happy to see you speak about my country's history :)

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[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you very much!

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[@MrOkrim]

Also a swiss guy here. Thanks for the Video, i like your Videos a Lot and its Nice to See one from switzerland. I live near Sempach and drive weekly trough the battlefield (there is a mayor Road)

[@miliba]

Isch e schöni gägend

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[@kpyolo]

Thanks! We need more Swiss history! :)

[@HistoryMarche]

More to come! Thank you for supporting my work. Very kind of you.

[@naths_story9939]

I'm Swiss and I absolutely loved this video. Thank you

[@ArmenianBishop]

My paternal Swiss-American Grandfather, originally from a village near Lake Biel, Switzerland, enjoyed telling about the Battle of Sempach, and the Swiss Hero Arnold von Winkelried.

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The quality of these videos has improved so much over the years, from the commentary to the visuals. Very impressive.

[@wordsmithgmxch]

Thank you for an excellent video! The way you present the factual and the mythical aspects of the battle, and the way they interact, was impressive! And I paused the video several times to take in the details of your maps. The areas of control and influence they portray go beyond the text narrative, and give insights to understanding it.

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you very much for the kind words and support! I truly appreciate it.

[@cervinio]

This is epic! Hello this Cédric and Mattia from outerspace talking. We‘re currently living in the miraculous Sempach itself. The meaning of this battle to the people of sempach is probably simmilar to those of other towns or cities to their historial memorials. First of all, we learn about it in school of course. I‘d say, every ten year old knows about the battle, winkelried and when it took place. 1386, which is also the name of a local beer brewery. (We actually made a short movie with one of the 4 dudes running the brewery). Winkelried though, everybody loves him. He‘s percieved as the guy who basically saved switzerland from the Habsburgers. The place of the monument is literally named „slaughter“ („Schlacht“). We still have few of the old parts of our city walls. We even got a tower named „witchtower“ (Hexenturm), a corner-tower of the inner city back, from 600 years ago. Nevertheless sempachs drug culture is thriving for sure. Thanks for reading ☮️

[@leegoddard2618]

The smart ass comments in the bubble text always makes it fun. Thx. 😉👍

[@HK47Beserker]

HISTORYMARCHE BACK WITH ANOTHER FANTASTIC DIVE INTO THE OLD TEXTS OF HISTORY!!! LOVE YOUR WORK!❤

[@alpinewolf7751]

Thank you for shedding some awesome light on this important part of the history of my country!

[@beetleofch]

The official last words of Winkelried were: "Take care of my wife and children!" Other sources claim they were: "What idiot pushed me?!"😉

[@zwasliman]

The Appenzeller Wars are very interesting aswell with "the Bund ob dem See" love seeing swiss historical battles being covered.

[@ThursdayNext67]

The Swiss have to be super tough to wear the Swuss Guard uniform. Love the videos, keep it up.

[@danculea7865]

I know it's different being in the field and through the fog of war, but I find it peculiar that: 1. The Freibourgers (fry burgers, heh) had no mentioned reserves to reinforce the crumbling center or flank the enemy 2. The cavalry, having reached an effective stalemate against the halberd "hedgehog", failed to flank the enemy line or even hit them in the rear

[@jean-pascalesparceil9008]

The terrain was not suitable for a cavalry attack, the knights dismounted and had to cut or rather tear off the point of their pointed steel shoes (suitable for keeping their feet in the stirrups) to be able to walk in an almost normal way.

[@James-sk4db]

The previous battle

[@joshkidd5463]

if the cav peels off it leaves the infantry to also flank their forces, also the freibourgers likely knew they had a number advantage however still a bit odd no flanking attacks made.

[@ferrjuan]

Leopold III and Charles the Bold, the Swiss sure kill powerful dukes in battle like it’s their national pastime!

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Amazing work! This is one of my favorite videos.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about a significant stage of Swiss history. Thank you 🙏 ( history Marche) channel for sharing

[@beeroholic666]

Wow, what a great educational piece! Being Swiss, I heard about those battles, of Winkelried. However, I never heard of it in such excellent context. Thank you!

[@JayzsMr]

Totally different time when leaders fought and died in the front ranks. This generates a totally different relationship between subject and master .

[@brianivey73]

Awesome work finding forgotten events and making them epic

[@Joster80]

Great work, as always. 👍 These videos are damn well made and the viosuals are extremly helpful in understanding what happend.

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[@Markjr778]

#1 history Channel !

[@Markjr778]

Thanks for a nother great historical battle video

[@Blackzeuses]

As someone who grew up in Sempach, its awesome to see our historie told like you do. Theres a smale chapel on the battlegrond and you can see bones from the battle

[@iLLeag7e]

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[@torkimohamed956]

Thank you for your efforts

[@scottjuhnke6825]

In a moment of crisis it is often one person standing up, and taking the reins that makes the difference. It really isn't so hard to believe that one man rushed forward, and allowed his fellows to attack.

[@James-sk4db]

It’s a modern historian issue. Many of them can’t believe the ability of great men, to this for example many say that Shakespeare wasn’t really one guy but several. And the evidence for this is, “one person couldn’t possibly have done all of that”. Seems to be an in vogue way of thinking for historians.

[@charlesdarwin3580]

@@James-sk4db With all my respect, you obviously don't know shit about modern historians and historical research. Theories on the authorship of Shakespeare's works date from the 19th century, and no current scholar takes them seriously, precisely because nowadays, we no longer rely on the simple impression that “one person couldn’t possibly have done all of that”. Concerning Winkelried, historians doubt his existence because none of the many Swiss or Austrian sources speaks of him (unnamed) before 1476, a century later (the name of Winkelried does not appear before 1532).

[@petersansgaming8783]

​@@charlesdarwin3580Swiss history unfortunately suffers a lot from legends. The start of the confederacy in 1291 is basically not factual and has no proof, yet people here see it as a historical fact. Even our national holiday is based on 1291

[@nebelnoob5086]

As one of my ancestors was in control of a small group of swiss warriors, its awesome seeing this video and giving this battle the credit it deserves!

[@turretman503]

Wonderful video. I absolutely enjoy watching these right before work.

[@robbabcock_]

What a terrific video! Thanks, HistoryMarche.🔥⚔👏

[@SpecialEd-xe4zx]

Could you do a story on the Viking conquest of western Scotland? Particularly the Battle of Largs and the events leading up to it. It was the last Viking battle fought in Scotland.

[@Macid_11]

As an April fools you should narrate a fictional battle from a book or video game.

[@Spots21]

No he should tell you that it’s a good idea…

[@federicolier1809]

Great video! Thank you for all your hard work and remembering me of my birthplace.

[@JohannStadlmann-x7f]

Finnaly a new video , thanks for your work

[@MM22966]

One day somebody is going to have to explain to me why it was the middle of the 14th century that the mountain boys suddenly started eating meat and going after it. I mean, why THEN? You never hear about the Swiss between Caesar and Sempach before then!

[@alpinewolf7751]

I'd say it's mainly because that's when the Habsburgs decided to f***around and find out.

[@ronniesen2522]

They were there, just wanted to be left alone. The more things change the more they stay the same.

[@beyondEV]

Swiss Celts did conquer Rome way back. After Ceaser you did have the invasion by the allemans. While incidents like the Swiss stealing from the Monastery Einsiedeln (under Habsburg protection) where not uncommon in the middle ages, normally the punishment expeditions were successful. In case of the Swiss, their ambush tactics and they arrogance of the nobility combined to major success for the Swiss. Success that allowed to develop better weapons and tactics. Combine that with the "unbreakable" cheat, and it was impossible the face the swiss in battle until you had enough firepower, fortified position and some landsknechts (or pike and shot units).

[@eljanrimsa5843]

The Alemanni took over the region during the later stages of the Roman Empire. After that they were pretty much left alone, at least in the more mountainous parts. The House of Zähringen, which had been the predominant family in the early Middle Ages and founded Bern in the 12th century, had a hands-off approach to ruling and didn't meddle much in local affairs. After the Zähringer died out in the 13th century, the Habsburgs took over or tried to take over many areas with a more centralized rule. That's where the resistance started in the backwoods areas around Lake Lucerne. A contributing factor was that at that time merchant cities everywhere were growing in power relative to the feudal lords. Zürich and Bern joined the fight to further their own interests. A geopolitical factor why big powers became interested in the region, may have been the opening of the Gotthard route in the 13th century. All of a sudden, Uri and Schwyz were key locations to control the shortest route over the Alps from much of Western Europe.

[@MM22966]

@@eljanrimsa5843Thanks, this was very helpful! Follow-up? What did you mean the Gotthard route was opened? Aren't they just passes/valleys thru the mountains?

[@Xanthippus_i7x]

Riveting as ever, keep up the great work!

[@Sturmknecht]

According to legend Winkelried called to his comrades "look after my wife and my kids", before charging the enemy pike formation, grabbing as many spears as he could while going down.

[@blackbeard1291]

The very last battle was at Dornachbrugg which ended in a complete defeat of Heinrich III's 10k strong knights army. Since the there were no further big battles mentioned. Also famous was the bloody battle of St.Jakob nearby Basel whereas troops from Liestal fought to the last man...

[@jimbosled5567]

So proud to be Swiss and so happy you made this video! The next Should be the battle of Murten.

[@20Lumos02]

ngl this feeling hits diffrent when u see your small hometown wädenswil ( small city in the Canton of Zürich) on the map

[@eoester]

Awesome work! Greetings from Thun canton of Bern - Switzerland

[@al-wj5je]

To refer to the Habsburg as Austrians isn’t accurate for the birth of Switzerland. The Habsburg family comes from the municipality of Habsburg in the Canton of Aarau in Switzerland. Rudolf I, Count of Habsburg, became King of the Holy Roman Empire in 1273 and appointed his sons as dukes of Austria in 1278 after defeating Ottokar II of Bohemia. In other words, a conquest of Austria by the house of Habsburg following the extinction of the Babenbergs and defeat of competing contenders. Rudolf I died in July 1291 and his heir attempted to revoke the freedoms (granted by Rudolf I) of the first 3 Cantons who signed the Swiss Pact in August 1291. The Habsburg were then forced to abandon their ancestral home in Switzerland in favor of Austria as a result of the battles following the signing of the Swiss Pact… Basically, the Habsburg were Swiss who created the Austrian empire, not Austrians that attempted conquer Switzerland

[@Sniper-gx7mq]

Yes, but you got one detail wrong. The canton is called Aargau, and it's capitol is called Aarau.

[@TheDarkPhilosophe]

15:28 Small mistake. Alsace is along the Rhine river not west of burgundy. Sundgau is the south of Alsace. Alsace goes from Sundgau to the north of Strasbourg.

[@dariovidovic1425]

The habsburg banner from this battle is still in lucerne. 😁

[@andreas956]

The Swiss history is really Amazing.

[@brokenbridge6316]

The Battles the Swiss fought against their enemies in this day n time are oh so interesting. Great video.

[@KHK001]

Amazing video as always HM!

[@HistoryMarche]

Legend!

[@xxTerraPrimexx]

Love the stuff you do, awesome as always

[@politicaleconomy9653]

The Battle of Sempach in 1386 was a pivotal conflict during the Swiss independence movement against the Habsburgs. The Swiss achieved a decisive victory that defined their political future and solidified their autonomy and national identity.

[@BAtez-k9d]

When will you be releasing more of the Hannibal series? Could you also do a what happens to Hannibal after his defeat please, right up until his death? You guys should make more series videos like this for other leaders in history. You guys hold a very distinc and captive way of storytelling, I think you guys should continue capitalising on this. Such great videos from this channel.

[@matts7125]

Obviously I wasn’t there but it’s hard to comprehend cavalry getting encircled by infantry on an open field

[@jackland3387]

Great video as always. Thank you

[@zabzab6128]

Beautifully made!

[@sincevon]

Why is there not yet a Netflix series of this :) So interesting. Thanks

[@louisrafaelcom]

Incredible, the things that happened in such a modest little town!

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[@Chris_yianno]

I see Swiss vs Hapsburgs, I press watch immediately !

[@DrKarmo]

Let's goooo, i hope you guys do the burgundian and swabian wars someday, great video as always!

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[@KitKat555-fb1xo]

@argacyan Since a 'Völkisch-German' nationalist wants to explain to us Swiss that Switzerland has nothing to do with the Helvetii, that Swiss people see themself as Alemanic descends and not Helvetii descends and wrongly claim that Swiss people are Alemanic, here some facts where Swiss daily refers to the Helvetii (which does not mean, that Swiss has today Helvetii culture. This is of course not the case (same as current Germany has no Germanic culture) as only about the last 200 years is relevant to form the Swiss Ethnic (as well as any other country also). And to form current Switzerland France was much more important hand has much more influence in culture then Germany had (the first modern Swiss Federal State called 'Helvetic Republic' was formed under the influence of the French revolution): The number plate for cars is CH (Confederatio Helvetica). The currency is CHF (Confederatio Helvetica France). The official name of this country is Confederatio Helvetica. In many foreign languages, this country is called 'Helvetii'. The first Swiss historiens refered to the Helvetii (Weisse Buch von Sarnen 1470) and the 'Chronicon Helveticum' (1532) from Aegidius Tschudin, the first Swiss Historien who wrote down the history of the Swiss Helvetic Confederation of the years 1001 till 1470. After the Swiss loos the batle of Marignano 1515 the French King Francois I said 'I beat the one (the Helvetii) that no one has beaten since Caesar. The first Swiss Federal State with a constitution was called the'Helvetic Republic'. The first Swiss constitution was proclaimed on 12 April 1798 in the pro-French, traditional Swiss town of Aarau and is considered the founding date of the Helvetic Republic. Switzerland is full of remembers and referings to their Helvetics descends but nothing, but absolutley nothing to any kind of Allemanics except the fact that different tribes with different names (but they have not called themself Alemanic at this time) has immigrated into Switzerland in the years arround 500.

[@Hillbilly001]

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[@gaiaakatheearth5604]

Another piece of our history about Arnold [von] Winkelried: When faced in battle with the disadvantage, legend says that Arnold shouted: "I want to make [a] way for you. Take care of my wife and children; loyal, dear confederates (=Eidgenossen), remember my ancestry!" And thus thrusted himself upon the spears and, brawn and tall as he was, Arnold grabbed and held the spears, pushing them down with his body upon which the Swiss forces rushed onwards and won the Battle at Sempach. Although the words are more likely to be fictitious, at least to some degree, Arnold's brothers in arms held true to his last wish and founded trusts to help soldiers and their families in need. These "Kantonale Winkelriedstiftungen" (Winkelried-trusts of the Cantons) still exist today.

[@AmirSatt]

The brave charge of Arnold reminded me of that Portuguese knight who didn't allow the castle door to be closed with his own body, which led to the capture of Lisbon from the moors

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[@ARTART-d2d]

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[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Winkelried: Who pushed me!!

[@konmoe121]

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[@PatrikRosenberg-i5q]

History Marche thank you for an intresting video I was thinking could you please do a video about the finnish war 1808-1809 between Sweden and Russia It seems like this war is often forgotten when you talk about the other wars that happened during the Napoleonic wars

[@ReisSack]

love your channel. watched it for years. if i ha money i would support you. please continue your great work. thanks

[@hamidious]

That's a very low number of troops fielded by Leopold. Only 4000? why? Surely the Austerian empire could've fielded more troops for the conquest of the region

[@beyondEV]

They were just going on a little expedition to punish some local thieves and vagabonds (the swiss had disrespected property under habsburg protection). that's what we swiss were basically at the time. outlaw alliance. with excellent ambush tactics. most battles (after stripping the legends), the snubby nobility was charging headlong into a ambush, getting pelted and forcibly dismounted by rockfall and then slaughtered. while the swiss troops basically had the "unbreakable" cheat from start, it was only latter they got the armament and the tactics to face armies in open battle.

[@luitpoldwalterstorffer2446]

Well, we are still in the outgoing medieval times - not the 18th century or so - and Europe sufferered heavy population loss (1/3 of Europe) 1346-1353 due to the Black Death. Also the Habsburgs were not Emperors of the HRE at the time and it was still the Archduchy of Austria only - for the most part the same size of Austria as we know it today - and not the Empire of the 1500s ff (that really took off with Maximilian marrying Maria of Burgundy in 1477).

[@ikitclaw4852]

I think 4000 knights + merceneries were expensive enough

[@dlcpkmnmstr]

Now we had Morgarten and Sempach, is Murten coming soon?

[@HistoryMarche]

It's not in the pipeline yet, but I'll definitely get to it.

[@JoinTheNoob]

Thanks for this video. Great work! But please drop that sponsor!

[@coltonschroeder2092]

I wish this dude narrated everything 🔥

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Awesome new thumbnail and title!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MilanPavlovic540]

I guess you could say they got "Swissed".

[@AltanirvesTeokwitlaoselotl]

Great Video !! But if I may correct, you might wanna consider learning the true pronunciation of the names, like Schwyz, actually pronounced Shveetz, or Freiburg, the first part is good, but the end is -oorg, not -urg; just little details like that ☺️ otherwise thank you heaps for making those videos on our unknown albeit amazing medieval history ! A fellow Suisse from kanton Freiburg !! 😊

[@Steven-dt5nu]

Love the breakdown from Rome to the present of the battle.

[@NineM_YorHa]

It would be important to mentio. That Arnold vpn Winkelried cried out to his comrades to look out for his wife and child before he sacrificed himself.

[@kimluterbacher6865]

Theres a joke around the tale of winkelried.. Apparently his last words: Stopp pushing lads!!!

[@dr.davidhoward3179]

Thanks!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much for supporting my work. Very kind of you.

[@Gamma78-G]

Your maps look so good

[@CapitaineNautilus]

Very interesting video, that covers much more than just the battle of Sempach. Thanks for making it. Just a note, "Sempach" is not pronounced "Sempak". The last "ch" is more like the one in "Loch", in Scotland (Loch Ness, for instance).

[@TassadarProtos]

As always, amazing!

[@زنكي]

Great history marche.