Battle of Waterloo 200th Reenactment

[@BenBomb5]

This scale is huge for a reenactment

[@Scottx125Productions]

True, just wish they had proper soldiers re-enacting this like in the the Waterloo movie. 16,000 soviet conscripts taught how to drill, march, play music and shoot for the battle of Waterloo. Would have been a far more inspiring sight than seeing middle aged men with no combat experience and no discipline walking down a hill shooting muskets. No disrespect to them intended but it's like watching amateurs soldiers vs real soldiers.

[@icariusaugustus3878]

@@Scottx125Productions u won't believe me but soldiers back then were not so 'disciplined' they were trained but they had they were lowzey because of the equipment they had to carry for days. And Soviets weren't a thing in 1815.

[@fatguy6153]

Purple Poster Have you studied history? Colonial era soldiers had the most discipline out of any force, even under cannon fire and volleys of musket fire they would continue to march and fight.

[@stormyprawn]

@@icariusaugustus3878 he meant the movie "Waterloo" used Soviet constripts to act out French/British/Prussian soldiers you idiot

[@harveth4900]

It's the largest reenactment ever.

[@benjaminlee4937]

This was one hell of an event. The entire reenactment was a true spectacle. The thunder of the guns and the crackling of the muskets were amazing.

[@totalwar-galizien8855]

3:19 lmao who saw the smoke circle ?xD

[@ThingThings]

There's another smoke circle at 3:09.

[@poopsiedoodlesp8506]

didn't know they vaped in 1815

[@lightingbruh6244]

Me

[@jackobrien4910]

@@nohrii023 wow look at you

[@dronespace]

❤️

[@Frank-il3kt]

We need Empire II Total war!!!!!!

[@matthings4133]

Or napoleon 2 total war

[@Frank-il3kt]

j dman shut up bitch

[@ritaDas-xl4kz]

@@Frank-il3kt Nope you shut up

[@wannieboy1834]

@@Frank-il3kt Could've asked nicely :(

[@gustlightfall]

@j dman Still hope we get Empire 2 Total war, and Napeoleon 2 as dlc. As low as the QoL of Empire is to date, I still can't help my self and go back due to its scope.

[@LordHaywood]

That smoke ring though :')

[@Galejro]

At least one of them trained with Goku XD

[@1oldgit]

It was quite a show..I was there. The place was covered in a haze of smoke I guess not unlike at the real battle.

[@heartofoak1237]

Justa Rider indeed the real battle was like hell, people running blood spilling and men dieing, we can only guess how bad it was...

[@dawson1787]

The Duke of Wellington you were there weren't you?

[@thatoneradicalizedprussian225]

The Duke of Wellington How did you feel when rekt Napoleon in the battle?

[@1oldgit]

and thousands of dead and wounded horses..... after the French charges.

[@ckreal9423]

“Dieing”

[@ziggy2shus624]

The massive amount of smoke from the black powder is what impresses me the most. With 100,000 troops on each side the smoke would truly have been The-Fog-of-War.

[@Galejro]

This looks really like a real tabletop battle game between 2 kids. They got everything, even a perfectly made sh..ty paper-cut houses.

[@gabrielavallejoscarrasco4894]

Por qué nadie muere?

[@jonathanchristian2]

​@@gabrielavallejoscarrasco4894 perhaps because it is just a reenactment? hehe :>

[@TheMightyTengu]

The real battle happened over 200 years ago they're just acting it out why nobody is acting dead because I guess it would mess up the formations.​@@gabrielavallejoscarrasco4894

[@spongebakesquarepansgaming]

@@gabrielavallejoscarrasco4894 because the muskets where horribly inaccurate

[@Blackandgutspowderplayerrealr]

@@spongebakesquarepansgamingbecause they were using blanks, idiot

[@Legogunpro]

The things I would give to do this instead of my homework

[@jmccandlasmusicresources1913]

I was there for this reenactment and it was amazing.

[@Megajoe800]

we get it you vape.. gawd

[@captainkangaroo316]

lol

[@fiddlersgreen2790]

Worlds largest vape convention to date

[@dillon5155]

Underrated comment

[@christopherdobrilovic-h.6470]

The Most Casualty-less battle ive ever witnessed.

[@danb4900]

No one wants to be the guy to lie down for 30mins

[@MINIAWARFR]

The game is that one guy had a real weapon

[@arakara5187]

+Le donut enragé Cossack 2

[@prophetdrogonaria4678]

Le donut enragé, they’re all real weapons, they just fire blanks.

[@eldasalvador5477]

They all are real weapons they just don't have musket balls or lead balls Btw I'm on my grandma's account I can't reply she use this phone I just got to use it now because she's singing at the kareoke

[@ScubaShark--8964]

@@eldasalvador5477 Grandma, what song?

[@OsamaBinLooney]

i guess they have different rulesets over there i see alot of "LACK OF DYING" of people getting "shot" at point blank range

[@CullenRick]

You try dying in chest high wheat, with over a hundred cavalry hurtling about...

[@ColasTeam]

It's accurate to the number of casualties fire volley usually had. Very ineffective all around.

[@cloroxbleach9222]

ColasTeam But at one point they were fighting skirmishers and there isn't a lot of smoke when being in a skirmisher regiment, compared to line infantry of course.

[@trennonking5888]

The whole purpose of a reenactment is to just allow you to get a glimpse of what it might of looked like. I've learned it just enhances your ability to visualize in your mind the rest of the battle easier.

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

@@ColasTeam Honestly, muskets were more effective then people give them credit for. Some people still go hunting with them. Dont get me wrong. Compared to a modern gun, its inaccurate; but comon, point blank range? That would of been effective.

[@bobsemple5848]

0:14 Blood & Iron Players: "The French Won Already???"

[@iamjimb]

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 lol kinda I guess

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

lmao

[@finnishfarmer8220]

Blood and iron players: 'BEWARE TO SOUP MAN' lol

[@westhuizenarchives2614]

Me: **sees comment** Also me: “SIEG BAYERLAND”

[@finnishfarmer8220]

@@westhuizenarchives2614 xd

[@antonleimbach648]

I have relatives from Holland who went to this reenactment and they said it was awesome!

[@waynewells1877]

I guess the massive french cavalierly charge was the biggest mistake of the battle.If Napoleon never went to Russia in 1812 he would have had more men to fight with.

[@sovietcharity]

Wayne Wells If he hadnt gone to russia none of this would have happened

[@robertjames7982]

@@sovietcharity Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[@BrokenIET]

I would say the British made the biggest mistake in the battle with the charge of the Royal Scots Greys

[@karnevalsjeck1984]

Napoleon banned the marseillaise. Frensh's anthem was "Chant du depart" at that time.

[@williamhammann3170]

Der Volksfreund did he really???

[@dhtelevision]

What

[@Catubrannos]

Of course, it was a republican song, he turned France from a republic into an Empire.

[@Vantor01]

William Hammann Yes because it's a revolutionnary song for the republicans and Napoléon stopped the revolution and created his Empire

[@parthiancapitalist2733]

What is Frensh

[@Skarime]

J'y était en tant que reconstitueur côté Français, c'était génial !

[@devyph6310]

Nice I guess

[@محمدظفرخواه]

At 3:32 What is the name of the beautiful fife and drum music?

[@RaphaL_RE11]

well i don't know but it has been 6 years now, you found the answer?

[@Valentine_y]

drowsie maggie i believe

[@rsully33.]

The 35 dislikes are from the people who ACTUALLY got injured from it. 🤣

[@humperdink46]

Amazing, I would love to see that in person. Simply amazing

[@josephyoseph]

This looks like the most fun thing ever

[@AlternityGM]

I wish I could've been there for the 200th anniversary re-enactment. I recently visited the site and it is an excellent museum & battlefield site. Battle of Waterloo holds a fascinating place for me in military history. Highly polarizing figure in his time but Napoleon was a brilliant general/tactician of his day. How many political leaders today have front line military experience? Nevertheless Napoleon had some disastrous military campaigns such as Egypt (where he abandoned his army) and Russia (which pretty much ended his string of victories). Still a fascinating historical figure. He was born Corsican & not from a noble or very wealthy family and rose to become emperor of France.

[@danielmcguire7752]

Napoleon the man who started from nothing to becoming the most powerful and most influential person in history

[@themaskedman221]

Indeed, he was born Corsican, and on the same year that France took possession of the island from Genoa. Napoleon's family had Genoese and Tuscan origins, generally modest roots although the Buonapartes were minor Italian nobility. In his earlier years Napoleon was part of the Corsican independence movement which resisted French rule. It is astounding that someone with his background would grow up to become the emperor of France, never mind that he would conquer most of Europe.

[@abosle8800]

Egypt ? Napoelon defeated all his ennemy and yes he returned in France, but do I have to remind you that 2 countries were fighting against him in a foreign country ? He defeated the mameluks and the French hold Egypt for 3 years

[@abosle8800]

Russia ? He won all the victories but yet I have to agree he lose the campain, what you may not know is that after that he won a great amount of victories

[@aviator-p1v]

@@abosle8800 Most of the "victories" weren't useful ones. Even though the enemy was defeated, there was too much casualties that the victory wasn't worth it

[@davidknight2104]

I was very lucky to see this it was awesome and the battlefield tour was great too I definitely reccomend it 👍🏻

[@vigokyoto12]

Anybody knows what is the song name 1:33

[@theironduke7016]

Why are there Russian artillerists here?

[@tobinarmbrust6475]

+luke yates I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed that.

[@randyburns9488]

they got lost...

[@alexitrinune]

They fast travelled.

[@lilpenpusher]

Siberian Railways, my friend

[@ethanwhite2880]

They prob didn’t have enough arty so they invited Russian guys too I guess

[@sergeandou9853]

That's impressive, but also terrifying. Just imagine the carnage of the real battles. I would like to show this to people who say things like "linear tactic is stupid, why stand like that" and all. Three volleys and you can't see anything through all this smoke, that's why.

[@dr.strangelove6118]

love the uniforms

[@Xray6631]

man these graphics are getting good!!!!

[@patstrzeszewski3240]

i tried to look for a uniform for an uhlan regiment but i cant find any, does anyone know where can i get one?

[@kiprasrimavicius6367]

What march is playing on 3:32?

[@deddese2748]

Kipras Rimavicius Drowsy Maggie

[@kiprasrimavicius6367]

Dedde Se thanks, mate!

[@RebelGenerelYann]

I thought it is drunken sailor, which is familiar, thx

[@Canada1994]

I wanted to go to this but I'm from Canada. I did however got to see the 200th reenactment of the assault during the Siege of Fort Erie (War of 1812) on 2014 and the 150th of the Battle of Ridgeway (Fenian raids) in 2016 in the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario.

[@patstrzeszewski3240]

how can i get a uniform for a reenactment

[@queefman6285]

Does anyone know what the second piece of music starting at 1:32 is called?

[@DiscerningHistory]

It is from Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence 1st movement.

[@queefman6285]

thank you

[@jojomj]

THANK YOU!!!

[@Kyuschi]

that mounted officer on the left at 0:44 is not having a good time lmao

[@slamongo]

So this is what Queen Ellie refers to when she wants her speakers to play the song Waterloo by Abba whenever the French officials visit her Palace.

[@Valtsuuu]

1:15 those guys firing at left looks like swedish troops.

[@sovietcharity]

valttu95 They are.

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 They got lost.

[@clasdavid5450]

Pancake McButtery why wouldn't they be there?

[@kieran3473]

@@clasdavid5450 Swedish troops didn't fight at Waterloo.

[@clasdavid5450]

Purple_Pickles ok

[@CaerrisTheMemegod]

wow this new holdfast update looks realistic

[@mwnciboo]

3:18 looks like the soldiers of "Camberwick Green" have turned out, to see off the Trumpton Fire-brigade.

[@torgrim123]

1:16 those in blue and yellow with black hats, Swedish Gustavian troops?

[@staymadlilbroski]

Yep

[@1812AndMore]

I still do not understand why Swedes and Austrians are in this re-enactment, as far as I know they were never in the Battle of Waterloo, what's worse is seeing those Russian soldiers too. Who organised this thing?!?!

[@boone674]

1812AndMore I believe there were swedes allied with the British that fought for the Prince Of Orange with Wellington. Other than that though.....

[@MrDukeSilverr]

Are you stupid? It's not about your nationality in reenactment, it's about the uniform, try gathering 1000 British reenactors and bring them to Belgium, good luck with that

[@1812AndMore]

ThesafilmsLP They could have provided redcoats for the people in Swedish, Austrian and Russian uniforms, it is very historically inaccurate.

[@McFluff33]

+1812AndMore the british had many allied soldiers on their side

[@1812AndMore]

McFluff Yes they did but they did not fight in separate battalions at Waterloo. The only allied forces Wellington had in the battle were Dutch, Belgian, Hannoverians, and Germans.

[@juanicstheantloverjtal837]

Battle of Waterloo footage, Colored

[@longxiao9823]

With such a colossal and vibrant reenactment community, why Ridley Scott still messed it up is beyond me.

[@aorusaki]

This is glorious!!!

[@Prussia-x8p]

When internet and everything was invented in 1822 and you have a smartphone to record it:

[@crazgamr6295]

At 2:36. The french didnt even charge. They just walked up to them. And they didnt even fight! WTH?! XD

[@sovietcharity]

willistheminecraft Bayonets. You don't want to actually kill each other.

[@wafs1393]

Well they had actual bayonets, you dont want to kill each other for a reenactment do you?

[@ian7897]

@@wafs1393 they must die for the sake of historical accuracy!

[@_brigg_672]

I WAS HERE AND I’M HAPPY TO SAY THIS

[@oscarlundqvist2674]

Anyone know which regiment wears the grey uniforms at 1:15?

[@Madmangmod]

Judging by the hats they look Swedish but idk

[@tukangiseng]

Do you have one with live audio... The french march music can be quite scary when they advance with bayinets

[@DiscerningHistory]

No, if I remember correctly they didn't have authentic bands playing, they were playing soundtrack style music through the loudspeakers.

[@Armis71]

2:24 perfect smoke ring!

[@смертьтерористам]

3:19

[@-CorporalCharles06]

Forgot I was watching a reenactment at one point there!

[@minyakgaming25]

Where's 95th grasshopper regiment?

[@victorplayz6375]

U mean 95th rifles?

[@minyakgaming25]

Basically the same but whatever, and yes

[@saywhatnow2173]

What's the name of the music from the beginning?

[@KB-jr9bd]

The first song is La Marseillaise.

[@chazsnubs6157]

can someone tell where you can get prussian uniforms and good shakos?

[@Anthony-rb8ib]

Were congreve rockets used at Waterloo?

[@albertmacias1007]

WOW That is awesome! hey I got a real Waterloo medal to a soldier in the Kings German Legion that fought at La haye saint!

[@WakaWaka2468]

Pity it wasn't raining. That would be the icing on the cake

[@boogie2025]

honestly its annoying to see volleys being fired and nothing happening

[@hernanzaintyell50]

tremenda recreacion !!!! muy buena !!! , pero lo mejor de todo es saber que ninguno de los que estan alli van a morir . . . . . . . .

[@flododoone2887]

0:52 j'adore

[@cobracorporal6738]

I've dreamed about being in a reenactment

[@redberry33]

music used here?

[@felipeduenas2968]

i like the uniforms back then really reenactment

[@player2-Red-]

good good show !

[@RhealynMatulin-kq7og]

Imagine If The French Soldier Or Maybe The British Soldier From This Reenactment Time Traveled To The Real Life Battle Of The Waterloo Without Knowing It Was Real Life Battle And Ends Up Being Killed

[@cloroxbleach9222]

We get to see how much smoke the Battle really gives, yet this isn't full scale even.

[@GituuPlaysRoblox]

Bro those houses are straight out of a cartoon 💀

[@TheRobloxTheorists0]

so the musket shots and cannon shots had no musket balls and cannon balls in the thing just the gunpowder?

[@Adriananatolian]

With the reeancatment where the guns airsoft??

[@kj368]

how do they decide who dies and how many? is everything discussed in detail with all parts at all battles?

[@djangoensor7622]

I belive there were little or no casualties in this particular re-enactment as it was dangerous to lie down with so many cavalrymen around. For normal small re-enactments different groups do it differently. Some just die when they want, others have officers who decide for them, and others have a list of casualties and you just go one by one from the list. There is no unified way world wide.

[@gniewomirbartoszewski6835]

Is there ver without music ? 🤨

[@DiscerningHistory]

No there's not, sorry

[@leonidaspapu3912]

This looks too fun

[@arson1tez]

whats the background song?

[@LukeThougamingsir2022]

why does Hougoumont look like that

[@DiscerningHistory]

Because it was a cheap temporary replica.

[@LukeThougamingsir2022]

@@DiscerningHistory oh ok I see

[@LouieOfficial__0]

POV: your a british soldier cosplaying as the cold stream guards regiment. Only to find out you and the other guys aren't actually reenacting but battling again violently, with soldiers bleeding in the grass and shots fired piercing into the mens' bodies.

[@jeremystanley7916]

looks so entertaining

[@DzonixYT]

Where can I be in this lol. This would be so fun tbh

[@benjaminjansen4448]

3:20 epic smoke cirkle

[@edelweiss-]

The battle of nations was bigger but hey havent such a big reenactment:(

[@Zarastro54]

Are those swedes @3:30?

[@RandomShit169]

Yes those are Swedish and maybe some Finnish troops were there too. And that's because Sweden and Britain supported each other and both countries hated Napoleon.

[@OzonesElbows]

I'm not sure if they're Swedish (although that was my first assumption too). I've never come across any Swedish regiments that took part during Waterloo. They're likely to be Hanoverian infantry since they're wearing the correct colours and also have a predominantly yellow flag. Although the type of uniform they're wearing is very hard to get a reference image for - i'd like to know where they got the information to be able to make the actual thing!

[@SalmonSongShow]

They are Swedish. Got some clear pictures of them. I i remember correctly, they were invited at the waterloo reenactment because they did great at... Leipzig reenactment? (Not sure) Anyway, i think the staff hired non historical unit (russian artillery too) because they wanted to have a big ammount of reenactors, and you can't always find enough corrects platoon... (sorry for poor english)

[@Nefarioso]

Impressive scale, but no casualties?

[@sovietcharity]

Nefarious Ned Knee high grass. You don't see men on the ground and had 200 horses rushing about.

[@Reaven-Bernhart]

: O PLS Someone tell me how i join soemthing like this and where can i get a good uniform my dream is to be on that feild as british

[@dr.kenmahood4917]

why must they place music in a battle reenactment...strange. This is also before smokeless gunpowder. Would have been better with some narration.

[@DiscerningHistory]

At the original reenactment they had music and some narration. Having the music was unusual to us, having been mostly to Civil War reenactments in the US. The music on this clip was added by us.

[@FalkyRocket2222]

like replaying an early level

[@wafl423]

Total war

[@garyharrall4002]

I didn’t see sharpes rifles anywhere

[@theflower6455]

Awesome !!!

[@cletishempire6842]

It's pretty cool to see the swedish here instead of just the main powers, but no dutch or soldiers from the German Confederation(There might have been some from Nassau)

[@Georges_IV]

Imagine you live here, you dont know this is happening and you see this when you wake up

[@adamman263]

3:19 woah that smoke

[@angryface7135]

when both players uses god mode....

[@ndfproductionsofficial4573]

Would have been nicer without music.

[@DiscerningHistory]

Thanks for the feedback

[@whybother7632]

i watched this on the stands and it was really cool i didnt like history when i watched it but i still liked it it was cool i didnt plan on watching it but i was in belgium so

[@thesavagelifestyle332]

3:15 = EPIC 👍

[@wterIoo]

ugh, i want to do this so bad.

[@abraham7414]

Where are all the deaths

[@DavidEllis94]

Until watching this video, I never grasped just how much black powder smoke hangs in the air. I always thought descriptions of it were exaggerated for dramatic effect, but.... well, there's no denying it.

[@bork6856]

0:17 idiot La Marseillaise wasn't allowed during the empire.....

[@everydaylife6870]

Napoleon banned it

[@femoman]

Someone who does reenactment, enlighten me: I know the idea is to stage historical battles, but how does one handle stuff like casualties? Do soldiers predetermine when their deaths happen? Is it more like the honour system where you lie down dead when you think you would have be killed?

[@Goober651]

It really depends on the type of reenactment. Something like this is where the common soldier would just die when they want to, like if their rifle isn't working or they're just tired. An officer would generally be told when to die. Other reenactments may have it where a month is called out, and whoever is born in that month dies during the next volley. Brandon F. made an excellent video, explaining it.