End of the Swedish Empire - Gangut 1714 - 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 allied counterattack against Sweden during and after the battles of Gedebusch ( • Battle of Gadebusch 17... ). We will cover the battle of Gangut of 1714, which signified the end of the Swedish empire.
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[@hoangvu9360]

It's war.

[@Scorpion51123314512]

Hope you do a series about American Revolution.

[@Daniel_Poirot]

Kindly remind those who didn't find my channel yet to not worry because I've already found you to say it. Don't forget about your comments.

[@johntitor1256]

'Your naval vessels will make a fine addition to my collection.' - Peter the Great

[@expandedhistory]

I love this comment so much lol

[@nattygsbord]

Naval tactics was like this during the age of ships with sails. It is increadibly hard to sink a ship with just cannon balls. And well, the reason for that is that ships are made of wood, and wood is floating on the water pretty well. And to make things even harder - you also need to somehow hit your enemy ship with cannon balls underneath the line of water so water can flow in and sink the enemy ship. I would say that would be very unlikely. Its much easier then to shot cannon balls and try to kill the crew or kill so many people that the enemy will have enough and surrender. And the reward you get is a new ship filled with cargo. That is probably a bigger reward than just sinking an enemy ship and get nothing.

[@GoodGirlKate]

The Great Northern War series have been some of the best work put out by Kings and Generals.

[@andreas956]

I highly agree. The most interesting series so far together with the Norman invasion of Italy.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Agreed.

[@antoniod.campos2015]

Agree

[@GrudgeyCable]

For sure

[@adriansz343]

Right! I love the art style they went with in this series, and their in-depth coverage is second to none!

[@Ereldor]

Please please PLEASE do a series on the War of the Spanish Succession! Happened at the same time as the Great Northern War, and was the closest Louis XIV ever came to ruling the world. So many great characters, epic battles, heartbreaking betrayals and the highest stakes possible.

[@5thMilitia]

@@lysimaquetokmok6755 Why was it more a first world war than the Dutch-Portuguese war, Franco-Dutch War or Nine Years War?

[@5thMilitia]

@@lysimaquetokmok6755 The War of Spanish Succession wasn't much larger in scale than the Franco-Dutch War and Nine Years War. And the Dutch-Portuguese War, while smaller in scale also saw land an sea battles in Asia and America

[@YeeeeGreg]

I agree please cover it!

[@draphotube4315]

@@5thMilitia Dankuwel voor het trouw blijven aan de feiten!

[@aguerrero]

@@5thMilitia I suppose because of the number of countries involved on the war (not just the geographical spread of it), but it is a grey area certainly. One could argue that the Mongol invasions are the real first world war, as within a generation everybody from Japan to China to India to the Middle East to Eastern Europe were involved in warfare against a massive empire.

[@guru47pi]

Charles is such a tragic tale. Like Hannibal and Napoleon, he seems to have thought he could win any battle, but he didn't know how to use it. He gave up so many opportunities to stop the war at his advantage, yet refused peace on principle, when he should have been thinking politically.

[@PMMagro]

Not on the same page as Hannibal or Napoleon though. Sucessfull afor a while is not always = genious as thoose two where.

[@12345678981010]

@@PMMagro his winning battles is some of the most impresive in history. as a commander he do belong amonst these names!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Napoleon was a bit different as most of his wars were the other European powers declaring war on him. They hated what he and the French Revolution stood for.

[@bendeguzborda5902]

I agree what you said about Charles, but not about Hannibal and Napoleon. Hannibal tried to peace out with the romans many times (most notably after the battle of Cannae), and marching on rome was not a gamble worth taking, because despite its defeats, rome still had a lot of allies and manpower ( just one year after cannae they had 100 000 troops in italy) and would'we use these to break the siege of rome. Napoleon only fought 2 (3 if we count his return) offensive wars, and many time tried to bring peace to Europe. But you can make the case, that him constantly taking land from the defeated powers was the reason the wars never ended.

[@12345678981010]

@@michaelsinger4638 and who did carolus rex declare war on ? no one Russia, Poland, Denmark-norway, England-hannover, Prussia. all these nations declared war upon sweden who stood alone.

[@ElBandito]

The suffering of the common people in those battlefields must have been monumental.

[@Darkdaej]

As it mostly was... The common folk are always the ones who pay the price when the highborn play their game of thrones...

[@tombohling3456]

@@Darkdaej aye sire well said, fuck the aristocracy

[@lamontpearce170]

There's more of us than them...

[@broadbandislife]

Battlefields were whatever. That's just soldiers ("comes with the territory") and actual pitched battles were both brief and rare. The great misery for _everybody_ was the campaigning, with all the disease and hunger and exhaustion and ravaging of the land (though that had already declined substantially since the Thirty Years' War due to developements in economies and logistics) and the plain old added taxes and other burdens wartimes imposed on societies.

[@pekkasaarits922]

This is one reason why finns dont particularily like swedes nor russians. There is a saying: "Swedes we are not. As russians we do not want to become. So let us be finns." -J.V. Snellman, 1861,

[@michaelsinger4638]

As one Empire fades, another rises. The Swedish being so stubborn and trying to still fight for so long was arguably a big mistake. They MIGHT have been able to salvage more if they had been willing to cut a deal. Charles managed to tick off so many people. Now it’s Prussia’s turn. Russia being bullies to Finland, I’ve heard that one before.

[@alaric_]

@@AeneasGemini It was also better for Finland, Swedens loss paved the way for the Finnish War of 1808 where Russia liberated Finland under the Swedish yoke. The following century having more positive impact on Finnish economy and society than the previous 700 years of Swedish rule combined. During the hundred years, Finland got broad autonomy, own currency, customs control, postal system, armed forces and much more. Things absolutely impossible previously under Swedish rule. As much of a fact is that the last years under the Tsar were difficult but considering all the good before that, i think we can ignore it.

[@ecurewitz]

Can’t blame the Finns for hating Russia

[@rudde7918]

@@alaric_ There was never a "Swedish yoke". Finland wasn't treated any differently than any other parts of Sweden.

[@ragnarok6406]

Russian history is a history of striking contrasts. Many different tribes and ethnic groups received everything that they have in their destiny - only thanks to the Russians. Without the Russians, history would never have known about their existence. Some of these are Finnish and Baltic tribes, whose fate is to be two-legged animals among the Swedes and Teutons. At the same time, the Russian people themselves were a buffalo pulling through the centuries the heavy chariot of its history. Russians have never had as many rights and benefits as those whom russians subjected to "horrific genocide." The same "genocide-suffering" Ukrainians only during the "Russian occupation" ceased to be fragments of ethnic rags dangling in the wind and ceased to be exposed to the threat of destruction by the conquerors. The "genocide of the Russian occupiers" led Ukrainians to the fact that by 1991 they had multiplied to a fantastic figure of 50+ million people. And when the "Russian occupiers" left, Ukraine plunged into disenfranchisement and poverty, and about 20 million people died in Ukraine. By the way, another fact is that the Swedish elite also blossomed under Russian rule. Few people know - this Swedish baron was an outstanding Russian traveler-explorer, a talented Russian intelligence officer, a famous Russian general who repeatedly proved himself heroic in wars, a favorite of secular parties in the Kingdom of Poland, when he commanded a regiment of the Russian army near Warsaw. This Swedish baron was fanatically loyal to the Emperor and the Russian Empire to the last. The Russian Revolution was a shock to him. "I have finally established myself in the idea that a commander who cannot protect his officers from violence cannot remain in the Russian army" According to his memoirs, both in Odessa and then in Petrograd, he talked among representatives of high Russian society about the need to organize resistance, but, to his extreme surprise and disappointment, he met only complaints about the impossibility of opposing the Bolsheviks. Years later, he would become an enemy of Russia and one of the famous people of world history - his name was Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the future president of Finland. And such is the whole tragic and great history of Russia - from the future Emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte, who begged to be accepted as Russian officers, the most famous children's writer in the world - the Russian officer Baron Munchausen, the philosopher of world military thought, the Russian officer von Clausewitz, the future founder of the U.S. Navy, Russian officer John Paul Jones, a charming Moscow student of the Moscow Higher Technical Institute (and now MVTI) and a lover of Russian poetry, as well as Dr. Goebbels - who loved Russian culture and literature. In the future, he will become the main ideologist of the NSDAP and the author of such key ideas of Nazi ideology as "racial theory", "the final solution to the Jewish question", the rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and "degenerate art". His name was Alfred Rosenberg... And there are many of them, whose fate was inextricably linked with the fate of Mother Russia and Russian history...

[@broadbandislife]

@@alaric_ "Swedish yoke" Pinko-nationalist much? Also way to *also* ignore the extremely important legacy of Swedish legal and administrative systems that are the proximate cause of Finland being easily among the best-governed and least corrupt states on the planet today.

[@nachiketkejriwal9433]

I really like this early modern history it just gets me enthralled

[@expandedhistory]

This time period has always fascinated us in our channel! Definitely is one of the main focuses on content.

[@RoboticDragon]

You said to enjoy, and I am enjoying.

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

The seven years war and the Prussian Army under Fredrik the great series would be a great series

[@JuniorJuni070]

The dutch 80 year war is more epic and awesome please dont be boring.

[@OmegaTrooper]

Seconded

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

@@AdityaSingh-iz5zs Thank you so Much i had no idea

[@FoxtrodYT]

Charles XII:s journey on horseback through Europe, from the Ottoman Empire to Stralsund between 27 October to 11 November 1714, was an unique ecclesestial achievement. From the town of Pitești (Romania) to Stralsund (northern Germany), he covered 2,152 kilometers (1,337 miles) in just fourteen days and three hours. That is,more than 150 kilometers (93 miles) per day, with only quick stops along the way for rest and to change new horses.

[@midsue]

Thanks Kings and Generals for covering the Great Northern War. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@LuckyToasten777]

I am quite a bit disappointed that you scuffed at the siege of Fredriksten fortress since I really looked forward to the this series finale to have a detailed battle view of the siege of Fredriksten fortress, but in other word this series was great overall and I look forward to future documentary series from King and Generals team

[@LuckyToasten777]

@@Nortrix87 I am Norwegian as well and you could also say Sweden spoiled Scandinavians chance of glory when they left Kalmar Union but yeah I agree nonetheless that overall Denmark-Norway and Sweden have been fighting pointlessly when they should have been working together

[@Pannkakaize]

Yeah this was a horribel episode, it wasent even historical lol

[@hakonnilsgarddille6613]

Yeah and also Armfeldt in Trondheim and the death march

[@LuckyToasten777]

@@hakonnilsgarddille6613 I just noticed he didn't even mention that when you mentioned about it xD

[@tapsaforss9504]

Sweden fought to the last Finn

[@MrGunnar69]

Many Finnish farmers must have died, as large parts of Sweden's agricultural land were not cultivated. Or where did the Swedish farmers go? A king does not care what language his subjects speak, it only seems to be important where a mob rules.

[@alaric_]

@@MrGunnar69 "A king does not care what language his subjects speak.." swedish king did and left finnish farmers to die. For all it's history finnish were considered sub-humans by swedes. As finnish didn't speak swedish, they had little way of enforce their own rights that they technically had. One swedish prince is noted to have said that Finland is "wall and grain silo", nothing more. So anyone should now understand why finnish have never felt great kinship (or warmth) toward swedes, it's because the feeling would be one-sided.

[@Noone35791]

More Finnish BS. Sweden captured Finland and held it for 700 years. Swedish schooling, laws and general society rules made Finland what it is. Denying this is just Finnish propaganda. And what for? You have been conquered by everyone that have wanted the land. Don’t even bring up WW2 - it was a Finnish defeat even tho the Finnish soldiers prove they are some of the best.

[@Noone35791]

@@uncleadi The Swedes did it after the Russians killed Swedish civilians and POWs. Look it up

[@Noone35791]

@@uncleadi That’s a completely different war and time, and you’re wrong here too. I’ll digress

[@DarioHawkeye]

Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

5:49

[@Pannkakaize]

You think it was pride? These wannabe historians..

[@stoneruler]

This period really showed the worst of King Charles. He should have immediately returned to his country in times of crisis to lead, but instead he stayed in turkey being a nuisance to his host all for nothing.

[@furioussherman7265]

Carolus Rex was a man who never gave up when he had a goal in sight, regardless of the odds or the cost. It was both his greatest strength and greatest weakness as a king and a person, and the Great Northern War shows how both can apply.

[@emmanuelmunachi1801]

Why was he there in the first place 🤔???

[@furioussherman7265]

@@emmanuelmunachi1801 It's where Carolus fled after his defeat at Poltava.

[@vectorstrike]

@@emmanuelmunachi1801 searching for the recipe of the mythical meatballs

[@hashtagrex]

it can be explained partially by the fact he didn't even get to rule his country for a day before being declared war on. He spent his entire adult life fighting in the great northern war, he had no ideas of diplomacy

[@augusthoyt8447]

This series is one of Kings and Generals’ best.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Alternative Title: The History of Swedish Meatballs.

[@meganoobbg3387]

Or "Ikea's first world conquest."

[@Pannkakaize]

What do you mean? Swedish meatballs go back to 1500, 200 years before this, i think you mean kåldolmar, which Charles brought back from Turkey, not meatballs.

[@FJVII]

The quality of battle videos has become so good over the past couple years! I love all K&G videos but the battle vids are just out of this world now.

[@strangerintown3676]

Thank you for the series on " The Great Northern war ", it is an overlooked conflict.

[@dimitriskontos5742]

A minor correction: in 2:30 ,back in the 18th century, Volgograd was named Tsaritsyn. It was renamed Stalingrad in 1925 and Volgograd just in 1961.

[@torodensson1331]

Sweden would go on to attack Russia two times (1741 and 1788) to attempt to reclaim the lands lost but both failed.

[@andreas956]

Fantastic series! I enjoyed this a lot. One of your best series in a very long time.

[@robbabcock_]

Great stuff! Charles really was the "Napoleon of the North" and a brilliant commander. One has to wonder what would have happened had illness not prevented him from leading his forces in the pivotal battle that turned the tide against Sweden. Thanks for a wonderful analysis of this war that was so immensely crucial in European history.

[@hashtagrex]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 he was injured by a bullet and then became ill due to little understanding of medicine at the time

[@Pannkakaize]

Or if the ottoman general dident get bribed when he could have taken Peter as a prisoner and ended russia there att the spot

[@Pannkakaize]

Yes Charles almost died of that wound

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

I’m not sure it would’ve turned out all that different. Peter at that point had a much more powerful army and had the tactical advantage, having subjected the Sweeds to scorched earth tactics the duration they were present. Plus the Russians had someone capable leading them this time. Which isn’t to say it would’ve been a wash, I just feel that the misstep only accelerated the downfall of Charles, rather then be the cause of it.

[@hashtagrex]

@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352 well it depends entirely on the outcome of the battle. It could have been possible that charles's tactical brilliance led to a victory, assuming which would lead to a total victory in the war. Poltava was the last ditch effort of Peter, and he was already seeking to make peace with the swedes. That final victory would've been enough to establish swedish dominance and give Charles the peace deal he wanted

[@emperornapoleon6204]

What an excellent series! I love researching the Great Northern War, and it’s criminally under discussed. You have presented it beautifully here over the last several months. Hats off, as always.

[@Lunkaren]

Thank you for these videos about the Great Northern war and the Swedish Empire! There's not nearly enough videos about the Swedish Empire and I am happy to see you create some, thanks again and keep up the good work!

[@jaythompson5102]

This has been an all time favourite series of yours K&G .. and I've seen them all!

[@adrianmartin1308]

The animation of the cannon ball bouncing off the surface of the water (12:38) shows how much the animation and the historical accuracy improved and what makes this such a great channel.

[@chezburger1781]

not made by them, total war footage.

[@elefandados]

At 17:25, that's Fredriksten fortress, not Fredrikshavn (a town in Denmark). His failed invasion of Norway deserves a whole documentary on its own

[@FoxtrodYT]

Its true that he besieged Akershus festning in 1716, which ultimately failed and he retreated back to Sweden the same year. However, he was actually killed in the trenches outside of Fredriksten fortress on 30 November, 1718.

[@d26k164]

He was killed during the siege of Fredriksten fortress. As a norwegian you should know this

[@elefandados]

@@FoxtrodYT I stand corrected

[@elefandados]

@@d26k164 Ofte beleiret, aldri beseiret

[@d26k164]

@@elefandados riktig

[@APinchOfHistory]

Another great production. This is the kind of channel that motivates me to keep mine up!

[@FreeFallingAir]

This has been an amazing series! Very well done and great work!

[@alexandrebenoin40]

Great video !

[@FreeFallingAir]

This has been an amazing series! Very well done and great work as I've come to expect from K&G's!

[@expandedhistory]

Another fascinating and in depth video. I couldn’t remember another time I clicked a video so hard lol.

[@daniel8245]

Please do more naval battles, I love these!

[@Light_p]

Always Informative🔥

[@roncornelius8339]

Excellent Program!! Thank You 😊 Very Much For Sharing

[@KHK001]

That was a great series! thanks KnG

[@richardnordh3035]

Fun fact: Charles XII is to this day the last of the monarchs to die on the battlefield

[@Oxtocoatl13]

You mean the last Swedish monarch, I assume? Or European monarch? Because non-European leaders have definitely died in battle later.

[@Leaffordes]

@@Oxtocoatl13 Charles XII was definitely the last monarch of Europe to have died in battle (if a siege can be considered a battle). I'm not too sure about the world though, can you give some instances where a monarch was KIA after that?

[@Oxtocoatl13]

@@Leaffordes Sure! Of those that I know of, Tipu Sultan of Mysore was killed in battle in 1799. Even later, the last king of the Borno Empire, Rabih az-Zubayr, was killed at the battle of Kousseri in 1900. Depending on how you define monarch one might also include Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief killed in 1813. Of non-monarchical heads of state, the dictator of Paraguay, Francisco Solano Lopez, was killed in the battle of Cerro Cora in 1870, and the president of Chad, Idriss Déby, was killed in action while leading operations against rebels in 2021.

[@Leaffordes]

@@Oxtocoatl13 Thank you. I will check them out tomorrow.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

@@Leaffordes just remembered another one: emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia was killed at the battle of Gallabat in 1889.

[@arpitarunmishra]

All good things must come to an end 😞

[@lornsumm3249]

Have been reading about the swedish empire recently, can't believe you made this right around the same time

[@draphotube4315]

Very intriguing! A battle that shaped history as we know it.

[@ulmo5536]

This series has been great, thank you

[@beno1129]

Oh I get it! Rise to glory! Nicely done K&G/Manscaped!

[@arozes8324]

cant wait for the next new series!

[@nateconley6432]

Loved the series plz do more videos around this time period

[@jschex123]

I watch at least 2-4 of your videos a week. Whether new or old. Devon, your a beast. Would love to see Franco Prussian War for when Vicky 3 comes out!

[@brettwhitesides7595]

Another great lesson in history, thank you

[@pavb9852]

The 18th Century is the best century ever in human history. What a great series! Please do a series about the War of the Spanish Succession.

[@Dar_Skirata]

Fantastic Series. Would love for you guys to cover the rise of Prussia or the 7 years war in detail one day.

[@trevorjoneill707]

Brilliant, cheers guys

[@Mirko1913]

I love you Kings and Generals. Always top notch!

[@c63amgblack]

Have seen almost every single video of you guys, many more than once, and this series is by far the prettiest. The maps, animations, portraits and just the overall aesthetic is gorgeous! Great work as always

[@chuckhillier4153]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@krevin543]

Love this channel!

[@expandedhistory]

Kings and Generals are definitely one of the best history channels on KZbin! They inspired us to make ExpandedHistory here! Hopefully we’ll be as big as them one day with quality content!

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video

[@captainindustrial3303]

Broken dreams so grand, sing of his final stand, long live Carolus. Brought by soldiers hand, back to the fatherland, long live Carolus Rex. Sorry, some had to start it...

[@user-xw5xo3bv1n]

Poltava Rode to certain death and pain Poltava Swedish soldiers met their bane Poltava Sacrificed their lives in vain Poltava

[@Taeostine]

Great! I loveed it! Youre te best one! please dont stop!

[@atharvajogdeo1225]

Best series👏👏 well done

[@-RONNIE]

Good video 👍🏻

[@michaelsinger4638]

I’d love for you all to do a series on the War of Spanish Succession at some point.

[@5thMilitia]

Why not ask for all the wars of Louis XIV. We need them all

[@Artosification]

My fav sunday morning show :)

[@christopherhanton6611]

this was a very good series i like it .

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@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

[@AmirSatt]

as is Peter

[@stacey_1111rh]

Awesome series

[@Rex1987]

Very good series! another battle that I didn't hear of! If you want to know more about the Great Northern War then, there were several naval battles that happened between Denmark and Sweden. For instance the one near the danish city of Køge. Here the Danish flagship, the Dannebrog, blew up in a dramatic event during the battle. Also, Great Northern War was where one of Denmark's national heroes became famous - I am talking about Peter Wessel. Or as he was later known, Tordenskiold (English "thundershield") From being a pretty much nobody, that struggles to even be accepted for training as an officer in the Danish navy at the start, ended up with the rank of Vice-admiral. He did this by making serval daring raids against Swedish convoys. Convoys sailing supplies for Swedish campain into Norway as we hear about in this video. Tordenskiold Often used Deception and psychological warfare to fool his Swedish enemy. This annoyed the swedes so much so that they put a personal bounty on him. Some of his most remembered battles are the Battle of Dynekilen (1709) and the attack on Marstrand (1719). In Marstrand, as the story goes he let his soldiers march in front of the window of the Swedish commander HQ several times. This made it look like that Tordenskiold smaller force was much larger than it was. This is part of a danish saying of "Tordenskiolds soldater" - which is someone who will loyally attend a meeting or be part of an organization until the end. Despite his status as a danish hero, he also did have a much more ruff side to him when it came to his leadership style. He would often drive his men to do insane hardships while shouting and screaming at them. He ended up killed in a duel like the madlad he was in 1720 at the very young age of only 30. ... oh and then I haven't even mentioned the Battle of Helsingborg (1710) which is considered one of the largest in nordic history. A battle where Danish forces got defeated and had to do a dramatic retreat where they had to kill no less than 5000 horses (!) for them not to fall into Swedish hands. There were cadavers of dead horses everywhere in the city. In the lofts, in the cellars, and the streets. The smell is said to be extremely foul. Tordenskiold is certainly someone that I would love to see covered or a video on the Battle of Helsingborg.

[@einarbolstad8150]

Peter Wessel Tordenskiold was, as much of the navy of Denmark-Norway, Norwegian. This is very often overlooked by the Danes. Still, we like them, even though they screwed us over for centuries.

[@0MVR_0]

Kalabaliken i Bender is Swedish. the word 'kalabalik' means 'crowded' in Turkish, which was then loaned into Swedish as 'chaotic'.

[@phoenixeagle1047]

Kalabalık

[@martinpoldma6393]

Thanks!

[@bagarn1990]

After when Charles came back to Sweden he never put his foot in Stockholm again. You show that he want back to Stockholm on the map. He only came to Lund, South of Skåne. Keep Up with a good videos, I really like them! 🙂

[@erikhesjedal3569]

17:41 Correction: the area the Swedes invaded is not at all mountainous but rather they came through a heavily forested lowland with many lakes.

[@GrudgeyCable]

Maybe next we can get a series on the war of the Spanish succession?! That would awesome

[@gaiuscaesar3841]

Great Northern war cost Finland nearly half of its population, mostly to famine. Population of Finland at 1700 was nearly 500k and at 1721 its estimated to be near 250k.. Such is war. :/

[@eksiarvamus]

Estonia went from 325k just before the Great Northern War to 150k after it, being an even greater decline in population.

[@alaric_]

Hence the saying "Sweden will fight to last Finn". For some odd reason Sweden's population didn't drop as much during the same time. Famine and plagues tend to happen during wartime when all the effort is put into lining few people's pockets with more gold. Greed of others is the most common killer of small countries.

[@Nick_Goblin]

@@alaric_ Bro ur soo salty, replying to all these comments. Sweden lost a shit ton of people as well. U lost most of em to famine as previously noted.

[@FrazzP]

@@Nick_Goblin Swedes lost a lot of people as well yes, but procentually not nearly as much as they were not occupied. That happened because they considered Finland as a backwater and left its population to suffer.

[@rudde7918]

@@alaric_ Sweden's population didn't fall as much simply because that half of the kingdom was further away from Russia and they couldn't reach it. You are delusional if you think Finland was somehow oppressed by Sweden.

[@ArghastOfTheAlliance]

Any chances for videos about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its battles? I vaguely remember it being mentioned as a possibility about 2 years ago :)

[@ristovskiv]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 Well not really, since it backfired awfully wrong

[@Leaffordes]

@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 During when Russia was in the "Time of Troubles", should say.

[@gaoxing7699]

I'd like to add to the calls for a series on the War of the Spanish Succession if possible. Marlborough was a military genius, both as a campaign commander and battlefield commander, and this war featured his two finest moments, the Blenheim campaign, and the battle of Ramillies.

[@ManOfThrills]

It was quite ignorant of you to depict tricolor as the Russian naval ensign. It has been blue St Andrew's cross for almost three centuries.

[@jonathanpedro4533]

You guys should do an episode on the Battle of Blenheim. Or a series on the War of the Spanish Succession.

[@hudsonconant6335]

12:43 the guys jumping out off the ships that just stood on the water for a second before falling into it😂😂

[@mobiggcro]

Amazing series ! Loved it 🔥👌 now we need some more ottoman series untill the siege of vienna and then I can do a binge watch session starting with ottoman series then ,the30 years war with rise of sweden then again little of ottoman series and then ending with the great nothern war 👌ahh I am such a fan of this channel lmao 😂

[@mobiggcro]

@@lysimaquetokmok6755 you misunderstood, i meant more ottoman series from the time period of the last made video of the ottoman series untill the siege of vienna

[@JC-mx9su]

Can't wait for the next episode on Alexander's campaign #5 before the post Caesar's Civil Wars #2.

[@mikekaminski5205]

Awesome series. This war brought about the end of Poland . . .

[@markusskram4181]

I love The vid

[@julianscaeva4334]

I can't imagine the suffering of the Finnish people. Not only was the plague of 1710 the worst ever in Sweden, in the late 1690's there was a famine in Lapland and Finland that killed something like 1/3rd of the population. And then the war and the brutal occupation.

[@nattygsbord]

And a large portion of the population fled to Sweden as war refugees. And the remains of Armfeldts army that retreated out of Finland was thrown into the war against Norway. It is easy to feel sad for those Finnish troops, they had not seen their homes for years, and many had fought a war for nearly 20 years. And here were they in Norway freezing, not having any food, they were sleeping in wet tents, their uniforms had been worn out from years of wear and tear. And the frozen men had to sleep togheter to stay warm when their poor clothes and wet tens did not offer much help. And in this large Swedish invasion army they were alone. They could not speak Swedish and could therefore not socialize with the Swedish troops. So the few Finnish troops only had a few Finnish friends to talk with long away from home in the cold poor Norwegian lands... And they did not know if their homes were left in Finland or if they had been burned down or if their families were still alive. And when the war in Norway had ended with the death of the Swedish King was it time to retreat out of Norway. And the troops walked into a snow storm in the middle of the night. Cold air swept towards the men in high speeds. It was impossible to see more than half a meter forward. Men lost contact with each other. Men lost energy and could not scream for help. And the badly dressed men had little protection and quickly froze to death. Clothes was stolen from the dead by the men who were still alive and who desperatly tried to protect themselves from the cold - some men did in desperation even go so far as trying to make up fires by making their muskets into fire wood - but in vain. 3000 men had died. The winter had in a few days killed more Swedes than Norwegian troops had done during the entire war. Naked men laid dead in the snow after people had stolen their clothes. And Norwegian locals had plundered the dead men of their weapons and other belongings. Also many Finns had died during this campaign. And almost the entire young male population of Jämtland had died in this snow storm.

[@teemukustila]

There is a book called 'Murhanenkeli - Suuren Pohjan sodan ihmisten historia'. Sorry, this is in Finnish, I am not sure if it has been ever translated to other languages. Anyway, it is quite fascinating reading about this time period. Really brutal times, some straight-up Game of Thrones horror - the difference being it actually happened. So next time we *itch about someone's insensitive KZbin comment or Instagram post, it's good to have some perspective on life :D

[@julianscaeva4334]

@@teemukustila I would very much like to read that, do you know if it has a Swedish title?

[@simmysims9209]

My grandparents house, now my sunmer cottage is the area what was totally destoyed during the great wrath. I still found old windows glass, handmade nails bended in fire and small pieces from destroyed fireplaces when dig the ground.

[@Darth_Enigma]

The sun never set on the Swedish Emp- Oh wrong one

[@expandedhistory]

This made me chuckle honestly. Thanks for the good laugh!

[@Luna-rj1bb]

Thankyou for the series was great 👍 suggestion for the Spanish Armada or maybe some more obscure modern wars such as the Mexican American war or Franco Prussian war would be cool!!

[@Aurinkohirvi]

The Great Northern War was very heavy to Finland. over 60k Finns served in the military, 40k of them died. Population dropped from 500k to 391k (22%). Tens of thousands women and children were sold as slaves all the way to Ottoman empire, Persia and India. I forgot the title of the religigious figure from Jerusalem, but he pleaded Constantinopole to stop selling so many Christian slaves.

[@jangrosek4334]

How did Finnish women and children end up in slavery?

[@Aurinkohirvi]

@@jangrosek4334 How did soldiers of that time take their loot? By force, captured from streets and homes. It was loot.

[@jangrosek4334]

@@Aurinkohirvi I understand that the brutality of the invaders, looting, stealing prisoners and using their labor are always signs of war and it is pointless to deny them. But the sale of the Finns into slavery to the Turks by the Russians smacks of some kind of transcendental level of lies. I know very well the hateful attitude of the Russians towards the Ottoman slave trade of Christian peoples. The Russians slaughtered the Nogays and Circassians for their part in supplying slaves to Turkey. For the same reason, the Tatar khanates and the Central Asian emirates were destroyed. So this statement is hard for me to believe.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

​@@soderlund3610 How did you come to that conclusion or had a source? English Wikipedia page says Sweden had 76k troops, Finnish page says that was the number in the beginning, but 1707 it was 110k. The English, Finnish and Swedish Wikipedia pages use 2 sources, both say total deaths of Sweden was 200k. But was that all troops or does it include civilians? If troops at max were 110k, 200k dead troops sounds incredible. Finland's population in 1700 was 500k and Sweden proper's population was 1485k. So Sweden proper had 3 times the population of Finland. 60k Finns served in the war, if the ratio was the same, then Sweden proper could have had 180k troops serving in the war. But the ratio was not the same: relatively more troops served in military from Finland than from Sweden proper. That is because nobility lands having 50% less troops service contracts than independent peasants owned land. And crown owned land was completely freed from troop service. Sweden proper was almost completely noble and crown owned land, while in Finland vast majority was independent peasants owned land. So troops from Sweden proper in realty would not be even twice more than troops from Finland. But OK, let's anyway say it was 180k. In that case 180k + 60k would be 240k troops in service total. Of them 200k died? Of the Finnish 60k troops, 40k died. If the 2:3 ratio was same for Sweden proper, that would be 120k deaths. Which makes 160k total deaths for Sweden proper and Finland. So are you suggesting 160k dead troops for Sweden proper and Finland combined? That would agree with the above calculation - but it had too much troops for Sweden proper. English, Finnish and Swedish Wikipedia pages say about 25k died in battles. I'm thinking the total 200k casualties for Sweden includes civilians.

[@Aurinkohirvi]

@@jangrosek4334 Ahaa, in your opinion Russians attacked all these because they sold slaves to the Turks? You know why the occupation of Finland was called The Great Wrath? Here's a quote from the English Wikipedia page, so it isn't me claiming anything. "After the victory of Battle of Storkyro, Mikhail Golitsyn was appointed the governor of Finland. Finns began waging partisan warfare against the Russians. As retaliation, the Finnish peasants were forced to pay large contributions to the occupying Russians (as was the custom at the time). Plundering and raping was widespread, especially in Ostrobothnia and in communities near the major roads. Churches were looted and Isokyrö was burned to the ground. A scorched-earth zone several hundred kilometers wide was created by the Russians to hinder Swedish counteroffensives. At least 5,000 Finns were killed and some 10,000 taken away as slaves, of whom only a few thousand would ever return; according to more recent research, the number of the casualties would have been closer to 20,000.[6] Recent research also estimates the number of enslaved children and women to have been closer to 30,000"

[@Alsemenor]

13.47. Swedish meatballs *are not* a result of Turkish cuisine. Balls of meat have existed before that. IKEA's attempt a few years back to promote it for the purposes of showing cultural diversity and influence was wrong and got considerable criticism in its time.

[@andreas956]

True. A popular myth.

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

😂😂😂 what a joke of course it is

[@Smokey456]

The age of parliamentary rule after the war is known as the age of liberty but was little more than an age of selling Swedish loyalty.

[@alaric_]

Yeah, i've read that in the endtimes (pre-1809) Sweden became insanely corrupt country. Too long easy living tends to do that...

[@broadbandislife]

@@alaric_ "Corrupt" is relative. By standards of the time the state administration was _amazingly_ efficient and honest (Sweden and its former province Finland to this day easily rate as among the least corrupt countries in the world); political decision-makers OTOH were just about all in the pocket of one foreign power or another who had vested strategic interests in Sweden - from the Thirty Years' War to the Revolution France was probably the single biggest sugar daddy, since they found a Baltic auxiliary on the flank of the German princes tremendously useful for obvious reasons. It's not like they subsidized something like 1/3 plus of the Swedish war effort in the TYW for funsies after all. Also reminder that Gustav III restored autocracy in a coup in 1772. His mother Louisa Ulrika (sister of Frederick the Great incidentally) had made several unsuccessful attempts at the same in the preceding decades.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Well, this reminds me of playing the game Total War Empire, as it covers the same period and involves all the countries spoken of in this video.

[@stilianjordanov2952]

Also as a side note Sweden temporarily held the island of Bornholm from 1657 until 1660. This was the period during the Second Northern War. Denmark ceded the island to Sweden after the Swedes defeated the Danes. Sweden only returned the aforementioned island in 1660 with the Treaty of Copenhagen.

[@ecurewitz]

Now we know why Peter became known as the great, and Charles didn’t

[@johntitor1256]

Charles the Almost Great

[@bigcat5348]

I have a suggestion for the Wizards and Warriors channel: a series on the alternate 30 Years' War created by the Ring of Fire in the *1632* series.

[@causantinthescot]

Here comes Russia!

[@thenoobgameplays]

On the night of yesterday (7 of feb, 2022) to today (8 of feb) i finished reading Patrik's Nilsson book The Rise and Fall of the Swedish Empire. It's a good book, especially for those (like me) who want to learn more about the imperial period of Sweden but couldn't find any source. It's a small book, so it is just for begginners. But saddly, it doesn't has a bibliography, which makes it a bit harder.

[@thegreattimur6051]

Sweden 😭 Greetings from Germany

[@izunauchida5885]

About time to continue what was started: Silesian Wars, Prussian history, and Frederick the Great.

[@TDKtheFIGHTER]

dreams are seldom shattered, by a bullet in the dark

[@settekwan2708]

Make a series of Spanish War of Succession plzzzzz ? 🥺

[@floorballgamer9258]

Yes