Invasion of Quebec: Battle in the Streets | US History | Extra History | Part 3

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The Rebels are in Quebec! After weeks of freezing cold and constant pressure, Montgomery and Arnold are ready to strike as a blizzard comes in. Montgomery’s men navigate through deep snow, leading from the front. While Arnold and his men face fierce resistance at the Palace Gate. The fate of the revolution now hangs in the balance.
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[@lariensthe1st191]

"the snow so high people had to crawl in through upstairs windows" Me, a Canadian: "soo... Tuesday?"

[@KiernanRenaud]

yup pretty much

[@extrahistory]

😂😂😂

[@CMAlongi]

Not gonna lie: "On Christmas Day, I will dine in either Quebec or in Hell" is a badass line.

[@giantWario]

Turned out it was gonna be hell.

[@yannislaurin-kamouche]

Québec is worse than hell TABARNAK!!!

[@olidoyle]

I recommend La Chope Gobeline!

[@NoName-hg6cc]

"Madness? THIS. IS. AMERICA!"

[@nekomancer7026]

Ah yes, invading during winter. A cunning strategy.

[@okenwave3119]

Wait, no. What's the opposite of cunning?

[@janetzoll698]

It’s a chilling strategy

[@DragoSonicMile]

"Wait, no... not cunning. What's the opposite of that?"

[@AegixDrakan]

It's a BOLD move, let's see how that works for 'em. XD

[@johnnydarling8021]

Works every time.

[@thebestteammate6528]

Morgan: shoots The Royal Navy Officer Named Anderson The British: “So you have chosen Death”

[@brendanrisney2449]

yeah, bad move

[@Danthesane]

Yeah, my sympathy was already low for Morgan, so him doing that just made me think “asshole. That’s not how you ought to engage in warfare.”

[@charlessaint7926]

US soldiers, "Why are we invading in the winter! This is stupid idea!" Heer soldaten, "First time?"

[@waltertaljaard1488]

French solldiers under Napoleon; ''Premiere fois?'

[@liamcluett6203]

@@waltertaljaard1488Mongolians: Pff, amateurs.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

@@waltertaljaard1488 If I were speaking Swedish: "first time?"

[@miles_da-tractor_man]

Germans from the future: don’t just don’t

[@sekh765]

@@waltertaljaard1488 But... but Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, and the Germans Russia in 1941... so really shouldn't the Americans be looking over at both of them like "First time?"

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

Before the snow spoke Finnish, the snow spoke weirdly accented French....

[@LordKalte]

The accent wasn't weird at that time, it was the same

[@privatefellow6589]

​@@LordKaltetrue

[@kalafinwe5498]

@@LordKalte Not to be pedant, but it still is normal today. The Parisian french is commonly know as only "French" worldwide. But it is misconception. The majority of communities in Picardie, Champagne, and Gasconie as well as Normandie and Bretagne speak exactly like the Quebecers. Which is completely normal because most of the settlers of New France were from those specific regions of France.

[@LordKalte]

@@kalafinwe5498 C'est pas faux

[@etuanno]

​@@kalafinwe5498Also "le Welsch" the Swiss French speak differently. As far as my French speaking friend is concerned they speak slower as well as they use more logical numbers like septante (70), huitante (80) and nonante (90). I suspect they speak slower because for centuries they had to deal with Swissgermans struggling with French.

[@PokeDeses]

Shooting an officer that was there to parley is what they'd call in military lingo "a dick move".

[@Kerberlos]

Yeah, it's usually advised to avoid it and go with the 'NUTS' tactic. Though that tactic wouldn't be invented for another 169 years. :P

[@BeardedGorlok]

This is why i want more Extra History series about Quebec, its history is full of crazy stories and twists and turns.

[@Game_Hero]

I would too, if the perspective of the locals is prioritized rather than the one of the winners and that they use the modern terms to talk about the people of Québec, "Québécois"

[@jumperwilli7770]

I’m a Quebecois and I’m satisfied since a lot of history youtubers ignore to talk about the french the population and motives. They always miss a massive amount of details and point. But EH has been pretty accurate.

[@brokenbridge6316]

The US Attacks on Canada during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are just so fascinating to study.

[@hockeyislife2]

especially since they got there asses kicked

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@hockeyislife2---Can't argue there

[@amwoodco3049]

The ones after the american civil war are even more amusing. Finians: Let's take that Canadian fort! Ottawa: Hey America. Those Irishmen just invaded that fort we gave you. You might want to actually deal with them this time. Washington: Fiiiine!

[@littleferrhis]

Third times a charm

[@Atharkas]

@@littleferrhis They could try and still get their butt kicked.

[@shaider1982]

House to house fighting being fierce, a deadline of "Before Christmas"...somethings never change

[@mariannerichard1321]

Not only did Carleton witness Montcalm opening the doors and lost in 1759 at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, but he was there too when Murray did the same mistake one year later at the Battle of Sainte-Foy.

[@AegixDrakan]

That moment when the fog of war clears and you realize you're in range of enemy artillery.. XD Woops!

[@abcdef27669]

Holy Jesus, this episode was intense! Cannons over sleds and shooting from windows, barricades in every narrow street, A captain escaping a point blank shot towards the face, snow hiding the ground, an officer being shot after ordering the enemy's surrender... Stalingrad is the immediate image inside the mind, seeing this.

[@bthsr7113]

The hell of snowy urban warfare does tend to do that. But of course, Stalingrad made this look like a playground spat.

[@gummilad2]

@@bthsr7113 Stalingrad was years of siege with brutal attacks by axis forces I’m shocked they survived, they literally had balls of steel

[@AmericaIsACountry]

Just an average day in the Bronx

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

what kind of cannons are light and weak enough so the floor don't get destroyed by the recoil?

[@shorgoth]

@@gummilad2 it was about half a year in reality. Also it wasn't so much about having bals of steel and more like having no choice because there were barrier troops shooting at deserters. Same tactic used by Russia now.

[@piganagun9069]

8:19 Intresting way to hold a musket....

[@guilhermeSilva-mg8kv]

Tottaly accurate battle simulator

[@ItsUpsideDown]

The Quebec fighting style, reverse musket

[@user-xq5og9lt8p]

Not only Brits was behind them, they also had muskets behind them!

[@RozenGermain]

Good eye I didn't notice the layering error!

[@loyalpiper]

The fact that several highland clansmen exiled from the jacobite rebellion in 1745 fought for the government forces against the contenentals is amazing.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Standard. Your job is warrior and an empire conquers you. Serbs did a lot of it.

[@loyalpiper]

@julianshepherd2038 it's way more complex than that, they weren't fighting for independence, they were fighting to over throw the government and replace the king in 1745. ironically they fought to keep the same government in control of the colonies for 3 decades later after being exiled to them.

[@yannislaurin-kamouche]

Canada is nothing without the francos

[@loyalpiper]

@@yannislaurin-kamouche and?

[@yannislaurin-kamouche]

@@loyalpiper Don't take all the credits

[@EyalBrown]

This was, by far, the most thrilling fight scene in Extra History... uh... history. Hats off to the writing, the animation, the sound effects, and the narration.

[@extrahistory]

Thank you!

[@Im_Iraqi_hello]

@@extrahistoryI love history because of you and oversimplified

[@williamlemay8741]

Love these segments; As a Québécois, it's refreshing to see non partisan mention of this part of our history. I'm a history teacher and it's barely mentioned in official high school material ( I still take time to teach this part to my students ).

[@DieNibelungenliad]

This shows that warfare back then was often chaotic and not just lines of men firing or hitting at one another as has been done since Classical Greece

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Quebec: "Welcome to Stalingrad!" Revolutionaries: "What the devil is a Stalingrad?"

[@somerandomguy___]

This is actually a really interesting battle. Not many assults happen during a blizzard and certainly not so many happen with so few soldiers, so every person in the story becomes more important .

[@averongodoffire8098]

Canadian here, cried out for blood once the parle was violated lmao Love this series, grateful for your representation of our history from a southern perspective

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

4:25 "Until he caught a bullet in Quebec, and well, in sunmary..."

[@BryceMulcahy]

As a New Yorker who lives close to these places, I’m so glad you covered this!

[@AtlasNovack]

For something that was covered for 5 seconds in Oversimplified, this is insane! Good going EH.

[@extrahistory]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys are the very Best! This series has been SO great! Keep up the good work guys 😊😊❤😊❤😊❤❤

[@robertjarman3703]

Bonsoir Plushistoire. Les Quebecois dit: "merde" a Arnold.

[@also_arles]

You'd think by now a historical event like this would already have a period drama movie of sorts about it. Or maybe it already does! What do I know? 😆

[@rustern4681]

the pins are tempting..

[@dz_joystik3450]

You know it’s gonna be a good day when extra history uploads

[@motivationaiz]

Why do people not get about never messing with general frost😂

[@VTimmoni]

A very successful general indeed.

[@RazSofer-xh3qs]

Even though fighting in a war in winter is dumb, the soldiers got balls to put themselves into the harsh cold to win the war.

[@googamp32]

They tried to invade Quebec... During the winter. That's only slightly dumber than taking on the entire Chinese navy with half a dozen canoes.

[@jumperwilli7770]

The most fortified NA city and never taken by force (reddition). They were definitely not smart.

[@abcdef27669]

Is shocking how the way the invaders wanted to use that cannon over the sled sounds exactly like a common concept you see in RTS games: New Mission: Protect the Sled Artillery, and use it against the walls.

[@hokkaidorider4296]

How has a movie not been made about this epic?

[@cyrus5958]

You guys knocked or out of the park with the cinematic story telling and art here! Especially loved the climatic moment with General Montgomery.

[@alexj7440]

More series on Quebec please! So much interesting history to cover

[@vwbFILMS]

I like the winter cool but deadly. Oh yeah I forgot to mention keep up the good work man. 👍

[@johnloy3988]

While wounded and carried to a makeshift hospital, Benedict Arnold is laying in his cot but brandishing a pistol and sword he shouts to his men to hold fast and fight as quote "we wounded men will fight from our beds!!!! Our dead, fight from hell!!! The rest of you hold your positions!"

[@schlirf]

Short form: we got our asses handed to us.

[@lizycole8999]

not before Arnold and Morgan kicked some first

[@cpj93070]

@@lizycole8999 Both became Tarators, how Arnold came to be under the British ill never know.

[@lizycole8999]

@@cpj93070 morgan never turned traitor

[@cpj93070]

@@lizycole8999 *Traitors I meant there, spelling mistake😂

[@USB367]

Yay another upload! These are the few videos keeping my spirits up lately!

[@coygerten6802]

Have you considered a short series on the United States Marine Corps? I've found some stuff that goes over major events but rarely ever goes over important people, and usually refers to the Corps as "American forces". It would be nice to get a series that is relatively in depth, and gives proper credit to an organization with such an important part in American history

[@lizycole8999]

Came for Arnold, stayed for Morgan. That was epic!

[@Darkdragon5544]

Hey guys, one cool topic in the future could be the battle of Châteauguay 😊

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

The one battlefield I have actually visited... Also known as, the most beautiful city in the world

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Morgan you absolute madman on those ramparts

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys always make My day! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sampeacaml9307]

I was just about to suggest a few weeks ago that you do some videos about Québec and you did, Extra History! As a Quebecker, I am real happy!

[@harmonyferreira6183]

Montgomery biggest mistake was underestimating the Canadians... Never underestimate Canadians

[@briannamcdaniel266]

Even though I was born in the winter (January 22), I'm not really a fan of how cold it gets during it. But otherwise, another amazing video as always EH!

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

You guys set scenes so well in those opening segments, always give me chills!

[@BadassSagas-w5j]

super educative :) studying battles around the world for contents i'm working on. it really is helps!

[@TDsponge]

When general Montgomery approached those cannons, he should’ve Ran Away

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

EH! Always love to learn from you guys! You're the Best 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

This time of week i Always look forward too! Your videos are pure gold😊😊😊😊😊

[@Genosho]

Those wax seals were none-too-pleased 😅

[@Sr_Eddie2]

I just love filling my brain with more history 😍

[@drcongoorrepublicofcongo9747]

Best episode in the series so far

[@randomcanadianguy9740]

Aaah, Quebec winter's. I had to endure those for like 25 years lol

[@ProjectBuildOnRRorRobloxFilms]

My dose of history is here thanks

[@DieNibelungenliad]

They'd probably be better off going in at night during the autumn. After all, snow and ice slows down movement but all their foes have to do is sit nearby their posts

[@Ari.Atland]

7:35 shooting the officer requesting your surrender is kinda metal. Also uncool.

[@georgeromo3506]

Captain Morgan's response to the naval officer was so gangster! - I demand that you surrender! - Uhh, no. (BANG!) LMAO

[@jays233]

You guys should cover the red river rebellion

[@Rudnaz_127]

6:43 s m o o t h b o r e moment

[@jameskarg3240]

Always the damn winter...

[@fantalandia4273]

Joke of rn: Which place has the name winter on it? *Winterswijk* 😅 Edit: Winterswijk actually means something else rather thna what you’ll think, I’m sorry for the joke. 😐

[@johnloy3988]

Richard is reported to have said that our time on this earth is brief. She lived another fifty years after his death and never remarried

[@Thatonenightlord40k]

A nice video to watch while on the beach

[@Gidonamor]

I wish the shipping on that calendar wouldn't be so expensive to EU. I'd love that calendar

[@remimk]

man the artist really out did themselves here. I love it !😁

[@KrypticFog]

One of their best episodes yet!

[@torntokoroa3357]

No hold on if my father in law sign me up for the military without my knowledge I'd be having some issues. Montgomery is one of a kind bro.

[@BrunoPremont]

Hi ! I am from Québec City...I once read that when spring came...snow as usual started to melt...and a lot of body buried in the snow were found...

[@DavidJamesHenry]

THE POUTINE WILL BE OURS

[@lizycole8999]

if you don't eat poutine first, the poutine eats you

[@Jean-PierreGrenier-yl3wp]

This is how United States got tacos, after invading Mexico…

[@Magmafrost13]

I was not prepared to find out that Quebec has medieval-ass city walls

[@GiarcraiGO]

When I visited Québec city, the walls were intimidating to look at from the lower city. They sit high on natural rock formations that give good sightlines down both directions of the river. Only a few narrow cobblestone roads go up the Citadel from the lower city. The plains of Abraham where the British beat the French is at least level ground that can be used to approach the Citadel from the west, but even there, the stone wall is 25+ foot high and lined with cannons and firing ports.

[@Mrswilliams4112]

Nice video

[@missaelcastillo5154]

2:23 That was one of the reasons Washington and the Continental Army starved at Valley Forge. If you watched Extra History’s series on the Articles of Confederation, you know that the Continental Congress was printing money because the states didn’t want to give money and as a result, inflation. Washington couldn’t buy anything with his worthless bills.

[@scandited2763]

"You're surrounded! Put your guns d- 1775 Holster pistol:

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@maxpower7113]

In an alternate universe Benedict Arnold doesn't have to fix his ships, arrives weeks early to an undefended Quebec, and never betrays the Continental Army.

[@CosmicAggressor]

I hope this series goes into whatever benidict arnold did to become a traitor. Because I actually don't know.

[@puppywinkles]

If you just want to know, he became (I think) governor or mayor of a city and then immediately defected to the British side after that.

[@Strait9730]

So Arnold's road to treason began when Congress not only denied reimbursement for his expenses but always gave promotion to other men who had more political power. Then when Washington put him in charge as military governor of Philadelphia, he was accused by Pennsylvania governor John Reed for selling off goods and pocketing the money for himself and it did not help that Arnold was married to Peggy Shippen who was a loyalist. When Arnold's charges were dropped, Reed then sent a letter to Washington saying that if Arnold was acquitted then Reed would pull Pennsylvania support from him, so Washington wrote a letter to Arnold saying he will still be charged. Arnold, feeling betrayed by Washington and the country made a deal with General John Andre that in exchange for 20,000 pounds and a military commission and pension he would give Fort Arnold or West Point to the British which would split the colonies in two. Everything was agreed until Andre dressed in civilian clothing was captured and the plans for West Point were discovered in his boot. When Arnold learned of Andre capture and his plans discovered he burned all evidence and left before he was captured and Washington was furious when he learned of Arnold's treason saying "Arnold has betrayed us, whom can we trust now". After that Andre was hanged as a spy and Arnold led a loyalist army against Virginia til 1781

[@ScaerieTale]

Makes me wonder how such an ardently pro revolutionary general like Arnold could, quite literally, become synonymous with the word "traitor" later on, but I admit my knowledge of modern history is a lot patchier than my medieval and classical history

[@johnloy3988]

Contemptuous of congress, deeply in debt, and with a little inspiration and help from his new bride Peggy shippen arnold, the daughter of a loyalist judge Benedict Arnold decided to turn his coat. He had only recently received a letter from George Washington excoriating his behavior while being the military governor of Philadelphia. It was the final straw but in truth he was guilty of everything that he had been accused of including using his position to profiteer

[@fantalandia4273]

Hello, Extra History. It has been months since I followed your channel, but I am still subscribed. I hope you have good luck continuing your calendar for 2025. Thank you, Aldo for reacting to my ex-fan art.

[@Leaffer1080]

Cool video for a Quebecer like me who lives next to quebec . Also , i'd like to know if you did a video about the british conquest of Quebec in 1759 , Almost 20 years ago before this event ?

[@MalikF15]

Ah general winter the bane of many of armies from the mighty Swedes to Germans in WW2. Only Mongels get a pass

[@Boywholikecat]

History & stuff

[@roykennedy]

indeed

[@jrscalemodeling4110]

Great Video loved it!!

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Put the numbers back on the thumbnails again pls

[@MoonfallEquinox]

I think people keep forgetting that in most parts of Canada, there's snow for more or the year than when there isn't... as in, our soldiers are trained to fight in the snow. It was a terrible idea to begin with

[@normanfrank1532]

This was amazing guys!

[@thetriofdeath]

11s bro

[@MiniJinx1611]

"And then it got cold, stupid cold"

[@uriabinenshtok]

recommendation: i think you should also do comic/art like books of all of your videos say like the Viking or siege of Vienna 1 hour can be a nice book

[@squee222]

Moral of the story: Don't go to places where you were not invited!

[@flavoie]

If you ever visit Quebec city, there is a commemorating plaque in the lower town marking this event. "...Near this spot lieutenant-colonel Benedict Arnold was wounded on December 31, 1775, after having taken the first barricade which protected the entrance to Sault au Matelot Street and the lower town of Quebec..." History, plus fine dining in the area what more can you wish? Dont answer that... 😂😂😂

[@halothere6995]

Our militias may be undisciplined but they’re also unhinged.

[@iansavard4489]

1200 brave and loyal french canadiens served the Crown during this trial. 40 turncloaks were swayed by the Yankees.

[@nicholasgignac7065]

The snow spoke Quebecois “Va chiez osti”

[@michaelhowell2326]

So many chances and opportunities for Arnold to have died an American hero just lost. West Point would probably be named Ft. Arnold. But nooo.

[@quixote_7]

i hope we get a pedro albizu campos series one day.

[@Sc0ts]

What a different world it could have been if they had been successful

[@aaronginsberg4993]

Not sure if you're calling the St. Lawrence a sea or saying that the blizzard came in from the east.

[@davidwright7193]

I don't think you can blame this one on Walpole

[@user-gi8pk9uc7q]

House to house battles never go well for the people who are on the offensive!

[@charlesrobert-stafford4826]

Fun fact : When Morgan surrendered, he refused to give his sword to Carleton, so he gave it instead to a French Canadian priest who was present during the surrender.

[@Game_Hero]

*Québécois

[@anthonygagne8520]

@@Game_Hero le terme pour ce temps est là est canadiens

[@Game_Hero]

​@@anthonygagne8520 les autochtones avaient intériorisé le terme exonyme et culturellement inexact "indien", dont le American Indian Movement des années 70, important mouvement des droits civiques autochtone, est encore un important témoignage, et pourtant l'on utilise le terme "autochtone" sans aucun problème pour désigner le même concept dans le passé bien qu'anachronique dans l'usage, parce qu'actuellement socioculturellement exact et contemporain, propre à éviter la confusion avec les vrais indiens, d'Inde. Même chose pour les Roumains, au 19e siècle, ils s'appelaient les Vlachs, et pourtant aujourd'hui on utilise le terme Roumain pour parler au 19e siècle de ce qu'on désignerait aujourd'hui comme des Roumains, évitant une coupure artificielle auto-infligé avec son propre passé. Même chose pour les Italiens, l'on parlait à la Renaissance d'identité par rapport à sa cité-état et pourtant aujourd'hui on réfère à Léonard de Vinci comme un Italien ou italien de la renaissance, l'on parle du même peuple sous différents noms aujourd'hui désuets. Les Afro-Américains se désignaient selon le mot en N au 19e siècle et pourtant l'on utilise ce terme d'aujourd'hui pour parler de la même chose dans le passé, avec un terme actuellement culturellement exact et respectueux, non un exonyme. Les Québécois de la nation québécoise se referaient au 19e siècle comme des "canadiens-français", un exonyme intériorisé chargé, condescendant, archaïque, complétement inexact socioculturellement (on est pas des français enchaînés à même le nom à être une sous-catégorie d'une identité volée par d'autres et leur état-nation en ayant le nom) en plus de nous couper de notre seul héritage socioculturel, leur permettant de voler notre culture et histoire en plus. Ait respect en toi-même, Québécois, et réapproprie ton seul passé dans un terme qui est pleinement nôtre quand les autres ont le respect de soi pour le faire.