Frenchy Reacting to SABATON - Winged Hussars

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I just shouted AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED to my cat. Don't hesitate to suggest other Sabaton's songs you'd like me to review!

[@andrewludwig9251]

I have a good suggestion- you should react to Sabaton “Sarajevo” and “Versailles” at the same time because they are both short songs and of course Sarajevo should be done first 😊 because they are the songs that start and finish the album The War to End All Wars.

[@infidel-dn3dp]

About Poles by Sabathon? 40:1, Uprising, Aces in exile, Final solution, Inmate 4859. Awsome History made by incredible Swedish band. I love them for that. BTW - there was a death penalty in those times if U sold the horse abroad, trained to be ridden by a Hussar. I love your Historical knowledge being put in this reaction. Greetings from Poland!

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

@@infidel-dn3dp You can check out my review on the Live version of Uprising! Cheers from France, and thank you 😃

[@adammichalak7398]

40:1

[@JanZadykowicz-zj6zr]

Year 2018. Polish hussars in Sweden 😉 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z32Wn32Njd9qidk&pp=ygURU3RyYcW8YWN5IHNhYmF0b24%3D m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4WQhHeEbr6gpck&pp=ygURU3RyYcW8YWN5IHNhYmF0b24%3D Greetings from Poland.

[@alicja7282]

They say that when Polish Hussars were attacking from the hill on full speed was that impressive that no one could hold them back. Their horses had to be able to carry ~100kgs on their backs - both the equipment of a hussar and him and also they were trained not only to be strong but also one of the fastest (they were combining the lineage of old Polish equines with those from Tatar tribes in the east, tto be able to reach such effect). Hussars themselves had lances ("kopia") that were about 24 feet (it's over 0.7m !) and it's stated by historians (not only polish ones lol) that they could take up several people in one "jab". So now imagine even few thousand of these man attacking at once even much bigger army. They'd stand no chance at such circumstances. The lances and wings (which made thundering sound when they were on fast speed) themselves were supposed to make opponents to be shocked and (then) scared before battle would even began.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

And the earth must have shaken, their charge must have felt like the end of the world. I suppose the best solution would be to run for your life if you're up against these guys.

[@dompas90]

0.7m = 70 centymetr... btw The longest hussar lance was about 6.2 meters, so don't make up facts.

[@alicja7282]

@@dompas90 typo is now "making up" things? XD I think everyone got what I meant, but only you had to be an ass lol

[@joannaniesluchowska3285]

Polish king, Jan III Sobieski, took part in the charge riding in front of his hussars himself. Moreover, his 15 year old only son, Jakub, was charging at his side as well.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Badass!!!! Thank you🤟

[@jglo5192]

Tak to prawda 15 letni syn bral udzial w tym ataku !!

[@geralt1234c]

@@ToonStory-fh4gn You may have forgotten, but at this time Polish Kings were elected, and Jan III Sobieski before becoming king was Hetman Wielki Koronny, which means that he was the supreme commander of Polish forces, not mistake with supreme commander of all Commonwealth soldier, Lithuania has separate supreme commander, the Hetman Wielki Litewski. And Jan III Sobieski, as hetman, had long experience with wars against Ottomans. The title of Hetman Wielki can be roughly translated as military Grand Marshal, or literally as Grand Hetman, they have vices too, Hetmanowie Polni (field marshals/Field hetmans). During peacetime, the Grand Hetman remained at the court, dealing with general administration and guarding the interests of the army. The main task of the Field Hetmans was to protect the south-eastern Ukrainian and Lithuanian borderlands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against invasions from neighboring countries. They were the direct superior of the local defense units and later of the Quart soldiers. Field hetmans were responsible for intelligence, reconnaissance, and conducting ad hoc battles (e.g. against Cossacks or Tatars). During the battle, under the authority of the Grand Hetman, they commanded the less prestigious left wing, and in its absence, they took over command.

[@Baldwin-iv445]

Father and son duo. I fucking love it.

[@ŁukaszKroma]

Hello everyone, I'm Polish, no country in the world has had such a rich history for a thousand years. The hussars are the backbone of our history, they never lost a single battle, even when the enemy had an advantage of over 10 times! Poland has never lost a single war. The Polish state initiated democratic rights already in the Middle Ages, but other nations did not like us! During the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, three countries hostile to Poland took part. Poles regained independence in 1918 after 123 years of absence on world maps, until 1921 they fought against the communists for freedom and won!!! Then, a short period of peace brought us another war, and once again the Poles did not lose alone! previously, Germany, Russia and Austria took part in the partition of Poland, 18 years after defeating the Bolsheviks, the Poles were attacked again by Hitler-Germany, and after 2 weeks of fighting, the Russians attacked us from the east - Poland fell again under the pressure of two superpowers, never alone! !! This is a short history of the Polish nation, I invite you to talk to me if anyone would like to learn more about our history😉. Remember that Poland was the first to start working on constitutional law in 1789, but the United States overtook us in approving the first constitution, which implemented it in 1791, and Poland in 1792, but the United States started working in 1790, I may be wrong only a year on these dates😜. What I want to tell you Poland is the cradle of democracy, faith, strength and power. Our people will never surrender, millions of Poles were murdered, Poland lost its sovereignty for almost 200 years, but this is why we are strong and proud again, we cannot be destroyed!!! The spirit of faith, freedom and struggle, motto: God, Honor, Homeland - no enemy will ever take this away from us, Glory to God!!!

[@damianjasinski1440]

Najpiękniejsza i niepokonana przez 125 lat,nawet w dziesięciokrotnej przewadze.Polska Duma.HUSARIA.

[@czciboridobromila5555]

François Dalerac, the French courtier of Polish King Jan III Sobieski, wrote in 1699, “The hussars never halt, they ride their horses at full speed, breaking through everything that’s in front of them"

[@alinab6021]

Jana III Sobieskiego , trzy dni później król napisał do papieża Innocentego XI list, informując go o wielkim zwycięstwie: „Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit" (Przybyliśmy, zobaczyliśmy, Bóg zwyciężył) !

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Dziękuję i niech żyje Polska!

[@darekmmielony4405]

A Tusk napisał 4 rozbiór Polski

[@jarosawklejnocki6633]

Well used and well commanded, the hussars were unstoppable in their best times, mainly in the 17th century, although they also had their moments of glory in the 16th century. The hussar lances could measure over 6 meters and wiped out enemy infantry. In addition, they had some kind of broadswords, also long ones, sabers and pistols. Hussar armor was made in such a way that it could stop bullets, especially from a longer distance. But the most important thing was the tactics of the attack - the hussars accelerated in a rather loose formation, only to quickly form a wedge just over 100 meters from the enemy lines. Hussar horses were specially trained to keep the line even when the hussar lets go of the reins, to have both hands free to fight. Selling such a horse abroad was punishable by death in Poland. Jan III Sobieski was an excellent king-commander, previously the commander-in-chief of the Polish-Lithuanian army (Great Hetman). He knew how to defeat the Turks, and they feared him like the plague. And just like in medieval times, Sobieski did not hesitate to charge at the head of his army. He had a French wife, called Marysieńka in Poland, and they loved each other very much. Sobieski was also a talented writer, his love letters to Marysieńka are considered pearls of love prose in Polish literature. After the Battle of Vienna, he was supposed to say, travesting the famous quote from Cesar: "we came, we saw, God won" :)

[@zejon9053]

the noise generated by 18,000 pairs of such wings rushing downhill can be compared to the launch of Saturn V 🔥😈... maybe even greater

[@ianblake815]

“Coming down the mountainside!” 🎼

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jankowalski3220]

It's just a film, and no other film has ever managed to present the hussar attack as we know it from the sources. They attacked in a line started about 400 m long, in two ranks, as they gained momentum, the lines formed one formation and towards the end they were running knee to knee at a gallop. The tight formation was about 80 meters long and was longer than the standard regiment of pikemen at that time. Spears longer than pikemen's pikes. The impact was like hitting a board studded with nails. If they failed, they turned back and formed the formation again, taking new copies (these were for single use). Their retreat was covered by the so-called "pocztowi" - each hussar had to appear in their company, it was a light cavalry. The hussars were a complete war machine.

[@bohomazdesign725]

Some scribes nicknamed the Hussars "Angels of Death".

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

It sounds like a Sons of Anarchy motorcycle club!

[@stonewall01]

I love this song. This song and "The Last Stand" are the two songs that introduced me to Sabaton. I have a feeling that you will get to them eventually but some songs you should react to are Carolus Rex, Lion from the North, The Last Battle, The Lost Battalion, 82nd All the Way, and The Last Stand. These are just my personal favorites. Also, in regard to Sieges of Vienna, possibly one of my favorite quotes in history came from the 1529 siege. The Sultan boasting at the start of the siege that he will be having breakfast in the Viennese Cathedral in two weeks. When that day came and went, the Viennese sent him a letter telling him that his "breakfast is getting cold." lol

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

That's a level of trolling I respect! All the songs you mentioned are on my battle I guess, in fact for today "Winged Hussars" was in the balance with "The Last Stand"... It will arrive soon 😉

[@infidel-dn3dp]

Hussars were the special forces of those times. Always outnumbered but won all battles in a spine of 100 years. Sometime allies made a point, that they would fight with the asking side, EXCEPT of confronting Hussars.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

The number of battles they fought outnumbered and still won, these guys were for real

[@jameswoodard4304]

So, Poland has received new 5th generation F-35 jets from the US. Guess what they will be designated. That's right... Husarz The Winged Hussars are back!

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

That is seriously badass! Thank you I did not know that!

[@miger38]

Now we build our Army on the fire steeds(R)

[@alicja7282]

Also i think that interesting fact about these horses is that they were so valuable that selling them outside the Union was punished with death panelty

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I did not know that, thank you!

[@christopherhanton6611]

it was one of the finest moments for the winged Hussars . and one of my personal favorites of calvary

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

The Rohirrim charge IRL!

[@detroitpolak9904]

According to the lie I just made up, my ancestor was a Winged Hussar.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

😅😅😅

[@StoriesFromHistory-rv4oi]

And the crowd goes wild! I love the Winged Hussars and the song. I recall from one of your videos that you felt it doesn't matter whether it's true or not; you choose to believe. Well, I choose to believe they descend in the tens of thousands, all with wings! 😅

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Hell yes! As for me, I think it happened exactly like in Lord of the Rings!

[@agnieszkazuk]

Nice reaction, thanks! We helped Vienna and after a hundred years they took part in deleting Poland from the map...Austrian partition. Today we help opening our houses and spending loads of money helping, and we are accused of collaborating with the evil one and hear complaining on us in ue... :-( BUT the song is awesome! I'm proud listening to it :-)

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Very cynical partition indeed... Glory to the Winged Hussars! Thank you 😀

[@ryannelson3220]

GREAT INTRO!!!! i have actually seen this movie, good reaction.... keep it coming.... oh, from what i know the Hussars did wear those "Wings" in battle... it kinda scared everyone on the other side..... oh, and no one expected the polish to bring all the cannons on the hill

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Thanks mate! I really want to see this movie!

[@EvaCzarnojanczyk]

@@ToonStory-fh4gn, it’s an Italian film called The Day of the Siege. Cheers!

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

@@EvaCzarnojanczyk Thank you!!!

[@StevenMRA]

It amazes me that - EVEN TODAY - most Americans never had it explained why the date "Sept 11" was picked for that fateful attack.

[@miracleyang3048]

Why?

[@jokester3076]

@@miracleyang3048 The battle or siege of Vienna on Sept 11th 1683

[@RomanSacharewicz-k5d]

My Ancestors were part of the Winged Hussars, and related to Jan Sobieski 111. They did wear the wings on their armour. We as a family lost our titles during the Soviet Occupation.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

That's an incredible story, man! Thanks for sharing it here!

[@stevebecker2486]

Good video and Sabaton is a special band. It goes without saying....good channel.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Sabaton is dope 💣

[@ethanlewis1459]

Have you seen The Lord Of The Rings because I heard this scene was an inspiration for J R R Tolkien To write The Ride Of The Rohirrim

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I've watched this film on average once a year since it came out, so I must be approaching 20 viewings!

[@kevinimperati8644]

now if only Game of Thrones was also taking notes. These are the cavalry to do a head on charge, Heavy Shock Cavalry not the light Dothraki. Also it tends to work best against enemies whose morale can be broken through fear which to my knowledge doesn't include the undead.

[@KonradTS81]

Winged Hussars..best cavalery in the world ;-)

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

And the most stylish too!

[@janjanczyk1326]

Many armies had in their military agreement that their soldiers would fight everywhereone but not against the Polish Winged Hussars. Why?

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I don't know? Out of fear?

[@janjanczyk1326]

@@ToonStory-fh4gn Right

[@thomson7689]

The hussars didn't attack like that...

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Yes probably not, the movie itself does not look very realistic

[@BogaSlawa]

Theoden King of Poland and Sobieski King of Rohan, glorious heroes!

[@helenatomaszewska9512]

Yes, they wore wings in battle. They scared other horses and had a psychological effect.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I bet they did, it must have been a terrifying sight to see thousands of these riders charging.

[@najroe]

as usual a great reaction

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Thank you !

[@janjanczyk1326]

Polish Winged Husars are the coolest

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

They certainly have style, as well as being war machines.

[@MarekAcro]

The Polish hussars were one of the best cavalry in the history of the world. In 1683, the Polish hussars saved Europe from the threat of the Ottoman Empire by going to the aid and saving besieged Vienna. Austria thanked us for this 100 years later. Austria expressed its gratitude in such a way that together with Prussia and Russia they dismantled the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and for 123 years Poland ceased to exist. Today, Europe is once again threatened by the invasion of Muslim immigrants and there are no longer any hussars to defend it. **** Huzarzy polscy byli jedną z najlepszych kawalerii w historii świata. W 1683 roku huzarzy polscy uratowali Europę przed zagrożeniem ze strony Imperium Osmańskiego idąc na odsiecz i ratując oblężony Wiedeń. Austria podziękowała nam za to 100 lat później,. Austria wyraziła swoją wdzięczność w ten sposób, że wspólnie z Prusami i Rosją rozebrali Rzeczpospolitą i na 123 lata Polska przestała istnieć. Dzisiaj ponownie Europa zagrożona jest przez najazd muzułmańskich imigrantów i nie ma już huzarów, którzy ją obronią.

[@darksonlolo6039]

Poles above all and don't forget about it

[@gloryshadow8710]

Skromnost je ctnost, bratře 😐

[@brianfite4740]

If this song doesn't make you want to play mount and blade, you haven't played it before.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I've never played this game (it's been in beta too long) and now I want to play it with this song at full blast... My social life does not thank you 😂

[@matyy_.]

actually few things and im gonna be that guy so 6 meeters not 5 i mean someone would say whatever 1 meter difference who cares but in that time 1 meter was ur death or his death as well as they charged from the left wing because it was the most prestigious and king Sobieski said that if hes not gonna be on the left and not gonna lead whole thing hes coming back to Poland and nto only that during Battle of Khotyn in 1673 Sobieski wasnt a king then but he was Grand Hetman of the Crown and asked Habsurgs for help but the answer he received was something like this "Poles, advise yourselves". but Sobieski was happy they asked him for help because he knew without his help Turks will destroy Vienna in no time so it was convenient to fight on austrian soil safe for poles so he used austrians and others from HRE as a deyoc or battle meat to focus ottoman forces on them and wanted them to push ottomans towards vienna so he coudl strike from the back but it wasnt easy 26 cannons and over 14k horsmen and had to go upwards to the hill it took him 2 days to do that. After that there were few other battles for edxample Battles of Parkany which was the key win to the whole vienna thing. And afte that fun fact pope thanked Sobieski for help and Sobieski's reply was "venimus vidimus deus vicit" (Julius Cesar quote) kidna sad austria forgot that and in less than 100 yeras they took part in 1st partition of Poland. Ahh and almostr forgot Kara Mustafa didnt died during battle of Vienna but later after other battles when he came back to Belgrad and there leader of the Janissaries simply ghave him silk rope and we dont know if he hanged himself or was strangled

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this information! We're here to learn, share and improve, and it's thanks to feedback like this that we're able to do just that!

[@greenfocus5236]

2:35 oh, we are sure, they didnt have the wings in the battle

[@Michalu96]

Jesteśmy wojownikami od urodzenia,pozdrawiam Michał Gabriel Polska

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Respect from France 💪

[@darekmmielony4405]

Co Ty piszesz Jakimi patriotami Trwa 4 rozbiór Polski

[@TheDylls]

Amazing intro haha

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I really had fun making it, thank you!

[@lasselippert3892]

Only around 3000 of the 18000 Commonwealth horsemen were winged hussars. The rest were mostly muslim Tatars, descendants of the Golden Horde.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Exaclty! Thanks for the precision!

[@Drescher1984]

Vlad the impaler was apparently a former Janissary.

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

I think he was sent to the Ottoman court as a hostage, and received the same education as the future Sultan Mehmet, for example

[@mariuszjanusz5421]

konie w kłębie musiały mieć 180 cm i tyle samo husarz , to była elita.

[@Metro8352]

💪💪💪

[@adammichalak7398]

Najdroższa jazda i najbardziej skuteczna...200 lat. Za sprzedanie konia mogłaby być kara śmierci. Koszt to 2 miasta i obsługa 1 wieś . Jeden Husar miał 3 lub 4 konie. Drogie wojsko ale wyjątkowo skutecznie

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Thanks for the information, very impressive!

[@CoCooMa11]

wait wait.... wasnt it the winged hussars AGAINST 80 thousant people.....did I miss something? From what I have heard of the battle that is one of the battles that tolkien used for the lord of the rings saga (helms deap battle). 15 to 1, from what I remember of this battle, there was 80 thousand people attacking.. around 10k in the city defending and 5k hussars going down the side of a hill attacking.... or something close to that atleast

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Here are the numbers I have: - On the Ottoman side: 100-105k able soldiers - On the imperial side: 82k soldiers including 27k Polish soldiers, amongst these you find 3k hussars

[@CoCooMa11]

@@ToonStory-fh4gn That does make sense, so the Ottomans did a starvation battle, and the Hussars came down a mountain side hitting the flank to releive the pressure more or less?

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Yes that's what happened pretty much!

[@RenataDajnowska-vo8zl]

Musisz wiedzieć ze tylko bogaci mogli być husarzami zbroja kosztowala tyle zlota ile ważyła .po akcencie safze że jesteś z francji zapoznaj sie też zatem o oddzialach polskich walczacych z napoleonem najbardziej waleczni mowi o tym nasz hymn pozdrawiam z Polski

[@MuratBAS-ls3zh]

Hey i am Türk 😅😅

[@ToonStory-fh4gn]

Hahaha hey! I'll have to talk about the history of the Ottomans one day, it's so cool! Greetings from France :)

[@MuratBAS-ls3zh]

Hello 😊😊

[@MuratBAS-ls3zh]

Janisarry? 😤😤😡

[@Michalu96]

Polska w mym sercu

[@janjanczyk1326]

Zawsze

[@kazimierzlenarczyk9067]

The combat record of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Winged Hussars stands for itself. In 1577 a massive charge of this ultra-heavy cavalry unit smashed a German army from Danzig, blitzing into the teeth of a 12,000 man force and crushing them until all that remained was a well-trampled patch of red where the enemy army once used to be. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth losses in the battle totaled about 88 men, and most of those clowns weren't even Hussars. In 1601, a thousand Hussars defeated a Swedish cavalry force four times that size. At the Battle of Kircholm four years later, the Hussars (whose commanders' completely badass motto was "Kill First, Calculate Later"), sent 1,000 lancers in a charge against 11,000 Swedish infantrymen and cannons for some reason, and incredibly, despite the ridiculous idiocy of sending your elite troops on such an impossible mission, the friggin' Hussars jammed their poles (OMG AWESOME PUN FTW) into anything they could find and not only emerged victorious, but utterly slaughtered their opponents army, hacking the broken infantry units into giblets as they fled the field. Amazingly, that wasn't even the most impressive shit this mobile last stand accomplished in its proud heritage as the Commonwealth's premier exporter of busted-up faces. At the Battle of Klushino in 1610, the Hussars were outnumbered ten to one, and still somehow came out on top, utterly annihilating an army of 40,000 Swedes and Russians with just 4,000 lancers. What might be even more awesome then the Winged Hussars' much-deserved reputation as seemingly-invincible shit-wreckers is their completely over-the-top awesome battle gear. These guys went with the heaviest armor they could find, decking themselves out in fully-articulated plate mail at a time when most European armies were switching away from breastplates and over to firearms, but these ferocious warriors didn't even give a crap about rushing at state-of-the-art muskets with hand-to-hand combat weapons. Their primary implement of facial demolition was a lightweight (yet still completely insane) 19-foot lance capable of outreaching even the most well-endowed infantry spear hedges, and after they splintered that up the asses of their foes, the Hussars could fall back on pistols, a dagger, and one of two different types of swords. badassoftheweek.com/hussars.