Game of Thrones: Battle of Winterfell

[@KingsandGenerals]

This is probably the last episode in our series on the World of Ice and Fire. Which other universes would you like to get a video like that? Let us know!

[@fanyechao2761]

Lord of Rings please, no youtubers has yet to touch that field

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

@@fanyechao2761 i wouldn't say no other youtuber.

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

Ender's game would be awesome.. don't know if you could make the sci fi element work out though. Would be exciting, also for real life videos the Battle/Fall of Bataan during WWII would be exceptional.

[@qus.9617]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Iserlohn fortress, invasions against the Free Planets Alliance and the Goldenbaum dynasty) Deals with putting down rebellions, invasion supply problems, taking through deception, shows for and against taking initiative in offensive campaigns, divide and conquer based on unit placements, how to force an enemy to retreat and retreat in calm order, deals with the balance of power between a third party power who relies on conflict to stay independent) Lord of the Rings (... not so much tactics but Sauron's strategic maneuvers against Osgiliath/Minas Tirith, political division in Rohan, a northern flank led by Easterlings on Dale Lake Town and Erebor and Rivendell) Three Kingdoms (empty fort strategy, tactical deceit Ma Chao battle of Tong pass, Sima clan's use of flooding in containing and predicting enemy movement, Cao Cao's light cavalry flanking maneuver against the Wuhuan confederacy, Sun Wu's campaign of Jing province, Battle of Yiling [fabian strategy and fire attack], Liu Bei annexation of Yi province)

[@nantzstein3311]

*Dune*

[@Longshanks1690]

This should be called "Battle of the Bastards" because people will confuse it for the one in S8 instead of the one against Ramsay.

[@mark030531]

At the same time this is kind of like the deserving battle for that title, right? Maybe that's why it's titled that way because even the channel creators were also disappointed with the other Battle of Winterfell lmao

[@unlimitedspeeed]

Using the word "bastards" will probably get him demonetized.

[@Didacmmv]

I came here expecting exactly that

[@thomashoang6789]

I clicked on this video not knowing which Battle of Winterfell it was. There has been at least four "Battles of Winterfell."

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

I searched high and low, perhaps a KZbin sanctioned name could be the Lamentations between the Love Children lol

[@JohnSmith-tt3go]

To all the people saying this is the Battle of the Bastards: You are correct. Also, KZbin will demonitize the video in a second if it contains profanity in the title.

[@nirvanic3610]

Nope. Just type "battle of the bastards" you'll see many videos with that title.

[@fitzwaren]

Battle of the people born out of weedlocks

[@diegokaqui60]

@@nirvanic3610 DEMONITIZE

[@ranica47]

But but but.....bastard isn't profanity!!

[@MonCalypso]

@@ranica47 *points gun* it always was.

[@papapok13]

"The Bolton archers were killed in a tragic continuity error."

[@asasas9146]

And so half of the Bolton cavalry if you look closely durign the battle

[@SuperPagt]

@Fabian Kirchgessner even if they were 400 they would have been completely wiped out

[@sansonefabio8177]

some of the archers retreated to Winterfell to garrison the castle, and some picked up the Bolton shields and spiers to form that last formation.

[@sansonefabio8177]

@@asasas9146 I think Ramsey took care of the other half of his cavalry by reigning arrows onto it

[@sansonefabio8177]

@Fabian Kirchgessner they did get instantly annihalated, wildling/star spears and axes took care of the rest of the cavalry + Ramsey's arrows (plus i assume the stark men had better moral and will to fight on due to leadership and grit, and many Bolton men were raised from ex stark holdings and farms near Winterfell

[@francescofabrizi5473]

13:15 "to the true threat" D&D:" well yes but actually no"

[@antonisk.2165]

expectations subverted

[@Wilson-zu3rf]

Yeah only covered in 1 episode so not really

[@3baxcb]

I'm sure that was GRRM's idea from the start so every viewer can go on about it.

[@DonMadruga72]

I've never read the books, but as far as I know they do not show up much, so...

[@khalduras784]

@@DonMadruga72 not as many as one thought but their importance are beyond noted

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

Much more looking forward to the battle in the books between Stannis and Roose

[@MarcoAurelio-vv3gz]

Yes. Independent of who wins I think will be better.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

@@MarcoAurelio-vv3gz it will certainly be more logical and creative than the mess they made of the show from season 5 onward.

[@ukesh243]

@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 GRRM better than D&D

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

@@ukesh243 Tywin voice, "Categorically."

[@gfilmer7150]

"I'll turn the ground to my advantage" - Stannis to Theon, The Winds of Winter

[@justinpachi3707]

“Stannis and his troops were ground down by enemy attrition and harassing.” More like bad writing, plot armor, and 20 good men. Book Stannis would never have lost to Ramsey who never saw a real battle a day in his life. In the books there is a Grand Northern Conspiracy by the Northern Houses for a Stark restoration. In the books the Boltons days were numbered with many of the “allies” plan to defect to Stannis as well. Stannis would easily have been a good opponent for Dany to fight at the end instead of Cersei.

[@R3GARnator]

People thought this shit about Robb Stark too you know.

[@justinpachi3707]

R3GARnator Stannis might very well die in battle or he might not. He might be like Richard of York and maybe get defeated at the hands of Aegon VI. Then when Dany comes and usurps Aegon Jon will have to reckon with her.

[@justinpachi3707]

Emperor of Mankind Stannis is the Mannis!!!!

[@aryanandhana4031]

The northmen dont really care about stannis's cause they just want the stark to rule the north

[@Longshanks1690]

@Justin Pachi You're absolutely correct that Stannis is the rival that Dany needs, as their philosophies on ruling reflect and deflect off each other in so many ways. But the fanatical denial of the reality Stannis finds himself in needs to stop. He will be defeated in the Books, that is abundantly clear to anyone who has been paying attention to this story. Stannis is nothing more than a doomed pretender, and George has kept him in that role. I will remind you he can summon magic Lannister-Tyrell armies to teleport across the country when Stannis needs to be defeated. Or you can remain in denial until you read the words on the page. It's only that the latter will be harder to bear.

[@muwatallis]

This is Battle of the Bastards. Not Battle of Winterfell.

[@Brandonhayhew]

This should been named The Bastards Battle of Winterfell.

[@ocirontariocryptidinvestig8010]

fuck off nerd

[@HEagle72]

Or how about y'all just say thank you to the content creator for making this instead of telling him how to distribute his art.

[@liamwalton4183]

@Oakpc2002 Everybody, including the actors, directors, showrunners, and promotional material, called it "Battle for Winterfell" or "The Long Night". I could link you to videos but it'd be easy for you to simply go to the Game of Thrones page and see for yourself. I had never heard anybody call it Battle of Ice and Fire until I read your comment, so U believe you are wrong

[@AlpenSkyWatcher]

Battles are usually name after geography. If battles keeps happening it goes like "First Battle lf..." "Second Battle of..." "Twentieth Battle of..." Or a battle can have multiple names and cultural significance 1st Battle of Winterfell(Ironborn Invasion)-Greyjoy v Stark 2nd Battle of Winterfell(Ironborn Invasion)-Bolton v Greyjoy 3rd Battle of Winterfell(War of the Five Kings)-Bolton v Baratheon of Dragonstone 4th Battle of Winterfell/Battle of the Bastards(War for the North)-Stark vs Bolton 5th Battle of Winterfell(Great War/Second Long Night)-Living alliance vs White Walkers from tv series, wiki, and wikia

[@nhovyjann]

K&G : Lord Baelish now holds an influence at Winterfell's court. Bran: I'm about to end this man's career.

[@sarcasticsid5589]

Arya: Wait up Bran I want a piece of that ass too!

[@RebelPatriot355]

Bran: “chaos is a ladder.” Little Finger: “yeet!!”

[@bobmartin9742]

Hundreds of arrows and no single one can hit the "bastard". The plot armor was truly effective.

[@DonMadruga72]

This is called fantasy. In Star Wars, LOTR, and several other tales the protagonist is never hit. People have become so accustomed to the dying GoT characters that they forget they are still watching a TV series where the protagonists themselves are not going to die.

[@liamjm9278]

@@DonMadruga72 It's called bullshit. If protagonists aren't going to die then why did Ned die? He was the closest thing to a protagonist you could get in fantasy series and basically was it for the first season. If Melisandre just showed up and turned everyone in Daenerys' army into dragons, would that be ok just because "It's fantasy, things don't need to make sense or have logical consequences".

[@Anonymous551656]

@@DonMadruga72 "This is called fantasy. [...] still watching a TV series where the protagonists themselves are not going to die." If GRRM had set this scenario up, Jon would have died 100% - because when GRRM writes, actions have _consequences_ . When GRRM writes, characters don't have plot armour. If they fuck up this badly, they die. Certainly some of the protagonists will ultimately survive and triumph, but they will only survive by *not* getting into situations where they are alone with no protection and being pelted by hundreds of arrows.

[@bigtechdicktators6704]

yes especily with ramsey doing sniper kill at same distance.

[@leonpaelinck]

Post season 4 the plot armor went up by 1000%

[@Judicial78]

5:29 it wasn't a gesture of kindness, it was an act of survival and desperation. Jon knew that if Hardhome fell, all those wildings would be added to the Night Kings army. That was the primary motivation for helping them.

[@devashishgupta8415]

The character of Jon Snow in the TV Show doesn't allow the plot even a bit as you tell but he was very strategic in the books and arranged political marriages too.

[@yaldabaoth2]

Rickon Stark graduated 1st of his class from the Prometheus School of Running Away.

[@knightofetro13]

Not his fault he was victim to shitty writing

[@DonMadruga72]

He was desperate. When people panic, they do not think correctly. besides he was young. Ned may have never taught him to run from an archer.

[@liamjm9278]

@@DonMadruga72 Who the hell teaches people how to run from archers?

[@DonMadruga72]

@@liamjm9278Someone who lives in the middle ages maybe, where people can not learn to zig zag on the television.

[@liamjm9278]

@@DonMadruga72 Maybe? You make conclusions based on maybes? Bring me proof. And is that second part of your sentence supposed to make sense? Is that even English? What does "where people can not learn to zig zag on the television" mean? That people in the middle ages couldn't learn to zig-zag because TV didn't exist? That people in the middle ages could learn because TV didn't exist? That people on TV can't learn how to zig-zag?

[@TheAztecGamer123]

Anyone else think this battle made no sense and was done to raise tension? Hear me out. They sent a giant with no armour or even a weapon into battle? He literally could've just picked up a tree stump and charge alternatively he could've gotten the dropped giant weapons when the battle of the wall occured. Also notice how shit the phalanx is? Because to keep the giant back they had to raise their spears making them vulnerable to an all out charge plus the phalanx wasnt deep enough to prevent the stark soldiers from pulling the spears off the Boltons. Finally who the fuck stacked a wall of bodies one on top of the other whilst the battle occured????

[@mustafacalkap26]

I think you watched snapjelly's video about karstark shieldwall :)

[@thecatfather857]

Hohooo, if Wun Wun had a club with him, I can picture him giving the Boltons a real thrashing singlehandedly.

[@jerome0929]

True, I ask myself the same question, how in hell bodies just pile by themselves during a battle ? Specially that high? Just doesn’t make sense

[@bkjeong4302]

Jerome 092 People trying to get around corpses are more vulnerable to the rain of arrows, so they die on top of the corpses, creating an even bigger pile of corpses, and so on.

[@gfilmer7150]

Also, Jon original plan made no sense. Just let The Boltons charge at us, like, my dude, their 2,000 cavalry will demolish your entire army of 2,400. It would've made more sense if Jon had built anti-cavalry stakes and defenses in the front line. It would've been possible because his men already dug trenches on their flanks. Another thing, why didn't Sansa tell Jon about The Knights of The Vale, the most skilled warriors with the best cavalry in all of Westeros?

[@pebblesramirez9290]

Jayne, Santa’s childhood friend was married to Ramsey, pretending to be Arya. This is another one of the changes HBO did v/s the books.

[@josephrizzo3738]

Talks about Ramsey v Stannis *screams in book reader

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

I know. The pain is real.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Hell even in the show it's idiotic. The way they show Ramsey's strategy in the show is firmly in the territory of "never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake", and a commander of Stannis' caliber would've easily dealt with the way the Boltons attacked. All it takes is those 3 words: "Withdraw to squares!", and cavalry is all but eliminated as a threat as spearmen can keep them out of the lines while archers pick them off. Maybe if the showrunners actually hired someone who knew the first thing about tactics, they'd not have written it in such a stupid way

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

@@avisupadhyay One could easily point to counterexamples though, such as the Scottish schiltron formation or indeed the entirety of the pike-and-shot era. Also, my whole point was based around how the show basically ignored the incoming infantry entirely and made no efforts to include them as a factor in either side's battle plans. Lastly, I'd argue Stannis' men are as close to professionals as existed in this time period. They're knights, men-at-arms, and other veteran soldiers who've been following him for his entire tenure in the show, and we know from all available material that he wasn't the sort to just throw together conscripts, but rather training what men he could gather up to a higher standard of discipline in order to compensate for their lower numbers

[@Liquidsback]

I can't imagine an episode on the Battle of Winterfell without the narration falling apart.

[@yaldabaoth2]

"The best military minds of the Seven Kingdoms opted to put their siege engines on the frontline and used them only after their own cavalry frontally charged into complete darkness in which a dug-in infantry line who isn't exactly prone to morale breaks were waiting for them... fortunately, half the cavalry respawned a week later."

[@bernardosales1044]

@@yaldabaoth2 I forgot the Dothraki have an amazing manpower recovery buff, silly me

[@desmondd1984]

@@yaldabaoth2 Haha, exactly. Trying to make sense of it would totally break Kings and Generals. I imagine the cracking sound, but worse.

[@Matteus2109]

You know, I'm left wondering WHY Sansa never brought up the Knights of the Vale as an ally before the battle. A lot of Northerners could have been spared if she had brought them sooner.

[@redblueproductions9739]

Bad writing.

[@adam6097]

@@redblueproductions9739 No, if word got out that the Vale is supporting them, then Ramsay would never challenge them in an open field, and sansa knew they don't have time for a seige

[@weedwizard7906]

@@adam6097 solid reason. Only one that I’ve seen that makes sense but to counter that, Sansa could’ve still told Jon and still had a similar battle but now Jon could’ve used less men. Also the Vale was literally less than an hour away if they can still arrive during the middle of the battle. Bolton’s had a good chance to see them on their way.

[@razor5268]

@@adam6097 why didnt they have time for a siege?

[@adam6097]

@@razor5268 The threat south, Lannisters. Starks had enemies everywhere and they needed there ancestral home as fast as possible. Winterfell with 20% of its forces can last months with a seige so imagine Ramseys troops and his bannermen

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Yo everyone commenting "This is the Battle of the Bastards" I think Kings and Generals know that, it's just they'll get demonitised. But there is a typo in their description "Date of the North"

[@jhon-wm5ok]

Why would they get demonitised?

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

@@jhon-wm5ok Bastards doubles as a swear word

[@AdriatheBwitch]

I would love if you do a documentary about the Battle of Blue Waters between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Golden Horde in Autumn 1362 or 1363 plz!

[@jakeshurbitt5681]

Idk what this is about but it sounds like a good battle!! 🗡️ ⚔️ 🛡️

[@alexl.4170]

Battle of Winterfell initially refers to the battle that took place in the Winter Town between Iron Born/Bolton forces and Stark loyalist Northern forces under Sir Cassel. But now it refers to the night battle against the White Walker horde. This battle in the video is known as the 'Battle of the Bastards'.

[@damonmealor9701]

I thought your documentaries were based on Martin's ASOIAF, like your Battle of the Black Water, & not D&D's GOT.

[@shadow2000]

This part of the history is not in the book, whe stand the 6th book ^^

[@damonmealor9701]

Yeah, exactly

[@gfilmer7150]

This won't happen in the books.

[@scofield1154]

I almost didn't click this because I thought it was the S8 Battle of Winterfell.

[@Aipe97]

I was hoping this would be a video on the book battle where the Bolton army betrayed Rodrik Cassel and captured Winterfell with Theon inside. That would've been interesting, considering not many people know about it since they didn't do that scene in the show.

[@Some_Call_Me_Pietro]

Baz Battles did a video on this!

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Well made summary ! The name of the Battle was: *The Battle of Bastards.* The long night battle was on another level, nothing could stop the Night King, if he was a bit more patient.

[@GUNN3R1990]

Do the season 8 Battle of Winterfell with a flippant and sarcastic narration.

[@TealWolf26]

But weren't trebuchets capable of firing flaming missiles with the distance and accuracy of 20th century artillery? And archers shooting flaming arrows that didn't instantly get snuffed out from air turbulence? Did no one contact a medieval historian?

[@CrimsonFlash7]

Fantastic job as always. Felt like I was watching the episode again. I hope you guys cover the battles in the books once the next one comes out(if it does :P).

[@senatorsheev6743]

You forgot to mention the part where Stannis captures Winterfell by disguising his soldiers with outfits acquired from his victory in the battle of ice.

[@gfilmer7150]

Oh yeah, I remember that.

[@SYCOSUBWAY]

I like how they completely forgot about Rickon Stark in the beginning. That really sums up his significance in the show.

[@barbiquearea]

Do Battle beneath the Wall next. Seriously Jon and the Night's Watch squaring off against Mance Rayder and his colossal Wildling army was epic both in the books and in the show.

[@martino5742]

Best battle in the show, maybe the best episode in the show

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

When you thought the Game of Thrones series is over... K&G: Well hello there.

[@Gauntlet1212]

General Kenobi!

[@augustoluis6888]

@@Gauntlet1212 *Coughs in westerosi*

[@Userext47]

11:56 Warhorns or a truck?

[@RayanBacha95]

It's the truck ex machina

[@pogchamp2897]

Starbucks delevery truck

[@thecatfather857]

Now I can't stop picturing Baelish speeding a f*cking semi into the Bolton formation.

[@Brahmdagh]

This is not canon. The books have not reached this far yet. As for the show... what show?

[@pogchamp2897]

@@Toto-95 it still made 0 sens, the amount of the bolton cavalry almost matched the entire stark army, so how the fck did a few horsemen from those 400 small houses soldiers withstand a 2000 cavalry charge and mele, why wasn't the giant armed with anything ? How the fck did jon survive those hail of arrows shot at him by 1000 archers ? What was that hill of corpses ? Why were the wildlings and the stark footmen along with the giant standing still while the boltons were slowly deploying their pikemen and tower shields ? How did ramsey miss an entire army of heavy cavalry crossing throught the neck while moat caillin was manned by the boltons after they kicked the ironborn out of it ? How did jon survive for that long with the most stupid battleplan and still butchering it by going lerroyjenkins full frontal against an organized army almost 3 times the size of his own rabble ?

[@pogchamp2897]

@@Toto-95 that battle was utter clusterfuck with 0 common sens and has nothing in comon with agincourt and cannae.

[@pogchamp2897]

@@Toto-95 the battle of thermopylae didn't have a wall of dead corpses, zac snyder fanfiction doesn't count and was pointless to say the least if you watched that movie. And hannibal achieved the enveloppement throught tactical fainted retreat and good use of mobile berber and carthagian light cavalry not slowly deploying heavy infantry and pikemen while the enemy stood still and watched in awe, and nothing like agincourt happened.

[@HiturMan-nn5pc]

I know of no show

[@MajorMuffins13]

Pog Champ I always thought the reason Jon survived the arrows was the Lord of Light protecting him from death so he could lead the fight against the Night King.

[@makecrusadesgreatagain211]

These videos are almost as entertaining as the episodes themselves I´ve seen the episode, but the narration brings a different perspective and flavour to the story, you´re pretty good

[@Revanchist]

Well this technically should be called "The second Battle of Winterfell"

[@szbszig]

When I saw the title, I was secretly hoping for the previous battles of Winterfell. The one, when Theon and the Ironborns took the castle from the Starks by surprise, and the other one, when Ramsay took it from Theon also by deceit and surprise. Also, it seems a bit inconsistent, that in the previous GoT videos, you always went with the book version of the battles and events, which are of course much more complex and realistic than the show, while in this video you chose to cover events that only happened in the show so far.

[@Marqhll]

The truck horn to signal the arrival of the knights of the vale really sold it for me.

[@OOUER]

I got really excited. I thought this video is related to the real battle of ice in ASOIAF books and not the show. Great video as usual though...

[@chediamor3607]

Should have mentioned how the wildings army was pushed so hard against them selves that they couldn't lift their arms like a some kind of Hannibal cameo 😉 great video btw❤

[@explosivereactionstv7414]

I watched this battle for the first time this month and this was probably the best battle that D & D had written for the show. Shout out to the giant for helping Jon become King of The North

[@raptorjesues1445]

wich is not saying mutch since the others were rather warm waste materials

[@ikemadi6265]

The "horn sound" of the Arryn's forces at 12:00 is a truck horn HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@kristiannicholson5893]

This is Battle of the Bastards, the Battle of Winterfell is vs the Night King and the wights

[@jacobsarvathayaparan2337]

Technically neither of them is supposed to be called the battle of winterfell, the battle with the wights is technically supposed to be "the battle of ice and fire"

[@uae2268]

The second one was more of a siege of Winterfell

[@thecatfather857]

12:57 "Warhorns began to sound in the distance" *Uses truck horn sound effect*

[@kzh2313]

Last time i was this early game of thrones was still a good show

[@paulraines9635]

I got so fucking scared when I read the title. I was like "No, not the Long Night, anything but the Long Night."

[@scaldon2]

Stannis will never lose in the books . He's one of the best commanders in Westoros. Ramsay has never commanded a day in his life. Easy win for stannis.

[@hassanalzboon2864]

I love the way this channel narrates events as well as the way they represent battles

[@DonMadruga72]

Great video. Please do not stop, get to the end. I know that not everyone liked how things developed on the show, but that does not change the fact that it was one of the best shows ever produced on television, and all the thousands of people who worked on this show must be respected.

[@dyako73]

Magnificent work and a great add to your video channels, much appreciated. Please don't forget to make a video about the decisive (Battle of the Trident). All the love & best regards

[@Kardel_VA]

13:14 "The true threat" PFFFFFFT YEAH OK

[@oberstul1941]

For a moment there I was so happy thinking they are covering the book battles; then I despaired. Still, excellently put together little video. It's just that well has been poisoned.

[@RexGalilae]

Not canon. I rate this fanfic 0/10 😤 Seriously though, I like this revisionist version of the battle more as it seems more tactically and strategically reasonable than the shitshow we got to watch in s5 and s6.

[@RexGalilae]

@Azreal Cinder There is no book version (at the time of making the video, at least). Both battles were ridiculous pieces of D&D fanfic

[@David-xt9uf]

This is really well made dude, keep up the good work!

[@unusuallyquickloris]

Ramsay played this perfectly, but didn't account for gandalf

[@leandrocasas90]

Deus ex machina strikes again!

[@imperiumoccidentis7351]

He really did. The Rickon move was genius and pulled the enemy's prime commander out into the open perfectly (who should have 100% died in the ensuing scuffle + arrows), and the pikemen flanking the remaining the remaining army would have been perfect. Like you say though, his only undoing was plot armour + deus ex magic cavalry that RKO'd him out of nowwhere.

[@AlgaeNymph]

I was hoping this would be the "battle" from S8 and you'd be pointing out everything that went wrong, such as how the "greater threat" was a fizzled plotline.

[@SquattingxBear]

Why is this called the Battle of Winterfell instead of Ramsey vs Stannis? It makes more sense to refer to this as the Battle of the Bastards. And the following conflict at Winterfell is called the Battle for the Dawn.

[@mill2712]

This video will get demonitised if he put in "Battle of the Bastards". And these videos use effort and funds to make so the more money the better for the channel and the viewers.

[@2lazy2makeupname]

ONE OF THE BEST CHANNELS ON KZbin

[@Tsotsis1]

Casualties in this battle are unknown,, haha you are incredible Kings and Generals.

[@bigjoekokomo]

These ASOIAF videos rule! Keep ‘em coming!

[@KHK001]

Great! more GoT videos😀 Edit: I like the dead unit stay in the battlefield broken, IMHO it should be in all future video.

[@johnlouie6521]

This channel deserves a million subs

[@UGNAvalon]

Video: Our series on GRR Martin’s universe will continue. Pinned comment: This is probably our last episode on ASOIAF. Me: D;

[@acxc13]

If they gave Wun Wun a big club or something instead of going in with just his hands, Wun Wun could have taken out thousands by himself.

[@OttomanHistoryHub]

I can't wait for the Battle in the ice in the books! great video guys :D

[@theodoros9428]

Great idea to show those battles as historical events

[@christophergarcia1101]

Could you do the Battle of Lepanto or the Spanish Armada?

[@darkmaster539]

This video is very nice to Sansa. There's no mention of her not telling Jon about the vale and none at all of Jon picking to fight with less numbers thinking he had no choice.

[@benhammadiabdallah4846]

Thank you for the great work, I think more wars from the book we are interested to see, for example the rebellion of the greyjoy and more, thank you

[@KillerTacos54]

Stannis just couldn’t catch a break in this series. Anyway, I’m glad this video actually covers The Battle of Winterfell which actually happened in s8. Anyway, I hope you guys come back to this series because your style of videos works so well with it

[@williamtim5893]

No tactics here

[@aether38]

i clicked on this expecting the s8 battle against the white walkers, but this is much better

[@Arkanthrall]

"Stannis" It's "Stannis the Mannis".

[@toxicdermyillunary4103]

I just like how Game of Throne as a story is so grounded the fans agreed technicality in war is important. I mean any story that is not GoT would be filled with people saying "It's fantasy" and what not but this one you can barely see any.

[@mattries37315]

This video won't age well when Stannis & the Manderlys take Winterfell in The Winds of Winter.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I don't think they will succeed, but we'll see. :-)

[@ascending8220]

Kings and Generals read the Night Lamp theory

[@ascending8220]

Matt Ries they should do a video when TWOW comes out and Stannis defeats the Boltons. What happened in D&D's shittastic fanfiction is a crime against humanity

[@mattries37315]

@@KingsandGenerals It won't be pretty, things always go wrong in ASOIAF battles for the victors. However the "Pink Letter" and the Theon TWoW chapter gives hints that Freys will drown in the Crofter Village lake, Stannis' death will be faked, and his men will wear Frey uniforms into Winterfell and take it from within. The Boltons are a "2nd Act Villain", they're get cleared off the board early in TWoW.

[@Grunt802VT]

Brilliant timing!! This series shall have my love!!

[@TheFiresloth]

It's a valiant effort to pretend it made sense. I was almost convinced when I shut off my brain. No really. Great camera work, nonsense strategy/tactics.

[@gfilmer7150]

Too fuckin' true. This battle won't even happen in the books. The fall of House Bolton is going to be because of Stannis Baratheon and thr other Northern houses.

[@NukasCafe]

I dont know why but I got goosebumps hearing this described. I pictured every scene. I love it man

[@duchi882]

*Hope you guys cover Attack on Titan battles* Not Historical but the operations are interesting enough for a video

[@carlodf7844]

Please do the battle on the wall next 😊

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

Apart from anything else, it is absurd an army could approach Winterfell--as the Vale forces are supposed to have done--with neither Stark nor Bolton armies knowing about them.

[@DonMadruga72]

Of course yes. There are several ways to move an army in silence, it has been done several times in history and 2 times in the series (in battles of the book) before that.

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

@@DonMadruga72 Name these instances. My bet is that you're talking about a small force moving swiftly over a short period of time. Or an army sometimes might take a path deemed impassible (usually for good reason). I can think of four real world examples of that, which is not the same as depicted here--a relatively open land through which a significant cavalry force is passing for weeks (the distance from the Vale to Winterfell). Likewise it is possible to hide an army's exact position and deceive as it its exact size, but not that it exists, not if it is present for more than (maybe) a few days. Likewise it is possible an army moving as fast as possible might enter an area without properly scouting ahead and encounter an army that way. Which is not the case here. As at Waterloo, both Stark and Bolton armies should have known via scouts the Knights of the Vale were in the North, just as Napoleon and Wellington both knew the Prussians were on their way. Just as the Lannister/Tyrell army should have known there was a large horde of Dothraki (and a dragon) nearby via scouts. A force that large moving (as it must) through a territory for days cannot be successfully hidden even if it didn't have a dragon that needed feeding. The Free Folk were distracted by a full on battle and were not the most professional army so I can just barely believe Stannis' forces could surprise them. The same logic applies to the slave masters besieging Mereen (which however does indicate a grave tactical error on their part). But I cannot think of a single instance in military history wherein one large army could approach another large army over the course of days without both knowing the other was there pretty soon. The nearest example I can think on is Little Big Horn, when Custer leaped to a conclusion that a settlement was smaller and less defended than in fact it was. I think it was in Austerlitz Napoleon did successfully hide a portion of his army during the chaos of battle, but that is not at all the same thing. There was also Midway, wherein a scout plane was delayed taking off, but even so the Japanese fleet soon realized there must be a carrier or two in range. In Operation Market Garden the plan was so hastily put together the staff ignored intelligence involving a panzer group (I forget--it might have been a division) at Arnhem, in part because the Resistance was not trusted. That, again, is something else--a willful refusal to believe intelligence.

[@thehighguarduk4820]

Fantastic video, love the game of thrones battle analysis and history!

[@fumaaa5643]

I almost did not click but since im a loyal fan i always watch every video

[@isufal6014]

i want to say YOUR VOICE IS AWESOME

[@PanzerIVAE]

If you like his voices so much he has a KZbin Channel named OfficiallyDevin He does alot of Narrative Let's Plays and such of various games Good shit my man would recommend tbh

[@fongy200]

"And Ramsay was later killed by his own hounds." "And Sansa Stark fed Ramsay to his own hounds."

[@arthurgallegos1578]

Gotta do more on this!! There are many more battles. Do more please.

[@kasrkin519]

Sorry but the Battle of Winterfell is with Stannis and hasn't been released yet....

[@chediamor3607]

Should have mentioned how the wildings army was pushed so hard against them selves that they couldn't lift their arms like a some kind of Hannibal cameo 😉 great video btw

[@EricAwful313]

Recounting the events of a Hollywood battle is about as ridiculous as it gets.

[@jaremymallister9004]

Those pikesmen Ramsay used at the end, I manage to count them all down. They were some 650 men in separated in six lines. Just from the record.

[@ahmedmehmood8462]

Ever thought about covering mythical battles or battles that are not known if they are mythical or true.

[@lbencz]

Those burning corpses seemed to be range markers for Ramsay's arching run

[@fzzy5739]

thank you for covering the REAL battle of winterfell

[@tigerlancer]

There's a possibility Shireen's death paid for Jon's ressurection. Shireen's death was very recent and melting of the snow was either coincidental or used up only a bit of the power granted to Melisandre and the rest remained with her until she brought Jon back to life.

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

All hail 👑 King Aegon VI, the knower of nothing, the doer of everything! 🐉

[@Tejasisphoenix]

The war scene filmed at battle of bastards is perhaps the most realistic and greatest battle scene in the history with exception of saving private ryon opening scene

[@johnbenedictsy530]

one of the dumbest battles. both generals were incompetent.

[@thetalesofelbek7042]

I would argue , ramsay would easily win if not for the knights of the vale !

[@winjiro]

@@thetalesofelbek7042 ramsay's scout were so lazy

[@calvin5541]

Ramsay should've had the pikemen hold the line and have his archers fire into the tight packed stark forces...when they're close together, they're easy pickings for ranged

[@Whitemoon193]

Thats not working that way. Archers are not snipers

[@huseyinylmaz3030]

Can you cover Gokturk attack to chinese palace with 40 man or battle of Kut ul amare

[@JasperLane]

Quick correction. The Freys were actually not made lord paramount of the trident they were given Riverrun however, it was Peter Baelish who was named as lord paramount of the trident and also given Herenhal as the seat of power

[@Annihilatr_]

Do you know who is the best person in the world Hint:read the second word

[@jozzieokes3422]

Top stuff as always