Great Northern War - Clash of Kings - Extra History - Part 4

📜 History of the Great Northern War, Part 4
Charles XII had gone to the Ukraine hoping for supplies and reinforcements, especially from the cossacks led by Ivan Mazeppa. But Peter the Great was hot on his trail, and had no intention of letting him off that easy.
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[@extrahistory]

Though Charles XII's invasion of Russia has failed, he's not a man to give up easily. But neither is Peter the Great.

[@extrahistory]

KZbin isn't letting us edit the settings on the video right now to make it public, so enjoy it unlisted for now! ;) EDIT: And now it's live for real! Welcome new viewers!

[@ganndaman1949]

Extra Credits I love these so much they are informational

[@timothymclean]

What a lovely set of _A Song of Ice and Fire_ references.

[@yetikoalaace7780]

Why do you know so much about history?

[@samuelortega8133]

Extra Credits can you make a dunkirk one series

[@Yggi11]

I notice a lot of these "great men" go down due to not knowing when to quit.

[@Nikola95inYT]

Yggi11 an appetite comes while having a lunch

[@elijahjenkins846]

Not knowing when to quit is what makes then great men

[@elijahjenkins846]

@The ChickMagnet yes unfortunately no one is a perfect one

[@baractusobamiuscaesar5540]

If they had quit, they wouldn't be great.

[@mobeenkhan824]

Elijah Jenkins Not necessarily, if Charles waited for more favourable circumstances and moved slower and more cautiously, I have no doubts that he would have conquered Russia.

[@Slayerlord13]

And so Charles XII learns that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer...

[@wahlex841]

And that no force of will can overcome a failing body.

[@jacobv2172]

The russians once again proved that great is the weapon that cuts on its own.

[@wu1ming9shi]

...but still damn that was an ugly and coincidental wound though...

[@TheDoctor364]

well to be honest charles would probably win if he was in fighting condition as far as his records go he never lost a battle which he commanded his troops himself with an able body

[@lemmingrad]

Hooray Darkest Dungeon references.

[@dmitriygryaznov9210]

Fun detail: Peter the Great later invited the captured officers to the feast in honor of his victory, where he kept referring to Swedes as his teachers, underlining how much having his ass kicked by them helped him build the military that eventually overcame them (and, as history will show, will go on to be hugely successful for at least the nearest century). One officer replied "Well, it's a shame you have treated your teachers so badly". I really wish the war could end just there, with a chivalrous display and a joking exchange.

[@amarajrulla9365]

wow that dude that just came and rescued the king by giving his own horse... I just cannot imagine that kind of loyalty and let alone the soldiers carrying him while bullets and artillery are shredding them

[@MostafaHaque]

"We need to go Dnieper"

[@Lady_in_Yearning]

That was a terrible pun! Hetman the hell out of here!

[@rbwjakfjenwbw1009]

The door's that way

[@robertwalpole360]

I see what you did there . . .

[@masterofmundus1304]

Walpole!

[@Erika-gn1tv]

Bra- -vo. _clap clap_

[@levilukeskytrekker]

I knew Charles wasn't going to win, but I was still rooting for him the whole time.

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

Command_Unit Jeez, there are so many things in Russian history that I'd love to see Extra Credits do. The Streltsy Uprisings and the Time of Troubles both come to mind for me now that the Great Northern War is being done.

[@hidderaven7890]

+Command_Unit but Charles is the defender, he was attacked by a triple alliance and still got close to winning.

[@orcishhorde]

to defend something one must acquire this something. How do you think Sweden acquired Baltics, peaceful protests and cookies? :D Weak will always try to become strong. Strong will always try to become stronger. This is how the world works. Who was defender and who was attacker is largely irrelevant.

[@TheDoctor364]

i wish history unfolded differently and charles actually won, i hate it when how good and elite your army is that it just plain loses to freakin sea of conscripts

[@orcishhorde]

@TheDoctor364 First. If your awesome army lost to conscripts - you screwed up royally at some point(s). Wars and battles are not won just by numbers and Peter didn't win just with numbers, although this certainly was a factor. Second. This video fails to mention that after previous shameful failures on the battlefield, Peter made significant efforts to train and upgrade his military. He had several years to do that and, as history shows, his efforts paid off. Your statement has little to do with how real wars work. "Elite army" is good at winning battles but winning wars requires more than that.

[@TheDa9L]

Time has worn the soldiers down...

[@docslastname2711]

theDa9L you like extra history.

[@TheDoctor364]

its more like the infinite manpower pool of russians

[@danhatman3538]

You should do more EU4-Games

[@vasilijesamardzic4151]

marched for many miles In the eastern line so cursed!!!

[@CarlosRios1]

Vasilije Samardzic Time to make a stand!

[@raddybeats4498]

Brace yourselves, Sabaton lyrics are coming

[@andrewlynch4126]

3 memes 6 words, I applaud you good sire

[@proud_emmerian6510]

Wolf of Mibu They already have, and are glorious

[@haradream7394]

of course they are

[@baastex]

When the winged hussars arrive ?

[@skyskater7909]

And they won’t stop coming, sorry had to

[@1987MartinT]

Things really fell apart for the Swedes at Poltava. The main Russian army of 42.000 men crushed the Swedish army of 17.000 men. It was no easy victory. The Russians suffered 4600 casualties(11% of their army). But the Swedes suffered 9700 casualties(57% of their army), and most of what remained would surrender later. And while Russia, with its vast population, could easily recover from such losses Sweden had far more difficulty doing so. And, much like Athens after the Sicilian expeditions and the 1st French Empire after the Russian campaign, men with such experience were irreplaceable for Sweden.

[@natansilva6180]

And the russians were expecting an surprise attack from sweden, so they knew it they was not going to north. And don't matter if u have better troopas, better guns and better tatics, if u don't have the numbers, u are dommed. Maybe not now, not tomorrow, not in one year or five or ten, if u don' have a way to expande your army faster, you will fall eventually, just like Napoleon, just like Charles, Hitler and many others.

[@YiannissB.]

Russia wasn't particulary populous during the times of peter the Great. Without any certainty, i bet the russian population was half or less than the french one.

[@DarkLordOfSweden]

Ιωάννης Μπαλτουμάς while correct, remember that Sweden had just more then 1 million in population, Russia dwarfed us even then in size

[@YiannissB.]

Without doubt the russians where many times more than the swedes in population, perhaps 5 to 10 times. But for all his brightness, Karl should have thought more carefully before starting a winter campaign. Attrition would harm him the most, as it did. And yes, i know he didnt started the war and thats why i love the part he said: " i ll never start an unjust war, i ll never end a moral defensive war before destruction falls on my enemies" or something like that :).

[@axel-fu9hx]

1987MartinT no, they weren't "irreplacable" the whole notion that sweden lost the war because of it's relatively small population is quite ridiciolous. At the time, about 2 million people lived in Sweden and Finland. That means, that if you were really desperate for troops you could have gotten atleast 400000 (And the war took a while so that number is larger). If you have really read up on the war, you know that Sweden's loss was attributed only (and i really mean only) to diseases, cold, starvation and exhaustion. The swedish soldiers were so well-equipped and trained that they were incredibly expensive and came at a slow rate (only about 15000 per year). All in all, sweden lost 175 thousand soldiers to nature and 25 thousand in combat. This should give you an idea of the raw stupidity in the Swedish campaign. To act like Sweden couldn't come out reasonably well even after Poltava is also quite stupid. After the battle, Charles was away from sweden for 9 whole years, and immediately when he came back he patched together a force of 60000 men. Then he was (probably) killed by Fredrik of Hessen, a swede. who then instantly ended the war. Sweden at the time was so powerful compared to Russia that it would be the equivalent of the UK winning against the US. You would need an incredibly incompetent leader who would drag on a war that only had to last a couple of years, for decades. And while he was doing that, commit so many tactical mistakes you would start to wonder how he wasn't killed by mutineers earlier.

[@Tytoalba777]

I must have read and learned about the Great Northern War a thousand times, each time in hopes that it'll end in Swedish victory, and every time my hopes are dashed by Peter the Great

[@thomasrowe3179]

I feel your pain James The world would have been a better place I think

[@Tytoalba777]

I'm always hesitant to say that it would be a better world, but I would say it'd make for a better story.

[@vyletongue7206]

How so?

[@thomasrowe3179]

The difference is in how the two cultures act in victory When the Swedes take a siege they feed the hungry and help the people When they invade they treat the country with respect Any territory conquered by Russia just gets drained resources and the population forced into serfdom, bled white then left as an economic ruin for centuries.

[@franzluggin398]

Eh, it depends. It was after all that same Sweden which was in part to blame for the horrible slaughters of the 30 Years' War, with the regions losing up to 80% of their population _conspicuously_ over there at the Baltic coast, where the Swedes staged from. It makes for a better story because Sweden in this war is clearly the underdog being bullied by two larger nations and their old rival. They made some progress, but then were thwarted at every turn thereafter. Clearly, what Sweden would have needed was a rousing speech in the locker room at half-time.

[@refrashed]

The horses look so great in the simplified overhead drawings. Like they look like plushies.

[@cgtq1986]

With all the Sabaton references on each episode, you guys definitely need to do the final episode or the Lies section with Joakim Broden as a guest.

[@Osean_Kitty]

christorq86 YES!

[@cennethadameveson3715]

christorq86 Mr Broaden, my heavy metal history teacher! A must for Lies.

[@MegaNacke]

That would be awesome!

[@xiahoupaul19]

Can you let me know all the Sabaton references in each vid?

[@cgtq1986]

Each episode had people commenting with Sabaton lyrics related to each part, all songs of the "Carolus Rex" album. That's what I meant with references. Ep. 1: "Carolus Rex" Ep. 2: "Killing Ground" Ep. 3 & Ep. 4: "Poltava" Ep. 5: "Long live the King"

[@calebtimes453]

"Hunger, snow and fatigue had narrowed all the possibilities of this war down to one stark inevitability" Don't loose your head guys

[@beatall3]

That shot to foot was so unexpectedly brutal. I can't imagine the pain.

[@Nikola95inYT]

It is bad, yes. But it would have been worse if russians hit him with a cannon ball :)

[@user-wv8lb8yf8v]

I feel that if we were to view this conflict from the perspective of comparing it’s leaders, it may serve as a great illustration for the “jack of all trades” saying. I mean, in this, as in most accounts Charles appears to be a brilliant commander, functionally undefeated in battle (let’s face it - Poltava had such a disbalance of forces that it shouldn’t really count). And at the same time Peter isn’t generally considered to be quite as outstanding at anything - even here, in Russia he is mostly remembered for the vision he had for the country and the course he set for it, not the quality of its implementation. But at the same time, war was, apparently, the only thing Charles knew, while Peter was good - not brilliant, but simply good - at many skills required of a ruler, which allowed him to win the war with barely winning any battles. An ultimate battle between a genius and a professional is won by the professional - just something I kept thinking about throughout these epiosodes.

[@MuhammadSaad-yk6ij]

I disagree, cuz Cgarles didn't personally command his army at Poltava. This video doesn't cover that and is perhaps misleading. Him not personally commanding his forces disoriented organization between his own generals. Charles never lost a battle against Peter when he commanded his forces directly, he was both a genius AND professional imo.

[@VenseyNess]

I swear, with the luck invading armies have at defeating Russia, I'm pretty sure that should be the final bastion for all humanity if we get attacked by aliens.

[@wahlex841]

Well, if it's X-com we are talking about, we are screwed anyway.

[@RubberyCat]

Attached? Also, aliens at in space aliens has managed to travel far further than the full length of Russia in an environment (space) that is seen as more hostile than a combination of a scorched earth and a blizzard. Thus, Russia would not resist space aliens any better than any other country.

[@VenseyNess]

Rubberyca T You miss the point. It's just that Russia has supernatural luck when it comes to this stuff. And yes, I've been on an xcom tear since War of the Chosen came out, so that's probably why it's on my mind.

[@rjfaber1991]

You're talking about a country that has repeatedly elected Vladimir Putin as president, and through him is responsible for nearly all problems we currently face in our world. I'm not sure there's any of this "humanity" you talk about to be found in Russia...

[@VenseyNess]

Robert Faber Simple, we move all of the sane humans to Russia after Vlad kills them all. Then they'll have the military luck of the motherland without the drawback of having to listen to people calling it "the motherland"

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

Ah, Mazeppa (also transliterated as "Mazepa"). Pushkin wrote a poem about his failed rebellion and Tchaikovsky eventually took that poem and made an opera--one of my favorites--out of it. If you like the 1812 Overture, I suggest you give "The Battle of Poltava," the prelude to Act III of Tchaikovsky's opera, a listen.

[@moarice509]

but does it use cannons as instruments

[@namingisdifficult408]

General Luigi interesting. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@RoboBoddicker]

Good stuff. Liszt also composed a great etude on Mazeppa's horseback ride: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJybfmRppdmEp8U

[@leonid707]

Pushkins poem was not realistic though. Since he was a huge fan of Peter the great, he really hated Mazepa, and didn`t represent hm as a real brave and intelligent hetman as he was. Mazepa was actually much more educated than any man in Russia, and had quite a good chance to be a good Ukrainian king

[@blacktemplar9499]

Time has worn the soldiers down Marched for many miles In the eastern lands so cursed Time to make a stand Tsar has scorched his nation’s land Nothing to be found Hunger grasp the soliders heart 20 000 men strong Listen, excuse for a king Trust me, this fight you can’t win Poltava Rode to certain death and pain Poltava Swedish soldiers met their bane Poltava Sacrificed their lives in vain Poltava In the shade of morning mist Advancing on their foe Bullets break the silent air Wasted battleplan Swedish forces stand alone King has left command Rule is left to lesser men Waiting for their chance Listen, obey my command Hear me, or die by my hand Russian armies blocked their way 20 000 lost that day They bled the ground Peace they found There’s no sign of victory King Carolus had to flee And leave the land Leave command Madness, curse your feeble horde Fear me, you’ll die by my sword

[@kupertjerobin]

It's poltava from Sabaton (English version)

[@blacktemplar9499]

love it how so many people know sabaton

[@kupertjerobin]

This video was also posted in the Sabaton subreddit, so many fans know about it.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Rode to certain death and pain (Poltava!) Swedish soldiers met their bane (Poltava!) Sacrifice their lives in vain Poltava!!! Rode to certain death and pain (Poltava!) Swedish soldiers met their bane (Poltava!) Sacrifice their lives in vain Poltava!!! .

[@timthewarlord2304]

POLTAVA LONG LIVE SABATON

[@Ghost_of_Avalon]

Here's hoping next episode is titled "ruina imperii".

[@blupolo2389]

Shield Bash With more Sabaton references

[@travonarmstrong6093]

"Clash of Kings" I see what you did there Extra Credits!

[@Raiga0310]

If there was napalm would it be a song of ice and fire?

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

"one *Stark* inevitability"

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

This war will only leave A Feast for Crows

[@andrewgu2457]

Duke of Lorraine Where are the dragons gonna dance?

[@bakersbread104]

thats not a thing specific to GOT

[@thomaswinzy]

They thought I was too young to rule the land Just as they failed to understand Born to rule My time is now I was chosen by heaven Say my name when you pray

[@banshees_box1331]

See Carolus Rise

[@lockaklocka1991]

Why are the swedes always so good at warfare. That Guy that saved the king is heroic.

[@whiteCourier]

This actually happened one time before in swedish history to Charles the IX, who is the great great grandfather of charles XII. During the Battle of Kirchholm the horse of charles IX was shot and killed. He would have been cut down by polish hussars if not for the bravery of a cavalry officer named Henrik Wrede, who dismounted and gave his horse to the king. Wrede was left behind on the battlefield, where he was massacred by the Poles.

[@PennyDreadful1]

@Papa Kim So did the Japanese. The Swedish army had this fatalistic idea of the will of god and his appointed king. If your comrade fell or if you got shot then that is fate and the will of god and nothing to worry about. Also blasphemy was punishable by death. Swedish troops were supposed to get close enough to see the whites in their enemies eyes before firing a salvo to do maximum damage. So they needed that fatalistic discipline to make up for being so few in number. They also used a lot of melee weapons and pikes for their time.

[@bertkarlsson1605]

*sigh* fires up empire: total war

[@hairohukosu433]

Bert Karlsson my life in a nutshell

[@greenland3052]

then rage quits after only ten turns as the AI does something that makes no sense and ruins the whole immersion

[@AegixDrakan]

Yeeeep he really bit off more than he could chew. Shoulda just gone for St petersburg. Sequence breaking in real life is generally a risky move, even if you're basically an RPG protagonist.

[@user-mq3wo9fj6f]

I believe he would still lost in attrition war. Peter was modernising army, so with every month Russian army would become stronger and Swedish weaker, cause it was harder for Swids to replace troops.

[@user-mq3wo9fj6f]

As we all know, France had to sign a treaty at the end, so they didn't got Spain. Also it would be hard to bring reinforsments and supplies to Baltic. There is no guarantee, that France would even want to help Sweds. Maybe they would just say, that Russian claim for only SPb is fine since Russia occupied more land than just SPb In 1 vs 1 battle Sweds would most likely slowly loose upper hand due to attrition. Basically in 1 vs 1 war Russians only needed time to win. From this perspective Charles attempt to finish the war as soon as possible is somewhat reasonable.

[@user-mq3wo9fj6f]

The war was about getting one member of the family to have aknowleged claims for both countries. That didn't happened. I think the WWI has showned how much it worth for different members of family to rule different countries (Germany and Russia). It still costs resources and man to deliver stuff to Baltic and fight in a war. After just finishing big war in Europe is kinda optimistic to expect that France would be eager to fight for just SPb.

[@user-mq3wo9fj6f]

The point stands: french dude (dont remember his name) inherited Spain, but lost claim on France. It could never (well at least without another big war with unknown result) become his domain. Regardless of the age if a ruler is not stupid he will prioritse interests of his actual land over blood bonds, if situation calls.

[@user-mq3wo9fj6f]

Well, relatively. But we were talking about Sweden vs Russia. France still has comitted a lot of resources to that war, so I doubt they would want to fight Russia.

[@oscarfellows6709]

Next time, "A Storm of Swords"

[@Gunbladefire]

The whole war could be summarized as a dance with dragons.

[@lemmingrad]

Its what happens when you march towards the winds of winter.

[@ChetzNation]

feast for the crows? They didn't take many casualties. Much worse was the fate for the cossacks. While the Swedish surrenders were 'invited' (forced) to party by Tsar Peter as he wished to flirt with westerners and learn their secrets, their cossack allies were massacred down to the last man. As the Swedes were forced at gunpoint to feast with their Russian captors, they could hear the screams of their cossack allies (and their entire families) in the distance.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

hopefully a dream of spring will keep the men's morale high enough

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

True, GRRM announcing his books seems to be inspired by the guy who predicted WW1 would be over by christmas

[@sethewing2576]

This is one of the best history channels on youtube, they even make seperate videos to say where they went wrong. That is very cool... and they have game vids!

[@cimbrius5583]

They started off as a game channel, until one day Rome 2 Total War came and sponsored the Punic Wars episode thats started the great series.

[@EmilReiko]

Wubbalubba dub dub

[@TheMaflan]

Gustavus Adolphus would have been great too. The most amazing man of sweeden and a prelude to this set of its downfall. To see all those times he should have died and didnt is fun lol

[@whiteCourier]

Hopefully Extra Credits will one day cover him or at least the thirty years war :)

[@thomasrowe3179]

30 years war is waaayyy too complicated to cover in a few videos though

[@CarlosRios1]

SacredFire that's why I'm expecting a whole series

[@evogames3687]

I DEMAND EXPLANATIONS I THOUGHT THIS WILL BE OVER NOW IM ANGRY AND OVERLY EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME AAAAH

[@ihsantekines8401]

EvoGames you tell me

[@adunsavior]

Technically, this was over a few hundred years ago.

[@paulsheldon8838]

It's funny for me as Russian, because we all from school know exactly how it's gonna end - in Poltava battle. Not gonna spoil anything tho

[@ChetzNation]

The Swedish forces captured at Poltava go on to make Swede towns and explore China. Charles XII goes on to the Ottomans and stirs up the chaos at Bender as the corrupt Ottoman rule does not wish to pursue a costly war simply because it would drain their purses. He then retreats, bringing with him some Ottoman cuisine, to Sweden, where the war against Norway will one day rewrite history in the saddest of ways.

[@Pikkabuu]

Chetz. You forgot to mention how Peter shows that Finland can be traversed (Swedish didn't think so due to Finland being mostly forest and with limited roads.) and takes it over for the duration of the war.

[@G_Okr]

Probably my favourite series on KZbin. Hope you cover the Alexander's Campaings one day !

[@notablegoat]

Everybody talks about Peter and Charles, but who was that badass who gave up his horse? The real MVP of the Swedish army

[@CazTheGamerGuy]

And lo, this shall be the episode spoken among Extra History fans as "The Lost Episode"!

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

...Why? Heck, I'm a Swede myself, and I didn't notice anything worth offense.

[@Jamie-rh1sv]

Mattias Svensson It was made unlisted for some reason because of KZbin

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

Ah, fair enough.

[@SamAronow]

L O S T

[@jamesphillips531]

Caz oh come on I just subscribed a week ago.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Poor guy. And so anti-climatic too

[@EmilRutkowski]

His tactical acumen is actually rather debated amongst historians in Sweden where there is many signs that the only success he actually was completely responsible was Narva. The failures he was responsible for? Those number quite a few.

[@megajoey1923]

Wow your name is a wild ride

[@HxH2011DRA]

Joe Joestar haha thanks~

[@TheBType]

In case you haven’t noticed, history and reality is under absolutely no obligation to provide satisfying climaxes to big events and therefore rarely actually does so.

[@barkunderjord3708]

It's not that debated in Sweden. Charles had the odds stacked against him. And the privacy of the man is well known. He and only a small circle close to him even knew what was about to happen. The plans of Charles XII only Charles XII knew (that all historians agree on). So it's safe to say that he had a HUGE impact on what happened (the glorious years included). To stretch it further, he was king anointed by God.. Of course, it wasn't only him. The war machine of Sweden 1630-17something was epic. The generals were battle-hardened MFs (Renskiöld was born in a battle camp). The king was raised as a warrior king, educated to wage war. The Swedish nation back then was built on war. One can study the war and the battles in it, on a strategical and tactical level, and see for oneself what happened (especially the tactical level as it's there Charles shines the most). No questions there, only political dogmas nowadays, example socialists who always paint Charles XII as bad as they can while the right wing doing the opposite, glorified the king.

[@colliwer]

RIDE TO CERTAIN DEATH AND PAIN SWEDISH SOLDIERS MET THEIR BANE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN VAIN POLTAVA

[@ghostrider.49]

My favorite song. Sabaton is fucking awesome.

[@vulcanmerit4055]

PANZERKAMPF!

[@markus9303]

Is worse

[@ptripathy]

4:50 salt - *peter* Oh, the irony.

[@dako0962]

I'm gonna need an ottoman for the next episode.

[@mustipunyaemail]

lesson learned, JUST LEAVE THE DAMNED ALKOHOL!

[@clyran5507]

Shhhh, don't tell anyone about this video, it's secret.

[@TheSunderingSea]

Cancerous Sabaton memes.

[@TheFPSTech]

"French Mapping "

[@fiserbiliut7936]

Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon Baguette I won't tell

[@clyran5507]

*hon hon intensifies*

[@fiserbiliut7936]

France gib Avignon baCk now.

[@luiscastro-my3iw]

Really enjoyed this series. I like the balance of light attitude while keeping the authenticity of the viewpoints at the time intact

[@jordanhamann9123]

I have to say, I have loved this video series!! This is an episode of history that I had never heard of before, and it was so cool! Heartbreaking, in a way, but so worth the time to learn about! And the way you guys deliver the information is on point, too.

[@BDeerhead]

Wow. I've long heard the expression "Tarred and feathered", but I thought that was just some stupid cartoon gag. I didn't think they actually DID THAT to people!

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Well it's god way to humiliate people if you don't want to kill them.

[@larsnordstrom364]

being tarred and feathered was almost always deadly

[@lizrathburn8603]

extra credits is so good it makes the baltics fucking interesting

[@Kraigon42]

It's parts like these that really make Extra History shine. In a history class or textbook, there'd be none of the engaging drama that you are so good at making.

[@poorlyimprovedanimations.5924]

Lesson we all needs to learn on battle field: don't get cocky and don't ALWAYS go ahead too much.

[@SirDarthDragon]

Can the Swedes revover, win over russia and become the 18th and 19th century global power we all know them to be? Find out in the next episode! :D

[@Gamecape]

Charles the Tenth conquered, Charles the Eleventh ruled, and Charles the Twelfth demolished.

[@TheCreepypro]

oh man never have I been so glad about a suggestion for a new series than this one it has been compelling to say the least didn't know a thing about it going in but now I can't wait to see how it ends

[@maxnikolenko2302]

Man i love your shows, so informative, and not much skipped out on. Love the WORLD history you do

[@patrickdees5256]

Dang Charles got lit up with a string of bad luck.

[@sethdutton217]

Next week? Come on man I can't wait another week you get me like this every time!

[@MeninoMendigo]

That who was once only a side-block of this channel (Extra History) has now become the main-block. It was so fast, man! Just meant to give my congratulations, you guys sure deserve it.

[@kjellman9999]

I think we are in for a Bender... It migth even get chaotic...

[@thebadspartan1]

You my man, are hilarious

[@craigkdillon]

If Sweden had won, how different would our world be?? Would Russia have expanded to the Pacific?? Would Sweden be a larger nation dominating the North?? Would defeat have encouraged change and modernization??

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Craig Dillon quick! Tell Cody from Alternate history hub to make a scenario out of this

[@user-mq3wo9fj6f]

Basically initial defeat has encouraged modernization. After first battles Peter was furious because of army's quality, so he has made a lot of reforms during and after the war.

[@apudharald2435]

Craig Dillon wexwould all be socialist, death vulkanpizza, and sleep in IKEA showrooms on the sly.

[@Nikola95inYT]

There would be more IKEA.

[@ManuelBLUEKTBFF]

I really like the way you've told this story. You've won a subscriber.

[@brzinger6]

dear team at Extra Credits. your efforts are inspiring and astonishing. move forward with pride, cant wait for what you do next

[@Noobfist]

Darn... Russias terrain and infinit manpower starting bonuses is just to OP! Who balanced this history?

[@wahlex841]

Well, considering how Russia isn't owning the whole world right now, I'd say they did a jolly good job in balancing.

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

English channel OP :D

[@franzluggin398]

They just made the AI band together more aggressively in coalitions even at a smaller scale. It's also a nice touch that the AI's competence at diplomacy is determined by their and their advisors' DIP stats. So all it needs is a low-DIP heir and the empire crumbles. That's what happened to Germany with their second ruler, tough luck... But the best balancing decision was to throw out that pesky "player" with their OP consistent plans over multiple ruler lifespans and their almost prophetic knowledge of future events and the conditions that allow them to happen.

[@hanibal281]

Noobfist I

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

+Frederik Eh? Considering that they went form a bunch of city states surrounded by unfriendly nations of different faith and culture and under the brutal dominion of Mongols to superpower status, I don't think that's true.

[@beck0251]

Amazing video as always.

[@RizkyAiman]

What we can learn from this video is that Quality ideas are better than Quantity

[@jMcWill781]

This show always gives me the chills I love it so much

[@buckeyeinblack]

If I was Charles I would be rage quitting right now.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

Wow this was intense!

[@kuhnibertderkuhne4059]

You might just be my new favourite channel, thank you very much!

[@Makks_]

The Major that dismounted and placed his King on his horse... now that's honorable. R.I.P.

[@sielentbrat4005]

The story about young Mazepa been tied to the horse is actually taken from Byron's poem "Mazeppa" and has little common with reality. Hope to hear about this in "Lies" :)

[@deamon6681]

Didn't know what gangrene was, shouldn't have googled that, should not have googled that.

[@rustyslug2943]

rip

[@britamagnusson5407]

A great way to make history fun! Thank you!😍

[@benjaminbesaw7540]

This has to be a movie or television series, it just all sounds too amazing

[@woestewouter96]

Unlisted crew!

[@extrahistory]

Yeah, KZbin is glitching out and not allowing us to make the video public yet. It'll be fixed later today, but until then, welcome to Secret Team! Don't tell Garnet!

[@woestewouter96]

My lips are sealed :P

[@njtobin406]

Extra Credits I do history too

[@brianpenner411]

I wait for these

[@XavierTheNeonTiger]

I adore the art at 2m25s of the 'Retreat' pill literally dissolving into chaos

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

The art on these videos keeps getting better and better :)

[@beetlebum6804]

I was born in Poltava and I’m happy to hear about our national hero - Ivan Mazepa

[@markian6854]

Fellow Ukrainian

[@legiohysterius4624]

Slava Ukraine

[@edim108]

Would have made in to a GREAT TV series in my opinion. There is Drama, there are Heroes, there is turning point and there is uncertainty! If made with Game of Thrones type budget and staff it would be AWESOME!

[@KungKras]

Yes it would be

[@fanbuoy9234]

Well... there's a Swedish six hour movie (two parts) from 1925 called "Karl XII"/"Charles XII". It's silent, so it being Swedish may not be much of an obstacle, although I guess there are probably text boxes or somesuch. It was very big-budget for its time and featured actual regiments from the Swedish armed forces in the battle scenes. Never seen it myself, but writing about it makes me want to look it up.

[@theirishninjasanimations]

Hey Extra Credits! I'm studying Game Design in college and we watched one of your videos in a lecture, the choice vs consequence one. Thought it was pretty awesome that that happened!

[@mathgasm8484]

The loyalty of his major to protect his king is quite impressive since he lead them to lose.

[@luska5522]

Winter is coming

[@Raiga0310]

Winter has already arrived

[@AndreasEvgenikos]

1) yes he does escape 2) no, they never really recover

[@MrTokesu]

Keep it up! Wonderful content lately :)

[@ricardoromero5972]

That major that sacrifce his live to let the king live is a true hero.

[@elatedmegalodon9156]

only you guys could leave world history on a cliffhanger...

[@callehammar2743]

OMG that Charles was a hard dude!

[@rjfaber1991]

You were pretty hard yourself, in your day... As if going on crusade wasn't hardy enough, you also associated with Robert Curthose, the pariah of all Western Europe at the time, you walked the line between being friends with Emperor Alexios and Count Bohemond, and when you came back from crusade, you decided to share the responsibility of governing Flanders with your wife, who had ruled in your absence, which was pretty hard of both of you, in such patriarchal times...

[@callehammar2743]

Yea I worked quite alot! And dude, nice name!

[@rjfaber1991]

I believe you deserve the name that means "bright through fame" more than I do, but I'm very proud to bear it as well!

[@robertwalpole360]

"Bright through fame", glad to have it, too. ;)

[@callehammar2743]

Hehe

[@russelllieser4226]

Great videos. Love them.

[@gkbrand3039]

I LOVE YOU GUYS! YOU HAVE THE BEST DRAWING SKILLS, TOO! -Kaylee

[@GallowglassAxe]

I use to be an emperor then I took a shot to the foot.

[@KhalDrogo493]

Charles XII is very very similar to book Stannis.

[@nicholasnelson8641]

I say that he is closer to Robb Stark

[@KhalDrogo493]

Just wait for the episode VI, he will go aDoD Stannis all the way.

[@ramonsancheztorello7111]

@@nicholasnelson8641And Peter the Great is Tywin Lannister.

[@jonathannoah1831]

thank you for these videos

[@hert7239]

4:57 _"I'm the bold action MAAAN-"_

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

I'mma invade Russia by drawing a line to Moscow, worked the other half a dozen times people did that!

[@wahlex841]

Well, he is about the first guy who tried it.

[@impaugjuldivmax]

@@wahlex841 but poles did that 100 years before

[@dotsinki1096]

FÖR KUNG OCH FOSTERLAND!

[@rbwjakfjenwbw1009]

I think I speak for everyone when I say: This episode's illustrations were downright hilarious.

[@NemFX]

"Soon, the army was drunk." One of the funniest lines in this series

[@turkishmapping1765]

I was wondering where this weeks video was, as i check the channel, what do you know! Posted 1 minute ago.

[@kristofferson6584]

Ukraine? PUTIN: Mykraine

[@Em-yd9jn]

Mr. Trivago Hotel? Not fucking trivago

[@Scarletraven87]

That joke is stolen from BROFORCE

[@mario27171]

Mr. Trivago Little correction Ukraine? Victoria Nuland: Mykraine, I've invested 5 billion dollars!

[@somuchsecrets2375]

Mr. Trivago Ukraine is nothing more than a Russian region

[@nathanbrown8680]

+Somuchsecrets Russia lost all right to the Ukraine when Stalin deliberately and maliciously set out to starve them to death.

[@aiko1000]

Everytime I watch this series, even though I know Charles wouldn't win, I still cheer him on

[@gdd3rpd0g83]

Yay I've been loving this series. Mainly cause I'm a 5th Swedish and the Swedish have been kicking butt

[@harelkalifa2451]

where is the "great northern war 5?

[@d_wang9836]

*Clash of Kings* Or you could say Clash Royale

[@wahlex841]

Or Battle Royale for that matter.

[@jamemit02]

[Yoshikage_Kira] aii

[@taterheadjoe]

Or clash of castles, clash of Kings, clash of etc....

[@cimbrius5583]

Stop.....Just stop with this cringe. Only gullible 10 year olds play that game now, and with people trying to reference it like this just embarrassing, stop it.

[@d_wang9836]

Warfare Gaming Bad pun yes

[@mureithikivuti]

Sometimes life lures you in with good luck until you become too lax. That's when it strikes. And strikes hard

[@dim7239]

I found out about extra history 2 days ago and I have been binge watching it

[@kristofferelverkilde7122]

can you please make an episode on maghrete from denmark

[@kristofferelverkilde7122]

YES PLEASE