History Of Warfare | Little Big Horn

The History of Warfare, Blood and Steel, throughout the ages there have been so many wars and battles, this historic series takes us through some of the major events that changed whole countries, whole continents. Many lives lost through loyalty and a desire to serve ones country. Fought over land, on the sea and in the air, the tales of bravery and heroism are written into our very existence. One of military history’s most famous battles also saw the death of one of its most colourful characters - the charismatic and flamboyant George Armstrong Custer. Desperate to win a victory to restore his flagging reputation, Custer trusted his luck once too often with disastrous consequences for the once-feted hero and the men of the Seventh cavalry. Never before have the Indian tribes won such a spectacular victory over the white man - but, as history reveals, it was to cost them dear.
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[@yankeepapa304]

Reno did not bolt because he'd lost a quarter of his men... He lost a quarter of his men because he bolted...rather than having a covered, fighting retreat as any thinking commander might... Instead, tired men on exhausted cavalry horses tried tried outrunning fresh Indians on fresh ponies. . The Sioux did not deserve to be attacked, because they were in traditional hunting grounds many days from any white settlements. They also did not deserve to have a callous and cynical order to "report to reservations" by a date in the depth of winter... Those who might have actually been notified could not have made it before early Spring...and those under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse not party to any reservation treaties in the first place. . They also did not deserve to have their treaty lands taken...by the expedient of starving reservation Indians until they signed the transfer... Even the U.S. Supreme Court has so found in later decades. But while the Sioux may have considered the Black Hills as "holy..." their old men certainly knew that they did not spring from that land... Rather...the Western Great Lakes. They got the Black Hills by driving all the original occupying tribes away by overwhelming force... YP

[@31terikennedy]

The Sioux were invading Crow land. They left the reservation to follow the warrior way of raiding that led to murder and mayhem. Do your homework.

[@darbyohara]

Reno was also drunk

[@marccru]

untrue. Reno was sent with 120 men against 800 braves minimum. Both flanks had already collapsed. Custer decided they didn't need help. There was no option for a fighting retreat when you are encircled.

[@marccru]

Another bunch of conjecture@@darbyohara

[@pimpompoom93726]

EVERY officer serving with Reno agreed that had they not withdrawn when they did, they all would have been massacred. The retreat to Reno Hill was correct, the execution was poor. But under the circumstances of being overwhelmingly outnumbered, maybe that's the best that could have been executed? It's easy to pass judgment 150 years after events.

[@johnday6392]

A man, born and bred in the same village as i was, Garsington Oxfordshire England, won the Medal of Honour for his courage in this battle. His name was James Pym and he was with Major Reno. When he died in the 1890s, the army took his body back to lie among his mates in the Little Bighorn cemetery. There are still Pyms living in Garsington to this day.

[@georgerobartes2008]

No troopers survived the battle . There was no heroic Last Stand , they ran away to try to hide in the galleys but were slaughtered . They were out gunned , out maneuvered and outfought by the native Americans .

[@johnday6392]

Yes they did. Some of the troopers with Reno and Benteen on Reno hill survived the battle. All the troopers with Custer on Last stand hill were killed, but not all the men with Reno died. @@georgerobartes2008

[@jaynesager3049]

@@georgerobartes2008 the men who were directly under Custer all perished. Custer split his troops, with some under Major Marcus Reno and some under Captain Benteen, and they were able to hold off the warriors’ attacks until Terry arrived. About 350 US men survived.

[@cynthiacarter514]

@@georgerobartes2008 Reno’s troop had survivors. Custer sent Reno to gather the female natives. They were met with opposition.

[@georgerobartes2008]

@@cynthiacarter514 Yes I'm aware of that but probably my point is that as no superior ranking officer survived from the detachment under Custer and given the task given Reno under what circumstances does one earn the Medal of Honour ?

[@jotech5086]

I visited that battlefield on a hot June day. What a miserable place to fight a battle wearing a blue wool uniform.

[@LickyTee]

My heart is with the natives ❤ These people attacked their land and people, nowadays they’d call them terrorists.

[@jasong782]

I would pay for a streaming service that contained these old school docs tbh

[@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore]

Reply i mean.. isn't that just KZbin? A streaming service with these old school docs?

[@cynthiacarter514]

Yes, I totally agree

[@lisasmith767]

PBS has a streaming service for 5 bucks a month. They seem to have a lot of older documentaries and new ones that are really good. A lot of stuff I don't watch too though.

[@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore]

@@lisasmith767 oh shit really? Wait a second…. PBS has a streaming service? Does it come with a tote bag? 😂😂

[@millertime-lf8th]

@@lisasmith767thank you! Didn’t know that!

[@TomJerry-bz6im]

I wish where there in June 1876.....heros on both sides!!! God bless the souls❤❤

[@blockmasterscott]

Custer getting wiped out by Indians was the worst thing that could have happened to Indians everywhere. The US government woke up, allocated more money to the Indian wars, increased the size of companies to 100 men, and in addition to this according to my Time West book collection, more young men joined the army as avengers. Kinda like after Pearl Harbor but on a smaller scale. Custer getting wiped out guaranteed the Indians losing the Indian wars.

[@anthonytroisi6682]

Douglas MacArthur was probably more concerned about his image more than Custer was. The Battle of Little Big Horn had many parallels to the Battle of Isandlwana. Both defeats involved the gathering of inadequate intelligence, the splitting of the armed forces, and the underestimation of an indigenous opponent.

[@mikelang8020]

Gen McArthur was a Military Genius who Helped win in Korean War ! So Enough bashing a Great Man by Little people's Mind's and Opinions of no Nothing's 😅

[@stephenhargreaves9324]

The British lost at Isandlwana because somebody had over-engineered the ammunition boxes.

[@anthonytroisi6682]

It was the lack of imagination, combinrfed with@@stephenhargreaves9324

[@darbyohara]

@@stephenhargreaves9324nope. There’s no real evidence of that. The issue was the camp wasn’t laggered and British forces were separated

[@icewaterslim7260]

One other problem with the treaties is that not all the younger Cheyenne and Lakota were willing to abide and would continue raiding regardless. The count of non-combatants killed at the Washita is probably high though it did happen. The encampment at the Washita River is where the cavalry had tracked a raiding party to, with captives, peace-treaty notwithstanding. Hostage or "Human Shield" taking and burning of teepees, destruction of stores etc. had become a common practices by cavalry after the Washita raid including usage by Ranald "Bad Hand" Mackenzie, It was what was within their capabilities. . 6000 warriors at the Little Bighorn is probably over-assessed. You wouldn't need much more than 1500 for the 360 left under Custer's command after he split his command that day, once the distances favored the Warriors Henry and Winchester repeaters and their traditional weapons. The warriors at the Little Bighorn thought they were fighting General Crook again as born out by their testimonies and the taunts towards Reno's command regarding their Crow and Shoshone allies not being with them in numbers. Custer himself was probably unrecognizable with his hair having been short on this mission.

[@boycerobbins7847]

The Sioux were particularly vicious. Their massacres of Pawnees and others were behind the ordering of the tribes to the reservations and the expedition to force them to comply.

[@icewaterslim7260]

@@boycerobbins7847 Some of the Plains natives were especially troublesome as horse mounted and mobile and still raiding settlers. Settlers on the other hand, were pushing the bison herds away by their presence and effectively shrinking native hunting grounds. It had to come to conflict but the description "extermination" probably better fits what the Comanche tried to do to the Apaches in order to corner the horse trading market with Texas being the prime location for that. Not saying that wrongs weren't done by Cavalry and more so by Texas Rangers because those things did take place. I think it necessary though to keep things in perspective when interpreting history.. Weapons, btw, were obtainable as hunting rifles at legal trading posts, some inside reservation territory. Horses were actually relatively plentiful among Bison hunting Plains Natives through trading, theft and some captured in the Texas plains..Arrows, lances and long handled horseback tomahawks were lethal enough once the distances were closed. Natives weren't "rounded up" so much as forced to the reservation from lack of bison and horses when taken by the Cavalry.. Of the 2000 horses captured by Mackenzie at Palo Duro Canyon, approximately 600 were kept for the Cavalry and their native allies and the rest were destroyed. Mackenzie didn't have to "round up " Quahadi Comanche and Southern Cheyenne and Kiowa etc. He just waited for them to show up at the reservation in small groups or alone.

[@sandidavis820]

Oh, and the whites always honored the treaties???

[@retriever19golden55]

Wow...a comment by someone who actually has studied the battle. If this channel attracts people who are truly interested in history, I'll have to subscribe.

[@johnwitt1866]

Ppl

[@billytwoknives6495]

It wasn't a massacre. It was a military defeat.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

essentially a miscalculation of the opposition...after defeating Crook, they were full of fight and eager for battle and had overwhelming numbers...Custer, of course knew none of this...and assumed they would just try to escape...not sure why you continue to display a Winchester rifle...the army never issued these....

[@stephenyoung2742]

But the natives had repeaters!@@frankpienkosky5688

[@user-wi9rf1zx5b]

stop idolizing Custer, he was a criminal as the others behind him

[@martindavis9930]

It was a massacre.

[@JohnnyButtons]

It was a massacre. The cavalry soldiers were cut up into pieces, their thighs sliced from hip to knee, as well as disemboweled, their hands, arms cut off, genitals cut off, wooden spikes hammered into their ears, while still alive. The lucky ones had their heads bludgeoned before being mutilated…. that is a massacre.

[@cynthiacarter514]

Thank you for posting quality documentaries

[@davidmeeks2765]

This is a classic case of a battle chosen on the wrong ground. I’ve been to the battlefield. The topography makes a congruent battle plan impossible. This battle should never have been fought. Ego demanded that it was.

[@marccru]

Once Custer ordered reno across the river, it was effetely a lost battle.

[@paulceglinski7172]

These oldies are priceless. Thanks for the posting. Great to see activity on the channel. Cheers from Tennessee

[@TomJerry-bz6im]

Cheers from Bavaria /Germany 😊

[@oldandintheway9805]

Custer had it coming!

[@scaredy-cat]

Oh please, do some thinking. He wasn’t there on his own. Government orders

[@dc76384]

Here we are now almost 160 years later the land is still pretty much the same. The land was stripped of gold, and the abandoned.

[@joeforns]

That simply is not true , the only land that appear abandoned are reservation lands because they do not have individual ownership of tribal lands so nobody is going to work the land just so a new chief gets into office and boots them off it . The number one enemy of the native American Indian today is the native American Indian and the way they control the lands their tribe owns .

[@retriever19golden55]

There was no gold found in the Little Big Horn territory; you must mean the Black Hills, and that area certainly isn't much the same.

[@peytonlucy5947]

Reno and Benteen didn't know where Custer had gone? How many choices were there? All one has to do is read Reno's report a few days after the battle and pay attention to the timeline. EVEN BENTEEN at the inquiry stated that the position in the timber was better than the retreat position on the hill. Before retreating, Reno had lost less than five men. If the Sioux were completely overwhelming, why were the casualties on the 26th so low? If Benteen and Reno had followed orders, Custer's regiment likely would have survived.

[@kurthunter8678]

Not even remotely true.

[@johnburbine5131]

The death total would've been much higher then It would've also included many women and children

[@31terikennedy]

Agree. Reno disobeyed his orders by prematurely began the attack and Benteen disobeyed his orders. Custer's movement at the river wasn't an attack and a repulse but a feint to relieve pressure on Reno and Benteen. We know this because Custer ordered Benteen to join him twice, not the other way around. Custer led the Indians away and established a defensive position around Last Stand Hill. This was Benteen's opportunity to attack the Indians from behind as they were changing direction. It would have been Custer's anvil to Benteen;s hammer. Yep Custer was that good.

[@jaynesager3049]

In the words of Captain Benteen, “Does he want us to hurry, or bring the packs?” The pack wagons covered one mile in an hour, Custer was four miles away. Thomas Weir and his party were turned back by Native warriors and then they were all pinned down, fighting for their own lives. Weir saw the very end of the carnage on Custer Hill.

[@31terikennedy]

@@jaynesager3049Benteen did not say that. Bring packs meant to bring the extra ammo. Custer did not want to attack right away but was notified by the pack train that Indians were observed finding a lost Army bread box and the crucial element of surprised might have been lost. This forced him to attack immediately. Which also means the pack train wasn't that far away. Benteen went out and brought Weir back and their retreat invited the Indians to attack. You're lousy at making things up.

[@seancarney2033]

The LBH battle June 25, was already lost shortly before the first shot fired. Gen. Cook , Custer's friend was beaten to a draw at the ROSEBUD Battle June 17th by Crazy Horse who had only 700 Warriors vrs.Cooks force of 1,300. As per Crazy Horse's new tactics---The Indians were not scattering but attacking in encircling WAVES. Custer DID NOT KNOW THIS because Cook,embarrassed by the outcome , took off Animal Hunting for a Week & Never shared any of this pertinent info with Custer or Terry thus sadly dooming the 7th Cavalry to it's demise! Custer truly had no idea what he was facing!

[@johngaither9263]

Sorry but it was General Crook. There was no way of communicating news of his action at the Rosebud and his subsequent retreat to Wyoming in a timely manner. Only the actions of Crooks 250 Indian allies saved him from suffering even worse losses. Sources generally say Crazy Horse led at least 1000 warriors or about half what participated at the LBH battle.

[@gator83261]

@@johngaither9263incorrect. Crook could have prevented the defeat at LBH.

[@dryhumor7302]

Isn't it amazing? A British narrator speaking about America's views on Manifest Destiny. Hahahaha!!! Like an arsonist worried about the safety of a backyard barbeque.

[@steveforster9764]

Not like Americans lecturing the British on colonization eh?

[@dryhumor7302]

@@steveforster9764 Haha! By all means, draw comparisons. We still have a lot of ground for argument...That the U.K. hasnt managed to colonize, yet. Hahaha!!!

[@johnziegler1707]

It is easier for the Brits to point out our faults than it is to point out their own, in places like Ireland, India, and Africa.

[@marccru]

Didn't the UK colonize the USA and Canadia? Yes, they did. @@dryhumor7302

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

Narrator just paid to read out what is in front of him. Your point is?

[@martinnicol9196]

Awesome 😮😮😮

[@user-xb3hd2zt3s]

Great Documentary 👍🏻

[@johnmyrand2843]

One of many victories for native Americans, early in colonial history British General Edward Braddock force was a defeated by a force of French and Indians at the battle of Monongahela river.Braddock force was nearly annihilated .

[@rustyknott-W.D]

George Washington was in that battle, also.

[@darbyohara]

That wasn’t really a native victory, it was French. Each native detachment had a native and French speaking officer attached to it in order to coordinate the attacks. The natives were ready to run at the outset of the battle due to the volley fire effect the British had initially. If the French hasn’t convinced natives to stay and wait for battle to develop there would have been no victory

[@rustyknott-W.D]

Custer's fatal mistake was not informing Benteen there would be a further division of the command after Benteen was sent off on his left oblique. After receiving the order to bring the pack train, Benteen, like a good soldier, rode to the sound of the guns, believing he was going to Custer. Instead, he found Reno in dire straits with no knowledge of Custer's whereabouts. As Reno was the senior commander present, Benteen followed Reno's orders and by then it was too late to save Custer. It is arguable that no matter what, Custer still would have lost or been driven from the field, as was Crook a few days earlier. Remember, Crook had a vastly superior force, with Shoshone allies than Custer, and facing the same group of Natives, Crook thought it prudent to withdraw after fighting the Natives to a stalemate.

[@marccru]

Custer should have wheeled around back to Reno and Benteen, but that would have been admitting defeat. It was Custer who decided to retreat the wrong way all but sealing his fate. Personally, I think Custer lost control of his command as soon as they hit the river

[@rexmundi7811]

@@marccru Custer was waiting for Benteen. I don't believe he thought that Benteen would not arrive. Custer would have never allowed himself to be surrounded in such an indefensible position if he knew Benteen and the reinforcements were not coming.

[@risingwolf5368]

@@rexmundi7811Wouldn't have mattered. The entire command was seriously out maneuvered . If Reno and Benteen had proceeded to Custer's location they'd have been wiped out.

[@rexmundi7811]

@@risingwolf5368 That is probably correct. But it really depends on when Benteen could have arrived.

[@stevenjohnson8507]

Benteen, like a bad soldier, should have followed orders. The message sent to him was from Custer rather than Reno. Supporting this argument is Wier's decision to advance without permission. He was the only soldier who earnestly tried to save his commander.

[@johnhonnick8310]

The Yankees did not overcome the Confederates at Brandy Station...the Confederates held the ground.

[@marccru]

I think they did kill Stewart there however, which pretty much killed the confederate Cavalry

[@marccru]

The death of Stewart was the biggest win for the Yankees and Brandy Station. Confederate cav never recovered.

[@jaynesager3049]

“Many of whom had only bows and arrows! “ The Native warriors had revolvers, carbines and repeating rifles, plus clubs, knives….. The US soldiers had a Springfield carbine (single shot), and a military revolver. Each soldier carried 100 bullets for his carbine and 24 for his revolver. They did not stand a chance against the weapons of the Native warriors.

[@iainsanders4775]

210 Men killed with Custer. That's 210 X 100 = 21,000 carbine shells: + 5,400 revolver rounds 26,400 in all. Not exactly skint. Though I'll give you that Custer ordered the reserve ammo to 'come quickly'..

[@lisasmith767]

Weren't they also outnumbered 10 to 1?

[@iainsanders4775]

@@lisasmith767 More I think, about 3,000 Indians. Still, about 8+ bullets per warrior.. Moving targets though, but they did like to fight close-up. I was commenting above on the armament - one problem was that Custer's cavalry seem to have spread out as they manoeuvred among the hills & ravines. If they'd concentrated, formed a square or circle behind horses & volley-fired there might have been a chance., like the British at Rorke's Drift.. Custer to carry the blame, again! I bet Reno & Benteen still wouldn't have come to help though - too hard-hit & shocked.

[@lordofthewasteland4525]

The natives done them in hand to hand

[@jaynesager3049]

@@iainsanders4775. Too bad he outpaced his pack wagons. On the terrain they had to traverse, they probably covered a mile an hour. Plus, they were pinned down four miles from Custer and fighting for their lives. Custer spread his trips out without thinking of the lay of the land.

[@floydsadler3559]

Little Big Horn was a military battle and not a massacre. Cuter had it coming and my people defended our home. I’m a proud Lakota and a descendant of 2 warriors who fought that day. Wounded Knee was a massacre.

[@xEvan117x]

No

[@joeshoe6184]

I agree and there is a distinction between the two.

[@mrdantruckerman]

"Your people"lost in the end bud time to get over it.

[@joeshoe6184]

@mrdantruckerman what about all those folks flying the Confederate flag? Shouldn't they get over it too?

[@mrdantruckerman]

@@joeshoe6184 I do not fly the rebel flag and I think they should get over it.Whats done is done.

[@user-mx2fr6fh7b]

That was just the beginning of many many messes !!!!

[@anneniliam3911]

love all the armchair generals regaling us with Custer's mistakes. He didn't lose the battle: the Sioux won it! Their tactics were superior, their firepower was superior, and their morale was higher. On the day they proved the better army in every respect

[@darbyohara]

The US army tactics were effective and time tested when attacking a village. The issue was the natives didn’t scatter and custers subordinates didn’t follow orders

[@anneniliam3911]

@@darbyohara so basically what you are saying is that the US cavalry tactics were effective provided that the enemy obligingly scattered and ran away?

[@AEM-le7uy]

18:32 are those Air Jordan's that kid has on?

[@danielmccomas52]

The spin they put on this is crazy its all opinionated and no fact its crazy how this is considered educational.

[@HorseWaterDrink]

Great bio book "A Terrible Glory " by James Donavan

[@patrickwilliams1060]

Accent sounds like the individual is from the UK. Hello Anglo-Saxon. Tell me how it went for the Brits, Picts and anyone else.

[@Edgy62]

LOL and they say ignorance is bliss. Over 40% of the 7th Cavalry were, in fact, not even from the U.S.A with the majority of that 40% being Irish, Scots, Welsh, English and German. I think that you'll find that the Romans subjugated the native population of the British Isles, NOT the Anglo Saxons. The Scot's subjugated the Picts, NOT the Anglo Saxons. The Normans subjugated the Welsh AND the Anglo Saxons along with them..........facts are, indeed, a funny thing.

[@robinantonio8870]

Irrelevant

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

Just an actor paid to read out words.

[@mikegale6139]

I think it should have been called sitting bulls last stand because was the end for them

[@billspencer9366]

Narrator facts mostly accurate. Commentator has lot of facts adjusted to convey his opinion; even contradictory to the narrator. Example. Reno did not lose many men until he abandoned the trees, it was not the reason he left the hills

[@zach7193]

Final solution? Did Sherman use those words before Hitler?

[@waqqas800]

More than likely he also said it is absurd to Keep faith with Indian so you know what time he was on

[@eamoss71]

Hitler admitted to taking his inspiration from US domestic policy, including slavery and white supremacy, Manifest Destiny, and especially the genocide against the native people. He is said to have looked to the reservation system when designing concentration camps.

[@marccru]

Hitler never used those words. Himmler you are thinking.

[@marccru]

He died before Hitler was born I think so yeah.

[@susansark4189]

Tried to kill native spirit but still have not succeeded. You're fighting the wrong people. We're still here forever and always.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Time to put down the peyote pipe…

[@texaspatty4697]

Why? Peyote is part of their religion.

[@LickyTee]

Blessings my brother 💯 You shall rise again

[@MohawkMan70]

Yes. Bless the original Native Americans. Spirit will fly above this country forever.

[@joeshoe6184]

​@@cplmpcocptcl6306you don't smoke peyote you eat it lol

[@JoseRamalhodaSilvajunior-hq8gc]

Com legendas em português 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@EricGustafson-lb7mn]

Tom Custer two-time winner of the Congressional metal of honer

[@marccru]

Yeah, but read into those metals. He wasn't saving men or anything of that nature, he could just ride a horse really fast.

[@georgecuyler7563]

What if chamelot was a public house and the round table was in said house?

[@MohawkMan70]

Then I would sit down and listen to what everyone had to say.

[@marksauck3399]

It was lucky Custer didn’t have a lot more men. Even twice as many would have made the defeat that much more terrible.

[@kaib4605]

IMO Custer Waits less than 24 hours for General Terry & It's A US Soldiers Win Over The Amassed Indians He chose to attack vs overwhelming odds dividing his forces A Grave Error Not knowing the strength of your enemy + Leading over 600 Tired Worn Out 7th Cavalry was just bad decision rest your men another day fight on the 26th Game Over

[@jaynesager3049]

Yes, he marched his men foolishly into battled. Startin his men out at midnight, Custer outpaced Terry, outpaced his pack wagon, ignored his scouts warnings. Benteen questioned the wisdom of splitting up under the known circumstances, and Custer ignored him too. People like to say Custer did no wrong, but he wasted those men’s lives.

[@darbyohara]

He couldn’t wait because he had intel (it happened to be inaccurate) that natives had spotted his command and if he waited until the next day to attack he was worried they Indians would scatter

[@user-kt8yd6we4e]

Yep, George made many errors, one was not following their plan. He did one good thing, by moving more resources to protect the pack train. Other decisions were a mess.

[@TheRounder1980]

Reno didn’t lose his 20 plus extra men until he ran without anyone giving support. Why not have anyone shoot at Indians why they run. Custer made ton of mistakes but so did Reno. Heck the Sioux say when Reno ran to woods only few Indians were there.

[@johnzajac9849]

Custer and the Army thought the Indians had 'only' 1,500 warriors. Yet, Custer was concerned that the 1,500 Indian warriors 'might escape'? What?

[@karenbartlett1307]

Custer bragged that he could ride through the whole Sioux Nation with just a few men. Having slaughtered mostly women and children previously, he actually believed this nonsense.

[@palpatine1975]

Exactly... Fools are always over confident

[@karenbartlett1307]

I believe he didn't think it was an encampment full of warriors, and didn't listen to his Indian scouts. He probably thought it was a village of women and children, which was what he was used to attacking.

[@darbyohara]

They always scattered. They fled to protect their women and kids

[@karenbartlett1307]

@@darbyohara the women and children " always scattered". The men always fought. But Custer, like Chivington, was used to attacking villages in which the men were often away hunting. Or were vastly outnumbered.

[@massimolombardi1569]

La Libertà di un popolo fiero e di grande saggezza, sconfigge la superbia la prepotenza e l'arroganza del signor Custer e di tutta la sua cavalleria. Massimo da Sora ciociaria.

[@ralphgriffith4532]

It was a overwhelming military defeat for Custer simple as that.

[@fuyu5979]

Very interesting n informative upload. One of the better ones seen. Ur analysis n examination from the beginning historically what lead up to the battle n its aftermath. Sadly there are no significant monuments for the Native American warrior participants; Chief Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull. The injustice also perpetuated by the government too. Even towards the ending of vid seems arced towards white men's narrative. Peace

[@gator83261]

lol.

[@samkohen4589]

General Custers' last order to his men before the battle: 'No prisoners', Natives agreed 100% with this order

[@carloshenriquebins5113]

For the indians it was the end of their freedom,despite all the massacre

[@arkvadik8578]

I believe that the frame depicts Apaches, not plains Indians like Lakota or Cheyenne...

[@karenbartlett1307]

No, they're not Apaches. Lakotas wore bone necklaces around their throats and the war chiefs wore feathered bonnets,. except for Crazy Horse. He wore one feather only. The photo they're showing to depict Crazy Horse is somebody else.

[@myintmothawthaw4060]

❤❤❤❤

[@user-xb3hd2zt3s]

at the end, the dead soldiers picture is from the Civil War not Custer’s Last Stand. 🫡

[@CaliPatriot88]

"Uh oh." - General Armstrong Custer, June 26th 1876

[@leojablonski2309]

Custers biggest mistake....not being a walmart breeter. He was a clown, graduated last. Just partied.

[@marccru]

He was actually a very good soldier on the field, when under others command. His Civil War record cannot be argued.

[@youtruckrek5121]

what debate ? I do not get it?

[@biggshow1045]

Everybody judges people from the past ,by looking through modern eyes. With modern morales and values and religious beliefs, we shouldn’t be judging the actions of the past, we are not qualified. And then trying to make people accountable for actions of certain peoples in the past,seems kinda stupid to me. Saying my family were Scottish,persecuted by the English and some even murdered by English. Also I have had relatives killed by Catholics in Ireland,should I condem all Catholics for their murder. That’s what I was told. I also had relatives,lived in Texas and went to Cali. For gold. The whole group were killed,not just killed but mutilated 7 members in my family. Should I hold all Indians responsible. The red man’s philosophy was exterminate the white man.every tribe that acquired land,didn’t just go buy it. No they slaughtered the tribe that controlled it . When one tribe fought another, the one that wins has no enemy left,they kill every man woman child,except for slaves.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

The problem with your comment is that you’re spot on. This is the age of victims. Any comment I see that whines about reparations, I respond with- every adult knows you don’t take credit for things you did not do.😅

[@rustyknott-W.D]

I had family killed during the British ethnic cleansing of Scotland after Culloden Moor. All peoples who have been subjugated by others can tell this tale Who forcibly sold Africans into slavery? Other Africans, that's who. The Egyptians held the Hebrews as slaves. Joshua, upon orders from GOD himself, exterminated the Canaanites. It goes on to this day.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Narrator sounds like Ringo

[@larrygribaudo1092]

It seems like Custer had a lot of Rookies with him, the Indians had battle hard fighters. I think Custer was looking for his luck in winning wars to continue. I think he turned down repeater rifles and gatling guns. His memory before he was killed must have reminded him. Pride comes before the fall.

[@lofatmat]

Even with 210 Cavalry dead they killed only 50 Indians shows how badly Custer was organised!

[@nealcody7818]

Most of Custers men died of self inflicted wounds.

[@chesterwalsh9431]

We all should be ashamed of the name Custer and what the government did to them

[@marccru]

Nah, its history now. Now one should show shame for something they where not alive for. Time to move forward.

[@LickyTee]

@@marccrubut you benefited directly form it.

[@garyjenkinson7189]

​@lickytee8153 Absolute rubbish comment, it's called the history of war and conquest which had gone on for hundreds of years. The Mongols murdered millions in central Asia, the Arabs took most of the middle east by conquest from the Eastern Christian Roman empire with incredible slaughter.

[@macplus3339]

Too many ads!

[@countmein518]

History repeated itself..can you tell me what happened in 1776..1876..1976..

[@risingwolf5368]

Custers luck ran out 💯

[@gerardodivalnure5008]

La mia teoria è: Quando Custer tentò di attraversare il fiume Little Big horn per assaltare il villaggio fu ferito gravemente, non poté coordinare il riposizionamento e il 7mo si sbandò in preda al panico e ogni compagnia cercò nella fuga disordinata un terreno adatto per attestarsi... Alla fine Custer Tom lo fini' per non farlo cadere vivo nelle mani degli indiani. Custer fu trovato, al di la' delle sevizie al corpo, con un foro di proiettile nel petto e uno alla tempia! Con le sue audaci cariche di cavalleria nella guerra civile se la cavo' sempre " la fortuna di Custer" fu sfortunato nella carica al villaggio, questo lo pagarono i suoi cavalleggeri con la mancanza dei suoi ordini!

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Custers brother was with him

[@marccru]

2 blood brothers, a nephew and a brother in law. He got nearly a quarter of his family killed that day.

[@ociejohns8213]

All of the Custer men died there that day.

[@marccru]

Wow! Still an amazing amount of Custer backers. Customer was wrong guys. News flash. He screwed the whole attack up, not Reno, not Benteen.

[@urbanrider429]

Think what we could have learned from the native peoples if we just sat down and talked with them.

[@sdw2is]

The painting looks like a European military style attack.

[@RoughRudeDragon]

Echo: Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier !

[@patrickryan2337]

To be fair you can see why he finished last in his class at west point. And the grave s in Montana show that

[@frankpienkosky5688]

he rose to the rank of brevet general in the civil war...you don't do that if you're stupid...he was bold and reckless though...which often stood him in good stead

[@tballstaedt7807]

You should probably stay quiet since you don't understand the nuances of this story.

[@richardcodd5323]

Hero of the civil war not bad for last in class any comments

[@beachcomber1able]

​@@richardcodd5323 Being a dashing and impetuous boy general doesn't translate to military genius, as subsequent events proved.

[@richardcodd5323]

@@beachcomber1able so your saying he wasn't a hero of the civil war and in those days there was no mobile phones or walkie talkies people like you like to criticise over 150 years after the event whats your millatary backbround your obviously a genious any comments on crook who turned around with 1500 men and went back home

[@7thsoneli]

Jeez 3 damn minutes of commercials!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

Custer wasn’t the youngest general.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

He was when he was promoted. Pennymaker was 2y later.

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

@@cplmpcocptcl6306 I didn’t know this. Thanks.

[@marccru]

Lets not forget Custer had the whole American west infantry, less than 10 hours north. Natives would not have fought against infantry and would have had to run. Custer screwed up, there is no way you can say he didn't.

[@rustyknott-W.D]

Amen! He attacked one day earlier than had been planned,. The campaign was supposed to be a classic "hammer and anvil" operation, with Custer's force being the anvil. Had Custer waited and formed a blocking force to prevent native retreat, he and his men would have survived. Terry's final admonition to Custer was '...don't be greedy, Custer, wait for us."

[@ricknichol3688]

I don't think that the natives learned any tactics from Custer they have been fighting this type of warfare for centuries they knew how to fight and they knew how to outflank their enemy everybody says that Custer lost because of his mistakes well I think Custer lost because the Indians Out fought Him

[@marccru]

Well, they did not have horses or guns until the the Europeans came, so not really.

[@bareftbeachbaby]

How sad that I know the details left out and notice the errors in fact and pronunciation. Please Google how to properly pronounce Arikara. I thought someone discovered a new tribe! 🙄

[@user-ri1si2ib7w]

They called it a massacre because it was 2000 plus warriors against less than 300 troopers. I am always perplexed by the people who claim it was a military defeat as if there was a. Chance in hell it could have went any other way.. no doubt Custer had bad Intel and the warriors were determined to wipe these few soldiers out but it's rediculous to call it an epic battle when the outcome was certain once Custer commited . it' was a massacre same as Custer did to the Indians on previous occasions Turn about is fair play..

[@31terikennedy]

What previous occasions were those? The LBH failed because of the treachery of Reno and Benteen with the backing of Grant.

[@pimpompoom93726]

I believe there were more than 2000 warriors, significantly more. And some of them were better armed than the troopers. Terrain and numbers determined the outcome of this battle. As for 'massacre' or not, the Sioux and Cheyenne took no prisoners and they tortured or killed the wounded. When General Terry explored the abandoned camp they found the disembodied heads of three troopers, that were being displayed as trophies. Most of the bodies were horribly mutilated, Thomas Custer's head was beaten flat with a war club so that he was only recognizable by his clothing and a tattoo. Why his body was subjected to such violent defilement is anybody's guess. I salute the Warriors for their bravery and battle tactics, their treatment of the wounded and the bodies was beyond the pale. The Plains Indians played a tough game-against each other and against the Europeans. The massacres weren't one-sided, they went both ways. Very unfortunate the two sides couldn't have found more common ground and worked things out peacefully, but when two cultures are so extreme in their differences that's difficult.

[@31terikennedy]

It didn't matter how many Indians there were or how well they were armed. They had no command and control. The large concentration at the Washita was the same at the LBH. Just like the Washita the Indians were surprised, it was a raid and Custer failed because of the treachery of his subordinates with the backing of Grant. Where was there a massacre of Indians? @@pimpompoom93726

[@JustMe-mh2pn]

And here is my favourite word again: peace treaties If only there had been more Little Big Horns!

[@richremaly8418]

If Custer would have been smart enough to take suggestions from others that have been in area longer. He would have taken a couple of wagons with gatling guns which would have helped tremendously. Yes they would have slowed Custer down but the firepower would have been worth the time lose.

[@jaynesager3049]

Yes, and he could have slowed down or prepared better. The orders from Terry were vague and yet clear. He was to perform the hammer and anvil formation with Terry and Crook. He outpaced his command, the March to the spot was brutal, leaving his men exhausted and dehydrated. Custer knew from his scouts’ intel reports that it was a suicide mission.

[@multipipi1234]

He was offered them but refused. It wasn't his type of war.

[@retriever19golden55]

General Terry intended Custer's cavalry as a strike force. BTW, Crooke's column was completely independent, no coordination was ordered or intended. Gatlings were pulled by condemned cavalry horses; they would have slowed the cavalry down so much the village would have been gone before they got there. The huge number of people and ponies made it impossible to stay in place for long, limited grazing and resources. Gatlings were good for defensive positions, would have been useful at the Wagon Box fight, but useless in a running fight over the rough terrain at Little Big Horn. They also took time to set up and find the range. Reno could've used them at his defense site, but there's no way he could've gotten them over the river and up the bluffs. Forget the Gatlings.

[@gator83261]

Lol

[@seppohannunen7020]

Arrogant Custer, Likewise the current USA in the world. The second Little Big Horn coming???

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Why are you watching an American doc? It’s because they are superior in every thing they do. I get it. Sometimes I’m jealous too..

[@michaofficial7750]

Hürttgenwald

[@marccru]

Yeah, come get some. Stupid comment

[@OscarMoreno-zx1ox]

If Trump gets elected again you just might be right about that. Except Trump won't participate in any battles because he suffers from bone spurs, and cowardice.

[@marccru]

Another wanna be professor.

[@glenvillephillips8293]

What gets me is when I hear about the white man taking there lands but I never hear about them taking the land from other tribe's the door swings both ways

[@jameswillett2403]

"Massacre" is what they did to innocent natives.

[@marccru]

Yeah, the Sioux where many things, but innocent was probably not one of them. Read more.

[@andrewcavenagh9016]

Neither Sitting Bull nor Crazy Horse outlived Custer by long. Both were killed by the army while in custody....

[@Truly1Tom]

@ Little Bighorn the biggest mistake made by Custer was in my opinion dividing the regiment.

[@Truly1Tom]

Much is made of the post Civil War career of Custer. But he couldn't hold a candle to Randall Slidell MacKenzie, who was the most successful military commander of the Indian Wars. He won 4 battles against hostile tribes, most notably the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon on September 28, 1874.

[@KennethMachnica-vj3hf]

He basically did what he did at the Washita. But he was supposed to be one-third of the attacking force. He went in against the plan, to get the glory. Instead, he got aced.

[@gator83261]

@@KennethMachnica-vj3hfincorrect. And reciting the cliche about getting the glory. Very oversimplified. Not surprised though.

[@KennethMachnica-vj3hf]

@@gator83261 what is incorrect? Please don't be like the others and glaze over. Meaning, answer. And surprised about what? Are you some kind of Lincoln-lover, or something?

[@KennethMachnica-vj3hf]

@@gator83261 cliche cliche touche ad infinitum

[@RehdClouhd]

6000 is not correct, by other expert estimates; no more than 2000.

[@DevanLee-rt3wt]

Man so disrespectful towards Custer man. Boy General? Dude wasn't so dumb

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

The one guy keeps saying 'white people' forgetting that one of the best regiments in the whole Army was all-black, the 'Buffalo Soldiers' as the Natives called them.

[@jaymason4074]

Although all said in this is true ,it only shows the natives as innocent victims, where this documentary fail is to show the atrocities perpetrated buy some of the tribes ,done to innocent white pioneers ,the battle of washita which was horrible was also in retaliation for some of the braves kidnapped and killed pioneers in the area

[@lddcavalry]

The experts don’t even know the details of the battle this is useless.

[@thomasarchambault9463]

I agree with you. Respectfully I would like to add that this video is full of propaganda. Definitely information being used in order to brainwash the public and paint a picture of white people are bad.

[@darbyohara]

Why are British professors getting interviewed for an exclusively American conflict? 🤣

[@kyleolsen6938]

He was let down by Benteen and reno he was not having a good day

[@marccru]

People seem to forget it was CUSTER who was supposed to back up Reno. He decided to take his whole command 10 miles down river. It was possibly the dumbest thing he could have done.

[@sandidavis820]

To me Custer was NEVER a hero and I am glad he got what he was asking asking for, too bad it wasn't sooner.

[@karenbartlett1307]

When the narrator says Custer was a "hero to the nation" he means the Northern nation, of course. Southerners considered Custer, Sheridan and Sherman to be unprincipled and dishonorable butchers for their habit of attacking and killing Southern civilians.

[@matthewmontgomerysr.9735]

Well , like forest gump said . Stupid is stupid does. You poke the hornets nest. And massacre innocent peoples . Then, he got exactly what he deserved. Im Osage decent . Lakota , Cheyenne, Arapaho brothers and sisters are still here . Hes not ... and all others ..

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

You do realize that battle spelled the end for the tribes, don’t you?..

[@michaelshea4372]

He’s not but the government he worked for is….. and if it wasn’t for the checks you get from them…..you’d be long gone too😂😂

[@user-tb1ez6ok2g]

Custard wiped out many village's, Killing women, children and the old. That who was . Killing the young that were the feature and the women who born the feature and the old who provided the meaning of life. He never fought warriors

[@anthonycotton6495]

Genocide of the Red Indian.

[@darbyohara]

It’s not a genocide if the other side experiences significant loss of life also. A genocide is totally one sided

[@LickyTee]

They invade your home then call you terrorists when you fight back

[@jerryreed9446]

It was a massacre. A military defeat would be following the narrative of his Indian scout the only one that survived for some reason. If you look at it in a military stand point , they new not to separate or engage out numbered.

[@slypen7450]

Home invasion goes wrong for intruders who achieve ambient temperature before nightfall.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

lol!..rather succinct but accurate observation!....for some of them, at least....

[@tbcoachniblick1208]

The intro a bit overdone !!

[@lenordbrazil9580]

Is it just me or was Cuter a brave dumass?

[@duaneo.manyshots2208]

They lost their flag

[@josefkurtz2223]

He might have been great going after villages filled with woman, children, elderly but when confronted by a real army it showed he was a charlatan.

[@patkelleher6236]

It was incompetence and ego gone mad. We Irish don't know really that 34 Irish men perished. For what?

[@marccru]

Army was voluntary at this point, so, you win some you loose some??