DISASTER at Domstadtl, 1758 ⚔️ The Seven Years' War (Part 12)

[@ΠάνοςΚΜ]

This war has more twists and turns than a soap opera

[@HoH]

This is the best way to describe the war.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@HoH---I can see that

[@billyelliot4141]

@@HoH can you cover Michael collins from ireland. He modernised asymmetric warfare in the modern era and perfected it. Thanks man. Love the vids. Your better than nat geo and history channel. 🇮🇪👌

[@dubsy1026]

You ain't seen nuffin yet

[@pavelslama5543]

Here in Olomouc this battle is still widely known, even though few know the context, or even time period. However I must say that I almost did not recognize it by those german names of those villages. Here its more known as a "bitva u Domašova" (battle of Domašov). When it comes to the siege of Olomouc, its walls were gradually updated and when the siege was lifted, the empress ordered a set of star fortresses all around the city. Those star fortresses were made out of extremely hard bricks that could survive Prussian bombardment. The house I live in (even though it was built in 1930´s) was built using some of those bricks from the decommissioned fortresses. Some of those bricks still have the coat of arms visible. And they really are incredibly difficult to work with. Even a diamond drill had hard time going through.

[@WhiteZorin]

From a topic that I was not interested in, just watched casually the first videos, suddenly it became very interesting and I am watching with pure amazement how much I missed from this period and events before :) Thank you for all the great work you have done on these!

[@Ksotilas]

What an interesting turn. I expected the siege of Olomouc to end in Frederick's favor, but the Austrians got him this time for sure. Though I'd refrain from saying they won in a pitched battle. I must say that I did underestimate the Austrians. Also quite sad in a sense to see prince Charles of Lorraine be relieved of command. He was a nice antagonist. Just maybe we might see him in the future? Thank you for delivering the weekly dose of seven years war. Doesn't go unappreciated on my side.

[@HoH]

I am glad you enjoy the series! Charles became the governor of the Austrian Netherlands. What he lacked for in military cunning, he made up for in administrative skill.

[@doppel8862]

the only antagonist here is frederick the warmonger. threatening to hang monks, starting a war because the leader of a country is a woman and blaming others for his failures in battle…and the list goes on…hes one of the worst leaders in history and the real antagonist in that time…he wasnt popular in any other Country than prussia.

[@Ksotilas]

@@doppel8862 I don't find myself agreeing with any of your arguments except him being a warmonger in an extent. And most of them are exaggerations too. I don't remember or find any proof of him ever threatening to hang monks. Either was the only reason for war the fact that Maria Theresa lead Austria. It was just a catalyst for all of the other reasons, which were their old dynastic claims and geopolitic goals. And every single commander during their life has blamed others at least a few times for some of their failures. Even probably all humans. And of course he wasn't popular in countries which formed a coalition to fight against him. Not every commander has to be loved by everyone to be a "good" guy. But I do see where you're coming from. Not as radically though.

[@patrickdc8396]

I look forward to this series the most! Thank you so much 🙏

[@ryandoubleu.]

1:47 I was scrubbing at my tablet until I realized it’s not the screen, my man Stepan is just sweating something fierce

[@mbryson2899]

You made this bit of history very compelling. Thank you for the vid!

[@nilloc93]

There seems to be a recurring theme which is that Frederick, despite his command ability, continually failed to have proper reconnaissance. The fact that several thousand Austrian troops maneuvered behind him and ambushed what was effectively a small army only 25km away from Fredericks main force shows, again, a lack of situational awareness on the part of the Prussian army. This is strangely quite similar to how the Germans (generally) performed in WW2, having a high degree of skill in operational battles while being devastated on the intel and reconnaissance fronts repeatedly throughout the war.

[@phantomswordorpoo]

This series of Seven Years War is truely well made and with excellent narration.I will rank it as the 2nd best historical battle series in youtube after the hannibal campaign

[@thestoic6242]

I hope both authors will have enough time and patience to complete them 🙂

[@jacobharmon9795]

If these are the top two, then the napoleon series from epic history tv must be at least third

[@notsosilentmajority1]

I got so excited for the video and then realized I was able to pre-enjoy it as a Patreon member. Great job as always my friend.

[@yourroyalchungusness]

Thanks to this video, not only i learned about Frederick the great, but also Seydlitz, prince henry, zieten and many more also in the austrian side such as prince charles, Daun, and von Laudon

[@pierremartini2229]

Brilliant video. Thanks so much for all your work.

[@timmyturner327]

Comment for sake of algorithm. Keep up the good work.

[@HoH]

Thank you!

[@thebigone6071]

House of History makes all other historians look like straight up punks!!!! You’re the best HOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jesse_Dawg]

These are amazing quality. Please more in this series

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Excellent introducing Thanks

[@evrensuer549]

Super video 👍 awaiting more videos for Hussite wars

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

I completely agree with you on that because I am very interested in learning more about Jan Zizka because He never lost a battle even when he was blind but I am also interested in learning about Durad Barnkovics role in the Hussite wars and Durad was the father in law of ottoman sultan murad the second because murad married durads daughter Mara dad she was the stepmother to first great ottoman emperor Mehmed the Conquerer but I am also interested in learning about the Hussite wars because fighting on the side of the crusaders and catholic loyalists was Louis the third of the electorate palatinate and I am interested in him because it is from the electorate palatinate that my paternal grandmothers fathers side the Weikerts who were living there would leave there and make their way to America however fighting on the side of Bohemia and Moravia is another interesting person to me and that person is Wladyslaw the second Jagiello and he is most famous for laying the foundation for the polish Lithuanian union which would lead to the creation of one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th and 17th century Europe and this nation is the polish Lithuanian commonwealth however starting in 1772 the commonwealth would be reduced in what is known as the Partitions of Poland which surprisingly was started by Fredrick the great in a plan that would prevent Austria and Russia from going to war over Russian successes against the Ottoman Empire.

[@piotrsyczak]

4:31 On the map I see my hometown Kattowitz ( Katowice ), it seems quite big, however in 1758 it was just a meagre hamlet :)

[@triciaford1957]

Very interesting and education. 👍

[@brokenbridge6316]

This war seemed to be quite challenging for Frederick the Great. Right up till the end. Great video.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Laudon is underrated.

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

Him and Daun, I never heard of them before this series even though I read a book about 7 years war

[@KHK001]

Great as always HoH

[@AdityaSingh-iz5zs]

One twist then another twist then another turn and then another. This war is getting more and more interesting due to these twist and turns and due to excellent work your sir.

[@maximus8671]

Fantastic video, wonderful series.

[@Aranubis]

Laudon is my favorite general of the war

[@fangexploring]

Surprised that the Prussians could not defeat the outnumbered Loudon in the first engagement. I was used to seeing them defeat Austrians at twice their size earlier. Is that an indication of dire condition of the Prussian Army at this time of the war? They also seemed to be in a great hurry, surprised Zieten wasn't even with the column initially. Felt like Frederick got too tunnel visioned on the siege and underestimated the danger he could have been in, easy to say in hindsight of course. Thanks for another great video. Eager to see how Frederick navigate yet another difficult situation.

[@elmascapo6588]

They did defeat Laudon in the girst engagement, there was simply no cavalry to mount a persuit and rack up kills

[@HoH]

This Prussian column consisted of inexperienced conscripts and older veterans. They weren't the pinnacle of the Prussian army for sure.

[@anselmdanker9519]

Nice tale well told .thanks

[@Hillbilly001]

Second time watching this today. Excellent video again. Zorndorf is during 1758, August, I believe. That's has to be somewhere in the mix. Love this series too. Matter of fact, I'm still going through the playlist looking for a clunker. LoL. Cheers.

[@HoH]

I just finished Zorndorf's battle map!

[@andywomack3414]

It's interesting to consider that this war was touched off by a seemingly insignificant incident involving George Washington.

[@davidshahebrahimi9149]

thank you for your good work keep moving 🥰

[@Treemanforever]

Could you do some videos about the battles that the Ottoman Empire has led? :) Keep up the amazing work!!!

[@metarus208]

yay. What about the battle of Hastenbeck and the French entry to the war?

[@dwayneskinner6984]

This was great

[@triciaford1957]

Meant educational!

[@herrrobert5340]

Like + comment for the algorithm

[@SerbanOprescu]

I would like to see the Battle of Narva (I think) between Charles the XII (I think) of Sweden and Peter the Great's army.

[@kuleropa5437]

I love this series!

[@gotbaka3]

Amazing video!

[@christianmartindale7373]

Thanks!

[@davidcollins2648]

Reading about napoleon's 1813 campaign I see the same place names cropping up time and again in both wars. It seems geography determined the movement of armies and fortresses allowed the control of key passages. Forts would lose their effectiveness after Napoleon and no longer be the obstacles they once were.

[@AIRRAID2]

Eeeey it's the Fonz ! (Thumbnail)

[@unclejeffie7984]

Great Video.

[@beepboop204]

i dont want to wait 38 minutes you tease!

[@istvansipos9940]

Šišković, with those thingies on the S, is "shishkovitch", I think.

[@riko_sandokan]

Yeah, Š is like 'sh' (or 's' in Hungarian). Though I wouldn't say that 'ć' is 'tsh'/'ch', it is the other, softer sound.

[@dwoh4345]

do battle of fehrbellin 1758 one of my ancestors died there on the swedish side

[@steadyimprovement156]

Hi, Could you make videos on Charles XII of Sweden battles? Another amazing persona that could be added to your channel :p

[@HoH]

Eventually. These videos take a very long time to make though, so I cannot promise anything in the near-future!

[@HoH]

I just read about the part of the war where Frederick finishes his monograph about King Charles XII. Funny coincidence.

[@steadyimprovement156]

@@HoH Could you share was was his view on him? :p

[@georgewilkes02]

**I have a question- Where was the Polish army at this time??? I know that the king of Poland was the ruler of Saxony but where were the main Polish Lithuanian armies? It would seem that they would want to get in on the action

[@sumazdar]

dziękuję

[@Androb84]

Check the audio in spanish. It has a noise in the background that's super annoying

[@Cyberpunker1088]

Prussians were not good at irregular warfare. The Austrians were blessed by having Croatians in their midst.

[@Thisandthat8908]

Maybe Maria Theresa would have had more inclination to peace, especially later, if war had not been a list of numbers and carefully constructed letters for her, sitting in a nice, shiny palace. It made it easy for her to be "firm". Frederick obviously knew war first hand. Other rulers before and after were at least with their army. They at least could (maybe wanted) to see what they were actually responsible for. But even people like Abraham Lincoln who really didn't have to, made it a point to visit actual troops in the literal field, post combat even after heavy defeats. Sometimes just about staying out of sight and range of the enemy. Of course tbf in the age of trains and steam boats, that was also easier. He was under absolutely no illusion about what that war looked like on the ground. Not sure about that for the rulers of UK, France, Austria, Russia and so on at the time of the 7YW or before and after (Napoleon aside of course).

[@blecao]

You may forget how oportunistic was Frederick during his reign, he constantly breaked truce after truce if he thougth it was worth it wich makes making peace a dificult affair

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

*Shameful display!*

[@g3heathen209]

I spy a useful chart.

[@charalampostsakirides-pala2761]

Great videos! Though I find your idiolect a bit distracting, as I fail to detect your language of origin! Mind if I inquire?

[@HoH]

I'm Dutch, but I hired a professional narrator for my newer videos

[@charalampostsakirides-pala2761]

@@HoH Right, 'cause I couldn't place it exactly! Bedankt voor de snelle reactie! Ik zal jullie collectieve werk met interesse bekijken! :)

[@peterpim6260]

Well ,the spelling is "Ölmütz" , not "Olomuc".

[@HoH]

There's no Umlaut in German either. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olomouc

[@majesticfool]

Strange, france and Russia seemed like natural allies for Prussia. Maybe too much EU4 lol

[@estebancastellino3284]

algorithm

[@LibertyPrime6969]

Can you 7 year war in American

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😃

[@vanders4198]

As much as I love Prussia, I'll always root for the Catholic faction.

[@omarkharnivall2439]

why the clickbait in the title?

[@chrismath149]

Being forced to break off a siege, losing thousands of soldiers, a ton of money, provisons, ammo and artillery needed to break the walls...how is the description of disaster for the much smalller Prussian economy clickbait?