Into the Valley of Death - The Crimean War - European History - Part 4 - Extra History

[@extrahistory]

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[@pyeitme508]

Bruh

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys are incredible! Your work is always out of this world!

[@deutschesmanutter]

Excuse me but. THIS WAS AVAILABLE 4 DAYS AGO?!

[@JudasCrusader]

Sorry but where is the pride month video?

[@deutschesmanutter]

@@JudasCrusader oh shut up

[@cryptan6756]

"The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction." -George Orwell

[@timmccarthy9917]

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, innit?

[@nathanseper8738]

As the video said, it was the combination of incredible and insane.

[@hallamhal]

​@@timmccarthy9917tragic and horrific; but I wouldn't call it stirring in the way Orwell meant here (as in rousing)

[@TheHorzabora]

But that’s what makes it so stirring. Anyone who doesn’t at least guess at the insanity of war is doing it, as well as every person who has fought, an injustice at best and is actively dangerous to others at worst.

[@andyb1653]

Meh, I prefer "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden.

[@antitroller101]

It’s honestly nice that reaction to the charge by the public was to support the courage of the troops while giving the officers a middle finger.

[@darthparallax5207]

I am not sure whether to support the tragic bravery of both the officers and infantry together; or whether to decry them together as incompetent savage ignoramuses. I have thought about how the view from the infantry and the officers would be different. I think they need to be grouped together because they are all family and the same culture and system. Given that I say we should treat them the same, it's alright if anyone says "well then pity them both instead of hate them both".

[@Aabergm]

I mean its a fairly repetitive idea. We love good leaders and hate bad ones but we always (barring that one time in the 60s) respect those who do the dying.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Proof that automatically making rich guys officers is a bad idea!

[@dandy-lions5788]

"C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre; c'est de la folie" ('It's magnificent, but it's not war; it's madness'). - General Pierre Bosquet on the Charge of the Light Brigade

[@ytcensorhack1876]

madness? No this is Tottenham!!!!

[@nnikitas9695]

Today is the four year anniversary since my grandfather passed, and he was a lifelong lover of history. I think he would have really enjoyed and appreciated all the work you guys do. Thank you so much for all the love and hard work put into these videos!

[@lahire4943]

Something that is never mentioned about the charge of the Light Brigade is the charge of the French Chasseurs d'Afrique. While the British cavalry was retreating from their infamous charge, 150 Chasseurs d'Afrique, veterans of the campaigns in Algeria, attacked and cleared the Fedioukine heights from 2 Russian infantry battalions, 2 half batteries and cossacks. Without their intervention, it is likely that the Light Brigade would have been wiped out in a crossfire.

[@darthparallax5207]

Maneuvers like this being at least successful at mitigating losses even if they don't come clean away with a victory for the day Are why and how it is possible for experienced soldiers to end up finding themselves part of operations that become famous historical disasters. It is easier only in hindsight to see the flaws but the possible advantages to attack are what they see more clearly in the moment Accidents happen

[@longyearbyen9356]

Ils devraient renommer cette série "la guerre de crimée d'un point de vue anglo-saxon"

[@thevenator3955]

It’s usually mentioned in more detailed descriptions, so I would hope they’ll talk about the French and ottoman part of the battle as well when they make the next video in a couple weeks (“or right now on nebula!” - cat)

[@rya3190]

​@@longyearbyen9356"History is written by the victors."

[@jjbarajas5341]

just isn't as catchy I guess.

[@Pravaification]

"Cannon to the left of them, cannon to the right" And now I finally know what Alfred from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air was quoting

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Into the valley of death rode the 600!

[@EggandChris]

I'm English, we had to study the charge of the light brigade poem in secondary school. I've always been a fan of it. Well, not always, but since I've heard it.

[@chuckygobyebye]

It's been really interesting watching this series. Nostalgic too. Where I grew up many of the streets are named for places or actions in the war. My great aunt used to live in the suburb Sebastopol, Inkerman Street was around the corner not to mention Balaklava, Raglan and many others.

[@FozzyBBear]

Where I grew up it was the country towns settled in the 1850-60s that were named after Crimean battles. My ancestors farmed at Alma.

[@joythought]

Many of these names are also street names in Melbourne, Australia and Balaclava is the name of a suburb here

[@derkaiser420]

As a WWI buff it is crazy to think how the Charge of the Light Brigade was so forgotten that soon an entire war was fought just so millions of men would die for no reason getting mowed down by machine guns and artillery fire.

[@hallamhal]

Was it forgotten, or more a case of the wrong lessons being learnt from it?

[@dominicguye8058]

@@hallamhal I think you are more correct than the commenter, yeah

[@Merennulli]

As hallamhal said, the lesson the leaders learned from it was "brave soldiers bravely march to their certain death when ordered" rather than "maybe make your orders clear so you don't pointlessly waste your forces and the lives of your countrymen". That said, I don't think the issue in WWI was miscommunication. The light brigade fell to cannons, not machine guns or the newer barrage system of artillery, both of which came in the decades after the Crimean War. The newer iterations on weapons and the tactics their new capabilities enabled made WWI a new kind of hell. For the first time in war, the only cover was a trench, the first of which you had to dig yourself. Your movements were cut down by bullets flying in streaks that covered an area horizontally, and untouchably distant artillery could sweep in unavoidable lines of accurate fire that boxed you in. Even if communication with the front was perfect, there was no preparing for the realities of that war.

[@Wolfeson28]

@@Merennulli Exactly. Like you said, WWI was an almost completely new experience compared to previous major wars. On the other hand, charging a force of cavalry right into a gauntlet of artillery on three sides had been universally understood as a terrible decision for at least a century prior to Balaclava.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Contrary to what many would think, the generals of the first world war knew that they should preserve their men, and were not incompetent, for the most part. It's just that no one really expected the huge changes in tactics that the new technologies will brought, since the Crimean war, there was only a handful of wars that could serve as example, the Russo-japanese one and the Balkanic wars.

[@blaster915]

Hats off to those british soldiers going through with the charge on artilery despite the insanity of the manouver. o.o

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

It's the cavalry mentality, the glory of the charge and the utterly disregard of death That's why is common for many armies to this day to refer to tanks as cavalry.. Mission wise, they have the same use...

[@fusel5883]

I'd assume they have to choose between dying in battle or be executed for cowardice.

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

@@Pavlos_Charalamboustanks are completely undeserving of the name. There’s no honour in tanks.

[@Ajvt-ux4ec]

@@lordedmundblackadder9321honour is stupid lol what century do you think this is

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

​@@lordedmundblackadder9321technically speaking there are the means to make a maneuver - in the grand scheme of things things they have the same role cavalry or medieval Cataphracts had As for the glory I steal remember what we had told at armored vehicles school " ones is out ( the unit at the field) you only need to take your smokes with you" in other words expect heavy casualties and feel honored about it

[@darknessunknown4384]

0:13 - 0:53 "Well, if you don't want to hear it, you don't have to be rude!" Good luck getting that reference.

[@KasumiRINA]

You'll take my life but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back!

[@stevenchoza6391]

A true man of culture!

[@cryptan6756]

Rock on.

[@bentrinker1937]

The bugle sounds the charge begins But on this battle field no one wins. The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As I plunge on into certain death

[@ecurewitz]

You beat me to it. Posted it anyway

[@darkalleyhoboii8264]

Ooooooooh oooooooaoh

[@mikaeelmalik1724]

How they animate people writing with a dip pen is just a wonderful little accuracy good job animators

[@Asahamana]

I don't know if this series will talk about the war in Baltic sea in detail so here's a brief overview: War is called Ålands war here, British and French warships went up down the Finnish coastline burning lumberyards and storehouses so that Russia couldn't build any ships. Finns didn't like this but there were really no Russian troops in Finland since Crimea they couldn't really do anything but watch. There was a quick battle near modern day Kokkola in a place called Halkokari basicly British were going to land and burn lumberyard and storehouses the town folk had a brief talk about this with the British since they didn't like that the talks didn't go anywhere because you know orders and a language barrier. This led to a skirmish with the landing party and with the townsfolk who repelled the landing party and got one of the landing boats as a war trophy the boat is said to still in a museum there but I couldn't find it. They do have an monument because of this event, its not really hard to find but still not really easy if I remember it right. Also Emperor Nicholas I loved Finland after that skirmish. Also the British blew up a fortress in the Finnish archipelago: Bomarsund it was unfinished so not really a loss but still Finland doesn't have enough castles as is. Thankfully the British only bombarded Suomenlinna Viapori near Helsinki. The castle was built by Swedish in late 1700's and was the most modern fortress of its time sadly the Russians let it to rot so it was outdated and useless when the British came thankfully they just bombarded it and then left. Anywhoo all Finland got from this war was a pretty upbeat song about how horrible the war was my dad used to sang it to me when I was a child.

[@ignacio1171]

ok

[@emptychannelguy5220]

Wouldn't be a war with us Brits if at some point we didn't go and burn something down that belonged to someone who had only a nominal involvement in the conflict.

[@JoeTheCrusader]

Very informative, thanks for sharing! What is the name of the song, I really like folk songs like that

[@Ami-jc2oo]

Could you tell me more and give me sources to search?

[@darthparallax5207]

Finland fort is falling down Falling down Falling down Finland fort is falling down My fair lady! 😁🙃😜

[@jeremy1860]

Aside from the tale of Mary Seacole, this event here is probably the thing that most often comes to mind when I think of this war 😟

[@polygonvvitch]

"You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too, You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through. So when you're waiting for the next attack, You better stand, there's no turning back."

[@ofallmyintention9496]

"Sure; we'll run your countr...I mean...help you in the war against Russia." -The British and French, possibly

[@anoninunen]

"The bugle sounds, the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath As I plunge on into certain death" - Iron Maiden

[@andrewvarney5687]

The Trooper, a true classic of heavy metal!!!

[@darkalleyhoboii8264]

I was waiting for someone to mention The Trooper

[@coyote4237]

Up the Irons!

[@anderskorsback4104]

Yeah, I was hopefully looking if Eddie would make a cameo among the cavalrymen.

[@anoninunen]

Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into death's jaws six hundred fly

[@666johnco]

Hopefully the whole Ep about Balaclava will at least make a tiny mention of the charge of the Heavy Brigade which slammed through the Russian cavalry which had been left at a disorganized halt by the fire from 'The Thin Red Line.'

[@theseabassi9638]

Always struck me as a bit of a shame that the charge of the Heavy Brigade, despite being infinitely more successful and impactful, has forever been overshadowed.

[@666johnco]

@@theseabassi9638 Tennyson also did write a poem The Charge of the Heavy Brigade but its forgotten really. In the 1968 film it hit the cutting room floor I believe because idiot producers refused to listen to the historical advisors and put the heavy brigade in blue, so viewers would not be confused. The 1 still from the scenes where they were tearing through the Russian cavalry seems to have disappeared. It was the pale blue worn by the light dragoons.

[@daniloalves1139]

Russians knew Cossacks and still feared the light cavalry that's something

[@andrewphilos]

I memorized "The Charge of the Light Brigade" for a performance once. God, it's such a banger! I don't even care if it's inaccurate.

[@KasumiRINA]

Bruce Dickinson to this day can't memorize the first few lines and butchers them before the Trooper.

[@minieyke]

The Charge of the Light Brigade was actually a piece that partly inspired Attack on Titan

[@zacharythomas8617]

Into the jaws of death they all flew.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Thanks for the video. I was actually under the impression that the everyone that was involved in the charge of the Light Brigade was lost.

[@christopherg2347]

Oh, so that is where that poem in Star Trek "Boldy they rode" came from. Granted, they were at least going in the right direction that Episode :)

[@DAFLIDMAN]

It's just a poem ensign

[@callumcooney-waterhouse7851]

I hope you guys eventually do an entire episode on William Howard Russel. He was a fascinating figure. During the American Civil War, Russel was one of the few outside witnesses to some of the most important moments of the final days of the Confederacy. What we know about some of Jefferson Davis' final cabinet meetings, we mostly know thanks to Russel. And yet, as the war went on, Russel increasingly enamored with the Confederate cause, with his dispatches becoming nakedly partisan. His latter reports were so transparently skewed towards showing the rebels in a favorable light that The Times of London eventually had to denounce his reporting after the war ended.

[@dominicguye8058]

Ew, why would EH cover a man like that?

[@darthparallax5207]

It took a hundred years to see the Civil Rights movement occur as well. 100. In 1866, few people were believing that much had been accomplished. Nobody who could do math would have bet it was worth what it cost to both sides. It began with not accomplishing so much and costing a great deal. It took over 100 years to get any return on that kind of investment that could get us out of the red. And I think things are better now. And I think it was worth it. But they would not have known it was worth it. They would see 100 years of....well....believing almost nothing had changed.

[@jyro6095]

@@dominicguye8058 because despite his beliefs he was responsible for recording history that would have been completely lost if not for him, first hand accounts of events are very important to have.

[@masonruiz361]

@@dominicguye8058Because the rebels were seen as revolutionaries to him, trying to defend their farmland and home. Looking back at history with retrospect is foolish and ignorant

[@_Crazyman109]

@@dominicguye8058just because their beliefs were “wrong”. Doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be discussed. They were people too.

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

The Trooper intensifies.

[@nathanseper8738]

The narration and animation at the beginning of the video are fantastic! They really set the tone for discussing the hardships of the Crimean War.

[@berdduck]

Crimean war has always been interesting. I always remember listening to the iron maiden song and that is how I learned about it.

[@MarkPag]

Hi. Nice video. For Italy🇮🇹 this war represents something important for our national unification. In January 1855 the Kingdom of Sardinia, and his minister Cavour, fearing that France would tie itself too much to Austria, sent a military contingent alongside the Anglo-French army, in turn declaring war on Russia. It was also an opportunity to talk the necessity that the italian peninsula must be unified.

[@zacharythomas8617]

Do tell me more, please. I love a story..

[@Liam_Mellon]

So glad we're getting an additional one off episode!

[@sarpyasar5893]

Thank you for talking about the ottomans since there label as cowards were very popular but completly wrong

[@darthparallax5207]

The infantry probably deserved better regard but I could easily believe that politics of the day was like...."look. There's no real reason for us to be nice to their government. That's not how any of this works." But where possible, it still seems like advanced courtesy to be very nice to a rival nation's middle and lower classes even while you're stabbing their upper class in the back over an exploitative alliance. Idkn.

[@timmyweekends]

One of your best series! Keep up the great work!

[@Qjackful]

Still waiting for Florance Nightingale to get a mention in this series.

[@NuthinImPortant]

And waiting for a Mary Seacole mention!

[@Ladyjuliet-uv5qt]

@@NuthinImPortant Nikolay pirogov mention when ?

[@AtlasNovack]

🎵You'll take your life but I'll take yours too You'll fire muskets but I'll run ya through🎵

[@1138Skinner]

So when you're waiting for the next attack. You better stand, there's no turning back.

[@KasumiRINA]

The Bugle sounds and the charge begins...

[@stevenchoza6391]

But on this battlefield, no one wins~!

[@mazelooper263]

The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath

[@KasumiRINA]

So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back.

[@bthsr7113]

6:49 History really loves its rhyming.

[@Tamashiki]

3:55 for some reason I feel like this was the inspiration for the Erwin charge from AOT

[@cryptan6756]

Good reading. I got chills...

[@OKingSizeTv]

Not gonna lie. This battle of Balaklava looks pretty metal. Must be interesting to hear the story from the perspective of the trooper.

[@loyalpiper]

There's a good film from 1968 called the "charge of the light brigade which covers the lead up to the war, Alma and then the charge at the end of the film. It's extremely well done.

[@georgeadam-jospeh8947]

Compared this to Kamikaze by Garland in my mocks. Love Tennyson's poem 0:49

[@kadeadams2308]

Man, this series is amazing. And this episode came out 35 minutes ago? Well, I'm gonna say, that this series is the best you released (other than *ALL* the Extra Mythology episodes).

[@brandonferretti9907]

Need a mary seacole easter egg in the background. Would be nice considering you guys did a whole series on her

[@baliyae]

I remember reading “Charge of the Light Brigade” in high school.

[@theflyingdutchie2585]

Waited the entire week for this! Cheers to another great episode!

[@upgrade_levels]

4:32 - Hey wait a second, when did Raglan get his hand back?

[@celebro7517]

JUST WAITIN FOR THIS VID . PERFECT TIMING

[@Yes-vx2un]

When you blunder so hard it does the lowest physical damage but somehow maxes out psychological damage

[@venoa9602]

I just wanted to point out that a huge part of the conflict has been looked at in a very Eurocentric aspect and has been mostly focused on the British side of the conflict, and, the Ottomans have been nearly completely forgotten. As a non-Turkic person residing in Turkey for a very long time, I had the chance to learn about the conflict from the Ottomans' perspective as well, so I am very displeased not to see much mention of them. When discussing the war of Balaklava, you didn't mention much about those 6 fortresses and just skipped them as "allied" fortresses. Yet those were fully manned by the Ottoman troops and died heroically and for a reason -unlike the Light Brigade, and actually deserves at least some recognition- holding their ground under the heavy shelling of Russians, yet no reinforcement came from those "allies" of the Ottoman state for a long time. The first fortress that looked at the southern road to Balaklava held out for at least two hours (the documentary I watched in Turkish said three, and Wikipedia says two but honestly I wasn’t able to fact-check their sources, because I don’t have the physical copies of the books), and gave the precious time needed for the British cavalry. William Russell said in his first reports in The Times that Turks "received a few shots and then bolted" but then later on he confessed that he lied and Turks died where they stood before they retreated. Which is another reason I hold a very skeptical eye against the British side of the “history” because if one lied once, why couldn’t they lie twice? Where one knows truth ends and lies began? Because it is said that the recent archeological evidences from few decades from the site don't match up with the reports of the British. In the "LIES" episode, could you talk about these and shed light on the truth? For I believe if what I have known is false, or not, the truth still deserves to be known.

[@dominicguye8058]

I agree, the Ottomans are getting a bit shortchanged in the narrative. Too much attention was focused on the 'thin red line' and the charge of the light brigade. Like, what do the Ottoman military and civilian leaders think of the war? What about the Ottoman public? To be fair though, I always thought of that war as a mostly British event because of the Russo-Ottoman war that happens later.

[@xenotypos]

If one side needs to be more emphacized those videos, it's France. France 3 times more soldiers involved than the British (more soldiers than the Ottomans too), with the best equipement of that time period. The Ottomans remained junior partners, even if that doesn't mean they should be forgotten. I agree though, that those videos clearly should be named "the Crimean war from the British perspective". There's nothing wrong to focus on the point of view of one side, by they should state it from the start.

[@HerrCron]

The Isle of Wight is a suitably wretched place to write about such a grim even.

[@derekbates4316]

Meanwhile, Robert E. Lee reads about the Light Brigade and decides: "what brave men, and a clever strategy, if only they had more men! I have to do something like that, but with infantry!"

[@zacharythomas8617]

Lee vs. That Hill, Go!

[@mjvajda]

Cues up “The Trooper” by Iron Maiden.

[@frykasj]

All of a sudden, the song "Thin Red Line" by Glass Tiger makes a lot more sense to me.

[@wlinden]

Tennyson also wrote “The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava”, lauding “Scarlett’s three hundred”. One might also mention Kipling’s “The Last of the Light Brigade”, on the plight of the survivors.

[@BBoy-te1cb]

One of my ancestors was Tennyson. That’s crazy he was involved in so much

[@UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

Interesting fact the first single for charity was an early record and recording of the bugles that were played during the charge. And the money was raised for those that were wounded during the charge.

[@PlebNC]

Factor: Charging a subscription fee for frozen food that's not frozen so it gets to congeal for a few days in a sweaty mailvan before it reaches you. Factor - The new Hello Fresh.

[@sarahwatts7152]

Before this, my only association with the Battle of the Light Brigade was from the character Bertie Wooster forever forgetting his literary references in the PG Wodehouse books

[@mrgeorgeb0062]

The English lit kids shitting themselves hearing the poem being read out 😭🤣🤣 (GCSEs only happened fairly recently for those not in the UK and for my exam board one of the poems we had to learn about was the charge of the light brigade)

[@Ami-jc2oo]

"To die or not to die. That is the question." -Some points deadly during this war.

[@adrianbradicic8039]

Was waiting for somebody to mention how Charge of the Light Brigade inspired the Trooper

[@fullstop8898]

Like the name of the title, I’ve reasearched the poem it’s called charge of the light brigade, very interesting as it glorifies war which is usually what other poets used to despise

[@iapetusmccool]

I'm pretty sure lots if poets glorified war. Especially before WWI.

[@mgradiant]

Anyone else hear Iron Maiden’s song The Trooper as the poem was being read?

[@moesaeed2806]

@ 3:59 .......this is giving me reccon troops and erwin commander vs beast titan vipes

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your videos guys! You always make my daty!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@themightybunghole1088]

Not a single reference to Iron Maiden's The Trooper?????? Man you dropped the ball

[@deviousbears]

i think its important that when you talk about the battle of balaclava, you talk about the successful charge of the heavy brigade which routed the Russian cavalry on the height. This was done against the odds, as the heavy brigade was outnumbered and charged uphill.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Ney would've kept attacking until he had no one left.

[@gallantcavalier3306]

What’s funny, is that the Crimean War would inspire George B McClellan of American Civil War fame in his Peninsula Campaign against Richmond in 1862. With his background as an Army Engineer, and as an observer in the Crimea at the time, he wanted to rely on Artillery and Siege to win him the battle, without sacrificing the Army of the Potomac.

[@zacharythomas8617]

Cool fact!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Incredible video! You guys alwats knock it out of the park!😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Merennulli]

Between the 300 at Thermopylae and the 600 at Balaklava, it's seems like it's just not safe to be a fictionalized army in even units of 100.

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in.

[@DjackTheDjurst]

0:30 *The Trooper begins*

[@birdofclay9581]

Charge of the Light Brigade [Spell Card] Send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard; add 1 Level 4 or lower "Lightsworn" monster from your Deck to your hand. Someone on the localisation team saw the opportunity and ran with it.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

"It is magnificent, but it is not war-it is madness." Still the classiest way to say, "That was awesome but, man, was it dumb."

[@Keslorian]

i've always thought, from way back when i covered this in school up till now, shouldnt the emphasis be on light *brigade* rather than *light* brigade?

[@thepeach03]

God this is just taking me back to GCSE English

[@samlangley5896]

shout out to the isle of wight! love that place!

[@waynefrench1562]

Cannons to left of them, cannons to right of them. I remember the fresh prince of bel air episode where Geoffrey said this poem

[@BBoy-te1cb]

Hey Alfred Tennyson is a relative of mine! So cool! I actually have a painting from the other side of my family from a couple years after this

[@gaving4188]

I know they already did a series on her but I’m hoping for a Mary seacole shoutout.

[@michaela6532]

“The trooper” by Iron Maiden anyone?

[@ProjectSpace1990]

I wonder if it just happened to be in relation to this

[@IbanBoi99]

I remember this poem from my Form 4 English Literature Class.

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

When the commander of the 93rd Highland regiment gave that address to his men, John Scott, on the right, replied with, “Ay, Sir Colin. An needs be, we’ll do that.” This was echoed by all the other men.

[@Escalotes]

Descendant of a Charge of the Light Brigade survivor here again. First, thanks again EH for doing this. Second, it's surreal to think that there's only a 1/3 chance my ancestor was one of the survivors and I wouldn't have been here otherwise. My family still carries the service rapier the queen gifted the survivors after this battle.

[@asmalior]

You'll take my life but I'll take yours, too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand, there's no turning back

[@DAFLIDMAN]

'It's just a poem ensign'

[@aaronbecker5617]

Whelp, time to listen to "The Trooper" again

[@chuchillspanzer3911]

Canons to the left of me, canons to my right! Here I am, stuck in crimea with you!

[@davidhoj]

Always remember the 5th of November Again

[@SignedGraph499]

I thought it was pronounced Sir-ves-stah-pol But how you pronounced it makes more sense actually.

[@sixtieralone]

Russell and the journalists, great name for a band

[@girl1213]

I've just been reminded that Charles Shultz was a "War and Peace" fan. He had Rerun say those lines almost word-for-word when the poor kid was describing what it's like to ride on the back of his mom's bike. And here I thought Rerun was just being dramatic: no, Charles was far smarter than that.

[@lizharder]

🎵Charge on oh our great men, fight on till our last stand🎵

[@humorsue8548]

Okay, Alfred has some bars though.

[@niteshsankalia4611]

Thanks!

[@extrahistory]

Thank YOU for helping support the amazing creators who make this show. ❤

[@bencetary6094]

"You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through."

[@mintparrot1247]

Unseen poetry power and conflict

[@williamcarter1993]

my favorite part of all these videos is that the characters don't have arms . just disembodied hands doing things

[@mishamalcevschi1476]

This was such a good episode, thank you!

[@OldMadHatter]

Looking forward to the Charge of the Light Brigade episode! But no mention here of the charge of the heavy brigade? That charge was actually successful.