Rise of Cromwell - Marston Moor 1644 - English Civil War DOCUMENTARY

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[@dennishem4914]

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[@hamishsewell5990]

Great series so far! Going to cover other theatres? Like James Graham’s Year of Victories in Scotland?

[@Sajsh-j2e]

Man when are you going to upload the early Islamic expansion and the Zanj rebellion video we have been waiting for more than a month now when are you going to upload the two videos? 🙄

[@Wolfeson28]

One suggestion for future videos: it would make things somewhat clearer if you referred to the key figures in the narration by the same names as their tags in the animated maps. Obviously many of these figures had various noble titles as well as family names that they would have used at different times, but it starts to get quite confusing during battles when the majority of the leaders on each side are being referred to in the narration by names that don't match their tags on the map. As an example, the narration consistently refers to William Cavendish as "Newcastle" or "The Earl of Newcastle", while his nametag always says "W. Cavendish". While you do mention the title as belonging to that individual, it's difficult to remember all of which noble titles titles go with which people - staying consistent with one name/title per person throughout would be much clearer.

[@1987MartinT]

Once you've covered the 1st English Civil War, will you cover the connected conflicts as well? The Bishops' Wars, Irish Confederate Wars, 2nd Civil War, 3rd Civil War, Cromwell's War in Ireland, and Montrose's campaign in Scotland.

[@joellaz9836]

There was a funny incident before this battle took place *Even after two years, the fact that a civil war was being fought was not universally known across England. On reaching Marston moor, some soldiers discovered a farm worker going about his business. When Soldiers told the farm worker to be gone, the disgruntled labourer asked why he should move. When told he was standing on a field that was about to host a battle between the King and Parliament, he said: “Whaat, has them two fallen out, then?”*

[@jonathanstempleton7864]

That's very similar to a scene in The Witchfinder General 😆

[@jonathanstempleton7864]

@@netrolancer1061 Conqueror Worm in the US. Witchfinder General in the UK.

[@Canadian_Zac]

Hey, some people just wanna farm

[@drewdavies3010]

Sarcasm misinturpretated as ignorance

[@boopie6635]

Most English response I've ever seen. I love it

[@boqork]

This Cromwell guy is quite the warrior. Can’t wait to hear his opinion about Ireland

[@maxkennedy8075]

U H O H

[@freemikeg]

LOL 🤣😂😅🤣

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@ghsense2626 Cromwell wouldn’t beat the Austrians, French, Swedes, Poles, Dutch, Spainish, or Ottomans. Not possible

[@alastairbrewster4274]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 of course not lol think he was joking but maybe that’s because you’re name is Schwartz - Germans not known for their sense of humour eh?

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@alastairbrewster4274 Jewish German. And yes we can’t take jokes (like the American tanks)

[@theawesomeman9821]

Cromwell:"Its over Rupert! I have the high ground!" Rupert:"You under-estimate my power."

[@SunofYork]

@allergy5634 "undisciplined"

[@TheStrategos392]

The interesting thing about Cromwell was that he had no formal military training, he made up for it with exceptional leadership and discipline.

[@SantomPh]

There was no formal training at the time , he was one of those who created the New Model Army to create such training

[@christianlong-lo3jm]

And created a new model of killing Irish people God bless Cromwell not.

[@Rizzlelid]

I live at the base of the Pentland hills in Scotland, where The Royal Scottish army defeated the Covenanter insurgents at Rulion Green. It’s known as the “Covenanters grave” It’s a strange battlefield. Lots of legends come from these hills for some reason. Many of the Covenanters that were capture were tortured near the now training grounds of the 3rd rifles battalion. It’s a creepy place.

[@denniscleary7580]

Grew up learning about the American Civil War but not learning enough about the English Civil War, which I always found to be far more interesting. So much rich history and culture to be learned from our cousins across the sea 👍

[@idlehands1238]

The more sophisticated the guns the less interesting the warfare becomes.

[@jayturner3397]

I also think the revolutionary war was in fact a civil war, and that it had to be fought, , ? 🇬🇧 uk

[@Jaxck77]

The Second US Civil War had remarkably little impact on history. It was a traumatic & unnecessary conflict that simply undermined the American infatuation with slavery by any means. The English Civil War was the violent birthing time of the world’s first true modern democracy, as well as the cultural turning at which Britain as a whole rejected Puritanism (which in turn led to those ideas heading West, hence the American obsession with fucking over people who look or act different).

[@ToastieBRRRN]

I'm pretty sure colonial America was involved in the English civil war as well.

[@joellaz9836]

@@Jaxck77 What? The least religious and most atheistic part of America is where the Puritans settled, which is New England. Puritans had very little cultural impact in America.

[@DrKarmo]

My only gripes is that i think you should've made the Scots blue so it would be easier to tell them appart from the English Other than that, amazing video!

[@brianallsopp69]

Cromwell never stepped foot on a battlefield until he was 45 ,,,, he'd been a farmer, squire and MP for Huntingdon,,, he just had a talent for it ,,,, a remarkable man a totally ruthless one as well ....

[@joellaz9836]

Yep. Before he joined parliament’s forces, Cromwell’s only military experience was in the trained bands, the local county militia.

[@radman6047]

Some Warriors are born, not made.

[@boris4753]

He was epic... Blessed with a talent the English were in dire need of at that moment.

[@peter42466]

@@boris4753 he was also horrific and killed loads of the Irish

[@SerialChiller1000]

42 wasn't it?

[@williamromine5715]

It seems that the winning side in many decisive battles ultimately lose because they decide to loot the enemy's baggage train, or camp, instead of carrying on with the battle.

[@vallytine]

They didn't get the memo from the Parthians that you're supposed to loot the baggage train BEFORE battle, not DURING it.

[@JamesHatfield49]

This is really cool. I used to live in Tockwith. And drive past the monument all the time. There is even a tree which we call Cromwell’s Tree.

[@RogerCoyBooks]

This is a complicated battle that I have had difficulty understanding for many years, thank you for piecing together most of the loose ends by creating a relatively understandable time line with your graphics and narrative. Winston Churchill has a jolly good description of this period, by the way, in one of his history books.

[@pictishclan]

Would be so awesome if you guys could cover the Jacobite Uprisings at some point! Loving this series

[@1norselad]

I love that i know all these villages Living in york you sometimes take the history for granted

[@robbabcock_]

Terrific work! This series has been amazing so far.

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

Be great if you could do a couple of episodes on the Marquis of Montrose, who was sent to campaign in Scotland to try to divert Leven’s army back north.

[@levimanley9698]

Glad to see this war covered in detail finally!!! As I'm slightly biased towards this conflict since my family on my mother's side had lands up in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire at the time and fought on the side of the royals. The head of the family saw which way the wind was blowing after the Battle of Naseby and hightailed to Virginia with his family.

[@turbonerd6552]

Really like this series. This is the history British folk should learn at school

[@2msvalkyrie529]

It's not " diverse " enough ? Completely ignores the contribution made by those of African descent....? ( sounds like a joke but this is what History teaching has been reduced to in Britain.)

[@SunofYork]

@@2msvalkyrie529 We learned that Right wing fascists lost WW2..never to return

[@zacharyclark5617]

Oliver Cromwell. The King without a crown.

[@joellaz9836]

That’s what people were also saying back then after his death “At dinner we talked much of Cromwell; all saying he was a brave fellow, and did owe his crown he got to himself as much as any man that ever got one one.” - Samuel Pepys diary, (1666).

[@jayturner3397]

He was offered it..his big error to me was passing the mantle to his son..

[@zacharyclark5617]

@@jayturner3397 Yes. He was offered the Crown because the Rump Parliament was afraid of his power and hoped to limit it by trading his office of Lord Protector to an actual King.

[@boris4753]

@@zacharyclark5617 parliament was as corrupt as it gets

[@varengo1838]

Also definable as dictator

[@deamongimli]

I keep getting confused when they call Alexander Leslie "Leven", especially because they then refer to William Cavendish as simply "Cavendish". I know that Leslie is the Earl of Leven, but then why not call Cavendish "Newcastle", since he was the Duke of Newcastle?

[@theboulder_]

It could be because they talk about Newcastle the city and don't want people to confuse that with Newcastle the man

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

He didn't become Duke until the Restoration, I believe- whereas the rest already had their titles by the time of the war...

[@jonbaxter2254]

There he is! Cromwell did terrible things, but he was certainly a prominent figure for the next 400 years

[@patricktalbot8980]

Can you guys do unit details. Such as the Ironsides or the lambs. Even like 3 minute videos detailing would be cool

[@shehansenanayaka-n1o]

THIS SERIS IS AWESOME. BRILLIANT DOC. WE ALWYS LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION TOWRDS THSE VIDS.

[@curranlakhani]

As a British person choosing between Parliament and the Royal family nowadays is like choosing which STI I would rather have. The historical conflict between Parliament and the Crown is far more interesting since there's merit to both sides of the divide, whereas nowadays there's no merit to either side Parliament and the Monarchy.

[@cameronwixcey9692]

Do you live in a tory sage seat or labour? I live in wales so I would pick parliament assuming tories side with Charles. Better for short term health.

[@Anesthesia069]

You missed the fact that Fairfax managed to ride across the field, straight through enemy lines, simply by removing his field sign from his armour!

[@angelocicognini6174]

Thank you a lot for this free content. It is really appreciated, especially from students.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

[@lerneanlion]

England: *descend into civil war* Ireland: Another change of regime that is going to force us to go along whether we wanted it or not, right?

[@alarsonious2071]

I love it when no matter who wins it's a English victory...

[@simenonhonore]

Apart from the rather curious historical background, the battle itself and the lead up to it were described superbly.

[@timxiong6682]

Hi kings and general I would love to see you guys give us more battles

[@jakemurray2635]

I always thought the title "War of the Three Kingdoms" fit this war better, as it affected Scotland and Ireland just as much as it affected England

[@dantheman4908]

Doesn’t hurt that it sounds cooler too

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

@@dantheman4908 mah, because there's there's the War of the Three Kingdoms in China, and it's confusing especially since this war was mainly fought between the 2 English sides

[@AvelinFF]

It's a bit curious labelling Blackpool at ~8:12 - Blackpool didn't exist beyond a handful of shacks at the time, and most of the Fylde was basically barren barring Poulton and Kirkham! Labelling Preston may make more sense, given the later Battle of Preston in 1648 (which was an absolutely crushing parliamentarian victory).

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job

[@Greggg1981]

You’re

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

3:40 Dissention developed in Cromwell's ranks as Liverpool fans were told they had to get along with Manchester.

[@SerialChiller1000]

I wish The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were better known in the english-speaking world. I don't believe representative democracy would have been possible without the Roundheads' victory.

[@MachineSpirit101]

Absolitly fantastic series! Newark sends its love! ❤️

[@oe78922]

Great video once again 🔥

[@adaw2d3222]

Excellent video, even better than your usual outstanding quality.

[@alexismoungara4]

Damn, Kings and Generals are on a roll, almost daily video, after video. Your spoiling us :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hope you guys are enjoying it! Always more in the works!

[@troyjameson7174]

Fantastic video as always!

[@noahconnor1540]

I’m sure that Cromwell guy won’t be a problem

[@jonbaxter2254]

I really enjoy seeing all these English towns as so small. Nowadays, Manchester covers everything!

[@roryc5089]

Been waiting patiently for weeks for this! Great work as always!!!

[@reapercushions9372]

Map: Shows Manchester and Liverpool Narration: "...and no Mersey was given." At least that was the pun that I thought I heard : )

[@sirunklydunk8861]

If the Cavalry on both sides would learn to stop chasing routing troops away and stay and fight this war would have lasted a week

[@iapetusmccool]

Although you often need to chase them to ensure they stay routed.

[@ehall0]

Wetherby is nowhere near where it's shown on the map, and in reality lies between Leeds and York, along the river Wharfe. Love the video, simply pointing it out as a resident of that area.

[@christianlong-lo3jm]

I swear war tactics in England during this time was terrible there is no thought of outflanking or any deception in the army with their tactics it's just basically I'm an honorable soldier and I shall fight you head-on

[@theoutlook55]

Only 300 versus 4,000 deaths / casualties? With all the back and forth, plus instances in which the Parliamentarian Army seemed close to defeat, I would have thought the losses on their side would have been much greater.

[@mktf5582]

Looking forward to hearing about John Lambert, a unsung/underrated - Military leader/figure.

[@vallytine]

*George Monck would like to know your location*

[@mktf5582]

@@vallytine Monck was also as i stated about Lambert.

[@vallytine]

@@mktf5582 Oh yeah the two are very intertwined, it's why I quipped that since he was Lambert's undoing in the end.

[@mktf5582]

@@vallytine Both brilliant/talented military men, despite whatever side/views they should be more known.

[@vallytine]

@@mktf5582 Have you watched Jack Rackam's History Abridged episode on the Commonwealth without Cromwell? He talks about Lambert and Monck quite a bit in it. It's how I learned about both of them.

[@viraloracle5151]

perhaps a video on Zopyrus the satrap ? his story is really unique

[@shinsenshogun900]

Cavaliers when they pursue a routing detachment and detected a baggage train: 🤑

[@idlehands1238]

Watching this was a bit freaky. Looked it up on google maps to orientate myself and spotted a karting track less than a mile down the road. As soon as I saw it I remembered the layout. Must be at least 25 years since I hurtled around that track on a stag weekend. I couldn't have even told you what county I was in at the time - I never go north of London. Wish I'd known. I'd have been just as interested to see the battlefield - but doubt the stag would.

[@aldojitsu]

Love this channel

[@ThalesGMota]

Thanks For This Video Cromwell is Ascension Begins.

[@sourabhmayekar3354]

Great work guys

[@theoutlook55]

Wow! English Civil War, count me in!

[@hanzup4117]

Gosh, I love this series :)

[@thefinal9923]

This whole trend of cavalry winning and then fucking off mid-battle makes for such a dramatic scene doesn't it? Lol.

[@markusskram4181]

Cool vid !

[@brekezek]

As a French it is a conflict we barely know of the existence. Great work!

[@Palimbacchius]

Ask the average English person about the Fronde. You'll get blank looks.

[@simonchandler9601]

The Birmingham band ‘The Electric Orchestra’ (ELO) immortalised the Battle of Marston Moor in a song dated 1971

[@lafeelabriel]

Also, I was right, that was the same Alexander Leslie. :D

[@lafeelabriel]

Could make a pretty good case for this being the turning point of the war. Sure Charles kept going after this defeat, but it was all a slow down hill slide from here basically.

[@ElBandito]

"They started winning..." Me: Oh good. "Then they started plundering..." Me: Oh, no.

[@teovu5557]

random fun fact: 1644 is also the year the manchus conquered china and one of t he last times a major nation was conquered by horse archers.

[@theoryofmarcus9065]

A man of note is the Earl of Derby, who tried to secure Lancashire for the Royalist cause in the early days of the war however Charles refused to help him. In 1642, Derby proceeded to attempt and assault on Manchester but was emboldened when he captured Preston. He then turned his sights on Bolton and Lancaster, failing to take both. In 1644, he would play a key role in the Bolton Massacre. This may have been emboldened, on his part due to his previous failure to capture the town though that is speculation. In late September 1651, he was captured and sentenced to death in Chester. He managed to escape but was recaptured and taken to Bolton where his sentence would be carried out. In the Man and Scythe pub, he was allowed a last meal and a drink before his execution. Why there? Well, it was owned by his own family. He was subsequently beheaded. The pub is still open to this day and the chair in which he had his last meal is still on site.

[@DutchSkeptic]

Down with the crown!

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Prince Rupert: "Where's my poodle?"

[@dariolandi480]

I'm right now reading "Act of Oblivion" a quite good novel about these events, set in the aftermath of the war and of the restauration of a king on the the throne of England. The book narrates the hunt for the parliamentarians that issued and executed the death sentence of king Charles. But there is one thing I do not understand. In a part of the book set in the colonies in America, Scotsmen living there are presented as on the king's side while for what I understand during the war they were on the parliament's. How can this be?

[@joellaz9836]

After the king’s execution, the Scots went over to the royalist side. Also I’m reading that book by Robert Harris too

[@fratsan9979]

What is surprising to me is the very small number of soldiers.

[@mikebourne3436]

great video as always. would it be possible to cover the 1706 siege of Turin in a future video?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! Spanish succession is on our list

[@mikebourne3436]

@@KingsandGenerals Great news thanks, im struggling to find many videos covering the Spanish Succession period. Keep up the good work :)

[@samwill7259]

Cromwell. The man who could make a very progressive ideology, especially considering the time period, somehow sound WORSE than absolute monarchy.

[@joellaz9836]

@@browsingfloor62 Cromwell was more religiously tolerant of other Protestant religions than you think. For instance, he had a good relationship with Quakers at a time when everyone hated them. But the laws passed under his rule were some Taliban kind of stuff like execution for adultery, blasphemy and 3 years imprisonment for anyone who had sex outside of marriage.

[@joellaz9836]

@@fatdaddy1996 It depends. Not really in a way as Oliver Cromwell never legally and officially readmitted Jews back into England. I think the most he did was not persecute any people in England for practicing their religion and that included Jews and Catholics (surprisingly). It was actually King Charles II who officially readmitted Jews back into England. *A petition drawn up by Jews pointed out that Royalist Jews had supported King Charles in Holland, and that he had pledged himself to toleration in the future. It was quite true: in September 1656 certain Jews at Amsterdam had applied to the King rejecting the petition of their brethren to Cromwell, in respect of which Charles had graciously acknowledged their support and suggested that any contributions they cared to make to his cause would be rewarded with patronage hereafter. Finally after anxious moments in August 1664 the Jews were at last legally readmitted by Charles II.*

[@boris4753]

@@browsingfloor62 it was totally understandable why they were so much against catholicism. The Spanish armada wasn't very long before Cromwell so they remembered well. However, his legacy is what made English become much more tolerant in decades to come.

[@boris4753]

@@joellaz9836 if I remember correctly, Jews provided Cromwell with an excellent intelligence network throughout Europe for allowing them back to England?

[@elifern889]

@@joellaz9836 _"But the laws passed under his rule were some Taliban kind of stuff like execution for adultery, blasphemy and 3 years imprisonment for anyone who had sex outside of marriage."_ Don't Christians believe the Old Covenant is over with Jesus death? Why were his rules (and generally more extreme Protestant branches also) so harsh? If the mosaic law stayed with Christianity, it most probably would have died off since the gentiles found it to be barbaric.

[@brokenbridge6316]

I remember hearing that prior to the American Civil War people were leaving the states for the West all because they feared Civil War was coming and didn't want to fight in it. Which is understandable. I wonder if a similar situation developed with the English Civil War.

[@naimurrahman9102]

please make next part early

[@Прусскак]

In 1644, we fought a battle at Marston Moor, many men died to uphold the law, fighting for old Charlie.

[@MrGksarathy]

And this turned out to be quite the dark day in English and Irish history. That being said, many of the leading Roundheads were likely not much better than Cromwell.

[@JJaqn05]

"English and Irish" Just say British history

[@malcolmmaciver7000]

Come on chaps Montrose's Royalists vs the Covenanters!

[@jeremymorse43]

Can you revisit series like this one and the Viking invasions? Both came to have more coming but it's been years for some of the older content. The Pacific can wait

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will

[@ryanmybutler]

Will you ever do the battle of Vimy ridge?

[@WanderlustZero]

Rupert: *executes 1,000 Mancunians* Bolton: 'What a madlad, Here have 5,000 men to help'

[@UltraVista007]

Loved the video! Videos like these, with interesting, full-scale battles being explained chronologically, are why I'm a paid subscriber and supporter. One question though. How many cavalry were on the parliamentarians' flanks? 3000 on each flank, or 3000 spread out over both flanks, meaning 1500 on each flank? Because if it's the former, with Thomas Fairfax's vanguard of 400 horses leaving the field, that would've still left a sizeable force of 2600 horses, so... What happened to them? 🙂

[@billmasen3923]

Guys your map shows Wetherby being south of York where Scunthorpe is, when Wetherby is actually to the west of York

[@pawefiedorowicz6789]

It's not the Kherson counteroffensive video, which I have been waiting for, but it will do :D hope you guys are working on that, though the situation is really dynamic. Cheers.

[@vianneyferrand2893]

Ah yes, I was looking forward to this, because I couldn't find anything really consistent about this war on the internet. Could you talk about Louis XIV's wars after that serie please ?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Down the line, it is planned!

[@vianneyferrand2893]

@@KingsandGenerals oh yes thank you so fucking much !

[@pigraider09]

good for school work 🤓🏫😃

[@jontalbot1]

I see a reminder of the Civil War every day. I live just outside Chester and after the siege ended a group of Royalists fled and entered the church in Dodleston, thinking they would be safe. The Parliamentarians dragged them outside, and shot them by the church tower. You can still see the marks the musket balls made in the soft sandstone to this day. The church is at the end of the road l live on and l pass it every day

[@paulwood6729]

Loving this series but there are some basic errors creeping in. From York, Selby is to the south, Wetherby is the to the west (you've got it in Lincolnshire) and Marston Moor is between York & Wetherby, not to the south west.

[@MrNybios]

I still can't understand why so many armies haven't deployed large quantities of scouts to keep an eye on the wider area where they are setting up camp. There is a large army with 10,000s of soldiers camped a few miles away and this is not seen?

[@anderskorsback4104]

Well, armies do have them. It's just that the enemy army has them too, and more often than not, the scouts of both armies end up skirmishing with each other. Giving both armies effectively a screen of scouts, behind which the enemy has a hard time seeing.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Ambiguous orders are one of those little things that can have massive consequences on the battlefield.

[@Kimchiboy08]

Cromwell 1970 movie. What better movie to watch during the kings coronation 🎉

[@chillijoe8264]

they certainly did like a bit of plunder

[@evannationarmy7769]

Is this battlefield reportedly haunted now

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Can I recommend the novel Micah Clark by Arthur Conan Doyle ( yes ...THAT one ! ) . It is set during this period and is exciting and gives brilliant account of the atmosphere and characters involved. !!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Oliver Cromwell’s breakout moment.

[@donfelipe7510]

The "battle outside Sunderland" that you refer to between the Earl of Newcastle and the Covenanter Scots could be one of several. After leaving Newcastle the Royalists fought delaying actions at a place called 'Boldon Hill' which is close to South Shields and on the road to Sunderland. Later still another skirmish occurred at Hylton which at the time was the highest crossing of the river Wear and site of a Norman castle. It has been suggested that because Newcastle remained staunchly Royalist whilst Sunderland allowed the Scottish army into the city is one possible reason for the bitter rivalry between the two cities, these days reflected on the football pitch most often. However while Newcastle was an old fortified city with walls and a castle Sunderland had no such defenses so putting up a fight against the Scots would have been fruitless I imagine.

[@poil8351]

the crowns weren't technically link until 1707 with the act of union which formally mergered the scottish and engilsh kingdoms. and ireland wasn't technically joined until 1801.

[@Purushottamchaturvedi]

Super story

[@TheCoolTank]

I love this series because it is a subject I know little about what happened in real Life. Unlike Roman history

[@alexfarrow2740]

This is really weird, I wasn't sure so I checked before I said this. I'm actually one of Sir William Waller's direct descendants (we say Waller slightly differently amongst the family which is why I wasn't sure) Whilst I knew of my family history at Agincourt and later during the Napoleonic wars I knew very little of the ciivl war despite we were parliamentarians who signed the death sentence of Charles I, thanks Kings and Generals if nothing else you've given a dude his family history in a way no one else could have!