2 Waging War | The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Animated)

[@MyVanir]

I imagine Sun Tzu would squash his face with his palms upon reading a description of WW1.

[@izakab2892]

You are the one comment i have searched for my whole life.Never laughed like this ever.🤣

[@tristanband4003]

ESP. Given said war was completely unnecessary by his precepts. It was a war where all sides entered over trifles.

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[@DANGERTGM]

The examples from history really help drive home the point. THANKS

[@cameronleonard2451]

I love how every time someone fucks with Russia they just respond with "Oh you think you understand winter? No sir, *THIS* is winter!"

[@Obtaineudaimonia]

Greetings friends and welcome to my second instalment of The Art of War series. This format of presenting the contents of the book alongside historical anecdotes and takeaways is not an entirely new concept. Chinese readers traditionally read the text with commentary alongside, to help with the interpretation of certain passages that were difficult to understand. You should not underestimate the importance of examples from history. As Cicero said, "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child." Until next time, Adam _ Contents 0:00 - 1: Laying Siege exhausts strength 0:59 - 2: Resources 1:42 - 3: When your weapons are dulled... 2:48 - 4: Haste in war and cleverness 3:48 - 5: Prolonged warfare 4:42 - 6: The evils of war 5:51 - 7: The skilful soldier 7:15 - 8: Bringing war material from home... 7:56 - 9: Anger 9:01 - 10: Treat captives kindly 10:29 - 11: The object is victory not glory

[@felixgutierrez993]

Question about 9 and 10 in a way isn't that contradictory? People risen in anger and hatred for the enemy will least likely treat there prisoners well...Unless its an order from the commander to not treat them bad. But even that it would confuse your own troops and potentially cuase an uproar in your own army?!?

[@felixgutierrez993]

Other then that I love the series here! I read the book twice with commentary. But here with more examples and visually explained is awesome thanks!

[@osamamoazzam5026]

Hey! You're doing great work. The historical anecdotes are researched by you? If there's a version of the book that contains these examples, would be glad to know!

[@DormantAccount6969]

Thanks to the potato god I am here

[@luigischmidt6437]

Full series please! This is beastly and the research behind it is just EPIC!!!

[@Obtaineudaimonia]

Thanks Luigi

[@LongLong-rs2lp]

Luigi Schmidt Great video but i think many of the meaning or points are lost in translation. Or may be because it is the culture difference.

[@commonconservative7551]

not keeping historical records accurate, and not teaching the people the truth has stunted human growth.........we have no idea what happened before recorded history, I just find that ridiculous.....except that erosion and earthquakes , mountain building would hide everything.......except the pyriamids

[@WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo]

More people should see this. Everyone share the shit out of this.

[@commonconservative7551]

preppers should eat this shit up

[@schizoidboy]

This is the sort of thing that should be taught to those who run the nations of the world so they might think up better strategies then just winging it.

[@artstsym]

#2 is one of the few teachings from Sun Tzu that has been mostly uprooted by modern society. While there are still limits to any power's resources, the ability to tap them to (and sometimes even beyond) their fullest is one of the defining characteristics of 20th and 21st century war.

[@artstsym]

That's not to say the engagements have come without devastating cost. Indeed, a number of countries have collapsed whilst trying to maintain extremely prolonged engagements, but it serves as more of a potential danger than a certain one nowadays (and that's really weird).

[@vinnieg6161]

still one of my favourite series to watch, it's like my 5th time

[@geoffgreen2105]

9:40 "But what have the Romans ever done for us? Nothing!"

[@IR240474]

lol... Well they did bring wine...OK.. Apart from the wine, what have the Romans ever done for us?

[@94SwedishGuy]

The aqueducts?

[@IR240474]

Ok.... Now apart from the aqueducts and the wine.. What have the Romans ever done for us?

[@94SwedishGuy]

The sanitation

[@thexalon]

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?

[@dominicanfrankster]

It is surprising that your series does not have more recognition. While I am not an advocate for war and am perfectly aware that the leaders of many nations are using it as a means to enrich themselves (cough looking at you US), I am not naïve. There is wisdom to be gained via Sun Tzu's The Art of War and these animations make it easy to grasp. Keep up the good works.

[@reportmehcuz1963]

And this can be applied to most conflict, war/business being the most obvious.

[@ProactiveThinker]

Love your new serios !! Great job!

[@origamiverse7110]

This is what I was looking for

[@namanchaturvedi8897]

good work sir,keep expanding.

[@Xenormous]

Your animations truly are beautiful !!

[@SureBing06]

Subscribed! Thank you for the summary!

[@T3AMKILL]

Amazing video and amazing series! Great music too! Do you have the song name?

[@crawford4140]

what would sun tzu think about the military industrial complex today when it comes to the prolonged warfare line?

[@austinwade5961]

Love the graphics

[@Moepowerplant]

"People are not machines." * sees drone* Wuh-oh.

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

Interestingly enough. The continent army was the first army to assassinate officers using snipers. Using the Kentucky long rifle. (A long musket with a rifled barrel). A group of 5 men in the woods were tasked to kill the British officers before they could give commands. I can’t remember who it was but I think it was picket. The first soldier to fall prey to a long range sniper to be recorded. In the revolution All of a sudden in a skirmishing fight the Americans had an advantage

[@Lightning_Lance]

As for #10 ( 9:02 ) it would have been fitting to also talk about WWI and how mistreated Germany was after their loss and how it lead to WWII.

[@itorca]

I still feel as clauswitz still makes a better understanding of logistical tactical warfare then sun tzu. Sun tzu seems to generalize on the points of warfare while clauswitz seems to hone on the logistical needs and priority aka how to run and keep up a campaign. I have yet to read Hart's theory of strategy. I'd say sun tzu would be introductory to warfare clauswitz would be intermediate and advanced

[@tristanband4003]

I don't think the two can be compared, as they centered on different kinds of warfare. Both were in agreement on the necessity of avoiding wars over trifles, or war for the sake of war.

[@camorinbatchelder6514]

1:19 They were actually Jutish mercenaries, and neither Anglian nor Saxon.

[@cv4809]

TRoL MaRz Didn't the angles came from jutland

[@camorinbatchelder6514]

Constantine V I think the Angles came from German Angleland. Or is it spelt Anglaland? Idk.

[@TangomanX2008]

This series is good, but Washington is not a good good example of prolonged warfare. Perhaps it wasn't a good idea for the British, but it the only real strategy for Washington.

[@no-yg6yi]

I came, i saw, i conquered

[@dalirkosimov2576]

Locate the one disliker and establish a public execution.

[@keiichisatow4224]

💀💀💀

[@ihavenomouthandimusttype9729]

11:04 Wait, wasn’t McArthur the guy who wasted resources taking the phillipines because he made a promise to liberate them instead of attacking Japan directly?

[@rabidcentrist]

"Beware of people fighting for their own desire rather than the love of their country and contemporaries." Machiavelli also warned against mercenaries, known today euphemistically as "private contractors". As tax cuts continue to erode the foundation of the state, private contractors are being pushed as a solution to gaps in military capability. This must be resisted at all levels or risk letting the foxes into the hen house.

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

Do you want your friends and family to be forced to be conscripted and fight in war they don't like? I prefer mercenaries. I would rather trust professionals to voluntary join and fight in war than unmotivated poorly trained conscripts.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

Remember that time Russia was not prepared for a winter war in Russia?

[@ishitasinghal7505]

Subscribed :) I love reading. Could you post a review/summary of Future of Online News Media: For Bloggers, Startups and Media Organizations ? It'll be great help. Thanks.

[@markrcca5329]

Romans were pretty good and laying sieges, and it is how they took most forts and fortified towns. Sun-Tzu clearly did not favor sieges, but there must have been a reason for that. Maybe Romans had better technology, tactics, or perhaps the geography where they operated was more amenable to sieges than in case of ancient China..?

[@Gift0r]

Afaik they had a huge technological advantage. Large catapults, multi-story siege towers with folding bridge elements and watered leather armor against burning arrows, the lot. This was unheard of at the time. (Somebody correct me if I'm mixing this up with another time period) Edit: Also, their own roads made good suppy lines

[@dervolkstribun6240]

Absolutely brilliant work, would you allow me to translate in german and reupload it again on my channel? So my fellow germans can enjoy this, although they dont understand English ;-)

[@harrisonhaverly3516]

You can try using one of those video translation websites (votch.tv, etc.)

[@kamacite16]

Why not try adding German subtitles instead?

[@Uncle_Fred]

Great video. One minor nit-pick: The Anglo-Saxon's were probably more a change in British cultural habits brought on by new trade with non-Romanized Europe rather than a direct invasion. Evidence for an actual invasion is very slim to non-existant.

[@TheRischSound]

Why do the Germans always look so angry in your Animations? Greetings from Deutschland :D

[@aceman8156]

i think you know why

[@andrewblack5975]

Ace Man why the Germans in both world wars fought with all there heart and all their passion and often very happy

[@aresgaming2639]

herrsch. Well they did start 2 world wars

[@andrewblack5975]

The White TW Wolf no World War One was started by Austria and World War Two japan

[@antiglobaljoel532]

Andrew Black Japan didn’t start WW2. WW2 was well underway when the Japanese went on the offensive.

[@vanivanov9571]

Sun Tzu wasn't talking about simple anger. The Germans had a lot of anger towards the Russians, and this largely lead to their loss. The Russians were not loyal to Stalin, and if they had been offered good terms they would've surrendered. Not every sentence is meant to be taken by itself. The second sentence gives the idea of rewards hinted at in the previous one.

[@Liz-dp9bj]

I like how the germans have mean eyes xD

[@taraishot100]

Some of these are in the art of war

[@gabrialblast2007]

Wasn't something skipped here? I'm not sure if that's number 1

[@lamaranaza551]

¿Who's the cartoon artist? He takes 50% of the credit.

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

I disagree on #6. I don’t think sun tsu a General would be talking about morals. I think he’s trying to say. Someone who isn’t acquainted with the evils of war. Can’t follow through enough to reap any reward. That one must go all the way (loot pillage destroy etc) in order to avoid the whole thing being pointless a good example of this would be Vietnam The Americans joined the war. But they were not allowed to enter north Vietnam for political reasons. Because they limited themselves operationally the only way to win was to have the higher body count. This can also be connected with the war against the taliban and Pakistan ...just my two cents

[@blindaim]

Personal interpretation: Sun Tzu was saying that war is very costly, devastating and improvise the country and people. Only Generals that realize this can act to reduce the harm and increases the benefits of war. Generals should aim to achieve victory, not to prolong wars. Can plunder the enemies so that there is no need to resupply from own country over long distances. Getting one unit of food from enemy sites = 20 units supply from own country. For every 10 chariots snatched from enemies, reward the person that snatched the first chariot. Changes the flags of the snatched chariots to own flags. Also treat the POW well.

[@nopain1573]

@@blindaim you are right.

[@blessingmasawi3616]

wait... so the English came from Germany!?

[@thegreatmechanizedape8262]

was this the first guy to have common sense? so much of this is just plain obvious. the prince, written by captain obvious.

[@MrAstrojensen]

He was perhaps just the first to put these thoughts down on paper, although we may not even know that for sure. Perhaps there were others before him, who did the same, but their records have not survived.

[@thegreatmechanizedape8262]

MrAstrojensen good point.

[@Indoor_Carrot]

9 sounds like any mainstream media today. Just trying to enforce a narrative on the population.

[@cius2112]

its quite naive to think its only mainstream or only happening now.

[@lilbutch8]

hannibal wasn't black

[@kongming2005]

donald trump surely never read these especially the first & 6th part in this video

[@TheManofthecross]

sun Tzu did not see ww1 nor ww2 at all for the prolonged battles and the tech that was used along with insutrial capabilities and others to wage it. so he got stumped with that.

[@rainbowpig7376]

Actually Sun Tzu is still correct. Every nation that had a prolonged involvement in ww1 and ww2 was devastated no matter if they won or lost... Except America of course, they just made money out of the whole thing.

[@TheManofthecross]

ic so America was the excpetion to sun Tzu for ww1 and 2 and generally a excpetion to most of his rules I think.

[@Niffer016]

i dont think that you can compare this. America had no real Homefront in WW1 or WW2 so there was no exhausting or damage at the country at its selve. In the Acient time there was not such a thing. (pure matter of logistics, you had to fight in your or the enemys land. its only the geographic factor. but the rules are the same.

[@TheManofthecross]

I just did deal with it. :P

[@comochinganconesto]

RainbowPig 007 But America was not in a prolonged war in WWII, we came in well into the war after the USSR and Great Britain, time wise especially Britain, had engaged the Axis forces for a long time; they were royally fucked after the war.

[@TheIrishGamerGuy]

That last lesson makes me think of the movie “Lone Survivor”. Easier victory would have been gained if the squad leader had killed the kid, the informant, rather than let him go to potentially tell the enemy of their position. Thought it was one of the worst true story films I had ever seen because it is the story of military incompetence, reframing a military failure as a “heroic American soldier” narrative...nothing more than glorified propaganda. The main guy was the lone survivor because he failed his comrades, he failed to do his job, plain and simple. Absolute embarrassment of a soldier. Should have been given a court martial for getting his squad killed unnecessarily due to poor judgement and misguided conscience.

[@DeosPraetorian]

SolidSneakNinja most normal ppl don't wanna kill kids

[@paulsolon6229]

Why must we watch you draw and write? Ugh

[@eneram8846]

Please don't draw Romans as ancient Greek soldiers

[@RickyLiveOG]

TFW the rest of the world has the Art of War but the US is stuck with the Art of the Deal.

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

Interestingly enough. The continent army was the first army to assassinate officers using snipers. Using the Kentucky long rifle. (A long musket with a rifled barrel). A group of 5 men in the woods were tasked to kill the British officers before they could give commands. I can’t remember who it was but I think it was picket. The first soldier to fall prey to a long range sniper to be recorded. In the revolution All of a sudden in a skirmishing fight the Americans had an advantage

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

Washington would try to get ahold of more of them