Siege Ladder - Battle Castle with Dan Snow

Dan Snow looks at siege ladders, which gave invaders a quick method of scaling castle walls during a battle enabling them to gain entry to the castle and attack those within.
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[@anonmouse1927]

Yes, a demonstration of the most intricate siege engine of them all ... the ladder.

[@mayasej]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5oDKhqka very important piece of siege hardware.

[@brianfuller7691]

Very interesting. The details here are fascinating as a siege ladder is not a builders ladder.

[@RealBigDeal22]

I thought ladders were not safe at all or a stupid tactic until that string and metal part at the end.

[@christopherstein2024]

I never heard of that metal thing but even if you can't a nice whole in the wall which I assume might have been fairly common it wouldn't be easy to tip it over. While you set up the you basically have a bunch of guys just standing there with nothing to do. Give them some rope that's fixed to the upper part of the ladder that they can hang onto so in the first second the ladder will have a bunch of guys hanging onto it and 30 seconds later those guys will be on top of the ladder pushing it down. Unless you put the ladder really steep that should be quite impossible to push away.

[@baroh2413]

so it really isn't that stupid

[@NCPT_be]

ikea ladder ?

[@LIMBENATOR]

yes, but we also invent more and allot faster with war, just look at all the awesome stuff the Germans invented during just the few 5 years of war,

[@frauleinhohenzollern]

Imagine being the first man up the ladder....

[@allopeth]

Once they were over the wall how would they go down the other side?

[@charlierenard1221]

The wall is usually a platform for the defenders, so they typically have stairs on the inside that allow them to get up and man the battlements.

[@panda5996]

can't the defending soldiers just burn/crush the ladder with fire, swords or boulders from the wall?

[@panda5996]

can't the defending soldiers just burn/crush the ladder with fire, swords or boulders from the wall?

[@Faeron1984]

GME brought me here Wait.. Wrong video

[@chetri100]

why use trees use bamboos and rope

[@KingMoogoe]

no bamboo in wales

[@milanbergamin1456]

God Emperor are you stupid good luck finding bamboo in england

[@Trefalas]

For the same reason they didn't use jetpacks.

[@capybara6327]

Bruh

[@cymro6537]

'Bamboo' ?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PixelatedApollo1]

lol

[@alohadubs7683]

Pixelated Apollo 5 years later I find you on a video of a siege ladder. Wow.

[@kummbara1]

yo

[@bo0odybodz609]

john snow

[@CarlosRios1]

Dude, it's a ladder, how complicated can it be?

[@doujin01]

Famous last words....

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

Whilst you’re being pelleted by enemy arrows, I’d imagine anything can become quite complex

[@wingsonlai1132]

What if the wall is high? How can we use ladder in siege then?

[@kellymccarthy7109]

You'd use a taller ladder. Or a siege tower.