The 10 Biggest Battles in History

[@Sunless_Maximus]

* Correction on Waterloo * My depiction of Waterloo in this video is overly-simplistic (well, the whole video is meant to be very simplified) but it implies that the Imperial guard didn't fight at all which is not true, I was simply trying to show that Napoleon didn't get them into action in time/didn't use them effectively which is a common theme among the historians I was reading to research this battle. Waterloo is one of the most studied and debated battles of all time, and is definitely worth looking into if you enjoy history. There are many, many myths and misconception about what happened that day and why it turned out they way it did, but at least you can know the end result is accurate - Napoleon lost. Criteria for battles chosen: Decisiveness, Scale, Backstory Intrigue, Fame, Characters, Historical Impact What did I miss and what are the most interesting battles to you?

[@misterdoctor9693]

An excellently made video. You are underappreciated. My only critique is that you said "unhuman" rather than "inhuman".

[@Digital_Spliff]

Your passion does not go unnoticed. It is great to see you putting your storytelling and editing skills to content that is educational and thoroughly engaging. It's also really commendable that you haven't used your platform to try to blow this up. I'd encourage you to just make content about whatever you are passionate about.

[@georgevirtus]

If we are counting sieges the Fall of Constantinople, or the Battle of Ain Jalut.

[@georgevirtus]

I forgot to mention the battle of Britain

[@fiji00]

One of the most interesting battles to me are the ones from Yi Sun against the Japanese in the mid 1500s his ability to single handedly carry his nation to victory despite being at such a disadvantage is incredible

[@MrPeterduplessis]

As a fan of history long before I was a purveyor of Rocket League, I love your take on the former. A lot of big history channels use a tone that is frankly quite dry in an effort to seem like an authority on the matter. I love your brand of humour and I think the application of that humour and tone will take you far with this medium. I appreciate your work Sunless, keep at it

[@CarsonFrost-o6c]

Sunless come back to rocket luage❤

[@rgqwerty63]

Im very confused here, why are there so many Rocket League references here?

[@messibs9898]

@@rgqwerty63he has a rocket league dedicated channel! look up sunlesskhan

[@Akorba.]

@@rgqwerty63this guys main channel is “sunlesskahn” and he’s a big rocket league creator

[@kyoto-kat]

Look up sunless, hes the same person as sunless maximus. He just posts history on here.​@@rgqwerty63

[@Virge]

I love these styles of videos! Been watching a ton of historic stories on wars and battles lately and this one was great!

[@zppy.]

Yooo it’s Virge

[@iitzCoopFit]

Ratio

[@the_Wolf_directly]

Whattup virge 🎉

[@KaydenRichards-fd7bk]

Rocket League doesn't deserve such a great storyteller, editor, etc.

[@daraotl5187]

I couldnt figure out where I knew the voice from and didnt clock the channel name. Holy smokes his voice was made for this

[@superstupendo1018]

Damn, first he said we suck at rl, now he’s saying we suck at history

[@x8jason8x]

Law of averages says he's right. 😂

[@Voltage0_0]

Lol

[@richardcheek2432]

Whose this 'we', pilgrim?

[@FlexBeanbag]

​@@x8jason8x😂lol nice kzbin.infoBmc9NFfhx74?si=fK57Y_GyE-jkADsq

[@EpsilonUnitGaming]

As a terrible RL player who watches literally 2 RL-tubers, and consume far more historical type content, hearing sunless and having that moment of “wait, I know this voice…” was so strange

[@Tyler.McGrath]

The Genghis Kahn series will be the ultimate crossover.

[@walterweiss7124]

AoE campaign was epic

[@Jason911_]

You had my attention absolutely focused for the entirety of this video, please do more ww2 themed videos!! 😄

[@Sunless_Maximus]

You will definitely see more WW2 content on this channel!

[@strategic_knight9124]

@@Sunless_Maximusor ww1 series

[@nap0038]

I can’t wait for you to cover Waterloo in your Napoleon Series. There seems to be quite a bit wrong about the battle in this video (a mix of actions from a few battles, particularly that bit about the Guard not being used), but I understand this format didn’t allow for incredibly accurate and detailed recounting. Really liking this channel, sunless!

[@sdrawkcab190]

Bro skipped all of Rome

[@RealMadrid15UCLs]

Ikr

[@StepwaveMusic]

And anything regarding the Ottoman Empire

[@susanlablanc3699]

Rome is long dead.no Roman army exist anymore. Important battles makes you still exist today.macedonian army is gone roman army is vikings army is gone.

[@StepwaveMusic]

@@XaiNYt that is bullshit. Punic wars? Barbarian invasions? Eastern Rome?

[@StepwaveMusic]

@@XaiNYt it did not in fact completely reset European society. Latin was the main language of catholicism for at least a century longer, full control of the mediterranean for either the Carthage or Rome would have made a huge difference culturally, and the eastern Roman empire/Byzantine empire played a huge part in the fight against rising islam and the crusades. Hell, many medieval cities were founded by the Romans and still carry that legacy today. You seriously underestimate the influence of the Roman empire on the world.

[@atomickrispies]

Wait this is fire. I didn't realize it was you Sunless, I just saw the title and thumbnail and this was right up my alley. Thanks for this, I'm super addicted to this kind of content

[@ambushx1108]

The amount of work in this deserves an award. Also happy Easter Sunless🎉

[@pajserlatacchini9400]

Bro a kid can do this. Try HistoryMarche and Kings and Generals to see what is real work for these types of videos. It took him longer to find movies to put for visuals then to draw this and use it as a "map"

[@da_Sizzle]

it is amazing to see you switch to history! please keep on growing this channel, the history nerd gang will support you

[@HuntingtonBags]

Great video, i like how you not only talk about the battle, but also the impact. Fascinating to see how these battles affected us in present day!

[@adolfomachadoriveroll9092]

Dude !!! CANAN!! Anibal!! Rome and Cartago!! And then the batle of ZAMA without it, the Roman Empire would have never existed and the entire western civilization

[@dariomartinez459]

Anglocentric history

[@evanoconnor6653]

What a familiar voice, I didn’t even see who the creator was and clicked this video and all my sunless rocket league memories came flooding in. What a good time my friend

[@mikeg6166]

Very well done. You are an excellent storyteller. Another battle worth mentioning in ww2 is Midway. It turned the tide in the Pacific.

[@Sunless_Maximus]

Yes! Midway is super interesting and important. Would love to do a video on that one in the future.

[@BengalCatChilli]

I would love to see something about the Doolittle raid. The story is epic. Making bombers lighter, so they could take off from aircraft carriers, so they could bomb Japan, whilst still knowing they didn't have enough fuel to get back and had to ditch. One of the pilots went on to fly Enola Gay...the plane that went on to drop Little Boy over Hiroshima.

[@Fuse1990]

@@BengalCatChilliduring the Doolittle raid, the US launched 16 B-25 medium bombers (with an estimated payload of 2,400lbs each) off of USS Hornet. Ebola Gay was a B-29 heavy bomber (maximum payload of 20,000lbs), a class of bomber which wasn’t introduced until 2 years after the dolittle raid and would never fit on a us carrier let alone take off from one

[@BengalCatChilli]

@@Fuse1990 you're right. I misremembered. But it was one of the pilots, Tibbets, who participated in the Doolittle raid and then flew the Enola Gay.

[@Fuse1990]

@@BengalCatChilli think you might be wrong again coz I’m almost certain he was C.O of a bombardment group getting ready to deploy, or already deployed, to England for the bombing of Germany

[@alexnovak3319]

22:20 as a matter of fact, the first instance of large-scale use of poison gas was on 31st of January 1915, when Germany fired 18,000 artillery shells containing liquid xylyl bromide tear gas on Russian positions on the Rawka River, west of Warsaw during the Battle of Bolimov.

[@Sunless_Maximus]

I did not know that, thank you.

[@alexnovak3319]

@@Sunless_Maximus glad to help in anyway I can.

[@handsomehog3001]

Hey Sunless, been following you for a long time and love the way you have reinvented yourself with this new history page. I hope you finish your Napoleon series and expand on this one and do even more battles! Love to see you enjoying a new project that you're into!

[@theunknownchampion9492]

LOVE THIS VIDEO! Your editing is phenomenal!

[@guyguyguy-w3o]

bro. this video is amazingly solid. interesting, informative, and just overall a fun watch. wasnt expecting this level of polish. cant wait for more, keep it up my guy.

[@MrSpidersquirrel]

Great list but the lack of Tours 732 and Vienna 1683, both battles in which Europe stopped the advance of Islam (and is theorised that defeats in these battles would have lead to some if not all of Europe coming under Islamic rule), is kinda crazy. Arguably the most influential battles of all time for Europe.

[@Mrbeahz1]

I was going to say the same thing, especially Tours when Europe was far weaker.

[@sussolini109]

how about Lepanto?

[@CBA291]

I would also add Lepanto, 1571.

[@Altrantis]

@@Mrbeahz1 Also Charles Martel smashed a mobile, mainly cavalry force with dudes on foot with shields. But he was french so english speakers will never be taught about him.

[@Cofisyt]

Battle of Kosovo 1389 as well, in regards to Islamic advance

[@jelllly.]

I absolutely love this content Sunless, I appreciate the crossover of Rocket League viewers who are also interested in History is small but please don't be disheartened, there is a huge audience for this brilliantly made and interesting channel!!

[@TheGeneralGrievous19]

The importance of Hastings, Spanish Armada, Yorktown or Waterloo for world's history is often greatly exagerrated by Angloids. The first two were really imporant just for England, they did not change anything major even for other European countries. Meanwhile they overlook lesser known to them but more important battles like Zama (202 BC), Yarmuk (636), Vienna (1683), Leipzig (1813) or Warsaw (1920).

[@RealMadrid15UCLs]

These Angloids never mentioned 1589, in which Spain got revenge on England

[@tommymorton4939]

Also the 1973 Israel/Egypt tank armadas battle.

[@luissaavedraroman9714]

@@RealMadrid15UCLs exactly... for sure a blow to the Spanish empire but after 1589, there was no meaningful shift in the balance of power in Europe

[@MarceloSilva-to6pr]

Waterloo is funny because even if Napoleon won that battle the coalition had like 3+ armies as big as the Wellington and Blucher's one. There is no way Boney would have won that, even if he won there the sheer amount of losses of the battle (Waterloo was like Eylau/Wagram/Borodino in terms of atrition) would make it a strategic victory for the coalition. The post-Leipzig campaigns were more hopeful to the french than the hundred days.

[@knockitoffhudson3470]

Hard to ignore the events that lead to the world’s biggest superpower since the Roman Empire. It’s like saying the American revolution only affected americans. When you’re the world superpower you affect everyone.

[@pg8669]

Awesome video sunless. These are so entertaining and informative

[@the_Wolf_directly]

This was beautiful, thanks fir the great content. I love history videos like this and appreciate the time and effort put into the graphics and visual aids. Looking forward to more.

[@joshlampe3458]

Interesting list, the world wars are a little underrepresented in my opinion, if nothing else from a scope perspective. This is so well done Sunless, I can't wait to see what's up next! Awesome job!

[@nickscott1310]

Beyond impressed. I’ve watched all of your history vids at this point and this is for sure the best second channel on YT.

[@dbznappa]

I never saw this channel before. This is one of the best career pivots I've ever seen!

[@DavePotts]

re THE battle of Hastings, you have forgotten that Harold took old the largest Viking threat in Europe one week before Hastings, then forced marched to deal with the 2nd largest thread in Europe and lost

[@chrisparnham]

Yeah, and he had 2/3rds of the Saxons running after the 'fleeing' Normans it was nowhere near that amounting to less than 20% and did not break the shield wall although it did make it a lot weaker on the left side. This was crucial when Harold was brought down with an arrow to his eye. By that time, Harold’s two brothers and other English commanders were almost certainly dead and that left few commanders to rally the troops. The left side weakened, panicked and routed producing more routs among the militia. It was left to the HusCarls surrounding Harold's body to fight to the death

[@alexfrag3775]

This is awesome, Sunless. I'm looking forward to more from your new channel.

[@matthewsonger6737]

Bro. Been watching you for Rocket for years and now I'm even more hyped. History is my ish. Love it. Gimme more.

[@Khichira2012]

I enjoyed that. The arrangement of the battles was very clever!

[@fizzle7421]

Dang, man. I'm hard to for it. Sunless got me learning history. That's what's up though. I didn't even know this channel existed. I saw the post about this video on Twitter because i was trying to find out what you were up to. Didn't expect this, but I'm not complaining. I'm down to watch this channel grow

[@ottogarvens]

Please keep uploading on this channel, I love it so much. I need more videos like this, the quality of each video is sooooo Fuego.

[@unknownpr1124]

You got a great voice for this kind of content, I'm glad you branched out into this

[@elephantwaffle5612]

The editing pacing and attention to detail in this video are all amazing but honestly I just appreciate your voice over. So many history channels just have zero enthusiasm and charisma

[@judejones203]

Love this content! Can’t wait for more. Your style goes perfectly within this genre

[@Estkileoto]

This is your first video I've seen. The line about elephants never forgetting: instant subscribe.

[@Ashg4687]

It was also the the first video I have seen from Sunless Maximus and its a great one

[@Ayeooh]

Keep it up sunless. Can't wait for more!

[@Bj5m17h]

This was very well put together. Looking forward to a potential part 2.

[@xxPrimeval]

Great work on this video, the editing and the historical accuracy is brilliant. Loved the Napoleon 1-3 as well, looking forward to more on Napoleon as well as the future of this channel. Keep it up! Oh and just because...."What a save!" Lol.

[@mohaieddine4126]

I adore this content i mean watching armies tactics and movements and all those formations

[@jonasfrohwitter8553]

Omitting the Battle of Tours is wild

[@CyrusZalath]

Omitting pretty much every important battle in history is wild. Of these ten, maybe one or two should make it to a reasonable list..

[@HellSound94]

The importance of the battle of Tours / Poitiers has been enormously exaggerated by past historians. Charles Martel basically defeated a large raiding party that did not come to conquer France. It did not stop the Arabs incursions, which continued in the following yesrs, nor was the biggest Muslim defeat of that time.

[@universpro7741]

Lepanto

[@FullmetalArborist]

If I was rich, I would absolutely propose a DnD campaign that you’d be a part of and also edit/produce on the backend. Your skill with storytelling and shaping a narrative is well-practiced and your editing skills are so much better than Mustys.. I think it’d be a neat opportunity to flex your creativity and create some really compelling content. Also.. this video is a great watch, I appreciate you taking the time to put this together

[@JohnM1959a]

Your depiction of the Armada is over-simplistic too The Spanish Army was in the low countries. The Armada had to get to the Low Countries to rendezvous with the army. Also your narrative gives the impression that the Spanish were crippled from the loss. In fact, only 44 ships were lost and the Spanish built another Armada the next year. Whilst it marked the emergence of the English and the British fleet, it took a long time before the Spanish Empire truly declined

[@mqdboy9278]

And the English barely sunk anything

[@SurrealGane]

True, The Norman Invasion and the First Spanish Armada, are more monumental in the rise of Britain than changing the world order at the time.The Norman Invasion did bring some of the best Administrative, Legal and Scientific Practices to Britain and specifically England, inherited from the Holy Roman Empire who did their best to build on Roman and Byzantine Knowledge, which was some of the most Advanced at the time. So it did mark the beginning of English Meddling in European and subsequently world politics. And Boy are People Mad at the Job they have Done!😁

[@pepitopalotes5608]

Correct, also it is incorrect to say that the English fleet became the most powerful after 1588. En fact, the world's most powerful fleet at the time was the Dutch and stayed number 1 until 1660 or so.

[@egblackfang]

This is why I love Sunless. The eye for details is amazing!

[@akshaychandandey3551]

You cannot miss Cannae, the tactical masterpiece!

[@liangliangzhang1041]

Watch oversimplified bro

[@kolbybixler7574]

This is my favorite passion project on the internet.

[@jakewantstoplay1897]

Looking forward to the full Stalingrad video. No doubt a couple of the others will get their own videos too.

[@panagsaganpiano]

I’ve watched hundreds of other battle summaries. This is definitely top tier.

[@bradsteinwehe3204]

Terrific video! Also of note: Actium, Tours, Vienna (1683), Ain Jalut, Midway, Gettysburg, Tsushima, Sedan, Kursk, Trafalgar, Kadesh, Zama.

[@CIMAmotor]

El Alamein (first and second battles). The first major defeat the Germans/ Italians suffered on land during the second world war.

[@Arathorn-PL]

Warsaw (1920) as well, pushing back the USSR

[@Jackaljkljkl]

Zenta

[@marwaqoura7804]

I go for all of these Qadsh قادش , Ain Galout عين جالوت , Actium abd El-Almein العلمين

[@AnonimManulov]

Moskow (30 September 1941-20 April 1942)

[@Keeks1337]

youre an absolute unit for making this video thank you

[@CharlesTheInnocent-s9s]

The battle at Sekigahara in 1600 A.D does not get a mention. It was a pivotal battle for Japan because the defeat of Mitsunari and his Osaka forces by the Edo faction led by Ieyasu created the Tokugawa dynasty which presided over the affairs of Japan for more than a century until the Meiji Restoration.

[@benjaminjacobsen1716]

While that’s impactful to Japanese history, I understand why it would be omitted in a video like this. Due to their isolationist policies Japan didn’t play much of an impactful role in world history until after the Meiji Restoration so that battle had less of an impact on the rest of the world

[@lt.random210]

This is a great way to futureproof your career since rl can’t stay forever. This video is awesome, love the operations room type history videos.

[@eduedu4812]

Epic video! Would have loved to see Battle of the Vistula River 1920, Battle of Grunwald or the Battle of Vienna... Alas, maybe for another time!

[@paulizzs4720]

These were just small skirmishes on the eastern flank with no significance for big politics

[@Nursilmaz]

​@@paulizzs4720Ottomans taking over Austria or Europe being communist is not significant ok

[@JJ-ku8bm]

@@paulizzs4720 The battle upon Vistula in 1920 saved Europe from the Soviet communism. It was a popular ideology with big support especially in German/Prussian states, if Warsaw fell the communist revolt could possibly spread across whole Europe. If you think that it would save Europe from atrocities in the WW2 you are mistaken, communists in Russia killed more of their citizens than Germans in WW2, similar cleansings(due to different reasons) would happen in other countries (like they did in Spain in late 1930s, from both Frankist and anarchist/communist sides).

[@TheGwt3]

This was a fantastic video. Informative, visually interesting, good pace. Bravo

[@TheKiltedGerman]

I highly recommend you define what "biggest" means, because many of these battles aren't what I expect most consider when thinking "biggest."

[@charlie8344]

Title should be "biggest impact in history"

[@Freedmoon44]

​@@charlie8344except Waterloo isnt even the battle with the biggest impact of the Napoleonic war by a loooooong mile. Leipzig, Austerlitz, Iena, Trafalgar,Aspern then Wagram, Eylau are MUCH more important in the grand scheme of things than Napoleon's final battle, the biggest impact Waterloo had was bolstering British propaganda, but like history tells us about how precarious Napoleob's position already was during the hundred days, his entire empire was at stake at every single fight, because the entire economy of the country, thus his logistics for anything relied on Napoleon always winning his battles, he was one battle away from losing it all over again. Meanwhile in sheer Scale Wagram, Leipzig and Eylau are so much more important. On sheer importance as it allowed Napoleon to spread the revolution and nationalism across Europe Austerlitz still studied today and Iena etc... Trafalgar is singlehandedly the reason why Napoleon couldnt invade England etc...

[@Gitmellow]

@@Freedmoon44 Don't forget Borodino.

[@Freedmoon44]

@@Gitmellow in scale yes, in importance technically by the time of Borodino the Grande Armée was already a shadow of its past self honestly

[@Gitmellow]

@@Freedmoon44 Then I think Smolensk would be a better choice, since that was one of the only times Napoleon came extremely close to capturing the Russian army.

[@el_diablo_raman7094]

Im so happy you put time and effort into history videos, many people like me love them, please keep uploading ❤️

[@Pfisiar22]

I would argue that Napoleon's first defeat was far more significant than Waterloo. At Waterloo, Napoleon's army was only what, about 50k strong? The nations allied against Napoleon were still mobilized and and could easily field way more armies than Napoleon could at this point. Napoleon was no longer Emperor of a vast empire with large amounts of resources to call on. Now he was an usurper being challenged by the full might of all of Europe's great powers. Napoleon didn't even have all of France behind him at this point. Waterloo changed very little in actuality. if Napoleon had won, there'd be another battle and another. Napoleon would have faced defeat by Summer's end regardless of Waterloo's ultimate outcome.

[@Benx24937]

Napoleons army was composed of 125k men at the battle of Waterloo

[@joekirley616]

Battle of the Nations/Battle of Leipzig mattered far more than Waterloo

[@AlexCatable]

​@@joekirley616yeah, but then Britts won't be the focus, so, yeah, you know... 😅

[@alexander.i.velasquez]

Unbelievable. As a fellow content creator, you're one of my biggest inspirations, man. The way you tell stories from the script to the video elements is incredible. Great job.

[@britishpatriot7386]

Cringe 😬

[@alexandervelasquez1830]

@@britishpatriot7386 I assume you’re 12 years old considering you’re replying like one?

[@JustGamers9110]

Conquest of istanbul was important since it closed middle age and started new age

[@Vasileio_tis_Ellados]

Id argue the middle ages ended as a result of the Renaissance, but then again these two events probably both work together.

[@foxymetroid]

​@@Vasileio_tis_ElladosThe Fall of Constantinople led to European colonialism as it effectively cut Europe off from trade with much of Asia. It also may have led to the Renaissance.

[@Gigapyr0_0]

Really cool video and easy to follow along! Miss your rocket league content but you do you my man. Just want you to be alright and especially happy above all else. Hope you're doing ok! You're a legend and we all love and support you

[@omarbaba9892]

I’d argue that Hastings should be way higher due to how much history would’ve changed

[@jamesnugent4677]

Keep making videos, glad I found this gem of a channel

[@marcgw496]

War back then seems so badass until you realize everyone was living, breathing human beings. And heinous war crimes went unchecked.

[@Sunless_Maximus]

I think that's a really great point. I originally had a outro paragraph talking about how it wasn't my intention to glorify death and violence but I cut it when my run time came in at over 27 minutes. Each of these people that fought and died back then were just like you and me, and we're all just as capable of committing atrocities now as we were back then.

[@marcgw496]

@@Sunless_Maximus yep only difference nowadays is everyone will see the news within 24 hours, so perhaps that is a deterrent to war crimes, but certainly doesn’t stop them. One historical thing that comes to mind is Olga of Kiev - one of the most brutal accounts of history I’ve seen. Video idea if you want it lol but interesting story nevertheless.

[@Flawpeacock564]

They still hail mao a god and stalin a great leader war crimes still go unchecked

[@yobootyhadmeded3022]

truly is surreal what were capable of

[@rya3190]

What makes the Battle of the 13 Sides (Mongolian) most impressive to me is that Temujin had only immediate family and gaurds (I think about 20 people). As he dodged his brother's forces, he sent out his cavalry, Pony Express style, to collect his forces. They sprinted their horses and remounted fresh horses at each village, telling the aligned warriors were to go. That is a very dedicated and disciplined fighting force.

[@elid3784]

Ummm....we just not gonna talk about 1453?

[@tundrx]

about what

[@lprxxx666]

@@tundrxthe fall of Constantinople

[@Turkistani]

@@lprxxx666 *Liberation of Istanbul

[@hogriderhogw1696]

​@@Turkistaniwhat liberation you fool, there was no istanbul

[@xanderghekiere9627]

​@@Turkistani Liberated from the people who ruled it for more than a millennium?

[@TheGoudaGoblin]

This is so well done. We already knew sunless was a great storyteller, but the troop graphics are awesome too. Personally, I would love to see more little jokes like the elephant one thrown in, especially if you end up covering some heavier events in depth. Curious if others agree, but this is a banger video either way

[@cato451]

I think Thermopylae deserves top 10

[@BlackAge2k]

Really appreciate that honest work of yours.

[@majorianus8055]

Yarmouk not being here is extremely shameful

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

What would delete to put Yarmouk ...

[@chase0300]

​@theccpisaparasite8813 probably the one with Muhammad. Without 636ad battles Yarmouk and al-Qadisiyyah, Islam stays as a minor religion in the Arabian peninsula.

[@majorianus8055]

@@theccpisaparasite8813 Actually a lot. Yarmouk is among the top 3 battles that shaped history. Without it, the Roman Empire would have slowly recovered it's lost territories and continue to expand. No Islam or at least it remains a minority religion or at best a Persian religion. That's a huge butterfly effect. Yorktown should be removed here, so are Waterloo and Stalingrad because those individual battles does not define the war. It's important, but those battles alone and its outcome does not change a huge butterfly effect in history as Napoleon couldnever recover after Leipzig, nor can the Germans realistically defeat the Soviets in WW2 because of the Allied war marchine.

[@RERGamingorTecdreaminshort]

Badr was more important.

[@knightla1126]

Just found the channel and am loving the animation and storytelling.

[@Jimmybreadstick]

Or….. napoleon gets put on a tiny little island and dies of stomach cancer

[@WalterDubz1]

Really enjoyed the flow and vibe of this one.

[@LEEROYY_THE_GREAT]

i would like more ww2 and ww1 Videos

[@Sunless_Maximus]

You will!

[@LEEROYY_THE_GREAT]

W goat@@Sunless_Maximus

[@jeroenkuppens7626]

great video sunless! i especially love the visuals you made for this video. top tear! can't wait for more

[@harry34one]

A bit more on Waterloo is needed lol. Firstly there was 3 farms on sight not shown, hougamont, le have saints and frichemont aswell as the village of plancenoit that the Prussians attacked. The start was an attack on the first farm, hougamont, followed by a couple of ‘skirmishes’on Marshall de’earlon’s side between infantry and Calvary. Then neys Calvary charge, then capture of the next farm, le haye saint then Prussian attacking plancenoit then prince of oranges infantry movement, and finally the old imperial guard advance. The young imperial guard was also used. So you know I’m just guessing this, I have read 3 books on Waterloo, my favorite by Bernard Collin’s I think his name is. I have been to Waterloo 2 times, and planning to go in the future and I have looked at many maps of it. Apart from that, great video ❤

[@adisapre1791]

Bro the effort here is phenomenal, love the new content

[@itzaikoo5538]

It's a shame that the battle of zama isn't in their , where scipio met Hannibal , this battle was so significant that if Hannibal had won that battle and Rome fell , it would change the way we speak languages today ,as latin letters disappear you'd probably be reading this comment with a language with descent to ancient Phoenician instead of Latin The bible would change , everything about Mediterranean culture changes...

[@wrexocane]

Keep going! We need great storytellers like you!

[@Isteyak-78]

People relly forgot about the Fall of Constantinople

[@schlechtgut8349]

The siege ov Viena was probably even more important

[@Jackaljkljkl]

@@schlechtgut8349 The second one (1683) especially

[@Idoplaygames184]

the eastern romans were already basically doomed by the time the fall of constantinople happened

[@Will-ou6ik]

At the fall of Constantinople the Byzantine “Empire” was already broke, shrinking, depopulated, and had very little influence or prestige in the world. By the year 1400 the Ottomans had already conquered most of the former Byzantine territories and had made their way into Eastern Europe. Constantinople falling in 1453 was little more than a cultural signifier that times have changed and that the Roman Empire has now fully ceased to exist. It definitely wasn’t as influential as any of the battles listed in this video.

[@mikeklein-thibodeau4569]

Found you through RL, Sunless, and love the history shift! But how are you going to do the biggest battles in history and not have a single Chinese battle??? The Siege of Kaifeng and the biggest early use of gunpowder, the Battle of Lake Poyang and the largest fresh-water naval battle of all time, plenty of battles from the Taiping or Boxer Rebellions! Might have to do another 10 biggest battles video at some point!

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

I think that the battle of Kursk was a bit more impact full than Stalingrad

[@HoomanBean173]

It wasn’t. Even if the Germans won at Kursk they were still heavily outnumbered and outgunned. Stalingrad was the last chance the Germans had at defeating the soviets. After that, it was nothing but delaying the inevitable

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

@HoomanBean173 I don't know, I just have a feeling the Germans would never be able to take Stalingrad, there just was no way.

[@HoomanBean173]

@@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323 You’re right, they probably couldn’t have won at Stalingrad. But Kursk was even more of a lost cause. By that point, the Germans were outnumbered 3-1 by the Soviets and were being outproduced industrially. The Allies also landed in Sicily only a few days after Operation Citadel began. Even if the Germans had managed to win at Kursk, the Soviets could have regained the manpower easily. I think this goes into the deeper idea that Germany could not have won the war in the East no matter how you slice it, it’s a country that’s too small industrially and population-wise to invade and take a country as large as the Soviet Union

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

@@HoomanBean173 I agree on your points, it was a lost cause no matter how it gets sliced.

[@Edge0626]

This may be one of the greatest videos I’ve ever watched on this site

[@joaoruxa]

21:32 THERES NOTHING WE CAN DO

[@joaoruxa]

:(

[@TheSasudomi]

Outstanding work my dude. The visuals, sounds or the information itself. Damn, what a good and entertaining video.

[@Sunless_Maximus]

Thank you so much! This is just the beginning…

[@deezcryinskellyboi4199]

20:51 "but then napoleon did something he almost never did, he made a mistake" is such a cold line tho

[@andrewhanscom4592]

I found this channel by pure coincidence! Hello again Sunless lol

[@tasic.b.1788]

this must be a joke... Hastings?? Spanish Navy??? Yorktown??? Waterloo???... so much to say against your choices... but how can you miss Teutoburg Forest? ... that would fit perfectly with your Anglo-Saxon narrative...

[@extrememuffineater]

So you have a problem with the list and your counter is Teutoburg Forest? That battle was impactful to Rome but not in anyway more impactful to history or a change in history. Rome carried on and got their revenge.

[@adamd7504]

Holy crap, sunless does history too? The range on this guy!

[@Benchey]

This is really high quality content, can you make a video about Khalid ibn al-Walid?

[@BruceBailey-b7x]

Pretty good selection of battles here, IMHO.

[@derpynerdy6294]

Waterloo? 😂. I would argue, battle of leipzig was the pinnacle.

[@leonardosoto5669]

Yes. You are right. But you know. British.

[@derpynerdy6294]

@@leonardosoto5669 RULE BRITTANIA

[@robertbrownm]

Nice video! Thank you for putting together. Love the scale of time you tackled.

[@kajetanpopiela1910]

A thing I consider worth mentioning in the Battle of Stalingrad is that there was a counteroffensive with good progress by Manstein's forces, but the general/field marshall Paulus commanding the 6th army surrounded in stalingrad didn't try to break free of the encirclement and retreat and inevitably led to the destruction of the whole army. Just worth mentioning, I think, although you vaguely implied it. Loved the video tho.

[@someweeb4110]

Holy shit I was not expecting this to be sunless just got interested by the title. Happy surprise

[@DoutorPecurana1975]

bro definetely cajamarca and hastings arent battles that really changed the world. As an example the russian revolution for sure changed the world much more or the crusades or the downfall of easter rome and many others.

[@gerryknox4358]

How did hastings nit change the world? Plz explain I'm curious

[@dominikjaroszczak2212]

Of course Hastings change the world, that was a root for Hundread Years War

[@stevegee9087]

Great choices and great summations!

[@ArithmiiaOP]

Not gonna lie this is a perfect pivot. You’ve always been a really good story teller so this just shows that even more.

[@XEnzo68]

Waterloo was NOT an important battle. A symbolic one maybe ? But the french were already defeated before waterloo even began. Napoleon wasn't a threat anymore. The Vienna conference didn't even stop for it because everybody knew his attempt was pointless. Trafalgar was way more important than Waterloo if you want to talk about the Napoleonic era

[@michaeleineke6086]

History is quite literally built on symbolic actions

[@SuperMrHiggins]

I mean, to be fair the only reason it isn't important is because Boney lost. But yeah, I would definitely say Trafalgar had much more of a historical impact than waterloo did. Hell, land battle-wise Austerlitz had much more of an impact on the era or throughout history than did Waterloo. But Waterloo? The column had already been shown to be inferior to the line, at least in most instances. It just ties such a neat bow on the era. So I agree with you, just with a few caveats.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

@@michaeleineke6086 Modern Era? The victory at stalingrad was definitely a symbolic action. It didn't prove anything concrete that hadn't already been proven at the battle for Moscow. N it's still ranked as one of the most important battles in history. edit: not just in the video but kind of everyone accepts how important that battle was, even Nazi's at the time. A group of people not known for their rationality or understanding of historical importance.

[@andrewwhalley6172]

You're probably right that Trafalgar was the key battle of the Napoleonic era. But it's not credible to suggest that Waterloo was not important, and it's quite wrong to suggest that the Vienna conference knew the outcome before the event. Napoleon had already defeated the British/Dutch army at Quatre Bras and the Prussians at Ligny just a few days prior to Waterloo. If the French had seized Hougoumont early in the battle, and Napoleon had defeated Wellington by the middle of the afternoon, then there was a strong chance that his strategy splitting of the two forces would have resulted in French victory. Waterloo ended French dominance and ushered in a century of British hegemony. I'd say that's a very important battle indeed.

[@smal750]

​@@andrewwhalley6172 "British dominance" lmao get actual englishmen on your throne before 😂