Top 12 Historical Movie Charges

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I don't mean to copyright, in fact, I think everyone should see these movies because they're all pretty good.
12 (The Lost Battalion) 0:16
11 (Band of Brothers) 4:52
10 (Field of Lost Shoes) 7:54
9 (Alexander) 18:00
8 (Braveheart) 21:41
7 (The Patriot) 25:14
6 (Zulu 1964) 29:32
5 (Waterloo) 34:25
4 (The Last Samurai) 39:40
3 (Pickett's Charge) 44:15
2(Glory) 44:52
1(Little Round Top) 49:06
Which was your favorite charge? Put it in the comments below!!

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

I’ve never thought about how terrifying piccolo and drums must have sounded knowing the red coats were coming for you. Like imagine being killed to a beat.

[@selaynamcadams4097]

Can I won't back

[@almacmathain6195]

I believe a Highland Charge was capable of intimidating Red Coats, certainly worked at Prestonpans.

[@funveeable]

If your gun doesn't have a bayonet, don't charge.

[@michaelcloud6333]

I think the greatest charge ever in the history of warfare in the bravest men ever for the 15,000 that charge 3 mi of open field to take those heights and Gettysburg under Pickett's command army of Northern Virginia

[@davidtuttle7556]

@@michaelcloud6333 and the stupidest. You forgot the up hill part. Federal artillery had a field day with that fence at the Emmittsburg road. That Longstreet dragged his heels and sulked like a child didn’t help. Had they hit at dawn when Ewall attacked Culps Hill, it might have had a chance. Maybe.

[@enriqueglassel4464]

For me, "Glory" is the best load ever made for a movie. The images accompanied extraordinarily by the music achieve some shocking scenes. I saw the movie over 30 years ago. Even today it still shakes me

[@tarn1135]

You’re not wrong. I still think they will prevail even though I’ve seen that movie hundreds of times. It’s just well made.

[@benhurcantiller4698]

Me too.

[@magnificus8581]

Could not agree more. Best charge ever filmed. The music, atmosphere at night, still gives me goosebumps.

[@GrumpyOleMe]

Absolutely for me too. Charging up hill against all odds under fire into a near impenetrable fortress. "Glory", they couldn't have named the movie any better.

[@stone-coldsteveautism6986]

May I suggest going to the Smithsonian? There is a great bronze frieze that is absolutely stunning.

[@e1e2t3]

Chamberlain's "Swinging Gate" charge at Little Round Top is the most moving for me.

[@scottydog1313]

Yep. It saved the whole flank of the Union line. I had ancestors on both sides of that battle. My maternal grandfather's family was from Georgia and Alabama and he had relatives in the 47th Alabama. My father's side of the family had ancestors in the 20th Maine.

[@juanelorriaga2840]

Def what a move that was just amazing

[@kimjongun1348]

@@scottydog1313 I'd argue that the 1st Minn pluging the gap in the orchard to be savior of the whole union line, but I can agree that it was very important.

[@chocolatechow7697]

I was waiting for Little Round Top charge the whole time , I am not disappointed

[@EarthBoundMisfitI]

@kim jong un I wouldn't argue with your assessment at all. It was both fair and accurate input.

[@Electro_800]

Just imagine never seeing an elephant in your life and you just have to encounter one in battle. Scary shit man

[@Latingunner1]

“Stop that useless noise!” Bungleer: visible sadness “You’ll hurt yourself”

[@dphalanx7465]

Such a Wellington moment; he could damn his men as the "scum of the earth" one moment, and then turn around and be quite humane and _nobless oblige_ the next. Such an Englishman--the perfect combo of honor and eccentricity.

[@ChestyBPuller]

Yeah, We watched it too🙄Don’t have to quote it

[@dubb3835]

The courage these men shown charging into death is absolutely inspiring

[@homoerectus744]

My respect to all and any...

[@ryv2484]

I could only hope to go out like these boys

[@vastpiano5552]

Absolutely aspiring to do absolutely everything to never experience war.

[@hfhso37ndnks]

Good too see someone included Zulu, one of my all time favourite films.

[@417Owsy]

my favorite of all time has to be Waterloo, because of the immense effort put into the uniforms, extras, and effects. imagine having to find thousands of people willing to play a tiny yet vital role in a large scale movie

[@katana1430]

They didn't. The film was made in association with Mosfilm, the Soviet film company. The extras were ~15,000 Soviet soldiers trained for months to get it right.

[@firstconsul7286]

And one of, if not the, best portrayals of Napoleon Bonaparte on film.

[@chrisg4305]

​@@firstconsul7286 "they declare war against me. Not against France, but against me!" "They dignify you by making you a nation, sire" So many great lines

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

The scene from Zulu is absolutely wonderful. The war chant with the shield bashing is extremely intimidating.

[@rodolphelaurettamusic3976]

They’re lucky they had all those guns ‘cause otherwise they wouldn’t have stand a chance. It’s actually rather painful to watch, except for the beginning of the scene.

[@alecblunden8615]

​@@rodolphelaurettamusic3976Perhaps you would like to explain your ludicrous suggestion that the troops should disarm in the face of a vastly superior enemy?

[@Dom-fx4kt]

@@rodolphelaurettamusic3976 Yeah no shit sherlock, barely 100 able bodied men against 4000, you comment was rather painful to read lol captain obvious

[@ruffnecky3]

speaking about charges and war chants... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3PWZZRqftRnb6s

[@thomasmain5986]

@@rodolphelaurettamusic3976 Its history dingbat, and the Zulu's did have guns captured from the British at Isandlwana, where the same Zulu's destroyed a British Army, fully equipped with guns and a couple of artillery pieces. You see five thousand Zulu warriors should have been able to overrun a hundred British soldiers, but they didn't so it's a epic story and a epic movie, and the Zulu's historically did salute the bravery of the British soldiers, because they were brave men, and not a virtue signalling wimp like yourself.

[@thecasualrunner67]

Pretty good list, but what should have been included is The charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba

[@stevec7770]

And final scene of Gallipolli

[@york7201]

final battle at dybbøl

[@luizphilippefigueiredo1222]

Agree

[@tomberkley5888]

Definitely the 4LH at Beersheba should be there.

[@stephenmatthews8375]

The Ligthorsemen

[@LeftTurnOnly]

I love how parts of the Zulu War Chant audio were used in the opening Battle from Gladiator.

[@viper1320]

Glory! The 54th Massachusetts charge to Battery Wagner was greatly portrayed in the movie. Epic and historical movie with a great phenomenal soundtrack.

[@chuckcochran8599]

I'm an amateur Great War historian, and I thank you for putting the clip of the charge of the Lost Battalion in your list. The Lost Battalion starring an older Rick(y) Schroeder is one of the more accurate Great War movies that have been made. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the Great War (WW 1). As a young man, I had the honor of talking with a few Veterans of the American Expeditionary Force. 40+ years later, those brave men are all gone. Just as we're now losing our WW 2 Veterans. Take the time to talk to them while we still can.

[@currahee]

Agreed. I know my name says otherwise but as a 19 year old, i think its especially important my generation captures as much stories and knowledge from veterans from ww2, being the last generation that can. I wish more kids were into history like i am. idk how people just go about their life not knowing what happened to get them to where they are

[@jonmcay9659]

My uncle Bill was killed in ww1 he was my mother's brother he was 21 yrs old in1917 she was only 1 yr old I am 80yrs old .when I was sixteen my mates and me were talking to this old guy and he showed us his scars on his upper body bullet and shrapnel wounds we thought they were from ww2 he said he was 59 yrs old And he joined up at 17 ,like a lot of lads he lied about his age

[@currahee]

@@jonmcay9659 Thank you Jon for sharing. The patriotism shown back then by the youth of many countries is something you won’t see nowadays.

[@jonmcay9659]

@@currahee good luck young man !

[@alberttoiletbrush871]

it's about as accurate as any other piece of Holllywood propaganda garbage.The Amearicans only took part in one offensive during WWII at St Michel. It was an utter disaster for them. They refused point blankt to learn the heard won lessons of the French, Belgians, Canadians and French. As a result they were massacred and their command structure fell apart. Anyone who remained at their post was promoted. The Canadians took twice as much ground with half as many men and captured four times the number of large guns. Americans love portraying themselves as the equal or better of German infantrymen but this has never been the case. This movie has zero to do with real history. It's a fantasy piece

[@foxitewhig]

I don't think you can call it complete without the most famous charge in history - the Charge of the Light Brigade! And two very good film versions of it to choose from!

[@victore2486]

It is most famous in UK little island homemade epos, I suppose. Reverse propaganda to cover ass of some noble origin idiot issued wrong order during pure agression war fad from motherland. Compare with much less promoted "dead men attack" to note difference

[@davidkinsey8657]

If you are referring to the 1936 movie with Errol Flynn I am glad that it wasn't shown. 125 horses were tripped by wires resulting in 25 dying outright or being euthanized. On the plus side the outrage that followed led to the anti-cruelty to animals laws for the film industry.

[@jakegood4935]

Agreed

[@michaelpielorz9283]

the charge of the Light Brigade is one of the greatest military Blunders of all times.

[@tbuxt3992]

​@@michaelpielorz9283absolutely correct, and I'm tired of it being remembered otherwise

[@phillipdavies6548]

I served for 5 years Regular British Army and 7 years reserve. I then served for 20 years as a Canadian Army Reserve Officer. I cannot imagine how these young men just got out of those trenches and walked into hell itself. We owe them so much that we can never realize just how much

[@keithpeacock6048]

The great irony was the Americans refused to serve under British and French generals, then American generals proceeded to march their men in long lines straight at the german lines in a way the British, French armies hadn't done for two years. Many American boys lost their lives due to their officers not using the new tactics that had developed over three years of carnage.

[@user-kh9px6bg7b]

@@keithpeacock6048 But they did serve under an Australian General Monash. General Pershing try to get his troops back just before the attack on Hamel he went to Haig to get his men back. Monash told him the trust between Australia and American troops was more important then any Commander. If Haig wanted the Americans out of the attack he would have to call of the offensive.

[@madmeerkat1158]

When Jeff Daniels screems "BAYONETS"! it always sends a shiver down my back. Excellent movie all round!

[@Rusty_Gold85]

In Gallipoli with a Young Mel Gibson, the Major blows into his whistle at the clock to charge over the top and 600men are mutilated in 30 seconds. Its the silence before the whistle the men know their fate but obey orders.

[@madmeerkat1158]

@@Rusty_Gold85 It sure is.

[@JorgeKiroff]

A ese general británico lo tenían q poner en primera línea y asesinar a toda su familia x asesino y no tener compasión a la vez buscar una solución no les importo la vida humana hay una historia q dicen q salían sin balas en la trinchera de los fusiles o lo tenían q matar en la trinchera a ese bastardo de general q nle importo la vida

[@robertmillen2967]

Zulu IS the greatest movie ever made, not only do you get a documentary but a action movie of unbelievable proportions!

[@dphalanx7465]

I remember seeing Gettysburg first time in the theater. I started crying when the 20th Main charged. The drama was perfect.

[@SuchDoge4242]

The 20th Maine is still immortalized in my home state of Maine. We have never forgotten.

[@ServantOfTheSouth]

the country is slowly forgetting and shoving away its history because of woke ideology it’s very sad.

[@willdixon2349]

Never erase history - just because some crybabies object to it. History is there to be learned from, to guide the future. One must never sanitise it for some convient " fashion". Anyway - the charge of the 20th Maine has got to be one of the most piviotal moments in the history of warfare.

[@daGO_BLUE]

@@ServantOfTheSouth Not having statues of traitors and slavers on public property is NOT "shoving away" history

[@daGO_BLUE]

@@willdixon2349 Like the crybaby "lost cause" weirdos when they were forced to face the fact that their "heritage" was nothing more than traitorous white supremacist bullshit

[@peskylogicchillinsky6007Futube]

Never seen Zulu but wow. That was insane for an older movie.

[@EarthBoundMisfitI]

Glory always hits me right in the feels. God bless the mighty 54th.

[@britishpatriot7386]

No better movie for battle and history than Zulu where both sides were shown respect in the movie and rightly so.

[@samg7587]

Honorable mention for me: Speirs famous charge across Foy to link up with I company

[@SW-tx9ze]

charge? nah he was just passing here, nothing more, some jogging in the morning, keeping him warm, he would've "charged" if there was enemy aware of him

[@miketaylorID1]

“At first the Germans did not shoot at him. I think they couldn’t quite believe what they were seeing. But that wasn’t really the astounding thing. The astounding thing was after he hooked up with I Company, he came back.” Insert Donnie Wahlberg grin here.

[@thomasb1889]

Zulu because of the last stand fight it was but there are a couple more that have been in film that should be in this. The Australian Light Horse at Beersheba is the first and the "banzi" charge of the 442 infantry regiment to save the WWII Lost Battalion.

[@Celdaric]

The Prussian charge against the danish from the series 1864 is a damn fine one aswell

[@bertranddantier7018]

Epic, like Sadowa.

[@NeilFLiversidge]

The charge of the Scots Greys. One of the best battle scenes in movie history.

[@jebbroham1776]

All of these legendary charges were made by men terrified beyond imagination, yet determined to succeed. Alongside brothers in arms, there is no greater force.

[@chocolatechow7697]

well said

[@thomasw.glasgow7449]

yeah right , they were just as scared of what their own side would do if they did not " do your duty " for king an country , needless slaughter under the risk of firing squad is not an was not brave , an by the way both my granddads served in WW 1an my father was in WW 2 . they told me stories that were horrible about them wars , take off your rose tinted glasses my friend , war is shit , aye !

[@EarthBoundMisfitI]

Charge!! I'll be right behind ya lad! 😂

[@pirireis6419]

You arę wrony they were trained t4 they kneew what they were doping

[@colinmcdonald8521]

There is - in fact, there are... The English longbow, the Lee-Enfield, the machine gun, to name but a few. Even muzzle loading field guns have stopped many a charge, cavalry or infantry.

[@hiramabiff2017]

The charge of the " Scots Greys " at Waterloo is something very special. The is such intense scenes, you get goose bumps if your watching in 4k on a big tv.

[@christmar67]

The "charge" scots Greys in Waterloo is a joke ! Waterloo is a German (& Prussian) victory !

[@michaelwilkinson2928]

@@christmar67 Waterloo was an Allied victory. Wellington only stood on the understanding that the Prussians would join him and that between them Wellington and Blucher agreed that they would not allow Napoleon to split their forces. Ligny was a loss, Quatre Bras was a draw, but both Wellington and Blucher managed to retire without being routed.

[@Dennis-zr3fb]

As below the Lighthorse charge at Beersheba was not included, that is a poor effort considering it was the last cavalry charge in history, and it was 900 horsemen against entrenched infantry, artillery and machine guns, a force of around 4000, and the Lighthorse took what an entire army failed to do over a whole day.

[@wimmeraparanormal6581]

It wasn't the last cavalry charge in history. There were several in WW2 incl one by the Italian Savoia Cavalry division against the Soviets and the Pro-Soviet Polish 1st Cavalry Brigade against the Germans at Schoenfeld on the German/Polish border in 1945. But, as an Aussie I cant help but feel very proud of the 4th & 12th Light Horse in the battle of Beersheba and the fact that they weren't even cavalry but acted as such in the spur of the moment!

[@Piotr14734]

Something from "The Last Samurai's" charge always, and I mean it, always gets me cry or at least shed some tears.

[@hudsonmatz2123]

It’s like the same reason why everyone had such a depressed look in world war 1 it was the first time real firepower was ever used against one another. No body felt right about it, crazy powerful for a movie to be able to portray that in a different form.

[@formerparatrooper]

You missed one of the best ever filmed, the charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba or 31 October 1917. The 4th Light Horse was actually a mounted infantry, but they won the day against the Germans and Turks by charging as cavalry over 3 miles of open area. Once they were under the Turkish guns they could not be stopped. It was extremely well done in the film, "The Lighthorsemen" filmed in Australia.

[@buckberthod5007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5TVe2SBe6mGgrc

[@buckberthod5007]

If you search it on KZbin, the whole movies on here for free

[@formerparatrooper]

@@buckberthod5007 Yes, I know it. I studied this when I lived in Australia and visited Canberra and the national museum. I have an acquaintance in South Australia who went to Israel to take part in the 100th anniversary of this event in 2017.

[@simonwicker871]

The Lighthorsemen a very good film

[@piotrkaminski7567]

We have killed more than we were killed. And then şe have booted out all the imperialists that have attacked us. We are Turks, we have been killing for the last 3000 years.

[@atf5813]

I am actually very impressed with the wide shots of the Scott’s Greys in Waterloo. The whole scene (except for the close-ups of the officers) is very cinematic. Specifically the slo-mo footage. Not bad for a film from 1970.

[@user-ie4kh5fq5r]

Bondarchuk "trained" in "War and Peace". He is a genius filmmaker!

[@user-ie4kh5fq5r]

I do not know if there is a film with an English translation "They fought for the Motherland!" ... In Russia, this film is considered his best work. There is more about the "man in the war", and not fighting. The book is very famous.

[@atf5813]

@@user-ie4kh5fq5r I have read War and Peace, though I have never seen the film. Great book. 👍

[@user-ie4kh5fq5r]

@@atf5813 "War and Peace" is included in the curriculum in schools ... And I know very few people who read this book at school; 0) If this film was shown on television (when I was at school there was no Internet), you should definitely watch , what would then answer the teachers at school; 0) But adults, of course, have already read everything! Watch the film - there are 200,000 extras. The USSR Ministry of Defense specially allocated soldiers and ammunition ... The most expensive and large-scale cinema in history.

[@bmcg5296]

The amount of extras needed for these films like the Waterloo one to have people dressed in some of the regalia costumes department and extras for getting them into uniforms was colossal! Think this is one of the most expensive in history to do. The noise smoke must have been terrifying as a extra on set a horse x]could trample on you if you weren’t careful?

[@roytetwart]

What a great video! I enjoyed every minute. What I thought was particularly good was the name of each action was printed on-screen.

[@sophiebuckland8634]

Australian 4th Light Horse charge at Beersheba should be in list and in top 3. The enactment of this was astounding and seemed so true to reality.

[@stevenbowers4164]

For impact I would add the last scene from Blackadder, being a comedy everyone is laughing expecting a cunning plan, then they go over the top

[@markdoldon8852]

Came here specifically to look for that charge. Not 'historical in this context, mind you. I'd also vote "The Light Horseman" as one of if not the best filmed cavalry charges on film. The tension buildup as they progress is brilliantly done. To so many filmmakers, cavalry charges are at full gallop the whole way.

[@justliketomthumb427]

@@markdoldon8852 I used to watch 'The Lighthorsemen' at LEAST once a week between the ages of 7 or 8, up until I was 15. GREAT film.

[@dunruden9720]

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[@shady.fcipher452]

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[@AliDixon95]

@@shady.fcipher452 i see you're* not

[@TheStevenp851]

I get chills every time I see the Zulu charge scene

[@docbailey3265]

The Zulus were pretty badass to charge with only spears and cowhide shields.

[@jordytenhoven9910]

Oxhide

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Not spears, assegais

[@chrisholland7367]

Prior to that engagement some 30,000 Zulu warriors destroyed 1,500 British soldiers at the mountain slopes of islandwana.

[@jordytenhoven9910]

True

[@samcookinggrits996]

@@chrisholland7367 FACTS

[@_lime.]

Getting charged by war elephants must have been one of the most terrifying experiences anyone's ever had. Just imagine the ground shaking, the thunderous sound of their footsteps, the slight of these huge, horned, masses rushing towards you. Definitely no pants coming through that unscathed.

[@mikebersiks3280]

Luckily the Macedonians/Greeks didn't wear pants, it was considered effeminate and the mark of a barbarian nation! :)

[@snoopywriter3643]

Best charge ever… The charge I made from my backyard to the bathroom on the second floor when the shits started. I almost didn’t make it.

[@thomasw.glasgow7449]

bring back out side toilettes is all am sayin , aye !

[@thomasjamison2050]

You must remember to always keep your powder room floor dry.

[@bryannelson6139]

Great video. It’s not real history, but I think the charge of the Rohirrm in Lord of the Rings, is the finest battle charge scene of any movie.

[@bluegrassreb1]

Easily

[@drumminslife]

Came here to say this same thing

[@glennshark4487]

Zulu, my favorite of all time.

[@johngillespie3409]

Day Of The Siege : September 11, 1683 (2014) about the Polish Winged Hussar is my favorite followed by The Lighthorsemen

[@Hooty52]

Also left out Gallipoli, I mean it is pretty bad when the enemy tells you to "stop you are killing your own men"

[@paddymurphy1320]

Mate. What about stories of Germans crying while their mowing men down by the thousand saying "why do they keep sending them". Lions lead by Donkeys is the official narrative. Myself. I see it as a cull. It has to be. Nobody is as fucking stupid as those Generals in WW 1

[@SuchDoge4242]

@@paddymurphy1320 I mean I heard a few stories from German D-Day survivors who cried while firing their mg42 because of how many they were killing and how fast kept sending them out. Human emotion. and adrenaline are crazy things.

[@saintsone7877]

@@paddymurphy1320 Many officers in WW! paid to get their commissions. They were not trained very well as were lords and other nobles that did not take kindly to being told they were wrong. Much like Longshanks in Braveheart when he ordered archers to fire against their own troops. No regard for their mens lives at all.

[@paddymurphy1320]

@@saintsone7877 Really? Braveheart? The film? Fuck me! What about Ramsey Bolton? He fired arrows at his own troops too.

[@saintsone7877]

@@paddymurphy1320 Many Generals etc in ww1 and ww2 were guilty of using their troops as basically cannon fodder as history tells us many historical leaders also did Paddy. I simply used Braveheart as it is one of the few films of recent times where the victors leaders were shown to have utter contempt for those brave soldiers who fought battles on their behalf.

[@mark6809mm]

I know it's fantasy but the charge of the Rohirrim was awesome on LOTR

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

Fantasy? Spose Santa ain't real either aye!

[@nhitzig9419]

The disastrous charge of the French cavalry in Olivier's Henry V (a WW 2 classic) is one of the greatest. The charge of heavily armored knights begins with a walk, then moves to a canter and finally a gallop, until stopped dead by a flight of arrows loosed by English archers at Agincourt,

[@tbuxt3992]

Except for the issue that the VAST majority of media on Agincourt (this film included) is extremely historically inaccurate. Let alone the fact that idiots keep using the play Henry V by Shakespeare as "factual" information when it's just a bunch of British propaganda.

[@michaelgaley9532]

As a retired SGT Army Reserves the scene from Gettysburg at Little Roundtop captured my soul the tension was unbelievable not unlike my Navy days in Vietnam it was well done, Bravo.

[@Glitches59.]

The charge of King Jan Sobieski's Winged Hussars at the Battle of Vienna .

[@PaganMin-1966]

The Last Samurai's final charge got to be the most saddest moment

[@internetgas2020]

It is definitely sad, but I do like at the end of the movie where the Emperor gives the fat business man come general Katsumoto's sword to reclaim his honour

[@Richard500]

The charge by the Royal Scots Greys saved the remnants of the Household and Union brigades but their casualties had been heavy, including the Greys' lieutenant-colonel, James Hamilton, who was killed. The officially recorded losses for both brigades that day were 1,205 troopers and 1,303 horses, an extremely high proportion. But they still silenced the guns and some accounts of the outcome are that the Greys charged through the guns and back to the allied lines.

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Wow i can't imagine what some of this soldiers went through

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Bullets, blood and guts.

[@Wardads1]

When I did my basic training for the Australian Army at Kapooka in the 80s watching Zulu ! was compulsory to show what discipline ,good leadership and courage can achieve.

[@camdenkirkpatrick984]

Field of Lost Shoes is always a favorite of mine.

[@Garvel10]

Jason Isaacs - bad guy through the ages. From 1775 to 2256. When I first saw him in Star Trek Discovery I was thinking: “Hmmm…I know him, but I don’t remember exactly”, then I realised who is portrayed Captain Lorka and plot twist wasn’t unexpected for me. Great actor! If there is no great villain, who needs a hero?

[@neilcaldwell8313]

...and don't forget that he played Lucious Malfoy in Harry Potter, and Captain Hook in Peter Pan.

[@amsuther]

@@neilcaldwell8313 and General Zhukov in Death of Stalin ... aced that one...!

[@ericvitelli7113]

You got #1 and 2 right in my book- I sit down and watch every time they are aired.

[@Martin_L478]

You're damn right The Patriot better be on this list. One of the best charges in a war movie I've ever seen.

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

Errol flynn charge of the light brigade cinematically is the greatest, no question.

[@titanicman9329]

Waterloo will forever have the most authentic charges in all of cinema

[@mrboss3902]

Titanicman while this is true they definitely could’ve spiced up the cinematic effects if given more funding and better tech but I do see your point

[@theimperialwarmaster3495]

Aka scoch graze

[@jonathanwheeler4767]

Good effort Russian Army

[@1969cmp]

...or kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6S6goV_a7uosLM

[@jjayyoung7335]

It was no more realistic than what was shown before it and I haven't viewed whats after it. You greatly overrated it. Zula trounced it in looking real, but not historical accuracy by any means. Roarke's Drift was much different in real life than what was portrayed as great as it was

[@GGdeTOURS37]

The most beautiful historic charge was the French cavalry in Eylau!

[@BryanAlexander]

Has this ever been filmed?

[@Bikavin]

What about the winged hussars charge?its the biggest cavalry charge

[@BryanAlexander]

@@BoB-fg6eg Is this series good, overall? I was disappointed by the first episode.

[@domitiusafer]

@@BoB-fg6eg The french cavalery charge in Eylau it was filmed in the movie in 1994 "Le colonel Chabert" by Yves Angelo with Gerard Depardieu.

[@cosaque13]

@@BryanAlexander Hi : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ3Ef3R6p8mDg6M

[@Roebuck325]

The tank counter attack charge scene in the new "All Quiet on the Western Front" must be added :)

[@kalinadog7176]

That windhelm scream or whatever it's called does a great job of taking me out of a serious scene whenever it's played. Do people actually not find it cheesy and comical? I'm not saying I laugh or anything cuz I don't but it just seems so comical for serious scenes. Alot of great parts here anyways.

[@thatonecanadian86]

Imagine your just a French soldier ready to see some battle and over the hill comes blaring bagpipes as thousands of scots march towards your position

[@delnosiro9607]

A good video, but, I think, the coolest and epic battle is in the "War and Peace" directed by Sergei Bondarchuk sovet director, and he made Waterlow.

[@lavern007]

I was looking for the final charge from "We were Soldiers" and Pickett's Charge from "Gettysburg". Could have included the wilderness charge from *Gods and Generals".

[@metaltak1154]

Zulu. Watched the movie over a hundred times. Can't get enough of history. And the brave men that fought and died there for both sides.

[@user-wx3wc4bo7c]

When I was in college I had to do a “community exercise” I made them sing the men of harlech I got in trouble with the teaching staff had to have a sit down talk with them 😅

[@dennisyoung4631]

*Usuthu!*

[@metaltak1154]

@@user-wx3wc4bo7c what's wrong with Men of Harlech?

[@rosemarieleong7922]

the fact that like 4 of the charges are from the acv shows how much cinematic movies were made about our history. Love from the usa

[@mehmetyucesan3177]

Scenes, wide-angle shots, the number of stunts. Okay, maybe that's all good, but watch out for the soundtrack of Breaveheart. It gives the best effect by far. I've watched it 50 times and it still gives me goosebumps. Freeeeedoooooom !!! 😀😃🙂

[@tylernelson152]

And the Scots won. So its actually somewhat historically accurate

[@JorgeDiaz-fq8kn]

of the 12 movies ive have seen 4 , Braveheart, The Patriot, The Last Samurai and Band of Brothers, great selection of movies in this viedo¡¡ i want to see the rest of them

[@skywise63]

Would like to have seen the charge at Beersheba by the 4th Australian Light Horse on this list. The movie The Light Horsemen showed the bond between man and horse. To charge the guns and take Beersheba in that epic charge deserves a place in your list as it did in history.

[@jaybennett236]

I agree. Read it in Wikipedia and you will learn a lot more details. Like they charged on horses with bayonets without rifles!

[@HenriHattar]

They also came out of the Sinai, which in itself was an epic and before Lawrence and the Arabs.

[@FalkinerTim]

And the filming of the charge at Beersheba shows how the lines of horses were formed and the staging of the charge from a walk through a trot, canter and gallop.

[@internetgas2020]

And thank you for not calling it a cavalry charge

[@trevormiles5852]

"has wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazonas" . As kid, I have always loved that line said in the midst of battle.

[@thefantasyreview8709]

Zulu is the most amazing movie here. Well worth it if you haven't seen it. I do like the charge in Gettysburg though! Also, as others have said the Australian Light Horse charge at Beersheeba from "The Lighthorseman" is amazing....as they aren't even cavalry, and charged with knives in their hands!!!!

[@wattlebough]

Bayonets my bro. They charged with bayonets in their hands.

[@thefantasyreview8709]

@@wattlebough yeah I know! My point is, charges are always done with a slashing weapon like a sword or thrusting weapons like a lance. These guys did it with what was essentially a big knife!

[@rays7005]

Read the true history of Rourke's Drift. Most of the movie is fiction to the point that Pvt Hooks family tried to sue the films producers for the way in which he was portrayed. A true hero made out to be a cowardly shirker. The movie is probably one of the least accurate films every to portray a battle.

[@hfhso37ndnks]

@@rays7005 Yes Zulu is inaccurate I mean like Cetshwayo ordering them to attack rorkes drift, Men of Harlech, the hook thing. But nonetheless Zulu is actually an amazing film, yes inaccurate but these inaccuracies make Zulu so much better.

[@gregmichael8473]

@@hfhso37ndnks Agree with the inaccuracies, but one thing the movie has accomplished is to keep this action in the mind of the public.

[@stevensevillano8021]

1:28 the guy made it from ww1 through ww2 band of brothers. Legend

[@alexcruse1163]

I love how the silent charge in band of brothers catches the germans off guard

[@chrisholland7367]

I'm surprised the infamous charge of the light brigade wasn't on this list.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Excellent work, I agree that some people are disappointed that the Australian light horse did not appear, however I,m sure there will be a Volume 2 , well done, best wishes from the wirral, site of the great battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD...E

[@lindaterrell5535]

Hello to,the Wirral. Where the CSS Alabama was built.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@lindaterrell5535 spot on ,Linda....Nathaniel Hawthorne resided here for a while too, wirral also namechecked albeit in Welsh in sir Gawain and the green knight....best wishes....E

[@constancemiller3753]

"At my signal, unleash hell." Gladiator

[@lilrevvy9166]

The last samurai charge was so hard to watch

[@christophermeredithii1652]

It was

[@RobinYork123]

Thanks for posting your list. I watched the Lost Battallion, a fantastic film which I was not aware of and knew nothing of the battle.

[@jimpaquette8007]

Chamberlain saw more battles not just Little Round Top he was wounded and he carried that wound with him the rest of his life and he was also at the surrender to end the war he was a true hero!!!

[@SuchDoge4242]

Joshua Chamberlain was a american hero. As a Mainer I have the utmost respect for our former governor.

[@jimpaquette8007]

@@SuchDoge4242 As a Maniac myself I agree!

[@SuchDoge4242]

@@jimpaquette8007 always nice to find another fellow Mainiac in the comments. God bless and hope you had a good new year friend! Maine is the best state :D

[@usafvet100]

He was described by the men who served under him as having "the heart of a lion, but the soul of a woman." Courageous in battle, but always solicitous about the welfare of the men under his command. He was shot through the pelvis and groin outside Petersburg. The docs told him he was a goner and should write his last words to his family. He somehow managed to pull through and insisted on returning to front line duty although still unable to walk any distance. His men had to help him on and off his horse. At Appomattox he ordered his men to come to attention and salute the defeated remnants of The Army of Northern Virginia as they stacked arms. "How could we not welcome such manhood back into the Union?" JL Chamberlain was a man among men, one of those few larger than life figures who lived up to the hype. A fine representative of his home state, ayuh.

[@michaelgiertz-rath7994]

The good man was wounded six times and if I remember correctly was elected to accept the surrender of the entire CSA army. Is considered the last victim of the Civil War as he died in 1914 from an old wound he received in that war.

[@johnkinnane547]

Excellent!!!! Very well put together thank you regards John

[@JWilliamsLangley]

"Today we'll see how professors fight." ---Chamberlain's brigade commander.

[@robertmeaney3238]

Chamberlain wasn’t a brigade commander at that time sorry. Plus it didn’t happen like that his own 2nd in command a major can’t quite remember his name elles something came out publicly and stated this. Not taking anything away from chamberlain brilliant leader of men didn’t get to major general for nothing

[@JWilliamsLangley]

@@robertmeaney3238 The comment was made TO Chamberlain as they prepared to move up to LRT. If I recall Chamberlain had seen action but not as the commander of the 20th. My understanding is that his brigade commander wasn't being disrespectful just...commanding baptism of fire for the rhetoric professor.

[@robertmeaney3238]

@@JWilliamsLangley he had taken command of the regiment one week before Gettysburg the brigade commander was a colonel named Vincent strong he died that day. Chamberlain was a fantastic leader of men but he was known for glorifying it a wee bit his 2nd in command said the order for that charge never happened. Have you read chamberlain book ? Btw I didn’t mean to come across rude there sorry if it came across that way

[@jonathansheridan9780]

I always loved the first charge in the Last Samurai where they come out of the mist

[@joshb8233]

The charge of beersheba, the last succesful charge of WW1.

[@vadimpm1290]

Number 11 Band Brothers - I couldn't imagine such a level of realism to exist

[@mikecochrane1437]

It’s a brilliant series if you haven’t seen it already.

[@WACKENHUT234]

Excellent video! In my opinion one of the greatest pre-battle scenes was filmed by Stanley Kubrick in Spartacus watching the Blocks of Roman Legions march in precise formation across a wide open field. And of course the charge in the movie Gettysburg as they advanced across the field from out of the woods. I stood at "the angle" and it gave me chills up and down my spine to think of such a horrific conflagration of slaughter and the U.S. is still reaping the prejudices from the wounds of that war.

[@AdamRyan-s3j]

I'm probably biased as I'm Australian but the final charge of the Australian Lighthorse on Beersheba on October 31st 1917, in the film The Lighthorsemen is the best mounted charge in film.

[@clintpot8521]

'We were soldiers' had some epic charges by both sides as I remember... Mel Gibson Vietnam movie.

[@lm157]

Lt. Powers, perfect example of ideal officer and commander. Respect.

[@minnowpd]

"Ran' has a beautiful failed charge, 'All quiet on the western front" has a ferocious French attack. Both belong.

[@minnowpd]

@Xamand Oh yes. The squares held.

[@1earflapping]

Ran was literally beautiful--the colors moving back and forth, flattened by the long lens. It didn't look like a real battle, or even a painting of one. It's difficult to appreciate such abstraction in the face of the soldiers' fear and courage.

[@trexbra8715]

what a little banga, dam right nearly brought me to tears by the end

[@TR-mg1eq]

Not bad at all and I have seen a few of these. A few stinkers in the list but the director seems to know his Western history. For the most part good historically accurate charges. The charge of the Scot Grey at Waterloo matches the painting in the British War Museum. How did they do that? Beautiful....and in slow mo. Glory is the best charge of all ... although the Chamberlin charge at Gettysburg with the great men from Maine is the most important...and also very very well done. I would like to see a few naval war videos on the same topic.

[@diantremortecouille8250]

Nice List ! Haven't you seen "Stalingrad" from Jean Jacques Annaud ? The russian assault in the beginning of the movie is quiet epic !

[@taivo55]

None better than the charge at Beersheba shown in The Lighthorsemen

[@thecosmocat9750]

Thank you MRBOSS390 for putting in the Civil war charges, im a huge Civil war fan

[@SwadishS]

We Were Soldiers end charge one of the greatest

[@bertranddantier7018]

The paths of glory.

[@stephenmcguire7801]

Quite good, commendable. I would only suggest the artillery barrage and charge from All Quiet on the Western Front. Real TNT going off

[@thestinkydwarf]

if I was to pick a charge scene out of Last Samurai it would be the first charge of the samurai coming out of the mists and the looks of terror on the faces of the Imperial Army soldiers...that was really well done - you know that those peasant soldiers had grown up fearing the samurai and then to witness that charge coming at you, being green troops no wonder it went so badly...

[@brownwaternavy5148]

Nonetheless - the movie is as historically inaccurate as can be. It's pure fantasy.

[@corpsetime]

A good list. although sadly overlooked one of the greatest single shot scenes. From The Longest Day. French commandos storming the town of Ouistreham and running up against a heavily fortified casino.

[@YARROWS9]

Is it just me. Or is the Highland charge, whether it is Bannockburn or Waterloo just amazing.

[@whiteheatherclub]

I don't know but I doubt that there were many Highlanders at Bannockburn.

[@internetgas2020]

Its the Bagpipe music. There's a reason they were outlawed in later times, as weapons of war. They will fire up anyone into a fighting frenzy

[@liamwaterworth923]

i think the last charge of We were Soldiers should be in this, the soundtrack in that charge is amazing

[@thesleepycrusader]

a soldier’s sacrifice is like no other. God bless

[@05017351]

Blackadder goes forth! It's a comedy, but that last charge into no man's land though! One of the greats!