Alexander the Great: Battle of the Hydaspes 326 BC

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@melodicnostalgic3823
@melodicnostalgic3823 5 жыл бұрын
"As for the Macedonians, However, their struggle with Porus blunted their courage and stayed their further advance into India. For having had all they could do to repulse an enemy who mustered only 20,000 Infantry and 2000 Horse, they violently opposed Alexander when he insisted on crossing the river Ganges also, the width of which, as they learned, was 32 Furlongs, its depth a 100 Fathoms, while its banks on the further side were covered with multitudes of Men-at-arms and Horsemen and Elephants. For they were told that the Indian Kings of the Ganderites (Gangas) and Praesii (Prachi) were awaiting them with 80,000 Horsemen, 200,000 Footmen, 8000 Chariots, and 6000 Armored elephants." - Plutarch , Greek Historian
@vasileiospapazoglou2362
@vasileiospapazoglou2362 5 жыл бұрын
Yes that's true it was to much.
@vinrusso821
@vinrusso821 3 жыл бұрын
Alexander was outnumbered two to one. Do you think that an army that had fought 4 years and 3000 miles might want to go home someday? As for Porus, that was just one fight in India, he killed thousands more on the way out.
@tylerdurden3722
@tylerdurden3722 3 жыл бұрын
@@vasileiospapazoglou2362 a guy named Chandragupta, in exile, in the Punjab, with a smaller less experienced force than Alexander's, would conquer that same Nanda Empire soon after Alexander intended to. The Nanda Army was definitely not too much. Chandragupta demonstrated that war is not that simpleminded. Just look at the statistics of the Persian Empire on paper...on paper, Macedonia conquering Persia would seem insane. But that's not how war works. If it were, then Alexander would have lost again the Persians since the Persians could theoretically muster 8 million soldiers in total (they had a population of 50 million) Ceasar faced 1 million Gauls. Unfortunately, raw total numbers like these mean very little in real life. As Chandragupta demonstrated. The Nanda Empire was made of many Kingdoms. Those numbers split between it. Porus told Alexander, that the king Xandrames was an utterly incompetent individual who became King by marring the Queen (he was a commoner. The some of a barber. But very handsome. The queen fell in love with him and they had her husband killed. Hence how this incompetent individual became King. His own vassal kings despised him. And other neighboring kings as well. It turns out Porus' advice to Alexander was correct, as it was this same individual who lost the Nanda Empire against Chandragupta. Chandragupta attacked vassal kingdoms seperately while half joined him and finished off with the capital with relative ease. Alexander always had local allies on his side. Ceasar always had Gauls on his side. Chandragupta, had Nanda vassals on his side. That's how real wars go. It's not like a video game where Soldiers are like machines and leaders are like simple programmed code. It's more complex than that. When Persia tried to invade Greece, most of Greece was allied with Persia. Thats how wars go in reality. There are always internal tensions and rivals in any nation. And the Nanda Empire was ripe for the picking...Chandragupta took what Alexander didn't. Those numbers don't tell the whole story, because the Nanda army wasn't a single army. And elephants are a huge liability, since more often than not, they tend to rampage and destroy their own army. It's how Porus lost, Alexander re-equipped his sarissa pikement specifically for Elephants and then drilled them in its use for months. Combined with skirmishers, also specially trained to target the Mahouts. After that battle, about 60 of the 85 elephants were still alive found roaming driverless. These mahouts were killed and their driverless elepahants driven back into the Indian lines, by these Macedonian anti-elephant squads, where these elephants wrecked havoc on Porus' own lines. Elephants destroying its own army was also how Hannibal lost at Zama. Pyrrhus always careful by keeping his elephants in reserve, was also killed because his was causing havoc while he was trying to retreat. Even Seleucus kept his elephants at the rear in reserve. He understood what a huge liability these creature were. Since he himself was an infantry officer, one of those specially trained in anti elepahants tactics for Hydaspes, whose own men drove elepahants into the Indian lines.
@MisterL2_yt
@MisterL2_yt 3 жыл бұрын
6000 armored elephants :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I don't think so
@durgavaraprasad5723
@durgavaraprasad5723 3 жыл бұрын
All the kingdoms were United in India and fought against Alexander so they may have 6000 armed elephant
@Jattmafia313
@Jattmafia313 6 жыл бұрын
Damn Porus had balls of steel. Not only was Alexander this legendary figure who had conquered the world at this point, he outnumbered Porus 2:1. Yet Porus decided to fight him anyway. No wonder Alexander was so impressed by him.
@ishiable
@ishiable 5 жыл бұрын
Actually alexander lost to porous,thats why they left for greece...and alexander died shortly after that battle, probably cuz of the wound from battle. But greeks changed the history little bit, cuz they want the world to know that alexander haven't lost any battle.
@shaolindreams
@shaolindreams 5 жыл бұрын
+naman seth.. On what basis do you make such a claim?
@namanseth7072
@namanseth7072 5 жыл бұрын
@@shaolindreams I do not need to prove it you Europeans have already Destroyed all the Evidences from India while you were ruling and I knew well you would ask this question.The Greeks never wanted To show Alexander's Defeat.During the British rule Europeans do have even tried to destroy some Indian monuments one was Taj Mahal.Often British wanted to destroy it but I dont know what made Queen Elizabeth to cancel that plan to destroy Taj Mahal.
@namanseth7072
@namanseth7072 5 жыл бұрын
@@shaolindreams One more addition Europeans not only destroyed Evidences from India but also from the countries that they were ruling,They did so because they wanted to show themselves Superior and Fathers of Western And Industrial Culture.
@jaffnaboyponnampalam8188
@jaffnaboyponnampalam8188 5 жыл бұрын
Alexander did not fight the Empire of India, but just a small king porous. Nanda, Later Mayura were huge empires. Something happened in the battle, that alexander lost his pride and courage. He handed over porous kingdom plus extra territories, for people who mauled his army, kiled his mount, almost stabbed him with the spear. Does not make any sense. Did not go back to Greece, but Iraq and died shortly after, maybe due to injuries. For sure he must have made truce with porous half way.
@richard_nj
@richard_nj 4 жыл бұрын
I believe this campaign under those circumstances is an even greater logistical accomplishment than it is a purely military/battle-strategically one. Keeping tens of thousands of soldiers fed and equipped for years in foreign territories which were so incredibly diverse is astonishing
@tylerdurden3722
@tylerdurden3722 2 жыл бұрын
That is true, but the Indus Valley wasn't really foreign territory. The Indus Valley was part of the Persian empire. It was already his, he was just there to enforce his claim to it. The Indus Valey was conquered by Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great centuries before . It was made up of 7 satrapies. Persian supply networks were still intact. And Alexander was very thorough when it came to sucuring supply lines. All those places he built and named after himself were strategical forts. Most of these border forts. Alexander merely went to the Indus to subdue the Persian satrapies that refused to submit after being sent letters to submit. Of course, some did submit. And many even invited Alexander into the Indus Valley. When Alexander first crossed over to Asia, only 9000 of his infantry were Macedonian pikemen. 12000 were Greek hoplites 3000 were Macedonians armed as hoplites (these were his most elite and deadly infantry) And the rest were from the regions of the north. Thrace, Illyria, Paionia, Agriania, etc. So Alexander's army had always been mostly made up of foreigners built around a smaller Macedonian core. And that continued throughout his campaign. By the time Alexander reached the Indus Valley, he had a completely different army. Made up of mostly Asian soldiers, but still built around his Macedonian core. This included Indian soldiers. Plus, Alexander had access to most of the resources of the biggest empire on earth. By the time Alexander sailed down the river Hydaspes, he had 100 000 soldiers under his command. Including 300 elephants. This army was so massive that he had to split it in two. The other army led by Hephaestion. Alexander could easily afford to lose big portions of his army, so long as his Macedonian core remained in tact. But, it was his Macedonian core that mutineed chronically.
@dharmdevil
@dharmdevil 2 жыл бұрын
Not really, because his enemies didn't even try to break his logistics. Nobody tried to outmaneuver him in the bigger map; his enemy generals are of mediocrity.
@harveyspecter1855
@harveyspecter1855 2 жыл бұрын
@@tylerdurden3722 what history book do you refer that you claim such false statements?
@tylerdurden3722
@tylerdurden3722 2 жыл бұрын
@@harveyspecter1855 Go to Iran, there's a big monument built by Darius the Great. There he lists all the territories he controlled. Among it you will find the Indus Valley. You'll notice that all those territories listed, are all the places Alexander campaigned in. In other words, in his entire career, Alexander only conquered the Persian Empire, and he conquered it one Peraian Satrapy at a time. I have physical proof. Now give me your proof. (Not movies)
@aasamspb967
@aasamspb967 2 жыл бұрын
@@dharmdevil nice joke. Next one please.
@ShivamSingh-kb3ff
@ShivamSingh-kb3ff 5 жыл бұрын
" Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter"...
@RohitSingh-tu6kk
@RohitSingh-tu6kk 4 жыл бұрын
@Samar ha ha ha.. seeing ur jealous... Ok u were great..btw who r u..??
@dimitrisdimitropoulos1317
@dimitrisdimitropoulos1317 4 жыл бұрын
Why are you all fighting like this? It is true that alexander the great masacred infiintly and in lots of situations but the good he provided was much more in comparison to the harm he had made. 1)he unified many civilizations and spread the greek philosophy thus helping many civilizations evolve not to mention the help he gave them to the sector of mathematics physics etc. He kept mostly the persian organization system and evolved it. He unified greeks with persians via marriages. He strengthened the economy .with his findings he changed the western way of thinking and knowledge by far by exploring lots of the 'unknown world" (the Chinese lernt about the western civilizations due to this expansion of the greek ruler).and many more..... He also created lots of new cities
@amritt1989
@amritt1989 4 жыл бұрын
This is as neutral an account as you'll ever find. Try to accept facts for what they are.
@harshsrivastava1863
@harshsrivastava1863 4 жыл бұрын
@@bhagwankerhindouchebag4609 this aryan invasion theory is also disputable
@tusharshetty5503
@tusharshetty5503 4 жыл бұрын
@@bhagwankerhindouchebag4609 the people in harrappaan civilization were Aryan , but no records of Dravidians living before them
@Dartanius100
@Dartanius100 6 жыл бұрын
"GG." - Alexander the Great, 326 BC.
@motherrussia7872
@motherrussia7872 3 жыл бұрын
323 BC he died
@thugliferkps5477
@thugliferkps5477 3 жыл бұрын
@@motherrussia7872 so?
@saeedvazirian
@saeedvazirian 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, pussy cowardice. :)
@pritamgolatkar8862
@pritamgolatkar8862 3 жыл бұрын
So on one hand you hate Hitler and you regard Alexander as great wow so cute :)
@Dartanius100
@Dartanius100 3 жыл бұрын
@@pritamgolatkar8862 ??
@addochandra4745
@addochandra4745 7 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that Alexander's horse, buchepalus, died in the battle. So, to honor the service of buchepalus, he named one city after his horse, Buchepalia. #CMIIW #SFMBE...
@Bsacks609
@Bsacks609 6 жыл бұрын
dont forget he named 70 cities Alexandria
@landerhendrickx3522
@landerhendrickx3522 5 жыл бұрын
Nydaelian #dictatorgoals
@petros311
@petros311 4 жыл бұрын
No, Buchephalas didn't die in battle, alexander was not rid him in battles, but other horses, he did that frequently. he didn't want his beloved horse to die in battle, alexander lost another horse in Granicus. buchephalas died from old age, he was around 20 years old when he died!
@wazirfloyd
@wazirfloyd 4 жыл бұрын
@@petros311 His horse died shortly after the war, there is a city in modern pakistan just along the Jhelum river(Hydapses) which was named after Buchephalas.
@ahmedmalik5643
@ahmedmalik5643 4 жыл бұрын
That city still exist in Pakistan
@badlav120
@badlav120 3 жыл бұрын
It's India man filled with numerous warriors tales and they are still unknown to these world.
@helloworld6989
@helloworld6989 3 жыл бұрын
lol. they lost an ez winning battle. indian always oversmart haha
@suyashdhingra8716
@suyashdhingra8716 3 жыл бұрын
@@helloworld6989 dont try to be oversmart idiot if u dont know anything about him
@nikhil3893
@nikhil3893 2 жыл бұрын
@@suyashdhingra8716 right
@demonmenace4657
@demonmenace4657 2 жыл бұрын
@@helloworld6989 Porus lost bcoz due to the monsoon he couldn't use his best arsenal at their full potential at this battle
@Aditya-sj9wx
@Aditya-sj9wx 2 жыл бұрын
@@helloworld6989 It's Ironic that u are the one who's Oversmart here......LOL!
@LogicalHistorian
@LogicalHistorian 3 жыл бұрын
Your videos are neat, clean and precise.
@karryken7820
@karryken7820 5 жыл бұрын
Alexander’s words to his mother after his war with the Indian king. “I am involved in the land of “leonine” (lion-like) and brave people where every foot of the ground is like wall of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one Alexander into the world, But every mother in this land has brought an Alexander into this world”.
@Benji567891
@Benji567891 5 жыл бұрын
Yet India was conquered many times during its history.
@satyavathyparige2186
@satyavathyparige2186 2 жыл бұрын
@@Benji567891 yes but that was like 1600 years after Alexander. We simply had no chance against the mughal superior army and their metal weapons
@Arjunyadav-em5sw
@Arjunyadav-em5sw 2 жыл бұрын
India always captured due to betryal of someone from inside. We lacked unity. Individually we were brave but we lack unity and lot of social differences.
@normanbates6577
@normanbates6577 2 жыл бұрын
Source? He never even said that
@uniqueagent284
@uniqueagent284 2 жыл бұрын
So was there steel in 326bc
@soumyajitsanyal4146
@soumyajitsanyal4146 7 жыл бұрын
i wish people would make movies about the ancient battles. whenever they do it's all drama and negligible tactics and manoeuvres. Directors need to stop focusing on human suffering and start focusing on human intellect.
@CptSquirrel
@CptSquirrel 7 жыл бұрын
Its movie fighting. Let's not just talk about battles but little skirmishes and duels. They always look hilarous instead of exciting.
@EmilicoYamigos
@EmilicoYamigos 7 жыл бұрын
Well there is a Movie about Alexander the Great.... kind off, or at least they treid lol.
@ryanafacation
@ryanafacation 7 жыл бұрын
this might be a better option than live action things like cavalry charges are very dangerous to do with actors
@moistbreadcrust7381
@moistbreadcrust7381 7 жыл бұрын
While it being fantasy, I'm quite sure the the lord of the rings trilogy is very tactical.
@Omega0850
@Omega0850 7 жыл бұрын
Its much easier for a movie to show the actual fighting in an interesting way, rather than the tactical side. This is a limitation of the medium i think. (coming from someone who knows one or two things about writing, where this problem is even worse)
@che71che
@che71che 2 жыл бұрын
To think how channels like yours with the limited budgets available to you can produce content that's head & shoulders above anything that MSM have created for years, Thank You Baz
@kumardias9348
@kumardias9348 4 жыл бұрын
Excellently researched video
@mihajlo961x
@mihajlo961x 7 жыл бұрын
*Spoiler alert* Wow, RIP Parmenion. After all they went through, I didn't expect it to end like that. He really was driven to insanity by his will to conquer and dominate.
@obibellowme
@obibellowme 7 жыл бұрын
Michael Oghia agreed, dick move by Alexander
@brovahkiin4302
@brovahkiin4302 7 жыл бұрын
Michael Oghia nope, there was actually a lot of evidence against his son, and it was very likely parmenion organized the coup. but even if he didn't, his son was pretty much guilty, and parmenion couldn't have been left alive after his son was just killed, he was too dangerous
@mihajlo961x
@mihajlo961x 7 жыл бұрын
I see. That seems to contradict what the video said at 3:55 ("...had him killed, despite the lack of sufficient evidence"). Can @BazBattles clarify?
@brovahkiin4302
@brovahkiin4302 7 жыл бұрын
Michael Oghia as with many things that happened over two thousand years ago, historians disagree. some sources say philotas was innocent, some suggest he was a traitor. Personally and since I'm very interested in Alexander, I read a biography that compared many sources, written by robin lane fox, suggesting he was likely involved in some kind of plot but no one can say for sure. Nevertheless, Alexander has no history of randomly executing his closest allies, the only real time he did that was at the banquet when he was drunk, and he didn't eat for days after because he felt guilty. and generals close to him (like ptolemaios) also didn't doubt his judgement. Then again, he had much to gain by being on Alexander's good side, so his records can't be trusted.
@Centenkiko
@Centenkiko 7 жыл бұрын
Parmenion's other son already died while serving Alexander I believe, so having his last son put to death would have been a too big of a blow to Parmenion, which Alexander simply could not risk, as he was going to the east.
@deansnipah2895
@deansnipah2895 5 жыл бұрын
What ALWAYS mind boggles me is that all these battles occured with no GPS, no satellites, no radios etc and how the hell were all these kings and generals and what not able to strategize and/or communicate during the frantic ordeal of head on head fighting. Its truly fascinating.
@mfjankins
@mfjankins 3 жыл бұрын
I think back in the day without all these technology and easy information that we have now, people used their brains more, that's why our ancestors could easily learn these things. Nowadays we're not using our brains much, we don't have to learn a language to go to another country right, just use Google translate.
@bsba3afmjimmangulabnan961
@bsba3afmjimmangulabnan961 3 жыл бұрын
that's what battle horns or drums are for. when soldiers hear the horn or drums (maybe on the code of count of the horn sound or beat in the drums case) they already know what to do.
@bryguysays2948
@bryguysays2948 3 жыл бұрын
Scouts...
@excessiveone9952
@excessiveone9952 3 жыл бұрын
@@hegel5816 If you had all that how did you lose
@hegel5816
@hegel5816 3 жыл бұрын
@@excessiveone9952 That’s a troll... That’s exactly what Hindu right in our country believes... and I am not joking...
@5xlelo
@5xlelo 3 жыл бұрын
congratulations for the job. fantastic!!! hugs from brasil
@cccristol
@cccristol 4 жыл бұрын
Never get tired of you're videos.
@KiLLkInGLiOn
@KiLLkInGLiOn 7 жыл бұрын
11:12 - "GG" - Alexander the great keyboard warrior.
@steliosgkelis1517
@steliosgkelis1517 6 жыл бұрын
Darius_Da0King: Report my team feeding trolling im tired of these trolls i quit
@BreadWinner330
@BreadWinner330 6 жыл бұрын
gg ez
@actually4660
@actually4660 4 жыл бұрын
Report
@neilricardosantiago7554
@neilricardosantiago7554 4 жыл бұрын
darius fed top
@DimitrisAndreou
@DimitrisAndreou 7 жыл бұрын
3:35 "I'm tired of winning" ahahaha!!
@raygiordano1045
@raygiordano1045 7 жыл бұрын
11:12 "GG" I really like the humor too.
@konradplatt3833
@konradplatt3833 7 жыл бұрын
U know Pyrrhus(propably spelled wrong) he is a greek tactican who fought in south italian against romans and after 2 complete victorys he said: "If i win one more battle i will lose" Because the Romans could just throw their people at him. By the way he is the only one Hannibal considered better than him.
@Braila2000
@Braila2000 7 жыл бұрын
KONRAD Platt, Hannibal was modest when he put Pyrrhus above him. I personaly think Hannibal was even better than Alexander
@konradplatt3833
@konradplatt3833 7 жыл бұрын
I think Hannibal is one if not THE best tactican ever. check out HistoriaCivilis for his battles.
@DarkFilmDirector
@DarkFilmDirector 7 жыл бұрын
Pyrrhus is underrated by history because his memoirs have been lost despite being one of the premier military books of antiquity. Pyrrhus crafted a state that took the Romans almost a century to reproduce. Had he of been from a stable and well financed state in Greece other than Epirus, he probably would have been more able to complete his goals in the long haul.
@uppal123g
@uppal123g 4 жыл бұрын
king and generals, baz battles,, freaking dopeeee
@Michael-gd2fn
@Michael-gd2fn 4 жыл бұрын
What a masterpiece by Alexander.
@akashpatil7217
@akashpatil7217 4 жыл бұрын
What a masterpiece he lost to india
@Michael-gd2fn
@Michael-gd2fn 4 жыл бұрын
@@akashpatil7217 did you look at that video? He fucking destroyed them.
@sheshan88
@sheshan88 4 жыл бұрын
Lol you still believe Alexander won this battle and went back home ......
@Michael-gd2fn
@Michael-gd2fn 4 жыл бұрын
@@sheshan88 but he did he saw that country is not even worth to conquer, people are worthless and weak and dont forget stinky, he didnt want to add something like that to his empire.
@paranoidandroid6095
@paranoidandroid6095 4 жыл бұрын
@@Michael-gd2fn people just desperately seek for some huge indestructible authorites... As well as hate someone. Like jews
@OneMinuteHistoryChannel
@OneMinuteHistoryChannel 7 жыл бұрын
The maps are so good
@memento5113
@memento5113 7 жыл бұрын
They are truly entertaining to watch, very well made
@masterm8664
@masterm8664 7 жыл бұрын
Really love your content dude, you and Historia Civilis deserve more attention.
@JoKeR1997fly
@JoKeR1997fly 7 жыл бұрын
Heh, a fellow watcher of Historia Civilis, this guy (Baz Battles) and Historia Civilis deserve more subscribers.
@accretiansholiq
@accretiansholiq 7 жыл бұрын
Master Vengco and Invicta too (before invicta, it was called THFEproduction), you should visit invicta.
@Mammel248
@Mammel248 7 жыл бұрын
TBH I think everybody who watches one of these channels also watches the other. They're so similar xd
@welatxwese8074
@welatxwese8074 7 жыл бұрын
Airlangga Julio invicta has like 3 historical videos (all of them are good in my opinion), but the rest is gameplay of a game ...
@hunter11945
@hunter11945 7 жыл бұрын
I got to historia civilis for the politics and baz battle for the battles. Although probably unnecessary a colab between the two would be fun to watch.
@hallamhal
@hallamhal 4 жыл бұрын
Loved the loading screen at the start!
@Miller4731
@Miller4731 5 жыл бұрын
Wooww I really love this channel it remind me a lot of total war and history like this is sooo intresting....
@jaredlebin4583
@jaredlebin4583 5 жыл бұрын
"The Macedonians will never be able to cross the river" Steve Harvey, 300BC
@collinpearson5456
@collinpearson5456 4 жыл бұрын
Wrong
@joeoliva7166
@joeoliva7166 4 жыл бұрын
@@collinpearson5456 nerd
@Harsh-ut8ix
@Harsh-ut8ix 4 жыл бұрын
Right I am from India and take bath in This river,
@motherrussia7872
@motherrussia7872 3 жыл бұрын
Nope they never passed the river because they were exhausted by continuous battles
@naressl8048
@naressl8048 3 жыл бұрын
No they lost
@ThePilot4ever
@ThePilot4ever 7 жыл бұрын
I'd be pretty upset too if I couldn't go home after winning for five years
@302MindSET
@302MindSET 6 жыл бұрын
nice excuses - cant accept alexander lost so lets play homesick card -pro greek historians
@anjalidwivedi2120
@anjalidwivedi2120 6 жыл бұрын
This is not true that porus was captured.. this history was wrote under pressure of alaxander and made mecedonian pride. According to indian history alaxander was defeated by king porus( A trailer of indian warriors). After porus selucus nicketer(alaxander army cheif) defeated by the great chandragupta maurya.
@dravelenhawk2673
@dravelenhawk2673 5 жыл бұрын
10 years*
@sonnguyenvan1599
@sonnguyenvan1599 5 жыл бұрын
Speaking broken English is one of the best ways to destroy your credibility from the get-go, dude.
@socratesmavrofridis2363
@socratesmavrofridis2363 5 жыл бұрын
ThePilot4ever
@MonikaKasba
@MonikaKasba 2 жыл бұрын
Simply awesome
@brokenbridge6316
@brokenbridge6316 4 жыл бұрын
This was probably one of Alexander the Great's toughest battles and where he had to truly work for his victory in the end. Porrus although unsuccessful was incredibly brave even after capture in the face of defeat.
@brokenbridge6316
@brokenbridge6316 3 жыл бұрын
@Razor Skidrow---This was one of those victories that felt like a defeat. That's what I'm trying to say.
@SandeepMeena79
@SandeepMeena79 3 жыл бұрын
@@brokenbridge6316 he lost his whole army in this battle...can't say that who defeated but porus definitely gave him tough competition
@brokenbridge6316
@brokenbridge6316 3 жыл бұрын
@@SandeepMeena79---If that is how you want to look at it.
@spartan9540
@spartan9540 3 жыл бұрын
Sandeep Meena 1500-3000 men is the whole army ? 😂😂😂
@abhinavjha3970
@abhinavjha3970 3 жыл бұрын
@Jerod Farmer how to count🤣🤣🤣we taught the world how to count..the number you use in indo arab numerical and we gave 0 without that how will you count 🤣🤣🤣the number that you are using that is 1 2 3 were given by indians🤣🤣
@kevinnorwood8782
@kevinnorwood8782 5 жыл бұрын
Something you forgot to mention about Alexander's crossing of the Hydaspes River was that was the spot where Alexander made one of the very few tactical errors of his career. When he sent scouting parties and swimmers into the river, he, unfortunately, didn't send them all the way across. He saw an island in the river, and he saw what he THOUGHT was the opposite bank of the mainland behind that island. Turns out, that was NOT the opposite bank, but a SECOND, smaller island in the middle of the river!!!! Finally, with dawn rapidly approaching, Alexander's forces found an area they could cross where the water was CHEST-DEEP, so they were absolutely exhausted by the time they finally crossed the river!
@kingonfire1683
@kingonfire1683 2 жыл бұрын
I know bro you were there at that time. I don't know why they believe on myths. Alexander troops were exhausted. Go work for whole day than u will find what exhausted means. Believe in Greeks myths. Btw he died just after battle because he was exhausted 🤣🤣
@kevinnorwood8782
@kevinnorwood8782 2 жыл бұрын
@@kingonfire1683 Literally EVERYTHING you just wrote is wrong. First, Alexander did NOT die just after this battle. He died THREE YEARS LATER. Second, yes, Alexander and his men were exhausted after crossing where he did, but he had PLANNED for this. He had ANOTHER contingent of FRESH TROOPS that crossed the river the following morning when Alexander's troops were near where the battle would eventually take place. The two Greek forces met up, and when Alexander saw Porus's main army coming, he sent his Iranian horse archers to stall Porus's army so Alexander could reorganize his own. THAT is the time that Porus SHOULD have attacked, and completely steam-rollered Alexander, but guess what? He DIDN'T. And to this day, we don't know WHY he didn't attack when he should have. Was he simply not ready? Was he not in an aggressive state of mind? We don't know, but whatever the case, he accepted the kind of battle Alexander presented to him. And before you say ANYTHING ELSE, everything I've just typed has been confirmed by MULTIPLE professional historians, who have spent their ENTIRE LIVES studying ancient military history. The only people who are stating myths, revisionist histories, and flat-out LIES, are people like YOU. So for the sake of all humanity, please keep your mouth SHUT and stop trying to BRAINWASH everyone with your false histories.
@aasamspb967
@aasamspb967 2 жыл бұрын
Don't call it Hydaspes river. Say it's original name Jhelum river. We don't want our rivers and lands to be called in a name given by a European (no offence to Europeans). But you know what I mean. Don't repeat this.
@warriorsheartcosplay3016
@warriorsheartcosplay3016 11 ай бұрын
Yeah, that HAD to suck! I imagine he was close to tearing his hair out at that point.
@CaptainHaddocck
@CaptainHaddocck 6 жыл бұрын
The battle of Hydaspes wasn't the first time the greeks fought elephants.
@LiewLmao
@LiewLmao 4 жыл бұрын
Urarettin -D- Lexxar l
@myes344
@myes344 4 жыл бұрын
These are problly different 🐘. And not the same soilders fight every battle. And with no training vs. Is the same as 1st time. Close enough
@Allinonetvz
@Allinonetvz 4 жыл бұрын
Its funny how alexander won the battle of hydaspes and out of no where his unusual generosity towards porus is recorded by greek historians. Alexander slaughtered people and atleast took their resources or taxed the kingdom after defeating them. Where as he did not do any of those things with porus as an act of mercy he left the entire kingdom to him? Bunch of bullshit. India and china where the richest of all the kingdoms back then. Alexanders army was lost, tired and what not but still somehow without making any sense left india to its defeated king porus. Porus is a tribal king the army he had was very small. Civilisation on the indian subcontinent predates any Hellenistic way of life. So yeah alexanders army was not something which was of a surprise to porus.
@sahiljaswal3560
@sahiljaswal3560 4 жыл бұрын
@@Allinonetvz tribal nahi bhai he was our ancestor and we are Chandravanshi Rajputs from Trigarta kingdom. My clan is jaswal dynasty a sub clan of katochs. We have our fort in Kangra. Our king is mentioned in Mahabharat King Susharma Chand who fought against pandavs as he was ally of Hastinapur. Just google oldest fort in India , you will come to know about Katochs. Till Mahbharat 5154 years ago, our capital was in Jalandhar punjab, but after that capital was moved to Kangra in Himachal. In himalyas the forts were hard to built and they are not as large as Rajasthani forts bt our Puru or Purshutom or porus for greeks, they were very brave n strong and elephants were taught to kill enemies in many ways. It was bad on all of us, we indians ignore pahari rajputs and on the other side these greeks manipulated whole history and mentioned alexander was great. They feared their reputation will br distorted with the fact an Indian litttle town rajput king almost vanished Alexander. Our small army consisted of 20,000 infantry, 2000 cavalry and 200 war elephants. And just after that alexander army came to know Nandas were awaiting them with 200,000 infantry, 80,000 cavalry, 8000 war chariots and 6000 fighting elephants. Alexander’s army would have walked into a slaughterhouse. Thats'y they ran away from different routes and in iraq alexander died of injuries. They themselves mentioned Puru as 7 ft and how cunningly they made potraits of him surrending and pasted that thing all over internet and books. Hum indians ki apne itihas ko Value na dene ka natija hai bhai. And unfortunatly 326 B.C. mei koi ni likha history. You need to come to kangra fort, there is a museum there, where you will get to know abt everything. Tribal nahi bhai Rajput Warrior. Jai Hind 🕉️
@sahiljaswal3560
@sahiljaswal3560 4 жыл бұрын
@wali ahmed khokar No historians wrote everything but the invaders when they destroyed takshila and nalanda and many more and only showed truth that praised mughals. It was all too late. Furthermore, multiple historical mentions during the period between when Panini(5th Century B.C.) penned the existence of Trigarta and the 5th Century A.D. when Samudragupta invaded Trigarta and various other kingdoms.After Samudragupta, we were attacked many times by Ghazni from 1009 A.D. to 1070 A.D. Even after gazni we were attacked by Maharana ranjit singh of punjab with the help of gorkhas. So u can come to Kangra fort and can know more about them. Baki leave historians, infact gandhi rulers mentioned in their textbooks from 6 to 10th that puru ji surrendered infront of Alexander. What can we say n what can we expect from them though.
@privatebandana
@privatebandana 3 жыл бұрын
To all the indians in here recently, we get it that you want to be patriots and defend your country because you watched a 5 minute video done by some random guy "debunking" ancient history. But realize several things: 1. This was recorded by indian writers/philosophers aswell. 2. "If Alexander won, why didn't he keep on going?" Putting his famous speech aside (which you should know about already), he didn't just "go back".. he went south, conquering more cities before finally returning west. So if he had lost this battle, how come the indians let him "ransack" 600 miles of their territory? If he had lost his army, it would have been pretty damn depleted and fairly routed, right? Pretty hard to conquer several cities with a routed and damaged army. 3. By denying this battle, just know that you're denying indian history aswell. Chandragupta based his military reforms partially on what happened in this battle, which led to him managing to build and keep his own empire (Maurya Empire). This was recording by Chanakya, Chandragupta's chief advisor. You can't really call yourself patriots if you're denying your own history because you're too afraid to embrace a defeat that happened thousands of years ago.
@chaitanyap7962
@chaitanyap7962 3 жыл бұрын
Hey you patriot of so called european history. First don't put your misinformed and self patriotic history here. You aren't even aware of so many facts and characters like King Ambi - one of the kings who surrendered himself and his plot to save himself and alexander from Purushottam, you are not even aware of the princess of kosala and her role in getting immunity for alexander in war- whom alexander married after capturing their kingdom. And let me tell throw you another fact, India king Purushottam is never a fan of recording history for his own sake, he always believed the people of their kingdom will tell about his greatness and only record the greatness of other warriors he met. To know whether Alexander really captured Purushottam or Purushottam himself let alexander free and for what reason, Go do some home work before you act smart in comments just by watching a few minutes of videos on youtube.
@privatebandana
@privatebandana 3 жыл бұрын
@@chaitanyap7962 First of all, I didn't understand half your wall of text so try and formulate it a bit better. But from what I understood, what does any of that have to do with what I said? Alexander granting immunity to king and queens.. so? How is that even relevant? Secondly, you do realize you're denying actual history while I'm quoting the actual history.. right? So you can't say or do anything to prove me wrong, just a heads up.
@abhinavneoharysvarma8551
@abhinavneoharysvarma8551 2 жыл бұрын
Many Indians think that history has been tampered with, I'm not sure what happened in the battle but Porus wasn't a very big king to fight off Alexander. People think Alexander actually lost or won by a slight edge, he later died due to his wounds from the battle according to them. The victor writes the history, all the wars in the world aren't 100% accurate.
@twilight7715
@twilight7715 2 жыл бұрын
Can you quote which indian source mention Alexander ....I couldn't find any ... Just curious And before you say you illiterate and nomadic indians (nationalist you can add also) The great Takshila University was just doorstep of this battle ...why did they not record it And yep they record selucus which was just 5-8years after Alexander
@teootge3436
@teootge3436 2 жыл бұрын
What the heck is happening here ????👁👄👁💧 And like there can be many variants of one event in history sooo i think we don't known anything for sure unless we make a time machine and see ourselves....
@stuartalexander2657
@stuartalexander2657 4 жыл бұрын
This battle actually devolved into a blood bath once Alexander's forces surrounded the enemy. Like shooting fish in a barrel. It is said the ground was literally covered in blood, making it difficult to get a good foot hold. We can't imagine such a level of carnage.
@dilipmule8533
@dilipmule8533 3 жыл бұрын
Alexander Is beaten by Indian king porus.... Like deer beaten by lion... For more information read Iran and China's history
@stuartalexander2657
@stuartalexander2657 3 жыл бұрын
@@dilipmule8533 Incorrect. It was a huge victory for Alexander and his army over King Porus. However, Alexander was so impressed with Porus, one of the few survivors of his army, that Alexander not only spared his life but left him in power as his Satrap
@stuartalexander2657
@stuartalexander2657 3 жыл бұрын
@@haribabun8436 See my reply to Jay mule.....
@studyhelp1965
@studyhelp1965 3 жыл бұрын
@@stuartalexander2657From 600000 soldiers ,30000 remained FROM WHICH ONLY 1000 BACK TO SERVICE... REALLY A NICE VICTORY.. TELL ME WHY COWARD ALEXANDER LATER RUN AWAY BY THE CHANDRAGUPTA KING 😂
@stuartalexander2657
@stuartalexander2657 3 жыл бұрын
@@studyhelp1965 You just refuse to do the slightest bit of research, don't ya?
@facelessman9224
@facelessman9224 6 жыл бұрын
3:25 "I'm tired of winning" LOL. I never noticed that.
@jacquesmesrine3244
@jacquesmesrine3244 4 жыл бұрын
I for one would never get tired of winning!!!😄
@karthikbharadwaj9949
@karthikbharadwaj9949 3 жыл бұрын
When you Lose for the first time in years, then you would be tired of winning!!!!!
@_Since-1994
@_Since-1994 3 жыл бұрын
@Arti they did by the hands of King Purshottam brain washed communist 😂😂😂😂
@aeternavictrix7861
@aeternavictrix7861 3 жыл бұрын
@@_Since-1994 wow you’re stupid aren’t you
@_Since-1994
@_Since-1994 3 жыл бұрын
@@aeternavictrix7861 and you are way more brainwashed go for the facts not what they tell you
@takoyaki4611
@takoyaki4611 6 жыл бұрын
This is the best battle animations I've ever seen. And the explanation is clear.
@richardglady3009
@richardglady3009 2 жыл бұрын
Great video and a great introduction to the video’s sponsor.
@leegallagher1654
@leegallagher1654 4 жыл бұрын
Great channel.
@NationalPat
@NationalPat 5 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best war history channel out there. Entertaining, interesting, specific. You sir, know your stuff. Thumbs up!!!!
@randomguy-tg7ok
@randomguy-tg7ok 7 жыл бұрын
...Am I wrong in saying that Alexander lost his horse in this battle, or was it in a later one? It was *DEFINITELY* against War Elephants...
@tfw2997
@tfw2997 7 жыл бұрын
random guy You're right. It was during this battle
@mateimanta1172
@mateimanta1172 7 жыл бұрын
RIP Bucephalus. Seriously though, everyone died in this video :'(
@worsethanjoerogan8061
@worsethanjoerogan8061 7 жыл бұрын
Vreau Playlisturi I read somewhere that he may have had multiple horses called Bucephalus. not sure though
@alessandronavone6731
@alessandronavone6731 7 жыл бұрын
He founded a city in his name, near the battle site. Bucephalia.
@m.r.4831
@m.r.4831 7 жыл бұрын
Bucephalus did not die in the batyle of the Hydaspes, but some weeks after it, maybe because of the wounds suffered, but maybe of old age as he was already 30 years old (Alexander and him had almost the same age). Alexander founded a city in the spot where he died, Bucephalia, today this city is called Jhelum.
@antikomartin3405
@antikomartin3405 3 жыл бұрын
Dutch Van der Linde: I got a new plan! Darius: I got a new army!
@NabDel
@NabDel 4 жыл бұрын
If you want to know more about Alexandre you can read : First, "The Anabasis" of Arrien, in two (shorter), "The parallel lives of Plutarch" (Alexander and Julius Caesar), third, "The Story of Alexander" of Quinte Curce, fourthly, books 6 to 27 of the "Histories" of Diodorus of Sicily (mainly the last books) on the whole Greek "history" from Troy to Alexander the Great. On Philip II, the father of Alexander : First, "The philippiques" of Demosthènes (seven speechs of an Athenian politician vs the expansionist policy of Macedonia in Greece). Second, Justin, "Abstract of the Philippine Stories of Pompey Trogue". To understand after Alexander: First, the "Histories" of Polybius on the Roman conquests, the Punic wars and the decline and fall of the Hellenistic kingdoms. It is essential for this period. You can read to : "L'ilyade" and the myths about Heracles may be useful to understand Greek thought and that of Alexander in particular, steeped in mythology (he slept with the Iliad under his head in the evening it seems). Reading Aristotle's treatises on politics is also useful insofar as he was Alexander's tutor during his adolescence.
@RagingBlast2Fan
@RagingBlast2Fan 7 жыл бұрын
You got a sponsor! Great job mate! I've been here since you had a few thousand subscribers. It's wonderful to see you grow, and with your growth, the quality of the content you're able to put out, as well.
@bernhardmeysel
@bernhardmeysel 7 жыл бұрын
The Battle of the Hydaspes was not the first encounter of war elephants for Alexander. The Persians actually nearly deployed 15 war elephants at Gaugamela, and Alexander himself had already incorporated elephants into his army by the time he reached the Borders of India.
@ToastersChannel
@ToastersChannel 6 жыл бұрын
Beralt Mivia Proof?
@Bsacks609
@Bsacks609 6 жыл бұрын
I think Alexander saw it cause them elephants are big
@fishnujish1511
@fishnujish1511 5 жыл бұрын
India deployed 6000 elephants and Persia only had 15 lol! 😂😂😂😂😂
@ishiable
@ishiable 5 жыл бұрын
Faith Gaubault their is not historical record and evidence of alexander's existence other than greek authors..why do you believe it then?
@MsArjun1111
@MsArjun1111 5 жыл бұрын
@@ToastersChannel I was taught India had sent some elephants to Iran as supplementary troops against Alexander.
@domskillet5744
@domskillet5744 3 жыл бұрын
Alexander is technically a strategic genius, but his strategy seems to be the exact same every battle. Put Phalanx in the middle to half enemy progress. Best units on 1 flank to destroy the enemy flank. Either the opposite flank will try to support (leaving Alexander's other flank free to surround), or Alexander himself breaks through and surrounds. When all your troops have superior training and discipline (especially with the phalanx in the middle), there's virtually no losing unless you seriously drop the ball.
@wankawanka3053
@wankawanka3053 2 жыл бұрын
If it ain't broken don't fix it
@nuwairahd
@nuwairahd 4 жыл бұрын
so helpful
@Razured
@Razured 5 жыл бұрын
Love these, keep em coming!
@OldieBugger
@OldieBugger 7 жыл бұрын
Great content, great narrator and cool animation. What more can I want? Oh yes, the battles of Reconquista.
@pilotactor777
@pilotactor777 3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff.
@dimitristripakis7364
@dimitristripakis7364 4 жыл бұрын
The cartoon talk is funny, "Let's go home", "I'm tired of winning ?" haha.
@vikramkodige1167
@vikramkodige1167 4 жыл бұрын
he had touched the boder of india... He returned back seeing the mammoth Nandha army which was ruling rest of india...
@darshankumar2067
@darshankumar2067 3 жыл бұрын
@Alex Berkeson what is lol
@studyhelp1965
@studyhelp1965 3 жыл бұрын
COWARD ALEXANDER WHO WANTED TO RULE THE WORLD KNEW THAT HE WON'T DEFEAT THE INDIAN KING.......HE RUN AWAY BY THE CHANDRAGUPTA KING LIKE A COWARD..THAT SHOWED HIS BRAVERY 😂😂😂😂
@hsbelvis
@hsbelvis 7 жыл бұрын
Alexander the Great battle tactics was always hammer and anvil. Infantry make ranks of spears and shields advance while the cavalry encircle the enemy and attack from behind.
@ikoikoni
@ikoikoni 7 жыл бұрын
Honey Steel total war player
@roblaquiere8220
@roblaquiere8220 7 жыл бұрын
These tactics were only available to Alexander because he had superior warriors from the start. The reason the cavalry were able to encircle the enemy forces unopposed is because the enemy was responding to his other flank collapsing... They wanted to maintain the left flank but gave up the right flank by doing so! The Indians probably should have squared off their infantry lines and re-closed the left flank instead of wheeling around the whole right flank in support, they would have not been encircled that way.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 7 жыл бұрын
+Rob Laquiere They still would have lost, the Indian infantry were not equipped to deal with the Macedonian pike Phalanx.
@roblaquiere8220
@roblaquiere8220 7 жыл бұрын
I agree Tony, Alexander had superior warriors from the start. Even had the Indian force done everything correctly their is still a distinct chance they would have been defeated anyway. Alexander just made it a sure thing with his brilliant leadership.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 7 жыл бұрын
+gaurav chaudhary You're an idiot. These are the following Historians and books where you can find evidence of Alexander's victory at the Battle of Hydaspes Arrian (1976) [140s AD]. The Campaigns of Alexander. trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044253-7. Green, Peter (1992). Alexander of Macedon: 356-323 B.C. A Historical Biography. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07166-2. Kosmin, Paul J. (2014), The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in Seleucid Empire, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-72882-0 Lane Fox, Robin (1973). Alexander the Great. Allen Lane. ISBN 0-86007-707-1. Lane Fox, Robin (1980). The Search for Alexander. Little Brown & Co. Boston. ISBN 0-316-29108-0. Mookerji, Radha Kumud (1988) [first published in 1966], Chandragupta Maurya and his times (4th ed.), Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0433-3 Plutarch (2004). Life of Alexander. Modern Library. ISBN 0-8129-7133-7. Renault, Mary (1979). The Nature of Alexander. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-394-73825-X. Wilcken, Ulrich (1997) [1932]. Alexander the Great. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-00381-7. Worthington, Ian (2003). Alexander the Great. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-29187-9. Worthington, Ian (2004). Alexander the Great: Man And God. Pearson. ISBN 978-1-4058-0162-1. Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta, ed. (1988) [1967], Age of the Nandas and Mauryas (Second ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0465-1 Don't remain in cuckoo land....
@bizarro8908
@bizarro8908 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, and I can vouch for the great courses lecture on Alexander the Great, totally worth getting.
@princepaswan8c
@princepaswan8c 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks you
@wewuzirlyriliansandshiiit6123
@wewuzirlyriliansandshiiit6123 3 жыл бұрын
Again, I am here for the comments of the experts in Greek history. Very entertaining
@leonardolejarde467
@leonardolejarde467 7 жыл бұрын
your narration is one of the best bro
@EmilicoYamigos
@EmilicoYamigos 7 жыл бұрын
*THE LEGEND COMES BACK*
@personunidentified7672
@personunidentified7672 11 ай бұрын
Every video about alexander has indians talking about porus in the comments, after the battle porus said to alexander something along the lines of “deal with me as a king should” that would only make sense if he surrendered or got defeated
@satyanarayanam8852
@satyanarayanam8852 2 жыл бұрын
if just a regional king like porus could strike fear in mighty alexanders men, i wonder what would have happened if the mighty emperors of india would have started their own expedition beyond india.
@comingafteryou5352
@comingafteryou5352 2 жыл бұрын
Elephants*
@ritik1413
@ritik1413 2 жыл бұрын
But Indian kings never United much that's why mugals Or delhi sultanate.. Many Rajputs worked Under mugals
@wankawanka3053
@wankawanka3053 2 жыл бұрын
Elephants
@chutenderchodi7369
@chutenderchodi7369 2 жыл бұрын
Jeez, the audacity of indians despite being ruled over by foreigners for so long. Dude you were chicken 🍗
@geneil26
@geneil26 5 жыл бұрын
My father fought in this war, he said Alexander was a down to earth guy.
@cardaroy3556
@cardaroy3556 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah my mom was one of the Elephants
@deonathchourasia9698
@deonathchourasia9698 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was Alex's 🏇
@vipuljr2565
@vipuljr2565 4 жыл бұрын
I live in Punjab This battle happened near my grandfathers home
@rekhamayani4136
@rekhamayani4136 4 жыл бұрын
@santhosh_____ k lol
@stormerthe2nd
@stormerthe2nd 3 жыл бұрын
I was the one controlling your father with my keyboard and mouse
@palandre5828
@palandre5828 6 жыл бұрын
Watching this series. I have learned 1 thing. Avoid the damn Center.
@cardrift4515
@cardrift4515 2 жыл бұрын
Porus was 7 feet standing warrior! Damn!
@KlausProvenzano
@KlausProvenzano 2 жыл бұрын
Très excellent.
@peterschmalz1229
@peterschmalz1229 7 жыл бұрын
"Im tired of winning." lmfao
@daredevil5977
@daredevil5977 4 жыл бұрын
So why don’t you get fucked by your fake history
@Imrik
@Imrik 6 жыл бұрын
I love the Great Courses. I have several of their audiobooks including the Alexander The Great one.
@friendlyatheist9589
@friendlyatheist9589 3 жыл бұрын
I do think Alexander defeated porus even though that was his most brutal and hardest battle but I don't think Alexander's army went back just because they were tired. They were afraid of fighting again against bigger and more powerful Nanda emipre. We don't know reality, none of us know but what i think after facing comparibly smaller kingdom of porus Alexander understood it will be much harder to face the Nanda emipre next so he decided as a good boxer to take a break with fighting since he didn't wanted to end his career with a loss. Though defeated still fighting with porus was not easy and comparison Nanda emipre was much much bigger and well trained and had a standing army just like Alexander's. But this is just what i think. But whatever all were great ancient kings
@GabrielV65
@GabrielV65 3 жыл бұрын
That seems fair
@rohanghosh2630
@rohanghosh2630 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@wankawanka3053
@wankawanka3053 2 жыл бұрын
Respect
@elmascapo6588
@elmascapo6588 Жыл бұрын
No it wasn't This side kick of a conquest pales in conaprison to gaugamela, alexander lodt only a thousand people ffs
@jaif7327
@jaif7327 Жыл бұрын
Are you this much of a moron. alexander’s men were tired they had been constantly fighting for more than 10 years they wanted to see their families and alexander couldn’t just go on fighting till the ends of the earth
@MeMyth
@MeMyth 2 жыл бұрын
Alexender the end in india😂
@lordvader22
@lordvader22 6 жыл бұрын
I just watched all the episodes today. I am Greek and already knew most of the story yet your videos provided some more info and are really entertaining good job!
@sachindaftari
@sachindaftari 3 жыл бұрын
Watch indian tv series Chandragupta Maurya
@neverluckym8728
@neverluckym8728 6 жыл бұрын
I like it how Alexander kept following Darius, and Bessus
@bigdave6952
@bigdave6952 3 жыл бұрын
mind blown 🥳🤯
@jamisonmaguire4398
@jamisonmaguire4398 2 жыл бұрын
What I would be interested in would be what modern military types think of these ancient battles and how they translate to present armored and air supported warfare. Is there a book on the subject or a website that explains and enlarges on that concept and if any of these are actually taught in military colleges?
@jameshulk5900
@jameshulk5900 6 жыл бұрын
You have to love how Alexander was always 5 steps ahead of his enemies
@NaveedKhanYousafzai47
@NaveedKhanYousafzai47 4 жыл бұрын
no he was Fu*ked off by King Porus The Great .In the last moment he want to run to greek But unfortunately He couldn't he was die with no grave or anything
@cbmcglynn3110
@cbmcglynn3110 4 жыл бұрын
Khan BaBa Guru he wasn’t even close to Porus he was on his left Calvary flank 😂
@mayursingh9896
@mayursingh9896 4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha lol.....
@maxter1334
@maxter1334 4 жыл бұрын
Columbus 1492 how bout you read real history
@maxter1334
@maxter1334 4 жыл бұрын
Columbus 1492 about him getting raped by porus and running like a biatch
@shanagbaimuru3926
@shanagbaimuru3926 7 жыл бұрын
Alexander's lust for conquest always amuses the hell out of me.
@thegreatestdemon1288
@thegreatestdemon1288 3 жыл бұрын
He lost moron
@Letnistonwandif
@Letnistonwandif 2 жыл бұрын
@@thegreatestdemon1288 He won moron.
@compatriot852
@compatriot852 2 жыл бұрын
Alexander the Great: circles around the flanks and scares the elephants "We do a little trolling"
@somedude1068
@somedude1068 4 жыл бұрын
Other kings takes 5 citys and stops wars to ensure control over them Alexander ALL IN
@UpcycleElectronics
@UpcycleElectronics 7 жыл бұрын
Baz, I've watch all of your uploads. Thanks. I don't mind your accent, but I understand why you made the change. Obi Wan Kenobi is a nice touch ;) Thanks
@robertacrumplin6394
@robertacrumplin6394 7 жыл бұрын
I think they make a great team. I love Baz's accent, makes it feel real. But sadly, that's not what the internet wants...
@sirjoey3137
@sirjoey3137 5 жыл бұрын
Damn, through all these videos it had all gone so well and then all of a sudden Alexander turned psycho, killed his close friend and helpful commander and all this.
@Knowledge_11798
@Knowledge_11798 4 жыл бұрын
U r right
@spartan9540
@spartan9540 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe PTSD of Ancient Warfare
@tylerdurden3722
@tylerdurden3722 3 жыл бұрын
Killing the helpful commander was probably a sane move (logical). Parminion once did the same when he killed his own son-in-law, Attalus. Attalus' grandchildren (Phillips's children) were killed (eliminated by Alexander), because they had claim to the throne. Their mother, Cleopatra, committed suicide. So, it was obvious to everyone that Attalus would have motive to oppose Alexander's ascension, while he was stationed with the army in Asia Minor. Parminion wanted the succession to be smooth. So Parminion had his own son in law put to death before Attalus could even think about avenging his daughter and grandchildren. Then Parmenion died fot the exact same reasons he killed Attalus a few years before.
@_Since-1994
@_Since-1994 3 жыл бұрын
Killed his commander but left the enemy alive who killed his beloved horse and almost kill him lol
@arthurlundgren7797
@arthurlundgren7797 4 жыл бұрын
Baz is the absolute best youtuber when it comes to historical battles, Historia Civilis is better in things like politics but Baz has no competition when it comes to information about battles
@cazwalt9013
@cazwalt9013 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how hard it was for these men to be so far from home in foreign lands in a time where can only walk or ride a horse back to your country
@hisholiness4537
@hisholiness4537 Жыл бұрын
Anabasis
@ashwinsawant7696
@ashwinsawant7696 5 жыл бұрын
I love ur videos . Great work ... It help us to understand wars and history in different way .... Request you to try some indian wars specially from maratha history . Love to see you on this topic ... One agen good work keep it up ...
@bp9696
@bp9696 7 жыл бұрын
holy crap.ı dont know who this voice belongs to, but it is GODLIKE
@jasper2621
@jasper2621 7 жыл бұрын
I know. You should see his earliest videos. He used to have a thick German accent.
@rorymosley9356
@rorymosley9356 7 жыл бұрын
Jasper Cacioppi I thought the first guy was Polish
@bp9696
@bp9696 7 жыл бұрын
ı thought the first guy was russian
@bp9696
@bp9696 7 жыл бұрын
i tried his earlier videos several times.couldnt watch any of them because ı couldnt understand anything.
@vaahtobileet
@vaahtobileet 7 жыл бұрын
He tries a bit too hard to sound like a sophisticated voice actor. Talk like a normal human being dammit
@chadworld8976
@chadworld8976 2 жыл бұрын
Porus (Purushotama) was legendary ! Even after betrayed by other king who sided with Alexander he decided to go solo , and won the battle ! Remember : Porus was small King and decided to take on Alexander who almost swept Europe , Iran. Porus inflicted so much damage on Alexander that he couldn't reach to his home and died midway !!!
@prabshiro
@prabshiro 2 жыл бұрын
He did not win. There is no evidence of this. But there is evidence of Greek victory, via temples dedicated to Greek gods. As a sign we are here. All indian accounts confirm they lost, and alexander left a satrapy there
@diyworld4462
@diyworld4462 2 жыл бұрын
I think he got the serious injury at Mallian campaign fought 'after' the battle of Hydaspes in which Porus also supported and Alexander didn't go back immediately after Hydaspes/Jhelum he conquered till Beas
@britonsnazis1236
@britonsnazis1236 2 жыл бұрын
@@prabshiro nope...fake western history..don't believe that...wikipedia is editable.
@prabshiro
@prabshiro 2 жыл бұрын
@@britonsnazis1236 your an idiot. And your username proves it
@davinci4006
@davinci4006 2 жыл бұрын
Won? Like no evidence at all but just a word damn and legit some people agreed
@JoseMartinez-ob9pn
@JoseMartinez-ob9pn 3 жыл бұрын
What is the difference between the crossed and diagonal squares mean?
@brovahkiin4302
@brovahkiin4302 7 жыл бұрын
it is actually debatable how loyal parmenion was. One of his sons died in Egypt (by accident, he drowned in the Nile, so he couldn't even be buried). Philotas was pretty much proven to be involved in some sort of treason, and the thought hat parmenion, who could've had a lot to.gain as the second in command, isn't far fetched. Also Alexander did become more "Persian" but it is heavily debated if he did that out of arrogance or just so Persia accepts his rule. After all, he didn't demand much special treatment from his Macedonian generals, and still fought alongside with his men, unlike Dareios
@georgiosmonopatis964
@georgiosmonopatis964 7 жыл бұрын
Brovahkiin the truth is that he was a young man... godly delusions was sure that surrounded him..thats why he accepted only Persians as his councillors because they told him what he wanted to hear I.x oh my great king and other stuff...the thing is that philotas just doubted these things...he would never betrayed his childhood friend...Alexander though had changed and he sadly killed him
@brovahkiin4302
@brovahkiin4302 7 жыл бұрын
Somnium actually he kept his generals and companions around at all times. He fought alongside his men, and didn't hate his generals even when they told him they won't march further.
@aasamspb967
@aasamspb967 2 жыл бұрын
@@brovahkiin4302 but alexander was not a great man. He was a great emperor but a terrible and cruel ruler and a human being.
@barrybeebenson8102
@barrybeebenson8102 Жыл бұрын
@@aasamspb967 because he did what exactly
@napoleonibonaparte7198
@napoleonibonaparte7198 7 жыл бұрын
When I grow up, I want to be like him. Oh wait, I DID! HONHONHONHONHON XD
@napoleonibonaparte7198
@napoleonibonaparte7198 7 жыл бұрын
CheatyTycoon 2 At least we took Science with us. Furthermore, diseases is rampant, along with the dumb admiral of my fleet.
@Jupiter.141
@Jupiter.141 7 жыл бұрын
you should have burned berlin
@Tsumami__
@Tsumami__ 5 жыл бұрын
Except Alexander was a Queen, not an emperor.
@firstcaptainvaleriusrensor463
@firstcaptainvaleriusrensor463 5 жыл бұрын
Kitana Kojima WHOT?
@Nyx-kb7ze
@Nyx-kb7ze 5 жыл бұрын
Can't even take Sardinia and Sicily
@moizansari5945
@moizansari5945 2 жыл бұрын
The city Sagala (now Sialkot) near the river is my hometown.
@stealthworx4371
@stealthworx4371 3 жыл бұрын
Hope you do the Selucid Mauryan War too. Which obviously is the ultimate culmination of Alexanders attempted conquest of India.
@barker505
@barker505 7 жыл бұрын
Would love to see the Battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald) between the Poles, Lithuanians and Teutonic Knights
@ettie102
@ettie102 4 жыл бұрын
This is late but another great history channel, Kings and Generals, has a good video on the battle of Grunwald
@JodyBaxmeyerPresents
@JodyBaxmeyerPresents 6 жыл бұрын
As the narrator to CuriosityStream's, "Alexander the Great", I can say..nice job.
@RodrigoSilva..
@RodrigoSilva.. 4 жыл бұрын
@BazBattles how do u make this animations?
@Cheekfats
@Cheekfats 3 жыл бұрын
a translator will be a highly sought after profession during those times! their words translating skills can cause life or death literally
@ukulele177
@ukulele177 7 жыл бұрын
"GG" - Alexander the Great.
@patel6029
@patel6029 3 жыл бұрын
PG porus the great
@rathodjayeshsinh5457
@rathodjayeshsinh5457 3 жыл бұрын
Poras is Gret
@JoshuaTaylor_
@JoshuaTaylor_ 7 жыл бұрын
#MakeGreeceGreatAgain
@ricardocoelho8113
@ricardocoelho8113 7 жыл бұрын
Macedonia*
@panos3160
@panos3160 7 жыл бұрын
Capitão Pereira Give me your best single proof of evidence that supports your claim of a difference between Greece and ancient macedonia.
@SoufianeDepp
@SoufianeDepp 7 жыл бұрын
... after they pay their foreign debts
@Manchevo
@Manchevo 7 жыл бұрын
The fact that when the greek army from Athens, supported by the west (mainly germans and french), entered the region called Macedonia in 1912-13 and occupied it, they didnt have a clue of what or who those people that lived there were. And then started mass exodus of the native Macedonian people and the changing of history. And then they started claiming that Macedonia was always greek when infact the people from Athens and the people from Solun (Thesalonikki) didnt have anything in common.
@Morrdok
@Morrdok 7 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
@leisureish
@leisureish 4 жыл бұрын
This battle is considered as greatest military strategy and is taught in military school
@ShikharGupta5
@ShikharGupta5 Жыл бұрын
the Great Porus
@norwalk2630
@norwalk2630 7 жыл бұрын
I'm actually amazed at how far Alex got
@mrcool2107
@mrcool2107 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's true . But people are not agreeing that fact that he was defeated by porus
@kimkim-mh7bv
@kimkim-mh7bv 2 жыл бұрын
@@mrcool2107 don't be ridiculous. Alexander didn't lose. His army demand return home. If he lose than india should take over his territory like alexender take over persia ready. Why india at that time can't even take a sigle inch of land from alexender? Lose bullsh!t lol
@saeedvazirian1620
@saeedvazirian1620 Жыл бұрын
no you're not, lol.
@gladness7871
@gladness7871 Жыл бұрын
@@mrcool2107 you literally saw the video, you can check historical documents, how tf he lost to porus if porus was captured by alexandr and his army was crashed?
@gladness7871
@gladness7871 Жыл бұрын
@lmao k too bad the only valid information we have from west scientists, cuz Indians couldn’t write and safe shit
@10Exahertz
@10Exahertz 7 жыл бұрын
I really wish there was a video game just like this channel are yall making a video game it would be lit af
@martinlopezhowe
@martinlopezhowe 7 жыл бұрын
Claystead Total War Alexander in this case
@a.f.nik.4210
@a.f.nik.4210 5 жыл бұрын
total war or any paradox game
@sepo3451
@sepo3451 3 жыл бұрын
The anabasis of Alexander by Arrian. Its all in there.
@dalimdas6001
@dalimdas6001 2 жыл бұрын
I am really curious about how you came to know the art of war of each battle...???
@DCDevTanelorn
@DCDevTanelorn 7 жыл бұрын
Great job as usual. I do wish you would spend a little more time on Alexander's subterfuge prior to his Crossing, and the details of his crossing. This was a critical part of his success.
@m.r.4831
@m.r.4831 7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, he drove Porus crazy every night until he gave up following the Macedonian's movements
@atacama1000
@atacama1000 3 жыл бұрын
Alexander got destroyed by Porus
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 3 жыл бұрын
@@atacama1000 He wasn't, Alexander lost 1,000 men, his opponent lost 12,000.
@atacama1000
@atacama1000 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- it doesn't matter Alexander didn't get that territory anyways. If you search on google Alexander's territory then it stops just before the Indus river you'll see and he eventually lost even his eastern most territory to the Mauryan empire.
@anirudh177
@anirudh177 2 жыл бұрын
@@atacama1000 Porus became Alexander's satrap lmao
@locke5189
@locke5189 7 жыл бұрын
This is why you don't commit all of your troops at one time.
@sayantansaha9047
@sayantansaha9047 6 жыл бұрын
purus's strategy was so bad..all he had tanks and he tried to play maintaining fast assault and infiltration...-_-
@melodicnostalgic3823
@melodicnostalgic3823 5 жыл бұрын
You can't blame him, Porus wouldn't expect someone to attack his Army from the rear. Battles were sophisticated Ceremonial events in Ancient India. Ancient Indians were very religious, There were rules called - "Yuddha Dharma" or "Codes of Battlefield". These included : - If you are a High Ranked Fighters, Declare your Identities before the fight - Never attack the enemy from behind, This is considered Cowardice - Never attack someone below your Rank, Ex : Mounted units attack mounted units, Infantry only attacks infantry - Battle during the night was forbidden in Ancient India. Battles only happened before sunset and after sunrise Greeks broke every single rule since they were not expected to follow Ancient Indian Battle etiquette. You must realize that this was Ancient India's First Battle with outsiders. So its natural, They were surprised and unprepared, They did not know what to expect from the Greeks !
@matiasorce5738
@matiasorce5738 4 жыл бұрын
@Lord Voldemort they didn't, they just send forward the elephants and if randomdly some infantry enemy unit appear then bad luck for that guy /s
@runevi
@runevi 3 жыл бұрын
This is especially amazing when you consider that the otherwise seemingly unstoppable Arab war machine would lose "The Battle of the Bridge" to the Persians after similar issues with horses being frightened by elephants. Alexander truly is peerless!
@History_Teller1250
@History_Teller1250 7 ай бұрын
But the Arabs didn't have the Phalanx Formation...
@soumyadiptamajumder8795
@soumyadiptamajumder8795 Жыл бұрын
After Alexander’s death a number of participants in the campaign wrote accounts of aspects of the expedition or histories of Alexander’s reign. Included among these was Onesicritus of Astypalaea, the helmsman of the royal galley. The title of Onesicritus’ lost work remains uncertain: in some sources it is called The Education of Alexander; in others, a history of Alexander. In antiquity Onesicritus was known as a spinner of tall tales, but he nevertheless provides intriguing evidence about the Macedonians’ encounters with the so-called “Gymnosophists” of India, and for Alexander’s conquests in India. Nearchus, the son of Androtimus from the island of Crete, was one of Alexander’s friends banished from Macedon by Philip II after the Pixodarus affair. Recalled after Philip’s death, Nearchus commanded Alexander’s fleet when it sailed down the Indus River and from the mouth of the Indus River along the coast to the mouth of the Euphrates. Nearchus’ memoirs of the campaign have not survived. Based upon the fragments that appear in later accounts, though, we know that Nearchus emphasized the difficulties of the fleet’s voyage along the sea, perhaps to enhance his own reputation at the expense of his rival Onesicritus. Another vital source of information from the near-contemporary period is Ptolemy I, the son of Lagos (c. 367/6-283 B.C.E.). Ptolemy was made one of Alexander’s personal bodyguards in the fall of 330, and subsequently was given many important commands. After Alexander’s death Ptolemy hijacked Alexander’s body to Egypt, and established himself as satrap there. He later took on the titles of King and Pharaoh and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt until the death of Kleopatra VII, in 30. Ptolemy wrote a history of Alexander’s reign, although it has not survived. Among other later authors, Arrian used Ptolemy extensively. We know that Ptolemy’s history or memoir covered the period from at least 335 until Alexander’s death. His narrative perhaps focused upon military matters. But Ptolemy also did not simply present the “facts”. Rather, Ptolemy had his own point of view and agenda. He emphasized his own contributions to Alexander’s success and denigrated or ignored the achievements of his rivals. In this way Ptolemy justified own political position after Alexander’s death. Another near-contemporary source of great importance is Aristobulus of Cassandreia, who took part in Alexander’s expedition, perhaps in some minor capacity. Aristobulus wrote a history of Alexander’s reign sometime after 301 B.C.E. - begun when its author was eighty-four years old. Only fragments of his lost history remain. In antiquity Aristobulus was considered a flatterer, who claimed (for instance) that Alexander only drank heavily to be sociable. Nevertheless, Aristobulus’ history is a vital source of information for Alexander’s campaigns in India and for the details he provides about geography, botany, and local customs.
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