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@@konstantinriumin2657 do kids nowadays EVEN KNOW what mass death looks like? smh

​@xBu11Dogx Haiti today and the 30k Palestinians killed so far is mass killing in a matter of just months

So much different than the line infantry shooting at eachother centuries later

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Even before watching, as soon as I heard Swiss Confederacy I'm pretty damn sure I know who wins

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@@divicospower9112"Heil bruder" das seit ke Schwiizer...

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Your translation is incorrect. The lake is called "Vierwaldstättersee", where a "Stätte" is a term for a place, not a city. So the translation would be more like "Lake of the four forest places", which would be in line with the term "forest cantons" for the cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unter-/Nidwalden, and the canton of Lucerne. In line with that the French name for the lake is "Lac de Quatre-Cantons" and the Italian name is "Lago dei Quattro Cantoni" (and Romansch "Lai dals Quatter Chantuns"), which all translate to "Lake of (the) four Cantons".

@@JanB1605 well depends. In the region around that lake that i am from, people refer to it as a synonyme. Because Place or city is pretty equal as there are 4 cantons around it with 4 major cities. But it could be that the definition has changed in time. Anyway. Have a Good Day my Swiss Brother 🇨🇭

As an Austrian American do our people always lose seems that way? Swiss, Napoleon, WW2, even lost to the Turks basically until the Polish saved our people in 1683.

​​​@@brettk9316 If you look at history, there are many countries that have lost wars because it wasn't interesting to them. The austrian Habsburgs preferred their bigger austrian lands and since the swiss fought good, they just gave it up as it wasn't worth it. But overall, I think Austria just simply doesn't have a big military history, after all, the habsburgs were known for their marrying, not their amazing Military, though there were definitely times were the Habsburgs did have one of the strongest armies and generals in Europe, like Eugene of Savoy (though that was a French guy serving the Habsburgs) And lastly the struggle against the turks wasn't really a loss until 1683, it was just a stalemate, and the few hussars that the poles sent did help, but there were many more troops from the HRE and Austria that were coming to aid. Austria just isn't a (comparably to France, UK, Germany and Russia) military focused state.

Don't be so dramatic. Surviving is for drowning at sea. You either win a fight, or you lose because you're not good enough, outnumbered, or betrayed

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The terrain was not suitable for a cavalry attack, the knights dismounted and had to cut or rather tear off the point of their pointed steel shoes (suitable for keeping their feet in the stirrups) to be able to walk in an almost normal way.

The previous battle

if the cav peels off it leaves the infantry to also flank their forces, also the freibourgers likely knew they had a number advantage however still a bit odd no flanking attacks made.

No he should tell you that it’s a good idea…

Legend!

It’s a modern historian issue. Many of them can’t believe the ability of great men, to this for example many say that Shakespeare wasn’t really one guy but several. And the evidence for this is, “one person couldn’t possibly have done all of that”. Seems to be an in vogue way of thinking for historians.

@@James-sk4db With all my respect, you obviously don't know shit about modern historians and historical research. Theories on the authorship of Shakespeare's works date from the 19th century, and no current scholar takes them seriously, precisely because nowadays, we no longer rely on the simple impression that “one person couldn’t possibly have done all of that”. Concerning Winkelried, historians doubt his existence because none of the many Swiss or Austrian sources speaks of him (unnamed) before 1476, a century later (the name of Winkelried does not appear before 1532).

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Cause then the schiltron would have hit the flank of the army I guess. Its very easy to spot tactical openings from a birds view. But in a battle things were very confusing loud and dusty I assume. Hard to keep the overview

because the schiltron is still a threat to their rear

It’s uneven ground. It’s bad for flanking attacks. The front is more narrow than it seems. Also a schiltron can defend well against flank attacks. The Swiss are using halberds not spears. This weapon is quite flexible unlike the pikes and spears used by the Habsburgs.

Thr knights were already winning the battle. No need to go around, if you're already killing most of the enemy in front. Of course, later during the battle, the Austrians had no cohesion or discipline left to go around.

Hills, mountains, broken ground and lack of knowledge of terrain. When you don’t have good reconnaissance, you attack what you see…. Or if you’re smart, retire from the field until you can gather good intel and favorably deploy your troops.

I'd say it's mainly because that's when the Habsburgs decided to f***around and find out.

They were there, just wanted to be left alone. The more things change the more they stay the same.

Swiss Celts did conquer Rome way back. After Ceaser you did have the invasion by the allemans. While incidents like the Swiss stealing from the Monastery Einsiedeln (under Habsburg protection) where not uncommon in the middle ages, normally the punishment expeditions were successful. In case of the Swiss, their ambush tactics and they arrogance of the nobility combined to major success for the Swiss. Success that allowed to develop better weapons and tactics. Combine that with the "unbreakable" cheat, and it was impossible the face the swiss in battle until you had enough firepower, fortified position and some landsknechts (or pike and shot units).

The Alemanni took over the region during the later stages of the Roman Empire. After that they were pretty much left alone, at least in the more mountainous parts. The House of Zähringen, which had been the predominant family in the early Middle Ages and founded Bern in the 12th century, had a hands-off approach to ruling and didn't meddle much in local affairs. After the Zähringer died out in the 13th century, the Habsburgs took over or tried to take over many areas with a more centralized rule. That's where the resistance started in the backwoods areas around Lake Lucerne. A contributing factor was that at that time merchant cities everywhere were growing in power relative to the feudal lords. Zürich and Bern joined the fight to further their own interests. A geopolitical factor why big powers became interested in the region, may have been the opening of the Gotthard route in the 13th century. All of a sudden, Uri and Schwyz were key locations to control the shortest route over the Alps from much of Western Europe.

@@eljanrimsa5843Thanks, this was very helpful! Follow-up? What did you mean the Gotthard route was opened? Aren't they just passes/valleys thru the mountains?

They were just going on a little expedition to punish some local thieves and vagabonds (the swiss had disrespected property under habsburg protection). that's what we swiss were basically at the time. outlaw alliance. with excellent ambush tactics. most battles (after stripping the legends), the snubby nobility was charging headlong into a ambush, getting pelted and forcibly dismounted by rockfall and then slaughtered. while the swiss troops basically had the "unbreakable" cheat from start, it was only latter they got the armament and the tactics to face armies in open battle.

Well, we are still in the outgoing medieval times - not the 18th century or so - and Europe sufferered heavy population loss (1/3 of Europe) 1346-1353 due to the Black Death. Also the Habsburgs were not Emperors of the HRE at the time and it was still the Archduchy of Austria only - for the most part the same size of Austria as we know it today - and not the Empire of the 1500s ff (that really took off with Maximilian marrying Maria of Burgundy in 1477).

I think 4000 knights + merceneries were expensive enough