How to Use the False Gap to Win Battles

How to Use the False Gap to Win Battles - Ancient Tactics

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New Kings and Generals short will describe how to use the false gap tactic in battles to defeat opponents. We will cover the battle Gaugamela, where the Macedonian king Alexander used the False Gap to defeat the Achaemenid army of Darius
Previously:
Ancient Tactics: Hidden Flank - • How to Defeat Your Opp...
Ancient Tactics: Concentrated Center - • Ancient Tactics: Conce...
Ancient Tactics: Oblique Order - • Ancient Tactics: Obliq...
Ancient Tactics: Feigned Retreat - • Feigned Retreat and Ho...
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@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Previously: Ancient Tactics: Hidden Flank - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLSSfKh3zsqal3k.html Ancient Tactics: Concentrated Center - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebqUopye2820eKc.html Ancient Tactics: Oblique Order - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJ6md9GHr7uVfJ8.html Ancient Tactics: Feigned Retreat - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb6Iqsxit8i-k2Q.html

@daveunlaid6954 2 жыл бұрын

How come Alexander's right didn't break after he pulled a portion of the troops to the centre?

@brokenbridge6316 2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas King and Generals.

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

@@brokenbridge6316 Merry Christmas!

@gurito4374 2 жыл бұрын

Yo could you look into how to defeat mounted archers? Have a hungarian friend who keeps using them in tw:m2

@brokenbridge6316 2 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals---🎄🎄🎄🎄

@aaabatteries9948 2 жыл бұрын

Me watching these tactic videos hoping to use them in total war knowing full well the AI is too dumb to fall for them

@izaktaylor4246 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao yes, my thoughts as well 😄

@mykolastrunce5457 2 жыл бұрын

There's always multiplayer

@berno8535 2 жыл бұрын

Ironic, isn't it lmao.

@christossaroglou7158 2 жыл бұрын

@@mykolastrunce5457 It's strange how most TW multiplayer lobbies are co-op. Apparently even those who can go multiplayer prefer to do so against AI

@wallace8637 2 жыл бұрын

People fall for rhis tactics, let the AI fall for this too 😂😂

@Party4Lemons 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be sure to use this tactic around the dining table today when dealing with the family, thank you Mr Kings and Generals.

@ApeX-pj4mq 2 жыл бұрын

The cousins arent standing a chance

@Party4Lemons 2 жыл бұрын

@@ApeX-pj4mq I'm more worried about my nan honestly. She's a lot like Darius III in some ways.

@auroraflos2498 2 жыл бұрын

Are you a genius though? And what troops do you have to speak of?

@Lo-tf6qt 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta get your dad and brother to hold back the cousins while you go round the right side of the table and grab all the turkey

@uncxrrect3868 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Cavemanner 2 жыл бұрын

What makes all these tactics from back then even MORE astounding is when you see an actual depiction of the terrain instead of a flat map. Alexander was having to make these calls as his army was fighting across hills and ravines that co.pletely broke line of sight. To be able to coordinate moves like this with nothing but runners darting behind the lines to take messages back and forth is nothing short of next-level.

@havel6060 2 жыл бұрын

What you talking about just zoom out and right click to control your troops smh

@zico81 2 жыл бұрын

@@havel6060 lmao

@lleullaw9452 2 жыл бұрын

I actually read that Darius had the land flattened for his war chariots. One of the reasons Darius had his cavalry follow Alexander is because he didn't want him to move off the field he previously had ready for the battle.

@michaelwiesinger2643 2 жыл бұрын

also the logistics, hygene and overall preparations have been way ahead of his actual time: his army notably didn't suffer morale-breaking-level losses to atrition, disease or weather conditions. those things were a serious threat to any considerable army up until the 18th century (and there's even a very famous 1941-ish case for that matter).

@watchernode6138 2 жыл бұрын

I think tactics were implemented more like in rugby tactics

@MrToothpicks 2 жыл бұрын

"sir they out number us 3 to 1" Alexander: "Then it is an even fight"

@alexsass6539 2 жыл бұрын

And then Napoleon be like “sir they out number us 5 to 1” Napoleon: “oh so it will be an easy one”

@mr___v.k.m.___480 2 жыл бұрын

Nope the real numbers of persian army was not more than 70000 in gaugamela while alexander have some 40000

@ninjaa6952 2 жыл бұрын

@@mr___v.k.m.___480 Persian army was double to triple the size you can see its like that in this video as well. Persians lost 70k to 90k men.

@LANSl0t 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the shipmaster

@mdtrw 2 жыл бұрын

@@mr___v.k.m.___480 depending on the sources the Persians could have around 200k. I prefer the high number since Darius was taking things seriously after his defeat at Issues and probably mustered all he can, good or bad troops

@8015908 2 жыл бұрын

This is the "call an ambulance, but not for me" strategy

@smarteasylearningalmanejaz6204 2 жыл бұрын

True

@Ugurcan191 2 жыл бұрын

Why this meme never gets old ? KEK

@ryan0150 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@nonyabizness577 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao i just saw the meme before this too 😮

@MrAcrobot 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHA

@oonmm 2 жыл бұрын

"Sir, we are outnumbered and surrounded!" -"Perfect, we can attack in any direction." -Alexander the Great

@DAAllan82 Жыл бұрын

The correct quote: “Men, we are surrounded by the enemy. We have the greatest opportunity ever presented an army. We can attack in any direction.” - Anthony McAuliffe

@guydreamr Жыл бұрын

Marine officer Chesty Puller was said to have uttered something similar when surrounded by the Chinese in Korea.

@abhishankpaul Жыл бұрын

Elephants entered the chat. That's the one thing which tormented Alexander the most among all of his campaigns

@DAAllan82 Жыл бұрын

@@abhishankpaul The only thing that stopped Alexander from marching straight to China was his own army's war weariness. His ambition was completely unmatched in Human history, and it's a miracle that men in his day followed him from battle to battle, continent to continent, year after year.

@abhishankpaul Жыл бұрын

@@DAAllan82 the already weary soldiers themselves were stunned at the sight of elephants charge from a small kingdom among numerous ones. If they even dared to fight through India and march through floodlands and cross to China, they were surely going to die or mutiny at Tibetan plateau. Then Chinese floodplains and their huge armies were also a factor

@zaxscat5357 2 жыл бұрын

The key is he went with his men. The moral boost and willingness to charge such crazy odds comes from the leader willing to risk it all to win.

@richards6431 2 жыл бұрын

This is an underrated comment. If Darius would have done the same the battle might have been different.

@samc9133 2 жыл бұрын

@Max Because at the time of this battle it was men fighting? To be clear I 100% agree that women in the armed forces are capable fighters. They just weren't a factor during this time period.

@deepdungeon8465 2 жыл бұрын

@@samc9133 ummm no, this types of battles are Strength, Will, Endurance and the Mentality to kill all of your opponents at a most strenuous time. So this type of warfare is hard for women albeit impossible, modern war though gave them a favourable chance of fighting using gunpowder arms.

@SirTorcharite 2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdungeon8465 True, the firearm is the great equalizer. A woman and a man can end threats just as easily as one another and both are likely to be more effective than children depending on the age of all parties involved! Robots, money, and satellites will fight all of our wars before too many more years.

@Kirkthar 2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdungeon8465 ummmm yes, the Scythian women, at the same period as Alexander the Great. You're welcome.

@leivabernie 2 жыл бұрын

The key to Alexander was that he seemed fearless and for that reason invincible as a leader. Made everyone think he was chosen or something.

@alexsass6539 2 жыл бұрын

And then he died of back pain from carrying Macedonia (joke)

@LawAcieIV 2 жыл бұрын

True if Darius stayed and fought they would have won the battle. This happened twice i think.

@LawAcieIV 2 жыл бұрын

@@KRYPTIA-mp4ol no the left flank was near collapse, and Alexander had to stop chasing Darius to help them. Also some of the cavalry ended up charging through the greek lines into the camp. Persians fought in the center its likely that Darius may have been killed but its as likely Alexander would have as well. But if they at least fight, Alexander's left flank would have collapsed as he would not have been able to break off and help them. It depends on which view you take on the persian flight. Did Darius retreat first as a coward, or did his army abandon him first and then he retreated. Most accounts suggest he fled at the decisive point in the battle. When you consider he also fled the previous battle as well, their is no excuse.

@ChungusTheLarge 2 жыл бұрын

If you want bold tactics to work, you need to make sure your people have 100% faith in you. Otherwise, they will falter and the whole plan goes to shite. No great tactician wins alone

@lamprosmerkourakis7283 2 жыл бұрын

@@LawAcieIV Greeks had 1000 dead while persians 40,000. They were just too good for that era

@suvajoyghosh5620 2 жыл бұрын

This strategy is also know as "You might have a bigger army, but do you have bigger balls?" Greeks were something else.

@EEEEEEEE 4 ай бұрын

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@user-sx2jx6yn3j 3 ай бұрын

Alexander wasn’t Greek!

@revonfyll 3 ай бұрын

@@user-sx2jx6yn3jThe very name "Alexander" is Greek my dude...

@dylansylvester4719 3 ай бұрын

@@revonfyll so? My name is welsh. I am not welsh.

@revonfyll 3 ай бұрын

@@dylansylvester4719 Yeah, but you live in the 21st century. You think humans in 300 bc had names from different cultures other than their own? His whole family had Greek names, I wonder why that was.

@shotime1651 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kings and Generals I'm one step closer in defeating my enemies

@antuan9325 2 жыл бұрын

And a few milennia late

@hamzaalikhan9932 2 жыл бұрын

@@antuan9325 NAILED IT

@unifiedhorizons2663 2 жыл бұрын

King of slime?

@wakilahmed5847 2 жыл бұрын

@@unifiedhorizons2663 Demon Lord who will rule the world

@frankdald8462 7 ай бұрын

Do you have cavalry to pull that off?

@StevieOk-hr8yh 2 жыл бұрын

"Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate." -Sun Tzu "The Art of War"

@gmailistrash4094 2 жыл бұрын

"Doo doo feces" - Sun Tzu "the art of pooping"

@StevieOk-hr8yh 2 жыл бұрын

@@lillyanneserrelio2187 It is hard to know exactly when The Art of War was written, but most scholars think it was written between 475 and 221 B.C.E., during the Warring States period in China.

@catocall7323 4 ай бұрын

I read that many years ago, and decades later as I see how wars have evolved in time I'm continuously awed by Sun Tzu's genius.

@buttlord2223 Ай бұрын

"occupying their minds" is the key bit in this quote and what makes the whole thing perfect. Cuz it's so fucking true lol, I do this all the time in RTS games. I have my genius attack set up just how I want it, perfectly chosen to specifically counter everything the enemy has. I box everything and attack move, and as I'm settling in to enjoy the show a new unit shows up, or an earthquake happens, or some fucking thing. "I'm maxed on supply, it doesn't matter," I say. 30 seconds later and my false sense of security is rapidly melting as this new variable effs everything up.

@fixylieberus2925 2 жыл бұрын

The false gap of Alexander and the feigned retreat of Genghis. Some of my favourite tactics

@aldinsabanovic7576 7 ай бұрын

That is actually a tactic developed by one of his Dogs of war Sabutai

@webdev2670 Ай бұрын

and everyone who loves history wonders, who would actually win if they've met on the battle field

@jaco6971 2 жыл бұрын

He was taken before his time, but perhaps that's what cemented him as one of the most legendary humans to have ever walked this Earth. What a legend

@blaisevillaume9051 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine him getting fat and washed-up like Elvis or something

@itstimeforafuckingcrusade Жыл бұрын

@@blaisevillaume9051 I don't wanna imagine that. Happened to Napoleon too after his second exile.

@davidlindsey6111 Жыл бұрын

Naw. He would never have stopped. He was going to come back and raise a fresh force to go conquer more.

@Moneysreal 8 ай бұрын

@@blaisevillaume9051that’s the thing. There’s always some new hotshot with better ideas.

@scooldrood 5 күн бұрын

War for wars sake wooo. Surely he sped up the human advancement by going out of his way to kill people.

@b0gdyb0ta 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great mini-series. How about a video on the Battle of Cannae where Hannibal encircled and defeated an army larger than his?

@Sam-pv1hz 2 жыл бұрын

There's so many videos on that one though.

@kristiannicholson5893 2 жыл бұрын

That's literally the most famous example of that rather basic tactic but we'll probably get one anyway because every channel does one eventually.

@auroraflos2498 2 жыл бұрын

They’ve covered the concentrated center and hannibal did kinda a reverse of that

@ecurewitz 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure that’s coming

@boobah5643 2 жыл бұрын

Hannibal destroyed so very many armies with that tactic. It seems most every incompetent general looks at Cannae, thinks "That looks easy enough,' and promptly learns all about defeat in detail.

@Llkc60 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved that the Persian infantry was called Immortals

@andrewp8284 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that was only a special portion of them, not all Persian infantry.

@summertriangle4745 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewp8284 only 10,000 of them were called so because of the fact that when an immortal dies, they are immediately replaced by another keeping the total number at exactly 10,000! Kinda amazing if you think of it @_@

@deepdungeon8465 2 жыл бұрын

@@summertriangle4745 their are also the most experienced and heavily equipt in all of Persian infantry.

@Llkc60 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewp8284 yeah, my wording wasn't exact there

@ShahanshahShahin 2 жыл бұрын

In Sassanid era it was the Persian cavalry that was called immortal

@Mr.Deleterious 2 жыл бұрын

"You can run to the end of the Earth you coward" -Alexander to Darius

@vasiliantonov7484 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander thought the earth was flat I suppose

@thesuplexguy7789 Жыл бұрын

@@vasiliantonov7484 You can't blame him either, for in those times, no one knew the earth was geoid

@Tortellobello45 Жыл бұрын

@@thesuplexguy7789it was well known, Greeks discovered it a few decades prior to Alexander

@lucamckenn5932 5 ай бұрын

@@vasiliantonov7484ancient greco people were probably smarter on average than most room temperature minds of today who can barely determine what they want for lunch. Probably smarter than you. You likely watch stupid media and stare at this phone all day.

@Michael-uc2pn 4 ай бұрын

@@Tortellobello45 Alexander: the original flat earther. Must have been why he kept going East, he was trying to find the edge 😂

@evancurtis4215 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We are planning to add more variety starting next week. Some very fun topics will be featured!

@e.m.p.3394 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just astounded that Alexander was able to survive Gaugamela let alone win it! It's insane to me

@imperatordersonne5167 Ай бұрын

The enemy being incompetent helped alot ;3

@brutheius1054 2 жыл бұрын

I fucking love Alexander the Great. People don't truly understand the importance of his name. He legitimately earned that title, the entire known world knew him, and they were simply forced to respect it.

@rhyswong8976 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this Battle many times. And still amazed me many times. Truly he is The Great.

@kristiawanindriyanto5765 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander's battles are all masterly executed

@Sam-pv1hz 2 жыл бұрын

Masterfully *

@imam-_- 2 жыл бұрын

but you have to understand most of the tactics used by Alexander were lost later it was fantasized to look more amazing.

@imam-_- 2 жыл бұрын

@@thegamingwolf5612 was recorded 2 generations later, the earliest ones. the later ones are more distant from the time period of the battle.

@stuartmunro2474 2 жыл бұрын

It is said that Alexander won no battles without Parmenio.

@omarkharnivall2439 Жыл бұрын

Alexander also had to choose between capturing Darius and ending the war right there or going back to save his old friend and general.

@x.ruizcastillo5624 2 жыл бұрын

I study about Alexander and being honest he indeed was an amazing general, I was surprised with the tactics he use and how well trained he's military was.

@wonderfulnightmares9143 Жыл бұрын

So, I never realized what the false gap was before but apparently it's my second favorite tactic in Rome 2 😂

@mmay3315 2 жыл бұрын

Me a Persian: holy shit that was cool Also me: meh it wasn’t our day

@lionofpersis 2 жыл бұрын

Facts. Didn’t help that the shah was an incompetent commander

@arthurfleck1554 2 жыл бұрын

Changes are that you have a lot of Greek genes!

@lionofpersis 2 жыл бұрын

@@arthurfleck1554 not… really… comparative populations, quantity of soldiers, etc. Lots of factors, but not really enough, and certainly not comparable to, say, the Turks.

@lionofpersis 2 жыл бұрын

@anil anil no he wasn’t lol.. is it possible that you think this because you are Indian and therefore are biased?

@dark_zAzas8052 Жыл бұрын

@@lionofpersis Yes

@kkonacreed8638 2 жыл бұрын

So basically the engage, peel off part and next closest flank strat. Always a good one

@theophrastusbombastus1359 Жыл бұрын

These shorts are easily more digestible than the longer videos. Keep up the good work 👍

@user-rm3cq3hv2y 2 жыл бұрын

And thank to hard working Parmenion, he acted like an unbroken shield!

@joechang8696 2 жыл бұрын

the general commanding Alexander's left was in a desperate situation, feared he would be overwhelmed, yet his troops kept fighting, giving Alexander time to pull off this masterpiece. Getting the opposing commander to fixate on an apparent successful development is key. In the execution of the Schlieffen plan, the German left was too strong and successfully gave strong opposition to the French attacks. Had they been less strong and showed signs of disorganization, and made more significant withdrawals, the French might have been lulled into further attacks. The German general on the left (Bavarian crown prince?) did not want to play the role of bait, which should have been a critical element of the Schlieffen plan.

@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын

Patton said of the strategic situation during the Battle of the Bulge, "we should let the bastards march all the way to Paris" since the further the German supply line got extended in the salient, the easier it became to ultimately encircle and destroy them. Of course, that relied pretty heavily on Anthony McAuliffe having the brass balls to hold Bastogne for long enough for the trap to be sprung, in historical parallel to Alexander's commander on the left flank. 77 years later, his legend lives on every Christmas.

@konstantinosserres3598 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander's left flank commander was Parmenion... I feel lucky to live in the place these legends were born!

@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын

@@konstantinosserres3598 That explains it. It's between Parmenion and Labienus for the greatest second-in-command in military history.

@konstantinosserres3598 2 жыл бұрын

@@SimuLord although i know very little about Labienus (Julius Caesar's general), I don't think Parmenion deserves that place... He was a loyal general, respected by his soldiers, but not the best second in command... Maybe because he commanded only foot soldiers he didn't have the chance to shine, i don't know....

@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын

@@konstantinosserres3598 From what I know of Parmenion, his stalwart loyalty and ability to keep his line together in some pretty dire situations played a huge role in pulling some sure defeats out of the fire and counterbalancing Alexander's tendency toward utterly insane recklessness, exactly what you want from a second-in-command.

@alfrancisbuada2591 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander The Great, a man deserving of the title as The Great and is the most significant man in military history

@roadrat9141 5 ай бұрын

Apparently he just brought the extra 1/3 of his army just to watch?

@cluelessbird101 23 күн бұрын

They're reserve troops

@Septimus_ii 2 жыл бұрын

Disengaging cavalry is extremely hard. Even after their opponent has broken it can be difficult to reform them for more action

@panzerlieb 5 ай бұрын

That tells you something about the companion cavalry. A very mobile and very disciplined force. Without which Alexander could not have pulled this maneuver off. Let’s take a moment to appreciate how good the Macedonian Army was. Alexander couldn’t have done it with a army of lesser quality and we wouldn’t be discussing his victories now

@thesilentassassin1167 2 жыл бұрын

You guys have gone crazy with all these uploads on all 3 channels, all videos are highly detailed good quality, I wonder how many hours a day you guys work to put up such amazing content

@nivedkoladimootheri278 2 жыл бұрын

Wait? 3 channels? Kings and Generals is the first, then the recent Wizards and Warriors. Which is the 3rd?

@thesilentassassin1167 2 жыл бұрын

@@nivedkoladimootheri278 Cold War channel

@nivedkoladimootheri278 2 жыл бұрын

@@thesilentassassin1167 oh yeah, thanks. I completely forgot. I am even subscribed to The Cold War and I forgot 😂😂

@owsebilolyr2808 2 жыл бұрын

Invicta

@ridvirgo1994 2 жыл бұрын

When Total War players send back to the past. "Finally all my service time in Total War will be used for glory!"

@cumunist2120 2 жыл бұрын

*fails miserably because humans are smarter than ai*

@ciscobriones5904 3 ай бұрын

@@cumunist2120 it's been proven video games help with real life jobs, such as american truck sim which some real trucking companies use to train new recruits before they put them in a real truck or race car sims like gran turismo which a gamer who played the game a ton was given a chance to race with other real racers and he ended up winning the tournament vs real pro drivers. even the military has Video games of their own that are not released to the public they use to train Drone Pilots before they put them to handle the real thing. so you can put what you learned in video games into real life events, I would think if you have 1500 hours in total war games they could help you lead a real army in the past if you where even given the chance to lead one that is.

@apronot664 2 жыл бұрын

This man has the most perfect voice for this, knowledgeable and proud of it but also understanding and in a friendly tone to keep you interrsted

@TamaHawkLive 5 ай бұрын

Alexander must have been playing on very easy.

@JPOGers 2 жыл бұрын

Fun to use these in Rome Total War Remastered. They all work

@FullMetalXV 2 жыл бұрын

Blech that remaster was terrible, the OG holds up so much better

@mjp152 Жыл бұрын

What absolutely blows my mind about this is not so much the tactics themselves but more the ability to execute them using only the communication technology of the day, i.e trumpets, whistles(?) and messengers.

@ricklaming3007 2 жыл бұрын

The movie Alexander actually showed this maneuver fairly well. The fact that Alexander lead this move himself is legendary.

@georgioszafiris4982 2 жыл бұрын

we are waiting for the next episode of alexanders journey. to see what happened next after the siege of halicarnasus. the conquest of minor asia and the battle of ipsus! and the northern wars with peter the great. and i m looking forwart for the pelopones wars, the alliance of delos and the persian wars.

@escribopapelitos 2 жыл бұрын

Pick up your pace. Pick up your pace! Ride for the hole! Dariuuuuuuuuus!

@tvtvvtvt8017 2 жыл бұрын

The Art of War 1. lies in the concentration of one's forces at the perfect moment. 2. To move faster than your opponents' forces 3. Logistics above all, Logistics

@XimCines 11 ай бұрын

The 2 cavalry units to the left were the most pro of Darius army. They fought and maintained position even after their leader escaped and only left when it was obvious their defeat.

@XimCines 11 ай бұрын

Alexander's ambitions are matched by many others, the difference in skills, knowledge, compromise, intelligence and bravery against his peers is what is unmatched.

@reborninflames2188 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Kings & Generals, you would have a real winner on your hands if these Ancient Tactics episodes were longer (20-30 min or so), and where you covered several historical examples of the tactic in more detail. I guarantee that your viewers would love such a series. I'm not aware of any other channel that's specifically done this.

@maxxam4665 2 жыл бұрын

And you stil meet people who feel smart saying "Alexander wasn't that Great".

@kristiannicholson5893 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander had it all, competent commanders leading his well trained and excellently equipped soldiers against a mighty empire. The only thing he didn't have is a good general to go against, none of his adversaries were up to the task and for all of his brilliance it makes his campaign seem too easy for what he was actually accomplishing. Yes Alexander was Great but that's about it, his empire fractured and his children butchered before his body had even been stolen and taken to Egypt. Counter this with my personal favorite Julius Caesar who faced a higher caliber of foe with the likes of Vergingetorix, Pompeii and his own right hand man Labienus. This is why people say Alexander wasn't that great, he took everything his father had already prepared and lead it to do exactly what Philip knew it could do.

@maxxam4665 2 жыл бұрын

@@kristiannicholson5893 still, acting like he was "no big deal" doing basically "anime power scaling" is a terrible view on military history. I heard a guy make a point that Jan Zizka was better than Alexander because he "invented tanks" and "his record was far more impressive", whatever it meant.

@Comissar_Carolus 2 жыл бұрын

Quite true though his left flank was on the verge of collapsing and some ennemies had even reach his encampment and were so focused on pillaging that they didn't think of turning back on the rear of Alexander's center !

@nightshade71986 2 жыл бұрын

Forbidding lootin and pillaging during battle was one of the key things that let Ghengis take over Mongolia. It was very common for a losing army to take very few casualties as the winners would start to raid the camp instead of chasing the enemy, once his army had the discipline he was able to devastate his enemies armies from one win as opposed to slowly chipping away at them with each win.

@g0tth 4 ай бұрын

After watching the netflix documentary and now your short, everything makes more sense

@javo5270 2 жыл бұрын

these videos are so awesome, thanks kings and generals!

@nimblehuman 2 жыл бұрын

Next time I command my forces in battle I will know to avoid this trap as well as that Mongol fave, the feigned retreat. Thank you K&G!

@Bulbagaba992 4 ай бұрын

I initially read it as the Falaise Gap.😅 The action in 1944 Normandy that greatly decimated the retreating German forces in France.

@muyagichigi_II 4 ай бұрын

So that's how he won when outnumbered. Fucking genius.

@bonjour9874 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, the three "thing" (don't know how to call them) in middle on team red was literally send in a suicide mission lol

@hero0fqower 2 жыл бұрын

those are the elephants. lol

@constantinexii8182 Жыл бұрын

Alexander was truly great

@Rafs-on-the-roof Жыл бұрын

Alexander’s intent was to be able to kill Darius III himself, but the left wing of his army desperately needed help so he gave up the chase and went to help his men. This is one of the reasons Alexander’s men loved him so much, he valued them.

@SantomPh Жыл бұрын

Alexander realized that if he went after Darius he was leaving 2/3rds of his army on the field fighting a still numerous enemy. He needed to keep his army together so disengaged from the chase. Parmenion was a well respected general, being abandoned would create mutiny.

@youvebeengreeked 2 жыл бұрын

*Alexander’s Magnum Opus* 🦅

@dt4886 2 жыл бұрын

A master at his craft 🇬🇷

@joaqincastro5613 2 жыл бұрын

Alexander: Great strategy and Perfect Execution Romans: So anyway we started to build walls

@Negs42 2 жыл бұрын

Scipio and Aurelian would like to differ about building walls

@jannmikoingelrabagogamingc6012 Жыл бұрын

What makes this battle more devastating for Darius III is that, at the end of the masterful tactic, his most elite unit - the Immortals - were destroyed after the Persian general fled. Makes this tactic by Alexander ever more amazing.

@HungryTacoBoy 2 жыл бұрын

What's the most impressive is that the enemies sound like glass shattering when they die.

@richardi9791 2 жыл бұрын

I will use this in my next battle against Saladin.

@GodGuy8 2 жыл бұрын

That’s not even half of it, he also had peltasts hidden behind his Calvary to immobilize Darius Calvary from intercepting once he pivoted from moving off the side of the map

@carltomacruz9138 2 жыл бұрын

How were the peltasts able to keep pace with the Companion cavalry? They probably had inhuman stamina to run as fast as a horse!

@GodGuy8 2 жыл бұрын

@@carltomacruz9138 they were riding slowly

@TranquiloCamilo 5 ай бұрын

The fact Alexander threw himself to the heart of the battle with his elite troops and turned the battle in his favor is astonishing

@sev5348 2 жыл бұрын

I need more of these for Warhammer 3

@parengthonycastillo4272 2 жыл бұрын

Two months to go my comrade. Can't wait to start with the Undead!!!

@DragonMan5643 2 жыл бұрын

"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

@rizkyhidayat147 2 жыл бұрын

Purple : charging and attacking Red : hmmm i see this as a weakness

@shaundavenport621 Жыл бұрын

Alexander's skirmishers which his cavalry were shielding were an important element!!

@lorde0147 2 жыл бұрын

Never mind the fact that, his target escaped, his army would of been decimated if he sent the flanking relief any later, & after returning to his main force to aid in the relief, received many wounds some records state that of these wounds some where very nearly fatal.

@austinlancaster7982 2 жыл бұрын

alexander was a gangster

@lorde0147 2 жыл бұрын

@@austinlancaster7982 Nope, sorry, he was a brash, aggressive, arrogant, self absorbed youngster that for his time and region of the world, happened to think out of the box. On a decent number of his military campaign, if not all of them, he was a hair breath away from losing many of the battles that he fought. His army often suffered greatly from his command, one of the reasons why he didn't have moral problems at first, was because he charged head first along side his men, however eventually even that was not enough. Eventually his men turned against him & started to dessert en masse, one of the main reasons recorded as to why people did so was because of Alexander's personality and way of leadership. So no, Alexander the Great was not a gangsta by his days standards nor our's.

@jackdonith 2 жыл бұрын

The thing is Alexander anticipated every move. He countered the cavalry on his right wing with some infantry he had mixed with his cavalry. Obviously they wouldn't last long but it freed his best cavalry which he then used it to attacvk the center which he knew would be ill defended as the best Persian infantry had charged the phalanx. That's mentioned on the video too. However the other brilliant idea is that he also anticipated that his left wing would be overwhelmed so he had a second phallanx behind them covering the center too. So when the Persians and Indians went through Parmenion's forces and lost time to loot the camp, the 2nd phalanx took position so the barbarians couldn't hit the Greek army from behind. Parmenio had already turned the tide even before Alexander came to help. Btw, the central phalanxes had also charged and the combination of Alexander's chrge in the middle with them was was broke Darius' courage. Having a macedonian phalanx AND companion cavalry hitting you from both sides is something you should avoid.

@_wisesalvation_5906 2 жыл бұрын

"Anvil and hammer" tactic invented by Alexanders father King Filip II put into action

@matthewcalhoun4011 2 ай бұрын

Alexander pulled a "Leeerrooooyyyy Jenkiiiiinnnnsss!!!!"

@mikegay8612 4 ай бұрын

I love tactics illustrated this way.

@GnaReffotsirk 2 жыл бұрын

Trait: Loved by the Gods +2 defense to units +2 mobility +20% luck +General unit causes fear to enemt units +6 morale to units under command of this General

@loupiscanis9449 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you , K&G . 🐺

@antikomartin3405 Жыл бұрын

The key of this strategy is the angular placement

@karensupreme8149 2 жыл бұрын

Imma use this tactic when i get isekaied!

@mostill4605 2 жыл бұрын

Truck kun!!!!

@jordanpaok8685 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the rest of the Alexander series?

@fortdimitri2365 2 жыл бұрын

Truly the greatest of the Hellenes in the over 5000 years our civilisation has existed

@TV-nm6nl 3 ай бұрын

Had a chance to visit Pella. Got chills walking around.

@paulusclaudiusmaximus4912 2 жыл бұрын

Had Darius remained composed and faced Alexander, it could have been different.

@davidtaylor142 Жыл бұрын

Darius: "Youll never defeat my army." Alexander: "Dont have to. Only have to defeat you."

@phosphorusdaemon7 2 жыл бұрын

Only the Gods could defeat the Ancient Greeks

@ljss6805 4 ай бұрын

So I guess the Indians, Ethiopians, and Romans were gods.

@collynha6952 2 жыл бұрын

Why did Darrius consider Alexanders army moving to right a weakness?

@Donisgr 2 жыл бұрын

The way Phalanx was deployed was by having the hoplite on the right covering his fellow hoplite on his left with his shield (hoplon). So the shields were overlaping each other, like scales. It was noted that inexperienced hoplites tend to move to the right during the battle to keep themselves safe under the shield of their comrade to their right. So a phalanx composed of inexperienced hoplites tend to "shrink" to the right as the hoplites on the left were pushing slowly to keep themselves safe. That was a sign of weakness known by the Persian generals too since there were countless battles between Greeks and Persians. Now I'm not sure if this was an issue at the Macedonian sarisso-phalanx since by that time they were using an other type of spear, called sarissa, which it was longer and need both hands to be usable, so the shield they were carrying was smaller and they were not overlaping each other. But still, gaps between a supposely tight formation, like a phalanx supposed to be, it's logical to be considered a weakness.

@collynha6952 2 жыл бұрын

@@DonisgrThank you!

@jesusrodriguez-cu9jh 2 жыл бұрын

@@Donisgr phalangites and hoplites were Different things , the reason Darius thought the center moving to right was a weakness was because of the gap the left Alexander’s left flank isolated and exposed but it was all part of Alexander’s plan to fix them against his sarrisa phalanx in the center and for Parmenion to hold them on the left for as long as possible

@erccdang 8 ай бұрын

Alexander pulled this off at the age of 25.

@thedude9024 6 ай бұрын

It was a massive gamble and Alexander's left flank was pretty much pushed back to the baggage train by the Persians but Darius rode off and the rest of them were captured.

@lakshmipraveen8734 2 жыл бұрын

who is a fan of the Achaemenid empire here?

@bernardoheusi6146 2 жыл бұрын

Well that was short...

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

As advertised :-)

@JM-sc9so 2 жыл бұрын

Same as Napoleon did in Austerlitz. He posed week flanks as a bait and then, when enemy took this bait and send full center force / leaving Pratzen heights / to attack this, right, flank...in response Napoleon real force attacked center on Pratzen heights. After taking this position they turned and crushed those remaining forces which were still fighting, supposed weak, right flank.

@hvkbplays_ Жыл бұрын

Thanks ! Might try this next time

@oscargolden1475 2 жыл бұрын

too fucking short!

@KingsandGenerals 2 жыл бұрын

tru

@johnanth 2 жыл бұрын

Language.

@yahyamohammed637 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnanth Exactly. Oscar should go wash his mouth out with soap and water. At least that's what I hear they did in the old days.

@reborninflames2188 2 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I did leave a comment yesterday (which doesn't seem to be here now) suggesting that you'd have a winning series on your hands if you made these videos longer (20 mins or so), with several historical examples being included for each episode. One thing I've noticed in the comments section is that quite a few people express disappointment that more historical examples aren't included (e.g., the Mongols for this episode).

@Dakarn 2 жыл бұрын

The problem with this in games is that it's almost impossible to get your troops to disengage from a fight. They want to stay and fight to the death.

@shaunholt 6 ай бұрын

And the AI is too stupid to fall for any traps. They just stand there waiting for you to attack them, or send every unit after every one of your own units 1v1.

@illusiveman8408 2 ай бұрын

Gosh I wish I could go back 8n time to view these masterpiece battles as they happened..

@user-bi3oc5md4g 3 ай бұрын

This is awesome!

@fredjohnson9833 2 жыл бұрын

You Know Who else used this tactic? Gul Dukat during the Second Battle of Deep Space 9. (Spoiler Alert, It didn't work out for him).

@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын

Sisko was a better commander than Darius could ever dream of being. So was Martok, for that matter.

@jasnacar9186 2 жыл бұрын

False gap tactics has experienced proper renaissance in modern times , it has found new adherents in certain trans - people....

@Dionach 2 жыл бұрын

oof 🤣

@mostill4605 2 жыл бұрын

Wow..just wow. Fucking hilarious!!!!!!

@phil23_8 2 жыл бұрын

Great content once again. I'm really grateful for the existence of channels like yours

@PintuMahakul 5 ай бұрын

👍 An excellent and amazing video. Great show really brought up!

@Larsanator 8 ай бұрын

Don't forget, that was Phillip II's Army of Veterans; it's not like Alexander came up with this plan, these were a WELL rehearsed Army that secured Greece for Phillip and were able to react to changing dynamics on the Field with devastation.