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you know what's a very underused era of warfare for film, games, etc, that period of the 1500s-1600s when it was pike and shot and some people were still technically dressing like knights and firearms were those massive matchlock smoothbore hand cannons

I like how in Glory, the death of Shaw simplely enraged the regiment rather then disheartening them. In a lot of modern games and movies depicting combat of that era, the death of a Commander is shown to break morale.

I'm guessing you guys keep coming back to these movie-based videos mostly because they get lots of clicks, but I want you to know that I really do love them. They're incredibly engaging as well as they are informative

Even after seeing it dozens of times, I still get goosebumps when I see the assault in Glory, accompanied by that amazing score. Thank you for this review!

Dan has been the one who started my 2 years long interest in the videos showing an expert discuss movie scenes, and after those 2 years and dozens of videos watched I must say - Dan does it the best and I even watched some of his content more than once because it's just so nice to listen to

That battle sequence in glory looks absolutely incredible, I've never seen anything like it

I like how non biased Dan is in these reviews. He doesn't get too nitpicky with historical inaccuracies and instead focuses more broadly on how each movie portrays the historical events.

As someone who loves movies and history this was great. Looking forward to part 2 and hopefully part 3, 4,5...

I love how Dan Snow explains things, it's not dull and drawn out it was matter of fact in informational.

I love Dan doing all these movie breakdowns, reviews, and interviews with war movie directors. Excellent series.

I freaking love Dan Snow. It's not only great information but he's so passionate about it

Honestly, that was really good and interesting! I'm really looking forward to Part Two this weekend! Thanks for posting!

Lawrence of Arabia is a masterpiece. I was fortunate to be able to see this in a big cinema. The cinematography is stunning. No comparison to a screen at home. I have to brush up on the other two movies. I'm getting into older war movies at the moment. I just watched Kubrik's Paths to Glory from 1957. What a great movie.

You make an excellent point in your discussion of 'The Patriot'. America has forgotten its lesson from its southern fighting during the Revolution, which is that winning the ground is one thing. Holding that ground is another. Winning the 'peace' is far more difficult than winning the battle. 'Glory' is an amazing film, and rightfully covered the role Black soldiers played during our Civil War, and your description of Ft. Wagner was very helpful in visualizing the scene. 'Lawrence of Arabia' is a classic and its battle scenes are incredible, even if 'made up', as much of what was said or written about TE Lawrence. Thanks, as always, for great reactions/reviews of historic battles and warfare.

I don't know if I'm weird..but watching this brought me to tears. "There is no greater love than this-that a man should lay down his life for his friends."

I had forgotten how awesome the Glory film soundtrack is. Good on ya, James Horner.

Man I love Dan snow so much he is just such a vibe 💯

At 18:21, when the 54th stop running before the cannon blast, the image looks like something from a painting. And with the epic music....my goodness, what a work of art!

I didn’t know the real Lawrence was Calvary. I know very little of old battles, most of that is the greater political aspects. Thank you Dan, it was a treat to have you doing the rundown.

Much may have been filmed in the Middle East but one part was filmed on the sand dunes of Merthyr Mawr on the south Wales coast. It is where Peter O’Toole, as Laurence, first dons Arab clothing and walks down the dune towards Omar Sharif and the Arab troops. Another excellent film about the desert warfare in WWI is The Light Horsemen. It is about the Australian unit - the Light Horsemen - and how they took an essential Turkish radio and water outpost at the Battle of Beersheeba. It was a frontal attack that succeeded in the main because 1) the Turks expected the Australians to ride up so far then dismount and fire their guns. 2) when this did not happen, and the Australians continued their charge, the Turks could not depress their machine guns far enough. Therefore the bullets flew over the riders heads. There is a brilliant film about this charge, made in the 1980s

Glory is one of the greatest civil war movies ever made. I watched it in history class back in high-school and i remember crying at the scene where Mathew Broderick dies and Denzel is killed yet he stands strong flag in hand. I felt an overwhelming sense of patriotism and respect. I couldn't imagine the bravery it must of took to fight under those conditions and for a truly just cause they all believed in. It all just hit me so hard.

I appreciate the fact you called it the "American Revolution," which is precisely what it was - a revolution of ideas, values, actions, the forerunner of a global movement. The title "American War of Independence" downplays the importance and significance of it.

Yes. Yes to all this amazing content. Well done History Hit.

Mr. Snow. For many years I enjoyed the KZfaqs that you did with your Father. I loved his "mapcase" which would come to life with great CGI graphics. I you well and wondeer about him. What a neat Dad --- and he passes on his intellect and great history accumen to you...Thanks much -- HD, Houston, Tx USA

Great stuff HH. Thank you Dan . You always keep me entertained.

I like Dan so much, he explains everthing so clear

Very accurate and non biased description of how the revolution was fought in South Carolina. Glad to see videos like this on KZfaq.

Thank you so much Dan for this fascinating insight into the tactics of war👍👍👍

Dan Snow killin it again, my favourite historian!

I thought this was an Insider video at first, good job HIstory Hit with the quality content!

Dan Snow has a Midas touch, turning even abject drivel like The Patriot into an interesting lecture!

I wish there could be more movies on the early days of colonization and spanish colonies independence battles. Great video!

Quality of this channel is great

I don't know, our man seems to know a little about many times of war but Tarleton had the Butcher as his nickname but he wasn't remotely like how he's portrayed in the abysmal portrayal of the British and it's loyalists in the Patriot. And clearly Isaac's character is based on Tarleton and not an amalgam like Gibson's character. I felt that a historian should have mentioned that. I think Dan knows some eras very well but some he only knows surface level. There's so many issues with the Patriot when it comes to it's portrayal of the British, it acts like they were the 3rd Reich and treats every American as loyal to America and treats Cornwallis as a total buffoon. The film does do a lot of the linear warfare scenes well but it also has so many issues. Glory is far more accurate in it's depiction of the Civil War and doesn't treat the Union soldiers as the great, honorable men but shows how racist most of them were too. Shows an awful CO who lets his men loot and burn down a town. The Patriot sucks is what I'm saying and besides it's battle scenes, it should just be denounced. It's literally American propaganda trash and I say that as an American.

Look forward to part 2 :)

Love this

Seen Glory more than one time at the theatre the cinematography to this day is unmatched

Hey HH. Love your work 👍

A former movie magazine called Premier called Peter O’Toole’s performance “the greatest ever!” My favorite film too 🎉

The mounted horse attack on Beersheba was a great movie portrayal, not to mention a historic attack with long standing consequences.

Cowpens/the Patriot is so great, I centered my senior thesis on it

My great-great-great grandpa was a Union Soldier in the 4th KY Mounted Infantry. He fought and was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, spent some time at Andersonville POW camp. He did get out of there alive. I wish they would make a movie on that battle and the POW camp he was in. I feel so bad for Lawrence when he was held prisoner by the Turks.

The Opening of the Free State of Jones has a great representation of the Late American Civil War with both sides using the trench works that would become so familiar with in WWI

I love it when Dan is sat down in front of movies to review.

"Then give em a volley right in the teeth" My boy Dan obviusly choose violence this morning. ^^

Growing up in Savannah Georgia we had fort Jackson and then fort Pulaski on the Savannah River. Fort Pulaski who was the first fort attacked by rifled cannons. To the south of Savannah in Richmond Hill ,Ga there is Fort McAllister along the Ogeechee River. It was an earthen for weather underground bunkers. They would use a heavy chain to block the River. They were bombarded many times by war ships. But they rode it out in there bunkers. It was taken by the land side of the fort by General Sherman on his march to the sea. He used sharp shooters to take out the artillery crews!

i love you dan snow, you were my childhood, you and your father

Just to mention it, no CGI, but great amazing movies 😊

Dan Snow is brilliant.

Would be great if you could do a series sort of like what Norm Christie did many years ago, following the stories of specific Canadian soldiers and their heroics.

I’m not sure people really understand what the Federals faced at Antietam and the tenacity and courage required of the men who advanced on an entrenched enemy; especially those that saw their friends and colleagues dead or dying as they ran toward the wall of muskets and rifles

Thanks for this video, helps wash out the taste of Ridley Scotts Napoleon.

Dan Snow is awesome

There are few moments in film as powerful as Denzel rushing to grab the flag and screaming for his brothers to follow him into hell. Absolutely gripping.

Wonderful as usual! I respectfully request to know why Steyr, Austria was not completely destroyed during WWII? Thank you!

I am very pleased that you mention Sergeant William Harvey Carney. He was awarded the Congressional Meal of Honor. He was not the first African American recipient but his action at Battery Wagner was the earliest act for which a MOH was awarded to an African Soldier. James Horner's score for Glory is one of my favorites. Lawrence of Arabia is definitely a great war film. This film and The Lion in Winter are my favorite movies starring Peter O'Toole. The Patriot is a good movie but was somewhat a remake of Braveheart but set in the American Rebellion Against the Crown of King George and the Benevolent People of Great Britain. Sorry for that one. But we made up for it by invading Great Britain in 1943 to set up for D-Day.

the game Civilization does great at bringing all of these tactics and models, for everyone, at the same time. one time I found myself having to rush update my defenses from archers and crossbowmen to missile troops, while my offensive wing had been upgraded long before, to marines and tanks. having to rewire my tactics from "cluster up inside a fortification" to "spread out and take position" was a workout lol.

2:54 they must have had bigger balls than me. To just stand there trading volleys, knowing that every round could be your last, and seeing what treatment the wounded received, it must have been terrifying. The army taught me to duck, weave, crawl and hide. We spent most of the battle on our guts trying not to be seen.

I *do* notice inaccuracies with the late 18th century warfare, but I'm happy that linear formations aren't just pronounced "stupid", although I do wish they combatted this myth itself. Linear warfare was vital for commanding in large-scale battles, and in most cases wars could not simply be won by skirmishing and hitting enemy supply lines alone. TL;DR below to this comment. This was due to the efficacy of the bayonet and cavalry tactics in situations with large numbers of men. Muskets and rifles both couldn't provide enough fire to suppress a melee charge, because of the slow reloading time, and since the smoke that blackpowder weapons would create piled up over time and with a lot of guys, making precise aim useless over time. Having a bunch of guys in a tighter formation helps improve morale, as everyone's protected by each other, is easier for a commander to lead, and in the case of melee combat, allows a unit to take on it's enemies "one by one" if they're not in a tight formation of their own. A *often* made mistake is to say that generals *never* used cover or terrain during 18th century battles. They used terrain and cover a LOT. From Wellington hiding his men behind a reverse slope to stop the French artillery from destroying them, to field defences being set up by Villars during the Battle of Denain. However, the issue with static fortifications was that the enemy could outmaneuver you into a bad position if the terrain could permit it. It really came down to the terrain and field conditions, which all generals would consider, and the best generals would utilize to their advantage (look at Leuthen for a perfect example, where Frederick the Great essentially used the terrain to *hide his entire army* before attacking, or Rossbach, where Frederick the Great's lieutenants essentially won the battle before he arrived by grinding down the French and Austrian forces to ruin before an assault happened). Cavalry would charge not just *through* a formation, bumping men across and making a mess of it, but would come behind and charge them in the *rear.* This meant that multiple ranks of men, and lines of reserves, were the best idea, as they could grind down cavalry by stopping them from using their mobility to ride linear formations to ruin, using superior numbers to stop a blitzkrieg-style breakthrough in a specific point of the line that cavalry *loved* to create. Oh, also red coats (and other bright uniforms) were used because in the smoke of battle they could be told by friendly units. There's examples of friendly fire at Lundy's Lane and Wagram when uniforms that were the same as the enemy's or blended into the terrain ended up leading to friendly fire incidents, so whilst skirmishers and other units *would* use these guerilla-style uniforms, it wasn't all too common in other cases. *TL;DR* If anything, 18th century battles were a game of chess- trying to outmaneuver your enemy into a impossible strategic situation. Cavalry and melee charges could destroy skirmisher formations easily. Since all weapons had to use blackpowder, smoke clogged the field of battle, making accurate fire useless over time. So tighter formations were used, which could maximize fire whilst also protecting themselves if the situation got bad with melee superiority. Feel free to ask questions/request for sources in the comments. I got stuff to do rn so cutting this off here.

Dan Snow carries this channel.

In Lawrence of Arabia that machine gun at 21:41 is actually a Browning M1919 which would have not existed at the time.

Glory was a great movie. The Patriot movie was entertaining but had too many historical inaccuracies.

excellent!

I would really like a historian to rate the Spanish Tercio battle scene in the movie “Alatriste”. I personally found it a well-done scene of a period often overlooked and unrepresented in movies.

The battle scene from The Patriot I'm pretty sure is supposed to be an amalgamation of Camden and Cowpens, especially with that rear line of Continental Regulars.

You know if you are a Reenactor, you know, or should know, the regulations of the period you reenact. And this is where you go deeper to the details and can point things out very specifically.

Hope Part Two will include 1964 film Zulu, and the 1979 film Zulu Dawn.

What about the battles from outlander? Id like to see his reaction to the battle of Culloden 😊

May I suggest you look at The Lighthorsemen (1987), an Australian film about that includes the horse charge of German-supported Turkish lines by 800 men and horses of the Australian Light Horse during the Battle of Beersheba on 31 October 1917? I love that film and have heard it to be accurate but I'd love your take on it, Dan!

Very good

Close quarters, taking turns with the muskets would have been absolutely insane! The Brits should have gone back to the long bows lol 😂

That particular scene in "Glory" was probably not earlier in the battle when the Cornfield fight took place. The terrain and gently rolling "apparently flat" areas more closely resembles the middle part of the battle when the Confederates held a sunken road what came to be known as "Bloody Lane." Initially the Confederates enjoyed great success in that part of the field but a small anomoly in the terrain, a relatively slight declivity quite close to the Confederate lines dropped the front ranks of the Federals out of direct view of the Confederates. The Federals were for a period of time not openly visible. When the declivity rose again, the Union lines were very close to the Confederates and slightly higher. Most of the Confederates had been firing at longer range and their rifled muskets were somewhat fouled while the Union troops had fresh muskets. The initial volley swept through the Confederates with horrible results. Some Union troops were able to partially flank the long sunken road and the rebels lines were decimated. Confederate General John B. Gordon was wounded five times, twice in the same leg, in his left arm and again in the shoulder and finally in the face. He fell forward with his face in his cap which was filling with blood. He always believed he might have drowned but another Union bullet passed through his cap, allowing the blood to flow out. (On April 12, 1865 General Gordon, who had survived multiple wounds during the war, officially led the Confederate troops at the surrender at Appomattox Court where the surrender was accepted by Major General Joshua Chamberlain who had led the 20th Maine Regiment on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.)

"Best war movies ever" "The Patriot" I'm gonna need you to pick one.

"The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about." Alexander Suvorov 1796

A wonderful historical coverage (video) about warfare lines evolution through smartness selection of views from regular warfare to directing lavish rebellious to defeated enemy ( Arabian Lorans) .thank you for your respectful 🙏 ( HistoryHit) channel

You know im very curious i wanna hear explaining on the last samurai seeing how the introduction of gun powder were introduced and change Japan

Cromwell has some great battle scenes.

Hey Dan, would you ever consider doing a review of the 1981 Australian war film Gallipoli with Mel Gibson? I'm sure you would have lots of fun picking apart all the things it got right, almost right and wrong.

Lawrence of Arabia is such a great film even if it isn't the most accurate. That and Bridge on the River Kwai are two of my favorites.

Would Last of the Mohicans not be on this list 🤔? A few of those battles seemed pretty legit.

Maybe Dan could cast his eye over the battle of Long Island (August 27th 1776) - an engagement that should have ended Washington's campaign there and then. Howe had Washington's army pinned at the river with the Royal Navy at their back. Unfortunately, Howe waited 2 days before moving on Washington's army and finishing them off. By that time a storm had arisen, forcing the British fleet down stream. Washington saw an opportunity and escaped across the river with his men ...... and the rest they say could have been a very different history.

Question for you guys, Why does it seem like the Weapon Technology of the Smooth Bore Musket lasted so long and Innovation seemed to have Stopped until after the civil war time where repeating firearms seemed to replace slowly Muskets.

I think that's the Battle of Cowpens, not Camden portrayed in the last major battle of the movie, "The Patriot."....could be wrong, but I've heard it's based on Cowpens.

Funny movie mistake: The Patriot @7:51 the left British solider goes down and the colonial stabs him a couple times. But in the VHS large screen format you can see well below the wide screen line and he actually spanks the guy with his knife 2 times

Did Dan Snow say that's the first time i've seen that when watching Glory?

Barry Lyndon had superb battle scene

Thought you were gonna show off waterloo !

Similarly to the US Civil War, the Paraguay War (1870´s) between Paraguay and an alliance of Argentina, Uruguay and Brasil (Triple Alianza) was a big preview of what would happen in WW1. Massive battles and casualties and an evolution of warfare and military technology.

Actually in the movie Patriot, a black soldier in British uniform was depicted at the start of Camden Battle, if you look carefully, but certainly not as prominently as the one on the American side.

I always thought they wore red because of their flag not cause it was cheap, great video

I'm pretty sure that machine gun he mentions in the Lawrence of Arabia section was invented 2 years after the movie is set

If you looked at the "best war movies" Why is the Patriot first ? :)

Not sure about '250 years' of warfare developement 100 yrs perhaps, from Smooth bore Brown Bess to rifled Minnie Bullet, which by the did not get a proper mention. The depiction of fortifications was good and showed how WW1 trench warfare came about, although some form of trench warfare was used during the Crusades.

Glory is a devastating film - one of the best war films made. I had a number of ancestors who fought in the Civil War - all for the Union. You commented on the machine gun the Turks were swinging into action but that was a US M1919 .30 machine gun - Browning's design that was too late for WW1 - I guess they couldn't find a Maxim for the Turks?

There's a scene in Lawrence of Arabia where camels are seen jumping over a low stone wall. Camels can't actually jump, so they had to build a ramp up to the top of the wall and get them to go up it and then step off.

I think the scene from Antietam was more on the Sunken Road, but I still haven't been to the battlefield to get a better understanding of it.

When did Parrot guns get used?

The German-Danish War compared to the ACW would have been interesting too.

"The man who loses the King's Colours... loses the King's friendship"....