Watch Towers

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For centuries watchtowers were the first line of defense against any approaching enemy a settlement might have.
But they rapidly developed from being simple wooden structures, containing just a couple of lightly armed men to being much bigger, taller and more elaborate stone towers containing a large number of heavily armed soldiers with the means to keep watch over a large area of the surrounding vicinity.
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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner
Script: Conan White
Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard
Sources:
Castle
By David Macaulay
Castles and Landscapes: Power, Community and Fortification in Medieval England
By O. H. Creighton
Castles: Towers, Dungeons, Moats, and More
By Matt White
Donovan Wylie: British Watchtowers
by Lousie Purbrick

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@Simplehistory 3 жыл бұрын

Major Mike, is here with a vengeance! Armed with his tactical knife, he's here to do his duty and head into battle. Get the limited edition, (Ending Oct 2nd) Simple History plushie! here: makeship.com/products/major-mike.

@littlemanjerm2456 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the great videos

@dogtoes8434 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@rianbear2552 3 жыл бұрын

@bongofett6992 3 жыл бұрын

@dylantutrow3064 3 жыл бұрын

Hi cool video

@JustinY. 3 жыл бұрын

*Taps forehead* You don't need watchtowers if you have access to every person's whereabouts at all given time

@erddun 3 жыл бұрын

You do, i assume.

@SebastianSanchez-dx4mw 3 жыл бұрын

Hiiii

@bandit5747 3 жыл бұрын

lol just 12 likes

@pablotescobar5444 3 жыл бұрын

I guess not.

@justyouraveragegamer8733 3 жыл бұрын

*BIG BRAIN TIME*

@doa_824 3 жыл бұрын

“Parker get out!!!”💥💨

@Ender_Boy8123 3 жыл бұрын

"Enemy from the East. He sees Tiger tanks two of them Panzer tanks two of them infantry 50 plus change"

@pinar6ad 3 жыл бұрын

Pvt Jackson went out like a G.

@thetheandthe6371 3 жыл бұрын

I hate that he died, he was one of my favorite characters

@hammerheadxray8152 3 жыл бұрын

Me and my friends playing BF4 on Caspian

@nathaniel9142 3 жыл бұрын

-Private Jackson

@meme-kaiser 3 жыл бұрын

Me at 3 AM: I really want to sleep Simple History: Lol here's something about watch towers

@PatriotRepublikeBiH 3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@PatriotRepublikeBiH 3 жыл бұрын

@@slaytanicc why i was a good President

@soldierstudios7316 3 жыл бұрын

This came out when it was still daytime for me

@PatriotRepublikeBiH 3 жыл бұрын

@@slaytanicc but i hate stalin and your granddad was a fashist

@blackappleslo 3 жыл бұрын

3:20 am 😂

@the_ratmeister 3 жыл бұрын

"The maginot line was simply outflanked" Yes. That was the whole point.

@kagtkalem7115 3 жыл бұрын

Belgian line was outflanked too. Now that's the problem

@the_ratmeister 3 жыл бұрын

@@kagtkalem7115 The early fall of Eben Emael was definitely a problem. The plan was for Belgium to hold out long enough for the Allies to take up defensive positions along the Dyle.

@ianfinrir8724 3 жыл бұрын

The Maginot Line held up pretty well in the sections that were attacked

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

Funny how watch towers start off as small, to large, to small over the course of history.

@lem2004 3 жыл бұрын

Just like how human iq develop over time

@josephstalin364 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Abie, remember me?

@morrisstudio8372 3 жыл бұрын

@@lem2004 yea

@its.steve01 3 жыл бұрын

Abraham Lincoln yeah lol

@brwnipoints 3 жыл бұрын

gunpowder

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

China: builds Great Wall Mongols: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

$@fracturedframe1462$

@fracturedframe1462 3 жыл бұрын

@Negan The Savior its a bot

@arandomyorkshireman9678 3 жыл бұрын

I swear you are everywhere

@tacticalfall4505 3 жыл бұрын

The United Kingdom what’s even more interesting is that I came across the comment as the 69th like

@batalorian7997 3 жыл бұрын

" How come every time a Chinese man builds a wall, the Mongorians come to tear it down!?"

@wongijen9167 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a coincidence, both Justin Y and Avery in the same comments section. Just waiting for the two moustached and un-moustached duo to appear too

@felix_halcs123 3 жыл бұрын

Watch Tower: *Exist* AI In Age of Empire 2: 200,000 Tower is ready with 1,000,000 On the way

@CBRN-115 3 жыл бұрын

The middle tower in the thumbnail looks exactly like an Age of empire tower too

@gnochhuos645 3 жыл бұрын

Trebuchet: This is where the fun begins

@charbelyounes5188 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh I was searching for an AOE 2 reference :p

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody can escape, especially with our supreme watch towers

@octoriagaming1277 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Juche comrade

@raptorfromthe6ix833 3 жыл бұрын

jokes on you i already escaped

@ImaMonaKnight 3 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Perrons hahahaa

@223Drone 3 жыл бұрын

Chinese: The Mongols will never over come the great wall. Mongols: Observe.

@adamscott7354 3 жыл бұрын

You no break ma city wall!

@ablaze1793 3 жыл бұрын

Remember to always shoot out the light

@migoogooloo 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love how the animation has improved over time

@justyouraveragegamer8733 3 жыл бұрын

The strongest watchtower Ever made was the level 20 tower I made in raid shadow legends.

@patrickthornton5053 3 жыл бұрын

Stop

@catholicracialist776 3 жыл бұрын

The Auschwitz watchtowers

@LeeEverett1 3 жыл бұрын

How much did it cost you?

@martins4100 3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickthornton5053 to

@justyouraveragegamer8733 3 жыл бұрын

Lee Everett lol I wasn’t paid

@Fidozo15 3 жыл бұрын

'There's must be some kind of way outta here' Said the joker to the thief...

@2xtoo145 3 жыл бұрын

Soap, take the one on the watchtower

@tomi9562 3 жыл бұрын

@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio Ramirez do everything for us!!!

@kristiecornell5723 3 жыл бұрын

@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio Ramirez,we're fucking useless save the world.

@darthsidious6753 3 жыл бұрын

There are supposed to be guards on the watchtowers.

@revmedia8108 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I legit thought watchtowers were towers that had a clock on it, like the Big Ben... ✨Why be smart when you can be dumb af?✨ Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

@SoggyCoffeeAddict 3 жыл бұрын

I thought watch towers were water towers 🤷🏻‍♂️

@swamysriman7147 3 жыл бұрын

They are CLOCK towers.........

@Germ_f 3 жыл бұрын

Me: ok I'll go to bed now *Sees this video* Also me: Well, guess im sleeping later

@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934 3 жыл бұрын

1:23 Hot sand would be more common as oil is expensive

@monikhadka 3 жыл бұрын

Simple history: Watch towers COD players: sniper’s best friend

@aabdulsama6897 3 жыл бұрын

💙💝🍑

@miragelee9754 3 жыл бұрын

Ye LoL

@RedditzGG 3 жыл бұрын

Remember that Henry Stickmin got sniped by a Guard from a Watch Tower

@SamB3200 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else just really like this channel?

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

For anyone who is interested in history, yes.

@alecsteele4458 3 жыл бұрын

This channel has both carried me through history class and cured my boredom.

@TheNavyShark 3 жыл бұрын

History Matters and Simple History both make great historical content.

@dat_cats4354 3 жыл бұрын

Abraham Lincoln you are history

@mrpugster 3 жыл бұрын

I like the channel but not so much the comment section

@Murrel. 3 жыл бұрын

So many uploads I love it

@RusskiBlusski 3 жыл бұрын

*Watch Towers:* Is a defensive structure. *Age of Empires 2:* I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

@jordan_roadhouse4798 3 жыл бұрын

There's a beautiful Victorian one that watches over my town, Huddersfield in Englanx. It's on Castle Hill and it's the tower's called Victoria Tower. When you're on top you can imagine how effective it could have been. Plus now it's got a dogging site installed. Bonus.

@papapapuli1371 3 жыл бұрын

Watch towers are honestly my favorite thing to build in Minecraft, since I build a lot of medieval/steampunk, a wooden watch tower fits with everything.

@dazeandazed 3 жыл бұрын

this taught me more than my history class

@braydonanderson6994 3 жыл бұрын

Not only more also quicker

@darkfishthedestroyer139 3 жыл бұрын

i learn from history class, its just that the fun stuff is on youtube

@DaSaintDemon 3 жыл бұрын

1:20 arrow loop holes? did you mean? MACHICOLATIONS!!!!

@pontificateyourlife4536 3 жыл бұрын

You mean toxic machionalaty.

@munkebo96 3 жыл бұрын

No. Machicolations and crenellations (or balistrarias for that matter) are not the same - "arrow loopholes" was wrongly referring to crenellations, while "arrow loopholes" is a term for balistrarias.

@Gojiro7 3 жыл бұрын

im glad im not the only one who noticed they took the easy way out and avoided trying to teach a proper term, though where heard about these they were called Crenellations, what is the difference between that and Machicolations?

@munkebo96 3 жыл бұрын

@@Gojiro7 Simply said, machicolations are holes pointing downwards, so wall-hugging attackers can be shot upon by the defenders. Else the defending men would have had to lean over the side of the wall to shoot, which would be very uncomfortable, to say the least. It's also easier to push stones and pour boiling liquid into the hole, than over the side of the wall. Crenellations are the iconic 'cover-blocks' for archers to hide behind on top of the walls. On later period castles, some would have their crenellations offset from the wall, such as to make a gap or holes between the crenellations and the wall, thus making machicolations.

@logangilling1252 3 жыл бұрын

Love the videos keep up the good work

@Soyuzniki21 3 жыл бұрын

Simple history is best.. your channel is 98% unbiased and I love it... I have been a fan since 2018 and I am from India

@bisleyblackhawk1288 3 жыл бұрын

“Watchtowers” are usually offered/peddled with the “Awake” magazine on early Saturday mornings with a knock on the door 😉🤣😉🤣

@davidperezz7248 3 жыл бұрын

"Business men, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody offered his word Hey, hey"

@fireflyz8943 3 жыл бұрын

"There must be some kinda way outta here said the joker to the thief" a quote from the best watchtower.

@hebaadel5315 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@chancedavis6216 3 жыл бұрын

All along the watchtower....

@alexboehm3919 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! Personally I would like to see this channel explore fictional history, like they did in that battle of Yavin video. I know there are multiple channels, so maybe a simple fictional history channel could work 👍

@martinsto8190 3 жыл бұрын

2:23 You mean the germans Broke through the Maginot line at sedan after taking heavy loses by french artillery when crossing the river meuse.

@benco41 3 жыл бұрын

We found the butthurt frenchie

@brycezales2288 3 жыл бұрын

Tux to this channel ive learned alot

@SentinelGhost 3 жыл бұрын

"There must be some kind of way outa here." Said the joker to the thief

@supermarioglitchy4569 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing watch towers i love it

@Marinealver 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot of one place Watchtowers are used and for a more civil use than military. Air Control Towers.

@ayushmankumar1483 3 жыл бұрын

And in prisons

@CT--AkaRex 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@DoodleDan 3 жыл бұрын

Oh look, Age of Empires!

@atseugkijn4745 3 жыл бұрын

"The role of watcher tower is dimissed" Lifeguards sitting in a tower near the beach.

@TheNavyShark 3 жыл бұрын

You also can build towers to defend you city. Units can garrison within a tower for defense and protection and archers can even fire out of a tower.

@josephmcgolrick3920 3 жыл бұрын

Today Watch Towers are still used to watch for fires in US National parks. I think they're still pretty popular in huge parks like that.

@alexkicks325 3 жыл бұрын

i love your videos

@michelwoods8597 3 жыл бұрын

Hello simple history! Long time fan, very interested in your vids

@SlyPearTree 3 жыл бұрын

"with the introduction of field phones and transistor radios at the start of the 20th century" The transistor was invented in 1947, transistor radios only appeared in the second half of the 20th century.

@user-cu6qq9bp2t 3 жыл бұрын

Watch towers and Drones did their part today here in Athens as they gave the signal of a Blaze that occurred in a suburb forest area in time so that fire brigade divisions could act and extinguish it.

@goggles6776 3 жыл бұрын

“Watch Towers” simple name.

@leopoldbouillon1118 3 жыл бұрын

Très bonne vidéo 👍

@imstarbuck1465 3 жыл бұрын

Good for seeing an advancing orc army too!

@caelodevorago608 3 жыл бұрын

A correction. Boiling oil was never used as it was too expensive. It was usually heated sand or boiling water as both were effectively free and usually more effective

@braydonanderson6994 3 жыл бұрын

When I try to sleep simple history uploads and that is why I don't sleep

@motaman8074 3 жыл бұрын

Love when Major Mike says " plushy"!

@an_asian_guy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank the best videos come from you

@MrTrendkiller00 3 жыл бұрын

Simple but great

@BobBob-me1pb 3 жыл бұрын

Do a “Blitzkreig” video

@talahari2441 3 жыл бұрын

They already did it

@Zackislivid 3 жыл бұрын

No Hiroshima and Nagasaki

@benco41 3 жыл бұрын

NEIN NEIN NEIN, ES HEISST BLITZK R I E G

@kristiecornell5723 3 жыл бұрын

@@talahari2441 I hope the blitzkrieg will bop

@metalpsyche82 3 жыл бұрын

Nice and fast. I like it

@dalker213pl4 3 жыл бұрын

This history was really very simple :)

@princessmarlena1359 2 жыл бұрын

“So that’s why Dale Gribble always wants a guard tower?”

@zalmoxis2111 3 жыл бұрын

"...but with ever increasing sophisticated technology , the role of the watch tower has diminished" And now his watch has ended.

@Koolkole27 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on flak towers they were huge and not many people know about how many if them were used in the wars.

@jameshugo5891 3 жыл бұрын

i see bolt action, u get a like. a good ww2 tabletop! :) keep em sweet n get them to sponsor some more!

@russianmuffin6572 3 жыл бұрын

I actually love worldwargames its rly good and i love this video!

@furiousfury5161 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving me a A+ on my history exam

@cyotle511 3 жыл бұрын

Next video finna be about the history of fences.

@acedfox541 3 жыл бұрын

3:00 *World of watch towers* Wargaming: "write it down!"

@tekticgore 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew something so simple could be so interesting

@apocalypse2519 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to receive my major mike plushy

@brittakriep2938 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Germany some towns watchtowers had been manned up to early 20th century. In those days no more to spot enemies but by a firewatchman.

@spspapasp3697 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@nps86 3 жыл бұрын

"There must be some kind of way out of here..." *"Said the Joker to the thiiiief..."*

@batalorian7997 3 жыл бұрын

When was that?

@benco41 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@darangtaga9134 3 жыл бұрын

you are a best historical men 😃

@jacobwiles547 3 жыл бұрын

“All along the watch tower” Jimi Hendrix

@Shazistic 3 жыл бұрын

Random fact Planets have sounds. Jupiter sounds a bit like being underwater, Neptune sounds like ocean waves, and Saturn sounds like the background of a horror movie. -The Shades

@kaizermierkrazy6886 3 жыл бұрын

Who needs watch towers? Just use a water tower! The Croats did and it worked perfectly

@tunasandwich8049 3 жыл бұрын

Simple history has the chance to cover war stories that has been nearly forgotten. Simple history: ah yes a tower.

@noblenaveragemanointernet2582 3 жыл бұрын

As far as i know, to construct a watchtower, regardless of the material be it from wood or stone, it only costs about 200 florins.

@spooky_lxix9042 3 жыл бұрын

From tower made out of stone to tower made out of wood "It's evolving, just backward"

@brecibros2469 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting choice of video

@alm5992 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I have some British Bolt Action figures! Very good models with extra sprues of pieces to make each soldier unique. Unfortunately I hate painting them lol

@dannyboyUwU 3 жыл бұрын

I think this is one of my favourite narrotors

@theconqueringram5295 3 жыл бұрын

The Order of St. John (also known as the Knights Hospitaller) built a magnificent series of fortifications on Malta including watch towers. In the 1500s the Order of St. John were given the islands of Malta, Comino and Gozo in order to give the knights a base of operations against the expansion of the Ottoman Empire's navy in the Mediterranean. To ward off attacks from the Ottoman Empire and pirates, the Order of St. John built fortresses and watch towers all over the three islands. These fortifications were very effective, keeping the Ottomans at bay while at the same time allowing Maltese pirates to attack Ottoman merchant vessels.

@sambettridge3674 2 жыл бұрын

boiling oil wasn't used often since oil was kind of expensive and useful, only in larger castles as a last resort

@napoleonibonaparte7198 3 жыл бұрын

The Eye of Sauron has an incredible weakness to one jewellery...

@johnfkennedy9739 3 жыл бұрын

Next vid you should do the battle of berlin

@RedditzGG 3 жыл бұрын

"Fallschirmjäger" video when?

@SouthernGentleman 3 жыл бұрын

Destroying watch towers is more fun in Boom Beach

@bigweiner4217 3 жыл бұрын

0:51 Game of Thrones says "hold my beer"

@Hanwu3000 3 жыл бұрын

I learned this in Global history class. Thanks for explaining further. 🙏

@alexanderalexander3194 3 жыл бұрын

there was a france defends line in ww2 in france where one men holded back the entire german tanks for about 4 - 6 hours im not sure if my facts is right but i remember the story plz make a video on it thanks