Battles of Somosierra and Corunna 1808-1809 - Napoleonic Wars DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2019
- We are continuing our historical animated documentary series on the Napoleonic Wars with another episode on the Peninsular War, covering the battles of Somosierra and Corunna. Napoleon attempted to take back Madrid and crush the British resistance led by general Moore.
You can watch the first season via this link, it covers Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland and other battles: bit.ly/2Men3Z7
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Hey could you do a video on how the Roman military evolved into the medieval world? Ala from the Legions to the roman army at manzikert, yarmouk, against Attila or during Justinians restoration against the goths. How did the byzantines organize their forces? Were there remnants of the Legionnaire even at the fall of Constantinople?
Ottoman Wars?
Let's entrust the defense of Madrid to the guy without a portrait, going up against Napoleon.
This is definitely gonna work out.
LOL
Underrated comment
Lmao sir you made my day!
NAPOLEON DIDN'T WON THIS BATTLE
CREAZY POLES DID !
ROMAN STANISZEWSKI they’re under Bonaparte’s command?
Those Poles from the Imperial Guard's Light Cavalry were amazing. They were reclassified Heavy Cavalry afterwards due to the wieght of their gigantic iron balls.
Accually they were reclasivied as an old guard, and that was a maiden charge of this formation.
@@HenioGracie I prefer the other one.
Polish song about Somosierra 1808
The blade flashed through the volley of canister shots
A charge directly into the abyss at the behest of the emperor
They fell to the ramparts in an avalanche of fire
They raised the banner above the captured guns
The drums stopped and the dust settled in the ravine
The strange and rough earth will accept us today,
Play me a trumpet, play me about Poland
It is so close to me, though so distant
Eagle, my Eagle, a sign of eternal glory
Once you come to my home town
Bow down to the wheat fields and the morning daybreak
Immerse yourself in the sacred waters of Vistula
Where I am leaving you are no longer there, my Poland
You dreamed to army under the Spanish skies
You were a restless dream, and your strength was
On the way to a longed-for goal
Those are chasseurs a cheval I think
@@HusarzRzPON whats the name of this song? ive never heard it
That cavalry charge gave me goosebumps! What bravery!
Literally throughout of history of my country... I cannot even describe it differently than:
"They have cannons, they are entrenched, they have all advantages! It is impossible!".
"Oh yeah? Hold my beer..."
This nation is freaking nuts. Kircholm, Kutyszcze, Monte Cassino, Kostiuchnówka, almost all Uprisings, War with Soviet Union, Hodów... "How badly do they outnubmer us...?", "Eh, about 25:1...", "Good, otherwise they wouldn`t have a chance"
All we need here is Gimili "Certanty of death... Small chance of success... What are we waiting for?".
Yeah, i get goosebumps and misty eyes too :)
I have never heard of an example of Polish troops being cowards. And I have read many example of Polish bravery agaisnt overwhelming odds.
Polish cavalry are legendary, they defended Europe from the turks during the battle of vienna where the winged hussars charged like the lord of the rings style.
Polish troops imo, are some of the most badass on the planet. They have fought and won multiple victories that would have been impossible for some armies
@@d_c-fq7fb battle of wizna is a good example,
although they have lost it was a 58:1
The craziest individual story imo was Andrzej Niegolewski; a Polish lieutenant who took over for the charge on the final spanish battery and survived despite receiving 9 wounds from bayonets and getting shot in the head twice.
They should just call the guy T-800.
Beset by many empires and countries through the ages, the poles are some of the most underrated armies in history. From the battlefields of Europe, to the skies of Britain, their heroism is second to none. I wish they got their due recognition.
The 4th allied army of the ww2. After the USA USSR and the British.... Where's France? And The others?
Skies of England ? No my friend . American war of independence, more like 🤓😉
@@twisters999 Poland still did more than France tho...
San Juan: "No one will take our fortified barricade's"
Jan Kozietulski: "Hold my Beer"
90% Calvary combat ability
Unlikely, I guess it was a vodka
@@Cancoillotteman Surprisingly, beer is a very traditional Polish drinks as well, to this day consumed in higher quantities than vodka
Legends say they even beat the famed Russian bear cavalry
Its more like hold my cruissant
Allegedly one of the French generals commented that "One has to be drunk to order such a charge, as well as to perform it".
To which Napoleon responded: "I only wish all of my soldiers were as drunk as Poles".
most quotes like that inevitably are found to be apocyphal
@@mareksicinski3726 Sure. That's why I wrote "allegedly".
Napoleon actually said that, afaik, in Russia, where both french and polish troops were drunk, but the polish handled it much better and got into position quickly to fend off an attack. "Drunk as a pole" is an old french saying, iirc, though i believe it's not used much these days
Jan Sobieski must be so proud of this guys. Polish fighting spirit lives on.
Greetings from Croatian Catholic brothers!
Fighting against spanish catholics, obviously...
Sobeiski would never approve of a liberal anti-catholic French man like Napoleon leading the Poles. He’d rather see Krakow burn.
king of winged hussars
"Poles were the best cavalrymen, everybody wanted them"- My British history professor.
He isn't wrong. Polish horsemen were highly sought after and used by napoleon, the prussians, and I think the austrians at one point or another.
Fun fact, as late as WW2; when germany invaded poland in 1939, the poles were still using soldiers on horseback.
The lancer and hussar is as integral to their military history as the cossacks are to Russia and the Horse Archer is to Mongolia
@@blakeboles2848 Polish horses against German tanks, archaic cavalry against modern technology ... There is, as you can see, only a pinch of truth in this propaganda. At the same time, it is too one-sided picture, because horses also actively served in the German army during World War II. On September 23, 1939 near Krasnobród, the 2nd Squadron of the Navahrudak Cavalry Brigade clashed with with a detachment of East Prussian cavalry. In fact, there were a surprisingly large number of horses in the German army at that time: 4 German cavalry divisions (1 army and 3 SS divisions) plus many smaller independent units. Admittedly, Hitler called the impending war "Motorenkrieg", or "the war of motorcycles," but in fact, on the eve of its outbreak, he had as many as 600,000 horses in the army and only ("only") 200,000 motor vehicles. After Poland was occupied, the horses were requisitioned massively and Hitler could use 700,000 animals to attack Russia, and in those years the number of animals in the entire army never dropped below 1,100,000. To handle this number of animals, the army had 37,000 horseshoes, and there were also 48 veterinary hospitals, serving up to 100,000 four-legged patients daily.
The German army used horses all the time - the first SS cavalry regiment already took part in the September campaign, and on its basis the 8th SS cavalry division was created, which fought until April 1945. In 1944, the 1st Corps fought as part of the Army Group "center" Cavalry, composed, among others with the 1st Royal Hungarian Cavalry Division and the 4th and 3rd Cavalry Brigades. There was also a cavalry composed of Ukrainian Cossacks. There are many such examples. The fact that the Germans lost as many as 3 million horses during the war can prove how big the formations are.
@@wtflol2721 Great comment. Thank you for this information, I don't think I would have ever known this if I hadn't come across this comment as it's a detail too specific to be mentioned in the often broad histories of World War 2.
@@blakeboles2848 In 1939, the Poles had 37 cavalry regiments, each about the strength of an infantry battalion. This cavalry fought like dragoons, that is, before making contact with the enemy, the soldiers dismounted, entrenched themselves and placed anti-tank guns in front. This made sense in the event of a war with Soviet Russia, where half of the front in the center was covered by forests and swamps. However, even in the fight against the Germans, for example in the Battle of Mokra, the Polish cavalry brigade repelled the attacks of the 4th armored division of the Wehrmacht.
@@blakeboles2848 in ww2 they operated more as dragoons or mounted infantry. Using anti tank guns and heavy machine guns.
Only 125-150 Polish lancers took part in the charge... but after battle so many people claimed to be part of it, including many French. French general Montbrun was claiming to personaly lead the charge while he was also only watching. So many people wanted to share this glory.
Honestly, when reading about that, I was like "yep, should have been there". :-)
Not yet lancers. They adopted the use of lances only after the battle of Wagram some time later that year, when they defeated Austria's Polish lancers from Galicia and took their weapons.
@@Mira-K "took their weapons" poles being poles lmao
@@navox933 ...what? Are you German or smth?
@@Mira-K sounds like a bit too much of a storybook type story if taken literally
The charge of the Polish cavalry, their sangfroid, is one of the most amazing things I've heard occur in the Napoleonic wars, wars full of similar feats
Brave Poles! Their fighting is worthy of recognition! Happy 103rd and 76th anniversaries of Polish independence from Spain! 🇪🇸🤝🇵🇱
Gracias, but most of us doesn't celebrate 76th anniversary - 32nd yes
@@ukaszheil6672 happy 32nd anniversary of Polish independence from Soviet rule, then
@@pma281 Thank you my friend! Love Spain from Poland
thanks Bro, thats sad history for us to die in not our wars agaist people ,who did not harm us.....no one knows im there is more glory or shame in it.greetings from Poland
Thankyou, Amigo!
Wow, those Poles are legends. Much respect!
I have crazy time shortages as of late but there is no way in hell I'm missing the Battle of Samosierra.
I'll throw in some fun facts if you don't mind:
#1 Spaniards later gave the 7th Light Cavalry Regiment of Vistula Legion their own name "Los picadores del inferno" - The Raiders of Hell, the English called them "Damn Polonaise'.
#2 The more accurate translation of the words shouted by Polish officer Baron Jan Kozietulski would be: "Move, you sons of dogs, The Emperor is watching!"
#3 Polish riders managed to wound the Spanish General San Juan during their attack on the fourth barricade but he managed to escape.
#4 The charge lasted only 8 minutes
#5 Some sources claim that French officers tried to convince the Emperor that the charge is impossible for cavalry, then one of the Poles, Dyzyderiusz Chłopicki said loudly: "Le Polonais passe par tout!" - "Poles can cross anything!".
The most interesting fact is that the descendants of the heroes of Samosierra (in a straight line!) went in their ancestors' footsteps during the Charge of Rokitna often called the second Charge of Samosierra. The charge happened on June 13, 1915, during the Great War. Polish cavalrymen of Polnische Legion in the Austrian army charged the Russian defences with just 50 men and routed the Russian soldiers. Unfortunately, Austrian commanders refused to send them support. Most Poles got killed while trying to hold the captured position.
God I love the poles, total badasses
Hi! I'm from Spain. It's "Los picadores del infierno", and picadores doesn't mean raiders. A picador is a role in bullfighting, the guys that go on horses with lances. From "picar", sting, which is what they do with the lance.
@@klavakkhazga3996 I've changed it. I know who picador is but I wanted to keep the translation simple. Still, thanks!
By coincidence I visited a Łyczakowski/Lychakiv Cemetery in Lwów/Lviv where I found an interesting grave of Józef Czułowski, with the sculpture of a cavalry hat on top of the tombstone. I learned that Czułowski was one of the Poles that took part in the charge at the Samosierra pass and altough he got through the battle otherwise unscratched, at some point his hat got shot off his head. After he died of old age, his family decided that he finally should get his hat back. :)
@@kamilszadkowski8864 I think the best translation would be "lancers", as both the weapon of the Picador and the cavalery unit were called such ;)
An emotional thought for these brave Poles ...Greetings from France!
Read about Battle(Skirmish?) of Yevenes... Polish lancers fighting in Spain... They were called "Los Infernos Picadores"
@@emcehaThe links that unite us are eternal ...
Greeting from Poland. Vive la France!
@@bakters Niech żyje Polska!
@@salvadormartinez4936 who hurt u? Why must you ruin everyone's fun? For once people get along in the comments, then u appear...
My goodness, the elan of that Polish charge gave me chills
Classic example showcasing the effect of motivation and discipline under fire on combat effectiveness! The Polish Light Cavalry knew its objectives, and the loss of officers did not prevent them from completing the mission and capturing their objectives.
The Poles were for centuries considered to be the absolute best cavalryman in the whole world.
@Eric Kim Cossacks were never really considered an elite cavalry. And Germans... they were obviously considered accomplished soldiers by that time sure, but I don't think they were ever considered as good cavalrymen as Poles or Hungarians.
You never heard of the mongols👩🚒
@@jibislakis8193 The mongols relied on numbers and quick strikes. Most of their conquests are against enemies with no comparable armies or armies which were similar to their army. When they came to Europe and faced real European armies they were easily defeated
@@davout5775 nope, they defeated both Hungary and Poland. But the death of the great khan back in Mongolia stopped their advance.
@@user-dr6bc4jc8y They were stopped in Central Europe that's how their expansion stopped
"Naprzód psiekrwie, Cesarz patrzy - Forward, you sons of dogs, the Emperor is watching." -
Baron Jan Leon Hipolit Kozietulski
Psie syny*
Now that is a cool statement!
@@Orbotus Psie krwie
@Draugr :D
@CipiRipi00 doggy bloods :)
Wow unbelieveable performance and incredible heroism by the Poles. Respect. Bravo!
Those Poles have ball of steel.
If you want to see the charge in action watch the Polish movie, Popioly. Its on youtube and has English subs.
It was made in 1965 and depicts the whole Napoleonic Wars from a Polish point of view, from Haiti to Russia.
Hey, thanks for sharing! I will check it out.
Here it is - ua-cam.com/video/Vi8eeTXzMsc/v-deo.html
Send links please!
Napoleon was a genius to understand how OP Polish cavalry was, therefore utilized them in his Grand army.
But it wasn’t just cavalry
PL troops were the second largest conditngent in the Grand Army by contiengent
And arguably by then it didn’t take genius
I feel sad that so many Poles had to die, they were so brave because Napoleon promised them independence
Yeah. Don't forget that the independence was lost a few decades ago, so the memory was fresh.
@@KingsandGenerals Not to mention that when he finally created small Polish kingdom, it got wrecked right after Napoleon failed in Russia. He probably just did that because Poles were great soldiers and he needed them + it was a good place to resupply, recruit troops etc. Because it was at the Russian border.
Well, the French never forgot though, and 100 years latter after WW1 they pushed to reform Poland again. And then again in 1945.
@@Altrantis Sadly USA and GB gave up on eastern europe :
@@Altrantis Clemenceau was the greatest ally of Poland in Versailles.
4:00 Then the Winged Hussars arrived part 2
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wow what a bravery, respect from turkia to poles
Thanks bro
!!! :D
hears cavalry and polish. Mind starts thinking: THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
Jesus Christ polish cav is op.
a bit of a different scenario than the one you refer to
Well, if one charge of light horsemen can take 4 lines of cannons almost-perfectly positioned on hills, I'd panic, as well.
They didn't count the poles into consideration when setting those defences :)
And all in couple of minutes
The light cavalry tore the Spanish army in half at the point where their line was deepest! I was certain that this was gonna turn out like the Charge of the Light Brigade. The fact that they managed it is jaw-dropping!
It was exactly like the charge of the Light Brigade in that they successfully took the guns, but with dreadful casualty rates. In both cases they also misunderstood orders on which guns to take.
@@christopherlake398 At least here the cavalry's support followed up the charge. So it wasn't in vain.
Sobieski was probably smiling down on those cavalrymen
“General San Juan tried to restore order, *expects him to say something like “he couldn’t do it”* HE WAS HANGED BY HIS TROOPS”
Haha yes it is a bit suprising. To be fair, though, the hanging didn't take place during the rout, but severak weeks later during a mutiny.
Never underestimate the power of a Pole on horseback
Exactly my thoughts. The narrator was going on about "perhaps this, perhaps that". I was like: "They were poles on horsebacks. They do not stop."
From Grunwald in 1410 over Kircholm, Vienna, Somosierra right up to 1939 where they still managed to shake German infantry with a couple of attacks (and no they didn't attack tanks), and even to 1945(!) at the battle of Schoenfed it's a history of incredible bravery, often outnumbered.
Why is it that all we need is a horse between our legs... that didn`t come out right... to go completely crazy? Nah, we don`t, we just need to believe that we go for some thing grater than us, and off we go against most fucked odds you can imagine...
I started crying when i heard what the poles did.. Most manly tears ever.
Dat cav charge tho...
🎶🎵THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED🎵🎶
W-w-we were overwhelmed.
Can you do Napoleons campaigns in Egypt? The battle of Pyramids and the Cairo Revolt?
Battle of Egypt would be okay except it was such a one sided affair
Or the Battle of Puebla in the 2nd French Intervention would be more interesting.
Imperial Pharaoh and the Battle of the Nile
Battle of Pyramids was MMA fighter beating baby. Like that wasn't a battle that was rape. Then again Egypt deserved it for supporting Britain even tho Napoleon never intended to fight Ottomans in the first place. Napoleon lost less than 30 while killing thousands. Mamluks thought it was good idea to use medieval tactics against Napoleon and got wiped out. They had no place on battlefild as main force in 19th century. However Napoleon was impressed by them so much that he took many of them as his bodyguard. Actually in Spanish rebelion, civilians attacked and killed many mamluks of Napolen's general Murat as they saw them as muslim invaders and Napoleon nothing but a heathen. It was one of many things that drove Spanish to rebelion. Then Murat avenged them by killing hundreds od civilans which futher worsened the situation...
@@abcdc197 Thank you for this, it was great to read. What I find interesting is that Murat would raze a European town because of the deaths of the Mamelukes. I don't think this is ever something you would read in Russian, Spanish, British history etc. And shows how the principle of meritocracy was so important to the French Army. You have to consider that many Europeans thought that those in the Middle East were inferior, but not Murat, and not Napoleon, who saw the worth of men not by their blood but by their merit.
Funny anegdote about that charge: legend says, that night before the battle, most of Napoleon's cavalry (including Poles) were drunk, and in the morning, only Poles were able to charge. After the battle, Napoleon told his officers "I want you to drink like Poles" (or to be drunk like Poles - it is hard to me to translated it from Polish)
"Impossible? I don't know the meaning of the word..."
Horsemen Of The Apocalypse buff applied on Polish Cavarly.
Spanish: Yeah we got cannons up in here.. No one is nuts enough to charge us.
Polish: You call it nuts we call it just another Wednesday.
I actually cheered out loud for that charge! It feels like something you could only achieve in Total War.
Salute to that cavalry charge, gave me shivers while watching. I hope there is a memorial or something on the site of the battlefield for them, does not matter which side they fought on, feats like these deserve admiration from all. Incredible to think that almost all of them knew the price they were going to pay, and they all paid, and willingly for their martial honor. War is terrible, but it makes heroes come to the fore.
Qimodis see how Austria Prussia and Russia treated Poland and you’ll see why they loved napoleon. He’s on their national anthem
Qimodis ok, he’s on your national anthem. I have great respect for poles they helped us in the battle of Britain
The poles were undoubtedly the most cavalrymen who deserved to be part of the imperial guard
Greatly respect to all fallen and surviving polish cavalry.
zero surprise that the creme of cavalry of the imperial army were POLES. with eagles wings
Polish song about Somosierra 1808
The blade flashed through the volley of canister shots
A charge directly into the abyss at the behest of the emperor
They fell to the ramparts in an avalanche of fire
They raised the banner above the captured guns
The drums stopped and the dust settled in the ravine
The strange and rough earth will accept us today,
Play me a trumpet, play me about Poland
It is so close to me, though so distant
Eagle, my Eagle, a sign of eternal glory
Once you come to my home town
Bow down to the wheat fields and the morning daybreak
Immerse yourself in the sacred waters of Vistula
Where I am leaving you are no longer there, my Poland
You dreamed to army under the Spanish skies
You were a restless dream, and your strength was
On the way to a longed-for goal
Hard times for Poles. Fighting for independence in the same time forced to crash rebelion in Haiti and independence of Spain. Many of polish legionnares had mental problems because of that. Fighting for own freedom and be forced by France to destroy another
@Viz12345 Well, it's a mixed bag. The French have a long history of supporting Poland, and were involved in 3 attempts at reforming it, Napoleon and both world wars. So it can't be just that they used them. On one hand they did want to help Poland, but on the other hand they did also use them as they saw fit.
Many poles changed side in Haiti and fought with Haitians againt the French, their ancestors live there till this day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Haitians
@@zawiszaczarny7876
What idiots... Now their descendants are forced to live in a shithole...
@@Altrantis FRANCE HELPING POLAND. XDDD that's actually funny, your history knowledge makes me laugh.
and they were helping us in both wars XD lol hahah yeah, especially in WW2 when they were f***ing chickens, couldn't attack defenceless Germany
@@pawelniesporek7 you're ignoring literal centuries of history between France and Poland in the name of the Politics of WWII.... Don't be stupid.
France always had a sort of an unspoken secret alliance with Poland because of Germany. It was simple geopolitics and it was necessary. Don't forget the fact that it was mainly France that was pushing for the second Republic of Poland to have more territory. The only time when the actual franco-polish relations came to crumble was during the phoney war period, which on the greater scheme of things was still pretty small.
Legends, all my respect to that calvary
Man, the epicness of the Poles and Corunna...sounds like a proto-Dunkirk. Thanks for the video, guys
Surely this invasion won’t backfire on us. Surely.
S U R E L Y
Troll. Get a life
Those damn poles and their light cavalry... 2nd to none I say
I have to comment on this one... I always knew our brothers, the Poles were brave... but what happened here is unbelievable... didn't they have families? Didn't they have children? Why did they do it? Noone knows... they are the best... I am honored to be brothers of the Poles..
Polak Wegier dva bratanki!!
@@damianb8322 Something along these lines i suspect...
Blu Metzy- why are you trying to look from today`s perspective? You are talking about people who were told stories of Polish- Lituhanian Commonwealth, and you talk about people who were sure their deaths would be for a greater cause. You talk about people who were great grandsons of all kind of daredevils, ready to risk their life just to impress others... In other words: you talk about crazy motherfuckers... And i am happy to announce, we ain`t much changed to this day :) maybe we`ll go smarter about next war, but we still are fucked in the head.
Lengyel, Magyar... Bro... We are brothers and will be!
Poles and their cavalry... I've heard a few times the translated saying of polish neighbours (mostly from the east) that "Pole is born and dies on horseback". Could there be a better statement of the cavalry prowess than from its opponents?
lol what a lucky day you and bazBattles uploaded at the same time
Yeah brother I came here after watching BB's upload
@@shrishchauhan3390 same for me :)
@@shrishchauhan3390 im goin there now lol
The creators actually hate that because it competes for views lol. Nice for us history junkies though
Far too many of us did. History readers all sharing the same interests.
The other great Polish-French victory in Spanish campaign was the Battle of Fuengirola 1810. Until today we have in Poland the sabre of British general captured by Polish troops. And it was infantry, not cavalry. About 400 Poles and 50 French defeated about 4000 British and Spanish troops.
www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Fuengirola.htm
That Cavalry Just made my week ! 😇
Good, hopefully :-)
Battle of Chocim 1673 please
This is hands down the best channel on UA-cam. Bravo Kings and Generals!!!!!
Its amazing to see just how loyal the Polish where to Napoleon given the fact that Napoleon personally forced Prussia and Russia to release previously polish lands and reformed an independent polish nation.
They were among his most loyal soldiers. Even after his massive defeat at Leipzig in 1813 they still stayed loyal even when all of his other allies betrayed him, and they were still intent on fighting on.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 It is said some of them came back to fight for him even in his last battle, as volunteers O_o
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 I read somewhere that a British soldier at Waterloo.Witnessed the last French trumpet to have been blown... by a Polish cavalry rearguard,not French.
he reformed a bootleg puppet state
if i had one wish, i'd wish this channel could release a napoleonic wars vid everyday. Keep them coming Kings and Generals, i love it!!!
Same here. Alas, not possible. :-)
What an extraordinary cavalry charge! The courage it must have taken to repeatedly charge against prepared canon is astonishing! More so because of its success.
Well they lost all their officers and the majority of their number, so the only reason this succeeded is because the Spanish did not react well enough to it and the French eventually supported their cavalry charge with infantry.
Agreed.
@@SantomPh jealous knowing that the british charges are not close to this magnificent charge
I didn't know that winged hussars arrived in Spain too, TIL.
BRAVE POLES 🇵🇱🇵🇱
Fun video. Always enjoy finding out more about Napoleon and the battles he fought against his enemies. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.
Polish Cavalry always badass to the core!
I love the new single rifle icon for infantry units as the old triple rifle looked like a set of claws, great video!
Napoleon is said to have said before the battle: "Impossible, you say? Just leave it to Poles then".
Huge salute and respect for the polish Calvary
you earned our respect gentleman
Those Poles though !!!
Very well presented. Easy to follow. Thanks, again, Kings and Generals!
that...was epic
Thank you :-)
POLES !!! GIVE THEM YOUR LIKES !!!
Great video! I've never heard about this battle before, so I've learned something new today 👍🏽
Good to hear. :-)
Thank you for always on time release..
I love the feeling of waking up on Sundays to a Kings and Generals video. Love you guys!
British, spanish, portugese, french and russian empire Dwarfed "Ottoman empire" in size, Our empires controlled entire continents. While ottoman empire controlled mostly sand wasteland, lik arabia. So i dont understand when turks says they controlled the world for 600 years.
Leo luster was right I don’t believe in that statement at all about the Turks ruling the world. I think Turks use that statement more as way to say that the Ottomans were a superpower during the 1500s rather then a actual factual statement. It’s unfair to say the Ottoman Empire was mostly desert as well, it controlled diverse types of lands like the plains of Hungary, mountains in Anatolia, huge Forests in Serbia and Bosnia. If I were you I would keep your nationalism to yourself because you look like a fool.
Didn't know the story of Somosierra Battle; I was in awe, trully amazing achievement.
After Coruña, Soult invaded Portugal, in what is known here as the 2nd French Invasion - with its most significant episodes being the Defesa da Ponte de Amarante (Defense of the Amarante Bridge), and the Tragédia da Ponte das Barcas (The Boats Bridge Tragedy), in Porto city.
Oh yes, Polish Somosierra, sweet spot hit, nicely done :)
And yes, I feel again like Empire Total War.
Thanks :-)
Well Documented And Narrated Versions Of Two Great Battles
Excellent video as always
great video. thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Some say they are fighting at Zaragoza to this day
Man that cavalry charge have moral and courage of steel
I love this soundtrack its epic! Amazing video to, I love these penninsular war videos
Most amazing history !! 👍 👍 Thx !!
Thanks for watching!
@@KingsandGenerals my pleasure !!
Great courage from the Poles!
I m a fan of them..with the french hussards....great events make greatmen...
Those turning points of battles are so interesting
OH YES. *You guys do not disappoint*
I love you.
Poles and their cavalry stronk, no wonder elite cavalry in Europe would call themselves Hussars.
I have noticed all the greatest generals basically teleport all around the map- Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon etc. Did they organise the logistics and such themselves or something?
It is really interesting to study Napoleon's campaign in this form without having to deal with a 'lies' episode. I don't think narratives and history go well together.
The Spanish General did what he could with what little he had. I think he would done much better if he had a second chance.
The English charging bravely backwards had me in tears, but for a different reason.
Fairly sure the original hussars were Hungarian
Yeah, the hussar formations came to Poland-Lithuania from Hungary in the early 16th century, then developed differently in both realms. In Polish language the Hungarian and the Polish-Lithuanian style hussars are even called by a slightly different names. In the 18th and 19th centuries most of the light cavalry units all over the Europe became modelled after the Hungarian and Polish ones and called hussars in the first case or uhlans (or simply lancers) in the second.
@@SoulReaperIsHere But Poles made them famous with the Polish Winged Hussars, who were formed from the Polish nobility and were by far the best edition of the hussars.
Continue this and the ottomans these videos are actually so good
I am loving to watch your videos!
another great video from such a great channel keep it up guys (Y)
4:49 - I don't think they misunderstood anything. In those times french was commonly spoken - certainly among polish officers.
@Casual Club You don't have a clue what you are talking about. The whole polish state was to be reinstated - not just some pathetic Duchy of Warsaw. On top of that polish soldiers were supposed to fight Russia, Prussia and Austria - not Spain or Haiti. Napoleon lied to those who, despite everything, stayed with him to the end..
These glorious 17mins of bliss, I don’t watch them when out. I save them, for special occasions.
Napoleon clearly here proved his skills, the superiority of the Grand Army, and the genius he and his followers had.
The Polish cavalry also proved it was still the best! #1683! #WhenTheWingedHussursArrived
Long live the Kings and Generals!!!!!!
Amazing video as always!. Cant wait for the Ottoman Wars series.
Quality content as usual
some of paintings of batttle of samosierra:
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There is a reason why Bonaparte is mention in Polish National Anthem !!
Exellent video, K&G!
FINALLY. YOU PROMISED ME THIS ONE BACK IN 2017
Eventually, everything will be covered. :-)