@@krieger8825 didn't get to that point. Unification happened quickly and the peace time that came after the war with Korea, didn't have the need for that innovation.
Ironically. I think Japanese Warrior Monks are the closest Oriental equivalent to Crusader knights orders. Aside from the purpose and founding, Warrior Monks in Medieval Japan functions militarily similar to European Knights Orders like Templars who were fusion of monasticism and professional soldiery: just like knights orders, their supposed purpose for existence is to protect the Buddhist clergies, pilgrims, and temples; they do not owe allegiance to any feudal warlords but have their own fortress monasteries like knights chapters all over the Japan; they loosely allies with each other also similar to chapters of knight's orders; and most importantly, just like Templars, these guys were independently wealthy (not for individual monks because they also swore vows of poverty and chastity and etc...) because of donations from religious people.
Theres an old proverb about Oda, Ieyasu and Toyotomi. The three of them were in a garden when they noticed a bird, Oda said "little bird if you dont sing I will kill you". Toyotomi said "little bird if you dont sing i will make you sing" and Ieyasu said "little bird if you dont sing i will wait for you to sing". It gives a lot of insight to their leadership styles and what kind of men they were
Japanese Famous Poems "If the birds don't sing, I will kill them" _Nobunaga Oda "If the birds don't sing, I will force them to sing" _Hideyoshi Toyotomi "If the birds don't sing, I will wait until they start to sing" _Ieyasu Tokugawa
Robert Simmons And you can consider his genius strategic mind and his guts to take any necessary action in a way that contributed to one of the best "Warriors" character ever :P I love the non "i'm a demon who eat children" Nobunaga characters
the one in SW4 reminds me of Blackbeard in AC4. he plays the Demon King because its what the land needs. he also genuinely seems to love Ranmaru and lady Noh and respects his retainers immensely. he also fits a few autistic traits IIRC
Robert Simmons I understand why the temple has to fall. I don't understand why he felt the need to put every man, woman and child fleeing out of the temple to the sword!
I do the opposite, I am the hermit player, I sit quietly, doing trade and trying to cause as little war has possible, but when someone stops my own ambitions, I have an army of the gods to rain down on them.
You could argue that it was the Warrior Monk's fault that pushed Oda over the edge. I mean, he was probably going to do what he did anyway regardless, but it is like getting annoyed by that one person for so long before you suddenly snap at them. Same thing applies here except you replace the word "Snap" with the word "Massacre"
Aw man, using Artax was a low blow. Brought back some horrible childhood memories... Anyways, an interesting theory popped up recently, stating the razing and massacre of Mount Hiei was not as it seems. Recent archaelogical digs reveal little to no trace of bodies and/or burnt earth on mount Hiei, and that historical accounts were romanticized by witnesses in Kyoto. Even the "Tamon-in Nikki" (Diary of monks) stated that most of the mount was uninhabited. Either Nobunaga was using the opportunity to strike fear into the hearts of the people of Kyoto, (a.k.a. No one is sacred,) since mount Hiei is at a visible distance from the capital, or it was to draw out the ire of surrounding clans to act foolishly. Regardless, that's just speculation...
Wou, I am amazed that someone here knows that! Yes indeed, that's whar the recent excavations reveal, but at that time the majority of the history and how thr people get to know it was work of the monks, so it was obvious that the will speak ill of Nobunaga
Nobunaga really deserves more credit. The Battle of Anegawa was his plan, those monks were dicks, and the Azai betrayal meant more to him than a strategic setback. He believed Azai Nagamasa to be a staunch ally (the man even had part of his name for crying out loud) and expected him to ride with him against the Asakura. But Azai tried to kill him. Oda couldn't let that slide. Still, the episode continued to affect Nobunaga to the end of his days as it put a strain on his relationship with his favorite sister, Oichi. The way he had Nagamasa's skull plated gold and used it as sake cup affected his reputation even further. Peopele didn't get it and thought he was just being a monster. In truth, that was his eccentric way of showing Nagamasa respect. Also, a little bit of trivia, Nobunaga and Ieyasu wore western-style armor to battle. They believed them more practical.
Nobunaga have some Nanban style breastplate armor, but he wasn’t wearing it in all battle, also western style armor wouldn’t be very practical in Japan’s climate and its mountainous terrain along with the fact that most Japanese castles were built on top of mountain, it’s impossible to climb mountains to attack fortresses and castle with western armor.
@DccAnh both armors weighed about the same, especially since the pike and shot Era only had breastplates and helmets with the rest being buff cloth. It just bad superior qualities against early gunpowder weapons
@@Darqshadow weight does not matter, it’s the design, Japanese armor offer much more mobility and allow for more freedom of movement than western plate armor.
And this would be why when Nobunaga called himself the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven people tended to believe him... As I recall, the title refers to Mara who is basically the Buddhist version of Satan or the Demiurge or something like that. He apparently called himself by that title to a Christian missionary he became friends with. Knowing Nobunaga, he was probably being sarcastic but the missionaries writings made it seems like he meant it seriously. History kinda has a way of blowing somethings out of proportion.
false, he first referred to himself by that title in response to takeda shingen severing ties w the oda, & declaring war against him while calling himself the defender of buddhism due to the massacre @ mt. hiei and calling himself the high tenkai priest. So nobunaga jested & used sarcasm calling himself the demon king of the 6th heaven to slight shingen
Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji: "It's over, Nobunaga! I have the high ground!" Oda Nobunaga: "You underestimate my power!" Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji: "...Don't try it."
Now I want to see the Ikko-ikki in a samurai warriors game. (Note: im not talking about general samurai game. I mean the sister series to dynasty warriors. They are great in strategy games. But i wanna see some hack and slash)
+Isaac sussman I heard that! They get left out of many easy-play strategy games. They were a successful alternate option for Sengoku Jidai Japan, and Nobunaga spent more time fighting them then he did fighting other daimyo.
If anyone is still interested theres a mod on the steam workshop for mount and blade warband called "gekokujo"... its really good i actually enjoy it more than the base game. For anyone who does start playing it... i highly recommend recruiting as many "peasant women" troops as u can an upgrade them to onnabushi... theyre REALLY powerful once they get to veteran and elite status
Ok, like they talked about how badass the castle complex of Ishiyama Hongon-ji, for those of you who don't know, it is more commonly known as the Osaka Castle complex in modern times, I've been there, it is FUCKING H.U.G.E. there's a picture of me (a 6'2" guy) hugging the corner stone of the castle atop the complex (which happens to have the smallest stones of the works), being dwarfed by this simple corner piece, being possibly 2.5 times larger than me in height alone & I couldn't tell you how many time larger it was than me width wise... note, this was the castle, built atop 3 layers of fortress, all of which dwarfed the previous layer, each separated by moat, again of increasing size per each layer... the thing was akin to something out of fantasy & less reality, it's not something you just conquer, no matter who the defenders or attackers were, the fact that the monks also happened to be better fighters than most of the Samurai clans was the god damn cherry on top.
I gotta say, as well written/drawn and interesting as this series is, Dan's reading of it is what makes it for me - his voice is just bringing it all to life! Dan, you're a fantastic host of every series Extra Credits does, but the whole of Extra History is probably the most I've ever enjoyed your narration, and, believe me, that is saying something!
Shimegawa Shion Yeah. Because he did that to himself. He liked the title and owned it. Oda Nobunaga always had a flair for the dramatic. When people started calling him a demonic madman to criticize him for his attack on Mt.Hiei, rather than being offended he decided to nickname himself "Dairokuten Maou" (Demon King of the Sixth Heaven) which was essentially calling yourself the Devil. He was probably being ironic, but that didn't stop writers from running with the idea.
His choice brutality probably saved more lives in the long run. And if you'd just gotten out of a 11 month siege, you'd be looking for a faster solution, too. Burning it down was a very good move. He could have made prisoners of the survivors, but there was no reason to do so. No one else would care about their lives, so they were useless as hostages. They were much more useful as a message and example to other enemies. Deterrence. In this age of war and betrayal, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same.
Gracielo Barteza It really is a good psychological tactic in an age where information was passed mostly by word of mouth, and mystic ideas were commonplace. Most of the soldiers in the enemy ranks would know him by reputation only, so might as well make it as terrifying as possible. Who wants to go up against a demon king known to consume his enemies in hellfire leaving no survivors, only ashes in his wake?
***** what a monster? just cause he burned down an enemy castle??? you do realise that it was a common tactc throughout history to burn down entire citys and catapult rotting corpses into enemy fortresses (to spread sickness) also how is burning them worse then storming it and slaughtering them?
According to results of recent archeological research done in mount Hiei, no skeleton remains were found and the mineral properties of the ground did not show what you normally find on ground where dead bodies decomposed. It is a more recent theory that Nobunaga actually let most civilians leave and the rumours of the massacre where spread by his enemies to smear his persona. (burning down the whole mountain with a temple in it and Nobunaga reputation didn't help)
3:15 I remember reading once that Nobunaga was only able to escape the Asakura/Azai double team because Oichi, his sister who was married to the Azai lord, warned him of her husband's plans. According to legend, she crafted a special sack (filled with what, I forget exactly [rice, maybe?]) that was secured by tying both ends. She sent it under the pretense of it being a good luck charm to her brother, but Nobunaga understood it as a message that he would soon be surrounded on two sides. With this knowledge, he was able to escape certain death.
I'm descendant of a samurai clan. It was called '' Naka Clan.'' They were against Nobunaga Oda ,but they defeat to Nobunaga in the second Tensho Iga War(天正伊賀の乱). But we pwned Nobunaga in first invasion ;)
2:44 I image when Nobunaga stands up after being shot twice, the screen closes up on him, showing big smile on his face. But a typical happy smile, more like a creepy twisted smile, a smile shows all the enjoyment he's gonna get once he kills his brother in law, like in that episode of Ren and Stimpy.
same, none of these groups are connecting with me, none of the names carry any meaning from sentence to sentence, and im not even sure why I should care about this at all. call me Eurocentric but I 'get' WWI and why it mattered. They were even able to draw clear line to how the Punic wars still influence us to this day. But none of this feels very consequential at all.
Nikolaas Tzventarny Part of this history is at least important in order to understand the Japanese war fervor of WW2. How they were so willing bayonet charge american positions, why Japan was willing to fight until the last woman and child in the event of a homeland invasion. Sort of like how you have to learn about the various roman empires in order to understand Napoleon, and then learn about Napoleon in order to understand Hitler. The reason the names don't stick is probably not euro centrism but instead just down to you not being exposed to a lot of these names, places and events through culture, school and such. I mean, whenever we hear about General Hindenburg we all think "Oh! Like the Zeppelin!" and then we make a connection and we remember him because we remembered the Zeppelin. Some of these names stick very well with me because of the way I was introduced to Japanese history which was through Shogun 2 Total War and then the Nobunaga games that I can't remember the names of. When I think badass warlord I think Nobunaga. When I think of a shogun I think of Tokugawa Iyeasu. When I think of an emperor I think of Meji (Of course he comes in way after the Sengoku Jidai). And when I think of a badass ninja I think of Hattori Hanzo which I'm fairly sure was the ninja they alluded to in the outro. Bottom line, it's totally normal and I totally get it. You just have to find something that brings all of this together. A way to make connections between the names, the events and other things you've listened, played or watch and I'm sure it'll click easily! :D
Nikolaas Tzventarny I have the same thing with not being able to remember the names. But I think that is mostly because we probably come from a different language traditition than the Japanese, making it more diffecult for us to remember their names. This combined with the foreknowledge we already have about WW1 probably explains the difference in remembering the names.
Nobunaga Oda: The Unfettered Renegade of the Samurai. *"Imagawa has 40,000 men marching toward this place? I don't believe that. He 'only' has 25,000 soldiers. Yes, that is still too many. So, Sado, you want me to surrender. What if we do surrender? Will you (be) content with losing your life that way? Or what if we hold on like Katsuie wants me to? What if we stay here in this castle, lock it up, and wait until the Imagawas lose appetite and stop the siege and go home? We will be able to prolong our lives for five or ten days, and what we cannot defend will still be undefendable. We are at the bottom of the pit, you know. And our fate is interesting. Of course the misery is too great, too. But this is how I see it: this is a chance (of) a lifetime. I can't afford to miss this. Do you really want to spend your entire lives praying for longevity? WE WERE BORN IN ORDER TO DIE! Whoever is with me, come to the battlefield tomorrow morning. Whoever is not, just stay wherever you are and watch me win it!"* Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Fettered Paragon of the Samurai. *"Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden. Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the lot of natural mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou hast passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever. Look upon the wrath of thy enemy. If thou only knowest what it is to conquer, and knowest not what it is to be defeated; woe unto thee, it will fare ill with thee. Find fault with thyself rather than with others."* *"The strong (and) manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience. And if my descendants wish to be as I am, they must study patience."* I'm beginning to see why these men left such a strong impact on Japanese culture and history (for better or for worse). These men were virtually opposites, but were willing to set aside their differences to be reliable allies. And with strong characters like these, is it any wonder they got as far as they did? Truly I can see why Nobunaga Oda was known as a demon, whereas Tokugawa and his succeeding Shogunate shaped Japanese consciousness for centuries to come. Of course, I do not give enough credit to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and I apologize for that. After all, it is Hideyoshi who united Japan and laid the foundation for the Tokugawa Shogunate to permanently rule a united Japan right up until the Meiji Revolution.
Gracielo Barteza And here I thought I would be able to keep weeaboo culture out of the discussion about a historical Japanese figure. I guess it was inevitable. - slow clap. -
RexSpec I meant it as a joke. But in all seriousness, he kinda fits the description with his "Dairokuten Maou" nickname, his flashy red cape, his "Tenka Fubu" motto, and his taste for flair and flash and love for the grandiose. Plus, the joke didn't come from me--Nobunaga was jokingly referred to as a chuuni in some new materials based on the Sengoku Period. I believe this is Modern Japan's way of humanizing or softening his image, which is now OK to do since, Nobunaga, I feel, embodies much of what the modern Japanese youth finds heroic and admirable, as well as sharing his appreciation and interest in the rest of the world; especially now that Japan has opened up to the world in a way like none ever before-living in a time period where people interact with people from other cultures regularly.
Also, the best term to describe Nobunaga, I believe, is Ubermensch. He's probably one of the best historical examples we have. It's not that he was unfettered--no, Nobunaga cared about a lot of things too--he loved, hurt, and valued friendships--it's just that the standards and morals he was working with were so vastly different from his contemporaries that people sometimes saw him as something "other" or even "evil". Still, despite his strangeness, his charisma and vision inspired many talented men to follow him. And those talented men owe their positions to Oda's eccentricities. For the men who eventually rose to the highest ranks of his host were a peasant, a ronin, and a traitor--people who were despised in Japanese culture, but were accepted by Oda on the basis of their talents and abilities.
I love how we have such an informative series and yet they can indulge in a meme parody and have it make sense (As in the FIGHT EVERYBODY! section haha)
"He switches his entire line around because nobody kills Nobunaga's brother-in-law except Oda Nobunaga." These brutal battles have no right to be this funny
@ Extra Credits 1:35 Oda's losses weren't ridiculously substantial because his sister warned him of the betrayal. 5:28 No, Iga province was also not ruled by samurai. It was run by ninja.
Oh. That's why he burned down the temples. The stories I heard simplifies it as hatred for their religion, not as a threat to his conquest of Japan. That makes a lot more sense...
I'm actually reading a manga called "The Cook of Nobunaga" (rough translation from the French name =/) which sets a amnesic cook of our modern world in the Sengoku Jidai period and it's amazing how accurate it is. It's an historic and cooking manga (where the cook brings wonder by cooking and actually serves as a political object through the meals he cooks (like he delivers the intentions of Nobunaga through his cooking)) and I love how I recognize some things I've read so far in this Extra History series (the Ikko-Ikki lead monk being very much of a bad bad guy). A thing about the burning of Mount Hiei that was brought forward in the manga and that I thought was interesting, is that Nobunaga would have said "Kill every men on the mountain" or "Leave no man alive", to which most of his generals thought "But there are women and children". The thing was, since the temple was supposed to be occupied by monks, there shouldn't have been anyone else apart from men out there. But since most of those monks lived a life of leisure, they did not keep to the ways of the monks. The generals inquired on the issue and supposedly, since there wasn't supposed to be any women or children, then by saying "Leave no man alive", Nobunaga really meant to kill all men and not touch anyone else. Of course this is a romanced version and stuff but I wonder if I didn't read somewhere that there weren't any female or young corpses found. And it would actually be very cool too.
His name was Hattori Hanzo, he was a samurai. He was an extremely talented general with expertise on guerilla warfare and a knack for shadow ops so he used ninja tactics a lot. This led to him becoming the most famous ninja in Japanese history.
chrrrr Being a Samurai and a Ninja/Shinobi weren't mutually exclusive. The first was a title the other something like an occupation. Samurai valued efficiency in warfare over everything else. So they used every tool at their disposal to get the job done. Some of these samurai were really good at intrigue and shadow ops. In the west we would call these people spies or in the case of Hanzo a spymaster. In Japan they called them Shinobi or Ninja. A samurai could be a shinobi and there wouldn't be a problem with it. Of course most shinobi were very discreet, the reason Hanzo became so famous was because he had to draw on his shinobi connections to do something big in front of everyone. But I'll let the EC team tell that tale.
Shotty craftsmanship and little bit of myth making probably. It's not like early blackpowder guns where armorpiercing... There is more than one occasion where some bullets get stuck in a tobacco tin in European history....
Self-Aware Research Bot I won´t say that it can´t, but a musket ball isn't exactly an armor piercing round, sure under the right circumstances it can go through, but it´s far from reliable. Since neither of us knows the exact circumstance under which the shots were made, I guess it´s not totally unbelievable that the shots hit and simply bounced of or didn't quite penetrate. As far as cutting a spear in one swipe with a katana is concerned, that was probably bullshit... Either the spear was poorly made and/or it already took substantial damage (which is more than possible, seeing they were fighting outnumbered). I could be wrong on this though, since I don´t really know, out of which material these spears were made, but I doubt it was papier-mâché... At least as long as he hasn't had one of the machine gun barrel cutting katanas with a plasma cutter as a blade... Then he probably could have chopped that spear quite easily.
+Self-Aware Research Bot from what i read it's true that the bullet hit home to nobunaga. But the video didn't explain that nobunaga actually hurt though not fatally injured. If there's one thing nobunaga had then it was his abundant number of luck until he runs dry of it at honnoji.
Likely he was hurt because he was thrown from his horse, chances are though that the bullets either grazed him (since guns of this era were not very accurate especally at long range) or missed completely since they never say how far away the sniper was when he fired, if it was point blank then yes he'd be dead
I either completely forget about Extra History for two weeks and it feels like I get a biweekly birthday present. Or I get these Extra History hunger pains where I re-watch all the previous episodes the coming Sunday feels like an eternity away.
"But then, gun monks"
That's the coolest thing ever
AlphieStudios HERESY
AlphieStudios YEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!
gunks?
AlphieStudios how about NUNS WHIT GUNS? 40k style
But then, MONKS. WITH GUNS. GUN-MONKS
Oda Nobunaga, one of the few leaders in all of history to be both a complete and unrepentant war machine and a Saturday morning cartoon villain.
He even had his own Starscream.
+ZanraiKid The thing is, you would be that mad too if you had sieged some place for 11 years.
+5raptorboy1 Fuckin' Warrior Monks, man.
+year111 and a twirly mustache.
+year111 Who's his "Starscream" ?
Oda Nobunaga: 200.00% PISSED
*Lord of the Azai, laying in a crater, whimpering as Oda Nobunaga walks away* Puny Daimio
RAGE OVER 9000!
@@marxel4444 Ah yes, I see you are a person of culture as well.
Fun fact: Shinobi loved the advantages guns gave them.
_LOVED_ them.
The only thing they loved more is the OTHER cool thing gunpowder let them make: bombs.
"...sir why are you marrying one of our guns?"
Wait, I'm wondering, did the Japanese have dragoons? Like mounted riflemen
@@krieger8825 didn't get to that point. Unification happened quickly and the peace time that came after the war with Korea, didn't have the need for that innovation.
Kinda like how the samurai loved them.
Funny how that works.
don't let a few Ikkō-ikki warrior monks spoil a good crusade...
Why a let a few Buddhist Monks get in the way of a good crusade?
Cause they are really annoying :I
Ironically. I think Japanese Warrior Monks are the closest Oriental equivalent to Crusader knights orders. Aside from the purpose and founding, Warrior Monks in Medieval Japan functions militarily similar to European Knights Orders like Templars who were fusion of monasticism and professional soldiery: just like knights orders, their supposed purpose for existence is to protect the Buddhist clergies, pilgrims, and temples; they do not owe allegiance to any feudal warlords but have their own fortress monasteries like knights chapters all over the Japan; they loosely allies with each other also similar to chapters of knight's orders; and most importantly, just like Templars, these guys were independently wealthy (not for individual monks because they also swore vows of poverty and chastity and etc...) because of donations from religious people.
Militant monk
If you can't beat em join em
Don't let being locked up in the london tower stop a good chance to make money
"Well their first response was to FIGHT EVERYBODY!!!!"
That line makes me laugh all the time XD
That's me when I play any total war game
Pretty much me playing Assassin's Creed
Still does
Theres an old proverb about Oda, Ieyasu and Toyotomi. The three of them were in a garden when they noticed a bird, Oda said "little bird if you dont sing I will kill you". Toyotomi said "little bird if you dont sing i will make you sing" and Ieyasu said "little bird if you dont sing i will wait for you to sing". It gives a lot of insight to their leadership styles and what kind of men they were
And yet they somehow made most of Japan submit
@@Darqshadow Ieyasu because he waited
Japanese Famous Poems
"If the birds don't sing, I will kill them"
_Nobunaga Oda
"If the birds don't sing, I will force them to sing"
_Hideyoshi Toyotomi
"If the birds don't sing, I will wait until they start to sing"
_Ieyasu Tokugawa
I think you held the shift key for to long bud
"If that bird don't sing, imma break that birdies neck."
~Eminem
"If the bird's don't sing I will eat them"
Random person
"That bird... Would really look cool in an eyepatch." - Date Masamune
"If the birds don't sing, I'll know winter is approaching"
nobunaga surived two bullets and killed everyone, badass
patricio torre also GUN NINJA'S!!!!
+Ringlord AND GUN MONKS!
hes courier 6
Most ninjas were gum ninjas.
And it looks like one to the head
And thus Nobunaga's character is revealed in such a way that contributes to the fictional works where he is portrayed as a demon.
yet you can see why he did it and understand.
Robert Simmons And you can consider his genius strategic mind and his guts to take any necessary action in a way that contributed to one of the best "Warriors" character ever :P I love the non "i'm a demon who eat children" Nobunaga characters
the one in SW4 reminds me of Blackbeard in AC4. he plays the Demon King because its what the land needs. he also genuinely seems to love Ranmaru and lady Noh and respects his retainers immensely.
he also fits a few autistic traits IIRC
Robert Simmons I understand why the temple has to fall. I don't understand why he felt the need to put every man, woman and child fleeing out of the temple to the sword!
To make an example out of them and a declaration: resist and you will be shown no mercy.
Nobunaga has the same Military tactic as me in a Strategy Game:
FIGHT EVERYBODY!
(Then I lose :()
That's because you are NOT my homeboy Oda.
+A.L.P.H.A. I love the hyperbole and a half reference for that part
That's because you weren't angry enough
I do the same thing FIGHT EVERYBODY and due to by stubbornness and me being basically half German I win most of the time
I do the opposite, I am the hermit player, I sit quietly, doing trade and trying to cause as little war has possible, but when someone stops my own ambitions, I have an army of the gods to rain down on them.
Moral of the chapter: you don't f*** with Nobunaga Oda.
Unless you are the warrior monks not on a hill
PIKMINROCK1 that didn't end well for them either XD
You could argue that it was the Warrior Monk's fault that pushed Oda over the edge. I mean, he was probably going to do what he did anyway regardless, but it is like getting annoyed by that one person for so long before you suddenly snap at them.
Same thing applies here except you replace the word "Snap" with the word "Massacre"
unless you betray him and set Honoji temple on fire.
Monks, with guns, gun monks
Ella Nguyen good one sir good one
So anyway, I started blasting
"Stay, out of our temple. Stop having the door be left open"
Aw man, using Artax was a low blow. Brought back some horrible childhood memories...
Anyways, an interesting theory popped up recently, stating the razing and massacre of Mount Hiei was not as it seems. Recent archaelogical digs reveal little to no trace of bodies and/or burnt earth on mount Hiei, and that historical accounts were romanticized by witnesses in Kyoto. Even the "Tamon-in Nikki" (Diary of monks) stated that most of the mount was uninhabited. Either Nobunaga was using the opportunity to strike fear into the hearts of the people of Kyoto, (a.k.a. No one is sacred,) since mount Hiei is at a visible distance from the capital, or it was to draw out the ire of surrounding clans to act foolishly. Regardless, that's just speculation...
Wou, I am amazed that someone here knows that! Yes indeed, that's whar the recent excavations reveal, but at that time the majority of the history and how thr people get to know it was work of the monks, so it was obvious that the will speak ill of Nobunaga
Sorry abour Artax , but ... I had to do it !
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No you didn't! You could have used something else, but noooooo! You had to use that scene!
They need a Japanese game of thrones
Seriously HBO, get on it
Game of Shoguns
There already is. It's a 1985 film called "Ran"
@@samcostello2861 that's not a series you dumby.
Well we got Yi Ti, but that's based off of China and not Japan.
Nobunaga really deserves more credit. The Battle of Anegawa was his plan, those monks were dicks, and the Azai betrayal meant more to him than a strategic setback. He believed Azai Nagamasa to be a staunch ally (the man even had part of his name for crying out loud) and expected him to ride with him against the Asakura. But Azai tried to kill him. Oda couldn't let that slide. Still, the episode continued to affect Nobunaga to the end of his days as it put a strain on his relationship with his favorite sister, Oichi. The way he had Nagamasa's skull plated gold and used it as sake cup affected his reputation even further. Peopele didn't get it and thought he was just being a monster. In truth, that was his eccentric way of showing Nagamasa respect.
Also, a little bit of trivia, Nobunaga and Ieyasu wore western-style armor to battle. They believed them more practical.
I really love Oda Nobunaga's character. He is the scariest general ever😍😍😍
Nobunaga have some Nanban style breastplate armor, but he wasn’t wearing it in all battle, also western style armor wouldn’t be very practical in Japan’s climate and its mountainous terrain along with the fact that most Japanese castles were built on top of mountain, it’s impossible to climb mountains to attack fortresses and castle with western armor.
@DccAnh both armors weighed about the same, especially since the pike and shot Era only had breastplates and helmets with the rest being buff cloth. It just bad superior qualities against early gunpowder weapons
@@Darqshadow weight does not matter, it’s the design, Japanese armor offer much more mobility and allow for more freedom of movement than western plate armor.
i love this series. better than history channel.
it's because if this was on history channel, there'd be laser sword wielding alien monks.
kingemocut You jest, but I really want that to be a thing now. Laser sword wielding alien monks sound so cool
kingemocut
lol funny how some monks do have laser sword in this video. you probably missed them.
Alex Havener It's called Star Wars
Alex Havener
There are some; they're called Jedi
I fell out of my chair laughing on that "Fight Everybody!" X all the Y meme.
I have to say extra credits, even though I was initially sceptical, I'm really enjoying extra history! Keep up the fantastic work!
srsly
Thanks !
Yeah, I loveee these videos
Shogun 2: "Our men are fleeing the battle ground! SHAMFURL DISPRAY!!!!!"
And this would be why when Nobunaga called himself the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven people tended to believe him...
As I recall, the title refers to Mara who is basically the Buddhist version of Satan or the Demiurge or something like that. He apparently called himself by that title to a Christian missionary he became friends with. Knowing Nobunaga, he was probably being sarcastic but the missionaries writings made it seems like he meant it seriously. History kinda has a way of blowing somethings out of proportion.
Mara is also Japanese slang for penis. Literal dick.
false, he first referred to himself by that title in response to takeda shingen severing ties w the oda, & declaring war against him while calling himself the defender of buddhism due to the massacre @ mt. hiei and calling himself the high tenkai priest. So nobunaga jested & used sarcasm calling himself the demon king of the 6th heaven to slight shingen
Oda Nobunaga is kind of a badass
A Grade A badass.
Dai Rokuten Maou
More like anakin skywalker
We need a loop of "FIGHT EVERYBODY!"
Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji: "It's over, Nobunaga! I have the high ground!"
Oda Nobunaga: "You underestimate my power!"
Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji: "...Don't try it."
Now I want to see the Ikko-ikki in a samurai warriors game.
(Note: im not talking about general samurai game. I mean the sister series to dynasty warriors. They are great in strategy games. But i wanna see some hack and slash)
+Isaac sussman I heard that! They get left out of many easy-play strategy games. They were a successful alternate option for Sengoku Jidai Japan, and Nobunaga spent more time fighting them then he did fighting other daimyo.
+Isaac sussman Aren't the Ikko Ikki in Total War: Shogun 2?
Yes!
If anyone is still interested theres a mod on the steam workshop for mount and blade warband called "gekokujo"... its really good i actually enjoy it more than the base game. For anyone who does start playing it... i highly recommend recruiting as many "peasant women" troops as u can an upgrade them to onnabushi... theyre REALLY powerful once they get to veteran and elite status
+Isaac sussman Samurai Warriors 1.
The sense of humor is great in all of these animations. Good job at making something educational also entertaining
Nobunaga: nooo you're monks your supposed to be peaceful! gun monks: haha aquabus goes brrrrrrrrrr.
1:48 - "Fight Everybody"
I am SO dead! XD
Ok, like they talked about how badass the castle complex of Ishiyama Hongon-ji, for those of you who don't know, it is more commonly known as the Osaka Castle complex in modern times, I've been there, it is FUCKING H.U.G.E. there's a picture of me (a 6'2" guy) hugging the corner stone of the castle atop the complex (which happens to have the smallest stones of the works), being dwarfed by this simple corner piece, being possibly 2.5 times larger than me in height alone & I couldn't tell you how many time larger it was than me width wise... note, this was the castle, built atop 3 layers of fortress, all of which dwarfed the previous layer, each separated by moat, again of increasing size per each layer... the thing was akin to something out of fantasy & less reality, it's not something you just conquer, no matter who the defenders or attackers were, the fact that the monks also happened to be better fighters than most of the Samurai clans was the god damn cherry on top.
osaka castle iirc was built over the original hongan-ji complex
imagine you are chilling and then suddently gun monks walk in to ur house
I gotta say, as well written/drawn and interesting as this series is, Dan's reading of it is what makes it for me - his voice is just bringing it all to life! Dan, you're a fantastic host of every series Extra Credits does, but the whole of Extra History is probably the most I've ever enjoyed your narration, and, believe me, that is saying something!
I can see why they didn't let Nobunaga have any fire Pokémon in Pokémon Conquest... Wow, what a monster...
He wasn't. He really wasn't.
Shimegawa Shion Yeah. Because he did that to himself. He liked the title and owned it.
Oda Nobunaga always had a flair for the dramatic. When people started calling him a demonic madman to criticize him for his attack on Mt.Hiei, rather than being offended he decided to nickname himself "Dairokuten Maou" (Demon King of the Sixth Heaven) which was essentially calling yourself the Devil. He was probably being ironic, but that didn't stop writers from running with the idea.
His choice brutality probably saved more lives in the long run. And if you'd just gotten out of a 11 month siege, you'd be looking for a faster solution, too. Burning it down was a very good move. He could have made prisoners of the survivors, but there was no reason to do so. No one else would care about their lives, so they were useless as hostages. They were much more useful as a message and example to other enemies. Deterrence. In this age of war and betrayal, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same.
Gracielo Barteza It really is a good psychological tactic in an age where information was passed mostly by word of mouth, and mystic ideas were commonplace. Most of the soldiers in the enemy ranks would know him by reputation only, so might as well make it as terrifying as possible. Who wants to go up against a demon king known to consume his enemies in hellfire leaving no survivors, only ashes in his wake?
***** what a monster? just cause he burned down an enemy castle???
you do realise that it was a common tactc throughout history to burn down entire citys and catapult rotting corpses into enemy fortresses (to spread sickness)
also how is burning them worse then storming it and slaughtering them?
Thanks!
Thank you for supporting the show Andrew!
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL SO DAMN MUCH
Damnit I already want the next episode.
You guys are doing SUCH a good job at presenting history.
"and on that day, japan saw Oda Nobunaga as he truly was"
PISSED.
5:02 “and allowed him to mop up the clans one by one” shows nobunaga sweeping instead of mopping.
According to results of recent archeological research done in mount Hiei, no skeleton remains were found and the mineral properties of the ground did not show what you normally find on ground where dead bodies decomposed. It is a more recent theory that Nobunaga actually let most civilians leave and the rumours of the massacre where spread by his enemies to smear his persona. (burning down the whole mountain with a temple in it and Nobunaga reputation didn't help)
2:14 This is the face you have when you run out of beer
I love how this series balances the historically known actions well with our current popular culture image of Nobunaga.
I am forever thankful to the extra history channel, without them i would have nevered learned of the awesomeness of the gun-monks
Thanks for getting this out so early!
2:43 At the ninja museum in Iga, Japan they mention Oda burned the area down trying to root out the ninjas. Now I can see why he was so pissed.
This is like Japanese Game of Thrones.
Ummmmmmmm new show idea?
I was just thinking that
you can watch series of Sengoku Jidai in taiga drama *Gunshi Kanbee* or in 1980s there was a series of Oda Nobunaga which you can find on UA-cam
1:49 and Walpole are the main reasons why I love Extra History!!!
Did that monk have a green lightsaber?
They were what inspired the Jedi.
+Ionlymadethistoleavecoments Historically speaking, it was more of a teal color, but they take some liberties with the minor details on this show.
The force is with him
+Ionlymadethistoleavecoments
He must have been a Sengoku Jedi.
EEEGotomtom
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Heheh.
Heh.
"What's the best way to defend my home from intruders?"
Google: Security system
Bing: 6:57
3:15 I remember reading once that Nobunaga was only able to escape the Asakura/Azai double team because Oichi, his sister who was married to the Azai lord, warned him of her husband's plans. According to legend, she crafted a special sack (filled with what, I forget exactly [rice, maybe?]) that was secured by tying both ends. She sent it under the pretense of it being a good luck charm to her brother, but Nobunaga understood it as a message that he would soon be surrounded on two sides. With this knowledge, he was able to escape certain death.
The Sengoku Jidai would make for a sweet TV series
Extra History is by far the best series on UA-cam. Please make more. I can't get enough!
5:47
Is that a lightsaber? Considering that the Jedi are basically space samurai that joke makes sense lol.
Either that or space Templars
Not sure how truthful and accurate are this series, but that episode has the best graphical presentation so far. Really great job.
I'm descendant of a samurai clan. It was called '' Naka Clan.'' They were against Nobunaga Oda ,but they defeat to Nobunaga in the second Tensho Iga War(天正伊賀の乱). But we pwned Nobunaga in first invasion ;)
2:44 I image when Nobunaga stands up after being shot twice, the screen closes up on him, showing big smile on his face. But a typical happy smile, more like a creepy twisted smile, a smile shows all the enjoyment he's gonna get once he kills his brother in law, like in that episode of Ren and Stimpy.
"Fight everybody!"
Me before watching this: "Warrior monks aren't real."
Me after watching this: " Never mind I was wrong! Warrior monks exist!
Reminds me of Galvatron
Galvatron: "Attack!"
Cyclonus: "Attack who?"
Galvatron: "EVERYONE!!"
Best Part of My Week! Thanks again, EC. you just made my day. :)
Nobody:
Oda Nobunaga: "FIGHT EVERYBODY!!"
"... what kind of man Oda Nobunaga really is...
in our next episode ...!"
Well that was a bit of a tonal shift.
1:46 - I love this so hard
"Oh, but let me tell you: he was pissed."
I don't know why, but this part always makes me chuckle.
now i have to go rewatch the older episodes because I can't remember who is who.
same, none of these groups are connecting with me, none of the names carry any meaning from sentence to sentence, and im not even sure why I should care about this at all. call me Eurocentric but I 'get' WWI and why it mattered. They were even able to draw clear line to how the Punic wars still influence us to this day. But none of this feels very consequential at all.
Nikolaas Tzventarny Consequential or not, Extra Credits is good at telling stories and they're making learning history interesting.
Nikolaas Tzventarny Part of this history is at least important in order to understand the Japanese war fervor of WW2. How they were so willing bayonet charge american positions, why Japan was willing to fight until the last woman and child in the event of a homeland invasion.
Sort of like how you have to learn about the various roman empires in order to understand Napoleon, and then learn about Napoleon in order to understand Hitler.
The reason the names don't stick is probably not euro centrism but instead just down to you not being exposed to a lot of these names, places and events through culture, school and such.
I mean, whenever we hear about General Hindenburg we all think "Oh! Like the Zeppelin!" and then we make a connection and we remember him because we remembered the Zeppelin.
Some of these names stick very well with me because of the way I was introduced to Japanese history which was through Shogun 2 Total War and then the Nobunaga games that I can't remember the names of. When I think badass warlord I think Nobunaga. When I think of a shogun I think of Tokugawa Iyeasu. When I think of an emperor I think of Meji (Of course he comes in way after the Sengoku Jidai). And when I think of a badass ninja I think of Hattori Hanzo which I'm fairly sure was the ninja they alluded to in the outro.
Bottom line, it's totally normal and I totally get it. You just have to find something that brings all of this together. A way to make connections between the names, the events and other things you've listened, played or watch and I'm sure it'll click easily! :D
Nikolaas Tzventarny
I have the same thing with not being able to remember the names. But I think that is mostly because we probably come from a different language traditition than the Japanese, making it more diffecult for us to remember their names. This combined with the foreknowledge we already have about WW1 probably explains the difference in remembering the names.
I really think Extra History is the best you guys have to offer, I would love to see more a episodes a week.
Nobunaga Oda: The Unfettered Renegade of the Samurai. *"Imagawa has 40,000 men marching toward this place? I don't believe that. He 'only' has 25,000 soldiers. Yes, that is still too many. So, Sado, you want me to surrender. What if we do surrender? Will you (be) content with losing your life that way? Or what if we hold on like Katsuie wants me to? What if we stay here in this castle, lock it up, and wait until the Imagawas lose appetite and stop the siege and go home? We will be able to prolong our lives for five or ten days, and what we cannot defend will still be undefendable. We are at the bottom of the pit, you know. And our fate is interesting. Of course the misery is too great, too. But this is how I see it: this is a chance (of) a lifetime. I can't afford to miss this. Do you really want to spend your entire lives praying for longevity? WE WERE BORN IN ORDER TO DIE! Whoever is with me, come to the battlefield tomorrow morning. Whoever is not, just stay wherever you are and watch me win it!"*
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Fettered Paragon of the Samurai. *"Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden. Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the lot of natural mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou hast passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever. Look upon the wrath of thy enemy. If thou only knowest what it is to conquer, and knowest not what it is to be defeated; woe unto thee, it will fare ill with thee. Find fault with thyself rather than with others."*
*"The strong (and) manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience. And if my descendants wish to be as I am, they must study patience."*
I'm beginning to see why these men left such a strong impact on Japanese culture and history (for better or for worse). These men were virtually opposites, but were willing to set aside their differences to be reliable allies. And with strong characters like these, is it any wonder they got as far as they did? Truly I can see why Nobunaga Oda was known as a demon, whereas Tokugawa and his succeeding Shogunate shaped Japanese consciousness for centuries to come.
Of course, I do not give enough credit to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and I apologize for that. After all, it is Hideyoshi who united Japan and laid the foundation for the Tokugawa Shogunate to permanently rule a united Japan right up until the Meiji Revolution.
Oda Nobunaga was a huge ass chuunibyou.
Gracielo Barteza
And here I thought I would be able to keep weeaboo culture out of the discussion about a historical Japanese figure.
I guess it was inevitable.
- slow clap. -
RexSpec It's a discussion on something that involves Japan. The weeaboo infection wasn't a matter of "if", but "how long"
RexSpec I meant it as a joke.
But in all seriousness, he kinda fits the description with his "Dairokuten Maou" nickname, his flashy red cape, his "Tenka Fubu" motto, and his taste for flair and flash and love for the grandiose. Plus, the joke didn't come from me--Nobunaga was jokingly referred to as a chuuni in some new materials based on the Sengoku Period. I believe this is Modern Japan's way of humanizing or softening his image, which is now OK to do since, Nobunaga, I feel, embodies much of what the modern Japanese youth finds heroic and admirable, as well as sharing his appreciation and interest in the rest of the world; especially now that Japan has opened up to the world in a way like none ever before-living in a time period where people interact with people from other cultures regularly.
Also, the best term to describe Nobunaga, I believe, is Ubermensch. He's probably one of the best historical examples we have. It's not that he was unfettered--no, Nobunaga cared about a lot of things too--he loved, hurt, and valued friendships--it's just that the standards and morals he was working with were so vastly different from his contemporaries that people sometimes saw him as something "other" or even "evil". Still, despite his strangeness, his charisma and vision inspired many talented men to follow him. And those talented men owe their positions to Oda's eccentricities. For the men who eventually rose to the highest ranks of his host were a peasant, a ronin, and a traitor--people who were despised in Japanese culture, but were accepted by Oda on the basis of their talents and abilities.
Was not expecting these extra history episodes to be so good. Glad I watched them all.
2:26 that guy pulled a Gabriel Reyes move on Nobunaga xD
Best history UA-cam channel I know of
1:30 the Azai," well, we've known the Asakura longer, and also our flag is closer the the Asakura then to the Oda, LETS REVOLT!"
I am loving this series! I can't wait for the next one. Keep it up!
1:49 me when I Get to fight people in Mount & blade warband
Coooool. I am loving this series. Keep up the great work, guys! ^^
This makes Sengoku Basara sooooo much easier to understand.
and Samurai Warriors,as well
you know,playing those games really the best and most attractive way to learn history
Sengoku Basara doesn't have the Ikko-Ikki proper though, and their portrayal of Kennyo Kosa (the leader of the Hongan-ji monks) is just pathetic.
So much work making these, my hat is off to you. Magical work teaching people!
Died laughing at "FIGHT EVERYBODY!!!"
I love how we have such an informative series and yet they can indulge in a meme parody and have it make sense (As in the FIGHT EVERYBODY! section haha)
"then...gun monks" welp, that's curtains for anyone who hears that.
"He switches his entire line around because nobody kills Nobunaga's brother-in-law except Oda Nobunaga."
These brutal battles have no right to be this funny
*Meanwhile in Shogun 2*
me: 30k and can't even take over Hongan-ji? I took over the Capital with just 1000 daikyuu samurai.
@ Extra Credits
1:35 Oda's losses weren't ridiculously substantial because his sister warned him of the betrayal.
5:28 No, Iga province was also not ruled by samurai. It was run by ninja.
Oh. That's why he burned down the temples. The stories I heard simplifies it as hatred for their religion, not as a threat to his conquest of Japan. That makes a lot more sense...
***** haha like why did Al Queda do 9/11? "They hate freedom"...yeah, right. (Real reason = blowback)
I'm actually reading a manga called "The Cook of Nobunaga" (rough translation from the French name =/) which sets a amnesic cook of our modern world in the Sengoku Jidai period and it's amazing how accurate it is. It's an historic and cooking manga (where the cook brings wonder by cooking and actually serves as a political object through the meals he cooks (like he delivers the intentions of Nobunaga through his cooking)) and I love how I recognize some things I've read so far in this Extra History series (the Ikko-Ikki lead monk being very much of a bad bad guy).
A thing about the burning of Mount Hiei that was brought forward in the manga and that I thought was interesting, is that Nobunaga would have said "Kill every men on the mountain" or "Leave no man alive", to which most of his generals thought "But there are women and children". The thing was, since the temple was supposed to be occupied by monks, there shouldn't have been anyone else apart from men out there. But since most of those monks lived a life of leisure, they did not keep to the ways of the monks. The generals inquired on the issue and supposedly, since there wasn't supposed to be any women or children, then by saying "Leave no man alive", Nobunaga really meant to kill all men and not touch anyone else.
Of course this is a romanced version and stuff but I wonder if I didn't read somewhere that there weren't any female or young corpses found. And it would actually be very cool too.
"To achieve true victory, you must achieve true anger"
*-Berd 2019*
You guys are making this thing with tooooo much awesomeness. Love the historical accuracy and the art is oh so delicious. GO EXTRA CREDITS!!!
this is SO INTERESTING
I wanted to appreciate you guys for doing this series of videos. I'm really enjoying it. Keep it up!
famous ninja?? that's gotta be an oxymoron right?? what kind of ninja would let themselves become famous o.O?
there are a lot of famous ninjas mostly because they were captured so yea they are mostly morons
His name was Hattori Hanzo, he was a samurai. He was an extremely talented general with expertise on guerilla warfare and a knack for shadow ops so he used ninja tactics a lot. This led to him becoming the most famous ninja in Japanese history.
ooohhhh that explains alot then xD
Cryptico So he was a hybrid Ninja/Samurai? Anyway, I never knew he was a real person, just the character named after him in Kill Bill.
chrrrr Being a Samurai and a Ninja/Shinobi weren't mutually exclusive. The first was a title the other something like an occupation. Samurai valued efficiency in warfare over everything else. So they used every tool at their disposal to get the job done. Some of these samurai were really good at intrigue and shadow ops. In the west we would call these people spies or in the case of Hanzo a spymaster. In Japan they called them Shinobi or Ninja. A samurai could be a shinobi and there wouldn't be a problem with it. Of course most shinobi were very discreet, the reason Hanzo became so famous was because he had to draw on his shinobi connections to do something big in front of everyone. But I'll let the EC team tell that tale.
Thanks for theese videos, it is just what I needed for my presentation about Oda Nobunaga!
god I hated the ikko ikki in shogun 2
You massively undersold the bond the Asakura and the Azai had
First cutting a spear in two with a katana, now blocking 2 bullets with samurai armor. What is this?
Shotty craftsmanship and little bit of myth making probably. It's not like early blackpowder guns where armorpiercing... There is more than one occasion where some bullets get stuck in a tobacco tin in European history....
+Ayumi Kuro Yes but it has been demonstrated that arquebus rounds can pierce European plate armor. Plus, Japanese steel was of poor quality.
Self-Aware Research Bot I won´t say that it can´t, but a musket ball isn't exactly an armor piercing round, sure under the right circumstances it can go through, but it´s far from reliable. Since neither of us knows the exact circumstance under which the shots were made, I guess it´s not totally unbelievable that the shots hit and simply bounced of or didn't quite penetrate.
As far as cutting a spear in one swipe with a katana is concerned, that was probably bullshit... Either the spear was poorly made and/or it already took substantial damage (which is more than possible, seeing they were fighting outnumbered). I could be wrong on this though, since I don´t really know, out of which material these spears were made, but I doubt it was papier-mâché...
At least as long as he hasn't had one of the machine gun barrel cutting katanas with a plasma cutter as a blade... Then he probably could have chopped that spear quite easily.
+Self-Aware Research Bot from what i read it's true that the bullet hit home to nobunaga. But the video didn't explain that nobunaga actually hurt though not fatally injured. If there's one thing nobunaga had then it was his abundant number of luck until he runs dry of it at honnoji.
Likely he was hurt because he was thrown from his horse, chances are though that the bullets either grazed him (since guns of this era were not very accurate especally at long range) or missed completely since they never say how far away the sniper was when he fired, if it was point blank then yes he'd be dead
I either completely forget about Extra History for two weeks and it feels like I get a biweekly birthday present. Or I get these Extra History hunger pains where I re-watch all the previous episodes the coming Sunday feels like an eternity away.
I live in Hamaotsu which is near Heizan! Even now the temple is fairly secluded although it is a well known tourist spot.
+XieYali that sounds amazing
This video series is the coolest thing ever. Seriously I love this guy.
I would love to see you guys cover things like The Crusades, The Napoleonic Wars, The Bolshevik Revolution and other important historical events.
Ah man, I've been waiting for this episode for what seems like forever. Please make this a weekly thing, you guys almost have the money!
"Gun Monks" Fantastic band name!
When you mentioned the assassination attempt I was like "OOOOOOH ININDO WAY OF THE NINJA YEAAAAH!"
I'm using this history info for my EU4 conquest of Japan as Nobunaga.
I am using this as stargities for Shogun 2 total war.
I'm really enjoying this. thanks for making awesome things!