Which other retreats that saved the day can you think of? I’m surprised the march of the 10,000 hasn’t been made into a movie yet... * The entire channel is demonetized. You can help support the creation of future content using the following links. Thank you. ► ► ► Sign up at www.audibletrial.com/unknown5 to claim a free audiobook of your choice and a 1 month free trial of Audible, the world's largest selection of digital audiobooks. ► ► ►Get 2 FREE months of Skillshare premium here: skillshare.eqcm.net/dqBjW giving you unlimited access to over 22,000 online classes that can help you improve your professional skill set, start a side business you have been planning, or pursue a passion project. No Commitments. Cancel Anytime. My Book Of The Week: ► ► ► amzn.to/2IsLzB1 Patreon: ► ► ► www.patreon.com/unknown5 My Amazon Link: ► ► ► amzn.to/2WhnXbZ - do your shopping on Amazon and I will receive a commission at no extra cost to you - this greatly supports the production of future content on this channel - Thank you!
The organized retreat of the Marines during the Chosin Reservoir Campaign in Korea as well as George Washington's fighting retreat at the Battle of Monongahela during The Seven Years War.
Yes, probably not as epic as the 10'000 though. The battle of Fuentes De Onoro 1811: The retreat of the British Light Brigade, an example of tight discipline and a steady nerve.
The Russian defeat when napoleon invaded Russia should definetly be on the list. The russians burnt moscow to the ground leaving no ressources left for the french when they arrived. In the end, the french had to retreat themselves in order to not die from starvation and what not.
exept that this retreat was a disaster, the aarmy was decimated by the cold, the lack of suply (we report act of canibalism ) and russian raid, this haven't save the day that's why it's not in this list (i'm french, so sorry if my english is bad)
Battle of Berezina deserved recognition though. Napoleon was under danger of being trapped by Russians and encirclened , but he somehow managed to avoid it.
Ikr, it should definitely be top 2. That retreat destroyed one of the greatest armies Europe had ever seen. Napoleon's Grande Armee perished completely in the fierce Winter of mother Russia.
The Chinese Nationalists retreat to Taiwan was also an extraordinary feat worth mentioning. Nearly 1 million people including soldiers, intellectuals, academics, bankers and pretty much the Chinese elite were relocated to Taiwan, taking all the gold with them leaving the mainland to be ruled by peasants.
I feel like the Serbian Army's retreat across the Albanian Alps during winter was a much more heroic retreat than Gallipoli. The Serbs managed to maintain their army as they were pushed back through Serbia and never once broke, they then managed a successful retreat through the Albanian mountains while being harrassed by brigands and eventually made it to the Adriatic.
The Chosin Reservoir retreat (er.. "attack in another direction") let by Marine General Oliver P. Smith certainly deserves a mention, too, but these are good choices.
Before that was the action of Task Force Faith. Essentially, 8,000 US Army troops were surrounded and attacked by 30,000 Chinese soldiers and fought a 4 day running battle against them in the snow and subzero temperature, wiping out a solid half of the Chinese force at the cost of 90% of their own. This saved the entire mission in Korea.
I agree! Are you a "JARHEAD"? If so, thank you for serving America, because of MARINES, like "YOU"! I live in the land of the free and the home of the brave! You! Are aware of the flag, "DON"T tREAD ON ME", was the Marine' s official and first flag? I have to "JARHEAD"" in my family...one is a sniper and the other studied "JUNGLE WARFARE" in the Philippines.... All of these idiots, do not know our American history.... George Wasington and his Army, did not do like "black lives matter",the democrats...want your votes, in trade for freebies, when are the blacks going to wake-up? The prisons have a higher percentage of blacks.... The democrats want your black vote's;however, they do not help keep your children out-of-prison! We, need presidents with "BALLS", that will not tolerate any behavior at home and abroad, that tries to destroy our country.... ninety-nine percent of all college idiots, do not know our American war's, starting with George Washington...they believe anything their liberal professor's tell them...example, they would get in line for a hanging, if told to do so..... If GOD, does not deliver our country of all the evil and uprising...we are going to "fall"...believe me, it is right-around-the-corner....
Bullshit, the 1st USMC division RAN AWAY and were covered by just 500 British Royal Marines, that is not a thing to boast about, yanks should be fucking ashamed of it.
If I remember correctly, according to Gen. Ridgeway, Smith had actually resisted MacArthurs’ orders to advance quicker, choosing instead to secure his supply lines and routes of retreat. Not only does he deserve credit for pulling it off, but also for the foresight and generalship to prepare for the possibility.
@@herewardthewake5502 In 1954, then USMC Commandant, Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd named Col. Drysdale an official "Honorary U.S. Marine". The honour was bestowed upon the Colonel for his assignments to the USMC and for his notable heroism and leadership while serving as the Commander, 41 Commando while attached to the 1st Marine Regiment at the Chosin Reservoir. Task Force Drysdale moved forward and reported to HQ 1st Marine Division and it was ordered that the Task Force totalling 922 men and 141 vehicles comprising: 41 Independent Commando, G Coy USMC, B Coy 31st Infantry USA and elements of the Divisional train, fight its way to Hagaru at the Southern tip of the Chosin Reservoir. On eventually reaching Hagaru, Task Force Drysdale had sustained 321 casualties and lost 75 vehicles, but to quote from the official USMC history: "To the slender garrison of Hagaru was added a tank company and some 300 seasoned infantry." Less than 100 of 41 Independent Commando got through and 61 became battle casualties. Those who arrived are indebted to Lt Col Beall, commanding the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, for taking them in and providing food and shelter from the sub zero temperatures which at night fell to -24 degrees F. To be honest mate I don't think there's any need to insult any unit that fought in Korea. It was a shit-hole; it stank of shit because human crap was the biggest source of fertiliser, it was fucking cold in the winter, boiling in the summer and full of decidedly unpleasant communist soldiers. And the South Koreans honour every soldier of every nationality who fought there against the North and the Chinese. One of the British soldiers was my Uncle.
Though neither incredible or daring, the russian forces retreat at Borodino in 1812 is one of those retreats that turned into victories. Napoleon had hoped to catch the russian field army, but failing to do so he knew he would have to fight it again. That, combined with the scorched earth tactic employed by the russians, convinced Napoleon that his Grande Armee had to retreat from Russia. And that retreat was a disaster, costing Napoleon the war.
What about the retreat from the Chosin reservoir in North Korea. Outnumbered and surrounded UN troops evacuated south in sub freezing temperatures to survive.
General Houston retreated from Santa Anna through a large part of Texas until the Texans crushed them at San Jacinto and capturing Santa Anna. This won the war for Texas Independence.
A few weeks ago, a fellow who was from Europe was in Houston on business. He asked me if we could visit the battlefield. I'm a Texan who had never been out there even though its about 30 minutes away. I took him there. The big surprise to us (me for sure) was the museum in the base of the monument at San Jacinto. AWESOME!!
You forgot the 'first Dunkirk', that was in port La Coruña, Spain, in 1808. Same as in Dunkik but that time the english did fight and defended well against the Grande Armeé of Napoleon but the abandoned ones were the Spaniards in that occasion.
The O Sullivan clan in Ireland retreated across Ireland and is since as one of the most tactical brilliant retreats in history and is thought in sandhurst military academe
The march of the US Marines from the Chosen Reservoir to the sea following the Chinese invasion was probably the most heroic -- the weather was bitter cold and the marines were constantly attacked from all sides.
AH HA!!! Time travel really is possible--the Germans time traveled to 1944 and grabbed those P-51's right out from under the noses of the American 8th Air Force....had their been a sound track of the event, you would have heard one German pilot telling the others---"Man, this P-51 pilot as a picture on the dashboard of Betty Grable in a really hot swimsuit. When we beat the Americans, I am going to Hollywood to meet her!"
+heviarey, Now there is an understatement. Without the French, it would be a British victory. France, Spain, Holland, Mysore and several others including Vermont, pirates and 5 strong native American tribes, helped the rebels directly/indirectly/both. Washington generally gets far too much credit for the overall British defeat. Washington's main political rival among the rebel leaders, was Horatio Gates. Had history turned on a tiny variation on a theme, slightly differently, then we'd probably be talking about Gates, not Washington. However, he effectively ''shit his pants'' and ''pissed his legacy into the wind'', by what he did at the Battle of Camden, 1780. Gates thought he could match British infantry on their favoured kind of open, merciless battlefield, line on line. He had over 4,500 regulars+militia, while the British had 2,100 regulars+light infantry. Cornwallis brushed Gates aside and overran the battlefield; causing 1,000 casualties, capturing over 1,000 more and then scattering the rest. In other words, the British cut Gates's army in half. Gates was reported riding off petrified of being caught by the British (they'd probably execute him for being a former British officer, who, like Washington, was also a British colonial officer originally, in several ranks before his betrayal - so in fairness to Gates he was probably thinking he'd get hanged, literally) Still, he rode off like a shivering wreck, with his retinue following, trailing far behind due to how fast he rode off. Gates outright abandoned his army, many of whom were easily arrested by the soldiers of the crown. Ultimately the British were too much for both Gates and Washington in most head to head confrontations. But why did Gates get that much power in the first place, when he eventually ended up being heavily criticised by the rebels, and lost his status and reputation? This is the point of why I raised the subject; Gates was the ''victor'' of Saratoga, prior to Camden. At Saratoga, he had double advantages, advantages so one sided to his gain, that the British had very little hope of winning. Firstly, the advantage of having *4 times as many men as British General Burgoyne* in total, maybe even slightly more if we add the estimated numbers of ''backwoodsmen'' creeping around all over those dense forests. Secondly, British General Howe, with an army of redcoats the same approximate size as Burgoyne's, turned back on route to the rendezvous with Burgoyne, redirecting their important strength of professional soldiers, to fortify Philadelphia, which Howe captured and held onto for what was really too long, staking too much on holding that nest like hive of rebels, while the front dwindled and shrank around them. Historians note that Howe was hugely different to the more flamboyant and impulsive Burgoyne, with his own style being very aloof and typically aristocratic, so to speak. There was a rivalry of sorts between them, with Burgoyne irritating Howe, and perhaps being a serious rival in terms of the way people back then placed lots of value on military glories, perceived prestige in war time and sheer force of character. There is even speculation that Howe deliberately abandoned Burgoyne to spite him, to ensure that he'd be captured with his forces overwhelmed numerically, and with their supply lines cut off deep in the forests out west. While Howe sat with his large British force at Philadelphia, idling or just policing the rebel friendly city, the incompetent coward and sniveling opportunist Gates, had numbers and time on his side. His men were close to their own supplies and homes even in many cases, especially for the locals, whereas the British under Burgoyne were in an extremely risky situation. It is very possible that with Howe's help, they could have turned the tide together, or at least broken out Burgoyne with most of his army. Burgoyne was encircled, and forced to surrender due to being impossibly outnumbered, as well having only some limited rations to eat. All the while, rebel riflemen sniped at the British from the treeline. British soldiers diaries and accounts of the battle, record how over a tiring and unsettling march through the wilderness, those killed in skirmishes in the flanks or rear, were rarely ever able to be given proper burials, with the army moving on. Dead or dying men were even being eaten by wolf packs trailing the columns too, according to some who heard them howling. By betraying Burgoyne, Howe (for whatever petty reasons he had) certainly doomed Burgoyne. The plan was always to rendezvous, so by not doing so, it forced Burgoyne into an unwinnable situation. Gates captured an entire British field army of over 7,000 men, and many British were killed by the point leading up to the final surrender. They were in no shape to fight to victory, nor the numbers. Gates grew bloated in pride over it, and his rotten ego soared. At a stroke one of the largest British forces in North America had been forced to surrender; as much by Howe, as by Gates. But Gates grew so overconfident over Saratoga, it led him to flounder like a coward at Camden, his arrogance repaid in full by Cornwallis who crushed him. Point being, that, idiot or not, Gates had (more by luck, than his own skill) convinced the French to openly declare war on Britain. That changed everything, with the Spanish joining in too. Even so, the British put up an epic fight in spite of very small and rapidly souring public interest in the war back in Britain. Contrary to popular belief, the British Empire of the time, didn't have endless waves of redcoats - the *entire British Army in 1780 for instance only had 80,000 regulars in it* with half of these staying in Europe, and most of that half, fortifying the southern coast of England. France and Spain were expected to invade England; the *Treaty of Aranjuez 1779* indicated Franco-Spanish intentions to mutually cooperate in ''all actions against the British wherever possible'', and indeed they wanted to invade, but their plans never worked out, with the British comprehensively besting the French and Spanish both, in most fights they had. Only around 32,000-36,000 British regulars/soldiers, fought in circulation in the Thirteen Colonies, with the British also having 20,000 Hessian German soldiers, as a strange sort of Hanoverian King's (King George III) mercenary loan army. These had notoriously fickle morale and were not the equal of the British soldiers in quality by any means - they were often unreliable, drunkard-like in behaviour and discipline and generally disliked by the British themselves, while being *hated* by the rebels, who saw them as combatants who should never have been involved (I think the British thought this about the Franco-Spanish, too) Other than this, the British only then had ragtag local loyalists who were more often than not, poorly armed militia, and the 5 pro-British native American tribes who sided with Britain (and like I said, the rebels had 5 tribes on their side too, somewhat balancing out the advantage, you see) In any case, the perception many people have about that war, is so god awful it just makes me annoyed at how ignorant people can be. Both sides fought well, and bravely in most situations.
I love your videos! I wish you had time or help to make them more often. Your voice is ideal for these types of videos, and your research is quite thorough from what I can tell.
I also think the Chosin Reservoir battle would have been good to mention, especially since the outcome affected the Korean War which is technically still ongoing and could brew up again any day. Regardless, I love the historical videos on this channel and look forward to more.
What about the Third Battle of Kharkov in feb-mar 1943? Granted Germany lost the war anyway, but von Manstein's operations in the Ukraine after the encirclement of Stalingrad arguably prevented a major German collapse of the entire Eastern Front in early 1943.
Battle of Berezina deserves to be more recognized. French army was under danger of being trapped and completely destroyed with Napoleon captured , but Emperor managed to escape a trap with part of forces.
What's with the North American P51 Mustangs fighters at 21:16??? ...... since when did the nazi's flew these planes ( ...at Dunkirk )???? .... something is wrong here!.
Great subject, impressive content, mildly disappointed that the Marine "withdrawal" from Inchon, bringing the dead and wounded with them, wasn't included.
There was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir you missed which is a pretty awesome story similar to the retreat of the 10,000 just during the Korean War in the winter.
My wife's grandfather was rescued at Dunkirk and went back to France on D-day continuing until the wars end in Germany. He was one of the lucky ones, several of his mates , captured at Dunkirk were murdered by an SS unit.
Here are two random fun facts about the Galipoli campaign and Dunkirk evacuaction: - Some tanker biographies state that it was the Matilda II crews' bravery and tactics that saved the day. German blitzkrieg was ill-prepared for a showdown with a thickly deployed superior heavy armor organised in a dedicated and well organised tank battalions with radio comms in 1940. They were expecting a loose deployment of tanks as infantry support that was the French doctrine at that time. This was such a terrible experience for the German high command that it is considered as one of the turning points on Nazi technology priorities that resulted in later developement of Pzkpf VI Tiger in 1942 and extension of the StuG III chassis variety, - The Galipoli retreat was very cleverly executed. The Allies also used a clever ruse to fool the Turkish scouts with hand-made autofiring mechanisms for their bolt rifles and MGs, so when the Turks stayed in the trenches they could often hear single shots and MG bursts and concluded that the Allies are still using suppression fire, so the trenches must be manned. Some photos still exist as a fine example of crude, yet effective ad-hoc engineering ingenuity. If you are into military history or technology - check it out, no need to thank me for you tech moan :)
Watched the movie Dunkirk today. Never understood why Hitler halted the panzers but we can be grateful for that as what would the world have been like had the Allied army been crushed there?
the retreat to the escape capsule because you made the space station's men's room into ground zero , so now you must explain to Houston why the space station has no pilot and has ultra levels of methane gas.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Turkish commander at Gallipoli, is the only enemy commander to have a memorial on Anzac Parade in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It lies across the road from the Australian War Memorial. The entrance to the Princess Royal Harbour in Western Australia, where Australian troops had departed for war in 1914, is named Atatürk Channel. The cove where the Australian and New Zealand forces were located at Gallipoli is called Anzak Koyu which translates as Anzac Cove.
Other Great retreats, The Retreat from Mons (1914), The Allied Retreat of 1918, The Retreat from Burma (1943) all three of which culminated in allied victories. Then there is The Roman retreat over the Rhine in 9 CE and The retreat of the combined Greek forces from Thermopylae (480 CE).
Other 5 examples, not necessarily aiming to replace those 5 shown in the video: 1. The retreat of the Spaniards left behind by Cortes in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, when Cortes left the city to face general Pánfilo de Narváez. Their survival to fight another day may have tipped the balance in favor of the Spaniards in the battles of the coming year. If Cortes would have failed to conquer the Aztec Empire in that moment, next Spaniard landings would have been met in force by a fully awaken Aztec state, and the future conquer of the Inca Empire may have never happened, because when Pizarro landed there, by pure coincidence the Inca were at the end of 5 bloody years of civil war, with the losing side still active and ready to ally with the Spaniards. 2. The retreat of few Soviet armies and their escape toward Stalingrad in August 1942. A great German pincer movement failed to capture these forces, in a situation repeating on bigger scale one year later, at Kursk: One pincer arm almost completely succeeded, while the other arm completely failed. Even considering that Soviet Union had huge resources, the situation was quite dire at Stalingrad in late August, early September, and all these Soviet troops that escaped encirclement only weeks earlier may had tipped the edge in the starting fight at Stalingrad. 3. The recovery of whole German and Axis Allies armies by retreat, after the disaster suffered at Stalingrad, under the brilliant guidance of Erich von Manstein. Eventually the situation was fully equilibrated by the great counteroffensive of Waffen SS Panzer Corps and the First Panzer Army, that recaptured the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod. That led to few months of stalemate, until the Battle of Kursk. You may answer that Germany lost the war anyway in 1945. Yes, but without those retreats, regroups and counterattacks of whole Axis armies, the war may had ended in 1943 or 1944 ! 4. On 10 January 1475 a great battle happened between Stephen III of Moldavia and the Ottoman governor of Rumelia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha. The 40,000 Moldavians incurred a blistering defeat to the invading 120,000 Ottomans. But this drawn the full attention of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the same that in his young years had conquered Constantinople in 1453. Next year the Sultan arrived in person in Moldavia, heading 200,000 fresh Ottoman troops. This was too much for the Moldavian army, who was facing simultaneously a full force attack from the Tatars of Crimea, the allies of the Ottomans. And this brings us to the topic of this video... retreats. Stephen the Great lost the Battle of White Valley and had to retreat. After that the Moldavian army and most Moldavian civilians melted away in the countless forests that covered the country back then. However, the most important fortresses of Moldavia withstood the sieges of the Ottoman Army and the Ottomans could not enter in any of them, in spite of using their famous "big canons" that subdued Constantinople. In less than half of year Stephen regrouped the Moldavians and forced the Ottomans not only out of his country, but also out of neighboring kingdom Wallachia, that was inhabited by the same nation as his. 5. Desperately to take pressure off their frontlines, as their offensives at Somme, in Italy and the Brusilov offensive were starting to bog down, the Entente Cordiale finally lured Romania to enter in World War One, in August 1916, with reports that Central Powers practically have no spare divisions left to face the new enemy. Very soon after that, the Central Powers scrambled more than 40 divisions against the new enemy, 6 times more compared with what the Romanians were told as prediction. The length of the frontlines held by the Romanians was twice the length of the Western Front, while the Romanians had one tenth of the number of the allied British-French troops. They held the line when the enemy tried a bold attack in the middle, aiming to break the country in two, but were defeated in two battles in 2 of the 3 "ends" of the country (extremities like peninsulas). Left completely alone in 1916, the Romanians withheld countless delaying battles, retreating in the grand picture and giving away 2/3 of the country. In the part left under control the Romanian Army reorganized and modernized, while some equipment finally arrived from France in early 1917. Knowing the Romanians as weak from 1916, the Central Powers tried in 1917 a complete victory on Eastern Front by fully wiping out what was left of Romania, then continuing deep into the Russian Tsarist Empire. But the Romanians held their line in several very bloody battles, so the attacking Germans and Austro-Hungarians practically did not advance at all. As an interesting fact, from the two Allied countries holding the line on the Eastern Front, Russia was the first to sue for peace in 1918. Romania followed suit 9 weeks later, simply because the Central Powers threatened that they will throw on her all forces made now available by the surrender of the Russians. Before surrendering, Romania got the written approval for this, from her Western Allies.
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In Gallipoli, the allied forces did not fight against the Ottoman Empire, but against the revived Turkish army of the Neo-Turk movement, with Mustafa Kemal as a leader (shown in several photos). This victory established their rule in the region and became the foundation of modern Turkey. The Turkish army was supported by German army consultants, also shown in a photo).
Although the narrative was interesting, the chosen artwork was quite amazing, especially for the first two stories. Thanks for the upload, it is a credit to you.
British/English Army has made a speciality of retreating. Probably done more last ditch final stands before scrambling to safety on a Naval vessel than all other armies in the world combined.
By the way, from the 5 retreats mentioned, which were all remarkable, the retreat at Gallipolis included tremendous ingenuity and for that it was a remarkable one. The ones at Long Island and Dunkirk had to do with unlucky decisions for the enemies (unlucky for them, lucky for those retreating), a bit like the one I'm mentioning in my comment below. The most successful in terms of numbers was definitely that of Dunkirk. And, I think, the most heroic ones were the one of the Greek army in Asia and the one of the Chinese Red Army. Remarkable indeed!!!
Another one from WW2 is the Kokoda campaign in PNG in 1942, when poorly trained and equipped Australian Militia forces fought a fighting withdrawal against the Japanese, they slowed the Japanese advance long enough for the Allies to get better trained and equipped Regular forces into the Battle and forced the Japanese into retreat. If the Militia had failed and the Japanese had taken Port Moresby then the entire history of the Pacific War would have been different. No Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese holding Port Moresby means they have a decent Air Base and Port in southern PNG. The Japanese probably have 6 Carriers against 4 American Carriers at Midway, making the US victory there less likely. With the Japanese holding Port Moresby means that the Solomon Islands campaign is a lot more risky and less likely to have happened. Kokoda is one of the most underrated Allied Victories in WW2
I live in Maryland, my house is right next to the homestead and grave of a Sergeant who served with the Maryland 400. He was one of the only survivors of the Battle of Long Island. The land I live on used to be his in Howard County. I love walking my dogs up to his grave site, which recently has been given a plaque and a large American flag pole put up by the Boy Scouts and Maryland historical society. Now all we need is Zach Snyder to make an aggressively CGI slow motion movie about the American revolution called 400 lmao. Nah for real I’d love to see these men portrayed in a film
My man Thomas--didn't you read the fine print on the War Declaration--plainly states the War will end on Sept 2 1945"....otherwise we keep on fighting...
From 5 Incredible & Daring Retreats That Saved The Day, 2 were Churchill's doings. Gallipoli and Donkirk were his ideas or he was advocate for them. First he did kill with his navy career, other bring him fame ...
Dunkirk yes, Gallipoli no. Gallipoli was Churchill's biggest fiasco. We should never have been there, and having gone, we should have pulled out much sooner. And though I was waiting for it, credit for the retreat was never given throughout this video. It was the ANZACs that bore the brunt of the fighting at Gallipoli and it was they who devised and executed the retreat, including the drip guns. The British plan was essentially to have everyone stand up, turn around, and walk very slowly towards the ships in broad daylight. They expected around 40,000 casualties. The Aussies are the ones that said hang about, we can do it without a scratch. And they did. It was Australian Brigadier-General Brudenell White that devised the plan and the ANZACs that carried it out. Churchill did well at Dunkirk, but Gallipoli was his biggest blunder, and he deserves no credit for the successful retreat there.
The Parthians would stage a mock retreat. Then when the enemy charged them, they would turn around on their horses and fire arrows back at them. They even used this tactic to defeat the Roman empire on a couple occasions.
You should look up the fighting retreat of the First US Marine division lead by Chesty Puller from the frozen Chosen reservoir in North Korea back to the 38th Parallel.
Which other retreats that saved the day can you think of? I’m surprised the march of the 10,000 hasn’t been made into a movie yet...
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Unknown5 wow i would definetly love to see a movie about that one!!!!!!
shhh, dont give them ideas.
The organized retreat of the Marines during the Chosin Reservoir Campaign in Korea as well as George Washington's fighting retreat at the Battle of Monongahela during The Seven Years War.
Yes, probably not as epic as the 10'000 though.
The battle of Fuentes De Onoro 1811: The retreat of the British Light Brigade, an example of tight discipline and a steady nerve.
Basically any battle with Yugoslav Partisans in the ww2, especially the Battle at Neretva River.
The Russian defeat when napoleon invaded Russia should definetly be on the list. The russians burnt moscow to the ground leaving no ressources left for the french when they arrived. In the end, the french had to retreat themselves in order to not die from starvation and what not.
I meant retreat
exept that this retreat was a disaster, the aarmy was decimated by the cold, the lack of suply (we report act of canibalism ) and russian raid,
this haven't save the day that's why it's not in this list
(i'm french, so sorry if my english is bad)
I meant the russian retreat, not the french one. But I agree with you the french army did get decimated after.
Battle of Berezina deserved recognition though. Napoleon was under danger of being trapped by Russians and encirclened , but he somehow managed to avoid it.
Ikr, it should definitely be top 2. That retreat destroyed one of the greatest armies Europe had ever seen. Napoleon's Grande Armee perished completely in the fierce Winter of mother Russia.
The Chinese Nationalists retreat to Taiwan was also an extraordinary feat worth mentioning. Nearly 1 million people including soldiers, intellectuals, academics, bankers and pretty much the Chinese elite were relocated to Taiwan, taking all the gold with them leaving the mainland to be ruled by peasants.
@Super yes but they didnt destroy the nationalist completely and still haven't
It should be made into a movie
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I feel like the Serbian Army's retreat across the Albanian Alps during winter was a much more heroic retreat than Gallipoli. The Serbs managed to maintain their army as they were pushed back through Serbia and never once broke, they then managed a successful retreat through the Albanian mountains while being harrassed by brigands and eventually made it to the Adriatic.
Your lists are actually well researched and interesting, keep up the great work mate!
Amen
The Chosin Reservoir retreat (er.. "attack in another direction") let by Marine General Oliver P. Smith certainly deserves a mention, too, but these are good choices.
Before that was the action of Task Force Faith.
Essentially, 8,000 US Army troops were surrounded and attacked by 30,000 Chinese soldiers and fought a 4 day running battle against them in the snow and subzero temperature, wiping out a solid half of the Chinese force at the cost of 90% of their own. This saved the entire mission in Korea.
I agree! Are you a "JARHEAD"? If so, thank you for serving America, because of MARINES, like "YOU"! I live in the land of the free and the home of the brave! You! Are aware of the flag, "DON"T tREAD ON ME", was the Marine' s official and first flag? I have to "JARHEAD"" in my family...one is a sniper and the other studied "JUNGLE WARFARE" in the Philippines.... All of these idiots, do not know our American history.... George Wasington and his Army, did not do like "black lives matter",the democrats...want your votes, in trade for freebies, when are the blacks going to wake-up? The prisons have a higher percentage of blacks.... The democrats want your
black vote's;however, they do not help keep your children out-of-prison!
We, need presidents with "BALLS", that will not tolerate any behavior at home and abroad, that tries to destroy our country.... ninety-nine percent of all college idiots, do not know our American war's, starting with George Washington...they believe anything their liberal professor's tell them...example, they would get in line for a hanging, if told to do so.....
If GOD, does not deliver our country of all the evil and uprising...we are
going to "fall"...believe me, it is right-around-the-corner....
Bullshit, the 1st USMC division RAN AWAY and were covered by just 500 British Royal Marines, that is not a thing to boast about, yanks should be fucking ashamed of it.
If I remember correctly, according to Gen. Ridgeway, Smith had actually resisted MacArthurs’ orders to advance quicker, choosing instead to secure his supply lines and routes of retreat. Not only does he deserve credit for pulling it off, but also for the foresight and generalship to prepare for the possibility.
@@herewardthewake5502 In 1954, then USMC Commandant, Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd named Col. Drysdale an official "Honorary U.S. Marine". The honour was bestowed upon the Colonel for his assignments to the USMC and for his notable heroism and leadership while serving as the Commander, 41 Commando while attached to the 1st Marine Regiment at the Chosin Reservoir.
Task Force Drysdale moved forward and reported to HQ 1st Marine Division and it was ordered that the Task Force totalling 922 men and 141 vehicles comprising: 41 Independent Commando, G Coy USMC, B Coy 31st Infantry USA and elements of the Divisional train, fight its way to Hagaru at the Southern tip of the Chosin Reservoir. On eventually reaching Hagaru, Task Force Drysdale had sustained 321 casualties and lost 75 vehicles, but to quote from the official USMC history: "To the slender garrison of Hagaru was added a tank company and some 300 seasoned infantry." Less than 100 of 41 Independent Commando got through and 61 became battle casualties. Those who arrived are indebted to Lt Col Beall, commanding the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, for taking them in and providing food and shelter from the sub zero temperatures which at night fell to -24 degrees F.
To be honest mate I don't think there's any need to insult any unit that fought in Korea. It was a shit-hole; it stank of shit because human crap was the biggest source of fertiliser, it was fucking cold in the winter, boiling in the summer and full of decidedly unpleasant communist soldiers. And the South Koreans honour every soldier of every nationality who fought there against the North and the Chinese. One of the British soldiers was my Uncle.
Though neither incredible or daring, the russian forces retreat at Borodino in 1812 is one of those retreats that turned into victories. Napoleon had hoped to catch the russian field army, but failing to do so he knew he would have to fight it again. That, combined with the scorched earth tactic employed by the russians, convinced Napoleon that his Grande Armee had to retreat from Russia. And that retreat was a disaster, costing Napoleon the war.
(2) Did someone say 'High Ground'? Where's Obi-Wan when you need him?
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You are for sure one my my new favorite "top" channels. So much research and information is put into these videos, I can tell.
What about the retreat from the Chosin reservoir in North Korea. Outnumbered and surrounded UN troops evacuated south in sub freezing temperatures to survive.
"Retreat, Hell! We're just attacking in a different direction!"
General Houston retreated from Santa Anna through a large part of Texas until the Texans crushed them at San Jacinto and capturing Santa Anna. This won the war for Texas Independence.
A few weeks ago, a fellow who was from Europe was in Houston on business. He asked me if we could visit the battlefield. I'm a Texan who had never been out there even though its about 30 minutes away. I took him there. The big surprise to us (me for sure) was the museum in the base of the monument at San Jacinto. AWESOME!!
You forgot the 'first Dunkirk', that was in port La Coruña, Spain, in 1808. Same as in Dunkik but that time the english did fight and defended well against the Grande Armeé of Napoleon but the abandoned ones were the Spaniards in that occasion.
Lee's retreat from Gettysburg was brilliant also.
Lee made most things look brilliant.
Erich von manstein's saving of army group A and B and his subsequent successful counteroffensive more than deserves mention
The O Sullivan clan in Ireland retreated across Ireland and is since as one of the most tactical brilliant retreats in history and is thought in sandhurst military academe
The march of the US Marines from the Chosen Reservoir to the sea following the Chinese invasion was probably the most heroic -- the weather was bitter cold and the marines were constantly attacked from all sides.
21:17 German Captured P-51s hahahaha, where did you find that pic my good sir?
AH HA!!! Time travel really is possible--the Germans time traveled to 1944 and grabbed those P-51's right out from under the noses of the American 8th Air Force....had their been a sound track of the event, you would have heard one German pilot telling the others---"Man, this P-51 pilot as a picture on the dashboard of Betty Grable in a really hot swimsuit. When we beat the Americans, I am going to Hollywood to meet her!"
Photoshop can do everything. Actually the narration is what matters here, not pictures
Washington was outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned
PutinTaco why do people bum lick Washington
chad hogan Because General Washington out played the British in the long game.
Caped Crusader yea sure , just like england is right?
Because the british were broke as fuck at the time. Also you had a bit of help from France if I remember correctly?
+heviarey,
Now there is an understatement. Without the French, it would be a British victory.
France, Spain, Holland, Mysore and several others including Vermont, pirates and 5 strong native American tribes, helped the rebels directly/indirectly/both.
Washington generally gets far too much credit for the overall British defeat. Washington's main political rival among the rebel leaders, was Horatio Gates. Had history turned on a tiny variation on a theme, slightly differently, then we'd probably be talking about Gates, not Washington.
However, he effectively ''shit his pants'' and ''pissed his legacy into the wind'', by what he did at the Battle of Camden, 1780.
Gates thought he could match British infantry on their favoured kind of open, merciless battlefield, line on line. He had over 4,500 regulars+militia, while the British had 2,100 regulars+light infantry. Cornwallis brushed Gates aside and overran the battlefield; causing 1,000 casualties, capturing over 1,000 more and then scattering the rest. In other words, the British cut Gates's army in half.
Gates was reported riding off petrified of being caught by the British (they'd probably execute him for being a former British officer, who, like Washington, was also a British colonial officer originally, in several ranks before his betrayal - so in fairness to Gates he was probably thinking he'd get hanged, literally)
Still, he rode off like a shivering wreck, with his retinue following, trailing far behind due to how fast he rode off. Gates outright abandoned his army, many of whom were easily arrested by the soldiers of the crown.
Ultimately the British were too much for both Gates and Washington in most head to head confrontations.
But why did Gates get that much power in the first place, when he eventually ended up being heavily criticised by the rebels, and lost his status and reputation?
This is the point of why I raised the subject; Gates was the ''victor'' of Saratoga, prior to Camden.
At Saratoga, he had double advantages, advantages so one sided to his gain, that the British had very little hope of winning.
Firstly, the advantage of having *4 times as many men as British General Burgoyne* in total, maybe even slightly more if we add the estimated numbers of ''backwoodsmen'' creeping around all over those dense forests.
Secondly, British General Howe, with an army of redcoats the same approximate size as Burgoyne's, turned back on route to the rendezvous with Burgoyne, redirecting their important strength of professional soldiers, to fortify Philadelphia, which Howe captured and held onto for what was really too long, staking too much on holding that nest like hive of rebels, while the front dwindled and shrank around them. Historians note that Howe was hugely different to the more flamboyant and impulsive Burgoyne, with his own style being very aloof and typically aristocratic, so to speak. There was a rivalry of sorts between them, with Burgoyne irritating Howe, and perhaps being a serious rival in terms of the way people back then placed lots of value on military glories, perceived prestige in war time and sheer force of character.
There is even speculation that Howe deliberately abandoned Burgoyne to spite him, to ensure that he'd be captured with his forces overwhelmed numerically, and with their supply lines cut off deep in the forests out west.
While Howe sat with his large British force at Philadelphia, idling or just policing the rebel friendly city, the incompetent coward and sniveling opportunist Gates, had numbers and time on his side. His men were close to their own supplies and homes even in many cases, especially for the locals, whereas the British under Burgoyne were in an extremely risky situation.
It is very possible that with Howe's help, they could have turned the tide together, or at least broken out Burgoyne with most of his army. Burgoyne was encircled, and forced to surrender due to being impossibly outnumbered, as well having only some limited rations to eat. All the while, rebel riflemen sniped at the British from the treeline. British soldiers diaries and accounts of the battle, record how over a tiring and unsettling march through the wilderness, those killed in skirmishes in the flanks or rear, were rarely ever able to be given proper burials, with the army moving on. Dead or dying men were even being eaten by wolf packs trailing the columns too, according to some who heard them howling.
By betraying Burgoyne, Howe (for whatever petty reasons he had) certainly doomed Burgoyne. The plan was always to rendezvous, so by not doing so, it forced Burgoyne into an unwinnable situation.
Gates captured an entire British field army of over 7,000 men, and many British were killed by the point leading up to the final surrender. They were in no shape to fight to victory, nor the numbers. Gates grew bloated in pride over it, and his rotten ego soared.
At a stroke one of the largest British forces in North America had been forced to surrender; as much by Howe, as by Gates. But Gates grew so overconfident over Saratoga, it led him to flounder like a coward at Camden, his arrogance repaid in full by Cornwallis who crushed him.
Point being, that, idiot or not, Gates had (more by luck, than his own skill) convinced the French to openly declare war on Britain.
That changed everything, with the Spanish joining in too.
Even so, the British put up an epic fight in spite of very small and rapidly souring public interest in the war back in Britain.
Contrary to popular belief, the British Empire of the time, didn't have endless waves of redcoats - the *entire British Army in 1780 for instance only had 80,000 regulars in it* with half of these staying in Europe, and most of that half, fortifying the southern coast of England. France and Spain were expected to invade England; the *Treaty of Aranjuez 1779* indicated Franco-Spanish intentions to mutually cooperate in ''all actions against the British wherever possible'', and indeed they wanted to invade, but their plans never worked out, with the British comprehensively besting the French and Spanish both, in most fights they had.
Only around 32,000-36,000 British regulars/soldiers, fought in circulation in the Thirteen Colonies, with the British also having 20,000 Hessian German soldiers, as a strange sort of Hanoverian King's (King George III) mercenary loan army. These had notoriously fickle morale and were not the equal of the British soldiers in quality by any means - they were often unreliable, drunkard-like in behaviour and discipline and generally disliked by the British themselves, while being *hated* by the rebels, who saw them as combatants who should never have been involved (I think the British thought this about the Franco-Spanish, too)
Other than this, the British only then had ragtag local loyalists who were more often than not, poorly armed militia, and the 5 pro-British native American tribes who sided with Britain (and like I said, the rebels had 5 tribes on their side too, somewhat balancing out the advantage, you see)
In any case, the perception many people have about that war, is so god awful it just makes me annoyed at how ignorant people can be.
Both sides fought well, and bravely in most situations.
Best self made history video ever!
How about the retreat in Kashykkk
The German retreat to the Elbe led by General Wenke deserves a place on this list.
Unknown5 video means it's officially the weekend. They're always a pleasure to watch.
What happened to the retrograde action at Chosin Reservoir in November/December of 1950 in Korea???
ottoman general: It's over British! We have the highground!
Keizer Van Enerc British Empire :YOU UNDESTIMATE MY MANPOWER
Dr.Hugo Strange Don't try it!
Keizer Van Enerc Nyeargh *attacks*
I love your videos! I wish you had time or help to make them more often. Your voice is ideal for these types of videos, and your research is quite thorough from what I can tell.
You also have a great, reassuring, non-strident, non-sensational speaking voice to convey your excellent material.
how about the retreat of the 1st Marine div. from the CHOSIN RESERVOIR?
I also think the Chosin Reservoir battle would have been good to mention, especially since the outcome affected the Korean War which is technically still ongoing and could brew up again any day. Regardless, I love the historical videos on this channel and look forward to more.
Great video loved it.
What about the Third Battle of Kharkov in feb-mar 1943? Granted Germany lost the war anyway, but von Manstein's operations in the Ukraine after the encirclement of Stalingrad arguably prevented a major German collapse of the entire Eastern Front in early 1943.
Number 5 should be a movie
I'm British and I think the Chosin reservoir should be here
i really like your channel. keep up the great work man.
The march of the 10,000 hoplites would make one helluva movie.
Battle of Berezina deserves to be more recognized. French army was under danger of being trapped and completely destroyed with Napoleon captured , but Emperor managed to escape a trap with part of forces.
Mustangs in German markings at 21:15, did such a thing occur, or has something nefarious been done to the photo?
What's with the North American P51 Mustangs fighters at 21:16??? ...... since when did the nazi's flew these planes ( ...at Dunkirk )???? .... something is wrong here!.
stock footage from some post war movie,, you know like how shermans are chaffees and tigers are t34s with boxes on.
Fatso Currywurst Oh, get a grip!
I was wondering about the German marked Mustangs too.
\\\\\\\thats exactly what we thought, the IG 34, allways drunk, Inbreed, Yankey - Plonkers before HD - Telly never found out to now, hehe ....
\\\\\\\thats exactly what we thought, the IQ 34, allways drunk, Inbreed, Yankey - Plonkers before HD - Telly never found out to now, hehe ....
21:19 How/why is that P-51 done up in Nazi insignia????
Great subject, impressive content, mildly disappointed that the Marine "withdrawal" from Inchon, bringing the dead and wounded with them, wasn't included.
There was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir you missed which is a pretty awesome story similar to the retreat of the 10,000 just during the Korean War in the winter.
My wife's grandfather was rescued at Dunkirk and went back to France on D-day continuing until the wars end in Germany. He was one of the lucky ones, several of his mates , captured at Dunkirk were murdered by an SS unit.
This is my favorite top 10 channel.
I’m miserable rn just got coronavirus but this video made my day a bit better thank you
I thought Gen Slim's/British-indian 21 successive defeats/retreats followed by 22 successive victories/advances in Burma WW2 would have got a mention.
You're voice is very soothing.
Hi, i found your channel from the "5 Worst times and places to be alive in history" Could you make another one of those? I really liked that one.
Here are two random fun facts about the Galipoli campaign and Dunkirk evacuaction:
- Some tanker biographies state that it was the Matilda II crews' bravery and tactics that saved the day. German blitzkrieg was ill-prepared for a showdown with a thickly deployed superior heavy armor organised in a dedicated and well organised tank battalions with radio comms in 1940. They were expecting a loose deployment of tanks as infantry support that was the French doctrine at that time. This was such a terrible experience for the German high command that it is considered as one of the turning points on Nazi technology priorities that resulted in later developement of Pzkpf VI Tiger in 1942 and extension of the StuG III chassis variety,
- The Galipoli retreat was very cleverly executed. The Allies also used a clever ruse to fool the Turkish scouts with hand-made autofiring mechanisms for their bolt rifles and MGs, so when the Turks stayed in the trenches they could often hear single shots and MG bursts and concluded that the Allies are still using suppression fire, so the trenches must be manned. Some photos still exist as a fine example of crude, yet effective ad-hoc engineering ingenuity. If you are into military history or technology - check it out, no need to thank me for you tech moan :)
First World War: Serbian Army retreat through Albania to Corfu.
Man I love ur videos and I like how you always go in depth into each number and not skim through it.
Hannibal's escape with his army using bulls as a deception is legendary (in my opinion- a greater military achievement than the battle of Cannae)
I am dissapointed, what about Von Manstein's Army Group South escape from the Caucasus?
Watched the movie Dunkirk today. Never understood why Hitler halted the panzers but we can be grateful for that as what would the world have been like had the Allied army been crushed there?
the retreat to the escape capsule because you made the space station's men's room into ground zero , so now you must explain to Houston why the space station has no pilot and has ultra levels of methane gas.
Outstanding; as always.....
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Turkish commander at Gallipoli, is the only enemy commander to have a memorial on Anzac Parade in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It lies across the road from the Australian War Memorial.
The entrance to the Princess Royal Harbour in Western Australia, where Australian troops had departed for war in 1914, is named Atatürk Channel.
The cove where the Australian and New Zealand forces were located at Gallipoli is called Anzak Koyu which translates as Anzac Cove.
i think Napoleons Retreat should be in this list, also Moore's retreat for Corunha is a honourable mention
@21:18 -- ARE those P51 Mustangs with swasticas on the sides?? WTH???
Other Great retreats, The Retreat from Mons (1914), The Allied Retreat of 1918, The Retreat from Burma (1943) all three of which culminated in allied victories. Then there is The Roman retreat over the Rhine in 9 CE and The retreat of the combined Greek forces from Thermopylae (480 CE).
This a great channel. Makes history far more entertaining. Thank you.
6:00 "The Patriot" with Mel Gibson - awesome movie!
best channel ever, I love these type of videos
Other 5 examples, not necessarily aiming to replace those 5 shown in the video:
1. The retreat of the Spaniards left behind by Cortes in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, when Cortes left the city to face general Pánfilo de Narváez. Their survival to fight another day may have tipped the balance in favor of the Spaniards in the battles of the coming year. If Cortes would have failed to conquer the Aztec Empire in that moment, next Spaniard landings would have been met in force by a fully awaken Aztec state, and the future conquer of the Inca Empire may have never happened, because when Pizarro landed there, by pure coincidence the Inca were at the end of 5 bloody years of civil war, with the losing side still active and ready to ally with the Spaniards.
2. The retreat of few Soviet armies and their escape toward Stalingrad in August 1942. A great German pincer movement failed to capture these forces, in a situation repeating on bigger scale one year later, at Kursk: One pincer arm almost completely succeeded, while the other arm completely failed. Even considering that Soviet Union had huge resources, the situation was quite dire at Stalingrad in late August, early September, and all these Soviet troops that escaped encirclement only weeks earlier may had tipped the edge in the starting fight at Stalingrad.
3. The recovery of whole German and Axis Allies armies by retreat, after the disaster suffered at Stalingrad, under the brilliant guidance of Erich von Manstein. Eventually the situation was fully equilibrated by the great counteroffensive of Waffen SS Panzer Corps and the First Panzer Army, that recaptured the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod. That led to few months of stalemate, until the Battle of Kursk. You may answer that Germany lost the war anyway in 1945. Yes, but without those retreats, regroups and counterattacks of whole Axis armies, the war may had ended in 1943 or 1944 !
4. On 10 January 1475 a great battle happened between Stephen III of Moldavia and the Ottoman governor of Rumelia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha. The 40,000 Moldavians incurred a blistering defeat to the invading 120,000 Ottomans. But this drawn the full attention of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the same that in his young years had conquered Constantinople in 1453. Next year the Sultan arrived in person in Moldavia, heading 200,000 fresh Ottoman troops. This was too much for the Moldavian army, who was facing simultaneously a full force attack from the Tatars of Crimea, the allies of the Ottomans. And this brings us to the topic of this video... retreats. Stephen the Great lost the Battle of White Valley and had to retreat. After that the Moldavian army and most Moldavian civilians melted away in the countless forests that covered the country back then. However, the most important fortresses of Moldavia withstood the sieges of the Ottoman Army and the Ottomans could not enter in any of them, in spite of using their famous "big canons" that subdued Constantinople.
In less than half of year Stephen regrouped the Moldavians and forced the Ottomans not only out of his country, but also out of neighboring kingdom Wallachia, that was inhabited by the same nation as his.
5. Desperately to take pressure off their frontlines, as their offensives at Somme, in Italy and the Brusilov offensive were starting to bog down, the Entente Cordiale finally lured Romania to enter in World War One, in August 1916, with reports that Central Powers practically have no spare divisions left to face the new enemy. Very soon after that, the Central Powers scrambled more than 40 divisions against the new enemy, 6 times more compared with what the Romanians were told as prediction. The length of the frontlines held by the Romanians was twice the length of the Western Front, while the Romanians had one tenth of the number of the allied British-French troops. They held the line when the enemy tried a bold attack in the middle, aiming to break the country in two, but were defeated in two battles in 2 of the 3 "ends" of the country (extremities like peninsulas). Left completely alone in 1916, the Romanians withheld countless delaying battles, retreating in the grand picture and giving away 2/3 of the country. In the part left under control the Romanian Army reorganized and modernized, while some equipment finally arrived from France in early 1917. Knowing the Romanians as weak from 1916, the Central Powers tried in 1917 a complete victory on Eastern Front by fully wiping out what was left of Romania, then continuing deep into the Russian Tsarist Empire. But the Romanians held their line in several very bloody battles, so the attacking Germans and Austro-Hungarians practically did not advance at all.
As an interesting fact, from the two Allied countries holding the line on the Eastern Front, Russia was the first to sue for peace in 1918. Romania followed suit 9 weeks later, simply because the Central Powers threatened that they will throw on her all forces made now available by the surrender of the Russians.
Before surrendering, Romania got the written approval for this, from her Western Allies.
FlorinSutu @3 Still I wish they failed then. It would have shortened WWII.
as small as it may seem, i greatly appreciate your style of videos. Very in depth information on stuff i never thought twice about. You've truely earned your subs, not click baited your way to fame. your numbers may be smaller side by side to others but the quality in your content is unmatched.
Dunkirk's my favorite of the list a bit of loss and a retreat but it was the most stunning victory on the list
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I met a man who went to Dunkirk. He sailed with his father as a 14 year old on their coastal fishing boat. No boys returned that day, only men.
In Gallipoli, the allied forces did not fight against the Ottoman Empire, but against the revived Turkish army of the Neo-Turk movement, with Mustafa Kemal as a leader (shown in several photos). This victory established their rule in the region and became the foundation of modern Turkey. The Turkish army was supported by German army consultants, also shown in a photo).
Anyone else notice the P-51s in German colors?
How about Kutosov after Borodino? or German Admiral Reinhard Scheer at Jutland?
Although the narrative was interesting, the chosen artwork was quite amazing, especially for the first two stories.
Thanks for the upload, it is a credit to you.
Excellent job!
Though, you use a wrong map in 14:26, there is no country called "Macedonia"...please, be accurate, thank you!
I would have included the Frozen Chosin
British/English Army has made a speciality of retreating. Probably done more last ditch final stands before scrambling to safety on a Naval vessel than all other armies in the world combined.
Another great video! 10/10!!
Looking forward to the next one! 👍👌👏
i've been watching your videos the whole day, really good channel
Brilliant videos keep these coming
I was surprised MacArthur's Korea War retreat didn't make the list. Also, the Russian's retreat from Napolean should be on the list.
Number 1 needs to be made into a movie
By the way, from the 5 retreats mentioned, which were all remarkable, the retreat at Gallipolis included tremendous ingenuity and for that it was a remarkable one. The ones at Long Island and Dunkirk had to do with unlucky decisions for the enemies (unlucky for them, lucky for those retreating), a bit like the one I'm mentioning in my comment below. The most successful in terms of numbers was definitely that of Dunkirk. And, I think, the most heroic ones were the one of the Greek army in Asia and the one of the Chinese Red Army. Remarkable indeed!!!
Right. So, good to know!
I'm surprised you neglected the battle of the mons
Another one from WW2 is the Kokoda campaign in PNG in 1942, when poorly trained and equipped Australian Militia forces fought a fighting withdrawal against the Japanese, they slowed the Japanese advance long enough for the Allies to get better trained and equipped Regular forces into the Battle and forced the Japanese into retreat.
If the Militia had failed and the Japanese had taken Port Moresby then the entire history of the Pacific War would have been different. No Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese holding Port Moresby means they have a decent Air Base and Port in southern PNG. The Japanese probably have 6 Carriers against 4 American Carriers at Midway, making the US victory there less likely. With the Japanese holding Port Moresby means that the Solomon Islands campaign is a lot more risky and less likely to have happened.
Kokoda is one of the most underrated Allied Victories in WW2
21:18 why does an american p51 have swastikas?
what about the retreats from Danevirke
I live in Maryland, my house is right next to the homestead and grave of a Sergeant who served with the Maryland 400. He was one of the only survivors of the Battle of Long Island. The land I live on used to be his in Howard County. I love walking my dogs up to his grave site, which recently has been given a plaque and a large American flag pole put up by the Boy Scouts and Maryland historical society.
Now all we need is Zach Snyder to make an aggressively CGI slow motion movie about the American revolution called 400 lmao.
Nah for real I’d love to see these men portrayed in a film
"Ending the war 5 years ahead of schedule." WW2 had a scheduled ending time?
My man Thomas--didn't you read the fine print on the War Declaration--plainly states the War will end on Sept 2 1945"....otherwise we keep on fighting...
Great quality videoes, keep it up.
thank you
From 5 Incredible & Daring Retreats That Saved The Day, 2 were Churchill's doings. Gallipoli and Donkirk were his ideas or he was advocate for them. First he did kill with his navy career, other bring him fame ...
Dunkirk yes, Gallipoli no. Gallipoli was Churchill's biggest fiasco. We should never have been there, and having gone, we should have pulled out much sooner.
And though I was waiting for it, credit for the retreat was never given throughout this video. It was the ANZACs that bore the brunt of the fighting at Gallipoli and it was they who devised and executed the retreat, including the drip guns. The British plan was essentially to have everyone stand up, turn around, and walk very slowly towards the ships in broad daylight. They expected around 40,000 casualties. The Aussies are the ones that said hang about, we can do it without a scratch. And they did. It was Australian Brigadier-General Brudenell White that devised the plan and the ANZACs that carried it out.
Churchill did well at Dunkirk, but Gallipoli was his biggest blunder, and he deserves no credit for the successful retreat there.
@@nono7105 Instead of Gallipoli,you should helped us,Serbians,defend against Austro-Hungarians and Germans.
Great job on the video.
awesome vid!!!
Cortes's retreat from Tenochtitlan (Le Noche Trieste)
The Parthians would stage a mock retreat. Then when the enemy charged them, they would turn around on their horses and fire arrows back at them. They even used this tactic to defeat the Roman empire on a couple occasions.
GREAT VIDEO.................
Ahh! I love this channel.
The Retreat to La Corunna should be on the list as well...
You should look up the fighting retreat of the First US Marine division lead by Chesty Puller from the frozen Chosen reservoir in North Korea back to the 38th Parallel.
20:50
Wrong
The French did fight in the rearguard, but Brits just sat on the beach
Many British regiments were involved in the defence of Dunkirk including my grandfather's Royal Warwickshires. Too much misinformation.
Dunquerque. World War 2' s greatest retreat. The British, French, Belgians and Dutch were saved by the Royal Navy.