The forest in the movie does not look like a German forest. It is very bright. I have spent my childhood in the forest collecting mushrooms and berries. It’s much darker and creepier. Especially the winters.
Is that like the Olympic Mountains in Washington? When we're in the woods, we tend to think it's getting close to stop hunting, but it's just that dark in there at dusk.
I've trained in grafenvere, hoenfels, and other places in Germany after dark. That tree cover was so thick our nods wouldn't work without some type of illumination which defeats the purpose lol. I probably spelled those training g areas wrong.
As one who is half German descent and half Scottish, I feel compelled to point out that Scotland and Germany were two places that resisted Rome most successfully.
I seriously doubt it. GERMANY did not exist until the nationalist (Leftist) revolution in the XIX Century. If you mean Germania, you are wrong too, as all the Germanic lands on the West of the Rhine were part of the Empire. Germanic as any other, just part of the Empire, like California is part of the USA. And not to forget: Germany, the region, actually WAS the Roman Empire, until 1806 when it was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars. ;)
this documentary is incorrect about Arminius. He wasn't recruited as an auxiliary as an adult. He and his brother were the young children of a cherusci chieftan, and they were taken as child hostages by the romans to force the chieftan to comply with roman rule. A common practice of many past societies. Arminius and his brother were raised in rome as romans. They were only sent back Saxony as adults after they were sufficiently "romanized" and trained in the roman military, to lead the tribe as pro-roman chieftans in an attempt to assimilate the entire tribe to roman rule.
Yes, you are absolutely correct. It was assumed that boys taken before age 12 wouldn't remember the country of their origin, being an asset to the country who captured them. Arminious did remember, was angry with his family and neighbors for not fighting harder to keep their families together. I wonder how many seasons of Romans coming to collect the boys he witnessed and dreaded.
That would be cool to find Germanic tribal weapons. Im sure its common knowledge in that area that artifacts are still being found today. Its no secret
You know you are fierce and violent when the Romans say 'don't go any further that way, that's enemy territory the other side of that (Hadrians Wall, Rhine River).
Exactly and Frank Ledwidge needs to come to my country where those tribes direct descendants are and say to their face "you're lazy and unorganized people" or say that about their ancestors and he will find out who they really are 😂
Hadrian's wall marks a boundary, but not that of an unconquered north. The Caledones had been defeated by Agricola, there just wasn't any benefit to Roman colonisation of the Highlands afterwards.
Or... That you have nothing of value and not worth the effort. Trust me if the Scottish mountains were full of gold and silver Rome would have conquered it in a week or less.
Funny thing is, if the Roman's had treated them like friends, instead of trying to expand their territory, and calling them enemies, they could have enjoyed a relatively prosperous trade agreement with the Gauls, and had some valuable allies in the process. Wouldn't you call them enemies, if they were trying to invade your home?
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
This hits home in a couple of ways. My mom was from Germany, my dad had a fair amount of German blood on his side of the family. I also see the "Roman attitude" more and more around the world including our own country. This is history, but it's also a call to be aware of what goes on around you.
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
I think was only these guys and (scottish pict tribes ) that actually repelled and fought Romans off on there journey of conquering world .. I'm proud my ancestors in scotland fought n scared Romans so much and these guys r just as great in this video .. Great video enjoyed it ❤
Well, the fact is that the "Romans" were in a large part Britons, non-Pictish scots or Germanics. They also weren't up to "conquer the world". They went until they found a place there, it wasn't worth fighting for. Furthermore, they usually build walls that were meant as border, just like the modern borders, but back then they didn't have barbed wire. So, Stone it was. We tend to have a very distorted image of what the Romans really were. Also with our own identities. Every single European country (I bet, including Italy) has its legends about how our respective ancestors heroically defeated the Romans, from the Picts in Scotland to the Batavians here in the Netherlands. Both have actually one curious thing in common: Neither the modern day Scots nor the modern day Dutch have any relation to Picts or Batavians. The Picts have left pretty little genetic traces, while modern Scots are mostly related to the ancient Irish Celts and medieval Danes. And the Batavians left little trace either, replaced by a coalition of several late Germanic tribes, the Franks. Which after 500 years of Roman civilization were just as Roman as the Romans were "Germanic". TL;DR: Modern Europeans are genetically more related to the Romans than to any "mythical" ancestor that we fancy ourselves to be offspring off. And by Roman, I mean the huge mix of Germanic, Celtic and Mediterranean that was spread across the best part of the Continent for up to 500 years.
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
German and Italian history is interwoven in many ways. Fascinating stories. Study them. Langobards came from northern germany. Their king Alboin conquered huge parts of Italy. The Goths came from Scandinavia, went through Germany and reached places like Crimea, Greece, Rome, France and Africa. The Teutoni came from Denmark and went to northern Italy. The Normans conquered parts of Italy such as Calabria and took Sicily from the Arabs.
I was never special ops, but what I learned, during my years in the Army. Special OPS train how to kill silently, not face to face like regular forces. If they are in close combat, that means something went wrong.
That depends on what our ROEs & objectives are & how long we are in the area... If it's a hunter-killer mission, rules say we put them down & then disappear after we put a calling card on each body... The Abu Sayyaf KNEW 1st SFG wasn't going to play with them in the Philippines - we made it VERY clear...
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
@user-cx1lv3ji6f we don't spend any more ToT than we have to. If we're doing a sweep-&-search, 1 of our team is standing there with a stopwatch calling out the time over coms or the radio (usually 1 of our 18Es) while we search & someone is writing down everything we call out... Once time is up, we disappear back into the jungle... UNLESS we are looking for something specific... then we keep searching while the overwatch keeps us updated... That's why it's called a retrieval team - & if you ask what we're retrieving, we literally tell you it's none of your business, lmfao... & we didn't gaf what your rank was when we said it 😂😂😂... If we were doing a hostage snatch, ANYONE on target got put down. Except the hvt we wanted. We ALREADY know if there are civilians around or not. The Abu Sayyaf didn't have civilians around, which meant anyone we found got wasted & we didn't stop till we hit the LOA. 1500 meter kill-sweep is just that - no need to explain... I used to LOVE the interdiction missions, because the ASG would always switch camps at night. That meant they couldn't see tripwires. We would toss an APM into each hooch with the timer set for 30 seconds. Set it in the middle of the room - timer ticks down & 8 tripwires shoot out in all directions. Once armed, it has a mousetrap setup in it, so if you even move it with a stick, it explodes. APMs are a much smaller/better version of the bouncing betty - every team guy carried 2. If we had to break contact, we pulled a rolling retreat on purpose - as last man pulled back, he sets 1 to 10 secs & tosses it over his shoulder... At 10 secs, the mine shoots out the tripwires & ARMS. 500 lil ball bearings inside... If you were DUMB enough to follow us, you're going to have a BAD day... The asg tried to put a bounty on our heads - but the $10k they offered was WORTHLESS, because our chain or command offered a cool $1 million to any Filipino who gave us info that led to the capture or death of ANY verified ASG member. I still have the leaflets & posters our 37 foxes put out during our psyop blitz... 😂😂😂 I can't say any more - it violates our OPSEC. And MANY of us who were in on the Philippine ops have been sent into Taiwan now, just WAITING for China to twitch 😂🤫👻🤫😂
"Varus was one of the best Generals of his Day..." Varus was a Politician/Lawyer, he had hardly any Campaign experience, was greedy and disinterested in the Legions under his Command, he wanted to Govern and reap the spoils of conquest, he imposed harsh, unrealistic taxes on the Germanic tribes, imprisoned their Chiefs and subjugated the tribesmen, he raided Village harvests which were vital to the tribes survival through the harsh Winters, he was Not "one of Rome's best Generals".
@@charliebubbles9501 "He came to the rich Province syria as a poor man and later left the poor Syrian province as a rich man" thats all you need to know about him
Three Legions wiped out. It takes ages to kill a man if he doesn't want to be killed. Unless they used poison it never happened overnight. I think it difficult to imagine that three legions could be so ill trained they would fall to a barricade and people with sticks. At night. Unless they were Americans wearing magic underpants over their trousers.
I love learning about my German heritage. It makes me realize where my traits come from. I am extremely independent and love nothing more than to be alone and by Gods, I would fiercely kill to protect my country. Thank you for this.
du würdest doch nicht ehrlich für unsere müllregierung töten... wir sind marionetten des american empires. Wenn du für deutschland kämpfen willst, kämpf für unsere unabhängigkeit und den erhalt unserer Kultur, unseres Landes und Wesens
Even just 200 years ago people wouldn't have let other groups invade their country without a fight. The only time Europe gets invaded and overrun is when we let it happen on purpose. Such a sad outcome.
Doesn't matter what the old tribes would do. THEY at least had the excuse of lack of good knowledge sources for their ignorant prejudices of other people, what are ours today?
Hard to imagine that Augustus was too surprised about the head of Varus. The head had to travel 900 miles south in those times so the smell of decay would have been significant.
It's honestly almost impossible to tell how these events really happened. History is written by the victors and sometimes they exaggerate for the publicity just like today
@@Archangelsword still 900 miles with the rate of travel it would take months through heat damp etc it would still reek. Get a piece of raw salted meat and carry it around in your pocket unsealed for even just a few weeks and see how popular you are. Not to mention that the tribes probably wouldn't have taken the time and trouble to preserve the head.
I am Scottish, and German/french. With ties to Visigoths, and suebi, and the Pictish. Im proud that my ancestors fought the romans the way they did. That fight still lives in us today. 😎👍🏻💪🏻
If so: why have you allowed foreign invaders to take control of much of your administration, including an overtly racist, white-hating, muslim? If the news is to be believed, Scots are committing suicide; directly or through 'rolling over'.
Hard to hide in the woods wearing a checkerboard pattern outfit. That cracked me up. Excellent camo! They did not, however, touch on the Roman's revenge for this betrayal. The old Romans did not let stuff like that slide on by.
It was Primarily the Chatti he took by Surprise , He used negotiations and helped Defend a Tribe against Arminius , who of course was Killed several years later by a Rival Chief. But he never made it all the way through and knew he would be driven out, But in the end the Germans ended Rome permanently , just as every invading horde ended up that tried to take them on. , As Wild as the Germanic Tribes were and constantly combating rival Tribes they were repulsed by the Brutality of Rome and felt they were unjust , duplicitous and treacherous and determined to subjugate , The Germans just wanted to be left alone. Rome was a brutal expansionist and genocidal Empire (Carthage) this allowed Europe to become the modern West of European Nations@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq
@@jamesberlo4298 I don't disagree, I first heard about the teuroberg massacre when I read ,"I Claudius", by Robert Graves then read more and more and then I found myself driving through the area whilst visiting engineering firms in Northern Germany and talking to the locals, they told me of caches of coins found and rusty old weapons and then we have the British army officer who nailed the location of the massacre. Rome needed constant expansion otherwise it would wither and die, we see the same nowadays with the EU and their constant expansionist policies !
It's difficult to imagine how advanced the Romans were in pretty much everything, compared to the tribes in Germany or Britain. They'd use a kind of scortched earth policy of burning down forests in order to do battle in open land where they could utilize formation fighting.
@@johnfisher697The Roman army had engineers that would clear a path through forests ahead of the army, removing trees n such so they could march through unencumbered.
@@histguy101 And that more than likely happened after a major victory against the tribes, or in peace time, Pretty sure the Roman army didn't stand around waiting for that to happen. Have you ever seen a European forest even with woodland management , they are impenetrable, any path way made would be for light movement only, ( short Rations , and no heavy equipment.no wagons) Remember in those days no power tools at all. More than likely they used path known to the natives.
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
I suppose most men see themselves as brave but compared to these ancient germans and romans its a far stretch. CQC with axes and swords, and of course, modern bayonet work must be terrifying. Instant bowel release. Can't be enough respect for any man who has faced this
@@pablosanta-maria5675 Right Merkel let them all in and now they take over and not one German will fight. The Germans are tamed now.....unfortunately :(
Sure and next you will say your great great something is directly related to Arminius - hört sich eher an wie eine Cheese-Burger Vergiftung an von einem kleinen Wichtigtuer.
Really, because according to some, the dna evidence shows that the original inhabitants almost completely died out during the black death as they had no immunity to the plague where as the later arrivals to europe became dominant due to being at least partially resistant to the plague.
@@arthurjones9580 It's Aldi clothing. I noticed a long tartan shirt dress that totally looked like something I got from Aldi - the most German of all supermarket. 😂😂
Are some of those German tribesmen wearing Pendleton shirts? Some had lovely trendy hairstyles, I especially like the ones with buns. They would not look out of place waiting tables in Los Angeles.
He was a hostage taken from his father to make sure his father the leader of his tribe will do as Rome said so and he was taken together with his younger brother
And the thing Rome had in plan was, as soon as the king/chief/whatever dies, the empire will inherit the land. And they tended to put in governors that know the local customs and have some of support of the people. As long as you keep paying taxes and don't start any uprisings Rome was pretty content with it. But if you make trouble, they send in some legions and put a more complacent governor in charge.
@@rpstokesjr Decades of subversion built upon a foundational myth and an enemy that doubles as a boogieman for generations to come. Some German artist guy tried his best, but his failure sealed our fate.
@@davidstanworth5543 The director and co have no idea about military tactics. Talking about fighting in forests as if using cavalry on a dry plain engaed with ballistics.
@@rpstokesjrI am German and I love that we no longer believe to be superior to anybody else. "Pride and haughtiness come before the fall" as we say here.
The battle took place in the Teutoburg Forest and it was these Teutons who, after battles with the Romans, migrated back to the north and settled in these forests. Originally, together with the Cimbri, they had emigrated from Scandinavia.
They were tribal Frank 20:39. That's why they were not organized. They were not lazy. It's like calling Native Americans or any multi-tribed people lazy because they want independence, autonomy and solace in their own region. It is not easy to live from the natural world. It takes work. They didn't use massive taxation from surfs and slave farming labor to do so like the empire did/ does.
In fact Germanic tribes were independent and the men and women were free, but they would meet to the Thing where the people would speak and vote, for example the leader of an army would be voted. There were local, regional and over regional Things and the voted guys out of the lower Things would meet there to contact, speak and vote. They would even meet to religious parties in Scandinavia. So they were free and independent but not unorganised. Also neighbouring tribes would rob and fight each other just for fun.
As Cicero said of the Roman army "they make a desert and call it peace"To be conquered by the Roman's just as the Celtic Gauls and Southern Britons were, would mean genocide or brutal rule,those nations which avoided the oppression were rare,brave and fortunate. 8:05
The one narrator doesn’t understand what “black ops” is. Black ops and special forces aren’t interchangeable. Other than that great piece. Love listening to these.
@@gladtech4740 The woods throughout the Pacific Northwest into British Columbia have forest so thick and tangled with underbrush, that in some places you can wander fifty feet from the road and not only be unable to see the highway, sound from passing cars seems to come from everywhere.
Every fairytale that you have ever heard came from the forests of Germany. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Et cetera…
germay was filled with a lot of tribes the germans (spearpeople geer is the celtic word for spear) saxons (swordpeople Sax is the celtic word for a big knife) raetians, helvetii, noricans... the one thing they had in common the were celts ( celt is the celtic word for an axe)and therefore they were very skiild at all those weapons not only the ones you mentioned and free people until rome moved in. they were very well organized the raetians defeted rome in war before they became romes first province. not conuered in war but bought by the romans. so they were capable of organizing.
It is also one of the traditional Zulu weapons. The hard round wooden head can stop a knee from moving through sheer pain. Even if the bone is not greatly damaged the brain can lose control of it. Then you fall and are despatched as you are used to gain height for the next victim. If it should ever happen, of course.
@@20chocsaday My Father had a collection of "Knob-Carry's", a Club shaped out of a single piece of Hardwood with a large bulbous "knob" on the end of a slender "handle", most brutal looking things, you couldn't look at one and resist imagining a Warrior swinging it through an enemy's life...
@@jasrajsandhu1658 bs. So conquered, that Rome built a wall across England to contain them. You are funny, why do their looks matter?. They were their own People, not simply Celts.
@@jasrajsandhu1658 so what, were talkong Roman late era, Vikings came 1000 years or so later when the Picts were no longer a people. They were not wiped out. I am sure many people in the UK especually Scottland desended from them and don' t even know it. No their history is anything but boring.
I don't understand why Germanic peoples and Celts are always portrayed in such a strangely primitive way. Excavations show a different picture. But overall nicely made.
FACT CHECKED: TRUE The deadly work of top ancient assassins. The elite Harii tribe of Germania were trained to fight only at night and inflicted the Roman Army's worst-ever defeat. Three Roman Legions completely wiped out. Greatest Roman defeat for over 200yrs.
Factually incorrect🤡🤣 The Harii didn't even fight the battle of Arausio, which was the battle you probably had in mind...which involved Cimbri and Teutons, not Harii 😂
I just looked them up and Tacitus said something about the “ghostlike” Harii, but no one called them “Ghost Warriors.” That seems like a very recent thing.
Some facts , a lot of fiction, just to set one point , no battle field would of been left with Roman body's still wearing there armour, the tribes would strip there corpse's head to toe , facts .🧐
yeah it makes no sense that a messenger would deliver the head of a soldier to their general. As if they wouldn't realise what is inside the box haha suuuree... with it rotting and bleeding and banging al the way through.
THESE STRATEGIES WERE MASSIVELY ADVANCED, AND SIMILAR BIOLOGICAL STRATEGIES COULD BE USED TODAY. HE BASICALLY SLEEP DEPRIVED THE ROMAN ARMY, FOUGHT WITH SPEARS THAT THE ROMANS CLOULD NOT DEFEND WELL FROM, AND THE USE OF THE CLUB IS A NEW WEAPON TO OVERWHELM. I THINK THE GERMANS MERE EXTREMELY DISCIPLINED, AND EXTREMELY ORGANIZED. GOOD SHOW.
What's with the shouting? And no, the Germanic tribes were not very organized. That is Arminius true victory: to even unite the tribes for this ONE battle. I mean he was murdered by his tribesmen not much later because the tribes definitely did NOT want to be organized.
@@doomhippie6673 DEAR DOOMED HIPPY. IF YOU READ YOUR HISTORY THE ROMANS MASS MURDERED IN GENOCIDE AGAINST THE GERMAN TRIBES UP TO HALF A MILLION MEN WOMEN , CHILDREN , EVEN ANIMALS. IT TOOK ONE LEGION OF 5,000 TO HOLD BRITAIN , OR ENGLAND TO HADRIAN'S WALL. THE ROMANS HAD MASSIVE ARMIES, TRAINED IN MASS RAPE PILLAGE, GENOCIDE, AND ENSLAVEMENT. FOR A ROMAN LEGION TO BE WIPED OUT TAKES INCREDIBLE LOYALTY MILITARY SKILL, AND ORGANISATIONAL TALENT, WHICH EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE ANGLOSAXONS TAKING BRITAIN, AND NORTHERN ITALY. THE GERMAN TRIBES EVENTUALLY DEFEATED ROME AND TOOK OVEF ITALY AS A RESULT. MY COMMENTS ARE MY BELIEF ONLY WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
Funny enough the act at the 38:00 min mark is something that bandits at night used to do back in the 80’s back home, they would grease themselves up as well to make it harder to catch em
You got a time machine? Because the place is now called "Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia"... And we do have streets with concrete and all. We do have Romans though, but we call them "reenactors" ;)
@VFella stop hating on everyone and get a life. Are you a mind reader? Do you know the context in which he meant? You're not even European 😂 have no sense of pride just full of crap lmao
Arminius never had more then 4000 Warriors at a Time. He was the greatest Warleader of the antiquity as roman Scolars said. Because he was able to defeat die Empire at its hight.
After Arminius came Marbod with his Markomanni and waged war against Rome for 10 years. He was the main reason the Romans hid behind the Danube and tried to make alliances with some Germanic tribes. Also a interesting and undervalued character of history.
I appreciate people putting effort into all these videos. Admittedly I listen on headphones whilst running so don't see the picture/videos but I do feel this could have been covered in less than ten mins. An awful lot of repetitive info, lots of deep scary music and pretend battle scenes.
6:12 I think it's tough to break bones with a single handed club, hurting, concussing yes, breaking? unlikely I feel. Two handed club might do the trick, but is probably too slow in combat.
The comment: "they are the equivalent to our Black Ops people today" is a bit misconstrued. The ghost warriors were defending their lands against colonization. The present day Black Ops do the exact opposite. Sorry but I would compare these ancient fighters to any guerilla or freedom fighters in the world ever since times ancient conquest to modern colonization and agression towards third world countries. Black Ops are military units carrying out missions in other peoples' lands.
@@jagosevatarion8822 But it is important to remember that Tacitus wrote the book to present the Germanic tribes as a positive example to make his Roman compatriots return to a more moral life. So a lot of it is just idealized half truths at best.
Brilliant!...intro titles say 7AD and the voice over says 3rd century AD - stopped watching right there...if you can't manage to make the visuals match ther audio then gawd knows what else you get wrong.
I have read quite a bit about the Germanic tribes, Teutoberg etc. and I have never seen mention of “ghost warriors” Tacitus mentions a tribe they called the Harii who painted themselves and their shields black, conducted night raids and generally scared the shit out of Roman soldiers. He did not refer to them as “ghost warriors” Regarding the Harii, Tacitus writes in Germania: As for the Harii, quite apart from their strength, which exceeds that of the other tribes I have just listed, they pander to their innate savagery by skill and timing: with black shields and painted bodies, they choose dark nights to fight, and by means of terror and shadow of a ghostly army they cause panic, since no enemy can bear a sight so unexpected and hellish; in every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered.[2]
@@mito88 very much so. If I recall correctly, the only other cultures that the Romans were never truly able to pacify were the Scottish, Irish, I think. Obviously the Germans. And the Pictish.
if you stab a man and he still gets to scream, you are doing it wrong. Very bad for remaining undetected and not likely to be a lethal in that case. If you make a documentary about "historical special forces", don't just rely on historians alone. Consult people who are familiar with the reality of that subject.
Father Odin sleeps and dreams of met and poems, trying desperately to see the future and learn a lot on his many trips on many worlds. This shows his shaman-like nature. Wake him up and he becomes Wodan - pure fury, god of the battle, lord of the fallen. No more poems, no more sophisticated thoughts, just beserker rage. "Wuodan id est furor", Adam of Bremen, Christian cleric, approx 1075 about Odin The old german roots of the Name Odin/Wodan/ᚢᚦᛁᚾ means both "Poet, seer, inspiration, Prophet" on the one hand and "Frenzy, madness, fury, being possessed" on the other. Wednesdey is his day, like Thursday belongs to his son, Thor (representing THUNDER). Tuesday is the day of our god Tyr/Ziu (he stands for the LAW) Friday is the day of the goddess Frija/Frigg (she's the godess of LOVE) That's not our god only. It's the soul of our nation.
Germany in now one the best countries to visit.. gorgeous landscapes, great cities , and mostly friendly worldy peoples.. ive been a few times and loved everything 😊
I spent 3 1/2 years in a British military base near here.The area has been "civilised" with proper footpaths for the locals on their Sunday afternoon strolls.We used to use the more extensive wilder parts for orienteering. Just watching the video made my legs ache. FYI, "Arminius- is the Latinised form of "Herman," which was his real name.
The forest in the movie does not look like a German forest. It is very bright. I have spent my childhood in the forest collecting mushrooms and berries. It’s much darker and creepier. Especially the winters.
Is that like the Olympic Mountains in Washington? When we're in the woods, we tend to think it's getting close to stop hunting, but it's just that dark in there at dusk.
I've trained in grafenvere, hoenfels, and other places in Germany after dark. That tree cover was so thick our nods wouldn't work without some type of illumination which defeats the purpose lol. I probably spelled those training g areas wrong.
@@michaelabraham9177 When I was in the 1/509th (ABCT) in Italy, we called those areas Bavarian Resorts, lol.
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵 ....
@@michaelabraham9177The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵. ...
As one who is half German descent and half Scottish, I feel compelled to point out that Scotland and Germany were two places that resisted Rome most successfully.
I seriously doubt it. GERMANY did not exist until the nationalist (Leftist) revolution in the XIX Century.
If you mean Germania, you are wrong too, as all the Germanic lands on the West of the Rhine were part of the Empire. Germanic as any other, just part of the Empire, like California is part of the USA.
And not to forget: Germany, the region, actually WAS the Roman Empire, until 1806 when it was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
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So did the Welsh and English, the Romans never conquered the western parts of Wales and England, they left us with taxes though, enough said. Grrrrrr.
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The last name Rogers means "spear of renown" pretty cool. Imo....lol
As an Australian who has experienced Scottish Plumbing and German Food I would like to point out the Italians did both better.
this documentary is incorrect about Arminius. He wasn't recruited as an auxiliary as an adult. He and his brother were the young children of a cherusci chieftan, and they were taken as child hostages by the romans to force the chieftan to comply with roman rule. A common practice of many past societies. Arminius and his brother were raised in rome as romans. They were only sent back Saxony as adults after they were sufficiently "romanized" and trained in the roman military, to lead the tribe as pro-roman chieftans in an attempt to assimilate the entire tribe to roman rule.
My Latin teacher used to call him "Herman the German" because that was actually his name. Arminius is just a Latinized version.
Yes, you are absolutely correct. It was assumed that boys taken before age 12 wouldn't remember the country of their origin, being an asset to the country who captured them. Arminious did remember, was angry with his family and neighbors for not fighting harder to keep their families together. I wonder how many seasons of Romans coming to collect the boys he witnessed and dreaded.
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I see your bias. THE ROMANS. ROME. And Arminius sure sounds more noble than herman the german.
Teutonberg massacre
I was born an hour drive from the Teutoburger Forrest in Minden. Skulls, bones, helmets and weapons are still found there to this day in the ground.
Test the bones for their dna/ haplogroup
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Now the area will get flooded with relic hunters
That would be cool to find Germanic tribal weapons. Im sure its common knowledge in that area that artifacts are still being found today. Its no secret
I have seen Roman ghosts there - naked, because the Germans robbed them of their clothes !
You know you are fierce and violent when the Romans say 'don't go any further that way, that's enemy territory the other side of that (Hadrians Wall, Rhine River).
Exactly and Frank Ledwidge needs to come to my country where those tribes direct descendants are and say to their face "you're lazy and unorganized people" or say that about their ancestors and he will find out who they really are 😂
Hadrian's wall marks a boundary, but not that of an unconquered north. The Caledones had been defeated by Agricola, there just wasn't any benefit to Roman colonisation of the Highlands afterwards.
Or... That you have nothing of value and not worth the effort. Trust me if the Scottish mountains were full of gold and silver Rome would have conquered it in a week or less.
More like you're not worth the logistical cost of a campaign 🤣
Funny thing is, if the Roman's had treated them like friends, instead of trying to expand their territory, and calling them enemies, they could have enjoyed a relatively prosperous trade agreement with the Gauls, and had some valuable allies in the process. Wouldn't you call them enemies, if they were trying to invade your home?
Germany USED to be a symbol of resistance. Today, its compliance
Ya, its crazy how one guy messed it all up,😢
Well after loosing 2 world wars you have to change your game
So's Japan. Be careful in groups you don't belong to.
Spent thousands of years fighting each other. To this day.
Okay, less with wars and more with sports now, but it still sits true.
Ummm…. except in discussions of for this one historic incident, I have never heard anyone equate Germany with “resistance.”
One thing I learned is that in the German forest, the Black Forest, is the glow in the dark mold. It is very beautiful and interesting.
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵. ...
In America, we call that foxfire.
One tenth of the army wiped put? You might say they were... Decimated
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
Decimated means 90% wiped out.
I see they missed your point LOL as Dec is 10 LOL
Good one, it's truly SAD that so few actually "Get" the joke.
Nice. 😏
This hits home in a couple of ways. My mom was from Germany, my dad had a fair amount of German blood on his side of the family. I also see the "Roman attitude" more and more around the world including our own country. This is history, but it's also a call to be aware of what goes on around you.
Rome is still in control
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵..
@@stianthijsen4784The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵.. .....
Better a Roman attitude then whatever you guys had during ww2
As soon as I heard Alisdair Thompson 's voice, I was hooked. I like how he narrates the documentaries. He is my all time best narrator. 🔥
Much info is Wrong though
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵.. ..
Me to
I think was only these guys and (scottish pict tribes ) that actually repelled and fought Romans off on there journey of conquering world .. I'm proud my ancestors in scotland fought n scared Romans so much and these guys r just as great in this video .. Great video enjoyed it ❤
Well, the fact is that the "Romans" were in a large part Britons, non-Pictish scots or Germanics. They also weren't up to "conquer the world". They went until they found a place there, it wasn't worth fighting for. Furthermore, they usually build walls that were meant as border, just like the modern borders, but back then they didn't have barbed wire. So, Stone it was.
We tend to have a very distorted image of what the Romans really were. Also with our own identities. Every single European country (I bet, including Italy) has its legends about how our respective ancestors heroically defeated the Romans, from the Picts in Scotland to the Batavians here in the Netherlands. Both have actually one curious thing in common:
Neither the modern day Scots nor the modern day Dutch have any relation to Picts or Batavians. The Picts have left pretty little genetic traces, while modern Scots are mostly related to the ancient Irish Celts and medieval Danes. And the Batavians left little trace either, replaced by a coalition of several late Germanic tribes, the Franks. Which after 500 years of Roman civilization were just as Roman as the Romans were "Germanic".
TL;DR: Modern Europeans are genetically more related to the Romans than to any "mythical" ancestor that we fancy ourselves to be offspring off. And by Roman, I mean the huge mix of Germanic, Celtic and Mediterranean that was spread across the best part of the Continent for up to 500 years.
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵. ...
I'm glad a few countries managed to fight them off. Romans were glorified invaders
Bro, you need to work on your spelling and grammar.
Scots were still in Hiburnia at the time, and the Picts did not stop the Romans from doing anything
Varus was NOT regarded as "the best general" in Rome at the time. He was an effective governor, but by no means a military man
The tax Man - ruthless!
I heard he was a cruel governor and married into the Julian Claudia Dynasty. He was an outstanding lawyer but incompetent with the troops.
Drusus did the Job in germania and his Brother Tiberius after Drusus Death, D. Ahenobarbus moved with his forces even further over the Elbe River
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
@@Sturminfantrist The Romans came as far as the Elbe, not beyond the Elbe.
The Germanic tribes could just have shown the Romans all the ads YT peppers this with.. that would have caused them to lose the will to live too.
German and Italian history is interwoven in many ways. Fascinating stories. Study them.
Langobards came from northern germany. Their king Alboin conquered huge parts of Italy.
The Goths came from Scandinavia, went through Germany and reached places like Crimea, Greece, Rome, France and Africa.
The Teutoni came from Denmark and went to northern Italy.
The Normans conquered parts of Italy such as Calabria and took Sicily from the Arabs.
Oh, Varus! Oh, Quintillius Varus, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!!!!
Exactly 😂
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵. ......
I was never special ops, but what I learned, during my years in the Army. Special OPS train how to kill silently, not face to face like regular forces. If they are in close combat, that means something went wrong.
Brother, I agree with you. But times have changed. They sure didn't have a way to kill at distance effectively, especially at night.
That depends on what our ROEs & objectives are & how long we are in the area... If it's a hunter-killer mission, rules say we put them down & then disappear after we put a calling card on each body...
The Abu Sayyaf KNEW 1st SFG wasn't going to play with them in the Philippines - we made it VERY clear...
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
@user-cx1lv3ji6f we don't spend any more ToT than we have to. If we're doing a sweep-&-search, 1 of our team is standing there with a stopwatch calling out the time over coms or the radio (usually 1 of our 18Es) while we search & someone is writing down everything we call out... Once time is up, we disappear back into the jungle... UNLESS we are looking for something specific... then we keep searching while the overwatch keeps us updated... That's why it's called a retrieval team - & if you ask what we're retrieving, we literally tell you it's none of your business, lmfao... & we didn't gaf what your rank was when we said it 😂😂😂...
If we were doing a hostage snatch, ANYONE on target got put down. Except the hvt we wanted. We ALREADY know if there are civilians around or not. The Abu Sayyaf didn't have civilians around, which meant anyone we found got wasted & we didn't stop till we hit the LOA.
1500 meter kill-sweep is just that - no need to explain...
I used to LOVE the interdiction missions, because the ASG would always switch camps at night. That meant they couldn't see tripwires. We would toss an APM into each hooch with the timer set for 30 seconds. Set it in the middle of the room - timer ticks down & 8 tripwires shoot out in all directions. Once armed, it has a mousetrap setup in it, so if you even move it with a stick, it explodes.
APMs are a much smaller/better version of the bouncing betty - every team guy carried 2. If we had to break contact, we pulled a rolling retreat on purpose - as last man pulled back, he sets 1 to 10 secs & tosses it over his shoulder... At 10 secs, the mine shoots out the tripwires & ARMS. 500 lil ball bearings inside... If you were DUMB enough to follow us, you're going to have a BAD day...
The asg tried to put a bounty on our heads - but the $10k they offered was WORTHLESS, because our chain or command offered a cool $1 million to any Filipino who gave us info that led to the capture or death of ANY verified ASG member. I still have the leaflets & posters our 37 foxes put out during our psyop blitz... 😂😂😂
I can't say any more - it violates our OPSEC. And MANY of us who were in on the Philippine ops have been sent into Taiwan now, just WAITING for China to twitch 😂🤫👻🤫😂
45:04 45:04
"Varus was one of the best Generals of his Day..."
Varus was a Politician/Lawyer, he had hardly any Campaign experience, was greedy and disinterested in the Legions under his Command, he wanted to Govern and reap the spoils of conquest, he imposed harsh, unrealistic taxes on the Germanic tribes, imprisoned their Chiefs and subjugated the tribesmen, he raided Village harvests which were vital to the tribes survival through the harsh Winters, he was Not "one of Rome's best Generals".
Indeed, Varys was a military nobody, just an administrator and tax collector not a soldier.
@@charliebubbles9501 "He came to the rich Province syria as a poor man and later left the poor Syrian province as a rich man" thats all you need to know about him
Rome doesn't send their best
@@LTPottenger hehehe
I'm from East Tennessee so trust me not everybody's scared of the woods at night
Same here in N. Georgia. My woods are safer than any city block, day or night 🌃
Many of us here in Wisco are more at home in the woods at night than a city street in day.
Same here in tx
Three Legions wiped out. It takes ages to kill a man if he doesn't want to be killed. Unless they used poison it never happened overnight. I think it difficult to imagine that three legions could be so ill trained they would fall to a barricade and people with sticks. At night.
Unless they were Americans wearing magic underpants over their trousers.
I’ll bet you’re afraid of banjos playing in the woods at night! 😂
I love learning about my German heritage. It makes me realize where my traits come from. I am extremely independent and love nothing more than to be alone and by Gods, I would fiercely kill to protect my country. Thank you for this.
du würdest doch nicht ehrlich für unsere müllregierung töten... wir sind marionetten des american empires. Wenn du für deutschland kämpfen willst, kämpf für unsere unabhängigkeit und den erhalt unserer Kultur, unseres Landes und Wesens
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵...
Ha go awY u watch to meny docks
That was brilliant. I really enjoyed watching that.
The animation for the intro is awesome. I could watch that by itself all day long.
I was unaware that the Germanic tribes from 2000 years ago fought in plaid pajamas.
Well who doesn't love pajamas?!? 😂
VERY CONFY,ILL SAY😅
They obviously bought them from the picts. And in return they probably sent them german made wagons or something like that.
What a difference to today where Germany is being overrun by hordes from the middle east and Africa. Wonder what the old tribes would do.
Even just 200 years ago people wouldn't have let other groups invade their country without a fight. The only time Europe gets invaded and overrun is when we let it happen on purpose. Such a sad outcome.
If you resist you’re an “evil racist”
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵....
It’s being overrun with god hating people like the rest of this world. It’s not long until Jesus returns
Doesn't matter what the old tribes would do. THEY at least had the excuse of lack of good knowledge sources for their ignorant prejudices of other people, what are ours today?
Hard to imagine that Augustus was too surprised about the head of Varus. The head had to travel 900 miles south in those times so the smell of decay would have been significant.
It's honestly almost impossible to tell how these events really happened. History is written by the victors and sometimes they exaggerate for the publicity just like today
They tended to put the heads in alcohol or oil. I have read of one that was preserved in salt to be brought to their leader
Salt stops the smell, 😂
@@Archangelsword still 900 miles with the rate of travel it would take months through heat damp etc it would still reek. Get a piece of raw salted meat and carry it around in your pocket unsealed for even just a few weeks and see how popular you are. Not to mention that the tribes probably wouldn't have taken the time and trouble to preserve the head.
Honey would preserve the head if completely covered.
I am Scottish, and German/french. With ties to Visigoths, and suebi, and the Pictish. Im proud that my ancestors fought the romans the way they did. That fight still lives in us today. 😎👍🏻💪🏻
If so: why have you allowed foreign invaders to take control of much of your administration, including an overtly racist, white-hating, muslim? If the news is to be believed, Scots are committing suicide; directly or through 'rolling over'.
I believe too that migration throughout America was happening
Those that adapted
Hyeanas & animal herds
Germanic included Dutch,Swiss, Austrian, Australian,New Zealand etc
Hard to hide in the woods wearing a checkerboard pattern outfit. That cracked me up. Excellent camo!
They did not, however, touch on the Roman's revenge for this betrayal. The old Romans did not let stuff like that slide on by.
Germanicus went and slaughtered his way all over Germania.
It was Primarily the Chatti he took by Surprise , He used negotiations and helped Defend a Tribe against Arminius , who of course was Killed several years later by a Rival Chief. But he never made it all the way through and knew he would be driven out, But in the end the Germans ended Rome permanently , just as every invading horde ended up that tried to take them on. , As Wild as the Germanic Tribes were and constantly combating rival Tribes they were repulsed by the Brutality of Rome and felt they were unjust , duplicitous and treacherous and determined to subjugate , The Germans just wanted to be left alone. Rome was a brutal expansionist and genocidal Empire (Carthage) this allowed Europe to become the modern West of European Nations@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq
@@jamesberlo4298 I don't disagree, I first heard about the teuroberg massacre when I read ,"I Claudius", by Robert Graves then read more and more and then I found myself driving through the area whilst visiting engineering firms in Northern Germany and talking to the locals, they told me of caches of coins found and rusty old weapons and then we have the British army officer who nailed the location of the massacre.
Rome needed constant expansion otherwise it would wither and die, we see the same nowadays with the EU and their constant expansionist policies !
They were eventually pushed back out though.
My people beat back the Romans, that's a great ancestral brag.
might makes right.
I think we’ve done great in all our military endeavors until now
Yeah, they also committed histories worst genocide...
@user-jo6wn9sl1j the covid vaccine was a German invention?
@@MarkGrijalva
The people didn’t. The regime did ☝🏻
It's difficult to imagine how advanced the Romans were in pretty much everything, compared to the tribes in Germany or Britain. They'd use a kind of scortched earth policy of burning down forests in order to do battle in open land where they could utilize formation fighting.
sounds pretty simple to me....
Sounds stupid to me, why clear a forest to have a battle, they might clear ground around and about, but forests?
It does seem so stupid ..your coming to my country..we ain't changing anything
@@johnfisher697The Roman army had engineers that would clear a path through forests ahead of the army, removing trees n such so they could march through unencumbered.
@@histguy101 And that more than likely happened after a major victory against the tribes, or in peace time, Pretty sure the Roman army didn't stand around waiting for that to happen. Have you ever seen a European forest even with woodland management , they are impenetrable, any path way made would be for light movement only, ( short Rations , and no heavy equipment.no wagons)
Remember in those days no power tools at all. More than likely they used path known to the natives.
This is less a documentary and more fanfiction
love the ghost warrior in the L L Bean shirt
well it clearly looks like todays special forces are more like the romans, and the the ghost warriors are more like the prepared civilians (aka people standing up against black ops .. ) and Frank Ledwidge as Ken Jones are so pathetically pretending to have the skills of that they dream to have, the ones only some none military people sometimes have .. I love it best documentary ever !
@31min 33 seconds ay
In his pyjamas😂
Saw that too. Had no idea they had flannel shirts in Germania 😂😂😂
I suppose most men see themselves as brave but compared to these ancient germans and romans its a far stretch. CQC with axes and swords, and of course, modern bayonet work must be terrifying. Instant bowel release. Can't be enough respect for any man who has faced this
As a fully native German I am so unendly proud of my Germanic ancestor. We fighting back all invaders then the Roman’s today the Arabs and Islam!!
True, but how many other Germans you know view Islam the way you do?
@@sandupamaliyanage9951 And thank goodness I don't see any people attacking people with spear and club here.
Really?…..I think you welcome the Arabs and Islam nowadays!!…ask Angela Merckel???😂
@@pablosanta-maria5675 Right Merkel let them all in and now they take over and not one German will fight. The Germans are tamed now.....unfortunately :(
These are my ancestors and it's why I have so many soldiers in my family
Did most of them get killed by the Soviet and you are probably half russian as well after the russian had fun with German girls 😂😅 😉
Sure and next you will say your great great something is directly related to Arminius - hört sich eher an wie eine Cheese-Burger Vergiftung an von einem kleinen Wichtigtuer.
I am the official ghost warrior
Really, because according to some, the dna evidence shows that the original inhabitants almost completely died out during the black death as they had no immunity to the plague where as the later arrivals to europe became dominant due to being at least partially resistant to the plague.
During WWII as well? :S
Looks like whoever was in charge of wardrobe for the Germans deffo just went down to the thrift shop and filled a few bags with whatever.
Hahaha the dude in the red flannel definitely broke the 4th wall for me
Half the clothing looked like target night time wear!
@@arthurjones9580 It's Aldi clothing. I noticed a long tartan shirt dress that totally looked like something I got from Aldi - the most German of all supermarket. 😂😂
Are some of those German tribesmen wearing Pendleton shirts? Some had lovely trendy hairstyles, I especially like the ones with buns. They would not look out of place waiting tables in Los Angeles.
What a load of fanciful crap.
He was a hostage taken from his father to make sure his father the leader of his tribe will do as Rome said so and he was taken together with his younger brother
The Romans had to choose between their slaves who were mainly northern barbarians to have😏🤤🍆🥵.. ...
And the thing Rome had in plan was, as soon as the king/chief/whatever dies, the empire will inherit the land. And they tended to put in governors that know the local customs and have some of support of the people.
As long as you keep paying taxes and don't start any uprisings Rome was pretty content with it.
But if you make trouble, they send in some legions and put a more complacent governor in charge.
Ach........the good old days when Germans had spines.
up until about 1950, i hate what happened to them like the rest of europe
@@rpstokesjr Decades of subversion built upon a foundational myth and an enemy that doubles as a boogieman for generations to come. Some German artist guy tried his best, but his failure sealed our fate.
Isn't that a sad State of affairs.. we are digging in and prepared it will cost them to overrun us we know the terrain we know the woods
@@davidstanworth5543 The director and co have no idea about military tactics. Talking about fighting in forests as if using cavalry on a dry plain engaed with ballistics.
@@rpstokesjrI am German and I love that we no longer believe to be superior to anybody else. "Pride and haughtiness come before the fall" as we say here.
The battle took place in the Teutoburg Forest and it was these Teutons who, after battles with the Romans, migrated back to the north and settled in these forests. Originally, together with the Cimbri, they had emigrated from Scandinavia.
They were tribal Frank 20:39. That's why they were not organized. They were not lazy. It's like calling Native Americans or any multi-tribed people lazy because they want independence, autonomy and solace in their own region. It is not easy to live from the natural world. It takes work. They didn't use massive taxation from surfs and slave farming labor to do so like the empire did/ does.
In fact Germanic tribes were independent and the men and women were free, but they would meet to the Thing where the people would speak and vote, for example the leader of an army would be voted. There were local, regional and over regional Things and the voted guys out of the lower Things would meet there to contact, speak and vote. They would even meet to religious parties in Scandinavia. So they were free and independent but not unorganised. Also neighbouring tribes would rob and fight each other just for fun.
As Cicero said of the Roman army "they make a desert and call it peace"To be conquered by the Roman's just as the Celtic Gauls and Southern Britons were, would mean genocide or brutal rule,those nations which avoided the oppression were rare,brave and fortunate. 8:05
The one narrator doesn’t understand what “black ops” is. Black ops and special forces aren’t interchangeable. Other than that great piece. Love listening to these.
Jungle guerrilla is nightmare for every soldier..
Except this is forest warfare. Not jungle. Which if you've ever been to the Pacific Northwest in USA you understand how fast you can get lost
no more nightmares after kaput
Thus the reason for implementing a night watch that rotate so everyone gets a little sleep
@@gladtech4740
where the mosquito is the national bird.
@@gladtech4740 The woods throughout the Pacific Northwest into British Columbia have forest so thick and tangled with underbrush, that in some places you can wander fifty feet from the road and not only be unable to see the highway, sound from passing cars seems to come from everywhere.
So this is where the Brothers Grimm got their inspiration from. Forests are full of ghosts and spirits....
Every fairytale that you have ever heard came from the forests of Germany.
Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Et cetera…
and elves, gnomes, giants, dragons…
germay was filled with a lot of tribes the germans (spearpeople geer is the celtic word for spear) saxons (swordpeople Sax is the celtic word for a big knife) raetians, helvetii, noricans... the one thing they had in common the were celts ( celt is the celtic word for an axe)and therefore they were very skiild at all those weapons not only the ones you mentioned and free people until rome moved in. they were very well organized the raetians defeted rome in war before they became romes first province. not conuered in war but bought by the romans. so they were capable of organizing.
So, what primary sources refer to these 'ghost warriors'? I've never heard of them.
Tacitus - Germania
@@jamiestokes8462 Thanks! I guess I'll have to go reread my Tacitus. So many programs like this never mention their sources even once.
@@jamiestokes8462 He didn't call them ghost warriors though, its a spinn.
@@SEKreiverbecause it is opinion and fiction based.
Look at the Germania chapter 43 (Harier or Harii)
Feeling sad for the fallen Romans... Such is the power of Re enactment😢
Karma is a wonderful intangible that eventually takes out the bad guys !!!
This "documentary" offers not a single mention of historical source or archeological evidence of "ghost warriors."
"The Club is a very effective Weapon, even through Armour, it's going to have an Impact...."
Amazing, a Club has "impact"......
It is also one of the traditional Zulu weapons.
The hard round wooden head can stop a knee from moving through sheer pain.
Even if the bone is not greatly damaged the brain can lose control of it. Then you fall and are despatched as you are used to gain height for the next victim.
If it should ever happen, of course.
Sure, a club has an impact when it hits something. ???
How else would you describe the type of blow a club delivers?
In Kenya among the Maasai,a big lorry wheel bolt (fiat or Mercedes)is attached as the club knob.direct strike is mostly fatal.
@@20chocsaday
My Father had a collection of "Knob-Carry's", a Club shaped out of a single piece of Hardwood with a large bulbous "knob" on the end of a slender "handle", most brutal looking things, you couldn't look at one and resist imagining a Warrior swinging it through an enemy's life...
Do one on the Picts. They deserve credit to for fighting skill, and refusing to be passive Roman tax serfs. Slaughtered entire legions to.
Nah, celts didn't look scandanvian and they were conquered by romans
@@jasrajsandhu1658 bs. So conquered, that Rome built a wall across England to contain them. You are funny, why do their looks matter?. They were their own People, not simply Celts.
@@999Emergency24 they didn't look scandanvian so their history is boring, also they got wiped out by vikings later
@@jasrajsandhu1658 so what, were talkong Roman late era, Vikings came 1000 years or so later when the Picts were no longer a people. They were not wiped out. I am sure many people in the UK especually Scottland desended from them and don' t even know it. No their history is anything but boring.
@@jasrajsandhu1658 man, you're tripping. Vikings were like a 1000 plus years after the Picts and Romans duked it out.
Rome's rule is still here but in the split into the two feet and ten toes.
There will always be those that set out to dominate…. Just as there will always be those who simply say … ‘Not today’ ✊
I'm mostly Germanic and have an almost historic love for Italian food 😮
I don't understand why Germanic peoples and Celts are always portrayed in such a strangely primitive way. Excavations show a different picture. But overall nicely made.
That was a great history lesson, I enjoyed that, thank you.
FACT CHECKED: TRUE
The deadly work of top ancient assassins. The elite Harii tribe of Germania were trained to fight only at night and inflicted the Roman Army's worst-ever defeat. Three Roman Legions completely wiped out. Greatest Roman defeat for over 200yrs.
Thank You.
Fact checked where? What is your source?
Factually incorrect🤡🤣 The Harii didn't even fight the battle of Arausio, which was the battle you probably had in mind...which involved Cimbri and Teutons, not Harii 😂
Teutoberg Wald? @@MrAlepedroza
I just looked them up and Tacitus said something about the “ghostlike” Harii, but no one called them “Ghost Warriors.” That seems like a very recent thing.
Thanks for the history and sharing it with us. Love the video.
Awesome Documentary!!!! 10 Stars!
The Teutonburg Forest Massacre happened in 9 AD not 7 AD as was stated a couple of times.
The narrator forgot his glasses.😅
Germany has always been Metal AF! 🤘
Es ist im Blut
The last flap has fallen.
The Morgenthau Plan is almost complete.
I came to America at 15 and joined the American military at 17 later becoming a Green Beret. I’m proud of my blood line.
Some facts , a lot of fiction, just to set one point , no battle field would of been left with Roman body's still wearing there armour, the tribes would strip there corpse's head to toe , facts .🧐
Not in a raid in the middle of night or while chasing down stragglers for miles.
yeah it makes no sense that a messenger would deliver the head of a soldier to their general. As if they wouldn't realise what is inside the box haha suuuree... with it rotting and bleeding and banging al the way through.
@@StvnDaHeathn congratulations on noticing that , you should be proud of yourself 🤓
So the fiction is based on your assumption?
THESE STRATEGIES WERE MASSIVELY ADVANCED, AND SIMILAR BIOLOGICAL STRATEGIES COULD BE USED TODAY. HE BASICALLY SLEEP DEPRIVED THE ROMAN ARMY, FOUGHT WITH SPEARS THAT THE ROMANS CLOULD NOT DEFEND WELL FROM, AND THE USE OF THE CLUB
IS A NEW WEAPON TO OVERWHELM.
I THINK THE GERMANS MERE EXTREMELY DISCIPLINED, AND EXTREMELY ORGANIZED.
GOOD SHOW.
What's with the shouting? And no, the Germanic tribes were not very organized. That is Arminius true victory: to even unite the tribes for this ONE battle. I mean he was murdered by his tribesmen not much later because the tribes definitely did NOT want to be organized.
@@doomhippie6673 DEAR DOOMED HIPPY.
IF YOU READ YOUR HISTORY THE ROMANS MASS MURDERED IN GENOCIDE AGAINST THE GERMAN TRIBES UP TO HALF A MILLION MEN WOMEN , CHILDREN , EVEN ANIMALS. IT TOOK ONE LEGION OF 5,000 TO HOLD BRITAIN , OR ENGLAND TO HADRIAN'S WALL.
THE ROMANS HAD MASSIVE ARMIES, TRAINED IN MASS RAPE PILLAGE, GENOCIDE, AND ENSLAVEMENT. FOR A ROMAN LEGION TO BE WIPED OUT TAKES INCREDIBLE LOYALTY MILITARY SKILL, AND
ORGANISATIONAL TALENT, WHICH EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE ANGLOSAXONS TAKING BRITAIN, AND NORTHERN ITALY. THE GERMAN TRIBES EVENTUALLY DEFEATED ROME AND
TOOK OVEF ITALY AS A RESULT. MY COMMENTS ARE MY BELIEF ONLY WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
Very much enjoyed that .
Funny enough the act at the 38:00 min mark is something that bandits at night used to do back in the 80’s back home, they would grease themselves up as well to make it harder to catch em
Absolutely brilliant first class narration and very interesting subject
If there is such a thing as ghost ,today those woods should be full Roman soldiers
Ahhhh! Germania! Brings back so many memories.
You got a time machine? Because the place is now called "Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia"... And we do have streets with concrete and all. We do have Romans though, but we call them "reenactors" ;)
@VFella stop hating on everyone and get a life. Are you a mind reader? Do you know the context in which he meant? You're not even European 😂 have no sense of pride just full of crap lmao
Gideon, is that you? LOL!
Germany is the mightiest military force on the face of the earth to this vary day. Long live the Doitchland
Like the copper pipe connected to the “horn”!
Arminius never had more then 4000 Warriors at a Time. He was the greatest Warleader of the antiquity as roman Scolars said. Because he was able to defeat die Empire at its hight.
After Arminius came Marbod with his Markomanni and waged war against Rome for 10 years. He was the main reason the Romans hid behind the Danube and tried to make alliances with some Germanic tribes. Also a interesting and undervalued character of history.
The Germans already had the best soldiers back then. That is genetic.
😂😂😂
facts dont lie
Yes it is my Grandfather was WW1 my Father was WW2 Stalingrad 6. Army Proud at Both RIP
I appreciate people putting effort into all these videos. Admittedly I listen on headphones whilst running so don't see the picture/videos but I do feel this could have been covered in less than ten mins. An awful lot of repetitive info, lots of deep scary music and pretend battle scenes.
Did anyone else laugh at the watermelon 😂? Like hey were in ancient europe oh btw heres our PRACTICE WATERMELON 😂😂😂
I felt embarrassed, regretful, like I'd seen something I shouldn't've.
@@nicksweeney5176 it cannot be unseen
@@prettygoodactually
No. Never. Very regretfully. The internet is a rough place, bro.
I've seen watermelons and pumpkin to use many times they want you to know what the splatter is and how it feels. We smoke pumpkins regular
6:12 I think it's tough to break bones with a single handed club, hurting, concussing yes, breaking? unlikely I feel. Two handed club might do the trick, but is probably too slow in combat.
There's a lot of Roman bones laying in Germania somewhere
The comment: "they are the equivalent to our Black Ops people today" is a bit misconstrued. The ghost warriors were defending their lands against colonization. The present day Black Ops do the exact opposite. Sorry but I would compare these ancient fighters to any guerilla or freedom fighters in the world ever since times ancient conquest to modern colonization and agression towards third world countries. Black Ops are military units carrying out missions in other peoples' lands.
Must-have cost a lot of money to produce this video. For that, we salute you
do we have records from the Romans of these 'Ghost Warriors'?
Tacitus - Germania. I dont remember which page but it is a short book.
@@jagosevatarion8822bs,
@@jagosevatarion8822 But it is important to remember that Tacitus wrote the book to present the Germanic tribes as a positive example to make his Roman compatriots return to a more moral life. So a lot of it is just idealized half truths at best.
@20:50 That’s a bit critical to say how masterfully they survived as free men in the deep forests of Germania.
Brilliant!...intro titles say 7AD and the voice over says 3rd century AD - stopped watching right there...if you can't manage to make the visuals match ther audio then gawd knows what else you get wrong.
A lot.
Well told, well done!!!
5:03 I want to see him actually hit it. A actual expert of the shepherds sling doesn’t use it that way
I have read quite a bit about the Germanic tribes, Teutoberg etc. and I have never seen mention of “ghost warriors”
Tacitus mentions a tribe they called the Harii who painted themselves and their shields black, conducted night raids and generally scared the shit out of Roman soldiers. He did not refer to them as “ghost warriors”
Regarding the Harii, Tacitus writes in Germania:
As for the Harii, quite apart from their strength, which exceeds that of the other tribes I have just listed, they pander to their innate savagery by skill and timing: with black shields and painted bodies, they choose dark nights to fight, and by means of terror and shadow of a ghostly army they cause panic, since no enemy can bear a sight so unexpected and hellish; in every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered.[2]
I'm reminded of the Rebels and Ewoks fight against the storm troopers on Endor!
Like the modern US Army Rangers have said; the night is your friend.
so is night vision
Maybe so but they do not know our terrain or woods or our strategy. We're hiding in wait for them and they're welcome to come on in
As I sit here I’m quite proud of my German heritage. I absolutely love my Italian cousins, but my heart is Irish, German, and Welsh. E PLURIBUS UNUM.
This video is absolutely captivating!
and very misleading and wrong in many details.
Thankyou for sharing your knowledge about it all.
33:06 that looks like a piece of plumbing pipe he pulled out from under his bathroom sink.
😂😂🤣🤣
If I recall correctly, What we now know as Germany was one of the few places that Rome was unable pacify.
east of the rhine only
@@mito88 Even so my point still stands.
@ultrajd
I don't disagree with you.
the germans definitely drew a line and kicked roman butts.
@@mito88 very much so. If I recall correctly, the only other cultures that the Romans were never truly able to pacify were the Scottish, Irish, I think. Obviously the Germans. And the Pictish.
@@ultrajd
the 9th legion..... those savage barbarians!
It goes to show that through times of peace, we forget about the finer strategies of war, only to call them *special when relived
if you stab a man and he still gets to scream, you are doing it wrong. Very bad for remaining undetected and not likely to be a lethal in that case. If you make a documentary about "historical special forces", don't just rely on historians alone. Consult people who are familiar with the reality of that subject.
Mother’s family came over from Wales. Father’s family is from Roumania and Upper Silesia which is part of Poland today lol. We want it back!
Who wants it back? The Romanians? The Welsh? Good luck with that.
If only the German people had this warrior spirit today 🎉
It’s there. Don’t ask for it.
Father Odin sleeps and dreams of met and poems, trying desperately to see the future and learn a lot on his many trips on many worlds. This shows his shaman-like nature.
Wake him up and he becomes Wodan - pure fury, god of the battle, lord of the fallen. No more poems, no more sophisticated thoughts, just beserker rage.
"Wuodan id est furor", Adam of Bremen, Christian cleric, approx 1075 about Odin
The old german roots of the Name Odin/Wodan/ᚢᚦᛁᚾ means both "Poet, seer, inspiration, Prophet" on the one hand and "Frenzy, madness, fury, being possessed" on the other.
Wednesdey is his day, like Thursday belongs to his son, Thor (representing THUNDER).
Tuesday is the day of our god Tyr/Ziu (he stands for the LAW)
Friday is the day of the goddess Frija/Frigg (she's the godess of LOVE)
That's not our god only. It's the soul of our nation.
Whoa there. They got a little carried away the last time the old warrior spirit was invoked bud!😉
Germany in now one the best countries to visit.. gorgeous landscapes, great cities , and mostly friendly worldy peoples.. ive been a few times and loved everything 😊
I enjoyed this video on the major defeat of the Roman Army. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨
Great episode 😮 !
Love how they are portrayed as masters of camouflage and stealth yet the film shows them all wearing their gleaming gold necklaces at night!
I spent 3 1/2 years in a British military base near here.The area has been "civilised" with proper footpaths for the locals on their Sunday afternoon strolls.We used to use the more extensive wilder parts for orienteering. Just watching the video made my legs ache. FYI, "Arminius- is the Latinised form of "Herman," which was his real name.
Nope, Herman was not his name. Historians are pretty sure.
@@pjotrwollowski4930 His original germanic name is unknown. And it is spelled "Hermann"....
These warrior where called Harier. Absolute Elite. Die last of an century old warrior Tradition.
Nope no where near
41:46 what the heck are they wearing?
Their 'Tribal colors', clans, ect. ❇️👁️❇️
When the story they tell doesn’t actually match up with history 😂
This was amazing and how it was portray was fascinating and the show Barbarians did it pretty wel too.