Welcome! I'd love to hear your thoughts on which battles had the greatest impact on history-or even those that might not have been hugely influential but were particularly fascinating to study.
@@HistoryfortheAges I revisit my dear friends every few years or so, cycle through my collection of Tom Clancy, Robert Heinlein and other beloved authors. We had shared the "I, Claudius" mini series to our homeschooled kids, partly a 'film as literature' partly a 'look at our favorite actors so young! and I picked up my I, Claudius and Claudius the God copies for their distinct literary flavor. It had been a few years since our last visit. Thanks again for the videos!
That is a good one!! I have a video on the 2nd Punic War! I don't go into a lot of detail on it, but I think you would still enjoy it. Have you seen it? And thank you!
My favorite battles are: Battle of Ia Drang (US vs NVA). Battle of Puebla (Mexico vs France). Battle of Rorke's Drift (British vs Zulu). Battle of Gaugamela (Alexander vs Persia). Battle of Waterloo. Battle of Gettysburg (US North vs US South).
@@HistoryfortheAges I think Waterloo just because I've read so much on it and loved the 1970's movie which kind of brings it to life for me. Big fan of battle of Alesia which involved Julius Caesar blockading Vercingetorix inside the town of Alesia and at the same time building a second ring of fortifications to protect his army from attack from the Gauls from outside. Marathon was the first battle discussed in my classical history class in Grade ten that jump started my interest in classical history and classical military history.
Thumbs up. I was hoping a Napoleonic battle would be #1 but your choice does make perfect sense. It changed everything. Well maybe not, I dunno. Even without D-Day it was probably over for Germany anyway. After their colossal defeat at Stalingrad Germany was on the road to ruin, it was just a matter of time before the Soviet Steamroller ground them down. Then again, without D-Day the commies would have controlled over half of Europe so in that sense, D-Day was very important in the battle against fascism (just leftist fascism in this case). Also a lot more people would have died in the last days of the camps, and more resistance fighters would have died in the German-occupied territories like France, without the western allies liberating them early.
Welcome! I'd love to hear your thoughts on which battles had the greatest impact on history-or even those that might not have been hugely influential but were particularly fascinating to study.
1. Marathon
2.Guagamela
3.Alesia
4.Tours
5.Waterloo
Battle of the German Forest with the loss of 3 Roman legions. Huge fan of books by Robert Graves and the show from them.
I enjoy his books as well! Have not read them in years!! Do you have one you enjoyed the most?
@@HistoryfortheAges I revisit my dear friends every few years or so, cycle through my collection of Tom Clancy, Robert Heinlein and other beloved authors. We had shared the "I, Claudius" mini series to our homeschooled kids, partly a 'film as literature' partly a 'look at our favorite actors so young! and I picked up my I, Claudius and Claudius the God copies for their distinct literary flavor. It had been a few years since our last visit. Thanks again for the videos!
Battle of Zama...love your stuff!
That is a good one!! I have a video on the 2nd Punic War! I don't go into a lot of detail on it, but I think you would still enjoy it. Have you seen it? And thank you!
My favorite battles are:
Battle of Ia Drang (US vs NVA).
Battle of Puebla (Mexico vs France).
Battle of Rorke's Drift (British vs Zulu).
Battle of Gaugamela (Alexander vs Persia).
Battle of Waterloo.
Battle of Gettysburg (US North vs US South).
Guagamela
Marathon
Alesia
Tours
Waterloo
All great choices!!! Thank you for watching! Which one would be your top 1?
@@HistoryfortheAges I think Waterloo just because I've read so much on it and loved the 1970's movie which kind of brings it to life for me.
Big fan of battle of Alesia which involved Julius Caesar blockading Vercingetorix inside the town of Alesia and at the same time building a second ring of fortifications to protect his army from attack from the Gauls from outside.
Marathon was the first battle discussed in my classical history class in Grade ten that jump started my interest in classical history and classical military history.
Battle of the Atlantic is up there for me.
It is one that so few people know about! I have a short video on it. It is in my WWII playlist! Please share the video with others
I agree with D-Day as no. 1. I also have a big interest in Operation Bagration.
Thank you for watching! Please share with others
Battle of Thermopylae
@Akira-i2d one on my list too!!
Thumbs up. I was hoping a Napoleonic battle would be #1 but your choice does make perfect sense. It changed everything.
Well maybe not, I dunno. Even without D-Day it was probably over for Germany anyway. After their colossal defeat at Stalingrad Germany was on the road to ruin, it was just a matter of time before the Soviet Steamroller ground them down. Then again, without D-Day the commies would have controlled over half of Europe so in that sense, D-Day was very important in the battle against fascism (just leftist fascism in this case). Also a lot more people would have died in the last days of the camps, and more resistance fighters would have died in the German-occupied territories like France, without the western allies liberating them early.
@spaceclown7650 thank you for watching! I have a few videos on Napoleon!! So many amazing battles to picks from