British Officer: “Sir we can’t break-through American lines.” British General: “Send in another force to attack!” British Officer: “But hundreds will die.” British General: “Thousands.” British Officer: ....
There is a saying in the colonial times of the British empire that was very true lions led by donkeys unless it's the Duke of marlborough he ain't no donkey
@Dan Gurău casualties is a general term for both those dead and wounded. Though the goal in war back then wasn't to actually kill your enemy but to burden them with wounded, because it takes more resources to care for a wounded man than bury a dead one.
So I just found this piece of the description of the Minutemen for Empire- Total War and it just made me crack up for a minute. "Their thoroughly unsporting habit of not standing in line to get shot was much despised by their British opponents."
@John Doe Actually the British won a lot of victories against the militia with their tight packed formations. Unless you had the advantage of terrain slowing the enemy you could only get a couple volleys off at an effective range before a charging column closed with you. The British trained to absorb those hits and then charge the firing line in column, presenting a very narrow front until they closed with the enemy. At that point it was bayonet work, where the British in combat formation basically became a line of spears and the colonists with their motley equipment and few bayonets were at a severe disadvantage. It wasn't until years into the conflict that the US forces managed to standardize their equipment, get bayonets to everyone who needed one, train their men in the art of bayonet fighting (thank you von Steuben) and stand up to the British bayonet charges.
me playing holdfast " as an american we have proved standing in line is stupid and im gonna take this group ad were gonna take the high ground and shoot down, Brits: ABSOULTE RAGE!!!!!!!!
Yet, interestingly enough, the minutemen who weren't "stupid" enough to fight in lines formed into lines on Lexington Green to withstand the British. Line fighting was suited to its time, and all major battles, whether American victories or British, were won using lines of men. I will agree that militias, scouts, guerillas, and spies all had their place in warfare, but it is incorrect to say that they were the dominant force that won American freedom. Militiamen also had an uncomfortable penchant for simply leaving the army when they got bored or sick of fighting. It was the well drilled discipline of the Continental Army, along with a lot of aid from France, Spain, and the Netherlands that won the war.
My teacher was all into this. When it was almost time for summer, He invited everyone to a open plain and allowed is to shoot muskets and some cannons. There were some volunteers from the nearby college to help us load and shoot. Unfortunately he passed in 2007, some of my old classmates and I still go and shoot muskets to reminisce on it
In my with 5th grade class we studied the American Revolution for 2 weeks and everyday day after lunch we saw 2 hours of a really good Hsitory Channel documentary about the American Revolution. I enjoyed school during that whole experience.
@@trollpolice Bruh my school always teaches us about out country's history when i've heard it more than 7 times already, would be pretty pretty good if they taught us about ww2 and the revolutionary war
@@Fred_the_1996 I think he is referring to it as this in summary: The forlorn hope was as the name suggests the initial assault on a fortified position with a thin chance of surviving. If a breach was made in the enemy's defences these men would go in first to exploit it as the main force followed. The forlorn hope would though have its rewards, for an officer he could make his name or be guaranteed promotion. Whe a soldier would if he survived would have first pick when looting began (being already in the cities walls.) The siege of Badajoz and to a lesser extent Cidrad Rodriguez in the Peninsular war are quite good examples, as brilliantly portrayed in Sharpe's Company.
Capitão Explosão The Forlorn Hope was the first squad the attackers sent into a breach. It was expected most, if not all, members assaulting in the first wave would be killed or wounded with the intention they soaked up bullets and casualties so the later waves faired better due to reloading or moping up remains of the Hope. Hopes were usually made up of men who desperately craved immediate advancement or rewards if they survived.
Britain when it’s a super power: *Looses against American farmers* Soviet Union when it’s a super power: *Looses to Afghan farmers* America when it’s a super power : *Looses to Vietnamese farmers* Me : I’m beginning to see a pattern here that I’m not too sure I like. . .
All three defeats had the same reason. The homefront thought the war sucks. In all three wars the superpower could have wiped the floor with the farmers if they fully commited to the war but the general public and the financial advisors saw no reason in continuing it.
Not sure how true it was but I had a history professor who claimed it was because the farmers were often defenders who had everything to lose if defeated where as the attacking super power often had weak will to win and not that much to gain on the long run. So high will vs low will essentially.
We we fought Vietnam like WW2 we would have obliterated all of North Vietnam but we also would have probably gotten into a full scale war with China/Soviet Union.
The elementary school that I went to (and that my sons also attend now) have a "Battle of Bunker Hill" reenactment every year. When it was me, i got to be an American. My older son played a British Grenadier. My youngest wants to dress in a white hoodie with a hatchet...
Btw I just watched the video, and they show artillery men “shelling” the town, but it was actually the navy so that’s what I meant in my comment. Also “shelling” is an improper term for this time period
Nonna Urbisness Public reply, I commented the first one before watching, so I clarified what I meant because I realized it wouldn’t make sense if you go off the video
America after Bunker Hills: You were the smarty ones! It was said you were to give us representations, not rid of them! Bring balance to America, not persuade them to leave!
@@yolotheyeeted7825 Then the British replied: *I hate* (The Americans flipped out over a 3% tax, wow, how stupid is that amirite? Anyway this comment has literally no consistency to the Star Wars joke I am replying to, so to get around this complication I am using brackets, British ingenuity at its finest) *you!*
I also feel that another important key factor was skimmed over on this topic. During the Battle of Bunker Hill, several dozen free African Americans served in their companies alongside their fellow militiamen and created heroes such as Peter Salem, who was rumored to have mortally wounded British Major John Pitcairn, who would be immortalized by the Continental Army in stamps and propaganda pieces. Salem would serve a total of four years and live to be 66
@@JohnnySack16 You do realize history and race go hand in hand on many many MANY topics and is an important part of how the human experience has shaped? Do you know anything you're talking about or did you just blurt that out with no concept of its meaning?
The men at Bunker Hill may not have been trained in conventional warfare in the European mode but they were veterans of militia service. They knew very well how to use their weapons.
British Officer: Sir, our attack failed, and we didn’t inflict any damage. British General: Send more British Officer: But sir- British General: If they die. They die.
British troops: "Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!" Colonial troops: "Don't blame us if we ever doubt you! You know we couldn't live without you! Boston, you are the only, only, only!" God bless the colonial minutemen. 🇺🇲
@ that's not how it went. The Americans weren't pushed all the way to Washington. The British made a naval landing in Maryland and then went to DC from there, also the rumor that the US invaded Canada for conquest is outrageous.
This video seems higher quality than most other episodes, more music, more detail on the characters and animations, as well as more animations in general. Great video
In my American Revolution class today, we learned about the Battle of Bunker Hill. I walked out of class and got the notification that Simple History posted a new video on the very same topic.
More war hero: Doris Miller. Strange encounter: Battle of Los Angeles. Strange battle: Sinking a submarine with only potatoes. Hidden atrocity: Winston Churchill and Bengal famine.
Hey I'm only like 8 years late, but I too worked my way around, up some trees and leapt from a flagpole, driving two very long and sharp blades into a dudes important arteries ! Also, according to AC it was Israel Putnam who said ..whites of their eyes" 🤔
“It’s was the first battle against New England vs Britain” *confused screaming* Edit: Everyone look on the replies they are talking about someone who missed the joke but the guy deleted his comment and now it looks like they are talking to themselves
It worked for hundreds of years. In those days marksmanship wasn't really a thing; muskets couldn't hit a man-sized target past 50 yards reliably. Morale and discipline however were vital for winning a battle. If your men could be conditioned to withstand the musket fire of an enemy line, advance and reach them with bayonets fixed, the battle would be pretty much over at that point. Their morale would shatter and your guys would slaughter them. When several hundred/thousand men with the balls to walk through musket fire and with sharp pointy blades aiming for your guts get within stabbing distance, the normal reaction is to panic, crap your pants and run for your life. The rifle and machine gun changed the equation but that was in WW1, much later.
@@Mr-Ad-196 Indeed. Frankly if the men held their nerve, due to the inaccuracy of muskets and the tendency for soldiers to get anxious and lose the ability to load and fire smoothly once the enemy was within the 50 yards where your shots actually hit anything, not many of them would actually get killed. So long as discipline held your guys stood a decent chance of reaching the enemy line very much still in fighting strength. And once they get there, they start stabbing and the other guys start running. Several tactics were used to increase the firepower of infantry forming the line of battle - fire by rank, for example, greatly increased the lethality of an infantry line. But this could be countered with advancing column formations, in which most of the advancing men are behind other men and so won't get hit. Skirmishers were also used, men who were crackshots and sometimes armed with rifles, who fired independently with aimed shots to harass the advancing formation and take out officers and NCOs. But it wasn't until the invention of things like the rifled-musket, breechloaders, smokeless powder, repeating rifles, gatling guns and maxim guns that things like trench warfare became preferable to line firing and bayonet charges. The American Civil War was the first hint of this change in warfare and then WW1 cemented it fully.
GUCCIThomas200K and yet how the mighty have fallen. The very battle with militia men with their own arms, yet today MA is one of the most anti gun state in the union.
Yup! Many a GI said that about them- 😑 🇯🇵 " The Battling Bastards of Battan. No momma, no papa and no Uncle Sam...." General Mac- " I shall return!" 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
Simple History never fails to make an amazing video. It's quite amazing what one could learn from history but it's another thing to learn history while experienceing both perspectives such as what simple history does. Could you do a history of the race for Africa? Or maybe another strange things that happened in war?
I tried to play assassins creed 3 when it was released for Xbox one but there where some.. setbacks in my life I have never finished the game. I have however played four and even rough to finish
The British troops wouldn't have been tea sipping gentlemen , they would have been the roughest of the slums of London, Glasgow , liverpool etc. As tough as nails and more than a match for any colonial farmer
Phillip Grubb yes which i was i said time was a factor ... however given the hasty nature of the terrorists mobilization i would wager they didnt provision for a siege . The idea was to maintain the loyalist population ( my family included) so starving the enemy to death really wouldnt be recieved well .
@@connormclernon26 oh yes deffinatly compaired to the u.s. navy but it certaintly isnt a small or push over force, most powerful and modern navy in europe
RIP To the 115 United Colonies forces (20 POWs who were captured died) and 226 British soldiers and officers who were killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill
@@F14DTomCat I do, lol. I put so many hours into AC3 you wouldn't believe it. Always wanted a free-roam game set in colonial America during the war and then it finally came. ;D
@@101bravohotel6 technically the British did win the battle. They lost a lot of men sure but completed the objective and even killed a us general/founding father
@Connor Kenway Joseph Warren died and honestly I think he was a potential future president of he lives. And the battle was a Pyrrhic victory for the British because they did take the objective while taking a lot of casualties
@Bradders - They were originally told they wouldn’t be taxed though. The guy in charge of the colonies at the time was actually nice to the colonists. Then he got replaced by a guy who hated the colonists.
Gamer88 the british tanked their own economy to defend the americans against the french and in return wanted to tax them to try and help our economy, however britains biggest mistake will always be not treating the states as part of the UK, essentially i wouldve gave it representation in parliament and treated it as the 4th member of the UK aka not a colony anymore.
Almost 200 years later. A different battlefield. Another hill. *General:* "I got it all figured out. For every man they kill on our side, we kill ten of their men. It's a war of attrition, we cannot lose!" *Military Advisor:* "Sir, even if we kill 100,000 rebels each year, their population has about 5 million men of fighting age. *General:* "Huh?" *Military Advisor:* "That means it would take 50 years and 500,000 American dead to kill those 5 million fighters." "Not taking into account that every year, 150,000 boys will become adult men and join their army of insurgents." *General:* "Go away."
Here's the biggest twist: Brits had American accents (of sorts) back then, and the Colonial's had British (mostly English) accents. Look-up rhotic speech in the US & UK, it's drastically changed the way we sound.
WHY DIDNT THIS COME OUT TWO YEARS AGO I needed this for this crazy history project
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In the end, the Sole Survivor reigned supreme. The BoS and the Railroad offered great resistance, but the Institute Courser and Sole Survivor managed to get to the escaped synths located under Bunker Hill. What happened to the synths next is shrouded in mystery.
British Officer: “Sir we can’t break-through American lines.”
British General: “Send in another force to attack!”
British Officer: “But hundreds will die.”
British General: “Thousands.”
British Officer: ....
Stannis the mannis
Britannic hayyomatt I know this was just a game of thrones reference.
There is a saying in the colonial times of the British empire that was very true lions led by donkeys unless it's the Duke of marlborough he ain't no donkey
The colonists even had a Jon Stark
@@godsavethequeen7614 "lions led by Donkeys" Is an overused, inaccurate statement erroneously applied to British Generals in WWI
British officer : ' Why is there a guy in a white costume charging at us wielding a tomahawk ?'
Steve Maenhout how many fools can i kill today
@Steve Maenhout *Connor Kenway has joined the Chat*
@@memmoman To many to count dont get in my way
Red indian mercenaries have entered the chat
edited: Oops I thought he was referring to Mel Gibson
British Officer: Sir, we have captured the hill!
British General: Excellent, how many casualties did we suffer?
British Officer: ummm...
American general: Super easy, barely an inconvenience
British Officer: Yes
*N O*
@Dan Gurău casualties is a general term for both those dead and wounded. Though the goal in war back then wasn't to actually kill your enemy but to burden them with wounded, because it takes more resources to care for a wounded man than bury a dead one.
Mega The Chieftain Theres bound to be lots of deaths. The Americans had the advantage by fortifying themselves up high.
So I just found this piece of the description of the Minutemen for Empire- Total War and it just made me crack up for a minute.
"Their thoroughly unsporting habit of not standing in line to get shot was much despised by their British opponents."
@John Doe Actually the British won a lot of victories against the militia with their tight packed formations. Unless you had the advantage of terrain slowing the enemy you could only get a couple volleys off at an effective range before a charging column closed with you. The British trained to absorb those hits and then charge the firing line in column, presenting a very narrow front until they closed with the enemy.
At that point it was bayonet work, where the British in combat formation basically became a line of spears and the colonists with their motley equipment and few bayonets were at a severe disadvantage.
It wasn't until years into the conflict that the US forces managed to standardize their equipment, get bayonets to everyone who needed one, train their men in the art of bayonet fighting (thank you von Steuben) and stand up to the British bayonet charges.
me playing holdfast " as an american we have proved standing in line is stupid and im gonna take this group ad were gonna take the high ground and shoot down,
Brits: ABSOULTE RAGE!!!!!!!!
@@hagamapama United States 1781 would like to have a chat with you.
Yet, interestingly enough, the minutemen who weren't "stupid" enough to fight in lines formed into lines on Lexington Green to withstand the British. Line fighting was suited to its time, and all major battles, whether American victories or British, were won using lines of men. I will agree that militias, scouts, guerillas, and spies all had their place in warfare, but it is incorrect to say that they were the dominant force that won American freedom. Militiamen also had an uncomfortable penchant for simply leaving the army when they got bored or sick of fighting. It was the well drilled discipline of the Continental Army, along with a lot of aid from France, Spain, and the Netherlands that won the war.
@John Doe please don't use that movie as an accurate account of American history
"The colonists were without a real nav-"
*John Paul Jones has joined the chat*
Alright can we talk about how he didn’t get caught the whole time?
The british: 👁👄👁
The man was a beast. Attacked Scotland and put the fear of God in the British navy. I love it.
when he was in america aight imma be a badass
One man Navy.
I remember that, it was an epic battle: Brotherhood of Steel, Institute and Railroad, who could have thought a pair of synths would cause a revolution
Beat me to it!
Ayy lmao
@Shaun A Yeah :D I guess Preston was confused on which side needed a help in this settlement and decided to stay away
Steinn Bjorn Ad Victoriam, brother
@@ctgslayer Ad Victoriam, knight
Honestly, learning about the Revolutionary War during 5th grade was the only thing I enjoyed.
Me too
My teacher was all into this. When it was almost time for summer, He invited everyone to a open plain and allowed is to shoot muskets and some cannons. There were some volunteers from the nearby college to help us load and shoot. Unfortunately he passed in 2007, some of my old classmates and I still go and shoot muskets to reminisce on it
In my with 5th grade class we studied the American Revolution for 2 weeks and everyday day after lunch we saw 2 hours of a really good Hsitory Channel documentary about the American Revolution. I enjoyed school during that whole experience.
@@trollpolice Bruh my school always teaches us about out country's history when i've heard it more than 7 times already, would be pretty pretty good if they taught us about ww2 and the revolutionary war
Me too.
Do Most Dangerous Jobs: *The Forlorn Hope* _(Napoleonic Wars)_ .They were basically on suicide missions, with astronomically high casualties
Sharpe's Company by any chance?
Could you elaborate?
@@Fred_the_1996 I think he is referring to it as this in summary: The forlorn hope was as the name suggests the initial assault on a fortified position with a thin chance of surviving. If a breach was made in the enemy's defences these men would go in first to exploit it as the main force followed.
The forlorn hope would though have its rewards, for an officer he could make his name or be guaranteed promotion. Whe a soldier would if he survived would have first pick when looting began (being already in the cities walls.)
The siege of Badajoz and to a lesser extent Cidrad Rodriguez in the Peninsular war are quite good examples, as brilliantly portrayed in Sharpe's Company.
Capitão Explosão The Forlorn Hope was the first squad the attackers sent into a breach. It was expected most, if not all, members assaulting in the first wave would be killed or wounded with the intention they soaked up bullets and casualties so the later waves faired better due to reloading or moping up remains of the Hope. Hopes were usually made up of men who desperately craved immediate advancement or rewards if they survived.
@@JC839 that sounds really sad
0:28 “the landscape was hilly”
*hmm yes this hill is made of hill*
Lol
Best version of that meme so far.
You talk about my girlfriend she has some hills
@@theghoul2303 ayo chilllll
Hmm good observation brother
imagine being breed's hill and having the majority of a battle take part on you but your friend, bunker hill gets all the credit
TH-cam: Ah another fine histor- WAIT. GUNS?!
*demonetized*
Just think of all the political ad money that was lost by both TH-cam and the creator. 36k views in one hour.
This video will definitely encourage me to bing a 1776 musket to school tomorrow
That one Aussie UNSC Marine brah don’t
Dahkittydoonsta But there are 5 ads on this video.
You suck
Britain when it’s a super power: *Looses against American farmers*
Soviet Union when it’s a super power: *Looses to Afghan farmers*
America when it’s a super power : *Looses to Vietnamese farmers*
Me : I’m beginning to see a pattern here that I’m not too sure I like. . .
Funny part is too a lot of those farmers we equipped by at least one of those other countries that lost to farmers
All three defeats had the same reason. The homefront thought the war sucks. In all three wars the superpower could have wiped the floor with the farmers if they fully commited to the war but the general public and the financial advisors saw no reason in continuing it.
AVKnecht That is soo true. When it comes to war you need people and war support to help with a war. But most of them didn’t see a point to it
Not sure how true it was but I had a history professor who claimed it was because the farmers were often defenders who had everything to lose if defeated where as the attacking super power often had weak will to win and not that much to gain on the long run. So high will vs low will essentially.
We we fought Vietnam like WW2 we would have obliterated all of North Vietnam but we also would have probably gotten into a full scale war with China/Soviet Union.
TH-cam Overlords: "How dare you show history as it happened in the form of animation!"
*Demonetized*
Animators: **exists**
TH-cam: "So you have chosen...demonetization."
*Animation showing Spider-Man giving Elsa from Frozen an abortion*
TH-cam: Front page and recommended to young children
@J D Issa joke. In reference to their video that was demonetized not too long ago.
Adrian Naranjo Well, TH-cam considers one to be an act of holy sacrament and the other an act of bigotry. No points for guessing which is which.
I just want Bloomberg to fire Wojcicki when he becomes president and restore TH-cam to its former glory.
The elementary school that I went to (and that my sons also attend now) have a "Battle of Bunker Hill" reenactment every year.
When it was me, i got to be an American. My older son played a British Grenadier.
My youngest wants to dress in a white hoodie with a hatchet...
It's a reference to an assassin's creed game in which you play as connor, a native American during the revolution
your youngest is going places
Oh dear
That's my boi
Fun fact: there’s also a ww2 aircraft carrier called “bunker hill” based on this
Part of Essex-class
Oh cool
I can’t imagine a carrier named “Breeds Hill”.
The US Aircraft Carriers of World War 2 were generally named after past American battles.
NotAidanandHi and presidents
British General: We have them outnumbered
Also British General: Why is there a single hooded man charging by himself with a horse. Oh wai-
I get that reference 😂
Assassin's creed 3
You did good Connor you did good
You did good Connor you did good
Only trues G's will understand this
British general: take that hill
American minutemen and snipers/crackshots: so anyways we started blasting
British navy: so anyways I started blasting
Btw I just watched the video, and they show artillery men “shelling” the town, but it was actually the navy so that’s what I meant in my comment. Also “shelling” is an improper term for this time period
Also the Artillerymen has incorrect uniforms, they should be wearing the blue uniforms of the ordnance board
Send in the assassin's creed
Nonna Urbisness Public reply, I commented the first one before watching, so I clarified what I meant because I realized it wouldn’t make sense if you go off the video
America: I got The high ground
England: you underestimate my power
Nice comment.... that was stolen....
Pioneer communism
America after Bunker Hills: You were the smarty ones! It was said you were to give us representations, not rid of them! Bring balance to America, not persuade them to leave!
@@yolotheyeeted7825 Then the British replied:
*I hate* (The Americans flipped out over a 3% tax, wow, how stupid is that amirite? Anyway this comment has literally no consistency to the Star Wars joke I am replying to, so to get around this complication I am using brackets, British ingenuity at its finest) *you!*
America: Don't worry Britain. We'll be friends in the future!
I also feel that another important key factor was skimmed over on this topic. During the Battle of Bunker Hill, several dozen free African Americans served in their companies alongside their fellow militiamen and created heroes such as Peter Salem, who was rumored to have mortally wounded British Major John Pitcairn, who would be immortalized by the Continental Army in stamps and propaganda pieces. Salem would serve a total of four years and live to be 66
@@JohnnySack16 kinda confused
@@JohnnySack16 You do realize history and race go hand in hand on many many MANY topics and is an important part of how the human experience has shaped?
Do you know anything you're talking about or did you just blurt that out with no concept of its meaning?
im pretty sure it Connor Kenway who cut down Pitcairn i dont know if you can dispute such reputable device such as Animus 2.0
The men at Bunker Hill may not have been trained in conventional warfare in the European mode but they were veterans of militia service. They knew very well how to use their weapons.
Preston Garvey: FOR THE MINUTEMEN!!
(After the battle is over)
Preston Garvey: General, another settlement needs our help!
Goddamn preston i banished you to spectacle island why u here now
Niki Knowles
- lol worst settlement in my opinion is hangman’s alley
British Officer: Sir, our attack failed, and we didn’t inflict any damage.
British General: Send more
British Officer: But sir-
British General: If they die. They die.
Hokage Itachi Uchiha jup, is this an actual quote though?
Sounds like a commissar from the Imperium
@@jannestiemes4328 no it's just an anti general statement
@@jannestiemes4328 yeah from rocky 4
thesexybadger okay, still completely right and representative
America: "It's over Colonists! I have the high ground"
British: "You underestimate my power!"
British: *gets conquered*
@@decrepitmanlet652 Britain:Makes the biggest Empire & navy ever.
Damn, you beat me at making a high ground comment😂😂😂
Power of "banzai charge"
@@dinotea6715 *Navy suffers a embarrassing defeat many decades later in World War 1*
British troops: "Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!"
Colonial troops: "Don't blame us if we ever doubt you! You know we couldn't live without you! Boston, you are the only, only, only!"
God bless the colonial minutemen. 🇺🇲
I fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. I was tasked to retrieve a few runaway synths aided by the Railroad.
Britain: where's our tea?
America: we threw it over board and blamed the native americans.
Britain: dude. Uncool.
This made Britain very angry, and America was punished severely
@Hoàng Nguyên yeah with them getting kicked out of Canada
‘Were’ r/engrish
@ that's not how it went. The Americans weren't pushed all the way to Washington. The British made a naval landing in Maryland and then went to DC from there, also the rumor that the US invaded Canada for conquest is outrageous.
A man of culture I see. Very over-simple.
Brits back in Europe: Sure glad that nonsense over in the colonies can't reach us here.
John Paul Jones: Heard you were taxing stamps!
not syre hes that but om
He was mental; possibly brave, but his raids were overrated.
@@TheRingoism They were very overrated. Guy was a rapist anyway and wasnt even "American".
@@doug6500 source?
@@doug6500 he was Scottish and believe in the American cause
This video seems higher quality than most other episodes, more music, more detail on the characters and animations, as well as more animations in general. Great video
British: These minutemen are weak
Preston Garvey: allow me to introduce myself
People…
Another settlement needs our help
@@luigimrlgaming9484 I have word that a settlement needs help, it’s being attacked by British forces!
I'm probably too late 😂
In my American Revolution class today, we learned about the Battle of Bunker Hill. I walked out of class and got the notification that Simple History posted a new video on the very same topic.
General Howe: "Hey, if you don't succeed, try, try again....and again."
Well to be fair it worked in the end. xD
You'll succeed at last
Good thing war has changed... Now it's "If you first don't succeed, call in an airstrike.
Italian officers at Isonzo taking notes
@@vexingrabbit1824 you forgot another "
More war hero: Doris Miller.
Strange encounter: Battle of Los Angeles.
Strange battle: Sinking a submarine with only potatoes.
Hidden atrocity: Winston Churchill and Bengal famine.
Potato depth charges?
Angel Amaro nah japanese were thought it was grenade. Thanks to that they have time to put the depth charge on the Japanese sub
@@haqiem4010 Nice.
Neptune *Ireland would like to know your location*
Dont you mean the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout?
Ah yes, that time I killed John Pitcairn as a Native American assassin, while crossing the battlefield in the height of the battle, good times man
Did you do it in air assassination?
2Andrew 3III Of course
@@dariomania7342 noice
@@sandalogaming6766 Well done!
Hey I'm only like 8 years late, but I too worked my way around, up some trees and leapt from a flagpole, driving two very long and sharp blades into a dudes important arteries !
Also, according to AC it was Israel Putnam who said ..whites of their eyes" 🤔
Dr. Joseph Warren died covering the retreat. He was a family physician to many in Boston, including John Adams.
“It’s was the first battle against New England vs Britain”
*confused screaming*
Edit: Everyone look on the replies they are talking about someone who missed the joke but the guy deleted his comment and now it looks like they are talking to themselves
AwesomeSquishyCookie Roblox New England vs. Old England.
Chilly Chick We know it’s a joke
Chilly Chick r/wooosh
It was not the first battle
Lexington and Concord: Are we a joke to you?
“Charging uphill into enemy fire is your idea of superior tactics?”
It worked for hundreds of years. In those days marksmanship wasn't really a thing; muskets couldn't hit a man-sized target past 50 yards reliably. Morale and discipline however were vital for winning a battle. If your men could be conditioned to withstand the musket fire of an enemy line, advance and reach them with bayonets fixed, the battle would be pretty much over at that point. Their morale would shatter and your guys would slaughter them. When several hundred/thousand men with the balls to walk through musket fire and with sharp pointy blades aiming for your guts get within stabbing distance, the normal reaction is to panic, crap your pants and run for your life.
The rifle and machine gun changed the equation but that was in WW1, much later.
@@someguy3766 yeah true it work out back then until someone started to make a gun that hold several rounds.
@@Mr-Ad-196 Indeed. Frankly if the men held their nerve, due to the inaccuracy of muskets and the tendency for soldiers to get anxious and lose the ability to load and fire smoothly once the enemy was within the 50 yards where your shots actually hit anything, not many of them would actually get killed. So long as discipline held your guys stood a decent chance of reaching the enemy line very much still in fighting strength. And once they get there, they start stabbing and the other guys start running.
Several tactics were used to increase the firepower of infantry forming the line of battle - fire by rank, for example, greatly increased the lethality of an infantry line. But this could be countered with advancing column formations, in which most of the advancing men are behind other men and so won't get hit. Skirmishers were also used, men who were crackshots and sometimes armed with rifles, who fired independently with aimed shots to harass the advancing formation and take out officers and NCOs.
But it wasn't until the invention of things like the rifled-musket, breechloaders, smokeless powder, repeating rifles, gatling guns and maxim guns that things like trench warfare became preferable to line firing and bayonet charges. The American Civil War was the first hint of this change in warfare and then WW1 cemented it fully.
@@someguy3766 yeah true very true back then to maximize the potential musket had like line formation and stuff.
British General: Some of you may die... But, *that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make*
British redcoats: *Confused British sounds*
stop
op
ha, british people
I'm so proud I live in such a historic city, Boston is a great city love the area.
GUCCIThomas200K and yet how the mighty have fallen. The very battle with militia men with their own arms, yet today MA is one of the most anti gun state in the union.
"Don't fire until you see the slants of their eyes!" - Douglas MacArthur, 1942
Source?🤣
LMAO
Yup! Many a GI said that about them- 😑 🇯🇵 " The Battling Bastards of Battan. No momma, no papa and no Uncle Sam...." General Mac- " I shall return!" 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
Whoever narrated this did SO good!! I like this narrator!
Simple History never fails to make an amazing video. It's quite amazing what one could learn from history but it's another thing to learn history while experienceing both perspectives such as what simple history does. Could you do a history of the race for Africa? Or maybe another strange things that happened in war?
I remember this from times when I played Assasins's Creed 3 good times
Ah yes Assasin's Creed 3 was a Great Game. Now time to get a Tomahawk
"Quick! Bribe them so I can keep killing them for fun!"
I tried to play assassins creed 3 when it was released for Xbox one but there where some.. setbacks in my life I have never finished the game. I have however played four and even rough to finish
That game's depiction is so innacurate that it makes me sad
British: We have the best and biggest Fleet.
The Flying Dutchman: Hold my beer.
Spanish : We have the Silent Mary 😁
Nobody:
The British when they got shot: oh heaven’s it seems I’ve been hit
Some other musketeer: hmm yes indeed
The British troops wouldn't have been tea sipping gentlemen , they would have been the roughest of the slums of London, Glasgow , liverpool etc. As tough as nails and more than a match for any colonial farmer
ian davies they lost to colonist
Churchill It was going downhill for the British, it’s just the French who finished off the job.
@@varangianguard7102 I reckon if the French didn't get involved we would've regrouped our forces and got better generals and turned the war around
no they would scream in pain
I live right near where the battle took place and I had a grandfather who at the battle I've lived in Boston my whole life and I love the history
I visited Beantown in the late 00s, and spent a day in the area ... some of the memorials were chilling ...
That is Wick Cool. So you a Yankees fan? 😜
@@ZuluLifesaBeech- I'm a red Sox fan
The British lost many men because they didn't have the high ground, change my mind
Starving them out wouldve been better ...but less sporting ... time was of the essence
@@aidanhartford1588 ocean behind. British navy was being constantly harrased. Starving them out would of taken a looooooooong time.
Phillip Grubb yes which i was i said time was a factor ... however given the hasty nature of the terrorists mobilization i would wager they didnt provision for a siege . The idea was to maintain the loyalist population ( my family included) so starving the enemy to death really wouldnt be recieved well .
@@aidanhartford1588 Without the ability to blockade that was not even a remote possibility.
Jackie Tang I’m American and even I agree lol. The British were better off in every aspect except their position.
Colonial Navy in 1776: Near non-existent
American Navy 2020: what was that?
Lmao the British and US navies switched
@@Richy076 not rly, the royal navy today isnt near non existant
ManicMango Mango certainly much less than it once was
@@connormclernon26 oh yes deffinatly compaired to the u.s. navy but it certaintly isnt a small or push over force, most powerful and modern navy in europe
Alex Rich 😂😂😂
Colonial Militias, having just held back a British attack: ‘That’s a lot of damage!’
The British: *How about a little more?*
Simple History: battle of bunker hill
Me: Assassin's creed III
British: what can posibly the rebels do our Royal Navy?
John Paul Jones: Hold my beer
Que Johnny Horton song
Legend has it
The Avatar was still inside an Iceberg when this happened
Duchi “Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked!”
Shout out to all the patriots out there 🇺🇸🇺🇸
🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
11C?
terrorists ???
🇺🇸
Ulm
Britan: we have the best navy in the world!
America: we have john paul jones
Who’s contributions are incredibly overrated and made little to no impact on the war
RIP
To the 115 United Colonies forces (20 POWs who were captured died) and 226 British soldiers and officers who were killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill
Rebels: It’s over Britain, I have the High Ground!
Brits: You underestimate my power!
Rebels: Don’t Try it.
Brits: ROARR!!! *Gets limbs cut off*
Still won thanks to the Royal Marines
They won but because the colonists ran out of ammunition but the British suffered lots more casualties
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire we won but at what cost
@@jeff1liam2 more because the British love using the bayonet
@@dauzlee2827 Anakin was played by a Canadian.
Who will win?
1000+ english men with red uniforms
Or
Some white hooded boi with tomahawk
Well the British did win the battle so... the 1000+ Englishmen in red uniforms. ;D
@@someguy3766 i don't think you get it......
@@F14DTomCat I do, lol. I put so many hours into AC3 you wouldn't believe it. Always wanted a free-roam game set in colonial America during the war and then it finally came. ;D
@@someguy3766 i think he was talking about the patriot that one movie with Mel Gibosn in it just a thought
@@F14DTomCat Nah, pretty sure he was talking about Connor Kenway from Assassin's Creed 3. Google it if you never played that game.
So basically, dont underestimate your opponnent.
People keep forgetting that.
"It was a dear bought victory, another one would've ruined us"
- William Howe
A howrich victory
"Take back your tea you jackanapes!"-some cardboard in fallout 4
I’m learning this in history class.
Same here man-🤟
Finally some American revolution, try to do more battles of that period.
America: I have the high ground
British: You underestimate my power...
but did they really underestimate it or simply show that a bunch of farmers can royally heck up a super power lol
@@101bravohotel6 technically the British did win the battle. They lost a lot of men sure but completed the objective and even killed a us general/founding father
@Connor Kenway Joseph Warren died and honestly I think he was a potential future president of he lives. And the battle was a Pyrrhic victory for the British because they did take the objective while taking a lot of casualties
Assassin's Creed 3 trained me for this moment.
Not sure if this is stolen
I remember the battle of bunker hill, I had to fight through brotherhood and railroad forces and retrieve 4 synths.
Finally found a historical event that happened on my birthday ☺️
Happy birthday bro
Straight forward, concise, educational, and of high quality as usual.
Screw finishing my chemistry assignment, I'm watching Simple History
Ummm, I think you should still do not to get into any trouble
Take breaks like I am lol
british officer : oh look it's Connor Kenway
british officer : its Connor Kenway!
You can’t say simple without history 👍🏽
You don't win a battle for gaining ground you win a battle for dealing the most damage
Finally more on the American war for Independence. Could you look into doing the Marquis de Lafayette please.
“The terrain was hilly”
Wow why didn’t I think of that!
Giving credit to the individual british soldier for keeping up the assault. That was no easy walk under fire
The British fought for king and country, the americans fought because they didnt want to get taxxed after the british saved them from the french.
@Bradders - They were originally told they wouldn’t be taxed though. The guy in charge of the colonies at the time was actually nice to the colonists. Then he got replaced by a guy who hated the colonists.
Gamer88 the british tanked their own economy to defend the americans against the french and in return wanted to tax them to try and help our economy, however britains biggest mistake will always be not treating the states as part of the UK, essentially i wouldve gave it representation in parliament and treated it as the 4th member of the UK aka not a colony anymore.
@@sausagejockyGaming All the King had to do was grant Americans representation in Parliament. He refused. Britain brought it upon itself.
@@sausagejockyGaming There were /many/ more reasons for why they rebelled than simple taxes lol
gotta love how they stretch it out to be over 10 minutes
I love how cute flute music is playing in the background during one of the deadliest times in history
i litreally just started this subject on history in school and simple history released this video, cool
American Rebels: "yeaaaaa we gonna mess them brits up good!"
British soldiers: *"WE ARE LEGION"*
A broken legion, that is
New England force: *ITS OVER, I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND*
British Army: *YOU UNDERESTIMATED MY POWER*
yep.. they won, but they lost a TON of ppl
@@dinoke11 yeah. Never underestimate the ones with high ground, this also happened in Jadotville too
Virgin British General: Commands Far Away From Battlefield. Chad Revolutionary French General: Commands from the front.
Battle of bunker hills made the british realize that the war with the colonies would be long , tough and costly.
Great video.
I was there, I remember this battle
WaryJT lol i fought in during the civil war 😜 it was epic
What are you? Wolverine? ;D
@@justalpha9138 no fallout player
@@petrsukenik9266 oohh. XD I don't play that game series
Almost 200 years later. A different battlefield. Another hill.
*General:* "I got it all figured out. For every man they kill on our side, we kill ten of their men. It's a war of attrition, we cannot lose!"
*Military Advisor:* "Sir, even if we kill 100,000 rebels each year, their population has about 5 million men of fighting age.
*General:* "Huh?"
*Military Advisor:* "That means it would take 50 years and 500,000 American dead to kill those 5 million fighters."
"Not taking into account that every year, 150,000 boys will become adult men and join their army of insurgents."
*General:* "Go away."
Been waiting so glad for new episode
Here's the biggest twist:
Brits had American accents (of sorts) back then, and the Colonial's had British (mostly English) accents.
Look-up rhotic speech in the US & UK, it's drastically changed the way we sound.
Assassin's Creed 3 has prepared me for this moment
Fallout 4 prepared me.
The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind I see you are also a good cultured man👌🏼
Or if this one is stolen
Omg no, AC III portrayed Bunker Hill horribly
@Gamer boi Take the hill. Lead the Minutemen. Lose the battle.
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”
British: *Closes their eyes*
"And I shall speak fondly of you at your funeral!!"
-Israel Putnam
WHY DIDNT THIS COME OUT TWO YEARS AGO I needed this for this crazy history project
In the end, the Sole Survivor reigned supreme. The BoS and the Railroad offered great resistance, but the Institute Courser and Sole Survivor managed to get to the escaped synths located under Bunker Hill. What happened to the synths next is shrouded in mystery.
Colonies: I have the high ground
Britain: I DON’T GIVE A F*CK
“General a settlement needs your help”
No no no
A random British soldiers:”hey guys let’s try strategy I made trust me”
British general:”shut up now go in formation and just walk”
Officer: whats are plan sir?
British general: walk up a hill being shot at and shoot every 10 minutes
Oh man! Thank you so much for beeing the Tactical Advisor in Panzer Corps 2! Looking forward to it!
0:08 battle of bunker hill (wwiii)
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Holding fire until the last moment to maximize first volley damage was actually a standard British tactics afaik
Imagine being a soldier and watching some dude in a hood run through the city as it's shelled without getting hurt and then taking down two ships
Still watch you guys all the time
During the battle of Bunker Hill the American rebels were almost out of gun powder with musketballs