One thing about Warfare that people often forget is that People during that time can Organize and need to be flexible as there's isn't someone with a Camera flying around the battlefield sending orders. 160 men of full on Archer or Crossbow Regiments are not that common since getting them mixed with other soldier types is far more effective to deal with the change of battle which cannot be seen through a camera flying across the battlefield. Basically if Total War were to be more accurate Velites would never be their own unit as historically the Velites imbed themself into Hastati and Principes Maniples, giving the Heavy Infantry a flexible force of Skirmishers.
This video misinterprets the samurai class. Samurai for the most part weren't nobles. You can actually visit samurai city districts and villages that were made up of samurai. The reason you don't see them in media often though is because they're protected spaces often closed to the public. Samurai was an very mobile class that people were moving in and out of constantly. The US population with its veterans is only 2% of the US, yet we see servicemen and veterans all the time. In 1600s Japan, it was almost 5%-10%. Lower class samurai were also known to drop out of the class to become farmers or other individual pursuits. And if anyone wants to weeb out, you can watch videos on samurai dairies on TH-cam and find this information on Britanica or other sources online.
@@ashina2146 No flying camera and gods eye view of the battlefield? Orders carried out immediately? The battles weren’t 5-20 minutes long? You don’t say….. It’s not forgotten. If TW had accurate battles it wouldn’t be as popular. Hours for one battle, days in some cases. Not to mention months and years of sieges.
Before anyone ask. Based on this video, you should field - 5 unit of skirmish ashigaru ( 3 archer, 2 gunner) - 9-11 unit of spear ashigaru - 1 commander - 1-3 yari samurai - 2 yari calvary In shogun 2
That would be a story of Miyamoto Musashi then. He was an Ashigaru in his teens during the Battle of Sekigahara - for the losing army of the west that is, so no glory at that time, nothing but fleeing the battle while being chased around. But Nah, I'd like for a Zohyo Monogatari telling the story of a sonae like Band of Brothers.
長柄槍足軽 or pike ashigaru didn't usually "stab" at the enemies. They rather "stroke" down the enemies pushing the pikes down from above repeatedly. Many Japanese series or movies feature this unique usage of pikes.
Looking at European pike drill from the early modern period there is a clear "stroke" element to them, especially when fighting other infantry and "fenching" with their pikes. It's understandable that this was even more common in Japan, as Japanese pikes tended to be shorter but with heavier and more complex heads.
A truly fascinating video. Very easy to forget how "modern" the Sengoku Jidae was, but this really puts that aspect into context. The comparison to the Napoleonic Corp D'armée was particularly astute.
amazing video for giving a “jumping off point” for conceptualizing how armies of this period worked. I do think giving idealized examples work really well cause it gives you a good base to infer how other armies under certain restrictions and advantages would look. maybe they had less footmen available in a certain battle but mire horsemen, or the army was depleted from prior engagements. Or they didnt have support from some lords. whatever it is, offering a base like this gives you a really nice point of reference for getting a general picture of those more situational eventualities. Id love more videos like this for other places and periods! like high medieval western europe.
I highly recommend checking out The Shogunate and the channels that he advertises if you want to go and read up about the details of samurai and pre-modern Japan. It can really change your outlook on everything. Love the video!
I'm interested with the earlier samurai history, Kamakura and Muromachi samurais were main mounted horse archers, not much combined arms like Sengoku Jidai
When you see "Shi" in Japanese it's pronounced like we pronounce "she." When you see "o" it's pronounced like the name of the letter. Bushi should be "Boo-She" Ashigaru should be "Ah-She-garu" The Ko in Koku should be like the Co in Coke. You guys do a lot of work on research and present great work, but I might suggest getting some consultation on pronunciation, especially for the languages that are still spoken today.
Although the european lance was fully mounted; this one I don't know. Also, lances did form into big cavalry units, while these ones form small combined arms subunits.
@@alessandronavone6731 while the european lance had more a lot more horses, it was not entirely mounted. Rather, between 1/3 to 2/3 of the lance would have been mounted. Charles the Bold's lances for instances included mounded one knight, one squire, and one page, and on foot one pikeman, one gunner, and one crossbowman. As well, three "archers" were mounted infantry, in other words travel mounted but fight dismounted. These would later evolve into light cavalry (though confusingly keeping the name "archer").
@@ParallelPain Kind of agree, but Charles' lance was a very particular, almost experimental type of lance, much different from the mainstream elsewhere, which also lasted for a very brief period of time. The German lance, the French lance and the Italian lance were all entirely mounted, and only the French one had a component, the "archers", that could maybe be classified as mounted infantry (but I hesitate here, because from what I remember they could also very well act as lighter cavalry). For the most part, in European late medieval and early renaissance warfare cavalry and infantry acted as separate components, and the cavalry one was very significant.
WOW! Just WOW! Thank you for this video! There is so much dis-information out there. I always thought how could they present as such intelligent people, yet their battle tactics seemed so rudimentary? Everything you discussed made so much more sense than what we are show in traditional media.
Yeah I can't speak to the hidtoricity of how they will be treating the characters and their stories in game. However from past titles I can say that the environments are usually quite spot on and make for great history tours.
Sure the evinronments are spot on, but i can bet it will be full of wokewashing historical facts and behaviours by "modern standarts" as we usually expect from these kind of people
@@InvictaHistoryis this possible for you to make such similar video on Indian army (medieval), also Great content 👍 people usually think battle is about strength and braveness but it is also about logistic and strategy , happy to see you covered it.
I am a 12 year old kid that dreams of being a historian. Love your work Invicta. Can you guys do WWII German Africa Corps true size. Question: can you tell me what animation software you use. Learning animations right now.
Bloody great video man as always, however I would have thought a man of your calibre (as it relates to historical accuracy) would've rejected your sponsorship for Assasins Creed which has become a historically innacurate post-modernist nightmare.
Fantastic video!! Would absolutely love to see this level of investigation applied on Xerxes' army during the 2nd Persian war. The sheer scale and variety would be amazing to see.
Great video (as always tbh). I had no idea how complex and elaborate the structure and command system of japanese armies of this period was. I can't help but to think that it was maybe too elaborate but that's just my opinion. Either way, It must have been a spectacle to see whole armies of tens of thousands of men, fighting in this manner.
Definitely agree with acting as a well informed consumer prior to any purchase. We also plan to do some history tours in game so that will be another way to get some more insight.
For me the AC Shadows is the worst nightmare, as an Asian with love for Japanese history and culture, it's just disappointing to see a non-Japanese main character. They have so many well known ninjas/shinobis such as Hanzo, and yet.
The organization of mixed types of old and new equipment is I think a result of generalization than actual organization as it has to take into account decades of evolving militaries.
I think Ian from forgotten weapons have also discussed how the teppo Is meant to be braced next to the face rather than around shoulder like conventional guns, quite interesting
I think its more to balance the game, if the bow units had lesser range - it would simply just nullify the usage of any bow units compared to gunners. There is a reason why the gun replaced the bow but I think its also to show the reliability problems in early muskets.
Could you guys possibly cover the true scale of Alexander the Great’s army? From his start in Greece to his forces in India. It could be a very interesting video(s).
I have a few questions. Did independent factions like the Ikko Ikki and the Iga Ikki follow the military formations and composition displayed on the video or did they have an entirely different army organisation? Did they have a cohesive military structure and if so, who did they heed to? Did they segregate units out of social rank or did they fight in the same unit despite of their position? And finally did these independent groups have their own social hierarchy or did they follow no such system but still holds a commanding structure? Would love to know, to the creators and any one who is experienced with this sort of thing, thanks in advance!
A samurai was not a commoner but held a rank of nobility, albeit lower. For example, in 1212, Hojo Yoshitoki was appointed as the equivalent of a baron, and in 1578, Oda Nobunaga was appointed as the equivalent of a marquis by the imperial court. Well, for a foreigner, I think you did a pretty good job researching this. 03:27
I´ve often read Late Sengoku Jidai armies were probably as good, if not better, at combined arms warfare as their European contemporaries were. Watching this, it´s interesting to see how the Japanese arrived at the same ideas as Europeans, independently. What was a Tercio, if not a mixed unit of spearmen and skirmishers, followed by cavalry? Even the semi-independent structure of the Sonae ressembles Tercio deployment. The biggest and I´d say most important distinction between the two civilizations is the presence of artillery. Baring that, they´d give each other a run for their money in the battlefield.
really appreciate your work, especially your respect and strive for historical accuracy. Too bad the same cannot be said for the sponsor of this video.
Thanks! This episode was particularly tough given how complex and contradictory accounts of Japanese armies of the era could be. It's even harder if you just rely on English sources so we were lucky to be helped by a grad student in Tokyo who helped us translate the original records.
@@InvictaHistorywhich speaks volumes to the accuracy and quality of the video. Hold your head high guys (the entire team who worked on it) This is a bookmark in Western documentary telling of the topic
A lot of historians have suggested that during the Imjin War to take Korea in the 1590's, Japan probably fielded about 40,000 gunners out of a 160,000 soldiers...Insane. No European power was fielding that many as they were still using pike and shot lol
To be Fair, the Swedish Army under Gustavus Adolphus in Germany in 1630 totalled about 150,000 men, spread out all over the theater of operations, just like the Japanese in Korea were spread out. And those Swedes were about 50/50 inf to cav, and about half the Inf had matchlock muskets, so about 37,000 musketeers. So it's comparable.
@@FelixstoweFoamForge Very comparable. Although the Imjin war was during the 1590's. That is a lot of soldiers for such a low populated country like Sweden holy. Japan had around 15-16 million during that time
@@sharkygames9633 Very true. Mind you, most of the"Swedish" troops were Scotts, Fins, German Mercenaries et al. That said, there are records from one Swedish area that showed out of 18 conscripts sent to germany, only 2 ever came back. Huge attrition rate.
And if you think about it, it is the most successful combined arms tactic any civilization pulled off before japan. And their use of sonae under daimyos army preludes fluidity of strategy opposed to western stile of square and linear format. Im just impressed by their sophistication compared to its era.
I JUST started watching this video, so I'm not sure if this is answered in this video or not, BUT, does anyone know, in a bit of detail, why samurai and japanese soldiers wore a.... Balloon? On their backs? I understand the point of banners and controlling soldiers through them, but the balloons just seem like they would REALLY get in the way, and also make a great target to shoot at.
Sort of peculiar that the units were sort of small and mixed, especially the combination of everything in relatively small units. Descriptions of (Bavarian) 30 Years War regiments had units of either pike/guns or specific cavalry regiments numbering (realistically) in the hundreds.
I hope you guys one day do the true size of the Napoleonic Armies of the 1813 German campaigns. I have a particular interest in Walmoden's Russian Prussian Army and the Danish Corps that engaged it frequently in North Germany as one of my ancestors was part of the Danish army in the time 🙂
I'm all for learning the history of feudal Japanese military formation and getting some money out of it, but damn, endorsing Ubislop... come on. You can definitely find better slop than ubisoft
Were pistols used to any extend in Japanese warfare? If we're talking about the 16th or 17th centuries then armoured pistol-wielding cavalry - cuirassiers - were some of the most sought-after troops in Europe. Did Japan ever do something similar?
I find it curious that you can criticize a game like total war for inaccurately displaying Japanese units, then shamelessly advertise for a game that has been thoroughly debunked by the people it was supposed to based on. I'll stick to the history channels that get their resources from donation alone, thanks.
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So you're telling me....
Playing Shogun 2 on "low" unit settings is more likely to represent an actual Japanese army than playing on "ultra?"
Where's the fun in that? RP? Same for ToB, it just looks better with larger numbers
If you could have 70-80 units per army instead of 20, yeah.
One thing about Warfare that people often forget is that People during that time can Organize and need to be flexible as there's isn't someone with a Camera flying around the battlefield sending orders.
160 men of full on Archer or Crossbow Regiments are not that common since getting them mixed with other soldier types is far more effective to deal with the change of battle which cannot be seen through a camera flying across the battlefield.
Basically if Total War were to be more accurate Velites would never be their own unit as historically the Velites imbed themself into Hastati and Principes Maniples, giving the Heavy Infantry a flexible force of Skirmishers.
This video misinterprets the samurai class. Samurai for the most part weren't nobles. You can actually visit samurai city districts and villages that were made up of samurai. The reason you don't see them in media often though is because they're protected spaces often closed to the public.
Samurai was an very mobile class that people were moving in and out of constantly. The US population with its veterans is only 2% of the US, yet we see servicemen and veterans all the time. In 1600s Japan, it was almost 5%-10%. Lower class samurai were also known to drop out of the class to become farmers or other individual pursuits.
And if anyone wants to weeb out, you can watch videos on samurai dairies on TH-cam and find this information on Britanica or other sources online.
@@ashina2146
No flying camera and gods eye view of the battlefield? Orders carried out immediately? The battles weren’t 5-20 minutes long? You don’t say…..
It’s not forgotten. If TW had accurate battles it wouldn’t be as popular. Hours for one battle, days in some cases. Not to mention months and years of sieges.
Before anyone ask. Based on this video, you should field
- 5 unit of skirmish ashigaru ( 3 archer, 2 gunner)
- 9-11 unit of spear ashigaru
- 1 commander
- 1-3 yari samurai
- 2 yari calvary
In shogun 2
Yea. Sound valid
Based strategy
I'd replace the yari samurai to long yari ashigaru for more yarimazing
@@demasathallah Nobuhide would be pleased
that's usually what my early armies look like. They I start replacing ashigaru units with more samurai as the quality of troops improves.
those shogun 2 icons are timeless!!
Everyone loves samurai armor, but ashigaru troops had such a great look.
They should make a movie about a lone ashigaru kicking ass and taking names.
toyotomi hideyoshi used to be sandal bearer ashigaru (one of the lowest rank of ashigaru) for Oda Nobunaga before actually rise into a samurai rank
I would like to see a ashigaru movie and it would also be cool to see a Heideyoshi movie in the west.
A lone ashigaru can’t do anything
In masses formations though they could go toe to toe with samurai, but on their own a samurai would cut them up
Then they should make a movie about Hideyoshi toyotomi
That would be a story of Miyamoto Musashi then. He was an Ashigaru in his teens during the Battle of Sekigahara - for the losing army of the west that is, so no glory at that time, nothing but fleeing the battle while being chased around.
But Nah, I'd like for a Zohyo Monogatari telling the story of a sonae like Band of Brothers.
長柄槍足軽 or pike ashigaru didn't usually "stab" at the enemies. They rather "stroke" down the enemies pushing the pikes down from above repeatedly. Many Japanese series or movies feature this unique usage of pikes.
Looking at European pike drill from the early modern period there is a clear "stroke" element to them, especially when fighting other infantry and "fenching" with their pikes. It's understandable that this was even more common in Japan, as Japanese pikes tended to be shorter but with heavier and more complex heads.
Hears "Bussy": 🤨
Sees "Bushi": Ohhh, ok
bro..........
Brain rot
A truly fascinating video. Very easy to forget how "modern" the Sengoku Jidae was, but this really puts that aspect into context.
The comparison to the Napoleonic Corp D'armée was particularly astute.
3:23 the rise of the bussy!
ah debussy, i love debussy
@@theamorphousflatsch2699 Ikr. Then ya got shows like Blue Eyed Samurai where they just had to ruin Mizu's perfectly good bussy for the "plot", smh.
Anata wa Bussy
Kira kira Bussy
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@@KyoushaPumpItUp bussy wa daisuki desu~♥︎
9:38 Assigaru
Ubisoft will sponsor guys like this but won't take their advice lol
😂😂😂 so true.
amazing video for giving a “jumping off point” for conceptualizing how armies of this period worked.
I do think giving idealized examples work really well cause it gives you a good base to infer how other armies under certain restrictions and advantages would look. maybe they had less footmen available in a certain battle but mire horsemen, or the army was depleted from prior engagements. Or they didnt have support from some lords. whatever it is, offering a base like this gives you a really nice point of reference for getting a general picture of those more situational eventualities.
Id love more videos like this for other places and periods! like high medieval western europe.
I highly recommend checking out The Shogunate and the channels that he advertises if you want to go and read up about the details of samurai and pre-modern Japan. It can really change your outlook on everything. Love the video!
I'm interested with the earlier samurai history, Kamakura and Muromachi samurais were main mounted horse archers, not much combined arms like Sengoku Jidai
@@tertmade9769shogunate covers a bit of that too. He also collabs with channels that do deep covers of early Japanese history
I cant stand his cringe voiceover, i’d rather read hundreds pages of books
When you see "Shi" in Japanese it's pronounced like we pronounce "she." When you see "o" it's pronounced like the name of the letter.
Bushi should be "Boo-She"
Ashigaru should be "Ah-She-garu"
The Ko in Koku should be like the Co in Coke.
You guys do a lot of work on research and present great work, but I might suggest getting some consultation on pronunciation, especially for the languages that are still spoken today.
Will you make an episode on the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
I'm not super familiar with their system at all. Any teasers on what we would be looking at? (I'd love to by the way)
@@InvictaHistorywell you could feature the polish winged hussar in the “units of history” videos. ( not the warhammer one tho)
@@InvictaHistory you can Reach out to professor Sikora
@@InvictaHistorywhat about medieval armies using Lance fournie Squads
So samurai retainers were like a medieval lance, where every knight came to war with several archers and men at arms in tow
Although the european lance was fully mounted; this one I don't know. Also, lances did form into big cavalry units, while these ones form small combined arms subunits.
@@alessandronavone6731 while the european lance had more a lot more horses, it was not entirely mounted. Rather, between 1/3 to 2/3 of the lance would have been mounted. Charles the Bold's lances for instances included mounded one knight, one squire, and one page, and on foot one pikeman, one gunner, and one crossbowman. As well, three "archers" were mounted infantry, in other words travel mounted but fight dismounted. These would later evolve into light cavalry (though confusingly keeping the name "archer").
@@ParallelPain Kind of agree, but Charles' lance was a very particular, almost experimental type of lance, much different from the mainstream elsewhere, which also lasted for a very brief period of time. The German lance, the French lance and the Italian lance were all entirely mounted, and only the French one had a component, the "archers", that could maybe be classified as mounted infantry (but I hesitate here, because from what I remember they could also very well act as lighter cavalry). For the most part, in European late medieval and early renaissance warfare cavalry and infantry acted as separate components, and the cavalry one was very significant.
WOW! Just WOW! Thank you for this video!
There is so much dis-information out there. I always thought how could they present as such intelligent people, yet their battle tactics seemed so rudimentary? Everything you discussed made so much more sense than what we are show in traditional media.
The sponsor is not the best when you talk of trully depicting of the individuals BTW
Yeah I can't speak to the hidtoricity of how they will be treating the characters and their stories in game. However from past titles I can say that the environments are usually quite spot on and make for great history tours.
Sure the evinronments are spot on, but i can bet it will be full of wokewashing historical facts and behaviours by "modern standarts" as we usually expect from these kind of people
@@InvictaHistoryis this possible for you to make such similar video on Indian army (medieval), also Great content 👍 people usually think battle is about strength and braveness but it is also about logistic and strategy , happy to see you covered it.
@@suryansh.1 nobody but indians are interested in medieval indian warfare dude.
I am a 12 year old kid that dreams of being a historian. Love your work Invicta. Can you guys do WWII German Africa Corps true size.
Question: can you tell me what animation software you use. Learning animations right now.
Remember NO preorders, plz do not promote that game
Why not...?
@@NobleKorhedronIt's Ubisoft. Enough said.
What game @JohanNo111...?
Bloody great video man as always, however I would have thought a man of your calibre (as it relates to historical accuracy) would've rejected your sponsorship for Assasins Creed which has become a historically innacurate post-modernist nightmare.
Ubisoft can sponsor anyone they want, im still not buying...
A very interesting video and a unique approach you find rarely in documentaries.
Fantastic video!! Would absolutely love to see this level of investigation applied on Xerxes' army during the 2nd Persian war. The sheer scale and variety would be amazing to see.
Loving the ammount of Samurai stuff we've been getting lately.
Great video (as always tbh). I had no idea how complex and elaborate the structure and command system of japanese armies of this period was. I can't help but to think that it was maybe too elaborate but that's just my opinion. Either way, It must have been a spectacle to see whole armies of tens of thousands of men, fighting in this manner.
That Ubisoft check must be good lmao.
>strives to accurately depict time period
>splices in black court jester turned famed samurai
I hope you do the Tercio at some point
Good video but please please don't pre order any Ubisoft title.
Wait a few months then read the reviews.
Definitely agree with acting as a well informed consumer prior to any purchase. We also plan to do some history tours in game so that will be another way to get some more insight.
@@InvictaHistory I look forward to it 😊
Ubisoft sponsoring a historic video in an attempt to generate buzz for their game is lowkey hilarious
For me the AC Shadows is the worst nightmare, as an Asian with love for Japanese history and culture, it's just disappointing to see a non-Japanese main character. They have so many well known ninjas/shinobis such as Hanzo, and yet.
Awesome content. Which software do you use to generate these videos? Please tell.
Thank you for these most excellently crafted videos
The organization of mixed types of old and new equipment is I think a result of generalization than actual organization as it has to take into account decades of evolving militaries.
I think Ian from forgotten weapons have also discussed how the teppo Is meant to be braced next to the face rather than around shoulder like conventional guns, quite interesting
I thought it was gon be a long week, until Invicta dropped this bad boy! Yesterday!
Terrific work! I love these "True Size" videos. 🗾🏯⛩
Very nice, i like these videos, well researched and ever entertaining.
Me when, me when, me when no Tyranids part 3: 😢
Keep watching. Maybe this is Tyranids vs samurai.
Haha we are working on it but keep in mind it will take a few weeks to finish given how complex those episodes are
@@InvictaHistoryyou’re working on Tyranids vs. samurai?
@@InvictaHistory 😮 I'll be waiting
Yes, Inquisitor, here is the Genestealer Cultist.
Just found this channel this morning. Loving it!
So why do muskets have a shorter range in shogun 2 if the manuals say their range should be twice as far?
I think its more to balance the game, if the bow units had lesser range - it would simply just nullify the usage of any bow units compared to gunners. There is a reason why the gun replaced the bow but I think its also to show the reliability problems in early muskets.
Based on the date, would this apply for Sekigahara; or is it too early?
Very nicely put. It is understandable, yet still detailed.
I will not preorder that trash game but I love that you’re getting big sponsors.
Better use for their money, that's for damn sure.
I finished Shogun over the weekend and now this video is out. Everything is trying to get me to sit down and play Shogun 2 again.
Oh Bugisoft doing a good use of money for once
in my head throughout the video: MY LOHD!!!! OUR ENEMIES ARE FLEEING!!!!
Could you guys possibly cover the true scale of Alexander the Great’s army? From his start in Greece to his forces in India. It could be a very interesting video(s).
I would think they would go on to cover many ancient, medieval and fantasy army comps. But yes a Macedonian one would be near the top of my list too.
Once we start understanding the sonae system, we can see how simple and 1 dimentional total war unit comp is.
I love it. this video need a 1 million views. Keep it up! can't wait for the next video. you got a new sub.
I find samurai armies to be quite sophisticated and flexible.
And diverse, apparently.
Nice try Ubi... hope you bought something nice for this Invicta
Brilliant Video. It is interesting how all over the world the same kind of flexible army organisation developed.
I have a few questions. Did independent factions like the Ikko Ikki and the Iga Ikki follow the military formations and composition displayed on the video or did they have an entirely different army organisation?
Did they have a cohesive military structure and if so, who did they heed to?
Did they segregate units out of social rank or did they fight in the same unit despite of their position?
And finally did these independent groups have their own social hierarchy or did they follow no such system but still holds a commanding structure?
Would love to know, to the creators and any one who is experienced with this sort of thing, thanks in advance!
I've been waiting for this Chanel to talk about samurai, please do it again later
A samurai was not a commoner but held a rank of nobility, albeit lower. For example, in 1212, Hojo Yoshitoki was appointed as the equivalent of a baron, and in 1578, Oda Nobunaga was appointed as the equivalent of a marquis by the imperial court.
Well, for a foreigner, I think you did a pretty good job researching this.
03:27
I´ve often read Late Sengoku Jidai armies were probably as good, if not better, at combined arms warfare as their European contemporaries were. Watching this, it´s interesting to see how the Japanese arrived at the same ideas as Europeans, independently. What was a Tercio, if not a mixed unit of spearmen and skirmishers, followed by cavalry? Even the semi-independent structure of the Sonae ressembles Tercio deployment. The biggest and I´d say most important distinction between the two civilizations is the presence of artillery. Baring that, they´d give each other a run for their money in the battlefield.
really appreciate your work, especially your respect and strive for historical accuracy. Too bad the same cannot be said for the sponsor of this video.
If i wasn't already a follower, the intro would have bought me.
I hope CA dont claim copy right on this video because of the shogun 2 icons
Your work is amazing
Thanks! This episode was particularly tough given how complex and contradictory accounts of Japanese armies of the era could be. It's even harder if you just rely on English sources so we were lucky to be helped by a grad student in Tokyo who helped us translate the original records.
@@InvictaHistorywhich speaks volumes to the accuracy and quality of the video. Hold your head high guys (the entire team who worked on it)
This is a bookmark in Western documentary telling of the topic
Thank you for the really good video 👊🏻
Fudge Shadows and UUbisoft
I Love this narrator's voice intense yet subtle
"Go" remained in later eras as the word "Gochō" .
It's equivalent to the Western term "Corporal" and means the leader of a "Go" .
i think a similar video on medieval chinese armies would be great, though i am unsure of which period would be best
Outstanding video - thank you 🙏.
Ubisoft can try the point end of the yari between their bottocks.
Do more Jugurthine wars
thats why ppl joke about japan warring era as "village fight". shogun 2/nobunaga series is totally for entertainment purpose only
Hey u should try kingdom come deliverance, they are actually making a second one, but the first one seems like it would fit the channel really well
A lot of historians have suggested that during the Imjin War to take Korea in the 1590's, Japan probably fielded about 40,000 gunners out of a 160,000 soldiers...Insane. No European power was fielding that many as they were still using pike and shot lol
To be Fair, the Swedish Army under Gustavus Adolphus in Germany in 1630 totalled about 150,000 men, spread out all over the theater of operations, just like the Japanese in Korea were spread out. And those Swedes were about 50/50 inf to cav, and about half the Inf had matchlock muskets, so about 37,000 musketeers. So it's comparable.
@@FelixstoweFoamForge Very comparable. Although the Imjin war was during the 1590's. That is a lot of soldiers for such a low populated country like Sweden holy. Japan had around 15-16 million during that time
@@sharkygames9633 Very true. Mind you, most of the"Swedish" troops were Scotts, Fins, German Mercenaries et al. That said, there are records from one Swedish area that showed out of 18 conscripts sent to germany, only 2 ever came back. Huge attrition rate.
And if you think about it, it is the most successful combined arms tactic any civilization pulled off before japan. And their use of sonae under daimyos army preludes fluidity of strategy opposed to western stile of square and linear format. Im just impressed by their sophistication compared to its era.
You clearly no very little about western military’s of this era then. Completely wrong comment
I love these videos so much! Time to play some Shogun
I JUST started watching this video, so I'm not sure if this is answered in this video or not, BUT, does anyone know, in a bit of detail, why samurai and japanese soldiers wore a.... Balloon? On their backs?
I understand the point of banners and controlling soldiers through them, but the balloons just seem like they would REALLY get in the way, and also make a great target to shoot at.
Sort of peculiar that the units were sort of small and mixed, especially the combination of everything in relatively small units. Descriptions of (Bavarian) 30 Years War regiments had units of either pike/guns or specific cavalry regiments numbering (realistically) in the hundreds.
Amazing Video!
0:10 still looks like total war to me
What soundtrack is at the start of the video it sounds familiar. What is it called?
Ubisoft sponsored this? Ew
Yeah, this channel is full of leftoids
You should be happy that a creator you like is getting paid good money lol
They've sponsored tons of videos in the past on this channel. This ain't something new
We wuz samuhrai n shieeet.
Heheh. Yeah
I hope you guys one day do the true size of the Napoleonic Armies of the 1813 German campaigns. I have a particular interest in Walmoden's Russian Prussian Army and the Danish Corps that engaged it frequently in North Germany as one of my ancestors was part of the Danish army in the time 🙂
Continue. the Jugurthine wars serie
Bro please MAKE VIDEO ON MONGOL WAR TACTICS THAT WERE USED IN REAL BATTLES WITH REALISTIC APPROACH❤❤❤
The rise of the Bussi, history repeats.
Please make the videos of napoleon army cavalry and artillery forces
Great video
Why would y'all reference mitsuhide akechi? He was a traitor and murderer.
Thanks !
interesting that you are using Shogun Total War 2 icons....
Soundtrack: Highasakite "Samurai Swords".....
i love this type of video
I hate Ubisoft
Just play gosth of tsushima
I don't play Shogun but I played Sengoku Jedai modded Medieval Total war
Our allies are abondoning the battlefield, my lawwd
Please make a video about tru size of american civil war too sir?🙏
You guys should do Tang dynasty armies next
Or a koren army Since they fought samurai armies
A ming army might be good too
Ubisoft now has even beef with the japanese government because of AC Shadows. The ADs in this video didnt age well :D
I'm all for learning the history of feudal Japanese military formation and getting some money out of it, but damn, endorsing Ubislop... come on. You can definitely find better slop than ubisoft
Yet again, an infamous videogame company bankrolling an awesome historical video... At least something they can do well, amirite? 😅
Were pistols used to any extend in Japanese warfare? If we're talking about the 16th or 17th centuries then armoured pistol-wielding cavalry - cuirassiers - were some of the most sought-after troops in Europe. Did Japan ever do something similar?
Cuirassiers user an early form of carbine. A shortened musket, much like Dragoons. Pistols were an officer's weapon.
Apologies I just double checked. I've been mislead for over 20 years
@@Redacted2898 My condolences, good sir
I find it curious that you can criticize a game like total war for inaccurately displaying Japanese units, then shamelessly advertise for a game that has been thoroughly debunked by the people it was supposed to based on.
I'll stick to the history channels that get their resources from donation alone, thanks.