Animated Battle of Edington 878 AD will BLOW YOUR MIND!
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- Travel back in time to witness the medieval warfare tactics of the Battle of Edington on May 6th, 878 AD, where King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon forces clashed against the invading Danish Vikings led by Guthrum. In my 3D animated video, you'll experience the intensity of the battle, from the tactical maneuvers to the weaponry and overall brutality of the front lines. I've even included meticulous attention to detail, from the terrain to the soldiers' attire, to bring you an accurate representation of the time. If you're a history buff or simply love to see medieval warfare tactics in action, hit that play button and watch the Battle of Edington come to life like never before. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to stay up to date with all of my latest content!
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At the Battle of Edington, an army of the kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by the Dane Guthrum on a date between 6 and 12 May 878, resulting in the Treaty of Wedmore later the same year. Primary sources locate the battle at "Eðandun". Until a scholarly consensus linked the battle site with the present-day village of Edington in Wiltshire, it was known as the Battle of Ethandun. This name continues to be used.
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I wanted to take a moment and ask for your opinion on how I present the information. Do you prefer a more personal and character-focused story approach, or a neutral presentation that just gives the facts without any fluff?
I love hearing your thoughts and ideas and I want to make sure I'm creating videos that you enjoy and find interesting. So please leave a comment and let me know what you think! Looking forward to reading your feedback.
Narration and storytelling, though sometimes causing bias, often leaves the audience more engaged and impressed in my opinion!
Definitely more character focused storytelling!
I think it's possible to make it engaging and interesting without being character-focused. The mood of different peoples and populations can be conveyed without zoning in too much on specific characters.
I am more into battle tactics
Definitely a balance of the two; both factual information and storytelling can compliment one another and lead to a more engaging and satisfying video.
12:20 that spearman in the middle of the carnage is so done with war. He just stands and watches the chaos around him, nonchalantly kicking the dirt, indifferent to it all.
He's carrying the flag. He would be like a mobile rallying point.
@@adamdavis9838 It's called a joke, sonny.
@@truepatriot6969 I admit I did laugh. But thought no computer simulation would do this. Also wondered why only one dude was carrying a spear and no one else was?
He just gets shy at parties is all
You failed to tell about Alfred being a sickly king, but when he fought he became a great warrior. That is paramount to his being a great king. He also used his own wealth to have his people educated to read and write. A great man is not only a warrior, but also a leader of all of his people.
The stuff about Alfred being sickly but then a great warrior comes from one source and is therefore quite debateable. Being a great King and one for the benefit of his people isn't so much though. The first king to insist on the bible being translated from Latin to the common tongue so not just priests could understand it
You have a very rosy view of history
@@aceholepictures He wanted public education 900 years before that became a thing. Not many kings can claim to have even tried.
@@scottnunnemaker5209 Imagine you had to be King? All political decisions and legislation, Security, Diplomacy, Taxes etc. On his shoulders.
@@aceholepictures Wasn't it Asser his biographer who gave the detailed description of his illness?
Come back Alfred - we need you now!!!
Very well made! These videos deserve a lot more credit... I can see the amount of effort put into them!
Thanks a ton!
The Vikings' great strength was in surprise raids on lightly defended targets. In open battle they were only human, just like their opponents.
The Germans have some great words and one of them is schwerpunkt or hammer point where you hit the opponents at one place with overwhelming force. In those days it would have taken days to raise an army strong enough to defend an area by which time the raiders would have disappeared.
@@alexbowman7582 The Germans. everyone is German.
@@mirekbns apart from us Irish Scots and Welsh....and Cornish,and Bretons, not forgetting the Galicians..
@@eamonnclabby7067 I knew that would get a response! You're absolutely right.
Engaland did not exist in 878AD it was at that time a thought in Alfred's Mind it actually began to coalesce from 930 under Aethelstan and was fully in existence by 970AD.
Good old Alfie. What a king. 🇬🇧👍
Great old alfie
as a histoy fan, I think you guys have great potential. keep up the great work.
Leaders like this sorely lacking today.
We don’t fight for our leaders today, the twats are traitors and turncoats.
Ah another animated battle this is what I've been waiting for
Great stuff! Really appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating a video like this.
Τhank you very much for taking notice and leaving a wonderful comment!
Those Vikings were great at fighting, sailing, building, exploring but none of them could act.
The thing about Ethandun/Edington is that it's on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain - i.e. it's a steep ridge line (with ancient forts all along it). Any infantryman looks at it and knows the place to fight is off the top of the ridge, where you can look down at your enemy exhausting himself climbing, while you have the advantage with missiles and easily conceal yourself.
The animation doesn't take the likely ground into account - it's not flat. It's heavily raised to the south, overlooking the northern approaches. What's portrayed is more of a bowl, like Roundway Down, north of Devizes (a major ECW battle; plus Devizes was once the RHQ of the Wessex Regiment).
Also no mention of the preparations made by Alfred, to ensure that no supplies would be available when the Vikings retreated, to increase the scale of the capitulation. 🙂
BUT - despite my criticism above - a great video, on a subject that truly deserves much more awareness. Well done!
Thanks!
Well, you are right about your remarks.
This is due to the format of the video.
Unlike a podcast where you can talk for hours, this is a 15 minutes video which takes more than a month of daily work to produce.
So, unfortunately you have to come up with a condescend narrative which covers as much useful information as possible.
In order to refer to an incident, I usually have to somehow show it on screen.
This fact alone will dictate what I'm going to actually mention into my condensed narrative and what I'm going to omit.
Having said that, now I'm still a single person working on these videos BUT if this performance continues I will probably soon be able to recruit some helping hands and then we can expand the scope of the endeavor.
@@historybattles3D A model of clarity and brevity, from the dark ages...well done...
Fantastic per usual! Extremely difficult to find this type of content on for some reason, but you do a great job of presenting. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.
That's so encouraging to hear!
I'll do what I can in order to have a video made every month - at least.
Thank you very much!
We need our own King Alfred to stop the invading Californianheathens settling in our Great State.
12:19 "Chill man, I'm just a flag bearer!"
Just think about the impeccable achievement the Anglo Saxons had accomplished here. They were going up against the best infantry in the western world bar none.
The Byzantines who were a highly militarized and martial empire first started deploying the Varangian Guard made out of Viking Rus who were Swedish Vikings that settled in Ukraine/Russia (Kievan Rus) in 874 AD, 4 years prior to Edington.
Knowing the might of the Varangian guard to be the creme de la creme of fighters in the 9th century AD. These Danish Vikings were just as vicious, just as physically imposing and just as skilled as the Varangians.
Alfred had relied on the very last few thousand Fyrdmen in all of Anglo Saxon England to do the final battle of their lives, for their way of life, for their families, for their loved ones and friends and for their God.
The Anglo Saxons knew they were a head shorter than the average 1.8m Viking warrior, but they were cornered and desperate. They knew that if they did not sacrifice everything on the line, they would be eternally subjugated. Therefore the ferocity and the dedication of the Anglo Saxons to defend everything they had probably were more willing to die for the cause than the extremely brave and fearless Vikings.
I mean Vikings were willing to die in battle to go to Valhalla, willingly, at least for quite a bunch of them. But the Anglo Saxons at Edington were even more fanatic and even more charged up and willing to gamble everything. By using the sheer will and sacrifice, they pushed the Viking shield wall apart and that broke the Vikings because their shield wall formation was the reason for their immense success. Without it, they were easy pickings for the skilled Anglo Saxon warrior.
Mind you, these Anglo Saxons were Fyrdmen and they were peasant and the common folk willing to give it all for their families and loved ones
bro wtf this is amazing man.
Thank you very much and welcome!
This video was AMAZING. Detailing in animation, lightning, scenery, and faces of the historical characters are SUPERB!. Your narration is excellent both in clearness and diction. You earned a suscriptor (and deserve thousands more!)
Well, what can I say to such praise!
Thank you so much and welcome onboard!
I really hope that I'll be able to live up to such amazing feedback.
Absolutely love your videos, very well made!
Thank you very much and welcome!
I live 4 miles from Chippenham I'm amazed there is no monument to Alfred there.
Great video, I live about 4 miles from Edington, and often wonder where the battle was fought. We know Alfred came from Southleigh Woods near Warminster, so would have travelled to Edington more than likely across Salisbury plain, so going into Edington would have the high ground. It is possible that the Vikings were camped at Bratton camp, and the battle took place on the high escarpment, but most historians seem to believe the battle was on the lower ground at the foot of Bratton hill fort, which doesn't make much sense to me, when you see the layout of the land.
Yes, it would seem to make sense that one of the armies would have made use of the earthworks as a defensive feature.
My parents used to live in Bratton and I've never been satisfied with the idea of either army being camped at Bratton Camp. It's exposed and windy and you have to travel down a steep hill to find water at the spring line (where the villages are located) or lower down in the valley. Early Medieval armies had many horses and so water was important. We know that the Viking army wasn't expecting to encounter an English army and was probably camped at Edington. Alfred's army would have advanced from Warminster along the route of the current road and caught them by surprise. They would have organised a defensive line to the west of Eddington (there are fields there flanked by streams and woods to this day. The theories about using the escarpment of Salisbury Plain for military advantage seem unlikely to me. The ground is simply too steep for the manouvre of large bodies of men. Having said that, there is little information and the battle could have been somewhere else entirely.
@@peterwallace8441 I cant believe the armies of metal detectors haven't found anything there yet. Unless its a protected area and cant be searched unless permitted.
@m j indeed, though the surveys at Bosworth and Towton show that considerable work is required to find even more recent battlefields.
His grandson fought the most important battle of English history and it never gets mentioned.
Because the location is disputed. Michael Wood has Brunaburgh in South Yorkshire.
@@Bastillian And the Wirral plus Somerset and Durham
Given that the Norse first took York, and presumably the Scots joined them in Northumberland, the obvious thing would be for them to unite with the Wirrel norse and Irish.
Presumably, they did so as there was only one battle, not two, and Athelstan moved very slowly in his advance to meet them.
If they moved south, then the great North road makes sense.
But if the saxon army moved to stop them unifying but failed and was compelled to fight, then many sites are plausible.
It's a mystery and interesting to think about, but we will probably never know.
I've been binge-watching "The Last Kngdom", so this makes more sense to me. The series starts with King Alfred.
Same
This video is a stark reminder that we will never see any good historical total war games ever again.
RIP.
great video btw
Amazing how facing total defeat Alfred turned it around and created England!
Great video!
I felt like I was right there on the battlefield with King Alfred.
Thank you.
Wow, thanks!
So glad to hear that you found the video so immersive.
It is really what I was trying to achieve.
Just came across your channel! So much effort, they're amazing!
Should be used in classrooms! Amazing stuff 👏
*double amazing because I was so hyped haha
Wow, thank you!
There's no mention of Uhtred of Bebbanburg though? (Don't worry I'm joking) These videos are amazing, keep up the good work.
Damn fine way to learn History
All the details needed to claim being knowledgeable without having studied the Subject….👍
Since this is exactly what I was trying to achieve, it is very nice to hear that it worked!
Thank you Josh and welcome!
The accent of the "Voice over" is excellent! As well as the graphics!! Very 'atmospheric'!!! Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Maybe when you can, you can make a couple of videos on Rome under Sulla and his wars and/or the Mithridatic wars from beginning to end. I haven’t seen any videos in complete detail about them. Do you have a patreon?
I'll have a patreon page soon.
I think tomorrow on the day after I''ll have the page set-up.
England needs him again now , before it’s too late .
FANTASTIC ANIMATION.
12:19 "I'm just gonna stand here and hope no one notices me...when's that darn bus arriving?" 😂
Well presented, and I am also interested in people's material lives in this era.
Did he say "Army of Heathens under Ragnar Lothrok" ?? There are at least TWO really good Deathmetal band names in that single utterance.
The Vikings were related to the Angles / Saxons / Jutes (Anglo-Saxons). Where I come from, they became ‘English’ together in harmony after initial conflicts. The problems started happening with the Normans (also related but very different). One can say argue, the Normans committed genocide against the ‘English’ especially in the north. Their descendants remain a problem to this day.
One previous invader fighting an other.
12:19 One has to admire calmness midst battle. But this guy with the spear is ridiculous!
Hahaha
Yes, this is an earlier version of my "battle system".
I was trying to figure out what to do with standard bearers during battle so that the banners would still be visible during the battle and not shaking like crazy due to fighting.
I now improved upon it immensely, added extra code for different states and animations according to what is happening on the battlefield
@@historybattles3D Keep up your amazing work!!
Let the fyrd flow like a mountain spring!
Now we are defeated from within.
Perhaps the threat of the Scandinavians gave the people’s of England’s various provinces a common enemy and so created a national unity resulting in a unified England.
I really really appreciate the efforts 🌟
My pleasure 😊
and Hannibal, Alexander, Ceasar, all the capable commanders from much earlier centuries (and anybody above a double digit IQ) face palmed hard. This was one of the most primitive zombie battles ever.
Amazing King!
Other channels may have slightly better graphics but this channel if far superior in discussing the backstory & tactics & battlefield maneuvers...this definitely the best historical battle channel on TH-cam imo & will be among TH-cam's very best if the graphics quality ever catches up with the other aspects
Thank you very much!
Which channels do you think have better graphics?
That's interesting to hear because I believe that the strongest aspect of my videos is the graphics and the visual presentation.
I'm really curious to know in order to set my self an example for improvement.
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Every time I see an ad for Viking Cruise Lines I shudder in the irony.
Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
This is a very great video. GREAT WORK 🎉!!!! Your on your way up and soon you’ll be up there with epic history, and king’s and generals.
Thanks so much!!
The great heathen army was in the language then meikle haeben here and meikle means great and the word is still used in Doric in Scotland. I believe the phrase taken the mickey was originally taken the meikle or taken the most.
The word mickel is used in some West Country dialects, and means the same. Though you'll only hear older fellows talk like that nowadays.
The graphics are actually rather comical. Alfred constantly crossing his arms and staring off into the distance, the tiny men striding across the map of England.
If the BBC made this video, Alfred would be portrayed as black.
Epic! Thanks for the great history lesson
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video!
After watching the History channel “The Vikings”, I know this part of history well now
Any chance of digging him up..? We need him right about now.
188 years later their cousins and Grandchildren finished their struggle. The custom of Premogeniture drove almost all Western territorial advancement.
The only English King named the Great.
Ahhh... give Charles time, he's only in his 70s.😂
King Alfred the great, born in Wantage, my hometown
EXCELLENT!
Many thanks!
Good video. What books would you recommend about Alfred the Great ?
The Saxon Chronicle. The only substantiated contemporary record of Dark Age history in the Western Hemisphere, and one can get it today in modern English. Much better than irritating rip-offs, the real book actually exists and says some stunning things about history.
Howe the heck did you get so good at animations?
he is quite admired in England for some reason
Great work ! Which software do you use to create those animations and formations ?
Looked like total war for the battles, the individuals I have no idea
@@jordanford8071 I think they made their own animation for the battles, it doesn't look like Total War but heavily inspired.
Would like to see the battle of Maldon (Essex), 991; where Byrhtnoth and his men put up a great fight against the Vikings, along side the river Blackwater; have you made a 3D video? I live there.
no archers, cavalry, pikemen? what kind of a battle was this.
coming from a very old saxon family we have records of this they had about 4000 warriors which included 2000 plus of the fyrd called to fight from the west
family records we were thanes and came from germany in the 4th century.
a viking army would have been about 2000 approx at this time..but better fighters ..trained to kill
records were kept by monks and the family at that time were high ranked in the church...all this came to a end when in 1066 they were thrown of there lands and traveled to the welch marches and to the north west of what is called birmingham as refugees.
these videos are stunning
Τhank you!
I would love to see the battle of the boyne
This is great stuff but seems to have missed out a few bits and bobs. First it was said that saxons joined the battle throughout the day eventually leading to them having a noticeably bigger army. Second when the vikings broke the saxons chased them hacking them down as they ran. Eventually Guthrum parleyed after being held to siege in a church with a few hundred of his men.
The animation bears no resemblance to how a shield wall operated in reality
Detail: @ 9:26 the Sun traversed the sky in the wrong direction. Still a thumbs up for a great educational video.
Great graphics with your channel!
Much appreciated!
@@historybattles3D Cambrian Chronicles TH-cam ,worth a look as well as Scotland's History Tours..
Strange how attrition sometimes worked out
These depictions of historical events leave me aghast.Even now in Ukraine the same ferocious battles are taking place. Mercia the Midlands.
What are you using to make it? Doesn't look like total war
all the shots of people in this are in the uncanny valley
aka, 'Alfred the Great', and he truly was
Some weird pronunciations. Alfred is the greatest English monarch in my opinion. Not just for his military achievements but for being a man of letters and learning in an age when such matters rarely troubled kings
brill!
It's very well made, you've done a lot of good work!
However I do need to point out something that's kind of ticked me off at 4:15, a Wessex warrior from the 9th century holding an 11th century Kite shield.
That was a silly mistake.
Initially I thought to my self "well I should keep the kite shields to differentiate between the armies".
But then, by the time I realized the anachronism it was already too late.
The amount of work is such that I don't have the luxury to double check or triple check or re-render bad parts.
I already spend more than a month working around the clock on a single video.
At least not many of the Saxons were holding the shields, thankfully...
Great video sir👏 @HistoryBattles3D
What software are you using for making the 3D? if i may ask
No mention of Utherd of Bebbanbourg?
The only mistake he made was to let any those Vikings maggots live.
As few as 2,000 men on each side in the battle!!? There is actually a large body of academic opinion that the "Great Heathen Army" was as small as one thousand men when it first arrived in England.
It's amazing how many history turning battles were of a scale such that they could re recreated today....man for man.....by enthusiasts on a Sunday afternoon.
Europe was certainly a much smaller place back in the dark ages.
The Dane army fighting Ethandun was LARGER than the "Great Heathen Army" that arrived years prior.
Can you make a video a about the battle of agincourt in the future ??
There is a very good chance that Agincourt will be my next video...
Edington, 878 CE--normal life was so terrible that joining the army seemed like a bit of a lark, and the prospect of having multiple limbs severed or pierced and having your skull crushed while waiting to bleed out down in the mud didn't seem all that bad........ Good to get away from the hovel for a while. Poor wifey has to raise the kids while you're dead and gone, and people are making up stories about how grand it must have been. And sometime in the future they'll make animated renderings of you and your mates and what you did and what was done out in the field that fine day. But now it's cold, and it seems like a long time ago.
I know there's nothing glorious about war but what about saving your nation and people? Imagine surviving that losing battle only for thousands of people to come together and make a final push and achieve victory. Watching the people who have terrorized you run because they know they've lost. If I had a time machine, I would just go watch epic moments in history like this.
Run Away, Run Away!
Interesting. Is this account based on the Anglo-Saxon chronicles? Or do Scandinavian Sagas also mention the events narrated? If so, are the accounts similar or different?
Berk-shire is right next to Twat-shire!
That didn’t look like a battle of two shield walls.
I really had no idea that Brent Terhune saved England.
His name was Harry, and he was not considered a likely candidate for the crown, overshadowed by his elder brother William, the Baron of Carrickfergus, and his family. However, a series of untimely deaths...
……..plus an unexpectedly favourable decision by the High Court….
No ranged attack? No encircling movement?
Too many inaccuracies, especially in the maps representations, so this needs to be remade better. You can do it.
What are the many inaccuracies?
Well? What's the point of leaving crticism and then ignoring the question?
@@leftpastsaturn67 Do your own research. Why should I do it all for you?
@@vipertwenty249 That was a pitiful excuse.
Try another one kid.
@@leftpastsaturn67 Start with looking into the shenanigans between Othere and Ubba and how that effected the course of events and that'll lead you on. After you've been learning for 38 years you'll understand just how silly you've been. My consultancy fees are £120/hr. Best do your own research.
Gave up, 3 month follow up? Kicked out
Oh no, it won't be three months!
Maybe a few days over the two-month watermark.
I'm really sorry for not being able to create videos more quickly, the amount of work for a single guy is staggering.
Working as fast as I can for the follow up.
It should be ready within a week from now.
It lead to a united to a united English kingdom through his grandson Athelstan (heavy lifting done by Athelflad and Edward the Elder!)
The Viking raid was led by Viking warlord gutrom I I probably spelt that wrong