dont forget, the Swedish Karoliner had a different way of fire wolly that made them advance faster and harder, much of that tactics worked in favor for Carl XII. Cuz the Karoliner was badas close combat soliders, they wanted to be close.
at 23:40 many captured cannons yes so many that there was no way to supply them whit ammo though ;) And yes you can se them in Stockholm and in castles and fortifications all around Sweden. Many many big Russian guns from this era and earlier in Sweden today.
The existence of the liberum veto is the single most deciding factor that doomed the Commonwealth. The Polish-Lithuanian magnates were often bribed by outside powers to use their veto power to weaken the state by rejecting reforms or military actions that might’ve helped preserved the kingdom. A truly ludicrous and unique power that was unheard of in the rest of Europe.
@@rayceofhistory You have to consider that this was the height of absolutism in European history. Louis XIV, Charles XII and Peter the Great had virtually unchecked powers and the powers of the nobility had been all but quashed. Powerful nobility has always existed in European history but I don’t believe any other country had such powerful nobles as the Commonwealth had. The liberum veto forcibly ended the parliamentary session and nullified all laws that had been passed during it. In addition, the Polish Sejm also required unanimity when passing laws further paralyzing the state and making the monarchy perhaps the weakest one in Europe at the time.
@@LightxHeaven I’ve got to get more into the history of this thing. How does the process start of essentially overthrowing your monarch in everything but title.
Swedish army doctrine is basically just Blitzkriegs at this part in our history less artillery and more just offensive with our elite infantry and cavalry focusing on out maneuvering the enemy and attacking with insane speed and efficiency. The days of long drawn out battles was very much gone for us at this point we had abandoned those kinds of battles with newer strategies to replace the long artillery battles which we couldn’t afford. Our King Charles the twelfth who also had a personality that was very similar to this with a personality that was very energetic and restless as well as just always wanting to attack and crush his enemies to the point of disregarding his more cautious generals. This trait from our king just boosted this doctrine for us. And our tactics were very good as well if you look at the tactical point of view all our units had very good tactics to use. I highly recommend reacting to Gå På video about the Caroleans.
The Kings of Sweden have varied in power through out time. The first kings in Sweden had very limited power, they basically owned some big estates in todays Västragötaland, and were the commanders and summoners of the armed forces in times of war. These kings were elected by nobles across the realm from there nummbers. They had to ride through the kingdom and make stops at specific places, stand on specific stones around the land to show themselfs to the people and be recognised by them before they were elected, those kings came from old noble houses that pre-existed the kingdom itself basically. The state was quite weak and undeveloped in those days we speak around the formation of the kingdom as far back as we can find any evidence of it around the year 1000 give or take 100 years depending on who you ask and what you mean by a kingdom and country. Gustaf Vasa is the king who instituted the inheritance of the Crown after he revolted against the Danish king when we broke free from the Kalmar union in the 1500s. He also made himself the head of the church and converted the country to Protestantism. He made the monarchy quite powerful and made no difference between the state tresuary and his own purse. Karl XI and Karl XII are the monarchs who have the most power and controll of the Kingdom, there power is basically absolute. Every European country has its own history whit monarchy but the Polish-lithuanian one is quite uniqe indeed whit such a weak King at this time in Europe. Just thought I should give you some background on monarchy in Sweden since its probably quite obscure knowledge in the US and you seem to be interested in European monarchy. There is ofc much much more to learn on the subject
You have a few clever ones, but most of the time I feel like it’s just a leeroy jenkins strategy. If that reference is specific to America then go put that name into TH-cam.
Poland-lithuania was a weird construction, its been called a noble republic and its parlament is known for its endless tjattering and inability to form any kind of consesus on anything. There is a word in swedish: Polskriksdag which is a description of a caotic and unproductive meeting, it simply means "Polish parlament" and it refers to the coomonwealth not modern Poland. They were otherwise quite enlightend and progressive for the time whit religius freedoms long before the rest of Europe.
@@rayceofhistory Yeah it refers to the unproductive shouting matches going on in the polish-lithuanian commonwealth which never amounts to a decision. If you have a shitty unproductive shouting meting at work you can call it a "polish parlament" in Swedish. Refering not to modern poland but the commonwealth which swedes just calls Poland short hand, kinda like how english speakers seems to call every historical state in central europe through time "Germany" even though the country first appers in the 1800s. Poland have a historic reputation for infighting and paralysis in Sweden that goes back to our "altercations" its a bit of trivia but polskriksdag is still used today.
dont forget, the Swedish Karoliner had a different way of fire wolly that made them advance faster and harder, much of that tactics worked in favor for Carl XII. Cuz the Karoliner was badas close combat soliders, they wanted to be close.
at 23:40 many captured cannons yes so many that there was no way to supply them whit ammo though ;) And yes you can se them in Stockholm and in castles and fortifications all around Sweden. Many many big Russian guns from this era and earlier in Sweden today.
That is awesome that they’re still on display at places.
The existence of the liberum veto is the single most deciding factor that doomed the Commonwealth. The Polish-Lithuanian magnates were often bribed by outside powers to use their veto power to weaken the state by rejecting reforms or military actions that might’ve helped preserved the kingdom. A truly ludicrous and unique power that was unheard of in the rest of Europe.
Was there any other country that had anything like that?
@@rayceofhistory You have to consider that this was the height of absolutism in European history. Louis XIV, Charles XII and Peter the Great had virtually unchecked powers and the powers of the nobility had been all but quashed. Powerful nobility has always existed in European history but I don’t believe any other country had such powerful nobles as the Commonwealth had. The liberum veto forcibly ended the parliamentary session and nullified all laws that had been passed during it. In addition, the Polish Sejm also required unanimity when passing laws further paralyzing the state and making the monarchy perhaps the weakest one in Europe at the time.
@@LightxHeaven I’ve got to get more into the history of this thing. How does the process start of essentially overthrowing your monarch in everything but title.
Swedish army doctrine is basically just Blitzkriegs at this part in our history less artillery and more just offensive with our elite infantry and cavalry focusing on out maneuvering the enemy and attacking with insane speed and efficiency.
The days of long drawn out battles was very much gone for us at this point we had abandoned those kinds of battles with newer strategies to replace the long artillery battles which we couldn’t afford.
Our King Charles the twelfth who also had a personality that was very similar to this with a personality that was very energetic and restless as well as just always wanting to attack and crush his enemies to the point of disregarding his more cautious generals. This trait from our king just boosted this doctrine for us.
And our tactics were very good as well if you look at the tactical point of view all our units had very good tactics to use.
I highly recommend reacting to Gå På video about the Caroleans.
The Winged Hussars are legends of the battlefield.
Yes they are, they’re awesome.
The Kings of Sweden have varied in power through out time. The first kings in Sweden had very limited power, they basically owned some big estates in todays Västragötaland, and were the commanders and summoners of the armed forces in times of war. These kings were elected by nobles across the realm from there nummbers. They had to ride through the kingdom and make stops at specific places, stand on specific stones around the land to show themselfs to the people and be recognised by them before they were elected, those kings came from old noble houses that pre-existed the kingdom itself basically. The state was quite weak and undeveloped in those days we speak around the formation of the kingdom as far back as we can find any evidence of it around the year 1000 give or take 100 years depending on who you ask and what you mean by a kingdom and country. Gustaf Vasa is the king who instituted the inheritance of the Crown after he revolted against the Danish king when we broke free from the Kalmar union in the 1500s. He also made himself the head of the church and converted the country to Protestantism. He made the monarchy quite powerful and made no difference between the state tresuary and his own purse. Karl XI and Karl XII are the monarchs who have the most power and controll of the Kingdom, there power is basically absolute. Every European country has its own history whit monarchy but the Polish-lithuanian one is quite uniqe indeed whit such a weak King at this time in Europe.
Just thought I should give you some background on monarchy in Sweden since its probably quite obscure knowledge in the US and you seem to be interested in European monarchy. There is ofc much much more to learn on the subject
18th century amphibious assaults were really quite something 😂
You have a few clever ones, but most of the time I feel like it’s just a leeroy jenkins strategy. If that reference is specific to America then go put that name into TH-cam.
@@rayceofhistory Leeeeeeroy Jenkins!
@@LightxHeaven 😂😂
Swedish army go BRRRRRRR. 18th century Blitzkrieg from swedes basically. XD
That is kind of what it is. Sort of a quick overwhelming style that’s hard to keep up with.
Know what a Polish pirate says? -- "HussAAAAR!!!"
😂😂
Poland-lithuania was a weird construction, its been called a noble republic and its parlament is known for its endless tjattering and inability to form any kind of consesus on anything. There is a word in swedish: Polskriksdag which is a description of a caotic and unproductive meeting, it simply means "Polish parlament" and it refers to the coomonwealth not modern Poland. They were otherwise quite enlightend and progressive for the time whit religius freedoms long before the rest of Europe.
Wait wait, that’s a word in the modern day that is in reference to polish parliament?
@@rayceofhistory Yeah it refers to the unproductive shouting matches going on in the polish-lithuanian commonwealth which never amounts to a decision. If you have a shitty unproductive shouting meting at work you can call it a "polish parlament" in Swedish. Refering not to modern poland but the commonwealth which swedes just calls Poland short hand, kinda like how english speakers seems to call every historical state in central europe through time "Germany" even though the country first appers in the 1800s. Poland have a historic reputation for infighting and paralysis in Sweden that goes back to our "altercations" its a bit of trivia but polskriksdag is still used today.
@@TheSlyngel 😂😂that is one of the best cultural things I’ve learned from the channel so far.