Im from Badajoz and i work as a Tourist Guide. This is one of the best works done on this siege, and the only one talking propperly about the aftermath of the battle, the plunder and killing. Thank you for your craftmanship!
I was surprised you didn’t mention the story of Captain Harry Smith of the 95th and Juana María de los Dolores de León. Harry protected her and her sisters in the aftermath of the battle and then married her. She accompanied him for the rest of the campaign and won great respect from the Peninsular Army, including Wellington. When Harry became Sir Harry and Governor of Cape Colony in South Africa she became Lady Smith, after whom the town of Ladysmith in SA was named. Ladysmith was, of course, the site of another famous siege nearly 100 years after Badajoz.
Beat me to it. A happy story for once, but to be done properly, a story for another day. I have a home in Lisbon and often pass Badajoz on my way in and out of Spain. The site impresses but the history, including the Civil War, chills the blood and I always pass it by.
@@tombloomfield4784 Is it a happy story? A 14 year old marrying a 25 year old soldier a few days after meeting him when asking for protection during a sack.
My great great great grandfather, Private John Jack of the 52nd Regiment, was in the storming party of the Light Division at Badajoz. He was wounded in the side at the breach and dragged to safety by a friend. He also survived being in the leading file of attack at Ciudad Rodrigo.
I have driven past the walls and the whole idea of a breach let alone scaling them while under fire is just beyond words. From below you just look up and up at more wall and all this done at night and in kit that must have weighed you down not only brave but very fit too. Great video and thank you
I want you to know that you are the first history YT channel I've seen that properly showcases the terrain of a battlefield/battle theater and makes it clear as to why a battle is important because of that terrain and although you may not have millions of subscribers, you are the only one correctly showing these things and all it really took was a quick Google Earth view of the place. That makes for so much more than having fancy voice actors, artists, or Total War mods. Great job!
Well done! As an American who has exhausted American history over the years I am happy to explore England's history over the last few years starting with my discovery of the Sharpe series. I have read many, many books both fiction and non-fiction on English wars and the Peninsular wars are of great interest to me. However, this is the first time I have seen a pictural depiction of the battle. I am currently reading Simon Scarrow's series on Wellington and Napoleon and this video was a great help in making Badajoz clearer.
America desperately tried to take advantage of this and also in 1812 believing Britain and it's armed forces hard pressed they invaded today's Canada, sacked York /Toronto and attempted to annex the entire country. Just think how badly America would have been beaten had this war not been raging. Would America even exist? The white house was burned with ease, no resistance, no protection forts back then, it not a wild guess to say we would've lost and lost BADLY!!
The History of Britain ( it’s far more than just England) and its interactions across the globe are a good start for exploring the tapestry of history and a stepping stone to explore those of other nations.
I've been there a couple of times now and it still amazes me how formidable the walls are. But even more astounding is the ascent of the castle walls which happened at the same time!
The lidar image maps plainly show the terrain issues faced by the British making this the most informative format for a video about battles of any kind. The 2 day terror was almost inevitable given the suffering of those who survived.
Back at primary school over 60 years ago, we were taught the English folk song 'Farewell and Adue to You Fair Spanish Maidens ', apparently relating to the British army departing Spain by sea. The teacher claimed that the term 'Fair Spanish Maidens 'referred to 'Spanish galleons ', but I never believed it!
Hace 25 años que vivo en Badajoz, y como amante de la historia, conocía bien este episodio de nuestra " Guerra de la Independencia "; esta es la mejor representación que he visto nunca, aunque en su traducción al español los nombres propios suenan fatal. Aquí se recuerda bien la masacre que las tropas británicas realizaron tras la conquista, así como la metodica destrucción que realizaron de todas las industrias que realizaron en toda la península Ibérica. Se comportaron más como ocupantes sanguinarios que como aliados, pero supongo que no se podía esperar otra cosa. El vídeo es magnífico y los mapas e imágenes de la ciudad de muy buena calidad. Invito a todo aquel que pueda a visitar esta hermosa ciudad ( cerca también tiene sitios históricos y espectaculares para visitar ). Salvo en verano, el clima es suave y agradable todo el año. Saludos
You fellas honestly bring these histories to life , it's brilliant how you use all the mapping and overlaying . Really gives the viewer a immersive experience. Really well done . Quality stuff.💯👍💛👊
These are SUPER, as a fan of history, subscribed to almost every channel yours is the best and most needed. Your image at 10.01 I had not seen before and combined with your other imagery is a must watch. I am reading Simon Scarrows books “The Generals” right now and also read all of The Sharpe series, I wish I had these videos before as companion pieces. Keep going!
Superb narrative and video footage. 3 days looting was typical for bloody, hard-won sieges carried by storm. I think the ravages at Badajoz were condoned by the Commanders.
Increíble q tenga q venir a un canal inglés para escuchar la historia de mi ciudad,gran video una pena que el audio en español pronuncie los nombres mal
Please forgive us English for the mispronunciation. In general I think it's very good, and he is trying. At least it's a human voice and not AI. If the narrator has a very unsuitable voice then I can understand the use of AI, but in general it's worse.
That is a fantastic presentation of the siege - the geospatial work, attention to detail and use of authentic sources really sets it apart. Modern Badajoz is off the main tourist trails, but a fascinating and underrated place. A very authentic destination - the Alcazaba is massive, and was (is?) free to enter. I was there 7 years ago, I will try and get back there again some day. Thanks & Kind Salutations.
Great episode! It's really a nit pick, but the portrait of Soult used in this episode is from much later in his life. At the time, Soult was a little over 50, so middle aged. Upon entering Spain, he confessed to his officers to not having the vigor to campaign as he once did, so he certainly wasn't a young man. But he wasn't as old as he is shown in that particular portrait.
Absolutely excellent- I had heard of the 'Badojoz Breeches' (sic- ie the dead had lost their legs) but didn't know the full story. I think I will try to go there now.
Yes the the 27th Inniskillings , 88th Connnagh Rangers and 83th Dublins did magnificent service on that bloody. Also these Regiments were gloriously famous and not infamous.
"Le Maréchal Napoleon Bonaparte...." LOL j'en ai entendu des conneries, mais là on est au top ! et dès le début de la video... Les goddons égaux à eux mêmes...
Minimum more than of 90% of loose of Napoleon in Spain is for the Spaniards ; British no is a Spsnish friends is a Napoleonic enemy for this motive " help" Spain with a " relatively scarce" British- Portuguese atmy.; 650.000 Napoleonic soldiers included Grand Armee Spain in all time of the invasion front 30.000 British soldiers. .
@BattleGuideVT I don't understand either, but I think he's basically saying that Spain carried the peninsula war and that the British weren't friends of the Spanish. But honestly, I disagree with his statement
In the books he received a battlefield commission from Wellesley for saving his life at Assaye in India. It’s the same in the show except they show it in the Peninsula instead. Sharpe gets his promotion to Captain confirmed for the forlorn hope, instead of being temporary
Thank you so much. It is our first tiptoe into the Peninsular War on the channel so a bit of a wild card to see how popular it will be. Delighted you enjoyed it!
Excellent video, Battle Guide team! I've read a bit about the Napoleonic Wars, but not much. This is a great video. As always, the maps are excellent and it's really cool how you're using LIDAR maps. The video is informative too. I cannot imagine the horrors (especially the horrors that civilians faced with the atrocities that occurred). Dan did a great job narrating as well. Great work again. Kudos, Battle Guide team! I hope that Dan and the rest of the team have a wonderful weekend. Take care :).
Comparisons between Wellington versus Napoleon as if he was influential in this campaign isn't correct. If you're going to compare apples to apples, you should say it would be the king of England versus Napoleon. But actuality , it's one of Napoleon's Marshals versus Wellington. In this instance. It's not Napoleon's forces, that phrase should not be used at all. As he had no influence or command over any of the troop movements or in the entire theater.
Great story and brilliantly told....but you have to ask yourself WTF did all these young men die for? The human species is without question the most stupid of Gods creation...and still it goes on, and probably will until we eventually wipe ourselves out. Keep up the great work.
"Bad-Joz", "Guadana"... no sé quién ha hecho la traducción, pero es más bien penosa. Badajoz está a 200 Km en línea recta de Ciudad Rodrigo, no a 120, el teatro de operaciones de Wellington era más amplio. And, for my British friends who comment here, I would'nt trust very much about historic accuracy of Sharpe's books or films...
Miniature version features in one of the Sharpe Series - Sharpe's Company - complete with the Forlorn Hope. Brutal depiction, the reality must have been much worse.
La narration du texte en français comporte beaucoup d’erreurs de prononciation. C’est très approximatif sur les noms de villes et de personnages. Pénible à écouter. Dommage, car le documentaire est intéressant.
Sieges such as this make zero sense to me. Throwing men into a slaughter is such a farce. Grind the besieged down so bad they cant mount much defense. Further attacking such heavily defended positions, instead of grinding the defenders down elsewhere is also folly.
Colville, war-time private sec to PM Chamberlain and PM Churchill. John Colville at times under siege from Winston at Chequers, never surrendered, as told in 1982, saying Munich was absolutely right.
Tan sólo un comentario. Me ha resultado extremadamente molesto escuchar los topónimos de las localizaciones de los combates pronunciados "a la inglesa". Hagan ustedes un pequeño esfuerzo, ya que hacen la locución del video en un muy correcto español, en pronunciar, también, el nombre de la ciudad de Badajoz correctamente en español. Y no ese horrible e irreconocible "Baedhoz" que no paran de repetir todo el rato. Es algo así como si en una locución en ingles yo dijera "Londres", o "Nueva York", en lugar de London y New York. Por lo demás, buen trabajo y buenas imágenes
Worse than others? The French notoriously lived off the land whereas the British paid for their supplies in the Peninsular. Traditionally, in all theatres,if a city continued to resist after a viable breech had been made and therefore necessitated a bloody assault then the city would be looted.
Can we get some numbers of combatants? How many British stormed each breach? How many French defended? Etc? Seems impossible for the British to take the breach if they didn’t have significantly overwhelming numbers
Traduction française épouvantable : presque tous les noms propres sont malmenés et erronés, à commencer par la ville de Badajoz où s'est déroulée l'action. Certaines phrases n'ont aucun sens. Balancer une traduction automatique sans s'assurer de son exactitude est un travail indigne d'un historien.
@@antonioponte6256hi Antonio, I've found that you can switch to the English audio track by clicking the 'cog' icon and then select the Audio Track. I hope this helps!
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Im from Badajoz and i work as a Tourist Guide. This is one of the best works done on this siege, and the only one talking propperly about the aftermath of the battle, the plunder and killing. Thank you for your craftmanship!
These illustrations and graphics could put the history channel to shame! What a fantastic video
I was surprised you didn’t mention the story of Captain Harry Smith of the 95th and Juana María de los Dolores de León. Harry protected her and her sisters in the aftermath of the battle and then married her. She accompanied him for the rest of the campaign and won great respect from the Peninsular Army, including Wellington. When Harry became Sir Harry and Governor of Cape Colony in South Africa she became Lady Smith, after whom the town of Ladysmith in SA was named. Ladysmith was, of course, the site of another famous siege nearly 100 years after Badajoz.
Good knowledge Owen, yes we did think about including it, but decided against it in the end. Hope you enjoyed the video!
Beat me to it. A happy story for once, but to be done properly, a story for another day.
I have a home in Lisbon and often pass Badajoz on my way in and out of Spain. The site impresses but the history, including the Civil War, chills the blood and I always pass it by.
@@tombloomfield4784 Is it a happy story? A 14 year old marrying a 25 year old soldier a few days after meeting him when asking for protection during a sack.
@mynamesnotadam They lived happily ever after.
@tombloomfield4784 fair enough. It still doesn't sit quite right even in the context of the time.
My great great great grandfather, Private John Jack of the 52nd Regiment, was in the storming party of the Light Division at Badajoz. He was wounded in the side at the breach and dragged to safety by a friend. He also survived being in the leading file of attack at Ciudad Rodrigo.
I have driven past the walls and the whole idea of a breach let alone scaling them while under fire is just beyond words. From below you just look up and up at more wall and all this done at night and in kit that must have weighed you down not only brave but very fit too. Great video and thank you
I want you to know that you are the first history YT channel I've seen that properly showcases the terrain of a battlefield/battle theater and makes it clear as to why a battle is important because of that terrain and although you may not have millions of subscribers, you are the only one correctly showing these things and all it really took was a quick Google Earth view of the place. That makes for so much more than having fancy voice actors, artists, or Total War mods. Great job!
Well done! As an American who has exhausted American history over the years I am happy to explore England's history over the last few years starting with my discovery of the Sharpe series. I have read many, many books both fiction and non-fiction on English wars and the Peninsular wars are of great interest to me. However, this is the first time I have seen a pictural depiction of the battle. I am currently reading Simon Scarrow's series on Wellington and Napoleon and this video was a great help in making Badajoz clearer.
Amazing... delighted we could assist!
America desperately tried to take advantage of this and also in 1812 believing Britain and it's armed forces hard pressed they invaded today's Canada, sacked York /Toronto and attempted to annex the entire country. Just think how badly America would have been beaten had this war not been raging. Would America even exist? The white house was burned with ease, no resistance, no protection forts back then, it not a wild guess to say we would've lost and lost BADLY!!
Does America have a history yet? Who knew?
The History of Britain ( it’s far more than just England) and its interactions across the globe are a good start for exploring the tapestry of history and a stepping stone to explore those of other nations.
Wait until you find out about continental (mainland) European and Asian history..
I've been there a couple of times now and it still amazes me how formidable the walls are. But even more astounding is the ascent of the castle walls which happened at the same time!
Badajoz was certainly a hard nut to crack!
@@BattleGuideVT oh I don't know... we had Sharpe after all...
This style of presentation takes history channels to the next level
Awesome video! The quality of these is getting better and better!
Thank you so much. It is our first venture into the Peninsular War on the channel so delighted you enjoyed it!
Another brilliant upload 👍🏻
Thanks for the visit
Great Job! Excellent combination of photos, video, models and primary sources. A rare combination on TH-cam these days!!
Thanks!
The lidar image maps plainly show the terrain issues faced by the British making this the most informative format for a video about battles of any kind. The 2 day terror was almost inevitable given the suffering of those who survived.
Back at primary school over 60 years ago, we were taught the English folk song
'Farewell and Adue to You Fair Spanish Maidens ', apparently relating to the British army departing Spain by sea.
The teacher claimed that the term 'Fair Spanish Maidens 'referred to 'Spanish galleons ', but I never believed it!
Excellent & informative presentation. Very enjoyable.
Superb analysis and wonderfully illustrated.
I've read every Sharpe novel at least ten times so this compliments the tale perfectly.
Thanks.
A throughout research re-enactment with great visual effects. A thumbs up!
Hace 25 años que vivo en Badajoz, y como amante de la historia, conocía bien este episodio de nuestra " Guerra de la Independencia "; esta es la mejor representación que he visto nunca, aunque en su traducción al español los nombres propios suenan fatal. Aquí se recuerda bien la masacre que las tropas británicas realizaron tras la conquista, así como la metodica destrucción que realizaron de todas las industrias que realizaron en toda la península Ibérica. Se comportaron más como ocupantes sanguinarios que como aliados, pero supongo que no se podía esperar otra cosa. El vídeo es magnífico y los mapas e imágenes de la ciudad de muy buena calidad. Invito a todo aquel que pueda a visitar esta hermosa ciudad ( cerca también tiene sitios históricos y espectaculares para visitar ). Salvo en verano, el clima es suave y agradable todo el año. Saludos
I'd l ove to go there one day.
@longyx321 you Will enjoy the visit, I'm sure
Top quality as always, thank you.
Great video! I’m hoping for more napoleonic war content in the future!
As always very well presented👏🏻👏🏻
Outstanding video. Subbed!
You fellas honestly bring these histories to life , it's brilliant how you use all the mapping and overlaying . Really gives the viewer a immersive experience. Really well done . Quality stuff.💯👍💛👊
Incredible, thank you!
Quality video as per!
Excellent video, as always a pleasure to watch. Well done team and thank you.
Thank you so much. It is our first venture into the Peninsular War on the channel so delighted you enjoyed it!
Napoleonic War video from Battle Guide.. nice!!
These are SUPER, as a fan of history, subscribed to almost every channel yours is the best and most needed. Your image at 10.01 I had not seen before and combined with your other imagery is a must watch.
I am reading Simon Scarrows books “The Generals” right now and also read all of The Sharpe series, I wish I had these videos before as companion pieces.
Keep going!
The men on both sides were made of stronger stuff than we are today. The bravery incredible and the savagery unbelievable.
Ye. Well i would question why i should die and for what
Now, that's soldiering!
Upon first sighting a Sharpe reference, I immediatly gave the order to like it, that's my style sir!
Superb narrative and video footage.
3 days looting was typical for bloody, hard-won sieges carried by storm. I think the ravages at Badajoz were condoned by the Commanders.
I watch basically all your videos, love learning about this stuff thank you for the teams hard work!
Increíble q tenga q venir a un canal inglés para escuchar la historia de mi ciudad,gran video una pena que el audio en español pronuncie los nombres mal
como tenga que pronunciar la picuriña le pega un telele
TH-cam videos are terrible with English pronunciations as well. :D
Please forgive us English for the mispronunciation. In general I think it's very good, and he is trying. At least it's a human voice and not AI. If the narrator has a very unsuitable voice then I can understand the use of AI, but in general it's worse.
Gracias, un vídeo fenomenal.👏👏👏👏
Excellent 👌 Narration and detail exemplary.👍
Excellent and informative piece of work.
Babe wake up, new Battle Guide
:)
Babe is (non-existent)
Excellent use of the satellite maps to portray. Would love to see more of this 👍🏼
Thank you so much. It is our first venture into the Peninsular War on the channel so delighted you enjoyed it!
That is a fantastic presentation of the siege - the geospatial work, attention to detail and use of authentic sources really sets it apart. Modern Badajoz is off the main tourist trails, but a fascinating and underrated place. A very authentic destination - the Alcazaba is massive, and was (is?) free to enter. I was there 7 years ago, I will try and get back there again some day. Thanks & Kind Salutations.
Brilliant...well presented...
amazing video , i love the paintings
This needs more views
Outstanding presentation!
This clears up some stuff About Sharpe's episode of this battle. i never understood why they went to fight for shovels
Whilst Sharpe is fiction, often obviously so, Cornwell did his homework.
Enjoyable video. I hope you cover the Battle of Albuera too
This is excellent
Thank you so much. It is our first venture into the Peninsular War on the channel so delighted you enjoyed it!
Excellent video, real’y liked how you used videos of today to show the battelfield
Outstanding presentation.
It's obvious a lot of work went into that.
Well done and thank you.
edit: New Subscriber on the strength of this video.
So interessant das Thema auch sein mag, was diese KI da zusammen stottert ist unter aller Sau...wichtiges Thema total verhunzt!!!
I don't think it is AI.
C'est super. Bravo
Great episode! It's really a nit pick, but the portrait of Soult used in this episode is from much later in his life. At the time, Soult was a little over 50, so middle aged. Upon entering Spain, he confessed to his officers to not having the vigor to campaign as he once did, so he certainly wasn't a young man. But he wasn't as old as he is shown in that particular portrait.
Hi Lexicon, glad you enjoyed it! And yes, fair point, that was painted in 1840.
Absolutely excellent- I had heard of the 'Badojoz Breeches' (sic- ie the dead had lost their legs) but didn't know the full story. I think I will try to go there now.
Thank you so much.
Excellent work. and I see you have found the PNOA Lidar from our friends at the Spanish IGN.
Fascinating - great story-telling!
[Please do Borodino!]
Thank you so much. It is our first venture into the Peninsular War on the channel so delighted you enjoyed it!
@@BattleGuideVT 👍🙏😄
Yes the the 27th Inniskillings , 88th Connnagh Rangers and 83th Dublins did magnificent service on that bloody. Also these Regiments were gloriously famous and not infamous.
"Le Maréchal Napoleon Bonaparte...." LOL j'en ai entendu des conneries, mais là on est au top ! et dès le début de la video... Les goddons égaux à eux mêmes...
Not at all, we said "Marshals of Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Armee"
Well done. You've shown yourself up well as an idiot.
I forgot the reason I never study the Napoleonic wars, it's mind numbing.
Do you really think so?
Good thing we had Richard Sharpe, it could have been a lot worse. 😊. Seriously great video thank you.
Very good. Shame no mention of the Harry Smith incident.
What motivated men to attack into such hell
Even if they were the scum of the earth 😢
Minimum more than of 90% of loose of Napoleon in Spain is for the Spaniards ; British no is a Spsnish friends is a Napoleonic enemy for this motive " help" Spain with a " relatively scarce" British- Portuguese atmy.; 650.000 Napoleonic soldiers included Grand Armee Spain in all time of the invasion front 30.000 British soldiers. .
sorry I don't understand your English.
@BattleGuideVT I don't understand either, but I think he's basically saying that Spain carried the peninsula war and that the British weren't friends of the Spanish. But honestly, I disagree with his statement
We stole your gold (that you also stole) 400 years ago. Get over it.
It British soldiers not English soldiers.
@@thesnoopmeistersnoops5167A absolutly nonsense 😂
Wasn’t sharpie commissioned for leading the forlorn hope
In the books he received a battlefield commission from Wellesley for saving his life at Assaye in India. It’s the same in the show except they show it in the Peninsula instead. Sharpe gets his promotion to Captain confirmed for the forlorn hope, instead of being temporary
@@charliereader3462ah I see thank you Charlie 😊 much appreciated
4 Divisions total numbers 12,000? That's seriously understrength. That's more like 4 Brigades
Same siege was featured on an episode of 'Sharpe.'
10/10 video!
Thank you so much. It is our first tiptoe into the Peninsular War on the channel so a bit of a wild card to see how popular it will be. Delighted you enjoyed it!
Excellent video, Battle Guide team! I've read a bit about the Napoleonic Wars, but not much. This is a great video. As always, the maps are excellent and it's really cool how you're using LIDAR maps. The video is informative too.
I cannot imagine the horrors (especially the horrors that civilians faced with the atrocities that occurred).
Dan did a great job narrating as well.
Great work again. Kudos, Battle Guide team! I hope that Dan and the rest of the team have a wonderful weekend. Take care :).
The topographic maps were a bit help too.
@@simonkevnorris Definitely. I really like the different types of maps that Battle Guide utilizes. They're quite helpful :).
This is horrific
Yeah certainly not like the movies.
They say siege warfare is the cruellest.
Comparisons between Wellington versus Napoleon as if he was influential in this campaign isn't correct. If you're going to compare apples to apples, you should say it would be the king of England versus Napoleon. But actuality , it's one of Napoleon's Marshals versus Wellington. In this instance. It's not Napoleon's forces, that phrase should not be used at all. As he had no influence or command over any of the troop movements or in the entire theater.
Hi Patrick, we said Marshal's of Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Armee.
Senseless
Great story and brilliantly told....but you have to ask yourself WTF did all these young men die for? The human species is without question the most stupid of Gods creation...and still it goes on, and probably will until we eventually wipe ourselves out. Keep up the great work.
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Just as well Sharpe was there ... 🙂
Exactly! And yet no mention of his role as the first man to set foot in the city
"Bad-Joz", "Guadana"... no sé quién ha hecho la traducción, pero es más bien penosa. Badajoz está a 200 Km en línea recta de Ciudad Rodrigo, no a 120, el teatro de operaciones de Wellington era más amplio.
And, for my British friends who comment here, I would'nt trust very much about historic accuracy of Sharpe's books or films...
You can hear the original audio in English, not the TH-cam AI
Yeah, pretty good.
Thank you so much mTk. It is our first venture into the Peninsular War on the channel so delighted you enjoyed it!
@@BattleGuideVT There are soo many more battles you can address outside WWII. You've sure have a lot to work with...and I'll be watching them all.
Miniature version features in one of the Sharpe Series - Sharpe's Company - complete with the Forlorn Hope. Brutal depiction, the reality must have been much worse.
Foi o início do fim de Napoleão. E uma batalha terrível, seguida de dias de saque na cidade.
1:10 « maréchal Napoléon » dois-je vraiment continuer cette vidéo😂
"Marshals of Napoleon's Grand Armee", though granted I mumbled a bit (original audio in English)
Tragic lose of life war is never pretty may they rest easy 🫡
Indeed.
La narration du texte en français comporte beaucoup d’erreurs de prononciation. C’est très approximatif sur les noms de villes et de personnages. Pénible à écouter. Dommage, car le documentaire est intéressant.
Sieges such as this make zero sense to me. Throwing men into a slaughter is such a farce. Grind the besieged down so bad they cant mount much defense. Further attacking such heavily defended positions, instead of grinding the defenders down elsewhere is also folly.
Colville, war-time private sec to PM Chamberlain and PM Churchill. John Colville at times under siege from Winston at Chequers, never surrendered, as told in 1982, saying Munich was absolutely right.
amazing how sharpe ot so much right
El audio en español es fatal. Cada vez que el comentarista dice: Bad joz, muere un gatito
Menudos "aliados" los que nos "ayudaron" a liberarnos del francés.
Why were the redcoats notorious?
Looting, pillaging, destruction and generally bad behaviour following sieges.
@@BattleGuideVT so like every other contempoary army at the time LOL its odd you started with that!
Yes, but especially so at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz.
notorious ‘Redcoats’ ????!!!!!!! what's that supposed to mean?
Exactly what it says, they were notorious.
Tan sólo un comentario. Me ha resultado extremadamente molesto escuchar los topónimos de las localizaciones de los combates pronunciados "a la inglesa". Hagan ustedes un pequeño esfuerzo, ya que hacen la locución del video en un muy correcto español, en pronunciar, también, el nombre de la ciudad de Badajoz correctamente en español. Y no ese horrible e irreconocible "Baedhoz" que no paran de repetir todo el rato. Es algo así como si en una locución en ingles yo dijera "Londres", o "Nueva York", en lugar de London y New York. Por lo demás, buen trabajo y buenas imágenes
why notorious?
Tendencies towards looting and pillaging, amongst other things.
@BattleGuideVT true
Worse than others? The French notoriously lived off the land whereas the British paid for their supplies in the Peninsular. Traditionally, in all theatres,if a city continued to resist after a viable breech had been made and therefore necessitated a bloody assault then the city would be looted.
Not specifically worse, but still notorious, especially in the aftermath of sieges.
Badajoz, no Badjoz. Guadiana, no Guadana. Picuriña, no Picurina. Etc...
Original audio is in English (and correctly pronounced)
How come the human remains from Waterloo have been removed a used for fertiliser yet you say the graves here are intact?
They were buried directly in the pit at the foot of the breach.
The french held strong, it was a massacre for the allies forces
Can we get some numbers of combatants? How many British stormed each breach? How many French defended? Etc?
Seems impossible for the British to take the breach if they didn’t have significantly overwhelming numbers
Sources varu. We do know in total 1,500 allied killed, with 1,000 killed in a single breach.
Was sind denn Moschus Kugeln??? Parfum Bomben???
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The AI voiceover is ridiculous, in particular the German version
Just listen in English, it's the original audio 👍
It's even worse in Spanish...
Try the English, original, not AI and correctly pronounced.
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Napoleon n'a jamais été maréchal !
I know, we said 'Marshals of Napoleon'
Traduction française épouvantable : presque tous les noms propres sont malmenés et erronés, à commencer par la ville de Badajoz où s'est déroulée l'action. Certaines phrases n'ont aucun sens. Balancer une traduction automatique sans s'assurer de son exactitude est un travail indigne d'un historien.
Hi Antonio, it's not us, it's a new TH-cam feature. The original audio is in English
@@BattleGuideVT Sorry! I don't have the choice of the language. TH-cam gives me only the Franch audio. I would be pleased to see the original version.
@@antonioponte6256hi Antonio, I've found that you can switch to the English audio track by clicking the 'cog' icon and then select the Audio Track. I hope this helps!