Battle of Bunker Hill (The American Revolution)

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  • The ‘Battle of Bunker Hill’, which took place on June 17th 1775, was the first time New England soldiers faced the British army in a pitched battle during the American Revolution.
    Fought outside of Boston on the Charlestown peninsula, the battle itself took place, in large part, on Breed’s Hill rather than nearby Bunker Hill.
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  • @stevemaenhout9996
    @stevemaenhout9996 Před 4 lety +2050

    British officer : ' Why is there a guy in a white costume charging at us wielding a tomahawk ?'

    • @memmoman
      @memmoman Před 4 lety +83

      Steve Maenhout how many fools can i kill today

    • @Captain23rdGaming
      @Captain23rdGaming Před 4 lety +200

      @Steve Maenhout *Connor Kenway has joined the Chat*

    • @godsavethequeen7614
      @godsavethequeen7614 Před 4 lety +67

      @@memmoman To many to count dont get in my way

    • @terrorfire8505
      @terrorfire8505 Před 4 lety +35

      Red indian mercenaries have entered the chat

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland Před 4 lety +61

      edited: Oops I thought he was referring to Mel Gibson

  • @JohnJohn-pe5kr
    @JohnJohn-pe5kr Před 4 lety +4400

    British Officer: “Sir we can’t break-through American lines.”
    British General: “Send in another force to attack!”
    British Officer: “But hundreds will die.”
    British General: “Thousands.”
    British Officer: ....

    • @elviswho1615
      @elviswho1615 Před 4 lety +109

      Stannis the mannis

    • @JohnJohn-pe5kr
      @JohnJohn-pe5kr Před 4 lety +39

      Britannic hayyomatt I know this was just a game of thrones reference.

    • @godsavethequeen7614
      @godsavethequeen7614 Před 4 lety +35

      There is a saying in the colonial times of the British empire that was very true lions led by donkeys unless it's the Duke of marlborough he ain't no donkey

    • @jakegodfrey1382
      @jakegodfrey1382 Před 4 lety +24

      The colonists even had a Jon Stark

    • @owenjones7517
      @owenjones7517 Před 4 lety +29

      @@godsavethequeen7614 "lions led by Donkeys" Is an overused, inaccurate statement erroneously applied to British Generals in WWI

  • @PlacidSine
    @PlacidSine Před 4 lety +1146

    0:28 “the landscape was hilly”
    *hmm yes this hill is made of hill*

    • @MrLrebelo1
      @MrLrebelo1 Před 3 lety +4

      Lol

    • @serenade4926
      @serenade4926 Před 3 lety +12

      Best version of that meme so far.

    • @theghoul2303
      @theghoul2303 Před 3 lety +9

      You talk about my girlfriend she has some hills

    • @icetbh
      @icetbh Před 3 lety +4

      @@theghoul2303 ayo chilllll

    • @Jay-gt8hb
      @Jay-gt8hb Před 3 lety +2

      Hmm good observation brother

  • @wmadd7181
    @wmadd7181 Před 4 lety +914

    "The colonists were without a real nav-"
    *John Paul Jones has joined the chat*

    • @2testing675
      @2testing675 Před 3 lety +67

      Alright can we talk about how he didn’t get caught the whole time?

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 Před 3 lety +47

      The british: 👁👄👁

    • @Balon-Breakspear
      @Balon-Breakspear Před 3 lety +63

      The man was a beast. Attacked Scotland and put the fear of God in the British navy. I love it.

    • @mrsmissbean9406
      @mrsmissbean9406 Před 3 lety +16

      when he was in america aight imma be a badass

    • @erodoeht4666
      @erodoeht4666 Před 3 lety +16

      One man Navy.

  • @Lebanonjames431
    @Lebanonjames431 Před 4 lety +591

    Honestly, learning about the Revolutionary War during 5th grade was the only thing I enjoyed.

    • @noahdenver1359
      @noahdenver1359 Před 4 lety +1

      Me too

    • @AerodynamicBrick
      @AerodynamicBrick Před 4 lety +45

      My teacher was all into this. When it was almost time for summer, He invited everyone to a open plain and allowed is to shoot muskets and some cannons. There were some volunteers from the nearby college to help us load and shoot. Unfortunately he passed in 2007, some of my old classmates and I still go and shoot muskets to reminisce on it

    • @trollpolice
      @trollpolice Před 4 lety +6

      In my with 5th grade class we studied the American Revolution for 2 weeks and everyday day after lunch we saw 2 hours of a really good Hsitory Channel documentary about the American Revolution. I enjoyed school during that whole experience.

    • @112mirai
      @112mirai Před 4 lety +8

      @@trollpolice Bruh my school always teaches us about out country's history when i've heard it more than 7 times already, would be pretty pretty good if they taught us about ww2 and the revolutionary war

    • @brendamelton7847
      @brendamelton7847 Před 4 lety

      Me too.

  • @MegaHalofan11
    @MegaHalofan11 Před 4 lety +468

    British Officer: Sir, we have captured the hill!
    British General: Excellent, how many casualties did we suffer?
    British Officer: ummm...

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Před 4 lety +38

      American general: Super easy, barely an inconvenience

    • @GreedlingRush
      @GreedlingRush Před 4 lety +11

      British Officer: Yes

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 Před 4 lety +2

      *N O*

    • @kennethhuffman3754
      @kennethhuffman3754 Před 4 lety +9

      @Dan Gurău casualties is a general term for both those dead and wounded. Though the goal in war back then wasn't to actually kill your enemy but to burden them with wounded, because it takes more resources to care for a wounded man than bury a dead one.

    • @somerandomdood2451
      @somerandomdood2451 Před 4 lety +2

      Mega The Chieftain Theres bound to be lots of deaths. The Americans had the advantage by fortifying themselves up high.

  • @falconnine9
    @falconnine9 Před 4 lety +117

    imagine being breed's hill and having the majority of a battle take part on you but your friend, bunker hill gets all the credit

  • @Littleman3240
    @Littleman3240 Před 4 lety +437

    So I just found this piece of the description of the Minutemen for Empire- Total War and it just made me crack up for a minute.
    "Their thoroughly unsporting habit of not standing in line to get shot was much despised by their British opponents."

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama Před 3 lety +43

      @John Doe Actually the British won a lot of victories against the militia with their tight packed formations. Unless you had the advantage of terrain slowing the enemy you could only get a couple volleys off at an effective range before a charging column closed with you. The British trained to absorb those hits and then charge the firing line in column, presenting a very narrow front until they closed with the enemy.
      At that point it was bayonet work, where the British in combat formation basically became a line of spears and the colonists with their motley equipment and few bayonets were at a severe disadvantage.
      It wasn't until years into the conflict that the US forces managed to standardize their equipment, get bayonets to everyone who needed one, train their men in the art of bayonet fighting (thank you von Steuben) and stand up to the British bayonet charges.

    • @101bravohotel6
      @101bravohotel6 Před 3 lety +6

      me playing holdfast " as an american we have proved standing in line is stupid and im gonna take this group ad were gonna take the high ground and shoot down,
      Brits: ABSOULTE RAGE!!!!!!!!

    • @Seriona1
      @Seriona1 Před 3 lety

      @@hagamapama United States 1781 would like to have a chat with you.

    • @thepuffin4050
      @thepuffin4050 Před 3 lety +13

      Yet, interestingly enough, the minutemen who weren't "stupid" enough to fight in lines formed into lines on Lexington Green to withstand the British. Line fighting was suited to its time, and all major battles, whether American victories or British, were won using lines of men. I will agree that militias, scouts, guerillas, and spies all had their place in warfare, but it is incorrect to say that they were the dominant force that won American freedom. Militiamen also had an uncomfortable penchant for simply leaving the army when they got bored or sick of fighting. It was the well drilled discipline of the Continental Army, along with a lot of aid from France, Spain, and the Netherlands that won the war.

    • @thepuffin4050
      @thepuffin4050 Před 3 lety +3

      @John Doe please don't use that movie as an accurate account of American history

  • @steinnbjorn7627
    @steinnbjorn7627 Před 4 lety +792

    I remember that, it was an epic battle: Brotherhood of Steel, Institute and Railroad, who could have thought a pair of synths would cause a revolution

    • @airthefallen
      @airthefallen Před 4 lety +9

      Beat me to it!

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 Před 4 lety +1

      Ayy lmao

    • @steinnbjorn7627
      @steinnbjorn7627 Před 4 lety +35

      @Shaun A Yeah :D I guess Preston was confused on which side needed a help in this settlement and decided to stay away

    • @ctgslayer
      @ctgslayer Před 4 lety +8

      Steinn Bjorn Ad Victoriam, brother

    • @steinnbjorn7627
      @steinnbjorn7627 Před 4 lety +9

      @@ctgslayer Ad Victoriam, knight

  • @JC839
    @JC839 Před 4 lety +738

    Do Most Dangerous Jobs: *The Forlorn Hope* _(Napoleonic Wars)_ .They were basically on suicide missions, with astronomically high casualties

    • @cameronschofield6440
      @cameronschofield6440 Před 4 lety +24

      Sharpe's Company by any chance?

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 Před 4 lety +6

      Could you elaborate?

    • @cameronschofield6440
      @cameronschofield6440 Před 4 lety +56

      @@Fred_the_1996 I think he is referring to it as this in summary: The forlorn hope was as the name suggests the initial assault on a fortified position with a thin chance of surviving. If a breach was made in the enemy's defences these men would go in first to exploit it as the main force followed.
      The forlorn hope would though have its rewards, for an officer he could make his name or be guaranteed promotion. Whe a soldier would if he survived would have first pick when looting began (being already in the cities walls.)
      The siege of Badajoz and to a lesser extent Cidrad Rodriguez in the Peninsular war are quite good examples, as brilliantly portrayed in Sharpe's Company.

    • @JC839
      @JC839 Před 4 lety +30

      Capitão Explosão The Forlorn Hope was the first squad the attackers sent into a breach. It was expected most, if not all, members assaulting in the first wave would be killed or wounded with the intention they soaked up bullets and casualties so the later waves faired better due to reloading or moping up remains of the Hope. Hopes were usually made up of men who desperately craved immediate advancement or rewards if they survived.

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 Před 4 lety +3

      @@JC839 that sounds really sad

  • @Tokax
    @Tokax Před 4 lety +878

    Fun fact: there’s also a ww2 aircraft carrier called “bunker hill” based on this

    • @Madjo-qj2ge
      @Madjo-qj2ge Před 4 lety +18

      Part of Essex-class

    • @anthonyassaker3726
      @anthonyassaker3726 Před 4 lety +3

      Oh cool

    • @bengahzijr.4293
      @bengahzijr.4293 Před 4 lety +16

      I can’t imagine a carrier named “Breeds Hill”.

    • @notaidan4451
      @notaidan4451 Před 4 lety +17

      The US Aircraft Carriers of World War 2 were generally named after past American battles.

    • @Tokax
      @Tokax Před 4 lety

      NotAidanandHi and presidents

  • @andrewgranger3370
    @andrewgranger3370 Před rokem +32

    The men at Bunker Hill may not have been trained in conventional warfare in the European mode but they were veterans of militia service. They knew very well how to use their weapons.

  • @Evzone1821
    @Evzone1821 Před 4 lety +2254

    CZcams: Ah another fine histor- WAIT. GUNS?!
    *demonetized*

    • @ManScoutsofAmerica
      @ManScoutsofAmerica Před 4 lety +71

      Just think of all the political ad money that was lost by both CZcams and the creator. 36k views in one hour.

    • @yousmeel9127
      @yousmeel9127 Před 4 lety +102

      This video will definitely encourage me to bing a 1776 musket to school tomorrow

    • @JacobLozano-mr8ll
      @JacobLozano-mr8ll Před 4 lety +16

      That one Aussie UNSC Marine brah don’t

    • @jiraffe9600
      @jiraffe9600 Před 4 lety +8

      Dahkittydoonsta But there are 5 ads on this video.

    • @seanhatton879
      @seanhatton879 Před 4 lety +2

      You suck

  • @jamesmoriarty9433
    @jamesmoriarty9433 Před 4 lety +585

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      @darthdystopian4550 Před 4 lety +47

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      CZcams: "So you have chosen...demonetization."

    • @adriannaranjo4397
      @adriannaranjo4397 Před 4 lety +52

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      CZcams: Front page and recommended to young children

    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 Před 4 lety +4

      @J D Issa joke. In reference to their video that was demonetized not too long ago.

    • @Noplayster13
      @Noplayster13 Před 4 lety +2

      Adrian Naranjo Well, CZcams considers one to be an act of holy sacrament and the other an act of bigotry. No points for guessing which is which.

    • @GMKGoji01
      @GMKGoji01 Před 4 lety +1

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  • @b.santos8804
    @b.santos8804 Před 4 lety +97

    The elementary school that I went to (and that my sons also attend now) have a "Battle of Bunker Hill" reenactment every year.
    When it was me, i got to be an American. My older son played a British Grenadier.
    My youngest wants to dress in a white hoodie with a hatchet...

  • @slightlyistorical1776
    @slightlyistorical1776 Před 3 lety +98

    I also feel that another important key factor was skimmed over on this topic. During the Battle of Bunker Hill, several dozen free African Americans served in their companies alongside their fellow militiamen and created heroes such as Peter Salem, who was rumored to have mortally wounded British Major John Pitcairn, who would be immortalized by the Continental Army in stamps and propaganda pieces. Salem would serve a total of four years and live to be 66

    • @casda5226
      @casda5226 Před 2 lety +1

      @@JohnnySack16 kinda confused

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero Před 2 lety +8

      @@JohnnySack16 You do realize history and race go hand in hand on many many MANY topics and is an important part of how the human experience has shaped?
      Do you know anything you're talking about or did you just blurt that out with no concept of its meaning?

    • @woyander3202
      @woyander3202 Před rokem +3

      im pretty sure it Connor Kenway who cut down Pitcairn i dont know if you can dispute such reputable device such as Animus 2.0

  • @lieutenantsupascoop2126
    @lieutenantsupascoop2126 Před 4 lety +2530

    Britain when it’s a super power: *Looses against American farmers*
    Soviet Union when it’s a super power: *Looses to Afghan farmers*
    America when it’s a super power : *Looses to Vietnamese farmers*
    Me : I’m beginning to see a pattern here that I’m not too sure I like. . .

    • @UnknownLord711
      @UnknownLord711 Před 4 lety +296

      Funny part is too a lot of those farmers we equipped by at least one of those other countries that lost to farmers

    • @AVKnecht
      @AVKnecht Před 4 lety +460

      All three defeats had the same reason. The homefront thought the war sucks. In all three wars the superpower could have wiped the floor with the farmers if they fully commited to the war but the general public and the financial advisors saw no reason in continuing it.

    • @MineTranzProductions
      @MineTranzProductions Před 4 lety +105

      AVKnecht That is soo true. When it comes to war you need people and war support to help with a war. But most of them didn’t see a point to it

    • @BlackDeath1973
      @BlackDeath1973 Před 4 lety +115

      Not sure how true it was but I had a history professor who claimed it was because the farmers were often defenders who had everything to lose if defeated where as the attacking super power often had weak will to win and not that much to gain on the long run. So high will vs low will essentially.

    • @spectreshadow
      @spectreshadow Před 4 lety +68

      We we fought Vietnam like WW2 we would have obliterated all of North Vietnam but we also would have probably gotten into a full scale war with China/Soviet Union.

  • @coolchrisable
    @coolchrisable Před 4 lety +388

    British general: take that hill
    American minutemen and snipers/crackshots: so anyways we started blasting

    • @emorynguyen1583
      @emorynguyen1583 Před 4 lety +14

      British navy: so anyways I started blasting

    • @emorynguyen1583
      @emorynguyen1583 Před 4 lety +7

      Btw I just watched the video, and they show artillery men “shelling” the town, but it was actually the navy so that’s what I meant in my comment. Also “shelling” is an improper term for this time period

    • @konstantinosnikolakakis8125
      @konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Před 4 lety +2

      Also the Artillerymen has incorrect uniforms, they should be wearing the blue uniforms of the ordnance board

    • @ReySchultz121
      @ReySchultz121 Před 4 lety +1

      Send in the assassin's creed

    • @emorynguyen1583
      @emorynguyen1583 Před 4 lety

      Nonna Urbisness Public reply, I commented the first one before watching, so I clarified what I meant because I realized it wouldn’t make sense if you go off the video

  • @maximuslee5670
    @maximuslee5670 Před 4 lety +6

    I fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. I was tasked to retrieve a few runaway synths aided by the Railroad.

  • @nicholasnewlin1138
    @nicholasnewlin1138 Před 2 lety +50

    British troops: "Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!"
    Colonial troops: "Don't blame us if we ever doubt you! You know we couldn't live without you! Boston, you are the only, only, only!"
    God bless the colonial minutemen. 🇺🇲

  • @binusbechbips758
    @binusbechbips758 Před 4 lety +620

    British General: We have them outnumbered
    Also British General: Why is there a single hooded man charging by himself with a horse. Oh wai-

  • @joshuacheese7709
    @joshuacheese7709 Před 4 lety +896

    America: I got The high ground
    England: you underestimate my power

    • @Pioneer_DE
      @Pioneer_DE Před 4 lety +13

      Nice comment.... that was stolen....

    • @youraverageuser7039
      @youraverageuser7039 Před 4 lety +1

      Pioneer communism

    • @yolotheyeeted7825
      @yolotheyeeted7825 Před 4 lety +24

      America after Bunker Hills: You were the smarty ones! It was said you were to give us representations, not rid of them! Bring balance to America, not persuade them to leave!

    • @ApeX-pj4mq
      @ApeX-pj4mq Před 4 lety +8

      @@yolotheyeeted7825 Then the British replied:
      *I hate* (The Americans flipped out over a 3% tax, wow, how stupid is that amirite? Anyway this comment has literally no consistency to the Star Wars joke I am replying to, so to get around this complication I am using brackets, British ingenuity at its finest) *you!*

    • @GMKGoji01
      @GMKGoji01 Před 4 lety +10

      America: Don't worry Britain. We'll be friends in the future!

  • @antoniusbritannia8217
    @antoniusbritannia8217 Před 4 lety +12

    Dr. Joseph Warren died covering the retreat. He was a family physician to many in Boston, including John Adams.

  • @totalwar5591
    @totalwar5591 Před 3 lety +54

    British: These minutemen are weak
    Preston Garvey: allow me to introduce myself

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 Před 2 lety +1

      People…
      Another settlement needs our help

    • @StillUseless1939
      @StillUseless1939 Před 2 lety +2

      @@luigimrlgaming9484 I have word that a settlement needs help, it’s being attacked by British forces!

  • @mrsky67
    @mrsky67 Před 4 lety +325

    British Officer: Sir, our attack failed, and we didn’t inflict any damage.
    British General: Send more
    British Officer: But sir-
    British General: If they die. They die.

    • @jannestiemes4328
      @jannestiemes4328 Před 4 lety +2

      Hokage Itachi Uchiha jup, is this an actual quote though?

    • @Neon-zq5of
      @Neon-zq5of Před 4 lety +9

      Sounds like a commissar from the Imperium

    • @Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire
      @Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire Před 4 lety +6

      @@jannestiemes4328 no it's just an anti general statement

    • @ln7929
      @ln7929 Před 4 lety +3

      @@jannestiemes4328 yeah from rocky 4

    • @jannestiemes4328
      @jannestiemes4328 Před 4 lety +1

      thesexybadger okay, still completely right and representative

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun Před 4 lety +372

    America: "It's over Colonists! I have the high ground"
    British: "You underestimate my power!"

    • @decrepitmanlet652
      @decrepitmanlet652 Před 4 lety +30

      British: *gets conquered*

    • @dinotea6715
      @dinotea6715 Před 4 lety +31

      @@decrepitmanlet652 Britain:Makes the biggest Empire & navy ever.

    • @d-day7567
      @d-day7567 Před 4 lety +1

      Damn, you beat me at making a high ground comment😂😂😂

    • @lampuhijau9900
      @lampuhijau9900 Před 4 lety

      Power of "banzai charge"

    • @jackietang3789
      @jackietang3789 Před 4 lety +8

      @@dinotea6715 *Navy suffers a embarrassing defeat many decades later in World War 1*

  • @mrplebpotato2824
    @mrplebpotato2824 Před 4 lety +145

    “It’s was the first battle against New England vs Britain”
    *confused screaming*
    Edit: Everyone look on the replies they are talking about someone who missed the joke but the guy deleted his comment and now it looks like they are talking to themselves

  • @johnnyirish2
    @johnnyirish2 Před 4 lety +4

    In my American Revolution class today, we learned about the Battle of Bunker Hill. I walked out of class and got the notification that Simple History posted a new video on the very same topic.

  • @OfficerPak
    @OfficerPak Před 4 lety +170

    Preston Garvey: FOR THE MINUTEMEN!!
    (After the battle is over)
    Preston Garvey: General, another settlement needs our help!

    • @nikiknowles5598
      @nikiknowles5598 Před 4 lety +4

      Goddamn preston i banished you to spectacle island why u here now

    • @OfficerPak
      @OfficerPak Před 4 lety +1

      Niki Knowles
      - lol worst settlement in my opinion is hangman’s alley

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 Před 4 lety +210

    Brits back in Europe: Sure glad that nonsense over in the colonies can't reach us here.
    John Paul Jones: Heard you were taxing stamps!

    • @IsraelCountryCube
      @IsraelCountryCube Před 3 lety +1

      not syre hes that but om

    • @TheRingoism
      @TheRingoism Před 3 lety

      He was mental; possibly brave, but his raids were overrated.

    • @doug6500
      @doug6500 Před 3 lety

      @@TheRingoism They were very overrated. Guy was a rapist anyway and wasnt even "American".

    • @bradenross4182
      @bradenross4182 Před 3 lety +3

      @@doug6500 source?

    • @unoriginal9299
      @unoriginal9299 Před 3 lety +2

      @@doug6500 he was Scottish and believe in the American cause

  • @tortunet1351
    @tortunet1351 Před 4 lety +13

    Simple History: battle of bunker hill
    Me: Assassin's creed III

  • @ThySilent
    @ThySilent Před 4 lety +184

    General Howe: "Hey, if you don't succeed, try, try again....and again."

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +9

      Well to be fair it worked in the end. xD

    • @LudosHideout
      @LudosHideout Před 4 lety +2

      You'll succeed at last

    • @vexingrabbit1824
      @vexingrabbit1824 Před 4 lety +3

      Good thing war has changed... Now it's "If you first don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

    • @setsaimu
      @setsaimu Před 4 lety +1

      Italian officers at Isonzo taking notes

    • @112mirai
      @112mirai Před 4 lety +2

      @@vexingrabbit1824 you forgot another "

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 Před 4 lety +201

    Britain: where's our tea?
    America: we threw it over board and blamed the native americans.
    Britain: dude. Uncool.

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Před 4 lety +41

      This made Britain very angry, and America was punished severely

    • @terrorfire8505
      @terrorfire8505 Před 4 lety

      @Hoàng Nguyên yeah with them getting kicked out of Canada

    • @nolongerinusequit3621
      @nolongerinusequit3621 Před 4 lety

      ‘Were’ r/engrish

    • @za.monolit
      @za.monolit Před 4 lety +2

      @redmotive that's not how it went. The Americans weren't pushed all the way to Washington. The British made a naval landing in Maryland and then went to DC from there, also the rumor that the US invaded Canada for conquest is outrageous.

    • @Daniel-ef1mw
      @Daniel-ef1mw Před 4 lety +1

      A man of culture I see. Very over-simple.

  • @darthrevan-
    @darthrevan- Před 3 lety +6

    I live right near where the battle took place and I had a grandfather who at the battle I've lived in Boston my whole life and I love the history

    • @danielthaxton2917
      @danielthaxton2917 Před 3 lety

      I visited Beantown in the late 00s, and spent a day in the area ... some of the memorials were chilling ...

    • @ZuluLifesaBeech-
      @ZuluLifesaBeech- Před 2 lety

      That is Wick Cool. So you a Yankees fan? 😜

    • @darthrevan-
      @darthrevan- Před 2 lety

      @@ZuluLifesaBeech- I'm a red Sox fan

  • @quebecpilotdreams1516
    @quebecpilotdreams1516 Před 4 lety +1

    Just went to the Obelisque in Boston for the memorial and site of the Battle of Bunker Hill! Couldn’t be a better time to get this video out!

  • @wizar6712
    @wizar6712 Před 4 lety +97

    “Charging uphill into enemy fire is your idea of superior tactics?”

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +22

      It worked for hundreds of years. In those days marksmanship wasn't really a thing; muskets couldn't hit a man-sized target past 50 yards reliably. Morale and discipline however were vital for winning a battle. If your men could be conditioned to withstand the musket fire of an enemy line, advance and reach them with bayonets fixed, the battle would be pretty much over at that point. Their morale would shatter and your guys would slaughter them. When several hundred/thousand men with the balls to walk through musket fire and with sharp pointy blades aiming for your guts get within stabbing distance, the normal reaction is to panic, crap your pants and run for your life.
      The rifle and machine gun changed the equation but that was in WW1, much later.

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 Před 4 lety +2

      @@someguy3766 yeah true it work out back then until someone started to make a gun that hold several rounds.

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Mr-Ad-196 Indeed. Frankly if the men held their nerve, due to the inaccuracy of muskets and the tendency for soldiers to get anxious and lose the ability to load and fire smoothly once the enemy was within the 50 yards where your shots actually hit anything, not many of them would actually get killed. So long as discipline held your guys stood a decent chance of reaching the enemy line very much still in fighting strength. And once they get there, they start stabbing and the other guys start running.
      Several tactics were used to increase the firepower of infantry forming the line of battle - fire by rank, for example, greatly increased the lethality of an infantry line. But this could be countered with advancing column formations, in which most of the advancing men are behind other men and so won't get hit. Skirmishers were also used, men who were crackshots and sometimes armed with rifles, who fired independently with aimed shots to harass the advancing formation and take out officers and NCOs.
      But it wasn't until the invention of things like the rifled-musket, breechloaders, smokeless powder, repeating rifles, gatling guns and maxim guns that things like trench warfare became preferable to line firing and bayonet charges. The American Civil War was the first hint of this change in warfare and then WW1 cemented it fully.

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 Před 4 lety +1

      @@someguy3766 yeah true very true back then to maximize the potential musket had like line formation and stuff.

  • @koga924
    @koga924 Před 4 lety +19

    This video seems higher quality than most other episodes, more music, more detail on the characters and animations, as well as more animations in general. Great video

  • @northernleigonare
    @northernleigonare Před 3 lety +13

    So basically, dont underestimate your opponnent.
    People keep forgetting that.

  • @jackswagger1389
    @jackswagger1389 Před 4 lety +12

    Whoever narrated this did SO good!! I like this narrator!

  • @sandalogaming6766
    @sandalogaming6766 Před 4 lety +257

    Ah yes, that time I killed John Pitcairn as a Native American assassin, while crossing the battlefield in the height of the battle, good times man

    • @dariomania7342
      @dariomania7342 Před 4 lety +12

      Did you do it in air assassination?

    • @sandalogaming6766
      @sandalogaming6766 Před 4 lety +7

      2Andrew 3III Of course

    • @sellyoursoul1742
      @sellyoursoul1742 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dariomania7342 noice

    • @KianaK0423
      @KianaK0423 Před 3 lety

      @@sandalogaming6766 Well done!

    • @adamfrazer5150
      @adamfrazer5150 Před 3 lety +4

      Hey I'm only like 8 years late, but I too worked my way around, up some trees and leapt from a flagpole, driving two very long and sharp blades into a dudes important arteries !
      Also, according to AC it was Israel Putnam who said ..whites of their eyes" 🤔

  • @sgtsmith501
    @sgtsmith501 Před 4 lety +148

    British General: Some of you may die... But, *that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make*
    British redcoats: *Confused British sounds*

  • @notjesua8267
    @notjesua8267 Před 4 lety +189

    Nobody:
    The British when they got shot: oh heaven’s it seems I’ve been hit
    Some other musketeer: hmm yes indeed

    • @iandavies6575
      @iandavies6575 Před 4 lety +13

      The British troops wouldn't have been tea sipping gentlemen , they would have been the roughest of the slums of London, Glasgow , liverpool etc. As tough as nails and more than a match for any colonial farmer

    • @aclarkk5462
      @aclarkk5462 Před 3 lety +2

      ian davies they lost to colonist

    • @varangianguard7102
      @varangianguard7102 Před 3 lety +1

      Churchill It was going downhill for the British, it’s just the French who finished off the job.

    • @Jets_Archive
      @Jets_Archive Před 3 lety +1

      @@varangianguard7102 I reckon if the French didn't get involved we would've regrouped our forces and got better generals and turned the war around

    • @showbizchan0357
      @showbizchan0357 Před 3 lety +1

      no they would scream in pain

  • @oddish2253
    @oddish2253 Před 4 lety +4

    British: what can posibly the rebels do our Royal Navy?
    John Paul Jones: Hold my beer

  • @aviationfalcon
    @aviationfalcon Před 4 lety +11

    I'm so proud I live in such a historic city, Boston is a great city love the area.

    • @ProjectInfinity1
      @ProjectInfinity1 Před 4 lety +1

      GUCCIThomas200K and yet how the mighty have fallen. The very battle with militia men with their own arms, yet today MA is one of the most anti gun state in the union.

  • @rydyly1734
    @rydyly1734 Před 4 lety +25

    Simple History never fails to make an amazing video. It's quite amazing what one could learn from history but it's another thing to learn history while experienceing both perspectives such as what simple history does. Could you do a history of the race for Africa? Or maybe another strange things that happened in war?

  • @harrisonschapelhouman3476

    Been waiting so glad for new episode

  • @kyberbricks3781
    @kyberbricks3781 Před 4 lety +1

    Every video your animations get better and better! You guys always outdo yourselves! My favorite CZcams channel by far!

  • @qtcrusher6177
    @qtcrusher6177 Před 4 lety +187

    I remember this from times when I played Assasins's Creed 3 good times

    • @noplesnono9656
      @noplesnono9656 Před 4 lety +4

      Ah yes Assasin's Creed 3 was a Great Game. Now time to get a Tomahawk

    • @Pandamania52
      @Pandamania52 Před 3 lety

      "Quick! Bribe them so I can keep killing them for fun!"

    • @SnepBlepVR
      @SnepBlepVR Před 3 lety +1

      I tried to play assassins creed 3 when it was released for Xbox one but there where some.. setbacks in my life I have never finished the game. I have however played four and even rough to finish

    • @poletooke4691
      @poletooke4691 Před 2 lety

      That game's depiction is so innacurate that it makes me sad

  • @elviswho1615
    @elviswho1615 Před 4 lety +32

    Colonial Militias, having just held back a British attack: ‘That’s a lot of damage!’
    The British: *How about a little more?*

  • @jennimac7568
    @jennimac7568 Před 4 lety

    I love these vids because I’m learning about it in social studies keep it up.

  • @brendantoggweiler3157
    @brendantoggweiler3157 Před 4 lety

    Please make more videos about revolutionary war battles!!! This one was very good

  • @GreedlingRush
    @GreedlingRush Před 4 lety +72

    Colonial Navy in 1776: Near non-existent
    American Navy 2020: what was that?

    • @Richy076
      @Richy076 Před 4 lety +12

      Lmao the British and US navies switched

    • @manicmangomango8118
      @manicmangomango8118 Před 4 lety +13

      @@Richy076 not rly, the royal navy today isnt near non existant

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 Před 4 lety +3

      ManicMango Mango certainly much less than it once was

    • @manicmangomango8118
      @manicmangomango8118 Před 4 lety +15

      @@connormclernon26 oh yes deffinatly compaired to the u.s. navy but it certaintly isnt a small or push over force, most powerful and modern navy in europe

    • @caledonhockley883
      @caledonhockley883 Před 4 lety +1

      Alex Rich 😂😂😂

  • @brobamathegreat7527
    @brobamathegreat7527 Před 4 lety +148

    More war hero: Doris Miller.
    Strange encounter: Battle of Los Angeles.
    Strange battle: Sinking a submarine with only potatoes.
    Hidden atrocity: Winston Churchill and Bengal famine.

    • @angelamaro3480
      @angelamaro3480 Před 4 lety +5

      Potato depth charges?

    • @haqiem4010
      @haqiem4010 Před 4 lety +9

      Angel Amaro nah japanese were thought it was grenade. Thanks to that they have time to put the depth charge on the Japanese sub

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 4 lety

      @@haqiem4010 Nice.

    • @thelivingcactus9348
      @thelivingcactus9348 Před 4 lety +3

      Neptune *Ireland would like to know your location*

    • @kagenlim5271
      @kagenlim5271 Před 4 lety

      Dont you mean the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout?

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 Před 3 lety +35

    "It was a dear bought victory, another one would've ruined us"
    - William Howe

  • @legendofman12
    @legendofman12 Před 4 lety +86

    "Don't fire until you see the slants of their eyes!" - Douglas MacArthur, 1942

    • @mr.m1garand254
      @mr.m1garand254 Před 3 lety +3

      Source?🤣

    • @BTClips522
      @BTClips522 Před 3 lety +3

      LMAO

    • @ZuluLifesaBeech-
      @ZuluLifesaBeech- Před 2 lety

      Yup! Many a GI said that about them- 😑 🇯🇵 " The Battling Bastards of Battan. No momma, no papa and no Uncle Sam...." General Mac- " I shall return!" 🇵🇭 🇺🇸

  • @jackietang3789
    @jackietang3789 Před 4 lety +93

    The British lost many men because they didn't have the high ground, change my mind

    • @aidanhartford1588
      @aidanhartford1588 Před 4 lety +3

      Starving them out wouldve been better ...but less sporting ... time was of the essence

    • @phillipgrubb2443
      @phillipgrubb2443 Před 4 lety +2

      @@aidanhartford1588 ocean behind. British navy was being constantly harrased. Starving them out would of taken a looooooooong time.

    • @aidanhartford1588
      @aidanhartford1588 Před 4 lety +5

      Phillip Grubb yes which i was i said time was a factor ... however given the hasty nature of the terrorists mobilization i would wager they didnt provision for a siege . The idea was to maintain the loyalist population ( my family included) so starving the enemy to death really wouldnt be recieved well .

    • @LesHaskell
      @LesHaskell Před 4 lety +1

      @@aidanhartford1588 Without the ability to blockade that was not even a remote possibility.

    • @seanniver5418
      @seanniver5418 Před 4 lety +1

      Jackie Tang I’m American and even I agree lol. The British were better off in every aspect except their position.

  • @harmie7650
    @harmie7650 Před 4 lety +89

    British: We have the best and biggest Fleet.
    The Flying Dutchman: Hold my beer.

  • @MrKjGaming100
    @MrKjGaming100 Před 4 lety +7

    Finally found a historical event that happened on my birthday ☺️

  • @vickymirepennell6169
    @vickymirepennell6169 Před 3 lety

    Nice work simple history and can you make more like this

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 Před 4 lety +40

    Legend has it
    The Avatar was still inside an Iceberg when this happened

    • @manuelmarrero5086
      @manuelmarrero5086 Před 4 lety +3

      Duchi “Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked!”

  • @xxlookalive239x3
    @xxlookalive239x3 Před 4 lety +27

    Shout out to all the patriots out there 🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @zechthesnek8993
    @zechthesnek8993 Před 4 lety +4

    Finally more on the American war for Independence. Could you look into doing the Marquis de Lafayette please.

  • @w0p161
    @w0p161 Před 4 lety

    This CZcams channel holds me to school because I'm always ahead of everyone in my class thanks simple history team

  • @DucNguyen-bd5ir
    @DucNguyen-bd5ir Před 4 lety +10

    Straight forward, concise, educational, and of high quality as usual.

  • @gargamel679
    @gargamel679 Před 4 lety +5

    i litreally just started this subject on history in school and simple history released this video, cool

  • @IntrepidMilo
    @IntrepidMilo Před 4 lety +8

    Great video.

  • @Masterient
    @Masterient Před 4 lety +1

    Oh man! Thank you so much for beeing the Tactical Advisor in Panzer Corps 2! Looking forward to it!

  • @kucingcing
    @kucingcing Před 4 lety +10

    "Take back your tea you jackanapes!"-some cardboard in fallout 4

  • @willdezso1101
    @willdezso1101 Před 4 lety +22

    Finally some American revolution, try to do more battles of that period.

  • @nicholasgrubbs9898
    @nicholasgrubbs9898 Před 4 lety

    Still watch you guys all the time

  • @PxMANxTV
    @PxMANxTV Před 4 lety

    I already Learn about this battle long time ago in middle school. This video was a good refresher of wat I learned.

  • @Aditya.Lal1
    @Aditya.Lal1 Před 4 lety +81

    America: I have the high ground
    British: You underestimate my power...

    • @101bravohotel6
      @101bravohotel6 Před 3 lety +2

      but did they really underestimate it or simply show that a bunch of farmers can royally heck up a super power lol

    • @joshuawatts1924
      @joshuawatts1924 Před 3 lety

      @@101bravohotel6 technically the British did win the battle. They lost a lot of men sure but completed the objective and even killed a us general/founding father

    • @joshuawatts1924
      @joshuawatts1924 Před 2 lety

      @Connor Kenway Joseph Warren died and honestly I think he was a potential future president of he lives. And the battle was a Pyrrhic victory for the British because they did take the objective while taking a lot of casualties

  • @mas_n_cant_animate
    @mas_n_cant_animate Před 4 lety +110

    Rebels: It’s over Britain, I have the High Ground!
    Brits: You underestimate my power!
    Rebels: Don’t Try it.
    Brits: ROARR!!! *Gets limbs cut off*

  • @owenpeters7079
    @owenpeters7079 Před 4 lety

    WHY DIDNT THIS COME OUT TWO YEARS AGO I needed this for this crazy history project

  • @c0weclipse771
    @c0weclipse771 Před 2 lety

    I love all of your videos

  • @chakapradana1175
    @chakapradana1175 Před 4 lety +149

    Who will win?
    1000+ english men with red uniforms
    Or
    Some white hooded boi with tomahawk

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +8

      Well the British did win the battle so... the 1000+ Englishmen in red uniforms. ;D

    • @F14DTomCat
      @F14DTomCat Před 4 lety +7

      @@someguy3766 i don't think you get it......

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +5

      @@F14DTomCat I do, lol. I put so many hours into AC3 you wouldn't believe it. Always wanted a free-roam game set in colonial America during the war and then it finally came. ;D

    • @F14DTomCat
      @F14DTomCat Před 4 lety +2

      @@someguy3766 i think he was talking about the patriot that one movie with Mel Gibosn in it just a thought

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +12

      @@F14DTomCat Nah, pretty sure he was talking about Connor Kenway from Assassin's Creed 3. Google it if you never played that game.

  • @d-day7567
    @d-day7567 Před 4 lety +24

    Screw finishing my chemistry assignment, I'm watching Simple History

  • @Itsjust_Jayden
    @Itsjust_Jayden Před 2 lety +2

    You can’t say simple without history 👍🏽

  • @JK-ex6rn
    @JK-ex6rn Před 4 lety +1

    Good work. You are really good at explaining and I love the voice here. And now i want to play Mount and Blade warban- Napoleon war 😊🙏

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- Před 4 lety

      Thank you for complimenting my voice! I really love narrating for this channel! 😊

  • @WaryJT-Studios
    @WaryJT-Studios Před 4 lety +8

    I was there, I remember this battle

  • @brittonburkett6867
    @brittonburkett6867 Před 4 lety +36

    “The terrain was hilly”
    Wow why didn’t I think of that!

  • @henkepaulsen
    @henkepaulsen Před 3 lety

    Would be interesting to see your documentary. on the two slesvig wars 1850-1853 and 1864 and the output of it.

  • @victortuber9116
    @victortuber9116 Před 2 lety +1

    Love the video! Just an fyi in case you want to fix it, at 6:47 the narration says, "The second advance by the English was no less successful"... I believe the intended line would say "... no more successful..." based on the context and facts provided.

  • @garmenlin5990
    @garmenlin5990 Před 4 lety +7

    "And I shall speak fondly of you at your funeral!!"
    -Israel Putnam

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland Před 4 lety +20

    Almost 200 years later. A different battlefield. Another hill.
    *General:* "I got it all figured out. For every man they kill on our side, we kill ten of their men. It's a war of attrition, we cannot lose!"
    *Military Advisor:* "Sir, even if we kill 100,000 rebels each year, their population has about 5 million men of fighting age.
    *General:* "Huh?"
    *Military Advisor:* "That means it would take 50 years and 500,000 American dead to kill those 5 million fighters."
    "Not taking into account that every year, 150,000 boys will become adult men and join their army of insurgents."
    *General:* "Go away."

  • @daviswilson5254
    @daviswilson5254 Před 4 lety

    Do one on the battle of kings mountain please. It’s a very interesting battle

  • @user-hs1uv1rq4o
    @user-hs1uv1rq4o Před rokem +1

    thanks it helped me with project

  • @stephengalindo6340
    @stephengalindo6340 Před 4 lety +20

    Giving credit to the individual british soldier for keeping up the assault. That was no easy walk under fire

    • @sausagejockyGaming
      @sausagejockyGaming Před 4 lety +3

      The British fought for king and country, the americans fought because they didnt want to get taxxed after the british saved them from the french.

    • @Gamer88334
      @Gamer88334 Před 4 lety +5

      @Bradders - They were originally told they wouldn’t be taxed though. The guy in charge of the colonies at the time was actually nice to the colonists. Then he got replaced by a guy who hated the colonists.

    • @sausagejockyGaming
      @sausagejockyGaming Před 4 lety

      Gamer88 the british tanked their own economy to defend the americans against the french and in return wanted to tax them to try and help our economy, however britains biggest mistake will always be not treating the states as part of the UK, essentially i wouldve gave it representation in parliament and treated it as the 4th member of the UK aka not a colony anymore.

    • @benn454
      @benn454 Před 4 lety +2

      @@sausagejockyGaming All the King had to do was grant Americans representation in Parliament. He refused. Britain brought it upon itself.

    • @Th3M4k40n
      @Th3M4k40n Před 4 lety +2

      @@sausagejockyGaming There were /many/ more reasons for why they rebelled than simple taxes lol

  • @johnbrick6164
    @johnbrick6164 Před 4 lety +6

    “General a settlement needs your help”

  • @paulcowlishaw
    @paulcowlishaw Před 4 lety

    Another great video simple history keep up the good work and great commentary as always

  • @17nhvrailroader
    @17nhvrailroader Před 4 lety

    Please do more on The American Revolution!

  • @nitsu2947
    @nitsu2947 Před 4 lety +12

    New England force: *ITS OVER, I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND*
    British Army: *YOU UNDERESTIMATED MY POWER*

    • @dinoke11
      @dinoke11 Před 3 lety

      yep.. they won, but they lost a TON of ppl

    • @nitsu2947
      @nitsu2947 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dinoke11 yeah. Never underestimate the ones with high ground, this also happened in Jadotville too

  • @LegendaryMercDC
    @LegendaryMercDC Před 3 lety +12

    American Rebels: "yeaaaaa we gonna mess them brits up good!"
    British soldiers: *"WE ARE LEGION"*

  • @Jameswebbtelescope7484

    Wow the way you described it was interesting

  • @name-wi1nm
    @name-wi1nm Před 3 lety

    *I live right next to Boston...*
    _time to go digging!_

  • @helikopter4831
    @helikopter4831 Před 4 lety +4

    Colonies: I have the high ground
    Britain: I DON’T GIVE A F*CK

  • @owl1095
    @owl1095 Před 4 lety +35

    Assassin's Creed 3 trained me for this moment.

  • @bradpresley2878
    @bradpresley2878 Před 3 lety +1

    I love how cute flute music is playing in the background during one of the deadliest times in history

  • @PMDacpano
    @PMDacpano Před 3 lety +2

    Connor single-handedly assaulted the British lines.

  • @unknowner076
    @unknowner076 Před 3 lety +18

    “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”
    British: *Closes their eyes*