The 10 Biggest Battles in History - Animated
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- I recreated 10 famous battles from history, including maps and animated troop movements. The goal was to summarize 10 impactful battles in a short, exciting way, while maintaining historical accuracy.
Support me on Patreon: / sunlesskhan
This project took me 22 days to complete
Week 1) Researching, gathering films/imagery, writing, and recording
Week 2) Creating the battlefields, units, generals, ships, banners and flags
Week 3) Animating and compositing, and finally sound design
Criteria for battles chosen: Decisiveness, Scale, Backstory Intrigue, Fame, Characters, Historical Impact
Sources:
"100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present" by Paul K. Davis
"Battles That Changed History" (Smithsonian book)
0:00 Intro
0:37 Gaugamela
4:17 Badr
5:51 Hastings
9:34 Chakirmaut
11:44 Cajamarca
14:12 Spanish Armada
17:04 Yorktown
18:35 Waterloo
21:47 Verdun
24:08 Stalingrad
* Correction on Waterloo * My depiction of Waterloo in this video is overly-simplistic (well, the whole video is meant to be very simplified) but it implies that the Imperial guard didn't fight at all which is not true, I was simply trying to show that Napoleon didn't get them into action in time/didn't use them effectively which is a common theme among the historians I was reading to research this battle. Waterloo is one of the most studied and debated battles of all time, and is definitely worth looking into if you enjoy history. There are many, many myths and misconception about what happened that day and why it turned out they way it did, but at least you can know the end result is accurate - Napoleon lost.
Criteria for battles chosen: Decisiveness, Scale, Backstory Intrigue, Fame, Characters, Historical Impact
What did I miss and what are the most interesting battles to you?
An excellently made video. You are underappreciated. My only critique is that you said "unhuman" rather than "inhuman".
Your passion does not go unnoticed. It is great to see you putting your storytelling and editing skills to content that is educational and thoroughly engaging. It's also really commendable that you haven't used your platform to try to blow this up.
I'd encourage you to just make content about whatever you are passionate about.
If we are counting sieges the Fall of Constantinople, or the Battle of Ain Jalut.
I forgot to mention the battle of Britain
One of the most interesting battles to me are the ones from Yi Sun against the Japanese in the mid 1500s his ability to single handedly carry his nation to victory despite being at such a disadvantage is incredible
Damn, first he said we suck at rl, now he’s saying we suck at history
Law of averages says he's right. 😂
As a fan of history long before I was a purveyor of Rocket League, I love your take on the former. A lot of big history channels use a tone that is frankly quite dry in an effort to seem like an authority on the matter. I love your brand of humour and I think the application of that humour and tone will take you far with this medium.
I appreciate your work Sunless, keep at it
Sunless come back to rocket luage❤
I love these styles of videos! Been watching a ton of historic stories on wars and battles lately and this one was great!
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Rocket League doesn't deserve such a great storyteller, editor, etc.
I highly recommend you define what "biggest" means, because many of these battles aren't what I expect most consider when thinking "biggest."
Title should be "biggest impact in history"
@@charlie8344except Waterloo isnt even the battle with the biggest impact of the Napoleonic war by a loooooong mile.
Leipzig, Austerlitz, Iena, Trafalgar,Aspern then Wagram, Eylau are MUCH more important in the grand scheme of things than Napoleon's final battle, the biggest impact Waterloo had was bolstering British propaganda, but like history tells us about how precarious Napoleob's position already was during the hundred days, his entire empire was at stake at every single fight, because the entire economy of the country, thus his logistics for anything relied on Napoleon always winning his battles, he was one battle away from losing it all over again.
Meanwhile in sheer Scale Wagram, Leipzig and Eylau are so much more important.
On sheer importance as it allowed Napoleon to spread the revolution and nationalism across Europe Austerlitz still studied today and Iena etc...
Trafalgar is singlehandedly the reason why Napoleon couldnt invade England etc...
@@erwannthietart3602 Don't forget Borodino.
@@Gitmellow in scale yes, in importance technically by the time of Borodino the Grande Armée was already a shadow of its past self honestly
@@erwannthietart3602 Then I think Smolensk would be a better choice, since that was one of the only times Napoleon came extremely close to capturing the Russian army.
The Genghis Kahn series will be the ultimate crossover.
I can’t wait for you to cover Waterloo in your Napoleon Series. There seems to be quite a bit wrong about the battle in this video (a mix of actions from a few battles, particularly that bit about the Guard not being used), but I understand this format didn’t allow for incredibly accurate and detailed recounting. Really liking this channel, sunless!
Very well done. You are an excellent storyteller. Another battle worth mentioning in ww2 is Midway. It turned the tide in the Pacific.
Yes! Midway is super interesting and important. Would love to do a video on that one in the future.
I would love to see something about the Doolittle raid. The story is epic. Making bombers lighter, so they could take off from aircraft carriers, so they could bomb Japan, whilst still knowing they didn't have enough fuel to get back and had to ditch. One of the planes was Enolw Gay...the plane that went on to drop Little Boy over Hiroshima.
bro. this video is amazingly solid. interesting, informative, and just overall a fun watch. wasnt expecting this level of polish. cant wait for more, keep it up my guy.
Beyond impressed. I’ve watched all of your history vids at this point and this is for sure the best second channel on YT.
LOVE THIS VIDEO! Your editing is phenomenal!
Unbelievable. As a fellow content creator, you're one of my biggest inspirations, man. The way you tell stories from the script to the video elements is incredible. Great job.
Great video, i like how you not only talk about the battle, but also the impact. Fascinating to see how these battles affected us in present day!
it is amazing to see you switch to history! please keep on growing this channel, the history nerd gang will support you
You had my attention absolutely focused for the entirety of this video, please do more ww2 themed videos!! 😄
You will definitely see more WW2 content on this channel!
@@Sunless_Maximusor ww1 series
Love this content! Can’t wait for more. Your style goes perfectly within this genre
The amount of work in this deserves an award. Also happy Easter Sunless🎉
Bro a kid can do this. Try HistoryMarche and Kings and Generals to see what is real work for these types of videos. It took him longer to find movies to put for visuals then to draw this and use it as a "map"
great video sunless! i especially love the visuals you made for this video. top tear! can't wait for more
You got a great voice for this kind of content, I'm glad you branched out into this
Hey Sunless, been following you for a long time and love the way you have reinvented yourself with this new history page. I hope you finish your Napoleon series and expand on this one and do even more battles! Love to see you enjoying a new project that you're into!
Please keep uploading on this channel, I love it so much. I need more videos like this, the quality of each video is sooooo Fuego.
This was beautiful, thanks fir the great content. I love history videos like this and appreciate the time and effort put into the graphics and visual aids. Looking forward to more.
Keep it up sunless. Can't wait for more!
Awesome video sunless. These are so entertaining and informative
This is awesome, Sunless. I'm looking forward to more from your new channel.
Interesting list, the world wars are a little underrepresented in my opinion, if nothing else from a scope perspective. This is so well done Sunless, I can't wait to see what's up next! Awesome job!
Outstanding work my dude. The visuals, sounds or the information itself. Damn, what a good and entertaining video.
Thank you so much! This is just the beginning…
Im so happy you put time and effort into history videos, many people like me love them, please keep uploading ❤️
really impressive video, keep up the great work
Not gonna lie this is a perfect pivot. You’ve always been a really good story teller so this just shows that even more.
Bro the effort here is phenomenal, love the new content
Really cool video and easy to follow along! Miss your rocket league content but you do you my man. Just want you to be alright and especially happy above all else. Hope you're doing ok! You're a legend and we all love and support you
I love the hard work man. Please keep it up. You don’t even have to stay in history and I’ll still love it
Amazing video! Kept me watching till the end with the phenomenal story telling! Looking forward to the next video Sunless :))
Yo, I didn’t even know you had this channel. This is great. Keep it up.
Awesome video man, love it
Great work on this video, the editing and the historical accuracy is brilliant. Loved the Napoleon 1-3 as well, looking forward to more on Napoleon as well as the future of this channel. Keep it up!
Oh and just because...."What a save!" Lol.
Nice video! Thank you for putting together. Love the scale of time you tackled.
Dang, man. I'm hard to for it. Sunless got me learning history. That's what's up though. I didn't even know this channel existed. I saw the post about this video on Twitter because i was trying to find out what you were up to. Didn't expect this, but I'm not complaining. I'm down to watch this channel grow
Never thought I’d like a history video so much. You are such a great storyteller!
This is my favorite passion project on the internet.
Really enjoyed the flow and vibe of this one.
This was an amazing video. I only remembered The Battle Of Hastings so it was very informative!
That is a MASTERPIECE!!
You are so damn good at this sunless. love this new look. ;)
Fantastic video. Please do more on single battles and their key moments, if you have the time!
This is why I love Sunless. The eye for details is amazing!
Wait this is fire. I didn't realize it was you Sunless, I just saw the title and thumbnail and this was right up my alley.
Thanks for this, I'm super addicted to this kind of content
Wow hearing Sunless' voice when clicking a history video in my recommended tab is pretty surprising, the video is very good, keep up the good work
Keep going! We need great storytellers like you!
A bit more on Waterloo is needed lol. Firstly there was 3 farms on sight not shown, hougamont, le have saints and frichemont aswell as the village of plancenoit that the Prussians attacked. The start was an attack on the first farm, hougamont, followed by a couple of ‘skirmishes’on Marshall de’earlon’s side between infantry and Calvary. Then neys Calvary charge, then capture of the next farm, le haye saint then Prussian attacking plancenoit then prince of oranges infantry movement, and finally the old imperial guard advance. The young imperial guard was also used. So you know I’m just guessing this, I have read 3 books on Waterloo, my favorite by Bernard Collin’s I think his name is. I have been to Waterloo 2 times, and planning to go in the future and I have looked at many maps of it. Apart from that, great video ❤
I have a passion for history and this video is hands down one of my favorites.
This is SERIOUSLY entertaining
very well made video , you earned my sub. soon i reckon your channel will take off . keep it up!
I want to mimic all the other comments I’m seeing. Great stuff, this was well done and very enjoyable.
good video cant wait for more
This is so well done. We already knew sunless was a great storyteller, but the troop graphics are awesome too. Personally, I would love to see more little jokes like the elephant one thrown in, especially if you end up covering some heavier events in depth. Curious if others agree, but this is a banger video either way
Just saw you mentioned this channel in your RL vid. Awesome.
What the heck! I didn't realize this was subless until i looked at the comments. This channel is just as good!
We love Sunless, period. I will watch whatever you put out, because YOU are that good at this. Doesn’t matter to me that I discovered you through RL.
This vid was on my recommended page and I was so shocked when I realized it was RL Sunless Kahn I thought it was an April fools upload for a second until I checked out the rest of the channel but this was an absolute banger of a video
As a man who has been a history buff since birth, started playing rocket league in 2016, and watched sunless khan throughout college, getting a degree in history…this channel is the peak culmination of my life, orchestrated by 1 man
I absolutely love this content Sunless, I appreciate the crossover of Rocket League viewers who are also interested in History is small but please don't be disheartened, there is a huge audience for this brilliantly made and interesting channel!!
This is awesome to see! Always thought you were a wonderful storyteller and wondered if you would ever make other content apart from Rocket League.
These are so interesting to watch! Keep up the great work.
Also, I saw your post about potentially making another Rocket League video: I would recommend doing it - But ONLY if you actually want to! I would like to see it, but I think making something you’re passionate about is the most important thing.
Goated, love this
You know you're an absolute bad ass when you fight and win against an army 4x larger
Nice one sunless!
This is phenomenal
As a fan of rocket league, sunless' storytelling, and extertaining history videos, i see this channel as a win for me
Actually love this
well done sunless, proud of you
Napoleon didn't ordered an all in attack at Waterlow. It was the Marechal Ney who took a small group of cavalery to charge but the whole cavalery followed him. The frensh army broke through and disorgenised the english but the prussians arrived so Napoleon didn't know where to send the guard.
Gas were used since 1915 so it wasn't the first time in Verdun. And the German plan was to break trough frensh lines and go to Paris.
holy shit do this full time
I love these!
I freaking love this video, your voice is so amazing for documentary and your editing style is my favorite for battles. Also the battle field look? AMAZING. The only thing I really disagree with is Stalingrad being your WWII battle, I feel D-Day, the battle of the bulge, Battle of Midway, or the Battle at Pearl Harbor would be more important in this case, primarily Pearl Harbor because it gave the Americans a gateway into the war. Other than that though the video is amazing and I can’t wait to see more!!
Awesome stuff! Having a rl CZcamsr I like also make History videos is a nice bonus. Subscribed.
If I was rich, I would absolutely propose a DnD campaign that you’d be a part of and also edit/produce on the backend.
Your skill with storytelling and shaping a narrative is well-practiced and your editing skills are so much better than Mustys..
I think it’d be a neat opportunity to flex your creativity and create some really compelling content.
Also.. this video is a great watch, I appreciate you taking the time to put this together
10 BIGGEST BATTLE IN HISTORY WITH HEAVY WESTERN BIAS should be the title.
What battle do you think should be put into the video then?
@@charlie8344 Battle of Changping for one. Battle of kalinga. Battle of Yehuling. Battle of red cliffs. battle of Huaihai. Battle of wuhan
Might have to get into historical battles after this one. W
amazing video damn
This is amaizing I wish you had a history podcast series as well....amaizinf
Great video can’t wait for the stalingrad episode.
Underrated content❤
Most history i've learned in my entire life. 20 years of school couldn't even do that.
Epic video! Would have loved to see Battle of the Vistula River 1920, Battle of Grunwald or the Battle of Vienna... Alas, maybe for another time!
honest to god never expected this type a content from an rl content creator. but hey, im here for it.
Happy Easter Sunless
I got goosebumps hearing your voice. Its been so long. Hope you are doing well!
The first poison gas was used at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, not Verdun.
Flamethrowers were used for the first time at Verdun, but nearly a year before the actual Battle of Verdun.
Person Cavalry just had to go all the way back to get that corner boost! 3:07
A less known battle but still important is the battle of Diu
Looking forward to the full Stalingrad video. No doubt a couple of the others will get their own videos too.
Found you through RL, Sunless, and love the history shift! But how are you going to do the biggest battles in history and not have a single Chinese battle??? The Siege of Kaifeng and the biggest early use of gunpowder, the Battle of Lake Poyang and the largest fresh-water naval battle of all time, plenty of battles from the Taiping or Boxer Rebellions! Might have to do another 10 biggest battles video at some point!
Duke of Wellington: *Peers intently upon an advancing French army whilst prone behind a berm with the boys* “Good…..GOOD!”
The number of time Britain, France and Germany are involved really shows how their respective rivalries shaped global history.
im not much into history but this Stood out and i watched the full 27 minutes and it was amazing
I need this guy as my Social teacher
Keep going!
Damn vid is actually pretty Awesome but can i know what u use to make this animation? because ive been trying to find something like this for years
You cannot miss Cannae, the tactical masterpiece!