Yorktown 225th Re-enactment DVD Preview

[Robineux99]

bhoyjack ..you're a sad excuse for a scot. My grandfather is from Scotland, my grandmother from france. And you have no idea how the brits fucked Scotland up : no idea.

[MrRatchet08]

omg the french are awsome

[masterskyrunner]

Is it just me or are all the British at 0:33 all chubby chaps?

[bhoyjack]

Strange that the French would side with the Americans against the British considering now how anti-American the French are now...

[Rostokouban]

@bhoyjack wrong we aren't anti-american, we were just anti-bush...

[bhoyjack]

@Rostokouban Well no one likes Bush... But the French have a history of anti-Americanism...

[Rostokouban]

@bhoyjack "a history of anti-Americanism"??? can you give some example (exept the war in iraq) because I don't see anti-Americanism in my history, it's quite like the opposit... the usa are the only grand country with poland that we never fight...

[bhoyjack]

@Rostokouban Well France has never been to war with America but the French public have a history of being anti-American going back to ww2. They also have a history of being the most anti-Semitic people in Europe. It also goes back to De Gaulle and his hatred of Churchill and Eisenhower - he hated the fact that France capitulated to the Germans and had to be saved by the Americans. P.S. Whats the difference between Frenchmen and toast ?.. You can make soldiers out of toast !

[daftever]

@bhoyjack De Gaulle isn't reprensentativ of all french people...of course the american were loved in France. Before and after the war.

Did you forgot who gave you the statue of liberty btw?

[Rostokouban]

@bhoyjack sorry, but you are speaking about a country you obviously don't know well, my grand grand parents were only farmers during the war but they helped with other people a RAF pilot who was shot down near their village... and I'm sure they would have done the same for an american pilot... and I don't like your insulting jokes so stop it, we are not 5 years old children hear, we can speak seriously...

[aaronharms123456]

@bhoyjack Youve got nothing to say other than silly jokes. Ask Das Reich or the SD or the Milice traitors about the French. You should read up on Verdun and the slaughter of the trenches and how the majority of Entente troops were French. If it were not for the French the Germans would of had no one of significant size to oppose them, they turned the tide of WW1. And D Day would not of been possible without the bravery of French Marquis and civilians Take your lies elsewhere little man.

[bhoyjack]

@aaronharms123456 Fuck you you prick !. Tell you what big mouth, why don't we arrange a rendevous and we'll see what you have to say... As for your crap comments, Maybe if the French hadn't used WW1 tactics in WW2 they wouldn't have been so easily overrun ( Relying on the Maginot line etc). As for Dunkirk lets remember that it was the Royal Navy who evacuated 139'000 FRENCH Soldiers !. I also notic you never mentioned The Somme where it was British who lost 60'000 men. Bye , little PRICK..

[bhoyjack]

@aaronharms123456 Hey cock , how many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris ?.. Nobody knows, as it's never happened lol ..........

[aaronharms123456]

@bhoyjack Yawn. Your a cunt mate. Fuck off and grow up you typing twat.

[bhoyjack]

@aaronharms123456 Bring it on spunk bubble. Bet you're one of these little left-wing weasels.

[aaronharms123456]

@bhoyjack Bring it on? LOL yeah why dont you come over to Hull and get me hard man. Im quaking in my fucking shoes. I dont suppose your mummy lets you travel on trains by yourself what with you being 11 years old. Fucking pathetic keyboard warrior. Stay behind your computer so you dont get twatted silly cunt. "Bring it on"?!?!?! Fucking lol. Fuck off and grow up little man.

[bhoyjack]

@aaronharms123456 Ive been to Hull - was down there when i was at DST Leconfield with the Army - bit of a shithole really. Why dont you come up to Glasgow big man or ill meet you half way u little cunt and ill introduce you to the famous "Glasgow kiss". " Stay behind my computer" - you mean what your doing you cock. Tell you what, message me privately and we'll arrange a little get together if you got the balls...... Oh and i dont need to get the train as i got a car sonny boy.

[townsley2]

@bhoyjack

France deeply fucked England on that war stupid ! And I wouldn't be so derisive if I were u cause Paris has been attacked for like 1500 years and it proudly resisted most of the time. London? Well remember it's been ruled by french for centuries and english motto remains ... french : Dieu et mon droit !

No such thing in Paris moron ! Vive la France !!!

[bhoyjack]

@townsley2 I dont recall France winning many battles during the Napoleonic wars - culminating in WATERLOO. As for Yorktown , the French didn't come into the war till late on - the Americans had done most of the fighting by then. Shall we move onto WW2 and the French capitulation and half of France collaborating with the Nazis (VICHY FRANCE). I seem to recall Paris fell very quickly. And it wasn't Just England - it was the British Army. Go and read up on your history froggy...

[townsley2]

@bhoyjack

HAHAHA... U fool ! Napoleonic wars ???? Toulon, Millessimo, Mondovi, Lodi, Castiglione, Arcole, Rivoli, Battle of the Pyramids, Mont Thabor, the 2nd battle of Aboukir, Marengo, Ulm, Austerlitz, Iena, Eylau, Friedland, Essling, Wagram, Moscow, Montmirail... were all total Napoleon victories, and most of the time the french army were in a numerical inferiority. All his life Napoleon had to face the entire Europe. He succeded to rule it though. U don't know much in history do u ?

[townsley2]

@bhoyjack

I certainly know History better than U wanker ! There were twice as many french on the field of Yorktown than american and Lord Cornwallis wanted to surrender to the French, French comte Rochambeau told him to surrender to the American since it was their country. No need to say that France supplied America with Weapons. And historians could tell u that France fucked England more often in the past 1000 years. All middle ages wars beetween the 2 countries ended by a french victory !!

[townsley2]

@bhoyjack

To end with this shit : English historical education stops with Waterloo (and without prussians, British would 've done nothing in there) and WW2, leaving out hundreds of french victories over the english !! U people are just the champions of propaganda convincing urself u r so great !!! Bullshits ! All English persons are sly and treacherous and I hate that !! Now Fuck off !!!

[bhoyjack]

@townsley2 "All English persons are sly and treachorous" - thats a sweeping statement !!. Coming from a nation of surrender monkeys thats a bit rich. As for treacherous it wasn't the British who collaborated with the Nazis but half the French (VICHY). AGINCOURT , ALBUUERA, SALAMANCA, VITORIA, WATERLOO, The British weren't at Austerlitz. It must be hard coming from a nation of losers lol. And by the way im Scottish not English but would fight beside an Englishman anyday before you pricks. TWAT !!

[townsley2]

@bhoyjack

HAHAH... And it 'd be my pleasure to fuck both of your dirty red hair asses !

Your repeating urself, not considering my answer and arguying like a 5 years old kid.

"There have been 53 major wars in Europe. France had been a belligerent in 49 of them; UK 43.

In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10. Giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe".

BBC History

Now Fuck off I said!

[bhoyjack]

@townsley2 I notice you have no reply for your countries disgraceful collaboration with the Nazi.... Best say nothing eh ?. As for your stats , sounds like a lot of made up bollocks to me. Even if true you always lose the big 1s , ie 7 years war , Penninsular war , Waterloo which changed European history and of course WW2 when France capitulated after being fucked in the ass by the Germans - AGAIN. So fuck off and eat some snails you smelly French cunt !!

[townsley2]

@bhoyjack

THAT'S BBC STATS U PRICK : A BRITISH RELIABLE CHANNEL !! How many historical lessons more will u need? Germany invaded France true cause nobody could match Hitler in the early 40's but the russians. British got fucked aswell as the french in Belgium (did u only know ur troops were fighting on the continent ?) Now I'm starting to get bored of ur racism. Go and burn some three coloured flag if that's a relief. France is the largest country in Europe: there's a historical reason to that

[bhoyjack]

@townsley2 "BBC STATS" - lol u must be joking. If u know anything about the BBC u will know it is an anti-British left-wing institution (Something previous director generals have now admitted). If the french had not relied on tactics of WW1 (ie the Maginot line) then they may have stopped the German advance. The British sent the BEF to help the french but as usual got no thanks. As for being th largest country that may be true but uve always been in the shadow of the Germans.....

[bhoyjack]

@townsley2 Anyway you're boring me now. You hate the British and I hate the French. Agree to differ....

[ILOVETHE1700s]

@townsley2 Im english and I am not sly and treacherous. The french may have lost some times but thats only inevitable, if you compare its many victories. The french could say that we english are cowards and failures as well becuase we lost america and infact the entire empire. So to conclude, both the French and the English are equaly good, in different ways, having rose and fell at different times. Who agrees with me?

[Rostokouban]

@ILOVETHE1700s +1

[townsley2]

@ILOVETHE1700s

PERFECT STATEMENT ! THANK YOU !!!!!

[ILOVETHE1700s]

@townsley2 You are most welcome.

[jeje6868]

Vive le Roy!

[TheCherokeeboy]

1:13 what are they shouting?

[APdocumentary]

i didn,t saw any Dutch soldiers, but they

actually helped to.....

[LordGeorgeRodney]

they lost the war actually..

[tbladesmith]

im actually in this but im difficult to find

[Jovian84]

for all of our faults, americans deserve to be pround of their history dammit.

[condorlegion89]

Yeah specielly killing indians right?... pffff

[h1ll37]

@Jovian84

thanks,

[alicejindo]

I have never been to a revolutionary war reenactment. I really want to go!

[wheelchairby284]

does anyone else find it funny that for every volley they lose like 2 people?

[LutzDerLurch]

True but...with "realistic" Casualties the Battle would be over in a few Minutes. Too small Numbers of Reenactors I'd guess ^^

[KB1869]

In the battle of yorktown there was about 600 British casualties and about 250 American casualties. Firing volleys from 150-100 yards away with the weaponry of the day wouldn't create many casualties. Each volley at that distance probably only knocked down 20-40 people depending on how many people were firing, and how many they were firing at.

[kinghazza6]

we fell but think about it we are a smaller army and we are more powerfull and better trianed than any over amry but we lack in numbers

[LutzDerLurch]

Plus the extreme Difficulties fighting against "Guerillias", having thousands of Miles long Ways for Supplies and Communications.

[SpitfireUK2]

However, as purely a military history buff here, I do find the rebellion (sorry thats what it was, it was our territory and our land by law, not a battle for 'freedom' considering half the reason of the war was for you to keep slavery, quite ironic really, but thats another story) many of the tactics used were very similar to modern day, and caused the Empire to re think its policies after Great Britain lost the american colonies.

[183breezy]

iam the biggest american revolutionary war fan im sorry no 1 could top my luv 4 it

[nadalsucks]

I have a rifle and sword from this battle. It was actually used during the battle.

[LutzDerLurch]

How do you know for sure?

[scottyjohn]

That was my first reenactment I was in. I serve in the 8th PA of the Continental Army as a Private. I am actually in this DVD too. The reenactment was my favorite to date. I was on the far left flank of the continentals, near the french, and when the french took redoubt 9 we were right behind them fighting the british. From my viewpoint of the battle, it was as if I was living a story that had been written by a soldier, the discription was identical.

[bublaikenchal23]

ooh, I love this! where's Lafayette??

[cumbas]

Yorktown battle :

UK army of the "red lobsters" ^^ : 8.000 soldiers under the orders of Lord Cornwallis

VS

Armies of the freedom :-)

USA army : 6.000 soldiers under the orders of General G. Washington

French Army + French Navy : 11.000 soldiers under the orders of "Comte de Rochambeau"

[cumbas]

Roast-beef in all cases you don't won any wars if you was alone

Especialy vs France ^^ (yes idiots looks and read the true History of wars and battle vs us, here for example in YouTube watch?v=UQtJpXUSHJs)

Thus less if severals free countries were vs you lol

Long live liberty !!!

Long live USA !!!

Long live France !!!

the 2 oldest democratic allied !!!

[balderdashandpiffle]

No wonder the English lost the war, we faced France,Spain, Holland and rebellious colonials. Without their European Allies the Traitors would have been doomed. We should have strung them up on trees rather than treat them as enemy soldiers.

[repub21]

Not exactly. The only reason the war wasn't over sooner was because England had a navy that picked up their armies and shipped from safety. That is why they surrendered after the French joined in. Besides, its not our fault you pick on everyone...

[balderdashandpiffle]

We don't pick on every one. We defended our colonies and the majority of the colonial subjects that remained loyal. We were drawn into war with foreign nations to protect our liberties and freedom and to remove the thereat to our existence and to uphold the international status quo. The rebellion in the American colonies was motivated by greed and the fear of the eventual loss of slaves as the anti slavery movement gained momentum in Great Britain.

[arcanefury]

Nobody wants to be Englands bitch, dont you silly people get it? This "rebellion" slapped your country in the face and a "territory" was able to overthrow the oppressive island tyrants.

[2ndpadrummer]

UGHHHHH dude first of all its called British/English. 2nd of all you cant choose if your a brit or not unless you move to england and gain citizenship. Also DONT THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS 1 THING DOSENT MEAN THAT THEY DONT WANT TO BE SOMTHING ELSE ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Azog150]

"Nobody wants to be Englands bitch, dont you silly people get it? This "rebellion" slapped your country in the face and a "territory" was able to overthrow the oppressive island tyrants."

Coming from a Brit- good on ya. But just a few things wrong with that- fire, it wasn't the English you were fighting, but the British.

Second, while we may have raised your tea taxes and what not (The people of Britain were actually taxed much higher), you had oppressed the Natives far far worse.

[dude853]

Still, they had representation in Parliament, we didnt...

[LutzDerLurch]

Some small "rotten boroughs" hat representation, whils huge cities of tens of thousands inhabitants had none. The System, how many representatives a region had, was a very old and strage one. Also, the Colonies did a great deal in starting the French and Indian war, and when they realised, they could not handle the French on their own, the cried for help from the govenment. And as soon as the colonists were to pay some of that costs, and care for the soldiers, they went mad, unwilling to pay.

[CenturyGamer]

Technically, it was England. Its not too hard if you dig around to find that scottish people, and irish hated the english at the time, an overwhelming majority too. Welsh was england's bitch at the time and still is, they dont have a parliament and dont get a say in what english parliament does to their land since they're too cowardly to stand up to it, same as scotland.

[Azog150]

Your ignorance astounds me...

England doesn't have a Parliament. On the other hand, northern Ireland and Scotland do- they actually have more rights and sway over their countries then we do ours. For example, Scottish MP's voted no for university grants in England, but Scottish people can go to Uni for free (Using mostly English taxes).

[Azog150]

Also, Scottish people were not overwhelmingly anti-English. Not at all. Scotland first created the Union, and most Scots helped fight or at least supported the fight against the Jacobites during the Jacobite Rebellion (And the Jacobites were happy to fight for us after the rebellion)

Wales is a difficult one. They have been more or less one with England for so long there isn't really any hatred between us. There is friendly rivalry, but thats the extent of it.

[CenturyGamer]

Wtf? Jacobites werent even fighting for scottish independence so i dont understand what your getting at..

and me watching braveheart? Havent even seen a clip of it. And majority of scots are too complacent to give a fuck anymore, since it wont make any difference whatsoever whether we are independant or not, to the common people anyway

[Azog150]

My point is the Scottish people were perfectly happy to support the British and fight against the Jacobites. They could easily have refused if they disliked Britain as much as you claim and helped the Jacobites gain what they wanted

It seems to me that YOU want Scottish independence, even if the Scottish don't. How can you call them complacent and cowardly for choosing the future of their country?

Anyway, like I said- the Scottish created the Union, so why would they be unhappy with it?

[CenturyGamer]

Read some records gille-toine maybe then you will figure it out

[Azog150]

I wad born in Scotland and have studied Scottish history. I also have many Scottish friends. I know what I am talking about (At least more then you seem to)

[CenturyGamer]

Maybe. But i am scottish which makes a massive difference, while you are just an immigrant, no better than a paki i reckon

[Azog150]

An immigrant? WTF are you on about? I was born in Scotland. My mums maiden name is Anderson.

[CenturyGamer]

migrant, whatever :( you say you were born here but from that i suppose you fancy yourself a traitorous smartarse or brought up english, same thing though i believe

[Azog150]

I consider myself British. My mum and dad are English, but I was born in Scotland (although brought up in England). But British is easier then having to say all of that.

[CenturyGamer]

i knew you weren't scottish in any way :), most english are fervent unionists

[hsybcmpny]

@CenturyGamer At least a paki wont give you aids or rape one of your children unlike a scotch cunt.

[bhoyjack]

@hsybcmpny eh ??????????????????

[bhoyjack]

@hsybcmpny Are you on drugs ?....

[Azog150]

Seriously though. Scotland first created the Union under King James IV, our last two Prime Ministers were Scottish, Scottish people get more spent on them per person then the English, they have their own Parliament while the English don't, the Queen is more Scottish then she is English, and finally, the majority of Scots are perfectly happy with the Union.

Seriously, I think you have watched too much Braveheart (and I wouldn't be surprised if you learnt about the Revolution through The Patriot)

[Araman84]

Very good video I wearing Grenadiers uniform but Austrian from age 1798 last time a wear it was on austerlitz 2007 (very good battle 800 soldiers was been there) . VIVAT KAISER FRANZ 1 and grettings from Czech Republic (from 59. infatry regiment Leopold Joseph Maria von Daun later Langois)

[zama202bc]

How often did the King's men come out of Yorktown to fight? I knew they come out to spike the guns. Can someone enlighten me?

[130759]

Bravo LAFAYETTE, english go home.

[ILOVETHE1700s]

@130759 We, sir, already are have gone home, and have remained there for over 200 years!

[bhoyjack]

@130759 Well the French had to get a victory sometime against the British i suppose - even if it was with the help of the Americans. The French generally tended to get whipped by us Brits (Waterloo etc..) . Oh and who do you think has been Americas better ally - France or Britain ?......

[bhoyjack]

@130759 French surrender monkey

[bhoyjack]

@130759 french prick

[LutzDerLurch]

@130759 If you are a white American you are indeed very likely decendent of englishmen yourself.

[Pooternackle5]

@LutzDerLurch The first 2 million americans (population at the time of revolution) were primarily english in origin. Afterwards not many englishmen came to america. The English bloodline only exists in some parts of the south and new england.

[LutzDerLurch]

@Pooternackle5 British blood is far from scarce. Still quite high probability of having british ancestors, when being a white american.

[RebelAdmiral]

@LutzDerLurch you have more chance to have german or irish blood than english for being honest. English origins mean nothing now.

[aguynamesteven]

if i stood in front of about 30 muzzles i would piss in my pants and be scared as crap

[8493rd]

I live 5 miles down the road from yorktown!

[Oscar771]

This is fucking bravery and heroic!Those were the real soldiers.How many of us would stand still and dont move in front of the muzzles of the rifles which we know they would leave devastating wounds nowadays?This is real courage and deserves a deep respect.May All them heroes rest in peace.

[splat4]

Nice vid! What kind of muskets are being used here, and where can I find one?

[gogetta4beckettbabi]

awesome

[Drummer7rf]

I loved yorktown!

[bookah]

hey I could really use this for a project is there any way you could send it to me so that I could put it on my P.C?

[skirmishmagazine]

We have added your clips to the Living History Collection. Great clips!

KEEP HISTORY ALIVE with LIVING HISTORY

Skirmish Magazine for Living History and re-enactment

[wpcott]

This is really good. Can't wait to see the whole thing!

[lucy2576]

when i ordered mine they said that they captured the surrender ceremony!  this looks great.

[MeatLoafan]

I was there! this is awesome!

[kraken138]

WOW! This looks terrific!

[xarophti]

looks really great! Nice to see some footage from Endview since I wasn't able to make it over there! Must order this DVD!