The 100 Greatest Battles Intro

[ULTimaTeOTTomaNpoweR]

There are 2 big war in the world.World War 1 and World War 2.If you are asked a single Dardanella front.500 thousand people have died ...

[pfl95]

why no red cliff? whhy no julu?? why no khalid ibn alwalid's battles??

[wpaxton]

@pfl95 Red Cliffs is already on the list. I don't know if any of al-Walid's battles in particular are on the list but Nahāvand & Al-Qādisiyyah are both Rashidun Caliphate victories on the list. I'm looking into the battle of Julu now.

[strathpipe]

Bannockburn YES! 1314 that made them think again.

[helcio1960]

Some battles that ...

Some battles that ..

All battles are stupid a disgrace to the human race!

And every reason in the world are not enough to justify these atrocities!

There is still incredible human beings who idolize these moments of nastiness.

What is the most hateful, the lowest level of human behavior.

[wpaxton]

@helcio1960 What cave would you be living in, what language would you be grunting, what disease would kill you by 30 without war? Hellenism, which made Western civilization possible, came about through warfare. The Internet was developed by the military. Countries as they exist today, the very mindset you have, was made possible by war. War has shaped history. War,& the technological innovation it made possible, created what has actually been a rather peaceful time in history (the present).

[wpaxton]

If you look @the list of battles &see them in their proper context you will understand these are pivotal moments in history. The very identity of the Japanese people wouldn't exist without the Mongol invasions. Slavery would never have ended in the West without battles like Yorktown &Gettysburg. The USA helps more people in poverty than every other country combined. How many millions would die today without the wars that founded and forged America?

[wpaxton]

You should expand your perspective & show more respect for history instead of pretending like you can create yourself by projecting your 21st century postmodern beliefs into a mythological past that never existed.

[oskaras77]

@helcio1960 go back to kitchen

[darkforrest18]

i number 1066- if your English you will know what it means

[wpaxton]

@darkforrest18 Hastings is on the list and I don't think Willie fought any other battles.

[darkforrest18]

@wpaxton i know he did some other ones in Italy and in France 

[Nikolajevic99]

at least 5 important battles were by Croats, they saved Europe from islam : Battle at Kiseg, Siget, Sisak, Dubica, Gvozdansko...

[Jabbabob]

Well, you probably have Gallipoli, from WWI. There was a battle in New Mexico, called Glorietta. It wasn't quite a BIG battle, but it was important. Look it up, its one of the reasons the Union won the Civil War.

[wpaxton]

@Jabbabob Yeah, it's one of the reasons the Union won, but there thousands of reasons, and that one battle wasn't reason enough for inclusion on the list. It's not the same caliber as Tarain or Kursk or Tenochtitlán.

[krscanin1]

hmmm, watch my videos of battles I made, and tell me what u think. I would say, that the battle at Gvozdansko is one of the best battles i've ever heard, like American Alamo, or Jewish Masada

[wpaxton]

@krscanin1 Your video (and a wikipedia page that parrots it pretty closely) are the only information on that battle I can find. There would be no way I could turn it into a video. Sorry.

[krscanin1]

@wpaxton ;) no problem, just sayin...

[mok2000]

One underrated battle that I think should make the top 100 battles is the Battle of Sakarya in 1921. It forged a nation, was the end of the imperialistic reach after WW1, and had it gone the other way the world, the balkans, caucasia and the middle east would be in a different state today....

[wpaxton]

@mok2000 I'll definitely consider adding this one, but not today. It's just too hot to do any thinking today.

[wpaxton]

@mok2000 Sakarya is now battle 82 on the list.

[mrIhaveamuffin]

You probably dont want anymore World War 2 suggestions but have you included Midway or Iwo Jima? I think that Iwo Jima is more or less a siege but I dont know. I'd like to hear your opinion about it.

[wpaxton]

@mrIhaveamuffin Iwo Jima was actually one of the first six battles on the list. I will strongly consider adding Midway to the list. Thank you.

[wpaxton]

Midway is now on the list as battle number 75.

[mrIhaveamuffin]

@wpaxton Do you have Custers Last Stand? I think its significant because it shows that Custer was a dumbass. I'm sure you already have this but what about the Battle of Argone Forest? And for ancient battles how about Salamis and Pharsalus? Do you have the Battle of Hastings or The Battle of Agincourt. I'm not even British and I find those two somewhat significant or amazing.

[wpaxton]

@mrIhaveamuffin You can go to The Urban Mystic (link in description) to get a full list. Agincourt, Hastings, Pharsalus, and Salamis are already on the list.

Custer's Last Stand was really just a throw away. It could serve as a nice cultural story but as a battle it rots and didn't change anything.

[wpaxton]

I think I definitely may possibly want to include something from the end of WWI. I'm not sure if the later battles actually had a significant effect on bringing about the end of the war or if it was just a matter of who backed off first. There were a lot of opportunities for victory that Germany just threw away. It might not be that the Allies won just that the Germans were stupid and chose to surrender. The end of the war is this big thing that really stumped me for the past 8 years.

[ReturnOfGrossvesir]

The best beattle from Gallipoli 1915 !

[wpaxton]

@ReturnOfGrossvesir Thank you. Gallipoli has just become the 60th battle on the list.

[maccoat]

Battle of cannae

Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Marathon

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Thermopley

[wpaxton]

@maccoat

Cannae, Marathon, and Waterloo are on the list, Stalingrad is a seige and it's over a year long and there's no way one or even five videos could cover it, and the Bulge and Thermopylae aren't really significant battles, but thanks for the suggestions.

[maccoat]

@wpaxton Thermopylae save democracy!

also i didn't mean the full battle of the bulge. i ment the siege of Basulwine.

[wpaxton]

@maccoat Thermopylae was a nice little, symbolic, speed bump of a battle that has more than its fair share of attention in documentaries and entertainment. Greece was saved at Salamis and Plataea.

I can't find Basulwine in my books or on the internet. I don't think it exists, and if it does it's certainly not important enough to be one of the 100 "Greatest" Battles.

[tenfed1861]

Battle of the Cowpens?Battle of Franklin?Battle of Chickamauga and Chattanooga?

[wpaxton]

@tenfed1861 Thank you for your suggestions.

I already have four battles from the Revolutionary War and four from the Civil War. With Korea and Veitnam untouched and two world wars skimmed through, I have no more room for battles in the Eastern United States.

[gurindernikka1]

i think old batels whore much beter

than they where more active

now it is with weapons thats not so cool i think so

[sweatyfish123]

Zulu shows you how fast black people are. And how good fighters british were and still are.

[Vovk3]

Don't forget Kulikovo Polye. There is a short clip here on Youtube, but there never was a movie.

[wpaxton]

@Vovk3 Thank you. It has been added to the list, bringing the total now to 58.

[bemccaulley]

If you want to be realistic look up the list of the bloodiest battles in history. Like 15 out of the top twenty were between Germany and Russia in WWII a front that is often overlooked. good luck.

[wpaxton]

@bemccaulley

Thank you for your suggestions.

Most of those battles are very long and would take more than one video to summarize. I passed up five or six large battles because they were sieges. I do have the Battle of Kursk on the list, the turning point of WWII, and am thinking of putting the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople.

[199219931994S]

full of western victories. i am a turk. i am not stupid. estern people have always lost against east and muslim. but here you see only western victories. i feel for you people.

[wpaxton]

@199219931994S What exactly do you define as east?

#48 Teutoburg Forest - Germanic victory

#46 Talas - Abbasid victory

#42 Salsu - Koguryŏ victory

#35 Mohi - Mongol victory

#10 Carrhae - Parthian victory

Enough for you? If not I've got more Mongol and Chinese victories. Roughly a third of the battles so far are won by eastern powers, and I've got a whole list of Indian battles that haven't made the list yet that are also eastern victories.

[AVTTV]

Battle of Vimy Ridge....? :D

[wpaxton]

@AVTTV Thank you for your suggestion. I already have four battles in northeast France & I'm looking to get away from that area. Check the link in the description for a full list of battles and a map of where they are located.

[rfmgunner]

True that wpaxton. Bloody amazing got the dvd and can never get bored of it. Shame zulu dawn wasn't as good but still not bad

[rfmgunner]

Really good vid dude,Glad to see Zulu in there!

[wpaxton]

@rfmgunner One of the best movies ever made.

[manofwargaming]

at 0:46 zulu war??? what movie is that!

[wpaxton]

@manofwargaming Zulu, 1964, by Cy Endfield and Stanley Baker

[durango562]

on 0:02 secs what movie is that????

[wpaxton]

@durango562 Kingdom of Heaven, 2005, Ridley Scott

[durango562]

@wpaxton thanx!!!

[dazh953]

@durango562 I think its the last samuri

[wpaxton]

@dazh953 Damn it, pay attention. It's Kingdom of Heaven, like I said two comments up.

[NicholasGRoberts]

maybe something similar to this

[NicholasGRoberts]

I don't know that's what you do

[NicholasGRoberts]

Yea but a good trailer..and it's good..why not make a longer video..Your good at it....you'll be better for it....you don't have to do all battles...something else creative

[wpaxton]

@NicholasGRoberts What else is there to add? The video has served its purpose.

[NicholasGRoberts]

i just meant make a whole new video entirely

[wpaxton]

@NicholasGRoberts About what?

[NicholasGRoberts]

I say you should make another video..with the song....and the video longer..and make it reall emotional..haha

[wpaxton]

@NicholasGRoberts What? It's just a trailer, and I don't even have fifty battles yet.

[armyqpzm]

what song is this!!!

[wpaxton]

"Roxanne's Veil" by Vangelis and Vanessa Mae.

Do you have any battles to suggest?

[armyqpzm]

like more greek battles and roman battles not sure of the names of the battles theres all battle from the100 year war that was pretty big theres a lot i could name.

[wpaxton]

If you check the link in the description box it will take you to a complete list of the battles I have decided on so far. Five involve Greeks, two involve Romans.