The 100 Greatest Battles Intro

The past is not inevitable...

Getting over my first illness in a long time got me thinking about how much I loved the Alexander's Siege of Tyre video. In fact I was inspired to make a 100 part series looking at the 100 greatest battles in history. I'll take you above the fog of war and give you a perspective on these battles the comanders could only dream of getting while they were in the thick of it.

I'm not sure if I'll get through all hundred battles.

I don't have anything approaching a complete list of all the battles I want to cover.

I doubt any of these videos will be under ten minutes in length.

All I really do know is that I sincerely hope you enjoy this new series.

Music from "Roxanne's Veil" by Vangelis and Vanessa Mae

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• 100 Greatest Battles

[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.

[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.

[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 ...

[strathpipe]

Bannockburn YES! 1314 that made them think again.

[darkforrest18]

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

[wpaxton]

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