Tales of military deception
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A video about ploys used in war to deceive the enemy. Make him think you have more men than you really have, fewer men than you really have, the same number as he thought you had, that you are increasing in strength when you are decreasing, and that you will attack when you will defend.
Examples come from ancient China, Gaul, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the American Not Terribly Civil War.
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It's another episode of "Lloyd has read some books and shares the most exiting parts with the audience" I don't mind at all.
Bøø9 r u having a go at him?
Why were those parts exiting though? Had they had enough of being in the book?
Oof, my bad. That should obviously be "eksaiting" ( i honestly have no idea how to spell it right)
Bøø9 exciting with the c... English is weird sometimes (and it's the only language I know)
Bøø9 exciting sounds like "axe-sight-ing" but is spelled ex-cit-ing. It is one of those words that is difficult to spell based on how it sounds, it is no big deal really.
If you're gonna do a French accent for Vercingetorix, you've got to give Caesar a ridiculous Italian one. It's just how it works.
But that is a deception . . .
That's fair.
Nonsense, the English are the true Romans, of course! Haven't you watched HBO?
Whata mistake a to make!
And a ridiculous Chinese for the first bit
The most common tactic that people use is "hey look over there"
Squirrel!
"Training goats to impersonate French officers" Well of course THAT was going to fail, that's a ludicrous idea. Should have used frogs.
jubuttib Frogs are gay.
Pavel Paškevič Only because of the water
No no should be been snails
Pavel Paškevič so are the french
The French are alright.
I'm surprised Thomas Cochrane strategy wasn't mentioned. While being pursued by a bigger ship at night, he dimmed all his lights, attached a lantern to an empty bucket, and then cast it adrift for the enemy to pursue thinking it was Cochrane's ship.
Cochrane is a video all to himself.
Aye! ;)
I'm also surprised the marching-troops-in-a-circle is attributed to that guy at Corinth, whereas it was used half a century earlier by Major-General Sir Isaac Brock in the Siege of Fort Detroit, to much greater effect.
Fort Detroit. Wasn't that the one where a superior force was bluffed into surrendering to a single small group who kept popping up here, there and everywhere convincing the defenders that they were completely surrounded?
+harbl99 - Something like that, yes. Brock also played on the fact that the US troops were afraid that the Shawnee and other native allies of the British might not be very forgiving to their enemies, so he sent letters into Fort Detroit with texts like "I'm not sure I'll be able to keep my allies from utterly ransacking your fort should this siege need to be fought out" and stuff like that, just to make the US forces inside the fort not only think they were up against superior opposition, but also really fear the consequences of a potential defeat.
Commander Riker: "You're outmanned, you're outgunned, you're outequipped. What else have you got?" Lieutenant Worf: "Guile!"
The story about the Confederate troops marching in a circle covered by the woods reminds of a nearly identical situation during the War of 1812. When General William Hull invaded Upper Canada through Detroit, the British forces under Major-General Issac Brock had captured a small US schooner that contained Hull's letters, in which he revealed his fear of the native troops. Brock, being a consumate gambler, immediately sent a letter to Hull to the effect of "It is far from my intention to join in a war of extermination, but you must be aware, that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops, will be beyond control the moment the contest commences…" Hull immediately retreated back to Detroit. The British, although outnumbered 2:1, made chase and besieged the fort where, in a gap in the forest, Tecumseh's natives did exactly what you described, marching in a big circle making loud war cries. Brock also gave his militia extra uniforms, to make it seem like he had more Regulars, and had men light individual fires to make his army seem vast. The result was that Hull surrendered 2,500 men to Brock's 1,300, basically without firing a shot.
This was on my mind as well, DietrichvonSachsen. I wonder whether Magruder had been aware of Brock's successful ploy before he implemented a similar endeavour.
@@cephalopad Unlikely, because Magruder put in a comprehensive after-action report. The only troop movements were sending two Alabama regiments of Wilcox's brigade to Wynn's Mill in response to a recce, and then calling them back.
There's a story (possibly apocryphal) about Lincoln writing to McLellan "Since you are not using my army, would you mind if I borrowed it." Also, you didn't mention the most famous example of military deception, involving a massive horse filled with hoplites.
But the Trojan horse is not a historical event, merely mythological.
Still famous, though. :o)
McClellan was a timid commander , relying too much on superior numbers of troops and supplies . He may have been a good logistics officer , but he was a poor manager of Intel and lacked aggression . He was the kind of officer that can build an army , but not command forces in the theater of operations .
@Magni56 Abe- "Get on with it!" XD
@@fenriders7008 I’m not sure if that is known.
5:11 "begone or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Leo Edwards “Your mother was a Hamster!”
Rebeca Mugwort "and your father smells of elderberries!"
I fart in your direction.
This' but a scratch!
You and three quarters of your repliers managed to misquote Python. One even just threw in an unrelated line from the Black Knight, missing the point entirely. Even the Spanish laugh at this country. It is pitiful.
I had thought Quaker guns would fire porridge, very deadly and messy.
Therein lies the deceit.
At least you would die with lowered cholesterol.
Triggered! I just died today morning from the Strike OF Porridge.
It’s less the impact that was lethal, but the slipping and sliding comically into trees, carts, and the occasional horse that was.
You could also say chocolate bars. The Cadbury chocolate company was started and run by quakers for years! Theresa good story about a boers war new years day gift order of 'fine chocolates' by queen Victoria and the problems that came about by the company boy wanting to support any war efforts.
Bindyleige
AB Can we get this as a top comment?
No to both of you
AB Bindyfief.
hey i know you
*don't*
I doubt they had such horrendous French accents, but I must commend your impression.
I cannot imagine Vercingetorix without that accent now.
*^_^*
If they were Celts, wouldn't they have Welsh accents? /s
Well, if the French accent has to come from somewhere, it might as well be from the Gauls. Who's to say Gaulish didn't sound like Welsh spoken with an outrageous French accent?
RE Are you implying Allo Allo was a deception?
Military flubs leading to victory is also a great subject.
maxim 43: if its stupid and works, its still stupid and you're lucky
Maxim 43: If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky.
Well the Battle of Minden is one.
"How to Lose a Battle" Very interesting book. www.amazon.com/How-Lose-Battle-Military-Blunders/dp/0060760249/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533940302&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+lose+a+battle
i like the sound of that
that thumbnail is amazing
A T truely
I envision him acting it out like the Studio Tour he did! 😆
11:40. Ask for military access to march across the HRE, I know what it’s like.
Axel Andersson murder
RIP Diplo monarch points
Unless the HRE themselves are in the war you are better off taking a boat round
Just wait a month or two and the enemy will score access through half of Europe and you can use that.
Vienna was besieged so everyone had access already
"He found himself in charge of Corinth. Corinth, Mississippi..." Quote of the day
One of the few times a cinema sin wouldn't sin 😂
Poor bastard.
carthage carthage missouri
Pepper Spray Finally! Lindy mentions a place I’ve been to besides London.
You're the only person who can make an ad actually interesting
Him and BigMoneySalvia
Have either of you ever seen internethistorian? A very much different type of person who deals with very much different types of videos but his ads are the best on youtube.
He could be sponsored by RAID:Shadow Legends for 5 Videos in a Row and if they let him makr his own Script he could make it interesting every single time,but RAID:Shadow Legends has a very Stiff and Firm Script for every single video they Sponsor so its very boring,frankly the first time I saw the Footmouse part of their new Script I was genuinely curious about Footmouse....but as soon as it got to RAID:Shadowlegends I was immediately frustrated and skipped the segment. I only watch through Sponsored Segments from KZheadrs I love or when Im feeling nice and have extra time for my extra time
Video game Dunkey though
Filled this out to say his ad was also in-formative
There was as deception used by the Austro-Hungarians in WW1 on during the battle of the Isonzo. Bosniak soldiers earned themselves an incredibly fierce reputation with the Italians, to the point where they called the Bosnians the black bear due to not being able to even gain an inch of ground when Bosniaks were present. However, the Isonzo was a very frisky front and the Austro-Hungarians only had a few of their elite Bosniak units. They ended up playing a deception on the Italians. What ended up happening was when the Bosniaks were withdrawn to be sent to another part of the front, the Austrians capitalized on the legendary reputation. An Austrian regiment was given the uniforms of Bosniaks, instructed to pray in the makeshift mosque, and even given the Bosniak guns. This worked far better than anyone could have known. An Italian balloon spotter saw the "Bosniaks" and immediately told the superiors. Not too long after, a planned offensive was called off due to the mere presence of "Bosniaks". I think this is a bit overlooked when it comes to history (probably because we lost) but I hope everyone enjoyed the tale.
I just finished a ver good and detailed book about the fighting on the italian front. (Isonzo by John R. Schindler) and as much as i like your story it isn't backed up by it. Some minor things: The only uniform part that would have been needed to simulate Bosniaks would have been the Fez, they had the same guns (all the A-H Army had the same guns) but the Bosniaks were particularly proud and proficiant with knifes (as far as i remember) but you would not be able to spott these from a Balloon. So they had a fierce reputation in close quaters. Balloonobservers would have been shot down. The aerial recon the italians did was by plane (much harder to hit, faster etc.). And lastely i would recommend to read the book if you can get a hold on it, or maybe watch The Great Wars special about Luigi Cadorna her on yt. He send millions of infanterists running straight into machinegunfire without any chance of gaining anthing but a high bodycount on their own side, but he didn't care. The only reasons he called of offenses were: lack on men or material, complete exhaustion of his soldiers (after an offensive when the remaing few couldn't be made to go over the top anymore) or bad weather. Heck he even used decimation (killing every tenth soldier of a unit he thought lacked fighting spirit) And he was the only one to call on or off offenses on the italian side until they eventually got rid of him. The Bosniaks were, by the accounts i read, formiddable fighters, (even to this day there is a street named after the 2nd Bosniaks in Graz: Zweierbosniakengasse) but they weren't the only ones. On the Italian front soldiers from every region/crownland (later nationality) fought exceptionally well, and their fighting spirit was high even though they were outnumbered and outgunned (numerically in artillery, shells and small arms ammo) and were short on supplies (water, food clothing) the whole time! They stood their ground for 12 battles and even threw back the italians to the piave. (One has to say it wasn't the fault of the common italian soldier, they fought bravely but the commando supremo was just.... And in this offensive they even got a little help from the germans: a few good men but more vital ammo and artillery) But speaking of deception: every participant country in WW1 did a certain thing: they before they attacked they shelled their opponent for a certain time with artillery, when it stopped the infatery came over the top, so when the shelling stopped everybody on the defensive side rushed forward as well to defend. The Austrians, short of ammo as always once shelled the italians, stopped, but didn't go over the top. Instead waited a few minuted (for the italians to reach the trenches, then they started shelling again for a short time, then advancing with the infantery. => deception? maybe, but i would call it understanding your opponents tactics and adapting to it.
nirfz Interesting. I also read a book a few years ago that detailed the story. Of course the uniform thing I mentioned did only constitute the swapping of helmets for the fez. I'll look into the claim of the story further, hopefully if I find something I can come back and edit this post.
Amar Ramic - Would you happen to be Bosnian, by any chance?
Fuzzy Dunlop Indeed. I try to learn as much as I can from the really obscure and forgotten history
So things in german wouldn't help i guess? Because there are a few accounts for the Bosniak K.u.K. regiments.
I dont really believe that Lindy still lives. It was because of his assasination that the "Emergency video to be played in times of crisis" was released and all this stuff is just released posthumously.
"Oh, oh, just one more thing. Yes, that's it. Avenge me!"
As I understand it, the reason Pang Tuan found himself in that narrow gorge was the Chi army had retreated past that point, and the army had to pass through that gorge to get to Sun Pin's position. He wasn't expecting to fight in that gorge, just to pass through it Also, apparently it wasn't a signpost, apparently they stripped the bark off that specific tree, and carved the words into it. Something as unusual as that is bound to draw attention. Ultimately the details don't matter because it's probably allegorical anyway, (especially considering Sun Pin is allegedly a descendant of Sun Tzu) but at least in that retelling it makes some sense as to why some of the events in question happen.
Austria Hungary was formed in 1867. Back than it was just the archduchy of Austria (and the rest of the habsburgian crown lands)
I just wanted to write that, but we'll he has so many things on his mind...😁
Milos Zikic Learn English.
Sorry, I can't on my smart phone I can just write in latin: Nomen est omen.
damn it, I was 3 hours too late!
Milos Zikic holy Roman empire?
Today we have learned about Julius ceaser and his love for cribbage
One of my favourite tales of military deception, which I actually find quite believable, is when Zhao Zilong, a general of the Chinese Shu Han state, found himself outnumbered while out scouting and pursued by a rival enemy's forces. Zilong and his men were mounted, so they got back to their fortified camp a while before their enemy caught up with them. One of Zilong's subordinates wanted to close the gates and prepare for a siege, but instead Zilong ordered all the banners and flags hidden, the gates to be left open and all drums, horses and men to be silenced. When the enemy force reached the camp, they thought it was an ambush and so turned around and left.
king Louis the that one, like his father Louis the other Louis and his grandfather before him, Louis the louis’t
James Donaldson Louis the XVII didn't have much imagination when it came to picking baby names.
David Hoffman It was a rule, if you wanted the prince to be a possible future king, name him Louis. Number added at coronation, if achieved. Watching our own dynasty, even the minor princes and princesses far outside the main line get the appropriate name somewhere in their full name, just in case.
Man, imagine Audio Books read by Lloyd. I'm sure there'd be a market for it.
'Fear & Loathing in Bovington'? - 'The tank pulled up outside the building with a jerk, the jerk got out & we got in . . .
It would definitely be a bloated book with how much digression lindy makes, and all of it are worth listening to
Vercingetorix in thicc french accent.. Never has in my life i thought of that, thanks lindy
7:00 -- * confused Gallic (Gaulish?) noises *
I will always think of him as "Vitalstatistix" - thanks to Goscinny. :-P (And can't forget Asterix, Obelix, Getafix, Cacafonix, et. al.)
Also the one time a Dutch warship disguised itself as an island
I've never heard this, more detail/where to look please.
Classic Dutch. When in doubt, polder!
That reminds me of that time that the US Navy threatened a Canadian lighthouse to move out the way :)
if I stand still enough they wont be able to see me
Fishfingers that was fake I’m pretty sure
The effort he puts in selling and convincing the viewers the ads is amazing. I understand that this is their living and all but haven't seen any other KZheadrs put even the half the effort as he does. Don't mind the ads at all 🙂🙂
I have it on good authority that your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries. Therefore you cannot fight well. My walls are too high and we can launch farm animals off them by the dozen
tomtom21194 Which reminds me of another deception: A castle had been under siege for a long time and was running out of food. As a last desperate strategy they fed their last food to the last pig, then threw it over the wall to the enemy. The surrounding enemy believed they must still have huge supplies when they just throw us a whole pig like it's nothing. Enemy gave up and left.
John Francis Doe it’s a reference to Monty python and the holy grain.
"....stroke lindybeige" Is that an order?
We fill IN forms because we're BRITISH! Haha! Never change good sir! You always manage to make me smile.
Fantastic episode, Lindy. Always love stories of military deception. Looking forward to a sequel episode to this one should you be inclined to make one. Heck, this could become a full series. One of my all time favorite stories of military deception, since you were talking about the American Civil War, Quaker Guns, and so on, is the story of the attempted rescue of the USS Indianola. She was an ironclad gunboat, part of the Union Navy's battle to control the Mississippi and other western rivers. But, on Feb. 24, 1863, the Indianola was attacked by a pair of Confederate gunboats, one of which they'd already captured off the Union, and ended up being badly damaged and had to be run around on the banks of the Red River, just above Vicksburg, Mississippi. Not wanting to lose yet another ship, and a powerful ironclad no less to the rebels, the navy charged Admiral David Dixon Porter with the task of securing and salvaging the ship. For this mission, Porter was given 0 ships, 0 tons of coal, $8.63 of the navy's money, and a time limit of 12 hours. So how was he supposed to rescue this stricken ironclad and scare off the Johnny Rebs with no ships, no fuel, and do it all on a shoestring budget in half a day? Well, he would just have to get a new ironclad, one more formidable than the Confederates had ever seen before, or so they would think. He managed to acquire an old coal barge, built some fake structural works, paddlewheel guards and such on it out of scrap wood and canvas so that it looked like an ironclad, built up two stacks of pork barrels to look like funnels/chimneys/smokestacks, and filled those smokestacks with smudge pots, a mixture of oil and mud, to produce smoke to make it look like the vessel was under steam, when in fact she had no propulsion at all other than the river's current. The whole vessel was then painted with mud since there was no time or money left for paint, christened the USS Black Terror, and was cast off to drift down the river to scare the begeezus out of the Confederacy. Unfortunately, it seems the ruse worked a little too well; seeing this new "ironclad" come storming by, guns bristling and smokestacks flaring, the rebels were terrified and thought they were under imminent attack. And while retreating, they set fire to the Indianola's powder magazines resulting in an explosion that could be seen for miles and the final end to the military career of the USS Indianola. Amazingly though, after the Union captured Vicksburg in 1865, what was left of the Indianola's hull was refloated and towed to Mound City, Illinois, where it was refitted into a civilian steamboat and continued in service for many years.
Wow, that's a nice little ending!
Pres. Lincoln to Gen. McClellan - "If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time."
Indeed, and what did Lincoln do with it? Nothing.
Speaking of military deceptions, have you looked into a fellow called Maj. Jasper Maskelyne and his "Magic gang" of the Royal Engineers; the man who moved the port of Alexandria into the desert, and made an army disappear. A truly interesting chap
Unfortunately the main source of evidence for what he did, and often the only source, is the man himself.
Lindybeige Maybe petitioning the Royal Engineers museum in Gillingham for information. If anyone could shed light on his actions, they could (provided it’s not still classified)
Moved an entire city overnight? The RE call that Tuesday.
I love all of your videos and as I watch more I begin to catch more of you’re subtle humor and it’s hilarious. Please never stop.
McClellan - those of us in the Wisconsin reenactor community day "He never lashed up an opportunity to pass up a. Opportunity" . Pinkerton has also been given a bad rap (in part because he worked later to cover-up go him). See Col. Edwin Fishel's work "The secret war for the Union". He had stumbled upon ALL of the documents and correspondence of the Army of the Potomac which had been moved to a storage room at the Pentagon and simply forgotten (still wrapped in its 100 year old ribbons). Pinkerton would send a intelligence estimate but McClellan but write in the margins that the numbers were too low, Pickerton would revise send back and Be rejected until he hit a number the general was happy with. At the same time the officer who was the official Intelligence chief of the Army of the Potomac had, with careful interrogation of the hundreds of deserters from the confederate army had assembled a almost completely correct Order of Battle for Lee's army. Regardless, when McClellan had Led in a very difficult situation at Sharpsburg he refused to send in his Corps sized reserve (with even more coming from the Washington forts) because in his own mind Lee was going to pull another 40,000 men out of thin air! McClellan was great at his own deception.
Great video! Loving these longer videos, although I will always miss the older archaeology based videos you did a few years back. Still, keep up the good work!!
I've been watching for a few years now and IMO, this is the best channel on KZhead. Loyd, you're amazing!
With that last one, I'd imagine that it could backfire horrendously by making the enemy commander think "ah they are reinforcing to attack, so let's attack now before all the reinforcements have arrived and the different batallions are in coordination with eachother and so on"
I really enjoy your channel. You have a great personality and sense of humor. Your quips and how you act out little scenes are hilarious. Very entertaining!
American Civil War is full of characters like that. It was a bunch of amatures with big egos rushing around to figure out how to become a modern military and by the end was (relatively) ruthlessly efficient. Americans talk it up as something it wasn't, but what it was, with the massive volume of first hand written accounts in english, is fascinating.
Even a lot of the officers in that war had some sack, like gen. John Cleveland Robinson who dressed like a farmer and quietly led from the front where the bullets were thickest, earned the respect of all of his men slowly. He fought in almost every major battle including Gettysburg but got his leg blown off at Spotsylvania. He served the rest of the war in admin but later made speeches to major applause from hundreds of his veterans. That’s just the one example I remember.
Plus we made up for it by saving Britton and the rest of the world during the world wars and cold war.
David, if you're wanting to 'save' anywhere, it really helps if you learn to spell it's name correctly : )
The successful generals, like Lee and Grant had the advantage of learning from their mistakes by fighting in the Mexican-American War (1848). "An expert is someone who has already made all the mistakes."
That initial story, Sun Bin was said to be an actual descendant of Sun Tzu himself. His rivalry with Pang Chuan was a lifetime affair and makes for dramatic reading that has been interpreted in many fictional tv and film productions.
Yay, more Lindy. Today was a good one for uploads.
always enjoy your videos. thanks for posting them
Wow, as a time traveler myself. Your impression of Vercingetorix was on point.
Sir Beige, knowthe story of "Tzvika Force"? In one of the many wars where Israel was simultaneously attacked by most of its neighbours and still won, there was one enagement in the Yom Kippur War which I believe you'll like: A force of two Israeli tanks was sent to help fend off a syrian tank force coming from the north. On the way they found that the syrians have already broken through all of the Israeli defenses and were coming near an Israeli critical location. So they decided to try and stop them anyway. On the way there, one of the tanks broke down, leaving just one tank, commanded by a guy called "Tzvika". So they filled the radio frequencies with reference to "TZVIKA FORCE" which is coming up to fend of the Syrian tanks. Making sure the Syrians hear it. Tzvika's tank then came to the place he was supposed to defend, at night. There were several tank ramps there, with the idea that tanks would climb the ramp, fire, then reverse back down the ramp, so as to have cover. "Tzvika Force" then started climbing one ramp, firing, reversing down, climbing another ramp and firing from there, and so forth, thus creating the illusion of a force of many tanks. The Syrians then saw that their target was "too well defended", and retreated. Tzvika also destroyed 11 tanks that engangement alone, at night, before night vision equipment was a thing. Cool :) I even visited the site of the battle on a school trip.
Not to discredit your story but night vision was around during the Yom Kipper War, just not in great effect and not in use by those tanks.
Max Jones yeah. Same difference i guess. Also considering all parties involved had shitty equipment. Still impressive :)
Aviram Gottfried false zionist propaganda.
Aviram Gottfried Night vision was invented before Israel was even created.
Getting 11 "kills" for no losses in a single engagement, sounds like the place was pretty well defended, regardless of the actual numbers...
Every video is like having a really good book read to you, I even enjoyed listening to you plug the ads!
Looking forward to the next video on this subject!
Can I just share two of my favorite Finnish deceptions from WW2? The first was a way of dealing with Soviet tanks in Winter War, when the soldiers didn't have a lot of anti-armour weapons, so aside from Molotov cocktails, they would stuff explosives to a log or equivalent and through them before advancing tanks. The tanks would not know to fear these, drove over them and exploded their tracks, immobilizing the tanks. A little bit later, all the tank crews knew to be afraid of logs placed or thrown by the enemy... so the Finns started to use regular logs without explosives, which the tank crews still avoided, because how would they know? :D The other is, I think, more of a Continuation War thing: combating large bomber fleets was difficult, because the Finns really lacked fighters and anti-air material, so they came up with some interesting ways to have the bombers miss their targets. My favourite is "decoy Helsinki": it was built on the islands just before the actual capital city, with some decoy buildings built, fires lit in them, anti-air guns posted there and the actual city completely darkened. As the bombers usually attacked during the night, this worked tremendously well! Keep in mind that the crew had to navigate by sight and estimation.
Great insights
This singular post finally put together a joke that’s been sitting in the back of my head about how to defeat an enemy tank in WW2 that LazerPig told. Thank you it was very confusing beforehand.
Lloyd is less beige... more lighting! Huzzah!
Heresy!
Best on the Tube - period. As always. thank you sir!
You are an amazing historian! I thoroughly enjoy every one of your videos and learn something new throughout each one. Thank you for all the effort and enthusiasm you put into all your videos! From America with love o/ gooday mate
Hey Lindybeige, I'm a linguist. I wanted give you a quick note about your linguistic observation during the sponsor plug: Based on my observation, we Americans tend to fill *out* paper forms, and fill *in* online ones. This isn't an ironclad rule (and in fact there is a lot, A LOT, of variation), but it looks to me like this is the direction that things are taking. If you're talking about a single, specific field (name, birth date, SSN, etc.), you fill it it *in*, regardless of whether it's online or paper. If you know why this distinction is creeping into the North American family of English dialects but not the European ones, then join a PhD program, generalize your hypothesis, and support it other evidence, and you'll be all but guaranteed a tenured position at an elite university because you've unraveled a mystery which is fairly central to our discipline.
Because we dont want to lower ourselves to the level of American English.
@@foelancer7625 you realize that when people talk about what a ghetto the youtube comments section is they are literally referring to you, personally, right?
@@helldad4689 looks like struck a nerve
@@helldad4689 t'was a joke anyway
Hey Lindybeige, I doubt you will see this comment but on the off chance you do I’d love to learn more about how soldiers were trained in 17th-19th century Europe. It’s not too hard to get an idea of what modern day boot camp/basic training was like ww2 and other modern wars but I’d love to know how men were made ready for battles in the days of volley fire and large line battles . I have to imagine it’s more than musket loading practice all day long. If you could recommend any books on the subject or even make a video that would be amazing. Keep up the great work, you are pretty much the only KZheadr I can watch talk for 20-40 minuets with no cuts. Keep up the great work
Really enjoyed this video! very refreshing to be back watching your content!
Glad to see more content from you, youre absolutely my favourite speaker.
13:32 Lindybeige's guide to buying books. There is no better procedure.
As an American that is rather eccentric, specifically with grammar, I love when you make your little British digs into us. 😂
Always a joy to hear history through you Lindybeige.
Great video. I even enjoyed your Dashlane advert. Well done, sir !
I'm sure that somebody already pointed that out but: at 8:30 you talk about the "Austro-Hungary Empire". The so called Doppelmonarchie "dual monarchy" not was established until 1867 though. What you are referring to would be called Habsburg Empire or Habsburg Monarchy.
NEEEEEERD!!! I specifically searched for this kind of comment, because I thought the same thing.
I see general McGruder was an inspiration for Roger Corman the movie maker. Corman made it look like he had Roman legions by Marching his actor/soldiers in a circle around the camera.
Only if he did it in only one take, regardless of success (Corman's claim to fame until the 1980s, when critics started looking at his films and ignoring the bad acting, lighting, plots, etc.).
Unlikely. The story of Magruder marching men in circles at Yorktown first appears in 1988.
maxsmodels McGruder wasn't the first. For example Peter "Thundershield" Wessel successfully used the trick against Sweden centuries before. This was the same era as Carl XII ruling Sweden!
First time in my life I listened to (and clicked on) a sponsor ad by a youtuber. If it was a one off payment id have bought it. With the tubscription, they're missing a trick.
I must admit to watching(listening) documentaries before bed. Mostly historical and military. .. You are so interesting, I like your delivery and style so much that I can't fall asleep.
As long as your sponsor is neither Wix nor Grammarly, you're fine.
Christopher Noel but then how will you know how to make that stunning website with all the proper grammar.
With equilateral equiangular rectangle-space, of course!
harbl99 You mean Round Space?
David Hoffman , space is flat just like the earth
It's 2:30Am. I am so ready for this
These are all three really great stories. Thank you!
I love how you can make the advert into an actual entertaining content same as everything else :)
That civil war chappy used the oldest theatre trick in the book...
Hey Lindy, Non-related, but how's the suit of armour going?
Josh Wright dumbass.
I had started using Dashlane a few months ago. I'm a computer guy, who works with computers and people and things, and it's really streamlined my efforts in keeping my tidbits in order! It's really helpful. And I think it's a great fit for you, Lloyd! Andd, as always, an excellent video!
Love the Marlbourgh story; was not aware of that. Neglected campaign for yanks, me included. Always wondered how he got so conspicuous in British military history. Well done laddie.
I want to give you a comment. I've been watching you for years. And I am really proud of what you have accomplished. I have learned to much and really appreciate what you do
Ol Julie was indeed quite buggered about vercingetorix
More of these please, really enjoyable
Great video Lloyd, one of your best.
Beauregard’s escape from Corinth was kind of a weird addition to the list, in being less famous and less clear. A huge number of Civil War campaigns were settled by “encouraged” misperceptions by the commanders. Magruder on the peninsula is maybe the best example from the conflict but I really don’t think Corinth is second best or anywhere near it. Forrest famously got a superior union force to surrender by marching one cannon in a circle through a clearing making it seem he had 18.
It seems that the US military likes to learn from tactics once used against them; Sir Isaac Brock did the exact same thing while besieging the US-held Fort Detroit in the War of 1812, half a century earlier...
Forrest fought _against_ the US military and was, by most accounts, illiterate. So it seems unlikely he dug up this particular _ruse de guerre_ by poring over tomes about fighting on the Great Lakes prior to his birth. We make a big noise about studying formalisms of military tactics, but when it comes down to it most capable practitioners seem to rely on an innate cunning and luck.
I mean, technically he was I suppose, but it was a civil war after all, so I'd say both belligerents were fighting in the US military tradition.
Not to belabor abstractions, Forrest had as little military education as any other sort. He had never served a day in uniform prior to the war, and the nearest he'd been to combat was murdering a couple people in personal disputes. He claimed to have killed 30 men in personal combat during the war, and before you laugh you should realize that many of them are documented. He was once shot through the hip during a dispute with a subordinate, whom he murdered on the spot by disemboweling him with his pen knife. He had 29 horses shot from under him during the war, and with the 30 kills he claimed to have "come out a horse ahead". Forrest was not a US soldier; he was a rough beast that crawled out from a darker past. He was quiet and courtly in his non-military interactions, and a quintessence of "southern gallantry", in addition to being a brittle, violent maniac and a poisonous racist. If you can assign him to any military tradition, I'd say he was the last Cavalier.
Assuming that you mean Nathan Bedford Forrest, there were 2 'r's.
More tales of SAS
I cant get enough of this! good show!
“All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called ‘guessing what was at the other side of the hill.’” - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Amazing how NO computer war game has used Deception as part of its design / AI etc
laughs in stealth general from zero hour
During WWII my father was an officer in 1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, CASF and had to march his platoon all over southern England as a (reluctant) participant in "McNaughton's Flying Circus". Here's a quote from the Loyal Edmonton Regiment webpage: After the fall of France, the 1st Canadian Division was the only fully equipped Allied force in Britain. German leader Adolf Hitler had issued orders for the preparation of the invasion of England. Code- named Operation Sea Lion, the invasion would be preceded by an air offensive aimed at destroying the Royal Air Force. Throughout the month of July 1940, the 1st Canadian Division conducted a series of marches and counter-marches across the length of southern England. The goal of the operation was to mislead German aerial reconnaissance planes as to exact strength of the Allied forces available for the defense of the English coast. The exhausted troops of the 1st Canadian Division referred to themselves as "McNaughton's Flying Circus." Needless to say, neither he nor his men were greatly impressed with the strategy, being on the sharp end as it were. Hopefully it contributed to the postponement of "Operation Sea Lion". It certainly caused a lot of sore feet!
Excellent video! One of my favorites .
A history buffs and Lindy upload in the same day?! It's my lucky day!!!
Latter in WWII American forces used a few trucks driving around in circles down roads observable roads to fake having more infantry forces then they did during Normandy. Basically Magruder's tactic evolved.
Cragified wrong.
Research U.S.A. deception formations. And the very well documented and known things such as Operation Quicksilver and following operations. Here is an example of a 'rubber convoy' made up of inflatable vehicles. cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/assets_c/2013/05/rubber%20convoy-thumb-570x170-122305.jpg cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/assets_c/2013/05/tanklift-thumb-570x370-122303.jpg
THAN they did
The US Command put General George Patton in charge of a non existent army after he was sacked for mistreating a shellshocked soldier . This army , based in Britain , used radios to send messages to non existent units . The Germans couldn't believe that the US Army's best field General had been relieved of command for slapping a private . So they believed that his new army was real , and would be the spearpoint of the invasion at Calais . This ruse worked so well that even Patton himself thought he was out of the war . Therefore the German high command mistook the invasion at Normandy as a feint , and kept troops at Calais as a check for the invasion they thought would occur there . It was about three days into the Normandy invasion that the Germans realized their mistake .
IIRC the Soviets did this with some of their (advanced but rare) bombers at some point.
About the first story, well if my memory serves me right, Pang Juan and Sun Pang, his nemesis were both the students of another military strategist Gui Gu Zi. Pang was the general of Wei, then Sun wanted to join Wei's military too. Pang, jealous of Sun's wisdom, accused him of some non-existent crime, which got Sun's both kneecaps removed and his face carved with words as a sign of guilty. Sun then survived by eating pig poop, convinced Pang that he's already mad and no longer poses any threat. He then caught a chance and escaped to Qi, then outsmarted Pang in the Battle of Malin. It's a great tale, one of the sweetest revenge in history.
I love videos like this backed with historical actual examples, very informative and easy to digest! :3
You are one of the few who make the sponsored part enjoyable and worthwile to check out
Best. Ad read. Ever.
Just like Mommy used to make them :)
The video hasn't been out for 27 minutes, guys, stop. It's been 27 minutes, you may comment.
Wut?
It has been now.
What was that for?
I see.
I like how lindy beige is the kinda guy to make an ad for a sponsor in the middle of a video, yet, after missing the beginning of that ad, it took me a while to realize, cause it's about as organised and structured as most lindy beige videos seem to be at times xD. Keep it up, this channel is still one of the best on KZhead
I heart Lindybeige because his channel came from nowhere and reignited my love of history. Thanks pal!
Lloyd you broke your lighting setup.
I thought it looked a little darker than usual!
rajesh koothrappali I think the audio seems lower than normal too.
6:44 should be made into a gif
Something like i.makeagif.com/media/8-09-2018/BqA4sy.gif ?
Reckless Roges That's beautiful thank you very much
It is quite obvious that in the Lindybeige version of “The Gallic Wars”, Vercingetorix is played by John Cleese (to the greatest amusement of us all!)
Thank you for sharing!
another way to keep a list of secure passwords is to keep a clipboard next to your computer with your wonderful, long, complex passwords on them. nobody can hack a piece of paper, just saying.
That works until you are not at home and still need to access one of your accounts. Also there is the danger of you spilling a drink over your clipboard or loosing it other ways though.
you didn't pay very close attention to how that other thing worked, did you? but my suggestion was rather more tongue-in-cheek (even though i could argue the point in seriousness- it's worked fine for me for the past decade as i haven't felt the need to randomly do some online shopping on a computer at work, nor have i been so utterly careless to spill a drink anywhere near my PC)
If you live alone and have no sensitive information that'd warrant someone breaking in to get the passwords (as most people don't), then yes, paper works just fine. In a more professional setting that's a humongous security risk, though.
in a professional setting, why are you doing online shopping instead of... your job.
In a professional setting, you have the passwords for both your workstation, any databases you have access to, so on and so forth. One of the biggest no-no's of workplace passwords is ever writing them down.
dashlane saves your password on your computer... but, like, cant i just write them down myself then?
I can Woable generate a password! See... 9685164zt2EgDdfA453
The difference would be that the program saves them in encrypted form, so if anyone does get access to your file, they'll need a decrypting software, time, and a lot of processing power to throw at it until they can actually see what the passwords are. Personally, I don't think it's worth a subscription, but the free version might be fine.
There is a free and very functional piece of software calles KeePass 2 which is a safe for your passwords, so you only need to remember a master password. It encrypts the passwords, allows you to generate new ones, you can make notes for each password like what domain they are used on and what your username there is etc. and you can even adjust the way the passwords are generated. I really don't get why I would pay for something like dashlane, when there are perfectly functional, free equivalents availiable.
Personally I use Lastpass. It works on my Linux PC and phone and it's been scrutinised and analysed by proper experts in the industry. They do a proper job.
There's tons of open source password managers out there, with varying degrees of integration in your other programs.
The Danish idiom "Tordenskiold's soldiers" refers to the deception of making your force seem larger than it is. This Tordenskiold (lit. Thundershield) was quite the character, and definitely our most flamboyant naval hero - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold
Lindy I love how you present history