Frederick the Great: The Battle of Freiberg, 1762 ⚔️ (Part 22)

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  • @HoH
    @HoH  Год назад +10

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  • @Henry-Paget
    @Henry-Paget Год назад +157

    Prince Henry was a masterful commander, he was consistently great, he never made the blunders his older brother did. its clear that Frederick was jealous of him but had no choice but to make use of his talents.

    • @primevaltimes
      @primevaltimes Год назад +35

      He also didn't have to balance ruling a kingdom with leading an army, so I'm not surprised that he performed a bit better.

    • @willywilly269
      @willywilly269 Год назад +8

      Its also obvious that you cant compare the challenges Fredrik had to face with the ones Henry was bestowed upon by Fredrik

    • @hondofitty
      @hondofitty Год назад

      prince henry was a cc c uck

    • @cjthebeesknees
      @cjthebeesknees Год назад +10

      Frederick needed Prince Henry as well as other competent, high performing Generals in the field slogging it out and making significant gains, irregardless of personal feelings or vendettas he may or may not have held, as great of a man and military genius Freddie boi was, one lone grizzled genius could not decisively win a large scale conflict by himself!

    • @shmigo.gambino
      @shmigo.gambino Год назад

      ​@@primevaltimes excuses excuses

  • @AdityaSingh-iz5zs
    @AdityaSingh-iz5zs Год назад +68

    A great series is now ended. What a great journey it was. One day I just searched about the mollwitz and I found a new series. Since then more and more work came out and more and more we came to knew about parts of History. Thank you very much sir.

  • @urrrr
    @urrrr Год назад +30

    Its kinda sad to see this saga end. Still, it was told extremely well. I doubt you can find a better documentary about this topic anywhere

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Год назад +17

    It's both quite interesting that the final Prussian victory of this war was won by Frederick's brother. But it also proves that the King had good lieutenants under him even if they were family. Great video.

  • @kumarsubramanian7634
    @kumarsubramanian7634 Год назад +35

    Wow, 1 year of videos, 29 videos and 22 years of peace and war. Your series on Frederick the Great has greatly evolved your content and made you one of the best history channels on earth. Just want to ask, whether your Hanoverian front videos will come anytime soon?

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +5

      Thank you! I am planning on releasing the Battle of Hastenbeck next Friday.

    • @kumarsubramanian7634
      @kumarsubramanian7634 Год назад +4

      @@HoH Cool, Hastenbeck while not a very well known battle was directly responsible for the occupation of Hanover. I hope you will cover battles like Minden, Kloster Kamp and Vellinghausen.

  • @mirceadonciu4983
    @mirceadonciu4983 Год назад +59

    All I can say is bravo and well done. I've been watching this series since the 1758 campaign, and it has truly been one of the best things I have ever watched. The level of detail is amazing, while still keeping me constantly on the edge of my seat despite knowing the outcome.
    It's truly a mix of the best history RUclips has to offer, the amazing detail, the great medium and the sheer epicness, as well as a truly great reach.
    Bravo again, and out of curiosity what will be the next such project?

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +18

      Thank you for the kind words! I am currently working on the German Wars of Unification, the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-49 and the Hanoverian front of the Seven Years' War.

    • @mirceadonciu4983
      @mirceadonciu4983 Год назад +1

      @@HoH Oh, the first one sounds great. Will we see any focus on the Transylvanian front?
      As a Romanian, it's often emphasized as the first time Romanian nationhood became a concept that spread from the intelligentsia to the common people, yet other than that, very little is taught about what actually happened there.

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +5

      @@mirceadonciu4983 i am planning to cover it in similar detail to Frederick the Great's campaign, yes.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +16

    A great ending to Prussia's ascension to Great power!

  • @54032Zepol
    @54032Zepol Год назад +9

    Man these european wars are crazy bro sometimes i forget wich side im rooting for.

  • @isaacio8924
    @isaacio8924 Год назад +9

    He did it! Frederick risked it all, brought Prussia from the edge of defeat, from the edge of everything-and won! Throughout this whole series to the end I found myself rooting for Old Fritz-and who didn't? It is a great shame that his successors (save for Otto von Bismack) would not be nearly as apt, and would muddle it all for the sake of vainglory. As a history major, I earnestly look forward to what you tackle next!

    • @giasifman9050
      @giasifman9050 Год назад

      Who calls him Fritz??

    • @elmascapo6588
      @elmascapo6588 Год назад +4

      ​@@giasifman9050 his soldiers gave him that name

    • @DerAptrgangr
      @DerAptrgangr Год назад +6

      ​@@giasifman9050 Der Alte Fritz was an endearing nickname given to him by his soldiers.

    • @DerAptrgangr
      @DerAptrgangr Год назад +4

      Honestly, the crimes of unending hubris committed by Wilhelm II are unforgivable. This man did not stop at only making a few blunders, or making many small mistakes. But instead, he made many blunders.

    • @giasifman9050
      @giasifman9050 Год назад

      @@DerAptrgangr oh I didnt know that, Thank you...

  • @chrisprou9216
    @chrisprou9216 Год назад +2

    I have learned so much about Frederick the great from these videos. Excellent job! 🎉

  • @Grenlor
    @Grenlor Год назад

    "Relentlessly" was one of the words I heard really often during those campaign videos. Quite nasty times.

  • @rotciv1492
    @rotciv1492 Год назад +2

    I wonder, in a scale from 1 to 100, how much did Maria Theresa hate Frederick's guts.
    It would have been a sight, to see them both having a tea face to face, for "diplomatic" purposes.

  • @ricardocanizales2200
    @ricardocanizales2200 Год назад +1

    Man I been here since day one. I'm a true OG

  • @trilingual6616
    @trilingual6616 Год назад +7

    I studied the seven years war with a great deal of interest. I pored over books and Wikipedia, and collected maps of troop movements and battles. But it is with great pleasure that I say that all my previous understanding of the seven years war was severely incomplete until I watched this series. Bravo, sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman.
    I see two other things that you could focus on after this. The Pitt government utilized the 7 years war to make strident gains against other colonial empires across the various oceans and seas. It was truly a masterful stroke to involve continental Europe in a conflagration while it captured the jewels of India, Caribbean and Africa, not to mention British America that would later become Canada. You could focus on the British side of things.
    The other is the precursor to the war of Austrian succession and the 7 years war (that you have covered so masterfully). The 9 Years war, the glorious revolution and the war of Spanish succession would set the stage to what Europe looked like when Maria Theresa and Frederick appeared on the scene.
    These wars are truly fascinating, and whatever you do in the future, you have a sincere supporter.
    As a side anecdote, when Frederick signed the peace and came back to Berlin, a throng appeared to welcome him. He disguised himself and used other routes to get back to his palace at Potsdam. He was at his desk and working early next morning. The man was definitely a hard worker, if nothing else. He would also set up the first forms of a socialist benefits system for the families of the soldiers who died in the war.
    Also, Prince Henry (who is one of the most competent commanders and one of my favorites) was at one point offered the Kingship of the United States! Frederick strongly protested, so Henry turned the position down

  • @Syrinx11
    @Syrinx11 Год назад +5

    I am a 3rd generation Canadian but both sides of my family can be traced back to Prussia. I feel a connection to this history knowing my ancestors likely fought in the 7 years war.

    • @dennisfordii9737
      @dennisfordii9737 Год назад

      Here here - my fathers side came from Bavaria in the mid 1800's!

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois Год назад +2

    It's crazy thinking how close Prussia was to no longer existing and yet Frederick the Great kept it alive and well, we all know what happened in the years since.

  • @lucagriglio8253
    @lucagriglio8253 Год назад

    This series is great, following Frederick in good and bad luck

  • @ethanpf449
    @ethanpf449 Год назад +6

    Can you do a super long video covering the whole war from Lobositz to Freiberg?

  • @Platanis2008
    @Platanis2008 Год назад

    That Henry looks immaculate! 👍
    Throughout the Wars...

  • @williambarr3551
    @williambarr3551 Год назад

    Please create a detailed historical series similar to Fredrick the Great and Prussia for
    1) The War of the Spanish Succession
    2) American Revolution
    3) American Civil War

  • @maximus8671
    @maximus8671 Год назад +7

    I have watched the entire series from start to finish and I must say, sir, Bravo. Excellent work! I look forward to your future endeavors!

  • @khronostheavenger8923
    @khronostheavenger8923 Год назад +3

    First off, how dare you end this series reminding us Prussia was abolished.
    Secondly, my suggestion for study would be Frederick the Great Elector. He's an often overlooked figure in favor of his great grandson, but empowered his electorate at a critical moment in history, saving it from subjugation by Sweden, Poland, Austria, and France, even as most other German states fell in line.
    He was also Chad enough to say no to the Polish King's thot of a sister.

  • @philliprandle9075
    @philliprandle9075 Год назад +3

    Great series, keep up the great work.

  • @Ragnarok77
    @Ragnarok77 Год назад +3

    Loved this series, sad to see it end. Goed gedaan!

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +2

      Dank!

  • @sansifer529
    @sansifer529 Год назад +1

    It would be nice to see a video or series about partitions of Poland.

  • @rocketshipevan
    @rocketshipevan Год назад +2

    I didnt know what a ride I was in for when I started this series. Great end to a great series!

  • @dukeofgloucester9366
    @dukeofgloucester9366 10 месяцев назад

    Hello there, this was a riveting account and series of documentaries on the three separate Silesian wars! You did so much great work and research, and brought it back to life tremendously well. I don't know of any other documentary or streaming group to have spoken about these conflicts in detail.
    You mentioned making suggestions for future videos. As I was thinking, you seem to do conflicts in the Early Modern Period so well, I was interested if you could make a series on the French Revolutionary Wars prior to Napoleon's Empire? The French Revolutionary Wars from 1789-1802 between the new French Republicans and the French Royalists, Austrians, Prussians, Russians, and British are interesting but so confusing. I think you would do a great job bringing this history to light since it seems no one else has attempted to make videos on it.
    Thank you again for this marvelous series, I learned so much that I never knew before. I look forward to seeing more of what you create! Danke!

  • @bhonsou5137
    @bhonsou5137 Год назад +3

    Well done on this series! It was my favourite series to watch for a very long time! Thank you

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 Год назад +5

    Excellent work HOH! my fav series so far!

  • @kevintierney5711
    @kevintierney5711 Год назад +5

    Huge compliments for this great series! I listened to an biography on Catherine the Great and always wanted to learn about Frederick, who only came up in blurbs in that book

  • @hermansims2296
    @hermansims2296 Год назад

    Hey! I was stationed in Freiberg when I was in the U.S. Army. My ex-wife was from there as well.

  • @aquilae1670
    @aquilae1670 Год назад

    This series has been epic.

  • @metarus208
    @metarus208 Год назад

    A great series comes to an end as Prince Henry proves himself the equivalent of the Duke of Brunswick and even Fredrick the Great.

  • @Hillbilly001
    @Hillbilly001 Год назад +2

    Excellent episode. I'm a bummed that the series is over, but the upcoming series on German Unification should be interesting. Cheers from Tennessee

  • @TheHypnogog
    @TheHypnogog Год назад

    I am very much looking forward to your future presentations.

  • @ΒασίληςΜόσχος-μ5ε

    Great playlist, really enjoyed it. Please do a similar one with George Washington and his campaigns during the American Revolution. Keep up the good work man!

  • @fangexploring
    @fangexploring Год назад +6

    What an epic series. Thank you for all your hard work and persistence. The maps are now right up there amongst the best youtube military history channels. Personally I am interested in naval battles (especially the Dutch Admiral De Ruyter) and Thirty Years War, but I am sure any future series of yours will be interesting.
    For this video, I was wondering what became of Saxony, who suffered so much during this war. And relations between the other great powers like Russia after the war.

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +4

      Thank you! And I will have to cover those topics in an epilogue centred around the War of the Bavarian Succession, I think.

  • @stuartgraham1001
    @stuartgraham1001 Год назад

    I have thoroughly enjoyed this series, this being a period of history I haven’t really looked at. A suggestion for another series, how about something along the same lines covering the War of the Spanish Succession?

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад

      Thank you Stuart! The War of the Spanish Succession is not on my short-list at the moment. However, I am covering the Western Front of the Seven Years' War. The first episode will be published on May 5th!

  • @theblindlucario5093
    @theblindlucario5093 Год назад +4

    Bravo on this series. I can’t wait to see where this channel goes in the future! 🎉

  • @GrafStorm
    @GrafStorm Год назад

    Thank you for this great series!

  • @mike941789
    @mike941789 Год назад

    Great series! It's a hell of a lot better than the Wikipedia pages on the Silesian wars.

  • @TheOrigamiPeople
    @TheOrigamiPeople Год назад

    I admired the way you explained the politics of the peace after this decisive battle.Not many do that..

  • @cracoviasvault1009
    @cracoviasvault1009 Год назад +7

    What a serie you made! I'll just wait for the list with all the battles to review it again and aigan, thanks for your amazing job and hope to see more videos with the high quality this channel always drops on us :)

  • @BuddyCakes
    @BuddyCakes Год назад

    this is like watching the napoleonic wars of Epic history tv all over again. the thrill and excitement every uploads is palpable. ill be waiting for the german wars of unification

  • @88amona
    @88amona Год назад

    That's was cool 😎 👌 thank you for sharing so many awesome vids on this cool series. The Control Council part at the end was kinda sad 😔 though.

  • @jedrzejlehman3987
    @jedrzejlehman3987 Год назад

    Thanks ! That was magnificent work !

  • @Veriox22
    @Veriox22 Год назад

    had a lot of fun watching this, thanks!

  • @stephendedalus6369
    @stephendedalus6369 Год назад +2

    Thanks

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +1

      Thank you for your generous support!

  • @MarkStorey-dc4tm
    @MarkStorey-dc4tm Год назад +2

    Wow. Great series.
    The whole one power standing alone thing, while it's definitely what catches the attention, always struck me as a chimera. Yes Prussia beat the odds, but it it could easily have gone the other way. (You don't use a term like "Miracle" if everything's going according to plan.) Bismarck's preference for having lots of allies always struck me as more sensible. Tellingly Frederick took care to not repeat the situation. When we're looking at it now the Seven Years' War can feel like a great story but this was all real people. Your mention of the way the Saxons were treated as an exploitable resource was a chilling reminder of that.

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 Год назад

      It doesn't mean standing alone is preferrable, just that they were able to when needed.
      And the common people were exploitable resources throughout the wars - they were the cannon fodder for this realignment of power and life didn't change for them in the end.

    • @MarkStorey-dc4tm
      @MarkStorey-dc4tm Год назад

      @@recoil53 Both good points.
      Still even by eighteenth century standards "carrying off large numbers of women to aid in repopulation" is horrifying.
      What I was trying to say with the Chimera comment is that people were drawn to Frederick's victory in the Seven Years War as something to repeat. In fact, even with a military genius leading Prussia, it took an outrageous amount of luck for the war to not end in Prussian defeat. There's a reason that Frederick's approach in the War of Bavarian Succession was so different. That war might not make such a good story but it shows Prussia following a much more realistic approach.

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 Год назад +2

      @@MarkStorey-dc4tm Sure, minus Great Power status, it is otherwise a pyrrhic victory. Certainly for the people, whose gained nothing

  • @Marcusmanca
    @Marcusmanca Год назад +1

    thank you for this amazing series , can't wait for the next one !

  • @peteenglish8773
    @peteenglish8773 Год назад

    Fantastic series, well done.

  • @Aranubis
    @Aranubis Год назад

    Combat at Meissen 1759 would be a nice addition :)

  • @janlindtner305
    @janlindtner305 Год назад +3

    Damn good series and thanks for that. You could possibly continue with "the struggle for Polish independence" and or "French - English colonial war". Thanks in advance.👍👍👍

  • @therisingsun4357
    @therisingsun4357 Год назад +2

    Outstanding series! You might remember that I left a note way earlier that I start to understand why my father always said Prussia was extremely lucky to survive. I had no idea what was still to come, except for the lucky timing with Peter III.
    On a personal note: One thing that let me stuck to your channel was the personal touch when you were giving context in front of all your books. While I think that the switch to a professional narrator was a good call, I am missing it a bit. You could maybe bring it back for a few words in the outro and intro as it was a unique feature of your channel :) but just an idea, how remember from the brief phase of making videos myself how complex things are.
    I am looking forward to Bismarck then!

  • @volksdorff
    @volksdorff Год назад +1

    Wonderful series, thanks a lot !!
    I also want to mention the fine artwork. Nice idea to translate everything into those fancy phantasie-uniforms.
    What a lot of work. Artist should be mentioned by name, not just wiki.

  • @benjaminrobbins8458
    @benjaminrobbins8458 Год назад

    Loved this series! Great work

  • @titanschannel585
    @titanschannel585 Год назад +1

    This was such an amazing series

  • @jensgaus781
    @jensgaus781 Год назад

    An absolute great ending of your series about Frederic the Great!

  • @TheAustrianAnimations87
    @TheAustrianAnimations87 Год назад +3

    What a nice ending of the Seven Years' War series! Looking forward for the Hungarian Revolution!

  • @SportZone7780
    @SportZone7780 Год назад

    I wish I had a brother as Loyal and Shrew as Henry. Prussia had so many great commanders lead the man himself.

  • @fernandodelrio2582
    @fernandodelrio2582 Год назад

    Thank you flor the great videos!!

  • @timcurry192
    @timcurry192 Год назад

    Great, great series and thank you all so very much!

  • @notthefbi7932
    @notthefbi7932 Год назад +1

    So this great series ends😢
    Looking forward to what's next 😁

  • @Jesse_Dawg
    @Jesse_Dawg Год назад

    Please more videos in this series! Please do the battles that other commanders fought during the Seven Year War. Like the fighting in Hanover please. Please more

  • @dmcf236
    @dmcf236 Год назад

    You are the most detailed about the Seven Years War, looking forward to your next video

  • @matthew5439
    @matthew5439 Год назад +2

    Dear RUclips Algorithm. I open RUclips each day after work to see if House of History has uploaded the next part of this series.

  • @exharkhun5605
    @exharkhun5605 Год назад +2

    This was a great series. I didn't know much about Frederick the Great, and now my opinion of the man is lower than I thought it would be. It almost seems that he elevated himself and Prussia by pulling everyone around him down in war-weariness and debt.

  • @DaHuuudge
    @DaHuuudge Год назад

    An incredible series, masterfully concluded!

  • @Warison251
    @Warison251 Год назад

    Please make a series on the westren front of the seven years war.

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +1

      Working on it!

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Год назад

    What a fantastic video on a pivotal battle! ⚔🔥🙌

  • @jonshive5482
    @jonshive5482 Год назад

    Yay! At laaaast! Great series BTW. Many thanks for providing everything from tactical to grand strategic considerations in Frederick's life of conflict.

  • @angelostriandos6659
    @angelostriandos6659 Год назад

    I little bit late but I finally watched the great finale to the saga called Seven Year's War. Keep the good work and onto the next great topic ! ❤🎉

  • @jayfelsberg1931
    @jayfelsberg1931 Год назад

    It reminds me of Chancellorsville. I'll bet Bobby Lee studied this battle at West Point.

  • @bokonoo77
    @bokonoo77 Год назад

    what a journey!

  • @eliech7112
    @eliech7112 Год назад

    Thank you so much for all this great work

  • @Another_opinion_
    @Another_opinion_ Год назад +1

    Amazing series. Just a suggestion. I think it would help to number the videos to help future viewers.

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +1

      Good idea!

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад

      I just finished numbering them all. Thanks again!

    • @Another_opinion_
      @Another_opinion_ Год назад

      @@HoH it's a pleasure

  • @julio5prado
    @julio5prado Год назад

    Excellent series! Many thanks for the great work !

  • @joegambitt7414
    @joegambitt7414 Год назад

    I expected to see our boy Freddy at the last battle of the war so that was a little sad, but Im glad he won nonetheless

  • @Avora227
    @Avora227 Год назад

    Since you are covering Prussia. Can you make a video about the Prussian mercenary/former officer Von Schlickmann.
    He met his end far away from Europe in the Southern tip of Africa. Providing his services to the South African Republic during the Sekhukhune wars(1879).

  • @saadjadoon2085
    @saadjadoon2085 Год назад

    Kindly start a detailed series of Napoleon Bonaparte..

  • @shel1s436
    @shel1s436 Год назад

    Keep up the good work mate.
    Really excited to see more of your content

  • @michaelrobinson2687
    @michaelrobinson2687 Год назад

    A great series. Sad to know there won't be any more additions to it.
    Here's looking forward to your next grand project.
    Hoping to see your take on the Great Northern War or the Spanish Succession (possibly both as they happened at the same time) some day.

  • @thestoic6242
    @thestoic6242 Год назад +3

    An excellent finish of an excellent project! It is not an overstatement to say that many history fans hoped that you will come to finish one day, and here it is. Unfortunately, many promising projects were abandoned by their creators half way down. I am really overjoyed that this was not the one of these :)
    I hope you'll find time eventually to cover the War of the Spanish Succession.

  • @HanslLanda
    @HanslLanda Год назад

    they should make a Sharpe style tv series for prussia, starting from the first Silesian war

  • @ScottymanT
    @ScottymanT Год назад

    A fantastic end to a great series House of History! I give you a virtual hat tip and a big well done! Thoroughly enjoy every episode! Can't wait for your next series

  • @michaelciemnoczolowski9051
    @michaelciemnoczolowski9051 Год назад

    Fantastic series, engrossing as always

  • @maxime2009i
    @maxime2009i Год назад

    Congratulations for the quality of your videos.
    Maxime from Belgium.

  • @Constantine909
    @Constantine909 Год назад

    Dude your narration skills have really improved, great job improving your content and channel :)

  • @quangle-zi2oz
    @quangle-zi2oz Год назад

    So basically all of these wars: two Silesian Wars and Seven year war leaving thousands dead and million suffered just came down to the fact that Frederick wanted to have a place in history book and snatched Silesia from Austria!

  • @eismann82
    @eismann82 Год назад

    I've really enjoyed this series

  • @miltiadismichalopoulos4034
    @miltiadismichalopoulos4034 24 дня назад +1

    Ευχαριστούμε!

    • @miltiadismichalopoulos4034
      @miltiadismichalopoulos4034 24 дня назад +1

      Congratulations ! You have done an excellent job here! I got a clear view of every stage of the battle and of the battle as a whole. Thank you and keep it up!

    • @HoH
      @HoH  24 дня назад

      Thank you!

  • @Nozylatten
    @Nozylatten Год назад

    Thankyou

  • @abhinavthakur8812
    @abhinavthakur8812 Год назад

    We expect more videos from you after the death of Frederick the great ❤

  • @kevintierney5711
    @kevintierney5711 Год назад

    As an American I only got a sentence in the history books that the Seven Years War was called the Seven Years War when we called it the French and Indian War. Pretty criminal how little we're taught about wars in Continental Europe before 1900

  • @mancroft
    @mancroft Год назад +1

    Thanks. Fascinating vids.

    • @HoH
      @HoH  Год назад +1

      Thank you for the generous support!

  • @szalard
    @szalard Год назад

    What a great series! Congratulations for the most epic historical series I have seen.

  • @joshuawyatt7241
    @joshuawyatt7241 Год назад +1

    The irony that it was an Austrian Painter who would be the cause of the demise of Prussia.

  • @ibrahimelhusseinali7781
    @ibrahimelhusseinali7781 Год назад +1

    Do you have any plan to do a series about Napoleon I ??

  • @Николай-ч9п1л
    @Николай-ч9п1л Год назад

    Great series