Excellent video! I can see how the Prussians were influenced by Napoleon's strategy of advancing quickly in multiple columns before converging on the enemy but 50 years of relative peace has resulted in indecisive generals. I'm excited to see what happens next!
By the end of Napoleonic wars everyone has adopted the corps system. What makes this war remarkable is the use of the train system to transport the men and materials at the border.
I was at Trautenau a couple of years ago, its a very nice historical city, the museum had many exhibits from the battle and we also visited the obelisk of General Gablenz on Šibeník hill which contains the names of all fallen Austrian officers and the numbers of fallen soldiers from individual units
I don't understand why Bonin retreated instead of digging in and fortifying the hills. Surely he must have known of the other Prussian detachments in the vicinity preparing to surround the entire Austrian army? Allowing the Austrians to make humans wave attacks against his entrenched position while the rest of the army moved to surround them would be an ideal outcome. The Austrians artillery may have been something of a threat, but couldn't that be mitigated a little by digging in high up in the hills? Am I missing something?
It was mentioned he's inexperienced. Also important to note we're working with the power of hindsight. It's likely the Austrian bombardment was so large it was enough to make him back down.
In 1866, if the enemy had made a swift assault with 5 to 1 advantage in numbers, then it is usually wise to consider that position to be lost before reinforcements can get there.
Magnificent lecture. There are a couple of things I need to address: 1. That when you have such fine artists doing the pictures that they don't match the correctness/authenticity in terms of uniform details, especially insignia and decorations sometimes horse carriages and their harness, then it's just sad. The oprration cards, on the other hand, are excellent. 2 The background music/noise is a bit too loud for my taste, your calm pleasant voice and the relevance of the topic are sufficiently exciting to stand alone, without "noise". Well done👍👍👍can hardly wait for the next episode.
I could be wrong but I believe the art with with the officers is AI... meaning he would just type in a prompt like "European army officers late 19th century. And it would create the image. Like I said I might be wrong but a lot of history channels are doing this jow due to the cost of artists, it makes cook pictures that often perfectly encapsulate the atmosphere of the situation bit being essentially composits they are rarely perfectly accurate in historic detail. Again, I apologize in advance if I am incorrect.
@@daveweiss5647 You don't have to apologize for anything. My comments are little things that, in the grand scheme, does not spoil an excellent lecture; but is a problem that always arises when you have knowledge of special details or how it was in reality. After all, the time period is in photography's infancy.
Hey House of history, I was wondering if you would consider making a series about the 1798 to 1802 war of the second coalition, particularly Alexander suverovs campaigns in Italy and Germany in 1799. On RUclips it is hardly covered despite being a hugely important and interesting war. The Napoleonic wars have millions of views of all the campaigns, but no one has made a detailed video about the war of the second coalition, much like you have coveted the 7 years war in detail where no one else has, I hope you can do the same for the war of the second coalition, there’s hardly any content on it
I found an 1870 Iron Cross in April at a militaria show. It was not too expensive so I bought it. And great videos. Would like to see some on 19th Century British Victorian battles and campaigns. I collect those medals and love the history
Thank you( house of history) channel for sharing this magnificent historical coverage video about the Austrian 🇦🇹 Prussian war ..good luck and best wishes
I am sure that that is coming next as all three wars (with first Denmark, then Austria and lastly France) were all part of Bismark's larger plan of a united German Reich under Prussian control without the 'meddling' Austrians. Anschluss would have to wait!
Yet another detailed presentation from a neglected war (in North America anyway). One quibble though: Is there any way to distinguish commanders, such that army, corps, division and brigade commanders are more clearly identified regarding their role in the command structure? No big deal, just a wish. Thanks.
It's not exactly wrong, it's just that the English call it "Hesse" rather than "Hessen". For whatever reason that is, languages never really made sense.
And to think that literally the battle could have been won, if General Bonin did not preemptivly call for a retreat of his elite troops... or did not deny the reinforcements...
i would love to see a production from you covering some history of any battles around Devin castle in Slovakia, the castle lies near Bratislava on the Danube river, its also known a Devinski Hrad . it's an incredible structure and well worth a visit. i believe Napoleon blew it up whilst fleeing the Russians. do you think its worth covering??? My wife is Slovakian she would be very interested too.
In this war Prussians had better guns and Austro-Hungarians had better artillery. Just a few years later Prussians would have better artillery, while the French would have better guns. Tech change is crazy.
But the difference between the french and the prussian guns wasn't as big as between the prussian and the austrian ones. (Franz Joseph was given the issue to decide before that all happened which 2 of the 3 main army problems should be resolved first : Navy ships, Artillery, infantery rifles. Due to a lack of money they were only able to finance 2 out of 3 modernizing programs. He chose Artillery and ships. He wasn't able to look into the future. Otherwise his decision might have been different.)
@@ElBandito Until the end of WW1 it had a Navy and access to the sea. The first modern torpedo can be claimed by: "the british, austrians, italy and even croatia" due to the austrian navy. Nobody was interested in the torpedos a british inventor/engineer had invented, but an italian officer in the austrian navy saw potential and asked for permission to build test versions. So the british gentleman was invited to supervise, and together with the workers of the shipyard in Rijeka they built the first modern torpedos for the austrian navy. Italy was the main adversary (trying to take over territory from the austrians) and was ahead in the race with newer ships. And if you want to know what the austrian navy was able to do at the time of this war with it's not yet modernized ships, i suggest to search for videos or articles about the sea battle at lissa. Or maybe he is going to cover it as it happened at the time of this war as the italians allied with the prussians and attacked austria from the south and over the sea. What most video's do not cover about said sea battle is how the fleet around Admiral Tegethoff was alerted in the end: A priest on one of the forward islands saw the italians approaching and rang his bells and informed a postmaster on the mainland. A small detachment of the italians had already cut the telegraph lines from the post station to the north. So the postmaster took his telegraph, hiked up a mountain, clamped his machine into the wires towards the north and sent his message. And what unfolded was one piece of memorable sea battle.
@@ElBandito That depends on the viewpoint, the sea battle prevented an italian invasion of the dalmatian coast. So for the people there it was significant. For how the whole conflict ended, it can be seen as less significant.
Back then an area of todays ukraine was part of the austrian and later austro-hungarian empire. They weren't called ukranians back then though, the word used for the people from that region back then in austria was "rutheniens" (Ruthenen). And they fought for austria-hungary still in WW1. (Conscription back then meant that you got to travel a bit. The first an often only time in the lives of people from rural areas all around the empire. Bosniaks for example were stationed in the second largest city of todays austria in Graz, while people from rural austria could end up in "ruthenia" the "Sandshak" which is somewhere on the Balkan, or in the hungarian steppe)
@@bert8373 More like Prussian Infantry tactics vs Austrian Infantry tactics. The Lorenz could outrange the Dreyse by some 200m but instead of using its advantage to fight the Prussians they decide to use shock attack tactics they learned form the French in the 2nd War of Italian Unification. Which feed into the Dreyse's advantage of its faster rate of fire.
In 1866, if the enemy had made a swift assault with 5 to 1 advantage in numbers, then it is usually wise to consider that position to be lost before reinforcements can get there.
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These needle guns and the carnage they inflict are terrifying. 😳
Excellent video! I can see how the Prussians were influenced by Napoleon's strategy of advancing quickly in multiple columns before converging on the enemy but 50 years of relative peace has resulted in indecisive generals. I'm excited to see what happens next!
By the end of Napoleonic wars everyone has adopted the corps system. What makes this war remarkable is the use of the train system to transport the men and materials at the border.
9:40 where the hell is that square going?! LOL
I was at Trautenau a couple of years ago, its a very nice historical city, the museum had many exhibits from the battle and we also visited the obelisk of General Gablenz on Šibeník hill which contains the names of all fallen Austrian officers and the numbers of fallen soldiers from individual units
Isn't Šibenik in Croatia tho
@@viktorsalinovic7260 its a city in Croatia and a hill in Czechia :)
The amount of effort and detail you put into your videos is incredible. Can't believe this is only day 1.
Loving this series man! And the only Austrian Victory of the war. Your content is always awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Austria also won most of the times in Italy, also at sea. So it wasn't the only one. Against Prussia, yes.
I don't understand why Bonin retreated instead of digging in and fortifying the hills.
Surely he must have known of the other Prussian detachments in the vicinity preparing to surround the entire Austrian army?
Allowing the Austrians to make humans wave attacks against his entrenched position while the rest of the army moved to surround them would be an ideal outcome.
The Austrians artillery may have been something of a threat, but couldn't that be mitigated a little by digging in high up in the hills?
Am I missing something?
It was mentioned he's inexperienced. Also important to note we're working with the power of hindsight. It's likely the Austrian bombardment was so large it was enough to make him back down.
In 1866, if the enemy had made a swift assault with 5 to 1 advantage in numbers, then it is usually wise to consider that position to be lost before reinforcements can get there.
Magnificent lecture. There are a couple of things I need to address: 1. That when you have such fine artists doing the pictures that they don't match the correctness/authenticity in terms of uniform details, especially insignia and decorations sometimes horse carriages and their harness, then it's just sad. The oprration cards, on the other hand, are excellent. 2 The background music/noise is a bit too loud for my taste, your calm pleasant voice and the relevance of the topic are sufficiently exciting to stand alone, without "noise". Well done👍👍👍can hardly wait for the next episode.
I could be wrong but I believe the art with with the officers is AI... meaning he would just type in a prompt like "European army officers late 19th century. And it would create the image. Like I said I might be wrong but a lot of history channels are doing this jow due to the cost of artists, it makes cook pictures that often perfectly encapsulate the atmosphere of the situation bit being essentially composits they are rarely perfectly accurate in historic detail. Again, I apologize in advance if I am incorrect.
@@daveweiss5647 You don't have to apologize for anything. My comments are little things that, in the grand scheme, does not spoil an excellent lecture; but is a problem that always arises when you have knowledge of special details or how it was in reality. After all, the time period is in photography's infancy.
Could you maybe do a video about the first Italian war of independence or the Neapolitan war ?
Hey House of history, I was wondering if you would consider making a series about the 1798 to 1802 war of the second coalition, particularly Alexander suverovs campaigns in Italy and Germany in 1799. On RUclips it is hardly covered despite being a hugely important and interesting war. The Napoleonic wars have millions of views of all the campaigns, but no one has made a detailed video about the war of the second coalition, much like you have coveted the 7 years war in detail where no one else has, I hope you can do the same for the war of the second coalition, there’s hardly any content on it
I found an 1870 Iron Cross in April at a militaria show. It was not too expensive so I bought it. And great videos. Would like to see some on 19th Century British Victorian battles and campaigns. I collect those medals and love the history
Fighting up hill is hard, but if the troops at the top have filled sand bags you can get routed.
Nicely done video. It's great to hear more about subject not talked about enough.
Cool. Have you already done something about Frederick Barbarossa? Might be interesting, I love that era.
Thank you( house of history) channel for sharing this magnificent historical coverage video about the Austrian 🇦🇹 Prussian war ..good luck and best wishes
Just another example of the power of positioning in war. Favorable terrain > favorable numbers.
Thanks! This was excellent.
Great video! as always HOH!
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Truly wonderful video! House of History never disappoints. ⚔🔥🙌
I am from Trautenau, you could still see bullet holes in a Chapel on top of Šibeník hill to this day.
Amazing series of videos.
So grateful for the time and effort
Nice video, although there was no railway at the time of the battle
Commenting for a series on Timur and because youre doing fantastic work.
Excellent!
Great video!
Great content as always. Would love to see the Franco Prussian war.
I am sure that that is coming next as all three wars (with first Denmark, then Austria and lastly France) were all part of Bismark's larger plan of a united German Reich under Prussian control without the 'meddling' Austrians. Anschluss would have to wait!
Yet another detailed presentation from a neglected war (in North America anyway). One quibble though: Is there any way to distinguish commanders, such that army, corps, division and brigade commanders are more clearly identified regarding their role in the command structure? No big deal, just a wish. Thanks.
So far, it looks like Prussia's tactical defeats were actually more costly for Austria and her allies instead.
Good vid as always brother really like this series man keep it up
Another great series 👍
just one thing: it is called "Hessen", not "Hesse"...thx for the work!
It's not exactly wrong, it's just that the English call it "Hesse" rather than "Hessen".
For whatever reason that is, languages never really made sense.
Excellent video, but the narrator sounds too mute compared to the background, you should boost/filter your voice-over more in future videos. Cheers.
And to think that literally the battle could have been won, if General Bonin did not preemptivly call for a retreat of his elite troops... or did not deny the reinforcements...
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Your content is awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
woulda ever do The Battle of Kitcheners' Wood, Battle of the Plains of Abraham, or Operation Medak Pocket?
Is it possible to make a video on phyric wars
Amazing how you can just leave your men who have secured all critical strategic objectives to die. Unthinkable
50 years later they had tanks and in 80 years nuclear bombs.
Austrians?
i would love to see a production from you covering some history of any battles around Devin castle in Slovakia, the castle lies near Bratislava on the Danube river, its also known a Devinski Hrad . it's an incredible structure and well worth a visit. i believe Napoleon blew it up whilst fleeing the Russians. do you think its worth covering??? My wife is Slovakian she would be very interested too.
I love your videos
In this war Prussians had better guns and Austro-Hungarians had better artillery. Just a few years later Prussians would have better artillery, while the French would have better guns.
Tech change is crazy.
But the difference between the french and the prussian guns wasn't as big as between the prussian and the austrian ones.
(Franz Joseph was given the issue to decide before that all happened which 2 of the 3 main army problems should be resolved first : Navy ships, Artillery, infantery rifles. Due to a lack of money they were only able to finance 2 out of 3 modernizing programs.
He chose Artillery and ships. He wasn't able to look into the future. Otherwise his decision might have been different.)
@@nirfz Imagine being an Austrian monarch and choosing to finance its Navy.
@@ElBandito Until the end of WW1 it had a Navy and access to the sea.
The first modern torpedo can be claimed by: "the british, austrians, italy and even croatia" due to the austrian navy.
Nobody was interested in the torpedos a british inventor/engineer had invented, but an italian officer in the austrian navy saw potential and asked for permission to build test versions. So the british gentleman was invited to supervise, and together with the workers of the shipyard in Rijeka they built the first modern torpedos for the austrian navy.
Italy was the main adversary (trying to take over territory from the austrians) and was ahead in the race with newer ships.
And if you want to know what the austrian navy was able to do at the time of this war with it's not yet modernized ships, i suggest to search for videos or articles about the sea battle at lissa.
Or maybe he is going to cover it as it happened at the time of this war as the italians allied with the prussians and attacked austria from the south and over the sea.
What most video's do not cover about said sea battle is how the fleet around Admiral Tegethoff was alerted in the end:
A priest on one of the forward islands saw the italians approaching and rang his bells and informed a postmaster on the mainland. A small detachment of the italians had already cut the telegraph lines from the post station to the north. So the postmaster took his telegraph, hiked up a mountain, clamped his machine into the wires towards the north and sent his message.
And what unfolded was one piece of memorable sea battle.
@@nirfz Yet the sea battle was nothing of significance when compared to land battles Austria had at the time.
@@ElBandito That depends on the viewpoint, the sea battle prevented an italian invasion of the dalmatian coast.
So for the people there it was significant.
For how the whole conflict ended, it can be seen as less significant.
5:25 "no battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy" became "everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"
Shock tactics lost too many men to the needle guns.
The needle gun beat Austria's shock tactics.
Can you please add English Subtitles for all of your videos? Not all of us are native :/
Is the black and white line a railroad or a border?
railroad
Casualties, a pleasant sounding word for deaths.
Not exactly pleasant sounding, and it's not a word for deaths.
Casualties describe the killed AND wounded.
Great video
It would seem that the Austrians learnt nothing from Bonaparte
Ukrainians attacking prussians in Bohemia on behalf of Austria 😂 just 1866 things
Back then an area of todays ukraine was part of the austrian and later austro-hungarian empire.
They weren't called ukranians back then though, the word used for the people from that region back then in austria was "rutheniens" (Ruthenen).
And they fought for austria-hungary still in WW1.
(Conscription back then meant that you got to travel a bit. The first an often only time in the lives of people from rural areas all around the empire. Bosniaks for example were stationed in the second largest city of todays austria in Graz, while people from rural austria could end up in "ruthenia" the "Sandshak" which is somewhere on the Balkan, or in the hungarian steppe)
This almost feels like a situation for the U.N.
Let them live there life as they wants like poor but who cares lifestyle and praise there God
The Prussians really made the Austrians bleed here! That's prussian resiliance for ya!
The Prussian Dreyse needle rifles vs Austrian Lorenz muzzleloading rifled muskets.
@@bert8373 More like Prussian Infantry tactics vs Austrian Infantry tactics. The Lorenz could outrange the Dreyse by some 200m but instead of using its advantage to fight the Prussians they decide to use shock attack tactics they learned form the French in the 2nd War of Italian Unification. Which feed into the Dreyse's advantage of its faster rate of fire.
Should Bonin be renamed to Bonehead?
In 1866, if the enemy had made a swift assault with 5 to 1 advantage in numbers, then it is usually wise to consider that position to be lost before reinforcements can get there.