Battle of Hohenfriedberg 1745 - First and Second Silesian War DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- The conflicts of the XVII and XVIII centuries are often considered to be dull, as the tactics of the period were too rigid and positional. But even this period had its shining stars - generals whose talent changed the borders with one decisive move and pushed the tactics and warfare forward. Prussian king Frederick II the Great is rightly considered the best commander of this era. In this documentary, we will cover the First and the Second Silesian Wars that were part of the War of the Austrian Succession with the focus on the battles of Mollwitz (1741) and Hohenfriedberg (1745). Hopefully, you will enjoy this video, because we are eager to cover the Thirty Years' War, the War for the Spanish Succession, Seven Years' War and other prominent conflicts of that period.
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Sources:
Chandler, David - The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough
Luvaas, Jay - Frederick the Great on the Art of War
Showalter, Dennis, E. - The Wars of Frederick the Great
Browning, Reed - The War of the Austrian Succession
Inspired by: BazBattles, Invicta (THFE), Epic History TV, Historia Civilis and Time Commanders
Machinimas made on the Empire: Total War
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Songs used:
Merlean - Chasing Music
Napoleon Total War OST - HMS Victory
Napoleon Total War OST - Napoleon Bonaparte
Johannes Bornlöf - Barbarians
Johannes Bornlöf - Bring To An End
Johannes Bornlöf - Termination 3
Jon Björk - Battle Of Wills 1
Rannar Sillard - Combat Zone 1
Ah, to wake up and see 0 cancerous comments. That is the dream. :-)
Kings and Generals you'll only see cancerous comments when doing a religious battle or something to that nature
Loved the vid, great to see how much effort you put into it!
Why aren't you doing any videos about asian history? There's a massive amount of interesting battles you could do.
Thierry, planning to. Soon. :-)
😂😂😂😂 true
Fredrick the Great deserves more coverages.
And he will get more!
@@KingsandGenerals where is it now
@@KingsandGenerals Ay! I hope to make a lego stop motion about Hohenfrieberger!
@@KingsandGenerals how it would be nice if this series continued, much more interesting than the fantasy stuff
yesssssssssssssssssssss
Better than TV documentaries
Bread Man that's kinda of a given ;)
Not a high bar to clear, eh? :D
Bread Man no shit man
And high quality animations :D
Kings and Generals Yes :-)
*-2 Stability*
Yep, broke the peace treaty.
broke truce? -5 stab, +5 war exhaustion, +30 AE
thats why he had to deal with so many coalitions. Frederick the noob
the absolute madman
Crimson Tom and frederick used console commands to kill russian tsarina
Great Video as always! The discipline that his troops must have had to perform such manoeuvres at night and when under fire, something still considered difficult in modern warfare is exemplary. Far from being unimaginative. this shows what true discipline and training can do and how it can alter the outcome of battles.
Indeed, the war of this era was very different, but it wasn't boring, to me, at least. :-)
*150% DISCIPLINE*
please do the Almansa battle of the spanish war of succesion
ruclips.net/video/SJBHv39WSeA/видео.html
@Crimson Tom (150% DISCIPLINE) Eu4 is leaking
It's very fascinating to learn about huge battles that took place an hour drive from your home :D
Capitalist Pig, yeah, if we make more videos on this era, we will have to employ you and ask for the photographs. :-) Seems that every village in the area was fought over.
Sure! I would be up for it. Hope your videos will get more views since you're doing an amazing job ;)
You Capitalist Pig!
@Jim lastname I'm not Spanish or a Socialist and I don't judge based on political affiliation, but I commend your enthusiasm, sir! =]
Just come to Greece my friend
Good video! Its very interesting how the Prussian army didn't rout despite Fredrick fleeing the battlefield. That shows the highly competent generals in the Prussian army. Hitler idiolized Frederick the Great. He used to have Fredrick's portrait in his bunker during his last days.
Thank you very much! Frederick's forefathers built this army through the centuries and it was probably the best fighting force in Europe until the Napoleonic Wars and after them.
"Turns out thoes were not his last days after all tho. Have you not seen the "Kenndy files"?" -- And here comes the tinfoil hat brigade...
Who filled the authority vacuum after Frederick left? Was there any central figure to lead the army, or how did that work?
Micheal Pulkka the highly centralised nature of the Prussian army didn't work very well after Frederick the greats death. See how France easily swept them aside in the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars until after the 4th coalition when Prussia modernised it's armies tactics
Micheal Pulkka I'm not sure. I know whatever general was in charge at the time had complete control over that army and this highly centralised system worked well under the genius of Frederick the great but not so well after. The advancements in warefare also complicated this
K&G, You are equally good at making videos with wars in the East and West. You have an excellent knowledge of world history.
Thank yoU! :-)
@@KingsandGenerals
You said in this vid that prussia was the "poorest state" in europe and was heavily militarized
Did you mean it literally, I find it hard to believe a german state was poorer than Moldova, Russia, and wallachia .. but after thinking about it europe didn't had many states (if we excluded the states in hre) else it had vast empires (The ottomans ,Russia) rulling man land so if a country focused its spending on military it's easy it falls behind in economics
@@HashimyHuseini obviously among the great states and in that time period. By the time of WWI, Germany was the richest state in Europe.
*_Goooood, gooooood_*
Now, deww itt.
Hello, Senate. It's good that you're pleased.
Let the prussian flow through you
Do it!
Prequelmemes rule supreme!
The speed at which you release these, combined with the quality, is unbelievable...
Many sleepless nights. :-)
"Frederick was the best general of his time."
*Frederick flees the battle and his soldiers win the day without him*
He was the best. :-)
So good he could win without even being on the battlefield. Now that's skill!
150% discipline
Synystr7 He was young and not really experienced back at Molvitz and he was advised by others to flee.
van lao %200 discipline %150 is for noobs
I absolutely adore the animations on this channel. Frederick the Great is one of my favorite commanders of all time (if not THE favorite). Please cover all his campaigns!
Thank you! Planning to! :-)
Not only was Frederick the Great a great military strategist but in peace he was a great patron of music and the arts in general -indeed he wrote librettoes for the operas of Graun (Montezuma) and was a very fine flautist and actually wrote music himself -some of his symphonies and flute concertos are on RUclips. Composers like C.P.E. Bach and Quantz performed at his court.
He was born a philosopher and love of music, as young he didn't want to be a soldier.
Angelina Lin -yes -both he and his brother,prince Henry of Prussia, seem to be very similar characters -both very interested in the arts but both proved to be great military strategists and both were gay!
@@lonelystrategos Of course it would have been hushed up for obvious reasons!
@@lonelystrategos What? As a young crownprince he literally confided to Fredrick Willhelm of Grumbko, that he wasn't attracted enough to the "fair sex" to engage in any kind of marriage.
The night before the battle of Mollwitz he gave his brother August Willhelm a list of the people he loved most, so they would be looked after in the case of his death in battle.
That list was entirely comprised of men.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@lonelystrategos You are not only wrong on your first statement, but also the statement in the middle. First of all, I suggest you look up von Keith and Katte, and read some of Frederick's letters from the time of being crown prince. Though he obviously wouldn't state obviously that he was gay, he did make constant mentions in his letters about not liking women in Berlin. I am paraphrasing, of course, because I don't have the exact paragraph, but he essentially said on two different occasions that he wouldn't kiss women nor did he actually like them. But not only this, he said he tried to get an heir, so he definitely wasn't abstaining from it. Congratulations, you were wrong on literally everything you said. I would also suggest researching into Frederick the Great while he lived in Ruppin, where he was more interested in these kinds of topics, and as such you can really get into the frame of mind that Frederick was in by reading his letters and diaries (though a good chunk were burnt up in flames due to an accidental or intentional fire.)
Seven Years War :) I've waited for this and at least for this battle :)
that moment when its not the seven years war
I'm sorry. Actually, I was wrong for a few years :)
:)
FMX MD If I'm honest, you can still be right. Perspective is key.
It's a mistake anyway.But still a matter of a few years until the Seven Years' War, which was almost certain after this war for Austrian succession.
YES Fredrick the Great! I've been wanting to see videos of him!
Glad to hear ti!
Kings and Generals could watch these all day. You guys are the best
Thank you very much! :-)
Another great video, as always. I always think of Frederick's victory in Leuthen (1757) as his greatest masterpiece of strategy and tactics, especially when considering he was significantly outnumbered by the Hapsburg Army. Even with such a disparity, Frederick used terrain, celerity, surprise, and deception to defeat his more clunky opponent.
Thank you! Yes, we are planning to cover more battles of Frederick.
And this is why everyone picks up Brandenburg in EU 4. Prussian`s quality is OP in game, as it was OP in history.
Yep, in most of my campaigns, they are either crushed early on or become really strong.
In my first ever run in EU 4, I played as Milan and by the 1580 I managed to form Italy, with Prussia being formed about 30 years later from Brandenburg, with some help from me in wars. After that we`ve essentially divided HRE into two between us and dominated Europe, breaking apart France and even pushing out of Balkans Ottomans when they gotten really nasty. Ah, what a game. Also, thank you for all your vids and all the effort you put into it. They are a joy for a fan of history to watch.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome, watching battle the 1st thing Sunday morning is becoming one of my favorite routines!
Happy to read your comment every Sunday. :-)
Kings and Generals Can't wait for more of Frederick the Great! How much is it to become a supporter on Patrion?
1$ :-)
Kings and Generals You's will recieve my support there very soon then. I wasnt aware it was so inexpensive to do so.
Thanks for considering it!
For those interested, there is a board game called Maria set in this period, its for 3 players but works amazingly well. TY for posting this video as this period is quite colorful but doesnt get enough attention
Thanks for watching!
TY for making great vids, as a historian & wargamer I appreciate that you show the actual battlefeild & army set ups each episode & Im fairly sure alot of your viewers enjoy your videos for the same reasons. Keep up the good work.
your docs are amazing, and still improving with every month! i really love you guys for providing us with such great material. this was a particular gem. thank you so much!
Thank you very much for your kind words :-)
Im glad you have done it
Thanks for watching!
yeah, he is the true foundation of German military culture.
Kings & General: giving the spotlight to forgotten battles.
Still waiting for the giveaway winner announcement
Yeah those battles/wars are only forgotten when your not from close by =) But I'm always amazed at how many battles they present here I've never heard of. 10/10
Farhan, really swamped but will try to do it today.
Cicero, more on the way. :-)
My favorite history channel of all time! Great work once again!
Thank you, good sir!
I used to think this whole period was uninteresting but it's now one of my favorite moments in history
I really love the Total War gameplay in the background. Keep up the gorgeous work!
Thank you, we will! :-)
Thank you for this great video! It was really good to see how Frederick the Great is being spread because of he a lesser known ruler to most. However, he does play a big part in German history.
Being of Prussian decent it fills me with pride to see this. I hope there will be more videos on Prussia. Thank you again and keep up the good work.
There will be more! Thanks for watching!
being proud of starting wars? no german at that time wanted to be under warmonger prussian rule
@@dolor3316 how dare you
@@dolor3316and yet they got it anyway.
Thank you for covering an event, battles, years that are hardly every covered. Usually you only hear about the Romans, Napoleon, WW 2 etc. Almost no podcast/videos exist explaining why Fredrick the great was great!
We will do that. :-)
Would be very happy to watch more videos about the prussians and the seven years war
Planning to, depending on how this video will do. So, sharing will help. :-)
My favourite channel, thank you!!!
Thanks for watching! :-)
Greetings from Potsdam, like 200-300 meters from Fredericks grave;-)
i can't thank you enough for making these documentaries, they are the best part of my day.
Thank you very much! Happy to hear that!
Thanks Bashir and Kings and Generals.
Thanks for watching!
EXCELLENT! I'd love to see more documentaries about King Fred! Keep up the good work.
Thank you, we will!
Can you make a documentary on the Great Northern War? I consider Charles XII to be one of the 18th century's most talented military leaders. Thank you for making the videos you do. They are the best by all means!
Thanks for watching! There will be more!
I feel like the Swedes could have won the war if they had tried to just take St. Petersburg and maybe try to train the Finnish corps, they had a legitimate shot, Swedish troops discipline was comparable to the Prussian’s.
@@myspectumjourney most historians attribute the pivotal move in Russia's survival in the war is Charles XII decision to spend the next 8 years after Narva taking down Poland and Saxony. Should the swedes have kept going after Narva, the Russians would not have had the strength to resist.
@@ryanabercrombie7966 oh I think I may have forgotten abt that it’s been awhile since I’ve studied this war
It's one of those wars that are lost to the passage of time. Slowly, but surely, it's being studied again.
@kings and Generals: Thank you making these awesome video's. I was always fascinated by historical battles but to see them in detail is just amazing.
Thanks for watching!
Great work, you guys really put effort into these videos!
Thank you! We are doing our best!
Normally most armies would have retreated, but not Prussia.
I can’t wait for this channel to blow up and become one of the great history channels on RUclips. Keep it up guys!
Same here. :-)
It happened :)
Brilliant as usual. So I have one more place to visit now.
There is only one issue. Mixed towns' names - one convention should have been used. If Glogow, Wroclaw and Brzeg then not Ohlau just Olawa. I think it may be better to use names from the time of event, so Glogau, Breslau, Ohlau, Brieg and so on.
The present names can be written in brackets (Głogów, Wrocław, Oława, Brzeg and so on) thou it is not necessary.
The map of the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (what is Dobromierz today) contains the names only from that time with no today's names.
I hope you will not consider that as a cancerous comment - it is just like a particle of dust on glare jewellery.
True. We should be more consistent! Thank you!
Excellent proposal of yours, Oskar!
I was looking if someone had made that comment already. Thank you for having done so!
The quality of your videos are surpassed only by the passion you put into them. Great job.
This comment makes us happy. :-)
WOW This is unbelievable when I thought of the battle of the AL Qadisah You
uploaded and when I thought about Fredrick the great you uploaded
:-) What do you think will happen next?
Kings and Generals battle of hattin
Such videos for me bring to life more games like Europa Universalis IV - I get that feeling that truly makes me enjoy every aspect of these videos and in turn the games too
Really happy to hear that! :-)
Perfect,you will come to great places in the future dude full support!!!
Thanks for supporting us!
Well narrated! One of the best RUclips historical channels. Thanks!
Thank you very much! :-)
A great and entertaining video. Love it. I'd Love to se you cover The rest of these wars and the Seven Years' war alike.
Thank you! More battles of this period are planned. :-)
Thanks for this great video
Thanks for watching!
Hope you continue this series and the others you plan on doing.
Hope so, too. :-)
Continue this series, love learning so much new material and history from your videos!!!
*When you pick quality, offensive and military ideas*
Another forgotten battle, nicely done @KingsAndGenerals, you have no idea how hard it is to find this topic
Yep, writing the script also wasn't easy. :-)
This is my first video I watched, and I like it
*SUBSCRIBED*
Welcome aboard! :-)
Excellent video that helps clarify a very confusing period to me. Thanks guys. From Brazil 👏👏👏
Thanks for watching!
Amazing as always, napoleonic combat always fascinated me
This one is pre-Napoleonic, but there are some similarities. :-)
Kings and Generals True, I knew that, but I have no better way to describe the combat, it's more tradicional that can be seen
I found about your channel just today and i am enjoying it very much.
Welcome aboard!
Keep the great work up!
We'll do our best. ;-)
This was uber sublime, very well made, loved the Napoleon Total War music, really suitable, loved the end with the theme of Napoleon himself from the game and loved the gfx i loved the narration and loved everything.
I hope you do more of this period of warfare, as I find it most exciting, Keep it up, perfection!
Thank you very much for your kind words. :-)
Thank you for your great service!
MORE 18th ERA VIDEOS!!!
Исмаил Габриелян fuck yes
Hopefully, this video will be popular - we would love to do more.
Damn, the amount of possible series that are showing up in the recent videos. Stoked for this year.
Awesome as always!
Thank you!
I love this channel so much! thank you for this amazing work
Thank you very much for watching. :-)
Impressive, you are great guys. Nice and logical narrative, good looking visuals and epic sound. And the way how regular are you posting videos deserves additional respect.
So, why dont you concider to look into Seven Years War?
Спасибо, Анна! Мы планируем серию о Семилетней войне.
I don't know much about that period. I hope you guys will continue this series!
We hope so, too. :-)
Just found your channel. Very good content!
Welcome aboard! :-)
Lovely..just lovely. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
This last two weeks, multiple BazBattles uploads, and multiple Kings And Generals uploads, I think I'm in heaven too. Lets keep the uploads up, and cancerous comments down!
We can work on the first, you guys will need to do the second. :-)
Keep doing more interesting battles that others aren't trying to do. There is so many thousands of interesting battles throughout history and far too many channels end up overlapping for how few channels there are.
This one and others like it are fantastic
We try not to overlap and not make any videos that were recreated by our colleagues. :-)
We need more Frederick the great videos!
There will be more!
Kings and Generals so awesome to hear.
I am extremly happy that you guys are covering it so nicely and easily to understand in such a short amount of time.
I do wonder some times if you guys are going for a 40 min documentary. Cause I love every minute of your videos that you guys post. I used to watch short documentaries on 3 different channels until I've found yours. Now it's only you guys that have my priority. Love you !
Thank you for your kind words! :-) Unfortunately, to stay alive on youtube, we need to work in 10-15 minute format.
Great video! I was wondering if you are planning to make a series about the weapons and tactics used in the time periods of your battles.
We are planning to, but it is very time-consuming. Hopefully, we will release the first episode soon.
His cavalry reforms and later battles are fascinating.
Can You make a video about the Spanish Conquest of The Americas against the Aztecs and Mayans ... Cuz that would be very interesting:-)
Thinking about it!
awesome idea
it wouldnt be interesting, it would be a slaughter
Siege of Tenochtitlan in 1521 is extremely interesting.
Please make a video on battle of kunersdorf. Fredrick the great's most disastrous defeat.
Yep, it is on the list - eventually.
awsome, i allways knew not much about Silesian wars - i myself am from silesia (eastern part) my city during partitions of Poland went to Austrian, then to Prussian and it ended up in Russian occupation zones XD
Yeah, one of the richest regions in Europe, so everyone wanted a piece. :-)
Yeah, it's a region that really got passed around between different iterations of Polish, Czech, Austrian and German countries.
yea, but coal mines are beeing closed because they are less and less profitable and cost of mining grows - we are going in to very highly specialized use of coal (increased efficency)... and if its about iron - in my city there was first mine in region going from north (we even have museum of minig)... but is is depleted since hundreads of years now
silesia is changing its economic profile - during communism it prospered because of massive export (for low prices) to USSR, now we even are starting to import cheaper coal
but still our energy source is mostly coal, we are trying to make a deal for new nuclear power plant and build/transform more efficent and ecologic coal plants, (i think that they just recently opened very modern new block)
fun fact - biggest ignite coal mine in europe is just few dozen KM north of my city
silesia have black coal
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C5%82chat%C3%B3w_Coal_Mine
you mixed west with east
and that "usurp" thing is allso confused and stupid
XD
haha, bunch of BS
i.imgur.com/W2YO8rx.jpg
catch this ignorant
The quality of this video is great!
Thank you very much!
No. Thank you for bring us quality content.
This period is a virtual black hole on RUclips. This needs to be addressed, so if Their Majesties would indulge us with more content we, their humble subjects, shall be forever grateful. Also we promise not to ferment any revolution and guillotine anybody.
No one is ever safe from the guillotine so we will work as hard as possible. :-) There will be more! :-)
I think this is mainly because most of the contemporary video footage was shot on Betamax and so was thrown away.
I enjoy your channel very much, as well as Baz Battles and Historia Civilis. Although the later is my favorite channel overall due to their coverage of battles, as well as customs and politics, I enjoy your channel mostly in terms of war, battles themselves, and the circumstances surrounding them. Unlike the others though, you also cover subjects before the 8th century BCE and after the 15th century ACE, of which I would love to see more!
Thank you very much! You will see more. :-)
+Omega Alpha That is precisely what happened to me: I started with Historia Civilis, too.
:-)
I ❤️ ur videos
Thank you! :-)
Such a fascinating time in history, thanks for covering it!
Thanks for watching! :-)
Nice video
Thank you!
Wow, thanks for delivering!
:-)
I can tell by watching a decent amount of this guys videos that he plays napoleon total war
more like empire
GoldPlum yeah
Not anymore. :-(
Kings and Generals what do you mean?
No time to play. :-)
Another fine battle documentary on my favourite of era's, keep it up
Thank you, will do!
Frideric II was a cautious commander. Not something that I admire in a man but it definitely worked for him. Great video as usual guys although I think you should change the "icon" symbolizing the villages because those look like turds to be honest.
Well, honor and glory were feudal mindsets. In this time period, dynasties were way more important. Fredrick was a smart man.
I'm not sure if we are thinking about the same thing. When did I mention anything about honor and glory?
Noted. :-)
Kamil Szadkowski cautious? You are implying he is a coward for leaving his army alone? Or maybe i got your comment wrong
I'm implying that he was cautious, not taking to big risks. What I meant is that I admire more aggressive commanders with "high-risk - high reward" type of mindset. I'm not saying that he was a bad commander though.
Man you guys have really built an awesome channel! Congrats, I'll keep sharing you!
Thank you, good sir! :-)
Who are the generals and marshals of Fredrick the great?
The battle of Mollwitz was won by Schwerin. We will feature more generals of him. But he didn't have an ensemble like Napoleon.
Thanks for the info. Whenever I think of Great people I always think that he must have good comrades just like Napoleon and Alexander.
Not quite an ensemble like napoleon, but he had very good generals at his side, like his brother Heinrich (Who never lost a battle), General von Ziethen, General York, Fürst Leopold von Dessau (The old Dessauer), Curt Christoph von Schwerin and many more.
And Seydlitz of course.
I don't know who have a better generals and marshals Napoleon or Fredrick that's why ask who and will gain more knowledge. Thanks for the info.
Wonderful video. Please continue making videos about frederick the great and the wars of 17 and 18 centuries!!!
There will be more!
Please do something about the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 or about the Battle of Berestechko (the largest battle of 17th century).
Khmelnytsky's Uprising is on our list. :-)
Kings and Generals Cool :)
The art on those videos is trully amazing
Thank you very much!
Excellent
Thank you! :-)
Brilliant.....a full vid on Freddy - my favorite black clad steamroller.
Great vid chaps and well done.....even if I do miss old Nurrik's narrator accent ;-)
All the best for a brilliant 2018 my chums and keep it up
MORE FREDERICK!
Thank you very much! Glad to know that you are still watching!
Frederick the great really deserves his name.
Yes, one of the best generals in history!
biggest warmonger and racist is great?
Your content continues to get better with every video. Even the intro is astonishing! Keep it up, and you'll be at 1 mil before you know it.
Thank you for your support!
Always thought the portrait of Maria Theresa was very beautiful o.o, she might have been the most beautiful female ruler since Middle Age all the way to modern times...
Yeah, I also noticed that.
Ehh, I never had a thing for royalty. I always preferred commoners. More down-to-Earth.
She looked a little bit worse after giving birth to 16 children. But she was a great empress and initiated many reforms in the empire. Unlike the warmongering Prussians she (and her son Joseph) actually helped improve the life of the people in Austria and Bohemia.
Not to creep you, but she was apparently 10 at the time of this portrait
But weren't portraits altered (or improved) to make people more handsome than they really were ?
Like an antique Photoshop, the painter would just cut out some defaults of their appearance ?
Please do more from this era! You have my attention and I would love to see more. I'm deeply interested in the Firearms Age of military conflicts. Another great episode!
Thanks! There will be more. In the meantime, watch our videos on the Napoleonic Wars.
@@KingsandGenerals Good to hear :) I am doing that currently!
Marching for a winter occupation, splitting two armies of numerical superiority while beating a retreat, and then a night river crossing...and winning.
I don't know that I have the balls to do any of those. Guess that's why I'm not cut out to be a warrior king.
I prefer our lifestyle. :-)
Your editing keeps getting better and better. Keep it up!
Thank you, doing our best! :-)
Don’t forget about Nader Shah! He was around during the 18th century.
I think about him all the time. :-)
Kings and Generals :D
Dude thank you so much this is awesome!
Thanks for watching!
Make a video about the battle of breitenfeld
Hope to make a series on the 30 Years' War in future.
Great video, as always!
Thank you! :-)