The fog of war effect really captured the confusion 18th century armies dealt with, primarily when dealing with forested/rural areas on a smaller scale. Totally built up the suspense in the perspective of outnumbered and out experienced officers and soldiers. Awesome video all around.
@@bobbystudios4014 this is something I really wanted to get across - it’s fascinating reading the Continental accounts as they tried to decipher British movements. Thank you!
Nicely done ! The step-by-step detail of the battles is wonderful and makes the story clearer to me who grew-up just miles from the Brandywine Battlefield.
You are my new favorite channel. You match the quality of established channels in every way, entertainment, depth of explanation, visual presentation. I wait eagerly for each of your uploads in this series. A setting for your next series (that would interest me, can't speak for anyone else) : Early post-independence Latin America. It's kind of a blind spot of YT history.
Thank you very much! And that's a really good suggestion. I'm also potentially interested in the Franco-Mexican wars - but Latin America would be great too. I'll put it to a vote once we're done with the Revolution!
As always this channel is top quality. The music, the maps, details, animations and of course the narration. I just got promoted at my job so I’m joining the patreon. Thank you so much for keeping this history alive and entertaining.
The fog of war graphics are the chef’s kiss. Plz plz keep making these they are extremely well presented. It’s hard to balance detail and big picture strategy but you do it nicely.
I really love the way you showed uncertainty and imperfect information. So many videos like this give you a perfect view of both armies, and while that's helpful for clarity, doing it this way really helps you emphasise with Washington. It's a lot harder to be an armchair general and say 'he should have done this' when you're hearing multiple conflicting reports and don't know which one is correct.
Love from Taipei. Ol George is an underrated military leader in World history. Washington was basically inspiring an untrained army under pressed time to fight on under all odds. He valued his men's life and always had plan B and C as we see here weighing all options and setting up effective rear guard. He prevented mass desertion and negligence when each militiaman can always return to their local home closer to battlefield than the Brits. And Howe was a seasoned veteran, cautious, but a formidable foe. George was not a genius as Belisarius, Eugene, or Subetei. Yet knowing Washington's circumstances and his eventual success, relentless, taking in good advice and aid, plus a shrewd political mind to pursuad locals and Congress to keep the war going, having accomplished what most before him couldn't, protecting an experimental system of its time, a federal democracy, Washington should be up there next to the Greats.
@@Andy_Babb everything from animation's to map making and script writing is painfully time consuming process. I've never made content either but I'm understanding of why videos are not regular.
@@ryanabercrombie7966 Yeah, that’s what I assumed… I can barely connect to a Bluetooth printer so I’m not here to criticize lol but you can tell the videos are well investigated and studied, the production is amazing.
These videos on the American Revolution are splendid and, as other comments have mentioned, are just as good or better than more established and probably better funded channels. One of those, Kings and Generals, is also doing a series on the same subject. It is interesting to compare and contrast your videos the theirs. I find that you cover elements of the conflict that I had never considered.
Great stuff! I grew up and still live in the area, Brandywine and Germantown are very undercovered (probably because we lost lol). The Fog giveth and taketh - it saved the Americans at Long Island and saved Howe at Germantown. Overlaying the historical map of Philadelphia was a great touch The Brandywine battlefield is well preserved today. Other than the Clivenden house, which is still there, nothing remains of Germantown - the area was urbanized even then and is part of Philadelphia today. There's a small memorial for Paoli. Fort Mifflin remained an active US Army facility until the 1950s and is preserved as a museum, but has features from all of the Fort's long history. It's also right by the airport, so if you like planespotting, it's perfect One small thing - Paoli is pronounced Pay-Oh-Lee
Thanks! I'd really love to visit the sites at some point soon. Great point about the fog too. Ha I googled Paoli and only found Italian pronunciations - I had a funny feeling I was getting it wrong, thank you!
@@HistoryRebels It's named after a Corsican general and freedom fighter, but as happens the pronunciation changed dramatically over time. A lot of that part of PA has welsh place names which I am sure we are pronouncing comically wrong
Nicely done! Excellent detail. Of coarse would of loved to hear the details of our beloved First City Troop! Subscribed and looking forward to learning more, thank you!
@@HistoryRebels oh okay I totally can’t wait for part two because the battle of Monmouth was fought in the county that I grew up in and still live in to this day and that county is Monmouth County New Jersey and I also can’t wait for the battle of Monmouth because tomorrow I am marching in a parade that’s in a town that at the time of the revolutionary war was known as Monmouth court house now known as freehold and the parade that I am in ends right at the courthouse itself.
What could have been for the British, they were really overwhelming favourite to win the war. That is the impression I got from watching these videos. Their difficulties with supply and reinforcement should really have encouraged them to be more aggressive instead of more cautious. Thanks for another great video, the quality is really right up there with the best on youtube.
the theme of General Howe’s ineptitude comes up so much and with such significance in regards to British Defeat that it makes one wonder if he was a Patriot agent. Its like he tried to lose!
I know this comment is probably gonna get lost, but I really hope you make a video about George Washington. I’m impressed that he was able to keep command and the confidence of the Continental Congress after losing so many battles.
I think that's a great idea - the battle tactics and the behind-the-scenes political intrigue could make for a good episode. I've added it to the episode list!
@@Andy_Babb Why, Andy! You have such a beautiful way with words. Have you considered going on speaking tours to various schools, colleges, and cultural organizations? Just kidding. Shut your pie hole!
GOOD SIR, ONE SMALL REVIEW PLEASE MAKE THE BANNERS OF UNITS AND GENERALS A BIT LARGER PLEASE. I LIKE YOUR STYLE OF ART JUST LIKE EPIC HISTORY TV. JK, PLEASE DONT STOP COOKING AND I AM SURE U WILL SURPASS THEM. WE WANT YOU TO KEEP GOING!!! ALL DA BEST .
Just saying but one of my distant relatives was in Philadelphia when the battle of brandywine was taken place but luckily for him he escaped the British but he wasn’t alone as my distant relative named John Jacob Mickley jr was tasked with getting the liberty bell and the other major bells of Philadelphia out of Philadelphia and to do this he got together a train of over 700 wagons which were guarded by cavalry from North Carolina and Virginia under a man named Thomas Polk who was the great uncle of U.S. president Polk and they left Philadelphia for the Leigh valley with the bells hidden beneath manure and hay with the liberty bell being hidden in mickleys wagon and on September 18th they reached Quaker’s town and then on September 23rd the bells reached Bethlehem Pennsylvania where all of the bells except for the liberty bell were taken to Allentown however the liberty bell aka the state house bell was transferred to the wagon of a man named Frederick Leaser and leaser transported the liberty bell to Zion reformed church where it was successfully hidden and protected under the basement floorboards for nine months and they got the bells to safety in the nick of time as 3 days after the liberty bell arrived in Bethlehem on September 26th the British forces marched unopposed into Philadelphia.
Washington kept getting flanked. The Americans never had enough bayonets so they had to retreat from the Redcoats and all that cold steel they were equipped with. He once ruminated on equipping some men with pikes, which would have been so easy to manufacture in the colonies. It was a really brilliant idea that would have changed the dynamic on the battlefield but he dropped the concept without even a try. He wasn't the brightest general we ever had.
I'm not going to argue that Washington didn't have some bad tactical habits, but I don't think he's entirely to blame for his insistence on trying to bait the British into frontal attacks against strong defensive positions. Fighting with a smaller, outgunned, and less professional army that he had to prevent from being destroyed at all costs, his tactical options were always going to be limited by strategic concerns. In American football, sometimes all you can do is run the plays your team is capable of running and hope for the best.
Washington changed his tactics into more of a gorilla style later in the war. I’d agree that may have been what saved the revolution… that and the French finally showing up lol
My several times great grandfather (Capt John "Jack" Ashby) was leading his men in the 3rd Va. militia at Brandywine, when he saw an officer shot off his horse. He went to help him and got wounded himself. Turned out to be Lafayette.
I grew up in Paoli. It's pronounced PAY-oh-lee. And the "last river" that you knew better than to attempt pronunciation on is pronounced SKOO-kull. Aside from that, very well done.
Hello there History Rebels. My name is Ed with the HistoryAlive77 RUclips channel. I come to you with an important request. Can you please go into detail about the Siege of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer. It is so often overlooked in history. People don't know the vital importance of the siege. If it wasn't for Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer there would be no Valley Forge. Fort Mifflin is a site that is very dear to my heart. I can provide you the sources and photography for Fort Mifflin.
The eponymous C18th tavern, near where the battle was fought, was named in honour of the Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli [PA-O-LI]. Hence, 'Powli' in British tradition.
Bri’ish Military Ineptitude One of My Favorite Founding Fathers King George watching His Generals fumble the Game so hard They Create America: *Mouth open, Crying* Don’t Worry; It’s Pay’s off in the longrun Just Trust Me
I hate explanations of battles like this. Obviously there is no way to be completely accurate, but rectangles and circles gliding around on the map just don’t do it justice and leave me with too many unanswered questions. It’s like a children’s book version of what actually happened
Congrats this may be the single stupidest comment I’ve seen on a history video. What did you want an animated special with the location (impossible) of every soldier? Using these symbols to represent units has been a common practice in the west since the napoleonic wars.
@@robertgiggie6366A person expressing they wish they had an even more accurate understanding of history is the stupidest comment on a history video? You don’t sound very intelligent yourself.
@@HistoryRebels i don't remember learning about Quebec or even the NYC battles where the US lost. i think the versions of what we learned very much resemble Mel GIbson the Patriot movie
![The Philadelphia Campaign [Part 2/2]: Valley Forge & the Battle of Monmouth, 1778](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tGEbobKDnU8/mqdefault.jpg)
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Thank you for covering this in such quality. Even in the US, the details of these campaigns are often overlooked.
very it’s insanely hard to get correct information about the brandywine and germantown campaigns, this guy is amazing
Read Michael C. Harris’ books. 1 Brandywine and 2 Germantown. They are by far the best current study on this campaign
I’m learning more about the American Revolution from this channel than I ever did in school
The level of quality has really impacted the videos (they just keep getting better keep up the good work and the great videos)👍
True, but the voice over still sounds like AI computer generated.
That's a really cool fog of war effect. I wish more channels would do something like this
The fog of war effect really captured the confusion 18th century armies dealt with, primarily when dealing with forested/rural areas on a smaller scale. Totally built up the suspense in the perspective of outnumbered and out experienced officers and soldiers. Awesome video all around.
@@bobbystudios4014 this is something I really wanted to get across - it’s fascinating reading the Continental accounts as they tried to decipher British movements. Thank you!
I love the use of Fog of War in this video!
Nicely done ! The step-by-step detail of the battles is wonderful and makes the story clearer to me who grew-up just miles from the Brandywine Battlefield.
Your documentaries on this subject are the best there is, well done and thank you!
You are my new favorite channel. You match the quality of established channels in every way, entertainment, depth of explanation, visual presentation. I wait eagerly for each of your uploads in this series. A setting for your next series (that would interest me, can't speak for anyone else) : Early post-independence Latin America. It's kind of a blind spot of YT history.
Thank you very much! And that's a really good suggestion. I'm also potentially interested in the Franco-Mexican wars - but Latin America would be great too. I'll put it to a vote once we're done with the Revolution!
Outstanding!!! Been waiting for the series to continue. Well done. Cheers from Tennessee
I love these videos, they absolutely hold my attention throughout the whole thing.
Great work 👍
very well made, on a level equal to Epic History and Kings and Generals
Stellar work!
Loving your series so far, hope it continues to the end.
Brilliant video! Thanks for your hard work!
These are absolutely amazing man
This is actually really good. Keep it up!
As always this channel is top quality. The music, the maps, details, animations and of course the narration. I just got promoted at my job so I’m joining the patreon. Thank you so much for keeping this history alive and entertaining.
Thank you very much, Michael!
I was just watching some of your older videos the other day wondering when the next one was coming!
The fog of war was masterfuly done, keep up with the good work man
Thank you! I was really pleased the fog of war worked in this episode
Great episode
The fog of war graphics are the chef’s kiss. Plz plz keep making these they are extremely well presented. It’s hard to balance detail and big picture strategy but you do it nicely.
Glad to have found your channel, I appreciate the quality content. Happy to subscribe. Please keep it up.
My honest congratulations on your representation of the fog of war! Much succes on this platform!
Thanks! I'm really pleased how the fog of war came out
I really love the way you showed uncertainty and imperfect information. So many videos like this give you a perfect view of both armies, and while that's helpful for clarity, doing it this way really helps you emphasise with Washington. It's a lot harder to be an armchair general and say 'he should have done this' when you're hearing multiple conflicting reports and don't know which one is correct.
@@philipsalama8083 thank you very much, I’m really pleased the fog of war worked well this episode. I’ll use it again in future!
Love from Taipei. Ol George is an underrated military leader in World history. Washington was basically inspiring an untrained army under pressed time to fight on under all odds. He valued his men's life and always had plan B and C as we see here weighing all options and setting up effective rear guard. He prevented mass desertion and negligence when each militiaman can always return to their local home closer to battlefield than the Brits. And Howe was a seasoned veteran, cautious, but a formidable foe. George was not a genius as Belisarius, Eugene, or Subetei. Yet knowing Washington's circumstances and his eventual success, relentless, taking in good advice and aid, plus a shrewd political mind to pursuad locals and Congress to keep the war going, having accomplished what most before him couldn't, protecting an experimental system of its time, a federal democracy, Washington should be up there next to the Greats.
Very well said! Much love from Indianapolis 🇺🇸🇹🇼💪🏻
@@austin3503Thank you.
General Washington was in my view a talented logistician, strategist and administration. As a tactician, he's a mix bag.
Superb video.
This series is so good, it deserves so much attentyion bcs its on bar with Epic History TV fa sure
best channel! thank you
Another banger, Tristan. Great job
Thank you!
Some of the best history content I’ve seen on this platform, you guys will have 100k subs in no time
I will never understand why Howe acted in such a cautious and passive way. It amazes me.
Well done.
cant wait for the next part excellent!
Waited a couple months for this..... Would have wanted 2 more if need be.
These videos are that good!
I get sad when I see any video less than 40 minutes lol then again I’ve never had to create content. 🤷🏻♂️
@@Andy_Babb everything from animation's to map making and script writing is painfully time consuming process. I've never made content either but I'm understanding of why videos are not regular.
@@ryanabercrombie7966 Yeah, that’s what I assumed… I can barely connect to a Bluetooth printer so I’m not here to criticize lol but you can tell the videos are well investigated and studied, the production is amazing.
Awesome work. I loved how you added a "fog of war" effect for Brandywine. May I ask how you did that?
Of course! What’s your email address and I’ll let you know - or drop me and email and I’ll reply go it. Thehistoryrebels@gmail.com
These videos on the American Revolution are splendid and, as other comments have mentioned, are just as good or better than more established and probably better funded channels. One of those, Kings and Generals, is also doing a series on the same subject. It is interesting to compare and contrast your videos the theirs. I find that you cover elements of the conflict that I had never considered.
Awesome.
Again tanks High cuality presentation .... Hope some history teacher take your videos and really teach the kids
Great stuff! I grew up and still live in the area, Brandywine and Germantown are very undercovered (probably because we lost lol). The Fog giveth and taketh - it saved the Americans at Long Island and saved Howe at Germantown. Overlaying the historical map of Philadelphia was a great touch
The Brandywine battlefield is well preserved today. Other than the Clivenden house, which is still there, nothing remains of Germantown - the area was urbanized even then and is part of Philadelphia today. There's a small memorial for Paoli. Fort Mifflin remained an active US Army facility until the 1950s and is preserved as a museum, but has features from all of the Fort's long history. It's also right by the airport, so if you like planespotting, it's perfect
One small thing - Paoli is pronounced Pay-Oh-Lee
Thanks! I'd really love to visit the sites at some point soon. Great point about the fog too.
Ha I googled Paoli and only found Italian pronunciations - I had a funny feeling I was getting it wrong, thank you!
@@HistoryRebels It's named after a Corsican general and freedom fighter, but as happens the pronunciation changed dramatically over time. A lot of that part of PA has welsh place names which I am sure we are pronouncing comically wrong
Well done 👏 Absolutely loved the detail
Great content on this.
Keep up the great work
Nicely done! Excellent detail. Of coarse would of loved to hear the details of our beloved First City Troop! Subscribed and looking forward to learning more, thank you!
My guess is that part two will cover the battle of Monmouth and the events at valley forge.
Yes that’s right - should be out in about a month!
@@HistoryRebels oh okay I totally can’t wait for part two because the battle of Monmouth was fought in the county that I grew up in and still live in to this day and that county is Monmouth County New Jersey and I also can’t wait for the battle of Monmouth because tomorrow I am marching in a parade that’s in a town that at the time of the revolutionary war was known as Monmouth court house now known as freehold and the parade that I am in ends right at the courthouse itself.
The most informative infographic vid I've watched on RUclips. Keep up the good work bro. Really hope you consider a Battle of the Boyne video soon!
General Washington was a master of tactical retreat.
What could have been for the British, they were really overwhelming favourite to win the war. That is the impression I got from watching these videos. Their difficulties with supply and reinforcement should really have encouraged them to be more aggressive instead of more cautious.
Thanks for another great video, the quality is really right up there with the best on youtube.
Incredible Work
Beautiful Production
Quite Nice
Amazing Trivia
Wonderful Details
Great Art
Good Effort
Thank You
noice!
the theme of General Howe’s ineptitude comes up so much and with such significance in regards to British Defeat that it makes one wonder if he was a Patriot agent. Its like he tried to lose!
I know this comment is probably gonna get lost, but I really hope you make a video about George Washington. I’m impressed that he was able to keep command and the confidence of the Continental Congress after losing so many battles.
I think that's a great idea - the battle tactics and the behind-the-scenes political intrigue could make for a good episode. I've added it to the episode list!
Bro pls keep it up 💯
God save the King!
Enjoyed the video. Also, Lafayette was shot in the leg at Brandywine. And the town Paoli is pronounced “Pay-Olee.”
It’s surprising how similar this British maneuver was to Jackson’s flank march at Chancellorsville in 1863.
I know, they both got their asses kicked in the end 😂
@@Andy_Babb Why, Andy! You have such a beautiful way with words. Have you considered going on speaking tours to various schools, colleges, and cultural organizations?
Just kidding.
Shut your pie hole!
You are going to get a bump in views just by single childless aunts searching brandy and wine.
GOOD SIR, ONE SMALL REVIEW
PLEASE MAKE THE BANNERS OF UNITS AND GENERALS A BIT LARGER PLEASE. I LIKE YOUR STYLE OF ART JUST LIKE EPIC HISTORY TV. JK, PLEASE DONT STOP COOKING AND I AM SURE U WILL SURPASS THEM.
WE WANT YOU TO KEEP GOING!!! ALL DA BEST .
Thanks for the feedback, and noted - I'll make sure the banners are larger in future episodes, cheers!
@@HistoryRebels ys bb
Just saying but one of my distant relatives was in Philadelphia when the battle of brandywine was taken place but luckily for him he escaped the British but he wasn’t alone as my distant relative named John Jacob Mickley jr was tasked with getting the liberty bell and the other major bells of Philadelphia out of Philadelphia and to do this he got together a train of over 700 wagons which were guarded by cavalry from North Carolina and Virginia under a man named Thomas Polk who was the great uncle of U.S. president Polk and they left Philadelphia for the Leigh valley with the bells hidden beneath manure and hay with the liberty bell being hidden in mickleys wagon and on September 18th they reached Quaker’s town and then on September 23rd the bells reached Bethlehem Pennsylvania where all of the bells except for the liberty bell were taken to Allentown however the liberty bell aka the state house bell was transferred to the wagon of a man named Frederick Leaser and leaser transported the liberty bell to Zion reformed church where it was successfully hidden and protected under the basement floorboards for nine months and they got the bells to safety in the nick of time as 3 days after the liberty bell arrived in Bethlehem on September 26th the British forces marched unopposed into Philadelphia.
Washington kept getting flanked. The Americans never had enough bayonets so they had to retreat from the Redcoats and all that cold steel they were equipped with. He once ruminated on equipping some men with pikes, which would have been so easy to manufacture in the colonies. It was a really brilliant idea that would have changed the dynamic on the battlefield but he dropped the concept without even a try. He wasn't the brightest general we ever had.
I never heard of Small Hills and Red Creek actions.
Now you have. 😉
I'm not going to argue that Washington didn't have some bad tactical habits, but I don't think he's entirely to blame for his insistence on trying to bait the British into frontal attacks against strong defensive positions. Fighting with a smaller, outgunned, and less professional army that he had to prevent from being destroyed at all costs, his tactical options were always going to be limited by strategic concerns. In American football, sometimes all you can do is run the plays your team is capable of running and hope for the best.
This is a really good point, thanks!
Washington changed his tactics into more of a gorilla style later in the war. I’d agree that may have been what saved the revolution… that and the French finally showing up lol
No joke howe let those traitors get away with it
My several times great grandfather (Capt John "Jack" Ashby) was leading his men in the 3rd Va. militia at Brandywine, when he saw an officer shot off his horse. He went to help him and got wounded himself. Turned out to be Lafayette.
And again Washington can’t protect his flanks. If Arnold was at Brandywine he would have won that one too.
Unfortunately if General Arnold had been at Brandywine he would not have been at Saratoga.......and Gates would have dicked that up as usual
I’m sure someone else has commented this, but Paoli is pronounced “PAY-O-LEE”
Great video
Thanks Mike, one of these days I'll get through a video without a mispronunciation :D
@@HistoryRebels only felt compelled to comment because i grew up literally across the street from the field where the massacre happened
I appreciate it!
I grew up in Paoli. It's pronounced PAY-oh-lee. And the "last river" that you knew better than to attempt pronunciation on is pronounced SKOO-kull. Aside from that, very well done.
Yo!
13:00 aaawwwwwww yeah
I thought Washington was a better general than he was depicted here.
Hurry up and post more. Need new material to sleep to
FYI- Paoli is pronounced: Pay-O-Lee, not Powlee
Hello there History Rebels. My name is Ed with the HistoryAlive77 RUclips channel. I come to you with an important request. Can you please go into detail about the Siege of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer. It is so often overlooked in history. People don't know the vital importance of the siege. If it wasn't for Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer there would be no Valley Forge. Fort Mifflin is a site that is very dear to my heart. I can provide you the sources and photography for Fort Mifflin.
"Howe's actions are difficult to understand."
Well, he was a freemason...
That is a funny map of middle earth.... i thought the hobbits were fighting wolves or something...
Pay ole E is how you pronounce Paoli, Pennsylvania.
Thanks!
The eponymous C18th tavern, near where the battle was fought, was named in honour of the Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli [PA-O-LI]. Hence, 'Powli' in British tradition.
Modern pronunciation is Pay Oh Lee.
21:07 the one British atrocity of the war.
poor show!
lol "The Patriot" failed to mention any Lords in the Continental Army
....or that Congress banned cricket and the theatre 😂
Bri’ish Military Ineptitude
One of My Favorite Founding Fathers
King George watching His Generals fumble the Game so hard They Create America:
*Mouth open, Crying*
Don’t Worry; It’s Pay’s off in the longrun
Just Trust Me
I hate explanations of battles like this. Obviously there is no way to be completely accurate, but rectangles and circles gliding around on the map just don’t do it justice and leave me with too many unanswered questions. It’s like a children’s book version of what actually happened
I know I'm kinda speaking for someone else here, but I'm a bit confused to what you mean, what exactly is confusing about the units?
Congrats this may be the single stupidest comment I’ve seen on a history video.
What did you want an animated special with the location (impossible) of every soldier?
Using these symbols to represent units has been a common practice in the west since the napoleonic wars.
This video is just an overview bro. You want further detail, you gonna have to do some reading on your own.
@@FieldMarshalYTI never said there was anything confusing..
@@robertgiggie6366A person expressing they wish they had an even more accurate understanding of history is the stupidest comment on a history video? You don’t sound very intelligent yourself.
you narrate very pro american for being in the UK
It's tricky but I'm trying to keep it as balanced / objective as possible
@@HistoryRebels i don't remember learning about Quebec or even the NYC battles where the US lost. i think the versions of what we learned very much resemble Mel GIbson the Patriot movie
British lies.
What's a lie?