The Germans are using Zündnadelgewehr a breach loading and rifled barrel increasing reload speed and accuracy as standard infantry weapon adding the fact German military spending is quite a hefty amount .
@@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837 Welche Leute mögen sich schon an der Grenze? Ich habe an der polnischen und niederländischen Grenze gelebt und kann definitiv sagen, dass sich die Leute da ebenfalls nicht mögen. Und ich kann mir gut vorstellen, dass es an der tschechischen, französischen, österreichischen etc Grenze nicht anders sein wird.
This Danish movie is pretty + good honest What people dont realize the Danish Army was actually slightly bigger than Prussia's at the time and on top of this Denmark had a real Navy, which Prussia mostly lacked. At the time Denmark was considered one of the preeminent military powers of Northern Europe. And they (thought) they had England as an ally and so that it would all be a cakewalk. So they recklessly provoked a war with Pussia by breaking the Schleswig treaty ( which stipulated they could not abuse the german population of that province and forced them to not speak german etc) and sent provocative missives to the Prussia King. But the Prussians had made quite a few improvements to the firepower of thier Army and the effectiveness of theirs leadership, so they were quite confident and did not mind a Danish attack at all since they ere eager to use their expensive military to improve their standing in Europe and among the german states. Also, as the Prussians expected, England abandoned the Danes, since they were the ones who broke the treaty and on top of that the Austrians sent generous help to the Prussians. The Danish movie is quite honest about all these things. Ultimately the war was decided by Prussian artillery which was quite superior and so more than made up that Denmark's military was slightly larger. Prussian and Austrian "Special Forces" (for the time) the Deaths head Hussars also contributed out of proportion to their numbers. On top of that the Prussians had the better generalship and staffs and so in the end it was a crushing defeat for the Danes. Denmark would never again be considered a powerful country in Europe.
Very interesting, thank you for the information. You seem to know a lot about this topic. Did you read any book on the topic and if yes are there some you can recommend?
That's true. The invention of the prussian needle gun or in german Zündnadelgewehr also contributed a lot to the effectiveness of prussia's military. As you can see the danish soldiers still load their weapons from the front. Meaning the have to put in the powder and musketball in and ram that down with a stick. The prussian weapons were loaded from the back, with a ,,needle" close to the modern bullets. They contained the bullet, the propellant charge, aswell as the ignition element. This made it possible to fire several rounds in the time the enemy could fire only one and had to reload. A secret the prussians tried to keep for as long as possible.
@@djlol7541 I did a "Abitur" in Europe (a special kind of high end prep school) and learned a lot there. This is where I learned my French and german languages. But sometimes you find info just by constant looking for example I just found out a couple days ago that after the loss of Schleswig Holstein (which was 40% of the Danish economy and population even if most folks were indeed German) the Danish King wrote a letter to the Prussian King asking to have Denmark annexed into the German Reich in return for being an autonomous Kingdom in the Empire and get Schleswig-Holstein back to Denmark this way even if within the borders of he german Empire. There is actually a youtube video on it. Bismark was opposed and it never went off the ground. ruclips.net/video/z1yoBCqjTIc/видео.html
They had larger numbers. They mobilized only one corps for this war against the whole danisch army (other german nations like austria also fought) They had much more guns and newer ones The prussians at this time were the only nation wich had good working breech loader guns with patrons. The danish army (and later the austrians in the brotherwar) only had muzzle loading guns. So they could fire 3-4times faster than the danish soldier. So the last charge of the prussians was not nessessary. The could kill the danish easily in this position because of the much faster rate of fire. I ask me, how the danish politicans/crown could be so stupid to force the german union in to war. I know they hoped for england. But they have not asked the british befor playing such a risk game. And as always the civilians and soldiers have to pay the bill for that supidness of their leaders.
That was because Ranks like General was given based on ranking and family of Nobility. Napoleon was one of the people cucked by that as he was from a poor noble family from Italy. He moved up the ranks as soon as the Nobility and Royalty was thrown in the bin, when he became the First Consul he reformed it based on skill.
What is also total the ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength! Because these downright ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength are simply absurd. Who was defeated here? Oh the great power ... Denmark. Wow! Really an impressive victory. Ridiculous to glorify Prussia for it. In fact, Prussia survived in the 18th and 19th centuries only by luck and not by the strength of the Prussian army. In the 7th Years' War Prussia was defeated and could only survive by the grace of Russia. In the war against Napoleon Prussia was also defeated and was only able to remain independent through the strength of the real great powers Great Britain and Russia. The fact that Prussia was a dwarf was also made clear by this war in the video, because the Prussians needed the support of Austria to defeat this dwarf. Denmark was like Prussia a dwarf. Therefore both states had small armies. Denmark had a troop strength in this war of 38,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns and Prussia had a troop strength of 35,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns. During the war the Prussian army was reinforced by Austria with 64 cannons and 20,000 soldiers. In February 3, 1864 4,538 Austrian soldiers for example, have in the Battle of Königshügel defeated 1,000 Danish soldiers. For comparison, the struggle of real great powers! In the Crimean War of 1856 armies of more than half a million fought against each other. Namely on the Russian side 889,000 against 235,568 Turks, 309,268 French, 107,864 British and 21,000 Italians. By the way, the Prussian dwarf won the war because he was better prepared for this war. Because the Danish army had only a peacetime strength of 7,500 soldiers. The combat value of the Danish troops was low. Due to the poor peace strength, there was a lack of well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers. The infantry was equipped with muzzle-loading rifle and the artillery was being converted to rifled breech loader. The artillerymen weren't yet adequately trained with the new cannons. The Danish fleet was actually quite powerful compared to the army and clearly superior to the Prussian fleet. But the fleets played no significant role, because the war was decided on land. The Prussian troops on the other hand were already fully equipped with modern Dreyse needle-gun, and the refitting of the artillery was much more advanced than that of the Danish army. Nevertheless, Prussia was also a dwarf in comparison to the great powers of the time.
Dryese needle gun, a few mass produced breech-loading rifle in existence at that time. Other breech-loader also exist, like the Norwegians kammerlader rifle. The Swedes using it, the Norwegians using it, so it's interesting why the danes doesn't adopt this rifle and instead using more widely used caplock rifled musket.
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 Rear loading rifles were expensive. Simple as that. Prussia and Sweden had them because they were both wealthy and had been investing in the military for a while. Though it is wrong that they had "way more modern" weapons. The Danes did use "rifled muskets" eg front loading rifles. While having a significantly lower fire rate they did have the advantage of vastly superior range over the Needle gun.
@@XMysticHerox Not a particularly important advantage. The vast majority of Danish conscripts - little trained in markmanship - could scarcely take advantage of the long range advantage of the rifled musket. It took a true expert marksman to calculate range and wind drift to make hits with those looping trajectories. The advantage of the Dreyse - a high rate of fire and being able to shoot and reload easily from prone - was far more applicable.
@@HaNsWiDjAjA You don´t need marksman level aim to hit something when you have a whole company firing at 60000 enemies. But yes the Dreyse was superior. Just saying that it was not "way more modern" as OP claimed. Nor were the Danes using obsolete smoothbore muskets as I assume many people believe.
These downright ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength are simply absurd. Who was defeated here? Oh the great power ... Denmark. Wow! Really an impressive victory. Ridiculous to glorify Prussia for it. In fact, Prussia survived in the 18th and 19th centuries only by luck and not by the strength of the Prussian army. In the 7th Years' War Prussia was defeated and could only survive by the grace of Russia. In the war against Napoleon Prussia was also defeated and was only able to remain independent through the strength of the real great powers Great Britain and Russia. The fact that Prussia was a dwarf was also made clear by this war in the video, because the Prussians needed the support of Austria to defeat this dwarf. Denmark was like Prussia a dwarf. Therefore both states had small armies. Denmark had a troop strength in this war of 38,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns and Prussia had a troop strength of 35,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns. During the war the Prussian army was reinforced by Austria with 64 cannons and 20,000 soldiers. In February 3, 1864 4,538 Austrian soldiers for example, have in the Battle of Königshügel defeated 1,000 Danish soldiers. For comparison, the struggle of real great powers! In the Crimean War of 1856 armies of more than half a million fought against each other. Namely on the Russian side 889,000 against 235,568 Turks, 309,268 French, 107,864 British and 21,000 Italians. By the way, the Prussian dwarf won the war because he was better prepared for this war. Because the Danish army had only a peacetime strength of 7,500 soldiers. The combat value of the Danish troops was low. Due to the poor peace strength, there was a lack of well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers. The infantry was equipped with muzzle-loading rifle and the artillery was being converted to rifled breech loader. The artillerymen weren't yet adequately trained with the new cannons. The Danish fleet was actually quite powerful compared to the army and clearly superior to the Prussian fleet. But the fleets played no significant role, because the war was decided on land. The Prussian troops on the other hand were already fully equipped with modern Dreyse needle-gun, and the refitting of the artillery was much more advanced than that of the Danish army. Nevertheless, Prussia was also a dwarf in comparison to the great powers of the time.
@@Mehmet_Ergin never mention "a nations whole army destroyed" to a polish nationalist, especially never mention "a nations whole army destroyed within 2 weeks" to a polish nationalist
The Prussian war with Denmark was Bismarck's first step in unifying Germany under Prussia. It was also a chance for the Prussian Army to test its new Army with a real war, like the German Army in 1939 invading Poland to test its new Blitzkrieg doctrine.
Who else thinks that a game set in this war whould be cool. I mean imagine you and your squad giving each other cover while reloading while 20 or so players behind your lines fire artillery at the Frontline meanwhile the Chad squad attempts a Bajonett charge at the enemy forces and decimate them.
@@teeth716 yeah but I mean one set in this phase were mele gun fights are equal in terms of importance. For exampel in cod, bf and even things like enlisted, mele and Bajonett charges, take downs with the stock of your m1871 needle gun whould are a rarity while in such a game it whould be a necessity. Some games may play in that Era but I want a battlefield/post scriptum/enlisted style game set in the between 1820 and 1890
It’s a shame we English speaking places don’t get too exposed to continental movies like this, they often are a lot better then the usual Hollywood flicks, not to meantion Hollywood wouldn’t touch this anyway
Funny part, a lot of the troops and most of the casulties were Austrians, ( mostly from a brillant, but foolish frontal attack) not Preussian ( 2200 casulties Preussian and Austrians) and the danish ( 5600 casulties ) had nearly three time as much casulties, in the movies are no Austrians and the costly attack at all.
These downright ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength is also funny. Who was defeated here? Oh the great power ... Denmark. Wow! Really an impressive victory. Ridiculous to glorify Prussia for it. In fact, Prussia survived in the 18th and 19th centuries only by luck and not by the strength of the Prussian army. In the 7th Years' War Prussia was defeated and could only survive by the grace of Russia. In the war against Napoleon Prussia was also defeated and was only able to remain independent through the strength of the real great powers Great Britain and Russia. The fact that Prussia was a dwarf was also made clear by this war in the video, because the Prussians needed the support of Austria to defeat this dwarf. Denmark was like Prussia a dwarf. Therefore both states had small armies. Denmark had a troop strength in this war of 38,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns and Prussia had a troop strength of 35,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns. During the war the Prussian army was reinforced by Austria with 64 cannons and 20,000 soldiers. In February 3, 1864 4,538 Austrian soldiers for example, have in the Battle of Königshügel defeated 1,000 Danish soldiers. For comparison, the struggle of real great powers! In the Crimean War of 1856 armies of more than half a million fought against each other. Namely on the Russian side 889,000 against 235,568 Turks, 309,268 French, 107,864 British and 21,000 Italians. By the way, the Prussian dwarf won the war because he was better prepared for this war. Because the Danish army had only a peacetime strength of 7,500 soldiers. The combat value of the Danish troops was low. Due to the poor peace strength, there was a lack of well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers. The infantry was equipped with muzzle-loading rifle and the artillery was being converted to rifled breech loader. The artillerymen weren't yet adequately trained with the new cannons. The Danish fleet was actually quite powerful compared to the army and clearly superior to the Prussian fleet. But the fleets played no significant role, because the war was decided on land. The Prussian troops on the other hand were already fully equipped with modern Dreyse needle-gun, and the refitting of the artillery was much more advanced than that of the Danish army. Nevertheless, Prussia was also a dwarf in comparison to the great powers of the time.
this was intentional, Bismarck coaxed Austria into the war and then used the Austrians as cannon fodder knowing full well he was going to turn and attack Austria as soon as he was done with the Danes. They got played.
@@elmascapo6588 The term "franco prussian war" is wrong, because there was no such war. That was a war of various allied German dwarf states against France and not just a war of the Prussian dwarf state against France! More precisely... in 1870/1 were the allies of the Prussians too Kingdom of Saxony, Grand Duchy of Baden, Kingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Württemberg, Grand Duchy of Hesse. Only together were these dwarves strong enough to risk a war against the great power France! That's why this war is also called in German "Deutsch-Französischer Krieg" which does mean German-Prussian War! By the way, what's that supposed to mean? 7 days war? I guess you mean the Seven Years' War! Prussia actually lost this war.The fact that Prussia was not destroyed in the Seven Years' War is called as I mentioned before the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg. Brandenburg stands for Prussias. Prussia lost the war against Russian Empire under Elizabeth of Russia and was dependent on the grace of the winner! Prussia's luck was the death of Tsarina Elizabeth. Emperor of Russia then became Peter III. He swiftly reversed Elizabeth's war policy and negotiated peace with Prussia, with an armistice and a treaty of peace and friendship. (Peter's decision angered some in the Russian military, and he was overthrown and killed.) So Prussia survived only because of the grace of the Russian empire. A major power does not survive because of the mercy of others! As a result, Prussia was not a major power! A major power doesn't survive by luck! A great power does not survive through miracles! A great power is not a dwarf teritorially either, like Prussia it was. Because at that time a great power conquered and ruled large areas. In fact, one have to look for the tiny Prussian territory with a magnifying glass on the world map. Prussia was able to expand its territory to include the relatively small areas of Poland and the relatively small Silesia. But Prussia did not conquer this small area increases. Prussia has successfully conquered no areas because Peter III actually gave as present Silesia after Prussia was defeated. It was a present because the Russians had the power to take Silesia away from the Prussians. Even the small part of Poland that was given as present to Prussia by the Russians. After that Prussia was still a dwarf on the map in comparison to the real great powers. Calling this part of Poland a gift is justified because Russia had just annexed Ottomans Crimea. If the Russians hadn't the conflict with the Ottomans at the time, the Russians would have annexed all of Poland! Austria could not have prevented this and the dwarf Prussia could not have prevented it anyway! But the Russians wanted to prevent a conflict with Prussia and Austria at the same time and so the Russians left relatively small areas of Poland to Prussia and Austria. So despite these territorial gains, Prussia was not a great power compared to the real great powers of that time. One still had to look for the Prussian state territory with a magnifying glass on the world map.
@@codieomeallain6635 it is a famous saying by voltaire, the french writer and philosopher, who is seen as the most important figure in the enlightenment movement.
The Danes did not stand a chance against the Prussian firepower. Their weapons were antiquated, muzzle-load rifles, whereas the Prussian troops were armed with newest, highly accurate, breech loaded rifles. The Austrian troops suffered the same fate in the following year when encountering advanced Prussian's weapon technologies.
@@zurgesmiecal if the Vietnamese had fought like the North Koreans or the Chinese, the result would've been far far different. Unfortunately, they learned from seeing a million Chinese infantry and several hundred thousand Koreans turned to ash by superior battlefield technology.
What’s interesting is, Denmark at the time was nothing like the Denmark we think of today. Back then Denmark was considered one of the most preeminent military powers in Europe. They thought it’d be a cakewalk going toe to toe with the Prussians. The Danish also had the backing of Britain, more guns than the Prussians, and a navy. But when they broke the Schleswig treaty, Britain backed out since the Danish broke the treaty, not the Prussians. The Prussians had a smaller army, they had fewer guns, and didn’t have a navy, like some of the other German states, they focused on making the best of what they had. So they equipped their men with Dreyse needle rifles. Which fired faster then the Danish muzzleloading percussion cap muskets. At the end of the day what really won the war was the artillery and guns. The Prussians had far superior artillery and generals who knew how to use it, although less of it, and the many advantages of the needle rifle helped too.
It's actually really imposing thinking about being on the side that has rifles that can fire two, maaaaaybe three rounds per minute, while on the other side, you're watching guys fire six to ten rounds a minute and cutting down your lines like nothing
Wrong. The Dreyse rifle was introduced following their defeat in the 1848-war, in that prussia was forced to give in to incredible danish demands (backed by great britain). Gladly Bismarck learned and then the moron danish started the show and got a§§whipped. In opposition to this movie the danish sucked and sucked and sucked all the time.
You mean dividing up the class between sides and then have them fight each other with live ammo? Students that survive such a traumatic event would have a new appreciation for history.
These peoples should never have fought each other. I am both Danish and German and I would not stand on one of these two fronts to shoot at the man in front of me
After the defeat the danish king even proposed to join the north-german confederation. Politics especially the outlook of upsetting England made Bismarck decline respectfully. Yet it shows, that it was as close to a civil war as it gets.
Right, but they learned so well the lesson that first kicked Napoleon's a** at Leipzig (with allies), then litterally shredded Napoleon's the 3rd's army in a SINGLE battle, ending the 2nd Empire.
France had a chance when Germany was split in thousand pieces. As soon as Germany united, France fucked up. And never stood a chance again against a united Germany-Austria.
@@Savoyard73 You don’t really think that France alone would have stood a chance. 😂Germany had the biggest and most modern army in the world. Whole Europe with all their colonies and the USA fought them, and they only lost because of socialist traitors which capitulated.
@@moritzl4024 "Whole Europe" = France and GB in the middle of the war. And yes you had the best army of the world but if i was you would be ashamed to say that because my country loosed the war.
N. B. the prussian army was equipped with a BREECH loading rifle, the danes with a muzzle loading one, imagine what kind of firepower they could achieve, from a safe position, nevertless!
Nope, the difference wasn´t THAT big. The danish - in opposition to this fantasy BS fought the whole time behind walls - just like the confeds in the last 1,5 years in the civil war. And the chasepot-rifle of the french, 6 years later was VASTLY superior to the Dreyse-Zündnadelgewehr.
@@steffenjonda8283 Yes, I knew about chassepots' superiority in 1870's war, Germans' superiority was mostly due to their leadership, superior artillery and excellent logistic, plus France had big internal troubles, they fought at the end also a bloody civil war with Paris ' La Communne.
@@nextchapter9883 Denmark is Germanic, as is Sweden, Norway, Iceland, England and half of France. Danish speak a Germanic language and English is a Germanic language.
Schleswig Holstein is German, and it always has been German. I really like Denmark and Danish culture, but Schleswig Holstein belongs to Germany. Lesson learned.
@@MrPeperoni79 I'm not treading on over against German Soil. The ground I tread and walk on is my own at home. Perhaps I misunderstood you, but when you say, ''don't tread on me'', are you speaking for Prussia?
@@nordicfischer6751 Haha, sorry, that is a misunderstanding. "Don't tread on me" I borrowed to explain the attitude of the Prussians in the video, e.g. " Don't f*** with the prussians". No political statement in whatsoever direction intended.
@@str1k3ss47 What are you talking about ? He is right. Napoleon had a chance against hundreds of tiny German States. But as soon Germany united, he was fucked. They kicked his ass in Leipzig like no one was ever kicked before in history. And again with the British in Waterloo…
@@str1k3ss47 Yeah. With Thousands of Allied German troops from the Rhine confederation. As soon as they turned against him in the battle of Leipzig, he was fucked. If the german states would have stand united from the beginning, Napoleon never would have stepped on german ground. But Napoleon was smart. He always did everything to prevent german unification. Divide et impera. The irony is, that he himself united Germany in the end…
It's kinda sad to see how similar the language in military terms is with those of their respective opponents. They might have had a pint in friendlier times.
Line formation were still widely used until the mass deployment of repeating rifles. Because when you only have a single shot gun, you want to maximize the firepower and one way to do it is by volley fire. Volley fire work best in line formation (I mean, battleship battle line is essentially a line formation with the same principle).
Because at this time you didn't win battles by killing most of the enemy, you won by having better discipline and morale and then fleeing. Hence why battles with Hundreds of thousands of soldiers only have 5-10k casualties
@@farkaasdaniel1993 it still happen to this day tho. There's a research on ww1/ww2 statistics, and they concluded that when you inflict 5% casualties on the enemy (for example, 50 out of 1000), the effectiveness of enemy would drop to 50%. And when you inflict 10% casualties on the enem, the effectiveness of enemy would drop approaching zero. This is why most battle rarely decimated an entire army, because enemy would started to rout when they lost 10% of their original forces. And during this rout is where the actual slaughter begin (a lot of enemy dies while fleeing instead of actually fighting).
@@shaydowsith348 General Blücher was Prussian and and not Russia. At the battle of Waterloo Napoleon was winning against british forces. It was the prussian army that arrived and turned the battle.
@@shaydowsith348 No, prussia. The russians came to late to the show, the same with the austrians. But i agree, both Austria and Russia alone had slaugthered the Nappy-crap that was quite succsessfull at Waterloo up to the moment the prussians teared his left wing apart and won the already LOST battle for Wellington.
I once had a Amish Friend that told me the Amish do not wear mustaches, beards YES, mustaches, NO. The reason was because of what the Prussians did to Amish Communities still living in Silesia, and other parts of the Prussian Empire. It seems that Frederick The Great was a Staunch Lutheran and looked upon the Amish as a threat to Lutheranism. He thought they were backward, Clannish, Cloistered, and mis led. He had his soldiers, and almost all Prussian Officers and NCO's had big mustaches, to burn down Amish Farms and round them up and put them in prisons. William Penn, A Quaker, invited them to come to Pensylvannia and thus they have become a part of the American Experience.
The movie is pretty good. What people dont realize the Danish military was actually slightly bigger than Prussia at the time and they (thought) they had England as an ally and that it would be a cakewalk. So they recklessly provoked a war with Pussia by breaking the Schleswig treaty ( which stipulated they could not abuse the german population of that province and forced them to not speak german etc) and sent provocative missives to the Prussia King. But England abandoned them since they were the ones who broke the treaty and the Prussians got the Austrians as allies too. The Danish movie is quite honest about all these things.
My blood is Prussian since 1701 and has been Brandenburgian before. And I don't like brother's being headshoted. My deepest respect and sorry for everybody killed in European brother wars. The time will come, when we need each other. Long life Prussia (in my heart), long life Danmark!
@@snugglecity3500 WW1 the French Army was near collapse and Russia had pulled out, allowing all the eastern front troops to come west. Germany probably would have fought to a standstill if not for US troops carrying the Argonne Offensive. WW2 Britain would never have won in North Africa, or invaded France, or fought their way into Germany. Hell, Britain suffered near critical manpower shortages after Normandy. And the US carried the Pacific Naval War almost single handedly. So yeah, we were a big help. We didn't win the wars alone, but you can't say the US wasn't significant.
@@Matt_J98 They were only fighting one front by the time we arrived in WW1 and cartied the final offensive of the war, which would not have happened if we didn't arrive since Britain didn't have the manpower after Somme and Kaiserschlact, and France didn't have the morale.
@@huntclanhunt9697 trying to claim ww1 would be like australia trying to claim the pacific and russia won the war in europe. The US was the main power in the pacific.
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Oooh, sauce
please... WHAT IS THE SONG
what is this song called like the original one? Ik it’s a Prussian march but which
@@L_Bo549 How tf does nobody know "Prussens Gloria", aka Prussian Glory..
@@SStupendous excuse me that song is not Prussians gloria do check ur facts
Danish quick route to Valhalla!
Yep
TOMAN!
Vanish
Valhaaaallaaa!
Overpopulation in valhalla
Don't be so relieved when the Prussians retreat, they'll be back.... and in greater numbers
or a devastating counter attack with superior firepower as those Germanic states are known for. :)
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GENERAL KANOBI!
@@truthbetolds6113 1918 and 1945.
That sounds like a Viva La Dirt League reference to me ^^
The Danish: "We can't loose. We're on a mission given to us by God."
Prussians: "God's always on the side with the better artillery."
That’s why prussians had the quote ‘gott mit uns’ on their belt buckle
The French were the ones with the better artillery in 1806
@@Corpus.Adamus and the Prussians again in 1815. Let's not talk about the eternal back and forth between Germany and France...
@@kaiserchillhelm4457 front ww2 and below I will always hate Germany
Dane's believe in Gods, not God
For 1865 both sides seem to score a lot of headshots.
Europe had more professional armies than the US at the time.
The Germans are using Zündnadelgewehr a breach loading and rifled barrel increasing reload speed and accuracy as standard infantry weapon adding the fact German military spending is quite a hefty amount .
The Germans did have what basically is an early version of a bolt action which gave them superior accuracy and fire rate
It's just massed rifle fire aimed a bit to high.
Lol I noticed too makes me think half the movies deaths were headshots
As someone living on the German-Danish border I can tell you that the Danes are still salty as hell about this whole 1860 thing lol
Die Dänen haben Deutschland noch nie gemocht
@@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837 Welche Leute mögen sich schon an der Grenze? Ich habe an der polnischen und niederländischen Grenze gelebt und kann definitiv sagen, dass sich die Leute da ebenfalls nicht mögen. Und ich kann mir gut vorstellen, dass es an der tschechischen, französischen, österreichischen etc Grenze nicht anders sein wird.
@@senormatzy498 Ich lebe an der Schweizer Grenze und kann dem nur zustimmen.
Ich lebe ein paar Zehn Kilometer von der Deutsche Grenze entfernt und kann sagen das wir die deutschen nicht wirklich gern haben.
Interesting as a few families of mine emigrated from the Schleswig area. One was from around jubek
They way the Danes chanted while marching is like seeing Norsemen about to siege a kingdom.
Only to be cut down by the power of modern arms
I thought so too!
And just as ineffective
@@raymondmoore2707 the vikings conquered large swathes of britian
@@snugglecity3500 No. The norse did. Viking is an occupation/verb. Not a people.
This Danish movie is pretty + good honest
What people dont realize the Danish Army was actually slightly bigger than Prussia's at the time and on top of this Denmark had a real Navy, which Prussia mostly lacked.
At the time Denmark was considered one of the preeminent military powers of Northern Europe.
And they (thought) they had England as an ally and so that it would all be a cakewalk.
So they recklessly provoked a war with Pussia by breaking the Schleswig treaty ( which stipulated they could not abuse the german population of that province and forced them to not speak german etc) and sent provocative missives to the Prussia King.
But the Prussians had made quite a few improvements to the firepower of thier Army and the effectiveness of theirs leadership, so they were quite confident and did not mind a Danish attack at all since they ere eager to use their expensive military to improve their standing in Europe and among the german states.
Also, as the Prussians expected, England abandoned the Danes, since they were the ones who broke the treaty and on top of that the Austrians sent generous help to the Prussians.
The Danish movie is quite honest about all these things.
Ultimately the war was decided by Prussian artillery which was quite superior and so more than made up that Denmark's military was slightly larger. Prussian and Austrian "Special Forces" (for the time) the Deaths head Hussars also contributed out of proportion to their numbers. On top of that the Prussians had the better generalship and staffs and so in the end it was a crushing defeat for the Danes.
Denmark would never again be considered a powerful country in Europe.
Very interesting, thank you for the information. You seem to know a lot about this topic. Did you read any book on the topic and if yes are there some you can recommend?
That's true. The invention of the prussian needle gun or in german Zündnadelgewehr also contributed a lot to the effectiveness of prussia's military. As you can see the danish soldiers still load their weapons from the front. Meaning the have to put in the powder and musketball in and ram that down with a stick. The prussian weapons were loaded from the back, with a ,,needle" close to the modern bullets. They contained the bullet, the propellant charge, aswell as the ignition element. This made it possible to fire several rounds in the time the enemy could fire only one and had to reload. A secret the prussians tried to keep for as long as possible.
@@djlol7541 I did a "Abitur" in Europe (a special kind of high end prep school) and learned a lot there. This is where I learned my French and german languages. But sometimes you find info just by constant looking for example I just found out a couple days ago that after the loss of Schleswig Holstein (which was 40% of the Danish economy and population even if most folks were indeed German) the Danish King wrote a letter to the Prussian King asking to have Denmark annexed into the German Reich in return for being an autonomous Kingdom in the Empire and get Schleswig-Holstein back to Denmark this way even if within the borders of he german Empire. There is actually a youtube video on it. Bismark was opposed and it never went off the ground. ruclips.net/video/z1yoBCqjTIc/видео.html
@@elizabethmiller7918 what is the name of the movie
@@jamiegottlieb2595 Battle of Dybbol
Two rules of warfare.
1) Never march on Moscow
2) Never piss the Germans off
3) The US will show up, but late*
@@nelsonnoname001 4) France make a quick step backwards
5 The Finns will always hide in the snow
6) Never invade russia if it will reach in winter time
7) Italy will change sides.
The prussian military was totally balanced with no exploits whatsoever
Edit: Holy shit, I didn't mean to start a comment war. Enjoying it tho ^^
They got better Generals at that. Napoleon taught them that promoting people based on merit can reap greater rewards and victories
They had larger numbers. They mobilized only one corps for this war against the whole danisch army (other german nations like austria also fought)
They had much more guns and newer ones
The prussians at this time were the only nation wich had good working breech loader guns with patrons. The danish army (and later the austrians in the brotherwar) only had muzzle loading guns. So they could fire 3-4times faster than the danish soldier. So the last charge of the prussians was not nessessary. The could kill the danish easily in this position because of the much faster rate of fire.
I ask me, how the danish politicans/crown could be so stupid to force the german union in to war. I know they hoped for england. But they have not asked the british befor playing such a risk game. And as always the civilians and soldiers have to pay the bill for that supidness of their leaders.
That was because Ranks like General was given based on ranking and family of Nobility.
Napoleon was one of the people cucked by that as he was from a poor noble family from Italy. He moved up the ranks as soon as the Nobility and Royalty was thrown in the bin, when he became the First Consul he reformed it based on skill.
What is also total the ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength! Because these downright ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength are simply absurd. Who was defeated here? Oh the great power ... Denmark. Wow! Really an impressive victory. Ridiculous to glorify Prussia for it. In fact, Prussia survived in the 18th and 19th centuries only by luck and not by the strength of the Prussian army. In the 7th Years' War Prussia was defeated and could only survive by the grace of Russia. In the war against Napoleon Prussia was also defeated and was only able to remain independent through the strength of the real great powers Great Britain and Russia.
The fact that Prussia was a dwarf was also made clear by this war in the video, because the Prussians needed the support of Austria to defeat this dwarf. Denmark was like Prussia a dwarf. Therefore both states had small armies. Denmark had a troop strength in this war of 38,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns and Prussia had a troop strength of 35,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns. During the war the Prussian army was reinforced by Austria with 64 cannons and 20,000 soldiers. In February 3, 1864 4,538 Austrian soldiers for example, have in the Battle of Königshügel defeated 1,000 Danish soldiers.
For comparison, the struggle of real great powers! In the Crimean War of 1856 armies of more than half a million fought against each other. Namely on the Russian side 889,000 against 235,568 Turks, 309,268 French, 107,864 British and 21,000 Italians.
By the way, the Prussian dwarf won the war because he was better prepared for this war. Because the Danish army had only a peacetime strength of 7,500 soldiers. The combat value of the Danish troops was low. Due to the poor peace strength, there was a lack of well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers. The infantry was equipped with muzzle-loading rifle and the artillery was being converted to rifled breech loader. The artillerymen weren't yet adequately trained with the new cannons. The Danish fleet was actually quite powerful compared to the army and clearly superior to the Prussian fleet. But the fleets played no significant role, because the war was decided on land. The Prussian troops on the other hand were already fully equipped with modern Dreyse needle-gun, and the refitting of the artillery was much more advanced than that of the Danish army.
Nevertheless, Prussia was also a dwarf in comparison to the great powers of the time.
@@harbingerd.8457 the Prussian Army had already been like that since Frederick the Great
Funfact: The Prussians had way more modern weapons than like the Austrians or Danish, they could reload whilst lying on the ground.
Dryese needle gun, a few mass produced breech-loading rifle in existence at that time. Other breech-loader also exist, like the Norwegians kammerlader rifle. The Swedes using it, the Norwegians using it, so it's interesting why the danes doesn't adopt this rifle and instead using more widely used caplock rifled musket.
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 true
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 Rear loading rifles were expensive. Simple as that. Prussia and Sweden had them because they were both wealthy and had been investing in the military for a while.
Though it is wrong that they had "way more modern" weapons. The Danes did use "rifled muskets" eg front loading rifles. While having a significantly lower fire rate they did have the advantage of vastly superior range over the Needle gun.
@@XMysticHerox Not a particularly important advantage. The vast majority of Danish conscripts - little trained in markmanship - could scarcely take advantage of the long range advantage of the rifled musket. It took a true expert marksman to calculate range and wind drift to make hits with those looping trajectories. The advantage of the Dreyse - a high rate of fire and being able to shoot and reload easily from prone - was far more applicable.
@@HaNsWiDjAjA You don´t need marksman level aim to hit something when you have a whole company firing at 60000 enemies. But yes the Dreyse was superior. Just saying that it was not "way more modern" as OP claimed. Nor were the Danes using obsolete smoothbore muskets as I assume many people believe.
Danes: We gottem boys!
Prussians: I’m gonna destroy this nations whole army.
These downright ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength are simply absurd. Who was defeated here? Oh the great power ... Denmark. Wow! Really an impressive victory. Ridiculous to glorify Prussia for it. In fact, Prussia survived in the 18th and 19th centuries only by luck and not by the strength of the Prussian army. In the 7th Years' War Prussia was defeated and could only survive by the grace of Russia. In the war against Napoleon Prussia was also defeated and was only able to remain independent through the strength of the real great powers Great Britain and Russia.
The fact that Prussia was a dwarf was also made clear by this war in the video, because the Prussians needed the support of Austria to defeat this dwarf. Denmark was like Prussia a dwarf. Therefore both states had small armies. Denmark had a troop strength in this war of 38,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns and Prussia had a troop strength of 35,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns. During the war the Prussian army was reinforced by Austria with 64 cannons and 20,000 soldiers. In February 3, 1864 4,538 Austrian soldiers for example, have in the Battle of Königshügel defeated 1,000 Danish soldiers.
For comparison, the struggle of real great powers! In the Crimean War of 1856 armies of more than half a million fought against each other. Namely on the Russian side 889,000 against 235,568 Turks, 309,268 French, 107,864 British and 21,000 Italians.
By the way, the Prussian dwarf won the war because he was better prepared for this war. Because the Danish army had only a peacetime strength of 7,500 soldiers. The combat value of the Danish troops was low. Due to the poor peace strength, there was a lack of well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers. The infantry was equipped with muzzle-loading rifle and the artillery was being converted to rifled breech loader. The artillerymen weren't yet adequately trained with the new cannons. The Danish fleet was actually quite powerful compared to the army and clearly superior to the Prussian fleet. But the fleets played no significant role, because the war was decided on land. The Prussian troops on the other hand were already fully equipped with modern Dreyse needle-gun, and the refitting of the artillery was much more advanced than that of the Danish army.
Nevertheless, Prussia was also a dwarf in comparison to the great powers of the time.
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars Its his opinion not yours.
@@Mehmet_Ergin never mention "a nations whole army destroyed" to a polish nationalist,
especially never mention "a nations whole army destroyed within 2 weeks" to a polish nationalist
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars You Poles are ridiculous, haha.
@@angelpalazzolo1660 But his opinion is wrong!
So, I didn't search for this, actually wanted to see something similar to this, but still ended up enjoying it anyways.
The Danes: Marching forward intimidating and slaughtering the enemy
The Prussians in the distance: *Bass intensifies*
The Danish: We're marching and Death is coming with us.
The Prussians: You'd think that would scare us, wouldn't you?
No better way to announce the arrival of Prussian backup than a house mix/earrape version of the Königsgrätzer Marsch.
Pro tip: Using your death comrade as a shield is considered a pro gamer move
Immoral but effective do what you gotta do
Musket balls can pass through multiple bodies no?
@@randompheidoleminor3011 only when it doesn't hit the bones but musket ball should slow when through the a body
When it does get through the ball will going through the next body but that could be a bullet sense that's different towards a musket ball
@@randompheidoleminor3011 not in movies
The Prussians only have rifles because you can't put a bayonet on a pistol, and just using a spear would be too primitive.
The danes are using rifles too, it's just different in loading mechanism (muzzle loading vs breech loading) and fire rate.
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 its a joke about Prussian culture my man
Ah, but what about a _very long bayonet_ for the pistol?
@@randompheidoleminor3011 if it worked they'd have done it
@@TheNerdForAllSeasons A really bad joke.
The Prussian war with Denmark was Bismarck's first step in unifying Germany under Prussia. It was also a chance for the Prussian Army to test its new Army with a real war, like the German Army in 1939 invading Poland to test its new Blitzkrieg doctrine.
Dont forget they also tested alot of weaponry on the spanish civil war
@@Manuel560 That is true also.
which was the biggest and last mistake in the history of prussia, because now its gone
@@thorstenmarquardt7274 That is true as well.
@@thorstenmarquardt7274 fun fact for the uneducated people here: Denmark was the aggressor
Who else thinks that a game set in this war whould be cool.
I mean imagine you and your squad giving each other cover while reloading while 20 or so players behind your lines fire artillery at the Frontline meanwhile the Chad squad attempts a Bajonett charge at the enemy forces and decimate them.
You could try Holdfast if you mute the voice chat.
Verdun is a ww1 equivalent of what you want
@@teeth716 yeah but I mean one set in this phase were mele gun fights are equal in terms of importance.
For exampel in cod, bf and even things like enlisted, mele and Bajonett charges, take downs with the stock of your m1871 needle gun whould are a rarity while in such a game it whould be a necessity.
Some games may play in that Era but I want a battlefield/post scriptum/enlisted style game set in the between 1820 and 1890
@@guppiapfeljustleopardthing8756 try "War of Rights"
@@CBZ-vk9bz seconded
It’s a shame we English speaking places don’t get too exposed to continental movies like this, they often are a lot better then the usual Hollywood flicks, not to meantion Hollywood wouldn’t touch this anyway
The Prussians. The Spartans of Europe. Gotta love them. Prussia Gloria!
Stfu Spartans of Europe are the British, Prussians I respect them but calling them Spartans of Europe? Nah
Where do you think spartans came from?
@@fredericsalimrahman9365 Greece innit
Idiot the spartans are from Europe
@@corvo6842 Europe...🤣
I have seen this scene hundreds of times and it still never gets old.
Funny part, a lot of the troops and most of the casulties were Austrians, ( mostly from a brillant, but foolish frontal attack) not Preussian ( 2200 casulties Preussian and Austrians) and the danish ( 5600 casulties ) had nearly three time as much casulties, in the movies are no Austrians and the costly attack at all.
These downright ridiculous exaggerations regarding Prussia's strength is also funny. Who was defeated here? Oh the great power ... Denmark. Wow! Really an impressive victory. Ridiculous to glorify Prussia for it. In fact, Prussia survived in the 18th and 19th centuries only by luck and not by the strength of the Prussian army. In the 7th Years' War Prussia was defeated and could only survive by the grace of Russia. In the war against Napoleon Prussia was also defeated and was only able to remain independent through the strength of the real great powers Great Britain and Russia.
The fact that Prussia was a dwarf was also made clear by this war in the video, because the Prussians needed the support of Austria to defeat this dwarf. Denmark was like Prussia a dwarf. Therefore both states had small armies. Denmark had a troop strength in this war of 38,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns and Prussia had a troop strength of 35,000 soldiers with approx. 100 guns. During the war the Prussian army was reinforced by Austria with 64 cannons and 20,000 soldiers. In February 3, 1864 4,538 Austrian soldiers for example, have in the Battle of Königshügel defeated 1,000 Danish soldiers.
For comparison, the struggle of real great powers! In the Crimean War of 1856 armies of more than half a million fought against each other. Namely on the Russian side 889,000 against 235,568 Turks, 309,268 French, 107,864 British and 21,000 Italians.
By the way, the Prussian dwarf won the war because he was better prepared for this war. Because the Danish army had only a peacetime strength of 7,500 soldiers. The combat value of the Danish troops was low. Due to the poor peace strength, there was a lack of well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers. The infantry was equipped with muzzle-loading rifle and the artillery was being converted to rifled breech loader. The artillerymen weren't yet adequately trained with the new cannons. The Danish fleet was actually quite powerful compared to the army and clearly superior to the Prussian fleet. But the fleets played no significant role, because the war was decided on land. The Prussian troops on the other hand were already fully equipped with modern Dreyse needle-gun, and the refitting of the artillery was much more advanced than that of the Danish army.
Nevertheless, Prussia was also a dwarf in comparison to the great powers of the time.
this was intentional, Bismarck coaxed Austria into the war and then used the Austrians as cannon fodder knowing full well he was going to turn and attack Austria as soon as he was done with the Danes. They got played.
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars i love how you completly forgot the 7 days war and franco prussian war
@@elmascapo6588 The term "franco prussian war" is wrong, because there was no such war. That was a war of various allied German dwarf states against France and not just a war of the Prussian dwarf state against France! More precisely... in 1870/1 were the allies of the Prussians too Kingdom of Saxony, Grand Duchy of Baden, Kingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Württemberg, Grand Duchy of Hesse. Only together were these dwarves strong enough to risk a war against the great power France! That's why this war is also called in German "Deutsch-Französischer Krieg" which does mean German-Prussian War!
By the way, what's that supposed to mean? 7 days war? I guess you mean the Seven Years' War! Prussia actually lost this war.The fact that Prussia was not destroyed in the Seven Years' War is called as I mentioned before the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg. Brandenburg stands for Prussias. Prussia lost the war against Russian Empire under Elizabeth of Russia and was dependent on the grace of the winner! Prussia's luck was the death of Tsarina Elizabeth. Emperor of Russia then became Peter III. He swiftly reversed Elizabeth's war policy and negotiated peace with Prussia, with an armistice and a treaty of peace and friendship. (Peter's decision angered some in the Russian military, and he was overthrown and killed.) So Prussia survived only because of the grace of the Russian empire. A major power does not survive because of the mercy of others! As a result, Prussia was not a major power! A major power doesn't survive by luck! A great power does not survive through miracles!
A great power is not a dwarf teritorially either, like Prussia it was. Because at that time a great power conquered and ruled large areas. In fact, one have to look for the tiny Prussian territory with a magnifying glass on the world map. Prussia was able to expand its territory to include the relatively small areas of Poland and the relatively small Silesia. But Prussia did not conquer this small area increases. Prussia has successfully conquered no areas because Peter III actually gave as present Silesia after Prussia was defeated. It was a present because the Russians had the power to take Silesia away from the Prussians. Even the small part of Poland that was given as present to Prussia by the Russians. After that Prussia was still a dwarf on the map in comparison to the real great powers. Calling this part of Poland a gift is justified because Russia had just annexed Ottomans Crimea. If the Russians hadn't the conflict with the Ottomans at the time, the Russians would have annexed all of Poland! Austria could not have prevented this and the dwarf Prussia could not have prevented it anyway! But the Russians wanted to prevent a conflict with Prussia and Austria at the same time and so the Russians left relatively small areas of Poland to Prussia and Austria. So despite these territorial gains, Prussia was not a great power compared to the real great powers of that time. One still had to look for the Prussian state territory with a magnifying glass on the world map.
@@GreatPolishWingedHussars Keep seething, Polack
"Prussia, a State Hatched from Cannonball" Napoleon Bonaparte.
and Germany is a state hatched from a soy bean
"Whereas most nations are in control of an army, with Prussia, it is the army that is in control of a nation." Some Old Guy.
I heard something similar, that Preußen was an army with a state instead of the other way around.
@@codieomeallain6635 it is a famous saying by voltaire, the french writer and philosopher, who is seen as the most important figure in the enlightenment movement.
The Danes did not stand a chance against the Prussian firepower. Their weapons were antiquated, muzzle-load rifles, whereas the Prussian troops were armed with newest, highly accurate, breech loaded rifles. The Austrian troops suffered the same fate in the following year when encountering advanced Prussian's weapon technologies.
you always have a chance!
same with the Vietnamese War. The Americans did not stand a chance against the Vietnamese firepower...oh wait
I mea they were called an army with a state so stuff like that should be expected
In that time the prussians only had small numbers of breech loading rifles. First time they were used proparly Was in the austro-prussian war.
@@zurgesmiecal if the Vietnamese had fought like the North Koreans or the Chinese, the result would've been far far different.
Unfortunately, they learned from seeing a million Chinese infantry and several hundred thousand Koreans turned to ash by superior battlefield technology.
What’s interesting is, Denmark at the time was nothing like the Denmark we think of today. Back then Denmark was considered one of the most preeminent military powers in Europe. They thought it’d be a cakewalk going toe to toe with the Prussians. The Danish also had the backing of Britain, more guns than the Prussians, and a navy. But when they broke the Schleswig treaty, Britain backed out since the Danish broke the treaty, not the Prussians. The Prussians had a smaller army, they had fewer guns, and didn’t have a navy, like some of the other German states, they focused on making the best of what they had. So they equipped their men with Dreyse needle rifles. Which fired faster then the Danish muzzleloading percussion cap muskets.
At the end of the day what really won the war was the artillery and guns. The Prussians had far superior artillery and generals who knew how to use it, although less of it, and the many advantages of the needle rifle helped too.
"Britain backed out since the (Belgians) broke the treaty" -What treaty did the Belgians break to cause Britain not to back the Danes? :P
@@bobmcham5192 typo on my part haha it’s fixed now.
It's actually really imposing thinking about being on the side that has rifles that can fire two, maaaaaybe three rounds per minute, while on the other side, you're watching guys fire six to ten rounds a minute and cutting down your lines like nothing
Wrong. The Dreyse rifle was introduced following their defeat in the 1848-war, in that prussia was forced to give in to incredible danish demands (backed by great britain).
Gladly Bismarck learned and then the moron danish started the show and got a§§whipped. In opposition to this movie the danish sucked and sucked and sucked all the time.
History class would be a lot more exciting if it was taught this way
You mean dividing up the class between sides and then have them fight each other with live ammo? Students that survive such a traumatic event would have a new appreciation for history.
I didn't see the Prussians retreat,
I saw homies calling other homies for a turkey shoot
"Hell's busted!"
Denmark army then proceed to drop so bad that they only put up a fight for only 6 hours by 1940
of course. the north remembers 🤣
I mean, they may have resited longer but the nazis threatened to bomb Copenhagen and basically the danish government decided it wasn't worth it
@@thecommissarshatisonfirege4193 The danish government made the right decision
Edit: imo
@@rivepest6158 i will definitely not deny this
They lasted that long?
Prussians: *charges en masse and guns down a bunch of danish*
Danish: I didn't hear no bell
*proceeds to loose the Schleswig war*
@@erichvondonitz5325 Slesvig*
@@disputedname Schleswig-Holstein*
@@erichvondonitz5325 Slesvig*
@@disputedname Google says Schleswig
These peoples should never have fought each other. I am both Danish and German and I would not stand on one of these two fronts to shoot at the man in front of me
Yes, it's like a civil war...
After the defeat the danish king even proposed to join the north-german confederation. Politics especially the outlook of upsetting England made Bismarck decline respectfully.
Yet it shows, that it was as close to a civil war as it gets.
I watched this mini series and was rooting for the Prussians the whole time lol
Prussians you mean..
Russians?
@@mrunaltondre6051 I meant Prussians it was a typo
Just remember how Marshal Davout handled the Prussians.
Right, but they learned so well the lesson that first kicked Napoleon's a** at Leipzig (with allies), then litterally shredded Napoleon's the 3rd's army in a SINGLE battle, ending the 2nd Empire.
France had a chance when Germany was split in thousand pieces. As soon as Germany united, France fucked up. And never stood a chance again against a united Germany-Austria.
@@moritzl4024 Yes, that why France won WW1 against Germany and Austria
@@Savoyard73 You don’t really think that France alone would have stood a chance. 😂Germany had the biggest and most modern army in the world. Whole Europe with all their colonies and the USA fought them, and they only lost because of socialist traitors which capitulated.
@@moritzl4024 "Whole Europe" = France and GB in the middle of the war.
And yes you had the best army of the world but if i was you would be ashamed to say that because my country loosed the war.
If only the Danes retook the trenches instead of standing there.
In reale events, the trench were far away from the counter attack location
N. B. the prussian army was equipped with a BREECH loading rifle, the danes with a muzzle loading one, imagine what kind of firepower they could achieve, from a safe position, nevertless!
Nope, the difference wasn´t THAT big. The danish - in opposition to this fantasy BS fought the whole time behind walls - just like the confeds in the last 1,5 years in the civil war.
And the chasepot-rifle of the french, 6 years later was VASTLY superior to the Dreyse-Zündnadelgewehr.
@@steffenjonda8283 Yes, I knew about chassepots' superiority in 1870's war, Germans' superiority was mostly due to their leadership, superior artillery and excellent logistic, plus France had big internal troubles, they fought at the end also a bloody civil war with Paris ' La Communne.
Danish: we are going to win!
Prussians: hmmhmmmhmmm that’s adorable
Imagine having a musket and fighting against a Chad Prussian with a rifle.
I thought the soldiers in the beginning were Prussians but then I heard the music lmao.. that gave me a good laugh thank you
Prussians to danish: you dun goofed
Never mess with Der Vaterland und die Kaissereich (the fatherland and the Imperial)
DEM Vaterland und DEM Kaiserreich 🤨
@@nikolaistemmer5128 Dankeschön
@@nikolaistemmer5128 das ist der deutscheste Kommentar, den ich je gesehen habe xD
Danes when the fog starts speaking Prussian :
Girls playing capture the flag: *chatting*
Boys playing capture the flag:
At least they were able to join their ancestors in Valhalla.
a brother war that should never have happened
Aww cmon. 😩
Well said. None of the wars fought amongst Germanic nations should have been fought. So sad
@@shawnbergman6558 denmark is nordic. xD
@@nextchapter9883 Denmark is Germanic, as is Sweden, Norway, Iceland, England and half of France. Danish speak a Germanic language and English is a Germanic language.
Should have let the sisters do the fighting then.
As soon as they came in the battle was already a Prussian victory
- 100 morale on the Danish troop the moment the Prussian appear on the horizon.
Love how the "bayonet charge" was more of a leisurely stroll
0:04 that's exactly what I imagine when I think Viking
Then their austrian brothers tried to come in Italy through the mountains. To this day they're still on them mountains
Prussia:
Technology ❌
Aimbot Headshots ✅
ahahaha mann this was one of the most funny war scene i ever saw in my life you made it to be the coolest with the torsion and music lol
can you imagine just standing in a field everyone around you dying and you are just waiting to get shot how terrifying
Schleswig Holstein is German, and it always has been German. I really like Denmark and Danish culture, but Schleswig Holstein belongs to Germany. Lesson learned.
Don't tread on me!
@@MrPeperoni79 I'm not treading on over against German Soil. The ground I tread and walk on is my own at home. Perhaps I misunderstood you, but when you say, ''don't tread on me'', are you speaking for Prussia?
@@nordicfischer6751 Haha, sorry, that is a misunderstanding. "Don't tread on me" I borrowed to explain the attitude of the Prussians in the video, e.g. " Don't f*** with the prussians". No political statement in whatsoever direction intended.
@@MrPeperoni79 Oh okay that's cool man.🤙 My apologies. 😂 Carry on.
If you know the history of how it came too this you could say karma and Prussia gave Denmark a big L and a drive to valhalla
Imagine actually fighting an army though and they're just blasting techno the entire time XD
Were can I find this version of the königgrätzer marsch?
If you're not napoleon it's better to leave them alone
even IF you are napoleon, you better leave them alone, or they kick your butt later on ruclips.net/video/2xbtcRhOMPU/видео.html 🤣
@@generalsaufenberg4931 You don't even know any history about napoleon so you better shut the hell up
@@str1k3ss47 What are you talking about ? He is right. Napoleon had a chance against hundreds of tiny German States. But as soon Germany united, he was fucked. They kicked his ass in Leipzig like no one was ever kicked before in history. And again with the British in Waterloo…
@@moritzl4024 Napoleon had won over Prussia wtf you mean
@@str1k3ss47 Yeah. With Thousands of Allied German troops from the Rhine confederation. As soon as they turned against him in the battle of Leipzig, he was fucked. If the german states would have stand united from the beginning, Napoleon never would have stepped on german ground. But Napoleon was smart. He always did everything to prevent german unification. Divide et impera. The irony is, that he himself united Germany in the end…
Strangely enough, this reminds me of the Napoleonic battles, where the final outcome was decided by bayonettes, not by bullets.
That's not true at all
I swear I hear wilhelm screaming in joy
Canadians at vimmy ridge: hold my maple syrup
It's kinda sad to see how similar the language in military terms is with those of their respective opponents. They might have had a pint in friendlier times.
Its kind of funny how these wars where fought, like the both sides stands in line and waits for who shoots first😂😂😂
Line formation were still widely used until the mass deployment of repeating rifles. Because when you only have a single shot gun, you want to maximize the firepower and one way to do it is by volley fire. Volley fire work best in line formation (I mean, battleship battle line is essentially a line formation with the same principle).
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 but battle ships are like a mile away at each other
Because at this time you didn't win battles by killing most of the enemy, you won by having better discipline and morale and then fleeing. Hence why battles with Hundreds of thousands of soldiers only have 5-10k casualties
@@farkaasdaniel1993 it still happen to this day tho. There's a research on ww1/ww2 statistics, and they concluded that when you inflict 5% casualties on the enemy (for example, 50 out of 1000), the effectiveness of enemy would drop to 50%. And when you inflict 10% casualties on the enem, the effectiveness of enemy would drop approaching zero. This is why most battle rarely decimated an entire army, because enemy would started to rout when they lost 10% of their original forces. And during this rout is where the actual slaughter begin (a lot of enemy dies while fleeing instead of actually fighting).
What is the name of the song that plays right before the earrape?
The Germans be like "You think we retreat." then in 10 seconds, "Hi friends!"
This is how me and my friends are in a Nerf war
I just loved how he twirled 2:12
Prussians: "neat musket but let me show you þis cool þing called 'breach loaded'"
The most effective weapon over all: ear raep with the glory of the Prussian infantry.
Pro tips: don't mess with the Prussian
Napoléon who beat them in 6 days: *"Bet"*
It was prussia that destroyed napoleon in the end.
@@DeckPat712 actually, it was russia.
@@shaydowsith348 General Blücher was Prussian and and not Russia. At the battle of Waterloo Napoleon was winning against british forces. It was the prussian army that arrived and turned the battle.
@@farahreh3212 Napoleon lost far before Waterloo, during Moscou campaign
@@shaydowsith348 No, prussia. The russians came to late to the show, the same with the austrians. But i agree, both Austria and Russia alone had slaugthered the Nappy-crap that was quite succsessfull at Waterloo up to the moment the prussians teared his left wing apart and won the already LOST battle for Wellington.
Dont mess with Prussia unless it's the battle of jena
0:39 Danish people:*literally screaming as much as they can for the enemy to hear them coming*
We making it out of vardohus fortress with this one :fire:
Why i’m laughing at this🤣🤣🤣
thanks for the tip
When you think that you are winning but you don't know what is your enemy strength
POV: Prussia decided to launch 1/5th of its military to the battlefield:
The Prussians, the Russians, the Canadians, and the Americans: the four peoples you never want to mess with.
never forget afghanistan. its called the graveyard of empires for a reason
the canadians?
@@zorro-stupido theyve never lost a war
@@jackmiddleton7944 the us has lost wars tho
@@jackmiddleton7944 but if ita wrong (like it is) its a bad example
"Don't mess with Prussians"..
The British Empire: "Hold my beer....."
Total head shot. What a power.
prussians are like that guy that make you leave the lobby instant cuz you dont wanna get 360 noscoped
Denmark: Yay we won.
Prussia: You think you won but watch this.
**Procedes to bombard the living Shit out of the Danish army**
Pro tip: If your fighting the French Resistance don't try to drink out of the cocktail drink they throw at you
what name of the earrape song at when Prussian coming?
Damn, can't even tell which side is which
I once had a Amish Friend that told me the Amish do not wear mustaches, beards YES, mustaches, NO. The reason was because of what the Prussians did to Amish Communities still living in Silesia, and other parts of the Prussian Empire. It seems that Frederick The Great was a Staunch Lutheran and looked upon the Amish as a threat to Lutheranism. He thought they were backward, Clannish, Cloistered, and mis led. He had his soldiers, and almost all Prussian Officers and NCO's had big mustaches, to burn down Amish Farms and round them up and put them in prisons. William Penn, A Quaker, invited them to come to Pensylvannia and thus they have become a part of the American Experience.
What movie is that im interested
"1864" Danish mini-series on the 2nd Schleswig War of 1864.
The movie is pretty good.
What people dont realize the Danish military was actually slightly bigger than Prussia at the time and they (thought) they had England as an ally and that it would be a cakewalk.
So they recklessly provoked a war with Pussia by breaking the Schleswig treaty ( which stipulated they could not abuse the german population of that province and forced them to not speak german etc) and sent provocative missives to the Prussia King.
But England abandoned them since they were the ones who broke the treaty and the Prussians got the Austrians as allies too.
The Danish movie is quite honest about all these things.
@@elizabethmiller7918 It was quite stupid too. The Danes were literally poking a bear in the back with a stick thinking it wouldn't do anything.
Imagine being one of the German surprise attack soldier thing guy dude thing and the first thing u hear is "RA,RA,RA,RA,RA"
As a German, Danish always sounds like someone speaking German, but me not paying attention
Interested and entertainment.
Prussia GLORIA!
I remember this war it was a decisive victory for us. 🇩🇪
.....and one of the last too!
germany was not involved in this
@@thorstenmarquardt7274 prussia is germany
@@Sonofiraq24 no
@Miraak the same ethnicity as Britain, France, Netherlands and Belgium
Don’t mess with Prussians
Napoleon: and I took that personally
Which remix of koniggratzer march isit cheers
It was cool until they added the weird music and effects 🙄
I love how they headshot the danish
My blood is Prussian since 1701 and has been Brandenburgian before.
And I don't like brother's being headshoted.
My deepest respect and sorry for everybody killed in European brother wars.
The time will come, when we need each other.
Long life Prussia (in my heart), long life Danmark!
@@neinnein9306 makes sence
What is the name of the soundtrack on the last minutes/
Covid entering my body: 1:15
The 2 gallons of hand sanitizer I drank as a kid: 2:00
As an American, my nation messed with Prussians twice and won.
After coming to the party late, while they were fighting on two fronts. Twice.
American involvement was critical to neither of those wars, especially the first one.
@@snugglecity3500 WW1 the French Army was near collapse and Russia had pulled out, allowing all the eastern front troops to come west. Germany probably would have fought to a standstill if not for US troops carrying the Argonne Offensive.
WW2 Britain would never have won in North Africa, or invaded France, or fought their way into Germany. Hell, Britain suffered near critical manpower shortages after Normandy.
And the US carried the Pacific Naval War almost single handedly.
So yeah, we were a big help. We didn't win the wars alone, but you can't say the US wasn't significant.
@@Matt_J98 They were only fighting one front by the time we arrived in WW1 and cartied the final offensive of the war, which would not have happened if we didn't arrive since Britain didn't have the manpower after Somme and Kaiserschlact, and France didn't have the morale.
@@huntclanhunt9697 trying to claim ww1 would be like australia trying to claim the pacific and russia won the war in europe. The US was the main power in the pacific.
My great great grandpa was in the Prussian Calvary and I have is sword I also have a photo of him in uniform with the sword
Awesome, love interesting family heirlooms
That poor guy who thought he was good but was shot anyway
Video : Don't mess with prussians
Napoleon : Aight bet