5 First Hand Accounts of the Worst Military Disasters in History

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Hearing the soldier at Gallipoli compare himself and his comrades to the Romans and Crusaders of old, after hearing the tales from those two already, felt like a grim foreshadowing.

"Mistakes were made." is one of my favorite historical phrases of all time. Perfect for all occasions.

That Napoleonic soldier had frostbite at the very end, didn't he? The way he described it, it sounded like his whole nose, ears, and hands were afflicted. I really hope he didn't suffer for long, I'm horrified to imagine having to live with the aftermath.

Varus - the lesson every nation needs to learn. Don’t send bureaucrats to handle your wars.

Varus, a General who trusted the civility of Barbarians more than the discipline of his Soldiers.

My Great Grandfather was in the Lancashire Fusiliers and landed on W beach, where 6 Victoria Cross's were won before breakfast. They were able to take the top of the hill, There were 533 casualties more than half the Regiment my Great Grandfather luckily not one of them. Unfortunately it was only a few days later when he was hit by shrapnel from an Artillery shell, k illing his best friend, he was injured a further 3 times at Gallipoli including losing a finger. He went on to fight at the Somme and at Passchendaele where he won the military medal for taking out a German machine gun nest. After the war he broke the medal in two, as the war had deeply effected him. We still have the broken medal today.

The guy in the Spanish armada that filled his clothes with metal in the middle of the ocean was not too bright.

Every military disaster is also a triumph for the other side. In a sense, nearly every battle is a disaster for half those involved.

I love this channel. Nothing like hearing directly from the source. Invaluable to those who don't have convenient access to this sort of information.

Great doco. Just a point of order; you had a statue of Gaius Julius Caesar pop up when he mentioned "Caesar" discussing the account of the Teutoburg Forest. It was of course Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, aka Octavian, Gaius' grand nephew, being referred to in the account. Old mate Julius had been dead for 49 years at the time of the battle.

Ok but tell me the the Country Native Horse, sitting, and sliding down frozen hills with both luggage and a mounted rider isn’t the coolest little thing. Lovely creature.

This channel is a historical gem.

Amazing how few people who entrusted their lives to wooden ships in the past knew how to swim.

The Gallipoli Landing will never fail to infuriate me. Especially when I learned of the arse-backward motivation for it. Thinking there was a "backdoor" to Germany. What a waste of life.

22:00 is such an interesting thing to learn about domestic Russian military horses. The visual I got in my head was so comical despite the rest of the horrid situation being described.

Fantastic work as usual, these memoirs bring history to life. All the things forgotten to time; comrades’ personality, their small talk, and thoughts are revived through these stories. The closest a human could possibly come to actually going back in time

“Varus, Varus, give me back my legions!” -Augustus Caesar

This channel is so underrated. I really appreciate what you're doing. I love discovering the perspectives of peoples from so long ago

Very well done video as always! These stories make me think there is a lot to recover through archeology!