zeolus123 t1_j0ggkqg wrote
Reply to comment by Givemeurhats in Drought encouraged Attila's Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest by ArtOak
The only problem I have is the same problem I have with Dan Carlin, it's takes quite a bit of time to produce a 2-6 hour episode, its like I'm the worst kind of dope fiend for these podcasts.
Givemeurhats t1_j0ggt0n wrote
Me too, lol. The second a new one comes out I've watched it. So I've done quite a few re-watches, helps you retain the information anyways
owoah323 t1_j0gt0ul wrote
Wait, is the fall of civilizations on YouTube or another channel to watch? I’ve only seen it as a podcast.
Givemeurhats t1_j0gtdsf wrote
https://youtube.com/@FallofCivilizations
This is the link to their channel. A month or two after they do a podcast/release the audio on youtube, they make a video production of it. They're beautiful, too. Makes them worth a 2nd watch when the video comes out.
Click on the Fall of Civilizations playlist, those are all the videos. The chronological one is nice, they place the civilizations in chronological order
owoah323 t1_j0hru6t wrote
You rock! Thank you!
Omateido t1_j0gza2y wrote
Oh man. I make myself wait, the videos are so much better.
owoah323 t1_j0hrzb4 wrote
Makes sense why on one podcast the narrator was referring to “look at this artifact” and I was like… how am I supposed to see this?
I gotta watch these now
Archmagnance1 t1_j0iur8a wrote
You would like Real Time History then. They do weekly releases of a big topic then do a mega edit at the end to make it one cohesive video.
This one on the franco-prussian war is my favorite and really highlights how technologically and tactically behind the US was in its Civil War that was starting around the same time. https://youtu.be/vWZz-lHCu-M
BlueInMotion t1_j0m369k wrote
To be honest, Prussia had a couple of trials before the Franco Prussian War (against Denmark and Austria Hungary), while the U.S. didn't. So it's not a (big?) surprise, they were ready for the French.
Archmagnance1 t1_j0m4wbm wrote
The US was about 20 years behind in technology not just tactics. They didn't have to fight another major power so they didn't have to have development programs like the europeans did. Single loading bolt action rifles with paper cartridges were around for military use in continental europe since the 1850s, well before the US Civil War. They were needle rifles, with the primer right behind the bullet instead of the black powder, but much more advanced and allowed for more individual flexibility than the muzzle loaders before them. The Mauser model 1871 then came out in europe and saw adoption in the new german empire with metallic cartridges.
The next thing to come out of the US for military adoption was a conversion system for their old muzzle loaders until around 1890 IIRC.
BlueInMotion t1_j0m9xai wrote
Your right, on the technical level. Europe with its never ending wars (only be intermitted by short truces) was well ahead of the U.S. in that regard. But on the tactical level Prussia, until it started its war series, wasn't known for ability to put up a fight (Yes, Frederic the so called Great, but during the Napoleonic wars its performance was rather lackluster).
So the German High Command had its time to learn how to mobilize, equip, march, motivate, supply and prepare an army for battle. And they had an established High Command. And they had an established military culture. The U.S. didn't have a large scale war in its history until then and I don't count the Mexican - American war large scale war.
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