I bring you a short break in the War of the Austrian Succession, and lead you forward to the Seven Years War. I came across this fabulous video on You Tube today about the Battle of Leuthen, 1757. There's so much 'military history' out there these days that is half-baked. Much of it has AI produced pictures or animations that are just so ahistorical that you have to wonder if a knowledgeable human being was involved at all (or just didn't care). 'AI slop' is the appropriate phrase.
The following video isn't that. It has great contextualisation, beautiful animated maps, and, most strikingly, the presenter walking the ground. Together, this gives you a great sense of how things unfolded. Hope you enjoy it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bh-4Zn5we0&t=18s
Excellent stuff , thanks for sharing the video with us.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
You're welcome Alan.
DeleteThanks for sharing I ll watch that this evening as I’m sure we will revisit Leuthen sometime 🤔
ReplyDeleteWell you've done Breslau recently so......
DeleteThanks for this Chris and look forward to watching it at my leisure:).
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy it. I found it instructive, especially on the 'walking the ground' parts.
DeleteThanks for sharing, Chris.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Richard.
DeleteNice to have something to look at before I visit the land of nod tonight. If it gets your knowledgable thumbs up it must be okay.
ReplyDeleteHope it didn't send you to sleep Mark.
DeleteFor me, what separates the video from all the others on the subject, is he shows you the actual terrain. Points out all the key features and even superimposes famous paintings on to the feature in question.