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Documentary on Finnish Ski Troops of the Winter War! Get comfortable and stylish flannels from MuskOx: gomuskox.com/invicta and use the code Invicta for $15 off
In this history documentary we turn our attention to Winter War of 1939 which saw the Red Army invade Finland. While the conflict appeared one sided at the outset, the Finnish defenders stunned their world by holding the Soviet juggernaut at bay. In this Units of History series we will explore the soldiers who made this feat of arms possible in the face of the Russian Invasion of Finland.
In this first episode we explore the roots of the conflict between Finland and Russia and how this would inform the evolution of the Finnish Army in the lead up to the Winter War. We then cover the defensive doctrine which was to characterize the war and the nature of the soldiers who would conduct it. This includes a focus on the equipment of the Finnish Ski Troops responsible for manning the front lines and carrying out the defense in depth. In comparison Red Army troops had more numbers and equipment but lacked the specialized gear necessary to operate in winter conditions. In our next episode we will focus on the organization, tactics, and service history of these Finnish ski troops.
Sources:
Vesa Nenye, with Peter Munter and Toni Wirtanen: Finland at War: The Winter War 1939-40 (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2015)
Pasi Tuunainen: Finnish MIlitary Effectiveness in the Winter War 1939-1940 (Helsinki: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016)
Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass, Raffaele Ruggeri: Finland at War 1939-45 (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006)
Credits:
Research = Mark Evans
Script = Mark Evans
Narration = Guy Michaels
Production = Penta Limited
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:13 Finnish-Soviet Geopolitics
04:27 The Jaeger Movement
06:09 Finnish Civil War
08:05 Interwar Period
09:51 Defensive Doctrine
11:46 Start of the Winter War
14:32 Equipment of Finnish Soldiers
16:23 Weaponry of Finnish Soldiers
20:23 Conclusion
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Documentary on Finnish Ski Troops of the Winter War! Get comfortable and stylish flannels from MuskOx: gomuskox.com/invicta and use the code Invicta for $15 off
In this history documentary we turn our attention to Winter War of 1939 which saw the Red Army invade Finland. While the conflict appeared one sided at the outset, the Finnish defenders stunned their world by holding the Soviet juggernaut at bay. In this Units of History series we will explore the soldiers who made this feat of arms possible in the face of the Russian Invasion of Finland.
In this first episode we explore the roots of the conflict between Finland and Russia and how this would inform the evolution of the Finnish Army in the lead up to the Winter War. We then cover the defensive doctrine which was to characterize the war and the nature of the soldiers who would conduct it. This includes a focus on the equipment of the Finnish Ski Troops responsible for manning the front lines and carrying out the defense in depth. In comparison Red Army troops had more numbers and equipment but lacked the specialized gear necessary to operate in winter conditions. In our next episode we will focus on the organization, tactics, and service history of these Finnish ski troops.
Sources:
Vesa Nenye, with Peter Munter and Toni Wirtanen: Finland at War: The Winter War 1939-40 (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2015)
Pasi Tuunainen: Finnish MIlitary Effectiveness in the Winter War 1939-1940 (Helsinki: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016)
Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass, Raffaele Ruggeri: Finland at War 1939-45 (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006)
Credits:
Research = Mark Evans
Script = Mark Evans
Narration = Guy Michaels
Production = Penta Limited
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:13 Finnish-Soviet Geopolitics
04:27 The Jaeger Movement
06:09 Finnish Civil War
08:05 Interwar Period
09:51 Defensive Doctrine
11:46 Start of the Winter War
14:32 Equipment of Finnish Soldiers
16:23 Weaponry of Finnish Soldiers
20:23 Conclusion
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#military
#documentary
![True Size of a Byzantine Army [c. 900 AD] 3D DOCUMENTARY](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jE48hMEGlPI/mqdefault.jpg "True Size of a Byzantine Army [c. 900 AD] 3D DOCUMENTARY
Documentary on a Byzantine Army! Build your own historical army with 20% off Victrix Miniatures: https://www.victrixlimited.com/invicta?bg_ref=SuTPaZ6Jx0
A history documentary on the True Size of a Byzantine Army of the Thematic Reforms. We begin the episode with the broad trends of the era which had seen the Roman army transform from legions of heavy infantry to a more eastern, cavalry centric force. This system would face additional shakeups with the advent of the Thematic Reforms which moved from a fully professional force to one of rotating levies. We spend some time discussing the structure of the Themes and how its denizens were called up for war.
Next we introduce the basic soldier types of the Byzantine Army before then organizing them into the ever increasing building blocks of this later Roman army. Finally, once the army is build, we cover its Roman army camp, its army march column, and its deployment in battle.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:27 Thematic Reforms
05:10 Soldiers
07:01 Kontoveriai (10)
09:26 Allaghion (50)
10:22 Vanda (200)
12:12 Infantry and Archers
13:08 Droungos (1000)
14:11 Tourma (3000)
16:55 Theme (9000)
18:45 Army Analytics
20:16 Army Camp
22:03 Army March
25:22 Army Deployment
28:15 Outro
Sources:
A Tenth-Century Byzantine Military Manual: The Sylloge Tacticorum by Georgios Chatzelis
Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565–1204 by John Haldon
Byzantium and Its Army, 284–1081 by Warren T. Treadgold
Byzantine Armies 886–1118 by Osprey Publishing
The Byzantine Army by Charles River
Credits:
Research = Sophia Ware
Script = Sophia Ware
Narration = Guy Michaels
Artwork = Penta Limited
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#documentary
#rome")
![True Size of a Krieg Siege Army (Infantry) [999.M41] 3D Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k9RNVqx_HQ4/mqdefault.jpg "True Size of a Krieg Siege Army (Infantry) [999.M41] 3D Documentary
A Warhammer 40k lore documentary on the True Size of a Krieg Regiment! Play Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus https://play.tacticusgame.com/invicta-1224 and use the code Invicmas to get 2,000 Gold, 50 energy and 1 requisition order.
We continue to explore the true size of armies in Warhammer 40,000. This particular episode focuses on a Krieg Siege Regiment. We begin with the history of Krieg as a thriving hive world and how a disastrous civil war eventually left it as a hellish death world. Yet from the ashes rose a new Krieg army, the Death Korps.
We cover the Krieg Military at a high level. This includes their war doctrine and their particular ways of fielding massive troop counts for siege based combat. We then review the Death Korps army organization such as the 88th Siege Army which fought at the Siege of Vraks. Finally we reconstruct our own theoretical Siege Regiment from the humble Krieg soldier to the massive Line Infantry Company. In following episodes we will cover the armor, artillery, and support companies of this vast combined arms force.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:43 History of Krieg
05:47 The Death Korps
07:26 Army Organization
09:35 Typical Soldier
10:56 Typical Death Rider
12:32 Infantry Squad
13:50 Engineer Squads
15:37 Heavy Weapons Squad
16:54 Death Rider Squad
17:47 Infantry Platoons
19:55 Heavy Weapons Platoon
20:53 Death Rider Platoon
21:50 Infantry Company
24:03 Support Staff
26:01 Conclusion
Sources:
Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), Regiments of Distinction - Death Korps of Krieg
Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition)
Imperial Armour Volume 5-7 - The Siege of Vraks
Imperial Munitorum Manual (Background Book)
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Script = Invicta
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
#warhammer40k
#documentary
#lore")
