Battle of Brenna - 2nd Nilfgaardian War - Witcher Lore DOCUMENTARY

Spoilers from all book obviously. This was a super long video to make, hence a one day delay. If you like it, please consider sharing it, that alongside liking and commenting helps immensely! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Previous episode: https://youtu.be/VISScJAyl5s Our video on the death of Isildur, Fall of Arnor and Rise of Rohan: https://youtu.be/lCbbDreAx3o

I got way too much joy from hearing “the poor f….ng infantry” not once but twice. Loving the series.

Sharing is caring. I am just saying...

My grandfather did not participate in this battle. Something about ideological differences with Dijkstra. Not sure what he meant.

Getting Devin to chant Dwarven war cries has been my crowning achievement in life so far.

"Don't forget you're talking to a cabbage" Geralt truly know how to troll people, and thats why he is the best MC in my opinion

“… But there, he mysteriously fell ill and died” He was a conspirator against Emhyr. Take all the time you need…

Obviously we see the books from Geralt’s perspective, but if you do take a more objective view of the books events then it really does look like he just randomly pops in and out of the story.

The dwarves were not ordered to retreat but to ADVANCE and support the center. Check that again. Advancing while being encircled by elite cavalry - this shows what kind of soldiers the dwarves were.

Meve was done really well in Thronebreaker.

30 minutes of this gave me more chills than the entire season 2 by Netflix.

"And then his officers and knights ran to him, giving him a fresh horse, calling for him to flee and save his own life. But a fearless heart beat in the chest of the Nilfgaardian field marshal. ‘That will not do,’ he called, pushing away the reins held out towards him. ‘It will not do for me to flee like a coward from the field on which so many good men under my command have fallen for the Emperor.’ And the brave Menno Coehoorn added: …'There's nowhere to f**k off to. We're completely surrounded.'"

"People," Geralt turned his head "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live." - The Last Wish, Andrzej Sapkowski. My favorite quote from the books. Loved this video guys, keep up the good work.

Finally someone featured the wars in Witcher, hopefully they do a deep dive of the different Factions, strengths and weaknesses.

Ah, the Battle of Old Buttocks (original; Stare Pupy) which, for some strange reason, historians have decided to name after the village of Brenna instead. Been a while since I read the book but I believe one of the facts that helped the PFI hold the line was the fact that the Blacks had used up all their lances during the battle meaning the final charge was launched with only side arms, allowing the pike wielding PFI to withstand the charge, albeit with heavy casualties.

Damned, now I want a Witcher: Total War game. Amazing video!

It's sad that the netflix show will never be this complex and interesting like the books.

Sapkowski loved to take inspiration in actual history of our world. As such, Aedirnian false flag assault on the fort of Dol Angra is somewhat based on the Gleiwitz incident - false flag attack on the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz, staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939. Along with some two dozen similar incidents - Operation Himmler - the attack was manufactured by Germany as a casus belli to justify the invasion of Poland, which began the next morning. The attackers posed as Polish nationals. I mean, even that Nilfgaardian outpost at the Dol Angra is called "Glevitzingen". Same can be said about Kaedwen taking part in the conquest of Aedirn by the Nilfgaard, Kaedwen king Henselt justifying the invasion by "coming with fraternal help to the oppressed people of the Lormark Province", that was supposedly historically and culturally connected to the Kaedwen - the very same excuse that Soviets used to attack Poland in 1939. Even the term "fraternal help" was used in exactly the same way.

I think a documentary on the Ferelden Blight during Dragon Age Origins or The Mage Rebellion would be very interesting.

I’m just gonna say Coehoorn was a fucking G, the man was competent, smart and almost single-handedly won the war.