Armies and Tactics: Oblique Order

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/lVvl30k3oQF The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US, UK, and Australian markets. The Great Courses Plus is currently working to both optimize the product globally and accept credit card payments globally. In this new subseries within Armies and Tactics series, we will cover the various tactics, strategies, formations, doctrines etc. used by the generals throughout history. The first video will discuss the formation called Oblique Order and we will use the battles of Leuctra fought between the Spartans and the Thebans of Epaminondas in 371 BC, Battle of Hohenfriedberg in which Frederick the Great and his Prussians defeated the Austrians in 1745 and the battle of Friedland during which Napoleon decisively defeated the Russian army and forced Russia and Prussia to sign the treaty of Tilsit as an example Previously we have covered Hohenfriedberg (   • Battle of Hohenfriedberg 1745 - First and ...  ) and Friedland (   • Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Friedland 1807 ...  ) Support us on Patreon:   / kingsandgenerals   or Paypal: http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals We are grateful to our patrons and sponsors, who made this video possible: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u... This video was narrated by Officially Devin (   / @offydgg   &    / @gameworldnarratives  ) Machinimas for the video made on the Total War: Rome 2 Engine by Malay Archer (   / mathemedicupdates  ) ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsand... ✔ Patreon ►   / kingsandgenerals   ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitch ►   / nurrrik_phoenix   ✔ Twitter ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Facebook ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Instagram ►  / kings_generals   Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com Songs used: