Korea: Admiral Yi - Keep Beating the Drum - Extra History - Part 1

📜 History of Korea's Admiral Yi - Part 1 - Extra History
Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Korea began his legendary career with a series of disasters. Fate (and corrupt officials) conspired against him to have him repeatedly knocked down from the success he had earned, often because his insistence on strict military codes and refusal to ignore corruption made enemies of his fellow officers. Even when his superior had him tortured and blamed after a loss to the Jurchen raiders from the north, Yi perservered. Stripped of his rank and now reduced to a common enlisted man, Yi nevertheless served Korea with distinction. Meanwhile his childhood friend, Ryu Seong-ryong, had risen to become the prime minister of Korea. Ryu recognized the threat of war from Japan looming on the horizon, so when Yi asked to retire in 1588, Ryu convinced him to stay.

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[Kaebuki]

“When you carry your team but the other members claim credit.”

[typhoonhurricane]

Admiral Yi; a man who played life on Hard difficulty because otherwise it would have been unfair to everyone else.

[ArchBishopDrakeVT_VODs]

On EU4, the devs added Admiral Yi. He’s a 6, 6, 6 admiral, which is the highest stats any single leader can have. An absolute legend

[prez]

My favorite Admiral ever. I love how every time he’s thwarted he gets back up. Not because he wants appreciation or wealth just because he wants to defend his home!

[OhYouInternet]

This series lead to me going to Seoul just to see Yi's statue, and getting him tattooed on my arm. So this is probably the most expensive series of videos I've ever watched, but worth every penny.

[enenao]

This man's Iron Will is impressive. Any other would have thrown the towel by this point.

[rayray]

Poor man has the most frustrating career sabotages.

[intreoo]

The number of times Yi was betrayed by his own country, he could've chosen to stop serving it entirely. And yet, this man, despite being backstabbed multiple times, still sacrificed his life for his country. Korea will never know such a brilliant, talented, and patriotic man ever again.

[Gingineer]

I have next to no contextual knowledge about Korea's history, but this is by far and away one my favourite series of extra history. Fantastic story, incredible soldier, extremely well told.

[cypressz]

Admiral Yi is undoubtedly one of the greatest men in history. While men like Alexander serve as a paragon of world conquerers men like Admiral Yi serve as a paragon of the incorruptable man. Korea was so inept and corrupt that it deserved to fall but was saved entirely by the actions of one great man who refused to give in to the institutional rot that beset the nation. Korea didn't deserve Admiral Yi, no country really deserves a man like that. But they exist. They're the great pillars of mankind that hold our species up from the seas of chaos and evil. We should all try to live up to those ideals.

[srvaudiau]

I had never heard of Admrial Yi until this video series. Now he is one of my favorite historical figures. Not just for his impressive military career, but for his monumental character.

[cyshin]

I’m Korean, I am not used to English historian words, I only know them in korean, I had no idea who this was about. Just watched because I was korean but when you said *Yi sunshin* I was like,

[tylerharris]

You can tell a nation has been at peace for too long when their most dutiful, disciplined, and hard working officers are punished and demoted for actually doing their job.

[MrKastle]

I only know of Admiral Yi because Turtle Ships kick ass in Age of Empires 2

[Zs-gy]

Every time life throws me down, i come back to this series and I'm back on track in no time. Admiral yi's diligence and zeal motivating us centuries after his death.

[danhatman]

Plays Eu4, Somehow manages to unite japan almost exactly the same time it was done historically.
"time to invade korea"
Admiral Yi wipes my fleet 7 galleys to 50
gg

[AmariFukui]

Just imagine how differently history could have gone if Yi died after falling off that horse...

[milky]

I always come back to this every few months to be in awe at this legendary man and the obstacles he had to over come while he was in service. They need to turn his life into a series detailing everything

[ryanharrelson]

By the end of this series Regular Yi will become not just Admiral Yi, but Master Yi.

[BlooOcean]

Holy geez, a history about Chosun dyansty? I must be dreaming! Being Korean, it's quite shocking when I first saw how US global history textbook Korean history section is only like 1 or 2 pages long. Thank you for going over the most famous Korean naval commander!Just a quick correction, during Chosun dynasty, the capital city was called Han-Yang, not Seoul. The capital city wasn't called Seoul until 1882.