How America Dragged 60 Tons of Cannons Through Winter | Henry Knox’s Impossible Mission

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]America dragged 60 tons of cannons through the wilderness in the winter.

[00:00:05]Sounds impossible.

[00:00:07]In 1775, George Washington had the British trapped in Boston and faced one huge problem.

[00:00:14]He couldn't force them out.

[00:00:16]America desperately needed heavy artillery.

[00:00:19]They had plenty 300 miles away in Fort Ticonderoga.

[00:00:24]So, a 25-year-old Henry Knox volunteered for a mission that sounded completely insane.

[00:00:31]Move 59 massive [music] cannons and mortars, nearly 60 tons of artillery, through snow, mountains, frozen rivers, and wilderness.

[00:00:42]Cannons nearly crashed through river ice.

[00:00:45]Oxen struggled through the deep snow.

[00:00:48]Steep mountain roads almost stopped the mission cold.

[00:00:52]No engines, no roads, just sleds, oxen, muscles, and sweat.

[00:00:59]Against all odds, Knox made it [music] to Boston. The British woke up one day, looked at the hills over the city, and suddenly realized