The (Great) Siege of Malta 1565

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On 24 May 1565 the Ottoman artillery opened fire on Fort St. Elmo, one of the fortresses of the Knights hospitaller. This was the beginning of the great siege of Malta. Behind the artillery, an army of 40,000 soldiers was waiting to conquer the island, sent there by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who wanted to strengthen the position of the Ottoman Empire in the struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean and wipe out the Order of St. John, also known as Knights Hospitaller once and for all. But the Knights together with Maltese militia and a number of mercenaries, put up a fierce fight. Europe was trembling as the siege developed into a war of attrition of epic proportions. The possibility of an Ottoman bridgehead so close to Italy had never been more real.
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Reading list:
Warfare:
Duffy, C., Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1, 1979. amzn.to/32dvvwM
Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, amzn.to/3IazYoC.
Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. amzn.to/3geVDMM
Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. amzn.to/3j2kQvG
Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. amzn.to/32ggn1L
Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. amzn.to/2E3Fc95
Fiction related to the Early modern period:
Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers amzn.to/2CJVAuu
Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After amzn.to/32g82Lv
Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne amzn.to/2EnIOCB
Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands amzn.to/3ntZgEu
Military Si-Fi recommendations:
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), amzn.to/3RZyty0
Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3vdGxkZ
Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3osvFvA
Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3orikUk
Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) amzn.to/3PVgyGV
Historiography:
Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. amzn.to/3NCyoNl
Albeit focused on ancient history, it's a brilliant book for anybody who is interested in what history actually is. Is it a story? How does it work in practise? Can writing history be objective? Is it "scientific"? What makes it a proper discipline at university?

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@brokenbridge6316 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done video. This siege will always be an amazing read. At least IMO.

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@sadman1005 9 ай бұрын

which map animation app or software you used for making this video?

@SandRhomanHistory 9 ай бұрын

@@sadman1005 Premiere Pro and After Effects

@grandadmiralzaarin4962 Жыл бұрын

I remember reading of this as a kid and it stuck with me, the heroism of the Knights too wounded to stand placing themselves in chairs at the breaches of St Elmo, the brutality of both sides against prisoners, and the larger than life figures of Valet, Dragut and the rest that made the entire siege seem like the greatest film never made.

@chpc6217 Жыл бұрын

It would seriously make a great historical fiction series, imagine starting at Rhodes with the expulsion of the knights, finding a new home, and following La Valette’s backstory to make him the ultimate grandmaster he was at the time of the siege. Ahhhh a guy can dream!

@patnor7354 Жыл бұрын

"Both sides". After the butchery the muslims did previously that was just the logical and proper response from the defenders of civilization.

@grandadmiralzaarin4962 Жыл бұрын

@@patnor7354 not really. Catholics have the genocides of the New World and plenty of purges and crimes under their belt that have nothing to do with Islam. Calling the Knight "Defenders" of Civilization also ignores their own occupation and outright abuse of other civilizations.

@chpc6217 Жыл бұрын

@@LordBruuh that would be awesome and an instant buy, still over here playing rome 2 lol

@aidanmagill6769 Жыл бұрын

Let's hope they *never* make that film.

@alder2460 Жыл бұрын

I remember 17 years ago when as a kid i first played Age of Empires 3 and it started with the siege of Malta. I remember this till this day as a staggering siege. You did truly an amazing job, I love your siege videos.

@Netrofikator Жыл бұрын

Same. Sad, that AoE 3's campaign turned out to be poor woke althist dream and today DLCs are focused on multiplayer only :/

@Hambone_FN Жыл бұрын

AoE3 didn’t come out 17 years ag… holy cow it’s been 17 years.

@clpfox470 Жыл бұрын

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@snelhestarna Жыл бұрын

... It can't have been 17 years surely.... Oh god it was released 18th of October 2005.....

@dingusdean1905 Жыл бұрын

@@Netrofikator Huh? AOE3's campaigns are the best of the series

@napoleonibonaparte7198 Жыл бұрын

It isn’t complete without a Scottish knight named Morgan Black.

@kek397 Жыл бұрын

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@thefaramith8876 Жыл бұрын

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@jordinagel1184 Жыл бұрын

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@majesticturtle7037 Жыл бұрын

Man of culture

@SirLongarm Жыл бұрын

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@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

thanks for the nice words! We do hope the numbers get a bit better as well. At the moment they are fine but they hardly justify the amount of time we put into these videos.

@willrfaulk1 Жыл бұрын

Far superior to the larger history channels I used to frequent, I appreciate you conveying information without commenting on the immaterial conditions of the time.

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@Western_1 Жыл бұрын

That cavalry commander who took the ottoman camp and made them back off by shouting "victory!" must have been a time travelling NCO. Such initiative.

@cadenvanvalkenburg6718 Жыл бұрын

NCOs are NCOs no matter the time period

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@AirborneMOC031 10 ай бұрын

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@AKRITAS365 10 ай бұрын

They should've supported Constantinople like they did with Malta.

@wulfhart2653 8 ай бұрын

the commander of Mdina gave the order, the same guy who dressed the pesants as soldier and put them on the wall.

@mvlevitch1745 Жыл бұрын

This was not just great, this was STAGGERING!

@9and7 Жыл бұрын

Just as staggering that it's not in the title. Let's go Sandhro!

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@ewen666 Жыл бұрын

I live in Malta. It just goes to show how much the Ottomans were feared: the city walls of Valetta are simply…. Mind blowing

@CoD4MWPL Жыл бұрын

We have to remember that valletta has been built after the siege. But yes, fortifications at Malta are really mind blowing

@emrealtay6825 Жыл бұрын

@@CoD4MWPL Built after the attck to be more sturdy because of the importance and the severity of Ottoman siege, so I don't get your point here 😋

@TheChuckfuc Жыл бұрын

Malta was also the most bombed city of WW2. More than stalingrad or leningrad, London, Berlin, Okinawa or Kiev.

@JoshLevo Жыл бұрын

@@TheChuckfuc No i think berlin was

@TheChuckfuc Жыл бұрын

@@JoshLevo I swear I just a documentary about the best aviator of ww2 who fought at Malta. The Germans were desperate to take it out, because it would mean they could choke out the allies out of Africa. Hopefully ending the western front. It was stated that Malta was bombed more than stalingrad or Berlin or London.

@vectorstrike Жыл бұрын

The siege is worthy of a miniseries on television. Even already knowing how it went, it was so close of having a totally different outcome that the relief by the end feels exhilarating!

@danielgauci6688 Жыл бұрын

i'm working on it

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@jaymenza5196 7 ай бұрын

All the hospitallers are black and female

@owenhammond1880 Жыл бұрын

I love the Grand Masters Bitterness at the end there. It's the equivalent of "Thanks for the help but WOW did you guys take your sweet time trying to organize a relief force."

@alvaromartinez8209 Жыл бұрын

La Valette was very ungrateful. Only Spain helped, also the relief army and fleet was way smaller than the Turkish army and fleet, it made sense to wait until the Turks were at the breaking point. La Valette should have instead given a thanks for nothing to the King of his country, France, which not only did not help, but it was also an ally of the Turks. If the French army and Venetian fleet had helped the Spanish, the Siege would have been lifted way earlier. The Turks had twice as many ships as the Spanish, had the Turkish navy been more alert, it should have sunk the relief force easily.

@rance2799 Жыл бұрын

@@alvaromartinez8209 Even if it was practical, I don't blame him for being bitter. He did after all no doubt see a majority of his friends and allies fall in battle. It's human to feel wronged even if the other person made the correct decision from what they know.

@alvaromartinez8209 Жыл бұрын

Don Garcia de Toledo is the Spanish viceroy of Sicily who is blamed in all this youtube videos, for the relief force almost arriving too late. These youtubers are almost always sourcing from the Ernle Bradford whose main source is flawed and desauthorized by the Knights and the Church (an 18th century pamphletist). In reality, Don Garcia had a weak fleet and relief army that it was the only thing standing between Malta and Sicily/Mainland Italy. He had to nurse them and make them intervene at the precise point they had a chance against the Turks. Don Garcia also had a personal stake on the success of La Valette, his own son was part of the defenders and died in the Siege.

@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 Жыл бұрын

@@alvaromartinez8209 blame the French. Always blame the French! Traitorous cowards!

@alvaromartinez8209 Жыл бұрын

@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 I did not blame the French, who are not cowards by the way. I was talking about the Kings of France. The French themselves suffered from their treason to Christendom as the Muslim fleet anchored at Toulon also carried out raids in the surrounding French countryside and committed the usual slave-taking, raping, looting and killing.

@IsaacRaiCastillo Жыл бұрын

Finally, I was waiting for this siege, one of your best videos without a doubt. This Siege is part of the great war that the Hispanic Monarchy waged against the Ottomans for control of the Mediterranean throughout the 16th century and, together with Lepanto, was the event that most contributed to stopping Turkish expansion; Malta is one of the places that every lover of great sieges must visit, just like Istanbul, Budapest, Vienna, Antwerp, Breda, Ostend, Rome, etc. I would like you to make a video of the Siege of Castelnuovo in 1539, it is very epic, despite having a rather tragic ending.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Castelnuovo is high up on our list. Still, might take a while (potentially next year).

@IsaacRaiCastillo Жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory Great, I'm happy just to know that the subject is in your waiting list and we are near the next year anyway.

@AnatolianHittite Жыл бұрын

Ottoman pirates made the Mediterranean a Turkish lake for 30 years.

@jav1843 Жыл бұрын

Castelnuovo is not only and example of bravery and courage,aswell as discipline,but also a tactical masterpiece on how to maximize the damage you can do with your very limited resources against a much superior foe Spanish tercios were built different back then,out of the 3000 thousand men at the fortress defending It,only 50 were brought to Constantinople alive to serve as slaves,but they stole a ship,escaped and sailed all the way back to Spain where they reported as the last defenders of Castelnuovo The only reason why It isnt more known is because the defence was performed by spaniards,had It been done by the British we would have 100 different movies on it

@IsaacRaiCastillo Жыл бұрын

@@jav1843 yes, I know that fact and the truth is that Spain and many other countries are ignored by the cinematography for not being Anglo-Saxon, having enough epic stories, which would be worth for entire series and movies; such as the Portuguese, the Poles, the Hungarians, the Swiss, the Moldovans, the Romanians and the Bulgarians. Although the Spaniards stand out as you say from all, because they had globalized conflicts before the rest, although for me, the most epic are in the forts of North Africa (defenses of Oran, Ceuta and Melilla) and in the Philippines (Naval Battle of Manila); With all that, many others are missing, because between Flanders and America there are several examples (The Miracle of Empel and Cartagena de Indias, to name a few).

@TheBlacOfficial Жыл бұрын

There's a little footnote towards the end of the siege that is worth mentioning. The 11th of September, a traitor told the turks that the relief army was only 5 thousand men, and the turks cancelled their plans to retreat and began to regroup. A spanish captain by the name of Álvaro de Sande, without waiting for orders or even taking the time to put on his armor attacked the turk army with his company ,when they were marching nearby. The turks believed this was the army's vanguard and finally retreated a day later

@John-doe955 Жыл бұрын

@@williamedwardgladstone2343why the emojis?

@AeliusMagnus Жыл бұрын

The low-lying hidden battery near the chain (which is called De Guiral's battery) is actually located at the foot of Fort Saint Angelo, which opened up on the Ottomans as they rounded the tip of Senglea and prepared to land above the chain. It is not located at the tip of Senglia as depicted in your animation.

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@victorpulis5113 10 ай бұрын

exactly, there are other incorrect positions in the graphics.

@belisarian6429 6 ай бұрын

Good correcting info, shame that there is probably no easy way to change it in the video, perhaps flying note on top could be fix. Either way that De Guiral's battery was MVP in that skirmish, Ottoman ships were right to be afraid of that fort(aka why they hauled ships across the land).

@Spiderfisch Жыл бұрын

More like the (Staggering) Great Siege of Malta

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

haha, yeah but that would be a bit too long for a title :P

@SterbsMcGurbs Жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory gotta keep consistency

@threemeters1425 Жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory How about “The (Great) Siege of Malta”? 😉

@nvelsen1975 Жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory Now we're going to need a "The amazing great huge big (staggering) mega ultra siege of [insert city]" Posted on the 1st of april, obviously.

@napolien1310 Жыл бұрын

I was going to write that and say you forgot it

@EmisoraRadioPatio Жыл бұрын

It's incredible how even in the breaches of the walls, mere handfuls of defenders held back literally thousands of Ottomans.

@hypersp3ce596 Жыл бұрын

Its evidence of how much of an advantage being a defender during a siege is.

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@victorpulis5113 10 ай бұрын

the walls neutralized the numbers as only a few could attack at the same time. in siege warfare the bastions lower the advantage of superior attacking numbers.

@miracleyang3048 Ай бұрын

Not to mention that the attackers had to go through the rabble from the breaches under fire@@victorpulis5113

@Kevc00 Жыл бұрын

It's actually amazing how such a small island has so many magnificent forts, went there only a few weeks ago and it is just one island fortress. I had never appreciated just how important the island was throughout history until I actually saw it myself. You can see how only a few thousand troops could hold the island from tens of thousands of invaders.

@matthewmicallef3811 Жыл бұрын

Churchill called her the Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier.

@amossutandi Жыл бұрын

Cause of this people don't realise the presence of many temples and building complexes on Malta, older than Stonehenge and the pyramids and maybe even the city-states of Mesopotamia.

@Kevc00 Жыл бұрын

@@amossutandi as a historian it was one of the best trips I ever took, Gozo has a hospitaller fort, on top of a Roman fort, on top of a neolithic settlement. Can't get much better.

@matthewmicallef3811 Жыл бұрын

@@Kevc00 It does get better. We have underground temples, catacombs, ice age mammals, stories about revolutions and piracy. We even had a period in history where we colonised some Caribbean islands! It's a fascinating history for such a tiny island. Worth visiting again :)

@louisavondart9178 11 ай бұрын

@@matthewmicallef3811 ..Yep. I only spent a week in Malta but my memories are of the history of Humanity throughout the ages. You can also easily see how military tech developed by just looking at the old forts, tall and proud and the new ones, low and with inclined walls to deflect cannon shot. I also shared my lunch in a catacomb with a dozen stray cats.

@nice_toes_xx Жыл бұрын

If anyone is interested in the Siege of Malta, I highly recommend to read "Empires of the sea: The final battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580" by Roger Cowley. Its a great read about the fight between the Hapsburgs and Ottomans.

@chpc6217 Жыл бұрын

I will pick it up! Just re-read The Great Siege of Malta by Ernle Bradford to prepare for my trip to Malta in two weeks.

@GreenKnight343 Жыл бұрын

@@chpc6217 I have that one, it’s a great read!

@USAR8888 Жыл бұрын

Love that book, I couldn't put it down. Roger Crowley's book 1453 about the Siege of Constantinople is also a great read.

@nice_toes_xx Жыл бұрын

@@USAR8888 I havn't read it, but it sound great ill check it out!

@MassEffectedX13 Жыл бұрын

I first listened to this on audiobook then read it twice. This book sparked my fascination with this time period and the often overlooked time period and conflicts between the ottomans and the west. It is a great book, and Crowley writes it to read as a novelization. It is filled with excitement and will keep you flipping page after page to see what happens next. I highly recommend this, as well as “The Enemy at the Gate” by Andrew Wheatcroft, which sparked a similar fascination of the same conflicts that happened nearly 100 years later.

@USAR8888 Жыл бұрын

The steadfast leadership and courage of Jean Parisot de la Valette during this siege is nothing short of astounding. Against all odds, horribly outnumbered and outgunned and facing the worst possible fate if they lost, he motivated and encouraged the few professional soldiers and civilians alike to hold out to the very last no matter what. I think had the garrison on Malta been led by a less tenacious man, the outcome may very well have been different.

@amossutandi Жыл бұрын

Not bad for a surrender monkey?

@absoleet Жыл бұрын

He was around 70 during the siege and had to fight it out in full plate armor.

@thefaramith8876 Жыл бұрын

"facing the worst possible fate if they lost, " bruh ottomans would have let them go just like how they did at Rhodes lmao. American moment

@amossutandi Жыл бұрын

@@thefaramith8876 not so sure about that. The Ottomans regretted letting them go like that, because they continued to be a pain in the arse, and after loosing so much troop, would be better to eradicate them. Religious fanatics are hard to reason with.

@absoleet Жыл бұрын

@@thefaramith8876 No for several reasons. The Ottoman army commander Mustapha Pasha was given the order that no man should be taken alive possibly because Sultan Suleiman was angered by the knights capture of important trading ships and people (his daughters elderly nurse). Then more importantly the excessively long siege of fort St Elmo caused the Ottomans to kill/mutilate prisoners and display them to the knights. The knights responded in kind and so there was an understanding that chivalrous rules of war did not apply from that moment. And offers of truce would be treated with suspicion.

@westsidermetalhead4997 Жыл бұрын

*Thicc Scottish accent* : _We are Knights of St. John. We do not surrender!_

@wolfthequarrelsome504 2 ай бұрын

the real guy was Spanish?

@MrMDjT 10 ай бұрын

One of the best defensive battles in history. Mind blowing the courage and resistance of the Knights and the Maltese people

@aasemahsan Жыл бұрын

2:03 Situation at the Mediterranean during Suleiman the Magnificent's reign 5:20 Knights Hospitaller's defence preparations 9:08 Ottomans set foot on Maltese soil & fight for St. Elmo Commanders: Turgut Reis, Piyale Pasha, Lala Mustafa Pasha 17:09

@Johnathan737 Жыл бұрын

And thier as$es were banged🤣

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@kunduraci30 9 ай бұрын

@@asdallah2159 no , you believe jesus killed , i believe someone looks like jesus killed

@nickh4280 Жыл бұрын

No way you guys put my little island on here 😍 Thank you so much and well done for the video, amazing as always ❤️

@EokaBeamer69 Жыл бұрын

It is simply amazing how you guys mix great storytelling, immersive animations and drawings and accurate and transparent historical research into your videos. #1 best history channel on all of youtube.

@profxtreme9275 Жыл бұрын

Great video, well done. I first read about the siege several years ago in one of Roger Crowley's books (great historian and author) and have been deeply fascinated by the siege since. I am actually going to get to visit Malta for 3 days later this year. I am incredibly excited to be able to see Fort St. Elmo, Valetta, and the tomb of Jean De La Vallet. It will be an honor. All of western civilization owes the Maltese a debt. They endured the two greatest sieges in history.

@CranialAxe 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely detested history at school. I was never so bored in my entire life at the time. But having read history books myself and watching incredible videos such as this one right here, I am now an aspiring Historian. Thank you so much for such amazing content. Keep the magic flowing.

@louisavondart9178 11 ай бұрын

School history lessons are deliberately boring. The idea is to make people forget history, so that politicans can get everyone to make the same mistakes. Or so it seems...

@thcdreams654 Жыл бұрын

The quality of this video and your content often leaves me staggered. Thanks for the entertainment and insight. I love the animations as well.

@Quincy_Morris Жыл бұрын

4:00 the knights started work improving the islands defenses when they first arrived. Not after Tripoli fell. Such improvements take time.

@TheGrenadier97 Жыл бұрын

Long live the memory of the catholic defenders of Malta. Truly an outstanding show of bravery and resistance.

@matthewpobox Жыл бұрын

I get a shot of excitement every time I see my little home island mentioned by history channels!

@USAR8888 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how, but last year I found out about the 1565 siege of Malta and was instantly fascinated by it, so I read every book I could get my hands on about it. Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley, The Great Siege by Ernle Bradford, and The Great Siege of Malta by Bruce Ware Allen are all great reads. Just that whole period of history from the 1453 fall of Constantinople until the 1683 siege of Vienna when the Ottoman projection of power into Europe finally started to wane, is such a fascinating time period, and a very overlooked period of European history in my opinion. The Ottoman-European wars are an incredible 2 centuries long story, full of legendary characters, massive naval battles like Lepanto, brutal sieges like Constantinople, Malta, Rhodes, Belgrade and Vienna (twice), barbarity and enslavement on a massive scale, and a fight to the death between two religions, two ways of life, and two continents. But no part of this 2 century long war is more captivating than the 1565 Great Siege of Malta in my opinion. I would love to visit Malta one day and see the land and the fortresses where the battle took place. I wish a major movie could be made on it, or the 1683 siege of Vienna, or even the 1453 siege of Constantinople. Unfortunately western European history will always overshadow these events in the east and Mediterranean. Thank you for this video.

@amossutandi Жыл бұрын

It also has to fit political correctness. Making a movie, where Muslim Arabs are the bad guys and christian Europeans the good guys, is not proper. Although, now that the Arabs want to sell oil in other currency than USD and want to have closer ties to China, we might see such movies to prepare the people to fight against the Arab regimes in the name of freedom and democracy.

@absoleet Жыл бұрын

I've only read Bradford's book but I had a look at Empires of the Sea and it looks like a great read.

@sersipahi Жыл бұрын

There was such a fear that the Turks were psychologically defeated even if they lost on the battlefield. Until 1850, the Vienna walls were kept standing to protect them from the Turks. In 1850, the city walls of Vienna were demolished, thinking that the Turks would no longer come. In 1940, some watchtowers were closed, thinking that the Ottomans would not come back. The last watchtower, the high tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral, was closed in 1956 by 3/4 of a vote. If one more person were afraid, maybe this watchtower would work until today by one vote. The interesting thing is that Turkey couldn't find clothes or food to wear and patched clothes were a luxury. The ghosts of the great Turks still scare them. Even if Turks are Christians (there are also Turks who are Christians and believe in different religions). They will never accept it culturally. Turanians (Turks) Slavs (Russians) will always see us as eastern barbarians. However, the barbarism of the west is not different from the east :) Les croisades vues par les Arabes writer Amin Maalouf 1983, I recommend you can to read, It can provide a different perspective for you.

@derpanzermacher9094 Жыл бұрын

Sadly my country is often neglected due to it's size, but Malta has played a major role not only in the Great Siege but also WW2 for example (it's location made it a vital naval base, and an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier') So I doubt we will ever see a movie.

@victorpulis5113 10 ай бұрын

If you come to Malta you will not see the actual fortifications which withstood the ottoman army as these were rebuilt almost from scratch having been levelled in the siege. besides much of what was left was bombed during the last war. But the footprint of the places are relatively still the same. I was born in one of those cities Senglea and lived there for 41 years. I have published a graphic novel about the great Siege and am right now working on a new version.

@ExperiencePlayers Жыл бұрын

Your video quality and level of detail are always amazing and now you make a 40min version, that's really astonishing, I do not want to know how long it takes to produce this! :D

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@remizome Жыл бұрын

Yaaaaay, I've known this story for a while and I was waiting for this channel to cover it! :D This will be an awesome watch for sure

@Cancoillotteman Жыл бұрын

Documented, very well narrated, quite interesting, great video as usual :)

@BTMEC_Kaustubh Жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's always great to see you post.

@Mysteriousstranger6 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work, these ages are grossly under documented on KZbin and your pike and shot documentary are awesome. I watch all your videos multiple times as it’s great info and art style!

@raigarmullerson4838 Жыл бұрын

Amazing job. Absolute masterpiece. Cheers from Estonia

@doanale3344 Жыл бұрын

You are the only one who does high quality videos on warfare in the early modern period on KZbin. Thanks so much!

@sarahsidney1988 Жыл бұрын

So cool, love your siege videos!

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@MoldyChese Жыл бұрын

They are great

@AngelsArmour Жыл бұрын

Very cool to see this battle visualized, I read about it awhile ago and found it to be one of the most epic battles of Christiandom

@TheJimmyplant Жыл бұрын

Crazy coincidence -- I love your channel and literally just finished reading a book featuring this siege. So excited to see your account.

@TheChuckfuc Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this story at church as a kid. And I've been hooked ever since. This truly was a siege of epic proportions.

@dubbyx8490 11 ай бұрын

I've watched accounts of this same Siege on Kings and Generals YT.. You guys took your narration of this great event to a whole new level, Brava!

@therav2278 Жыл бұрын

I had a really long day today and many drawbacks, I was about to lay down and just go to sleep, and then SandRhoman uploaded a 40 min video, the day went from lame to bloody briliant

@54032Zepol Жыл бұрын

Man this was really well done can't wait for more content!!!

@gotbaka3 Жыл бұрын

Your siege videos are so good! The highlight of my day.

@nourerrahmanebrahmia4035 Жыл бұрын

Hello from Algeria, we have a very popular song about the siege of Malta 🇲🇹 the Algerian side in the Ottoman army was led by beylerbey of Algiers Italian born Uluj Ali Hint: the zyyanid dynasty has fallen before that date.

@CoD4MWPL Жыл бұрын

whats the name of this song?

@victorpulis5113 10 ай бұрын

Uluch Ali was born Giovanni Galeni in Calabria, Southern Italy. His father wanted him to become a priest but he became a fisherman instead. On 29 April 1536, Giovanni was captured by Ali Ahmed, and serve as a galley slave. He took part in the Battle of Preveza in 1538. Some time later he converted to Islam and by 1541 became a corsair in the fleet of Dragut Reis. This was not unusual since many Muslim corsairs were captured slaves who later converted to Islam.

@nourerrahmanebrahmia4035 10 ай бұрын

@@victorpulis5113 not unusual but very common, the European corsairs/pashas were very famous here especially italian and dutch ones.

@WelcomeToDERPLAND Жыл бұрын

Feels like everyones making a video about this siege recently! Not that I'm complaining, its one of the greatest sieges in all of history, and I'm glad to have many videos to compare one another to.

@MintyLime703 Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed, I was starting to think maybe I'm missing something. This is like the 3rd or 4th video I've seen this week.

@WelcomeToDERPLAND Жыл бұрын

@@MintyLime703 Yep, this is likewise the 3rd or 4th I've seen uploaded this week- ontop of that I remember watching 2 or 3 years ago from other creators as well. It's interesting to see the differences in numbers and retellings between them all, If I had to choose a 'best' however, it would probably be this one.

@yeshaw984 9 ай бұрын

This should be a movie

@stefanomartinazzi5982 Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this staggering sienge since I have discovered the channel

@jdgoesham5381 Жыл бұрын

I really liked this. Liked and subbed. These homemade battle YT vids are what got me into YT like 20yrs ago or so and I'm so glad when I find new ones(new to me)like this. Actually what got me into YT was ppl reposting old battle vids from old VHS tapes and TV and then I'd find homemade ones and I'm very appreciative for it still. If I didn't like so many other genres of things to watch I could watch battle vids non stop. Even the ones you can tell a teen made for a HS project. Which I've found. And that are kind of better than some of the History Channel ones out these days that are more flash than substance and teaching as much detail as they could.

@somedude5951 Жыл бұрын

Very well done video. It gives a great understanding of what happened.

@petersilie2234 Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this one, Tanks a lot 😘

@hanifitasova519 Жыл бұрын

Never seen such in detail informarion about this epic siege. Well done SandRhoman history!!!!

@satyakammisra Жыл бұрын

I took an overnight cruise from Tripoli, Libya to Malta. At 5 am sharp I woke up went outside and there was a view that I will never forget. Huge walled fortress entrance to the harbor. Malta must be seen from a ship or cruise to appreciate the architecture.

@xe2594 Жыл бұрын

Been a few of these of Malta but this is also great quality form the bigger channels!

@raivelon8082 Жыл бұрын

Wait, how is this video 40 minutes long, it felt like 10, this is some amazing production, thank you

@destroyer0685 Жыл бұрын

I thought this is an excellent video on one of Europe's least understood campaigns. I encourage those to read Empires of the Sea which covers the seige of Malta and the battle of Lepanto in some detail. The only quibble I have is the end battle. Mustapha Pasha did seek battle with the Spanish relief army but was mislead as the Spanish army facing him was 10,0000 men strong and all veterans of the Italian wars. Regardless of size this relief was fresh. well provisioned and eager for battle and it was the Spanish who attacked not the Turks. The withdrawal of the Turks came close to a rout as the Tercios wreaked havoc on the Jannissaries. Regardless of the facts at the end the Turks suffered a massive defeat but this Phase of the war was not over.

@Lacteagalaxia Жыл бұрын

The spanish tercios one of the top armys of history

@asdallah2159 10 ай бұрын

@Jesse_Dawg Жыл бұрын

i love your videos so much, please never stop creating

@90secondsofaviation86 Жыл бұрын

Lovely I love the battles and sieges you make. Thanks keep it up

@Goblinsharkhundredsofthem Жыл бұрын

This is personally my favorite battle in all of history

@caelgrant2903 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Jesse_Dawg Жыл бұрын

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG. IT IS HERE. YESSSSSS

@jaydenbyrne4948 Жыл бұрын

Thanks from Malta for making this Video

@gabrielvanhauten4169 Жыл бұрын

your names doesn't look like from malta though...

@EdricMicallefFigallo Жыл бұрын

You're already here, and we love your kebabs and there's some great barbers too, some of your women are also interesting, as I can testify. Messing with Malta, you stupid bully, no matter how unarmed it may be, is never advisable, and you should know better. Go ahead, and you can probably kiss your NATO membership goodbye and probably end up on the receiving end. War with Malta would essentially mean war with Italy, who unfortunately knows all too well what a Malta against its interests means and concluded agreements including military intervention in case of threat, and that's just the start of it. War with Italy could potentially escalate into war with NATO. Perhaps you think you do not need it.

@CoD4MWPL Жыл бұрын

@toasty6570 Жыл бұрын

@Yakut58 🤡

@Guitarinthewild Жыл бұрын

Excellent content as always, thank you

@viktorsalinovic7260 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the Siege of Siget(Szigetvar) video, great content!

@tatarcavalry2342 9 ай бұрын

Love the carpets and Turkish coffe man your drawings are fun

@Fuckthis0341 Жыл бұрын

Great content about something I am not very informed on. Fascinating !

@caelgrant2903 Жыл бұрын

YESSS!!! been waitin for this one for so long

@Its_Shaun_the_Sheep 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this! ❤

@jackieking1522 Жыл бұрын

Thank you... an aunty lived on Malta for a while. Always hoped for the chance to visit her but never happened. One of lifes great misses.

@nicholasd5629 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this video!

@NEY-uu3lx Жыл бұрын

Great Video! Can you do the Battles of La Naval de Manila, Probably the biggest 80 years war battles in the south east.

@doomdimensiondweller5627 Жыл бұрын

Love the channel man. I like how you talk about European history in a way that's not explicitly negative. Maybe it's just me but it seems like the historical community has a really pro Ottoman bias and I don't get it.

@wolfthequarrelsome504 2 ай бұрын

Anti Catholic most like

@phbrinsden Жыл бұрын

I remember that while on honeymoon in Malta 1967 I was reading a book about the siege of Malta. There I was among the great forts reading about the great siege. I also read about the WWII siege of Malta. I developed a real love, respect and appreciation of the Maltese as a people. Interestingly they used to reminisce fondly of the days when the harbor was filled with Royal Navy ships.

@VMvintageStory Жыл бұрын

My favorite history youtuber out there. Another great video.

@victorpulis5113 10 ай бұрын

good documentary despite several glaring inaccuracies in the visuals. I was born in Senglea and lived in that city for 41years. and I have been fascinated with the great siege to the point of publishing a graphic novel in 1998 and am working on the second version right now.

@GarfieldRex Жыл бұрын

Lepanto Time!! 😁 Loved this video and can't wait for more

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

A staggeringly history video...thanks for sharing

@ThePalacios123 Жыл бұрын

AMAZING storytelling!

@tadsklallamn8v Жыл бұрын

this is my favorite channel. ive watched all your videos

@Peleski 5 ай бұрын

This is quite an amazing struggle to see. I've visited and was fascinated by Malta's history, but I wish I had seen this first, because so many of the sites you talk about are still identifiable. Extraordinary for nearly 500 years past.

@michaelj132 Жыл бұрын

Great timing. I finished a book on the Great seige about 2 weeks ago.

@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Жыл бұрын

Hey i'm the Duke of Alba from the credits. I remeber that i became a patreon in the hopes that this video got made. This is a small dream come true, thank you very much!

@billmiller4972 Жыл бұрын

When Jehan de la Valette entered into the fight he was 71(!). Incredible!

@psel2501 Жыл бұрын

Great content as always!

@joeshmoe8345 Жыл бұрын

Super next level content right here. Thanks a whole lot big dog

@thenoblepoptart Жыл бұрын

Another amazing video from the undisputed masters of early modern warfare on youtube

@philjohnson1744 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful vid. This is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for making yer artwork available for sale. I love that stuff. What is the name of the talented artist and is there somewhere else I can see their work?

@Skanderbeg911 Жыл бұрын

Really a grest video, congratulations !! Hope soon a video of the battle of Lepanto, siege of castelnouvo and the siege of oran mazalquivir.......

@clintmoor422 Жыл бұрын

Yes! The staggering stuff... love it.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

hey, thanks for all the comments and for sticking around on the channel!

@gabrielvanhauten4169 Жыл бұрын

no need to add that to the title imo

@zebwheeler5683 11 ай бұрын

I didn’t know much about the siege of Malta, but I loved this video!

@Quincy_Morris Жыл бұрын

11:58 at the time Mustafa Pasha didn’t know the strength of Medina’s defenses. And it’s fair to assume such an important city was heavily defended (it was not)

@toasty6570 Жыл бұрын

By that time Mdina had lost it's significance as Capital, as the local nobles which ruled from there (known as the College) had been made redundant by the Knights, who as a Naval power moved their headquarters to Birgu. Therefore it did not make sense to waste vital resources defending a strategically unimportant city (which altough fortified, by the time those fortifications were considered lacking.)

@colinglen4505 Жыл бұрын

I know it'e over 3 centuries ago but i can't help but be furious at how long it took to send a relief army to Malta. I imagine Europe would have been a very different place, even today, if Malta had fallen.

@liveforever9888 Жыл бұрын

Muslims couldnt conquer Europe militarily, so nowadays theyre trying to do it by migration.