Battle of Lepanto 1571 - Ottoman Wars DOCUMENTARY

Our animated historical documentary series on the Ottoman history continues with the video on the sieges of the battle of Lepanto of 1571 - one of the most crucial naval engagements in history. The Holy League lead by Spain and Venice is trying to stem the tide of the Ottoman expansion after the fall of Cyprus.
Previously in our animated historical documentary series on the Ottoman Wars, we have covered the battles of Kosovo (bit.ly/2JI3F0p), Nicopolis (bit.ly/2zUNRre), Ankara (bit.ly/2uW7r0D), Varna (bit.ly/2JIK2VG), Second Kosovo, Constantinople (bit.ly/2uELWlI), Belgrade, Targoviste and Otlukbeli (bit.ly/2JOBlcQ), Vaslui, Valea Alba (bit.ly/2C9Cm0l), Skanderbeg's rebellion (bit.ly/2BYMYgW), Breadfield, Krbava, Otranto and Chaldiran (bit.ly/2DUa3mJ)the Ottoman-Mamluk War of 1516-1517 (bit.ly/2CxSkyp), siege of Rhodes in 1522 (bit.ly/2GHrRTC), the battle of Mohacs of 1526 (bit.ly/2V1YgeQ), the siege of Vienna of 1529 (bit.ly/2VRujdc), the battle of Preveza (bit.ly/2KR1uwf) and the battles of Gorjani, siege of Castelnuovo (bit.ly/2MoDZMa), sieges of Buda and Eger (bit.ly/2kcVkuK). the siege of Malta (bit.ly/374kXSh), siege of Szigetvar bit.ly/2Nj6xVW and Famagusta (bit.ly/3b5dXX0)
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@hatabasllani3613]

Kings and General I liked this idea i hope to interesting

[@mr.e3894]

I just received the notification, but your comment says its 24 hours ago?!? Wtf

[@StekliCujo]

Consider it done.

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

Kings and Generals sorry

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

@Kings and Generals will be done my lord

[@Dustz92]

Fun fact: You can visit a real size replica of La Real, Juan de Austria's flagship, at the Barcelona Maritime museum.

[@sebastiamarques3274]

It isn't the real ship, but a facsimile. Still it looks impressive.

[@Dustz92]

@@sebastiamarques3274 Thanks, I though it was the original one, which talks about how good the replica is

[@alternomedicalvideos9765]

Tengo que ir a ese museo.

[@emincelik395]

its a wonderful museum. as a someone from turkey it was great experience to me ...

[@celeridad6972]

@@alternomedicalvideos9765 yo igual, aunque la tengo difícil... cruzar el charco es costoso

[@sebastianbravo5028]

Fun Fact: The author of "Don Quixote of La Mancha", Miguel de Cervantes participated in this battle and was wounded in the left hand, after which he was known by the nickname "Manco de Lepanto" (the one-armed of Lepanto). His opinion about the battle in the prologue of the second part of Don Quixote : " The highest occasion seen by the past centuries, those present, nor expect to see the coming" and about Don Juan de Austria: " Son of the ray of war Carlos V, of happy memory"

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, we are actually researching if there is enough for a video

[@sebastianbravo5028]

@@KingsandGenerals Cervantes was a tough guy, he received two gun shots in the chest and one hand and he survived, moreover, when Juan of Austria knew about that, he ordered him to increase his payment in four ducats (gold coins).

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

@@sebastianbravo5028 and later he was captured and inprision in Argel by moors pirates, and he managed to scape and return to Spain after years! What a live!

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Well, he didn't really participate

[@enesakhan4032]

@@KingsandGenerals now that would be an interesting video :)

[@SpanishDio]

just think of how crazy it was that Spain was able to defend all his territories around the world for centuries fighting Ottomans, the British , the Dutch and the French! sometimes even at the same time! truly fascinating.

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

Rapa Nuii they had infinite money.

[@SpanishDio]

@@javier6926 Was the Spanish Marine Infantry who turned the tide of the battle! and the general Andrea Doria was an admiral in the name of Spain, and Naples was a Viceroyalty of Spain at the time! and Spain was who funded and spent more money in the battle. Apart from the obvious 49 galleys that came from the Spanish Empire (including 26 from the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdom of Sicily and other Hispanic Italian territories

[@SpanishDio]

@@javier6926 I didn't say otherwise, but they were still fighting for the Spanish Empire becasue they were both Sicily and Naples viceroyalties of Spain. I think you are the one with nationalistic feelings that got hurt, if you ask me. Half of the christian fleet was venetian and half of that venetian fleet was sunked by the ottomans the most important part of the battle happened on the centre were the Combined Spanish genoese fleet was. by your same rules Italy didn't exist back then neither italian culture, they didn't even speak the same language, and by your rules italy discovered America too then because Columbus was supossedly Genoese?

[@SpanishDio]

@@javier6926 both the Italians and germans were paid by the king of Spain with Spanish currency tho btw I don't what do you want to argue I've never denied that half the Christian fleet was venetian or something.

[@brandonbohr.7301]

@@javier6926 Spanish soldiers, spanish ships, spanish general THAT WAS A SPANISH VICTORY and the half of italy was part of spain.

[@DiesIstNichtEinstein]

It is said that in the days leading up to the battle, the churches of Rome remained open for prayer day and night, that Pius V exhorted Catholics across Europe to pray the Rosary for the victory of the Holy League’s fleet, that the men on those ships had spent the night praying the Rosary and received Holy Communion before battle. To this day, the anniversary of Lepanto is commemorated as the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, though when Pius V first raised it to observance in 1572 it was known more bellicosely as the feast of Our Lady of Victory.

[@strive4252]

Being Catholic is so awesome

[@basedkaiser5352]

@@strive4252 Being a Child of God is awesome !

[@starkiler13]

@Thrown Gambit lol. But they never touched italy. Thats the important thing. The failed to defeat the spanish habsbourg territory and gain european territories. They failed.

[@ennui9745]

@Thrown Gambit It was the Ottomans that got whacked at Lepanto though...

[@ericagos1601]

@@starkiler13 Mehmet II invaded Italy 27 years after taking Constantinople. He intended to take the last original Patriarchate, Rome, for Islam and use St. Peter's as a stable for his cavalry. His army took the city of Otranto. 800 survivors were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, and their bones can be seen in Otranto cathedral today. They are a reminder that they will always be enemies who seek to annihilate Christendom. Christians, and non Christian Europeans/westerners should never take what we have today for granted. The fact that you can attend mass or Divine Liturgy in Cologne Cathedral or St. Sava in Belgrade, was never a given. That right was won by defenders of the faith. Now it is being eroded by current leaders of Europe.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Never forget to invest in Medium ships for Naval Traditions

[@TheLostAngeL1]

Haha :D

[@evvec1490]

Lmao nice

[@Zygmunt-Zen]

EU4 reference? It's Light ships you Midget Tyrant!

[@HeyImLucious]

I'm now at 2x my force limit and having a + net income has become nothing more than a fond memory. Am I doing it right?

[@walteraldrete6396]

@@Zygmunt-Zen That's treason for speaking to the Emperor that way.

[@HGRvSBG]

My 8x great-grandfather was a minor commander in this battle; he was an Austro-Bavarian baron from the Sudetenland.

[@fionnmoules7620]

HGR v. SBG how do you track your family back that far

[@LarsYOLOSWAG]

@@fionnmoules7620 He is probably nobility with a family tree, a coat of arms and stuff

[@eduardocury6179]

Mine too!!! He was a minor Venetian commander called Eduardo Silot from Veneto! Cool to think that they might have fought together :)

[@atahan2661]

HGR v. SBG how ya know that

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Noice, how long through his line are your ancestors still apart of the nobility if you don't mind answering

[@rodrigodiazdevivar6183]

Side fact: The rosary, a tool for adoration for Catholics, became famous, and widespread after Pope Pius V asked followers to use the rosary for salvation from the Islamic invasion of Italy . Afterwards, the popularity of the rosary spread.

[@marcoconsorti2663]

The day of the Battle of Lepanto, Pope Pius V asked every Catholic in Europe to pray the rosary for victory. After the Battle (in which a copy of Ourlady of Guadalupe was shown on top of the Flagship "Real") it's said that the Pope received by vision the knowledge of the Victory, after which he would let the bells ring in Rome (today it's why Bells are loosened at 12:00). To Thank the Virgin, Auxilium Christianorum was added to the Litany if the Blessed Virgin Mary (Litaniae Lauretanae), and the day of the Battle was to be dedicated to Ourlady of Victory, later to be changed to Ourlady of the Rosary.

[@JirayuChai]

Another info do you know that Rosary copy from Hindu/Buddhist, Japamala (beads) wrong pronounciation to roses Japamala

[@porkchop2325]

Amen

[@MrFeynmanDiagram]

Adoration? Is it the same that protestants do with the money and goods? 🙄🤔

[@rodrigodiazdevivar6183]

@@MrFeynmanDiagram No

[@adythedog]

The Turks told the Venetians that by the victory of Lepanto, the Ottoman Empire lost its beard, but by losing Cyprus, Venice lost a hand. In time, the Ottoman beard will grow thicker, while the Venetians will not be able to recover their loss. And indeed, by a great effort the Ottoman fleet was rebuilt. But when the two fleets met again, off the coast of Crete, the Ottomans withdrew when they saw the Venetian galleases. The moral impact was greater than their efficiency.

[@sheezanansari9001]

but ottomans took Crete in 17th century

[@adythedog]

Crete was the second hand.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@sheezanansari9001 But lost all the naval clashes, and Venice even managed to block the Dardanelli for the entire sailing season for several years in a row. That's why the war lasted for 19 years. Venetians could easily supply Candia by sea.

[@arielmix6877]

@@adythedog now Turks have just a palm with two fingers left

[@fahrettinaydn8384]

The important thing for ottomans was losing all those experienced sailors. They built more ships after the battle but couldn’t effectively man them

[@podemosurss8316]

During the XVI century, the Spanish galleys were each to have a detachment of marines ("Tercios Navales") by instructions issued under King-Emperor Charles. These marines were professional soldiers akin to those of the land Tercios but also specially trained to fighting inside ships and in landings. The writer Miguel de Cervantes served in this battle as a marine sergeant on board of the galley "Marquesa". He was wounded in the arm and in the chest, losing the control over his left hand and receiving the nickname "manco de Lepanto".

[@albertorepetto2909]

Thank for Charles Doria (Andrea, not Gian Andrea) told him how to arm correctly a ship when he was still alive!

[@petergray2712]

How were these marines armed and armored?

[@podemosurss8316]

@@petergray2712 Well, they were mostly arquebusiers since pikes were more difficult to use in warships, still their equipment was similar to those in the land forces of the Spanish Armies.

[@mmatadore1]

So they ware elite marines like naevy seals?

[@ntha6424]

​@@mmatadore1 They were professional and elite soldiers (Tercios) of Spain. They were still the only army in Europe that wore Heavy plated cuirass.. What made them a deadly opponent to every other soldier in the world that they ever came across(Bcs Spain literally led expeditions to every continent in the world- including Japan and fought every one of their warriors and won.) was their unmatched skill with the Rapier. the fighting style of the Spanish is still used today and has become an olympic sport called Fencing. which unlike the Jannisary that relied on fast, hacking and/or slashing they fought with a kind of finesse , timed counter-attack, deflecting, stabbing and lunging.although it was a defensive art it was also very capable at offensive manoeuvres which relied on its defensive ability.

[@AuChoco]

Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto! 🔱🇮🇹🔱🇪🇸🔱🇻🇦🔱 Viva Nuestra Señora Del Rosario!

[@shrekloli1356]

@@rikaybey5371 fuk yu

[@andygarcia5978]

@@rikaybey5371 Turk?

[@KS-xp1od]

@@rikaybey5371 Turk 😂

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[@waipi3]

@@rikaybey5371 jajajaa Turk ?

[@Renault07]

An important detail: The Ottoman navy also had to deal with a slave/POW revolt beneath the decks of their ships. Christian galley slaves, many of whom were subjected to this condition for years, filed through their chains and aided the Christian boarding parties during the battle. After the battle, the Holy League fleet liberated so many Christian galley slaves that they came back with more people than they left with. Several thousand liberated Christian POWs replaced the casualties lost, and then some

[@midshipman8654]

R. That’s interesting. There should be a top 10/5 list about armies that actually gained more units than casualties. I feel like I heard something like that in wwi where some army came back with no looses and one extra soldier.

[@arielmix6877]

That revenge of the slaves was SWEET!

[@Alex-ux4du]

@@MarkhasSteelfort it's true. Ottomans organized plenty of raids into the Christian territories for slaves and loot, even during peace time.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

It had ben reported that, in the battle on the left side, in the middle of the fight, the Venetians freed the prisoner rowers ("galeotti" criminals condemned to the row) on the galleys to let them fight. It was a small addition to their numbers since the majority of the rowers on Venetian ships were freemen ("buonavoglia") that were expected to fight when the ships were engaged, but it could be decisive. The Ottomans tried to do the same thing but, since much of their rowers were Christian slaves, they revolted and aided the League.

[@kapoioskanenas2337]

@@MarkhasSteelfort Janissaries werent slaves. Galley slaves had a brutal life no matter which side they were, it just happens that the ottomans had much more of them

[@Safersephiroth777]

I live in Greece myself. Last year which was 450 years after the battle I visited Lepanto. There is even a statue of Cervantes there since he fought there! Yeah! Also Ottomans even though they suffered heavy losses they were able to recover fast and keep pushing. Also I believe this was the biggest naval battle with rowing ships ever.

[@Sansarii_Minecraft]

No there was a larger battle in the first Punic War

[@Safersephiroth777]

@@Sansarii_Minecraft Where is the source for that?

[@Nerdmonides]

​@@Safersephiroth777Battle of Cape ecnomus, Rome vs Carthage

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

They did recover but kilic ali pasha feared going against christian fleet again so he avoided engaging and headed for fortress of modon

[@Garbajugon]

In Lepanto, the participation of Álvaro de Bazan was vital, a legend in the seas of Spain, undefeated in all his battles, he took France off the map in the battle of the Terceiras Islands, avoided a major disaster in the African adventure of Carlos V, and his instinct made him cover the gaps in the most delicate moments of the battle of Lepanto. His death before the invasion of England was a tremendous setback and left the expedition without true naval leadership.

[@uncasunga1800]

He was good

[@plusultra6199]

@William Ewart Gladstone El troll sigue aqui pero morira sin nadie recordarle. El gran Alvaro seguira imortal en nuestros recuerdos con 0 derotas.

[@Garbajugon]

@@Ottomans54 It is true, in Preveza the first attempt by the Catholic League failed, that is why in Lepanto, the Spanish insisted that the Spanish infantry had to go inside the Venetian ships, to avoid another defeat like that of Preveza. On the other hand, in Spain and other places the value and genius of Barbarossa is known, he was a nightmare for the Spanish empire, in that war that was carried out against the Ottoman empire in the Mediterranean and that was won in Lepanto, although there were several centuries more of confrontations and especially of Berber piracy, until it could be eliminated by the Spanish sailor Antonio Barceló in later centuries in the attacks on Algiers.

[@indupacs.a.6215]

Alvaro de Bazán one of the great Spanish (and the World) naval commanders fought there.

[@espadajusta4380]

Sadly Alvaro de Bazán it is only mentioned in the video but his contribution to the battle was crucial

[@xavierrealmadrid7420]

@@espadajusta4380 Yes, Bazán was the best hispanic sailor. Bazán and the Ottoman Barbarossa are the best of all times.

[@las_espannas]

​@@xavierrealmadrid7420Nelson and Yi Sun Sin too.

[@Loyal94]

If I recall correctly, the Ottoman fleet was quickly rebuilt. That means the loss in ships was no problem, but the loss of experienced crews was.

[@OttomanHistoryHub]

Indeed. The Ottomans lost an entire generation of seamen and admirals during the battle, but this also gave the Ottomans an opportunity to modernize their fleet.

[@artemisentreri-isaacs3059]

That is correct and they did restore their power and control, especially in the East, shortly after. However, Lepanto gave the Western powers time to grow their own power without much fear. Only an alliance with France allowed the Ottomans to interfere in North Africa since the Spanish couldn't fight both navies. But the time it took to rebuild was too costly. By 1580, Naval technology in the West began to heavily outpace the Ottomans, and they would lose control of the sea in any meaningful way soon after that. Lepanto seems like a minor blip and fluke that didn't change much, but it left the Ottomans scrambling to regain what they lost which was both costly and somewhat shortsighted. And it was the French that really deterred Spain from being involved in the North African politics that ensured Ottoman political control there.

[@Omegaeon1]

Artemis Entreri-Isaacs spain lost many battles in north africa

[@abcdc197]

Actually no. They rebuilt the fleet yes. However they built the same outdated ships they lost. Europeans started building ships of the line for which Ottoman galleys were joke. As Galleys mostly board while ships of the line blast you with up to a hundred cannons from afar. Ottomans and Venice both soon lost all the power at the sea because they heavily invested in these outdated ships. Ottomans wanted to show their power with how fast they can rebuild what they lost yet all they did was waste lot of money and when new types of ships started to pop out of European dockyards they were broke to modernize their fleet.

[@abcdc197]

Also European coalition didn't win because they were better sailors or got lucky they simply had few modern better and bigger ships. Ottomans were not stupid not to realize that it doesn't even take someone educated in naval docrtrine to realize that and i belive it could be explained by modern views on the world. As with all large scale projects either good or bad someone makes a lot of money out of them and for that someone rebuilding rather than waiting and modernizing was more profitable.

[@sebastianolmsted2867]

In Venice we still take great pride for the part we played in Lepanto. Long live the Holy League!

[@thegoat2958]

Ottomans still better than the holy league

[@primarchjmg3005]

@@thegoat2958 that's why they got dumped on at vienna and ww1 lmao

[@korki696]

@@primarchjmg3005 well I cant see the Holy League either on any map :D let the past rest, both fought with honour

[@deleted3471]

@@thegoat2958 yeah that's you lost to vienna twice.

[@xavierrealmadrid7420]

@@thegoat2958 obviously, the ottoman was better and more powerful, has fighted a lot of centuries against the whole european continent... just look, spain is weak in this moment but turkey is so strong, turkey have puppet states like north cyprus and azerbaijan. spain But spain is just a margined country because gibraltar is still british hahahaha...

[@TheHistoryofSpainPodcast]

Don Juan de Austria, Álvaro de Bazán, Luis de Requesens and Miguel de Cervantes, among other notable men, participated in the Battle of Lepanto. An epic naval battle, thanks for covering it!

[@clitoralrosary9474]

Forgetting Andrea Doria?

[@a.kavalier1105]

Alejandro Farnesio to.

[@uncasunga1800]

@Leon lionhardt Dorias nephew almost lost the battle This clown didnt read the history

[@marvinbrando722]

Cervantes ? You mean the writer ? Cervantes was in that battle ? Are you serious ? Wow

[@alithos5478]

​@@marvinbrando722yes he was known as El manco de Lepanto the one armed of Lepanto due to his injuries from the battle

[@nathanremix5800]

Me About To Go Sleep Kings and Generals: Ottoman Wars Me : Who Need Sleep When You Need An Answer

[@ls200076]

I see

[@nathanremix5800]

@@nill5217 thnks bro

[@ohno486]

Are u Asian?

[@nathanremix5800]

@@ohno486 well mate at night aren't we

[@ohno486]

@@nathanremix5800 10:21 pm here and I wanna sleep after watch this lol

[@ImperatorHispania]

The battle was more important than many think. First, although it is true that the Ottoman fleet was rebuilt in six months, the reality was that this new fleet lacked the brilliant generation of expert sailors and admirals. The loss of the admirals was the hardest thing for the Ottomans since they were in charge of giving the instructions for the construction of the ships, consequently the arms created after Lepanto were much more deficient. The confrontation led to the disappearance of the pirates who harassed the Mediterranean coasts, allowing the Christian states to increase their economic and military resources. In addition, the Ottoman conquests on the European continent would be very few after Lepanto.

[@kalebloshbough1551]

Excuses are like assholes everyone has one

[@legendarypickle6505]

@Al-Muatasem543 the battle of preveza happened in September 28, 1538 which was not significant at all, nor it weakened the christian navies. the battle of lepanto on the otherhand which happened on October 7, 1571 was the one that shattered the ottman dominance on the mediterranean and eventually stoped their tracks on conquering western europe.

[@thedoruk6324]

3:39 - I see that the Kings & Generals seriously enhanced and upgraded their... Soundtracks and theme songs! :)

[@robmarley363]

civ 6?

[@Fenniks-]

not the first time that they have used those soundtracks they have them in most of their ottoman videos :)

[@NimbleBard48]

I'm just a bit disappointed they didn't use the Battle of Lepanto track from EU4.

[@noahkidd3359]

@@robmarley363 civ 5!

[@wazihmurshed4549]

Hi there, any idea what track is playing at 5:26 ?

[@paununs8719]

"La más alta ocasión que vieron los siglos pasados, los presentes, ni esperan ver los venideros"

[@esclavodelsistema9783]

Y qué razón tenía. La mayor batalla naval de la Historia, literalmente

[@342Rodry]

We need a well made movie of this

[@porcine83]

That would be great...but.instead Hollywood will make a "Dukes of Hazzard" sequel and 9 more Marvel films.

[@alvaro6587]

If there are no romans english or american involved we wont get a Hollywood movie

[@shadowgamer4653]

@@porcine83 Thx God Hollywood doesn't do such a movie with their political correctness trash policy.

[@Heatherder]

Agreed. Also wondering were are the movies about Napoleon? And why do they always use crappy british actors

[@mortarman3204]

If they did it would be "Islamophobic" and if they did it would try it's best to frame the Ottomans as being victims. So forget about it

[@barbiquearea]

G. K. Chesterton wrote a poem about this battle called "Lepanto" in 1911

[@asdfghjk8876]

Wonderful poem

[@thecooltactition81]

AMAZING poem

[@harperwalsh9041]

The Great Spanish Writer Miguel de Cervantes (author of Don Quixote) faught in the battle of Leponto

[@senseypires8817]

and took by ottomans as a prisoner

[@Alex-mh1pj]

@@senseypires8817 And...? continue...? late?

[@senseypires8817]

@@Alex-mh1pj they sent him to istanbul as a prisoner, he stayed at there for a time (maybe he inspirated from istanbul cats Puss in Boots) then a dozen of monk bought him as slave then they released him he moved to spain again.

[@jonayz8655]

@@senseypires8817 That never happened. He was a prisoner in Algiers not in Istanbul

[@johnericberlin4640]

The Filipino artist Juan Luna once made an oil on canvas painting of the battle.

[@johnericberlin4640]

@DiscordChaos I wish it were in Manila though

[@celeridad6972]

@@muhammedfawaz3500 that's a highly ignorant statement, so much so, that I refuse to prove you wrong for you wouldnt accept truth even if shoved in your face. I was once like that however so I will just tell you to go and read

[@celeridad6972]

@@johnericberlin4640 it would make more sense, but Philippines due to historical events (USA colonialism/ revolutionary wars) is quite distant from Spain, their schools teach how "bad" the Spanish were, The launguage is no longer spoken either so all in all the Spanish legacy was vastly erased... as much as I consider Philippinos my "Asian cousins" I don't think such a painting would get the appreciation it deserves if it stayed in the Philippines.

[@celeridad6972]

@@IntrepidIanRinon that would be amazing indeed, I'm all for it. I heard that this "Instituto Cervantes" is pushing for the reistauration of spanish as an oficial language (well, co-official) and I thought it was great if the people wanted it. There's much to talk about the Hispanic legacy all over the world; but after a little research I came to the conclusion the good far outweighs the bad, do you know anything about it? Do you think it would work? I mean will the people speak it? That's what really matters.

[@kingleo7281]

@@musicsavantaccountant5856 The reason we speak English its because American enslave us, we have Protestants also because of American colonization, we have other sects also emerge mainly due to American Imperialism influences. Ofcourse we would be modernize, its already 2021 its would be a shame if we won't become modern. Yes we are quite Americanize mainly due to Capitalism just like the rest of the earth, c'mon we are using KZbin an American Company and its popular worldwide. Saying most of us learning Spanish would be nothing more than a return to old past that we feel will have no practical value to day to day is JUST your personal opinion and not the absolute truth, you are entitled to your right or wrong opinion the same way we have right to agree or not to you as well. And btw we are still influenced by Spanish Heritage, most of our local and national festivals and celebrations that are even enshrined in our written laws are even originated in spanish era etc.

[@a.kavalier1105]

Glory to Don Juan de Austria!! Glory to Spain and Italy! 💪🇪🇸🇮🇹

[@quinoarnau450]

🇮🇹✝️🇪🇦

[@kevintherobloxian5304]

U speak Brazilian

[@javiermendez6850]

@@quinoarnau450 Spain was part of the Roman Empire. Spain is the region of Hispanic emperors who brought the Roman Empire into a golden age.

[@xavierrealmadrid7420]

glory to barbarossa!!, never forget the amazing victory in Preveza and Djerba.

[@elbarto7908]

@@xavierrealmadrid7420 1690 third battle of dardanelles, cry

[@filipschweiner1989]

Here on the anniversary! Happy Feast of Our Lady of Rosary!

[@menaseven9093]

The Battle of Lepanto is mention in all illustrated world history books. The Battle of Lepanto was a spectacular Holy League Christian victory over the Ottoman navy.

[@nilocaballero4798]

Comandantes Juan de Austria y don Álvaro de Bazán luchando en la misma batalla el resultado es victoria segura

[@progmetalJorge]

While Spain was occupied in defending Europe from the turks, the eternal anglo was very busy assaulting spanish merchant ships coming from the Americas by their queen's sponsored pirates.

[@uncasunga1800]

Pirates of the Mediterranean? You watch a lot of Disney movies huh hahahahahha

[@uncasunga1800]

Jack Sparrow was the worst one

[@Ozcar_The_Dark_knight]

Fck england pirates 🤮🤮🤮

[@PabloRodriguez-ce6vj]

@@uncasunga1800 se nota que tu mucho de historia no sabes

[@jellyfishgg5168]

@@PabloRodriguez-ce6vj la verdad amigo

[@bagsmohess]

I remembered asking for this years ago and you guys promised you'd do it. You finally delivered! I'm pumped!

[@ftr1453]

Nice video, as usual in the channel, although I think don Álvaro de Bazan's role in the rear should had been treated with more detail. History tourists advice: visitors can see the stern lantern of Ali Baja's "Sultana" in the monastery of Guadalupe, in Extremadura, Spain. Don Juan dedicated it to this ancient and popular sacred place to celebrate his victory.

[@fernandogarcia3957]

It does look like less than 20 minutes for this battle is a bit mean, IMO.

[@enriquepascual8767]

Spanish continued defeating the ottomans during the next decades, for instance when the spanish Octavio de Aragon destroyed an ottoman fleet in 1613, or in 1616 when commanding a spanish fleet bombing Istambul and defeating another ottoman fleet.

[@MegaLuispol]

Correcto.

[@stefanocamoni229]

Republic of Venice (not an empire) conquered alone almost entire Greece with Morosini (Morean War 1684.1699)...

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

I don’t recall a bombardment of Istanbul. Can you elaborate?

[@mustafaaghathejanissary1415]

1613 and 1616 were just small skirmish lol . ''bombing istanbul'' lmao

[@elbarto7908]

@@mustafaaghathejanissary1415 cry

[@yrlikng5767]

Many people dont see how much work in your Videos are. Thank you for all the details!

[@AdamNoizer]

*Fun fact:* The Serbian grand vizier at the time (sokoloviç) quickly had the ottoman navy rebuilt. By 1572, about six months after the defeat, more than 150 galleys, 8 galleasses, and in total 250 ships had been built, including eight of the largest capital ships ever seen in the Mediterranean. Uluç Ali (the dude who made it back to Constantinople) later became Admiral of the entire fleet and would go onto capture Tunis in 1574. Apparently the grand vizier also sent an envoy to Venice: “You come to see how we bear our misfortune. But I would have you know the difference between your loss and ours. In wrestling Cyprus from you, we deprived you of an arm; in defeating our fleet, you have only shaved our beard. An arm when cut off cannot grow again; but a shorn beard will grow all the better for the razor” So in some ways the defeat actually gave him the opportunity to modernise the ottoman navy. But he had lost an array of talented naval commanders and specialists, so it would still be a while before the new fleet could engage in major battles such as Lepanto or Preveza again.

[@Kampfgorillagear]

you forgot to mention the quality of these new ships and their crews. the sailors were all fresh conscripts and as a witness wrote "the logs which were used to build the ships were still green, such was the hurry to reassamble a navy"

[@AdamNoizer]

Kampf Gorilla Yep. The most major setback for the Grand Vizier was all of the specialists and naval leaders he lost. So it was mostly made up of new conscripts which prevented his new admiral Uluç Ali from forming large armadas like at Lepanto.

[@mikes7566]

Kampf Gorilla Yeah. The ottoman lost most of their skilled seamen (Hehehe. Seamen) in Lepanto and it’s very difficult for them to be replaced. So the next generation of Ottoman Armada after Lepanto were not as powerful as before.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

Galleys were light ships that could be quickly built. The Arsenal of Venice could build them at a pace of one a day. The quality of the crews was what was important.

[@zainulzainul1880]

@Farley Moab Sobeiski had his ass saved by Muslim Tartars who inexplicably sided with the enemies of the Ottomans .

[@22vx]

Fascinating! Thanks K&G! 👍

[@giorgioviras8266]

Naval Battle of Lepanto or Naval Battle of Nafpaktos (Nafpaktos is one of the most beautiful places in Greece called a castle city)

[@dgetzin]

9:50 I love how defeated ships sound like breaking lightbulbs. Seems like an odd "sound icon" but as information, it reads beautifully.

[@AlpTunaBeksac]

Your choice of background music is simply amazing.

[@todrkdck9805]

Great video as usual...! You guys passion and persistent sincerity is surely admirable.

[@Fenniks-]

Thank god i have been waiting for this for so long nearly 2 Years. The battle of Lepanto is one of my favorite battles in history

[@eduardocury6179]

My great great great .... great grandfather actually participated and was a commander for the Republic of Venice in the battle of Lepanto. His name was Eduardo Silot :) Viva la Serenissima!!

[@0LMG]

Plus Ultra!

[@yarpen26]

I believe you would have to put at least eleven "greats" there assuming each dude fathered the next one in line by the time he was thirty.

[@kal6064]

Eduardo Cury my great great great great grand father was a commander in the ottman empire in the same battle some books says that he killed 30 Christians with his sword and died with a gun shot at his back he's name was khalid ibn ahamd

[@TGSSMC]

@@kal6064 imagine that, descendants of famous soldiers from both sides hundreds of years later have a chance to communicate, comment. That is amazing part of what we have today. Shame that most people use it to build walls between us instead of bridges.

[@turru348]

Ma te sa el venexian?

[@tigreblanco7170]

Thanks to the Spanish-Italian-Papal-Maltese victory formed under the so-called holy league, the Western world and possibly even Russia and China included, are not under the crescent today, Because if Spain and the other allies had been defeated in that legendary battle, possibly the Ottoman Empire would have continued to invade the rest of the territories known to the whole world, emboldened with the victory over Spain, Venice and, SAvoy, Malta and the Pope, By those times, the Ottoman Empire was growing and its ultimate and final goal was to be the masters of the whole world, literally ... But the western world managed to save itself largely thanks to that legendary battle, where thousands of Spanish, Italians, Maltese , etc, they gave their lives so that today, we would not be the entire West (including France or UK on duty) under the crescent, that is the reality and what could have been, if the holy league did not intervene and his mythical victory.

[@ericagos1601]

Yes, but we should never be complacent. Europe is not what it was back then, in that sense. The danger is more insidious, and is internal as well as external. The goal with the Islamic world should be one of mutual respect and dialogue. We may have different beliefs but we share the same planet and and all desire the same human rights. Peaceful coexistence will only occur if there is mutual respect. Domination at the expense of the other will result in war. That being said, we must defend our religious freedom, our culture and historical legacy. Those who defended it at Lepanto and Malta are no longer here and we must step up.

[@sorrymosquito3897]

@@ericagos1601 bring it on!

[@historianslair4971]

So you take pride in being disbelievers ? You take pride in disbelieving in One true God? You take pride in denying the truth? Your vanity, arrogance and pride has left you in darkness. And today your so called western civilization is dying its own death. And no ! We Muslims are not destroying it but its your own satanic civilization that is shown its true rotten to the core colours which is bringing you all down.

[@hannibalbarca3139]

Eee Amerikan yerlilerinin suçu neydi ?? Hristiyanlar tarafindan topraklarından sürüldükten sonra zorla din değişikliğine zorlandılar. Afrika yerlileri köle olarak Amerika pazarlarinda satildi. Ya Hintli savaş köleleri ???

[@marycavender7136]

Thankyou as this makes studying these subjects better in brief. Bits helps to recall later and add to the foundations of what I'm striving to learn.

[@aasemahsan]

0:06 Context of the battle 3:36 Battle formation 6:00 *Battle of Lepanto* 11:35 Aftermath

[@timothyp.1392]

The Holy Rosary is the greatest weapon in the world.

[@dude19751]

More naval battles and engagements in the medieval to renaissance eras would be really fun to see!

[@mattmacaulay2900]

The Ottomans: Lose Lepanto Also Ottomans: Somehow beat the Holy League by just waiting.

[@veteransTR]

War goal was to take cyprus and it was occupied already. War score ticks every month for the side that achieved it. When the war score is above %10 you can make demands. And obviously the participants had severe war exaustion, so the venetians accepted the peace and ended the war before their unrest go dangerously high. EU4 players gets what im talking about lol :P

[@kanal2123a]

@@veteransTR Yes we do :)

[@aryanchandel8124]

I know ottomans are beaten after all their ambition of expanding in europe was shattered after it. Holy roman empire stood firm against them.😂😂😂😂💣💣💣💣🙉🙉🙉🙉😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@veteransTR]

@Lics Norgi Haha :D it will cover the historical space wars between 1821-2500's

[@yonathanrakau1783]

Then a decade later the great turkish war happened

[@color20021]

I live in Lepanto (in Greek Ναύπακτος) !

[@cestluixviii7793]

color be ready, we will come back. Your mother will cry. And your sister.

[@giorgioviras8266]

@@cestluixviii7793 pick time and place we are ready .We waiting all our life for this moment

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@@cestluixviii7793 What...the...fuck?

[@color20021]

c'est lui XVIII waiting for your father , boi not for you

[@golkas9971]

@@cestluixviii7793 Firstly loose your virginity. And yes it is obvious.

[@skydiesay6019]

Perfect way to start the day the notif really gave a dopamine rush

[@MrJuggernautishere]

you need to do nofap

[@jets5022]

Thank you for the great video! When mentioning Agostino Barbarigo’s victory you only mentioned he was reinforced and made it sound like a numbers game. But even before the reinforcements the Spanish had advantage since they had higher decks, heavy armor and firepower, which effected the outcome of the “land battle” on the ships more then the reinforcements

[@uncasunga1800]

Better fighters compared to kidnapped slaves

[@ednasadler3064]

Thank you for an excellent program.

[@atowav2]

Holy shiet. I've been waiting this "Ottoman series" for a long time. Thanks K&G 😁

[@katalambda]

Proud to be Spanish, the turks were expanding their empire but then the Spanish Empire came and say ¨stop¨. Great video

[@KarimAlkhouly]

An amazingly fair assessment of the battle ! I am a big fan of your channel, keep the good work 👍

[@Napoleon1Blownapart]

Ave Maria Our Lady of Victory...

[@thedank0r162]

Ora pro nobis !

[@andre_cinelli]

Ave co-redentora.

[@malismarma_5040]

More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, without defilement you gave birth to God the Word. True Theotokos we magnify you! 🙏

[@themanzarek3362]

Nice :D

[@rogersledz6793]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[@deron2203]

Thank you! I've been waiting for this for such a long time😂😂

[@AdamSmith-sr3rh]

same

[@biggusdickus819]

He promised us this video 3 years ago and he delivered thank you

[@marcosmartins7581]

The quality and detail of the videos are absolutely fantastic, you guys even take every precaution to not deny probable theories but also not totally discarding the less likely ones, with careful phrasing like "questionable role in the battle"... The proof is in small details...one of the very few channels that doesn't sacrifice quality for posting more often, Bravo! As usual, sharing your video with pleasure 👍🏾

[@clansman89]

Pope ordered churches to ring their bells at midday in order to celebrate, so whenever you hear church bells ringing at noon, you know it is a sweet sound of victory in battle of Lepanto.

[@raulbaquero5081]

When the Church ring the bells at noon is in order to PRAY THE ANGELUS !!!!🙏😇 DEUS VULT !!! 👍😀🙏 Ave Maria IMMACULATE !!! 👏👈👍🙏😇🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@kalebloshbough1551]

The pope is a unholy piece of shit

[@mowm88]

The graphics of the ships from above looked like Sparkplugs! But hey no problem. Nice job! Was glad you guys got to this one at last.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Fascinating video this was. My compliments to those who made this video possible.

[@ghostrider.49]

I so can't wait for the battle of Vienna.

[@SALADIN..]

they've done the battle of vienna long ago

[@ghostrider.49]

@@SALADIN.. That was the siege of Vienna 1529 not the battle of Vienna 1683.

[@wagelaseh1st74]

@@ghostrider.49 when winger hussar arrived

[@SALADIN..]

@@ghostrider.49 what the 😕 i can't wait for it too 😕😕

[@antoniotorcoli9145]

It is worthwhile to remind the respective contributions to the Christian fleet: Venice:109 galleys and 6 galleasses. Spanish Empire:49 galleys.Genoa :27 galleys. Papal States: 7 galleys.Grand Duchy of Tuscany:5 galleys.Duchy of Savoy: 3 galleys.Knights of Malta: 3 galleys.

[@casinoslatinos8150]

Don't forget Venice galleys was reinforcing with Spanish Tercios soldier , best infatery ever

[@antoniotorcoli9145]

CasinosLatinos indeed, the sources are conflicting but the consensus of the historians is that the Venitians had only 6000 soldiers, plus 21000 sferrati free rowers who carried light weapons and could partecipare in the fight if needed. The others Italian galleys had about 3000 soldiers. The Spanish Empire provided 8000 Spanish troops, 3000 Germans and 4000 Italian mercenaries in Spanish pay

[@biggusdickus819]

I've been waiting so long for this video

[@od.Junior]

8:36 Hearing the glass breaking sound for the little green dot Siroco made me laugh and remembered me why i love this channel

[@jcorbo7518]

Finally, worthy opponents. This battle was Legendary! Especially after the protestants split, this was a Big win for the West

[@franciscomm7675]

J Corbo, besides being the worst naval defeat that the ottomans suffered in the 16th century, it didn’t really changed anything. Honestly, the battle of lepanto is, alongside the battles of tour(732), Vienna(1683), ain jalut (1260) and manzikert (1071), a battle whose importance were exaggerated by the contemporary sources. For example, even if vienna had fallen, the ottomans still had thousands of cities and fortresses to conquer, so I don’t understand why some people say that all of europe would have fallen to the ottomans if they had captured Vienna.

[@Omegaeon1]

Francisco MM disagree with manzikert it really broke thé byzantines and without the crusaders they would have fallen earlier than 1453. Manzikert is somehow the reason of the ottoman empire existance

[@Omegaeon1]

Matteo Tironi byzantines lost many battles against the seljuks of Rum.

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

@@franciscomm7675 Tour and Vienna are yes but Ain Calut and Manizkert are not. Rome lost most of their lands and their emperor at Manizkert. It ws the beginning of the end. Ain Calut stopped Kitbuga from destroying Egypt and Holy Muslim lands(Macca and Madinah). At Tours, Franks faced a raiding party, rather than an invading army. Vienna at 1683, Ottomans were not at their best shape, they were corrupted and their army and technology were old-backward. But if they managed to take Vienna, the Holy League may never appear because of the psychological effect.

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

@Matteo Tironi Romans managed to recover some lands from the Seljuk but they lost at Battle of Myriokephalon (1176) to Seljuks. That was the cause, not the 1204. 1204 almost destroyed the Empire but they still recovered somehow.

[@turkishproverbs]

The discovery of the new Americas and the Caribbean had major impact in gaining resource for importing timber, which gave unlimited resource for Europe to build so many fleets

[@emperorkaido8539]

perfect video as always

[@krismikewill]

I have been waiting for this video in the series.

[@Liquidsback]

After the Battle: (Crown of Most Powerful Empire sits on Ottomans head) Spain: Yoink (Spain glares at Ming China and Mughals) France and England: (plots)

[@WR288]

Liquidsback I'm imagining the 24/7 championship w/country balls. 😂

[@ottomanlad1918]

True..

[@Tombobreaker]

@@WR288 Except it hasn't been run into the ground where weak amatuer guest countries can roll-up super powers and be the champion for a couple of hours

[@Tombobreaker]

@Michal Prelovsky At this point in time the Europeans were also just regional powers, it's in the following centuries where the technological gap widened and Europe just ran over everyone

[@Tombobreaker]

@Michal Prelovsky Yeah having colonies isn't the same as being a world power, it's not until they started dominating existing nations in Africa and Asia that that elevated them to world powers. Up to this point their interests are very much regional or facing the new world which was technologically still in the stone age

[@karandullet380]

That’s why you don’t appoint commander that is skilled in land combat to command a navy

[@karlhans6678]

Ya lots of mistakes from the leaders seen in this video and the previous video.

[@f.g.h604]

Total war nerds always look att history as a game scenario...

[@karlhans6678]

@@f.g.h604 what he said is reality.

[@paologarcia2138]

Don Juan de Austria: Hold my beer

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

I have waiting for this! Keep the good work

[@a7maw_747]

Amazing as always ❤️

[@libertyprime6482]

When i think about it if the ottomans won Don Quixote would never haved existed

[@libertyprime6482]

@@bm_wuratli6883 The author of Don Quixote participated in this battle

[@Devaraja67]

@@bm_wuratli6883 Cervantes would have died in battle before writing it, Cervantes also spent some time in pirate captivity.

[@efthymiosanagnostos7427]

Wow thanks for this video the quality is great. I live in America but this is my hometown in Greece where we have a holiday every year there for that battle. Today it’s called Nafpaktos

[@surriyajabeen2646]

I've been waiting a long time for this

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Great video, as always

[@ramiromen6595]

Three things made Spain great: faith, steel and gunpowder

[@dioni5580]

And gold

[@daithimac5785]

@@dioni5580 ..and slavery...

[@sanher20]

It didn't last more than a century though.

[@daithimac5785]

@Aguíla de san Juan The Asiento.....look it up...cased closed....... here endeth the lesson *drops microphone* the fucking level of idiocy in this thread is fucking cringe. Read my original comment ....then read it again......then read a book..... "When Spain first enslaved native americans on Hispaniola, and then replaced them with captive Africans, it established slave labor as the basis for its colonial sugar production" where they the only nation to do so ...no ...is this point relevant to my original fucking comment...no Fucking cringe...

[@daithimac5785]

@Aguíla de san Juan also , go fuck yourself with that Anglo nonsense...I speak English, I'm not english ...just like you kid

[@jmss5727]

Today, 7th October, don John of Austria is going to the war 🇪🇸 🇮🇹🇻🇦⚔️✌🏻

[@umutbaykan8933]

man this man is lying Ottoman empire won the sea battle of Preveza! This was not Sokullu Memhet Pasha, that barbaros was your amazed Pasha, the state was forever

[@sidp5381]

@younes blk you guys lost the battle of zenta your beloved sultan Mostafa II Fled like a coward From the battlefield because he was a loser good riddance to you

[@ragingcamper3967]

@@umutbaykan8933 you must be a turk to say such a nonsense

[@umutbaykan8933]

@@ragingcamper3967 Tell me if you have anything to do with it

[@umutbaykan8933]

@@ragingcamper3967 I am a descendant of Oguz Khan. Who are you?

[@loods2215]

First venetian-ottoman war next! Absolutely loved the video

[@Harpoon306]

Este canal educa y me hace feliz...gran trabajo...

[@AmmarFarisA]

I thought Don Juan tributed 800 gold to Greek villages to help create their navy at Lepanto

[@prankstereddy]

Ahh the good ol Aoe2 campaign scenerio😌

[@hugorefachinho]

Congratulations! Finally !Very well explained! Do the Storie of the Biggest Battle in the Persian Gulf in 1625, Portuguese Fleet facing , English, Ducht and Persian fleet!

[@ixaeew9586]

Whats the name of the battle?

[@Phessington]

Magnificent video.

[@joshdaddario8558]

love this channel and great battle but chill on the snow graphic

[@mammagon]

Don`t forget that spain fought ottomans, french, dutch and english while building a world size empire at the same time with just half of french or ottoman population of that time, amazing.......they got exhausted

[@atasertugakyildirim5821]

Respect to the Spaniards. But how about this: Turks came from Central Asia, beat Byzantines, assimilated Anatolia into the Turkish language and culture, conquered lands up to Vienna and Otranto and built a naval armada that was only stoppable by a combined force of the Holy League. Which one is more impressive?:)

[@Nich-ib7xv]

@@atasertugakyildirim5821 laugh in Spanish America

[@fokojan]

Surely Spanish America is a good example of Spanish power at its peak but in reality Spain failed to create a long lasting dominion there and even though the language / culture had profound impacts i think considering the amount of land & resource conquered by Spain more could have been achieved. Furthermore please don't forget that Spain invaded a continent which was weaker than Spain both in terms of technology & economy. Turks took over lands that were once cradle of civilizations such as Byzantine Empire (East Rome), the notorious black armies of Hungary, the great Mamluks who were one of the few to beat Mongols, and also tthe great Safavids. You cannot even compare these civilizations to the Inca/Aztec that were centuries behind the Spanish conquistadors!

[@mammagon]

@@fokojanto have an almost two hundred unbeatable dominion on the battlefields of europe with the tercios is a joke for you then. in respect to americas to have had 80% control of the americas seems another joke for you. To be able to project power worldwide from Guam to Virginia US or Cape Horn in the XVI century when industrial revolution was far to occur is another joke for you

[@Wottan007]

Spain was not exhausted , there is no soldier more brave and less fearing death than a Spaniard , Spain was slowly destroyed by its enormous wealth and the deluge of gold ,silver and silk overflowing its economy, triggering an enormous inflation wave: Too much acquisitive power and not enouth goods to buy, hence enormous rising costs for the most elementary foodstuf...After four generations of this insane economic régime, Spain had Lost its "Spartan" mood and succumbed ( with panache and bravery ! ) at the battle of Rocroy, leaving room to the French .

[@DavideMontingelliOfficial]

DANCING "LA GAGLIARDA" LIKE A BOSS, WHILE SINKING TURKISH SHIPS

[@marjansemema1855]

Was albanian in otzoman empirt not a turk.

[@kingkong2415]

nah...1538 the europeans were busy with fleeing, instead of dancing ;)

[@ntha6424]

​@@kingkong2415 is that why europeans annexed all your ottoman land in Middle East and north Africa , occupied your capital and then exiled your caliph? where is dancing.....

[@Ibrah656]

2:30 , that background ottoman music feels so amazing 🥺

[@exiledsonofhawaii3934]

I was waiting for this!

[@someorclad9738]

I always thought that Lepanto was just a huge naval battle and that was it, with the impact of the Holy League victory being seen more in the long term than in the short term. Oh boy how wrong I was. That was epic. It really seemed like a titanic clash between an unstoppable power and a determined union of rivals. I'm not much of a fan of naval warfare, but this vid and battle forced me to reconsider my stance. Great job as always Kings and Generals.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

And the video somewhat "toned down" a lot what happened. The war cry of the Venetians at Lepanto was "Famagosta!" At only two months from the fall of the city, and all knowing the horrible fate of Bragadin, no prisoner was taken. That included Ali Pasha.Breaching even Don Juan's orders, his head had been cut and rised on the mast of his former flagship. While on the left and center sectors of the Christian formation, the ships were so packed that the fight was akeen to a brutal land battle, on the right side Andrea Doria and Uluch Ali had space to manuver. There, as noted, Doria had an almost impossible task. Outnumbered 2 to 1 and with only open sea on his right, he had 3 possibilities. To stay close to the center, and be outflanked, to stretch his line thin to not be outflanked, and have it pierced, or to mirror Uluch Ali's movements, going for the open sea as he did. That way, he risked to have Ali's fleet to pass between the centre and the right flank, but he had the possibility to close on him from the open sea too. He decided for this possibility. It was the right decision, but a gamble too. In the end, 16 ships (12 Venetians, two Spanish, one of the Duchy of Savoy and the flagship of the Malta Knights) ignored his orders and mantained the line. At a certain point, after both the fleets of Doria and Uluch Ali sailed for the open, the smoke of the battle in the centre, carried by the wind, covered the formations. Uluch tought it was his moment, changed route unseen, and tried to pass in the gap between the centre and the right. There he found the 16 ships that mantained the line, and they took the brunt of his attack. They fell one afther the other (seven will be completely stormed) but their resistance gave, to Doria from the open and Bazan form the rear, time to close on the Ottomans, forcing them to flee.

[@someorclad9738]

@@neutronalchemist3241 Damn, now it just became even more epic. Thank you for sharing your knowledge my man. Didn't know any of that. Why did they toned it down though? Seems pretty pointless if you ask me.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

@@someorclad9738 It seems K&G tried to be "aseptic" avoiding the emotionally intense parts. It's kind of a shame. Just imagine the moment, in the heat of the battle on the left side, when the prisoner rowers on the Venetian ships were freed to participate to the fight (much of the rowers on the Venetian ships were paid freemen, "buonavoglia", expected to fight in a battle, but among them there were many criminals condemned to the row too), or the moment when the crews of those 16 ships on the right side saw Uluch Ali's fleet emerging from the smoke. What a movie would it be.

[@someorclad9738]

@@neutronalchemist3241 Agreed. Damn fucking shame. Toning down epicness is akin to a human rights violation to me. Glory should always be celebrated. I was thinking more of scenes from Attack on Titan, the captains giving a triumphant speech, eyes lighting up in determination as blood and death unleashed its genocidal vortex across the battle, thousands dying as massive explosions filled the entire expanse of the ocean, an unstoppable titanic army clashing head on against the very shield of Christendom. That would make a great anime, followed by the most epic J-Metal ost ever.

[@user-bi7wv6ry4r]

Then the Humayun fleet (220 ships), led by Occhiali [ Kılıç Ali /Uluç Ali Paşa], marched on a campaign towards southern Italy on June 3, 1573 and launched devastating raids on the coasts of the Andria Sea and the Tiren Sea, killing & enslaving 150-200,000 , burning & destroying hundreds of villages ,seizing great spoils in revenge for Lepanto

[@Thefutureis96]

200 000? Where did u get these numbers?

[@mem4579]

Are you planning to do another video in the series? It's 5 months later😊. Thank you very much for the videos!

[@wwaqashussain]

I play total war games a lot, you guys have brilliantly used it in your documentaries

[@SoldierIberian1]

The great spanish soldiers....

[@SaimonTM]

AHHHAAHAHAH

[@mikelfiestas255]

@@SaimonTM what you laughing at

[@SaimonTM]

@@mikelfiestas255 i correct ur friend: Italians* soldiers...

[@mikelfiestas255]

@@SaimonTM they were SPANISH search it if you want

[@SaimonTM]

@@mikelfiestas255 hahahaha serch it you

[@optimvsprinceps1845]

¡Plvs Vltra! Spanish space marines were the best.

[@sovereignwill6020]

Was literally on tinder when I got the notification for the video. Needless to say I rushed over. Puh is everywhere, quality historical content is not. Keep up the good work guys👌🏾

[@Daruliable]

great video guys, keep up