Battle of Maritsa, 1371 ⚔️ Death of the Serbian Empire ⚔️ Ottoman Expansion into Europe

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[@scourgeofgodattila579]

Bro,you should making the Battle of Garni or Parwan

[@HistoryMarche]

Will do

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

@@HistoryMarche Thanks bro.

[@bertassellodavide1297]

Спасибо большое брать !❤️😃🥂👍

[@ciripa]

this was epic!! you know why? because Historymarche started with doing videos on lesser known battles and of course hannibal....so its a trademark clasic of this channel!! great job....by the way...any news on a new Hannibal video? :))

[@EpicMike7]

"Dusan the Mighty died and was replaced by his young son Uros the Weak" I think I know how this is gonna play out.

[@_semih_]

When your 6/6/6 King had a son with 0/0/0 stats in EU4...bruh

[@vvkth2500]

@@patrijarx and Dusan is the only Nemanjic ruler that wasn't venerated as saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Yea honestly people say they would love to be born a Prince, in some Kingdom in History, However some Princes/Princesses really get the shaft in the situation they are born into.

[@firmanimad]

I mean these namings usually happen in hindsight.

[@mochalo4912]

if efficient emperors didn't keep on dying suddenly , history will be very different

[@BenjtheStation]

Running away from an army 20 times smaller than yours and drowning while doing so has gotta be the most embarrassing way to die

[@soneris98]

Thay didnt know that ottoman army where 20 times smaller that night 😢

[@cicibannncicibannn680]

sf bro 😂😂20k vs 11k

[@Aujx]

Shhhh ​@@cicibannncicibannn680

[@sedattunc831]

Ben Türküm bu savaşta Sırpların ataları kötü bir yenilgi almasına rağmen onlar cesur savaşçılardır bunu Ankara savaşında Yıldırım Beyazid'in yanında sonuna kadar cesurca savaşarak göstermişlerdir bir çok Türk komutan padişahı yalnız bırakmasına rağmen Sırpların ataları cesurca savaştı kesinlikle Sırpların atalarına saygı duyuyorum

[@JawBreaker1.]

@@sedattunc831Well i dont respect any Serbians. I am from Bosnia and we have defeated them too. They dont have honor as they had before

[@mustafakemalpasha983]

Entering a camp with tens of thousands of soldiers in the middle of the night as 800 raiders is like suicide. It's also really incredible that they won the war.

[@thatisme3thatisme38]

It's incredible how incompetent the serbs were

[@mustafakemalpasha983]

@@thatisme3thatisme38 No. The Serbs were good warriors of their time. especially the heavily armored Serbian knights were great. Thanks to their help, the Turks won many wars. for example: Battle of Nicopolis

[@zarni000]

@@mustafakemalpasha983 are u serious?1k take 20k and route them...that is incompetence squared. as far as nicopolis the serbs should have joined christians to fight the muslim invaders but they were traitors to their own faith.

[@thatisme3thatisme38]

@@mustafakemalpasha983 traitors of the Christian faith

[@engenerals6869]

​@@thatisme3thatisme38 shut up! Go find on google battle of Mishar 1806.

[@nenenindonu]

Although the Ottoman golden age is indeed the period from the second half of the 15th century to the mid 1600's, the earlier era just gets overshadowed too much, brilliant work !

[@leftifornian2066]

Deus Vult

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

@@leftifornian2066 lol 😂😂 they are talking about war against east, not west

[@RayshiaRoman]

@@leftifornian2066 LOL.

[@namenloser7026]

@@leftifornian2066the ottomans crushed them

[@moonandstar85]

@@leftifornian2066 Allahuekber win Deus vult lose.

[@reinerbraun5229]

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” ~ Sun Tzu

[@funnybunny_28]

Doesn't really apply here.. But you know a quote and that's sweet

[@orbit1894]

​@@funnybunny_28It does from the Ottoman pov

[@WilhelmsRepresentative]

@@funnybunny_28It does if you use logic

[@BrightSaurus]

Everyone knows about the 300 Spartans but not the 800 ottomans

[@damnthezionists1708]

الغرب تاريخهم اساطير وقصص خيالية اما المسلمين تاريخ حقيقي ومجد عظيم ومعركة بدر و معركة العثمانيين مع الصرب خير دليل على مجد الاسلام والمسلمين 💪

[@talalmalik4758]

@@damnthezionists1708 True..maybe they don't want it to be mentioned.

[@damnthezionists1708]

@@talalmalik4758 هم اساطيرهم سوبرمان وباتمان وفلاشمان والرجل الحديدي 😂

[@talalmalik4758]

@@damnthezionists1708 They need to learn some history.

[@Seos1991]

Perhaps because the 300 defended whats theirs. An honourable reason to fight. And these 800 killed to conquer.

[@ALEKSANDER_Aleks88]

I think we owe this guy alot for his work and masterpiece 👏

[@lelouchvibritannia2300]

I can't get enough of these vids.

[@vin8889]

I agree. I love these videos on History Marche.

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[@vin8889]

@@ToneWoN who’re you?

[@muhamadattia2572]

Definitely agree

[@Johnny-w2r6p]

The Turks definitely had a knack for winning battles against larger and better equipped armies.

[@kamalrex1]

@@tyrannusrex31 I also agree. Is it possible that there is a well-worked plan?

[@grande-turko]

Look, there is a point to be understood here, especially in the middle ages, the armies coming from the east win the war, if you wage a war against a nomadic society, the price will be heavy. because they are accustomed to fighting all the time.

[@billyjesus5442]

yeah and keep in mind that anatolia wasnt even the homeland of the Turks, that was land that conquered only a few hundred years prior. A tribe from the other side of asia, settles in anatolia and builds an empire that challanges the whole of europe for hundreds of years.

[@johnnyboy3410]

60 year old Belisarius with 1k militia and 200 veterans defeated 4k kutrigur army by surrounding them and kicking up dust and shouting to make their army sound bigger than they are

[@moosayounas7050]

If you learn about early Islamic expansion by Arabs you will forget about mongols or turks

[@zohaibrahman2777]

This battle was always kept hidden as it has not too much sources. I was always willing to know more about it ( Thank U very much for making this amazing video

[@mladenanartist9639]

this is a fairytale. We had Knights in full armour, they Turks was wearing a leather armors in those time. Serbds won the battle the very first day, this happened on the 2nd day. Serbs didn't know that Turks sent another army to help from the capital city. That another army attacked tiered and wounded Serbs during night and won, a lot of them was celebrating the victory and didn't know that another army is coming. 1 against 20 in one night....read a little more books and use logic and your head please. Another funny part is at the beginning of the video, Dusan The Great asked the Pope xaxaxaxa in every document from that age he calling a Pope and all Catholic people The Heretics, he didn;t want to speak with them. Thats the reason why no one helped Serbs 18 years later at Kosovo

[@سيفالشكرة-ذ5ط]

This is insane and hard to believe, but how brave those 1000 men actually were is even crazier!

[@БојанБјелић]

fighting people that can't fight back is not brave lol

[@believer1433]

​@@БојанБјелић never underestimate enemies and u r gonna pay for it

[@believer1433]

​@@БојанБјелић need to be brave to fight with much much greater army

[@buckleup4210]

​@@БојанБјелић lol imagine 20 dudes sleeping in a room with their swords and your mission is to kill them all in their sleep alone

[@cengizhandemirbas8641]

@@buckleup4210 still, in many night attacks if the ambushed party is disciplined has a good command, they can regroup and repel the attackers, albeit with losses. for this battle, if ottomans failed the attack and serbians managed to regroup and push them back, capturing edirne would be an easy task. imagine yourself being the commander right before the attack and you have 2 options, do a ballsy move but possibly lose your army and edirne in one swoop, or be cautious and hope for reinforcements to arrive which may never arrive. now you can understand how bold it was to make that decision

[@bilalakhtar8916]

Thanks!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you for supporting my work! Very kind of you

[@SuhaibM1]

The sneaking into a ln army camp and making the enemy retreat is something straight out of one of those Ertugrul episodes.

[@Soulkeeperr]

1000 men with balls of steel. It’s simply impossible to comprehend their courage.

[@gludiousmaximus7918]

It's sad... Wish that the pope helped us and we converted to Catholicism

[@azmanabas8425]

1000 pure Turkish armies without The elit Corp jannasary

[@gludiousmaximus7918]

@@azmanabas8425 the other problem was the Serbs and Bulgarians were drunk

[@JohnSmth-z1d]

So you really trust this numbers? :) No possible way that same regional Serbian lord (lack of central rule( gathered troops of 20 000 people, that was insane number of soldier for medieval). It's just one of those historical over-blowing.

[@user-zp5ql2xi2s]

“You can hear their balls clanking in their pants as they charge towards us” - Bulgarian soldier (maybe)

[@TrumpCarson]

Hungarian, Serbian, Bulgarian history is pretty interesting and underrated.

[@SomeFactsYouMightNotKnow]

True!

[@SolidAvenger1290]

The unknown history of the East is truly fascinating. A period that many contemporary historians in Westen Europe and America do not appreciate to highlight as much

[@Xilaw]

@@SolidAvenger1290 the fact that Salonica front of WW1 is rarely given a spotlight despite the fact it effectively took out Bulgaria, Ottomans and Austria-Hungary out of the war says enough. Massively underrated area of rich European history that is often overlooked

[@thesnoopmeistersnoops5167]

There's a great Bulgaria mod for M2:TW.

[@daddyreeeco]

100% true

[@Kuac85]

Hands down one of the best history channels on KZbin. Topics, information, graphics and narration are top notch. Congrats!

[@jugemujugemu87]

just learnt about the battle yesterday and it feels amazing to find such an amazing documentary. 🙌

[@ibrahimozcann]

''Bin atlı akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik. Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik''

[@kingofbithynia]

Ak tolgalı Beylerbeyi haykırdı: İlerle!!!

[@CenitaBrook]

​@@Ramonda1914easy Serb, we are friend. This is history, and enemies updated. Reposition needed

[@Ramonda1914]

@@CenitaBrook history?? Wauu VIETNAM LAOS KABODIA PANANA RUANDA S AFRUCA SURIA LIBIA AVGANISTAN EX YUGOSLAVIA NAZZY CROATIA. NATO BOMBING SERBS IN ALL EX YU. OCCUPATION OF KOSOVO ETHNIC CLEANSING OF SERBS FROM.ALL EX YU HISTORY?? NATO= HITLERS GERMANI NACISM LIVEING IN UJRAINA CROATIA BOSNIA KOSOVO MADE IN NATO. HITLER IS ALIVE. MONSTRUM IS ALIVE. AND ITS BIGGEF AND BIGGER. 3 WW IS COMMING. NOBODY FROM THE WEST CANT SEE IT OR DONT WANT???

[@cinarbayram8516]

Average patriotic serb in action:

[@Ramonda1914]

@@cinarbayram8516 be quiet. Sarmat is comming

[@sourweed9818]

True and accurate translation of very famous Turkish poem about this battle. "We were joyful like children at the raids with thousand horsemen/That day we defeated a huge army as thousand horsemen" "White helmeted beylerbeyi(governor-general) cried out:Forward/ In a summer day as groups Danube was crossed" "We were thrown into battlefield from seven arms like lightning /Through the road passed by Turkish horses like lightning" "One day, our horses are full of bridle again/We took wings with that speed to the seventh heaven" "We see the roses blooming in heaven today / Still come alive in our eyes that crimson memory" "We were joyful like children at the raids with thousand horsemen/That day we defeated a huge army as thousand horsemen" Late Ottoman poet Yahya Kemal translated by me

[@dalibor.veselinovic]

What else Turkish history say about this battle?

[@sourweed9818]

@@dalibor.veselinovic The name of this battle in Turkish is "Sırpsındığı" which means "the place that Serbs exterminated or annihilated". In Ottoman chronicles, the real commander of the raiders was Haji Ilbey( meaning of his name "Haji means pilgrim, il means land, bey means Lord"). Another akinji(raider) bey(Lord). He was a Turkoman from another Anatolian principality, Karesids. He entered Ottoman service. At that time Ottomans were famous in all Asia Minor and beyond because of their successes. Even Moorish traveller Ibn Battuta mentions them as holy warriors of Islam in far away borderlands. Adventurers, zealots, dissidents from all dozens of fragmented Anatolian emirates flocked to Ottomans. These warriors called as Ghazis(holy raiders). First nine Ottoman rulers titled themselves as Ghazis too. Early Ottoman historian Ahmedi in his work explain the meaning of Ghazi: "A Ghazi is the instrument of the religion of Allah, a servant of God who purifies the earth from the filth of polytheism. The Ghazi is the sword of God, he is the protector and the refuge of the believers. If he becomes a martyr in the ways of God, do not believe that he has died, he lives in beatitude with Allah, he has eternal life." Lala Shahin ( meaning of his name "Lala means mentor, Shahin means falcon) was not the commander in battle according the Ottoman chronicles. He was beylerbeyi. The bey of all beys in Rumelia. After the victory Haji Ilbey died. Some European historians like Hammer speculated that he was poisened by Lala Shahin out of jealousy. Ottoman sources record that the Serbs were completely drunk. The development of the war is almost the same with this video.

[@dalibor.veselinovic]

@@sourweed9818 Interestingly, I didn't know anything about that. In Serbia, that battle is observed in a similar way. The stated goal of the Mrnjavčević brothers was to drive the raiders across the river Marica. In the process, they did not face any resistance, so they celebrated their arrival at the river as the end of the campaign. But that celebration came too soon and they faced a sudden defeat.

[@kuvikina]

@@dalibor.veselinovic After that Serbs became indispensible part of the Devlet-i Aliyye, till they poisoned by stupid nationalistic ideas.

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@sourweed9818 Another Akinji is the Gazi Evrenos Bey

[@KHK001]

Another great video HM! love this Ottoman series

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks so much KHK!

[@catthegreat4977]

@@HistoryMarche name of song?

[@fizzel5711]

No bias no ulterior motive Simply presenting history from an academic perspective Fantastic video to go with the many others HM 👏🏼

[@jelkicaking2588]

Historymarche Never dissapoint, great work

[@Amadeus8484]

Sultan Murad: "Wait a minute, I thought we had a major threat on our hands!" Lala Sahin Pasha: "Have I got good news for you, your majesty!"

[@Saicofake]

We know who is gonna get a promotion. 😂

[@goxyeagle8446]

Sultan Murad died later in battle with Serbians lol

[@Amadeus8484]

@@goxyeagle8446 So did Pasha lol hahaha

[@mazharkutukcu2049]

@@Amadeus8484 so did serbians lol

[@Lompenezel]

@@goxyeagle8446 after he fucked up the entire Wallachian, Hungarian, Frenks (chevaliers) AND Serbians, yes he died

[@DjokerYa]

As someone of Serbian heritage, I think that the Battle of Maritsa is the most tragic moment in Serbian history. Even with 20000 troops, Vukasin and Ugljesa could have inflicted a serious defeat on the Ottomans and captured Edirne but were so overconfident that they let their guard down. I read that many of the Serbian soldiers were drunk that night and in no condition to fight when the small band of Turks ambushed them.

[@metternich_999]

@@topeagle6248 Lol, neo-Ottomans also blame Albanians for some of their defeats... I think, this is just hilarious.

[@jonyhyder6506]

serbs were never brave.we saw that in bosnian war.thee are good at killing civilians.

[@soul8938]

@@metternich_999 well many balkan nations tend to claim albanian historical figures as their own when they were victorious and heroic and immediately write them off as albanians when things went south for them…. Best examples Gjerg Kastrioti Skanderbeg, countless Revolutionaries that led to Greek independence, countless ottoman viziers etc

[@metternich_999]

@@soul8938 Turkish people here are doing the same as well. When Albanians were successful, they say it is the success of Ottoman system. When Albanians sucked they say all Albanians are like ... The most common example is losing of Thessaloniki by Hasan Tahsin Pasha.

[@soul8938]

@@metternich_999 it’s an easy scapegoat for nationalists who don’t want to accept reality

[@estebanguerra5668]

¡Gracias!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you very much for the support! Very kind of you.

[@toni391]

Very interesting battle. 1000 defeating 20,000 is just amazing even if it was a surprise attack. This shows how powerful the ottoman were

[@sadikunall]

800vs 70000*

[@--X--]

Powerful when the enemy lets their guard down and the soldiers are drunk, otherwise the Ottoman soldiers were nothing compared to Serbian soldiers at the time.

[@toni391]

@@--X-- you mus be joking? The ottomans ruled Balkans for 509 years.

[@--X--]

@@toni391 No word is a joke and less than 400 years. While the ottoman occupied the Serbian empire they took Serbian soldiers and leaders to fight battles for the ottomans which they won and had the reputation of some of the best fighters. The only reason the ottomans took the Balkans was due to a lack of concentration on the Serbian side and due to the general disregard for any honor in battle, ready to do anything while the Serbian fighters followed a code of honor.

[@toni391]

@@--X-- but that is how you conquer someone. You make theme obey you brother. And anyway i think serbian hitory is many times not real but much more patriotic told then real. For example you still celebrate a battle that you lost to the ottomans. But its balkans in a nutshel

[@ellidominusser1138]

This is very interesting, as someone who plays EU4 and never really knew or heard about the time before the ottomans became as big as in 1440, I love this.

[@bossenes5020]

İ think eu4 taught more history to the people than history lessons at school I live in germany and here the Ottomans were not even mentioned in the history lessons despite dominating the european politics for several hundreds years

[@alifimran9049]

@@bossenes5020 show how biasness of germany fascist education corrupts

[@yayaya4345]

@@alifimran9049 No no fascists died in 1945, it's caused by lizard aliens that are secretly fighting a turkish superhero who draws power from the awareness of ottoman history.

[@RambleOn07]

@@alifimran9049 in the West, we are taught to bow before weakness and apologize for strength. Admitting the strength and power of Islam would make them an oppressor and complicate the narrative the schools are trying to push. It's unfortunate that the West is no longer Western culturally but progressive.

[@bossenes5020]

@@RambleOn07 it was before the whole modern woke stuff was mainstream İ live in the most conservative part of germany So i think it had more to do with the image of western world beeing the most advanced and that kind of stuff There were really people in my class who thought turkey was a 3 world country were the military is made up by swordsmen I know it sounds unbelievable but it was a few years before you could Google everythink online so you had no informationen about other countries if you havent visited them

[@HNMC-nf2ee]

Very few know about this battle I wonder how proud those 800 brave Muslim Turks would be to know that their contributions led to the most powerful and important empires in history

[@HomemdaFaina]

Most powerful and important Empires in history? I truly hope you left out a "one of", because the Ottomans were indeed very powerful, but far from the most powerful empire in history.

[@Aziz-l7z9k]

Write 5 empires that changed history. you understand

[@enderman_666]

not a whole lot of primary sources though, it's a relatively obscure battle

[@moanguspickard249]

​@@Aziz-l7z9k mongols, british, rome, alexander, persian, spanish, usa today, byzantine, caliphates, and yes ottomans. But theyre certainly not the most powerful or influental. Rome or british take that one.

[@Γιάννης_143]

Most powerful and most important lmao Κατούρα λίγο αδερφέ

[@jasonwalker3185]

Awesome episode as always! Thanks for all your efforts putting these episodes together

[@moohaameed]

For some empires it literally took centuries to become powerful and mighty while it only took a century for the house of Osman to become powerful and then consolidate its gains for half a millennium. The swiftness of their conquests are astonishing, impressive and incredible.

[@hakdinislam4087]

👍

[@jakekilley9037]

but also a hint of what was to come and there inability to move with the times was there eventual downfall

[@nenenindonu]

That's common for nomadic nations like Turks or Mongols. In the case of Seljuks, Huns, Chinggisids, Göktürks and Timurids it didn't even take a quarter century :)

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Ottogigachads😎😎😎

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

@@nenenindonu Göktürks are minor nomads who are vassals of China. The Huns were literally the Scourge of God. Timur, on the other hand, was a highly exaggerated but a good conqueror.

[@rogyn8484]

Uroš was very opposite from his father Dušan, as they described from the sources he was more into books, orthodoxy, always somehow absent of this world and focused on praying. In one book I read one author even described him as "person of the other world" saying that he was more focused on wisdom then on concrete actions leaving "thing to go as they should". I think actually he was a person born in a wrong time, somehow that weak but very beautiful personality was not acceptable back then especially if you are an emperor son. Unfortunately everyone used his weakness and tried to exploit him. Maybe Dušan with Uroš from his birth tried to achieve something that he was missing in his own life when he was grooving up and to put him some values that he was eventually forced to brake many times in order to come to emperor status. Side note: Nikola Altomanović deserve episode for himself, he was a brutal ruler of the area he was controlling and if Lazar not outsmarted him in Užice siege he could easily end up as the next emperor. He end up being blinded and sent into monastery.

[@shmigo.gambino]

Good info on Uros in a different era he could have been a legendary leader

[@boskoknezevic748]

In other words, a fool

[@frankkobold]

Well, then he shouldn't let himself be crown, give the title to somebody more suitable and gain a comfy position more in line with his character

[@kurdymalloy4244]

CIM SI TI TO NAPISAO MORA DA ZBORIS NA ISTOm JEZIKU KAO I JA!!!ako ne zalutao si u holovima istorije!

[@rogyn8484]

​@@frankkobold He eventually shared his crown with Vukašin who declared himself co-emperor and Uroš agreed with that terms. Uroš maybe wanted to step down more early but half of the nobles of that time still supported Uroš including majority of the people in the empire. Brining down single emperor son by killing him or do anything else (which they had chance to do multiple times) would just result in a mass lords and locals revolt because his father Dušan although strict was a very popular ruler and even more importantly part of Nemanjić dynasty . Uroš on place where he was, always praying and living more monastic then diplomatic life was the best solution for Vukašin who know that he will die sooner or later and that everything will fall into his hands afterwards. Since Uroš was captured they had a chance to kill him right away or shame him in front of everyone but they decided to send him back knowing that it will turn local population against anyone who would harm him. Vukašin at the end maybe got what is deserved for guiding army in the wrong way but Uroš died right afterwards and then even greater mess happens with local lords attacking each others. Nikola Altomanović turn out to be the next candidate but due to twist and turns Lazar arise as the smartest in that whole game of thrones.

[@jessepacheco6020]

I only wish my history teachers in high school were this engaging. These are the lessons l should've got. Thank you History Marche!

[@candlesinwoodenroom4888]

Imagine your techer in a lesson, showing the video with a stick in her hand, and im there making tension sounds with my mouth in the backround. Only way to become this engaging

[@simenonhonore]

A very clear explanation - verbally and visually - of a complex issue - many thanks!

[@daniel0401620051]

Amazing details of the Turkish history. The Turks still manage to show how its done in modern times wars too. For example, the Gallipoli War against the European Superpowers, and tthe Turkish interference in the Libyan war, in Syria and the last one Nagorno Karabaga victory.

[@president5098]

Even korean war is interesting for the Turks, the kunuri wars were amazing Turkish victory

[@presidentialsystemenjoyer]

i dont know is it about culture or traditions but in dire circumstances turks puts great efforts and achieving amazing victories

[@pusat4510]

🙄☺️

[@muslimresponse103]

⁠@@presidentialsystemenjoyer its got nothing to do with culture because the ottomans lost many other important battles with huge armies and the enemy was much smaller but the ottomans made silly mistakes like how the serbs made silly mistakes in this case. it has everything to do with fate meaning the predestination of Allah/God Almighty!

[@f.o597]

​@@presidentialsystemenjoyerTurks are a nation that has lost many battles in history with large armies that they could easily win, but on the contrary, they are a nation that seems close to impossible and wins wars with a small number of soldiers, in short, Turks do not understand how to seize opportunities, but they love to achieve the impossible, so their history is very strange. 😂

[@litutheking6646]

Just woow! History of balkans was so rich and i like historical battle made me emotional! Thank u histroy march u took me to the past!

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Balkan kangz🦈🦈🦈

[@mussaabdi8448]

Liked the tone and the content as well I admire history specially the history of the Great Ottomans

[@MrOzfidelio]

We were as happy as children in raids with a thousand horses We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day. Turkish poetry

[@itsyuupi]

If the world had one immortal ruler, humanity is already saved.

[@halildeniz5614]

'We were as joyful as children in raids with a thousand horses. "We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day."

[@guycalabrese4040]

The west european school system teaches "anglo saxon" view on history. I have never been taught anything about what happened in the balkans during medieval times, but we were taught all about France, Spain, England and the german states. I went to school in Sweden during the 1970's. It's a pity, really, since many of the most important things that would form western Europe as we know it today actually took place in the east.

[@billyjesus5442]

did they teach you about the time swedish king fled to Ottoman lands?

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

@@billyjesus5442 yes because ottoman was russian enemy and charles lost to russkis

[@tanura5830]

Well said

[@kaanerdem2822]

İ grew up in Belgium, Turkey or ottoman empire was barely mentioned in the history books (conquest of Constantinopel and founding of Turkish republic) although many sayings and proverbs are Turkish influenced and even have a village in the south where people claim they are Turkish and have Turkish festival every year. But we learned every roman object that is located in Belgium.

[@CuriousHistoriesOfficial]

love the comprehensive description of the battle and the events surrounding it.

[@resileaf9501]

You know your rule isn't going to go well when you're nicknamed "the Weak"

[@lafeelabriel]

One of the most graphic examples of "all warfare is based on deception" you could ever find.

[@LudosErgoSum]

This is a great example of why you always prepare even if you think "nothing will happen". Tactics win battles, but preparation win wars😮‍💨

[@samadhinirvana947]

Truly a great channel! The best in KZbin!

[@Trk407]

Bu savaşı ""Cavit pancar""izle

[@jeanlecompte1013]

The ottomans nerf everyone in the balkans , the greeks , the serbs , the romanians , the bulgarians, the albanians , the hungarians etc despite sometimes having to face several nations at a single battle !!! No wonder that Constantinople even fall. One of the most powerful empires of Europe that lasted nearly 600 years up to the 1st world war....

[@Spartan_Disiplin]

Ottomans did what Xerxes couldnt

[@bubachkobubachkov5519]

Bulgaria had a black plague that killed many people. It was also split up in parts like the serbs, so sad. Few centuries earlier Bulgaria was able to defeat 60 000 muslim army that was surrounded Constantinople, but now they could not help it.

[@rb7669]

''How many a small party has overcome a larger party by Allah's will! And Allah is with the patient'': Surah Al-Baqarah - 249

[@islammehmeov2334]

​@qnB27and you gods are GEY

[@steeldriver1776]

"Uros The Weak" - dude's really going to have a hard time in school.

[@at5598]

“WHAT” is all I said after reading the title. Got me. You got me.

[@nazgulring8636]

Can't wait for it 🔥 you're work is amazing and you're my favourite history channel on KZbin!!!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much 😀

[@milebrale5335]

@@HistoryMarche This video is near close to true. But Lala Shain had more soldiers, about 3000, and Serbian about 15.000.

[@lawrencecollins7398]

Pretty amazing military feat, with massive strategic impact felt for years after. Seems tailor made for a Hollywood treatment. Heroic and cinematic! I wonder why I had never heard of it . . . ?Certainly more impressive than the Greek defeat at Thermopylae, don’t you think?

[@Jake-dh9qk]

Definitely was a tactical and strategic achievement on many levels. On the surface level, you have 1,000 well trained soldiers that was able to coordinate with eachother in the darkness and not only surprise the Serbians but also kept up the pressure and surrounded them. Beneath the surface, we see near master level of manipulation of fear to cause an army 20x it's size to rout. It's hard to control troops in chaotic battles, but we see here the Ottoman commander was extremely skilled.

[@richbattaglia5350]

Save it for the Impaler. Vlad Tepes almost had the Sultan in his royal tent when he did the same thing to an ottoman camp.

[@lawrencecollins7398]

@@richbattaglia5350 What does that have to do with this battle?

[@thehuntermikipl1170]

are you turkish?

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@richbattaglia5350 they already did that Watch Rise of Empires: Ottoman season 2 episode 5 Although it didn’t go that well for Vlad

[@kenjaj]

Thank you for this wonderful video and your hard work. God bless you

[@tartakower5938]

6:17. Adrianople (Edirne in Turkish) became capital after the defeat in the Battle of Ankara 1402. Before, Bursa remained as capital city of Ottomans, Adrianople wasn't made capital though it was conquerored in 1361 (year of conquest is debated, 1363 and 1371 dates are given as well as 1361).

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@boris_just_]

It s hard to believe that this actually happened. Still can t believe. If this battle was successful for Serbs, Ottomans would probably never or really hardly went into Europe. Serbian Empire was created for two centuries and have gone in 20 years. HistoryMarche we have a some really great victories. Maybe to create some video of Serbian s path in WWI.

[@suleymancakr3067]

In the map you show the anatolian side of Constantinople as Byzantine territory. But as far as i know at the time when Murat the first had ascenden to the throne anatolian side of Constantinople (exept that genoise colony) had been conquered by the Ottomans following the battle of Pelakenon in 1329 other than that great video as always

[@endiitv]

Thanks for this great work. The narrator voice has an absolute impact on the visuals too. I really enjoy the vids. Deeply thanks. Best history channel so far ❤

[@zhivkotachev6950]

Thank you for the interstning historic movie!

[@schoolofgrowthhacking]

Watching this video from Phillipopolis (aka Plovdiv)! 😄 Thanks guys!

[@KarachayTulpar]

Ottoman March commemorating this battle: We were as happy as children in raids with a thousand horses Bin atlı akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik We were as happy as children in raids with a thousand horses Bin atlı akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day. Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day. Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward. Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward. Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle We were thrown into a district like lightning from seven arms Şimşek gibi bir semte atıldık yedi koldan We were thrown into a district like lightning from seven arms Şimşek gibi bir semte atıldık yedi koldan From the path where Turkish horses pass like lightning Şimşek gibi Türk atlarının geçtiği yoldan From the path where Turkish horses pass like lightning Şimşek gibi Türk atlarının geçtiği yoldan One day, with our horses in full rein, Bir gün dolu dizgin boşanan atlarımızla One day, with our horses in full rein, Bir gün dolu dizgin boşanan atlarımızla We suddenly took wings seven stories high with that speed. Birden yedi kat arşa kanatlandık o hızla We suddenly took wings seven stories high with that speed. Birden yedi kat arşa kanatlandık o hızla We will see roses blooming in heaven today Cennet te bugün gülleri açmış görürüz de We will see roses blooming in heaven today Cennet te bugün gülleri açmış görürüz de That red memory still trembles in our eyes Hala o kızıl hatıra titrer gözümüzde That red memory still trembles in our eyes Hala o kızıl hatıra titrer gözümüzde The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward. Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward. Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle

[@blitzkrieg95]

I am from Prilep, the city where Marko Mrnjavcevic lived and built a fortress known as Marko's Towers. We learned in school that it was a big battle, but it was just an underestimation of the enemies and not good scouts. It's unfortunate

[@TML0677]

They were drunk af. Stupid Mrnjavcevices

[@goxyeagle8446]

There's no enough informations on that battle Unfortunately Serbians lost that's all

[@VLASPAR]

Were you guys in Prilep then serbs or..?

[@vvkth2500]

"И би велико весеље и радости и пиће вина и јела и свако неуправљање и неуређење. А Агаренски начелник чувши за долазак краља Вукашина са великом силом и беху у великој недоумици и не малом ужасу и договорише се да дају данак и пошаљу посреднике краљу Вукашину са речима:„Остави нас да овде останемо и ми ћемо ти бити као слуге и даћемо данак какав хоћеш.” И дођоше посредници као уходе и видеше где леже пијани као војска без главе икаквог управљања. И убрзо се натраг вратише свом начелнику, и приповедаху му сва неуправљања и рекоше: „Данас ће бити наше.” И подигоше се једнодушно сви Агарени и дођоше до места где војска беше и изненада нападоше на њих. То је било рано ујтру и разбише српску војску.” written by monk Pajsije in "Life of Tsar Uroš"

[@ShamanKish]

@@VLASPAR Dusan made Skopje capitol of Serbia. Today, the bridge he built on Vardar, which was called Dusan's Bridge, now is called Stone Bridge 😂

[@turuncueller]

Big thanks!

[@sedattunc831]

Ben Türküm bu savaşta Sırpların ataları kötü bir yenilgi almasına rağmen onlar cesur savaşçılardır bunu Ankara savaşında Yıldırım Beyazid'in yanında sonuna kadar cesurca savaşarak göstermişlerdir bir çok Türk komutan padişahı yalnız bırakmasına rağmen Sırpların ataları cesurca savaştı kesinlikle Sırpların atalarına saygı duyuyorum

[@tulparpusat]

evet paralı asker olmalarına rağmen ölümüne savaştılar varyaglar gibi

[@koksalceylan9032]

Very well done Video, Great work.

[@Kochos]

Information to the outsiders: schools in Greece and Cyprus have never told us that Greece was partially under Serbian Empire rule, ever. This is the first time today that I have found out in this video!!!!

[@kaanerdem2822]

Politics and propaganda for you

[@fertilemula4671]

That's how propaganda works if individuals dont ask the question 'why' and starting to be in their comfort zones.

[@johngottikg6692]

Yes it was, and most of it came under serbian rule by help of greeks themselfs. Most notably Sirgijan who was poisoned later by Kantakuzenos. And it cant really be called occupation since serbian ruler called himself emperor of serbs and romans. He took titles customs and laws from roman empire and planed to replace weak and crumbling roman state with new strong empire.Both serbs and greeks should be sorry that he died and didnt manage to do it.. Last roman emperor was half serb also

[@Kochos]

@@kaanerdem2822 yes sir, tell me about it

[@emurlayasan8967]

Dostum. Sizlere Biraz ek bilgi vereyim. Elbette bu sizlerin okullarınızda öğretilmiyor. Bu tarihlerden yaklaşık 100 sene sonra yunanlı liderler, osmanlı devletinin yardımını ve gelip o toprakları işgal etmesini istediler. Çünkü biliyorlardı Türkler hiç bir ayrı inanç yada ırkı asimile etmez, yada o tarihlerde öyleydi. Adil yönetim ve koruma istediler. Ve bu onlara verildi. Türkler ve yunanlılar dünyada birbirine en çok benzeyen halklardır. Aptal politikacılar ve emperyalistler onları düşman yapar. Olan bu

[@princeofdervish5515]

This battle amazed me how is that even possible and with just a thousand men.

[@DelijeSerbia]

Because it wasnt just thousand men. Turkish historians used this battle to create a legend, they downplayed the Turkish numbers and inflated Serbian, sometimes saying it is even 70k. Turks certainly ambushed the bigger army but it probably was up to 4 times smaller not more.

[@fatihbaskaya5806]

@@DelijeSerbia Serbian occupation force was around 50000. Ottoman numbers were around 4000.

[@DelijeSerbia]

@@fatihbaskaya5806 No one in Europe could have a force of 50k at that time in Europe, even if Serbian Empire was united it wouldnt be able to raise even close to those numbers, and it was only Mrnjavcevic family that controlled like 1/3 of land within an empire. For them it was not realistic to raise 20k as claimed in this video. But if you want to believe that go ahead, but it has no historical backing.

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

@@DelijeSerbia lol if no historical backing then how did history marche get this number? All sources available for this battle estimate serbs to be around 50ksh (not only turkish source)

[@DelijeSerbia]

@@bruhmcchaddeus413 there are no real sources, only legends written long after the battle. What they used as a source I don't know, but if you look at older battles where we have actual numbers and look at what Mrnjavcevic contolled at that time their numbers couldn't be bigger than 15k. Like I said the ratio was not more then 4 to 1. This was clearly a big loss for Mrnjavcevic family, but the story around this battle is just used by Turks for myth building just like ancient Greeks created a myth of 300 at Thermopylae.

[@dawoodmelendez7982]

From Australia thank you for your videos

[@aasemahsan]

2:41 & 6:53 Decentralisation of the Serbian Empire after Emperor Dusan's death 5:57 Ottoman expansion in Europe under Murad I 9:16 *Battle of Maritsa* (1371)

[@brokenbridge6316]

A great video and story to listen too. You people did a great job.

[@karagun5547]

Now This must be the way to teach history. It wouldn't be boring and would be so easy to focus.

[@blackfyre2]

You should continue the videos about the 15th century in the balkans, From the Serbian Empire, to Timur the Lame, Skanderbeg the Albania and his resistance, Janos Hunyadi, and Vlad the Impaler! Clearly underrated period in medieval history! Neat video!

[@user-dl4gm1rb6j]

Timur he is our great turkish ancestor

[@carpediem7654]

Skanderbeg is Serbian

[@blackfyre2]

@@carpediem7654 no hes not lol

[@FireFlyOyuncu]

there is not much to cover balkan's ass is getting clapped by ottomans

[@blackfyre2]

@Nemanja Jovanovic not even partially, his mother isnt documented as serbian, marlin barletius who was an eyewitness of the siege of kruje, who is the most trusted source for skanderbegs time and rebellion as he was an eyewitness notes that she was either from the arianiti or thopia, and skanderbegs siblings didnt have serbian names but orthodox names, because if we use your respectful arguement, it means that greeks that are names vlajka, konsantina etc are serbian and vice versa, besides he had albanian names siblings aswell, lets remember names werent as important during that time and the albanians would be hesitant of putting a serbian as the overlord of the league, they wouldnt do it unless he was an albanian, hence why when skanderbeg died leke dukagjini preformed the albanian traditional death cry of mourning a fallen brother, usually only done on albanians who had great impact.

[@Neramartin]

If only one-tenth of the events in our history happened in America, Hollywood would create unimaginable movies. Unfortunately, we do not sufficiently take ownership of our own history. We also do not have a well-equipped cinema industry.

[@ETRUSCANSTURAN]

Onu bırak halk daha Türkün tarihini bilmiyor gökten yeni düşmüşüz gibi yaşıyor.

[@AJ-et3vf]

Awesome video! Thank you!

[@vvkth2500]

it would be awesome if you would collab again about the battle of Velbazhd, and Dušan's conquests, to give more context to this video even :) there were very interesting events around Velbazhd. it's also the battle that really weakened the Bulgarian Empire beyond repair, at least in time for them to resist the Ottomans

[@onid.9991]

Dusan was albanian

[@onid.9991]

everything is wrong in this video, serbian empire never heard, sllav chauvonism!!!

[@vvkth2500]

@@onid.9991 get well bruh

[@Terter1551]

It sure weakened Bulgaria and completely cut off Turnovo from the lands in Macedonia, however the Bulgarian army was not absolutely crippled as in 1332 only two years later it became victorious in a major battle against the Byzantines near Rusokastro. Other factors also helped weakening the Bulgarian military and political power right before the Ottoman conquest, like the decentralization of the state and the plague.

[@vvkth2500]

@@Terter1551 True, and i wasn't aware of some of stuff you said. Thank you for sharing!

[@dwhitey]

Narration: "Dušan the Mighty died and his young son..." Me: I wonder how his son will go against the Ottomans Narration: "Uroš the Weak became emperor." Me: Oh no :o

[@Стеван_Синђелић_1771]

hahhahaha

[@albertberto5276]

As always,it was very informative

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Another important reason for the success of the Turks was their superior military technology and art of war . These nomads from the Steppes could be credited with introducing ' the age of the horse .

[@guzelataroach4450]

It was indoeuropeans who first tamed the horse

[@perrypougins379]

​@@guzelataroach4450 don't bother speaking to him, he's crazy

[@theArgent44]

​​@@guzelataroach4450 yeah they were the first but not the best in history.

[@orka6848]

@@perrypougins379 Oh yeah! It must be Europeans who domesticated horses. Dude. YOU are crazy.

[@oghuzkhan5117]

the Turks tamed the horse. We Turks wo so many battles because we were good horse riders and warriors o horse. @@guzelataroach4450

[@H.Ali_08]

Where have you been hiding your channel?? Subscribed instantly - superb series on the Ottoman empire and look forward to the next segment. Fantastic story telling and animations - the detail levels are mind-blowing (I mean just look at the ariel animations where the swords of fallen soldiers reflect the sun's rays!) Fantastic. 10/10

[@Alper-dy9yb]

Here are 2 lines from a historical Turkish poem about this: 1000 horsemen, we had fun like children that day. 1000 horsemen, we defeated a giant army that day.

[@MrLoobu]

That might take the cake for the craziest battle in the middle ages, especially when the consequences are considered.

[@enthusiast0]

That win must have felt sick for that commander! "Your Majesty, you're not gonna believe this but we just bummed an army of 20,000. You're welcome."

[@scytalhyucan5269]

Narrator one of the best.👏

[@corobashibason4181]

thank you guys here at history marche......to be honest, in the past 3-4 years i locked myself in my room and the only thing i watch is you guys and kings & generals......you are awsome

[@coldpllay]

As a Turk i want to thank you for the video. And may be some Greeks watch it too and see that Greece was under Serbian rule before Ottomans than blame Turks :D

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Greeks were under the rule of foreign peoples since Roman Conquest of Greece

[@VLASPAR]

Thats true, it was under serbian rule, however short time.. But the people who lived in those serbian lands in today's greece spoke mostly slavic/serbian. In the bigger cities greek was spoken.

[@sxsx5951]

You do understand that much of todays Turkey was Greek land before Turkish invasion, including Istanbul?

[@coldpllay]

@@sxsx5951 You understand Anatolia had a classical age with Persian rulers before Greeks?

[@sxsx5951]

@@coldpllay So? It doesn't change the fact that you stole Constantinople and Smyrna from the Greeks.

[@yarmud]

i dont get why turks name their relative units as commandos an adopted term from the west. Akinji was more than enough to cover the consept.

[@AliSidTex]

During the middle ages, most of Europe was a tinderbox. If anything, the Ottomans saved Europe from being destroyed by these wars. Today's survival of Serbian and slavic culture is a testament to the Ottoman policy of preserving and protecting the nations they conquered. The Ottoman goal was to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire with an administration that tolerated all religions and not just one "Universal" Church.

[@nurbakibeydogan5613]

Bin atlı, akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik. Bin atlı, o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik! A thousand horsemen, we were full of joy like children in the raids. A thousand horsemen, we defeated a giant army that day!

[@codingstyle9480]

Bu bir palavradan ibaret. Ninnilerle büyütüldüğünüzün kanıtı. Olanağı yok bunun.

[@craigdutton6072]

How good are these videos ❤🎉

[@havetrustissue8975]

You have to have tremendous courage to jumps into a 20000 army camp with only 1000 turk. You could argue they're not prepared but they're in the middle of war and your entire 1000 soldier could totally annihilate by those 20000 well equipped soldiers if something goes wrong.

[@vaporizer08]

Ottoman army was more than just the Turks. The Serbian knights fought side by side during the conquer of Constantinople and before in 1402 the Ankara battle against the Mongol armies. Ottomans had many grand viziers of Serbian, Croatian, Albanian descent. Balkan nations produce fierce fighters and this fact appealed to the Ottomans in their conquests. The Ottoman history is intertwined with the Balkans for over 500 years. Modern Turkey and the Balkan nations are much closer in customs, traditions and way of life. Also genetically modern Turks and Balkan people are mixed (at least 20 million of Balkan descendants live in modern Turkey )

[@Aysa1995]

Even christian turks living in byzantin Empire Betrayed the romans and joined the seljuks you guys lost Most of yout wars because you had turkish mercenarys fighting for you

[@sunnyb6202]

Thank you x

[@muhammadarsalanzaki9189]

very well explained, thanks everyone who took part in creating the video.

[@MJ511KW]

Bruh I swear every time the ottomans are outnumbered they actually win and every time they have the numbers they lose, it’s like they have a perk when they’re outnumbered there chance of winning increases and when they have the numbers it decreases 😂😅

[@redneckapehunter2639]

Maybe because you need to go all out when you are outnumbered 🤔

[@MJ511KW]

@@redneckapehunter2639 that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while

[@zekipeki9538]

Perhaps it has to do with perspective of the enemy. They might be overconfident when they see your smaller forces thus making them lose.

[@MJ511KW]

@@zekipeki9538 or it’s simply skill issues

[@ericvonmanstein2112]

Perk name : reciprocal snake Damage +90%,defense +150%,movement +60% ,supply consumption -25% when opponent larger than you Damage -40%,defence -10%,movement -75%,supply consumption +50% and weapon reliability -20% when opponent smaller

[@haloxxxhuseyin6639]

The video was great, you don't know how proud I was of my ancestors.Tanrı Türkü korusun.

[@augustocesar1058]

"Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand." If the Serbian and Byzantine nobles had kept this in mind, perhaps it would not have fallen into the hands of the barbarians.

[@KamburMaymun]

Says the one who are probably one of the descendants of the ones who Romans called "barbarians" ..

[@nathanruben-tv5lf]

Ottomans see their opponents as barbarians.

[@timepaas6647]

I have watched seriously all your videos on muslim conquests. We need more videos on muslim conquests, mediaeval battles.. And by the way your editing is also praiseworthy

[@danijelljubic693]

He is known as Dušan the Mighty, and his imperial title was: Emperor (Tsar) of the Serbs and Greeks (Βασιλέως και αυτοκράτορας Σερβίας και Ρωμανίας) as he conquered 80% of Greece, he didn't conquered Byzantine :) , that is small mistake that I noticed on the 2:44 in the video. Keep up the great work!

[@hatehaters6563]

As Turks said " we werw a thousand horseman riding towards the battle like happy childs playing in weddings.."

[@southserbian1214]

Nice video! You could also make a video on Battle of Velbazd and rise of Serbian Empire.

[@LanteanLegacy]

Yeah, one of the few victories of Serbia against Bulgarian empire, during the weakest emperor in whole bulgarian history reign

[@southserbian1214]

@@LanteanLegacy Bulgaria was still strong before velbazd, Bulgaria definetly had worse rulers that him

[@southserbian1214]

@@LanteanLegacy Also Serbia defeated Bulgaria in 1292 taking Vidin as a vassal state, also Serbia menaged to defeat Bulgaria in 839 and in 853

[@hamarta1006]

This video's presentation is outrageously good that i want to report it to KZbin as "harmful or dangerous act" :)