Battle of Nicopolis, 1396 (ALL PARTS) ⚔️ Christians strike back against the Ottomans ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY

🚩 After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the Christian hold over south-eastern Europe weakened greatly. The Ottoman Sultanate expanded their control and influence as far as the Danube. But now the European rulers responded. A large Christian coalition mobilized to reduce the growing Ottoman power in Europe.
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🚩 I combined all parts of our Battle of Nicopolis 1396 mini-series for easier watching. This video is a great continuation on the Battle of Kosovo, 1389 video. I hope you will enjoy this one. Thank you so much for your likes and comments ❤️. If you enjoy my videos please consider subscribing.
📢 Narrated by David McCallion
🎵 Music:
Filmstro
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📜 Research and writing: Srpske Bitke
#medieval #ottoman #historymarche

[@HistoryMarche]

🚩 I combined all parts of our Battle of Nicopolis 1396 mini-series for easier watching. This video is a great continuation on the Battle of Kosovo, 1389 video. I hope you will enjoy this one. Thank you so much for your likes and comments ❤. If you enjoy my videos please consider subscribing. 🚩 You can also support the channel on Patreon and get ad-free early access to my videos for as little as $1, as well as vote to choose topics for future videos.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."

[@mynick937]

@@papazataklaattiranimam And now you dream of new empire.

[@suhaybm186]

@@Redicon388 usually it’s a few months apart, any moment by now

[@guisch6297]

What is your source for the French behaviour?

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

You little ripper .

[@spamhonx56]

Whenever a careful victory gets thrown away, why is it always you three? -French knights -Pride and overconfidence -Unplanned frontal cavalry charge

[@somewhere6]

13:15 "...the pride and vanity of those French!" That attitude also messed them up in the 100 Years War until it finally dawned on them that discipline and coordination was a better path to victory than bravado.

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

French medieval culture has a code of chivalry that pushes them to act in this way, fortunately we will learn from our mistakes after Joan of Arc

[@Kriegter]

there are countless examples of mounted french nobles charging straight head on into infantry and dying miserably. This isn't honour, this isn't chivalry, this isn't bravery. This is idiocy. There is a fine line between being courageous and being dumb, well the French knights are the latter. While we think of the stereotypical medieval knight in shining army bravely rescuing the woman the actual truth is much more goofy ahhhhh.

[@Sulla-ps3jv]

@@Bracus.Reghusk Actually, The French would have got slaughtered at Patay by the English if it wasn’t for some random deer.

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

don't bring excuses. you taken the L from Ottomans

[@bakonajm1136]

Can’t believe I watched this for free it’s better than most paid history documentaries thank you for the amazing content you guys are producing.

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you for watching.

[@ygdmdx]

@@HistoryMarche when Hannibal 19

[@mynick937]

Please, don't give them any ideas.

[@jimjones1130]

Shillin' for Volodomyr 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈

[@prashantd6252]

I can't imagine how shiityy your life must be, hang in there dude. . .

[@kianodoganofficial]

"When your team rushes for the kills instead of playing the objective." Sums of the French Knights.

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

Ikr. As a Balkaner, I should be very displeased during any Ottoman success. Haha no, John of Nevers' capture was the most satisfying part of the video!

[@somethingelseidk1035]

​​@@cerebrummaximus3762f I was a Balkan resident of the local cultures I would cheer for the ottomans because at the very least they didn't kill as many of their own religion when sacking another Faith's land

[@Kriegter]

French Knights: Gets bogged down in their trademark stupid frontal charge Allied Infantry: I miss the part where that's my problem

[@ferrjuan]

You would think they would have learned their lesson after the twin disasters that the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers were to them. And they would repeat this again at the Battle of Agincourt a few decades later lol.

[@TurquazCannabiz]

If it makes you feel any better, they all died because of their stupidity

[@satlmsagannaltnlar5698]

Then uncle is died:)

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

@@gerardjagroo There is no proper chain of command and discipline in feudal armies. There the heavy cavalry is made up by kids with powerful daddies. A roman or mongol cataphract would have been severely punished had he charged prematurely without orders.

[@overtimedemo4399]

@@gerardjagroo Easier said then done, even your horse was filled with pride back then lol.

[@LucasDimoveo]

Leave it to the French nobility to try to tank entire armies by themselves. You'd think they would learn that this sort of tactic only works against peasants and levies

[@kralpetarkrescimeriv.terpi6043]

French knights were trained to be Excelent! But nomadic turks lived by the sabre.. Pride and conceit two brothers..

[@johnnyboy3410]

Turks weren’t nomadic since the time of Seljuk 230 years before…

[@amrel-tayeb8896]

@@johnnyboy3410 I'm not exactly well knowing when it comes to turkish life style at that time. but it seems they retained many aspects of their nomadic heritage especially when it comes to military stuff. much like the case with the arabs during the Omayad dynasty period.

[@lahire4943]

The French knights won every conflict of the Middle-Ages France fought in, besides one or two crusades, so perhaps it didn't only work on peasant and levies. Do you understand?

[@olivierpuyou3621]

@@lahire4943 It must be recognized that although being the best heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages, the disastrous defeats of the first part of the 100 years war had not taught them much about order and discipline. This search for glory has often been fatal to them.

[@Sulla-ps3jv]

King Sigismund: Don’t worry guys! I have a plan! French: Screw your plan, let’s go. French: *Get Surrounded* King Sigismund: Don’t worry, if we put all of forces together, we can still win! Hungarians and Wallachians: *Run Away* King Sigmund:*…*

[@michaelsinger4638]

At that point, they were probably wise to just cut their losses and retreat TBF.

[@VasileIuga]

If Transylvanians and Wallachians would have been cut to pieces, Hungary would have had the fate after Mohaci 2 centuries earlier. Now that would have been fun for Italy and Germany. Those were mountainous armies with little tech but armies who heavily relied on superior tactics. Try explaining to them that a battle is not lost when your best are surrounded by the light troups of the Ottomans and you have to deal with the elites to save them.

[@mikeshogunlee]

@@jadhussein8412 And yet peasants militia of Flanders massacred the Knights in the battle of the golden spurs, And yet the English Long Bow slaughtered the French Knights for centuries during the hundred years war, And yet the Swiss beat the Knights so hard, that all of Europe stopped using them. (The last one was a bit exaggerated, but you get the point.)

[@sebindru3727]

@@mikeshogunlee This is nonsense, the knights / cavalry were defeated mostly when they had terrible commanders and/or awful ground to charge on. You forget the Hundred Year War ended in complete British defeat, you forget the battle of Patay(1429) where the French heavy cavalry ran over and slaughtered the English bowmen and infantry, you forget Formigny and Castillon when the British army in France was obliterated and Britain lost the war. Too much propaganda on early battles like Crecy and Agincourt and too little facts known about the battles that really changed the course of the war and brought the victory for France. Also in order to enumerate other famous wars/ battles won by the knights: First Crusade, Hastings and Vienna (when the Winged Hussars cavalry saved the day and the city) or Battle of Kircholm in 1605 where 2500 Polish Winged Hussars destroyed 11 000 Swedish in one single charge. The battle lasted for 20 minutes resulting in 8000 swedish deaths. Polish casulties - 100.

[@mikeshogunlee]

​@@sebindru3727 Glad you brought up Propaganda. The sources always embellish the import ants, or impacts, of the Knights because they were the nobles. The rich and elite who refused to acknowledge that the common man could do anything without them. Also the point is that you and op believe that the heavy Calvary were the only important factor, and that any army that didn't have them was doomed. Yet the mere existence of the battle of the golden spurs proves you wrong. Every part of the army is integral to its victory, from the general to the servants.

[@gforce833]

The French had a Leroy Jenkins moment there, one of many in their history. Their inability to learn from past mistakes is mind boggling. Kaloyan slaughtered them in a similar way two centuries earlier at the battle of Adrianople.

[@Ingremance]

'Missed your dose of good old French-bashing here? Btw. it is LEEroy, apparently. Your mind WAS boggled... So yes, young French knights should have been armchair generals too and they were able to spend a lot of time studying battles fought 200 years earlier, especially since the science of history was so widely widespread at the time. You might try and find the time to study French military history in more depth, and go past those rather uninspired clichés. Of course, I'm French.

[@gforce833]

@@Ingremance Is it really bashing if it's true? How about the Battle Of Poitiers then? A mere 40 years earlier. Pretty much the same thing, a cavalry charge without support. Overconfidence, arrogance, underestimating an "inferior" opponent are basically trademarks of the french military in that historical period. If that offends you then that is up to you. I have nothing against France or the French people, but this is a recurring pattern. Almost as bad as Byzantine armies getting ambushed in narrow mountain passes.

[@Ingremance]

@@gforce833 Of course it can be bashing even if it's true. If you listened carefully to the video, you might have noticed that not all French knights agreed on the all-out charge. Talking about the period- let's say 1340-1460, right?- you should study the campaigns of Bertrand Duguesclin under Charles V; the battles of Formigny and Castillon, among others... and maybe stop generalizing.

[@gforce833]

@@Ingremance True. You did get your act together eventually, that's why you won the 100 years war in the end. A pity it was not earlier. A victory at Nicopolis and the following defeat at Ankara could have been enough to stop the Ottoman expansion into Europe before it got out of hand.

[@Ingremance]

@@gforce833 Fair enough...

[@timucin9603]

"Go and meet me with more allies and bigger armies, so that the glory and the glory that I will gain will be even greater!" Yıldırım Beyazıt, 1396, Nicopolis.

[@mehmetakifderin6606]

​@@komododragon410 To be honest, Europe had countless chances to get rid of the Ottomans but they failed every time until the 17th century i think the ottos deserved their glory in this time period they couldn't be a single fist against the ottos while the ottos hit them over and over again.

[@TheDeepestbluest]

@@komododragon410 tbh if my aunt had bawls, she’d be my uncle

[@kamrunnaharlipi2174]

Timur : "Let me introduce myself."

[@islammehmeov2334]

​@@kamrunnaharlipi2174he wes TURKIC and MUSLAM and not GEY europeans

[@EmirYldz-ls2wc]

​@@kamrunnaharlipi2174After Timur died, his state collapsed. The Ottoman Empire survived for 600 years. In addition to military power, state governance is also important. The Timurid empire was nomadic so it could not survive for long.

[@anarrivingwingedhussar9692]

Fun fact, this also happens to be the battle where the famed French Knight John de Carrouges fell in battle at the age of 66. Aka the guy who Matt Damon played in the Last Duel.

[@MrPantopantalones]

Nice info. Always wondered where he died after the movie.

[@FreePalestine07462]

Bro was old af to be in war

[@DylanJo123]

​@@FreePalestine07462Dude was a warrior through and through. He would have never accepted dying peacefully in his bed chamber

[@LegioSymphonica]

Damn that's an awesome fun fact :O

[@somewhere6]

If this particular crusade had not acted so treacherously and brutally, they might have managed to pull more of the locals and even the Serbians to their side and achieved total victory but that was not likely in this era of competing short term interests.

[@thefisherking78]

@علي ياسر if heresy is even a real thing, then how come there are good and evil people of every faith? It's almost as if what they believe has no effect on how they treat other people.

[@Jean_Jacques148]

@@thefisherking78 facts religion and politics and war have always been a time where physcopaths can do bad things no matter what side I’ve seen it on the Muslims and the Christians.

[@AbdulRehman-yi8by]

@@jadhussein8412 Facts.

[@HaThanh-bu8wz]

@@jadhussein8412 if whole Asia combined force of all Buddhism nations like Japan Vietnam China Korea and Mongolia attacked from the East then the Muslims would have been crushed in the middle like a sandwich (the West already facing the Christians). Not to mention Hindu nations like India Nepal that would attack from the south. WHAT IF THEORY

[@HaThanh-bu8wz]

@@AbdulRehman-yi8by oh yes. the Tang Dynasty have done that before but unluckily failed. Because of the betrayal of those Turkic people who at that time were not converted to muslim.

[@AmirSatt]

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[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

My favourite videos of theirs are Hannibal series a true Masterpiece of Historical production Espicially the videos of The battles Trasimene and cannea

[@Jean_Jacques148]

@@cheriefsadeksadek2108 exactly good to see a fellow Hannibal fan not another Romaboo.

[@HistoryMarche]

Welcome aboard!

[@thenarutodragon3105]

Me too

[@thenarutodragon3105]

Ои а кстати што базированыий означает

[@rickjames18]

Repeatedly throughout history we have seen this same scenario play out when Christian forces unite. The arrogant French knights(young pups) usually listen to no one and lose several battles due to overconfidence. They arrive full of pride, disregard all, and die while costing everyone else everything. Note to self: Don’t invite French aristocrats.

[@stjopa8483]

Note has not changed to this present day, just extended to the french in generell

[@Kanoemirate]

Arrogance and Pride is still with the Americans and the Brits.

[@stjopa8483]

@@Kanoemirate Amen to that

[@rickjames18]

@@Kanoemirate Yes, some but what does that have to do with French knights?

[@luxhistoriae1172]

Your really think the French are the one responsible when they had tank the entire army and half their own camp fled when it was the perfect moment to flank them ?

[@michaelsinger4638]

Sigismund and Mircea had the the right idea here. Pity others did not listen to them. Bayezid was wise to get Stefan and the Serbs as allies. But he would not get to enjoy his victory for long. Timur is coming soon.

[@agandaur88]

they were not allies, they were vassals

[@michaelsinger4638]

Bayezid also made efforts to ingratiate himself with Stefan personally as well.

[@sobolanul96]

Sigismund and Mircea were the only ones who had enough experience with the Ottomans to decide the strategy. The french had no idea what they were doing and should have kept their mouths shot. This was a big problem since the beginning of the ottoman expansion in the west. The guys who were holding the line got little support from the west which was too busy with internal fighting and "honor". This is the exact reason why Vienna was under siege. Twice. The right attitude would have been "If I have to clean toilets to defeat the turks I'll do it gladly."

[@muhammadeisa1459]

@@agandaur88 still allies in the strictest sense of the word.

[@johnnyboy3410]

France was in the 100 years war with England

[@stevedrugscreensrus6935]

Best narrator of any of these types of channels, excellent work.

[@resileaf9501]

I remember watching this, but had forgotten most of the details. What a joy it is to watch and experience it once more. :D

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[@user-cq5sn5hq4m]

*Everyone* : _how to lose a battle that is almost for sure supposed to be won?_ *French Knights* : _HOLD MY ARMOUR_

[@madtitan2144]

History of Christian crusades is the history of utter failure

[@markblackburn2343]

The most poignant line ever 'we lost the battle on the vanity and pride of those French Knights'

[@madtitan2144]

Should prefer 'those french hothead bastards'

[@Norlamon]

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[@JPGoertz]

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[@FlashPointHx]

30 Minutes + huh? These are killer to make. But nicely done! Just gonna have to get a video out that long to match you ;)

[@HistoryMarche]

I figured that merging the Nicopolis mini-episode would fit nicely as a sequel of sorts to the Kosovo video. The two topics are intrinsically linked, but I've covered them in reverse 🤪, having done Nicopolis 1396 AD way back in 2020 and Kosovo 1389 in 2022.

[@radu9150]

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[@FlashPointHx]

@@HistoryMarche I'm going to need to pick your brain when I start up with the Ottomans

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[@Turco949]

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[@Demonlord242]

Sigismund: We should work together to ensure we achieve total victory. French Nobles: F1, F3

[@flamma9034]

I like the ref so much 🤣🤣

[@wowowawa]

I feel bad for Sigismund. If it wasn't for those damn french.

[@TotAtlantis]

Great thanks for this brief documentary. I am Serbian and have great urge to comment about this historic battle and repercussions. I am speaking as enthusiast and academic historian at the same time. The actual events presented in this video are speed up and not clarified enough. First of all Crusader Army had numerical superiority. Yes ,Vanity among them cost them and they paid ultimate price with their heads. But before this battle there was one before battle of Rovine which took place on 17 May 1395, near present-day Pitești in deep Wallachian territory which Bayezid lost.His Christian Vassals get killed during this battle and Bayezid annexed their lands and properties(quite common in so "honourable" middle age).Marko Mrnjavcevic and Konstantin Dragas died during battle. According to chronicles Constantine of Kostenets :Marko said to Dragas before the battle :"I pray God to help the Christians and that I will be among the first dead in this war." So it was morally difficult to be a vassal in such battle. Stefan Lazarevic had Baptism of Fire in this battle also(18 year of age ) And in early 1394 2 years before Nicopolis battle Bayezid began gathering his Christian vassals at Serres. Among the vassals were Stefan, Emperor Manuel II (1391-1425), his nephew John VII (1390) and his brother Theodore I of Morea (r. 1383-1407), and the Serbian lord Constantine Dragaš. It is believed( Byzantine sources)that Bayezid planned to kill the vassals at the meeting and take their lands. He gave the order to kill them, but it was not done immediately, then he changed his mind, after which some of them went home, while the rest of them completed the conquest of Area of Thessaly and Thessaloniki (12 April). I need to emphasize that a significant role was played by Stephen II and Mircea I because they withdrew with their forces from both wings and the battlefield just before Stefan's attack, leaving Sigismund without support. They had probably dealt with Stefan before the battle. Sigismund managed to escape by fisherman's boat to the Venetian ships in the Danube. It is possible that Stefan left enough time for him to board the boat; Stefan saving Sigismund may be one of the causes of Stefan's later induction 1408 into the "Order of the Dragon". Later he was forced to watch execution of captive french Burgundian Crusaders almost 3000 heads chopped off . Quite horror spectacle as vendetta for executed Muslim prisoners in sieges before Why Stefan Lazarevic support Bayezid as loyal vassal and knight at that time? Simply he choose lesser of the two evils for his country.His father waged wars with Ugars and they plundered North of Serbia after Kosovo clash. So he had deep rooted distrust to Crusaders and actual Northern neighbor. His sister become one of Bayezid's four legal wife's (after she was sent to his harem) He was loyal until Bayezid last moment and crushing defeat from Tamerlan at Angora 1402. Not all Serbian Nobles accept this vassal obligation Vuk Brankovic (Game of thrones expression :"refuse to call ") and consequently lost all his lands and died in Ottoman captivity. Bayezid is reported to have held Prince Stefan in high esteem One of the cronicles from that time recorded Bayesid words: "I think of you as my eldest and favorite son, who stands before me in such honour as you? I am already growing old, and soon will die perhaps in battle or of illness - and then your time will come." Stefan also saved one of his sons during aftermath of Battle of Angora 1402. Stefan Lazarevic later become one of the richest rulers in Medieval Europe mostly because of Silver Mines(Novo Brdo) True Knight. So simply there is no space and time to present all turbulent events from early 15th century (this is just tip of the iceberg) Audience sorry for this long story i simple had inspiration and motive. Keep Going- this history video documentaries makes world better . Vladan

[@dejancujo]

Pa zašto nije okupio srpsku vlastelu pod jedan barjak nego išao da se bori za tuđina protiv timura pred kim je i kina drhtala. Posle je podržavao čas jednog čas drugog čas trećeg brata u turskom gradjanskom ratu kad je bajazit umro. Zato što je dao reč? Sestra mu bila naložnica u haremu? Sve to što mu je Bajazit obećavao je bilo kikiriki. Čudan lik svakako...

[@ivanvidojevic2461]

Svaka njemu čast ali on je izdao krščane i vjeru i Boga sa svojom odlukom da se bori za turke,kako god okreneš Stefan je izravno odgovoran za tursku okupaciju balkana,imao je priliku " izdat " Sultana ali nije

[@abrekgumus1434]

Akademik bir tarihçi olarak, tarafsız ve adil bir şekilde, Srebrenica soykırımı hakkında fikrinizi paylaşır mısınız? Bir Türkiyeli Oğuz boynundan Türk olarak tarafsız fikrinizi merak ediyorum.

[@TotAtlantis]

Dejane tebi ću odgovoriti a da ne bude preterano pisanije.Ovaj komentar na turskom sam pogledao i preveo i to neću odgovarati. Lako je sada sa pozicije čoveka 21-veka posmatrati i praviti strategije what-if.Moraš se staviti u način razmišljanja vladar kasnog 14 veka. Kada to kažem mislim na nivo obrazovanja,donošenja iznudjenih odluka ,rezonovanja,uticaja crkve,epidemija kuge,prava i prakse primogenture,pozicija žena na dvoru itd. Pa Stefan je ratovao protiv svog rodjenog brata Vuka Lazarevića koji je bio tolikom zadojen mržnjom prema svom bratu da je u turskom gradjanskom ratu posle Angore prišao Musi Čelebi i kasnije od njega i pogubljen. Teška vremena stalnih izdaja,nož u ledja od najbližeg krvnog srodstva.Ako je za utehu tako je bilo i u drugim delovima Evrope (primer Španije tokom Reconquista istorijskog perioda) Ovde ti preporučujem: "VITEZ U DOBA ZLA " "RADIČEVO ZAVEŠTANJE " Nikola Moravčević Posle svega da li je moglo biti drugačije.Da moglo je ! Za kraj na ćirilici : "Горски Вијенац-oдломак Великаши, проклете им душе, на комате раздробише царство, српске силе грдно сатријеше; великаши, траг им се утро, распре сјеме посијаше грко, те с њим племе српско отроваше; великаши, грдне кукавице, постадоше рода издајице." Sapienti Sat Pozdrav Vladan

[@FundaGuven-xg7yo]

​@@dejancujo No free women cannot be concubines in Islam. They can only become concubines if they are captured in war. Prince Stefan's sister had not been taken prisoner in the war. In other words, she was Bayezid's married wife.

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[@Zogerpogger]

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[@Zogerpogger]

I even forgot that I'd seen this all already, I was thinking "This video seems familiar", then I saw the "All parts".

[@flamma9034]

"There is a reason we anglo-americans make French surrender jokes" Propaganda ? Jealousy ? Take a defeat and make it everywhere, while forgetting everytime it worked ? I'm curious.

[@Isildurwasbetrayed]

@@flamma9034Salty much?

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[@zertyuz]

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I am so amazed how The Ottomon Empire was able to produce such great millitary and War Heroes one after another.

[@saosaosson6139]

Heroes 😂😂😂

[@terranscope]

@@saosaosson6139 Heroes indeed !!

[@oguz74000]

​@@saosaosson6139avant l empire Ottoman il y avait ni foi ni loi autour de la mediterranee, Les Ottomans ont apporté paix et justice,malgré que vous racontez l histoire a votre façon,vous comparez les méthodes du15 eme siecle avec aujourdhui en omettant de préciser ce que cetait avant l Empire Ottoman ,empaler des êtres humains faire souffrir plonger un humain dans l huile bouillante ,jusqu a que mort sen suivent ,les Ottomans nont jamais eu ses methode au pire il te coupe la tete et cest fini jetez aux lions ext toute ses méthodes sont celle de sauvage europeen

[@AbdulRehman-ot6cz]

​@@saosaosson6139just like Sigmund are your favorite Ottoman and other Muslims ruler are our heroes 😂

[@chnckgz]

we have a saying. "Every Turkish person is borns as soldiers." Even today, soldiers in the army are made to sing this anthem. History cannot be changed but I hope peace will come back to the world. Because every turk is still born as a soldier. Only 18 men from my family served as 6 commandos, one navy, 3 infantrymen and 8 gendarmes.

[@yumazster]

This is top notch content!

[@grasa95]

Yet another great vid, love this channel

[@Nozylatten]

David McCallion awesome narrator thankyou HistoryMarche

[@flavius14]

Great documentary Mircea The Elder was the grandfarther of Vlad III Dracula.. and is one of the most appreciated walachian voievods by us romanians.. Those darn pridefull frech should had listened to him.. About the walachians retreat he did the right call to preserve his troops as he knew otomans will atack Walachia again and they did.. for several centuries after this events Walachia was a buffer between Otomans and Hungary (and after hungary fall )Austrian empire

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

No, this land is under the control of the Ottomans, the fourth Ottoman Sultan

[@astronomik8528]

Great representation as always!

[@hilmtabdallah6259]

Thank you very much i love your stories it help me to learn more about the history

[@78town]

My favorite channel on KZbin! And trust me, I watch a lotttt of random channels lol

[@planed1978]

Благодарим ви!

[@scottsaunders5453]

Almost looked like for once that the French cavalry mass charge wouldn't lead to disaster. They almost had me!

[@paulofelipebbraga9634]

Great video and great channel! I even forgot i was sitting comfortly at my home.

[@cypher0477]

would you guys make something about Ragnar Lothbrook vs King Egbert battles in the 800s ? I love your work

[@wael4070]

Your videos are masterpieces (mostly)

[@arturkarpinski164]

The French also "squabbled" with each other before the battles of Crecy and Agincourt over who will take the glory!! Also, they celebrated their victories the night before... both times!!🤦‍♂️

[@HistoryMarche]

Cohesion of leadership, or lack thereof, is often a deciding factor.

[@perrytran9504]

It's fun to meme on the French but let's not forget they got their own moments to shine especially in the Hundred Years War. Crecy and Agincourt were just the absolute worst showings.

[@arturkarpinski164]

@@HistoryMarche Sun Tzu would agree!!!⚔

[@arturkarpinski164]

@@perrytran9504 agreed!!! Charles Martel, Charlamange, Joan of Arc, Lafayette and countless others shaped not just European but world history. Although, not French in descent Napoleon's French army made most other European powers tremble. I saw a connection between the video and those battles so I mentioned it!!!

[@randombrit4504]

@@arturkarpinski164 As a Brit, I am legally required to inform you none of those people existed.

[@zento1702]

Great video as always!

[@lordvader5756]

5:56 after that "But" I felt convinced to follow you in battle.

[@mohammadraihangazi]

I really love this channel, love from Bangladesh

[@jwink7795]

"youre excommunicated." "no youre excommunicated!" 😂history and a laugh.

[@viktorpal1466]

I approve more! XD

[@viks4an]

I mean, I know the story here but hearing the narration + the strategy map got me on the edge of my seat non the less haha. Great channel. (leave it to the french to rush B and snap defeat from the jaws of victory.. eh, se la vie)

[@Silent-bn5i]

Thx historymarche

[@bloodymary3008]

That was a particularly bloody battle

[@nenenindonu]

Unfortunately arrogance hit Bayezid to “I return this oath to you. Go, gather armies and advance on me again, and give me the opportunity to regain the glory of victory!” he tasked captured Jean the Fearless. Bayezid then would become forever humbled by a Titan from the East, Tamerlane...

[@michaelsinger4638]

Stefan Lazarovic fought very well at Ankara as well. And he escaped, unlike Bayezid.

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

he destroyed Anglo European alliance though. take the L

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

@@michaelsinger4638 which Means Bayezid is not a coward. you are right Michael.

[@thelastdragonbornn]

true the ego can destroy your true self

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

@@thelastdragonbornn tell that to white skin worshipers who rant about the elites not knowing the elites are all white including the bankers who converted to Judaism in 8th century they were white eastern European

[@ore6015]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@HistoryMarche]

Cheers!

[@bundleofhumble3119]

You deserve millions of subscribers.

[@KolsuzOyuncu04]

I just learned how powerful the Ottomans were

[@ragael1024]

judging by your name, i can tell you only learn what you want.

[@qaqaa6191]

@@ragael1024 The truth always hurts

[@ragael1024]

@@qaqaa6191 not at all. The problem is that you fail to understand WHY the ottomans won and why the christians lost. You make it sound as if the ottomans were more powerful or more skilled or whatnot. Instead of realizing that the ottoman military structure was centralized, while the christian powers were very disunited. That's what gave the ottomans the edge and ultimately... win. It's not as if it took a masterful tactic to win. Same as with the battle at Ankara. Timur did not win because he was better. He won because he had more troops and also... because he bribed some ottoman mercs.

[@qaqaa6191]

@@ragael1024 How about crusades when they got crushed by Muslims like Saladin? Or Khalid bin Walid with his few number army against a bigger armies. Two of the most powerful empires at that time. He crushed the Byzantine empire and the Sassanid empire. It's the will of Allah.

[@secularist4058]

@@ragael1024it does not matter why, you’ll always find a reason for a loss. Don’t be a bad looser.

[@aasemahsan]

1:15 Events after Battle of Kosovo (1389) 7:09 Call for Crusade 15:25 Crusader attacks begin 18:03 Ottomans approach the besieged city of Nicopolis 22:43 *Battle of Nicopolis*

[@lcloco100]

this whas EPIC .as always keep up the good work

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks a ton!

[@AJ-et3vf]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@GlennGipson]

This channel is better than Netflix.

[@MihaiMihai-fw7do]

I am Romanian, I love history and Mircea the Elder and I did not knew shit about him until you. I only knew he did good job on Rovine battle. Thank you for your wonderful work.

[@MihaiMihai-fw7do]

@What Aboutism where? and for how long? :))

[@MihaiMihai-fw7do]

@What Aboutism you had a dream about that?

[@MihaiMihai-fw7do]

@What Aboutism it is not my job to prove your dreams right

[@danc7934]

@What Aboutism And? My ancestors are partly turkish, partly greek, partly italian and even german. That doesn't mean I'm not romanian since most of my kin is romanian

[@alco2758]

@What Aboutism Basarab most likely had some cuman heritage, but that doesn't make him cuman. much less his grandson Mircea or his grandgrandson Vlad. so put the pipe down and use common sense.

[@BuzzSargent]

I did not plan to watch the whole thing. But, it is so interesting I stayed till the end. So much blood has spilled over these grounds. Happy Trails

[@morsidulalam7022]

very good and honest description.

[@MrPagecat]

Stefan was a man of the match..

[@user-gh8nk4ym7r]

Stefan was victim of circumstances, his land and people were between two monsters: ottomans and hungarians.

[@perapapic3683]

His nickname was the Black Knight and there's a good chance he inspired the idea of an evil black knight by fighting against the Cruseders

[@user-gh8nk4ym7r]

@What Aboutism I wish you the same kindness that turks give to us.

[@user-gh8nk4ym7r]

@What Aboutism Never again under the Islamic rule!

[@badiciekrem7655]

@@user-gh8nk4ym7r If the turks were people like you potray in ur history books, serbs would almost be non-existent in 493 years rule. Thanks to ottoman policies you have still serbian identity and orthodox faith. Serbs had same(or even more) amount of influence in the court compared to turks. Many ottoman bureaucrats were serbians. Name me another empire with that level of hospitality?

[@victorkumps6846]

I really love your channel and have seen all the videos but I have a question on this one. Did you hesitate to portray the duke of Burgundy with of map of his estates? Here he just looks like a random french noble, which although legally accurate, doesn't reflect the real situation at the time. His banquet of the pheasant impressed the whole of Europe with his wealth and power and he basically financed and organised and substantially manned the crusade. Not only that but he was the senior noble in France, the king was his nephew and he had huge influence over french affaires while building the richest state of Europe in the low countries. De facto he was independent and his son who indeed led the crusade will end up causing a civil war in France and even allying with the english against them. I was wondering if you would consider making a video on that history not often told (mostly historians focus on the death of the last duke but the state they created was way more interesting).

[@gordonfreeman01]

I am Turkish. Dude, your way of explaining is amazing and I listened to you with bated breath.

[@johncane2304]

I guess this is the karma of christian forces during that time for not helping the byzatine

[@szybkilewyprostyf231]

Exelent! Thx.

[@user-mn7fv1nx1o]

Incredible video, wish i could offer more, you help me with my studies.

[@HistoryMarche]

Every bit counts! Thanks so much for the support. Very kind of you.

[@erikasymonetteferguson3326]

Great vid

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

The channel releases videos regularly, with an easy to understand and interesting historical recap. Hope the channel produces more interesting historical videos☺☺

[@Predator20357]

The amount of frustration I get when I see the battle in action. It’s like watching a kitchen slowly being consumed by fire and the process of stopping it was constantly hindered before it all got consumed.

[@youshallnotpass2499]

19:07 that messenger was Sultan Beyazid the Thunderbolt himself.. he was a true legend you can only imagine

[@ikielinsesi1843]

According to Ottoman sources, upon the ransoms for the nobles had been paid, they swore to never fight against Bayezid. But Bayezid replied with: “I return this oath to you. Go, gather armies and advance on me again. And give me the opportunity to regain the glory of victory!” He was the chad of the 14th century.

[@viktorpal1466]

😎

[@crocrox2273]

That's like listening to Russian sources regarding ukraine

[@emrealn3786]

@@crocrox2273 bruh

[@emrealn3786]

@@crocrox2273 He utterly and gloriously defeated a combined european army that was way larger than his. Of course he flexed and bragged about it.

[@TurquazCannabiz]

Not gonna lie that's a badass move

[@jaku730]

Love you keep it up 😘

[@user-yr7qc3zb5l]

Amazingly done

[@mousben6427]

I see your courage, and I will demonstrate courage no less than yours ! Behold ! I will be like lightning during the battle ! Sultan Yildirim Bayazid

[@berk3723]

He actually did fought at the front and saying he didn’t is just pure ignorance.

[@Dalipsingh111111]

You gotta admit, the french, altough ultimately causing the defeat, were highly dangerous in this battle.

[@informationyes]

They were basicly a flail

[@dxq3647]

If their allies followed through and joined the charge, they would have won.

[@informationyes]

@@dxq3647 True but why the french were even more stupid as they trusted alleis from different country limited interest and comittment

[@VasileIuga]

Well, that or the Ottomans retreated as it was a common tactic in the East to absorb the attack and flanck the enemies. So we will never know if the Ottomans could not held or did not wish to held the ground. Probably both. And getting your best in mad charges is what the Ottomans probably liked.

[@zekaiy.873]

For their allies?Yes.

[@goranratkovic9100]

Exelent. Bravo. Hello from Montenegro

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Most informative & wonderful Introducing Video ...Thanks (History Marche ) channel

[@HistoryMarche]

So nice of you

[@bogdan3444]

The Wallachians had just fought the Ottomans and their Serbian allies the previous year at Rovine and basically won the victory that saved us from becoming an eyalet. They lost most of their army there. Knowing the military prowess of the French and seeing them destroyed surely shattered their hopes of victory.

[@raoufduc1441]

If the walachians charged maybe they stood a chance of full Victory they could have won against the ottoman infantry and stop the Serbia. Cavalry a d annihilated the ottoman there but they miscalculated the situation

[@aksmex2576]

They were smart to preserve whatever troops they had because they knew that they could keep a local guerilla war, and that is why they were never properly conquered.

[@zorannbg6989]

And Wallachians didnt help the Serbs at Kosovo battle against the Turks 1389

[@bogdan3444]

@@zorannbg6989 I’m not trying to argue over something that happened 600 years ago. No country in the Balkans helped another during that time. Had Wallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria and even Hungary been allies, no Ottoman force could conquer the land. But mistrust and bad politics enabled the Ottomans to deal with all of them, one at a time.

[@DragovianMythiX]

​@@bogdan3444 Balkan boys keep forgetting, that back then nationalism was not a thing yet. Everybody had their own in-fighting, be it with your own kin and/or own co-religionalists. Turks fought other Turks, Balkan Slavs fought other Balkan Slavs. Everybody mistrusted each other and rulers were first and foremost constantly trying to get ahead of others for personal gain, even if that meant ditching your own kin/co-religionists. Stop looking at that era through a nationalistic lens.

[@TheDeepestbluest]

1:42 Ottomans were not only bless with one ‘gifted’ ruler but more like 10 competent rulers with no interruption over 2 centuries, so it can’t just be explained by luck, it is actually the brutal genius of their fratricidal succession system. The minute they messed with it, thanks to Suleiman the not -so-magnificent, they immediately went into stagnation and their luck ran out when it comes to gifted rulers.

[@Blue-dp7xe]

Very correct observation indeed...his biggest mistake was to change the turkic rule of law with islamic serria law which stopped most scoence and development. After that Ottomans was doomed to fail.

[@farhansadeeq5091]

@@Blue-dp7xelol what are you taking about, all scientific developments happened in the Caliphate following the Shariah law, and the Turks before were nomads anyway

[@ahmetnumankahrimanoglu5783]

@@farhansadeeq5091 The state, which had the slightest interaction with the Arabs regarding military developments, suddenly began to degenerate and destroyed the future of its country with absurd reactionary ideas. For example, the Mamluks' stubbornness in not using cannons and the fact that the minority Turks ruled the crowded Arab society for 1000 years prove everything. In military matters, Turks are superior to other nations. Arabs are out of the question.

[@farhansadeeq5091]

@@ahmetnumankahrimanoglu5783 i wasn’t talking about military prowess, rather jurisprudence of the Abbasids; where the previous commenter was saying Sharia was the downfall, while it was the Islamic mindset that drove the early Ottomans to being the superpower

[@ahmetnumankahrimanoglu5783]

@@farhansadeeq5091 Everyone in the Middle East was Muslim. In order for them to dominate the entire geography, there must be a feature that distinguishes the Turks from them. I think this difference stems from the fact that Turks are not from the Middle East. God took the banner of Islam from the Arabs and gave it to the Turks. Middle Eastern tribes are lethargic because of the opportunities offered by geography and lazy because of the heat. On the contrary, the Turks, with their culture they brought from Central Asia, were extremely enterprising, hard-working, restless, always looking for adventure. In other words, the secret of the Ottoman victories was that they were not local to the region, and frankly, Islam became a more useful and useful religion in the hands of the Turks. Muslim ROME, which combined the assertiveness of the steppe peoples with the Roman state system and consolidated it with the caliphate, became the 3rd Rome.

[@anthonyklanke1397]

Awesome video!

[@GarkKahn]

This content is the main reason why i still watch youtube