The Battle of Tours 732 AD

[@Pierre-gk5ky]

Interestingly, in France, we call it the battle of Poitiers, not of Tours. Also, you forgot to mention that the last name of the French King, Charles Martel was actually a nickname. "Martel" means "hammer" in old French. He was literally "Charles the Hammer."

[@BazBattles]

I used Martel as his nickname in this video, it is even stressed at the end of it I think. Also, he was never the French King. Here in Poland this battle is known as Battle of Poitiers too :) But since the video is english, I used the english name.

[@TheGamebuzzHD]

Pierre-Yves Poli charles martel never was a king

[@2adamast]

Charlesl was from Herstal

[@jurajaryn5510]

tato slavná bitva byla mezi městy Tours a Poitiers, blíže k Chatelleraut

[@Arkangel630]

He was the de facto ruler of Frankia though which might have been what he meant. He certainly did act like the king should act. And to be a bit of a pedant it was Martellus. On a sidenote this is why his name in many countries has ended up becoming Charles (whatever the word for hammer is in the language) everyone knew that he was The Hammer, a nickname he certainly earnt.

[@resileaf9501]

Who else came back to this one after watching the video on the battle of Toulouse?

[@fleabait2514]

Yep.

[@electronlibre4163]

😂

[@mylunar]

Yup.

[@elvatoec]

Here here

[@mylunar]

@@unironically2 Papa too?

[@MrCubFan415]

Fun fact: Charles Martel was the grandfather of Charlemagne.

[@Peristerygr]

And Charlemagne's relations with the caliphate used to be excelent!;)

[@sir.mclovin7018]

@@Peristerygr he had a good relationship with the Abbasid , he even allied with them against the Eastern Roman empire (Byzantine).

[@infinitedream978]

@@sir.mclovin7018 really why Charlemagne had so bad relationship with byzantine empire?

[@littledikkins2]

@@infinitedream978 They were Orthodox Christians rather than Catholic Christians.

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

Sir. Mclovin Which was quite traitorous and stupid.

[@zaboomafool1911]

Lol, Duke Odo gets no respect. Gives Martel ten years to prepare by defeating arabs at Toulouse then leads the camp raid which breaks the army at Tours. But Martel becomes known as the savior of europe.

[@noahkidd3359]

@H G dumb troll, try harder

[@KaykyG018]

@@noahkidd3359 did he deleted the comment?

[@noahkidd3359]

@@KaykyG018 Yup! Haha

[@iainmurphy3714]

Charlemagne probably wrote the books

[@Bartooc]

@regular male That wasn't a compliment.

[@GaylordBonnafous]

I'm French, I'm a teacher of medieval history, and I live in Tours, so when I saw the title I was like "whaaat?!?", thinking there was a battle I had never heard of - which would be most unlikely. But when I saw the date I was released "ok, it's the battle of Poitiers". In fact the exact location is highly discussed, nobody knows, it probably took place in the country between Poitiers and Tours. But in France we call it the battle of Poitiers and it's one of the most famous battles of French history - even if we actually don't know much about it.

[@AA-rd2se]

well if you lost it, then all of french history would have changed so it should be a important history

[@gladimdim]

in Ukraine we also call it a battle at Poitier. I had to wikipedia it to search for this video lol.

[@yousifali4011]

We call it the highway of martyrs muslims teach this at school as a day of sadness and anguish to all the muslim nations

[@gallopingLake6]

I think the English texts refer to it as the Battle of Tours so as not to confuse it with the Battle of Poitiers 1356 which was a huge English victory that ended up capturing the French king. And the Frankish army caught up to the Muslim army while they were attempting to take Tours.

[@gaetanpilaudeau9000]

As a french i Learned somewhere that was at the village of "Moussay-la-bataille" at North of Poitiers, but yes it's true we can't be sure about the exact location of this battle.

[@NenekAtuk89]

" When the army disorganized due to the lack of discipline, it is the fault of the commander. " - Sun Tzu

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

"Like your enemy's facebook page. It will confuse them and make them weak" - Sun Tzu, Art of war

[@porto1st]

@@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus lmaoooo

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

It's " when your army lacks in organization it is not the fault of the Soldiers. It is the fault of the General."

[@hamidayman4114]

dude you attacked there camp and there was families there and money you mean you were coward

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

@@hamidayman4114 no. They were holding slaves not families. By your name I'm pretty sure which version of this battle you were taught

[@jamston2663]

Have to disagree with others in regards to narration and say that this style is move in the right direction. This video seemed very professional as I was previously distracted trying to understand the accent and occasional bad grammar. I hope you continue making these videos as they are very informative and enjoyable to watch. Looking forward to seeing this channel grow!

[@BazBattles]

Thanks for your comment. It's still the very beginning, each next video is quite different, as I'm still playing with various elements. Obviously, narration is one of the most noticeable recent changes. I'm quite surprised, that some of you actually liked my style of narration and my accent. Hard nut to crack for me to decide which path to follow :)

[@perkeleman]

I enjoy both, your accent was very genuine, and I agree that the images and the content is easy enough to follow. Maybe add subtitles (optional) if people don't like the narration, but the new guy is great too.

[@BazBattles]

There are English subtitles on all of my videos. You just need to turn them on in the video settings.

[@perkeleman]

Oh I see, then by all rights people shouldn't be complaining :) I didn't have have trouble understanding your polish accent. Keep it up

[@Chorochronchotor]

Subtitles are all well, but you want to be able to focus fully on the wonderfully made schematics (really awesome man!). Even though personally I am OK with either style of narration. I might even like yours a tiny bit more. It would probably bring you more subscribers If you'd stick with the new guy though. I'm from the Czech Republic, so I am quite used to our Slavic butchery of an English language :D. We do have a very heavy accent, which other nations might find quite distracting.

[@cemgursoy7545]

Charles martell: unbowed, unbent, unbroken.

[@kenneth9343]

Hahaha GOT.

[@hkhaze4958]

Cem Gürsoy those are the Baratheons

[@bigdaddy9579]

@@hkhaze4958 The Baratheon's words are "Ours Is The Fury"

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

Cem Gürsoy I wonder where George RR Martin got that from.

[@ririkoism]

That was a general retreat because they thought that another army will encircle them from behind + Muslims lost few hundreds men and killed thousands of their ennenies,according to islamic historians and muslims back with most of the army ...btw muslims stayed in france military for more than 120 years and enslaved thousands of french and used to take the jizya till the era of Alrashid

[@sebbyfergo]

CHARLES THE FUCKING HAMMER

[@francisj.underwood8208]

Sounds like Robert Baratheon

[@thevoiceless8567]

OURS IS THE FURY!

[@Mr.H42]

Marteau = hammer, martelé = hammered. No we can us « I will Charles Martel your face off ! » as « i will hammered your face off bitch » Sounds good 👍

[@ommsterlitz1805]

CHARLES LE MARTEAU DE DIEU

[@smal750]

​@ommsterlitz1805 pk tu rajoute de dieu 😂

[@TheGameHuntah]

I love history and I found your videos really interesting, another proof that graphics are not everything. thank you !

[@harbinger9072]

True dat, but the graphics be off-the-hook yose!

[@Rb-hm5mliu]

I like the graphics too :)

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

@@nanakired1338 So the Muslims were not on a conquest tour from Saudi-Arabia through the desert of Lybia, Algeria and Morocco, across the street of Gibraltar, conquering Spain on the way? They just went everywhere and handed out flowers, and then people said: could you rule us instead of our former rulers? Either the Muslims were on their way to conquer Europe, or the Crusades were peaceful. You can not call the Crusades murder and the Umayad kingdom peaceful in one sentence.

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

The graphics are awesome. I feel hurt when my favorite square cracks and later breaks... It was so brave!

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

@@mathiaslarry7685 maybe it is better if we give you out accounts right now, so you do not need to search them on our computer?

[@chucknorris202]

Charles Martel is legend for a reason. Awesome video.

[@Stopitpls]

He was the granddaddy of Charlemagne, big balls just run in that family

[@lukeknopp4267]

almost everyone that's white is descended from him lmao

It makes me proud to be a descendent if Charlemagne but a good portion of Germans French and Americans can say the same Europe had a lot of Franks

[@Rorkazak]

@Musaaud Al-hawaly Kinda like what ISIS does.

[@enderis526]

@Musaaud Al-hawaly That's the way war is fought. If you had a small army to defend your home against a powerful invader, would you meet them on the field even though you're guaranteed to lose? Or would you hit the invader where it hurts? Only one of these options will save your people.

[@oakfat5178]

@I am a disappointment to my parents Before Tours/Poitiers his nickname was Cojonemagne

[@meemstar2333]

> turkish straits > byzantine empire TRIGGERED

[@nikos8rigo8]

turkish straits TRIGGERED:Yes.Byzantine Empire TRIGGERED:Nope

[@lorgaraurelian8654]

Should just call it the Roman Empire, or the Eastern Roman Empire if you really must. "Byzantine" is just a term made up by historians centuries after the fact.

[@Kingdomsandbattles]

And GibraAltar strait in Arabic is "Jabal Tarek" refers to Tarek Ibn Ziyad the conqueror of the Iberian peninsula

[@Gismo359]

Lorgar Aurelian So is "Eastern Roman Empire". To them, it was just "Roman Empire"

[@RC15O5]

For short they would call their realm 'Rhomania'. Pretty sure the country now dubbed Romania was dubbed as such by the Ottomans (Rumania) and they themselves are called Vlatch, their lands Wallachia; may be wrong though.

[@ToasterHuman]

Wow, I'm so glad this channel popped up in my "Reccommended"-feed. Excellent animation and I didn't detect any inaccuracies - subbed!

[@BreadWinner330]

Charles Martel be like "No time Toulouse!"

[@geezergeezer1]

In France we say, "No time Poitiers". Stupid, I know, but we can't help it; we're French.

[@gigachad8245]

@@geezergeezer1 france is so shit country lmao

[@yohannbiimu]

Nice Python reference.

[@almirante_kiko]

No god ples no !! , Noooooooo!!

[@Crisyx91]

Helppo Nakki Tha’s rich coming from a retarded Finnish peasant

[@Berber141]

Thank you Charles Martel

[@yasirkhalif3886]

man im muslim soooooo, i hate this guy. not you, martells

[@slaviclungdonator9463]

@@yasirkhalif3886 Israel 😂

[@ghfg4402]

Thank you for Ar-Rahman

[@3mk510]

Average berber that doesn’t know half of the Umayyad army in that battle was made from berbers, and this was one of many reasons they lost . Thank you Uqba ibn Nafi for making these mad berbers mad for 1400 years

[@Berber141]

@@3mk510 Ukba Ibn Nafi was a piece of shiet,,, a fucking bastard terrorist who Aksel, the Berber knight who behead him

[@italianstallion7272]

Jesus, mention anything about the Muslim conquests on KZbin the comment section turns into a 21st crusade

[@italianstallion7272]

Also on the other side it turns into the hundredth jihad

[@rollingthunder8630]

Maximus Seximus of Legio XX Luckily this channel is unbiased and gives you the unfiltered history directly. Unlike some shitty politicized history channels lile The Real Crusades.

[@italianstallion7272]

Yeah thank God for that

[@meceffeukada3767]

Totally Agree.. Those Retards are cancer.. trying to justify their point of view by what some random ppl did in a random period of time.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

+Jack W Stop the Muslim Invasions.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Popped up on my suggestions... Subscribed....

[@EcuadorianFlagShip]

Napoleon I Bonaparte same here. Subscribed immediately!

[@hordeforlife]

Ditto.

[@raygiordano1045]

Me too. We should form a club.

[@inigovillanueva1944]

All hail Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor who cared!

[@JustABoy]

This is very high quality, well-researched content. Well done! I am genuinely surprised at your small subscriber numbers, but I have faith that this will resolve itself in a relatively short time. Excellent work!!

[@Anomymkai]

Aged well

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

If you think this is high quality I wonder what you think of his current much superior content.

[@adamoneil5317]

Thank you Charles Martel and all the brave Europeans who fought on that day. The strength of the European have endured the Moors, Berbers, Ottomans, Persians, Huns, Khazars, And Mongols. And it will continue to endure. I have so much pride in my Celtic and Germanic ancestors.

[@SOURAV-jw7kk]

We made you our slaves.

[@adamoneil5317]

@@SOURAV-jw7kk and we made many ours as well

[@SOURAV-jw7kk]

@@adamoneil5317 We ruled Spain for 500 years. 👍👍

[@adamoneil5317]

@@SOURAV-jw7kk you guys then lost it, and then lost Sicily as well, and then we imperialized you.

[@SOURAV-jw7kk]

@@adamoneil5317 We ruled eastern Europe for 400 years. 🤫🤫

[@HikmaHistory]

Loved how balanced and engaging the content was! Should've watched this in preparation for my video on the Battle of Tours! Keep up the good work.

[@thewoollyviking5928]

Knowing Charles Martel was also known as Charles the hammer, I think it would have been appropriate for him to have told the Muslim forces, "Stop, Hammer Time."

[@thewoollyviking5928]

jakeera 1995 yeah, but when it came to france, martel was like "can't touch this."

[@smokeydasharky]

ROFL

[@rfui7675]

Martel means Hammer

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

Martel is hammer in the frank language.

[@tariqbosnian7407]

if tariq ibn ziyad was the leader of the army rest asured the hammer would get hammered

[@Gallalad1]

You could say.... it was hammer time! I'll show myself out

[@mokies7811]

NotSoSober Gamer no no stay he needs the views

[@obibellowme]

NotSoSober Gamer this isn't 9gag

[@limon16025]

My my my infantry hits me so hard makes me say DEUS VULT

[@jimsy7al]

LOL!!

[@Tamemi]

قد غزوتم الشمال الأفريقي فكان ماذا؟ ما زلتم تئنون من غزوكم !

[@olmate08]

This genuinely helped me so much on my school task on Charles Martel, thank you so much

[@dianesue4629]

I'd love to see you also do some "Baz Battles" of Lepanto (1571) and The Siege of Vienna (1683). Thanks for doing a great job of reporting history. I've recommended your channel to many. It's a pity that more people aren't interested in history not realizing, in the words of George Santayana: "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it".

[@chris1990re]

You're channel is going to be massive in a while, people will pick up on these masterpieces very soon.

[@freaksuyash]

Very well made, I am really impressed by the quality of work.

[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

Charles, you have my undying respect for saving Europa.

[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

@ray I can't agree. Islam has no place in Europe

[@XDKnoori]

@ray based

[@ngng685]

@@FieldMarshalRommel23 I think you're wrong

[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

@@ngng685 About?!?!

[@ngng685]

@@FieldMarshalRommel23 If Islam has no place in Europe then What the hell is Islam doing in Albania

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Ar-Rahman: "Europe will be mine!" Charles: "Stop!" Ar-Rahman: "...what?" Charles: "HAMMER TIME!" Ar-Rahman: "...that will never get popular, foolish Christian."

[@ضرارابنالازور-ز6د]

DONT WORRY AFTER 20 YERAS MORE MOSLUMS IN EUROPE THAN CHRISTIANS JUST WAIT

[@lauralil6886]

@@ضرارابنالازور-ز6د ahahaha, oh wait...... your serious? so what shit hole are you from?

[@magicalgold010]

@@lauralil6886 Pakistan

[@Jmzz542]

There are two types of sources for this "Battle of Tours" or "Battle of Poitiers" as we name it in France, the contemporary sources and later sources (both christians and muslim). The contemporary sources saw this battle as a simple skirmish battle between a raid party of al-Andalus troops made of "Saracens" (most of them Berbers, only a few Arabs !! it is also interesting to note that some Christians were also among them) against the "men of the north" as you quoted it. But the later sources, IXth century and after, started to turn it into a big battle against two religions. And then, during the crusades, the religious aspect took a way bigger part, and during the XIXth century the battle was used as propaganda by the french governments to teach the glorious history of France - Le roman national. So, saying that right after the battle the word spread around Europe that Martel defeated a muslim invasion is not true, as far as the contemporary sources let us know. Arabian culture influenced great things in Iberia. Flamenco, the Spanish guitar, the guitar itself, the fact Al-Andalus had lit and paved walkways centuries before Paris. They brought Algebra, the writtings of great philosophers, cartography, astronomy, you name it.

[@yogipreneurable]

Why Muslims Govt of Andalus Spain didnt Massacre Christians Visigoth? Because muslims are tolerant.

[@MikeMafiaII]

The Turkish straits weren't yet Turkish

[@Jupiter__001_]

Mike ` Anatolian-Balkan straits at that point.

[@MikeMafiaII]

Io Not Hellespont?

[@zackamor8043]

Lol and Gibraltar has its name of a Berber leader who invaded Iberia

[@truthseeker7242]

Zack - He ordered that his army destroy their boats, because there would be no turning back from their jihad in the Iberian dar al-Harb {land of war/conflict] - a case of kill or be killed, for wealth and land [in the name/excuse of 'Allah'].

[@zackamor8043]

You know you are talking bullshit right? The Moroccans recognise tariq ibn zayid as a Berber. They admire him and had put him as an exemple to unify against the Arabs.

[@xxCheeseNinjax]

Absolutely amazing, first video I watch from you but instantly subscribed and I do not regret it. There are far too few properly informed, well explained historical channels out there, that base their content in facts, rather than "wishfull thinking", I feel you portrayed both sides well, and got the story across with an entertaining method of explaining, I learned and enjoyed myself, rather than just soaking it in for the moment, like just another low-budged tv show, keep up the good work man, and if you have any other historical channels to recommend, please do! (Though I wager I'm already subbed to them :P)

[@stevehayward1854]

I wish history was taught like this at school, I would have been a lot, lot more interested.

[@mohamedshakaal1545]

Hhhh So you Wanna Push as Back From Europe. No we are Only Refugees, Man 😂

[@bokonoo77]

@@mohamedshakaal1545 go back to your country you taxeater

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@bokonoo77 Not their fault their countries got invaded, depending on where they're from Your taxes are a punishment from God

[@bokonoo77]

@@themercifulguard3971 >Your taxes are a punishment from God I didn't know my government was godly. All I hear from them is pro-LGBT and anti-christian shits. It is not European countries fault that they got invaded

[@RedOctober_]

@@bokonoo77 lol you’re a fascist? Were you born during the reign of Phillipe Petain?

[@notcomplicit7982]

i would love to see more battle from this time period featured Baz :D

[@BazBattles]

Yeah, me too :) I'm not stopping anytime soon.

[@notcomplicit7982]

BazBattles awesome i think its a very interesting period that often gets ignored. under rated you might say.

[@Italiankid1029]

Holy crap, 25,000 cav vs 20,000 infantry and they won? Amazing

[@stormbringer2840]

This is what good strategy can do .

[@ubisons6161]

If cavalry just charges in a straight line where infantry is ready to defend, it will be a defeat for the cavalry

[@hrvojebartulovic7870]

Cavalry doesn't charge in a straight line, but in a shape similar to uppercase 'L' !! Don't you play chess??

[@andrew_owens7680]

Probably not. That's why they call it HIS-story.

[@TM-eo7mn]

It was light cavalry, which isn't good for charging

[@guillaumelainey1696]

In france we call this the battle of poitiers

[@fallenangel9951]

Guillaume Lainey Interesting

[@bflorijn]

In Holland we also use "battle of Poitiers" instead of battle of Tours.

[@Wood111112]

What do you call the other battle of Poitiers?

[@fcalvaresi]

Auto Didact We say the battle of Poitiers of 732 and the battle of Poitiers of 1356.

[@doublepingas4053]

Guillaume Lainey i wouldnt call france "france" today though

[@paulg444]

probably shouldnt call them the "turkish straits" as the Turks would not invade and take over anatolia for another 300 years.

[@sourweed9818]

Turks not invaded anatolia they conquered it a THOUSAND years ago.

[@Eric-ng2ed]

@@sourweed9818 this video takes place OVER a THOUSAND years ago

[@SamO-ik2cm]

@Dick Thunder he can't help it his parents are probably related.

[@lukehaddad5185]

WELL Turkic is technically different to Turkish. But better call them Osmans or Ottomans

[@liagoutas]

Actually it was not Turkish at all, the Ottomans got hold off the straits some 700+ years later. And there were different "Turkish" tribes/hordes/nations in the Ottoman empire.

[@kimpeater1]

this is awesome. why don't they teach this in schools??

[@disparuetderetour5230]

This would be '' islamophobic ''.

[@Oken111]

You are two unwitty people. History is history, it has nothing to do with religion. Here in France we learn about it in school

[@disparuetderetour5230]

Oken111 Ca a tout à voir avec la religion, bien au contraire.

[@smokeydasharky]

learning bullshit and getting brainwashed.

[@Oken111]

***** Haha I see now where you're coming from xD And that to me shows me there is no point debating with you

[@CultOfMonika]

I'm so thankful that i found your channel. You have you're self a new subscriber, keep the videos coming

[@davidtop6242]

In France 🇫🇷 it’s not the battle of Tours but the battle of Poitiers.

[@forexdragon]

Huh? The French lost the battle of Poitiers though...at least the second one.

[@DM-rw7cj]

@@forexdragon And the English lost the war... So ?

[@Robert399]

So what do the French call the later battle against Edward the Black Prince? Or do they just not talk about it?

@@Robert399 I guess it's easier, for educational purposes, to remember Poitiers as being the location of many wars.

[@ludoviciusmagnus5125]

@@Robert399 are you refering to the Angevin empire when England kings were French? we say that England was the first colony of France.

[@Gia1911Logous]

You could say that Charles was really *_THE HAMMER OF GOD_*

[@mikepoulin3020]

Kind of like the Jewish Maccabeans....

[@idiotsavant2343]

Is this an ISP reference?

[@Gia1911Logous]

@@idiotsavant2343 yes Yes it is

[@idiotsavant2343]

@@Gia1911Logous wonderful

[@idiotsavant2343]

A suprise but a welcome one.

[@NeoByzantine1821]

"Asia minor was still occupied by the byzantine empire" lol? Asia minor was their mainland for almost 1000 years.

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

Occupied perhaps less in the military sense of the word than the general sense, like one occupies one's house.

[@fiddlesticks7245]

@@lorddashdonalddappington2653 Anatolia was greek, Troy was in there. Are you simple?

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

@@fiddlesticks7245 Nah but I guess you are. I genuinely don't know how it is that you imagine you're offering a reply to what I said, but I reccommend you try reading my comment again, maybe look some of the words up on google to help you out.

[@Talyrion]

Interestingly, the real loser of this battle ended up being Odo and the duchy of Aquitaine. They basically went from an independent power, able to look at Charles Martel and the Frankish kingdom as equals, to a submissive state, soon to be annexed. (well, Ar-Rahman didn't exactly luck out either, I suppose, on account of being killed in the whole affair)

[@stormbringer2840]

It was either being conquered by Ar-Rahman or either by charles martel . I suppose he preferred to conserve his religion at least .

[@Suite_annamite]

Stormbringer: his culture too...the Franks reinvented western Europe after all, rising it from the ashes of Rome.

[@shawngilliland243]

Good riddance to Al-Rahman, I say.

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

1000 times Martel than the Muslims, ate least he still is part of a greater cristhian kingdom

[@zarlei6048]

Sure but the aristocracy of the duchy still ruled the land even if they were subjects of a 'foreign' ruler.

[@MustafaShams]

underrated channel

[@nathankincaid9814]

Mustafa Shams How is it underated? 50k subs is a ton.

[@MustafaShams]

I posted this 3 months ago when this channel had like 10k subs

[@Mw3oWn]

Mustafa Shams 162k now.

[@TheRealfiqqo]

1 Year later..... Say that again?

[@cesmicbg2007]

@@Mw3oWn 465,000 now

[@tobolulo]

Nice to know that one of the most important characters in European history: General Winter, was influential in the decision making of the commanders.

[@jameammarijr.2248]

Without this battle, it would have been Islamic Empire of Europe with European women as s*x sl*ves. Europe should always be thankful to the French for this

[@kornfield86]

1) How can you use the term "Turkish Straits" when talking about 8th century? - there had been no Turks there for another 300 years 2) @1:20 In what way was Asia Minor "occupied" by the Byzantines? They OWNED the area for what... 700 years? 3) @ 1:27 how could the Arabs and Byzantines had "fought each other for centuries" by 732, if the Arab conquest had only started around 622 AD?

[@BazBattles]

Thanks for that comment, script wasn't polished enough. I already have nightmares involving Turkish Straits label in this video :)

[@frankwally2476]

The battle of yarmuk happened in 627, and the byzantines/romans always had border problems on the eastern frontiers

[@hubble2228]

Well the same goes to the gibraltar strait (gibraltar area) as it was also named after the arab commander who invaded it. if im not wrong jabal-al-tariq. My point is that bazbattles just mentioned the modern names of the straits. but its still bosphorus to me :D

[@frankwally2476]

I agree. Even so, saying "Turkish Straits" applies to the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles

[@truthseeker7242]

frankwally - Yes, at one time the European (Christian/Catholic countries had a great trade going with the East, via the seaways - carry goods by sea was much cheaper, and generally speaking also safer - BUT the various Muslim leaders/Caliphs, sought to choke off that trade and economy. I believe there was one North African Caliph, who bragged that the Europeans could not even safely float a plank of wood along the Mediterranean! They in effect shafted such of the European economy for many decades - and also continually plundered the coastal areas for booty and women for their harems. It is very likely that many of those who have European ancestry at that time, also have lineage to women and girls who were taken for the harems, and that we now have Arab, Berber etc. bloodlines as a result of them being made pregnant by their 'Muslim masters'.

[@Desperado070]

this is where "Hold the line" comes from

[@johnirby8847]

I don't know...a few hundred Spartans knew how to "hold the line" a thousand years earlier.

[@Desperado070]

​@@johnirby8847 They didn't succeed.

[@johnirby8847]

@@Desperado070 Yeah but people were "holding the line" thousands of years earlier. Almost the entire Greek and Roman military was heavy infantry. The Greek hoplite phalanx was replicated by Gaul, Spain, Carthage, Seleucid, Persia, Pontics, every German tribe that made it...even all the way up to the Celts and Norse. If you're talking specifically about holding the line the Greeks were the OG's.

[@negvey]

How the fuck did I not hear about this channel! this is legit as fuck

[@aztecaddress6356]

Absolutely!!! TheArtofBattle and Historia Civillis are the ones I watched before I discover this channel!!

[@negvey]

Historia Civils is BROKEN GOOD!!! if anyone reading that YOU MUST CHECK OUT THE CHANNEL!

[@aztecaddress6356]

Indeed, if you love Roman history you should definitely give it a try.

[@hermanPla]

Same

[@takshashila2995]

yes,he is pretty neutral btw i am a muslim.

[@bobbybr93]

Christendom is saved!!

[@ririkoism]

That was a general retreat because they thought that another army will encircle them from behind + Muslims lost few hundreds men and killed thousands of their ennenies,according to islamic historians and muslims back with most of the army ...btw muslims stayed in france military for more than 120 years and enslaved thousands of french and used to take the jizya till the era of Alrashid

[@mohandarifi7204]

Leer Engels dombo "christendom" bestaat niet in het Engels

[@Mhmmd.salem86]

After 100 years you'll say : " Unfortunately. "

[@bhenediktusniscalawastu3768]

@@Mhmmd.salem86 ok gay muslim

[@rayhanashari25]

@@ririkoism oke muslim

[@erik8467]

Channels like this are awesome on KZbin

[@ivantoxie]

We need another Hammer and we will have one.

[@tobylaroned]

Exactly the channel I've been looking for. It's so well done and the quality is so damn good. Keep it up! Though the audio can be improved. A new mic perhaps? Other than that I love everything about your channel

[@BazBattles]

I'd say there are many more things to be improved/reworked. I'm feeling a bit guilty uploading unfinished vids, with flaws here and there, but it takes just too much time to polish it to the desired level, and there are so many stories to tell. So, consider these shortcomings as a sacrifice to get more videos done each month, at least until I manage to optimize things. Mongol Empire is just too important to leave it behind. Kalka River/Legnica/Kulikovo/Ain Jalut were all interesting battles, but I'm unable to tell when I would cover them.

[@perkeleman]

I do hope you can make a living out of those, very nice content

[@mariaoh3167]

We need Martel more than ever

[@ahmadhamaidh2002]

For what

[@أحمدزكريا-ذ8ل]

تشارلز مارتيل طرد المسلمين اللذين أتوا لكي يحتلوا بلاده فرنسا و لكنه لا يستطيع مهاجمة اراضي المسلمين و هزيمتهم انتم أيها الكفار تحتاجون إلى مارتيل لإخماد نار الإسلام و لكن الإسلام سيكبر و سيصبح اكبر دين في العالم ثم سيصبح الإسلام مهيمناً على العالم

[@AshkanPacino13]

@@أحمدزكريا-ذ8ل Nobody cared about desert land of arabs to invade lmao

[@smal750]

lol you bash the french then ask for a frenchman to save you hypocrite bi*ch*s

[@Sina.575]

​@@AshkanPacino13true. not even The Sassanid Persians or The mongols cared to invade Arabia because it was just an empty desert lmao.

[@jarylsisil]

this is the best channel on youtube. you just need a good thumbnail and a little bit click bait to attract views. your channel deserve more views. keep up the good work mate.

[@BazBattles]

Thanks for your kind words, even tho the first sentence is a clear exaggeration. I always thought my thumbnails are rather ok'ish. As for the clickbait, this is purely educational content (though I try to pour some entertainment into it too), so using methods popular among gamers/vloggers is really not my cup of tea. I'd like spend time rather on creating better vids, no offence :)

[@jarylsisil]

BazBattles cant wait to see your new video :D

[@vitdan243]

You sir deserve more views

[@goldenvrpca7962]

We need this Charles character ASAP!

[@airyanawaejah2323]

Too Late.

[@smi758sthxd81]

We need Saladin as soon as possible

[@FireShoxx]

Why?

[@agentopaque3776]

@P P P Search up battle of marj al-ayun saladin almost captured and killed baldwin in a straight up fight

[@amanrusom9498]

@samy701 he hammered your Saladin twice if i am correct. and the execution of the prisoners was hard but justified as Saladin miscalculated on the ransom negotiations and went back on his word but he was a selfish man who betrayed his father and caused his death and caused misery on his people (England). But he was a warrior king. PS as an orthodox Christian i am very glad the Latins got kicked out.

[@مسيحيةكاثوليكية-د8ك]

May God bless the brave man Charl martel and his French soldiers who preserved Christianity..I am from Iraq a Catholic Armenian from Iraq 🇮🇶🌷

[@kayvan671]

God bless you.

[@jerry-kerry9275]

Honestly KZbin is the only place where I see religious people hating each other

[@jameammarijr.2248]

@@jerry-kerry9275 Yeah, when the religion takes your land and r*pes your women (and practice s*x sl*very), it's obvious you have to hate it

[@based_kaiser9015]

@@jerry-kerry9275 I can assure you with full confidence that we do so too in real life

[@Harveyspecter000]

If sadam was there you wouldn't have the courage to say that armenian bi*tch

[@gustano123]

Your content is amazing! Now, you sir, have a new subscriber!

[@DomPatek]

Where is modern day Martel when you need him?

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

Nah that would be Islamophobic

[@Bostonite1985]

There are thousands of Martels. They work under cover in the middle east.

[@mworld3653]

@ray No! Europe is doing much better. Islam leave it for those backward countries

[@Bostonite1985]

Go back to where you belong...a fanatical Islamic state.

[@allistaircampbell9282]

@ray Dhimmi

[@anarrivingwingedhussar9692]

Anyone else is rewatching all BazBattle videos? I remember back in 2016-17 this was the first channel to get me into this type of historical documentary stuff

[@ahzekahrimanTS]

Charles: Leads the fight Odo: Captures booty

[@nowayman1406]

Arabs: we will conquer whole infidel europe! Charles martel: Vous ne passerez pas !

[@choizde7126]

I see French, I click like.

[@randommuslim2149]

Je suis sur que charles martel serait très content de voir les jolies mosquées qui se trouvent à poitiers

[@KJ-is5ug]

A2M DM ok my fellow weakling muslim.

[@feetforever5831]

@ScarletDespair Ce ne sont pas des mosquees dotees de minarets, mais de simple garages et parkings d'immenbles. Donc vous n'avez rien a demolir.

[@amelhl6235]

@ScarletDespair in your dream

[@abdulmalekrk3693]

I am an Arab Muslim. In our history we call this battle (Tails of martyrs) because of the number of Muslims losses that made the ground unseen from the corpses. Another great video from BazBattles 👍🏼

[@justinwbohner]

inshallah

[@abdulmalekrk3693]

@@justinwbohner I would like to say that you are using Inshallah wrongly. 😶

[@justinwbohner]

@@abdulmalekrk3693 It was God's will that the muslims lost because mohammad wasn't a prophet.

[@abdulmalekrk3693]

@@justinwbohner Well, that is your disrespectful opinion. I can say the opposite thing about battles that Muslims won. However, battles aren’t religious. You should respect others believes.

[@Harveyspecter000]

​@@justinwbohner don't you have a mind to think what was the battle have to do with the prophet Muhammad peace upon him The prophet died in 632 Ad long time ago before the battle even if what are saying if it happened back there it has not something to do with that. That's not how the world work . Grow up

[@katsu_papi]

just wanna say...how freaking cool it is to be nicknamed "The Hammer" in history... stuff of legends👍

[@texaschizophrenic]

God bless Charles.

[@thegigadykid1]

God curse him

[@SuperSilverTrees]

Relax, there is no God.

[@YaBoiFetz]

@Bila Hora why do YOU think there is one?

[@YaBoiFetz]

@Bila Hora Well that's not an answer to my question

[@Akillesursinne]

@Bila Hora But you didn't give an answer. Scientists can, atleast, admit they don't know. Religion never has that humility, being a dogmatic and human invention.

[@kevinarnold8167]

The Battle of Poitiers next! How recent in time are you willing to go for these videos? Is the Crimean War too recent?

[@BazBattles]

I'm not limiting myself in any way, but events happening later than XVII century are more visually demanding, as newer tools to harm people were developed - first canons, guns, line infantry, sophisticated navy, precise artillery, warplanes, tanks etc. I want to keep it enjoyable to watch, thus a lot of new graphics, objects and animations need to be created, it takes time unfortunately. But all these immensely interesting events will eventually be covered aswell!

[@ABC-bh7fl]

Thank you Charles Martel my from iraq (kurdish)

[@aryanraina700]

Stay strong my bro🙏. Love from Indian hindu🤝

[@amouri0307]

@@aryanraina700 Indians shit on the street

[@tokyo2445]

Saddam Hussein ❤️

[@SHAHIN-pd4ez]

​@@tokyo2445It is because of people like you who consider Muslims as terrorists and dirt in the world. Those who support and approve of Saddam Hussein who massacred thousands of innocent people in Iraq and Iran show that they lack humanity. They have a long history because their Prophet and his companions were all savage, bloodthirsty and sexually sick people

[@Leo137156]

Love your simple but easy to understand graphics and great maps. Also the comments and extra bits of info at the end add a lot to the videos. Great voice too. Thanks for a job well done. Leo

[@trevinowens70]

Thank God for Charles Martel.

[@quadeong7453]

How the heck does this channel only have 3,500 subs?

[@Jupiter__001_]

Quade Ong It has exploded to 10k in the last few days.

[@quadeong7453]

Io thats good

[@-ahmed121]

It’s 600000 already

[@christopherjensen794]

Great job! I learned a lot! Battle of Talas next? I'd like to know more about that one!

[@tigerarmyrule]

One of the most important battles in history. Saved Europe and consequently the world from darkness.

[@yunousousman4938]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 " saved from darkness " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ahmedelsawy567]

You are not in darkness ,right now ? Is it the life God and Jesus Christ they accept for you ? The East has no soul even nowadays they are in technology but no souls ? If Jesus Christ came again to Europe ,is he could be Happy but what you doing?

[@aabdeenntourntou]

@Messias We love Jesus.But the last prophet is Muhammad.

[@BKnerosky]

@Eros Hermes you don't do it to this day! Wtf

[@basitreyaz6338]

@@yunousousman4938 saved from islamic savagery

[@shooterxd2387]

7:19 rEtRiEve bOoTy

[@hasan_basra_iraq]

I am an Arab I hope that we will live with all peoples and religions in peace without fighting and wars. We must respect each other whether we are Muslim or Christian. We are all human and uniting humanity. ❤️🌷

[@FireShoxx]

Ch2149 keep in mind that the entire Muslim world doesn’t just encompass Arabia. It kinda bothers me hearing people summarize an entire religion to one religious minority or culture. It’s like claiming Italians are responsible for IRA attacks in Northern Ireland because they’re catholic. Like come on

[@FireShoxx]

Ch2149 please excuse me for just making assumptions. It kinda just pisses me off when I see people oversimplify the shit out of an entire religion and assume my Muslim neighbors and friends are inherently evil. just misread ur comment

[@dwiyantoprakosa2445]

Western Terrorism and Imperalism occured for centuries still going on until this day. Millions have been killed !

[@tomchch]

I hope not

[@benjamin1403]

@@dwiyantoprakosa2445 and like this video shows your religion attack my continent before we attacked yours. Also the average westerner including me doesn’t agree with Middle Eastern wars we get involved in and start.

[@CliffSavage2021]

Is this the first Baz Battles? I cannot get enough of this guy.

[@simoncarrier9910]

We need Charles Martel more than ever today

[@sir_humpy]

Him or John III Sobieski

[@Tamemi]

أنتم تحتاجون لخالد بن الوليد رضي الله عنه

[@acethegreat2946]

@@Tamemi Yes, this Martel guy is nothing compared to Khalid ibn waleed. Khalid probably would’ve hid troops off to the sides incase invading enemy decided to attack the camps, but close enough to join the main group if need be. Also, he definitely would’ve been more strategic about his attack.

[@smellypatel5272]

@@Tamemi Ameen. And the Muslim Ummah will see great commanders like him rise once again to fight the evil in the world.

[@yeyenyeyen6881]

@@acethegreat2946 i mean, who can compare some dude that won one battle, to a dude who won many battle and never lose his entire life, and also fighting two biggest empire at that time, sassanid and roman

[@paimonshead2386]

Can't belive they recreated this battle at the world cup

[@RollTide1987]

One of the most important and consequential battles in all history.

[@brianfuller757]

Very good presentation of one of the important battles of world history. Its also a significant victory as the Franks won with a mostly infantry force. Franks were feared and respected for their cavalry.

[@solemanali7448]

Thank god for charlmen and his victory As a ex muslim i speak Europ was saved that day

[@ghfg4402]

Thanks to him, Aruba did not know the evolution until the year 1492. This is an undeniable fact

[@JoseCangalaya]

In my class we learned about this king. Carlos El Martillo for his powerful blows

[@massimowindowcolor360]

Carlos El Martillo didn't be king. He was Maire du Palais, something like a Prime Minister

[@ericmarseille2]

Technically he wasn't the King, but his son Pepin (in English Pippi) the Short became King, founding the Carolingian dynasty, famously named after his own son Charles, better known as Charlemagne.

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

@@massimowindowcolor360 so... was he kind of a consul?

[@massimowindowcolor360]

@@Mitaka.Kotsuka more than this. In Merovinges dinasty the king had two kind of power:political and religious. In that time Carlos El Martillo got the political(and military)Power, the king the religious one

[@oakfat5178]

@@Mitaka.Kotsuka The king's chief administrator and advisor in title, but by then the kings had little money, less power, not much respect. I suppose Pepin II and Martel had to establish supreme military and administrative dominance before becoming kings in name as well as in fact.

[@ArmandDupin]

Though all credits always go to Charles, duke Odo (Eudes) was pretty badass. He had already wiped out an arab attack ten years earlier.

[@hamidayman4114]

by flancking them by surprise da fuq you people are talking about and he lost a war after that they are arab called it so easy

[@rcv0]

@@hamidayman4114 you're just pissed that the arabs got FUCKED in this battle, admit it

[@rachcliffe3182]

Simply straight to the point. Thankyou

[@GRBoi1993]

Great video, just one objection at the end: Fact 1 says he established a professional standing army in Europe for the first time since the fall of Rome in 476, but the Romans in the east maintained a standing army (in some form) until 1453.

[@julianmarsh1378]

In college I had a very learned history prof, Professor Landon. His take on the battle, derived from more contemporary sources than those used for this video, conclude that the Muslim force at Tours was little more than a recon. force of horsemen. Distance from their home base on the other side of the mountains coupled with what for the Muslims would have been climate and terrain they were not accustomed (Middle East--North Africa--Spain, all hot, dry, and in many places desert conditions) dissuaded them from advancing with any serious intention of further conquest into western Europe. So there was a battle, more like a skirmish. It does make for a great story, though.

[@marcelooteroreis]

Seems like those contemporary sources are doings some revisionism on one of the most emblematic battles that made Europe’s Christianity survive afterwards. Maybe not the most reliable one hey?

[@leviking8384]

Loved this. It helped with my poster on the battle of tours

[@ekimaulthar2044]

to the french viewers evidently (according to wikipedia) 2 separate events are called the "Battle of Poitiers"; this one and a later battle during the Hundred Years's War. they (presumably English speaking historians) named this one "Tours" to differentiate the 2 of them I guess...

[@jonnyy4088]

Thank God for Martel and pray he defends us again,including from our confederate leaders.

[@joihnbrown1889]

haha

[@ahmedislam2580]

ALLAHU AKBAR

[@victorperezurbano9504]

Bro, dude has been dead for more than 1200 years

[@ahmedislam2580]

@Bernard Alcantara 2 you are infidel ! not me

[@ahmedislam2580]

@Bernard Alcantara 2 spanish empire killed the muslims in spain but the muslim andalus era protect the christians and jews ;)

[@servioster]

God save the Europe then and now!

[@abdelazizmetali1938]

why he didint save spain and portugal .??

[@servioster]

@@abdelazizmetali1938 Who say they're not save ? I dont have God eyes nor you. The rest is political affair, these human things dont resolve instead getting more complicated.

[@kanglongshankz3313]

@@abdelazizmetali1938 He did in 1492.

[@allistaircampbell9282]

We need a Martel nowdays.

[@ghfg4402]

In fact, we have two religions

[@broadwaynicky]

I think the key here is that Charles knew the Umayyad weaknesses. The takeaway is knowing more than the enemy, having that knowledge edge allowed the Frankish army to fight in ways that Rahman was weak at.

[@beyondheartmindsoul3443]

The takeaway is have strong faith if you lose it all, you still died with dignity and knowing that you are going to place where you will be received as hero such as heaven. Have something to fight for and secondly know your enemy well. Never fight for material or booty, or your force will abandon you the second, you think loss is certain. Fighting to elevate an abstract values and ideas is much better than chasing after material possessions and lusts.

[@christinosim]

The leader does the work and takes responsibility. In turn, the soldier swears trust loyalty and does what the leader says. -smart person

[@ShoeibShargo]

All hail Charles Martel for saving Europe and its beauty.

[@cjbarrow46]

I'm glad this video brought up the horrors inflicted upon the civlians by the arab armies. Too often nowadays historians do their best to maximise the sins of westerners and erase or minimise the sins of others. Political correctness should not get in the way of historical accuracy and Im grateful you did not let it here.

[@captainsalif4752]

It's vice versa what u just said

[@thagnogs]

Holy cow I have to do a presentation on this battle and wow this is so good

[@Ment2703]

If only Byzantium had such a warrior like Charles Martel, the Anatolian Peninsula would have remained Christian:(

[@vladtheimpaler5454]

Byzantine had basil ii a few years prior..but sadly he passed away

[@Ruairoquai]

Would love to see a video on the siege of Constantinople (717-718).

[@sabersroommate8293]

I remember playing this battle in aoe 2. Good Times.

[@vincewindeuycker3219]

Love the history and LOVE the little captions you give the commanders....

[@Briselance]

08:59: "To reconquer the Spain"? No. :-( To reconquer Spain? Yes. :-)

[@phoenixbird2078]

To reconquer Spain? No. :-( To reconquer the Iberian Peninsula*? Yes. :-)

[@cfl_finn4831]

Muslims back then: *threatening to take over all of Europe* Muslims now: "PlEaSe EurOpE! LEt mE iN!"

[@мувн-ш4ы]

cope

[@NeoSultan]

Literally the exact opposite. It's zionists who wants displaced muslims to remain in. Gadaffi wanted to take Muslims in from Europe.

[@cfl_finn4831]

@@NeoSultan Yeah ok 😊

[@kayvan671]

@@мувн-ш4ы The truth hurts, right?

[@chadgaston8615]

So what os bad about them? Because many are on welfare? Those that I have met have healthy family units due to strong faith.