Conquest and Fall of Constantinople - Part 9 - Third Crusade: Acre to Arsuf

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Richard arrives in the Holy Land at Acre. The great contest between him and Saladin begins. The Siege of Acre is just the first round and Jerusalem is the grand prize.
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SO GOOD! never underestimate a few hundred heavily armored knights

[@FlashPointHx]

Or a well timed general charge of the cavalry - There is page out of Sun Tzu where he says when you attack it must come with the full power of a sudden thunder storm.

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[@MrDew335]

This first Acre map looks quite different from that of Ks&Gs. However, this first one is evocative of the Alexandrian description of the city. Thanks for the note about multiple battlefields!

[@FlashPointHx]

Acre or Tyre? For Acre it is what most of the maps I came across looked like.

[@MrDew335]

@@FlashPointHx Ah yes, Tyre. My bad

[@FlashPointHx]

@@MrDew335 Wanted to emphasize the length of the causeway - this was one of main reasons that Saladin couldn't take the city. If you look at most of the maps - the causeway was actually pretty long. The city itself was on anywhere between one and three islands - depending on the source

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I am a total dork for Sci Fi - happy that you appreciated those references. I put them in to see if anyone notices. Take a look at my History of the Black Death video - and see if you notice any references. Also happy you liked this series

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Wow, thank you! I try to make the history as compelling as possible - appreciate the comment Danao

[@AdamNoizer]

If it was any commander other than Richard then Arsuf could have easily become another Carrhae. Pretty insane keeping all those soldiers together when under that kind of arrow fire.

[@FlashPointHx]

Sometimes a battle is won by the sheer presence of its commander

[@historymax3d775]

@@FlashPointHx Saladin committed his troops too far, unlike Hattin where he just sat back and wore the Crusaders down from a distance. It allowed Richard's cavalry charge to actually strike the enemy instead of being hit and run. To be fair, though, he was on a clock as he couldn't let Richard reach Arsuf without engaging properly.

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Much appreciated! I've been doing this War of the Worlds series now for three years. I've had a lot of people in the audience help me with my Arabic. I've even had people send me voice recordings so I can hear the names of the people I talk about. For me this is also a journey of learning.

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No doubt - his massacre of his POWs was truly a dark stain - had to get that Darth Vader quote in there.

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Good points - happy you like the video. I use the explosions to focus the eye of the viewer. But perhaps it makes sense to use them for a later time period.

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Thank you! Seems like you really liked this episode - go back a few episodes - I go over Saladin's rise to power.

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Thank you ! I try to stay as non-biased as I can =)

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Two comments in a day - good to see that you are so engaged! Justinian I has always been a fav of mine. But If I don't get back to the Reconquista my audience is gonna kill me

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9:54 Caesar would be proud

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I know right? But Caesar took this to a new level and had the city surrounded

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@@FlashPointHx I'll be on the lookout but you can see it by moving your units near the land bridge in Saladin's Tyre mission

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Glad you like it! Yeah Wikimedia Commons has a treasure trove of lovely images.

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More to come!

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Thank you so much 😀 My friend - I barely have time to create these. Like I said, my friend at House of History created a great series on Skanderbeg

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It's fascinating that Richard could turn what looked like a catastrophe, into a complete victory at Arsuf.

[@FlashPointHx]

Right? On paper Saladin should have won this.

[@Cervando]

To be fair he didn't. His orders were disobeyed. He never intended to attack, only to press on and seek fortified shelter. The cavalry charge was not his choice and proved decisive.

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​@@Cervando True, but the fact that he choose to act according to these developments proved his flexibility in battle.

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@@Cervando Correct - but once triggered, Richard knew when to act

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@@Fenniks- Flexibility? Hardly. He could either sit back and watch his troops without him or join in. I really don't think he could claim any credit for the victory due to his command decisions.

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You are so welcome - hope you like it!

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Another brilliant episode 👏🙏🏻 only thing that's missing is a few more hours of that 😆 patiently waiting for the next one. Thank you FPH ♥️

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Appreciate it! I'm about 1/3 of the way done with this next video - should have it out by the end of the month

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Will do

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This is the chapter in which Saladdin's face turns into a constant Pikachu shocked face. 7:36 - How Saladdin cuts his loses. 16:50 - How Richard cuts his wins.

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Good way of saying it! yeah for Richard he never seemed to lose

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I try my best to get them out fast - the next one should come out in the next 10 days

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Best episode until now of the byzantine/crusade series. It touched that heavenly level of the Reconquista series. Great work ! You still have a long way to the fall and end of Constantinople. Do you plan of leapfrogging some time periods?

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks a ton! Yes - I will complete the third crusade in the next video before hitting the 4th crusade. Then will get to the rise of the Ottomans before going to the final siege of 1453. But I think after the fourth crusade, I'm going to go back and finish the reconquista

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Good to hear!

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Many never made it back is what I've heard - when the army dispersed in Eastern Asia Minor it had to make its what back through hostile lands. The Seljuk picked many off

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Richard really like to play dirty.

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Yes, he had no qualms in securing his objectives.

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Same number it took to defeat the Mongols =)

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Enter the Mongols and the venetians

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Yup - Mongols would take the Middle East like an atom bomb - the Venetians would redirect the next crusade - just a tad

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Thank you again!

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May I ask what the song at 19:19 is called? :)

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Its called Unlimited Imagination - its from Premium Beats - Fenniks, I think you're just gonna have to get subscription to them for a month and download a bunch of these songs =)

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Roman guy named Cesar was in a similar situation

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Oh yeah - had the city fully surrounded

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Thank you 💞😌💟

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You are so welcome

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I'll have it out in 10 days - already recorded =)

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I love how he says d-fense....instead of defense...he should talk football...lol

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hahha - I'm not much of a sports person either. That just gets stuck in my brain

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Be out in a few days =)

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Wow, lot of "firsts" and Muhammeds in the comment

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha - I'm not sure why people like doing that so much

[@azzamfauzy3676]

This is too short Should have finished the 3rd crusade in one video But a v nice video Muslim writers argue that after the surrender of acre Richard brutally executed the prisoners without any reason… they dont write about a deal in which ransom was to be paid by saladin…that makes more sense since already his army was at acre there was no point of buying more time by stalling payments and plus he didnt have problem with money either… I believe it was a message sent to saladin that he would run things different… since negotiations only worked at the last moment when richard knew there was no other option since he had to head home.. he wanted to win by fighting

[@FlashPointHx]

Its done on podcast format - I'll combine all the third crusade videos into one as well

[@dda40x1]

Really LOTR?

[@FlashPointHx]

hahahaha - not a Tolkien fan?

[@dda40x1]

@@FlashPointHx On the contrary, just surprised by the quote mining.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@dda40x1 I was watching LOTR with my son, when I was writing my notes for this. It just meshed at that point.

[@kaznika6584]

I LOVE YOU

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks my friend!

[@nothet]

FIRST BABY LETS GO

[@FlashPointHx]

Yes sir!

[@anasshakeel307]

Damn,Your new videos turn me on.

[@FlashPointHx]

hahah - ahh thanks!

[@skyhappy]

Just crazy how people's lives were defined by this war, fighting an enemy for years on end. Just nonsensical

[@azzamfauzy3676]

Dumbest move by a general i ever heard.. saladin releasing guy of lusignon…god knows what was going in his mind… but that doesnt make sense in any way or angle.. unless he never thought another wave of crusaders would come… so that was the whole reason behind third crusade becoming some sort of a victory to crusaders…dumb move and good thing he paid high price for it… almost all of gains were reversed

[@FlashPointHx]

He was hoping to undermine Conrad's authority at Tyre - which did happen to some extent - but for Guy to rebuild an army and attack Acre - that the sultan did not figure would happen