Crusade of Varna, 1444 - The Ottoman Empire becomes a Superpower

The Crusade of Varna, 1444 - The Ottoman Empire becomes a Superpower
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[@kmmmsyr9883]

Mehmed II: "Come lead your armies" Murad II: "Nope, I don't care. You're the sultan" Mehmed II: "Then I order you to come lead my armies" Murad II: "Listen here you little sh

[@sou713]

Murad II: "You weren't supposed to do that"

[@nickmalgus5626]

Poor Murad just wanted some peace lol

[@guillermodavidgarcia-rodri1628]

200 IQ Plays, mister

[@profayapinsaat6256]

Not like that, exactly:))))

[@lifeneverends7068]

🤣🤣🤣

[@enayatsharifi6950]

If you are the sultan, come lead your army but if I am the sultan I here by order you to come and lead my army. Legend

[@shayneberger3596]

Funny how the Hungarians lost this when they were clearly cheating. You can't get artillery until mil tech 7. That's roughly 45-50 years after the game began.

[@oblivionrapture1469]

Shayne Berger there’s a glitch where you can get them in when you start the game and hire them from the start, but they didn’t hire the discipline advisor so got smacked by Ottoblob

[@Knowledgia]

Your Comment made my day 😂

[@think9747]

it was same as ottomans they did yuse in 1430s-1440s

[@TheWhiterock38]

@Suleiman 1st The Magnificent Sounds like a hacker to me

[@yourlocalt72]

@Suleiman 1st The Magnificent he got nationalism cb at tech 9

[@berkaykayaseker9734]

How many nations you are about to beat up? Ottomans: YES

[@hassanabdulsalam1000]

How many nation you want to be defeated by Ottomans yes

[@AnatolianHittite]

@@hassanabdulsalam1000 You shouldn't be in every Turkish video, kurdish dude.No need to be jealous.Turks made reality of things you can't imagine.You should leave your Greek videos too.Other than commenting on videos, maybe you can glorify your nation.

[@hassanabdulsalam1000]

@@AnatolianHittite jealous of nation who were always slaves in their history lol Ottoman empire is history of Kurds too By the way this is not Turkish video 😂😂

[@AnatolianHittite]

@@hassanabdulsalam1000 And this video is of course a video about Turkishs.I'm sure you claimed you were a slave in the Ottoman.The owner of the Turkish Ottoman not slave.Bigot kurd..

[@enesdolangez8389]

@@hassanabdulsalam1000 butthurt

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

Not gonna lie Mehmet disicion of making his father lead the army's instead of trying to prove himself is the most big brain disicion in the history of desicions

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

@Yorgunbei There is a lot of dispute regarding what actually happened. Some say Mehmet was the one who forced his father, some say Candarli forced Mehmet to do so.

[@oghuzkhan5117]

Mehmet asked his father to take over the lead, but his father refused in the beginning. Then he said, if you do not listen to me as your son, i order you as the sultan to lead the army, thats when his father took the lead

[@yigithankandemr]

@Ali Baba kendisi yonetmek istedi kendisini kanitlamak istedi ama ama yeniceriler ve halil pasa babasini ikna etti ve mehmet tahta cikinca yaptigi ilk olarak halil pasayi idam ettirmekti...

[@valery2711]

@@yigithankandemr bilgi kirliliği

[@m.gezginesin9600]

Mehmet was the most intelligent sultan of all.

[@ahmerjadoon7680]

7:29 this kid seems badass. He should besiege Constantinople or something like that.

[@Knowledgia]

He might, yes. I am wondering if he will do that in the next videos? Who knows

[@tw3ist]

@@Knowledgia cant wait!!!!!!

[@innosanto]

So badass that he used 200,000 military plus plus to siege city with 5 thousand defenders.

[@AdinXx]

@@innosanto he used 70k but alr

[@TurquazCannabiz]

@@innosanto Still a official badass

[@diallod357]

That's when Europa universalis commence

[@Knowledgia]

Indeed!

[@diallod357]

@nikolai bahtin i think because it was made an buffer state

[@nexus5242]

@nikolai bahtin Well when the Christians started their "crusade" they liberated a large part of it, the Ottomans couldn't really administrate it and thus it's made independent (and also to just purely add to the game, balance and things like that, not fully historical but not wrong either imo)

[@muhammadabdullahy9281]

Eu4

[@sleros8646]

Murad retired because the Ottomans and the crusaders had a truce after the 1st war, he retired because he thought his borders were secured. After hearing that Murad retired, Polish & Hungarian king Wladyslav broke the truce and began a new offensive. It is said that, after the battle Murad ordered his men to behead Wladyslav's corpse and put his head onto a pike and stick it to the Ottoman-Hungarian border alongside the previous peace treaty; implying that this would be the end if they dishonor their previous agreements.

[@vuku3665]

Murat was superior commander. Like historican Hummer says prove that “The first ten Ottoman Sultans were genius. He is right. The video did not mentioned that When Murat heard chrisrians coming he was in anatolia and fighting with Karamans. He quickly moved to Balkan but He got a problem;he did not have any ship to cross bosphorus. He dealt with Genoveses he pay to Genove 1 gold for 1 his soldier to cross europian side and He paid 40k gold for this. To sum up Nicopolis and Varna battles were crucial important in the Ottoman history. They were not simple battles though they were survival of the Ottoman existence.

[@Cba409]

english?

[@vuku3665]

@@Cba409 learn it. it is neccessary.

[@jesusvelasquez2427]

Thanks for the information. However, your English grammar is a little bit messed up. For example not putting the English word "The" in certain sentences.

[@user-hb9mz2hp2g]

Yes - Italian people at this time didn't like Hungary and Poland. Even if those countries was defending Europe against Islam.

[@gozdea5548]

sultans killing their children created the problem. They shouldnt interfere. Selim I overthrow his own dad by force and out of similar fear Suleiman killed 2 of his sons and left the empire to II. Selim never fit to rule in any way. Eventually after Suleiman, Sokollu Mehmet Pasa (a serbian devshirme named Bajica) ruled the empire. He was a great statemen, he conquered Cyprus and he never forgot his Serbian roots just like many other devshirme statemen. At school, after sultan suleiman's chapter we move on chapter of Sokollu Mehmet Pasa era. Books don't even mention the name of the sultan more than once.

[@m.gezginesin9600]

Never disturb a retired sultan.

[@Emperor-of-india-1707]

Hahaha, 👍

[@jarzaleti]

“Even though Christian army fought bravely...” If I had a penny every time I heard this in Ottoman series.

[@hkl1459]

Yeah becouse fighting while outnumbered and putting up strong resistance with shitty odds is considered brave.

[@jarzaleti]

@@hkl1459 Belligerents; Ottomans VS. Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia, Crown of Bohemia, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Principality of Walachia, Principality of Moldavia, Bulgarian Rebels, Kingdom of Bosnia, Holy Roman Empire, Papal States, Teutonic Knights Christians were outnumbered... Right(!)

[@veyselturan577]

😀 What else do you expect? Its their version of the history. Be gratefull they are mentioning these battles at all. Although its funny how they describe almost every victory of the Ottoman Turks as a result of just a bad luck or coincidence 😀

[@hkl1459]

@@veyselturan577 They only became relevant on the world stage after they were able to cannibalize the empires of greater people through fortunate events and empires being weak etc.

[@veyselturan577]

@@hkl1459 😀 You just made my point. For you all Turkish victories happened only because the opponent was weak at that time or caused by a mistake or it was just a luck or even bad weather conditions )))

[@hannibalbarca2928]

tell your emperor; Not even his dreams can Reach where my powers already has. -Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror

[@Maydaypayday7]

“ What If The Ottoman Empire Was... Really Big? “ Said Suleiman wearing an onion hat.

[@stung39]

Litle did he know His empire was bordering Somalia morocco and Persia at the same time

[@DarthPlato]

And Selim the Grim.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Selim I was based af.

[@tk5gqj514]

Like it is now

[@sulaimarnwisit1445]

I had no idea I just flanking again and again

[@mrnobody7600]

That moment when a 12 year old sultan is smarter than the entire europe

[@rehanahmed747]

100 percent

[@andrijaezgeta1693]

Or his close commanders you fool

[@ghazi6961]

@@andrijaezgeta1693 its smart to listen to smart people you fool

[@selvoselvo1]

an army with so many different troops is hard to coordinate

[@ghazi6961]

@@nickmarco9259 this is not your school assembly kid. He was the king.

[@DoctaChimp]

I have no idea how a channel with this amount or quality only have about 500,000 subscribers. You guys deserve more!

[@Knowledgia]

We will have in time :) Thank you so much for watching!

[@stasiookon-rocha1643]

It's probably because of the way he pronounces "Papal"

[@syariefdirgantara7670]

+1 By me

[@mitchtherighteous]

Maybe if they fixed up their pronunciation no more "*PAH PAH* l" forces.

[@progressorbread2414]

​@@Knowledgiacongrats on 1 million pal :)

[@gyzlug]

Rule 101 of fighting with Turks: DO NOT CHASE THEM IF THEY RUN AWAY. YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN A WOLF TRAP!

[@ehatipo4598]

hahahahah :D the crescent in the flag is there for a reason!

[@pakandakchannel7586]

🤣🤣

[@tolgakarahan]

I couldn't count how many times false retreat tactics of Ottomans fooled crusaders.

[@ruipermi]

the beginning of EU4

[@Knowledgia]

Just started a new campaign to change some history lol

[@TurquazCannabiz]

@@Knowledgia *South America is now Ottoman*

[@mm2mm0]

instructions were unclear, named Alaska, New Kostantiniyye

[@abubalo]

14:28 I love how the bird was minding his own business.

[@raulstefan907]

Congratulations for making this extraordinary and very educational video ! . I'm glad you were well documented and included all the important details about the battle of Varna and the geopolitical situation in that area of ​​Europe.

[@dansmith5724]

7:20 that's one hell of a quote

[@acharonim4659]

Yesss that's one hell of a catch 22 for the father.

[@COLDoCLINCHER37]

The fact he was only 12...

[@anoldtimer]

@@COLDoCLINCHER37 I mean, he is the Conqueror of Constantinople , he was a legend from the start. The dude made ships walk on water for God’s sake, how badass can he be??

[@lucimicle5657]

While watching I was looking on Google Earth at the real life battle place. The length of the line of soldiers must have been around 3.5 km. Makes it clear why it was so hard to coordonate and comunicate.

[@Knowledgia]

Yes indeed. From now on i will put the length of the battle in the video

[@rogonirr]

​@@Knowledgia it would be great. we usually tend to ignore it but the length of the cartaginian army's retreat in cannae, or of seljuks in manzikert was huge. cartaginians covered a good deal of distance, to lure the romans to their trap. after driving roman cavalry away, their cavalry had to rest before joining the hannibal to encircle the roman legions. byzantines and turks started with roughly 4 kilometres apart from each other, and turks kept retreating the whole day until evening. it also means that those infantrymen following horse archers are really badass strongmen. not to mention they fought along the way. without having a sense of distances, one can never have a better sense of a battle. keep up the good work, and we are awaiting!

[@calidone7661]

in the ottoman army, there were special units (name of the unit: jannisary çavuş) only assigned to inform the sultan what was happening in each flank. they continuously moved on and brought information, which was very useful.

[@seriesmovies4195]

As always an excellent video! The fact that it’s free to watch...thank you for all the effort you guys put in this video!

[@ruslanjordanov105]

I'm from Varna. Every year on November 10, we pay tribute to him and his warriors. These days the city has grown and the battlefield has become a residential neighborhood of Varna. It is called Vladislavovo. I recommend those who come to Varna to visit the Park-Museum of Military Friendship-1444. The battle is presented in great detail and exhibits of the battle are on display. We honor King Vladislav III and posthumously call him "Varnenchik" or translated, it means Vladislav III of Varna

[@bigboyrambo2009]

Do you pay respect to the Ottomans as well?

[@georgihaydukov6267]

@@bigboyrambo2009 what do you think? Of course not, we fought against them. In this case we pay tribute to those, who tried to help us against the swarming invaders

[@TR_Conqueror]

@@georgihaydukov6267 Bulgarians lived far better under Ottoman rule but you are probably too brainwashed to accept this fact...

[@zuzudernegger9721]

@@TR_Conqueror Far better compared to what? Even Bulgarian muslims didn't live well under Ottomans. Have you ever heart about Mehmed Sinap voyevoda? Or even Mustafa Kemal Attaturk was inspired about his reforms during his stay in Bulgaria, when he observed how quickly was the country modernizing when left alone despite all odds?

[@z1ll4jr53]

@@bigboyrambo2009 Of course not

[@TheFuturistTom]

I love Knowledgia! They inspired my sci-fi/futurist channel!!

[@AB-rv2lj]

you've said that on so many videos of his ,like bro SHUT UP

[@Scoob505]

go away please

[@hokkabuzz]

My father did not have me his car when ı was 12, but Murad gave the throne to his 12 years old son!?! What a confidence...

[@ascavus4800]

Turk confidence

[@shoaibakther1453]

Because 30 years old nowadays active like little babies with no responsibility. Back then only the most smart and strong people survived.

[@flokiv7024]

For me mehemed was the the smartest since he make the ships walk on Land.

[@ahzam2862]

In the next video Mehmet - hey Constantine! Nice decorated wall you got there, it would be a shame if someone shatter it into pieces.

[@frankn2152]

I love this new style of video showing the actual battles. Keep it up.

[@Knowledgia]

If the audience wants it, we will continue

[@raashidmohammed801]

Thank you for Producing unbiased videos

[@stevenwatson1547]

I love everything about this. Everything. Especially how interested and enthusiastic you sound about the topic. Everything BUT the way you say papal. It’s pronounced PAY-PULL. Other than that, fantastic work!

[@kristiannicholson5893]

I was going to comment the same thing, immediately pulled my attention away. Sipahi was a little off too but much closer

[@kevinfarrell8570]

It is pronounced oddly because it is a computer generated voice. If you listen to the older videos, they are narrated with a gentleman with a thick accent and many complained about that as well.... So this was a happy medium.

[@RamanShrikant]

@@kevinfarrell8570 is this really a computer generated voice?

[@nathanmoore101]

@@kevinfarrell8570 no its not a computer narrating. How you cant tell the difference??

[@nathanmoore101]

Its not just papal he invents words like slained? And gets kosovo nicopolis danube and sipahis wrong. His english is shameful for a native speaker and someone with such poor command of their own language has no business narrating anything. Everything else is good though and any free educational content is a much appreciated gift.

[@silasz5553]

4:30 That was a quite interesting battle, Hunyadi learned(spy) that Mezid is gonna send death squads against him,so he swapped armour with one of his knight.The outwitted Mezid bey died on the battlefield his son too as well as the knight

[@WILLIAN_1424]

What did we learned today ? If you are the king of poland, DONT LEAD ARMIES. Unless if you have some winged hussars, then you should lead them

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@D J *POLSKA GÓRĄ*

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@D J wait are you serbian ? Or croatian ? Slavjani souds like Serbo-Croatian or Slovene

[@WILLIAN_1424]

Hell yeah, i got a heart

[@Knowledgia]

@@WILLIAN_1424 Take one more. It's so interesting to think that some chapters in history could have been different for just 1 decision

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@@Knowledgia yes, just like the early muslim battles, if Hannibal destroyed Rome, if the mongols conquered the rest of europe, if Atila had destroyed rome, if the Huns had not migrated, if the persian empire didnt existed, if alexander lost at issus or gaugamella, etc.

[@veyselturan577]

In Turkey they say : Being a Turk is hard because you have to fight with the whole world.. But not being a Turk is even harder, because you have to fight with the Turk .. Germans, Bulgarians, Lithuanians, Hungarians, Vallachians and etc all against Ottomans 🙂

[@t.r.8386]

Not Germans but Croats and Albanians

[@prabuhamba6091]

Kalimat itu memang cukup bagus sebagai ungkapan rasa syukur, tapi menurut Saya itu sedikit berlebihan.

[@justyahya7194]

Now this is some good history vids. Well done!

[@ehatipo4598]

Waow. I watched it without breating 17mins30secs. This was awesome, more exciting than anything. Cheers!

[@dansmith5724]

Then Byzantium hired a bunch of mercs and used it's fleet to block the strait. Then it occupied the Balkans and proceeded to raise it's war score until the Ottomans gave in and the purple Phoenix soared....oh wait

[@timoniumedits]

That never happened ! Unless u r playing as byzantium

[@timoniumedits]

That never happened ! Unless u r playing as byzantium

[@augustus4102]

Murad II and his father, Mehmed I(Çelebi), are the greatest personalities in Turkish history. Without them, the Ottoman Empire would collapse Although they are not known much compared to other Ottoman sultans, they are the touchstone of the Ottoman.

[@boyanstoilov2603]

Супер видео, поздрави от България.

[@KHK001]

Great video! Hope to sse more like this

[@baybarshan2500]

13:00 that is not retreat by the Ottomans its called faint retreat to lure the enemy in your ranks and then outflank them.

[@yogobudiarto3974]

aaaaa from this i know why i cant attack hungary, poland, and serbia in 1444 game EU4.

[@Knowledgia]

Exactly! You have a truce. Don't break it or your stability will go brrrr -5 with not having a claim also

[@historicalbattles9391]

Great job as always!

[@pro_master2486]

These videos are quite cool. Honestly when we were taught about the crusade of varna I learned more from here, honestly these videos are quite cool

[@tarkan6485]

The Polish king Władysław III was killed by the Turks in the Varna war. Are the Poles here who talk about the Vienna war in every video about the Ottomans? lol Joking aside, the most famous Ottoman war in this history. the Ottomans and Serbs against almost all European powers .

[@WILLIAN_1424]

Our king died in battle, like a true slav, have your sultan ever died in battle ?

[@ahmerjadoon7680]

@@WILLIAN_1424 yes Kosovo. Even in Belgrade 1456 Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II joined the battle himself and killed a knight but was hit by arrow in knee and became unconscious.

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@@ahmerjadoon7680 but he didnt die. So no, no sultan died in battle.

[@ahmerjadoon7680]

@@WILLIAN_1424 what about kosovo 1389 Bayazid even allowed himself to be captured and saved his heir

[@ahmerjadoon7680]

@@WILLIAN_1424 murad 1

[@AR-Z17]

"If u r the Sultan lead the army. If I'm the Sultan, I order u to lead the army." Checkmate!!

[@bulgarianreaper6587]

'AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED' Oops wrong video 😂

[@mewdcmewdc728]

Yea Winged Hussars arrived in Heaven this time

[@Euzuner41]

bassicly winged hussars copy of deli cavalry man

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@@Euzuner41 and here comes the turkish ignorant to make stupid jokes, bruh. The winged hussars were an heavy model of the common hussars, the normal hussars were the polish cavalry in the Late Medieval period that used Hit n Run tactics. The winged hussars are a heavy cavalry version of the hussars, but with wings and more armor. The only thing that the poles taken from the ottomans was the use of the wings. The deli cavalry was light cavalry with almost no armor. Even the early polish hussars had more armor than the Deli cavalry

[@Euzuner41]

@@WILLIAN_1424 yeah when ı say "winged hussars copy of deli cavalry" I was talking about copying wings too but in reality theyre like sipahis

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@@Euzuner41 the diference is that the sipahi dont used as much armor and used not only lances, maces and swords but also bows, while the winged hussars used loads of armor, maces, lances, swords and pistols. And the sipahis used more light mail armor, while the winged hussars used heavy plate armor, and wings, of curse.

[@UgurPcx]

my grandfathers always fight against 3-4-5 country kingdoms empire and against crusader armys ı proud of them

[@adwans1491]

The family tree of the sultans are all gone Youre lying

[@SELIM_THE_GRIM]

@@adwans1491 cry some more

[@BulanGoldstein]

We learned today that you should not break peace treaties. At the Battle of Varna Turks were fighting under standard of Sultan Murad with the broken treaty nailed to it.

[@zakariamussa3703]

The turks crushed the crusading forces here so hard, it was like eastern Europe didnt even put up a fight. Jesus

[@imperialcollege7101]

Because western european countries didnt help to eastern roman empire even in the conquest of the constantinople.

[@zakariamussa3703]

@@imperialcollege7101 so what, europe is a continent, not a country. no one is obliged to help anyone. The Saracens were also fighting amongst each other

[@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081]

@@zakariamussa3703 Exactly!

[@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081]

@@zakariamussa3703 I keep hearing this mentality over here in the Islamic world as well: 'muh muslims didn't unite and help each other against the infidels!" it's so annyoing my god.

[@A_Shanto]

@@imperialcollege7101 They helped but badly defeated in nicopolis and never dare to face ottoman again untilled 16th bc

[@giod6266]

Thx for this video, even meny othert channels have videos about this battle..! Can yopu plz make video about Didgori battle? How much would it cost to make one video like this?

[@justsomeguy1695]

Well it’s absolutely true that even small decisions have big consequences what if mehmed like Vladislav should decided to lead troops despite being inexperienced the battle could have been. A defeat since he was young and inexperienced

[@md.shariqulreedoy5096]

The number of crusading army is really high. Here, their number is intentionally presented very low. This is ridiculous.

[@nathanmoore101]

I don't understand. Ate you saying he's understated the numbers to make the defeat seem less of a resounding victory for the ottoman's?

[@ennui9745]

@@nathanmoore101 that is what he's claiming, but since he's Muslim, he's pretty biased.

[@ascavus4800]

@@ennui9745 no. We don't have to present our victories highly. Because, all of our victories are high and we have hundreds victories. We didn't write history to books, we wrote history battle ground.

[@ennui9745]

@@ascavus4800 Do you even realize how arrogant you sound, or are you that lacking in self-awareness?

[@deidreperryman172]

Excellent presentation thank you Wish they had this site when i was in school😃.. Thanks for sharing

[@brokenbridge6316]

Ironic that Mehmet II future conqueror of Constantinople had to come make his father come back and command this battle. But it was the right thing to do in the long run. I loved this video it was very informative. Great job.

[@nathanmoore101]

Well he was 12. And his response is pretty astute for a child.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@nathanmoore101---Indeed

[@Alex-rs7ff]

Yea, and the 7 years older leader (Vladislav) refused Hunyadi’s advice. Little bit ironic

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@Alex-rs7ff---Can't argue their

[@wellhelodeer2680]

So glad this showed up in my suggestions, I love channels like this. Some others are kings & generals, Invicta, HistoryMarch and BazBattles. If you know any more post them below to share the greatness!

[@HaloJumper7]

He has a unique way of pronouncing Papal.

[@elkoikan5993]

No one is saying that Ottomans fought bravey!

[@ismetcansarac1328]

Winning side doesn't have to fight bravely, they are already winning

[@fciolino]

Kyro Zephyr yea lets put this guy in the middle of this battle on the ottoman side and see how brave he is lol😂

[@ismetcansarac1328]

@Baybars Han arkadaşım ortaokul ve lisede dil bilgisi derslerinde cümlede mantık konusu olurdu benim zamanımda. Sen kaç yaşındasın bilmiyorum ama görünüşe göre bu eğitimi almamışsın.

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

@East same for every nation in the battle

[@mrsporty9669]

Because this is not a neutral channel

[@militaryorchid7937]

Because of the naval blockade, the crusaders did not expect the Anatolian army to come up in Europe. Rumours say that Genovean merchants sailed the Ottoman army to Europe for one gold per soldier.

[@raashidmohammed801]

The difference now is muslims are disunited and betrayal is common while Christians are strongly united under the EU and NATO alliance

[@bigboyrambo2009]

Muslim's wasn't united in 1444, Ottomans wasn't that big yet but still powerful.

[@hasanpasha01]

Turkey is also in the nato alliance

[@MerdoKhan1905]

@Malik Ahmad Jannisaries didnt exist yet -_- Also Jannisaries was a small elite corpse. Mostly defending the palace/sultan and in wartime dealing the final blow after the Sipahi and Deliler attacked and weakened the enemie. See the Sipahi as Commando and Deliler as special forces. And Jannisaries morelike special forces but with very close ties to the Sultan because their main mission was defending the sultan. They did not involve in war until the very end of it. They where elite educated professionals in fighting and anything else.

[@raashidmohammed801]

@Malik Ahmad but still it was good and they were happy too

[@MerdoKhan1905]

@R K not only the Arabs. Also the Turks betrayed Ottoman empire and Armenians and Greek people. If you going to put everyone in 1 group cause their origins then do it good. It was Ittihat ve Teraki which weakened the sultan position most wich afterwards lead to betrayal of several nations

[@Blalack77]

Mehmed II seemed pretty intelligent. That was pretty compelling: "If you're the sultan, come lead your armies. If I am the sultan, I command you to come lead my armies..." What was the story with the cannon maker who built the cannons that took down the Theodosian walls? Something like he offered his services to the Hungarians (or he _was_ a Hungarian) and they turned him down but Mehmed II accepted. I wonder how different history would have been if someone else would have hired the cannon maker... And it's crazy how many stories there are like this in history - an older, experienced commander gives an order that, if followed, would almost definitely lead to a victory but a younger, inexperienced commander - often in a higher position of power like a king or prince - with a hot head and wanting glory for themselves, defy the order, fall into a position or trap that the older commander expected and that leads to a major loss and often the entire army being wiped out. It's like, even if you significantly outrank them, if they have vastly more experience than you, you might want to listen to them. Like how lieutenants fresh out of college will often listen to the advice of sergeants who have worked their way up even though they outrank them. Pretty common-sensical.

[@BulanGoldstein]

I do not know how many times the feigned retreat tactics of Steppe people worked in battles for thousands of years

[@keeshans5768]

Yep it seems to trigger a very primal instinct in us humans. When someone smells blood they almost always go in for the kill disregarding their own safety. The feigned retreat is basically the same but on a huge scale.

[@Euzuner41]

5:44 this was the first treaty signed by Ottoman empire itsTreaties of Edirne and Szeged (Edirne-Segedin Antlaşması)

[@1xdlol]

Hey! I've seen this one. It's a classic!

[@AlexAhmedov]

Hey I'm from Varna!!!! :)

[@Knowledgia]

Hello my Bulgarian friend! Thanks for watching!

[@doomdrake123]

Ходи и яж един дюнер от Червения за нас!

[@AlexAhmedov]

@@doomdrake123 XD

[@daghan3902]

@@Knowledgia Hey I'm from Turkey 😉

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@daghan3902 oh we dont care 😉

[@gameonhae3421]

13:15 crusaders fought bravely. Joke of the year! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gameonhae3421]

@Strainul Misterios yes that's true, it always happens. Because of inexperienced commanders the soldiers die. It happens every time

[@euronbuci3664]

yes they did

[@6153_]

@@euronbuci3664 And got Crushed hahah

[@euronbuci3664]

@@6153_ THEY DEFEATED ARABS AND TURKS MANY TIMES

[@6153_]

@@euronbuci3664 Butthurt We Turks alone beated whole Europe many times

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Epic Beginning with Map on the Desk and quill 🪶 ... fantastic ! Narrator Voice ....not so much 🤷‍♂️ Perhaps another narrator and this would be truly Great 👍

[@georgepopescu1327]

Please put up at the end of the video numbers for strenght and losses for each army, if you can find sources, of course.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Moldavia would've won if they had the power of Epic Sax Guy to show them the way

[@razvanell982]

Are you sure? Your ifiots dye at Mohacs

[@vapingcat5406]

@@razvanell982 He's just joking chill out man

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Insert obligatory *Istanbul was Constantinople* reference here

[@propandagaming66]

See Kim he is a better leader than yoi

[@VogolMaster]

Thanks..... Love from Bangladesh ❤️

[@abdurrahman9100]

Great Video Brothers from Bangladesh

[@yolakin8210]

Never underestimate an Ottoman.

[@gorgebutton5885]

*Multiple kingdoms unite against Ottomans* Ottomans: So you have chosen death

[@okhanuludag]

@Green Weed the ottoman fight same time. Persia Mongolia.. They were much stronger then the west armies

[@aydnmesuttorun8397]

@Green Weed that can be said for every battle in history. History doesnt run with what ifs.

[@z1ll4jr53]

It wasn’t the ottomans being strong or them succeeding, it was our incompetence and division that was our downfall.

[@gorgebutton5885]

@@z1ll4jr53 Who is “our”

[@z1ll4jr53]

@@gorgebutton5885 European crusader armies

[@ragael1024]

Good call, Mehmed. Good call!

[@Red1Tapr]

The ottomans were so powerful!

[@ehatipo4598]

hard to believe the position we are in today. could easily be a superpower managing 3 continents. now they act like we are just guests in the middle of 2 continents and belong to nowhere.

[@alexandrudutu2232]

John Hunyadi (Romanian Ioan de Hunedoara ) Hunyadi adopted the Hussite method of using wagons for military purposes. He employed professional soldiers, but also mobilized local peasantry against invaders. These innovations contributed to his earliest successes against the Ottoman troops who were plundering the southern marches in the early 1440s. Although defeated in the battle of Varna in 1444 and in the second battle of Kosovo in 1448, his successful "Long Campaign" across the Balkan Mountains in 1443-44 and defence of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár) in 1456, against troops led personally by the Sultan established his reputation as a great general. (Wikipedia) Didn't know he fought in the Battle of Varna, 'cause they don't teach proper history in school. Too bad , if they just listen to him. Great video.

[@cesareborgia6431]

at 10:00 there is a huge inaccuracy: Brankovic did not participate in the Crusade of Varna!!! He had accepted the peace offered by Murad II (and he actually prevented Skanderberg from joining the Crusaders)

[@alexwallachian7720]

Please do more battle videos!!!

[@Sam-wt1cx]

Ottoman Empire was the absolute power in the 15th,,16th & 17th centuries .Greatest Muslim Empire for a reason.Fighting Many countries at same time and defeating every single of them every time tells volumes about their dominance.

[@azazel688]

Not really but that’s your opinion

[@tw3ist]

Greatest power since Rome in the region.

[@Sam-wt1cx]

@@azazel688 yeah you can disagree but that's the fact

[@azazel688]

@@Sam-wt1cx I don’t want to get into an internet argument, but what you’re saying is an overstatement.

[@Sam-wt1cx]

@@azazel688 Neither me is Interested in such a debate I stated my opinion ,you'r free to disagree

[@stepandolezal7155]

Bohemians and Czechs are the same, so they should not be mentioned twice.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

I imagine Wallachians tough well-armoured pike infantry for some reason...

[@saveandinvestwithgiorgiolo8375]

Varna is a beautiful city and a great place to invest

[@depekthegreat359]

In this and other worlds,this 576 years of the battle between the Ottoman army and Crusade army which was one of the most intense battles ever,good friends!!!:-D

[@Gamesbozz]

Love seeing the league of lezhe just chilling there 🇦🇱

[@euronbuci3664]

ah yes

[@sevketm.7373]

One Turkish Empire defeated almost all europan states in one battle. That's what it's called victory

[@nickmalgus5626]

That's exaggerating lol

[@mrnobody7600]

@@nickmalgus5626 Not exaggerating at all. The Ottomans inflicted a damage on the europeans so heavy that some of them refused to support Byzantine during the siege of Constantinople. They didn't wanna fuck with them again.

[@DarthPlato]

The vid is overstating. Only the countries in the immediate region directly threatened by the Turks were involved in Varna.

[@danielhalachev4714]

Not only were the Ottomans more numerous but their army was ethnically homogenous and the battle was fought on Ottoman soil, away from the crusaders' homeland.

[@DarthPlato]

What difference does it make if an army was ethnically homogenous?

[@marcusweathers3070]

The way you say Papal is just....wow.

[@ojaspurohit5852]

I am proud of Franks tbh they were smart and out smarted Umayyiads when nobody else could do. Dismounting Knights so they dont have to deal with light cavalary was a smart move.

[@user-io7wo9nc9s]

Love ottoman somrajjo and rajab tyep ardogan form bangladshi,🇧🇩🇧🇩💗💗🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@eretna2480]

no, dont

[@mkaang89]

Byzantium: I still have Constantine and no one can take him from me II Mehmed: This province can look nice as a capital. Hey, I think I'll take it *And takes Constantine and renames to istanbul*

[@vapingcat5406]

It wasnt named to istanbul after the siege, it was named to istanbul in 1930 under Kemalist rule, it was Konstantiniyye after the siege, the reason it became istanbul is; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk wanted to use a Turkish name if im not wrong.

[@JanissaryJake]

​@@vapingcat5406 It had quite a few names in official use under the Ottomans actually. Yes it continued to be called Konstantiniyye but Istanbul was also used way before 1930. Mehmed himself named it Islambol meaning "full of Islam" to signify its new role as a capital of an Islamic Empire.

[@MarkhasSteelfort]

@@JanissaryJake That İslambol is just religious fantasy. Never happened as more than half of the city was Orthodox. It was named after "Stan Poli" meaning "to the city" It was used because of its easier pronunciation.

[@umerkhan4298]

Hi, Kindly send me the link of your skill share course of made such videos.

[@fehervari98]

Are you planning on covering either the Second Battle of Kosovo(1448) or the Siege of Belgrade(1456)?

[@zakariaalami1491]

Ok Varna is over lets start a new EU4 campaign

[@Toni-ln7ye]

Thank God something about the ottoman empire

[@euronbuci3664]

really nigga

[@sultanu1238]

Aw... i want to see on your channel battle of Mohacs

[@numenoreaneternity6682]

When it comes to Southeastern Europe, the majority of internet "historians" are traditionally fixated on the East Roman Empire, and ignore the fact that the said Empire hasn't boasted a dominant role in SE Europe from the 1200s and onward, the state that did, in fact, boasts the dominant role was the Medieval Serb state, whether in the form of the Serbian Empire, Lazar's Serbia and the Serbian Despotate, the said state was the preeminent enemy of the Ottoman Empire in SE Europe and the preeminent bulwark against the Ottoman Empire with the largest flatland fortress in Europe, waging war against the Ottomans for more or less 100-140 years, depending on whether one identifies Zeta as the final iteration of the Medieval Serb State. Considering the massive territory liberated in the first year of the Varna Crusade, it is more than apparent that the Serb and Hungarian, not Polish leadership were instrumental in the matter, and both, due to generation-spanning experience in waging war against the Ottomans, understood that after these triumphs and the events in Anatolia (invasion of the Ottoman Empire by either the Karamanids or the Aydinids), the Ottomans were in a dire position, and could not retake lost territories, and would agree to all terms of negotiation, and they did at Szeged, but Polish, East Roman and the Vatican geopolitical aspiration triumphed over reason, and they pushed for the furthering of the Varna Crusade (thus turning triumph into defeat), instead of consolidating their positions against the Ottomans, as Hunyadi and Brankovic had advised. Furthermore, Branković had a much larger interest in the peace treaty and solicited Hunyadi's support. He demanded that Serbia be returned to him, and he bribed Hunyadi by promising him the land he held in Hungary. On July 3, 1444, the lordship of Világosvár was transferred, in perpetuity, to Hunyadi. Around the same time, as additional security, the estates of Mukačevo, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Debrecen, and Böszörmény were also transferred, and Hunyadi became the largest landowner in the Kingdom. There is another reason for this, Brankovic understood that a Hungary dominated by Hunyadi and his progeny would be a vital asset and ally to the Serb state, and to Hungary itself. He was proven right, the rule of Corvinus speaks volumes on the matter.

[@lucastop5660]

How did the little tribe of the Ottomans that was plaueged whit Brother fights for the trone conquered all thies great powers east,west was just unbelieveble. The Crussaders,Byzantines,Great Serbian Tsaardom,Bulagrian despots,venetians,Franks from the west,the Karamanides Great Beylok,the Great Memuluks,the Armenia chiefthens,Kurdish Kingdoms from the East,.. but this little Tribe of Osman Won them all.

[@dernierergenekon5234]

12 year old Mehmed becomes sultan of Ottomans 0_0

[@battalgazi1431]

SULTAN MURAD 2 was a VERY FRIENDLY AND PEACFULL karakter... He HATE war and destroying. He was a PEACFULL Sultan in the History of Ottomans. But the historical persons say about him, He was a Fearless warrior when He going in the war ! Absolutely PEACFULL in good Times , absolutely Fearless Commander in war Times , thats SULTAN MURAT 2 HAN ...🇹🇷🔥

[@spit782]

Its kinda strange seeing my hometown featured in a historic video

[@davrosdarlek7058]

Wasn't the battle so bloody it took days for them to realise they'd actually won?

[@Knowledgia]

Yes the ottomans had big losses too.

[@amalali4844]

@@Knowledgia For real bro?

[@iskambillordu]

@@amalali4844 carlov contract(or karlofça i dont now)

[@egbi475]

It is a nice made up story of hungarians to console themselves :D

[@georgimihaylov5432]

@@egbi475 the Ottoman right was getting destroyed, he's not making it up. Battle could've gone either way if the Hungarian-Polish king didn't fuck up.