Great Siege of Malta 1565 - Ottoman Wars DOCUMENTARY

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Henryk Gödel because some high-end patrons like to see their version of history be spread, not the real one

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Total true answer

[@ReZel80657]

Nyangis Khan cant recall a single thing i learned in school that is actually useful everything that IS useful i learned before school or on my own, i am in the EU by the way so Asia is not the only place with useless schools

[@dinolandia8978]

Jean de Vallete personally led his soldiers into combat wielding a sword and pistol along the walls. He was already an old man yet managed to reap his share of kills. Another commander who led his men into personal combat against the Turks was the last Roman Emperor at the siege of Constantinople.

[@CzechsTeaNine]

Imagine a 70 year old Jean de Vallete successfully repel the Overwhelming Ottoman forces. That was badass for such an old man

[@MeNameIs64]

Fake

[@Harshhaze]

Remember Saint Elmo! The Castle broke before the Knights did!

[@DJAlGE11]

ST ELMO STANDS!

[@Schniedragon88]

@@DJAlGE11 PROUD ST. ELMO STANDS!

[@arcaneowls9102]

Surprised that those knights could ride horses with balls that big

[@megood1582]

FOR THE EMPEROR !!

[@matthiasbindl7085]

SAINT ELMO STANDS!

[@xmunbugeja]

As a Maltese person, I can say this is very well explained. Very interesting to see Maltese history in a global context!

[@Omegaeon1]

I’m North African i was shocked when i heared your language 😯

[@serenemountain6769]

Yes, dont forget that the Knights of Malta! Where a foreign Force to the Native Maltise! They where Assembled by the Pope, to serve as PRoxy! to take the war out of the Papal States! Knights of Malta a Foreign Force -> 10:11

[@serenemountain6769]

I love Malteasers History, they are so delicious!

[@ulverup]

@@kosovaalbania5635 hate it to break it to you, but Albanians aren't known for their looks either.

[@goosequillian]

@@kosovaalbania5635 Wait, aren't Albanians the ones with bulging potato-like noses? This is the pot calling the black after a failed trolling attempt, not to mention your horrendous grammar and thus low IQ. ;)

[@bangscutter]

Fortress Malta truly was a thorn to the Ottomans in the 16th century, and to the Axis powers in WWII.

[@jeffvella9765]

With constant need of supply lines/ports/airfields, Malta is right at the center geographically. Having it, means you can attack, not having it, means you can be attacked.

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Ottomans: You can't defeat me! Spain: I know...But he can! Malta/Knights of St John: *REMEMBER FORT ST ELMO!* Axis: I am insatiable! *Snap* Nothing happens Malta: I am...Malta! *Snap*

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

@@fristnamelastname5549Absolutely not! They lost because of their own issues and bad decisions! When you reinforced those forts and castles, they were still far from standard and your armour and weapons were also poor!

[@Melmord]

and Napolyon

[@spartacus3111]

Fort St Elmo is now a war museum and they have a fascinating section about this battle. The fort also played a big part in the defence of Malta during the 2nd World War. Definitely worth a visit if you're ever in Malta

[@ReZel80657]

I paid a visit when i was there in June and its a really cool museum just a shame that many parts of the fort itself is closed off to the public due to renovations

[@Dave_Sisson]

While I knew about the 1565 seige, I've always thought the 1940 - 1942 seige was THE Seige of Malta. But that island has had to fight for its survival a few other times as well.

[@yougetonthathorseyougottar6126]

You know what, fuck your profile picture. Yeah I said it

[@ScottStratton]

Dave Sisson “Nothing is so well known as this siege [the Great Siege of Malta] where Suleiman’s fortunes ran aground.” - Voltaire In WWII, the only people that could match or better the Maltese in 1565, were the Maltese, on whom were dropped more bombs per square foot than anywhere else in the war. I have never (unfortunately) been to visit that extraordinary island, but in my imagination the Maltese people are the toughest people in the world, lol.

[@socracle2774]

@@ScottStratton We became that tough because we get angry when people from other countries can't point us out on a map D:

[@SGHB200]

Finally, thank you, Kings and Generals, I have been rooting for this for ages. As a Maltese this has been one of the pinnacles of our history, the Maltese have never been defeated neither by the Ottomans nor by the Axis forces in WW2. Coincidently both sieges ended on the same day the 8th September that is also the feast of our lady of victories, one of the dearest to the knights. Just some clarifications and fun facts, the Ottoman fleet did not berth in the Grand harbor as it would have been an easy target, it berthed in Marsaxlokk in the southern part of the island. St.Elmo resisted for a month, even though it was a hurridly ill built fort the defenders died defending the fort bought precious time not only for the relief force to arrive but also for the fortifications in Birgu and Senglea to be finished and bolstered. The relief force would have arrived earlier if it wasn't for the constant anxiety by the king of Spain to preserve his new fleet. Pialy Pasha was anxiously patrolling the sea all the time. Most of the Ottoman Corsair commanders were Renegade Christians. Many Ottoman soldiers perished due to dysentery from the marshy water in the ottoman camps and poisoned wells. Sources say that the decision to invade Malta was taken after Knight Romegas Captain of the Knights navy captured the Sultans Eunuch ship, it was present in the harbour during the siege as if to pull the Ottomans legs. La Vallette served as Captain before Romegas, and was the mastermind of many raids, he was also taken prisoner and rowed as a galley slave for 2 years until he was ransomed. When Birgu was about to fall La Vallette sallied to the front and joint the defence nearly risking his life. Following the siege donations poured in the knights coffers from all over Christendom, this made the knights very rich, with the money received preparations began to build a new fortified larger city on mount Sciberras, the city dreamt by La Vallette would be built, and would become known as Valletta, the present capital city of Malta, UNESCO world heritage site.

[@serenemountain6769]

The Original Knights of malta Where not Maltease at all! But a Buch of Mercenaries carefully selected by the Pope and paid for their weight in Gold! In order to create a proxy war far away from the Papal States! The reason : The sultan landed in the papal states a few months before! For that the Knights of Malta and the Knights Hospitalars where assembled! to create some space between Ottomons and the papacy, and bid more time for reinforcements! from Papal Vassal Countries! Giving the Papacy the so much breathing room it needed to survive the Turks!

[@globalcombattv]

Stop lying, there's no Maltese people today, there's only tourists there.

[@sandrogrech236]

​@@globalcombattv what the fuck haha? Man I'm Maltese and yes they exist. Fucking Pathetic.

[@cpmenninga]

The knights of St. John were pirates. From Rhodes and Malta they attacked and looted more than just Muslim ships. That was why the ottomans removed them from Rhodes and tried to get them out of Malta.

[@sandrogrech236]

@@cpmenninga well it was corsairing the actual word. And even the Ottomans had pirates... the Barbary states of North Africa. Two notable corsairs/pirates Barbarossa and Targut Reis also known as Dragut. They raided many christian lands like Gozo in 1551.

[@jaydenbyrne4948]

Us Maltese still celebrate this victory every year!

[@arizonabusinessleague918]

DEUS VULT, FRATER

[@lillith3159]

Nobody fucks with the knights of malta even when their 17th century uniform was ridiculous nobody dared to say that to them

[@lillith3159]

@@ririkoism But they still were the most dangerous mudafukas to fight on sea.

[@lillith3159]

@@ririkoism Ok dude but the holly league won.

[@lillith3159]

@Demiclea Yeah, there is no need to be itchy for a defeat, they won a fucking lot of battles. We spanish aint itchy at all for loosing at rocroi. Well, a bit proud of killing nelson at trafalgar besides loosing that battle maybe.

[@haroldasbutkus6152]

Before this video,I knew Hernan Cortez only as a conqueror of Aztecs and Central America, but seeing him back in Europe.. Damn..this guy seen a lot

[@alvinlin8140]

Haroldas Butkus it’s weird seeing him back in Europe. It just doesn’t feel right

[@pedromiziara3419]

i think is another hernan cortez, considering he was alredy dead

[@illerac84]

@@pedromiziara3419 Were they wrong to address him as the conqueror of the Aztec?

[@illerac84]

@@pedromiziara3419 Ah, dead by 1547. Right you are.

[@illerac84]

@j m Imagine if the Turks could have reached New Spain to fuel rebellion?

[@furioussherman7265]

The defenders of St. Elmo are undoubtedly some of the most epic badasses in history. They knew that they were going to die, but instead of letting that notion crush their hope, they let it give them the resolve and strength to fight to the last man. I can only hope that Sabaton makes a song about them someday because it would be fucking epic.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

On 8 june, the knights of St. Elmo asked La Valette permission to make a sortie, to die with their swords in their hands. La Valette replied that, if they had to die it was better for them to die at their place, as he ordered them to. They mantained those places until 23 june.

[@leetheflea4096]

@@neutronalchemist3241 amazing

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[@lonelyswordsman1177]

It should be noted that although the knights are represented as mounted troops in the animation, the only cavalry the knights had was based in Medina as cavalry would not be very effective in a siege. The rest of the knights would fight on foot. As far as interesting pieces of information go, in order to bloster the morale of the troops at St. Elmo and convince them to fight on, La Valette offered to have himself and the oldest knights swap places with the garrison. This had the desired effect of shaming the troops there into fighting on. Another detail which wasn't mentioned but was shown was that the line of ships behind the chain also served as a bridge between Birgu and Senglea, allowing the knights to run across it to reinforce either side if these were attacked. Though the knights would eventually accept Malta and Tripoli they weren't very keen on it as the island was arid and poor and the knights themselves were not in a very good state due to still having to recover from losing rhodes and being landless for a long period of time, making holding the two distant locations very difficult for them. While Gozo was mentioned as a seperate entity the island should be considered part of Malta being a very short distance away from the main island (roughly 7 km total distance) and having been administered alongside it. Malta being given to the knights was actually a breach of an old agreement the island had made with the Aragonese king Alfonso the 5th wherein after they had rebelled due to the harsh taxes imposed by one of the feudal lords in charge of the island (Gonzalvo Monroy) they had payed a sum of 30000 gold florins and were allowed self rule.

[@lonelyswordsman1177]

Also this is important, the animation showing the Ottomans landing at the Grand Harbour is completely wrong. The Ottomans landed at Marsaxlokk (the beach to the southeast of Malta) and disembarked there. The reason the admiral wanted to take St Elmo was so the fleet could be docked at Marsamxett because he was afraid (probably incorrectly) that a storm might wreck the fleet.

[@sisi4361]

I miss Age of Empire first campaign with Knight Morgan black .

[@POTUSenclave]

@@tomh4754 just how Is it a pale Shadow?

[@niki8280]

@Aleksa Petrovic As someone who played AoE1, aoe2, aom and aoe3, you need to know that AoE3 plays like an empty echo of aoe2. It has a similar structure but not its soul and was a disappointment for the series' fans. I liked aoe3 but I loved aoe2. I still play it today, 20 years after it came out. I don't think you should compare your aoe3 to a game you have never played before.

[@widowmine6306]

and the spahis were like 200 hp or something, I loled hard when I replayed it

[@acdragonrider]

Aleksa Petrovic you and your pathetic knighthood will become irrelevant in the modern world 😂

[@acdragonrider]

VooDoo Wiz I don’t know how to. I only have Mac now. :(

[@Garbajugon]

The action of the Spanish troops, both companies of old soldiers, was vital to lengthen the siege in San Telmo, fighting to the last man as they had already done in Castelnuovo, and which made Turkish victories a priori cost a very high price. It is a victory for the Order of Saint John and La Valette was a commander worthy of mention, a great character, ready and well prepared for the position, but without Spanish support they would not have sustained themselves. Curious the less that Religion is led by a French, and the French King, a Catholic, has been a vital ally of the Turks, it is undoubtedly noticeable, as happened in Germany that in many cases religion was the excuse to knead power, as did the Protestants.

[@jonbaxter2254]

One of the most amazing sieges in hisotry. How they managed to hang on and not give up. Inspiring stuff.

[@ADMIRALTIA]

I remember posting a comment back on the Siege of Rhodes video about my hype for when this comes. Can't believe it's been 7 months since then. I watched every other Ottoman War video in between, and others as well, a lot of interesting battles between Rhodes and Malta; it's been quite a ride building up to this

[@rider23332]

Nice ! i kept on hammering them with The Crossing of Alps too. hope they gone be featured soon though.

[@ScottStratton]

Talk about two epic sieges! I didn’t know they had this series until seeing this. Think I will copy you now. :-)

[@ADMIRALTIA]

@@PeraRambo The next one I would have looked forward to would have been the Gallipoli campaign but they already did a video on that, so I'm not really sure myself. Guess I'll be riding what will be next

[@pabloaragon3303]

@@ADMIRALTIA Maybe the second siege of Viena and the crimean war?

[@AlphaCrucis]

I'm just catching up with this series so I was there last week. It has been quite a ride so far.

[@jhuddeberame4507]

This 🍺 is for the Boys at St.Elmo, the real chads of the Siege of Malta *Ozon Salute*

[@julesmarwell8023]

was the battle ship Terror that was parked outside of StElmo ????

[@chrish3850]

Bet you watch bokoen1

[@caesarplaysgames]

This needs to be made into a movie, or perhaps a miniseries. As long as it’s done right and made as historically accurate as possible, it would be amazing.

[@Warentester]

My prediction: it would become a sad love triangle story shoehorned into the setting of the siege. No thank you.

[@thetruth3791]

@@CheckYourHealthUSyou must not watch movies then

[@Alphamarine001]

On January 2018, when Kings and Generals had announced their new year's trailer for the projects yet to come, I had asked for this very siege to be depicted. The content you guys have produced since than has been an absolute delight to watch and now, its finally here: The last stand of my countrymen and their Knight overlords against the formidable Ottoman Empire!!! I once again thankyou for the quality of your content. A great Huzzah for whats to come :)

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΤζήκας-υ1η]

am i a joke to you :(

[@Alphamarine001]

@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΤζήκας-υ1η I get symptoms of PTSD when I remember that Constantinople fell because the west refused to mobilize any sort of meaningful relief force. What you are my friend is a deep sense of regret :(

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΤζήκας-υ1η]

@@Alphamarine001 The west did made a meanigful relief force called 4th crusade It just didint went they way it should :(

[@Alphamarine001]

@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΤζήκας-υ1η XD now that's an understatement ^^

[@month32]

@@Alphamarine001 I get PTSD every time I remember the utter idiocy of the infighting that plagued ERE... I mean REALLY!?!?!?!? The turks are coming! Let us all backstab the emperor that is trying to stop them from entering Anatolia! Because it is SOOOOO easy to kick horse archers from open plains!

[@leovicic259]

Big respect to Malta from Croatia!

[@leovicic259]

@@humo89 you are clever now or what???I am respecting Malta and their people because they are small nation but they stopped Turks and Germans,two big armies!

[@serenemountain6769]

yes but the knights of Malta were not even from Malta!

[@serenemountain6769]

@@leovicic259 the Knights of Malta Were European and Mediterranean Mercenaries paid by the Papal States ! they got their weight in Gold... just saying. Equivalent of today you joining the Army with a 5 million bonus if you survive a nuclear war.

[@serenemountain6769]

@Ivan Fenech the population were not soldiers, their reward was their survival.

[@hitsugayatoshiro9517]

@@serenemountain6769 stfu

[@christophercutajar4020]

Surprised why hollywood never made a movie about this..... It is an epic story.

[@LetsRock1t]

If they, 100.000 ottoman soldier aganist 1.000

[@ParanormalInMalta]

Agree with you

[@Hungabrigoo]

Hollywood only cares about the US and Western Europe. The rest of the world might as well not exist to them.

[@alexanderi1183]

It's a pro Christian story.

[@acusticamenteconvusional9936]

England or France is not involved

[@admiralsquatbar127]

That was a tenacious defence. Worthy of a movie.

[@spectreagent00]

No, Hollywood only makes real life stories about dead rockstars

[@darthvenator2487]

@@MrFirefox those infidels are repulsive

[@tykjenffs]

Mel Gibson is gonna produce a TV series based on it.

[@alanmike6883]

Can't deny this battle was historically epic. Full of courage on both sides. People forget about the perspective of the individual soldier and civilians caught in up in it...

[@karlhans6678]

Who would win? an army of the mighty Ottoman Empire or one Mdina cannon boi?

[@just-a-tree-i7f]

@@-db4rf It's a meme. Calm yourself.

[@-db4rf]

@@just-a-tree-i7f I am plenty of calm puto btw thats not a meme THATS BUTTHURT!!! Okey then i have also a meme the "DARDANEL STRAIT" who would win? An MIGHTY MIGHT "WESTERN" 7 COUNTRY COALITION FORCE or one 80 years old humble man with 150 kg cannonbal on his back sacrificing his life for his country to stop that WESTERN ARMADA entering the straits of dardanels and blocking the way to it???? Now thats whay i call a BOSS MEME!!!

[@just-a-tree-i7f]

​@@-db4rfYes, both situations can be written as memes. Both are laid out in such a way that makes the outcome seem certain even though we already know that the reverse outcome is what happened. The difference is that I find both humorous, while you seem ironically quite "butthurt," to use your term. Who would win? 7000 professional German soldiers, or 100 angry half-dead Russian bois? Who would win? 4000 of the mightiest warriors in southern Africa, or 139 red bois? Who would win? A 40,000 ton battleship and the pride of the German navy, or some obsolete biplane bois? Who would win? A fleet of the mighty Japanese empire or some Taffy bois? Who would win? The combined might of western civilization or one cannonball boi? None of these are hateful. None of these are butthurt. They're meant to be humorous.

[@ekremtunc819]

@@-db4rf its a meme little "wolf" now calm the fucking down your titties, you dont have to be triggered by everything right? RIGHT??

[@ekremtunc819]

@DiscordChaos it is because they grow up isolated from world with ultra nationalist or religious emotions, i used to be one of them haha.

[@paolovirtuani7826]

Ah, great stuff. I remember buying a monograph of this siege and reading it, only to discover that I was to be a guest in Malta shortly after! I went there and enjoy every second of it, looking at the actual places I had read just a few days before. Phenomenal siege, Valette was the personification of determination, a scary commander.

[@thedoruk6324]

The *Master* Kings and Generals, dosing us with an addictive content of History, yet again!

[@shriyanv4407]

Seeeeee

[@SkywalkerExpress]

the death of Dragut is the key, he's the one who's able to unite the two rival commanders of Ottoman Army. But those defenders of St. Elmo was the true heroes.

[@saotome6502]

This was such an important event, thank you for covering this.

[@Saqu0007]

Hi, I’m Maltese so we learn a lot of this in school. Pretty good except for some minor inaccuracies. The ottomans first landed in a bay in the far south of the island away from the grand harbour because the harbour was well defended by Birgu, Senglea and fort st. Elmo. Once they captured fort st Elmo at the tip of what is now the Valletta peninsula, they moved their fleet to the Marsamxett harbour on the other side of Valletta from the grand harbour.

[@julesmarwell8023]

kif int habib.. .mil lawstralja ....

[@hussainashraf5179]

malta was under arab muslim rule for centuries

[@naxxari69]

​@hussain ashraf but then the Norman,s came and finally Malta got rid of the Arabs and we became Christian,s

[@ruttiger500]

One of the most heroic last stand for the Hospitallers, from what I read this battle was brutal and savage. With bodies of enemy dead being taunted from both sides. Keep up the good work!

[@thebalkantimesbsks136]

That feeling when you finish work, come back home, sit on the PC and you see that Kings and Generals have uploaded a new video. Perfect :)

[@eustaquio2247]

What an unbelievable stand from the christians. This epic battle reminds me quite a lot from another that would take place later in the new world, at Cartagena de Indias, where the spanish Blas de Lezo commanded the defence and hold the city, defeating a much larger English force. Epic moments in history that would have significantly changed the world.

[@vascoespañol]

Spsnish once again fighting to the last man, like in Castelnuovo or prevesa, meanwhile French selling cannons to the turks and English pirates debilitating the alliance

[@nikosulenta6973]

I was visiting the war museum at Elmo today and seeing how accurate this documentary shows the map of the land is really impressive. Thanks for this epic documentary!!❤❤

[@alexandrustemate4461]

Still waiting for "Peasants and Privates" a look at the life of the lower class throughout history

[@Angelllro]

I want that too but there probably aren't many materials given the fact that for most of history there weren't many peasants that knew how to write and read and the interest was in keeping a record of the 'important' people.

[@12345678900987659101]

Up until probably the 16th century, sources are most likely very limited to conjecture and what literate people produced.

[@ScottStratton]

Mike Ciopraga I know, unfortunately true. I hope there is a lot more available from archaeology but I know much less about that field, nor how hard it is for historians to turn it into narrative history.

[@Ilikefinalfantasy795]

The Ottoman camp got Yeeted on.

[@ahmedturgut1882]

the ottomans made all of europe shit their pants mate/

[@othali]

@@CKyIe We called Encamisadas...

[@12345678900987659101]

@@ahmedturgut1882 *Laughs in Hunyadi*

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

@@ahmedturgut1882 only because western europe massacred and plundered the roman empire, and romans betraying their own fathers.

[@ahmedturgut1882]

@Matthias D'Avila mate,they did not defeat them stupid.they retreated like pussies inside their castle.no one can survive ottomans in open combat.NO ONE!!everyone had to cowardly hide behind stone walls.

[@eddy._.1822]

Wow! Two videos in just one day! Great work Kings and Generals!

[@evvec1490]

Wait what? What the other one? I didnt find it..

[@evvec1490]

Idk if you baiting or what... but i didnt see the other one than this..

[@evvec1490]

@@saint_matthias oh.. the other Channel.. i thought what you mean in this channel.. sorry :) Edited* it said yesterday if Latin american video what you mean... Or maybe just different time zone

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

*SEND THE CAVALRY THROUGH THE FORT AND WIPE OUT THOSE BOMBARDS*

[@POTUSenclave]

Your cavalry Is a Mere relic!

[@aliakbarshahad2526]

AOE3❤

[@aliakbarshahad2526]

Sahin has beaten us here but we will worry about him later, we need to get our colony started

[@widowmine6306]

Napoleon I Bonaparte - damn you Franks! -why do you say that? I’m Scottish. - ah you are all Franks to me

[@grandengineernathan]

Now let's go to the new world to find the Fountain of youth

[@matthiasebejer1771]

Thanks for this video. Unfortunately there are a number of mistakes. The fleet did not land in the grandharbour, it is not even 7 miles deep. They passed the mouth of the harbour and landed further south in Marsaxlokk, a less protective harbour. This is crucial in understanding why St Elmo was attacked before the rest of the emplacements, since its place at the mouth of the two harbours would not allow the Ottoman fleet to anchor in the Marsamuxetto harbour. Furthermore the request of the knights at St Elmo was not to leave St Elmo for St Angelo, but to sally out and attack the Ottomans on Sciberras, but De Vallette knew that holding out would result in a prolonged engagement on Sciberras rather than an open battle that would last a few hours at best. When the cavalry in Mdina attacked, the Ottomans had breached Senglea (St Michael) not Birgu. When Birgu was about to fall, the Grand Master himself fought into the breech and rallied his men around him. As for the 'Piccolo Soccorso', no mention of the small help that landed on the north of the island and managed to get through the Ottoman lines to Birgu. The attack on Mdina was simply a response to a much bigger landing force that landed in early September and camped there, where an open battle took place with the Ottomans retreating as far as the sea and swimming to their galleys. The massacre took place some 23km from the Grand Harbour.

[@ByronWWW]

I was trying to figure out how they sailed to Marsaxlokk through the harbour!

[@mapograph]

Also the civilains that are evacuated for Mdina are shown to just move to some place very near Birgu when in fact Mdina is quite inland and far from the forts. And I noticed Santa Margarita is shown as in place of Corradino Hill in reality. Margarita is in fact the hill thats close to the entrance of the great harbour in Kalkara.

[@davidrobertson2826]

Yeah the inaccuracies in this one are pretty brutal…kind of lazy tbh. Not like there’s any lack of good sources.

[@willowtan7113]

I absolutely LOVE these amazing siege videos. At first I wasn't as interested in Ottoman battles, instead I preferred Roman history. But thanks to your videos, I have found these videos to be so interesting. Keep it up!

[@markpace123]

As a Maltese citizen, you made us proud! We learn about the great siege early in our education. Well done love your channel!

[@serenemountain6769]

The Kights of Malta where not Maltese! They where European Mercenaries! Assembled by the Pope! Proud of wars ?

[@EM-tx3ly]

Both True

[@kasadam85]

@Prasanth Thomas Except that Janissaries were Ottoman citizens LMAO.

[@kasadam85]

@Prasanth Thomas Janissaries were not originally Muslims, they were cristian born kids that are fighting for Islam. They were trained by the Ottomans 💀

[@kasadam85]

@Prasanth Thomas They were not trained in Malta by maltese people 💀

[@chrisaustin7644]

One thing that is not mentioned here is that Spain was the only country that sent soldiers to help the Knights of the Order of Malta, in addition to the 600 Spanish tercios that already existed. This relief was what discouraged the Ottomans from continuing. besieging the city.

[@sengleanu]

Thanks for covering the siege in detail. I am a Maltese person who lives in the fortified city of Senglea and didn't know many of the details presented in this video! A few years ago I read in a book that when St Elmo's wall were turned into rubble, all available men were called to defend the breaches. Those who could walk and fight were given swords and those who could not walk due to injuries or sickness were placed in chairs and given long spears. In one attack, the local commander was killed and a brave unknown(I think) knight took command and helped repel the attack, however his command only lasted a few minutes, as he was hit with a cannonball. Thought I'd share

[@fernandogarcia3957]

Very different numbers of the defenders from what I've heard : Histocast, the best military history podcast in Spanish. They say around 8000 defenders. 700 knights, 3500 Italian & Spanish from the Tercios, and the rest Maltese militia

[@fernandogarcia3957]

@@januszkowalski5345 Thank you for the quotation. I would expect this formidable team at Kings & Generals, with such fantastic tools they use to make the vídeos, that the content is paired to the quality of production they show...

[@fernandogarcia3957]

@@januszkowalski5345 Completely agree. Also I have noted some parciality in regards to the 30 years war. Anglo-Protestant bias is called. And well, if they don't have at hand other translated sources to compare, it's not their entire responsability. They do a really nice introductory job and with commitment. To Caesar what is Caesar's...

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

Everyone is weak until a Tercio shows up

[@mattgrandich3977]

Possibly my favorite historical battle.

[@BeratLjumani]

*Enemy Venetian Fleet?:* No problem, let Barbarossa handle it. *Holy League coalition formed to kick our asses and take our stuff?:* Little dicey but doable. *Annoyingly thick walls being held by a hilariously out numbered group of plucky protagonist?:* Why do I hear Boss Music?

[@unacittabizzarraechiassosa4143]

>Polish hussars

[@jupiter8512]

@@unacittabizzarraechiassosa4143 > G E R M A N L A N D S K N E C H T

[@sap9245]

@@unacittabizzarraechiassosa4143 PANZER ARRIVES M8

[@yonathanrakau1783]

Russian arrives - OH FUCK NOOOOOOO

[@su_morenito_1948]

Una città bizzarra e chiassosa >Spanish tercios

[@patrickweber8750]

Ottomans: Take the city! Mdina: * Fires a Cannon * Ottomans: Retreat!

[@alvinlin8140]

Patrick Weber what a bunch of brave bois

[@patrickweber8750]

@@alvinlin8140 Definitely a different group of Ottomans than those during the Battle of Chaldiran.

[@tyroneteuma2124]

The commander at the fort actually dressed the women and children in knight armour and garments and made them patrol the walls, thus looking like a fully garrisoned fort, which the ottomans could not afford to waste time taking.

[@patrickweber8750]

@@tyroneteuma2124 They ran after a single shot, which is cowardly. Way to kill a joke.

[@kentbolhano3049]

Reminds of me the scene where KongMing/Zhuge Liang tricked Sima Yi in a bluff that there is an ambush, byt there was none lol.

[@IoannisS84]

You have exceeded yourselves in this one. Count me amongst your most dedicated fans. Exceptional work, please keep it up. Videos such as these feed on my passion for history. Thank you.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate it! Merry Christmas!

[@hiebsch21]

"We are Knights of St John. We do not Surrender!" - Morgan Black

[@davidkaaa]

I sense Suleiman's last epic face-off with one of Europe's greatest generals looming on the horizon. Szigetvár. Awesome series!

[@curious_one1156]

Suleiman literally sat it out in a tent, and died of old age. Lol.

[@westerling4542]

@@curious_one1156 what do you expect from a commander? Go in the first line and get killed by the first arrow?

[@darthvenator2487]

@@westerling4542 he died of obesity. Suleiman the hutt kkk

[@kasadam85]

@@curious_one1156 what a dumb statement

[@ninjaa6952]

Suleimans army got its ass kicked in his last battle he died before the defenders lol.

[@logycaa]

Malta, Lepanto and Vienna. Without those victories there would probably be a big mosque instead of the Saint Peter's Cathedral in Rome

[@asdfghdhkdfkkffn3167]

I m not think so about lepanto but ı can corect others as a Turk

[@averageguy8974]

Not really

[@jobo5300]

22:55 Until 1923? Does that mean there will be a World War 1 series?

[@KonEl-BlackZero]

*Indy Neidell has left the server*

[@Peristerygr]

1923 is the year that Ottoman Empire was officialy disbanded and replaced by the Republic of Turkey - it was just the land of modern Turkey after WW1.

[@patrickweber8750]

@ubi dubium Don't forget the Russo-Turkish wars.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

Galapoli will be epic

[@shmuel961]

@@ivanvoronov3871 they already did gallipoli

[@LordLuisIII]

I was waiting for this vid for so long. Thank you very much!!!

[@leowilly29]

In the last ottomane assault, the situation was so dire that no man could be spare at the walls. Even the old but valliant french grand Master took up his double handed sword and slayed dozen of ottomans. After the siege, the pope rewarded him by proposing him to become a cardinal. But he refused, wanting to prepare malta for a 2nd siège that never came. For his devotion to the island and his heroic action. La Valette became the new name for the capital of malta

[@liubalthsar9820]

Leonor WB Thanks for this Additional history

[@leowilly29]

@@liubalthsar9820 two more things : La Valette was one of the few survivors of the siege of Rhode. And two, the maltese people had also heroic moments. The Knights made a sea barrier between the two penisula blocking the ottoman ships from entering the citadels by see. The ottoman sent swiming soldiers cut the ropes and chains with knifes and axes. Malteses people meet them in the see, ferocious combats took place among the waves...

[@MrNotebookguy]

So brave hiding behind the walls and attacking undefended sick camp

[@leowilly29]

@@MrNotebookguy well when you are outnumbered 1 to 10 and the ennemy put your brothers heard on a spike they derserved no honor .

[@MrNotebookguy]

@@leowilly29 We have been in the same odds before never in Turkish history there is recorded event fighting behind the walls

[@raphaelcamilleri9086]

As a Maltese citizen I am well pleased with your presentation and information you had demonstrate to the world to know! Thank you!

[@vitorpereira9515]

I salute you and your glorious ancestors. God bless the heroic island of Malta. 🇲🇹🇧🇷

[@jl9737]

Cant wait for battle for siget 1566 and sisak 1593 in the next episode

[@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent]

I am first time on this channel How do you know what episode will be next ,because that sounds sweet ?

[@jl9737]

@@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent you cant know what episode will be next, but in ottoman wars series this episode is in 1565, so i'm guessing that siget is next

[@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent]

@@jl9737 Thanks !

[@argento1950]

Same here, Nikola Šubić knew how to make a last stand. It should stand in dictionaries as an example of phyric victory.

[@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent]

@@argento1950 Then it would be called "Zrinski victory".

[@Zantides]

2 videos in one day. I've become more and more fond of your other channel aswell. Keep up the good work

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate it :-)

[@umaransari9765]

When did they uploaded 2 videos in one day?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Cold War + K&G

[@wildannugrahanurdinsyah2797]

18 hours ago?

[@umaransari9765]

@@KingsandGenerals Ohhh

[@victorstock86]

This channel does not disappoint! Thanks for your work. I would love to see a series about: Simon Bolivar and the battles in his campaign. The French Indian wars. The Dutch revolt (80 years war) English civil war. You guys rock.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! All of these are on our list!

[@Haamre]

Can't wait until you get into the Ottoman-Polish wars. Things that happened there would mandate a few high budget movies (or TV series) on their own. ;)

[@jesseberg3271]

I'm impressed by how well the writers/narrator manages to mostly avoid showing bias. These issues are still emotionally fraught, to this day, but there are only a few moments where it seems like the chanel has picked a side. Very well done.

[@nguyensonbinh8621]

I been to Malta once, the people is nice, and the land was historical with full of love. Love and pray for Malta all the best, from Vietnam.

[@retardedchineselabrat6263]

Tbf anyone except Chinese are much nicer and civilized than viets

[@brendancarlton7326]

Good morning, K&G, and thank you for your work.

[@necati3464]

What to say... İ am turkish, and i was wathing this like an movie i was waiting for almost 400 years... Almost falling of my couch from the tension 😅 Congrats to the people of malta. A battle is not a matter of numbers. But on bravery 💪

[@Brslld]

Respect to Ottoman and Maltese bravery

[@robwalsh9843]

My ancestors fought against yours, but Turks would have never gotten to where they were if they weren't skilled fighters.

[@lionelchilton2124]

​@@robwalsh9843 agreed with u mate 👍

[@sovietturtle9881]

An excellent video!As i recently gave my exams in univercity about all Veneto-Ottoman wars,i have to say it was by far one of my favourite.Excellent series from the large fleets of 《Sacra Liga 》and the Ottoman navy to thousands of ottoman attacking Hungary and Pelloponissos to the alliance of Litz!Very happy to see it

[@Ekstrax]

watched this for the second time. I can highly recommend seeing the musea there if you ever happen to go to Malta. Very worthwhile!

[@sandrogrech236]

As a Maltese I'm very impressed with the amount of detail about the cause of the siege. Welldone mate !! Only one thing I would have mentioned more. After the fall of St Elmo, sources say that the Turks chopped down the heads of the survivors and shot them to St Angelo. It was a sign of the conditions that the turks had for the Knights and the Maltese. La Vallette replued them by shooting back with heads of their prisoners. It was not juat a religous war but also of survive. Suleiman wanted to eradicate the knights once and forever.

[@Yeethan02]

Actually the Turks decapitated and crucified them and set them afloat the bay not "shot" at St Angelo, to which then De Vallette responded via shooting the heads of Ottoman prisoners onto the invading Turks

[@sandrogrech236]

@@Yeethan02 yeah you're right 😂 forgot that part something like that happend.

[@tmnumber1]

This needs to be a movie. The story has everything. BTW Great music

[@James-st9uu]

Mdina is pronounced M-deena. Church bells were rang all the way in England to celebrate the christian victory in malta.

[@argentumtempestate9677]

Medina in spanish.

[@danielhernandez-vo9zc]

Proud of my Spanish ancestry we gave it good to the ottomans!

[@MohamedEmad-nx2sq]

What good ? Ottomans crushed Spaniards in most of their battles lol

[@joaquincastello6174]

@@MohamedEmad-nx2sq No , mate..Just look at Battle of Lepanto....The end of the ottoman empire by those spaniards who have conquered the whole world and half Europe , from Sicilia to the Netherlands..

[@musakhan_19]

Very Nice! Now waiting for the Siege of Szigetvar! Plz upload it quickly!

[@jonathanallard2128]

Siege of what?

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

@@jonathanallard2128 the most iconic battle of ottoman wars.

[@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent]

@@jonathanallard2128 According to cardinal Richelieu (slightly hyperbolically) : " the battle that saved civilisation".

[@victorpulis5113]

one year later in which Suleiman died exactly one year from the end of the siege of Malta.

[@TheAstran1]

22:00 WHEN THE SPANISH TERCIOS ARRIVED!

[@bluemachine1025]

@@EtruscanTURK-fs9nn The Turks paid tribute to the Spanish

[@jebrengl]

@@EtruscanTURK-fs9nn you forgot lepanto 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@gerardsebastian7897]

@@EtruscanTURK-fs9nn Bla bla bla, Cape Celidonia, Lepanto, Malta, Tunisia, Cape Saint Vincent, Cape Coral, Mahdia I can't see the ottomans, oh yea right they were defeated in all of these

[@gerardsebastian7897]

@Free Spirited How did they genocide natives when there are literally millions in former Spanish territories? They where given the same rights as the rest of Spanish from the peninsula (check it in the testament of Isabel I of Castile)

[@gerardsebastian7897]

@Free Spirited What slavery. It was literally forbidden by law to slave natives. They did enslave some blacks brought from Africa, but not natives. And obviously they were forced to convert to Catholicism, it was a different age and different way of thinking. And please don't put Simon Bolívar as somebody trustful, when he achieved independence after betraying the Spanish crown he did enslave natives and was racist towards other Latin Americans

[@jjgf8412]

Gotta be honest,every time that Spain appears in one this videos winning a little bit of pride comes to me, tbh that happen 500 years ago and i like turkish people but you know, It's cool to see your country that i think is usually underrated in the common history, doing something cool.Anyway saludos to everyone. PD: Campeones del mundo de Basket!!

[@hennessey132]

Haha those were beautiful days eh? Back when your country and mine (Turkey) were super-duper powers :D

[@othali]

Great history we have!!!!

[@hennessey132]

@@othali that's true my friend, that's true

[@othali]

@STORM LORD I think we didn't have a century without peace hehehe and also I think we had a nice paper in the history of Europe.

[@Omegaeon1]

I’m berber moor. We have long history with spain too. Went to spain once and it didn’t feel very different, people temper, environment and architecture and food and even language.

[@napoleonpenguin2690]

Kings and Generals. May you guys cover documentaries on the Wars in Asia be it Sino-Japanese Wars, Chinese Civil War or even Vietnam Wars? Really enjoy watching your contents

[@TheMrgoodmanners]

Theyve covered chinese wars quite extensively

[@zeebaa6]

I read the book about this siege over 10 years ago in high school. I had to turn in the book and has since been out of print. Thank you for bringing me back to one of my favorites points of literature.

[@Kurtsova]

Not to forget this spanish soldiers helping in Malta, in Vienna...

[@alexkubeck8587]

Roger Crowley's "Empires of Sea" - great book on the conflict...In "Patton" (1970), the character also commented on this great battle... Hernan Cortes- from the Conquest of Mexico? -he was there too. Crowley's other books are great too. Best defense of an untenable situation in world history

[@bd6611]

Mel Gibson is currently producing a TV show on this!!

[@ritagregorio2363]

For a tiny island we Maltese did very . And we have are own language . I am proud to be Maltese . Love the island of Sunshine 🇲🇹❤

[@kayvan671]

I visited your island alot of times. Its great there.

[@julesmarwell8023]

so. you should be sabieha. ||||||| hello from the big southern land of kangaroos God bless you

[@darkz1563]

the language has more arabic words then turkish

[@kapilahlawat1137]

What a channel man it's soo soo amazing and making me see all the videos again and again I am addicted

[@paladinbob1236]

a excellent renditionof this famous battle.....again thanks for the excellent commentary , soundeffects , and graphics making a excellent product , much enjoyed :P

[@ozeppeo]

Just one day after Rare Earth uploaded their Siege of Malta video. Nice!

[@TheCheck999]

+

[@arizonabusinessleague918]

Right? Algothrim intensifies.

[@skyrim654]

This battle had me on the edge of my seat

[@nsaotmg7]

5:45 the release of Dragut ended the hostilities between the Ottomans and Genoa >> Dragut heads out to plunder a Genoan coastal town

[@dannyhare6951]

Awesome video. Excellent sound track. Well explained. Carry on. D.

[@Themessageislam1234]

Fantastic video. Enjoyed every second. Kardeslerime tebrikler tahrimizi gosterdigi icin :)))

[@CostasEristoff]

Same year as Ottomans vs. Portugal in Indonesia! Can you do the Ottoman expeditions to Aceh? 1530s: Suleiman made an alliance with an Indonesian Sultanate, Aceh 1560s Portugal showed up on the other side of the world and wanted to take over the important Straits of Malacca 1566-68: Selim II, Suleiman's son, sends cannons and reinforcements to Aceh several times, they help them do a bit of conquering, teach them to make cannons (like their neighbors had learned), great sieges, etc. The cannons look cool Ottoman_expedition_to_Aceh In 1873, the Dutch came for Aceh, and the Sultan there tried to get Ottoman Protection as a dependent thanks to the 200-year alliance, but the great powers (Western powers, Russia and Japan) said this was a bad claim because they didn't want a president of Ottomans also intervening over seas and possibly doing the protectorate-to-part-of-the-realm thing they themselves and the Ottomans needed friends and to hold back Russia in the north, so they bowed out. They sent a fleet to help later on second request, but it needed to turn back thanks to a rebellion in Yemen, didn't make it there, and the Dutch took over Indonesia Later the Dutch turned some of these cannons into church bells right in Aceh when they took the territory.

[@KamranHaider]

Bravo, knights fought with such bravery against a much bigger enemy and saved Malta. Five stars to their chivalry and courage 🥰

[@mk-pp3rw]

Hernan Cortes join the chat Ottoman and Aztec left the chat

[@syedferoz2188]

another spanish fanboi

[@syedferoz2188]

@M.A.B lol

[@cpmenninga]

Hernán Cortés 14??-1547 “Best Friends Forever” ~ Moctezuma

[@antediluvian9144]

@M.A.B Really? Since when the netherlands, belgium, luxemburg, Tunisia, naples, Sicily, Sardinia, Milan, Portugal and the Franche-comté are "weak equipments"?

[@bluemachine1025]

@@syedferoz2188 They also bankrupt the ottoman economy. The ottomans latter became vassels to the superior Christian nations

[@Lucas-yf1es]

I noticed 'Ceddin Deden' playing in the background at the begining, Nice touch :)

[@MrBanno91]

Spent my honeymoon in malta, what an amazing place, loved learning more about the history. Great video aswell. Very informative.

[@cdkx655]

22:30 "Importance cannot be understated" means it wasn't important.

[@popstarresearchingoblivion8778]

Spain during the XVI century was allmighty

[@rowshonnabi5158]

And the worst as well, mate

[@REM-gd5zg]

@@rowshonnabi5158 Worst in what way?

[@tarik8600]

R. EM spain was short-lived. They lost to britain at the height of their power. Their militiary was dogshit. All they conquered was the tribes in the new world. Their empire wasnt “allmighty” as an all-out war against the ottomans would rape them. They were lucky they didnt border the ottomans in the 16th century.

[@Cholimao]

@@tarik8600 This is Probably the most Stupid comment in the world, have you ever heard of the Spanish Tercios? i guess not.

[@tarik8600]

Carlos Correa Rodriguez have you heard of “Jannisaries”? I guess not

[@Daruliable]

Oh dear, this was one of the best video from you guys! How there's no movie o mini-series at the TV of this siege, it was epic, wait I know, no english involment, that's why :(

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChrisMartin1972]

There was one English knight, Sir Oliver Starkey, Valette’s secretary.

[@cernaj]

I love it. I have been following you for ages and am from Malta. Excellent historical accuracy. Very impressed.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you

[@yalcnbey5834]

One of the most powerful European emperors ever, personally leading an allied navy and army, forced to retreat against a lieutenant of Ottoman Grand Admiral; and this is only mentioned in passing. Truly, history is written by the victors. And sometimes not written of course.

[@dylanclark4017]

I love this series and hope the next battle is Lepanto 😍 but I really hope you get around to covering the Italian Wars like you said you would in the battle of Pavia video

[@mobiggcro]

Dylan Clark yesss !! Another video about the italian wars would be great

[@stefancutajar]

I'm from Malta and you can't believe how happy I am that you decided to cover this often-overlooked moment in history. Here in Malta, this event has taken a quasi-mythological dimension and it has been intrinsically connected to our national identity, despite the fact that the Knights of St. John despised the native Maltese and looked down upon us as an inferior 'mixed-race'. Nonetheless, it's great to bring to light how a small monastic order and a ragtag assortment of local militias defeated insurmountable odds. Viva Malta!

[@cpmenninga]

Just curious, are the knights of St. John considered pirates on Malta? They seem kind of reprehensible, but good at fighting. Fighting religious order seems like a contradiction, or a bad idea.

[@jeffvella9765]

@@cpmenninga Lest just say we never really liked them, but after the great siege they started to accept Malta as their new home and so we accepted them as our new masters, respect goes both ways I guess. Religious people makes the best fighters, why you think it is a bad idea? If you want someone to fight to the death, what's better than a person that thinks that he is doing it for a higher purpose?

[@victorpulis5113]

@@cpmenninga the knights were not pirates they practiced corsairing just like the Turks and even the English who called them privateers. Sir Francis Drake was a privateer. the difference is that a corsair had to have a licence from the grandmaster or the queen in the case of England to operate and he couldn't attack everyone. a pirate operated outside the law and so was an outlaw and hanged if he was caught. the corsair was bound to give 10% of his booty to the grandmaster.

[@acdragonrider]

You did not mention the Tunis expedition which was a great victory for Charles.

[@christopherboudreau2451]

The choice in music, is absolutely stellar

[@killerdonut666]

10:52 which music