How did the Ottomans Fail to take Malta?

[@samsaliba1532]

As a Maltese person you have no idea how happy I am to see this video. Thank you! Though I also think that us Maltese have not been given enough credit; ultimately there were only about 500 knights of the Order, the vast majority of the fighting was done by Maltese civilians turned mercaneries.

[@darrenazzopardi8980]

this video does not necessarily fairly reflect what we studied locally. It is said that Dragut was besieging Fort St Elmo from tigne point and that he died there....hence the name "il ponta ta dragut". We also study that the large army that was promised never actually made it and that the mere news of it scared the Ottomans to flee. Furthermore i cant get over why they keep referring to La Vallette by his middle name. They should have approached some Maltese historians for this video.

[@JohnSmith-is4uu]

Rare to hear from someone there. Your DNA is very unique.

[@Atilla33]

@@darrenazzopardi8980 You are confusing to be scared with a tactical retreat lmao. You don’t know anything about warfare

[@ozwunder69]

@@Atilla33 there is no Muslim who fights alone he is called a sprinter

[@FNGPREPPER]

I lived in Malta in 2004. Beautiful country and people. I definitely know how stubborn Maltese can be 😂

[@tonyfreeman3721]

Thank you as a Maltese living in Australia. Wow Malta has a lot of History to offer. Proud to be Maltese 👏

[@h2jkfvhdhnenrjf]

Is there a pdf on Maltralian?

[@georgepatton93]

Remember St Elmo, the castle broke before the knights did

[@romeo-delta1954]

St. Elmo stands!

[@cadian122]

nice Cadia reference !

[@Quincy_Morris]

I’ve heard this said before. Is it a saying in Malta?

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

"If we had to pay such a high price for so small a son, what horrible toll must be had for the Father and Mother?!" Mustafa after taking Fort St Elmo and gazing upon St Angelo and her sister fort Fort St Michael across the bay. "It's another St Elmo!!!" The Turks seeing the ancient capital of Mdina firing it's cannons in a bluff of strength. This siege was one of the most storied in history.

[@Khookies-lp2lu]

Mdina's bluff probably prevented disaster. That city was largely unprepared for a siege, but that single cannon shot gave the Ottomans enough spook to back off

[@juliansteffen5197]

Deus Vult ✝️

[@mdmiloy5897]

Miss you very much knowlegia. Thank you so much for your beautiful vidio!

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

Suleiman: Yea I am going to spare this knight's what could possible go wrong? 43 year's later: Malta became major navel base for the holy league

[@reconscout2238]

Yes it was stupid of him to spare them he shoulda massacred them while had the chance.

[@oldgamer9992]

Yes it was a big mistake... He must have them all killed

[@BarlasofIndus]

Idk holy league still got destroyed generally

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

@@BarlasofIndus what? Holy league destroyed the Ottomans at Lepanto. Keep crying muslim 😂

[@Bavariandude123]

​@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 Thats racist

[@pepitopalotes5608]

No mention of the Spanish and Italian defenders at St Elmo, who were most of the garrison of the fort. The Maltese militia was 6ooo strong but they were a small part of the defenders of St Elmo. The resistence of St Elmo was the key of the battle. The 600 Spanish soldiers sent as reinforcements are in the video "sicilian". And the 8000 Spanish soldiers that landed in Malta and expelled the Turks are in the video "European". And of course no mention of the 60 Spanish galleys that transported the relief force. Amazing how you can talk for so many minutes about the Siege of Malta and not mention even once the contribution of the Spanish and its Italian allies.

[@andresibarrameade6383]

The Black Legend in action. Can't never mention something good that the Spaniards did.

[@Agent4094]

Awesome video! I never heard of this story before and it is cool how this was probably a famous story for years and years inspiring millions of people.

[@pakistanichad8739]

Eventually an all-out attack was ordered in August, and the Ottomans were on the brink of success when, in an audacious move, a small force of knights attacked the Ottoman camp. Thinking that the knights had Spanish reinforcements, Mustafa retreated and the advantage was lost.

[@TubeYou138]

Simbas dad?

[@zetos4440]

Divine intervention

[@eliotguerin192]

These mates deserve a medal of honor

[@alparslan5455]

Greetings from Turkey When Suleiman's father ascended to the throne, the pashas said to him, 'Let's take Malta', and cruel Selim's answer was 'I can't wait for days for a small place, I destroy states.

[@pakistanichad8739]

@@alparslan5455 salam u alaikum

[@LaMaltese28]

Malta. Small island big balls ! Amazing video and well informative, I am Maltese and I loved watching this, the great siege of 1565 is so underrated !

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@flaviopitanga65]

I went to Malta and paid my respects to those people who fought for freedom ❤

[@stefanvella9807]

I'm Maltese, thank you sharing this :) just a few points though. The boats with the 1000 janissaries came from Marsa and the 1st small relief force the "piccolo soccorso" crossed undetected on land to kalkara and then crossed by boats to St.Angelo. Ascanio de la Corna was one of the leaders in the 'Gran Soccorso" great relief force was noticed with his bloodied sword from tip to hilt. ☩ Deus Lo Vult ☩

[@stefanvella9807]

@الحزب النازي so what? Its Jews, Freemasons and their puppets leftist elites brought you and people from all nations to flood especially western Europe and soon it will turn into a battlefield. It is prophecied. ✝

[@stefanvella9807]

@الحزب النازيand leftist elites brought you and people from all nations into Europe but Europe will soon be a battlefield so? Jews, Freemasons

[@schwenk1592]

Not really I don’t see a Turkish flag on Malta today

[@vidarodinson5246]

@الحزب النازي ☪️ they are running in fear🤭 ✝️ we are back 💪💪💪💪

[@vidarodinson5246]

✝️Gloria In Excelsis DEO✝️

[@chaimlaser7956]

Great topic

[@constantius4654]

I thank God virtually every day for the amazing heroic defence of Malta by the Knights of St John and then the glorious Catholic victory over Islam at the Battle of Lepanto. Catholicism (and Christianity in general) have offered and will offer more hope for humankind than Islam ever has or ever could. Love from England.

[@talisikid1618]

@الحزب النازي no. It showed what happens when Christianity is abandoned for materialism. Just as current events are showing. Sweet dreams!

[@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT]

Narrated `Aishah: I used to wash the semen off the clothes of the Prophet (ﷺ) and even then I used to notice one or more spots on them. Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 232 In-book reference : Book 4, Hadith 99

[@assyriancrusader3760]

@الحزب النازي it's wasn't religious war plus many of these countries Republicans took over them

[@BarlasofIndus]

I would say that Christianity hurt humanity the most. Look at brutality of Europeans in medieval ages ,30,000 Christians died by crusaders themselves on orders of pope while Islam had stability and phenomenal successes in both science and military. Conquering most territory in so less time with founding modern universities, variolations, algorithm,algebra, earth's circumference, astrolage,pragramming,modern hospitals etc. Europe while had disease, war, catholic crusades killing more Christians then muslims and death. Catholicism was a plague to humanity

[@BarlasofIndus]

@@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT that's actual from book of Luca,bible. And the people were Paul and the so called son of God. Verses: 45-50 in bible :Book of Luca

[@Lacteagalaxia]

You forgot to say beyond criticizing Spain that in 1.565 he helped knights to repel otomán attack on the famous siege of malta It is inexplicable

[@georgebronte840]

While Spain wasn't specifically mentioned, it is well known and acknowledged that the "Gran Soccorso" which saved Malta was financed and organised by the King of Spain. Many knights were in fact Spanish.

[@Josergr]

@@georgebronte840 and dont forgot the piccolo socorso both lead for Spanish al Sicily was spain

[@overpredor3412]

Ottomans in 16th century: Aren’t we invincible,really? 20th century:Bro stop attacking I am sick

[@slaughter2517]

It started i think from the crimean war between russia and ottoman

[@lukegauci1159]

Great video! I'm Maltese and I studied history at the University of Malta, i'm now doing my Master Degree there. This is very well researched and your proncouciations of our cities and forts is very good, quite close to what they really are in Maltese! One thing however, on the map you place Dragut and his forces on Mount Sciberras with Pasha's forces. In reality Dragut was bombarding St Elmo from the opposite shore at Tigne. Today that area is nicnamed Dragut Point and in the following centuries the Order would consturct a small fort there to prevent the same thing Dragut did from happening again, thus not allowing the enemy to bombard St Elmo and Valletta from that position. In fact when the French invaded the island in 1798, Fort Tigne was the last fort to hold out after the surrender of the Order to the French forces.

[@Storm-1.]

Did they fight the french? i always tought they just gave up.

[@lukegauci1159]

@@Storm-1. the forces in Tigne and Gozo fought back, according to the primary sources. The garrisons in Valletta and Birgu, did try to resist but surrendered shortly after.

[@juliansteffen5197]

So proud of Malta 🇲🇹 ❤

[@alphaomarbarry6511]

How can i travel to your country

[@alphaomarbarry6511]

@Osh plane

[@justinwillingale2086]

@@alphaomarbarry6511walk mate just walk you can walk across the sea without a boat

[@bastadimasta]

Why are you proud?

[@bastadimasta]

@Osh are you asking the reason for me to be born in a particular county?

[@samildogukancalskan1643]

The expected video has arrived. Great work 👍🏻

[@rcsmith2761]

Malta is such a beautiful island and the culture, history and people are amazing. I had an opportunity to travel there several times while serving abroad in Sicily. I look forward to going back someday.

[@kekolo56]

And there are still some people that say Turkey is a European nation? Its behaviour toward Europe was always one of agression and colonization.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

For some reason the European Great Powers decided that the concept of balance of power was more important than the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. Only Russia was content on constantly fighting the Turks whenever they could. Too bad Protestant powers did not give a crap about the Catholic and Orthodox People's wars with the threat of Islam since they are nice and safe in Northern Europe.

[@e.v3832]

are you joke??? pan european unity is just established after ww2 , before that everyone killed each other, but for sure turkey or turks are mostly different rest of europe since turkey's islamic past while the others christian

[@crosskoyamayandaytugay3508]

Because the year is 1510

[@celik2978]

düşünme bunları eğlenmene bak hayat kısa

[@iknowwhereyoulive9497]

This is why you should never judge a book by its cover, as a Maltese person I am proud to say that we won this war because of our proud and determined army and with the help of the gran soccorso from Sicilian forces

[@ahmedkeremsayar]

suleiman was too old. normally padisahs accompany their troops to assert dominance and control the command. in malta barbary corsairs have multiple authorities battling for superriority. even in ottoman sources it is written as a disgrace it calls barbary corsairs these brigands who know nothing of order of battle and discipline. dragut who was a hell of a guy was sidelined by other forces for influence and that cost ottomans a lot. maltese were extremely foolhardy warriors too. it ottoman sources it states there are 3 nations in world that can match warfare ability of turks in world first spainards second knights third french.

[@juliansteffen5197]

I'm so proud of malta for defeating the barbaric ottomans. 🇲🇹🇲🇹🇲🇹

[@iknowwhereyoulive9497]

@@ahmedkeremsayar the truth was that Maltese warriors had barely anything to lose. It was a david vs goliath situation. 9000 men against an army of 44,000. There were many personal documents from Maltese warriors that there was little time to think, many Maltese soldiers were equipped with short swords, daggers and maces. With their spirit they just fought the enemy knowing very well they could die. So foolhardy is a bit of a broad term because in reality the maltese were just adrenaline filled warriors that had nothing to lose. Edit: since malta was christian at this time, many Maltese warriors were devout christians that will do anything to drive a muslim foe from their country.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@ahmedkeremsayar ur greek

[@bruhovski7554]

@@juliansteffen5197 barbaric is a pretty strong word eh?

[@mozzarella_boyy7779]

I just wanna say that the new sound effects/music is awesome, keep it up!

[@bblunder]

Mad respect to Malta people, it is one of the places that i want to go

[@St3v3NWL]

To go conquer?!

[@bblunder]

@@St3v3NWL EXACTLY!!!! 🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@napolien1310]

@@St3v3NWL can I join?

[@uberjoe-08]

its time for a new jihad to malta 😂😂

[@notforyou1083]

@@St3v3NWL why not

[@VictorArce79]

How about 7 of September with the relief force from the Spanish empire and others? That was the last battle of this campaign if I am not mistaken while the ottoman force where on the run.

[@Hilltycoon]

Yeah, the video stopped abruptly before the relieve army actually landed... ?

[@Ganonmustdie2]

Are you sure that's how it happened? Age of Empires 3 taught me the Ottomans broke ranks after a burly scotsman sent his men to light a signal fire. The Knights then threw flaming hoola hoops at the janissaries until they completely routed. The Ottomans only ever invaded the island to stop a world-spanning secret society from using the map they found in a Maltese cave to discover the fountain of youth in Florida. Then both the Knights and the Ottomans abandoned Malta to chase the fountain in the new world. That game was a wild ride.

[@communistcuphead2901]

Although I prefer the history accurate campaigns in the other entries of the franchise I had a good story lol

[@savioblanc]

😄

[@calidone7661]

I loved the story of that campaign. Aeo3 is underrated

[@communistcuphead2901]

@@calidone7661 still a historical campaign would have been better a Napoleonic campaign or a revolutionary campaign would have been great the seven years war would have been other great campaign

[@Quincy_Morris]

The flaming hoola hoop thing is 100% real though

[@atrumluminarium]

I love that you mentioned the floating crucifixes story ❤️. There's also another story that during a Siege on the Citadel at Gozo, the Ottomans taunted the defenders by firing bread over the walls to which the Gozitans responded by milking their goats, making cheese, and firing the same bread back at them full of cheese 🤣. Sadly Gozo didn't fair as well as Malta did in the siege and a lot of the population was taken to Libya as slaves

[@samwill7259]

Wonderful thing about islands. They don't sink. Bit anachronistic, but the principle holds.

[@KangaKucha]

Good question as it seems that except for Italian, French, and somewhat Spanish (Spain was an Empire then so very unlikely) mainlands couldn't be taken but Islands were wide open for Ottomans to take in. Also Venica was open but couldn't take it all, and Austria they came close like to Vienna but that's about it. Might have further north in Russia? But then Poland-Baltic (later to become Russian, Australian, then Prussia to Germany) would block it as well as Geography. Persia is possible but can't get all of it. Africa is possible but can't go too far (idk why but Morroco was the only one left) and likley stayed just coast and not further. Maldives is last possible but big if as it's very small. So rest is history...

[@tacidar558]

Morocco was theoretical a puppet of the ottoman. Not official but the sultan of Morocco was loyal to the ottoman sultan.

[@idontexist1681]

Rome was the target for the ottoman empire, but after internal issues in the 1480s the focus shifted to territory protection until selim I came along and destroyed the mamluks

[@calidone7661]

austria and persia was unlikely due to logistics and technology of the age. venice was also impossible as ottoman navy was very unlikely to defeat venetians in adriatic sea. indeed, it is said that italian campaign of suleiman at 1538 failed because venetians didnt cooperate.

[@gaoaibai6243]

Venice? You have gotta be kidding me. Austria got saved by the winged hussars, oh and some germans but ehhhh... Russia is impossible, you cannot get pass Hungary and the Magyar Hussars who are OP, Bohemians with their war wagons and most importantly Poland, which was a major empire itself. Persia is Iran, the deathbed of empires so no. Africa has the Sahara so not likely either (Morocco was an empire back then). And Maldives? You know it belongs to the Portuguese back then right? Making war with an empire that owned half of the world back then aint the greatest of ideas...

[@KangaKucha]

@@idontexist1681 Interesting stuff. I'll see how my Alternative World History goes which might be more fiction than facts.

[@westsidermetalhead4997]

The first campaign mission of Act I of Age of Empires 3 eh, anyone?

[@brokenbridge6316]

This siege is a great read. And one many will keep reading about for years to come.

[@DeRegelaar]

Fantastic video

[@theawesomeman9821]

Some Christians say the defense of Malta was a divine miracle and given the situation I totally understand their reasoning.

[@boodyzerox6609]

man imagine believing in a God got crucified and killed, sleeps and shouts 🙂 that's Christianity

[@assyriancrusader3760]

@@boodyzerox6609 i rather worship God who died and raised then worship God who can't even save his word in books.

[@boodyzerox6609]

@@assyriancrusader3760 and so this is a recognition from you that you are on falsehood how would you worship a God that was baby and died once a time and eats and I wanna know what is the point in a woman's poops from your God perspective are you crazy? and for your other words say it to the gospel

[@BarlasofIndus]

@@boodyzerox6609 correct

[@sasasadsfgasd9576]

@@BarlasofIndus hh funny that Jesus is alive in islam and in christianity too... still muslims claim that he is dead.. lol

[@ryanpaulspiteri1269]

As a Maltese, I am proud of my ancestors. It is remarkable that such a tiny island had the balls to stand against a mighty tyrant & win. Such victory is praised amongst locals & Christendom yet, not even mentioned in Ottoman's history.

[@batuhankara672]

I'm a Turk and I know it, of course, in history classes

[@abdulkadirsakz1074]

Adı geçmemesi tıpkı süleyman padişah gibi adanın kaale alınmamasıdır

[@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283]

Tyrant ??? In your dreams

[@sushanth1689]

Yes lundnamazi k2we ​@@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283

[@Kevin-yo8jq]

The amount of casualties the ottomans suffered from the hospitallers is insane

[@freedomfighter6193]

Amazing video, when will part 2 of Skanderbeg come out?

[@theawesomeman9821]

A true David versus Goliath story!

[@erkinbotokanov5740]

Love your drawing skills, really cool.

[@masterofallthelakesintown2472]

They are probably the only crusaders or holy order that could be admired as they are together with their Maltese comrades actual defenders of their faith and lands

[@fearthekilt]

Malta has always fascinated me. Great choice!

[@depekthegreat359]

Wow!!!This was an extremely so fantastic victory for the nation of Malta to drive the Ottoman armies out of the nation as they wanted to save their country through their hardwork and diligence,good friends!!!Malta is one of my favourite country with many good people who live there and I hope to visit there one day in life,good friends!!!LONG LIVE,MALTA!!!🇲🇹

[@saqlainbhat5104]

Actual they were thieves and looters at that time

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@saqlainbhat5104 no

[@ardadmrc6710]

​@@arolemaprarath6615 yes

[@TirabintaToktik-hz1lx]

​@@saqlainbhat5104Ottoman thieves

[@paulsh2071]

Not the first time the ottomans got humiliated from a way smaller army and certainly not the last

[@oldgamer9992]

This is a siege... Great walls... Heavy Cannons... Not an open battle ottomans won most open battles in their great times

[@paulsh2071]

@@oldgamer9992 Moldavia Walachia skanderberg and 1821 those encounters were open battles and they were very humiliating for the Turks

[@oldgamer9992]

@@paulsh2071 Skanderberg did win battles yes but ottomans invaded Albania in the end... Wallachia and Moldova lost against Mehmet 2 and turned into vassel states... Varna, Nicopolis, Kosovo 1,Kosovo 2, Mohacs, Mesocreztesh, 1453, Ottoman wars With Spain and Venice... All this were great Victories

[@paulsh2071]

@@oldgamer9992 first of all they conqured Albania after skanderberg was dead keep in mind they lost when they were outnumbered 8 to 1 and I am reffering about Michael the brave and Stephen the great they did managed to destroy the ottomans but I won't deny that the ottomans had some great victories especially against Hungary and the mamluks but when it was against the Byzantines the Byzantines were having civil wars and they were already ruined by the fourth crusade and stuff even though they manage to defeat them the Byzantines were already defeated in the first place and the Greeks in 1821 before the ottomans asked their vassal state I'd Egypt for help they were humiliated

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

@@oldgamer9992 Battle of Zenta was fought on an open fields and crushed the ottomans so hard they never threatened europe again. Big oof moment

[@Josergr]

is crazy how most of the people ignore the help of the Spanish empire 2 Soccorso: The Piccolo Soccorso While the Turkish commanders were planning their first attacks on their next objectives, on July 2, a long awaited relief force from Sicily landed in St Paul’s Bay. This was however, a modest, unit, made up of some 700 men at arms, led by the Spanish knight, Colonel Melchior De Robles. On landing at St Paul’s Bay, the Christian troops headed towards Mdina where they rested. Then, by nightfall they marched stealthily soutward and eastwards to reach the fortifications of Birgu without being detected by the Turks. Arrival of the Gran Soccorso - Lifting of the Siege Finally on September 7, Don Garcia de Toledo’s armada, some 10,000 soldiers in all, arrived from Sicily and landed at Mellieħa Bay. Like the previous relief force, the troops made their way to Mdina. Once all troops disembarked, the empty Christian galleys headed towards the entrance of the Grand Harbour to signal to De Valette that aid had reached Malta’s shores; this move also served to dishearten the enemy. The ship’s captains then sailed back to Sicily.

[@youryoutubeyoda]

that and "the vienna incident" really left a scar on us.

[@Zynthex]

winged husars go brrrr. but yeah id say there was a small decline in ottoman power at that time, followed by a rise and then a fall again in the 1800s

[@youryoutubeyoda]

Believe me, i studied this alternate history too much. If we took vienna, things may played out VERY differently. Maybe even our decline might be avoided.

[@history_repeats8201]

The Maltese people taught Turko-jihadis how to do their bowel movements backward. They still practice what they learned.

[@Hasanbas-rv3vm]

The walls and being island is the reason! Nothing special to be attributed to the maltese themselves!

[@markocroatia7630]

Can you do same about Croatia? They took over 3/5 (more/less) of Croatia but not Central and West parts.

[@vascoespañol]

500 Knights of Malta, 900 Spanish soldiers, not even mentioned.

[@ahmadfadel4689]

CAN you make documentary about austrian empire just ottoman empire documentary

[@teacupanimates]

I think even if they captured malta, remember when they threw dead animals in the wells? i think that wouldve hindered the ottoman army alot.

[@atrumluminarium]

A lot of the Ottomans got dysentery from that. What made it effective is that the island has no fresh water sources apart from those wells that collect rain water so it was either dysentery or dehydration

[@Quincy_Morris]

The wells inside the forts were un poisoned. Had they taken the island they would have had a solid base to attack Italy. The same base that was used successfully to invade Italy four hundred years later.

[@CoD4MWPL]

Few mistakes: 1. Fort Saint Michael wasn't on the end of Senglea (it was placed from the direction of land) 2. It wasnt clear that Ottomans will attack Malta, also Sicily was likely direction of attack 3. At the end of siege of malta was also battle between great relief and Ottomans army And maybe its not the mistake but imo you oversimplified the background of the siege and few things during the siege

[@Zynthex]

actually, it was very clear they would attack since the knights had spies in Constantinople, the intelligence pointed to an invasion on Malta. If you want a

[@samuelflorenciooliveira1179]

an interesting fact: the members of Catholic military orders (Templars, Knights Hospitaller, Knights of Calatrava, etc...) would only retreat or surrender on the orders of their Grand Master, on the contrary it was their duty to fight to the death, it was forging a letter from the Grand Master of Hapitaller's that Sultan Baibars managed to capture the Krak des Chevaliers

[@zeus0710]

DEUS VULT 🇪🇦🇵🇹🇲🇽⚡️✝️

[@ahmadnaser8172]

Sultan baibars of Egypt you mean? He kicked both crusaders and Mongols ass at the same time

[@samuelflorenciooliveira1179]

@@ahmadnaser8172 Baibars is a Mongol

[@ahmadnaser8172]

@@samuelflorenciooliveira1179 he was a turkic mamluk sultan. I meant he ruled egypt not he was egyptian

[@steventhorson4487]

GOD bless the knights of ST. John!! Totally the real 💯 👌 deal!! Superior warriors!!

[@charlesmachinist9815]

I love these videos. Also love the silly pronunciations, ever video has a bunch and they're always creative. Island pronounced "uhl-ined" goal pronounced "gull" Hospitaler pronounced "hos-pittel-er" I love the originality.

[@kenhutley971]

Perhaps I'm easily irritated but those mispronunciations irritate me, but I'm not irritated by admitting that I'm somewhat of a pedant.

[@HarperGamble]

Look up how to say subsequently for next video!

[@HellenicWolf]

awesome

[@georgesciriha7497]

How did the Ottomans fail to take Malta? Very interesting question!. I would answer the same way the Germans failed to conquer Malta in World War II. The tenacity and bravery of the Maltese solders and civilians played a huge part in defending the Maltese islands. Malta was the most bombed country in WWII. No wonder Malta was awarded the George Cross from Britain after the war! In case you’re wondering, I live abroad but have the honour to say I was born in Malta.

[@cadian122]

western armies always seem to be outnumbered by eastern enemies but prevail due to quality over quantity

[@Dripxxl-i4k]

Not true Battle of Yarmuk : Rashidun Caliphate (20k soliders) vs Roman Empire (80k soldiers) Rashidun victory

[@cadian122]

@@Dripxxl-i4k the majority of the times... Of course there are exceptions

[@Dripxxl-i4k]

@@cadian122 Battle of Varna : Poland, hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, Bohemia, Wallachia, Bosnia, Teutonic Knights vs Ottoman empire Ottoman Victory Battle of Mohacs : Holy Roman empire, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Poland, Vabaria, Papal states vs Ottoman empire Ottoman Victory

[@BarlasofIndus]

@@cadian122 half the Europe fell to Ottomans, 100,000 Visigoths in Spain fell to 9,000 Muslims. Is that what you call quality? 11,000 ottomans against 80,000 Portuguese Spanish and other navies?lol

[@BarlasofIndus]

Entire Europe+3 crusader states as well as tyre+ knights Templar+knights hospitallar+9,000 average crusader soldiers in third crusade X the ayubid Empire Saladin alone,result? Ayubid victory

[@alexisleon3769]

MATLT YOK ! In Turkish it means that "Malta does not exist "... because they cannot admit the Turkish disastrous defeat...

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

?

[@hun2591]

We had many victories against to many races ı don't know really what are you talking about

[@crosskoyamayandaytugay3508]

I'm Turkish and I'm hearing this for the first time xD

[@johnio677]

Ask the 35000 dead Turks who's bones fertilise our soil if Malta exists 😅 Viva Malta 🇲🇹

[@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283]

​@@johnio677malta your fire power right now is 0 😂

[@juanmestre6195]

Shout-out to the spanish men who gave everything they got to defend christianity that you barely mentioned

[@assyriancrusader3760]

Deus Vult

[@alvaromartinez8209]

Correct, no mention of the Spanish (and their Italian allies) that made up a third of the fighting men and most of the St Elmo fort. Also , the relief army was not "Sicilian", it was the Spanish army based on Sicily.

[@MandoDaras]

I would love to visit Malta

[@bullanimations6149]

I'M FROM MALTA I❤️🇲🇹✊🏼

[@rodrigobarreto339]

Nice

[@Carlos.Grande]

Why even mention england/queen Elizabeth when she did nothing except ally with the ottomans against Spain? To england the battle of lepanto was almost nonexistent. On the other hand, the documentary only mentions a promise of spanish help when they actually sent 2 forces, the "little" relief force and then the large one.

[@darrylerren8185]

When will you continue the roman empire series

[@anuragtumane5227]

Malta has prevented Ottoman Empire from capturing it, hence showing its power.

[@googleman6106]

Can you make a video about Kazakh Khanate🇰🇿 ?

[@Emrek157]

In Turkey it is also said that Malta is the only place Suleiman the Magnificent wanted the conquer but couldn't. Even though I don't really think Ottomans thought Malta was so significant anyway. And about that crucified knights; I have heard Ottomans had some brutal executions against enemies who betray the agreements such as flaying or putting them on cannonfire or putting bandits on grappling hooks "Turkish: çengel cezası" on places people to see but never ever heard of crucifixion in Ottomans before, I guess that was a Christian way of our çengel.

[@Ozgur72]

Like Vienna, the siege of Malta was not as important in the grand strategic picture as western popular opinion believe. The Ottoman Empire had reached its borders of power projection. The empire would have extremely hard time holding those cities even it was successful in capturing, let alone expanding further.

[@MrMustang13]

You guys lost

[@BarlasofIndus]

@@MrMustang13 idk they still won. Half of Europe fell ,I don't think a small island with tiny resources mattered anything. Vienna was more important,as well as the Spanish.

[@MrMustang13]

@@BarlasofIndus the ottomans never fully defeated and conquered any major European power. The balkans were small kingdoms.

[@BarlasofIndus]

@@MrMustang13 lol never? Hungary was the most powerful eastern European power, Wallachia? What else Europe had? Spain was also defeated by ottomans, it's and Portuguese navy destroyed alongside the pope's troops. France and Britain at that time weren't even close to fighting ottomans at that time. Those were one of the strongest nations at the time with the rest being backward and damp, England was literally torn apart in civil war,and France was way too weak from wars with England to even fight,holy Roman empire was a mess. Even queen Elizabeth later said that if the ottomans make it past the boundaries into central Europe,while of Europe and Christendom would be doomed

[@Nugget_prime]

@@BarlasofIndus the Ottomans' kryptonite were the Russians, ironic that the English and French saved them from the Russian empire.

[@hassaanalisiddiqui3827]

make one on Vienna too

[@TirabintaToktik-hz1lx]

Long live Malta, long live Christendom, Deus Vult ❤️

[@francissreckofabian01]

Is this a computer generated voice? The mispronunciation of subsequently keeps taking me out of the narrative. This is not the first video where it is mispronounced.

[@Solaristist]

I wondered this too, but I just think it is done by a (very good) non-native speaker as there are some unconventional word choices and grammatical constructions.

[@oza801]

As a turk i like how you told the story.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video

[@carbugnov1952]

I think many of the ottoman soldiers died from the effect of the poisoned dead animals.

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

I always thought it was pronounced hos-pi-taaler, though I like the pronunciation of "hospitaler" it implies they send people to hospitals, instead of provide hospice.

[@Quincy_Morris]

They do both and the word hospital is based on them as the modern historical system has its roots in the hospitals the knights of St. John set up.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Make video about Hayreddin Barbarossa pls

[@marko87to]

you don't need to put snow over Maltese winter tho....

[@abcd9283]

Ottoman defeat was due to ignoring the suggestion of experienced commander Dragut / Turgut Reis.

[@ahmedkeremsayar]

start of ottoman decline was due to power struggle of these burocrats without a strong padisah figure to tame the forces who wanted power and influence ottomans got prisoners of janissary and devshirme classes

[@bar1825]

@@ahmedkeremsayar no. Trade routes have changed. That is the biggest reason.

[@flaviopitanga65]

I just can’t get enough of watch Christians defending ourselves against evil and defeating them 😊

[@toxichuman208]

Hahaha evil, like christians. :)

[@ahmedkeremsayar]

dragut was a supreme chadlord. he got captured and ransomed by a huge amount and when freed he raided all of italy and send half of his share in the raids money to his captors and said I feel like I owe you this since I cost more than what was given.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

The first thing that comes to my mind is the Ottomanball punched in the Sr Pelo video 😅

[@chingizchanel632]

I understand with respect intention of Malta people ,but Anyway Ottoman turks are great because they wrote their own history and become one of biggest empire in the world ...

[@lolbit1232]

“God blesses his island, and on the day of battle will know his own within the dead”-Some random knight Idk wasn’t there

[@Quincy_Morris]

Without seeing the video I’m going to guess: Malta’s success relied primarily on at least 3 very fortunate turns of providence: 1. Dragut getting randomly shot by a lucky sniper/exploding cannon (sources dissagree) 2. The Median Cavalry hitting Mustafa Pasha’s camp just as their incursion into the city of Senglia was in full swing forcing a full retreat 3. Mustafa Pasha falling for the bluff and not attacking Media thinking it was full of well equipped troops as opposed to the reality of it being full of unarmed women and children dressed as soldiers. There were other turns of providence, too many to recount but in my opinion those were the most significant

[@Beadsjewellery]

All European powers and only 1 ottoman empire tackle them 600 years

[@skatemo100]

Ottomans had European, African, and Asian vassals. They were not alone. Their most elite fighting force the “jannissaries” were made up of Ottoman Europeans lol

[@kayagurcu2814]

Every failed siege of Ottoman's considered to be "miracle". Of course 1 or 2 sieges out of 20 could be fail. 1st siege of vienna is a great example. Suleiman the magnificent waited habsburgs for a decisive field battle and habsburgs just stayed back in their castles in fear. Admit or not, ottoman war machine in 16th century had no competent rival amongst european kingdoms onto open field battles. Sieges ? Meh, sieges have their own stories.

[@alekord15]

What are you saying my friend? If it was Spain that stopped the Ottoman Empire, the first power in the 16th century was Spain and it lasted until the 18th century, the Ottomans were one of the great powers but the one that dominated the world at that time was Spain

[@moonke420]

as a turk nice video!

[@lerneanlion]

So why this military operation to take Malta failed is purely the inconpetence and disagreement among the Ottoman Pashas. Am I right to say this? Heck, I am even surprised that Piali Pasha did not get punish for his failure by the Sultan for not be able to seize Malta.

[@nnaauujjddaa]

I would say that is not necessarily the case, there are things they could have done different, like taking the town first, but the Ottoman mainland is further away that the Christian lands so they would have a lot more trouble sending reinforcements and supplies, so they may have been ground to dust eventually if the Europeans keep sending soldiers, but who's to know.

[@Quincy_Morris]

No it was due to several very slight shifts in providence. A lucky shot here, a timely defection there, falling for a bluff here, and a perfectly timed counterattack there. Had a few or even one of these strokes of providence gone differently and the world may look very different today.

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

considering how the Ottomans were possibly the second worst colonisers after the belgians it is praiseworthy that the maltese were finally able to stop them in the med sea in just under three hundreds years the ottomans would be turning to europe to desperately save them from the russians.

[@Hasanbas-rv3vm]

Lol worse is russia uk spain portugal! Ottomans the best

[@wasif2881]

Ottomans weren’t a colonial empire.

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

@@wasif2881 lol ok dude whatever helps yu sleep at night.

[@wasif2881]

@@AlexC-ou4ju Im not saying that they aren’t a colonial empire based on my emotions. Ottoman empire & austro-hungarian empire even the russian empire isn’t considered colonial. Though Imperialism & Colonialism is almost the same,ultimately domination upon other group. Colonial empire is when a certain group build settlements of their people in the conquered land & it has some more definition to it. Ottomans were a 13th century empire while the modern concept of colonialism (not referring to early colonies of ancient civilzations those are hella diff stuff)was brought after the spanish conquest of south america.i replied to help you differ the terms. As an imperial power ottomans have done atrocities or mistreated the arabs,armenians & etc people at certain point thats a thing for sure. Because imperialism is imperialism. 1st worst colonial power should be spanish empire btw imo.

[@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283]

​@@wasif2881and you are still paying for your betraying today with your own blood in the Arab world .

[@hectoresteban3410]

no word about spanish and Juan Martínez de Olivencia in the siege...

[@ScentsOfSouthJersey]

If only the same result at Constantinople in 1453

[@ΤακηςΔημητριου-ξ7σ]

Actually if you examine the siege byzantine even with their less army they were kicking their ass even outside of the gates in open field..lol

[@ScentsOfSouthJersey]

@@ΤακηςΔημητριου-ξ7σ 100% the ottoman losses were massive compared to the Roman’s who only had like 7k total troops and with Giustiniani’s men defending the outer Walls for most of the siege he and his men butchered the waves of Turks until the very end

[@ΤακηςΔημητριου-ξ7σ]

@@ScentsOfSouthJersey hear another one..when the Mehmet enter the city he went to the palace he sit on the throne and demanded to call him Cesar and not sultan lol 😆 🤣 how low...

[@ScentsOfSouthJersey]

@@ΤακηςΔημητριου-ξ7σ he wanted to be a Roman so bad lol

[@assyriancrusader3760]

“These persons, my brothers, are the enemies of Jesus Christ. Today it is a question of the defense of our Faith. Are the Gospels to be superseded by the Koran? God on this occasion demands of us our lives, already vowed to His service. Happy will be those who first consummate this sacrifice.” -Jean Parisot de la Valette

[@alphaomarbarry6511]

I love that island 🏝️

[@pjmuscat401]

You missed the point that in 1551 the turks seiged Gozo and enslaved the whole island. The knights didn't even want to help Gozo. In fact when people from the island came to Malta. The knights turned them back threatening to sink them if they tried to make land fall in Malta. Ending up being captured by the turks. Watch this video for more on the seige of Gozo of 1551

[@raiderius_]

Thank you Malta for your bravery and sacrifice. All of Christendom owes you a debt of gratitude.

[@g.g.1663]

It doesn't snow in Malta in winter! And Elizabeth the First has nothing to do with the heroes of this war to be named here!

[@denizonder6395]

Napoleon Bonaparte: Hospital Knights who are they?

[@Zynthex]

Napolean just walked in, since most knight were french they just chilled with napoleon

[@juliansteffen5197]

Deus Vult ✝️ 🇻🇦

[@KafEagle]

The main reason for defeat in this siege was the loss of the best admiral the Ottoman had: Turgut ( Dragut ) Rais, then also Beylerbeyi of Tripoli. Even Barbarossa has admitted that "Turgut was better" than himself to his many commanders. Dragut was an extraordinary captain, tactician, commander and leader who was truly one of the elite stars of his time. Battle of Djerba, Battle of Preveza (it was his unit's maneuver to cut the ranks of the crusader fleet), Taking of Tripoli, Taking of Mahdia, Escape from Crusader Fleet at Djerba previously (moving ships by land to other side of harbor and escaping from Doria's numerous fleet whose goal was to defeat Dragut)... He was the mastermind behind all these naval events. Even Suleiman the Magnificent cautioned the pashas to "listen to what Turgut Rais says and do what he says" as he was the superior commander on Mediterranean. He disliked politics and unfortunatelly his time was riddled with political games which even prevented this magnificent admiral from becoming the head of the navy (kaptan-ı derya) as he deserved. The siege of Malta would also had been a Conquest had he arrived at the start of the battle and directed the events from the beginning. Unfortunatelly during his initial absence the battle council took a wrong approach of campaign which after Dragut arrived has pointed out that mistake. Dragut actually immediately saw that going for St. Elmo would be a waste of time and reseources - man power, what should have been done was to attack St. Angelo at the beginning as it was the main facility that housed the war effort of St. Johns and also their command. Unfortunatelly such a fine admiral was lost that day due to mistakes of others.

[@johnio677]

What if what if what if 😅... We sent your brothers to hell so they came get their 40 virgin's, End of story.

[@juliansteffen5197]

I'm so proud of malta 🇲🇹!

[@Hasanbas-rv3vm]

@@juliansteffen5197why its brown and islamic now😂😂😂

[@v.c858]

Yep and we still celebrate The 15 th of September as 'Victory Day' it's a public holiday!😊