How Vietnam Defended Against the Mongols - Animated Medieval History

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[@user-hp5bc5cy2l]

If anyones gonna defeat Genghis its gonna be Vietnam maybe Afghanistan too How to defend against the neo-mongols?

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

You guys even brought the old style back

[@davidgibson3631]

If King and Generals talk about history of Vietnam during 3000 years . They need a lot video to tell that story

[@user-cc9jf2xg9h]

Could you tell about korea mongol war

[@frankieseward8667]

You have to do Korea. One of the generals was an exiled Vietnamese leader. Please K&G do Korea

[@gamingwithbest_xy5051]

Its insane how many times Vietnam defended itself against Invaders It never ends well

[@axelnovati]

Mongols, Chinese, Japanese, Americans. Even the French army didn't have an easy campaign.

[@1peidu]

When you have to exfoliate an entire rainforest just to have any sort of visibility on the enemy its gonna be a rough campaign

[@user-hp5bc5cy2l]

the weirdest part to me is they are ethnically linguistically and culturally not much different from the Chinese. Yet have never been seen as a part of China, at most a vassal, but usually an independant country. We could say something similar for Myanmar, but Myanmar has not had lots of wars with China and has also been less frequently and more indirectly dominated by China (I blame mountains and jungles in Myanmars case).

[@zzz7315]

​@@user-hp5bc5cy2lIt's not that weird. China has been the superpower of East Asia for centuries, that's why part of Chinese culture also spread to other East Asian natians like Japan and Korea. Vietnam is basically also under the influence of the sinosphere. As for linguistically there's actually not much similarities to Mandarin. Maybe to Southern Chinese dialects like Cantonese there are but not Northern Chinese. The sentence structure and grammar is just completely different, the similarities are probably only some loan words as it was under Chinese influence for centuries. Because you need to understand that China is a country that conquered many native tribes and have assimilated over the millenia, Vietnamese were just ones that were never fully subjugated.

[@teovu5557]

​@@user-hp5bc5cy2l Vietnamese genetics are not the same as Han Chinese other than a peroid of mixing in the North. As for language Vietnamese is a Austroasiatic language while Chinese is Sino-Tibetan language family they dont even belong to the same language group. Many Chinese words entered vietnamese but that does not make it the same. Example English is a Germanic language but over 60% is from Latin and norman french but that doesnt make English a Latin or Romance language. lol

[@yusufibntachfin7978]

I think the vietnamese have something more when it comes to war, their resilience and will to win is on another level and they proved it many times in history. Great warriors indeed.

[@thanhhamai6214]

Việt Nam chúng tôi có tình yêu nước nồng nàn,k bao giờ chịu khuất phục ngoại bang,từ cổ chí kim việt Nam đã từng đánh thắng quân Nam Hán,quân Tống,quân Nguyên Mông,quân Minh ,quân Thanh,và sau này đánh thắng 3 cường quốc mạnh nhất trên địa cầu này,tôi luôn tự hào mình mang dòng máu Việt

[@syletrong8412]

@@thanhhamai6214phải là đánh đuổi 4 cường quốc chứ bạn. Có Pháp, Nhật, Mỹ, Trung ❤❤❤🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@thainguyen2130]

@@syletrong8412Việt Nam nào đánh Nhật?

[@syletrong8412]

@@thainguyen2130 bạn đọc kỹ vào

[@Furnique]

yes but basically we love peace as always my friend, just will be super strong soldiers when it come to war to protect our fatherland

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

So the people of Vietnam defeated the Mongols, Chinese dynasty’s, The French Japanese and the Americans, suffered through it all and come out today with a growing thriving economy and high standard of living for its people. Vietnam you have my eternal respect and love. ❤ 🇻🇳

[@CalvinK-the_old_fogey]

And they are a Communist country, not a democracy. 😂

[@HuyPham-km9kn]

Come my friend, we feed you bia hơi, bánh mì, phở, bún.

[@nguyenhuytuquan]

We never won Japanese. They surrendered after the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@kanggrey344]

@@nguyenhuytuquanngu thi phat bieu it di

[@nguyenhuytuquan]

@@kanggrey344 vô học, comment không có lập luận, không có bằng chứng, chỉ biết chửi.

[@farmdude2020]

Fun fact: Lý Long Tường was a survivor of the Ly dynasty who ventured to Korea and helped them halt the Mongol invasion there.

[@thanhcongnguyen9397]

As a Vietnamese, I think it is truly a miracle that our country still exists today. I really don't understand how my ancestors were able to continuously defeat such powerful empires.

[@pattran3030]

An unbreakable will to survive

[@user-gr5uy1hg9d]

You Viet but you have no heart and soul….of real Viet….that why you don’t understand ….we viet fight for our homeland and freedom…is in our blood…..

[@NguyenKhanh-12]

nhưng làm chư hầu phương bắc đến ngày nay anh ạ, tự hào quá đáng làm gì, chỉ được cái tính dồn vào chân tường thì ms khôn ra thôi chứ vẫn nhỏ nhen khôn lanh lắm

[@thehellyousay]

I don't think it's a miracle. The Vietnamese are the toughest, most resilient human beings I've ever seen or heard of, and so friendly, too. Best damned coffee on the planet, too.

[@luongo7886]

@@NguyenKhanh-12Bon tau cho phai CHET!

[@SavageDragon999]

Vietnam's story of the 20th century is 100% the best underdog story of any country of that period. Fending off France then the US without any period of rest or break in succession, then after the US, taking on another war against the Khmer Rouge and overrunning the country in 2 WEEKS and shortly after having to fend off China in the north while the entire army was busy in Cambodia. And all of that happened between 1950-1979.

[@phuongvu527]

That's the golden generation of our country, when everyone is a patriot

[@siddude]

Not really. Only dumb ignorant white people believe Vietnamese communists distortion of history of portraying 20th century wars as a resistance to outsiders. That's a lazy version of history which Viet commies like to portray. It's an example of Communist marketing at play. Among Vietnamese the war is known as Nationalists vs Communists. China, USSR and Warsaw Pact countries supported communist North Vietnam and the US supported RVN (South Vietnam). In fact most of Vietnam's history, the wars are fought between Vietnamese factions for power. And usually there is a faction of Vietnamese which always rely on Chinamen for help. In the 20th century, Viet commies follow this line. They imitate Chinese (Maoist) communist political system, copied Chinese flag, and wear Chinese clothes and uniforms. PAVN officers were educated in Chinese war colleges and speak Chinese. That's why Nationalist Vietnamese hate them for their overt Chinese influence. But most white people are so ignorant of Viet history. There are a lot of jokes in Vietnam about Viet commies. Example: Di tham bac means to go visit Uncle Ho's House (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum). But since most Vietnamese refer to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum as the Sh*thouse, it's actually mean to go and use #2. LOL.

[@frankng792000]

thank you and appreciate a foreigner understanding the hardship and the determination of the Vietnamese.

[@gfreeman9843]

​@@phuongvu527and resistance against the Japanese during WW 2. ❤❤❤

[@Vin-sv9fm]

Vietnamese people sure know how to fight

[@tenzinalexander]

I am half Vietnamese, this makes me proud of my mother's side of my heritage.

[@tokyoghoul5530]

As you should! ❤😍

[@thanhluc8938]

👍👍

[@tranhuudat8386]

Cảm ơn bạn,có thời gian bạn hãy về Việt Nam du lịch nhé

[@tenzinalexander]

@@tranhuudat8386 I never learned how to speak the language, I should have had my mother teach me :(

[@HDN1308]

❤🇻🇳🤝

[@wileyjackson5124]

I love this part of history. This is a huge point of pride for us here in Vietnam.

[@Gabryal77]

People say Afghanistan is where Empires go to die, I say it's Vietnam

[@Otto45]

​@@Gabryal77Nah.. Afghanistan is the king of resistance. I'm sure modern Vietnam would never survive the US occupation like Afghanistan did.. They even established a Taliban government right after the US left.

[@dickyboi4956]

​@@Otto45nah. The us fought way harder in nam than it did afghanistan. Afghanistan was toppled in about a year, the next 20 were us funtioning as a police force and pouring billions into a corrupt blackhole of a government in the naive belief that everyone wants a liberal democracy and will fight for it given half the chance. Also, the taliban only had to keep one road fucked up for occupiers to not be able to resupply while vietnam is literally a coast.

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@Otto45They already did. History not your thing obviously.

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@Otto45 Afghanistan is the king of misery they are so dumb and hopeless that nobody see a point to invest money in them to make infrastructure with the main goal of carry out sources. They did not made empires collapse they just cut their advance and colonization nothing more but while doing this they are living no better than wild animals.

[@trongds]

Korea also defeated Mongolia. But the general who defeated the Mongols was a Vietnamese prince who was a refugee in Korea

[@justinle8787]

Everybody love Spartans, Vikings, Samurai... but Vietnamese actually were one of the if not the most formidable medieval army of all time. It's crazy what they were able to accomplish with such disadvantage

[@thanhluc8938]

👍👍

[@NamKhanhART]

Chuẩn đó bro

[@horacestorm13]

Not to mention Vietnam is also one of the first few countries to invent and effectively master gunpowdered weapons, just after China. It's only during the few reigns when the French first attack is their military technology outdated, because of how the kings during that time spend all their money extravagantly on luxurious things.

[@3edget539]

​@@horacestorm13 I know right Shame

[@htjohn205]

​​@@horacestorm13 The first is China, after that is Arab, Europe,... Vietnamese not invented gunpowder weapon or anything

[@nikkirosenbek5471]

Personally, I think Vietnam's history is probably the most intriguing in the world because it's unique and unusual. The Mongols according to historians are still regarded as the mightiest, deadliest and most feared military force of all time even though they existed more than 8 centuries ago. The Mongol army of roughly 200,000 troops was able to wipe out all the powerful Chinese dynasties and finally successfully conquered the entire China with a population of over 180 million people in the 13th century! With its unbeatable army, the mighty Mongol Empire peaked its power under the command of the legendary Mongol general and statesman Kublai Khan controlling roughly 28 million sq. km of territory from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, which is 3 times as large as the land area of the present day China and almost double that of Great Russia. However, even the mighty Mongol Empire had been unable to conquer the teeny tiny Southeast Asian country known as Dai Viet! It's said looks can be deceiving. In the bloody Bach Dang River battle in 1288, the Vietnamese army led by the Vietnamese Prince Hung Dao triumphantly defeated the unbeatable Mongol army, twice its size and completely sank the entire fleet of Mongol giant warships. The Bach Dang River battle has been the outstanding and incomparable naval battle ultimately destroying the last Mongol invasion of Dai Viet. The fact that the Vietnamese prince had fully understood the natural scientific phenomenon of the rising and falling tides of the Bach Dang river and placed the wooden stakes along the river bed to impale and destroy the Yuan China's naval fleet, has been a mystery challenging and intriguing modern historians' understanding. How could the Vietnamese ancestors known as the one and only people in human history more than 1,000 years ago, come up with such an ingenious and unique strategy to totally crush their powerful invaders including the mightiest and deadliest Mongol army? In fact, the unbeatable Mongol army being bitterly defeated 3 times by the Vietnamese people in the 13th century, eventually ended Genghis Khan's dream of conquering the entire world and forever changed the course of the world history. Again in the 20th century, emulating his ancestor's battle on the Bach Dang River against the invading armies of the Mongol Empire and the Han Chinese dynasties over 600 years ago, the legendary Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap's Dien Bien Phu Battle on land against the French in 1954, in fact brought an end to a 120 year domination of the French colonialism in Indochina, which eternally changed the course of human history leading to one of the bloodiest wars of the 20th century-the Vietnam War. In the Vietnam War known to the Vietnamese people as the Great Patriotic War to unify North and South Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh Trail system is considered "one of the great achievements of 20th century military technology", according to the US National Security Agency. Military experts added, The legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail running from North to South Vietnam, has been considered a strategic feat, and a unique phenomenon in contemporary world military history. The trail with the length of more than 20,000km (over 12,500 miles) cutting through forests and mountains, is a magnificent construction project in human military history. The Ho Chi Minh Trail is the symbol of the indomitable will of the Vietnamese people to determine to overcome all the brutality of war and all the deadly obstacles of harsh nature on the vast mountains and in the dense forests despite the fact that more than 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers had lost their lives, 6,000 are still missing in action, and more than 30,000 were seriously wounded to keep the vital trail open under the overwhelming pressure of more than 4 million tons of the carpet bombing by the B-52 aircraft. The Ho Chi Minh Trail represents the Vietnamese people's desire for independence, freedom and the national unification. Things change and the world changes, but their iron will to unify their war-torn country as one nation, is forever engraved in stone. In the past, even after a 1,000-year domination, all the powerful Chinese Han dynasties had utterly bitterly failed to assimilate the Vietnamese into the Han Chinese. And big and populous China with over 4.000 years, is still unable to conquer Vietnam. Vietnam is still Vietnam standing tall today. In his book Ending the Vietnam War in Vietnam, Henry Kissinger (RIP) - former US secretary of state and national security adviser wrote: "Since Vietnam, the concept of power has radically changed." "Vietnam represented a unique situation, geographically, ethnically, politically, militarily and diplomatically," he wrote in the memorandum, which was declassified in 1998.

[@huyquang6308]

❤

[@ETSUNAN2024]

Bạn có kiến thức rất tuyệt 😊

[@ngocnguyen0009]

Bạn có kiến thức chính xác về người VN chúng tôi quá 🎉😊

[@trannhanITSinhVien]

In Tran Dynasty, Tran Hung Dao use 2 unique strategies. One of those is "Vườn không nhà trống" that may translate to English is "Empty ground, empty house", this strategy is so effective to defend against Mongol army, because Mongol army usually pillaged food in the country where they invaded. Thanks to the successes in the invasion at a lot of countries with that strategy, Mongol invaded Vietnam, and then they were defeated. Other strategy is planting wooden stakes on the river bottom and taking advantage of the tides invented in Ngo Quyen Dynasty in 938, Tran Dynasty inherited and applied it so well.

[@Furnique]

you looks having very good knowledge on our history bro

[@autohoanggia]

Tran Hung Dao (1228-1300) was a Vietnamese military strategist and commander who played a crucial role in the defense of Vietnam against Mongol invasions during the 13th century. He is often credited with the famous saying: "Chiến thắng ở chỗ kiên nhẫn, không phải ở chỗ mạnh mẽ." This can be translated to English as: "Victory is in patience, not in strength." This quote reflects Tran Hung Dao's emphasis on strategic patience and perseverance in the face of challenges, suggesting that success in warfare and life comes not only from raw power but also from careful planning, resilience, and the ability to endure difficulties.

[@superfly19751]

100% And the Yuan utterly failed bc of their egos.

[@SaifAlikhan-wy1zs]

The same thing happened in Afghanistan recently

[@hoangkybactien7207]

There were 2 famous battles of Bạch Đằng river. One occured in year 938 A.D. by King Ngô Quyền against Southern Han navy. With the victory of this battle Việt Nam regain independence from China, ending 1,000 years of china occupation. 350 years later, in year 1228, supreme general Trần Hưng Đạo defeated Mongo navy with the same tactic on Bạch Đằng river again.

[@szbszig]

The battle of Bach Dang river was an epic victory. Prince Hung Dao used the very same tactics the Vietnamese had used in 938 in the first battle of Bach Dang river against the invading Southern Han troops. That battle is even more famous, as it ended about thousand years of Chinese rule, and marked the beginning of an independent Vietnamese state.

[@duyhungle9375]

Note that if you say prince, most people’d think u mean prince instead of prince

[@HungPham-ki9wu]

​@@duyhungle9375là sao tôi ko hiểu

[@DestroyerDestroyerplayz]

@@duyhungle9375 what

[@dungduc4047]

Bạn ơi. Trần Hưng Đạo không phải hoàng tử ( không phải con vua) ông ấy là dòng dõi tôn thất họ Trần ( cha ông ấy là tướng quân) và chính tài năng bộ nộ sớm khi còn trẻ tuổi mà ông ấy được triều đình, nhà vua phong cho vị trí thống lĩnh toàn bộ quân đội ( Tiết chế Hưng Đạo Đại Vương).

[@haduong96353a]

​@@dungduc4047nhưng là cháu vua

[@huytra8157]

The problems with attacking Vietnam is not only the resistance from the people, but also the environment, the weather and terrains that are very difficult for conventional warfare.

[@jlvfr]

Indeed. It's a lethal combination, almost perfect for defense.

[@HiThere-eg1iq]

These environment and weather factors are way overblown. Yuan used a lot of Southern Chinese troops who basically live in the same climate and experience the same weather everyday. As for the terrains not suited for conventional warfare, this is also BS. Vietnamese history books never taught history properly so even most Vietnamese are not aware how the wars were fought in Vietnam. If you look closely, they were basically full of conventional battles. Early Le - Song war, Ly - Song wars, Tran - Yuan wars, Later Le - Ming war, Tay Son - Qing war, all were fought conventionally. This doesn't count all the times they were invaded by Champa and the times they invaded Champa. How do you think Le Thanh Tong razed Vijaya? With guerilla warfare? No, he bombarded Vijaya with cannons and gunpowder. Oh, and don't forget all the civil wars in 16th-19th centuries where everyone was fighting with muskets, cannons, and frigates/ships of the lines, each with 30-60 cannons. Guerilla warfare in Vietnam before 20th century was in fact very rare, it was always conventional warfare.

[@huytra8157]

@@HiThere-eg1iq you do know that sure conventional warfare will win at first, but to occupy long time, you have to shift to more specialized warfare, like mountain warfare, jungle warfare and swampy warfare. The Vietnamese can just stay hidden in the high mountains and thick jungle, so that large body of troops will not be able to penetrate the thick foliage and terrains.

[@HiThere-eg1iq]

As for why it was difficult to invade Vietnam, the main reason is that they have always had mandatory military service. In most countries, when a lord raises an army, it is usually a small fighting core of knights/samurais supplemented with untrained peasants. In medieval Vietnam, when you raise an army, it is an army of trained soldiers. Every male in the fighting age must enlist, and for a couple of months every year they have to serve in the military and receive training. Because of this, Viet dynasties can afford to lose so many battles without losing the war. If they lose a battle, they just need to go south, raise a new army by calling up trained soldiers, and go again. Tran-Yuan war is a prime example of this. Yuan dynasty got some early successes, then Tran dynasty went south, raised some new armies, and counter-attacked.

[@HiThere-eg1iq]

​@@huytra8157Did you even understand what I said? The Vietnamese had always used conventional warfare to beat the invaders. Most wars in Vietnam were fought conventionally and won conventionally. Early - Le war, Early Le won by defending the key fortress of Binh Lo. Ly - Song wars, Ly successfully defended Nhu Nguyet rampant. Le - Ming war, Le won by conventional offensives encircling key cities and defeating reinforcements coming from China. Tay Son - Qing war, Tay Son rolled and smoked Qing army with superior firepower. This doesn't count all the civil wars in 16th-19th centuries and all the wars against Champa. Your ancestors fought conventionally very well, and had the most modern and advanced army in the whole Asia in 16th-19th century. It is a shame that Vietnamese history books didn't teach real history so most Vietnamese don't know how their ancestors fought.

[@RamielLilith]

Being Black and Vietnamese born in California I love that I got to learn something new from my mother birthplace and part of my culture today. 🤙🏾

[@SoBeIt27]

Would you by any chance know where, in the bible, is your mother's origin? I'm trying to understand who is who today, by the nations biblically. Any kind of info would be appreciated.

[@karaqakkzl]

Well that's surprise, black in Vietnam is less about racism and more about bodyshaming, mostly between girls

[@minhngoctran7271]

​@@SoBeIt27take a look at Vietnamese creation myth. Take from it what you will. May God bless you in your search

[@SoBeIt27]

@@minhngoctran7271 Thankyou 👌🏽

[@blackknight50277621]

yo you must look WILD dude

[@lhp9266]

Joke: in a crowded bar in Saigon, a Singaporean man told a Vietnamese bartender that "we have Singapore Sling, do you think of having a Vietnam Cocktail? The Viet Bartender said: "we already had one which everyone must think of Vietnam when having it" Singaporean man looked at the Viet Bartender with surprise and suspicion; then the Viet Bartender made a B52 cocktail in front of the Singaporean man, he burned the top layer of alcohol, and said that the B52 was only shot down and burned in the sky over Vietnam. "The drink is on me", he smiled with the Singaporean man.

[@JarodFarrant]

Very few cultures can say they fought the Mongols and won, Vietnam you are a proud and extraordinary country that I hope to visit someday.

[@hautrieu6884]

Chào mừng bạn đến việt nam

[@quynhong548]

welcome to Viet Nam

[@FrankSanchez-id7yx]

I've been to Vietnam, Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh (Siagon)in the south and I can respectfully say that the vietnamese people are the most beautiful people I've encountered on this planet and I've been all around this planet.

[@Kang.775]

Cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều vì lời nhận xét này 😊😊😊

[@etivathanh]

As someone who studied Vietnamese history at a Vietnamese university, I find this video pretty nice to watch. Trần Hưng Đạo is still considered a national hero in Vietnam. Thank you for the video, which is a lot more interesting to watch than the history books I was reading :D

[@darren5597]

chúc anh chị trăm năm hạnh phúc. How is Tran Binh Trong viewed?

[@VuLinhAssassin]

​@@darren5597A hero martyr. "I'd rather be a Southern ghost than to be a Northern king".

[@darren5597]

@@VuLinhAssassin How much ancient history is taught in Vietnamese schools ?

[@VuLinhAssassin]

@@darren5597 Throughout all school grades

[@superfly19751]

History can be overblown depending on whose side you’re on. It’s nice to have an unbiased voice from sources like K&G.

[@truongquoctuan9]

As a Vietnamese, I am impress with the detail and accuracy regards to my nation history, well done.

[@balabanasireti]

No one asked

[@UrielAlvarezflores-zv3vk]

​@@balabanasireti no one asked you

[@longcamhoang6146]

​@@balabanasiretiI asked

[@vietnamcuongthinh5206]

i also asked@@balabanasireti

[@gokudo-cf5pt]

​@@balabanasiretii ask too thằng đểu

[@anthonyburke5656]

Waaaaaaay back, when training to fight in SVN, I started reading Vietnamese/Annamese history. I read book after book, I’ve never really stopped. Of all I’ve read, two statements I came across really struck a cord in my mind. The first was a statement “70 years is but the blink of an eye”, this was attributed to Uncle Ho, but it predates him by a thousand years. The second was a statement “A victory that results in 90% casualties is still a victory”. A cohesive population with only those two guidelines can’t be beaten, can’t be conquered, can’t be occupied. Any attempt to breed them out, migrate them out or exterminate them, will fail.

[@DaiMie]

That why the Jews will failed every time if they think they can conquer Vietnam.

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

That's why your country lost in Vietnam.

[@anthonyburke5656]

@@angkhoanguyen6114 no it’s not, the US “lost” because it refused to use its full might. At any time the US could have, if there was the political will, have crushed the North. Even then, after Tet, if the bombing campaign had been renewed and the ground forces beefed up, I believe the North would have dissolved into Civil War. The Tet losses were so horrendous for the North. You may recall, after Tet, Giap lost his power and became an empty figurehead. After Tet, the North moved from military to Political, they won in Paris what they had lost in Tet. Having said all that, I believe the North wasted about 2,000,000 Vietnamese lives in the war. If Ho had been reasonably clever, after Dien Ben Phu, he would have economically and politically conquered the South. If Ho had been truly brilliant, after the French left, he would have had an open breach with the Chinese (which his political descendants did), openly dissolved the Communist Party (see Indonesia) and become a client state of the US. But those cards didn’t fall that way and over 2,000,000 Vietnamese and 100,000 Americans died.

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

​​@@anthonyburke5656 too bad those are merely myth, your army lost countless battles during the war, and besides you had half of the country to use as meat shield so that you can lose less soldiers. But no, in the end like many invaders that came to Vietnam, you lost the war and forced to leave the country for good. The Tet Offensive gave the North and the VC more advantage as it dealt mental damage, and even after that both the VC and the PAVN still continued to fight while yours lost morale!

[@anthonyburke5656]

@@angkhoanguyen6114 oh Dear, you are a product of indoctrination. I do concede that Tet was a psycho local turning point. Do you seriously say that the war that cost (in my estimate) 2,000,000 Vietnamese dead to less than 60,000 US dead was “won”? Have you ever heard of a “Pyrrhic” Victory? What I was trying to say, not so clearly I concede, is that if the Norths leaders had been a tiny bit clever, they could have achieved unification sooner, with better outcomes and no loss of life. The “iron hand in the velvet glove” approach isn’t that hard to manage, it was open to the leaders in the North, but they became fixated on the military solution for over 10 years (from Dien Ben phu to the Paris Accords) when all that was really needed was some political wiles! Who was the loser? Not the US, after all, the US lost 20 times more casualties to Covid in 2 years than it lost in 10 years+ in Vietnam. Vietnam lost a whole generation, both in the North and the South AND 2,000,000 adult workers and untold infrastructure and economic development. The horror of the war was the opportunity cost of the war as well as the lives and treasure it consumed.

[@HJ-bd6mb]

Damn that final battle with the wooden stakes could be a whole movie on its own

[@OanhLan-bb4pn]

Thật không may khi nền điện ảnh của Việt Nam chưa phát triển và chưa có kinh phí ..và còn nhiều đi tích lịch sử đã bị tàn phá trong chiến tranh vẫn chưa được phục dựng

[@whyjnot420]

Vietnam successfully staying itself for as long as it has, is nothing short of incredible. So many groups and nations with immense power have tried to take over that small bit of land with no real long term success. Regardless of how I feel about Vietnam and its more recent history (since the 50s), I give them a LOT of credit for this.

[@thevannmann]

I mean, Vietnam is far from alone in being a country with its own identity and it's not like Vietnam is not a poor, corrupt 3rd world country where most of its big traditions stem from China and where 50% of its word are from Chinese.

[@ClassifiedUnit-135]

@@thevannmann Tell me you know nothing about Vietnam without telling me you know nothing about Vietnam.

[@phambinhan17]

​@@thevannmann you just said Britain does not have its own identity?

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

@@thevannmann Pathetic 3 sticks/Mi Chau 4.0 hybrid.

[@hoangngoc2905]

The recent history of Vietnam has prolonged its tradition of independence and strong will. Vietnam is one of the few countries in Asia that can say no to both the USA and China. You can compare, in terms of politics, the interactions between Vietnam and the USA and those of Japan or South Korea with the USA. I can guarantee that Vietnam can sway the USA more than Japan or South Korea can.

[@harriusk4u]

My child absolutely loves history, especially Vietnam history.

[@YasserMaghribi]

How old is (s)he ?

[@harriusk4u]

@@YasserMaghribi 7y

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

@@harriusk4u i believe those who show interest in history have a higher intelligence and curiosity about the world around them. your kid will be very smart

[@thanhluc8938]

👍👍

[@HungPham-ki9wu]

but you are vietnamese

[@teo2972]

Holy heck!! KINGS AND GENERALS, You truly reign supreme in terms of youtube historical documentation!! I absolutely love the mongol series youve been doing. Cant wait for the Javanese vs Mongols!

[@ulsaaulsqq311]

Lol it s Mongols vs oceans ahahaha not Japan

[@tonykusz9943]

Check out fall of civilisations you will be astounded

[@Layon_King]

This is why China dont wanna mess with Vietnam. Viets endurance and creativity in fighting is just so amazing.

[@TranHungDao.]

They did, and they paid.

[@Mahapadmadipatu]

That why they was paying tribute at the beginning of the video to chinese empire😅😂

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

​@@Mahapadmadipatupaying tribute to avoid further fight, and the chinese knew better than to wage war to vietnam, the vietnamese played them well 😂😂😂😂

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

​@@Mahapadmadipatua meager tribute for complete peace is a great diplomacy there 😎

[@GreenWild101]

người trẻ VN thật tự hào vì cha ông, chúng ta thắng mọi kẻ thù vì chúng ta đoàn kết, vì chúng ta mang chung dòng máu VN ❤❤❤

[@muteme4980]

France, US, Japan, China, Cambodia, Mongolia etc. Vietnam a self defense powerhouse

[@tuan-tran]

... missing Thailand bro

[@quangvinh1153]

include, champa / kherme (thailand, campuchia, south vietnam, myanmar, malaysia, singapore), so huge

[@GodsBlessing00]

not just US but the some of the UN members like s korea, australia, ph and many others in Vietnam War

[@proud4373]

Vietnam's history is unmatched. It is a unique and unusual due to Vietnam's long standing history of having successfully defeated the world's great powers. The Vietnamese are the one and only people in human history that had completely defeated the unbeatable Mongol army, not once, not twice, but three times before forever ending Genghis Khan's dream of conquering the whole world! Also, Vietnam is the one and only country in the world that had fought the Chinese for about 2,000 years triumphantly defeating all the powerful Chinese dynasties including Qin, Wu, Han, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. In addition, the French invasion of Vietnam by Napoleon III began with the first attack on Vietnam in September 1858 after the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte known as Napoleon I had conquered much of Europe, and finally ended with the French defeat in Dien Bien Phu in 1954. This eventually brought an end to a 100 year domination of the French colonialism in Indochina, which eternally changed the course of human history leading to one of the bloodiest wars of the 20th century-the Vietnam War, and later came the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War where China was crushed by Vietnam, according to nationalinterest, not to mention the 1978 Cambodian-Vietnamese War bringing an end to the genocidal Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge regime. With its unique history of resisting the world's great powers, Vietnam is still Vietnam today as the symbol of the Biblical epic David versus Goliath.

[@ManhHungPham3003]

Chinese was not the official language of the court. It was Vietnamese, and Chinese characters were used to record the spoken language - just like Latin alphabet is used to record Vietnamese language today.

[@ATLBraves1992]

Mongols: “should be an easy conquest” Vietnamese: “hold my rice paddys”

[@jacku8304]

Mongols: “should be an easy conquest as China control it for one thousand years" Vietnamese: “mongols horses have short legs and not faster than our barefoot soldiers" Mongol of today: "But they still our tributary state under our control for a hundred years.

[@MrPookiexL3oi]

Many don't know this part of Vietnam's history. Thanks for making this video.

[@anhthiensaigon]

Fun fact: before the 3rd invasion, king Nhân Tông (mentioned as Trần Khâm in the vid) consulted prince Hưng Đạo for strategy. He (reportedly calmly) answered: "this year they're a piece of cake". It can be interpreted that prince Hưng Đạo understood that our people and troops were already familiar with their scorched earth-type of stragegy (abandoning Thăng Long), or that he knew the Yuan had lost its major elite forces (i.e. the native Mongolians, in contrast to the Han-Chinese ones conscripted from former Song) and couldn't come up with any inovative strategy. Therefore he had no doubt that victory was already in his hand. Prince Hưng Đạo still remains the proudest, most venerable historical figure of our folks (together with Quang Trung - but that's a different story). All Vietnamese people regardless of political alignment agree on this one. Even during the separation of Vietnam war.

[@toaninh9120]

"năm nay thế giặc nhàn" is the ultimate flex

[@vinhdo4914]

I don’t know what I do this game I settled up I have to go for complete

[@johnsmead5096]

wish we had some more detailed accounts of some of the battles. hard to imagine mongol warfare in such a humid and vegetated land

[@expatstone8310]

I lived in Vietnam for 7 years , the North is definitely NOT tropical it is a temperate climate. the forests look feel and smell like a British forest in the summer time

[@SavageDragon999]

@expatstone8310 that's completely nonsense. There is no fucking way Cuc Phuong national park is the same as your average British forest.

[@TTminh-wh8me]

Most of the jungles, swamps in northern vietnam (the red river delta) has been cut down or drained into agriculture land. Back in the 13 century, the region was much more covered, very different from the open space it is today.

[@expatstone8310]

@@SavageDragon999 hey savage,granted The British forests have less mountains and monkeys but the trees and trails look very similar and the average temperature is the same as a British forest in summer.Having worked in and enjoyed both I can honestly say the Brits were not out of our comfort zone, the south we very much were.

[@expatstone8310]

@@TTminh-wh8me Ok I did not consider that but I do remember the Northern Vietnamese wearing ski jackets in the winter.

[@TsunamiHistory]

Vietnamese people are very friendly and intelligent 😍 Their food is also very delicious 🤤

[@thanhluc8938]

👍👍

[@tranhuudat8386]

ありがとう

[@vantrinhnguyen987]

I like your comment -- We VIetnamese love peace, enjoy the life, we have beautiful country and ... so many good food !!! -- we like make friendship with every ones ... We only get to fight if there's no choice .....

[@conho4898]

Great video! But there are some mistakes: 1. Lí and Trần dynasties did not fully speak Chinese in their courts. They wrote in Chinese, but spoke in Vietnamese and Chinese. 2. The Vietnamese rulers were not kings, but emperors. They only submitted themselves kings to China, but declared themselves emperors to everywhere else. They even had vassal and tributary states. You can read more about this foreign relations concept that was actually quite widespread in East Asia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_at_home,_king_abroad 3. Trần Khâm was the emperor's real name. His dad's real name was Trần Hoảng. Trần Hoảng's temple name was Trần Thánh Tông, and Trần Khâm's temple name was Trần Nhân Tông. It would be great if you guys can be more consistent with name choices for Sinospheric rulers. If you're gonna use temple names, use it for all of them.

[@darthvadeth6290]

Emperors do not submit to other emperors, that doesn't make any sense. They were local vassal state rulers that paid tributes to their emperor in China.

[@conho4898]

@@darthvadeth6290 it doesn't make any sense to you because you don't understand the political situation of ancient East Asia. Please do research on the concept of "Emperor at home, king abroad". Multiple states in history have done so. And by your logic, we shouldn't call the Japanese ruler emperor either since they historically submitted to China.

[@Kenjiunovt]

Thực tế. Việc gọi người đứng đầu trung quốc thời trung cổ vơis người đứng đầu Việt Nam chỉ là hình thức ngoại giao:)) việc vua gặp vua là không có chỉ qua lại thư( chiếu chỉ) và sứ thần

[@maihanh1989]

@@Kenjiunovtthực tế VN là chư hầu. Vua Việt muốn lên ngôi chính danh phải được hoàng đế TQ sách phong. Ta cũng phải cống nạp rất nhiều nhưng đó cũng là chính sách khôn ngoan của ta. Một mặt hoà hoãn với phía Bắc, một mặt mở rộng xuống phía Nam. Thực tế dân tộc Việt Nam là một dân tộc hùng mạnh, một trong số ít các dân tộc không bị sát nhập vào TQ. Hãy nhìn nước Đại Lý rộng lớn một thời giờ không còn tên trên bản đồ, hay trước đó là hàng chục quốc gia bị sát nhập vào TQ. Việc các quốc gia sát nhập với nhau trở thành một quốc gia lớn là quy luật tự nhiên, như cá lớn nuốt cá bé, cũng như các bộ lạc liên kết với nhau trở thành nước Văn Lang, hay như Văn Lang sát nhập với Âu Việt thành Âu Lạc. So với TQ, chúng ta là con cá nhỏ nhưng con cá nhỏ này đủ khôn ngoan và đủ sức mạnh để không bị nuốt.

[@Babigoldfish]

@@darthvadeth6290 Chinese emperor used this as an excuse to invade all the times. Do not think of this as weakness from the Viet side cus if China was strong enough in a period they could just invade without a valid reason (China was like the strongest nation on earth so that’s something to consider)

[@abthedragon4921]

China The Khmer The Mongols The French The Japanese The United States Vietnam's track record of resisting larger empires is crazy.

[@kassander7353]

It's Amazing.

[@expatstone8310]

You forgot China after the USA left

[@Brandonhayhew]

its an astonishing

[@jimmyngo2191]

We pretty much devoured the Khmer empire in the middle of the 19th century. If not because of the French, you cannot see Cambodia in the world's map now.

[@usersixnine347]

I wouldn’t consider Khmer a large empire.

[@finalfalcon7368]

This is such an interesting part of history that usually gets footnote treatment. Meanwhile the Mongols are treated like an invincible army instead of just another (admittedly amazing) war machine. Its also a hreat example of difficult this country is to fight in.

[@hoaphan-uc3me]

Nah they were failing elsewhere like Japan, too. Just incompetent at that point in history.

[@karlolson1363]

That's what wining a lot will do to someone. They eventually think they cannot lose ever. All that power and prestige got to the Mongols.

[@CSGraves]

A history lesson that the USA would re-learn centuries later, albeit via a Pyrrhic victory for Viet Nam.

[@Minhert]

@@hoaphan-uc3mebruh they were killed by sea

[@acudaican]

@@hoaphan-uc3me How do you fight a storm while at sea lol.

[@thewaterbearer16]

Afghanistan - Central Asia’s Graveyard of Empires Vietnam - South-East Asia’s ICU of Superpowers 😂

[@thuyluong5925]

Can you give a source? I wanna read that

[@thewaterbearer16]

@@thuyluong5925 Vietnam defeated France (First Indochina War), USA (Vietnam War) and China (Sino-Vietnamese War)

[@youngvvyoungonevv8798]

@@thewaterbearer16 Japan also

[@thewaterbearer16]

@@youngvvyoungonevv8798 No. Japan did not won over any superpower nor hurt them so bad that they stopped/retreated. It eventually got occupied although it didn’t really got invaded and had to fight on its mainland. Even in ancient times, Kamikaze typhoons are natural phenomenons so that doesn’t even count against Mongols and its allies.

[@youngvvyoungonevv8798]

@@thewaterbearer16 no i meant Vietnam defeated Japan too

[@nhienleminhhue6605]

-first in correction: the Chinese language wasn't the official language of the court but Medival Vietnamese, the Trần Clan had Chinese origin but had been assimilating into Vietnamese culture and language for the last 2 centuries, the Han characters were used for writing but the Chinese would be confused because we wrote it as we pronounced thus appearing grammatically wrong, and nonsensical to the Chinese. -second, Islam only came to Champa during the 15th century so before that Champa was Hindu. -Third, the first invasion, according to the main Vietnamese source in the 15th century, was that Thăng Long was abandoned and its population evacuated but the Mongol rapid advance most likely forced the court to abandon the capital with 30.000 of its inhabitants. -Fourth, the first Mongol invasion was an utter defeat for Đại Việt, but we managed to save face, counter-attacked, and recapture Thăng Long, most likely garrisoned by 20.000 Yi soldiers brought there by the Mongol in addition to 30.000 Mongol in the first place.

[@expatstone8310]

The earliest agricultural societies that cultivated millet and wet-rice emerged around 1700 BCE in the lowlands and river floodplains of Indochina.So one could argue that it was the Viets that founded China

[@ieatass4226]

@@expatstone8310Are you a Chinese troll trying to make us normal Viets look like nonsensical nationalist idiots?

[@DccAnh]

@@expatstone8310That’s nonsensical lol, China’s heartland is further north in the Central Plains, while ancient Vietnamese, Au Viet and Lac Viet live much further South in today’s Southern China, we were then push down further south to what is now modern day Northern Vietnam by the Han. The only thing that can be argue here is who grow rice first cause Northern China’s climate aren’t suitable for growing rice, but China definitely started with the Han’s predecessor the Huaxia.

[@conho4898]

your 1st point is also wrong. Han characters were used for writing, yes, but they wrote in standard Classical Chinese, which is completely legible to an average Chinese. Every modern Chinese can read Vietnamese sources written in the courts with ease. The one you're thinking about is the Nôm script, which most Chinese can't read, but they were only used informally, never in court writings.

[@livbratione1319]

@@conho4898 I think modern Chinese can guesstimate Vietnamese written courts scripture, but not do so "with ease". Besides, Chữ Nôm actually was used in courts during the Trần dynasty, not just informally. We did not have proof of them doing so extensively, partially because of Chinese vandalism during the Ming invasion. There were records of this kind of literature being applied in national examination during the period.

[@vanvuonglai9174]

When you are alone against a great empire as Mongole Empire, you need not only luck but also good talents and strategy as well.

[@thanhluc8938]

👍👍

[@awesomehpt8938]

It never ends well when someone tries to take control of Vietnam.

[@marc-antoinemarcoux697]

Except when its the vietnamese themselves

[@dx-ek4vr]

I am The Lorax and I speak for the Trees. And the Trees speak Vietnamese.

[@AL_AFGHANI1]

Except for the French and Chinese

[@vanyac6448]

What about the French? Didn't they colonize Vietnam?

[@pattran3030]

Both got their asses kicked@@AL_AFGHANI1

[@saijiang7697]

The resilience and tenacity of the Vietnamese people were the key factors in overcoming formidable adversaries from the North

[@balloooom]

I've always respected the Vietnamese people for their iron will but I didn't realize their history of guerilla warfare was 800 years old!!

[@ucchau173]

@@balloooomwe use it when war with qin shi huang 2200 years ago (qin yue war 218-208 bc)😁

[@ngocminhvu5009]

Viet in Vietnam itself means to overcome or to passover. The kanji for this word is found on the name of old Japanese provinces during Sengoku Jidai, Echizen (Việt Tiền), Etchu (Việt Trung), Echigo (Việt Hậu)

[@marc-antoinemarcoux697]

Thank you for this video I learned so much and vietnamese history is so underappreciated sometimes.

[@nguoianhien]

Thank you for making this video, please make more about Vietnam's underrated history

[@gamerhungry8463]

In Vietnam, they have a phrase that translates to English the King's law loses to the Village's rule, which shows that villages are based factor to build up the country which they have now

[@HauNguyen11994]

Luật vua thua luật Làng

[@taibui3402]

@@HauNguyen11994 Phép vua thua lệ làng

[@BengCrypto]

I am a Vietnamese person, I am proud that our ancestors have always fought to bring peace to the nation. I'll correct you one question That was the time when our writing was similar to Chinese characters. But it's not Chinese. It is Vietnamese. Thank you for your great video. Wishing you many good videos about history

[@lyhthegreat]

it's just chinese characters mixed with some some modified chinese characters for native viet words, the role is not unlike hiragana in japanese or even written cantonese...and before people say it's the same as latin and vietnamese that is used today, it's different, a person who can read latin alphabets will not be able to understand vietnamese now even if they can somehow read it but a chinese person will be able to read a large portion of the vietnamese text(minus the chu nom) and understand the general meaning even though they won't be able to pronounce it because it's a logogram.Yeah it's not quite chinese but it's not entirely uniquely vietnamese too. Go take a walk around saigon or hanoi and see how many chinese words you can find around the historical structures and temples you can find if you can read chinese.

[@BengCrypto]

@lyhthegreat Maybe google translate translates your words I don't understand. But there is a passage where you say that most Chinese people can read Vietnamese. Except for the word NOM, it's wrong.

[@thanhhamai6214]

Chữ nôm giống chữ Hán,người việt đọc được chữ Hán nhưng người Hán k đọc được chữ Nôm

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Thank you Kings & General’s for another Extraordinary video.

[@soumyadiptamajumder8795]

First Mongol Invasion of Vietnam At the beginning of the 13th century, Gengis Khan, having unified Mongolia, started a war of conquest against China. In 1253, Kublai conquered the Dai Ly kingdom (now Yunnan Province), thus reaching the Vietnamese frontier. The Mongols demanded passage through Dai Viet in order to attack the Song from the south (1257), but the Tran refused. A Mongol army invaded Dai Viet, smashed its defenses, and seized the capital Thang Long, which was put to the sword and burnt to the ground. The King Tran left the capital, which was also abandoned by its inhabitants. The Mongol army were not able to obtain food and fared badly in the tropical climate. A Vietnamese counter-offensive drove the Mongols out of the capital. In retreat, the enemy was attacked by local partisans from an ethnic minority group living in the Phu Tho region. This was the first Mongol defeat.

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

Props to Devin, quite enjoy his narrations, he's quite good at it and has an interesting voice to listen to.

[@frankieseward8667]

Vietnam, the bane of many empires. Mongol conflict was particularly legendary

[@murrayscott9546]

Some pretty clever tactics employed by the Nam. Determined resistance + the jungle defeated a mighty enemy, indeed !

[@expatstone8310]

Determined resistance yes ,jungle no ,I lived in Vietnam for 7 years , the North is definitely NOT tropical it is a temperate climate. the forests look feel and smell like a British forest in the summer time

[@murrayscott9546]

@@expatstone8310 Even a British forest, if filled with combatants, would be a little demoralizing.

[@expatstone8310]

@@murrayscott9546 Lots of talk of tropical weather, jungles and tropical diseases in the north, not true. As an English city boy from London I would agree when working in the south lots of food poisoning and diarrhoea while being eaten alive by bugs that ground us down to weaklings in a very short space of time.But hey ho when in Rome Vietnam had lots of speed and opium to soften the pain and discomfort.

[@highlightsfootball9464]

Chả có khu rừng nào chống lại dc quân Mongol cả anh bạn à 😂😂😂

[@murrayscott9546]

@@highlightsfootball9464 please translate to English.

[@nhattan1991]

Cuối cùng cũng có 1 ai đó làm video nói về cuộc chiến này 😀 , người Việt Nam chưa hề sợ bất kì 1 kẻ thù nào ❤

[@tranhuudat8386]

Việt Nam bên nên viết hoa.Phải tôn trọng từ việc nhỏ nhặt như thế này

[@nhattan1991]

@@tranhuudat8386 ok bạn

[@chaosspork]

This is fascinating. I actually visited Vietnam around this time last year, which got me really interested in their history. I was especially interested to hear a bit about Thang Long, since I actually got to see it in person.

[@MinhDucAnh16516]

It's Hanoi today, myfriend

[@chaosspork]

@@MinhDucAnh16516 I visited the The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, in Hanoi. The castle is still called Thang Long.

[@DaiMie]

Vietnam have gotten better over the years. Electricity still goes out sometime which is annoying. Wonder what the deal with Vietnam Power Grid. Vietnam need better power sources. Also, a bowl of Pho in Vietnam is only 2 dollars, while in the United States, at minimum, it cost 12 dollars for a bowl of pho. Fucking rip off.

[@yeastori]

That river spike strategy was genius, they destroyed a massive fleet by simply turning a powerful armada into a sitting duck. This was also how the Vietnamese defeated the Chinese invaders many centuries prior when they were also invaded by China.

[@diephoainambui9682]

this tactic was a meta against chinese that it was used 2 or 3 times

[@jacku8304]

But how do you explain the over a thousands of being controlled by China and almost a thousand years of being vessel and tributary states to China ? Remember it is a thousands years and nor few hundred years. It also changed your looks and color of your S.E.Asian skin tone. Your S.E.Asian culture was almost eradicated too.

[@diephoainambui9682]

@@jacku8304 it was later independence and not even becoming them so thousand years of being China's slave doesn't mean much if they can't make it forever China dominated but still having many rebellions against them for each hundred years so they didn't actually control the land, they took the land but they couldn't make people a slave forever

[@darthvadeth6290]

@@diephoainambui9682 That's a very dumb argument. China dominated Vietnam for 1000 years. That means a lot. 1000 years is a lot, lol Your expectation that as long as something a country doesn't get wiped out "forever" then it's not a defeat is just a crazy standard that nobody uses. By your standard, even Native Americans in America cannot be described as "defeated" by Western colonizers, because they are still alive and still own land in America, lol

[@diephoainambui9682]

@@darthvadeth6290 i don't say that it didn't get defeated, I only said that they couldn't keep Vietnam as a part of its land forever cuz in the end Vietnam are free from it so it doesn't mean much

[@EnclaveEmily]

Today i learned that the mongols reached vietnam

[@danielmaurer4710]

😂😂😂

[@jozzieokes3422]

Amazing work !

[@teo2972]

And more! They even reached Java!

[@Brandonhayhew]

Like all the others

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

They went further. Ended up in Java.

[@JoeBuchanan1346]

The sheer scope of the Mongol empire is crazy, in the show Marco Polo, Kublai khan states “ Alexander the Great has 20 cities named after him, I now control them all “ that sent chills down my spine

[@sangbum60090]

He didn't control Alexandria though

[@JoeBuchanan1346]

@@sangbum60090 you did the quote right? Alexander the great has 20 cities named after him in Asia not just the Middle East

[@JoeBuchanan1346]

@@sangbum60090 well yes, but actually no

[@OGtruthserum]

Khan could not control Hung and Dong, which the Vietnamese had plenty off. There is a reason Vietnamese are known as Kinh people, which stand for dominant.

[@superfly19751]

As a Vietnamese American I appreciate Kings and Generals authentic documentaries, blocking out biases from either side of history. This just to show how your own egos can kill you quicker than a bullet even after two previous failed attempts. Supplies are the bloodline of an army. It was crucial that you pointed out the Yuan’s supply fleets were party decimated by a storm before getting finished by the Viet’s Naval force. It seems like that was the second time the Yuan’s forces had lost their mandate from heaven including The Devine Wind in Japan.

[@DuyNguyen-nz1qy]

Chinese was NOT the official LANGUAGE of the court but rather Chinese characters as the official SCRIPT. Huge difference.

[@umayyadball4126]

This was a great episode! There should be an episode (or multiple) on the history of the Cham people. Champa ruled central and south Vietnam for around a millennia.

[@bobbyo3867]

More than a millennia.

[@ageingviking5587]

Another informative video.Thank you Ks and Gs.

[@jozzieokes3422]

well done as always!

[@laszlo5201]

Vietnamese history is underrated!

[@lacviet8728]

I couldn't agree more!!!

[@jacku8304]

Please explain the One thousand years of being part of China's control. That's a mind boggling figure. That's the most unrated event in history some people hope many will forget !

[@kingofnuggets7304]

@@jacku8304 Ye it was true that we got conquered and became China's territory for a fking thousand years but guess who survived and beat the heck outta them ?

[@rive4410]

Bởi vì Việt Nam là cái gai trong mắt các đế quốc từ thời cổ đại cho đến hết thế kỷ 20. Bạn nghĩ họ sẽ tuyền truyên truyền và tung hô cho Việt Nam sao?

[@huylam3951]

That's because Vietnam is the brains like Sinosphere: Taiwan (ROC), Japan & Korea. The brains are smart and secret figures, especially if they are on the good side & they’re fighting for people, country & freedom.

[@SuChi146]

I‘m Vietnamese and I’ve learned a lot about history from your channel. Respect your work and thank you so much.❤

[@MentallyLoner]

Bạn tiến hóa ngược sao? Dù không có hình ảnh nhưng sách giáo khoa và lời giảng của giáo viên tốt hơn. Và cùng ngôn ngữ nên dễ hơn Quan trọng là không có giấu diếm!

[@SuChi146]

@@MentallyLoner tôi lớn rồi và cũng đã ko còn học trong trường để nghe giảng nữa. Những bài giảng của thầy cô đã qua rất xa rồi. Chỉ là những video ngẫu nhiên tôi tìm về Việt Nam trên mạng và muốn cảm ơn lịch sự tới công việc của ngta thôi. Bạn ko ưng cmt của tôi thì thôi cũng ko cần quá gay gắt.

[@ucngocnguyen8938]

Thông tin họ đưa không chính hoàn toàn đâu bạn, trong cuộc tấn công lần thứ 3, với tháng mà quân Nguyên Mông chọn tấn công Việt Nam thì làm gì có bão. Hải quân Nguyên Mông nó đi làm 2 đợt, đợt đầu là tàu chiến, đợt sau là hậu cần ít sự phòng bị hơn nên Trần Hưng Đạo đã tập kích phá hủy bằng hỏa công. Đoàn tàu chiến đi trước thì mới bị bẫy cọc gỗ khi rút lui sau đó.

[@SuChi146]

@@ucngocnguyen8938 chuyện ko có bão thì tôi biết. Sử gia hoặc các youtuber làm sử họ tham khảo nhiều nguồn khác nhau, chính thống hoặc ko chính thống. Đôi khi có đưa cả ý kiến chủ quan của họ. Việc mình chọn lọc thông tin để nghe và tiếp thu là tuỳ thuộc cá nhân mình thôi. Như tôi đã nói ở trên, là một lời cảm ơn lịch sự khi họ đã để ý và nghiên cứu lịch sử Việt Nam thôi. Họ làm một video cũng rất đầu tư nữa. Cảm ơn bạn đã trả lời tôi và thông tin thêm. Chứ như bạn ở trên bụp vào hỏi ngta tiến hoá ngược à thì rất vô duyên.

[@user-gr5uy1hg9d]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@SuChi146noi hay….nhieu khi nguoi chien thang viet su ,,,chua Chac la Su that 100%….nhu kieu trung quoc viet Su cua ho… co vai nhan vat tu cho Minh la Gioi…hoc vet..vai quyen sach Giao khoa…..lai to Ra Thông Thái….dung la con ech deo kính ngoi trong gieng😂😂😂

[@yousseftalal4520]

Great video as always, can you make a series about the reconquista

[@line_inthe_sand2569]

❤ great video guys. It's sad we don't get tons of detail on death tolls and causalities. But I understand that sometimes sources did not elaborate these things.

[@DanhNguyen-1905]

Many people say that the Mongols were not used to the tropical monsoon climate in Vietnam, but they only invaded Northern Vietnam. The climate in the 13th century was not as hot as it is now, and Mongolia has the Gobi desert that is as hot as the Saha During the day and at night it is colder than Northern Vietnam

[@MinhNguyen-ff6xf]

You forgot the humidity. In the north of Vietnam, the weather is weird and unbearable. It can be hot and norm like a tropical jungle in summer but turns cold and norm in some days in winter, and other days can be cold and dry. Norm days have humidity like 99% that you can swim in the air and everything has mold on it. The Mongols and Tartars are used to dry climate not norm country that contains so many germs and tropical diseases

[@Cip2008]

@@MinhNguyen-ff6xfĐúng rồi. Mặc dù chúng ta chiến thắng nhưng sự thật là chúng ta có lợi thế về địa hình lẫn khí hậu. Và chúng ta đã tận dụng những lợi thế đó 1 cách rất hiệu quả.

[@jimmyngo2191]

@KingsandGenerals You had a serious mistake in this video. Vietnamese court used Chinese but not in court. It for diplomacy purpose only. In court, all dynasties used Vietnamese and Chinese characters and later we developed a new writing system which based on Chinese characters, is similar to Kanji in Japan and Hangul of Korean. We also had an ancient writing system developed in Hong Bang era (before the Qin and Han annexation) but it is incompleted (you can see Chinese scholars mentioned about that system in "the book of Han".) .

[@ice-str]

Tx for such valuable contents

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for a great video on a region not often featured in Western histories of the world.

[@Harrier_DuBois]

Every country has it's story. Love the content!

[@BasicEnglish1o1]

In Hanoi right now there's this park called Gò Đống Đa (Đống Đa Mount) which literally made from the bodies of Chinese invaders back in the swords and arrows age, estimated about 20,000 bodies. I guess that one way of making Vietnamese soil more fertile. 😅😅😅😅

[@duongtieuta223]

There were multiple mounds like that after the Qing invasion in late 18th century. The one in Đống Đa is supposedly the only one remained.

[@BasicEnglish1o1]

@@duongtieuta223 Thanks, I love to find out more of them.

[@chungngo1321]

😂

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

It’s turns out good we have less non-Chinese in the country now so I am glad Vietnam is not part of China. You are also invaders too champa and Cambodia so don’t play victim too much

[@auburntiger6829]

People love to meme about Vietnam's rice farmers, but forget that-for most of history-professional armies were raised by agrarian-based civilizations, such as Rome, Persia, and China. Vietnam, like Feudal Japan, was a fierce warrior nation that was not only proud and united but also knew how to fight in its tropical terrain extremely well. Even the Chinese who conquered Vietnam for 1,000 years were eventually kicked out after a thousand years of continuous resistance.

[@nooonanoonung6237]

Vestiges of decentrialised village-level martial traditions survive nowadays in traditional village games like wrestling, marching and martial arts competitions. This means that training soldiers for war was something all villages did, all the time. When the time came, great armies could be called up at a moment's notice to fight then quickly return to economic activities after wars. But it also means the central power sitting in Thăng Long couldn't get too uppity with the peasants, otherwise there would be lots of spears pointing at their throats.

[@hieunguyenthanh7108]

I come from Vietnam, I'm always proud of my country's heroic history, I always wonder what foreigners think about my country's history, I accidentally saw your video on KZbin, I didn't expect Other countries also know and care about my country's history, I thank you very much for your video

[@yusufibntachfin7978]

Im from Morocco and i respect very much the vietnamese, they're amongst the strongest people in the world and they proved it many times. True warriors.

[@PhanHai-vlog]

​​@@yusufibntachfin7978đã từng có 200 người lính Maroc phục vụ trong quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam trong cuộc kháng chiến chống thực dân pháp. Những người lính Maroc dũng cảm mạnh mẽ tuyệt vời đó là những người anh hùng dân tộc thực sự 😊

[@wileyjackson5124]

I love your pronunciation! It’s pretty good, plus you’re using proper Hanoian viet which is uncommon for a foreigner

[@gustavrask8592]

good video keep op the good work

[@JonathanGeorgeVillarreal]

Your talent leaves me speechless. Keep following your dreams!

[@ronjohnson6916]

Interesting stuff. I thought I had some knowledge of the Mongols and had never heard about this.

[@yimveerasak3543]

Viet Nam is so underrated. Im glad that there are highlights about their glorious kingdom

[@anhsangcuaang6521]

Thank you for sharing

[@chrisk9554]

Small fact: "Han", also called "chinese mandatory", were spoken parallel with "Nôm", which combines Han characters to create new words

[@mikemodugno5879]

Awesome! I would love to see more from you guys on Southeast Asia.

[@lacviet8728]

Its about god damn time Kings and Generals feature the Viet people's unprecedented and astonishing stance from the Mongol horde. Not once or twice, but three times Dai Viet repulsed the most powerful empire history has ever known!

[@user-mm7zi4ue7d]

The Mongols didn't want to live in Vietnam without air conditioning, they just wanted to prevent the Song Dynasty's exiles from resurrecting in Vietnam

[@davidgibson3631]

@@user-mm7zi4ue7dthis is just a trick to invade Vietnam no one even leader think about let to outside army into their land . Is like give away a sovereign state ? no one even Serbia

[@HigehiroGo]

@@user-mm7zi4ue7d what a hilarious. Mongols didn't want to live in Vietnam? So, why did they invaded Vietnam 2 times after Song Dynasty defeated? And if Khubilai-khan didn't died, he may be take the fourth invasion in Vietnam.

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@lerneanlion]

The Mongols' greatest defeat is not at Ain Jalut but in Dai Viet and Champa. Also, thanks for covering the history of East Asia again! It's been a while since I saw one on this channel!

[@aburoach9268]

wrong, their greatest defeat is Ain Jalut // Dai viet and Champa conducted Guerilla warfare // But the Mamelukes Defeated the Mongols in Open Pitched battle, outmatching them in a head on clash, which broke their prestige

[@bazo8478]

​@@aburoach9268yeah, Mamluk victory at Ain Jalut saved the entire Middle East and Africa from being steamrolled by Mongols.

[@lamvutran9345]

​@@aburoach9268 nah, both can be right, it has to do with how you define "victory" / "defeat". In term of scales alone, the war against the Dai Viet dwarf Ain Jalut in size, boasting 300000 troops from the mongols (some source cite 500000), and about 100000 Daivietnese troops in both the 2nd and the 3rd invasions. That's at least 10 times greater than most of the invasions the Mamluks and its allies have seen, at least that's what I could find. I'll admit I'm not well-versed in the history of Africa and the Muslim World. But "greatest" it was not. The reason Ain Jalut are often viewed by international historians as the greatest victory against the Mongols has to do with the definition. Since the Dai Viet and Champa continued to give tribute to the Mongol Empire after they won both wars (arguably, the first one as well), they argued that the Mongols had achieved their purpose to inherit the vassal states of the Song Dynasty and thus, "winning" rather than a "losing" the war. Yet, if you research a bit more about the local historians pov, you'll know that the Champa and the Dai Viet would most likely give tribute to their bigger state after the war to be left in peace, as they have done so times after times in the past, and will continue to do so in the future war with the Ming and Qing Dynasties. So, from the pov of a different culture, it was a defeat from the Mongols. As said, both of you can be right. It come down to how you define "victory" in this particular war. However, had we viewed the war as a defeat the Mongols suffered, as per this video, we'd have a rather hot debate on our hand. Btw, it's far from a simple "guerilla warfare". The Mongol suffered heavy loss and retreat, knowing despite winning a massive battle at Binh Le Nguyen, they couldn't keep the occupied territory under their control for long. Later, it was written in the book "the history of Yuan", citing the reason for their retreat was the hot weather. Which has been called bullshits by many modern historians as the war took place in the middle of winter.

[@aburoach9268]

@@lamvutran9345 you are not giving the symbolic impact of a guerilla war vs a conventional war, enough credit here // The Vietnamese made good use of their terrain which did not favor the mongol style of war and conducted irregular warfare with many skirmishes and ambushes The Mamelukes on the other hand Defeated the Mongols on *their preferred terrain* with *their preferred tactic* called a feigned retreat Clearly the Impact of the Mameluke victory on mongol "invincibility" was massive and spoke way louder then vietnam That's why historians speak of Ain jalut soo much, Because for the first time this highly skilled army that Ghenghis built, got outmatched in it's own game, Terrain & manner of warfare by another Better Cavalry Force it cannot be blamed on terrain, or element of surprise It's simply a clean head on clash by two cavalry armies on the open field and one got better of the other A challenger dethroned the Champion of Cavalry combat It's like if the Iraqi army under saddam were to win a tank battle against the US

[@Majo.44]

lol compares guerrilla warfare and hiding in the forests to open warfare above ground in a barren desert. The Mongols faced real Muslim men. They confronted them with swords. hit them in the middle of their faces. and annihilated the Mongolian army with a word in the Battle of Ain Jalut. They beheaded the leader of the Mongol army and hung his head on a spear. The commander's name was Katbugha Khan

[@vachnganvietnam5835]

so good! Because they have experienced many wars, Vietnamese people understand the value of peace very well

[@ucngocnguyen8938]

The Yuan Mongol army's navy in the third invasion failed precisely due to the following reasons: The Yuan Mongol army's navy approached the coast of Vietnam divided into 2 waves, the first wave gathered mainly naval forces. The army fought with warships, and the logistics fleet followed every few days. Warships of the Mongol Yuan army advanced through the river mouth and encountered few obstacles. Tran Hung Dao had information from reconnaissance that the following logistics ships had little defense and proactively attacked and destroyed them by fire attack after bypassing the Mongol warships and then using the strategy of wooden stakes planted in the river bottom when the Mongol army retreated. The North of Vietnam is shielded by the Philippines and China's Hainan Island, so it does not have extreme storms along the North coast and small storms occasionally occur periodically, they only really occur. appears at certain times of the year. Vietnamese people know very well the seasons of the year and their entire history. The time when the Mongol Yuan army chose to attack Vietnam for the third time was carefully planned by them after the first two failures. They arrived during the month when we confirmed there could be no storms in North Vietnam.

[@superfly19751]

And they still got hit by the storm. The divine wind was never on the side of Khubilai 😀.

[@LeiCal69]

Every time I watch or read about Vietnam, my respect of them increase.

[@ralambosontiavina7372]

Great work !

[@tranlam2931]

As a Vietnamese, i see your content was accurate, but there's 1 small mistake. Trân Khâm was the king's birth name. Which is not suppose to be used. In historic documents, we use his tittle Trần Nhân Tông. Same with his father. Trần Thánh Tông is title, his birth name is Trần Hoảng. This concept is like Karl the Great or Charles I, which later entitled Charlemagne or Carolus Magnus, his birth name had been lost due to reasons, but definitely not Karl or Charles.

[@buinghiathuan4595]

Did not expecting you guys making about Vietnam

[@pierreiiidenormandie625]

They already made another video around Mongol invasion of Vietnam before!

[@MML-gk5xc]

Respect for the noble and courageous people of 🇻🇳 ❤️💛

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

I've literally been waiting years for this

[@mienluuhien9563]

As a Vietnamese, thank you for this video. Nice work as always!

[@HungPham-ki9wu]

Vietnamese là tính từ ko phải danh từ nên ko thể nói as a vietnamese

[@Dougthesluug]

This is such strange timing, just visiting Halong Bay 2 days ago and learnt a bit about this from a local tour guide.

[@londonbudgetgardner5205]

Excellent video Brilliant knowledge Vietnam 🇻🇳- giant slayers

[@tudor737]

You should do videos about the Lithuanian civil wars, The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Wallachia and Moldova, and about the dacians.