Siege of Acre, 1189 - 1191 ⚔️ Third Crusade (Part 1) ⚔️ Lionheart vs Saladin

[@HistoryMarche]

PLEASE NOTE: There is a typo error at 31:36 - Philip was not 8 years older than Richard, but ruled 8 years longer than him. Blame Jonathan 😂! 🚩 Support HistoryMarche on Patreon and get ad-free early access to our videos for as little as $1: www.patreon.com/historymarche

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Don't worry man, happens to the Best of us. I'm sure the video Will be EPIC!😊

[@marshalllaw4u]

There will be blood Jonathan.. 😤

[@TRAITORS-EXPOSED]

We want his head!

[@uxbf_hdnc]

It is forbidden to draw the sahaba, please edit your previous video

[@johnscott6083]

That seemed off when I heard it, bu then I said "Maybe I just learned something new." :)

[@dougmartin2007]

The numbers of battles that were all but over until the looting of the camp started has to be staggering. you can see this so many times when you look at the battles throughout different time periods and parts of the world.

[@williamromine5715]

It's so common, that you would think the leaders would make sure their troops were well fed and disciplined. I don't pretend to know how this would be done, but it would seem so obvious that some means of control would have been devised.

[@charlesmlc8031]

​​@@williamromine5715 It's very hard to keep an army well fed. Logistics, even in modern times, is still a struggle. So in Middle Ages, especially during a siege where you are yourself besieged it is impossible.

[@dougmartin2007]

@@williamromine5715 unfortunately, it seems the promise of loot was a main way to get troops to join the campaign. I think that is why it was such a common issue when you hit the enemy camp Of course, "we can loot later, let's get these guys first" does seem obvious from our modern viewpoint.

[@thomaswayneward]

@@dougmartin2007 That is a lie. Crusaders went in debt or sold their lands to join the Crusades. No one came back rich, if they came back at all. They went for the cross of Jesus as a repentance for their sins. Just what "loot" do you think was in the Holy Lands in 1059? The people were dirt poor, just as in Europe.

[@dougmartin2007]

Baldwin became the Count of Edessa during the first crusade. While there are plenty of examples of people selling worldly possessions to fund their participation in the crusades, to say no one profited is an easily debunked lie. Also, while this video is about one crusade conflict, my comment was about militaries as a whole, as indicated when I said "different time periods and parts of the world." If you want to lie, you should do a better job, you intellectually devoid, toe eyed cabbage.

[@HannibalBarca137]

Man it’s been some time since history March video and let’s go that we start with a classic medieval battle.

[@The_ZeroLine]

I’ve been fiending for a new HM video so badly.

[@vapormissile]

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[@Saintphoenix86]

they never stopped making videos

[@dextew69]

Carthago Del....

[@riddhirahman]

Hannibal is here!

[@dimitrislarisis3553]

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[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much for the support. Very kind of you

[@nomad1027]

This video is a masterpiece.. the narration and the animations was spot on.. keep up the good work

[@Spacer-l3j]

28:00 King Frederick died crossing Armenia? Something must be wrong

[@xjuliussx]

Great first video part of Richard vs Saladin, the struggle of 2 giants! You cannot ask for more from this video quality and narration!

[@sandmangordon9671]

So tru.

[@ezpz9340]

Richard and Saladin are giants?

[@gianganzon4209]

@@ezpz9340 are u stupid OFC NOT!

[@HistoryoftheUmmah]

Although the Crusaders took Acre, the Third Crusade was ultimately a failure as the objective was to take Jerusalem. One of Saladin's greatest mistakes was releasing King Guy. The man literally broke his promise instantly.

[@lahire4943]

It's not because it's not a total success that it's not a success. The third crusade was a success.

[@nigelbarker8726]

Saladin might have been banking on it. Guy de Lusignan never seemed like a very bright lad to me. Better to have him in charge than a more competent general.

[@HistoryoftheUmmah]

@@nigelbarker8726 King Guy was likely released so that he could be an opposition to Conrad of Montferrat, who Saladin was likely more wary of.

[@HistoryoftheUmmah]

@@lahire4943 King Richard likely seen it that way though. He even refused to perform pilgrimage in Jerusalem when the Ayyubids sealed the truce.

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

​@@lahire4943 nobody said it had to be a total success, it's just that the main objective wasn't fulfilled

[@rangerstedfast]

What an incredible story! All the back-and-forth, pouring reinforcements and resources into the siege, HistoryMarche makes you feel almost like you were there. Perhaps it also helps that I saw Kingdom of Heaven, and can imagine what all this must've looked like.

[@markgarrett3647]

And he should have been much more honest than that movie especially in the details of the aftermath of Balian's surrender of Jerusalem.

[@istvansipos9940]

the movie where Legolas was nerfed

[@loveinthespace]

It's impressive how Saladin could hold and fight against all of Europe at one time. He is a legend

[@RoboticDragon]

Not quite all of Europe, just one country.

[@moonshadowsong]

@@Cancoillotteman every king or high rank nobles bring their top elite knights with them (5-10) small lord bring 2/3k , see how much holy roman empire come with...200k , because most the European king come from sea they bring only the much their ship hold

[@Ragnarok__]

@@moonshadowsong It is impossible for Frederick to have crossed the Hellespont with 200,000. It was more like 40k maybe even 20k. A few years before he invaded Italy with just 1k. this was probably Saladin's propaganda to get reinforcements from other kingdoms so that he wouldn't spend so many resources on this.

[@zetos4440]

I love how muslims try to frame it as "all of europe" to downplay any crusade succes or failure, while in fact most of the time the crusaders were outnumbered, I think both sides should stop hanging on bias and look at the history for what it actually was.

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

..what u think caliphates were? Lol all arabs, west europe monarchs u reffering to were all of germanic descendants then why wont they be together ? And crusaders 8/10 times had less army than their rivals (not only muslims but every rival) till end

[@christopherg2347]

"Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory counter": 1 - looted camp 2 - rejected surrender (before reinforcements) 3 - rejected surrender again (Siege Towers) 4 - looted camp. Again.

[@Ghazi682]

Crusaders are just trash, overrated and exaggerated

[@zetos4440]

​​@@Ghazi682 cant wait for your battle of arsuf reaction thats coming around the corner 👀😂

[@agentopaque3776]

@@zetos4440 Talk about the time Mamlukes captured the french king and paraded him through the streets of cairo on a donkey! Its funny you only mention 1st and 3rd crusades nothing more.

[@terro3842]

@@agentopaque3776 Well, yeah. In theory all these crusades had a very low probability of victory since they were perpetually outnumbered and undersupplied in a foreign land. The Third crusade has however showed splendid military ingenuity and let's be frank, Europe went on to conquer the world while Arabs got subjugated by Ottomans never to be militarily noteworthy again.

[@mariano98ify]

​@@agentopaque3776 except when you kinda forget an amphibious invasion so far of your logistic at the mercy of fate and weather won't help you. Mamluk only could win when they avoid direct battle. France would fix this mistake when they invade Egypt to "educate" them in the XIX century with Napoleon arriving but again only losing to the intervention of GB and sickness strike his army.

[@jonathanwoody2936]

It was a pleasure as always to write this script for you! I had fun writing it! 😄

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

Are you really Jonathan? How can we confirm it's you?

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Jerusalem capitulated to his forces on Friday, 2 October 1187, after a siege. When the siege had started, Saladin was unwilling to promise terms of quarter to the Frankish inhabitants of Jerusalem. Balian of Ibelin threatened to kill every Muslim hostage, estimated at 5,000, and to destroy Islam's holy shrines of the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque if such quarter were not provided. Saladin consulted his council and the terms were accepted. The agreement was read out through the streets of Jerusalem so that everyone might within forty days provide for himself and pay to Saladin the agreed tribute for his freedom. An unusually low ransom was to be paid for each Frank in the city, whether man, woman, or child. Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem organised and contributed to a collection that paid the ransoms for about 18,000 of the poorer citizens, leaving another 15,000 to be enslaved. Most of the foot soldiers were sold into slavery. Upon the capture of Jerusalem, Saladin summoned the Jews and permitted them to resettle in the city. In particular, the residents of Ashkelon, a large Jewish settlement, responded to his request. The subject ordered the churches repurposed as horse stables and the church towers destroyed. For Jonathan to call this a peaceful takeover tells me he is a Saladin fanboy full of shit. 😂

[@samy7013]

@@thecappeningchannel515: What’s your criteria for a “peaceful takeover”? The Crusaders massacred everyone inside Jerusalem when they conquered it in 1099, keeping only a few residents alive, whom they used as slaves to bury the corpses of the dead, and then massacred these survivors later. When they did this, the Christians were acting according to biblical injunctions found in the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua, as well as the old Roman law that dictated that a city under siege could only negotiate terms of surrender before the first bartering ram struck the first blow against the walls, after which no quarter would be given (a law that neither Latin nor Byzantine rulers ever abrogated). Sultan Salahuddin extended terms to the surrendering Latin Crusaders _after_ his troops had already breached the walls of the city, even though he was fully within his rights under the Crusaders’ own laws to massacre every last Latin Crusader and their entire families. Yet he did not do so. By the Crusader’s own standards therefore, Sultan Salahuddin was far more humane and averse to bloodletting compared to the Crusaders themselves. Not to mention of course, that even enslaved persons under Islamic law didn’t lose their personhood, and had rights under the law, including the right to petition courts and the right to practice their religions. No such rights were extended to slaves under Christian regimes, slaves being unpersoned chattels whose very lives their owners could end at will, with no penalty whatsoever.

[@legendkiller9243]

​@@thecappeningchannel515cry all you want but xristians have been losers, winning occasionally by treachery and deceit. This happens only when you worship false god. Xristians will continue to deteriorate till they accept the supremacy of Allah.

[@georgizagorchev9655]

I'm blown away how you manage to describe so well with so many details battle strategies that took place hundreds of years ago.

[@magnushorus5670]

These are some of the best videos on youtube, thank you for making these and sharing them! Literally better than ALL of the high budget crap being spewed out by the major studios today, I look forward to these more than any show streamed or on tv

[@hydrohussla8226]

Thanks and keep up the amazing content. I'n a prolific consumer of your content!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you for the kind words. And thank you for the support! Much appreciated.

[@HistoryfortheAges]

I tell this story every semester to my students! One of the most dramatic events during the 3rd crusade. Still not as crazy as the 4th when they just sacked Constantinople!

[@shaiksalamzubedi2026]

Nothing like 4th crusade

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

I love history and am absolutely passionate about military commanders, tacticians, battles..etc I wish I could make a living out of it like you :) Instead I chose a depressing accounting job..

[@KarenSlayer]

My favorite crusade was when the vikings(scandinavians) showed up. Ultra chads pulled up in dragon ships and was like name the place you most want to capture and consider it done. I want that movie!

[@The_ZeroLine]

The crusaders rarely failed to cover themselves in shame. Rarely showing the wise mercy or humility to accept surrenders and not slaughter innocent civilians. It’s hard not to root against them.

[@Toix]

@@SolidAvenger1290 dont mean to be that idiot but I don’t think an ancient city like Constantinople can be compared to New York….. and America never really has been religious considering that right after 9/11 they waged an illegal war with no religious goal whatsoever. Whereas the Byzantine had always been seen as a pillar of Christianity Orthodoxy in the East. Big difference.

[@skitzomunkyx4437]

And people say, history is boring why study it? Because we keep repeating it and refuse to learn. Great work guys, love the artwork

[@dand7763]

0:34 Kingdom of heaven ,movie vibes all over... Balian surrendering Jerusalem.... " I am not those men... i am Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn...Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn !"

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Yeah. But that movie falsifies history. 😂 Saladin was a shit murderer who tortured and enslaved christians. The sources all agree on arab and christian sides of his many murderous actions. He basically ethnically cleansed Jerusalem.

[@shihabsharar3868]

Ye expect salauddin wasn't losing man more than his army, it's completely the opposite salauddin was the underdog but in that movie it showed that salauddin would've lost the army without surrender. I guess they can't show the main character losing.

[@shihabsharar3868]

And it wasn't the christians who seized the city either.

[@peterdamian8350]

just rewatched Kingdom of Heaven for Saturday Night and woke up with this !!!! Great work as always!!!

[@Vincent-S]

I love listening to these videos on long drives, you can really catch on to some funny patterns Video: "The soldiers chased the fleeing enemy to their camp" Me, driving: "The soldiers then stop chasing and proceed to loot the camp" Video: "Instead of continuing the momentum, the soldiers fell to looting and pillaging the camp" Me: "nailed it" I know there were big reasons why the looting starts, but it's always amazing how fast control stops when it does

[@mahmoudaboomar9633]

Great episode with accurate and detailed historical events waiting for the rest of the campaign

[@walabalawalaaussie2832]

Salah Ad din was really smart. Even though errors at start he knew the tactics to destroy the crusaders.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

He fights three armies

[@Noutelus]

In those times christian leaders were over confident arrogant idiots.. so not a very big achievement

[@kueapel911]

Wasn't it salah al-din yusuf ibn ayyub? With yusuf being his actual given name on birth while ibn ayyub meaning son of ayyub.

[@walabalawalaaussie2832]

Yes

[@SoldierOfChristAlmighty]

He lost all major battles

[@SolidAvenger1290]

"We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions" - King Richard I: The Lionheart "I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps...God will not allow a single stone to be rebuilt as long as the war lasts. As for the cross, its ownership is a high card in our hands and it cannot be surrendered except in exchange for something of priceless benefit to all Islam." - Saladin, Sultan of Syria & Egypt

[@istvansipos9940]

= 2 megalomaniac brainwashers / brainwashing victims send thousands of boy-men into a meat grinder in the name of mAaAhGiiiikk. Too bad, none of them told anybody what the g0d was. I wonder why. at least, the muslims (in THIS case) were defending their land. That's something.

[@OrkhonAbi]

21:44 a men of honor, risking everything, to help the garrison of acre, not gonna lie, I cheered after his arraving, the mentality of risking everything and the bravery to fight against a big blockade, just to supply acre for some times, its so glorious

[@lachmeneger]

glory can only be had on the side of the righteous

[@lachmeneger]

@Sigma you think *you* can decide which side is righteous? The irony in that you blame anyone else for being arrogant is staggering haha. Peasant.

[@lachmeneger]

@Borabay uluğ he is on the same side as the garrison of acre lol

[@ironsentinel5847]

@@Shush187 very "glorious" of saladin to allow thousands of men to be killed just because he wouldn't release Christians and pay a ransom ..a lot of muslims turned on him after this go research it

[@Majestic_Pot]

So long siege, so cinematic, full of plot twist like an amazing action mvoie. Very impressice.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Yeees! A series showcasing one of the greatest rivarlies in history (Richard and saladin)! Thanks for this man! Love your channel so much!😊😊

[@addamsays8087]

Baldwin vs salahdin best 🔥🔥

[@Kiwi-cm6xu]

​@@addamsays8087 real ones know SubhanAllah

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

@@Kiwi-cm6xu baldwin too was tight with saladin but richard and saladin were way closer to each other, because richard and saladin both knew they were in one way on same boat (reffering to how many times both got betrayed by their OWN in third crusade lol) Richard even sent his condolences after saladins death because in a way, richard knew he was just like him. Betrayed by his own and still fighting for his own lol

[@Kiwi-cm6xu]

@@bruhmcchaddeus413 I didnt know that wow I defo gotta look up their bromance, "two abrahamic bros chilling in the desert 2 feet apart because their not gay"

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

@@Kiwi-cm6xu lol yes chilling in desert while getting backstabbed continuously, richard had to fight philipp and saladin had to fight malmulks off whole time. All that while fightingg each otherr 😂😂 they should have just formed an alliance and killl traitors off first

[@Tuck213]

I've been replaying Stronghold Crusader, my childhood game, and Saladin was always my favourite. Glad to listen to these historical battles with him.

[@abdulmuqeet1953]

Hahaha us mannn,istg I still have that game on my pc.

[@iman3gb]

same here

[@gamesworld3244]

same bro

[@NikSy]

The game ruined my 10 th exam i still remember i had exam on the morning and i was playing the game till morning 2.0 clock

[@NikSy]

it was 12 years ago anyway😢

[@mixalismilkai7084]

Amazing video guys!!The best by far!!Please do the 2nd part as soon as possible!!

[@vralingfrostmere1561]

Most of the stuff this channel posts is just little squares beating the hell out of eachother in large scale battles and i love it

[@maxbiggtluffy4955]

Long live @historymarche for yet another breath taking video hammering in on the second crusade. Surprised the sieges of acre hasn’t been made into a cinematic master piece honestly would be a good movie second to kingdom of heaven or even better!!

[@cesarr.63]

Masterpiece. I really enjoyed this video. Congrats

[@kking7960]

The fact Saladin almost fought all those crusaders alone man he had some good tactics even tho he lost many times but still under his rule he was the power.

[@mrfreeman2911]

Home advantage. Tbh if there was Richard the Lionheart, the crusade would have failed.

[@kking7960]

@@mrfreeman2911 yes. Richard saved crusaders. But still its a massive thing to hold them down for so long. But i think they could have done something else to defeat those crusaders or apply naval blockade

[@mythicalumut6174]

@@mrfreeman2911True. Even though Saladin got defeated in nearly all major battles, he still put up a very good fight. His Archer tactics were innovative but his arrows couldn’t get past the armor of Richard’s army. Richard had alot of respect for saladin. Still the crusade was a muslim victory, the objective was to take Jerusalem, but that failed.

[@mrfreeman2911]

@@mythicalumut6174 Well tbh these things don't happen in a vacuum. The other crusader leaders were failures. Also Richard had to go home to fight the traitor French, who abandoned the Crusades earlier. LOTS happened, ie poitics.

[@mythicalumut6174]

@@mrfreeman2911 yeah true. He was a good commander but not a very good leader tbh.

[@rigihowell8619]

Wonderful and detailed, shows the importance of controlling anger that could have saved so many lives

[@HawkThunder907]

The unity in the crusades was phenomenal. How one city united so many people.

[@amirmoezz]

This just gave me a whole new definition to: -never give up. -opportunity knocks on the door only once. Also, release part 2, please and thank you.

[@Beanie17.2]

I love this channel so fucking much!!!! I'll never stop watching it... I do however have a small request... Can you cover more of the modern history? Like the battles that have helped shape the world we live in right here right now? Seelow Heights would be awesome!! I love how you guys go into the depths and tactics of it all. I guess WW2 is well documented but the actual tactics and logistics behind it is less well known.... This is where you guys come in!!! Much love to you all Beanie

[@rogerofsalerno6127]

Richard the Lionheart went undefeated in the holy land. Handing Saladin defeat after defeat leading his men into battle himself. A true warrior king! His massacre of the defenders was…brutal. But it’s interesting to not that the defenders were relived at one point by Saladin. So they were not wholly the same elite garrison that defended the city for the duration of the siege.

[@richardmcgonigle1160]

My name sake.

[@erickoavenada969]

​@@richardmcgonigle1160we appreciate your victory on that battle😂

[@richardmcgonigle1160]

@@erickoavenada969 my namesake. 😆

[@NibbaAmogus]

His massacre of the defenders was justified since they did the same to the Christians

[@yassermt3500]

This is your version of the story, but the version of the region's historians is different. They were hit-and-run battles and equal. Richard gave up his ambition and settled for a treaty that cannot be convincing to a party that wins and crushes the adversary as you claim. Richard managed to return to his country as a victor and it was one of the terms of the agreement to preserve the blood of both sides. 🙂

[@xshayahyawzi3666]

The video was spectacular as wall the line "as a sacrifice to the algorithm". Bravo

[@muhammadumair1901]

I have read about this fight, but by watching these scenario fighting gives me more information and it great increases my knowledge about that fight, thanks for making this video for us and thanks for your efforts, good job 👍

[@MaximilianoAedo]

Imagine how different history could've been had Barbarossa not drowned on the river.

[@rafsan1578]

Lol, it would have been the same, jerujalem is muslim people, muslims land, even in modern era with 5 times superior technology than the muslims, british may had took jerujalem, and they had to insert jews to this land, but will fall eventually to the palastanians at the end of a century.

[@farbodwhatever8005]

​@@rafsan1578 Jerusalem belongs to nobody but its inhabitants , that means Jews , Christians and Muslims.

[@michaelberg7825]

Imagine how different history could've been had Saladin not spared guy of lusinon in the first place

[@rafsan1578]

@@michaelberg7825 Salah-Uddin, made guy de lusinian promise that they will never rise sword against the muslims, still he and all the christian captives who made this promise to salah-uddin, when went back to christian force, they joined them to fight muslims completely breaking their promise. Salah- uddin also knew that this will happen, but he still did it to see if crusaders really have that so called french chivalry or not. Cause muslims at that time used to keep their promise. If salah-uddin did kill the captives of battle of hittin, richard the (so called) lion hearted couldnt have recieve that extra 10,000 remaining crusaders in his army, and battle of acra may have lenthened so much.

[@mariano98ify]

​@@rafsan1578 nah we have here the Religious clown. Hi there buddy. Did you already brush your teeth?

[@KrissKingdom]

Dude, this siege is crazy! Love these vids, learn so much more about history and it's all well told, attentive and captures your imagination, even though it doesn't need to since it's history! 😂 Well done

[@riderofthemark6661]

What an amazing video! Thank you for your hard work! This is simply amazing, my favourite time in history! Thanks!!

[@maskinisten019]

What an masterpiece! Well done guys. Greetings from Albania

[@imerlih]

Thanks

[@HistoryMarche]

Thanks so much for the support. Very kind of you.

[@lastyhopper2792]

There are three types of viewers in this video. 1) Those who consciously/unconsciously rooting for the crusaders. 2) those who consciously/unconsciously rooting for Saladin and the Muslim Army, and lastly 3) those who simply want to watch an interesting historical battle such as myself.

[@FlashPointHx]

My favorite part at the siege of Acre was when Richard was sick, but ordered his men to put him on a stretcher with a crossbow so he could still be part of the action.

[@youwhat491]

richard also perished from a wound struck by arrow used by a person using a crossbow

[@youseftabarneen1638]

great effort as usual... looking forward for the next part!

[@foxxgunnewolfram2433]

Going to love this VID

[@Aginor88]

Ännu en mycket intressant video från denna kanal.

[@Hayofden19]

this video is officially MY MOST FAVOURITE VIDEO ON HISTORYMARCHE! absolutely fantastic job👍👍👍

[@MJ511KW]

Saladin is a beast ! He’s fighting the whole world by himself 😂

[@thecappeningchannel515]

He was the king of two countries. Fighting a small crusader force far from home. Had many advantages.

[@MJ511KW]

@@thecappeningchannel515 nope, he was the leader of Egypt, fighting the entire European continent, not a small crusader force, bruh have you seen the video ? Barborosa was marching with 300,000 crusaders tf do you mean a small crusader force ? The crusaders keep getting reinforced with supplies and soldiers everyday from Europe, it took all of Europe to take the small castle of acre, stop creating your own version of history.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

@@MJ511KW haha. Saladin became king of Egypt and Damascus at the same time. A situation the Crusader States knew was catastrophic for them as Saladin had a superpower at his back. The crusaders were always outnumbered in the wars in Levant and had to win everytime. That Saladin lost 6 battles (Tyre, gisard, jaffa, arsuf, achre ++) but won just 1 shows that the crusaders simply could not win the crusades no matter what they did. The 5th and 7th crusades tried to capture Egypt instead because of this, but that was of course an impossible task.

[@MJ511KW]

@@thecappeningchannel515 Damascus is not a country….

[@J_FGCC4474]

​@@thecappeningchannel515 At that time, most of Egypt's population were Christians or Shiites.... Only a few of them were recruited. Most of Saladin's soldiers were from the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, opposite the armies of the most powerful countries in Europe!!!! A great leader you cannot underestimate!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

History Marche channel always introduces truthful, informative & neutral explanations of introduction episodes... Thank you too much (History Marche) channel

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Nothing truthfull about Saladin having a peaceful takeover of Jerusalem. Read the arab sources if you will. It was near genocidal. Everyone who could not ransom themselves were sold as slaves.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

😂😂

[@thecappeningchannel515]

@@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Jerusalem capitulated to his forces on Friday, 2 October 1187, after a siege. When the siege had started, Saladin was unwilling to promise terms of quarter to the Frankish inhabitants of Jerusalem. Balian of Ibelin threatened to kill every Muslim hostage, estimated at 5,000, and to destroy Islam's holy shrines of the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque if such quarter were not provided. Saladin consulted his council and the terms were accepted. The agreement was read out through the streets of Jerusalem so that everyone might within forty days provide for himself and pay to Saladin the agreed tribute for his freedom. An unusually low ransom was to be paid for each Frank in the city, whether man, woman, or child. Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem organised and contributed to a collection that paid the ransoms for about 18,000 of the poorer citizens, leaving another 15,000 to be enslaved. Most of the foot soldiers were sold into slavery. Upon the capture of Jerusalem, Saladin summoned the Jews and permitted them to resettle in the city. In particular, the residents of Ashkelon, a large Jewish settlement, responded to his request. The subject ordered the churches repurposed as horse stables and the church towers destroyed.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

@@mohammedsaysrashid3587 the sources are arab. Laugh all you want. Its Saladins own chroniclers you are ridiculing.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@thecappeningchannel515 Jesus: The least European liar

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

Richard the lionheart and Saladin both are best warriors . One of my fav periods. Third crusade. Thank you history marche for these videos.

[@thomaswayneward]

It wasn't a video game. Those were real men fighting for the Christian lands overrun by Saracens.

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

@@thomaswayneward yes yes i mean they were real warrior monarchs who fought for their religions.

[@manofwar2354]

​@@thomaswayneward it is muslim lands with muslims people You theives 😂😂😂😂

[@loveinthespace]

@@thomaswaynewardchristian lands? How dumb can you be?

[@samy7013]

@@thomaswayneward: What’s your definition of a “christian land”?

[@wedgeantillies66]

The beginning of what I sure will be an epic series on one of the truly great clashes of medieval age as the two military titans of the crusading era go head to head in the form of Richard vs Saladin during the third crusade.

[@pauldufresne4650]

Thank you for you work my dear friend,i'm not feeling all right in my mind right now and your videos makes me forget that

[@rickjames18]

Great espisode! really enjoyed this one. Acre must have been hell, I can't imagine suffering all that for years while also attacking and defending. Seems like the looting cost the crusaders dearly everytime but they still did it anyways.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Raiding was a complete neccessity in a time without proper logistics for the armies.

[@HQPak]

​@@thecappeningchannel515Pushing your advantage while the opponent is on the verge of routing takes precedence over raiding for provisions. Ill-informed or defensive comment

[@thecappeningchannel515]

@@HQPak warfare in the holy land was a very patient affair. Hattin and La Forbie shows what happened when a perceived advantage was pursued. The saracen default strategy was to feign retreat to make the enemy pursue and then defeat them in detail.

[@خالدزرطال]

Great content as always.....Bravo 👏👏👏

[@jeniarifin4051]

I can not imagine how hard and difficult on the muslim side on Saladin side, they lack of support from Muslim while european support coming continually from sea.

[@alikernash3288]

Just look at All the European need coalition against for THE GREAT SALLAUDIN

[@oneshortgamer2540]

@@alikernash3288 All the European coalition would conquer entire Arabian lands to the china

[@christianortiz2536]

@@oneshortgamer2540stooooopppppp 😂😂 Europe on modern days depends on nato(foot down by USA ) 😂😂😂 look all the different kings they needed to go against one man

[@oneshortgamer2540]

@@christianortiz2536 First have any proof of that NATO statement? also crusaders Kings had small coalitions so it's fair to compare multiple Kings to one but you are looking for 1v1 Baldwin 4 could take him with not much problem

[@D7omi77]

But Allah willing was with him, Storms,illnesses,the accidentally death of the 200K army commander after that strong believe and faith

[@davidwallace3871]

What a great topic for you to do, I’m excited to see what is to come

[@mikoes08]

Thanks!

[@HistoryMarche]

Thank you so much for the support! Very kind of you

[@methanoia8281]

a well done video everything about it is so nice. probably my favorite siege video so far!

[@smegheadGOAT]

The lion heart vs Saladin, can't wait HM.

[@terro3842]

Not much of a rivalry. Richard has beaten Saladin in every battle. Acre, Arsuf and finally Jaffa. They were equal strategists, but Richard was a vastly better tactician and field commander.

[@blackpanthar906]

@@terro3842 It was strategist vs tactician. Both equally matched. Salahuddin was betrayed by many Muslim rulers who did not help and left him to fight alone. He defeated Richard with character and chivalry, so much that Richard took him for an honourable friend who was much better than his own brother that declared himself king.

[@terro3842]

@@blackpanthar906 Okay, champ. Tell me again how you defeat a person or win a war "with a character and chivalry". Nonsense. I used to believe it was exactly that - strategist vs tactician, until I actually bothered to read the primary sources about crusades. Richard had many strategic feats matching and surpassing Saladin: - He maintained a very delicate balance of power in the Crusades kingdoms, but nominating a problematic, but well connected Conrad of Monferrat as King of Jerusalem and assassinating him immediately after (that's how he avoided being left alone by other Christian rulers) - His execution of the Acre garrison, while at face value a cruel bloodshed was a direct response to Saladin's stalling the ransom negotiation to wait for winter, also realizing that logistically it wasn't feasible to maintain them - False peace talks initiated with Saladin's brother before crossing the Arsuf forest to be able to forage and blaze the dangerous route that otherwise could be an ambush And plenty more. Third Crusade is listed as a Crusader military victory and strategically inconclusive, but Crusaders retrieved entire Outremer coast from Tyre to Jaffa, restored the Crusader States and took new possessions in Galilee, also establishing Kingdom of Cyprus and forced unequal treaty of Jaffa on Saladin. Crusaders only gained - they didn't just gain Jerusalem, which would have been a crushing victory.

[@IamTheOneGoat]

Brilliantly told story, the narrator took me there

[@hoydleebonifacio4092]

can't get enough of this very informative page... kudos 👍👏

[@neilbeaumontsnr2683]

thoroughly enjoyed this top notch presentation and narration

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Caesar would be proud of that circumvallation.

[@moetasembellakhalifa3452]

The defenders fought bravely and stood their ground honourably. It took all the greatest kings and armies of Europe to take this small city after almost 2 years of siege and countless attempts. In my opinion, this defending garrison was the strongest on the planet at the time. One thing that surprises me however is why didn't Saladin constantly Bombard the crusader camp with catapults? This would've surely damaged the besiegers severely.

[@ironsentinel5847]

Acre was one of if not the most easily defended cities of its time..Its outer walls and bulwarks were insane. Not to mind the attackers were fighting on 3 fronts while lacking men and resources. I agree though, it took heart to defend it..even if they did try surrender 3 times

[@moetasembellakhalifa3452]

@ironsentinel5847 this siege will make a legendary show

[@פאדיאלקיסי]

Palestinians.. look at Gaza, doing it again

[@robbierobinson8819]

Excellent history lesson. No learner today has any reason to not enjoy history with such videos to SUPPLEMENT to deeper facts in books. Excellent illustrative material. Apart from being able to visualize the situations on broad and close scales (which never having visited the scenes of battle, I haver never done) this brought this era of history to life. Please keep it up.

[@SufiyanShaikh-h1p]

Awesome work a must watch for all interested in Crusader History 😊

[@hamesimires9478]

Great Video,Looks like Saladin won the Heart of many People, thats interesting. And The Lionhard was a beast on the Battlefield,but Saladin won his Heart Too... I Think The Church ordered too capture Richard after he leave the holy Land...

[@TorquemadaBouillon]

How so? The Pope was literally outraged to discover the capture of a King who had dedicated himself to the cause, especially as it was at the hands of other Christians. No wonder he ended up excommunicating Leopold.

[@hamesimires9478]

@@TorquemadaBouillon somthing like a no go too capture a King even a Knight comming back from the Holy Lands. i think the Church want him too stay in the holy lands.Leopold had not the might too keep him in prison only with the agreement from thr church...

[@TorquemadaBouillon]

@@hamesimires9478 it would make much more sense if Philip was the one who was imprisoned, as he was the one who "abandoned" his mission and still went to Rome to complain to the Pope about Richard, who was the major leader to make any difference in the Crusade, since Barbarossa died while still in Anatolia. Leopold had as much personal disagreements with Richard as he wasn't that "weak" at all, so he didn't actually need the support from the Church to arrest Richard.

[@KHK001]

Third crusade series! thanks HM!

[@AsepTravels]

I love how Richard The Lionheart casually named his trebuchet “Bad Neighbor”😂👌🏽

[@marwandoski5297]

As a Kurd im proud of Saladin he was brave and fair leader and most important thing i liked about him that he was merciful and he respected his enemies. Thanks for this great video

[@Dartanian1972-x7w]

Saladin was a bitch who lost to the lionheart every time. Saladin is a punk.

[@ebalbcex-hy3sg]

@@Dartanian1972-x7w wahhh wahhh i can see the tears coming from this reply just accept your christian army got whooped several times and needed heavy help from other christian countries

[@timsampson7336]

Outstanding video. Keep up the great work. How many times in history has an army won a battle only to lose it in the end because of looting the enemy's camp?

[@SadisticStang]

I feel like the Crusaders put the most effort into this - they travelled significant distances to relocate infantry and transport materials and still had the ability to fight/build. THe logistics must have been insane.

[@One10ab]

Just to fail in the end

[@ezpz9340]

You are talking about brainwashed and illiterate soliders fighting for nonsense.

[@garrgravarr]

This is incredibly well told and produced. Bravo.

[@saeedamer8348]

Sultan Salahuddin ayyubi fought bravely every time against all odds. he was alone while European were United against him, he won, lost, won didn't gave up, and finally managed to secure jerusalem it was finally muslim victory....☪️

[@karemel3554]

Saladin is Richards son 😂😂

[@richardcrowley3514]

He ran like a coward FACT

[@MarcosTadeo-j4s]

Great informative video. I have enjoyed watching it. Thank you.

[@AR-bb8sw]

Imagine Barbarossa and his 200k men arrived in the holy land, the middle east would certainly be a different place today. Has to be one of the top 10 what ifs of history.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Jesus: I killed him

[@Abu_Nasser_Al-Ghamdi]

Yes, perhaps the Crusaders would have won the war if Barbarossa arrived, but their victory would not change anything. The Middle East will remain as it is. If Saladin loses, then the Abbasid caliph will declare jihad, and the Iraqis, in addition to the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, will participate in the battle as well. More new blood in the war and the fighting continues

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

@@Abu_Nasser_Al-Ghamdi الحشاشيين قتله باربارسا و السلاجه الروم قتلتو بقيت جيش الألماني العملاق

[@niccolorichter1488]

During this siege a rivarly between the duke of austria Leopold Babenberg and Richard the Lionheart began wich would later became important when Richard tries to go home ...

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Damn the greek fire weapon is powerful

[@nirfz]

I am not sure rivalry is the best description though.

[@niccolorichter1488]

@@nirfz yeah Richard just acted like an ashole to him personaly and kill his cousin

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

@@niccolorichter1488 Less reckless Viking

[@sinslang890]

Please do parts 2 and 3 fast. But no one has done anything after the 3rd crusade. There are amazing sieges and battles . Plz cover the whole crusades !!!

[@ian38018a]

Been looking for a vid on The Crusades, that explains all those frantic skirmishes and sieges. And this is it !! 😊😊

[@needlepark212]

also commonly stated that Urban's death was caused by the news of the fall of Jerusalem, but William of Newburgh assures us that the report of the disaster of Hattin (3-4 July) did not even reach the Holy See till after the election of Gregory VIII, so it is hardly probable that Urban III ever heard of the surrender of the Holy City, which took place on 2 October.

[@remixfrost]

Saladin, with his army and the garrison of the city, straight up held most of Europe at Acre for 2 years

[@jordonhancock05]

Impressive

[@ערביפחור]

And the People of Acre as well.. they did it again against Napoleon

[@reinercelsus8299]

He didn't even comprehend what had actually happened in the north, where the army of the HRE defeated the Seljuks. Jerusalem was irrelevant and the muslims were merely pawns in a bigger game. When emperor Frederick died, he had already won and the only winner of the 3rd crusade was the HRE. His knights had exposed the weakness of the Byzantines and only a few years later Constantinople was conquered, sacked and crippled forever by Venice. There was only one important emperor left from then and even the Normans of Sicily joined the HRE. Richard the Lionheart had to bow to his son Henry and his grandson Frederick II would get Jerusalem for free.

[@madmax-qs8ve]

most of Europe 😂😂 🤣

[@hameedkhan-xr1st]

SULTAN SALAHUDDIN vs whole world😨🔥💪

[@morriganmhor5078]

1) Toron was not a hill but a castle. 2) Offer of capitulation was often used by sides to stall the fight, especially if the "capitulating" side knew help is on the way. 3) The Acre garrison was executed only after two months of Saladins manoeuvring and stalling. The remaining Latin army under Richard I didn´t have either enough food or enough man to fight both Saladins or Beduin skirmishers and watch 2000 men, though without weapons. Saladin just sacrificed his best men.

[@muhammadadeel8639]

Lionheart's actions were just a watered down version of the barbarity of 1st crusade when they slaughtered all the Jerusalem's Muslim & Jewish inhabitants. On the contrast, Saladin allowed the non-native Christians to leave, allowing native Syrian Christians to stay. Ransom was taken only from the rich/rulers and those who could afford from their personal belongings. Those who couldnt afford were often been paid for by Saladin himself. Christians were allowed to take their belongings with them.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

​@@muhammadadeel8639 you need to read the arab sources on Saladins bloodthirst. He was a murderous rules who enslaved and killed people left and right and ordered christians tortured to death. The need for arabs today to glorify this kurdish warlord is amusing to me. He was a killer, no humanitarian.

[@muhammadadeel8639]

@@thecappeningchannel515 Any famous person would have his critics. The conduct of Saladin in Jerusalem and crusading period is factual and recognized even by his opponents. The sources you are referring to may be from Fatimid Arabs who were Shia whereas Saladin was Sunni. Hence the Bias. Fatimids were overthrown by their generals and asked Turks (Zengis) for help. Nuruddin Zengi sent help and appointed Saladin as his governor of Egypt under a Puppet Fatimid Caliph. Later Saladin assumed full control through a mixture of diplomacy, governance and military. Saladin was basically a governor/Administrator and not a General, but he had a good strategic mind and education. He also had extensive religious education and hence his moral ethics and morality which was later seen.

[@raidalmoued664]

@@thecappeningchannel515 Dude, I am arab and if you referring to any arab resource to support your point of view, then you should know it is false or unfair. Like most of Arab sources glorify Saladin and considered him the hero of Islam and no one care that he is Kurdi but not Arab. Only source attacked Saldin were Shia and that because of Political and sectarian differences, which preceded all these wars against Christians, and even all historians do not rely on any of these sources.

[@andreweden9405]

​@@muhammadadeel8639 , That's actually not true about the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. The Crusaders actually allowed a great many of the Muslim and Jewish noncombatants to leave unharmed. Specifically, many of them were taken safely to the town of Ascalon. You need to remember that many of the Jews had fought right alongside the Muslim defenders during the siege, and this made them "fair game" by the rules of warfare during that time! This was the rule for Muslims, Christians, Mongols... everyone!

[@athena8875]

Can't wait for part 2!

[@syedfahim6695]

Oh my gosh 😮, this was battle of madness !

[@ivancrowley9174]

Savage piece kid. Love reading about the crusades, excellently done. Another great one is the fall of Rhodes to the ottomans, where the knights were left leave in full military colours to Malta, who returned the favour by ending up defeating them in the seige of Malta. The Capital is named of the Grandmaster that led the defence of Malta. Jean Parisot de Valette

[@ПрепушениРакун]

Guy of Lusignan single handedly ruining whole Crusade efforts:

[@vip-cv7iq]

Ibn Kathir ''Salah ad-Din remained on Acre, a patient mujahid fighting infidels for 37 months thirty-seven months, and a total of 50,000 fifty thousand Franks were killed.'' Al Bidaya wa Al Nihaya years 587 AH

[@Ragnarok__]

If Saladin had eliminated 50k Crusaders he would have overcome the camp and freed the city. How on earth could they beat Saladin in the open twice(Jaffa and Arsuf). if in the siege they couldn't with 50k more men? source is wrong

[@muhammadadeel8639]

@@Ragnarok__ Most of Christian casualties at Acre happened before Richard arrived. As we know that he was an exceptional master tactician which enabled his future battlefield victories against Saladin even with fewer numbers.

[@vip-cv7iq]

@@Ragnarok__ Ibn Kathir who said that

[@dukeedgar2660]

​@@muhammadadeel8639 50k franks? "The franks" ? Maybe an army of Christian soldiers but franks..nah cause that'd make the largest frankish army ever, they rarely muster more than 15 thousands

[@muhammadadeel8639]

@@dukeedgar2660 Muslims historically have referred to all Europeans other than Romans (Byzantine) as Franks. So all Crusaders were called as Franks

[@iceman9678]

Looking forward to the compete series.

[@avaneesha9571]

What a sight!!!! Thanks for making such contents

[@ابراهيماحمد-غ8ط]

In reality; Saladin's tolerant stance and chivalry come in contrast to the atrocities committed by the Crusaders when they conquered Jerusalem in the year 1099 AD, where the Crusaders set out in the streets of the city and in the mosques, killing all who came across them, men, women, and children. These Crusaders killed thousands of innocent Muslims for no fault of their own. He mentions Historian William of Tyre said that when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem, Jerusalem witnessed a terrible massacre until the country became a vast pool of Muslim blood.

[@GeorgeOu]

I've lost count of how many of these historical fights have been lost because the dominant force got distracted by looting.

[@Hilltycoon]

Humans be humans

[@terro3842]

Crusaders have won the siege of Acre in the end

[@affan3095]

​@@terro3842 they didn't win by war or pride lol 😂.. The defenders surrendered due to lack of foods and we're outnumber heavily

[@terro3842]

@@affan3095 I don’t think you understand how siege warfare works like. Crusaders defeated the relief army not letting it lift the siege, city defenders did not want to meet them in open field and finally surrendered only after bombardment destroyed the city walls and French knights busted through the outer wall

[@Hilltycoon]

A remarkable feat of logistical planning and recruiting. This happened hundreds of years ago where armies from different countries with different languages had to work together. Without proper forms of communication (Everything by horse, ships and with letters). Even nowadays with the internet foreign intervention is still very difficult. Just look at USA in Afghanistan

[@muhammadadeel8639]

Much of this was possible due to Merchant city states of Italy e.g., Venice, Genoa etc. These states played the essential role in ensuring European Naval dominance in Mediterranean in medieval ages. The European Renaissance also started from these states and even the Modern Financial and Banking system has its origns in these states e.g. The Medici family and other numerous banking families/mafias. I suspect legalization of Usury in Europe was also financed by them, especially through Protestant revolution and other revolutions to weaken Papal authority and later replacing kingship with Oligarchies/Democracy

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@muhammadadeel8639 Satan: Hypocrisy, usury is forbidden, but Christians have become hypocrites

[@sandrodunatov485]

Great video as always.

[@Cr4nKy4nk3r5]

Excellent as usual. Thank you.

[@immad9706]

Peity, generosity, knowledge, grace, nobility, bravery, artistry........ words like these cant describe Sultan Salah Uddin Ayyubi.......... what a legend!!!

[@paulofelipebbraga9634]

They had several chances of capturing the city of Acre and gain acess to the valuable port with little to no effort, wich would add as an extra defensive position to their siege aswell as a safe harbour to receive additional supplies. But noo, pride always make victories more distant than they are.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

I think because the city of Acre has the Greek fire

[@saeedamer8348]

Salahuddin the great leader.... Mashaallah tabarakkallah.