When the Winged Hussars Arrived - The Battle/Siege of Vienna in 1683

[@tkg__]

Fun fact. A Polish noble after proving himself in the battle was allowed to take something from the Turkish camp. He chose coffee bags and went on to open the first café in Europe, staying in Vienna.

[@Sadoyasturadoglu]

actually, helps stay awake while fighting

[@alexanderheusmann418]

To jest kurwa mit, ile razy można to powtarzać..

[@PlanckReduced]

Actually, there are records that say that there was a coffee house in Belgrade in 1522, one year after it fell under the ottoman rule.

[@W0LLF]

wrong ! After the Ottomans retreated ,dumb polish and other europeans were mocking the Turks after they sow the coffee bags which they never sow before and told that "look at the Turks they eat sheep droppings!" they didnt know what coffee is and there was one man who travelled to the Ottoman lands before and knew what it is and told them that it is a drink ..Thats how it entered europe ! You were living in mud before the Ottomans you imbecile didnt know how to wash yourselves as europeans didnt have bathing culture ! You learned that from the Turks too !

[@nashi_74_]

You don't have to be so salty over XVII century battle... Being beaten by Polish is not a shame, Turks should be proud they even put up a fight...

[@MuseFanPL]

Wow, you nailed that Polish pronunciation. I am really amazed

[@MrMukmuk25]

Wrong nunbers about the casualities and the battle 16.000 austrian defenders 74.000 Relief forces fought against 140.000 ottoman and Tatar forces 12.000 AUSTRIAN SOLIDERS (Not fucking civilians ) got killed in the siege and 4.500 Relief forces during the battle the ottomans lost only 8.000-15.000 soliders in the battle

[@elmonte5lim]

Dunno about "nailed", but certainly a creditable effort.

[@irongeneral7861]

Kemal vegeta No, his casualty numbers are pretty accurate if he used the same source that I presume you did [wikipedia] and exclusively from the battle [September 12th] and not the siege regarding the ottomans, where their numbers were reduced from 170,000 initially to 140,000 at the time of the September 12th battle, automatically implying they took a number of losses [~20,000] prior September 12th since the siege began in mid July.... Keep in mind that these numbers are only rough estimates, to begin with, and so it appears disingenuous to try and nitpick the exact numbers while only using wikipedia numbers and throwing in a profanity for good measure; furthermore, he never said that the 12,000 defender casualties were excIusiveIy "civilians" but did mention that civilians were IikeIy counted within that number since, as you should know, civilians become "soldiers" very quickly in such desperate situations.

[@historywithhilbert]

Thank you!

[@jadwigakuc5716]

Yes but everyone can read some Wikipedia stuff. When someone makes a video a complicated research should be made. Your opion as a youtuber depends on it. Anyway Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

[@blacktemplar9499]

When the winged hussars arrived A cry for help in time of need, await relief from holy league 60 days of siege, outnumbered and weak Sent a message to the sky, wounded soldiers left to die Will they hold the wall or will the city fall Dedication Dedication They're outnumbered 15 to one And the battle's begun Then the winged hussars arrived Coming down the mountainside Then the winged hussars arrived Coming down they turned the tide As the days are passing by and as the dead are piling high No escape and no salvation Trenches to explosive halls are buried deep beneath the walls Plant the charges there and watch the city fear Desperation Desperation It's a desperate race against the mine And a race against time Then the winged hussars arrived Coming down the mountainside Then the winged hussars arrived Coming down they turned the tide Cannonballs are coming down from the sky Janissaries are you ready to die? We will seek our vengeance eye for an eye You'll be stopped upon the steps of our gate On this field you're only facing our hate But back home the sultan's sealing your fate We remember In September That's the night Vienna was freed We made the enemy bleed! Storm clouds, fire and steel Death from above make their enemy kneel

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Makes my heart sing.

[@briangarrow448]

Sabaton?

[@mrwood4557]

@@briangarrow448 of course

[@patrioticgamer5878]

Did you copy that from their website? Anyways gotta love the song

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

Hello, as the once owner of a real Austrian HAFLINGER horse, a stallion, these strong, heavy built, BRAVE horses are fabulous animals, our stallion even beat up bears! He was afraid of nothing!

[@liamimbriolo6066]

I don't know about anyone else, but the Arrival of the Winged Hussars lifting the siege of Vienna reminds me a lot about the Men of Rohan lifting the Siege of Gondor. Could be just my imagination, but it's a cool idea.

[@BritishTeaLover]

Tolkien was a huge history buff, so it's not a coincidence. He also studied classics so you can find a lot of the names of the dwarfs and other characters in the Poetic Edda and from other Norse mythology.

[@mistersharpe4375]

Tolkien allegedly had a german ancestor who fought in the earlier siege of Vienna in 1529 named George von Hohenzollern. Tolkien was told by a relative that this Hohenzollern led a raid against the turks and captured the sultan's banner, for which he was dubbed Tollkühn, meaning "Fool-hardy", and thus the origin of Tolkien's family name.

[@j.cwarevielleichteingutesm6517]

I personally always believed that the siege of Gondor can be compared to the fall of constantinople,but ofc with the ending of the siege of vienna

[@j.cwarevielleichteingutesm6517]

So the city doesnt fall,instead it gets relieved,but if you compare the beginning situations of both the siege of Gondor and Constantinople you will find many Parallels

[@Blade57331]

Battel of Helm's Deep seems more fitting. With orcs and uruks using mines to blow up walls. And finally relieve cavalary force coming down the mountains to save them.

[@amanthatcantfly5125]

Poland: **Helps Austria at Vienna** Austria: Let me just take Krakow.

[@18GaG99]

AManThatCantFly when did that happen ?

[@sprint12polska]

@@18GaG99 just 100 years later , and guess what Ottomans were actually against that and trying to help.

[@longinuspodbipieta3764]

@@sprint12polska 80* Yea that shows who is real friend and enemy. Our "Christian brothers" are just looking for profit and are ready to backstab you and the "obvious enemy" shows as a very honorful country. Don't be blind because of religion.

[@classroomll4817]

Honorable comments by polish folk, respects from Turkey. You can visit "polonezköy" in Istanbul (city name means polish village). we always welcomed polish refugees in hard times, such a sad history, your european "alliances" tried to erase your nation's existence many times with evil agreements among themselves.

[@treyhancock8414]

@@classroomll4817 the ottomans tried mightily to erase European nations you twat.

[@aleksander_h6928]

WE REMEMBER IN SEPTEMBER

[@mattaffenit9898]

Storm clouds, fire and steel Death from above, made the enemy kneel

[@Ported_Cone]

That vienna was freed

[@benmikos3156]

@@Ported_Cone we made the enemy bleed

[@polskipiernik7740]

When the Winged Hussars Arrived

[@cikiciki1626]

When the winged hussar arived... Sabaton

[@AJMerrick]

As a person with polish ancestry this was awesome! 🇵🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇱

[@TheParadoxGamer1]

@@TheFissionchips One.

[@Ares_gaming_117]

same o'kurwa we saved europe

[@MrMukmuk25]

Wrong nunbers about the casualities and the battle 16.000 austrian defenders 74.000 Relief forces fought against 140.000 ottoman and Tatar forces 12.000 AUSTRIAN SOLIDERS (Not fucking civilians ) got killed in the siege and 4.500 Relief forces during the battle the ottomans lost only 8.000-15.000 soliders in the battle

[@TheFissionchips]

You would not be so keen to spout your treason face to face, I'm VERY sure of that.

[@TheFissionchips]

btw: a lot of decent people are aware of the joo lead bolshevic BS and attacks on civilization - all you do by commenting is prove there is a bolshevic plot to destroy us. Fucking idiots. How many sheckles to you get for trolling YT, I wonder?

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

*23&me says I’m 1.1% polish* Me “WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!”

[@isaiahyoung7028]

23&me says i'm 100% Polish. Me when a Turk enters the room "GET OUT REEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

[@piotr6085]

True Polish will never pay for that shit :P, 1,1% means that you can be even martian :D

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

All of the little references.

[@montengro234]

My Hungarian and Serbian Grandparents both told me of this event and described John III Sobieski as the savior of Europe

[@howardsmith9342]

Don't forget Charles Martel, who put the hammer on the Moors at Tours almost a thousand years earlier.

[@corvus1374]

"We came, we saw, God triumphed".

[@thegreenmage6956]

corvus13 No, that ‘god’ was shamed. Allah ab Shae - God is Ugliest. Return to Pagan ways of the ancestors or be destroyed by that same god the Turks were using and still use against us.

[@corvus1374]

@@thegreenmage6956 wtf?

[@bravopl]

Check out how Poland saved that forsaken Europe from bloshevics in 1920 at battle for Warsaw

[@grandsonofsamnifdy4266]

🇵🇱This is the greatest story , respect from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇱

[@Artur_M.]

Awesome video! I especially appreciate how You went into details about the organization and equipment of the husaria (and using that term, as well as other Polish ones!). A thing about the wings though: modern researchers such as Radosław Sikora pretty much disproved all the theories about their practical roles beside looking cool, and they could also be strapped to the saddle, or even not put on at all (especially in the battle or a march vs. a parade), also paradoxically the inspiration for husaria's wings came probably from the Turkish deli cavalry. I also like how you briefly mentioned that there were some Tatars fighting in the Polish-Lithuanian army. If anyone wonders - yep, they were Muslim. History is usually far more complicated than we expect when we look at it closely.

[@parysz5954]

Dzięki, że to napisałeś, bo strasznie mnie to raziło, a jestem cholernie leniwy i samemu mi się nie chciało pisać. :D

[@MrMukmuk25]

Wrong nunbers about the casualities and the battle 16.000 austrian defenders 74.000 Relief forces fought against 140.000 ottoman and Tatar forces 12.000 AUSTRIAN SOLIDERS (Not fucking civilians ) got killed in the siege and 4.500 Relief forces during the battle the ottomans lost only 8.000-15.000 soliders in the battle

[@johnd2058]

Artur M. Hey, informed guy: scenes like 1:10 imply the Turks were better armed, firepower-wise. That's my impression from computer games, as well; how true is it?

[@Artur_M.]

Saoirse del Tufo Well, Ottoman sultans actually did claim to be Caliphs. How much did that claims meant to the Polish-Lithuanian Tatar community? I honestly don't know. Just for clarification - we are talking about the so-called Lipka Tatars, who settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the end of 14th cent. (so in the same period it entered the union with Polish Crown). They enjoyed religious freedom and special legal status, with many families being recognized as part of the nobility, in exchange serving as the light cavalry. Meanwhile their Tatar brethren from the Crimean Khanate - Ottoman vassal state - were pretty much a constant threat for Poland-Lithuania raiding its south-eastern Ukrainian provinces for slaves even in times of peace and official good relations between Poland and the Sublime Porte. Getting back to the Lipka Tatars and their relation to the Ottomans - there is an interesting document from 1558 “Risâle-i Tatar-i Leh” (Polish Tatar Account), a description of the Lipka community for Ottoman court by its representatives visiting Constantinople while on the hajj. It does suggest that Lipka Tatars recognized Sultan's caliphal religious authority, but this source was technically written down by the Ottoman court scribes, so it's debatable how credible and representative it is. In 1672, during an Ottoman invasion on Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, there was a major incident of Polish Tatar troops defecting to the Ottoman side, but it was at least partially motivated by their wages being delayed and cut (while the famous climate of religious tolerance in PLC kinda started decline at this time). Even then most of them eventually turned back to the Polish side, when offered amnesty and confirmation of their freedoms and privileges.

[@johnd2058]

Ya know, if the other Abrahamic faith groups are any guide, none of this is very surprising.

[@Hades-gt8ce]

Thanks Poland in behalf of all of europe

[@tamaszlav]

Thank Hungarians for inventing Huszárs, and bleed until Poland gets strong enough to f*ck the Ottomans.

[@mortezamohammadi505]

@@bluestar4324 it still doesnt matter! they can stay and die its their own problem not others honestly these arab refugees are all like that, a BURDEN! they would ask you to chew their food for them even, cause they feel tired!

[@TheRedRaven_]

Tamás Molnár Hungarians didn’t creat Polish Hussars, big difference. You can give a spear and horse to a women at that time and call her a Hussar.

[@i5-4670k]

@Yung cash register A.K.A Lil Broomstick If you don't want refugees in our lands, you should instead put your effort towards changing the foreign policies of Europe and the US. Had they not been so destructive towards Africa and the Middle East, they would be happy where they were.

[@hilbertsinn6886]

@@charliemartin7855 Fucking moron.

[@kiri2784]

*_THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED_* *_COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE_*

[@hognigk96]

And to repay the Polish the Austrians assisted in partitioning their country some 100 years later

[@Vitalis94]

100 years ago Russians fought on the Entente's side, only to become "a mortal enemy" of Europe some time later. Geopolitics are a fluid thing. After Ottomans were pushed back, the situation changed. Austrians didn't took those lands because they really wanted to, but if they didn't, somebody else would. Which would be against their interest. Better to move the borders as far away from you capital, right?

[@mateuszstarzec6246]

it always make my a little bit salty when someone is talking about partitions in the discussion about the battle of Vienna. What kind of argument are you trying to make? That political alignments can change over 100 years?

[@heroe480]

Austrians just took piece of cake becouse partitions of commonwealth was prusso-russian plan and idea. polish citizen on austrian annexed states has more autonomy than in others.

[@hognigk96]

Jeez guys, take it easy it's only a joke. I understand that alliances shift over time, just making a humorous observation.

[@forthepotentates7526]

@@hognigk96 'muh deus vult' kids get pretty salty when faced with actual facts and not their crusader delusions. Just let them be, their inferior brains are not really able to process such truth.

[@bobthecopywriter]

I know there was over 100 years between, but considering how Europe’s fate depended upon brave Poles, the partitioning of Poland is even more of a crime.

[@7shelties]

R Wixel Barnwell Agreed.

[@jackwacaster7621]

The one thing Poland could not survive was the rise of Prussia .

[@tomaszwitosawski5153]

@@jackwacaster7621 Ironic, since it was also the one thing Poland could prevent back in 1525 by incorporating whole Teutonic Order State instead of leaving Ducal prussia as a fief.

[@MrYakooboovsky]

Yup Prussian militarism with 25 years of military service was something no country of free man could stand against.

[@robrobski9445]

Now Islam come back to Austria Germany and Russia to take over it's called Karma

[@bandiras2]

Thank you for all of the help polish brother! Greetings from Hungary! V4 STRONK!

[@MrRobi13]

I love your Polish pronunciation, great video.

[@mikemancuso2526]

Thank you Poland! Merci a la Pologne! Danke Polen! Dzienkuje Polska!

[@mrmoth26]

Dziękuje Polska. Ę is a nasal vowel (a normal vowel followed by a nasal semi vowel to be more specific.

[@szczesliwekomunikacjeladow383]

Ah yes. The winged hussars. The one cavalry that would make the enemies shit themselves upon just hearing they will join the frey

[@Dragno191]

When the Winged Hussars arrive A cry for help in time of need await relief from Holy League 60 days of siege outnumbered and weak Sent a message to the sky wounded soldiers left to die Will they hold the wall or will the city fall Dedication Dedication They're outnumbered 15 to one And the battle's begun And the Winged Hussars arrive Coming down the mountainside Let the Winged Hussars arrive Coming down they turn the tide As the days are passing by and as the dead are piling high No escape and no salvation Trenches to explosive halls are buried deep beneath the walls Plant the charges there and watch the city fear Desperation Desperation It's a desperate race against the mine And a race against time And the Winged Hussars arrive Coming down the mountainside Let the Winged Hussars arrive Coming down they turn the tide Cannonballs are coming down from the sky Janissaries are you ready to die We will seek our vengeance eye for an eye You'll be stopped upon the steps of our gate On this field you're only facing our hate But back home the sultan's sealing your fate We remember In September That's the night Vienna was freed We made the enemies bleed And the Winged Hussars arrive Coming down the mountainside Let the Winged Hussars arrive Coming down they turn the tide ] (Storm clouds fire and steel Death from above make their enemy kneel) We remember In September When the Winged Hussars arrived Gotta love copy & paste.

[@sturmtruppenelite3247]

Blue Dragon not to be rude good sir but um the lyrics are slightly wrong.

[@sturmtruppenelite3247]

Wait nvm I read it wrong carry on.

[@seba6078]

One of my ancestors literally participated in the battle epic

[@exudeku]

>download a Warband mod with european kingdoms >near vienna, a skirmish is happening, between some of my ally, and ottomans >helps the ally and unleashed the full Hussar party > *blasts sabaton*

[@jardon8636]

eyewitness reports from a russian, at the battle ....said the hussars sounded like demons**from hell,the hussars were so loud, their appearance strange and dramatic..., 5 horses,sounded like 50* excellent video,yet again hillbert, dank u well...

[@sarpimoleni5936]

as a Turk I truly say that Winged Hussars saved the world from islam, If they didnt get there in that time maybe ottoman would still exist and rule too many people from different regions. We have Erdogan who is thinking and behaving like ottoman sultans and his management is the darkest part of Turkish Republic history. Nobody deserve living under that shit.

[@henriksongaming9051]

WOW

[@seppeldiseppsepp]

@hhh bn why tho? the lira is dropping like crazy and hes arresting everybody whos critiquing him.

[@w0t3rdog]

Nationalism have never aided a country. It has caused wars, rebellion, dissident, discrimination and atrocities. What have it given us? Flag waving, iq-liberated, conspiracy-loving trump-voters.

[@w0t3rdog]

bigboy99 nope. Nationalism: led to nationalsocialism aka nazism. led to the shooting in sarajevo, which started wwi, which led to the split of austro-hungary, which led to decades of fighting in the balcan. led to the now current putinism in russia. led to MAGA. led to the split of the colonial empires (well, they were already commiting atrocities, but atleast it was ordered atrocities. Now its chaotic atrocities) led to japanese dominion ambitions that caused, yet again atrocities. Loyalty? You mean fanatism? Brainwashed idiots who sing hymns, wave flags and think there is valour in dying for some assholes who dont appreciate it?

[@jardon8636]

the ottoman empire, lasted some 800+years, its succeded the eastern roman(byzantine empire) in constinatinopole-istanbul.... the turkish were on top....other nationalities,especially the colonists,as in all other empires,did not fair so well under the ottoman system..., yes many grand viziers were foreign born as were the jannisariies.... the sultans,were like a islamic sunni*turkish ottoman ceasears or emperors**, as for modern turkey,its is not a ottoman empire** attaturk not erdogan, was the father of the republic and reformer, without attaturk,the entire country would have finished, same probably could have been said about rezha shah in shia*iran..... erdogan,is more like a dicator than a sultan....he also is no attaturk or reformer,he wants a turkish empire, not a ottoman one....there is big difference,from the multi-lingual-national-peoples ottoman empire to the one nation turkey, and between attaturk and erdogan...

[@ksewa1086]

BOY! FIRST this video is amazing, and nicely explained ❤ SECOND it's warming my heart how you learned to pronounce polish words and it's not hard to hear you worked on it 😍😍 it's so nice to hear ❤🇵🇱

[@ComptGeorges]

An Interesting fact: the word "Hussar" has entered the Polish language via Hungarian but in it's origin it is a South Slavic word and the actual translation would mean "pirate". South Slavs still to this day use the word Gusar for pirates. Anyway. After the fall of Belgrade during the 15/16 century. Most of Serbian nobles and knights moved to Hungary and offered their services to Hungarian king mainly against Ottoman threat. Since Hungary was the last fortress of christian Europe at that point. They were mostly orginized in two types of irregular of units : Šajkaši (the river navy that used small fast boats, perfect for quick confusing attacks and deversions around Danube, similar to piratesand privateers) from which derived the Gusari ( they would later end up to be a fast light cavalry as the war progressed deeper in Panonian plane). This type of cavalry would later spread during the 16/17 century to Poland, Prussia, Russia and elsewhere, since it was perfect for confronting Ottoman and Tatar armies in the wast planes of the Eastern Europe. But the west only heard about Hussars after the legendary Polish winged Hussars crushed imperial Ottoman force at the gates of Vienna.

[@HCforLife1]

That's true. The origin of this unit in Poland comes from Balkans. But there is one difference. The hussars been formed actually in XVI century in Poland. And later reformed. After reform The husaria unit was later extremely elite. Anyone who would try to sell technology of creating lances (6m long) or trying selling horses (the horses were special polish breed which unfortunately already extincted :/ ) would be sentenced to death. All know-how was under that acts. There was not any unit similar to them that time. All been developed by polish-lithuanian commonwealth. But everyone should now that origins comes from Balkans :)

[@tamaszlav]

@@HCforLife1 It's actually kind of wrong, the word is an original Hungarian word (húsz = 20). It's true, the original huszárs were south Slavs in the HUngarian army, but the word it self is 100% Hungarian. Except for the last 2 letters, "ar" is probably Turkic..

[@jerrys8483]

"Polish winged Hussar" it's not the same what Hussar. "Polish winged Hussars" are a heavy cavalry and a "Hussar" is a light cavalry.

[@jevinliu4658]

Excuse me, but in 1450 the Ottomans controlled lots of modern-day Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia... and certainly NOT just what is shown at 0:20

[@delioctavian7133]

probably imbecile got his map from medieval II total war. because tukish faction starts with that map.

[@christianvasbinder1248]

The Ottomans were an Empire... to merit whether something goes on a map goes beyond simply control.... but analyzes influence... culture... tax revenue... Simply because ottoman influenced the area and battles were fought for control doesn't mean the empire affected the every day lives of the citizens, or that those citizens recognized the authority of the ottoman state.. Maps are inherently subjective when it comes to empires.

[@ImamShamilLibrary]

Lol dude in med 2 the game starts like 1110 or something. If he really wanted to take video game references eu4 has 1444 start.

[@oguztokur3673]

@@christianvasbinder1248 wtf are you talking about.please read what you have written again and delete it.

[@christianvasbinder1248]

@@oguztokur3673 you want me to sit you down and explain my point to you in simpler terms? Or are you purposely being a bit of a dipshit?

[@Aldhardt]

Glory to the winged Hussars!

[@cagdas135]

1450 map is totally wrong. It doesn't show their Balkan holdings and it shows territories in Anatolia that they didn't hold.

[@henriksongaming9051]

That wasn't the point tho

[@jamestang1227]

King Lock15 mapper Doesn't make it less wrong. In fact both text and map are horribly wrong.

[@anildixitadv]

I always feel highest regards for Sobieski and his winged hussars. They saved not only Vienna but the Europe, its religion and its culture.

[@benkoessler23]

Fantastic this sounds like it could have been written by Tolken... Could you do more polish history?

[@justanothershitlord199]

You've got it backwards. Ride of the Rohirrim was based on this charge.

[@Ganjamuffins]

and that's how you write a story, you take inspiration from real life and spice it up a little.

[@voxelarc7378]

This story is so epic, plus the winged Hussars arrived on my dads birthday so that makes it extra special

[@warrenwebb2313]

Your content is getting way better! i like how you're less monotone, seem more confident and charismatic. Keep improving you could become the best history channel on KZbin!

[@TheLacremosa]

I am Asian but man these husarias are really angels of war

[@guzelataroach4450]

The Lacremosa There is no large body of water between «europe» and «asia»

[@killert41]

In japan and asia Poland was seen as samurai nation (japan was super centralized about it self thought themself`s choosen to rule all but Poland was Japan of europe in terms they were seen as equal)

[@arkadiuszjuszczak565]

Hey. Your polish pronouncioction is on point. Congratulations!

[@szablotukpolski5201]

If anyone would like to hear about the history Husar polish saber, I invite yoouuu u ...... szablotłuk polski

[@Gew219]

I'm very impressed with your Polish pronunciation Hilbert, but you made some mistakes regarding to the meaning of those words nonetheless. Well, even such a great work as this video isn't without it's flaws. For one "poczet" does not mean "lance" in the literal sense, but only as a military unit - a knight (or husarz) with his retinue of two or three people. The Polish word for lance as a weapon is "kopia". The word "chorągiew" also literally means "banner". "Bandolet" on the other hand is more of a long pistol than a full-fledged arquebus, which in Polish is called simply "arkebuz".

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Well, the Dutch can't always be perfect all the time! :)

[@BigusGeekus]

"Lance" in English is sometimes also used to refer to a knight and his retinue.

[@WarDogMadness]

Listen to sabaton for awesome music and history come to hilbert for the explication of the history

[@danielbateman6518]

Ah the hussars, probably where the phrase "I'll have one of everything" came from. Winged hussar visits an armoury, he's asked "what would you like? A Lance, a rapier, a sabre, a pistol or a longer gun perhaps?" The hussar says only "yes"

[@Xaphos]

Dude i love sabaton. You should definatly do more of these. I love hearing about the stories behind sabaton songs

[@diavolos519]

*COMING DOWN THEY TURNED THE TIDE*

[@HeironFlex]

Videos based on Sabaton songs based on badass historical moments? Yes please Hilbert

[@redgrassgirl]

I love history 😍😍

[@paultgreen]

Thank you. An enjoyable watch that taught me a bit about what's behind the song 👍

[@matiaspereyra9392]

When the Winged Hussars Arrived ... wow this soo cool, alexa play all sabaton's discography

[@voitekfilipowicz6401]

Absolutely spot on with the pronunciation and excellent content. Keep it up, sir!

[@vallergergo737]

Minor correction: You still mention the Janissaries as "elite" troops, but at that point in time they really weren't :/ Not to say anything about their corruption, they at this point were a lot less disciplined and armed than their european counterparts. They had long lost their superority.

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

Pretty sure there were no european slave armies

[@foughtstatue1023]

Janissaries started becoming less professional after the 1700s

[@ardaaslan1923]

@@foughtstatue1023 No they had already lost their power beginning from 17th century. After seeing the irregularity and disobedience among the Janissary troops during his campaign of Poland in 1621, Sultan Osman II decided to replace Janissaries with the Sekban army as the main infantry unit. That's why Janissaries for the first time in Ottoman history dethroned a Sultan and killed him. Later Murad IV tried to control janissaries and was actually successful for a certain period thanks to his cruel control but when he died in 1640, Janissaries became totally useless and only focused on politics rather than battle.

[@mr.brokendreams9721]

When Sultan Suleiman died 😢

[@grigorov1914]

A month ago i was in Vienna and i visited the Museum of Military History. In one of the halls they had a massive painting about that battle and there was also a small map with all the units that fought in the battle. You definitely have to visit it, if you haven't already

[@Alaryk111]

There is an interesting person in this story and his name was Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki. He was a polish nobleman and trader. He was the one who delivered the message about the rescue to the city what prevented the city's capitulation. He knew Turkish thanks to his experience as a merchant. Due to his crucial role in victory the king allowed him to be first to chose the loot from Turkish camp. And he took all coffee storage. Everyone thought that it was camel's forage so none protest. Later he opened the first cafe in Vienna and in all of the West.

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

Oooh! Right away this intriguing historic event takes off right away! Dankevell! Hilbert!

[@beardedbjorn5520]

The Hussars were the most heavily armed Calvary in history too. Lance, Estoc, Hammer, Sabre and pistols depending on their fancy.

[@yankees29]

They carried a very long heavy lance. Supposedly a Hussar skewered five Turks during a single charge with his lance.

[@kingaunum]

I watched Day of the Siege last night, thanks for having this follow up video!

[@twisters999]

That's great that you didn't forget about our Tatars ;) For Poland-Lithuania fought our tatars (That live even now on our lands) They told on this time a really great thing. I can't rememer it exactly but it was like " We will never join Crimean Tatars that fight on Ottoman site. They choosed the way of bandit life and lost their way. We can not call them brothers anymore." That's the greatest proof of being our people :)

[@herrsteppsch29]

Thank you, Sir, for this great Video!

[@zamsalak]

Those damn winged hussars! Now I have to apply for a visa. Greetings from Turkey:)

[@justlivinglife8132]

really great information! Thank you for putting it into perspective.

[@tomasmurphy9888]

The Hussars were a truly incredible military force, effectively unparalleled as heavy cavalry by any other unit in recorded history.

[@akillerpacman1709]

I’m glad one of the History channels did something on this. I asked SimpleHistory and Extra History to do a video on this extremely important and exciting battle that determined the fate of Europe as we know it. I’m just glad somebody gave it the attention it deserves!

[@BOB-yt2to]

J.R.R Tolkien took many ideas from history (arrival of the winged hussars), that’s just shows

[@maniac117]

It just so happens that I am learning about this part of history in my AP world history class, thanks!

[@Aurorracs]

20% Mega salty Turks ( Not all of them) 40% Proud Poles 40% People admiring the hussars

[@astorre3212]

You manage to give accurate info and make Sabaton references?!! Well done

[@levinb1]

The last medieval cavalry charge at the cusp of the modern age! What a grand way to go and to show the dawn of a new age!

[@Siegbert85]

This was well into the early modern age. The Middle Ages ended almost 200 years before that.

[@notarealpersonF]

Credit where credit is due, this script is really well written and delivered, good job!

[@thesheepofdeath1890]

Wow because of your pronouncing of the Polish words I almost thought you were Polish :D great job!

[@globalcitizen995]

thankyou for the presentation. Well done

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

That one time in history when the Germans actually needed Poland

[@oskarkarasoo6354]

because the Germans never protected Europe from outside threads

[@TheParadoxGamer1]

Five.

[@octodaddy4494]

Austrians*

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

@@oskarkarasoo6354 That's because most invasions of Europe didn't even reach the Germans

[@octodaddy4494]

Sarmatan Lehitus Austrians are germanics and not ethnically Germans they are ethnically Austrians. It true that many ethnically Germans served in the Imperial army though but it was Austrian capital that was invaded and needed Polish help.

[@Sidiator1]

Thx! You were and you are awesome! Greetings from Vienna! :D

[@mr.voltorb]

Man I want to see these guys in FOR HONOR

[@warricktyler6759]

Nice and easily explained , just grand thank you .

[@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333]

The Ottomans faced the Alps to the west and the Carpathian mountains to their northeast. Vienna guarded the pass between the two mountain ranges. If they had taken Vienna, they could have gone north into Germany then west into France and taken all of Europe.

[@apotato6278]

Well let's not get ahead of ourselves. In the west were the British, the French and the Spanish empire. To the north laid the cold, barren lands of Scandinavia ruled by the legendarily ferocious Carolean kings and their elite armies. To the east laid the Russian empire. Maybe the ottomans could have pushed further into Germany but after that they would have without a doubt been stopped

[@AutismIsUnstoppable]

Great video always. A video on the Battle of Shiroyama would be interesting at some point.

[@justanoodle6446]

the 104 dislikes are the Janissaries that got their mines defused

[@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039]

Imagine digging a underground trench haul a heavy gunpowder keg then it got diffused who wouldn't be mad

[@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039]

Also they're engineer not janiseries

[@HoH]

Not just the Polish pronounciation, but the English accent keeps amazing me. Very entertaining and detailed video!

[@thenbenagcz3931]

Polish hussars just Spartans on horses

[@eostyrwinn5018]

I love the number of lines from the song you use in this.

[@Jarpen256]

Mohylewem w 1581. 200 Hussars vs 30 000 Moscov

[@williamcooke5627]

Good work as always, Hilbert.

[@andreascovano7742]

Lombard Flag when? 38th attempt. Pls Hilbilly, I need the knowledge!

[@loki2991]

Your pronunciation of polish words is really good, i love the videos and the details in it.

[@GermanConqueror]

Neat! A video about Helm's Deep - my favourite LotR battle.

[@tintek12]

No, it is Minas Thirith!

[@cennethadameveson3715]

Knew of the siege of Vienna and the importance of its outcome but no details. Great video as always and I'm off to my bookshelves and the internet to find out some more.

[@buddha4tw]

Ride of the Rohirrim!

[@jacobdautriche9023]

Thx bro ... greetings from Vienna

[@szokilisketch5991]

Poland: **helps Austria at Vienna** Austria: **invades Poland** The history says There is no justice in this world

[@Siegbert85]

Entirely different conflicts.

[@thepolishlithuaniancommonw8986]

Excellent video very accurate

[@jadenk1409]

Hilbert, could you make video about the battle of poltava as sabaton song series?

[@kosmawitkowski1844]

Very nice polish pronounciation ! :D Good attention to details aswell. Great video! Cheers

[@rzvn7]

Yeah, but the Holy Roman Empire slowly absorbed the Polish Lithuania Commonwealth later, and in 1795 it literally disappeared from the map... Talk about backstabbing...

[@tomaszpietakiewicz4463]

NAPRAWDĘ ?

[@Siegbert85]

The HRE did no such thing. It was the monarchies of Prussia, Austria and Russia. Also, calling that backstabbing when it was 100 years later is kinda ridiculous.

[@lavacubes]

I could hear sabaton playing in the back of mind the entire time you were describing the battle...

[@deandobrev1841]

IN SEPTEMBER WE REMEMBER WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS HAVE ARRIVED

[@michak8029]

OMG 1st time I see non-polish video with proper polish pronunciation (what is really hard). RESPECT!

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

Deus vult! I may be a cringy pagan but this story always turns me into a crusader temporally.

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

@InjuredShrek666Productions Get your own house in order.

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

Lmao :)

[@skorgevondoom___9571]

I am mix of norse and Celtic so I will say this..I am here to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I am all out of Bubblegum * Grabs my Claymore *THEY CAN TAKE OUR LIVES BUT THEY CAN NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!!! * Rides into battle atop my Armored dire wolf blasting ride of the valkyries *

[@skorgevondoom___9571]

@InjuredShrek666Productions *Pulls a 8 gauge shotgun*Rock paper shotgun

[@rowantreahs2863]

Great content! I really like this topic. Thanks a lot for the strategy info.

[@pacthug4life]

Damn, You pronounced the polish words pretty well.

[@tomaszprzyby784]

Wow, that's some awesome polish pronounciation. All props to you.

[@vesp3202]

WE REMEMBER

[@przemysawdylewski1142]

NICE NICE. Almost perfect polish :) You could only add what Sobieski said after charge ( Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit)

[@ilhamionur]

Your 1450 map is so wrong. By that time Ottomans already had Balkans under control up to Belgrade.

[@lokitus]

He may be, but he is right.

[@kagtkalem7115]

@Jesus Christ Go back to your cross

[@sdfopsdmsdofjmp7863]

I'm a bit of a byzaboo, but i don't like lies. This is roughly the size of the Ottoman Empire in 1450, probably a tad smaller than it actually was. www.conservapedia.com/images/thumb/b/b3/Byz-1450.jpg/250px-Byz-1450.jpg

[@wladyslawbukowski]

ilhamionur And also they used different toilet paper.

[@cikiciki1626]

Inebolu Balikcisi relax,bro..when the time comes, bysantium will arise, haga sophia become the most beautifull church again.

[@viharikke]

Great video man 😀