How did the Ottomans Fail to take Malta?

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  • How did the Ottomans Fail to take Malta?
    Clashes between the Ottoman and European sides would continue over the following years, though nothing too drastic for some time. But, a failed naval campaign by Philip II of Spain had crumbled at the Battle of Djerba off the coast of Tunisia, reaffirming Ottoman superiority and securing the fear for the Hospitallers that the Turks would, surely, attack Malta very soon…
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  • @samsaliba1532
    @samsaliba1532 Рік тому +549

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

    • @darrenazzopardi8980
      @darrenazzopardi8980 Рік тому +15

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

    • @JohnSmith-is4uu
      @JohnSmith-is4uu Рік тому +11

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

    • @Atilla33
      @Atilla33 Рік тому +7

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

    • @ozwunder69
      @ozwunder69 Рік тому +7

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

    • @FNGPREPPER
      @FNGPREPPER Рік тому +15

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

  • @tonyfreeman3721
    @tonyfreeman3721 Рік тому +34

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

  • @georgepatton93
    @georgepatton93 Рік тому +90

    Remember St Elmo, the castle broke before the knights did

  • @stefanvella9807
    @stefanvella9807 Рік тому +132

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

    • @aliking_1914
      @aliking_1914 Рік тому +6

      We back☪️⚡⚡

    • @stefanvella9807
      @stefanvella9807 Рік тому +1

      @@aliking_1914 so what? Its Jews, Freemasons and their puppets leftist elites brought you and people from all nations to flood especially western Europe and soon it will turn into a battlefield. It is prophecied. ✝

    • @stefanvella9807
      @stefanvella9807 Рік тому

      @@aliking_1914and leftist elites brought you and people from all nations into Europe but Europe will soon be a battlefield so? Jews, Freemasons

    • @schwenk1592
      @schwenk1592 Рік тому +20

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

    • @vidarodinson5246
      @vidarodinson5246 Рік тому +11

      @@aliking_1914
      ☪️ they are running in fear🤭
      ✝️ we are back 💪💪💪💪

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Рік тому +15

    Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

  • @giorgijioshvili9713
    @giorgijioshvili9713 Рік тому +75

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

    • @reconscout2238
      @reconscout2238 Рік тому +1

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

    • @oldgamer9992
      @oldgamer9992 Рік тому +1

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

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому +1

      Idk holy league still got destroyed generally

    • @dontsearchdocumentingreali9621
      @dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 Рік тому +17

      @@crzahmed9707 what? Holy league destroyed the Ottomans at Lepanto. Keep crying muslim 😂

    • @Bavariandude123
      @Bavariandude123 Рік тому

      ​@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 Thats racist

  • @mdmiloy5897
    @mdmiloy5897 Рік тому +9

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

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 Рік тому +87

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

    • @Khookies-lp2lu
      @Khookies-lp2lu Рік тому +10

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

    • @juliansteffen5197
      @juliansteffen5197 Рік тому +2

      Deus Vult ✝️

  • @jackthrasher9097
    @jackthrasher9097 Рік тому +21

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

  • @mozzarella_boyy7779
    @mozzarella_boyy7779 Рік тому

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

  • @Lacteagalaxia
    @Lacteagalaxia Рік тому +27

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

    • @georgebronte840
      @georgebronte840 Рік тому +4

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

  • @pakistanichad8739
    @pakistanichad8739 Рік тому +122

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

    • @TubeYou138
      @TubeYou138 Рік тому +1

      Simbas dad?

    • @zetos4440
      @zetos4440 Рік тому +17

      Divine intervention

    • @eliotguerin192
      @eliotguerin192 Рік тому +10

      These mates deserve a medal of honor

    • @alparslan5455
      @alparslan5455 Рік тому +3

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

    • @pakistanichad8739
      @pakistanichad8739 Рік тому +1

      @@alparslan5455 salam u alaikum

  • @socratrash
    @socratrash Рік тому +1

    Fantastic video

  • @erkinbotokanov5740
    @erkinbotokanov5740 Рік тому

    Love your drawing skills, really cool.

  • @juliansteffen5197
    @juliansteffen5197 Рік тому +104

    So proud of Malta 🇲🇹 ❤

  • @samildogukancalskan1643
    @samildogukancalskan1643 Рік тому +8

    The expected video has arrived. Great work 👍🏻

  • @chaimlaser7956
    @chaimlaser7956 Рік тому +1

    Great topic

  • @lukegauci1159
    @lukegauci1159 8 місяців тому +13

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

    • @Storm-1.
      @Storm-1. Місяць тому

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

    • @lukegauci1159
      @lukegauci1159 Місяць тому

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

  • @freedomfighter6193
    @freedomfighter6193 Рік тому +1

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

  • @iknowwhereyoulive9497
    @iknowwhereyoulive9497 Рік тому +51

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

    • @ahmedkeremsayar
      @ahmedkeremsayar Рік тому

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

    • @juliansteffen5197
      @juliansteffen5197 Рік тому +7

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

    • @iknowwhereyoulive9497
      @iknowwhereyoulive9497 Рік тому +8

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

    • @arolemaprarath6615
      @arolemaprarath6615 Рік тому +1

      @@ahmedkeremsayar ur greek

    • @bruhovski7554
      @bruhovski7554 Рік тому +1

      @@juliansteffen5197 barbaric is a pretty strong word eh?

  • @LaMaltese28
    @LaMaltese28 5 місяців тому +1

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

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Рік тому +3

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

  • @bblunder
    @bblunder Рік тому +68

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

  • @constantius4654
    @constantius4654 Рік тому +11

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

    • @aliking_1914
      @aliking_1914 Рік тому +1

      Ww1 and ww2=>Christian peace 😄

    • @talisikid1618
      @talisikid1618 Рік тому +2

      @@aliking_1914 no. It showed what happens when Christianity is abandoned for materialism. Just as current events are showing. Sweet dreams!

    • @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT
      @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT Рік тому

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

    • @assyriancrusader3760
      @assyriancrusader3760 Рік тому

      @@aliking_1914 it's wasn't religious war plus many of these countries Republicans took over them

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому

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

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Рік тому +27

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

  • @rodrigobarreto339
    @rodrigobarreto339 Рік тому +3

    Nice

  • @rcsmith2761
    @rcsmith2761 3 місяці тому

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

  • @HellenicWolf
    @HellenicWolf Рік тому +1

    awesome

  • @ryanpaulspiteri1269
    @ryanpaulspiteri1269 Рік тому +15

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

    • @batuhankara672
      @batuhankara672 Рік тому

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

    • @abdulkadirsakz1074
      @abdulkadirsakz1074 Рік тому

      Adı geçmemesi tıpkı süleyman padişah gibi adanın kaale alınmamasıdır

  • @kekolo56
    @kekolo56 Рік тому +7

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

    • @alejandromaldonado6159
      @alejandromaldonado6159 Рік тому +4

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

    • @e.v3832
      @e.v3832 Рік тому

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

    • @crosskoyamayandaytugay3508
      @crosskoyamayandaytugay3508 Рік тому

      Because the year is 1510

    • @celik2978
      @celik2978 Рік тому

      düşünme bunları
      eğlenmene bak
      hayat kısa

  • @westsidermetalhead4997
    @westsidermetalhead4997 Рік тому +7

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

  • @atrumluminarium
    @atrumluminarium Рік тому +16

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

  • @VictorArce79
    @VictorArce79 Рік тому +12

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

    • @Hilltycoon
      @Hilltycoon Рік тому

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

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Рік тому +17

    A true David versus Goliath story!

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Рік тому +21

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

    • @boodyzerox6609
      @boodyzerox6609 Рік тому +1

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

    • @assyriancrusader3760
      @assyriancrusader3760 Рік тому +6

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

    • @boodyzerox6609
      @boodyzerox6609 Рік тому

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

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому

      @@boodyzerox6609 correct

    • @sasasadsfgasd9576
      @sasasadsfgasd9576 Рік тому

      @@crzahmed9707 hh funny that Jesus is alive in islam and in christianity too... still muslims claim that he is dead.. lol

  • @fearthekilt
    @fearthekilt Рік тому +4

    Malta has always fascinated me. Great choice!

  • @Ganonmustdie2
    @Ganonmustdie2 Рік тому +28

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

    • @communistcuphead2901
      @communistcuphead2901 Рік тому +2

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

    • @savioblanc
      @savioblanc Рік тому +1

      😄

    • @calidone7661
      @calidone7661 Рік тому

      I loved the story of that campaign. Aeo3 is underrated

    • @communistcuphead2901
      @communistcuphead2901 Рік тому +1

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

    • @Quincy_Morris
      @Quincy_Morris Рік тому

      The flaming hoola hoop thing is 100% real though

  • @MandoDaras
    @MandoDaras Рік тому +3

    I would love to visit Malta

  • @ahmetkarl1229
    @ahmetkarl1229 Рік тому +2

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

    • @Zynthex
      @Zynthex Рік тому +1

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

    • @ahmetkarl1229
      @ahmetkarl1229 Рік тому

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

    • @aliking_1914
      @aliking_1914 Рік тому

      @@ahmetkarl1229 yes bro the Christian power victory in Islam and end he take the Islamic world 💔

  • @overpredor3412
    @overpredor3412 Рік тому +34

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

    • @slaughter2517
      @slaughter2517 Рік тому

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

  • @Kevin-yo8jq
    @Kevin-yo8jq 8 місяців тому +1

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

  • @markocroatia7630
    @markocroatia7630 Рік тому +1

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

  • @flaviopitanga65
    @flaviopitanga65 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 Рік тому +20

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

  • @masterofallthelakesintown2472
    @masterofallthelakesintown2472 Рік тому +4

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

  • @KangaKucha
    @KangaKucha Рік тому +21

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

    • @tacidar558
      @tacidar558 Рік тому

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

    • @idontexist1681
      @idontexist1681 Рік тому +1

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

    • @calidone7661
      @calidone7661 Рік тому +1

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

    • @gaoaibai6243
      @gaoaibai6243 Рік тому

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

    • @KangaKucha
      @KangaKucha Рік тому +1

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

  • @mini_chimp_in_a_suit
    @mini_chimp_in_a_suit Рік тому +7

    I was just reading about this last night and how the knights of st john actually colonized 4 islands in the new world around 1600s. Then you post a video about Malta and ottomans which Malta belong to st John's

  • @ahmadfadel4689
    @ahmadfadel4689 Рік тому +4

    CAN you make documentary about austrian empire just ottoman empire documentary

  • @paulsh2071
    @paulsh2071 Рік тому +12

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

    • @oldgamer9992
      @oldgamer9992 Рік тому +3

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

    • @paulsh2071
      @paulsh2071 Рік тому +5

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

    • @oldgamer9992
      @oldgamer9992 Рік тому +3

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

    • @paulsh2071
      @paulsh2071 Рік тому

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

    • @BarryAllen__1A23
      @BarryAllen__1A23 Рік тому +1

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

  • @charlesmachinist9815
    @charlesmachinist9815 Рік тому +1

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

    • @kenhutley971
      @kenhutley971 19 днів тому

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

  • @darrylerren8185
    @darrylerren8185 Рік тому

    When will you continue the roman empire series

  • @HarperGamble
    @HarperGamble Рік тому +3

    Look up how to say subsequently for next video!

  • @Ozgur72
    @Ozgur72 Рік тому +9

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

    • @MrMustang13
      @MrMustang13 Рік тому +6

      You guys lost

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому

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

    • @MrMustang13
      @MrMustang13 Рік тому +2

      @@crzahmed9707 the ottomans never fully defeated and conquered any major European power. The balkans were small kingdoms.

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому +3

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

    • @Pakicetus_
      @Pakicetus_ Рік тому +1

      @@crzahmed9707 the Ottomans' kryptonite were the Russians, ironic that the English and French saved them from the Russian empire.

  • @Amitdas-gk2it
    @Amitdas-gk2it Рік тому

    Interesting

  • @moonke420
    @moonke420 Рік тому

    as a turk nice video!

  • @arthurgrande468
    @arthurgrande468 Рік тому

    GG!

  • @owaischgaming7200
    @owaischgaming7200 Рік тому +1

    Best

  • @cadian122
    @cadian122 Рік тому +6

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

    • @TrickXxl
      @TrickXxl Рік тому +2

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

    • @cadian122
      @cadian122 Рік тому +3

      @@TrickXxl the majority of the times... Of course there are exceptions

    • @TrickXxl
      @TrickXxl Рік тому +1

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

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому

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

    • @crzahmed9707
      @crzahmed9707 Рік тому

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

  • @hassaanalisiddiqui3827
    @hassaanalisiddiqui3827 Рік тому +4

    make one on Vienna too

  • @oza801
    @oza801 7 місяців тому

    As a turk i like how you told the story.

  • @juanmestre6195
    @juanmestre6195 Рік тому +5

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

    • @assyriancrusader3760
      @assyriancrusader3760 Рік тому +1

      Deus Vult

    • @alvaromartinez8209
      @alvaromartinez8209 Рік тому +2

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

  • @samuelflorenciooliveira1179
    @samuelflorenciooliveira1179 Рік тому +6

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

    • @zeus0710
      @zeus0710 Рік тому +1

      DEUS VULT 🇪🇦🇵🇹🇲🇽⚡️✝️

    • @ahmadnaser8172
      @ahmadnaser8172 Рік тому

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

    • @samuelflorenciooliveira1179
      @samuelflorenciooliveira1179 Рік тому +1

      @@ahmadnaser8172 Baibars is a Mongol

    • @ahmadnaser8172
      @ahmadnaser8172 Рік тому +2

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

  • @flaviopitanga65
    @flaviopitanga65 Рік тому +7

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

  • @teacupanimates
    @teacupanimates Рік тому +5

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

    • @atrumluminarium
      @atrumluminarium Рік тому +1

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

    • @Quincy_Morris
      @Quincy_Morris Рік тому +2

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

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview Рік тому +1

    Thought they took it in the end 🎉

  • @alphaomarbarry6511
    @alphaomarbarry6511 Рік тому

    I love that island 🏝️

  • @attemptedunkindness3632
    @attemptedunkindness3632 Рік тому

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

    • @Quincy_Morris
      @Quincy_Morris Рік тому

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

  • @CoD4MWPL
    @CoD4MWPL Рік тому +8

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

    • @Zynthex
      @Zynthex Рік тому

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

  • @lolbit1232
    @lolbit1232 Рік тому

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

  • @steventhorson4487
    @steventhorson4487 Рік тому +5

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

  • @anuragtumane5227
    @anuragtumane5227 Рік тому +1

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

  • @googleman6106
    @googleman6106 Рік тому +4

    Can you make a video about Kazakh Khanate🇰🇿 ?

  • @bullanimations6149
    @bullanimations6149 Рік тому +1

    I'M FROM MALTA I❤️🇲🇹✊🏼

  • @raiderius_
    @raiderius_ 7 місяців тому

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

  • @elysium76
    @elysium76 Рік тому +3

    Dues Vault

  • @turplexx233
    @turplexx233 Рік тому

    Suleiman, why did you okayed the knights? Also sad for Turgut Reis

  • @jbvalentin854
    @jbvalentin854 Рік тому +1

    To all those who played the campaign in age of empires III

  • @georgesciriha7497
    @georgesciriha7497 6 місяців тому

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

  • @teddyGros
    @teddyGros Рік тому

    They where driven back by a Scottish Hospitaller of course.

  • @KangaKucha
    @KangaKucha Рік тому +2

    I wish Ottoman Empire took all of the Mediterranean Islands (maybe not Spain though) but not the main lands especially Italy.
    Sorry if off, I'm not myself and idk if I can keep going.

  • @danielhalachev4714
    @danielhalachev4714 Рік тому +5

    If only my homeland's people had the courage and will of the Maltese....

    • @Ali-tt7xu
      @Ali-tt7xu Рік тому

      Greece?

    • @danielhalachev4714
      @danielhalachev4714 Рік тому +2

      @@Ali-tt7xu Bulgaria. It was the first to fall, after a battle and a protracted siege. But apart from that, no real effort was made to stop the Ottomans.

    • @alejandromaldonado6159
      @alejandromaldonado6159 Рік тому +1

      @@danielhalachev4714 Fought so hard against the Byzantines but collapsed against the Ottomans and never launched a threatening rebellion that would slow down the Ottoman advance into the Balkans.

    • @danielhalachev4714
      @danielhalachev4714 Рік тому +1

      @@alejandromaldonado6159 We had numerous rebellions actually but none of them succeeded because no foreign power supported them. Bulgaria had no geographical advantage, unlike its neighbours. Romania was protected by the Danube, Serbia bordered Austria-Hungary, Greece could defend itself through the mountains, as it borders the sea. Bulgaria had no natural obstacles to slow down the Ottomans. That's not enough of a reason but it's a factor. As for the comparison with the wars against Byzantium, there was a saying among the Greeks at the time: better wear a turban, than a Venetian hat"

  • @Emrek157
    @Emrek157 Рік тому

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

  • @ahmedkeremsayar
    @ahmedkeremsayar Рік тому

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

  • @history_repeats8201
    @history_repeats8201 7 місяців тому +1

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

    • @Hasanbas-rv3vm
      @Hasanbas-rv3vm Місяць тому

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

  • @alexisleon3769
    @alexisleon3769 Рік тому +5

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

    • @papazataklaattiranimam
      @papazataklaattiranimam Рік тому +1

      ?

    • @hun2591
      @hun2591 Рік тому

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

    • @crosskoyamayandaytugay3508
      @crosskoyamayandaytugay3508 Рік тому +2

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

    • @johnio677
      @johnio677 Рік тому

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

  • @hectoresteban3410
    @hectoresteban3410 Рік тому

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

  • @abcd9283
    @abcd9283 Рік тому +2

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

    • @ahmedkeremsayar
      @ahmedkeremsayar Рік тому

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

    • @bar1825
      @bar1825 Рік тому

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

  • @celticbalkan2219
    @celticbalkan2219 Рік тому +1

    This video remind me of Age of Empires 3

  • @nicolaenicolae3289
    @nicolaenicolae3289 Рік тому +1

    👍

  • @Meph1k
    @Meph1k Рік тому +4

    Malta is really an amazing country!

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 Рік тому +1

    Nice video

  • @doginnafedora5964
    @doginnafedora5964 Рік тому

    4 minutes gang

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop204 Рік тому +2

    🙂

  • @alanmountain5804
    @alanmountain5804 Рік тому +1

    This is actually quite brief and misses a lot of detail. For anyone interested Try reading The Great Siege by Ernle Bradford. It's a truly excellent book

  • @g.g.1663
    @g.g.1663 Рік тому

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

  • @ShadowReaper-pu2hx
    @ShadowReaper-pu2hx Рік тому

    If anyone from back then could watch _The Clone Wars,_ Hevy would definitely be their favorite character.
    “Do we take prisoners?”
    “I don’t.”

    • @Quincy_Morris
      @Quincy_Morris Рік тому

      They took prisoners until the Ottomans decided to be dicks to which the knights responded “cowabunga it is!”

    • @ShadowReaper-pu2hx
      @ShadowReaper-pu2hx Рік тому

      @@Quincy_Morris, I’m not surprised that the Ottomans refused prisoners first.

  • @carbugnov1952
    @carbugnov1952 Рік тому +2

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

  • @aykankepekli229
    @aykankepekli229 Рік тому +6

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

    • @johnio677
      @johnio677 Рік тому +1

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

    • @juliansteffen5197
      @juliansteffen5197 Рік тому +1

      I'm so proud of malta 🇲🇹!

    • @Hasanbas-rv3vm
      @Hasanbas-rv3vm Місяць тому

      @@juliansteffen5197why its brown and islamic now😂😂😂

  • @MrCloscutz
    @MrCloscutz Рік тому +3

    Congratulations for hospitaliers and Maltese people!

  • @AlexC-ou4ju
    @AlexC-ou4ju Рік тому +2

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

    • @Hasanbas-rv3vm
      @Hasanbas-rv3vm Місяць тому

      Lol worse is russia uk spain portugal! Ottomans the best