Lepanto 1571: Shattering the Idea of Ottoman Invincibility

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    The battle of Lepanto 1571 was one of the greatest naval battles of the Mediterranean and the last one to be fought almost exclusively by rowing vessels. According to maritime historian Lawrence Mott a staggering amount of 70 to 90 percent of all war galleys in the basin participated in the fighting. Lepanto was in some sense the naval counterpart of the 1683 siege of Vienna. Contemporaries and historians long saw it as a climactic battle between east and west and mythologized it as the battle in which a Christian fleet defeated the seemingly unstoppable Ottoman threat from the east. In this video were going to look at what exactly happened in the gulf of Patras and look critically at the impact the battle really had.
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    Chapters:
    00:00-01:29 Intro
    01:29-02:34 NORD
    02:34-04:56 Chapter 1: Rising Tensions
    04:56-08:57 Chapter 2: Dissent
    08:57-13:17 Chapter 3: Mutual Underestimation
    13:17-19:07 Chapter 4: "An infantry battle on floating platforms"
    19:07-23:30 Chapter 5: Cheating Defeat
    Source:
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    Glete, J., Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650. Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe, London 2000
    Guilmartin, J. F., Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the Sixteenth Century, 2nd edn., London 2003.
    Guilmartin, J. F. Galleons and Galleys, London 2002.
    Mott, L. V., s.v. Battle of Lepanto, in: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History online (www.oxfordreference.com/displ....
    Norwich, J. J., A History of Venice, London 1989, p. 518.
    Setton, K. M., The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, vol. 4 The Sixteenth Century from Julius III to Pius V, Philadelphia 1984.
    Stevens, W., History of Sea Power, New York 1920
    Sicking, L., Naval warfare in Europe, c. 1330-c. 1680, in: Tallet, Frank/Trim, D. J. B. (Ed.), European Warfare 1350-1750, Cambridge 2010, p. 242.

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  • @SandRhomanHistory
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      @brokenbridge6316 Рік тому +1

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      @dand7763 Рік тому +1

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    • @megalodon3655
      @megalodon3655 Рік тому +2

      I don’t get it how did the Europeans ended up believing in ottoman invincibility when ottoman invincibility was already destroyed in battles like the sieges of Vienna 1529 and the siege of Malta 1565 those battles showed the ottomans weren’t invincible so what ottoman invincibility did the Europeans believe in??

  • @Wasserkaktus
    @Wasserkaktus Рік тому +944

    There's a reason why historians consider this battle to have a much more signficant strategic impact towards World History than the Battle of Vienna did: This Battle was the Ottomans' LAST chance to prove themselves a world naval power, breakout of the Mediterreanean and eventually become a blue water navy. This battle ensured that the Ottomans would forever be bottled up and restricted to their own brown waters by the superior Navies of Western Europe.

    • @shehryarashraf5840
      @shehryarashraf5840 Рік тому +72

      only the ottomans broke out of the med quite some time before Lepanto. they fought with the Portuguese at Diu 1538 . There were expeditions to Zanzibar in 1589. The only reason the Ottomans couldnt break out of the med was no Suez canal

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus Рік тому +168

      ​@@shehryarashraf5840 Diu was before Lepanto, and the goal was to reinforce Gujarat's forces as the Portuguese sieged it. The fact that Portugal was able to siege Diu when Portugal proper was tens of thousands of kilometers away is telling in regards to just how superior their blue water navy actually was.
      As for Zanzibar, the Ottomans may have been able to get a fleet down the African coast to assist whatever Sultanate against Portuguese forces (again), but the fact remains that their fleets were completely ineffective by then, which reinforces my point.

    • @shehryarashraf5840
      @shehryarashraf5840 Рік тому +33

      @@Wasserkaktus in the Siege of Diu, the Portugese were defending. The fact that the Ottomans were able to siege Diu for 4 months, so far away from Constantinople is telling how superior their Blue Water Navy actually was. Keep in mind, the Ottomans are at the same time fighting in the Med, and fighting on Land against the Habsburgs in Hungary, as well as the Iranians in the Zagros. they did not have enough resources to achieve hegemony in the Indian Ocean.

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus Рік тому +146

      @@shehryarashraf5840 The Ottomans never had a blue water navy. That is my point. You apparently don't know what a blue water navy is, or how it differs from a brown water navy. Look up to see how those two are different. If the Ottomans had a blue water navy, they would have explored the New World or Pacific.

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus Рік тому +123

      @@shehryarashraf5840 As for claiming how great the Ottomans were on fighting on two fronts, that was the NORM between great powers in the Exploration Age. The Portuguese fought in both India, Indonesia and Africa, while the Spanish fought in huge wars in Europe while also expanding in the New World.

  • @higochumbo8932
    @higochumbo8932 Рік тому +599

    It's kind of a crime not mentioning at all the figure of Alvaro de Bazan commanding the League's reserve, as he is not only considered by many the greatest admiral of its time (of all time, some claim), but also is said to have been the key figure for the victory in Lepanto by interveening in the critical moments of the battle and preventing a possible disaster, as he was the one responsible for sending in the reserve to counter both Sirocco´s flanking attempt and Uluj Ali´s pounce for the League´s open right flank, as well as reinforcing the Christian center when both rival flagships clashed and exploiting the opportunity when the ottoman flagship fell.
    Also present in the battle were a 26 year old Alessandro Farnese (who features in your channel and was one of the greatest generals of the time) and a 24 year old Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, who lost an arm in the battle and was captured by the Ottomans in his way back, spending 5 years as a slave in Algiers during which he himself engineered a handful of scape attempts.
    If the Brits had Nelson, Wellington and Shakespeare all together in any battle (let alone one of this massive scale and significance) you can bet your ass they would not waste any time mentioning them at every chance and making a thousand documentaries and movies about them. =)
    As a bit of trivia, if you ever go to Barcelona, in the Naval Museum you can go on a real-size replica of the Real, the Christian flagship, and sprinkled around Spain you have other relics such as the huge banner of the Real (in Toledo, I believe) or the captured lanterns of the Ottoman's admiral.

    • @Dan-lu5qd
      @Dan-lu5qd Рік тому +136

      Very true, very disappointed. Tends to happen when all of the sources they use diminish Spanish achievements

    • @Dan-lu5qd
      @Dan-lu5qd Рік тому +11

      @William Ewart Gladstone sisoy

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott Рік тому +8

      @@williamedwardgladstone2343I was thinking the sane thing.

    • @enriqueo8481
      @enriqueo8481 Рік тому +4

      Well said!

    • @higochumbo8932
      @higochumbo8932 Рік тому +64

      ​@William Ewart Gladstone Would you call it "crying" pointing out that not mentioning Ney or von Blucher is kind of a crime when explaining the Battle of Waterloo? Or not mentioning Davout when talking about Jena-Auerstedt?

  • @drk5orp-655
    @drk5orp-655 Рік тому +137

    Cervantes the writer of "El Quijote" fought in this battle and lost a hand. He was later impresioned in Africa and tried escape several times. He only got back to Spain when somebody paid for his liberation.

    • @caniconcananas7687
      @caniconcananas7687 Рік тому +11

      He didn' lose the hand. He didn't do the needed rehabilitation and lost the mobility of the arm.

    • @caniconcananas7687
      @caniconcananas7687 Рік тому +6

      @William Ewart Gladstone He was sick with fever. His officer ordered him to stay at bed, but he disobeyed him and fought until he got shot by an arquebus.

    • @georgeabraham5672
      @georgeabraham5672 Рік тому +1

      Good information.. Didn't know

    • @aitortilla5128
      @aitortilla5128 Рік тому +8

      In Spanish his nickname is "El manco de Lepanto", the one-armed from Lepanto, although he didn't lose his arm.

    • @maximipe
      @maximipe 10 місяців тому +1

      @William Ewart Gladstone sure, and you know that how exactly?

  • @joegatt2306
    @joegatt2306 Рік тому +386

    Forgot to mention that two of the large galleasses were commanded by Ambrosio and Antonio Bragadino, younger brothers of the previously tortured governor of Famagusta, Marcantonio Bragadino. You can just imagine their thirst for revenge. 20:25 But not without taking with him, the captured Maltese Cross ensign of the Capitana of the Order, still displayed to this day, in some North African museum.

    • @giorgiociaravolol1998
      @giorgiociaravolol1998 Рік тому +25

      Well it's time to retake it then.

    • @DickEnchilada
      @DickEnchilada Рік тому +1

      ​@@giorgiociaravolol1998 have you tried asking for it?

    • @Veldtian1
      @Veldtian1 Рік тому +3

      @@giorgiociaravolol1998 Oh look, it seems like it's that time again.. #10th

    • @ggoddkkiller1342
      @ggoddkkiller1342 Рік тому

      European empires invaded majority of the world, colonized two entire continents, steal every kind of ensign, national treasure and millions of lives!! So i think you people shouldn't be this salty because a single eastern empire could defeat you in your own continent and treated Christians EXACTLY same as how you were treating others...

    • @canemcave
      @canemcave Рік тому +6

      Bragadin, most Venetian names didn't end in a vowel

  • @jphalsberghe1
    @jphalsberghe1 Рік тому +191

    In the small Spanish village of Enciso, there is an exact copy of a Spanish warship that participated in the Lepanto battle. It was given a a token of gratitude and respect for the heroic fighting of a Spanish sailor from that small village. The strange thing is, if you are alone in that beautiful medieval church, and observe the almost one meter long replica, floating 3 meter above ground level in the centre of the church, one can almost travel in time back into that fateful battle.

    • @Immigrantlovesamerica
      @Immigrantlovesamerica Рік тому +20

      and the guy in the video didnt even mention the spanish at all.

    • @jphalsberghe1
      @jphalsberghe1 Рік тому +17

      @@Immigrantlovesamerica ''The fleet of the Christian alliance was manned by 12,920 sailors. In addition, it carried almost 28,000 fighting troops: 10,000 Spanish regular infantry of excellent quality, 7,000 German and 6000 Italian mercenary, and 5,000 Venetian soldiers of exceptional worth.'' Cervantes , author of Don Quichote, too, and was wounded, lost left hand..

    • @Chunbot882
      @Chunbot882 Рік тому +35

      @@Immigrantlovesamerica He's an Anglosaxon after all. Hispanophobia still runs deep in their veins.

    • @alfredosenalle9284
      @alfredosenalle9284 Рік тому +14

      @@Chunbot882 Very true , he also didn't mention the two soldiers who killed Muezzensade Ali , then cut his head off and put it on a pike were Spanish.

    • @SuperJuvexxx
      @SuperJuvexxx Рік тому +4

      @@jphalsberghe1 why the differentiation between Italians and venetians?

  • @morganrichards7220
    @morganrichards7220 11 місяців тому +51

    I read a conving argument in a book about sea power that the true loss for the Ottomans at Lepanto wasn't in ships, but in skilled mariners (many of whom were killed after the battle). This loss of institutional knowledge, and maritime culture, significiantly curtailed the ability of the Ottomans to conduct aggressive naval operations for many decades, during a time when European powers were placing a greater and greater focus on their navies. The Ottoman response was to rebuild a huge number of ships, they should have built naval colleges instead.

    • @LORDMEHMOODPASHA
      @LORDMEHMOODPASHA 7 місяців тому +3

      The Ottoman navy actually did recover after Lepanto, even capturing Tunis 3 years later, what actually caused the Ottoman navy to stagnate was ironically peace with all it's naval competitors, as for nearly 70 years the Ottomans found themselves at war with Austria and Persia, 2 land based powers without a navy, with no way to use the navy in these wars it here where the Ottoman navy actually declined until the war for Crete in 1645 when at long last, an enemy with a navy (Venice) and a campaign for a maritime goal once again presented itself.

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 4 місяці тому

      Yep, this is about right.
      You can also say the effects of this Battle also showed a key weakness of the Janissary Corps, probably because the Porte was unable to actually build ANY proper naval war college because the Janissaries had near total control of the Ottoman military apparatus, and any attempt to build a naval war college could have been seen as a threat to the Janissaries on their hold lf said apparatus.
      Once Lepanto ended, the Janissaries decided their "big blue navy" experiment was over, and that they would focus almost exclusively on Army land operations instead.

    • @sp1d3rm0nk3y33
      @sp1d3rm0nk3y33 2 місяці тому

      @@Wasserkaktus I think what you said is true but later in the Ottoman history, likely in the XVIII century.
      Even after Lepanto the Jannisaries were ok. The were not the main reason why Ottos lost there, but because guns and cannons.
      Ottos were fascinated by cannons of huge caliber and never understood the importance of focusing on medium and small caliber ones and this is quite surprising since they were one of the first powers to use cannons for siege operations, like in the siege of Costantinople which was a turning point for their history. Infact Ottoman navy relied on speed and manuverability, in Lepanto ships mounted just one huge caliber cannon (bigger than european counterparts) usually on the prow but the crew was usually composed of bowmen and a company of Janniseries (equipped with state of art rifles, better than european ones). But this wasn't enough to match up european ships.
      European embarked a much superior number of cannons of different calibers and mostly arquebusier. Infantry of ancient concept like pikemen were from Spain or Germany and were a minor part of the soldiers embarked. So when a Otto ship was boarded we must consider that the ship itself was badly damaged from hours of cannon fire, the crew was badly injured from the shrapnels and mosquets.
      When boarded usually christian slaves on rows were usually liberated or menaged to free themselves and join the battle.
      I agree in Lepanto ottos had a critical loss of skilled sailors (mostly greeks) crew and despite the fact they rebuiklt another navy it wasn't like the one they lost and they didn't made any other major naval project, but europeans ships, cannons and especially the manufacturing capacity to build cannons were much more advanced than turks.

  • @chrisraphel7194
    @chrisraphel7194 Рік тому +44

    The Great Siege of Malta in 1565 was the first major defeat the shattered the myth of ottoman invincibility. As Voltaire wrote, “there is nothing more renown than the Siege of Malta.malta was meant to fall in a short 3 week campaign and then to be used as a launching pad into southern Europe. Three months later the Ottomans withdrew in utter defeat.

    • @alvar534
      @alvar534 Рік тому +6

      Malta was saved by the spanish tercios commanded by don García de Toledo from sicily.

    • @LORDMEHMOODPASHA
      @LORDMEHMOODPASHA 7 місяців тому

      Not true, Malta held no strategic value to anyone (Even the Knights themselves in their own entries described how they hated the island, both the flat terrain/lack of natural defenses in mountains like back in Rhodes and the local population, a feeling that was mutual). If we're going to talk springboards, Sicily is a far larger and fertile island to use and the Ottomans had already successfully used Otranto on mainland Italy 84 years earlier (However it never saw completion because Sultan Bayezid II called off the campaign for..."Reasons", after his father, Sultan Mehmet the conqueror died).
      Malta was a symbolic campaign, to rectify the error of having shown mercy to the Knights 43 years earlier at Rhodes and wiping out the last remnants of the medieval crusader orders.
      Try to keep in mind the Europeans (And in the present day, deus vulting keyboard warriors) overexaggerated the importance of many victories over the Ottomans due to the fact the Ottomans kept winning and winning and winning, thus the slightest interruption in that streak is going to appear as nearly divine.

    • @LORDMEHMOODPASHA
      @LORDMEHMOODPASHA 7 місяців тому +1

      Also the sieges of Vienna and Eğer in 1529 and 1552 respectively had already proved Ottoman invincibility in siege warfare as a myth before the siege of Malta (Though Eğer would eventually fall in 1595).

    • @Its_Shaun_the_Sheep
      @Its_Shaun_the_Sheep 7 місяців тому +2

      Everyone wanted Malta but none more than Hitler and Sulaiman the Magnificent as it was the stepping stone to Nth Africa and Europe. It is on the front line of the European Army so to speak. It has no natural resources only strategic positioning. This video just showed the Ottomans wanted Malta to use it as a base to invade via Sicily. Malta is called the jewel in the Mediterranean and the whole Islands population was given the George Cross for Gallantry in WW2 where again it was said they changed the war. BTW the Knights were almost banished to Malta from Jerusalem where they fought bravely. Malta has never been conquered through war, changed hands many times and the peaceful people accepted the knights to some degree although yes they weren’t friends. When they warned the people to help fight the invading armada of 40,000 Ottoman it took a lot of convincing to get the locals to agree to help. Maybe hearing about Gozo, the 2nd largest island invaded, men killed and young women raped they were finally convinced who was the better choice to side with. It’s said about 3500 and 5000 Knights fought 40,000+. Sept 8th is a big feast day as both wars mentioned ended that same day on the Island. I am a descendant through DNA of the Knights of St John and very interested in this topic. Malta has 8500 year old amazing megaliths and steeped in history.

    • @user-mg3xr9tz7m
      @user-mg3xr9tz7m 6 місяців тому +1

      Not true. First big loss was battle of Diu 1509 when we tiny Portuguese defeated them good and sound with just 600 soldiers against a combined army of over 25k
      There is a reason why this battle is considered the 3rd most epic of modern times and 6th if we include old world
      As usual you guys insist on ignoring how epic Portugal is throughout its history or simply lying like claiming Cristovão Columbus is genovese instead of portuguese

  • @gabrielvanhauten4169
    @gabrielvanhauten4169 Рік тому +219

    cool intro. Your animation style has come a long way over the years. Yet your handwriting is still somewhat similar like in the beginning. feels like you just pushed your skills and got better without imitating anybody else. good job.

  • @majintab7710
    @majintab7710 Рік тому +266

    My favourite part of this battle is When a Venetian named Antonio Canale jumped on an enemy vessel wearing a gambeson,and wielding a two handed sword, and “fece della persona sua meravigliose prove, con notabil danno degli inimici”, “proved himself by notably damaging the enemies” and captured a galley by himself

    • @bypyros1933
      @bypyros1933 Рік тому +27

      pretty sure he didn´t capture it by himself

    • @eugeniocallegaro6618
      @eugeniocallegaro6618 Рік тому +8

      grande storia!

    • @istvansipos9940
      @istvansipos9940 Рік тому +14

      with a 2 handed sword on a ship. Survival vs noobs would be hard enough. Survival vs trained enemies even harder. Efficient combat even harder than that. Capturing a ship ALONE? No.
      by the way, if you are a Ottoman ranged unit of any kind, who do you shoot? Some of the very common, very basic, dime a dozen hostile dudes? Or the bada$$ champ with the 2 hander?
      with my critical thinking detailed above, I have no reason to think that this 2 handed sword triumph ever happened, or that it could ever happen.

    • @eugeniocallegaro6618
      @eugeniocallegaro6618 Рік тому +37

      @@istvansipos9940 if the crew was already shattered by bombardments and melee fight why can't a specially trained dude with a two handed sword finish the job on his own by scattering the last few survivors?

    • @istvansipos9940
      @istvansipos9940 Рік тому

      @@eugeniocallegaro6618 these are new details. Now it is an already kinda semi defeated ship and crew vs the champ :- ) Fine.
      1 dude with a lance, spear, or just a long, pointy piece of broken wood backs into a corridor. Stabbing outwards. A 2 handed sword is useless there. The champ can die trying, can stay and wait, can use another weapon.
      In either case, the champ WITH a 2 handed sword won't take the ship.
      meet the same champ in a very open space on the ship, and you are fuggd. True. But then you are not dumb enough to stay and die. You risk a jump into the sea, where you MIGHT die.
      And we already assumed a wide open space for this encounter, so you indeed CAN reach the sea.
      in this case, sure, the 1 dude with the 2 handed sword took the ship. But let's face it, nobody cares about such an unevetntful triumph. I think, something more glorious and heroic and bada$$ is meant with his story. With his tale, that is.
      oh, and to start this whole mental gymnastics, we have to assume that a professional warrior was stupid enough to bring a 2 handed sword into an obviously crowded and well know clusterfukk (boarding action in general)

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 Рік тому +41

    All the blood and death of a day that has slowly merged into history. On an afternoon in 1997, we were being conducted on a tour of El Escorial, not far from Madrid, and as we walked in through the entrance hall, we could see a huge, faded depiction of a naval battle on the wall. Our guide, who was also incompetent in other respects, responded to someone’s query with a dismissive “Oh, that was just some battle.” I walked closer and read the plaque identifying the scene, turned to him and told him that was the Battle of Lepanto. That wasn’t “some battle,” it was the Trafalgar or Midway of the 16th century. Unfortunately, he failed to grasp my allusion….

    • @johnschuh8616
      @johnschuh8616 Рік тому

      Do
      Don’t ask a European about the Pacific War. About it they know nothing.

    • @tubba-dg7to
      @tubba-dg7to Рік тому +4

      Maybe he was a morrocan immigrant.

    • @PedroKing19
      @PedroKing19 Рік тому

      ​@Tubba only smooth-brained individuals turn to racism so quickly

    • @yiannimil1
      @yiannimil1 Рік тому

      @@tubba-dg7to or just a plain ...moron!

    • @wolfthequarrelsome504
      @wolfthequarrelsome504 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@tubba-dg7to they wouldn't know, but it's not their fault.

  • @ArtilleryAffictionado1648
    @ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Рік тому +19

    Spanish class is when i heard the name Lepanto for the first time, and i thought it was some land battle until i read Roger Crowley's "Empires of the Seas" the book starts about the ottoman-spanish conflict, the conquest of Tunis and Djerba, then moves on to the siege of Malta (one of the best descriptions i ever came across) and finnishes with the battle of Lepanto. It's a good book.

    • @johnschuh8616
      @johnschuh8616 Рік тому +6

      It is part of the Black Legend of the English-speakers that only a handful know how close they came to having to facing a Turkish fleet playing the same part actually played by the Spanish Armada. How much they owe to the Hapsburgs in stopping the Ottoman juggernaut.

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 Рік тому +1

      Roger Crowley's other book, City of Fortune, is also fantastic. It follows the history of Venice during the height of it's power, roughly from the fourth crusade to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Excellent stuff all around and has an amazing depiction of the Chioggia War.

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Рік тому +79

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  • @wismsgre
    @wismsgre Рік тому +77

    Amazing video, guys! I'm generally not a fan of naval battles, but this one was so well done! One of your best videos yet. Keep on with the great job!

  • @Balrog2005
    @Balrog2005 Рік тому +121

    As a Spaniard I see one of the biggest victories of the Spanish Empire and the allied Italian States (Venezia !!!) in an english-speaking channel as nearly a miracle, so yeah, cool. With all due respect to the Ottomans/Turks that were formidable adversaries.

    • @Balrog2005
      @Balrog2005 Рік тому

      @@navarrenavarre Hey, tu opinión de supernacionalista de barra de bar te la guardas y más que solo uso cosas de la Leyenda Negra que no sé ni donde demonios sales con eso, si pongo que es un milagro que salga esta batalle en una canal en inglés, a ver si ¡¡LEEMOS!!. No pareces haber entendido nada de lo que puse ni sabes nada de lo que sé, me he limitado a alabar el video y los enemigos de la Liga, que eran formidables en cuento a asuntos militares, decir lo contrario es una tontería grosera. En la vida no cuesta nada ser respetuoso y leer al menos dos veces algo si lo has entendido mal.
      Now in english: Yes I'm sure the French will have gain a lot helping the Habsburg, mortal enemies since decades, against the Ottomans, so later the same Habsburgs could concentrate their forces and money against France to try to destroy it and there is the fact that they were in a religious civil war at that moment in the whole country, that's part of the ''Leyenda Negra'' or facts ? Same with the Protestant, that's classic real politik, while your enemy is occupied against another enemy, well don't do anything. As a said in Spanish the Ottomans of that period were a formidable military power wich made the Lepanto victory even more amazing for the Holy League, there is nothing wrong to respect that kind of enemy, even more 450 years later. Don't act as if it was some years ago...

    • @stefanvas6984
      @stefanvas6984 Рік тому +9

      I am not Spanish but Spain was a powerhouse long after the defeat of the Armada by the English. It is an often forgotten fact. In addition, they were usually fighting on several frontiers (vs. the French, English, Dutch and Turks).

    • @javiervicedo4201
      @javiervicedo4201 8 місяців тому +11

      @@stefanvas6984 Yes. The outcome of the Spanish Armada expedition was an unquestionable disaster with the key factor being bad weather. Spain remained as powerful as it was before the expedition. A year later, England attempted a similar action by creating the Contra Armada with Francis Drake and Norris ( 180 ships ) which was spectacularly destroyed by the remnants of the Spanish Armada ( 31 ships ). After the British defeat they could only be pirates as they were for centuries. Easy

    • @aguspuig6615
      @aguspuig6615 7 місяців тому +11

      Yeah its kind of hard to find Spain getting any credit in english speaking channels

    • @javiervicedo4201
      @javiervicedo4201 7 місяців тому +5

      @@aguspuig6615 Yes, it's kind of a general obsession during centuries. Reality will prevail and it will be difficult for them and for their followers.

  • @cenktuneygok8986
    @cenktuneygok8986 Рік тому +155

    During the close engagement, when the Turks saw the western coalition setting their slaves free, they did the same, promising them freedom. To their surprise, the slaves of the Turks turned against them and started fighting. Thus many Turkish ships neutralized without any intervention from the coalition soldiers. This is one of the biggest factors affecting the battle's outcome.

    • @volbound1700
      @volbound1700 Рік тому +34

      Yeah from what I gathered, Ottos used slave rowers while most of the other side had free rowers. Slave rowers didn't work because they could turn on you.

    • @the_kimchi_kommandant2603
      @the_kimchi_kommandant2603 Рік тому +57

      Lol based slave rebels

    • @neutronalchemist3241
      @neutronalchemist3241 Рік тому +44

      By Venetian law (Venetian was the main part of the ships) slaves couldn't be used as oarsemen. All the oarsemen on their ships were or convicts serving their term (galeotti) or free oarsemen (buonavoglia).
      To have to face a boarding by pirates was a so common occurrence at that time for sailors in the Med. that practically all of them had previous fighting experiences.

    • @issith7340
      @issith7340 Рік тому +19

      Sea peoples knew , since antiquity , how bad is putting slaves to roar battleships. Now sea people:”Mongols”, didn’t know that.

    • @user-cg2tw8pw7j
      @user-cg2tw8pw7j Рік тому +1

      ​@@issith7340 Spain, we will defeat the Ottomans after this battle in the second battle. Damn you, Algeria

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Рік тому +82

    This was even more epic than I expected!
    As a side note, it's nice to hear that the sources for once don't disagree greatly about the numbers of opposing forces. Just before this video I have finished watching a new one about the battle of Orsha in 1514 (a third one in the last couple of months, this time in Polish), and this is definitely a problem with that battle.

  • @Kivlor
    @Kivlor Рік тому +29

    Love GK Chesterton's poem "Lepanto" about this battle

    • @gabrielvanhauten4169
      @gabrielvanhauten4169 Рік тому +4

      White founts falling in the courts of the sun,
      And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run;

    • @Kivlor
      @Kivlor Рік тому +2

      @@gabrielvanhauten4169 There's laughter in that smile of the face of all men feared
      It stirs the forest darkness, the darkness of his beard.
      (I have the whole thing memorized. My kids and I act it out, they play Don Jon and his men, and I play the part of Mahound/Soldan/Turks 😅)

    • @higochumbo8932
      @higochumbo8932 Рік тому +3

      Miguel de Cervantes (the author of Don Quixote) mentions it a lot in his writings, as he fought (and lost and arm) in the battle, and Lope de Vega, Spain's most famous playwritght also dedicated a poem to Alvaro de Bazan, the commander of the Christian reserve and a key figure in the battle:
      "El fiero turco en Lepanto,
      en la Tercera el francés,
      y en todo el mar el inglés,
      tuvieron de verme espanto.
      Rey servido y patria honrada
      dirán mejor quien he sido;
      por la cruz de mi apellido
      y con la cruz de mi espada"
      "The fierce Turk in Lepanto,
      in Terceira the Frenchman,
      and all over the sea the Englishman,
      were scared to death to see me.
      King served and country honoured
      they'll say better who I've been;
      by the cross of my surname
      and with the cross of my sword"

    • @salvadormartin4203
      @salvadormartin4203 Рік тому +1

      Viva Hispanic!

    • @elchudcampeador5642
      @elchudcampeador5642 Рік тому

      @@Kivlor It curls the blood red crescent, the crescent of his lips
      For the inmost sea of all the earth is shaken with his ships
      (going from memory that's what I recall lol)

  • @programatik7952
    @programatik7952 Рік тому +11

    The great Don Juan of Austria lies on El Escorial in Madrid. It is a great thing to visit his tomb and greets his efforts for the cristiany as one of the last crusaders.

  • @USAR8888
    @USAR8888 Рік тому +48

    Great video! Roger Crowley's book "Empires of the Sea" has a great section on Lepanto and the wider battle for the Mediterranean between the Ottomans and Europeans. The great European-Ottoman wars from 1453-1699 doesn't get nearly enough recognition when it comes to European history in my opinion, so thank you for this video!

    • @arda213
      @arda213 Рік тому

      It goes further back from 1453, why 1453 ?

    • @yakupdemir5016
      @yakupdemir5016 Рік тому

      Don't forget vietnam,
      Sometimes great empires can be defeated too

    • @joeerickson516
      @joeerickson516 10 місяців тому +1

      "The fall of Constantinople,💒☧ of the year of fourteen hundred fifty-three by the Sultan,👳 Mehmed the 2nd, the conqueror himself in the year of fourteen hundred fifty-three, during the Hungarian,🇭🇺 Ottoman,🇹🇷 wars,💥 of the year of fourteen hundred sixty-two."

  • @Auriorium
    @Auriorium Рік тому +25

    In my hometown there is a column commemorating the battle and the 2 galleys that my town provided.

  • @cliffordjensen8725
    @cliffordjensen8725 Рік тому +40

    Very nice video. Really liked the point about the League removing the prows of their ships so that the cannons could have an unrestricted field of view. I have read that the Turks lost a large cadre of compound bowmen in this battle which they found hard to replace. Apparently, it takes years to train such men. I think that the League armed their sailors with matchlocks and crossbows that required little training.

  • @hemaccabe4292
    @hemaccabe4292 Рік тому +11

    Another Lepanto video? Can never be enough Lepanto videos. Bring 'em on!

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion Рік тому +16

    I've forgotten how long it was since I've been waiting for this video. But what mattered now is that the video is out and I enjoyed every single minute of it! Thank you!

    • @SandRhomanHistory
      @SandRhomanHistory  Рік тому +6

      thanks, glad you enjoyed it! we put a lot of work into this one.

    • @lerneanlion
      @lerneanlion Рік тому +3

      @@SandRhomanHistory Usually, I am pro-Ottoman. But considering that the Ottoman Empire managed to rebuild its navy to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean again in just a few years after such defeat, I am willing to make an exception.

    • @Immigrantlovesamerica
      @Immigrantlovesamerica Рік тому +1

      @@SandRhomanHistory And you half-assed it. How are you going to make a video on Lepanto and completely gloss over Spanish involvement??

    • @salvadormartin4203
      @salvadormartin4203 Рік тому

      It’s called “Leyenda Negra”.look it up sometime.

  • @kostasnikolettos1438
    @kostasnikolettos1438 Рік тому +4

    My hometown is Nafpaktos aka Lepanto and still we celebrate this every year

  • @janpost8598
    @janpost8598 Рік тому +33

    The fact that it was seen as a miracle made it that more powerfull. Also the defeats of the Ottoman Empire at Vienna (twice) showed that they were not invincible. Sometimes that is all that is needed. Imagine a united Europe throughout the middle ages.

    • @revis0nedrelived830
      @revis0nedrelived830 Рік тому

      Impossible, didn't the allies attack their saviour sometime after the siege.

    • @oldgamer9992
      @oldgamer9992 Рік тому +8

      There is no invincible empire..
      Even the Mongols themselves had civil wars.. Losing battles until they disappeared

    • @user-cg2tw8pw7j
      @user-cg2tw8pw7j Рік тому

      ​@@oldgamer9992 History, why did you lose after this battle?

    • @blushdog99
      @blushdog99 Рік тому

      There would have been a united europe in the middle ages had the barbarians decided not to settle in roman territories in mass in the 4th century

    • @codingstyle9480
      @codingstyle9480 9 місяців тому

      You mean like worse than Hitler's united fascism. :))

  • @MateoGarcia-os2yy
    @MateoGarcia-os2yy Рік тому +90

    There is a fun fact in this battle. Miguel de Cervantes, the author of "El Quijote", fought in Lepanto and lost the mobility of his left hand.
    Great video! I love your art style and narration. Have you done a video on the siege of Tenochtitlán? It is a good topic and an interesting one.

    • @Lacteagalaxia
      @Lacteagalaxia Рік тому +22

      No esta mal pero peca muchas veces de minimizar a España en los videos parece que le duela nombrarla y no soy el unico; que lo opina saludos

    • @GXSergio
      @GXSergio Рік тому +12

      @@williamedwardgladstone2343 Well, Spain was like the USA of the time, the single global military superpower, to underestimate their importance is nothing short of a biased view. To put it in perspective, the future children of those survivors soldiers could attend to the Philippines University... or enroll on military expeditions anywhere in the globe.

    • @GXSergio
      @GXSergio Рік тому +16

      @@williamedwardgladstone2343 I think he left many crucial numbers on the table, Spain put the commander in chief of the campaign, put a considerable navy, and filled the boats with their soldiers, which is not cheap to say the least... Without Spain, Venice was doomed. Ignoring this fact is plain bias.
      In a modern context, is like if we downplayed the role of USA during the war on europe against nazi germany, to the point of almost ignoring them...

    • @Immigrantlovesamerica
      @Immigrantlovesamerica Рік тому +6

      @William Ewart Gladstone He only ignored Alvaro de Bazan, who repelled the Ottoman flank attempt and saved the day. And virtually every non sailor abroad was spanish. You cant make a full video on lepanto without mentioning spain.

    • @juann1400
      @juann1400 Рік тому +5

      ​@William Ewart Gladstone well, I couldnt hear the name juan, I just Heard don John, the only name he translated to english

  • @clintmoor422
    @clintmoor422 Рік тому +12

    finally! I've been interested in your take on this for awhile.

  • @binalcensored2104
    @binalcensored2104 7 місяців тому +12

    This was a Spanish battle, not German and less Austrian! John of Austria was the illegitimate son of the king of Spain, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles V met his son only once, recognizing him in a codicil to his will. John became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain, Charles V's heir, and is best known for his role as the admiral of the Holy League fleet at the Battle of Lepanto.

    • @epifanias1
      @epifanias1 Місяць тому

      El imperio español utilizaba soldados alemanes como mercenarios, también en Lepanto.

  • @amacrad
    @amacrad Рік тому +17

    A very important factor is missing in the christian victory. Pretty much like the romans turned naval warfare into land battt with the corvus, where they can oppose their seasoned legions to much more experienced carthaginean sailors, the spanish tercios imposed their martial prowess boarding ottoman galleys when the ships interlocked and overcome the famous janissaries.

  • @EDMmemories
    @EDMmemories Рік тому +5

    One of your best videos IMO, the sound affects and animation, as well as powerful narration was amazing.

  • @danielefabbro822
    @danielefabbro822 Рік тому +8

    Funny fact: Colonna family is still alive and doing stuff around.
    They are probably the most ancient family of Italy. It was said they descend directly from Julius Caesar.

    • @ekesandras1481
      @ekesandras1481 Рік тому +4

      the family of Don Juan d'Austria is also still around. One of his daughters married a Colonna and the Colonnas later inherited all the private property of Don Juan, since his other daughter became a nun and had no offspring.

  • @charleslathrop9743
    @charleslathrop9743 Рік тому +14

    The Ottomans went from regularly raiding across the Med to raiding one more time and never raiding again. They lost control of the Barbary Pirates, formerly their vassals, and never threatened the Med again as they had before the battle. They rebuilt their fleet, but it was never as good as the original. They never replaced the lost experience of the sailors who died at Lepanto. The modern concensus sees that the Ottomans built a new fleet and ignores that it was basically never used again. It's much more significant than is now imagined. The bravado of the Ottomans after the battle is just hot air.

    • @Hell_O7
      @Hell_O7 Рік тому +4

      "Rebuild their fleet, but never as good as original" sounds ridiculous. The design shouldn't have change all that much, and most of their experienced sailors they loss won't stay active another 50 years anyway. The many wars after Lepanto should provide them with plenty of experience, so by itself this loss shouldn't have such huge effect for the empire's existence as a whole.
      Ignore the navy and never use it again? I'm no expert, but isn't the Cretan War that happen later is on an island? It's hard to believe that the Ottoman won't use any navy in it.
      I don't know about raiding since finding them is harder.
      Edit: change some , to .

    • @charleslathrop9743
      @charleslathrop9743 Рік тому +7

      @@Hell_O7 The next fleet was slapped together to keep up appearances, no it wasn't as good, but that's not even what I was really talking about. Naval tradition and the experience of the sailors is HUGE. If you wipe out a generation of sailors you may easily find yourself in a position from which you can never fully recover, and the Ottomans provably didn't. Not only do you lose those sailors, but you also lose everyone they would have trained if they had lived.
      They raided across the Med with their entire fleet on a yearly basis. Then Lepanto. Then one more raid. Then literally never again. As for saying they didn't use their fleet again this is just hyperbole on my part. Yes they did, but never in the same way or to the same degree as they had previously. The Ottomans totally lost control of the Barbary Pirates who continued to be able sailors which the Ottomans lost access to.
      You picked out specific points that looked weak and you ignored the other things I said. I'm just repeating myself now. Hey, their annual raids across the med, previously unopposed which resulted in the capture of thousands of slaves and the obliteration of entire cities *stopped.* Hey, by the way, their annual raids stopped. This is a fact. Please explain it for me if Lepanto was not relevant. Also, don't know if I mentioned this, but the North African Barbary Pirates, previously made vassals of the Ottomans became defacto independent after Lepanto, and were never brought back into the Ottoman orbit. This is a fact. Please explain these things to me in the context of Lepanto's strategic insignificance.
      What do you think, the Ottomans lost control of the Barbary Pirates and stopped their annual raids and these two things just happened to coincide with the Battle of Lepanto by sheer coincidence?

    • @Hell_O7
      @Hell_O7 Рік тому

      @@charleslathrop9743 If a point looks weak and you don't want it to be mentioned, then don't say it. If you forgot what you've said and then re-read them. Do I need to be thorough with every single crook of your statement? No, there's no such rule, and despite what you said even you ignore some of my points.
      The wars against the Safavid that happen again in 1578, which must've caused some resources to get shifted, seem to be a much bigger issue than any one battle could ever be.
      If the Barbary pirates continue their raids even without that much Ottoman's support, then why should they be that sad about it? It's still a win enough for them.
      The Ottoman-Venetian wars saw the Ottoman pushing back Venice repeatedly, weakening one of their biggest threat in the Mediterranean to a pretty significant degree. Conquest of Tunis help ensure that

    • @eugeniocallegaro6618
      @eugeniocallegaro6618 Рік тому

      @@Hell_O7 The Ottomans were a threat to Venice, not the other way around

    • @Hell_O7
      @Hell_O7 Рік тому +1

      @@eugeniocallegaro6618 The opposite is true too.
      Venice has been a powerful and influential mercantile sea power for a pretty long time, and not only play a vital role in many previous crusades but also directly butt heads with the Ottoman one of which is in 1453's Siege of Constantinople.
      The Ottoman-Venetian wars aimed to weaken them to the point of being irrelevant, which has not happened yet in 1571.
      Edit: remove double @, fix grammar, and add paragraph

  • @klaussobel5259
    @klaussobel5259 8 місяців тому +12

    Modern historians often forget to mention what would have happened if the result of such a battle would be the opposite. Maybe they wouldn't be able to do, as this would have been opened the path to Italy and Venice itself. Hard to estimate the consequences

    • @krixpop
      @krixpop 7 місяців тому +1

      What if =/= History
      But the idea is interesting !

  • @davidfell9083
    @davidfell9083 Рік тому +7

    Another very interesting and well produced video. I always look forward to your work and have watched many several times.

  • @nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
    @nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 Рік тому +82

    As a Spaniard I'm proud.

    • @caniconcananas7687
      @caniconcananas7687 Рік тому

      Then revolt against the foreign occupying forces at Rota and Moron. The USA use Spain as a vassal state. It's a shame !!!

    • @istvansipos9940
      @istvansipos9940 Рік тому +4

      that's weird. I am proud of my students, and of my well behaving dog. For example. Things I contributed to. I am HAPPY that my ancestors saved themselves many times in history (They made me possible), but I cannot be proud of things I played no role in, nor can I be proud of a random thing, for example being born in 1 nation and not in any other nation.

    • @DudeWatIsThis
      @DudeWatIsThis Рік тому +22

      @@istvansipos9940 Oh give it a rest. He feels empathy for the brave men, not unlike the one you feel for Ukraine's efforts today. These people happened to be related to him, so he calls it "pride".
      But I'm sure he's equally "proud" of the Roman+Gothic coalition beating Attila the Hun, for instance. It's just an inspiring piece of history that happens to be related to your country; thus, he calls it "pride" instead of mere "empathy".

    • @Dan-lu5qd
      @Dan-lu5qd Рік тому +15

      @István Sipos Pride: a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
      Why cant he admire the bravery of his countrymen in the face of danger?

    • @caniconcananas7687
      @caniconcananas7687 Рік тому

      @@istvansipos9940 👏👏👏

  • @SergioRPerez
    @SergioRPerez 8 місяців тому +5

    Don John of Austria sounds silly. He is Don Juan de Austria.

  • @TandemSix
    @TandemSix Рік тому +17

    You forgot to mention that Miguel de Cervantes fought here

    • @TandemSix
      @TandemSix 10 місяців тому

      @William Ewart Gladstone because it's Cervantes. He went there, fought as well as he could having fever, got shot 3x, survived, eventually got home and wrote the best novel in the Spanish language

  • @swordsmen8856
    @swordsmen8856 Рік тому +5

    Waited Two weeks for this! Awesome!

  • @phillylove7290
    @phillylove7290 Рік тому +2

    Including a glass breaking sound when units are destroyed would bring me immeasurable pleasure.

  • @fieldcrow52
    @fieldcrow52 Рік тому +1

    really good. really good writing and historical summaries. very listenable delivery style.

  • @otavio8566
    @otavio8566 Рік тому +9

    I recommend visiting the maritime museums of barcelona and genoa, they both have galley replicas in them and they are amazing

  • @yanalbertoagudelo9687
    @yanalbertoagudelo9687 Рік тому +4

    Yay, one of my favorite channels does one of my favorite battles.

  • @aguspuig6615
    @aguspuig6615 7 місяців тому +14

    Im not an expert so i accept that i could totally be wrong, but i get the feeling that Spanish participation in this battle is being underplayed alot. Its in general kind of hard to find any video on medieval history that gives credit to Spain on pretty much anyhting

    • @SockAccount111
      @SockAccount111 7 місяців тому +6

      It's overplayed if anything, Spaniards comprised a minority of the troops (ca 3-4000 over 30000) and ships (26 over 212). Only Spanish ultranationalists believe the fleet and soldiers were 99% Spanish tbh

    • @david9243
      @david9243 3 місяці тому

      @@SockAccount111: Wrong. It was over 7000 and to that you have to count bought mercenaries from Germany (7000) and Italy (6000) as well as 5000 venetians.
      Point still stands.

    • @SockAccount111
      @SockAccount111 3 місяці тому +1

      @@david9243 Of these 7000, only 3-4000 were actual Spaniards, the rest being Italians serving under the Spanish crown

  • @arturobermudez6277
    @arturobermudez6277 Рік тому +12

    Amazing !!! Please a vídeo of the siege of castelnouvo, oran mazalquivir and Tunez

    • @clintmoor422
      @clintmoor422 Рік тому +3

      castelnuovo is ottmans vs spanish as well!

  • @Fastwinstondoom
    @Fastwinstondoom Рік тому +3

    I have WAITED for this

  • @stijnottersberg6460
    @stijnottersberg6460 Рік тому

    dude, your videos are truly a 10/10

  • @EnRandomSten
    @EnRandomSten Рік тому +2

    Great video! You guys are really improving by the video

  • @thebeylikofosman5474
    @thebeylikofosman5474 Рік тому +50

    Shockingly, no one has done the battle of Djerba yet, despite it being of the same scale and significance as Lepanto and Preveza.
    Eger and Nagykaniszia are also ideas.

    • @arda213
      @arda213 Рік тому +9

      This channel specifically focuses on Ottoman defeats. He only covered 1453.

    • @salihylmaz3076
      @salihylmaz3076 Рік тому +7

      Konu Türk tarihi olunca gerçekten subjektif video yapıyorlar

    • @acusticamenteconvusional9936
      @acusticamenteconvusional9936 Рік тому +7

      Because Lepanto was the last battle of all of these? The decisive one? After Lepanto no more battles of that scale were fought in the Med.

    • @arda213
      @arda213 Рік тому

      @@acusticamenteconvusional9936
      Wow, by this logic we should only focus on the cold war since both Spain and Turkey are in Nato and they build LHD warships together. No reason to focus on Battle of Lepanto. Idiot.

    • @thebeylikofosman5474
      @thebeylikofosman5474 Рік тому +7

      @@arda213 ???
      Does that make any sense?
      He covered Famagusta and Candia. Why would it make any sense for him to only cover Ottoman defeats??

  • @Pentagathusosaurus
    @Pentagathusosaurus Рік тому +29

    Naval battles before the age of sail sound absolutely insane.

    • @crimsonlightbinder
      @crimsonlightbinder Рік тому +5

      does is sound more sane during the age of sail?😅

    • @Phantom-xp2co
      @Phantom-xp2co Рік тому +9

      This happened during the age of sail tho.
      Lepanto was probably the last naval battle fought "medieval style"

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 Рік тому

      Naturally they had to go away as cannons became stronger. TBH, age of sail is the most exciting period. Most medieval naval battles are just land fighting on the sea.

    • @neutronalchemist3241
      @neutronalchemist3241 Рік тому +3

      Sailing ships had been already used for decades in battles fought in the Atlantic, but in the Med., at that time, they were still a burden, because there the winds were much more inconstant. The use of Galleons had been one of the main causes of the defeat of the Holy League at Preveza in 1538.

    • @user-cg2tw8pw7j
      @user-cg2tw8pw7j Рік тому

      ​@@neutronalchemist3241 No Khosrow After this battle, it seems that the Spaniards are stupid

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Рік тому +2

    Awesome history, keep up the great documentaries!

  • @B4IRUTUARU16
    @B4IRUTUARU16 Рік тому

    Thank you for your video it's a real treat to watch after a hard day at work :)

  • @marechaldepeteteiii3312
    @marechaldepeteteiii3312 Рік тому +4

    5:18 : Don Juan, no Don "John"

  • @conradnelson5283
    @conradnelson5283 Рік тому +4

    One of my favorite battles.

  • @9and7
    @9and7 Рік тому +1

    An unbelievable video.
    Thank You what an epic.

  • @georgepanayi36
    @georgepanayi36 10 місяців тому +5

    I as a Cypriot must tell you that you forgot the most important thing after the victory all the soldiers and sailors rhythmically shouted the name of the great hero of Famagusta Marco Antonio bragantino

  • @kingofcards9516
    @kingofcards9516 Рік тому +4

    Glorious and great victory.

  • @alfonsocaballero3630
    @alfonsocaballero3630 Рік тому +7

    My father was born in a house next to Juan de Austria's house in Cuacos de Yuste, Spain, it's also the place when Carlos V retired to a monastery until he died. Funny thing, until this day the people of that village are called ``Los perdonados´´, the forgiven, because there is a popular story that, when Juan de Austria was just a child, other children in the village threw stones at him and hurted him (maybe for being a bastard) and Carlos V didn't take any punishment to them.

    • @alfonsocaballero3630
      @alfonsocaballero3630 Рік тому

      @William Ewart Gladstone I know, I didn't say It was true, it's just a funny story that they tell even today.

  • @guineveregruntle6746
    @guineveregruntle6746 Рік тому +1

    Incredible. Thank you!

  • @bharathr3759
    @bharathr3759 Рік тому

    Subscribed right way , the best history narrative ever seen

  • @XtoDoubt25
    @XtoDoubt25 Рік тому +12

    Fantastic video about a great battle
    Our Lady of Victory, pray for us!

  • @TheWildManEnkidu
    @TheWildManEnkidu Рік тому +53

    I'm not surprised people started to move away from Galleys after this; those casualties are staggering. Those waters around Greece took a lot of men to Poseidon's cold embrace. Salamis, Artemisium, and Lepanto.

    • @higochumbo8932
      @higochumbo8932 Рік тому +15

      Well, the focus of sailing was displaced by the Spanish from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and the Pacific, where galleys were pretty much useless, and I imagine the futher development of naval artillery made the kind of hand to hand combat galleys were used for obsolete.

    • @asmrnaturecat984
      @asmrnaturecat984 Рік тому +2

      Actium

    • @5thMilitia
      @5thMilitia Рік тому +3

      Spanish losses against the Dutch rebels played a major role in that to. At the Battle of the Scheldt in 1574 for example. A Spanish commander who was also present at Lepanto wrote that the fighting there was just as savage.

    • @arcotroll8530
      @arcotroll8530 Рік тому

      Don't forget Actium and a whole lot other naval battles that are not known outside of Greek history!

    • @Toshiro_Mifune
      @Toshiro_Mifune Рік тому +1

      @@arcotroll8530 the battle of actium is not known? ehh... i wouldn't agree

  • @tomasmunkils7287
    @tomasmunkils7287 Рік тому +13

    A point to remember would be that the ottomans fleet was in need of repair after a long season of raiding and small skirmishes (which is why they had low manpower and less cannons) and even tho the win was a huge boost in morale for the league as far as the ottomans were concerned the major loss was the loss of able and experienced seamen other than that it continued as business as usual for the ottomans

  • @stefansimonovic9747
    @stefansimonovic9747 Рік тому +2

    Brilliant work

  • @oguzkaganonder1331
    @oguzkaganonder1331 Рік тому +3

    I would advice you to take a look at Siege of Nagykanizsa 1601, as it is probably the most succesfull and perfect siege defense in history, it would be a great content for your amazing channel

  • @alswann2702
    @alswann2702 Рік тому +11

    The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon!

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Рік тому

      This war had nothing to do with religion

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Рік тому

      @nofux8586 the Ottoman's religious composition varied with the decades

    • @bruhbruh-us6gl
      @bruhbruh-us6gl Рік тому +1

      @@samsonsoturian6013
      Brainlet take

    • @istvansipos9940
      @istvansipos9940 Рік тому

      sure. That's why nobody can define (in a reasonable way and with n0 assertions) what the word "holy" even means.

    • @bruhbruh-us6gl
      @bruhbruh-us6gl Рік тому

      @@istvansipos9940
      Maybe, but they sure can define what weapon means

  • @JonWintersGold
    @JonWintersGold Рік тому +3

    Thank goodness for Lepanto.

  • @flamezealous
    @flamezealous 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow! We have to see this hellish carnage of glorious valour on film! Hasn't anyone made this battle into an epic war movie yet!!

  • @yibithehispanic
    @yibithehispanic Рік тому +29

    A beard grows back even stronger indeed, problem is that by that time the Ottoman Empire was already beginning to show small signs of hair loss

    • @ak9989
      @ak9989 Рік тому +1

      Good! Napoleon should of wiped them out

    • @crimsonlightbinder
      @crimsonlightbinder Рік тому +3

      good one

    • @kingofcards9516
      @kingofcards9516 Рік тому +1

      They were practically balding.

    • @yibithehispanic
      @yibithehispanic Рік тому +3

      @@kingofcards9516 No they began balding at the second siege of Vienna

    • @A_Shanto
      @A_Shanto Рік тому

      After that battle they defeat spanish in tunis

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Рік тому +6

    With the amount of quarreling the leaders of the Holy League did it's no small miracle that they were able to accomplish anything at all.

  • @kyledavidson8712
    @kyledavidson8712 Рік тому +1

    Love the art style great vid

  • @sarahsidney1988
    @sarahsidney1988 Рік тому

    Great video. Love your animations!!

  • @patriciusvunkempen102
    @patriciusvunkempen102 Рік тому +53

    i can't understand how people are diminishing the strategic importance of lepanto, yes the holy league did poorly in exploiting the victory and using the following period of relative naval dominance to achieve more victorys etc, but it was a strategic victory and broke the ottoman dominance, and also marked the shift towards more firepower in european, the ottomans basicly had to learn that they could no pursue large scale naval operations in the adria and central mediterranean sea without european powers succesfully reacting anymore
    also to say "they just won bc of superior firepower" is like saying a machine gun just shoots faster than a rifle.
    it was a great victory for the european powers, and it was such a breakthrough that they felt much less threatened after wards
    and the 17th century then told that story again, where the ottomans could only expand into the much less developed eastern parts of europea via raids even tho much of central europe was locked into a series of civil wars, and the ottomans had to basicly watch and mainly stay out bc any attempt of attacking into the west could basicly make this religious strife end as people might see a common thread.
    basicly at lepanto, the ottomans shattered their teeth, they had cracked and the sultans from then new that using them without thinking strategically and clearly would make them fell out.
    when they attempted the second siege of vienna, that was a last ditch attempt at relevancy on the global stage.
    even if vienna had fallen there were armys on the way to recapture it. and it would likely have been retaken in time.
    european army size in the meantime had increased coordination discipline and firepower were outdoing ottomans by far, and european fleets were composed of high board artillery platforms that carried the worth of entire fortresses on their decks. while europe was beating each other over the head who would control which part of the globe, any outside power seriously threatening the great powers of europe would basicly kicking the hornets nest, and what happened after the second siege of vienna was that. bamely austria would roll back the sucesses the ottoman had achieved over 2-3 centurys in much fewer time.

    • @volbound1700
      @volbound1700 Рік тому +7

      It seems like it is a lot like the Battle of Midway. It stopped the Ottoman advance and was a turning point but eventually the European Powers would have beat the Ottomans anyways similar to USA and Japan. Ottomans had no ability to counter future Naval Ships coming on line in the West like the Spanish Galleon. By 1600, Ottoman Naval Superiority would have been in check either way with the changing technology. Similar to how the Japanese Navy would have eventually been overwhelmed by USA naval production regardless of the situation at Midway. It would have just taken longer to see the flip in both cases had these critical battles not have been won and perhaps the Ottos would have threatened Italy and taken Malta had they won at Lepanto (for a time).

    • @ArtilleryAffictionado1648
      @ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Рік тому

      Modern historians are haters of western civilization. Whenever i see "modern historians disagree" i think of how subverted academia is these days.

    • @ggoddkkiller1342
      @ggoddkkiller1342 Рік тому +1

      There was no way on Earth Ottoman could keep dominating mediterranean against huge coalition of a dozen European countries and empires. So Lepanto didn't mean much when they didn't capitalize afterwards. Then once again you are completely ignoring Ottoman overextended thousands of miles in THREE continents and somehow tie it's huge list of problems to naval weakness alone. In reality Ottoman was doomed as soon as the line of extraordinary sultans ended with Suleiman magnificent. Suleiman never had any intention keeping Vienna, in fact he pushed far deeper than the city but when Habsburgs couldn't face him in a pitched battle he turned back and sieged Vienna. His whole intention was defeating Habsburgs significantly so they would drop their claims on Hungary therefore securing western borders. Why is that exactly, right? Vienna is 1300 km away from Constantinople and Ottoman armies had to travel that distance through underdeveloped Balkans with poor roads and bridges. They couldn't even provide enough supplies for the armies, in fact often more soldiers were dying on the road than actual battles!! If Ottoman could use mediterranean freely like Romans did they could invade deeper into Europe but Ottoman didn't have a short list of rivals like Roman empire had...

    • @patriciusvunkempen102
      @patriciusvunkempen102 Рік тому +4

      @@ggoddkkiller1342 i do not say that the naval failure is the reason for the stagnation and decline, its more of the symptom breakin out, i think we completely agree

    • @patriciusvunkempen102
      @patriciusvunkempen102 Рік тому +3

      @@ggoddkkiller1342 also funny enough the balkans are likely so underdeveloped bc the ottomans extracted the majority of their tax income /tributes from that region to finance the rest of their empire. also the fact that the europeans just sailed around their empire for far trading likely hurt them so they had to extract more from the balkans, which means that wealth could not be reinvested in the balkans.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 Рік тому +6

    If only the Grand Vizier saw how the tables will turn a century later with that arm and beard quote.

    • @arda213
      @arda213 Рік тому +5

      No empire lasts forever. His words were true for his era.

  • @Drew151Proof
    @Drew151Proof 9 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video! Ottoman wars are so interesting.

  • @shepi9453
    @shepi9453 Рік тому

    Very nice video! thank you for the great content.

  • @wolfu597
    @wolfu597 Рік тому +5

    The island of Cyprus is also where the Knights Templars had their archives from their time in the Holy Land. All of which was destroyed by the Ottoman invaders. We can only imagine the historical knowledge that was lost.

  • @thehturt5480
    @thehturt5480 Рік тому

    Very well made. Have enjoy it. 💯

  • @texasRoofDoctor
    @texasRoofDoctor Рік тому +2

    Great video. I appreciate your accuracy and abstaining from putting a Revisionist History spin on the story.
    What does the EP mean in your logo ?

  • @sersipahi
    @sersipahi Рік тому +19

    Müezzinzade Ali Pasha was the commander of the janissary land forces. He showed great success in many wars such as the Battle of Zigetvar. He was on good terms with the Sultan. Sultan Selim II loved her and married her to his daughter. later made Admiral. He was an ambitious and brave commander. His soldiers loved him. But he was not a Navy officer. His greatest achievement as a sailor was raiding port cities and landing troops on the shore.
    Uluç Ali Reis and Pertev Pasha argued that they should not leave the bay and that the crusader fleet should be withdrawn to the bay. Thus, land artillery support would be provided. Ottoman ships were damaged from the last voyage and needed to be maintained.
    Those in the Crusader navy were thinking, "If the Turks took refuge in the Gulf of Lepanto, the expedition was over, all the expenses were wasted. It is not possible to force the terrible passage of the Bosphorus with galleys. The Christian navy will be destroyed by the artillery fire of the two castles."
    But Admiral Muezzinzade Ali Pasha did not accept. He found it cowardly. He underestimated the enemy. As in land wars, he wanted to disperse the enemy with a swift attack and bore the ships.
    After this defeat, the Ottoman Turks built another navy of the same size within a year. The westerners were astonished, they did not dare to advance to the eastern Mediterranean. But the new navy was hastily made and the ships were not as solid as they should have been. Most of the master sailors and pirates died or were taken prisoner. There were novices left who could not even sail.
    The reason for this defeat was that he was made an admiral because he was the son-in-law of the Sultan, he was incompetent and did not listen to the warnings of his subordinates.
    Both warring groups had problems. But the crusader fleet overcame them.

    • @Giagantus
      @Giagantus 6 місяців тому +1

      Same thing happened in the Siege against the Knights ot Saint John. The wrong leader got into power.

    • @sersipahi
      @sersipahi 5 місяців тому

      @@Giagantus Yes. People are preparing their own end through arrogance or ignorance. Sometimes this changes a whole history. Wrong time, wrong people. That's why we remember real heroes with respect.

  • @thegraybeards2568
    @thegraybeards2568 Рік тому +29

    As a Turk, here is how we are taught about this in school:
    After the peak of military might of the empire 30-40 years ago, political intrigues were also peaked and in time the empire started to get governed by less and less skilled people. In the past centuries, most military leaders took command by leading and rising from the lower ranks in the army. Now, the leaders were simply "appointed" by the higher authority. The admiral of the ottoman empire in this battle was no different.
    Admiral, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha was a royal son in law (married to one of the children of the sultan) and did not know much about naval warfare. So much so that even the ottoman chronicles describe his death as:
    "Caused the death of lots of valuable captains and seaman due to his inexperience in naval affairs"
    He was a valuable general and a statesman, but not a seaman and definitely not an admiral.
    Barbarossa, merely 30 years ago, had defeated the holy league near prevaza. Now, 3 decades later, Barbarossas own sons being captains themselves, they all got killed in this battle by the very things they had used against the holy league 30 years ago. 30 years ago, ottoman ships had cannons with higher range - much more skilled and experienced captains on all flanks and they had simply waited for right wind movements before manuevering in bulk - a concept Müezzinzade Ali Pasha knew very little about.
    Vizier, Sokullu, was right when he said the holy league merely shaved the beard of the ottoman empire - but he was not taking the loss of experienced captains and seaman into account. Turks, being nomads themselves, could not raise this amount of skilled seaman ever again in history. They rebuilt the lost ships, but could not use them to dominate the waters again.
    This general concept of unskilled governors and leaders still exists in todays turkish hierarchy. People are mostly appointed to positions of power depending on who they know / who they are related with instead of pure skill and merit

    • @XcT27
      @XcT27 Рік тому +8

      my professor once said - we don't know if the Ottomans corrupted the Balkans, or the Balkans corrupted the Ottomans :)))

    • @neutronalchemist3241
      @neutronalchemist3241 Рік тому +7

      Infact, what made the Ottoman fleets fearsome in the previous decades was the strict meritocracy, where even a slave at the roar could become an Admiral (It was the case of Uluç Ali Paşa, "Occhiali", at Lepanto) only for his achievements. The commanders of the Genoese and Venetian fleets were generally competent, but they were strictly from one of the notable families of the city, so the pool was much more restricted.
      It has to be said that, at Lepanto, both the general commanders didn't do much, since at the center of the battle the ships were so packed that manuvering was impossible. The battle was won and lost by the commanders of the two wings.

    • @thomaswayneward
      @thomaswayneward Рік тому +3

      When you say Turks, you mean Greeks actually. A recently preformed study found the dominate DNA in Turkey is Greek.

    • @Sadoyasturadoglu
      @Sadoyasturadoglu Рік тому +11

      @@thomaswayneward Lol if there is such a work can you show us? Because I don't think even the Greeks have "Greek DNA".

    • @alvaromartinez8209
      @alvaromartinez8209 Рік тому +3

      @@neutronalchemist3241 Disagree, the two Ottoman wing commanders did an outstanding job, and on the Christian side only Barbarigo shone in the wings, as Doria was mediocre at best. The Holy League won because of superior firepower, superior numbers, Turkish overconfidence (they should have waited in the harbor and wait one week until the League disintegrates) and a bit of luck.

  • @thcdreams654
    @thcdreams654 Рік тому +1

    Great work as usual. Nice animations and entertaining presentation. Thanks.

  • @lucystephanieproperties
    @lucystephanieproperties 2 місяці тому

    Oh wow I love it. Haha. Makes history more enjoyable to see things like you presented.

  • @cartesian_doubt6230
    @cartesian_doubt6230 Рік тому +12

    Everyone do yourselves a huge favor and read "The Great Siege: Malta 1565" buy Ernle Bradford. The most incredible book on the subject Ive ever read. The valor of the forlorn men in the chapter on the fall of St. Elmo had me on the brink of tears. Amazing.

    • @janetlima4337
      @janetlima4337 Рік тому

      Thank you for your recommendation, I will keep this book in mind

    • @aurelian869
      @aurelian869 Рік тому

      Great book

    • @VRichardsn
      @VRichardsn Рік тому

      Thank you for the recommendation.

    • @joefenech4780
      @joefenech4780 6 місяців тому

      How true!! The Siege of Malta in 1565 was probably the first major setback for the Ottomans. The Knights of St. John and the Maltese inhabitants performed miracles in keeping the Ottoman Empire away from victory in Malta. It was a great humiliation for the Ottomans to retreat from Malta not as victors but as defeated.
      I fully agree that Ernle Bradford's masterpiece "Great Siege: Malta 1565 (Wordsworth Military Library) deserve more publicity.

  • @handlesrstupid123
    @handlesrstupid123 Рік тому +20

    One thing is that the Ottomans rebuilt their fleet after but it cost so much money they had to mothball much of it and helped wreck their economy. Along with the Gold from South America the Spanish were able to stabilise the Economics of the Holy League and make the battle of Lepanto happen.

    • @Hell_O7
      @Hell_O7 Рік тому +2

      I thought Spanish's gold import make the economy unstable since there's just so much of it that they decrease value

    • @handlesrstupid123
      @handlesrstupid123 Рік тому

      @@Hell_O7 its money coming in when your spending alot on wars, more doesnt destabilize anything just dropa the price of gold down

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall Рік тому +3

      @@Hell_O7 Eventually, but a quick infusion of cash is good in the short term.

    • @handlesrstupid123
      @handlesrstupid123 Рік тому

      @@gundissalinus thanks did not know that

    • @aydnmesuttorun8397
      @aydnmesuttorun8397 Рік тому +1

      No actually it wasn’t the case, the real damage to ottomans was the loss of experienced sea men which they couldn’t replace

  • @Theodosius_fan
    @Theodosius_fan 10 місяців тому +3

    Lepanto obviously changed the power balance in the mediterranean and allowed phillip II to focus his energy elsewhere

  • @Mr_St_Lazarus-1099
    @Mr_St_Lazarus-1099 7 місяців тому +2

    I just noticed how your videos Malta 1570, Cyprus 1571, lepanto 1571,and candia, 16??, have these characters 😂

  • @zacharylovelady9265
    @zacharylovelady9265 5 місяців тому

    God I love this channel. It's just top notch.

  • @starkilr101
    @starkilr101 Рік тому +3

    Love these videos. The Ottoman Empire is incredibly interesting

    • @oldgamer9992
      @oldgamer9992 Рік тому +1

      Yes also the Mongol, Roman Empires are very interesting too

  • @diwajerebation4077
    @diwajerebation4077 Рік тому +5

    22:58 'y-yeah youve completely destroyed our navi and two of our most experienced irreplaceable admirals but technically we won :3' damn the damage control, 70 sunk before engagement

  • @JohnDoe-tx8lq
    @JohnDoe-tx8lq Рік тому

    I like that your some of the Sponsor Ad is done in the style of the video 😃👍

  • @michaelprobert4014
    @michaelprobert4014 Рік тому

    This is great and by the sounds of it, in a second language!! Deserves a lot more likes!

  • @justdoinmything
    @justdoinmything Рік тому +13

    It never ceases to amaze me how cruel the Ottomans were

    • @user-kq1fi5nz8d
      @user-kq1fi5nz8d Рік тому

      That's why they were winning. When in Europe soldiers knew about basic ethics of war (mot kill civillians, for example), turks could just wipe out entire city, burn all the citizens and just go after the next one.
      And they never changed, few hundred years after this they commited three biggest genocides before finally fading away

    • @bayramaktas4135
      @bayramaktas4135 Рік тому +3

      I think people in general can be very cruel to other people,I mean look for example Caesar's campaign in Gaul or the two world war's,or,most recently ,Putin's invasion of Ukraine,I can name many more examples.Unfortunately this has continued throughout human history to this day.

  • @Quincy_Morris
    @Quincy_Morris 9 місяців тому +4

    People don’t understand how close the Ottomans were to conquering much more of Europe (they already conquered a lot of it.)
    This, the great siege of Malta, and other few victories kept Europe from facing conquest and enslavement.

    • @NormanF62
      @NormanF62 7 місяців тому

      The Ottomans were the Islamic continuation of the Roman Empire. They managed to regain everything but Italy snd Hispania and not for lack of effort.

  • @srj607able
    @srj607able Рік тому +2

    Legend has it that , that hand gesture of that Italian sailor is still in use nowadays…. Albeit Sandroman should definitely define the « gatso « meaning of it… 😂

  • @arrow1414
    @arrow1414 Рік тому +2

    Its amazing that myth of cut hair growing back "stronger" (thicker?) goes back so long ago and perhaps even longer!

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Рік тому +8

    Make video about Preveza too👀

    • @mariushunger8755
      @mariushunger8755 Рік тому

      Common, you can’t resist that gaze

    • @olivercromwell432
      @olivercromwell432 Рік тому

      @@Letnistonwandif never read a book of history ...i see

    • @johnsantini3382
      @johnsantini3382 Рік тому

      @@Letnistonwandif preveza was a hug butt kick ever Europe face in entire history

  • @9anticule
    @9anticule Рік тому +13

    You pronoun really good Spanish/Italian words, the battle of Lepanto was a decisive victory for the future of Europe like the battle of Platea, battle of Navas de Tolosa. This battle save Europe and save the future of all European nations

  • @sigmamax8565
    @sigmamax8565 8 місяців тому +1

    Reminds me of playing AoE2 in my childhood days. It was one of the hardest in the entire game.

  • @JimboPresi22
    @JimboPresi22 11 місяців тому

    11:25 I'm sorry, did I hear right ? Did you say Albanian shore? Is this the name of a beach in the area? Cause the last time I checked Lepanto is in the middle of southern Greece