The Greek Ghost Army That Held Back the Nazis
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
- Tall tales always seem to get taller, but their purpose often stays the same. The myth of Frangokastello might be little more than morning dew, but to the people of southwestern Crete - it is anything but a mirage.
One more from Crete and then I think I'll tell the story of how I talked my way out of Lebanese prison to start our season there.
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Just a small note about the origin of the name Frangokastello.
The Venetians were Catholic themselves, so why would they use the word "Frank" as an insult to mean Catholic?
I think it's more likely that they intended to convey the other meaning of the word "franco", which is "free". Specifically, free from taxation for those who inhabit and defend it, because that's also the meaning of the name of another medieval castle situated just 40 km away from Venice. Its name is Castelfranco.
@@XIII_Vanitas the Venetians didn't call it by that name, I don't believe - but I'd be interested if that was the case!
@@RareEarthSeries The names are so similar both in writing and pronunciation ("Frango-" and "-franco", "-kastello" and "Castel-", which is an abbreviation of the word "castello") that it'd be extraordinary if it was just a coincidence, especially because they were given to the same object built by the same people in the same time period.
@@XIII_Vanitas I wouldn't be surprised if it is a local reworking of an initial venetian name, but again the only information I have is faulty and unclear - so entirely possible!
@@RareEarthSeries I understand, I'm just engaging in a bit of speculation.
Anyway, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for this channel. I've been subscribed to it for a very long time and it's genuinely one of the best there is. The work you do is extremely valuable and I wish I had the economic means to support it more. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for doing what you do.
It looks like the first castle you make in minecraft
“Dead Men of the Dew” is the most metal title of one of these episodes so far
Fun fact about the 2:20 supposed lie of Russian emissary. There was an investigation about this and literally no one in the Russian empire knew what happened. Count Orlov only months later heard about some fighting happened and had no clue about the greeks expecting anything. It is believed that these were Bulgarian Ottoman spies claiming to be Russian Emmisaries, because starting a war with Ottomans over a village wasnt exactly a strategic masterpiece.
Nice touch having the dog walker play the Cretan lyra at the end. It's a sound I thought I would never have the chance to hear again.
Why not?
The Nazi front was also stalled by banna peels and anvil traps
Bugs Bunny fought in the war. He didn't just make training films.
The term "Frank" was a late Roman, then Byzantine, then Greek term for all Western Europeans after the fall of the Roman Empire. Fun fact: because the Byzantines were so often in contact with Arab, Iranian, and later Turkish peoples, the word "Frank" meaning European actually made it all the way to Central Asia and India by the 19th Century.
Farang?
@@RedEyeNinjayes, farang, farangi, firengi, faranj, ferenj and multiple other variations of the same word, all the way to China(folangji)
@savioblanc Wait, is that also where the name of the "Ferengi" from Star Trek comes from? Huh.
@@shiinakochiya6068 yup, they took it from the Persian "Ferenghi" - same meaning
Can confirm. In Crimean Tatar "a-la-franka" means "In European style"
Cretans were the last standing resistance to the nazis.
They fought against the german commandos parachuting down ,with just their tools,from their farms.
The mirage is not a real thing,it is the "soul" of the cretan spirit,it is what all cretans abide by ,a rule of bravery,honesty,and above all freedom.
Brilliant storyteller, excellent teacher and great entertainer. You have my thanks for these golden videos you make.
I wonder if the "ghosts" are the phenomenon known as The Glory or the Brocken Specter. This is kind of a reverse rainbow that surrounds your shadow. It depends on mountains and humidity.
Congratulations on a million subscribers! You deserve it man
To be fair this was his astronaut fathers account that he turned over to his son so not like he started with zero subscribers. I agree he deserves it but don’t discount the clear nepo leg up he got
If I lived there I’d have a camera pointed at the mountain 24/7 in the hopes of being the first one to film it.
YO! come to amazonia! I live at the mouth of the amazon river in a city called Macapá/Brazil, which is very close to france (french guiana). Its a real weird and interesting region. If you need acomodations, hit me up!
Hope he takes you up, sounds like an awesome/different place to learn about!
My family is from there! Did you go to the War Museum Askifou? The fancy Prussian personal effects of the officers taken as trophies would make a good video.
I so enjoy these journeys. There was always a time when things were so important but as time passed the thing and even the names associated with the events are all forgotten. Thank you for posting these glimpses. They are a real treat.
Thank you for the story Evan.
new Rare heck yeah
There are two types of spirits, one is a specter you see, the other you carry with you, and both are able to repell an adversary as long as you truly believe in it.
You describe it accurately. This is exactly what this is(the later)
Great history and vid. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.
Man, I just love your videos so much!
came home from a hard day at work, and this is the first thing i turned on while eating. thanks for making my evening fun and relaxing.
Nobody tells a story like you do. And of course it's not about ghosts. It's about how the mind of a community can kindle the spirit of freedom. This spirit thinks nothing of the grave.
I'd now officially like to see you review the stories of Masada and the Maccabees
as usual - calm and well presented
As an Athenian Greek,when I went there,I didn’t see any ghosts,but I ate great food,and enjoyed the incredible hospitality of my Cretan brothers and sisters.Crete,I love you.
You're a great storyteller
Great vid!!!
Excellent!
Δροσοσταλίτες. That's what it's called in Greek Δροσιά (Drosia) in this case means the morning dew, and Σταλα (Stala) is a drop. So, it literally translates to Men of the Morning Dew. There are many versions to the story. One telling even says that they can be seen only by the most faithful Christians who are pure at heart. Much like the Emperor's new clothes, it's worth thinking about whether you should feel bad for not seeing them or for seeing them.
But if the phenomenon IS real and IS dependant on the conditions and the morning dew... I wonder if these men that forever defeated death and defied him for centuries, have eventually fallen to Climate Change.
In any case, there is a fact that you cannot dispute. Sfakia, which is the village just up the mountain from there, was the only part of Crete that was unoccupied by the Germans. It's like they had the Cretan version of the "Potion Magicue". Maybe they just had better Raki than the rest of us.
Thanks, Evan and Kata.
the people of southern Crete are very fierce. They practiced the vendetta way into the 20th century and like to fire rifles in public. My cousin, who is from northern Greece, was a teacher in Chora Sfakion for a few years in the 90ies and the culture felt very alien to her even as a Greek.
Love your stuff
Awesome video
I believe in freedom, ghosts, and Greeks. Slava Heroyam!❤
SHEESH! I just LOVE these videos!
Just how do you keep finding all those stories? I'm curious to know, since this has always eluded me.
You go to a place and talk to the locals.
@@PlatinumAltaria That's probably a great part of it. But do you just travel random places and ask random locals, or do you go at it with a little bit more of a system? I mean he's able to put out videos regularly, I can't imagine he's traveling a different place every day on the search for a story? Or are they just more common than I'm thinking?
@@J0ermungand Everywhere that has humans has history, and the best way to find it really is just to go and ask for cool stories. Even if something ends up written in a book, it only got in that book because someone physically went to the village and asked people what was up.
I don't know his exact method though.
oh hey there !
No, even you?
Pictures are hung.
People are hanged....
pictures were hung. not are. people were hung.
''Greece'' ( Hellas is the name) is full of ''Thermopylae''... and the ''300'' is just a movie... based on a comic book
thank you
Usually when in Italy a place is called “Franco” it refers to the fact that it was a newly established settlement and as such it either had zero or close to zero taxes to promote growth. This is especially true for northern Italy (and as such it also applies to settlements founded by the Venetian Republic)
No clue as to where does the name of this castle comes from. Either that or as you said by the local population
"Frank" was a generic term for all Western Europeans by Greeks/Byzantines, Turks, Arabs etc...
Another rare earth banger
Yeah, but they are all bangers.
So many fascinating corners of the earth that have seen empires come and go like waves on the shore of a beach
Everyone Has A Story With Their Beliefs And This Is Everywhere! The Lock Ness Story Has Been Solved, What People Saw And A Dragon Shape Star Fort And That's All That Was, Thank You For Sharing!
The castle was from the dad of Elvis Costello
This channel is the epitome of quality not quantity, thank you for your work!
Next video has to be about 'Salis' the negro benefactor of Chania or more probably of Arkadi. Anyway thank you for the nice videos showing our customs!
Welcome to our island, if only i knew you were here.
"Franco Castello" probably doesn't refer to frechs. Franco has a double meaning, it can mean French, and it can mean free. I see no reason for the Venetians to entitle a castle to the French in an area the French never were, it is way more likely they just named their castle "free castle". It is an old word in Italian now, but we still use it to define those areas where there are no taxes on commerce, and this is a meaning way more likely to make sense for a trade empire like Venice.
No it was not the Venetians who named it Frankokastello but the Greeks. The name caught on quite later on in Ottoman times. Greeks at the time would call "Franks" just any western European including North Italians. The name roots back to the Carolingian Empire which indeed covered much of western Europe and included numerous ethnicities. As late as in the late 19th century when Greeks adopted the western European style of clothes, they were calling them "Frangkika", not implying they were French clothes but rather collectively western European. Frangia was also the name of France in Greek but in the 10th century the more antiquated "Gallia" caught on, perhaps in an effort to avoid the ubiquitous term "Frangkos".
I adore castles: built to last, built to protect, certainly to inspire fear and project power and security.
I highly recommend "Babis & Popi"
I wouldn't call this a castle. Looks more like a small fort.
Earth has some incredibly deep worldbuilding.
"the Franks" is just a catch all term that means Catholic western European.
As one who comes from a land regularly, repeatedly and continually invaded by larger, greedier neighbours (in Ireland's case the English), I can attest that the belief in the right to one's own self-determination never dies.
As, no doubt the Native/First Americans will confirm...
Erin go ba
Bah, don't let facts get in the way of the truth.
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Ah Crete! Where the western civilization is born. Also home of Mediterranean diet
Fanaticism on both sides, mostly fueled by religion and imperialism
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There is no way that the builders of that place were not staying there overnight, at least after the very first incidence of sabotage. Use your head.
Not worth it.
Freedom
A castle and legend of ghost soldiers that represents freedom --- better than our government.
Furst
12th 😂
Rather a click bait title, no?
Great. Now how do we apply that to the Republicans?
the Greek Alamo