Great Siege of Malta 1565 - Ottoman Wars DOCUMENTARY

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  • Опубліковано 14 вер 2019
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    Our animated historical documentary series on the Ottoman history continues with the famous Great Siege of Malta in 1565, during which the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I besieged the island of Malta and fought against its Hospitaller rulers. The episode also heavily features the corsair raids of Hayreddin Barbarossa and Turgut Reis (Dragut).
    Previously in our animated historical documentary series on the Ottoman Wars, we have covered the battles of Kosovo (bit.ly/2JI3F0p), Nicopolis (bit.ly/2zUNRre), Ankara (bit.ly/2uW7r0D), Varna (bit.ly/2JIK2VG), Second Kosovo, Constantinople (bit.ly/2uELWlI), Belgrade, Targoviste and Otlukbeli (bit.ly/2JOBlcQ), Vaslui, Valea Alba (bit.ly/2C9Cm0l), Skanderbeg's rebellion (bit.ly/2BYMYgW), Breadfield, Krbava, Otranto and Chaldiran (bit.ly/2DUa3mJ)the Ottoman-Mamluk War of 1516-1517 (bit.ly/2CxSkyp), siege of Rhodes in 1522 (bit.ly/2GHrRTC), the battle of Mohacs of 1526 (bit.ly/2V1YgeQ), the siege of Vienna of 1529 (bit.ly/2VRujdc), the battle of Preveza (bit.ly/2KR1uwf) and the battles of Gorjani, siege of Castelnuovo (bit.ly/2MoDZMa), sieges of Buda and Eger (bit.ly/2kcVkuK)
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  • @KingsandGenerals
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      @ahmetkayrayavuz9527 4 роки тому +1

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    @tonytood796 4 роки тому +2808

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      @liubalthsar9820 4 роки тому +15

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    • @ReZel80657
      @ReZel80657 4 роки тому +30

      I have learned more history from books, UA-cam and The Great Courses Plus in the last 2 and a half years than i ever did in school

    • @ICCraider
      @ICCraider 4 роки тому +20

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    • @lordosmvk7087
      @lordosmvk7087 4 роки тому

      Total true answer

    • @ReZel80657
      @ReZel80657 4 роки тому +1

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  • @Harshhaze
    @Harshhaze 4 роки тому +1460

    Remember Saint Elmo! The Castle broke before the Knights did!

    • @DJAlGE11
      @DJAlGE11 4 роки тому +176

      ST ELMO STANDS!

    • @Schniedragon88
      @Schniedragon88 4 роки тому +87

      @@DJAlGE11 PROUD ST. ELMO STANDS!

    • @arcaneowls9102
      @arcaneowls9102 4 роки тому +187

      Surprised that those knights could ride horses with balls that big

    • @megood1582
      @megood1582 4 роки тому +77

      FOR THE EMPEROR !!

    • @matthiasbindl7085
      @matthiasbindl7085 4 роки тому +56

      SAINT ELMO STANDS!

  • @xmunbugeja
    @xmunbugeja 4 роки тому +760

    As a Maltese person, I can say this is very well explained. Very interesting to see Maltese history in a global context!

    • @Omegaeon1
      @Omegaeon1 4 роки тому +5

      I’m North African i was shocked when i heared your language 😯

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 4 роки тому +7

      Yes, dont forget that the Knights of Malta!
      Where a foreign Force to the Native Maltise!
      They where Assembled by the Pope, to serve as PRoxy!
      to take the war out of the Papal States!
      Knights of Malta a Foreign Force -> 10:11

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 4 роки тому +2

      I love Malteasers History, they are so delicious!

    • @ulverup
      @ulverup 4 роки тому +26

      @@kosovaalbania5635 hate it to break it to you, but Albanians aren't known for their looks either.

    • @goosequillian
      @goosequillian 4 роки тому +17

      @@kosovaalbania5635 Wait, aren't Albanians the ones with bulging potato-like noses? This is the pot calling the black after a failed trolling attempt, not to mention your horrendous grammar and thus low IQ. ;)

  • @bangscutter
    @bangscutter 4 роки тому +335

    Fortress Malta truly was a thorn to the Ottomans in the 16th century, and to the Axis powers in WWII.

    • @jeffvella9765
      @jeffvella9765 3 роки тому +29

      With constant need of supply lines/ports/airfields, Malta is right at the center geographically.
      Having it, means you can attack, not having it, means you can be attacked.

    • @fristnamelastname5549
      @fristnamelastname5549 3 роки тому +33

      Ottomans: You can't defeat me!
      Spain: I know...But he can!
      Malta/Knights of St John: *REMEMBER FORT ST ELMO!*
      Axis: I am insatiable! *Snap* Nothing happens
      Malta: I am...Malta! *Snap*

    • @KILLER.KNIGHT
      @KILLER.KNIGHT 26 днів тому +1

      @@fristnamelastname5549Absolutely not! They lost because of their own issues and bad decisions! When you reinforced those forts and castles, they were still far from standard and your armour and weapons were also poor!

  • @spartacus3111
    @spartacus3111 4 роки тому +499

    Fort St Elmo is now a war museum and they have a fascinating section about this battle. The fort also played a big part in the defence of Malta during the 2nd World War.
    Definitely worth a visit if you're ever in Malta

    • @ReZel80657
      @ReZel80657 4 роки тому +3

      I paid a visit when i was there in June and its a really cool museum just a shame that many parts of the fort itself is closed off to the public due to renovations

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 4 роки тому +17

      While I knew about the 1565 seige, I've always thought the 1940 - 1942 seige was THE Seige of Malta. But that island has had to fight for its survival a few other times as well.

    • @yougetonthathorseyougottar6126
      @yougetonthathorseyougottar6126 4 роки тому +9

      You know what, fuck your profile picture. Yeah I said it

    • @ScottStratton
      @ScottStratton 4 роки тому +11

      Dave Sisson “Nothing is so well known as this siege [the Great Siege of Malta] where Suleiman’s fortunes ran aground.” - Voltaire
      In WWII, the only people that could match or better the Maltese in 1565, were the Maltese, on whom were dropped more bombs per square foot than anywhere else in the war. I have never (unfortunately) been to visit that extraordinary island, but in my imagination the Maltese people are the toughest people in the world, lol.

    • @socracle2774
      @socracle2774 4 роки тому +15

      @@ScottStratton We became that tough because we get angry when people from other countries can't point us out on a map D:

  • @dinolandia8978
    @dinolandia8978 2 роки тому +163

    Jean de Vallete personally led his soldiers into combat wielding a sword and pistol along the walls. He was already an old man yet managed to reap his share of kills. Another commander who led his men into personal combat against the Turks was the last Roman Emperor at the siege of Constantinople.

    • @CzechsTeaNine
      @CzechsTeaNine Рік тому +16

      Imagine a 70 year old Jean de Vallete successfully repel the Overwhelming Ottoman forces. That was badass for such an old man

    • @Jumbobash
      @Jumbobash Місяць тому

      Skenderbeg laughing in Albanian

  • @furioussherman7265
    @furioussherman7265 4 роки тому +63

    The defenders of St. Elmo are undoubtedly some of the most epic badasses in history. They knew that they were going to die, but instead of letting that notion crush their hope, they let it give them the resolve and strength to fight to the last man. I can only hope that Sabaton makes a song about them someday because it would be fucking epic.

    • @neutronalchemist3241
      @neutronalchemist3241 3 роки тому +15

      On 8 june, the knights of St. Elmo asked La Valette permission to make a sortie, to die with their swords in their hands. La Valette replied that, if they had to die it was better for them to die at their place, as he ordered them to. They mantained those places until 23 june.

    • @leetheflea4096
      @leetheflea4096 2 роки тому +8

      @@neutronalchemist3241 amazing

  • @jaydenbyrne4948
    @jaydenbyrne4948 4 роки тому +1207

    Us Maltese still celebrate this victory every year!

    • @arizonabusinessleague918
      @arizonabusinessleague918 4 роки тому +159

      DEUS VULT, FRATER

    • @lillith3159
      @lillith3159 4 роки тому +120

      Nobody fucks with the knights of malta even when their 17th century uniform was ridiculous nobody dared to say that to them

    • @lillith3159
      @lillith3159 4 роки тому +41

      @@ririkoism But they still were the most dangerous mudafukas to fight on sea.

    • @lillith3159
      @lillith3159 4 роки тому +90

      @@ririkoism Ok dude but the holly league won.

    • @lillith3159
      @lillith3159 4 роки тому +10

      @Demiclea Yeah, there is no need to be itchy for a defeat, they won a fucking lot of battles. We spanish aint itchy at all for loosing at rocroi. Well, a bit proud of killing nelson at trafalgar besides loosing that battle maybe.

  • @haroldasbutkus6152
    @haroldasbutkus6152 4 роки тому +608

    Before this video,I knew Hernan Cortez only as a conqueror of Aztecs and Central America, but seeing him back in Europe.. Damn..this guy seen a lot

    • @alvinlin8140
      @alvinlin8140 4 роки тому +161

      Haroldas Butkus it’s weird seeing him back in Europe. It just doesn’t feel right

    • @pedromiziara3419
      @pedromiziara3419 4 роки тому +44

      i think is another hernan cortez, considering he was alredy dead

    • @illerac84
      @illerac84 4 роки тому +18

      @@pedromiziara3419
      Were they wrong to address him as the conqueror of the Aztec?

    • @illerac84
      @illerac84 4 роки тому +66

      @@pedromiziara3419
      Ah, dead by 1547. Right you are.

    • @illerac84
      @illerac84 4 роки тому +8

      @j m
      Imagine if the Turks could have reached New Spain to fuel rebellion?

  • @SGHB200
    @SGHB200 4 роки тому +501

    Finally, thank you, Kings and Generals, I have been rooting for this for ages. As a Maltese this has been one of the pinnacles of our history, the Maltese have never been defeated neither by the Ottomans nor by the Axis forces in WW2. Coincidently both sieges ended on the same day the 8th September that is also the feast of our lady of victories, one of the dearest to the knights. Just some clarifications and fun facts, the Ottoman fleet did not berth in the Grand harbor as it would have been an easy target, it berthed in Marsaxlokk in the southern part of the island. St.Elmo resisted for a month, even though it was a hurridly ill built fort the defenders died defending the fort bought precious time not only for the relief force to arrive but also for the fortifications in Birgu and Senglea to be finished and bolstered. The relief force would have arrived earlier if it wasn't for the constant anxiety by the king of Spain to preserve his new fleet. Pialy Pasha was anxiously patrolling the sea all the time. Most of the Ottoman Corsair commanders were Renegade Christians. Many Ottoman soldiers perished due to dysentery from the marshy water in the ottoman camps and poisoned wells. Sources say that the decision to invade Malta was taken after Knight Romegas Captain of the Knights navy captured the Sultans Eunuch ship, it was present in the harbour during the siege as if to pull the Ottomans legs. La Vallette served as Captain before Romegas, and was the mastermind of many raids, he was also taken prisoner and rowed as a galley slave for 2 years until he was ransomed. When Birgu was about to fall La Vallette sallied to the front and joint the defence nearly risking his life. Following the siege donations poured in the knights coffers from all over Christendom, this made the knights very rich, with the money received preparations began to build a new fortified larger city on mount Sciberras, the city dreamt by La Vallette would be built, and would become known as Valletta, the present capital city of Malta, UNESCO world heritage site.

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 4 роки тому +12

      The Original Knights of malta Where not Maltease at all!
      But a Buch of Mercenaries carefully selected by the Pope and paid for their weight in Gold!
      In order to create a proxy war far away from the Papal States!
      The reason : The sultan landed in the papal states a few months before!
      For that the Knights of Malta and the Knights Hospitalars where assembled!
      to create some space between Ottomons and the papacy, and bid more time for reinforcements! from Papal Vassal Countries!
      Giving the Papacy the so much breathing room it needed to survive the Turks!

    • @globalcombattv
      @globalcombattv 4 роки тому +12

      Stop lying, there's no Maltese people today, there's only tourists there.

    • @sandrogrech236
      @sandrogrech236 4 роки тому +21

      ​@@globalcombattv what the fuck haha? Man I'm Maltese and yes they exist. Fucking Pathetic.

    • @cpmenninga
      @cpmenninga 4 роки тому +1

      The knights of St. John were pirates. From Rhodes and Malta they attacked and looted more than just Muslim ships. That was why the ottomans removed them from Rhodes and tried to get them out of Malta.

    • @sandrogrech236
      @sandrogrech236 4 роки тому +32

      @@cpmenninga well it was corsairing the actual word. And even the Ottomans had pirates... the Barbary states of North Africa. Two notable corsairs/pirates Barbarossa and Targut Reis also known as Dragut. They raided many christian lands like Gozo in 1551.

  • @HistoryExplained
    @HistoryExplained 4 роки тому +468

    I love this channel! Kings and Generals inspired me to create my own history UA-cam channel!

    • @elhombredeoro955
      @elhombredeoro955 4 роки тому +27

      I will be keeping an eye on your new burgeoning channel.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  4 роки тому +58

      Good luck!

    • @HistoryExplained
      @HistoryExplained 4 роки тому +7

      Thank you very much!

    • @burnsboysaresoldiers
      @burnsboysaresoldiers 4 роки тому +5

      History Explained sweet! What’s your format? Podcast ish?

    • @umaransari9765
      @umaransari9765 4 роки тому +8

      History Explained lol you said same in History Marche comment section that his channel inspired you to start your own chnanel

  • @Garbajugon
    @Garbajugon 2 роки тому +41

    The action of the Spanish troops, both companies of old soldiers, was vital to lengthen the siege in San Telmo, fighting to the last man as they had already done in Castelnuovo, and which made Turkish victories a priori cost a very high price. It is a victory for the Order of Saint John and La Valette was a commander worthy of mention, a great character, ready and well prepared for the position, but without Spanish support they would not have sustained themselves. Curious the less that Religion is led by a French, and the French King, a Catholic, has been a vital ally of the Turks, it is undoubtedly noticeable, as happened in Germany that in many cases religion was the excuse to knead power, as did the Protestants.

  • @ADMIRALTIA
    @ADMIRALTIA 4 роки тому +318

    I remember posting a comment back on the Siege of Rhodes video about my hype for when this comes. Can't believe it's been 7 months since then. I watched every other Ottoman War video in between, and others as well, a lot of interesting battles between Rhodes and Malta; it's been quite a ride building up to this

    • @rider23332
      @rider23332 4 роки тому

      Nice ! i kept on hammering them with The Crossing of Alps too. hope they gone be featured soon though.

    • @ScottStratton
      @ScottStratton 4 роки тому +1

      Talk about two epic sieges! I didn’t know they had this series until seeing this. Think I will copy you now. :-)

    • @ADMIRALTIA
      @ADMIRALTIA 4 роки тому

      @@PeraRambo
      The next one I would have looked forward to would have been the Gallipoli campaign but they already did a video on that, so I'm not really sure myself. Guess I'll be riding what will be next

    • @pabloaragon3303
      @pabloaragon3303 4 роки тому

      @@ADMIRALTIA Maybe the second siege of Viena and the crimean war?

    • @AlphaCrucis
      @AlphaCrucis 4 роки тому +1

      I'm just catching up with this series so I was there last week. It has been quite a ride so far.

  • @sisi4361
    @sisi4361 4 роки тому +843

    I miss Age of Empire first campaign with Knight Morgan black .

    • @POTUSenclave
      @POTUSenclave 4 роки тому +1

      @@tomh4754 just how Is it a pale Shadow?

    • @niki8280
      @niki8280 4 роки тому +10

      @Aleksa Petrovic As someone who played AoE1, aoe2, aom and aoe3, you need to know that AoE3 plays like an empty echo of aoe2. It has a similar structure but not its soul and was a disappointment for the series' fans. I liked aoe3 but I loved aoe2. I still play it today, 20 years after it came out. I don't think you should compare your aoe3 to a game you have never played before.

    • @widowmine6306
      @widowmine6306 4 роки тому +1

      and the spahis were like 200 hp or something, I loled hard when I replayed it

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 4 роки тому +4

      Aleksa Petrovic you and your pathetic knighthood will become irrelevant in the modern world 😂

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 4 роки тому

      VooDoo Wiz I don’t know how to. I only have Mac now. :(

  • @karlhans6678
    @karlhans6678 4 роки тому +483

    Who would win? an army of the mighty Ottoman Empire or one Mdina cannon boi?

    • @littlewolf6244
      @littlewolf6244 4 роки тому +148

      @@-db4rf It's a meme. Calm yourself.

    • @-db4rf
      @-db4rf 4 роки тому +11

      @@littlewolf6244 I am plenty of calm puto btw thats not a meme THATS BUTTHURT!!! Okey then i have also a meme the "DARDANEL STRAIT" who would win? An MIGHTY MIGHT "WESTERN" 7 COUNTRY COALITION FORCE or one 80 years old humble man with 150 kg cannonbal on his back sacrificing his life for his country to stop that WESTERN ARMADA entering the straits of dardanels and blocking the way to it???? Now thats whay i call a BOSS MEME!!!

    • @littlewolf6244
      @littlewolf6244 4 роки тому +101

      ​@@-db4rfYes, both situations can be written as memes. Both are laid out in such a way that makes the outcome seem certain even though we already know that the reverse outcome is what happened. The difference is that I find both humorous, while you seem ironically quite "butthurt," to use your term.
      Who would win? 7000 professional German soldiers, or 100 angry half-dead Russian bois?
      Who would win? 4000 of the mightiest warriors in southern Africa, or 139 red bois?
      Who would win? A 40,000 ton battleship and the pride of the German navy, or some obsolete biplane bois?
      Who would win? A fleet of the mighty Japanese empire or some Taffy bois?
      Who would win? The combined might of western civilization or one cannonball boi?
      None of these are hateful. None of these are butthurt. They're meant to be humorous.

    • @ekremtunc819
      @ekremtunc819 4 роки тому +54

      @@-db4rf its a meme little "wolf" now calm the fucking down your titties,
      you dont have to be triggered by everything right?
      RIGHT??

    • @ekremtunc819
      @ekremtunc819 4 роки тому +62

      @DiscordChaos it is because they grow up isolated from world with ultra nationalist or religious emotions, i used to be one of them haha.

  • @admiralsquatbar127
    @admiralsquatbar127 4 роки тому +54

    That was a tenacious defence. Worthy of a movie.

    • @spectreagent00
      @spectreagent00 4 роки тому +13

      No, Hollywood only makes real life stories about dead rockstars

    • @darthvenator2487
      @darthvenator2487 2 роки тому

      @@MrFirefox those infidels are repulsive

  • @jhuddeberame4507
    @jhuddeberame4507 4 роки тому +87

    This 🍺 is for the Boys at St.Elmo, the real chads of the Siege of Malta *Ozon Salute*

    • @julesmarwell8023
      @julesmarwell8023 3 роки тому +1

      was the battle ship Terror that was parked outside of StElmo ????

    • @chrish3850
      @chrish3850 3 роки тому +1

      Bet you watch bokoen1

  • @lonelyswordsman1177
    @lonelyswordsman1177 4 роки тому +65

    It should be noted that although the knights are represented as mounted troops in the animation, the only cavalry the knights had was based in Medina as cavalry would not be very effective in a siege. The rest of the knights would fight on foot.
    As far as interesting pieces of information go, in order to bloster the morale of the troops at St. Elmo and convince them to fight on, La Valette offered to have himself and the oldest knights swap places with the garrison. This had the desired effect of shaming the troops there into fighting on. Another detail which wasn't mentioned but was shown was that the line of ships behind the chain also served as a bridge between Birgu and Senglea, allowing the knights to run across it to reinforce either side if these were attacked.
    Though the knights would eventually accept Malta and Tripoli they weren't very keen on it as the island was arid and poor and the knights themselves were not in a very good state due to still having to recover from losing rhodes and being landless for a long period of time, making holding the two distant locations very difficult for them. While Gozo was mentioned as a seperate entity the island should be considered part of Malta being a very short distance away from the main island (roughly 7 km total distance) and having been administered alongside it. Malta being given to the knights was actually a breach of an old agreement the island had made with the Aragonese king Alfonso the 5th wherein after they had rebelled due to the harsh taxes imposed by one of the feudal lords in charge of the island (Gonzalvo Monroy) they had payed a sum of 30000 gold florins and were allowed self rule.

    • @lonelyswordsman1177
      @lonelyswordsman1177 4 роки тому +14

      Also this is important, the animation showing the Ottomans landing at the Grand Harbour is completely wrong. The Ottomans landed at Marsaxlokk (the beach to the southeast of Malta) and disembarked there. The reason the admiral wanted to take St Elmo was so the fleet could be docked at Marsamxett because he was afraid (probably incorrectly) that a storm might wreck the fleet.

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 4 роки тому +84

    One of the most amazing sieges in hisotry. How they managed to hang on and not give up. Inspiring stuff.

  • @LordLuisIII
    @LordLuisIII 4 роки тому +12

    I was waiting for this vid for so long. Thank you very much!!!

  • @saotome6502
    @saotome6502 4 роки тому +19

    This was such an important event, thank you for covering this.

  • @leovicic259
    @leovicic259 4 роки тому +109

    Big respect to Malta from Croatia!

    • @leovicic259
      @leovicic259 4 роки тому +30

      @@humo89 you are clever now or what???I am respecting Malta and their people because they are small nation but they stopped Turks and Germans,two big armies!

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 3 роки тому +2

      yes but the knights of Malta
      were not even from Malta!

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 3 роки тому +2

      @@leovicic259 the Knights of Malta Were European and Mediterranean Mercenaries paid by the Papal States ! they got their weight in Gold... just saying. Equivalent of today you joining the Army with a 5 million bonus if you survive a nuclear war.

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 3 роки тому +2

      @Ivan Fenech the population were not soldiers, their reward was their survival.

    • @hitsugayatoshiro9517
      @hitsugayatoshiro9517 3 роки тому +2

      @@serenemountain6769 stfu

  • @northtexan95
    @northtexan95 4 роки тому +1

    I've been looking forward to this video for a long time. Great job with the overview! This battle is one well worth reading about since many amazing details were not able to be covered in this video due to time.

  • @sdupont79
    @sdupont79 4 роки тому +2

    Love these videos, keep pumping these out as often as possible! You make it so easy and fun to learn about historical events.

  • @brendancarlton7326
    @brendancarlton7326 4 роки тому +6

    Good morning, K&G, and thank you for your work.

  • @eddy._.1822
    @eddy._.1822 4 роки тому +38

    Wow! Two videos in just one day! Great work Kings and Generals!

    • @evvec1490
      @evvec1490 4 роки тому +1

      Wait what? What the other one? I didnt find it..

    • @evvec1490
      @evvec1490 4 роки тому +1

      Idk if you baiting or what... but i didnt see the other one than this..

    • @evvec1490
      @evvec1490 4 роки тому

      @@saint_matthias oh.. the other Channel.. i thought what you mean in this channel.. sorry :)
      Edited* it said yesterday if Latin american video what you mean...
      Or maybe just different time zone

  • @HARMstudio6
    @HARMstudio6 4 роки тому +1

    IVE WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG THANK YOU!!

  • @IoannisS84
    @IoannisS84 4 роки тому +9

    You have exceeded yourselves in this one. Count me amongst your most dedicated fans. Exceptional work, please keep it up. Videos such as these feed on my passion for history. Thank you.

  • @christophercutajar4020
    @christophercutajar4020 3 роки тому +47

    Surprised why hollywood never made a movie about this..... It is an epic story.

    • @LetsRock1t
      @LetsRock1t 3 роки тому +2

      If they, 100.000 ottoman soldier aganist 1.000

    • @ParanormalInMalta
      @ParanormalInMalta 2 роки тому +1

      Agree with you

    • @Hungabrigoo
      @Hungabrigoo 2 роки тому +1

      Hollywood only cares about the US and Western Europe. The rest of the world might as well not exist to them.

    • @alexanderi1183
      @alexanderi1183 2 роки тому +17

      It's a pro Christian story.

    • @acusticamenteconvusional9936
      @acusticamenteconvusional9936 2 роки тому +2

      England or France is not involved

  • @willowtan7113
    @willowtan7113 4 роки тому +25

    I absolutely LOVE these amazing siege videos. At first I wasn't as interested in Ottoman battles, instead I preferred Roman history. But thanks to your videos, I have found these videos to be so interesting. Keep it up!

  • @notenoughgigawatts
    @notenoughgigawatts 4 роки тому

    Incredible quality and presentation in your videos! Thank you for your efforts =)

  • @sovietturtle9881
    @sovietturtle9881 4 роки тому +1

    An excellent video!As i recently gave my exams in univercity about all Veneto-Ottoman wars,i have to say it was by far one of my favourite.Excellent series from the large fleets of 《Sacra Liga 》and the Ottoman navy to thousands of ottoman attacking Hungary and Pelloponissos to the alliance of Litz!Very happy to see it

  • @thehistoricalhierophant6019
    @thehistoricalhierophant6019 4 роки тому +4

    That after effects tutorial looks really useful, i'll definitely have to look into it, thanks.

  • @victorstock86
    @victorstock86 4 роки тому +3

    This channel does not disappoint! Thanks for your work.
    I would love to see a series about:
    Simon Bolivar and the battles in his campaign.
    The French Indian wars.
    The Dutch revolt (80 years war)
    English civil war.
    You guys rock.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  4 роки тому +2

      Thanks for watching! All of these are on our list!

  • @matthiassantens7892
    @matthiassantens7892 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you to cover this inspiring battle. I was waiting for this for one year but waiting was wearth it.

  • @Rohilla313
    @Rohilla313 4 роки тому

    I must say this is my favourite history channel. Kudos. Sheer professionalism.
    In this video the Janissary marching music in the background was a nice finishing touch :)

  • @ruttiger500
    @ruttiger500 4 роки тому +7

    One of the most heroic last stand for the Hospitallers, from what I read this battle was brutal and savage. With bodies of enemy dead being taunted from both sides. Keep up the good work!

  • @Alphamarine001
    @Alphamarine001 4 роки тому +82

    On January 2018, when Kings and Generals had announced their new year's trailer for the projects yet to come, I had asked for this very siege to be depicted. The content you guys have produced since than has been an absolute delight to watch and now, its finally here: The last stand of my countrymen and their Knight overlords against the formidable Ottoman Empire!!!
    I once again thankyou for the quality of your content. A great Huzzah for whats to come :)

    • @user-xs5te5eb3b
      @user-xs5te5eb3b 4 роки тому +3

      am i a joke to you :(

    • @Alphamarine001
      @Alphamarine001 4 роки тому

      @@user-xs5te5eb3b I get symptoms of PTSD when I remember that Constantinople fell because the west refused to mobilize any sort of meaningful relief force. What you are my friend is a deep sense of regret :(

    • @user-xs5te5eb3b
      @user-xs5te5eb3b 4 роки тому +5

      @@Alphamarine001 The west did made a meanigful relief force called 4th crusade It just didint went they way it should :(

    • @Alphamarine001
      @Alphamarine001 4 роки тому

      @@user-xs5te5eb3b XD now that's an understatement ^^

    • @month32
      @month32 4 роки тому +3

      @@Alphamarine001 I get PTSD every time I remember the utter idiocy of the infighting that plagued ERE... I mean REALLY!?!?!?!? The turks are coming! Let us all backstab the emperor that is trying to stop them from entering Anatolia! Because it is SOOOOO easy to kick horse archers from open plains!

  • @paladinbob1236
    @paladinbob1236 4 роки тому +1

    a excellent renditionof this famous battle.....again thanks for the excellent commentary , soundeffects , and graphics making a excellent product , much enjoyed :P

  • @ihatecardboard
    @ihatecardboard 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much for doing this. We appreciate it.

  • @thebalkantimesbsks136
    @thebalkantimesbsks136 4 роки тому +8

    That feeling when you finish work, come back home, sit on the PC and you see that Kings and Generals have uploaded a new video. Perfect :)

  • @paolovirtuani7826
    @paolovirtuani7826 2 роки тому +10

    Ah, great stuff. I remember buying a monograph of this siege and reading it, only to discover that I was to be a guest in Malta shortly after! I went there and enjoy every second of it, looking at the actual places I had read just a few days before. Phenomenal siege, Valette was the personification of determination, a scary commander.

  • @bengiyardimli1925
    @bengiyardimli1925 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you thank you thank you. Been waiting for this one a long time

  • @nonohitters
    @nonohitters 4 роки тому

    Very well researched video, Thank you for your contributions to history.

  • @caesarplaysgames
    @caesarplaysgames 4 роки тому +35

    This needs to be made into a movie, or perhaps a miniseries. As long as it’s done right and made as historically accurate as possible, it would be amazing.

    • @Warentester
      @Warentester Рік тому +5

      My prediction: it would become a sad love triangle story shoehorned into the setting of the siege. No thank you.

    • @thetruth3791
      @thetruth3791 5 місяців тому

      @@CheckYourHealthUSyou must not watch movies then

  • @tmnumber1
    @tmnumber1 4 роки тому +4

    This needs to be a movie. The story has everything. BTW Great music

  • @dannyhare6951
    @dannyhare6951 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome video. Excellent sound track. Well explained. Carry on. D.

  • @GGG1113331
    @GGG1113331 4 роки тому

    I love that you guys use the Ottoman War Theme from Civ V for your Ottoman Wars videos. It's perfect.

  • @alanmike6883
    @alanmike6883 4 роки тому +13

    Can't deny this battle was historically epic.
    Full of courage on both sides.
    People forget about the perspective of the individual soldier and civilians caught in up in it...

  • @safcnashy6242
    @safcnashy6242 4 роки тому +8

    Honestly love your channel great animations, amazing topics well told and all in all great content.

  • @LookHereMars
    @LookHereMars 4 роки тому

    Fantastic as always K&G thank you for the content. 👍

  • @kapilahlawat1137
    @kapilahlawat1137 4 роки тому +2

    What a channel man it's soo soo amazing and making me see all the videos again and again I am addicted

  • @Zantides
    @Zantides 4 роки тому +28

    2 videos in one day. I've become more and more fond of your other channel aswell. Keep up the good work

  • @logycaa
    @logycaa Рік тому +11

    Malta, Lepanto and Vienna. Without those victories there would probably be a big mosque instead of the Saint Peter's Cathedral in Rome

    • @asdfghdhkdfkkffn3167
      @asdfghdhkdfkkffn3167 Рік тому +1

      I m not think so about lepanto but ı can corect others as a Turk

  • @ryangerrard4048
    @ryangerrard4048 4 роки тому

    Love your channel! Thank you for another GREAT video

  • @bear499
    @bear499 4 роки тому +1

    Brilliant video. I have been waiting for this one.

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 4 роки тому +101

    The *Master* Kings and Generals, dosing us with an addictive content of History, yet again!

  • @JLHFans
    @JLHFans 4 роки тому +6

    Nice video and i just have returned from my vacation on Malta :)

  • @tyroneteuma2124
    @tyroneteuma2124 4 роки тому

    oooo i have been waiting for this episode. Finally a great video about the struggle of our little island

  • @zeebaa6
    @zeebaa6 4 роки тому +1

    I read the book about this siege over 10 years ago in high school. I had to turn in the book and has since been out of print. Thank you
    for bringing me back to one of my favorites points of literature.

  • @Ekstrax
    @Ekstrax 3 роки тому +3

    watched this for the second time. I can highly recommend seeing the musea there if you ever happen to go to Malta. Very worthwhile!

  • @dylanclark4017
    @dylanclark4017 4 роки тому +4

    I love this series and hope the next battle is Lepanto 😍 but I really hope you get around to covering the Italian Wars like you said you would in the battle of Pavia video

    • @mobiggcro
      @mobiggcro 4 роки тому +1

      Dylan Clark yesss !! Another video about the italian wars would be great

  • @bingchu6007
    @bingchu6007 4 роки тому

    My favorite UA-cam channel, keep up the great work!

  • @j90yjaved21
    @j90yjaved21 3 роки тому

    Your channel is a best forum to know about historical wars.

  • @jobo5300
    @jobo5300 4 роки тому +313

    22:55 Until 1923? Does that mean there will be a World War 1 series?

    • @KonEl-BlackZero
      @KonEl-BlackZero 4 роки тому +99

      *Indy Neidell has left the server*

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr 4 роки тому +32

      1923 is the year that Ottoman Empire was officialy disbanded and replaced by the Republic of Turkey - it was just the land of modern Turkey after WW1.

    • @patrickweber8750
      @patrickweber8750 4 роки тому +27

      @ubi dubium Don't forget the Russo-Turkish wars.

    • @ivanvoronov3871
      @ivanvoronov3871 4 роки тому +12

      Galapoli will be epic

    • @shmuel961
      @shmuel961 4 роки тому +17

      @@ivanvoronov3871 they already did gallipoli

  • @mattgrandich3977
    @mattgrandich3977 4 роки тому +14

    Possibly my favorite historical battle.

  • @dzpower189
    @dzpower189 4 роки тому

    Thank you for this great work

  • @mephistopheles8642
    @mephistopheles8642 4 роки тому

    This one was great ! Thank you Kings and Generals.

  • @markpace123
    @markpace123 4 роки тому +12

    As a Maltese citizen, you made us proud! We learn about the great siege early in our education. Well done love your channel!

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 4 роки тому +1

      The Kights of Malta where not Maltese!
      They where European Mercenaries! Assembled by the Pope!
      Proud of wars ?

    • @EM-tx3ly
      @EM-tx3ly 3 роки тому

      Both True

    • @kasadam85
      @kasadam85 2 роки тому

      @Prasanth Thomas Except that Janissaries were Ottoman citizens LMAO.

    • @kasadam85
      @kasadam85 2 роки тому

      @Prasanth Thomas Janissaries were not originally Muslims, they were cristian born kids that are fighting for Islam. They were trained by the Ottomans 💀

    • @kasadam85
      @kasadam85 2 роки тому

      @Prasanth Thomas They were not trained in Malta by maltese people 💀

  • @lemonader01
    @lemonader01 4 роки тому +3

    Woah, that was an incredible video

  • @alexandrusofian637
    @alexandrusofian637 3 роки тому

    U guys are amazing .Thank u so much for all the great work .

  • @JK-dz4md
    @JK-dz4md 4 роки тому

    Great job with the background music. Fantastic documentary.

  • @Saqu0007
    @Saqu0007 4 роки тому +37

    Hi, I’m Maltese so we learn a lot of this in school. Pretty good except for some minor inaccuracies. The ottomans first landed in a bay in the far south of the island away from the grand harbour because the harbour was well defended by Birgu, Senglea and fort st. Elmo. Once they captured fort st Elmo at the tip of what is now the Valletta peninsula, they moved their fleet to the Marsamxett harbour on the other side of Valletta from the grand harbour.

    • @julesmarwell8023
      @julesmarwell8023 3 роки тому

      kif int habib.. .mil lawstralja ....

    • @hussainashraf5179
      @hussainashraf5179 2 роки тому

      malta was under arab muslim rule for centuries

    • @naxxari69
      @naxxari69 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@hussain ashraf but then the Norman,s came and finally Malta got rid of the Arabs and we became Christian,s

  • @musakhan3419
    @musakhan3419 4 роки тому +31

    Very Nice! Now waiting for the Siege of Szigetvar! Plz upload it quickly!

    • @jonathanallard2128
      @jonathanallard2128 4 роки тому +1

      Siege of what?

    • @Abhishek-sr2pu
      @Abhishek-sr2pu 4 роки тому +3

      @@jonathanallard2128 the most iconic battle of ottoman wars.

    • @kingusernamelxixthemagnifi3488
      @kingusernamelxixthemagnifi3488 4 роки тому +1

      @@jonathanallard2128 According to cardinal Richelieu (slightly hyperbolically) : " the battle that saved civilisation".

    • @victorpulis5113
      @victorpulis5113 Рік тому

      one year later in which Suleiman died exactly one year from the end of the siege of Malta.

  • @FAKos-np7rh
    @FAKos-np7rh Рік тому +1

    Amazing work. thank you!

  • @cernaj
    @cernaj 4 роки тому +2

    I love it. I have been following you for ages and am from Malta. Excellent historical accuracy. Very impressed.

  • @necati3464
    @necati3464 Рік тому +13

    What to say... İ am turkish, and i was wathing this like an movie i was waiting for almost 400 years... Almost falling of my couch from the tension 😅
    Congrats to the people of malta.
    A battle is not a matter of numbers. But on bravery 💪

    • @Brslld
      @Brslld Рік тому +5

      Respect to Ottoman and Maltese bravery

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 Рік тому +2

      My ancestors fought against yours, but Turks would have never gotten to where they were if they weren't skilled fighters.

    • @lionelchilton2124
      @lionelchilton2124 Рік тому

      ​@@robwalsh9843 agreed with u mate 👍

  • @Daruliable
    @Daruliable 4 роки тому +4

    Oh dear, this was one of the best video from you guys! How there's no movie o mini-series at the TV of this siege, it was epic, wait I know, no english involment, that's why :(

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  4 роки тому

      Thanks for watching!

    • @ChrisMartin1972
      @ChrisMartin1972 4 роки тому

      There was one English knight, Sir Oliver Starkey, Valette’s secretary.

  • @dancingwithfools
    @dancingwithfools 4 роки тому

    Outstanding presentation! I've read a detailed account written by a witness to the event. The finer details that are seldom mentioned make this entire event even more incredible. It would make a captivating movie

  • @saidhabsi7740
    @saidhabsi7740 4 роки тому +2

    Love ur channel couldn’t stop watching it

  • @alexkubeck8587
    @alexkubeck8587 2 роки тому +4

    Roger Crowley's "Empires of Sea" - great book on the conflict...In "Patton" (1970), the character also commented on this great battle... Hernan Cortes- from the Conquest of Mexico? -he was there too. Crowley's other books are great too.
    Best defense of an untenable situation in world history

  • @ozeppeo
    @ozeppeo 4 роки тому +8

    Just one day after Rare Earth uploaded their Siege of Malta video. Nice!

  • @MrBanno91
    @MrBanno91 Рік тому +1

    Spent my honeymoon in malta, what an amazing place, loved learning more about the history. Great video aswell. Very informative.

  • @andrehenrique2093
    @andrehenrique2093 4 роки тому

    Another great video. I liked to hear that you will cover a lot more about ottoman wars.

  • @Fenniks-
    @Fenniks- 4 роки тому +17

    god i cant wait to watch this long awaited video

  • @tigerchickyface2514
    @tigerchickyface2514 4 роки тому +3

    Holy shit what a battle. I love the work you guys are doing. So you said you will cover all the major battles until 1923? Will this include the turkish war of indepence? That would be awesome.

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks guys! Been waiting for this one for ages! Ever since reading "The Great Siege" this has fascinated me! It is my favorite historical Siege and next to Rorke's Drift is what got me into history!

  • @sosgrossosabelo
    @sosgrossosabelo 4 роки тому +1

    SSSSSSHHHHHEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIT! You keep getting better and better. Is there any way to listen to the full soundtrack?

  • @skyrim654
    @skyrim654 4 роки тому +4

    This battle had me on the edge of my seat

  • @Ilikefinalfantasy795
    @Ilikefinalfantasy795 4 роки тому +763

    The Ottoman camp got Yeeted on.

    • @ahmedturgut1882
      @ahmedturgut1882 4 роки тому +46

      the ottomans made all of europe shit their pants mate/

    • @othali
      @othali 4 роки тому +3

      @@CKyIe We called Encamisadas...

    • @12345678900987659101
      @12345678900987659101 4 роки тому +55

      @@ahmedturgut1882 *Laughs in Hunyadi*

    • @ArthaxtaDaVince777
      @ArthaxtaDaVince777 4 роки тому +22

      @@ahmedturgut1882
      only because western europe massacred and plundered the roman empire, and romans betraying their own fathers.

    • @ahmedturgut1882
      @ahmedturgut1882 4 роки тому +18

      @Matthias D'Avila mate,they did not defeat them stupid.they retreated like pussies inside their castle.no one can survive ottomans in open combat.NO ONE!!everyone had to cowardly hide behind stone walls.

  • @jesseberg3271
    @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +1

    I'm impressed by how well the writers/narrator manages to mostly avoid showing bias. These issues are still emotionally fraught, to this day, but there are only a few moments where it seems like the chanel has picked a side. Very well done.

  • @fernandaseixas9602
    @fernandaseixas9602 4 роки тому

    Another great video! Keep the good job guys ^^

  • @Dragonite43
    @Dragonite43 4 роки тому +5

    This episode was uploaded on my Birthday! :D

  • @davidkaaa
    @davidkaaa 4 роки тому +51

    I sense Suleiman's last epic face-off with one of Europe's greatest generals looming on the horizon. Szigetvár. Awesome series!

    • @curious_one1156
      @curious_one1156 4 роки тому +13

      Suleiman literally sat it out in a tent, and died of old age.
      Lol.

    • @westerling4542
      @westerling4542 2 роки тому

      @@curious_one1156 what do you expect from a commander? Go in the first line and get killed by the first arrow?

    • @darthvenator2487
      @darthvenator2487 2 роки тому +1

      @@westerling4542 he died of obesity. Suleiman the hutt kkk

    • @kasadam85
      @kasadam85 2 роки тому

      @@curious_one1156 what a dumb statement

    • @ninjaa6952
      @ninjaa6952 2 роки тому

      Suleimans army got its ass kicked in his last battle he died before the defenders lol.

  • @NathanS__
    @NathanS__ 4 роки тому

    I’ve been craving some St. John Malta action lately. I didn’t even notice this was brand-spanking-New.
    Good timing K&G.

  • @ReZel80657
    @ReZel80657 4 роки тому

    Yes the video i have been waiting for from K&G since i visited Malta back in June

  • @OttomanHistoryHub
    @OttomanHistoryHub 4 роки тому +111

    *In Turkish, the name Dragut Reis is translated to Turgut Reis
    There's actually a city in Turkey that is named Turgutreis and ive visited their many times to see family when I was younger. Apparently, Turgut Reis himself was born there in 1485 when the place was still called Karatoprak (Dark Soil). There was (and still is) a huge monument commemorating Turgut Reis and his fellow soldiers during the Siege of Malta in the towns main park, and I remember climbing up on his statue with my cousins during the night when I was a kid. I like to think that me climbing on his statue rubbed off some curiosity for history on me which has stuck with me ever since :D
    Also, just wanted to say thank you for these great videos and for helping me with my channel. I still get tons of people saying they found my channel due to a comment that I posted and that got pinned by you guys from January of this year. Much love from Turkey/USA and hoping that UA-cam will stop screwing over you guys with Monetization :)

    • @timucinturkoglu6131
      @timucinturkoglu6131 4 роки тому

      Kral şuraya bi Turkish subtitle yap be

    • @stepanpytlik4021
      @stepanpytlik4021 4 роки тому

      What is happening with their monetetization?

    • @sciuresci1403
      @sciuresci1403 4 роки тому

      There is no city called “turgutreis” in turkey. Stop misinforming people.

    • @randomuser6175
      @randomuser6175 4 роки тому

      ​@Kayserili38ification Bodrum'un mahallesi ne zaman şehir oldu ya?

    • @Omegaeon1
      @Omegaeon1 4 роки тому +2

      He was greek or italian

  • @raphaelcamilleri9086
    @raphaelcamilleri9086 Рік тому +3

    As a Maltese citizen I am well pleased with your presentation and information you had demonstrate to the world to know! Thank you!

    • @vitorpereira9515
      @vitorpereira9515 Рік тому +2

      I salute you and your glorious ancestors. God bless the heroic island of Malta. 🇲🇹🇧🇷

  • @nicolomorganti1150
    @nicolomorganti1150 2 роки тому

    This is very helpful thanks!