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The number of regular professional paid soldiers ( Kapıkulu ) employed by the High Porte throughout the Ottoman Empire did not exceed 15 - 16,000 men in the first third of the 16th century.[30] The Ottomans obtained most of the arquebuses for their janissary army from Hungarian and Venetian gunsmiths. This phenomenon was so widespread and severe, that in 1525 the Hungarian Parliament had to pass a law against the export of Hungarian-made arquebuses for the Ottoman Empire.[32]
@Ahmed AlFaraj I do not think so. The Hungarian infantry was fightingat the Turks cannon lineand the Hungarian right wing already started to run away . Bali bey after destroying the Hungarians camp just closed into the Hungarian infantry and massacred them. The "all in" attack agains the superior enemy in number (probably 3-4 to 1 ) was the worst decision .
In Italy its "Vittoria di Pirro" or Pyrrhic Victory as its better known. For the Epirus King Pirro which came in help of the Magna Graecia colonies in South Italy against Rome. He won but at a very high costo.
Everyone remember this: “Önök most megásták Magyarország sírját, de Magyarország ott lesz a temetésén mindazon országoknak, amelyek most itt megásták Magyarország sírját”
I heard that when The Ottoman Sultan saw how young the Hungarian King was he lamented how young he was and expressed regret at him not experience a full life. Great video.
@Vincent Youravich also need to know your limits. like yildirim (thunder) bayezid . this sultan of ours was the definition of not holding your horses. he would march to the battlefield in front of his cavalry. his men couldnt keep up with him, it was this problem of his that lead to his capture to mongols, he was greatly outnumbered, yet he launched at the mongols like thunder, he was way to ahead of his own army, which made it possible for mongols to surround him and capture. he was quite a fighter and eager to die ahead of his soldiers, which was his strength and weakness! he was a very angry man too :) he almost caused the destruction of ottoman empire as a result of his capture by running way ahead of his army, empire was left headless, and had a quite long bad time to get back up.
I have a recommendation for upcoming videos. They would be perfect when you would show us how the soldiers looked like (like in your thumbnails). It's sometimes hard to imagine it with just the name of the troops. When you speak about Teutonic Knights for example then show a picture how they looked like for a few seconds. Other than that your videos are amazing.
Fun fact: I was in school in the good ol' 80's and when it came to learn about our loss at Mohács, we were told that Tomori charged (so far okay) in the center (apparently not) with the infantry (he definitely did not lead them, according to the video) and the Ottomans feigned retreat leading him and his troops in front of their cannons. Now, at 46, I have to face the fact that we actually charged at the cannons without any trickery from the Turks. Noice. It's an interesting feeling learning how you knew something fundamental wrong for almost 4 decades...
Maybe historical sources about the battle were not quite clear. In such case historians may prepare several descriptions of the battle depending on their interpretations and guessings. Moreover descriprion of famous battles tha is presented at schools are always simplified. Additionaly I think historymarche sometimes uses translations o battle descriptions from Polish historians (because is easier to translate from Polish than from Hungarian - because some names are pronounced in Polish manner).
@Transylvanian no. Cannons cant stop direct cavalry attack. So ottoman armys design is abnormal in this war. Their design is 3 line. First line retreat than second and last line is cannons and rifles. And first and second line didnt only retreat they spread flanks. And some of ottoman armys in ambush they attackd from back. Than hungarians escaped. However there was only 1 way -swamp-.
I found like three depictions of the battle so far, and I think ultimately we will never really know the absolute truth, battles were very chaotic things, in this ibstance most of the Hungarian high command died also, so it's not like they were able to leave behind their take of the events.
There is a war tactic used by the Turks throughout history. 'Turan tactic' or 'Wolf trap'. The vanguards stage a mock attack and retreat. Seeing this, the leaders attack with their entire army, but the real army has already passed behind them. Mohaç is the best war in which the Turks used this tactic. It would be unfair to both the Hungarians and the Turks to say that the Hungarian cavalry, which was the best in Europe at that time, attacked the cannons. I advise you not to reference only western sources in your sources.
I read in a book about Hungarian cavalry overall, that the initial cavalry charge itself was devastating for Turkish infantry, but after they turned around for round 2, the infantry chained the cannons together, making an obvious obstacle for the horses. And standing horsemen are much more easier targets.
The Battle of Mohacs is one of my most favorite battles like of all time! Why? Not only because the Ottoman Empire was at its peak during this time but it also because this battle is the ultimate result of the French's defeat at the Battle of Pavia in the Italian Wars as well. And when that happened, it led to the Franco-Ottoman alliance, which led to the military operations such as the Battle of Mohacs. Speaking of Franco-Ottoman alliance, will this channel featured a video about it in the future? I hope so because such a content is so rare to find on KZclip.
@Antuan And that is actually sad, because huge majority of people who "create" USA, or Americans came from Europe:) So the for example USA history before that has really less to do with nowadays Americans as their own history, because it is not.:) The ancestors of Americans are not Indians, but Europeans:) Mostly, of course people from Africa and other parts of the world.
@Hannibal Barca its an incredibly important battle in Hungarian, Austrian, and Turkish culture, as well as something that even random counts in france and england would have heard and known about, which takes an earthshattering like event to happen at that time period. There was no postal system, no telegraphs, not even really a network of communication outside of the church. I would expect at least them would have heard about this battle, the vast majority of americans can name a few (historical) wars and battles america was involved in, revolutionary war, civil war, and maybe if they paid attention the war of 1812, and mexican american war. im(and that dude) are assuming you Europeans learn about at least some of the historical wars for your culture as well, if not, then im incredibly sorry about your history classes. Wars were what made those classes passable
The Ottoman empire of the first half of the 16th century was an absolute juggernaut destroying the Mamluk Sultanate and Hungary, wrecking an enormous Holy League at Preveza, and trashing the Safavids at Chaldiran
@Great Arabiaالأمة العربية العظمى First of all read carefully, I'm not from west Europe but south-east, Balkans, the areas Turks conquered in 15th century. My people doesn't have conquering history of going thousands kilometers away to spread killing and disaster like west Europeans or some Asian tribes including Turks. Yes we did suffer in the past from west too but Turks stayed on our land way longer and it's marked in generations the suffering they brought to our land.
Really, really good depiction of all the events converging to the battle. I am glad that the channel is growing. You can hire more people and also more viewers can see this beautiful content.
@tinecaa tinecaa Oh. One more thing; maybe you know the answer. It is said that Carthage went around western Africa to around Ghana. That would mean the sailing technology of the caravel wasn't necessary to do that, which would mean that Iberians could have gone around Africa back in the days of Rome or the Visigothic kingdom.
@tinecaa tinecaa Mali was Muslim and could have helped the Turks also, with the Niger river having access to the Atlantic and further west. I also wonder why Muslims didn't go around Africa to learn more about the world there. They couldn't have been limited to only eastern African coasts for hundreds of years.
@SCINTILLAM DEI i think Ottomans had naval bases in Morocco due to an alliance. But Selim the grim stopped Ottomans expansion to Americas when he killed his brother who had plans going there.
It's absurd that the Turks didn't go to America to colonize too. The Jews kept you from it. All you had to do was sail from the Sahara. It's not like the Ottomans couldn't beat the Moroccans, or couldn't bypass them.
@Goxy Eagle don't forget Serbian empire were the strongest empire in that part of Europe also other principalities supported the Serbian empires basically it was a balkanik coalition
The weather conditions are not mentioned in the video but they could have influenced the entire battle. 29 August 1526 started as a very hot day. During noon, there was no wind and the heat was extreme on the battlefield. The leaders of the army were humans and one may tend to make quick and perhaps not well-grounded decisions in such circumstances just not to remain standing on the field. However, at the end of the battle, a storm broke out. Heavy wind, rainfall and half-darkness made the escape of the fragmented Hungarian army extremely difficult and such weather conditions made the catastrophe more serious.
On fields of green, the armies stood, The air was tense, the mood was crude. The sun shone bright, upon the land, And warriors readied sword in hand. The drums began to beat their sound, The trumpets echoed all around. The clash of steel, the roar of men, The battle of Mohacz had begun. The Ottomans, a mighty force, Faced the Hungarians, with no remorse. The two sides clashed, in brutal fight, As warriors fell, in endless night. The Hungarians fought with all their might, But the Ottomans proved too strong to fight. Their arrows flew, their horses charged, Their victory, the Hungarians discharged. The cries of agony, filled the air, As soldiers fell, without a prayer. The battle raged, for hours on end, Until the Ottomans emerged as the ascend. The Hungarians suffered great defeat, Their king and soldiers, no longer neat. The Ottomans claimed their victory, Leaving the land in great misery. The Battle of Mohacz, a day of pain, Where many lives, were lost in vain. A reminder of the cost of war, And how it leaves, a lasting scar.
I am a Turk living in Hungary and I have a big love towards the Hungarian nation as we share lots of common history stretching back to the times way before the Ottoman Empire. I feel bad for young Louis for being very inexperienced and not being able to measure the balance of power. This battle, which is the shortest pitched battle of history as it took less than 2 hours, is the reason that Charles and Ferdinand NEVER faced Suleiman on the battlefield. The effect and fear caused by the total destruction of such a major European kingdom in 2 hours, prevented them to ever dare. Even when Suleiman made his so called "German campaign" in 1532, when his army was wandering around in Graz and other HRE holdings, they did not gave the sultan the decisive battle he wanted. Suleiman wrote humiliating letters to Charles, talking about honor, bravery, mentioning that wives of Charles being more brave then him, inviting, provoking him into a battle, he did not dare. HRE in that time could easily muster more than 100000 troops from all the kingdoms, but the centralized and homogenous war machine of Suleiman had better professionalism and were better equipped. Treaty of Constantinople was signed a year after and according to the treaty, Charles and Ferdinand would never call themselves or anyone else the emperor except Suleiman, and they would be counted equal only to the grand visier of the Ottoman Empire. Also 30000 ducats would be paid to the sultan annually. The German campaign also proved the natural western borders of the Ottoman Empire, as the expansion further was not sustainable due to several logistic, political and sustainability issues. For instance, the massive Ottoman army to march to Budin from Constantinople would take 3 months by which time the campaigning season would end.
amazing ! the mobilization the hungarian army was an interesting insight comparing if the entire army could have linked up together . This is really well made
Absolutely no. There were a Serbian refugee uprising against the Hungarians, this led to their fall. After this battle the Hun kingdom still had enough power to stop the ottomans, but there were no just Ottomans.
Hi I love your work, it is always interesting to watch the battles you describe. I hope you also do the Battle of the Bosnian Highlands one of the biggest Croatian victories in the history of the Croatian nation. Thank you very much.
Actually Croatian troops were already present, some 6-7000 troops from Slavonia. Another 5-6000 under Cristoph Frangepan was arriving from the south (Dalmatia). Most of Hungary was spared of warfare until Mohacs, while kongdom of Croatia was devastated since 1463, suffering several large Aknci raids every year wich led to some larger battles. Since king Matthias death none of the kings and nobles cared or did something about that. This gap and mistrust between two kingdoms was exploited by the Habsburgs who paid for garrisons and troops in Croatia as early after battle of Krbava. For this reason Habsburgs were elected unanimously for Croatian kings, Sapolya had no chances for support south of Drava river. Hungarians lost their kingdom due to the irresponsibility and arrogance of the nobility.
@Kft Drjusa The 16th century revenue Ottoman Sultans were much lower than the income of Spanish and French monarchs. The army of Spain was far larger than the Ottoman army, and unlike the Ottomans, Spanish army remained unbeaten (let it be siege or open field battle) from 1490 to 16630s!!! Spanish also had the largest navy in the era. So the Ottoman Empire was second class power in a comparison with Spain.
Reasons for defeat: "Hungarians lost their kingdom because of the irresponsibility and arrogance of the nobility." 1/ The Hungarian nobility was there on the battlefield. They died for their country. Are you ready? The Turkish army was created for conquest, the Hungarian one was not. Any European country at that time would have failed against the Ottoman Empire. (Probably even now..) 2./ The Habsburgs were in debt to the Fugger's Bank, which is why they needed the gold and silver mines in northern Hungary. They managed to get that. (There won't be peace in Africa anytime soon because of its mineral resources.) 3/ Until 1492, a third of European gold and silver came from Hungarian mines. With the discovery of America, the economic and military power of the Kingdom of Hungary decreased, and an economic crisis appeared. In 1514, instead of a crusade, a civil war broke out. (America still plays an important role in weakening Europe today) 4/ The Reformation divided not only the population of Europe of the time but also Hungary. (Even today there are ideas that divide Europeans.)
@Miklós NagyCorrect, although Syrmia population was mixed Hungarian and Croatian, at the battles of Eng and Mangelos was fought by Ivan Morović, Ban of Syrmia, later to be wounded at Rovine. Bosnia wasn't no barrier at all, rather a rally point for Akincis since at least 1415 and the Battle of Lasva valley when duke Hrvatinić allied with them.
Hungary wasn't spared at all. The Ottoman raids reached southern Transylvania as far as Szászváros (Orăștie) in 1420, Brassó (Brasov) in 1421, Szeben (Sibiu) in 1432, Marosszentimre (Sântimbru) in 1442, the whole today's Banat region, sometimes Bács county, and today's eastern Slavonia (Szerém and Valkó counties, then part of Hungary proper) in 1391. There was a kinda large, Hungarian-inhabited town in today's Serbian part of Srem, not far from the Croatian border, named Eng, wich was fully devastated already in 1391. Actually, the Turks reached the Croatian and Slavonian heartland later, than the southern parts of Hungary, obviously because Croatia was further away from the Ottomans, and there was a Bosnian Kingdom between them until 1463. But this doesn't detract anything from the merits of the Croats in the fight against the Turks. :) And yes, Szapolyai, and his supporters were one of the worst figures in our history.
This is one of those battles that really changed world history as we know it today. AWESOME watch. How much royal blood was lost in hours? This is where Louie was killed for his hesitantly to have deployed his entire army were lost. As for the center who was abandoned. Paid for by the pope how many would not come to that banner? The lost in both subjects mentioned here as portrayed in this video. Still reverberate to present day Thank you the great the video!
In Mohács there's a memorial for the battle and for the hungarian heroes who died in the battle. Many historians and archeologist work there even these days to find and give a proper funeral to the fallen. These people estimate the losses to 14000 for the hungarian side and around some thousand to the ottomans.
@Mr Statistics There are five mass graves on the battlefield with approximately 2000 skeletons. Among these skeletons the archaeologists already found women and children. Not to many but yes there are some. Possibly during the heat of the battle they were killed as well.
@András Király Brodarics himself wrote that the Turks attacked the Hungarians camps and the killed bodies covered the whole area. So practically it is a historical fact there was mass casualties among the non combatant people. Furthermore the battle started four days before the main clash. 20 000 akindzi were sent to harass the Hungarians until the main army arrives. Sunday-Monday-Tuesday then the main battle on Wednesday. During these days there were clashes practically everywhere on the area which is 60 km2 big. So mass graves could be anywhere.
@George Bill The thing is. That historians still dont know where exactly the battles took place (they think it wasnt only one place cause they found evidence in multiple villages). Maybe this estimate that you say incudes the civilians in the area as well. Ottomans usually slaved and killed almost everyone in occupied territory.
@András Király We had25-30 000 soldiers plus the servant in the camps estimated further 15-25 000. If you take the data from the existing mass graves there were women children and old men as well. Not combatant persons. So I think the sultan's diary and another Hungarian sources are correct. 24 000 plus estimated couple of another thousands.
I was hoping you would make this video!!! I am going to share it with my students this spring when I teach my history of the Middle East class. I mention the battle, but don't have time in a survey course to go into this detail.
That's awesome. Hope it they will find it a fantastic presentation as we all do now. I tend to like HM's way of asking the more critical questions about why certain leaders/groups make a decision before a significant event/battle throughout his videos. Or the cause that created a chain of events leading to a battle/war. Hence, why did the Hungarians not want to group up to combine forces? Or understanding each side's motivation for not taking the best course of action for more significant results. Really helps to start up a research paper or project for a particular topic
HistoryMarche, you videos are the best battle videos in the internet, Keep up the good work!!! I would love to see battles in the Americas, during the conquest nd independence of South and North America!!!
The map is faulty: Louis II was Czech-Moravian king also. His sister's husband, Ferdinand Habsburg got his kingdoms after his death. Of course his kingdoms were separated but a plenty of Czech soldier came also(lot of them had not reach the battlefield in time).
The great Sultan, after the dawn prayer, gave a powerful sermon to the army. Among what he said, Paradise is before you: if you are martyred, and if you kill your enemy, he will be in Hell Be steadfast and victory will be yours..
@shahul Yes. Here are those that I watch: 1. الباشمؤرخ ( similar format with animation and all) 2. يمان history 3. solyman_9 or 95 i can't remember (I get goosebumps from his narration, especially when he recited Qutuz's reply to the Mongols.) 4. Anas Action (his is mostly on the Prophets and the companions)
I always get goosebumps and excited when I hear the khutbahs before war, but these western youtubers seldom mention them. Which is why I prefer watching these in Arabic. The adrenaline surge and pride I feel watching them is unmatched. Something I can never feel in these vids. Still, it was informative.
THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot." Halman, T. and Warner, J., 2007. Rapture and revolution. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, Crescent Hill Publications, p.9. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , understanding the Turks ' military organization , given the credit for the greatest empire since antiquity , became a major European preoccupation . Speake, J., n.d. Literature of travel and exploration. p.891. By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world. A History of the Middle East Paperback - March 15, 2006 by Saul S. Friedman (Author) p.181 The Turks too , the great warriors of the steppes , were almost haughty in the assumption that they inherited the jihad fighting spirit of the tradition and carried it half - way into Europe . Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective p.94
Could you please link the knowledge basis that were any hungarian troops at Valea Alba in 1476? As far as I know Stefan had difficulties in presenting an army as strong as the year before at Vaslui. No outside help arrived. I must be wrong, though.
I imagine there were few that proposed in getting those other armies and not to go charging into battle. But as usual in history there are always overconfident and bloodthirsty nobles that win out the arguments.
After you're done with Hannibal can you do a series on the Reconquista, i have a list of Battles with numbers. - Battle of Guadalete: 12,000 Moors against 40,000 Christians. - Battle of Sagrajas: 48,000 Moors against 80,000 Christians. - Battle of Ucles: 24,000 Moors against 46,000 Christians. - Battle of Consuegra: 20,000 Moors against 35,000 Christians. - Battle of Arnisol: 27,000 Moors against 50,000 Christians. - Battle of Fraga: 40,000 Moors against 65,000-70,000 Christians. - Battle of Cuenca: 25,000 Moors against 40,000 Christians. - Battle of Cutanda: 40,000 Christians against 25,000 Moors. - Battle of Cervera: 20,000 Moors against 50,000 Christians. - Battle of Alarcos: 50,000 Moors against 150,000 Christians. - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: 200,000 Christians against 50,000 Moors.
to be honest, the loss at Mohács was pretty good for the habsburgs as our king was only 20 without heir and becuase of that marriage they could claim the kingdom....not wondering why their mercenaries were "late" from the battle, also Zapolya was late and he got Erdély (transsyl) after Mohács...the battle was ended before it started.
These rumours have already started just following the battle- without any justification at all. No one anticipated the collapse of the Hungarian Kingdom at that time.
It was one of the most consequential battles in entire Central and Eastern European history, which affected the future of many nations and conserved the gap between Western and Eastern Europe.
Hello, I wanted to tell you if you can make a video about the battle of Castelnuovo. it was a battle. it had been taken by troops of the thirds of the Spanish army the previous year during the campaign of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire. The walled town was besieged by land and sea by a powerful Ottoman army led by Khaireddín Barbarossa, who offered an honorable surrender to the defending troops. However, this was rejected by the Spanish commander Francisco de Sarmiento and by his captains even though they were aware that the Christian fleet, defeated in the battle of Préveza, could not come to his aid.
It is likely that Habsburg advisers to the King Louis II pressured him to lead the army and rush the battle. They wanted the king to die like Vladislav in Varna in 1444 and sit an Habsburg on the throne.
Holy shit this is like super accurate to CK3 player vs. AI wars. >AI doesn't bother to combine all his armies >AI doesn't even defend strategic points like major river crossings >AI attacks larger enemy army on defensive ground for no reason
Great video but please use accurate representative depictions of Ottoman leaders. Bali Bey and Anatolian Troop's leaders has depicted as destert Arabian people. You can use high ranked man depictions from miniatures or European gravures from Melchior Lorck or Nicolas de Nicolay. They are very close to the period of this battle.
Благодарю за видео. Очень всё интересно. Случайно увидел этот канал, на другом канале было упоминание данного канала. В итоге - подписался. Очень классный канал. Особая благодарность за русские субтитры.
I'm working to recreate this very battle with miniatures on a wargaming table top. The old Hungarian saying, “Much more was lost at Mohacs” is perfect but, let's be honest, King Louis was an idiot; had he waited and joined with the other two allied armies, he might have lived, if not won outright.
Did the Ottomans use the 3 shot volley technique that Oda Nobunaga used during his conquest of Japan? Alternating between 3 shots from arquebuses 3 deep followed by arrows while they reload.
Cannon projectiles passed over Hungarian cavalry, thus it became ineffective but Janissary with musket volley behind chained cannons melted Hungarian heavy cavalry. Ottoman light cavalry who split into 2 pieces and maneuvered sideways against Hungarian heavy cavalry charge, charged from flanks and rear to Hungarian heavy cavalry, completing the victory.
The nobility at this time were such cowards, they’re first to claim responsibility for victories and first to flee the battlefield. I can’t believe they left their entire center exposed like that
@Nomadic Enjoyer” bruh” I know. I’m just showing respect to them as closest friends to Polish people. Same as we are to them. During WWII their prime minister Paul Teleki said to Hitler that it’s not going to happen to use Hungarian railroads to invade Poland as its matter of honor to not get involved in any action against Poland. He would rather blew them up. So that’s why “bruh”. Ffs
@Nomadic Enjoyer that's the real test to friendship - feeling one's Mohacs pain 500 years later and in 2022 giving Polish refuge to the renaissance Hungarians fleeing from the 16th century Ottoman occupation.
Bu kadar çok beğenen kişiye rağmen ben bu videonun bazı eksikleri olduğunu düşünüyorum. Sanki Osmanlı ordusu sayıca çok olduğu için savaşı kazanmış gibi düşünülmesine sebep oluyor. Ayrıca savaşın gidişatında Osmanlı topçusunun etkisini yeterince göstermiyor. Ayrıca Osmanlı ordusunun o dönemde Avrupa ordularında pek görünmeyen disiplinli manevralar yapabilme özelliğinin de pek hakkı verilmemiş. Bütün okuduklarıma göre savaşın başlangıcı böyle ama Osmanlı merkezinin düşman atlılarını Osmanlı topçusuna yaklaştırması ve ardından sahte ricatla kalın zırhlı Macar ordusunun Osmanlı topçusunun ağır ateşi altında kırılması ile bu savaş kazanılmıştır. Macar süvarilerinin düşmana tek bir kütle halinde çarpıp onu yoketmek için de birbirlerine zincirlerle bağlı olması ise Macarlar top ateşi altında topluca yok edilmesine sevep olmuştur. Ayrıca bu savaş tabiri caizse Avrupa’nın gözünü açmış artık zırhlı süvari çağının tamamen bittiğini ateşli silahlar çağının başladığını anlamalarını sağlamıştır. Bir daha da 70 yıl boyunca Osmanlı’nın karşısına çıkmayacak, bir daha Haçova Savaşı’nda Osmanlı’nın karşısına meydan savaşı için çıktıklarında ise Avusturyalılar (aslında Almanlar) yanlarında sayıca çok ve menzili Osmanlılarınkinden daha uzun olan toplar yaparak çıkmışlardır.
As a hungarian i date the demise of our nation at Mohacs. The kingdom lost so much in the next 150 years in resources and in demography we never recovered our ethnic lines and power. Still saddens me that this was point of no return.
@Thoradim Ottoman akincis raided outpost, depots and such againts a state ottomans were in war. They were similar to state owned pirates, like barbarosa of mediterranean. Like Tetons knights, they belong to an religious order similar to jannistaries. Killing peasants were not their thing.
@nathan ruben no, they just outright exterminated the population, like the mongols, parts of the great hungarian planes were simply devoid of life because of the turkish raiders
@nathan ruben The Ottomans did definitely face rebellions, actually the Balkans were pretty much in a constant state of rebellion during the Turkish wars with Russia and Austria. Nor was Ottoman rule that revolutionary, I mean the Poles arguably gave more religious freedom than the Turks. Regardless, none of that matters. The OP said that Hungary today still hasn’t recovered from the Turkish invasion, which is true. The reason Trianon was even able to be done is due to the mass depopulation and resettlements done by the Turks
@Hello There We are talking about 1500. You are talking about nation states. I am trying to tell you, that nations states will not survive at those times easily. In hungarian kingdom in its hight, there were many non hungarians in their population. I wonder what were they thinking about hungarians like serbians, bulgarians etc. What about that. One way or another, a state has to grow in land or population otherwise it will cease to exist at those times. Conquering lands brings many other nations, cultures. What am I trying to tell, Ottomans at those times are most discerning, easy going government to different cultures if you compare Ottoman rule to that of europian kingdoms. The laws, penalties etc. Just compare how ordinary people are treated at those times. Check yourself. At the hight of Ottomans, they did not encounter with much rebellion by ordinary people because of bad or mismanagement. Because of that Ottomans could survive 500 years.
you should've hired a Hungarian to help you with pronunciation :) otherwise very good short presentation of one of the turning points in European history
They used old Roman land systems never changed them and adapted well. Just like how Romans spawned army after army against Hannibal. Amazing recruitment system, systematic logistics and a standing elite core of the army made them the strongest at the time but they slowly lost their zenith later.
What cheat code was Suleiman using here? The Chad legit conquered an entire empire (yes not entire but nearly half of it) in a few days. And it's takes me months just to conquer a small sector in Battlefield 1.
Actually sultan suleiman didnt come for a siege. So he didnt bring siege cannons. He came for fight with his 150.000 men. Habsburg has 200.000 men but they scaired. so sultan suleiman conqured a lot of castles. Than they went vienna but the season is winter. So they came back.
Sacrifice to the algorithm. It's so crazy to think of these army sizes being in the tens of thousands when in England the war of roses feilding just a few thousand was pretty standard
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@BFV albana, normally
The number of regular professional paid soldiers ( Kapıkulu ) employed by the High Porte throughout the Ottoman Empire did not exceed 15 - 16,000 men in the first third of the 16th century.[30] The Ottomans obtained most of the arquebuses for their janissary army from Hungarian and Venetian gunsmiths. This phenomenon was so widespread and severe, that in 1525 the Hungarian Parliament had to pass a law against the export of Hungarian-made arquebuses for the Ottoman Empire.[32]
@Ahmed AlFaraj I do not think so. The Hungarian infantry was fightingat the Turks cannon lineand the Hungarian right wing already started to run away . Bali bey after destroying the Hungarians camp just closed into the Hungarian infantry and massacred them. The "all in" attack agains the superior enemy in number (probably 3-4 to 1 ) was the worst decision .
@IOANNIS ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ I'm atheist plus idrc
We Hungarians still often cheer up someone who just made a mistake with the phrase "Don't worry, much more was lost at Mohács.".
@Oguz Satir Constantinople**
@Danny yeah the ottomans just disappeared into thinn air xD European cope is truly increadible
In Italy its "Vittoria di Pirro" or Pyrrhic Victory as its better known. For the Epirus King Pirro which came in help of the Magna Graecia colonies in South Italy against Rome. He won but at a very high costo.
Everyone remember this:
“Önök most megásták Magyarország sírját, de Magyarország ott lesz a temetésén mindazon országoknak, amelyek most itt megásták Magyarország sírját”
We love puskas
I heard that when The Ottoman Sultan saw how young the Hungarian King was he lamented how young he was and expressed regret at him not experience a full life. Great video.
@neighbor - J - they should not have fought then
@DN54 T346 yeah because they're worth more as slaves
@neighbor - J - good job
@Vincent Youravich also need to know your limits. like yildirim (thunder) bayezid . this sultan of ours was the definition of not holding your horses. he would march to the battlefield in front of his cavalry. his men couldnt keep up with him, it was this problem of his that lead to his capture to mongols, he was greatly outnumbered, yet he launched at the mongols like thunder, he was way to ahead of his own army, which made it possible for mongols to surround him and capture. he was quite a fighter and eager to die ahead of his soldiers, which was his strength and weakness! he was a very angry man too :) he almost caused the destruction of ottoman empire as a result of his capture by running way ahead of his army, empire was left headless, and had a quite long bad time to get back up.
I have a recommendation for upcoming videos. They would be perfect when you would show us how the soldiers looked like (like in your thumbnails). It's sometimes hard to imagine it with just the name of the troops. When you speak about Teutonic Knights for example then show a picture how they looked like for a few seconds.
Other than that your videos are amazing.
good suggestion.
Fun fact: I was in school in the good ol' 80's and when it came to learn about our loss at Mohács, we were told that Tomori charged (so far okay) in the center (apparently not) with the infantry (he definitely did not lead them, according to the video) and the Ottomans feigned retreat leading him and his troops in front of their cannons. Now, at 46, I have to face the fact that we actually charged at the cannons without any trickery from the Turks. Noice. It's an interesting feeling learning how you knew something fundamental wrong for almost 4 decades...
Maybe historical sources about the battle were not quite clear. In such case historians may prepare several descriptions of the battle depending on their interpretations and guessings. Moreover descriprion of famous battles tha is presented at schools are always simplified. Additionaly I think historymarche sometimes uses translations o battle descriptions from Polish historians (because is easier to translate from Polish than from Hungarian - because some names are pronounced in Polish manner).
@Transylvanian no. Cannons cant stop direct cavalry attack. So ottoman armys design is abnormal in this war. Their design is 3 line. First line retreat than second and last line is cannons and rifles. And first and second line didnt only retreat they spread flanks. And some of ottoman armys in ambush they attackd from back. Than hungarians escaped. However there was only 1 way -swamp-.
I found like three depictions of the battle so far, and I think ultimately we will never really know the absolute truth, battles were very chaotic things, in this ibstance most of the Hungarian high command died also, so it's not like they were able to leave behind their take of the events.
There is a war tactic used by the Turks throughout history. 'Turan tactic' or 'Wolf trap'. The vanguards stage a mock attack and retreat. Seeing this, the leaders attack with their entire army, but the real army has already passed behind them. Mohaç is the best war in which the Turks used this tactic. It would be unfair to both the Hungarians and the Turks to say that the Hungarian cavalry, which was the best in Europe at that time, attacked the cannons. I advise you not to reference only western sources in your sources.
I read in a book about Hungarian cavalry overall, that the initial cavalry charge itself was devastating for Turkish infantry, but after they turned around for round 2, the infantry chained the cannons together, making an obvious obstacle for the horses. And standing horsemen are much more easier targets.
The Battle of Mohacs is one of my most favorite battles like of all time! Why? Not only because the Ottoman Empire was at its peak during this time but it also because this battle is the ultimate result of the French's defeat at the Battle of Pavia in the Italian Wars as well. And when that happened, it led to the Franco-Ottoman alliance, which led to the military operations such as the Battle of Mohacs.
Speaking of Franco-Ottoman alliance, will this channel featured a video about it in the future? I hope so because such a content is so rare to find on KZclip.
@SCINTILLAM DEI how strong was tenochtitlan
@Admir Osmani Your education is not my job.
@SCINTILLAM DEI what was the military logistics in Mexico of that time
@Admir Osmani "did they have an army in tenochtitlan" Extreme ignorance. This is what anti-Spanish prejudice is always based on, and envy too.
@SCINTILLAM DEI did they have an army in tenochtitlan even they didn't have swords just arrows
As an american, it's cool to learn about history we were never taught.
@Antuan And that is actually sad, because huge majority of people who "create" USA, or Americans came from Europe:) So the for example USA history before that has really less to do with nowadays Americans as their own history, because it is not.:) The ancestors of Americans are not Indians, but Europeans:) Mostly, of course people from Africa and other parts of the world.
Do you have history? 😂
@Hannibal Barca its an incredibly important battle in Hungarian, Austrian, and Turkish culture, as well as something that even random counts in france and england would have heard and known about, which takes an earthshattering like event to happen at that time period. There was no postal system, no telegraphs, not even really a network of communication outside of the church. I would expect at least them would have heard about this battle, the vast majority of americans can name a few (historical) wars and battles america was involved in, revolutionary war, civil war, and maybe if they paid attention the war of 1812, and mexican american war.
im(and that dude) are assuming you Europeans learn about at least some of the historical wars for your culture as well, if not, then im incredibly sorry about your history classes. Wars were what made those classes passable
The Ottoman empire of the first half of the 16th century was an absolute juggernaut destroying the Mamluk Sultanate and Hungary, wrecking an enormous Holy League at Preveza, and trashing the Safavids at Chaldiran
@Wisa HH Omega 3s
@Goxy Eagle 😂😂😂
@monkey man Who are you arguing with man. Obviously your personality match your profile
@Great Arabiaالأمة العربية العظمى First of all read carefully, I'm not from west Europe but south-east, Balkans, the areas Turks conquered in 15th century.
My people doesn't have conquering history of going thousands kilometers away to spread killing and disaster like west Europeans or some Asian tribes including Turks. Yes we did suffer in the past from west too but Turks stayed on our land way longer and it's marked in generations the suffering they brought to our land.
2:05 Suleiman the Magnificent & Ibrahim Pasha take control of the Danube
4:04 Preparation of Battle of Mohac
10:00 Battle of Mohacs (1526)
thx bro
This channel has mastered explaining grand strategy from a military and political standpoint. Brilliant job again HistoryMarche.
Austrian princess: I love you
Hungarian King: I love you too
Suleiman: Challenge accepted
Suleiman: I took it personal
@HistoryMarche It's funny because people died, right?
Austria: I consent
Hungary: I consent
Ottoman empire: I don't
Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?
More like
Princess: You got a nice kingdom
King: you got a nice kingdom too. Wanna join?
The French kingdom: peace was never a option.
Really, really good depiction of all the events converging to the battle.
I am glad that the channel is growing. You can hire more people and also more viewers can see this beautiful content.
@tinecaa tinecaa Oh. One more thing; maybe you know the answer.
It is said that Carthage went around western Africa to around Ghana. That would mean the sailing technology of the caravel wasn't necessary to do that, which would mean that Iberians could have gone around Africa back in the days of Rome or the Visigothic kingdom.
@tinecaa tinecaa Mali was Muslim and could have helped the Turks also, with the Niger river having access to the Atlantic and further west.
I also wonder why Muslims didn't go around Africa to learn more about the world there. They couldn't have been limited to only eastern African coasts for hundreds of years.
@SCINTILLAM DEI i think Ottomans had naval bases in Morocco due to an alliance. But Selim the grim stopped Ottomans expansion to Americas when he killed his brother who had plans going there.
@SCINTILLAM DEI the jews? lol
It's absurd that the Turks didn't go to America to colonize too. The Jews kept you from it. All you had to do was sail from the Sahara. It's not like the Ottomans couldn't beat the Moroccans, or couldn't bypass them.
Ottoman war machine in his peak
@Goxy Eagle don't forget Serbian empire were the strongest empire in that part of Europe also other principalities supported the Serbian empires basically it was a balkanik coalition
@Admir Osmani Yeah because of bad cocky strategy, also I don't believe they sent good soldiers while Turks used their best.
@Admir Osmani That's not enough, all small nations
What we needed is support from Italy, Germany, France or England to stop Turks
@SCINTILLAM DEI and how many % of today are Turkish speakers in Armenia
Ottomans were pretty badass. from the 14th to 17th century these guys were unstoppable.
was maybe TOO successful, eventually lead to stagnation and it STILL existed till 1920s, its insane
Suliman the magnificent!😌 with a name like that who wouldn’t won a war.🥰
The weather conditions are not mentioned in the video but they could have influenced the entire battle. 29 August 1526 started as a very hot day. During noon, there was no wind and the heat was extreme on the battlefield. The leaders of the army were humans and one may tend to make quick and perhaps not well-grounded decisions in such circumstances just not to remain standing on the field. However, at the end of the battle, a storm broke out. Heavy wind, rainfall and half-darkness made the escape of the fragmented Hungarian army extremely difficult and such weather conditions made the catastrophe more serious.
On fields of green, the armies stood, The air was tense, the mood was crude. The sun shone bright, upon the land, And warriors readied sword in hand.
The drums began to beat their sound, The trumpets echoed all around. The clash of steel, the roar of men, The battle of Mohacz had begun.
The Ottomans, a mighty force, Faced the Hungarians, with no remorse. The two sides clashed, in brutal fight, As warriors fell, in endless night.
The Hungarians fought with all their might, But the Ottomans proved too strong to fight. Their arrows flew, their horses charged, Their victory, the Hungarians discharged.
The cries of agony, filled the air, As soldiers fell, without a prayer. The battle raged, for hours on end, Until the Ottomans emerged as the ascend.
The Hungarians suffered great defeat, Their king and soldiers, no longer neat. The Ottomans claimed their victory, Leaving the land in great misery.
The Battle of Mohacz, a day of pain, Where many lives, were lost in vain. A reminder of the cost of war, And how it leaves, a lasting scar.
I am a Turk living in Hungary and I have a big love towards the Hungarian nation as we share lots of common history stretching back to the times way before the Ottoman Empire. I feel bad for young Louis for being very inexperienced and not being able to measure the balance of power. This battle, which is the shortest pitched battle of history as it took less than 2 hours, is the reason that Charles and Ferdinand NEVER faced Suleiman on the battlefield. The effect and fear caused by the total destruction of such a major European kingdom in 2 hours, prevented them to ever dare. Even when Suleiman made his so called "German campaign" in 1532, when his army was wandering around in Graz and other HRE holdings, they did not gave the sultan the decisive battle he wanted. Suleiman wrote humiliating letters to Charles, talking about honor, bravery, mentioning that wives of Charles being more brave then him, inviting, provoking him into a battle, he did not dare. HRE in that time could easily muster more than 100000 troops from all the kingdoms, but the centralized and homogenous war machine of Suleiman had better professionalism and were better equipped. Treaty of Constantinople was signed a year after and according to the treaty, Charles and Ferdinand would never call themselves or anyone else the emperor except Suleiman, and they would be counted equal only to the grand visier of the Ottoman Empire. Also 30000 ducats would be paid to the sultan annually. The German campaign also proved the natural western borders of the Ottoman Empire, as the expansion further was not sustainable due to several logistic, political and sustainability issues. For instance, the massive Ottoman army to march to Budin from Constantinople would take 3 months by which time the campaigning season would end.
Whoa. Really? Sounds magnificent to me.
amazing ! the mobilization the hungarian army was an interesting insight comparing if the entire army could have linked up together . This is really well made
Probably the most catastrophic defeat inflicted by the Ottomans, even worse than Nicopolis and Varna.
Absolutely no. There were a Serbian refugee uprising against the Hungarians, this led to their fall. After this battle the Hun kingdom still had enough power to stop the ottomans, but there were no just Ottomans.
Hi I love your work, it is always interesting to watch the battles you describe. I hope you also do the Battle of the Bosnian Highlands one of the biggest Croatian victories in the history of the Croatian nation. Thank you very much.
Always glad to see more Ottomans video! thanks HM
Actually Croatian troops were already present, some 6-7000 troops from Slavonia. Another 5-6000 under Cristoph Frangepan was arriving from the south (Dalmatia). Most of Hungary was spared of warfare until Mohacs, while kongdom of Croatia was devastated since 1463, suffering several large Aknci raids every year wich led to some larger battles. Since king Matthias death none of the kings and nobles cared or did something about that. This gap and mistrust between two kingdoms was exploited by the Habsburgs who paid for garrisons and troops in Croatia as early after battle of Krbava. For this reason Habsburgs were elected unanimously for Croatian kings, Sapolya had no chances for support south of Drava river. Hungarians lost their kingdom due to the irresponsibility and arrogance of the nobility.
@Kft Drjusa The 16th century revenue Ottoman Sultans were much lower than the income of Spanish and French monarchs. The army of Spain was far larger than the Ottoman army, and unlike the Ottomans, Spanish army remained unbeaten (let it be siege or open field battle) from 1490 to 16630s!!! Spanish also had the largest navy in the era. So the Ottoman Empire was second class power in a comparison with Spain.
Reasons for defeat:
"Hungarians lost their kingdom because of the irresponsibility and arrogance of the nobility."
1/ The Hungarian nobility was there on the battlefield. They died for their country. Are you ready?
The Turkish army was created for conquest, the Hungarian one was not. Any European country at that time would have failed against the Ottoman Empire. (Probably even now..)
2./ The Habsburgs were in debt to the Fugger's Bank, which is why they needed the gold and silver mines in northern Hungary. They managed to get that. (There won't be peace in Africa anytime soon because of its mineral resources.)
3/ Until 1492, a third of European gold and silver came from Hungarian mines. With the discovery of America, the economic and military power of the Kingdom of Hungary decreased, and an economic crisis appeared. In 1514, instead of a crusade, a civil war broke out. (America still plays an important role in weakening Europe today)
4/ The Reformation divided not only the population of Europe of the time but also Hungary. (Even today there are ideas that divide Europeans.)
@Miklós Nagy But Szapolyai family was Slavic family, from all sides of their ancestors.
@Miklós NagyCorrect, although Syrmia population was mixed Hungarian and Croatian, at the battles of Eng and Mangelos was fought by Ivan Morović, Ban of Syrmia, later to be wounded at Rovine. Bosnia wasn't no barrier at all, rather a rally point for Akincis since at least 1415 and the Battle of Lasva valley when duke Hrvatinić allied with them.
Hungary wasn't spared at all. The Ottoman raids reached southern Transylvania as far as Szászváros (Orăștie) in 1420, Brassó (Brasov) in 1421, Szeben (Sibiu) in 1432, Marosszentimre (Sântimbru) in 1442, the whole today's Banat region, sometimes Bács county, and today's eastern Slavonia (Szerém and Valkó counties, then part of Hungary proper) in 1391. There was a kinda large, Hungarian-inhabited town in today's Serbian part of Srem, not far from the Croatian border, named Eng, wich was fully devastated already in 1391. Actually, the Turks reached the Croatian and Slavonian heartland later, than the southern parts of Hungary, obviously because Croatia was further away from the Ottomans, and there was a Bosnian Kingdom between them until 1463. But this doesn't detract anything from the merits of the Croats in the fight against the Turks. :) And yes, Szapolyai, and his supporters were one of the worst figures in our history.
This is one of those battles that really changed world history as we know it today. AWESOME watch. How much royal blood was lost in hours?
This is where Louie was killed for his hesitantly to have deployed his entire army were lost. As for the center who was abandoned. Paid for by the pope how many would not come to that banner?
The lost in both subjects mentioned here as portrayed in this video. Still reverberate to present day
Thank you the great the video!
The storytelling, narrator's voice and soundtrack made watching a map feel EPIC! I learned a few things too
In Mohács there's a memorial for the battle and for the hungarian heroes who died in the battle. Many historians and archeologist work there even these days to find and give a proper funeral to the fallen. These people estimate the losses to 14000 for the hungarian side and around some thousand to the ottomans.
@Mr Statistics There are five mass graves on the battlefield with approximately 2000 skeletons. Among these skeletons the archaeologists already found women and children. Not to many but yes there are some. Possibly during the heat of the battle they were killed as well.
@George Bill no kids or woman killed just captured and sent to Anatolia
@András Király Brodarics himself wrote that the Turks attacked the Hungarians camps and the killed bodies covered the whole area. So practically it is a historical fact there was mass casualties among the non combatant people. Furthermore the battle started four days before the main clash. 20 000 akindzi were sent to harass the Hungarians until the main army arrives. Sunday-Monday-Tuesday then the main battle on Wednesday. During these days there were clashes practically everywhere on the area which is 60 km2 big. So mass graves could be anywhere.
@George Bill The thing is. That historians still dont know where exactly the battles took place (they think it wasnt only one place cause they found evidence in multiple villages). Maybe this estimate that you say incudes the civilians in the area as well. Ottomans usually slaved and killed almost everyone in occupied territory.
@András Király We had25-30 000 soldiers plus the servant in the camps estimated further 15-25 000. If you take the data from the existing mass graves there were women children and old men as well. Not combatant persons. So I think the sultan's diary and another Hungarian sources are correct. 24 000 plus estimated couple of another thousands.
The first time I've donated to a channel with thanks. You guys deserve it, amazing job. Always hanging on for the next edition!
Much appreciated!
I was hoping you would make this video!!! I am going to share it with my students this spring when I teach my history of the Middle East class. I mention the battle, but don't have time in a survey course to go into this detail.
The Middle of the East is Tajikistan or the Uighur area called Xinjiang.
That's awesome. Hope it they will find it a fantastic presentation as we all do now. I tend to like HM's way of asking the more critical questions about why certain leaders/groups make a decision before a significant event/battle throughout his videos. Or the cause that created a chain of events leading to a battle/war.
Hence, why did the Hungarians not want to group up to combine forces? Or understanding each side's motivation for not taking the best course of action for more significant results. Really helps to start up a research paper or project for a particular topic
HistoryMarche, you videos are the best battle videos in the internet, Keep up the good work!!! I would love to see battles in the Americas, during the conquest nd independence of South and North America!!!
The map is faulty: Louis II was Czech-Moravian king also. His sister's husband, Ferdinand Habsburg got his kingdoms after his death. Of course his kingdoms were separated but a plenty of Czech soldier came also(lot of them had not reach the battlefield in time).
The great Sultan, after the dawn prayer, gave a powerful sermon to the army. Among what he said, Paradise is before you: if you are martyred, and if you kill your enemy, he will be in Hell Be steadfast and victory will be yours..
@shahul You're welcome 😁
@Anisa Tajy Thank you so much🙂
@shahul Yes. Here are those that I watch:
1. الباشمؤرخ ( similar format with animation and all)
2. يمان history
3. solyman_9 or 95 i can't remember (I get goosebumps from his narration, especially when he recited Qutuz's reply to the Mongols.)
4. Anas Action (his is mostly on the Prophets and the companions)
@Anisa Tajy there are arabic channels which do videos like this?
I always get goosebumps and excited when I hear the khutbahs before war, but these western youtubers seldom mention them. Which is why I prefer watching these in Arabic. The adrenaline surge and pride I feel watching them is unmatched. Something I can never feel in these vids. Still, it was informative.
Great video! What a pivotal battle.⚔
Best military history channel on KZclip fellas! keep it up!
THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."
Halman, T. and Warner, J., 2007. Rapture and revolution. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, Crescent Hill Publications, p.9.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , understanding the Turks ' military organization , given the credit for the greatest empire since antiquity , became a major European preoccupation .
Speake, J., n.d. Literature of travel and exploration. p.891.
By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world.
A History of the Middle East Paperback - March 15, 2006 by Saul S. Friedman (Author) p.181
The Turks too , the great warriors of the steppes , were almost haughty in the assumption that they inherited the jihad fighting spirit of the tradition and carried it half - way into Europe .
Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective p.94
You guys kill it , everytime. Love it.
Could you please link the knowledge basis that were any hungarian troops at Valea Alba in 1476? As far as I know Stefan had difficulties in presenting an army as strong as the year before at Vaslui. No outside help arrived. I must be wrong, though.
I imagine there were few that proposed in getting those other armies and not to go charging into battle. But as usual in history there are always overconfident and bloodthirsty nobles that win out the arguments.
After you're done with Hannibal can you do a series on the Reconquista, i have a list of Battles with numbers.
- Battle of Guadalete: 12,000 Moors against 40,000 Christians.
- Battle of Sagrajas: 48,000 Moors against 80,000 Christians.
- Battle of Ucles: 24,000 Moors against 46,000 Christians.
- Battle of Consuegra: 20,000 Moors against 35,000 Christians.
- Battle of Arnisol: 27,000 Moors against 50,000 Christians.
- Battle of Fraga: 40,000 Moors against 65,000-70,000 Christians.
- Battle of Cuenca: 25,000 Moors against 40,000 Christians.
- Battle of Cutanda: 40,000 Christians against 25,000 Moors.
- Battle of Cervera: 20,000 Moors against 50,000 Christians.
- Battle of Alarcos: 50,000 Moors against 150,000 Christians.
- Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: 200,000 Christians against 50,000 Moors.
to be honest, the loss at Mohács was pretty good for the habsburgs as our king was only 20 without heir and becuase of that marriage they could claim the kingdom....not wondering why their mercenaries were "late" from the battle, also Zapolya was late and he got Erdély (transsyl) after Mohács...the battle was ended before it started.
Interesting.
These rumours have already started just following the battle- without any justification at all. No one anticipated the collapse of the Hungarian Kingdom at that time.
It was one of the most consequential battles in entire Central and Eastern European history, which affected the future of many nations and conserved the gap between Western and Eastern Europe.
Hello, I wanted to tell you if you can make a video about the battle of Castelnuovo. it was a battle. it had been taken by troops of the thirds of the Spanish army the previous year during the campaign of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire. The walled town was besieged by land and sea by a powerful Ottoman army led by Khaireddín Barbarossa, who offered an honorable surrender to the defending troops. However, this was rejected by the Spanish commander Francisco de Sarmiento and by his captains even though they were aware that the Christian fleet, defeated in the battle of Préveza, could not come to his aid.
As a Brit living in Hungary I enjoyed the pronunciation of the Hungarian names. :-)
Really appreciate your work and always love to watch it.
sindh topi jiya sindh warh jiya sindh topi jiya sindh waray
You guys should make videos on more late Roman history, like the battles of Theodosius the great and the grand conspiracy
It is likely that Habsburg advisers to the King Louis II pressured him to lead the army and rush the battle. They wanted the king to die like Vladislav in Varna in 1444 and sit an Habsburg on the throne.
Many times I've passed along the roads that cross the fields south of Mohács not knowing that right there it was where the famous battle took place
Holy shit this is like super accurate to CK3 player vs. AI wars.
>AI doesn't bother to combine all his armies
>AI doesn't even defend strategic points like major river crossings
>AI attacks larger enemy army on defensive ground for no reason
I'd love to see you guys incorporate actual historical artwork analysis into the actual part of the video instead of just an ad for masterworks.
Great video but please use accurate representative depictions of Ottoman leaders. Bali Bey and Anatolian Troop's leaders has depicted as destert Arabian people. You can use high ranked man depictions from miniatures or European gravures from Melchior Lorck or Nicolas de Nicolay. They are very close to the period of this battle.
Thats the battle i' been waiting for great job!
Guess the King never played EU4, you cant have a %50-%50 ratio without negative modifiers.
Благодарю за видео. Очень всё интересно. Случайно увидел этот канал, на другом канале было упоминание данного канала. В итоге - подписался. Очень классный канал. Особая благодарность за русские субтитры.
@HistoryMarche Thank you :) .
Welcome to the channel.
Excellent Explaining & introducing of Mohacs Battle ...always History Marche Channel is sharing Remarkable history coverage Videos allot thanks
Please make a complete series in the rise and fall of the Ottomans, and about the Rise of the Serbian Empire would be very much appreciated
I love HistoryMarche, The Narration Is Also extraordinary. Thank You David McCalleon.
I'm working to recreate this very battle with miniatures on a wargaming table top.
The old Hungarian saying,
“Much more was lost at Mohacs” is perfect but, let's be honest, King Louis was an idiot;
had he waited and joined with the other two allied armies, he might have lived, if not won outright.
they would never have "won" but at least not all of the empire would have been lost
Your cooperation with Srpske Bitke is producing the best content ever of this type on the internet.
Not two new videos. Just one twice. Still it was extremely well done. Thank you!
I watched all this before heading to Istanbul it was amazing.
your work is great. such a good format
Suliman the magnificent! is unstoppable.
Did the Ottomans use the 3 shot volley technique that Oda Nobunaga used during his conquest of Japan? Alternating between 3 shots from arquebuses 3 deep followed by arrows while they reload.
Cannon projectiles passed over Hungarian cavalry, thus it became ineffective but Janissary with musket volley behind chained cannons melted Hungarian heavy cavalry. Ottoman light cavalry who split into 2 pieces and maneuvered sideways against Hungarian heavy cavalry charge, charged from flanks and rear to Hungarian heavy cavalry, completing the victory.
The nobility at this time were such cowards, they’re first to claim responsibility for victories and first to flee the battlefield. I can’t believe they left their entire center exposed like that
Very informative and interesting.
Poor infantry, always left to be surrounded and destroyed.
Love to our Hungarian brothers from Poznań, Poland 🇭🇺 🇵🇱 ❤️
@Nomadic Enjoyer 😄
@Nomadic Enjoyer” bruh” I know. I’m just showing respect to them as closest friends to Polish people. Same as we are to them. During WWII their prime minister Paul Teleki said to Hitler that it’s not going to happen to use Hungarian railroads to invade Poland as its matter of honor to not get involved in any action against Poland. He would rather blew them up. So that’s why “bruh”. Ffs
@archduke you're just Polish or Hungarian
@Nomadic Enjoyer that's the real test to friendship - feeling one's Mohacs pain 500 years later and in 2022 giving Polish refuge to the renaissance Hungarians fleeing from the 16th century Ottoman occupation.
Awesome work!
the video takes longer than the war itself
Please tell me what app do you use for such battles?🙏❤️
Was there a leader that was capable of summoning over 100'000 men in a single battle?
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Bu kadar çok beğenen kişiye rağmen ben bu videonun bazı eksikleri olduğunu düşünüyorum. Sanki Osmanlı ordusu sayıca çok olduğu için savaşı kazanmış gibi düşünülmesine sebep oluyor. Ayrıca savaşın gidişatında Osmanlı topçusunun etkisini yeterince göstermiyor. Ayrıca Osmanlı ordusunun o dönemde Avrupa ordularında pek görünmeyen disiplinli manevralar yapabilme özelliğinin de pek hakkı verilmemiş. Bütün okuduklarıma göre savaşın başlangıcı böyle ama Osmanlı merkezinin düşman atlılarını Osmanlı topçusuna yaklaştırması ve ardından sahte ricatla kalın zırhlı Macar ordusunun Osmanlı topçusunun ağır ateşi altında kırılması ile bu savaş kazanılmıştır. Macar süvarilerinin düşmana tek bir kütle halinde çarpıp onu yoketmek için de birbirlerine zincirlerle bağlı olması ise Macarlar top ateşi altında topluca yok edilmesine sevep olmuştur.
Ayrıca bu savaş tabiri caizse Avrupa’nın gözünü açmış artık zırhlı süvari çağının tamamen bittiğini ateşli silahlar çağının başladığını anlamalarını sağlamıştır. Bir daha da 70 yıl boyunca Osmanlı’nın karşısına çıkmayacak, bir daha Haçova Savaşı’nda Osmanlı’nın karşısına meydan savaşı için çıktıklarında ise Avusturyalılar (aslında Almanlar) yanlarında sayıca çok ve menzili Osmanlılarınkinden daha uzun olan toplar yaparak çıkmışlardır.
@Nomadic Enjoyer yok. discord’un adından başka bişey bilmiyorum.
@Kadir Öztürk evet
@Nomadic Enjoyer Discord mu demek istedin?
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The Glory Days of the Ottomans!
Thank you very much for your Bengali subtitles . This is very informative highly animated beautiful video
nicely done!
As a hungarian i date the demise of our nation at Mohacs. The kingdom lost so much in the next 150 years in resources and in demography we never recovered our ethnic lines and power. Still saddens me that this was point of no return.
@Thoradim Ottoman akincis raided outpost, depots and such againts a state ottomans were in war. They were similar to state owned pirates, like barbarosa of mediterranean. Like Tetons knights, they belong to an religious order similar to jannistaries. Killing peasants were not their thing.
@nathan ruben no, they just outright exterminated the population, like the mongols, parts of the great hungarian planes were simply devoid of life because of the turkish raiders
@Hello There bu çok saçma bir söylem ,eğer söylediğin gibi olsaydı sovyetlerden ayrılan ülkeler refah olurdu ama öyle değil
@nathan ruben The Ottomans did definitely face rebellions, actually the Balkans were pretty much in a constant state of rebellion during the Turkish wars with Russia and Austria. Nor was Ottoman rule that revolutionary, I mean the Poles arguably gave more religious freedom than the Turks.
Regardless, none of that matters. The OP said that Hungary today still hasn’t recovered from the Turkish invasion, which is true. The reason Trianon was even able to be done is due to the mass depopulation and resettlements done by the Turks
@Hello There We are talking about 1500. You are talking about nation states. I am trying to tell you, that nations states will not survive at those times easily. In hungarian kingdom in its hight, there were many non hungarians in their population. I wonder what were they thinking about hungarians like serbians, bulgarians etc. What about that. One way or another, a state has to grow in land or population otherwise it will cease to exist at those times. Conquering lands brings many other nations, cultures. What am I trying to tell, Ottomans at those times are most discerning, easy going government to different cultures if you compare Ottoman rule to that of europian kingdoms. The laws, penalties etc. Just compare how ordinary people are treated at those times. Check yourself. At the hight of Ottomans, they did not encounter with much rebellion by ordinary people because of bad or mismanagement. Because of that Ottomans could survive 500 years.
Suleiman the Magnificent!
The best history channel ever😊
I just find your channel in exploring page. Great content, perfect speech love your videos.
Brilliant work HistoryMarche.
Can you Guys do a Video about the Battle of Yehuling 1211 or the Battle of Otlukbeli 1473?
Now I wanna play as Hungary in eu4
I always watch your videos till the end. So here's the sacrifice to the algorithm 😄. Keep up the good work.
you should've hired a Hungarian to help you with pronunciation :)
otherwise very good short presentation of one of the turning points in European history
Now this is an interesting battle
great video guys thanks!
Please make the video about Varna battle 1444!
Can someone explain to me how Ottomans could gather insane amount of troops and battle everyone from a superior position?
Ottomans had very good and modern recruitment and training before Europe even had proper standing armies, it was always their advantage
They used old Roman land systems never changed them and adapted well. Just like how Romans spawned army after army against Hannibal. Amazing recruitment system, systematic logistics and a standing elite core of the army made them the strongest at the time but they slowly lost their zenith later.
What cheat code was Suleiman using here? The Chad legit conquered an entire empire (yes not entire but nearly half of it) in a few days. And it's takes me months just to conquer a small sector in Battlefield 1.
another fire episode from HistoryMarche!
The croatian situation at this time is often overlooked aswell as its contributions to the cause
Nice as always!
Does this mean you are going to have the Siege of Vienna as an upcoming video?
Actually sultan suleiman didnt come for a siege. So he didnt bring siege cannons. He came for fight with his 150.000 men. Habsburg has 200.000 men but they scaired. so sultan suleiman conqured a lot of castles. Than they went vienna but the season is winter. So they came back.
Please make the video about Khotyn battle 1621,and you can add Khotyn battle in 1673 too!)
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Hi, can u make video about Battle of Vienna 1683? Please !
Sacrifice to the algorithm. It's so crazy to think of these army sizes being in the tens of thousands when in England the war of roses feilding just a few thousand was pretty standard
Europe basically didn't have standing armies at the Time, the ottomans controlled a very big area and new how to effectively recruit and build armies
Towton was a massive battle for medieval standards
Not only that but there were 3 armies of the Hungarian king could not reach the battle. The Croatian, the Czech and the Transylvanian.
It almost always sucked to be an infantryman in the medieval era, especially when the cavalry runs away.
I shit on Napoopleon's name.
Battle of Verna next!
great masterpieces
Always waiting to see ur video great work take love bro 🇧🇩