You can't help but laugh at the Ottomans and the Hapsburgs, who spent centuries on end fighting each other, only to lose both their empires whilst fighting side by side.
I think they should remake some of the older videos from the Ottoman wars series, and also start it with the Battle of Maritsa river in 1371, since that battle essentially decided the fate of the Balkans and opened the way for the Ottomans to conquer large part of Europe. But yeah, I'm also glad the series continues
@@Maus_Indahaus On one hand you're right, but as Pole I'm obviously biased and want K&G to progress to the both battles of Khotyn, Wienna, Párkány etc. :D
@@macu679 Those will come, no worries about that one, but if you want to start from the beginning, you'll see that their earlier videos on Ottoman history are not on the same level as their current videos. BTW, there is a great video about Vienna and Khotin from a channel called Sand Rhoman history, or something like that. He's good, but not on the same level as Kings and Generals
@علي ياسر Because united the three romanian principalities could emerge as a regional power that could coagulate all orthodox nations of Balkans and even more to Cossacks. And let's be fair, even in late middle ages, warriors of Balkans and Central Europe could be invincible if united under a single command.... So first Bulgarians had to be sacrificated, then Serbs and in the end Romanians....
@علي ياسر My friend ... The only agreements respected between romanian principalities the great power during ages, the only one's that were respected were the one's signed with the turks... Never the sultan asked for more tribute, our own cowards princeps ofered more for gaining suport for the throne against their own kin or brothers....
@@augustiniumihaila4466 😂😂you are lucky you are far away from Asia. You would have got demolished by the Persians, Arabs and the Mongols. Asia was the toughest continent.
Michael the Brave had a remarkably disciplined army. Attacking a superior enemy and then tying to pull off that tactical retreat with most other armies of the period would have ended with the force disintegrating into a panicking mob but his guys pulled it off.
His army was made mainly of mercenaries from Serbia, Albania, Székely troops and a contingent o infantry from the Prince of Transilvania. He understood that a national army made of peasants could not cope with modern war of that time so he made his army of paid professionals. His main problem was the money to finance such an army. When the money dried out he was forced to abandon his enterprise and go to Viena to ask for help from Emperor Rudolf.
@@ovidiubalescu search up Adal Sultanate (Somalia) vs Portuguese Empire and their death of their commander of musketeer navies based in Portuguese India, Roderigo da Gama the brother of Vasco Da gama, Roderigo was captured by the cavalry of the Adal sultanate whose general Ahmed Gurey (known to Arab medieval historians as Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al Ghazi) thereupon gave two choices to Roderigo, convert or die, he chose the latter and he was swiftly executed
@Alex Moldoveanu search up Adal Sultanate (Somalia) vs Portuguese Empire and their death of their commander of musketeer navies based in Portuguese India, Roderigo da Gama the brother of Vasco Da gama, Roderigo was captured by the cavalry of the Adal sultanate whose general Ahmed Gurey (known to Arab medieval historians as Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al Ghazi) thereupon gave two choices to Roderigo, convert or die, he chose the latter and he was swiftly executed
@williamperese search up Adal Sultanate (Somalia) vs Portuguese Empire and their death of their commander of musketeer navies based in Portuguese India, Roderigo da Gama the brother of Vasco Da gama, Roderigo was captured by the cavalry of the Adal sultanate whose general Ahmed Gurey (known to Arab medieval historians as Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al Ghazi) thereupon gave two choices to Roderigo, convert or die, he chose the latter and he was swiftly executed
As a Turkish person living in Bucharest I think Romania is one of the most important and brave nation in whole Eastern Europe and did some great fights and tried their best against such a giant dominant force like Ottoman. Respect.
Finally a video series on Micheal the Brave my favorite person in Romanian history he came from a prince of a broke nation to ruling at all three Romanian principalities
Though the Sipahi were a problem for Ottoman stability, a bigger threat were the Janissaries. The Janissary forces were already disgruntled with the Sultanate as far back as the waning years of Suleiman the Great's reign, when political intrigue led to the assassination of Suleiman's heir Sehadze Mustafa, by his father's bodyguards (who went full Emporer Aurelian on the poor kid), and the ascension of Selim II as crown prince. The underhanded manner in which Selim ascended made him look weak to Janissaries (and Mustafa was a proven leader), and led to tensions with Suleiman. Selim proved their suspicions, as he was an ineffectual hedonist who spent most of short reign in feasts and drinking parties with his cronies. After Selim's death in 1574, the Janissary leaders briefly reconciled with new Sultan Murad III, an unmistakably pious man compared to his father. But Murad's reign was an unhappy and calamitous one. Anatolia had seen a population boom under Suleiman and Selim, but the 1580s brought severe drought to Anatolia, causing mass displacement of agricultural workers to major cities, saturating labor markets and reducing wages. And then while all of this was happening, Turkey and the rest of Europe were inundated with cheap, high quality Spanish silver from the mines at Potosi in Spanish Peru, causing the debased Ottoman silver coinage to lose value drastically due to inflation. Unable to earn fair wages, Ottoman laborers became increasingly restive. More importantly the Janissaries forced Murad III to become a virtual prisoner of the Tokapi Palace, where he stayed constantly to prevent a Janissary backed rival taking control of the state. Another looming problem were the Jelali, part time militiamen specializing in musketry and who were mercenaries for the Porte or its regional officials, and now couldn't earn wages as either civilians or soldiers.
@@theawesomeman9821 Because as former Slaves they had every reason to be thankfull to the sultanate from releasing them from slavery and now made them his prestigious guards showered in gold. But also did not have the problem of belonging to a faction within the Ottoman world or court. Which is why Augustus had germanic bodyguards and the Varangians were a thing
@@shahriarhakim6673 Eaaaasy budy, dont tease me like that, i am geting bored drinking blood, aa i mean wine, and picking my teeth with these puny little tooth picks, i might get in the mood for a bit of real fun with you, my ooold friends. ;)
He wasn't named Michael the Brave for nothing. The man was an absolute chad with huge balls. He was a descendent of the royal families of Moldova and Wallachia, also by his mother side he was related to the last roman family that ruled Constantinopole, the Cantacuzinos. Next episode will be how with his allies he overcomes the ottoman army at the bridge battle over the Danube, the battle of Giurgiu. It isnt mentioned in the video but when the wallachian army was pushing back the ottomans, Michael knew the advantage will be lost soon, so he did what Sinan Pasa did, he gathered his personal retinue and dived in the middle of the battle, cutting janissaries left and right. This acted as a morale boost for his soldiers as they pushed the ottomans even more.
@@nenenindonu He wasn't as lucky was you say he was. Let's respect a man that accomplished so much in his life, we do not know his circumstances. But what I know for sure is that his legacy is that of a hero who protected his faith and country.
I do not agree with this because the Battle of Vaslui was avenged, but the Battle of Calugerani was not avenged, and there was even a greater defeat later.
@Nenenin Donu Vaslui was more damaging. The ottomans were younger, took more casualties, and could not take the losses as easily. Vaslui was more damaging than calugereni or giourgiu. Only the disaster at Ankara, and the 1683 siege of Vienna was more harmful to the Ottomans.
@@yunusemrekaramara1526 2 saate kazanilmasinin sebebi Osmanlinin en az 4 kat fazla askeri,tufegi ve top avantaji olmasiydi. Macarlarla esit asker ve top olsaydi, Macarlar rahat kazanirdi savasi. Kuru milliyetcilige gerek yok, kaldiki bu konuyla ne alakasi var onuda anlamadim
@@emrenuriyev9132 niye rahat kazanıyorlar peki? Sırf antitez olsun diye söylemişsin gibi geldi. Gerek yok böyle şeylere, rasyonel başlayıp rasyonel bitirmeli.
Michael the Brave really deserved his name. Retreating at the right moment just to preserve the lives of his soldiers proves he wasn't only brave, he was smart and respectful of his unit too. That cannon situation was funny though, didn't know it happened 😁
FINALLY. We need more videos about romania and its leaders: Stephan the Great, Vlad the Impaler, Mihai the Brave, Mircea the Elder, Iancu de Hunedoara etc.
@@futboltime12 again you? The "Hungarian history" books don't mention that it was the Czar himself that requested help from the Romanian army? The guy got into big trouble south of Danube.
I actually love this series on the Long Turkish War, because one of the combatants in the war was an Englishman by the name of John Smith, and a few years later, he would go on to play a role in helping to establish the Jamestown Colony, in Virginia.
When I realized Michael the Brave was going to show up, I got so excited and felt well researched. Then to actually see him and watch him do his thing, remarkable. I do wonder if the troops that pursued Michaels army after the feigned retreat, did so because he did cause a great deal of atrocities against the Ottomans. Their hate for him was probably so strong, since the call to war against him raised such a large army.
17:17 They literally did not even touch the abandoned cannons, lol "Sir, what about those cannons?" "We deal with them later. Our janissaries will mop the floor with the enemy troops. Let's rejoice in our victory!" --- Hours later --- "Sir, the enemy is advancing!" "What?" "They're back, pursuing our janissaries!" "WHAT?" "And... and they're manning their cannons we didn't touch!" "WHAAAT?!?"
I've heard a lot about Michael the Brave. He was an exceptional battle winner. He was a very fun to hear about. Shame what happened to him. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
The interesting thing is that two direct descendants of Michael the Brave are alive right now and live a simple life in Romania and few know about them.😁😁😁😁😁
For anyone else interested on the romanian side of things HistoryMarche's channel has a brilliant and very detailed series on Michael of Wallachia. Very recommended.
I think you should remake some of the older videos from the Ottoman wars series, and also start it with the Battle of Maritsa river in 1371, since that battle essentially decided the fate of the Balkans and opened the way for the Ottomans to conquer large part of Europe.
Indeed my friend. These guys gave everything for their country and for that we should always remember and appreciate them regardless in what camp they fought.
That amazing expensive armor everyone saw on him on paintings... when he saw that his troops needed morale, he's take the damn thing off and charge in front of them. Hence how he got the nickname.
Wow so nice, I am watching this channel for more than two years and I wanted to see some battles where my country Romania was involved because we had some very good military leaders in the past (like Butebista,Decebalus, Stephen the great ,Michael the brave and Antonescu) and now I had that moment and I was screaming of excitement 😜😜😜😁
Excellent video, I am truly thankful that you offer such great content for free. My only complaint is that you should have mentioned the fact that the majority of the orthodox rebels were Serbian, and that Koca Sinan Pasha organised the Burning of Saint Sava's relics in Belgrade as revenge. As Saint Sava is the most venerated Serbian saint, this event is seen as very important in Serbian history.
@@bogdan3907 Yeah, but I don't think they covered the parts of the war where he played a more significant role. If they do mention him, it will probably happen in one of the later videos in the series
Romanian folklore recalls that during the retreat of the Ottomans over the Neajlov river, Sinan Pasha was thrown out of his horse by a Romanian infantryman into the river, losing his two last teeth in the process.
@@Polo-rn8ly The word "urban" refers, in both English and Romanian, to towns and cities, while "rural" refers to villages. As Romania has been throughout most of it's history a rural country, it's folklore was created in villages and as such they are rural. Urban legends on the other hand are newer in general.
definitely excited to see this series continue, I've been waiting a long time to see you cover the war between the ottomans and Mihail the Brave, who is definitely one of the most interesting characters in Romanian, if not world history. Awesome work!
HistoryMarche channel here on youtube covered also Michael The Brave story...was a huge audience for their channel , because not many know history from Balkans and what they faced for many centuries of ottoman occupation, but some brave men pick the sword and fought for their freedom in their lands...they tried ,with facts ...and strong leaders in Wallachia - Vlad The Impaler of Michael The Brave or Stephen The Great in Moldova , their battles to escape from Ottoman Empire must be known for history
A Romanian legend tells that Sinan Pasha feel off the bridge and lost his last two teeth. Not sure this actually happened, but it would have been fun to mention it.
The Cuman or Pecheneg origin of the name is, the situation must have been very similar to that described in connection with the Asen family a hundred years before. Like Asen and his family, who were of non-Bulgarian extraction, and who founded a dynasty and became Bulgarians, Basarab and his family were also presumably of Cuman extraction, founded a dynasty, and became Romanians.[7]
Basarab's name implies that he was of Cuman or Pecheneg ancestry, but this hypothesis has not been proven. At least four royal charters from the 14th century refer to Basarab as a Vlach. Basarab was the son of Thocomerius, according to a charter written by Charles I of Hungary in 1332. Thocomerius' social position cannot be determined. A hypothesis states that he was descended from Seneslau, a mid-13th-century Vlach lord.
1:57 State of Ottoman Empire in late 16th century 6:37 Renewal of conflict between HRE & Ottoman Empire 11:15 Pope Clement's Holy League 13:17 *Battle of Calugareny* (1595) (Sinan Pasha Vs Michael the Brave of Wallachia)
Just saying but I can’t wait to see you cover the Crimean war, the Balkan wars and the Russian Turkish war of 1768-1774 and the Russian Turkish war 1787-1792 and I’m interested in the war of 1787 and 1792 because fighting on the side of the Russians was a man who is sometimes referred to as the father of the United States Navy and this man was John Paul Jones.
There is a two part film epic about Micheals life, its a soviet era super production that makes a depiction of this battle in its first part. In case anyone wants to look into it.
București (new one established by Vlad III, Bucharest in English) and Târgoviște - old one. Mihai Viteazu (Michael The Brave) also set the new capital for the United 3 Principalities in Alba Iulia, albeit briefly. Alba Iulia is considered the 2nd capital and its citadel is the biggest in the country, it absolutely huge.
I can't help it but the music in the back ground is a very famous Egyptian song from the begining of the 20th century ( That pretty one / el helwa de ) by the great musician Said Darwish
I think the next video will tell about the heavy defeat of my favorite military unit, "Akncılar", in the Battle of the Bridge so that they will never be the same again. It will be very enlightening for me to hear from you how these soldiers, who shot arrows on horseback, were fast like the wind, were strong, talented and brave, were massacred by Michael.
As somewhat of an expert on Ottoman history, I think the actual reason for the Ottoman decline was there from the start, just like the Mongols. They were no longer able to conquer more lands and thus, their primary tool for soldier loyalty (plunder) was denied. Although I will also say that sultans Murat III, Mehmet III, and Ahmet were very slow to respond to the Celali Rebellions, which if those were put down way sooner, the empire probably would have had more time to fortify before Russia ruined everything lol. Idk how Russia managed to beat the Ottomans so much since their win-loss record is terrible. Ok, so the real reason is of course, a combination of things, the Ghazi mentality and need for plunder ended, the rise of Russia was a major issue, from Selim II to Osman II you had weak sultans who achieved very little, only for Murat IV to fix everything and show serious signs of revival and then....dead at 27, Ibrahim the mad comes to the throne, undoes all of Murat's gains. Much like the late Byzantine Empire, weak rulers really impacted the Ottoman state negatively, something that was not fixed after Murat IV's death. To counter that, they greatly empowered the grand viziers but since that job had a comically high "death in office" rate, it didn't provide stability. No, for real though, you guys should look at the list of Ottoman grand viziers and just see how many were executed by order of the sultans, the percentage is so high. Who would want that job lol.
Turkish is from the ural altai language group family and has a different grammatical structure. That's why we have difficulties in learning English and western languages in general, most of the Turks do not know English, I enjoy watching your videos, I would be very happy if you add Turkish subtitles
Polish-Lithuanian King: "aww come on guys we have to go to war, listen to me for a change" Ottoman Sultan "WTF guys I told you no war, stop the raids, listen to me for a change"
The worst bridge disaster was in 1697 at the battle of zenta against the Eugene of Savoy. Calugareni was nothing compare to Zenta disaster and in my opinion the biggest tragedy in the Ottoman history after the 2nd siege of Vienna. That battle probably sealed the fate for the Ottoman Empire for their holdings at the Central Europe
You can't help but laugh at the Ottomans and the Hapsburgs, who spent centuries on end fighting each other, only to lose both their empires whilst fighting side by side.
And they become ally on 1.WW
And Hungary was their buffer zone for decades :/
Tragic
Correction, it's Habsburgs********
Basically like Britain and France.
Finally a continuation of Ottoman series! I feared this series has been canceled, it's great you're back with it :)
I think they should remake some of the older videos from the Ottoman wars series, and also start it with the Battle of Maritsa river in 1371, since that battle essentially decided the fate of the Balkans and opened the way for the Ottomans to conquer large part of Europe. But yeah, I'm also glad the series continues
As did I but I’m glad that this series is back.
YESSIR
@@Maus_Indahaus On one hand you're right, but as Pole I'm obviously biased and want K&G to progress to the both battles of Khotyn, Wienna, Párkány etc. :D
@@macu679 Those will come, no worries about that one, but if you want to start from the beginning, you'll see that their earlier videos on Ottoman history are not on the same level as their current videos. BTW, there is a great video about Vienna and Khotin from a channel called Sand Rhoman history, or something like that. He's good, but not on the same level as Kings and Generals
As a Romanian native, I congratulate your work. It's a delight seeing in action battles I've only read in books. Great job.
I recommend the 5 episode epic on Michael the Brave from HistoryMarche as well. They went all out.
@@SaurianSavior already seen it
@علي ياسر Because united the three romanian principalities could emerge as a regional power that could coagulate all orthodox nations of Balkans and even more to Cossacks. And let's be fair, even in late middle ages, warriors of Balkans and Central Europe could be invincible if united under a single command.... So first Bulgarians had to be sacrificated, then Serbs and in the end Romanians....
@علي ياسر My friend ... The only agreements respected between romanian principalities the great power during ages, the only one's that were respected were the one's signed with the turks... Never the sultan asked for more tribute, our own cowards princeps ofered more for gaining suport for the throne against their own kin or brothers....
@@augustiniumihaila4466 😂😂you are lucky you are far away from Asia. You would have got demolished by the Persians, Arabs and the Mongols. Asia was the toughest continent.
Thanks for covering my country's history! This battle is also very important to us and our culture.
Same feeling here man...
K&G are the best to do it 💙
where are you from?
@@ohyeahyeah5873 must be Romania.
@@aaronpaul9188 yeah theirs is way better. It also seems like the maker of this video is being partial to the ottomans.
We are the other KG channel. Fantasy, sci-fi, alternative history, astrology, magic, dark arts, human sacrifice, all that fun stuff.
Kali-Ma!
@@Ilikefinalfantasy795 ❤
Where would we be without the human sacrifices?! You’ll always have a dedicated follower here wizards and kings 👍
Human sacrifice? I’m in.
@@the_princeps.3452 Speaking of which, maybe an Aztecs video? (For better or for worse that's what they are best known for)
Michael the Brave had a remarkably disciplined army. Attacking a superior enemy and then tying to pull off that tactical retreat with most other armies of the period would have ended with the force disintegrating into a panicking mob but his guys pulled it off.
His army was made mainly of mercenaries from Serbia, Albania, Székely troops and a contingent o infantry from the Prince of Transilvania. He understood that a national army made of peasants could not cope with modern war of that time so he made his army of paid professionals. His main problem was the money to finance such an army. When the money dried out he was forced to abandon his enterprise and go to Viena to ask for help from Emperor Rudolf.
@@VSP4591 Keep crying hungarian , Transilvania isnt Hungarian , ur homeland is Ural Steppe in Asia.
@@fabiApologetics Șefule, se discută bătălia de la Călugăreni!!!! Ce nu ai priceput???
As a romanian it brings me such joy to see K&G presenting one of the most important battles in my nation history
The reason why Romanian have Transylvania the Ottoman
@@ovidiubalescu search up Adal Sultanate (Somalia) vs Portuguese Empire and their death of their commander of musketeer navies based in Portuguese India, Roderigo da Gama the brother of Vasco Da gama, Roderigo was captured by the cavalry of the Adal sultanate whose general Ahmed Gurey (known to Arab medieval historians as Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al Ghazi) thereupon gave two choices to Roderigo, convert or die, he chose the latter and he was swiftly executed
@Alex Moldoveanu search up Adal Sultanate (Somalia) vs Portuguese Empire and their death of their commander of musketeer navies based in Portuguese India, Roderigo da Gama the brother of Vasco Da gama, Roderigo was captured by the cavalry of the Adal sultanate whose general Ahmed Gurey (known to Arab medieval historians as Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al Ghazi) thereupon gave two choices to Roderigo, convert or die, he chose the latter and he was swiftly executed
@williamperese search up Adal Sultanate (Somalia) vs Portuguese Empire and their death of their commander of musketeer navies based in Portuguese India, Roderigo da Gama the brother of Vasco Da gama, Roderigo was captured by the cavalry of the Adal sultanate whose general Ahmed Gurey (known to Arab medieval historians as Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Al Ghazi) thereupon gave two choices to Roderigo, convert or die, he chose the latter and he was swiftly executed
As a Turkish person living in Bucharest I think Romania is one of the most important and brave nation in whole Eastern Europe and did some great fights and tried their best against such a giant dominant force like Ottoman. Respect.
Finally a video series on Micheal the Brave my favorite person in Romanian history he came from a prince of a broke nation to ruling at all three Romanian principalities
What an epic battle this must have been. Michael the brave is a really well deserved earned title
Though the Sipahi were a problem for Ottoman stability, a bigger threat were the Janissaries.
The Janissary forces were already disgruntled with the Sultanate as far back as the waning years of Suleiman the Great's reign, when political intrigue led to the assassination of Suleiman's heir Sehadze Mustafa, by his father's bodyguards (who went full Emporer Aurelian on the poor kid), and the ascension of Selim II as crown prince. The underhanded manner in which Selim ascended made him look weak to Janissaries (and Mustafa was a proven leader), and led to tensions with Suleiman. Selim proved their suspicions, as he was an ineffectual hedonist who spent most of short reign in feasts and drinking parties with his cronies.
After Selim's death in 1574, the Janissary leaders briefly reconciled with new Sultan Murad III, an unmistakably pious man compared to his father. But Murad's reign was an unhappy and calamitous one. Anatolia had seen a population boom under Suleiman and Selim, but the 1580s brought severe drought to Anatolia, causing mass displacement of agricultural workers to major cities, saturating labor markets and reducing wages. And then while all of this was happening, Turkey and the rest of Europe were inundated with cheap, high quality Spanish silver from the mines at Potosi in Spanish Peru, causing the debased Ottoman silver coinage to lose value drastically due to inflation. Unable to earn fair wages, Ottoman laborers became increasingly restive. More importantly the Janissaries forced Murad III to become a virtual prisoner of the Tokapi Palace, where he stayed constantly to prevent a Janissary backed rival taking control of the state. Another looming problem were the Jelali, part time militiamen specializing in musketry and who were mercenaries for the Porte or its regional officials, and now couldn't earn wages as either civilians or soldiers.
Makes sense. The Janissaries were armed slaves, I don't get why the sultan would trust them.
Sipahiler(Spahije),Yeničeriler(Janjičari)!
@@theawesomeman9821
Because as former Slaves they had every reason to be thankfull to the sultanate from releasing them from slavery and now made them his prestigious guards showered in gold.
But also did not have the problem of belonging to a faction within the Ottoman world or court. Which is why Augustus had germanic bodyguards and the Varangians were a thing
@@antoniosdimoulas3566 Wdym bro?
@@shahriarhakim6673 Eaaaasy budy, dont tease me like that, i am geting bored drinking blood, aa i mean wine, and picking my teeth with these puny little tooth picks, i might get in the mood for a bit of real fun with you, my ooold friends. ;)
Mikhail be like
"We gonna do a feigned retreat...
Accidentally"
He wasn't named Michael the Brave for nothing. The man was an absolute chad with huge balls. He was a descendent of the royal families of Moldova and Wallachia, also by his mother side he was related to the last roman family that ruled Constantinopole, the Cantacuzinos. Next episode will be how with his allies he overcomes the ottoman army at the bridge battle over the Danube, the battle of Giurgiu. It isnt mentioned in the video but when the wallachian army was pushing back the ottomans, Michael knew the advantage will be lost soon, so he did what Sinan Pasa did, he gathered his personal retinue and dived in the middle of the battle, cutting janissaries left and right. This acted as a morale boost for his soldiers as they pushed the ottomans even more.
He was a luckier version of Stephen the Great who had to struggle during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror
@@nenenindonu true
@@nenenindonu well, he had a
@Sorin Soter
Aren't the Palaiologos family the last rulers of Constantinople, not the Kantakouzenos?
@@nenenindonu He wasn't as lucky was you say he was. Let's respect a man that accomplished so much in his life, we do not know his circumstances. But what I know for sure is that his legacy is that of a hero who protected his faith and country.
YES!! Thank you I'm Romanian and we have so many fascinating battles, especially against the Ottomans, please do more!!
When you realized the short Turkish war isn’t enough you have to go for a long one
And then a Great One, because why not.
@@KingsandGenerals and then a war of independence, what?!????
Siege of Vienna 1683 💥
@@jayantkumar2314 1071 - 1453
@@RaidenTheRipper950 I think he is from Azerbaijan
Calugareni can be considered as the reboot of the Battle of Vaslui in 1475
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I do not agree with this because the Battle of Vaslui was avenged, but the Battle of Calugerani was not avenged, and there was even a greater defeat later.
@Nenenin Donu Vaslui was more damaging. The ottomans were younger, took more casualties, and could not take the losses as easily. Vaslui was more damaging than calugereni or giourgiu. Only the disaster at Ankara, and the 1683 siege of Vienna was more harmful to the Ottomans.
The Ottomans are back!
*drops everything to watch*
My favourite series. Thank you Kings and Generals.
When "little war in Hungary" lasts for 22 years while "long Turkish war" lasts 13 years. WUT
lol because turks like to blitzkrieg mostly. long wars cost a lot for such mobilized armies.
You missed the sexual innuendo,
intended by the person who named them.
Osmanlı Macar 2 saat kazanan osmanlı 2 saat
@@yunusemrekaramara1526 2 saate kazanilmasinin sebebi Osmanlinin en az 4 kat fazla askeri,tufegi ve top avantaji olmasiydi. Macarlarla esit asker ve top olsaydi, Macarlar rahat kazanirdi savasi. Kuru milliyetcilige gerek yok, kaldiki bu konuyla ne alakasi var onuda anlamadim
@@emrenuriyev9132 niye rahat kazanıyorlar peki? Sırf antitez olsun diye söylemişsin gibi geldi. Gerek yok böyle şeylere, rasyonel başlayıp rasyonel bitirmeli.
Ah yes finally the Ottoman wars series is back!
Michael the Brave really deserved his name. Retreating at the right moment just to preserve the lives of his soldiers proves he wasn't only brave, he was smart and respectful of his unit too.
That cannon situation was funny though, didn't know it happened 😁
FINALLY. We need more videos about romania and its leaders: Stephan the Great, Vlad the Impaler, Mihai the Brave, Mircea the Elder, Iancu de Hunedoara etc.
Or the war of independence
@@gigikontra7023 Romania did not fight for independence. They took advantage of the Turkish-Russian war
@@futboltime12 again you? The "Hungarian history" books don't mention that it was the Czar himself that requested help from the Romanian army? The guy got into big trouble south of Danube.
@@futboltime12 similar to how Hungarians took advantage of Romanian stupidity to dominate and discriminate Romanians for some hundreds of years.
I actually love this series on the Long Turkish War, because one of the combatants in the war was an Englishman by the name of John Smith, and a few years later, he would go on to play a role in helping to establish the Jamestown Colony, in Virginia.
Where he and a certain Wesson became buddies 😁😁
When I realized Michael the Brave was going to show up, I got so excited and felt well researched. Then to actually see him and watch him do his thing, remarkable. I do wonder if the troops that pursued Michaels army after the feigned retreat, did so because he did cause a great deal of atrocities against the Ottomans. Their hate for him was probably so strong, since the call to war against him raised such a large army.
The Ottomans did terrible things to Europe. They basically created Vlad the impaler.
@@ragnarlothbrok4281 Vlad fought for he's country
@@ragnarlothbrok4281 Ottomans were heroes that were trying civilise the backwards Pagan Europeans.
17:17 They literally did not even touch the abandoned cannons, lol
"Sir, what about those cannons?"
"We deal with them later. Our janissaries will mop the floor with the enemy troops. Let's rejoice in our victory!"
--- Hours later ---
"Sir, the enemy is advancing!"
"What?"
"They're back, pursuing our janissaries!"
"WHAT?"
"And... and they're manning their cannons we didn't touch!"
"WHAAAT?!?"
Certainly sounds line Michael the Brave earned his epithet
I've heard a lot about Michael the Brave. He was an exceptional battle winner. He was a very fun to hear about. Shame what happened to him. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
@Steffan Blanco---He was assassinated.
@Steffan Blanco he got axed by a former ally.
HistoryMarche has a 5 part series on him that’s worth a watch
My mother is Romanian she told me that there's a statue of him where she studied to be a doctor
@@darthveatay---Now that is nice. I wouldn't mind seeing that statue myself one day.
@@danielboggan2479---I saw that series. It was a good one.
The interesting thing is that two direct descendants of Michael the Brave are alive right now and live a simple life in Romania and few know about them.😁😁😁😁😁
For anyone else interested on the romanian side of things HistoryMarche's channel has a brilliant and very detailed series on Michael of Wallachia. Very recommended.
I think you should remake some of the older videos from the Ottoman wars series, and also start it with the Battle of Maritsa river in 1371, since that battle essentially decided the fate of the Balkans and opened the way for the Ottomans to conquer large part of Europe.
A series on the Long Turkish War is a dream! Looking forward to it.
Salute to our Romanian brothers from country of Baba Novak - Starina, comander of Mihai's Vanguard 🇷🇸🇹🇩
Greetings, my friend! I wish you all the best! From Bucharest, Romania.
Mihai and Baba Novak probably the most lethal combo in Europe that time. Greetings from Romania my friend.
@@PrinceVega greetings Brothers 💪
@@TheMogul88 like Stef Curry And Klay Thompson... Or Ronaldinho and Eto'o
Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, and may your dreams come true, stay safe and have a wonderful day. ❤️!
Glad to see the Ottoman series back! Every video from you (and W&W) is a knockout hit. Keep up the quality work!
Gotta respect the Ottoman war machine, taking casualties that would cause other armies to crumble but they didn't hear no bell.
Just wait till you find out that the Russians kick their ass so hard they never recovered
@Ahmet Sakızcı more than the russians themselves?
@@sidp5381 ottomans kicked Russian ass a lot more even destroyed their capital
@@sidp5381 LOL they outlasted the Russian Empire in the end
I love the comment section in this channels videos. You dont see Nationalistic arguing back and forth. Just lovers of history
Indeed my friend. These guys gave everything for their country and for that we should always remember and appreciate them regardless in what camp they fought.
Michael the Brave was really brave.
Not only him, but also all of his troops. I love bravery💙
That amazing expensive armor everyone saw on him on paintings... when he saw that his troops needed morale, he's take the damn thing off and charge in front of them. Hence how he got the nickname.
Ottoman series involving their conflicts with other neighboring Turcoman Dynasties such as the Ak Koyunlu and Afsharids would be great topics to cover
there are videos about that
@@BartmanGS Theres not a single K&G production neither about Afsharids nor the Ak Koyunlu both were only briefly mentioned in unrelated war videos
Hahaha nenenin donu ne arkadas ya
agreed
I am literally dying to see Nader Shah, also (much time later).
As Romanian I really appreciate this
Wow so nice, I am watching this channel for more than two years and I wanted to see some battles where my country Romania was involved because we had some very good military leaders in the past (like Butebista,Decebalus, Stephen the great ,Michael the brave and Antonescu) and now I had that moment and I was screaming of excitement 😜😜😜😁
Antonescunu nu a prea realizat nimic important ca si om militar, nu a castigat nicio victorie importanta
Finally you guys again give credits to those who knew they had no chances but they stood up to all challenges.
Excellent video, I am truly thankful that you offer such great content for free. My only complaint is that you should have mentioned the fact that the majority of the orthodox rebels were Serbian, and that Koca Sinan Pasha organised the Burning of Saint Sava's relics in Belgrade as revenge. As Saint Sava is the most venerated Serbian saint, this event is seen as very important in Serbian history.
Also, it worth mentioning Baba Novac, which was a captain in Michael army, a big, bad serbian who fought until his death at 80 years against turks.
@@bogdan3907 Yeah, but I don't think they covered the parts of the war where he played a more significant role. If they do mention him, it will probably happen in one of the later videos in the series
Harsh lesson: Never persecute a retreating force from any Balkan country.
As a romanian I am honored by your video. Thank you very much
Love this channel!
More about Romanian history!
Big like!
Romanian folklore recalls that during the retreat of the Ottomans over the Neajlov river, Sinan Pasha was thrown out of his horse by a Romanian infantryman into the river, losing his two last teeth in the process.
Probably romanian urban legend
@@Polo-rn8ly
rural*
@@tepesobrejac4360 maybe in romanian language or english it is like that.. İn turkish it is "şehir efsanesi" and I directly translated it.
@@Polo-rn8ly
The word "urban" refers, in both English and Romanian, to towns and cities, while "rural" refers to villages. As Romania has been throughout most of it's history a rural country, it's folklore was created in villages and as such they are rural. Urban legends on the other hand are newer in general.
If you guys want to learn more about Mihai the Brave i suggest the HistoryMarche series, one of the best I've ever seen.
Romanians had great leaders in the middle ages: Stephen the Great, Vlad the Impaler, Iancu de Hunedoara, Mihai the brave, Mircea the elder
Iancu was not a Romanian leader. He was a Hungarian leader of Romanian origins.
Michael the Brave’s life story is so epic and wild’
"Priviti marete umbre mihai stefan corvini..." - "Behold, Mighty Shadows, Michael, Stephen, Corvinus..."
definitely excited to see this series continue, I've been waiting a long time to see you cover the war between the ottomans and Mihail the Brave, who is definitely one of the most interesting characters in Romanian, if not world history. Awesome work!
@علي ياسرAutistic much? Y
Battle of Sisak. You are really high tier. Nowhere can a man find a channel that can cover the topics in such a depth.
No mention of Erdődz though :D
I always love the Ottoman videos. Keep them coming!
HistoryMarche channel here on youtube covered also Michael The Brave story...was a huge audience for their channel , because not many know history from Balkans and what they faced for many centuries of ottoman occupation, but some brave men pick the sword and fought for their freedom in their lands...they tried ,with facts ...and strong leaders in Wallachia - Vlad The Impaler of Michael The Brave or Stephen The Great in Moldova , their battles to escape from Ottoman Empire must be known for history
A Romanian legend tells that Sinan Pasha feel off the bridge and lost his last two teeth. Not sure this actually happened, but it would have been fun to mention it.
Mulțumim!
The Cuman or Pecheneg origin of the name is, the situation must have been very similar to that described in connection with the Asen family a hundred years before. Like Asen and his family, who were of non-Bulgarian extraction, and who founded a dynasty and became Bulgarians, Basarab and his family were also presumably of Cuman extraction, founded a dynasty, and became Romanians.[7]
Turkified Albanian Koca Sinan Pasha vs Vlachized Turkic Michael the Brave hehe
Basarab's name implies that he was of Cuman or Pecheneg ancestry, but this hypothesis has not been proven. At least four royal charters from the 14th century refer to Basarab as a Vlach. Basarab was the son of Thocomerius, according to a charter written by Charles I of Hungary in 1332. Thocomerius' social position cannot be determined. A hypothesis states that he was descended from Seneslau, a mid-13th-century Vlach lord.
2000 warlords from the Steppe dont represent a nation. That goes for Magyars, Bulgars and Cumans.
More ottoman empire history. Wohoo. This is what I wanted the most. Love your W&W channel as well. Keep up the great work.💪
Always interested in ottoman history well done guys 👍
Awesome video! Your presentations on the Ottoman Empire are uniformly superb.💪⚔
Another subject I didn't know barely anything about I just knew it happened. I like learning new things 👍🏻 thanks for sharing this with us.
Thats what happens when both the Commander and the troops are Brave💪👌💙
1:57 State of Ottoman Empire in late 16th century
6:37 Renewal of conflict between HRE & Ottoman Empire
11:15 Pope Clement's Holy League
13:17 *Battle of Calugareny* (1595)
(Sinan Pasha Vs Michael the Brave of Wallachia)
Great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
Michael the Brave it's beaten the turks until they make sheet o them pants, and unify the Greate Romania first, until his death.
"The flankers getting flanked"
Greetings from Romania! Great video!
Just saying but I can’t wait to see you cover the Crimean war, the Balkan wars and the Russian Turkish war of 1768-1774 and the Russian Turkish war 1787-1792 and I’m interested in the war of 1787 and 1792 because fighting on the side of the Russians was a man who is sometimes referred to as the father of the United States Navy and this man was John Paul Jones.
So the ottomans defeats started once a Romanian made it to Adriannople from North of the danube. I kinda love it
There is a two part film epic about Micheals life, its a soviet era super production that makes a depiction of this battle in its first part. In case anyone wants to look into it.
Also Walachia had 2 capitals Bucharest and Tergovestea ( sorry for spelling)
București (new one established by Vlad III, Bucharest in English) and Târgoviște - old one. Mihai Viteazu (Michael The Brave) also set the new capital for the United 3 Principalities in Alba Iulia, albeit briefly. Alba Iulia is considered the 2nd capital and its citadel is the biggest in the country, it absolutely huge.
I finished the channel's other Ottoman playlist a while ago and thought I saw it all then this video popped up :)
Doesn't matter what it will happen and how many they will be surrounding us, we will fight and we will keep our lovely land. Thanks for this video.
... they forgot the guns?! What, "spiking the guns" was not in the Ottoman manual?
I can't help it but the music in the back ground is a very famous Egyptian song from the begining of the 20th century ( That pretty one / el helwa de ) by the great musician Said Darwish
Not 100% accurate, but great covering some of Romania’s history. We want more!
Great video, just a quick question:
In the battle parts, which unit does each block represent?
I think the next video will tell about the heavy defeat of my favorite military unit, "Akncılar", in the Battle of the Bridge so that they will never be the same again. It will be very enlightening for me to hear from you how these soldiers, who shot arrows on horseback, were fast like the wind, were strong, talented and brave, were massacred by Michael.
As somewhat of an expert on Ottoman history, I think the actual reason for the Ottoman decline was there from the start, just like the Mongols. They were no longer able to conquer more lands and thus, their primary tool for soldier loyalty (plunder) was denied. Although I will also say that sultans Murat III, Mehmet III, and Ahmet were very slow to respond to the Celali Rebellions, which if those were put down way sooner, the empire probably would have had more time to fortify before Russia ruined everything lol. Idk how Russia managed to beat the Ottomans so much since their win-loss record is terrible.
Ok, so the real reason is of course, a combination of things, the Ghazi mentality and need for plunder ended, the rise of Russia was a major issue, from Selim II to Osman II you had weak sultans who achieved very little, only for Murat IV to fix everything and show serious signs of revival and then....dead at 27, Ibrahim the mad comes to the throne, undoes all of Murat's gains. Much like the late Byzantine Empire, weak rulers really impacted the Ottoman state negatively, something that was not fixed after Murat IV's death. To counter that, they greatly empowered the grand viziers but since that job had a comically high "death in office" rate, it didn't provide stability.
No, for real though, you guys should look at the list of Ottoman grand viziers and just see how many were executed by order of the sultans, the percentage is so high. Who would want that job lol.
Wrong greece defete turks in 1642 in battle of Sofia and conquer them for 100 years when traitor Maximilian of Sparta destroy greece
Great i missed so much the stories about Ottoman Empire.
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You are quite good at finding defeats of the Ottomans :)
This is my favourite series
Brother!!!! Thank you from Romania! Make one with Vlad Tepes Aka Vlad the Impaler
That battle was awesome.
Yay Wallachia!
what an amazing video and covering a part of history alot of people dont know much about. cant wait for the next video on the long Turkish war
Very good video !!
Michael was swift and cunning, like a vampire.
Turkish is from the ural altai language group family and has a different grammatical structure. That's why we have difficulties in learning English and western languages in general, most of the Turks do not know English, I enjoy watching your videos, I would be very happy if you add Turkish subtitles
The 13 years war.
Did it really last 13 years, or is another "it was actually 122 years" kind of deal?
Wat war ur talking about in 122
@@hannibalburgers477 I assume he means the Hundred Years War
@@genovayork2468 thanks for the correction
Finalllyyyy!!! Have been waitin sooooooo looong for new Ottomas series.
Kudos from Ro to our Turkish friends! I hope that the comment section won't be bombed by morons.
The ROMANIANS are back on this channel with an amazing victory
Mezokereztes would be a nice battle to cover
Means the battles of Sultan Mehmed III. will be coming soon. Looking forward to that :)
I've been waiting for this for so long thanks.
Finally Another Video of the Continuation of the Ottoman Wars, Congratulations.
Polish-Lithuanian King: "aww come on guys we have to go to war, listen to me for a change"
Ottoman Sultan "WTF guys I told you no war, stop the raids, listen to me for a change"
Well, at least the upload is something to be positive out of this horrible day.
We call this war the "Bridge disaster" in Turkey.
The worst bridge disaster was in 1697 at the battle of zenta against the Eugene of Savoy. Calugareni was nothing compare to Zenta disaster and in my opinion the biggest tragedy in the Ottoman history after the 2nd siege of Vienna. That battle probably sealed the fate for the Ottoman Empire for their holdings at the Central Europe
Finally this series continues