Not really, this incident is one of many of that period, and gets barely even mentioned. For decades they were in a state of constant warfare on the Indian Ocean, much like the Mediterranean. One fun fact of this battle in particular was the portuguese exploited the fact the enemy ships were small and densely bunched up they bounced cannonballs on the water so they would hit several vessels with each shot.
This is what wikipedia says about Duarte Pacheco Pereira's treatment after the battl "For his exploits in the defense of Cochin, Duarte Pacheco was given a grant of arms by the Trimumpara Raja of Cochin, and greeted with honors the King Manuel I of Portugal and public festivities upon his return to Lisbon in 1505."
Actually Duarte Pacheco Pereira was recognized for his deeds and he was given the control of that area and the title of admiral regent if im not wrong. Since those territories such as India, Macau, Indonesia (which we had for a short time before the dutch took Indonesia from us) were sited very far away from Portugal the kings, namely Manuel I, trusted some men to be leaders and responsible for everything that happened in those distant colonies. By the way, I also want to add on just for the sake of curiosity that Duarte Pacheco was already a very respected vassal of the king before this action. He had already done many great things such as aiding portuguese troops who were being attacked in Tanger by the Kingdom of Fez in 1511, in that particular situation he was also the captain of a massive fleet. Rumours also say that he conducted a rogue operation to discover Brazil even before Pedro Alvares Cabral, but this was never proven, he also hunted down a famous french corsair from whom I dont remember the name and finally, he was of noble blood.
Agree, the battle of Cochin was against all the odds. It was surreal. When I was reading about it, I did not know how it was going to end, I was completely griped. Never expected that in the end the Portuguese and their Cochin allies were going to be victorious in that siege. The only info I had when reading about it was that there is a street in the Portuguese capital with the name of Duarte Pacheco Pereira....
Yeah but Portugal destroyed a lot of the history of Kerala, I'm still massively pissed off that many of the sacred texts of our local Christian community were destroyed by their inquisition...
@@redcoat4348 The inquisition was terrible and ruined the reputation of the Portuguese. I do feel embarrassed with that side of our history I would love to visit Kerala and see Calicut and Cochin and then go further north and visit Goa and Diu. So much history and symbolises the world becoming global for the first time.
You can check more battles from time of Hodow in Polish history. There were Kircholm, Kłuszyn, Beresteczko, Mohylew and much more. All od them are like spartans one. :-)
@@IvoPivo1 lets be real here tho, they didn't really fight much in vienna. They charged with 20k cavalry (not all polish) against a already defeated ottoman empire sitting in their unfortefied camp. Most of the fighting was already over. And fought by combined european forces fighting on the flanks and in nearby towns. Still a epic final blow tho by the hussars and the other cavalry. And at least they showed up. Unlike the french and british who were shitting themselves.
Wow, a great list! But why didn't you include the Battle of Fukuda Bay and/or the Nossa Senhora da Graça Incident between the Portuguese and Japanese? The latter was not won, but the resistance of 30-40 Portuguese against 2000-3000 Samurai and the following self-sacrifice of the Portuguese captain and much of his crew through setting the ship's gunpowder on fire impressed the Japanese so much that stories about that were told for centuries in Japan...
@@brunocanelas6401, Now you do know. :) And you didn't know by now because the mainstream education is an anty-European propaganda... it's good that nowadays there are alternatives...
This is one of my favourite events of all time. Despite the fact the Portuguese ship got destroyed and the Captain was killed, the bravery and self-sacrifice to prove a point perfectly embodies the Portuguese spirit.
Blas de Lezo vs Edward Vernon in Cartagena de Indias. 3.000 spaniards and 6 ships against 30.000 brits and about 200 ships. UK lost 50 ships and 18.000 men while Spain lost only 200 men and the 6 ships they had. It was so humiliating that the king of the UK forbade to write about this battle (but spaniards of course did talk about it)
Because the Spanish were behind a MASSIVE FORTIFICATION and most of the British died of YELLOW FEVER? How about the Cutting out of the Hermione or the SIEGE OF GIBRLATAR :-) The latter of which happened on the Iberian peninsular itself. Now that's embarrassing. Not being able to take back your own native land even with the French backing you up and the British are fighting a global war against 5 different enemies. And in 1819 Cartagena de Indias and all of Columbia (along with the British legions) defeated the Spanish and became independent. Gibraltar is still British in 2020. The Siege of Gibraltar wins easily.
@@doug6500 stop crying, Gibraltar was given by the Spanish to the British for their support during the war of succession. The siege of Gibraltar failed due to the inept French troops involved, if you want to talk about humiliating defeats talk about the defeat of the ‘Invincible British armada’ which included 200 ships and was commanded by the pirate Francis Drake. The armada’s objectives were to capture Lisboa and La Coruña (which it failed). La Coruña had just about 1500 troops (which included soldiers from local militias, volunteers, etc...) and 6 ships. This garrison was able to hold out against the British forces until news of Spanish reinforcements reached the latter, upon this the British forces fled in fear of being annihilated. In Lisboa, the Spanish had 27 ships and just over 5000 soldiers, after effective Spanish offensives, the useless leadership of Francis Drake and the thought of Spanish reinforcements the British had no other choice but to flee in humiliation. This defeat proved the British military was only good at raiding Foreign ships full of gold and merchant vessels than actually participating in war. (And also killing civilians as they did in La Coruña)
@@doug6500 You say the Spanish won in Cartagena because they were defending a ‘MASSIVE FORTIFICATION,’ but then proceed to mention the siege of Gibraltar where the British were defending a ‘MASSIVE FORTIFICATION.’ Quite ironic.
The Battle of Myeongnyang, the battle of Vítkov Hill and most battles fought by Skanderbeg, Yi Sun Sin and Jan Žižka would've also been good contenders for a spot if not the top spot on this map.
What about the Battle Of Blood River on 16 December 1838? Where 464 Boers faced of against 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors? 3000+ Zulus killed , 3 Boers wounded.
@Tarik Hodzic. Compare it to Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana. The Voortrekkers had muzzleloaders and 3 muzzle loading cannons. 470 Voortrekkers - frontier farmers - fought against between 10 000 and 15 000 Zulu's, (outnumbered by between 21 and 32 to one) yet lost no one. Both Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana was fought some forty years after Bloodriver. At Isandlwana the Brits were slaughtered, at Rorke's Drift the British lost a few men, but was only outnumbered by 14 to one. At Isandlwana the British had cannon and rockets - but lost. Spears are deadly if you know how to use them - and if the rifle wielding whiteys are so assured of victory with their technology.
@Klaidi Rubiku Yes they had some rifles. However they were notoriously bad shots. Also the station were almost overran and the Zulu killed a bunch of patients - with spears. Fact is, even with the superior firepower of the Martini-Henri rifles - which is breech-loading rifles - and the fact that the odds were more in their favor, they still lost men and all of the men were wounded in some way or another. Compared to Bloodriver were only three people were lightly injured.
Also the Goryeo-Mongol wars. Korea resisted repeated invasions of the Mongols for 40 years. And after it ended, Korea was not beaten militarily and became allied with the Mongols. It was the longest recorded resistance that any state had against the Mongols and did not result in razed cities. The Mongols respected the Koreans so much that the Mongol Khan let her firstborn daughter marry the Korean Emperor at the time and the Mongol emperors also saw marrying a Korean princess as a legitimizing sign of their rule of China and other Central Asian states. Goryeo was independent from the Mongols because of this and they became military allies before the Koreans kicked out the Mongols out of the Northern Frontiers of Korea during the decline of the Mongols. And Empress Ki, a Korean princess, became the sole ruler of China and the Mongols after the death of her husband and her child was too young until the fall of the Yuan.
Otumba battle: Hernán Cortés with 550 spaniards and 8.000 allies Tlaxcala against 150.000 Tcetnochiclan, Texcoco and Tacuba armies, total Víctory of Cortes and allies, 60 spaniards dead, 300 Tlaxcala, on the other side thousens died.
Battle of longlewala . 120 Indian soldiers and a recoiless artillery against 1000 Pak soldiers and tank division helded until morning without any death .Now that's a victory.
@@broadyyo4988 That was much later. In the early 16th century the Portuguese navy was considered to be the most powerful in the world. The British navy was also once the most powerful in the world, but that was in the 18th century. We are talking about a 300 year difference.
@@su_morenito_1948 Not really. Very few countries ever matched the Portuguese in terms of maritime power. It also depends on the age. The Venetians and the Ottomans never achieved the same maritime force as the Portuguese. In fact, the Portuguese defeated them both, especially the Ottomans, numerous times in battle. The Spanish did catch up to the Portuguese, but almost 100 years later during the Phillipine dynasty, and the British 300 years later. In the early 16th century, during the reign of King Manuel, Portugal had the largest navy in the world, with the largest ships; en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_of_Portugal en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_(galleon)
@@giovanni_vaz_cardoso Good morning sir us Portuguese and Spanish we're brothers whether you like or not we share basically the same dna although there are small differences and speak different but related languages I respect and honor both of history since we are apart of each other like bratty siblings I really hope you stop feeling old animosity and support all of your European brethren and Christendom God bless!
@@geewhiz5926 None of that matters and I'm atheist so frick you! Besides, I'm just keeping the meme going, I don't actually hate the spanish, I just like to keep the rivalry going, so chill.
and Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, Caviar is a extremely expensive food consisting of the row of the sturgeon fish, it tastes like shit.
Siege of Jadotville in Congo . modern day rourkes drift. 150 irish soldiers surrounded by thousands of well armed belgian french and rhodesian mercenaries they even had a jet strafing them . not a single irish soldier died but killed hundreds and wounded over a thousand. they ran out of ammunition and water and were forced to surrender, and were later released. they may have surrendered but it has to be up there as one of the most impressive one sided battles ever
The Battle of Kohima springs to mind.... 1,500 British and Indian troops against a division of 15,000 battle hardened Japanese soldiers. They held out for 16 days inflicting around 7,000 casualties on the japanese.
Long Live Ukraine! Hopefully they will go down in history as one of the greatest military triumphs against all odds, слава Україні *Glory to Ukraine!"*
All i have to say is this list is incomplete without mentioning India. Go study the battle of Saragarhi. It was worth mentioning and much more interesting than the ones mentioned 😔
If you want to talk about south africa look at Blood River, 467 Boere vs 16 000-20 000 zulu's, boere killed 4000 zulu and didn't loose one man, zulus atqcked at dawn so was within 100 meters of the waggons, and the boers only had old rifles which means they could only shoot 2 bullets a minute
The battle of cochin or Diu are in the greatest battles of all time ...The difference between man power and resources was astonishingly superior compared to the portuguese but still no match to the Portuguese....During these years there were great and powerful empires until the Portuguese arrived....
The Zulus did not have outdated firearms. They were fresh from their victory at Islandlwana where they had defeated a British column of a reenforced infantry battalion plus 2 artillery guns, native infantry and mounted volunteers and police. Capturing thousands of modern rifles. The Zulu's problem was that they couldn't use them properly.
Dude, the Zulus that fought at Rorkes Drift was the reserve of the much larger force that attacked Isandlwana so they didn't fought, Plus, there was only 1300 British death in Isandlwana meaning that there couldn't be thousands of rifles captured.
jackofswords7 also, they had no idea how to use those weapons effectively,and the British new they were on Deaths ground.It was victory,or a very nasty death!They fought like Gods!!!
It’s true though, Russo Japanese war, Crimean war, soviet invasion of Afghanistan, ww1. Russia got there arses handed to them whenever they weren’t fighting in their winter.
May I just mention something tiny please thank you the Zulus actually quite a few of the same firearms as the British from a victory earlier and they captured a awful lot of guns so according to you tahts makes the only advantage a slight height advantage and they realll didn't have tht considering they were in a valley and the Zulus on the hills either side
But most of the Zulu soldiers were not armed with fire arms, plus, most of the weren't trained to use them, and even if they were, if I remember, the reason why the British lost a Isandlwana was primarily because they were out of ammunition, so what would be the point of having the riffles the 1st place since there wasn't any ammunition left?
Rafael Melo actually there was still alot of ammunition at isandlawana but the quartermasters would only issue ammunition to there own company/unit until it was to late and the boxes were sealed with 6 screws and their was a lack of screwdrivers forcing them to use their bayonets. Besides the zulus at rorkes drift used muskets because they were the ones who covered the British rear and didn't loot the battlefield.
every spanish battle and win from 1600 to 1800 was more epic than those you mention in the video. the always destroy the enemy beeing outnumbered at least 1:10
The battle of Cochin was in my opinion the most impressive battle in History, and the most famous battles where the Spanish won in that time period you had slightly numerical superiority, like the Battle of San Quitin.
@@toucastoucas9077 actually thats incorrect Aragon and Castille got a royal marriege and navarre was conquered. Well like any other country in the world
150 Portuguese vs 85000 Indians… with vessels. You are very good on maths mate!!! Well... spaniards are good on fighting south american natives with sticks and rocks and dying on diseases… on 1 to 10!! Very proud on that.
But in my opinion the greatest portuguese victory was the Battle of Aljubarrota, when 6000 Portuguese infantry destroyed na army of 40000 spanish and french cavalry.. making them run for their mummys
Did it? The last battle was 150 men vs 57000 - 84000 men. Let's have a look at the ratios: 2500/108 = 1 man vs. 23.15 men 57000/150 - 84000/150 = 1 man vs. 380 - 560 men (470 men average)
What battle of yultong during war filipino (PEFTOK) philippine expeditionary forces to korea 10th battalion combat team Casualties and Losses: 12 killed 38 wounded and 6 missing. Chinese 44th division (PVA) Peoples volunteer army Casualties and Losses: 500 killed and 2 captured.
Wow the last one was impressive, I hope they received big honors in portugal, they deserved it
Not really, this incident is one of many of that period, and gets barely even mentioned. For decades they were in a state of constant warfare on the Indian Ocean, much like the Mediterranean. One fun fact of this battle in particular was the portuguese exploited the fact the enemy ships were small and densely bunched up they bounced cannonballs on the water so they would hit several vessels with each shot.
This is what wikipedia says about Duarte Pacheco Pereira's treatment after the battl "For his exploits in the defense of Cochin, Duarte Pacheco was given a grant of arms by the Trimumpara Raja of Cochin, and greeted with honors the King Manuel I of Portugal and public festivities upon his return to Lisbon in 1505."
Actually Duarte Pacheco Pereira was recognized for his deeds and he was given the control of that area and the title of admiral regent if im not wrong. Since those territories such as India, Macau, Indonesia (which we had for a short time before the dutch took Indonesia from us) were sited very far away from Portugal the kings, namely Manuel I, trusted some men to be leaders and responsible for everything that happened in those distant colonies. By the way, I also want to add on just for the sake of curiosity that Duarte Pacheco was already a very respected vassal of the king before this action. He had already done many great things such as aiding portuguese troops who were being attacked in Tanger by the Kingdom of Fez in 1511, in that particular situation he was also the captain of a massive fleet. Rumours also say that he conducted a rogue operation to discover Brazil even before Pedro Alvares Cabral, but this was never proven, he also hunted down a famous french corsair from whom I dont remember the name and finally, he was of noble blood.
The last one is truly impressive. Portuguese sea Power was immense back then. We had a ship named the "Ethernal Father" that carried 336 cannons.
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The santísima Trinidad
@@su_morenito_1948 the most powerful was nicknamed bota fogo.
@@teorias28 São Julião Batista was the name, but yes, it had such a big fire power is was nickname botafogo (translates to fire layer)
What sources? I'm interested as I've never heard of a ship with 336 canons
@@owainevans89well you just heard of it, do you google everything you have ever been told?
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Thank you for including the Battle of Hodów.
Agree, the battle of Cochin was against all the odds. It was surreal. When I was reading about it, I did not know how it was going to end, I was completely griped. Never expected that in the end the Portuguese and their Cochin allies were going to be victorious in that siege. The only info I had when reading about it was that there is a street in the Portuguese capital with the name of Duarte Pacheco Pereira....
Nice to see one of the many portuguese epic stands represnted.
Yeah but Portugal destroyed a lot of the history of Kerala, I'm still massively pissed off that many of the sacred texts of our local Christian community were destroyed by their inquisition...
@@redcoat4348 The inquisition was terrible and ruined the reputation of the Portuguese. I do feel embarrassed with that side of our history
I would love to visit Kerala and see Calicut and Cochin and then go further north and visit Goa and Diu. So much history and symbolises the world becoming global for the first time.
You can check more battles from time of Hodow in Polish history. There were Kircholm, Kłuszyn, Beresteczko, Mohylew and much more. All od them are like spartans one. :-)
Then you also have the battle of vienna, wizna and warsaw (1920)
@@IvoPivo1 lets be real here tho, they didn't really fight much in vienna. They charged with 20k cavalry (not all polish) against a already defeated ottoman empire sitting in their unfortefied camp. Most of the fighting was already over. And fought by combined european forces fighting on the flanks and in nearby towns. Still a epic final blow tho by the hussars and the other cavalry. And at least they showed up. Unlike the french and british who were shitting themselves.
1 Finnish farmer vs 1000 Soviet soldiers
White death killed 600 in 2 months so that statement even though it's a joke there is somewhat truth to it lmao
I'm thankful of his service against communism! 💪🤚⚔️✝️
Wow, a great list! But why didn't you include the Battle of Fukuda Bay and/or the Nossa Senhora da Graça Incident between the Portuguese and Japanese? The latter was not won, but the resistance of 30-40 Portuguese against 2000-3000 Samurai and the following self-sacrifice of the Portuguese captain and much of his crew through setting the ship's gunpowder on fire impressed the Japanese so much that stories about that were told for centuries in Japan...
I m Portuguese and I did not know that
@@brunocanelas6401,
Now you do know. :) And you didn't know by now because the mainstream education is an anty-European propaganda... it's good that nowadays there are alternatives...
@@andreydragomirov8559 Wow truly amazing. It's a shame that most of these heroic acts aren't mentioned in portuguese schools
This is one of my favourite events of all time. Despite the fact the Portuguese ship got destroyed and the Captain was killed, the bravery and self-sacrifice to prove a point perfectly embodies the Portuguese spirit.
Andrey Dragomirov
The Spaniards had a battle similar to that,battle of cagayan
Blas de Lezo vs Edward Vernon in Cartagena de Indias. 3.000 spaniards and 6 ships against 30.000 brits and about 200 ships. UK lost 50 ships and 18.000 men while Spain lost only 200 men and the 6 ships they had. It was so humiliating that the king of the UK forbade to write about this battle (but spaniards of course did talk about it)
Because the Spanish were behind a MASSIVE FORTIFICATION and most of the British died of YELLOW FEVER? How about the Cutting out of the Hermione or the SIEGE OF GIBRLATAR :-) The latter of which happened on the Iberian peninsular itself. Now that's embarrassing. Not being able to take back your own native land even with the French backing you up and the British are fighting a global war against 5 different enemies.
And in 1819 Cartagena de Indias and all of Columbia (along with the British legions) defeated the Spanish and became independent. Gibraltar is still British in 2020. The Siege of Gibraltar wins easily.
@@doug6500 stop crying, Gibraltar was given by the Spanish to the British for their support during the war of succession. The siege of Gibraltar failed due to the inept French troops involved, if you want to talk about humiliating defeats talk about the defeat of the ‘Invincible British armada’ which included 200 ships and was commanded by the pirate Francis Drake. The armada’s objectives were to capture Lisboa and La Coruña (which it failed). La Coruña had just about 1500 troops (which included soldiers from local militias, volunteers, etc...) and 6 ships. This garrison was able to hold out against the British forces until news of Spanish reinforcements reached the latter, upon this the British forces fled in fear of being annihilated. In Lisboa, the Spanish had 27 ships and just over 5000 soldiers, after effective Spanish offensives, the useless leadership of Francis Drake and the thought of Spanish reinforcements the British had no other choice but to flee in humiliation. This defeat proved the British military was only good at raiding Foreign ships full of gold and merchant vessels than actually participating in war. (And also killing civilians as they did in La Coruña)
@@doug6500 You say the Spanish won in Cartagena because they were defending a ‘MASSIVE FORTIFICATION,’ but then proceed to mention the siege of Gibraltar where the British were defending a ‘MASSIVE FORTIFICATION.’ Quite ironic.
1 viking on stamford bridge vs 40 saxon warriors
What a great uplifting video. Well done and awesome subject matter.
Wow, amazing video. I have never heard of these battles before. Super interesting!
You could have mentioned many more Batles from the Portuguese, but it still quite a nice video.
Verdade, eu acho que nenhuma naçao ganhou tantas batalhas em desvantagem numerica como nos em ambos era medieval e era inicial do renascimento...
CARAAAAALHO!!!!!
Mongols: your polish wominz will be ours just like in Rus
Poland: lol. Nope..
The Battle of Myeongnyang, the battle of Vítkov Hill and most battles fought by Skanderbeg, Yi Sun Sin and Jan Žižka would've also been good contenders for a spot if not the top spot on this map.
What about the Battle Of Blood River on 16 December 1838? Where 464 Boers faced of against 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors? 3000+ Zulus killed , 3 Boers wounded.
@Tarik Hodzic. Compare it to Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana. The Voortrekkers had muzzleloaders and 3 muzzle loading cannons. 470 Voortrekkers - frontier farmers - fought against between 10 000 and 15 000 Zulu's, (outnumbered by between 21 and 32 to one) yet lost no one. Both Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana was fought some forty years after Bloodriver. At Isandlwana the Brits were slaughtered, at Rorke's Drift the British lost a few men, but was only outnumbered by 14 to one. At Isandlwana the British had cannon and rockets - but lost. Spears are deadly if you know how to use them - and if the rifle wielding whiteys are so assured of victory with their technology.
@Klaidi Rubiku Yes they had some rifles. However they were notoriously bad shots. Also the station were almost overran and the Zulu killed a bunch of patients - with spears. Fact is, even with the superior firepower of the Martini-Henri rifles - which is breech-loading rifles - and the fact that the odds were more in their favor, they still lost men and all of the men were wounded in some way or another. Compared to Bloodriver were only three people were lightly injured.
How about Admiral Yi, Battle of Myeongnyang? 13 Korean ships defended and won against 333 Japanese ships...
Also the Goryeo-Mongol wars. Korea resisted repeated invasions of the Mongols for 40 years. And after it ended, Korea was not beaten militarily and became allied with the Mongols. It was the longest recorded resistance that any state had against the Mongols and did not result in razed cities. The Mongols respected the Koreans so much that the Mongol Khan let her firstborn daughter marry the Korean Emperor at the time and the Mongol emperors also saw marrying a Korean princess as a legitimizing sign of their rule of China and other Central Asian states. Goryeo was independent from the Mongols because of this and they became military allies before the Koreans kicked out the Mongols out of the Northern Frontiers of Korea during the decline of the Mongols. And Empress Ki, a Korean princess, became the sole ruler of China and the Mongols after the death of her husband and her child was too young until the fall of the Yuan.
Saved the best for last! Portugal 🇵🇹 Pride of the West! ⚔️✝️
Fantastic video!!!
Otumba battle: Hernán Cortés with 550 spaniards and 8.000 allies Tlaxcala against 150.000 Tcetnochiclan, Texcoco and Tacuba armies, total Víctory of Cortes and allies, 60 spaniards dead, 300 Tlaxcala, on the other side thousens died.
Most of these were from the last sabaton album the last stand.
Battle of longlewala . 120 Indian soldiers and a recoiless artillery against 1000 Pak soldiers and tank division helded until morning without any death .Now that's a victory.
Hahahahaha- Malta, the ottomans could not take it. Not even Szulejman szultan...
The island was stupidly fortified and hospitalers were among the best of the best, rivals the Templar
Amin Azman
Lol,it was thanks to the Spaniards
your channel is so awesome
The Portuguese were literally the kings of the sea !!
Macaco Lider apart from the British but...
@@broadyyo4988 That was much later. In the early 16th century the Portuguese navy was considered to be the most powerful in the world. The British navy was also once the most powerful in the world, but that was in the 18th century. We are talking about a 300 year difference.
Omerath9 fair enough. Thank you
Omerath9
Spanish and Portuguese and Venetian and ottoman and I could go on
@@su_morenito_1948 Not really. Very few countries ever matched the Portuguese in terms of maritime power. It also depends on the age. The Venetians and the Ottomans never achieved the same maritime force as the Portuguese. In fact, the Portuguese defeated them both, especially the Ottomans, numerous times in battle.
The Spanish did catch up to the Portuguese, but almost 100 years later during the Phillipine dynasty, and the British 300 years later.
In the early 16th century, during the reign of King Manuel, Portugal had the largest navy in the world, with the largest ships;
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_of_Portugal
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafogo_(galleon)
Great video!
Kerala got their get back on the europeans in the battle of Colachel though🤣
Very nice!
Rourke's Drift was eulogised because of the horrendous loss at Isandlwana the day before. Can't have bad news 2 days running.
It wasnt a horredous loss, it was still about 2000 british vs 10000 zulu's. Just a bit embarrassing
@@willw6280 If you must comment at least get the numbers right it's hard to take the ignorant seriously
It was a rough thing.
@@willw6280 Nowhere near - do some research
@@lengthmuldoon I know the actual quantity of Zulu's is closer to 15000-20000, but it's only really emphasising the point I made.
Shouldn't Yi Soon Shin's sea attack be one of the battles since it was 12 warships to 150 Japanese warships
not all can be put in this short list
At the siege of malta,the planner of siege-Turgut Reis (admiral,also Corsair) Had died.
Portugal is full of "Against the odds" battles:
- 1504 - Cochin
- 1538 - Diu
- 1562 - Mazagão
- 1571 - Chaul
- 1507 - Ormuz
- etc,
- etc,
Aljubarrota was important to mention lol
Pure badasses us Iberians 🇵🇹🇪🇸 💪⚔️✝️
@@geewhiz5926 Uhm no, us portuguese, frick the spanish lol
@@giovanni_vaz_cardoso Good morning sir us Portuguese and Spanish we're brothers whether you like or not we share basically the same dna although there are small differences and speak different but related languages I respect and honor both of history since we are apart of each other like bratty siblings I really hope you stop feeling old animosity and support all of your European brethren and Christendom God bless!
@@geewhiz5926 None of that matters and I'm atheist so frick you! Besides, I'm just keeping the meme going, I don't actually hate the spanish, I just like to keep the rivalry going, so chill.
Battle of Hodow, or as we called it, a light day.
Calvary is where Jesus was crucified. Cavalry are mounted troops.
At this time, the main function of Cavalry was to add some dignity, to something that would otherwise be a mere Brawl.
and Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, Caviar is a extremely expensive food consisting of the row of the sturgeon fish, it tastes like shit.
Very nice pictures i heard some words every now and then.
Siege of Jadotville in Congo . modern day rourkes drift. 150 irish soldiers surrounded by thousands of well armed belgian french and rhodesian mercenaries they even had a jet strafing them . not a single irish soldier died but killed hundreds and wounded over a thousand. they ran out of ammunition and water and were forced to surrender, and were later released. they may have surrendered but it has to be up there as one of the most impressive one sided battles ever
great vid just wish I could hear it
I would add battle of Longewala and Battle of Saragarhi in this list
Battle of Maritsa, 70k Christians Vs 800 Ottomans.
Then the winged hussars arrived
When you've got guns and cannons and the other guys have got swords and spears the odds will always be in your favour.
Hucking Fell Not always just look at isandlawana
The Battle of Kohima springs to mind.... 1,500 British and Indian troops against a division of 15,000 battle hardened Japanese soldiers. They held out for 16 days inflicting around 7,000 casualties on the japanese.
Battle of Kohima is 35k british againt 12k japanese
Battle of Chamkaur or battle of Saragarhi were the bravest battles ever.
Long Live Ukraine! Hopefully they will go down in history as one of the greatest military triumphs against all odds, слава Україні *Glory to Ukraine!"*
there were no ukrainians included in this clip lol
130 Portuguese plus 340 Cochinese against 80.000 ... and they still loose, wtf
True,that's why china never will go to war with portugal Caralho😅
@@ruisilva2623they were one time in passaleao battle, china lost ofcourse, tuga spirit💪
What about the battle of Cartagena de Indias? That was a battle against all odds (and I mean it) , and yet the defenders achieved victory.
+europanzer Yea, it is a good one. I can't include them all, the video would be an hour long :) Maybe I'll make another video.
It still would be better placed then the battle at Rorke's drift.
Just type Portuguese victories on RUclips lol.
Valverde 1385.
Makes Agincourt look like child's play.
All i have to say is this list is incomplete without mentioning India. Go study the battle of Saragarhi. It was worth mentioning and much more interesting than the ones mentioned 😔
Rorke's Drift? The Brits fired 19,000 rounds and only killed 350 Zulu's? Were the Zulu armoured plated?? That is terrible shooting.
They had muzzle loading rifles not modern rifles. Over 50 yds you was lucky to hit a target!
they had martini henry falling block rifles which used a cartridge round not muzzle loaders
@@simo-qe3lu you are correct sir! So as the op said how the hell did they miss so much!
No idea it is something that has always puzzled me !!
They still won outnumber..
Okay just ignore the battle of Cannae
Are the two massive underdog first crusade crusaders victory on this list? Or the Seljuk Turk's victory Vs Byzantine empire?
Steiner's counter attack will make it in here sooner or later. It could take place any second now.
Cavalry. C-A-V-A-L-R-Y.
Battle of Blood River should of been mentioned
Impressed by your variety of subjects. However the music is way too loud and makes it difficult to hear the onfo
Most of the narration is lost because the background music is too loud.
Somehow, there isn't any battle from Sweeden, by either Gustavus Adolphus or Carolus X
Battle of Maritsa 1371
The troops at Rorkes Drift were not relieved for several months. By which time twice as many who died in combat died from disease.
No Cannae, or Carrahae or Issus or Badr etc etc.
This vid should be renamed: how guns win vs no guns.
so those Indians didn't take the tides into account, their own territory? Oh come on!
Tides, marshes, swamps, mosquitoes. Bad planning.
Cope harder 👏
the music is way too load, can barely hear sometimes u, especially at the beginning
What about Cartagena de Indias
If you want to talk about south africa look at Blood River, 467 Boere vs 16 000-20 000 zulu's, boere killed 4000 zulu and didn't loose one man, zulus atqcked at dawn so was within 100 meters of the waggons, and the boers only had old rifles which means they could only shoot 2 bullets a minute
Do a video on Joan of Arc please
U forgot La Batalla De 5 De Mayo.
FelipeTheFirst And Baler in the Philippines 1898
sameness = all of defenders, mostly with strong defensive postitons, often with technological edge.
The battle of cochin or Diu are in the greatest battles of all time ...The difference between man power and resources was astonishingly superior compared to the portuguese but still no match to the Portuguese....During these years there were great and powerful empires until the Portuguese arrived....
What about the siege of Baler,Philippines?
Spain versus Aztecs?
Why include Rorke's Drift in this list, especially after mentioning Hodow? It makes Rorke's Drift look unimpressive for many reasons you listed.
The Zulus did not have outdated firearms. They were fresh from their victory at Islandlwana where they had defeated a British column of a reenforced infantry battalion plus 2 artillery guns, native infantry and mounted volunteers and police. Capturing thousands of modern rifles. The Zulu's problem was that they couldn't use them properly.
+jackofswords7 none of the Zulus who attacked Rorkes Drift were from Islandlwana. I double checked.
The Zulus that attack Rorkes Drift werent at Islandlwana
Brits wuz making ckn Kangz smelled that sheaat!
Dude, the Zulus that fought at Rorkes Drift was the reserve of the much larger force that attacked Isandlwana so they didn't fought, Plus, there was only 1300 British death in Isandlwana meaning that there couldn't be thousands of rifles captured.
jackofswords7 also, they had no idea how to use those weapons effectively,and the British new they were on Deaths ground.It was victory,or a very nasty death!They fought like Gods!!!
Battle of Vítkov Hill 1420
Music is too loud,can't hear the narrator...
Don't forget the local Christians who supported the portugese in cochin....
The audio quality...
Damm, the portuguese.
No French??? France has spent a large part of its military history winning battles outnumbered.
how about tannenburg
Tannenberg but true
The music made this unwatchable what a shame
"Bullets" lol
Battle of New Orleans
Whites W
no mention of the battle of Narva?
8000-10 000 swedes vs 40 000 russians. the swedes won an overwhelming victory killing 9000 and capturing 20 000
That’s coz Russians can’t ever win wars unless it’s in their country where they have their winter on their side
It’s true though, Russo Japanese war, Crimean war, soviet invasion of Afghanistan, ww1. Russia got there arses handed to them whenever they weren’t fighting in their winter.
@Jojo Memes
Alexander Suvorov is the only russian who won battles being outnumbered.
May I just mention something tiny please thank you the Zulus actually quite a few of the same firearms as the British from a victory earlier and they captured a awful lot of guns so according to you tahts makes the only advantage a slight height advantage and they realll didn't have tht considering they were in a valley and the Zulus on the hills either side
But most of the Zulu soldiers were not armed with fire arms, plus, most of the weren't trained to use them, and even if they were, if I remember, the reason why the British lost a Isandlwana was primarily because they were out of ammunition, so what would be the point of having the riffles the 1st place since there wasn't any ammunition left?
Rafael Melo actually there was still alot of ammunition at isandlawana but the quartermasters would only issue ammunition to there own company/unit until it was to late and the boxes were sealed with 6 screws and their was a lack of screwdrivers forcing them to use their bayonets. Besides the zulus at rorkes drift used muskets because they were the ones who covered the British rear and didn't loot the battlefield.
Cavalry not "calvary"
poland stronk
thumbs down only for the sound, your voice is not clear, maybe due to the mic, and the loader music makes it worse ;(
Turn down ya music my dude.
Second background is mete khan turkish kagan he dead in bc174 and u say 1694 lols false photograph
cant listen to it due to poor background sound. too loud.
+Mandeep Singh I wish I could fix it but there's no way to do it.
This would be really good but the background music is so annoying and distracting, Pity I would have subscribed otherwise.
every spanish battle and win from 1600 to 1800 was more epic than those you mention in the video. the always destroy the enemy beeing outnumbered at least 1:10
The battle of Cochin was in my opinion the most impressive battle in History, and the most famous battles where the Spanish won in that time period you had slightly numerical superiority, like the Battle of San Quitin.
@@toucastoucas9077 actually thats incorrect Aragon and Castille got a royal marriege and navarre was conquered. Well like any other country in the world
150 Portuguese vs 85000 Indians… with vessels. You are very good on maths mate!!! Well... spaniards are good on fighting south american natives with sticks and rocks and dying on diseases… on 1 to 10!! Very proud on that.
But in my opinion the greatest portuguese victory was the Battle of Aljubarrota, when 6000 Portuguese infantry destroyed na army of 40000 spanish and french cavalry.. making them run for their mummys
@@gustavomatias2089 if im not mistaken we had help from the British but still
What about the battle of austerlitz where Napoleon defeated the allied forces of Russia, Austria, UK, and other forces?
+RR II The odds weren't as great. Napoleon still had a lot of soldiers: not much less than his enemies. Great victory though :)
Were is the battle of long tan, as it beat all the other battles..... 108 V's 2500
amen to that one brother
Did it? The last battle was 150 men vs 57000 - 84000 men.
Let's have a look at the ratios:
2500/108 = 1 man vs. 23.15 men
57000/150 - 84000/150 = 1 man vs. 380 - 560 men (470 men average)
What battle of yultong during war
filipino (PEFTOK) philippine expeditionary forces to korea 10th battalion combat team Casualties and Losses: 12 killed 38 wounded and 6 missing.
Chinese 44th division (PVA) Peoples volunteer army
Casualties and Losses: 500 killed and 2 captured.
What about the argon in 1918 with 550 American soldiers trapped behind enemy line with no food and no ammunition and still managed to escape
We all heard about it. This video is called "GREATEST Military Victories"
"VICTORIES"
Hayden Fogleman *Argonne
Were is the battle of long tan, as it beat all the other battles..... 108 V's 2500
I've seen won battles with 1:100