Suliman to his Pashas, "This is Zrinski, the man will fight to the bitter end...and then some!" Zrinski to the Austrians, "I don't think I can hold Szigetvar indefinitely, but I do believe I can make it a name that makes Ottoman Sultans cry at night."
@@Billythetoaster2004 it is indeed that quote and I see you too are a True Bannerman of the Rightful King. However given Zrinski's iron heroism and unbending nature in this siege I felt the man worthy of such a comparison to the King I declared for.
On one university in Japan, a song U Boj, from Opera Nikola Subic Zrinski is popular and all graduates are singing it. It is interesting how they learned about the song.. After the I WW, ship from Austrian Navy, was stuck in one coastal city in Japan, needed maintenance & repair, so the sailors stayed there for some time. Most of the sailors were Croats, Checks, Hungarians etc, and since they would sing a song about Zrinski, locals learnt it as well. Just recently, few years ago, the quire from Japanese university visited Croatia and sung the song about Zrinski, that they learnt from sailors after I WW. They performed in national opera house in Zagreb, and their performance was more then stunning.
Kings and Generals thank you from a croat for covering this battle. You have no idea what it means to me, a history fanatic, to see this event about my small but proud country on your channel. Thank you!
@@rocketleague2136 Nisu napadi, cinjenica je da si mulac. Po videima na tvom kanalu predpostavljam da nisi ni 15 godina napunio. Mlijeko i spavanac mali.
Nikola Šubić Zrinski comes from an old Croatian noble family which is one of the Twelve noble tribes of Croatia and a great noble house that constituted Croatian statehood in the Middle Ages. They held the county of Bribir (Varvaria) in inland Dalmatia. From them branched the prominent Zrinski family. Count Nikola IV Zrinski (born 1508) was the Ban of Dalmatia, Slavonia and Croatia, the commander of Szigetvár (from 1561), and the Habsburg commander in western Hungary (from 1563). He is considered the most courageous and prominent member of the Zrinski family, which together with the Frankopans was the most distinguished and famous noble family in Croatian history.
Nikola Šubić Zrinski was a Croatian noble in charge of a fortress in Hungary. He had enlarged prepared his garrison for just this; it numbered 2500 troops, about a third of them Hungarian, the rest being Croatian. He has been celebrated since as a hero both by Croatians and Hungarians (they call him Miklos Zrinyi). In the late 19th century his deeds were made into an opera by Ivan pl. Zajc (a rather good one). By a freak occurrence, the finale of this work was spread to Japan at the end of WW1 by some Austro-Hungarian sailors; the Japanese learned it by heart, but would not learn of its origin for another 60 years after 10 years of research. Today it is the anthem of the prestigious Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe.
His great grandson by the same name wrote a grand epic about the siege in hungarian, which was published in 1647-48, and translated to croatian by the brother of the author.
These types of battles are what I love about history and warfare. Nothing is more badass then being outnumbered and laughing in the face of death, before fighting to the last man. God bless the heroes of Szigetvar.
This is what the Croatian military borderr is used to. Hopelessly outnumbered, grinning contemptuously in the face of the enemy and death. That's what my ancestors (all military borderers) did for more than 400 years. Laughed in the face of the Ottoman Empire. I did that myself in 1991/92 against the Serbs. Das ist es, woran der kroatische Militärgrenzer gewohnt ist. Zahlenmäßig hoffnungslos unterlegen, dem Feind und den Tod verachtend ins Gesicht grinsen. Das haben meine Vorfahren (allesamt Militärgrenzer) mehr als 400 Jahre lang getan. Dem Osmanischen Reich ins Gesicht gelacht. Das habe ich selbst 1991/92 gegenüber den Serben gemacht.
@@CrvenkapicaIVZNG at the end we got the last laugh we destroyed you and your friends even in battle where we were outnumbered like belgrade battle TURKIYE TURKIYE!
@@CrvenkapicaIVZNG The Ottomans did not conquer the mountainous Dalmatian coast "because it was mountainous". He allowed the Venetians to keep it. The Croatian people on the Dalmatian coast did not even know that they were vassals of the Venetians for centuries, and they thought they were independent because they were not under Ottoman rule. If they were independent, they would be orthodox today, not catholic. Because the Croatians of Venice were faced with a democratic (?!) choice between "becoming Catholic or dying". These brave(?!), brave(?!) Croatians chose to become Catholic and fight with the Ottomans under the Venetian flag.
Zrinskis great-grandson, Peter Zrinski, was also a military mastermind, in 1663 he ambushed around 10 000 bosnian/otoman raiders with only around 2500 men, 8000 enemies were killed
@Min Tin Yeah, there might be some bias but as far as im aware there is no otoman empire anymore, btw i hate when someone replies to my comment and youtube doesn't notify me at all...
@@ahmadashraf2728 imo they were as equaly bad as the western catholics (at that time period, approximately...). Serbia for example chose to become a vassal of the otomans rather than becoming a catholic vassal (otomans gave serbs freedom of religion, western catholics would have likely converted them from ortodoxy to catholicism). Maybe your otoman ancestors would have accomplished something if they werent messing with the slavs 😂, one who tries to conquer slavic lands always ultimately looses.
@@radogost1536 Thats why when ottoamns landed in otranto with their navy in 1481 and massacred all people in naples and entire christendom and pope was peeing in their pants😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@radogost1536 I think Serbia chose to become a vassal of the ottomans because they had no choice... There was no other stronger empire in that region. After the great Turkish war from which point the Habsburgs gained the upper hand, many Serbs fled to Habsburg empire. The Austrians were tolerant of the Serbs. In fact many Serbs regarded Austrians as their liberators from the ottomans. Relations between Austria and Serbia only became bad after Serbia gained its independence from the ottomans and the promotion of pan slavic ideology,which would indirectly lead to the great war
I don't think they expected to be short as Szigetvar is a though castle composed of 3 different islands. Plus, their enemy knew the territory better than them, they probably expected to have more casualties but maybe not that many. This was Suleiman's last attempt to die as a soldier rather than on his deathbed. But, it made a great history and gave change Hungarians to defend their castle bravely.
@@krugec23 alright so i normally don't bother responding to ignorant comments, but srsly wtf? More than half of the Hungary and the entire Balkans is under Ottoman rule at that point in the history. They weren't forced to convert. That's not how Ottos did things. It was perfectly possible to live as a non-muslim under Otto rule. Ottos were in empire business and when you try to establish and maintain a Roman/Byzantine style of a multi cultural empire, you don't force people to convert. Simply because it's not practical.
Yeah well, are you guys really surprised to see a multinational empire incentivising their subjects to convert to their own religion? In compare with what the Iberians did to the Moors, non-muslim people of the Ottoman empire were quite fortunate. I understand that it hurts your national pride to admit that you've been mere petty vassals of a superior nation for centuries, but that is how history works. Strong preys on the weak. At the times, and probably even today to some extent, Balkan nations were pretty much free real estate. If you don't want to pay the additional tax, don't get conquered and dominated next time. ;)
@@MewTube-o4l everyone can get your ass because you're that easy. Don't recall seeing a statue of tuđman and building a monument to pavelić is literally illegal
@@richard_from_england333 Pavelić is the Leader of the nazi ally NDH Party in WW2 ,basically the viche France situtation,tuđman was the Leader of the HDZ Party in the 90's,ultra nationalist serbs talk about him as modern Pavelić .don't get me wrong ,as a gen z croat that isnt blinded by propaganda,he was bad(look up the war crimes in bosnia),but he wasnt as radical Pavelić.
Nikola Zrinski was a great Croatian warrior who still gets great respect today, Even an opera was dedicated to him God save us all Greets and cheers ✌️✝️🇭🇷👍 + MIK +
@@yit9893 well the Ottoman also took heavy casualties at Vaslui, 140.000, 220.000 during Skandeberg rebellion, 20.000 at Castlenuovo 35.000 at Malta But then again I admit how powerful Ottoman Empire was
Interesting facts about battle of Siget in 1566: 1. In the early stages of the battle Zrinski and his knights would ride out to raid Suleimans army and would come back to the fort with the heads of the Turks they killed tied to their horses. 2. After refusing the offer of surrender Zrinski said to the defenders the reason why he refused the offer of becoming the overlord of whole croatia, he said: "No one will ever point at my children in discontent" 3.Before the last stand and the breach to a heroic death Zrinski embroidered gold coins inside his robes as a reward to the man who kills him. 4. He sentenced to death some of the inhabitants for looting during the fires and chaos of the battle
Well he got his head later sent to istanbul where they did not even bother to hang it at the gate of the city like they used to do to every important enemy they fought, so i guess the ottomans were better at that one. And even though he was a brave general i don't get the logic, he refused to be a vassal of the ottomans which could have granted him or his children the chance to break later from the rule of the sultan who was sick at the time( as far as he knew at that time) and knowing that his son was incompetent so i guess he had an excess of pride that denied him and his people their independence for over 400 years. I respect the coins move though, men like him on the battlefield are sometimes more precious than their kings who sit in their thrones and feast while their men die fighting their wars.
@@dominikJAX well still does not explain it, he has no problem with remaining under austrian rule with no chance to break free instead of falling under ottoman rule and having the chance to break up soon after.
@Lile Stojkovic And of course there has to be a serb who calls croats fascists while popular parties in your country have absolutely no problem burning the croatian flag in the middle of the capital city...
In a period of more than 400 years, no one in my family knew his grandfather. I don't know mine either. For more than 400 years, my ancestors led the lance for the Holy Roman Empire. As the last my great-grandfather in the first WW as Imperial Royal Ulan. Siget is not the only example of Croatian courage, Croatian determination. We have dozens of such examples. Sisak, Sinj to name just two others. We are the wall of Christendom. In einer Periode von mehr als 400 Jahren kannte niemand in meiner Familie seinen Großvater. Auch ich kenne meinen nicht. Mehr als 400 Jahre lang führten meine Vorfahren die Lanze für das Heilige Römische Reich. Als letzter mein Urgroßvater im I. WW als Kaiserlich Königlicher Ulan. Siget ist nicht das einzige Beispiel für kroatischen Mut, kroatische Entschlossenheit. Wir haben Dutzende solcher Beispiele. Sisak, Sin um nur zwei weitere zu nennen. Wir sind der Wall der Christenheit.
The last charge of Zrinski reminds me of helms deep when aragorn rallies the troops to ride out one more time. Sad that there was no Gandalf to help Zrinski.
@@LauftFafa U R right. Taxation of the rajas is more profitable... Don't worry about decimated nations, and slavery and such nuances. Advanced social behavior is what matters.
He is in the hungarian textbooks too, along with his great-grand son (also) Nikola Zrinski, who was a famous poet, writer and military commander. The Zrinski family is well liked in Hungary too, as many of them held the title of comes of Zala and Somogy counties in Hungary, captains of hungarian transdanubia, or even the captain of all hungarian forces, like the Nikola mentioned above.
The Subic family one of the most influential and powerful aristocrat family from Croatia. Wiith the union of Hungary and Croatia they retained their powerful positions. For example Charles I of Hungary became king thanks to the support Paul I Subic. Later a cadet branch of the family recieved the Castle of Zrin as a fief. So they take the name Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi) meaning "those of Zrin". The Zrinski family was a staunch supporter of the Habsburg family, until theeir fall from grace in the beginning of the 18th century.
@@Pajserbrigada Nothing dude,Croatians don't even exist,they live on Jupiter in their fake croatian houses that they stole from serbs who live on Venus.
@@PajserbrigadaPlease contain yourself from these absurd comments.Of course it was a victory for austro hungary,but it was mostly croats in that regiment,with a croatian commander,and some hungarians. And that's what Croats today celebrate,their contribution to defending europe from the ottoman empire. We are not stealing anything from hungary,we are just aware of our contribution.So again,please contain yourself from making such absurd comments in public,you are bringing shame to your people.
@@Pajserbrigada Because they are not something to be proud of ? Jesus Christ,what the hell is your problem dude? What anger in real life made you so fucking hateful.
@@Pajserbrigada And that minor historical figure, what was he called, something like Josip Broz? He was a Martian, right? First Partisan battalion was formed where exactly? On Mercury? Bro, we are aware of our history, the good and the bad, a history that is never black and white but gray like all things in reality are. Please, grow up and read some books. Honestly yours, a Croat that has immense respect to Serbian history.
Centuries of warfare defending the border between Christian Europe and Islamic invaders from Asia tend to do that...my ancestors fought for centuries on that same border. Later they were used in various conflicts around Europe such as Napoleonic wars....I had at least three members of my family (that I know of) who lost their lives in those conflicts...two in Netherlands and one in Switzerland.
Joe Kerr only good for war and nothing else. We croatians are not ment to be independent. Thats why we were under monarchy and other western rulers and the world called us white word mercenaries
Thanks for the respect you show us but name me 1 country existing today that didn't had similar out of this world historical characters. We can say we are all, all nations, existing on shoulders of giants that came before us. Somewhat arguable but mostly true !
Another Croatian warrior in the fight against the Ottoman Turks was Baron Nikola Jurišić (1490 to 1545 AD). He and his several hundred men defended the small Hungarian fort at Siege of Güns (Kőszeg) in 1532 AD, against an estimated Ottoman Turkish army of 120,000-140,000 who were advancing towards Vienna. I read somewhere Baron Jurišić survived 20 assaults on the fort before the Ottoman Turks decided to withdraw.
1 year late Wasn't that battle talked about in the Battle of Gorjani and Castelnuovo video? Like that battle was definitely talked about in the Battle of Gorjani and Castelnuovo video
Numbers are so exaggerated. The Sultan did not use his entire army for that castle. He was taking down many castles at the same time in that campaign. The reason he waited so long in Köszeg was that he was waiting for the Emperor's army to come. But it did not come. (There is only 1 source that tells about that the Emperors army had gathered and then Suleiman leaved. But this is not true.)
"When I die, show one of my hand out of the coffin. Let people see that even Sultan Suleiman went away from this world empty-handed" Suleiman the Magnificent
@@eri.ssddseff How could alexander steal a quote from suleiman when alexander had been dead for thousands of years before suleiman was even born? That makes no sense. Also turkish culture is a blend of other cultures itself; taking bits and bobs from each country it conquered.
@@eri.ssddseff t.persian Seem like having butthurt against Turks in ex-TURKISH ruled countries has deep roots in history. Understandable though. When your last 500 to 1000 years history of your country ruled by Turkish people, you can hardly masturbate to your scuffed, revisionist nationalism.
@Josip koju povijest da nauci, ovu jugokomunjarsku s kojom su nas trovali u skolama i pricali nam o madjarima kao vjekovnim neprijateljima, umjesto da su pricali to isto ali o turcima?
@@unsgus925 dobar savjet gospon. A po tim evropskim kljigama Madari nama nikad nisu bili prijatelji niti su to danas. Nikad se nisu mogli pomiriti sa cinjenicom, da smo mi Hrvati slobodan, suveren narod. Izgleda, da je to i vama promaklo. Ako su vam Madari najbolji prijatelji izvolite se preseliti u Madarsku.
Mislim, manje-vise dobro se slazemo tu u Baranji i sjevernoj Slavoniji i Osijeku, ali to je samo lokalno prijateljstvo i definitivno se ne odnosi na cijelu Hrvatsku. I činjenica je da su Mađari na crno nama prodavali oruzje za vrijeme embarga na Jugoslaviju 90-ih
Hey, Kings and Generals when can we get an in depth look at the Ottoman army? It keeps evolving and changing and we never really got a proper video (Like the one you guys have done for the Romans, the Greek, and the Macedonians). The Ottoman army as of this moment has already gone through 3 major changes since the start of the series: At first being a Seljuk like horse-army (Traditional Turkish cavalry heavy force) to a mix of European slave/Knight with Turkish Cavalry (Highlighted at the battle of Ankara against Timur), to finally the 'Classical' Ottoman army (Made up of a mix of European, Turkish, Infantry/Horse component further supported with auxiliaries which can be Tartar, European, Mamluke, etc, whatever is at hand). We haven't even gotten to the Sokollu Army reformations, followed up by the 17th and 18th century reforms, before finally the beginning of the Tanzimat and Hamidian reforms of the army. Awesome stuff like always, really appreciate everything you guys are doing.
@John mark Ogayon fun fact, the Mamlukes as a ruling and military class were not eliminated until Napoleon's invasion of Ottoman Egypt in the early 1800s.
12:38 that's in between epic and hillarious Not even death could prevent a man of rejoicing after such a play. I'll remember Zrinski, and Sziegtvár. Great video guys
@@francek3892 I would love to see Poland, Chech, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia leaving EU and joining together in a less restrictive economic union. We all are border between east and west, and always getting f***ed up by both sides
@@Daker1000 To say that one shouldn't invade, is a word of hate for you? What a fragile person you are! And to compare crusades to Muslim invasions, you have to be also very gulible. The ideal target for cultural marxists.
As a Turk, I admired Zrinski for his superior effort and courage. He bravely defended Zigetvar against the Turkish army much larger than him and died. The life of our Sultan Suleyman was spent on horseback and on expeditions. He died during his last expedition. Undoubtedly, Sultan Suleyman is a magnificent leader and has written his name in gold letters in Turkish and world history. may Zrinski and Sultan Süleyman rest in peace.
@@alexheloo Szék -> chair, Székes -> with chair, fehér -> white, vár -> castle; so basically it means 'white castle with chair' - the town was a place to crown new kings and bury them in early medieval times which may shed some light on the odd name
@@Ironication While 'székes' also means 'with chair', the relevant meaning here is about the town of seat for the king. A proper translation would be akin to "White Castle of the King".
@@bloomberg6339 it was just a war of supremacy. Unifying the world under one flag. İf you look at Turkish history, u will see that many Turkish states actualy destroyed by different Turkish tribes or states.
@@Jellygamer0 Hungarian is Ugric branch of Uralic language family. It has two closer relatives, the Khanty and Mansi languages in Siberia. Our very basic vocabulary is similar,but the more than 1500 years separation and some vocabulary influence on Hungarian made Hungarian language incompherensible for Khanty and Mansi speakers. Khanty language has only few thousand speakers and Mansi is on the verge of extinction. Another more-known Uralic languages are the Finnish and Estonian. They are more distant from Hungarian.
We Croats were on the border with ottomans during the 15th and 16th century and often acted as the last bastion of Christianity between the Ottomans and the rest of the Europe. We were devout Christians and consider it a duty to defend to the last man if needed, however it has to be said that Ottomans were very often respectful and offered good treaties and held onto their words. In many ways I consider Ottomans to be among the most honourable and reasonable nations during medieval era, and they often offered really good terms to anyone who would show a degree of honor themselves.
Ma sto ih hvalis covjece, jesi li ti normalan? Jesi li citao Andrica, kako su krscane nabijali na kolce ? Tebi je to "respectful" and "good treaties"!? Daj se sredi...!
Brothers forever🇭🇺❤🇭🇷 Zrinski's speech before the final charge: “Let us go out from this burning place into the open and stand up to our enemies. Who dies, he will be with God. Who dies not, his name will be honored. I will go first, and what I do, you do as well. And God as my witness - I will never leave you, my brothers and knights!”
All that I can say to Croatian bro's: Thanks to joined and lead the army of Szigetvar (gave us Miklós Zrínyi). What an epic battle was that (20.000 losses for the Ottoman army, unfortunately almost the entire defender army died) . This is one of the reason why I'm really happy that the Hungarian army modernization program called Zrinyi 2026.
Sandor Kovacs Just don’t forget that Hungary 🇭🇺 is an observer country at Turkic Council (Ural-Altaic Kurultaj) Hopefully Huns of Attila and, Bulgars of Volga 🇧🇬 will be strong again, religions age is over, Hajra Turan!
As a Turk myself, I watched the video with awe. What a heroic defense and what a heroic commander! Respect to those three thousand warriors and their leader Zrinski. This should definitely be made into a movie! Btw, the music in the end of the video... a nice choice!
I like it when Turks like you respect our heroes as honourable and worthy opponenets. Even back then, some Ottoman and Christian commanders could see past deep religious divides and have shown some genuine respect for their enemies' gallantry! PS My ancestors were Serbian Gränzers in Habsburg service, so it is especially interesting to share a perspective on those times with a descendent of our former enemies! Greetings from Slovenia!
@@Danko_Sekulic only peasents who are ruled by religious law are obsessed with religion. the people of the past who were of nobility had a more vast outlook on the capabilities of their enemies and knew they were beyond just their religion. religion was just a tool to control the masses albeit it still is.
Bir türk olarak tabi ki saygı duyulması gerekene saygı duy ama videoda kesin bir türk zaferinin nasıl küçümsendiğini de görmeli ve gerçekleri kaynaklardan araştırmalısın.
I can't of course verify that this siege was a direct tactical inspiration, but it is remarkably similar to the siege of Mesologgi during the greek war of independence 250 years later. The defenders even sallied out against the ottoman-egyptian army and a lot of them even made it out. This event is also immortalised in many paintings which also look similar to the picture shown in the video. Man, I hope we get to see that event later on in the series.
As a Turk, I'd like to say that Zrinski is a real hero for Christians. I respect him because he was a brave commander. May both Sultan Suleiman and Zrinski rest in peace. They played their roles in this world and passed away. No need to have more clashes between people. This is history and past is past.
@@takiranayaki7870 To battle, to battle! Unsheathe your swords, brothers, Let the enemy know how we die! Our city already burns, The heat is already reaching us: Their roar resounds, Their rage is rampant! Our chests flare up as that fire, The roar is silenced by the rattling of our swords! All of you, kiss Zrinski As brethren would kiss one another! Follow him to the gates, You, faithful heroes! Now, brothers! Load the rifles, pistols, Our thunders, our bang, Let them roar, topple, harry! Let us grind our fierce swords, Make them cut harder, harder! Good bye and be well, Our home of old, Oh, good bye, From everywhere The grim enemy comes Already they plan To bury your sacred body, But they won't! All your sons move to the fight for you! Our home, you will stand forever! Into the fight, to the fight! For the home, for the home now to the fight! Even if the infernal might Raises its knife at it; To the fight! We are few, but courageous! Who, who will bring him down? Death to the devil, death! To die for your homeland - such a delight! Against the enemy! They must, they must die!
After watching video of "Siege of Vienna" couple weeks ago I commented how they constantly avoiding to mention or realis the video of "Battle of Siget" where 4000 Croatian fought against 100,000 Turks and surely there it is, thank you Kings and Generals
@Luqman Osman No. Most people in Bosnia were of the Bosnian church, considered heretics and had crusades launched against them and slaughtered even by their king under pressure by the Vatican. Without any external support and with the gentle(by contemporary European standards) approach by the Ottomans most of those people converted to Islam by 1600(Bosnian Kingdom was conquered in 1463), although the last member of the Bosnian church died in 1870, it wasn't an immediate process, since it wasn't forced, more persuaded and incentivized. Today, most Bosnian muslims consider themselves Bosniaks, catholics Croats and orthodox Serbs. Besides, there were other notable people before Mehmed-paša Sokolović, like Isa-beg Ishaković, Gazi Husrev-beg and the like.
Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his men are true heroes of their time. He is immortal and in company with true God now, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit and all the heavenly host. He is an embodiment of true christian, a knight. Thanks K&G, I was waiting for this for a long time. Greeting from Croatia! +++ DEUS VULT +++
The defenders fought with a Samurai-like dedication. Very impressive. A repeated theme in these battles with the Ottoman Empire seems to be the slaughter of the elite Jannitsar troops used as cannon fodder in the frontlines.
Not really, i mean these were all siege battles, which were incredibly hard for attackers. I doubt other units could pull off such attacks on fortified positions.
@@ardagurbuz6924 with all due respect for assaulting strong points, there was no given outcome. First of all many defenders would have surrendered long before these guys did. And the Turks could have opted for a lot more artillery preparations before they launched their assaults.
On the other hand, the Ottomans deserve credit for such dedicated assaults. I have seen some siege battles in this war series were the defenders gave up way earlier. These men fought to the last.
@@thabomuso6254 Indeed, the garrison was really brave. Some other garrisons didn't even put up a fight. And i agree, i made my first comment before watching the video but that ambitious Ottoman general seems like he really used his best troops as cannonfodder, still impressive of those Janniseries to capture first two towns in a short time though. Many other units of the empire would probably lose morale after all those relentless assaults and eventually break off.
Another fun fact: The great grandson of Nikola Zrinski (or Zrínyi Miklós in Hungarian), named also Nikola Zrinski, wrote the well-known Hungarian epic poem, The Peril of Sziget (Szigeti veszedelem), roughly 100 years later, as a commemoration of his ancestor's bravery, and to raise the spirit of the Hungarian nation that was by that time all but overwhelmed by the Ottomans.
That fortress looked so interesting that I had to look it up, and see what it's like today. Only one of the three sections still stands and the lake has been drained. And now I'm sad. Thanks a lot, Kings and Generals!
We don't. You must have conflated itwith a letter written by Petar Zrinski in 1671. to his wife Katarina, after he was caught by Austrians for inciting a rebellion against Wienna (with some help of the Ottomans also, to be fair) and sentenced to death, called "Moje drago serce" (My love"). That letter was part (i guess today also) of a high-school literature curriculum when I went to high-school, not the one from Nikola.
I hope there will be more about the 100year Croatian-Ottoman war or wars against Bulgaria in 9st. or in the newer Croatian history, such as the Croatian War of Independence.
@@Pajserbrigada lol good jokes the fact is that Sultzan Mehmed Pasha is reformer of the Pečka Patrijarsija(today servian ortodox church), so thanks to sultan servs exist today ;)
Awesome defiance in the face of certain death. Seems an even greater feat of courage and grit and stubbornness than the 300 Spartans. 20,000+ wins by a massively outnumbered army. Truly awe-inspiring.
To be fair,what the fuck else can you do when all the diplomatic bridges have been burned? You'll be killed even if you surrender,so you might as well go down fighting like there's no tomorrow (because there literally isn't).
I'm usually into more ancient or recent history, so I never knew much about the Ottoman invasions beyond a little involving Vlad the Impaler, but this has probably become my favorite series. The epic stories of bravery and sacrifice are incredible and I usually end up watching these with tears in my eyes. Thank you for making these!
if you look at the map of Ottoman conquets in Europe, the part they held for a long time is the most poor and underdeveloped in Europe.We still suffer the consuequences of 500 years of struggle to survive the invasions
@@krugec23igen, mert az oszmán birodalom szélein mindig fejletlenebb egy ország. Nézd meg, az őrségben csak a -60-as években vezették be a villanyt, határsáv volt!
Nikola Zrinski/Zrínyi Miklós is one of the greatest heroes in Croation and Hungarian history and a great example of courage and honor in a time when nationalism didn't matter that much. Back then every subject of the old Hungarian Kingdom protected his home against the foreign invaders. That's why we see Croats, Hungarians, Slovaks, Serbs, Poles, Czechs, Romanians fighting against the Ottomans under one banner. That's why we used to say in Hungarian: "they were between two pagans (Germans and Turks), fighting for one country".
Serbs never fought against the Ottomans until 18th century. They were traitors to Europe and Christendom. Battle of Nicopolis being one of the best examples of that when Serbs changed sides mid battle and brought centuries of struggle against foreign Islamic invader.
@@joekerr9197 I disagree. Serbs fought Turks in the 14th and 15 century. After their defeat in the battle of Kosovo (1389) some of the Serbian leaders allied themselves with the Hungarians and fought against the Turks. But after the Hungarian defeat of Mohács in 1526 the Serbs couldn't expect much help from Christian nations, thus they had to cooperate with Turks in order to survive. Wedged between to bigger force, no wonder they had to comprimise. We Hungarians also fought with the Turks against Christain powers occasionally.
@@zoltankatona6828 History disagrees with you. Name me one battle where Serbs resisted the Ottomans...you can't because there isn't one. Even at Kosovo they actually divided and betrayed each other, one side fighting with the Turks. They even fought entire battles for them such as Battle of Ankara. They allied themselves with Turks long before Mohacs. All in all their myths how they resisted and fought the Turks are just plain and simple outright lie and not just that, they are complete reversal and fallacy of historical facts.
@Josip hey man, you are aware that nationalism as an ideology was popularized in the late 18th century, and Hungary only got national self-rule in the 1860s. Magyarization policies did not come into being until the 1870s, and were actually probably the most mild form of expansionist nationalism that we have ever witnessed on earth. That is: requiring the speaking of a central language in order to be granted the right to vote, and government business being done in that language - contrast this with what we generally witnessed at the time being done by any nation capable of doing so: ethnic cleansing, forced imprisonment, the tearing apart of families and sending children off to schools away from their families and having their culture ripped from them (in fact, it was exactly these tactics employed by most post-Trianon nations against the Hungarian majorities living in the lands taken away from the Kingdom, though not Croatia). Hell we see these actions even today/far more recently (Azerbaijan, Turkey, Serbia, Iraq, China, Burma, Indonesia), and the reality dawns that Magyarization is not as abhorrent as it was made out to be, despite its very overt philosophical backing that Hungarian culture was superior to neighbouring Slavic cultures (in particular the attempts at Magyarization in Croatia were relatively minor, but ill-advised anyways because it was so overwhelmingly Croatian, and had a clear historical border with Hungary proper). This lasted a whole of 40 years out of a history between the people that is more than 1000 years long, which was overwhelmingly one of working together to fight against shared opponents. Hell, Hungary and Croatia are the Catholic border of Europe to the South and the East, and this was in a time when religion was far more important than nationality. Both countries suffered a similar fate - being forced to bleed out slowly over time as a consequence of being the frontline between the Ottoman Empire and Central Europe - and consequently having their development and people halted for 400 years. Horvath (the Hungarian word for Croat) is actually one of the most common surnames in Hungary and Croats are seen as brothers. Croatia is also the goto vacation destination :P.
According to some Turkish sources, the target of the campaign was Eger, which was previously besieged but not conquered. However in the meantime, Zrinksi was raiding into Ottoman territory, so they wanted to punish him. Overall historians also often mention that, there was peace with Habsburgs at that time, campaign was already needless and meant to be a respond to popular unrest due to unsuccessful Malta Siege, previous year. Suleiman was already very ill at the beginning of the campaign and prebably knew he won't see Istanbol again. He stilled marched at the head of army at the age of 72, which was very old for that century (still old as well) btw Eastern Hungary (Erdel) was an Ottaman vassal just like Wallachia and Moldovia. The map has a problem there.
My family is Croatian and the legend in our area is that the land was granted in the 16th century to displaced Catholics by Zrinski in exchange for military service against the Ottomans. Great video!
We DEFINITELY need more of this in the modern world. Too many people are afraid to "die with their boots on". Detonating the powder magazine after the final charge was nice little F you to the besieging army.
Could you also do the battle of Sisak? 4000 Slovenes and 800 croats vs 12,000 turks. Slovene cavalry completely destroyed ottoman forces and killed Hasan pasha. The cloak of hasan pasha is still being held in Ljubljana cathedral to this day.
It was an amazing battle but you made it seem like Slovens did all the heavy lifting while in reality croats pretty much held out until Sloven version of winged hussars arrived to corner her and kill them all
@@vherox3826 yes that is pretty much what happened. Croats held the Turks and Slovenes launched a massive cavalry charge. Most Turks actually died by falling into Sava and drowning because of mass panic created by the cavalry charge.
U boj, u boj!Mač iz toka, braćo,nek dušman zna kako mremo mi!Grad naš već gori,stiže do nas već žar:rik njihov ori,bijesan je njihov jar!K'o požar taj grudi naše plamte,utiša rik mača naših zvek!K'o bratac brataZrinskog poljub'te svi!Za njim na vrata,vjerni junaci vi! Sad, braćo!Pun'mo puške, samokrese,naše grome, naše trijese,neka ore, ruše, more!Brus'mo ljute naše mače,neka sijeku jače, jače!Pun'mo puške, samokrese,naše grome, naše trijese,neka ore, ruše, more! Sad zbogom bud',dome naš zauvijek,oj, zbogom,od svud i svudna te dušman ide prijek.I već u grobsveti trup sklada tvoj,al' neće!Za te sin svak u boj se kreće!Dome naš, ti vijekom stoj!Hajd' u boj, u boj!Za dom, za dom sad u boj!Ma paklena mnošna nj diže svoj nož;Hajd' u boj!Nas mal, al' hrabar je broj!Tko, tko će ga strt'?Smrt vragu, smrt!Za dom, u boj, za dom u boj!Za domovinu mrijeti kolika slast!Prot dušmaninu! Mora on mora past'!
"To battle, to battle" (U boj, u boj) from the "Nikola Šubić Zrinski" opera (that is about this battle) is one of the best (if not the best) and most famous Croatian arias. This video eould be even better with it.
We have finally been upgraded from killing the envoys to killing the personal doctors. GREAT SUCCESS!
Oh, and, another video on Monday!
W00t!
Plz do a anglo-indian war series(anglo-maratha, anglo-mysore,anglo-sikh,paika rebellion and Indian war or independence)
Still can’t wait for Spartacus baby 😁👍
Will it be about the 3 crusade?
ترجم الفيدوهات للعربية ارجوك ياصاحب القناة
Zrinski literally held out long enough to see the Sultan die of old age
He didnt knew the sultan was dead tho, no one knew it
Suliman to his Pashas, "This is Zrinski, the man will fight to the bitter end...and then some!"
Zrinski to the Austrians, "I don't think I can hold Szigetvar indefinitely, but I do believe I can make it a name that makes Ottoman Sultans cry at night."
Zrinski legendary says"GOOD is to high and the empire too far!
Imagine, he nearly of the st peters gate, and there is the Sultan, speaking with the angels, and both look each other and greeting in respect.
@@Billythetoaster2004 it is indeed that quote and I see you too are a True Bannerman of the Rightful King.
However given Zrinski's iron heroism and unbending nature in this siege I felt the man worthy of such a comparison to the King I declared for.
On one university in Japan, a song U Boj, from Opera Nikola Subic Zrinski is popular and all graduates are singing it.
It is interesting how they learned about the song.. After the I WW, ship from Austrian Navy, was stuck in one coastal city in Japan, needed maintenance & repair, so the sailors stayed there for some time. Most of the sailors were Croats, Checks, Hungarians etc, and since they would sing a song about Zrinski, locals learnt it as well. Just recently, few years ago, the quire from Japanese university visited Croatia and sung the song about Zrinski, that they learnt from sailors after I WW. They performed in national opera house in Zagreb, and their performance was more then stunning.
Love Japan from Croatia
How can university have national anthem?
Magic Johnson i thought all universitites have anthems wtf, your uni doesn't?
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 yeah, but it's not "national" anthem, it's university anthem
Magic Johnson yeah he probably meant uni anthem
Kings and Generals thank you from a croat for covering this battle. You have no idea what it means to me, a history fanatic, to see this event about my small but proud country on your channel.
Thank you!
@@rocketleague2136 Aj mali spavat kasno je vec.
@@rocketleague2136 Dijete popij mlijeko i legni. Nije ti ovdje mjesto.
@@rocketleague2136 Nisu napadi, cinjenica je da si mulac. Po videima na tvom kanalu predpostavljam da nisi ni 15 godina napunio. Mlijeko i spavanac mali.
@@rocketleague2136 Daj mi broj od mame, moram malo ozbiljnije razgovarat snjom. 9 je vec a jos nisi u krevetu.
Not only Croats...There were Croats, Hungarians, Poles, Czechs, Serbs, Slovaks....
Nikola Šubić Zrinski comes from an old Croatian noble family which is one of the Twelve noble tribes of Croatia and a great noble house that constituted Croatian statehood in the Middle Ages. They held the county of Bribir (Varvaria) in inland Dalmatia. From them branched the prominent Zrinski family. Count Nikola IV Zrinski (born 1508) was the Ban of Dalmatia, Slavonia and Croatia, the commander of Szigetvár (from 1561), and the Habsburg commander in western Hungary (from 1563). He is considered the most courageous and prominent member of the Zrinski family, which together with the Frankopans was the most distinguished and famous noble family in Croatian history.
Very interesting and informative
He was Serbian
@@mrbullet3884 only in parallel servian universe
@@mrbullet3884 😂😂😂
@@mrbullet3884 Another Serb with their own made up history nobody in world except them knows.
Nikola Šubić Zrinski was a Croatian noble in charge of a fortress in Hungary. He had enlarged prepared his garrison for just this; it numbered 2500 troops, about a third of them Hungarian, the rest being Croatian. He has been celebrated since as a hero both by Croatians and Hungarians (they call him Miklos Zrinyi).
In the late 19th century his deeds were made into an opera by Ivan pl. Zajc (a rather good one). By a freak occurrence, the finale of this work was spread to Japan at the end of WW1 by some Austro-Hungarian sailors; the Japanese learned it by heart, but would not learn of its origin for another 60 years after 10 years of research. Today it is the anthem of the prestigious Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe.
Zrinyi indulo, for as I know is one of the Hungarian versions of the melody
You mean mixed his mother was from Széchy family a hungarian family
His great grandson by the same name wrote a grand epic about the siege in hungarian, which was published in 1647-48, and translated to croatian by the brother of the author.
Bushido code, greatest honor is to die for your people. I am not suprised that Japanese would like this opera.
@Fatali khan khoyski 🇦🇿 No he mom was hungarian
At the last charge, Zrinski filled his coat with gold coins saying that the man who killed him would not go unrewarded for killing a commander.
Finally! Small Croatia receives some recognition! Thank you!
They are a small people today because of the 4+ centuries of sacrifice to fight the Ottomans. But they were a great people before the invasion.
Find war story about Gvozdansko , you will see again what is croatian heroism.
We are small but We have balls
@@kristinalacic4782 ti ih sigurno nemaš 😂
@@holeephuk ima moj muž, koji je i komentirao ovo, a nije primjetio biser da je na mom profilu 🙈
The Kings and Generals Ottoman series is one of the greatest historical docuseries no cap
chup dusmno ka Channel isashe nafrat kar ye bharat ka map aur itihash galat dikhata hai paschimi kutta
Abid Abrar Milky 2 And almost İtaly
@Boris Erdogan Only death of Sultan Mehmet halted the progress.
SKANDERBEG
@@samratkharvel5361 gandu kiya galat dikhaya be.
These types of battles are what I love about history and warfare. Nothing is more badass then being outnumbered and laughing in the face of death, before fighting to the last man. God bless the heroes of Szigetvar.
If only you arrived
@@tomislavmeeral3810 LoL.
This is what the Croatian military borderr is used to. Hopelessly outnumbered, grinning contemptuously in the face of the enemy and death. That's what my ancestors (all military borderers) did for more than 400 years. Laughed in the face of the Ottoman Empire. I did that myself in 1991/92 against the Serbs.
Das ist es, woran der kroatische Militärgrenzer gewohnt ist. Zahlenmäßig hoffnungslos unterlegen, dem Feind und den Tod verachtend ins Gesicht grinsen. Das haben meine Vorfahren (allesamt Militärgrenzer) mehr als 400 Jahre lang getan. Dem Osmanischen Reich ins Gesicht gelacht. Das habe ich selbst 1991/92 gegenüber den Serben gemacht.
@@CrvenkapicaIVZNG at the end we got the last laugh we destroyed you and your friends even in battle where we were outnumbered like belgrade battle TURKIYE TURKIYE!
@@CrvenkapicaIVZNG
The Ottomans did not conquer the mountainous Dalmatian coast "because it was mountainous". He allowed the Venetians to keep it. The Croatian people on the Dalmatian coast did not even know that they were vassals of the Venetians for centuries, and they thought they were independent because they were not under Ottoman rule. If they were independent, they would be orthodox today, not catholic. Because the Croatians of Venice were faced with a democratic (?!) choice between "becoming Catholic or dying". These brave(?!), brave(?!) Croatians chose to become Catholic and fight with the Ottomans under the Venetian flag.
I live in Croatia, near the place where Zrinski lived. We have a statue of him and celebrate him as one of national heroes
@Selim Sultan Akbar Did you not watch the video? :D
Selim Sultan Akbar hello goatboy , when u coming back to balkans hah
The Senate what would croatian star wars fan choose for his avatar ? Sith lord character ofcourse haha
@@filipskalic3376 wtf we are in balkans idiot you are goat and pig we are not eating that like you
There is a Zrinyi street in every Hungarian town and village.
Finally Croatia in the Kings and Generals! More videos about Croatia please 😊
As a Croatian i can say that we all knew and admire Nikola Šubić Zrinski. Honour to the fallen
Finally, I thought: "How long till another Ottoman episode?" - this series is AWESOME!!!
You and me both buddy.
Me too
Me too 😂
Totally agreed! It'd be much harder to follow via reading like 20 books.
Zrinskis great-grandson, Peter Zrinski, was also a military mastermind, in 1663 he ambushed around 10 000 bosnian/otoman raiders with only around 2500 men, 8000 enemies were killed
@Min Tin Yeah, there might be some bias but as far as im aware there is no otoman empire anymore, btw i hate when someone replies to my comment and youtube doesn't notify me at all...
@@radogost1536 if ottomans would.have been intolerant most of europe would have been muslim today
@@ahmadashraf2728 imo they were as equaly bad as the western catholics (at that time period, approximately...). Serbia for example chose to become a vassal of the otomans rather than becoming a catholic vassal (otomans gave serbs freedom of religion, western catholics would have likely converted them from ortodoxy to catholicism). Maybe your otoman ancestors would have accomplished something if they werent messing with the slavs 😂, one who tries to conquer slavic lands always ultimately looses.
@@radogost1536 Thats why when ottoamns landed in otranto with their navy in 1481 and massacred all people in naples and entire christendom and pope was peeing in their pants😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@radogost1536 I think Serbia chose to become a vassal of the ottomans because they had no choice... There was no other stronger empire in that region. After the great Turkish war from which point the Habsburgs gained the upper hand, many Serbs fled to Habsburg empire. The Austrians were tolerant of the Serbs. In fact many Serbs regarded Austrians as their liberators from the ottomans. Relations between Austria and Serbia only became bad after Serbia gained its independence from the ottomans and the promotion of pan slavic ideology,which would indirectly lead to the great war
Ottoman army: ''This will be a short siege.''
Every singel defender of Szigetvar: ''So I took that personaly.''
I don't think they expected to be short as Szigetvar is a though castle composed of 3 different islands. Plus, their enemy knew the territory better than them, they probably expected to have more casualties but maybe not that many. This was Suleiman's last attempt to die as a soldier rather than on his deathbed. But, it made a great history and gave change Hungarians to defend their castle bravely.
Fun fact There is Croatian football club in Herzegovina name after him and it is most successful club in Bosnia
Zrinjski Mostar I guess ??
@@shirsakmajumder1191 yes.
Neka, da se po njemu sramote izmišljotini od naroda.
@@mimimimek3488 smiri se to je klub hrvata iz bih ne muslimana.
čak ima i hrvatski grb na sebi
@@mimimimek3488pati Srbine
Video length is 14:53, I see what you did there :D
It says 14:54 on my device
yeaaaaaah bittcheeesssss ottoman rulezzzz
is the conquest history of istanbul.
Guys please we all know it's 14:54
Just pretend it's not for the sake of memes
@@Thenoisyoneyes its 14:53 in mine as well ... maybe it differs from scanner to scanner
Ezer köszönet Magyarországról !
Many thanks from Hungary !
I am 60 and am sorry to admit that I have never heard of the Siege of Szigetvar - makes the Alamo look like a tea party.
the numbers arent important,its the sacrifise of men to delay invader army to save your country and people from death and forced conversion
@Boris Erdogan Croatian thermopylae basically.
@@krugec23 alright so i normally don't bother responding to ignorant comments, but srsly wtf? More than half of the Hungary and the entire Balkans is under Ottoman rule at that point in the history. They weren't forced to convert. That's not how Ottos did things. It was perfectly possible to live as a non-muslim under Otto rule. Ottos were in empire business and when you try to establish and maintain a Roman/Byzantine style of a multi cultural empire, you don't force people to convert. Simply because it's not practical.
Yeah well, are you guys really surprised to see a multinational empire incentivising their subjects to convert to their own religion?
In compare with what the Iberians did to the Moors, non-muslim people of the Ottoman empire were quite fortunate.
I understand that it hurts your national pride to admit that you've been mere petty vassals of a superior nation for centuries, but that is how history works. Strong preys on the weak. At the times, and probably even today to some extent, Balkan nations were pretty much free real estate.
If you don't want to pay the additional tax, don't get conquered and dominated next time. ;)
@@dorylaions So you don´t have a valid respose because he´s right so your only option is to attack national pride?
Weak...
Nikola Subic Zrinski is one of Croatia‘s greatest national heroes. You can see his monuments even today in Zagreb, Vienna and Budapest
Yeah my ass you can ...all overshadowed by Tudjman and Pavelic
@@MewTube-o4l everyone can get your ass because you're that easy. Don't recall seeing a statue of tuđman and building a monument to pavelić is literally illegal
@@MewTube-o4lWhat's wrong with them?
@@MewTube-o4lLOL..... I havent seen a Pavelic statue in my life
@@richard_from_england333 Pavelić is the Leader of the nazi ally NDH Party in WW2 ,basically the viche France situtation,tuđman was the Leader of the HDZ Party in the 90's,ultra nationalist serbs talk about him as modern Pavelić .don't get me wrong ,as a gen z croat that isnt blinded by propaganda,he was bad(look up the war crimes in bosnia),but he wasnt as radical Pavelić.
Nikola Zrinski was a great Croatian warrior who still gets great respect today,
Even an opera was dedicated to him
God save us all
Greets and cheers ✌️✝️🇭🇷👍
+ MIK +
Croatian-Hungarian.
@@szilvesztercsaszar4027ethnic Croatian* but fought for Hungarian-Croatian Personal Union.
@@hajduksplit_913 precisely 🙂 but somehow he became Hungarian in Hungarian history books. or maybe I didn't pay attention 😃
@@szilvesztercsaszar4027 he was a croatian nobel....
@Ottomans54 who said that was a victory? it seems that you're having an imaginary argument
Roses are red
Violets are blue
For a tiny castle
20.000 will do.
give this guy medal ..
Clever very clever
It was more than 20 000 maybe even 30 000
@@yit9893 they're are not even 20.000 European at Nicopolis xd
@@yit9893 well the Ottoman also took heavy casualties at Vaslui, 140.000, 220.000 during Skandeberg rebellion, 20.000 at Castlenuovo
35.000 at Malta
But then again I admit how powerful Ottoman Empire was
Zrinski's head was later returned and buried in the Zrinski family tomb in Cakovec.
the museum there also holds his sabre
House of Subic to which Zrinski belonged was from Bribir in the background of Zadar in Dalmatia, not from Cakovec. Zrinski was Dalmatian.
I understand less than 80% of what either of you said,
But I feel smarter for have read your comments.
:)
*Between Zadar and Šibenik
Zasto pisete na engleskom,kad ste Hrvati
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 so that whole world can understand us.
Interesting facts about battle of Siget in 1566:
1. In the early stages of the battle Zrinski and his knights would ride out to raid Suleimans army and would come back to the fort with the heads of the Turks they killed tied to their horses.
2. After refusing the offer of surrender Zrinski said to the defenders the reason why he refused the offer of becoming the overlord of whole croatia, he said: "No one will ever point at my children in discontent"
3.Before the last stand and the breach to a heroic death Zrinski embroidered gold coins inside his robes as a reward to the man who kills him.
4. He sentenced to death some of the inhabitants for looting during the fires and chaos of the battle
Well he got his head later sent to istanbul where they did not even bother to hang it at the gate of the city like they used to do to every important enemy they fought, so i guess the ottomans were better at that one. And even though he was a brave general i don't get the logic, he refused to be a vassal of the ottomans which could have granted him or his children the chance to break later from the rule of the sultan who was sick at the time( as far as he knew at that time) and knowing that his son was incompetent so i guess he had an excess of pride that denied him and his people their independence for over 400 years. I respect the coins move though, men like him on the battlefield are sometimes more precious than their kings who sit in their thrones and feast while their men die fighting their wars.
@@thestatistician6076 well one could say he was a real life Eddard "Ned" Stark , his honor was not for sale i guess :)
@@thestatistician6076 The ottomans respected an enemy who was worth fighting
@@dominikJAX well still does not explain it, he has no problem with remaining under austrian rule with no chance to break free instead of falling under ottoman rule and having the chance to break up soon after.
@@evansyed4960 he was a devout christian and ottomans did torture his lands for 150 years before that, for me that would be reason enough
This is the definition of courage, heroism, and self-sacrifice
We Croatians are like that
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 I saw that in the balkan war! 1991-1995
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 Proud to hear that
@Lile Stojkovic And of course there has to be a serb who calls croats fascists while popular parties in your country have absolutely no problem burning the croatian flag in the middle of the capital city...
In a period of more than 400 years, no one in my family knew his grandfather. I don't know mine either. For more than 400 years, my ancestors led the lance for the Holy Roman Empire. As the last my great-grandfather in the first WW as Imperial Royal Ulan. Siget is not the only example of Croatian courage, Croatian determination. We have dozens of such examples. Sisak, Sinj to name just two others. We are the wall of Christendom.
In einer Periode von mehr als 400 Jahren kannte niemand in meiner Familie seinen Großvater. Auch ich kenne meinen nicht. Mehr als 400 Jahre lang führten meine Vorfahren die Lanze für das Heilige Römische Reich. Als letzter mein Urgroßvater im I. WW als Kaiserlich Königlicher Ulan. Siget ist nicht das einzige Beispiel für kroatischen Mut, kroatische Entschlossenheit. Wir haben Dutzende solcher Beispiele. Sisak, Sin um nur zwei weitere zu nennen. Wir sind der Wall der Christenheit.
The last charge of Zrinski reminds me of helms deep when aragorn rallies the troops to ride out one more time. Sad that there was no Gandalf to help Zrinski.
@@LauftFafa You take sides if you are croatian like I am ;)
@@LauftFafa I'm with ya on that, though I'm a history major myself, lol
Well said Luftwaffe. Spoken like a true student of history.
@@LauftFafa U R right. Taxation of the rajas is more profitable...
Don't worry about decimated nations, and slavery and such nuances. Advanced social behavior is what matters.
@@LauftFafa i Salute you my friend.
Nice to see this battle showcased. Nikola Zrinski is indeed a massive historical figure in Croatian textbooks.
He is in the hungarian textbooks too, along with his great-grand son (also) Nikola Zrinski, who was a famous poet, writer and military commander. The Zrinski family is well liked in Hungary too, as many of them held the title of comes of Zala and Somogy counties in Hungary, captains of hungarian transdanubia, or even the captain of all hungarian forces, like the Nikola mentioned above.
Hrvatski heroj
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 Cristian hero.
Benedek Nagy Croatian soldier with Croatian soldiers 😉
Güzel mücadele etmiş ama sonunda öldürülmüş bir kahraman. Bu savaşta zafer pahalı da olsun patron Türklere ait.
Zrinski was a total badass. great video.
Wow finally, nikola zrinski, and released on my birthday !
Greetings from a Croat in Australia!!!!
Check this link out you will love it, from a Melbourne Croat
ruclips.net/video/lW3E5QP_9Yc/видео.html
Love from Croatia!
Another Croat from Aus says hi!
greetings from Albania mate, how did u get there to Australia i would like to come there too :DD
As a Turkish i knew we had a victory on zigetvar but never knew how steel balled the defenders were. Huge respects to Zrynski and his soldiers
Respect
Z R I N S K I ❤️🇭🇷
+1
@@mirjanamatolic5823 he was mixed croat hungarian
Zrinski i samo Zrinski... 👍🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷😍🙏👍
What a great story! Thank you for popularizing such honorable men and their deeds!
The Subic family one of the most influential and powerful aristocrat family from Croatia. Wiith the union of Hungary and Croatia they retained their powerful positions. For example Charles I of Hungary became king thanks to the support Paul I Subic. Later a cadet branch of the family recieved the Castle of Zrin as a fief. So they take the name Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi) meaning "those of Zrin". The Zrinski family was a staunch supporter of the Habsburg family, until theeir fall from grace in the beginning of the 18th century.
The habsburg Austrians are opportunistic thieves. All the honor goes to hungarians and croatians.
Elite Mangudai Look up Türkenhilfe
Pavao( Paul ) was actually de facto ruler of Croatia in 14th century.
Habsburgs gave the Croats to Italian nobles as pesants.
Central Europeans are indeed extremely opportunistic people. Subic family was from Bribir, Dalmatia.
Finally you listened to my request,thank you guys,great work ! :D
Cheers from Croatia !
U boj,u boj !
@@Pajserbrigada Nothing dude,Croatians don't even exist,they live on Jupiter in their fake croatian houses that they stole from serbs who live on Venus.
@@PajserbrigadaPlease contain yourself from these absurd comments.Of course it was a victory for austro hungary,but it was mostly croats in that regiment,with a croatian commander,and some hungarians.
And that's what Croats today celebrate,their contribution to defending europe from the ottoman empire.
We are not stealing anything from hungary,we are just aware of our contribution.So again,please contain yourself from making such absurd comments in public,you are bringing shame to your people.
@@Pajserbrigada Good God you have the intelligence of a brick.
@@Pajserbrigada Because they are not something to be proud of ?
Jesus Christ,what the hell is your problem dude?
What anger in real life made you so fucking hateful.
@@Pajserbrigada And that minor historical figure, what was he called, something like Josip Broz? He was a Martian, right? First Partisan battalion was formed where exactly? On Mercury? Bro, we are aware of our history, the good and the bad, a history that is never black and white but gray like all things in reality are. Please, grow up and read some books.
Honestly yours, a Croat that has immense respect to Serbian history.
Always wondered where the famed toughness of the Croatians came from. That resilience was forged centuries ago.
Centuries of warfare defending the border between Christian Europe and Islamic invaders from Asia tend to do that...my ancestors fought for centuries on that same border. Later they were used in various conflicts around Europe such as Napoleonic wars....I had at least three members of my family (that I know of) who lost their lives in those conflicts...two in Netherlands and one in Switzerland.
Joe Kerr only good for war and nothing else. We croatians are not ment to be independent. Thats why we were under monarchy and other western rulers and the world called us white word mercenaries
Back when Croats had honor... and balls
@@GTAdudex2 we beat the invaders in the 90's as well. Everything is still there.
Thanks for the respect you show us but name me 1 country existing today that didn't had similar out of this world historical characters. We can say we are all, all nations, existing on shoulders of giants that came before us. Somewhat arguable but mostly true !
Another Croatian warrior in the fight against the Ottoman Turks was Baron Nikola Jurišić (1490 to 1545 AD). He and his several hundred men defended the small Hungarian fort at Siege of Güns (Kőszeg) in 1532 AD, against an estimated Ottoman Turkish army of 120,000-140,000 who were advancing towards Vienna.
I read somewhere Baron Jurišić survived 20 assaults on the fort before the Ottoman Turks decided to withdraw.
700-800 Croats vs 100000-120000 Ottomans
Türklerden hepiniz korkuyordunuz.ordu sizle ugrasmaz bile.türk akıncıları sizi hallediyordu
1 year late
Wasn't that battle talked about in the Battle of Gorjani and Castelnuovo video?
Like that battle was definitely talked about in the Battle of Gorjani and Castelnuovo video
Those numbers are nonsense 😂
Numbers are so exaggerated. The Sultan did not use his entire army for that castle. He was taking down many castles at the same time in that campaign. The reason he waited so long in Köszeg was that he was waiting for the Emperor's army to come. But it did not come.
(There is only 1 source that tells about that the Emperors army had gathered and then Suleiman leaved. But this is not true.)
"When I die, show one of my hand out of the coffin. Let people see that even Sultan Suleiman went away from this world empty-handed"
Suleiman the Magnificent
Same as Alexander the Great! Unbelievable
@@liagoutas cuz Süleyman had read the history of Alexander the great
seems like stealing other people history and culture has deep roots in turkish culture
@@eri.ssddseff How could alexander steal a quote from suleiman when alexander had been dead for thousands of years before suleiman was even born? That makes no sense. Also turkish culture is a blend of other cultures itself; taking bits and bobs from each country it conquered.
@@eri.ssddseff
t.persian
Seem like having butthurt against Turks in ex-TURKISH ruled countries has deep roots in history. Understandable though. When your last 500 to 1000 years history of your country ruled by Turkish people, you can hardly masturbate to your scuffed, revisionist nationalism.
Amazing video, explaining everything very well and detailed.
Long live Croatia and Hungary in brotherhood.
Hungarian arent our friends
@Josip koju povijest da nauci, ovu jugokomunjarsku s kojom su nas trovali u skolama i pricali nam o madjarima kao vjekovnim neprijateljima, umjesto da su pricali to isto ali o turcima?
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 Helped you with weapons when you left Yugoslavia.
@@unsgus925 dobar savjet gospon. A po tim evropskim kljigama Madari nama nikad nisu bili prijatelji niti su to danas. Nikad se nisu mogli pomiriti sa cinjenicom, da smo mi Hrvati slobodan, suveren narod. Izgleda, da je to i vama promaklo. Ako su vam Madari najbolji prijatelji izvolite se preseliti u Madarsku.
Mislim, manje-vise dobro se slazemo tu u Baranji i sjevernoj Slavoniji i Osijeku, ali to je samo lokalno prijateljstvo i definitivno se ne odnosi na cijelu Hrvatsku. I činjenica je da su Mađari na crno nama prodavali oruzje za vrijeme embarga na Jugoslaviju 90-ih
The moment you mentioned Zrinski I somehow knew he would be a badass, and my god he was.
Holy shit. Hats of to Croats and Hungarians. Time for Sabaton to write a song about this siege because boy it was epic.
i think there were germans to
@@ramsaysnow9196 There wasn't. Habsburgs were always liars and traitors, even today...
Kamil Szadkowski if sultan suleyman didnt die he would conquer the rest of europe
@Ahmet Sakızcı u mean plevna?
@@MK-vx4xy No, he wouldn't. No one would.
Hey, Kings and Generals when can we get an in depth look at the Ottoman army? It keeps evolving and changing and we never really got a proper video (Like the one you guys have done for the Romans, the Greek, and the Macedonians).
The Ottoman army as of this moment has already gone through 3 major changes since the start of the series: At first being a Seljuk like horse-army (Traditional Turkish cavalry heavy force) to a mix of European slave/Knight with Turkish Cavalry (Highlighted at the battle of Ankara against Timur), to finally the 'Classical' Ottoman army (Made up of a mix of European, Turkish, Infantry/Horse component further supported with auxiliaries which can be Tartar, European, Mamluke, etc, whatever is at hand). We haven't even gotten to the Sokollu Army reformations, followed up by the 17th and 18th century reforms, before finally the beginning of the Tanzimat and Hamidian reforms of the army.
Awesome stuff like always, really appreciate everything you guys are doing.
I second this, it would be a great documentary to make.
Mehmet Civelek maybe as a video at the end of the ottoman wars series, to conclude it would be very interesting
@John mark Ogayon fun fact, the Mamlukes as a ruling and military class were not eliminated until Napoleon's invasion of Ottoman Egypt in the early 1800s.
Zrinski is that dude in monopoly who plays till the last dollar just to piss suleiman off.
He was brave, He fought till end.
Respect from #India.
this entire series has so many crazy siege battles! love it
12:38 that's in between epic and hillarious
Not even death could prevent a man of rejoicing after such a play.
I'll remember Zrinski, and Sziegtvár.
Great video guys
WOW i would love to see movie about this siege,rescpect from Poland to Hungary and Croatia
dindek if only gandalf managed to arive with hussars this story would be even more amazing
@@filipskalic3376 while the Winged Hussars arrived blasting in the background...
There is an opera called Nikola Šubić-Zrinski in Croatian
3000 Croatians vs 100 000 Ottoman troops. Poland and Croatia Slavic Brothers🇭🇷❤️🇵🇱 to bad that we are not neighbours
@@francek3892 I would love to see Poland, Chech, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia leaving EU and joining together in a less restrictive economic union. We all are border between east and west, and always getting f***ed up by both sides
Suleiman: "I will make you the king of Croatia if you surrender the fort"
Zrinski: "ok boomer"
@Stavros S. and fucking proud of it
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 what is your problem with the Habsburgs? Just curious.
@TecumsehHe was Croatian
@@rolex1231 if ottoman did not invade, crusaders would invade just like Rome and macdonia.. stop throwing hate on ottoman.
@@Daker1000 To say that one shouldn't invade, is a word of hate for you? What a fragile person you are! And to compare crusades to Muslim invasions, you have to be also very gulible. The ideal target for cultural marxists.
Wow, what a badass, and I've never heard of him before. Great vid.
As a Turk, I admired Zrinski for his superior effort and courage. He bravely defended Zigetvar against the Turkish army much larger than him and died. The life of our Sultan Suleyman was spent on horseback and on expeditions. He died during his last expedition. Undoubtedly, Sultan Suleyman is a magnificent leader and has written his name in gold letters in Turkish and world history. may Zrinski and Sultan Süleyman rest in peace.
They were both great men, valiant and proud to be sure. History is all the richer to study for such figures.
Kafirs dont go to heaven
You have F.C. Zrinjski in Mostar in normal Croatian Bosna.Luka Modrić play there
Szigetvár means Island Castle (Sziget- Island, Vár-Castle
now that you mentioned it... it is way easier to remember
What about Zanzivar
Hey! I'm going on a trip in Hungary for New Year. I'd love to know what means Székesfehérvár. I love Hungary! Thaaanks!
@@alexheloo Szék -> chair, Székes -> with chair, fehér -> white, vár -> castle; so basically it means 'white castle with chair' - the town was a place to crown new kings and bury them in early medieval times which may shed some light on the odd name
@@Ironication While 'székes' also means 'with chair', the relevant meaning here is about the town of seat for the king. A proper translation would be akin to "White Castle of the King".
Dicsőség a hősöknek!
Greetings from Hungary!
Hungarian's a cool-looking language :D
Greetings from Croatia !
As I'm aware, Hungarians are also turks, so why did you fight against your brothers.
@@bloomberg6339 it was just a war of supremacy. Unifying the world under one flag. İf you look at Turkish history, u will see that many Turkish states actualy destroyed by different Turkish tribes or states.
@@Jellygamer0 Hungarian is Ugric branch of Uralic language family. It has two closer relatives, the Khanty and Mansi languages in Siberia. Our very basic vocabulary is similar,but the more than 1500 years separation and some vocabulary influence on Hungarian made Hungarian language incompherensible for Khanty and Mansi speakers. Khanty language has only few thousand speakers and Mansi is on the verge of extinction.
Another more-known Uralic languages are the Finnish and Estonian. They are more distant from Hungarian.
We Croats were on the border with ottomans during the 15th and 16th century and often acted as the last bastion of Christianity between the Ottomans and the rest of the Europe. We were devout Christians and consider it a duty to defend to the last man if needed, however it has to be said that Ottomans were very often respectful and offered good treaties and held onto their words. In many ways I consider Ottomans to be among the most honourable and reasonable nations during medieval era, and they often offered really good terms to anyone who would show a degree of honor themselves.
Ma sto ih hvalis covjece, jesi li ti normalan? Jesi li citao Andrica, kako su krscane nabijali na kolce ? Tebi je to "respectful" and "good treaties"!? Daj se sredi...!
Brothers forever🇭🇺❤🇭🇷
Zrinski's speech before the final charge:
“Let us go out from this burning place into the open and stand up to our enemies. Who dies, he will be with God. Who dies not, his name will be honored. I will go first, and what I do, you do as well. And God as my witness - I will never leave you, my brothers and knights!”
Hungary is a Turkic country not a slavic country. You are Christian brothers maybe. Bot you are Turkic brothers with Ottamans and Turkey
@@user-hu1tf1xd9g yes, that's what I mean. Christianity is what connects us. I don't care where they came from or how they look
@@ivanrenic4243 Ok. Also we are Turkic brothers TR HU 🐺
All that I can say to Croatian bro's: Thanks to joined and lead the army of Szigetvar (gave us Miklós Zrínyi). What an epic battle was that (20.000 losses for the Ottoman army, unfortunately almost the entire defender army died) . This is one of the reason why I'm really happy that the Hungarian army modernization program called Zrinyi 2026.
Sandor Kovacs Just don’t forget that Hungary 🇭🇺 is an observer country at Turkic Council (Ural-Altaic Kurultaj) Hopefully Huns of Attila and, Bulgars of Volga 🇧🇬 will be strong again, religions age is over, Hajra Turan!
@@bongiovi7618 I spit on huns of bloody atila
As a Turk myself, I watched the video with awe. What a heroic defense and what a heroic commander! Respect to those three thousand warriors and their leader Zrinski. This should definitely be made into a movie!
Btw, the music in the end of the video... a nice choice!
all history now, the only time I want to see the Turks go down is in a World or Euro cup match against Croatia. hehe
@@croatianwarmaster7872 daj ne budi smijesan.
I like it when Turks like you respect our heroes as honourable and worthy opponenets. Even back then, some Ottoman and Christian commanders could see past deep religious divides and have shown some genuine respect for their enemies' gallantry!
PS
My ancestors were Serbian Gränzers in Habsburg service, so it is especially interesting to share a perspective on those times with a descendent of our former enemies!
Greetings from Slovenia!
@@Danko_Sekulic only peasents who are ruled by religious law are obsessed with religion. the people of the past who were of nobility had a more vast outlook on the capabilities of their enemies and knew they were beyond just their religion. religion was just a tool to control the masses albeit it still is.
Bir türk olarak tabi ki saygı duyulması gerekene saygı duy ama videoda kesin bir türk zaferinin nasıl küçümsendiğini de görmeli ve gerçekleri kaynaklardan araştırmalısın.
I can't of course verify that this siege was a direct tactical inspiration, but it is remarkably similar to the siege of Mesologgi during the greek war of independence 250 years later. The defenders even sallied out against the ottoman-egyptian army and a lot of them even made it out. This event is also immortalised in many paintings which also look similar to the picture shown in the video. Man, I hope we get to see that event later on in the series.
As a Turk, I'd like to say that Zrinski is a real hero for Christians. I respect him because he was a brave commander. May both Sultan Suleiman and Zrinski rest in peace. They played their roles in this world and passed away. No need to have more clashes between people. This is history and past is past.
Amen
@@blandie9516 HAHAHAHAHAHAH that's a good one pal
bravo
best comment here
Zrinski was above all a Croat. He’s a national hero of Croatia until today
Fun fact: After this battle Zrinski was compared to Leonidas and this whole battle was compared to the Battle of Thermopylay
It was also what I thought about
Sto ti dode Jure?
What an absolute mad lad. The type of figure the world needs to remember.
U boj, u boj!
Mač iz toka, braćo,
Nek dušman zna kako mremo mi!
Za te sin svak u boj se kreće!
Dome naš, ti vijekom stoj!
U boj u boj! Za dom spremni!
@@takiranayaki7870
To battle, to battle!
Unsheathe your swords, brothers,
Let the enemy know how we die!
Our city already burns,
The heat is already reaching us:
Their roar resounds,
Their rage is rampant!
Our chests flare up as that fire,
The roar is silenced by the rattling of our swords!
All of you, kiss Zrinski
As brethren would kiss one another!
Follow him to the gates,
You, faithful heroes!
Now, brothers!
Load the rifles, pistols,
Our thunders, our bang,
Let them roar, topple, harry!
Let us grind our fierce swords,
Make them cut harder, harder!
Good bye and be well,
Our home of old,
Oh, good bye,
From everywhere
The grim enemy comes
Already they plan
To bury your sacred body,
But they won't!
All your sons move to the fight for you!
Our home, you will stand forever!
Into the fight, to the fight!
For the home, for the home now to the fight!
Even if the infernal might
Raises its knife at it;
To the fight!
We are few, but courageous!
Who, who will bring him down?
Death to the devil, death!
To die for your homeland - such a delight!
Against the enemy! They must, they must die!
So "dusman" means enemy?
@@usurper6147 Yes.
To battle, to battle!
Swords from scabbards, brothers,
Let the enemy know how we die!
Just when you think the guy had nothing left he throws you a giant middle finger and kills 3,000 of your troops
The Ottomans literally lost half of their army by the end of August. For a little castle, they sacrificed more than 20,000 of their soldiers
After watching video of "Siege of Vienna" couple weeks ago I commented how they constantly avoiding to mention or realis the video of "Battle of Siget" where 4000 Croatian fought against 100,000 Turks and surely there it is, thank you Kings and Generals
Zrinjski is still celebrated as the greatest Croatian hero.
Zrinjski Mostar is a Croatian Football Club in the Croatian Part of Bosnia!
Magyarországon is.
As he should be. It's an amazing story of bravery.
In Croatia, and in Hungary as well
He is also considered to be a national hero in Hungary. I guess we share this great man.
Excellent! Thank you for continuing to share!
Suleiman: Whats a Szigetvar?
Sokollu Mehmed: Can we just march on Vienna again?
K&G: Szigetvar was no great prize.
Zrinski: Am I a joke to you?
Ottoman History Hub lol
@Luqman Osman No. Most people in Bosnia were of the Bosnian church, considered heretics and had crusades launched against them and slaughtered even by their king under pressure by the Vatican. Without any external support and with the gentle(by contemporary European standards) approach by the Ottomans most of those people converted to Islam by 1600(Bosnian Kingdom was conquered in 1463), although the last member of the Bosnian church died in 1870, it wasn't an immediate process, since it wasn't forced, more persuaded and incentivized. Today, most Bosnian muslims consider themselves Bosniaks, catholics Croats and orthodox Serbs.
Besides, there were other notable people before Mehmed-paša Sokolović, like Isa-beg Ishaković, Gazi Husrev-beg and the like.
Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his men are true heroes of their time. He is immortal and in company with true God now, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit and all the heavenly host. He is an embodiment of true christian, a knight.
Thanks K&G, I was waiting for this for a long time. Greeting from Croatia!
+++ DEUS VULT +++
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Fun fact: the Hungarian Military Academy is to this day named after Zrinski (Zrínyi Miklós -- his Hungarian name).
Funny how they named it after a Croat..respect from Croatia.
It is named after the poet and military strategist, not this hero, but same name so no fuss :D
@@Nobele28 Yes, it s named after his grandson if I am not mistaken.
Vödör Dárt it aint my fault hungarians dont have a hero so you try to steal one from us.. HE WAS CROATIAN.
István Czap back then it wasn't called Austria-Hungary, it was Habsburg Empire
The defenders fought with a Samurai-like dedication. Very impressive.
A repeated theme in these battles with the Ottoman Empire seems to be the slaughter of the elite Jannitsar troops used as cannon fodder in the frontlines.
Not really, i mean these were all siege battles, which were incredibly hard for attackers. I doubt other units could pull off such attacks on fortified positions.
@@OljeiKhan This was the case sometimes but mostly they died because taking fortified positions in those years was simply damn too hard.
@@ardagurbuz6924 with all due respect for assaulting strong points, there was no given outcome.
First of all many defenders would have surrendered long before these guys did.
And the Turks could have opted for a lot more artillery preparations before they launched their assaults.
On the other hand, the Ottomans deserve credit for such dedicated assaults.
I have seen some siege battles in this war series were the defenders gave up way earlier. These men fought to the last.
@@thabomuso6254 Indeed, the garrison was really brave. Some other garrisons didn't even put up a fight. And i agree, i made my first comment before watching the video but that ambitious Ottoman general seems like he really used his best troops as cannonfodder, still impressive of those Janniseries to capture first two towns in a short time though. Many other units of the empire would probably lose morale after all those relentless assaults and eventually break off.
Another fun fact:
The great grandson of Nikola Zrinski (or Zrínyi Miklós in Hungarian), named also Nikola Zrinski, wrote the well-known Hungarian epic poem, The Peril of Sziget (Szigeti veszedelem), roughly 100 years later, as a commemoration of his ancestor's bravery, and to raise the spirit of the Hungarian nation that was by that time all but overwhelmed by the Ottomans.
thank u for this video, greetings from Croatia!
On je jedan od nasih najvecih heroja!
That fortress looked so interesting that I had to look it up, and see what it's like today. Only one of the three sections still stands and the lake has been drained. And now I'm sad. Thanks a lot, Kings and Generals!
Here in Croatia we have to learn the speech of Zrinski by heart. Its quite epic.
We don't. You must have conflated itwith a letter written by Petar Zrinski in 1671. to his wife Katarina, after he was caught by Austrians for inciting a rebellion against Wienna (with some help of the Ottomans also, to be fair) and sentenced to death, called "Moje drago serce" (My love"). That letter was part (i guess today also) of a high-school literature curriculum when I went to high-school, not the one from Nikola.
@@covjekapsurda2673 no, it was the speech or oath to his troops in siget. Well sorry for generalizing but in my school we had to.
@@Dayo98 Was it in a literature book or on your teacher own demand?
Koji k pricate engleski kad oba znate hrv
@@filipsoldic6737 da ameri razumiju kako smo pametni :)
I hope there will be more about the 100year Croatian-Ottoman war or wars against Bulgaria in 9st. or in the newer Croatian history, such as the Croatian War of Independence.
@@Pajserbrigada I bet you`re an 14 year old. Now go do your homework and don`t come back till you`re at least 19.
Chill guys you were all fodder to the Ottomans and they banged your forefathers alldaylong, especially men in the open battles.
Hm. I can argue with a couple of 14 year olds. Or I can go watch a new Invicta video on The battle of Midway.
What to do, what to do?
@@Pajserbrigada lol good jokes the fact is that Sultzan Mehmed Pasha is reformer of the Pečka Patrijarsija(today servian ortodox church), so thanks to sultan servs exist today ;)
Саша 1 serbia only exists in 2006 lol
Awesome defiance in the face of certain death. Seems an even greater feat of courage and grit and stubbornness than the 300 Spartans. 20,000+ wins by a massively outnumbered army. Truly awe-inspiring.
To be fair,what the fuck else can you do when all the diplomatic bridges have been burned? You'll be killed even if you surrender,so you might as well go down fighting like there's no tomorrow (because there literally isn't).
I'm usually into more ancient or recent history, so I never knew much about the Ottoman invasions beyond a little involving Vlad the Impaler, but this has probably become my favorite series. The epic stories of bravery and sacrifice are incredible and I usually end up watching these with tears in my eyes. Thank you for making these!
if you look at the map of Ottoman conquets in Europe, the part they held for a long time is the most poor and underdeveloped in Europe.We still suffer the consuequences of 500 years of struggle to survive the invasions
@@krugec23igen, mert az oszmán birodalom szélein mindig fejletlenebb egy ország. Nézd meg, az őrségben csak a -60-as években vezették be a villanyt, határsáv volt!
A pretty impressive video. The defenders were heroic to the end. My compliments to them.
I am honored that my children bear this honorable Croatian surname .
Nikola Zrinski/Zrínyi Miklós is one of the greatest heroes in Croation and Hungarian history and a great example of courage and honor in a time when nationalism didn't matter that much. Back then every subject of the old Hungarian Kingdom protected his home against the foreign invaders. That's why we see Croats, Hungarians, Slovaks, Serbs, Poles, Czechs, Romanians fighting against the Ottomans under one banner.
That's why we used to say in Hungarian: "they were between two pagans (Germans and Turks), fighting for one country".
Serbs never fought against the Ottomans until 18th century. They were traitors to Europe and Christendom. Battle of Nicopolis being one of the best examples of that when Serbs changed sides mid battle and brought centuries of struggle against foreign Islamic invader.
@@joekerr9197 I disagree. Serbs fought Turks in the 14th and 15 century. After their defeat in the battle of Kosovo (1389) some of the Serbian leaders allied themselves with the Hungarians and fought against the Turks. But after the Hungarian defeat of Mohács in 1526 the Serbs couldn't expect much help from Christian nations, thus they had to cooperate with Turks in order to survive. Wedged between to bigger force, no wonder they had to comprimise. We Hungarians also fought with the Turks against Christain powers occasionally.
@@zoltankatona6828 History disagrees with you. Name me one battle where Serbs resisted the Ottomans...you can't because there isn't one. Even at Kosovo they actually divided and betrayed each other, one side fighting with the Turks. They even fought entire battles for them such as Battle of Ankara. They allied themselves with Turks long before Mohacs. All in all their myths how they resisted and fought the Turks are just plain and simple outright lie and not just that, they are complete reversal and fallacy of historical facts.
@Josip hey man, you are aware that nationalism as an ideology was popularized in the late 18th century, and Hungary only got national self-rule in the 1860s. Magyarization policies did not come into being until the 1870s, and were actually probably the most mild form of expansionist nationalism that we have ever witnessed on earth. That is: requiring the speaking of a central language in order to be granted the right to vote, and government business being done in that language - contrast this with what we generally witnessed at the time being done by any nation capable of doing so: ethnic cleansing, forced imprisonment, the tearing apart of families and sending children off to schools away from their families and having their culture ripped from them (in fact, it was exactly these tactics employed by most post-Trianon nations against the Hungarian majorities living in the lands taken away from the Kingdom, though not Croatia).
Hell we see these actions even today/far more recently (Azerbaijan, Turkey, Serbia, Iraq, China, Burma, Indonesia), and the reality dawns that Magyarization is not as abhorrent as it was made out to be, despite its very overt philosophical backing that Hungarian culture was superior to neighbouring Slavic cultures (in particular the attempts at Magyarization in Croatia were relatively minor, but ill-advised anyways because it was so overwhelmingly Croatian, and had a clear historical border with Hungary proper).
This lasted a whole of 40 years out of a history between the people that is more than 1000 years long, which was overwhelmingly one of working together to fight against shared opponents. Hell, Hungary and Croatia are the Catholic border of Europe to the South and the East, and this was in a time when religion was far more important than nationality. Both countries suffered a similar fate - being forced to bleed out slowly over time as a consequence of being the frontline between the Ottoman Empire and Central Europe - and consequently having their development and people halted for 400 years. Horvath (the Hungarian word for Croat) is actually one of the most common surnames in Hungary and Croats are seen as brothers. Croatia is also the goto vacation destination :P.
Hahahaha religion christian fanatics.
Zrinski would have made for an extraordinary Astartes. What a badass.
planet broke before the guard did
Excellent historic analysis and very objective. Nicely done! :)
Ottoman:....well at least we got the Citadel!
*BOOM*
Ottoman:....I hate szigetvar....
Underrated comment!!!🤣🤣🤣
Zrinski is a great European hero, he and his men basically saved the rest of Europe from Islam, many dont know this
Szigetvar sounds like Helms Deep, but Gandalf never came...
He will. At Vienna.
@@kamilszadkowski8864 He said look to the east on the fifth day but showed up 117 years later🤣🤣
@@kamilszadkowski8864 its more like Theoden at Gondor
Except orcs right?
...
Right?
@@hallacson8535 "Orktomman" Empire.
As soon as I saw the name of the video, I immediately clicked on the video :)
Also please do the battle of Sisak in 1593 :)
Love you guys! ❤❤❤❤
It sue be but still battle of lepanto and battles with persia in 1580s
Proud to be Croat🇭🇷 , we fought Otomans for 500 years and most of world today doesnt even know about that , such a shame...
Because Croatia lost against t he Turks and became a citiy of the Ottoman Empire. Why the world should notice what croatia did ?
@@hakang1331 bcz late ottoman lost with Christian British....thats why
@@TheKumarImpressions
Lost with christian british ??? First u should learn english
@@hakang1331 that is not correct sir, many parts fell but the entire nation never, there were always regions that were under the Habsburg monarchy
@@misellijesnic8080
Yes thats right
According to some Turkish sources, the target of the campaign was Eger, which was previously besieged but not conquered. However in the meantime, Zrinksi was raiding into Ottoman territory, so they wanted to punish him.
Overall historians also often mention that, there was peace with Habsburgs at that time, campaign was already needless and meant to be a respond to popular unrest due to unsuccessful Malta Siege, previous year.
Suleiman was already very ill at the beginning of the campaign and prebably knew he won't see Istanbol again. He stilled marched at the head of army at the age of 72, which was very old for that century (still old as well)
btw Eastern Hungary (Erdel) was an Ottaman vassal just like Wallachia and Moldovia. The map has a problem there.
I saw Zrinski smile in the afterlife when the ottoman soldiers stepped on that mine in the end ;)
I have been waiting for this since the Siege of Vienna video, thank you Kings and Generals!
Respect to the braves of Croatia from Greece.
hahaha thanx! we call him Croatian Leonidas
My family is Croatian and the legend in our area is that the land was granted in the 16th century to displaced Catholics by Zrinski in exchange for military service against the Ottomans. Great video!
@@Pajserbrigada why are you servians(turkish vassal) so obssesed with croatians?
@@Pajserbrigada nope, you servians speak croatian.
@@Pajserbrigada ha ha why are you lying pathetic serv? actually you servians were ottoman whores for 500 years without any uprising ;)
I've been looking forward to this
We DEFINITELY need more of this in the modern world. Too many people are afraid to "die with their boots on".
Detonating the powder magazine after the final charge was nice little F you to the besieging army.
Could you also do the battle of Sisak? 4000 Slovenes and 800 croats vs 12,000 turks. Slovene cavalry completely destroyed ottoman forces and killed Hasan pasha. The cloak of hasan pasha is still being held in Ljubljana cathedral to this day.
Yup, an amazing battle and glorious victory for our two nations :)
It was an amazing battle but you made it seem like Slovens did all the heavy lifting while in reality croats pretty much held out until Sloven version of winged hussars arrived to corner her and kill them all
@@vherox3826 yes that is pretty much what happened. Croats held the Turks and Slovenes launched a massive cavalry charge. Most Turks actually died by falling into Sava and drowning because of mass panic created by the cavalry charge.
forget the battle of maritsa,when only 800 turks defeat 70,000 serbs aithrough killing their emeror
Do the siege of Gvozdansko next!!!
*What a Glorious Battle*
Now on to the Siege of Gvozdansko, another epic battle of few against many worthy of a movie spectacle that none knows about.
U boj, u boj!Mač iz toka, braćo,nek dušman zna kako mremo mi!Grad naš već gori,stiže do nas već žar:rik njihov ori,bijesan je njihov jar!K'o požar taj grudi naše plamte,utiša rik mača naših zvek!K'o bratac brataZrinskog poljub'te svi!Za njim na vrata,vjerni junaci vi!
Sad, braćo!Pun'mo puške, samokrese,naše grome, naše trijese,neka ore, ruše, more!Brus'mo ljute naše mače,neka sijeku jače, jače!Pun'mo puške, samokrese,naše grome, naše trijese,neka ore, ruše, more!
Sad zbogom bud',dome naš zauvijek,oj, zbogom,od svud i svudna te dušman ide prijek.I već u grobsveti trup sklada tvoj,al' neće!Za te sin svak u boj se kreće!Dome naš, ti vijekom stoj!Hajd' u boj, u boj!Za dom, za dom sad u boj!Ma paklena mnošna nj diže svoj nož;Hajd' u boj!Nas mal, al' hrabar je broj!Tko, tko će ga strt'?Smrt vragu, smrt!Za dom, u boj, za dom u boj!Za domovinu mrijeti kolika slast!Prot dušmaninu! Mora on mora past'!
You guys never disappoint. Keep up the great work!
"To battle, to battle" (U boj, u boj) from the "Nikola Šubić Zrinski" opera (that is about this battle) is one of the best (if not the best) and most famous Croatian arias. This video eould be even better with it.
Respect Croat warriors.🙏🇭🇷