Battle of Maritsa, 1371 ⚔️ Death of the Serbian Empire ⚔️ Ottoman Expansion into Europe
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🚩 Battle of Maritsa (1371) proved to be the final nail in the coffin of the Serbian Empire, built by the Nemanjic dynasty. In many ways, the Ottoman victory at Maritsa was far more important than the one at Kosovo (1389) and Nicopolis (1396), for it firmly consolidated the Sultanate's position in Europe and acted as a springboard for future conquest.
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Bro,you should making the Battle of Garni or Parwan
Will do
@@HistoryMarche Thanks bro.
Спасибо большое брать !❤️😃🥂👍
this was epic!! you know why? because Historymarche started with doing videos on lesser known battles and of course hannibal....so its a trademark clasic of this channel!! great job....by the way...any news on a new Hannibal video? :))
"Dusan the Mighty died and was replaced by his young son Uros the Weak"
I think I know how this is gonna play out.
When your 6/6/6 King had a son with 0/0/0 stats in EU4...bruh
@@patrijarx and Dusan is the only Nemanjic ruler that wasn't venerated as saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church
Yea honestly people say they would love to be born a Prince, in some Kingdom in History, However some Princes/Princesses really get the shaft in the situation they are born into.
I mean these namings usually happen in hindsight.
if efficient emperors didn't keep on dying suddenly , history will be very different
Running away from an army 20 times smaller than yours and drowning while doing so has gotta be the most embarrassing way to die
Thay didnt know that ottoman army where 20 times smaller that night 😢
sf bro 😂😂20k vs 11k
Shhhh
@@cicibannncicibannn680
Ben Türküm bu savaşta Sırpların ataları kötü bir yenilgi almasına rağmen onlar cesur savaşçılardır bunu Ankara savaşında Yıldırım Beyazid'in yanında sonuna kadar cesurca savaşarak göstermişlerdir bir çok Türk komutan padişahı yalnız bırakmasına rağmen Sırpların ataları cesurca savaştı kesinlikle Sırpların atalarına saygı duyuyorum
@@sedattunc831Well i dont respect any Serbians. I am from Bosnia and we have defeated them too. They dont have honor as they had before
Everyone knows about the 300 Spartans but not the 800 ottomans
الغرب تاريخهم اساطير وقصص خيالية اما المسلمين تاريخ حقيقي ومجد عظيم ومعركة بدر و معركة العثمانيين مع الصرب خير دليل على مجد الاسلام والمسلمين 💪
@@damnthezionists1708 True..maybe they don't want it to be mentioned.
@@talalmalik4758 هم اساطيرهم سوبرمان وباتمان وفلاشمان والرجل الحديدي 😂
@@damnthezionists1708 They need to learn some history.
Perhaps because the 300 defended whats theirs. An honourable reason to fight. And these 800 killed to conquer.
Entering a camp with tens of thousands of soldiers in the middle of the night as 800 raiders is like suicide. It's also really incredible that they won the war.
It's incredible how incompetent the serbs were
@@thatisme3thatisme38 No. The Serbs were good warriors of their time. especially the heavily armored Serbian knights were great. Thanks to their help, the Turks won many wars. for example: Battle of Nicopolis
@@mustafakemalpasha983 are u serious?1k take 20k and route them...that is incompetence squared.
as far as nicopolis the serbs should have joined christians to fight the muslim invaders but they were traitors to their own faith.
@@mustafakemalpasha983 traitors of the Christian faith
@@thatisme3thatisme38 shut up! Go find on google battle of Mishar 1806.
Although the Ottoman golden age is indeed the period from the second half of the 15th century to the mid 1600's, the earlier era just gets overshadowed too much, brilliant work !
Deus Vult
@@leftifornian2066 lol 😂😂 they are talking about war against east, not west
@@leftifornian2066 LOL.
@@leftifornian2066the ottomans crushed them
@@leftifornian2066
Allahuekber win Deus vult lose.
This is insane and hard to believe, but how brave those 1000 men actually were is even crazier!
fighting people that can't fight back is not brave lol
@@БојанБјелић never underestimate enemies and u r gonna pay for it
@@БојанБјелић need to be brave to fight with much much greater army
@@БојанБјелић lol imagine 20 dudes sleeping in a room with their swords and your mission is to kill them all in their sleep alone
@@buckleup4210 still, in many night attacks if the ambushed party is disciplined has a good command, they can regroup and repel the attackers, albeit with losses. for this battle, if ottomans failed the attack and serbians managed to regroup and push them back, capturing edirne would be an easy task. imagine yourself being the commander right before the attack and you have 2 options, do a ballsy move but possibly lose your army and edirne in one swoop, or be cautious and hope for reinforcements to arrive which may never arrive. now you can understand how bold it was to make that decision
The Turks definitely had a knack for winning battles against larger and better equipped armies.
@@tyrannusrex31 I also agree. Is it possible that there is a well-worked plan?
Look, there is a point to be understood here, especially in the middle ages, the armies coming from the east win the war, if you wage a war against a nomadic society, the price will be heavy. because they are accustomed to fighting all the time.
yeah and keep in mind that anatolia wasnt even the homeland of the Turks, that was land that conquered only a few hundred years prior. A tribe from the other side of asia, settles in anatolia and builds an empire that challanges the whole of europe for hundreds of years.
60 year old Belisarius with 1k militia and 200 veterans defeated 4k kutrigur army by surrounding them and kicking up dust and shouting to make their army sound bigger than they are
If you learn about early Islamic expansion by Arabs you will forget about mongols or turks
I think we owe this guy alot for his work and masterpiece 👏
I can't get enough of these vids.
I agree. I love these videos on History Marche.
Well donate or join his channel
@@ToneWoN who’re you?
Definitely agree
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” ~ Sun Tzu
Doesn't really apply here.. But you know a quote and that's sweet
@@funnybunny_28It does from the Ottoman pov
This battle was always kept hidden as it has not too much sources. I was always willing to know more about it ( Thank U very much for making this amazing video
''Bin atlı akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik. Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik''
Ak tolgalı Beylerbeyi haykırdı: İlerle!!!
@@Ramonda1914easy Serb, we are friend. This is history, and enemies updated. Reposition needed
@@CenitaBrook history?? Wauu
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HISTORY?? NATO= HITLERS GERMANI
NACISM LIVEING IN UJRAINA CROATIA BOSNIA KOSOVO MADE IN NATO. HITLER IS ALIVE. MONSTRUM IS ALIVE. AND ITS BIGGEF AND BIGGER. 3 WW IS COMMING. NOBODY FROM THE WEST CANT SEE IT OR DONT WANT???
Average patriotic serb in action:
@@cinarbayram8516 be quiet. Sarmat is comming
1000 men with balls of steel. It’s simply impossible to comprehend their courage.
It's sad... Wish that the pope helped us and we converted to Catholicism
1000 pure Turkish armies without The elit Corp jannasary
@@azmanabas8425 the other problem was the Serbs and Bulgarians were drunk
So you really trust this numbers? :) No possible way that same regional Serbian lord (lack of central rule( gathered troops of 20 000 people, that was insane number of soldier for medieval).
It's just one of those historical over-blowing.
“You can hear their balls clanking in their pants as they charge towards us”
- Bulgarian soldier (maybe)
Hands down one of the best history channels on RUclips. Topics, information, graphics and narration are top notch. Congrats!
Hungarian, Serbian, Bulgarian history is pretty interesting and underrated.
True!
The unknown history of the East is truly fascinating. A period that many contemporary historians in Westen Europe and America do not appreciate to highlight as much
@@SolidAvenger1290 the fact that Salonica front of WW1 is rarely given a spotlight despite the fact it effectively took out Bulgaria, Ottomans and Austria-Hungary out of the war says enough. Massively underrated area of rich European history that is often overlooked
There's a great Bulgaria mod for M2:TW.
100% true
True and accurate translation of very famous Turkish poem about this battle.
"We were joyful like children at the raids with thousand horsemen/That day we defeated a huge army as thousand horsemen"
"White helmeted beylerbeyi(governor-general) cried out:Forward/ In a summer day as groups Danube was crossed"
"We were thrown into battlefield from seven arms like lightning /Through the road passed by Turkish horses like lightning"
"One day, our horses are full of bridle again/We took wings with that speed to the seventh heaven"
"We see the roses blooming in heaven today / Still come alive in our eyes that crimson memory"
"We were joyful like children at the raids with thousand horsemen/That day we defeated a huge army as thousand horsemen"
Late Ottoman poet Yahya Kemal translated by me
What else Turkish history say about this battle?
@@dalibor.veselinovic The name of this battle in Turkish is "Sırpsındığı" which means "the place that Serbs exterminated or annihilated".
In Ottoman chronicles, the real commander of the raiders was Haji Ilbey( meaning of his name "Haji means pilgrim, il means land, bey means Lord"). Another akinji(raider) bey(Lord). He was a Turkoman from another Anatolian principality, Karesids. He entered Ottoman service. At that time Ottomans were famous in all Asia Minor and beyond because of their successes. Even Moorish traveller Ibn Battuta mentions them as holy warriors of Islam in far away borderlands. Adventurers, zealots, dissidents from all dozens of fragmented Anatolian emirates flocked to Ottomans. These warriors called as Ghazis(holy raiders). First nine Ottoman rulers titled themselves as Ghazis too. Early Ottoman historian Ahmedi in his work explain the meaning of Ghazi:
"A Ghazi is the instrument of the religion of Allah, a servant of God who purifies the earth from the filth of polytheism. The Ghazi is the sword of God, he is the protector and the refuge of the believers. If he becomes a martyr in the ways of God, do not believe that he has died, he lives in beatitude with Allah, he has eternal life."
Lala Shahin ( meaning of his name "Lala means mentor, Shahin means falcon) was not the commander in battle according the Ottoman chronicles. He was beylerbeyi. The bey of all beys in Rumelia. After the victory Haji Ilbey died. Some European historians like Hammer speculated that he was poisened by Lala Shahin out of jealousy.
Ottoman sources record that the Serbs were completely drunk. The development of the war is almost the same with this video.
@@sourweed9818 Interestingly, I didn't know anything about that. In Serbia, that battle is observed in a similar way. The stated goal of the Mrnjavčević brothers was to drive the raiders across the river Marica. In the process, they did not face any resistance, so they celebrated their arrival at the river as the end of the campaign. But that celebration came too soon and they faced a sudden defeat.
@@dalibor.veselinovic After that Serbs became indispensible part of the Devlet-i Aliyye, till they poisoned by stupid nationalistic ideas.
@@sourweed9818 Another Akinji is the Gazi Evrenos Bey
just learnt about the battle yesterday and it feels amazing to find such an amazing documentary. 🙌
The sneaking into a ln army camp and making the enemy retreat is something straight out of one of those Ertugrul episodes.
No bias no ulterior motive
Simply presenting history from an academic perspective
Fantastic video to go with the many others HM
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As someone of Serbian heritage, I think that the Battle of Maritsa is the most tragic moment in Serbian history. Even with 20000 troops, Vukasin and Ugljesa could have inflicted a serious defeat on the Ottomans and captured Edirne but were so overconfident that they let their guard down. I read that many of the Serbian soldiers were drunk that night and in no condition to fight when the small band of Turks ambushed them.
@@topeagle6248 Lol, neo-Ottomans also blame Albanians for some of their defeats... I think, this is just hilarious.
serbs were never brave.we saw that in bosnian war.thee are good at killing civilians.
@@metternich_999 well many balkan nations tend to claim albanian historical figures as their own when they were victorious and heroic and immediately write them off as albanians when things went south for them….
Best examples Gjerg Kastrioti Skanderbeg, countless Revolutionaries that led to Greek independence, countless ottoman viziers etc
@@soul8938 Turkish people here are doing the same as well. When Albanians were successful, they say it is the success of Ottoman system. When Albanians sucked they say all Albanians are like ... The most common example is losing of Thessaloniki by Hasan Tahsin Pasha.
@@metternich_999 it’s an easy scapegoat for nationalists who don’t want to accept reality
Another great video HM! love this Ottoman series
Thanks so much KHK!
@@HistoryMarche name of song?
Sultan Murad: "Wait a minute, I thought we had a major threat on our hands!"
Lala Sahin Pasha: "Have I got good news for you, your majesty!"
We know who is gonna get a promotion. 😂
Sultan Murad died later in battle with Serbians lol
@@goxyeagle8446 So did Pasha lol hahaha
@@Amadeus8484 so did serbians lol
@@goxyeagle8446 after he fucked up the entire Wallachian, Hungarian, Frenks (chevaliers) AND Serbians, yes he died
Very interesting battle. 1000 defeating 20,000 is just amazing even if it was a surprise attack. This shows how powerful the ottoman were
800vs 70000*
Powerful when the enemy lets their guard down and the soldiers are drunk, otherwise the Ottoman soldiers were nothing compared to Serbian soldiers at the time.
@@--X-- you mus be joking? The ottomans ruled Balkans for 509 years.
@@toni391 No word is a joke and less than 400 years. While the ottoman occupied the Serbian empire they took Serbian soldiers and leaders to fight battles for the ottomans which they won and had the reputation of some of the best fighters.
The only reason the ottomans took the Balkans was due to a lack of concentration on the Serbian side and due to the general disregard for any honor in battle, ready to do anything while the Serbian fighters followed a code of honor.
@@--X-- but that is how you conquer someone. You make theme obey you brother. And anyway i think serbian hitory is many times not real but much more patriotic told then real. For example you still celebrate a battle that you lost to the ottomans. But its balkans in a nutshel
For some empires it literally took centuries to become powerful and mighty while it only took a century for the house of Osman to become powerful and then consolidate its gains for half a millennium. The swiftness of their conquests are astonishing, impressive and incredible.
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but also a hint of what was to come and there inability to move with the times was there eventual downfall
That's common for nomadic nations like Turks or Mongols. In the case of Seljuks, Huns, Chinggisids, Göktürks and Timurids it didn't even take a quarter century :)
Ottogigachads😎😎😎
@@nenenindonu Göktürks are minor nomads who are vassals of China. The Huns were literally the Scourge of God. Timur, on the other hand, was a highly exaggerated but a good conqueror.
Historymarche Never dissapoint, great work
I only wish my history teachers in high school were this engaging. These are the lessons l should've got. Thank you History Marche!
Imagine your techer in a lesson, showing the video with a stick in her hand, and im there making tension sounds with my mouth in the backround. Only way to become this engaging
Amazing details of the Turkish history. The Turks still manage to show how its done in modern times wars too. For example, the Gallipoli War against the European Superpowers, and tthe Turkish interference in the Libyan war, in Syria and the last one Nagorno Karabaga victory.
Even korean war is interesting for the Turks, the kunuri wars were amazing Turkish victory
i dont know is it about culture or traditions but in dire circumstances turks puts great efforts and achieving amazing victories
🙄☺️
@@presidentialsystemenjoyer
its got nothing to do with culture because the ottomans lost many other important battles with huge armies and the enemy was much smaller but the ottomans made silly mistakes like how the serbs made silly mistakes in this case. it has everything to do with fate meaning the predestination of Allah/God Almighty!
@@presidentialsystemenjoyerTurks are a nation that has lost many battles in history with large armies that they could easily win, but on the contrary, they are a nation that seems close to impossible and wins wars with a small number of soldiers, in short, Turks do not understand how to seize opportunities, but they love to achieve the impossible, so their history is very strange. 😂
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Awesome episode as always! Thanks for all your efforts putting these episodes together
Uroš was very opposite from his father Dušan, as they described from the sources he was more into books, orthodoxy, always somehow absent of this world and focused on praying. In one book I read one author even described him as "person of the other world" saying that he was more focused on wisdom then on concrete actions leaving "thing to go as they should". I think actually he was a person born in a wrong time, somehow that weak but very beautiful personality was not acceptable back then especially if you are an emperor son. Unfortunately everyone used his weakness and tried to exploit him. Maybe Dušan with Uroš from his birth tried to achieve something that he was missing in his own life when he was grooving up and to put him some values that he was eventually forced to brake many times in order to come to emperor status. Side note: Nikola Altomanović deserve episode for himself, he was a brutal ruler of the area he was controlling and if Lazar not outsmarted him in Užice siege he could easily end up as the next emperor. He end up being blinded and sent into monastery.
Good info on Uros in a different era he could have been a legendary leader
In other words, a fool
Well, then he shouldn't let himself be crown, give the title to somebody more suitable and gain a comfy position more in line with his character
CIM SI TI TO NAPISAO MORA DA ZBORIS NA ISTOm JEZIKU KAO I JA!!!ako ne zalutao si u holovima istorije!
@@frankkobold He eventually shared his crown with Vukašin who declared himself co-emperor and Uroš agreed with that terms. Uroš maybe wanted to step down more early but half of the nobles of that time still supported Uroš including majority of the people in the empire. Brining down single emperor son by killing him or do anything else (which they had chance to do multiple times) would just result in a mass lords and locals revolt because his father Dušan although strict was a very popular ruler and even more importantly part of Nemanjić dynasty . Uroš on place where he was, always praying and living more monastic then diplomatic life was the best solution for Vukašin who know that he will die sooner or later and that everything will fall into his hands afterwards. Since Uroš was captured they had a chance to kill him right away or shame him in front of everyone but they decided to send him back knowing that it will turn local population against anyone who would harm him. Vukašin at the end maybe got what is deserved for guiding army in the wrong way but Uroš died right afterwards and then even greater mess happens with local lords attacking each others. Nikola Altomanović turn out to be the next candidate but due to twist and turns Lazar arise as the smartest in that whole game of thrones.
Very few know about this battle
I wonder how proud those 800 brave Muslim Turks would be to know that their contributions led to the most powerful and important empires in history
Most powerful and important Empires in history? I truly hope you left out a "one of", because the Ottomans were indeed very powerful, but far from the most powerful empire in history.
Write 5 empires that changed history. you understand
not a whole lot of primary sources though, it's a relatively obscure battle
@@Aziz-l7z9k mongols, british, rome, alexander, persian, spanish, usa today, byzantine, caliphates, and yes ottomans. But theyre certainly not the most powerful or influental. Rome or british take that one.
Most powerful and most important lmao
Κατούρα λίγο αδερφέ
This is very interesting, as someone who plays EU4 and never really knew or heard about the time before the ottomans became as big as in 1440, I love this.
İ think eu4 taught more history to the people than history lessons at school
I live in germany and here the Ottomans were not even mentioned in the history lessons despite dominating the european politics for several hundreds years
@@bossenes5020 show how biasness of germany fascist education corrupts
@@alifimran9049 No no fascists died in 1945, it's caused by lizard aliens that are secretly fighting a turkish superhero who draws power from the awareness of ottoman history.
@@alifimran9049 in the West, we are taught to bow before weakness and apologize for strength. Admitting the strength and power of Islam would make them an oppressor and complicate the narrative the schools are trying to push. It's unfortunate that the West is no longer Western culturally but progressive.
@@RambleOn07 it was before the whole modern woke stuff was mainstream
İ live in the most conservative part of germany
So i think it had more to do with the image of western world beeing the most advanced and that kind of stuff
There were really people in my class who thought turkey was a 3 world country were the military is made up by swordsmen
I know it sounds unbelievable but it was a few years before you could Google everythink online so you had no informationen about other countries if you havent visited them
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Liked the tone and the content as well I admire history specially the history of the Great Ottomans
The ottomans nerf everyone in the balkans , the greeks , the serbs , the romanians , the bulgarians, the albanians , the hungarians etc despite sometimes having to face several nations at a single battle !!!
No wonder that Constantinople even fall.
One of the most powerful empires of Europe that lasted nearly 600 years up to the 1st world war....
Ottomans did what Xerxes couldnt
Bulgaria had a black plague that killed many people. It was also split up in parts like the serbs, so sad. Few centuries earlier Bulgaria was able to defeat 60 000 muslim army that was surrounded Constantinople, but now they could not help it.
Just woow! History of balkans was so rich and i like historical battle made me emotional! Thank u histroy march u took me to the past!
Balkan kangz🦈🦈🦈
A very clear explanation - verbally and visually - of a complex issue - many thanks!
This is a great example of why you always prepare even if you think "nothing will happen". Tactics win battles, but preparation win wars😮💨
You know your rule isn't going to go well when you're nicknamed "the Weak"
Another important reason for the success of the Turks was their superior military technology and art of war . These nomads from the Steppes could be credited with introducing ' the age of the horse .
It was indoeuropeans who first tamed the horse
@@guzelataroach4450 don't bother speaking to him, he's crazy
@@guzelataroach4450 yeah they were the first but not the best in history.
@@perrypougins379 Oh yeah! It must be Europeans who domesticated horses. Dude. YOU are crazy.
the Turks tamed the horse. We Turks wo so many battles because we were good horse riders and warriors o horse. @@guzelataroach4450
If the world had one immortal ruler, humanity is already saved.
Can't wait for it 🔥 you're work is amazing and you're my favourite history channel on RUclips!!!
Thank you so much 😀
@@HistoryMarche This video is near close to true. But Lala Shain had more soldiers, about 3000, and Serbian about 15.000.
Pretty amazing military feat, with massive strategic impact felt for years after. Seems tailor made for a Hollywood treatment. Heroic and cinematic! I wonder why I had never heard of it . . . ?Certainly more impressive than the Greek defeat at Thermopylae, don’t you think?
Definitely was a tactical and strategic achievement on many levels. On the surface level, you have 1,000 well trained soldiers that was able to coordinate with eachother in the darkness and not only surprise the Serbians but also kept up the pressure and surrounded them. Beneath the surface, we see near master level of manipulation of fear to cause an army 20x it's size to rout. It's hard to control troops in chaotic battles, but we see here the Ottoman commander was extremely skilled.
Save it for the Impaler. Vlad Tepes almost had the Sultan in his royal tent when he did the same thing to an ottoman camp.
@@richbattaglia5350 What does that have to do with this battle?
are you turkish?
@@richbattaglia5350 they already did that
Watch Rise of Empires: Ottoman season 2 episode 5
Although it didn’t go that well for Vlad
'We were as joyful as children in raids with a thousand horses. "We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day."
The west european school system teaches "anglo saxon" view on history. I have never been taught anything about what happened in the balkans during medieval times, but we were taught all about France, Spain, England and the german states. I went to school in Sweden during the 1970's. It's a pity, really, since many of the most important things that would form western Europe as we know it today actually took place in the east.
did they teach you about the time swedish king fled to Ottoman lands?
@@billyjesus5442 yes because ottoman was russian enemy and charles lost to russkis
Well said
İ grew up in Belgium, Turkey or ottoman empire was barely mentioned in the history books (conquest of Constantinopel and founding of Turkish republic) although many sayings and proverbs are Turkish influenced and even have a village in the south where people claim they are Turkish and have Turkish festival every year. But we learned every roman object that is located in Belgium.
One of the most graphic examples of "all warfare is based on deception" you could ever find.
Truly a great channel! The best in RUclips!
Bu savaşı ""Cavit pancar""izle
We were as happy as children in raids with a thousand horses
We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day.
Turkish poetry
“WHAT” is all I said after reading the title. Got me. You got me.
"Uros The Weak" - dude's really going to have a hard time in school.
In the map you show the anatolian side of Constantinople as Byzantine territory. But as far as i know at the time when Murat the first had ascenden to the throne anatolian side of Constantinople (exept that genoise colony) had been conquered by the Ottomans following the battle of Pelakenon in 1329 other than that great video as always
I am from Prilep, the city where Marko Mrnjavcevic lived and built a fortress known as Marko's Towers.
We learned in school that it was a big battle,
but it was just an underestimation of the enemies and not good scouts.
It's unfortunate
They were drunk af. Stupid Mrnjavcevices
There's no enough informations on that battle
Unfortunately Serbians lost that's all
Were you guys in Prilep then serbs or..?
"И би велико весеље и радости и пиће вина и јела и свако неуправљање и неуређење. А Агаренски начелник чувши за долазак краља Вукашина са великом силом и беху у великој недоумици и не малом ужасу и договорише се да дају данак и пошаљу посреднике краљу Вукашину са речима:„Остави нас да овде останемо и ми ћемо ти бити као слуге и даћемо данак какав хоћеш.” И дођоше посредници као уходе и видеше где леже пијани као војска без главе икаквог управљања. И убрзо се натраг вратише свом начелнику, и приповедаху му сва неуправљања и рекоше: „Данас ће бити наше.” И подигоше се једнодушно сви Агарени и дођоше до места где војска беше и изненада нападоше на њих. То је било рано ујтру и разбише српску војску.”
written by monk Pajsije in "Life of Tsar Uroš"
@@VLASPAR Dusan made Skopje capitol of Serbia. Today, the bridge he built on Vardar, which was called Dusan's Bridge, now is called Stone Bridge 😂
Watching this video from Phillipopolis (aka Plovdiv)! 😄 Thanks guys!
Big thanks!
love the comprehensive description of the battle and the events surrounding it.
Narration: "Dušan the Mighty died and his young son..."
Me: I wonder how his son will go against the Ottomans
Narration: "Uroš the Weak became emperor."
Me: Oh no :o
hahhahaha
This battle amazed me how is that even possible and with just a thousand men.
Because it wasnt just thousand men. Turkish historians used this battle to create a legend, they downplayed the Turkish numbers and inflated Serbian, sometimes saying it is even 70k.
Turks certainly ambushed the bigger army but it probably was up to 4 times smaller not more.
@@DelijeSerbia Serbian occupation force was around 50000. Ottoman numbers were around 4000.
@@fatihbaskaya5806 No one in Europe could have a force of 50k at that time in Europe, even if Serbian Empire was united it wouldnt be able to raise even close to those numbers, and it was only Mrnjavcevic family that controlled like 1/3 of land within an empire. For them it was not realistic to raise 20k as claimed in this video.
But if you want to believe that go ahead, but it has no historical backing.
@@DelijeSerbia lol if no historical backing then how did history marche get this number? All sources available for this battle estimate serbs to be around 50ksh (not only turkish source)
@@bruhmcchaddeus413 there are no real sources, only legends written long after the battle. What they used as a source I don't know, but if you look at older battles where we have actual numbers and look at what Mrnjavcevic contolled at that time their numbers couldn't be bigger than 15k. Like I said the ratio was not more then 4 to 1.
This was clearly a big loss for Mrnjavcevic family, but the story around this battle is just used by Turks for myth building just like ancient Greeks created a myth of 300 at Thermopylae.
Thanks for this great work. The narrator voice has an absolute impact on the visuals too. I really enjoy the vids. Deeply thanks. Best history channel so far ❤
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Where have you been hiding your channel?? Subscribed instantly - superb series on the Ottoman empire and look forward to the next segment. Fantastic story telling and animations - the detail levels are mind-blowing (I mean just look at the ariel animations where the swords of fallen soldiers reflect the sun's rays!) Fantastic. 10/10
''How many a small party has overcome a larger party by Allah's will! And Allah is with the patient'': Surah Al-Baqarah - 249
@qnB27and you gods are GEY
Bin atlı, akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik.
Bin atlı, o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik!
A thousand horsemen, we were full of joy like children in the raids.
A thousand horsemen, we defeated a giant army that day!
Bu bir palavradan ibaret. Ninnilerle büyütüldüğünüzün kanıtı. Olanağı yok bunun.
You should continue the videos about the 15th century in the balkans, From the Serbian Empire, to Timur the Lame, Skanderbeg the Albania and his resistance, Janos Hunyadi, and Vlad the Impaler! Clearly underrated period in medieval history! Neat video!
Timur he is our great turkish ancestor
Skanderbeg is Serbian
@@carpediem7654 no hes not lol
there is not much to cover balkan's ass is getting clapped by ottomans
@@nemanjajovanovic8295 not even partially, his mother isnt documented as serbian, marlin barletius who was an eyewitness of the siege of kruje, who is the most trusted source for skanderbegs time and rebellion as he was an eyewitness notes that she was either from the arianiti or thopia, and skanderbegs siblings didnt have serbian names but orthodox names, because if we use your respectful arguement, it means that greeks that are names vlajka, konsantina etc are serbian and vice versa, besides he had albanian names siblings aswell, lets remember names werent as important during that time and the albanians would be hesitant of putting a serbian as the overlord of the league, they wouldnt do it unless he was an albanian, hence why when skanderbeg died leke dukagjini preformed the albanian traditional death cry of mourning a fallen brother, usually only done on albanians who had great impact.
From Australia thank you for your videos
That might take the cake for the craziest battle in the middle ages, especially when the consequences are considered.
2:41 & 6:53 Decentralisation of the Serbian Empire after Emperor Dusan's death
5:57 Ottoman expansion in Europe under Murad I
9:16 *Battle of Maritsa* (1371)
Thank you for this wonderful video and your hard work. God bless you
Bruh I swear every time the ottomans are outnumbered they actually win and every time they have the numbers they lose, it’s like they have a perk when they’re outnumbered there chance of winning increases and when they have the numbers it decreases 😂😅
Maybe because you need to go all out when you are outnumbered 🤔
@@redneckapehunter2639 that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while
Perhaps it has to do with perspective of the enemy. They might be overconfident when they see your smaller forces thus making them lose.
@@zekipeki9538 or it’s simply skill issues
Perk name : reciprocal snake
Damage +90%,defense +150%,movement +60% ,supply consumption -25% when opponent larger than you
Damage -40%,defence -10%,movement -75%,supply consumption +50% and weapon reliability -20% when opponent smaller
It s hard to believe that this actually happened. Still can t believe.
If this battle was successful for Serbs, Ottomans would probably never or really hardly went into Europe.
Serbian Empire was created for two centuries and have gone in 20 years.
HistoryMarche we have a some really great victories. Maybe to create some video of Serbian s path in WWI.
Narrator one of the best.👏
6:17. Adrianople (Edirne in Turkish) became capital after the defeat in the Battle of Ankara 1402. Before, Bursa remained as capital city of Ottomans, Adrianople wasn't made capital though it was conquerored in 1361 (year of conquest is debated, 1363 and 1371 dates are given as well as 1361).
thank you guys here at history marche......to be honest, in the past 3-4 years i locked myself in my room and the only thing i watch is you guys and kings & generals......you are awsome
Very well done Video, Great work.
As a Turk, I would like to say that we have been fighting for thousands of years from Central Asia to Anatolia, we have fought many Nations, but I have always respect the Serbs, a truly brave, stubborn and able-bodied Nation, greetings from Turkey to all of you and all History fans.
What you mean we? Did you fought? Noone need your respect. Whatnyou people habe done for thousands of Indians Muslims and hindus who fought for your freedom before 1947 independance? I mean pretty much sure selffish Turks donot even remember theit sacrifice
So are u in the infantry or cavalry units!?
@@kashifraza770 yes i am a stray Turk in the cavalry
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷🤝🇹🇷
learning history is always good!
Greetings to you brother. I’m an old American army Ranger.
very well explained, thanks everyone who took part in creating the video.
Awesome video! Thank you!
A great video and story to listen too. You people did a great job.
Ben Türküm bu savaşta Sırpların ataları kötü bir yenilgi almasına rağmen onlar cesur savaşçılardır bunu Ankara savaşında Yıldırım Beyazid'in yanında sonuna kadar cesurca savaşarak göstermişlerdir bir çok Türk komutan padişahı yalnız bırakmasına rağmen Sırpların ataları cesurca savaştı kesinlikle Sırpların atalarına saygı duyuyorum
As always,it was very informative
As a Turk i want to thank you for the video. And may be some Greeks watch it too and see that Greece was under Serbian rule before Ottomans than blame Turks :D
Greeks were under the rule of foreign peoples since Roman Conquest of Greece
Thats true, it was under serbian rule, however short time..
But the people who lived in those serbian lands in today's greece spoke mostly slavic/serbian.
In the bigger cities greek was spoken.
You do understand that much of todays Turkey was Greek land before Turkish invasion, including Istanbul?
@@sxsx5951 You understand Anatolia had a classical age with Persian rulers before Greeks?
@@coldpllay So? It doesn't change the fact that you stole Constantinople and Smyrna from the Greeks.
I have watched seriously all your videos on muslim conquests. We need more videos on muslim conquests, mediaeval battles..
And by the way your editing is also praiseworthy
As Turks said " we werw a thousand horseman riding towards the battle like happy childs playing in weddings.."
Nice video! You could also make a video on Battle of Velbazd and rise of Serbian Empire.
Yeah, one of the few victories of Serbia against Bulgarian empire, during the weakest emperor in whole bulgarian history reign
@@LanteanLegacy Bulgaria was still strong before velbazd, Bulgaria definetly had worse rulers that him
@@LanteanLegacy Also Serbia defeated Bulgaria in 1292 taking Vidin as a vassal state, also Serbia menaged to defeat Bulgaria in 839 and in 853
You have to have tremendous courage to jumps into a 20000 army camp with only 1000 turk. You could argue they're not prepared but they're in the middle of war and your entire 1000 soldier could totally annihilate by those 20000 well equipped soldiers if something goes wrong.
Wow
Courage at it’s highest level
Ottoman March commemorating this battle:
We were as happy as children in raids with a thousand horses
Bin atlı akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik
We were as happy as children in raids with a thousand horses
Bin atlı akınlarda çocuklar gibi şendik
We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day.
Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik
We defeated a giant army with a thousand horsemen that day.
Bin atlı o gün dev gibi bir orduyu yendik
The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward.
Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle
The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward.
Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle
We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day
Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle
We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day
Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle
We were thrown into a district like lightning from seven arms
Şimşek gibi bir semte atıldık yedi koldan
We were thrown into a district like lightning from seven arms
Şimşek gibi bir semte atıldık yedi koldan
From the path where Turkish horses pass like lightning
Şimşek gibi Türk atlarının geçtiği yoldan
From the path where Turkish horses pass like lightning
Şimşek gibi Türk atlarının geçtiği yoldan
One day, with our horses in full rein,
Bir gün dolu dizgin boşanan atlarımızla
One day, with our horses in full rein,
Bir gün dolu dizgin boşanan atlarımızla
We suddenly took wings seven stories high with that speed.
Birden yedi kat arşa kanatlandık o hızla
We suddenly took wings seven stories high with that speed.
Birden yedi kat arşa kanatlandık o hızla
We will see roses blooming in heaven today
Cennet te bugün gülleri açmış görürüz de
We will see roses blooming in heaven today
Cennet te bugün gülleri açmış görürüz de
That red memory still trembles in our eyes
Hala o kızıl hatıra titrer gözümüzde
That red memory still trembles in our eyes
Hala o kızıl hatıra titrer gözümüzde
The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward.
Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle
The beylerbey of Ak Tolga shouted, move forward.
Ak Tolgalı beylerbeyi haykırdı ilerle
We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day
Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle
We crossed the Danube with convoys on a summer day
Bir yaz günü geçtik Tuna dan kafilelerle
That win must have felt sick for that commander!
"Your Majesty, you're not gonna believe this but we just bummed an army of 20,000. You're welcome."
How good are these videos ❤🎉
During the middle ages, most of Europe was a tinderbox. If anything, the Ottomans saved Europe from being destroyed by these wars. Today's survival of Serbian and slavic culture is a testament to the Ottoman policy of preserving and protecting the nations they conquered. The Ottoman goal was to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire with an administration that tolerated all religions and not just one "Universal" Church.
it would be awesome if you would collab again about the battle of Velbazhd, and Dušan's conquests, to give more context to this video even :) there were very interesting events around Velbazhd. it's also the battle that really weakened the Bulgarian Empire beyond repair, at least in time for them to resist the Ottomans
Dusan was albanian
everything is wrong in this video, serbian empire never heard, sllav chauvonism!!!
@@onid.9991 get well bruh
It sure weakened Bulgaria and completely cut off Turnovo from the lands in Macedonia, however the Bulgarian army was not absolutely crippled as in 1332 only two years later it became victorious in a major battle against the Byzantines near Rusokastro. Other factors also helped weakening the Bulgarian military and political power right before the Ottoman conquest, like the decentralization of the state and the plague.
@@Terter1551 True, and i wasn't aware of some of stuff you said. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you x
THIS DEFEAT IS A SCHOOL CASE OF BALKAN STYLE - LAKO CEMO TO :) THANK FOR THE AWESOME UPLOAD! MY GRANDPA WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THIS BATTLE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10. HE'S BEEN DEAD FOR 23 YEARS, BUT I KNOW HE WOULD ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH. OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS HIS FAVORITE HISTORICAL PERIOD AND FUNNILY, EVEN THOUGH NOT A SERBIAN, HIS NAME WAS DUSAN AS WELL :)
Šta se dereš buraz :D
@@sranvujnovic5409 NE DERAM SE CICA, JA PISEM SAMO V KLASICNI LATINICI, DA ME RAZUMIJE CIJELI SVIJET ;)
@@LavrencicUrban Ne razumeju te zato što pišeš latinicu, razumeju te jer pišeš engleski. Stvari ti izgleda nisu najjasnije XD
@@sranvujnovic5409 AJDE, IDI PA KUPI SMISAO ZA HUMOR BRE.
Dushan is Arman/ Vlach name - ancient Macedonians
In Turkish sources, the attack and victory is attributed to an Akinci bey called Haci Ilbey.
Lala Sahin Pasha was a vezir (a high ranking pasha) and personal tutor to Murad (hence the nickname Lala).
Murad left Edirne’s governance to Lala Sahin Pasha.
Learning about the impending Serbian attack, Lala Sahin sent the experienced and quick witted Haci Ilbey to scout the enemy.
Little is known about Hacı Ilbey, except that he was a well respected Akinci Bey and good friend of Evrenos Bey (one of the most famous early “Ghazi” beys of Ottomans).
Haci Ilbey did recon duty without the enemy noticing and decided that with Murad not able to cross to Balkans on time, Edirne stood no chance to this heavily armored cavalry force. He also noticed the overconfidence of the Serbs (his scouts were not noticed or worse yet, ignored) and decided that the only chance for victory would be a surprise attack. He waited until midnight hours and used deception (multiple torches on each Akinci horseman’s hands) and attacked the camp.
Unfortunately, Haci Ilbey disappears from historical records shortly after the victory at Maritsa. Some early Ottoman historians mention a claim that Haci Ilbey was poisoned by Lala Sahin who was envious of his great victory.
Exactly 💯
Thank you for the interstning historic movie!
WE CAN COME SUDDENLY ONE NİGHT🇹🇷🐺🇹🇷
Thank you guys again for such a great video, would love to see more Ancient Greece history and battles in the future 👍🫡
Definitely more Ancient Greece content coming. No deadlines yet, but I'll cover it for sure!
@@HistoryMarche 🫡👍 and merry Christmas 🎄
Yes another video!
We were as merry as children that day in thousand-mounted-raids
We, thousand-mounted, defeated a giant army
White helmeted landlord called out: Forward!
We passed through the Danube in a summer day
Like thunderbolts we rushed from vicinities to vicinities
Through the way on which Turkish-mounteds rush
At full speed, with our horses, fissuring
We took off to the sevenfold skies with that speed
Today we see the roses blossom in the heaven
But we still remember the crimson memory
Information to the outsiders: schools in Greece and Cyprus have never told us that Greece was partially under Serbian Empire rule, ever. This is the first time today that I have found out in this video!!!!
Politics and propaganda for you
That's how propaganda works if individuals dont ask the question 'why' and starting to be in their comfort zones.
Yes it was, and most of it came under serbian rule by help of greeks themselfs. Most notably Sirgijan who was poisoned later by Kantakuzenos. And it cant really be called occupation since serbian ruler called himself emperor of serbs and romans. He took titles customs and laws from roman empire and planed to replace weak and crumbling roman state with new strong empire.Both serbs and greeks should be sorry that he died and didnt manage to do it..
Last roman emperor was half serb also
@@kaanerdem2822 yes sir, tell me about it
What a glorious battle
Glorious?????For who???20,000 against 1,000 and get your ass handed to you!!!!!!!Yeah glorious for the Ottomans!!!!!