This channel has achieved a level of organization of the schedule and quality of content that is truly astonishing. I can confidently say, as a long time viewer, that watching the evolution of this channel has been a great pleasure
So true, I am long term subscriber and it's just amazing how good this channel started and how great it is know. One of my favorite channels in the English language
11:40 Sinan Pasha was accustomed to losing his job. Between service to Murad III beginning in 1582 fighting the Safavids, until his death in 1596, Sinan Pasha was fired from his position five times, only to be reinstated shortly thereafter.
Having travelled to Romania and Turkey I can say I really enjoy these historical videos. If you haven’t visited these places I encourage you to do so. Beautiful and historical.
Great video as always, but theres a major mistake with your claim at 20:10. Mehmed III was not the last Ottoman sultan to lead a army personally into a "major" battle. Osman II would be present during the Battle of Khotyn in 1621, Murad IV would lead two Ottoman armies during his two military campaigns against the Safavids (Siege of Yerevan 1635 & Siege of Baghdad 1639). Sultan Mustafa II would actually be the last Ottoman Sultan to lead a army personally into a "major" battle during the Great Turkish War of 1683-1699. He personally lead his troops during the battles of Osasch (1696), Cenei (1696), and the HUGE Battle of Zenta (1697). Otherwise a pleasant video K&G.
With the way they talk about the Ottomans in their videos these days, its hard to believe the Ottomans were any sort of power at all :D - Next they'll probably say they were just lucky and didn't win anything at all.
I really like the way how rulers are now presented on a map with an image on the right, a flag in the background centred on the left, and a colour under their name corresponding with the colour of their territory. A simple, pretty and effective means of identification.
I see more of a logistical issue for the Ottoman Empire during this time. As the borders increased, marching off from the capital Konstantiniye to the frontlines of Austria, Iran or Russia became more enduring and difficult. While the enemies of it only had to march out to the next neigborhood to face the Ottomans. Perhaps it would have been more wise for the Ottomans to create 2nd and 3rd capitals such as in Buda for the Austrian front and Baghdad for the Iranian front to stop these ridiculous long wars that resemble a cat and mouse game. An issue of ages old centralisation. The sad thing is, this issue is still ongoing in modern Turkey. All the investment, job opportunities are based in Istanbul. The population is about to rise to friggin 20 million and due to the traffic, rising rents and stress this creates many people move to other cities and can't be arsed as you don't have space to breathe in anymore.
@@history_repeats8201 kemal changing the local alphabet to imitate europeans had nothing to do with the increase in litteracy, plus, what darkness are you talking about, muslims at that time were leaders in science, medecine, and many other fields, you clearly have no idea what are you talking about.
@@cgt3704 you purposely mispronounce names in Romanian? If that is true and not just you covering up the fact that you accidentally pressed n instead of m, Romanian in one weird language.
😁👍 We expected long ago to continue Turkish wars(from Mohacs to Szigetvár was the 1st stage to intensive wars for Hungary. This is 2nd one (3rd in 1657-64, 4th 1683-1699). Parallel were intensive wars in Aegean sea also.
Hi. This video does a good job at explaining some aspects of the politics of the Romanian principalities, but there are many other aspects that should be explained in the next video. Some people might ask themselves why Moldavian and Wallachian voivodes could change so quickly (anyone who had voivode blood could become voivode, including bastards and some faked their origins and claimed to be some lost bastard just to become voivodes) or how the military of the Wallachia and Moldavia worked. You should also explain some aspects of Transilvanian politics like the Unio Trium Nationum, the power sharing between the Hungarian nobility, Szekelys and the Saxon bourgeoisie.
@@blackfalcon1610 Sultan Murad IV? He lead the Ottomans to a war of reconquest of Iraq to reclaim it from the Safavids after they occupied it under Shah Abbas the Great
@@blackfalcon1610 He reconquered Baghdad from the Safavids as well as taking over other parts of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus region, he was known for using massive flails, now exhibited in Turkish museums
Coming next: Turkish-Safavid War (1604-1606): Battle of Urmia Moldovan Magnate War (1621-1622): Battle of Cecora, First Battle of Khotyn Turkish-Safavid War (1623-1639): Battle of Baghdad (1st and 2nd) Cretan War (1645-1669): Siege of Candia, Battle of the Dardanelles (naval battle between galleons) Austrian-Turkish War (1663-1665): Battle of Sanktgotthard (Ottoman Empire reaches its maximum territorial extent). Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676) Great Turkish War (1683-1700) Sultans: Ahmed I (1603-1617) Mustafa I (1617-1618, 1622-1623) Osman II (1618-1622) Murad IV (1623-1640) Ibrahim (1640-1648) Mehmed IV (1648-1687) Suleiman II (1687-1691) Ahmed II (1691-1695) Mustafa II (1695-1703)
The main reason for the failure and stagnation of the Ottoman Empire was its weakness in raising statesmen and its inability to follow the development of its rivals. The pashas who came to power by bribery were very ignorant about controlling the army and war techniques. High-level conflicts caused history-changing errors. Just as the Crimean khan allowed the enemy army to pass during the siege of Vienna.
Western publishers are only putting their own fronts to the fore. However, the Ottomans were fighting the Safavids in the east and the Portuguese and Spanish in the west during this period. Ottoman soldiers entered Morocco and took it under Turkish control, whereupon they defeated the Portuguese + Spanish army in the war of the 3 kings. In the war of the 3 kings, the king of Portugal died and it was such a heavy blow that Portugal lost its independence after this war.
Mehmet III isn't the last sultan to lead a field army personally, I am pretty sure that Mustafa II, but it wasn't a major ordeal, as the sultans by then had become shockingly incapable. Though if Mehmet III was the last to lead on in the Long Turkish War, yeah, that's true. I hope you guys cover Murat IV's campaigns, that young man had a storied, and possibly psychotic life. I actually was talking with my one teacher about him years ago, and I put forth the idea that he may have been insane, she countered with "or was he acting? Was he pretending to be that way?" and I was like "oh that's good, that's totally possible."
@@rhelyputra4680 one story i heard was he was choking a jannisarry soldier to death with one hand while giving orders to others what to do. Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Turks
@@rhelyputra4680 Yeah, he and the Kadizedeli or whatever the fanatics that were loyal to him were called. I believe he only did that to reestablish state authority and it was an easy, legal, like Islamic legal action since smoking and drinking are forbidden. Ironic given that he dies of cirrhosis.
As a hungarian, I can tell you, that you are quite good (not perfect but newer mind :) ) in reading and prounouncing hungarian names. But... in hungarian, "LY" is like "J", and we prounounce it like "Y" in your english word "Yes" . But all in all, you are making a great work, thank you Kings and Generals!!!!
The period of these wars is the time to enter a period of chaos in the Ottoman Empire. Due to internal problems, great problems were experienced before the Köprülü family was appointed as the vizier. On the other hand, the greatest chance of the Austrians in the Battle of Haçova was the fact that the best quality and deadly, well-trained and disciplined Ottoman soldiers (Janissaries) were destroyed on the roads due to supply problems and diseases during the Safavid War. It was not only the technical and organizational progress that started in the West, but it was effective in the Ottoman soldiers falling far below their own standards. If this war took place before the Ottoman Safavid War, they would have to fight with a much stronger Ottoman army. (Not in numbers, but with discipline and well-trained Ottoman soldiers)
Mehmet III was not the last sultan who led a great campaign, after Ahmet I and Osman II , the young sultan Murat IV led the Ottoman army to retake Baghdad form Safevids. If i am not wrong he was the last marshall sultan of Ottoman history.
Thanks for the great video! I appreciate that you guys are now covering the start of the Ottoman Empire’s slow decline after already having covered it’s impressive rise to power
1:55 Ottoman military structure & military advancement in opponent empires 4:55 Situation in Wallachia 9:37 Battle of Giurgiu 11:26 Situation in Hungary (Mehmed III vs Maximilian III) 13:35 *Battle of Mesokeresztes* 18:56 Result & aftermath of battle
Great video! Can you also do the battle of Sisak 1593? Its as far as I know the first ever united christian victory over the ottomans and it created a balance at the croatian-ottoman border for the first time in a long time (ever since the Krbava-battle in 1493, ending the hundred year croatian-ottoman war), marking the beginning of the end of Ottoman conquest towards Northern Italy and the alps in general.
The battle of Sisak is the battle before the battle of Mezokeresztes. The Battle of Sisak did not initiate the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In this war, the Austrian, Habsburg and Carniola troops fought only with the border unit of the Ottomans. The Ottomans started the Mezokeresztes war in retaliation for this attack.
@@suleymandavudsargon9576 I never said it initiated the collapse of the empire, I said it stopped the ottoman expansion in that area (if you don't count that one time where the ottomans held Sisak for a year) and brought balance at the border due to being a massive morale boost for the defenders. The battle itself was important and the news spread across Europe at lightning speed.
I am watching already kings and general since they had only 150k, many other history channels had more subscribers than Kings and General, but none of them were so serious and passionate to offer regulate videos, they are far the channel with the most historical videos on RUclips, now they are number one on RUclips as subscribers, and offers high video quality in the same time, I don’t think they do any profit, because behind a single video is lot of work and many people working on..: so guys please watch all the ads that RUclips puts on their videos because it’s the only real income
just to realise berlin to moskow distance 1814 km, constantinople to vienna distance 1561 km but this is not the real challenge this army moving and fighting between safavid border to around vienna total distance is 4257 km moving tens of thousand of soldier from safavid battle to around vienna border,, İT İS NEARLY same to moving center of china or moving around vienna from safavid border, EVEN it is more close to going to west border of china or going to center of TİBET for ottoman armies instead of moving vienna from safavid border. amazing ottoman logistic system The biggest logistics Europe has seen after Rome empire,, we saw the crusaders they were crossing the long ways but while they were doing it, they were plundering countries and burning cities in order to survive.
So you can win even if you dont want to fight or have a good plan, sometimes victory just falls on your lap by mere luck and desparate effort of your soldiers.
Upon claiming the throne, Mehmed III had all of his 19 brothers executed, the record number of the entire Ottoman Dynasty 🥶 cant expect such guy to be merciful to some Europeans
Romania is not claiming any statal continuation as we were basically left to "d1e" multiple times when Aurelian retreated with the army(271-275), Constans in 347, Phocas in 602. Romania is called like this because of the colonists and Constitutio Antoniniana of 212 that proclaimed every(well not really. more like "most" at least) free man is a roman. it stuck like this in Dacia because we were at the extremety of the roman world. when a foreigner reached our lands we would ask him "sci romanesci" and or tell them "asta-i lumea romana" or something along the lines. other examples are rhomanoi, romansh and romagni.
LOL I just decided to go back to Civ VI after playing lots of Stellaris, wanted to go listen to Hungary's theme music again, and then this pops up in my recommendations.
Can you make video about IV. Murad's reforms and his campaigns ? I think he is a ruler to define Machievelli's Prince. I once read that he even translated the Prince to Ottoman Turkish.
It is one of the most overlooked battle during that era and Ottoman history. Christian armys stupidity is one of the most fasinating part. The problem is Ottoman army didn't learned anything from this battle. It showed how outdated Ottoman battle tacticts and fire power. But a win is s win. The one thing didn't mentioned is cavalry return. Led by Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Pasha changed the wars flow. He rewarded after war and became grandvizier but during his govern hard punisment of feudal lords (Timars) caused big uprisings crippled Empire two decades. Some beefs I should mention are Akinci force never recovered after Koca Sinan Pasha's mess they left all the raids Kirimian Tartars (by the way Koca Sinan Pasha never regarded highly in Ottoman history. He was a big schemer and caused more trouble, Ottoman internal problems are whole another level topic). In this War there is basically no Akinci force it was Kirimian Tartars, the leader of the Tartar force was Kirimian Khan's brother and rewarded as khan that resulted internal conflict in Kirimian khaganete and severed Ottoman-Kirimian relation. Mehmet III's rule is chaotic with all internal problems and big war. His mother is famous Safiye Sultan and her influence didn't helped much either. After Grandvizier Sokullu Mehmet Pasha's assasination Ottoman internal political fights affected Empire so much. You can't explain wars without them. Another thing is like many comnenter mentioned Mehmet III wasn't the last padishah leading the army, it was Mustafa II and after disasterous Zenta War they stopped leading army.
This channel has achieved a level of organization of the schedule and quality of content that is truly astonishing. I can confidently say, as a long time viewer, that watching the evolution of this channel has been a great pleasure
I am extremely thankful there is a platform for historical material since cable TV went the way of “aliens . . .”.
Come and join us
Couldn’t agree more. I love this channel
So true, I am long term subscriber and it's just amazing how good this channel started and how great it is know. One of my favorite channels in the English language
Ikr I remember when they had 50k subscribers. Now they get more views than any TV show.
11:40 Sinan Pasha was accustomed to losing his job. Between service to Murad III beginning in 1582 fighting the Safavids, until his death in 1596, Sinan Pasha was fired from his position five times, only to be reinstated shortly thereafter.
when u are bad at ur job but u are the only one who know how to do it
Dang. No job security there at all.
He was lucky🍀 he didn't lost his head only his job😉
@@laistvan2 it'd be different if it was Mehmed II or Selim the grim
He must have been working for J Jonah Jameson.
Having travelled to Romania and Turkey I can say I really enjoy these historical videos. If you haven’t visited these places I encourage you to do so. Beautiful and historical.
Great video as always, but theres a major mistake with your claim at 20:10. Mehmed III was not the last Ottoman sultan to lead a army personally into a "major" battle. Osman II would be present during the Battle of Khotyn in 1621, Murad IV would lead two Ottoman armies during his two military campaigns against the Safavids (Siege of Yerevan 1635 & Siege of Baghdad 1639).
Sultan Mustafa II would actually be the last Ottoman Sultan to lead a army personally into a "major" battle during the Great Turkish War of 1683-1699. He personally lead his troops during the battles of Osasch (1696), Cenei (1696), and the HUGE Battle of Zenta (1697).
Otherwise a pleasant video K&G.
With the way they talk about the Ottomans in their videos these days, its hard to believe the Ottomans were any sort of power at all :D - Next they'll probably say they were just lucky and didn't win anything at all.
@@flansable You Turks get so mad when history is depicted and it doesn't fit your ultra-nationalistic and ignorant perspective
@@21stEidein such a stupid thought
@@alperenlive says the Turk
@@21stEidein
*Do you have an obsession with Turks? I think you should treat it.*
I really like the way how rulers are now presented on a map with an image on the right, a flag in the background centred on the left, and a colour under their name corresponding with the colour of their territory. A simple, pretty and effective means of identification.
I see more of a logistical issue for the Ottoman Empire during this time. As the borders increased, marching off from the capital Konstantiniye to the frontlines of Austria, Iran or Russia became more enduring and difficult. While the enemies of it only had to march out to the next neigborhood to face the Ottomans. Perhaps it would have been more wise for the Ottomans to create 2nd and 3rd capitals such as in Buda for the Austrian front and Baghdad for the Iranian front to stop these ridiculous long wars that resemble a cat and mouse game. An issue of ages old centralisation. The sad thing is, this issue is still ongoing in modern Turkey. All the investment, job opportunities are based in Istanbul. The population is about to rise to friggin 20 million and due to the traffic, rising rents and stress this creates many people move to other cities and can't be arsed as you don't have space to breathe in anymore.
A very fine analysis, if I say so myself.
Then the governor of buda/Baghdad would very likely to rebel in time of weak ruler/Central authority
Muhammad Ali (Egypt) did it in our time
Same storyy as Roman Empire, overextension and too many borders to secure.
@@history_repeats8201 kemal changing the local alphabet to imitate europeans had nothing to do with the increase in litteracy, plus, what darkness are you talking about, muslims at that time were leaders in science, medecine, and many other fields, you clearly have no idea what are you talking about.
@@bluesea6927 Right
Finally ottoman war series restart.
I am very happy now😊😊😊😁😁😁
Sinan: *dies*
Mehmed: Fine ill do it myself
😂🤣🤣🤣
@@unnagathaking thats how its in romanian. And i will stick with it
@@cgt3704 you purposely mispronounce names in Romanian? If that is true and not just you covering up the fact that you accidentally pressed n instead of m, Romanian in one weird language.
@@m.aryaanamiri2755 nope. It was a typo
HistoryMarche also has a great five part documentary on Michael and Wallachian independence for those interested in learning more.
It never happened
Michael the brave never wanted a united "Romania"
@@Tomtomtomtomtomtomtom75kg why do you say that?
@@Tomtomtomtomtomtomtom75kg gtfo u hun. Get some history lessons while being Orban SLAV (E)
@@Tomtomtomtomtomtomtom75kg get mad
Kings and Generals is my favorite channel. Please keep up the good work :)
I love Kings and Generals Bro
Siege of Kut 1916 Coming ?
Ottoman British war 🇹🇷🇬🇧
😁👍 We expected long ago to continue Turkish wars(from Mohacs to Szigetvár was the 1st stage to intensive wars for Hungary. This is 2nd one (3rd in 1657-64, 4th 1683-1699). Parallel were intensive wars in Aegean sea also.
Man Kings And Generals upping their level this month!
@Leo the Anglo-Eastasian I am active all around dude! Indeed, from paleontology to history to cryptozoology! :)
@Leo the Anglo-Eastasian thats great!
kings and generals is easily one the most additive channels out there
This is another great series in a long line of great historical series from this channel. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
The video we all waited for. Lovely work.
Wished to see Siege of Nagykanisa in this series as well
Hi. This video does a good job at explaining some aspects of the politics of the Romanian principalities, but there are many other aspects that should be explained in the next video. Some people might ask themselves why Moldavian and Wallachian voivodes could change so quickly (anyone who had voivode blood could become voivode, including bastards and some faked their origins and claimed to be some lost bastard just to become voivodes) or how the military of the Wallachia and Moldavia worked. You should also explain some aspects of Transilvanian politics like the Unio Trium Nationum, the power sharing between the Hungarian nobility, Szekelys and the Saxon bourgeoisie.
@علي ياسر
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I have heard that story before - Vanguard consisting of peasants/ infantry indulged in looting the camp and then there was a massacre
Terrific video series! I can't wait for the next installment.⚔⚔⚔
He’s not The Last Ottoman Sultan to command an Army during a Major battle, Murad IV is
Do you know what major battle he led during this reign? Would love to research this.
@@blackfalcon1610 Sultan Murad IV? He lead the Ottomans to a war of reconquest of Iraq to reclaim it from the Safavids after they occupied it under Shah Abbas the Great
@@blackfalcon1610 He reconquered Baghdad from the Safavids as well as taking over other parts of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus region, he was known for using massive flails, now exhibited in Turkish museums
@@blackfalcon1610 Murad IV led last army of Ottoman in reconquest of Iraq from Safavid Empire
Nah Mustafa II lost the battle of Zenta
I suspect it is Hatvan not Hatvar (the siege at 13:15 of the video). Keep up the good work as your videos are superb!
Probably the most impressive feat of this video is that you pronounced the Hungarian words 99% correctly. Respect ;-)
An in-depth explanation of History....
This is about the same time Korea got invaded by Japan in the Imjin War (1592-1598).
@Mehmed Islyamov How are you doing Brethren? Are the Rüss treating you well? From Pakistan.
@Mehmed Islyamov ukrayna bayragıyla çok uyuşuyor, ilginç geldi
Coming next:
Turkish-Safavid War (1604-1606): Battle of Urmia
Moldovan Magnate War (1621-1622): Battle of Cecora, First Battle of Khotyn
Turkish-Safavid War (1623-1639): Battle of Baghdad (1st and 2nd)
Cretan War (1645-1669): Siege of Candia, Battle of the Dardanelles (naval battle between galleons)
Austrian-Turkish War (1663-1665): Battle of Sanktgotthard (Ottoman Empire reaches its maximum territorial extent).
Polish-Ottoman War (1672-1676)
Great Turkish War (1683-1700)
Sultans:
Ahmed I (1603-1617)
Mustafa I (1617-1618, 1622-1623)
Osman II (1618-1622)
Murad IV (1623-1640)
Ibrahim (1640-1648)
Mehmed IV (1648-1687)
Suleiman II (1687-1691)
Ahmed II (1691-1695)
Mustafa II (1695-1703)
Wrong, Ottoman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent in 1590, with the treaty of Istanbul.
Me prays to my god's that it's true
@@kasadam85 1672 bucaş anlaşmasıyla ulaştı. 1590'da doğudaki en geniş sınırlarına ulaştı. 1672'de batıdaki en geniş sınırlarına ulaştı.
@@kasadam85 Yes. But I think usually when people say 1683 they mean their maximum extent in Europe.
Fun fact Carl Mansfeld who was the commander mentioned here is the brother of Ernst Vaughn Mansfield Famous 30 years war commander
I woke up and what do I see another video on Kings and Generals keep them coming love your videos they're all amazing I've watched them all
The main reason for the failure and stagnation of the Ottoman Empire was its weakness in raising statesmen and its inability to follow the development of its rivals. The pashas who came to power by bribery were very ignorant about controlling the army and war techniques. High-level conflicts caused history-changing errors. Just as the Crimean khan allowed the enemy army to pass during the siege of Vienna.
Beautiful follow up to the Turkish war video
Western publishers are only putting their own fronts to the fore. However, the Ottomans were fighting the Safavids in the east and the Portuguese and Spanish in the west during this period.
Ottoman soldiers entered Morocco and took it under Turkish control, whereupon they defeated the Portuguese + Spanish army in the war of the 3 kings.
In the war of the 3 kings, the king of Portugal died and it was such a heavy blow that Portugal lost its independence after this war.
They said they can't Cover everything at once.
They still made videos about these wars, check their playlist
Looking forward to the next one!
Excellent content as always.
Thank you , K&G .
🐺
Impressive 💯always improving with great content 👏
Mehmet III isn't the last sultan to lead a field army personally, I am pretty sure that Mustafa II, but it wasn't a major ordeal, as the sultans by then had become shockingly incapable. Though if Mehmet III was the last to lead on in the Long Turkish War, yeah, that's true.
I hope you guys cover Murat IV's campaigns, that young man had a storied, and possibly psychotic life. I actually was talking with my one teacher about him years ago, and I put forth the idea that he may have been insane, she countered with "or was he acting? Was he pretending to be that way?" and I was like "oh that's good, that's totally possible."
Murad IV literally butchering people in the cafe because they drinking Coffee that is Prohibited in his reign, What a dude
@@rhelyputra4680 one story i heard was he was choking a jannisarry soldier to death with one hand while giving orders to others what to do. Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Turks
@@rhelyputra4680 Yeah, he and the Kadizedeli or whatever the fanatics that were loyal to him were called. I believe he only did that to reestablish state authority and it was an easy, legal, like Islamic legal action since smoking and drinking are forbidden. Ironic given that he dies of cirrhosis.
@@kaanerdem2822 yeah and there's a story that his mum had a secret lover that he found and he beat him to death with a mace in front of his mum.
Love this channel it's a hub for history lovers like myself! Anyway awesome channel! Love it here
Very good video this is the first time i even heard about this war very interesting.
This put me in a good mood
This channel is what the history channel SHOULD have been.
You have made quite the name for yourselves, very nice job
Who needs TV when channels like this exist!
As a hungarian, I can tell you, that you are quite good (not perfect but newer mind :) ) in reading and prounouncing hungarian names. But... in hungarian, "LY" is like "J", and we prounounce it like "Y" in your english word "Yes" . But all in all, you are making a great work, thank you Kings and Generals!!!!
Great video once again with great quality images. To see the channel grow over the years is really inspiring.
The battle that i wanted a video on i was waiting to see this for 2 and half years
Another interesting video 👍🏻
Sultan Mehmed III wasnt the last to lead his army, it was Sultan Murad in the 1600s against safavids
I pushed the Like button twice.
Please more videos in this series
This is why you should never give up
Must say I'm a proud subscriber
I hope you also are going to make a video on the Great Turkish War..the war that finally cemented the threat the Ottomans posed to Europe
I love this channel!
Thanks!
Mehmed III is not the last sultan to led a major battle but Mustafa II is
The period of these wars is the time to enter a period of chaos in the Ottoman Empire. Due to internal problems, great problems were experienced before the Köprülü family was appointed as the vizier.
On the other hand, the greatest chance of the Austrians in the Battle of Haçova was the fact that the best quality and deadly, well-trained and disciplined Ottoman soldiers (Janissaries) were destroyed on the roads due to supply problems and diseases during the Safavid War.
It was not only the technical and organizational progress that started in the West, but it was effective in the Ottoman soldiers falling far below their own standards.
If this war took place before the Ottoman Safavid War, they would have to fight with a much stronger Ottoman army. (Not in numbers, but with discipline and well-trained Ottoman soldiers)
Mehmet III was not the last sultan who led a great campaign, after Ahmet I and Osman II , the young sultan Murat IV led the Ottoman army to retake Baghdad form Safevids. If i am not wrong he was the last marshall sultan of Ottoman history.
Upload more videos it's so interesting
Thanks for the great video! I appreciate that you guys are now covering the start of the Ottoman Empire’s slow decline after already having covered it’s impressive rise to power
1:55 Ottoman military structure & military advancement in opponent empires
4:55 Situation in Wallachia
9:37 Battle of Giurgiu
11:26 Situation in Hungary (Mehmed III vs Maximilian III)
13:35 *Battle of Mesokeresztes*
18:56 Result & aftermath of battle
Great video! Can you also do the battle of Sisak 1593? Its as far as I know the first ever united christian victory over the ottomans and it created a balance at the croatian-ottoman border for the first time in a long time (ever since the Krbava-battle in 1493, ending the hundred year croatian-ottoman war), marking the beginning of the end of Ottoman conquest towards Northern Italy and the alps in general.
The battle of Sisak is the battle before the battle of Mezokeresztes. The Battle of Sisak did not initiate the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In this war, the Austrian, Habsburg and Carniola troops fought only with the border unit of the Ottomans. The Ottomans started the Mezokeresztes war in retaliation for this attack.
@@suleymandavudsargon9576 I never said it initiated the collapse of the empire, I said it stopped the ottoman expansion in that area (if you don't count that one time where the ottomans held Sisak for a year) and brought balance at the border due to being a massive morale boost for the defenders. The battle itself was important and the news spread across Europe at lightning speed.
@@blindtherapper2470 i m sorry. I read it wrong english is not my main language.
@@suleymandavudsargon9576 it's OK 👍
Croatia did not exist in the late 16th century. At 12:12 you can clearly see there is no Croatia on that map
I know this video is mainly about the Ottomans, Balkans and the West, but I just want to point out that Poland looks super huge in the video!
Thanks for the amazing video! Make more videos about Ottoman, Safavids, Tatarian wars
Thanks 🙏🙏
A video about the Hungarian war of independence 1848-49 🙏🙏🙏
"Ceddin Deddin" soundtrack from Sid Mier`s Civilization 5 at the end of the video made things more epic.
I am watching already kings and general since they had only 150k, many other history channels had more subscribers than Kings and General, but none of them were so serious and passionate to offer regulate videos, they are far the channel with the most historical videos on RUclips, now they are number one on RUclips as subscribers, and offers high video quality in the same time, I don’t think they do any profit, because behind a single video is lot of work and many people working on..: so guys please watch all the ads that RUclips puts on their videos because it’s the only real income
just to realise berlin to moskow distance 1814 km, constantinople to vienna distance 1561 km but this is not the real challenge
this army moving and fighting between safavid border to around vienna total distance is 4257 km moving tens of thousand of soldier from safavid battle to around vienna border,, İT İS NEARLY same to moving center of china or moving around vienna from safavid border, EVEN it is more close to going to west border of china or going to center of TİBET for ottoman armies instead of moving vienna from safavid border.
amazing ottoman logistic system The biggest logistics Europe has seen after Rome empire,, we saw the crusaders they were crossing the long ways but while they were doing it, they were plundering countries and burning cities in order to survive.
So you can win even if you dont want to fight or have a good plan, sometimes victory just falls on your lap by mere luck and desparate effort of your soldiers.
So many great videos you guys released this past week. You guys are really upping your game.
Upon claiming the throne, Mehmed III had all of his 19 brothers executed, the record number of the entire Ottoman Dynasty 🥶 cant expect such guy to be merciful to some Europeans
What would you choose: 2 army vs army that end with wast manpower or brothers game and winner take the throne 😁✨
@@moonshadowsong He's not criticising it btw
Romania is not claiming any statal continuation as we were basically left to "d1e" multiple times when Aurelian retreated with the army(271-275), Constans in 347, Phocas in 602.
Romania is called like this because of the colonists and Constitutio Antoniniana of 212 that proclaimed every(well not really. more like "most" at least) free man is a roman.
it stuck like this in Dacia because we were at the extremety of the roman world. when a foreigner reached our lands we would ask him "sci romanesci" and or tell them "asta-i lumea romana" or something along the lines. other examples are rhomanoi, romansh and romagni.
LOL I just decided to go back to Civ VI after playing lots of Stellaris, wanted to go listen to Hungary's theme music again, and then this pops up in my recommendations.
When will you do the Emu war?
Can you make a video about karamanids
I do enjoy the name of this battle
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Kings and Generals always a classic
Sir, I request you to please continue the napoleonic war series 🙏
Please sir
I love The vid !
imagine using the *blitzkrieg* of the kitchen, *kamikoto* to cook *italian food*
another banger video btw
Can you make video about IV. Murad's reforms and his campaigns ? I think he is a ruler to define Machievelli's Prince. I once read that he even translated the Prince to Ottoman Turkish.
The war with surprise ending
As this video demonstrates, greed can surely affect the battle.
Can you make a series about the turkish war of independence
War of Salvation not independence
@Kings and Generals Can you do the sieges of Ostende or Antwerp during the Eighty Years war? Both are huge military spectacles.
I am impressed with pronouncing of Mezőkeresztes, well done! :D
Imagine if the ottomans had won at the battle of sisak this long war wouldn't have occurred
Yeah "imagine" ...
Chad Mehmed III vs Virgin Maximilian III
Could we get a series on Russian-Ottoman wars?
Mehmed pulled out the victory in the end there.
It is one of the most overlooked battle during that era and Ottoman history. Christian armys stupidity is one of the most fasinating part. The problem is Ottoman army didn't learned anything from this battle. It showed how outdated Ottoman battle tacticts and fire power. But a win is s win. The one thing didn't mentioned is cavalry return. Led by Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Pasha changed the wars flow. He rewarded after war and became grandvizier but during his govern hard punisment of feudal lords (Timars) caused big uprisings crippled Empire two decades. Some beefs I should mention are Akinci force never recovered after Koca Sinan Pasha's mess they left all the raids Kirimian Tartars (by the way Koca Sinan Pasha never regarded highly in Ottoman history. He was a big schemer and caused more trouble, Ottoman internal problems are whole another level topic). In this War there is basically no Akinci force it was Kirimian Tartars, the leader of the Tartar force was Kirimian Khan's brother and rewarded as khan that resulted internal conflict in Kirimian khaganete and severed Ottoman-Kirimian relation. Mehmet III's rule is chaotic with all internal problems and big war. His mother is famous Safiye Sultan and her influence didn't helped much either. After Grandvizier Sokullu Mehmet Pasha's assasination Ottoman internal political fights affected Empire so much. You can't explain wars without them. Another thing is like many comnenter mentioned Mehmet III wasn't the last padishah leading the army, it was Mustafa II and after disasterous Zenta War they stopped leading army.
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And thus when feigned retreat failed to win the day, real retreat did the job just as well.
Can’t wait for the battle of karansebes
(1601)--SIEGE OF KANIJE(NAGYKANIZSA) ?????
Hey, you should definitely make videos about the Ottoman armies from 1299 to 1923 :)
Correct spelling: Mezőkeresztes
Mező: field
Keresztes: crusade, crusader
Meaning: crusader's field. Fitting name if you ask me. 😏
Keresztes doesnt necessarily mean crusader.
Can you make Turkish war of Independence?
Deliler does not mean '' Heroic man'' , it means exactly '' insane, lunatic or mad''