Battle of Aljubarrota, 1385 ⚔ How a peasant army founded a World Empire 

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Obrigado em nome dos portugueses! Sugestoes de batalhas: Cochin (1504), Diu (1509), Vimeiro (1808), Porto (1809/1832), Buçaco (1810).

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love tha show!!! this should be on The History Channel, if they still did history, that is

Yes but mostly accompanied with artillery. And like the AI, the french charge its cavalry first lmao

Archers reign supreme

we complain about the AI being dumb tactically but it turns out there are many examples in history of military forces forgoing tactics in battles

@maximtcaciuc2904 like, shocking amount even lol. Though to be fair, we have a birds eye view and the ability to instantly order units to react to movements and changes lol

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 So, it looks like TW AI is programmed by Frenchmen...

I was looking for this comment 😂

Yeah, they never really learnt to not do that.

to be fair, it probably would have worked. The French managed to break into the Portuguese line. If the Castilian troops had followed them directly and held the flanks, they would have won.

ngl they had it it was the Castilians who fucked up this time

@@marconeudecker6533 Castilla and Porkugal both were controlled by the Synagogue of Satan that persecuted its own people to hide its tracks. Therefore, for the sake of "divide and conquer," they created Porkugal for checks and balances in case Castilla rebelled, and Castilla had agents wtihin the leadership making stupid decsions on purpose colluding with the "enemy" for the´predetermined results. Mainstream government-approved history is superficia, plot-hole ridden and for gullible, non-freethinking children. I proved what I sad in my seres on the overrated Britishh Empire, and "Islam was invented by Jews." See also "Portuguese 'discoveries' are a joke." There I explain how Aljubarrota hurt Losertania more than proto-Spain.

bro stoped to put on some cheat codes and boom, enemy ammo was gonne lol

My man was Doom Slayer but against the Castilians. "Only six to one?! I thought I picked Ultra-Violence difficulty!"

If they ever cover the entire Iberian Struggle

Come back, we need you more than ever! Snakes abound in the parliament...

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Dá-lhe Nuno!!!

Precisamos de ti, ó Nuno Fero!

Really? a peasant army lead by a bastard? Was there no other way to present the facts?

To be fair, they thought they had support

Sadly true.

​@lordcommandernox9197 after trash talking and disrespecting there support? They expect support?

@@idk-zi3gw They were allied with the Castillian dude, trash talk or not, the Castilians were fickle to the core, why do you think most of them died running away?

@@idk-zi3gw Was it trastalking and disrespecting to forced the army to focus on the ennemy weak point ?

​@@ChrisDynamowell there was that one time when Arthur Wellesley and the British army landed in Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon wanted to crush Britain's oldest ally amid not following the Continental System he established to choke England's ability to share & receive goods. The Portuguese were afraid that Marshel Messenia's Corp would reach and capture Lisbon. The Brits help create the fortifications outside the city and prevented their ally's downfall.

@@SolidAvenger1290this is so ignorant and inaccurate. It all started THREE INVASIONS EARLIER. And we only got invaded because we were the ONLY country in Europe that stood with the british and obviously as allies we supported each other. Wellingtons army was close to 50% portuguese though the brits later tried to hide that fact to pretend they were the ones defeating the french

@@user-mg3xr9tz7m Welligton's fighting Cocks as the Portuguese Soldiers were called

@@user-mg3xr9tz7m The brits also claimed that they won Waterlo while they were only 20% of the coalition army so why being surprised that the portuguese part will be hidden ?

​@@robert-surcouf The Portuguese can be proud of having been cannon fodder for the British.

And the guy who broke the Castillian siege lines in the Tagus River, Rui Pereira, was their uncle XD

Pedro the Cruel of Castilla's father's prime minister was the Duke of Albuquerque, a Portuguese. His mother was also Portuguese.

they were a different breed back then. honor & valor actually meant something.

Unfortunately, many YT history channels also turned into nonsense (and daily propaganda)

@@bdleo300and there’s also the guys who just jump on the bandwagon for views

Agree

Did you know that *aliens* helped the Portuguese defeat the Castillians in Aljubarrota?

@@miguelsilva9118 Yes! I'm pretty sure I watched a history channel documentary on that one!🤔😂

0 casualties? No wounded? Did they kill them in their sleep or what? There are never 0 casualties in bigger engagements..

underrated lol, why is that word still being used unironically

Yeah I heard he killed 600 men with his stare alone, I read it somewhere so it must be true

​​@@horseman217 the Portuguese formed a square formation with footmen, dismounted knights and crossbowmen while the Castillians tried to charge them with cavalry so the casualties were pretty one sided. There were some casualties but they were relatively low in number.

​@@Laucron where did you read that

Just another brutal imperialist power dude. Theres no little guy among those.

you should open a history book to read about how the portugues forged their empire by sailing around Africa and seizing the spice trade, extremely impressive. Back then every state was an Imperial power. Youre just mad that the big ones got smoked by portugal.@@TGBurgerGaming

@TGBurgerGaming oh good grief look how virtuous you are lmao stfu

@@yurgurtha4757 i see the portuguese cope bros have arrived to brag about shooting people who dont have guns and no I dont want to read about europe. Nobody does.

If you don't want to read about European history, that is sad, because it is greatness in it's true form. What ethnicity are you to be saying this?

Thanks for watching.

iberia is generally overlooked. that peninsula's males are one of the best soldiers ever lived.

Of course you are, Spain did not exist at the time ;)

Based comment

From a Portuguese man... congratulations on the unbiased chivalry of your comment! Un saludo.

Isto é história, felizmente vivemos exatamente o contrário, uma paz invejada por todo mundo.

That made me feel safe.

Great to see you here as always my friend! Indeed, although the full-fledged empire wouldn't be established for some time, this battle was the tipping point.

Yeah imagine Castile won (as they should based on military strength), and Portugal was integrated into Castile...

Then the Portuguese had their asses kicked at Alcacerquibir , lol

@@alfredosenalle9284 Yes but like always but always...massively outnumbered. What is your excuse?

@@alfredosenalle9284 Many wars were won and some battles were lost...

"Numbers do not win a battle." "No, but I bet they help."

Someone should tell Putin.

@@florinadrian5174 Good show, old chap.

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If John hadn't come to the aid of John, John could've become ruler over all of Iberia, and maybe even England. Also, FF Tactics rules.

Typical medieval hollywoodian experience

worth a series

yes. europe proper. thats why I say I want my germans, german, my english, english. God save Europe.

Oh! Please do tell!...

​​@@andreweden9405 it's not a true story, it's a Portuguese legend and folk story. It is said that after the battle 7 Castillian soldiers tried to hide in a bakery. They entered the baker's house and hid in the oven while the baker wasn't at home. She returned home and found them hidden in the oven killed them one by one with a baker's shovel. The story is just a legend but it's very much in line with the atitude that Portuguese peasants had towards the Castillian soldiers that were fleeing the battlefield .

@@masterplokoon8803 you said it at the end, "she" is the figure representing the peasants that fought and killed many of the retreating troops.

Yeah, I was considering including the legend of the baker. In the end I decided against it.

@@HistoryMarche I heard a much more plausible version where she offered the Castilians a hiding place from the pursuing populace, only to lock them inside a giant stone oven the likes of which I own, and probably just set them ablaze. Still, she's most likely an amalgamation of many other such similar events that took place, what we do know is that more Castilians died fleeing than on the actual Battlefield.

yes. do Alcácer Quibir. great one

@@riskinhos your mother said the same when i did her...ugly as hell, but i covered her head with the flag and did it for the country! you can call me papi chulo.!.

Battle of Diu.

@@skultvlad Done for 1509 and the siege of 1538, not the latter one.

@@Mz-ci8wg Both are great but the 1509 is amazing brutal.

It is chivalry, a sort of code which socially obliged French knights to act in such a way.

@@Bracus.ReghuskSo, chivalry = the best heavy cavalry crippled by the mandatory terrible cavalry tactics.

@@KhalDrogo493 Chivalry is not a tactic but a social fact, like when you whisper in the library out of respect, it's the same principle, there is a social pressure which forces you to act in such a way here the code of chivalry and legends of bravery.

@@Bracus.ReghuskIt feels more like arrogance and not comprehending the very obvious fact of "All warfare is based on deception." rather than bravery imho. Charging directly into the sharpened stakes and holes when you can just wait for infantry is not bravery but rather chivalry.

@@KhalDrogo493 How could targeting the enemy weak spot could be called arrogance ? Did the arrogance is not to support your ally because your ego is hurt ?

That's because you wait for the enemy (pieces of History) to come towards you. You should keep always the initiative when battling our foe (ignorance) and search for it wherever it hides. That's why nobody expected the English Inquisition. Or the French Inquisition. Or the several Italian Inquisitions. Everybody was waiting for the Spanish Inquisition, the last one to disappear in the 19th century.

You need to look into portugueses military history, is very interesting. And full o cool battles that don't get much coverage.

If you are a gamer like me, it is probably because many medieval games start and end before this date, while Europa Universalis starts and ends afterwards. That is why I have no idea what happens in between.

@@Aethelia I’ll have to check that game out, then. Thanks for the suggestion!

I guess you will be rather surprised if you dive a into Portuguese History! From being the first, in fact only "Templar Nation" on this planet. To the 230 years of a state of war with the Ottoman empire! The numerous wars with the Castille later Spain. All the way to the colonial wars in the mid 70's. Close to 900 years of prevailing as a nation, one way or another! Fun facts: -The vast majority in clear numerical disadvantage! Which seems to be the only constant in Portuguese History! - In several regions of the country borders you can see "castles" until your eyes get lost in the horizon. In fact from one castle you can see the other! They were not built for landscape decoration. ;-)

same dud

yup I've been scouring hannibal content on youtube to found out how he lost but they all went straight to battle of zama.

maybe they are planning to release it in cooperation with Oversimplefied

​@@moonshot3159I seemed to recall HM 3 months ago via live chat saying they were working on the next Hannibal video. Hopefully, between that & another video for Eugene of Savoy will come out. I hope.

Did you know Hannibal's mom was Lusitanian? That's right, and as a result, he got 10k Lusitani horsemen to cross the Alps with him. João of Avis's Mom was also of Lusitani descent, coincidentally, making him the first Portuguese ruler with actual native blood.

Ikr

Baz Battles is the OG. There is no surpassing Baz Battles.

doesnt have to be a competition lol

Baz Battles ? Still existing ?

@@ililililili9726 BazBattles kinda stopped producing content, though

@@DennisHeikki I'm loyal.

Pure luck. As we can clearly see.

@@Leon-bc8hm yeah, 3 centuries worth of luck...give me a break.

@@insideimagery133 More than 3 centuries, as for example, in the "Fantastic War" (or War of the Oranges) in mid 1700s, we pulled of some great outnumbered victories aswell (hence the name of the War). And dont get me started on the wars in the Indian Ocean against the muslims, some of them are just ridiculously legendary beyond belief.

Deplorable

Do you presumed to know more than the professionals? -French Knights probably

Well to be fair, if you had an army of 31k Soldiers including 2000 elite heavy armor knights, against 6k mostly peasants with no armor you would think the same thing " easy clap ".

@@Bisclas in an uphill choke point like this? I'd know that the majority of my 31k dudes can only watch. And that the peasants had more than enough time to make the choke point even nastier. Enough famous battles in pre 1385 history to know this. I'd wait. of course, IF I were really in charge with no doubt, commanding all my disciplined units. Discipline and control was not the best here.

@@istvansipos9940 - Always nice to know what to do, AFTER the game. LOL 😂😂

Yeah. At this point, HM is losing their edge on some things that made them very informative about history. It hasn't been the same since maybe 5 years prior amid during occasional videos of Hannibal's story in Italy. Not to mention, they have been using sources from books that don't exactly highlight everything about specific things. Similar to what you mentioned about this video.

@@SolidAvenger1290 This is mainstream history. Basically a kids' version of reality.

Thanks for your contributions to the documentary narrative.

except, he wasn't a general.

Thank you very much!

obscure events are those of the American civil war, having no significant implications for world history

Thank you so much 😀

@@HistoryMarche Always

no it's not. it's full of factual errors and misleading and false information

And Game of Thrones and so much more, history is even more interesting as we can see here: plenty of medieval politics, intrigues, war... greedy kings, unfaithful queens, treasonous advisers, heroic defender of the realm, brother vs brother , peasants vs knights... even the plague is here...

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'm French. Google "Battle of Patay" (1429).

contrary to popular belief, french cavalry won more against the longbowmen then they lost. remember you lost the 100 years war.

More like the Castillan nobles giving the French knight on a silver plate to the ennemy than anything, if they had really followed them I doubt Portuguese lines would have hold, and fleeing would have been complicated. Edit: now at the end, it seems that what lacked to the Castillan to sucessfully wrap their second attempt was... a stronger shock troop to break the ennemy center, like the French knight ? Those guys deserve a medal really.

Quit being ashamed of your people, you are disgusting

Quit being ashamed of your people.

Angola, Moçambique, Guiné-Bissau, Timor-Leste and other territories are all former colonies

Check the battle of Alcacerquibir.

Colombo was a Portuguese (that is proven by massive evidence), working for the Portuguese king in order to convince the Castilians to occupy themselves colonizing parts of the American continent, and so leaving the Portuguese free for controlling the spece roots with Asia - btw, Brasil is as big as the USA except Ao«laska with a big difference - Portugal formed Brasil in its entirety, while the British had only a few costal colonies in North America when the USA became independent

@@silveriorebelo2920 - It's hilarious that the Italians invented an entire family, house and God knows what else. To claim their Colombo ridiculous BS! Literally the laughing stock of any Portuguese, with the bare minimum Historical background. LOL 😂 😂 But there is absolutely no doubts the guy lived in Portugal, wife was Portuguese, kids were Portuguese. He wrote in Latin, common Portuguese even common Spanish. Never wrote in Italian! Whenever the words missed the texts deflect back into Portuguese! Which is what you normally do, revert back to your mother tongue. Your regular familiar tongue. Oops! BTW By far and wide that was also a big part why the Colombo family had a court claim against the crown of Spain, for more than 200 year! Regarding the promises the crown of Spain never fulfilled regarding the Colombo's. No wonder since Isabella, the so called Queen of Spain, usurped the throne. That along serious wars between Portugal and Castilla (later Spain). With Portugal supporting the true Queen! To access the Spanish throne. While the dethroned real Queen of Spain, Joana (A Beltraneja). Later died in Portugal in the castle of Saint George, looking over Lisbon. In Portugal until her death, she was always addressed as "Royal highness the Queen". And always signed documentation as Queen of "Spain". ;-) In that scenario Colombo goes meet the opponent. And ask for astonishing royalties. As a Portuguese it would never fell good in their senses. For rather obvious reasons. No wonder they tried their best to condemn him... Something the sneaky "queen" was a expert on... Fun fact: The ONLY, I reiterate, ONLY written evidence of Colombo "nationality". It's a small note on the corner of a contemporary map. Who refer to him as "The Portuguese captain" end of quote! In 500 years nobody ever found anything else. Nothing more, nothing less.;-)

Well, are you sure that only Brazil is a former colony? I love Spain, but the Portuguese were the ones who placed a relative backwater like Europe at the wheel (China, the Ottomans and parts of India were much richer and powerful than Europe back then - we tend to forget that, with our Eurocentric/American worldview but things were obviously quite different 600 years ago). The Portuguese Empire lasted from 1415 to 1999 - the longest-lived seaborne, global empire. Pretty stunning for such a small, resource-poor, undermanned, peripheral country. The African countries of Angola, Mozambique (both very large), Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and St. Thomas and Prince were Portuguese territories until 1975. Goa, Daman and Diu (in India) were also part of the Portuguese Empire till the 1960's. Timor, in the Far East, was yet another colony. If you like history and want to be deeply entertained, just read the superb book "Conquerors" by Roger Crowley: this is the best book recommendation that you'll get this year. All the best