Battle of Keresztes, 1596 AD ⚔️ ALL PARTS ⚔️ What happens when you don't give up ⚔️ Full Documentary 

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Imagine hearing that the only reason the Ottomans didn't take over your town was because it was deemed "too easy" and not worthy of the Sultan.

Wow after numerous cautious, brilliant and disciplined moves by the Chriatians, greed took over just before the final moment. This is a good textbook study on the necessity to remain disciplined til the very end.

shocking how quickly and easily a victory could be turned into a defeat.

By this time, the Ottomans had reached the very end of the logistical capacities of 16th-19th Century armies in Europe. You could just barely move artillery from Constantinople to Vienna in the spring and summer before the fall rains set in. You could prepare the previous fall, as the Ottomans did in 1683, but your enemies would therefore also have time to prepare. The Ottomans could not establish a closer logistical base, such as at Belgrade, because they were also at war with the Safavid Dynasty of Persia to the east. Basically, they had expanded as far as they could, anywhere.

In Turkish this battle is known as "Kepçe Kazan Savaşı" (The Battle of Ladle and Cauldron) in honor of the cooks and other auxiliary units that took up arms and fought in the face of imminent defeat.

Now that I've beaten Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the name Sigismund instantly catches my attention

*Ottoman regulars being routed* The cook: "Fine, I'll do it myself."

We thaught that war as Battle of Hacova in TR. And also Turkish historians tells the last resistance was prepared by Hoca Sadettin Efendi who was the first teacher and mentor of young Sultan and also an important historian of Ottomans. Actually Sultan decided to run out of the battlefield but Sadettin Efendi cut his way off and tells him "Never before an İslam army which led by the Sultan personally turned its face away from the enemy. You should stay firm and have to show to your servants how to resist the enemy" then Sultan decided to remain. Sadettin Efendi also prepared the resistance among the logistic group of the camp. According to my high school teacher Sadettin Efendi went to the logistic servants who were trying to pack the goods they can carry and tell them "Arent you men! Life of the Sultan is in danger and you just trying to run away! The Sultan is here, doesnt go anywhere. Now we all should do surround him and die nearby him" Then all the kitchen boys, wagon porters, camel feeders grabbed whatever they reach big laddles, hooks, tent sticks etc and fight against the plundering enemy. The first wave of the resistance had arose in that way.

As usual, the Westerners worked out that the number of Ottomans was too large. They are geniuses at showing as little of themselves as possible.

Channels like this are the reason I’m so into history. Battles this well animated and documented put everything to scale for me to understand and you really grasp that these are thousands of men fighting for what they believe is a good cause or for pay for their families. So much blood and gunpowder. Thank you for what you do!

What a dramatic battle. I wish older battles could have been preserved in the same way more "modern" battles are. Each one is a story full of bravery and tragedy, with dramatic plot-twists around every turn. Imagine all battles Rome fought being as well documented as this one.

Imagine getting killed by ottomans camp cook with fork

The war called in Turkish kepçe kazan savaşı that means spoon and pot war because the servants cooks, tent makers everyone joined the war in the camp with whatever they found including cook spoons, hammers to make tent and axes to cut trees :)

1 hour extravaganza!!!! Loved every moment of it guys! Your shorter productions are obviously great and that is why we are here, but having a total storyline told from beginning to end is ironically more engaging then the shorter devided parts. Brilliant, love it and please make more!

Thanks again for the collab, looking forward to working with HistoryMarche again soon!

Basically "both sides fucked up tremendously and then just decided to forget it and go home afterward" anyway.

The Habsburg strategy on ottoman affairs is something to be studied more closely. They literally refused to meet them on an open battlefield until the long turkish war. Dont fight an enemy on the open field you cant beat and wait for a more opportune time and place. Much to learn in that.

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The man of the battle was the high cleric Hoca Sadeddin Efendi ❤ In the second day of battle the Ottoman army appeared to have been defeated. According to the 17th Century Ottoman historian İbrahim Peçevi: "The Christians broke through the Ottoman army, but the soldiers of Islam had not yet felt the defeat." Commander Sultan Mehmed III wanted to flee from the battlefield. However, his tutor, the high cleric Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, told the Sultan that he should continue the battle till the end against the European armies to save Islamic dignity. Heeding this advice, Sultan Mehmed III ordered a full counter attack.

This was such a great look on this battle. You guys did a great job at making this documentary series. While I had known that the Ottomans won this battle for most of this video it didn't seem like it and I was beginning to question whether I recalled my memory correctly. Amazing battle and video. Keep doing what you are and I really enjoyed it.

The way this channel studies hundred year old registries and records from many different sources and then condenses them into an hour long video it's simply astounding. So much information, so many names, strategies and places all portraited so perfectly and with so much clarity and care that it is perfectly manageable by the viewer and easily retained thanks to the masterful visuals. I wish all history professors would try to teach history with such passion! They who don't know their history, are damned to repeat it. And how true it is for our time.

I love the combined videos! Much easier to follow, and obviously easy to watch in the proper order also! Well done! Brother!

I remember as a kid, thinking to myself that it was amazing the Ottomans won so many victories against the Europeans, considering the fact that the European soldiers were armoured from head to toe with chain-mail and plate armour. The Ottoman troops by comparison were very lightly armoured. It really put Ottoman troops at a disadvantage when involved in in clashes with European troops. Honestly, the European soldiers looked like mediaeval robocops.

Prime or Netflix really should commission this channel for several seasons. It would be popular and markedly better than a lot of the history content on there.

I love those documentaries talking about events in History mainly unknown. Especially about battles and wars in the Balkans.

Love this channel, very good coverage of this war. I also find the bloody revenge raids between the Cossacks and Crimean Tartars very interesting over this time period, even when the Habsburgs and Ottomans were at peace they couldn't stop these people from killing each other.

Despite the Christian defeat, the archduke's redemption arc was absolutely cinematic. The man went from an inexperienced commander who almost compromised the entire campaign and was appointed due to corruption, to an observant and astute General who repeatedly proved his worth. Correctly assessing the opposing army's condition and the decision to wage a war of attrition gave the Christians the advantage they had on the final day of battle. And the only reason they lost is because some of the "experienced" commanders didn't listen to his sound and cautious advice. Not to mention that even when the allied army fell into disarray, it was only the archduke with his cavalry contingent that managed to maintain cohesion and a battle line, and saved the allied army numerous times. Archduke maximillian III for the win

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Imagine starting a war between two major superpowers just because you are embarassed about how your subordinate went to start shit on his own and got stomped the second time around.

Alternate title: How to throw away a victory and make the battle a loss for both parties A very nice detailed video! 👍 As a hungarian it was painful to watch though

I got to admit, Mehmed III had me during most of the videos. Looking very incompetent, culminating in his decision to retreat to the camp, leaving 4000 janissaries to their doom outside the camp and looking like a complete fool by mounting no defense of his camp wall, he waited the enemy to get in and turned the tide. The ability of charading a chaos is the acme of discipline according to Tsun Tzu.

What a great presentation of the events. Enjoyed every single minute of it

Nice to see more videos of conflicts from the pike and shot era.

Last week, I was reading a first-hand source about this war in the Archives of the Prime Minister in Istanbul. According to the source, the Ottoman Sultan didn't want to join in the war, but the official historian of the palace Hodja Sadeddin motivated him to join in it. Finally, Mehmet the third joined the war. Hodja Sadeddin was Sultan`s advisor at the same time.

Well presented as always. keep up the good work!

You guys should make a series of on Timur rise to power next.

These guys really know his to tell a true account of history, superb details and most enjoyable to listen and watch right to the end. Quality .

What an amazing story.. and it all actually happened. I think about all the people who died that day and wonder if they’d have chosen differently now that we know how it all ended that day.

Your your way to describe the battle is fantastic,make you see in your mind what happened like a movie and a very good entertaining one. Hope someone put your work in a live action,will be Fantastic to hear your voice in the background giving life to the thinking of military minds of the past

Awesome video, love this series

It's really super interesting to learn about battles I had never ever heard of before, from countries I'm not even from.

I love this documentaries! Thank you!

Discovering and subbing to this channel feels like Christmas morning. What an awesome presentation. New sub.

You tell the tale of the battle well. It is astounding to hear how the Christian forces prevailed in every clash until they lost discipline and fell to looting before the battle was over; talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! One edit I would recommend is to replace all references to" rifles" to "muskets". I much doubt that more than a few - if indeed any! - of the firearms were rifled, even among the better-equipped Christian forces.

Awesome illustrations and explanations, was genuinely enjoyable to watch!

Crazy situation. Thanks for the history lesson!

In this battle, the numbers were equal to each other. the armies were around one hundred thousand. the combined army was ready for a full field battle. but the Turkish army was a siege army and was not suitable for a field battle.

Janissaries were 50.000 men at their peak (and that was the time after they abandon devshirme system). Also Ottomans did not have "nobles". They were appointed officers. The Turkish nobility stood on their Beyliks.

One of the biggest fumbles in history... seemingly very well done until the moment where everything fell apart for no reason.

Amazing work. Thank you very much.

Tus vídeos son la ostia, de lo mejor que se puede ver en cuestiones militares de RU-vid. Un placer verlos.

Thank you! Extremely interesting story about discipline determination prudence clear planning and morale.

always History Marche introducing a wonderful coverage thanks

Wow! Much handier to have all 3-in1. I always thumbs-up your youtube content, and once I am earning more money I will become a Patreon supporter. You guys cover it accurately, and usually do a great job visually - especially of the commanders. (Yeah, we know - having to put in cartoon-balloon - [actually 1594] stuff.

Appreciate this combined version

Just goes to show you the value of persistence. The Ottoman head honcho stayed and rallied his troops, while that archduke dude fled to the stream and didn’t even bother heading into his own camp, so he lost. Like an old staff sergeant I knew used to say, discipline wins battles.

The Ottoman Sultan Probably only have 1/2/2 stats to begin with but the Christian having at leat 2/3/2 or 1/0/2 Princes. It 's indecisive battle, and very frustrating how both Armies create mistakes after mistakes that eventually all those stacks only meant huge amount casualities.

Just awesome! thanks, really enjoy your videos.

I love how the maps look like! You do an amazing job there.

I love your content. Have you ever thought about making a video on the Rebellions of Upper & Lower Canada in 1837/38? It was Canada's failed revolution against the British.

This battle shows that if you stay in the fight you have a chance of winning. Also, it seems that the tens of thousands of people who died on both sides died for nothing.

Wow, the suspense had me glued to this one!

The battle of Sisak seems very interesting, and worthy of you making a video about it.

Great! time to rewatch this masterpiece

Excellent video. A little suggestion: when explaining a progressing sequence of events and movements, it can be helpful to show the year in one corner. Something not intrusive but that can be checked anytime.

Love you videos thanks for your hard work and I never take you guys for granted thank you

I've watched several of your videos so far and enjoyed them. That's a subbin'!

One of the best historical based RU-vid channels, great work, love everything you are doing 🥰!!

Nah bro this has to be deemed as the biggest fumble in military history

Most excellent presentation. Thank you.

simply brilliant! thank you

Huge Alhamdulilah Moment!

Those deaths weren't for nothing. They gave me 58 minutes of enjoyment.

This video was excellent! Please keep making more

I can’t stop listening to this great narrator and the background sound. The best in whole history RU-vid

Yes keep making these long videos please

these battles are relatively unknown by the larger world, thanks for posting

Thanks for your kind work ☺️

First of your videos I've seen, and it was very good. I'll be watching more.

Wow. It seems that Ottoman army's discipline never breaks. There were other moments as well where Janissaries reorganized themselves despite being dispersed. For example, when Vlad raided Ottoman Sultan camp and got almost next to Sultan's tent but then Janissary surrounded the Sultan's camp and didn't lose their nerves. This increasing capacity to reorganized themselves and stay disciplined is the most distinct feature of armies of late medieval age. Compare it to early medieval period where in battles like the one that fought between Arabs and Persians the routed part of army never returns to battlefield and tend to lose nerves entirely when they feel surrounded.

"O son of Adam! You Are Nothing But A Number Of Days Whenever Each Day Passes Than A Part Of you Has Gone." Hasan Al Basri

Great set of videos, thank you - very informative and logically set out. Where there any final casualty figures given?

Outstanding video. Marvelous!

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Sometimes I'm glad that looters who abandon the battle suffer defeat. What an asshole of a teammate that guy would be in the modern day.

Bro havent started the video yet but i know its gon be str8 bussin yo!!

thank you for this, I never knew about this part of history.

Great content as always

Christians: How to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Can't imagine the real scenes of such battlefield 👀

Im just going to point out that whoever you are, you are a truly gifted narrator who has yet to be aptly recognised for the talent you are. I would love to hear you narrate the "Earth war stories" from the Alien franchise literature by Dark Horse comics, or better yet Robert E Howards Conan. However for now I am happy to learn of historic confrontations because your voice is so very easy on the ear. Please keep doing what you do, and I hope that one day you will be discovered for greater projects where you belong.

Great channel thank you for sharing 🍀☀️

At 34:35 you state that the Christians were "outgunned". If the initial Ottoman artillery consisted of 170 inferior cannon and they lost 49 cannon (43+6) to the Christians in two earlier engagements, how can the Christians be "outgunned" given that the Christians had 97 superior cannon to begin with -- plus the 49 captured Ottoman cannon? Ottomans: 170 inferior cannon - 49 cannon lost = 121 inferior cannon Christians: 97 superior cannon + 49 captured Ottoman cannon = 146 cannon

It honestly baffles me how after an absolute tactical masterclass from the Christian commanders, that they managed to achieve such a massive defeat from the Jaws of victory

Well done .. a brilliant peek into the past ...

Excellent narration & descriotion of the battle

I’ve played a heck of a lot of Europa Universalis over the years so this period is one of my favorites. Great work as usual!

As a Turkish history buff, this was the most Orientalist history video I've ever seen in my life. This is exactly why we never despise western sources, because they are so good at inventing a story according to their own desires. Our oldest historians say this, not me. to those who care enough to find out!

Nice history lesson! Thanks!👍❤️