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This was beautiful. Not much people know about Khayr Al Din Barbarossa or Piri Reis for that matter. Looking forward to the following videos. Thinking of choosing Battle of the Masts for my next choice. What do you think ?
"Every Ottoman Battle and Camping" Will this be covering the greek rebellion? Or is that considered a different Ottoman Empire, or just not major enough?
So he: -Understood the importance of a strategic site, promptly secured and fortified it before the enemy. -Tactically prepeared before the fight, accounting for sails (their disadvantage) and rellying on galleys instead. -Didn't attack on the enemies' terms. -Attacked a numerically stronger and bigger enemy w/o hesitation the moment he thought it was most upportune to do so. -Did NOT over extend. He saw through Doria's bait. Man, he really used a cool mind at every step.
@Don White cause of the rise of frigates and 86 gun ship of lines and the mano wars and the 106 first rate ships used by the british and the french they dominated the trade routes
@Don White No, they didn't. You are trying to mention Battle of Lepanto but it didn't happen that way. Yes Ottomans lost the battle. But Venetians didnt dare to step any longer. And peace treaty signed by how Ottomans dictated. As Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha decribes the situation: By conquering Cyprus, we cut your arm. By defeating our fleet, you shaved our beard. An arm doesn't grow back, but shaved beard grows stronger than before. In a short period of time Ottomans built a navy stronger than before. No naval dominance lost. But a disruption in force for a small period of time.
@@evilcrabking i like how you ignore everything awesome and focus on this info i mean it's not like European generals were angels and for the love of god the man was a pirate what do you expect him to do with his enemies ??
A farmer who has never seen war before, rescues his brother who was captured by the Hospital knights with his merchant ship, and then turns into real marine commander. This is a very impressive story.
His personal memories are the most striking thing I ever read actually. He sees him so small & weak at every stage or battle; yet he almost never loses a single one. Incredibly humble yet super faithful - so the names he was given fits perfect : Hayreddin.
@Aleksa Petrovic He has a very movie like life story though, don't you think? He is literally the greatest pirate ever. I think he deserves something dedicated to himself.
@@retvrntotradition4454 or in the name of revenge and glory! keep that religious aspect away from warfare, and stop claiming that you turks did war for Allah! You did it because you where very good, had a perfect timming(entering Anatolia) and you liked it:))this coming from a Osmanli fan who lives in Romania and apreciates all the benefits you as a nations gave us.Just stop pretending you where doing this for higher purposes.
@@retvrntotradition4454 but I am very glad that you have your strong belives about Christians turning into muslims after 2 generations devote theyr lives to your Allah, and not to such an earthly thing such as revenge for your relatives:)))Yous must also have alot of knoledge about christians from balkans and their goals for fame and elevation amongst janissaries:))they converted just for ur Allah, the same they did 200 years before when they embraced christianity Go preach religion and spirituality where is the place not in warfare, hidding behind your God when it cames to war.I guess safavid Osmali wars war also for Allah .or the Mughal - Persian wars..You slew each other in the name of Allah right?Also Allah more shia or more sunni because we cant get that right yet.semms to me he is kinda 50-50
@@chemicalbash8100 You are kinda right mate, majoirty of Ottoman wars for glory and gold but these religious wars definitely altered their directions such as the first objective Turks had was finding a new homeland and Anatolia was always a good candidate but not the best due there was this strongest empire of the time, Byzantine empire which was a lot richer and stronger than Seljuks therefore the best candidate was Egypt instead so early Seljuk conquests were towards Egypt which got changed when Byzantine broke non-agression pact with Seljuks then got defeated in the battle of Manzikert then Turks started to settle into Anatolia in mass and Turkish objective became defending our new homeland. Soon after the first crusade happened which was seen as the greatest threat against our new homeland so Turks always focused on Europe after that point while deserting their conquests around Syria, Iraq for hundreds of years. After Mongol invasion there was no Seljuk empire left rather there were small beyliks in Anatolia but Christian threat was still there and it was much bigger due Turkish beyliks got seperated and weakened so that's how Ottoman got famous by only fighting against Christians and capturing many European lands while they didn't even control vast majority of Anatolia that's why other beyliks started to willingly join Ottoman one by one so we can say early Ottoman wars were holy wars indeed for securing a Turkish and Islamic homeland in Anatolia, on the other hand we didn't need to push into the middle of Europe such as Vienna to secure Anatolia for sure so after some point those wars were only for glory and gold but religious people would never admit it same as religious Christians never admit crusades were also for glory and gold...
You forget an important think. He is a muslim ottoman. He is the direct rival of the christian continuam that extended to America through brits. Hollywood is tge legacy of that. So they would not glorify the other side.
It never ceases to amaze me how major historical battles are usually won by generals who are: 1. Are bold enough to strike while the iron is hot 2. Wise enough to know when said iron is not hot 3. Employ superior communication/logistics/unit mobility and cohesion. All of this sounds obvious but it is so astonishing to see so many generals being hesitant or being bold to the point of idiocy or have a general not stop and think that a force composed of a myriad of unit types that have never fought together before and may not even speak the same language could lose to a smaller, battle hardened homogeneous (mostly) force. Really just blows me away. I loved learned about Hayreddin! Great vid as per usual!
There's a saying in Czech which literally translates as "Everyone's a general when the battle is over". Of course, it is usually not meant literally but it works like that as well. We have full information of the events, of the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing forces, their exact locations etc. The generals/admirals almost never had anything close to the full picture (although securing information and organizing your own forces so that you can rely on them being where you expect them to be is also a very important skill for a military leader), so what might seem like stupidity might just be an honest mistake. A bad general with a lot of dumb luck can win a battle against all odds and be celebrated as a hero. A brilliant general with a lot of bad luck can employ a perfectly good, even clever, strategy but still lose (although a brilliant general can usually at least cut his losses).
The battles were so fragile. Not a fist fight but more like fencing. Only the right strike at the right moment precisely can win you the battle. So elegant.
Whenever I research medieval or early modern Mediterranean history, I'm always consistently stumped by Christian Europe's ability to sabotage itself through legendarily poor teamwork.
Probably because "Christian Europe" was never a political entity, yeah they shared religion but all of them had their own interests, culture, language and so on. For most Christianity was a very minor factor in their decision making.
People tend to focus on religion nowadays. As if the Ottoman wars were somehow part of this "clash of civilizations". The truth is, the politics, even during the crusades, weren't entirely based on religion, but state/personal interests. And both so called "Christian" and "Muslim" world fought more against themselves than the other.
@@Vitalis94 Yeah, the medieval period was more or less constant war between nighbours. (most of the time they shared the same religion) With a few exeptions. For exampel Sweden and Denmark was more or less in constat war with eachother for the entire period.
Atleast they were trying to fight together. Unlike muslims. You hardly see muslim coalition like this. And even every eastern neighbor of ottomans were making alliance with christian europans. from karamanids to akkoyunlus to safavids.
Not really, he just followed orders from the emperor, which were to better have a fleet to be used, rather than a costly victory useful only for the venetians. Moreover, he almost never took a fight where allies didn't follow the command chain, and Prevesa showed why. Besides, his career didn't end there, considering that shortly he and his nephew captured Dragut and ha sailed well over his 80s years old. Doria was one of the greatest strategist of his times: he was one of the first to understand the value of deterrence. Battles are good for stories, but strategy is made with logic. For him (and for the spanish crown) Prevesa wasn't a big setback. Losing good men and resources for a venetian victory would have been.
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 I am proud to be Turkish and never forget that we'll get those islands back from you you are puppets of europe and you have no value you have no rights in those islands and prepare for handover to those islands
yess, and the reason why Andrea Doria lost, is also because the 2 other admirals that were with him hated him, and most of the soldiers could not understand each other, as there were people from different countries ( the Spanish, Portuguese, Venise, and so many others) , they were too many boats/galleons etc which were extremely heavy btw and hard to control, as compared to the Muslim's ships which were light and very fast, plus most of the soldiers were forced into fighting. so these 4 main reasons made it easy for the Muslims to win, because they, on the other side, were all fighting for the same cause, and were unified🤝 💖 ( and is it necessary to mention that these numbers are corrupted? the westerners actually had about 600 ships, against about 120 for the Muslims...)
In fact, the real 'red beard' was his big brother Oruç Reis. Hızır had a brown beard and brown hair. However, after seeing his big brother killed with his own eyes, he decided to dye his beard red for the rest of his life in his brother's memory and took an oath that he would not lose any war.
@Arg Argo Kiel, Machiel (2007). The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th-18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents. ( a book) pp. 35-36. ISBN 978-0-87661-540-9. quote:"Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (son of a Turkish sipahi [fief-holder in the cavalry service]) from Yenice-i Vardar in Macedonia and a Greek woman from Lesvos/Mytilini..." check out the book if you want. the book I read was in french but they compiled it by refering themselves to the journalist and historian yilmaz oztuna. also check that book, Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 1861899467. QUOTE: "Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim TurK" do you need more references? I knew about the thing saying that says his dad was albanian, however, this is just a lie made up by some people,who corrupted his story. sorry I'm just looking for the truth, no hard feelings😊
@Muhammad Alghiffary he's a Turk. Dont you see his nick name? Have you ever seen a Arab with a name of Alp Arslan? which is a highly Turkish Nationalist name...
Almost no Ottoman was Turk, if you apply nationalism your going to be missing a lot from your understanding. The Ottomans were a multicultural empire in which Muslims of all nationalities played major roles. Even in Anatolia the majority of people were Byzantines who have become culturally Ottoman.
@@manosmallis9155 he is ottoman admiral stupid fucks. who cares what was his ethnic background or dna. do you know mihaloglu family. they are ethnically greek ottoman akinci familiy. both of them ottoman and culturally turkish.
The most important battles and campaigns of Barbarossa, Arouj and their generals His first battle was against the Venetians near the Italian coast, in which he defeated them and seized 3 large ships after killing 120 of them & capturing 285. Barbarossa seized 2 Genoese ship in Sardinia and 125 prisoners, then seizes 3 Genoese ships after slaughtering all those on it Battle on the coast of Mora: Barbossa defeated a Venetian fleet and killed 525 of them and captured 183 and seized several of their ships while losing 70 martyrs and 86 wounded Battle of the coast of Bejaia: Barbosa defeated the Spaniards and killed 300 Spaniards , captured 250 & seized 14 ships Barbarossa campaign to the coast of Almería and Andalusia and he was able to transport thousands of Andalusians to Africa, then invaded the island of Mallorca, slaughtered 80 Spaniards, seize 5 ships, then launched raids on Corsica and Sardinia and returned the spoils and captives Barbarossa campaign to the Italian coast: in which he managed to seized 15 ships after killing and capturing thousands of them including 479 women A raid on Sicily in which he managed to seized 5 ships, killing hundreds and capturing 325 captives Battle of Bejaia, which lasted 3 hours, Barbosa destroyed a Spanish forces and killed 500 Spaniards Capture of the Bejaia castle after a siege of 29 days , where he slaughtered 800 Spaniards , seized 800 barrels of gunpowder and a number of equipment and spoils Naval battle: Barbarossa annihilated a Spanish fleet and slaughterd 5,000 Spaniards and seizes 10 galley First victory of Algeria: Barbarossa annilihated a Spanish fleet in a night ambush and slaughtered 20-30,000 of them Battle of Tenes: Barbarossa & Aruj annilihated a Spanish fleet and killed 10,650 Spaniards ,captured 350 ,while he lost only 70-80 martyrs and seized 4 galley nd many other ships Aruj Rais launched campaigns to Spain and transfered 70,000 Andalusians to Africa Battle of Tlemcen: Aruj crushed a Spanish force and killed 9600-9700 spaniards Aruj during raid launched a surprise attack in which he killed 800 Spaniards Second Battle of Tlemcen: Spaniards' forces 15-20,000 men pursued the forces of Aruj (340 men) ,killed Aruj &all his men ... while the Spaniards lost hundreds of dead Valencia raid: Barbarossa bombed the port of valencia, wiped out a Spanish fleet, and killed hundreds of them Second Victory of Algeria: Barbarossa with 23,000 men annilihated a Crusader fleet carrying 25,000 men from (Spain / Naples / Germany / Netherlands / Belgium) coming from Palermo & led by Don Ugo de Moncada in an ambush and killed most of them and slaughtered 300 of Nobles and generals, while he lost 700-800 martyrs After the victory of Algeria, Barbarossa launched between (1520-1529) on the coasts of Spain 22 campaigns and 3 campaigns on the coasts of Italy (Palermo, Venice and Genoa) in which he seized hundreds of ships and killed countless spaniards nd italians and transported hundreds of thousands of Andalusians to Africa. while his brother Khader al-Din,launched 7 campaigns & transported about 100,000 Andalusians The capture of Penon: Barbarossa opened the castle, killed and captured 700 of its garrisson, and executed the commander of the artillery and 10 of his men A naval battle: Barbarossa annihilated a Spanish fleet and slaughtered 1000 Spaniards and captured 350 of them Ayden Rais campaign:in which he annihilated a Spanish fleet near the Strait of Ceuta, killed hundreds of Spaniards, then launched raids on the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, destroyed & burned dozens of villages, killed and captured thousands of Spaniards, and transported thousands of Andalusians to Africa. Ayden Rice campaign: in which he raided the french coasts &bombed Marseille and Nice and then attacked the port of Valencia : sinking dozens of ships and managing to transport thousands of Andalusians after he annihilated a Spanish fleet led by Portondo and killed the commander & 1200 Spaniards and seized 7 ships Barbarossa fleet (28 ships) conquerd Mostaganem and Tlemcen in 1528 after He destroyed the Spaniards in 3 battles and killed 11,000 of them Barbarossa launched raids on the Balearic Islands and the Spanish coasts, killing and capturing thousands of Spaniards and returning great spoils. Battle of Cherchell 1530: The Turkish garrison of Cherchell defeated and repelled the Spanish-Genoese fleet led by Andrea Doria , killed hundreds of them and capturing 1700 prisoners Barbarossa reached Cherchell and defeated the remnants of the Spanish-Genoese fleet and killed 3500 of its men and captured 1900, including an admiral, and pursued him but failed to capture him. While Barbarossa lost 300 martyrs. Barbarossa raided the french coasts & bombed Toulon, then he marched towards Genoa and bombed it and seized several Genoese ships in which he found Admiral Turgud Rais and Salih Rais and rescued them from captivity Ayden Rais ravaged the Iberian coast & burned dozens of villages, killed and captured 3,000 Spaniards, then ravaged the Balearic Islands, destroyed their ports, then raided Barcelona, killed and captured thousands of Spaniards, including 80 priests, burned a church and seized 55 Spanish ships and countless spoils Naval battle: Aydin Reis destroyed a Genoese fleet, killing and capturing 700 of them A naval battle near the coast of Tlemcen:Daly Muhammad Rais, annilihated a Spanish fleet, captured 29 ships and killed&captured 14000 Spaniards, while 6 ships fled, then marches towards Spain, where he armed the Andalusian rebels (80,000) who managed to inflict series of heavy defeats on the Spanish and killed a large number of them Battle of Messina: Barbarossa annihilated a Spanish-Genoese fleet , seized 18 ships and slaughterd thousands of them Battle of Ionia: 25 ships sent by Barbarossa to chase Andria Doria, attacked the rear of the fleeing fleet of Doria and sank 2 of his ships Barbarossa campaign to Sicily, where he ravaged it, destroyed 18 fortresses, killed several thousands ,captured 16,000 of its inhabitants, and seized many spoils Another expedition to Sardinia: in hich he destroyed its ports , killed a large number of its men , captured 475 of prisoners and seized several ships and spoils Sinan Reyes campaign to Tunisia: where he repulsed several assaults of the Spanish fleet that came to besiege Tunisia and killed 6000 of them, including two spanish princes of Sarno and Mondea ... but then he withdrew due to the betrayal of the Sultan of Tunisia and the Bedouins who released 10,000 Christian prisoners Barbarossa expedition to the Balearic Islands, where he destroyed it, sacked Mahon and Palma, killed thousands of its men, captured 6,000 Spaniards, then crossed the Strait of Ceuta, ravaged the southern coasts of iberia, sacked Faro, a Portuguese city, killed thousands of its men, and seized on his return a Portuguese ship after slaughtering 300 From its sailors and captured 76 cannons Barbarossa campaign to the Adriatic: and in it he managed to find a large venetian fleet and annilihate it,He killed 8,000 venetians , sank 14 ships, seized 16 others, destroyed several fortresses, and killed and captured ten thousand of them. Barbarossa expedition to Apulia, where he ravaged it, destroyed its villages, sacked Castilia, slaughtered 30,000 of its men, and captured a countless number of prisoners Barbarossa campaign to the Aegean Sea, in which he managed to devastate and seize 28 islands and 7 cities and devastate Crete, and killed tens of thousands of venetians and captured 22,000 prisoners The Perveza campaign in which He annihilated a large crusader fleet (600 ships and 100,000 men) and killed most of them and sank most of their ships after a 5-hour battle. Barbarossa campaign to the Adriatic: in which his son captured the castle of Nova and several other venetian castles Algeria's victory in 1541: in which the Imperial Spanish fleet was annilihated, and 33,000 spaniards and their allies were killed and dozens of their ships dstroyed The last campaign of Barbarossa 1543-1544: and in it he headed towards Sicily and devastated it and destroyed the walls of Messina, then he marched to Reggio and destroyed it, captured the castle of Gaeta and slaughtered its garrison, and lost only 3 martyrs and occupied the port of Ostia and then entered the French shores and helped the french to capture Nice . he remained 8 monts in Toulon where he launched several devastating raids on the Italian and Spanish coasts
@@Letnistonwandif christians always outnumbering Muslims in war but still lose 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, battle of maritsa, battle of mohacs ,nicopolis, battle of varna etc. Most of naval war, christians always outnumbered Muslims but in most wars, Muslims can win, even with smaller ships and a smaller amount of soldiers 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
@@danieltsiprun8080 I was talking about the "Thrawn's Revenge" mod. I played it extensively some time ago, but nowadays I don't play it at all. Still, the mod I'm waiting the most, is the upcoming Yuuzhan War mod. :P
It's so captivating to know that Barbarosa tried and actually managed to regain some territories from Andalusia even after it had been lost. A lot of people don't known this. Long live the Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷
Are you gonna cover the Adal-Abyssinian war 1529-1543 which also involved Ottoman empire vs Portuguese empire in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea??? Naval plus land warfare.
K&G: We are planning to cover every major battle in Ottoman history Also K&G didnt mention about treaty of Constantinople (1533) and two major ottoman safavid battles and didnt mention about siege of Corfu (1537) this actually showed Suleyman has the idea of successor of the Roman Empire like his grandfather and why the preveza war happen :(
I think they are mostly focusing on the battles in the mediterranean and european theatres, and are mostly and completely ignoring the middle eastern and indic ocean scenarios respectively
@@manuellopes6913 Yes. They considered themselves as successors of Romans. When Mehmed the Conqueror put an end to Byzantines, he declared himself as "Kayser-i Rum" which means "Caesar (Emperor) of Rome".
@@gokberk5555 yes but that doesn't make the ottomans the succesors of rome, otherwise so were the franks, then the HRE and the russians. You need to atleast be of the same ethnic group and conquer a great part, or all of the original state in order to be its successor, and although the ottomans conquered the eastern roman empire, they were not of the same ethnic group, nor were they of the same ancestry, so the ottomans were not successors of rome
@@manuellopes6913 No. You don't need to be share same ethnic background in succession. Not at least in succession of Rome. Romans lived in a vast country and developed a certain ruling system. What I'm trying to say is countries are succesful and glorious as long as they follow the path once Romans followed. And about Ottomans they had right to claim succession. You know when the Turks first arrived Anatolia they called it "Rum" simply "Rome". there is a reason why USA has similar bureaucratics and similar denomination on their state related affairs and buildings. Like senate when Romans once called "senatus". Or using eagle as symbol of their country. All of these shows us super powers tend to imitate their heretofore predecessors.
If you want to read the thoughts of a real badass, you can read his memoirs. On of the most epic people that ever lived. Arguably one of the best admirals that ever existed. The man ruled over Algeria, with only his merit and awesomeness The man was the first version of John Wick. Sure they didn't kill his dog. But they killed his brothers. And then he scourged the entire Mediterrenian for that
The West looked at Barbarossa as pirate but in the eyes of Muslims he was a great hero who defended the shores of the Islamic territories and helped in saving thousands of Muslims in Spain. Whatever your opinion of him, he remains a great admiral.
He was both pirate and great hero. These 2 jobs aren'tmutually exclusive. Majority of great naval commander are pirates, most famously English Francis Drake.
Cool. Was not expecting another ottoman video this soon. Looks good. I’ve been wanting to see this battle covered as it’s often overlooked. Will watch later 👍🏼
The Ottomans are certainly one of the most under appreciated powers in English pop-history. I find it harder to get over the stereotype of "the sick man of Europe" label that is attributed to them just prior to the Great War. I'm aware they played a role as leaders of academia for a time. However I would like to see more about this. As an isolated American from the States I have a more difficult time disassociating current middle eastern fundamentalist ideologies from my view of the region and past culture. The more this bias is addressed, the more I believed I will come to appreciate Ottoman history. Just my opinion and an honest assessment :-) -Jake
Well the sick man of Europe label was fitting prior to the Great War as the Ottoman Empire was at that point in near constant decline for roughly 200 years This big difference between hegomonial power in the eastern mediterranean and the sick man role is due to it being an old empire, since 1400 it was starting to going strong, at the beginning dominating their enemies but over time their advantage gradually disappared as european nations developed at a faster pace, modernizing warfare faster (ottomans had an advantage with gun powder weapons early on, that would change later) hence they eventually overtook the ottomans and then the decline since the 18th century started
@@AmNotHere911 Hey, thanks for the details and recommendation. I'm no more than a casually curious type of person when it comes to history. It's one of the interests I don't have the time commitment priorities for. I appreciate people that make time for such interests, and choose to share it freely. I've gone through my musician, automotive enthusiast, bicycle racer, and electronic hardware phases in life. Perhaps when I'm a bit older I will make more time for history and astronomy. They are on my bucket list. I have 4 books with nomadic bookmarks, pinning down my coffee table at the moment, and am halfway through Dune Messiah (2nd book in the series) just for fun as well :-) ...Still...I find it funny when people say one army, nation, etc. was crap at any given point in time. I imagine the weakness is an issue with logistics and/or a lack of planning, strategy, or critical decision making at the top of the chain of command. Any idiot can point and shoot a gun. If anyone says otherwise, I propose they choose a contender from said group and prove their opinion head to head. They are primed for the resulting Darwin award anyway, so why not. I've yet to find a person that is truely incompetent with a bolt action rifle and a dozen practice shots. Heck most people intuitively realize the trick to accuracy is controlled breathing. If we're talking about a historic era that overlaps cartridge bullets, I don't see much difference between any two infantry "spearheads." The difference maker is the quality and quantity of the shaft that supports them. ...but that's just my ignorant opinion. I guess the Ottomans were unlucky enough to lack the resources to build a vast railroad system when the strategic importance became self-evident after the US Civil War. Connecting the east coast of North America to California, then, the much more lucrative Pacific trade markets, enabled some really radical shifts in transportation and infrastructure. I imagine it would be very difficult to match such progress without a similar scale of economic potential. Thanks again for sharing. -Jake
@@jnvrsoc8967 I often do. It's a simple gesture implying 'I do not hide behind the anonymity of a user name.' At least in engineering, it has become standard for many people to use their full name as a user ID on the internet, as I do elsewhere. I see internet anonymity often used as an excuse for irresponsible behavior. Such behavior is the reflection of the persons true personality, one without the inhibitions of social accountability. By at least giving my name, I am implying I do not wish to hide my thoughts behind such anonymity, and is a reminder to myself that I should be able to sign my name to my statements before making them. Every account on this platform has a real person on the other side. Someone is getting notifications for every new message posted. I'm telling everyone who that is with this account. While my account here is not monetized, nor will I change that, often CC's that see an account with ~1k-10k subs and branding, react negatively, assuming some kind of spam. That is not as much of an issue outside of one's content category, but still it can come up. Hopefully, by signing, I'm hinting for them to look a little deeper. Anyone that checks my accout will see I am not an active CC, and if they make it to my playlists I'm just using the one account personally with a maxed out "likes" list at 5K. The only reason to keep my account name as a brand is because I'm trying to get people with a similar interest in electronics to think a certain way about the things they can learn from as examples. It's a PC way of saying 'become a hacker by using the empirical textbook in everything around you right now.' That's how I got started. It's all embedded in the name and signature, intended for the intuitive to decode. -Jake
well, to be fair, the ottomans in their prime were not that impactful on the english who were on the other side of europe. same reason why we dont hear much about hungry or polish-lithuanian commonwealth. the Anglospheres main impression of the ottomans came later in history.
Also you missed one thing,when andrea doria was runaway,he turn off his ships lights at the night,which is giving him advantage to dodge the enimies.But if you do this move, you are shame for marine literature.
Great video as always Fellas! Even after an education in History at University level one can only wonder at the amazement of Ottoman History! Some might disagree when it comes to accomplishments but their Battle History rivals the Romans in my humble opinion.
ZiXxTeLLi ESP lol, a colony. Where did you read that? The low countries, were the richest part of the spanish empire, Antwerp was the heart of the spanish economy. The fact that spanish empire incorporated the low countries was by marriage, not by conquest. Get your facts right.
@dany man,you outscretched the casualties and army size -Battle of Preveza,do you even watch the video? -Siege of Rhodes,in this battle,Ottoman Navy take action,in which the number consisted around 20-50 thousand men And I firm believe,the casualties were around 4-8 thousand -Siege of Rhodes,Jannisaries were elite force,and thus the number were around 5-20 thousand men,not your outscretched 40 thousand,in which the casualties were around 5-10 thousand -Siege of Vienna 1683,Ottoman cannot raise army that high,Many believe the army were around 80.000-150.000 men,not your outscretched 300.000 And the casualties were around 20.000-40.000 men -Battle of Lepanto,This one have relevant number from yours But you Underplayed the Holy League,which they losses around 3.500 soldier,and 5.000,more or less sailors,and around 15-30 ships(2 of which were galleon) and the casualties of the Ottoman,in which around 5-15 thousand and around 30-50 ships (2 of which were flagship)
@dany i mean,Think about the logistic,political situation,and be realistic It's impossible to rally troops more than 200.000 on that era in which a miracle for Ottoman to do so despite having such large territory to hold and in which are unrealistic,the record of ancient era was Chinese Song invasion of Joseon Korea,in which Chinese bring about 500.000 to 1 million men to battle and ended up short to resources,so Conclusion was bring more than 200.000 army to battle was fastest way to collapse your economy apart,and yes,I say it again, Jannisaries were only 5-20 thousand men
@@andromedaputraharyanto5420 True, but the Castile monarch (Which is call Spanish empire . by the world) had an army of 350,000 throughout the entire empire, This is an empire that also included the HRE (Holy Roman Empire- modern day Switzerland, Germany, Czheslovakia, Denmark Lithuania, Poland , Prussia etc), Parts of France, Kingdom of Portugal, Dutch Empire, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Trinacria, Kingdom of Naples and Knights of Malta (Kings Hospitaler). Spain although controlled a vast land of North, Central and South America even to Alaska. the Philippines (Named after King Philip of Spain) , Brunei, East-indies and North Australia. These colonies couldn't raise armies so they relied solely on the country **Spain** for the bulk of it's army which was probably around 120,000 (Castillian, Aragornese, Basque, Leonese, Asturian, & Navarre.) from the Iberian peninsula population . so together add in total ALL of the European holdings that the Spanish had undisputed reign/control over and that is a total of 350,000. but this 350,000 could NEVER be in one place at a time because Spanish were fighting everyone and everywhere this is why they committed only 1/3 of their army in the Hapsburg-Ottoman war. Ottomans however had more leisure. Their empire was parts of Balkans, Anatolia, Middle east and North Africa, and they get their recruitment pool directly from each one of these regions & cities. the empire was also densely packed which made it easier to raise such an army from these condensed populations, so in conclusion, it's no suprise the Ottomans could raise a force anything around 500,000 and commit to a single front. Unlike the SPanish which were fighting wars not only in Balkans, but Also it's colonies, againts British, French, Dutch revolt, Aztecs, Olmecs, Pueblo indian, Incas, Brunei sultanate, Indonesian sultanate, Shogun of Japan, Rajs of India, wars in Korea and so on etc..Spanish was in a global fight against everybody except Catholics. everything else was fair game
@@Tigerofthemountain ,he turn off his ships lights at the night,which is giving him advantage to dodge the enimies.But if you do this move, you are shame for marine literature.
He didn't run away, he began attacking in a new direction where the enemy was weakest (so weak in fact that they were not even there). And just look at how far he advanced! And with not a single ship lost!
@@OttomanHistoryHub Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos in the village Palaiokipos.[1] According to his own autobiography, he was the son of a Turkish father, Yakup, who settled in the island after its conquest by the Ottomans and a local Greek mother named Katerina.[2][3] He also referred to his father as "Yusuf Yakub al-Turki" on the inscription of the mosque he built in Algiers, thus claiming that his father was of Turkish origin.[3]
Another great video! You guys should be SOO much more popular with the amount of detail and research put into it and the quality of your videos. Plus the narrator has a great voice for this it really puts the finishing touches on the videos! Keep up the good work!!
[6] Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1861899460. Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk.
@Hassan Abdulsalam 6] Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1861899460. Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk.
@Hassan Abdulsalam I suggest you read Barbarossa's Gazavatname.You will read the statements that I am proud to be the commander of the most military nation in the world. the word I mention is exactly the same from Barboros' book.
@Yunus - Jonah Sure. İn this empire have some ethnic groups: European peoples_ greeks, bolgars, serbians, macedons, albanians and exc, Asian peoples: arabs, cumans, armenians. But first senior ethnic group were turks. İn governor mans were different ethnics. Example for Rustam Pasha was The Sadr-azam of Ottoman Empire. He was Croatian.
@Yunus - Jonah which ethnics? Read his diary how he praises Spanish because of they fight well, and he curses Arabs how they betray and terrible fighters.
@Yunus - Jonah Barbarossa was no Albanian. In his own book, he says that his father was a Spahi in Mehmed`s army. He says that he was Turkish but in other sources they claim that his father was from Albania. So either u trust himself or the other sources. But forsure is that his mother was greek.
Have you brought back plundered treasures? Seriously, I am currently reading about Henry Morgan, so giventhe tpoic of this video, I couldn't esist it 😁 BTW, which one is , in your opinion, a more successful pirate/privateer?
Amazing video as always! However, can you please, please, PLEASE do a series on the Russo-Turkish wars (or should I say, the Vodka-Kebab wars)? Your stellar talent will birth another masterful series I am sure.
This was beautiful. Not much people know Barbarossa or Reis for that matter. Looking forward to the following videos. Thinking of choosing Battle of the Masts for me next choice. What do you think?
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he reads the name as 'riis' tho.. Re-is lmao how hard is that open Google translate to read that out for ya
@@edisonhoxha6765 Enver Hoxha tried to erase as much of our proud Ottoman history, by replacing it only with defeats and horrors such a rape, slavery, murder, etc. To increase unity through victim hood and manipulation through nationalism.
@@edisonhoxha6765 Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk. So Albanians do not need to know about him at all.
Türk Tarihi Her daim Hayattadir Kalmayada devam edecektir. Sizler Bekleyin Daha Türk Destanı Bitmedi Turkish History is Always Alive and will continue to remain. You Wait. The Turkish Epic Is Not Over Yet. I am proud to be Turkish
The father of Barbarossa Ya'kub Agha and his grandfather are Turks not Albanians and they were Sipahi Knights and from a rich & noble background ..this is what Barbarossa said in his book His father settled in Midilli after its conquest during the reign of Mehemed the Conqueror, and he married a local woman after she converted to Islam.
Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos in the village Palaiokipos.[1] According to his own autobiography, he was the son of a Turkish father, Yakup, who settled in the island after its conquest by the Ottomans and a local Greek mother named Katerina.[2][3] He also referred to his father as "Yusuf Yakub al-Turki" on the inscription of the mosque he built in Algiers, thus claiming that his father was of Turkish origin.[3]
Dont lie His Father where Jakup Aruc even today many family's in Albania, Kosovo, Makedonia have Aruci aftername. And his Mother where Greek. And Turks are not White And Red bearded.
Lots of footage is from Empire Total War of ships like 2 and 3 deckers...Aren't almost all the ships galleys at this time (except for a few Venetian galleasses?)
@@cingenedovenaugustus4558 sorry if you are offended But many historians differentiate Roman Empire and Byzantine empire as Byzantine were Greeks and Romans were Latins
@@zeAristotle wtf is Christian Albanians??? first of all, he's muslim, not christian... second, christianity is not a ethnicity, it's just a faith/believe or religion... He's father was a convert muslim Albanian Ottoman sipahi and his mother was greek...
Nah, he wouldn't. How many European-Ottoman wars ever get covered in any detail in Hollywood? Practically none. I can't even name a single movie off the top of my head that would deal with the fall of Constantinople. The only Muslims that are ever featured in any medieval flick are Arabs, usually only from the Crusade era (90% of which are adaptations of Robin Hood). Nobody cares about the Ottomans.
In our history books Barbaroussa brothers were always these heroes who saved our country (Algeria) from the spanish and they had the best fleet in the area, piracy was never mentioned, it was surprising when i heard about his reputation as a pirate couple of years ago.
Well for the people they protected they were "Mujahedeen" and heroes so of course they would be pirates and bad people in the eyes of Europeans as always
@erick meyer see this person gets it , it was just a matter of your point of view , if you were European at that time i won't blame you if he was seen as a pirate for you , but in the eyes of Muslims he was their saviour and the reason is clear
@@stevenpaddybwoy well because you look at history from the point of view of Europeans only, who by the way love to mistranslate it for their benefits well to be honest everyone does not just them but my point is that history was always manipulated for propaganda or political reasons in general. So why does it look like you're attacking me with what you said , we're cultured people speaking here insulting won't add anything to the argument or do us any good :)
@erick meyer Not really the japanese fleet was a Navy, the english navy was a navy English Privateers like Francis Drake that were pirates and Barbaroussa who sailed up and down the coast raiding villages that was a pirate too
One technical thing: galley has all its main cannons mounted at the bow pointed forward and it launches head on attacks, as if ramming. Only the 18th century ship of the line fires volley from its side.
Better yet the famous Korean General Pak-So stand against the mongols. .....The siege continued with furious Mongol attacks against Kuju's walls. They loaded carts with wood and grass hoping for fires to sweep through the city. Meanwhile they built siege towers, rams and even began mining underneath the walls. In response the Koreans bombarded the Mongols with molten iron projectiles flung from traction trebuchets, threw burning straw at the siege towers and countermined the Mongol miners. Sartaq sent an interpreter to instruct them to submit. Pak-So refused to surrender. The Mongols then began scaling the walls with ladders but Pak-So met them and fought them off with slashing implements. All the ladders that were made were smashed and the walls could not be approached. The siege continued. During the siege a senior Mongol officer remarked "I have followed the army since my hair was in plaits as a youth and so I am accustomed to seeing the cities of the Earth attacked and fought over. Still, I have never seen a city undergo an attack such as this that did not submit in the end".
I find it sad that all of these great Albanian soldiers, generals and admirals gave their lives, and were loyal to all these other Greek, Roman and Ottoman Empires. We never did something for our great lands but indeed very well served the cause of others, like mercenaries.
dont forget most of them were raised in Ottoman empire if they werent they wouldnt have been that good of a general ottoman empire had one of the best education in history about tactics wars and stuff
The Turkish lyrics (poem) of national anthem was written by an ethnic Albanian Mehmet Akif Ersoy. He was ethnic Albanian but he was part of Turkish nation and considered as one of best turkish poet of his era. Unlike Greeks we respect the roors of Albanians and we see muslim Albanians as the first class members of Turkish Nation. Ottomans were like today's America where people from different ethnicities resolves in one nation.
2:55 Not to be rude or anything but your map is completely wrong "Algiers " or the "Kingdom of Algiers wasn't founded until Barbarous came to Algiers and proclaimed the title of "Sultan El-Jazair " (Sultan of Algeria ) , that territory belonged to the Zayyanid Dynasty that ruled from the Melouya river in central Morocco all the way to Algiers - From Bejaia to AL Kala was the Sultanate of Bejaia that separated from Hafcid Tunisia. The Kingdom of Algiers was strategically integrated to the Ottoman empire with a vote from the Diwan (council ) of Algiers to avoid Spanish attacks , The Kingdom of Algiers however became fully independent from the Ottoman Sultan by 1671 du to the Ottomans not keeping their promises towards the "Sultans of El-Jazair" .
@@pogchamp2897 I think you misunderstand the definition of the word "Regency" ; A Regency is "The office of or period of government by a regent" -bit.ly/2wuFzSJ And a regent is "A person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated." -bit.ly/2WrZKzc Both definitions are quoted from the Oxford Dictionary... as for Algeria's participation in Navarino , that's completely normal and isn't the first time the Ottoman Caliph calls upon the Sultans of Algiers for their support (another example would be under the reign of Sultan Ali Betchin) as Algeria had the control of the western Mediterranean with its navy. The list of countries paying tribute to Algiers is just phenomenal.
@@anis8879 it's still the same, the algerian governoment at that time was appointed by the sultan to rule in his stead and was granted autonomy but was still regent and answers for the sultan calls, in fact only the turks were allowed to work in the administration.
In our history, we always had a tendency of getting screwed over by our allies: at Preveza, at Lepanto when after the Battle the Holy League simply disbanded, at Candia when, after resisting for twenty years, french mercenaries come and make us surrender. Every single time Venice formed an alliance with anyone else, we always got screwed over whereas our allies always laughed at us and got their spoils of war.
Those who claim that Barbarossa is not Turkish are quite funny. Sultan Suleyman ordered barbaros to record his memories. GAZAVÂT-ı HAYREDDİN PAŞA frequently prides itself on being Turkish. He also doesn't like the Arabs very much and finds it cowardly. Greek, albanian etc etc who say it is ridiculous :)
Excellent as usual! I’ve seen most vids you have released. I just recently read about the Siege of Szigetvár and thought it would be a great candidate for the Kings and Generals treatment :-)
@@syed1431 yeah but it's impossible to do that since it's real time grand strategy, you'll get shit on by other countries/empires once you enter the battle
Great Video! Thanks for uploading! I recall the battle between Anthony and Octavian was fought at the same place. Would be a nice region to go scuba-diving .
The ships shown in this video are not representative of the original Battle, as there were no Side Mounted guns in any of these ships. They would come in at a later moment in History with the introduction of the Venetian galleasses in The Battle Of Lepanto, and hand in a crushing defeat to the Ottomans. Frankly, I am surprised that this channel would make such an error, and I will be the only one to notice it.
The Barbarossa brothers (Oruc and Hizir) was of Turkish origin, not Albanian. Their father, Yakup was a sipahi from Balikesir (today Anatolian part of Turkey at northweast) who was stationed at Greek Macedonia (Vardar Yenicesi) and later at Lesbos. He married a local christian girl and lived rest of his life as a sipahi there at Lesbos. These are known from early Ottoman documents.
It was Sultan Mehmed II. who wanted to realise this plan invading Italia and Rome as their holy city. He managed to capture Otranto for some months but the Ottomans got expelled and after Mehmed II. Death no Sultan hold on this plans since they had other issues to handle.
They attempted it with Otranto They took the city for a few months, while the spanish crown was occupied but got expelled later on, afterwards Mehmed II died and there were no further plans for an invasion of Italy As Italy was part of the spanish and later Habsburg crown, it was quite a powerhouse or rather Spain was the powerhouse and attacking the italian holdings would have resulted in all out war with them, the outlook of that might have been a deterrent from planning another invasion
There was a attempt of a huge invasion into italy and the dismantling of the Catholic Church, but this was halted at the great Battle of Lepanto. Had the Holy League lost Lepanto, the world would be very different now.
Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos in the village Palaiokipos.[1] According to his own autobiography, he was the son of a Turkish father, Yakup, who settled in the island after its conquest by the Ottomans and a local Greek mother named Katerina.[2][3] He also referred to his father as "Yusuf Yakub al-Turki" on the inscription of the mosque he built in Algiers, thus claiming that his father was of Turkish origin.[3]
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This was beautiful. Not much people know about Khayr Al Din Barbarossa or Piri Reis for that matter. Looking forward to the following videos. Thinking of choosing Battle of the Masts for my next choice. What do you think ?
@@Fman0909 it is on the list, I will start looking into the sources
@@KingsandGenerals Thank you as always my friend :)
Barbarosa's father was Arvanite not Albanian
"Every Ottoman Battle and Camping"
Will this be covering the greek rebellion?
Or is that considered a different Ottoman Empire, or just not major enough?
So he:
-Understood the importance of a strategic site, promptly secured and fortified it before the enemy.
-Tactically prepeared before the fight, accounting for sails (their disadvantage) and rellying on galleys instead.
-Didn't attack on the enemies' terms.
-Attacked a numerically stronger and bigger enemy w/o hesitation the moment he thought it was most upportune to do so.
-Did NOT over extend. He saw through Doria's bait.
Man, he really used a cool mind at every step.
We will never see his like again
MrMigraine he was the best Ottomans had to offer.
Thats why he called "Suleyman the Magnificent"
@@gemazikra9612 No, the Sultan had nothing to do with this.
@@nvlarcht Well, actually he did. Since Suleiman himself appointed Barbaros as the grand admiral of the Ottoman navy.
End of battle:
Venice lost 49 ships.
Ottoman Empire won 36 ships.
@Don White cause of the rise of frigates and 86 gun ship of lines and the mano wars and the 106 first rate ships used by the british and the french they dominated the trade routes
@Don White spoiler xd
@Don White No, they didn't. You are trying to mention Battle of Lepanto but it didn't happen that way. Yes Ottomans lost the battle. But Venetians didnt dare to step any longer. And peace treaty signed by how Ottomans dictated.
As Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha decribes the situation: By conquering Cyprus, we cut your arm. By defeating our fleet, you shaved our beard. An arm doesn't grow back, but shaved beard grows stronger than before.
In a short period of time Ottomans built a navy stronger than before.
No naval dominance lost. But a disruption in force for a small period of time.
@@TurkishHedgehog Good job very nice quote
@@theresecoco1887 I think you are missing the point. So they think Venetians dead as cut arm?
Barbarossa is terribly underrated admiral in the history..
every muslim generals or scientists are underrated
@@lionking7080 sadly ...
Don't forget Turgut Reis, the "avenging sword of Islam"
@@evilcrabking i like how you ignore everything awesome and focus on this info i mean it's not like European generals were angels and for the love of god the man was a pirate what do you expect him to do with his enemies ??
@@evilcrabking And christians in that time were angels with wings ...
A farmer who has never seen war before, rescues his brother who was captured by the Hospital knights with his merchant ship, and then turns into real marine commander. This is a very impressive story.
İt is lie. Even all of them are lie.
@@ascavus4800 wym lie? Hayreddin was a real person.
@@ascavus4800 its was all illuminati brother :(
hospital knights🤣🤣🤣
His personal memories are the most striking thing I ever read actually. He sees him so small & weak at every stage or battle; yet he almost never loses a single one. Incredibly humble yet super faithful - so the names he was given fits perfect : Hayreddin.
"Barbarossa" aka "The Red Beard" deserves a movie made about him. The Black Beard has nothing on him.
@Aleksa Petrovic He has a very movie like life story though, don't you think? He is literally the greatest pirate ever. I think he deserves something dedicated to himself.
@@retvrntotradition4454 or in the name of revenge and glory! keep that religious aspect away from warfare, and stop claiming that you turks did war for Allah! You did it because you where very good, had a perfect timming(entering Anatolia) and you liked it:))this coming from a Osmanli fan who lives in Romania and apreciates all the benefits you as a nations gave us.Just stop pretending you where doing this for higher purposes.
The West never makes movies about Muslim victories! There is only 1 movie The kindom of heaven but its mostly about crusaders than muslims
@@retvrntotradition4454 but I am very glad that you have your strong belives about Christians turning into muslims after 2 generations devote theyr lives to your Allah, and not to such an earthly thing such as revenge for your relatives:)))Yous must also have alot of knoledge about christians from balkans and their goals for fame and elevation amongst janissaries:))they converted just for ur Allah, the same they did 200 years before when they embraced christianity
Go preach religion and spirituality where is the place not in warfare, hidding behind your God when it cames to war.I guess safavid Osmali wars war also for Allah
.or the Mughal - Persian wars..You slew each other in the name of Allah right?Also Allah more shia or more sunni because we cant get that right yet.semms to me he is kinda 50-50
@@chemicalbash8100 You are kinda right mate, majoirty of Ottoman wars for glory and gold but these religious wars definitely altered their directions such as the first objective Turks had was finding a new homeland and Anatolia was always a good candidate but not the best due there was this strongest empire of the time, Byzantine empire which was a lot richer and stronger than Seljuks therefore the best candidate was Egypt instead so early Seljuk conquests were towards Egypt which got changed when Byzantine broke non-agression pact with Seljuks then got defeated in the battle of Manzikert then Turks started to settle into Anatolia in mass and Turkish objective became defending our new homeland. Soon after the first crusade happened which was seen as the greatest threat against our new homeland so Turks always focused on Europe after that point while deserting their conquests around Syria, Iraq for hundreds of years. After Mongol invasion there was no Seljuk empire left rather there were small beyliks in Anatolia but Christian threat was still there and it was much bigger due Turkish beyliks got seperated and weakened so that's how Ottoman got famous by only fighting against Christians and capturing many European lands while they didn't even control vast majority of Anatolia that's why other beyliks started to willingly join Ottoman one by one so we can say early Ottoman wars were holy wars indeed for securing a Turkish and Islamic homeland in Anatolia, on the other hand we didn't need to push into the middle of Europe such as Vienna to secure Anatolia for sure so after some point those wars were only for glory and gold but religious people would never admit it same as religious Christians never admit crusades were also for glory and gold...
Level 1 Fisherman
Level 50 Grand Admiral of the Sublime Port
That's how Ottomans work
😂😂
flyingkoopa45 fisherman mate, fisherman
Level 100 Kapudan Pasha
Level 100 Suleiman the Magnificent
He was a merchant then he started to raid European ships after some Greek pirates kidnapped his brother.
Barbarossa deserves a movie or at least something like an HBO series
Already mared barbaros hayrettin pasa search on youtube
@@cengizsogutlu I know, but it's not that great honestly....
@@Bayard1503 HBO wouldnt cover it tbh, HBO or Hollywood hardly do any series on muslim history.
You forget an important think. He is a muslim ottoman. He is the direct rival of the christian continuam that extended to America through brits. Hollywood is tge legacy of that. So they would not glorify the other side.
@@pax4370 Besides, in his own logs, he wrote on how cruel he could be towards his enemies. Hollywood would keep away from such a man
It never ceases to amaze me how major historical battles are usually won by generals who are:
1. Are bold enough to strike while the iron is hot
2. Wise enough to know when said iron is not hot
3. Employ superior communication/logistics/unit mobility and cohesion.
All of this sounds obvious but it is so astonishing to see so many generals being hesitant or being bold to the point of idiocy or have a general not stop and think that a force composed of a myriad of unit types that have never fought together before and may not even speak the same language could lose to a smaller, battle hardened homogeneous (mostly) force. Really just blows me away.
I loved learned about Hayreddin! Great vid as per usual!
Yep, not an easy feat to pull!
There's a saying in Czech which literally translates as "Everyone's a general when the battle is over". Of course, it is usually not meant literally but it works like that as well. We have full information of the events, of the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing forces, their exact locations etc. The generals/admirals almost never had anything close to the full picture (although securing information and organizing your own forces so that you can rely on them being where you expect them to be is also a very important skill for a military leader), so what might seem like stupidity might just be an honest mistake. A bad general with a lot of dumb luck can win a battle against all odds and be celebrated as a hero. A brilliant general with a lot of bad luck can employ a perfectly good, even clever, strategy but still lose (although a brilliant general can usually at least cut his losses).
4. And Lady Luck is on his side.
Everything is always timing and planning
The battles were so fragile. Not a fist fight but more like fencing. Only the right strike at the right moment precisely can win you the battle. So elegant.
Whenever I research medieval or early modern Mediterranean history, I'm always consistently stumped by Christian Europe's ability to sabotage itself through legendarily poor teamwork.
Probably because "Christian Europe" was never a political entity, yeah they shared religion but all of them had their own interests, culture, language and so on. For most Christianity was a very minor factor in their decision making.
People tend to focus on religion nowadays. As if the Ottoman wars were somehow part of this "clash of civilizations". The truth is, the politics, even during the crusades, weren't entirely based on religion, but state/personal interests. And both so called "Christian" and "Muslim" world fought more against themselves than the other.
@@Vitalis94 Yeah, the medieval period was more or less constant war between nighbours. (most of the time they shared the same religion) With a few exeptions.
For exampel Sweden and Denmark was more or less in constat war with eachother for the entire period.
@@Vitalis94 yeah, France was allied to the Ottomans during the siege of Vienna, if I recall correctly.
Atleast they were trying to fight together. Unlike muslims. You hardly see muslim coalition like this. And even every eastern neighbor of ottomans were making alliance with christian europans. from karamanids to akkoyunlus to safavids.
Andrea Doria:I am the admiral of one of the best navy in the world.
Barbaros Hayreddin:I am about to end this mans whole career.
Yes he was the Admiral of the best navy but he was facing the best admiral of the era
Not really, he just followed orders from the emperor, which were to better have a fleet to be used, rather than a costly victory useful only for the venetians. Moreover, he almost never took a fight where allies didn't follow the command chain, and Prevesa showed why. Besides, his career didn't end there, considering that shortly he and his nephew captured Dragut and ha sailed well over his 80s years old.
Doria was one of the greatest strategist of his times: he was one of the first to understand the value of deterrence. Battles are good for stories, but strategy is made with logic. For him (and for the spanish crown) Prevesa wasn't a big setback. Losing good men and resources for a venetian victory would have been.
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 lmao greek feel your hurt its sad
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 I am proud to be Turkish
and never forget that we'll get those islands back from you you are puppets of europe and you have no value
you have no rights in those islands and prepare for handover to those islands
yess, and the reason why Andrea Doria lost, is also because the 2 other admirals that were with him hated him, and most of the soldiers could not understand each other, as there were people from different countries ( the Spanish, Portuguese, Venise, and so many others) , they were too many boats/galleons etc which were extremely heavy btw and hard to control, as compared to the Muslim's ships which were light and very fast, plus most of the soldiers were forced into fighting. so these 4 main reasons made it easy for the Muslims to win, because they, on the other side, were all fighting for the same cause, and were unified🤝 💖 ( and is it necessary to mention that these numbers are corrupted? the westerners actually had about 600 ships, against about 120 for the Muslims...)
I love the ottoman battles documentaries, they are the best! and what a legend this man barbarossa
In fact, the real 'red beard' was his big brother Oruç Reis. Hızır had a brown beard and brown hair. However, after seeing his big brother killed with his own eyes, he decided to dye his beard red for the rest of his life in his brother's memory and took an oath that he would not lose any war.
ohh!! interresting, that wasn't mentioned in his biography! I just knew about his brother, some people actually call them "the brothers Barbarossa"
That’s Albanians for you mate. We have a spirit war , We were built fighters . We ruled the world, but never managed to do a good job for our selves.
@@kosovaisalbania3720 sorry but he was turkish not albanian as europeans say😅
@@sisiaib not to my knowledge now that I read about it. He was Albanian by birth, but he did fight for ottomans yes.
@Arg Argo Kiel, Machiel (2007). The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th-18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents. ( a book) pp. 35-36. ISBN 978-0-87661-540-9.
quote:"Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (son of a Turkish sipahi [fief-holder in the cavalry service]) from Yenice-i Vardar in Macedonia and a Greek woman from Lesvos/Mytilini..."
check out the book if you want.
the book I read was in french but they compiled it by refering themselves to the journalist and historian yilmaz oztuna.
also check that book, Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 1861899467.
QUOTE: "Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim TurK"
do you need more references?
I knew about the thing saying that says his dad was albanian, however, this is just a lie made up by some people,who corrupted his story. sorry I'm just looking for the truth, no hard feelings😊
from a fishing boat plunderer in the aegean sea
To the admiral of the ottoman fleet.
Thats Barbarossa.
Greek doesnt exist back in that Time. Probably albanian fishing ship
Hayredeen Barbarossa was of Albanian/Greek Heritage.
@@genti32 Like most current Turks.
@@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy Im of Albanian origin and we have a folk song about him.
@@genti32 no as i said, nothing to to with greek. His Father was 100 percent albanian.
The word "Amiral" came from arabic. " Amir al bahr " which means " sovereign of seas "
Lots of English words have Arabic origin, like guitar, coffee, alcohol, Algebra, lemon, etc...
@Muhammad Alghiffary I'm from Mars
@Muhammad Alghiffary he's a Turk. Dont you see his nick name? Have you ever seen a Arab with a name of Alp Arslan? which is a highly Turkish Nationalist name...
Ömer Faruk Vural he was Albanian and not a Turk
Amir literally means prince
Barbarossa, one of the greatest admiral ever walks on earth.
walked*
Admiral
Admirals*
Shuld be ever sailed
Its the Albanian genes in him ... some of the biggest ottoman figures were also Albanian
Greetings from Preveza ;)
Greetings from ottoman
@@drnoob5779 τα λέμε 25η Μαρτίου...
@@omerfaruksahin4081 Konstantinopolis. Sen?
Erebos istanbul demek istedin heralde ?
👋🇹🇷🇬🇷
16 dislikes : andrea doria and his naval commanders...
Soo true hahahahha
Hahahhahahah lol
ulan iyi güldürdün :D
Go fuck yourself!
Lol
So Captain Barbarossa from The Pirates of The Caribbean was named after Turk Captain Barbarrossa!! Interesting.
He was Albanian not turk...
Almost no Ottoman was Turk, if you apply nationalism your going to be missing a lot from your understanding. The Ottomans were a multicultural empire in which Muslims of all nationalities played major roles. Even in Anatolia the majority of people were Byzantines who have become culturally Ottoman.
@@AlernusKaraoke they are greek - albanian . Albanian father . Greek mother
@@manosmallis9155 he is ottoman admiral stupid fucks. who cares what was his ethnic background or dna. do you know mihaloglu family. they are ethnically greek ottoman akinci familiy. both of them ottoman and culturally turkish.
Alernus Karaoke Lol
Yessssss, kings and generals video. Made my Sunday.
Yup, every Sun!
@Berk Taş You seem more like a turkey. Bahahahah
15:46 "Had not lost a single ship."
I've never lost a single ship in my life too!
No, I never lose my shit over galley fights, either.
@@mofleh177
Who care about you? 😑
sunday and kings and generals with a new ottoman Video life is great
Thank you!
first like, than watch :D
@@KingsandGenerals no i have to thank you guys I just love it when I get a notification that there is a new video espacially roman and ottoman Videos
the ships look like ice cream lol
Man, you're right, those ships look like ice cream that we should waiting until like 6pm
ice cream reminds me of celery when i look at it idk why XD
@@avocadokirby1517 haha ikr
My daughter was looking over my shoulder and said the same. Ice creaaaam
@@abudjizbat12 lol
Thanks!
The most important battles and campaigns of Barbarossa, Arouj and their generals
His first battle was against the Venetians near the Italian coast, in which he defeated them and seized 3 large ships after killing 120 of them & capturing 285.
Barbarossa seized 2 Genoese ship in Sardinia and 125 prisoners, then seizes 3 Genoese ships after slaughtering all those on it
Battle on the coast of Mora: Barbossa defeated a Venetian fleet and killed 525 of them and captured 183 and seized several of their ships while losing 70 martyrs and 86 wounded
Battle of the coast of Bejaia: Barbosa defeated the Spaniards and killed 300 Spaniards , captured 250 & seized 14 ships
Barbarossa campaign to the coast of Almería and Andalusia and he was able to transport thousands of Andalusians to Africa, then invaded the island of Mallorca, slaughtered 80 Spaniards, seize 5 ships, then launched raids on Corsica and Sardinia and returned the spoils and captives
Barbarossa campaign to the Italian coast: in which he managed to seized 15 ships after killing and capturing thousands of them including 479 women
A raid on Sicily in which he managed to seized 5 ships, killing hundreds and capturing 325 captives
Battle of Bejaia, which lasted 3 hours, Barbosa destroyed a Spanish forces and killed 500 Spaniards
Capture of the Bejaia castle after a siege of 29 days , where he slaughtered 800 Spaniards , seized 800 barrels of gunpowder and a number of equipment and spoils
Naval battle: Barbarossa annihilated a Spanish fleet and slaughterd 5,000 Spaniards and seizes 10 galley
First victory of Algeria: Barbarossa annilihated a Spanish fleet in a night ambush and slaughtered 20-30,000 of them
Battle of Tenes: Barbarossa & Aruj annilihated a Spanish fleet and killed 10,650 Spaniards ,captured 350 ,while he lost only 70-80 martyrs and seized 4 galley nd many other ships
Aruj Rais launched campaigns to Spain and transfered 70,000 Andalusians to Africa
Battle of Tlemcen: Aruj crushed a Spanish force and killed 9600-9700 spaniards
Aruj during raid launched a surprise attack in which he killed 800 Spaniards
Second Battle of Tlemcen: Spaniards' forces 15-20,000 men pursued the forces of Aruj (340 men) ,killed Aruj &all his men ... while the Spaniards lost hundreds of dead
Valencia raid: Barbarossa bombed the port of valencia, wiped out a Spanish fleet, and killed hundreds of them
Second Victory of Algeria: Barbarossa with 23,000 men annilihated a Crusader fleet carrying 25,000 men from (Spain / Naples / Germany / Netherlands / Belgium) coming from Palermo & led by Don Ugo de Moncada in an ambush and killed most of them and slaughtered 300 of Nobles and generals, while he lost 700-800 martyrs
After the victory of Algeria, Barbarossa launched between (1520-1529) on the coasts of Spain 22 campaigns and 3 campaigns on the coasts of Italy (Palermo, Venice and Genoa) in which he seized hundreds of ships and killed countless spaniards nd italians and transported hundreds of thousands of Andalusians to Africa.
while his brother Khader al-Din,launched 7 campaigns & transported about 100,000 Andalusians
The capture of Penon: Barbarossa opened the castle, killed and captured 700 of its garrisson, and executed the commander of the artillery and 10 of his men
A naval battle: Barbarossa annihilated a Spanish fleet and slaughtered 1000 Spaniards and captured 350 of them
Ayden Rais campaign:in which he annihilated a Spanish fleet near the Strait of Ceuta, killed hundreds of Spaniards, then launched raids on the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, destroyed & burned dozens of villages, killed and captured thousands of Spaniards, and transported thousands of Andalusians to Africa.
Ayden Rice campaign: in which he raided the french coasts &bombed Marseille and Nice and then attacked the port of Valencia : sinking dozens of ships and managing to transport thousands of Andalusians after he annihilated a Spanish fleet led by Portondo and killed the commander & 1200 Spaniards and seized 7 ships
Barbarossa fleet (28 ships) conquerd Mostaganem and Tlemcen in 1528 after He destroyed the Spaniards in 3 battles and killed 11,000 of them
Barbarossa launched raids on the Balearic Islands and the Spanish coasts, killing and capturing thousands of Spaniards and returning great spoils.
Battle of Cherchell 1530: The Turkish garrison of Cherchell defeated and repelled the Spanish-Genoese fleet led by Andrea Doria , killed hundreds of them and capturing 1700 prisoners
Barbarossa reached Cherchell and defeated the remnants of the Spanish-Genoese fleet and killed 3500 of its men and captured 1900, including an admiral, and pursued him but failed to capture him. While Barbarossa lost 300 martyrs.
Barbarossa raided the french coasts & bombed Toulon, then he marched towards Genoa and bombed it and seized several Genoese ships in which he found Admiral Turgud Rais and Salih Rais and rescued them from captivity
Ayden Rais ravaged the Iberian coast & burned dozens of villages, killed and captured 3,000 Spaniards, then ravaged the Balearic Islands, destroyed their ports, then raided Barcelona, killed and captured thousands of Spaniards, including 80 priests, burned a church and seized 55 Spanish ships and countless spoils
Naval battle: Aydin Reis destroyed a Genoese fleet, killing and capturing 700 of them
A naval battle near the coast of Tlemcen:Daly Muhammad Rais, annilihated a Spanish fleet, captured 29 ships and killed&captured 14000 Spaniards, while 6 ships fled, then marches towards Spain, where he armed the Andalusian rebels (80,000) who managed to inflict series of heavy defeats on the Spanish and killed a large number of them
Battle of Messina: Barbarossa annihilated a Spanish-Genoese fleet , seized 18 ships and slaughterd thousands of them
Battle of Ionia: 25 ships sent by Barbarossa to chase Andria Doria, attacked the rear of the fleeing fleet of Doria and sank 2 of his ships
Barbarossa campaign to Sicily, where he ravaged it, destroyed 18 fortresses, killed several thousands ,captured 16,000 of its inhabitants, and seized many spoils
Another expedition to Sardinia: in hich he destroyed its ports , killed a large number of its men , captured 475 of prisoners and seized several ships and spoils
Sinan Reyes campaign to Tunisia: where he repulsed several assaults of the Spanish fleet that came to besiege Tunisia and killed 6000 of them, including two spanish princes of Sarno and Mondea ... but then he withdrew due to the betrayal of the Sultan of Tunisia and the Bedouins who released 10,000 Christian prisoners
Barbarossa expedition to the Balearic Islands, where he destroyed it, sacked Mahon and Palma, killed thousands of its men, captured 6,000 Spaniards, then crossed the Strait of Ceuta, ravaged the southern coasts of iberia, sacked Faro, a Portuguese city, killed thousands of its men, and seized on his return a Portuguese ship after slaughtering 300 From its sailors and captured 76 cannons
Barbarossa campaign to the Adriatic: and in it he managed to find a large venetian fleet and annilihate it,He killed 8,000 venetians , sank 14 ships, seized 16 others, destroyed several fortresses, and killed and captured ten thousand of them.
Barbarossa expedition to Apulia, where he ravaged it, destroyed its villages, sacked Castilia, slaughtered 30,000 of its men, and captured a countless number of prisoners
Barbarossa campaign to the Aegean Sea, in which he managed to devastate and seize 28 islands and 7 cities and devastate Crete, and killed tens of thousands of venetians and captured 22,000 prisoners
The Perveza campaign in which He annihilated a large crusader fleet (600 ships and 100,000 men) and killed most of them and sank most of their ships after a 5-hour battle.
Barbarossa campaign to the Adriatic: in which his son captured the castle of Nova and several other venetian castles
Algeria's victory in 1541: in which the Imperial Spanish fleet was annilihated, and 33,000 spaniards and their allies were killed and dozens of their ships dstroyed
The last campaign of Barbarossa 1543-1544: and in it he headed towards Sicily and devastated it and destroyed the walls of Messina, then he marched to Reggio and destroyed it, captured the castle of Gaeta and slaughtered its garrison, and lost only 3 martyrs and occupied the port of Ostia and then entered the French shores and helped the french to capture Nice .
he remained 8 monts in Toulon where he launched several devastating raids on the Italian and Spanish coasts
Thanks for the information man i read all of that and thought it took me so much time only on reading how much time you spended on it. Thanks man
@@Letnistonwandif we Muslim Arabs took Christian Spanish Portuguese and French women for 800 years in Iberia (Al-Andalus) Lmao😂💪🏻.
@@Letnistonwandif christians always outnumbering Muslims in war but still lose 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, battle of maritsa, battle of mohacs ,nicopolis, battle of varna etc. Most of naval war, christians always outnumbered Muslims but in most wars, Muslims can win, even with smaller ships and a smaller amount of soldiers 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Alhamdulillah, proud of this great admiral.
verily victory comes from Allah swt.
may Allah grant jannah to khizir khaireddin pasa.
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Grand Admiral Thrawn reporting for duty
Oh wait wrong navy.
Ah, shit here we go again... Launching Empire at War because of you.
*Grand Admiral Thrawn
@@Vitalis94 with mods or without ?
@@hamptonsmith4678 im sorry my lord i promise i wont disappointe you again.
@@danieltsiprun8080 I was talking about the "Thrawn's Revenge" mod. I played it extensively some time ago, but nowadays I don't play it at all. Still, the mod I'm waiting the most, is the upcoming Yuuzhan War mod. :P
It's so captivating to know that Barbarosa tried and actually managed to regain some territories from Andalusia even after it had been lost. A lot of people don't known this. Long live the Ottoman Empire 🇹🇷
We don't care I Ottoman Caliphate collapse because Ottoman Caliphate is in our heart🤍
You ain't turk
@@hajiazizov8064 Where did I mention that I am a turk?
@@hajiazizov8064 it doesn't matter if he is a turk, he is free to say anything he wants about the ottoman empire
That thing died long ago
i've been away for awhile now from the internet (because of finales) but oh boy what a return
Welcome back!
@@KingsandGenerals Thanks!! This channel really changed my perspective of the world, forever grateful !!
Are you gonna cover the Adal-Abyssinian war 1529-1543 which also involved Ottoman empire vs Portuguese empire in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea??? Naval plus land warfare.
Will consider!
@@KingsandGenerals kl bro it's alot of research but nice work on the other videos... and Thanks.
Interested on this theme, im portuguese and never learned about this war.
Spoiler Alert: this battle didn't end up well for another successful Reis (admiral), Piri Reis. He was ordered to be executed by Suleiman himself.
@@alperenerol1852 which battle?
K&G: We are planning to cover every major battle in Ottoman history
Also K&G didnt mention about treaty of Constantinople (1533) and two major ottoman safavid battles and didnt mention about siege of Corfu (1537) this actually showed Suleyman has the idea of successor of the Roman Empire like his grandfather and why the preveza war happen
:(
@@MarkhasSteelfort wait, you're saying the ottomans were the successors of the eastern roman empire?
I think they are mostly focusing on the battles in the mediterranean and european theatres, and are mostly and completely ignoring the middle eastern and indic ocean scenarios respectively
@@manuellopes6913 Yes. They considered themselves as successors of Romans. When Mehmed the Conqueror put an end to Byzantines, he declared himself as "Kayser-i Rum" which means "Caesar (Emperor) of Rome".
@@gokberk5555 yes but that doesn't make the ottomans the succesors of rome, otherwise so were the franks, then the HRE and the russians. You need to atleast be of the same ethnic group and conquer a great part, or all of the original state in order to be its successor, and although the ottomans conquered the eastern roman empire, they were not of the same ethnic group, nor were they of the same ancestry, so the ottomans were not successors of rome
@@manuellopes6913 No. You don't need to be share same ethnic background in succession. Not at least in succession of Rome. Romans lived in a vast country and developed a certain ruling system. What I'm trying to say is countries are succesful and glorious as long as they follow the path once Romans followed. And about Ottomans they had right to claim succession. You know when the Turks first arrived Anatolia they called it "Rum" simply "Rome". there is a reason why USA has similar bureaucratics and similar denomination on their state related affairs and buildings. Like senate when Romans once called "senatus". Or using eagle as symbol of their country. All of these shows us super powers tend to imitate their heretofore predecessors.
If you want to read the thoughts of a real badass, you can read his memoirs. On of the most epic people that ever lived. Arguably one of the best admirals that ever existed. The man ruled over Algeria, with only his merit and awesomeness
The man was the first version of John Wick. Sure they didn't kill his dog. But they killed his brothers. And then he scourged the entire Mediterrenian for that
Already a beautiful Sunday. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
The West looked at Barbarossa as pirate but in the eyes of Muslims he was a great hero who defended the shores of the Islamic territories and helped in saving thousands of Muslims in Spain. Whatever your opinion of him, he remains a great admiral.
He was both pirate and great hero. These 2 jobs aren'tmutually exclusive. Majority of great naval commander are pirates, most famously English Francis Drake.
What a coincidence I just read about this battle yesterday! Nice to have a visual representation.
Thanks for watching!
Me too for real. Which is weird because I rarely delve into this period of history.
Cool. Was not expecting another ottoman video this soon. Looks good. I’ve been wanting to see this battle covered as it’s often overlooked. Will watch later 👍🏼
Thank you for watching!
The Ottomans are certainly one of the most under appreciated powers in English pop-history. I find it harder to get over the stereotype of "the sick man of Europe" label that is attributed to them just prior to the Great War. I'm aware they played a role as leaders of academia for a time. However I would like to see more about this. As an isolated American from the States I have a more difficult time disassociating current middle eastern fundamentalist ideologies from my view of the region and past culture. The more this bias is addressed, the more I believed I will come to appreciate Ottoman history.
Just my opinion and an honest assessment :-)
-Jake
Well the sick man of Europe label was fitting prior to the Great War as the Ottoman Empire was at that point in near constant decline for roughly 200 years
This big difference between hegomonial power in the eastern mediterranean and the sick man role is due to it being an old empire, since 1400 it was starting to going strong, at the beginning dominating their enemies but over time their advantage gradually disappared as european nations developed at a faster pace, modernizing warfare faster (ottomans had an advantage with gun powder weapons early on, that would change later) hence they eventually overtook the ottomans and then the decline since the 18th century started
@@AmNotHere911
Hey, thanks for the details and recommendation. I'm no more than a casually curious type of person when it comes to history. It's one of the interests I don't have the time commitment priorities for. I appreciate people that make time for such interests, and choose to share it freely.
I've gone through my musician, automotive enthusiast, bicycle racer, and electronic hardware phases in life. Perhaps when I'm a bit older I will make more time for history and astronomy. They are on my bucket list. I have 4 books with nomadic bookmarks, pinning down my coffee table at the moment, and am halfway through Dune Messiah (2nd book in the series) just for fun as well :-)
...Still...I find it funny when people say one army, nation, etc. was crap at any given point in time. I imagine the weakness is an issue with logistics and/or a lack of planning, strategy, or critical decision making at the top of the chain of command. Any idiot can point and shoot a gun. If anyone says otherwise, I propose they choose a contender from said group and prove their opinion head to head. They are primed for the resulting Darwin award anyway, so why not. I've yet to find a person that is truely incompetent with a bolt action rifle and a dozen practice shots. Heck most people intuitively realize the trick to accuracy is controlled breathing.
If we're talking about a historic era that overlaps cartridge bullets, I don't see much difference between any two infantry "spearheads." The difference maker is the quality and quantity of the shaft that supports them.
...but that's just my ignorant opinion.
I guess the Ottomans were unlucky enough to lack the resources to build a vast railroad system when the strategic importance became self-evident after the US Civil War. Connecting the east coast of North America to California, then, the much more lucrative Pacific trade markets, enabled some really radical shifts in transportation and infrastructure. I imagine it would be very difficult to match such progress without a similar scale of economic potential.
Thanks again for sharing.
-Jake
did you just put your name at the end of your comment?
@@jnvrsoc8967
I often do. It's a simple gesture implying 'I do not hide behind the anonymity of a user name.' At least in engineering, it has become standard for many people to use their full name as a user ID on the internet, as I do elsewhere.
I see internet anonymity often used as an excuse for irresponsible behavior. Such behavior is the reflection of the persons true personality, one without the inhibitions of social accountability. By at least giving my name, I am implying I do not wish to hide my thoughts behind such anonymity, and is a reminder to myself that I should be able to sign my name to my statements before making them.
Every account on this platform has a real person on the other side. Someone is getting notifications for every new message posted. I'm telling everyone who that is with this account.
While my account here is not monetized, nor will I change that, often CC's that see an account with ~1k-10k subs and branding, react negatively, assuming some kind of spam. That is not as much of an issue outside of one's content category, but still it can come up. Hopefully, by signing, I'm hinting for them to look a little deeper. Anyone that checks my accout will see I am not an active CC, and if they make it to my playlists I'm just using the one account personally with a maxed out "likes" list at 5K. The only reason to keep my account name as a brand is because I'm trying to get people with a similar interest in electronics to think a certain way about the things they can learn from as examples. It's a PC way of saying 'become a hacker by using the empirical textbook in everything around you right now.' That's how I got started.
It's all embedded in the name and signature, intended for the intuitive to decode.
-Jake
well, to be fair, the ottomans in their prime were not that impactful on the english who were on the other side of europe. same reason why we dont hear much about hungry or polish-lithuanian commonwealth. the Anglospheres main impression of the ottomans came later in history.
Also you missed one thing,when andrea doria was runaway,he turn off his ships lights at the night,which is giving him advantage to dodge the enimies.But if you do this move, you are shame for marine literature.
Great video as always Fellas! Even after an education in History at University level one can only wonder at the amazement of Ottoman History! Some might disagree when it comes to accomplishments but their Battle History rivals the Romans in my humble opinion.
Thank you for watching :-)
@@KingsandGenerals I'll keep watching em long as you's keep making em!
Can you do a episode about the dutch revolt against the spanish/habsburg empire and do the battle of den briel for example(80 years war)
That's 80 years! You should probably be more specific like the battle of Den Briel or something.
It was a civil war more than a revolt
Yeah, it would need to be a series, just like the Ottoman one.
ZiXxTeLLi ESP lol, a colony. Where did you read that? The low countries, were the richest part of the spanish empire, Antwerp was the heart of the spanish economy. The fact that spanish empire incorporated the low countries was by marriage, not by conquest. Get your facts right.
@ZiXxTeLLi ESP Check your dictionary on the word "colony", because you don't seem to understand it at all.
"we outnumbered you 3 to 1,you have no chance"
"I think you spelled 'fair' wrong"
Holy League ship outnumbered Ottomans ships 3 to 1, but Holy league soldiers outnumbered Ottoman soldiers 5 to 1
@dany man,you outscretched the casualties and army size
-Battle of Preveza,do you even watch the video?
-Siege of Rhodes,in this battle,Ottoman Navy take action,in which the number consisted around 20-50 thousand men
And I firm believe,the casualties were around 4-8 thousand
-Siege of Rhodes,Jannisaries were elite force,and thus the number were around 5-20 thousand men,not your outscretched 40 thousand,in which the casualties were around 5-10 thousand
-Siege of Vienna 1683,Ottoman cannot raise army that high,Many believe the army were around 80.000-150.000 men,not your outscretched 300.000
And the casualties were around 20.000-40.000 men
-Battle of Lepanto,This one have relevant number from yours
But you Underplayed the Holy League,which they losses around 3.500 soldier,and 5.000,more or less sailors,and around 15-30 ships(2 of which were galleon)
and the casualties of the Ottoman,in which around 5-15 thousand and around 30-50 ships
(2 of which were flagship)
@dany i mean,Think about the logistic,political situation,and be realistic
It's impossible to rally troops more than 200.000 on that era in which a miracle for Ottoman to do so despite having such large territory to hold and in which are unrealistic,the record of ancient era was Chinese Song invasion of Joseon Korea,in which Chinese bring about 500.000 to 1 million men to battle and ended up short to resources,so Conclusion was bring more than 200.000 army to battle was fastest way to collapse your economy apart,and yes,I say it again, Jannisaries were only 5-20 thousand men
@@laurent9385 well yes,they repelled Ottoman at Vienna 1683,and thus make Ottoman ended its offensive
@@andromedaputraharyanto5420 True, but the Castile monarch (Which is call Spanish empire . by the world) had an army of 350,000 throughout the entire empire, This is an empire that also included the HRE (Holy Roman Empire- modern day Switzerland, Germany, Czheslovakia, Denmark Lithuania, Poland , Prussia etc), Parts of France, Kingdom of Portugal, Dutch Empire, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Trinacria, Kingdom of Naples and Knights of Malta (Kings Hospitaler). Spain although controlled a vast land of North, Central and South America even to Alaska. the Philippines (Named after King Philip of Spain) , Brunei, East-indies and North Australia. These colonies couldn't raise armies so they relied solely on the country **Spain** for the bulk of it's army which was probably around 120,000 (Castillian, Aragornese, Basque, Leonese, Asturian, & Navarre.) from the Iberian peninsula population . so together add in total ALL of the European holdings that the Spanish had undisputed reign/control over and that is a total of 350,000. but this 350,000 could NEVER be in one place at a time because Spanish were fighting everyone and everywhere this is why they committed only 1/3 of their army in the Hapsburg-Ottoman war. Ottomans however had more leisure. Their empire was parts of Balkans, Anatolia, Middle east and North Africa, and they get their recruitment pool directly from each one of these regions & cities. the empire was also densely packed which made it easier to raise such an army from these condensed populations, so in conclusion, it's no suprise the Ottomans could raise a force anything around 500,000 and commit to a single front. Unlike the SPanish which were fighting wars not only in Balkans, but Also it's colonies, againts British, French, Dutch revolt, Aztecs, Olmecs, Pueblo indian, Incas, Brunei sultanate, Indonesian sultanate, Shogun of Japan, Rajs of India, wars in Korea and so on etc..Spanish was in a global fight against everybody except Catholics. everything else was fair game
Andrea Doria bravely ran away.
Running is bravely ? Loollll
@@Tigerofthemountain ,he turn off his ships lights at the night,which is giving him advantage to dodge the enimies.But if you do this move, you are shame for marine literature.
Lol nice man
the same plan was done by britain to spanish armada at trafalgar war and brits smashed so called undefeated spanish armada
He didn't run away, he began attacking in a new direction where the enemy was weakest (so weak in fact that they were not even there). And just look at how far he advanced! And with not a single ship lost!
Hayreddin Barbarossa > Hector Barbossa
Lovely Ottoman video as always guys!
Hector barbossa of pirates of the carribean? lol 😂😂
Salah Al Din yea 😂
@@OttomanHistoryHub Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos in the village Palaiokipos.[1] According to his own autobiography, he was the son of a Turkish father, Yakup, who settled in the island after its conquest by the Ottomans and a local Greek mother named Katerina.[2][3] He also referred to his father as "Yusuf Yakub al-Turki" on the inscription of the mosque he built in Algiers, thus claiming that his father was of Turkish origin.[3]
4:05 Ceddin Deden in the background. Cool.
Osmanli videolarinda hep öyle yapiyor ztn, sade burda deyil
Christian coalition:
We have galleys
The Ottomans:
We have Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha.
You had Greek sailors and also Barbaross who was Greek
@@ΜηναςΜαλλιαράκης-β5β There wasnt nationalism back than, greeks, arabs, turks etc. were ottoman at end..
Barbaros was an Apostate of Greek roots. The descendants of those Apostates will pay the price.
@@emre909090 SORRY BUT WE DO NOT HAVE MONGOL CHARACRTERISTICS . bE OTTOMAN YOURSELF
@@ΜηναςΜαλλιαράκης-β5β albanians claim that he is albanian and Turks claim him as a Turk so shut the fuck up we arent in 1789
Another great video! You guys should be SOO much more popular with the amount of detail and research put into it and the quality of your videos. Plus the narrator has a great voice for this it really puts the finishing touches on the videos! Keep up the good work!!
Thank you very much, good sir!
[6] Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1861899460. Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk.
@Hassan Abdulsalam
6] Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1861899460. Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk.
@Hassan Abdulsalam
I suggest you read Barbarossa's Gazavatname.You will read the statements that I am proud to be the commander of the most military nation in the world.
the word I mention is exactly the same from Barboros' book.
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I'm not sure, but I know Turk.
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What ?? Joke??
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I am writing through translation.translation error.
Great! I like Ottoman history. Specially it's Golden Age(1421-1689). The Sultanate of Süleyman is Great Age of Ottoman Turks. Thanks for posting)
@Yunus - Jonah Sure. İn this empire have some ethnic groups: European peoples_ greeks, bolgars, serbians, macedons, albanians and exc, Asian peoples: arabs, cumans, armenians. But first senior ethnic group were turks. İn governor mans were different ethnics. Example for Rustam Pasha was The Sadr-azam of Ottoman Empire. He was Croatian.
@Derya Yıldız Bəli. Sizə qatılıram. Osmanlı İmperiyası Türk imperatorluğu olub).
@Yunus - Jonah It's founded by a Turkmen Tribe.Ruled by a Turkish dynasty.It was always majority Turks in the army.So Who the fuck cares?
@Yunus - Jonah which ethnics? Read his diary how he praises Spanish because of they fight well, and he curses Arabs how they betray and terrible fighters.
@Yunus - Jonah Barbarossa was no Albanian. In his own book, he says that his father was a Spahi in Mehmed`s army. He says that he was Turkish but in other sources they claim that his father was from Albania. So either u trust himself or the other sources. But forsure is that his mother was greek.
Golden content, this is what you should do more mate. Keep up the fantastic and glorious work
Thanks for watching!
I return from Jamaica and find a new video from one of my favorite TH-cam channels. Thanks for the upload
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Have you brought back plundered treasures?
Seriously, I am currently reading about Henry Morgan, so giventhe tpoic of this video, I couldn't esist it 😁
BTW, which one is , in your opinion, a more successful pirate/privateer?
@@Konrad_Wallenrod I brought back some fine Jamaican rum still have some left over and my favorite pirates are blackbeard and Marry Reed
Amazing video as always! However, can you please, please, PLEASE do a series on the Russo-Turkish wars (or should I say, the Vodka-Kebab wars)? Your stellar talent will birth another masterful series I am sure.
Княз Ханибал I’d love to see that, good suggestion.
This was beautiful. Not much people know Barbarossa or Reis for that matter. Looking forward to the following videos. Thinking of choosing Battle of the Masts for me next choice. What do you think?
he reads the name as 'riis' tho.. Re-is lmao how hard is that open Google translate to read that out for ya
Even Albanians we don't know much about him is a shame really :(
@@edisonhoxha6765 Enver Hoxha tried to erase as much of our proud Ottoman history, by replacing it only with defeats and horrors such a rape, slavery, murder, etc. To increase unity through victim hood and manipulation through nationalism.
@@edisonhoxha6765 Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk. So Albanians do not need to know about him at all.
I wish you could do more naval battle videos.Can you please do the battle of Leyte Gulf?
I wanna see the battle of lepanto
We will cover more!
@@KingsandGenerals yay
Jutland Too.
The battle of cartagena de indias with blas de lezo could be interesting too
Greetings from Bodrum! Amazing work as always guys
Please do video about Portugal and
Abyssinian empires vs Adal and ottamans empires wars that occurred 15th century in Horn of Africa
Love and Respect for Turks from Pakistan. ....
He was Albanian.
@@DanishTroll87 no he was dannish no no he was american lol
@@alipasa631 ottoman is an empire, not an ethnicity
His father was a Turkish sipahi
@@MeloGS1905 babası arnavuttu dedi videoda ama?
Great video and a true real history, this channel deserve millions subscribers !!!
Thank you!
Türk Tarihi Her daim Hayattadir Kalmayada devam edecektir. Sizler Bekleyin Daha Türk Destanı Bitmedi
Turkish History is Always Alive and will continue to remain. You Wait. The Turkish Epic Is Not Over Yet. I am proud to be Turkish
The father of Barbarossa Ya'kub Agha and his grandfather are Turks not Albanians and they were Sipahi Knights and from a rich & noble background ..this is what Barbarossa said in his book
His father settled in Midilli after its conquest during the reign of Mehemed the Conqueror, and he married a local woman after she converted to Islam.
Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos in the village Palaiokipos.[1] According to his own autobiography, he was the son of a Turkish father, Yakup, who settled in the island after its conquest by the Ottomans and a local Greek mother named Katerina.[2][3] He also referred to his father as "Yusuf Yakub al-Turki" on the inscription of the mosque he built in Algiers, thus claiming that his father was of Turkish origin.[3]
Dont lie His Father where Jakup Aruc even today many family's in Albania, Kosovo, Makedonia have Aruci aftername.
And his Mother where Greek.
And Turks are not White And Red bearded.
@@omeraliu8672 His father was a sipahi which only Turks could be in the ottoman army.
Lots of footage is from Empire Total War of ships like 2 and 3 deckers...Aren't almost all the ships galleys at this time (except for a few Venetian galleasses?)
Welcome to the Battle of Actium part two.
this should legitimize the ottoman empire as the third rome, right?
You mean SECOND Rome right?
@@cingenedovenaugustus4558 Byzantine was 2nd
Excuse me? What is Byzantine? There is no Byzantine Empire. It was the Roman Empire.
@@cingenedovenaugustus4558 sorry if you are offended
But many historians differentiate Roman Empire and Byzantine empire as Byzantine were Greeks and Romans were Latins
I like your channel much because of your optimistic outlook about history.
You guys are the best part of Sunday mornings
Happy to hear that!
if 'Red Beard' were a Christian he would have been a star in many movies.
I mean he was the son of Christian Albanians...
@@zeAristotle wtf is Christian Albanians??? first of all, he's muslim, not christian... second, christianity is not a ethnicity, it's just a faith/believe or religion... He's father was a convert muslim Albanian Ottoman sipahi and his mother was greek...
Nah, he wouldn't. How many European-Ottoman wars ever get covered in any detail in Hollywood? Practically none. I can't even name a single movie off the top of my head that would deal with the fall of Constantinople. The only Muslims that are ever featured in any medieval flick are Arabs, usually only from the Crusade era (90% of which are adaptations of Robin Hood). Nobody cares about the Ottomans.
@@zeAristotle actually he is a son of a Muslım janissary but a grandson of a Christian Albanian
Jesus, why don't turks or other Muslim countries make movies about him, instead of complaining about the west？
You’re the best in history
Muhammad Alghiffary lol
This is another amazing video that i had no knowledge of, but always wondered wjere that pirate faction came from. Thank you, King and Generals.
Thanks for watching!
Finaly a video about Barbarossa!! very nice job! keep up the good work!
Thanks, we will!
i was waiting for this battle great job
Thank you!
In our history books Barbaroussa brothers were always these heroes who saved our country (Algeria) from the spanish and they had the best fleet in the area, piracy was never mentioned, it was surprising when i heard about his reputation as a pirate couple of years ago.
Well for the people they protected they were "Mujahedeen" and heroes so of course they would be pirates and bad people in the eyes of Europeans as always
Yeah it depends on what side you're with.
@erick meyer see this person gets it , it was just a matter of your point of view , if you were European at that time i won't blame you if he was seen as a pirate for you , but in the eyes of Muslims he was their saviour and the reason is clear
@@stevenpaddybwoy well because you look at history from the point of view of Europeans only, who by the way love to mistranslate it for their benefits well to be honest everyone does not just them but my point is that history was always manipulated for propaganda or political reasons in general.
So why does it look like you're attacking me with what you said , we're cultured people speaking here insulting won't add anything to the argument or do us any good :)
@erick meyer Not really the japanese fleet was a Navy, the english navy was a navy
English Privateers like Francis Drake that were pirates and Barbaroussa who sailed up and down the coast raiding villages that was a pirate too
Hayreddin was the Nelson of the Ottoman empire.
Leonid Govorov More like nelson was british hayreddin barbarossa :D
One technical thing: galley has all its main cannons mounted at the bow pointed forward and it launches head on attacks, as if ramming.
Only the 18th century ship of the line fires volley from its side.
thank you very much for the ottomans serie videos....and good luck for the rest
Türksun degilmi
Another splendid vid, beautifully done, love the animations...Lepante is in sight!
Thank you very much!
Could you the invasion of Korea by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Admiral Yi
Now if they split that into a series, it would be a great one
Yessss
Better yet the famous Korean General Pak-So stand against the mongols. .....The siege continued with furious Mongol attacks against Kuju's walls. They loaded carts with wood and grass hoping for fires to sweep through the city. Meanwhile they built siege towers, rams and even began mining underneath the walls. In response the Koreans bombarded the Mongols with molten iron projectiles flung from traction trebuchets, threw burning straw at the siege towers and countermined the Mongol miners.
Sartaq sent an interpreter to instruct them to submit. Pak-So refused to surrender. The Mongols then began scaling the walls with ladders but Pak-So met them and fought them off with slashing implements. All the ladders that were made were smashed and the walls could not be approached. The siege continued. During the siege a senior Mongol officer remarked "I have followed the army since my hair was in plaits as a youth and so I am accustomed to seeing the cities of the Earth attacked and fought over. Still, I have never seen a city undergo an attack such as this that did not submit in the end".
Look at Extra credit's "Admiral Yi" series.
I find it sad that all of these great Albanian soldiers, generals and admirals gave their lives, and were loyal to all these other Greek, Roman and Ottoman Empires. We never did something for our great lands but indeed very well served the cause of others, like mercenaries.
Yes Bro so sad Even for Greece independence we fight many bloody fights…but they got other plans at the end with us
dont forget most of them were raised in Ottoman empire if they werent they wouldnt have been that good of a general
ottoman empire had one of the best education in history about tactics wars and stuff
The Turkish lyrics (poem) of national anthem was written by an ethnic Albanian Mehmet Akif Ersoy. He was ethnic Albanian but he was part of Turkish nation and considered as one of best turkish poet of his era. Unlike Greeks we respect the roors of Albanians and we see muslim Albanians as the first class members of Turkish Nation. Ottomans were like today's America where people from different ethnicities resolves in one nation.
Loyal😂😂😂😂😂😂 ok
@@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283 regarding loyalty you can read the records of Johannes von Hahn in his travels in the Balkans.
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Not to be rude or anything but your map is completely wrong "Algiers " or the "Kingdom of Algiers wasn't founded until Barbarous came to Algiers and proclaimed the title of "Sultan El-Jazair " (Sultan of Algeria ) , that territory belonged to the Zayyanid Dynasty that ruled from the Melouya river in central Morocco all the way to Algiers - From Bejaia to AL Kala was the Sultanate of Bejaia that separated from Hafcid Tunisia.
The Kingdom of Algiers was strategically integrated to the Ottoman empire with a vote from the Diwan (council ) of Algiers to avoid Spanish attacks , The Kingdom of Algiers however became fully independent from the Ottoman Sultan by 1671 du to the Ottomans not keeping their promises towards the "Sultans of El-Jazair" .
Not realy fully independent, it was still a regency during the battle of navarino in 1827
@@pogchamp2897
I think you misunderstand the definition of the word "Regency" ;
A Regency is "The office of or period of government by a regent"
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And a regent is "A person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated."
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Both definitions are quoted from the Oxford Dictionary... as for Algeria's participation in Navarino , that's completely normal and isn't the first time the Ottoman Caliph calls upon the Sultans of Algiers for their support (another example would be under the reign of Sultan Ali Betchin) as Algeria had the control of the western Mediterranean with its navy.
The list of countries paying tribute to Algiers is just phenomenal.
@@anis8879 it's still the same, the algerian governoment at that time was appointed by the sultan to rule in his stead and was granted autonomy but was still regent and answers for the sultan calls, in fact only the turks were allowed to work in the administration.
Pog Champ this ceased after 1671, we only maintained nominal recognition of the ottomans as Caliphs
Brilliant video, as always!
Thanks for watching!
the fact that the Ottoman empire gives me chills? like what why is that, maybe cause they ended like 100 years ago? it feels so close I dunno why lol.
In our history, we always had a tendency of getting screwed over by our allies: at Preveza, at Lepanto when after the Battle the Holy League simply disbanded, at Candia when, after resisting for twenty years, french mercenaries come and make us surrender. Every single time Venice formed an alliance with anyone else, we always got screwed over whereas our allies always laughed at us and got their spoils of war.
Those who claim that Barbarossa is not Turkish are quite funny. Sultan Suleyman ordered barbaros to record his memories. GAZAVÂT-ı HAYREDDİN PAŞA frequently prides itself on being Turkish. He also doesn't like the Arabs very much and finds it cowardly. Greek, albanian etc etc who say it is ridiculous :)
It's still debated, he may very well calls himself Turkish because he wants to seperate himself from Christians and Arabs as much.
Interesting thing is many Dutch and Danish Pirates worked for Ottoman Navy. They even looted İceland and İreland costs.
Yes that's true, they used Ottoman flag.
In algeria this time algeria have separate rule from ottman
Nice video. I'm really liking this channel more and more. My compliments to whoever made this video possible.
Excellent as usual! I’ve seen most vids you have released. I just recently read about the Siege of Szigetvár and thought it would be a great candidate for the Kings and Generals treatment :-)
If only these tactics worked in eu4
If only there are tactics in EU4
@@syed1431 yeah but it's impossible to do that since it's real time grand strategy, you'll get shit on by other countries/empires once you enter the battle
☕ and Kings Generals perfect combo 😎🙏 thank you for uploading
Great work as always!
I hope you will als cover the battle al qasr guivier. It can tie in easily in the time period for example the battle of Tunis.
Thank you very much! It is o the list!
Dude, i love your channel. Thank you for do it. This is more instressting than game of thrones. At least in my opinion
Thank you very much!
Even better in that its real stuff.
Great Video! Thanks for uploading! I recall the battle between Anthony and Octavian was fought at the same place. Would be a nice region to go scuba-diving .
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The only thing I see wrong is at 9:00 you say he had 122 and it says 112 I should win a prize hahahahah. Great video!!
Thanks :-)
Great video as usual! Umayyad Caliphate when?
Thanks!
GREAT THANKS
Thanks for watching!
Could be just me but I think it would be cool to see this channel cover videos from the American Revolutionary War and/or Civil War
Planned!
Finally needed this thanks guy
Thanks for watching!
The whole Barbarossa saga sounds like a great video game.
The ships shown in this video are not representative of the original Battle, as there were no Side Mounted guns in any of these ships. They would come in at a later moment in History with the introduction of the Venetian galleasses in The Battle Of Lepanto, and hand in a crushing defeat to the Ottomans. Frankly, I am surprised that this channel would make such an error, and I will be the only one to notice it.
Those days... Today's kids will never understand the importance of keeping your arquebus dry.
The Barbarossa brothers (Oruc and Hizir) was of Turkish origin, not Albanian. Their father, Yakup was a sipahi from Balikesir (today Anatolian part of Turkey at northweast) who was stationed at Greek Macedonia (Vardar Yenicesi) and later at Lesbos. He married a local christian girl and lived rest of his life as a sipahi there at Lesbos. These are known from early Ottoman documents.
You upload so frequently, I can't keep up! Not that it's a bad thing, but I hope you don't run out of history!
There are approximately 500 episodes on our list, it will be ok :-)
If he would run out of history, he can make an episode of Hungarian invasions.
History is never ending
Someone please, why didn't the Ottomans invaded Italy at any point? they were so close to expand their empire jumping from Albania to Italy
It was Sultan Mehmed II. who wanted to realise this plan invading Italia and Rome as their holy city. He managed to capture Otranto for some months but the Ottomans got expelled and after Mehmed II. Death no Sultan hold on this plans since they had other issues to handle.
They attempted it with Otranto
They took the city for a few months, while the spanish crown was occupied but got expelled later on, afterwards Mehmed II died and there were no further plans for an invasion of Italy
As Italy was part of the spanish and later Habsburg crown, it was quite a powerhouse or rather Spain was the powerhouse and attacking the italian holdings would have resulted in all out war with them, the outlook of that might have been a deterrent from planning another invasion
There was a attempt of a huge invasion into italy and the dismantling of the Catholic Church, but this was halted at the great Battle of Lepanto. Had the Holy League lost Lepanto, the world would be very different now.
@@RC15O5 Sorry, but Lepanto was about the war for Cyprus, and it was not that decisive anyway (finally Venice had to sign a peace and give up Cyprus)
Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos in the village Palaiokipos.[1] According to his own autobiography, he was the son of a Turkish father, Yakup, who settled in the island after its conquest by the Ottomans and a local Greek mother named Katerina.[2][3] He also referred to his father as "Yusuf Yakub al-Turki" on the inscription of the mosque he built in Algiers, thus claiming that his father was of Turkish origin.[3]
Albanian my friend. Albanian
Not only he was Albanian. Arnaut Mami was also Albanian