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I remember reading of this as a kid and it stuck with me, the heroism of the Knights too wounded to stand placing themselves in chairs at the breaches of St Elmo, the brutality of both sides against prisoners, and the larger than life figures of Valet, Dragut and the rest that made the entire siege seem like the greatest film never made.
It would seriously make a great historical fiction series, imagine starting at Rhodes with the expulsion of the knights, finding a new home, and following La Valette’s backstory to make him the ultimate grandmaster he was at the time of the siege. Ahhhh a guy can dream!
@@patnor7354 not really. Catholics have the genocides of the New World and plenty of purges and crimes under their belt that have nothing to do with Islam. Calling the Knight "Defenders" of Civilization also ignores their own occupation and outright abuse of other civilizations.
I remember 17 years ago when as a kid i first played Age of Empires 3 and it started with the siege of Malta. I remember this till this day as a staggering siege. You did truly an amazing job, I love your siege videos.
Genuinely one of the most fascinating and digestible channels out there - keep up the excellent work. Hopefully your numbers become just as staggering as the content!
thanks for the nice words! We do hope the numbers get a bit better as well. At the moment they are fine but they hardly justify the amount of time we put into these videos.
Far superior to the larger history channels I used to frequent, I appreciate you conveying information without commenting on the immaterial conditions of the time.
@@SandRhomanHistory this channel got his own charm where other are (althought not bad) far more plain and generic. Your content feels genuine and unique in contrast to many channels out there. Maybe is not that mainstream and will take time, but eventually will reach enough people, good luck.
@@SandRhomanHistory yeah it's so sad. I think the success on a platform like TH-cam it's related to have a more narrative storytelling perspective, more like a series episode and less than a documentary. For example both EpicHistoryTV and Kings and Generals have that kind of style that with the right content guarantees more views. The second thing is the historical period, me being an XVI-XVII century enthusiasm, I find this channel like a hidden gem, but I have to admit maybe the pike and shot era is not as popular as I wish it was. And finally what I think it's even worse it's that TH-cam hole platform system doesn't reward the high quality 40 minutes documentaries, instead they reward shit 10 min videos with clickbait that are created for a normie audience. Also I absolutely love your work, your videos remind me more of a book than a TH-cam's video. I'm pretty sure there's a much bigger audience interested in the content but due to TH-cam's algorithm they haven't found the channel yet.
@@JoshLevo I swear I just a documentary about the best aviator of ww2 who fought at Malta. The Germans were desperate to take it out, because it would mean they could choke out the allies out of Africa. Hopefully ending the western front. It was stated that Malta was bombed more than stalingrad or Berlin or London.
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The siege is worthy of a miniseries on television. Even already knowing how it went, it was so close of having a totally different outcome that the relief by the end feels exhilarating!
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For me, this was new. I only knew that Malta once had been under Arab rule, but I didn't quite know in which time period. Immagine what this felt like for me.
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Finally, I was waiting for this siege, one of your best videos without a doubt. This Siege is part of the great war that the Hispanic Monarchy waged against the Ottomans for control of the Mediterranean throughout the 16th century and, together with Lepanto, was the event that most contributed to stopping Turkish expansion; Malta is one of the places that every lover of great sieges must visit, just like Istanbul, Budapest, Vienna, Antwerp, Breda, Ostend, Rome, etc. I would like you to make a video of the Siege of Castelnuovo in 1539, it is very epic, despite having a rather tragic ending.
Castelnuovo is not only and example of bravery and courage,aswell as discipline,but also a tactical masterpiece on how to maximize the damage you can do with your very limited resources against a much superior foe Spanish tercios were built different back then,out of the 3000 thousand men at the fortress defending It,only 50 were brought to Constantinople alive to serve as slaves,but they stole a ship,escaped and sailed all the way back to Spain where they reported as the last defenders of Castelnuovo The only reason why It isnt more known is because the defence was performed by spaniards,had It been done by the British we would have 100 different movies on it
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@@jav1843 yes, I know that fact and the truth is that Spain and many other countries are ignored by the cinematography for not being Anglo-Saxon, having enough epic stories, which would be worth for entire series and movies; such as the Portuguese, the Poles, the Hungarians, the Swiss, the Moldovans, the Romanians and the Bulgarians. Although the Spaniards stand out as you say from all, because they had globalized conflicts before the rest, although for me, the most epic are in the forts of North Africa (defenses of Oran, Ceuta and Melilla) and in the Philippines (Naval Battle of Manila); With all that, many others are missing, because between Flanders and America there are several examples (The Miracle of Empel and Cartagena de Indias, to name a few).
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I love the Grand Masters Bitterness at the end there. It's the equivalent of "Thanks for the help but WOW did you guys take your sweet time trying to organize a relief force."
La Valette was very ungrateful. Only Spain helped, also the relief army and fleet was way smaller than the Turkish army and fleet, it made sense to wait until the Turks were at the breaking point. La Valette should have instead given a thanks for nothing to the King of his country, France, which not only did not help, but it was also an ally of the Turks. If the French army and Venetian fleet had helped the Spanish, the Siege would have been lifted way earlier. The Turks had twice as many ships as the Spanish, had the Turkish navy been more alert, it should have sunk the relief force easily.
@@alvaromartinez8209 Even if it was practical, I don't blame him for being bitter. He did after all no doubt see a majority of his friends and allies fall in battle. It's human to feel wronged even if the other person made the correct decision from what they know.
Don Garcia de Toledo is the Spanish viceroy of Sicily who is blamed in all this youtube videos, for the relief force almost arriving too late. These youtubers are almost always sourcing from the Ernle Bradford whose main source is flawed and desauthorized by the Knights and the Church (an 18th century pamphletist). In reality, Don Garcia had a weak fleet and relief army that it was the only thing standing between Malta and Sicily/Mainland Italy. He had to nurse them and make them intervene at the precise point they had a chance against the Turks. Don Garcia also had a personal stake on the success of La Valette, his own son was part of the defenders and died in the Siege.
@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 I did not blame the French, who are not cowards by the way. I was talking about the Kings of France. The French themselves suffered from their treason to Christendom as the Muslim fleet anchored at Toulon also carried out raids in the surrounding French countryside and committed the usual slave-taking, raping, looting and killing.
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the walls neutralized the numbers as only a few could attack at the same time. in siege warfare the bastions lower the advantage of superior attacking numbers.
It's actually amazing how such a small island has so many magnificent forts, went there only a few weeks ago and it is just one island fortress. I had never appreciated just how important the island was throughout history until I actually saw it myself. You can see how only a few thousand troops could hold the island from tens of thousands of invaders.
Cause of this people don't realise the presence of many temples and building complexes on Malta, older than Stonehenge and the pyramids and maybe even the city-states of Mesopotamia.
@@amossutandi as a historian it was one of the best trips I ever took, Gozo has a hospitaller fort, on top of a Roman fort, on top of a neolithic settlement. Can't get much better.
@@Kevc00 It does get better. We have underground temples, catacombs, ice age mammals, stories about revolutions and piracy. We even had a period in history where we colonised some Caribbean islands! It's a fascinating history for such a tiny island. Worth visiting again :)
@@matthewmicallef3811 ..Yep. I only spent a week in Malta but my memories are of the history of Humanity throughout the ages. You can also easily see how military tech developed by just looking at the old forts, tall and proud and the new ones, low and with inclined walls to deflect cannon shot. I also shared my lunch in a catacomb with a dozen stray cats.
There's a little footnote towards the end of the siege that is worth mentioning. The 11th of September, a traitor told the turks that the relief army was only 5 thousand men, and the turks cancelled their plans to retreat and began to regroup. A spanish captain by the name of Álvaro de Sande, without waiting for orders or even taking the time to put on his armor attacked the turk army with his company ,when they were marching nearby. The turks believed this was the army's vanguard and finally retreated a day later
@@SandRhomanHistory Now we're going to need a "The amazing great huge big (staggering) mega ultra siege of [insert city]" Posted on the 1st of april, obviously.
Great video, well done. I first read about the siege several years ago in one of Roger Crowley's books (great historian and author) and have been deeply fascinated by the siege since. I am actually going to get to visit Malta for 3 days later this year. I am incredibly excited to be able to see Fort St. Elmo, Valetta, and the tomb of Jean De La Vallet. It will be an honor. All of western civilization owes the Maltese a debt. They endured the two greatest sieges in history.
It is simply amazing how you guys mix great storytelling, immersive animations and drawings and accurate and transparent historical research into your videos. #1 best history channel on all of youtube.
I absolutely detested history at school. I was never so bored in my entire life at the time. But having read history books myself and watching incredible videos such as this one right here, I am now an aspiring Historian. Thank you so much for such amazing content. Keep the magic flowing.
School history lessons are deliberately boring. The idea is to make people forget history, so that politicans can get everyone to make the same mistakes. Or so it seems...
@@juliantheapostate8295I think it’s because the role of education has shifted from preparing children for life to preparing children for work. Stuff like the space race (but more fundamental: industrialization) made schoolwork all about doing tasks and solving problems instead of just how to EXIST. I think church and state work best when separate (state with ecclesiastical jurisdiction siphons wealth from church and church with temporal power turns minor disagreements of orthodoxy schismatic) but I would rather formally learn what my fellow citizens actually believe in than just the passive impression I get from society. I’m not really a conspiracy theorist but I think if civics (how to organize, petition, vote, etc) was more integral to the curriculum then it would make our democracy much less susceptible to abuse. A child who knows their town is in the rust belt for instance would know to be critical of any claim that jobs will be brought back if the policy in question doesn’t address the factors that caused the area to be abandoned in the first place.
The low-lying hidden battery near the chain (which is called De Guiral's battery) is actually located at the foot of Fort Saint Angelo, which opened up on the Ottomans as they rounded the tip of Senglea and prepared to land above the chain. It is not located at the tip of Senglia as depicted in your animation.
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Good correcting info, shame that there is probably no easy way to change it in the video, perhaps flying note on top could be fix. Either way that De Guiral's battery was MVP in that skirmish, Ottoman ships were right to be afraid of that fort(aka why they hauled ships across the land).
Hey i'm the Duke of Alba from the credits. I remeber that i became a patreon in the hopes that this video got made. This is a small dream come true, thank you very much!
Your video quality and level of detail are always amazing and now you make a 40min version, that's really astonishing, I do not want to know how long it takes to produce this! :D
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I really liked this. Liked and subbed. These homemade battle YT vids are what got me into YT like 20yrs ago or so and I'm so glad when I find new ones(new to me)like this. Actually what got me into YT was ppl reposting old battle vids from old VHS tapes and TV and then I'd find homemade ones and I'm very appreciative for it still. If I didn't like so many other genres of things to watch I could watch battle vids non stop. Even the ones you can tell a teen made for a HS project. Which I've found. And that are kind of better than some of the History Channel ones out these days that are more flash than substance and teaching as much detail as they could.
Feels like everyones making a video about this siege recently! Not that I'm complaining, its one of the greatest sieges in all of history, and I'm glad to have many videos to compare one another to.
@@MintyLime703 Yep, this is likewise the 3rd or 4th I've seen uploaded this week- ontop of that I remember watching 2 or 3 years ago from other creators as well. It's interesting to see the differences in numbers and retellings between them all, If I had to choose a 'best' however, it would probably be this one.
I had a really long day today and many drawbacks, I was about to lay down and just go to sleep, and then SandRhoman uploaded a 40 min video, the day went from lame to bloody briliant
The steadfast leadership and courage of Jean Parisot de la Valette during this siege is nothing short of astounding. Against all odds, horribly outnumbered and outgunned and facing the worst possible fate if they lost, he motivated and encouraged the few professional soldiers and civilians alike to hold out to the very last no matter what. I think had the garrison on Malta been led by a less tenacious man, the outcome may very well have been different.
@@thefaramith8876 not so sure about that. The Ottomans regretted letting them go like that, because they continued to be a pain in the arse, and after loosing so much troop, would be better to eradicate them. Religious fanatics are hard to reason with.
@@thefaramith8876 No for several reasons. The Ottoman army commander Mustapha Pasha was given the order that no man should be taken alive possibly because Sultan Suleiman was angered by the knights capture of important trading ships and people (his daughters elderly nurse). Then more importantly the excessively long siege of fort St Elmo caused the Ottomans to kill/mutilate prisoners and display them to the knights. The knights responded in kind and so there was an understanding that chivalrous rules of war did not apply from that moment. And offers of truce would be treated with suspicion.
Love the channel man. I like how you talk about European history in a way that's not explicitly negative. Maybe it's just me but it seems like the historical community has a really pro Ottoman bias and I don't get it.
I don't know how, but last year I found out about the 1565 siege of Malta and was instantly fascinated by it, so I read every book I could get my hands on about it. Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley, The Great Siege by Ernle Bradford, and The Great Siege of Malta by Bruce Ware Allen are all great reads. Just that whole period of history from the 1453 fall of Constantinople until the 1683 siege of Vienna when the Ottoman projection of power into Europe finally started to wane, is such a fascinating time period, and a very overlooked period of European history in my opinion. The Ottoman-European wars are an incredible 2 centuries long story, full of legendary characters, massive naval battles like Lepanto, brutal sieges like Constantinople, Malta, Rhodes, Belgrade and Vienna (twice), barbarity and enslavement on a massive scale, and a fight to the death between two religions, two ways of life, and two continents. But no part of this 2 century long war is more captivating than the 1565 Great Siege of Malta in my opinion. I would love to visit Malta one day and see the land and the fortresses where the battle took place. I wish a major movie could be made on it, or the 1683 siege of Vienna, or even the 1453 siege of Constantinople. Unfortunately western European history will always overshadow these events in the east and Mediterranean. Thank you for this video.
It also has to fit political correctness. Making a movie, where Muslim Arabs are the bad guys and christian Europeans the good guys, is not proper. Although, now that the Arabs want to sell oil in other currency than USD and want to have closer ties to China, we might see such movies to prepare the people to fight against the Arab regimes in the name of freedom and democracy.
There was such a fear that the Turks were psychologically defeated even if they lost on the battlefield. Until 1850, the Vienna walls were kept standing to protect them from the Turks. In 1850, the city walls of Vienna were demolished, thinking that the Turks would no longer come. In 1940, some watchtowers were closed, thinking that the Ottomans would not come back. The last watchtower, the high tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral, was closed in 1956 by 3/4 of a vote. If one more person were afraid, maybe this watchtower would work until today by one vote. The interesting thing is that Turkey couldn't find clothes or food to wear and patched clothes were a luxury. The ghosts of the great Turks still scare them. Even if Turks are Christians (there are also Turks who are Christians and believe in different religions). They will never accept it culturally. Turanians (Turks) Slavs (Russians) will always see us as eastern barbarians. However, the barbarism of the west is not different from the east :) Les croisades vues par les Arabes writer Amin Maalouf 1983, I recommend you can to read, It can provide a different perspective for you.
Sadly my country is often neglected due to it's size, but Malta has played a major role not only in the Great Siege but also WW2 for example (it's location made it a vital naval base, and an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier') So I doubt we will ever see a movie.
If you come to Malta you will not see the actual fortifications which withstood the ottoman army as these were rebuilt almost from scratch having been levelled in the siege. besides much of what was left was bombed during the last war. But the footprint of the places are relatively still the same. I was born in one of those cities Senglea and lived there for 41 years. I have published a graphic novel about the great Siege and am right now working on a new version.
I thought this is an excellent video on one of Europe's least understood campaigns. I encourage those to read Empires of the Sea which covers the seige of Malta and the battle of Lepanto in some detail. The only quibble I have is the end battle. Mustapha Pasha did seek battle with the Spanish relief army but was mislead as the Spanish army facing him was 10,0000 men strong and all veterans of the Italian wars. Regardless of size this relief was fresh. well provisioned and eager for battle and it was the Spanish who attacked not the Turks. The withdrawal of the Turks came close to a rout as the Tercios wreaked havoc on the Jannissaries. Regardless of the facts at the end the Turks suffered a massive defeat but this Phase of the war was not over.
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Keep up the good work, these ages are grossly under documented on TH-cam and your pike and shot documentary are awesome. I watch all your videos multiple times as it’s great info and art style!
2:03 Situation at the Mediterranean during Suleiman the Magnificent's reign 5:20 Knights Hospitaller's defence preparations 9:08 Ottomans set foot on Maltese soil & fight for St. Elmo Commanders: Turgut Reis, Piyale Pasha, Lala Mustafa Pasha 17:09
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Man the horror of being a medevial tunnel rat ( siege engineer ) knowing that the ground and walls around you can collapse at any minute killing you , the enemies siege engineers could counter mine your tunnel and the next thing you know enemies are breaking through earthen walls to get at you and any stray bullet or swing of your weapon can bring the whole tunnel down on everyone
You're already here, and we love your kebabs and there's some great barbers too, some of your women are also interesting, as I can testify. Messing with Malta, you stupid bully, no matter how unarmed it may be, is never advisable, and you should know better. Go ahead, and you can probably kiss your NATO membership goodbye and probably end up on the receiving end. War with Malta would essentially mean war with Italy, who unfortunately knows all too well what a Malta against its interests means and concluded agreements including military intervention in case of threat, and that's just the start of it. War with Italy could potentially escalate into war with NATO. Perhaps you think you do not need it.
Hello from Algeria, we have a very popular song about the siege of Malta 🇲🇹 the Algerian side in the Ottoman army was led by beylerbey of Algiers Italian born Uluj Ali Hint: the zyyanid dynasty has fallen before that date.
Uluch Ali was born Giovanni Galeni in Calabria, Southern Italy. His father wanted him to become a priest but he became a fisherman instead. On 29 April 1536, Giovanni was captured by Ali Ahmed, and serve as a galley slave. He took part in the Battle of Preveza in 1538. Some time later he converted to Islam and by 1541 became a corsair in the fleet of Dragut Reis. This was not unusual since many Muslim corsairs were captured slaves who later converted to Islam.
@@nourerrahmanebrahmia4035 Glubb Pasha was an Englishman who commanded the Arab Legion in the mid-late 20th century. His history book, though not rigorously-sourced, makes for interesting reading
I took an overnight cruise from Tripoli, Libya to Malta. At 5 am sharp I woke up went outside and there was a view that I will never forget. Huge walled fortress entrance to the harbor. Malta must be seen from a ship or cruise to appreciate the architecture.
30:48 Honestly seems more like sheer genius. Whoever came up with the ruse to pretend to be the relief army to scare the Ottomans into retreating from a near-guaranteed victory was a mastermind megabrain
This is quite an amazing struggle to see. I've visited and was fascinated by Malta's history, but I wish I had seen this first, because so many of the sites you talk about are still identifiable. Extraordinary for nearly 500 years past.
The video is of excellent quality. I noticed only two small mistakes (or at least differences from what Maltese history states) : 1) While Malta was mostly undefended Imdina(Medina) was a decently fortified city, as it had been the seat of Malta's rulers for years. 2) The Maltese did not really resent the Knights, rather they resented the fact that the Spanish crown just handed Malta over. This was because the Maltese had actually struck a deal to buy their own freedom, only for the Spanish to go back on their word. (The motto was "Tletin elf florin ghall-fidwa tal-Maltin" which translated means "Thirty thousand florins for the Maltese liberation",an enormous sum for the time which the Spanish found prohibitive, but the Maltese managed it by donating pretty much anything of value) I'm originally from Sliema, a stone's throw away from Dragut point (where the Sword of Islam supposedly died)
Dragut did not die at Dragut point but at the marsa camp hospital after he was mortally wounded on Mount Sciberras where Valetta was built after the siege. it is called Dragut's point because soon after he Arrived on Malta Dragut had a battery of guns installed there to bombard St. Elmo on its Northern side.
Maybe the spanish troops arrived late but despite that without their help the knights of malta woudln't be able to resist the otomans. Of course the main Heros were the knights of malta, but it's impossible to deny the importance of the spanish help.
I couldn't help but i burst into laughter so often... It's like the Defenders were trolling the Attackers all the time. lighting their Camp on Fire, spreading news about a Relief-Army, faking a well defended Mdina... And they succeeded!
It is sort of curious how the video ends with that sort of reproof on the Spaniards, as if they were deliberately mean with their help to the siege, when in reality they did and risked far more than any other nation to help. First, it should be mentioned that, among the defenders, there were since the very beginning almost 2000 troops already sent by Spain, which is a big bunch of an original total of around 6000 defenders I would say. Those add to the 500 soldiers (plus some other knights) sent in the Piccolo Soccorso, risking their lives and the galleys that brought them there on different occasions and against huge odds. And then the Grande Soccorso, with around 9000 soldiers again sent entirely by Spain, which again faced an enemy still superior in numbers, and which made the Turks to definitely crumble and flee. All this considering that the Spanish Monarchy was not precisely buoyant on men and ships by then, even more after the recent defeat in Djerba, and that they had to also defend the entirety of all Southern Italy. And all this being just the continuation of a grueling war in the Mediterranean that lasted for centuries (just a few years later the enormous Lepanto battle took place) and where Spain put more money and blood than anyone else in stopping a Turkish and Moorish menace that could have very well penetrated deep into Europe had it been otherwise. With the exemption of the small nations of the Genovese, Venetians, Maltese and Austrians, and maybe the Vatican to some extent, who else went there to help? Absolutely no one. Even worse, France even supported the Turks. And yet this is usually so greatly undervalued when we talk about History.
I know it'e over 3 centuries ago but i can't help but be furious at how long it took to send a relief army to Malta. I imagine Europe would have been a very different place, even today, if Malta had fallen.
good documentary despite several glaring inaccuracies in the visuals. I was born in Senglea and lived in that city for 41years. and I have been fascinated with the great siege to the point of publishing a graphic novel in 1998 and am working on the second version right now.
Surrendering to the turks and especially to Lala Mustafa Pasha was a bad idea. 6 years after the siege of Malta he led the ottoman siege of Famagusta in Cyprus and despite his promises Lala Mustafa Pasha sized the surrendering venetians and greeks, tortured their commander Marco Antonio Bragadin for 2 weeks and then flayed him alive. I hope this channel will make a documentary on the 1571 siege of Famagusta.
Ottomans*. You would be surprised if you knew how many former Christians fought for them, seamen and former pirates turned corsairs among them. Most of the Ottoman fleet's rowers were not even Muslims.
I have stood on the walls of the Grand harbour defences and marvelled at their size and strength. No doubt they are not the same walls as in the 16th century but no-one can rest indifferent to the skill of the artisans who built them. Soldiers win battles but Logistics win wars.
I remember that while on honeymoon in Malta 1967 I was reading a book about the siege of Malta. There I was among the great forts reading about the great siege. I also read about the WWII siege of Malta. I developed a real love, respect and appreciation of the Maltese as a people. Interestingly they used to reminisce fondly of the days when the harbor was filled with Royal Navy ships.
11:58 at the time Mustafa Pasha didn’t know the strength of Medina’s defenses. And it’s fair to assume such an important city was heavily defended (it was not)
By that time Mdina had lost it's significance as Capital, as the local nobles which ruled from there (known as the College) had been made redundant by the Knights, who as a Naval power moved their headquarters to Birgu. Therefore it did not make sense to waste vital resources defending a strategically unimportant city (which altough fortified, by the time those fortifications were considered lacking.)
You have to admire all the defenders but most of all Valletta ,he was an exceptional person by all accounts. fancy being nearly 70 and putting on armour and getting stuck into it with the enemy .
The weirdest thing here is that none of the Ottoman Pashas who participated in this siege got punished by the Sultan for failing to capture Malta. And I cannot wonder but why is that. P.S: While I was watching this video, I also imagined the song Attack on Titan being played in this war as well.
Piali Pasha was married to Suleyman's grand daughter Sultana Gevher Han the daughter of the future Sultan Selim. Suleyman rewarded the surviving janissaries with money and land. of course he had his reasons. The janissaries were king makers and it was wise to keep them on your side.
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Nicely done video. This siege will always be an amazing read. At least IMO.
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which map animation app or software you used for making this video?
@@sadman1005 Premiere Pro and After Effects
I remember reading of this as a kid and it stuck with me, the heroism of the Knights too wounded to stand placing themselves in chairs at the breaches of St Elmo, the brutality of both sides against prisoners, and the larger than life figures of Valet, Dragut and the rest that made the entire siege seem like the greatest film never made.
It would seriously make a great historical fiction series, imagine starting at Rhodes with the expulsion of the knights, finding a new home, and following La Valette’s backstory to make him the ultimate grandmaster he was at the time of the siege. Ahhhh a guy can dream!
"Both sides". After the butchery the muslims did previously that was just the logical and proper response from the defenders of civilization.
@@patnor7354 not really. Catholics have the genocides of the New World and plenty of purges and crimes under their belt that have nothing to do with Islam. Calling the Knight "Defenders" of Civilization also ignores their own occupation and outright abuse of other civilizations.
@@LordBruuh that would be awesome and an instant buy, still over here playing rome 2 lol
Let's hope they *never* make that film.
I remember 17 years ago when as a kid i first played Age of Empires 3 and it started with the siege of Malta. I remember this till this day as a staggering siege. You did truly an amazing job, I love your siege videos.
Same. Sad, that AoE 3's campaign turned out to be poor woke althist dream and today DLCs are focused on multiplayer only :/
AoE3 didn’t come out 17 years ag… holy cow it’s been 17 years.
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... It can't have been 17 years surely.... Oh god it was released 18th of October 2005.....
@@Netrofikator Huh? AOE3's campaigns are the best of the series
Genuinely one of the most fascinating and digestible channels out there - keep up the excellent work. Hopefully your numbers become just as staggering as the content!
thanks for the nice words! We do hope the numbers get a bit better as well. At the moment they are fine but they hardly justify the amount of time we put into these videos.
Far superior to the larger history channels I used to frequent, I appreciate you conveying information without commenting on the immaterial conditions of the time.
@@SandRhomanHistory this channel got his own charm where other are (althought not bad) far more plain and generic. Your content feels genuine and unique in contrast to many channels out there.
Maybe is not that mainstream and will take time, but eventually will reach enough people, good luck.
@@SandRhomanHistory yeah it's so sad. I think the success on a platform like TH-cam it's related to have a more narrative storytelling perspective, more like a series episode and less than a documentary. For example both EpicHistoryTV and Kings and Generals have that kind of style that with the right content guarantees more views.
The second thing is the historical period, me being an XVI-XVII century enthusiasm, I find this channel like a hidden gem, but I have to admit maybe the pike and shot era is not as popular as I wish it was.
And finally what I think it's even worse it's that TH-cam hole platform system doesn't reward the high quality 40 minutes documentaries, instead they reward shit 10 min videos with clickbait that are created for a normie audience.
Also I absolutely love your work, your videos remind me more of a book than a TH-cam's video. I'm pretty sure there's a much bigger audience interested in the content but due to TH-cam's algorithm they haven't found the channel yet.
@@SandRhomanHistory Keep them coming! Your videos are one of the most enjoyable things that I watch on TH-cam.
I live in Malta. It just goes to show how much the Ottomans were feared: the city walls of Valetta are simply…. Mind blowing
We have to remember that valletta has been built after the siege. But yes, fortifications at Malta are really mind blowing
@@CoD4MWPL Built after the attck to be more sturdy because of the importance and the severity of Ottoman siege, so I don't get your point here 😋
Malta was also the most bombed city of WW2. More than stalingrad or leningrad, London, Berlin, Okinawa or Kiev.
@@TheChuckfuc No i think berlin was
@@JoshLevo I swear I just a documentary about the best aviator of ww2 who fought at Malta. The Germans were desperate to take it out, because it would mean they could choke out the allies out of Africa. Hopefully ending the western front. It was stated that Malta was bombed more than stalingrad or Berlin or London.
That cavalry commander who took the ottoman camp and made them back off by shouting "victory!" must have been a time travelling NCO. Such initiative.
NCOs are NCOs no matter the time period
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@@asdallah2159 Hi. Wrong channel, sweetie. Religious support, both deist and the atheist cults are elsewhere.
They should've supported Constantinople like they did with Malta.
the commander of Mdina gave the order, the same guy who dressed the pesants as soldier and put them on the wall.
The siege is worthy of a miniseries on television. Even already knowing how it went, it was so close of having a totally different outcome that the relief by the end feels exhilarating!
i'm working on it
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All the hospitallers are black and female
For me, this was new. I only knew that Malta once had been under Arab rule, but I didn't quite know in which time period. Immagine what this felt like for me.
Finally, I was waiting for this siege, one of your best videos without a doubt. This Siege is part of the great war that the Hispanic Monarchy waged against the Ottomans for control of the Mediterranean throughout the 16th century and, together with Lepanto, was the event that most contributed to stopping Turkish expansion; Malta is one of the places that every lover of great sieges must visit, just like Istanbul, Budapest, Vienna, Antwerp, Breda, Ostend, Rome, etc. I would like you to make a video of the Siege of Castelnuovo in 1539, it is very epic, despite having a rather tragic ending.
Castelnuovo is high up on our list. Still, might take a while (potentially next year).
@@SandRhomanHistory Great, I'm happy just to know that the subject is in your waiting list and we are near the next year anyway.
Ottoman pirates made the Mediterranean a Turkish lake for 30 years.
Castelnuovo is not only and example of bravery and courage,aswell as discipline,but also a tactical masterpiece on how to maximize the damage you can do with your very limited resources against a much superior foe
Spanish tercios were built different back then,out of the 3000 thousand men at the fortress defending It,only 50 were brought to Constantinople alive to serve as slaves,but they stole a ship,escaped and sailed all the way back to Spain where they reported as the last defenders of Castelnuovo
The only reason why It isnt more known is because the defence was performed by spaniards,had It been done by the British we would have 100 different movies on it
@@jav1843 yes, I know that fact and the truth is that Spain and many other countries are ignored by the cinematography for not being Anglo-Saxon, having enough epic stories, which would be worth for entire series and movies; such as the Portuguese, the Poles, the Hungarians, the Swiss, the Moldovans, the Romanians and the Bulgarians. Although the Spaniards stand out as you say from all, because they had globalized conflicts before the rest, although for me, the most epic are in the forts of North Africa (defenses of Oran, Ceuta and Melilla) and in the Philippines (Naval Battle of Manila); With all that, many others are missing, because between Flanders and America there are several examples (The Miracle of Empel and Cartagena de Indias, to name a few).
It isn’t complete without a Scottish knight named Morgan Black.
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Thanks. You made me want to replay the blood and steel campaign
This was not just great, this was STAGGERING!
Just as staggering that it's not in the title. Let's go Sandhro!
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I love the Grand Masters Bitterness at the end there. It's the equivalent of "Thanks for the help but WOW did you guys take your sweet time trying to organize a relief force."
La Valette was very ungrateful. Only Spain helped, also the relief army and fleet was way smaller than the Turkish army and fleet, it made sense to wait until the Turks were at the breaking point. La Valette should have instead given a thanks for nothing to the King of his country, France, which not only did not help, but it was also an ally of the Turks. If the French army and Venetian fleet had helped the Spanish, the Siege would have been lifted way earlier.
The Turks had twice as many ships as the Spanish, had the Turkish navy been more alert, it should have sunk the relief force easily.
@@alvaromartinez8209 Even if it was practical, I don't blame him for being bitter. He did after all no doubt see a majority of his friends and allies fall in battle. It's human to feel wronged even if the other person made the correct decision from what they know.
Don Garcia de Toledo is the Spanish viceroy of Sicily who is blamed in all this youtube videos, for the relief force almost arriving too late. These youtubers are almost always sourcing from the Ernle Bradford whose main source is flawed and desauthorized by the Knights and the Church (an 18th century pamphletist). In reality, Don Garcia had a weak fleet and relief army that it was the only thing standing between Malta and Sicily/Mainland Italy. He had to nurse them and make them intervene at the precise point they had a chance against the Turks. Don Garcia also had a personal stake on the success of La Valette, his own son was part of the defenders and died in the Siege.
@@alvaromartinez8209 blame the French. Always blame the French! Traitorous cowards!
@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 I did not blame the French, who are not cowards by the way. I was talking about the Kings of France. The French themselves suffered from their treason to Christendom as the Muslim fleet anchored at Toulon also carried out raids in the surrounding French countryside and committed the usual slave-taking, raping, looting and killing.
It's incredible how even in the breaches of the walls, mere handfuls of defenders held back literally thousands of Ottomans.
Its evidence of how much of an advantage being a defender during a siege is.
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the walls neutralized the numbers as only a few could attack at the same time. in siege warfare the bastions lower the advantage of superior attacking numbers.
Not to mention that the attackers had to go through the rabble from the breaches under fire@@victorpulis5113
It's actually amazing how such a small island has so many magnificent forts, went there only a few weeks ago and it is just one island fortress. I had never appreciated just how important the island was throughout history until I actually saw it myself. You can see how only a few thousand troops could hold the island from tens of thousands of invaders.
Churchill called her the Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier.
Cause of this people don't realise the presence of many temples and building complexes on Malta, older than Stonehenge and the pyramids and maybe even the city-states of Mesopotamia.
@@amossutandi as a historian it was one of the best trips I ever took, Gozo has a hospitaller fort, on top of a Roman fort, on top of a neolithic settlement. Can't get much better.
@@Kevc00 It does get better.
We have underground temples, catacombs, ice age mammals, stories about revolutions and piracy. We even had a period in history where we colonised some Caribbean islands!
It's a fascinating history for such a tiny island. Worth visiting again :)
@@matthewmicallef3811 ..Yep. I only spent a week in Malta but my memories are of the history of Humanity throughout the ages. You can also easily see how military tech developed by just looking at the old forts, tall and proud and the new ones, low and with inclined walls to deflect cannon shot. I also shared my lunch in a catacomb with a dozen stray cats.
There's a little footnote towards the end of the siege that is worth mentioning. The 11th of September, a traitor told the turks that the relief army was only 5 thousand men, and the turks cancelled their plans to retreat and began to regroup. A spanish captain by the name of Álvaro de Sande, without waiting for orders or even taking the time to put on his armor attacked the turk army with his company ,when they were marching nearby. The turks believed this was the army's vanguard and finally retreated a day later
@@williamedwardgladstone2343why the emojis?
One of the best defensive battles in history. Mind blowing the courage and resistance of the Knights and the Maltese people
Long live the memory of the catholic defenders of Malta. Truly an outstanding show of bravery and resistance.
More like the (Staggering) Great Siege of Malta
haha, yeah but that would be a bit too long for a title :P
@@SandRhomanHistory gotta keep consistency
@@SandRhomanHistory How about “The (Great) Siege of Malta”? 😉
@@SandRhomanHistory
Now we're going to need a "The amazing great huge big (staggering) mega ultra siege of [insert city]"
Posted on the 1st of april, obviously.
I was going to write that and say you forgot it
The quality of this video and your content often leaves me staggered. Thanks for the entertainment and insight. I love the animations as well.
No way you guys put my little island on here 😍
Thank you so much and well done for the video, amazing as always ❤️
Great video, well done.
I first read about the siege several years ago in one of Roger Crowley's books (great historian and author) and have been deeply fascinated by the siege since. I am actually going to get to visit Malta for 3 days later this year. I am incredibly excited to be able to see Fort St. Elmo, Valetta, and the tomb of Jean De La Vallet. It will be an honor.
All of western civilization owes the Maltese a debt. They endured the two greatest sieges in history.
It is simply amazing how you guys mix great storytelling, immersive animations and drawings and accurate and transparent historical research into your videos.
#1 best history channel on all of youtube.
I absolutely detested history at school. I was never so bored in my entire life at the time. But having read history books myself and watching incredible videos such as this one right here, I am now an aspiring Historian. Thank you so much for such amazing content. Keep the magic flowing.
School history lessons are deliberately boring. The idea is to make people forget history, so that politicans can get everyone to make the same mistakes. Or so it seems...
@@louisavondart9178 that's a lazy take for children being children
@@shamanschlong Except children pay rapt attention when the lessons are done properly i.e. not via a national curriculum
@@juliantheapostate8295I think it’s because the role of education has shifted from preparing children for life to preparing children for work. Stuff like the space race (but more fundamental: industrialization) made schoolwork all about doing tasks and solving problems instead of just how to EXIST.
I think church and state work best when separate (state with ecclesiastical jurisdiction siphons wealth from church and church with temporal power turns minor disagreements of orthodoxy schismatic) but I would rather formally learn what my fellow citizens actually believe in than just the passive impression I get from society.
I’m not really a conspiracy theorist but I think if civics (how to organize, petition, vote, etc) was more integral to the curriculum then it would make our democracy much less susceptible to abuse. A child who knows their town is in the rust belt for instance would know to be critical of any claim that jobs will be brought back if the policy in question doesn’t address the factors that caused the area to be abandoned in the first place.
The low-lying hidden battery near the chain (which is called De Guiral's battery) is actually located at the foot of Fort Saint Angelo, which opened up on the Ottomans as they rounded the tip of Senglea and prepared to land above the chain. It is not located at the tip of Senglia as depicted in your animation.
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exactly, there are other incorrect positions in the graphics.
Good correcting info, shame that there is probably no easy way to change it in the video, perhaps flying note on top could be fix.
Either way that De Guiral's battery was MVP in that skirmish, Ottoman ships were right to be afraid of that fort(aka why they hauled ships across the land).
Hey i'm the Duke of Alba from the credits. I remeber that i became a patreon in the hopes that this video got made. This is a small dream come true, thank you very much!
Documented, very well narrated, quite interesting, great video as usual :)
So cool, love your siege videos!
thanks!
They are great
You are the only one who does high quality videos on warfare in the early modern period on TH-cam. Thanks so much!
Yaaaaay, I've known this story for a while and I was waiting for this channel to cover it! :D This will be an awesome watch for sure
I've watched accounts of this same Siege on Kings and Generals YT.. You guys took your narration of this great event to a whole new level, Brava!
Your video quality and level of detail are always amazing and now you make a 40min version, that's really astonishing, I do not want to know how long it takes to produce this! :D
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I really liked this. Liked and subbed.
These homemade battle YT vids are what got me into YT like 20yrs ago or so and I'm so glad when I find new ones(new to me)like this. Actually what got me into YT was ppl reposting old battle vids from old VHS tapes and TV and then I'd find homemade ones and I'm very appreciative for it still. If I didn't like so many other genres of things to watch I could watch battle vids non stop. Even the ones you can tell a teen made for a HS project. Which I've found. And that are kind of better than some of the History Channel ones out these days that are more flash than substance and teaching as much detail as they could.
Feels like everyones making a video about this siege recently!
Not that I'm complaining, its one of the greatest sieges in all of history, and I'm glad to have many videos to compare one another to.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed, I was starting to think maybe I'm missing something. This is like the 3rd or 4th video I've seen this week.
@@MintyLime703 Yep, this is likewise the 3rd or 4th I've seen uploaded this week- ontop of that I remember watching 2 or 3 years ago from other creators as well.
It's interesting to see the differences in numbers and retellings between them all, If I had to choose a 'best' however, it would probably be this one.
I get a shot of excitement every time I see my little home island mentioned by history channels!
Amazing job. Absolute masterpiece. Cheers from Estonia
Very cool to see this battle visualized, I read about it awhile ago and found it to be one of the most epic battles of Christiandom
I had a really long day today and many drawbacks, I was about to lay down and just go to sleep, and then SandRhoman uploaded a 40 min video, the day went from lame to bloody briliant
The steadfast leadership and courage of Jean Parisot de la Valette during this siege is nothing short of astounding. Against all odds, horribly outnumbered and outgunned and facing the worst possible fate if they lost, he motivated and encouraged the few professional soldiers and civilians alike to hold out to the very last no matter what. I think had the garrison on Malta been led by a less tenacious man, the outcome may very well have been different.
Not bad for a surrender monkey?
He was around 70 during the siege and had to fight it out in full plate armor.
"facing the worst possible fate if they lost, "
bruh ottomans would have let them go just like how they did at Rhodes lmao. American moment
@@thefaramith8876 not so sure about that. The Ottomans regretted letting them go like that, because they continued to be a pain in the arse, and after loosing so much troop, would be better to eradicate them. Religious fanatics are hard to reason with.
@@thefaramith8876 No for several reasons. The Ottoman army commander Mustapha Pasha was given the order that no man should be taken alive possibly because Sultan Suleiman was angered by the knights capture of important trading ships and people (his daughters elderly nurse). Then more importantly the excessively long siege of fort St Elmo caused the Ottomans to kill/mutilate prisoners and display them to the knights. The knights responded in kind and so there was an understanding that chivalrous rules of war did not apply from that moment. And offers of truce would be treated with suspicion.
Thank you. It's always great to see you post.
Love the channel man. I like how you talk about European history in a way that's not explicitly negative. Maybe it's just me but it seems like the historical community has a really pro Ottoman bias and I don't get it.
Anti Catholic most like
I don't know how, but last year I found out about the 1565 siege of Malta and was instantly fascinated by it, so I read every book I could get my hands on about it. Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley, The Great Siege by Ernle Bradford, and The Great Siege of Malta by Bruce Ware Allen are all great reads. Just that whole period of history from the 1453 fall of Constantinople until the 1683 siege of Vienna when the Ottoman projection of power into Europe finally started to wane, is such a fascinating time period, and a very overlooked period of European history in my opinion. The Ottoman-European wars are an incredible 2 centuries long story, full of legendary characters, massive naval battles like Lepanto, brutal sieges like Constantinople, Malta, Rhodes, Belgrade and Vienna (twice), barbarity and enslavement on a massive scale, and a fight to the death between two religions, two ways of life, and two continents. But no part of this 2 century long war is more captivating than the 1565 Great Siege of Malta in my opinion. I would love to visit Malta one day and see the land and the fortresses where the battle took place. I wish a major movie could be made on it, or the 1683 siege of Vienna, or even the 1453 siege of Constantinople. Unfortunately western European history will always overshadow these events in the east and Mediterranean. Thank you for this video.
It also has to fit political correctness. Making a movie, where Muslim Arabs are the bad guys and christian Europeans the good guys, is not proper. Although, now that the Arabs want to sell oil in other currency than USD and want to have closer ties to China, we might see such movies to prepare the people to fight against the Arab regimes in the name of freedom and democracy.
I've only read Bradford's book but I had a look at Empires of the Sea and it looks like a great read.
There was such a fear that the Turks were psychologically defeated even if they lost on the battlefield. Until 1850, the Vienna walls were kept standing to protect them from the Turks. In 1850, the city walls of Vienna were demolished, thinking that the Turks would no longer come. In 1940, some watchtowers were closed, thinking that the Ottomans would not come back. The last watchtower, the high tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral, was closed in 1956 by 3/4 of a vote. If one more person were afraid, maybe this watchtower would work until today by one vote. The interesting thing is that Turkey couldn't find clothes or food to wear and patched clothes were a luxury. The ghosts of the great Turks still scare them. Even if Turks are Christians (there are also Turks who are Christians and believe in different religions). They will never accept it culturally. Turanians (Turks) Slavs (Russians) will always see us as eastern barbarians. However, the barbarism of the west is not different from the east :)
Les croisades vues par les Arabes writer Amin Maalouf 1983, I recommend you can to read, It can provide a different perspective for you.
Sadly my country is often neglected due to it's size, but Malta has played a major role not only in the Great Siege but also WW2 for example (it's location made it a vital naval base, and an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier')
So I doubt we will ever see a movie.
If you come to Malta you will not see the actual fortifications which withstood the ottoman army as these were rebuilt almost from scratch having been levelled in the siege. besides much of what was left was bombed during the last war. But the footprint of the places are relatively still the same. I was born in one of those cities Senglea and lived there for 41 years. I have published a graphic novel about the great Siege and am right now working on a new version.
I thought this is an excellent video on one of Europe's least understood campaigns. I encourage those to read Empires of the Sea which covers the seige of Malta and the battle of Lepanto in some detail.
The only quibble I have is the end battle. Mustapha Pasha did seek battle with the Spanish relief army but was mislead as the Spanish army facing him was 10,0000 men strong and all veterans of the Italian wars. Regardless of size this relief was fresh. well provisioned and eager for battle and it was the Spanish who attacked not the Turks. The withdrawal of the Turks came close to a rout as the Tercios wreaked havoc on the Jannissaries.
Regardless of the facts at the end the Turks suffered a massive defeat but this Phase of the war was not over.
The spanish tercios one of the top armys of history
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Keep up the good work, these ages are grossly under documented on TH-cam and your pike and shot documentary are awesome. I watch all your videos multiple times as it’s great info and art style!
Can't wait for the Siege of Siget(Szigetvar) video, great content!
2:03 Situation at the Mediterranean during Suleiman the Magnificent's reign
5:20 Knights Hospitaller's defence preparations
9:08 Ottomans set foot on Maltese soil & fight for St. Elmo
Commanders: Turgut Reis, Piyale Pasha, Lala Mustafa Pasha
17:09
And thier as$es were banged🤣
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@@asdallah2159 no , you believe jesus killed , i believe someone looks like jesus killed
Man the horror of being a medevial tunnel rat ( siege engineer ) knowing that the ground and walls around you can collapse at any minute killing you , the enemies siege engineers could counter mine your tunnel and the next thing you know enemies are breaking through earthen walls to get at you and any stray bullet or swing of your weapon can bring the whole tunnel down on everyone
Thanks from Malta for making this Video
your names doesn't look like from malta though...
You're already here, and we love your kebabs and there's some great barbers too, some of your women are also interesting, as I can testify. Messing with Malta, you stupid bully, no matter how unarmed it may be, is never advisable, and you should know better. Go ahead, and you can probably kiss your NATO membership goodbye and probably end up on the receiving end. War with Malta would essentially mean war with Italy, who unfortunately knows all too well what a Malta against its interests means and concluded agreements including military intervention in case of threat, and that's just the start of it. War with Italy could potentially escalate into war with NATO. Perhaps you think you do not need it.
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the defenders put up one of the best fights in history
Lepanto Time!! 😁 Loved this video and can't wait for more
I read Mel Gibson is making a miniseries on the siege of Malta. If true it should be awesome.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG. IT IS HERE. YESSSSSS
Hello from Algeria, we have a very popular song about the siege of Malta 🇲🇹 the Algerian side in the Ottoman army was led by beylerbey of Algiers Italian born Uluj Ali
Hint: the zyyanid dynasty has fallen before that date.
whats the name of this song?
Uluch Ali was born Giovanni Galeni in Calabria, Southern Italy. His father wanted him to become a priest but he became a fisherman instead. On 29 April 1536, Giovanni was captured by Ali Ahmed, and serve as a galley slave. He took part in the Battle of Preveza in 1538. Some time later he converted to Islam and by 1541 became a corsair in the fleet of Dragut Reis. This was not unusual since many Muslim corsairs were captured slaves who later converted to Islam.
@@victorpulis5113 not unusual but very common, the European corsairs/pashas were very famous here especially italian and dutch ones.
@@nourerrahmanebrahmia4035 Glubb Pasha was an Englishman who commanded the Arab Legion in the mid-late 20th century. His history book, though not rigorously-sourced, makes for interesting reading
Man this was really well done can't wait for more content!!!
4:00 the knights started work improving the islands defenses when they first arrived. Not after Tripoli fell. Such improvements take time.
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This is personally my favorite battle in all of history
Agreed
*Thicc Scottish accent* : _We are Knights of St. John. We do not surrender!_
the real guy was Spanish?
Crazy coincidence -- I love your channel and literally just finished reading a book featuring this siege. So excited to see your account.
God was with the Knights of Malta.
Love the carpets and Turkish coffe man your drawings are fun
I took an overnight cruise from Tripoli, Libya to Malta. At 5 am sharp I woke up went outside and there was a view that I will never forget. Huge walled fortress entrance to the harbor. Malta must be seen from a ship or cruise to appreciate the architecture.
Yes! The staggering stuff... love it.
hey, thanks for all the comments and for sticking around on the channel!
no need to add that to the title imo
Never seen such in detail informarion about this epic siege. Well done SandRhoman history!!!!
30:48 Honestly seems more like sheer genius. Whoever came up with the ruse to pretend to be the relief army to scare the Ottomans into retreating from a near-guaranteed victory was a mastermind megabrain
This is quite an amazing struggle to see. I've visited and was fascinated by Malta's history, but I wish I had seen this first, because so many of the sites you talk about are still identifiable. Extraordinary for nearly 500 years past.
The video is of excellent quality. I noticed only two small mistakes (or at least differences from what Maltese history states) :
1) While Malta was mostly undefended Imdina(Medina) was a decently fortified city, as it had been the seat of Malta's rulers for years.
2) The Maltese did not really resent the Knights, rather they resented the fact that the Spanish crown just handed Malta over. This was because the Maltese had actually struck a deal to buy their own freedom, only for the Spanish to go back on their word. (The motto was "Tletin elf florin ghall-fidwa tal-Maltin" which translated means "Thirty thousand florins for the Maltese liberation",an enormous sum for the time which the Spanish found prohibitive, but the Maltese managed it by donating pretty much anything of value)
I'm originally from Sliema, a stone's throw away from Dragut point (where the Sword of Islam supposedly died)
Dragut did not die at Dragut point but at the marsa camp hospital after he was mortally wounded on Mount Sciberras where Valetta was built after the siege. it is called Dragut's point because soon after he Arrived on Malta Dragut had a battery of guns installed there to bombard St. Elmo on its Northern side.
Thank you... an aunty lived on Malta for a while. Always hoped for the chance to visit her but never happened. One of lifes great misses.
When Jehan de la Valette entered into the fight he was 71(!). Incredible!
Finally SandRhoman is gonna cover the legendary Siege of Szigetvár
Been a few of these of Malta but this is also great quality form the bigger channels!
Maybe the spanish troops arrived late but despite that without their help the knights of malta woudln't be able to resist the otomans. Of course the main Heros were the knights of malta, but it's impossible to deny the importance of the spanish help.
My favorite history youtuber out there. Another great video.
Your siege videos are so good! The highlight of my day.
I couldn't help but i burst into laughter so often...
It's like the Defenders were trolling the Attackers all the time. lighting their Camp on Fire, spreading news about a Relief-Army, faking a well defended Mdina... And they succeeded!
I was waiting for this one, Tanks a lot 😘
As a maltese this screames VIVA MALTA
I was waiting for this staggering sienge since I have discovered the channel
It is sort of curious how the video ends with that sort of reproof on the Spaniards, as if they were deliberately mean with their help to the siege, when in reality they did and risked far more than any other nation to help.
First, it should be mentioned that, among the defenders, there were since the very beginning almost 2000 troops already sent by Spain, which is a big bunch of an original total of around 6000 defenders I would say. Those add to the 500 soldiers (plus some other knights) sent in the Piccolo Soccorso, risking their lives and the galleys that brought them there on different occasions and against huge odds. And then the Grande Soccorso, with around 9000 soldiers again sent entirely by Spain, which again faced an enemy still superior in numbers, and which made the Turks to definitely crumble and flee.
All this considering that the Spanish Monarchy was not precisely buoyant on men and ships by then, even more after the recent defeat in Djerba, and that they had to also defend the entirety of all Southern Italy.
And all this being just the continuation of a grueling war in the Mediterranean that lasted for centuries (just a few years later the enormous Lepanto battle took place) and where Spain put more money and blood than anyone else in stopping a Turkish and Moorish menace that could have very well penetrated deep into Europe had it been otherwise. With the exemption of the small nations of the Genovese, Venetians, Maltese and Austrians, and maybe the Vatican to some extent, who else went there to help? Absolutely no one. Even worse, France even supported the Turks. And yet this is usually so greatly undervalued when we talk about History.
No es curioso,es lo de siempre
Ottomans*, not Turks. Unfortunately, many former Christians were to be found among them.
Wait, how is this video 40 minutes long, it felt like 10, this is some amazing production, thank you
I know it'e over 3 centuries ago but i can't help but be furious at how long it took to send a relief army to Malta. I imagine Europe would have been a very different place, even today, if Malta had fallen.
Muslims couldnt conquer Europe militarily, so nowadays theyre trying to do it by migration.
good documentary despite several glaring inaccuracies in the visuals. I was born in Senglea and lived in that city for 41years. and I have been fascinated with the great siege to the point of publishing a graphic novel in 1998 and am working on the second version right now.
Surrendering to the turks and especially to Lala Mustafa Pasha was a bad idea. 6 years after the siege of Malta he led the ottoman siege of Famagusta in Cyprus and despite his promises Lala Mustafa Pasha sized the surrendering venetians and greeks, tortured their commander Marco Antonio Bragadin for 2 weeks and then flayed him alive.
I hope this channel will make a documentary on the 1571 siege of Famagusta.
Ottomans*. You would be surprised if you knew how many former Christians fought for them, seamen and former pirates turned corsairs among them. Most of the Ottoman fleet's rowers were not even Muslims.
This is my favorite siege of all time. This siege deserves a proper movie or show made after it
Great Video!
Can you do the Battles of La Naval de Manila, Probably the biggest 80 years war battles in the south east.
So that's where 40K authors take their inspiration from
Mum Nana is from Senglea! Malta is still amazing with its bastions, forts and 8000 year old temples.
Damn, those temples are older than human civilization.
@@MyVanir mysterious still but we are finding clues to their use
Relief army: *doesn't attack the ottomans*
Ottomans: Fine I'll do it myself!
I can't imagine what those battles inside the mines must have looked like. It sounds brutal
YESSS!!! been waitin for this one for so long
Malta: It over Ottoman, I've the high ground.
Ottoman: You underestimate my power.
Malta: Don't try it...
*Second later*
20000 casualties of Ottoman.
I killed them! I killed them all!
Not just the ottoman
But the ottowomen
And the ottochildren too!
Turkish sources state 20.000 casualties.
@@arda213 Of course they say that
@@brennansmith6474
Yeah lets take the christian sides number for base value right?
@@arda213 are you a liberal or a sjw or a Muslim
Very well done video.
It gives a great understanding of what happened.
“If the Turks should prevail against the Isle of Malta, it is uncertain what further peril might follow to the rest of Christendom”.
Elizabeth I
Lovely I love the battles and sieges you make. Thanks keep it up
I have stood on the walls of the Grand harbour defences and marvelled at their size and strength. No doubt they are not the same walls as in the 16th century but no-one can rest indifferent to the skill of the artisans who built them. Soldiers win battles but Logistics win wars.
I remember that while on honeymoon in Malta 1967 I was reading a book about the siege of Malta. There I was among the great forts reading about the great siege. I also read about the WWII siege of Malta. I developed a real love, respect and appreciation of the Maltese as a people. Interestingly they used to reminisce fondly of the days when the harbor was filled with Royal Navy ships.
Incredible, this likely prevented something wacky like Ottoman Sicily.
ottoman italy you mean
Been waiting for this video!
11:58 at the time Mustafa Pasha didn’t know the strength of Medina’s defenses. And it’s fair to assume such an important city was heavily defended (it was not)
By that time Mdina had lost it's significance as Capital, as the local nobles which ruled from there (known as the College) had been made redundant by the Knights, who as a Naval power moved their headquarters to Birgu. Therefore it did not make sense to waste vital resources defending a strategically unimportant city (which altough fortified, by the time those fortifications were considered lacking.)
Excellent content as always, thank you
You have to admire all the defenders but most of all Valletta ,he was an exceptional person by all accounts. fancy being nearly 70 and putting on armour and getting stuck into it with the enemy .
La Valette had been hardened by his years as a galley slave on board Turkish ships.
Super next level content right here. Thanks a whole lot big dog
The weirdest thing here is that none of the Ottoman Pashas who participated in this siege got punished by the Sultan for failing to capture Malta. And I cannot wonder but why is that.
P.S: While I was watching this video, I also imagined the song Attack on Titan being played in this war as well.
Piali Pasha was married to Suleyman's grand daughter Sultana Gevher Han the daughter of the future Sultan Selim. Suleyman rewarded the surviving janissaries with money and land. of course he had his reasons. The janissaries were king makers and it was wise to keep them on your side.
@@victorpulis5113 Thanks for the information!