The (Second) Siege of Vienna
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That sounds incredibly similar to surfshark. Did they re brand? Or a new company?
Suleiman before the siege: "I will be capturing Vienna in time to have breakfast in St Stephen's Cathedral"
Letter to Suleiman during the siege: "Suleiman, your breakfast is getting cold"
Typical austrian humor.
Simon, can you cover the Korean War? Specifically surrounding the events/battle that took place when China got involved and the American led UN Troops had to break an encirclement. I know a little about it, but the Korean War feels like it gets less coverage. It's interesting to think that China flooded soldiers in against America back when they couldn't afford shoes for them all and it made a difference. America still got out of the encirclement, which I remember being described as a major military success. Though being American may have caused a slant in how it was described. :)
The reason it is considered an American military success, even though it was a retreat, is because of the lopsided number and complete encirclement…yet the Chinese blew their chances. So technically it was more a Chinese fumble when everything was going their way.
The odds were staggering,and the temperatures were well below freezing (which saved lives because wounds froze, thus stopping the bleeding.).
You should look up Fox Hill, a defensive position held by a single Marine company, Fox Co. 2nd Bn 7th Reg., against an onslaught of human waves. The hill over looked a fork on roads leading to the Chosin Reservoir, which made up the eastern flank of the entire NATO force. (Guys that fought there are called the Chosin Few.)
@@Rudyelf1 it was a chinese fumble because chinese logistics dictated that if they couldnt defeated an american division in 3 days they had to give way because they were out of supplies to support them. when americans learned to fight like they were airborne (units that are not afraid of being surrounded) along with ridgeway bringing in 3 divisions of artillery .because americans could get resupply by air china was screwed. chinas tactic was to surround a unit hit them get them to panic and then destroy the unit while it was retreating with really strong units in their rear. when the u.n. stopped retreating it defeated chinas best tactic.
That primadonna want to NUKE A LATERAL LINE ON A MAP AND GOT MAD WHEN HE WAS RIGHTLY TOLD THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY
The Battle of the Chosin Reservoir would be an excellent addition to this channel's content.
@@Rudyelf1
I'm going to look into it! I find the whole of the Korean War an interesting, sad, and forgotten military affair. My grandfather was stationed in France during the end of WW2 and then fought in the Korean War, but doesn't talk about it very much.
2:10 - Chapter 1 - Prelude
4:50 - Chapter 2 - The ottoman's march
7:15 - Mid roll ads
8:55 - Chapter 3 - Vienna gears up
12:55 - Chapter 4 - The siege itself
19:20 - Chapter 5 - Consequences & reception
Thank you
And then the winged hussars arrived.
th-cam.com/video/cuJk6MDUZFM/w-d-xo.html I was going to post this and then you beat me to it
Wrong Siege of Vienna
@@EricDKaufman lol, yup.
@@jesuschrist9513 you’re correct but it still is fun to say.
Wrong siege
It would be very interresting if you could make a video about the longest siege in history, which was the siege of Candia (today Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece) by the Ottomans. It lasted 26 years (!) and ended with the Ottomans conquering the entire island of Crete from the former conquerors, the Venetians.
This was a very interesting video - and I appreciate the extra effort in giving so much context before discussing the battle itself.
But man this script was stuffed FULL of great little humorous gems!!! Writing team, give yourselves extra cookies and pats on the back!
Still cracking up at "He didn't lose, he just didn't win"
and "Martin Screw-the-Pope Luther"
Simon really quoted Bill Wurtz 'entire history of the world' what a time to be alive.
Quick note: the Ottomans didnt lose ALL of their Balkan territories in 1699. They managed to keep Macedonia, Albania and Thrace until the First Balkan War in the early 20th century a few years before WW1
Well now you’ve teased the third siege of Vienna. You can’t leave us hanging now.
Which really isn’t the third siege.
There were plenty of earlier sieges of Vienna by the Habsburgs themselves, Hungarians etc.
How about the 2008 Russian-Georgia war? It is like the prequel to the current Ukraine crisis.
Few noticed the war, because Putin timed the Russian invasion with the American presidential election and the Beijing Olympics.
There was notice. John McCain got maligned for his “we’re all Georgians” phase during a campaign speech
Another less covered, yet interesting military event that we need more coverage on! Especially considering you're absolutely correct on it feeling like a prelude to events to come.
I guess he thought it was a good tactic so decided to go for round two.
Kudos on the quotation from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They said something along the lines of "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries".
An episode on the battle of Osowiec Fort would be awesome.
what's the background to that battle?
@@theawesomeman9821 German soldiers advanced on Osowiec Fort during the first world war as it was a strategic location. The Russians fought fiercely but were then over run when Germany launched numerous gas attacks on the fort. This resulted in many Russian soldiers receiving unimaginable injuries including flesh falling from their bodies due to the gas used. Germany thinking that noone could possibly survive this onslaught sent 7 platoons totalling over 7000 soldiers. When the soldiers reached the fort they encountered a small resistance of 100 Russian troops that appeared to be like 'zombies' or 'living dead' who proceeded to then mow down the German platoons one after the other causing Germany to have to make a retreat. It was one of the most staggering defeats of forces during WW1 and just an epic tale of heroism in the face of utter defeat.
As a footnote the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton made a song about this called Attack Of The Dead Men, they also have a history video somewhere that you may want to watch as I could have got some of the finer details wrong there but the crux of the story is incredible. Literally 100 men who 'died' were forced to 'die' again defending the fort.
th-cam.com/video/ZCCSMhQsey8/w-d-xo.html part 1
th-cam.com/video/Fi_ql1ZDdwo/w-d-xo.html part 2
Not sure if you've done Agincourt yet, but I think it needs to be covered soon. Love your channels, please don't stop.
You forgot the most important consequence of this battle. Coffee.
It is said that when the Ottomans retreated one of the things they left behind was sacks of coffee beans. Coffee was pretty much unheard of in Europe at the time so the victorious soldiers planned to feed the beans to their horses, but an advisor that had worked with the Ottomans recognized it for the bitter gold it was and used the abandoned stores to found the first coffee shop in Vienna. This soon spread to more of Europe and led to the filtering of coffee, to make it smoother for European consumers.
I find the two (Ottoman) sieges of Vienna mark the plateau period of the Ottoman empire. Essentially the period where the Ottoman are at their peak power, but also no longer expanding.
The first siege marked the capping of Ottoman expansion in Europe, while the second marked the start of the decline of the Ottoman empire.
The time between is a sorta golden age for the Ottoman's where the loom over Europe as the strongest nation in the region.
Please may you do some Biographics videos on some figures from the Ottoman Empire.
Always wondered who invented that thing 🤔
I second that 🍻
@@joeyr7294 thanks
I think Mehmed II would be a good one to start on
Martin “screw the pope” Luther killed me 😂😂
I read this just as it came up 😂😂😂😂
I jumped when this video came up while I was listening to the Winged Hussars by Sabaton. Awesome if you do that battle as well
Fun fact ……. Look up Devshirme ….. Devshirme[a] (devşirme; usually translated as "child levy" or "blood tax"was the Ottoman practice of forcibly recruiting soldiers and bureaucrats from among the children of their Balkan Christian subjects ). This formed the backbone of the
Janissary army .
excellent video 📹
Thanks
The third siege was the most epic, make a video on it simon! Do it!!
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
"Martin 'Screw the Pope' Luther!" I can't stop laughing!
The Treaty of Insects has collapsed
@victor bruun What is the point of your comment?
Simon this channel is awesome it has expanded my knowledge
Simon, I live watching the various projects you put up here. What are you education credits. Your vast knowledge is impressive…..
He’s reading it, the content is written by other persons probably largely based on Wikipedia articles.
@@HingerlAlois ouch. Citations from wiki are not uni accepted. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200$.
@@nicholasfeiock75
It’s useful to check the sources they used for the Wikipedia articles.
@@HingerlAlois that is so far down the rabbit w”hole” in Wikipedia. Equivalent to my phone dying whilst in the middle of large long bowel movement and out of sheer boredom I now know the ingredients off the top of my …
Water stearyl alcohol Sero Mato propyl dimethylamine perfume lactic acid potassium chloride disodium EDTA etc.
That map at 8:55 - I guess I see where Games Workshop got their inspiration for the Siege of Terra maps.
Ahh Simon doing war, what more can you ask for. There's some interesting ones I hope to see one day
Can you please cover the battle of Monte Casino?
Hi Simon, can you make a video on the Battles of Khalkhin Gol? Thanks.
The most funny thing of this video for me was Simon's pronunciation of the word "Landsknecht".
This is not "Land-Sknecht" but actually "Lands-Knecht" translating roughly to "Soldier/Mercenary of the Land". ("Knecht" has the same roots as the english "Knight")
and they have their roots in Germany, being the counterpart of the swiss Reisläufer
who gives a fuck about your land sknecht
I was expecting the winged Hussars to arrive.
Me too lol, the title is wrong.
But of course the Winged Hussars made up only circa 3.000 soldiers out of the roughly 74.000 strong relief army, thus they weren’t the only ones who arrived 😂
@@HingerlAlois still, it was the largest calvary charge in history with 18,000 horsemen descending upon the Turks
@@EricDKaufman
Yes, but of course only 3.000 of the 18.000 were Winged Hussars, the rest was other Polish/German/Austrian cavalry.
Simon, the balkan wars are never well covered. Would you look into those?
Simon, Talking about Ottomans, how about Malta? I lived there for a while and there is a great story about the siege there (Ottomans, Jean de la Vallette, etc)...
There’s a song by sabaton about this siege, called “winged hussars”
Edit: I was wrong, different siege of Vienna. It’s still a fun song.
18:03
Nice EU4 reference Simon
Hello Simon
Can you do a story, on any channel, of the Habsburg dynasty?
I hope this channel gets more popular so it's more likely someone will set up the sposorblock stuff before I click on videos.
Can you please cover the WW2 Wind Talkers. The Navajo servicemen whose language was used by the US military as a radio cypher that couldn't be broken by Japanese military intelligence.
Battle of Stalingrad please?
Much love
Please make a video about the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, Sir Simon
10:11 Can you guess which one is the Bard of the party?
Please do the Siege of Malta.
Simon, can you please do an episode about the fall of Berlin in 1945?
How many Channels does this guy have
Im literally protecting my ally from a siege in vienna in supremacy 1914 while listening to this lmao
Are you going to do the siege of vienna in 1683?
"Things of that nature" is the best way to procure a long description short
Then the Winged Hussars arrived!
How many channels can one man have
Love this! ⚔️
Round 2!
Turkish Ottomans were to the Austrians what the French were to the British - Arch rivals and old enemies!
The Habsburgs seemed to be rivals with everyone.
@@badluck5647Even other Habsburgs. Who needs enemies when you've got family like that eh?
Yes, but the French also had another arch rival, non other than
the Austrians,
and the Spanish,
and the Burgundians,
and the Prussians,
and the German Empire,
and the British,
and worst of all,
THE FRENCH!
The French faired much better than the Turks against the Austrians.
It'd be very good if you make a video on russo-japanese war.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this about the first siege of Vienna or is the title a typo?
It’s not a typo, but it makes basically no sense.
They claim that it’s the second siege of Vienna that’s called a siege, with the first being a siege in 1485 by the Hungarians under Matthias Corvinus, which is the only earlier siege listed by English Wikipedia.
Of course if you look at German Wikipedia or the website of Vienna it lists almost a dozen sieges prior to it, thus calling it the second siege of Vienna makes no sense.
King Bloopy looks pretty knackered 😴
"American war against Mexico" = Brutal imperialism while Suleiman and the Ottoman conquests = Badass
Can we just call all these acts of war brutal altogether?
Ottomans literally taking slaves and slaughtering peasants is considered bad ass but the Mexican American war where the parts of Mexico that were captured became extremely wealthy and safe while Mexico is still a dunghole.
@@bry10101 not only that, let's not foget the Armenian genocide done by the Ottomans.
Exactly I like Simon but seriously
@@Kaiwann1 hating on the United States at this point is so low IQ. Anybody can eat the low hanging fruit. Go to China and talk openly about tiananmen square, that'd really be something.
@@bry10101 yep agreed. Americans are probably the biggest critics of its government and history and literally self reflect all the time. But look at all these currently named "badass" countries. Turks have yet admit to their genocidal crimes against the Armenians. CCP in China haven't recignized 64 and Cultural revolution etc.
Simon can you make one on russo-japanese war?
Is the background noise the sound of your writers trying to escape?
“Martin screw the pope Luther” lol
Interesting
Carthaginians bring elephants into Europe ....how smart.
Ottomans bring camels into Europe.... even smarter .
Do a vid about Rhodesia
@9:29 AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA !
I'm here because of the first September 11th
Simon! You forgot Croatia, it was also a part of this kingdom.
Can you do a video on the battle of Sekigahara?
Sir Simon please make a video about the Russo-Georgian War in 2008
Sabaton!
6:07. Ottomans used both Bactrian camel and Dromedary. Bactrian camel is more suitable to European climate, that's why Ottomans used Bactrian camel in her European campaign.
Every interesting .
I want a video on charles v now. Please would you
Please do the Crusades!
I think a good war to cover would be the Margraviate Wars over the succession of Charles IV
At that time parts of France also belonged to the HRE.
Deleted by a cannonball 😂
they gave us coffee... right?
There hapsburgs mightve been some seriously incesty people but they still hold their own. At least for awhile 😂
I feel like a miniseries on the various important battles of the crusades. Could even go into the details behind them for more content
1529 is the first siege of Vienna ended in failure like the second siege in 1683
Simon doesn't know Monty Python.
Sweet Jesus I came here from the CasCrim Ed Gein episode and brutal warfare is a genuinely nice reprieve.
I know! That episode was rough. I knew he was a monster, but it was way worse than I knew
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!
20:59 I knew Simon liked Simple History
camels evolved in north america :D
Didnt the second siege of Vienna happen in 1683?
I got here earlier than I normally do :)
If you're visiting Vienna if you sit in the Starbucks vis a vis the Opera, you pretty much sit on the location of Suleimans Breach :)
Who would go to starbucks in a city that had over 30 different coffes even 100 years ago...
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED
Love the EU style insult at 18:04
We all talk about the Polish Winged Hussars, but can we also show respect to the Austrian defenders of Vienna here? The Ottomans massacred & destroyed entire towns and villages near Vienna and killed/enslaved 90% of the population here. Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg was pretty much smart enough to reject Kara Mustafa's capitulation offer, it would've only resulted in more suffering for the Austrian population. Tired, starving and palgued by illness the defenders of Vienna was bravely defended the city with brave tactics. They knocked very large tree trunks into the ground to surround the walls, demolished many of the houses around the city walls and cleared the debris, leaving an empty plain that would expose the Ottomans to defensive fire if they tried to rush into the city, and even dug their own tunnels to intercept the placing of large amounts of gunpowder in the caverns. Finally, Sobieski and his Polish & German forces liberated the city and prevented more massacres and destruction. The Christian forces would then chase the fleeing Ottomans in Hungary and the Balkans. Eugene of Savoy, Austria's most brilliant commander, would exactly end what the Ottomans started by defeating them at the battle of Zenta (which exactly only happened 1 day before the 14th anniversary of the liberation of Vienna)! The Great War then ended in large territorial gains for the victorious Christian forces and the inevitable decline of the Ottoman Empire.
*AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARIVE*
STORM CLOUDS, FIRE AND STEEL
This is a description of the 1st Ottoman Siege of Vienna. The 2nd was in 1683!
1683
@@erkutkoksal1913 Thank you! I knew it was time to get some new glasses. Lol
A few little known battles I'd like to see:
Battle of Caporetto
Battle of Isonzo
Battle of Kursk
Siege of Nagashima
On Megaprojects, Simon said he ignores lists, because he doesn't know which suggestion people are up voting and which they feel indifferent about.
Kursk is not a little known battle
Lions Led By Donkeys podcast just did Kursk
Nice Holy Grail reference
Damn, the Ottomans had some over inflated egos... just look at the size of those hats on their big heads. 😄
CHANGE THE MUSIC AT THE START. It's used on all the spam adverts.
Eventually, Simon, you are going to run out of examples showing how the past was the worst.
Really shows that Suleiman deserved his title of 'Magnificient'. It takes some massive efforts of propaganda to turn a defeat that would collapse a weaker dynasty into a massive PR success.
Who else apart from me thought this was the 1683 siege of Vienna
how was this the "second", when this 1529 was the "first" and the 1683 was the second siege of Vienna?
It was the first ottoman siege and 1683 was the second ottoman siege. Vienna itself got "besieged" 10-14 times in it's history in total. But only two of them were as important and done by the ottoman empire.
Hmm, with a title like that, and considering your Gibraltar videos, why not do a video (or series of videos) about the multiple sieges of Jerusalem?