The Battle of Aljubarrota 1385 AD
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- One of the biggest battles of Portuguese history animated and explained.
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Mindlessly charging with French heavy cavalry seems to have been an ongoing medieval meme
The Xiao of Bao it was their culture to charge the French knights in first in order to make sure the glory goes to the nobility
CJ Matt Its not culture.
Seems that they didn't play Total Wars, so didn't know that cavalry is for flanking :(
although i love total war real battles dont exactly work like in total war ahaha , but yes in the early medieval periord heavy cavaltry was a new "technology" and was being mostly tested. So mistakes like this were common. It became a lot less common in the late medieval and renaisaince period
French was feared around europe
Unitl the english find a way to have pimitive assault rifle
Putains d'angloy
To clarify, Brites, the breadmaker woman from Aljubarrota killed the spanish men not with a digging shovel, but with a large wooden paddle for making bread, similar to what is used nowadays to handle pizzas in large ovens. Because of the portuguese word being "pá" for both utensils, this minor mixup is completely understandable.
Great video, learned a lot, even though we discuss this battle in school, we don't really go into tactical details.
I'm yet to make a video without such embarrassing mistakes. It's a minor thing, yet very annoying, for me, and for audience as well. My apologies.
Its all good Baz, it's incredibly minor, and understandable in a non Portuguese speaking context. In no way did it make the video bad because of it, don't beat yourself over it.
BazBattles don't worry. It's a small mistake due to "mistranslation". Even though that story is a myth I saw a story in Aljubarrota telling an alternative story. Upon spaniards entering her bakery looking for soldiers or trying to flee after battle (this part is unknown) she told them to enter an oven that fitted a few. She closed the hatch (that can be locked from the outside) then she then lighted up some wood and managed to stick it inside by small openings (used to heat up the oven) like that she cooked the soldiers inside that could not exit due the hatch was closed. Honestly I believe more this story.
That's nothing but a legend.
WOW you killed all those hiding Spaniards that's amazing, Aljubarrota woman- they were Spaniards, "I killed them because they ask for thick crust" while spitting on one their corpses
Respect Portugal from Greece!!! Good job John of Aviz!!!
You think that forming an alliance with england, this biggest thieves and traitors in all of recorded history is a job well done?? You're a sad individual.
@@snovem775 i understand what you are thinking, but at that time, when Portugal founded the oldest alliance active still to this day with the treaty of Windsor, the rulling dinasty back then, the Pantageneta dinasty, had a very diferent way of taking care of business and their word was alway fullfield. The small number, but strong and very well prepared and trained man, that was send it from the British islands helped to win this important battle
@@snovem775 Sorry but the biggest thieves and traitors in history are the Dutch.
@@snovem775 you are full of shit mate
This is for @s Novem may learn something.
Men i don't think you know us you must be Brasilian or something, if you are, i recomend to watch Imperios AD channel from youtube a Brasilian Teacher speaking neutrally of history, and second France sent 2.000 French heavy cavalary don't know if you heared that before, or if was just the 400 English Longbowman
Still 7.600 vs near 31.000 is a very big difference.
Do you know why? Franks always tried to tell they had the best cavalry in all Medieval Europe, but it was because they were well trained and equipped as large numbers.
What Castillian and French didn't bother was that our cavalry specially the "Order of Christ" were the descendents of the old Templar order that all Europe including the pope Except Portugal persued some centuries earlier and the portuguese had passed training through generations of knights. Some respect before responding irracionally, you call us thieves of what?
gold? From Brasil?
only 1/5 of the gold came to Portugal to pay the expenses of investments, and Brasil didn't yet existed as nation, thieves of africans? know that Africa still today keep slavery from warfare and on that time they weren't different they sold slaves from their defeated enemies just to buy guns and spices from the portuguese
as a small nation we controlled our empire mostly from aliances with natives and the portuguese ex-colonies still have natives living today they are descendants of allied tribes and many of those volluneered to join mercenary bandeirantes to atack their rival tribes to sell them to gain more power for themselves.
1500 tribes isnt the same pacifist tribes as today many were canibals and didnt care who they atacked what stopped many from being slaved was cristianism that forbidden cristians of being slaves in a cristian country
Respect for Portugal from Spain!
Not gona lie, portuguese are underestimated 😔👊
Saludos hermano ibérico 🙌🏼
@@LUSO_ Eles são árabes kkkk
Graçias hermano
Yeah good strategy is op
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Portuguese, normally outpowered and against all odds, in several moments in History, with the right leadership, have proven to be capable of achieving the impossible...
lopazio True, but most outnumbered battles we won were on the defence or attacking less advanced people in warfare.
@@nunosilva9896 concordo mais com o comentário anterior que com o teu. Embora seja verdade que tenhamos ganho algumas batalhas na defensiva, os nossos inimigos não eram militarmente obsoletos, temos o caso da guerra da restauração em que muitos dos soldados portugueses nem armadura tinham e grande parte das batalhas travadas contra os castelhanos (militarmente superiores e mais bem equipados) foi na ofensiva. Casos menores foram aquando as invasões francesas, nem exército tínhamos e só resolvemos a coisa com ajuda dos ingleses e da coragem do povo português
@@ZecaPinto1 Estava -me a referir a guerras na Índia, Arábia, Malásia, etc. Não a guerras contra outros Europeus. Invasões Francesas estávamos a defender.
@@nunosilva9896 Os Árabes o Otomanos eram tudo menos atrasados. Mais atrasados eram os Aztecas e Incas que os Espanhóis derrotaram.
@Daniel Ferreira Os Incas tinham medo de cavalos e os Astecas acharam que Cortéz era um deus porque tinha olhos verdes. Fala sério, meu amigo. Os ameríndios eram um povo antiquado para a época.
Nuno Alvares was a tactical genius, in all his battles he was hugely outnumbered (one time even 7:1) and was always able to win massively.
He’s main trait was to carefully chose the battleground with the most tactical advantages and then entice the enemy to attack, such as here in Aljubarrota.
A tactic easily countered by not attacking.
nuno alvares made a huge blunder in this battle he is lucky that the castillian king was an idiot.
@@xyz2121 oh really? And how would they not attack? Would they just march into Lisbon leaving an enemy army blocking their path back to Spain?
The Darkest White Ahahaha, don’t you see the 2 above are tactical geniuses? Ahaha
7:1 🇩🇪 × 🇧🇷 😢😭
Agradeço pelo vídeo,sou do Brasil e tenho orgulho de nossas origens!
Somos portugueses, irmão.
@@Senhor_BolachaNão são não, brasileiros são zucas e Portugueses são europeus
@@nunomartins2209 Portugueses são mouros (africanos muçulmanos). Europeus de verdade são a França à diante
Let’s be honest, you only chose to call João John because “oão” broke your brain.
But seriously, great video
ahaha maybe...I learned recently that "ão" not only pushes your vocals but your nasal cavity to pronounce it correctly! For example, we cannot pronounce It the correct way if we cover our nostrils! Quite weird and when I was learning I think my teatchers did magic tricks back then ahahaah :)
@@sousasemze8088 Exactly brother!!
@@sousasemze8088 I can pronounce my goddamn name perfectly if I cover my nostrils, wym?
Es lo que tiene ser un buen aliado de Portugal, que no hace falta aprender, ni siquiera, un poquito de su idioma.
The story of the John's. Featuring John, John, and (you guessed it) Juan.
taocosta123 goddamn Juan coming out of nowhere in the story of John's
Joao, Xuan, Giovani and Sean are also comming
taocosta123
Featuring the 4th John as: the lover
Stay tuned for the story of Beatrice and John of Castille's son, whose name was... John!!!! :D (true story!!!)
You mean John, John and John?
Their brothers Joao, Xuan, Giovani and Sean are coming too, I heard from a reliable source there below.
So I can tell that the brothers Ivanhoe, Jean, Johann, Hans,Yannis and Ivan are coming also a bit later, their father Johannes gave his permission. They just need to blance their accounts before they can come out to play, father insisted. And after their northern brothers get rid of a few Vikings, Jan, Jon and Johan will join too.
Finally, I can tell from here Finland, who's on the other end of Europe, and where all the European fashions always come a bit late, that we can only send you there Juha, Juhani, Hannes, Hannu, Joni, Jouni, Jonne, Janne, Jani, Jaani, Jukka and Jussi. And that's only because their mother Johanna is really angry with them. She said their sisters are enough for keeping the house, namely Jonna, Janna, Jaana, Janina, Janine, Niina, Nina and Ninni.
Yeah, Johannes and Johanna have been quite busy. Picked some colourful variations for their kid's names.
Like John. Just don't tell grandpa Johanan about this. After burying grandma Hanna, he's been easily upset. Says he's mixing the grandchildren's names. Let's not shock him now.
Winning outnumbered 5:1 is so damn glorious!
TheKingOfVietnam indeed
Good odds for any Portuguese merely 1:5
Not the only ond. For example La Lys, during ww1, where the portuguese lost the battle but killed so many germans.
@@alex2005z "Tu és milhais, mas vales milhões"
@@lukrenyt vdd
Even the story of the Padeira (baker) is covered. Ffs this channel is pure gold
*Battle of Macau, 1622, 24th of June*
- Portuguese: 50 musket bearing guards, 100 irregulars, some priests and friars and slaves armed with sticks, with crumbling fortifications previously harrassed by the dutch and pirates,
vs
-The Dutch: a fleet of 13 ships, totalling 1300 men, of which 800 were landing forces. English ships helped in the maritime blockade for some days prior to the Dutch invasion
Result: Portugal caralho!
Look up the seige of diu lol.
600 portuga's vs 22k ottoman empire force.
Portuguese victory.
PORTUGAL CARALHO!
Meus ancestrais eram gigantes maiores que Adamastor.
@@mickeydee3595 Look up battle of cochin if you want to be even more impressed
There was also the siege of Diu (don't confund with the naval battle of Diu)
In the siege of cochin it was 150 portuguese vs 50K Indians.
Portugal won.
Portugal was close to becoming part of what is now Spain many times in its history. Just like Navarra, Aragon, Leon, etc. The fact that they avoided conquest or assimilation from the Castilians is remarkable.
Except they did rule over portugal for around 80 yrs. ´We got sick of them and kicked them out :D
Ayla Soares Dont spread historical garbage innacuracies, that "rule" was a mere union of two crowns (due to succession issues once again) that was vastly supported by most of the portuguese nobleman and burguesy. The Iberion Union was held for 60 years, during that time Portugal and Spain were diferent countries with diferent language, laws, currency, etc. But since the Union was under a spanish kings comand of course we served the spanish interests (including waging war against our english alies). That said, the moment Filipe III of Portugal (Filipe IV of Spain) decided to remove all the status that held portuguese independence (such has having diferent laws, etc ,etc) and try to make Portugal a province of Spain, a rebellion broke out and once again the Spanish were defeated and we left the Union. Hope you liked the history lesson.
Green Tuga ahem... ok, se achas que não sei isso estás muito enganado. Se leres o que digo é que os filipes governaram portugal por uns anos. Nao espalhei "historical garbage inaccuracies" coisa nenhuma. Ja agora queres ter uma conversa decente, nao uses termos como esses. Fazem-te parecer intitulado, e eu levei esse comentario de uma maneira muito negativa, embora nao ache que foi esse o teu intento. A verdade é que os filipes eram nossos reis, mesmo que as cortes tivessem o poder real. Vais me dizer que teriamos perdido todas as colônias que perdemos nessa altura, se o rei de portugal se preocupasse com elas? Nao, nao as perderiamos. Mas como o rei era espanhol...
Dá-me lá mais lições de história se achas que não conheço a historia do meu país.
Sabendo tu de história (coisa que presumi que não porque disseste que tivemos 80 anos sob "domínio espanhol" quando a união ibérica foram 60 anos) ainda mais grave se torna. É uma coisa completamente diferente estar sob o domínio de ESPANHA ou estar sob o domínio de um Rei espanhol. Estar sob o domínio de Espanha implicaria adoptarmos a mesma lingua, as mesmas leis, sermos regidos pelas mesmas cortes e partilharmos a mesma moeda, coisa que nunca aconteceu. De facto, sendo o Rei espanhol obviamente que serviamos os interesses de Espanha, mas não passava de um união entre 2 Reinos DIFERENTES. É mais grave dizeres que Portugal nessa altura era dominado por Espanha que dizeres que, por exemplo, a Escócia é dominada por Inglaterra.
Wow... a verdade é que a tua interpretação do que eu disse em inglês é muito mais elaborada do que aquilo que eu realmente disse. Assim sendo, vou desculpar-me desta discussão.
such a great battle where the portuguese proved the effectiveness of their good tactics and a fighting spritit
greetings from spain
Thank you spanish
It takes an Iberian to take out an Iberian. Best regards from Portugal.
Plebeyo En Armas The spanish beligerance helped to shape the portuguese "never surrender" spirit. Nevertheless, Spain will forever be Portugal's bigger brother! Iberia will forever stand together!
As a Azorean reading these comments makes me thing, that perhabs a Iberion Union would work this time, a Iberion Federation, in Prussian/Germany Unification style. (Not saying im a supporter of the idea btw) this just made me imagine what Portuguese and Spanish think of this concept today.
lopazio
Portugal was established as a County in 868 and as a Kingdom in 1139 while Spain was established in 1492.
Why do people always say Spain is Portugal's big brother?
Just because I'm 22 and my 17 year old brother happens to be taller and wider than me, that automatically means he's my big brother?
Big brother has the same meaning as Older brother.
Around 20 years ago or so, I read an Arab source from the 10th century which praised the Franks as tough warriors, but the author then said that a single Gallician is equal to 10 Franks! I'm sure he was referring to foot-soldiers, mainly. Those tough Portuguese were among the descendants of these tough Gallicians. From the late Middle Ages till the Peninsular War, Portuguese infantrymen and mariners were among the most skilled warriors of their time.
Celtic power 💪
Do you remember the historian's name?
@@henriquepacheco7799 I believe it was al-Mas'udi...but I need to make sure.
Galicia at that time was was a Kingdom with Pre Roman ethnic Celtic roots. It's territory was modern day Galiza and Northern Portugal. And it was from Northern Portugal that the Country was born.
@quotetheraven90 Suebi Germanic tribes came after romanization and didn't actually had a huge mark on genetics. it mostly had an administrative impact. it actually caused this region to be the first Medieval State of Europe.
who wins?:
a portuguese man who knew how to draw squares
or
30 000 spainish men
SkyShroom XY square man
You should have said like the meme.
30.000 well trained spanish soldiers + french cavalry
OR
Some squary, trappy bois.
SkyShroom XY more like:
30000 well trained and equiped soldiers that have one objective in life: defend the country and win wars
Or
Some guys in square thing with low battle experience
David Pereira nah. Não foi bem assim. As forças portuguesas estavam habituadas a lutar em formação de losango, só que pelo caminho encontraram um cagalhão no meio da estrada e tiveram que virar a formação para se desviarem do poio, ficando assim num quadrado quando deram porrada aos espanhois
Who would win:
30k fully armed soldiers and knights
or
5k caralhos in a square shape
Fun fact: that alliance between the Portuguese and English is the oldest alliance in the world that is still in force.
Yes, it's written at the end of the video
Lazy Masquerade well other than the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France, ratified 1295 in the Treaty of Paris. Has never been revoked to this day.
Lazy Masquerade fancy seeing you here. Love your channel!
Jonny Aplin Scotland no longer exists as a nation whereas the alliance between portugal and england continued with the uk
Actually, the oldest alliance is probably between the devil and the Vatican! lol
Basically, it's the Battle of the Johns.
Juan ve Juan me bro!
Frinkls Kai Juan é o caralho. É João porra!
AH FADISTA ! :D
We just need John snow to make it a war of Johns
Joao vs Juan
In Arabic the battle "La bataille d'Aljubarrota" means mighty battle
Greetings from the MOORS lol
Respect to Portugal from MOROCCO
2020 Portugal and Morocco are brothers now ❤🙏
You will forever be our enemies, rot in hell.
@@antoniosalazar2334 Why?
@@sultanabdulhaqiii1633 Read the name of that guy, Antonio Salazar. Is like that Adolf Hitler accounts, a joke.
Pedro Henrique Fonseca Sabino de Sousa querias que fosse como o hiltler meu sacana...mas quem destrói o nosso Grande País é a escumalha socialista que está no poder à 40 anos...o hitler era socialista também meu traidorzeco! Vai-te informar que a lavagem cerebral vai sempre deixar-te mal! Palhaço
The Portuguese only managed to get 100 English long-bowmen at their side, not several hundreds. Portugal is known for winning many outnumbered battles throughout its history. Good video.
Longbowmen* mr.sassy pants
Around 400 to 600 inglish bowman
Lord Hades HaHa Until the netherlands stole yours empire
Reports differ, but the consensus is around 300 veteran English Longbowmen
if 100 or 700 long bowman is not the real main subject. They are veterans fighting the french cavalry. They teach how basic holes in the ground could break the legs horses and stop the charge.
I visited the Monastery of Batalha some years ago, it is a fairly impressive building. Also, fun fact, Nuno is now a Saint in the Catholic Church.
Beautiful country, Portugal.
i was there too and it was not all that and a bag of chips to be quite frank. There was a lady with a moustache trying to sell me a pair of sneakers and would not leave me alone...our Gypsy and Arab heritage was strong in this lady. Cheers
@@danielribeiro6743 your brazilian from favela i so sorry for you
@@oldwine2401 He was an idiot in his comment and you instead of doing better managed to be as stupid as him, congratulations!!
@@danielribeiro6743 Gypsies and Arabs are not Portuguese, its not our heritage because they are not us, we have literal zero haplogroups in Portugal of Arabs, and even in Iberia only the most southern part has a small fraction, and even then only some specific locations have it and its pratically non existent genetic wise. The Moors segregated themselves hard from the native iberians, very Based, they also treated non Moors(non Morrocans or Algerian) as second class citizens, and the Gypsies are Northern Indian nomads made slaves by the Turks, they are not Portuguese, hence why they are despised by Europeans as a whole
Visited that monastery today! The entire central region of Portugal is amazing. Just nearby is Obidos, Ourem, Tomar and Coimbra up north. They are all so pivotal in the creation of Portugal. We couldn't stay long enough!
Respect to Portugal from England
Thanks,same to England!
Thanks to Royal Navy our Kings escaped to Brazil . When the french troops arrived in Lisbon our Royal Family was on the way to Brazil
Thank you, brother. Windsor always!
@@rauloliveira2922 napoleão disse "fiquei a ver navios" que se referiu à chegada a Lisboa e viu a família real partir.
Hoje quando alguém olha para o longe sem fazer nada nós dizemos - "Então? estás aí a ver navios, o quê?"
@@rauloliveira2922 That´s a pitty. Fucking kings!
Portuguese people have always been so brave, we as brothers are very proud of them! It's so sad that politics separated us.
With love from Spain!
And thank god Portugal and Spain are not the same country...Portugal has so much history, and so many aspects that are completly different than our neighbors, and i can say confidently that most Portuguese people dont want the Iberian Union to happen...Cuz it would flush 880+ years of history down the drain
@@ifuckedyourmom Well said,sir!
Just think of this: two small nations at the bottom of Europe managed to open up the world to itself. If we'd been one nation we wouldn't have a reason to start exploring. We literally changed the world and triggered the fastest and most relevant cultural, social and technological evolution the world has ever seen. These two tiny nations. That's quite something.
Ahora somos buenos vecinos...
To buy some towels, cheap ones.
Always wondered why Spain never just annexed Portugal. Never actually looked into it. Tough nut to crack.
F the spanish!
@themailman43 Portugal cool, Spain drool.
@themailman43 PORTUGAL CARALHO !!!
DOR DE COTOVELO É QUE TU TENS PÁ!!!
🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 SOMOS PEQUENOS MAS SOMOS LIVRES
WE CAN BE LITTLE, BUT WE ARE FREE CARALHO!!!!
@themailman43 You're a funny man. Tell me another joke funny man.
You fail to understand that "Spain" is a modern invention. A mere copyright infringement. You mean Castilians.
Respect for Portugal from Serbia! this battle was savage
Dušan Zelić KOSOVO JE SERBJA
💪🏻💪🏻
@@guilhermenunes5641 Uruguai is Brasil
@@Demiurgo7 The Café Central is Vila Nova.
@@Demiurgo7 CISPLATINA* is Brasil
What a great nation. Long live Portugal .....
no borders - no nations ♥️👍🏽
@@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists naaaa
@@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists That's just silly.
@@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists but there are borders. Now they are being very enforced
Nationalism sucks
España y Portugal son naciones hermanas pero nunca serán naciones unificadas. Compartimos el mismo espíritu pero no destino. Vivan siempre.
Un abraço desde Lisboa
Abraço e boa sorte nesta época.
Suerte a todos, la necesitamos. Un abrazo!
Los portugueses son nuestros hermanos y de hecho me jode haber estado en guerra con ellos teniendo en ese momento enemigos de verdad al sur.
O nosso destino é o mesmo, apenas separados por uma fronteira muitas vezes invisível. ..ver o que faz um inimigo ainda maior como este corona vírus, e diz me qual é a nossa diferença em relação ao destino..? ! No mínimo apenas lutar por vidas, e as nossas guerras do passado só servem para nos dar indentidade enquanto nações, de resto somos familia....a grande família Ibérica.
Abraço.
A few things that weren't mentioned here:
1 - The soon-to-be-deceased king authorized his daughter's marriage under a signed agreement that the throne could not be claimed Jure uxoris, and that the first male son of the union would inherit the throne of Portugal, but relinquish his claim to the throne of Castille (which would go to the second born), thus keeping both realms separate. After the king's death, however, the Queen Regent declared that treaty null and void, thus starting the sucession war, hence the nickname "Leonor the treacherous".
2 - The video makes it seem as if the king was behind the army movements, when in reality it was the Constable (Nuno Álvares Pereira) who was leading the army, and arguably the greatest military leader the country has ever had. In particular, he used the square tactic to face a 5 times superior army on equal terms, hundreds of years before Wellington. Also, the "pits" described here were not there by accident, but had been deliberately digged and concealed prior to battle, trapping the main charging force of the enemy. Those two moves, both product of the Constable's mind, were essentially what won the battle.
Other than that, awesome video!
Great insight. Good historical precision comment.
i would say that afonso de albuquerque was greater...:)
True but Nuno Álvares Pereira learned this warfare skills with the English: choosing battleground prior to the fight and digging traps. Nevertheless, Portugal Caralho!!!
@@rafaelmarques2920 i see your point but this victories were far more unlikely to be won and far more important for portuguese History. Dont forget that around 6K men including the King were ready to die by the hands of 30K with more armor and battle power. It is unthinkable and it was a miracle.
just 2 minor mistakes... during the 1st Castillan invasion, Castillan forces took the city of Santarém, which would serve as a Castillan outpost inside portuguese territory garrisoned by part of the army that had sieged Lisbon in the 1st invasion and was a strongly defended position that even the Portuguese didn't dare to attack just yet... when the 2nd invasion began, king Juan I of Castilla entered Portugal through Trancoso, passing by Coimbra en route to Santarém to rendezvous with the other Castillan forces to reinforce it's numbers before attempting another attack on Lisbon, but the Portuguese army managed do force the Castillan army to move more to the west of it's original route, and eventually, in Aljubarrota, the Portuguese now saw a more favorable site to stop the invaders, Juan I decided to go around them to bypass the portuguese army and rush straight towards Santarém, but seeing that if he didn't defeat the portuguese on that hill then, he'd have to deal with both the garrison in Lisbon and an entire army harassing his army's rear guard, so he decided to accept the challenge from King João I and his loyal Constable.
Another details that failed there were the fact that portuguese made obstacles, trenches and traps, forced the castillan forces not only to slow down their advance, but also move through a very narrow corridor, that even caused many casualties on the Castillan just from soldiers being trampled or crushed by their own comrades, and there was an attempt by the Castillans to flank Portuguese positions by attacking and surrounding it's supplies carriages located on the rear of the Portuguese lines, but were surprisingly defeated by the tenacious effort of the Portuguese guards
Thanks for this comment.
you're welcome... I'm portuguese and studied military history so I thought I should only give this comment to show some more information regarding this battle.
another good sources regarding this battle are any works by João Gouveia Monteiro (my military history teacher) regarding this battle and the official website of the Aljubarrota Foundation (which is also in charge of a museum dedicated to this battle and also other battles around the same time period), you can visit it here: www.fundacao-aljubarrota.pt/?idl=2
thanks for the video, that baker women is very famous here to this day
yes that s right the portuguese flanks are small rivers that can be crossed. and spanish army try to take that but they are repelled by the portugueses.
Portuguese king:
I have the high ground , its over Juan
juan:
Do not understimate my power:
John:
Dont do it!!
the rest is history
Good one
@@The_Gerry_Man much better
Obi one kenobi vs Anakin skywalker
@Matthew Cooper I think Juan is the spanish king
@Matthew Cooper oh my,I gonna be in Reddit?
Os espanhois nunca quiseram lutar ali, tentaram passar e forçar os portugueses a segui-los, e assim abandonar o monte. Nós e os Ingleses provocá-mo-los constantemente com escaramuças e projecteis e a cavalaria francesa atacou o que forçou os espanhóis a lutar ali. Isto está tudo explicado no museu de interpretação da batalha de Aljubarrota. E já agora, a formação esta completamente errada, mais parece a batalha de Agincourt que a de Aljubarrota.. Para os curiosos, o centro da nossa linha era "falso", com uma meia lua de infantaria pesada em segunda linha para simular uma rotura na linha que atraiu os espanhóis para o centro da mesma o que quando as nossas alas avançaram, resultou no total cerco do exercito espanhol. A tática do quadrado é tuguesa antes de ser inglesa ;) Mas isso não interessa aos anglos contar..
Os britanicos nao foram os primeiros mas os portugueses tambem não. O proprio Hannibal colocava a sempre a infantaria menos experiente no centro para criar o mesmo efeito.
Ou seja..
Só fingimos que eramos parvos, e depois dê-mos pontapés nos cús dos Espanhois.
Murcia o problema é que anda por aqui um que diz que a tática do quadrado não existe. Deve pensar que o exerxito estava disposto no polígono em si ao invés de tentar perceber a origem do nome da tática pela funcionalidade
Murcia cá para mim a tal pessoa que afirma que a tática nunca existiu é que deve ser um quadrado
Olha lá pensava que te pagavam a reforma para estares calado.
I love Portuguese history! John of Aviz in particular stands out as an amazing character as his descendants would go on to establish the Portuguese empire by conquering Ceuta and creating footholds in Africa.
he was one of our Greatest Kings. Reigned a long time as well, almost 5 decades which at that time was incredible (1385-1433)
thank you for giving Portugal some attention!
Hell yah!
Jose Pedro Moreira What's Portugal? Some type of fruit?
Wanderer628 it's a disease.
it causes people to shout "CARALHO" spontaneusly.
The Smiling Miura FODASE CARALHO
The Smiling Miura true dat. but I've noticed that Brazilians do it way more randomly.
*All Christendom will be awed by the victory we have won here today!*
Ihaz Noame Aeyyyyy Medieval Total War
By the grace of God, our foe is utterly vanquished! Let all who remember this day, remember it as the day of our most glorious victory!
This is a clear victory, which only goes to men of great virtue and valour!!
This is a great victory, worthy of only the mightiest of generals!
Ah fuck now I feel like playing EU4 😂
Your neat and concise style of explaining historical battles has won you yet another subscriber today! Thanks for the great videos!
That's why I'm proud to be Portuguese.
Our history will never be forgotten!
Whats even greater is the fact that noble families were always honored and had part in a lot of the politics, eventhough Portugal was a Nation of Burhs they sure loved their Feudal Traditions, Maias, Magalhães, Martins, Machados, Araújos, Castros and Mouras are some of the many families you'll find all over portuguese history.
@@SkullGamerFull what araujo was really important in history?
@@alex2005z There were Inácio Francisco de Araújo Costa, an influent liutenant in the brazilian state of Piauí, a descendant of Manuel Francisco de Araújo Costa, a man that came from the lands of Alto-Minho in Portugal and after crossing the ocean settled in the region of what is now called Piauí, having a huge pasture in the Sussuapara farm and founding the parish of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, later growing to become the capital of the entire state of Piauí, changing its name to Oeiras (Nowadays Teresina is the capital but it changed not so long ago).
So that Araújo is an example of an Araújo that was amazingly important in the development of the modern state of Piauí in the country of Brazil, there were also Dom Rodrigo Annes, who was a earlmen of castle and lands of Araújo in the kingdom of Galiza, near Ourense.
You should! But remember, independence got a high price .. I will say you are lucky that you have only one single enemy because of your unique location. Although, even I really don't count them as such for Spaniard. Both nations have almost the same language, the only differences were developed upon getting rid of Arabs which is merely 600 years in span. If Portugal did have a third enemy, Spain will be your best and only ally that you can count on!
Ahahah.. Just wait until this generation ofvidiots be teached by the actual generation of feminist-progressive teachers and you'll see what they know.
(Resuming, this:
*[obligatory "PORTUGAL CARALHO!!!" comment]*
der Reichtangle PORTUGAL CARALHO
PORTUGAL CARALHO!
PORTUGAL CARALHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"obligatory" ;') well said
Caralhoooooooo!
Being a Brasilian makes me proud of my forefathers!!! All hail the might Portugal! :)
GRANDE GUSTAVO!
Caro Gustavo. Portugal existe como pais livre, deve também aos Portuguese do Brazil. Por curiosidade, pesquise quem financiou as lutas contra Espanha após 1640. Os portugueses do Brazil já não queriam pagar impostos altos a coroa espanhola. Só a cidade de Ceuta (Marrocos). conquistada pelos portugueses 1415, manteve-se fiel a coroa de Espanha (pela proximidade a esta).
Gustavo S.Lamarque tu país es un invento
Espero que vocês tenho herdado este espírito lutador e patriota que nós temos. Nunca se deixem invadir brasileiros!
Gustavo, eu pensei a msma coisa
Eu tenho orgulho da minha descêndencia Portuguesa
ascendência você quer dizer. Descendência nesse caso se refere aos seus filhos, netos etc
Não há sangue mais valeroso que o sangue lusitano derramado em tantas batalhas.
não eu! demasiada pobreza em Portugal amigo 😁😁
@@danielribeiro6743 No entanto não somos classificados como um país de terceiro mundo
@@Porto.358 Hombre no exageres, Portugal no es del tercer mundo. Los españoles con nuestro gobierno si que vamos camino de serlo.
Fun fact: Portugal has the oldest land boarders in Europe.
doubt it
@@artonio5887 No he is right. Portugals borders are waaay older than Icelands....
@@artonio5887 it's fact
@@luisgorgulho9747 source?
Edit: forget it, we have actually the 2° oldest borders in the world i think, but andorra is european and its older moverdb.com/world-border-age/
What about olivença tho? Didnt we lose some territory there in the napoleonic invasions?
First independent european nation, right?
Glory to Portugal
And to our dear alies England
You mean Glory to lil' Spain.
Thank you, brohers! Allies for life!
Can you look into doing the Siege of Tenochtitlan? Because the Aztecs did like building walls it was was not a traditional siege but more like many skirmishes getting close to the city with each victory. These skirmishes took place on the water and earthwork bridges as Tenochtitlan was located on an island in the middle of a lake. The conquistadors and allies had to also build 13 full size brigantines in order to gain superiority on the water. Lets also not forget how insanely large the armies where with 500,000 men in total fighting during the Siege of Tenochtitlan. If you need sources just ask and ill pull them up for information on the battle.
Alright I did some quick searching and found this website that gives a semi detailed account of what happened staring at the title "Both Sides Attempt to Recover" ( www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Tenochtitlan#cite_note-Hassig-0 ) . If you want more information I know that the book "Mexico and the Spanish Conquest" has more detailed account though I have not gotten around to reading it myself.
I would totally love something in the new world for once. Although there is enough medieval battles to go around, the Aztecs and their fearsome warriors is in need of attention because mostly people dont know who they are.
That, or i can settle with something in Asia.
it lasted like three months and there were streets you could barley walk through because of all the dead bodies. They also had to dig a canal to get the ships into the sea.
Exactly. It was stuff like what you mentioned that makes the war of conquest in the Americas so unique. Also the aztec weapons and armor where amazing. The aztec armor was tightly woven out of cotton and other materials and worked much like the European gambeson, except it was much more effective in battle. So effective in fact that ALL of the Conquistadors shed their metal breastplate and gambeson for the Aztec woven armor. Also the main melee weapon of the aztecs, the macuahuitl, hand an obsidian edge that would rarely break and was sharper than a razor. Here is one quote from a Conquistador about the effectiveness of the weapon.
"One Indian at a single stroke cut open the whole neck of Cristóbal de Olid’s horse, killing the horse. The Indian on the other side slashed at the second horseman and the blow cut through the horse’s pastern, whereupon this horse also fell dead."
Where can I find this quote? Also, I heard that they took up Aztec armor because of the usual hot & humid weather of the region. They got cooked in their metal armors...
Juan: "Send in the french knights!"
English longbowmen: "Here we go again...they just don't get it!"
Yeeee boiii
não esperava ver te aqui, adoro os teus videos
Olha o Rambo da Lusitânia aê.
nano i love u ♡
oh right, you are portuguese aren't you? Note: love ur vids mate! Keep up the great work!
Hey nano
i cant believe you made a video about one of the most important battles in the history of my country. you should make a video about the Battle of Torres Vedras, during the napoleonic invasion or the Battle of the 3 Kings (the greatest militar disaster in portuguese history, also know as Battle of Alcacer-Quibir, it caused the spanish occupation of Portugal and the rise of House Braganza). I'm portuguese and a great fan of your videos. however, in this video you could have talked about the Square Tecnic (in portuguede "tatica do quadrado") used by the portugueses and that was one of the major reasons for their success.
Ed Knowz Experts claim that ther was no such thing as a Square Tactic... They claim that the portuguese front line opened up out of fear from the strong french push, but then, the portuguese general order them to close on them. And after they closed on the french nobleman, something happened which is also a big fail in this video: a lot of french nobleman from the first cavalry charge were made prisioners on the back of the portuguese lines. But then, in order for the portuguese to resist to the second spanish push, D. Nuno Alvares Pereiro order his men to kill the French prisioners that were imprisioned in the back which was not something normal at medieval battles (nobleman prisioners means huge ransoms to be paid). This was one of the most bloody battles of this period . The portuguese chased the fleing spanish army and it is said that the rivers became red from all the blood. Thousands of spanish soldiers and nobleman were killed and it had such an impact on the Spanish Kingdom that the King issued a TWO YEARS mourning period... This battle was key to portuguese history as it repelled the Spanish from trying to invade again, making way for the Portuguese Age of Exploration and Discoveries (an effort that took place with the same courage and violent/bloody mentality as in a
Aljubarrota, nobleman knights became Ship Captains ) which gave Portugal a place on the Human History.
lopazio i remember studying in school the square tactic invented by nuno alvares. they imprisioned the vanguard in a square and killed them. it was all meant to be that way. that is if what they teach us in school is true. and they didnt killed many spanish, the english killed more than the portuguese. we collected a lot of prisioners, and we released many of them. We were smaller than spain and the war lasted a few more years.
Ed Knowz never forget that a lot that is teached in portuguese History classes is not 100% true at least a lot is exaggerated and comes from the "Estado Novo" propaganda that over gloryfield its national heroes (and D.Nuno Alvares Pereira was one of them). I knkw because I also learnt that in classes as you did :D
brazillian here, videos like this makes me very proud of our forefathers
Lucas Yago We love you brasil!
who?polish? lebanese?
Abdul Gemayyel the spanish
The Smiling Miura *the portuguese
Lusitani Mendes it's sarcasm
The idea of making the north reinforced by ditches was precisely to make the castillian army attack from the south which, given it was a less steep but longer climb, it had a lot more hidden ditches and other counter-measures. That plus not having to cross a creek completely fooled the castillians. Simple, brilliant and effective.
*King of Castille:*
*King of Portugal:*
*King of Castille:* ....dude..... that's not fair ...
Totally fair. Battle of Patay, Battle of La Brossiniere = English longbowmen destroyed
@lvan Big Nob Lmao how is Londonistan doing? Muslim mayor, capital of Pakistan child lovers. Child grooming in Roterham, Telford etc never seen in any western country ... World Language is actually American not english, because the French defeated the English in the Americas then USA became first power
🙂
Well the french supported Castilla with 2000 Knights
England supported Portugal with 300 to 400 archers
Is all about how u play your cards 🙂✌🏼
@@LUSO_ As a Spaniard I have to admit that Portugal achieved a great victory in this battle (although well I am Andalusian so my ancestors did not participate in this disaster XD.)
@@LUSO_ The same I say "irmão", Spain and Portugal have been great rivals throughout history and sometimes we annoy each other with our victories over the other (like brothers arguing XD) but in the end we are brothers as you very well said , and it is not for nothing that Portugal is my favorite country after Spain, since all the times I have been there it has been like being at home.
A big hug from Andalusia, Portuguese brother, and remember that you will always have the doors of Spain open as at home.
The Portuguese were naturally gifted with the skill of guerrila warfare, they used these similar tactics in the Fantastic War, look it up it's epic.
Avé Portucale!
Warwick EnG Guerrilla warfare is in Portugal's DNA, remember how the Lusitans reppeled the Romans? Lusitans (now central Portugal) were never defeated by Roman warfare, only with treason....
lopazio Wow, that's going a long way... Both Portuguese and Spanish consider Viriato a national hero. The Lusitanians are culturally completely different from medieval Portuguese so what you wrote is nonsensical nationalistic propaganda.
There are clear evidences of celtic DNA in Portugal, unslike Spain. You can look it up, the DNA of Portugal has a lot more celtic evidence than the Spanish DNA (wich is comprised more of moorish and latin ancesthry DNA)
North of Portugal = Celtic, the rest of Portugal = Lusitanic
Green Tuga The Galicians, Basques and Asturians would disagree with you. Portugal was under Moorish rule for longer than these regions were.
God bless the Portuguese. Greatest alliance in history. God Save The Queen.
Joe Brear God Bless Serbia
Greatest and longest running in the world.
Great alliance until the betrayal of the british in 1890. Do you know the original lyrics of the Portuguese National Anthem?? Just a part:
"As armas, as armas!
Sobre a terra e sobre o mar,
As armas, as armas!
Pela Patria lutar!
Contra os bretoes marchar, marchar!".
"To arms, to arms!
Over land, over sea,
To arms, to arms!
For the Fatherland, fight!
Against the british, march on, march on!"
The word british (bretoes) was after some time replaced with canhoes (= canyons) just to make it more politically correct, lol.
✌🏼 th-cam.com/video/veNikUZpP18/w-d-xo.html
It's not as good as you think. It was more like a way to "help" each other and benefit as much as possible. But yes, we can say it was good for both of us. God save all brothers, no mather what😉🇵🇹
You should make a video about the greatest Portuguese military genius of all time, Afonso de Albuquerque! He was the man who conquered an empire for Portugal during D Manuel I reign.
... And (probably) the guy with the most badass quotes/atitude in our history.
- "As you had not even a candle for your funeral, today I light up a city for you, my son!"
Or.. "These were the footsteps where the killers of my son used!" (after piling corpses over Diu's streets).
I love your channel and it really lighten's me up to see you make content regarding the portuguese. If you want to make more, i recommend you go for the Battle of Ourique (1139), or something a bit more deadly and mindblowing battles against all odds: the Battle of Cochin (1504) or the Siege of Diu (1538).
Keep up the good work.
Impressionado por ver o seu interesse em Portugal :-)
Another emotional moment was during the siege of Lisbon. The Yong Condestable Nuno Alvares Pereira, making the guerrilla war beyond the Castilian fleet and army, set signal fires in the hight of the Palmela Castle, south side of the Tagus river, to being seen in Lisbon, to keep the resistence there, as a signal of hold the fight because we are here. A myth and a legend, the man.
Absolute mad lad
There is yet another legend about this battle you have not spoken off. Legend says , somewhere deep in the ranks of the portuguese footman , a lone soldier , which did not had much recognition and most though he was a joke saw the french cavalry and slain dozens of french soldiers whith no mercy. His name was éder. Became a portuguese god. Some say this isnt true , some say he was a time traveller from euro 2016 , all we know his:
E FOI O ÉDER QUE OS FODEU!!!
Eduardo Borges 😂
Lol. Hahaha
Porra isso está épico haha
Éder:hoje é feriado,caralho!!!
Era fixe se realmente fosse verdade em 1384 xP
John Aviz, the first of his name, the terror of the Castilians, King of the Lusitanians and the First celts, Lord of Portugal and Protector of the Realm.
Finally, someone did the title with historical background instead of pure copy from GoT!
Actually, the protector of the realm was Nuno Álvares Pereira, his title as constable implied that responsibility
Amazing! Just amazing! Thank you for your work. This is one of the most famous victory of Portugal VS Castille
YES!!! I COMMENTED I WANTED THIS VIDEO A FEW MONTHS AGO AND YOU DID IT!!!! I LOVE YOU BazBattles!
Subscribed yesterday and now i get this battle. As a portuguese I couldn't be more happy :)
Francisco Semedo sorte xD eu sou sub a algum tempo e ainda n tinha visto nenhum vídeo com referências a Portugal e já os vi todos xD (sou um amante de história e estratégia)
GOOD JOB PORTUGAL! Cheers from Britain, your noblest ally. Sorry about Brexit, that's just plonkers.
Este é sem dúvida um dos melhores canais no TH-cam atualmente. Conteúdo de ótimo nível! Vamos torcer por mais vídeos sobre Portugal, que tem uma história riquíssima!
Francisco Semedo Same here primo! Native of Ilhavo.
Joshuapooleanox We understand brother. We hope it works out for you eventually. Your old friend ally- the Portuguese
Great, as always.
I wish I had this level of video editing and history delivery :)
Please do more on the Portuguese empire, especially in the XV and XVI centuries.
After watching a few of these videos, I very much enjoy how well they are done. Bravo!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!
This great military victory has sadly little recognition outside of Portugal and l always wanted to know more about it
talk about the Portuguese - Ottoman Battles
6 minutes of "lol the ottoman ships sucked and the portuguese had better ships get fucked ottomans"
Oh have your idiotic soil there while we wash ourselves with gold from Silk Route trade...
Templário yes! the battle of Cochin of 1504! I'm trying to make them do it by asking in the comments everytime a video comes out!
AutoBifanas he's just scared of ottomans and comes with big talks, grand admiral khair edin barbarossa rekt all portugese navy
FREE MOVIES!!! don't spread bullshit the poor ottomans alway piss themselves when they see the superior Portuguese ships...
When to epic nations collide...
Massive respect for creating a video as informative as this one!
What is better to celebrate the Day of Portugal(10June) than to see this video? :D Ty
Two years later. It's 10 June. I didn't know today is day of Portugal but coincidentally I'm watching this video for the first time.
@@cavc94 its day of portugal, camoes and the portuguese communities. And more recently and unoficial, Eder
''De Espanha , nem bons ventos nem casamentos...'' Portugal caralho
Filósofo Intemporal perfeito amei a frase hahha
Filósofo Intemporal só se a espanhola for boa x)
Nem bons exércitos ahahah
Eu vejo uma referência aos Lusíadas. Grande homem, o Camões.
@@ZecaPinto1 Nem que seja a mais boazona do mundo, será sempre uma espanhola.
Similarly, during the French invasions in the XIX century, Portugal was able to keep Its independence thanks to the help of the English under the Treaty of Windsor. The first time a Napoleonic army was defeated was in Portugal, by an Anglo-Portuguese army under the command of Lord Wellington, the hero of Waterloo...
Pois, para não chupar o frances, o frances decidiu chupar o ingles. Viva os chupadores portugueses chupa chupa. O portugues decidiu ser a prostituta da inglaterra ate en 1918. Que grandes estupidos vivem neste pais...... o ingles compra casas aos portugueses e o portugues não tem dinheiro para comprar na inglaterre. Chamas isso uma aliança????
Sorry, but the first defeat of a Napoleonic army happened in july 1808, in Bailén, by the Spanish army leaded by general Castaños. Vimeiro was the second strike.
@@ftr1453 True, but the French forces were second-line troops, who had originally been raised for internal policing and garrison duty in Prussia. I humbly submit the Battle of Maida, 4th July 1806, in southern Italy as the first defeat of a Napoleonic force, led by Jean Reynier, by a British corps under John Stuart. The French at this battle were of rather sterner stuff, including two battalions each of the 1st and 23rd Légère, one of the 42nd de Ligne, and four squadrons of the 9th Chasseurs à Cheval.
A royal bastard named John, commander of a military order is proclaimed king by the nobles, wishing to protect their kingdom and it's independence.
This reminds me of something, but I'm not sure what.
Artur M. He knows nothing tho
Hmmm... Game of Thrones?! Lol
The king in the square!
i know nothing about it!
And the atack first with cavalery remind me of something
There was also some attempts in the Portuguese flanks (apart the front who had the main battle) but the square keep its integrety. A Castillian almost killed João I, saved in the last fraction of a second by one of his men, killing the castillian., whille already in the movement of the strike (in the Chronicle of the time), hard to believe for some people at least. A movie scenne in Holywood on other battles, even when not true. But was on this battle - in the case its in the principal Chronicle - Fernão Lopes.
Great content! Thanks!
Better than a 30 minute long history class in school.
Can you guys do a vid about the Battle of Plataea?
thank you for this video! so glad
EXCELLENT vídeo!!! Congratulations!
The Battle of Aljubarrota is for Portugal what the Battle of Azincourt is for England! Two poets, Luis de Camões and William Shakespeare, in Lusíadas and in Henry V, told the Stories!
Eu sou Brasileiro mas realmente admiro a história de Portugal e seu grande povo guerreiro
🇧🇷🇵🇹
*e lembrate de Villanueva de Barcarrota também onde todo o exército Português derrotado por um punhado de camponeses Espanhóis* ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
@@juninhosantos7800 só mais uma vez, procura uma namorada ou namorado, vais ver que te transformas numa pessoa.
@@juninhosantos7800 ??? portugal nunca tentou colonizar voces, voces é que tentavam nos colonizar, e depois eram destroidos, sem falar que voces so participaram na epoca dos descobrimentos porque usaram os nossos barcos, a vossa historia começou com a nossa tecnologia
@@juninhosantos7800Uma hora tem que perder, agora com 3-7k contra 30k é humilhante kkkkk Portugal humilhar a Espanha é o padrão
Thank you do much for this video
A huge congrats and thanks from Portugal ... Really good job ...
OMG YES!!!!!
PORTUGAL CARALHO!
shiu suas colonias sao melhores
somos grandes caralho!
brasil HUE fala o monte de socialismo, morte, gangues, drogas e instabilidade.
Pelomenos n temos que pagar a alemanha Mais da metade do nosso Dinheiro Bruto
"The Anglo-Portuguese alliance
started in 1373 and ratified in 1386
is the oldest alliance in the world,
still being in force enforced to this very day."
Thank you for these videos. I am a big fan of grand strategy games and this is just perfect for me.
A great video indeed! Thanks for sharing.
"A massive baker woman with six fingers on each hand killed six Castilian troops with a shovel." O.o Well... that's oddly specific. I couldn't help but chuckle.
Im from Portugal and never heard about the 6 fingers, but im pretty sure the legend says she killed 7 castillians and it was with a baker paddle and not a shovel.
@@greentuga691 Same word in portuguese, easy mistake for him to make
O lado Português estava lutando pela liberdade de sua nação; já o lado Castelhano, lutou por uma ambição expansionista de seu Rei... Talvez por isso os soldados portugueses, mesmo com tanta inferioridade numérica, lutaram com exemplar bravura e coesão.
É um grande exemplo de como a moral dos soldados pode ser essencial numa batalha.
Quando o rei de leão ofereceu aos primos franceses D. Raimundo e D. Henrique o condado portucalense nunca imaginou que se tornasse um reino. Deve se ter arrependido.
🇧🇷🇵🇹!
Awesome thanks for the great work Sir
Loved the video.
Now, being Portuguese and working a lot on the history of our country, allow me to contribute.
At Atoleiros, Trancoso (Where Juan fought the forces of people loyal to João de Castro son of Pedro I and Inês de Castro), as well as Aljubarrota, there were Portuguese people on both sides both because of oaths and promised perks. However, at Atoleiros not one fighter for the ones you call rebels died at Atoleiros. Not sure rebels is accurate, all three John had legitimate claims to the throne.
At Aljubarrota the Castilian king was sick and not in very good conditions to study the terrain and command. Still he didn't want to charge with the cavalry, but many of the knight present there were young man, eager to prove themselves (a lot of the more experienced Portuguese and Castilian knights that supported him had died at Atoleiros) and charged against his will, forcing him to send the infantry to help them when they got caught in the traps set by the Portuguese.
The Portuguese at Aljubarrota used the terrain irregularities and also dug lots of holes, places stakes in them and covered them, they dug "covas de lobo" and also used a tactic call "do quadrado" of the square, in which the front line sometimes appeared to break and then the enemy would be met by the rear and the "alas" which were mobile. Openings were left so that the enemy could escape when trapped, because it is easier to kill a fleeing enemy than one fight for its life.
The actual tactic of choosing a good terrain and fighting on foot was of british influence and was adapted to the local reality by Nuno Álvares Pereira; that as well as the moving version of fighting on foot.
There were about 30000 on Juan side, mostly Castilian and Frensh at this point, and 200 British and 6000 Portuguese. Some of the 30000 were killed by their own man trampled under their feet.
As for the Padeira de Aljubarrota there are many versions of the story, which ilustrated the will and actions of the people at that time. Usually it is said she killed 7 Castilians. :p
Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
There is also a story, a few centuries later, in India where 150 Portuguese led by Duarte Pacheco Pereira, with three ships and a fortress manage to stop an army of 50000 with 300 elephants and 150 ships led by the Samorim of Calcutta who was after the Rajá of Cochim for joining with the Portuguese, at the river Cambalam.
Or the time where the Spanish, in 1580 try to take Ilha Terceira and are beaten by cows.
Wow, impressive, Portuguese people were resilient, they should had continued up until napoleon
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 we did, we had to use guerilla warfare as always.
@@jfarinhoteeu li recentemente sobre a batalha de Cochin no livro do Roger Crowley.
Duarte Pacheco Pereira (também sou um Pereira) foi brilhante.
Eu li recentemente sobre a batalha de Cochin no livro do Roger Crowley.
Duarte Pacheco Pereira (também sou um Pereira) foi brilhante.
Como dizem aqui nos EUA, onde moro atualmente, nesses séculos de lutas e conquistas, os portugueses eram "bad ass".
Nice work. Congrats from a Portuguese!
2:08 Watching people trying to say the "ão" sound cracks me up sometimes.
It's not your fault, that sound is exclusive to the portuguese language, so I don't expect anyone to get it right without some training.
But hey, at least it makes me chuckle.
"Juon" LMAO
É pronúncia á norte
My older brother, who studied History at university, just told me about this battle, so that's why I'm here. Thanks for the video, Baz. So, the Portuguese have their own town called Battle...and it's got an abbey!
Always very interesting to learn about other countries History and battles. Thanks !!
As a portuguese myself i approve this video, good job.
We learn this at school as children :)
Well done to our Portuguese allies. (Great video btw)
You absolute legend, you actually pronounced João correctly. Now there's something I didn't expect
Very well narrated, very accurate. Thank you
2:45 John, Protector of the realm, King of the Andals and the first men.....
John, Protector of the realm, King of Portugal and the Algarve, direct descendant of Viriatus of the Lusitanae.
*Fun Fact* :
*Nuno Álvares Pereira* , our greatest military strategist of all time, led his first battle at the age of 19, wearing an armor borrowed by 'John' de Avis, then future King of Portugal.
In Battle of Aljubarrota he had just 24 years old and back this time he was already a legend, that's why *Juan I of Castilla* tried to corrupt him, but as you can see, he rejected.
He never lost a single battle.
The greatest Portuguese military strategist of all time was, by far, Afonso de Albuquerque.
@@miguellemos4669 Na sua perspectiva pessoal talvez, mas numa opinião generalizada foi Nun'Alvares Pereira. Portanto é indiscutível.
@@goodfella5628 Ele foi “apenas” o comandante e estratego que impôs o domínio português no Oceano Índico, aniquilando o poder muçulmano. Conquistou ainda Goa, Malaca, Ormuz e Calicut em batalhas ferozes por mar e por terra contra forças muito superiores, reunindo por vezes milhares de Árabes, Turcos, Indianos e Venezianos em coligação contra nós. Usou ainda estratégias inovadoras no domínio da guerra naval. A opinião "generalizada" é só a daqueles que conhecem muito pouco da nossa História.
@@miguellemos4669 Você fala como se os feitos de Nun'Alvares Pereira fossem dispensáveis.
O Santo Condestável não se limitou a vencer aquela que é provavelmente a maior e derradeira batalha da nossa história, venceu também a Batalha dos Atoleiros, que foi a primeira vez na península Ibérica, que um exército(terrestre) vence uma cavalaria pesada. Os portugueses contavam com 1500 homens enquanto que os Castelhanos contavam com mais de 5000, não foi registada nenhuma baixa para o exército português.
Vence também em solo castelhano a Batalha de Valverde, que foi considerada como um milagre devido aos números inferiores dos portugueses(11mil para 39mil) e das perdas significativas que vinham a ter e que por isso tinham já dada a Batalha como perdida, até que o futuro Santo começa a orar a Deus pacatamente abstendo-se totalmente do ambiente de guerra e quando termina, dá ordens espontâneas que lhe dão a inesperada vitória. A partir daí os Castelhanos nunca mais lhe cederam luta em campo aberto.
E foi devido à sua genialidade, coragem e lealdade que os Castelhanos em 1411 finalmente reconhecem a Independência de Portugal.
Falamos de uma época de crise dinástica em Portugal, uma época em que o país se construía ao poucos, uma Era frágil e inexperiente para os nossos antepassados. Foram os mercenários ingleses que trouxeram algum conhecimento e experiência, mas foi o Santo que determinou o rumo da nossa história.
No meio disto tudo ainda se envolveu na Conquista de Ceuta em 1415, tento sido uma das peças fundamentais.
Se mais não fez foi porque não teve oportunidade para tal, enquanto isso Afonso de Albuquerque nasceu já numa época próspera e bem estabelecida, quer militarmente quer em termos diplomatas. E isso deve-se a Nun'Alvares Pereira.
Ninguém lhe tira o mérito a Afonso de Albuquerque, a Gualdim Paes e outros comandantes, generais, soldados, marinheiros e estrategas militares, mas o Santo Condestável é tido como o súpero por vários motivos que determinaram a nossa história.
@@goodfella5628 está a inventar e a por na minha boca aquilo que eu não disse.
O que eu disse e mantenho é que o Afonso de Albuquerque foi de longe o maior estratego militar português. Tanto na terra como no mar. Fez do Índico um "mare clausum". Entrou pelo Mar Vermelho adentro ("pequena coisa" cuja simples notícia provocou o pânico no Cairo) e impôs o domínio português até à Malásia e Indonésia.
Consegue fazer uma ideia da extensão desta área e do esforço e saber que isto implicou?
Graças a ele Portugal firmou-se como a primeira potência global e acumulou enormes riquezas.
Passe bem.
What a nice videos, I wish I had discovered it long long ago
Keep up the good work, I've watched all of your videos
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@BazBateles thaks for the video i liked very much. One good detail is the square tatic that nuno aleveres pereira implemented in this battle (in portugal we learn this at school hehe).
hey!!
I'm portuguese glad you made this video.
I forgive the slightly off pronunciation ;)
por acaso foi o primeiro locutor inglês que ouvi dizer o nome joão aceitavelmente, ao menos isso
Dinis Grammar Naazi Almeida também acho mas também tiveram algumas coisas um pouco ao lado.
Por exemplo eu aprendi que éramos 10 mil e eles 40 mil
E a padeira de Aljubarrota não matou assim os castelhanos sem mais nem menos. Apanhou-os escondidos no forno dela
Afonso Gomes a primeira parte nunca ouvi, mas a historia envolve mesmo o forno.
Eu também estou a dizer porque fui ao centro de da Batalha. E porque tive de fazer um trabalho na padeira...
Mas por exemplo ele podia pelo menos ter mencionado a ala dos namorados e a formação que ele mostrou no vídeo não está a que usamos. Nós estávamos em quadrado
Dinis Almeida Ya conseguiu dizer o til consideravelmente bem, ao contrário dos outros locutores ingleses
Longa vida à gloriosa Portugal. Obrigado pelos Descobrimentos e pelo Catolicismo.
Disses-te tudo até que mencionas-te "Catolicismo"
Creio que é um Brasileiro agradecendo pela cultura herdada.
@@roxmate8742 FOI JUSTAMENTE O CATOLICISMO QUEM FUNDOU A CIVILIZAÇÃO OCIDENTAL.
FORAM OS TEMPLÁRIOS QUE AJUDARAM PORTUGAL A SER UMA POTÊNCIA MARÍTIMA, APESAR DE SER UM PAÍS MUITO PEQUENO.
SEM O CATOLICISMO NEM PORTUGAL NEM TODO RESTANTE DO OCIDENTE SERIAM COISA ALGUMA!!!
@Daniel Ferreira CREIO QUE NÃO FOI SACARSMO.
SEM O CATOLICISMO PORTUGAL E O OCIDENTE NÃO SERIAM NADA.
SÓ PRA CONSTAR FORAM OS TEMPLÁRIOS QUEM AJUDARAM PORTUGAL A SER UMA SUPERPOTÊNCIA MARÍTIMA!!
VOCÊ ACHA QUE OS NAVEGADORES USAVAM A CRUZ DE MALTA SÓ POR ENFEITE???
Sabes lá o que dizes, e é o catolicismo que até ao dia de hoje molesta rapazinhos, tens a certeza que não foste um deles?
What an awesome vid! Thank you.
Fenomenal. Thanks mate