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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imagine getting killed by ottomans camp cook with fork

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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