How Hungary Finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY

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Published 2022-08-13
In the thirteenth century, the Mongols achieved a string of virtually unbroken victories, gaining the largest contiguous land empire in history. In the 1240’s, they devastated Hungary, destroying the army of King Béla IV at the famous Battle of Mohi. This experience profoundly impacted the Hungarians, and caused them to fundamentally alter many aspects of their society, for they feared that the Mongols would one day return. As it turned out, they did. In 1285, a vast Mongol army again drove into the lands of the Hungarians. How would Hungary fair this time?

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Written and edited by J Stephen Roberts
Narrated by Tom Wylde
Animations by Denys Rodionov
Game footage: Medieval Kingdoms Total War 1212 for Attila

Sources:
-Chambers, James - The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe, (Castle Books, 2003)
-Engel, Pál; Tamás Pálosfalvi, Andrew Ayton: The Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526, (I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2001)
-Jackson, Peter - The Mongols and the West: 1221–1410, (Routledge, 2005)
-Kosztolnyik, Z.J. - Hungary in the 13th Century, (East European Monographs, 1996)
-Salagean, Tudor - Transylvania in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century: The Rise of the Congregation System, (Brill, 2016)
-Sugar, Peter F. - A History of Hungary, (Indiana University, 1990)

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All Comments (21)
  • @USBearForce
    “Never fight the same enemy too often or you will teach him everything you know of war.” -Napoleon Bonaparte
  • As a Hungarian, it was a pleasure to see someone make a video about this. Hungarian history is neglected in the world, but it is very exciting and, unfortunately, many people do not even know about it. Thank you for the video, it was very good.
  • “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” — Greek Proverb Bela IV’s long term plan saved his nation.
  • @cetus4449
    In Poland, it is remembered that the Hungarians helped defeat the Third Mongol invasion of Poland (winter1287/88) The brave Magyars have helped Poles more than once in history. Even during WW2 era, the Hungarians refused to help their german allies in the invasion of Poland, and when the Ukrainian Bandera followers carried out genocide against the defenseless Polish population in Volhynia, the Hungarians defended the Poles. Even during the Warsaw Uprising, the Germans moved units of the Hungarian army away from Warsaw for fear that they would support the Polish insurgents. Hungarians, my dear friends - as a Polander, I thank You very much for a thousand years of friendship, rarely interrupted by incidental conflicts.
  • The Mongols : Stay down ! You are beaten! Hungary : I didn’t hear no bell ….
  • The crossroads of Europe, those kingdoms that looked east, faced the Mongols then the Ottoman Turks throughout history…what a bloody and glorious past!
  • @eartharian
    Bela IV, escaping from mongols invasion, took shelter in Croatias fortified medieval town of Gradec and was saved. As a sign of gratitude, he awarded Gradec freedom from all taxes and obligations. This Golden Bula was an important document and an event that greatly contributed to the development of Croatias today capital Zagreb.
  • My grandfather came from Hungary before he settled in N. America. I found this video worth watching.
  • I love how any time there's a fight, Hungary defends Poland like it is their own brother. More countries could learn from that friendship.
  • Greetings from Poland to Hungary! Great that Hungary was victorious. Poland also managed to defeat the Mongols in several battles. By the way, in the victory of the Poles against the Mongols in the Battle of Stary Sącz, Poland won with the support of Hungarian troops. The Mongols didn't dare to attack Poland after that.
  • In the West often forget but HUngary was a Medieval Great Power and could set up a strong army. During Matthias Corvinus the Black Army of Hungary was the biggest and well-equiped army in Europe.
  • @IdleDrifter
    Deny your enemy access to supplies and plunder. Especially in winter. Good lesson.
  • @dtrain138
    I learned a lot about the Magyars because my wife is one and they know their history. Very rich and it goes back pretty far. Took lotsa pictures!
  • I am a simple Polish girl – I see a video about Hungarian people, I click. "Polak, Węgier dwa bratanki i do szabli i do szklanki. Oba zuchy, oba żwawi, niech im Pan Bóg błogosławi!" 🇵🇱❤️🇭🇺
  • As a Hungarian, I found this video very interesting and it contained many details about which we didn't have time to learn in the elementary school. Thank you! :)
  • @98based30
    Hungary: -Call the ambulance! -But not for me.
  • @Maridun50
    Very interesting documentary of events, I knew nothing about. Brave Hungarians and their great King, Bela lV, who learned his lesson. Cheers from Denmark