The Battle of Tours, 732 A.D. Why was it important for Europe? A non-PC analysis.

The importance of the battle at Tours in 732 A.D. is nowadays downplayed by many historians. According to them, Abdul Rahman's invasion wasn't really dangerous for Europe: either because it was merely an unimportant episode during the wars of European nobles against each other, or because it was only a "raid" - a temporary incursion - , or because Muslim expansion had already "lost its momentum" by the time of Tours, anyway. This video describes the battle and counters these views downplaying the battle's significance.

[oliknowles]

Been watching videos about the battle of Tours. But this one is by far the best. It explains the tactics of the battle, the geo-political context, and an analysis of the current historical commentary. Well done. :)

[asmodeus]

Not "current-day France" but _present-day France._

[mclarlinda]

I think I’ve discovered here why so many muslims run 711 stores.

[ChrisBrown-iezq]

Not sure what the purpose of the strange political commentary in the middle of the video was, but otherwise nicely done narrative

[mrjimmienoone]

Well, the critique of left-wing historians who believe the Arabs only came to France for a kind of tea party, is a little bit disrespectful. Could it not be possible that those leftist geniuses who maintain that Muslim expansion would have stopped at Poitou anyway, could it be that they are simply right? Well, one could argue that Muslim aggression was over-expanded already in Egypt, in North Africa, in Persia, or in Spain, at least. But maybe the weather was so fine that they simply rode on to France. It is highly plausible that their expansion would have stopped in France anyway. Or in Norway. The best proof is that these leftist University luminaries hold this opinion - who could doubt the opinion of such intelligent people. - And probably it was an over-reaction that Stalin and Roosevelt tried to stop Hitler. His expansion would have ended anyway, anywhere between Vladivostok and Chicago. Hurrah for our leftist geniuses!

[brianbjrkholm]

This analysis should be put into a scientific research paper, o counter any fake research saying differently

[michael_crow]

My friend, if you wish to pounder more deeply into the history of the islamic conquests from a non-PC perspective, I would recommend to make a whole series about the collapse of the ancient greco-roman civilization. Maybe, one day, I wouldn't be a lazy guy, who only consumes interesting videos and make it myself, but for now I can only give you this advice. The whole topic of the collapse of that civilization is incredibly perverted by historians. We live with this gigantic lie that the germanic tribes destroyed it, that the dark ages were caused by the germanic migrations, we are taught to ignore the existence of the roman empire and the civilization after 476. We are taught to ignore the fact that the civilization continued to exist in its prime until the 7th century. We are not taught that the dark ages were caused by the muslim invasions. The knowledge that the dark ages in the whole of Europe were caused by loss of the richest, most prosperous and developed provinces of the empire (Africa, Egypt, Syria, Palestine), that the main source of traffic in the empire as well as the barbarian kingdoms (most of which nominally at least still accepted the supremacy of the emperor in Constantinople) was the mediterranean sea and with the loss of that sea about 90% of all the traffic and, consequently economic, collapsed, this knowledge is ignored. Brushed aside. Imagine us losing 90% of all of our traffic, what kind of dark ages we would have got. The titanic struggle of what was left of the empire with the relentless muslim jihad for centuries is ignored. Almost a millennia of never ending fight against the saracens. Hundreds of years of never ending raids into Anatolia (A house of War, as muslims called it). Almost a millennia the empire guarded the whole of Europe, so that it could develop and prosper. The topic of crusades, a desperate attempt to save the crumbling roman empire from a complete collapse, which is also presented by modern historians as an aggressive act on the part of europeans. Look to the east, my friend, and you will find a bottomless pit of topics that are completely buried under PC-lies.

[thistledownz.]

I like the voice. It's a good robotic voice.