Battle of Tours, 732 AD ⚔️ How did the Franks turn the Islamic Tide?

🚩 The Franks, led by Charles Martel, met the Muslim army commanded by Abd al-Rahman, the Umayyad governor of Spain, in early October 732 AD. Some have argued that this brief conflict influenced the fate of Christian civilization in Europe, while others see it as a simple border skirmish. The truth, it seems, lies somewhere in-between.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
Filmstro

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🚩 The Franks, led by Charles Martel, met the Muslim army commanded by Abd al-Rahman, the Umayyad governor of Spain, in early October 732 AD. Some have argued that this brief conflict influenced the fate of Christian civilization in Europe, while others see it as a simple border skirmish. The truth, it seems, lies somewhere in-between.

[matthewyj]

Although many battles are won by flanking and cavalry charges, there's something fundamentally appealing in seeing a well drilled and experienced infantry based army.

[mcsmash]

the fact that cavalry was sent straight into enemy infantry shows how dominant cavalry typicaly was, it took nerves to hold that ground when faced with the thunder of hooves and that is shown throughout history : it takes veteran infantry (typicaly) to withstand this onslaught

[The_ZeroLine]

An amazingly rare example of an army not routing when their top commander was killed.

[resileaf]

If you ask me, medieval battles remain the peak of historical battle videos on Youtube. It feels like there's always something special about them.

[JimPfarr]

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[JG-ojdn]

so glad you covered this battle. one of those battles that really does show how if a different outcome had occurred Europe and world history would have been completely different

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This battle brings back good memories of the Age of Empires 2 campaign. Something that I find striking is the fact that France, the country where great importance has always been attached to using its formidable cavalry to achieve victories, has ended up winning one of the most important battles in not only its entire history, but also in the entire West, with an army made up entirely of infantry; I don't know what others think, but it seems quite ironic to me. XD

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I hope this will be followed by a series on Reconquista! But a series on Carolingian expansion would be awesome too! Thanks for the great video!

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[artquimine]

As a French, we learnt that Charles Martel stopped the Musilims at Poitiers, not at Tours

[griffentheif]

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[yanjnakarav]

Arabs tried to invade trough balkans around same time but they were stopped by the Byzantines and Bulgarians

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[aliarafat]

Thank you Charles martel for saving humanity