Battle of Kosovo, 1389 ⚔️ The Last stand of the Christians against Ottoman expansion ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY

🚩 With the decline of the Byzantine Empire, the Bulgarian and Serbian states were gradually losing their power, while the young Ottoman state began its conquest of the Balkan lands. Clashes between Ottomans and Serbs, beginning from the 1350’s, led to the gory Battle of Maritsa on 26 September 1371. Some of the powerful Serbian Principalities became vassals of the Ottoman State, while other rallied under the banner of Prince Lazar to stop the Ottomans in the battle of Kosovo...

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎵 Music:
Filmstro
EpidemicSound

📜 Research and writing: Srpske Bitke

#kosovo #historymarche #medieval

[vladimircovic]

I finally understand why there are no more videos on Serbian history. Trying to pronounce "Mrnjavcevic" and "Hrebeljanovic" must be hell for English speakers.

[Archistyc]

My ancestors - the hungarians - made a huge mistake by invading Serbia after it got weakened. I understand that it was a tempting opportunity but it alienated the Balkans, and ultimately caused Hungary's downfall in. They were extremely arrogant to not notice the threat lurking behind the borderlands, also they were not united, the different vajdas and nobles were having their own squabbles between one another. Greed and corruption was always the real enemy in one's country, as it is nowadays.

[technotasarim]

and lazar's son stefan fought with ottomans against timur, stefan fought well, fought till the end of battle even some of ottoman troops betrayed against ottoman stefan did not left the war. he was a legend for sure, i have big respect for him as a turk.

[miodragmitrovic]

Probably the best YT material on this part of Balkan history I've seen so far. Many thanks, great work.

[sadettinarslan]

it is ironic that both rulers died fighting each other (Murad and Lazar) and their sons were allies in Battle of Ankara fighting Timur. Serbians left the battlefield last. they fought even after Turkish forces changed sides and battle was lost. Stefan was a capable ruler. history does tricks on us from time to time.

[nemanja]

The small detail with the black birds flying over tactical map is nice, since Kosovo means "blackbird" in serbian. Great video, as usual

[vvkth]

Awesome rework of this battle of great importance. I love that you provided a wide context, especially from Serbian point of view. A LOT was happening at that time in Serbian lands.. Thank you very much!

[Gamer]

Now everyone knows why all the history is written on Kosovo and Metohija and why it's so important for Serbs and their entire history. Also the world will know through this video's that Serbs always defended their land through the entire history. With this battle they determined their future and the future for Europe for the next decades.

[lastsipahi]

As a Turk, I red this battle many times in our history books as huge victory. It's really enlightening to hear it from an independent and objective source. Thank you.

[xZxOxVx]

"Ја не одлучујем да ли ћу ићи у битку, по томе која је сила која ми прети, већ по томе колику светињу браним." 🇷🇸☦️🇷🇸

"I do not decide whether I will go into battle, according to what force threatens me, but according to what sanctity I defend." 🇷🇸☦️🇷🇸

[prod.bydanilo]

This is amazing. Very well done and non-biased. Please make more!

[freespirit]

i clicked on this out of curiosity, didnt expect to watch the whole video.. but it was so captivating and well done that i watched it all :)

[pyrokarsmith]

Its crazy how important this battle was for the whole of Europe and even though no one came to help the Balkan countries understood the assignment. From this battle to modern times the Serbian armies always go maximum no chill and lose most of their men, to defend at any cost. Its rarely mentioned but after that the Hungarians took in Serbian refugees only to put them at the borders so they defend them against the Ottomans *again* they called it "the living walls" and they did so with success *again* Even though everyone was on their personal interest its crazy how many countries dont even know they were protected by a country they barely knew existed. Bayazid was a great warrior but *Murad* had the vision if he broke through who knows what it would have led to

[alexchaudhri]

Amazing how the Ottoman went all the way to Austrian border. Distance they had to travel is mind boggling, and they were in Europe for almost four hundred years.

[jsoth]

Reading these comments is absolutely neat! It's clear, more recent history influences damm near every comment in this section. I can't lie, it's my guilty pleasure reading through these comment sections and many others similar in nature. Either way, love this channel. Narration, visual representation, and the audio in every respect makes for a fantastic and fun interpretation of history. Its fun and informing to be able to put a visual to the text. For me personally, i would assert it helps in the overall understanding of the text as well.

[tajammal]

A clear and systematic narration of events that took place in the battle of Kosovo. The maps and icon used along with the sounds are perfect. The voice and accent of narator creates a sense of participation in the events. Finally, I must say that I watched the video without blinking my eyes. Great work.

[Ghost-viqm]

This was so interesting and entertaining to watch, thank you for making this. And the soundtrack, especially near the end was amazing.

[grtbgf]

Funny how people comment on "their ancestors" side in the battle, as if they have anything in common with peoples from 7 centuries ago lol

Thank you for this masterpiece of a documentary!

[Cowslippoetry]

These kinds of historical events I find the most engrossing. A critical event in the course of two nations, but the accounts and details are JUST fuzzy enough that we know the gist of what happened; as for the missing pieces, our inquisitive human brains can try to fill them in as best we can.