How the Ottomans Defeated the Last Crusade - Nicopolis 1396 DOCUMENTARY

#Documentary #Ottomans #Crusade

[MunsterBeavis]

I first heard about the Ottomans in school, briefly. When you learn about the Ottomans from strictly a WW1 context you miss out on all of their amazing history. Such a wonderful series you’ve made K&G!!! 👏

[gaborkelemen]

As hungarian child we were taught this in school. The most fantastic element in the whole Ottoman history for me was to see how Ottomans from Etrogul to Great Sulejman, which is ~250 years, only one generation was not a very highly talented leader, just talanted.
In this period if you see any of Europes royal courts, its rare if there is 5 or 4 king who is equally highly talented in administration and warfere.

[sincara]

What a brave sultant to personally inform the garrison of his arrival at night. True thunderbolt!

[whywhat]

Even though I'm Irish and not a Turk, I love Ottoman history. So thanks for posting this. They had a really powerful army and navy at one point in time. The Sultans commanded both fear and respect.

[Germ_f]

Why is nobody talking about how "the Thunderbolt" is such a cool nickname

[elite]

Imagine having the nickname *Thunderbolt* as an general.

Pretty neat.

[nenenindonu]

Bayezid I was one of the fiercest Ottoman emperors with a dashing military record but the man who defeated the last Crusade (Varna 1444) was his grandson Murad II

[omerfaruk]

Sultan Bayezid the thunderbolt shouted in front of the castle of Niğbolu (Nicopolis) :

- Bre Doğan, Bre Doğan! (hey, Doğan)

Doğan Bey looked at the cavalry man outside and couldn't believe his eyes:

- Buyur saadetlü hünkarım (Command me, my glorious sultan)

- Halin nicedür? (How is your condition)

Doğan bey briefly explained their situation

Sultan Bayezid said:
"Hold on, we have arrived to your aid" and turned his horse back.

Some Hungarian patrols noticed the dark shadow in front of the castle and immediately started to follow him, but Sultan Bayezid had swiftly disappeared into the dark forest nearby.

His language is a little different from today's modern Turkish but still understandable.

[Tommykey]

Jean de Carrouge, who was played by Matt Damon in The Last Duel, was killed at Nicopolis.

[calidone]

*Tale of the battle was told by Umur, son of Ottoman left wing commander Timurtaş, to prominent Turkish historian, Aşıkpaşazade. That's how we know the details (from Ottoman perspective)
*Bayezid's second son, Mustafa played a critical role in Ottoman victory. He was the commander of units that flanked Franks
*Most of the Franks were captured alive, according to Umur, only his father had captured 2000 knights.
*Franks, despite fighting to an unfamiliar enemy in an unfamiliar territory, took no advice from those who had experience against Turks, which was critical.
*Teutonic knights sacrified themselves to cover Sigismund's escape. Sigismund would become Holy Roman emperor later.
*Bayezid personally charged with a great mace, as it was his custom.

[bozkurtmidi]

Greetings Sultan Bayezid The Thunderbolt 🇹🇷❤️

[nenenindonu]

Bayezid & Murad II were the top two figures of the late Crusades as were Nureddin Zengi & Baybars during the early classical Crusades, not to disrespect the other great Turkish rulers

[viscondederioclaro]

The THUNDERBOLT was mighty, brave, swift, and just; but Varna 1444 was the Last Crusade of Europeans against the Empire (under Murad II), not Nicopolis 1396. Varna is one of the great epic battles of history, please make a documentary of Varna 1444 as well

[deron]

Man this series is just one of if not my favorite right now! The new redone battles are such an improvement over the old ones! Good job Kings and Generals!

[kwezicanca]

Really love the Ottoman/ Crusader series. Much love from South Africa ❤

[gaplan]

Europen All Stars VS Turks (Just Ottoman Turks)

Btw, Turks wish even their enemies to be honorable. When Yıldırım Beyazıd heard about the Crusaders killing unarmed and defenseless civilians despite their promises, he became furious and went mad with anger. After the battle, he unleashed his wrath upon the wrongdoers like a volcanic eruption. His anger was so intense that even his own men pleaded with him to stop. (However, the Crusaders repeated the same mistake by breaking their word in the year 1444 and were punished again as a result)

[a.ricole]

I wonder how Sigismund survived the headache Franco-Burgundians mustve caused as they trolled throughout the entire campaign. Would've been interesting to see how the battle would've turned out if they just listened to Sigismund's advice.

[msc]

A lot of people are bringing up Tamerlane as if he was some magical counter to Bayezid, Tamerlane had to bribe the Anatolian Turkic clans that formed Bayezids flanks (and he outnumbered Bayezid by 20-40 thousand men before Bayezid was betrayed) to even have a shot at victory. The thunderbolt nearly beat tamerlane if only a large portion of, ironically, his Turkish auxiliary armies hadn’t defected over to Tamerlane. The man was one of the greatest Ottoman Sultans and perhaps warrior king of his age. His bad luck was in trusting the Turkish tribes that he and his father had recently subjugated in not holding a grudge against him. Even more amazing was that the Ottomans were able to have an 11 year battle royale after Timur and still rebuild their Empire even faster and more effectively afterwards. Such defeats and civil wars destroyed many other more powerful states. At this point the Ottomans were still over 250 years away from the height of their power. Truly the Inheritors of Rome.

[knotgifos]

Beyazid I is known as Yıldırım (Lightening) Beyazid because of his speed of joining and winning this war.

Edit: As @samettavsancoglu7646 pointed out, Bayezid actually recieved his title of "Yıldırım" in an earlier battle of Frenkyazisi against Karamanids.

[SEQOO]

"Go and confront me with more allies and larger armies, so that the glory and victory I will gain will be greater!"

- Bayezid I