Battle of Tours, 732 AD ⚔️ How did the Franks turn the Islamic Tide?
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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.
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hey HM great video as always but please explain/clarify....at 15:30 you say Al Rahman is killed by javelin or arrow show, and at the end in Footnote nr2 you say al Rahman consolidated his position etc etc?
Battle of Uhud next?
Siege of constantinople was more important, sources viewed battle of tour as skrmkish and it was just raid for looting cities. Even after umayyad defeat in tour they continuously leading expedition into francia terroties they also manage to defeat charles in nabronne 737, umayyad had no intentionally of conquering france terrorties but rather focusing more in loots and spoils and golds, that explains during battle odo attacked their camp then suddenly umayyad army retreat and headed back to their camp to rescue their loots and spolis ended up in their defeat abd rahman fought barvely didn't order his army to retreat camp to protecting spolis, it was his decision result half of his army retreat to camp as soon as odo attacking their camp then disasters occured among umayyad army lines which was a good opportunity for frankish to advance, before retreat camp the umayyad was fighting well and advancing frankish, charles was under pressure couldn't do anything but stick in defense, he did a good move by sending odo to attack their camp otherwise charles would be defeated
@@ciripa The Abd Al Rahman mentioned in this story is Abd al-Rahman ibn (son of) Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, commander/governor of Al-andalus (Iberia while under the Muslims). The Abd al-Rahman mentioned in the footnote is Abd al-Rahman I ibn Mu’awiya, future emir of the Emirate of Cordoba. An emir is of higher rank than a commander/governor. Also look up the Wikipedia record of how he became an emir - it's amazing!
A continuation of the series would be amazing looking at islamic rule in france (maybe the continued conquest in provence after this loss, peppin defating and removing them from france, and the return of muslims rule in france in franxtium)
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.
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Umayyad experience definitely counts. But it was more about the Franks not having enough cavalry that stopped them from doing more damage.
@@Ragnarok__ they used quality ideas
But it didn't happen like this
@@newonevery740 I was there. It definitely did
If you ask me, medieval battles remain the peak of historical battle videos on KZhead. It feels like there's always something special about them.
Medieval and roman battles top notch of fighting!
All battles are cool to learn about when you aren’t there… little different when you are in the middle of one.
It is because there are many more small-scale tactical decisions. Modern-day fighting requires large logistical thinking and overwhelming amounts of planning. Back then, it was more of a fight for survival at every turn.
@@JamesKovacs first battle of Fallujah , second battle of Fallujah , Abu Ghraib , plus about 5-6 more that the I personally participated in with USMC .. I was involved in about as small scale tactical fighting as you can get.. (hand to hand included) as were many other Marines. Tiny amounts of ammo and water to be rationed out on squad level and smaller. Cut off .. surrounded. Pretty small scale shit.
To me I have the a similar feeling multiplied by 100 when it's a battle in wich Napoleon was a part of, it's the stuff that religions are created of by how insane his victories were as well as the soldiers that followed him they seem like another breed of human capable of winning against all odds to forces sometimes 10 times superior.
An amazingly rare example of an army not routing when their top commander was killed.
There must have been an effective chain of command, there must have been a second in command. This would explain how the same night the army was leaderless, it made an organised retreat.
Don't forget the feodal system: many lords obeyed their superior because of the "hommage" system. The killing of a leader freeded his vassals, who may choose according to their heart or to some complex secondary allegiances, to the point of reversing the outcome of the battle. It was not very important here, but it was particularly important in other battles, such as Kosovo.
This is due to the nature of the muslim faith rather than mere technicalities and battle analysis. When such things happen to muslims, they go into the Japanese Kamakazi mode but in their own flavor becoming serious shit to defeat.
@@Mich4elCorleone non sense.
@@MN-vz8qm say that to the Afghans
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
JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA : "... , it remains a fact that the Jews, either directly or through their coreligionists in Africa, encouraged the Mohammedans to conquer Spain and that they greeted them as their deliverers. After the battle of Jerez (711), in which African Jews fought bravely under Kaula al-Yahudi, and in which the last Gothic king, Rodrigo, and his nobles were slain, the conquerors Musa and Ṭariḳ were everywhere victorious. The conquered cities Cordova, Malaga, Granada, Seville, and Toledo were placed in charge of the Jewish inhabitants, who had been armed by the Arabs. The victors removed the disabilities which had oppressed the Jews so heavily, and granted them full religious liberty, requiring them to pay only the tribute of one golden dinar per capita (Adolf do Castro, "Historia de los Judios en España," pp. 33 et seq.; Rios, "Hist." i. 106 et seq.; G. van Vlooten, "Recherches sur la Domination Arabe," Amsterdam, 1894). A new era now dawned for the Jews of the Pyrenean peninsula, whose number had been considerably augmented by those who had followed the Arab conquerors, as well as by later immigrants from Africa. Hardly a decade after the conquest, however, many Jews left their new home in order to follow a man named Serenus (Zanora, Zonaria) who had appeared in Syria and had proclaimed himself the Messiah (721); the governor, Anbasa (Ambisa), who was collecting enormous sums for the fiscus, confiscated the property of the emigrating Jews for this purpose. Under the Ommiad 'Abd al-Raḥman I., whose greatness is said to have been foretold by a learned Jew who became his adviser, a flourishing kingdom was established, of which Cordova was the center. During 'Abd al-Raḥman's reign the Jews devoted themselves to the service of the califate, to the study of the sciences, and to commerce and industry, especially to trading in silk and slaves, in this way promoting the prosperity of the country. Southern Spain became an asylum for the oppressed Jews of other parts. Bodo-Eleazar, a convert to Judaism, went to Cordova, where he is said to have endeavored to win proselytes for Judaism from among the Spanish Christians; but that the mass of the Spanish Jews of the period in question hated the Christians and aimed at making proselytes is not correct. Under 'Abd al-Rahman I. and Al-Ḥakim. The reigns of 'Abd al-Raḥman I. (called Al-Nasir; 912-961) and his son Al-Ḥakim were the golden era for the Spanish Jews and Jewish science. 'Abd al-Raḥman's court physician and minister was Ḥasdai ben Isaac ibn Shaprut, the patron of Menahem ben Saruḳ, Dunash ben Labraṭ, and other Jewish scholars and poets. During his term of power the scholar Moses ben Enoch was appointed rabbi of Cordova, and as a consequence Spain became the center of Talmudic study, and Cordova the meeting-place of Jewish savants. After the downfall of Al-Ḥakim, who likewise favored the Jews, a struggle for the throne broke out between Sulaiman ibn al-Ḥakim and Mohammed ibn Hisham. Sulaiman solicited the assistance of Count Sancho of Castile, while Mohammed, through the agency of wealthy Jewish merchants in Cordova, obtained the aid of Count Ramon of Barcelona. For this Sulaiman took fearful revenge upon the Jews, expelling them mercilessly from city and country (1013). With the overthrow of the Banu Amir the power of the Mohammedan state in Spain came to an end,the mighty califate of Cordova being divided into twelve minor states under different califs. The Abbadites ruled in Seville, the Hammudites in Malaga, the Zayrids in Granada, the Beni-Hud in Saragossa, and others in Almeria, Toledo, Valencia, Niebla, etc. Several Jews left Cordova for Malaga, Granada, Toledo, Murcia, and Saragossa.
The arab/muslim cavalry of that era wasnt known exactly for being a heavy cavalry, but rather a fast, very mobile and versatile cavalry. That's one of the many reasons they defeated the heavy cavalry of the sassanids, and it's probably one of the reasons of their defeat at tours.
yes but heavy infantry can withstand near any attack light cavalry can throw at it and hand it back twice as hard, whilst organised
@@istoppedcaring6209 When the kingdom of the Persians came to an end, in the days of their king Khosro 1, the kingdom of the children of Hagar at once gained control over more or less the whole world, for they took the whole kingdom of the Persians. overthrowing all their warriors who prided themselves in the arts of war. We should not think of the advent (of the children of Hagar) as something ordinary, but as due to divine working. Before calling them, (God) had prepared them beforehand to hold Christians in honour, thus they also had a special commandment from God concerning our monastic station, that they should hold it in honour. Now when these people came, at God's command, and took over as it were both kingdoms, not with any war or battle, but in a menial fashion, such as when a brand is rescued out of the fire; not using weapons of war or human means. God put victory into their hands in such a way that the words written concerning them might be fulfilled, namely, 'One man chased a thousand and two men routed ten thousand'! How, otherwise, could naked men, riding without armour or shield, have been able to win, apart from divine aid, God having called them from the ends of the earth so as to destroy, by them, a sinful kingdom, and to bring low, through them. the proud spirit of the Persians. Only a short period passed before the entire world was handed over to the Arabs; they subdued all the fortified cities, taking control from sea to sea 2, and from East to West - Aigyptos and the whole of Mesrin, and from Crete to Cappadocia, from Yahelman 3 to the gates of Alan, Armenians, Syrians. Persians, Byzantines, Egyptians and all the intermediary regions: their hand was upon everyone, as the prophet says. Only half the Byzantine empire was left by them. Who can relate the carnage they effected in Greek territory, in Kush, in Spain, and in other distant regions, taking captive their sons and daughters and reducing them to slavery and servitude. Against those who had not ceased in times of peace and prosperity from fighting against their Creator, there was sent a barbarian people who had no pity on them. Having reached thus far, however, in the narrative, let us end this book here, and give praise to Father, Son and Holy Spirit for ever, Amen. JOHN BAR PENKAYE 7th century
@@rfui7675 they did hav heavy cav but yeah they mostly used light but well equiped cavalry
One of the most epic moments in French history. Without this French victory, Islamic Europe.
Dont't forget Reconquista.
As a French, we learnt that Charles Martel stopped the Musilims at Poitiers, not at Tours
Even in France we used to call it "Battle of Tours" a long time ago, then we changed it for "Battle of Poitiers" but the rest of the world kept calling of "Battle of Tours". The truth is we don't know exactly where it happened and it was probably somewhere between Tours and Poitiers lol.
@@viviyep thanks for this, i didn't know that
@@artquimine2170 avec plaisir ;)
History has always been “His Story” 🤷🏽
@viviyep Interesting, in germany its known as the battle of Tours and Poitiers, at least that is how i learned it in school
Charlesmagne would cry in heaven after seeing present situation of France
If you look around Europe in 2023 it appears this was all a waste of time.
lmao most immigrants are black african christian, while you have the right to be concerned saying europe has been conquered by muslims is wrong
Bro immigrants are good high level ones most big scientist in Islamic golden age were not arabs but multi ethnic that traveled to Baghdad
I think KZhead comments are not reality but Europeans seems to care a lot about skin color unlike the the diverse middle east
@@ayoub.3939 Yeah why would the middle east care? Theyre a bunch of mix raced mongrels. Europeans want to stay pure and white. It's not a coincidence that all technology and civilization has been invented by white people. Without white people the world would be chaos and hell.
Lol it was liberalism that killed Europe but I'm not complaining as British Muslim
when the muslim army was more worried about the loot than the victory itself. reminds me of Ohod battle. we never learn.
Soldiers at this time didnt get paid a salary. They are paid with a portion of loot. I think most army at the time is like this. (Unless you are personal retinue of a noble). The bulk of the army are just levied peasants.
i agree with you. however the creed of muslim armies and what actually made them win battles were that they were "fearless" and their moto was called " either victory or martyrsim". read about yarmuk battle or any battle on the early stages of islam expansions.
@@timoalx10 I'm sure there are some soldiers who think they are doing gods work. But the vast majority are there for chances to loot and plunder. Hate to say it, but being greedy is just part of human nature.
true.... hence loosing this battle.
The same mistake but dont say "we never learn". Mistakes happen from time to time. As Allah says in the Quran: "If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. *And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people* so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers" Surah 3:140
Just needed a few thousand more successful battles like this against the Islamofascists and life will be great around the world! 👍😊
keyboard warrior, its time for your nappy change as you just soiled yourself typing that out
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Arabs tried to invade trough balkans around same time but they were stopped by the Byzantines and Bulgarians
,, ,, "G - D, WILL'S, I T, !!,
incorrect. The Arabs tried twice to take Constantinople, but did not succeed. The Balkans not at all.
Which battle was it again that prevented them from expanding?
@@senseishu937 The city of Constatinople. The sieges failed twice.
@@senseishu937 Siege of Constantinople (717-718) and the Tours 732
God Bless you Charles Martel and my French ancestors! ✝️
If the opposite had happened now, you would say Alhamdullah for Islam
😂😂😂 he won’t save you from hellfire
I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time ! Thank you 🙏
Finally! Been waiting for someone to do a video on Tours. Such an important battle.
I’m french, a long frank bloodline is in my veins. I’m very proud about that.
I'm actually part French with Northern French surname. I find French history and France fascinating
Charlemagne is probably the father of all Europeans, similarly how Genghis Khan's DNA is in tens of millions of people. Powerful and prestigious people used to have powerful and prestigious kids who were prime candidates for marriage
French People with ethnic origin from the north have a high probability to be of Germanic (Frankish) ancestry. Particularly in the Nord Pas de Calais région where the Germanic haplogroup is dominant
Franks are germanic, not all Frenchmen of today have frankish ancestors. Hell, i went to paris this year, it looked like almost everyone has ancestors that fought on the muslim side in this war.
@@nein236 yeah because Frankfort and Berlin look very Germanic these days... didn't know the Kurds and Turks were some sort of Saxon people...
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
No way bruz. The northerners are undefeated. They beat rome. The arabs got nothing on that.
@@chrisrace744 Wait... what? Hehe... Have you been to Sweden recently? Germany? Netherlands? Or maybe, to anywhere in Europe? It appears that the North did eventually fall to the "arabs", and they used the same tactics they used to get into Spain in 711 - the treason of those in charge of protecting their own people.
They've almost completely lost the current war against the Monoculture
@@chrisrace744 Had Muslims won, following would happen: 1. South france under Muslim control with no threat of reversal. 2. Without the Patronage of a strong Frankish empire in this timeline, there would be No Central Authority of Catholic Pope in Europe. 3. This would give Muslims to play a big Religious Diplomacy i.e, inviting pagan Germanic tribes/kingdoms north of France to Islam e.g, (Polish-lithuanian, baltics, Vikings etc.) 4. Vikings may also have accepted Islam seeing strong Muslim presence in Mediterranean and even in Atlantic. (Andalusia had a strong navy on Atlantic coast and defeated a Viking naval invasion as well)
@@chrisrace744 who beat Rome, Gauls or Muslim Arabs? you are on a history channel, so dont embarrass yourself!
Their Tour de France ends at Tours.
Absolute W for the whole of mainland Europe
Definetly, kept the Muslims out of Europe, but more importantly Islam, which was the biggest threat to Christianity and to their control and revenue.
@@sj9367yeah because islam can kill Christian
@@sj9367yeah because islam can kill Christian
For the whole of humanity. Arabs today would have nothing our civilization has produced of they'd won back then. No electricity, no internal combustion engine, no internet, no suicide vests, no nothing.
We need new Franks
or Leo III from Byzantine
@@zackdeew9757 Constantinople was the shield of Europe and the Crusaders sacked it, never forget that.
@@zippyparakeet1074Constantinople would’ve fallen even without the Crusaders sacking it
@@deus_vult8111 nope the sacking of Constantinople is the reason why the Empire got weak to the point of no return. As long as Constantinople stood strong, the Empire had every hope if a restorer Emperor like Alexios took the throne.
@@zippyparakeet1074 Not really. Once they rejected the Council of Florence they were done.
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Remembered playing this campain in AOE2 and loved it, keep up the good work👍
Well presented, as per usual. Thank you.
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
It really wasn’t that important. Had the Muslims won they would have presumably just kept raiding monasteries as there was no real value in conquering France during this period. This battle took place before the “medieval optimum” so the climate would have made france absolutely miserable to live in. Nothing grew there and the population was very small unskilled. Before modern historians like Gibbons nobody even knew much about this battle other than it was fought by Charles Martell who was related to Charlemagne.
@@lumanate1493 But in case of a Muslim victory, wouldn't it have changed the fate of Septimania and even Toulouse and some Aquitanian territories? Without Oddo, the Franks would have seized the land south of Loire river, and would have perhaps achieve a status quo with the masters of Narbonne then Toulouse. The Reconquista would have still happened, though.
@@rjbmarchiac8693 Sources didn't viewed battle tour as not important battle, tour was skrmkish and raid even after tour the umayyad still continuously expedition and raiding into francia terrorties which the battle didn't stop umayyad they also defeated charles at nabronne 737, umayyad weren't intentionally to conquering francia but rather than raiding and marching into terroties to plunder cities for spolies and golds, abd rahman and his army was focusing for loots with no stragic goal and planning for battles but countine raiding for loots till as soon as they reach tour they coincidencely confront charles and engaging with franks army depsite the umayyad did a good charging attack on them and managed to push franks and advancing them they put charles under pressure and bad position had stuck in defensive and ressist them, the umayyad weren't fighting in faith but for the seek of loots, when charles send forces under odo to attack their camp they distract umayyad army and result in splitting army lines and causes umayyad army to be diviving and broke out ranks ended up half their army return their camp to protecting their spolies which was of their reasons defeated in tour
@@ghostd69 look an Muslim lair
@@lumanate1493 France was the most populated area in Europe at the time since the down of the western Roman empire wtf are you trying to say ? And Aquitaine alone was richer than all Hispanic peninsula.
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Yeah,.I like it more than Kings and Generals,.People's Profile's is fantastic storytelling as well~
A very detailed presentation, well done.
great and informative, well presented video. I enjoyed this very much!
Nicely done.
I just love historie and Old battles keep it up thanks
Thank you for the video!
Another great video. Thank you.
thanks to brave christian warriors of those days that didn't let islam enter europe like the way it did in many great civilizations.
Always interesting and informative. As a retired military officer I can asolutely appreciate the discussion of tactics and politics in each episode
is this accurate enough to use as a source
Excellent video, as always.
As always, great video.
Not an actual what if but it is still a video related to the topic of everyone's most asked "what if" question in the end. Thanks for this video about the Battle of Tours!
One of the brightest moments in human history, when Ismal was stopped in its tracks.
That's a very interesting video, very well made. Congratulations and thank you.
My favorite historical KZhead channel!
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!
Didn’t they already do a series on that? I know it was not as detailed and focused mainly on Charlemagne but it is still very informative
@@williamrobert9898 There is a video about the battle that "Song of Roland" references
@@BunnyhopsX song of roland?
@@senseishu937 yeah. Its a french song that talks about battle od Roncevaux pass between forces of Charlemagne and Basques (in the song there are no Basques but Saracens). And the song talks about last moments of Roland, a knight serving Charlemagne.
Sources didn't viewed battle tour as not important battle, tour was skrmkish and raid even after tour the umayyad still continuously expedition and raiding into francia terrorties which the battle didn't stop umayyad they also defeated charles at nabronne 737, umayyad weren't intentionally to conquering francia but rather than raiding and marching into terroties to plunder cities for spolies and golds, abd rahman and his army was focusing for loots with no stragic goal and planning for battles but countine raiding for loots till as soon as they reach tour they coincidencely confront charles and engaging with franks army depsite the umayyad did a good charging attack on them and managed to push franks and advancing them they put charles under pressure and bad position had stuck in defensive and ressist them, the umayyad weren't fighting in faith but for the seek of loots, when charles send forces under odo to attack their camp they distract umayyad army and result in splitting army lines and causes umayyad army to be diviving and broke out ranks ended up half their army return their camp to protecting their spolies
The Muslim cavalry met Christian bravery ... and lost big time. Amazing job again - love this channel.
Where was that before they captured the entire Iberian peninsula?
@@The-Last-Caliphate It was after. Then following ALL the Muslims were defeated again and again as they ran cowardly from battle until Spain was retaken. Similarly, Muslims ran and ran from the 67 war with Israel where the Jews were outnumbered significantly but they had heart while the Muslims armies did not. Another example was when the Caliphate was finally crushed and there was no more islamic empire at the end of WW1, you found it was the Muslims fighting Muslims so there is no caliphate anymore. Nice username. There is no caliphate anymore.
@lleyTheSnakeHunter I am not disputing the fact that Muslims get defeated in battle. I was trying to show you if you haven't already noticed a pattern here. When non-Muslims capture our lands, it doesn't take us more than a century to reclaim them and come back even stronger than before and we go Khalid Ibn Al-Walid mode again. But when we conquer a land of non-Muslims, it takes them decades to do a come back if at all. examples: We remained in Al-Andalus 700 years. We remained in Constantinople for 571 years so far. We had Jerusalem for 332 years before the Fatimid empire took it from us (Shia are disbelievers for us). We had Jerusalem again for 730 years after kicking out the crusaders. Now, how long have the disbelievers been in Muslim lands for? Crusaders in Jerusalem 88 years. Mongols 55 years and we sent them back home as Muslims (funny they chose Islam over Christianity even though they were teaming up with them and marrying from them) Zionists 76 years (and there's already a strong military resistance going full scale against them). Liberal colonialism? maximum 132 years in Algeria by France. This is the bigger picture of history. And the reason is we don''t ppiss off the locals. We don't mass genocide them like Israel, France, USA, Crusaders, Mongols and Shia. You wanna stay in a land, control your weapons. That's the only way. Genocide is like a boomerang. By the way, you are Christian, you can't flex Jewish wins.
@@MarkPelleyTheSnakeHunter About the Caliphate. the Caliphate is already here. Towards the end of the Ottoman Caliphate, the Ottomans were weak so they had to collapse. The west ceased the opportunity to get to Palestine and they were successful but they brought all this science fiction tech to Palestine risking it being taken by Palestinians which can enable them to bring an even stronger Caliphate in Palestine. Now, it's just a matter of time until Palestinian soldiers are married to Israeli tech and then what? traitor Egypt, Jordan, KSA go down. Shia Lebanon, Syria nd Iraq go down. Iran ends up between two Jihadi powers: Al-Quds and Kabul. which means Iran goes down as well. Tadaaaa! Caliphate🎉. And you know what's interesting? some of these events are described in Islamic eschatology: It is mentioned that 7 Arab princes will fall at once and the Caliphate will one day be based in Al-Quds. It makes perfect sense now if Israel collapses which it definitely will. It will spark a lot of jokes about how the west basically just strengthened the Caliphate (from divided Ottomans to Unite Palestinians) just like they strengthened Taliban.
Yes, the same brave Christians who would sack the city of Constantinople.
This is interesting, there is some parts that I didn’t know about the Battle and I learn it from you.
Thanks for the work you do.
Omg new banger history content !!!!!1!!!🎉
This battle changed the course of history
Thank you , it's a campaign I've always been interested in,.... And you tell it so well.
Great video as always !
The *OUTCOME* of this *Battle* A-L-W-A-Y-S makes me *SMILE...*
Odo seems to be a pretty underrated historical figure
Most Goths are~
@@matthewmatt5285 I don’t think he was a Goth.
@@duaneaikins4621 Sounds as such,. Either way doesn't make it less True~
@@matthewmatt5285 Odonis in Latin, Odon or Eudes in French, Odo in English, Otto in German ...
@@matthewmatt5285 Eudes is not gothic.
Out of every history video I have ever seen this channel has the best you guys are the best at what you do on all of KZhead
Informative and superb, great video!
Good timing good timing, looking at wiki pages all day can be eye straining. I'm so ready for a well done video about it. Edit: Definitely delivered.
Charles the Hammer was a bonofide legend! Thank you so much for this amazing content, you're the best!
Yep best history channel
Bonofide? Bona fide?
Great move by Charles but if you want to learn about a real magician on the battlefield look up Khalid Ibn Walid
@@enthusiast0 You wanna see real magic on the battlefield? Sassanid General Shahbaraz, totally underrated.
@@FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv His army was defeated in battle of dhi al qar
Keep 'em coming!
Thank you so much for the support. Very kind of you.
Musl8ms? Yes of course 😂
Great and very interesting history... keep it rollin
Thanks! Learned alot from that video.
Much respect to Charles and the Franks
One of history's epic turning points!
@JZ's BFF not all battles are the same. A lot of fuss is made about the Polish hussar charge against Ottomans, but its likely that without this victory the Polish would have been muslim in the first place
@JZ's BFF like I said, it's thought of as a turning point for Muslim expansion from the east but without Charles Martel's victory its possible that the west at that time would have been muslim in the first place
@JZ's BFF there were Polish Muslim Tartars who took part in the relief of Vienna and Christians who took part in the attack under Turkish direction. In 1453 there were Christians who took part in the attack and Muslims who took part in the defence no cause is perfect or pure!
Thank you - enjoyed!
great video as always
The first modern historian to suggest that this battle saved Christianity and Western Civilization was Edward Gibbon. And it's true as well, although some modern historians dispute this. Even Will Durant said that only the victory at Tours kept the Bible being replaced by the Koran.
Well no Because Muslims didnt destroy christianity Look at the Coptic Christians in Jereusalam and Egypt Theyve been there over a millenia
You do not know anything about the history of Islam and Muslims There are millions of Christians inside the Arab and Islamic world.. and there is no one who kills them, tortures them, erases or prevents the reading of the Bible.. You are wrong and do not know anything about Muslims.
Excellent work as always HM!
Thanks man, great seeing you during the premiere!
@@HistoryMarchehello, great video as always, btw when are you going to upload Hannibal's next episode?
Thank you for your good work.
Great overview and use of geography…loved it
King of France Charles "The Hammer" Martel, whom the pope himself crowned "Emperor of the Romans", he was the grandfather of Charlemagne, in France, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Prince of Valencia, aka El Cid (from the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid) in Spain, Count Vlad III Dracula (yes that Dracula), whom the pope called "A Catholic Warrior" in Wallachia (a region in Romania including Transylvania) and Bulgaria, János Hunyadi, regent of Hungary, whom the Pope called "Christ's Champion", in Hungary and Serbia and John III Sobieski, King of Poland, whom the Pope called "the Savior of Christendom, who lead the Winged Hussars in defending Vienna and routed the muslims in Austria collectively saved Europe and Western civilization.
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My comment sacrifice to the algorithm 👍🏻 As a Cajun with ancestors in the Iberian peninsula, I thank you for this work.
I've always had lots of respect for this channel for displaying all kinds of battles in such an accurate and entertaining way. It makes people more interested in watching and learning history... XD Even though they lost this battle and obviously many others, the Arabs have made such a big influence and a major deal of expansion in such little time it's insane. They had many great commanders and strategists, winning many battles while often being outnumbered and undergeared compared to their foes.
they outnumbered the franks and had more cavalry than the franks in this battle
@@HarrDarr Exhausted soldiers After the Battle of Bordeaux in a strange land And the cold weather they are not used to
The world would be a better place without Arabs to be fair
There a lot of reasons for their expansion unrelated to their fighting prowess. I would also argue that they outnumbered their opponent more often then not. The Eastern Roman Empire and the Sassanid empire had a long running fued that lasted on and off for 300 years, but a 30 year war that concluded 5 years before the Battle of Yarmouk. This battle divided the Eastern Roman Empire in two, and fractured the North African portion into provinces not cohesive nation. Not to mention the plague of Justinian in 541 and continued for 250 years. The result is in 10 years it wiped out half of the Roman Empire population and ravaged the younger generation every 10-15 years for 250 years. This plague did not really affect the Arabs at all until they started capturing large junks of territory. The rise of the Avars and Bulgars to the north of the Eastern Roman Empire also divided the e priory attention. A good podcast is the history of Byzantium if you want an easy to follow narrative.
@@Agrippa871I mean the Arabs had come off a massive civil war and subjugation of the other powerful Arab tribes and nations in the ridda wars while the war between the Persians and Byzantium was happening too so yeah they weren't exactly a fresh force either. Plus according to many sources they were in fact outnumbered in most of the major battles against them because they were fighting on two fronts after all against the two superpowers of the time.
Man, I love these videos from HistoryMarche. I love how the narration is very serious but the little pop-ups are little jokes and funny plays with numerous modern day meme-like comments. "Single and ready to mingle", "Aww, Hell Naww!!". Very funny. As for the battle, what can be said. Checking the advance of invaders helped keep Europe free (as much as it could be in medieval Europe). This battle rivals the Siege at Vienna in 1683 as one of the most historic battles of Europe.
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Fun fact : the french call this battle "bataille de Poitiers" and not Tours. There 100 km between these two cities.
Great video, as always!
Absolutely informing, thanks for furthering my understanding of the period. Keep up the good work.👍
I have read on the battle of tours and the video shown here is an excellent representation of the battle.
so your saying i can use this as a source alright ill take your word
This battle was so important,it saved Europe
and the world
@@aqfj5zy all the world know what muslims are
@@aqfj5zy you are racist
Now they invade by stealth - as refugees. This must be stopped.
Charles The Hammer. Legend!
"Être Marteau" is also a synonym in French meaning that you are going completely crazy often in very violent way, probably because of Charles battles.
Sources didn't viewed battle tour as not important battle, tour was skrmkish and raid even after tour the umayyad still continuously expedition and raiding into francia terrorties which the battle didn't stop umayyad they also defeated charles at nabronne 737, umayyad weren't intentionally to conquering francia but rather than raiding and marching into terroties to plunder cities for spolies and golds, abd rahman and his army was focusing for loots with no stragic goal and planning for battles but countine raiding for loots till as soon as they reach tour they coincidencely confront charles and engaging with franks army depsite the umayyad did a good charging attack on them and managed to push franks and advancing them they put charles under pressure and bad position had stuck in defensive and ressist them, the umayyad weren't fighting in faith but for the seek of loots, when charles send forces under odo to attack their camp they distract umayyad army and result in splitting army lines and causes umayyad army to be diviving and broke out ranks ended up half their army return their camp to protecting their spolies which was of their reasons defeated in tour
@@ommsterlitz1805 ça veut surtout dire qu'il martel la tete des gens qui disent de la merde.
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Taking a breakfast and drinking my coffee in the morning while watching your videos is one of my favourite things.
Я хоть не понимаю многие слова в Английском, но с субтитрами смотреть просто красиво твои видео.❤🎉
Excellent recounting of this fascinating period - made all the better by your use of a human narrator instead of a simulated one (which seems suddenly and unfortunately to be the thing to do now).
I love this story. I have always loved this story. Every new telling.
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This is what happens when the enemy knows the terrain better than you do
The Franks then became allies of the Abbasids who toppled the Umayyad Caliphate and remained hostile to their successors in Iberia
any sources that the abbassids allied with the franks? as far as I know, the abbassids, persians and romans considered the Franks and all non-roman Europeans as backward and uncivilized barbarians, not worthy of real diplomatic contact
@@akiogood4712 just watch the battle of roncevaux by this very channel
Then prince umayyad Abd rahman i known as Saqr Quraish defeated both abbasid and king frankish charlmange in lberia
@@ghostd69 This isn’t true. Charlemagne never lost a battle except for Ronceveux Pass ambush. And that ambush was set by the Basque people.
@@terro3842 Charles was defeated at nabronne 737, charlmange managed to expanded and conquered the major of erouope region but couldn't take over lberia he was failed on his campaign and basque people was under umayyad battle was also involed by Sulayman al-Arabi who was served under umayyad
It’s crazy I was looking for this exact battle from history marche yesterday **!!!! Creepy 😅
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Haven't you been to France recently. Apparently they didn't. They just delayed it.
This video reminds us all, there was a time when Europe defended itself from invasion. Today, the weak leaders and diseased minds invite them into our lands. We need some European Heroes again. Now more than ever.
Look, idiot, there is a difference between the occupier and the conquest. Second, there are a large number of Christians and other religions in the lands of Muslims.
@@user-cc4jk1wx2j Muslims belong to the Arab lands, Levant is rightfully ours, north Africa is rightfully ours, Anatolia is rightfully ours, should I continue?
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Wonderful video! ⚔🏹🐎
But of course, the Byzantines truly stopped the Muslim armies at Constantinople, for centuries and numerous sieges, while Northern Europe sheltered behind it (and the Pyrenees in the west).
It is good that Arabs liberated Asia and Africa from the Byzantines forever
Nah don’t think so sorry
I believe that the failed Arab siege of Constantinople was the event that really stopped the advance of Islam in Europe. While the battle of Poitiers was very important but for the reason that decreed the rise of the Carolingians who then effectively created medieval Christian Europe centered in the northern regions and no longer in the Mediterranean which had become a frontier
How do you work that out Since the siege of Constantinople was over a decade before the battle of tours So how could it be responsible for stopping the Arab advance in to Europe when the last attempt was the battle of tours If the Arab siege was the reason then the battle of tours wouldn't of happened
@@IrishCinnsealach well because in the seventh century Islam was much more united and dangerous and the sieges of Constantinople were a great loss of material and men for the Muslims. While at the beginning of the eighth century the Umayyads had now stopped their expansion (the territories were now too immense to be managed well) and shortly thereafter the Abassids they would have started a war that in a very short time would have deposed the Umayyads and confined them to Iberia. This campaign itself is mostly treated as a looting mission and not a conquest one.
@@s.p.q.r2104 @S.P.Q.R what are you talking about? Both battles happened in the 8th century The siege of Constantinople was 717 The battle of tours was 732 The beginning of the eighth century is literally the date of the Umayyad invasion of Iberia Stopped their expansion If they had then there'd be no siege of Constantinople No conquest of Sicily and no single source calls the battle of tours a looting campaign Just stop the embarrassing excuses Who takes 25 thousand men on a looting campaign 😂😂
There was no value in west or north Europe. Frankly only Constantinople was valued of all Europe. Which the Byzantines defended very well. The Umayyads had no issues in penetrating European lands be the Caucasus or France etc. In fact the only reason they kept Spain (which also was conquering as a raid initially) was because they won so easily and had unshakable control.