Story of Michael the Brave ⚔️ ALL PARTS 1 - 5
📜 Michael the Brave united all Carpathian principalities inhabited by Romanians for the first time in history. Battles in this documentary follow his journey, as he fought to carve out his realm.
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🟥 EPISODE TIMESTAMPS 🟥
🕐 Battle of Calugareni ⚔️ Challenging the Ottoman supremacy 00:00
🕑 Battle of Giurgiu ⚔️ Winnin independence for Wallachia 25:24
🕒 Battle of Selimbar ⚔️ Unification of the Three Principalities 44:30
🕓 Battle of Miraslau ⚔️ Dominion Struggles 01:01:47
🕔 Battle of Guruslau ⚔️ Final Victory 01:17:00
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📢 Narration by: David McCallion
📝 Script co-author: Albert Weber
🚩 Many thanks to Albert Weber and his team for providing us with authentic contemporary sources, translated in English, which helped greatly in the creation of this series. Make sure to check out their books:
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🚩 Many thanks to Calin Cretu, who helped us with Romanian name pronunciations! Without him we would've butchered Romanian names much more than we did :)
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You Romanians were always badasses when it came to fight agaianst Ottomans, you never gave up! Greetings from Poland!
Thank you my polish friends ! Poland and Romania are natural allies,polish politicians understood that but romanian politicians just now start to understand that.
Yup
So were you Poles ! Let's not forget the winged Hussars and the battle of Vienna in 1683.
and no one helped us, unfortunately.
Polish are badass too! Greetings from US
This story of alliance and friendship between Mihai and Starina Novak is a symbol to Serbo-Romanian friendship. Regards from Serbia!
Serbia helped the Ottomans destroy the Hungarians and the Albanians who were preparing a crusade in 1450.
We love the serbians :D Cute and lovely ppl. :)
@@realworldforum same thing the Hungarian did when Vlad wanted to make a crusade
@@realworldforum AHAHAHAH LOL the first crusader used to rape and kill innocents I think that he was more than fit to call a crusade ahahha
@@davosseaworth9479 yeah the first crusade pillaged other lands not his own land
I had never heard of this guy, which is seriously a crime. Thank you for the much needed lesson.
Fighting 100.000 with 15. 000 soldiers and personally engage in battle? How bad ass could this man be? And also wining without a great loss.
Through the mercy of God - Mihai might say ... all Voievods knew that nothing ever happens outside God's will. That was their official introduction to their titles "I, Mihai, through the mercy of Lord, Ruller of Wallachia, of Ardeal and of Moldavia". But now we live under a democracy, as God's mercy excludes us the posibility of having totalitarian christian rullers protecting national interest like before ...
@@c0nstantin86 Are you christian or Muslim? Does that quote come from Muslim or christian
They won with the help of God
@@luqman8739 christian ortodox
@@luqman8739 I'm a Christian. Feudalist, not democratic. 🅱️🟨🅱️ 🟨🟨🟨 🅱️🟨🅱️ 312-1453☦️
I’m Turkısh but Mihail really Badass. I respect your Indepence battles Romanian brothers 🇹🇷❤️🇷🇴
You have my respect, my Turkish brother. Love from Romania.
Not brothers, but former enemies that are now friends. That's even more than brothers. The future is common.
🇷🇴💞🇷🇴
we like Galatasaray now..
From Valahia we all of us bad when is about our area.even if we die,doesn't metter
By the end you definitely notice a formula to MIhai's military mind. There's always a flank or a ditch or hidden artillery on the slopes. This dude is criminally underrated as a military tactician!
Please watch the documentary called out of shadows. It will change you're life. Type in outofshadows
It does also tend to reflect on what unoriginal muppets most of the "experienced" commanders of the time were Anyone who studies Ancient & Classical Military histories frequently wants to savagely beat Medieval generals with a stick
This is well established in our history and literature! Our mountains, bushes,rivers,marshes and grass are our best allies against enemies, were appointed to his speeches!
@@spartatrif1758 The west is so gluey and sticky in texture, after all 🤣 glutinous ≠ gluttonous
And bribe enemy officials to avoid strategic envelop like caesar always did.😁
A true hero and warrior my respects from Greece 🇬🇷
He was half greek as well from his mother side
Obviously Romanian people could had far better conditions under Ottoman rule. This rebel traitor brought nothing but far worth cruelty. Also goes same about you bisexual Nobians.
@@eleonora78 yes
☦
We you Greece. Athos mountain is a bless!
Michael the Brave be like: Why lose when you can win?
:)) good one :)
@@adambednarek7146 Outnumbered and with no artillery….
small country with a great leader !
@Lo Me wallachia was
i know right ?
This would make an epic Netflix series
Yes, Basarab royal family history is indeed like Game of Thrones.
Netflix would probably make Mihai a black guy and would make the sultan a woman. I recommend you search the romanian movie of him, "Mihai Viteazul", i remember its even english subbed here on youtube.
So... Achilles... wasn't black? 😉
@@Thoregor I've seen the romanian movie, but I'd highly prefer a modern TV series.
@@Thoregor "Netflix would probably make Mihai a black guy and would make the sultan a woman." That's more of the BBC. Still, lmaooo! 🤣
My son, at his school, at the history lesson received this material to watch from the teacher during online schooling. I was so surprised as I am an older subscriber of the chanel. Nice job, Romanians appreciate this.
how though? It's in english.
@@gorgu-nj6uj It has Romanian subtitles too this documentary.
@@gorgu-nj6ujand most kids speak English this days.
He didn't deserve this end, he was more than a national hero, he was a Christian defender☦️✝️🙏 Fly high, our hero🕊️
Fly Highhhhhhhhhhhh, lesbian seagull........come... fly away.... with meeeeeeeee flyyyyyyyyhiiiiiiiiighhhhh lesbian seagull......
They are like:” -how many guys we have ? -8000; -how many they have? -100,000! ; -Let’s get them!!!”
Yeah , this is our history , always the underdog , but we kept on fighting ...loosing , winning ... but fighting
Numbers don't won battles.
@@panos617 rly, Capitan Maximal Smartness spoke
@@panos617 " but I'm sure they help" another underhorse victory lol
@@MrUncaas i mean,if you losing what means being proud with your history?
Jesus Crist.. That place was in nearly constant fight. Impressive resistance no doubt about it.
yep, that's the history of our lands (currently Romania, formerly Wallachia, Dacia, or whatever else has been before of that). Constantly under the threat of conquering by the superpowers of the time, constantly craved and wanted for the riches of these lands.
Blessed be the name of Jesus
"Where is my sister?"
@@Deinz1024 ??
@@leonrothier6638 It was a Game of Thrones refference.
Much love to Wallachia and its history from France
Thanks, bro.
@@cypher221doesn't "țară" come from latin "terra" which means "land"?
@@niceice3998 if you look closely almost every word had a latin root with some mostly slavic spice added. The few special characters are ț = tz (or ts) ă = a (you can go as a) ş = sh and î = (closest to i) = â = (same sound but go with a as closest)
@@cypher221 also go with "Principatele Române" = Romanian Principalities when referring to Transilvania, Moldova and Valachia in medieval context.
Poland, Romania and Spain played a big hand in not letting Europe be converted into Islam. They don’t get any credit in Hollywood historical movies.
Wo bleibt Ungarn???
@@istvanmester3133 They were important too
France and Greece as well
Like muslim wipe out christian in middle east, anatolia asia minor and north africa, but something christian today forgot that they human god jesus born in the middle east palestine
France too
Bro Romania's history should have a Netflix show
Shut up, Meg.
Please no, we do not need that
@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 yes, yes we do
@@rollastoney how bout no?
@@danc7934 NO, no, WE DO NOT!
I especially respect the correct romanian pronunciation, it shows that a lot of effort was put into this great documentary, well done!
Thank you sir.
This shows also respect for the historic background, the reality on the field ... and, you, HistoryMarche, you deserve the greatest respect for your effort, competence and quality of your work here!
Da, f. buna remarca !
Heheh. I wonder what Hungarians and Germans have to say about it :P Most of the cities in Transylvania have three contemporary names, some even four. I love how "Gyulafehérvár" from the first episode switched into Alba Iulia in the following four. Maybe, because the Hungarian Báthory was replaced by a Romanian ruler. Or, pssst! Nobody will notice.
@@PiotrDzialak fair enough there are still places in Romania nowadays that still wear other languages names. the Hungarian party is part of the leadership. Romanians learned to live in peace, however the fascists and nazis not, whatever their nationalities are
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That was fun to read. Good luck out there. Stay safe.
You too? Only I'm not a man.
HAHAHA That was a good one
BazBattles would be proud
+1 but "northern Egypt" instead😂😂🇪🇬
Ultimate respect to Mihai and Novak , incredible!
Novak died un cluj napoca, his statue bearing the name Baba Novak was one of the first things I remember when first moving here as I had never heard of him before
@@ciupenhauer they burned him alive, tossed water so it lasts longer... thats just brutal
It broke my heart to see Mihai fall. His victories put fire in the hearts of the region
I am romanian , I felt the same first time when I read about Mihai , think I was about 8 or 9 years old. You should see the film , you will be even more invested in Mihai as a person. The actor who played him did an amazing job. You can find the movie on youtube if you type Mihai Viteazul ; check the one with the english subtitles and in HD. Let me know what you think of the movie.
@@darthsaren6519 far away from the real history. Firstly they didn't speak the Romanian (Wallachian) language, as the most of his army was actually built by mercenaries with several ethnic origins. Second, he never thought to have a country called Romania (or something similar) or to include the Romanians into one territory. He just wanted be the Vojevod of 3 regions (seeking for glory and fortune) and play a regional European role in between the Imperials and Ottomans. A glory page, but with a total different image than the one created from Nicolae Balcescu and up today.
@@darthsaren6519 Amza mare actor indeed.
Yeah me too! 1601 Sad that Mihai was betrayed By gen. Basta and killed on the battlefield of Miraslau but he was the first voievod over all 3 united principalites that is Romania today. Great mam this Michael the Brave!
@Hernando Malinche The fact is he did not fail but saw his dream materialize. Mihai was the first to unify the 3(not expand) In 1600 entered with triumph in Alba - Iulia where was declared voievod of the 3 which later to become Romania in 1918 to today. That's the truth and too bad his life was cut short one year later by his austro-hungarian traitors .
Superb documentary the Romanian people are earned my respect and I say this as a HUNGARIAN
Our nations are anicient allies and if it would have stayed that way we could have done much more,it is time for a renewal of these old times
I don't think much validity to this in another word it is a wishful fairytale
That`s Me bro that guy rudolph backstabbed Mihai and u say allies, better be friends with Serbs and Russians always at our help and sharing the same idea of Orthodox Church
Haha, yeah, hungarian and romanians...old battle stories. But this was the tumultous history, all these men faught for their power, wealth and maybe for their country. I am proud of Mihai and I think he was one of thr few genius comanders in Europe and had a lion hearth, but Romania was too little in the middle of too many powerful enemies. If it wouldnt have been spreaded around, with its provinces, that much, more united... maybe the history was another.
Thanks for this history lesson guys, finally someone did it right. We should have this doc in every romanian school. Keep up the good work, i am proud of you!
You deserve Romanian's "Medal of Honour"! Great video with cruel accuracy... Thank You!!!
Glad you liked it!
Should get an award from Romania for this video
Maybe they'll offer me honorary citizenship or something.
@@HistoryMarche I am offering you my gratitude! Mulțumesc!
@@HistoryMarche The best they can give you is half of a loaf of bread and some rice and sunflower seed oil.
@@HistoryMarche soon his hegemony will be the dominant power in Europe
@@HistoryMarche I am Wallachian from Oltenia and I offer you my thanks.
I am excited a lot by the bravery of Mikhai and the resistance he managed to put on the ottomans. The video is incredible. Greetings from Bulgaria.
Thanks brother. Those where times when the carpato-danubiano-pontic region gave brave men!
It's Mihai
Sinan pasha the biggest fuck up ever
@@blankabb1289 it's a non-romance language speaker. Get that stick out of your arse lol.
@@RomaniaOverpowered o trebuit sa vină prostul satului sa îmi deie mie lecți
Wallachia has such an awesome history of badass guys resisting the Ottomans
@Alex C Switzerland
Did your ancestors find Wallachala?? :))
I am Romanian. As a matter of facts, in those times there was no decade with some big battles! Walachia and Moldavia had hundreds of true wars. Epic ones. Nothing missed us. Including both WW. Are You not sure? Watch kzhead.info/sun/dq9_mNmamX6Hl2g/bejne.html.
They are like -how many guys we have ? -8000; -how many they have? -100,000! ; -Let’s get them!!!
we have been forced to resist. When you want your own country so badly you'll do almost anything to keep it against so many waves of strong empires craving it for millenia. We have had to defend our lands against some of the toughest empires of our times, including the Roman empire, the Ottoman empire, and more recently the Soviet Union. The revolution of 1989 had been mostly the Soviet Union's doing which at that time have been an empire. Anyway, against such threats you need brave, wise, and intelligent rulers or else....
Michael lived up to the title of "Brave".
@Achilles Tendon ?? Did he kill innocents? Crimean Khan's son was "innocent", Sinan Pasha was "innocent", yeah all his enemies were "innocent", like you.
@Achilles Tendon Well at least he wasn't a bitch with a keyboard like you are.
@@ilucian2792 sorry guys I don't see the comment of this Achilles I am curios what did he say?
@@davosseaworth9479 It seems he deleted his own comment. He claimed that the only result of the battles Michael fought was killing innocents.
@@ilucian2792 I see thank you better deleted than still online
WoW! I am romanian and I have to say this was the best romanian history lesson I had in my entire life! AMAZING JOB!
Thank you sir.
Mihai: "I just want to free my people and the rest of balkans from the Ottomans" The entire Europe: "hol' up"
West Europe: We're not doing that here!
@@ionutcostache6645 more like central europe
@@ionutcostache6645 Literally Hapsburg Austria and Poland-Lithuania: *are in Eastern-Central and Eastern Europe respectively* You: Let’s blame the west instead
I am romanian but rarely saw such a good presentation of Mihai. Good job! Just subscried.
Thank you sir. Welcome to the channel. I did other Romanian topics as well, check those out.
This is my first video here. Subed as well. Great job! U have Romanian support! Mihai was one of the best military comanders ever, but he wasnt such a great statesman i see..
Andrei1900 he did what he need to do in thouse times.If you would’ve not had comunist reminiscence,you would’ve understand better.There was no perfect ruller.Check some more history and see that they were kinda all the same.There was no equality:-))...
Proud to be Romanian although born in USA! Mihai the Brave did everything he can to unite all principalities together!
Learn abbaut Mircea Basarab the elder.
romanian marvel
Tell that to the peasants he screwed over. (:
Mihai is a hungarian name and not romanian....just a little thing, what good to know for you...
Born in USA makes you American, if we called ourselves based on our ancestry we’d all technically be African. So what are you African or American? To say you’re Romanian is a choice you make by having an arbitrary cut off point for your ancestry. Wish people understood this VERY simple use of logic
I have nothing to do with Wallachia or turkey except maybe for being a Muslim because I'm from Egypt yet I still rewatch this video over and over, what a masterpiece.
We romanians (moldavians, wallachians and transylvanians) fought a lot against Ottoman empire, wich was a muslim empire. Even so, after knowing so many muslim people i only can say i love you anyway, no matter the difference of religions, God/Allah is only one! Greets from Romania!😍🤗
@@NASAE-wt1ec ❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a hell of a great story. A great man, who I had never heard of here in America until I converted to Orthodoxy. Extremely well done series.
Derek, I don't know why you guys are so ignorant . Because of Michael the Brave , we are Romanians!....not Turks !
welcome brother!
@@ovidiuhanganu313 still exaggerated. Buda was Turkish territory for round 150 years and today it is still the capital of Hungarians. Sure, that Michael the Brave was an interesting page of Wallachia, but still remain Mircea the Elderly, Vlad III Tepes and other Vojevods of the 15th century that opposed up to the most glory pages of the history in a period when Ottomans were keen to occupy and change the local ethnicity where ever they conquered and could do it. In the 16th and 17th century this policy was already history.
@@florinmariusardelean6455 The difference is that the Hungarians were saved by the Austrians while countries like Serbia and Romania had to fight the Ottomans with the help of greater powers. Being helped by another country is not the same with getting completely liberated by another country. Hungarians fought bravely at least until the Turks won against them in the 16th century.
@@ovidiuhanganu313 How much do you know about the Mexican American War?
Mihai was a badass respect from albanian!
Skanderbeg was a badass too, respect from Dacia, brother from Illyria
I am forgetful but if I’m not mistaken you spelled it correctly.
Not a badass, but a evil man
Respect for brothers...
@@thekhans2823 for you
Romania's history is one where we're always outnumbered, always outgunned and always at the border between empires. And yet, we're still here.
Yes, maybe thanks in big part to the Carpathians and the Danube. Otherwise, overun like Poland ;)
I don't know about that my friend. Can you tell me about any wars that Romania fought that she won by herself? Not because of a major poweR?
@@dani15555 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_III_of_Moldavia [ Stephen III of Moldavia ], is ok? You will find there some wars wins by romanians.
Always for every contry the geographic location is the most important thing for better and for worse.
ALL european powers fought being outnumbered, ALWAYS. not only roumania.
With all my dignity and respect I can say that I really appreciate that a foreign KZheadr made a video regarding Mihai Viteazul, a brave leader of Wallachia that had the opportunity to unite all Romanian principalities under one country. Desperate times needed desperate measures so he had to tax his people in order to fight for Wallachian independence and defeat the Ottomans. With my hand on my heart, I can say that I am proud to be called "Novac" just like the most loyal general of Mihai that was very competent and organized!
Novak brave Serbian warrior who fought for Wallachia! Greetings from a Wallach from Serbia!
This beats Netflix, HBO and Disney+ by several orders of magnitude.
Achilles: Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight? Michael the Brave: Hold my beer!
Back that time all armies relied a lot on mercenaries ! Like today all its money
the majority of kings fought their own battles, this only changed as technology and the size of the battlefield made it less reward for such a high risk
@@AeneasGemini On top of that it was more beneficial for the modern leaders to lead the country and plan logistics and leave the military to general's who can better serve the job as they can. The specialization allowed more focus into battlefield and wartime economics to better sustain a country through a war.
There is no exaggeration in this , not even one drop , thats why he was called the brave
John Smith huh ... thats quite the "general" name hehe. Well hopefully those morons didnt destroy his Statue over there in Jamestown ... apparently these new Snowflake SJW parasites like to destroy historical statues as a new hobby, the world is not heading in a good direction , too many entitled parasites that want to delete history. This John Smith seems to have quite the unique history, fighting in some crucial battles so far apart.
In my city,Craiova,this romanian hero has a big statue of him and his horse charging into the battle. Extraordinary presentation,thank you
Same in Giurgiu..he holds his "securea" ax in his hand...
Same as in my city, Targoviste. His statue was made to look as if it was made of gold.
Don't forget about the one In Bucharest also (Piata Universitatii)
MIhai was born in Wallachia/Oltenia, near Ramnicu Valcea in "Targul de Floci" which now is a commune named Dragoesti.
Same in Cluj-Napoca.
wow what a story! l was enjoying every minute like watching a football match 😂 Romania have such a grate history.. All the best to all orthodox brothers in Romania from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
our history, great?? Hmm... maybe... but painful. We have paid with so much blood over so many millennia for the right to have our own little country. Romanians have never had slaves, we have never conquered anyone, all we have wanted to do was live peacefully in our country. But, apparently, we have asked for too much and have had to be the ping-pong ball of the various superpowers and empires who have craved our lands since the beginning of time. It's a sad history for us... but I'll admit that it makes for an interesting one for outsiders who are fascinated with history and wars in general :)
@@blabla-rg7ky l totally understand.. similar history applies here to the rest of Balkans.. Never heard much about history of Romania than Vlad Cepes and Chausescu (probably spell wrong 😂) between two of them is big hole in our knowledge.. so lm happy l discovered and learned more fascinating things from your history..
@@zazaza903 yeah. you spelt their names wrong but don't worry, we are not that picky :) And I'm glad you find our history interesting. The more people learn about us the less reasons they have to hate us or consider us undercivilized. Well, we are undercivilized here and there, but shhh! Don't tell anyone :p
@@blabla-rg7ky We did have slaves though. And we were far from peaceful, ever since the dacians.
@@rollothewalker5535 I've been misled then...
Holy shit, this is extremely comprehensive and thorough! Thank you for educating me on a history I was completely unaware of! Cheers from a Pole living in the United States!
Yes, this was the only moment in history when Poland had influence in the Romanian Principalities.
THIS is the stuff of heroes and epic tales. What a man he was!
Congratulations for that great job of history. As a French, I didnt know Mihail (I just knew Vlad Dracul). I really feel admiration for that man fighting against the 3 surrounding great power including the ottomans.
We've always fought multiple empires at once, part of the reason why we are so poor today. Shame that western people hate us.
Well... Michael... I mean Mihai, looked at the sun from up close. There is a line like that in the Romanian movie about him....his mission was impossible and yet he went on his path till the end.
Wallachia also im French and i love Romanian people and also almost all Balkanic people, their fierce fighting against Ottoman empire certainly contributed to the freedom in western Europe like us, some centuries earlier we resisted to Almohade empire.
@@davidhoffmann6040 Yea ... that king Charles of yours is pretty amazing . I also have to look more into that part of history.
Dacia/România gave alot of brave rulers to Europe, all of them fighting for their believes and freedom!
Dude literally won the game of thrones.
@Chief Sitting Feather (We'z fake Indigenous!!) Winning and losing in the political world still end in the same grave... The man left a legacy because his story will be told for centuries beyond you and I. He won.
love the wallachian history. what a badass lineage and honorable history to descend from
indeed !
I studied this man, & his battles; Long before this video was ever made. A True Hero, Fearless & Strong. Thank you Very Much ^_^
Glad you enjoyed it!
Respect!
Mihai would have been destroyed at Giorgiu without the Hungarian help. Then the turncoat Mihai sold out to the Habsburgs and attacked Hungary. Similarly the turncoat Romanians attacked Hungary in WW1, again after WW1 and another turncoat act in WW2.
@@Manowar9 it has nothing to do with dishonesty but the hungarians where in the frontline of developing wars.
If Hungarians had kept their promise to send the troops Mihai would have ended the Turkish empire sooner instead of stopping in Bulgaria,but turncoat Batory wanted success for himself. In world war 1 we did not attack Hungary but eliberated Transilvania from Hungarian occupation and in world war 2 it was a German king Mihai who arrested maresal Antonescu who had no intention to change sides and paid the ultimate price, basically a coupe. However during ww2 after the 2nd Viena act when Romania and Hungary were allies of Germany Romanian troops gave half of the Transilvania back to Hungary but as soon as it happened Hungarian army slaughtered the Romanian villages which we will never forget. Never!
An outstanding, entertaining depiction of a little known or cared about country that stood alone at crossroads of empires, kept the ottoman expansion away from Europe even despite numerous stabs in the back by European powers. Thank you!
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Same with Serbia
@@miloskocic1759 nah, Serbia quickly joined the ottomans after a defeat and helped them becoming the powerhouse that they were
@@HistoryMarche why did you liked this tribalizing comment? "European powers", there was no "Europe", and certainly not a collective. It was one big mess of dynasties and alliances with a variety of interests. Some helped, some where indifferent and some didn't help. But this nationalistic and tribalistic comment is ignorant and divisive
@@Solidoaf no
This is one of the most well-done historical documentaries I've ever seen on youtube. Congrats on the production of this! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Obviously Romanian people could had far better conditions under Ottoman rule. This rebel traitor brought nothing but far worth cruelty.
I can only agree with that sentiment. Your upload answered so many questions I had about that period for that area and the politics. Thank you...it's so gratifying to learn new things, every day
@@jimijimbow2830shush
@@jimijimbow2830No Muslim can be our overlord,we are Orthodox Christians!
As a Romanian, I am proud of how my ancestors fought for independence and became so strong... I love my country! ❤🇹🇩❤
One of the most underrated/unknown military leaders in history.
Yes, but he lost several times....Jan Zizka is most unknown military Genius of the history outnumbered and yet always victorious ...never lost single battle and defeated 6 crusader armies against the Hussites.....however in west point they teach his battles and tactics and he is recognized by US military...
@@janfiedler5584 Zizka wasn't alive during the time of Mihai. I have no idea why you are talking about someone completely unrelated to the video. They had different strategies as well. Mihai was willing to cede the field in favor of future more favorable encounters. Zizka's army used strategies that made that less possible. In any case I have no idea why you'd randomly bring that up.
Obviously Romanian people could had far better conditions under Ottoman rule. This rebel traitor brought nothing but far worth cruelty.
@@jimijimbow2830 that's like saying nazi were good
@@jimijimbow2830 Ah yes we only need to look at how great our neighbors were south of the Danube in Bulgaria where that country was kept in perpetual backwardness.
Wow I'm a huge history lover and research every period extensively and I must say Mihai the Brave is a true WARRIOR
Incredible, I had no previous knowledge of this time period of Romanian history, but it shows just how important it was for establishing the region's modern religious and political establishments.
Anglos don't want you to know this
Every romanian man has little bit of Mihai left in them. Also Vlad, Ștefan, Mircea and others also... It just surfaces when is needed.
Fascinating historical presentation of a time and a place that I did not know anything about. Michael the Brave (and he deserves that title) won many battles that he should have lost, pulling a rabbit out of the hat more than once to turn the tide of battle. If he had not alienated all his allies and potential allies, he may have lived to complete his task of the unification of Romania. As it is, he did a remarkable job with what he had. No one he met in battle surpassed him as a field commander. It was a lack of men and resources alone that caused his final defeat. Great series! Kept my interest for the whole time, despite the plethora of unfamiliar names and places I had to keep up with.
Thank you sir. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I've always wondered what would have happened if Mihail had indeed marched beyond Adrianople and against Istanbul. History could have really changed. A great comander, a hero for its people, and sadly a poorly known historical charachter outside of Romania. Greetings and thanks from Italy for this beautiful video
Probably not much. Although symbolically it would be huge. Ultimately taking and holding constantinople would've been logistical suicide for him
@@neloverg3774 not alone you poorly innocent ...where the heck were Vatican forces if they truly wanted ottomans out of Europe? western europe is so fucking hypocrite as fuck......and nothing changed till our present days......
Yeah, if not for Serbia Bulgaria Greece and Romanian forces halting the ottomans advance y'all central and western europeans would speak turkish even today
@@rekka431 doubtful. Those areas existed as a buffer for a reason. The Ottomans also worked similar to how the huns did for the romans. Giving the Europeans a common enemy to somewhat ally against.
@@rekka431 I don't think so, the Ottoman empire defeated the Balkan kingdoms while they still ruled only over Anatolia and their own balkan holdings. Meanwhile the Austrians, Spanish, Portuguese and Polish defeated an Ottoman empire supplied with Balkan troops and the vast Mediteranean economy provided by Egypt, the Levant, Tunisia and Algeria and the Indian trade from Egypt and Iraq.
I can't believe someone who's not romanian described with such accuracy the reign of Mihai, one of the most important names in our history. Thanks a lot
I love this one. Michael would have been a pain in the ass to deal with. The balls on this dude
This is one of the best documentary about Mihai Viteazul. Congratulations.
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@@zzzzz5409 no
Fun fact : captain John Smith, who saved Jamestown, the first English colony in America, also fought for Michael the Brave en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)
Fun fact, he got his nobility from a hungarian/transylvanian princeps, Bathory, so he was a hungarian noble de jure :)
@@OgluJildiz So he was a transylvanian knight, since Bathory was the prince of Transylvania.
he wrote fan fiction about him getting a princes know as Pocahontas. Even though she was 8 when he was in america. He envisioned that she was a beautiful girl when he wrote his biografi
Thank you for posting this
@@OgluJildiz Austrian you meant , being in the Austrian Empire . You gotta see Wien , beautiful city . If there would of been a relative of Carol Robert de Anjou in stead of Bathory , it would of meant he got his nobility from a French so he was a French noble de jure ?
Truly a general with with a vision and a brave man..romainan could be proud of him!
Of course we are proud of him. His name is also in the Anthem!
We are proud of him. After 1400 years, Malus Dacus (the Bad Dacian) how he was called and feared by ottomans he united the old dacian provinces into one again, for only one year!
I'm a Wallach from Serbia, very near to Donji Milanovac, the place of birth of Starina Novak. We have had many warriors (hajduks) who fought the Turks for hundreds of Years, and separated from Romania we still call ourselves Wallachians, have our own culture and our own language.
Voi sunteți români ca şi noi, vorbim aceeaşi limba.
You and us, Wallachians from Romania are both former east Romans, speaking same language. Therefore Romanians - of Roman origin. Well Romanized Dacians but former Romans in the end.
Wallach is a german word, so is an EXTERNAL name (exonim), so why you call yourself with a foreigner name and not a name from your language? It's a non sens I tell you why. You call yourself walahians because serbian call you that way to create a separatism from romanians, and then to asimilate you. You "call yourself walahians" because you are brainwashed by slavs
Nice documentary, which enhances the struggle of the Romanian nation over the centuries. One of the greatest military leader of his time, our Mihai.
@Blank Blank shut up you xenophobe
Bro we had survive under any circumstances on earth during the last 2 milenials .. the f you talk about European Union ? We have joined EU in 2007 our economy was steaming with almost 10% per year and only after 2 years of joining we enter into a crisis like the rest of the EU.. I'm not saying EU its bad but you over exaggerating! Where you from buy the way ! And don't tell me US cuz they don't know jackshit about anything ! They just pay for Brains from other countries !
@Blank Blank At least we had autonomy and our territories intact...unlike the rest of Europe.
@Blank Blank Hahahahahaha. Oh I'm sorry but...it's just...your ignorance is killing me right now. Hitler skipping Romania? Even though Romania had the oil necessary for Hitler to even continue the war for as long as he did? Comedy gold! Too bad not Roșia Montană gold....which we still have. And not the foreign corporations cuz fuck them. Our gold. Boi, we have a lot more resources now that your noggin has braincells. Thanks for the good laugh though....and the fact that you proved to me you're a biased ignoramus aka an idiot. Bye! 😁
@Blank Blank My dude, Romania was Hitler's main oil resource through out the war, Romania was also a big food producer for Hitler. The Uranium the Soviets used to build their Nukes also came from Romania. Im not gonna act like we were the center of the world, but saying Romania didnt matter is at least an understatemant.
Never heard such an amazing storytelling of Michael the Brave, they should do videos like yours to cover all the history! For this I will donate sir!
Wow, thank you!
add another contributer if you have a patreon
Serbia and Romania forever ally, salute to greatest Mihai the BRAVE
Baba Novak / Starina Novak - a true legend amongst serbians and romanians. The friendship dates from way earlier than the 1600. Mihai's great ancestor and Vlad the Impaler's grandfather "Micea I of Wallachia" helped knez Lazar on the battle of kosovopolje, when the great knight Obilic made his great work of art.
The 2 countries never fought each other and we are both orthodox. One of our heroes is Serb. Baba novak. I am from Bucharest and a district is called baba novak
Ottoman empire for eastern europe is what today is the united states
@@danelirimescu6832 No.
Same blood Serbia + Romania ! Same faith!
I am Romanian and I cried seeing this. What a wonderful video! It's a bunch of boxes going up and down but with a little imagination you can live those moments. I am also from the city of Craiova! So emotional, without Michael the Brave, Romania would not exist. Long live his memory! 🥂 🙏❤🇹🇩🕊
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As a Hungarian, I must say Eastern European schools should teach this kind of History of neighboring countries for the younger generations, not only national propaganda. I have never heard of this Mihály before, but now I am happy to know about this story.
Hahaha.
I respect your initiative, good sir! Greetings from Bucharest, Romania!
the west imperialism its wont onli smalls and divided countries in the east of europe , this propaganda its against their interests ,what is yugoslavia now,
@Janos Musatic can you provide evidence what makes you feel to stick to the 150 years old Hungarian propaganda?
history is written by winners.. you will never know what REALLY happened
Who else noticed that the 3 regions: Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, which are the historical provinces of Romania are also collored with the colors of the current flag of Romania, blue, yellow and red?
Hehe, that was deliberate, as you certainly guessed.
Yes they were!
Because the colours of the flag represents the 3 regions,blue for Transylvania,yellow for Wallachia and red for Moldova
Bullshit! Transylvsnia- Erdély was 1000 years long part of the Hungarian Kingdom ! Mihai was a simple bandit, who was robbed in Transylvania for turkish Empire encouragement. The falsification of wlach history maker was always ridiculous !😀
@@Judge-70 Yikes, I guess you have a great phd in history to say things like this
I've watched this video probably 20 times and I could easily watch it 20 more times. I love this story, I love Alex Doddy's narration in the early parts, I love the hilarious little text bubbles...Kings & Generals, eat your heart out. History Marche nailed it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Obviously Romanian people could had far better conditions under Ottoman rule. This rebel traitor brought nothing but far worth cruelty.
@@jimijimbow2830 Yes, nothing but the unification for the first time of the Romanian provinces.
You should watch the movie too. It is the best historical Romanian movie filmed in 1970 and the music is superb.
History Marche, is in general terms far superiror than the other guys you mention. A very fine detail is that History MArche hasn't mixed up the current political situation with their own ideology or documentaries, unlike the other pretentious intelectuals.
How is this NOT a movie or series? Such interesting and compelling characters
With english subb
There is a great movie called 'Mihai the Brave' made about 50 years ago. Also has a sequel movie called 'The Immortals' about his honor guard after his death.
There was definitely power in Vlad’s bloodline
Vlad's bloodline was a warrior bloodline. The Basarab bloodline gave numerous warrior princes. Wallachia was known for its warriors, this spirit being relevant still today with the southerners being much more conflict seeking, more temperamental, more jealous/envious, Moldova was the seat of intellectuals and the few warrior princes being related to the Basarab dynasty (Stephen the Great being Vlad's cousin) while Transylvania was known for its merchants. This format still applies today, albeit Moldova is less of an intellectual center, Bucharest managing to somehow even the odds in this regard. Still, roughly 2/3 of our major artists, writers and scientists either hailed from Moldova or were educated there.
Mihai was not really related to Vlad. He was not a Basarab.
@@alexwallachian7720 Depends. Most historians today seem to agree that Michael was the bastard son of Patrascu cel Bun, which was from the House of Draculesti, Vlad's branch of the Basarab dynasty.
@BLUE DOG No idea what you mean by J's. Also, for the most part princes like Vlad were the tax collectors. The boyars collected the taxes locally, which were handed out to the prince's treasury, which in turn were sent to the Sultan.
@@Kalimdor199Menegroth do you have any sources? From what i have read he only claimed that he was the son of Patrascu but that is doubtful.
History can be very interesting, but often poorly explained. When you combine good and detailed historical information with great narration and amazing video representation, we have awesome works such as this.
Unbelievable how just a bunch of Europeans fought against the Ottomans while the rest of Europe slept. No unity in Europe Never was, never will Thats how we are going to fall Great video, gentleman
Incredible presentation on the provincial territories of Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia known together as the country of Romania 🇷🇴
Only that at that time it was NOT Romania..... Transylvania belonged to Hungary.....Sorry mate
@@airotkivagrav1965 : Yes was thinking in todays world.... Multiple wars in this region with territory exchanging ownership...To the victors of wars go the spoils...Land + Water
@@scarborosasquatchstation1403 Oh, I see. Indeed, we got a very busy past and lots of heroes in Middle and Eastern Europe.
This was beyond good. I'm kinda blown away. Wowow. This Is HISTORY!
Serbians stayed with us ......That's why Baba Novac......is a HERO for Romanian people...!!!!!
@south park Ha, ha, another islamic dog, pathetically trying to revise anything regarding the Serbs. Keep barking you piece of sh!t and cry, squeal, Serbs rule, Nikola Tesla and Novak Djokovic being some of the greatest Serbs known on the planet .i.
@@StefanBlagojevic stupid he s speaking Romanian🤦🏼♂️
@@StefanBlagojevic he s Romanian
Romanians love Serbs
@@StefanBlagojevic what he has written is true, the romanians in Timok have no rights and are forcefully assimilated .
That was awesome. Regardless of his end and his faults, what an amazing life. His actions definitely helped free the region.
He was a briliant general, yet he didn't die on the battlefield against the Turks, but he was betrayed and killed by Christians who were supposed to fight along his side against the Turks... I personally consider him the most important ruller of any Romanian pricipality of all times, because for the first time since Burebista, he managed (even briefly) to unify almost all the Dacian lands in a single country- he was even called "Malus Dacus" (bad Dacian) by his enemies. Anyway, he managed to do a lot of things in only 8 years of rulling, with such small resources both in manpower, weapons and money. As for the Romanians, they were always at the confluence of greater powers and empires interests, always heavily outnumbered and outgunned in most of the battles against Turks, Austro-Hungarians, Polish, Russians, Germans... Yet somehow they managed to survive... If you wanna watch a similar documentary about another Romanian true hero king - Vlad the Impaler, watch this: kzhead.info/sun/gL1xYqmoqqiYhHA/bejne.html
Just because nations are the same religion, DOES not mean that they should be allies
@@thekhans2823 thats not the point. those were his allies he got betrayed by
Great man? He caused his country chaos over and over, raising the taxes on people over %500. It would have been hell living there during his rein.
@@thekhans2823 *God protect from my allies, for the enemies i take care myself* - Romanian proverb So...indeed!!! What allies?
God bless you, dear Sirs, for this historical depiction masterpiece. As my father is from Oltenia, I feel blessed and humbled for my Ancestors. I now know what immense heritage I need to honor, I must become a better Romanian onward. Thank you.
Outrageously eloquent and fluent presentation of historical facts that is objectively better than anything I’ve seen, amazing!
This is an incredible story! I can not believe i never ever heard or read one word about this amazing commander! It is Christmas Eve, i am supposed to be doing stuff... but i am engrossed in the story of Michael the Brave! :)
Zalmolxis the God of Geto Dacians documentary movie canale Daniel Roxin
Obviously Romanian people could had far better conditions under Ottoman rule. This rebel traitor brought nothing but far worth cruelty.
@@jimijimbow2830 well, after Mihai Wallachia fell under the Ottoman ruling... although we were never an Ottoman province like Hungary or Bulgaria, we still had to pay tribute... life conditions were never better for us until the independence war almost 300 years later, when the Ottomans were pushed out of the Balkans
@@aviaxis6261 come on man after that Vlad Drakul and this treacherous Mihay any other ruler would had just annihilated such a nation. You have to agree.
@@jimijimbow2830 Romanian history is much more complex than this... remember we are here for 3000 years... In this instance, Vlad, even though he scared the shit out of the Ottomans, at historical scale he wasn't as big of a deal as his grandfather Mircea the Wise for instance, who freed Dobrogea. Also Vlad couldn't even be compared to his cousin, Voievod of Moldova, Steven the Great (notice our voievods have a nickname), who ruled for 47 years, had a big fight almost every year and only lost a couple of them in total. The difference between him and Mihai was that he was extremely good at diplomacy and (unlike Mihai) he never fought everybody in the same time, completely alone. After Mihai the Ottomans tried to wipe us completely many times but our Latin culture always prevailed, and we also had heroic voievods who managed to resist even without and army. For instance Constantin Brancoveanu was captured by the Ottomans and forced to watch all his 7 children and his wife being beheaded in front of him then he famously said something like: on my honor, I will not be a Turk until my head sits up there. And so it was, we never got to be Turks thank to his sacrifice.
Wallachian warlords are the greatest warlords of all time for me, because of their unyielding resistance against all odds just to survive as a people, not for greatness.
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@gurpreet daliwell no. He was Romanian. Roman and Dacian
@gurpreet daliwell Does that mean he's Turkish?
@gurpreet daliwell italians also have black hair and long noses
Never get tired of Alexander’s voice
Did he sell this account?
@@ralexmarquez nope, still here
@@alexanderdoddy7590 Good to know..We miss your voice. Stay safe (Cov free)
@@ralexmarquez You too!
@Dalan How do you mean?
I must say that their is so much history that you haven't even heard of. Thanks HistoryMarche for filling up my history memory bunk :) Eastern history is very underestimated. We only focus on western history over here. Seems that the whole of eastern europe has been a battlefield for about 2000 years, on/off.
Thank you sir.
Pretty much so. And 99% the times the western Europe promised help against the Eastern attacks on Europe, they never materialised.
@@ancaas7945 Exactly! Like during the Crusades. If the Western powers focused with the Romans to do a common cause against Islam, then maybe the would have successfully defeated them. And the Kingdom of Jerusalem perhaps would have existed a bit longer. But instead personal power, greed & wealth always stands in the way...
Sources? Otherwise I'll prescribe it to the usual ignorance of proud and narrow minded Easterners...
The is the case for middle East too
He managed to defeat the best ottoman general of his time while outnumbered 10 to 1 and is not featured as one of the best military generals in the world says all about the pampered history books
He wasn't outnumbered 10 to 1 in battle
@@onehope6448 15000 to 100,000 yeah, I call it 10 to one. Even if he was not outnumbered that many he managed to beat the best ottoman general with the best troops in the world, I think you can give him some credit. 🙏 🙏
@@likeashish Did you even watch the video? In the battle it was 15,000 vs 30,000 and Mihai had better position. You clearly don't know how to count.
@@onehope6448 you haven't listen. It is clearly said 100000 troops 15:40. From these, yes, only around 40000 actually participated to the battle, but they were there...ready
i can tell you why he is not featured,he did not win,austria,the ottomans and poland won,of course they did not want the world to know that such a small country with suchs a unprepared army and small of course,almost defeated all of them.
We love romania 🇷🇴 from Greece 🇬🇷
The so-called Romania is actually the descendents of the old Great Bulgaria!!!! So you in fact love Bulgaria-is nice...just clarifying! :)
@@danielzahariev7384 WTF?!?!
The way you managed to present the facts, the Romanian school textbooks did not succeed in 50 years!
Thank you sir.
In that case you are way too stupid to talk history on any level.
The power of one video that is an hour and a half is dismantling three years of sitting in history classes and kids getting bored out of their minds and still not learning anything after all that. That’s how good the schools came to be in 2020
@@KReeMMeeNAL It`s always easier to watch and listen someone speak rather than go read it yourself and put 2&2 together. That`s not learning that is someone spoon feeding you handpicked information."Learn" the difference if the word "learn"is not too much for you.This is something lazy people do,its like cheating on a test,you did none of the research or the work.Of course it`s better than school where u need to do your own reading and research!Talk shit about school and their methods when you are inapt!It takes will to learn stuff u don`t just learn it!
@@razvangora7473 bruh, the teacher to the exact thing, they are spoon feeding information, you copy that in your notebook and that's it.
This channel needs to be more popular. Goodjob. Greetings from Romania.
Thank you sir.
Thank you for the video from România! ❤💛💙🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴
damn...this was like...the best history lesson about Mihai, this should be used in teaching kids schools...
You deserve to be on TV with stuff like this. The reality of what happened then, in its purest form, far away from the hidden stuff of history lessons in school, movies, etc
A masterpiece, should be shown in all Romanian schools. Chapeau!
Proud Romanian! Thank you for your work!
Starina Novak (Baba Novac) will never be forgotten.
Such a brave general but so much stacked against him..
Basically this was the case for all romanian rullers at that time... they had so much to balance to maintain power
For once , thank you KZhead algorithm! This channel is gold
Glad you enjoy it! Welcome to the channel.
@@HistoryMarche thanks mate ! I'm here to stay ☺️
This guy can sure paint with words. Icreadible production quality!
man i was so invested in this all the way through.
Those huge armies fighting each other for control of Romania could’ve been turned against the Ottomans and freed all the Balkans.
yes and to this day we still do the same in Romania,we kill each other before the enemy has the chance :)
Same case for most contries conquered by the Ottomans.
You missed the essence! Mihai wanted to do just that, even at the expense of taxing and inslaving his own people! But he had to fight those fights to be stronger, have more resources to be able to wage war sustainably against such a powerful oponent as the ottomans!
Welcome to the european politics my friend. Same as today. The west prospers while the east takes all the hardships. This started since the gread divisation of the Church. Catholics vs Orthodox. It went on and on. To be honest the west states was making shit load of money trading with the ottomans so no need for war. They never fully committed to a war against the ottomans, it was just a show of muscles to keep the spices coming at a better price.
I suppose that was the intention of Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul)!
My last name is Pătrașcu. When my father was young, an old priest in my small town was so intrigued by my father's last name, that he started going back on his genealogical tree and found out that we are descendants of Michael the Brave.
Aaand what do you do about it?
@@tudogeo7061 Is there anything to do about it? Haha
you must retake the basarabia back
@@boborenebobo will I send you my bank account details? 😂
@@MariuselGH you must be part of the rooted Patrascu branch
Gotta give it to the Romanians for always being a thorn in the Ottoman's sides
we had to. Imagine invaders wanting your lands at all costs, what would you do: peacefully give them your land, riches, women and children, or being a thorn in your invaders' sides and paying with your life the right to live peacefully on your own lands? It's been the same with us. Our lands have always been at the confluence of big empires and superpowers (the Roman empire, the Ottoman empire, and later on the Soviet Union) and every single one of these superpowers have wanted to claim these lands as their own, despite of the fact that Romanians have lived on these land since the dawn of time, long before Romans, Ottomans, and Russians have even existed. There are more and more evidences every day that a big chunk of today's populations (especially the Latin speaking nations like the Portuguese, Spanish, Catalunyans, but also Indonesians, Indians or some tribes from South Africa) originate on these lands, but we are obviously talking millions of years ago, not recent history. But the evidences exist!
in Czech lands: Rudolf II. moves his seat of power from Vienna to Prague. He's known as a patron of arts and a supporter of alchemy and arcane arts. Meanwhile in Romania: (jokes aside, he's the only person I know of this story. He's kinda popular figure of Czech folklore for aforementioned reasons. Somehow uneventful period of Czech history, no-one much cares to elaborate. Man never stops to learn and I am grateful for filling some gaps in European history of this period. Until now it was something like: Constantinople fell. Something something something, Turks pushed on. Battle of Mohács. Something something something, Turks pushed on. And then Turks are at Wienna :D) PS: Mihai was a really cool guy. I always admire men with vision and fearless and clever commanders who go against the odds, capable of thinking outside the box and favoring initiative.