Battle of Zenta, 1697 ⚔️ The Battle that Napoleon studied ⚔️ Eugene's Masterpiece ⚔️ Part 3
🚩 At Zenta, Prince Eugene achieved a spectacular victory, which all but knocked the Ottoman Empire out of the war and forced the Sultan to sign a peace agreement that saw large swathes of land ceded to Austria and her allies.
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📚 Sources:
Abbott, J. History of the Habsburg Empire (Madison & Adams Press, 2018).
Childs, J. C. R., & Childs, J. Armies and warfare in Europe, 1648-1789. (Manchester University Press, 1982).
Charles Joseph. The Life of Prince Eugene, of Savoy: From His Own Original Manuscript. Vol. 3. J. Davis, 1812.
Šegvić, Filip Šimetin, and Tomislav Branđolica. "The age of heroes in historiography: the example of Prince Eugene of Savoy." Austrian History Yearbook 44 (2013): 211-233.
Wheatcroft, Enemy at the Gate, 216-225
A historical description of the glorious conquest of the city of Buda pp. 20-23, especially 9 July
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe; Andrew Wheatcroft
The Supremacy of France and the Wars of Louis XIV; Thomas Henry Dyer
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This reminds me of a Scottish battle against the English. They were crossing a bridge...
Siege of Buda 1684 and 1696 Timişoara. In total Austrians losted 60.000 men. While Ottomans 30.000 Zenta
@@vadagane8108 Siege of Buda 1684 and 1686 Timişoara/Mohacs Nagyharsani In total Austrians losted 6000 men. While Ottomans 30.000 Zenta + Siege of Buda 1684 11.000 + 1686 Timişoara/Mohacs Nagyharsani 10.000
One of my favourite parts about this battle is that they captured the Ottoman treasury, and afterwards Eugene was like, “So Your Majesty, there was a bunch of treasure, but unfortunately it all accidentally got blown up. Also, the fact that I’m about to spend a ton of money on renovating and enlarging my mansion has nothing to do with anything and is definitely a coincidence.”
The King: You are right, this is just a coincidence
I like how most of the captured gold went 'missing'. And then shortly after Prince Eugen build a palace that rivalled Versailles. Very subtle trickery Eugene! :')
"Captured gold? Nah, the gold must have escaped in all the confusion..."
An overwhelming crushing victory, the Ottomans would never seriously threaten Central Europe again after this.
They defeat austria and russia between 1740-50 and took belgrade back from austria
No,1735-1739 Ottoman-Austria&Russia War Ottoman Victory
@@scourgeofgodattila579 and they never got out of fucking banat
@@scourgeofgodattila579 yes but they didn't become a seriously treath like they were before shure they still were a treath but not on level they were
Yeah after this was just Ottomans trying to hold on. They had the man power and such, but couldn't keep up with technological advances from Europe and America.
This battle struck me with its similarities with the battle of Friedland. Both Napoleon and Prince Eugene were great commanders because they didn't hesitate to strike the enemy with all their forces while he was in the worst possible situation, his back against a river and soldiers panicking seeing no escape route.
Fun fact: If the British and ironically Russia did not intervene Napoleon would have annihilated the ottomans.
True the fact that in the battle of Borodino in Russia one of Napoleons biggest failure is he sway from his own tactics and did not commit all his forces which is the elite guards to finish off the Russians causing them to retreat with much of russias troops and deprived him of a decisive victory while the Russian army lives able to fight another day which proves disastrous for Napoleons retreat.
@@funfacttrivias2121 napoleon, to summarize, said that he was too far away from home to use his last riserve, the Imperial Guard
@@potato88872 True yet it doesn't save his army decimated in thier retreat rather if he has commit all his reserve and deliver a decisive defeat he could have ended the war by making the Russian Czar sign a treaty favoring Napoleon and he could have retreated peacefully and by the way that was hes original plan not to take Russian territory but to make the Russian go to the negotiating table on Napoleons terms.
@@rexxer8055 Napoleon tried to destroy the Ottomans. He landed troops in Egypt, which was the autonomous administration of the Ottoman Empire, and defeated the Mamluk armies. However, when he wanted to advance further north, he was stopped by the Ottoman army under the command of Cezzar Ahmet Pasha in the vicinity of Akka.
I appreciate the efforts not to focus solely on military aspects but to show the greater picture as well. There are not many channels that present geopolitical situation before and after the battles as is shown here. Thank u so much for this.
I absolutely agree. Certain channels like Epic History, and Ks & Gs tend to not go into the realm of geopolitical outcomes so much as HistoryMarche does. Nor attempt to do the What-Ifs of a specific outcome. They ask the bigger questions, and the pros & cons of a decision/potential outcome
Exactly
O kadar hazinenin orada işi ne?... yani osmanlılar oraya neden hazine götürmüş?.. çünkü osmanlı ordusu avrupa orduları gibi, mesela napolyon orduları gibi yağmalayarak karnını doyurmuyordu. para verip yiyecek satın alıyordu. Hazine ile gitmesinin sebebi bu idi. Avrupa'lı dostlarımız(!?) hazinemizi ele geçirmiş olmakla gurur duyabilirler. Biz ise, hazine ile gitmiş olmaktan, yani talan etmemiş olmaktan gurur duymaktayız.
Eugene is not a Prince, he is legend. Awesome job. Thanks
he is a terrorist not legend .The commander Eugene killed the civilians and applied terror he was a wicked person .a racist commander
@@theyh4384 You right! My apologies
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@@saitdaglisukru3504well, any battle could have their "If only.."
He got later honorific title "Prince of Holy Roman Empire" for his career of achievements.
Prince Eugene is one of the great heroes of history and should be better remembered. Wise soldiers have long studied his canpaigns. Thanks for this informative program!
I live in a village near Senta and we still have local legends about the battle and Ottoman rule. One is that the Ottomans burried huge pots of gold in the area and that some of those pots were made from clay in a shape of goat. As a kid I wanted to find it.
That's so cool. Metal detector and go to work!
Near Zenta* not Senta. Senta is a serbian name for it, not the original. The ottomans ruled Délvidék / Southlands for a long time, the serbians nothing is compare them. So keep respect it's real name, and the native population to Délvidék: Hungarians.
@@LexMadafaka I thought Hungarians call it Szenta?
Very cool- as a kid I probably would have gotten a group of friends together, wandered off, made a camp and explored the river.
@@LexMadafaka We don't use original names for everything anyway
History is epic. HistoryMarche. Never stop making these detailed and informative historical videos! Ive learned, developed a continued interest, and more importantly, retained the knowledge from this channel more than any history class.
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What is crazy is that our ancestors lived in every epoch of the human history and survived and nurtured their children so they survive and can do the same.
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One fun fact: Treaty of Karlowitz was first diplomacy agreement in history that took place at a round table, so that no one has primacy sitting at the front.
The Battle of Zenta is likely one of the best and closest examples of a military victory & surprise attack since the legendary ambush at Lake Trasimene by Hannibal. A feat that made Eugene famous in European history & a historical icon for the Austrians-Hungarians. Update: Thank you so much for your likes. Please feel free to read below the similarities/differences between both men & why Zenta was Eugene's Masterpiece. (10 to 14 min read) Be respectful if you intend to comment or create a discussion/share your own opinions. - End While no major military leader has fully replicated Hannibal's ambush (misdirection, etc.), Eugene faced similar challenges against the Ottomans in a very limited window of ensuring victory as Hannibal was facing the Romans (2 Roman Consular armies close to approx 60K versus Hannibal's 50K) that could converge on Hannibal using the terrain & outnumbering his army - given how attrition could affect troop numbers moving into the interior of Italy. Had Eugene not engaged the Ottomans at such a critical moment, he would have faced the same problems that Hannibal was concerned about regarding logistics, food, disease/illness, their troops leaving to defend their homes (Gauls, for Hannibal that were concerned about the Roman legion near the Adriatic Sea close to their lands/Transylvanian Troops for Eugene against revolts in the East), and the long attrition of war. The Gauls did not favor long-term marches/campaigns, so Hannibal had his cavalry behind them, crossing the Apennine Mountain range. Ensuring his Gaul allies that Hannibal was in charge and that their chances of fighting the Romans would be better allied with him. Hannibal's command over a vast and diverse army across rough terrain was one key reason why he is in such high regard by military cmdrs and historians. Like Hannibal, Eugene's control over his men after being forced to march for days/hours (through swamps and other rough terrain in the temperate heat) to now immediately engage the enemy while facing potential dissension due to food, potential heat exhaustion, & personal concerns back home was truly an amazing feat by any military commander. For the Habsburgs, fighting a war on multiple fronts from the West & the East, Vienna would have to be defended despite Leopold I's orders to hold the frontier. Throughout history, most Austrian generals tended to be more defensive (to put it mildly, were less ambitious & least likely to implement unorthodox strategy) and, unlike Eugene, would likely consult with the Emperor & the nobles (or experience internal infighting on strategy) deciding the best course of action. Around the Napoleonic wars, they saw some limited success before 1805, in 1809 & later 1814, but still had to depend on Russia to sometimes bail them out with manpower. HistoryMarche states that the land was stripped of all resources, and provisions would only cover half (50% of the original 70K troops - later down by 50K at Zenta) of Eugene's Imperial army. While the Sultan had full reign over Hungarian & Transylvanian lands, using his light cavalry to pillage all resources in the region. What gave both Eugene and Hannibal the edge over their opponents was how they managed to avoid detection so close to the opposing army and attack in specific weather/time of day conditions. Fog for Hannibal against the Romans & Sunset/Shadows for Eugene - when most cmdrs & most preferably the Ottomans would prefer doing a battle early in the day as possible. The Sun (& limited light) most likely reduced the Ottomans' vision and increased the chances of Eugene's forces surprising the Grand Vizier Elmas part of the army. Which still outnumbered Eugene's 50K army almost 2 to 1. Somewhere between 60K to 75K, Ottomans were still on the western bank until Eugene engaged them head-on in a similarly almost precarious position as the Romans were centuries earlier. While William Wallace did a similar attack tactic for Scotland at the battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, it didn't achieve the same decisive results as either Hannibal or Eugene to affect the war. This battle was covered by HistoryMarche very recently. The Battle of Friedland in 1809, as many people have already pointed out, is similar to Zenta. It is a close second due to the fact the Russians knew they were gambling on attacking an isolated French Corp in very precarious terrain before Napoleon could assemble his army in response. The Russian commander, Bennigsen, wasn't feeling well at the height of the battle against Napoleon and was slightly handicapped. At the same time, his lieutenants had to take overall command of the army until their forces began to panic from the weight of Napoleon's assault moving toward the Alle River. Not to mention how both men neutralize their opponent's greatest advantage. The Romans' ability to form close ranks was successful at Trebia against Hannibal's forces (the same legion of troops did participate at Lake Trasimene in the front of the column), and the Ottomans' vast Sipahi cavalry contingent, which was almost all separated from their infantry wing at Zenta. Had Eugene attacked much earlier in the day, the Sultan could have sent the rest of the Sipahi cavalry across the bridge to relieve the infantry and break the Austrian lines amid the trenches/ditches & the chaos of the brutal melee. Given that the ditches were not completed, it does provide some benefits to the Austrians, but it still risks the Sipahi to have the flexibility to find gaps in Eugene's lines. Per what some Oxford professors stress about specific military tactics, ditches that are completed or not typically play a critical role in a battle. The Ottomans had some tactical advantages in terms of cavalry on the plains of Hungary and, like Russia's Cossacks with Napoleon in the 1812 campaign, would be able to raid Habsburg's resources/supply lines indefinitely. Hence, the short window of the Austrians holding the frontier and keeping the Ottomans at bay. This almost ancient/early modern blitzkrieg shocked the Romans and the Ottomans. The brutal results of the two separate yet close battles speak highly of themselves. The annihilation & incapacitation of an opponent who, strategically speaking, had almost all the cards to win. In one fell swoop, both men changed the landscape of their respective wars and had to follow up on their achievements. While Hannibal failed to follow up on his success due to various reasons, Eugene was able to tip the outcome in the Habsburg's favor. There are many differences, but one thing is certain Eugene's victory at Zenta is up there close to Hannibal's achievements and as one of history's greatest military commanders per Napoleon's assessment of the Austrian-Hungarian field marshall. Side Note about Eugene's personal history - I know that some people have differing opinions about Eugene's record/personal life and how he behaved, particularly with women. Not to mention to how he and his army pillaged the land after the battle of Zenta. The same could be almost said about Prussia's Frederick The Great a few decades later, who gave Prussia new life against their opponents in various campaigns and, like Eugene, became an icon to German-Prussians. Which some Polish ancestors still to this day despise Frederick and his comments calling the Poles "uncivilized," "barbaric," etc. We can separate one battle's outcome from a leader's personal life and at least appreciate how a war can be ended swiftly before it begins or stops before more lives are lost in needless bloodshed.
While still a very interesting battle, I would never use the word "epic" to describe war. It is brutal and hellish.
@@Zogerpogger very true. War is always terrible. Wrong choice of word. Still, a quick & decisive battle tends to end wars much quicker and save many more lives in the process. Eugene did end the Turkish war with this brutal battle. The harder you defeat a opponent the much easier it is to end a war. Hannibal believed that after Lake Trasimene against the Romans they would give up. however unlike Eugene, Hannibal didn't take the opportunity to move on towards Rome and potentially ending a war that has already taken thousands of lives across the Mediterranean. Many more would come and Cannae would be highest death toll for both sides in the conflict. You can either end a siege quickly to prevent more suffering on both sides or you prolong a conflict just for personal glory.
Actually the ottoman destruction of the huge serb army at the battle of maritza is the most epic victory why if the serb coalition had won they would have removed the ottomans out of europe and the ottomans would find it very difficult to ever take constantinople for it would be supplied by the serbs from the europe side of constantinople instead the bulk of the ottoman army was in anatolia and only 800 ottoman horsemen were left in europe the serbs marched with 20-30,000 men and were ambushed at night by those 800 men who killed drowned and completely destroyed the entire army even the serb king died in the battle it took just 800 brave men for the ottomans then to spur them on to take all of the balkans and constantinople but europeans historians wont talk about this noooo their bias only mentioning their 'huge victories'
@@franksalz9114 that actually happened twice maritsa happened because the serbs wanted to avenge the Battle of Sırpsındığı where 30 000 to 60 000 serbs were ambushed by 5 000 to 10 000 ottomans but maritsa ended even worse as another huge army was destroyed by a cavalry raid not by a few thousand but this time a few hundred men this is such a huge thing because serbia was the strongest power in the balkans at that time and what could have been a major rival was beaten without much effort while the ottomans made war in anatolia this was truly one of the big game changer events at that time as after maritsa the serbian empire dissolved in many tiny principalities which were easy pickings after the battle of kosovo
@@franksalz9114 this is true. This is why I love learning about Eastern European history. Western European historians tend to skip over critical moments of the past. Especially within different christian circles that divide up Europe.
Ottomans: “I’m never going to financially recover from this.”
In fact, this battle was won more by Habsburg intelligence than by Eugene's military prowess.
@@scourgeofgodattila579 Europe had the power to finish of ottomans from 1750 onwards, but thanks to the French and British fear of Russia becoming too powerful this never happened.
@@rexxer8055 You can say that for any country. World has the power to finish off USA but we dont do that, despite them being a complete pain in the neck. Europe is a continent, Ottomans were an Empire. And I need to say Ottomans already still took on all of Europe more than they should have.
@@arda213 Nice cope. Remember how britain saved Ottoman empire from Napoleon. Again the brits and french saved ottomans from russians. There are many examples like this.
@@rexxer8055 They saved themselves from Russians. Ottomans should have collapsed at that point anyway. French kings mother was writing letters to Suleiman to save his son.
My relative and a friend of prince Eugen general Commercy fought in the battle. Actually the coat of arms I have at home says my direct relative count Commercy was relative to prince Eugen. Some of my relatives used this relationship to join the Austrian Hungary army as officers in the 19th century.
I'm stoked! This looks like it's gonna be another amazing battle and historymarche video!
The Ottomans got slaughtered so fuck yeah it's perfection 😀
Why people keep writing the comments before they watch the video??
HistoryMarche and House of History collaborations are epic. Excellent video. No wonder The Emperor studied this battle and campaign. You guys are Legend! Cheers from Tennessee
The Nikolić family from my town become noble after this battle. Their ancestor capture Dzafer beg just before battle.
Who is Zafer Bey ? Anyone important in royal court or any kind of landowner in Rumelia ?
The narrator, map accuracy and military deployments of this channel is unmatched. Longtime suscriber congratz
By the way, Petrovaradin fortress is the location of Exit festival, Novi Sad.
Well, currently I am writing my master thesis on this topic: The Great Turkish War. Timing of this video is just great! I would like to see the sources which you use to make this video btw.
His sources are all in the description
All the sources are in the description. 📚
I love this channel for the fact that they actually post their sources.
Good luck with your master thesis!
@@TheAustrianAnimations87 his teacher/professor is installed by Erdogan's Ak Party...he will NOT aprove this account of an ottoman disgraceful loss..... ...
An absolutely crushing blow that would see the Ottomans on the back foot for a majority of their remaining days. Eugene is undoubtedly a legend for this victory and many others!
Eugene in another reality: "I used to be an adventurer like you...then I took a bullet to the knee"
You beat me too it 😂
Gorgeous animations, excellent commentary, and a great video all together!
Great one! Thanks for covering middle-east European history. How long we all can listen about weastern wars and events again and again... There is still lots of history to cover in the east of Oder river. Thank you once again. I decided to finally donate you because you truly deserve it. Edit: I just did it. Not much but I hope you will have lots of patrons with time.
When you all team up with House of History, I am never disappointed. Great writing and presentation.
Excellent work here Sir and your Team.
Karlowitz on the map is today Sremski Karlovci, and the treaty was signed in anyellow building, which is still there for tourists. I went to school there, so it was just awe inspiring to be able to see this hiszoric place as often as I could
I recently discoverd this channel and it helped me ace my tests.Thank you so much HistoryMarch team,it would be cool if you did a video about the bosnian wars against hungary.
Ive been postponing to watch this incredible piece of documentary since it first came out. Finally had the time, and ohhh boy was it worth it. Ive known much about my countries history, but the details are just amazing. Keep up the good work.
Ultimate Collab! 2 of my very favorite channels. House of history seriously stepping up his game and deserves to work with the likes of Historymarche
Thanks for the video! Informative about a period I know little about. Look forward to the War of Spanish Succession and Eugene + the Duke of Marlborough.
Another great video as always!
Incredible video and the quality astounding
Thank you for the great presentation
Incredible video! I had been waiting for it for a long time and it was well worth the wait! Been fascinated with the battle of Zenta and Eugene for many years, with scant mention of him in any books or video productions. First and only really good video on the Battle of Zenta I've come across. Love your channel, keep up the incredible work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Eugene of Savoy sounds like an action adventure star. Has anyone tried to make a movie about him?
He's not English so Hollywood wouldn't make movie about him 😅
@@assyriancrusader3760 Didn't Hollywood make a film about Jan Zizka?
He is a bit cursed with the name Eugene, no love for that name here. And Savoy, somehow doesn't roll off the tongue either. He needs a better agent and new press. THE ITALIAN STALLION RIDES AGAIN!!
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony----Technically yes it did
Love this channel and all your work. Thank you!
Very well-made video as usual History Marche.
What a great narration! I love my history despite of all glitch as a Turk.
our ancestors fought great battles vs each other let us remember their sacrifices and let us be friends eternal
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very nice content Prince Eugene achieved a spectacular victory, which all but knocked the Ottoman Empire
Thank you for putting this part of history in the spotlights.
Sensational video lads thank you
I absolutely love listening to stories of Eugene of Savoy, my role model and favourite historical man. I pray that someday I will be as competent in military affairs and as great as he was.
I pray your dream comes true so you help in the retaking of Constantinople, judging by your name and pfp.
@@makutas-v261 - Although I am a man of Hunnic-Slavic origins and of Slavic culture, I wish to see the Roman Empire restored in all its glory. I will certainly do my part. 🇭🇺🇷🇸💜🇬🇷
@@delendaest0Yes, I heard that the Romans wanted slaves
As a Hungarian it's sad to see Hungarians fighting on both sides of this. I hope you will make a video someday about our own revolutions against the Habsburgs (no, we weren't BFFs with them, contrary to popular belief): Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703-1711) and the 1848-49 Revolution and Independence War (how it started, how close we came to independence, Haynau's reign of terror afterwards and the exiled general Lajos Kossuth predicting the unbelievable losses we later suffered from the Trianon treaty as a result of giving up hope of freeing ourselves from the Habsburgs before they could drag us into some really bad wars, a prediction made many decades before WW1 even started)
Austria & Hungary were actually frenemies in history. While the Hungarians tried to break free from Habsburg rule twice, they also helped the Austrians in the Austrian War of Succession, Seven Years' War, Napoleonic Wars & WW1 (even if the Hungarian PM opposed war).
@@TheAustrianAnimations87 Yes, but they didn't have much of a choice, did they? The Kaiser decided to wage war, he needed the manpower and you as a commoner had no choice but fight. Didn't matter what part of the Habsburg Empire you were from or who you had to fight, you had no say in it (this is the thing about lack of independence). It's like being a Scotsman back then, it didn't matter that you were Scottish, if the English crown decided to wage war you were conscripted because Scotland was (is) under English rule. And the Austro-Hungarian compromise in 1867 was a mistake and flew in the face of everything Hungarians themselves (and other ethnicities of the Carpathian Basin, plus many Poles - god bless them) fought for 20 years earlier.
@@manwiththeredface7821 "The Kaiser decided to wage war, he needed the manpower and you as a commoner had no choice but fight." Well, it's true for all the ethnicities, but WW1 was the only continental war which was really waged by Austria's own. In the Austrian War of Succession & Seven Years' War Austria needed to defend itself against Prussian aggression (and in the former war multiple countries wanted to partition Austria like Poland & the Hungarians voluntarily fought for Maria Theresa unlike the Spanish Succession of War). In the Napoleonic Wars Austria itself had no choice but to get involved: It didn't want to send its people die in 1805, but Britain constantly dragged other European nations for its own war of interests. Austria itself was sandwiched between two bigger & stronger powers - Napoleonic France & Russia - which were hostile to each other with a short exception of 1807-12, and was allies with both of them (France in 1812 & Russia in 1805, 1813-15). And to be fair, other Habsburg ethnities like Poles, Ukrainians & Jews weren't treated that badly after the Austro-Hungarian compromise of 1867 compared to other countries like Russia.
@@TheAustrianAnimations87 it wasn't just for britians own interests though, the napoleonic war was also against monarchies in general at the start which was what brought Austria and Prussia into it, though i do admit after the first coalition died it became more of british gold for war
@@TheAustrianAnimations87 YES FINALLY AN AUSTRIAN WHO PUTS OUT THE WORD. BRITAIN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NAPOLEONIC WARS AND THEY USED THE CONTINENTAL EUROPE COUNTRIES AGAINST FRANCE COWARDLY ONLY TO SHOW FACE AT THE END WHEN THE FRENCH WERE DONE. It was a COWARDLY WAR OF ATTRITION and they conveniently showed face at the very end and claimed they won by using corrupt money to fund their 7th war, dont look up who gave them the money btw worst mistake of my life.
Great documentary as always!
Most wonderful ,informative history introduced video ( episode) by history Marche & history House's cooperation 👏🏻👏🏻🙏👍🏻...History Marche channel is one of my favorite history enlightening source ...allot thanks
The new style of video is really cool, I enjoy it
great video as always!
Watched your video reacting to this coverage by HistoryMarche. Great reaction channel, by the way. Left a comment explaining why Napoleon studied Zenta if you haven't seen my sacrifice to the algorithm in this video above. Cheers
the animation is really good, definitely my favorite channel
EPIC, Thansk mate!
Thanks. Surprisingly few videos about the period btw xvii and xviii centuries, in spite being one of the most warlike in European history.
What a great prince may God bless his soul
Great video sire. Thank you for sharing :)
Excellent video history march. You are the best!
Great video...as you're making videos on Eugene people are getting to know about his campaigns. ..i'd be pleased if you made videos on Alexander Suvorov. He too was an excellent general.
I love your videos so informative, being Irish I would to see you do a video on the battle of Aughrim where the Irish Catholic faught the Williamites it so historical important but always flies under the radar
Great content as always
thx for your work
In the XVII century the most impresive actions of military commanders was to keep the army together.
The end of this video is basically the starting situation of Empire: Total War.
Great video as always!
What a wild ride! This video is fantastic.
The famous Jovan Tekelija also fought in the Serbian forces that fought the Austrian army commanded by Prince Eugene of Savoy. Certainly an excellent video and yes, this is a very important battle that ended the Vienna War two years later in Sremski Karlovci in 1699.
Thank you for useful informations. Long live Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸✝️☦☪️🇷🇸🇷🇸
thanks for another great video!
Really fascinating, thank you. Previously, I'd known of Prince Eugene only through his association with the great Duke of Marlborough.
1) Sultan Mustafa II was eager to fight against Habsburgs, he swore an oath when he became the sultan. He was willing to take upper hand and be at the head of the army like his predecessors such as Suleiman the magnificent. 2) Winning minor victories against Habsburgs prior to Zenta simply "hyped" Sultan. 3) Both Sultan and his viziers were in debate about the goals of this campaign. Few suggested capturing Petrovaradin first, then marching towards Zenta and force Habsburgs for an open battle which was the wisest choice. Tököly had his own agenda. He tried to convince sultan to push Habsburgs out of Erdel (Transilvania) with the collaboration of Hungarian rebels. Finally, Sultan was in delusion of recapturing Budin (Buda). 4) Ottoman's were not aware of the great network of spies of Eugene. He even had spies in Ottoman court. Summing up all of these, defeat was almost inevitable. Nonetheless, both humiliation and annihilation could be prevented. Most of the man and gun power and most valuable statesmen such as grand vizier, beylerbeyi of rumelia and beylerbeyi of anatolia were gone. More importantly, this was the last offensive by Ottomans against Habsburgs (actually nothing much changed in terms of borders until late 19th century between Ottomans-Habsburgs and both empires collapsed at the same time after 1st world war in 1918 while they were fighting against allies.)
2. Mustafa hocam 3. Mustafa değil
@@S.P.Q.R361 teşekkürler dostum, haçova'ya gitti kafa 3. Mehmet ile 2. Mustafa'yı karıştırdım
Actually defeat still wasnt inevitable. Some historians speculated had Ottomans not panicked and manned the ditches properly, Eugenes assault wasnt properly prepared and actually pretty vulnerable. As the video stated, Eugene force marched his army before the battle and ordered an all out attack after seeing the opportunity. Ottoman troops did not know what the situation of the Austrians was and they panicked. Seeing their only path of retreat was getting closed, everyone tried to save themselves. There is still dispute regarding the loss of life on Ottoman side between both accounts. Austrians state 20-30.000 deaths while Ottomans state 7-8.000 deaths. Ottomans call the defeat a catastrophe not because of the loss of life but because many experienced commanders including the grand vizier were on the other side, organising the crossing.
Ottoman beat Austrian Army in 1787 campaign and took a lot of castles. Then, Tsardom of Rus entered the war against the Ottomans in accordance with the secret agreement before the war. Ottoman army had to turn to Russia, and in this way, Austria began to gain lost lands. Even in 1787, Ottomans can deal with Austria alone. Similarly, Battal Hüseyin Pasha defeated Russian army that besieged Anapa in 1790. But Sultan sent a vizier from Istanbul to secretly execute Battal Hüseyin Pasha (to punish his success). Realizing this beforehand, Battal Hüseyin Pasha escaped execution by defecting to Tsardom of Russia, which he defeated them last year. Most of Circassians and Chechens who saw this event gave up supporting the Ottomans. In 1791, the Russians captured the Anapa fortress, this time. The main reason for Ottoman failures was corrupt rulers. Ottoman Empire showed that they were strong state when they had good governors and commanders until the Ottoman Empire collapsed.
@@tartakower5938 the war of 1787 was a complete disaster for the turks in every single fucking way
I just want to say This channel has done so much if i had the money of the world I would give it to you This is more entertaining than Hollywood Or allow me to say everything on the screen I definitely would support this channel once i have money in my credit card Much love to the channel and the crew making us these masterpieces
Outstanding analysis.
Very informative, but also very accessible for the layman. I also liked the graphics.
Anybody who has been on a quick road-march can understand in the gut what it took for Eugene's infantry soldaten to go from march straight into the attack like that, with maybe a quick drink from nearly empty canteens if they were lucky and the wool of their uniforms sticking to their bodies from the sweat pouring from their skin.
We marched 110 miles in 3 days, and while I was very fit as a long distance runner, there were more than a few soldiers who struggled. I recall one in particular tried to refuse to go further. He threw his pack into a ditch.
@@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra 25th Infantry Div????
@@MM22966 82nd 1st t 503d infantry, red devils, medic, c company. 1978 or 9.
@@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra 110 miles in 3 days is possible but you can't march 4th day with same tempo, thus armies tended to march 25km in every day for months.
@@tartakower5938 Yes, well we did it, but there were a few who weren't up to it. I could have easily done more, as I was a distance runner before the army. I could still do it at 64, as I have been walking my whole life, many, many miles. Then again, this was the 82nd Airborne, so the Colonel had something to prove to the General.
As a Turk, I clicked the like button. you did a great job
hahaha the Turk 🏊♂ in Zenta..
@@daisyfleur2334 You have to tell me what nationality you are. Because you know we destroyed many European nations.🤣which one?? And I'll tell you in which European river your grandfather drowned while fleeing from our army.😏😏😏
@daisy fleur im guess Turks hurt you so much
@@daisyfleur2334It is a very disrespectful act, no matter what, soldiers who fight and strive for their country cannot be mocked in this way. If you were a Turk and you were the one who had to drown in that river in that war, would you be able to laugh like this?
A good video. Thank you.
Great videos!!!! please can you include more historical art work of the battles - these really are amazing!!!
Holy Roman Emperor: I've ordered you to stay on the defences!!!!!! Eugene: I've crushed the enemies, killed 20-30K Ottomans, took 100 of their artillery pieces, took their food and most of their supply and only lost a thousand man. Holy Roman Emperor: What? Eugene: We also got the Seal of the Sultan lmfao
A classic example of not waiting, striking with dispatch. Here, any delay could have decisively diminished the scope of the Ottoman disaster. Had Bayezid similarly attacked Timur immediately on arrival, he might have won the battle at Ankara.
Strategically, the war at the Ankara was lost even before it started. Timur had all the advantages such as open field which is suitable for mostly cavalry army, bribed former Anatolian Beys, psychological etc.
@@tolgatosun5675 Timur had acted brilliantly. But it does seem that Bayezid’s army came up on them faster than expected and found them unready. This was the Ottomans’ only chance of victory in my opinion.
@@tolgatosun5675 kuzey tarafından gelen Bayezidin ordusu Timuru bile şoka uğrattı. Sabaha kadar çadırında dua ettiği bilinir Timurun
This tale of Eugene is shifting my infatuation away from the second punic war. Please continue!!
Absolutely amazing!
Nicely done you two! Love the animation zooms - stealing that mmm'kay? Thanks! =)
Hey man! Steal away!
@@HistoryMarche name of songs?
Your coverage of Eugene deserves a sacrifice for the algorithm!
Awesome channel, unbelievable KZhead waited so long to show it to me. Great narration and presentation! Love the sound the flags make lol.
I love your videos - thanks for making them.
based man. here in italy he has hundreds of streets and buildings named after him.
As a Turkish, this video could not been more semi. You did not even mention the whole loss of the Ottoman army. At the beginning Grand Vizier was at the other side of the bridge. But he could not stand to see the fall of it's troops and decides to cross the bridge to join the battle. Grand vizier Elmas Paşa died on that battle with several other viziers. 17-20 thousand cattle 7-10 thousand horses 3 thousand camels Sultan's personel tent 3 million pieces of gold from treasury also lost After Zenta, until the end of Ottoman Empire, no other Sultan went to battle at the head of it's army. Sadly this battle is not fully known by our own citizens. Although it is important that we know history on its full with both with its victories and defeats. The lost seal of honor "mühr-ü hümayun" or "sultan's seal" is still at the military museum of vienna.
As a French, I agree with you. You're so right ! We should all know about our history on its full. We won, we lost...but we're still here.
Mert, bizim vatandaşlarımızın bu savaşı bilmemesinde o kadar haklısın ki, bende bu savaşı ilk Celal Şengör’ün bir shortsunda gördüm sonra merak edip araştırdım ve gerçekten de içler acısı bir durum yaşanmış keşke Nehir’in üstünden daha tedbirli geçilseydi. Sultan Mustafa’ya saygım arttı bu arada, her ne kadar büyük yenilgi almış olsa da bir padişah olarak seneler sonra tekrar sefere çıkmak istemesi bile vatansever biri olduğunu gösterir. Birde o mühürün geri alınma imkanı yok mu ya?😊
@*Angelscorr* History you mean the opposite, barbarian
As a Mexican catholic who has had a long history of dealing with online blind pride anti christian turkish nationalists, I greatly appreciate your honesty about your history that many of your countrymen would deny. Our countries get along well, here it is to a continued friendship. There is good and trouble, I have also met awesome people from your country.
@@Angelscorr Crusade of 1101{August) (Battle of Mersivan, Battle of 1. Hereaclea, Battle of 2. Hereaclea) Belligerents: Kingdom of France Seljuk Turks H. Roman Empire Republic of Genoa Papal States Commanders: Anselm IV of Milan Sultan Kılıç Arslan Stephen of Blois Emir Rıdvan Stephen of Burgundy Gazi Gümüştigin Eudes of Burgundy Constable Conrad Raymond IV of Toulouse General Tzitas William II of Nevers William IX of Aquitaine Hugh of Vermandois Welf of Bavaria Ida of Austria Strength: 50.000 Unknown (less) Casualties: Heavy losses (5/4) Low Anselm IV of Milan (KIA) Stephen of Blois (KIA) Hugh of Vermandois (KIA) Ida of Austria (KIA) Result: Seljuk victory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Siege of Nagykanizsa:(9 September-18 November 1601) Belligerents: Habsburg Austria Ottoman Empire H. Roman Empire (Magyars) (Crotians) Papals Knights of Malta Commanders: Habsburg Prince Ferdinand ll Tiryaki Hasan Pasha Strength: 100.000 6.000 Sipahi 47 big cannon 3.000 Janissary 100 small cannon Casualties: 30.000+ killed Moderate 6.000 wounded 47 big cannon 14.000 rifle 60,000 tents 15.000 shovel+pickaxe Ferdinand's golden throne Result: Ottoman Victory I'm sure they aren't mentioning this defeats of crusaders as well while teaching history lessons in western countries.
I had no idea that this had happened in such complexity. Thank you for a great presentation, as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@HistoryMarche geography and politics play such vital roles. The politics of warfare are never or seldom examined at school, and it's the politics that drive events and leaders' megalomania and the generals who have to make it work.
I love HistoryMarche!❤❤❤
Eugene ACTALY took a bullet to the knee..... well i guess this where all archers in Skyrim learned from too.....
In this battle or in another battle ?
@@arda213 1:03-1:10 the siege of Belgrade
@@kaloyanradkov8962 Thanks for the info.
Prince Eugene, our greatest Austrian hero!
A Frenchman?
@@samsohn Eugene was a prince from the Savoyard house.
@UNA-UNSO French and Italian. But it's not like the french wanted him anyway.
@@samsohn back then nationhood wasn't yet what it would become in the 1800s. Whom you served mattered more than on what soil you were born. Hell, it still does.
@UNA-UNSO Yes, and Napoleon was Corsican. Yet everyone thinks he's French. It's all about which nation you choose to belong to. Napoleon Chose to become French for advancement, instead of staying in Corsica.
great video as always
Outstanding video.
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Battles of Slankamen, Senta were batttles that Serbs fighting in 1st lines kicked Ottomans. These towns are modern day Serbia and Serbs of north Serbia are very proud of those battles. Unlike in 14-15th centuries when Serbs were on back foot fighting Ottomans, this period of history is market with their viktorija against Ottomans. Many Serb-haters dont know for this battles so they always like to mention battle of Nicopolis where Serbs fought with Ottomans. Thx for mentioning them Just wished you talked about them bit more. Best regards!
I definitely would support Your guys at Patreon once I setting up my Patreon and my card. Would like to see Prince Eugene series at the very least until battle of Denain
@@masterblaster848 turks are father of modern serbia
Hope you can do American battlefields like Gettysburg in future because it’s a interesting battlefield…
Thanks so much!
Thank you for history lesson!
Dear Sir, You have skipped two important details. The first is that Preinc Eugen was still far enough away that the Sultan could think he was safe. But Prince Eugen made sure that each horseman received one more footman on a horse, and each artillery crew 8 more footmen on a gun and a wagon with ammunition. In this way, the infantry could travel at the speed of the forced march of the cavalry, which is 4-5 times faster than the infantry. They reached the camp in the evening just in time to be able to survey the Turkish camp without the Turks busy finishing the bridge noticing it. Another important thing is the composition of Eugene's troops, predominantly Magyars, wrestlers and Serbs. This is important because the Croatians and Serbs prefer to fight at night against the Turks. The attack began by quietly sneaking up to the Turkish fortified positions. Then the Hungarian light cavalry pretended to "accidentally pass by the walls and managed to draw out the Turkish light cavalry. After that, an artillery strike and a sudden assault of the infantry from close range on the walls begins. When the Croats and Serbs attack at night, they have a habit of howling like wolves, which brings unrest and fear to enemy ranks. The very outer walls fell almost instantly followed by a fight across the camp. The force of the flight and the artillery strikes brought down the bridge. The panic among the Turks was total. The Sultan on the opposite bank fled in panic and left 3/4 of the artillery , the Grand Vizier, his harem and the Sultan's treasury who fell into captivity. It was a huge and significant booty. The Sultan saved himself by cowardly flight and left the army at the mercy of the night raider. The defeat would later be felt on the Turkish economy and lead to further retreats Turk.
The Austrian army, after this battle, is wonderful. We will fight against ourselves, kill 100,000 soldiers from our army, and let the Ottomans advance.
Ah the Battle of Friedland!
Great video! excellent animations!
Very detailed as all your videos, thanks.
Can we popularize 17th century men's hair-styles again? I want to leave my house with a giant marmoset on my head and not get laughed at.
Also very big hats - with one part of the brim folded up. Flintlock muskets and wheelock carbines. All awesome.
@@cristianespinal9917 I really like the first top-hats, which were basically tricorns with the folds down to form a brim. Look up "Gracchus Babeuf" for a good example. Also yeah, walking around with a flitlock pistol would be pretty nice. Also: let's bring back dueling.
There should be a show about Ottomans trying to take Hungary but Eugene cleverly thwarting them each time. Imagine the Ottoman villain saying "Damn you Eugene!!!" at the end of each episode.
"Next time Eugene ! Next time !
The show would be called Ottomon.
Eugene is the villain :)
@@selimtanrverdi9639 Username checks out, 100% unbiased.
@@ari3903 Every hero is a villain of someone in the end :)
Great video with good animation and explanations… relly liked it:)
Great video really enjoyed it
Coming from areas in this video ,near Petrovaradin , we had extended learning about batles near Danube river . Today , place is call Senta ( in video is Zenta ) . Eugen Savojski is one of the biggest heroes in Austrio-Otomans wars .
... because it was (and still is) a Hungarian town.
@@peterbalogh8138 Not inportant 4 this story . Sorry .
@@draganobradovic7512 Still a fact.