How Hungary Finally CRUSHED the Mongols - DOCUMENTARY
In the thirteenth century, the Mongols achieved a string of virtually unbroken victories, gaining the largest contiguous land empire in history. In the 1240’s, they devastated Hungary, destroying the army of King Béla IV at the famous Battle of Mohi. This experience profoundly impacted the Hungarians, and caused them to fundamentally alter many aspects of their society, for they feared that the Mongols would one day return. As it turned out, they did. In 1285, a vast Mongol army again drove into the lands of the Hungarians. How would Hungary fair this time?
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Written and edited by J Stephen Roberts
Narrated by Tom Wylde
Animations by Denys Rodionov
Game footage: Medieval Kingdoms Total War 1212 for Attila
Sources:
-Chambers, James - The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe, (Castle Books, 2003)
-Engel, Pál; Tamás Pálosfalvi, Andrew Ayton: The Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526, (I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2001)
-Jackson, Peter - The Mongols and the West: 1221-1410, (Routledge, 2005)
-Kosztolnyik, Z.J. - Hungary in the 13th Century, (East European Monographs, 1996)
-Salagean, Tudor - Transylvania in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century: The Rise of the Congregation System, (Brill, 2016)
-Sugar, Peter F. - A History of Hungary, (Indiana University, 1990)
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@venomvenom9926
Жыл бұрын
a\t that tyme in valachia bucharest 1200 was cumans kipcak kazars and gypsy avars turco iranic army wich valahians illirians macedons😁
@malakatan3235
Жыл бұрын
Oh Mount & blade 😁
@IRussian007
Жыл бұрын
What's the outro guitar music?
@martinagarajova2912
Жыл бұрын
My friend. It was not "just" a Hungarian victory. In the 13th century, the Principality of Nitra, a fiefdom of the crown, was stronger than the core of the kingdom. They had their own army, clergy, their own liturgical language, Old Slavonic, and they had their own currency. The double cross that you put in the animation was the Nitra double cross that was from the Thessaloniki brothers Cyril and Methodius in 863. And English does not have the correct translation of this kingdom. it was Uhorsko (madarsko - hungary) - the Land of the Mountains. (They meant the Carpathian Mountains and the majestic Tatras) This History is not only the history of the Hungarians, but also of the Slovaks, Romanians, Croats, etc.
@Wondersofunivers
Жыл бұрын
@@venomvenom9926 were were you in Decebal or Burebista times, in Siberia, eating tree bark?
“Never fight the same enemy too often or you will teach him everything you know of war.” -Napoleon Bonaparte
@riccardocirielli
Жыл бұрын
Said the man who fought the Austrians for all his military life lol
@undeadalex4579
Жыл бұрын
@@riccardocirielli did he had choice?british kept paying them to fight him
@riccardocirielli
Жыл бұрын
@@undeadalex4579 I didn't mean to criticize Napoleon, I was just pointing out the irony
@justcharacter2098
Жыл бұрын
@@riccardocirielli i think that why he made the quote in the first place
@pillarservice9738
Жыл бұрын
Basically why he was finally defeated, the enemy had learned his tactics.
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” - Greek Proverb Bela IV’s long term plan saved his nation.
@mac-sm9zb
Ай бұрын
'Never eat yellow snow ' - an ancient Chinese proverb and my personal favourite
@VeritasOmniaVincit176
Ай бұрын
@@mac-sm9zb specially if it’s still warm
As a Hungarian, it was a pleasure to see someone make a video about this. Hungarian history is neglected in the world, but it is very exciting and, unfortunately, many people do not even know about it. Thank you for the video, it was very good.
@ddc2957
Жыл бұрын
It’s nice to learn about it instead of Rome, Greece etc all the time.
@Warcrimeenthusiast
Жыл бұрын
Hungarian History is Heroic on a grand scale . From fighting to mongols to the Budapest Uprising and everything in the middle , Great History there. Greetings from the USA
@saintsone7877
Жыл бұрын
Sad to say but the west rarely focuses on the history of what they consider Central/Eastern Europe. To me history is history and all history needs to be taught to truly learn the lessons history teaches us. If restricted to only a few corners of the world you only learn some of the lessons we need to know.
@Warcrimeenthusiast
Жыл бұрын
@@saintsone7877 I agree , I find the History of Central and Eastern Europe fascinating
@duartecorreia8602
Жыл бұрын
The West remembers it... the thousands of nowadays euros the pope sent from the West to Hungary to help them fight the Mongols... and Hungary used that money to pay for the Mongols to avoid Hungary lands and invade and massacre neighboring lands. No, there's nothing exciting about Hungary. What about the massacres Magyars did upon Bohemia? -.-
The Mongols : Stay down ! You are beaten! Hungary : I didn’t hear no bell ….
@gmanbo
Жыл бұрын
If you don't keep em down they get back up.
@ATTILA84
Жыл бұрын
European Union: Stay down! You are beaten! Hungary: I didn't hear no bell.... XD
@tedcrilly46
Жыл бұрын
Is this Hungary? Oh Im sorry I thought this was Hungary. Cellllebrate good Ladilaus come on. Its ladis ladislaus.
@kispe86
11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@user-hb8fc1mg7v
Ай бұрын
After long time they growed up and they talk bullshit. But early they were crying lol. Hungary was easlily conquered.
In Poland, it is remembered that the Hungarians helped defeat the Third Mongol invasion of Poland (winter1287/88) The brave Magyars have helped Poles more than once in history. Even during WW2 era, the Hungarians refused to help their german allies in the invasion of Poland, and when the Ukrainian Bandera followers carried out genocide against the defenseless Polish population in Volhynia, the Hungarians defended the Poles. Even during the Warsaw Uprising, the Germans moved units of the Hungarian army away from Warsaw for fear that they would support the Polish insurgents. Hungarians, my dear friends - as a Polander, I thank You very much for a thousand years of friendship, rarely interrupted by incidental conflicts.
@jozsinagy9833
Жыл бұрын
That is right!
@K4myk4z3
Жыл бұрын
Anything for you, anytime my man!
@laszlovandor4770
Жыл бұрын
Polak Wenger dva bratanki. I was in Poland 4 weeks ago, my son married a Polska.
@arturkarpinski164
Жыл бұрын
March 23 is the Hungarian - Polish Friendship Day. Also, the Hungarian refused to help the Teutonic knights invade Poland in 1410.
@aaabeverages7152
Жыл бұрын
Polish are good people gen ku ya
The crossroads of Europe, those kingdoms that looked east, faced the Mongols then the Ottoman Turks throughout history…what a bloody and glorious past!
@19Crusader91
Жыл бұрын
And than the rest of Europe thanked us for that with a Trianon.
@19Crusader91
Жыл бұрын
And than the rest of Europe thanked us for that with a Trianon.
@donoberloh
Жыл бұрын
Bloody pasts are seldom glorious to those who fought them.
@jeremyromero2000
Жыл бұрын
*coughs in Spanish*
@ichiroyamada1901
Жыл бұрын
@@19Crusader91 Hungarian are Turk
There's no weakness in defeat if you learn from your mistakes
@abhinavmishra9267
Жыл бұрын
True words
@gmanbo
Жыл бұрын
Well as long as you are strong enough to rise again.
@Bob-ck4dl
Жыл бұрын
Except that we lost 60% of our population and 80% of villages were destroyed the first mongol invasion
@stephenlyon1358
Жыл бұрын
Tell that to the samurai.
@canosuslupus2862
Жыл бұрын
@@Bob-ck4dl Ez hülyeség. Nem találtak annyi tömegsírokat ami arra utalna hogy akkor mennyiségű népírtást végeztek volna. A másik meg hogy 40 év után kelet magyarország képes volt helyi ellenállást tanusítáni plusz több tízezres hadseregek kiállítani majd legyőzni a kutyafejüeket amik megintcsak arra utalnak hogy nem volt akkora a népírtás amit hittek. Volt sajnos de lényegesen kevesebb.
My grandfather came from Hungary before he settled in N. America. I found this video worth watching.
@johny.tayl.7325
Жыл бұрын
Your name Gadány Viktor..
Greetings from Poland to Hungary! Great that Hungary was victorious. Poland also managed to defeat the Mongols in several battles. By the way, in the victory of the Poles against the Mongols in the Battle of Stary Sącz, Poland won with the support of Hungarian troops. The Mongols didn't dare to attack Poland after that.
@freecheese4143
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that was huge
@GreatPolishWingedHussars
Жыл бұрын
@@freecheese4143 Yes, you can sum it up that way!
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
I think I'll look into doing something about Poland soon!
@GreatPolishWingedHussars
Жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory That would be great!
@GreatPolishWingedHussars
Жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory By the way, in fact, there are no wiki english links to the victorious battles of the Poles against the Mongols .
Bela IV, escaping from mongols invasion, took shelter in Croatias fortified medieval town of Gradec and was saved. As a sign of gratitude, he awarded Gradec freedom from all taxes and obligations. This Golden Bula was an important document and an event that greatly contributed to the development of Croatias today capital Zagreb.
@Szilvi79
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I didn't know that :)
@attilahalmai4590
11 ай бұрын
That's true!
@Big_Caesar1
10 ай бұрын
Total Chad
@stefiv6270
9 ай бұрын
Dalmatia and croatia was Hungary,and not croat
@tulgatseg3144
9 ай бұрын
He died in the small island not far from Croatian coast like Napoleon. Read history , my friend
As a Hungarian, I found this video very interesting and it contained many details about which we didn't have time to learn in the elementary school. Thank you! :)
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@juditstone9229
10 ай бұрын
Computer today for learning
@Gianniz27
3 ай бұрын
Haha, csak az elvesztett csata volt fontos.
I am a simple Polish girl - I see a video about Hungarian people, I click. "Polak, Węgier dwa bratanki i do szabli i do szklanki. Oba zuchy, oba żwawi, niech im Pan Bóg błogosławi!" 🇵🇱❤️🇭🇺
@kadasrichard
Жыл бұрын
And I am a simple Hungarian man,I see anything Polish,I pres like. Dwa Bratanki. 🍻
@paulinasugier2607
Жыл бұрын
@@kadasrichard 🇵🇱❤️🇭🇺
@ThePaprika277
Жыл бұрын
Such a big history that Poland and Hungary share. Too bad we are just ordinary citizens and not someone with power to make it stronger and better...
@josephdowling3745
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah, love all ya'll who kept things safe til.we grew up.
@pipoypipoy9761
Жыл бұрын
Where have u been Paulina..
I learned a lot about the Magyars because my wife is one and they know their history. Very rich and it goes back pretty far. Took lotsa pictures!
Deny your enemy access to supplies and plunder. Especially in winter. Good lesson.
I love how any time there's a fight, Hungary defends Poland like it is their own brother. More countries could learn from that friendship.
@gnasher688
Жыл бұрын
100% 👍
@jeesdetriplek4588
Жыл бұрын
Even now when Hungary and Poland disagree in supplying arms to Ukraine, the reality is that we (hungarians) - like always in history - try to protect our dear polish brothers and sisters, namely from nuclear armageddon. While we absolutely and wholeheartedly understand how the polish people feel about Russia and why they feel that way, we have to calm them down, because a banzai charge into Moscow would definitely not help their situation at the moment. Even though most europeans had been experiencing wet dreams on a regular basis about seizing Moscow in the past 1000 years, the time has not come yet. Edit: Vlad, don't touch my poles, I dare ya, yes я и ты.
@alexsavenko1126
Жыл бұрын
@@jeesdetriplek4588 товарищ, не стесняйся говори по русски. "Влажные мечты захватить захватить Москву", и "отчаянные атаки на Москву"- это смешно. Россия страна террорист и Польша делает всё правильно помогая Украине. Россия потерпит заслуженное и позорное поражение. И не надо пугать европейцев "Армагеддоном", трус Путин не для того дворец в Геленджике себе строил.
@nezukoclub652
Жыл бұрын
America and England and every nato country
@NEWz206
Жыл бұрын
But they forgot to do that in 1939
respect to all Hungarians...brave and strong warrior..from philippines
@bluerose-eg8ln
7 ай бұрын
Wow...kumusta ka? Mabuti? Magandang hapon from Hungary.
Hungary: -Call the ambulance! -But not for me.
@ozimakistvan
Жыл бұрын
I literally searched for this :DDDDDDD
Respect for Hungary.
@WhtR88Szentivanyi
Жыл бұрын
🤝
@XueYangbaby
Жыл бұрын
♥️
Very interesting documentary of events, I knew nothing about. Brave Hungarians and their great King, Bela lV, who learned his lesson. Cheers from Denmark
This is easily one of the best channels on KZread. I had always wondered when the Mongol invasions of Europe ended, and why.
Greetings from a Hungarian! Thank you for your work!💞💞
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
I'm Scottish and loves this. Please if you could keep these Eastern European history vids coming. They are rare in the Western Europe historical sphere.
@tamaszlav
Жыл бұрын
So rare, you Easterned Central Europe.
@saltyshackles5227
Жыл бұрын
@@tamaszlav cool story bro.
@bin_made_of_fur
Жыл бұрын
@@saltyshackles5227 how's life in Northern England?
@jonathandewberry289
Жыл бұрын
No, they are not rare. Why say that?
In the West often forget but HUngary was a Medieval Great Power and could set up a strong army. During Matthias Corvinus the Black Army of Hungary was the biggest and well-equiped army in Europe.
Fantastic video. Your work is top tier. As someone married to a Magyar I have found their history to be remarkable. Thank you for this.
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
This is my first time on your channel mate, I'm impressed. Very good documentary on the Hungarians which you hardly ever hear about on other channels. Well done mate
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@aussiefan354
Жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory Thank you
Well done! Fascinating history of a great miedeval power Hungary!
Oh wow. I stopped watching this channel for a few years to hyperfocus on medicine and the quality has jumped up 10x. These recent videos are spectacular!
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back!
@ColdHawk
Жыл бұрын
Hope you are called Doctor now, mate!
@HeyImLucious
Жыл бұрын
@@ColdHawk Still got 6 years to go, but I'm on track for it! Thank you, and I hope you have a great day
@HeyImLucious
Жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory Keep fighting the good fight, brother! You're having more of an effect than you think!
the Hungarians have such an amazing history and heritage
@freedomfreedom6519
Жыл бұрын
Other then it was thought up. Hungary never defeated Mongols. Only what was left after Mongols dealt with Russians and Ukrainians.
@user-wl8cj6vw8c
Жыл бұрын
@@freedomfreedom6519 Yes, Mongo Khan was killed by the Chinese, which led to the division of the Mongol Empire, and that was the main reason.
@rilletheone
Жыл бұрын
@@freedomfreedom6519 The mongols was only successful due to their horses. Man to man completely useless.
@drelek5804
Жыл бұрын
@@freedomfreedom6519 Wrong. Béla IV, László IV, and I Lajos the Great were the European kings who swept the Golden Horde out of Europe even in today's Ukraine regions. Western countries and the Vatican let Poland and Hungar down, as they did during the Ottoman invasion.
@egyetemioktatootto3051
Жыл бұрын
@@freedomfreedom6519 Are you from a primitive backward semi-asian Orthodox civilization?
Ria ria Hungariiiia!!!! From Poland with love.
@nemeshwad7402
Жыл бұрын
Thnx brother🇭🇺+🇵🇱=💪💪💪
@cllaudiusd521
Жыл бұрын
Ria Ria Bulgaria.
Hungarians are real , Brave and Strong Heroes ❤
@larryzigler6812
9 ай бұрын
Not these days
I am simple polish i see video about hungary empire i watch and like !
@gaborszegedy1673
7 ай бұрын
Simple Hungarian here! Back at you!
Nice to see a video about central Europe. 👍 It would be great to also see a video about subsequent third Mongol invasion of Poland (1287-88), which was Hungary's ally, where Mongols were also succesfully repulsed. At the time the Polish High Duke was Leszek the Black very skilled leader who have also defeated the Ruthenian, Yotvingian and Lithuanian invasions before that.
@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn
Жыл бұрын
Eastern Europe.. Countries considered Eastern Europe are Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and the western part of the Russian Federation
@Radagast49230
Жыл бұрын
Yes that entire period was very interesting, the Mongols as terrible as they were by being such an enemy provided the impetus to change to resist them. And in doing so changed society and history across that entire region.
@TheGeneralGrievous19
Жыл бұрын
@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn No, Central Europe is at it's core: Germany, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia and Liechtenstein. Eastern Europe is further East.
@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn
Жыл бұрын
@@TheGeneralGrievous19 Hmmm... Then this direct quote from the U.N. is false? -> Eastern Europe is, as the name says, the eastern part of Europe. According to the United Nations definition, countries within Eastern Europe are Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and the western part of the Russian Federation. Weird.
@Skyvlk
Жыл бұрын
@@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn There isn't one decent way to split Europe, it always depends on context. You can do a classic East-West division (which is obsolete but still valid in some situations), but then you end up with Finland and Greece in the wrong group. Or you can do the four way split the way UN does, which is a simplified bureaucratical classification with its own flaws like having a sizeable chunk of central and eastern Asia under Eastern Europe. Central Europe is a cultural region heavily shaped by the HRE, Habsburgs and lands directly influenced by those. It exists because the people in the region have their own distinct culture that stands apart from the western countries of France and UK, northern lands of Scandinavia and Baltics, southern countries like Spain, Italy and Balkan countries and also the actual Eastern European Orthodox countries. There is a current split between German and Slavic speakers in the region, thanks to several unfortunate events in 20th century, but spending a millenium together is hard to erase.
As a Hungarian, I loved watching this. Keep the Eastern European videos coming! 😁
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Will do!
@grantbalazs8427
Жыл бұрын
Hey same last name lol
@egyetemioktatootto3051
Жыл бұрын
Eastern European means Orthodox European. Do you belong tot he neo-Cuman minority group of Kunság Alföld region?
@yespls4184
Жыл бұрын
You just triggered a lot of your fellow Hungarians by not saying Central European lol
@rw2452
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I like this. Very interesting. I'll have to learn more history on Hungary.
“If ignorant of both your enemy and yourself you are certain to be in peril” - Sun Tzu. The Mongols made the mistake of underestimating the Hungarians ability to adapt. And they exposed their own inability to do the same.
@feerlemon1181
5 ай бұрын
What is bro blabbering about? Mongols were def extremely adaptable, and by this time it wasn’t even mongols. It was only golden horde, and the soldiers were kipchaks and turkic
@strangeman9362
Ай бұрын
@@feerlemon1181they're still mongols just different horde and also they use mongol tactics and warfare even nogai Khan was a mongol descent
@feerlemon1181
Ай бұрын
@@strangeman9362 they’re not mongols genetically or culturally or even in lifestyle just local kipchaks of golden horde so they can’t really fight like mongols, and they didn’t use Mongol tactics efficiently or effectively, there’s no relying on just “Mongol tactics” there are just good smart generals
@strangeman9362
Ай бұрын
@@feerlemon1181 they're still mongol in terms of culture and use mongol warfare and tactics and also just because a mongol is a general doesn't mean he's automatically a good leader and also mongol or not the people in the golden horde exactly used their cavalry like the mongols you're such a mongol fanboy it's pathetic
As a hungarian, and a lover of the history good to watch these kinde of videos from not-hungarians. Many thanks for that! :)
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Glad to learn that the Hungarians were able to rise up and push back the Mongolians...👍
As a history enthusiast, I found this documentary to be both educational and captivating. The analysis of King Béla IV's reforms and the subsequent defense against the Mongols is brilliantly presented. Thank you!
Great video. The Hungarian knights were amazing.
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Apart from being a textbook example of the value of surviving a defeat long enough to learn from it, the 2nd Mongol Invasion of Hungary is also a good example of military stagnation on the part of the Golden Horde; whereas the Mongols in China and the Middle East seem to have quickly adapted the methods and technologies of their foes, the Golden Horde seems to have, if anything, technologically regressed after the splintering of the Mongol Empire. The horde that conquered the Southern Song was arguably a Chinese-style army that happened to have Mongol officers and unusually capable light cav, and Hulagu’s army seems to have employed some of the finest siege engineers from all across Eurasia, but the Golden Horde seems to have largely fielded a classic steppe-style army with relatively few siege engineers and heavy infantry/cav auxiliaries. As for why they never bothered to reform after their defeats in Hungary and Poland, well, such an army was still perfectly suited for controlling the mostly steppe terrain of the Horde’s own territory (among obviously many other reasons).
@alex-ff1mp
Жыл бұрын
yes, and the infantry was too far in the first attack. The east war was supported by chines' infantry and tech that was joining the main horde. In the second wave the Mongol split was already in progress and again, the Mongols had not sufficient infantry support. In theory they still could manage to pull it in extreme, but they needed also the climate to support the horses and some added support from the conquered population - remember the Mongols had a super inclusive politics in east and their army benefit from it. Subotai was added with a conquered tribe - and reach general level. This was a major factor in the success in the east. In the west the Mongols becomes more traditional as a way to differentiate themself - Batu was strict on that sense. Also it was more suitable to control the open land with a small army.
@mr.purple1779
Жыл бұрын
The golden horde is not Mongols or Chinese. The Mongols only in the 40s were able to conquer and include these lands as semi-autonomous khanates of the golden horde. Before that, they smashed them with varying success for all these many years (20 years), in proud loneliness.
@AkiraNakamoto
Жыл бұрын
You are right. Kublai Khan's army in the east Asia had developed an artillery troop to attack stone castles. They had the most advanced catapults arguably in the entire human history. Hungarians would not stand a chance facing Kublai's army.
@chriswanger284
Жыл бұрын
@@AkiraNakamoto Thereis still no proof for the existence of mongol cannons . They rode on pony horses, even the stirrup was to expensive, because mongols had no metallurgy-
@AkiraNakamoto
Жыл бұрын
@@chriswanger284 Catapults. Had nothing to do with cannons.
Thanks for covering the defeat of the mongols, in Hungary. I have not heard of this victory of Christendom over the Mongols. 😃
Thanks for this. In N. America we learn so little of the great struggles of the E. European powers, Hungary, Poland, Byzantium etc. in preserving European civilization after the fall of Rome..
@xerxen100
Жыл бұрын
Byzantium was Rome... Its just renamed in the 19 century.
The Hungarians were quite close to defeating the mongols in their first invasion at Mohi, they ambushed the mongol vanguard and slaughtered them. However fighting the next waves they failed in communication somehow and King Bela IV failed to rouse their army. This delay allowed the other half of the mongol forces to cross a second point in the river attack them in the flank after which the Hungarians retreated to their camp. To give example of the direness of the mongol position in the battle Batu Khan lost 30 of his bodyguards and wanted to retreat. To his credit however Bela did not submit to mongolian demands for submission or "alliance", granted though he knew he couldn't trust them.
@feerlemon1181
13 күн бұрын
We can also make an excuse for the mongol casualties as well since they were the ones focused on building the bridge and stuck in a very narrow passageway (huge disadvantage) and the hungarian army having twice as many soldiers as the mongol army
@rustyshackleford8022
13 күн бұрын
@@feerlemon1181 Whatever the actual numbers of each army, the full Hungarian forces never did battle. The ambush on the Mongols was as they crossed an already built bridge, vanguard vs vanguard. The bridge building/fording was elsewhere.
@feerlemon1181
13 күн бұрын
They never battled you right, the full force fell into a trap of the mongols when they were trying to escape through the gap of their fortifications in panic @@rustyshackleford8022
As a Polish person, we also suffered from the Mongols!
@MacFinn-wp2vn
10 күн бұрын
As a non-Polish person, no one cares!
People forget how utterly smacked around the Mongols got in this war. Hungary basically one man took on the Mongols. This was supposed to be an invasion of Europe, they didn't get past Hungary. Nuts.
@Flymoki13
4 ай бұрын
You mean the Golden Horde. It was never the same Mongols. The Golden Horde was more Turk than Mongol. The Mongols Of Genghis Khan brutally slayed Hungary and Poland though. To give a broader context, the Hungarians fearing more upcoming Invasions, had started welcoming a lot of Cumans into their territory and learnt a great deal of superior warfare from them, in fact even the King of Hungarians responsible for this Partiular Invasion was partly Cuman Himself - Ladislaus the Cuman, His Father crying in despair was willing to intermingle with Mongoloid Allies for the Hungarian Monarchy's own Sake. In th Meantime most of the Mongols In charge of Russia had already abandoned Europe, a power vacuum that was eventually filled up by Turks. Basically Cumans versus Cumans defined the second Mongol Invasion of Hungary
@supa3ek
2 ай бұрын
That was when the mongols were retreating due to civil wars. Thats why its called the golden hoard. There was 3 or 4 mongolian states at that time. It had already fractured and become other states, no longer mongolian. Most of their troops then were basically local assimilated peoples.
@strangeman9362
Ай бұрын
@@Flymoki13they brutality slain the Poles and Hungarians because they were not prepared and not knowledgeable about mongol tactics and warfare but when the 2nd mongol invasion happened the Hungarians and poles now know how to fight and defend against the mongols because of that they've thwarted and defeated the 2nd mongol invasion and also who cares if they're Turks or mongols after all they still used mongol tactics and warfare
@strangeman9362
Ай бұрын
@@supa3ek it's still a Mongolian state and they still got beaten twice by the Hungarians and poles after learning how to fight against mongols and their tactics
As Albanian I really enjoyed it. Our King back then was very good with Hungarian King as they grew up in Ottoman forces, but loving history no matter the story is beautiful when some beautiful battles like this gets some recognition. Peace everyone.
@iszb5339
7 ай бұрын
Iskander? How we missed them at Kosovo Polje against the Ottomans!
@lukamaruigi5207
5 ай бұрын
The prinicpality of arbanon was neither a kingdom, nor did they have a king. One of the rulers was half greek, his child was even half serbian because of his mother komnena nemanjic.
I am a simple Pole. I see Hungary, I like.
People keep giving Japan credits for their victories against the Mongols without doing anything while ignoring Poland and Hungaries encounter with the Mongols.
@Tally-MMall
Жыл бұрын
Mamluks beat the mongols face to face
@georgethompson1460
Жыл бұрын
@Ninja Crackpot Because the infrastructure and food to support massive armies didn't exist in europe, wars in China are just BIGGER in general due to the productivity of rice farming.
@feminism8583
Жыл бұрын
@Ninja Crackpot No, medieval Germany and France were richer than Eastern Europe (except Byzantin).Eastern Europe doesn't even have a history of civilization until Kievan Rus.
@donpietruk1517
Жыл бұрын
@@feminism8583 the Kingdom of Poland arose at approximately the same time as Kievan rus 900 - 1100 ad. By the 10th century the Poles we're establishing cities as far west as Gdansk, near the Germanic/Prussian states. Unless you're not counting Poles as Eastern Europeans?
@feminism8583
Жыл бұрын
@@donpietruk1517 But France and Germany have earlier history, Poland belongs to Central Europe, right? France and Germany in Western Europe were richer than Kievan Rus.Just because they are not Invaded by Mongolia, they say they are poor, talking like Mongolian centralism.
It’s nice to see an often ignored part of history shown here
What a King!!! Legendary. I'm so glad that I discovered this channel, thank you so much
As Polish im proud of my Hungary Brothers, its lime watching Game if throne, literally based on it i belive
@OldPannonian
7 ай бұрын
We Hungarians have a soft spot for our Polish friends. This existed throughout our long histories. Somewhere in my family tree I have Polish ancestry. My mother's maiden name was Veszelovszky. I am not sure about the use of the letters v, w and y.
I love it. Hungarian history is rich and very colorful and not popular to cover in the west, so I appreciate this
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Steve!
@kispe86
11 ай бұрын
Exactly mate! Hun hiszory is a NON-pC, has to beCANELLED CULTURE
Respect from Greece..glory to Hungary
@WhtR88Szentivanyi
Жыл бұрын
🤝
I agree with Bundás kenyér. It was indeed a pleasure to see a video about Hungarian history. By the way, my mother's maiden name was Balogh.
I love this history. It’s so fascinating to learn about and how huge their army was back in the day.
@user-py1ql8zh5x
10 ай бұрын
They weren't snowflakes with cellphones as their lifelong best friends
Interestingly, at almost the exact same time, in 1281, on the other side of the globe, the Japanese defeated the Mongols during their second invasion. They also used the time between the first and second invasions to prepare, build fortifications and improve their weaponry.
@PeterJackson-bz5eo
5 ай бұрын
That was dude to a kamikaze. Twice. The Japanese did not defeat the Mongols. And this is after the Mongol Empire was split in 4. The Hungarians defeated the Golden Horde. Not the Mongol Empire
@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
5 ай бұрын
@@PeterJackson-bz5eoThe kamikaze was a myth. In the first invasion, Japanese sources do not record a typhoon. In the second invasion, the two armies fought pitched battles for a month before the typhoon struck. The Mongols were unable to establish a beachhead on the Japanese mainland and were repeatedly thrown back into the sea by the Japanese defenders. The Japanese also attacked the Mongol fleet with constant night raids. The Mongols were soundly defeated by the fanatical and determined Japanese resistance. The Mongols were also beaten in their attempts to conquer Vietnam and Indonesia.
@PeterJackson-bz5eo
4 ай бұрын
The kamikaze was a myth???? Lmaooo youre a myth. Japanese sources talk about how invincibal their samurais were. Look at what happened to them in the Imjin War, the Japanese Samurais fell to Chinese conscripts at a ratio of more than 2:1. Kamikaze was a myth and the Japanese beat the Mongols so hard they decided to scuttle all their boats... hahaha nice story.
@ulsaaulsqq311
4 ай бұрын
Lol it s only kamikaze not japanese
@cyfertea8707
3 ай бұрын
@@PeterJackson-bz5eoKamekazi wasn't a myth, or it wasn't completely a myth. Kamekazi actually struck the mongols during their retreat. The mongols tried to land but was constantly harassed by the japanese troops, one of the surprisingly effective factors of the charge are the samurai (who at the time has shittier weapons compared to mongols but their weapon called the Naginata did prove to perform well), the samurai excels at individual combats which the mongol levy infantry aren't and quickly broke as they tried to land. The mongol kept on relocating and retrying to land but was shadowed by the japanese defenders. This infuriated the Mongols since their element of surprise was already ruined and they think the main Japanese army was already on its way to reinforce the Japanese defenders (Which wasn't true because the Japanese nobility was still confused in what to do against the Mongol invasion, thus they were unable to send reinforcements). They decided to lick their wounds and fall back, but on their way back they were struck by a typhoon. The Samurai wants to be rewarded well for single handedly holding off the mongol army but the shogunate didn't agree, and to rob the samurai of their victory, the priests and propagandist spreads the myth that the Kamikaze that saved Japan instead of the samurai to discredit them. The 2nd invasion of Japan was also a bigger failure since the japanese coasts were walled and fortified, prepared this time for a mongol invasion. However I am not sure if mongols this time were also struck by a typhoon, however their 2nd fleet was delayed because of a weather, however it would seem to make little difference since the main Japanese army was already on its way when they heard of the 2nd mongol invasion.
W from Bulgaria 🇧🇬♥️🇭🇺
The Knights Templar were there as well? Amazing fortitude and courage they had.
Thank you very much for this nice historical documentary! In spite of being Hungarian, I knew very little about this bloody chapter of our nation 's past. The video can definitely bring history much closer to viewers not so well informed of Hungary's battles against military invasions from the east. Köszönöm!👍❤️
Nagy Magyarorszag ¡ Greetings from Mexico City
Crazy how far the Mongols managed to go.
My husband, who has Mongolian ancestors (a long time ago), sent me this video. Part of my ancestry is Hungarian. This is fascinating. It's good to be a fan of history.
@cras17
9 ай бұрын
Tell him to watch his back lol
@TrialAndError8713
9 ай бұрын
@@cras17 lol!
I would like to mention that 5 big mongol/tatar invasion were in hungarian/transylvanian history: 1241/42, 1285/86, 1598, 1658, and the last 1716. The last 3 attacks came from krimean tatar khanat. The sekels (székelyek) defended the mountains and basins of the Carpatians.
@stogies3
Ай бұрын
There are no such people as “sekels”
King Béla IV of Hungary left to his son, to Stephen, a prosperous, a rebuilt, a fortified kingdom in 28 years. Béla successfully concluded the alliance between the houses of Árpád and Anjou with a mutual marriage contract. In the last year of his life, in December 1269, Abbot of Monte Cassino Bernhard Ayglerius visited Hungary as the envoy of King Charles I of Anjou. He reported enthusiastically to his lord, the foreign, impartial contemporary envoy saw Béla's court as follows: "The Hungarian royal house has incredible power, its military forces are so large that nobody in the East and the North dares even budge if the triumphant and glorious king mobilizes his army. Most of the countries and princes of the North and East belong to his empire by kinship or conquest." Galician-Volhynian Chronicle about the second Mongol invasion: "Talabuga went to the mountains which can be crossed in three days, but he wandered for thirty days pursued by the wrath of God, and they were so hungry that they started to eat human flesh, then they themselves began to fall, and incredible many were lost. Eyewitnesses said that there were a hundred thousand deads, and the ungodly Telebuga came back on foot and his wife on a bad nag, God made him so miserable" Louis I of Hungary dispatched Andrew Lackfi to invade the lands of the Golden Horde in retaliation for the Tatars' earlier plundering raids against Transylvania and the Szepesség. Lackfi and his army of mainly Szekely warriors crossed the Carpathian Mountains and imposed a decisive defeat upon a large Tatar army on 2 February 1345. The Hungarian warriors were victorious in their campaign, decapitating the local Tatar leader, the brother-in-law of the Khan, Atlamïş, and making the Tatars flee toward the coastal area. The Golden Horde was pushed back behind the Dniester River, thereafter the Golden Horde's control of the lands between the Eastern Carpathians and the Black Sea weakened. We can see this event leads the establishment of Moldavia in 1346 as a Hungarian vassal state.
@lszujo73
Жыл бұрын
insightful comment...thanks
@chocho8036
Жыл бұрын
very interesting history and it made me want to know more about Charles of Anjou and his empire... Even though he had quite extensive holdings from France to Greece and was King of Sicily , there are no kings of Anjou, Anjou has been a county under Holy Roman Emperors and French kings , but not a kingdom of the middle ages, Charles I refers to title Count of Anjou, as was earlier predecessors like Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, who married into the Norman ruling house of England .
@szabicsapi7459
Жыл бұрын
Really useful and informative comment! Tnx
@S41GON
Жыл бұрын
@@chocho8036 Two Anjous, Charles Robert and his son, Louis I. became Hungarian kings though.
@Hborn
Жыл бұрын
It looks cold there
My name is Ladislav from BIG RESPECT and I am proud of that part of my origin, in addition to the Croatian one
Good job Hungary 🇭🇺 thank you
The best I've seen detailing the wars of this time and location, I just subscribed. Congratulations to you and your team !
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
Giving you a thumbs up just for the cold open. Looking forward to the rest of this. Cheers!
Great job on this vid. Thanks. I didn’t know this part of the Mongol history. I knew they were beaten back at some point but this was comprehensive enough to give it some good context.
Hungary was the bastion of the east. My grandpas name was Belá too.
@lauterunvollkommenheit4344
Жыл бұрын
It's Béla.
@pepita2437
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. It also protected Europe from the Ottoman invaders (together with the Romanians). Hungary was called "the gate of Europe"
@ibolyahrubak9332
Жыл бұрын
We are still the bastion.
@scatman_14
Жыл бұрын
where are u from? not Belá, Béla
@anteveic327
Жыл бұрын
@@pepita2437 And Croatians
Great video! It was very informative and good to watch. One of my ancestors was a childhood friend of Béla the IV. and he later became Palatine, so learning about this era is always special for me.
@MichaelBolar-de8im
2 ай бұрын
Is it the one in W and W alt hist
I'm so happy seeing RCH's video quality improve over the years
I really loved this video. I thought the background you gave to the campaign really helped to paint a good picture of the situation. lots of history channels only focus on the battles themselves.
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! In this case, we don't have much in terms of details related to the battle. Thanks for stopping by.
11:32 so in a way Hungary 🇭🇺 saved europe form mongol conquest, man the king of the knights must’ve been seen as hero’s here.
These glorious moments of sacrifice for freedom need to be made into films.
I have never been exposed to the history of Central Europe. Excellent presentation.
Loved this. Why are people only aware of the first Hungary - mongol war
Courage at it's best.
Mongols of the first half of the 13th century were unstoppable, as for the latter half many nations had already managed to defeat Mongols in war ; Javanese (Majapahit), Turks (Khalji & Bahri Mamluks), Japanese, Vietnamese (Dai Viet)
@heroesytumbas
Жыл бұрын
Most of the work for the Japanese was done by the sea.
@nenenindonu
Жыл бұрын
@@heroesytumbas Those Mongolophobic and Japanophile Typhoons caused much of a trouble indeed :D
@MH-ro1lg
Жыл бұрын
Most of the men who were a part of the invasions of Japan under the Mongols were Korean conscripts.
@majungasaurusaaaa
Жыл бұрын
By that time each were fighting the separate khanates who were at the same time fighting among themselves.
@anotherhistoryenthusiast5874
Жыл бұрын
@@majungasaurusaaaa That's just fair considering these Khanates were bigger than any of these nations.
YES, finally the video I've been waiting for! Thank you much! I only wish it was you narrating 😭 still a great video on a great topic! Miss the old style, but still great content, keep it up!
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an inspiring story. Thanks for this great presentation.
One of the forgotten great victories.
That was the most epic documentary I've ever watched. Thanks for the upload, I learned a lot!
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@CSEcton
Жыл бұрын
@@RealCrusadesHistory It's interesting how history works both ways. When Alexander the Great and Rome tried pushing to far east it put strains on their armies and they soon realized that there were limits to their power and what they could do. It's the same for people like Ghengis Khan and the invading Turks when they try to push to far west.
That was awesome! Thank you for that excellent video and piece of history!!!
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
In modern days, the entire operation would've been called a proper and thorough assessment of enemy forces. Neither Kievan "druzhinas" (relatively small units of professional warriors), nor the armies of the Central Asia were ready to defeat the unique army of Mongolian horsemen. Thier main charge was like a set of tidal waves: wave after wave, after wave, after wave -- until the enemy forces get crushed. King Bela just realized that what he needed was a number of breakwaters and seawalls.
Great work. This came together beautifully. Appreciated.
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
"Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war." - Aristophanes
I'm a Magyar, and didn't even know about this triumph! I knew about the asskicking we suffered from the Mongols in 1241, they teach us about that in school.....but I didn't know that we returned the asskicking in 40 y. time.
@sciencefliestothemoon2305
Жыл бұрын
How come? That is comparable to Austrians never having heard of the 2 Sieges of Vienna.
@krisztianhamar5684
Жыл бұрын
@@sciencefliestothemoon2305 we were on the losing side in both world war, and since that, the international powers take care not to make Hungarians pride again, so they teach us mostly lost battles in history lessons, and crimes. So we may shame ourselves, feel ourselves like a loser nation. Many Hungarians are frustrated about this.
@rilletheone
Жыл бұрын
@@krisztianhamar5684 The progressives do this in all western nations, they are a curse on Europe. Sadly the wrong side won WWII.
@ibolyahrubak9332
Жыл бұрын
@@krisztianhamar5684 Soha nem leszünk vesztesek. Pont azért, mert ennyire lesajnálnak minket. Csak azért is megmutatjuk nekik 🤣
Good story, well told. I detest raiding bands because they always take advantage of virtually defenceless civilian populations. It happens in Africa quite often today. It's cowardly. But because raiders are all about speedy smash and grab they don't carry siege equipment or supplies for more than a few days and are thus vulnerable. King Bela's reforms reminded me of Alfred's fortification of his burhs (towns or strongpoints) in response to raids by the Vikings in England. Alfred nullified the Vikings apparent superiority and he and his descendants were able to defeat them repeatedly.
@thax321
Жыл бұрын
You cant be seriously talking about the Mongols as mere raiders praying on defenceless populations...
@trailingarm63
Жыл бұрын
@@thax321 How would you describe their behaviour?
@FrogWalrus
Жыл бұрын
@@trailingarm63 they preyed on well defended cities too! Slaughtered innocents all over the world regardless of the quality of wall between them and their targets. What nice chaps they were.
@michaelalbertson7457
10 ай бұрын
@@trailingarm63 If you knew all the truth, you'd detest all peoples. All have sinned. Become a true and faithful Christian, you'd have similar people to admire.
@Ese361
9 ай бұрын
The Mongols were the best the worl had ever known
First of all, thank you very much for discovering Hungary in history. Just a few corrections to the excellent movie. The battle in Mohi happened on the 11th of April, 1241. The Mongol troops caused immeasurable devastation in the Eastern part and the middle of Hungary. Batu Khan's hordes could rarely cross the Danube. The Mongols destroyed several cities in the middle of the Hungarian Great Plane to the ground (eg Petermonostora, the "Gold City"). Archeological explorations (Bugac, Tazlar, Szank) started with constructing the M5 highway between Szeged and Budapest (findings are exhibited in Kecskemet). The Mongols could cross the Danube only in January and February 1242 after the Danube had iced up. Then they were heavily defeated by the Hungarian army led by IV Bela at the fort of Esztergom. The Mongol army had to leave the Carpathian Basin because of the losses. The Mongols stayed in Hungary only for nine months. The first Mongol invasion closed with the victory of the Hungarian Kingdom, too. It is only a rumor that Batu Khan had to return home because of Ogodei Khan's death for the election of the new khan to the Karakorum. In reality, Batu stayed for another ten years in Europe. After he had left the Carpathian Basin, he occupied Bulgaria, Moldavia, etc. After losing the invasion against the Hungarian Kingdom, the Mongolian warriors killed during the battles against Hungary ly buried in a strictly guarded separate cemetery in Mongolia. It is the respect from the Mongols for the Hungarian Kingdom. The final Hungarian victory over the Golden Horde happened appr. 100 years later under the leadership of the Hungarian king, I Lajos the Great at the coasts of the river Dnepr and the Black Sea.
@exeaxe
Жыл бұрын
na ja, sok idő kell még, mire az egyszerű, de legalább ostoba magyarázatok kivesznek, ha egyáltalán; kánválasztás, hát persze :D a kommented pazar and I would like to know where to find something about the mentioned archeological explorations any info is appreciated thx
@drelek5804
Жыл бұрын
@@exeaxe Ld. youtube: Szántai Lajos, Tóth Sándor, Obrusánszki Borbála, Magyarságkutató Intézet, stb. előadásai (keresőszó IV. Béla, Nagy Lajos, tatárjárás, Mongolok titkos története c. dokumentumkönyv, stb. Egyébként az archeológiai kutatások Szankon is folynak, ahol több évtizedig éltem is. Őseim tősgyökeres szankiak, sokszor láttam az ásatásokat Pétermonostorán, meg Szankon is.
@milan.s2681
Жыл бұрын
I just add that wasn't last fight with Mongols in 13th century. In 1288 probably Laszlo ask Mongols for help against nobles rebels and Mongols plundered nowadays eastern Slovakia, but lords of Köszeg stopped them
@sandornyemcsok4168
Жыл бұрын
A further correction is that while the traditional Hungarian history says that the Mongolians overwhelmed the Hungarians in numbers in 1241, the truth is that only 2 tumens invaded Hungary. Which means roughly 20 000 men. Béla most likely could muster a big enough army to fight the Mongols but they have lost at Mohi because they fell into the trap of feigned retreat. Thus the exaggeration of Mongol numbers has been used to conceal Béla's mistake.
@stogies3
Жыл бұрын
@@sandornyemcsok4168 Van erre referencia? Nincs valasz.
Brilliant video, really enjoyed that.
Hats off to the drone operators, amazing footage!
I always loved the Mongols thanks to Age of Empires 2, but knowing what they did, it's nice to see Hungary crush them
@chriswanger284
Жыл бұрын
Mongols like Ottomans were the enemies of civilised Western world.
@igorrurikovich5654
Жыл бұрын
They did what? Just to compare, Crusaders taking Jerusalem killed 90-95 % of population in 1097. In 1204, during the 4th Crusade, Crusaders instead of Muslims stroke fellow Christians and pillaged and conquered Constantinopol decimating population. Mongols were way more logical and tolerant in their deeds not to mention less blood thirsty. So, what did they do?
@jimkoriorpani6651
Жыл бұрын
@@igorrurikovich5654 what about the head of pyramid..by Mongols...go Google yourselves first what mongol have done in their wars ....dumbfuk
@xxxhalo4everxxx
Жыл бұрын
@@igorrurikovich5654 like seriously to compare crusaders to the mongols and say they are more bloodthirsty is plain wrong, the devastation and mountains of the dead the mongols left in their wake was unlike anything the world had seen untill then and long after it
@stogies3
Жыл бұрын
@@igorrurikovich5654boy stop smoking that sheet
Thank you! Well done. The story of us - all of us - is so so interesting. I find myself watching these documentaries on you tube all day.
Very informative. Many thanks as always
Nice piece of history, reminiscent of Alfred's war against the Danes for England, three centuries before. But Alfred was lucky to field a few thousand warriors. The Mongols came at Hungary with 10s of thousands.
I am really grateful for this video, because there are a ton of them about the battle of Mohi, but it is rare see one that deals with the time after that devastating defeat and our steadfast people's resolve to push back invasion force after that.
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
I was kind of amazed when I saw no one else had done this topic. I'm really glad I did it, it is a great story that deserves to be told.
This is fascinating. Why isn't this a high budget TV series ??
Thanks for the detailed video, this has always seemed like a vague part of history for me until now.
@RealCrusadesHistory
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Any army can be beaten. Nobody's invulnerable, as countless conquerors throughout history have found out.