The Battle of Tours 732 AD
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- Short animation covering details of one of the most important battles in European history. In 732 AD Charles Martel, Frankish Mayor of the Palace stopped Arab invasion between cities of Poitiers and Tours, saving both his kingdom and Europe.
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Fun fact: Charles Martel was the grandfather of Charlemagne.
And Charlemagne's relations with the caliphate used to be excelent!;)
@@Peristerygr he had a good relationship with the Abbasid , he even allied with them against the Eastern Roman empire (Byzantine).
@@sir.mclovin7018 really why Charlemagne had so bad relationship with byzantine empire?
@@infinitedream978 They were Orthodox Christians rather than Catholic Christians.
Sir. Mclovin Which was quite traitorous and stupid.
Who else came back to this one after watching the video on the battle of Toulouse?
Yep.
😂
Yup.
Here here
@@zain4064 Papa too?
" When the army disorganized due to the lack of discipline, it is the fault of the commander. " - Sun Tzu
"Like your enemy's facebook page. It will confuse them and make them weak" - Sun Tzu, Art of war
@@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus lmaoooo
It's " when your army lacks in organization it is not the fault of the Soldiers. It is the fault of the General."
dude you attacked there camp and there was families there and money you mean you were coward
@@hamidayman4114 no. They were holding slaves not families. By your name I'm pretty sure which version of this battle you were taught
I'm French, I'm a teacher of medieval history, and I live in Tours, so when I saw the title I was like "whaaat?!?", thinking there was a battle I had never heard of - which would be most unlikely. But when I saw the date I was released "ok, it's the battle of Poitiers". In fact the exact location is highly discussed, nobody knows, it probably took place in the country between Poitiers and Tours. But in France we call it the battle of Poitiers and it's one of the most famous battles of French history - even if we actually don't know much about it.
well if you lost it, then all of french history would have changed so it should be a important history
in Ukraine we also call it a battle at Poitier. I had to wikipedia it to search for this video lol.
We call it the highway of martyrs muslims teach this at school as a day of sadness and anguish to all the muslim nations
I think the English texts refer to it as the Battle of Tours so as not to confuse it with the Battle of Poitiers 1356 which was a huge English victory that ended up capturing the French king. And the Frankish army caught up to the Muslim army while they were attempting to take Tours.
As a french i Learned somewhere that was at the village of "Moussay-la-bataille" at North of Poitiers, but yes it's true we can't be sure about the exact location of this battle.
Interestingly, in France, we call it the battle of Poitiers, not of Tours.
Also, you forgot to mention that the last name of the French King, Charles Martel was actually a nickname. "Martel" means "hammer" in old French. He was literally "Charles the Hammer."
I used Martel as his nickname in this video, it is even stressed at the end of it I think. Also, he was never the French King. Here in Poland this battle is known as Battle of Poitiers too :) But since the video is english, I used the english name.
Pierre-Yves Poli charles martel never was a king
Charlesl was from Herstal
tato slavná bitva byla mezi městy Tours a Poitiers, blíže k Chatelleraut
He was the de facto ruler of Frankia though which might have been what he meant. He certainly did act like the king should act.
And to be a bit of a pedant it was Martellus.
On a sidenote this is why his name in many countries has ended up becoming Charles (whatever the word for hammer is in the language) everyone knew that he was The Hammer, a nickname he certainly earnt.
CHARLES THE FUCKING HAMMER
Sounds like Robert Baratheon
OURS IS THE FURY!
Marteau = hammer, martelé = hammered. No we can us « I will Charles Martel your face off ! » as « i will hammered your face off bitch »
Sounds good 👍
Lol, Duke Odo gets no respect. Gives Martel ten years to prepare by defeating arabs at Toulouse then leads the camp raid which breaks the army at Tours. But Martel becomes known as the savior of europe.
@H G dumb troll, try harder
@@noahkidd3359 did he deleted the comment?
@@KaykyG018 Yup! Haha
Charlemagne probably wrote the books
@regular male That wasn't a compliment.
Charles martell: unbowed, unbent, unbroken.
Hahaha GOT.
Cem Gürsoy those are the Baratheons
@@hkhaze4958 The Baratheon's words are "Ours Is The Fury"
Cem Gürsoy I wonder where George RR Martin got that from.
That was a general retreat because they thought that another army will encircle them from behind + Muslims lost few hundreds men and killed thousands of their ennenies,according to islamic historians and muslims back with most of the army ...btw muslims stayed in france military for more than 120 years and enslaved thousands of french and used to take the jizya till the era of Alrashid
> turkish straits
> byzantine empire
TRIGGERED
turkish straits TRIGGERED:Yes.Byzantine Empire TRIGGERED:Nope
Should just call it the Roman Empire, or the Eastern Roman Empire if you really must. "Byzantine" is just a term made up by historians centuries after the fact.
And GibraAltar strait in Arabic is "Jabal Tarek" refers to Tarek Ibn Ziyad the conqueror of the Iberian peninsula
Lorgar Aurelian So is "Eastern Roman Empire". To them, it was just "Roman Empire"
For short they would call their realm 'Rhomania'. Pretty sure the country now dubbed Romania was dubbed as such by the Ottomans (Rumania) and they themselves are called Vlatch, their lands Wallachia; may be wrong though.
Charles Martel be like "No time Toulouse!"
In France we say, "No time Poitiers". Stupid, I know, but we can't help it; we're French.
@@geezergeezer1 france is so shit country lmao
Nice Python reference.
No god ples no !! , Noooooooo!!
Helppo Nakki Tha’s rich coming from a retarded Finnish peasant
Thank you Charles Martel
man im muslim soooooo, i hate this guy. not you, martells
@@yasirkhalif3886 Israel 😂
Thank you for Ar-Rahman
Average berber that doesn’t know half of the Umayyad army in that battle was made from berbers, and this was one of many reasons they lost
.
Thank you Uqba ibn Nafi for making these mad berbers mad for 1400 years
@@3mk510 Ukba Ibn Nafi was a piece of shiet,,, a fucking bastard terrorist who Aksel, the Berber knight who behead him
He was the granddaddy of Charlemagne, big balls just run in that family
almost everyone that's white is descended from him lmao
@Musaaud Al-hawaly Kinda like what ISIS does.
@Musaaud Al-hawaly That's the way war is fought. If you had a small army to defend your home against a powerful invader, would you meet them on the field even though you're guaranteed to lose? Or would you hit the invader where it hurts? Only one of these options will save your people.
@I am a disappointment to my parents
Before Tours/Poitiers his nickname was Cojonemagne
You could say.... it was hammer time!
I'll show myself out
NotSoSober Gamer no no stay he needs the views
NotSoSober Gamer this isn't 9gag
My my my infantry hits me
so hard
makes me say
DEUS VULT
LOL!!
قد غزوتم الشمال الأفريقي فكان ماذا؟
ما زلتم تئنون من غزوكم !
Have to disagree with others in regards to narration and say that this style is move in the right direction. This video seemed very professional as I was previously distracted trying to understand the accent and occasional bad grammar. I hope you continue making these videos as they are very informative and enjoyable to watch. Looking forward to seeing this channel grow!
Thanks for your comment. It's still the very beginning, each next video is quite different, as I'm still playing with various elements. Obviously, narration is one of the most noticeable recent changes. I'm quite surprised, that some of you actually liked my style of narration and my accent. Hard nut to crack for me to decide which path to follow :)
I enjoy both, your accent was very genuine, and I agree that the images and the content is easy enough to follow. Maybe add subtitles (optional) if people don't like the narration, but the new guy is great too.
There are English subtitles on all of my videos. You just need to turn them on in the video settings.
Oh I see, then by all rights people shouldn't be complaining :) I didn't have have trouble understanding your polish accent. Keep it up
Subtitles are all well, but you want to be able to focus fully on the wonderfully made schematics (really awesome man!). Even though personally I am OK with either style of narration. I might even like yours a tiny bit more. It would probably bring you more subscribers If you'd stick with the new guy though. I'm from the Czech Republic, so I am quite used to our Slavic butchery of an English language :D. We do have a very heavy accent, which other nations might find quite distracting.
Charles, you have my undying respect for saving Europa.
@ray I can't agree. Islam has no place in Europe
@ray based
@@FieldMarshalRommel23 I think you're wrong
@@ngng685 About?!?!
@@FieldMarshalRommel23 If Islam has no place in Europe then What the hell is Islam doing in Albania
Thank you Charles Martel and all the brave Europeans who fought on that day. The strength of the European have endured the Moors, Berbers, Ottomans, Persians, Huns, Khazars, And Mongols. And it will continue to endure. I have so much pride in my Celtic and Germanic ancestors.
We made you our slaves.
@@SOURAV-jw7kk and we made many ours as well
@@adamoneil5317 We ruled Spain for 500 years. 👍👍
@@SOURAV-jw7kk you guys then lost it, and then lost Sicily as well, and then we imperialized you.
@@adamoneil5317 We ruled eastern Europe for 400 years. 🤫🤫
I started loving this type of animated battle overviews from Historia Civilis. Gonna love watching all these too :D
I'm thinking the exact same thing!
***** I wonder if there's a game like this...
***** I've heard of it, but I don't know too much about it.
As a kid I played warhammer with a few old generals and officers who by that point taught military history to new recruits. They reenacted so many historical battles using Empire, Wood Elves, High Elves, Undead, Dwarves, etc. It was amazing, I loved being around that. I was like 8-12.
I also came from HC. Both great channels.
Knowing Charles Martel was also known as Charles the hammer, I think it would have been appropriate for him to have told the Muslim forces, "Stop, Hammer Time."
jakeera 1995 yeah, but when it came to france, martel was like "can't touch this."
ROFL
Martel means Hammer
Martel is hammer in the frank language.
if tariq ibn ziyad was the leader of the army rest asured the hammer would get hammered
Charles Martel, we need your help again!
We need Martel more than ever
For what
تشارلز مارتيل طرد المسلمين اللذين أتوا لكي يحتلوا بلاده فرنسا و لكنه لا يستطيع مهاجمة اراضي المسلمين و هزيمتهم انتم أيها الكفار تحتاجون إلى مارتيل لإخماد نار الإسلام و لكن الإسلام سيكبر و سيصبح اكبر دين في العالم ثم سيصبح الإسلام مهيمناً على العالم
@@user-et9hm5vn9h Nobody cared about desert land of arabs to invade lmao
lol you bash the french then ask for a frenchman to save you hypocrite bi*ch*s
@@AshkanPacino13true. not even The Sassanid Persians or The mongols cared to invade Arabia because it was just an empty desert lmao.
Charles Martel is legend for a reason. Awesome video.
Popped up on my suggestions... Subscribed....
Napoleon I Bonaparte same here. Subscribed immediately!
Ditto.
Me too. We should form a club.
All hail Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor who cared!
This genuinely helped me so much on my school task on Charles Martel, thank you so much
I wish history was taught like this at school, I would have been a lot, lot more interested.
Hhhh So you Wanna Push as Back From Europe. No we are Only Refugees, Man 😂
@@mohamedshakaal1545 go back to your country you taxeater
@@bokonoo77 Not their fault their countries got invaded, depending on where they're from
Your taxes are a punishment from God
@@themercifulguard3971
>Your taxes are a punishment from God
I didn't know my government was godly. All I hear from them is pro-LGBT and anti-christian shits.
It is not European countries fault that they got invaded
@@bokonoo77 lol you’re a fascist? Were you born during the reign of Phillipe Petain?
Wow, I'm so glad this channel popped up in my "Reccommended"-feed. Excellent animation and I didn't detect any inaccuracies - subbed!
Jesus, mention anything about the Muslim conquests on CZcams the comment section turns into a 21st crusade
Also on the other side it turns into the hundredth jihad
Maximus Seximus of Legio XX Luckily this channel is unbiased and gives you the unfiltered history directly. Unlike some shitty politicized history channels lile The Real Crusades.
Yeah thank God for that
Totally Agree.. Those Retards are cancer.. trying to justify their point of view by what some random ppl did in a random period of time.
+Jack W Stop the Muslim Invasions.
Love your simple but easy to understand graphics and great maps. Also the comments and extra bits of info at the end add a lot to the videos. Great voice too. Thanks for a job well done. Leo
You could say that Charles was really *_THE HAMMER OF GOD_*
Kind of like the Jewish Maccabeans....
Is this an ISP reference?
@@idiotsavant2343 yes
Yes it is
@@Gia1911Logous wonderful
A suprise but a welcome one.
I love history and I found your videos really interesting, another proof that graphics are not everything.
thank you !
True dat, but the graphics be off-the-hook yose!
I like the graphics too :)
@@nanakired1338 So the Muslims were not on a conquest tour from Saudi-Arabia through the desert of Lybia, Algeria and Morocco, across the street of Gibraltar, conquering Spain on the way? They just went everywhere and handed out flowers, and then people said: could you rule us instead of our former rulers? Either the Muslims were on their way to conquer Europe, or the Crusades were peaceful. You can not call the Crusades murder and the Umayad kingdom peaceful in one sentence.
The graphics are awesome. I feel hurt when my favorite square cracks and later breaks... It was so brave!
@@mathiaslarry7685 maybe it is better if we give you out accounts right now, so you do not need to search them on our computer?
Holy crap, 25,000 cav vs 20,000 infantry and they won? Amazing
This is what good strategy can do .
If cavalry just charges in a straight line where infantry is ready to defend, it will be a defeat for the cavalry
Cavalry doesn't charge in a straight line, but in a shape similar to uppercase 'L' !!
Don't you play chess??
Probably not. That's why they call it HIS-story.
It was light cavalry, which isn't good for charging
Anyone else is rewatching all BazBattle videos? I remember back in 2016-17 this was the first channel to get me into this type of historical documentary stuff
Absolutely amazing, first video I watch from you but instantly subscribed and I do not regret it. There are far too few properly informed, well explained historical channels out there, that base their content in facts, rather than "wishfull thinking", I feel you portrayed both sides well, and got the story across with an entertaining method of explaining, I learned and enjoyed myself, rather than just soaking it in for the moment, like just another low-budged tv show, keep up the good work man, and if you have any other historical channels to recommend, please do! (Though I wager I'm already subbed to them :P)
You're channel is going to be massive in a while, people will pick up on these masterpieces very soon.
probably shouldnt call them the "turkish straits" as the Turks would not invade and take over anatolia for another 300 years.
Turks not invaded anatolia they conquered it a THOUSAND years ago.
@@sourweed9818 this video takes place OVER a THOUSAND years ago
@Dick Thunder he can't help it his parents are probably related.
WELL Turkic is technically different to Turkish. But better call them Osmans or Ottomans
Actually it was not Turkish at all, the Ottomans got hold off the straits some 700+ years later. And there were different "Turkish" tribes/hordes/nations in the Ottoman empire.
Loved how balanced and engaging the content was! Should've watched this in preparation for my video on the Battle of Tours! Keep up the good work.
Very well made, I am really impressed by the quality of work.
Love the history and LOVE the little captions you give the commanders....
Simply straight to the point. Thankyou
In france we call this the battle of poitiers
Guillaume Lainey Interesting
In Holland we also use "battle of Poitiers" instead of battle of Tours.
What do you call the other battle of Poitiers?
Auto Didact We say the battle of Poitiers of 732 and the battle of Poitiers of 1356.
Guillaume Lainey i wouldnt call france "france" today though
Ar-Rahman: "Europe will be mine!"
Charles: "Stop!"
Ar-Rahman: "...what?"
Charles: "HAMMER TIME!"
Ar-Rahman: "...that will never get popular, foolish Christian."
DONT WORRY AFTER 20 YERAS MORE MOSLUMS IN EUROPE THAN CHRISTIANS JUST WAIT
@@user-fj3gr8pb1n ahahaha, oh wait...... your serious?
so what shit hole are you from?
@@lauralil6886 Pakistan
There are two types of sources for this "Battle of Tours" or "Battle of Poitiers" as we name it in France, the contemporary sources and later sources (both christians and muslim). The contemporary sources saw this battle as a simple skirmish battle between a raid party of al-Andalus troops made of "Saracens" (most of them Berbers, only a few Arabs !! it is also interesting to note that some Christians were also among them) against the "men of the north" as you quoted it. But the later sources, IXth century and after, started to turn it into a big battle against two religions. And then, during the crusades, the religious aspect took a way bigger part, and during the XIXth century the battle was used as propaganda by the french governments to teach the glorious history of France - Le roman national. So, saying that right after the battle the word spread around Europe that Martel defeated a muslim invasion is not true, as far as the contemporary sources let us know.
Arabian culture influenced great things in Iberia. Flamenco, the Spanish guitar, the guitar itself, the fact Al-Andalus had lit and paved walkways centuries before Paris. They brought Algebra, the writtings of great philosophers, cartography, astronomy, you name it.
Why Muslims Govt of Andalus Spain didnt Massacre Christians Visigoth? Because muslims are tolerant.
Nice to know that one of the most important characters in European history: General Winter, was influential in the decision making of the commanders.
Without this battle, it would have been Islamic Empire of Europe with European women as s*x sl*ves. Europe should always be thankful to the French for this
7:19 rEtRiEve bOoTy
The Turkish straits weren't yet Turkish
Mike ` Anatolian-Balkan straits at that point.
Io Not Hellespont?
Lol and Gibraltar has its name of a Berber leader who invaded Iberia
Zack - He ordered that his army destroy their boats, because there would be no turning back from their jihad in the Iberian dar al-Harb {land of war/conflict] - a case of kill or be killed, for wealth and land [in the name/excuse of 'Allah'].
You know you are talking bullshit right? The Moroccans recognise tariq ibn zayid as a Berber. They admire him and had put him as an exemple to unify against the Arabs.
I'm so thankful that i found your channel. You have you're self a new subscriber, keep the videos coming
Holy cow I have to do a presentation on this battle and wow this is so good
I am an Arab Muslim.
In our history we call this battle (Tails of martyrs) because of the number of Muslims losses that made the ground unseen from the corpses.
Another great video from BazBattles 👍🏼
inshallah
@@justinwbohner
I would like to say that you are using Inshallah wrongly. 😶
@@abdulmalekrk3693 It was God's will that the muslims lost because mohammad wasn't a prophet.
@@justinwbohner
Well, that is your disrespectful opinion. I can say the opposite thing about battles that Muslims won. However, battles aren’t religious. You should respect others believes.
@@justinwbohner don't you have a mind to think what was the battle have to do with the prophet Muhammad peace upon him
The prophet died in 632 Ad long time ago before the battle even if what are saying if it happened back there it has not something to do with that. That's not how the world work . Grow up
I'd love to see you also do some "Baz Battles" of Lepanto (1571) and The Siege of Vienna (1683). Thanks for doing a great job of reporting history. I've recommended your channel to many. It's a pity that more people aren't interested in history not realizing, in the words of George Santayana: "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it".
This is very high quality, well-researched content. Well done! I am genuinely surprised at your small subscriber numbers, but I have faith that this will resolve itself in a relatively short time. Excellent work!!
Aged well
If you think this is high quality I wonder what you think of his current much superior content.
Is this the first Baz Battles?
I cannot get enough of this guy.
We need this Charles character ASAP!
Too Late.
We need Saladin as soon as possible
Why?
@P P P Search up battle of marj al-ayun saladin almost captured and killed baldwin in a straight up fight
@samy701 he hammered your Saladin twice if i am correct. and the execution of the prisoners was hard but justified as Saladin miscalculated on the ransom negotiations and went back on his word but he was a selfish man who betrayed his father and caused his death and caused misery on his people (England). But he was a warrior king. PS as an orthodox Christian i am very glad the Latins got kicked out.
We need another Hammer and we will have one.
this is awesome. why don't they teach this in schools??
This would be '' islamophobic ''.
You are two unwitty people. History is history, it has nothing to do with religion. Here in France we learn about it in school
Oken111 Ca a tout à voir avec la religion, bien au contraire.
learning bullshit and getting brainwashed.
***** Haha I see now where you're coming from xD
And that to me shows me there is no point debating with you
Christendom is saved!!
That was a general retreat because they thought that another army will encircle them from behind + Muslims lost few hundreds men and killed thousands of their ennenies,according to islamic historians and muslims back with most of the army ...btw muslims stayed in france military for more than 120 years and enslaved thousands of french and used to take the jizya till the era of Alrashid
Leer Engels dombo "christendom" bestaat niet in het Engels
After 100 years you'll say : " Unfortunately. "
@@mohammedsalem6414 ok gay muslim
@@ririkoism oke muslim
Charles: Leads the fight
Odo: Captures booty
this is where "Hold the line" comes from
I don't know...a few hundred Spartans knew how to "hold the line" a thousand years earlier.
@@johnirby8847 They didn't succeed.
@@Desperado070 Yeah but people were "holding the line" thousands of years earlier. Almost the entire Greek and Roman military was heavy infantry. The Greek hoplite phalanx was replicated by Gaul, Spain, Carthage, Seleucid, Persia, Pontics, every German tribe that made it...even all the way up to the Celts and Norse. If you're talking specifically about holding the line the Greeks were the OG's.
underrated channel
Mustafa Shams How is it underated? 50k subs is a ton.
I posted this 3 months ago when this channel had like 10k subs
Mustafa Shams 162k now.
1 Year later.....
Say that again?
@@Mw3oWn 465,000 now
One of the most important battles in history. Saved Europe and consequently the world from darkness.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 " saved from darkness " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are not in darkness ,right now ?
Is it the life God and Jesus Christ they accept for you ?
The East has no soul even nowadays they are in technology but no souls ?
If Jesus Christ came again to Europe ,is he could be Happy but what you doing?
@Messias We love Jesus.But the last prophet is Muhammad.
@Eros Hermes you don't do it to this day! Wtf
@@yunousousman4938 saved from islamic savagery
EXCELLENT HISTORICAL VIDEO.
How the fuck did I not hear about this channel! this is legit as fuck
Absolutely!!! TheArtofBattle and Historia Civillis are the ones I watched before I discover this channel!!
Historia Civils is BROKEN GOOD!!!
if anyone reading that YOU MUST CHECK OUT THE CHANNEL!
Indeed, if you love Roman history you should definitely give it a try.
Same
yes,he is pretty neutral
btw i am a muslim.
In France 🇫🇷 it’s not the battle of Tours but the battle of Poitiers.
Huh? The French lost the battle of Poitiers though...at least the second one.
@@forexdragon And the English lost the war... So ?
So what do the French call the later battle against Edward the Black Prince? Or do they just not talk about it?
@@Robert399 I guess it's easier, for educational purposes, to remember Poitiers as being the location of many wars.
@@Robert399 are you refering to the Angevin empire when England kings were French?
we say that England was the first colony of France.
Thank you Charles Martel my from iraq (kurdish)
Stay strong my bro🙏. Love from Indian hindu🤝
@@aryanraina700 Indians shit on the street
Saddam Hussein ❤️
This is one of the most important battles in all of Western Civilization.
Shame our modern politicians are now in the process of handing it to them on the proverbial plate!
لو انتصر المسلمين لكان العالم اجمل
Craven dog
@@naturalbornpatriot6369
لقد قام الأوروبيين بقتل ٩٥٪ من سكان العالم الجديد و قامو باستعباد أفريقيا و قتلو الملايين.
ما فعله الأوروبيين من جرائم لا يمكن احصاءه.
@@user-nt1no5yg8c you're still a craven dog
This was a really good video :)
i would love to see more battle from this time period featured Baz :D
Yeah, me too :) I'm not stopping anytime soon.
BazBattles awesome
i think its a very interesting period that often gets ignored. under rated you might say.
"Asia minor was still occupied by the byzantine empire" lol? Asia minor was their mainland for almost 1000 years.
Occupied perhaps less in the military sense of the word than the general sense, like one occupies one's house.
@@lorddashdonalddappington2653 Anatolia was greek, Troy was in there. Are you simple?
@@fiddlesticks7245 Nah but I guess you are. I genuinely don't know how it is that you imagine you're offering a reply to what I said, but I reccommend you try reading my comment again, maybe look some of the words up on google to help you out.
Thank God for Charles Martel.
AWESOME vid, you r great
Interestingly, the real loser of this battle ended up being Odo and the duchy of Aquitaine. They basically went from an independent power, able to look at Charles Martel and the Frankish kingdom as equals, to a submissive state, soon to be annexed. (well, Ar-Rahman didn't exactly luck out either, I suppose, on account of being killed in the whole affair)
It was either being conquered by Ar-Rahman or either by charles martel . I suppose he preferred to conserve his religion at least .
Stormbringer: his culture too...the Franks reinvented western Europe after all, rising it from the ashes of Rome.
Good riddance to Al-Rahman, I say.
1000 times Martel than the Muslims, ate least he still is part of a greater cristhian kingdom
Sure but the aristocracy of the duchy still ruled the land even if they were subjects of a 'foreign' ruler.
Exactly the channel I've been looking for. It's so well done and the quality is so damn good. Keep it up! Though the audio can be improved. A new mic perhaps? Other than that I love everything about your channel
I'd say there are many more things to be improved/reworked. I'm feeling a bit guilty uploading unfinished vids, with flaws here and there, but it takes just too much time to polish it to the desired level, and there are so many stories to tell. So, consider these shortcomings as a sacrifice to get more videos done each month, at least until I manage to optimize things.
Mongol Empire is just too important to leave it behind. Kalka River/Legnica/Kulikovo/Ain Jalut were all interesting battles, but I'm unable to tell when I would cover them.
I do hope you can make a living out of those, very nice content
just wanna say...how freaking cool it is to be nicknamed "The Hammer" in history...
stuff of legends👍
Charles Martel what a chad
He was a racist catholic bigot.
Against, hum... against progressive oriental engineers who only wanted to bring the wonders of civilisation to barbarian Europe.
@@Charles_Martelhe’s joking
God save the Europe then and now!
why he didint save spain and portugal .??
@@abdelazizmetali1938 Who say they're not save ? I dont have God eyes nor you. The rest is political affair, these human things dont resolve instead getting more complicated.
@@abdelazizmetali1938 He did in 1492.
You sir deserve more views
Great job! I learned a lot! Battle of Talas next? I'd like to know more about that one!
Can't belive they recreated this battle at the world cup
Very interesting and well presented.
1) How can you use the term "Turkish Straits" when talking about 8th century? - there had been no Turks there for another 300 years
2) @1:20 In what way was Asia Minor "occupied" by the Byzantines? They OWNED the area for what... 700 years?
3) @ 1:27 how could the Arabs and Byzantines had "fought each other for centuries" by 732, if the Arab conquest had only started around 622 AD?
Thanks for that comment, script wasn't polished enough. I already have nightmares involving Turkish Straits label in this video :)
The battle of yarmuk happened in 627, and the byzantines/romans always had border problems on the eastern frontiers
Well the same goes to the gibraltar strait (gibraltar area) as it was also named after the arab commander who invaded it. if im not wrong jabal-al-tariq. My point is that bazbattles just mentioned the modern names of the straits. but its still bosphorus to me :D
I agree. Even so, saying "Turkish Straits" applies to the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles
frankwally - Yes, at one time the European (Christian/Catholic countries had a great trade going with the East, via the seaways - carry goods by sea was much cheaper, and generally speaking also safer - BUT the various Muslim leaders/Caliphs, sought to choke off that trade and economy. I believe there was one North African Caliph, who bragged that the Europeans could not even safely float a plank of wood along the Mediterranean! They in effect shafted such of the European economy for many decades - and also continually plundered the coastal areas for booty and women for their harems.
It is very likely that many of those who have European ancestry at that time, also have lineage to women and girls who were taken for the harems, and that we now have Arab, Berber etc. bloodlines as a result of them being made pregnant by their 'Muslim masters'.
Channels like this are awesome on CZcams
We need Charles Martel more than ever today
Him or John III Sobieski
أنتم تحتاجون لخالد بن الوليد رضي الله عنه
@@Tamemi Yes, this Martel guy is nothing compared to Khalid ibn waleed. Khalid probably would’ve hid troops off to the sides incase invading enemy decided to attack the camps, but close enough to join the main group if need be. Also, he definitely would’ve been more strategic about his attack.
@@Tamemi Ameen. And the Muslim Ummah will see great commanders like him rise once again to fight the evil in the world.
@@acethegreat2946 i mean, who can compare some dude that won one battle, to a dude who won many battle and never lose his entire life, and also fighting two biggest empire at that time, sassanid and roman
Very good presentation of one of the important battles of world history. Its also a significant victory as the Franks won with a mostly infantry force. Franks were feared and respected for their cavalry.
God bless Charles.
God curse him
Relax, there is no God.
@Bila Hora why do YOU think there is one?
@Bila Hora Well that's not an answer to my question
@Bila Hora But you didn't give an answer. Scientists can, atleast, admit they don't know. Religion never has that humility, being a dogmatic and human invention.
In college I had a very learned history prof, Professor Landon. His take on the battle, derived from more contemporary sources than those used for this video, conclude that the Muslim force at Tours was little more than a recon. force of horsemen. Distance from their home base on the other side of the mountains coupled with what for the Muslims would have been climate and terrain they were not accustomed (Middle East--North Africa--Spain, all hot, dry, and in many places desert conditions) dissuaded them from advancing with any serious intention of further conquest into western Europe. So there was a battle, more like a skirmish. It does make for a great story, though.
Seems like those contemporary sources are doings some revisionism on one of the most emblematic battles that made Europe’s Christianity survive afterwards. Maybe not the most reliable one hey?
Epic battle and cool video ;)
One of the best animations
this is the best channel on youtube. you just need a good thumbnail and a little bit click bait to attract views. your channel deserve more views. keep up the good work mate.
Thanks for your kind words, even tho the first sentence is a clear exaggeration. I always thought my thumbnails are rather ok'ish. As for the clickbait, this is purely educational content (though I try to pour some entertainment into it too), so using methods popular among gamers/vloggers is really not my cup of tea. I'd like spend time rather on creating better vids, no offence :)
BazBattles cant wait to see your new video :D
We need a Martel nowdays.
In fact, we have two religions
I love these, but I would like to see more battles!
Welcome Bazbattles, I really appreciate your channel, which I have been watching for a few months now. However, if I allow myself to comment today, it is because as French, living in the city of Arles, I am deeply shocked by its location on your map! XD Yes I know, but good Arles has never been on the waterfront, but where the Rhone splits into two arms. That's otherwise everything else I enjoy, I like your videos.
I am an Arab I hope that we will live with all peoples and religions in peace without fighting and wars. We must respect each other whether we are Muslim or Christian. We are all human and uniting humanity. ❤️🌷
Ch2149 keep in mind that the entire Muslim world doesn’t just encompass Arabia. It kinda bothers me hearing people summarize an entire religion to one religious minority or culture. It’s like claiming Italians are responsible for IRA attacks in Northern Ireland because they’re catholic. Like come on
Ch2149 please excuse me for just making assumptions. It kinda just pisses me off when I see people oversimplify the shit out of an entire religion and assume my Muslim neighbors and friends are inherently evil. just misread ur comment
Western Terrorism and Imperalism occured for centuries still going on until this day. Millions have been killed !
I hope not
@@dwiyantoprakosa2445 and like this video shows your religion attack my continent before we attacked yours. Also the average westerner including me doesn’t agree with Middle Eastern wars we get involved in and start.
Loved this. It helped with my poster on the battle of tours
This is really good i wonder if there is a movie about this.
thanks Charles
The Battle of Poitiers next!
How recent in time are you willing to go for these videos? Is the Crimean War too recent?
I'm not limiting myself in any way, but events happening later than XVII century are more visually demanding, as newer tools to harm people were developed - first canons, guns, line infantry, sophisticated navy, precise artillery, warplanes, tanks etc. I want to keep it enjoyable to watch, thus a lot of new graphics, objects and animations need to be created, it takes time unfortunately. But all these immensely interesting events will eventually be covered aswell!
I remember playing this battle in aoe 2. Good Times.
Thank you charles mantel ❤
Great work Sir thank you for th
they say their religion is the religion of peace, when it was spread trough war from the start
It's a religion of justice not peace
@Le Abdollen He means that Islam forced people to be just. In Europe, women were not allowed to own property, divorce their husbands, etc. Islam conquered those places and legalized those things to give more rights to people.
@@zoybean bruh . Your source is trust me buddy .
@@siamsarkar5614 This is an objective historical fact. Look up whether women were allowed to own property under the Roman Empire during that time period. The answer is no. Muslims allowed it.
@@zoybean there were many empires in the Europe and different kingdoms had different systems .
REMATCH ON DECEMBER 14TH LET'S GOOOOOOOO
Haha we will see
and history repeat
@@nalfiadi Lol
I knew most of the details of this battle. But it was nice to know what led up to it.
Good video. I would have liked more detail, but it was a good video. Thank you!