The Meme Battle that No One is Talking About: The Battle of Fuengirola | Animated History of Poland
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The Battle of Fuengirola is one of those weird moments in Spanish (or maybe Polish?) history where it seems like the people involved were doing everything in their power to create a meme. Also, big thanks to Artur M for the video idea.
Sources:
Barker, Thomas M. “A Debacle of the Peninsular War: The British-Led Amphibious Assault against Fort Fuengirola 14-15 October 1810.” The Journal of Military History, vol. 64, no. 1, 2000, pp. 9-52., doi:10.2307/120786.
Musteen, Jason R. “Becoming Nelson's Refuge and Wellington's Rock: The Ascendancy of Gibraltar during the Age of Napoleon (1793--1815) (Great Britain, Spain).” Florida State University, 2005. pp. 190-196
Nafziger, George, and Wesolowski, Mariusz T. Saxons and Poles of the Napoleonic Wars. Military History Press, 2001.
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North, Jonathan, “The Polish Victory at Fuengirola 14 October 1810.” The Napoleon Series. July, 2017.
“The Battle of Fungirola.” Napoleon Istyka, napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Fuengirola.htm.
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Poles have never fired a cannon before. Proceeds to roll straight natural 20s.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki that inaccurate fire seemed to have sufficient psychological effect to sink a british gunboat on its first volley.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki I've noticed that in a lot of military contexts, a lack of classroom training is not an indicator of ability. The the chataeu officers tend to overcomplicate things. That one NCO that paid attention when he was working with the gun-line doesn't know firing tables or saturation of fires, but he knows how to use the sights and trigger. It might not be the most efficient method, but it'll do in a pinch.
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@@submarineinthesky8946 hahahaha
They rolled with disadvantage and just kept hitting double 20s
"The British left behind 65 dead, 70 wounded, 200 men, 300 rifles, 5 canons..." You forgot that they left behind their dignity.
You can't lose something that you don't have./They didn't have it to begin with.
@@elmascapo6588 because napoleon wanted to won against Russia and lost most of the army because of attrition qnd the vassal/puppet country recolted because of his lose. They would have losed the Waterloo too if not for the German/New Prussians
@@alexandrub8786 Acually the Peninsula war was won before Napoleons invasion of Russia failed.
That and the battle of Waterloo was actually going quite well for the British even before the Prussians showed up. But they were the final nail in the coffin to end the battle.
Savage
@@theanglo-lithuanian1768 Quit well? They were almost loosing in Waterloo
The Poles were outnumbered 12 to 1.
The Poles: “Then it is an even fight”
They just took their enemies's guns. Not that they needed them, they weren't even trained how to use them.
Blayney's sabre is now on display at the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków.
All canons fire at will. Burn their mongrel hides.
well it wasn't balanced.......
For the British
Caden Kruger unles it’s ww2
Poland's military plays everything on hard mode.
Current objective: survive.
No the enemy always is
Except the winged Winged hussars, they play legendary.
I know
Huh, so ur saying the Polish army had it easy? Since i guess other nations played on _realistic_ 😜
Ok, now I know how the Arabs conquered Iberia. They simply attacked only on Sundays
Pro gamer move
And the spanish retake it by attacking only fridays.
Omg now I know what to do if I want to take over Iberia. Thanks for the tips!
In a Asterix cartoon this is used as a joke. When Caesar wants to conquer Britannia he only fights them on the weekend because the british refuse to fight on the weekend. This is literally a cartoon joke come to life
Soy español y te digo que nosotros hacemos todo todos los días, más incluso si es para defender nuestra tierra. Los árabes entraron porque hubo una guerra civil visigoda y los contrincantes a Rodrigo les dejaron entrar.
Poland is the literal definition of we have won the battle but not the war
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki I get what your saying and do agree with you about poland being a great empire but that was achieved with the help of lithuania. But during the end of the commonwealth they got totally stomped on by other kingdoms and continued that trend for the rest of they're history and I'm not hating on them I'm just saying that when a country fought poland and out numbered them in a battle that country had a pretty good chance at Losing or at least the pols would make the battle take way longer than it should have but the country would still win the war
Ex: germany v poland ww2
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki lol, pilsudski defeat bolshevik
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki its lol because i find it funny that the red army failed so miserebly. I hope you realize im agreeing with u
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki lol!
@Jonathan Williams every time you mean the one time when The ottomans attacked Austria trying to get Vienna Vienna being part of Austria that's a part of the Holy Alliance and if you know who also was part of this alliance
Poland Lithuania thus
It hade to fight
that the polish came at the end of an Long siege should also be considered in telling how hard there fight was bdw Austria isint German as they say so fuck you Germany never betrayed Poland
The Poles have got to be some of the luckiest unluckiest people ever.
True dat
Making up for all the unluckiness they get with neighbours.
History House Productions I’m late to this, but YOU NOTICED ME AAAAAA-
The Irish are probably amongst the top ones as well
@Somarik Green soo you do portray this situation as Stalin did. Where did you find this narration of betrayed neighbour? It ignores the fact why czechoslovakia got Zaolzie in first place
The 4 polish tactics to win every battle:
1. God or any catholic figure. Like 40% of all Polish victories are dedicated to a religious being.
2. Lithuanian light cavarly. Seriously, one of the reasons for a major victory at the battle of Grunwald.
3. Be outnumbered, aka a tactic used on all periods of Polish history.
4. Horses with wings. Literally won us a 1 to a 100 ratio battle. (Battle of Hodów)
It's a Hodów not Chodów !
I mean h and ch are basically pronounced the same but (ch is pronounced longer than h)
@@vattghern257 i know, im polish. But that was a Simple mistake.
Wasn't the 3rd battle for Poland won because some Hungarian nobles got pissed at the mongols so they just made there own armies and marched into Poland to kill mongols.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki I know, but i just added the lithuanian light cavarly as they were part of the commonwealth and our allies. Without the poles, lithunians would have lost. without lithuanians poles would have lost.
@@kingsarues1586 Boy, this list doesnt even deserve polish hungarian friendship, as it wasnt a tactic. it was somethiong much bigger and much more often than the other on the list.
Polish General: Come and Take it!
Texans: Write that down, Write that down!
I think they also said Yeet Haw first
[writes tic-tac-toe]
@@septimus64 lol, pretty close, it's pronounced Yeah-bach (spelt 'jebać' in Polish), meaning F*** 'em up!
"You can go to hell; and I'll still be in this fortress."
~Polish version of Davy Crockett, probably.
*Proceeds to kill David Crockett*
Greetings from Poland. You know what, considering polish history this battle's odds were pretty good lol
That’s what I’m saying
@@HistoryHouseProductions There were many worst. Too many lol
I’m also from Poland hi
U lot hate Muslims. Pretty bad tbh
@@wonderchiken9883 Maybe its because most muslims act like its still 600s? As much as love possible from Western Turkey
“They found some grapeshot in a closet”
I can just imagine a pol leaning on an old door and it falling and him just going: oh...ohhhh....OHHH
Throw in some "ohhh kurwa's" and that's pretty much it
- commander they outnumber us 12 to 1.
- Dammit , its gonna take forever to burry the bodies
That’s a good come back
@Targ im. G. Busha mł. w Kabulu , complete
There is an old Polish saying coined by the very successful 17th century Polish-Lithuanian commander Jan Karol Chodkiewicz : "First we beat the enemy, then we count him."
Spanish soldiers: *why did you give us beef don't you know this is against god?!?!*
Britain: *isn't killing fellow Christians against god*
Spanish soldiers: *nah fam don't worry this is fine*
*God
I think the polish were protestant so they good
The Polish were hella Catholic too
@@HistoryHouseProductions o
@@HistoryHouseProductions hhp i was wondering since you make a lot of video's about poland, do you have polish herritage or something?
There is one battle where Poles were outnumbered 100:1. It was Battle of Hodów, where 100 winged hussars and 300 riders called "pancerni" (armoured) were facing 40000 troops of Crimean Khanate. And they won. Poles lost their horses (very expensive horses) and were fighting completely surrounded using only pistols. When they had no ammo, they were using broken arrows instead.
How the hell did they win.
I made a video about that! Most underrated battle in history!
@@prestonjones1653 good discipline and armour ig, remember the attackers were comparatively worn down
@@Whatareyoudoinnhere preety accurate
You can still visit Krakow's history museum and admire Lord Blayney's sword, captured at Fuengirola. No, really, I am not making it up.
It’s pretty interesting
@@HistoryHouseProductions Hey, thanks for the reply. Keep up the quality content coming; this channel has a lot of potential.
its about time someone had something British in a museum, considering how much stuff the British have from everyone else on display.
napoleon.org.pl/bszabla1a.jpg
Lord Blayney the lord of memes! Meme creator before It was cool... or even invented!!
Britain: Let’s get our ships ready
Spain: I forgot
Britain: Let’s eat so we’re energised
Spain: I can’t
Britain: Let’s get some guerrilla fighters
Spain: I have 12
Britain: let’s attack on Sunday
Spain: The pope said no
Poland: OH YEAH ITS SHOWTIME
Lol
Tell this joke to Edward Vernon I guess he would laugh too, wouldn't he?
It's all Spain's fault.
@@raz_hz yeah not at all the british, yeah it's not like they had to relay on their own allies and also say wrong facts about spanish people.
@@DJREPLAY32
Blas de Lezo has found your comment to be very true.
"Leave it to the Poles. Nothing is impossible for them. " - Napoleon Bonaparte
epic memes
In france they say "Drunk as a polish"...
Because apparently they took an impossible to capture mountain fort while they were drunk.
Wodka, wine and dwòjniak make a hell of a potion I guess.
@@redpolscorp Version I heard was that after one battle (I don't remember which one) all Napoleon's soldiers were celebrating and when Russians counterattack only Poles were able to fight and drove them off despite being as drunk as rest of the army.
@@Krokmaniak maybe both are true? Or both are false and it is largely a reason to give a stereotype a somewhat positive twist.
@@redpolscorp I did some quick searching and apparently there are three situations that are supposed to be genesis for this. First one was battle of Somosierra when polish light cavalry charged 4 fortified artillery batteries and one general was supposed to say "Only someone drunk would give such an order and only someone drunk would fulfill it".
Other two are basically Napoleon saying something like"I wish all my soldiers were drunk like Poles"
One was just random inspection after some celebrating in Spain and only polish solders could stand straight and other is what I described earlier and it was battle of Frydland
"And the portuguese are there for some reason" Is Portuguese history in a nutshell
Polish Military in every war they fight basically: *I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL*
I have a shirt that says that
you win the internet for me today with that comment, love the reference
Greetings from England, That dig about our food was timed perfectly as I was eating my fish n chips
Classic
Damn it, Fish and Chips are perfect Lent food though!
There are no happy endings in polish history, never have been
Yeah, we defended our independence from the Soviet army after 123 of foreign rule, for 20 years... to be invaded by III Reich and USSR... Yeah, the Soviets are now our allies and the coming to Poland to fight the Germans... and take our independence for another 50 years...
@@janherburodo8070 I'm polish as well, lul
I mean Poland is independent...for now.
Władysław Łokietek (Ladislaus the Elbow-High) reunification of Poland in XIV century? It wasn't a complete success (ihe didn't manage to unite Silesia with the rest of the Poland, nor defeat the Teutonic Knights), but as the end of feudal fragmentation, it is a kind of happy ending, isn't it?
@@adamlatosinski5475 Which that lead to us not regaining silesia for over 500 years and ended up being the reason why we didn't expand north to be more prosperous and so got fucked by russia
This whole scenario is literally like plot driven.
It just seems the poles have themselves some great ass quality plot armour.
Sadly their country doesn't.
“Polish Plot Armor” is an outfit that’s too OP to pass up on.
yes, the writers are very hit and miss when it comes to poland
Plot twist : Blaney knew those were poles and since he lost his save state to fix his mistakes he just walked over to quit the game
A plot twist indeed
Just imagine being a Polish soldier, fighting for France in Southern Spain, damn the Napoleonic wars were wild.
it was not that wild for them, polish soldiers fought in wars all across the world hey had been in italy under napoleon first
also this was napoleonic subjection b ut specifically poles fought in the american revolution, hungarian revolution, carlist wars, some in the risorgimento (republic of rome spec), american civil war, paris commune, mexican revolution
Imagine being sent to haiti to fight rebels tgen u join them look it up
I'm from Fuengirola and never expected the castle I see pretty much every day had such a crazy story xD Also the fact of people from different places of Europe fighting stupidly fits perfectly with the ambiance during summer so it's nice to see that some traditions have not been lost xD
Haha! That’s cool that you live next to such a cool piece of history!
There's something that Napoleon said once (it's a polish myth)
"If you think it's impossible, leave it to poles"
4:15 Franciszek Mlokosiewicz was already a quite experienced officer. 41 years old at Fuengirola Mlokosiewicz has already serve as an officer in Polish-Russian War of 1792 than he is taking part in Kosciuszko Uprising in 1794. In 1806 he is joining the army of Dutchy of Warsaw and fighting in War of Fourth Coalition after which he received the War Order of Virtuti Militari which is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage.
Then comes Battle of Fuengirola in 1810 but Mlokosiewicz is with his troops in Spain since 1808. So not very much beginners luck in defending the Fuengirola castle :) Then he is taking part in Napoleons Grande Armee invasion of Russia in 1812 and in a Battle of Nations at Leipzig a year later. Almost 20 years later when he is 61 he's taking up his sword and joining November Uprising in 1830 and after leading sudden attack on rear of the Russian army flank Mlokosieicz is promoted to general. And the creme de la creme for an old man. In 1842 just few years before his death Mlokosiwicz is granted with nobility and with a coat of arms. And now the best part - his coat of arms is called Fuengirola with a golden lion holding a sword standing in a gate of a castle :) Below Franciszek Mlokosiewicz tombstone in Warsaw cemetery upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Franciszek_Mlokosiewicz_grave.jpg
P.S. All the best in 2021 ! ! !
Thanks for the information! You have a good year too!
I almost thought this wasn't about Poland, but boy was I wrong.
Britain's Forces: *Outnumber Poland 12:1*
Poland's Forces: "You Gotta Bump Those Numbers Up, Those Are Rookie Numbers."
Germany forces:Ok,40:1 it is
@@galang.satria Polish Soldiers: *Ah, yes, a fair fight it is!*
commence chest beating: hmmmm-hmmmmm-hmmmmm.... tootski?
@@thegeneraljohn2895 Naw, that was almost a drow, G-man.
Mlokoslewicz to Blaney:
Peace was never an option
"Good Catholics don't fight on Sundays." How did these people conquer most of the New World?
The world may never know
@Aleksa Petrovic um
By using pre-existing feuds between native. funny enough i think the EU IV Dharma (edit: trailer)is the best explanation.
Not a widespread habit, just an extremely conservative commander (which wasn't the norm, not until the Carlist wars)
By using the six other days of the week to their fullest.
I swear an actual polish history is like other nation's propaganda.
yeah brother because our histotry is insane and full of honor
There is a polish proverb ,,Niedzielna praca w gówno sie obraca" what literally means ,,Sunday work turns into shit"
I mean poles are still good catholics aren't they.
*wniwecz = ~nothing
From someone of Fuengirola, thank you for telling this wonderful story.
Glad you enjoyed it!
If they didn't eat that meat they would've won
Another act of sheer "polishness" during the napoleonic wars was the charge of the French Imperial guard polish lancer regiment at Somossiera, where 150 polish horsemen routed an entire corps of spanish troops.
Savage
@@HistoryHouseProductions Napoleon himself said that this was the best cavalry charge he ever saw.
Winged Hussars tradition.
I wonder which were more shocking for the spanish, thay charge or the one by the llaneros in Queseras del medio
@@alejandrop.s.3942 This was actually Ułan tradition. These cavaliers were ex Ułans. For those interested: Ułans were light cavalry used by Poles between XVI century and WW2.
When Jack Rackam, Kings and Generals and History House Productions upload on the same day...... you know it’s a good day
The Poles selected “Hard” when choosing their starting location
Im from Poland and i love when History House Productions made video's about Poland or Poles. Keep it up proud of you.
Thank you!
British army: we outnumber the enemy 12 to 1
Polosh army: I like those odds
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Aren't there *six* battles considered "Polish Thermopylaes?"
@@ivlivscaesar5898 @History House Productions Vid Idea?
Virgin Blaney vs Chad Mlokosiewicz
Haha!
England: Poland pls surrender I just want to kill the French
Poland: Nah
England: Right then. Spain! Lets take back your country.
Spain: No fight untill good food
England: ...What?
Spain: No fight on sunday
England:... WHAT?
*Angry Polish noises*
*Confused English screaming*
Afterword
England: This battle never happened
It's not England. It's the UK or Great Britain if you want to be more loose.
Foreigners learning about this battle: "At least our men were brave"
Spaniards: "Not fighting in Sundays, proud of our men"
British: "Hehe..."
"Expecting the outnumbered poles to surrender without a fight"
He forgot he wasn't fighting french troops.
The fact that Poland gets bigger every time it gets invaded is terrifying
American army:Call of duty
France army:Teample tun
Polish army:Dark souls
@Gamble Shanks Literal blood for the blood god, but in Catholic edition in meele XD
*Imagine getting killed by a volley of grapes. ~ This post was made by History Productions Gang*
Imagine the feeling when your fleet is scared away by Poles with four cannons and no cannonier experience
"One minute to eat their food and 59 minutes to cry about having to eat British food" - to be honest British food did tasted kinda weird when I tried it :)
I’m British and I can say i understand why we were allies with Poland post nopoleonic era🇬🇧🇵🇱
"Battles in which outnumbered Poles fight harder than they're supposed to: 100%!"
😏😆😁😆
This is the weirdest comment section I've ever seen
true
You know, I’ve been to Fuengirola, spent a fair amount of time there. Even been to the castle. It is next to impossible to find anything about this battle so it is clear that everybody involved was thoroughly ashamed of this battle
Yeah, some other people have said that it isn't super talked about in the local history.
@@HistoryHouseProductions This is the case, or was more before, with Poland's history in general outside its borders.
Polish are awesome. Outnumbered grossly by the British and they destroyed them. One of the few times Polish forces fight against Great Britain. No wonder Napoleon loved his Polish troops so much.
Few additions and small corrections to this great video ;)
1. One Polish soldier was actually a former artilleryman in Russian army, so he knew a little about cannons ;)
2. Poles fought with British few more times during Peninsula War. Battle of Albuera with Polish Vistula Lancers breaking 3 British infantry regiments in charge and capturing 5 out of 6 flags the Brits were carrying is probably the most famous;)
3. One of the first cannonballs hit the well in the castle, so Poles lost their water supply. That's what forced them to charge out from the castle and seek victory in open field, with bayonet.
4. When lord Blayney was captured, he asked for something to drink. The only thing that Poles had at the moment was vodka. Blyney shuddered, but Młokosiewicz told him that there are only two nations famous from their fighting prowess as well as drinking capabilities: Poles and Britons, so he have to drink what he gets ;)
5. Blayney's sword is stored to this day in Czartoryski's museum in Cracow.
Where'd you find all this info? Pretty interesting stuff. In regards to the British and Poles not fighting again, I meant that they never fought again after the Napoleonic Wars. I could've been more clear on that.
@@HistoryHouseProductions Polish sources, including: Krzysztof Mazowski' "Fuengirola 1810"-pretty good monograph about that battle; Marian Kukiel "Wojny Napoleońskie" and few others. I studied history and napoleonic wars were my main interest, especially military history of Duchy of Warsaw ;)
@@Kondotier dzięki za podpowiedź ze źródłami :)
The Poles are so brave, they never surrender
Britain: ok Spain we gonna attack at noon
Spain: of course
Later at noon
Britain: let’s go Spain it’s noon
Spain: *siesta*
I'm a Pole and I didn't hear about this battle - great work, thanks!
As a spaniard i can confirm we just wanted an excuse to not fight alongside the brits
I can only imagine what would happen if an invasion of Spain was planned on a Sunday lol 😂
You can't invade Spain on Sunday; it's close
Good Catholics don't invade on Sunday bro.
Im a history buff and have even visited the very places mentioned here numerous times. There wasnt a single scrap of info regarding this battle. Thanks so much for this! It was fascinating to hear all about it. FYI the main castle is still there. Though we colloquially call the city "Fungus" as it is nothing more than god forsaken tourist hell hole. But Mijas is still a lovely town located high in the hills.
The castle is a little bit outside the town, so maybe there’s more info there? I think they did a re-enactment there a few years ago.
@@HistoryHouseProductions it might have been back in the day but its practically a sea fort. And is surrounded by new buildings. In regard to info the whole occupation by the french is not well publicised as its still today an embarrassment. Then of course the British reenactors turn up lol.
british:why the spanish arent fighting?
spanish:"enjoing friday
Ah yes, the Brits sending foreign troops charging to their certain death. I see nothing's changed
There are nothing impossible to my poles
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Plot twist: The Poles were also Catholic.
So if Poles r fighting in different countries they become like gods then
"in any countries"
They can also do the same in their country:
-polish bolshevik war
-polish Austrian war during napoleon
They fight even harder in their own country
poles defending other countries: instant success
poles defending poland: i guess i die now
@@cageybee7221 Check the enemies depending on the regions - on one side Brave but quite unexperienced armies of Spain and Italy + Confused British and German mercenaries - on the other side OP Prussian drilled army, MASSIVE Russian Tsardom hordes (Literally waves of soldiers) and the Austrians ALL AT THE SAME TIME, so I'd give us a pass XD
The creator is always first
Yes
Yes
I just wanted to say this is by far my favorite historical video. I watch a ton of them on YT but this one always has me coming back for a good laugh, even 2 years later. Great work HHP
Poland: sucky neighbours, sucky allies, likes arguing, makes pierogi.
Special unit: Winged Hussars, Wojtek the bear.
Special ability: Jeszcze Polska nie zgineła - when fighting for independence every unit gets a modification: x40 attack x40 defence x40 luck.
It was a disaster for the british...but the memes....oh, the memes.....
It’s all worth it in the end
Polish soldiers : How do we use the cannons.
Polish soldiers proceed to destroy one ship and damage the second.
Feels good to be Spanish, proud of my people
As a spanish I can say this was a humiliating experience, but I can't say it was unexpected/unprecedented sadly
Thank you HHP, thanks to you Poland is becomming a meme (bias) in a positive way, so everyone finally knows that Poland’s history is awesome
Glad I could help lol
Despite this setback, Blayney would later become a Member of Parliament after he was set free
British: Charge!
Polish: "Hey I found these smaller cannon balls in a closet, lets jam some of these down the barrel and see what happens!"
Boom
Maybe polish history hasn't got any happy endings, but for god sake WE TOOK MOSCOW in 1610
You don't see that thing in French or German history books
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Muscovite_War_(1605%E2%80%931618)
The French also took Moscow....
You mostly don't hear about it, because during most of the war, Russia was in a state of civil war, where the Polish aristocracy supported opposing sides to screw over Russia, or the famine that killed a third of the population, 2 years before, Poland invaded. Or the fact that eventually 2 years after the Polish took Moscow, the Russians, still in their dynastic civil war, managed to take back Moscow, despite the defending Polish army being 50% larger than the attacking Russians.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1601-03
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow_(1612)
@@belgebelgravia100 Yes.
@@____union____5319 but the reason why the French couldn't take it by force is literally because they kept crusing the Russians and the Russians saw it best to fight a war of nutrition then a direct engagement.
@@____union____5319 French destroyed Russian army first, at Borodino, then took Moscow from retreating Russians. Burning was started on Russian governor's orders after the French entered the city.
Smh everyone knows you need to outnumber poles 40:1 or else your force soon will be gone
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki wow. Polish soldiers really remind me of Spanish ones. Some examples of battles (10 because I could name more, but it would take too long and 10 is a nice number) and soldiers are:
Battle of Cape Celidonia 1616 (6 Spanish ships vs 55 Ottoman ships)
Battle of Gibraltar 1621 (9 Spanish ships vs 50 Dutch ships)
Battle of Kollum 1638 (8.000 Spanish vs 22.000 Dutch)
Cagayán battles 1582 (40 Spanish vs 1.000 Japanese, Chinese and Cambodian pirates and soldiers on an open field)
Battle of Krasny Bor 1943 (5.900 men of the Spanish Blue Division, which led the battle and an uncertain small number of SS troops vs 38.000 soviets and 90 tanks. Out of 20.000 casualties, 11.000 were made by Spanish
Battle of Cartagena de Indias 1741 (3.000 Spanish, of which 1.600 were proper soldiers and 6 ships vs 27.400 British troops and 186 ships)
Battle of Pavia 1522 (pretty even armies ~18.000 Spanish vs ~19.000 - 30.000 French and Swiss depending on the source, probably 19.000 vs 30.000, the French cought by surprise the Spanish troops, but when on the first assault 3.000 men got killed they retreated, and Spanish troops lost 0. One, if you take into account a dude that died because of a mule kick xd)
Sieges of Oran and Mers El-Kèbir 1563 (1.500 Spanish defending two cities at the same time vs 100.000 Ottomans on 50 ships, many of which were Jenissary)
The Cádiz expedition 1625 (6.300 Spanish vs 15.400 British and 105 warships)
The battle of Gembloux 1578 (armies did not completely fight, right army engaged, left total: 1.600/17.000 Spanish Cavalry (1.200) and infantry (400) vs 20.000/ 25.000 Dutch which contained elite infantry from William of Orange himself)
Undefeated commanders:
Blas de Lezo (the Half Man, I lost one eye, one leg and the mobility of an arm) since he enlisted in the army at young age and fought in battles such as the Siege of Toulon of 1707. As soon he became commander, no battle he fought in was lost.
Álvaro de Bazán, a might commander, who's first battle was the battle of Muros Bay 1543, and commanded the decisive battle of Ponta Delgada 1582.
Other soldiers:
Diego García de Paredes (the Sanson of Extremadura). His herculean strength made him famous. On the military scene, episodes such as his fight in Rome armed with just a stick against 15 armed italian soldiers inside a tavern which ended in the death of the Italians, attracted the Pope's attention, making him chief of his personal guard inmediately. In the Siege of the Castle of Saint George in 1500, Diego enlisted as a soldier under Gran Capitán's command. The 700 Ottomans (Jenissary garrison) had among their offensive weapons a machine equipped with hooks that the Spaniards called "wolves", with which they grasped the soldiers by their armor and, lifting them high, they smashed them, letting them fall, or, they attracted them towards the wall to kill them or captivate them. Diego was one of the men who in this way were taken to the wall, where they threw the hooks at him, and after fighting with the device so as not to be shaken to the ground, they raised him on top of the wall. Paredes then keeping his sword and shield, set foot on the battlements, and once the artifact was opened he was free to begin a fight that seems incredible and is, however, completely true: with unbridled violence he began to kill the Jenissary who tried approaching to knock him down, and neither the party in charge of killing the prisoners nor the reinforcements that arrived could surrender him; reinforcements and more reinforcements came against him, crashing before the resistance of the man of amazing energies, who "seemed to be increasing the difficulty". He resisted inside the fortress doing "things so worthy of memory defending himself that they could never surrender him ". the Ottomans," many of which died lost hope of restraining him, "they could only capture him until fatigue and hunger stroke him, and after fighting for three days, he surrendered.
During the Battle of Garigliano 1503, another event occurred "as true, as apparently incredible." Paredes felt hurt in pride after a reproach from the Gran Capitán for a tactical proposal. Blinded by an outburst of madness and melancholy, he took his 2-handed sword and went alone to the entrance of the Garellano river bridge, personally challenging a detachment of the French army (according to the legend of 2.000 men who surely were about 500). With great fury and holding the imposing steel, he began to fight the French, who due to the narrowness of the bridge, faced each one of them hand in hand. The Spanish and the French could not believe what their eyes saw. The French crowded together to try to knock down Diego, who had the bridge full of corpses. Only the warnings of his companions claiming that the enemy had artillery made Diego withdraw.
Ok good sir, THIS (battle) is honestly an entire meme on itself. Damn.
It is indeed a meme battle
The memest.
The poles spent all their luck on this one battle.
Makes sense
Winged Hussars; Memes:
*"You Underestimate Our Power"*
Poland wins a battle when they where out numbered: boy it feels good to be gangsta
Wow already
Poland be like:
Obejctive: SURVIVE
More outrageously brave and amazing Polish military shenanigans! Love it!
Oh, the battle of Fuengirola! This is going to be good!
Wait... Didn't I suggest this battle one time?
Check the description. ;)
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Yes
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Great video, luv your sense of humor. Have you ever heard about the story Maurycy Beniowski? He's a guy born in Hungary arrested by the Russians for taking part in the Noble uprising in Poland, he got sent to Siberia, staged a rebellion there, sole a ship, sailed to China, then he helped the French to conquer Madagascar, the rebelled against the French after being crowned the king by the locals. Cool story, maybe cool enough for a episode
Dude. That’s insane.
Hahaha ! I've know about this battle before
but than and again, great video :D
Grettings from Poland to all people who wish to live in freedom !!!
As a Spaniard i'm really surprised by the fact that my country has even existed
A veces pienso que nos iría mejor si España desapareciera como nación, no sé, como parte de Alemania por ejemplo.
spain did a lot of amazing things in it's history
@@r32guy85 Among them, not falling apart completely
@@alejandrop.s.3942 pues antes de jodernos la soberanía a los demás lárgate tú a Alemania o guirilandia, y no toques los huevos desgraciaoh
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Por qué piensas eso
Expecting the Poles to surrender without a fight.
Hahahahaha
Enemies: millions of conscripts or trained soldiers with a lot of resources.
Poles: just you against me, come on!
Polish at the battle of Fuengirola: We were outnumbered 12:1
Polish at the battle of Wizna: Pathetic (40:1)
Spanish about fighting in sunday: good catholics dont fight in sunday
Spaniards when sacking rome: here we go bom bom.
I get it as a joke, but they were german mercenaries who sacked Rome. Moreover, the Spanish soldiers protected the Pope.
@@alejandrop.s.3942 the spaniards also participated in the sacking. And the protectors of the pope were the swiss guard
@@PoorManatee6197 During the Sack, there were Spanish guards who protected the Pope.
@@alejandrop.s.3942 Some spanish guards protected the pope ≠ it was the germans who did the sacking while the spanish protected the pope.
@@PoorManatee6197 You're missing out the fact that it wasn't a Spanish army but an Imperial army. There were about 6K Spaniards out of more than 30K. The Germans were the bulk of the army, and doubtless there were Spanish soldiers who commited kidnapping, tortures, etc, but it has been set that there were the German Landsknetchs who rampaged the most. Moreover, they had an ill-will towards the Catholic leader and everything which he represented. The Sack of Rome and the incongruity which it represents for Charles V (defender of the Catholic Faith but who is blamed for this infamous episode) is a religious matter. However, they were (mostly) the Lutheran Germans who commited religious "crimes" such as playing football with St. Peter and St. John's heads. The Spaniards, despite they participated in the plundering and other infamous acts, were faithful catholics and would have never done that kind of acts. As I said, the Spanish regiments were in charge of the Pope's security till Clement VII left the city (the Germans tried to kill him).
To sum up, the OP refers to the incongruity of feeling yourself as the Champion of Christiniaty, meanwhile they sacked the capital of the faith, but irrespective the religious autorities and relics, it was a city like any other, susceptible to being plundered if you get into geopolitcs, don't fulfil your arrangements, and get utterly defeated. Moreover, the troops hadn't been paid for months...poor Romans.
Nevertheless, I explained it wrong or in a way which might seem to portrait the Spanish as innocent spectators. I take it back.
I see "rogatywka" I click.
not a lick of polish blood but god do i love them
Oh he posted 2 minutes ago
this made my day, thanks
Any invading army- Ok, you have been surrounded for five weeks, give up!
Poles- How bout no!
"Is this a polish story with a happy ending?"
*"NoOoO sToP tAkE iT bAcK"*
Dude these videos are getting better and better. You're gonna go far.
Thank you so much!
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Thank you!