Battle of Calugareni 1595 - Long Turkish War DOCUMENTARY

You can't help but laugh at the Ottomans and the Hapsburgs, who spent centuries on end fighting each other, only to lose both their empires whilst fighting side by side.

Finally a continuation of Ottoman series! I feared this series has been canceled, it's great you're back with it :)

As a Romanian native, I congratulate your work. It's a delight seeing in action battles I've only read in books. Great job.

Mikhail be like "We gonna do a feigned retreat... Accidentally"

Thanks for covering my country's history! This battle is also very important to us and our culture.

Finally a video series on Micheal the Brave my favorite person in Romanian history he came from a prince of a broke nation to ruling at all three Romanian principalities

What an epic battle this must have been. Michael the brave is a really well deserved earned title

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Though the Sipahi were a problem for Ottoman stability, a bigger threat were the Janissaries. The Janissary forces were already disgruntled with the Sultanate as far back as the waning years of Suleiman the Great's reign, when political intrigue led to the assassination of Suleiman's heir Sehadze Mustafa, by his father's bodyguards (who went full Emporer Aurelian on the poor kid), and the ascension of Selim II as crown prince. The underhanded manner in which Selim ascended made him look weak to Janissaries (and Mustafa was a proven leader), and led to tensions with Suleiman. Selim proved their suspicions, as he was an ineffectual hedonist who spent most of short reign in feasts and drinking parties with his cronies. After Selim's death in 1574, the Janissary leaders briefly reconciled with new Sultan Murad III, an unmistakably pious man compared to his father. But Murad's reign was an unhappy and calamitous one. Anatolia had seen a population boom under Suleiman and Selim, but the 1580s brought severe drought to Anatolia, causing mass displacement of agricultural workers to major cities, saturating labor markets and reducing wages. And then while all of this was happening, Turkey and the rest of Europe were inundated with cheap, high quality Spanish silver from the mines at Potosi in Spanish Peru, causing the debased Ottoman silver coinage to lose value drastically due to inflation. Unable to earn fair wages, Ottoman laborers became increasingly restive. More importantly the Janissaries forced Murad III to become a virtual prisoner of the Tokapi Palace, where he stayed constantly to prevent a Janissary backed rival taking control of the state. Another looming problem were the Jelali, part time militiamen specializing in musketry and who were mercenaries for the Porte or its regional officials, and now couldn't earn wages as either civilians or soldiers.

As a romanian it brings me such joy to see K&G presenting one of the most important battles in my nation history

YES!! Thank you I'm Romanian and we have so many fascinating battles, especially against the Ottomans, please do more!!

Michael the Brave had a remarkably disciplined army. Attacking a superior enemy and then tying to pull off that tactical retreat with most other armies of the period would have ended with the force disintegrating into a panicking mob but his guys pulled it off.

When you realized the short Turkish war isn’t enough you have to go for a long one

Ah yes finally the Ottoman wars series is back!

The Ottomans are back! drops everything to watch My favourite series. Thank you Kings and Generals.

Certainly sounds line Michael the Brave earned his epithet

Calugareni can be considered as the reboot of the Battle of Vaslui in 1475

When "little war in Hungary" lasts for 22 years while "long Turkish war" lasts 13 years. WUT

He wasn't named Michael the Brave for nothing. The man was an absolute chad with huge balls. He was a descendent of the royal families of Moldova and Wallachia, also by his mother side he was related to the last roman family that ruled Constantinopole, the Cantacuzinos. Next episode will be how with his allies he overcomes the ottoman army at the bridge battle over the Danube, the battle of Giurgiu. It isnt mentioned in the video but when the wallachian army was pushing back the ottomans, Michael knew the advantage will be lost soon, so he did what Sinan Pasa did, he gathered his personal retinue and dived in the middle of the battle, cutting janissaries left and right. This acted as a morale boost for his soldiers as they pushed the ottomans even more.

Michael the Brave really deserved his name. Retreating at the right moment just to preserve the lives of his soldiers proves he wasn't only brave, he was smart and respectful of his unit too. That cannon situation was funny though, didn't know it happened 😁