Ottoman Wars - Battles of Gorjani and Castelnuovo 1537 DOCUMENTARY

Show notes : 0. Sorry for the late release - rendering 8k videos is painful. 1. Audibooks are really good - I have recently been listening to the Wheel of Time audibooks, narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer - a completely new experience, must try. Audible has all kinds of historical stuff, too, so try it out, that will help our channel immensely: www.audible.com/kingsandgenerals 2. Ottoman series is a mess and we have completely resigned to this fact. It is impossible to form a straightforward narrative, so you will see some jumping back and forth. For instance, a very interesting siege of Klis happened around the same time and we will probably cover it separately. Simultaneously, the Ottomans were fighting the Portuguese everywhere from West Africa to India, but it is hard to present those battles within the main timeline, so expect a standalone episode on that down the line. Still, this series is a perfect vehicle to cover a long period and many regions, so we will run it all the way to 1923. 3. Unfortunately, not all sources are accessible for us. Apparently there is a Croatian retelling of Gorjani, but since we don't know the language and no translation is available. We will try to rectify it down the line.

Omg I live in Castelnuovo!!! First time I see my town featured anywhere! So proud!

The defense of Castelnuovo was genius. That Sarmiento guy was an incredible tactician. They caused maximum possible casualties. Amazing.

Kings and Generals uploads a video on the Ottoman Wars, my day is offically made.

That was not the end of the glorious Tercio though. Time later a handfull of prisoners in Constantinople would manage to break free, steal a friggin boat and arrive to Cartagena (Spain) months later. And the first bloody thing they'd do would be to report to their King as the last survivors of Castelnuovo.

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Finally, I would like to explain that the Spanish tercio name was the name of their "general" Sarmiento. This Tercio retreated in a previous battle during the Italians war. According to the ordinances, if a Tercio unit retreat from battle field they would be disolved and they would be mark as cowards. Luckily for them, a new Ottoman war started and they were giving a second chance to recover their prestige. As they retreated before they have to reject the generous offer from Barbarossa. Death before dishonor.

Sarmiento refused to surrender saing: "Come when you want" ("Que vengan cuando quieran"). And when the commander of the last 200 spaniards, Machín de Munguía, was captured, Barbarroja offered him to comand an Ottoman fleet, the response of Machín was spitting on the feet of Barbarroja and saing: "before death that dishonors" ( "Antes la muerte que la deshonra "). And after that he was executed. Sorry for my english. Honor for those brave Spanish soldiers🇪🇸

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Those Spanish Tercios were legendary.

Quick note about Tercios' surprise night attacks: they were made in small units wearing white shirts over their breastplates to make soldiers easily recognize each other. These attacks were named "encamisada" (camisa=shirt) and were deployed by Tercios against all their enemies with great success many times during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Spanish Tercio was an absolute beast in the 16th century when led well.

Ok, i'm spanish, and this summer i'm going to herceg novi (castelnuovo) and i had no idea of this Battle till now!!! THIS VIDEO MADE MY DAY

Not one to complain about anything on expertly made videos, but Ferdinand was Charles V brother and not his son. Ferdinand ruled the holy roman empire in the name of his brother until he himself became Emperor after his brother's death. Charles V's son and heir Philpp inherited Spain, Flanders and the american territories of the spanish empire while the empire went to his uncle Ferdinand since ruling all those territories was incredibly difficult at a time with no modern day transportation or communications.

One hell of a defense in Castelnuovo and one brilliant commander Francisco de Sarmiento!

Brilliant management of troops in Gorjani and exact opposite in Castelnuovo. Barbaros should have stuck to waters. Heroic fight for Spaniards.

Huge respect to those Spanish defenders

Sarmiento stayed to defend Castelnuovo without any possibility before an overwhelming ottoman force. Having received an offer of surrender that would save their lives, they had to choose between life and honor and, of course, it was a spanish Tercio... the unit that dominated battlefields for almost 150 years. If the defenders had been anglo-saxons, Hollywood would have already made two movies... BTW, for us the spaniards is Charles (Carlos) I of Spain and V of Germany, the very first of our Habsburgs.

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As a Turkish big respect to Sarmiento he was a brave man.