Great Siege of Malta 1565 - Ottoman Wars DOCUMENTARY

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Remember Saint Elmo! The Castle broke before the Knights did!

As a Maltese person, I can say this is very well explained. Very interesting to see Maltese history in a global context!

Jean de Vallete personally led his soldiers into combat wielding a sword and pistol along the walls. He was already an old man yet managed to reap his share of kills. Another commander who led his men into personal combat against the Turks was the last Roman Emperor at the siege of Constantinople.

Fortress Malta truly was a thorn to the Ottomans in the 16th century, and to the Axis powers in WWII.

Us Maltese still celebrate this victory every year!

Fort St Elmo is now a war museum and they have a fascinating section about this battle. The fort also played a big part in the defence of Malta during the 2nd World War. Definitely worth a visit if you're ever in Malta

The defenders of St. Elmo are undoubtedly some of the most epic badasses in history. They knew that they were going to die, but instead of letting that notion crush their hope, they let it give them the resolve and strength to fight to the last man. I can only hope that Sabaton makes a song about them someday because it would be fucking epic.

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The action of the Spanish troops, both companies of old soldiers, was vital to lengthen the siege in San Telmo, fighting to the last man as they had already done in Castelnuovo, and which made Turkish victories a priori cost a very high price. It is a victory for the Order of Saint John and La Valette was a commander worthy of mention, a great character, ready and well prepared for the position, but without Spanish support they would not have sustained themselves. Curious the less that Religion is led by a French, and the French King, a Catholic, has been a vital ally of the Turks, it is undoubtedly noticeable, as happened in Germany that in many cases religion was the excuse to knead power, as did the Protestants.

Before this video,I knew Hernan Cortez only as a conqueror of Aztecs and Central America, but seeing him back in Europe.. Damn..this guy seen a lot

Finally, thank you, Kings and Generals, I have been rooting for this for ages. As a Maltese this has been one of the pinnacles of our history, the Maltese have never been defeated neither by the Ottomans nor by the Axis forces in WW2. Coincidently both sieges ended on the same day the 8th September that is also the feast of our lady of victories, one of the dearest to the knights. Just some clarifications and fun facts, the Ottoman fleet did not berth in the Grand harbor as it would have been an easy target, it berthed in Marsaxlokk in the southern part of the island. St.Elmo resisted for a month, even though it was a hurridly ill built fort the defenders died defending the fort bought precious time not only for the relief force to arrive but also for the fortifications in Birgu and Senglea to be finished and bolstered. The relief force would have arrived earlier if it wasn't for the constant anxiety by the king of Spain to preserve his new fleet. Pialy Pasha was anxiously patrolling the sea all the time. Most of the Ottoman Corsair commanders were Renegade Christians. Many Ottoman soldiers perished due to dysentery from the marshy water in the ottoman camps and poisoned wells. Sources say that the decision to invade Malta was taken after Knight Romegas Captain of the Knights navy captured the Sultans Eunuch ship, it was present in the harbour during the siege as if to pull the Ottomans legs. La Vallette served as Captain before Romegas, and was the mastermind of many raids, he was also taken prisoner and rowed as a galley slave for 2 years until he was ransomed. When Birgu was about to fall La Vallette sallied to the front and joint the defence nearly risking his life. Following the siege donations poured in the knights coffers from all over Christendom, this made the knights very rich, with the money received preparations began to build a new fortified larger city on mount Sciberras, the city dreamt by La Vallette would be built, and would become known as Valletta, the present capital city of Malta, UNESCO world heritage site.

Surprised why hollywood never made a movie about this..... It is an epic story.

I miss Age of Empire first campaign with Knight Morgan black .

That was a tenacious defence. Worthy of a movie.

This 🍺 is for the Boys at St.Elmo, the real chads of the Siege of Malta Ozon Salute

Malta, Lepanto and Vienna. Without those victories there would probably be a big mosque instead of the Saint Peter's Cathedral in Rome

Who would win? an army of the mighty Ottoman Empire or one Mdina cannon boi?

I remember posting a comment back on the Siege of Rhodes video about my hype for when this comes. Can't believe it's been 7 months since then. I watched every other Ottoman War video in between, and others as well, a lot of interesting battles between Rhodes and Malta; it's been quite a ride building up to this